The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-04-02

and unpunctualify, were not ON the ground till
about half an hour after the appointed hour.
After waiting awhile for their distinguished
guest, they enquired of some lockers on about
the Emperor, and were told that a gentleman in
a plain suit of checked tweeds, and wearing a
broad brimmed hat. had been there at the time
appointed, had looked around and gone and
this plain broad brim was the Emperor incog.
2 There is a great treat in reserve for our
theatre goers, when the Music Hall opens its doors
again-in the scene on the drop curtain which Mr..
Porter has just finished. 1t is worth a good
admission fee to see this beautiful picture only.
1t is the vision of palace, park, lake and sur
rounding scenery, which the ardent Claude I'M
folds to the vision of the loving Pauline. In the
foreground, the lovers standing on the mosaic
paved terrace, by a sweet fountain. near ripping
sun tinted waters that gently lave white marble
steps, by which a tasteful barge is moored, present
a tableau of singular grace and charm. In the
central or middle ground of the scene, a stately
turretted palace, partly embowere in a noble
| park forest, and the sweet crystal lake, upon
which an islet and temple are seen, and graceful
swans are gliding, present a noble vision of
natural and artistic beauty. But the background
of towering bluffs, that rest their buttressed
bases in the silver lake, and the silhouette of
serrated peaks set in a purple haze of mountain
glory, against a soft, feecy summer sky, is a
scene to satisfy any aesthetic eye. The whole
scene is full of grace, and of perfect elegance
blended with grandeur, and sweet repose.
"Dost thou like the picture, Pauline ?"
This after all is only a stage scene, not a work
of fine art but We take pleasure in saying, that
we have not seen, in an extended observation
abroad in great cities, a more beautiful scenic
picture than this one painted on the drop cur
tain of the Music Hall in Honolulu. Mr.. Porter
the artist, deserves great credit and liberal re-
ward for its execution.
AETEsIAN WELLs.-In a report of Mr.. Pierce's
address on this subject which appeared in a
contemporary, that gentleman is made to say
Flowing water can be got on Oahu in artesian
wells provided that the surface is not more than
so feet above the level of the sea- This re-
mark, which was in fact made by another
gentleman at the close of Mr.. Pierce's address,
does not accord with either the opinion or the
experience of the lecturer. He visited Mr.. Camp
bells wells this week and found one of these at
an elevation of $50 # above the sea, and only 80
feet in depth, had a flow as strong, and of as large
a head, as that of Judge McCully. Mr.. Pierce
has persistently urged on those for whom he has
made borings that these should be sunk further,
and thinks that no one has yet gone deep enough
to find out what is the real head of water which is
to be had from the water bearing strata. When
sinking the first well for Mr.. Marques he struck
water at So feet. This rose two feet in the bore.
A few feet lower, more water was tapped and the
surface rose some 16 feet. He had not gone
very much further before the water rose to the
surface. His experience with all the other wells
bored near Honolulu, except Mr.. Wards, has
been similar. And in every case where the
black rock bed from which the main flow comes
has been entered, it has been found that the flow
increased the further it was penetrated. The
extensive, and probably inexhaustible, character
of the supply has been well shown by the fact
that during the year Mr.. Marques well has
shown no change in its discharge, being un-
affected alike by drought and by the heaviest
and longest continued rain.
u The native residents on Molokai are
determined not to have the smallpox amongst
them even if they have to break the law to pre-
vent it. The schooner Kate arrived off Paualu
on 26th ult, having on board 10 Chinese labor
ers for Moanui plantation, and some passengers
returning to their homes. The captain sent
three of his passengers ashore with the mails
and..found the natives gathered on the beach
to prevent their landing, armed with sticks and
stones. The passengers in the schOOner's boat
were a Chinaman, a native woman and a half
Chinese her husband. The Chinaman after
landing was forced back into the boat but was
again landed by the crew. The natives then
procured a boat and took the three back to the
schooner, along with the mails, and advised the
captain that if he did not want bloodshed
ne had better up anchor and leave. He attempted
to read to them the instructions issued to cap
tains of vessels by the Board of Health, but
they would uot listen to them and told him that
they did not care what laws might be made
down here. Sheriff K9npeahina and the magis-
trate Kupihea were present, but the police
refused to obey them and, they were told that if
they interfered they would be roughly handled.
The captain then took his vessel to the next
landing, Kamalo, where he had freight to land
and also had native friends. Here the resistance
to his landing anything or anybody out of the
schooner was repeated, but ultimately by the
help of his personal friends this was managed.
1t would have been a very serious thing for the
people on Moanui and Kamalo plantations if the
natives had succeeded in frightening the captain
away, as they were short of food especially at
Kamalo, and the Hates cargo consisted chiefly
of their supplies.
CRICKET. The return match between the
seniors and Juniors of the Honolulu c.. c., was
played last Saturday, and resulted in another
signal defeat for the elder men. S. Harrison
played for the latter but did not succeed in de-
Tending his wicket, with that pertinacity with
which he generally ''kills the bowling" Others,
who were expected, and who would have
strengthened the team, were absent, but this
alone can hardly account for the collapse of the
seniors, who have evidently been neglecting
practice. The following are the scores
SENIORS.