The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-04-06

ROYAL FURNIrURE.-We find the following in the
B@aIietia, relating to the furniture purchased to fit
up the rooms occupied by Queen EMMA during her
stay in san Francisco. The furniture had been adj
vert.~ei as e the property Of party declining house
keeping" The gallant admirers there Of the Queen
ought 10 have sent the whole to her a. a present
Relics Or RoS >LrY-Wheu Queen Emma embarked On
IN Sietm>h.p , a'derSIt Tor her isl3nd homo, shs wS~ sur
pri~-i l. aud that some Of our citizens had furnished her apart
nents Oh ~sAirb-srd IN elegant >NIe and surrounded her with.
every comfort aud llNury which could add - tine pleasure Of
her - ssSasr- On AondaS last the furniture aud fixtures Of
the ROYAL apartment were sod ior tn benefit ct whovveT was
- - ii -, rf=r.,1L' 49, -. - - a.
amodut realized for the whole ftout. Probably II the fact had
been generally known Jl2t these ARTICLES which had been used
by ROYALTY were Tor ~sle, a much larger sum would have brn
realized. The pat in winch her tea was rrelared. the cups
which had touched Queen Emma'> lips, ia which. perhaps, she
had read her tortune-' would all have possessed peculiar i'll
teFest- and presented rare opportunities fr procuring relies Of
ACCIDENT AT MAUI-Last Tuesday week, at the
plantation Of Bal y Adams, at WaiIuku, one OF the
centrifugals, while in rapid revolution, burst into
fragments, instantly killing 4 Chinese laborer. and
seriously iniuring several natives. The mill is driven
by water power, with an immense wheel, and there
being no cane under the rollers at the time, the whole
power was on the centrifugal, which was whirling at
the rate Of two or three thousand revolutions a minute
SO the report goes. As usual in this country. in cases
of sudden death, no Coroner's Inquest was held. 1t
was only n Chinaman that was killed, and everybody
knew what killed him. Suppose it had been you,
reader, or your son. would that kind of a verdict be
satisfactory? This surely is a case where a coroner's
inquest ought to have been held on the spot.
MUsTcAL.-We are glad to he able to announce, in
these dull times, that some of the young people of
Honolulu, are rehearsing a choice selection of cho-
ruses, quartettes, &c, for a musical entertainment, to
be given at the Fort Street Church on the evening of
the 10th inst, probably. 1t is intended that this
concert shall be the first of n series, the proceeds of
which viii be applied to the purchase of an Organ
for the Fort Street Church and rather than solicit
subscriptions from the generous public for this pur-
pose, it is proposed to render Il quid pro quo. We
shall publish the programme in our next issue.
The LONDON ILLUsTR ATED News. During the
continuance of the great Paris Exposition, which will
probably last for twelve months 10 come, the pages
of this choice Journal will be richly embellished with
views of the great show. In all the range of news
paper publications there is no weekly that will COM
pare with this in the variety of its news, the higher
and unexceptional tone of its leaders, and the rarity
of its Illustrations. Though somewhat costly (S14 a
Year,, it is well worth the price. Papers received
from news agents are far superior to those coming
done up in wrappers by mail, as the latter are often
soiled or torn, and the colored pictures, in particular,
quite worthless. -
TEMPERANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO. From the fire.
quent illusions to the : reform movements in San
Francisco papers, we judge that the temperance cause
is making some Roadway in that city. If there are
4, 700 drinking places there as stated in the follow
ing, there is room for reform
THE IEGIoS-There was a large gathering Of the temper
anCe folks last evening, at their hall on Market street. 4 poem
on temperance was read by l.. l.. Roberts, and able addresses
delivered bN Rev. Geo. IL. TAYLOR and DIR. Henry C,ibbOns-tWO
old warehouses in the cause. Commander Whitney made his
annual report. He calculates that there are 400 drinking
places in the city-One 10 every twenty-siN persons. Suppos-
ing that each saloon takes III $40 daily, the annual receipts
would he ST. $4,000. During the past year TOs have joined
the Legion; 1855 have signed the Ladies' Roll of Honor; some
500 youths have united themselves in several temperance organ
iEatOns.-S. r. Examiner.
AMERICAN ILLUSTRATED PAPERs.-Harper's Weekly