The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-10-24
NOTES OF I'll WEEK.

column or more Of editorial appears in the last
issue, mostly from = strange .iJcrlesn Scotch
paper, which tries hard TO make it on; that the
Sandwich Islanders were formerly claai5ais-au
assertion which We pronounce L. be utterly false,
and unsupported by any reliable proofs. These
Scotch extracts are applaudingly commented on in
the gazette. That the government editor should thus
attempt (s he has before done) IL give currency 10
such base Alsehoods Is. TO say the least, uugratetul,
taking in view the fact that he is employed by the
King and chiefs, whose good name Is thus wanJonly
aspersed. The nearest approach TO cannibaliSm in
these islands. that We know OF. is the attempt, often
repeated by the government editor, TO 5roil or stew the
American Missionaries stationed among US but the
fact that such attempts havea rs yet proved unsuccessful
Is neither owing to lack OF perseverance on his part nor
to any want Of Scotch cooperation; but Is generally
attributed to an ignorance Of the cuisine art.
Next We find the Poiynesiaa waterlogged, and
s~tumbling over the water-pipes. He thinks the
superintendent was not much out of the way. after
all, in = shortening the allowance Of water used
during the night hours" The public have made
no complaint about shutting off the supply during
the night. The complaint was, that the water was
shut off at midday, from 10, \. NJ, till 4. P. Il
when most needed to counterfeit the intolerable heat
and dust. No one knew this better than the Poly
HtStANs Nh4SA IAAi-NN N"N ANN~~f N0N 'AA '~~
any allusion to it. We say now, as we intimated be
fore, that this tampering with the water rights Of
citizens should be stopped. At the very time it was
done, the reservoir was reported rs overlooking at
night. Our neighbours suggestion about brandy
and water is uninteligihle to US" This Is certainly
the first time the Organ has ever owned itself
not posted on spirits, or declined the mixture.
- The PoiynesiaR publishes a translation of a
lie tier which appeared in the Pacific, in which the
correspondent states that Rev. Mr.. Alexander had
written to him that that paper (H0ku 0 ka PabiPt"G)
g Is on the side of pleasure and is for the devil
Mr.. \. is a plNin-spoken man, and generally not
afraid to express his opinion on matters Of interest to
his people. He was recently in Honolulu, and prob
ably had good opportunity TO learn the facts in the
case. At all events, many agree with him, both
among foreigners and natives. If We are correctly
informed, one cause of dissatisfaction with that paper,
is the appearance of 4 licentious mele or song in one
of its numbers. If it be so, it certainly has afforded
grounds for the language used concerning it.
Next We find it stated in the same paper,
that the Rev. Pastor at KoolaupokO had said TO his
people that the managers of the Pahipi6G drank
whisky" The POiynesian attempts no denial of its
truth, and it is presumed to be a fact if so, the
Rev. Pastor was perfectly right. As the Poiynesian
is very solicitous for the reputation of its protege,
and has started the inquiry, perhaps it can throw a
little more light on the subject, by answering a query
or two:
lists any one responsible for the publication Of the PakipLEa
for tUeiUe months; {
2d.-wm t favor the public by giving the names of the
responsible party or parties!
CoCoANUr On.-The beautifully white cocoanut
noticed by US last week, as ex .Ndriidd, and in
tended for the Worlds Fair in London, we are in-
5000 l.. C,..,;, IT E,ol;.b .Io r,o,.F,o,,r,. =, /
made from those cocoanuts which drop from the tree,
and do not germinate. The meat dries completely
up, and it is with so great difficulty that the oil is
that heretofore, they have been passed by,
and not used. They do not require rotting before
their oil is obtained, and this accounts for its crystal
like clearness, and freedom from smell. The natives
call them Joota. With the new hydraulic press
made for him by Mr.. Thomas Hughes, and which he
takes down this trip of the -NariIda, Capt. English
will be able to avail Of these GOotd nuts, and the oil
which in future he brings to market, will be equally
,olorless as the sample which We nave drawn at
.ention to. This new hydraulic press is n feather in
MIR. Hughes cap, and shows that we can do some
things in Honolulu, if we can't have a clipper ship
10 lay on for oil. -
BILLIARDS AND TENPINs-The saloon of Mr.. Ed
ward Burgess, has been recently enlarged, and
another table added. This has been rendered neces-
by the increased resort of our citizens, for the
benefit of exercise, and to enable the proprietor to
reduce the prices to suit the times. At a recent adj
lress before the s. F. Olympic Club, for the benefit of
he California Volunteers, the Rev. I. Starr King thus
liscourses
If he were to be offered tonight the alternative
choice o: 80 per cent. more brain, or half a gallon
more of blood, in as much need as he stood of 4 better
Drain supply, he would choose the blood and try to
worry through the world with what brain God had
lIready given him. [Laughter.] He mad heard his
riend Henry Ward Beecher say that he owed the
a special grudge for getting away the l0-pin
alls. Laughter For himself, he had generally
ne good fortune to ind in every city he had yet
topped long in some one set of 10 pins on which the
had no mortgage, and so he had managed to
ct an occasional ten strike in spite of the devil.
Laughter T.
Set 'em up,-all down but the boy.
Commemorative are requested to sta;e-apropos
f the advertisers saying in its last editorial. that
Ir. Gibson had dined with Mr.. Perrin, H.. l. VI.
at the Hawaiian Islands-that Nh.
erin has never received a visit from Capt. Gibson.
nd has never visited him. The 3lst of July last
lr. Perrin had the honor to be invited to dinner At
lis Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr..
vile, 10 celebrate the anniversary Of the day, and
compliment His Excellency the Commissioner of
lie United States on the public acknowledgement Of
IS diplomatic character. At that time there were
resent, among other honored guests of Mr.. Wyilie,
ne Commissioners Of the United States and of Great
ritan, the commander of II. b. NJ. ship .nutiHe,
on. Chief Justice Allen, Hon. VIM. Webster, MEM
er of His Maiesty's Privy Council, and several
.hers, including Mr.. Gibson.-POiyResiaR.
We copy the above at the request Of His tx. NJ.
erin. --
HorRInLE DIsEAsE-Mr. Doiron Informs US, that