The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-12-22
NOTES OLE TIE WEEK.

tie Allt>I OF lLt E.ftt ON the Islands. = now COM
posed mainly of Germans residing in Honolulu.
An invitation will be extended to those living on
other islands OF Ibis group to become members and
share the benefits extended 10 them when in need.
There are between two and three hundred Germans
living IN this Kingdom. generally Of the better
class. ana wclly"-do. Like the Yankees, wherever
there i room 10 settle and prosper. they are sure
TO locate. IN exchange very t%ruthtIlly remarks
of them that there : around the earth a girdle Of
German influence and German culture. Into what
ever country or cline the Germans go. they carry
with them the habits. paS,imes and traditions of
Fatberland. to which they cling with Unyielding
tenacity. Everywhere they are welcomed, and
everywhere they impress much Of their national
character upon the people with whom they take up
their abode. in America they largely influence
political as wei a. social life. Generally industri-
Gus. law-abiJicg and intelligent they are valuable
accessions to any land.
An INcoRRIGIIE THIEF-Oneo Of the natives be-
longing TO the chain-gang, named Kaiama, after hav-
ing served out 4 term Of five years imprisonment.
was released last spring, and during one weeks
freedom committed offenses enough TO give him
eight years more OF hard labor. which term be is
now serving out. \ day or two ago. while en-
ployed on the Esplanadc in Wright's blacksmith
shop. taking advantage Of the absence of the black
smith. and while the overseer's back was turned.
he took a walk up town. with a short iron bar in
his hand, and entered the dwelling Of a gentleman
on Emma street. He had not been in the house
long enough to commit any depredations when the
owner entered the front door and the burglar
boIted out of the back window and returned TO the
Esplanadc. leaving his iron bar behind him. IIe
stands a good chance of having Il few years added
to his time. -
FOLLOWING CoPY-Among printers there is an
old saying" Follow copy. even if it goes out of
the window" Nevertheless, the compassion is eX-
pected to use common sense in following copy.
\ funny instance of ncglecting to use this valuable
quality occurred in the Haoloa last week. The
writer of an article, wishing to have the heading
put in large letters. wrote on the margin the words
"hua nui.' and then, to make sure, added the
English abbreviation caps" Oddly enough, the
composftor set up these words. the blunder was
not observed, and the article was printed com
mencing = Hua nui-Caps.' and went on with the
subject. leaving the native readers mind quite
muddled as to what the writer was driving at.
a NARROW estcrday morning, a ma
tive woman, while cooking breakfast. was pOking
the fire together with what she thought was simply
an iron bar, picked up near Fosters shipyard.
Leaving the supposed harmless poker some time in
the. fire, it suddenly exploded with n loud noise.
and severely but not dangerously wounded the
woman in both arms. 1t turns out to have been
n bomb-lance,-whether one of those famous whale
killers imported here sore years ago by Capt Ro-
bert Brown, deponcnt saith not-but the woman
certainly had Il narrow escape. She proceeded to
DR.. McKibbin's office. where her wounds were
dressed. and she will with care, get over the acct
dent with only some sears.
SouxD.-Such was the remark of a lawyer the
other day in the Police Court. when an old native
who had inst concluded his evidence in a civil
suit. and was told he might GO. walked up to the
Deputy Sheriff. and without saying Il word. extend
ed his opcn palm. The officer comprehended that
the old man wanted his quarter, which the law
allows to witnesses. and handed it over. Looking
at it intently for Il moment. and turning it over to
see that it was good money. he gave a grunt of sat
%isfaction. and left. That old gentleman looks after
the quarters and lets the dollars look after them
selves. -
4 DRY TIME.-Thc present fall-and in fact the
whole year past-has been remarkable for the scar
city of rain on this island. Vegetation is suffering
for the want of water. and the streams are mostly
dry. We generally have one or two Kona rain
storms before this time in December. The signs
have on several occasions indicated that we were
about to nave an Oit-ldStliDlicu dow from lnc SOutn.
but it is said that all signs fail in a dry time"
On each of the other islands of this group there has
been the usual amount of rain during the year,
which renders the drought on Oahu all the more
remarkable. The nights during the past week
have been unusually cool. with heavy dews. The
thermometer has fallen several times to 62o Fab.
This morning ii looks as if Il fresh south wind might
set in. -
A CoIoRED ACroR-Au English paper states
that " Mr.. Morgan Smith, II colored man from the
United States. has made his debut in London, and
it is said that in the character of "Othcllo" he
gave from first to last the most chaste and finished
readings, and was called before the curtain by the
most deafening and long continued applause
Native IIawaiians possess a fondness for theatrical
rms which. if cultivated. would show
them to he unsurpassed as delineators of character.
Their language and mode of expressing ideas are
full of gestures, and probably more SO than any
European tongue.
~ The Comet sailed on Saturday last at 4 p.
NJ, and was spoken by the whaleship RautbO1 on
Sunday in the Molokai chanael. about forty miles
from this port. She had a southwest breeze, which
will doubtless freshen as she gets to the eastward.
and perhaps take her over to San Francisco within
fifteen days. or by the 3lst of this month. In that
case. we may expect letters by the Colorado, an
nouncing her arrival. The bark S1ritd sailed on
Monday. and is probably not over two hundred
miles astern of the Comet. She passed up the same
channel. -
Es- The mails are still out. and anxiously
looked for. Our latest dates by mail are: San
Francisco. Nov. Is, New York. October 20. and
London, October 6. The bark Bernice, clipper
Golden Fleece and bark Smyrai0te are all due. but
are doubles having the long passages usual at this
season of the year. With the first strong wind, We
ought to have one of these vessels and the New
York mail of November l.
SEA BATHERs, BEwARE-One morning this week,
while we were taking a stroll along the ESplauade,