The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-07-13

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graph out Of order much OF the time. What has
come through has been devoid of general interest.
The eamsh Colorado
Arrived here last week from Japan. having had a
fine run of nineteen days and some hours, which is a
great improvement on her previous trip. Her pas
sage to Japan, however, was nothing to brag of,
having been over % days. She brought 80 pas
sengers and over one thousand tons of freight These
two pioneer trips have been a perfect success. and
the receipts exceed the expenses some twenty thou
sand dollars, which is far ahead of the expectations
of the Company. as they counted on a loss the first
year. The Colorado starts on her third voyage July
4th, and will be followed in August by the new
steamer Great Republic, now on her way out from
New York to this port. Nothing new has tanspired
about
The Honolulu Steamers,
Though it is reported that the Ben. Holiday Com
pany has made a proposal to Government TO run one
steamer, for the $4,000, as often as she can make
her trips, or put on two steamers if the subsidy is
increased to 100000. No one believes that the
amount voted by Congress will secure the service of
two good vessels. much less a semi-monthly line,
which is the least your mercantile interests cali for.
1t is not unlikely that the terms published will be
modified before any contract is entered into.
State Politics
Have been the exciting topic here for the past month,
and have resulted in a split in the Republican or
Union ranks. General Bidwell, late Member of
Congress, was the f~avorite candidate for Governor,
but his claims have been set aside, and Il tricky law
yer, George c. Gorham-a perfect counterpart to
your c. c. Harris-has been put forward as the
nominee of the party. He was formerly an out-and-
out Democrat, and it is singular that nine out of the
twelve names on the State ticket were formerly Demo-
Gratis. The Bulletin says
NH Gorham owes his present eminence to those
who, a few months ago, We're shouting for JEFF. Davis
and contributing towards the success of the rebel
cause. And yet honest, old-fashioned Republicans,
who stood steadfastly by the old flag in the darkest
hours of the war, are asked to support him on the
ground that he is a Radical Unionist, and that to
oppose him would be treason against party faith"
The result will be that the party will be divided
at the September State election, but whether to that
extent as to allow the Democrats to win. remains to
be seen. This, of all others, is the country for
Cheeky Women.
I had occasion a few days ago to ride in the cars,
when a lady (no, she was not SUCH entered the car,
which was over-crowded. She was dressed in the
height of fashion, with her hair, as much as she
could carry, piled on her head in the most g~rotesque
style. On entering she cast around such a demand
ing look as took me from my seat, and caused ne to
offer it to her with my accustomed politeness. which
she accepted. For this 1 received no thanks, but
stood in the crowd rs best 1 could, till the gentleman
beside her vacated his seat. On my attempting to
seat myself, this cheeky mortal spread her flowing
MORE antique over the seat, as if to say no you
DON'T Disguised with this specimen of San Fran
cisco fashion, l walked out onto the PLATFORM, and
soon found, i'll conversation with the conductor. that
it was an everyday occurrence. Why" said he,
this is the place for cheeky women. They get onto n
car with ten children, five dogs, seven bandboxes and
a waterfall as big as a double mattrass, and offer you
two tickets for fare!'' After hearing the conductors
story, I concluded 1 had only met an everyday oc-
currence. From this subject to
- The Fashions
Is an easy transition, and l will devote to them a few
lines. To begin with the hair, the waterfall has been
promoted or elevated-that is, on the very top of the
head, like a turkey gobbler at roost, taking a BIRDS
eye view of all the surroundings. How this water
fail is arranged it is impossible for me to conceive
suffice it to say it gets on the top of the head and
there stays. The general appearance of a lady's
dress has changed much since last year; still all the
predictions about fashion have not proved true.
Crinoline, for instance, was to have been abolished,
but has evidently obtained a new lease. Ladies'
dresses are to be unusually short, according to some
authorities. They-the dresses, not the ladies-are
to leave off sensationally just below the knees, and
figured stockings and fancy boots are to do the rest.
Well, if the feebler sex can stand it 1 guess We can.
Another windfall.
1 cannot vouch for the following, but, if true, it is
too good to allow to pass unpublished. Mr.. G. N.
Spencer, of East Maui, before leaving the Islands,
purchased from q gentleman residing on Maui a large
tract of land. located near Stockton, in this State,
some three miles or more in extent, paying for the
same 81, 900, subject to all mortgages there might
be on it, The estate had been left for several years
-, ol,acra IF q lawvari in Stockton who baA faith
fully kept the income, paying off the mortgages as
fast as he could, without, however, communicating
with the former owner, who lives on Maui, and who
the estate was irretrievably encountered
with debt, was glad to get rid Of it. At the time of
the purchase, however, the estate had become nearly
clear of debt. The deeds were ut once recorded and
acknowledged and Mr.. Spencer finds himseifth lucky
owner of two thousand acres, near the city Of Stock
ton, for which he has been offered SIS, 900 cash, and
which is likely to be worth three times that sum
within five years, as the land is located in a growing
section of the State. Such freaks of fortune do not
often occur, and are all the more worthy of note on
that account.
Kerosene or Coal Oil.
If remember rightly, DR.. Hoffman,, of your city,
predicted, a couple of years since, that the use of this
article as n burning fluid would be entirely abolished
before many years. The New York Times, of a re-
cent date, has the following about the dangers of
using kerosene:
ssThe principle on which life insurance is based is,
that while everybody is sure of dying at some time,
nobody is sure of dying at any special time; but if
kerosene oil were to become an illuminator in general
use pretty much everybody might be certain of going
off at any time. Last year the deaths caused by the
careless handling and consequent explosions of kero-
sene in this country were over 200, and the amount
of property destroyed by fire from the same cause
was over $6O0,OO0. Some people show a perfect in
genuity of stupidity in common things which results
in frequent and totally unnecessary disaster. a
has been going the rounds of the papers
lately, telling of the death of two out Of eight servant
girls, who slept together in a very small room with
one door and one window, both of which were closed.
Accompanying this is the usual amount of solemn
warning about ventilation. But if we do not abso-
iutely ~sufFocate We are continually poisoning our
selves in street cars, railroad cars, theatres, churches
and all kinds of public buildings, and all for the
want of the commonest kind of sense In an imnortant