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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-06

crime undo any circumstances, but
more particularly so in a populOus district.
Chlnese new year is said to be the season of
nres amongst the Chinese, and as that time
Is approaching, tool much care cannot be
taken to prevent the outbreak of fire. In
surance Companies might do we'll to pro-
secdte all parties INDUCING in the illegal
use of fre-crackers. During the past year,
there were two or three lives lost by fire,
and though the usual Coroner's inquest
was held in each case, still if some special
legal machinery had been set to work, fuller
information might have been obtained as to
the origin of such fires. In Honolulu we
have an excellent fire brigade, but often
before their services can be brought into re-
cushion, the damage is. completed and
some valuable lives nave been sacrificed.
Our energetic Fire Marshal does much to
avert the dangers of fires, but any evil dis
posed person could set his efforts at naught
were they so inclined. AS many of our
Chinese residents do not read English, and
are, as a natural result, ~unacquainted
with the severity of our laws regarding
arson, it might well repay the cost and
trouble to have the Chapter xxi of the
Penal Code printed and posted widely
throughout the country, more especially in
the block betwixt Maunakea and Nuuanu
streets We beg to draw particular atten-
ton to the I'd, Sd, and 4th sections of the
Penal Code which we reprint herewith:
%. Whoever ~willfully and maliciously burns
in the night time, The dwelling house of another,
in which there Is at the time Of such burning any
occupant or inmate, is guilty of arson in the first
degree, and shall be punished by death, or impris-
onment at hard labor for life, in the discretion of
the court.
80. Whosoever w~illfully and maliciously burns
in the day time, the dwelling house of another, is
guilty Of arson in the second degree, and shall be
punished by imprisonment at hard labor for life,
or any number of years, in the discretion Of the
court.
"a. A malicious burning, is the offence Of
burning a thing, whether that Of the offender or
of any other person, with intent to injure another,
or without any justifable motive or object, and
with a reckless disregard of the life, or personal
safety, property, or legal rights, or interests Of
another, where the same are obviously, immediate
ly, and imminently endangered by the burning"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-06
Miscellaneous Items.

England derived in 1881 f450,00 from
the duty on carriages.
Florence N~ightingale's training school
sent twenty-four nurs,s to Egypt.
The Austrian army is to have a railroad
brigade familiar with putting up aud de-
stroying railroads.
Carlyle's 'Heroes and Hero Worship" is
the newest of that admirable series of cheap
standard works, projected by Messrs Chap
man & Hall, for the benefit of the public at
large.
Observations of the comet made at Wash
ington END to confirm its identity with the
comet OF lS43 and 1880.
Messrs. Macmillan intend. it is said, this
year to found an important review, to COM
bine some literary novelties with the exist.
ing characteristics of the Contemporary,
Fortnightly and Nineteenth Century, and to
place it under the editorship of Mr.. John
Morley.
Miss Fanny Davenport. the American
actress, wears in Diane de lays" precious
stones which are valued at 100000. One
jewel alone, formerly the property of the
Queen of Spain, is said to be worth $4,000.
Among the biographical works recently
published in Paris are the Memoirs of Can
Ter, formerly Chief of the Secret Police.
and these, unlike the memoirs of M Claude,
are genuine. On the whole it is a dull and
disgusting book.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-06
Milk for Chickens.

Mr.. LYMAN, in speaking on milk fer chick
ems in the Poultry World. says -" am
not a poultry fancier in the common accep-
tation of the term-that is, | do not breed
fancy strains /; but for several years | have
bred and raised poulty for market. my aim
being to get the greatest weight of meat,
and to this end, ever since 1872. have
made liberal use of cows milk with my
young chickens. My method from the first,
and | have Seen no reason to change or
modify it, has been to heat the milk until it
turned to a curd. as in the process followed
in making what is called : Dutch cheese
only not carrying it out until the curd be-
comes quite as hard as for the cheese /; the
whey is mostly pressed out, and the mass is
then white, soft and easily disintegrated.
The small white crumbs. when placed be-
fore a toddling chick not yet six hours old,
are too tempting morsels to lose. and thy
pick them up busily. and with a comic ear
nestness delightful to witness. No one who
has ever had opportunity to observe can
have any idea eff the rapidity of the change
that takes place in your chickens which
have daily rations of curd issued to them.
They thrive prodigiously. Day by day they
stretch out in stature and multiply 10
strength. At a week old they are sturdy,
active, and sharp-eyed. They becomes
courageous, adventurous, and independent
They take long journeys around the premises
for purposes of forage and discovery, dispen-
sing for the time with the usual maternal
escort. Every faculty of mind and function
of body is brought iuto a state OF the high
est activity. So rapid and marked is their
development under the stimulus of this diet
that each new day bring its discoveries and
ago was yesterday a tall, v.g rous. hungry
chick; to-day you can see improvement /;
and in the delicately-rounded thighs, the bid
full breast. the upright carriage, and budd-
ing primaries. you can distinctly trace the
out lines of the future cock. of-the-walk.'
or the beautiful mother of a noble brood. To-
morrow he will be bigger, sturdier, hungrier,
and palmer feathered than now, and at six
weeks old be will fill the fryingpan. not only
with savoury odours, but with nearly 2lb. of
the sweetest, trnderest and inest-favoured
me It that epicure over coveted" This pl in
of feeding has been pursued here for years.
We know of a case where a lady had a doz
en- young fowls that she tend"d, with as
much care as Mr.. Lyman ever bestowed
on his. They grew plump and fat, and
were SO good that a night or two ago eight
of them the fattest-were stoIen.-[ED
p. C. a..
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-06
(DdiLY, Jan. 4th.)

THE immunity which Honolulu has had
from fires of any great magnitude, for the
past few years, should in no wise affect the
precautions to be taken to prevent the out
break and possible spread of a devastating
confiagration. The most thickly populated
part of the town, the Chinese quarters, are
built almost entirely of wood, and some OF
it so hardened and sun dried, as only to re-
quire a spark to set it ablaze. Incendiar-
ism is a crime not altogether Unknown to
the Chinese, but so far it is a crime that is
seldom known to have been resorted
to in Honolulu. In another column we re-
produce from the Fireman n short article
the subject oi the origin of fires. 1t
contains a few suggestions that might
be worthy of the consideration of our
local authorities. There w always
more or less doubt c. ing the
origin "re'' d be more db
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-06

In the course of his very eloquent and
impressive sermon last Sunday evening
Mr.. Cruzan said, "Any Christian home in
Honoiulu-worthy of the name-is open to
any young man who will abandon evil
associates"
We know this to be true, and we would
ask every young man in this community
to remember it. Christian houses are open
to those who try to lead Christian lives {;
and a warm welcome is assured to him who
will abandon evil associates. Young men
have said, " We have not been invited to
these Christian homes. These good people
would wait a long time before they would
invite as to any of their parties, and though
they profess to feel a great deal of interest in
us, and anxious that we should not drink
and smoke, and spend our evenings in he
bar and billiard rooms, yet when it comes
to inviting us to our homes they don't do
it." True, as long as young men do frequent
places where the surroundings are for evil
and not for good where intOxication, pro-
fame language, betting, and lewd CONVERSE
ton is the rule, they will not be inv tied to
homes where all these are unknown. But
if any young man will stop gong to tie
bar-rooms; stop spending money for liquor;
stop as~sOciating with those whose commu-
nications are evil, and by his presence in
places where Christians meet together for
amusement and rational enjoyment, show
that he is trying to exchange evil for good.
he aOiH be encouraged, assisted and helped.
No young man can say that the proprie-
tors of bar-rooms ~"invite" him to come
and see them and, if a young man resorts
to those places because they are light, and
cosy, and provided with reading matter,
and does not spend any money for liquor,
N, -, - -, -, ,1ax;,,r for r0 mag hn will find
that~he is not welcome or wanted. The
Christian homes and institutions in Homo
lulu offer all reasonable means of enjoy
ment to young men who seek pleasure, and
are willing to pay for it by practising
sobriety and conscientiousness, and leading
true manly Christian lives.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-06

An OLD STORY WITH A New FAcH.-Mr. Isaacs
and Mr.. Blumeuthal. We ar, told, kept rival
clo,hing stores on the Bowory. within Il few
doors of each other. Mr.. Isaacs was always to
be found with his head out of the door, solicit
ing custom from. the verdant passer-by. Mr..
Blumenthal objected to his shoddy way of doing
business, having found that the watchful Isaacs
had cuptur.d several Of his customers, and one
day he went up to Isaacs and said: Z" Look here,
MIR. Isauc5, Wy don't you keep your ugly face
inside. You might peter get Il jacknss to stand
ply the door. He would be II pig Improvement. -
"Vy," said Isaacs, g did try dot vonce. and all
de people AS dey pass Ply say to him Good day,
Mr. Biumenthal (; l see yo've moved. ~ rsry
City Journal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-06

PoTATo salad is one of the best and most easily
made side dishes for tea. Boil the potatoes or
steam them with their Jackets ON. When they
are done, remove the skins, and let the potatoes
get Entirely cold, then slice them in thin slices.
Make a dressing of hard boiled eggs, chopped.
IL lille onion also chopped, and as much salad
OIL, salt, pepper, parsley, etc., as your taste
dictates. Be careful, when mixing the dressing
with the potatoes, not to break the slices ; toss
lightly with a fork, or, better still, shake the
dish which holds them. Line the salad-dish
with small lettuce leaves pour in the salad,
and yOu have an inviting dish for the table.
Save on small plates pat one beside each tsa
plate, anl have The salad-dish pnssed to ench
person.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-06

THERE is much Significance in this anecdote
about Canning, the English statesman: 'fWe
walked into the woods to have a quiet talk, and
as we passed some ponds L was surprised to find
that it was a new light to him that tadpoles
turned into frogs. Now, don't you,' he said.
go and tell that story to the next fool you meet.
Canning could rule the British nation, but some
people think a man who does not know the natural
history of frogs must be an imbeeile in the treat
met.t of men,"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-06
NOTICE.


NOTICE.
f3LY PERSO rs TO II. n. NJ.
- RUTH K~ERLIKOLANI are hereby reauestsd 10.
make immediate payment Of rents or other debts 10 the
nndersigned ut H. II VI. residence, Kapalaiua. Oahu.
r.. ". MEYER.
Hsd2S iAgent for II. Il. n. Ruth Keeiikolani.
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CDdiLu, Jan. 2nd.)

PREPARATIONS for the coronation cere-
mOny have commenced in the Palace
grounds. The framework of a grand semi
circular pavilion, capable of seating 1000
persons, is partly erected in front of Iolani
Palace. Also the frame work of a smaller
octagonal pavilion in which the ceremony
will take place. The whole of the wood
work of these structures is to be ready for
artistic decoration by the 18th instant, when
the artistic work will be taken in hand by
two French artists, Messrs. Buchanan &
Rupprecht. A space between the edifices
will be fioored over for the purpose of a
Grand State Ball and other festivities,
and complete arrangements nave been
made by the Executive Committee of
the Privy Council for carrying into effect
the Coronation Act. The appropriations
for this event by the Legislative Assembly
will be amply sufficient to provide for all
necessary expenditures. There has been in
the community a somewhat prevalent
opinion that this event would incur an
enormous expenditure of 500, 600 or more.
This is entirely without foundation. The
Government expenditure will be kept
strictly within the limit of the fund appro-
priated, and if there be any larger expen-
diture on account of the coronation it will
be out of the private purses of officials and
citizens who desire to honor the occasion.
We understand that invitations for this
grand ceremonial are now being prepared
and issued.
The leading events of what we may term
the Coronation festivity will be Feb
ruary 18th, the Coronation ceremony, to be
followed by q Grand State Ball, State Ban
quet. Grand Iuau, Regatta and Races. For
the occasion of the Coronation ceremony,
the Court, the chief officials, and particip-
ants will be i'm full dress or Court costume, but
it will not be necessary that the spectators,
having seats in the Grand Pavilion, should
be otherwise than well dressed, as is custom
airy on important receptions of a public ma
ture, butthere will be an opportunity on the
occasion of the Grand State Ball for a full
display of the most elaborate costumes of all
our fair ladies. However, we presume that
the proper etiquette of the occasion will be
fully announced by His Majesty's Cham
berlain.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
The Grain Crops Of 1882.

BY the latest figuring of tho Agricul.
cnral Bureau ut Washington it is re-
ported the corn crop of 1882 is placed
at 1,G35, 900, 600 bushels, and tho yield
of wheat at 80, 900, ,0O0 bushels. These
estimates may be accepted as probably
not lar from the amounts which will be
shown by the official and final returns.
nnd tho results arc highly encouraging.
Considering the fears which were freely
expressed Tor tho corn crop i'll the early
part of last summer it appears from the
Agricultural Bureaus data to havo bccn
exceptionally good. Up to 1879 the
maximum yield Of Indian corn in this
country (Which occurred in that Year,
was / ,5i7, ,901 900 bushels. Last years
crop by the above estimate, exceeds that
of 1879 by 81, 0OO,O 600 bushels, and falls
only about POI, 600, 600 under the crop of
1880. IT fully jrlstilics tho prediction
which the Ucraid mado as carly as
August 9 that tho estimates then made
Of the probable yield Of the crop would
have "to be revised and enlarged" Tho
JatcSt official estimate Of that years
wheat crop places it ut about so, 600, 600
bushels more than that Of 1878, 60, ,OO0,OOO
moro than that Of 1879 and 10000
more than that Of 1880. The past year
will, therefore, be memorable in the
agricultural annals Of the country as ono
of fruitful seasons, filling not only our
own land but others with food and glad
ness. While the present winter began
with some severe weather in tho North
west the recent conditions have been COM
paratiycly mild over tho country
generally, SO that there is now no uno
mistakablc menace of hard winter, such
as that Of 1880-81 Gn which on Decem-
Der 20 tho terrible cold of fifty-nine
degrees below zero was registered in
Montana) to mar tho crop prospects Of
the new yc0r.-NcV York Ucrald.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
DRINK OR EIGHTo
An AnccdOte about OIe Bull.

Gong down the Mississippi, Ole Bull
met on the steamboat party of half
savage men, cOlOnists from the far West.
While reading his newspaper he was ac-
coSted by one of the men, who had been
sent as spokesman by his companions,
with the request that the fiddler would
take drink with them, Offering him q
whisky flask Mt the same time.
81 thank you" said Ole Bull, "but I
never drink whisky"
With n curse tho fellow asked him if
he was tcc-tOtalor.
"No, but whisky is like poison to me.
eff you can't drink, come and fight
then"
Tho mans comrades he'd gathered
round him meantime, and they all cried:
"lf you won't drink, you must fight
You look darn strong; show us what you
are good for.
ga NOrScnlan can fight as well rs any
body when his blood is mp. but L can't
fight Whcn my blood is cold, and why
should I ?"
"You look like strong fellow, and
darn it, you shall fight"
Seeing no way of escape, Ole Bull
| quietly said: "Sinco you insist on testing
my strength, and there is no reason for
| fighting, J. will tell You what J. will do.
Let any one of you take hold Of mo i'll
any way he likes, and I'll wager that in
half minute he shall lie on his back Mt
! my feet"
A big fellow was chosen, who stepped
forward and grasped the violiaist round
| the waist, but was instantly thrown over
| his head by sudden wrench, and lay
scnsclcss on the deck. Ole Bull now
felt himself in very uncomfortable
position, for he saw one Of the mans
comrades draw n bowie knife, but was re-
lcved when it was used only to open
flask. A good dose of its contents
poured down his throat soon revived tho
fainting man, and his question
GLOW the deuce was [ thrown down
here" waa answered by shout of
laughter from his companions in which
he himself joined. He sprang to his
feet, and after Yainly trying to persuade
Ole Bull to show him how he had thrown
him, he said:
"Tako this knife homo with you; you
fight darn well; you arc as quick as light
ningW
The artist beard of tho Same fellow
lator rs h%.,Ing gone to an editor to call
him 10 an account for an adverse crit
cism on his playing, ready to fight for
for "the strongest fiddler he had ever
seen, anyhow"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
The Drinks Of all Nations.

"Drinks of All Nations" was the sub
lect of President Cottcn's lecture before
Boston temperance meeting "Britons,"
he said, "spcnd annually G14O,OOO 900
IN drink, an average of $40 each. This
does not include the sum paid for i'm
ported French wines. / have learned
that America is now exporting largo
Quantities of whisky to England. If
80, God help England. In Russia the
common people drink enormous guam
titles of strong beer. The nobility con-
sumo great amount of brandy. The
Government has recently appointed a
commission to devise q scheme of nation
nj reformation. But one dram shop is
to be allowed i'll each village, and where
two villages arc in close proximity one
shop must do for both. At present
100000 gallons of wine and brandy arc
annually consumed in Russia. Holland.
ers drink gin and beer. Germans nso
beer and wine as beverages. In 1873
oilicial reports show that there wcro
ii 300 brcwerics in the German speak
ing countries, turning ont $40, 600, 600
imperial gallons Of beer. In Copen-
hagen tho authorities havo decided to
reduce the 1850 beer shops to eight No
pretty barm0ids arc to be allowed to
serve liquor, and the drunken man must
be carried homo in cab ut the expense
of the last man who sold him beer. The
Turks arc the only temperate race of all
civilized nations. No good Mohammo-
den touches distilled or malt liquors"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.

;, CoSoERNINa the cause of London foga,
u s now suggested that they are largely
uUe 10 the burning of sulphur, 200 tons
gi tnls substance being daily burned in
AZ mas oeen found necessary TO begin
rye formation Of new entrance to the
niohnt Gems Tunnel on the French side
| 1he former entrance showed danoeroua
| gigns of sinking.
| M. BouCHUT has found that the mice
of the fig tree contains a powerful, fer
] ment, capable of digesting albumino;d
matters as they are digested by the iuices
| of the stomach. ~
THR inquiries of Professor Cohn. Of
Breslau indicate that short-sightedness
Is rarely or never born with those sub
ject to it, and that it is almost always tho
result of strains sustained by the eye
during study in early youth.
The force exert2d by the discharge
OF heavy guns is something tremendous.
In some experiments at Woolwich it was
estimated that the pressure upon tho
base of the gun at the moment of the
| explosion was moro than sixty tons per
square inch.
Nj. DoHRN is stated to have introduced
the telephone Ill connection with his sci
cntlfic explorations of tho bed of the Bay
OF Naples. BY this means the diver and
the boatmen overhead are able to COM
munlcate with each other rs quickly and
mtelllgcntly as can be wished.
ANOTHER scaro is to follow that in re-
gard to color blindness. Statistics have
been published by learned heidelberg
professor. to prove that engineers on
railways are peculiarly subject to affcc-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
HOW lie Was Laid

1t was III smoking car on tho Hudson
river road. A New Yorker was exhibit
ing an invention to several gentlemen.
when IN old farmer, with settled look
OF "adncSs on his fac, hcavpd sigh and
said
| never see such thing without
wanting to weep"
Nothing about this invention to
weep over, that [ can src," replied the
inventor.
Wall, it sort O calls up old rccollec-
tons. Twenty years ago this fall T
thought J. had q fortune in my grasp,
les sir, | believed had struck tho big
8e"t thing since st I'm was brought into
use"
What wns it?"
cone day when tho old woman was
flat down with her lame leg I had to
cook my own dinner. After I'd cot the
pancake. batter all fixed UP / couldn't
find tho creased rag the old woman used
to rub over tho sIidCr Sort O absent
minded ike Ipickedup a picco ofraw fur
nip from the table and used it instead
1t worked to II charm; no smell, no
smoke, 10 stick.
He paused here to wipe away tear,
and then continued.
There was the fortune. I figured
that 100000 CREASED rags wcro used in
tins country five months in tho year.
Fifty Thousand barrels Of grease wcro
us"d up grcasin& spider. Ovcr$lOO, 900
wasted and gone. One turnip would
make SIX GrcasrrB; Loco bushels would
make enough to supply tho country.
All that WAS needed was TO cut them IN
into fancy style, anix II handle, and 90
To supply tho demand ut 10 cents each. -
"Thcro was money in it."
No, there wasn't. I bought 1OC
bushels of tnrnips, $5G worth Of wire
ana hred two men to go to work, and
thon L took grcaser and went over irtC
Vermont to see how it would take; the,
would not have it. Thcy had something
more siraplo and much cheaper"
What could it have been ?"
=, "ThGGy spit on tho spider I" replied
the old man, as tear mado q braok
down 'ns nose and was swallowed ND ir
tho dust on tho floor WoU Stree,
NGW8. '''' 90