The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-15

RArIoCISATIoN-This word. hut seldom used.-
though it may lie found IN MI English nctionarie-
undoubtedly means the reasoning of rats, A. We shall
proceed to show. Webster defines a nat as . trou-
blesome animal, - but he might have added, a reason
ing one. 81 long ago Is Shakspeare's times this
opinion had begun to gain grouL1, for in the . Temp
est, speaking OF an unsafe abode, we read
InStinctNeIy hsd quit H."
The rat whose tail We now unfold had found a COM
Portable home and built herself a snug nest out of old
briefs and outlawed bills in a rarely opened drawer
in the office of q Honolulu lawyer. Here she sucked
her tender young, TO the number of seven, no doubt
in fond reliance on the principles Of equity practice.
She was IF the black kind, large, fat and sleek, a
Chinese Importation, though it does not appear
whether she made her advent here in company with
rhe celebrated crows. But her domestic felieities
were doomed to be interrupted. Her retreat was dis
covered, and some one, with malice aforethought,
cunningly spread pieces of bread with butter and
sugar, mixed with an insidious compound Ito be had
at DR.. Hofimann's) which were, with frat-ricidal
intent, deposited in the neighborhoOd of this innocent
family retreat. The direful consequences were, that
in an unguarded moment. ratty was induced TO par
take of the tempting mOrsels, and thereupon fell
deadly sick. Feeling herself IN ertremis, and with
an instructive knowledge perhaps that il was quite
useless 10 follow the example Of the crow, who in his
last moments sought the government house for redress
of his wrongs, our rat, shaking the dust of the law
yer's office from her feet. made - tracks direct TO
the Court House, for justice. Strange as it may
seem. it is nevertheless true. that within less than
forty-eight hours from the time the dabOieal scheme
of poisoning was carried into effect, Il large, black.
motherlylooking rat, similar in all appearances TO
that seen in the office of the lawyer, entered the Su-
preme Court Room, and after one or tive Intellectual
attempts 10 squeak out its grievances, quietly breathed
its last on the very floor of the temple of justice and
at the feet of one of the officials OF the Court. \
member of the bar who was present, and doubtless
entertained a strong a~ntipathy to anything of the
vermin kind, seized Il paddock, (always kept hanging
up in a Court room, as a hint that lawyers must keep
secrets) which he hurled at the unfortunate member
of the family genus mus, already alas, defunct. Why
didn't poor ratty 90 into the Police Court, before
going up stairs, and thence by graduation TO the up
per Court? 1t may be that, with the instinct of her
race, she believed that justice 8 for mice and men,
was surest found | at the fountain head. ReguieS-r rat
ia pace! -
AS,ILOR's YARN.-The San Francisco papers con-
tam glowing accounts of the discovery of an island
1orth OF this group, located in Lat. 40 so and W.
Long ISL The Alta says:
The captain of the bark Washington, being n a voyage
lron the SANDWICH l>Etnai>, botIhi q I'M northern coast, when
in bout forty degrees north latitude, found while running in
tg that, the water changed color, hut there being no land laid
soundngs. After a time he ordered out the lead, and found
deep water, but as he sailed along and sounded, he found the
water shoaIing until he got into ten fathoms, when he COM
menced - look for land, and after a while, discovered through
The island was dotted with birds, and the water alive with
chart, and on inquiry N his arrival here, could not find that
any one else knew Of land tlereabouts. The latitude of the re-
ported discovered land IL 40 so, north, and the longitude
isl west, or about 1900 miles in due westerly line from
Cape Mendocino. The Captain did not land and take possession
of The island, hut report states that the Federal authorities have
teegraphed the facts To Washington, and asked for instructions
as to sending a National vessel in search of the reported discov-
cry. lfthis report should prove 10 have foundation in fact, and
venient stopping place for the vessels coming from the China
coast and sailing on the northern circle. 1t might also he made
voyage from Yokohama, which, if we recolect Alright, is in
about thjriy-two degrees of north latitude.
The Bulletin of May % says:
The lately reported discovery of an island in the North
Pacific, in Isl deg. W. long. and 10 deg. so min. \. lat, has
excited considerable interest among scattering men in this city.
island or indications of land in its Vicinity, some of the parties
having passed by il from 20 I" 30 years ago. Among others,
Capt. Kentzell, a late pilot Of this port, reports having seen
The island aud detsrminS Cd It's position 81 T BY Gn5erTS'ion; making
arrival in port, Capt. Kentzel reported the discovery to the
the island examined or taken possession of by a United States
vessel.
1t seems too bad to spoil a good story, but the above
will probably turn out to be a sailors yarn, as it
smacks most decidedly of the f~orecastle. The spot
in question North Lat. 40o 80; West Long. 1907
has been sailed over a hundred times at least. In
1863, we were on board the bark Yankee, Capt.
Patty, bound from Honolulu to San Francisco, and at
II noon of August 9, our position was given in
North Lat. IL > 81, and W. Long. 153 : 80. During
the following twenty-four hours, the bark beat against
a stiff easterly wind, the weather being fine, lacking
to and fro, directly over the above reported island,
and on the 10th the bark's position was Lat. 40 > 10,
Long. $50. This statement can be corroborated by
reference to Com. Paty's chart. If it is not sufi-
cient to satisfy our San Francisco ~neighbOrs that they
have been sold this time, they had better send a fleet
out to examine for themselves. Be sure and don't
take foggy weather for the expedition.
\ HAwAIIAN's LovE-LETTER.-The following is a
translation of a note in Hawaiian that was picked up
in the street the other day. 1t somewhat reminds
one of the style of Ossian, especially the reference to
the nose
Honolulu. Dearest love Miss A. There is
great love between you and |. You are the rose that
makes my heart to tutter. l am shivering with love.
like one that is out in the dews of midnight. All
the blood in my holy is rushing back and forth. l
think of the song
The growth Of my love
Disorders my body.
That is true. Thine Is this nose, and no one else
shall ever smell of it but thee*. o my love, with
whom | have joined hands in the cold air of mid
night thou art my desire-the neyer-fading wreath
of my body. Good bye
= This refers TO the Hawaiian mode Of salutation by touching
noses.