The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-11-19
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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

rgea SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10. .
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
nlRoGERs' TRoupE-At the Theatre, this Troupe
plays this evening, giving q very attractive pro-
gramme. 1 av
R The last ordinary concert by the Carandini
Troupe win take place this evening, at Bufium's
Hall. See programme. ~ysw
n The public win not forget the auction sale of
superior household furniture, by Adams & Wilder,
ON Monday next, ut the residence of Capt. Berrill,
Nuuanu Avenue. --
d ~ We would refer our readers to the new adj
vertisments in to-day's paper. The finest and largest
assortment of groceries, the best assortment of cook
stoves, and the most desirable line of dry goods are
advertised. This is the way to do business.
~ The friends Of Mr.. Frederick Mills, who is,
or was an officer ON board the bark Ldrk, will be
thankful for any information concerning his where
abouts. Any person in possession of the same is re-
ouested to make it known to the Department of
Foreign Affairs. - -
CoMpL1MENrARY.-W are much pleased to- see
that steps have been taken to tender a grand COM
plimentary concert and benefit to Miss Lizzie Caran-
DIM, on Monday evening next, at the Court House.
This shows the high appreciation of that young lady
merits as a songster, by the lovers OF song. Il
The LADIES FA1R.-On next Thurs lay evening
the ladies' of Honolulu viii hold a fair at the Olympic
Hall. on Nuuanu street, ut Z O'Clock. This fair is got
up for the benefit of the Ladies' Benevolent Society,
and as it is intended for a good and charitable pur-
pose, We hope to see it largely attended.
THANKsG1v1SG.-By official notice from the Ameri-
can Minister Resident, it will be seen that President
Grant. having appointed Thursday, Nov. oath (not
1ffb "a the E1xsTp sfatesl- "a a daV of THANKSGIVING
and prayer. public services will he held at Fort
Street Church, at IL O'Clock A. NJ. on that day.
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The NEW CHuRcH.-h will be seen by reference
to the programme. in another column, that the Car
andini company have kindly consented TO give q
grand concert in aid of the fund for a new church,
proposed to be erected at Waikiki kai. The concert,
will take place ON Tuesday evening next, at the
Kaumakapili church. Those wishing to contrib ute
on this occasion can do so by attending the concert
and get "a value received.'''
Y The special services at the Catholic Cathedral
last Sunday morning, given for the benefit OF the
French sick and wounded soldiers. was largely at
tended by all classes. MOzart's Twelfth Mass Was
sung by the Carandini Company. After the services
q collection was taken up, from which $70L50 was
received. We understand that the whole amount
which has been received up to the present time for the
French Sanitary Fund is about $1,000, The French
Commissioner and his lady deserve much praise for
their untiring e~xertions in raising the above amount.
|FRoM MoLoKAI.-By private advices we learn
that this island has not escaped receiving a share in
the late heavy storms. Many thatohed houses had
been blown down, and OF Waialua one was carried
out to sea by the freshet. In many pls Is where
kalo patches were not washed out, they were filed
up with sand and stones, destroying the kalO. On.
Monday, the 9TH, a whale, boat, containing, Stores.
ATTEMPTED to cross over from Lahaina, and when
within a quarter of a mile of Molokai was swamped
by the breakers. There were five natives In the
boat, four of whom reached the shore and one was
drowned. The boat and stores were a total loss.
The rain, accompanied by squalls of wind, is said 10
have been the heaviest known ON that island for
many years. -
NATIVE KAHUNAs.-In the last issue ofthe GaSette,
there was an article headed "Kshunas." If it.
were translated into Hawaiian, it would probably,
create q sensation, because if there be anything that
Hawaiians believe in, it is in the potency of kahunas.
The hallucination is go great, that if o native afflicted
with q most acuate disease, treated by a foreign
physician in a very careful and skillful manner,
should finally succumb to the malady, his friends
say if he had only had q native doctor, he would have
got well. This thing is not unnatural, for people cling
to their doctors of medicine with about the same
tenacity that they do to their doctors OF theology.
And the Hawaiians are not peculiar in this respect.
All a~borigines have their native physicians. In some
instances the faith in them becomes superstition.
That these kahunas may have sometimes performed
cures must be admitted whether uncharitable or
not, we ascribe the cure, as the Hawaiians do them
selves, to the implicit confidence the patient has in
his doctor. The moderus call this confidence % Ami
NAL Magnetism - g Spiritualism,' or some other
"a ism - of that sort. When we can convince the
Hawaiian that his kahuna is Of no account, we shall
have inaugurated a new era for Hawaii. Heaven
grant that we shall be able to do it, The above
reflections have been induced by the circumstance.
that on Thursday last, a noted kahuna, named
w. - - IL IL &c., =. NIa onn /
of one hundred dollars, for practicing medicine
without a license, from which he noted an appeal to
the Circuit Judge. The medicine was stated to
consist of a "molusk.'' unknown in any other
country, and always repnted by the Hawaiians to be
poisonous if eaten. It is rarely found, and has the
appearance of an immense spider. The patiye name,
by which it is known, is " Kumimi." The name is
a little curious in q pathological disintegration of
words AKu signifies to stand. and mimi to be
mischievous, or make one cry. At all events the
unfortunate female patient departed this life without
the assistance of any sayant in the European learned
profession, but by the aiding and abetting Of an
iIiterate limb of the Hawaiian profession. 1t is
nevertheless a matter Of deep COMMUNICATION by all
friends Of the race, to see them FASTENED out Of life
by such malpractice. G *a
THE FooD OF HAwAnASs.-What people eati is al
ways a matter of careful consideration to the pbiloso-
pher and the philanthropist. Charles the Fifth,
Emperor of Germany, once said, "Tell me what a
man eats and I'll tell you what he thinks We do
not propose in this article to go into the exquisite
cuisine Of civilized nations. Any person, however,
who visits our fish market cannot fail to be struck
with the enormous price of fish, an edible winch in
other countries is about the cheapest sort Of food
which the poorest class Of people can obtain. In
fact. they have to eat it because, they cannot afford
to buy meat ; here q piece of the finest beef or NUT
ton is as nothing compared to a maiOlo taying 6sh)
or some other kindsTos fish. There are some kinds
which are deservedly held at high prices but when
oneis asked $ly50t to $3.50 for q fish which IL not
sufficient to satisfy the wants of more than two Or
three persons, he begins to think the grazing busl-
ness has been q blessing to the country. Is fish
and poi are the grand summHm. 6oNum of the Ha-
waiian banquet, we come to the consideration of the
kalo from which the poi is made. We know the
price of q calsbash of poi in our day is four times as
a. That n uaa a .aOxa-and OigQ a na-