The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-08-15

army before the war they are smart, intelligent,
and serious looking. The nation has reason 70 be
proud at this proof OF successful military Feor-
canizatiOn; more, IL cannot but be satisfied that
the money voted by the Assembly is iudIciously
applied. Parisians-perhaps ike other citizens,
are ever happy at 4 military review and as usual
they counted upon a fine day aud were rewarded.
The strangers were very numerous, especially the
English, who joined II the general applause most
heartily, as the troops dehled- Among the IN
fantry, the palm Of marching past the Marshal
his staff, and the representatives OF foreign pow
ers, must be accorded to the pupils OF the mill
tary school Of ST. Cyr-al officers IN embryo;
then those wiry and active little tellows-the
Chasseurs, whom / respect very much, having seen
them so brayely at work during the late war.
The cavalry display was very fine; the horses were
in excellent condition, and in point Of grooming
and care, would in no respect suffer in comparison
with the Uhlans. The c11rGsSIeTS, who SO nobly
fought at Reichshofen, being pets, were warmly
welcomed, and the artillery commanded applause
as it ever does. There was a severe business air
about the whole proceedings worthy OF MaeAla-
hon, who could well afford 70 eScbew the rIUdS Of
an army which Is attached to him by other than
official ties, and the respectful salutations Of the
citizens as be rode past them could not but be
pleasing to the loyal old soldier, who is doing his
best TO keep the peace between all political par
ties, and can refer disturbers to the 10000 sol
diers composing the force under his hand at Paris.
Nearly every foot regiment had Its fayOrlte dog,
GeQerally Il NIlIe Out. anu UuI EhO CUHtit4tftS
passed in review. These Daughters of the
Regiment, - picturesque if not serYiceable, are to
be abolished. The display of vehicles was very
remarkable both from an antique, as well as from
n modern point of view. The small shop keeper
generally prefers the cab drawn by two cobs;
packed inside as well as outside by members of
the family; the servant girl is generally seated
beside the driver, and her conversation is said to
save pater-families a p0urbOIre. The ~toilettes a
sensatioH were rare. The Comtesse de Paris wore
a robe in maroon faille, trimmed with guipure /;
Nine. MacMahon, a sea green silk, with small
founces, and a tunic in embroided muslin; the
tickets to her reserved part of the grand stand
were white in gold letters; the cards for the dip
Iomatic world were rose-colored, and thus had
nothing compromising; those for the municipal
body were red, doubtless out of compliment to
their radical opinions. A great number of pick
rockets were arrested, and their cell having be-
come sufFocatingly hot, and death not being the
penalty for their crime, they were peaned in the
open air, and were among the first to applaud the
troops. Two female prisoners were placed by her
male unfortunates in the best position TO view the
spectacle, and who raised their hats to the dear
creatures when they asked a question. There is
gallantry as well as honor among thieves.
Among the many strange strikes witnessed of
late, is that now menaced by the directors of
theatres. Oddly enough, the notorious Felix
Pyat predicted in lS48, that if the Assembly
withdrew tie subyention to the theatres, the
managers would close their establishments. The
dispute at present is, against paying the poors
tax on receipts-an old grievance of ten per cent.
The Directors demand that the sum be levied
only on net profits, or better, not levied at all,
particularly during the summer season. The
plan of making pleasure pay for the support of
want, is an idea of the first revolution and not a
very bad one. 1t is difficult to sympathize with
managers, who concern themselves but very little
with the high prices they infict on the public.
Good news arrives from the anehovy and sardine
fisheries the anchovy on the shores of the Med
iterranean, where France has a large capital and
population employed, is what the herring is to
Holland, a source of wealth. Amsterdam accord
ing to the proverb is built on herring bones.
The consumption of anehevies is very general in
France, and the sauce is as popular as in the time
of the Greeks and Romans, who made a liqueur
from it called gGrum, which corresponds to the
anchoyy butter at present employed by cooks to
give a relish to their best dishes.
1t is very rare that a Frenchman shows any
unkindness towards his mother-whom many
prefer in point of affection to their wives, for one
can be married in France-and perhaps elsewhere
without love. A brute has been condemned to
hard labor for life for sequestering his mother,
aged 20, in a pig stye, where she could hardly
move, and leaving her in all the filth of neglect
ana Insumvlvut Ood. AZ OF. Denis, a merchant
rather well-to-do, not content with the condition
of a rich bachelor, poisoned his FIRST, and later.
his second-a popular beauty-wife. He is likely
to receive the benefit of the new regulation, that
of guilIotining the condemned in the town where
they have been tried, and not near the place
where they committed the crime as at present.
In 1889, the average value of an acre of land
in France was 200 francs 1915, $50 francs; and
in 1874, 800 francs.
The measures taken by the authorities for
moderating the effrontery of the demi-monde is
commencing to tell. Vice is at last being forced
to retreat behind virtue. Then greater surveil-
lance is exercised in the admission of unprotected
females to respectable public places Of amuse-
ments. Aspasia has never recovered from the
fall of the second Empire.
An anecdote is related of the unanimously
regretted Jules Janin, who was not q politician.
On the announced publication of one of his
charming romances, a Senator called on him, and
assured him that he would be promoted in the
Legion of Honor, did he dedicate the volume to
the Prince Imperial. Janln took a pen, and
wrote the happiest of dedications to the-Comte
de Paris.
Al Mirabeau's funeral the dust was torment
ingly plentiful. An orator remarked to the vast
crowd, :. the dust even anticipated your tears
There is a notice On the Seine river-boats, re-
questing passengers not to expectorate on the
machinery.
\ A t a recent agricultural show in Normandy
prizes were awarded for g killing May bugs and
moral excellence.