The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-01-10
Foreign News Items.

OAAA va u NEdBks duu kuO"6 a RODs
deal about his affairs, estimates the value of tn
generals property at $3.50, 900.
The cotton yield in the south this year i
larger by 500 600 bales than ever before. Thl
tobacco crop is greater by u 900 900 pound
than last year and the production of sugar ex
ceeds by 2OO, 900 hogsheads that of last year.
The grandest steamship in the world is being
overbauled and provided with new machinery &c
fit her for carrying live cattle. What a fall il
here, my cOuntrymen. The Great Eastern has
proved a marine elephant-or, more properly
speaking, a whale on the hands OF her owners
Ii is expected that the Great Eastern will be
ready for the cattle trade by next March, and
then the great eastern question will be settled, as
Tar as she is concerned.
The following is Hersch's test for sewage
contamination, or the presence Of putrescible or
ganic matter IN water Fill a clean pint bottle
three-quarters full with the water to be tested
and IN it dissolve half a teaspoonful Of the finest
sugar, then cork the bottle and set it in a warm
place Tor forty-eight hours. IL, meanwhile, the
water becomes cloudy or milky, it is unfit for
domestic use. If it remains perfectly limpid, it
is probably safe to use.
ELECTRIC LIGHT AT SEA.-Prof. C.. F. Brush has
been at work for the past year upon an apparatus
for the use of the electric light at sea on the bows
OF ocean steamers. He has completed it to his
satisfaction, and ii will soon be on exhibition in
Boston. He has succeeded in the attempt to Sc
cure a continuous and perfect focus by an auto
matte movement Of each carbon, instead of one,
as heretofore. By its use, a thick fog bank has
been pierced 5000 feet, it is said, and fine print
can be easily read two miles away.
During his tour General Grant was received
formally by the following high born " rulers
and people Queen Victoria of England, King
Leopold Of Belgium. the khedive of Egypt, the
sultan of Turkey, King Humbert of Italy, Pope
Leo Kill, President Mcmahon Of France, the
king Of Holland, Emperor William of Germany,
DE-. .a--.aU r. II r.
perOr Alexander of Russia, the Emperor Francis
Joseph Of Austria, King Alfonso of Spain, Presi-
dent GreVy of France, NJ. Gambetta, Viceroy Lyt-
ton Of India, Prince Kung Of China, the king of
Siam. the mikadO of Japan.
Something OF an idea of the value OF the great
newspapers of London may be gathered from the
following item which is going the rounds of the
press:
An offer of G65 900 sterling has been made for
the London Telegraph. and declined by It's pro-
prietOrs, Messrs. Lawson, Levy & Co. As the
Telegraph is rated fourth in value among the
London newspapers, it would appear the Journal
Istlc market IS at least firm over there. The
Times is roughly valued at Is 900 900, the Stan
dard at e, 900 900, and the News at 81 200 900.
The price asked for the telegraph is a round mil
lion. The circulation of these journals is given at
IS 900 daily for the Times, las 900 for the Stan
dard, 1885, 600 for the News. and 200 900 for the
Telegraph. In point of advertising patronage,
the Times exceeds all the other three combined,
the Standard suTpasses both the News and the
Telegraph, and the former leads the latter.
The unseemly warfare against the Jews of
Prussia continues. The origin of this unphil-
O%sophical crusade is said to have been in the re-
action which has recently set in IN Germany in
church and state. DIR. Stoecker, the court
preacher at Berlin, who organized the Christian
WOrkingmens association for the purpose of COM
batting socialism, when he bad got that adver-
sary on the hip, took up the cudgel against the
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them from that day to this. The press, largely
controlled by the Jews, have bitterly attacked the
preacher. There has been organized, as an out
come of this war of words, the Anti Semil Liga,
which has for its object the preventing of Jews
holding any kind of office in the Prussian state,
in excluding them from clubs, hotels, theatres
and hospitals which Christians visit; to circum-
scribe by legislation their social activity within
certain limits, etc. The last movements in the
contest have been an address from Jewish ladies
to the Empress Augusta aud riots in the streets
by Christian mObs.
\ DEFENSE OF RED HAIR-An admirer of red
hair, who has it himself. glOrifes that style thus:
- Throughout creation nature appears to delight
in red. 1t p~redOminates in the pleasure Of
the imagination, for whatever is beautiful,
agreeable. or sublime partakes Of red. The rain
bow, the rose, and the charming lip and check of
beauty 8 self, the sun, the source of heat and
light, are all red; as is also the fire, the mighty
autOcrat OF the universe. The most brilliant
flowers, the most delicious fruits, the orange. the
apple, and the peach, are red. Through the ami
NAL kingdom red predOmInates, az in the king of
beasts, the lion. But go further Adam, the
first of mankind, was red. The greatest of
GrecIans, Jupiter, Apollo and Vulcan, were
crimson. Samson, whose strength was gigantic,
derived his power from his red hair, and the des-
tiny of the empire of Athens depended on the red
har of Nissus. Queen Elizabeth had red hair
so bad Spencer and Shakespeare. Milton is
auotfar instance nf the nrOOl of INV prOnOaitIDn
Also DelOe, the author Of that wOrld-renOwned
story, Robinson CrusOe.' Lafayette had red
hair BOnaparte's hair was of this color. Arte-
mus Ward has red hair so have have the Red
Indians, or else why so named
Two CoNUEDRUAs.-A young lady when riding
from her fathers country seat 20 a neighbOrlng
village, met a young man ON foot, who was carry
ing a Jug. She at once refined in her horse, and
asked him what he had in the jug. Looking up
with a comical leer, he simply wInked one eye
and smacked his lips, to indicate that ii contain
ed something good. The young lady surprising
be meant alcohol, Immediately began to talk
temperance, but her auditor requested the privI-
lege of first asking her just one question.
=" What Is 1t p she asked.
1t is this he replied; I" why is my jug
like your side-saddle ?"
She could not tell.
" IL is because it holds q gallon, - said he.
- What trihing =" exclaimed the indignant
young lady, and then continued:
Young man, do you not perceive"
e Just one more question: > interrupted Rr
auditor, . : and then l am done. Why is my jug
like the assembly-room of a female seminary at
roll -call?'
81 am sure | don't know" petulantly replied
the young lady.
.. Well, it's because it is full o lasses,'' said
the incOrrigible auditor.
The fair lacturer touched her spirited horse
with her whip, and was soon out OF hearing of
the rude young man.
We find the following very singular paragraph
in the Detroit Free Press Professor Lowering,
of Harvard college, declares that all structures,
large or small, have a definite note of vibration.
He tells a story of a fiddler who came along when
the workmen were erecting the bridge at Cole
brooke Dale-the first iron bridge ever built-and
said he could fiddle it down. He played away
until having struck the key note he made it sway