The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-06-30


him for the coffin of the late Princess VICTORIA.
The whole work was executed by himself. even to
tie casting of the plate. which j. of pure silver,
made from American half dollars. It consists of a
shield. with the following inscription ia HGraiioa:
vIcrorri KAaATALr KAtHrs.Sr.
Born on The IS DAY OF November, 4 I. ISIS,
Died on the 29th day Of May, \. D 1865,
Aged - years. 8 mos. ana . days.
Surnounting the shield is a silver crown. and
below the shield a scroll. encircling the national
motto. " Righteousness is the strength of the land"
The shield. as are also the crown and scroll. is
surrounded with frosted ornamental work in re-
lief. 1t was the artists design to gid the relief
work, but the King prefers to have it plain.
The coffin. which has been lying during the
past week in MIR. Fischer's shop. is an elegant work
of art. II Is made after the pattern of that of the
late King. out of koa and kou woods, than which
there are no richer cabinet materials to be found.
The whole. coffin and plate, as now in the palace,
is Il specimen Of haudicrait that could not be eX-
celled in any other country, with the same eXpen-
dijure. and we congratulate the public on having
a~rtizans resident among us capable of producing
such work. though we trust il will be a long time
before they are called on to show their skill in a
like undertaking..
KooLAr-Our reporter, in company with q keen
observer, and a lover of rural beauty, made a fly
ing trip ii few days since to the windward side of
this island. and through the KOolau districts, repre-
scented in the Assembly by the irreprcssible Ukeke.
The country looked green and charming every
where morntains. vallies, and plains were clothed
in their richest velvet robes. inspiring his muse to
sing with a poet. whose name he cannot recall,
Fair Summer Thy gentle reign is here,
Thy emerald robes on every leafy tree are seen"
All the cane-felds are looking remarkably well.
and the cane as th.iity and fresh as the owners them
selves, promising an abundant harvest of sweets.
Last Sunday was quite an eventlul day in Koolau.
as one birth. one marriage. two deaths and two
funerals occurred. furnishing scenes of joy and
mourning. as well as texts for preachers. and items
for the altar. the cradle and the tomb. He says he
will not be surprised to see a daily paper started
soon in that district, which furnishes more petitions
to the Legislature. suggests more extraordinary
laws, and asks for more money appropriations than
all the rest of the island put together.
TIE NEwsPAPER-Take the most thorough man
of the world of your acquaintance, says Lord
Brougham.-the man most perfectly versed in what
goes on in all conditions and ranks of life-and |
ask you what would he be without his newspaper?
BY what possible machinery could he learn. as he
sits at his breakfast, the last news from China, or
the last ballet ut Paris, the state of the funds at
San Francisco, the winner at Newmarket, the
Pantomime of the Olympic. and the encyclical of
the Pope?
Without my newspaper. life would narrow itself
to the small limits of my personal experience and
humanity be compressed to the ten Or fifteen people
/ meet with.
As for the advertisements / regard them as the
mirror of the age. Show me but one page of the
- wants OF any country. and L engage myself to
give a sketch of the current civilization of the
period. What ~glimpses of rose interiors do WEE
gain by those brief paragraphs. How full of sugE
gestiOns they are.