The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-02-16
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY,, TERTIARY Is.
NOTES OF TIE WEEK.

plains are recovering their green raimenI but the
yearly curse of caterpilllrs has returned. and they
are causing the green To fade and look a. though a
long drouth had happened. The sugar mill az
Koloa has not as yet been enabled TO do 4 full
weeks work at grinding. Kalo for natives has be
come a great scarcity all over this island. They
are not considered proyilcnt in planting. We
formerly obtained a bundle Of pqigi. weighing
twenly-eight to thirty pounds, for - cents. Now
it i hard to get twelve to fifteen pounds for that
price. It Is with natives either a feast or a famine.
and. from what | can learn. in less than six months
there will be an abundance. and even at old
weights. p0ia; Will 20 a begging. \ working ma
tive requires four pounds of pGtGi a day. CuuSc-
Q~uently. as they generally buy but one bundle per
week, they are apt to 60 hungry the latter part Of
the week. Beef i fortunately very plenty and
cheap on this island. and bUtchering a quick bust
ness at IIanalei, LihUe and Koloa. Fish Is a lux
ury. =
NEW Publications. - We have received from
Mcssrs. Bancroft \ Co. of san Francisco, a copy
of " The California silk Growers Manual. by
Louis Provost, the pioneer silk cultUri>t of san
Jose. 1t is a volume of Z46 pages. with diagrams
Of cocoonery. &c.. and other information regarding
the culture of sick worms. The Grst part Of the
book is made up of letters which have appeared
from time to time in California papers, and contain
much useful information on the subject. just at
this time, when much attention is being paid to
this branch Of industry. the work will prove Il de
sideratum.
The same publishers send us a pamphlet Of 6l
pages. containing " \ Review of the Mining. Agri-
cultural and Commercial Interests of the Pacific
States for the year Is66. compiled by John II.
Germany. 1t embodies the most complete synopsis
of statistical information on the subjects named
that we have seen.
" - IL 4 IL = G.. -
curious work. entitled New Physiognomy or
Signs of Character, by Samuel r.. Wells. 1t is
illustrated by over one thousand cuts. \ person
who learns the contents of this work may he sure
of being able To know the human face divine
Either of the above works can be procured for such
as may wish, by leaving orders at the bookstore.
Look Our FOR BURGLARs,-On Friday night last
an attempt was made to rob the courthouse. The
outside door was entered by a false key, closed
again. and the burglars next entered the clerks
room with a false key. An attempt was then made
TO enter the safe in the same way, but in this the
burglars failed. and left without securing any
booty. though the safe was thrown out Of its place,
and a broken key found. The thing was done 50
systematically that the inference is it was the work
of some one familiar with the premises. This last
effort Of the rogues to rob Dame Justice is rather
bold. The next one may be an attempt on the Jail.
An attempt was made last night by burglars
TO enter the dwelling Of Mr.. Savidge in Fort street.
SHORT PAssAGEs-The Norwegian bark F6rmica.
bark L.. 4. Eldridge and schooner Milton Badger
all had good passages over. The following are
the particulars as near as we can gather them:
Bark FoImica sailed from HonolulT, Saturday, January 9th:
Bark A. A. Edhdge sailed Monday, January 9Th, 4 p NJ,
Schooner Milton Badger left Saturday, January II, 5 N.
Arrived at san Francisco, Sunday morning, January 27-lit
days.
These are all good passages, but the Eldridge APP
pears from these data to have made the best. She
will be due here next week. The F6rmica will
also touch here on her way to Hongkong-about
the 25th. -
CHINESE Books-TheS Secretary of the Hawaiian
Board. DR.. L. II. Gulick, has recently received
from San Francisco a large box of Chinese publ
cations for distribution among the Chinese. The
comprises the New Testament in one small
volume. also the Gospels of Matthew and st. Luke.
together with several tracts. The testament is q
very neat little volume. beautifully printed. and
one which every Chinaman should be provided
with. 4 quantity sufficient to supply each China
man with "A copy ought to be imported at once
and distributed among them.
\ NEW DISCOVERY IN Gas MAKNG-As the man
u~flcturc of gas is soon to he commenced here, the
following item will be Of interest to those engaged
in the enterprise
G.s-In view Of the excessive cost Of gas, conscqent on the
which will lessen its cost, will he read with interest. A me-
csnai,. n amn slvi Eni'S ay ,b has ,, I,Gtfs9 s,a g%'e b an ai ss5, 4 ,ba an
combination Of animal and vegetable matter, produces a much
oarbune;te tII hydrogen ee1ai now 5 used i' Which n is produced y the
combustion Of coal, with the additional and very great alvan-
Of being prepared by a very simple process, and With an
apparatus of but trifing cost. Patents have been granted the
discovcrer in the United States. France and England, and there
but little doubt that IT Will work as great a evolution IN the
price Of gas, "a The discovery Of coal oil has done IN burning
popular trial. -
KossUrH.-Our readers will remember this fine
black stallion, which was the late Dr.. Fords favor
tie horse. lie was sold last week TO Mr.. VIM. Reed
of Hilo. for three hundred dollars, and taken by him
up on the steamer. At Kona he will land the
horse and ride him round through Kau to Kapapala.
The dav before he left. kossuth was harnessed in
Dr.. Ford's gig. and Mr.. Burgess took a fine photo
graph of the establishment. This horse Is now
twelve years old. and was once valued at one
dollars. -
THE AJAx-Capt. Brooks, of the Cambridge, in
W that he learned from the President of the
Steam Navigation Company, that they
no settled plan of sending the Adr to this
port; but it was possible her trips might be re-
sumed. if Congress assisted by granting a subsidy.
The present Congress will take no action in the
matter. The vessel had been cleaned up in order
to be ready for any service in which she mig ht be
-
SrDpEN DEATH.-A letter from the Postmaster of
Lahaina. advises rs that Mr.. L. i. Hayden died
on the morning Of February Sth, Of
aneurism, a case of some ten years standing. He
had gone to get a cup Of coffee. and after drinking
it. asked for pain-killcr. stepped out of the door,
and lay down on a scttec and expired.
He was u native of Maine. L. :. y.
The KIIAUEA-Thc steamer met with an acct
lent on her trip TO Hawaii last week. From some
cause one Of her boilers gave out Off Roma, ard
she had to perform the rest of the trip on half
steam. She came into port puncually on Satur-
day. but was detained here till Tuesday for re
pairs. On tat day she left on her usual trip. and
not be due till tomorrow Sunday morning.