The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-03-25

style. into a foretop to the right side, with some
what o. the lop OF = sick ROSTERS comb. The
impression received from the care bestowed on the
hair IS that Of an overwhelming vanity, and a desire
to appear young. In Brigham Young tho lowest
type Of humanity is depicted in his gorilla-like
projecting lower Jaw, ayarice in his pinehed mouth,
harshness and uugodliness in every lineament OF
his revolving face; and yet many Mormon women
say, "what a beautiful and Benevolent face he
has Il Is among the worst faces ever seen.
LIEUTENANT NJ. BAIRD, Of the French navy,
has made a proposition TO the Geographical
Society az Paris which has attracted a good deal
OF interest. He proposes voyages around the
world, 10 last about 4 year each, Tor the compile
ton of the education of young men. The cost
per student he estimates as about $4,000 go
600 francs), and il is intended that regular scien-
tifc instruction shall form a prominent feature in
the enterprise. As the corps OF instructors will
be put into close connection with scientific bodies
all over the world, the educational advantages
OF the project are very evident. The plan has
been taken up with vigorous approval at Paris,
and seems likely to be carried out. A similar
project was advanced two years ago by the
American writer of a series of camping out stories,
and urged at the time with q good deal of vigor
and plausibility. The notion of a floating col
lege' Is by no means so fanciful as il seems at first
sight, and, If planned and carried out with wis
dom and energy, certainly offers opportunities
for the higher education afforded by no ~stationa-
~ school.
The Two HEROES SOCIAL OF NEW YoRK.-Two
persons seen everywhere this winter, and who at
tract IA great deal Of attention, are Joaquin
Miller and Colonel Nicholas Smith, the husband
of Ida Greeley. Colonel Smith is always in at
tendance on his wife. Joaquin (no one would
know him as {" Mr.. Millerl was thought at one
time to have come to New York in search of one,
but as a fortune-hunter, if that was a part of the
programme, he does not seem destined to be a
success. He cannot help making straight for
the p~rettiest girl in the room any more than he
can help talking very tender poetry out of his
eyes when he reaches her side. Colonel Smith is
undeniably the h~andsomest man anywhere. He
is gifted also with that wonderful manner which,
for the time being, makes the person to whom he
is talking. be it man or woman, think him or her.
self the one object in the world in which or in
whose opinions and ideas he is most interested.
He is a picturesque talker, full of that peculiar
mixture of originality, chiyalry and honesty
which seems to distinguish the natives of the
Border States. He says he made up his mind to
marry Miss Ida Greeley, if he could get her, be-
fore he ever saw her. from the newspaper &C
counts of her goodness and devotion to her parents.
-BaLimOre American.
BIsMARcK's BRANDY.-1Scarcely a day passes, 4"
said a Frenchman to me, " that Prince Bismarck
does not receive a present of some sort. But
then he has a manner peculiar to himself when
he wishes to have something and dosen't care to
pay for it. The last day Of the session of the
QelcnStdR ne ROco 10 MecL tu0 m0mDeTS HUN
Nordhausen, a locality where they manufacture
brandy which is said will make the dead speak"
e. On Ton fabrigue une eau de-vis qui fat PGrler
les morris. y Gentleman, delighted to see
you, - says he to them with O hearty welcome,
inquiries about the health of their families, and
regrets his inability to visit them at home. "By
the by, how goes business? Do the famous dis
tillers of Nordhausen sustaintheir ancient repu-
tation? l once drank a brandy that came from
there of magnificent bouquet and limpidity. the
memory of which still clings to me- Your Ex-
cellency," eagerly reply the members, " we hope
very soon to prove to you that we still march in
the glorious steps of our ancestors, and the
famous brandy of Nordhausen has not lost its I'M
rivalled reputation. Two days after a small
barrel of brandy is placed In the cellar Of the
Prince, and a letter from the leading dlstillers of
NOrdhausen begs him to accept this feeble mark
of their admiration and sympathy.
RUSSIAN CUsroNER9.-A Belgian hotel-keeper
is especially 'sweet" on Russian customers.
"They are large, see you, " he states; they
dispute not the accounts. One lodged himself
at me a Count" he relates. /" When he
arrived I was not. 1 returned home from my
circle my wife was all frightened. She cry to
Go speak to the Mister Russian he beat
the waiters-he is in ~anger--but what On
l ask of what it is the question. One
tells me the Count he insist that the walters take
him off bis boots. They are brave Belgians;
they will not. He strike them and say stern
iOlileS. l. udu CouIdRt, l. L Iedreu me not OIL MIN.
l go to his room and say, 9 Mr.. the Count, l am
the proprietor ; what will your Sir he say,
I will thank you pull me off my boots!' My
sentiment is de lui allongerune claque-to
give him a smack but ! master myself and say,
Wait only two minutes, Mr.. the Count; / have
IN order to give So 1 run to my wife, and tell
her give me my dress-coat, my gloves grey-pearl,
my gibus, my pantaloons black. In two minutes
behold me, of great tenue. I go back to the
Count L say to him, Only in dress of gala can
he proprietor of this hotel take you off your
boots, and, my faith, 1 take him them off in one,
;wo! He raise himself, bow himself, and thank
ne very politely. By and bye, in three weeks,
lie ask for bis bill. l inscribe on it, as extra, TO
aking off Mr.. the Counts boots by the proprie-
or in a dress coat grey-pearl gloves, 100 frances.
lie frown his eyebrows when he read that, but he
lot say one wsrd. He pay that addition integral
y. Never he ask me more to serve him as a pull
'oot. But he come regularly, three, four years
le suite, to my hotel, and be always say to me
Mr., you are a brave-you are all a man
blue!'"
When a girl crops her front hair and pulls it
own over her forhead like a Mexican mustang,
nd then ties a piece of red velvet around her
eek, who can wonder at the number of pale
young men that throw away their ambition
nd pass sleepless nights in trying to raise down :
n their upper lips2 r