The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-05-22
Foreign Intelligence.

Ga ia, tha, the Qaeen has hintcl to the editor
Of the Grevile Memoirs that II be brings on' en-
other volume he will lose bis snng berth IN the
PFivy Council. worth $500 per year Tor NE
Photographs have been obtained IN Paris on a sim
gle plate four feet three inches in length and three
feet four inches in height, aud attempts are being
made 10 secure pictures even larger than these,
The Empress Of Japan has decided on the srec-
ton Of = college for young girls who Wish to devote
themselves to teaching, aud has given q liberal snm
from her private purse toward the expense Of con-
struction.
A game Of chess commenced in 1859. and carried
on by letter for l6 years. has just been eonelndea.f
A Brenzinger Of New York being the victor. HIS
opponent was DIR. Brenzinger Of PfoiHheln. In Baien.
When a common japanese goes into the presence
Of an ofhcebolder be must say "0reat ana dtsin-
guished child Of the suu, deign TO put your foot upon
my neck There's some pleasure in holding an
Office in that country.
The new Illinois Law provides that for stealing any
sum under Sl5 the thief shall 20 TO the county JAIL
aud for anything over that amount he shall got
the State prison bat for stealing the exact sum OF
$40 there Is no penalty named.
Is. L. Clemens. a Mark TWAIN" is put down among
fthe heavy tax payers Of | Hartford, CT. paying taxes
on SS4.450 Of course this does not represent bis
entire property, as there are many exemptions, MAT
shall Jewell figures in the same list with SlV@'isO.
A convict who had been sentenced 10 Sing Sing
for a term Of FIVE years was married on the day Of
his arrival TO g young woman, who came TO see him
slowed away. She at least will know whore her hus-
hand spends his evenings.
For a genuine autographed gem commend us TO
that perpetrated by a correspondent Of an Acquant-
ance, who recently wrote that he wanted 10 hear
from him, "a keshanly." Even Josh Billings must
IL pale his Intellectual fires (" before a spell like that.
The recent session Of the Dominion Parliament was
bnrdeDed with only 4l6 petitions for n prohibitory
law. They came from all parts OF the Dominion. the
most extreme places in the east aud west having fur
nished their quota.
The Tabernacle Church at Worcester, TO meet the
current expenses for the ensuing year. has decided
TO charge an admission fee, ard reserved seats are
now for sale at prices ranging from 81 90 10 so for
six months. Single admission five aud ten oeats
Ia an article in the Hdependsaf Hon. Alexander
Delmar says that according TO the comparative statIs-
tics of the earth's European population at varioas
periods. adduced in a previous paper, the world hfty
years hence will contain nearly six hundred millions
Of Europeans or their descendants.
The British Lords Of the Treasury have issued a
minute, which is rather severe on authors who are
in the employ Of the Civil Service. Gentlemen con-
Meeting themselves with the press aud communicating
official information to a newspaper are to be instantly
discharged.
The latest European scandal is that the Duchess
Sophia, youngest sister Of the Empress Of Austria,
and wife Of the Duke d'Alencon. an Orleans prince.
has fed to the United States with Hanstenzei, a
Bavarian photographer, with whom she has long
been infatuated.
The French funerals Of public men are generally
notable for the oraiions delivered by their friends.
and the address Of Gambetta at the grave Of the late
NJ. Quinet, shows that grief and politics are inter-
mingled on these solemn occasions. prolonged
applause T" would be a strange feature Of American
funerals.
The third annual sale Of short horn cattle from the
Linwood herd occurred on Friday, at Chicago The
only remarkable sale was that Of Kessinger for $1,000.
Thirty-seven cows we're sold at an average price Of
1892 and four bulls averaged S7l6. The total
amount of sales was $24,666.
1t is charged that forty-seyen members Of the To-
diana House Of Representatives carried OF volumes
of State statutes to the value Of $40 during the
recent session. The hooks had been placed in their
hands for use in the performance Of their legislative
duties.
To increase the water facilities at Fairmount Park,
Philadelphis, to meet the wants Of the Centennial, IL
is proposed to construct a foriy-cight inch main lead
ing from the storage reservoir 10 the Delaware reser-
voir, and o thirty-eight inch main thence TO Frank
fort.
So many applications for divorce have been made
to the Idaho legislature, that Mr.. Paddock has intro
duced q bill divorcing all the married people la the
Territory, and placing them in st0tu quo ante mat
Timoaium. This, he says, will save time, AID thoss
who wish can be REMARKED.
The six conferences Of the Methodist Episcopal
church in New England include 800 churches, &c.
1913 church members. and 102, 968 Sunday school
scholars, being one church to every $500 inhabitants
in New England. The church property, not includ-
ing educational institutions, amounts 10 moro than
seven million dollars.
Although the late Sir Charles LyelI was buried in
Westminster Abbey with the services Of the church
Of England, he was not q member Of that church
during life. He was an attendant upon the services
Of the Rev. Charles Voysey, q Unitarian, who 10
scarcely. If at all, willing to acknowledge himself q
Christian.
The Commonwealth Washington correspondent
says Of tho civil rights law $50 far as l can Judge,
there is no intention on the part Of the Southern
people TO permit the law 10 be executed, and the
hindrances TO It's execution on the part OF legisla-
lures, justices, constables, jurors and courts will be
sufficient to render il n dead letter for c good while
TO come"
There is not much chance for runaway matches In
Prussia under the recently adopted civil marriage
act. The consent Of the father is necessary before
wedlock up TO the end Of the young mans twenty
fifth year and the young woman's tWsuty-fourth
but If the father be dead, then the mothers IL re-
quired; and if neither parent be living, that Of tho
sponsors.
The London Telegraph shrewdly says Of Mr..
Moody Notwithstanding all the easy talk about
bysteria, epidemics, magnetism, nervous system,
and the like. the philosophers and divines have yet
to explain why il is a bad thing for these Yankees
to turn people by the thousands TO right and virtu-
Gus lives. and a good thing when a Bishop or Csrdi-
nal manages to convert half n dozen.
The change Of proprieiorship Of the EpenfnR
Star, and the issue Of the paper from the Office Of
the Glasgow (Scotland) .Nens were recently an
nounced by 1925, 900 little ~handbills, which were
printed in the incredibly small space Of half an
hour. The small handful, measuring three inches
by two, was reproduced by stereotpying to the ex-
tent Of 32e times, and by 1000 revolutions of the
Walter Press one million bills we're printed. They
we're distributed throughout the town from the
windows Of two carriages.
A letter received in Salem. Mass. from a gentle
man now located at Cape Town, Cape Of Good
Hope. reports that the diamond fields are in bad
way. a very few paying expenses. Many of the
claims are $50 feet deep, and what with the labor
Of hosting dirt and pumping water, to say nothing
AZ Ia EnnFad n ton n nnrNI fInN I'll -
short intervals, and consequent extra labor and
danger, diggers are fast realizing that the old
ways are giving out, and that stock companies
must soon take their places.
A result of the arbitration precedent set by
America and Great Britain in settling the Alabama
affair, is the recent Postal Congress at Berne, Switz-
erland. in which nineteen nations were represented.
a great national compact on the subject Of postage