The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-12-14

4 gentleman in Name, in view of the approach
ing caving in of the rights of man and the eleva-
ton of the rights of women, suggests that the
coming obituary will be phrased something in
this style: "Died-In the thirty-ilth year of
his age, John Smith, husband of the Honorable
jane Smith. at her residence in franklin. Mr..
Smith was a meek and quiet husband, beloved
for the graces of n cultivated nature. He excelled
in the domestic virtues. As IA cook he was sur
passed by few as Il nurse he was equalled by
none
The London correspondent of the NOrristown
Herald writes "Queen Victoria, when at
Balmoral Castle recently, was serenaded by a
Scotch band consisting of one hundred bagpipes.
She is slowly recovering. If she does not suffer
a relapse, her physicians say she will be strong
enough in a few weeks to listen to IL japanese
orchestra consisting Of two cOffee-mill squeaking
organs, q one-stringed fiddle, a cheese-box drum,
with chop stick accompaniment; but the Queen
thinks she can die happy without it,
A SHARP WITNEss.-At a recent trial the coun-
sci for the prosecution, after severely cross-exam
lining Il witness, suddenly put on a look of severity,
and exclaimed 50 Now, sir; was not an effort
made to induce you to tell a different story" "a
different story from what | have told, do you
mean?' "fiat's what | mean Eyes, sir
several persons have tried to get me to tell q diff
ferent story from what l have told, but they
couldn't" 'Now, sir, upon your oath, | wish
W hhD'' wv ~ 49, ~
tried about as hard as any of them" He was
questioned no farther on that point.
During the Autumn maneuvers in England the
advance guard of Lord Mark Kerr's division of
the northern army was completely routed, and
his lOrdship wounded in seven places, by Il swarm
of wasps, which thus resented an invasion of their
domain. The entire division was held in check
for some time, and even a flank movement through
a field of barley was defeated by the stubborn
foo Tho rnura yaOus odiutant oT rho EOurth ROO
iment, at the head of a forlorn hope, at length
succeeded in blOckadIng the enemy by covering
their hole with turf, and the British legions
marched on unmolested.
MODERN BABEL.-The poIyglotic character of
our population has had a striking and rather pic
turesque illustration within the day or two past.
While Il Jolly lot Of the SONS of Aud Scotia.
to the number of several thousand, were having
their annual games at Jones Wood, an equal
number of Teutons were p~arading the street on
their way To i"ip a Schutzenfest over In Jersey,
while within sound Of their brass band in another
locality was a mass meeting ofnative born Alsacians
TO pass resolutions against submission to Kaiser
Wilhelm. Among the crowd present listening to
the eloquent speeches were a japanese, several
Spaniards, a couple of Swedes, and a Digger In
dian.-Ne1c York Carr. Philadelphia Republic.
New Hay RAKE.-Josh Billings thus speaks of
Il new agricultural implement, to which the
attention of farmers is invited "John Rogers
revolving, expanding, ~unceTemOniOus, seli-adjust-
ing, self-contrakting. selfgreasing and selfright-
eous hoss-rake is now forever offered tew a gener-
Gus publIk. These rakes are as easy to keep IN
repair as q hitchingpOst, and will rake up a paper
of pins sowed broadcast in a ten-aker field of
wheat stubble and stick them into the paper
again. Thee rakes kan be used in winter for a
hen-roost, or be sawed up into stovewOod for the
kitchen fire. No farmer Nv good moral karakter
should be without this rake, even if he has to
steal one"
The colored naval cadet, recently appointed to
the Academy at Annapolis, has already joined his
comrades, and on Monday sat at the dinner table
with the white midshipmen. The fact that he
not insulted has been thought worthy of es-
pecial comment by a part Of the press. There
was, however, no reason to suppose that the mere
of his dark skin would subject him to an
noyance from his Acknowledgment. The negro
sailor is often found both in our naval and mer-
chant service. and he is never treated with injuE-
or contempt on account of his color. The
prejudice Of color vanishes when black men and
men confront together the perils of the sea,
and the white man who, were he a day laborer on
shore, would very probably decline to work with
a black man, forgets the latter's color when at
The colored naval cadet is much more likely
to find his situation a pleasant one, than would
have been the case had he gone TO West Point
instead Of Annapolis.