The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-12-20
NOTES OF THE WEEK.


GOVERNMENTAL BLuSDERs-we cannot undertake
TO follow up all the blunders Of the government organ.
which appear in It from week TO week, and are the
cause Of remark with those who see the paper Once
in a while, i, undertakes to point OUT errors in the
Commercial, but, in 30 doing, only makes a fool Of
itself In the last issue Of the PoIyHeSiaH, FOR IN
stance, We read the following
1t Is a singular illustration % The practical Sork.nSo OF Demo
cratic majpra=s, that this i the ETSt tune ni only thAi q
country through, b; that hs very name las been prescribed
from the canvass q fft-vu States
Now the merest tyre in political history knows the
contrary, and the editor of the PoiynesiaH betrays
his ignorance too ~palpably to be overlooked. So far
from this being the " first time j, has been 4 fire.
quent occurrence in American politics, as Will be
seen by the following data:
ls++-Polk was elected over Clay and BiTney by q minority
1s4s-raylor was elected over Cas- and Van Buren, by a
1s5o-Bachana48 VS. 5ieesei over Fremon, and Fillmore by
minority 317.gSg votes
Lincoln's election Will only be another instance Of the
same occurrence, which can be no argument against
his right to Office. These data will show how iguo-
rant the government corps are when they speak.
- Again, in referring TO our criticisms on its su-
preme ignorance in stating that exchange in japan
was . one hundred per cent. discount it apologies
in its editorial columns, and owns that it was a blum
der that crept in by oversight. Yet its commercial
writer. with a per,inacity well illustrating the cou-
plet-
III Taf S7ay ,s to 5e wise e piss
adheres to his blunder, and attempts TO illustrate
his ignorance by saying that bills drawn for 500
command only 500, which, We are informed, is not
the case, but the facts were correctly given in our
last issue. Oh sapient editors.
Again, referring TO the suits against Capt. Soule,
We stated that another suit had been instituted
against him, based on the same evidence. Instead Of
criminal, il should have read ciriL. Such a suit
was then in progress, and its decision resulting in
$500 damages, was published in the Poiynesidn
on the same page.
CASTOR OIL-Last week We referred to the fact
that this oil was coming into use for lubricating
purposes, and that it had been found very superior.
In a New York exchange paper We find the following,
which shows that public attention is being called TO
it abroad. If the cultivation Of the bean and man
ufacture of the oil can be commenced here and
~proftably carried on, we shall not regret having
called attention to il:
"Some practice, and a good deal of reasoning from
analogy, has proved that the very best oil for all APP
plications to leather is the common castor oil, identi-
cal with that with which careful mothers sometimes
nauseate their children. One Of the reasons Of its
value Is that it has less affinity for water than any
other oil, and less tendency To harden or thickea the
talilt u IA anu tAitA amman VIC AZ ANN"bhN
that has been frequently saturated with any kind Of
animal fat, and exposed to water, as boots and har-
ness are, instead Of remaining pliable, becomes hard
and dry, losing its elasticity, and finally becoming
brittle and wor thless; but that which IS oiled with the
extract of the Palma Christa bean, and in a less de-
gree with faxseed oil, appears to retain its hbrous
t~oughness a great deal longer. The oil Is naturally
yiscid, containing some glutlnOus matter, which serves
a better purpose than animal oil TO exclude the water,
which, when absorbed in leather, is the real cause of
its nOn-elasticity. Castor oil, if bought by the gal
Ion. Is not expensive 1t Is manufactured and sold at
fifty cents a gallon, and the beans are grown as n
field crop at fifty cents a bushel. Ii is well worth the
while to give castor oil n trial as a lubricator Of
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DAN RICE's CIRCUs.-By the bark Yankee, this
company Of equestrian performers arrived.
some Of the most renowned actors in the
world. The Circus embraces q number of well-train-
ed horses. three ponies and two mules. Besides these
there is the celebrated elephant ALBERT, which is the
animal of the kind which has ever been brought
to these islands. He is the survivor of the two which
taken TO California a year ago, and have since
exhibiting there. His mate, Victoria, died in
hat State. He is said to be well trained, and his per-
truly wonderful. No person should fail of
seeing this noble animal, the first and perhaps the
chance We shall have Of seeing him.
Connected with the Circus is also the renowned
giant, Mons. Goshen, who is Z! feet high, and weighs
loo pounds. He alone is n living wonder and a sight
gorth visiting. The greatest curiosity has been ex-
libited among the natives as well as foreigners to see
ne giant and the elephant, and we doubt not the at
FACTIONS offered will draw crowded houses.
FROM OREGoN.-Iu September last n report
cached Fort Dallas, that a party Of emigrants, 45
n number, from the Eastern States, had been cut
# by the Indians in the vicinity of Snake River.
apt. Dent was Immediately dispatched with a small
mand to ascertain the truth of the report. By
private letter received per the Yankee, we learn
hat - Capt. Dent succeeded in finding twelve of the
women and children, alive, but in a state Of
erfect nudity, having been stripped by the Indians,
nd left to perish. For the last ten days they had
ubsisted upon the dead bodies of their friends who
ad been purdered. \ Mrs. Chase had fed upon
he deqd body of her huS5aad.'
SANTA CLAUS AND HAPPY New YEAR-Mr. D.
!. Flitner, has opened at his sales rooms, invoices
f New Goods for the approaching Holidays, pretty
nough to tempt the most economical of rapas and
lamas to invest for the stockings of their little ones,
the most considerate Of young beaux, to purchase
gage ~d'amOur, in honor of les 6eaur yeur Of some
air demoiselle Of uppertendom. In the candy line, J.
on Nunanu ST., can hardly be surpassed.
lis store is well worth a visit by those looking out
IT nick-nacks TO fill empty stockings.
PERsoSAL.-We are pleased to notice that our
townsman, Mr.. I. 5. SEYMOUR, has become
onnected, as proprietor, with the Hudson Times, a
,eekly paper printed in Hudson. Wisconsin. We
ish him every success in his new enterprise, and