The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-02-23
Late Foreign Items.

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French capitalists offered TO gay 81 ,GOO.O0O for
the admission fees to the Exhibition in Paris TIN.
year one half At once, the other half on the eve Of
the opening. TINS would have exonerated the guar
an,ors from ell ri-ks. but the oder was declined
An English jury has decided that when "A man
VINO i smoking IN a railroad car refuses TO remove
his cigar st the request Of his fellow passengers, they
have the right TO knock it out OF his mouth ami the
judge thought that the blowing IF tobacco smoke IN
the face Of Il fellow passenger might De consIdeTe1 AL
assault.
The presen, population Of Chilli is stated at 2.0S4,-
s43 persons 10 1851 it was 10 1854. It's area Is
24g. g52 miles. In 1861 its export aud import trade
amounted to $50 49, 1873. Ii i said that $50 Of its
Inhabitants are over one hundred years Of age, some
Of them having attained the ripe old age Of one hCu-
dred and forty.
It is estimated that there are about ,250,0OO Free
and Accepted Masons scattered upon the face Of The
globe. OF this number some 10000 are ia Eng
land, 100. 900 in Scotland, and $1,000 il ireland
There are about 600. 600 on the continent 4 Europe,
10000 IN the United States, and 10000 ia other
parts Of the world.
An ingenious Partisan has invented a window hat
will shut By means Of a lamp Of sugar whenever it
rains. The rain melis the sugar, which holds a
spring while it is hard. 1t IS Of no use while there
are children III the family.
An editor thus logically nudges his delinquent
subscribers = We don't want money desperately
bad but our creditors DO, aud 10 doubt owe you.
II you pay US well pay them. and they'll pay you"
A novel law case na- Just beeu decided At chicago.
A British suffice, dying there intesrate. the British
Consul claimed the right TO administer upon his
properly. Judge Bradweil has decided that a Con
sul has no authority in the matter, and dismissed
the suit at his costs. The property, by this decision,
goes into the hanis Of the Public Administrator.
The Great Exhibition Of 1867 Is beginning to
~frishien the Parisians. The people fear les; there
be a famine in Paris. Unless the Government makes
an effort to keep up the supply. the country people
will not, and the traiesmen, II is thought, cannot.
r.. 800. -. Il. .--.-.-g -. 49, -. -
eGectuaily destroyed by means of green vi'riol. or
s~ulphate Of iron, that Professor Myrtle, of that city.
requiring some Of those animals for experiments,
was scarcely able to obtain them at any price.
SIGNIFICAxT.-A letter from Honolulu, $ |, dated
October 18th. says - While the Shenandoah vas
in the North Pacific in 1865. she burned the whale
ship Harvest. belonging TO the house Of Pfuger
Brothers, OF Honolulu, and sailing under the Hawai-
ian flag A statement OF the affair was sent TO Lon
don, and the bill for tue ship was promptly paid by
the British Government" This would seem 10 be
an indirect acknowledgement that the Shenandoah
was an English pirate ship rather than 4 rebel cruis-
er.-Shipiag List.
An IMPERIAL VISITOR 1t has already Teen an-
nounced that Don Pedro II. Emperor of Brazil,
when on his way 10 the Paris Exposition, will take
advantage of this opportunity to make an extended
tour through the United States. He is one of the
most liberal and enlightened Of living monarchs,
and is a warm aamirer of the history and institutions
Of the United States. The Constitution OF Brazil for
bids him leaving the Empire, however, without con
stut OF II legislative 1naHDbers- Ids consent has
not yet been obtained. though it van probably be
had without much difficulty
SOMETHING NEw.-A new application Of photo
graphy, producing the effect of sculpture, and known
ss the pronunciation, Is just introduced to the pub-
lie. b the use Of the solar camera, TIE image of
the sitter il transferred 10 a block OF clay, the lines
being 50 firmly fixed that the sculptor. TO whose
hands the work Is aiterward confined, Is enabled TO
produce a perfect likeness Of the original. An in.
tagiio is sunk, from which plaster casts are taken,
and all the varieties Of bronze, Parian marble, Sc,
are produced. The effect is very beautiful, ard the
portraits are s~ingularly lifelike.
PRoCREss.-The Lord Mayor of London, a
Jew, ruling over a Christian citv; King Leopold
l., a Protestant, ruling a Roman Catholic people;
Saxony. Il Protestant country. ruled by a Roman
Catholic; Rothschild, a jew, lending money TO
the Pope a man of Hebrew birth being Chan
cellor of the Exchequer and leader of the English
House of Commons; and tire Catholics of Ireland
banqueting the Quaker John Bright.
In the food department of the South Kensing-
ton Museum stands the poor mans filter" 1t
is an ordinary fower-pot, plugged mot tightly
at the bottom with sponge. y layer Of coarsely
powdered charcoal, about one inch thick, is plac-
ed in the bottom of the pot, then another layer
ofsand of the same thickness. then pebbles, Coarse
gravel, and stones are placed on the whole. This
forms an admirable filter, and one within the
reach of the poorest.
CURIoUs SUBJECT FOR AN ESsAY.-A writer in
the Steele recommends the learned Academies of
the French Institute to offer a prize for an essay
which shall best explain why revolutions, battles.
and the great political events which influence the
destinies of nations. generally take place in the
month of July, as also the relations that exist
between the temperature of the atmosphere and
IL revolutionary and combative temperament of
men.
ARTEMUs WARD IN LoNDoN.-A correspondent
of the New York Times sends the following ac-
count of this humorist's first appearance befnr d
London audience:
- The reception of Artemus Ward, p -.Zyptian
Hail. on Tuesday night. was a o. . affair for
what is called the silly season The room was
crowded, and the press and ..erary circles fully
represented. People ha' lead the various writ
ings of Artemu e. and lad inevitably formed their
idea OF his, perSN.di appearance, as the coarse.
&C miidle-aged Snowman of wax
loving husband of Betsy Jane, and
of twins. When the door opened and
sIe walked upon the stage a slender. Ratchet
laced youth. in very fashionable evening dress.
with every hair combed and curled. looking as if
ne had crossed the Atlantic in a patent handbook,
there was Il loud, long, universal roar of laughter
was a success before a word was spoken.
he made jokes, but the great COAX was himself.
lasted through the lecture, and at every pause
audience laughed at the dro!l discrepancy
the real and imaginary Artemus.'
A VERITABLE INSTANCE OF SNAKE CHARMING
That the serpent Is endowed with the power TO
:harm birds which they capture, and the ability
o fascinate the larger animals. and even to IN
luence the intellect of man, is an old and we'll
established theory.
\ marvellous incident Of this character has
ust been brought to our notice. \ little boy.
our or five years of age, of Irish parentage, in
}racken county, was in the habit; during the
Whole of last Summer, of going out in the woods
his home, to play with his - pretty things"
s he called them. After much persuasion one day
is mother was induced to visit his play grounds
D see what attracted him So much. when to her
orror she discovered her little darling playing
Il trio Of huge black snakes, wholly uncon-
eious of his peril. The boy was completely
and would advance and retreat. and
port and daily with his hideous comrades a. if
{ were in the charmed circle of his brothers and