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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11
A Tribe of Cannibais Tender Their Ser
vices to Peru.

Bolivian paper has the following account oil
the council of war held by the Carapueho Indians
Of Peru. when IL was decided to help against the
ChiIeans On the 2sth day OF last month a great
assembIage Of warriors met under the ancient
tamarinds Of the hamlet Of the terrible
Chief of the Carapuehos- There were over 500
warriors. Of fTigbtful cOuntenance and sinister
mefu. whose gestures showed the joy the prospect
Of destruction and murder had aroused in their
e.rocious minds. Traumaean was seated on a
rnde stool formed Of the bones Of ten chiefs over
come by him. and under q panOply made Win the
skulls Of 100 warriors whom he had slam Titn ns
-ar-cIub or saber. and he presided over the hellish
assrmbIv ike the dark genius Of the woods soon
- Grove thrilled with the terrific howl OF
a. Annm- Chile anum Chile r'-that Is. Death
asefh 40 he ChiIeans Pt--belIowed by 500 throats
ali rsekin0 with the blood Of the human victims
devonred on the preceding evening. hext day an
embassador, clad in feathers, left the royal Sllage,
carving A Communication to the commandant OF
Port San Ramon to the following effect, as onciaI-
Iv translated into Spanish Traumaean, the ter
ribIe Paiaro. the Purple Lord Of the Lightning
KnowIn9 that the Araucanians have offered 10 the
chief Of Chile 500 lances wherewith TO desoIate
Peru. / place at thy disposal 1000 Carapucho aren-
ers- eonquerors OF the CashivOs, provided WIN
sbarp arrows and heavy maeanas, wei ahoih'eu
wi,b ticuua and curare. to defend our people
Whatayer enemy escapes our macanas "itn IN
cracksd skuII shall exhaIe his last breath by our
poisoned arrows. even before death hath seized MS
ho1v
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11
Bismarck's Ambition.

Bismarck is credited with nursing the scheme
of annexing Holland to the German Empire. BY
wav of accomplishing it a. peacefully as possible,
- 3 ~ that he will restore Alsace and Lorraine
IA France. he is always suspected OF being about
~ enI.rre the territories of his sovereign. At one
time the coveted morsel is an adjacent piece OF
Russia Of pronounced proclivitles, or 10 located
inst south OF the Austrian boundary Iine-
In the present instance there are grounds Tor
considering the rumor not an idle one. Like Rus
sia. Germany wants more coast room, IN order to
deTeIon her marine interests and enlarge her COM
msros The acquisition Of Holland would be no
worse than the seizure of Schleswig-Holstein in
1864, simply because they were conveniently adj
iacent and Germany required them.
There IL no reason for believing that Holland
would be less prosperous under the vigorous rule
- Garrnauv than at present, and the annexation
wouId be cf vast advantage to the Empire. The
tendency Of the age is to absorb little powers that
are Of no great consequence so long as they re-
main isolated, bat which may be made exceeding
I, yaIuabIe as fragments OF their greater neigh
bo-.- and may prosper quite as well as before
Fn0land would not be highly pleased with the
sabeme suggested. although herself a notorious
Iand-gTabber, but would court certain oe'eA' ~
Offering military assistance. p,a-
Witb France propitiated, and Austria ana Rus
ala left to deal at their pleasure with turkey 9
Iaks nroTiuces. the enterprise would not be impos-
able 90 a genius like BISMARCK Holland has an
area Of 20,527 English square miles, ana S'oOo,-
000 inhabitants. and reigns over colonial posses
sions equal in extent to 600 $50 English square
m;Ies Tith a popuIasion Of Is 900 900. So mag
uiecens a prize Is well worthy OF the plots OF the
o-eat Chancellor. In spite OF batteries to the
contrary. ULet him take who can remains the
pSlitical maxim Of the world.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11

The present century has witnessed a circulation
Of the Bible throughout the world amounting
to the prodigious number Of one hundred and nifty
millions.
The American Mail says that the development
Of the American trade with Australia and New
Zealand has risen to most unexpected proportions
since the Centennial.
A ciacular has been addressed to the Bishops
throughout the Catholic world; calling on them
to promote a monster clerical pilgrimage to Rome
for the next Feast of the Epiphany.
The revisers {" the authorised version of the
New Testament met last week for their elst ses-
sion. They were engaged in the consideration OF
some American proposals on the version of the
Gospel Of St. John.
The old method OF ballasting ships by frag-
ments Of rocks, &C., is likely to be entirely Fuper-
seeded by a new and cheaper way. Iron tanks are
placed on either side Of the keelson, and pumped
full of water.
The San Francisco Post referring to New Zea
land, SAYS 80 New Zealand is perhaps the most
prosperous section of the British Empire, owing
to its enterprise in building railroads and other
public works.
No slight commotion has been caused among
the pleasure loving section of the people of Berlin
by a police order decreeing the closing of all dan
cling resorts by midnight, a measure equivalent to
their entire abolition. Hundreds will be ruined
by this decree. The proprietor of one temple
of Terpsichore has already committed suicide.
A fish torpedo, which seems to be cruising
about in the Channel for some time vainly en-
deavoring to get run into by some unwary mer-
chant vessel, ultimately came ashore at Ryde, Isle
Of Wight, near enough to the track of the Royal
yacht to indicate a new and unexpected danger to
which the dynasty is exposed. The torpedo is
supposed to have escaped from the Il. M. S. Ex-
cellent.
A man died recently at Cayenne who was tran
sported for life from France % years ago for set
ting fire to Il farmhouse at Longepierre. He left
behind him a wife and five children. The news
OF his decease led to a confession by his accuser
who admitted that he himself bad committed the
crime for which another had been punished. He
was arrested and committed to prison where he
contrived to take his own life.
A German inventor, evidently a sceptic SO far
as the old adge ~ nothing like leather is con-
cerned, proposes to make boots with stone soles.
He nike with a waterproof glue a suitable guam
atty of clear quartz sand, which is spread on the
thin leather sole employed as a foundation.
These quartz soes are said to be flexible and al
most indestructible, while they enable the wearer
to walk over slippery roads.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11

A company of Zulus-an impi, as the war cor
respondent would say-has come to signal grief
in Dublin. Encouraged, no doubt by the sympa-
thizing tone of the anti-Englisb press. these hardy
worriors invaded the Ulundi of Ireland, and at
one of the great public kraals, displayed them
selves, their ox-hide shields and their terrible as
segais to all persons possessed OF the desirable
curiosity and the necessary shilling. Business
becoming dull some of the Friendly Zulus were
sent out in a carriage by their enterprising man
ager to beat up a public, even as Little Nell was
paraded through the town by Mrs. farley. Be-
coming thirsty they stopped like mere Britons at
a beerseller's kraal and were practically compar-
ing the stout of Dublin with the larger of their
country, when along came an old woman whose
son had been killed at the rout at the twenty
fourth Regiment. This simple-minded woman
gathered an apronful of stones from the newly
macadamized roadway and as soon as the Zulu
impi debouched from the kraal she began bonn
harding them with rocks, pouring in a musketry
fire of curses at the same time with ALDERMAN
vigor. The Zulu shields thus tested proved not
to be made Of ox-hide tough as iron. but of mere
painted canvas, and in spite Of the frighttul as
segais which, when on exhibition, the Lulus
brandished so menacingly. they were useless.
The old woman routed the savages and put them
to ignominious fight, soundly confused and rognd-
ly Cursed. If she only had been with the Prince
Imperial,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11

AFRICAN MAsoSRY-SoVEREIGN GRAND LODGE OF
CALIFoRHIA.-AIrican Masonry in the United
States was instituted in IT'S by the admission of
thirteen colored men to a travelling Lodge at
tached to the patriot army of General Gates.
The Most Worshipful Sovereign Grand Lodge Of
California was created in 1874 through the con-
solicitation Of the Grand Lodge and Independent
Grand Lodge. colored Masons having had organi-
zations here since 1856. A public installation of
the officers recently elected to this body was held
Tuesday night at San Francisco. The following
officers were regularly installed by the Past Grand
Master, John A. Barber NJ. W. G. NJ, A. F.
Holland R. w. ID. G. NJ, j. II. Riker; G. S.
W, w. j. Simmons; G. j. W., p. Powers ;
Grand Treasurer. b. Fletcher Grand Secretary,
r. j. Fletcher. The installation exercises began
at 10 O'Clock and lasted until nearly midnight.
In addition TO the installation proper the Grand
Orator elect. W. j. Simmons, delivered an ex-
tended grafton, Rodrigo Wilkinson recited an
original Masonic poem, and Professor William
Adger played several piano solos. After the ex-
ercises, music, dancing and a banquet closed the
programme. There are now nearly 400 colored
Masons in California, having subordinate Lodges
in the chief towns.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11
Too Many Snake Bites.

During the haying season, says the Detroit
Free Press, an honest old farmer out on the
Gratiot road employed three young men from the
city to help cut and store his timothy. None of
them liked work half as well as whisky, and a
conspiracy was the result. About noon one day
one Of the trio fell down in the field, shouting
and kicking, and the other two ran to the far
mer with wild eyes and called out that their COM
panion had been bitten by a rattlesnake, and
must have whisky. The farmer rushed to the
house and brought out a quart, and the three
harvesters got a big drink all around on the
sly, while the I" bitten " one had a lay-off of
half a day. The next forenoon a second one was
bitten, and again the farmer rushed for his bot
tie. 1t was a nice little job for the boys, and on
the third day the third one put in his claim for q
bite, and yelled for the whisky bottle. The far
mer took the matter very coolly this time, and
after making particular inquiries as to the size
of the snake, location of the bite, the sensation,
and SO forth, he slowly continued
Day before yesterday James was bitten and
drank a quart Of good whisky. Yesterday John
was bitten and drank a quart more. To-day
you We got a bite, and the best thing you can do
is to smell their breaths and lay in the shade
while the rest of us eat dinner
The man got we'll in ten minutes, and not
another rattlesnake was seen during the season.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11

TIE Sort OF GIRL TO GET.-The true girl has
to be sought for. She does not parade herself as
show goods. She is not fashionable. Generally
she is not rich. But oh what a heart she has
when you find her-so large and pure and
womanly! When you see it you wonder if those
snowy things outside were women. If you gain
her love your two thousand are millions. She'll
not ask you for a carriage or a first class house.
She'll wear simple dresses, and turn them when
necessary, with no vulgar magnifcat to frown her
economy. She'll keep everything neat and nice
in your sky parlor. and give you such a welcome
when you come home that you'll think your par
lor higher than ever. She'll entertain true
friends on a dollar, and astonish you with the
new thought how little happiness depends on
money. Shell make you love (if you don't you
are a brutel, and teach you how to pity, while
you scorn, a poor, fashionable society that thinks
itself rich, and yainly tries to think itself happy.
Now, do not, | pray you, say any more, I" | can't
afford to marry" Go, find the true woman, and
you can. Throw away that cigar, burn up that
switch cane. be sensible yourself, and seek your
wife in a sensible way huer Wendell Holmes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11

The Chinese are causing considerable trouble
all around. Even staid old England is seriously
alarmed at some of their recent doings. 1t ap-
pears that the Chinese government has purchased
eight of the strongest gunboats that can be made
by the leading English firm in the business.
Each of these formidable little vessels carries a
thirtyeigbt ton gun, admirably adapted for coast
and river defense. Upon this fact the London
Observer publishes a long article making some
very dreadful suggestions, and concludes as fol-
lows:
Sooner or later, China, a vast reservoir Of bu-
man life kept in by old rotten dykes. will burst
its barriers, and the new world will be flooded
by Chinese as the old was swept by the Goths,
Yandals and Huns. The day is not likely to ar
rive in our own years. but when il does come, as
come it must, it will be sad for civilization if the
barbarians possess a navy superior in scientific re-
spects to that of the civilized world, which they
have marked out for plumber.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11

The bulk Of the crop goes forward in the arst six
months OF the year. There are obstacles in the
way Of successfully smuggling Manila or other
duflable Sugar into the United States through the
Hawaiian Islands. In the first place. IL is impOs-
sible to grade any other Sugar so nearly to the
Hawaiian standard as to deceive the Custom
House inspectors. In the second place. there are
only three ports OF entry at the Hawaiian Islands
where q landing could be elected These are al
small ports, and they are closely guarded. 10 the
third place, parties Interested 10 the hawaiian
Gurar plantations would all have to be taken into
the confidence and rewards OF the alleged SNUG
gIers, or they could not be accomplished A com
bInation Of circumstances that overcomes all these
difieuIties may succeed in getting Manila or China
or some other foreign dutiable Sugar into the United
States under the cover Of the Hawaiian treaty; but 1t
must be confessed that the chances Tor such 4 con-
dition Of things are very slim We can easily I'M
derstand the feeling Of Eastern rehners IN this
matter. They are envious Of the privilege enjoy
ed bv California reGners Of having from $4,000
600 70 Is, 600. 900 lbs of free Sugar per annnm
with which to compete with them IN supplying the
Pacific States and Territories: IL Is possible tnai
wftLIn a few years this quantity may be increased
Ia 50 600. 600 lbs per annum. The remedy for the
evil IN IL be an evil, does not consist In getting
angry, and threatening TO send US LUIS DDS gu
Ear 10 break down our redners and explode the
trsaty. without due Official notice 81 all means
sSndson me Sugar. One Of the trout street houses
IL prepared to roll IL into store, and cry Tor more
lot Of / 900 bbls Sugar, suddenly thrown on the
market. might throw everything into CONFUSION IN
sueh cities a. New York. Boston and Phlladelphla ;
but II would be absorbed here so quickly that the
unIIar~ uonId mot know what became OF u. We
think If Eastern re6ners cannot help Us IN obtain
fn0 cheaD Sugar, they had better let US alone 10
work out our own salvation. We nave no sugar
plantations in the Pacific States to protect, as they
. have In the Atlantis States Our nearest supply
i al free Sugar IA the Hawaiian Islands. The thing
a. ahoat evenIy divided all around. Let us have
peacs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11
Time goes by Turns.
AVERSION AUTHORIZED BIZ UNCLE RE,

Oars q pov'ful rAstle twixt de Good an de Bad,
An de Bad's got de sll-under holt
An wen de vuss comes, she comes i'onclad,
An you Halter hole 20 bref for de jolt.
But jes lords de las Good gifts de knee-lock.
An dey draps to the groun-ker-AOpl
Good had the inturn an he stan like q rock,
An he bleedzd fer ter be on top.
De dry wedder breaks wild q big thunder clap,
Fer dey Amt no drout' wat hin las.
But de seasons wat whoops up de cotton crap.
Likewise dey freshens up de grass.
De rain fall 50 SAT in de long dark night,
Twel you Halter hole 20 han fer . sign.
But de drizzle wat sets de later slips right
Is de maxim Nv de MAy-pop vine.
In de mellerest groun' de ~elsy-root IL ketch
An hole to de tongue NV de pillow,
an 8 pine-pole gate at de gyarddn patch
Never II keep out de ole brindle COW.
One an all I'M US knows who's 8 pullin' At de BITS.
Like de lesd-mule dat gides by de rein,
An yit, somehow er nudder. de bestest un us gifts
Mighty sick Nv de tuggin' at de chain.
Hump yo'sef TO de load an fergit de distress
An dem wat STAINS by to SCOT,
Fer de harder de pullin', de longer de res,
An de bigger de feed in de troh.
j. c. Harris, IN the Atlanta (Gd.J Coastitsfio
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11

PRoFITs oP MANUFACTURED ICE.-The Arctic
Ice Company of Boston are nov turning out be-
tween ten and twelve thousand pounds of Ice per
day, which they are under contract to deliver at
half a cent a pound. The process employed by
the Company is said to be the cheapes; known to
science at the present day. The cost of manulac-
turing is only eighty-fve cents a ton, OF about
four cents and a quarter a hundred pounds. As
il is sold in bulk at ten dollars a tou,sthe margin
of profit is nine dollars and fifteen Genus on each
two thousand pounds. The ice comes gut in
huge oblong blocks, thirty-two inches in leSsth
and twelve inches square. There is space in tho
freezing chest, so to speak, for four hundred and
eighty Of these blocks, amounting in weight to
thirty thousand pounds. As it requires seventy
two hours, however, from the time the water is
nonred into the cans until it is turned out again
in solid form, only one-third of the quantity is
produced daily.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11

CHANGE OF DIET.-A member of the sanitary
police force came across a boy who was wheeling
home a load Of oyster cans and bottles, and Curl
GUS to know what use the lad could put them to
be made a direct inquiry.
s'Going to throw these over into our back
yard" replied the boy, 81 took two loads home
yesterday"
90 But what do you use them for 2"
It's a trick Of the family" grinned the lad.
"How trick?r
sid just lief tell, " continued the boy, as he
spit on bis hands to resume his hold on the bar
row. We're going to have some relashuns
come in from the country. We may not have
much to eat. but e they see these cans and bot
ties and boxes they'll think we've bad listers.
champagne, figs and nuts till we've got tired OF
EN- and are living on bread and taters for a
healthy change !"
The officer scratched his ear like a man who
had received q new idea.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Abbertisft =.
OCTOBER IL.
FREE SUGAR.
IRON the s. r.. Bulletin. sept. Is.

The following telegram from New York is clip
ped from a morning paper:
1t Is rumored here that a grand effort will be
made at the next session Of Congress 20 abrogate
the treaty with the Sandwich Islands 1t is claim
ed that the Imports ofSugar at san Francisco from
the Islands 10 greater than the whole product that
Manila Sugars are sent to Honolulu, where they
are transshipped to San Francisco as native Sugar,
thus evading duty. Our Sugar refners are much
exercised on this subject, and il Is said they pro-
pose sending n thousand barrels TO the California
market to Compel with tbefefners there.
There are two features in the above paragraph
that Il IL well TO look square In the face. One Of
these relates to an early abrogatiOn Of the treaty
and the other to an alleged violation. The treaty
between the Uuited States and the Hawaiian Is
lands was signed by Ulysses ;. Grant on the Sits
May, 1875. IL is for q 6xed term. that no power
can shorten, unless for extraordinary cause. Ar
hele ", referring to the duration OF the treaty
says that IL . shall remain in force for seven years,
nom the date at which IL may come into opera
tons and futher. until the expiration Of twelve
months after either Of the high contracting pow
es shall give notice to the other OF its wish to ter
inmate the same. each Of the high contracting
powers being at liberty 10 give such notice to the
other at the end Of the said term of seven years,
or at any time thereafter" This treaty was rati-
fed by the American Congress on the 9Th May,
1876, By n vote Of ZIG to l0l. and was shortly
afterward officially proclaimed to be in operation
by President Grant. As will be seen, IL has yet
nearly four years to run before a notification for a
termination can be entertained by either party;
and should such notice be given at the expiration
OF the seven years, IL would still remain in opera
ton for another year We think this settles one
point raised in the above paragraph.
As to any smuggling operations, the story seems
ridiculous. 1t is based purely on increased i'm
ports into the United States from Honolulu.
Prior to the existence Of the treaty, the surplus
Hawaiian crop was exported to California, oregon,
British Columbia and Australia. The treaty cut
OF British Columbia and Australia, aud Califor-
MIA and Oregon got the entire surplus The re-
cent arrangement made by the San Francisco re-
-nners has rendered IL desirable to send nearly all
the Sugar to this port. The treaty has also great
ly stimulated the production Of Cane at the Is
lands The exports OF the Sugar from the Hawaii
an Islands since 1856 have been as follows:
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MENDACITY's REwARD.-When Zebe Harris
came to testify in the Fifty-seventh Street Police
Court on Saturday that he had seen two brother
darkies knock Willis Pollard down he showed all
his worries at sight of the awful front of justice
and seemed inclined to break for the door on the
slightest provocation.
You're Mr.. Harris % said the Court, reas-
%suringly.
Yes, sab, - blubbered Zebe.
Did you ever swear before 2" (~handing him
the Bible).
The darby recoiled and shook his head emphat-
ically.
mo, sab. I'm no cullud pusson as goes
roun' SWARM and cussin'. Deed [ amt"
"No. l don't mean that His Honor said.
% What l want to know is, did you ever take
your oath before ! Understand"
Zebe pondered, and then hung his head peni-
tentially.
1" Wal, l did say I'd take my oaf wunst o.
twiste, but l don't use much bad wuds, sab.
Deed I don't"
oh, you don't grasp my meaning at all, -
quoth His Honor in a quandary. Then a happy
thought struck him, and he said, " Look here !
don't you know what it is to lie-to bear false
witness-eh 2"
Iebe's face came up full of intelligence.
"Yes, sab. Deed | TO-"
And you know what becomes of all false
witnesses p,
yes sah,'' with emphasis.
"Well, what does become of them p
"Dey gets jobs in de ~lawyahs' Offices"