Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-10-17

/ believe in Jesus Christ, His only
Son Our Lord,"-the second sermon
on the Apostles creed. Evening theme,
SIN the Shadow of Rock" All are
cordially welcome.
The Royal Hawaiian Agricultural
Society met last night pursuant to
adjournment at the Hawaiian Hotel at
eight o'clock with the Hon. Mr.. Cleg-
horn in the chair, The meeting adj
journed about nine o'clock. But little
business was transacted owing to a
heated discussion which occupied
most of the time between Mr.. Jaeger
and Mr.. Kenyon, of Koolau. A large
portion of the Chairman's time was
taken up by calls to order.
The Royal Hawaiian Band will play
the following programme at Emma
Square this afternoon at ago o'clock !:
Decentralization in Algier. ........ Rossni
Selection-Ernani. Northumberland Verdi
Waltz-Alexandria (new). ...........,G ungl
Mazurka-In May (new). ........ .Fahrbach
Or;cLs,.ns a, Spring (new).. Geipel
>eP' b., Euterpe (new) Eilenberg
Concert on Monday evening at
Emma Square.
Mr.. A. T. Baker, horse doctor and
trainer, who has made several trips to
Honolulu and came here last short
time ago, died suddenly about noon
yesterday at Palama. The deceased
has had the reputation Of being hard
drinking man at times and for some
time before his death had been drink
ing freely. About twelve o'clock yes
terday he was taken with CONFUSION
and died. DR.. McKibbin who attended
him is reported to have announced that
the immediate cause of his death was
heart disease.
The reason that slops are thrown
from the houses on Nuuanu and other
streets in the city by the Chinese and
natives is alleged to be, that if they dis
posed Of them inside the premises, under
thepresent sanitary laws, that their places
would soon be so full of filth that
disease would be precipitated. These
two classes Of residents claim that the
sun dries up the slops next morning
and the filth is carried away during the
week. 1t looks very much like self
defense after all-bad as sanitary mat
tiers are.
A Japanese who started a peanut
shop yesterday on Richard street is
solving the currency question in the
following manner !: Soon after he
opened shop yesterday small boy
went in and asked for five cents worth
of peanuts and gave the Jap an Fla
waiian quarter. The Jap Immediately
handed him back forty-five cents in
change, smiled twice around his mouth
and said something to the boy that
sounded like "Ohio." The boy said
he thought he was and promised to call
again.
A Chinaman and a kanaka had a
little race yesterday afternoon on Queen
street. After two attempts they got a
good start, but the Chinaman soon took
the lead. The race was for the dis
lance Of block and the wager was q
| poi feast When the kanaka saw his
wide-shoed brother was about to beat
him he suddenly made squirt, caught
the Chinaman's queue and jerked the
celestial back to the quarter pole. The
Chinaman yelped with pain and gave
up the race while the kanaka gallopeo
down the home stretch and won the
calabash.
They say: that the Planters have put
themselves into political box with Q
spring lock in the lid; that some fail
Hawaiian hula maidens are honorec
with guard to keep them from "givinl
away" new hula before the public
exhibition, esSe; that Hawaiian hack
horses would rather run away than Loaf
in the shade; that the services of 9
minister will be required by young
Honolulu couple in about a fortnight
to help them tie bowlin knot through
plain gold ring; that the politica
seers have selected the candidates o.
the opposition and changed them a:
often as the Honolulu Boat Club ha.
its senior crew; that nothing will be
definitely settled in either case unit
the events come off; that the GLORIOUS
climate" Of Hawaii discounts the
GLORIOUS climate" of California; tina
f the Honolulu ladies "push on the
reins' when they drive, because they
become accustomed to urging thei
husbands in this way; that the reason
some men "kick" about it is because
, they take it as personal affront-
you know that the drummer" and tn,
politician" are the same words in dif
ferent languages; and that the averag,
, Hawaiian is incapable of appreciatin,
: a pun on words. in the English Ian
/ guage owing to the punipnm condi
tons of the foreign tongue--as it were