The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-08-25

Az ExcYrrSo BA1HIno has an
sversd the purpose Of . Newport this season for our
Honolulu people-surpassing Newport, however, IN
one respect. facility of access. The residents OF Homo
lulu may enjoy all the pleasures OF sea bathing ana
beach wandering there in the daytime ana evening
With it's cocoanut groves and its beautiful sand oeacn'
Waikiki is decidedly the watering place Of the lsianus.
The residents at the beach had the pleasure OF wit
Messing a curious, and to many OF them y moves uns-
play last week. The heavy rain, SO unusuai q 'n'S
season, which refreshed our gardens and neidS early
last week, swelled the little streams that SINK mo u
sands Just before reaching the sea, until they ou'S
their way through all obstacles and rushed roaring
and foaming, to meet the ocean surf. Inc large :.
water basin near the house which Mr.: dregg recen'''
occupied, increased until the water attained tne 'e'ei
of the sand bar. and then, beginning oy FORMING "
narrow channel through the yielding maternal ~
flood soon tore away the bank, and made TOT itseh /"
wide and deep channel to the sea, and IN haii an houf
the whole basin wa empty. As the waters went
leaping and tumbling through their new channel, the
natives of the northumberland their name ID
legion-amused themselves by p~lunging in above the
rapids and floating down, men, women ana chlidren'
sometimes above and sometimes beneath the surface,
through the new made 6ume. 1t was curious 10 see
the black heads bob up through the foam; and vanish
u Tc-0Ppcoi Suhhs oh hSsNHS
Now a cluster of backs, legs and arms, protruding for
q second above the water, showed where a group OF
amphibious islanders we're enjoying themselves; and
the next moment they would all appear away outside
among the heavy surf rollers that the ~southerly wind
brought in, and shaking their heads like water dogs.
would make for the shore and repeat the programme
of the hour. They seemed to enjoy the sport highly;
and to lookersnp as well as actors, it was q most
amusing performance.
KoNA, HAwAu.-The new church for the foreign
residents of Kona, towards the expense OF which q
subscription was raised in this city and elsewhere a
few months since, is now rapidly advancing towards
completion. The outside carpenter work is about
finished.
The hive of bees which, under the auspices OF
the Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society, was sent
to Kona upwards of q year since, has throve wonder
fully. Its increase comprises now no less than twelve
hives. all of which are doing well-besides two or
three swarms which have succeeded in escaping to
the woods. But little honey has been gathered as
yet-attention having been chiefly directed to the in
crease of the bees. The various hives now contain
probably four or five hundred pounds. The honey
which has been collected was of the best quality, and
judging from present appearances, there is no reason
why, in the course of another year or two, this deli
" SSSoo chOofA "
at a cost Of not more than twenty-five cents a pound.
- Some of the solid men of kona are embarking
in the business of raising foreign potatoes for ship
ping. The high land near the edge Of the woods at
q dista nee of three or four miles back from the shore,
is said to be well adapted for the growth of this valu-
able esculent.
- We are sorry to hear the report confirmed that
the coffee blight continues general. and that coffee
growers are getting discouraged.
FAST RID1NG.-His Majesty the King is an aHec-
tionate father and a good horseman. A few nights
since, under the powerful impulse of parental solic-
itude, he performed one of the most remarkable feats
of riding, perhaps the most remarkable, ever accom-
plished in these islands. While on n pleasure excur-
sion, passing the night at an en~campmento on the sum-
NIT of Mount Haleakala, on Maui, he was aroused
from sleep at midnight, by a messenger from wai-
luku, bringing information that the young Prince of
Hawaii, who had remained at that place, had been
suddenly taken i'll. His Majesty Immediately order
ed horses to be saddled, and in company with two
of his suite. DIR McKibbin a nd Mr.. Jesse Crownings-
burg, started down the mountain, by moonlight, for
Wailuku and arrived there, a distance of about thirty
miles, in the short space of three hours and ten min
utes. DR.. Mckibbin came in second, about twenty
minutes after. Considering the nature of the road,
HALL II uiStauCc DtiuS the ucSCeut VI d e
thousand feet in height, over rocks and clinkers and
break-neck gulies, this is one of the most remarka-
BILE feats of horsemanship on record. The remainder
of the party were three hours and three quarters in
reaching Makawao. a distance of sixteen miles only
and thought they had made very quick time. We
are happy to state that the illness of the young Prince
did not prove a serious affair.
The HosPITAL--This institution has commenced
its quiet work of relieving natives suffering under
various maladies There are nine patients now in
the hospital, and several have already been sent away
cured. Nearly every morning q crowd of twenty to
thirty flock to the dispensary to procure medicines.
This latter department has been fitted up from the
office of the late DIR. Rookie, the medicines. containers
surgical instruments being a donation from the
young Prince of Hawaii. A number of surgical
operations requiring great skill have already been
performed. The institution, although limited in its
sphere, is destined to be a great blessing to the Hawaii
IN people. -
HISTORICAL ColNcIDENTs.-It is worthy of remark,
hat the names Of the great crowned actors in the
European scenes of 1910. are almost reproduced in
ha successors in 1872
1910. 1869.
:. Napoleon 1. Napoleon III.
Russia. Alexander I. Alexander III.
Prussia. +. Fred. William 1. Fred. William ".
-. FRANCIS l.. Francis III. |
Sardinia. Vic. Emmanuel /. Vic. Emmanuel II. |
Sapies,. :. Ferdinand /. Ferdinand III.
England. =. George ". George V. English
Prince, King of Hanover.
We find the above in the .Mineur, a French pa
Ter edited by DR.. Frick, in San Francisco.
GAS COMPANY STocK.-We have seen one of the
flank certificates of stock prepared for the company.
t was executed by Bfitton & Co photographers in
IAN Francisco. Each share will represent 500.
Is soon as the company have their arrangements
and are in successful operation, the stock
Till be offered for sale. In San Francisco, and in
eed in most other cities, gas stock is considered the
afest and best paying investment to be had.
APPLEs.-We are indebted to Mr.. H. Mcintyre for a
ouple of6ne greening apples, picked from a tree grow