The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-08-13

islands that affords such attractions for q summer
residence as Makawao. Such 6e.3s OF ripening pohas'
--such nice wild strawberries and milk-such clear,
iuvigorating, bracing atmosphere, make it q most
desirable summer retreat Were it not that visitors
flt as intruders on the hospitality Of residents there,
many more would stroll into that neighborhood than
now do. Why cannot some enterprising farmer open
. boarding house at Aakawao during the summer,
erecting only such tenements ss would be likely to be
needed. A smart clever Yankee with q tact for
catering for the comforts of others, with a pleasant
little housewife to match, would not fail to find
patrons during the lazy season, and perhaps all the
year round. People when they travel. expect to pay,
and they enjoy their visits much more 50, than when
living on others, be they ever 50 hospitable. We hope
the hint will be taken, and that by next season,
ssStrawberry Cottage will be opened for travellers
Observation-Disclosures burglary took place on Mon
day night last in Nuuanu. The valley store Of Mr..
J. 7. Waterhouse (which has several times before
been robbed.) was entered by false keys, q quantity Of
goods stolen. and the premises carefully locked up
again. Quite a systematic4& ~ has got his hand in
now. 1t must either hsN t{A1one by a foreigner
or an expert coolie. The of our policemen
is altogether to small to bat protection which
the town needs. The ni14kNr Of night police at
present, we believe is only len or twelve. The Mar
shall has offered a reward of 500 for the burglar.
Dull TMEs.-A subscriber to the Pofynesian
writes TO us to inquire why that paper cannot afford
to give jta Teaders some local Of foreign news. Now
we have tber fsh to Cry than to look after our
neighbours sins~sf s-nis<ion: Qgr correspondent
further says he fears @his be after that hat
and coat When a man buj he must
look out himself whether he gets the s4i6e o. his
money. We advise e SO 90 q year. to prefer his
complaints to the editor Of the Polynesian, and they
will probably be attended to.
The TELEcRApH.-Masters Of Hawaiian vessels are
requested to show their signals, whenever they come
in sight of the telegraph station, that they may be
definitely reported. We understand that some change
is to be made in the working of the telegraph, by
which the signals will be more easily distinguished
from town. and less complicated. Two long arms are
to be used instead of four short ones as at present.
A flag is also to be displayed whenever q vessel is in
sight approaching the port Practice alone, can
show what is wanted and make the telegraph q bene-
fit to the port. -
REMovAL-The old engine house of No. 1, which
has stood near the fort unoccupied for the past two
or three years, is now being removed, and win be
placed adjoining No. a,s house. 1t is to be fitted up
for the use of the Hook and Ladder Company. c. W.
Vircsnt. Esq, is experimenting the job.
CAR WHEELs4-We notice that Mr.. Weston is cast
ing at his foundry a lot of railroad Car wheels for use
in filling in the wharf lots. On Monday last he cast
twelve. his order being for fifty wheels. This foundry
is a great acquisition to the capital of the country,
and is well worth a visit occasionally, especially when
SsbJ,.%;r-ss Alc,o,k ,nv c;ooa - rnaob,nar uooJ -,
these islands, or ON vessels visiting them, can be
recast or repaired as well as the work would be done
in Boston. -
The NExf NEws.-There is now but little doubt
that the public will have the satisfaction of digesting
six weeks news at one meal, when it arrives. The
Fanny Major may be looked for any time after
Sunday next; if she goes into Lahaina, as Capt. Law
ton expected to. when he left here. he may not arrive
here till after Thurstsy of next week. 1t will be
six weeks next Monday since the last mail arrived
by the Yankee. -
AbGERoBA ~SEEDs-persons who have opportunities
to procure these seeds, are requested to take pains to
save them. They are frequently called for by resi-
dents on the other islands, as well as from foreign
countries. The mouths in which the seeds ripen are
haps still later. Seeds may be sent to DR.. w. Hill
lebrand or the publisher Of this paper.
THE NILE Casa friend of ours writes from
Lahaina sSend your Glmous Nile Case up here,
this dull season give the Jurors So day, and 1 will
warrant a verdict one way to the other. We ca f'do''
s.the Nile in half the time. Let the lawyers bring
their own supply of steam, as the Water Works amt
fixed yet" -
New GooDs.-The ladies, at least, Will be glad to
hear of the arrival of the first fall vessel, the Harri-
ct and Jessie. Though an old ship, she has made a
clipper passage, and is turning out her cargo in extra
fife style. The Ramehameha II, Fortuna, John
Gilpin, and other vessels, will be following in soon.
For particulars of goods arriving, see our advertising
columns. -
AccIDENr.-On Saturday last, a son of Capt. Milne,
(now absent at Tahiti.) was kicked by a horse, in
DIR. Rockies yard, where Capt Ms family reside.
The wound received was in the forehead over the eye,
and was so severe that the wonder is how the child
escaped with his life. But timely surgical aid has
placed his recovery beyond a doubt.
HERE THEY coxE-We have received from our
friend Oudinot at Lahaina, whose g heart is as big as
an OK a pair of fat, jolly-looking Madagascar ter
rapin. We think some of going into. the express bust
ness now, though we shall try and not interfere with
that of our neighbors, who have SO long had ter
rapin expresses to supply the town with the latest
news. --
r The foreign papers which our country sub
scribers occasionally receive with the Commercial,
are exchanges sent gratuitously to them from this
Office. They do not amount to much, but afford q
little variety when mails are SO irregular as now-a-
days. -
- Some two columns or more of communications
are unayoidably crowded out. To insure insertion,
correspondence Of any length should be handed in by
Monday, as we frequently work off our edition for
the windward islands on Wednesday.
OUrsIDE.-On our first page will be found a humor-
GUS portraiture of an editors trial." and also an
instructive article on soils, by Judge Andrews. On
The last page, an interesting tale, "The miser's
death bed-ss -
SAIrxo on THE "MoRsING SrAR."-This vessel