The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-03-15
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Bible is now freely circulated in Portugal.
Ninevah and Jerusalem are lighted by Pennsylva-
MIA oil.
Seventy-fve children Of Jewish parents are men,
bers of one Presbyterian Sabbath-school In New York.
Ship-buildiugi in Maine this. year has been only
about 55 per cent. of the average OF the previous
three years.
Jefferson Davis is getting his q memoirs % ready.
They will appear in two volumes, simultaneously Ia
New York and London. IA
The celebration Of the centenary Of Robt. RaiLes,
who 10 gOnorolly regarded as tho founder Of Sunday
schools, will take place in 1890.
The remains OF q prehistoric village on piles have
been discovered in the Barmsee "a small lake in the
Bavarian mountains), much like the Swiss lake
dwellers' habitations.
Congress has passed n bill permitting women Of
the necessary qualifications TO practice law in the
United States Supreme Court. This is fair. Give
the ladies q chance.
The Wesleyans of England have determined 10
build, in various parts Of the country, 100 chapeis
per year for the next ten years. The sum Of $780,
900 has been subscribed for the purpose.
General sherman and party arrived at Atlanta.
ia, on the 18th of Jan, Ii being his first visit since
the war. Several thousand people copyrighted at
the depot out of curiosity. There we're neither cheers
nor signs Of disapprobation.
Trouble is apprehended between Chile and Bolivia
on account Of the taxes imposed by the latter upon
the nitrate industries. The attitude Of both govern
ments is incorporating. The general opinion in
Chile over the Argentine question is that war will
soon be declared.
japan has 5000 miles of telegraph, and 1000 more
under construction. Ii has also 125 telegraph sta
tons. The insulators made in the village Of Imari
are Of such excellent quality that orders for them
have been sent from Europe. G@t4-
The Russian Government is liable to be unjustly
suspected Of remarkable financial shrewdness. II he's
ordered all the paper money in the plague district 10
be burned. This will more than Offset extraordinary
expenses.
The Mormon agents at Washington arc begging
hard for leniency to their law-breakeTs, while those
at home are securing more women as fast as they can
be found. Meantime the Government parleyE and
hesitates.
A gentleman -c~onpected with one Of the banking
Institutions in a western city offered q young miss q
So gold coin as a New Years present. the young
lady examined the unfamiliar piece furtively, and
finally declined receiving il remarking that she was
not to be fooled with n brass twenty-five cent
piece Z
Cyrus W. Field, says a New York correspondent.
is full Of activity, energy, enterprise, projects and
public spirit. He has as much push as a steam en-
CINE, and is as restless as a Perpetual motion. co.
Kaiser William said TO the late Bayard' Taylor,
not a long time before his death (" have seen
enough Of battles and bloodshed. / hope there will
be no more fighting during the brief time I remain
On earth"
1t is lucky that the Chinese Embassaior is safely
in Washington, with his clerks and attendants, other
wise, under the provisions Of the new bill, limiting
the immigration, his suite could only come into the
country by sections Philadelphia Public Ledger
The advantage of free over slave labor is strikingly
illustrated by q comparison Of the product Of cotton
in the southern states in 1858 and 1873. In the
former the product was only a little over $500, 900
bales, at an average of 178 pounds to the acre in
1878 the product has been 100000 bales, mt an av-
erage Of l91 pounds to the acre.
A widespread anti-Chinese excitement is prevail
ing in Australia, which was rendered more intense
at last accounts by the fact that 300 coolies we're
daily expected at Sydney. Wherever the Chinese
intrude they are detested.
Engineers of steamships have found that the best
lubricants are glycerine for the cylinders and castor
oil for the bearings. When castor oil is used the
main bearings seldom become heated. Only the best
glycerine can be employed with advantage, but when
it is Of a high grade the results leave little TO be de-
sired.
The question as to whether the wife of Senator
Bruce should be received into Washington society,
has been settled in the affirmative. She received
many New Years calls from the capital fashionables.
Several wives Of supreme court judges and many
senators and representatives have also assisted, by
calling, in breaking down the color line.
Thus far the borings on the French coast. in
connection with the proposed English Channel
tunnel, confirm the possibility Of the execution Of
the scheme. The geological considerations are ell
favorable but there is no reason to believe that
there will soon be any vigorous and systematic at
tempt on the part OF the English TO push forward
the enterprise and make its accomplishment prob.
able. Lately influential people in England have
grown very a~pathetic about the great tunnel I
The contest for the Radical presidential nomi-
nation two years hence seems to have already
practically narrowed itself down 10 Grant, Blaine
and Washburne. The two former stand ns the
principal active comps titors the latter as the
most distinguished representative OF the grand
army of compromise candidates. Grants strength
lies in the south. Blaine's in the northeast, and
Washburne's, in a less positive sort OF way, every
where.