The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-08-07

RrxAvAY LErEE Characteristics az The run
away lcPers was caught en- Monday morning last.
lie had been hiding away in the vicinity oi Puunui,
where his friends were feeding him.
y The Parliamcnts Of The World arc thus de-
sned by a New York French Journal, including our
Parliament :-VeTssilles ~Assembly-an ~assembiage
of ho5est men, 50 anxious hr The coed q their
country that they arc not afraid - injuring her in
their rral-the old Naroleouic axiom. f-ep d. =sle.
The German Reicbs,ag-a class Of students who
often quarrel with their professor. bni o;Wsys obey
him. The English arlisment-exoellcnt manu-
fAeturers, who have loBg since given up working
for expectation. Hungarian Chsmter 49, husssrs
turned shepherds. American CUngress-rsre fellows
with the pistol. Italian Characterization 10
session. Spanish Ccrtes-freqnently absent. Ho-
nolulu Psrlisment-rct more uneivirised than the
others.
AScIKST RELIos-An exchange paper gives a de-
schption Of the remains % ome Indians found up
north. and makes 3 - crude +" comparison as follows
Some Alsu,ian Mummies have been found by an
American sealer-ihe remains az some Indians In
battling the island Of Kagamsle, north Of Ouus-
lsska, a century and : half since. The mummics,
consisting Of eleven packages Of bodies. were found
IN q cave, and are believed &c he those q q great
chief NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. his family. The
chiefs body is covered with the skin Of the sea-otter
- mark Of distinction in Aleut burials-and is
enclosed in a large basket-like structure, containing
portions Of body armour. made Of reeds bound to-
ge'her, and wrapped in ses-grass mating. while the
whole is protected by the meshes Ct a hsh-net made
Of the sineWs Of sea-lion. The packages Of mummies
are irrcverently iikened by q Trsnsatlatic contempt
rary to eonsigEments of crude sugar from the Sand
Wich Islands.
THE MISSION CHILDRES's or Cousins Society,
have just issued their annual report in = good sized
pamphlet Of 81 pages. This society has a member
ship Of 53l persons, male and female. and composed
chiefly Of the children Of missionary parents; but
according TO the 7th article Of the Constitution Of
the Society. others besides those Of the families Of
the missionaries may be enrolled among the band
of q Cousins The report Of Miss Matte Cham
berlain, the corresponding secretary, is full Of in-
terest. aud seems like a loving account of family
experiences. The society is indeed an aggregation
Of households and an enlarged family. We have
letters TO and from home. and family news Of mar
rages, births and deaths. The cousins abroad are
in full sympathy with the cousins Of the island
homestead. Thus family ties and attachments are
widely ramifed The insular family tree strikes
out its roots TO the eastern and western shores Of
the Pacific. and thus silently and persistently like
the vegetable forces Of the earth this family tree
takes a deep hold in the isles Of the sea and bids
fair if true to the broad aud christian spirit which
now enhghtens II TO spread its oVcrsbadowing
branches over Polynesia, and become a blessing and
a beneficent force throughout the PaciGcs This family
force must be the chief element in the Latent
power in the Christian church. so eloquently set
forth IN the address Of Prov. +. w. Damon, late Vice
Of the, Association, and which is published
in this report. His views upon the subject OF this
latent power indicate most earnest thought. a fer
vent christian heart, and a deep spiritual insight.
His purpose is to arouse the rank and file Of the
Christian church TO supplement the labor of the
in the work of evangelizatiOn, and he wants
The instructed layman to feel that he has n mission
a parish of influence ms well as the ordained
The young gentleman's views in this, as
We understand his maiden public discourse, are
Iorcibly put, and full of originality Of thought, and
must awaken 10 greater activities the earnest
. cousins who listened 10, or who read his words.