The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-05-17

Coon PASSAGE-The )fGiy Foster lett Hllo at
noon on Thursday and arrived al Honolulu at 4 P.
NJ on Friday. -
SALE PosrPoSED.-The Marshal's sale of the land
of Makaha, at waianae, Oahu, heretofore advertised
for May q. has been postponed until Saturday,
June 2lst. -
Losr OvERBoARD.-Durin a gale, of Cape Horn.
February :, 1878, o seaman named AdclPh Anderson.
a Swede, fell overheard from the ship C0ringu, by
some means unknown, and almost Immediately sunk.
THE KmAUEA it is announced will lay up on
Monday for repairs. leaving on Friday next for
Kauai. a new master has been secured for the
steamer, but not yet publicly announced.
THE Doll SEAsox-With no ships in harbor, and
very little business of any kind going on, our
streets at midday have a Sabbath-like appearance.
Now is the time to take a holiday run in the com
try by everybody-except newspaper men
Music THIS AFTERNOoN.-The Band will play at
Emma Square. commencing at s p. NJ The follow
ing is the programme. 10 conclude with a march
around the square:
Radeizky March, new
Pilgrim C~horus-opera Tannhauser. Wagner
Air Gavotte King Louis XIII
AIua Puhiohe Ohoi-Concert Berger
Austrian Funeral March, by
Blue Beard duaiTlic. tio
STARTLING INTELLIGENCE.-We learn from Lahaina
that at the time of the earthquake-the same probably
that shook down the earth on Lsnai-the citizens of
the second city were panic stricken by the appear
ance of a HUI in the western part of the town, near
the sea, and the disappearance of q Lake, long
located near the centre of the town, leaving only O
Pond. These phenomena occurring so near the eclipse
of the moon have GirpiR a great demand for /" As
cension robes" -
q AFTER THE RATs.-Dillingham has q new style of
rat-trap, that for cunning is bound to secure even
the veterans, if the directions arc followed. You
must fix the platform so that it won't spring, and
feed the rats for q few days with corn meal and a lit
tie redherring, and after they have got used to it,
take out the chock from the platform and you will
bag the whole family. These traps have been tried
here and pronounced the most successful ever known.
"HovoR TO Wnou Honor Is Dur. Gazette
OF Wednesday, speaking of the lepers at Molokai,
says: "Wha:they need now are q faithful minis
ter of the Gospel" &c. That the Gazette aid not
know of the circumstances referred to in the fol-
lowing item from the Nttou of Tuesday seems inn
probable, and we shonld be sorry to believe it was
ignored for reasons connected with differences of
sect
" 4 udNC Olttll 1lil. tiAtbt iAS pun titSe ASDNA
of Molokai, without pastoC or physician afforded an
opportunity for the exercise of II noble Christian
heroism; and we are happy to say that the hero
has been found. When the hitdHed touched at ha-
iawao last Saturday, Monseigneur Maigret. and
Father Damien. a Belgian priest went ashore. The
Venerable Bishop addressed the lepers with many
comforting words, and introduced 10 them the good
father. who had volunteered to live with them and
for them. Father Damien formed this resolutions
al the time, and was left ashore among the lepers
without a home or u change OF clothing. except
such as the lepers had to offer. We care moi what
this mans theology may be, he surely is a Chris
tan hero" -
RAMIE-At Mr.. Whitney's Bookstore may be seen
some samples of the Ramie plant in different stages
of preparation for manufacture. One sample was
raised in London, probably in q bot-house, and
having been cleaned so as to resemble in appearance
the finest fax, is stated to be worth there ESQ per
ton. Another sample was raised in California and
cleaned there by the &" Hughes machine, - and is said
TO be worth in the rough condition as shown, 5000
per ton. There is another sample from Wailuku,
cleaned by hand, and also samples of native olona
and banana hemp. The Ramie grows in these islands
to remarkable perfection. II has been cultivated by
the Messrs. Hitchcock at Hilo, who have expended
some $500 or $500, as we are informed, but they
have not for some reason made it a success. 1t is
proposed by some of our prominent business men to
raise a fund by subscription, "a suitable portion of
land having been promised) in order to give a fair
trial to the cultivation and preparation for market of
the Ramie. Government ought, and we are per-
suaded the Legislature will. appropriate something
for this purpose from the public funds, as o proper
mode of encouraging the development of our re-
sources.