The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-06-26

Another ~junke,ing trip to-day. The Legis-
lature visits the Freya.
y A base proceeding-The ball game between
the Infants and Giants.
- Mr.. Gibson's resolution to insert $4,000 in
the appropriation bill for artesian wells was favor
ably received and the sum voted.
81 sketching is a forte of some of our Iegisla.
tors as we'll as orstory. Squibs Of this sort are dali
ly flying about and occasionally pinned on the or
der of the day. Some are appreciated while others
are cGttsats be0i-
Sugac-growing is becoming a magnificent sue
cess in Queensland, and has Just occasioned the
formation Of a settlement on the tombstone River,
IS miles north Of Queeusland.-Sydney paper.
May Is.
~ Wrong again. friend Gasetfe; you could not
have been there; the Sergeantat-Arms adjourned
with the House, and the unruly members did not
receive his atten tons; for. wishing tokeep the peace,
be kept out of a row. Discretion is the better part
Of yalOr.
At the regular semi-annual meeting Of the
Board of Trustees of the Queens Hospital, the fol-
lowing officers were duly elected;
r a Secretary
Executive Committee: C. R. Bishop, ]. Fl. Patty.
A. J. Cartwright, A. S. C~leghorn, F. A, Schaefer.
MusIc.-The Band will play this afternoon at
Emma Square, at ~haf-past 4 o'clock. The follow
III Il u y dLnn
and Brandenburgh. .-Lewengly
ochoorus~The pay Of Judgment. ..schneider
WsIIIace
RESIGNATION OF A SCHOOL PRINCIPNA-Miss E. X.
Bingham. for eleven years connected with Ka-
waiahao Female Seminary and its Principal for
the last seven years. has been obliged, because
of her precarious health. to resign the charge of
the school. The Trustees will endeavor to Sc
Qurp n DriURinaI n 9 cOnu a - nnSSihlA Thau
have postponed the opening of the new term till
July 10.
SPARE THE DuCKs.-The months of June, July.
and August constitute the breeding season for
our native wild ducks, during which they make
their nests and batch their young in the noun
tains. We are informed that numbers Of the jn-
venile spOrtsmen are in the habit OF laying in
wait for and shooting the parent ducks while 60
ing to or returning from the feeding grounds.
This should be put a stop to, or else o valuable
game bird win be exterminated.
July FoURTH.-So far. we have heard Of no pre-
I %parations for a public celebration of the annivers-
airy of the Declaration OF American independence.
Americans are in the majority OF the foreign popu-
lation here, but their patriotism. of late years,
would seem to be on the wane. Is there to be no
salute, or other public demonstration Twenty
years ago, the 4th of July in Honolulu was wont
to be celebrated by all classes with a vim second
to that of no other holiday in the year.
A CORRESPONDENT presents a grievance, which, as
it seems to be q real one, we give it publicity. On
Sunday, June Is, the steamer LehuG lay at Homo
kaa, Hawaii, having ON board a part loading of
sugar. It had been announced by the master that
she would leave for Honolulu on Monday. Several
persons bound to Honolulu had made their prepare
tons to take passage by her and go on board on
MONDAY morning. The master, however, without
I giving any notice, or hosting his flag, sailed away
on Sunday. The passengers thus left had to tramp
all the way overland to Kawaihae, a distance Of some
30 odd miles, to find q conveyance to Honolulu. Being
| mechanics thpv IOSf tpo upQk'e tima and aynnncoC
There was no pressing necessity for the steamer leav-
ing so suddenly, for the weather was fine.
~ Among the many improvements which are
now being undertaken, the new residence OF Hon.
Chas. Fl. Judd on Punahou street, possesses many
points which commend it TO the notice of projectors
of building improvements. The house, which is two
and a half stories in height, has the most complete
sanitary arrangements of any built in the city, the
rooms being all large and airy and fitted with all the
modern appliances to aid in the. continuous supply of
pure air. The plumbing (done by Mr.. Frank
OBrien) has brought to public notice many new
ideas in sanitary plumbing, the most noticeable of
which is the cylinder trap used for the prevention of
sewer gas. each trap being separately connected with
waste to sewer, and having an air ventilator in
such a position as to prevent syphoning; and all the
other attachments are made and finished in a thor
ough manner. The probable cost of the building
when ready for occupancy will be in the ~neighbor-
hood of $25, 900.
CHINESE MEDICAL DpLoMAs.-Recently the Chi
ucSt U tDlS CtLl tlNiOu Ii LtRlSldluIG Ildl
physicians of their nationality be permitted 10
practice medicine among them. The request was
u reasonable one. under all the circumstances.
The petition was referred to a I'M who re-
ported a bill. This provides that licenses to prac-
tice medicine may be issued TO Chinese on prodne-
ing diplomas. Now people who have lived in Chi
na tell us that there is no such thing known there
as a Doctors official diploma. 1t Is also provided
in the proposed bill that if the Chinese doctor shall
prescribe for any other than a native of China. he
shall be heavily fined. In San Francisco there are
/ rhs,-za - uvl,a apa uuita lnnuf.a 1~ as..
lied by the :. Mclean man" and we are at a loss
to understand why it should be forbidden here for
any one to avail themselves of the possible skill of
one of the oldest nations on earth.
POLICE REFoRM-We regret to note that the
Report introduced by the Hon. Mr.. Gibson,
providing for q commission to examine into the
workings OF our police system, for which see sup
plement oil to-day was rejected. Any one who has
lived for any number of years on these Islands,
and who has bad his eyes open, will readily con-
1 cede that the subordinate police of the country are,
generally speaking = a very bad lot" They have
remarkably obscure ideas as TO their powers and
duties, and, clothed in a little brief authority are
great tyrants and often brutality treat the ignorant
and submissive of their fellow c~ouutrymen. There
should be an established system of instruction for
the common police of the country, and none should
be allowed to exercise the functions without hav-
ing first passed an examination as to the nature Of
the duties he is to perform, together with the re-
spOnsibilities. But Honolulu representatives
probably had reasons, best known 10 themselves,
Nor not wishing to disturb the old. unsavory sys-
tem of country police as ii now exists.
ECLIPSE OF THE MooN-Early rfsers on Tuesday
morning last were surprised to observe the moon,
which was at the full, nearly obscured at4 O'Clock.
about an hour before its setting. The Almanac maxi
ers had informed us that the only eclipse visible in
Honolulu this year was that of the sun, on January
11th. But there it was, nevertheless, a veritable &C.
lipse of the moon, which ut the time of our observ-
alton, a few minutes before 4 O'Clock, was covered
by about ~four-ffths of its surface With the shadow of
the earth. Before daylight, the shadow had passed
of, and Luna set in the West all unobscured. On
examining the Nautical Almanac for the year pub
lished at Washington by the authority of the Secre-
tary of the Navy, we find under the head of Eclipses
for 1880. that one of the moon, (tota) would take
place on June 21-22, commencing in Long 1905 10
East from Greenwich, and Lat. % Q A. South.
Now the position of Honolulu, by observations made