The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-11-09


. Carandini has benefit II which we hope to see all
T the admirers Of her splendid singing present
II they are all there, shewil have no cause to com
/ plain Of the patronage Of the public. We notice
/ that tonight there is no concert.
NEWSPAPER ENTERPRIsE.-Last Monday, appeared
/ the first number Of a newspaper in the native
language, with the lille Of 10 Ma,,a1oa" which in
English means, The Tines. It purporis TO be issued
/ by an Association OF Hawaiians, and if sufficient
encouragement offers, they propose to issue semi
weekly. 1t is about the size of The Daily Herald
that f1urished so brilliantly and fided so suddenly
few years ago. The leading article of the Times is
well written, aud promises that the course Of the
paper shall be thoroughly Independent Of sects,
creeds, parties and external influence, and be
devoted the interests of the nation at large Sue
Co.'S 70 the new Times
AT the services In the Roman Catholic Church on
Sunday morning next, the Caraudiui Troupe will
assist iu singing the celebrated Twelfth Mass OF
Mozart After the services a collection win be
taken mp for the benefit Of the sick and wounded
French soldiers during the present war 1t is to be
hoped that all our citizens will be present to hear
the splendid music which will be rendered on the
occasion, and that al viii 20 prepared to contribute
TO the charitable object for which the Mass is given.
When the sick and the wounded call for assistance,
the truly charitable do not stop to ask what Ian
guage the unfortunate speak.
The KrARsARGE AHEAD AGA1x.-The second cut
Of the T. S 5. Kearsarge which it will be remem-
bered won with the Jamestowp's boat last Sep
TENDER in this harbor has achieved another victory
in the bay Of san Francisco. She was rowed against
the Saranac's barge in a Of nine miles, beating
the latter three minutes nineteen seconds. This
makes the sixth race in which the Kearsarges boat
has been matched, winning in all. The reporter of
the Call in which we find the foregoing, must have
store Of geographical knowledge, for he says,
the Eearsarges a at Tacawana, Sandwich
Islands"
CHRONIC WEArHER--The rainy weather which
came on about the middle of last month appears to
have taken such liking TO our sunny isles" that
il hangs on like the tooth-achc, and we seldom get
glimpse Of "the glorious king of day" Last win
ter was like summer, With only exceptional showers,
but now, the pluvial gods making up for past
remissness whuleships from the Arctic report dis
agreeably wet weather all the way down since leav-
ing Bheriug's Straits Following all this moisture
which has soaked the hitherto parched earth, we
may look for summer of Unprecedented abundance
in agricultural productions, and corresponding cry
for more labor"
No. ? AND No. 4-There appears to have sprung
upa friendly rivalry between Fire Engines No 2
aud No 4 As We stated in our last, the trial to
the capabilities of the two machines did not come
of on the day advertised but Saturday last, the
two companies turned out and had fair trial. at the
hydrant on Merchant Street. Judges were appoin-
ted, and closely watched the whole proceedings and
gave their verdict that the Twos were the winners
FoUrs full of rim, insist that they did beat, and if
they did not, they ought to have done so, and but
for acknowledgement would have done So
aud therefore the trial is 10 be had again The
Fours has the largest list of active members, all
tive Hawaiians but the cylinders Of their machine
are only about half the capacity of Twos. Emula-
tion between the different branches OF the Fire De-
partment cannot but lead to good result
ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN BoARD-The
Rev. Titus Coan, of Hio appears to have been pres
ent at the anniversary meeting Of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions,
Gently held at Brooklyn, n. Y. Among features
OF especial interest," VIDE the N. Y. Independent,
twas the thrilling address Of Rev. Titus Coan, who
comes back after 81 years service in the Sandwich
Islands, where he has had he honor 1.-THE italics are
OWL Of bapiizlng 200 converts in one day, and
nearly 1900 during his ministry there-probaby
more than have been baptized by any other man liv-
ing. BE is now seventy years old, is very fluent
and interesting speaker and seems IN tine very flush
Of his powers. The Sunday following he gave ad
dresses over an hour long in two of the largest
churches in Brooklyn, besides visiting New York in
in the afternoon We are glad to hear of the cor
dial reception of tho Rev Mr.. Coan at bis old home
aud hope to see him back again to his island home.
But that 200 baptisms in one day, sticks in our
crop, however much we may believe that he talked
over an hour at a time Having taste for figures
perhaps 1t lie a failing OF ours-we find that in the
ten hours which generality 20 to make up day there
are COO minutes; querey? How to explain the eleri
cal problem of LOO babtisms in day. This is a
nut for the Free Will Bapti-ts to crack.
UMBRELLAS MENDED.-That was the sign which
attracted our attention morning last week while
walking along Bereiania street Having in our pos
session a dispidated specimen of that article for
the carrying OF which pelted with stones
in the streets of London only hundred years agowe
called at the Umbrella Members stend. He was q
Hawaiian brisk, busy and cheerful. He made our
old rain-shelfer good new, in few minutes, at
the charge of only two bits, and at the same time,
by his sensible talk gave Us least four bits worth of
entertainment Who taught him how to mend UNI
brellas, aud brides and harness-for he did all these
and lots of other things? Nobody, he said But he
had seen that Cinnamon picked up good many
rails in that way, and watching them at work, was
confident he could do we'll How did be make
outg Wen, he couldn't complain. Himself, wife
and baby bad plenty to eat and good clothes to
OF Sunday. he paid his taxes, and didn't owe any
one dollar. Wouldn't he prefer TO be rich,
and not Obliged TO work foe living? After
thoughtful pause, be replied" No; too much
money is worse than too little" Wise umbrella
member, thought we; many might take les
son from few minutes chat atyour unpretentions
stand.