The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-10-12


WEwould call attention to the large auction sale
of new and desirable goods to be held tomorrow
by Barlow, at the store of Mes-rs. F. A schae-
fer * Co. The goods to be sold are among the best
selections for this market which have been offered
10 the trade this year.
DAY OF AToNEMENT.-Last Wednesday, October
9Th, was the jew sh Holy day. known as the day Of
atonemeni, aud observed generally by our lei
low citizens of that faith ny closing their places of
business. Aud Moses said to Aaron 20 TO ne
altar and Offer thy sin-offerng, and thy burnt-ofrr-
Ing, and make atonement for myself and the peo-
pie" Levitieus, tx
THREE HUNDRED YEARS Acct Is a curious fact
to be remembered now that on The % of May, 1884
the University OF Cambridge, England, rrnouncrd
the Papacy, and on the following year surrendered
to a. Bluff King Hal Henry VIII Of England, all
its charters and munimcnts. One year after, these
charters aud muuments, with all the privileges
restored by the King to the College corporation,
with which they remain to this day.
WE learn from japan, that the let of August,
| the boiler of the American steamer City Of Yeddo
exploded she was leaving the quay at Yeddo for
| Yokohama. The Rev. Mr.. Cornes, of the American
| Mission, bis wife and eldest child with its nurse
were Instantly killed, with the engineer of the boat
and nine Japanese passengers. Sixty-two wounded
natives had since died from their injuries Besides
the above large number of passengers were more
or less seriously injured The cause of the explo-
sion was probably through the careessness of the
engineer, in allowing the water to get too low in the
boiler.
An example ofthe enterprise of the Chicago mer-
chants was given at the time of the great fire there
on the 4th of September, which destroyed some
s30OO,OOO worth of property. The Drake Block,
which was destroyed, was occupied by some of the
most extensive business houses in the city, and con-
tanned vast piles Of merchandise Among the heavy
firms occupying the Block, the house of J. Far
well & Co.'s losses footed up the heaviest-i being
estimated at $50 900 over Insurance Mr. Simeon
Farwell, Of this firm, was among the first at the
scene of conhagraton, and upon seeing there was
no hope OF saving the building at once proceeded
TO rent another. and had completed the bargain in
twenty-five minutes after the fire had commenced
and within fifteen minutes after the bargain was
closed three other parties, who We're also being
burned out, had applied for the same building.
FLYING ANTs.-This is genus of insect of the
order Hynenopterd, las they named in Eucyclo
pedias,) which has lately made its appearance in
these Islands. Where they came from is a mystery,
as they were till recently unknown here They are
winged and nociurnay make their appearance
wherever a light is burning flying, buzzing, and
racing about over books and papers, into ones ears
aud over ones clothes, constituting Annoyance
that can only be evaded by putting out the candle
II is moreover affirmed 10y those who have closely
observed them, that in the morning they will be
found to have shed their wings and that instead of
the racing, rampant style of the night they settle
down as quiet book-worms After daylight they
can be found in large numbers, slowed away be-
tween the covers of your books, where, in their
transmogrited shape, they quietly guawug
away on the pages. Insect life in the tropics is
wonderfully prolific, but if believe the an
cient Hawaiians, mosquitoes, heas, bed-bugs, scur.
puus ccutipedes, aud last not least, ants are all of
foreign growth aud importation. The irog,-a we'll
known insect destroyer, though introduced did not
live here, and we have never had any snakes on the
Islands, SO We owe thanks t. st. Palrek on that
score. There are, however juugles on Hawaii and
Maui, and swampy dells on Kauai that would he
singularly well suited Tor the abode of snakes
The KmAUEA ON HER TRIAL TRIP-The trial trip
OF the steamer hilaHea, which took place on Wed
nesday last, the 9th instant was very successful
one and demonstrated that this old public favorite
is now, after thorough repairing and overllauliug
quite as good as new, and some think even better
Quite large party of invited excursionists, among
whom were the Ministers OF Interior and Finance
and number Of other Government officials and
prominent citizens were board and enjoyed the
trip At ll:l0 A. NJ. the boat backed out from her /
old berth, and at ll:lT steamed ahead At ILLS
passed the lighthouse in the channel; at 1l:2l |
passed the spar buoy. A patent log was on board
in charge of experienced ship masters, and as she
headed up past Diamond Head, with a fresh trade |
wind aud moderate swell at 1890 it was found tnat
she had made seven and quarter knots for the first
hour. At l:5O the log indicated distance steamed
of ~ knots during the second hour; at 2:3O ~
knots, ION the return.) to the spar buoy. At 32S
passed the light, making 29]4 knots in hours and
81 minutes This, considering the trim of the YES
sci, and that her boilers new as well as some
portions of the machinery, deemed quite salts
factory by those best qualified to Judge The
amount of coal consumed Sydney was at the rate
of $50 lbs an hour
The public necessity of mtersland steam com |
munication is too selfevidcnt TO need any argu
ment, aud private parties could not apparently
be found to conduct the enterprise satisfactorily
without large subsidy, 1t emineutly proper |
that the Government should provide the public
with this needed accommodation This steam road
between our rough Island channels is quite as much
public improvement as any road on land