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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-03
The UnaWares Astronomer.

The Virginia City Chronicle says: Sometimes
Mr.. Fairs glass is turned upon the sun, and the
intense rays of the latter make a focus a short
distance from the end of the tube which is cap
able of setting anything combustible on fire.
Yesterday Mr.. Fair was exhibiting the instrument
to some friends, when, turning his back to it, he
remarked
- Gentlemen, since l began my astronomical
duties, contemplating the vast universe, observ-
ing the sidereal movements Of the stars, the
moons elliptic and the axial rotations of other
orbs, l have been a changed man. What I once
read in books | now know by actual observation.
Take the sun, for instance $50, 900 miles in dia-
meter, over 1,253 900 times the size of the earth,
and exceeding the combined mass of planets $50
times. Here the General backed up into the
focus Of the instrument, and a jet of fame rolled
up from his coat tails. Those present, not wish
ing to interrupt a gentleman when speaking, said
nothing, and the Colonel continued l see spots
on this planet over 1926 miles in diameter from
the um5ra to the penumbrd. There is q mean
Sufferin' Moses What the DEVILS the matter
with my clothes ?"
Here the flames getting through the Colonel's
trousers. forcibly reminded him that the sun,
although millions of miles away, exerts a power
full influence on ~infammable bodies. There was
a shout of laughter from the guests, and Mr..
Tritle, turning on the hose, put the fire out. The
lecture was not concluded, but the Colonel says
he still thinks he has the most powerful telescope
On the coast.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-03
Communism.

The following expression from the French COM
| munists III New York, who seem to take the lead
in the open declaration Of radical views, will give
an idea of what seems to be the spirit that is now
misguidlng a large number of the disconnected
classes
We are communists Because we desire the lust
redistribution of wealth and work among all men,
and that the power to possess should not belong
to a few, but to ALTO the community.
We are communists because we desire to de-
stroy this individual property personifed by
egotism and iniquity; because we wish to found
on oyerthrown society a bond of happiness and
perfect equality among men.
Communism is the clearest Affirmation of the
revolution and the last stage of human progress.
We repudiate all doctrines which aim at i'm
posing taxes on the fortunes, the privileges or the
revenues of the rich, because this would tend to
consecrate in the bosom of humanity inequalities
which it is our hope to destroy.
We are atheists, because, consequent with our
selves, our logic refuses to admit a Supreme Be-
ing, n Understanding monstrous and outside
humanity.
We deny this error from which has flowed and
still flows the degradation, the enslavement and
martyrdom of mankind, because 1t is in the name
of this imaginary creature that the greatest
have been committed-massacres with
out cumberland which have retarded progress
and science.
In the new society-that to which the empire
Of the world has been promised, that which must
degenerate the races, that which must set US free
we do not recognize God; we will not have the
in whose name so many crimes have been
so much blood shed.
Let US get rid of this phantom of our miseries;
ct us look at the reality, science, and the world
hall be saved.
We are revolutionists. because only by means
f revolution can we hope for victory. Because
7e wish to gain our ends without stopping at
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-03

ACT FROM PRINCPLE.-How few persons
there are whose lives are governed entirely
from principle rather than inclination. Even
those of US who may be endeavoring to live for
high purposes, come far short of our aspira-
tons alas ! how very short. How often we
find our convictions of right and duty question
ing if it might not be as well for us to yield
to inclination, just for the time, promising our
disturbed consciences that we will make up for
the present indulgence by more vigorous self
denial and strict attention to duty. Vain,
f~allacious reasoning of a weak nature We can
never make up for one neglected opportunity,
one mis-spent hour, one wrong, selfish act.
Once past, the opportunity unimproVed, the
hour wasted, the act committed, it is beyond
our reach to recall, except in thoughts of regret.
We may atone for it, but we can never change
the past. Alas how painfully we are aware
of this fact. Then should we all endeavor the
more earnestly to make our lives embodiments
of honesty and principle for we all know that,
after all, the path of duty, though sometimes
rugged, is not without sweet pleasures and
let us never follow our inclinations, if they
would lead us away from right. Then shall
we be permitted at last to look back at our lives
with satisfaction, feeling that we have done
what We COULD and that our Father regards
us with approval.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-03
OAK KNOLL, DANvERs, Mass, ,
ODD, 18th month, 1877.

"MY DEAR FRIEND: | think [ understand
thy inquiry. l I'm not a Universalist, for l be-
lieye in the possibility of the perpetual loss of
the soul that persistently turns from God in the
next life as in this. But l do believe, also, that
the Divine love and compassion follow us in all
worlds, and that the Heavenly Father will do the
best that is possible for every creature He has
made. What that will be must be left to His in
finite wisdom and goodness. l would refer thee
to a poem of mine, : The Answer containing
"'spare me, dreaded angel of reproOf,' &c,
As containing, in a few words, my belief in the
matter. Thy friend, JoHN G. WHITTIER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-03

SUSPICIOUS PEoPLE.-Every cow and then we
stumble upon nervously suspicious people whom
we can scarcely approach without giving ofiense
some way. Such people are in a state of chro-
mic affection, somebody is always coming short
in treatment of them. If you look at them,
it is a stare; if you do not look at them, it is a
slight. There is no safe way with the over-sen-
sitive but a straightforward one. If you try
to avoid one corn, you are sure to tread on
another. The suspiciously e~xacting person is
one of the ine-spun ingenuity. He can piece
your words into a sense you never dreamed of;
he can make a chain of circumstantial evidence
strong enough to hang you from occurrences the
most innocent. AlmOstevery thing you do has
a suspicious meaning. Now the highest sort of
a gentleman is one who can overlook such I'M
gentleness in others. A politeness that stands
ever on the watch to exact an equal politeness
in return is more annoying than a generous rude
ness. No man IS more uncomfortable than he
who not only weighs his own words and meas
ures the exact significance of his smiles and
frowns, but who makes you feel that he is also
weighing and measuring your motions. Such
a one may think himself a gentlemen but he is
only a social collector of customs in a gentle
mans shell. A true gentleman is not careful
to keep the balance even.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-03
SALMON
SPERM OIL.

~ASES FRESH SALMON. IN ONE POUND
~ and two and half pound cans. A superior quality.
jy6 For sale by BoLLEs d co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-03
Whittier on Punishment.

The Quaker poet believes in repentance beyond
the grave. A gentleman well known in local
literary circles has made Whittier's poems a study
for several years, and to avoid the possibility Of
misinterpreting them, he wrote to the author,
asking him what he means in several passages
where the future is referred to. Ia answer, he
received the following explicit letter:
COAX KNOLL, DANvKRs, Mass,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-03

ENTVE l. Ms. superior
Quality, Strained, aud Warranted Pure. For sale by
je BoLLES, & CO.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-03
tn LET

THIHE MAKAI STORE y ROOM OVER
head in the new fre-proof building, corner of Fort and
Hotel streets. VIII be rented separately if desired.
iaI2 Apply to c. REWER & co.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07
lliEH[ Rich RLlllI


1FsoA's f'urga,tiVe Pills make new rtc,
a. Ill., anu VIII completely change the blood In Ia.
iii ,em IN three mOHths ANY reIson win
w. III r 'he PHI each night rom to y weeks r,y
GG re @red ito sound health if such thing be no.
Ir,II,- sent 10y mail TO-. letter stamns n
JoHNeON CO, Bangor, Me- - o.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07

JOHN NJ. MUELLER, contractor for fur
nishing the stone for the Chicago Gus
tom House, was arrested at Cincinnati
charged with unlawfully and feloniously
conspirins with others 10 defraud the
government. Mueller was at first
charged with defaulting the government
oat of the sum of 100000, but the
amount was afterward reduced to $780,
GOO. Mueller was held in $1,000 bail to
appear In Chicago Dec. 16.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07

Pie Committee on Elections of the
Legislature bid fair to fluid no lack of
business on their files at the coming ses-
sion. Immediately alter election it was
announced that the title of p. S. Carrie
ton (DemocraD to the seat from tie First
ST. Clair district would be disputed The
CharlevUix Seminal also states that the
legality of the credentials of c. j. Pail
thorp, Democrat, of Antrim District, will
be contested by his opponent, MIR. Wood.
There are rumors also in our state tx
changes thlt there will be two Senate
ial contests, one brought by Mr.. French
(RepublHan) against Z. w. Pendleton
(NatiOnaD in the Tenth District, and the
other by Col. McDurmott Republican,
against c. V. Tyler (Democrap in the
Twenty-ninIh District.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07

THE story OF Captain Schwenzrn's be-
hayior Oh the sinking steamer .Pommer-
ania, and of his escape, comes out in frag-
ments, but these fragments make up a
good record. He couldn't make his
crew act well their parts in such crisis,
but he did his own part well, and to the
last. The wonderful part of the story is
that the captain, who went down with
his ship, should have been saved.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07

THE British troops on the Kyber route.
in Afghanistan, are carrying all before
them. The prestige OF this rapid advance
is power i'm self. In 1871 the British
troops made Jellalabad memorable by
the heroic fight against overwhelming
numbers. Just beyond is the Kurd Ca
bull Pass, the scene of the terrible mas
sacre of Flphinstone's army. Jellalabad
is a town of about 5000 inhabitants, and
is seyenty-siX miles from Cabul.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07
AIWOOD'S
o. JIMMIE TONIC
BITTERS.

The Best Tonic Buters Epey Jnqentc1
ant oil appetite is not in Itself disease hpt ,r
ply an eVlIence that disease exists in the svs,n,
men niu-e DC cured before the patient can exnec,
10 rei,sh what Is eaten, or TO receive any hcpast
from TN: lood taken into the stomach The On,nin,
Io'e III eis VIII restore the natural N peIte no
ring nlsease, not simply exciting the s. or,.cb
ny stihniahts, the secondary effect of which Is -
aua Y me cause from which Gistate for fod ,,oso
but m liking perfect Gu e. ' ''ou 'ioso
nv, ihdispstion Dyspepsia, and Sick Headache
hese diseases are more prevalent than AIRY OF bers
neF prevail everywhere, and in this country n, q ali
OUT UNIVERSAL a M dicine ia 1T can be relied mon
M perapent euro for them, is the Outline Tonic
Dluers they can be taken without any oeIeterions
entc's upou the system, and will leave the natent
M,tn AZ tne eXuberant feelings of restored LeaItb
ne Qulhine Tonic Bitters have been remarkahiv
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they keep he Healthy well, and cure tbe si,L
No one ver used them that did praise them The
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.oe 70 th- hlrNous system and vi--or to the does
I've organs; thereby imparting health and strength
he m Is no rrmedy so good for ianguor and debit
ever made. S anu S'onachic
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For sale by FARRAND, WILLIAMS . f.f, No.
'toi''2nich'' ara medicine dealers eeneralIr. Is
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07

The article is telling fits story in the hands
of thousands who are using it with most crafty
ing and encouraging results:
Mr.. GUSTAYUs F. HALL, of the Oates Opera
Troupe writes: "After six weeks use am con-
WINGED, as are also my comrades. that your CAR
BoLINE has and is producing wonderful growth
Of hair where had none for years." =
N. VEGETARIAN, Sixth Avenue Pharmacy
Pittsburg. Pa, says: The good effects from tile
use of CARBOLINE are brought to my notice every
day to such an ektent as to justify me i'm recon-
mending it to my most intimate friends" ~
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07

The sales for the last week of Novem-
Der were est imated, the estimate based
on the average daily sales of the month
TO Nov. %. The sales have nearly al
occurred since lie election, rs the mar
ket was practi ally de ID the first week
i'm November. Secretary Sherman es-
tiE.ates from these figures that the sales
of per cents. next year will reach at
least $250.0O0,000. A. present the 6 per
cent bonds are not called in any faster
than the per cents. are sold. but it is
the opinion of Treasury Gals that the
funding operations will rapidly increase
as soon as 81 ecie payments are formally
resumed.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07

The importance OF single vote is H.
l,sirated by the result in the Eleventh
Assembly District OF Wisconsin. There
is i tie, and special election has been
ordered for Dec. 10.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07

IT is the belief of experts that the i'm
mediate demand on the Treasury for
gold after the LIST of January will take
out about $5O,0OO,OO0, but as no one will
care to hoard gold, and as it is rot con-
venient article to store, it is probable
the greater part will find its way back
into the SUBJ Treasury at New York.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07
EDigcRsAE. NOTES.

The better class of Democrats in South
Carolina admit that election practices
in that state We're little crooked, but
say "they had to do it" or be defeated,
The election then was a farce, and it
did not yote the will of the people.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-07

The Afghanistan squabble grows in
teresting. Russia has marked out the
line of English occupation, and will ask
guarantees. This will lead to negOtia-
tons, and the able guessers at European
capitals will do thriving business.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-22
Caroline Hersohel.

I have been reading lately, with much
enjoyment, the life of Caroline Lucretia
Herschel, the sister of the celebrated
Sir William Herschel. It
is, much of it, told through her letters
aud diaries, aud 1t is interesting to note
the circumstances through which the
simple life of the Hanoverian girl, de-
voted to household duties, was changed
for the ompaniOnship of a great man
like her brother, and the intimate COM
muniOu and acquaintance with the no.
blest of all sciences. Before Sir William
invented his wonderful forty-feet tele-
scope, those of a very small diameter
only were in use, and the labor and anx-
iety attendant upon the making, mount
ing, and polishing of the large mirrors
was very great. In all these labOrs
Miss Herschel was her brothers devoted
helper, even at one time giving him his
food by mOuthfuls, when his hands
could not for a moment leave their task.
The fame attending Sir w. Herschel
and his great telescope brought many
visitors to Slough, in England, where
their abode was finally fixed: members
of the royal family, distinguished for
eigners, and scientific men of tastes
similar to his own. Although his cour-
tesy never failed toward them, his sis
ter often regretted 10 her diary the loss
of valuable time, and the additional
fatigue to which he was subjected.
They usually spent the whole night
in the observatory, never seeming tC
take rest, except when daylight became
too strong for observations, or when the
nights were foggy.
In these night-watches Miss Hersche
was her brothers amanuensis, noting
down his observations with great speed
and accuracy; and upon these occasions
her biOgrapher says, il was no uncOm
mon occurrence for the ink to freeze il
the bOttlei and yet, without a though
of her own ease or comfort, she worke,
on, upheld by pure love for science an,
the admiration she felt for her idolize,
/ brother. She was even free from a de
sire for personal renown; in all place
and at all times her self-depreeiatio
being almost too marked; all praise c
herself seeming to her to detract s
much from the credit due her brother
81 was only tool in his hands,n sh
used to write in after years.
She was presented with teleseor
known as sweeper" which she trea:
ured, and when her brothers. absenC
left her comparatively free, she d,
lighted to spend the nights in ''sweel
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-22

CHARLES OCONOR's SUCCESS. The
life of Charles O'COnor, the eminent
lawyer, shows what diligence and per-
severance will accomplish.
When but eight years old. he was an
Oflice-bOy aud a anewspaper-carrier. His
father published a weekly newspaper,
and Charles, besides attending in the
office, delivered the journal to its sub
seribers in New York, Brooklyn, and
Jersey City. He used to take a skiff to
cross the rivers, and frequently would
be out all Saturday night serving his
route. IL is said that he never missed a
subscriber.
When seventeen years old, he entered
a lawyers Office as an errand boy. He
borrowed law-boOks, took them home
and read them, by the light of a tallow
candle, far into the night. Several law
yers noticing the boys industry, aided
him in his studies.
When he was twenty-fOur wears old
he was admitted to the bar, aud even
then it was said that young OiConor's )
legal opinion was worth more than that
of many other lawyers.
But success comes slowly to n vOuDo-
lawyer and 1t was not until his thirtieth
year that clients recognized the legal
learning and skill of young O'ConnOr.
He was very poor, but industry and
ability was his capital. He worked
hard at the smallest case, never slight
ing any trust, and in time secured the
| reputation of a man who would do his
best for those employing him. To this
cOnscientiOusness and industry he owed
his success.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-22
Starved.


Sans wife is very i'll, and has sent for
Sam to come to her bedside; the doctor
and nurses leave the husband and wife
together.
"Sam, doctor says amt got much
time left"
MARY" said Sam, ''I wish ter God
could die for yer. The children"
ats them l want to talk about,
SAM" replied his wife, ''an' L wish they
could die with me rather'n have 'em
live ez 1 he'd ter. Not thet you amt
been kind husband to me, for you hev.
Whenever 1 wanted meat yev got it,
somehow; an when yev been ugly
drunk yev kept away from the house.
But Pm dyin', Sam, an it's COS yev
killed me-"
"Good God, Mary ~ cried the aston
ished Sam, jumping up. "Sure crazy
here, dOctorW
doctor can't do no good, Sam; keep
still and listen, if yer love me like yer
once said yer did, fur 1 haven't got
much breath left" gasped the woman.
MARY" said the aggrieved Sam, Il
swon to God l dunno what yer drivin'
at
"Its just this, SAM" replied the
woman, Eyer tuck me, tellini me ye'd
love me, an honor me, an perfect me.
Yer mean ter say, now, yev done il 3?
Pm a dyin', Sam, an l amt got no Ia
vOrs to ask of anybody, an Pm telliB'
the truth, not KNOWN what wordll be
my last"
Then tell a feller where the KILN
come in, Mary, for heavens sake" said
the unhappy sam
at comes all along, SAM" said the
woman. There are women in the
States, so I've heerd, that marries for a
home, an bread an butter; but you
promised mOre'n that, Sam. An Tve
waited, an it amt come, an there's
sOmethin' in me that's all starved an
cut to pieces, an it's your fault, Sam. I
tuck yer tor better or for wuss, an I've
never grumhled."
81 know yer hain't, Mary" whispered
the eOnseienee-stTieken Pike, "ani I
know what yer mean. IF GOd'll only
let yer be fur few years, rll see ef the
thing can't be helped. Don't euss me,
Mary; I've never know'd how I've been
agOin' 1 wish there was somethini I
could do fore yer go to pay yer all /
owe yer. I'd 90 back on everything
that makes life worth hevini."
"Pay it to the children, Sam" said
the poor woman, raising herself in her
miserable bed. "I'll forgive you every
thing if you'll only do the right thing
[ for them. DO-do-everything ~ said
the woman, throwing up her arms and
| falling backward.
Her husband caught her; his lips
brought to her wan face a smile, while
the grim visitor, who an instant later
stole her breath pityingly, felt in full
/ possession of the rightful Inheritance
from which it had been so long excluded.
Poor Mary! Women with more re-
/ fined, more cultivated husbands than
yours have something ia them that's
all starved and cut to pieces. CRANKY
Miner.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-22

Evils OF GOssIP.-We have known
a country society which withered away
all to nothing under the dry rot OF gos-
sip. Friendships once as firm as gran
ite dissolved to Jelly, and then ran away
to water, only because of this; love that
promised a future as enduring as heaven
aud as stable rs truth, evapOrated into
a morning mist that turned to a days
long tears, only because of this; a father
aud son were set foot to foot with the
fiery breath of anger that would never
cool again between them; and a hus-
band and his young wife, each strain
ing at the heated leash, which, in the
beginning, had been the golden bondage
Of a GOd-blessed love, sat mOurnfuliy
bv the grave where all their love and
all their Joy lay buried, and all because
Of this. | have seen faith transformed
to mean doubt, joy give place to grim
despair, and charity take on itself the
features OF black malevolence, because
of the small words of scandal and the
magic mutterings of gossip. Great
crimes work wrongs, and deeper tTage-
dies of human life spring from the larger
nassions: but woeful and most mourn
ful are the uncatalogued tragedies that
issue from gossip and detraction; most
mournful the shipwreck often made OF
noble natures aud lovely lives by the
bitter winds and dead salt waters OF
slander. So easy to say, yet so hard q
disprove-throwing on the innocent all
the burden and strain of demonstrating
their innocence, aud Furnishing them as
guilty if unable to pluck out the stings
they cannot see, and to silence words
they never hear-gossip and slander are
the deadliest and cruelest weapons man
has ever forged for his brothers heart