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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

! Miss PoMERoY's CONCERT. on Saturday evening
last, was on account of the Indictment weather, but
SHINY attended. Among those present however,
were some qualified to pronounce q judgment on
music and singing; from these we hear but one ex-
preston of admiration of the lads qualifications
as an artistic. We hope that under more favorable
auspices, she will afford the public another oppor-
unity to hear her.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

MAsoNIc.-The regular monthly meeting of Lodge
lie Progress de FOceanie, No. I24. A. F. 4 A. NJ. will
take place at their Hall on King street, on Monday
evening next, Dec. %. Installation of officers.
Visiting brethren invited to attend.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

AT THE LYcEUN-We are requested to give no.
tice that Joseph Moore, of the Society Of Friends,
will hold a service at the Lyceum on Saturday
evening the 10th, also on Sunday the 9Th. COM
mencing at 1880 P. N. All are invited to attend. .
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

PoRPoIsEs.-A shoal Of these cetseeous mammals
paid a visit to the harbor last Tuesday. and gamboled
about for an hour, combining business with pleasure,
for they fessted heartily on the mullet which abound
just now. Occasionally a pOrpoise might be seen
with a good sized fish in his mouth, as they leapt out
of the water.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

DTssoLvEG VrEws-The entertainment promised
for this evening by Mr.. Maeauley. at BuFum's
Hall, Of a variety of Interesting dissoiving views,
is unavoidably postponed until next Thursday
evening
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

FOREIGN JURY.-We are requested by the Marshal
to say that the foreign jury for the January Term of
the Supreme Court viii not be required to attend IN
til further notice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

TIE PAUoA PoUSD-The authorities have taken
measures to remove the pound-whieh has 50 long
been an annoyance TO residents At the entrance Of
Pauoa yalley-to a vacant lot below the prison.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

CoNDEMNED.-The American whaling bark Joseph
JMurUeH, which met with rather severe weather on
the return from the Northern seas. was condemned
after suryey-and sold at auction during the past
week. The hull with l~owermasts was bought by Mr..
Geo. Emmes, shipwright, for S1325. and will, pro-
badly be broken up. The spars, rigging and furni-
ture were sold separately, and brought about $4,000.
The ship was an old one, built about the year 1884.
ANNUAL REGIsTER.-We have issued our Register
for 1875, which with the Counting House Calendar
can be had of the carrier to-day, at the low price of
25 cents for both. The Register contains a list of
the Court, Government Officers, Diplomatic and
Consular Agents, local Benevolent and other organi-
zations, ETC., etc. The Counting g House Calendar
has a double set of figures, giving the days Of the
year corresponding with those of the month, and in
this particular will be valuable for the counting
house.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

"a TN9la - 40 70 ~ " corner q koNellA : NeNf
- eut- E,sg 20 commencement
Containing An area Of Isl $500 acres, and being the same
land described 10 Royaf Patert. No. 273O issued % said deien-
daat on the 81 lay OF sepuenber, $500
UuIrss sahi decree. Interest costs and my Ices and e<ams-
sIons be previously satisfied
Hanolula, December IIth, 1874 Sos
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ISTER-IsLAED MAILs.-By the Act Of 1866, amend
ing the law in regard to inter-island mails, it was
provided that leach coasting vessel shall have
placed, in some conspicuous aud convenient place, a
locked p~ost-ofice box or bag, legibly %lettered, and
the master Of every such vessel shall act as route
agent for the Post Office; and all letters properly
stamped and placed in such box or bag, shall be de-
livered by the route-agent to the nearest Postmaster
according to its direction, but the route-agent, before
delivering, shall d,face or obliterate the stamp OF
stamps on any letters so mailed, on pain Of a fine Of
not less than ten or more than fifty dollars" sc.
This provision Of law, which is intended to provide
an accommodation for the public after the regular
hour of closing the Post Office. or at points where
there is no Post Office, has given rise to a custom
which to q great extent shifts the duties of Post
master on to the captains or supercargoes Of the
coasting vessels. The number Of letters thus sent
outside the regular Post Offices is very large, entail
ing much work where it does not properly belong.
We are told that the clerk Of the steamer RiIauea
has sometimes several thousand letters outside
the mail to sort and deliver along the route. Per-
haps the Postmaster General, under Section 399 Of
the Civil Code, has the authority to remedy this
growing evil, which besides being an irregularity, is
. burden on coasters.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26
THE PACIFIC
Commercial AObrrtlstr.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER %.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

Z THASks-Ours are due to Capt Brown Of the
barkentine j. 4. FdEtiRbUTg for Giles Of Oregon
ranarS
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

MAsoNIc-Tbere wIll be a meeting Of Hawaiian
Ledge. No. FL. r. & 4. NJ at is rooms or Monday
evening next at o'clock. Installation ef oheers.
Visiting BceJhren are respectfully invited 20 attend.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

OUR CONSULATE N SAN FRANCIsCO.-We under
stand there is reason to believe that there has been
gross carelessness-even neglect Of duty-on the
part of the Hawaiian Consul at San Francisco, in
discharging the native crew OF the American ship
Illinois, Capt. Frazer. The natives assert that
their passage money to this port was deducted
from their wages with the consent OF the Consul
and we understand from Capt. Smith, OF the Har-
Dor Masters Office. that no statement Of the catch
Of The vessel nor of the accounts of the men, has
been forwarded to him-merely a list of the bal
ances due each man. The matter is under inyesti-
CATION by the proper authorities, and we shall take
occasion to refer to the subject again.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

New YORK AssoCIATIoN.-At the annual meeting
OF this body-the Broadway Tabernacle, n. T., city
the reports Of the delegates to New Htyen were in
quite a different strain from those made by the dele
gates in the New Jersey Association. These saw only
good in the Council and claim that such a national
organization is just as much needed for the country
ut large as the State Association for the State, or the
local Association for it's own more limited territory.
On Thursday morning a carefully prepared paper
upon /" Responsive Worship" was presented by Rev.
DR.. COrwin, of jamestown, N. Y. and is to be pub
lished in the Minutes Of the Association. 1t did not
favor responsive worship, but contended earnestly
for the good old Congregational and Presbyterian'
simplicity. 1t criticised sharply the mumbling and
m~Outhing and tagging sometimes Characteristic ofthe
responses, and contended that one good reader would
be much more likely to give the sense of the Scrip
lures than five hundred reading in discord, and each
watchingto see how fast his nearest neighbor is get
ting over the verse.
lin the foregoing, which we copy from the Cali
fornia Pacific, old acquaintance of the Rev. Eli
Corwin, formerly of Honolulu, will recognize his
style.1
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

TaE BJErH-DAr Of II. r Il. the Prince Rrgcot'
occurs on January 10Th. which coming on Sunday.
We understand that the guh will be observed as a
pubiic holiday
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

The FORESTS ON HAWAIIAN old resident Of
Waimes gives US some interesting facts respecting
the forests on the windward side of Hawaii. Il will
be remembered that some ten or fifteen years ago, a
species of worm appeared on these Islands which was
very destructive of the cocoanut trees, whole groves
being decimated in some localities. That insect dis
appeared after a few years, and now a similar pest
has made its appearance in the koa forests Of Hawaii.
On the slopes of Mauna Kea, about midway Of the
belt of timber, there is a plainly marked strip in
which for miles the trees are being denuded of their
leaves by these worms (r caterpillars), and the
trunks are dying, while the ferns and parasitic vines
are green and luxuriant around aud upon them.
Every insect is said to have its natural enemy, and
it is q pity but that we could know and introduce the
enemy Of the koa worm. Our informant adds, how
ever, that in many localities on the sides of the
mountain where there never have been any woods,
the young koa is ~springing up abundautly. This is
a redeeming feature. provided the cattle do not de-
stroy the incipient forest.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

CooL-A native approached al old resident the
other day, and offering a dollar and a bali, r.
quested that be would purchase herewith a bottle
OF brandy as bis (tbe ~native's) wife was very sick.
His q little game did not succeed bat il Is only
e few weeks since a foreigner was tined SIS IN the
Police Court for procuring liquor for the same
native, on similar pretences.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

SMUGGLING BY A NATIvE.-Last Tuesday q native
named Waiahs, was tried in the Police Court on .
charge of smuggling goods of foreign manufacture.
the same being sundry pieces of broadcloth, known
as Navy Blue" He was q washermsn it appears,
and in bringing ashore the bundles Of dirty linen
from a war ship, he brought concealed therein the
brosdcloth, which he sold to customers on shore. A
pattern for a pair Of pants that would cost from 81
to SO in the stores, could be bought Of him for
from SO to 81. He was found guilty on Sc seral
charges, and was fined in the aggregate 500.
CHRIsTMAs.-Stores and places of business we're
very generally closed yesterday, all day, eVidencing
the growing disposition to observe this worldwide
holiday. The usual service for the day was held at
the Catholic church and at st. Adams. On Christ
mas eve there was q large gathering of the teachers and
children of the Sunday School at Fort street church.
when there was singing and scripture reading, fol-
lowed by the distribution of the gifts on two large
and very handsome Christmas trees. We missed this
year the midnight mass and beautiful choral service
at the Catholic church, which was omitted on account
Of repairs on the building. Throughout the city,
Christmas trees were numerous in family circles, and
the juvenile portion Of the population was very gen.
orally made happy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

TEMPERANCE LECTURE-We learn that early in the
coming week (due notice Of time and place will be
giveu) a lecture on the subject Of temperance will be
delivered by Mrs. DR.. NJ. A. Thompson, of Portland.
Oregon, who arrived here by the bark Garri6aidi.
This lady was connected with the resent : Women's
Crusade against the liquor saloons in that city. and
can give some vivid descriptions Of her experience
She is a regularly educated NJ. d, and returns short
lv 70 Portland. where her family reside. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

PERsoNAL-The friends of f Fenard, ESQ, late
q resident Of our city will be glad TO learn that no
has been appointed TO a professorship in a literary
Institution in the city Of Brest in his native France.
nor will those acquainted with his literary tastes be
surprised to hear that in a most rigid examination
OF over one hundred candidates of which only one
in six passed he stood the third in qualification Of
the few (about twenty who passed the ordeal. We
congratulate him on his well deserved success and
wish for him a long course of usefulness.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26
MARSHAL'S SALE

James l.. Dolcset, Complainant, as. q.
W. PHPO, Defendant.
DEFORE THE HON. A. p. UDD JUS
ID tee % the Supreme Court Of Law and Equity Of the
Hawanan Islands. ~ virtue % a decree issuing out % tie
Supreme Court % Law and Equity o. the Hawaiian Islands in
favor o. the above named complainant for the sun Of S3o4 %,
SATURDAY. the I'd DAY OF JAN'Y, 1878,
Al ne C0un Hease Door, In HonoIuIu, Island Of Oahu,
-..-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-26

EXTRAORDINARY LoSGEvIrr.-From the Faya-
Tense, a Journal published at Fayal. in the Azores. a
friend translates for us the following: "a letter
received in this city from Brazil. says that in the city
of Compos. in that Empire. there lately died a man
by the name Of Jose Ccntinho, at the wonderfully adj
vanced age of lis years He was married six times.
had AZ children. 123 grandchildren. sc great grand
children, % G. 6, grandchildren, and 20 & &. &. grand
children-in all 294 - That is something like hoo
ulu Iakui.
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You can't tell pretty much about the character
of a man nowadays till he loses it.
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Very Superior Cottage Pianos |!
II WINES AND
SUNDRIES.

40 and IS inch Light and Heavy Buraps,
Wool Packs,
D. Corsar s so=s' Standard Navy Canvas. asstI- numbsrs
D. Corsr & sons Standard Merchant Canvas, Nos IL *
Best Double Screened Welsh steam Coal,
Fire Bricks, India Rubber Hose,
FLOOR Oil Cloths, Liverpool Salt, Twine.
Fepce Wire. Coolers, McOnie's CHARTERS. slaiess
1851 sc, sc, &c u"
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

on selfish interests whose eyes are
turned inward, and whose thoughts are
centered upon getting much, and CIV
ing little. will ever wear a downward
look and contracted brow. He shuts
himself away from the light Of human
brotherhood and the warmth Of human
affection, and grows dark and cold,
His disappointments are more bitter
than those of others-for no one shares
them; his successes afford hmm less
pleasure-for no one rejoices with him.
The benevolent man, on the contrary,
whose sympathies are deep and warm,
who delights in promoting happiness
and soothing sorrow, whose heart beats
in quick response to the joys or woes
Of his fellow men-will have within
him a fountain of cheerfulness, from
which all may draw. If any one is ha-
bitually cheerless and joyless, he, may
be very sure that something within or
around him is wrong, and needs correc.
ton Let him examine his life and
character, and SO purify their springs
that he may be enabled to shed abroad
upon the world the sweet aud refresh.
ing influence that can only emanate
from a cheerful spirit. .'''.1
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IDAHO WORLD.
~ FROM HoU

ssrh.aAv oIruns bou. That aaAs his hf&ls share.
And hies nom home, with many gossip's prayer
Turns on the neighboring hill. once more to see
The dear abode Of peace and prtvacyi
And q he turns, The thAtch among tho tres.
The smokes blue Wresths ascending with tne ofee1e
The villaee common spotted white with sheep.
.The chnScAysza yevs round which his Athess sleep
IN rouso R16&d6ooss sQz1ly pleeslne train, i IL
Ara 90 hJdo6 md wesps, ana lonks again. = :
90. when the mild Tupis dared explore
Ara yet untovght and worlds unknown before.
And Sith 10 Son6 Of Science, wooed tho gale.
That rising. sweled their strange expense OF SAL;
So, whom h6 breAfAed hin arm. yet fond adieu.
Borne ffQm III lea1y hut his cared canoe.
And I'll his soul best loved-such tears he shed,
While cash soft scene Of summer. beauty ned.
lI0ue o;ee ~ raw wf9tSOl look he casS 4
iIonR WaScHedt he streaming tgnl nom the mast;
TN 3wilight's dewy tints deceived his eye.
Ana fairy ftosts ltinged tho evening sky.
90 ScotSs,s Queen, . slowly dawned the day.
Roee on her couch. and gaxed her soul away.
Her eyes had blessed The beaepns gimmering height
That hinAly tmpe6 the teathefy surge Vim Hight; ii
yHut nov The morn with orient haes protfayed
Fan castled cli6. and brown monastic shade:
An touched the talisman's resistless spring.
And To- what busy tribes were instant on the wing!
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

OrIrA. ETc.-Thc advocate with the
long maine discourses upon the nccessi.
~ of tea, coffee and opium as intellect.
ual helps and restoratives, but says al.
cohol supplies the need much better,
and without producing any of the evil
effects Of tea, coffee and opium. Com.
forting To the drnnkard who sees snakes,
TO think what horrible spccters he has
escaped by avoiding tea. Comforting
TO the wife who gets kicked, knocked
down and beaten by a drunken hus.
band, to reflect upon what horrible
fate would have been hers if the brute
had used tea in the place of whisky
Rescue.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

A BEDoUIN's IDEA or GoD.-"What
will you do on coming into Gods pres
ence for Judgment after 50 graceful g
|lifew said ! one, day to q spirited
young Sherarat,a whose long matted
lovelocks, and some pretension to dan
dihood, for the desert has it's handles
too, amid all his ragged accoutrements,
accorded very well with his converse
ton, which was nowise Of the most ed
flying description.
"What will we dow was his unhesi.
tating. answer, why, we will go up to
God and salute him, and il he proves
hospitablc (gives us meat and tobacco),
we will stay with him; if otherwise,
we will mount our horses and ride off,
This is fair specimen of Bedouin ideas
touching another world, and were not
afraid Of an indictment for profaneness,
| might relate fifty similar anecdotes at
least. Nor did / ever meet, among the
genuine nomadc tribes, with any indi-
vidnal who took q more spiritual view
whether Of the Deity. of the soul of
man, or of any other disembodied being
soever. God is for them chief, resid-
ing mainly, it would seem, in the sun,
with which indeed they in a man.
ner identify him, as we have al
ready noticed, somewhat more power
full OF course then their own head man,
or even than fetal himself, but in 9th
er respects of much the same style and
character. The spirits of their frequent
ghost stories, such as Ghool, Diam,
Maradah, and the like, frightful beings
by all accounts, and somewhat resem-
bling the kobolds, Mixes, and Wild
Hunters OF our German neighbors, are,
for all their diabolical propensities, very
corporal beings, and can ever intermar-
~ with the human race, though the
children arising from such alliance are
said to be, and no wonder of remark
ably bad disposition. The souls of the
dead, for their part. are little better;
they are pleased with, nay, require,
sacrifices al their tombs, aud the blood
thus shed nourishes and satiates them.
-Falgruss Tf'uueis in 4arabia
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The observations Of married man
have led to the conclusion that money
put into mirrors is good investment,
as it affords q marvellous amount OF
comfort and qualification to woman.
He says his wife thinks just as much of
consulting her glass when she ties on
her apron as when she ties on her bon
net. and while he goes to the door at
once when there is rap, she exclaims.
Mercy! Joseph, who is that?' and dash
es for the looking glass. ao
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

OvKRpAm.-Luttrcll in good spirits
and highly amusing, told story Of an
lr;shman, who, having jumped into the
water tosave man from drowning, upon
receiving sixpence from the person as
a reward for the services, looked first
at the sixpencc and then at him, and a,
last exclaimed, by -, Pm overpaid
for the job" aae taao 1' b
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

:. CHARLEY, what makes your, cheeks
so red9' asked his sisters admirer oil
the little five.ycaf old. "ACause put
some Of sisters paint on. She puts It
on everyday" II, was a painful dis.
closure for everybody--at least Charley
thought 90 after the visitor had gone.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

cestfal home of his race. There are
few who would not feel pleased t.. hear
that Byron was once more reigniDg
at Newsstand. 49, istsa
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

\ 1Afszl51p exchange sayss "ElizI
helh, Eliza, Isshel, Betty and Bess are
~ derived from ono name, ElIspeth,
0Aieh ,Weens power o. God, l 3 80.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

A KENTUCKY husband told his wife to
take a hammer and knock out all his
teeth, and she remembered her mar
riage vow and did it; and now he rises
up and calls her several participial adj
jectives, and blessed is not one Of them.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

A VERMONT man went over to an Island
to live IS Robinson Crusoe did; but his
wife followed with Q club, and his soli-
tary life lasted only. three hours.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

Ii1A CHcAao coroner's jury rendered .
verdict that d man whose body was
found in the river, came to bis death by
q blow on the head, (which was given
either before or after drowning" az =
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

MILWAUKEE, styles Chicago her ''coG
6agrationary suburb" 1900
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15

Firs1 lay Of gravity -nevcr laugh =
your own jokes. asss h'psN VIZ ,fEsss'
, 1874-01-31
NO. ..

gress of education among the labouring
population, although Annual Reports were
regularly sent in to the School Commits
sion by the late interchangeable Inspector.
1t is a iamentable fact, that little or no iu-
teIest has ever been taken in these affairs
by the public in general but it is more
than probable that such interest might
have been excited directly through this
agency, and would, no doubt, have exer-
cised a healthy and beneficial influence on
the class Immediately concerned.
What is here remarked in reference to
the Country Schools, bears with equal
propriety upon tho state of things connec-
ted with the Town Schools in the same re-
spect but now that a new impetus has
been given to these matters, it is earnestly
hoped that the languishing interest of our
community in general, in educational mat,
tiers, will be excited and kept alive by the.
available means for giving some information
oftheir progress and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ing through the Press.