The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-11

| movement. IS Hllllng " uuhFi'"AN
cnt,in1 loose the corsetstrings Of 10000 OF
American women. He desires also, he says : " 20
free women from the bondage OF petticoaps.
Building a Pacific railroad would De no'hlhR W
that contract.
The first French flag captured by the Germans
was taken by a Jew from Berlin. A banker OF
that city bad offered a prize oil one tnousano
louisdor for this achievement, ana 80 "" 90"
FASTENED TO that town and got hls money; ~
Israelites Of Berlin felt considerably elated over
this exploit of one Of their own nuaIbeT. ana 30
they gave him a banquet. at which he was ~,
aIested to relate the manner 10 which the Dag nau
heen taken. But their enthusiasm was CONSIDER
ehlv abat.d when he informed them that 1t had Dos
been 40 dangerous a thing. for be bad gone
" snooks ~ on the matter with a French'Jewisu
ensign of his acquaintance, who had dei'e'ou
him the flag for an even snare Oh tne p'o"'
A few days ago. the newspapers Published a
citation issued by the Masonic Lodge OF the ORIENT,
of Paris. against Reverend Brother william n1Tnhs
of Prussia, as a traitor to Free masonry.
King took no notice OF this cltston ! - 20
tried as contumacious and condemned 70 r1com-
munica.ion. In connection with this. M. Flcsor
Hugo's newspaper, the Rdppel. publishes the lor-
lowing: Brother William Is now o".u wv 80
of the law. All Free Masons are authorized 70
assault him and to infict upon him capItai punIHn,
ment. 1t remains to be seen how the sentence VIII
be carried out A Free Mason. IN whose pressnoS
a doubt was expressed as to the seriousness VI
such a condemnation. replied. DO not laHgh the
sentence OF the Masonic tribunal is OF such q
dreadful nature that BOnapaTte undertook the
ltailaQ war SOLELY W ICtACNS
excommunicatiou pronounced against him Dy tne
Lodges of Naples and Milan. Pianon and Orsihi
were Free Masons.' . A
How SHE CURED HIN.-A story is told OF a cita.
zen of Danbury who was broken OF the wretched,
habit of swearing in a novel manner. He was an
inyeterate cursor and grumbler. AT every neal
he neglected a blessing. and swore ut everything
from the gravy 70 the teapot. HIS oaths oiscoi,
ored the napkins. soured the bread and curdled
the milk. His wife, a woman who evidently be-
lieved the hair Of the dog would cure The bite'
stood this unseemiy conduct " until iorbearanoo
ceased to be a virtue" One morning he was un-
usually cross and profane, and was about to take
a fresh start at something else, when bis wife sud
denly broke out with a series Of damns that made
the old gentleman get up and leave the char as
though some one hadlintroduced a pin between the
canes. AS soon as she ceased he bieathlessly re-
marked: "WelI, I swear, il il has get 50 you can
swear. it is time i quit" And he did.
HNDoo FASATIcs.-I have seen some who had
stood on one leg for years, while others engage
the sympathy and extort the charity Of many by
holding one arm erect overhead until in time the
flesh withers aud the bones set in that position. A
few I have met who. firmly cienchiug one hand,
have kept. 1t closed until the nails have grown
right through the palm to the other side and 1t il
well known that many have Travelled the whole
extent of land from the Himalaya to Cape Cor
morin, measuring their bodies as they went. Also,
there ia Chamh Puju, or hook worship, ia which
the tfeSoteei allows q steel hook ~ be passed
through the muscles of his back, and In this man
mer is suspended from a machine Ikea windmill.
to one of the arms of WHICH the victim is attached.
On their great feast days they can be seen thws
whirling round and round. and looking all the
time as pleased as if they really enjoyed their ride.
All this is done with a devotion worthy OF a better
cause. CSoJdierjng ia Sunshine and Storm. a s4t
q THE GRADE OF ADMRAL.-Tbe debate and vote
in the House on the bill TO abolish the grade of Adj
miral of the u. S. Navy, shows that that body, ut
least, has a correct view of the question. One of
Vice-AdmiraI Porter's friends was indiscreet
enough to lug into the debate some reference to the
foolish letter which he had written. as though that
had any bearing whatever in the case. The fact is
that a very general expression Of desire that tffe
rank should be abolished was made, soon after
Farragut's death, and long before Porter's relations
to the President were disturbed. Very lately. how
ever, this proposition found many advocates on ae-
count of the active hostility which Porter has
succeeded in engendering against himself by his
scandalous and tyrannical degradation OF the stat
officers OF the navy he has fancied that be owned
the entire establishment, and his conduct toward
most of the officers, both in stan and line, from
Farragut down, has been unkind and harsh. III he
misses the position of Admiral now, be may thank his
own imperiousness for his disappointment as much
as his childish letter TO Secretary Welles.-Ahd.
How CABLE News Is TRAHsMTrED.-Thos unac-
quainted with the method Of transmitting news
across the ocean by cable will be interested to
learn of its nature. A man sits in a darkened room
at Hearts Content. where the ocean cable termi-
mates. and q fine wire attached thereto Is made "a,
two small cores Of soft iron. AS the
electric wave. produced by a few pieces Of copper
and zinc at Valentia, pass through the wire, these
cores become magnetic enough TO move the slight
est object. A looking glass. half an inch in diane
ter, is fixed on a bar Of iron one-tenth of an ineh
square and half an inch long. On this tiny gIasss
lamp is made to glare so that its light Is reflected
on a tablet on the wall. The language of the cable
is denoted by the shifting of this reflected light
from side to side. Letter by letter is thus expressed
in this fitting idiom in utter silence on the wall.
There is no record made by the machine, except as
the patient watcher calls out TO a c0mrade the
flashes as they come, and which he
1t seems a miracle of patience. There is
aOmathin1 Of awe crqnna over uS aa wa Aha awLa
dence of u human touch 5000 miles away, swayfng
that line of light. By snch a delicate process as
this. and after being repeated from line to line, FIVE
times before its ultimate copy Is In New York, Is
orr news received, and we can hardly imagine
the patience which has stood the test OF some of
the long war dispatches sent over &c the enterpris-
ing daily newspapers.
FUTURE OF NAVAL Ussn.-T Pail Mall GaE-
ehe remarks: Those who believe with Mr.. Glad.
stone that maritime supremacy has become the
indefectible Inheritance Of England and that there
is no thought abroad Of disturbing US within our
streak OF silver sea- will do well 10
ponder an article lately published in the ZeluaQ
fur Nord Deutschland, the organ OF Herr Won Ben
nigsen, one Of the leaders Of the majority In the
North German Bnnd; : In England says this
the struggles of continental nations. They be-
Iieve they are in no danger Of invasion,
Germany not being a naval power. But let them
Oh the sea. and that We are striving with the ut
most eagerness to remedy this defect The writer
then argues that there is nothing TO prevent Ger
many from making her Feet equal 10 that Of any
Dtber Power m q Few years, and proceeds as fol-
In 1864 Alsen was no obstacle 70 the pro-
zress of our victorious army and the time will
come when neither the North Sea nor the British
Channel will stop rs. On a German sea-, near the
mouth Of two German rivers, lies a German island,P
lHeligoland,) which was torn from rs by force
IN the days of our weakness and its pospessor Il
hat same England which now wishes 10 prevent
is from recovering what was ours on tie Rhine.
We must recover that piece Of German ground too.
That its possession Is Of great importance to as has
been shown by the present war. IL Heligoland
iad belonged to us, the French feet could not
nave found a shelter or pilots to lead it Into The
larbors Of the North Sea-"
"COME AND SEE ME.n--Never take tcome and
ee me-" as a phrase meant In earnest unless 1t 10
with date. An invitation without
Circumstance f" is no, inyitation q all. Depend
company, be OF. she viii appoint q time for your
1isiks t1sCaERon me when you can make ~ conve-
drop Ia as you Are passing" make ne q
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