The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-02-04

y SUBMARISE FRESH WATER SPRISGs.-In an inter-
esting letter from Mr.. Srurges. American Missionary
on Ascension Island, published in the last Friend.
We find reference to q submarine fresh water spring
AZ that iland. We extract the paragraph describing
the spring
You must remember that dreaded '~ssnd-fat," half way
between the Ponauk haIGor and ehalong' IN your eAears,o9s up
and down the coast Did not those bare flats often remind you
thai = time ana ode:. estec!a,y the lGttsT, =" wait Tor nom no n a .
;beTr o sfe9. and 80 Ten Tsit ,here for the tide. and neyer
call TO see the great wonder II the plsce "a fresh water spring
boiling mp out Of ts sea Fishermen have been accustomed TO
40 10 this opening to slake heir thirst, and Yet l never heard q;
the Cooling tount, till = few days asol There . an opening in
the reef just where this Tat joins 1t. ana near this opening l. =
boiling spring shooting up pure water from c'ral rocks 4Ae
natives say that after heavy rains this spring is much stronger
and from this infer that it IS the mouth Of an inland stream
LMs stream must nAAe coIS'deFaole distance nus -
the fats and mangrove swamps are pretty vide, and how did
to encsse this little stream? We visited the place al low tide;
natives dove down and drank. l helped myself to the water 10y
the water bon5 up through the white sand and coral rocks. I
am told tina; there arr several ether such openings along the
barrier reef; one near this place, more than four miles from shy
The editor Of the Friend alludes 20 these springs
aa uncommon here. We have visited several similar
springs on these islands; one in particular. located
beyond Diamond Head, or about FIVE miles from the
city, is we'll worth visiting. 1t is . few hundred
yards beyond the little cluster Of houses that are on
the seaside just around or east of the point, Is you
leave the beach to ride inland. The spring is located
under q chalk cliff, at very low water mark. When
the tide is very low, the fresh water can be seen boil
ing up through the sand aud gravel, and even TO
foreigners is quite palatable. 1t is then taken out of
the spring by the natives living near by, and used
for cooking aud drinking. st high or mid tide, the
spring can hardly be noticed. The chalk cliff refer
red 10 is quite q curiosity also, and might furnish
tons Of chalk or whiting. Some of it is pure and
white. The existence OF these submarine fresh water
springs, is pretty positive evidence that artesian
wells can be successfully bored or made almost any
where OIL the low lands or plains, which are SO dry
and arid. Such wells located on Waikiki plains, for
instance, would entirely change the value and fea-
lures OF that now worthless district, although it
embraces some of the riches: soil on the island. We
once heard of parties who invested in real estate on
- the plains away back in days lang syne," and
who would doubtless like 10 see their property so far
improved as 10 be able to find and claim it. We
once hal q lot there somewhere, but any one who
will End it for us ought to have a half interest as
discoverer. Besides, there is the public parade
ground, called. by courtesy. Thomas Square"
after Admiral Thomas, which 10 this day remains
unfenced and uuimprovei, whose bounds hardly a
dozen persons in Honolulu can point out. To redeem
these wastes, let Us hive some artesian wells, or at
least an attempt that way.
II lie OEle l. 'OhSiS give bS' jim
this Saturday evening, when in addition to the usual
entertainment. the beautiful case Of work that has
been on exhibition the past ten days, and fifty other
specimens. will be given away, in the following
manner every purchaser of q ticket will be pre-
with q number and n corresponding number
placed in a box. At the termination OF the exhibit
ton, two or more gentlemen will be selected from
the audience 10 draw the numbers and distribute
,Ia ,r;zas 20 tho uo,iSFaotiop IF all Az this j. tho
chance our citizens may have Of seeing how
glass can be worked into every conceivable shape
Of seeing q steam engine constructed entirely of
glass, and in perfect working orier-of seeing 9
phenomenon like MIR. Montarg, rivalling the great
violinists Of the world by playing that instrument
with one hanI-as this is the last opportunity OF
the like, We would advise ali TO attend
tho exhibition OF Concert Hall this evening. There
will also be an exhibition ttiis Saturday afternoon at
8 O'Clock for the accommodation of families and
schools. The children will oe admitted for Is cents
each, and L variety OF specimens distributed among
hem. -
..How Doth THE BUSY LITTLE BEE."-The sacra-
mentc Bee. one of the sprightlIest and most welcome
exchanges OF our list. comes to US clothed in 4 new
model Of geographical neatness and chast
ty. The Union, Of the same city. always clear and
egible in it's print, also comes printed on new type.
Both these papers are models, as we'll in iypOgraph-
cal appearance az in their editorial department.
The MoRHISG STAR.-This packet will leave for
he Marquesan group on the 18th, to carry supplies
0 the Missions established on thst island. Honor
.bIe John Ii takes passage in her, Us a delegate from
he Honolulu churches.
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THE AMERICAN BOARD We observe by our ex-
hanges that the receipts Of this Society for Sep'em-
the FIRST month of its fiscal year, we're about
hir'y thousand dollars, or nearly double the receipts
or the same month last wear. -
- The Steamer will lie up week after next
February 49, for repairs and overhauling.
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