The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-01-21
Miscellaneous Items.

a PRIEST once asked condemned CRIMINAL m
Paris guol - W hat kind Oi a conscience have
yOu2' " It's as good new" replied the
prIsOner-'' for / have never used IL.
DARWIN acknowledged himself matched when
his little niece asked him seriously what n cat
has that other animal has2 lie gave it up
after mature delIberatiOn, and then the sly puss
answered. - kittens -
The encouragement Of American ship-building
IS no doubt desirable, but hardly at the expense
Ofevery other industry in the United States that
is now afforded protection by our revenue laws
The effect of the bill 10 admit duty free all goods
imported in AmericHn-built vessels. owned
exclusively By American citizens, would be to
completely nnIlify the protective tariff. Amer
lean ships and ship-Owners might flourish, but
how about American manufactures ?-S. +.
Chronicle.
The Parasitic ORIGIN OF LEPROsr.-The ap-
plcatiOn Of the germ theory OF disease covers
constantly widening area. Among the ailments
to which it is not be applied is the leprOsy,
affection in regard TO which, notwithstanding It's
antiquity. nothing has up to this time, been ac-
CURED in the way Of remedy The presence Of
living organisms IN the tubercles OF iepTous
patients was first observed 1867 by Hansen,
who found them active, rOd-shaped bodies, but,
after repeated trials, was unable 70 make them
grow IN the bodies OF animals Later InvestI-
gators describe the leprOus germ as - slender
rods about half the length Of the red globules OF
blood straight or slightly curved, and sometimes
or in the middle" According To the Maryland
MehIcaI Journal. these internal parasites present
identical features cases from various and re-
mately distant Countries. They haze been - cul-
tiyated, - but as yet have not been made 10 Hour
ish in animals, 80 that there = still 4 hitch IN
the PROCESS of reducing them To the iunocuOus
state in which Pasteur. after patient experiment,
finally succeeded IN Teducir the splenic fever
germ as without innOculatIOu there Il no means
Of testing the effects of - culture - on these
creatures. One important result Oi demOnstra-
Ii1n Of their agency IN producing leprOsy Will be
ts decide that tins disease J., contrary To the
prevalent opinion. communicative one. The
common view il due To the fact. perhaps, that
raey do not exist the outer skin, and 80 are not
communicated by ordinary contact. That the
disease confines itself to particular locality IL
shown by the existence Of = case here IN BlltI-
more a. noticed recently IN the SHE--BahHHors
Sun, December H.
F,uoUs LONDON PRElCuEKs.-SimeOn Gilbert.
the editor OF the AdraHce. 10 the course OF n re-
cent letter to his journal from London. gives an
interesting description Of some Of the more widely
known Of the London preachers Sturgeon. be
says has n magnificent voice that makes itself
heard from the first word Oi his sermon TO the
lat by every one OF his Z 900 hearers IL - Of
agreeable quality, and - '' ht tor assertion, Ii
need be- bat equally sympathetic. winning and
persuasive. Ills preaching - - biblical, yet
emiueutly scriptural and ever tcxtual- lie
never writes hIs sermons, aud gives only n shOr rt
time % special preparation. lie - capable OF
passages Of SURPRISING beauty and vivduess Of de-
-criptiOn : but - he wastes none Of his resources
IN the support Ut mere side shows lie has the
advantage Of grand audience, - containing a
great number OF admirable men and women, as
any stranger could see at glance. " The deeT
galleries extend all the way round TIE church
and the pulpit is thrust far 70 the ff1t IN the
midst of the congregation. OF hIs personal ap-
pearance Mr.. Gilbert says; - His hair - black
lie uses no razor, but has rather light beard
In form he u not TALL but ~ thick-set- his face
wears some trace Of the physical pain which ~
endures lie breads the winter. Ih'1gt
Newman Hall i Congregationalist. his churci
IL independent. For the most part, the service o
the established Church j. used. The organization
OF the church ~ Congregational ut bottom, bu
most OF IT. affairs, however. are managed by
Board OF Elders. about bali OF whom are BIptists
DR. Gibs0u, formerly Of Chicago, was found oc
cuuving Gne church m one of the most desirabl
parts OF the city On one side Of his church Is
Jewish synagogue aud on the other - PrOtessO
HuxIey's house. So" says Mr.. Gilbert. - be
tween the leaven Of the Pharisees and that OF IN
Sadduceees even a = 1--we Scotch-Canadiun Amer
icrn-English pastor has enough To do. Cano
Farrar's sermon, which Mr. Gilbert beard wa
- thoroughly good and admirable in matter
style and manner" DIR. Joseph Parker stI
draws crowds to the City Temple, and - thos
who can endure bis excess of egotism speak yer
warmly Of the good which, nevertheless, ne
doing