The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-03-02

DldYeT, assisted Dy MIS-. LcfSy WIZ Is CGlcDIdlcud us
a ballad singer, will give a concert tonight at the
Kawaiahao Church. Go, everybody.
To BE LAUxCHED.-Capt. 7. II. Hobron's new
inter-island steamer-the name has not transpired-
will be launched from the %shipyard at the end of the
Esnlanade at 6 O'Clock on Tuesday morning next,
the 9th instant.
CHINESE JEALousY.-It is reported that a Chi
nese merchant from Honolulu came near getting
into trouble with Chinese officials on matters con-
nected with emigration, and that one now in China
on the same business is being 80 looked for " by
irate myrmidons of the Celestial Emperor.
MUs1c.-The band will play this afternoon at
Emma Square, at d p. m. The following is the
programme
| overture. Opera, The Trumpeter of The Prince. ......... Balm
Cavatina, Opera, Fanstaff Bale
Waltz, Manolo. Waldtenfel
Selection. Opera, Macbeth.
Duet, The Two
CAUSE OF DEcREAsE.-A Hawaiian n discussing
the cause of the decrease of the people, declared
il to be mainly owing, in his opinion, to the gen.
! eral neglect of the Divine command g Honor thy
father and thy mother. that thy days may be long
in the land &c. He adduced the history and
present condition of the Chinese. who, he said,
though heathens. were noted for the care they be-
slowed upon their parents; and how very numer-
Gus they We're! :
TEIEPuoNIC.-The telephone is rapidly coming
into use among business men abroad, as a valua-
HE adiHact to the management OF their affairs, for
nv rs AID the III VIII CAS u buCll
establishments as may be at a distance without
| leaving their offices. How convenient this little
machine would be to any OF our merchants resid-
inc in Nuuanu Valley or at Waikiki, who might
not wish to come into town, and who would be
obIe by its use to direct their business without
personal attendance. Who will take the lead by
importing an instrument, and thus secure the honOr
of its introduction? Don't let Mani get ahead
this time!
Naval NEws.-Pay Director Edw. C. Doran, u.
s. n, who resided here in 1875, has been ordered
by the Navy Department to hold himself IN readl-
ness to proceed to Paris as a special commissioner
to represent the [. 5. Navy. at the Exposition.
Paw INSPECTOR Caspar Schenck will probably soon
relieve Pay Master Cochran of the Pensacola.
The Tuscdrord has been detailed to take the
Samoan Commissioners back TO Samoa she Will
nrobabIy touch here en- route and 1t Is SAID the
PeuencoIn will return to California soon. En-
oineer Emanuel, late of the Tnscdr0rd, was re-
Gently married in Philadelphia, to a very wealthy
and handsome young lady.
D1osPYRos KAKI.-The attention of the horticul-
turists on the Coast is now being attracted to this
new and valuable fruit, which is destined to become
generally popular from Its excellence anu Tue 0rna-
mental beauty of the tree on which 1t grows. 1t Is
better known as the Japanese persimmon, but diff
fers materially from the persinmon OF the southern
States. as it ripens without frost. and Is equally pal
~atabIeiwhether fresh or dried. The tree IS promo
bearer and as hardy as the pear. The fruit is pro-
nounced equal to the peach or pear, and is suthclent-
" solid to be packed and shipped with safety. IL
grows to O large size, sometimes ATTAINING a pounu
each ia weight. 1t is cultivated precisely as tie APP
pie, the grated trees bearing in about four years.
Seedlings require much longer time, and are not re-
liable. Col. HOLSTER, of Santa Barbara, Cal, writes
of the d~yospyros kaki as follows: cit is the most
beautiful of all the fruits I have ever seen, and the
mo. delicious to the taste. 1t is of a rich yellow
color. and seems more like a ball OF wax than O
fruit. 1t is simply splendid" We think an effort
for its introduction is worth making; the cost cannot
be very great. Whoever brings it here and succeeds
in its propagation will be esteemed by the community
as 4 public benefactor.