The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-31

his associates on this subject we reproduce
the decision in full.
Roscoe Conkling's ability and shrewdness
have been questioned by many, but that he
was a truthful man, and knew a good thing
when he saw it, is apparent from the fact
he AYERS that the smallest country
is worth more to its country
subscribers in one month than its price for
n year, and does more for its neighborhood
for nothing than any high official does for
his Insufficient salary"
Mr.. Chas. Titcomb, whose death was
noted in the papers a few days ago, reached
these islands in tile bark Lyra that was
wrecked in the false PASSAGE i'm 1880.
Captain Chadwick and Long" Thompson
who kept the . Bay Horse" here for many
years were also in the Lyra. Mr.. Titcomb,
who survived the rest, started the raising of
silkworms OH Kauai, but owing to the
strict Sunday laws that forbid the natives
gathering on that day the leaves of the null
berry tree on which the worms fed, the eX-
pertinent was a failure. At least that was
the story that he was accustomed to say had
been "concocktailed about the subject.
The 81. James Budget, for January 5th, states
that the king Of Portugal has had the Ajuda Pal
ace This town residence, where King Kalakaua
was received). connected with the Lisbon Tele-
phone Exchange, and he may claim to be the first
European monarch who has become n subscriber
to a public telephone exchange We beg TO IN
form our London contemporary that His Majesty
King Kalakaua has been a subscriber to a public
telephone enterprise long anterior to his Royal
brother of Portugal, and thus establishes in this
respect the superiority of Royal Pacific enterprise
over that Of European monlrchial enterprise.
In this community, where poisons can be
bought without any awkward questions be-
Tn~ IL md y1n i'm lanNy fen
baking powders and soda are freely used by
cooks who are not chemists the following
clipping will be of interest: "San Fran
cisco, February, PA special from Mil
waukee, Mich, says that n cook in a log
ging camp 80 miles from Saginaw used
strychnine for soda, by mistake, in making
biscuits, and that 40 lumbermen were
poisoned to death" Two questions are i'm
mediately suggested by the Ierusal of the
above. How many loggers were not pois-
oned and did the cook escape to tell the
tale
Caroline Island is a small patch of land
lying in latitude 10 south, longitude 80
west, being s degrees due north from the
Society Islands, and 10 degrees due west of
the MarquesaS. 1t is in the centre of the
path of total observation during the eclipse
of the sun that will take place May 10th.
The Caroline Islands, with which thise event
seems to be associated in the minds of
many, are located on the equator and sixty
degrees west of the little spot to which astrO-
nOmers are now Fastening. In this connec-
ton it is curious to note that the cost of
observing his eclipse OH this o~ut-of-the-way
spot will be greater than that incurred in
fitting out the expedition under Columbus,
ten times over. The object is about the
same; that of locating new worlds.
Week days, in the morning between half
past five and half-past six O'Clock, the
principal streets of the city present Il very
bustling scene Indicative of Il very graz ify-
ing condition of thrift and enterprise gen
orally, especially among the laboring por-
ton of the community. \ multitude of
men comes from every quarter of the city
AMI hastens towards the wharVes or the
other places where they find daily employ
ment. There is an air of life and energy
about their movements which shows that
they nave caught n share of the predomin-
ant spirit of industry and activity which
characteriZeS all the business and even the
social atmosphere of life throughout the
world i'll this last quarter of the nineteenth
century. -
Now that the trade winds nave become
re-established-let us hope for the season.
it is in order that residents of Honolulu
should beware of colds. The entirely I'M
precedented series of calms and southerly
winds during March have done much to
ennervate people, and when the cool breezes
sweep down Nuuanu valley they affect
those who expose themselves to them very
unpleasantly. But they are none the less
welcome. Ii 1t were not FOR t.Ielr influence
Honolulu would be n very unhealthy place
to live in. If the sultry south wind pre-
vailed here during the entire year it is safe
to say that it would be more than I'M
healthy, it would be pestiferous.
1t has been decided tina the original
statue of Kamehameha, which was lost at
sea and subsequently recovered and brought
to this country, is to be set up i'm the Kohala
district, the birthplace of the COnquerOr.
This statue suffered some anage as might
reasonably be expected after the burning
and laundering at sea of the vessel, on board
of which it was being transported, II lost
a hand and received some fractures In the
royal cloak, but otherwise the body of the
statue is unhurt. The Chairman of the
Monument Committee has engaged Mr..
Young, of our Honolulu foundry. to take
the statue in hand and repair il, so that we
hope soon TO see the restored statue of the
great hero finally set up upon its pedestal
in kOhala. -
Daily Times Telephone. published at
Eureka, Humboldt, California, comes to us,
and is a bright newsy sheet. From its
pages we learn some items of interest in
regard to Eureka. In the first place we
note that there are no less than twelve So
cieties in full blast in the town, from which
we argue that the Eurekaites are as fond of
/ secret organizations as we are. Real estate
seems to be in request, and we notice the
sale OF one acre for $500, " sold and con-
tI1@a $3.50.
and spirituous liquors are not to be manu-
] featured or sold thereon, and in default of
said condition the said land reverts to the
original grantOr." \ CLAUSE that might be
inserted i'll some conveyances here with
benefit to the community. y noticeable
feature is the number of advertisements of
timber claims being taken up, there being
no less than 217 such notices in a single issue
of the paper, covering over $4,000 acres of
timber land. -
Passing by Lucas steam mill, we noticed
n block of wood which, upon examination,
proved to be a cross section sawn from one
/ of the 1" Monkey pod" trees lately cut down
TO make room for Mr.. Campbelrs new
building on Fort street. We remember
when in IS70-l Mr.. w. w. Hall grew quite
a large number of young trees of this
variety, and they were planted in various
localities down town. Many of them have
been cut down since then, and quite a large
number of OK yOkes were made from those
that had to be removed to make room for
Messrs. i. o. Hall and Sons brick store.
The wood is of n compact grain, light and
very tough. 1t seems to be almost i'm
possible to split it, and for yokes and other
articles requiring the two elements of