The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-01-24

mined t. maintain the reputation Of Paris as be-
ing the hcalthIcst city IN tho world, and the safest
on an average e eighteen years, when 4 rcyolu-
ton takes place. The sudden outbreak Of cholera
in Munich, when all traces Of the malady had
disappeared Or cscctually as Is the case now with
Paris, has only made our neutrality-suspicious. re-
double their efforts.
If the C5mtc d. Chamb0ri continues to travel
i~ncOguitO, without duly announcing the fact IN
advance, people may conclude be is perhaps not
after all the ll-t II the iOurbOns. The late Sc
crct visit he Iaid 70 Versailles, concealed IN some
thing like the back premises, has made him ride
ulOus, IN addition to his being impossible. That
act II c~onirmat0ry Of his willingness 70 bargain
over the white flag and bis immortal principles.
Very soon be will be reviewed by Jules Fayre,
who II % plead before the Court Of Appeal the
claims Of the sC-called false Comte de Cbambord,
and the most piquant revelations are expected TO
be made respecting Louis Philippe and the Elder
BOurbOns. The event will serve as a peg on
which to hang a political attack. The descend
ants Of Louis XVII, duke Of Normandy, deny
Of course that Marie Antoinette's son died in
prison they pretend, happily for France, to no
crown, but call upon the " usurper, 10 dissorge
half Of whatever he inherited through the mar
tyr-king. Instead Of one " child Of a miracle, y
we have two.
Earrings arc becoming mall by degrees. Not
being able 10 abolish them altogether, doctors
recommend those only 10 be worn, which are ex-
tremely light, and never 70 be suspended by a
IiICuluZ Cldbp hucIt 10 mole utc Dee lltuc III
the ear IL appears that ladies' who wear very
small earrings, DO not think it worth while to re-
move them before going 10 sleep. n Partisan
doctor has been called in To attend several cases
where the lobe Of the~ear remained Obstinately
infamcd from the ornament being pressed against,
and one young lady had to undergo a surgical
operation to extract the tiny gem which inhama-
ton had absorbed into the tissue. Beautiful ears
require no and the contrary are better
without unduly drawing attention to them.
Heavy pendants dsigure the cars. Strabo re-
lates, that the ScythIans had ears so long, that
their owners employed one as a mattress, and the
Oth0r rs a cOunterpanc. The fear Of such a
calamity may explain why French sailors are
gradually ceasing to wear small gold earrings.
\ medical inquiry ought to be instituted as to
the manner massive gold earrings affect the fish
ermen's wives, and their pretty daughters at
BOulOgne-sur-mer.
1t is a scientific fact, that the atmosphere is
subjected to marked meteorological changes be-
tween the full and the new moon. Astrology
long ago dealt much in lunar influences, and emf
mcnt Observation-Disclosures of PaVia for exam
pie, maintain, these influences are closely asso-
ciated not only with madness, but with every
form Of human cccentricity. There is then little
surprising IN the announcement, that a French
man has now passing through the press a volume
attributing all the misfortunes of his country
since 1889, to the influence of the moon that is,
every folly Ommitted conceded with a full moon.
Man is ever the creature of circumstances. An
other medical work is announced on the Theory
of crying" 1t ought to be dedicated to Jules
FaVre.
\ workshop has been successfully opened for
cutting diamonds in Paris, by a young French
man who has served his apprenticeship in Hol-
land. The art sought refuge there with the
Huguenots, so it is not astonishing it should re-
turn to the place from whence it came.
Merimee was the pet HHerdteur at the Tuiler-
les, and was married according to report to Nap
oleon the Thirds mother-in-law, and much for
his m~ajesty's peace of mind. Merimee met Bis
mark at Biarritz, was much pleased with his
amiable manners, wit, and polish he did not
consider the prince to be at all naif; his wife,
Merimee believed, had the largest feet in all Ger
many, and his daughter in this respect followed
in her mothers footsteps.
Two old books were bought a few days ago by
different persons, for a few sous, and contained
Treasury warrants for fir. 10000. Since then,
Athenians have taken actively to bOok-hunting.