The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-03-09
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

We learn tLat at an adjourned meeting of the Royal
Hawaiian Agricultural Society Tor the purpose
Of discussing tae question Of tire location of q piece
81 land as the site for . new garden and nursery
for tie Society. after examining some charts OF
lands prepared for the purpose. "a resolution was
unanimously adopted IL tie effect tiaE the ENcCJ-
tive Commiltce of the Society should bc authorized
fr he r.,r.1s. AMI SO Il, e,1srf -a-b , mn, " iuor-r fmp
the funds 4 Tie Society a. should De requisite 10 convert the
same into a garden and nursery"
The proposition to lease i on a par with the
management Of The S~ociety's affairs for the past nine
years. The idea Of leasing land TO b. improved
with rare and costly foreign plants and trees. i'm
ported aud nurtured with great outlay Of labor and
money. and then have The owner OF the land in q
few years-say 80 to 5o-or when the garden be
comes well perfected and the tree, arrive nj fIll
m~atWrity-reap the benefit. and re-occupy Tie prop
erty. which will then have become valuable. is pre-
poS-erous and should not for a moment be enter
tanned Buy land or give up the project. and do
nate the funds to the Cathedral. Cooks Monument.
Queens Hospital. or some other worthy object.
RoYAL ScuooI--On Monday las; Professor J. Il.
Kinney gave a philosophical lecture, with expert
ments, at the Royal School. to his pupils. Mr..
Turner with the scholars of the st. Adams school
was present. and also several ladies and gentlemen
bN invitation. Mere were several experiments. to
show the properties of Hydrogen, followed by an
exhibition showing the magnetic telegraph. md
the wonders of clectro-magnetism. The scholars
were much interested in the magic slippers. which
being put on, caused the wearer to dance about
Justly, and also tie magic dollar which defied.
those DESTROYS to have it, from picking it out of Il
bucket of water. The exhibition of electro-mag-
netic light. showed how wonderfully brilliant and
powerful. this light can be made for mechanical
purposes. The philosophical apparatus OF the
school. i being added to every dav. SO as TO enable
the teacher. to extend his illustrations in physical
sciences. We have no doubt, that many persons,
would enjoy an invitation to witness The next eX-
]p"riments which Mr.. Kinney will give to his school
again. some future day.-GdSete.
\ MODEL RAIN-GAUGE.-A friend on Maui thus
facctiously takes off the rain statistics lately pub
lfshed Seeing by your valuable paper that there
is much interest in rain gauges, l write TO give you
the mode | have adopted TO measure with the
greatest accuracy and least trouble. the rain in this
vicinity. Having secured a hole in the roof which
discharges freely directly over my bed. Ihave only
to move the bed slightly. place a bucket under the
point Of delivery. and can then lie at my ease, and
know the amount Of water at any time. by simply
lighting 4 match and looking in the bucket. On
the night of the great storm. Ono matter about the
exact date) | thus ascertained that y inches OF
'~'A ~ efAA' - AHNi, cA INV A'p2"Ili aS lAt itAt
is so small it cannot be seen, even by the most
careful searching. and the water was spread over
the diameter of the bottom of a water pail. your
astute mathematician and professionalism = can
/ calculate the depth and weight of the column of
water which fell upon this devoted roof that night,
supposing the said hole to have been the diameter
of q ShiHg'e nail. | have only to say that any one
is at liberty to use a Rain Gauge constructed on
the same principle, and will find it as satisfactory
as l have done. No patent VIII be applied for.
Yours in behalf of SCIENCE.;'
CHELSEA LNUNDRY.-We notice that Mr.. b. II.
Lyon has started a washing establishment on the
corner of Queen and Richards streets. which he
has named the Chelsea Laundry. Plenty of clean
shirts are a positive necessity of civilized life. and
To say that when a man gels one on he feels in bet
ter humor with himself and all the world. and is
more disposed to be humane and charitable than
at other times. IS simply to repeat a selfevident
proposition. On the other hand. there is nothing
more irritating to the bachelor mind. or more con-
ducive to Indigestion. than. after DOMINIC the gar
mcnt TO find no buttons. Patcrfamilias on such
occasions, unless he be a man Of a very meek dis
position. and never gets into a furry, will fly off
on a tangent. and upset the family comfort for .
whole day. At the Chelsea Laundry, we are told.
" all buttons will be sewed on, and in that case
L = llhtlI u prove an INSTITUTION conducive 10
good morals. II in addition, the villainous native
practice of pounding linen to pieces on the stones
Suggesting an idea of completely with the dry
goods dealer-be discarded, there can be no rca-
son why the laundry should not prove a success.
\ MODEL ~RooM.-Engine Co. Mechanic" No. ,
have recently been making an addition to their
room of some feet in the rear. and it is now one
of the finest halls of the kind in the city. 1t has
also been thoroughly and neatly repainted and
handsomely fitted up. 1t is really worth ones
while to look in at No. rs room. and observe the
scrupulous ncatness with which everything about
the place is kept. including the bully machine
of which the boys are so justly proud. The new
alterations and improvements have cost the COM
pany several hundred dollars. a good portion of
which they had on hand, and raised the remainder
by assessing themselves. Their motto is. Our
aim the public good" and during their long exist
ence as a company, they have abundantly proved
that they mean what they say.
REAL ESTATE SALE.-At the sale by auction last
week by the order of the Executors of the estate of
the late Il. c. Wyllie. the Temporary Cathedral
premises on Nuuanu street. were sold to Mr.. J. T.
Warehouse for the sum of SI.Il0-about one-half
what it cost the last owner. Emma House, on
Adams street, was also bought by the same gentle
man for S2,2O5-one-fourth what it cost the orig
inal builder. Aud the house in Bcretania street.
which cost Mr.. Il. \. 5. Wood between 81 900 to
$4,000. was purchased by Mr.. B. T. Bolles for
$500. These facts are unfortunately significant
of the downward tendency Of the prices of real es-
tate here, and the cause is undoubtedly quite patent
to the observation of the most superficial observer
a strong and increasing but quite natural feeling of
distrust and want OF confidence in the stability and
integrity Of the present Government. Capital
always seeks the most secure investments.
y WRECK. PERHAPs-Cupt. Wilbur of the Kdaoi,
which arrived from Maui yesterday morning. in