The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-10

KEROSENE Ons-The New York Board of Health
has lately purchased fifteen samples of illuminating
oils at different stores, for examination, and found
not one fit to burn. Seven of them were not kero-
sene at all, but benzine or naptha. The board does
not think such oils are safe in any patent safety ="
or other lamp. An exchange says: I" Kerosene Is
burning this country up The papers are full every
day of lamp explosions, whereby great conhagrations
are started, and people burnt to death. As Kerosene
is one of the few portable lights. steamboats, and cars
are suffering terribly. The insurance men say that
two-thirds of the losses by fires nowadays are en-
tailed by kerosene. People will fill lighted lamps. L
suppose, SO long as time lasts, but the explosiveness
of the material must be made impossible, or nearly
so, else there will not be g solvent insurance company
in the land in a short time All we have to say is,
let those who use kerosene be careful of 1t, for 1t
may yet tell its tale in Honolulu.
THE GREEK SAILoR.-Somet time ago We published
the account of the libel trial brought by Captain
Winsor of the ship Intrepid against the Bulletin,
for publishing the disgraceful conduct of Captain W.
in putting n sailor ashore at Easter Island. The
Times publishes a letter from a gentleman residing
at Tahiti, who says he
=" accidentany met the Greek, and in conversation with him
WI eo m ,b.s lbs was n SJen,;c n .9P"or Tom - GrssS
the story Of whose suferings has been read with interest
throughout the world. Tom Nicholas corrol,oraied the story
while on board Of The ship Intrepid. He related the difficulties
which HI a%, en nsoa red while on. at ,s sea and his s Altering
some days on the island, recuperating his wasted strength,
island. He rowed out to the vessel in his boat, and was taken
TO Tahiti, where lie now resides"
CHOICE READ1NG.-Harper's Magazine for June.
is an unusually rich number. The illustrated arti-
Giles are The Aurora Borealis or Polar Light !;
Winter on the Plains Military Pyrotechnics of
Former Days A Brave Lady ard My Enemy's
Daughter-continued. The other articles are Too
Late Said Facha of Egypt Deliverance Armstrong;
A Cornish Carnival Leo and Luther The Tragedies
of a Feathered Family Lucy's Choice Dion Polvil-
les Prisoner British Wild Flowers The Primer of
the World Pawnbrokers and Loan-Ofices /; William
Bradford's Love Life Editors Easy Chair Monthly
Record of Current Events, and Editors Drawer.
No family should be without this .Maga2iae.
Ia By the following, we see that our friend Capt.
Worth had arrived home safely in twenty-five travel
ing days from Honolulu to New Bedford
PEnsoS.L~-Among the arrivals in New York by the
Worth, who returns to the States on a visit after an absence
%ent s a, the q Kingdom m" or Hawaii nc a Captain Worth makes the
shortest time yet made between the islands and New York
twenty-five days. -
- An exchange says that they have just organ
lied a society in New York for the relief and protec-
ton of INDECENT strangers. Honolulu has had a
C Strangers Friend Society > for the same object for
the past sixteen years. Glad to learn that the good
people abroad are copying our customs.
q Some people like to be Uery fashionable.
Here is the latest item for them to cut out and adopt:
Fashionable gentlemen in Paris wear black dress coats only
at funerals. On other occasions-at balls, concerts, dinner
parties, etc:-they appear in green, blue ar yellow dress coats.
Silk coats begin also TO be Worn by d great many persons in
Paris. -
81 We discontinue sending the " ADVERTISER "
to such subscribers as have not settled for previous
volumes. under q rule which we have adopted, to
send only to such as have paid for it. We shall be
happy to restore their names, ON receipt of the
amounts due, as per bills sent.
% As We stated last week, His Elk. Henry A.
Pierce may be expected in the United States war
steamer Pensacola, which will be due in all next
week. The steamer will probably remain here a
month or more and may visit Hilo.
y We call the attention of our lady readers to
Mrs. Selfe's card in to-day's paper.