The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-02-05
Miscellaneous.

In th.. CrrmntiOn Society Just established in
PART. wh"-- lit oi adhrsiOns j. published weekly,
the following names occur: Edmond About and
p wifi. Gambrtta, Paul de Cassagnac, Nine Adam
H-nri Martin. Sarcy, Senators Arago and HrrOld.
HanIan's hackers made S65 900 on him in Eng
land and they ddn't have To go into training io
do 10. either H. did the handling Of the oars and
they did the Hanlan Of the money
prize was offered rsr the mother who presented
tn. greatest number of her own children at the
Indiana State Fair. Mrs Smith and Mrs Line
zach accompanied To the fair by nine. but
Mr.. Line gave birth To a tenth ON the grounds.
aud took the prize
Tao Iaboarers the railways in South Austria
liza. tor working at their usual vO-ations on the
Sabbath day, proceeded against under the
provisions oi King Charles the Seconds enactment
Tor the prevention Of such Ohruees. and on being
duly convicted ths inactiJn oi punishment was
found be- impossible because there were no
=" stocks" in which t. put the muscular Offenders.
During the h'aring of charge against William
Barnes in the Melbourne City P1licr Court, OF
robbery from th. Government House. the prisoner
handed "a tin mrdaI To Directive Brown, on which
was Inscribed in rather Artistic stylr-' Presented
to Detective ]. Brown. from W. Barnes Tor over
rSrrton- October 25, 1880
Individual Jews hav. become conspicuous in
European politics. but Egypt. in turn. has
promoted to the rank OF Pasha and Assistant
Secretary OF State Austrian jew. named julius
Blum. Il is said that other ISraelite since the
time OF Joseph Of old has reached such eminence
in the land Of the PharOahs-
This story Os a troop-shiP Is just now current In
T. .ndon In the ladies' cabin were four wash
basins unr of which much larger than the
others. Th.re three ladies IN the cabin whose
husbands about equal IN rank The women
always think they have right to presume on the
rank of their husbands when taking choice OF
berths. SC. and there a great discussion as 70
who entitled To the big basin IL was referred
60 th. paymaster Of the ship who coulP settle
nothing aud eventually % the captain. lie gave
a decision worthy OF solomon Alter fist asking
them 10 they would abide by bis verdict ana not
give any more trouble in the matter. which taey
readily agreed 20 do. he said be thought u was
only fair that the oldest lady should have the
biggest basin.
Marie vanzandt relates this droll incident
which happened while returning from Germany 10
France = Running the gauntlet at the CUSTOM
house had in my arms-twO enormous bouquets
presented 10 me by some American friends ana
)comPos~d of our national colors. which yOn know
the same the French. aud do you believe
those old Custom house officers insisted on my
paying duty For they hate the French. you see,
and mrtnt % take revenge On my poor howers'
which bore the hated hues but this stirred my
American blood. and mildly but firmly, Irfased
their extOrtiOnate demand, aud declared could
not should not, would not give them up The
argument was getting quite serious, when, think
ing that an explanation OF how 1 came by thrm
might be sOothing and having exhausted my 1er-
man. I tossed my head back and gave tnetn q
little trilI. then initiated applause and threw ths
bOqusts up and caught them again. The grun Old
fellow grunted and smiled, and motoned Tor me
20 pass on. The idea had penetrated
A bride Of a few weeks duration went to mar
ket. the other day and seeing SOM large goldfish
sEimmng about in glass globe was struck With
the idea Of having them for dinner {" I'D like
these dshes, IL you haven't any smelts.' she said
mildly To the man aud when Told they were not
to eat. but or pets she declared it was n shame.
Tor they would have looked so nice on her Nankin
blue china.
Senator COnkling being challenged to pro-
duee a humorous paragraph. Is said to have
written this A witness under crOss-examinatin,
who had been tortured by lawyer for several
hours, At last asked FOR glass Of water. There"
said the Judge. . think yOn'd better let the
witness 60 no~i you We pumped him dry"
Some time since Hsrd to go from Wicklow
to Dublin, aud as the mare found to travel
much m ire briskly under the influence Of glass
Of whiskry, the habitual travellers subscribed to
supply her with this stimulant. Traveller Pat
the mare won't go at all to-day You rogue you
did not give her the drop Driver Well, your
Honor III tell no lie IL was an awful cowld
mornin', and wanted dhrOp meself as bad as
her. so we tossed for It, and sure won the toss.
They had been to see the tragedy of julius
Gear, and their way home thoughts OF the
death Of the great dictator seemed to AFFECT her so
much that she turned to Agernon and exclaimed
Wasn't y sad to be cut mp horribly ?" 'Aw
yes alphabetically responded Algsrnon,
-.- ably bad au 1is be. clothes"