The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-05-26
MiscsIIan,ous I.em3.

All cOiofS are Itsnion1bie, out red - most
in favor
For the lumin rti11 of hlopns NJ Mn
gin us-s an incand scent e .tri: Il rht. sur
reu dsd by water contained in u glISs
vessel
Ia Paris a priv1te bnilding complny is to
gener te electricity for their own tenlnt-,
to whom they will supply it for lrgnt at
moderate cost
Italy IL keeping steldiy active in pre-
pairing for the fuIure. Last yeAr the public
works s'nctIoncd By the Government
amounted to $50, 400 OO1
So te as last year d. Proust in a paper
to the Academy of uelrci ,e. made the
statement th't there were then n, fewer
than 2I9,210 houses ia France without a
window.
French silk merchants are thinking bout
accIimatizing species nf spider which his
been discovered on the African co ST This
SPIDER makes thre ID very much like vel
low silk and almost strong.
Diluted nitro-muriatrc acid is proposed by
an ltrliin s-ienti,t fnr the preservation nf
meat and Of -nimIl sIb<t Inre, for scientific
purposes The proportion of the acid TO the
organic matter is not st'fed.
If NJ Risler has made correct obServa-
tiOns. the whe plant nrver grows ulIon
any day when tne te'HperIture OF tha air
does not for a pPrioi Of SeVerIl hours at
least rise above 43 degrees Fahrenheit.
l. st year the JIpinese Government. hav-
ing a good mlny brunz. q ms aud nri-
quafed ield-piecrs Il aud hII them melt
ed down refined aud converted int cpin nj
the lmpeih Mint Pros IDLY h wev r the
mon y will 90 f,r the purchase Of more
deadly weapons Tne milcnnniu is no
nearer Japan than the United States
No more popu nr delu ion exists than in
regard to the q Ieens 5 r iane Pe pie
generally believe II 10 be GurIph There
are some. how-ver. who know thlf, in MR.
ryiug Prince Albert Of C,burI G"t'ia the
sovereign took the surname s.i her hus1tnd .
Victim, W Iich has fur upw ri Of 4J0 years
been the family cOgnOuen of the house of
s xony And the P.ince of Wales aud all
the rest of her children bear that name.
An INSTANTANEOUS LI.;HT Such in
word l. the unique app tuS on exhibition
at the rooms Of the Po.t' le Electric Light
Co - water street Tio<ton. IL orrup es
the spIce Of only five sqI re- inches anil
weights but 6se pru IDS. and cin be carried
with ease Tue lighr, or more pr pery
lighter, requires mo- eXtr' puwer. wires or
connect Ous a d Is 50 co structed that
ptrt can be- re pl ced at small cost the
chem icals are u iced in a 9lrss rtIort; car
bon and zinc ppIr Tus. with >pir'I plltI-
mum attachment, - then ABUSED So IA 10
form n b,ttery, and the light : re dy. TIE
pressure little knob "d ices an elec
trio current by which the spir, of plitInum
is heated 10 Inciud euce. the P1rab!e
Electric Light Comp nv was recently IN
corporated with c'pItdl OF SlOn 900 un-
dr. the laws Of Massachusetts. Tne use
fuInes- &c the apparatu. and the low pr &C
1881 viii TO dnubt result IN IT'S general
adoption Some Of the prominent b IS ness
men of the State are identIfe with this
enterprI-e In addition TO It's .se a. a
lighter, thh appIr tuS can BE- used in con-
nection with a burglar j. r'n and galvinic
battery Boston Transcript.
REH4KxABLE FEAr N SHrP- -BulLDISG-
The new steam-whaler b RII b"s suited
for the Arctic on her tirst v,yage. She wa
in command of Ciptur B,uIdry. ami his
aboIrd. all told. fnrty three men The buil-
ina. equipment and quick dep srture the
B,lasna are considere I one "f rhe wonders
of mo.lern ship building. Her keel " Sl III
in Dickie Brothers' ship yard near LnnI
Bridge on JanuIry % II, md only eighty
eight days after. S'Ie s'Iled for actual .rvIce.
CIp,aiu MiEen Grffi h. who, with Me>>rs.
PerLins. G. ,nd al and movies. own the YES
sel. supsrinten led her fitting "ut. The
engines. known IS the Tinde:n three-cyin-
dr.. compound type. were furnished by the
Risdon iron Works. Tne vessel IS 523
tons gross and dedu ting cr-w and engine
.n,css. e;c. she is 30n tons net mers ire
meut. She has cnpIcItv for the c'rria re o!
2 600 b,rrelS of OIL IN her irnL tanks al me.
and has tween deck sprce for about 3OO
barrels more. The Officers are J. +. ul-
drv NJ Isrer; Gorge w Bro vn. Mute;
ID Smith. SscInd Mate; S'muel Ro-
ts,5 Third VI t.; w. w White. Fo nth
Mafe: Charl. Weeks Bnt-headsr; 5 I'm Iel
q Becrs. Chief En- 9ineer; j. Evans. As
sIstant. and twenty-One seImen, besides
6rsmen and coh pls<ers- the owners OF
,b,s vessel NV have four stean-waaleTs
,he BIw1ead, OscIr. \ rwl'l and Bile IA
and Msssrs Griffith and Kn" yles have
rscentIy c.,ntr.rted with Goss IL SIwyer OF
p tn N ,ine for the cons ructinn nf nnoth r
one Of 500 toIs. TO he retdy fr sea IN
AToust next. The BIi@li passed the
Hesds outwirl bound at lI:lo a. m an
a. 4: O o. IN was out OF sight. going Oh
unSsr sssan and sails F. Chronicle.