The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-10-12
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATTRIAY. OCTOBER II.
NOTES az THE WEEK.


~ The entertainment "a tuesday eyehing. which
was MALAY a repetition % the ole gwen last week
Was fully a successful as tie iOFlHer. The house Vas
comfortably hIei. bat not crowded, and consequent
~ not ~ warm as on the nrst Oo-asiuH. Some
changes ia the programme were made which were Ia
every respect satisfactory Ia the audience. Tie full
report Ne gave last week viii apply T. the perform
aners on Tuesday evening. though the singing. owing
"a some chang = about the stage, was better heard by
the audience, while the tahleau1 were. il possible,
more perfectly executed. Every piece was most adj
mirbly performed. and all who took part ia the
entertainment deserve much credit for the taste and
skill shown. Among the new pieces On Tuesiay eve
ming was 1.-The May Pole" with music. la which
sixteen young ladies. dress-l in white, with wreaths
ON their dresses Of the beautiful scarlet Mexican vine
flowers, appeared with charming effect Each held "A
ribbon Of pink or white. and a. they danced around
the pole, entwineI ON it the ribbons. This il an
amusement ia which the Swiss and Scotch are said TO
excel. but they could not surpass what Was done on
Tuesday evening. Altogether, every one Was sats-
fei with the amusement afforded, and the entertain
ments will he long remembered as among the most
happifying ever witnessed in Honolulu.
Acknowledging down the valley road the
other day, our attention was attracted by the eloquent
tones and fOrciblc gestures Of an impassionei speaker,
who was standing ia the shade Of "a grove Of mango
trees. We drew hear, and there, seated ON the
ground, were two separate groups Of natives, all III
tent on the words Of the speaker. Most Of them
were breechlcss men, and some graspet ia their
hands the % with which they I'LL their taro patches.
When the orator had closed his truly eloquent effort,
the champion Of the other side arose and replied.
Listening for n few minutes, we discovered that the
matter If debate WAS the right Of the two parties u
the water Of an Gutrai or intercourse, slong the
two branches Of which il would seem that the indi-
viduals Of the two groups respectively dwelt. The
whole scene Was %strikingly abOriginal,-th attitudes.
the gestures, the positions Of the two groups, the
fresh and shOwery trade-wind adding e1ect,-all
told Of n different social state from what most Of US
know anything of. and illustrated the great variety
Of race that exists in our microcosnic community.
NEW RIcE PLANTAToN.-Messrs. Morse and De
fries leased a wild and ovcrgrown tract of bottom
land about n year ago, located four miles beyond
Iianalei on Kauai, at a place called Lumahai. Some
nine months ago they commences work ON it, cutting
of the hau trees which covered it with n dense jun
gle, broke up the ground. and planted some fifty
acres or more with rice. The crop has just been har-
vested, aud turns out about one hundred and twenty
Hft t2H-r - liz ihEtSt anu re ever
sent to this market. Under the present good prices
in San Francisco, this ought to make the enterprise
eventually a paying one There are scores Of just
such tracts in the group, which have for years lain
idle anil become ovcrgrown with jungle, which might
be redeemed and made profitable. The owners Of the
land had better remit the rent for the first two or
three years than. by exhorhi;ant charges. TO deter
cultivatOrS from making the land valuable.
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NEWSPAPER ENTERPRIsE.-It is stated that the
Of the New York Herald has given tie
New York Associated Press the notice required by
the articles Of agreement OF his intention to with
draw from tie Association on December 3lst- He
has quietly gone 10 work and established agencies
and correspondents, in every principal city Of Europe
and Asia, aud all the principal points in Africa and
South America. In almost every island Of any i'm
portance in the Pacific Ocean, he has his paid cor
respondents, who communicate authentic news 10
the chief telegraphic centers- Dispatches received at
San Francisco. Cuba, &c., are all tele-
to and published in the New York Herald,
and, after January LIST, srelusirey, from which
other papers will have to copy. The result will be
that the circulation, patronage and power of that
paper will be equalled by no other in America or
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INCIDENTS AT MIDDLEBRooK IsL,SD.-During the
OF the LuCkdUf ANu n NilllletTOsk l>lAlu. nSl
we're found in the harbor, and mullc,s could he haul
Il in with nets by the boat load. Our informant
kinks it would pay to send a vessel down to catch
md cure them for this market. On shore turtle and
were abundant, lying around on the beach as
any and unconcerned as possible. The sailors caught
seal. marked him lieutenant governor Of the island.
md let him 20 again. The way he struck out for the
hore WAS a caution to Sitka adventures. Countless
locks Of birds abound there. Among them one call
Il the q BOatswain's Bird which has a single red
Gather in its tail. These were so tame that over a
were caught and robbed Of their red orna-
nents. The island was taken possession Of, a pole
-aisei and a flag hoisted.
WHAT NE<T?-The Parisians are fond Of novelties
N the way Of eatables, such rs frogs, snails, horse
teaks. sc. An exchange says that they have now
introduced whale steaks and soups" which are all
he rage at the Paris restaurants. Our sea-faring
friends have often shared the luxury which the
'arisians have made fashionable. They, however.
generally boil the meat in fresh whale oil. or make
I up into fish balls and either way whales meat is
cry palatablc for a variety. Capt. Cleveland tells
"a tina, lac once entered Callao. towing a whale. In
nclia,ciy on anchoriug. boats were dispatched from
he French and English war vessels, in port. and
hcy procured each about 500 pounds Of whales
neat. which Va cooked into soups and various
ishcs. a. the French well know how TO do it.
LrNrnr ron cuoot-RoYs-w noticed, ON a r-
en-, visit to Puuahou College. that the sehcOl-roOm
as bccn provided with the improved desks and chairs
hitch are becoming 50 rOpulsr in schools in the
'nitci States. These desks arr made q ash. and
ttSi with ink fountain. portfolio for papers, Nc,
nth other Souvcnicnccs. while the seats are exceed
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