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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-03-09

TIDAL WAvEs.-Our readers will remember the
account we published of the tidal wave noticed at
Waialua, Oahu, Hanalei, Kauai, and Haiku, Maui,
in the latter part of January last, and that we sug-
gested the probability that We should hear of volca-
mic disturbances elsewhere. We see by the -AltG of
Feb. %, that Callao, Iquiqui and africa, in Peru, ex-
perienced severe earthquake shocks on the night of
the 29d of January, causing great excitement and
some damage, while Hayti was visited by a heavy
rainstorm, a phenomenon unprecedented there with
in the memory of man. For several days previous
to the date last given some strong shocks of earth
quake were felt near Lima, but no serious damage
was done. Scientists may be able to trace a connec-
ton of these phenomena.
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THE TREATY.

s great deal has been said and written about
the effect Of the Reciprocity Treaty upon the
commercial relations Of these Islands with the
United States and other countries, which seems
to us to be more the result of speculation than
Of a calm and reasonable examination into the
relation of cause and effect. A slight compare
son of the Custom-House Tables for 1877, which
we published last week, with those of the pre-
vious year Will give US all the light we need, to
arrive at the truth. These Tables sufficiently
establish one fact that a great and beneG-
cial impetus has been given to the trade and
business of the Kingdom, which had for some
years been In a languishing condition. Our
residents do not require to be reminded of the
gloom and anxiety that characterized the bust
ness men of the Islands subsequent to 1872 and
lS73-and the relief and joy, marked by the
most lively demonstrations, that followed the
news of the Reciprocity Treaty passing the
Senate of the United States, in 1876. The
Treaty was then regarded as the only thing
that could avert widespread ruin and disaster
from sweeping over the Islands, and the era of
prosperity that has dawned upon the business
of the country since that time shows that the
popular feeling was correct. In the midst of
our rejoicing that a brighter day has arrived,
we must not forget, nor hesitate to acknowledge,
that the Treaty is a boon to US for which it is
not in our power to make a sufficient return,
even if it were expected. The people of the
United States have generously granted us adj
vantages by the Treaty which they themselves
do not receive in like degree, and it is but one
of the many benefits they have showered upon
us with lavish hand.
Many crude statements have been given to
the public in California through the press,
editorially and by correspondents from these
Islands, which appear to have been colored by
a want of proper anticipation of the facts which
would clearly be developed by the working of
the Treaty. These facts will sufficiently appear
by a glance at the of the port of
Honolulu (Which embraces the foreign trade of
the Kingdom) as shown by the tables for the
years 1856 and 1857. We specify the trarsac-
tions in Sugar, Rice and Paddy, Lumber, Build
ing Materials and Machinery, which include
the main articles of our trade. as sufficiently
comprehensive to establish the position that the
Treaty has been mutually beneficial and es-
pecially so to US.
The exports of Sugar and Rice for 1876 and
1877, in round numbers to the United States
and British Possessions snow the following
figures:
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PULLING RELATIoSsHIPs-A correspondent sends
US the following: 81 married a widow who had
a grown-up daughter. My father visited our
house very often, fell in love with my step-daugh-
ter and married her. So my father became my
sonin-law, and my step-daughter my mother-in-
law, because she was my fathers wife. Some
time afterwards my wife had a son; he was my
fathers brother-in-law and my uncle, for he was
the brother Of my step-mother. My fathers wife,
/ e. my step daughter, had also a son; he was of
course my brother, and in the meantime my
,zranGehild, for he was the son of my daughter.
Ely wife was my grandmother because she was my
Aother. 1 was my wife's husband and
,zrandchilc ST the same time. And as the husband
81 persons grandmother is his grandfather, l was
my oR1 grapdfatheKD
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DEPARTURES.

ch Pam bark d c Murray, Frost, for San Francisco
2-Schr Annie, KaIua, for Wailua, Kauai.
4-Schr ManuOkaWai. NaiEi, for Nawiliwili, Kauai
5-Stmr Likeike, Shepherd, for Maui Il Hawaii
5-Schr Kinau, Ahuihala, for Mookai.
6-Schr Leabi, Kaaina, for Kohala, Hawaii.
6-Schr RekauIuohi, Malaihi, for Hanalei, Kauai.
6-Schr Ks Mol, Reynolds, for Kahului, Maui.
6-Schr Nettie Merrill, Hatfield, for Lahains, Maui
6-Schr Wailele, Kalauao. for Maliko, Maui.
Claw brig w II Allen, Jelley, for Molokai.
S-Schr Pauahi, Manu-, Tor Laupahoehoe, Hawaii
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The figures of our import trade for the two
wears are as follows goods in bond not given)

Value imported free Of duty by Treaty, 1sI6..-..S 355,101 SO
" {" paying duty 1S76..-...-.-.-... 1,O66,546 %
free OF " 1877..-..-.----. LOSSES 70
paying " -.-.......---- 1,l2s,4So Oh
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TIKI PACIFIC
Commercial A0Oertl5er.
saturday,. MARCH 9.

II. L. Ii. The HEIR-ArPARENT, accompanied
by His Ex. Governor Dominis, will take passage
by the 81. Paul on Monday next for California.
1t is hoped that the change of climate will tend
to improve the health of Her IIighness, which is
somewhat impaired, and the time of their alb
sence will be governed by the benefit which such
change may produce. We heartily wish the
Princess and party a prosperous voyage, a pleas
ant soiourn abroad and g safe return.
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whose hands is the bulk Of our foreign

shows in whose hands is the bulk Of our foreign
trade, are thus stated
Under American Flag, 76..-. a59 GOO
American 4" 77-.".-..---- 1000
British " ....--------:.-' @5O0N
The figures of our import trade for the two
years are as follows goods in bond not given)
Value imported free Of duty by Treaty, 1s76-.-.s 555l2i SO
paying duty Is.8..-.-". 1 06S SaS S 3
paying " -.-.-...-.-.-- 1,l2s,4So OF
This large amount for 1877, paying duty, COM
prises orders expected to arrive before the law
levying % per cent. went into effect, and it is
probable that the present years showing of SINH
lar importations Will be considerably less.
To summarize the actual increase of imports
for the two years (including goods in bond) the
following figures may be gwen
Total of all imports, $4,000
Showing again in the last wear f................ $4,000
1t must be noticed that the profit to the pro-
ducer of the goods which we imported free under
the Treaty is the only direct return we have
made for the benefits we have received by ex-
porting our two principal staples into the
United States, free, and the difference of that
profit and the loss in revenue on those exports
IS the sum winch the Cnlteu Stdtes Hd'e sdCIt-
feed to our direct benefit.
To sum up, in brief, it cannot be denied that
the kindness of the people of America has made
us what we are as a nation, and that the proud
position We occupy has been reached mainly
through their fostering care.
Our future lies in our own hands our GEN.
tral position in the North Pacific, in the direct
highway between America and Australia, Peru
and China, gives us extraordinary advantages
which only require liberal and wise legislation
to soon place us for in advance of our present
position. Honolulu is the only safe port in an
immense area of ocean, and with a low tariff of
charges cannot fail to become the entrepot of
a traffic that will in a few years far exceed our
most sanguine expectations. The evidences of
this bright era of prosperity arc already becom-
ing apparent let us show that we appreciate
its primal cause.-the Treaty of Reciprocity with
the United States.
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FoR SAN FKAScIsCo-Per d c Murray. Mar Mrs Thos
Long and 3 children, Mrs Hardness, Miss Curtis, Jno z Smith
VI Doan, A Smith, A Lyons.
FRoa WISDwARD PoRTs-Per Likelike, March 3-Captafn
starkey, L ) FoIgate. G Robinson, T Coiter, VI Eckart and
wife, W r Cuthbert. Mrs E C Bond, Miss Bond, Mr. and Mrs
Allen, ii Johnson, VI SHliYan, VI Pettigrew. ID Noonan, W G
Irwin, ii ComweII, ) B Dole, Mr. Watson, Capt Makee, wife
daughter, A p smith, Miss Bmith, Miss Lyons, Col Spalding,
wife and 3 children, J NJ Kalua, ii NJ Kilig, Ka Nahaolelua,
Mrs PHkoi, l. KamaiOpili, and 81 deck.
FOR WTNDwARD PoRTs-PeT Likeike, March 5-Miss
Richards, Ka NahaoleIua, w F McWhister, A F Graham, Ii
T. Swabey, J \ Smithies, W r Cuthbert, w J KaIua, G
AkAna, w Hirst, Capt Reynolds, Simon Kdai and wife, b w
Kawsinui, ID Kamaiopili, and about IS deck.
FROM SAN FRASCIsCO-Per st Paul, March 6-Mrs &
Waters, Mr. Geo p Coleman, Mr. Louis Stein, Hon J Hardy,
Mr. G W spalding, Mr. Martin Foley, Mr and Mrs John Lewis,
and l Chinaman.
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DIED.

HUMPHREY-Ou board City Of NeD York, Feb. Sth, on
her passage from Auckland to HonolaIu. Mr.. L. {. HUMPHREY,
OF Oswego, y. Y. His remains were brought TO Honolulu and
inferred in Nuuanu Valley Cemetery. ". Y. Papers please
copy
FoUGEARAY-In this city, at the Queens Hospital, Feb q,
Mr. FOUGEARAY, Of paralysis, aged So.
WEBBER-At the Queens Hospital, Feb. 18th. Mr.. ALExAS-
DER WEBER, a native Of Hungary. He arrived from San
francisco a few weeks ago sick with consumption. He was a
beneficiary of the Ladies' Strangers Friend Society.
HARBoTTLE-In this city, March Z, ISAAC HARBorrLE,
aged 6S years.
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PORT OF HONOLULU, H. I.
ARRIVALy.

2-Schr Leahi, Kaaina, from Hilo, Hawaii
2-Schr Kinau, Ahuihala, from sea-
3-schr Wailele. KaIauso, from Maiko, Maui.
3-Schr IA Moi. Reynolds. from Kahului, Maui.
3-Schr Warwick, Jno Bull. from Ralaupapa, Molokai
3-Stmr Likeike, Shepherd, from Hawaii r Maui
3-Schr Kekauluohi. Malaihi, from Hanaei, Kauai.
3-Haw brig W ii Allen, Jelley, from MolOkai.
5-Schr Nettie Merrill. Hatfield, from Lahaina
6-P VI s 81 Paul, Erskine, IL dys from San Francisco
7-Schr Pauahi, Manu-, from Hio
S-Fr ship France Cherri, Guignon, &c days from San
Francisco.
s-schr Annie, Kalua, from NawiIiwii, Kauai
S-Schr Mary T. Foster, Beck, from Kona & kau-
e-Schr Kulamanu, Mans, from Kohals. Hawaii.
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We imported Sugar 10 1877 from the United
States, which came in free under the Treaty,
Al 900 lbs. refined cube, loaf and crushed, of
the value of S4.7 100, SO. There were no imports
of sugar from Germany or any other country
in that year.
Our importations of Lumber, Building Mater
ials and Machinery for 1876 and 1877 are shown
as follows.
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MEMORANDA.

REPORT OF 2 VI s ST PAUL, NJ C ERsKINE, COMMANDER.
Sailed from San Francisco, Feb %, at 1888 P N, arrived at
Honolulu, March 6, al 0 P NJ. First 5 days experienced strong
gales from 8 around TO SW, remainder Of passage moderate
variable winds and pleasant weather. E PLATT, Purser.
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VESSELS IN PORT.

NAVAL
u s Flagship Pensacola, Rear Admiral Murray
ii b VI ; Daring, Commander John G J Hammer.
MERCHANTMEN.
Am schr G VI Ward.
Am schr Gen Harvey, Trip.
Am schr LOleta, Dexter.
Haw schr Giovanni Apiani, Weeks.
Am bk Jennie Pitts, Manfer-
Am missionary brig Morning Star. Colcord
Am bk ii w Almy, Freeman, loading
Brit Bk Glencoe, Lamont, discharging.
wHALERs.
Haw VIII brig Onward, Eldredge.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

Books are not made for furniture,
but there is nothing else that so beau
tifully furnishes d house. The plaincst
row of books is more significant Of re-
inement than the most elaborately
carved sideboard. Give US a home
furnished with books rather than fur
niture-both ifyoG can, but books at
any rate. To spend several days at a
friends house, and hunger for some
thing to read, while you are treading on
costly carpets, and sitting on luxurious
chairs and sleeping upon down, as if
one were bribing your body for the
sake of cheating your mind. Books are
windows through which the soul looks
ont. A house WithO.t them is like a
room without windows. No man has a
right to bring up his children without
surrounding them with books if he
has the means to buy them. 1t is a
wrong to his family. Children learn
through being in the presence of books.
The love of knowledge comes with
reading and grows upon it; and the love
Of knowledge in a young mi d is al
most warrant against the inferior ex-
citemen.s Of passion and vice.
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The Russian Peasants.

The Russian Commune or MIR, is The
most prominent among Russian inst
tutions. It constitutes a sort of demo-
cratic government. The Assembly
which is composed of the heads of fam.
lies, makes all the laws, directs all
during the harvest, manages the labor,
Furnishes those who do not pay their
taxes. etc. 1t elects the elder, Ia sort
Of Mayor the collector, the watchman
Of the night, the burgher of the vii
lage. At certain periods the central
administration reviews all the male
peasants of the Commune, from the
latest born to the Centenarian, and
each Commune pays to the government
an annual sum propOrtiOnate to this
enumeration. All families are cOllec-
lively and individually responsible for
the payment Of this sum. 1t is impor-
tant, therefore, that every one should
work, as idleness does not prevent the
payment of individual taxes, and they
must be borne by others. The system
Of corporal punishment still remains in
use against those who do not pay their
dues.
The Commune distributes land be-
tween its members as it judges proper,
according to the res IUrces of the ap-
plicants, or, rather, their ability to
work; besides which every family owns
a house and garden, which is its heredi-
taTy property, and is never disturbed
by the other periodical redistributions.
Many peasants go to work in cities,
and remain there a large portion of the
year, and some permanently; but this
does not prevent their tile to their
rural homes, or exempt them from the
tax. The women and children remain
in the villages. When work fails, OF old
age or sickness arrives, the Russian
retires to his country home,
and the law preserves his cabin, his ag-
ricullural tools, his horse and house
hold furniture when he becomes help
less or insOlvent.
There is wonderful aptitude in these
to support heat and cold. You
see cOachmen seated on their boxes, at
the doors Of theatres and grand estab-
in the most excessive cold;
you see the same men as placidly sup
porting the heat of vapor baths. In most
Ofthe villages there is a public bath of
this description, but instances are com
mon where peasants tske their vapor
bath in the bakehOuse where the fam
lily bread is baked. The operation is
always pushed to the most extreme
limit that man can endure; and often
in winter the peasant leaves this ex-
cessive heat and rolls in snow. Capa-
bic Of resisting all temperatures, habit
tuated to live on little, workers, and
the Russian peasants pos
sess all the qualities to make good sol
diers.
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SunfOwers are rich in honey, and are
consequently good neighbors for bees.
Oil, hardly to be distinguished from
olive by any but an expert, may be ex-
tracted from the seeds in the proper
ton Of one gallon to one bushel. One
acre will produce something like fifty
bushels Of seeds. The seeds, too, make
food not unpalatabIe for human beings,
and very good for animals and poultry.
The Portuguese and American Indians
make a kind Of bread from them and
also use as a substitute for coffee. The
stalks may be used as bean poles while
growing. Dry, they make passable
roofs f 7 sheds and the like, and burn
readily on the hearth. The ashes are
very rich in potash. Altogether it is a
very useful plant, and to crown all, it
has the reputation which scientists
have never disproyed, for absorbing
malaria, and acts as an ssefectual screen
against the scourge Of loW-lying dis
trict fever
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What a dignity it gives an old lady,
that balance at the bankersl How ten
derly we look at her faults fshs is arela-
tive; what 2 kind, good-natured being
We find herl How, when she comes to
pay us a visit, we generally find an op-
pOrtunity to let Our friends know her
station in the world! ''She is my aunt, -
say you, in an easy, careless way, when
your friend inquiries if Miss New. is a
relative. Your wife is peIpetuaIly
sending her little testimonials Of afTec-
ton; your little girls work wOrsted
cushions and foOt-stOOls for her. The
house, during her visits, assumes a
festive, neat, jOviaI, snug appearance,
not visible at other seasons. All, gra-
ciOus pOWersl I wish you would send
me an old aunt-a maiden aunt-an
aunt with a lOzenge on her carriage,
and a front of light, -colOred hair;
how my children should work for her,
and how comfortable I would make
her! Sweet, sweet vision.
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Learn Yonr Business Thoroughly.

The great army of the " Incapables"
is large enough; we should none of US
willingly join its ranks. The half-in-
formed, half-sBil ed in every business
OUtnumber the others, dozens to one.
1t was a good suggestion, worthy Of
being remembered, which Daniel Web
ster ID de to a young man who asked
him if there was any room in the legal
profession" There is always room
in the upper story" said the great
statesman.
The better you know your business.
The better your chance to rise. II you
drOne through your allotted tasks, with
out keeping a Wide-aWalle lookout On
all thai goes on aboutEOn, your progress
will be needlessly slow Youcan gath
er much information by making a wise
use Of your eyes and ears, and, perhaps,
be able to surprise your employer an
emergency by stepping into the next
mans" place and discharging his duties
satisfactorily.
a store in Waterford. A trip to New
York was an event in those days, but
the young man had proved so faithful
that he was allowed to make the jour
ney, and was entrusted with several
commissions, among them being one to
buy corn. He csdne back in due time
with me in the old stage-coach, and in
quiries were made about the corn. The
price was very satisfactory, but the old
gentleman was afraid it could not be
good at 50 low a price. A handful
hich the young man pulled from his
pocket convinced him, but what was
his amazement to find that he had
bought ttOO cargOeS.
why, Edwin, what shall we do with
it?" he asked in consternadon.
Il have disposed of all you don't
want, said Edwin, " at an advance.
stopped in stores as I came along.
could have disposed of three cargoes if
1 had had them"
The profits were clear, and Lis en-
plOyeT said theuext morning, I've will
let some one else do the s'veeping, and
Edwin was made a partner though
under twenty-One. Ifyou have a talent
fer business, twill be found out.
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without a Nemspaper.

Nothing presents a sadder COM
mentary upon the present condition
Of society than the large number Of
families, both in town and country,
but more especially in the latter,
that subscribe to no paper Of any
kind. Hundreds and thousands Of
families are thus growing up utter
y ignorant Of what is transpiring in
the world around them-ignorant Of
the mighty events Of the day. But
who can ten the vast amount of in
jury that is being inflicted on the
rising generatiou-tbOsa who are to
take our place in the busy world st
no distant day-grOwing up with
out any knoRIedgs of the prosalt
any study of the past, this ignorance,
too, being imbued into them by the
sanction Of those who should, and
doubtless do, know better, did theyon-
ly think Of the injurious effects Of their
insane course. Let the head Of every
family think Of this, and place IN the
hands Of those for whom he is respOn-
sible the means Of acquiring some
knowledge Of the moving panorama
in which we act the different parts.
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Chinese Fortune T.Ilers.

These men carry on their profession
in the streets of the city wherever there
/ is tine least available splcc. A mat is
( spread on the ground with Il stick at
each corner, around which Il strip of
cloth is cIst to form an inclCsure for
the furtune-teller AMI his hen-kept
in small bamboo cage. By his side is
an open box CO. tanning a number of
very smaurolls ofpaper, with sentences
or single Characters written on them.
In front Of him is a long row Of sixty
or more small pastebOard envelopes,
which also hold single characters of di-
vinatiOl sentences. a little board
painted white, for writing on and the
ink-stone and pencil are at hand and
ready for use. Aninquirer who wishes
to consult him squats down on his
heels outside the enclosure, pays three
cash (half a farthing), and tells his
story, stating what he wishes to know.
BE is told 10 pick out roll from the
box, which, having been done, he
hands 1t to the man, who unrOllS 1t and
writes its contents on The board. The
door of the cage is then opened and the
hen marches toward to the rows of
envelopes; after peering over them i'll
quisitely, she picks out one and let's it
fall to the ground. A few grains Of
rice are put intO the cage, and she re-
turns. The envelope is opened, and
the contents also written down; from
these two inscriptions the cOnsuIter's
prospects are announced. The hen is
regarded as the arbiter of fate, incapa-
BE of mortal motive in the selection of
the roll, and is therefore supposed to
give the decree of fate, without any
possibility of collision or misinterpre-
tation of any kind.
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The members Of the senior class o.

The members Of the senior class Of
Hanover College was very much eXcer-
cised over the gubernatorial contest in
/ then state-mdiana-and, as a result,
few were prepared to recite on the fol-
lowing day. Among the unprepared
was Judge Walker" a great Repup-
ican and a wag. The Judge not rel
ishing the idea Of taking zero, deter
mined to run the chances and recite.
Armed with this determination, he took
his usual place in the astronomical class.
1t being his turn to recite, Professor
Hamilton propounded the following
question "Mr. Walker how do you
account for the fact that it takes us
twenty-foUr hours to complete the solar
day, while it takes us but tWenty-three
hours lifty-six minutes to complete the
sideral day2 What becomes of the
other four minutes?" well" replied
the "Julge," 5oiemnly, 'there have
been quite Il number of explanations
given of this phenomenon, butI believe
that the one now gener lily accepted by
astronomers is that the four minutes
are SET apart for refreshments.