The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-04-12
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SATURDAY y. APRIL u
FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS.

Paris last year consumed II.3I9 horses as
food, being some 700 more than in 1877
The Atlanta Constitution estimates that during
the past two seasons the farmers of Georgia have
paid out So 900 600 for mules.
Chokichi Kikkawa, a japanese student, has
lust carried of three medals at the annual exhibit
ton Of the Chauncey Hall School. Boston.
DR.. F. w. Carver has arrived in England, and
has challenged all the English crack shots to
shoot at glass balls or pigeons with the rife.
Edison has completed arrangements for the
simultaneous publication in both England and
the United States Of his new work on the electric
light.
Bayard Taylor's translation OF Faust, in
the opinion Of the Saturday ReuielC, is lone Of
the most remarkable leats OF translation achieved
10 any modern language
Dom Pedro, Emperor Of Brazil, has contri-
buted to the Washington monument a stone
weighing nearly eight tons to . perpetuate the
memory Of the illustriOus Father OF the Ameri-
can Republic, for whom Inc chcrishes the warm
est admiration"
Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop has just com
pleted her first novel, which is shortly to be pub
ilshed. The first rOmance Of the daughter Of
Nathaniel Hawthorne will be regarded with no
ordinary interest
A Chinese almanac has been issued, which is
described as a perfect curiosity shop. It tells
when to shave, when to dig a well, when to make
an arrest. The almanac is believed in implicitly,
and by it people are married and buried.
The japanese Government never until now
has authorized any portion Of the Scriptures to
be published in that country Recently it gave
authority 10 a japanese publisher to print an
edition Of the Book Of Genesis in the Chinese
language
The Directors Of the Glasgow Bank were con-
nected with the Free and the Congregational
Churches, and there are 80 ministers holding
$4,000 OF stock in that bank, most Of whom
belong to these churches.
The trustees Of the san Francisco Free Library
and the members Of the Mechanics Institute
have had a conference with a view Of making the
free library all that il should be.
The United States Senate contains a number
Of candidates for the Presidency, the most pro-
minent Of whom are Mlessrs. COnkling, Blaine,
Thurman, and Bayard, though probably there
are others who would not refuse n nomination If
offered them.
Those capitalists who encouraged Chinese i'm
migration to obtain cheap labOur, will in the end
be greater sufferers than the working classes.
The Chinese will cease TO be servants as soon as
they become strong enough to be masters.
A vicar in the nurth OF England, writes to the
London Echo u After having been nearly 80
years in holy orders, l am left to struggle on a
.'living'' worth ESQ a year, in a parish out Of
which tithes arc taken to the amount of goo
per annum."
Ex-Empress C~arlOtta, widow Of the late En-
peror Macmillan Of Mexico, who has been insane
for many years, resided in the Castle of Tri-
vueren, Belgium, which was destroyed by FIRE
Sunday. She was safely removed from the cas-
tie, and is now at the Royal Palace at Lucken.
near Brussels.
Henry Ward Beecher has broken silence. The
exclusion Of Plymouth from the Congregational
Councils inspires him to say to his people
= Never mind il is natural to resent. but not
good. | am but tho pincushion Of newspaper,
and am covered all over with pins, but they
don't hurt me-"
Texas ought to have a princely school fund one
of these days She has &c, OOO. 900 acres Of her
outlying lands set apart for school purposes.
She now spends $685. 600 ON education, devOting
a quarter Of the general revenue and half the pro-
ceeds of the pOlI-tax to that end.
The Methodists and Uniyersalists OF North
Dana, Mass. have joint ownership in the church
building in that place. The former occupy it in
the morning and the latter in the evening, each.
however. having separate ministers, but many OF
both societies worship at the two services, get
ting, therefore, n dose OF Arminianisu in the
morning and Of Universalism in the evening.
Senator Blaine has written a long letter de-
Tending his position on the anti-Chinese bill, in
reply to Mr.. GarTison's recent letter. lie points
out the danger to American woTkingmen. which
he thinks would result from unrestricted coolie
immigration, predicts humiliation and pauperism
from such immigration, and maintains the power
Of Congress to pass the restricting bill.
Lewis G. Goldsmith, Of Boston, proposes to
make a tour OF the world in a boat only eighteen
and q half feet long, six feet wide and three feet
deep. His wife and q mate will be his only
companions. The boat is now building at City
Point. and is said to be a marvel of compactness.
He will set sail from Boston in June, and expects
to arrive in California in 1881
Diphtheria is SO prevalent nowadays that we
reproduce the sulphur cure recipe, which has
been used with success by n physician IN Eng
land . | used milk OF sulphur for infants and
a,ur nf au1nhur FOR oIdar chfIdrnn md aduIfa |
brought TO n creamy consistence with ~glyeerine
dose, n teaspoOnful or more, according to age,
three or four times a day, slowly swallowed, and
also applied to the nostrils with a sponge aud
did not lose n case there or elsewhere, and saved
lives when the disease had almost blocked the
throat"
Novelties in jcwelry are increasing 10 number.
In WaIlack's Theatre recently a lizard Of glcam-
ing coIOrs twisted, squirmed and wriggled on a
bow on the head Of a young lady. A lady in
Paris wears on her hat a dancing skeleton, made
Of white enamel, dangling from a golden gibbet.
Rats walking on gold gridirons, green worms on
enameled leaves, two monkeys struggling for a
pearl nut, and skeletons in aFmOr and under UNI
brellas are scarf pins for ladies'
The Pope has issued an order forbidding the
sale Of relics. lie says that traffic has become an
abuse - Men who are enemies OF the Catholic
faith and dcsirous Of filthy lucre hunt up and
steal authentic relics and sell them, especially in
Rome. to the great scandal Of the faithful, and
especially OF the foreigners" He forbids the
faithful. therefore. to sell or buy, under any pre-
text, even that Of redeeming, sacred relics, even
though they be enclosed in reliquaries and bear
the official seal.
The Baptist ministers Of New York are getting
a good ready to vTangle over the salvation Of
infants. On Monday last Professor Fox read an
essay Oh The Relation Of the Doctrine of the
Salvation of Adults" He advanced no theory
himself. but presented those of others, and closed
with the remark that he did not assert that . all
infants shall be lost, or all adults are to be
saved" The essay was unsatisfactory, and DR..
Reed was appointed to read an essay next Mon
day, giving a Scriptural view OF the subject.
Did or did not John Calvin teach the damnation