The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-06-26

The summer s~pcctaeIes have Commenced The
JardiB Mobile, equal 70 a MAhomcjan paradise
for the Shah, Of course led the way. The only
novelty there, Isl fast young lady witha Russian
name. who waltzes on her head. Toe circus -
ever tue circus in the Champs Eiysees, aud the
public does not expect any change II performance
there till the Inauguration Of twO rival amphi-
theatres. The clowns are ever good, thanks 10
perfde AHiOn and Cousin Jonathan. The Bes-
selieyre concerts opened on the first. with the
punctuality Of an almanac-spring the event was
looked forwarded to by all classes, even the agri-
cultural and horticultural because it is synony-
nous with torrents OF rain. and which came down
like the cataract Of Lahore.
Parisians, as well as Persians, are annoyed
The Shah's journal having at last appeared in q
French dress, the Athenians are indignant at
having expended 90 much money, time, and cere-
mOny, when their grief was so fresh, on 50 worth
less a visitor. The Shah took no pleasure in any
amusement, but the clowns IN the circus the
only institution that met his fancy was the Zoo
logical Gardens and its giraffe, and the sole ques-
ton put to the director was, - did he enjoy being
drunk?' Dumas observed, that the only way to
make a man famous in France was 10 baptIZe a
BOeuf GrdS after him. That honor ought TO
have been reserved for the distinguished visitor.
Nass'r-Eddin did not appreciate the fine arts
either he expressed his contempt before Venus de
Milo, as he detested ladies without arms. The
Journal is a treat for q certain Republican press
which gives elegant extracts from 1T, as has been
also done with Mr.. G%reville's chronicle Of the
two last kings OF England. Having shown up
their own monarchs to perfection, the French
cannot be blamed for looking after those OF Other
countries, especially if the lives be rich in matters
that point a moral and adorn a tale 10 cry
VIUe lie Shah! would be now a hisL crime and
misdemeanor.
The nicture trade continues to flourish like
every other branch of industry. Fortuny's paint
ings and upfnish sketches provoked an extraordi-
nary conpetition. 1t was calculated by a smart
aritbmetician, with no soul for poetry, that they
-roduced at the rate of 1900 900 francs the
square yardt Only think of the time when
Delacroix believed himself wealthy on receiving
500 francs for one of his paintings, and his heir
at-law, who was afraid to purchase the ground
necessary to give him a tomb, fearing that the
sales of his pictures would not cover the expense /!
This subject leads to the fine arts exhibition just
opened, and which appears not to differ very
much from any previous exhibition the same
artists seem to occupy the same positions having
found his style, his speciality, the artist clIngs to
it as the limpet to the rock becomes a prey to
his speciality, and thus one salon appears always
the continuation of its predecessor. The more
one changes, the more things remain the same.
Incidents connected with the late war are plenti-
lul, but conversation turns most on the young
Russian painter, Harmatoff, who has not only
gained his spurs, but has Weakened like Byron, to
find himself famous. There are less noteworthy
pictures this year than heretofore, although the
number exhibited never was greater. There is
no doubt the public love this annual treat pre-
pared for them by living artists, for the French
have an Unborn taste for the beautiful then the
criticisms of the crowd are generally Just. The
exhibition is also a rendezvous for fashionable
society, for the sale of paintings to the ordinary
dealers, OF to amateurs. Very often the gems Of
the show are already purchased, and are only
exhibited 70 crafty the artist and the buyer.
NJ. Lasalle in his history Of the opera mentions
a curious fact, that under the directory, the pub
lie was authorized to pay for their places in
Assignats, and SO terrible was the depreciation of
paper money at the time. that the amount re-
ceived at the doors, was one million of francs
over ordinary receipts. At present gold is more
plentiful than paper.
The trial Of the murderers-a gang of fourteen
ndiyiduals-for killing an old lady aged 70, and
who lived alone, has produced 4 profound sensa-
ton. She had the habit of boasting of her wealth,
as she enjoyed a public seat in the Luxembourg
Garden. A ticket of leave man overheard her,
and noted her down as g good game" Five of
tho gang presented her witt With q bill as if for IRE re,
knocked her over, and s~trangled her with u hand
kerchief. Not more than fifty francs were found
by the murderers, one of whom wrenched the
earrings, with the portions of the flesh attached,
and another being unable to take the rings from
her finger, bit off the finger, and carried it away
with him. Three of the gang have been COL
demned death, including q Jaime " who
turned informer, touched by the kindness of a
policeman who, seeing he was cold, invited him
to draw near the guard-room fire, as be had been
arrested ON a charge of theft. This prisoner
owned he never experienced kindness in his life;
that his mother was a prostitute, his father a
robber, and he has Inhabited penitentiaries since
he was a child, and only felt at home there. His
companions had to be well guarded, as they
threatened to "cut his throat with their teeth.''
The men occupy the cells, wherein Ossini and his
two companions were lodged.
a cousin of the ex-queen of Spain, married i
few years ago an American named Perkins. They
had to live on their wits and did so, in deluding a
poor clearinghouse keeper, that by rich uncles in
the States, and the kindness of the queen, all
would be rich. Perkins was condemned to a
years imprisonment, plus the sums he owed his
landlady. The court, however, acquitted the
wife of connivance. This part of the judgment
has just been reversed on appeal, and the wife is
held to have been the ~accomplice of her husband.
Perhaps after King AlphonsO settles with cousin
Carlos, he will come down equally handsome for
cousin Perkins.
Another distinguished foreigner has come to
grief. Tin-Tung-Ling was married in 1872 to a
Partisan belle, whom be rendered as miserable as
some outer harbarians do their wives. He moved
in learned society, and had a good reputation, but
all is DESTROYED; he Is indicted for bigamy. He
was married when he contracted the second
union, and diplomatic researches demonstrated
the existence of Madame Tin &c. the First. I'm
fortunately at present no trace can be found of
her in Canton, her native town.
Some persons allege, that editors and literary
men do not make model husbands. A leading
journalist invites calumniators to assist at his
golden Wedding and join in the thanksgiving
mass.
Comte de Waldeck, one Of the sights of Paris,
has just died at the age of no. Polish, he be-
came u naturalized Frenchman. He leaves q
widow and a son aged "a. He was a painter of
some merit, and his salon was open to all. 1t is
related that the old and inirm visited him in order
to pluck up courage. He travelled much in bis
youth, and brought home some sketches from
Mexico which were purchased by the government
for an annuity of 1000 francs, seventy years ago.
What a time bargain
Poor Lespes, the noted journalist who has re-
Gently died, received a small appointment in a
newspaper office on his first arrival in Paris. The
editor and proprietor were struck by his a~ssiduity;
he was the earliest in the Office aud the last to