The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-12-09

EMPHASIZED R,IS-Some one thus characterized
The shower OF Tuesday morning last when for q
lime The rain came down as though in dead ear
nes;. The gentle rain however Is Of FAR more
value to the eOaa'ry than such fierce aeOis
CoEFsE PLANTAEloSs-MT. II. y. Gveenwel',
who aGSeftises in another column. Is he pre-
prietor Of extensive lands 10 kons. the coffee dis
uict par ercslescs Of The Islands, and he oEcrs
superior faeiiEIrs on a cooperative plan 10 intend
ing planters.
PEEsgsvkD FKrTrS--A farmer in OrcgoG has
patented a new proeess Of preserving aud At the
same time ie aiming the natural flavor Of apples.
berries, etc. Some specimens OF these were r.
costly received by Friel & Lame. who expect
herea ter to receive them regularly. Strawberries.
black-beuies. apples, pears. aud indeed all the
fruits of The temperate zoGe can be kept and eH-
joyedin any climate by this new process.
Tn LOVE or MoNEr-A Chiuaman who was
fined $50 in the Police Court for some opium
transaction. is working out the same at 25 cents
per day as a prisoner ia the gang engaged in re-
pairing the streets. There wonid be nothing
worthy of mention in this fact were it not for
another eth the man Is reported to be
worth several thousand dollars. being the propri-
etor of a store in this city. and rather than part
with $50, he thus works il out, while his brother
carries on the store.
MAsoNIc--The following are the officers elect OF
the tive Lodges of this city. for the ensueing year:
lie Progress de rOceanie, No. 1874. a +. d A.
Nd. Dayton, W. M; II. j. Agnew, s. w; f. b.
Friel. J. W. p opfergelt, Secretary J. s Walker,
Treasurer T. Rebm, Deputy in Paris II. G..
Crabbe, Orator A. McDuf, Tyler.
Hdcdiian Lodge No. 81. f. q A. ND. X. Fyfe,
w. NJ. tre-elected) W. L. Wilcox, S. W: II. r.
McIntire, J. w. C. T.. Gulick, Secretary (reeleet-
ed F. A. Scbaefer, Treasurer (re-elected)
SRARRows-It will be remembered tiat several
attempts have been made to introduce here the
English sparrow from the Colonies. But they
don't seem to appreciate this bird down there,
judging from the following remarks Of a CORE
~spondent of the Waikato Times: "A week ago,
procured some strychnine, dissolved it, soaked
some wheat, and shutting up my fowls for the day,
laid some old bags on the ground, and ~sprinkled
the poisoned wheat over them, and had the pleas
ure of taking up some twenty-seven sparIows, who
will neither eat grape nor cherry in my garden
this year, as they did last. Their crops were full
of wheat, but not an insect could / find in those l
examined"
Police REPoRT.-We may call this week a very
dull one as regards business in the Police Court.
Opium is decidedly on the decline. Prices for the
article in private hands are said TO show a very
high figure, but no lots have entered the station
house warehouse. Two native women were in
duced to invest a quarter in the article at the
establishment of Celestial Alo, and just com
menced operations for a good smoke, and almost
ready to catch Celestial bliss, when a policeman
caught them and introduced them 10 the blissful
dreams of q cell. His Honor sent them for ten days
each to Kawa, while Alo is receiving two months
board and lodging with healthful exercise for one
quarter. Isabella, to whom we referred last week
as being willing 10 return to her FIRST love. and
having wreathed her husbands face in happy
smiles, acted worse than the other Isabella and in
a few hours time after her Liberation had disap-
peared again, and is wandering about in this cold
world with the thermometer below blood heat.
like the babe in the woods. We hear that several
policemen are kindly searching and would advise
to spperscribe the warrant with a gentle note,
Z" Come back TO me, my love, be ever kind and
true and if You can't be true, be as true as you
can" 1t would not sound harsh at all, and act
like a sprinkle of salt on a birds tail. Alo, an
other Alo, undertook to correct, enliven or en-
Tighten his better half and forfeited $25 bail. The
parties not appearing before His Honor, We are
unable to give their true pen photographs, either
of the Celestial expounder of Celestial thoughts on
education or that of this terrestrial Eve that want
ed forbidden apples.