The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-11-15
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Aobtrtistr
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Is.
BRIEF
Only 43S more MALE Chinese yesterday!

tWtV 41S more MALI GHiltce Yesterday .
"
The steamer Lsha1 which Ien here on Fri
day the 9Th inst. had a large freight for Houokaa,
on the weather side of Hawa aud her orders
Were Ia remain until il was landed. This taken in
connection with the recent stormy weather, may
account Tor her non-arrival here on Thursday as
usual.
Fatal ACCIDENT N KoHAA.-By a letter from
Kohala dated on the 9Th instant. we are informed
that a few days previously AZ the big gulch beyond
Multi. a native man engaged 10 some employment
on the edge OF the p~recipice fell from the top to
the bottom. a distance Of several hundred feet.
and OF course was instantly killed.
A Book ON CoOkERY-Among the housewives of
this city it has long been felt that the Cook
Books of other lands were not quite suited to our
circumstances here. Accordingly a amber OF
ladies have contributed Of their various knowledge
and experiences. and the result is a neat. compact
book on cookery. This is now going through the
press, being nearly completed. and viii be on sale
at the Fort Street Church Fair. on Thursday next
THE OHIo ELECrIoN-A good deal of Importance
has been attached by political parties in the States
on the result OF the election in Ohio. which took
place on the 10th of last month. The Republicans
have swept the State, their candidate Tor Governor
beating that of the Democrats by l7.I29 votes. In
the Legislature the Republicans will have a clear
working majority in each House. The result en-
sures a Republican Senator in the place OF Thur
man.
g-By a communication received from Kohala,
Hawaii, we are informed, that on the 2lst ult, the
planters and mill owners of that district held a
meeting for,-we quote from our nformant,-the
purpose of considering questions of mutual benefit to
those interested in the culture of sugar cane. The
meeting was largely attended, and on permanent
organization DIR. Wight was selected as President,
with DR.. Thompson as vice president, and Messrs.
Montgomery and Hookano as secretaries. 1T is to
be hoped that not only will similar societies be
organized in every district but that we may also
have n national society where DELEGATES from the diff
ferent localities may give their experience for the
edihcation of Others"
A FAIR NEXT THURsDAY.-On Thursday after
noon next, November 20, the ladies connected with
the Fort street Church will bold a Fair in the base
ment of the church building, the avails of which will
be used for paying for the recent repairs and ad-
ditions to the building. We understand that extern
sive preparations have been quietly but industriously
going on for some time past to ensure a grand
success, and we have no doubt it will prove so ; for
whenever the fair in this city take n Fair in hand,
90 there's no such word as fail. So be prepared,
gentlemen, with ~plethoric purses, to at once buy
some well-made article that you need, contribute by
your money to a worthy object, and-win the smiles
of the ladies'.
TRAINING SCHooL-The training school for ma
alive ministers, under the care of the American
I and Hawaiian Boards, on Punchbowl street, has, we
learn, the same number of pupils as last year,-ten
Hawaiians and two Chinese. 1t is designed to make
- AAS hShANeeAS1
with this view the students are ready to do any
kind of manual labor. The mornings are spent in
study and Rotations but the afternoons and every
Saturday morning any of our citizens who may
wish their services, will find the students ready to
do laundry work, yard work, or any such kind of
labor. The wives of the students also reside at the
Institute, and would be glad of any opportunity to
do washing, sewing or house cleaning.
CoNTRABAND TRADE-The Hawaiian Board Of,
Immigration forbids the selling or trade in FIRE
arms and ammunition to natives of the Pacific
Islands by those who go in search OF laborers. A
correspondent says on this subject: The most
erroneous ideas exist here regarding the sappiy-
ing of Islanders with guns and ammunition, The
fire arms. as they obtain them, are not anything
like so dangerous to life as their own spears, clubs
and poisoned arrow When the time-expired
laborer goes home from FIJI, he always takes a
gun and ammunition. Like a boy with a pop gun
and fire crackers. he is fond of the noise. They
use the guns for saluting their friends at meetings.
If anything serious really existed against this
traffic in guns, we may be certain the British gov
eminent would interfere, as their humanitarian
views extend to the very utmost point Of utility
or rather the ability to prevent evils"
CHINESE IN HAwAH-The S. f. CAL of Oct. 10
has a lengthy letter from Honolulu over the sigma
ture of 'Oahu " on the above subject. in which
the writer cOmbats the views OF the Hawallan
.salarmists. whose horoscopes of the future are
gloomy enough to make the average citizen melan-
choly." He goes on to apologize for the large
and increasing immigration ofChlnese here. mainly
on the ground OF the necessity caused by the
ssudden and imperative demand for rude labor"
He says 1.-THE present aspect of the labor ques-
ton at the Islands and its future. are well stated
ia a communication to one of the Island news
papers. by planter-son of an Ohio Congressman"
He then goes on to copy very freely from the
letter of Col. z. S. S~palding, which appeared in our
issue of Sept. Is last. Can we guess who Oahu is ?
Will he not also likely prove to be the son Of some
Congressman?
HAWAIIAN STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL DREC-
TORY AND TOURISTS GUIDE.-We have received a
printed circulur containing the Prospectus of a
forthcoming work with the above title and we
agree with the publisher. that if carried out on
the plan designed and set forth, it will supply a
long felt want, and will prove so valuable to
every man in the country-and a good many
living in other countries-that no one will be con-
tent without one. Such a work, TO be thorough
and reliable, will require a vast amount of pains
taking labor and application, necessltatlDg a tho
rough canvass of all the Islands. These qualities
we are assured the publisher. Mr.. George Bowser,
possesses. That gentleman is an experienced pub
Usher. his firm in San Francisco having success
fully brought out a number OF books IN past
years. The subscription price -S3-wil be suffi-
GENTLY low to bring the Directory within the
reach of all.
Z VAGRANTs.-Our attention has been called to the
fact that there is ample room in this city nova
days to carry into effect the provisions of the Pen
al Code in respect to Migrants and disorderIy per
sons. In the hrst place, now many among tine
younger portion of the native population could we
find who, in the words of the statute. without
visible means of support, lives in idleness eating
the food of Others" And in this category might
be found not a few foreign-born Migrants. Anoth-
er offence which is becoming rife among the rising
generation-especially those of foreign paTentage
is the practice of profanity. These should be
taught that not only is the practice a disgusting
one to all persons of good sense. but that it is pun
ishable by law. Section 3 of Chap. 81 Penal Code,
reads thus Whoever, having arrived at the
age of discretion, profanely curses or swears. shall
be punished by a 6ne of from one to six dol
lars
THE RAINsToRM OF SUNDAY-The first real old
rainstorm experienced here in ONE
wears commenced about midnight on Saturday
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