The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-01-10

Otic ladies and gentlemen retired before the NOR
eau was commenced, an attempt was made -
cough II down, but ultimately IL was listened To
in solemn silence, and at the conclusion there
were opposition cheers and Kisses. The Wayne
rites gained, 50 that hcnceforth, the compositions
Of living German composers will be executed in
France. Another reason also, we want % draw
of Bavaria from the German 70 the French unity.
Prayers have been duly offered up in all France
Tor Providence o. pour down his blessing On the
labOrs Of the Assembly certainly no means
should be left untTied u secure wisdom for legis-
latOrs already the prayers have been heard, az
the ministerial project Of making MacSiah0n a
Dictator Is in a fair way % be buried, and 70 all
appearance with Is promoters. II the Church
could only bring about the dissolution Of the As
sembly, the Municipality Of Paris instead Of re-
ducing the salaries Of the clergy, would not be
hostile 70 a reasonable increase. vt Notre Dame
the service was magnifcent-all Official masses
are, and the faithful no doubt prayed for the tri-
umph Of the monarchy or the republic, as their
politics dictated. IL is the God Of battles theol-
ogy. At the conclusion Of the mass, the drums
beat a tattoo that shook the nave Of the Cathedral,
and made an officer remark ssthere was nothing
touched the heart like a good mass-and the
army
Foreigners will continue docking to Paris for
the winter, which Of course shocks the monarch
ical journals whose daily jeremiad il, that we are
going 10 the dogs since Henri V. could not enter
as King, either by the wide or the strait gate.
People live their ordinary lives, only a shade more
frugally, but no one expects a revolution, because
the republican form Of Government will be main
tanned. y glance at the Italian Opera, a peep at
T OHcIe Sam, an hour 70 listen 20 GOunOd's Jeanne
d'ATc, where saints descend in flowing robes and
IN golden clouds from heaven to sing like st. Ce-
ella herself, to be quickly followed by a charm
ing ballet, a glance at such approximations sufices
to prove the degree Of wealth, the extent Of
fashion, and the amount Of confidence that reign.
One half Of the population of France it is said
only learn by the almanacs the destinies of
Europe, the laws Of their country, the progress
in science, art, and industry, their duties, and
their rights. This is the season for almanacs,
and which will continue till the middle Of De
then it ceases for a 4 month, and recon-
mences, when that literature is sold at the usual
reduction below prime cost. There is one pub
fishing house in Paris that deals in nothing but
almanacs, Of every form and price from grave to
gay, from lively to severe. 1t is also a form Of
publication, most eagerly sought for every kind
OF propagandIsm, hence, the censors are very
strict. The Almanac Of the Republic" has
not been sanctioned this year by the authorities,
as 1T was in favor Of " existing institutions - as
a set off, we have the almanac Of Theirs every
commercial house feels it a bounden duty to
bring out such an annual periodical for its Gus
toners a portable cyclopedia, opening with a
price current, with lists Of bargains interpreted
between receipts for cooks and hints for practical
gardeners cOunsels for ladies and directions for
the ball room how to choose a wife, and how to
get rid of her predictions of the weather, and of
the politics Of every nation in the world, save
France. Strange they are the serious almanacs
that never pay expenses. From a perusal of one
of the many opuscules can be learned, that the
way to avoid the sunshine, is to remain in the
shade to persons born under the zodiacal sign OF
the g fishes, - beauty, moderate corpulency, thrift.
and industry, may be foretold; under the " bull, -
people will be sOmbre, yindictiYe, fond of pleas
ure, frequenting good society, and economical
under the 8" Virgin - a tendency to fall in love is
certain avoid however, taking for wife, a lady
born under the sign of Capricorn she will live
long to begin with, and will have a weakness for
pleasure, n passion for dancing, and a disinclina-
ton for housekeeping.
When Louis WV. died, a post norton exami-
nation was held in the presence of the chief
surgeons specially conveyed from Paris to Yer
sailles in " a coach and six after the operation,
n breakfast was served the two surgeons, how
ever, who performed the dissection, were excluded
from the table as well as from a seat in the car
riage back to Paris. The King, ever a great
eater, believed as long as he could eat he would
live, SO his death bed was something like a BAN
quet table, his entrails were buried in Natre
Dame, his heart in the Jesuits' College, and his
body at st. Dvnio, hvnUv the epigram, . no was
buried as he lived, without heart, without
He was disinterred during the reyolu-
ton, a " mass Of black flesh stuffed with tow ;"
falling to set fire to this, his remains were de-
stroyed in quick time.
4 society hos hoOs oss~bIisbod for IOnainS cut
cradles by the week to poor mothers. Babies
can be similarly hired for a small um.
4 journal announces that the rottenest tree in
Paris, is one planted by Henry V. and the most
vigorous, a tree of liberty planted in lS4S. The
republic is thus saved.