The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-06-13

their gco,sSapa NJ. GuiEot's son further a~ecepteia
lucrative ot5ce. HIS father at the time did not dis
play any q the yirtu0us Indignation that troubles
him Of laiehid twas a crime with the Spartans to be
detected in a1Srong. The hushing-up process was
ability. ". fuizoi was also among the many who
uibblei at ~ liberalism OF the tottering Empire;
benefit q bis S5s years Of experience. Thus Il ap-
peared strange Is the Bonapartists that GUisot should
attack the Empire on the occasion Of Ollivier's recep-
ton lately az tbe Academy; and IN revenge, they
have let tie cat fut Of the bag. To raise the wind,
TO enable the gf,s Of the Greeks to be replaced,
Guizot sold . Murillo by public auction, which bad
been presented t6him by the eK-Queen Of Spain as a
testimony for that-Spanish marriage which has had
its ending in . separation The point now Is, 10
compel the e1-Enpress to receive the restitution
money, which she declines TO do
The number Of Savings Banks in France in 1871,
ga; in 1872, but sol. In the same year there were
IS, and 81 depositors respectively, for every 1000
Inhabitants. The total deposits amount 10 about
half a millisrd. So far as these banks are an evil
dence, saving Of late has been on the decline II
France, which may be very naturally traced TO the
misfortunes Of the country. But the sums with
drawn have been invested in the ransom-lOans. Ii is
in the northern parts Of the country that the inhsb-
itants display the greatest desire for saving, which
as compared with other districts, might be rather
called parsimony. 1t IS not in the French character
TO be extravagant; the people are too thrifty TO be
ever ~prodigal.
Paris is full Of exhibitions of paintings at this
moment. Good pictures are ever attractive, but the
practice Of collecting the works of half-celebrated
cotemporaries, and inviting the public TO 60 into &c
stacies Of admiration over them, must, if repeated,
detract something from real art. Years ago, France
had a mania for statues, and local celebrities had
themselves done in marble, presenting the work TO
their native town, which in due course carted the
pious gift to the cemetery, when corporations changed
and kings arose that knew not Joseph. OF course
these remarks do not apply TO the exquisite exhibit
ton Of treasures on view in the Corps Legislatlf, nor
yet to the annual exhibition of paintings just openedi in
the Palace Of Industry, and that necessitates a morn
ing pilgrimage from all persons Of taste and culture.
The criticism of the various journals form the true
guide book for the public, and It's here where French
talent is at home and at its ease. The catalogues are
not the less useful; they inform the spectator when a
landscape is a landscape, a sea view q sea piece, and
q COW a COW. After doing the gems of the exhibition
we daily with the tihes. There are painters, sculptors
and s~culptors, painters, and q medical celebrity
whose productions are much admired-the wags as
sorting he paints only in cOd-liver oil. There are too
many battle pieces in this seasons exhibition, which
are unnecessary, as France is very far from proving
~forgetful of the invasion. Indeed she is taking steps
to protect her open-frontier from similar raids. Ten
years hence she will be another France.
1t is only since 1903 that the system of public
baths has taken root. The city is well provided with
these establishments suited to all purses, and are val
liable properties. There are upwards of Is floating
baths on the river for males, and 6 for females, which
do q business during the season represented, by 345,-
000f. of which 10000 go TO the Municipality, the
price of a plunge ranging from 4 to u sous. One of
these floating machines remains moored in position
throughout the winter for the accommodation of the
English and Russians. In the bathing establishments
are to be found BARRIERS, corn-cutters, pastry cooks,
and cafes. If necessary, the news boys will deliver
you the latest editions, in three of these floating pal
aces are I" readers who will read your faVorite
author for you while in the bath, or out of it, at so
much an hour. ut may not be known to visitors,
that the full-rigged frigate anchord near the Tuiler-
les is the same that conveyed the remains of Napoleon
from st. Helena. Louis XIV. boosted of having
taken one bath in his life, and his courtiers we're too
respectful ever to surpass him. 1t is only since 1893
that bathing in puriS ndturGlibuS has been prohib-
tied; consequently the cdLecons obiige. La Bruyere
has stated that in his time citizens bathed as if they
were unaware of the Fall of Man, and that where
the Seine and Marine unite, was the favorite spot for
display. He brutally added, and his satire told
that when the bathing season had not arrived, the
fair sex, in its promenades, was conspicuous by its
absence, as well as when the season had closed. A
Frenchman has patented something more than a
swimming jacket; it may prove a buoy now more
than ever necessary when steam packets of the most
improved build are anything but safe. By means OF
q chemiSe, buttoning in front from the neck to the
knees, and enclosing 10 communicating tubes, the
Wearer can defy a cork in sinking; can walk the
waters like o thing of life, and enjoy a life on the
ocean wave. By q brass stopper, the wearer can in
fate the apparatus at will. Bathers seem to enjoy
the invention.
A few mornings ago a party of 400 visitors made
a pilgrimage through the { Sete afggR{ 81 o pyramids Of
human skulls piled like cannon balls, and leg bones
stacked like frewoOd. On reaching the surface the
guide certified for 491 visitors.
\ Bohemian in despair applied at o matrimonial
agency Office for n wife, with q small independent
income, what he wanted was of course on the books
but the inquiry fee was 200f. "Do you think,
Monsieur" replied the applicant, &c that if | had
2OOf | would come to seek a wife %