The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-08-04

wears he has represented the elder branch
of the Bourbons, chung to the white banner
of Navarro when his Orieanist cousin long
since substituted the t%ricolor, been an in
teresting centre for speculation and Leg
timist rallyingS, cherished the finatica!
superstitions of the middle ages, refused to
see that the world has advanced an inch,
in short lived up to the old Napoleonic die
tum," rhe BourbOns have forgotten nothing
and learned nothing" There comes a dis
patch from Frohsdorff in Austria that his
historical old person is dying. Quick his
obituary is in type in every newspaper III
the world waiting for the next telegram
that he is dead when everybody will brush
up his history of France, and re-focus the
political ~spy-glass on the Comte de Paris,
Louis %Philippe's grandson but the death Of
Chambord tails t. Dcod.. The Comte is
better, the COmte i worse. DIR. Nulp ian
sent specially to Frohsdorf to attend the
Comte de hambo reports that the
patients strength is slightly reviving. All
the Orleanist Princes have gone to visit the
Comte de Chambord. And then came a
storm of electric guesses at what allied this
scion of so royal a line. He had rheuma-
tism, asthma, blood poisoning, a headache,
govt. Then an affection of the stomach
olN "a Vi al IL appeals lbdC X
prince has over eaten himself, an here is
the royal bill of fare telegraphed from
Frohsdorff; cabled to America: two roasted
chickens, two services of highly spiced
salad, a huge quantity of vegetables, un-
speakable varieties of dessert and two bot
ties Burgundy, a lui seul a! Bravo Monsieur
lie comte
THE LILY AND
Mrs. Langtry still lives and has confided
in a reporter that she still cherishes the de-
sign of coming to San Francisco, and exc
of writing a book on American tanners
and customs. The Treasury Departments
register shows that ths thrifty Lily has in
vested money in United States bonds, and
this mornings dispatches tell that she
boasts of not having expended a shilling on
her travels. There is a rumor that she de-
signs slipping away secretly with young
Gebhardt and that the Alaska Will be the
favored steamship. Gebhardt is putting
his money into English sovereigns aud has
sold his running horse Eole to Dwyer Bro
theirs. Gorgeous estimates are made of the
sums he has expended for jewels for Lang
try, 5000, 900 for this item alone, S25, 900 for
a necklace, and ST., 900 for bracelets-aIter-
nate sapphires and diamonds. The lavish
little gentleman has mortgaged his good in
come of $50, 900 a year for several years by
his eXtravagances of this season, in spite of
which efforts it is said Langtry is about to
throw him over for ga very leading man."
Frank Cooper.
AND YALE.
By the way, the very day the last
Honolulu steamship sailed, it was teie-
graphed that Harvard had won the
University boat race rOwed against Yale on
the Thames at New London in Connecticut.
There was a San Francisco man i'll the
Harvard boat, Charles NJ. Belshaw of '83.
1t was such an easy victory for the crimson
that everyone was surprised, for Yale-the
blue-has been the favored up to the last.
result has raised the cry that Yale will
have to abandon her present stroke, which
is peculiarly short and jerky and calls for
so much strain on the arms that the breast
and bicept of the Yale crew seemed abnor-
mally developed. Yale crew also rowed
punched together in pairs as they were last
year, another cherished popularity which
boating men say that they must abandon if
they expect to win eight-oared shell races.
Harvard's time was 25:46t, Yale's, 1858.
Harvard passed the finish too for ahead
even to count the lengths.
THE M~ARIPoSA.
The Mariposa, the new island steamer
which bears you this letter, has attracted a
great deal of attention in thisc city since her
arrival, not alone because of the beauty,
superb appointments and solid magnifi-
cence of the steamer, but because of the fact
that it makes the beginning OF n new era
in the commercial and social relations be-
tween San Francisco and the Islands. On
Monday evening last the steamer was pre-
pared for public inspection, and the occa-
sion turned out to be a brilliant affa ir,
more in the nature of a reception than an
inspection. The steamer was lighted
through with electric lights, and was visit
ed by hundreds of prominent citizens with
their ladies, the wharf being lined with
carriages for a quarter of a mile. The Off
GERS of the Mariposa and the incorporators
of the new Steamship Company were on
hand and pleasantly received their guests.
The visitors were delighted with the ele-
gance of the beautiful ship, and many ex-
pressions of envy of the distinguished pas
senger list for the first trip, were heard.
Depend upon it, Island pleasure travelling is
to receive n great impetus from the advan-
tages offered by this new line.
CoMRADE.