The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-08-26

great doctors OF the Christian Church. Ills writings
are read with reverence at the present day alike by
members of the Greek, Roman and Protestant COM
munions. He was an African, and was converted
from heathenism by st. Ambrose at Milan. On his
return he was chosen bishop of Hippo, in Africa.
and died at the age of a, in 430 A. D. st. Monica,
his mother, should have had a place in the Anglican
Calendar her conduct deserves the admiration Of
all Christian mothers. Tuesday, August 18th, 81.
John the Baptist Beheaded. The birth of st. John
is celebrated June oath. The Anglo-Saxons, with
more truthfulness than elegance, say that the
daughter of Herodias g tomblyde - to please Herod,
| and so far succeeded that he promised to give her
anything she liked to ask. Her choice was the head
OF the Baptist. in revenge for his having reproved or
spoken in public of her improper conduct.
Police CouRT.-The practice of letting horses on
Sunday is generally too skilfully managed to be de-
tected, and we seldom hear the o6ense called in the
Police Court. There was one, however, on Monday
morning last, but the party had been admitted to
bau-$5-and chose to forfeit that trifing amount
by not appearing. Henry Dunn, a seaman, plead
guilty to being drunk. The usual fine inflicted for
the first ofense in these cases, is 81 but as Dunn
was drunk on Sunday, he was fined So. Chris.
Flynn, also drunk on Sunday, had left a bail of Sc,
and not putting in an appearance, it was forfeited.
Napoepe, a native who is employed in a meatstall at
the foot of Nuuanu street, was charged under the
statute against cruelty to animals, in cutting with
a knife o dug belonging to Nose Kennady. The de-
Tense was that the dog came into the shop and stole
meat, and when the man attempted TO drive itout,
snapped at him, whereupon he picked up the first
thing at hand, which happened to be a knife, and
threw it at the animal, inhicting the wound. The
Court sentenced Napoepe to two months imprisonment
at hard Extraordinarily severe punishment under
the circumstances, for a much graver offense. APP
pealed. -
THE LOcKFAsT BREEcH-LoADER.-We had occa-
sion, several weeks since to refer to the performances
of a gun belonging to Mr.. s.. K. Rawson of this city,
bearing the above name. and we have since had the
pleasure of examining a precisely similar piece, re-
Gently imported from London, and made to the order
of a gentleman here, at the mandatory of the pa
tentee, J. d. Dougall, and it is really a pleasure to ex-
anime so perfect q fire-arm as this. A breech-loader,
as it stood before Mr.. Dongall's invention, had the
barrels merely held insuficiently together by q move
able key, without any grip upon the false breech,
as in the muzzle-loader. Mr.. Dougall not only gives
this grip, but actually with a closeness infinitely be-
yond that of the muzzle-loader, seeing that he locks
the barrels and the stock together with a pressure ex-
ceeding 1900 pounds, and that by means of a mech
anism SO simple as to remind one of the famous story
of Columbus's egg The cartridges are the we'll
known breech-loading of Eley Brothers manufacture,
and the rapidity and precision with which the piece
can be fired, makes it the ne plus ultra for sporting
purposes. Together with the beautiful oaken case,
and appurtenances, the gun cost, landed here, about
$500. -
- In the New York Tablet, Catholic paper)
you may find wonders. After describing an ordinary
ten ton fossil of a hOrse-marine, (Or something of the
kindly the writer says: "1his is nothing to a
monster fossil now on exhibition at San Francisco,
obtained from a foundation of cement and lava near
Stockton. One of its teeth weighs ninety-two
pounds. Clancy a swapping turtle with a mouth full
of 'em y and its tusk is many hundred feet long and
must weigh several hundred tons" Ut must have
fallen from Jupiter y Swallow that and read on.
Under a heading of Marvels of the Age you'll be
informed that at Soriano, in Italy, a very ancient
wooden statue of Saint Dominick was seen at the last
celebration of one of his days, in the very positive
act of earnestly and vehemently preaching and ges-
ti~culating with much excitement. This voluntary
exercise of the wooden figure continued some time,
and was seen by thirty honest people-and might
have been seen by more The Marvel is a-
counted for by ~supposing the Saint to have been
overburdened with intense affection that day, SO the
statue helped him to get it of. The Ia6let comes
frequently to Hawaii in packages alongside the
Scientific american and New York Independent,
and the greatest marvel is that the juxtaposition of
such elements don't some day set a train on fire.
SOME OF THE DELIGHTs.-A correspondent, who
recently made a trip in one of our coasters, after
praising the Captain and the vessel, thus eloquently
describes one of the " set-backs'' encountered ''We
Just comfortably fill the cabin,-and there exists the
heartiest unanimity amongst all in d blessing a
baby that we have on board. OF course we are will
ing to make all due allowance for all things, but
this Internal little impess-(feminine for imp)- takes
a hideous pleasure in screaming by the hour. I
have looked down the sky-light and seen this, or
gan without a stop lying on its back, as comfort
able as q clam at high water, and amusing-yes,
amusing-itsel by wailing and shrieking, sobbing
crying, squaning and bowling. as if it was
bound to condense into one brief midnight-watch the
concentrated griefs of weeks of painful teeth-cutting,
days of infantile belly-ache, and long, lingering
hours of gripping wind and transfxing pins,-and
withsl, nothing in the world the matter with it but
sheer impishness, and prococious knowledge of the
art of torture. One after another do the passengers
UhOAA PNAAhAS O ONN HNAA
blankets and pillows. and emerge from that scene of
torture, and each morning finds US discussing the
most practicable means to be employed in removing
from this vale of tears the unconscious ~ cause of
our misery. If it were not for its mothers sake, we
would have dropped-or spanked-the baby ever
the stern 20 -
THE BRITISH BARK IS MAUD Heller. have
been a good many stories in circulation on the street
in regard to this vessel, which sailed on Friday of
last week. As near as we can gather the following
is her story. The bark, which is under the command
of Capt. T. F. Martin, left San Francisco, July %,
for q port on Puget Sound to load for the colonies.
Immediately after leaving port, the crew complained
of the food, that the bread was mouldy. and the beef
bad, although there was better on board, and sailor
like, kept on " growing " Of course. This went on
until the vessel was half way on the passage, with
good weather and favorable winds. The seventh
day out, up to which time the crew were continually
growing but had not refused duty, or created any