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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-03-10

A singular story of the effect of a powerful i'm
agination comes form Essex county, Ontario.
One Belcher was sentenced to be hanged for
murder. He had been a cold, despairing man,
who killed premeditatedly because he did not
value his own existence longer. He made no
defense and received his sentence without emo
ton. But as the day fixed for his death approach
ed, he was filled with a desire to live and begged of
representatives of the press and lawyers to exert
themselves in his behalf. While his application
for communication was pending, standing heavily
ironed IN his cell, one day, he heard carpenters
at work in the Jail yard and concluded they were
employed on a scafold for him.. In his fancy he
held out his hands to the Sheriff and bis irons
were struck off; he knelt in prayer; he arose and
followed the officers to the gallows; the pendant
loop touched his face and he turned his head
away in horror. A moment later he bowed to
have the rope placed about his neck. He waited
for the trap to be dropped; it fell and the prison
er was thrown on the floor of the cell unconcious.
When restored he cried out, =" Oh God how the
rope cut my neck" and "Don't hang me again!
Oh, my throat is 30 sorei'' They turned down
his collar there was a dark red mark around his
neck and throat; his tonsils remained infamed
during thirty hours; be had in Imagination suffered
the agonies of death by hanging. As a Herald cor
respondent tells the story, it is probably alto
gether an imaginary case.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-03-10
What Editors Were Made For.

REV. L. PhiEetus Dobbs, in the National Baptist
And now We discover the object of Providence
in the creation of editors. / do not deny (for l
can afford to credit all men with what belongs to
them, and am not compelled to steal) that l am
not a little indebted to Dean Swift, who gives one
of tho reasons for not aboliehins Chrictionity and
the establishment in England, the fact that
it provided a class of men (the clergy) whom
everybody could feel at liberty to insult with en-
tire impunity, knowing that their professional
character precluded them from resorting to the
violent measures that a lay-man would employ:
And so the editor affords a safe receptacle for all
the small spite which it has pleased Providence
to bestow on our race. A man says: So don't
dare to touch any of my neghbors. For reasons
which l will not specify. l do not wish to say
anything to my wife. But 1 can write a letter
and blow up the editor. If he has said, or al
lowed to be said, anything that l don't like, or
anything that is capable Of an unfavorable con-
struction, 1 can air my cheap loyalty and philan-
thropy and orthodoxy, and can call him all man
ner Of names. Probably he will be too busy to
reply; bnt l can hope and believe that have
made him vince, and the relief to me will be all
the same" And what a delightful thing 1T is to
think that any one above the grade Dwell,
above a very low grade of intellect-can stop
his paper!
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-03-10

Bret Harris vein in literature is still worked
in the Rocky mountain press, and sometimes
with a good deal of success, as in this little arti-
Gle from the Gold Hill News: BlTnkenbury got
a letter from his brother in the east and handed
it to his wife to read, as the campaign has in
famed his eyes painfully. Among other things,
the good lady read: You would not know dad
now, Brutus; the old boys hair is as white as
snow, and he is so deaf that conversation with
him is quite impossible. He gives US all his time
to reading and playing checkers. He was seven
ty-fve day before yesterday. and you will be
glad to hear that he has stopped drinking
"There, Brutus, there's an example for you.
Your father has given up the vice of the wine
cup; there's an example!' "Yes, Marian
said Blinkenbury, with a flial tear in his worn
eyes; " yes, Marian, SO it is; just wait until I'm
seyenty-fve, and III double discount the old
man. Ten minutes afterward, when Blinken-
bury chalked his cue at the Fashion saloon, his
friends observed five streaks of red upon his
g~raceless cheek.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-03-10

The vexed question of the Samoan Mission in
which so much unchristian rivalry has existed
between the emissaries of the London Missionary
Society and those of the Wesleyans, was brought
up at the Conference, in consequence OF q letter
addressed to the Argus by the Rev. S. j. Whit
NEE, now in Melbourne. That gentleman re-
peats a protest against the continuance Of the
Wesleyan Mission in the Samoan Group, and
quotes from an elaborate report and protest
which was laid before the Conference at Sydney
in 1872 by one of their own missionaries. The
writer of that document employs rather emphatic
terms, when he speaks of the missionaries who
have to carry out the instructions OF the Confer
ence finding themselves the unwilling instru-
ments of introducing divisions and party feeling
into religious communities that might otherwise
have remained under one system of teaching and
discipline, of exalting Sectarianism above Christ
ianity in the apprehension of an Ignorant people,
of lowering the standard of Christian morality,
of making Methodism q reproach in the estima-
ton of respectable visitors to Samoa, whose as
t%onishment at the establishment of a Wesleyan
Mission, in apparent opposition to as complete
and efficient a missionary system as any land can
show, is unrelieved by any satisfactory explana-
ton of the Wesleyan missionaries themselves.
The waste of power and the bad influences of
this unseemly competition, according TO this
writer, are such that the Wesleyan Conference
ought at once to Withdraw it's agents from a field
where they are doing more harm than good, and
send them to others where they are more wanted.
The answer given to this letter of Mr.. Whitmee's
is that the protest has been answered over and
over again, and that he has been guilty of dis
courtesy in not addressing the Conference direct,
instead of through the Argus. The matter, too,
was said to be outside the jurisdiction of the
present Conference, and could only be dealt with
by the General Conference, or the Board OF Mis-
sions in Sydney. Whatever may be the explana-
ton to be given of the matter, it is to be de-
plored that such a standing reproach to the cause
of missions cannot be removed at once.-MeE
bourne Corr. Sydney Morning Herald.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-03-10

Embracing Arnads cAer+ Datis.T Thomas, D~ers AnGArn. Jspaa-s. VkdS a UnG
Mohge in quarts pint and eonaI and also a variety In co styles.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22
Precious Metals.

rom Atle bhNtSh AiA''ii'As
From the earliest times, to the commence
ment OF the Christian Era. the amount OF
the precious metals obtained from the sur
face and mines of the earth, is estimated to
be forty-three hundred millions OF dollars /;
from the latter epoch to the discovery OF
America. fOrtv-lour hundred millions were
obtained from the date Of the latter event
to the close Of 1912, an addition of eighty
seven hundred millions was obtained I; the
extensive working of the Russian gold mines
in 1913, added, to the close OF 1852, thirteen
hundred millions more ; the quadruple dis
coyery of the California gold mines in lSiS,
those of Australia in 1851. of New Zealand
in 1861, and the silver mines of Nevada in
1851, added. to the close Of 1876, sixty
three hundred millions, making a grand
total, at the present time, of twenty-five
thousand millions OF dollars.
The average loss by abrasion of coin is
estimated to he half of one per cent. per
annum and the average loss BY consump-
tion in the arts, and destruction by fire and
shipwreck at seven millions per annum-
The amount Of the precious metals now in
existence is estimated to be twelve thousand
millions OF dollars Of which, gold furnishes
seven thousands millions, and silver the re-
mainder. of the amount now in existence,
eight thousand millions are estimated to be
in coin and bullion, three thousand millions
in watches, and the remainder in plate,
iewelry, and ornaments. OF the amount
now in existence. seven thousand million are
estimated to have been obtained from
America, two thousand millions from Asia
(including Australia and New Zealand), TWO
thousand millions from Europe, and the re-
mainder from Africa and 0ceanica.
The following statement will exhibit the
product OF the precious metals throughout
world in 1876
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22
From the Brooklyn Ea gle.
A Queer Theatre GOcr.

Many queer people attend the theatres. and
one of the most promine 1t OF these Is II man
of about thirty-fivc, who is often to b. found
in the dress circle Of the Park Theatre. The
man dresses nicely and is evidently well to
do, but he never pays higher admission fee
than thirtY-fve cents. There Is seat on
the Adams street side of the house which he
invariably occupies. lie enters the theatre
soon after the doors are open 50 as to secure
this particular seat, and II 1t is already oc-
cupied and the occupant refuses to move out
of it the fellow leaves the theatre IN disgust.
There is something about the man which
seems to say tha. he i- hot at a healthy
mind
His face is not Ill looking and his good
looks are enhanced bya mustache and side
whisker. lie very often carries II small bou-
uuet with him, and then he will say to rhe
usher, ''Do YOU think it would bc entirely
proper for me To throw this bouquet To Miss
Annie Ward tiffany" The usher always an
swers in the affirmative. When the perform
nnce is over, the queer fellow with the hou-
uuct i'll his hand sometimes expresses hlm-
sell to the usher as not being decided which
actress to throw the bouquet to, and that he
kept 1t rather than have the ladies on tbs
stage Jealous OF each other. The bouquet
carried by the man never contains above
,iuo ar Ton n,,v.r buds and frequently he
-, - il, bnIt nnd sticks IN. flowers INTO
int,nnhnIcs n, 10Th lnu,Is of his coat. When
,h.. n,,form,,c, nlens's HIM and II mrcly
al. ,a In nth,r,yis, Il, clrs his hands lon,
IT, u,, ,.s, nf th,. nudi,ur,, In. ceased L.
a,,,IarJ
..,,.,,.,.,..,., H.,
purihS 'ie ,'"' VI ~, .'.if I'll ,I.'.s
L.. fl.H.tI It,4
me on suck "' rnn"H t','' ,, Nv
always carries. Nh'h ne n'S' i'''''' "'' ~
penlnnee III the 'h''''tI 1T, ne "i""!S W." "'i'' .i.
his hat t6ht httlis SNuii M VIZ" u w
he learned That II "t't''''" 'ii' ".,' "','" "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22
VOL. XLIX. NEW SERIES. VOL. XXI.

awaiting him, directing him to come at
once to the chateau of the Count dc
Chantry. Eager to clasp his bride IN his
arms he hastened thither. lie was ushered
into a spacious saloon, the magnifcence OF
which astonished even him, accustomed as
he was to luxury. In moment the object
of his visit entered, dressed in a queenly
style of splendor, a circlct of diamonds
adorning her stately head.
William started forward to greet her as
She swept into the room, hut she haughtily
motioned him back.
I'VE will make onr interview brief
one" she said, las my husband awaits
me"
William gazed Mt her, a. if doubling her
sanity.
"lou- husband :" he exclaimed, hoarsely,
the veins in his forehead standing out like
cords "Whc are you then?
The Countess de Chantry," she sald,
bowing profoundly. "Seyen years age.
was Kate Wesley, the poor factory girl
whom you scorned. told You by God $
help would be avenged, and you see
spoke truly.
lie rushed from her presence without
waiting to hear her story-how when she
had separated from him she had obtained
situation as nursery governcss, and how, an
old lady of the family being taken i'll, she
tended her faithfully until her death, and
how out of gratitude she had made hate
her heiresS, and at last, while travelling
abroad, howashe had met the Count, who
married her.
That evening the Countess heard that an
English gentleman, who had just arrived at
the hotel, had shot himself from some un-
known cause. They found from letters on
his person thar his name was William Old
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22
The PsrdOnlns Power.

1t may be said that petition as intlucn-
tit as that for th, Iardol Of Charles II.
Potter, elsewhere described, was entitled to
favorable consideration hy the Governor, ii
any such petition ever Is, but it must a!>o
be said that the extent to which the pardon
ing power Is abused in many States, lns led
many thoughtful persons to iouhtil the eud-
Of justice and the protection of society, do not
require that that power should he taken
away from State Executives. or at least
restricted to cases in which there Is well!
founded doubt of the justice of the sentence.
In this case, tine. term Of the prisoner Is
shortened by but little over year. But in
many cases, the greater part of the penalty
is remitted. We have seen somewhere the
statement that the actual average time in
prison, Of eonyicts sentenced for hic. in this
country, does not equal five year+ If the
associations and influences Of the peniten-
tiary tended, a. general thing, to make
the convict n hetter man and citizen, there
would be more excuse for such excess Of
executive clcmency but that Is NOT, asa
rule, the case The frequent speedy return
to life of crime. on the part Of a rardOncd
criminal, too often proves that the State
prison has had no ieformatory influence, ard
that its doors have opened, only to let lo,-e
a hardened criminal, to prey afresh upon
society We trust that this i not tue fact
in the case of Potter but good many
people would be glad to have reliable aSsur-
ance TO the contrary
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22
PERsONAL AND POLITICAL.

The University of Oxford in England has
offered ex-Prcsidcnt Grant the honorary de
gree OF ID &. l..
Senator Conkling is going to Europe for
the summer
The appointment of James Russell Lowell
a. Minister to Spain Is regarded aS apprO-
pirate and creditable to the Government.
Prof Lowell il u Republican Of the right
stamp.
Colonel Jack Wharton has been appointed
United States Marshall for Louisiana, vice
pitkin suspended.
ten. IIawley, of the Hartford CourIrt,
youchcs for Col. Jack Wharton A. an ex
Confederate, now a Rcpuh lean a Louisiana
native. II bachelor. Il social, hearty fellow, 4
storytcllcr. knowing everybody and very
popular lie was one ol Yarmouth : crowd.
Potts, Democrat. who was nominated for
postmaster at l.ynchburg, Va, in March,
but whose case WIS not acted upon 10y the
Senate, has been appointed by the President,
to tho disgust of five Republican applicants
for the place.
John q Howard, of Ohio, who wrote a
biography of President Hayes during tho
campaign, has been appointed deputy col
lcctur in the New York custom house. Mr.
Howard WAS formerly one Of the editors OF
the Ohio S'dfe Journal
Vicious people want to know why Secre-
tary Schurz should preach civil service re
form at the Chamber of Commerce dinner in
New York, and then ask the President tn
| nav of his ucrSunal debt To hrs friend
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22
Auaut ,IpbabetIem ALTERATION.


Christ is the advocate of sinners, the angel
of the covenant, the author and fnisher OF
faith, the Alpha and Omega Of all human
hopes. He Is the brightness OF the Father :
glory, the bridegroom of the church, the
bishop Of souls, the bread of Heaven, the
beloved of God, Of men, Of angels He is
the covenant, the counsellor, the corner
stone, the covert. the captain Of salvation,
the desire OF all nations, the elect of God
the Emanuel, the everlasting Father, the
eternal life the fountain of living waters
the first-born among many brethren, the first
becotten from the dead. lie il God over all
blessed forever, the head OF the church, the
husband, the heritage, the habitation of his
people, the Judge aud King Of SAINTS and
angels. He Is the life, the light, the leader,
and lawgiser of men, the Lamb Of God that
taketh away the sin Of the world, the media
tor and messenger of the new covenant the
Messiah of all the prophets, and the morning
star Of the everlasting day. Tie is the only
begotten OF the Father. the root and Of
spring of David. He Is the prophet, the
priest, the prince of peace, the Precipitation
Tor sin, the physician Of souls, the power OF
God unto salvation. He Is the rock, the re-
fuge, the ransoms. the righteousness, and re-
surrection of all who shall ever be saved
He Is the Son Of God and Of man, the seed
of the woman, the Shiloh, the surety and
shield, the sacrifice, and sanctuary, the sane
tlfcation and sun of all the saints. He Il
the Truth, the treasure, the teacher the tenn
pie, the incarnate wisdom. the way, the faith
ful and true witness IN short, he is the very
word of God. In His name all divine reye
latiops are summarIly comprehended.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22
Genrral summary.

Not many women are blacksmiths, says
the " orcester Press, but most Of them
can shoe hen.
Some one said toVicrOr Hugo at must
be very difficult to write good poetry.
"No, sir, replied the poet, 1T Is either
verv easy or utterly impossible.
Charity kierna, aged seventy. was lost in
the woods at Port Orange, N. Y, while
searching for cows, and died from exhaus-
ton.
In a lecture, at Rochester. George Francis
Train said he wanted to go TO hell to meet
Shakespeare and Byron, Franklin and
Washington, and asked those in favor OF
going there with him to say aye"
The IT, S. patent office was established in
ls9O, and the first patent was granted to
Samuel Hopkins, OF Vermont, tor the
manufacture OF pOtashes and pearlashes.
on the 3lst of July. 1870.
A Turkish male babe is liable to militsry
duty as soon rs born. But rs there IL no
infantry " corps for infants OF tender
years, its parents must pay an exemption
tax Of twenty-three plastres.
\ poor girl who waited iu New York
concert saloon was beaten by rough on the
street. last Saturday night. and has since
died and Alice Strickland. a prostitut
who was stabbed by an ex convict. Sun
day night, died Tuesday. Neither murderer
has been captured.
Max Adoler says We observe in the pa
per an item to the effect that u mother IN
Maryland bit of her child's toe in her sleep.
We have 80 Ottcn demonstrated with moth
crS against the practice OF sleeping with
their children toes IN their mouths, that
VIC have little sympathy Tor this woman.
In various parts of China lately the in
habitants have been afflicted by the mySteri-
ous loss oi their pIs-tails. They appear b
be cut of but no one Is conscious ot the
cutting. The natives aScrihe the mutilation
to wItChctatt-
The heirs ul Turner, the English painter,
have sued the heirs Ot the attorney who
acted Tor them. and who paid them only
L. 500 Tor cngravIngs which he afterwards
sold for E37 900, and which had been valued
at 5000 before he paid thu smaller sum
The American giantess, Mrs. Ruth Bea
ton. alias Fanny Wallace. who has travelled
with circuscS all over the country. has Just
died at her residence IN Vernon county
Wis. She was 81 years old. seven feet four
inches IN height. and wcle he'd SIS pounds
lt required eight men with block and
tackle Co lower the remains into the grave
She is described "a having been "a kind,
good ncig hbor and "a loving mother.
They were sitting together. and be was
arduOusly thinking what to say. when hnal-
| ly he burst out IN this manner I'm thl'
| land Of nohln achievement and uudyIng
| glory why il 1t that women do not come
more tn the iront-snd climh the ladder Ot
fame? Il suppose, said she, tying knot
| IN her handkerchief, Its on account o
| their pull-bscks.'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22
BURLINGTON FRIDAY MORNING.

the month when Milton's Eve stood half
yelled in fragrance, $50 thick the blushing
roses round her blew" This is the month
when, as Lowell tells us, Nature lays her car
to the earth to see il it be in tune. Lilacs
blossom. Oysters rest and mediate. Little
boys admire the beauteous honey bee, and
get stung painfully on their pantaloons. The
happy milk maid HES her to the lowing herd,
singing as she goes, and gets kicked over the
fence by the COW with poke on. Hens
crawl on the front stoop and lay their eggs
in the other mans yard. The frog chants
his evening anthem from the contiguous
pc |, and the gorgeous robin whoops 'er up
VIXEN you want to sleep i'll the morning.
Fruit begins to appear on the stalls of the
rural market, but fish balls will be found
safest for steady diet. The air is balmy,
sweltering, half hazy, and the sun rolls over.
red as billiard ball. Now cats wall their
platonic ballads on back fences, and this,
oh, this-is the season when 1t is not quite
safe to be dog Grdphic.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22

The annual assembly oi the Order OF
High Priesthood, occurred ut Masonic Hall
Burlington, June II. le77. VI T. Edward
s. Dana. President. Of Ncw Haven. preslt
ing.
After tho tTnn-actIhn ui the u~ual husi-
ness. the following officers were elected Tor
the year ensuing:
John T. ShurtiefT, Benninctan President
II NJ. Phelps. burlington. Wee Pre-, idrnt.
John Il. uUllenheck. burlington, Eecrtder.
Alfred A Hall 81. Alhlns Ton 'uctor-
j. W =. Nashhurn. Moutpclie. w,r'
Frank A. Goss, NerSunnr Sui.tac.
Companion Dana. VII" had scIyel ten
years ~ President. ~as r'-'-irctet, but de
clined further service. The following reSu-
luton was unanimously adopted
Resolrsd. That the thanks OF the order are due
and are hereby rendered to Companion T.. 4. nana,
who has 81 'athully and acceptably presided
over this body for the ten years last past
and that while he retires from the position to-
day from choIse we shall held in pleasant re-
momhrance his eminent services aud ever welcome
hun to our meetings TO assist in our lat ors aud de
lberatiuus
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22

JuHI. The month ui roses Now the
venerable and sunir shad ilnats Down stream
with moss upon his tail, chucklnr at hls
sagncIty in escaping the scIne, and the IN
iunt strawberry tunIs its check t" the rising
sun and asks Tor more paint and sugar. II Is
Spencer who sings OF tins month
Then came iolly June arIayet
All In ytoon leaves as he player woTr
Yet ia his time he wrought AS we'll as played
That by his PLAY irons mote right we'll appear.
Upon a crab he rode that did hun bear,
Win craoke ed craving steps, an uncOuth pace,
And backward rode, as haTyemen wont tu faro,
Bending their iotce contrary to their ince"
This the month when CHANGERS Emile
'thrust among the thorns her little hand.
This ~ the month when Juliet leant from the
balcony and dallied with flowers. This IL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22
A Holiday.

Out OF the city, far away
With the spring to-day -
Where copses tufted with primrose
Give me rspose,
Wood sorrel and wild violet
eoothe my souls fret,
Tho pure, delicious vernaI air
Blows away care.
The BIRDS reiterated songs
Heal lanc ed wrongs.
Down the rejoicing brook my sriei
Drifts ike Leaf,
And on Its gentle murmurins dow
Cares glide and 20,
Tho bud besprinkled bOugEs and ;hedges,
The sprOuting sedges
Waving beside the waters brink,
Come like C oil drink
To fever'd lips, like fresh son mead
To kline that feed.
Much happier than the kline, bed
My dreaming head
In grass see far mountains blue
Like heav' n in view,
Green orld and sunny sky above
Alive with love;
Al, all, however came thew there.
Divinely ialr.
Is this the better oracle.
Or what streets tell!
base confusion, ialsehoCd, strife,
Man puts in life
SINK thou Life NJ easurer Il can say
I've lived day"
And memory no Ids 1t now in keeping,
Awake or sleeping.
= =. Al