The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-09-19
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY,, SEPTEMBER 10.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

IL BASKRuPrcY.-The case of Akau. a Chinamau
lately doing business at Waialua on this island, de-
serves notice. About the first of July he purchased
in Honolulu some $500 of goods, and two months
later has the face to apply for the benefits of the
Bankrupt law. At a meeting of the creditors it APP
pears that his assets amount TO about two hundred
dollars, and no satisfactory account is given of the
balance. The creditors are naturally indignant at
this disposal of their property, but so far as their
claims are concerned, there is no hope for relief.
The case is so clearly one of fraud, that they are dis
posed TO make a prosecution, and If the facts are Us
reported, the defaulter ought to be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law. Creditors in Honolulu are
altogether too lenient with debtors, and where fraud
is apparent, az is reported in this case, a public ex-
ample ought to be made. Otherwise, failures will
increase in number, dishonest traders will be embold-
ened to try a game which others have played so sue
c~essfully, and honest men will be compelled to bear
the burden caused by increased defalcations and bad
debts. An example made now may check the evil.
and inspire a wholesome fear of the law, which was
made for Just such characters.
SPERM WHALER.-The schooner HIN. II. .dHeR,
owned at this port by Messrs. NJ. Pico, J. Perry and
Capt. Jos. Spencer, and commanded by the latter,
returned On the 18th from a successful cruise among
tue DOulu lSlduls, III " DdTTtls OF sperm oil.
Had she saved all the fish captured she would have
had 500 to 600 barrels. but seven whales were lost
from various accidents. The schooner left the whal-
ing ground in July, owing to the proximity of the
typhoon season. Capt. Jos. Spencer reports the ship
Janus with 60 barrels of sperm, the Camilla with
100 barrels of sperm, and the Callao with 40 barrels
ditto. All these vessels intended to remain on the
ground till November, when they will return to Ho-
,clr1u Ecr bar E,St cru;Sa &c op1y ava Month
the schooner has done very well, bringing in a cargo
which will nearly repay her cost and fitting her out.
We ought to have u score of schooners in this sperm
fishery. -
<R From the Gazette we learn that efforts are
being made TO fud a suitable location for n Lighthouse
at the entrance of Honolulu harbor, and from the ac-
count gwen, it would appear as if the foundation is
n sort Of quicksand. The amount voted by the Leg
~islaturc Ga, 500) is altogether too small to construct
such a lighthouse as is needed by the trade of the
port, and it was so stated by us at the time the item
was under discussion. 1t is hardly sufficient to pre-
pare a proper foundation, to say nothing Of the SUI
perstructure, which should be of sufficient strength
to resist the terrific kona storms which occasionally
sweep over the group. However, if the object is
simply to make a little fuss and build something that
will last till the next storm, 60 ahead, put up a
"a hippograffe,' stick n lantern on it, and mulct
every vessel that comes within sight of it three dol
lars each. They II pay it, but only with a curse.
a Liberal GIrT.-Deacon Samuel Holmes, Of New
York City, who visited Honolulu a few years ago,
and who will be remembered by many flour readers,
has recently given $4,000 towards erecting the pro-
posed Theological Hall of Yale College. We recently
saw it stated that Amherst College has an endowment
in lands and funds of one million dollars. While
these old institutions are almost surfeited with liberal
gifts, would it not reflect creditably to some Of the
wealthy patrons Of education to remember the infant
of Hawaii, which are so much in need of
assistance. Nowhere can a hundred thousand dollars
produce more good than in giving to education here's
solid basis, but especially to the PunahOu College.
An ANT TRAP.-As the season has arrived for the
pests, the ants, housewives and others who are trou-
bled with them may probably use the following trap
to advantage: Procure a large sponge, wash it well
and press it dry, which will leave the cells quite
open; then sprinkle over it some fine white sugar,
and place it where the ants are troublesome. They
will soon collect upon the sponge and take their
abode in the cells 1t is only necessary to dip the
sponge in scalding hot water, which will wash them
out dead. Put on more sugar and set the trap for a
new haul; this process will soon clear the house of
every ant. -
hE- iON.-h Rth iOioS Al o1s
1t should be distinctly kept before the minds of the
people that vaccination is an almost perfect preven-
i've of smallpox until the age of puberty, (say
ifteen,) but after til 1t time it becomes less and less
efhcacious until twenty-five, when the system becomes
susceptible to the disease up to tbirty-ive, when
he predisposition to smallpox seems TO die out alto
The specific inference is, that every child
ought to be re-vaccinated on entering the fifteenth
-
FROM HLo "A letter from Capt. Worth advises
Is that an occasional light shock of earthquake is
at Hilo. On Friday forenoon, Sept. IL, at 10
'clock, one occurred, which was also felt distinctly
r's"es on Hawaii. 1t was a short,
at Kona and other Pa q
sudden shock, that lasted only a seccn~-T.
gives no signs of life, and the fire is extinct Be
tween Kilauea and the sea, steam and smoke are
emitted at various points, but no fire is seen.
DEATH FROM APoPLExY.-Thomas II. Marshall,
for several years sheriff of Kauai, died at his resi-
lepce ut Nawiliwii, Kauai, on Saturday, September
:--ad his usual health till
seizel with the attack from which he die1. He was
l hauNe OF ohariestown. Mass, and came TO these
Stands, from China, about the yesr 1902 OF 53-His
funeral was attended from his late residence nt Nralu-
malu, ON Sunday, September 9th at 4 o'clock p. NJ.
= \ Nantucket paper is responsible for the fol-
owing yarn: a Yankee captain was caught in
he jaws of n whale, but was finally rescued, badly
wounded. On being asked what he thought while in
he situation, he replied: Il thought he would make
bout forty barres.'"
SEEDs-Capt. Joseph Spencer, of the schooner
n. -7Hsn, while in Guam, collected some seeds
md bulbs, which will add to our stock of exotics.
among them is the currie plant, from which the we'll
,nown currie powder is made. We notice also on board
ls schooner n fine breed of pigs, resembling the Suf-
olks. the introduction Of which Will tend to improve
he stock. =
Az ODDTrY.-We saw, a few days since, a specimen
( banana. grown in DIR. Hillebrand's garden. which
xternally could not be distinguished from the COM
non native banana. but on opening it, the fruit was
ound filed with black seeds, resembling the water
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