The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-01-09

landed property owned by these communities is
valued at over IO9 millions Of francs, producing
an annual revenue Of over "a millions, Independent
of II million in the form Of donations and be-
quests. And there are Cynies who say still that
Faith is dead,
November opens with two important religious
fetes that Of triumph. "An Saints, . and the
other Of humiliation, the Jour dss Morris; it is
the custom still of some trades to have celebrated
a memorial mass for the repoee of the souls of
their ancient comrades. Considering the violence
of French editors against one another. there
ought to be a guild Of journalism, to invoke a
repose of their minds here below. Nearly all the
artzans of the city have never paid annual honors
to their patron saints. The cess-pool men have
still their st. Clair, as the thinkers ST. Mathurin.
Musicians and warblers generally have yet St.
Cecilia, as ladies of an uncertain age have St.
Catherine. The Bonapartists have just celebrated
the fete of St. Eugene, in the church of St.
Augustin. 1t was an occasion for counting the
friends of adversely and violet bouquets. Under
Theirs, this annual manifestation of the yiolets
was suppressed, but the ex-President is just as
intolerant as any of his fellow eountrymen. The
Queen of Spain put in an appearance, and all the
LHC AOnNA Va AlAAoAh was q l0iAS
Eiue = Emperor which NJ. Rouher installing
for Vice-Empereur, quietly retired by a side door.
Fighting-editor Paul Cassagnac with his we'll
known s%naffer, was cheered he deserves it, if not
for his fre-eating politics, at least for his bravery
during the war. Prince Napoleon was c~onspicu-
GUS by his absence you could not expect him to
pray for the welfare of his mortal enemy. Like
so many other notabilities left out in the cold by
fortune. he is a waiter on Providence.
A sudden night of snow to chase away our
lingering st. Martins summer, has forced every
one to subscribe to the truth, that there is no
place like home-prov;ded it be very coy, supe-
rior to a club or a cafe, a concert or a theatre.
The ladies were equal to the sudden falling of the
glass, and appeared instantly creatures of fur
and feathers after light cashmeres. IT'S to
their changes half their charms they owe" And
what changes besides. Every woman irrespective
of age and quality, desires to be more or less a
beauty a Ia mode, and for this, dress-makers,
milliners, corsetiers, p~erfumers, coifeurs, boot
makers, &c., compete to make her young and
beautiful she wears the overturned hat, with
features unveiled, streaming hair, protruding
bust, wasp-waist; a jupon pasted to the figure,
displayed td6her, boots with LOUIS XIV. heels, so
coquettishly exhibited, as to allow the silk stock
ing to be seen through the lacings. Such was the
toilet of an elegGnte, who on making the tour of
the lake on Sunday last in her carriage, received
in her lap an unmannerly duck, that took the idea
of leaving it's native element, to hy to another
haven of rest. The lady has commenced a suit
against the municipal authorities for 2 900 francs,
damages inflicted on her costume by one of the
city's ducks, whose wings were not sufficiently
clipped.
The authorities ever mindful of the necessities
of the poor-and the rich, are about opening
twelve new pawnbroking establishments; the
rate of interest charged has been reduced-it is
double in some parts of France what is in others
the poor have thus an inducement to seek state
assistance. The interest charged is devoted to
support the sick and needy, so that it is the poor
supports the poor, as it is the rich by their costly
funerals, bury them. The V~elOcemeR, as Veloci-
pedists are called, have been aroused to a sense of
their situation by posters announcing, that for
the future they must avoid crowded thorough
fares, carry like dray-horses some kind of collar
bells, and displayed lamps at night as the cabs.
The well-known theatre the Chatelet, which the
Communists riddled and Quilted, has been repaired
at vast expense and converted into a popular
Opera-house. The experiment is full of risk, as
many failures must be encountered for an occa-
sional run of luck. Democratic opera could
draw life and pleasure by representing many for
gotten German and Italian works, and drawing
on foreign, as well as home for young, musical
composers. Then the voices must be secured,
and such when excellent cost dear, and are soon
spirited away by higher terms. The Direction
has adopted one excellent reform, that of securing
your stall without extra charge by merely writing
and enclosing stamps. Another theatrica novelty
"a new piece is being rehearsed called the " Ma
MACS"
The Austrian Lieutenant Tuboiwitz, who rode
from Vienna to Paris on his seven year old mare
Caradoc-not a gueenly name-inside fifteen days,
is likely to succumb to big dinners after escaping
the wear and tear of the roads. But think how
he was encouraged in his undertaking his Jfancee
Mile. Stolz, the eantatriec was awaiting him in
Paris; her health was thus deservedly drank at
one Of the banquets, but not a glass was emptied
to the honor Of Caradoc. On one occasion the
hero nearly came to grief, as his German accent
and a pair of r~evolvers in his breast led the peas
antry to mistake him for a Prussian spy. The
Prince de Llgne formerly roue thaI uisIahce IN
six days, but with relays of horses; being lifted
and all on each fresh steed, and when he
arrived in Paris, his boots had to be cut off in
strips, and he was carried into a feather-bed,
where he slep thirty hours consecutively.
There have been a few memorable sales recently;
the goods and chattels of the renowned actress
Mile. Mars, who died in 1S47, have been at last
Moreau, who has been guillotaired
lately for poisoning his two wives, having no
family, the law sold his effects. Nine. Tussaud
bought the bed on which the two women died
be had many books, a few in Latin among other
works " Paradise Lost " in French. In addition
to other curiosities, is the arrival Of a Mexican
General, Uraga, famous for his SO wooden Calves