The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-05-15
THE PACIFIC
COmmertialAOOtrt
SATURDAY. MAY Is,
OUR PARIS LETTER.

EAhiSi AIIl U 1919.
The official wOrld is becoming accustomed .
the word Republic, and Ministers are commenc
ing to talk politics in Ineligible French. Sine,
some two years the nation has been seeking il
way, and has at last found it-hence why ID,
country is 50 calm. To the clear, manly, out
spoken circular Of the Minister of Justice, sue.
ceeds the virile discourse Of the Minister Of Pub
lie Instruction, before the assembled sayants, ar
rived from the four corners Of France, at thC
Sorbonne. The representatives Of science and
national eruditiOn, cheered to the echo the Minis.
ter when he truthfully announced, " the Republic
Is peace, - security, and revival Of work. The
Republic is settling down on a solid basis it il
hardly a week, when over the grave Of Edgar
Quinet, the orderly, and respectable working
population Of Paris, cheered Gambetta's counseI-
of prudence and moderation and now the dele
gated savants Of provincial France fat the means
for attaining the same end. No wonder the rep
resentatives Of the three Pretenders are INDUCING
in Jewish grief. The General Councils now be-
ing held, open with presidential addresses, con-
frmatory Of the salutary change effected in the
country by the definite recognition Of the Repub-
lie, welcoming II not SO much as the most desira-
bic Of solutions, but as the only solution possible.
Other sign; several mOnarchal journals, finding
Othellos occupation gone, are selling out, and
are being quickly bought up by conservative Re
publicans. There is not a letter from the Comte
de ChambOrd, not q photograph or a tract from
Chiselhurst, 70 break the monOtOnOus success Of
the Republic. And what will be the degree of
felicity, when Martial law shall be abolished, and
the Royalist and simulated friends, relieved from
mounting guard over the R~epublic-which was
founded IN spite of them. 1t is enough to drive
NJ. Buffet to give Office to a republican, and to
enjoy his forty winks in company with Gambetta.
Since France is disinclined to try the advantages
Of an income tax, and that it is impossible to
make the two ends Of the budget meet by adding
to the already high taxes, opinion is coming round
TO the idea OF negotiating a new loan to wipe out
the floating deficits and the momentary high esti-
mates for recognizing the public services. 1t is
not a bad plan to allow pOsterity to contribute a
little TO repair the ruin caused by the invasion,
especially when contemporaries cannot meet the
bill IN full. France is rich enough to pay for her
glory-and also for her misfortunes. The foreign
relations Of France continue to be sound, and
will increase in utility as nations see she is in
earnest in desiring peace. The people do not
want to fight; far otherwise is their wish, but
they will not the less have their military resources,
what a first class continental power ought to be,
IN this age OF peace on earth and good will toward
men. Spain and France have become old friends
again; Italy and France are excellent neighbors,
and certainly hirtations are taking place with
Austria.
The sensible idea is being agitated for founding
an International Chamber of Commerce. and
meets with general approval. Its guiding princi-
pie will be free trade, and uniformity in as far as
can be attained will be it's aim in all commercial
relations. Diplomatists and officials will not be
allowed to meddle in the society, an exclusion
which promises a long life for the work. Names
of weight are already associated with the idea.
which will further purpose to centralize interna-
tionai information, and to bring about interna-
tional legislative ameliorations.
EXcept the steeDle and fiat racez which lilo
Kings, observe a royal punctuality, everything
else this spring, is in retard; the leaves, the
flowers, the balls, the open air military concerts.
Influenza and rheumatism, furs and top coats, are
still the order of the day, and have every promise
10 retain that position for some time longer.
The first of April was the time-honored period
Tor the bOuTgeOiSie to take possession Of tier
country seats; at present the idea of remcr.I is
from their thoughts. One journal created
quite a sensation by announcing to the sick, that
the swallows had returned, and one at least could
be seen at any moment Of the day on the roof of
the Office; conyalescents crawled to see the bar
binger of spring, and were rewarded by the spec
a swallow weather cock. Even the
horse-show IN the Palace of Industry does not
iraw-except wilful murder d~raughts. Perhaps
when the Fine Arts Exhibition succeeds, zephyrs
nay have commenced to blow. In the time of
Lofontaine, every Marquis had his pages; to-day
sign of Importance is to baye horses, and the
walls of your apartment covered with pictures,
NuA CfCIJ AOOm a utpOl lOE OOjStS n arr. IL would
% a serious omission to overlook the rage for dogs;
he poorest woman in Paris if not owner Of a
doodle can boast of Il cur. Formerly but one
-endor OF white feecy puppies, was to be e%ncount-
red on the BouleTards, at present the fraternity
5 as numerous as the old clo' men, and about as
Actresses generally prefer bull ter
iers; nothing more fashionable than the ugliest
f pugs beside the prettiest of bellies. ma
ure, as Shakespeare says, 4" hath meal and bran,
and grace" No doubt the dreadfully
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aides are said to be suffering from excessive APP
TO the piano; the daughter of n we'll
nown ambassador has been ordered to a thermal
to cure her of her musical malady. a.
The hippophagic banquet was a success in point 8
I culinary art; Parisians require no such dis =
to initiate them into the mysteries Of horse !
esh the seige gave them an acquired taste. and g,
6enty horse butcheries enable citizens to indulge ;
that meat, other from necessity, luxury, or in :
emory Of hard times. At the dinner in oues- =
on, the apostles of this philanthropic b~utchery, :
ere served with the flesh of ass, horse, and mule: G
the form of potted meat and sausages, the ar =
Gle becomes too dear for slender purses, and n
ule must be regarded as a luxury. In the form q
steak, horse is difficult to masticate, but cooked =
the furnace, or boiled, 1t Is the equal Of beef /
ntil lately, a horse accidentally killed was only 7
Orth 20 francs at the Knockers yard: TODAY. .
at price has risen six fold. A. NJ. Decroix has -
yelled on horse flesh since twenty years, and n
en- eats it when derived from q diseased animal; h
prove his taste IOr lt ne has eaten some of IT G.
W, and would regard the present Of a sirloin of W
Of or a leg of mutton, as something like an In i
Ii. With the good intentioned conniyance of NJ
me sisters of charity he has u~nknowiugly dis (
among the poor, succuient morsels of the n.
SD of horses and asses. At the close of the .,
nquet, each guest was presented with the pho n
graphs of the horse, the mule, and the ass, that -
re slaughtered to make $50 guests happy. a
90 Gentlemen, you are welcomed to Elsinore,' of
ID Hamlet TO the players. Parisians NAV ad- In
ess the same compliment to the company of -
lssian actors now within our walls, and who tn
We come all the way from Moscow to represent, he
I a drama but a comedy, and in language that sil
ne understands a word, although nearly all the W,
have been suppressed. 1t is brave on tel
part Of artists to sacrifice their roles thus for GU