The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-04-12

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are now $500 churches in America, and 4 ,496
ministers. The churches have increased by SO,
and the ministers by 90. There are 662 church
es unsupplied, and ,I36 ministers not engaged in
pastoral work.
There is now perfect religious liberty in France,
and PrOtestants lecturing on Professionalism draw
crowded and enthusiastic houses in all parts of
the country. The society which has been in ex-
istencc ~forty-six years. Gays its means are made
qaate 10 the great opportunity before 1t.
Rev. DIR. IL. NJ. Field says . there is something
unspeakably beautiful in a family attending the
same church and sitting in the same pew year
after year for generations. The old family pew
what memories cluster about it The thought
of 1t Is almost a bened:ctiOn."
The price of iron is said to have advanced fifty
cents a ton in Pennsylvania within a week, and
the production of certain mills is sold for months
ahead, so that further orders have been declined.
According to the Philadelphia Record, the de-
mand is so great that producers say that they
could sell five tons for every one they are turning
out. One mill has declined during the past few
days orders for nearly 20, 900 tons. Orders for
several thousand tons Of iron rails are in the
Philadelphia market, while large sales have been
made Of sheet-irOn, and the demand for bar-iron
is very strong. The orders for heavy machinery
are greater than for several years past.
William Lloyd Garrison has written a letter in
which he comes down upon Senator Blaine sslike
a thousand of brick" 1t is all about the Chi
nese question. Mr.. Garrison says that Blaine's
position is coWardly and low, and that he acted
in the old spirit of white against black-the
spirit Of caste. essentially the anne everywhere,
vulgar, conceited and contemplate. How is it
that such vigorous language Is always brought
out when the heather is being discussed? Kear-
ney, now, talking on the other side of the fence,
would have caldwell, no matter what he would
have said.
j. 81. Walden, of the Methodist Publishing
house at Cincinnati, whites to the Gazette that
Great Britain consumes 998. AS 1884 gallons Of
liquor annually and of this 90, 804 ,402 gallons
are pure alcohol. The United States consumes
345, 262, l56 gallons Of liquor, Of which A BAL
Bis are pure alcohol! Great Britain thus con-
sumes fifty per cent. more pure alcohol than We
do. Mr.. Walden says that the breweries pro-
duce more than one half the pure alcohol made
in this country. Some time ago we copied from
the London Times figures which showed that
Great Britain drank "a 400, 942 gallons of pure
alcohol and the United States 24,4O2 ,942, but
Dir. Walden points out an error in the IimeS's
calculation, which gives the figures Just quoted
above.
Lord Beaconfeld to strangers is an amiable old
gentleman, who conyerses with a languid interest
about music and painting, with some animation
about tuTnips and cattle, and with no fire at all,
but rather a demurc cOmpOsure, about politics
and the spread Of Roman Catholicism in Eng
land. He has n loud, grating voice, which only
grows tuneiul when nc is warmed. He likes
flowers, perfumes and fruit. He eats a great
deal of champagne jelly, and drinks a great deal
Of black coffee. He never smokes. He dresses
to perfection, knowing exactly what style of
clothes best suit him. Into newspapers he hard
ly ever dips. Sometimes, when sitting alone, he
rests his head on his hand and gazes into the fire
or out Of the window. No man can boast that
he has obtained a glimpse of " the Sphinx's"
true mind.
The trial ola Chinaman for assault and battery
in the police court of San Francisco has brought
out q strange story of a Chinese girls unhappy
experience. She said that her parents in China
sold her to "a gray haired lady" for twenty
dollars when she was ten years of age. She
was resOld to a Chinese doctor in San Francisco
named Liza Pc Tia. This doctor has several
wives, one Of whom sold her to a Chinaman for
$40. Her market price gradually increased to
Sl60, and by the time she was twenty years old
she had changed hands a dozen times. Recently
she heard that she was to be sold to a Chinaman
living in the interior of the State, and it was in
consequence or tvt refusal In 90 that the assault
was committed and the disturbance created that
brought the case before the public.
NJ. Camille Flamarion. the distinguished
French astronomer, who believes our burnt out''
moon is inhabited, has conceived the idea of
making an ocular demonstration and TO this end
proposes, il he can secure the funds, to have an
immense refraeting telescope constructed, which
shall cost not less than $780, 600. The Provi-
dence Journal says & some of the largest refract-
ors in the world, if used when tie air is pure,
bear a power Of 5000 on the moon, that is, the
moon appears as if it were at a distance of eighty
miles instead of 4 10000" If the enthusiastic
Frenchman can bring a power of five or ten thou
sand on the moon he can settle the question in
the wink of the eye.
Facial expression in a photograph is a matter
Of great importance. Artists oftentimes resort to
queer stratagems in order to induce their sitteIs
to assume as pleasant and reconciled a look as
the circumstances will permit. Once in a while,
however, the poor photographer makes a mis-
take. The other day a rather verdant looking
youth entered a gallery to have his picture
taken. He had a solemn vIsage, as though life
bad not run quite smoothly with him. When
the fatal moment arrived to take the cover from
the camera the artist said, with cheerful voice,
q" Now think Of something pleasant think of
the girl you are engaged to-" This was too
much for the poor youth. He had just time to
My girl, indeed She went of with an
other fellow last evening" and the picture was
taken. Though not an entire success as a like
ness the photograph gave ono the impression of
great decision Of character. There was a light
10 the eyes and a look of determination about
the mouth which, if his rival could catch a
of it, would make him feel that he had
tried a dangerous experiment.
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