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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04
Religious Persecution.

y We can hsrdly credit-says the New York Herald
the story that the Spanish government means so
far to forget its pledges Of liberalism as to force the
Protestant missionary now laboring in Madrid to
leave this city Nor is it creditable that the inau-
ence Of the Pqpal Nuncio should be used to such an
object. The effect Of such an example, especially
when under the direct stimulus Of the Papal Min
ister, will be most unfortunate. Here in America,
in England and in other countries the Catholic
church receives the widest liberty. 1t is allowed 10
spread and grow and exercise all the functions Of
spiritual authority. In Germany we find laws lin
ting this freedom, and the result is that the Pope
never ceases to protest in tones that spread all over
the world against the persecution of the church.
And yet, in Spain, as soon as a Catholic prince
ascends the throne we have the Catholics adopting
the same system as Germany. How can the Pope
ask for that liberty to his church in Germany which
he denies to the Protestant church in Spain ? How
can we welcome the spread Of a church in America
which threatens, as soon as it has power, to oppose
and suppress all other churches, and in 50 doing
violate an express and cardinal principle Of our
constitution
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04
KeelY's New Motor.
The August number Of the Boston Journal Of
Chemistry, has the following

The August number Of the Boston Journal Of
Chemistry, has the following
The newspapers Of the country have recently con.
tanned notices Of a new and marvellC 5 motive
power, produced by the :" joint action Of air and
water, > discovered by a Mr.. Keely. Several CORES
ponden;s inquire if this alleged new discovery il
probably Of any practical value. If the claims set
up have any foundation in truth. We think net.
1t is doubtless another scheme like that originated
by Paine, of Worcester, twenty-five years 90. Mr..
Paine succeeded in keeping the Who'll, country
excited for months, by publishing statements that
he had discovered q new method Of decomposing
water and producing therefrom : cheap and brilliant
light. But his light wsnt out in darkness, and we
have no doubt the Keely motor" will soon stop
rotating and the dupes Of his enterprise" will
suffer great disappointment. Keely is alleged 10
have made the following statement, which is enough
Of itself to show him 10 be a charlatan Of the first
water 81 have produced the results which many
persons have seen, in the precise manner heretofore
stated, to wit the introduction Of atmospheric air
into my machine, n limited quantity Of natural
water direct from a bydrant at no greater than the
ordinary hydrant pressure, and the machine itself,
which is simply q mechanical structure. With these
three agents alone, unaided by any and every chem
zeal compound, heat, electricity, or galvapic action,
| have produced in an inappreciable period Of time,
by q simple manipulation Of the machine. a vaporic
substance at one expulsion Of a volume Of zen
gallons, having an elasiie energy Of ten thousand
pounds to the square inch"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04
Report of the Surgeon to the Queens Hos.
pital.

Honolulu, August 3lst, 1876.
To TIE Trustees Of The Queens Hospital:
Geatiemea-I have the honor 10 submit the fol.
lowing report for the quarter ending this day.
The total number of patients at present in the
Hospital is SO. viz, 20 Hawaiians, (32 males and 3e
females) and 16 foreigners, IA paying. The number
of admissions during this period has been 104, viz.
81 Hawaiians. (45 males and &c femaIes) and % for
eigners. Discharged, 76, viz, 62 Hawaiians (33
males and 30 femsles) and IA foreigners. Deaths,
10, viz, Z Hawaiians, 70 males and 4 females) and
9 foreigners 2 from phthisis pulmonalis, 2 rom
dropsy, l from bronchitis, l from disease Of the
heart, l from paralysis, l from debility. / from an-
eurism, and l from erysipelas.
Besides the above 12G new names have been enter
ed in the dispensary books. The greatest number Of
indoor patients was 81. the smallest CO. Daily aver
age during the quarter. indoor patients, 70; dispen-
sary patients, o. Number Of prescriptions, 1856.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT McKIBBIE. Jr.,
Surgeon to the Queens Hospital
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

Ma. EDITOR | beg TO suggest for the eonsidcra-
ton Of the next Legislature the enactment Of . law
"a to regulate the practice Of medicine" wherein il
shall be made compulsory on licensed physicians to
respond, or show good reason for no, doing 50, when
called upon to attend professionally on the sick.
The penalty for refusing TO so attend. when properly
summoned, should be a Forfeiture Ct the license TO
practice. There is such a Law in some countries Of
Europe, and in the United States. sni It works well
in the interests Of humanity
The way / figure it. this community pays about
$4,000 a year for doctors; aud although this is a
sAlubriOus climate, Honolulu has proved a mine Of
wealth to about every doctor that comes here.
nnrr.a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

ready to ask. and has frequently sought the advice
Of the regular practitioners Of our city in eases that
were beyond his ken. II you would fight the kaAuHa
successfully let this gentleman, and others equally
competent and conscientious, visit our sick when
called upon. or else compel, as one Of the eonsidera-
lions fog which a license to practice shall issue, our
regular practitioners 20 give advice and medicines
for a fee within the compass Of a natives purse.
You may say this would be too arbitrary; my answer
is. j, is less arbitrary than the action Of the Beard TO
which I allude. HAWAII
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

A SERENADE-On Thursday morning last, in
honor of the birthday of Her Royal Highness the
Princess Liliu Dominis, the Military band gave a
serenade at Washington place.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

MANUEEs.-The Islander of yesterday has 4 very
good article on this practical subject IL Is a
hopeful symptom when the IS best literary talent
OF the islands bends 10 the consideration al COW
yards, fertilizers and sub.soii drainage.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

THE following is a translation of fhe leading ar
Sept. 2:
sFThe British Admiral's ship, the RePuIse, has
paid US o visit, and gone on her voyage. We regret
to know that during her stay here, there were some
shameful doings on board. The majority of readers
know to what we allade, and it is therefore unneces-
sary to particularize. No one can object to the
people going on board of ships of this kind, which
are indeed curious to see, but the nature of the
proceedings that were allowed on board that ship
were quite disgraceful, and amounted to a real pub
lie evil.
+ Numbers of males and females went on board the
ship, from grown persons to little children. Intox-
jicating drink was given to the visitors, who soon
began, under this influence, to quarrel, use bad
language, and eventually to come to blows. Men
and women consorted together, and scenes of de-
bauchery ensued of the most outrageous description.
Some of the women remained on board until night,
and some even did not return on shore until the
next morning, when they were still intoxicated with
the liquor with which the sailors had supplied them
during the disgraceful orgies. Thus did this ship
become a temple of Satan, wherein we're performed
whatever deeds he might inspire.
"Are not such proceedings a great evil? A fearful
abomination2 In our opinion there is ample reason
here for shame and lanentation. Hawaii should
hang her head, and grieye for her children. MAnd if
such things are allowed Oil shipboard. to the dshonOr
of the British flag, then it is time that Hawaii
should take care that for the future her own people
be not exposed to the possibility of q repetition of
such scenes of disgrace and humiliation"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

SAILING ORDERs.-We learn that the U. S. 5.
Pensacola, Admiral Almy, will probably leave here
for the coast of Mexico, during the latter part of
the present month.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

PoINTING.-The front of G. c.. McLean's new
brick building on Nuuanu street has gone through
the process of what builders call pointing giving
it such an attractive appearance that passers-by
point at its near neighbor makai, and remark
that it deserves the same kind of a%dornment, Mr..
Mclean has not only greatly enhanced the value of
his own property by the two handsome, substantial
buildings he has placed upon it, but he has also
thereby advanced the interests of property holders in
his neighborhood, and earned the commentator of
the community at large.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

MEssRs. HALsTEAD & GORDON are reported to have
purchased the Chamberlain Plantation, at Waialua
/ on this island. for SOS. 900.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

FoE TuE UNroRIUSATE-The total receipts from
the bali and subscriptions in aid Of the sufferers by
the inundation in the South Of France, amounts to
about 5000 The following IS . Iist Of eontributions:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04
NOTES OF THE WEEK

The NEXT MAIL will probably be brought by the
British bark JalatcGr, to leave san Francisco
August %.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

The LAsr-We are requested to state that the
next and last dancing reception on board of the U.
S. Ship Pensacola, will be given on Thursday, Sept.
10th, from 8 p. m. till sunset.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

FROM DEATH TO LIFE.-An operation, known to
the medical profession as TracheOtomy, was per-
formed on Wednesday of this week by DR.. Troussesu,
on a boy of about ten years of age, who was within
a hair's-breadth Of death from acute laryngitis-
commonly known as Group. The operation consists
in cutting into the throat and relieving the ~windpipe
of the accumulation of mucus that is strangling the
patient. 1t was all over in ten minutes, and the
little fellow, rescued from the jaws of death, is
doing well.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

A New SPRINKLER, the invention OF Dir. Thos.
Lack, throws water in a continuous shower over a
space of seventy feet. 1t is just the thing for
lawns, gardens, etc.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

HALF-MAsT.-The flags on the Government Build
ings and the shipping in port were displayed at
half-mast on Thursday last, as a token of respect to
the memory of the late Hon. E. II. Boyd, as were
also the flags on the different Engine Company houses,
Mr.. b. having been for a number of years an active
member Of the Fire Department.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

MEND YOUR WAYs.--We would beg to suggest to
householders that they might escape being the
cause of much hasty and too high-flown language
by pedestrians at night, if they would trim trees
and shrubbery overhanging the sidewalks. This
applies to the mauka portion of King street beyond
Fort, and to many other places about town.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

PART OF a LIBRARY belonging To the late Theo.
Metcalf was sold at auction yesterday, and the
books. being an excellent selection, brought good
prices. An edition of Hogarth. (which is rare)
hEo,nht 900 20
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

S~uRGERY.-Says a recent number of the London
Lancet; at may be fairly asked whether some
thing like the attainable limits Of even conservative
surgery have not now been reached. Within the
last few years mild and compromising measures have
been successfully substituted for bold and radical
operations limbs formerly condemned have been
saved by the comparatively small sacrifice of a joint,
and cases which in the opinion of the older surgeons
wonld have been considered hopeless are now treated
with the confident assumption of a prospect Of re-
cOvery. Quite recently surgical conservatism has
gained still greater conquests; for by the adoption Of
a method of operating for which We are chiefly
indebted to the active intelligence Of Prof. Esmarch
of Vienna, a joint may now be excised, or even o
limb removed. with little more than the mere sight
of BLOOD Under the above method, an operation
was performed this week at the Queens Hospital on
a young man injured by carelessly attending a cir
cular saw. Four fingers were amputated above the
joints, without the loss Of a drop of blood. The
whole operation, including the application of the
elastic bandages by DR.. Trousseau, who first intro
duced them here, lasted ten minutes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

OAHU CoLLEGE.-By advertisement it will be seen
that the new schoo! year of this institution begins on
Wednesday next, Sept. 9Th. The corps of teachers
consists OLA. Pratt, President; F. W. Damon, Pro-
fessor of Languages; Miss NJ. Trowbridge and Miss
T. Eckley, teachers, and Mrs. Pratt, Matron.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

I CONCERTS BY THE BAND.-Mr. Berger and his
ibandsmen having returned from their months vaca-
ton, the evening subscription concerts will again be
in vogue-the first of the season was given last
evening at the residence of E. F. Bolles, Esq,
Beretania street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

NUsIC rms AFTERSooN.-The hand viii commence
playing AZ Emma Square at ) O'Clock Following
Is the programme
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

CHINA ToYS.-This is the name We have heard
applied to that part of Nuuanu street which is COM
prised between King and Beretania streets. Through
out the whole length of about half a mile there are
but ten stores not in occupancy of the gregarious
Chinese, where they carry on the occupations Of
retail store-keepers, restaurants, shoemakers, tailoTs,
rice-cleaners, etc. etc. Industrious they certainly
are, as a rule, and apparently thriving. Recently
three large new two-story wooden buildings have
been erected between Hotel and King streets by
Chinese carpenters, the loKef portions fitted up for
stores and the upper as lodging apartments In
case of a fire, what q blaze one Of these structures
would make. From Hotel street to King, everything
is wooden; but above Hotel street, We note the con-
~servstive presence of Mr.. Perry's stone store, and
the two brick ~freproof structures Of Mr.. Mclean.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

A NOTEWORTHY BrRTHDAY.-A pleasant reunion
of the relatives and connections of Mrs. Betsy Judd,
tire mother of the late DR.. G. P. Judd, took place at
the homestead, Nuuanu avenue, on the 18th ult.,
to celebrate that venerable Iady's 93d birthday.
Poems were recited and addresses Of congratulation
made. Says the Friend, of Mrs. Judd "She will
leave q numerous pOsterity to follow in her foot
prints on the sands of time having eighty eight
connected with her family now residing on the
islands. She has had six children, thirty-one grand
children and ~forty-two great-grandchildren.'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

2a-AiaIsh.- Berger
Gam6rC4s-WA IA, (gea)
Grand Seiectiou-OpcTa-M Madame DGchesS
Rissefto sgd SiFca-TrooF, tneW) .RivFere
Ceaffeya = Brabaut-Qasdrdle, -.oGenhach
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

A FISH SroRY.-The Gazette tells Of a sword
fish that jumped 1000 feet over the reef on to the
beach at Waikiki, having become frightened at the
presence OF an iron clad. He may go and tell that
to the marines-on board the Repulse.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-04

A VALUABLE PRoPERTY.-In taking a drive out
on the Kulaokahua continuation of King street,
attention is attracted to the premises just beyond the
Catholic cemetery, the property Of Mr.. c. P. Ward.
The lot consists of some thirty acres, and is thickly
planted with algaroba and, in rows, there are some
seven thousand thrifty young eocoanut trees 1--WE
can't bring ourselves to. spell it "cokernut, the
example of the London Custom-house to the contrary,
notwithstanding } The algarobas will certainly be
valuable as ~frewood, and the cOeoanuts alone will in
a few years produce a handsome income. The pro-
perty is well watered by means Of pumps driven by
Windmills, there being an inexhaustible supply of
water a few feet below the surface of the plains.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-11-18

The Toronto. of GlaSglnM,

NEW YORK, Nov. 12-The brig Cen
taur arrived from Greytown yesterday.
On the I'd of October she picked up a
Spanish negro in a boat belonging to the
brig Toronto Of Glasgow, wrecked near
Navassa, but when aud under what cir
cqmstances could not be learned from
the negro. The crew abandoned the
bark in the same boat and all persisted
except the negro. He was ipscnsible
when found.
\ reporter has bad talk with the
rescued seamen. from which i. appears
that soon after leaving Navassa furious
storm arose ana atll q clock at night the
toremast broke of close to the deck
They cut away the mast, and an hour
alter the mainmast gave way. leaving
only TIE mizzenmast The tempest was
very violent, yet the captain was below
sleeping, and the first mate was lying on
the deck disabled by nail in the foot.
The land was then discovered. and the
captain was called, under whose orders
all hands took to the long boat 1t was.
however. Immediately almost filled with
water. and several of the men were
washed into the sen. Some Of them
chung to the oars, brt were soon washed
away. and the violence of the waves
sresiilv carried the boat away from them
aud the vessel There were now seven
men in the boat with no provisions
Four DAYS they driitei without food, but
secured little water from occasional
rams.
From the mans account il seems clear
that the men lost their reason He de-
s,ribed them as walking about and look
ing Al the sea and sky Some leaped
into the ssa. Some lay on their backs
With their parchedmouths open and died.
Others lay against the boats side and
droorei until they died. speaking not a
word 70 their companions. One hv one
they all went. throwing themselves, or
being thrown. into the sea- At length
he alone was left; He ate seaweed 70
sustain HE. lie caught seabiri oeca-
s'onallv, and sometimes a fish. When
found he was drifting along hel plessly,
md was reclining against the side, his
cad dropping over his bosom. He
,uld not move The beat of the Tor
orto, on board the Centaur, shows where
I has been scrapcd ly the men for the
prose Of eating the DIRT that chung 10
= - -.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-11-18

ACCORDING to 4 statement in Next.
can paper, it appears that the highest
point in the world where railroads are
now in operation is at Apizaco, on the
vera Cruz an Mexico railway, the pre-
else highth Of which. above the level of
the sea, is AIS feet The next highest
Is on the greatCentral Pacific line, in the
Nevada range, which il, III feet above
the level Of the sea The third is ..
Arequipa, an important city in Peru
some 900 feet above the sea level:an1,
under the Peruvian railway system, the
work is to be continued until it reaches
double that altitude, namely, at the an
Gent capital OF Cuzco.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-11-18

TuE question as to whether the Pore
can grant titles is exciting considerable
interest in France. 4 large number Of
counts have received their titles through
Plus X and they are especially excited.
The active cause is the refusal of the
French Government TO recognize a gen
tleman who ha- just been granted title
by the Pope the refusal being based on
the ground that the Pope is no longer a
temporal sovereign, and hence has no
right 10 extend titles Of nobility. A
grea. many ambitious men who have been
directing their attention to Rome doubt
less suffer nervous prostration through
this refusal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-11-18
DISASTERS caused bv tie explosic

DISASTERS caused by Il explosion
of h,edamp in mines occur in the great
or number of instances In early winter.
The first one, SO far, comes from Belgium,
in which Ten men were instantly killed
and hundred injured. These disasters
are invariably due to carelcssness. The
lamp invented by Sir Humphry Davy,
modification of that lamp, are used in
ali mines where Gre-damp is possible. and,
indeed, their use is made obligatory BY
law. With proper care catastroPhes can
be avoided, as the wlre-gauzc which sur
rounds the light prevents general explo-
sion. But it has been ascertainod, in a
large number Of eases, that a careless
miner has rryed open his Empowering
to light his pipe, and the result has been
q terrible loss OF life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-11-18

VICE President WILSON had q Sc
we're and sudden attack of Sickness in
Washington, on Wednesday, and for a
short time Ire was feared to be in dying
state. Later reports announce his i'm
provement and he is considered out of
danger. His disease was first thought
to be apoplexy but it proved to be Sc
we're attack Of indigestion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-11-18

\ lady put her watch under her pillow
the other rIshr, but rrudn''t keep it there
bec#Gse it disturbed her sleep. Ant there.
al the time. VAS her h,d-ticking right un-
derreAth her. aud she never thought CT tha,
at all.
II there is anythirs that vii! bring tears
To the eyes of IN Indian tubaceC Sign it is
to witness a young lady undergoing the
trying ordeal of 81 deavoriuc to bring a
fallen cloihes-line. full of clothes, to d reaIi.
Istion Of its SOLE mn Jury.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-11-18

THE steamship City of Waco, from
New York, was burned just outside OF
GalvestonHarbor,a at / clock on the NOR
ming of the Sth inst. The passengers,
officers and crew took to the boats, and
ioated down IT, coast, the storm being
so severe that no assistance could be ren-
dered them. Carriages were sent down
the beach and steam tug was dispatch
ed outside in search Of the missing pas
sengers and crew. No results yet report
ed. Serious fears are entertained that
all are lost