The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-08-29

here, where good building material - scarce. we
have two materials from which artificial stone may be
nanufactured-the common beach sand, which would
produce a concrete Of the color and general eharae-
t~eristics Of the stone used in the building opposite
Mr.. Flitner's. Il desirable color for this latitude. The
other is the black lava sand, found on the slopes of
Punehbowl, which would make a concrete as dark as
the common lava stone. The stone used in the Anthem
building referred to above is nothing more or less
than "A concrete formed by nature from the common
beach sand. by a process, Of which she alone possesses
the patent. We hope 10 see the manufacture Of con-
crete introduced into this city, and feel certain it will
be patrunized
AsTiFiIIAL sToNr--ItE with pleasure We notices new in
tare Of Ransomes concrete stone, 10 give US cheap, oraamenta'
durable house and store fronts This artificial stone IS extern
sNely used IN England, and proved u be a strong - The naiu
raj stone. The maker proposes 10 supply entire fronts e ths
iron. brick, mortar, plaster and Iant- Tho s,Os viii not need
any OF these adjunets-a little cement only being used between
the blocks Tor adhesion. The concrete stone i. made Of ordIna-
~ sand, and "A solution Of sIicate Of soda When mixed, and
yei in the form Of simple moist sa2d, it : put into a mould OF
the prepared design and pressed. 1t is then put on a plank and
Completed IN a Few minutes, including perfect indGTa'ions Any
color eau be introduced, and it becones interchangeable The eN-
been established in BaliImSrr' Ne observe in a Trenion paper
tat a large saw factory is using erinistones made ofRansome's
artificial stone. Their superiority is said 10 be in the uniiormi-
,sTsperssd. California pays dearly Tor grinistones, because OF
This invention will greatly cheaper the article.
The PLUCKY GAZErrs-In its last issue, the OH
cial bantling runs II tilt with the fila California and
its - travelling correspondents Be of good cheer,
friend -4Ifa, the Gazette and its illustrious ~predeces-
sors in the government service have tilted us into a
good round circulation by their puerile attacks. AL
though we have said that the publication of the COR
respOndence was of doubtful propriety, We were never
bold enough to deny the truth of its strictures-it
was the way of putting the thing.
When the GG.eiie says By what canon of taste
the lila can stain its columns with such indecent
letters US its Hawaiian correspondents frequently send,
including "Sneezer" and 90 Ebenezer Suckers ct
IA Omnes genus, where's your latin grammar, neigh
Dor, y We are as n loss 10 know, unless its editors
believe that all the twaddle, libels and under current
scandal, picked up by its own and specials on these
islands, are literary gems Of the first waite 1T
should remember that the correspondents of the Alta
have never suiled their fingers with such g indecent
false and scurrilous language rs that uttered in the
oficiL Gt>efie's . literary gem of a leader of March
lIth, dictated 10y a Crown Minister, and aimed at a
private citizen. 'Those who live in glass houses
should mt throw stones"
Is IT " TREASON 2'-SOme time ago the Ministers
and their clique charged US with treason and other
outrageous crimes, for allowing the publication of
articles discussing the annexation of this group TO
the Unitei States. In the last official Gazette We
find the following paragraph extracted from an
Eastern paper, and published without editorial note
or comment, from which we infer that the Ministers
have changed their basis, and inserted a new plank
in their political platform:
" The main objection to the treaty was It's reciprocity nature.
although there was Il considerable influence in favor of the
treaty Is sure to secure many beneh = TO the population of the
Pacific Coast, the supremacy OF American influence in the ISL
anls, yet their Isolated geographical position, it WAS considered,
ing The PreseHt dro"1deks Of dtair gTo~th Horticultural
products DUithoHr a market AZ. rhich 10 dispose Of them.
BN reJerIius all overiurcs of the proposed treaty, everything is
,gith taeSe gems OF the Pacific"
If this is not officially winking at annexation, and if
it does not constitute - treason according to the
views of the Ministerial clique, we should like to know
what is. We refer the subject TO the Crown Attorney
for investigation. as it will probably be called up by
the next Legislature.
u The HAWAIIAN CLUB had a reunion on Monday,
July 9Th, at the residence of JAS. f. Il. Marshall,
Esq in Boston, to meet General Hartwell, the newly
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
this Kingdom. who was present ON the occasion. The
General appears to have made a favorable impression
on the Islanders, OF whom no less than f(fy-fre were
present, including Minister Harris, Consul Pierce,
DIR. r. W. Wood, p. c. Jones, Esq, and others. The
party met about four o'clock p NJ, and continued on
till late in the evening, having been entertained in
the princely style, for which Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. are
noted. General H., Mr.. Jones and family, John T.
Waterhouse, Esq, and others were to leave New
York in the steamer of August 22d or September LIST,
and will be due here about the middle of October.
= CHEAP FARE The opposition between the two
rival steamship lines between San Francisco and
New York is as lively as ever. and fares are conse- \
quently low One of our residents, who went over
in the last steamer for recreation, on reaching San
and finding that he could go East cheaper
Than rau,o;u IN that c;tv inmpal aIoar ri tbo nm
which left the day after his arrival there. and wentN
on. The fare for first cabin ticket was sos, or for the |
round trip to New York and back 1925, with the
privilege of remaining ut the East not over six months.
Cheap enough. How long such an opposition can
no one can predict, but as the steamers are carr
rying full freights, and in this way receive a large
income. it may continue for some time.
To FoREIGN ADvERTIsERs.-We receive by nearly
Every mail requests to insert advertisements at a
mere nominal rate, say one-quarter perhaps of our
established charges. 1t may save the ink, paper.
postage stamps and time of our correspondents to be
traits or ON any terms but those published on the
page of each issue. The extensive circulation of
his paper throughout this group and the Pacific will
ully repay all who insert their notices in our col
Ims. We solicit no foreign advertisements, and are
10 refuse many for the above reason.
RAT CaTcHISG.-A correspondent who has tried it,
ends us the following plan for making a rat trap,
Shich he assures US is the best ever invented, and ,
destroy more of these varmints than a shipload
{ the snakes which the suPeranuatel Agricultural t
ociety seriously proposed to Introduce 1t costs I
othing, and certainly looks as if it might work well: l
a." Cover a common barrel with stih stout paper, tying the
dye around the barrel place a board q that the rats may
ave easy access to the top sprinkle cheesepaTings OF other ,
Ol for the rats on the paper for several days, until they begin Il
believe they have u right To their daily raIions from this a
Durce. Then place in the bottom Of the barrel n piece Of rock =
six or seven inches high, filling with water until only q
nough of il projects above the water for one rat 10 hodge upon. ,
low replace the paper, first cutting n cross in the middle. aud Y
ne FIRST rat that comes on the barrel top goes through into the n
and climbs on the rock. The paper comes back To place
nj the second rat follows the first Then begins a fight for a