The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-03-19

at these Islands by sending cards to them. In the
.dha We find the following, which viii interest all
who personally know t Mark"
By the last mail we received a delicate pink envelope con-
tanning still more delicate cards of a still more delicate pink,
one b airing the words :" Nr and Mrs. 3 L. Clemens, Della
ware Avenue" and the other " Olivia f. Langdon," and a note
announcing the marriage on the Sd Of February, in New York.
II seems Marks nther-in-law played an elaborate practical
joke on him on the night OF the wedding. The bridegroom,
being busy with his lectures, and not readily finding a house Tor
sale that suited his purse and taste, instructed Langdons agent
in Buffalo to se-nre hun rooms and board IN some nice fanny,
where there would be but few other boarders; and, though the
the family or the street where thew lived and he privately
determined to Caution his fither-in-law as soon as admitted
management OF his business. Finally, a d,zen particular
friends escorted the briIal party from Eimira to Buffalo in a
palace car. and on arriving proposed TO call on The newly
married par in the morning, By some more stupidity on the
the car, on account Of the carriages being blocked in. and when
Mark reached his clearinghouse, heifound all his friends,
waiting for him in a MAGNIFICENT mansion G+O,oOoh elegantly
furnished, stable, coach, horses. liveries for servants, check on
the bank Tor a handsome amonnt-aiu II presen iIom te
faiher-in-law. He said it only needed a drop-curtain anu
prompter to place the characters in position to make IL like a
read those absurd fairy tales in my time, but l never, never,
never, expected TO be the hero Of a romance in real NE as
ffairy tale the hero would iniaIiTbly happen to notice an opal
hued rolf pearl box on the centre table, and would heed
lessly open il and find in it a deed for all The ne"ly-acquireu
property. But, bless you. l never have had any experience IN
playing hero in a tale, and so. no matter who showed that box
toward me, or limited darkly at its contents, my calm unrufied
stupidity vas victorious every time, and at last they haa e
shove the box under my nose in the most unromantic way,
hands laughed at and abused me, but l told them it was all SO
new to me-tackle me again with another house, and see how
accompanying the gin, was not necessary, for my book and
lecturing keep me equal to minor emergencies !"
A TEMPERANCE SPEECH FROM NAPoLEoN.-We
don't mean the great Emperor, but simply Napoleon
Nihi, native Hawaiian fish dealer of Honolulu
whose stand can be found on the right hand of the
market, going down street. He has been, on several
of the election days of the last preceding years, a
prominent haranguer to the populace, but although
his s~tentorian voice never faltered or wavered in its
tone, the conviction was forced upon the mind of an
ordinary observer that Napoleon, on those occasions
at least, had been ~imbibing something stronger than
tea or coffee. So when it became a matter of rumor
that the chronically crapulous fish merchant was to
give a temperance address on Sunday evening, why
of course, lots of people went to hear, either out of
curiosity or better motives. He gave, however, an
unexceptionable address, displaying all the elOcutional
and rhetorical beauties of the Hawaiian tongue. He
urged upon his countryment the Importance of cOnsid-
ering the fact that it lays with them to stay the
rapidly increasing tide of aboriginal death, now SO
by abstaining from intoxicating drinks.
We hope Napoleon will confirm the impression made
upon the audience by sticking to the principles he
put forth, and if he does we shall always buy our
fish Of him-when he has any, at reasonable rates.
h1rERARY.-Mr WALTER MONTGOMERY arrived on
Monday last from Sydney, on his way around the
world, and proposes to give several Entertainments
as per advertisement, commencing this evening at
Temperance Hall in Hotel street. Prot.
entertainments consist of readings or rather
recitations from Shakespeare and other well-known
English and American authors. He has given them
in England and various countries of Europe, and
mas everywhere drawn out the most fiattering praises.
No person can listen to him for an evening without
gaining instruction, and those who hear him once
will not fail to attend again. 1t is not often that our
are privileged with the presence of an artist of
deserved merit as Prof M. and We advise all to
90 and hear him. -
MIDWAY IsLAND.-The U. s. Steamer Sdgindac
allied on Wednesday for this island. which is selected
IS the coaling station of the China Mail Steamships.
\ vessel left San Francisco in February with ma
hinery, dredges and all necessary implements for
the channel. The work will be carried on
lnder the superintendence of the officers of the SGgi-
la,r, and it is thought there will be no difficulty in
ecuring at least twenty-four feet depth u of water. A
in San Francisco, who inquired why the
did not stop at Honolulu, was told they
7ould stop here when the American flag floats over
he group, and not till then.
HIGH PRIcEs.-Potatoe should not be so dear in
honolulu as they have been the past ten days-3a
cts. n pound, or $500 to $500 a barrel, when we
ave thousands of acres at Kohala or in Kula on
laui, where they can be raised for $500 a barrel.
San Francisco the price ranges from $3.50 a $500
err 100 pounds. We ought to produce every barrel
equired for home consumption and for the whalers
The famine prices paid here now are sufi-
ent to drive everybody out of the place.
u Some means should be devised of checking the
lwless propensities of the persons who seem to take
oecial delight in defacing street names, sign-boards,
nd even of entering private premises and disturbing
and plants. If nothing else will stop it, q
w days in the chain gang most certainly will. Let
8 hear no more of these capers.
~ The bark Ethan allen and q. s Sloop of War
umestown were to leave San Francisco on or about
Iarch 18th, and will bring mails. The clipper ship
ientoo would follow, leaving about March 20.
80 The bark d. G. Murray will sail for San
rancisco in all next week and take O mail. Files of
lie ADVERTISER can be obtained in wrappers, ready
r mailing.
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