The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-01-29
Miscellaneous.
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The Toxic (Japan) Times says that q shock Of
Earthquake Is probably felt in come part Of the
land every day.
IN There were at the close OF 1880 5000 Chinese
= the Northern Territory Of South Australia,
ID only 600 Europeans.
The peach orchard of John ParneIl in Troup
lDunty. Ga, is the largest in the world. IL
>Vers 25O acres of land, and will probably yield
10 900 this year.
French artist give his last work to a porter
y convey 10 the Salon. - Be CAREFUL " said he !;
rthe picture scarcely dry. =. Oh, never mind -
exclaimed the porter. % my clothes are old "
A monster sewing machine, weighing over four
Dos, and run by steam, has been constructed for
manufacturing firm IN Liverpool. The machine
y the largest IN the world.
John Bull will continue TO send for American
BET until he finds himself confronted with hunk
q the hind leg Of Tennessee steer. Then dip
3maEic relations will cease.-AkLGRka C0Hstitu-
bn.
~ A Southern paper thinks it queer that con-
<rAetor employed to widen streets, but It is no
lore singular than that you take an elevator To
[escend from an upper story, or contract a debt
rhen you pay part Of it.-SgrGcHse Standard
IL am a skeptIc - said immature person
u the masculine gender in n Vainglorious strain.
a An epieptic p asked old lady somewhat
tard Of hearing. - Poor boy You look like il,
IS Won do While the smile went around, the
Wife Well, Jones. judging from your
,reath, can really tell whether you have been
srinking Whiskey or whether you have been
tsimming in it," Husband (reproachfully)
n HanEah, don't you (hic) love me enough to
fmme (hicJ the benefit OF the dOubt?''
y The remarkable red spot the plar.et Jupiter
inch was fret noticed last year has recently
BEN closely examined from the POtsdanm observa-
.ry in Germany and is unchanged IN appearance,
1cing distinctly redder than the equatorial
c the planet
The Journal of Science says that as the use OF
tas and mourners' clOaks at funerals furnishes
very efficient medium for the spread Ut infec-
tDus diseases their has been formally abolish
q among the Jewish cUAmunIty.
9 The San D1mrngo Government has presented to
'<se town Of Payia n handful Of the remains OF
-bIumbus Consisting OF small fragments Of bone
.,d dust enclosed in q glass ball, and sealed by
20 Archbishop, whose secretary was the bearer
a the relic. IG has been deposited in the UniVer-
<py Library
| The doctors say that sealskn is unhealthy.
less them Now, u they can be induced 70
Nv the same thing of SIX button kids, point lace.
q a few such trries. coming generation OF
r1arried men will rise up and call them blessed.
An old eOlored preacher was lecturng youth
4 his fold upon the sin Of dancing. when the lat
- protested that the Bible plainly said there
4hs n time To dance. Yes, dar am a time To
Efen u boy gets a whippin' for gwine to a ball.
The Chinese Government is taking steps to
r.rengthen its navy. the first vessel OF which was
bught in 1877. With this object, orders have |
cben transmitted TO a large firm Of ship-builders
>t Stettin To constructs a formidable ronclad with |
Pc least delay possible.
Clubite A was telling n story IN the club. |
E.ubite B, when it was finished, said. - Well /
bat reminds me Of another anecdOte," and he |
a LraA - hnr
DIV what You have told was recalled by my !
- It was replied b, - because mine |
as on the same page of Joe Miller rs yours"
The explanation Of the apparent paradox that
country grow rich while it imports more
|1an il exports is n complex one. In England it
N that the interest money lent 10 foreign /
|onntries is practically paid in large measure in
md and aIso that large portion of the world
.tightage comes into the pockets of British
M powners, and should so be added to the value
U exports.
y Whales are becUming numerous IN the
1<ean - say a contemporary. We like state
znt that gives the full facts as this one does it
k<ieyes one OF she suspicion that whales are
.oeominz numerous in the fields, or that they q re
-.estiue the woods or hiding in the valleys.
|1pple now know where To be on the lookout
NJ whales.-AEnsTIcGn Paper
rhe engineer OF n train near Montreal saw
we dog on the track He was barking furiously.
E.e engineer blew the whistle at him. but he did
'& stir, and, crOuching low, he was struck oy
- locomotive and killed. There WAS oIt oi
1ite muslin on the locomotive, and it attracted
IN attention OF the engineer, who stopped his
81; ia aud went back. There lay the dead dog
W dead child, which had wandered upon the
'&ek and had gone to sleep. The dog had gwen
AZ signal to stop the train, and had died at his
r+t.
The unfortunate young lady who was 50
n FbarousIy murdered by Tuhi, near Opunake,
<f who was one Of the artists on the staff Of the
Fgphic. had visited Parihaka. and Te Whit
"a been quite charmed with her winsome man
"a. After taking sketches in the pa, she asked
q be allowed 10 ascend the hill overlooking
H rhaka. TO draw a sketch Of the whole place
r n that point The prophet said this was i'm
esible, the hill was tabu TO the pakeha, and no
Y tte man woman had ever set foot on itr
'<snmit. Miss Dobie, however, was not to be
<nlked. and after a few minutes persuasion, she
Te Whit to yield. Nay, mOre the old pro-
Pc grouped his people and himself IN pictures-
-Fe positions, and they remained thus whilst the
y artiat took the coveted sketch from the hill