The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-09-07
NEWS AND NOTES.

The American idea is marching
on. Russia has nearly completed a
petroleum pipe line across the eau
casus mountains.
The Philadelphia Evening Tele-
graph now receives It's New York
news from the latter city directly by
telephone. The distance is slightly
under 100 miles.
About 10000 people day go up
the Eiffel tower. OF these between
5000 and 1000 go to the top. On
an average, {. person has to wait an
hour to go up in the lift.
There are thirty new war ships
afoat or building belonging to the
United States navy. These comprise
vessels from an 800-ton gunboat to
armor clad battle ships.
A decline in the value of farm
lands is noticed in all the older
States of America. This will have
marked effect in the summing up
of values in the new census.
The fortune left by Professor
Richard A. Proctor was insufficient
to support his family, and his widow
has determined to sell his Florida
home, together with his library and
scientific apparatus.
In France they now use for steam
and water pipe joints, gaskets made
of wood pulp, which are boiled il
linseed oil. They give satisfactory
results and are not subject to decom
position at high temperature.
Nine. Melba, of Melbourne, Aus
tralia, is the latest prima donna tx
take captive the critics of London
She is described as tall, elegant il
manner and dress, expressive of fea
ture and seductive of eye.
Mrs. Callahan and Mrs. Rodger
are Texan stock raisers, doing bus
mess individually for themselves
The first lady is the owner of 50,OO
sheep, and the other is rated a
$1,OO0,00O in cash and live stock.
Great preparations have beer
made a Oberammergau for tn
passion Play" next year. Ne7
costumes have been procured. TIL
orchestra and auditorium have beel
increased at an expense of $1,000.
During the last twenty-five year
Queen Victoria has taken AT agri
cultural prizes with stock from he
Windsor farms. She takes grea
interest in cattle shows, and is
good judge of Shorthorns and Je1
seys.
During the first fourteen days G
June upward of 100000 visitor
passed through the wickets of tn
Paris exposition. Such success
ought to be strong temptation t
New York to hold worlds expos
ton in 1892
A man with the artificial has bee
attracting much attention at a
English watering place. He had a
artificial cheek, eye and palate, ftte
by a surgeon of Bristol. He eat
without the slightest difficulty an
speaks distinctly.
The belief that Henry M. Stanle
will return from Africa in Septembe
has led an English lecture manage
to book dates for the explorer i
most of the English cities. M
Stanley, if he gets back, can max
from $500 to $500 a night by til
recital of his adventures.
The widow of Emperor Frederic
received 100000 a year from til
German government. The forum
left to her by the Duchess of Ga
liera brings her in $4,000 a yea
and she has a life interest in til
trust estate of her husband. In a
she has about 10000 year.
DIR. Noetling who has recently re
ported on the Upper Burmah Of
fields, estimates that, with prope
apparatus, the production might b
raised to $4,000 viss a day. Thi
gives 16amillion viss year, or abou
half the total importation into Hon
of both Russian and American oil i
1878.
In one respect the Paris exhibitio
excels all others, for there never ha
been collected together so fine a di'
play of electrical mechanism of ever
conceivable kind. There is at pres
ent an unparalleled impulse i
Europe toward electrical engineer
ing, and the desire to extend the us
of electricity to all branches of mar
ufactures.