The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-10-02

HALL FOR THE Coon TENPLARs.-We notice a large
wooden structure in the course of erection on iiotei
street, near the corner of Nuuanu, that Will be a
decided improvement to that part Of the town. Inc
building is 80 feet deep by 46 feet front. and is 40
| feet high. The lower portion is divided into TWO
roomy stores, with a hall and stairway. The upper
part is to be devoted to the purposes OF the 'ood
Templars' organization. The Hall is n fine, airy ana
well lighted room, 80 feet wide by 40 feet deep, ana
IA feet in the clear, and will comfortably seat two
hundred persons Besides that hall, there Will be on
the second story, a reading room. IA feet by "a ana
two ante-rooms, IL by IA and 9 by IA. The builders
are Messrs. Lucas & Virgins, and the work is being
done in the best and most substantial manner. The
building will be ready for occupancy on the first
proximo.
- In this connection it may be added that the fra
ternity of Good T~emplars, which was instituted in
Honolulu about six months ago, has increased rapid
" in numbers and influence, there being already two
Lodges in working order, the g Ultima Thule and
sc Queen Emma" With so high and noble an object
in view-the moral reform of the victims of %intemper-
ance-no good citizen can do otherwise than wish
all success to the Good Templars.
The SECRET OF SuccEss.-The I" dry goods prince" A. T.
Stewart, SOS his business was never better than this year,
vertisements credit for keeping his trade lively in duh times.
There are merchants in this city, says an exchange,
who for every 500 a year spent in advertising. clear
$1,000. 1t is just the time to advertise when bust
ness is dull. Let the public know that you are de-
termined to sell goods and they will buy them. When
it is dull put the prices down, advertise literally,
and you will be satisfied with your sales each day.
Try it and see if you are not. There are always
some people who have money by them. They are the
ones who buy in dull times because they can buy
cheap. 1t is this class you should induce into your
store. Advertising and low prices will bring them.
THE PUNCHBowL.-I 1t is a pleasure to peruse such
a neatly-printed and well-edited publication as this
small but very interesting monthly. The October
number. which is the fourth that has appeared, is a
decided improvement in style and matter over the
preceding issues. There is about it an air of modest
dignity and self-respect, which is a commendaHe
trait in a journal that undertakes to discuss political
questions, but which few maintain. In this respect,
it is in happy contrast with the government paper,
which, under its present management, has descended
about as low as a newspaper can possibly get in per-
s onality, slang and scurrility-a style of argument
which may be allowable in forensic debate, but
which is unjustifable in Journalism. We intended
to make one or two extracts from the Punch6olDt for
to-day's paper, but are compelled to NIT them.
REPRESENTATIVE stormy weather, which old
salts declare always accompanies the SUMS semi-ar-
nual crossing of the line, set in on Wednesday after
noon. During the evening of that day the lightning
played to the southwark, probably around the noun
tains of Hawaii, and on Thursday the rain fell copi-
ously. Though in other parts of the tropics. storms
and hurricanes frequently occur about this season,
here we are happily exempt from these meteorologi-
cal phenomena, which elsewhere are so destructive
and SO much dreaded. Our equinoctial will, as
usual, only result in giving to the parched pastures
anl orowinu cronS the moisture S0 LONG nrave6 for.
e During the twenty-four hours of August 7th,
the day of the eclipse, four ocean Steamers were LOST
three near New Foundland and 9pe off Savannah. A
New York paper asks if it was owing to the eclipse,
in other words, was there any disturbance Of mag
netic influence accompanying the eclipse2 Be this
as it may, each of the vessels, when lost, was sadly
out of its reckoning.
e. A rumor prevails that the Sheriff of Hawaii
has been guilty of a gross outrage. As near as We
can learn n most aggravated assault was made upon
the person of a citizen of Hilo. We have not received
the full particulars, so will let the matter rest for the
present. -
u To our nautical readers we would advise a
visit to Mr.. d. N. Flitner's establishment, where can
be seen a compass of a new pattern, made by Richie
of Boston. We will not attempt q description, but
will say that to us it appears to be an improvement
upon all other compasses for use on shipboard.
% On the first page our New York Correspon-
dent gives us q humorous account of the way in
which the Goldfish aristocracy of that city manage to
keep up appearances. City life is, after all, made up
of show and assembling, and has little or none of the
simplicity and purity of country life.
MAsoNIc.-The regular monthly meeting of Ha-
waiian Lodge No. 81, F.. g. A. NJ, will be held ut their
rooms. Makee's building, on Monday evening next,
at u O'Clock. -
- The steamer Idaho leaves San Francisco to-
day, and may be expected on Wednesday October Is,
at 4 o'clock p. NJ.