The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-05-23
THE PACIFIC
Commercial A0Otrtlser.
SATURDAY. MAY %.
Foreign Summary.

] ULgNEIAI ONEA ~ a. NAL-NA
gent Mormons are represented TO be in rebellion
against the scheme
On the last day Of January the skies darkened
and bestowed upon India the blessings OF 4 ram
fall. IL commenced in Bengal and Behar, ex-
tending 10 Dude and the threatened districts OF
the northwest provinces. The area Of scarcity
Is in consequence becoming more clearly defined,
and the relief required better known to the colo
NAL authorities.
A number Of saloon-keepers engaged n band
| and a company Of vOcalists 70 visit the church OF
the Rev. Mr.. Hatfield, in Cincinnati, and sere-
made the congregation during services, claiming
this privilege on the ground that they had the
same right to endeavor to convert Mr.. Hatfield
that Mr.. Hatfield had to convert them. a large
crowd gathered in anticipation of the event, but
the saloonists finally thought better OF 1t and
gave the matter up.
The grain crop this year, says the Red Bluff
Sentinel, promises to be the largest ever harvested
in California. Some good judges estimate that
the amount Of wheat alone will be forty million
bushels. Should it reach that large figure, the
Bank Of England will have TO she'll out a good
round sum to secure 1t, and coin will not be so
scarce in the interior Of California six or eight
months hence.
y few weeks ago n pretended visitor told a sad
story of the obscurity and poverty in which
Louis Kossuth was dwelling in Turin. \ nephew
in Iowa denied the truth of the statement, and
now bis son writes a statement to show that the
alleged interview and its supposed results were a
complete and malicious fiction. There Is no such
street in Turin as the one in which Kossuth is re-
ported TO be living, and he is not a teacher of
languages. He has enough to live on, and the
only lessons he gives are those of patriotism and
integrity.
a sanitary ommitte sitting upon the tea of
China in the city of London has pronounced it a
~teetOtal fraud of the most desperate character.
There are in the warehouses of the metropolis no
less than 10000, 900 pounds of tea so utterly
adulterated as to be unfit for human food. So
passeth away the glory of all earthly tea parties
gone is the scandal of our youth departed 81 the
cup that cheers, but does not inebriate." The
voice of the tea-kettle shall sing no moro in the
sacred home of spinsterdom, and the Mr.. Quilps
of q omiDg age may return to their peaceful
dwelling place without the fear Of a sma altering
of gossips rejoicing over their welcome absence.
GRANTS SUCcEssoR.-Occasionally in this unu-
sual dearth of political subjects for discussion,
some journal seizes upon the Presidency, and
endeavors to awaken some interest in the cam
paign of 1876. Protesting that it is rather early
in the day for such discussion, the Chicago
Tribune refers to the mention of Charles Francis
Adams as a desirable candidate, says he has two
qualifications for the position, in being n states
man and a gentleman, and thinks it would be a
pleasure for many people to vote for such II can
didate once before bidding adieu to the world.
1t also thinks that 60 those who are making up
their jewels for 1876 cannot safely leave out of
NHNI SNASAh VIZ hoA Va COfOALOA
Booth, of California. >
The London Times has completed a careful
review of the census Of 1871 of the British en-
pire. There are % persons to q square mile in
the empire go in the united kingdom 20l In
India, l.4l in the colonies. 1t should be observed
however, that in some parts of India the density
of population more than equals that of England.
The Queen rules over 254 ,762, 593 souls; her
people dwell in Al ,ll2, 651 houses the area of
the lands they inhabit is not less than 7,769. 449
square miles.
The annual session of the Grand Lodge of
Good Templars of Massachusetts met in Boston
in March. The annual report shows that the
whole number of lodges at the annual session
dered or had their c ffaFteg 1 TeeTT6Eeea9f, Il f bPgEsnt
number of lodges, 1874 gain of 3 total mem
bersbip at present, 14,902-a gain of 1874 and
the first yearly gain made since 1868. The Sec
retary's financial statement shows the total re-
ceipts for the year to be 81 ,088.
One feature of the wamen's temperance move
ment is the solicitation of physicians to confne
their prescriptions of alcoholic remedies to the
narrowest necessity. An experiment has Just
been tried in Bellevue Hospital, New York, which
NAV serve as a precedent for those doctors who
are DESTROYS of gratifying the ladies without
arOusing morbid appetites in their patients. "A
man with a crushed foot was successfully braced
up for n surgical examination, not by doses of
whisky, hut by hypodermic injections of the
stimulating fluid. The craving for strong drink
must indeed be great in any man who would
wish to take it through his skin. Few would
care for five or six . horns p" a day if they were
to get them only by being stabbed.
That fellow, Arthur orion, appears to have
had some interesting peculiarities, and it ought
to be an easy matter to identify him and dis
tinguish him from any other sample of the human
species. According to the testimony in the case
OF the " claimant he was IS fat-footed > "spay-
footed, - - duck-footed, - had 'slarge,' . % broad,''
80 LONG ~ - clumsy y 90 awkward - foot In mr.
son, he was 81 big built, :" :" large-limed, 5" {" bony,"
50 AWKWARD s. burly, :" - broad set" 81 rough
looking 50 lounging,'' 4" lazy" - slovenly,''
% hulking," " bulloky,'' g stupid g suIlen,''
boned,'' "gaunt,' " ill-shaped," g strong
80 muscular, - - bufialo-built, - etc., etc. a man
that was all this could hardly hope to be a baro-
net besides.
Sir Lamson Lorraine, commander of the British
man-of.war NiO6e, was recently expected in New
York. 1t will be emembere that it was through
the timely arrival of the English commander ut
Santiago de Cuba that the lives of several of the
VirgiHiuS prisoners were saved. The Army and
Navy Club will tender to the distinguished officer
n reception on his arrival. At a meeting of the
New York Board of Aldermen, Alderman Van
Sehaick moved {" that a committee of three be
appointed to draft suitable resolutions of welcome
ana to extend the freedom of the city to Sir
Lamson Lorraine, the commander Of Her Britain
mic Maiesty's irigate Nio5e, who in~terfered in so
gallant a manner for the protection of the lives of
defenseless American citizens who were captured
on the steamer Hirq1niuS, in Santiago de Cuba"
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
For some time past we have been led to believe
that the wonderful revolution which is going on
in the japanese Empire was in danger at the
hands of the reactionists. The latest news from
that country shows that the young Emperor is
warmly enlisted on the side of progress. On the
29th of April he broke through the established
customs of centuries and received the wives and
families of the English, United States and Belgian
Ministers. As a further proof of his willingness
to yield to the spirit and requirements of the ago,
lie has given orders that his income shall be
taxed like that of his subjects. On the whole
.Ianan Is doing we'll and nndnr the nnidnnnn nf