The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-07-07

three-fourths of an inch of rain has fallen in
Honolulu and vicinity, tempering the heat Of
the season and benentting the country generally.
ESTERPRIsE.-Mr. Manson, a commercial travel
Ter for a'Canadian house, recently sold in New
Zealand 1000 gross Canadian Pain-killer,-mucb
the same thing as Perry Davs'-for SIS a gross.
A TELEGRAM in the Alta says Anthony
Gardner has been elected President Of Siberia"
What will the Gear say to that The Alta forgets
the sister Republic on the coast OF Guinea in
Africa, styled Liberia.
AN AUTHOR cannot dress too shabbily-says
somebody. Charles Dickens wrote well, as most
| people allow-but now that he is dead and gone,
here is what they say about him in the papers -
" Dickens would appear in a ridiculous affair
(shirt,) all lace and open work, with a pink
glazed lining underneath, to show of the pattern
and that in society ~ 1t is too much TO expect
admiration for mental and bodily adornments, at
one and the same time.
We have received a report issued from the gov
eminent printing Office at Washington of the pro-
ceedings at " The international Conference on Edu-
cation held at Philadelphia, July IL and Is, in
connection with the international Exhibition Of
1876 Or that occasion the Inspector General Of
schools of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Hon. II. r.
Hitchcock, was present, and spoke. at the request
of the chairman. on the state of Education in this
country ; his remarks, in a revised form, are now
published in this report, to which we may again
refer.
JUST received per last arrival a full line Of
needles for the following machines Domestic
from No. 2 to 8; Weed from No. / to Z Florence
from No. o to 5 Grover. and Baker curUed from
No. o o to 4 Wheeler g. Wilson curued from No.
o to 81 Howe needles from No. 0 to 3; Wilcox
& Gibbs from No. l to 4 Singer a full assortment
for family, manufacturers, and Leather machines.
Also received a splendid assortment of vases,
Toilet sets and silver plated candlesticks also
sterling silrer hinlbleS Finest sperm oil for all
kinds Of sewing machines, John Clark jun's Best
6 ounce white spool cotton for machine use.
For sale at A. L. Smiths Fort street.
Some MONTHS ago, we spoke OF the life-saving
RATS, on board OF the P. M. Co.'s steamers,
after having inspected one obligingly shown to
US on the City of sydney The wonderful
escape Of 30 many people, from the sinking city
of San Francisco" mainly owing TO these RATS,
proves the correctness of our remarks on that
occasion. We notice that the last man to leave
the sinking ship vas Captain Waddell. AT New
York. $4,000 to $1,000 was offered that the re-
port of the wreck was a hoax. They could not be-
lieve that every body was saved, and so doubted
the story.
A KINGDOM without a university looks like
an anomaly. Education in this Kingdom is un-
questionably on a respectable footing. The
foundation of a Hawaiian national university is
consequently not a chimerical idea. The King
and country should feel proud at the thought
OF q Hawaiian University lifting its head beside
all the other universities of the world. The
Curriculum, of course, would embrace the facul-
ties of law, medicine and divinity. A school Of
medicine is highly desirable here, as well as a
law school, and a regular school Of divinity.
How is the Kingdom to be supplied with lawyers,
DOCTORS, and divinesf
A BERLIN telegram of May 2sth states that he
famous Polish general ia the revolution Of 1868,
Krysinsky, was shot at Warsaw by the Russians.
Since the revolution, be lived at Paris as a refugee
till lately. when he petitioned the Gar to be
allowed TO return to his native land. He was in
vited to return to Warsaw by the Russian govern
ment; but, upon his arrival, he was arrested, tried
for rebellion, and condemned to the mines OF
Siberia. Then the poor man attempted to escape,
but being retaken, was shot by order of the
august Gar.
~AMUsEMENTs.-The Circus on, Saturday evening
was crowded with a well pleased audience.
The advent of several performers of merit from
California has added much to the variety and
interest Of the Entertainments. Performance
tonight { ~ 49,
AT the Royal Hawaiian Theatre the Bmpany
o~fartists styling themselves " The WOrld-renowned
Anglo-American Constellation" are the most 6n:
ished in their line we have yet seen. The Bra
hams Harry and Lizzie) whether in broad
comedy, society or character, possess a vitality
that is quite astonishing. Miss Braham has a
sweet voice, with clear articulation, and she
dresses in a style ct for the highest walks Of opera
or drama. Harry Brabam the humorist, possesses
q voice Of rich compass and a power Of facial ex-
preston and contortion truly remarkable. His
ballad Of Honolulu Sal" is something to be
Cheevers and Kennedy (the origi-
nal Buffalo Boys) are the mimics Of the age
the master linguists and quickest change artists
ever seen-and their tour through England
France and America was q continued triumph. |
AS German peasants they have no equals as the
Irish Representatives they are thought to eclipse
the great Power and as negro delineators they
are equal to old Daddy Rice. The company play
tonight & |
CHARLEY Ross.-Barnum, The great American
Snowman, has undertaken to find the lost boy. The
following is his advertisement.
I will pay $40, 900 in cash for the delivery TO me
alive Of the kidnapped child Charley Ross. or for in
formation that will lead to his recovery. I most
solemnly and sacredly pledge my word Of honor and
my reputation as an upright business man not to
attempt for myself TO discover the identity Of the