The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-05-22

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royalty. Not only are the two sons Of the Prince
OF Wales midsbipmen, but Ernest, the thirteen
year-old son OF the Grand Duke of Hesse and the
late Princess Alice. Is about TO join. Queen
Victoria is said. however, to be rather indiaerent
10 the navy. taking more interest IN the army.
The Governor-Genera Of East Siberia has tele-
graphed TO 81. Petersburg that they were not
Chinese troops. but irregular Pariars who in
yaded the Russian Territory. They attempted to
cross the AMOR River. but were unsuccessful.
He says the Chinese Government is quite inno-
cent of the invasion, and Will punish the Tar
tars severely.
1t CasSiar, British Columbia, quicksilver balls
were fired with muskets through inch boards.
Both there and at Glenora the thermometer was
standing AT IS below zero. Nitric acid and
whisky iroze solid. Case brandy iroze solid
enough in 20 minutes 10 roll up in lnmps like
marbles. During the intense cold breathing was
very oppressive.
The Los Angeles Herald says that the charms
Of Santa Catalina Island are many and varied.
The clearness of the ocean at that point is some
thing to marvel at. Dropping a line, with bait,
to a depth OF sixty feet, you can see the hook and
Its burden and watch the fish as it approaches
the snare. The air is redolent OF iodine and
brimful of health.
a dispatch from Rangoon reports that 700
men, women, boys, girls, priests and foreigners
have been burned alive under the towers OF the
city walls, as a sacrifice for the restoration of the
Ming : health. Inc panic IN Aldnualey Is frlSuI-
full, ard hundreds OF people are leaving the city.
The Kings illness is said to be leprosy.
The Board of Directors of the National Rifle
Association resolved that the match for the Cen
tennial trophy palma has lapsed by failure OF any
foreign team 10 enter since 1877, but recommend
ed that the trophy be again offered Tor compe-
tition under amended conditions. In future,
only one team to represent Great Britain and
Ireland will be eligible. An American team will
90 to Ireland in June to compete in the inter-
colonial contest.
Spain, imbued with a conviction Of the usual
peace-at-any-price policy of the English Liberals,
again casts enviOu> eyes on Gibraltar. CASTELAR,.
speaking before Congress in the discussion Of a
railway projected from Xeras to AlgesIras, in
place of one projected from Cadiz to the Capes of
Gibraltar, said - We can not and will not re-
nounce our claim to Gibraltar. hIr. Gladstone
presents himself before the electors with a pro-
gramme ceding Gibraltar as he coded the lonian
Islands.
The British bark Orienfe, which arrived re-
Gently in Liverpool from San Francisco, vas
struck by n whale, while off Cape Horn. The
whale struck the ship on the port bow, between
the s aud 9 feet marks. broke two beams OF the
tween forecastle deck, and also broke deck aud
bulged IN the bulkhead. After that the vessel
made about sixty buckets OF water per day in the
fore-cOmpartment. Whether the whale suffered
from the encounter is not known. The vessel
was dOcked mt Liverpool for repairs.
The spectacle of the city Of Louisville, Ky, on
Sunday last would have gratiied n New England
Puritan of the last century. The police enforced
an old law prohibiting all labor on Sunday.
They took the names of editors. printers, news
boys and others whom they found engaged at 2
O'Clock on Sunday morning-the busiest portion
of the entire week for newspaper people. These
names will be presented to the Grand Jury, but
an Indictment will scarcely be found unless the
jurors are given 10 reading last years almanac
over their Sunday morning coffee.
. \ ludicrous incident of the Whitaker inquiry
points out the old moral that courtesy Is never
thrown away, while rudeness may "fteu be very
costly. Recorder Lieutenant Sears of West
Point, who represented the Academy, was asked
a civil question one morning in court by an old
man dressed plainly in civilians clothes. lie re-
piled in insulting terms that he was busy and
could not answer questions. When the court
adjourned he found he had been rude to the
Secretary OF War. He then changed from boor
to toady and tried to repair his fault by lulsome
funkeyism.
y very unique bill, remarkable alike in form
and purpose. was introduced in Congress lately
by Mr.. Downey, Delegate from Washington
Territory. Commencing with the declaration
that the people OF the United States are a Christ
ian people, he gives their religious belief in the
words of the Apostolic Creed. The bill provides
that so much Of $500 900 as may be necessary
shall be appropriated to decorate the walls of the
Capitol with paintings by the great living artists
illustrating scenes IN the life and death of our
Lord. The bill was referred to the Committee
on Library.
Much anxiety is felt with respect to the fate OF
the Ataiantd, a training ship. She carries IL
officers and 800 young seamen. Her commander
is Captain Stirling. She Is a sister vessel OF the
Euvydice, which numbered of the Isle of Wight
in the spring Of 1878, having on board 325
officers and seamen, OF 25O were young
men in training. 30 officers and the rest invalids,
time-expired men, and court-martialed prisoners,
on their way home from Bermuda. The Atlanta
was last seen at Bermuda on January %. She
was expected at Portsmouth some weeks ago.
She had wafer for go days. The Channel fleet
has been ordered to search for her IN Bantry Bay
and at the Azores.
In a speech in behalf of an Ex-Convicts Home
in indianapolis, the Ex-Governor Hendricks said
that it is not true, as generally supposed that the
majority Of the cOnvicts 90 20 prison as drunk
ards. Nor is it true that they come mainly from
the uneducated classes. An Ex-Governor Baker,
at the same meeting. decried the common de-
nunciation OF the exercise OF the pardoning
power, and. while admitting chat he himself
made some mistakes, expressed regret that he did
not pardon more than he did. Statistics, he said,
show that of those who give themselves over to
society after having been punished for crime. on
ly about 6 per cent. relapse into their former
criminal state. Probably these statements will
surprise most readers.
A Burmah correspondent says Maudaicy astro-
logers maintain that, in order to remove evil IN
huences. great propitiatory sacrifice is requisite.
Victims will be taken from all ranks to the num-
Der OF 400. The priests contribute 100, the re-
maInder men, women and children. Many ar
rests have been made to secure a sufficient num-
Der for victims to be selected from. The priests,
who have hitherto enjoyed immunity from sacri-
fee, are quitting Mandaley in great numbers.
The Catholic Convent was entered to procure
victims from among the girls there, but the
ATTEMPT was frustrated. The internal condition
of the country is most unsatisfactory. The peo-
pie, while seeing the folly Of King Theebaw's
acts, are helpless to effect a change.
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