The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-10-20

and prove a. good as beef or mutton, and far
healthier than pork. The horse i certainly one Of
tie cleanest of animals, a the hog is the dithlest-
Could LorSe-fesh be introduced here, We are not
sure bat it might prove 4 godsend TO the natives.
although for own part we are not prepared to resort
TO It's use. The following viii show what they have
done in the matter in Paris:
\ grand banquet. in honor of the introduction
Of h1rse-hrsh ia Paris as an article of food, took
place recently. ". de Quatreta-es. a member of the
Institute. in the chair. \ hundred and ei4Lty-two
guests sat down 10 table. and all. without eNcep-
ton. declared that The dinner. OF which the princi-
pal dishes were formed OF various parts of the
horse. WAS excellent. The soup, made from boni}oH
de ciecdl. the suuciSSoU de cbeCdL. horSe.HeSh q IL
mode. and lastly. the met r6i. were all eaten with
great gusto. and pronounced most palatable. \
number of the ordinary meats produced NJ a choice
dinner were also served Up. but the company found
the borse-fcsh so Savorv and agreeable that they
remained faithful TO it. At the dessert a number
Of toasts were proposed and speeches made. \
workman. in the name of bis comrades. thanked
+ the gentlemen interested in the Introduction Of the
new article of food for their efforts in behalf Of the
working classes. NJ. de la Bedolliece sang two
new songs composed for the occasion one. CeSt le
Cbadl gv'est le Boaut. and the other. EnfdHtS, ny
touchez pas. The ~couplets. which were exceedingly
witty aud appropriate. obtained a merited success.
\ most agreeable evening was spent. and most OF
the guests remained until nearly midnight
POI AND LABoR.-A friend who has been making
the circuit of West Maui, writes us Il few lines from
Kahakuloa. which is the most western point of that
island. and q district seldom visited by strangers
or residents either. The relative price OF poi now
and in old times will astonish many:
KAHAKULoA. October 9.-I came out here on Mon
day and found the country very dry along the road,
though it had been raining nearly all day to-day.
The earth appears a little more moist, and the
stream here much swollen. showing that much rain
. had fallen in the mountains. This is quite a kalo
growing place. and the high price that is now being
paid for poi must be an advantage to the people of
IL. - ,"l n1-, % -ha nainlhnrInr valley ~ 4
HonokahIu. | see no good reason why the price
of poi should be so much higher than formerly. 1t
is true that Il great deal of labor Is drawn of to the
sugar estates but there is an abundance left for
kaIo if the men who remain would work even mod
erately. Those who purchase poi now do not get
more for one dollar than they did in 1914 for
ia cents and | remember that people were find
ing fault even at that time on accounto of the dimin-
isiIed size of the pai-kalo and the calabashes which
the natives peddled ont poi in. Then a %pai-kalo
would frequently weigh nifty pounds, while now 1t
quite as frequently weighs ten pounds, and ali the
way from that to twenty-twenty pounds being
heavy in these degenerate days. Then I'd cents
was the price for fifty pounds. or four pounds for
: one cent and now from 3I5 cents to 90 cents. and
Sometimes 10 cents. is paid in scarce times for Il
bundle weighing from ten to twenty pounds, or
from two to four cents per pound
WORTH observation-disclosures of men, says
DR.. Chalmers, breathe. live, and pass off the stage OF
life. and are heard of no more. Why! They do
not a particle 'of good in the world none were
blessed by them as the instrument of their redemp-
ton. Not a word they spoke could be recalled. so
they persisted their light went ont in darkness, and
they were not remembered more than the insects
of yesterday. Live for something. Do good
leave behind you a monument of virtue, that the
storms of time can never destroy. Write your name
in kindness, and love, and mercy on the hearts of
thousands You may come IN contact with year bE"
year. You will never be forgotten. NJ : yonr
,o,,, ,,,, l,,l ,Es''' |''
on leave behind, as the stars on the brow of the
evcling. Good deeds will shine as the stars IN
Lhca zen. =
InoK OUT FOR STARs-On the 18th or 18th of
November next. says Professor Newton. of Yale
College. a prodigious fight of meteors. the most
imposing of It's kind, will make its appearance.
probably for the last time in this century, Only
thirteen of these meteoric showers are recorded
between the years 9O3 and 1928. That of the lat
ter year was a sublime spectacle. Arago computes
that no less than two hundred and forty thousand
metcors We're visible above the horizon of Boston
on the morning of the 18th of November last. This
display was seen all over North America. \ sim
liar display was seen by Humboldt at Cumana,
South America, in 1893. Meteors are generally
very abundant and remarkably brilliant here at
the Islands, during November, and our readers
will do well to watch for them.
RAT VS.. SNAKE.-The following a%necdote, which
we find in an English paper. will do much more 20
give a correct idea of the relative power of these
animals than pages of theorizing:
\ curious instance of the power of a rat recently
occurred at Ospringe. England. \ constable was
passing a farm when he saw something plunging
about on a dung miXen. He watched it. and pres
rently observed a large barn rat and a snake at
combat with each other. The rat proved the vic
tor. 1t first bit the snake, which was about two
feet in length, on the tail. then in the centre of
his back. and ultimately on the head with the
last bite it succeeded in killing the reptile, and
then dragged it into its hole.
rs An interesting letter from AJAX in San
Francisco will be found on our first page. He says,
among other things. that = Mark Twain" has been
engaged as a correspondent to visit Japan and
China, and will take passage in the first mail steam
er. Verbally we hear that he is to write for the
Bulletin. and to receive two thousand dollars per
annum with expenses paid. Twain has already
made his - mark. " and the chances are good for his
. pile" He has a racy and graphic pen, which is
worth that sum to any paper that secures the sole
benefit of it. -
PERsoNAL-The venerable Judge Andrews took
passage in the last steamer for Maui. where he has
gone to visit some of the ancient battle-felds, and
collect information regarding the wars of Kameha-
meha the Conqueror. for the History which he is
preparing under the patronage of this government.
From the old natives living in the vicinity of the
backgrounds he hopes TO obtain many interesting
facts. He will be absent about two months.
CHINA GooDs.-A large sale OF China goods, re-
ceived by the Nary Frances, took place yesterday
at the store of Messrs. Along < Achuck. on Nuuanu
street. Tie assortment was one of the largest,
most varied and finest offered for sale in this mar
ket for many years. and the price realized must
have been very satisfactory. In former years these
cargo sales were held annually. but Of late no very
large ventures have been made.
S-r.,rp ROD S.rE-Rv notice in our advertis-