The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-03-12

HARPER's MAGAzISE-A correspondent in one Of
our American exchanges. thus refers to this monthly.
which is q well merited endorsement Of one Of the
best serials:
al choose Harper, NOT for its pictures or fashions, but be-
to a magazine. without which it is only a fine and finished book
Of essays" Compare the scanty .'book notices. crowded upon
me iast page oil some otner montltiies, with the rant freshness,
the inimitable grace of Harper's Easy Chair" What a pair
gimpses We catch Of earth and sky. What fower-fragrance,
what warmth Of color, what riffs of song, float above and around
US, while we gaze and listen. Here, too. We catch suggestions
Of the great world of human life, of the wit, the glory and non
sense of the age. The apostles and masters of art and ltera-
ture, of poetry and music, of the drama and forum, We see and
talk With them, as month by month, We sit beside our benefcent
ways must after sitting in the sunshine, listening to pleasant
SoRHGuM PAN.-We have received through Mr..
Thoms, of Melchers s. Co., a keg of sugar made by
Mr.. Davis. the sorghum pan boiler, who has charge
of Mr.. Thoms' small plantation at Waioli, Kauai.
This specimen, which was made wholly in the sorg-
hum pan, is some of the whitest and most beautiful
sugar On the islands, If not SURPRISING that of the Princevnle
Estate. We do not know how much sugar like this has been
but n sight Of it Will convince any one that as handsome sugar
sembles the specimens Of New Orleans sugars in our hands than
anything we have yet seen. We shall expect some details of The
started 10 as to make sugar at less than One-twentieth the ex-
pense of some other plantations.
PERsoNAL-In the San Francisco Echo du Pdci
tque. which is the organ of the French population
on the coast, we find the following notice of the
Hawaiian Minister of Finance. If we are no, mis-
taken, MIR. Varigny was a joint proprietor and editor
of that paper, aud removed from that city solely on
account of the health of his wife. Says the Echo
"As 10 ourselves, who have personally known Mr.. C. de Va
rigny during his stay Of two years in San Francisco, in 1884,
we cannot but view with pleasure the admission in the Hawaiian
Cabinet of a countryman, whose antecedents, standing, name
surrounded by the esteem of all those who knew him, and with
a popularity fairly earned"
New GROCERY sroRE.-By notices in our columns,
it will be seen that Messrs. Barlow and Stillman have
opened a new grocery on King street, in the building
formerly occupied by Utai & Ahee. They are both active bust
ness men, and viii undoubtedly prove good caterers for the
Honolulu people, and we bespeak for them a share Of the public
patronage. -
ROYAL HAwAuAS.-On Wednesday evening, the
theater was again open, and the audience-which,
we are sorry to say, was rather small-was highly
entertained by the company. Mad. Duret. as usual,
executed her parts in the most polished manner, and called
certainly wa very comical and exceedingly amusing. He is
one Of the best negro delineators We have ever had here: Next
Saturday evening a very attractive bill is offered, and If pit,
parquette and dress circle are not crowded with a regular Satur-
day nights audience. all We can say is, they ought to be. We
refer readers to the programme for the evening.
AT "LTTTLE GREENwIcH"-A place associated
with pleasant memories to all who have ever been the
recipients of MIR. Booths aioha-Thursday last was
a gala day. The occasion was a marriage ceremony;
the bride and groom,-bu that is an every day matter of fact.
Not so the feast spread beneath the shade of the 1" old Tamarind
tree whose wide spread branches might shelter a thousand;
the good cheer, and repaired to the house in a humor better to
enjoy the songs and dancing which ended a very pleasant day.
e Our townman, Mr.. Holstein, Of Agricultural
Garden notariety, is now turning his attention to
acquiring the art of sugar boiling, and has spent two
or three months for that purpose at Hanaiei and Koloa, on
Kauai. Like many Germans, who find their way othe islands,
he has had a good education, and especially in the branches
relating to agricuture. All cur sugar boilers should possess a
thorough knowledge Of agricultural chemistry, which is brought
into service almost constantly on plantations.
ATTEMPT TO PoIsoN.-On Monday last, a man
named johnson. engaged to proceed by the Odd Eel
loW to Bakers Island. purchased a small quantity Of
strychnine at one of the drugstores in town, stating that it was
TO kill rats. Instead of using it for that purpose, he took it
himself. The quantity was small, and with the speedy use Of
emetcs. the drug was thrown up and his life saved.
q The SmyrniOte's mail will close to-day at
10 A. NJ. This weeks issue. as we'll as back files can be obtained
at the counter ready for mailing.