The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-04-30
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
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NOTES OF THE WEEK.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.
ANArrvE DocrREss.-Last Saturday morning, an
elderly native woman, with a face like an ogress,
was brought before the Police ~Court-chsrged with a
violation of Sec. SO, page 142, Of the Penal Code,
which provides that any native Hawaiian who shall
practice medicine without a license, on conviction
shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than one
hundred dollars. 1t appeared on evidence that q
young girl living at Kapalama, was troubled with
some affection of the throat, and the female-kahuna
being called in, proceeded to prescribe for the patient,
as follows Five bowls of a decoction of the leaves
Of the red pepper bush four bowls of ava two
bowls of hau bark juice one bowl of the root of a
wild shrub called uhaLoa-(said by the natives to be
poisonous) ; one bowl of pounded'grass mixed with
water four bottles of diluted kukui gum one
small taro, of the red kind. These prescriptions
were taken, one after another, until it came TO the
taro, which it is not surprising that the poor victim
was unable to masticate or swallow, and she died
very shortly after. The native lawyer for the defence,
asked q continuance of the case until the following
Monday, for the purpose, as he said, of hunting up
legal authorities applicable. 1t appears that he found
them, to the number of ten, dollars p but without
producing them to the Court on Monday. The doc
tress was fined $25 and costs, and lectured severely
and warmly on the evils of ignorantly attempting TO
practice medicine. The fine was light, considering
the ofense, but as she is old and Ioor, she may by
hard scratching be able to raise it, whereas had it
been a hundred dollars she would doubtless have died
in prison. -
DRAMATIC REPREsENTATIoNs.-Last Wednesday
evening Miss Cleveland gave the first of her :" Ora
matte Representations > at the Hawaiian Theatre, to
q very fair house-when it is remembered that there
was at the same time a similar entertainment being
given in another part of the city. The selections
were, with but one exception, from Shakespeare, and
were extremely well presented, en- costume. Miss
Cleveland, besides possessing the advantages of a fine
face and figure, has a well regulated and modulated
voice, a thorough understanding of the characters
she assumes. and what is of the first Importance, a
clear and distinct pronunciation. AS Rosalind,
disguised as a boy, in " As you ike it," she was
charming, but as 90 Leah the forsakeu,' she depicted
the passion of ga woman scorned " with wonderful
force and effect. Of Mr.. Leathes, the assistant of
Miss Cleveland in her representations, we can only
say that with his natural advantages of voice and fig
ure, he bids fair, with hard study, of making q good
actor. We ~ecommend patrons of the DRAMA to go
and hear Miss Cleveland. Miss Cleveland, as will
be seen by advertisement, will give another enter
tainment this evening at the same place. The second
night of n performer in a strange place, is always
beEer than the first, for obvious reasons, and we
predict that all who patronize the Theatre tonight
will come away highly pleased with Miss Cleveland's
delineations. -
~ Benefits Own publishes an account of q
subterranean stream, at the premises of Col. Jones
in Palama. Such streams have long been known to
exist in and around Honolulu. There was formerly
one under the foundry in this city, and another
under the premises known as the tombstone
House, on the road to Waikiki, now owned by Mr..
Lemon. In old times there was a well on these
premises, about twenty feet in depth, through which
the water ran in a constant stream towards the sea.
This suggests the idea that artesian wells might be
sunk successfully on the plains, and in fact at the
foot of any of our mountains. Yet an attempt has
never been made that we are aware of. The Colorado
Legislature, at its recent session, passed a bill grant
ing $1,000 reward for the first artesian well sunk
/ 900 feet, or less, if a flowing well be struck at a
less depth, the well to be not less than three inch
bore. If artesian wells can be made on the lee sides
of our islands, whose mountains are constantly
soaked with clouds, would not the knowledge of the
fact be worth more than five thousand dollars to the
-
FELL Down IN A FIT -Yesterday morning, about
Z O'Clock, an elderly native, who had been selling
eggs and chickens on the corner of Fort and Hotel
StreeIS, Wnlle on the punt U gong uOmeS SuuueHly
staggered and fell down in a fit. After considerable
lomiIomiing, he recovered breath, but not conscious
ness. and was carried home in a handcart. AS
usual on such occasions, q crowd gathered around,
and it was curious to note the remarks made. Says
one, with charitable impulsiveness, Here's a doc
tors shop close by ; let's take him in there" CAN
very fne,' says another, " hut who's going to pay
the bill The doctors won't touch him till they see
the color of the money" &" But must. the man die
in the street, like a dog % "No business of mine,
how he dies. Let the police look after him. And
Dives, putting his hands into his pockets. sauntered
away, whistling. Had this same Dives been stricken
down in the street as was that poor kanaka. wouldn't
he have expected to be more tenderly cared for?
4 WILD PIG.-The other day on Hotel street a
Celestial was about to convert q big swinish immi-
grant from Kauai into pork, when he broke away,
and leaping a fence with the agility of a deer, (the
wild hogs of Kauai are astonishing ~jumpers) plunged
into the open door of a milliner's shop, to the infinite
terror of the inmates, and to the ruination of a mus
lin dress which one of them dropped in the fright.
His pursuers being fast after him, piggy made a bee
line for the government house, perhaps with the
object of getting redress for grievances, that being
the proper place under such circumstances. A dozen
men and dogs at length succeeded In capturing the
brute, but not until he had severely
wounded one of the dogs.
A THIEF USPUNIsHED.--Yesterday, o native named
Nose, recently in the employ of the Rev. DR.. Lowell
Smith. was brought before the Police Court, on a
charge of the larceny of a hundred and more dollars
from his employer. Although there was no doubt
but that Nose was the thief, yet there was no legal
evidence to fix the fact upon him, and the Deputy
Marshal was compelled to enter a noile Prosequi.
The history of the affair, however, calls attention to
the fact that it is almost culpable, to let temptation
lay in the way of the common natives-it will be
wonderful if they resist it.
A NOTEWORTHY ~FAcr.-Among the twenty-eight
members of the Legislative Assembly who are elected
as Representatives of the people, there is not one
who was born outside of these islands-al are Ha-
waiians. This, we believe, is the first instance of
the kind since the institution of q Legislative As