The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-01-22
FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS.

- Mrs Captain Mcclure, who brought the ship
CEgflaja. (of PhiladeIphia,) into New York. from
Calcutta- has been presented by the underwriters
S on The vessel in Boston and Philadelphia, with
CHECK for $1,000, for her services in bringing the
ship safely to port
A. the late Labor Reform Convention in Rhode
lsland one speaker announced that Interest is
roffiOn- wages is crime rent is robbery, property
tHs l. punder- IL the modest man believes in prac
RI fcing his preaching let his neghbOrs lock their
hen-rOOsts.
oSFThe King Of Prussia ambitious to shine as an
4athOr after the example Of Queen Victoria, Louis
az apOleOn- the Kings OF SaxOny and Sweden, and
ts Orleans Princes, is preparing for publication
ubTk on the union of Germany, with Count Bis
b sl1Rrck a. his collaboration.
a." 1t Is etiquette in Cuba when yOn ask for light
fu eFen if the party be stranger to pull out your
aS ease and offer him cigar. by way of recognizing
al Ne eiviIty IN stopping to accommodate you. If
'N sch custom were established here. the number
81 people asking strangers for light would be
rye BtonishiugIy diminished
London paper tells of two rival travelling
centIsts who arrived together at a fair. One hosted
banner inscribed ''Facile Princeps =" the other
raT 1nme,iately painted up, his booth; "Facile
torcePs," and drew the crowd
lcs P,u4ch announces e The Gent She Jiited." by
tbe author of The Girl He Married - " Strings
II BaTley-susar," a sequel to Ropes Of Sand =
% eDowny as a Decoy-Duck." a conclusion of Sim
. ple as Dove" and Boiled Black beetles" by
y the author of '' Burnt Butterflies"
y Among the persons arrested during the late dis
. erders in Paris Baron Alphonse de Roths-
= shili. TheOpile Gautersfls, Duke de Massa, end
3 k1any others Baron ROthschd was detained three
0 hours before be could prove his identity
, They speak of having a billiard tournament in
, tonnecticut in which the leading players OF the
. cpHntry- who may be present and join in it, to
be handicapped. This is the first time this thing
/, nas been proposed.
white boy met a colored man the other day.
20 asked him what he had such a short nose for.
spect's I5 won't poke itself into other peo-
p4es business retOrted the sable individual.
An English publisher has brought out a new toy
'pok that will captvate the little girls. The pic
tpres are printed only in outline but accompany-
1g the book Is the SLING of the pictures which is
2 De cut ont in parts and pasted upon the pictures
~ the youthful pOssessors.
The paregoric wedding-the latest thing ont
"a Instituted in Oswego. New York not long
4nce- IL was the first anniversary of the marriage
St worthy young Oswegoan who. meantime has
~ "a blessed with an heir. and his friends improved
=" opportunity to send in liberal supplies Of that
tltsPensioie medicine The paregoric wedding
~ " stands Hrst on the list
ne Austriaus really unfortunate in tba;-
etps Of Il IS but short time bact - r. h
rads'zSy blew up of LISA, and all on hoard
terlsnsd save some eighteen or twenty ont nj t,vo
~ +iIureu @ anu now the boiler of the Volcan. an
20 corvette, has exploded, killing eleven men and
calding and "ounding many more
There IS q general movement OF women in,o
sIeuIeal colleges The authorities of the Edinburgh
S.,i nave voted to admit women, with regu-
iatons providing for separate classes The Tfni
erslty ot Zurich has been open TO them for severa
years. and, we infer, without distinct classes A.
pty, Iste the young men do not insult them as at
nlaGeiphia, and the dean reports that the innova-
- mas undoubtedly improved the discipline of
111enard Weaver. of London the lannon's Law
TScuSr 70 the door, is becoming almost as lannon's
n - Ehgland as Whitfield was a hundred and tbirtv
ears ago He lately made preaching tonr in the
III and preached. among other places. at
nscoL @ WheTe people came from all tie surrounding
Il TIlfy 70 near him. some coming Is and 20 miles
at. nae whole congregation listened with great at
otou, many standing with streaming ewes. as he
,poAe oi what he himself had Witnessed of the
R"er 0, the Gospel" Invitations crowded upon
nl u Tar oeySnd his power to accept
1ore H than twothirds of all sheet music nrblisha5
f Ger many is published at Leipzig. There are 20
~ - publishing houses there at the head Of
II In IlSe Is the firm of Breitkapf HarteI. The arm
oI~tee the other day the l5Oth anniversary of
e1iS1saee They have published over I2.o0o
u b;s % Husie. aad Haore than 500 clerks are in
X VI ~ employ The largest musical printing office
,sas va, oi k3der; 1t employs 100 hands and pro-
~ Il -; ;sonqaily LOCO plates. The metal emploved
I1 +as.- as2gas about 3s.eeo pounds and tie paper
a aIN stioEIts 10 400 bales it produces snnu-
1"'"' 4,oOOo sheets Of sheet music