The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-17

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Mr.. ". c. Baker, Of New Jersey,
claims to toe 1.-THE chicken king OF
the universe. Mr.. Bakers "Ecca-
lobeon, " or artificial Matching estab-
lishment, turns out 100000 chick
ems 4 year. He keeps 1000 laying
hens and buys all the fresh and
fecund eggs that are offered him.
Some of the beekeepers in Skagit
county, Wash, will take 100
pounds from each Of quite a num-
Der of their colonies this season.
This means $50 per swarm, gross,
which is regarded as better than
100 per cent. interes, on the in
vestment.
When screws Mere made by
hand five minute were consumed
in making one, an they were so ex-
pensive that wooden pins were
used wherever practicable. Now,
by the co!d-forged process, a single
machine will turn out Eve dozen
in a minute.
At Kokomo, Ind, while three
workers were standing over q gas
well fishing for some lost tools the
sulphuric gas or some other sub
stance burned the balls Of their
eyes until they had the appearance
of being scared over with a red hot
iron. The pain is excruciaing,
and it is feared the men will never
recover their sight.
Work on the great bridge over
the Mississippi river at New Or
leans will commence at an early
day, the engineers having finally
decided on the exact location for it.
1t is estimated that the building of
the bridge will cover a period of
three years, and the services of a
small army of workmen will be re-
quired.
The Grand Lodge of Masons was
founded in Providence in 1871, and
two years later the Providence
Royal Arch Chapter No. 1 was in
stituted by few Masons of that
degree, who obtained a charter
from Washington Chapter. It's
centennial was celebrated in Pro-
violence recently.
In the Dark Canyon a number
of tunnels were run in order to
tap streams of water to get a
supply for the water works.
The water was found running in
small, natural pipes, made by the
deposit of lime from the water. The
whole space cut by the tunnels was
found to be perforated with these
lime pipes.
In Johnson County, Wyoming,
there is what is called the burning
mountain. 1t is an immense coal
bank that has been on fire ever
since the first white man ever Wis
tied that country. There are many
traditions among the Indians as to
the origin of the fire, but all points
to its great antiquity, and it is pos
sible that the bank has been burn
ing for 200 or 800 years. The
country around presents singu-
larly barren appearance, which is
not in the least improved by the
looks of the mountain itself.
The Century Magazine has just
come in possession of one of the
most unique and important his
torical documents of the age. It is
record of the daily life of Napo-
leon Bonaparte on board the Eng
lish ship which bore him into
captivity at St. Helena, as con-
tanned in the hitherto unpublished
journal of the secretary of the
admiral in charge. The reports of
many conversations held by the
admiral with campaigns are given
with great fullness, and there is
much about the bearing and the
personal habits of Bonaparte dur
ing the voyage. The Memoirs OF
Las Cases contain the story of the
emperor's deportation as told by a
Frenchman and follower; this
diary is an English gentleman's
view of the same memorable jour
ney and of the impressions made
by daily contact with the man who
had had all Europe at his feet.
The diary will be published in
early numbers of The Century.