The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-09-08

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ABOUT CArs.-Since the crusade against dogs ma
ceased. we have heard = number of gentiemen-an
everv case bachelors, unaccustomed to nightly emo
ruse-express the wish that somebody would UNDER
take a similar crusade against the cats. roohsn
idea AS if there was. or could be the remo'es' Poss'-
b;,tv of checking the natural progress OF the feline
100 Tho fact is. cats are q sort of charmed animal
Thew have always enjoyed an evil reputation IN con-
,..tior With w;tcbcrafs and sorceries of olden time;
thew are reputed to have nine lives; and every one
who has killed a cat will acknowledge that in one re-
spect, at least, they resemble the heads OF the famous
old HYDRA which Hercules killed. Whenever you cut
one off, two Immediately spring up in its place. we
attempted once to relieve our neighborhooo Oh TWO
cats which used to sing the latest operate duets
beneath our windows. Borrowing a gun from 3
friendly n~eighbor, We succeeded IN staying the us
turbers of our peace, quietly buried them under a
mango tree and returned the gum next nigh''
alas! four cats came to sing their requiem. A neigh
Dor tried a much neater way,-so he thought. HIS
gun. he said, made two much noise. So he procured
. large fish hook-one of the kind which they call
sock-dolaCers with a heavy spring barb on each side,
n come down snap upon the nose of the creature that
seizes the bait. He put a nice little morsel of pork
on the hook, lowered it down to within a foot of the
ground, and retired for the night. An hour after
wards he was awakened by $50 wild a yell'' that it
seemed as if the heavens would come down. The re-
port of a gun would have been nothing to 1t. The
whole ueighborhood were aroused. "Who's dead!"
said everybody. Our successful fisherman, inhuman
wretch that he was, endeavored to ''haul in,"-the
music continuing meantime. He succeeded so far as
to get the cat on to the window sill. There, relaxing
the line, the hook slipped out and poor pussy, witha
last thrilling wall of anger, fear and pain, made her
escape, leaving a scra,ch on his right hand that will
90 with him to his grave. We all voted that it served
him right, and he has since informed us that he now
depends entirely upon moral suasion-and by seat
teripg occasional bits of meat in a neighbours yard,
has so far enticed them away, that they make
his premises no longer a place of rendezvous. He re-
~commends all sufferers to depend entirely upon moral
suasion. -
RxfNBows.- Honolulu has a just claim to be
famous. 80 far rs her displays Of rainbows go. Her
exhibitions of this kind are frequent and beautiful
The little showers that at some seasons are contnu-
ally passing down through the valley, are, every one
of them, adorned, in the day time. with a beautiful
prismatic arch; and in the night, when there is a
moon in the west, with a graceful lunar rainbow.
SEPTEMBER l2TH.-Next Monday is the day fixed
for the French treaty to go into effect, or rather the
day on which it makes certain changes in our duties,
&c. On and after that date, ardent spirits pay three
instead of FIVE dollars duty.
= Our thanks are due to Mr.. Swope, for files OF
Mexican papers brought by him from Mazatlan.
Also to Capt. Swasey, c. Barlow and c. w. Brooks,
for late papers.
81 Messrs. Smith & Pickering have just opened a
new Saloon on Fort street, adjoining Odd Fellows
Hall, where they will be on hand to serve their friends
and the public generally with ice cream, soda, etc.
ISLAND ExPoRTs.-Domestic produce is looking
up. The amount forwarded to San Francisco by the
Frances Palmer on Saturday last, was $11 ,327.