The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-04-08
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Slav students here, has certainly causc-
them 10 think henceforth more about the
pomp and circumstance Of war, than OF
grammars and dictionaries. a friend oil
mine who was present al the delivery OF the
address says, the hero OF Pievna exercises a
magical influence by the carnestness OF his
manner, his soldier air, ready for all difi-
culties and all sacrifices his ~well-known
deep religious convictions, of which several
anecdotes recall the Puritan warriors. Then
several legends have been woven round ms
name. As a propagandist he Is worth q
regiment of Russian Popes. The French
are not sorry TO see some work likely 10 DE
cut out for Bismarck, for with Skobeleni
"the German-that's the enemy ="
The few French special correspondents
that have ound their way into Herze-
govina and Bosnia, do not give n natterlng
account of the Austrian occupation. The
country has not i'm the slightest degree been
improved the people only are more
heavily taxed. Even to driving cabs, and
taking railway tickets all Offices are filled
by Austrian soldiers. The inhabitants are
hand in glove with the insurgents, and the
latter are safe till the Austrians equal them
in agility i'm scaling rocks, and scuuding
along goat-paths. Only In the city OF
Serajevo, life is reasonably secure but the
inhabitants appear TO be very filthy, and
for their clothing, insecticides would be
more in place than brushes.
The nation is commencing 10 indulge In
hAlilil>AdhAhAt EAhhA ~ ~ Wv 1900
character of the deputies. who have been
six weeks i'm Office and the only business
transacted, sanctioning the construction or
a by-railway in Tunisia. This must not be
c~onfounded with the contemplated Grand
Trunk 10 Timbuctoo. lis true the repre-
sentatives have dismissed Gambetta, but
the fear of his return acts like n nightmare
on his eXecutioners.
No Treaty of with England
that's as plain now-as road TO parish
church. The second fact is that not the
slightest public interest Is manifested here
on the matter. | saw Nj. l.. Quarter, a Few
days ago, he looks positively juvenile since
he has led the protectionists to victory his
bank too claims TO have l7a millions IN the
cellars and not a single bill In the portfolios.
The money-market is slowly picking it
self up to convalescence but much time
must still elapse ere confidence and Epecu-
lation return. Building Is at a ~standstill;
that is to say, the running up or new
houses, and the greatest eXertions are being
made to complete those In nand. Now
the building trade has ever been regarded
as the test of good times. While the list Is
but too extensive and w~ell-known OF those
who have been killed or wounded in the
recent financial smash, the names arc not
mentioned of those who have won by the
disaster. In stock gambling, the losses OF
one are the gains of another.
Dumas not content with being n drama
fist, deals in pictures. Louis XVI, was a
whitesmith, as well as n sovereign, and
Villeman claimed, that literature led
to everything provided-you quit It. Dus
mas pere, as popular an old sinner as Henri
", felt aggrieved when he was photo
graphed in his shirt-sleeves with the circus
heroine, Adah-Menken sitting on his knee
-grandchild fashion. lie protested against
that Asmodean peep into his interior.
Banister Durverdy won the suit for the old
novelist, and the same counsel has COM
PEELED lola To eXpunge the honorable name
of Duverdy from the immoral characters In
his Pot-BOuiIc. The courts ruled, that u
mans phiZ, like his name, was his personal
property. Jacquet the artist sold u drawing
to Dumas fills, who in time disposed OF IL at
a profit. 1t has not been proved that
Dumas handed a cheque for the difference
to the artist. Jacquet did not like this ped
larship, and happening to be painting an
old clo' dealer at Bagdad, he painted ON
the shoulders, the head of Dumas ills. The
plain speaking of Aristophanes does not
suit present day manners, though Galnbetta
seems to be as freely dealt with as Cleon
himself. Mile. LANCE not having paid the
artist for her portrait, Inc drew her ms Danae,
naked, under n shower Of gold. a Belgian
painter placed as the central figure in his
debtors prison." the portrait of a bad GUS
toner. Michael Angelo, If ] mistake not,
selected his political enemies for types OF
the damned. The Due d. Aumale having
called a favorite mare, DGdze after the
%actrice, the latter bought n tDund, and
christened it d'Aumale. The law allows
artists TO ~fiatter, but not TO ridieule indi-
viduals.
The Carnival simply merits an allusion,
as politeness is ever due 10 the departed.
All the tom-foolery one so relished, has
emigrated to Nice, and next, to Rome. We
have no time To have the BUuf Grds pro-
cession, the prize oxen being too immedi-
ately required for conversion into Tosb4
and b~tfstechS. Tn event is simply an occa-
sion for advertisers, and little folks TO in
dulge in fancy balls. The street boys revel
in horn-blowing, and funny folks of both
sexes exchange dresses for the legal period
of twenty-fOur hours. Even the masked
balls at the opera simply AVE become
merely n rendezvous for demi-mondians,
and n source of speculation for supper
room proprietors. There Is great degeneracy
since the Regent went disguised, with
Dubois administering him sundry kicks
where the the seat Of honor is said to be
lodged, till his highness protested. Dubois,
"you disguise too much.' Marie A~ntoinette,
accompanied the Count dArtois to the pub
lie masked-balls, and enjoyed herself-some
say too much.
The schemes for army organization are as
many as the projects for reforming the
Constitution. The Ministers Of War them
selves are so often changed, that the advo-
Gates of short periods Of serving under the |
flag, see in that instability, one of the +
strongest arguments i'm favor of their views
Each new occupant Of the War Office
commences first by undoing all his prede- 4
cessor had inaugarated; the Penelope work \
has every prospect Of continuing. AS for /
Instance the question OF uniform one .
hussar regiment has been in this respect 80 4
often operated upon, that since two cell 4
turtles, its head dress has been altered not
not less than l4l, tunic III, and trousers l2l
times.
Up to the present, child-stealing was too
markedly prevalent, the fashion is now set
ting in to make AVA with old persons;
especially if they be rich or annuitants
they go out TO have their constitutional
during the few sunny hours of the day, but
return no more. Some have disappeared
as effectually as the Lost Tribes.
The institution Of calico tails is unknown IL
here, perhaps they may take root after thu
expiration Of the time for admitting Man +
chester goods at Golden treaty prices
France will likely require then, "A nationa
effort to stimulate home manufactures l1
the meantime, the white muslin balls have
commenced, with the regularity Of Lenter
sermons and chamber concerts these are
limited to bread and butter miss and
form a kind of overture or breaking in, 70
The more serious gatherings, where teenA
are chaperoned bN manning of the Belgra Nv.