The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-11-29

Cool WEATHER During the most part of the
pas, week the wind was light from North West, and
the weather was consequently very cool for this
latitude, the thermometer in the city registering
So : at sunrise on Monday and Tuesday. During
the middle OF the day it rose to 740.
REv. C. CARIsoN-This gentleman, a Norwegian
clergyman OF San Francisco. we are requested to
announce. will arrive ON the next steamer en- route
for Australia He desires to meet all Scandinavians
during his brief stay in Honolulu. and il eircum-
stances allow will hold religious services among
them.
SHOT BY ACCIDENTAL Kohala. Maui. on the 22d
inst, a native was examining a loaded shot gun.
when it was aceidently discharged. the load Of
bird shot entering the abdomen of another native
standing near, and coming out at his back. pro-
ducing Il wound that was thought to be mortal.
The wounded man. named KahiOna. exonerated
the other from any evil intention.
THE QUEENS HOsPITAL~--A new ward for foreign
patients has Just been completed at this valuable
national institution. 1t consists OF a two story
brick building erected on the North West side of
the main hospital building. and besides the usual
accommodation for the sick. has a light and airy
room on the ground floor for surgical operations.
The Queens Hospital is now, more than ever, an
honor TO Hawaii Nei. and u just object of pride TO
onrpeople.
The MISUNDERSTANDING The influence of
fine powerful kahunas. the races ut Eva turned in
an entirely opposite direction. as the horse Lopi-
ne which had been fondled with ava root and
other necromancies as the winner. was as the re-
suit proved the most decidedly, loser. being not on
ly beaten by c.. Lucas horse 'Creeper." but also
by Clarence Macfarlane's horse 9 Daring Con-
siderable money changed hands on the first race.
and the kahunas and their followers lost. AVA
root and foolishness do not always win a race
the best horses usually do. Verbum sap.
BREAKING SEAIs.--We hear that on Wednesday
morning last. a seal which bad on the previous ev-
ening been placed by the Customs guard upon the
door of a compartment of the hold of the bark d.
C. Murray. was found broken suspicious cir
cumstance. We remember an instance in San
Francisco where the similar breaking OF a seal
(and by mistaken authority to do SOY subjected
the vessel to a fine of $500. We have however,
no such regulation here.
THE New YORK ELECrIoN.-We failed to get a
full file of New Zealand dailies by the australia.
but we hear that one of the It'll instant, which is
somewhere in town. contained a telegraphic dis
patch from London to the effect that the election in
the State of New York had gone in favor of the
Republicans. and that Cornell, their candidate for
Governor. had been elected. The steamer due on
Monday will bring particulars. The result as
stated Is not surprising, in view of the split 10 the
Democratic party. So far. there would seem to be
a - Solid North " for the Republicans. against a
hardly " Solid South - for the Democrats.
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A RUNAwAY.--A horse and wagon, without a
driver. arrived at the junction OF Emma and Bere-
tania streets at 80 Thursday evening. and from
the appearance of the horse the distance gone over
must have been accomplished at a very rapid
pace. The wagon bore evidence of rough usage.
such as might have been received from too close
contact W 18th the pedal extremities OF a male or
horse. Two broken sour mash bottles lay in the
road, having been dropped from the wagon by ac-
cident. No owner appearing the horse was arrest
ed and carried to the station house with a police
man in front oil him. policemen behind him. and a
mixed crowd on either side.
MEMORIAL WINDow.-A stained glass window
Thy Clayton & Bell. of LOndon) has recently been
placed at the East end OF the Church Of the Holy
Innocents. Labaina to the memory OF The late Hen
ry Dickinson The window is in three lights. The
subject of the first is our Blessed Lords Baptism
by St. John in the river Jordan, with the text be-
low - This is My Beloved Son in whom l am
well pleased The subject of the centre light is
the cruciixion. with St. John and the Blessed Vir-
gin standing at The foot of the cross. Underneath
are the words. =" Ii | be lifted up will draw all
men unto Me- In the third light the Saviour is
representing rising from the tomb, and beneath is
the text. 8 am the Resurrection and the Life"
Along the foot of these lights runs the following |
inscription ITO the Glory Of God, and in mem
DRY OF Henry Dickenson, who died Oct. 18th, 1876,
aged ~ years. Erected by subscription"
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n The following rhymes, though coming from
an anonymous source, embody a truth.
Three Chinese tailors sat on a board,
To buy themselves opium they could not Afford,
For all their small earnings they wanted to hoard
To take back to China. |
And when they get there, as 1 understand,
They will never take needle again in hand
They will live like kings in the Flowery land,
When once back in China.
When those three get there, six will come here,
To eat our bread and drink our beer,
And contaminate all that they come near,
And then go back to China.
When those six get there, as we're %truthfully told,
Still more will come to gather our gold,
And they will leave before they are old,
For the Flowery shores of China.
Now if of my tale you have any doubt.
Just traverse our streets and you'll soon find out,
1t is nothing but truth 1 aim telling about
These Mongol hordes from China.
I The Ruins OF THEBEs.-The lecture on this sub
'ject by Prof. W. D.. Alexander at the Lyceum on
Tuesday evening last, proved, as we bad antici-
Icipated. extremely interesting. The Professor Wis
tied Egypt last year, and made a thorough person.
al inspection OF the ruins OF Thebes. together with
the neighboring tombs OF the Kings and Queens.
ana his description Oh lnem -pEeIdceu VIII a per
spicuous historical sketch of Egypt in the time of
Rameses the Great and his successors.-was alb
sorbiugly interesting. The lecture was illustrated
by drawings OF the ground plans of Thebes and the
ruins Of the great temples, those gigantic works OF
art OF the Egyptians more than three thousand
years ago. They had not. it is true. the steam
engine and the electric telegraph, but in engineer
ing science. Us the Professor remarked, truly there
were giants in those days. The lecture was appro-
priately closed with q quotation from the Book of
Ezekiel. prophesying the downfall and utter ruin
OF the then great aud prosperous kingdom OF
Egypt.
The BARK 'KALAKAUA."-A libel was filed by
Collector General of Customs last week in the Su-
preme Court against tbs vessel together with the
So tins Of opium. containing about three and a half
pounds. because the said opium was Struggled
into this Kingdom ON said bark, on or about the I'd
instant. At the time the Struggled opium was dis
covered. the ingenious way in which it was con-
cealed in some frewood shipped from San Francis
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