The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-10-23

R FFssf Pse.iicsi .iIo in9 II. s :. , ,. esl'4r,
Secretary ..-..-........A. J. Cartwright, Esq.
II For THE CExTExNIAL-In the window of Thrum's
7 Stationery Store are three bound volumes of The
Friend, 1.-The oldest paper in the Pacific. from
1852 to 1875. They are quite handsomely bound
and lettered. and are intended for the Centennial
Exposition at Philadelphia next year.
WHAT Is Ir?-Tha is the question asked a dozen
times a day by pedestrians while gazing at the OBJ
longs. parallel lines. halfciroles, etc depicted on the
board fence opposite our office. We believe it is in
tended for somebody's sign when finished.
RAMIE AND JurE.-We have been favored with
the perusal of IA pamphlet on the culture and
manufacture of these two textile substances, pub
lished by the Department OF Agriculture at Wash
ington. from which we purpose making some ex-
tracts.
4 FINE srocK.-By the D. C. Murray was received
in good condition two fine Spanish Merino Bucks.
from the Berkeley Ranch, Alameda, California. Mr..
NJ. McInerny is the agent here for the Berkeley
Ranch. This new stock is for the sheep ranch re-
Gently purchased by DIR. Trousseau on Hawaii.
Music THIS AFrERNooN.-The band will commence
playing at Emma Square at Al O'Clock. Following
is the programme
| storm March .flel ke
Overture. opera-Peter schmof, new Weber
Blue Violets-Walta, 6by reqnesD; .CoOte
Grand Selection. o~pera-Madame
I. o. G. THE Sixteenth Annual Session of the
Grand Lodge of California took place in San Fran
cisco Oct. 5. There was a full attendance, the num-
Der of delegates being nearly 300. One hundred
and ihirty-seven Lodges were reported in the juris-
diction, with q membership of 1912.
Non EsT.-F. G. Padeken. who was held for trial
for larceny of cattle at Hawaii, and who was at large
ON bail, has not been seen since last Saturday, and it
is supposed he has absconded. His bondsmen, ina
tives) who are responsible in the sum of $500 for
his appearance, are getting nervous.
New MEDIcos.-The Alta in its list of passengers
from Honolulu per City Of Melbourne last trip,
mentions, among half a dozen other Doctors-Dr.
PEBBLES, U. s. Vice Consul, and DR.. II. NJ. Whitney.
Some one suggests that a new medical institute has
been opened in California at which diplomas are
cheap.
Y e. l AN DYING, EGYPT, DYNG."-The Islander an
nounces its own approaching dissolution. 1t will
be missed-by those who have so arduously labor
ed to keep it alive. When gone, our motto shall
be-De ,nortuis, &c. There is n consolation how
ever in the announcement that we are to have "the
balance of the Hawaiian poem of Kualii." With
out that assurance, we should be inconsolable.
@ death, great newspaper eater,
SUBsIDED.-0n Sunday p. ms the steamship Mac
gregtr came in from the south and left on Monday;
the PdSco de Cana and City Of Melbourne, the
former at 4 O'Clock q. IN. and the latter at l p. m,
arrived on Tuesday, and before midnight both were
off for the Colonies. Then the hustle and appearance
of business aroused by the presence of the steamers
subsidized, and we drop into our usual quiet for
another month. r.re
The MICROSCOPES for our Society was received per
steamer, and on Thursday was placed in position in
the Natural History Room of the Government House,
adjoining the Library. It is apparently a powerful
and beautifully finished instrument, and cost 5000.
We were privileged with a look through it at some
sand brought from the bottom Of the mid-Pacifc, a
depth of some three or four miles. which the micro
scope showed to be composed Of the shells of minute
creatures.
/AN OLD REsIDsNr.-A P. Everett, ESQ.,, who came
7 down on a visit from San Francisco per steamer,
! came first to these Islands nearly thirty years ago, a
passenger by the schooner Kamehameha III, Capt.
Newell, from Boston. In 1868, the firm of
Everett & Co, importers, sc. (of which Jas. Jackson
Jarvis was & partner) occupied the old Pelly premi-
SEES, on the former site of which the store Of Chulao
s. Co. now stands. We are glad to see that Mr.. E..
bears well the weight of passing years.
NAvAL-The French steam corvette VoIfa left
San Francisco on the 18th inst, en- route for this
port. The VoIta's tonnage is 400; her engines are
$50 horsepower; her armament consists of six heavy
guns, with a crew of 80 men. The following is q
list of her officers:
CaptaSn-F loucsud de Fourcroy, Captain of Frigate.
I'd captadn-Duc de Penihieyre. Lieutenant Of vessel.
Staf-M. NJ. Andreani, lie Breton, Faucon, ALBERT, Faire
la Maurene.
1st SU~rgeoH-MauTin.
Asst. SUTgsoH-MechaIn-
asst. PGy~master-Massoni.
Ndu. Neutrality-suspicious..
| GAMBLERS BY THE DOzES.-Last Wednesday night
| the police made q swoop on o place on Maunakea
street, and captured a bakers dozen of gamblers.
They were of various nationalities,- - black spirits
and white, red spirits and grey, "-Portuguese, Chi
nese, kanakas, English and Americans, with some
nondescripts. The :" little game , was monte, and
the owner of the house received q royalty of two
bits every time 8 queen was turned. The testimony
was rather amusing. Somebody's cook acknowledged
to having lost % cents in the game, being the sum
with which his mistress had entrusted him to buy
sausagesI and here one is irresistibly tempted to
moralize, g in linked sweetness long drawn out, on
the possible unhappy results to a family circle thus
bereaved of the ma;utinal sassengers but we
forbear. The two " bankers - we're fined S25 each
with twelve hours Imprisonment, and six others get
six neAs Imprisonment, and $40 fine each. We
have no data as to how often the queen was turned
pn an average; but the owner Of the house deserves
10 be punished, and probably will