The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-03-04
Miscellaneous Items.

A woNaSs dress il like tho envelope Of a
lettCr-the cover - frequently index to the
contents.
LASTING repgta-huns are Of a -lOw growth the
man who wakes up famous some morning l. very
apt 70 20 10 bel some night and sleep it of
Billings.
HAVE also seen the world and. after long ex-
perIenec, have discovered that is our greatest
enemy, remunerative labor our most lasting
end.-Moser
THE art OF obtaining sugar from cane was dis
covered by Venetian IN 1903, and for sixty
years n sugnr-IOaf weighing ten pounds was
considered n wonderful curiosity.
To RAISE money for her church. Rev Miss Anna
Oliver. - the blck-eyed gIrl pastor - Of Brook
lyu, u issue l3 900 shares Of stock at 81 each
the certificate Of st0ak being portrait Of herself
One Of her male parishiOners will take 500
shares
GIRL graduIted at the Iowa Agricultural
College, and wrote essay Tor the occasion.
And the essay was not about - buried hopes.
80 the seasJn-,' or anything Of the kind IL
about the food Of common birds - and was
an entertaining and very excellent paper.
DESPITE the pacific aspect Of affairs in
Europe. Herr Krupprs great steel works at Essen
have been 30 busy lately that 1000 additional men
have been engaged, thus bringing tho total Of
hands up 10 $1,000. The various European
Powers want all their orders executed at once.
The North American Indians cherish a beau
tIful myth in their belief in the mystical bird
that, coming IA the summer evenings when the
moon u iull, sings m the pine groves beside their
wgwams ethereal songs Of the spirit world,
bringing tidings Of departed friends.
AT the Royal Palace IN Berlin 10000 wax
candles are instantaneOusly lighted By single
match. The wcks are previously Connected by a
thread spun from gun cotton, ignting one
end Of which all the candles are lighted sImul-
taneou-ly. and thus the whole Of the nine hun
dred apartments are lighted at once
The Ittest - kink > in jewellery is the wish
bone-the identical kind OF wIsh-b1ne pulled
in the days Of our childhood, with mental in
vocation to fate. Now il Is done up in mother
Of pearl, silver gold, sometimes plain. but
oltener set with stones. and worn pin, and
ornaments the slipper or hair.
MEDAL will be issued shortly from the United
States MInt IN Philadelphia IN cOmmemOratiOn
Of tile two Presidents who have met their death
By assassination. On side will be medal
lion OF Mr. Garfield the other similar repre-
sentIOn Of llr. Lincoln. The medal will be
struck IN gold, and will be 10 sizes-One inch
and haIf-an-incIr respectively in diameter.
CLARA Louise KellOg told Cincinnati Enquirer
reporter that the late Henry G. StebbIns had
managed her money affairs from the time she went
on the stage until ms death and successfully
During my recent tour in Europe" she said,
he made $3.50 900 for me by n fortunate invest
meut-
- FASHIONABLE circles in Philadelphia are as
founded at tue discovery tNdt n handsome young
stranger. registering at tie st. Georges Hotel as
lie Due Dengein. Cf France. a foreigner
at all. but a da-hing young Baltimore swell over
there for a frOlic. who thought It would be
amusing to come the French nObleman guile
less PhIladelphians. The fact that he is rich and
respectable did not reconcile the Phiadelphians
to the deccipt.
Two very little youths have become students
in HiIlsdale College. Michigan-twO brothers
named Christopher and Edwin Sparkling. Their
age- are respectively Is and Is years. Christie
pher the elder j. 39l inches IN height and weighs
37I pOuud--size Of head 81, and wears No.
shoe chIldren's size. Edwin. the younger, is
42B inches in height. and weighs 49l pounds
the sIze Of his head IS 81. and he wears No. 3
shoe, chIldren's size They are both wcll-iOrmed
IN every respect, are active and energetic, and
very strong tor their size
Ara meeting Of the SlIe,iau ,ranicaI Society
n few months a.J, apparatus was exhibited
which enabled the spectators To HEAR plants
growing. The plants are CONNECTED with q disc
which possesses an indicator On the centre. This
indicator works with regularity, and, upon
highly maguifed scale, regi-ters the growth Of
the plant with which the disc j. thus con-
nected. The metal disc and indicator, when
brought into cOutact with an electric ham
mer interrupt the electric current at each Of the
dividing interstices Of the disc and produce
sound the result Of the action Of growing plants,
which thus becomes audible.
THE original haIf-milliOu sterling given by
George Peabody for the erection OF model lodging
buildings in London has now become ET2O, 600.
This large increase IN the capital Of the trustees
il stated By their surveyor TO be due 10 the in
come from the buildings. The occupants OF
rooms are stated to include all grades OF the
wo- king classes. from the labOrer and washer
woman t. the skilled ar;izan. The entire ex-
pen-es Of the management Of the trust are,
according TO the same authority. under $1,000
uer annum The deaths In the Peabody build
ings calculated upon sixteen years experience,
have been at the rate Of only 10 40 per lUOO
per annum. while tho general death-rate for the
metropolis during the same period has been
% 10. The death-rate IN crowded districts
surrounding the buildings may be taken at thirty
or forty To the thousand
Miss Geneyieve Ward Is quoted by the New
Orleans PIcau1lHs rs making divers pleasant
sneecbe- n bJut the amnble Wide -. I've known
him since he was a boy said she. &" His mother
is a charming woman, and great friend OF mile
highly accomplished she is, and Oscar was always
very nice until he got this absurd esthetc notion
in his head lie began by wearing yellow cravats
sometimes he and Mrs. Langtry. who Is really
very beautiful, would come to see me play: ana
she generally carried n lily OF two IN her hand
frequently sending them behind the scenes to me-
and was always charmed If ! carried them on the
stage"