The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-03-17
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY. MARCH l.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

THF Pans ENrrHTsoN-Wr observe that q franz
rl specimen OF oar native woods has been pre-
pared by Mr. Fischer. the cabinet maker, tor the
government To be forwarded to the Paris Exhibit
tion of the Industry OF all nations. TO be held in
lsU7. II l. probable that other specimens from
our islands will be sent by the Il. ". Wood. via
Bremen. From all accounts. it would appear that
unusual efforts are being made in Paris for this
event. TO have tue show surpas~. in extent and
magnifcence. anything ever seen in any country.
And the French Emperor is especially DESTROYS
that it shall surpass the great English exhibition
Some idea of what it Will be. may be Inferred from
tue following. from the Scientific american:
q. Professor Joy stated at the last meeting Of the Polytechuic
Association that, on his recent visit to Paris, it seemed to him
tton' Tor the graf s 5A ilt.n one o NJ has puFch1sed a
is pulling down al the buildings to make room for others better
adapted for one OF the collateral sprcul4tions, connected with
dusty Of all nations in practical operation by the natives Of the
several countries. If this scheme is carried out as proposed,
there viii be seen IN the middle OF Paris lap'anders, making
fishing tackle IraI Tartsrs, employed in the preparation Of
skins aud carpets the Kabyles Of Algeria, making the glazed
pottery Of BeriJerS' carvings IN the wood OF the hi tree orna-
meu,s in silver and coral, and carpets OF Gran and other dis
fabrics, making fz caps, saddles and arms, and preparing sha-
and pottery; the half petit 6iancs. Of the Isle Of bourbon,
making sacks for sugar and coffee; Anatoians weaving Smyrna
carpets. silks and cloth Of gold >yrians fahrlcating tissues and
arms of Damascus and AIepro, mother Of pearl, work Of Bethle-
hem, and gold work Of Bey rout Persans at work on Kurdis-
tan carpets, silk em6roidery; kirman shA~ls, silks and cottons
Of Yerd. euameled tiles, and damascened arms Indians weav-
ing uuSIuS. lNIullcTu CdSHucTcS, SiSIaHlI WI anu
wood, and twisting threads OF gold into bracelets and other
ornaments Cambogians fibrica'ing boxes and toys from sandal
men carving a nest Of ivory halls japanese painting their in
comparable lacquer wares; Mexicans turning their perfumei
pottery and redskins composing head dresses of feathers and
DISCRIMINATING moccasons."
CorroN. RICE AND FAMINE IN lNDLA-When the
news of the close of the American war was re-
ceiyed in India. Il greater panic wa created there
among the cotton-growers than probably ever eX-
listed before. The price of India cotton in Liver
pool fell from % to IS cents per pound, which
was the immediate cause of the panic. Native
merchants refused 10 make advances to the cotton
growers. and the latter in consequence abandoned
their fields. SO that less land is now cultivated
with cotton than previous TO the war. The crop
last wear amounted To S25.54O maunds Cor baskets
of 80 pounds each, against I,6j9.9l7 for 1861. and
the prospect is that a still greater falling of will
he seen in the crop of 1866. Many who have been
engaged in planting have returned to their old
vocation Of weaving, and it is said that Il native
weaver. with a wife and four children, who can
earn I'D. per day, is content with that income
Nearly all the people wear native cloth. y cor.
| respondent from India says:
"The news was too great a shock for the villagers mind tc
find that the field Of cotton, on which all his hopes centred
and which he had in the morning valued at from go to $50
was 10y evening almost unstable on account of some new
which had arrived by the Buih Dak ueIegraph--' lightning
bend" 'Hs f"''
In addition TO this. India is threatened will
famine, in the destruction of the rice crop by
drought. The price OF this article, which is the
principal food of the Iindoos. had risen one hun
dred per cent. In some places the Inhabitants had
been reduced to starvation. One writer states tina
"The bestowaI of only a handful Of grain, soaked in water
to each man invites hundreds of the poor to the door OF the
donor. The rotunE grain, which has been used to make spirits
sells as food to those who have money, and those who are pen
nileSs beg fer die refuse seeds from which oil has been pressed
Such Is the want of water even in the Gangetic delta. Rount
Calcutta the QVaSantry fight for such puddleS OF water u : ar
still Left, wherewith to keep their rice alive"