The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-06-24

the Lawrence case retired to consider their verdict q
half an hour before the steamer left. 1t is stated
that one branch of ' home industry" the manufac-
ture Of o~koiehao, is being carried on briskly near
Lahaina, and that it can be bought freely in the
town for So per gallon. In truth, Lahaina is some
years ahead-or behind, which is it P of Honolulu.
ANOTHER kAHUNA Casa case comes up this
morning in the Police Court, which is likely to prove
interesting. A native woman. who had been under
treatment for diarrhea by q foreign physician,
somehow got into the hands of a native pretender to
medical skill, who gave her, among other things, a
dose of a substance called akia, or sometimes haakea.
IL is the bark of a small shrub that grows rather
sParsely in some localities, is of an intoxicating
character, and is used to poison fish. Native testi-
mony agrees in pronouncing it a deadly poison when
introduced into the human system. The woman who
is said to have taken it, at all events died, and the
kahuna is prosecuted for practicing medicine without
a license. If the use, knowingly, of the aka is
proved. the case may result in something more seri-
Gus than a charge of illegal practice.
THE Doc NUIsANCE.-The putting into force of
the law for the destruction of dogs that are not
marked "paid," has not perceptibly decreased the
nuisance of the yelping ours that snake night
hideous," in and about the city. Scarce a day
passes that one cannot see an occasional "yaller
dOrg roaming fancy free without a tag. So that
it would appear that the vigilance of which we heard
and saw so much has been short-lived. 1t would be
a good thing to inaugurate a new crusade, now that
the CANNES and their harborers have become lulled
into security after the storm. In some localities the
dogs are particularly bold and annoying at night,
and we know of some nervously timid people who
make n DracticP of carrvin0 q picfo1 for fhair houe6f
The steep sides of Punchbowl hill are frequented by
focks of goats, and these are Systematically hunted
by packs of dogs in broad day. Last Sunday fore
noon a good opportunity was afforded for witnessing
a display of the tactics of these hunters. A flock of
goats were slowly browsing their way up the side of
the hill, followed at a short distance by half a dozen
big dogs, whose ~hang-dog looks plainly said "sheep-
stealers." One unlucky goat, carelessly s~traying
behind the flock, was surprised by a sortie of the
dogs, who charged in line and turned it down hill,
skillfully tripping it up on the edge of a steep gully,
and as it reached the bottom bouncing upon and de-
vouring it alive. This is a cooperative" style of
getting a living which it is to be hoped the dogs have
not learned by reading the dispositions of newspa-
per writers. A little strychnined beef would be con-
ducive to the health and quiet of the goats, if be-
slowed in that locality.
The CIRCULATING LIBRARY.-It is safe to assert
that there is not another community of its size that is
so addicted to reading as that of the foreign commu-
nifty of these Islands. We may in fact, be termed a
community of book-worms, and not of that class
either which Pope referred to when he defined a
book-worm to mean a reader without judgment. The
success with which Thrum's Circulating Library has
met since its establishment some nine months ago, is
evidenced by the fact that no less a number than
2,038 volumes have been issued to readers in that
time. By arrangements which have been made, the
Library is supplied by nearly every arrival from the
coast with copies of each newly published work by
popular writers. 1t is interesting as well as curious
to note the comparative popularity of different
authors as evinced by the ratio in which their works
are called for. Thus, taking ten for a maximum,
they stand as follows Dickens, a; Thackeray, 5;
Bulwer Lytton, 6; Wilkie Collins, 5; Chas. Reade, 6;
Anthony Trollope, 5; Pierce Egan, 4; Judge Halibur-
ton, 2; ARENAS Ward. 8; Mark Twain, 8; Mrs.
Henry Wood, 3; Miss Braddon, 4; Mrs. Oliphant.
5; Miss Mulock, 4; Mrs. Southworth, 5; Miss Mulh-
bach, g.; Ouida,' an unknown writer, 8; Marryatt,
Amelia B. Edwards, Mrs. Riddell, F. W. Robinson
Eugene Sue, each mark 4; Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Pardoe, Grace Agnilar, 3; while I. S. Arthur,
and James De Mile, only rate at l. We are pleased
to learn that the Library is now an established fact,
that owing to the demand that has arisen from
of other Islands, extra editions of popular
works have been ordered.
RETURNING MANAHIKIANs.-On Thursday last,
men and women, and twenty-three children,
natives of the Humphreys and other islands to the
of the line, who were brought here two
years ago under contracts of service, sailed in the
- III a. 10 ,t,.oa 20 t6air hapnoo Thic
is done by the Board of Immigration, in accordance
with the provisions of the contracts. 1t is matter
for congratulation to know that the islanders have
gone back to their native land with good Impressions
of Hawaii nei. These impressions will doubtless be
to their compatriots when they see the
stores of clothes and goods which the returning peo-
pe take with them, as the result of their service
here. 1t has been found that these islanders are
very ~tractable, though steady labor comes awkward
to them at first, are honest and measurably moral,
and readily amalgamate with the Hawaiians. If it
should result as we have supposed, that their treat
ment here has been such as to render them desirous
returning, and of bringing others of their coun-
trymen with them, then we may consider that the
problem for the future is solved. Properly
the supply of laborers from the southern
islands of the Pacific, of cognate races with the Ha-
waiian, will be ample for our needs.
There was, however, some dissatisfaction ex-
pressed by the Manahiki people at the lack of accom-
on board the Lunaiilo. When the vessel
ready for sea, with provisions and water and the
luggage of passengers on board. there was far from
room left for the latter. 1t may be said
that they are "only kanakas,'' but it was the
oounden duty of the Government officials to provide
, roomier vessel for them. A little more expense in
matter might prove money well invested.
CrRcUIr COURT, MAUI.-The June term of the
Circuit Court for Maui and a%ndjacenti islands has been
n session nearly two weeks, and when the mail left
Lahaina on Thursday evening, the prospects were
hat it would run into next week. His Honor Mr..
Justice HartweIl presides, assisted by the Hon. A.
7ornander. Judge of the Circuit. In the case of
zaiwiL, indicted for the malicious burning of Thos.
Iobron's sugar mill some two years ago, a verdict of
,uilty was rendered, and sentence pronounced of
Imprisonment at hard labor for a term of fifteen
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