The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-12-01

are found who d-dnounce the uncomfortable joltiDg
they experience over the roads and streets.
No INcEEAsE whatever, We are told by the
Gazette's correspondent. is asked or desired in the
expenses of the Queens Hospital. Let us bear
this in mind. taxpayers, and be joyful.
A ROYAL FRIAR.-The ex-King of Spain, ANA
deus, in consequence, it is said, of the death of his
beloved wife, has retired from the world, and entered
into a monastery of Franciscan Friars at Rome.
A VERY amusing poem, entitled 9 The Macs and
the O's,'' has been left on our desk, but we regret
that we have not space in our present issue for its
insertion. 1t can keep, however, until We can afford
a half column in some subsequent issue.
LAST SUNDAY NIGHT, this Island was blessed
With copious showers of rain. long and much need
ed, and for which we hope every body, including
the congregation of Thursday last at Fort st.
Church, were duly grateful.
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, are becoming fashionable
in Honolulu, notably on Fort Street, the latest
Improvement in this direction being in front of
Odd Fellows Hall. In this respect the Fort st.
trottOirs promise TO equal those OF any city abroad.
M~AsONIC.-The regular monthly meeting of Ha-
waiian Lodge No. 81, F. and A. NJ, will be held
at their rooms on Monday evening next. Dec. Sd,
for the election of officers. Visiting brethren re-
specially invited.
ST. ANDREWS DAY.--Yesterday Nov. 3Oth. being
the Festival of st. Andrews, interesting services
were held at the Cathedral of which he is the pat
ron Saint. 1t will be remembered that it was also
the anniversary of the death of Kamehameha ".
who died in 1868.
THE TELEGRAPH STATIoN.-In the event of the
Submarine Cable Scheme between San Francisco
and New Zealand via the Sandwich Isles"
being adopted. we think that the Telegraph Station
is likely to be located at Waikiki beyond the Park
on the shore near Diamond Head between which
and Honolulu a Telegraph line would establish
connection.
A "TAx-PAYER," writing from Molokai, com
plains about a bridge over a stream on that island.
Said bridge is at Waialua is said to be finished
is described as "A perfect beauty of a BRIDGE
but there is some difficulty about the approaches
thereto. We have no doubt but that the Super
intendent of Public Works-his attention being
directed thereto-will give our correspondent
every needed satisfaction in the premises.
THE LETTER of DR.. Rodgers in the Gazette, on the
subject of the management by the Board Of Health
of the Queens Hospital, is fair and manly, and
certainly suggestive. We say this without in the
least desiring to reflect upon the manner in which
the Hospital has been managed in the past, which
we are happy to know has been quite superior
and unexceptionable, but upon the general prin-
ciple of excelsior.
We find the following in a late number of the
Sacramento Record Union
EE IT, W. MI - . H. A. Il
House. left q will, of which ]. l. Felter is executor,
giving One-half of his property to his niece, O school
teacher, residing in Honolulu, and the remainder
to his nephew in Illinois. The property will pro-
badly amount, after payment Of debts, to $4,000 or
Sc 5000.
We REGRET to read in the Missionary Herald
the announcement of the death of a worthy South
African Missionary, the Reverend Mr.. Stone, who
was also distinguished for his knowledge of the
Zulu Kafr tongue, the Amdzulu being a low dia-
lect of the West KaGr or Amdkoza, the People OF
Cush,; as the writer hereof has heretofore con-
cluded. TRANSACTIONS of the scriptures, ecclesi-
astical and general histories, and q hymn-book in
Amazulu are works left behind by this noted East
Eafr Scholar and Missionary.
PETTIFOGGERY.-We notice in the New Zealand
papers that II. III. Lusk of the late Southern
Monthly Magazine has been fined $50 by the New
Zealand Parliament, of which he is a member, for
" breach of privilege" by taking a ESQ note as a
g lawyers fee,'; in a matter connected with Par
liamentary business, when the honorable member
should have given his services gratis. This should
be a warning to all gentlemen of the long robe
every where, even in Hawaii nei. not to pocket
fees to which they are not legally entitled. Mr..
Lusk pleaded ignorance of the rules of the House.
A telegram says that the House first resolved to
make Mr.. Lusk pay back the money, but he stated
that the ESQ had never entered his pocket. The
House then decided to fine the honorable gentle
man ESQ.
New THEATRE.-Lover of the drama, who comprise
a large proportion of our foreign residents, will be
pleased to learn that a project is on foot for build
ing a new theatre, better suited to the comfort and
convenience of playgoers, and the proper presenta-
ton of the legitimate drama. Should the matter
reach q final c~onsummstion it will remove one
cause of reproach to which we are subjected, parti-
cularly by visitors sojourning in the metropolis.
The proposed plan of proceeding is by q joint stock
company, of which the public will be invited to
take shares, and when a sufficient number are
engaged proper steps will be taken to carry out
the object in view. 1t is q matter which, we are
sure, will enlist the sympathy and encouragement
of the general public. We heartily wish it .
success.
SALLIE, have you called in at A. L. Smiths
store lately ," No, 1 have not.' "Well 1 was
in there this week looking at his new goods for
Christmas, and he has got lots Of pretty things +;
useful too, as well as ornamental. He has some
very handsome sofa pillows already made up also
q variety of foot-stools, just the thing to rest your
feet on when you come home in the evening tired
from work. Then he has some nice busts of Mozart,
Goethe, Bismarck, Beethoven, Schiller, etc.; also
some comic busts. He also has some exquisite toilet
sets, a new invoice Of silver-plated ware, Lustres
wire ware vases, and,-and,-well, 1 cannot be-
gin to tell you all he has got. you will have to go
and see for your self.'' "That 1 will, and soon
too" How are the prices Of his goods 90 " Very
reasonable. Try to be convinced" 81 will" 80
INEQUALITY OF THE SEXES IN PARAGUAY.-The fol-
lowing paragraph appears in an exchange -
THE equality in point of numbers Of the sexes
is most nearly attained in France. For every
one thousand men there is one thousand and seven
women. The other extreme is I found in Paraguay,
where there are two thousand and eiphtv-njne