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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-25

Contrasted with the enormous ironclads of
most of the Old World navies are the new gun
boats of China. They are practically only float
ing gun carriages, but are heavily armed with
guns that are more efficient than the thirty-eight
ton gun which is the boast of the British navy.
The Chinese g~unboats have been named after the
letters of the Greek alphabet, and eight have
been constructed. Their magazines and
machinery are under the water line, and the
single thirty-fve or thirty-eight-ton gun they
carry lies fat upon the deck. 1t is moved and
loaded by hydraulic power. so that only five men
are required to handle it. Its p~rojectile weighs
$50 pounds. The advantage of a feet of little
vessels thus armed over the cumbersome ironclads
is that they are easily managed, draw very little
water and present an exceedingly small target for
the enemy to FIRE at. The whole feet costs no
more than a single big ironclad, and is as heavily
armed. In addition to the chief gun for which
they are built, the Chinese g~unboats carry two
twelve-pounders and two gatling guns, The
later ones are double-enders, with a double set
of screws and rudders at bow and stern.
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The Life Of Chas. ]. Mathews.

This is the title Of a recently published work,
chiefly the autobiography of the well-known
English comedian. We copy an amusing descrip-
ton of a performance at Honolulu " At Homo
lulu one Of the ipveIiest little spots upon earth, 1
acted one night by Command, and in presence of
His Majesty Kamehameha V, King OF the Sand
witch Islands mot HOky POky Wanky Fun, as
enormously repOrted), and a memorable night it
was On my way TO the quaint little Hawaiian
theatre, situated IN a rural lane. in the midst of
pretty garden, gIaring with gaudy tropical flow
ers, and shaded by eOcOa- palms, bananas, ban
vans, and tamarinds, | met the playbill Of the
evening. A perambulatIng kGnGkd (or black
native g~entleman), walking between two boards
(called in London hguratIvely a sandwich man,
but here, of course, literally SOY. carried aloft a
large Illuminated white paper lantern, with the
announcement IN kanaka language, to catch the
attention Of the cOlDred inhabitants Charles
Mathews, keaka keia pO (tbeatre open this even
ingl. IA lrnO o ke kOmO ana preserved seats,
dress circle), 2 dolls. SOC; nom una (parquette),
l dol; HOhO hop (kanaka PITY, 75c.' | found
the theatre, 20 use the technical expression,
crammed TO sufDcation, which means very full,
though, from the state Of the thermometer on
this occasion, suffocauOn was not so incorrect a
description as usual. \ really elegant-loOking
audience (tickets los eachl evening dresses, uni
forms Of every cut and country, chiefesses and
ladies OF every tinge, IN dresses OF every color,
flowers and Jewels IN prOiusIOn, satin playbuls,
fans going, windows and doors all open an out
side staircase leading straight into the dress
circle. without either check-taker or money-taker;
Kanaka women IN the garden below selling
bananas and peanuts by the glare of flaming
torches on q sultry tropical moonlight night.
The whole thing was like nothing but a mid
summer nights dream And was 1t nothing to
see a pit full Of Kanakas, black, brown and
whitcy-brown Till lately cannibals) showing their
teeth. grinning and enjoying PGneT IS; Chatter
a. much az a few years ago they would have en-
loved the roasting OF a missionary or the baking
ofa baby? IL was certainly a page IN ones Iie
never l. be forgotten On Wednesday nisrcn
Iss. we left Honolulu for California in the Moses
TAYLOR. and on the tenth day heard the sea-llonl
bark outside the Heads, and steaming through
the Golden Gate, landed at San Francisco OF
Sunday the 12th."
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WHERE ?-Wher stall we find our aristo-
Gratis Twenty years ago this one made candles,
that one sold candles and butter, another
butchered, a fourth carried on a distillery,
another was a contractor on canals, others were
mere merchants and mechanics. They were ac-
quainted with both ends of society, as their child
rem will be after them, though it will not do to
say so out loud. For often you find these toiling
worms hatch butterHies-and they live about a
year. Death brings a divitiOn of property, and
it brings new fnanciers. The old gentleman
is discharged, the young gentleman takes reven-
ues and begin to travel-toward poverty which
he reaches before death, or his children do if he
does not, so that, in fact, there is a sort of mon
eyed rank bis children strut and use the money.
Their children in turn inherit pride and go
shiftless to poverty. Next their children, REIN
vigorated by fresh plebeian blood and by the
smell of the clod, come up again. Thus society,
like a tree, draws it's sap from the earth.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-25

How TO KEEP Ice IN THE SIcK-RooM.-For
those who have an abundant supply of ice this
may not be a matter of much moment but for
poor people, who may rarely use ice except in
case or sickness, and to whom the expense Is not
insignificant, the following hints is from an
English source and may be useful 1" Cut a piece
of flannel about nine inches square, and secure 1t
by a ligature round the mouth of an ordinary
~tumbler, so as to leave a cup-shaped depression OF
flannel within the tumbler to about halt it's depth.
In the flannel cup SO constructed pieces of ice
may be preserved many hours; all the longer fla
piece of flannel from four to five inches square be
used az a loose cover to the ice-cup. Cheap fan
mel, with comparatively open meshes, is prelera-
BILE, as the water easily drains through it, and the
ice is thus kept dry. When good flannel with close
texture is employed, a small hole must be made
in the bottom of the flannel cup, otherwise it
holds the water and facilitates the melting of the
ice, which is, nevertheless, preserved much longer
than in the naked cup or tumbler. In a tumbler
containing a flannel cup, made as above described.
of cheap, open flannel, at 20 cents a yard, it took
ten hours and ten minutes to dissolve two ounces
of ice, whereas in a naked cup, under the same
conditions, all the ice was gone in less than three
hours
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Ohio Men in the Sandwich Islands.
Sow FEw VINO DO NOT HON OFFIcE.

MINISTER Comfy IN THE OHIO STATE JoURSAL.l
We are in receipt Of papers from Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands, giving accounts Of the exami-
nations Of the schools and colleges there.
Among items Of interest thereabout we notice
that Miss Rite receives special mention for her
efficiency as a teacher in Mr. AtkinsOn's school.
In the same came school, one Of Muliere's COM
edies was presented in the original, in which
Guy and Smith Comfy, sons OF the American
Minister, took part. Smith 1.-THE yOungest) re-
ceiVes special mention in one OF the Honolulu
papers. - IncOg.; or Fine Feathers Make Fine
Birds, " was also presented, by Masters Hay and
Guy WOdehouse, sons of the English Commits
sioneT; Charles Carter. son Of the late Minister
Of Foreign Affairs and Envoy to England and
Germany; G.. Wilder, son Of the Hawaiian Min
lister Of the Interior; Guy Comfy and others.
Both representations are highly praised. Susie
Comfy recited AldIich's = Baby Bell" and re-
ceived much applause. Among the pieces on
the programme we find Gen. Lytle's IL am
Dying. Egypt"
At Punahou College we find the Columbus
names Of Freddie and Annie Armstrong, grand
children Of William Armstrong. Town street.
Rev. DIR. Hyde, President Of Oahu Theological
Seminary, is an uncle of Mr.. Hyde, of Robbins
& Hyde, this city.
Lorin Andrews, late President of the Lahaina-
luna College. author of the Hawaiian Dictionary
and a treatise on the language, was a cousin of
the President of Marietta College and Prof. E.
Ii. Andrews, OF the Ohio Geological Survey, and
was educated in Ohio. we believe at Ohio
University.
By the way, Mr.. Atkinson is a. son of the two
great English travellers, husband and wife, of
that name. In his mother book, Travels in
Siberia and the Khirgis Steppes." she mentions
his birth, and that he was named Alatau Tam
cbIbOulac, after the mountain and spring where
he was born. He is an accomplished linguist,
musician and artist, and one of the best teachers
in the world.
While on this subject we may as well mention
that the leading dentist of the islands is DR..
Whitney, graduate of Startling Medical College,
of l.. L. Rice, formerly private secre-
tary Of Gov. Chase; the leading physician is DIR.
John 5. McGrew, formerly of Cincinnati, and
Medical Director of a department in the south
west during the whole of the late war; the best
photographer is Mr.. Dickson, late of Cincinnati,
brother of Bates Dickson. Acknowledgement on
Thomas staff; the engineer Of the Hawaiian
steamer Likehke, was an engineer on the old
Piqua road, and 50 on. In fact, the islands are
full of Ohio men, and some of them do not hold
Office.
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The Women Folks.

Sometimes We feel inclined to pick flaws in the
women folks, but on second thoughts are made to
wonder that they are as good as We find them.
Surprising customs were reversed, and instead of
counting the girls, the girls were to court us ?
Surprising a sweet creature in bows and ribbons
and poetical drapery and stephenotiS should come
to see you two or three times a week. and should
discourse by the hour on the soul-light of your
eye, the Jove-like grandeur of your brow. the
inefable glory of your mustache, ETC., ETC., don't
you think you would develop into a jackanapes in
less than six months-eyen at the start? Fact is,
we men think nothing of telling a glrl over and
over again how much prettier and sweeter and
better every way she is than all her sisters and
it is not unnatural that she should be goose
enough to believe it after Il time. Who doesn't
like TO hear his own praises sung? But after
marriage these sugar-coated lies turn to plague
the man that compounded them. He has taught
bis wife to believe that he can see nothing good
in her sex outside of herself. And she never for
gets her lesson, as many a married wight could
testify. But don't blame her, friend she is only
showing her abiding faith in your love vows.
The trouble abides in you. You have ceased
lying to her.-BOaOn Transcript.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-25

DR.. Luedtge of Berlin, whose miGophone, or.
as he calls it. universal telephone, was patented
January II, 1873, some time before the micro
phone notes of Hughes and Edison were pub
lished, has lately improved bis instrument to
such a degree that it will probably answer all
reasonable demands for telephone conversation.
The disagreeable sounds that are heard in other
microphones have been avoided, and words
spoken into the transmItter are reproduced so
clearly and so loud that it can be heard best a
short distance from the receiver, which is an or
binary bell telephone With it a healthy ear
might be injured. If, however. persons that do
not hear well place the receiver near the ear,
they are able to hear much better than with other
simil'r Instruments. Words have been plainly
transmitted by this apparatus through a distance
OF lS6 miles. A special signal is not necessary.
If a bell telephone and a Luedgte microphone
are brought IN connection, a clear, deep and i'm
pressive tone, somewhat like the tone of a fog
horn, which can be heard for quite a distance, is
perceived at the transmitting as well as at the
receiving station.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-25

There is an organised effort now making IN
France to legalise divorce. The Emperor Napo-
leon L introduced divorce into France, and it be-
came law in 1892. In the first three months of
the following year the divorces equalled the num-
Der of marriages. With the fall of Napoleon it
ended. Since that time marriages have become
more and more a mere business transaction, and
this state of things has been in every way hard
for the wife. The struggle is a fierce one, the
Catholic priesthood in a body opposing the bill
before the French chambers. The ommitte APP
pointed by the latter to revise the bill has report
ed in its favor, and it is thought that this report
will be sustained. 1t is said, as an argument
against the passage of the law, that the stage,
which is a faithful mirror of French popular taste
and feoling, would have to change it's plays, which
would retain but'a 1.-THE of their attraction if a
divorce court were established. 1t would divest
sins against the seventh commandment of their
literary and dramatic effect, and would therefore
be repugnant to the genius of an enormous section
of the French people.
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Rats.

The rat is said to be of English extraction,
though it is said that they were first imported
into England from beyond the Volga. Every
farmer knows the habits Of the rat. Not one but
would willingly vote TO have them exterminated
and If a unanimous vote of the farmers could in
duce them to leave the country there Is no doubt
but the vote could be had. Rats abound in every
known portion of the globe. and it remains to be
seen whether Lieutenant De Long will discover
any of the tribe at the north pole. The necessity
for their existence has never been fully shown,
and the only excuse for the existence of the
Thomas cat is the existence of the rat. Had
Noah yoked the pair of cats and the pair of rats
which be took into the ark together and consigned
them to the water, he would have conferred a
benefit on future generations, which alone would
have entitled him TO have his lame emblazoned
on a cbaplet of ice and his biography painted in
the Weekly Call. But he didn't do it, and we
have the rats and the cats still, and the more the
cats increase, the more rats we have. Darwin
says that s. the grand total from a single pair at
the end of three years is CSC ,80S." To arrive at
these exact figures, be takes a pair Of healthy rats
as the principal, compromising the interest quart
erly, and adding to the principal. Any farmer
who has the spare time, NAV figure it out by the
rule covering compound interest. A pair OF rats
produce four litters a year of eight in a litter,
and the young ones do the same at six months
old. The brown rat emigrated to California In
1851. He was caught on the tide that set west
ward in search of gold andtwas borne along. Just
what part of the OK wagon he rode in we cannot
say. 1t is more likely. however, that he came by
water, fearing an attack by Indians, who are
unusually fond of them. The only remedy we
know of is to keep a pack of cats. The better
way is to feed and rear the cats at the farm and
around the granaries, and after the kittens are
grown compel them to catch rats or go hungry.
Well fed cats have no ambition to excel as rat
catchers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-25

The USES of The WATERMELoN.-The Ithaca
Journal speaks a good word for the watermelon,
as follows Watermelons are said to be healthy,
and if this be true, Ithaca should be in a fair san
itary condition, for there appears to be plenty of
the - lucious fruit " lying about. But they do
say that watermelons are good for something else
besides collie. The juice increases the secretions
OF the kidneys, which is due to the sugar it con-
tains. The water of the melon is a valuable diu-
retic. therefore a moderate use of the fruit is ben
efcial, especially in warm weather. 1t allays
thirst, thereby satiating an appetite for ice water.
An infusion of bruised seed can be used in all
cases of irritation of the kidneys and bladder,
and especially in cases of the retention of urine
produced by cold. The root is a powerful purga-
tive and drastic, and is successfully used by the
natives of the Sandwich Islands, in dropsy. The
seeds are also used as a vermifuge.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-25

II was the custom in Babylon five hundred
years before the Christian era, to have an annual
auction OF unmarried ladies. In every year, on
a certain stated day, each district assembled all
it's manageable virgins of manageable age.
The most beautiful were put up first, and the
man who paid the highest price gained possession
Of her. The second in personal charms followed
her, and 50 on, that the bidders might crafty
themselves with handsome wives, according to
the length Of their purses. There might on these
occasions yet remain in Babylon some for whom
no money was offered. but the p~rovident Baby
lonians managed that. When all the comely
ones were sold. the criers ordered the most de-
formed one to stand up. and, after demanding
who would marry her for a small sum, she was
a~djudged to him who was satisfied with the least.
In this manner the money raised from the sale OF
the handsome, served as a portion for those who
were either Of disagreeable looks, or any other
imperfection.
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GROCERIES,
LARGE ENT. NEW AND
N FRESH. For Sale by
al 10 - bOLLhc q w.
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some FACTS ABOUT LoNDoS.-London is spread
over about 1000 square miles. There is one
death there every six minutes, and one birth
every four. The growth Of the population is at
the rate OF IS 900 a year, or 205 each day. The
total length OF streets in London is about 7 900
miles there are built every year about 5000
new houses, by which the length of the streets is
increased by % miles; In the TIE iails, there are
an average of $4,000 prisoners The foreign
born residents Of London number about 100 900 /;
but 81 per cent. of the whole population were
born out Of the city.
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CHUTNEY,

CHUTNEY,
THE REAL ARTICLE OF EAST INDIA
Chutney in quart Bottle, assorted, ~
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dry, parched, sorc throat, losing flesh,
bronchial and asthmatic attacks, pneu.
monia, weakened and debilitated state OF
the system, all these dangerous symptoms
are cured by CDR. Swayne's Compound
Syrup Of Wild Cherry" The first dose
gives relief, and the worst cough and sore
lungs yield to its healing prophecies
"Phy siCians recommend i"
II have made use of this preparation for
many years, and it has proved to be very
reliable and efficacious in the treatment Of
severe and long-standing coughs. know
oftwo patients, now in comfortable health,
and who but for It's use 1 consider would
not now be 1iving-Isaac s. Herbien, N.
D., Straustown, Berks county, Pa"
Phce-Trial bottles, 25 cents; large size,
which is the most economical, 81 90, or six
for s. 90. A single 25-cent bottle viii oft.
entimes cure a recent cough or cold, and
thus prevent much suffering and risk OIL
life. Prepared only by DR.. Swayne & Son,
Philadelphia. Sold by leading druggists
MwFkW
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pITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI AMIDST
L LOUIS kAIL"Af-PAN HANDLE ROUTE.
In q M ;gsss
Tine Table East and Wes,, November 10Th, 1872.
Trains leave Pan Handle depot loot Of EsVs6 Ii
street, near Public Landing, daily except Sunday, n
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NEW HoRE, December Election quiet
and steady at l3kal32sc; futures weak. Flour
firm and less active; receipts II. 600 barrels;
supertine western and State S. 50a5 90: com.
mon to good 50 00a8 so; good TO choice ss 55a
%: white wheat extra Sc 25a6 IS; extra
Ohio ~ 26a7 20; Minnesota patent proc.ss
q 5Oa9 90. Wheat unsettled; receipts 50. 600
bushels: ungraded spring 81 zOA1 AZ; No 3
spring 81 40; No. 81 40; ungraded winter
red 81 s.; No 8 do 81 4sa1 40; No. 2 ST SOFA
81; No 81 Sal SIX; ungraded amber
81 6Oa1 5011; No. 2 amber 81 55al ISL ungrad.
ed white 81 So; No. . dc 81 50a1 50: No. / do
sales o. 900 bushels at 81 53a1 65H No. 2 rcd
December sales rs, 900 bushels at 81 J6xa
! 6S4i January, sales $4,000 bushels at
81 5aal 81 January by GENITAL, sales 5000
5ushe!s at 81 68N; February, sales 100000
bushels at 81 0lal 6iN; February by cen
tai, sales lS6 Ooe bushels at 81 nv. Rye
heavy. Corn heavy and very moderate trade;
receipts 80 600 bushels; ungraded 81 TASK I;
NO: = 6Sha64c; steamer o. Ha65c; No. 2
65Ha68hc: steamer yellow CSC; No. 9 De-
cember 65Aa6Bc; January 81 l!aRi<c; Jan.
uary by GENITAL. 81 l5sl l6il Oats les active.
receipts $1,000 bushels; western mixed 50a
sic; white western Sc Hay, firm at G0a6Sc.
Hops quiet and unchanged. Coffee dull and
unchanged. Sugar dull and nominal, Mo.
laSseS, New Orleans steady at 35a45c. Rice
steady and fairly active. TallOw steady at
exc. Rosin 81 so. Turpentine 4OXa4lc.
Eggs quiet; western 16a22c. Pork less active !:
mess $l2 76al2 SIX. Beef steady and in fair
demand. Cut meats dull; long clear 7Xc;
short clear 7sSc, Lard steady; prime steam
81 15AS 90. old and new. Butter quiet: west.
ern l4aS6c. Cheese steady; western SaiSc,
WHISKY firmly held at 81 is.
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The symptoms are moisture, like pers-
piration, intense itching, increased by
scratching, very distressing, particularly
at night, as II pin worms were crawling in
and about the rectum, the private parts
are sometimes affected; il allowed to con-
tlnue, very serious reaults may follow,
Dr.. SwAYNE's ALI HKALIXG OtSrNIEr Ia a
pleasant sure cure.
HOVE CuREs.-We were great sufferers
from Itching Piles, the symptoms were
as above described, the use Of swayne's
Ointment in short time made a perfect
cure.
:, J; y. CHRIST, Boot & Shoe House, s44
nj 7; 2. wEYxAS, Halter, 8 S. stA St.,
Reader, If you are suffering from this
distressing, Complaint, or letter, Itch,
scald Head, Ring Worm, or any Crusty'
scaly Skin Eruption, use Swayne's 0int-
ment and be cured. Sent by mail 10 any
address on receipt Of price lin currency or
= cent postage stamps), so cents a boz,
three boxes, 81 25. Address letters, Dr.
Swayne & Son, 800 N. Sixth St., Philadel-
phia: Nocharge for advice. Sold BY lead
ing druggists. Nwp1w
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Health and Hnpplne.s.

1t seems strange that any one will suffer
from the many constitutional arrangements
brought on by an impure state OF the blood,
when Guysott Yellow Dock and sanaparilla
will restore perfect health and physical organ.
lzation. It has proven itself 70 BE- the best
blood purifier ever discovered, elIectually
curing Scrofula, syphilitic disorders, Weak.
ness OF the Kidneys, all Nervous disorders and
Debility. 1t corrects Indigestion, etc, reju.
Ieuates the old, exhilarates the young, and
invariably drives out Of the system all the ills
that human flesh Is heir to. Price OF large
quart bottles 81 %.
Full directions accompany each bottle.
Langhlin Bros. 60, and Logan, Last &
Co, wholesaleagentS nav
Sold in Bridgeport, o., by West & GllmVre.
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PlTTbBuRen, December ll.-PrrRoLEuu =
Dull; crude 81 s0sf at Parker, for Shinmsnt.
refined SIC for Philadelphia delivery.
On CRY, December 11.-PE1RoLEuI-Mar.
ket opened quiet with sales at 81 26X old:
declined 10 81 2l9S; at which price Ii closed
for old, offered. Shipments 5000 barrels.
averaging 5000. Transactions $50, bar.
ined 7a7IEd. ~
dned SKI.
Quiet and unchanged.
fH!LAnELFHtA, December l1.-PrrRoLEux-.
Nominal; refined SIC,
NEW YoRK, December lI.-PErRoLEux-
quiet but steady; United 259Gc; crude IN