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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-18
Steamship News.

LONDON Jan. 17-Arrived: st. Laurent and
City of Chester from New York
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
PLANT TREES.

1t will pay to plant trees for shade
as well as for lumber. The influence
of growing timber upon climatic con-
ditions is recognized in modern as it
was more fully in ancient times. In
deed, forest conservation was lead
of Mexico, while forest denudation
was practiced, with the most disas-
trous results, by the Spanish conquer
Ors, who repeated i'll the New World
the reckless system which they had
pursued in Old Spain after the expul-
sion of the Moorish sovereigns,
whose enlightened indust rial policy
was misunderstood by their semi
barbarous Christian successors.
There are many localities in these
islands where forest timber would
grow, which could not otherwise be
utilized for cultivation. No time
should be lost in planting suitable
varieties of timber, because it takes
long period of years to mature the
wood. Meanwhile, timber is becom-
ing scarce and dear. Our supply from
the Pacific Coast will be more expen-
sive in the future, consequent on the
rapid destruction of its forests and the
fresh markets for redwood lumber
opened in New York, Australia and
the United Kingdom. The present
annual lumber product of the Pacific
Coast, including British Columbia, is
estimated at 750,0OO,0O0 feet. The
census of 1880 gave the annual output
at FOG, 100000 feet, excluding British
territory, and the value of all lumber,
shingles, etc, in that year was
S9,SI4,685 These figures give an idea
of the lumber business of the Pacific
Coast. There are 700 sawmills in Oper-
alton, and the Puget Sound mills
alone turn out one and half million
feet of lumber daily.
This country should endeavOr to be
self-supplying in the matter of lum-
Der, but that result can only be
attained by planting fast-growing
varieties of trees whose timber is of
commercial value. AS a matter of
fact, however, it will be useless to
attempt anything of this kind On any
general scale SO long as the country
is overrun with goats, which destroy
growing timber by barking the trees.
Something effective should be done
to abate this goat nuisance, and per-
haps the most direct and effective
way to suppress it would be to inn
pose a heavy special tax upon this
really worthless class of live stock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01

1t does anybody else any good is very doubt
full. The only duty worth mentioning that
Is imposed upon the Minister is to behave
like a gentleman. Despite this obligation
many NeYadans sought the place, exciting
by their intrepidity the admiration of such
as have the honor of their personal acquaint-
ance. Mr.. Merrill has been chosen by the
President from among the mob of appli-
cants, etc.
This is hardly fair either to the
present Minister or his successor.
The truth is, however, that American
newspapers as a rule regard the diplo-
matte service as ian excrescencen
upon theft political system, to- bor-
row one of their own elegant phrases,
and therefore the Hawaiian mission
being to one of the weakest Powers
comes in for more than it's fair share
of abuse. But it pays the United
States to be well represented here, be-
cause of the amount of American
capital invested in these islands, the
magnitude of our trade with the
Coast, and the possibilities of it's eX-
pansiOn. We can assure our Califor-
MIA contemporaries that sound policy
should induce them to build up this
trade, instead of belittling it. When
the Isthmus Canal is open for traffic,
as opened it will be in few years
from now, it will be comparatively
easy matter to divert Hawaiian trade
from the Coast to British and Euro
pean ports, and San Francisco is not
IN position to throw away any more
of its trade. With one of the finest
harhOrs in the world, and with
chances such as no other American
port possessed to establish CONNER
cial domination over half the CONT
nent at least, it has failed to utilize
its advantages and has actual Y aided
to build up rival ports, north and
south of it, which have already
switched off the San Francisco
track at least half it's trade. If our
California friends would apply their
minds to business instead of frivelity,
and would cultivate talent for dem
onstrating facts instead of torturing
fiction in the least artistic style i'm
aginable, they might hope to save the
balance of their trade; but we fear
that they will permit things to drift
along until the Railroad system has
been perfected, and the bulk of its
crop products are shipped from the
Mississippi instead of through the
Golden Gate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01

ture should be regarded as a direct
blessing by all intelligent people.
Thus, the rain which falIeth upon
the just and the UNJUST" and which
adds to the prosperity and happiness
of all, remedies in part the neglect
of organized society" to provide
appliances for its own preservation
and comfort. When the rain is over it
is to be hoped that steps will be taken
keep the thOroughfares and main
lines of travel to suburban districts
accumulation of unsprinkled dust on
the Waikiki road, for example, be-
fore the rain, was disgrace to every
one concerned.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
FRIDAY
May 1st.
PUBLIC RECOGNITION.

We take pleasure in acknowledge
ing the public recognition, by the
Bulletin, of the new departure in the
management of the P. G.. ADvER-
TIsER. It is seldom that one news
paper advertises another papers BUSH
ness gratuitOusly, but our contem-
porary has done so in this case with
an unselffshness that merits all
praise. At the same time we are not
surprised at it, knowing the broad
lines upon which it has latterly been
run. It was its misfortune, however,
that this was not always the case,
but then, as it alphabetically says,
sit is human to err and there"
fore an occasional slip in the pro-
prieties" should not be too harshly
judged. It has our forgiveness and
benediction. We say to it in all kind
ness: "Go and sin no more, lest a
worse thing befalI thee"
But the Bulletin has given us great
encouragement in the assurance that
"fifty cents per month" is the news
paper road to riches. Having itself
reached the pinnacle of fortune by
charging half dollar monthly for
its paper, it can afford to look serene
" down upon our arduOus efforts to
climb the hill of fortune, upon whose
summit it rests secure against the ad-
verse gales of opposition to which
the ADVERTISER is exposed. OF
course, we cannot doubt the truthful
ness of the Bulletin, wherefore we
conclude that'inasmuch as it has been
q success by giving the least possible
modicum of news, the ADVERTISER
will be still more successful by Civ
ing the greatest possible measure of
general information to the reading
public.
We regret, however, that our con-
temporary should have blended its
Joyous netes with melancholy strains.
It was hardly the occasion to refer to
the newspaper graveyard" Yet
thoughts of death and oblivion will
obtrude themselves unbidden at feasts,
and it is but natural perhaps that our
contemporary should think, even at
the moment of journalistic exulta-
ton, of the fate that may soon be in
store for itself. AS for the ADvER-
TIsER, we have no apprehension. 1t
is not of yesterday, but has struck its
roots deep into Hawaiian soil, and
there it will surely flourish in the
coming years as it has flourished in
the past For the rest, we shall do
our duty and deserve success. We
are not at all jealous of our rivals,
and prefer vigorous competition to
anything else.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
MANUFACTURE OF PERFUMERY.

The United States is becoming a
great field for the production of per-
fumery. A wholesale manufacturer
in New York recently stated, in an
interview with reporter of the Mail
and EIpresS, that the same process is
used in extracting the essence of
flowers in the States as that adopted
by the famous manufacturers in Italy,
where the flowers grow. The United
States, he thought, would in time
rival Italy and France in the manu-
facture of perfumery. Already the
country around was dotted with
greenhouses covering acres and fur
nishing enormous quantities of flow
ers of every kind. The South, per-
haps, would one day have fields of
roses as well as cotton, and the rose
farms would be appraised at higher
value than the latter.
1t occurs to us that this is an indus
try which might be established with
fair prospect of success III these
islands. Roses and other sweet
scented flowers grow to PERFECTION,
and might be utilized as articles of
commerce. Doubtless there are imi-
tations of the most celebrated per-
fumery in the market, but they soon
lose their distinctive Odor. At first
these limitations possess the requisite
pungency and strength, but after a
time they deteriorate and become in
sipid. Only genuine extract of flowers
retain the delicate and delightful
scent which made several brands of
perfumery so famous in for mer years.
There is therefore a certainty of de-
mand for genuine perfumery, which
might be produced in these islands at
a cost that would insure its sale, at
least in all Pacific countries, includ-
ing Australia and New Zealand.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01

By the W. G. Hall, from windward
ports yesterday, it is reported that
multitude of fishes, known as the akule
and awaaua, ran ashore on the sandy
beach of Kona, Hawaii, on Sunday, the
18th ultimO. The children who were
along the beach at the time began to
gather them up, but were stopped by the
old natives, whose superstitious fears lead
them to believe that the appearance of
the fish was a sign of the death Of an Ali,
or native chief, and that they were, there
fore, tabu. They were gathered up, how
ever, the next day, and in such quantities
as to be fed to the pigs. A number Of
sword-fsh and the voracioas uluas fol-
lowed the fish in to the beach, and proba-
bly, drove them ashore.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
pri,isb BenevoIent Society.

The ball committee of the British
Benevolent Society met on Wednesday
evening, Captain Mist in the chair, when
the following subcommittee were APP
pointed
Finance and Refreshment : Messrs. T..
R. Walker, George Lucas, A. 7. Akin
son, H. Macfarlane and T. NJ. Starkey.
Invitation Committee Major j. H.
Wodehouse. Rev 4. Macintosh. Captain
Mist.
Floor Committee H. Macfarlane, E.
NJ. HoldswOrth, E. Purvis, H. Wode-
house, ]. Dowsett, F. W. Whitney, J. NJ.
Monserrat.
Reception Committee: Alex. McKibbin,
T. R. Walker VIM. Lishman, W. H.
Baird, Chas. Crozier.
Decoration Committee E. Henson,
Captain Hayley, f. Hutton.
1t was resolved that the ball be given
on Tuesday, the 26tn instant, unless in
the course Of public events the date shoulS
b. changed
The committee adj 'nrned until May
S:h
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
THE RAIN STORM.

The prevailing weather is favorable
to the growth of vegetation. We
have had an unusually dry season
heretofore, and therefore the down
pour OF the past twenty-four hours
and upwards has been welcome Wis
itation Indeed, in sanitary point
of view, it will. do an incalculabIe
amount of goodA 1t will wash our
streets, and free ravines and gulches
of accumulations of decaying matter
which must have been very deliteri
Gus to health. in a community
where street drainage is condemned
by at least one of the newspapers,
and which has made but a feeble
attempt to construct sewers of any
kind, this spontaneous action of ma
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
A GREAT NEWSPAPER.

IKE WEEKLY p. C.. ADVERTISERS is the best
and most complete paper published In the King
dom. Having been thoroughly remodeled in all
Its departments, it will be found to be uniformly
bright, newsy and reliable. Being intended speci-
ally for the family circle, it will contain nothing
offensive to morals refined taste. Arrange
ments have been perfected for giving complete
digest Of the worlds news up to latest date, in
addition TO all the local and general news of the
Kingdom. Correspondence. detailing facts, Is in
vited from all parts Of the Islands. Orders for
subscriptions should be addressed to the Manager.
THE WEEKLY P. C. ADvERTIsER is mailed to
subscribers at IS per annum, payable in advance.
Remittances may be made by P. o. Order.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
CORPORATION NOTICE.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL PER
~ sons that at a meeting of the shareholders
Of the PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER
COMPANY, held on the z4th day of April. 1885,
It was voted to accept the Charter of Incorpo-
ration granted to them, and their associates and
successors, under the corporate name and style
OF the
PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER
COMPANY,
And that the Corporation, under said Charter, was
duly organized, and elected the following manned
officers, viz:
President......... .ROBT. J. CREIGHTON
Secretary and Treasurer...........L. n. MATHER
Notice is also given that, pursuant to the terms
Of said Charter. shareholders shall be indYidu-
ally liable for the debts of the Corporation beyond
the amount which shall be due upon the share or
shares owned or held by himself. ap25-tf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
NOTICE.
4

Mr.. A. ". MeIis has secured the exclusive right
to the city routes for the P. C. ADVERTISER, daily
and weekly, and is now authorized to collect sub
scrlptIons therefor.
Payments on account Of subsc ri ptions may also
be made at the Publishing Office Merchant street,
where orders for subscription, and notices Of
change of address, etc, will also be received.
Subscribers will please report any complaint for
nsn-delivery, or other cause, at this Office.
L. MONTGOMERY MATHER,
Business Manager p. e. ADVERTISER.
April 80, 1885. If
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01

Referring to the above, we beg to
inform the business public that our
Banking establishment will be opened
for the transaction of business on
Monday, May the 4th, when we will
be prepared to receive deposits in our
Savings Bank.
We will also be prepared to make
loans, discount approved notes, and
purchase exchange at best market
rates.
We will receive deposits on open
account, make collections and con-
duct general Banking and Ex-
change business.
Our arrangements have been COM
pleted, so that we can draw exchange
on the principal parts of the world.
1O5-tf CLAUS SPRECKELs & Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
Advertisements.
BANKING NOTICE.

The undersigned have formed CO.
partnership under the firm name of
CLAUS SPRECKELs & Co.; for the
purpose of carrying on a Bank of
Savings and Deposits, and for trans
acting a general Banking and Ex-
change business at Honolulu, and
such other place in the Hawaiian
Kingdom as may be deemed advisable.
CLAUS SPRECKELs.
VIM. G. IRWIN.
Honolulu, April Is, 1885.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01

THE advent to office of the Demo
cratic party has effected many
changes. Among others it has made
Minister to England a Connecticut
lawyer, Mr.. Phelps, who described
President Lincoln as a wooden
head" and a twentieth rate back
country attorney" who was trying
to "whitewash the niger in the
blood of millions" 1t will hardly be
safe for Mr. Phelps to air his "copper"
head" sentiment in England. The
character of Abraham Lincoln is as
we'll understood and as highly es-
teemed at the Court of st. James and
among the British people as it is i'll
America.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
THE CALIFORNIA PRESS AND HA'
WAIIAN MISSION.

The San Francisco EUening Post
has a rather vicious editorial on the
Hawaiian mission, in which it states
that "Nevada is establishing pos
sessory title to it," Our Coast con-
temporary adds:
It is not a bad claim to own either, since
il il good for 1900 year to the fortunate
sasebrusher who is elected to work it, That
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01

The Manitoba, or "Riel rebellion"
has been caused by the Dominion
Government refusing to put the half
breeds in possession of the land to
which they were entitled. Perhaps
"refuse' is too strong an expression,
but the delay in doing substantial
justice to the half-breeds amounted
to a practical refusal. 1t will cost the
Dominion Government a thousand
times the value of the land in dis
pute, besides the lives that will be
sacrificed on both sides. The ex-
treme Northwest is the scene of this
trouble. Louis Riel would become a
hero or "liberator'' under favOring
conditions. AS it is, he is likely to
be shot like dog, and indeed he de-
serves that fate for his actions fifteen
years ago. But at the present time
he is altogether in the right, and the
Dominion Government is altogether
in the wrong. There are natural
equities which even British Colo
NAL Government cannot afford to
ignore.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01

WANTED, BY A YOUNG GENTLEMAN,
w having been some years in the Government
Tax Office, also in the General Banking and Rer-
camille Business in England, and having left on
account Of health, position where his services
and some money, if agreeable to both parties
will secure him an interest.
Address, appointing interview,
ERNEST CLIFTON,
IO9-my2 Post Office, Honolulu, n. 1.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
Hawaiian Jockey Club.
1-GRAZIER'S PLATE

1-GRAZIER'S PLATE.
Running Race; half-mlle dash open to all;
weight for age.
2-QUEEN's PLATE.
TrOtting Race; mile heats, to harness best 2 in
); for Hawaiian bred horses only.
8-HAwAIIAN JOCKEY CLUB CUP.
sweepstake of $50 added cup to be
won by the same person twice, the second win
ming to be at any future annual meeting one
mile dash open to all three ear-OldS Sealed
nominations inc losing a fee of So to be sent to
the Secretary of the Hawaiian Jockey Club on or
before Z. NJ. on the 4th day of June Final
ceptances as to the balance of sweepstakes on or
before p NJ. on the 10th of June.
4-GOVERNOR DOMTNIS' CUP.
sweepstake of $50 added. Running Race
emile dash open to all twO-year old Hawaiian
bred horses entries closed on August |, 1884.
5-KING'S PLATE.
Trotling Race mile heats, best 3 in S open
to all.
6-KAHUKU CUP.
Running Race; mill dash open to all Ha-
waiian-bred horses weight for age.
7-RECIPROCITY CUP.
Running Race; IN mile dash; free for all
weight for age.
8-GENTLEMEN'S RACE.
Trotting Pacing; mile and repeat open to
all horses that have never beaten three minutes
owners to drive, to road wagon.
9-PONY RACE.
Running Race; mile dash open to all ponies of
II hands or under.
0-KAMEHAMEHA PLATE.
Running Race mile dash; open to ell;
weight for age.
Admission within the fence........ so Cents
Admission TO the Grand Stand. Cents
Admission of horses to the enclosure, so cents
for each horse.
No charge made on the bridge for entrance to
the Park Grounds.
Applications for stalls to be made to the Secre-
tary.
Amount of purses will be given or before
June l, 1885.
All running races to be under the rules of the
Hawaiian Jockey Club.
All trottiHg races to be according to the rules of
the National Trottlng Association.
Entries close at z. NJ. on Monday, June sth,
at the office of c. o BERGER, Secretary, with
the exception of races Nos and 4.
6s-apI3-n c. o. BERGER, Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
Police Court.

BEFORE POLICE JUSTICE BICKERToN.
THURSDAY, April 30th.
Sam Luisson, charged with being drunk,
forfeited Sc bail.
Kahelemann, charged with assault and
battery on Kaninoa, pleaded not guilty.
After hearing evidence nolle, pros was
entered, and defendant discharged.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01

1-GRAZIER' s PLATk.
weight for age.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-06-06
DAILY POST-INTELleENcER
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M iaAHBf's FGfTkA

Wow that the Arabs are 10 he left IN
uuAissurbed possession Of tbs So0daa'
IL Ia not strange shat some sppreosn-
sion should he felt IN regisrd 70 The fn-
sure Of ths Mahdi movenant Inc
fanatisai followers Of the fsiss prophet
ara d0abtle,s elRtsd over thsir great
victory, and will henesforih 10 bosdsF
than ever in Supporting bis taaims 70
insuira.iou. TIE many sssDEis' Of rival
prophets rising ap in all parts OF tne
soudau 70 contest the isadsr'hip WIN
the original Fsist Prophet eaii De pss
dorn o. hAssna little or no founostaon
in fact. Il cannot bat be- h--s foe
Mahdi has besn greatly strengthened
by the failure Of ahs Bsitiah sitemps 10
subdue him. The very fast that Tie
Invaders were forced 10 retire from TIE
country, although they were the S'ceors
in almost every battle. viii go iaf
toward eouyinciag the Arabs sha' 'net'
prophets miracles broaahf about tne.'
sriumph. They will have more fassn
than ever In his power and In his insPi'
ration thsy viii be more zeAlous than
ever In his oause.
Il, 1. ne. nj all probable that this
nsuly triumphant offshoot Of lsismisui
xi,l eonfne itself 10 the Soudan. IL is
voald only agree 70 do 80, the rest oil
The world voaid he glad 10 les u ssvefe-
ly alone. But thsrs Ii no reason TO sup
pose that ID will he 20 accommodating.
Fanatics are mot usually yerJ careful
about retaining the friendship OF sneir
nsighbors. Tho Mahdi's men have
evsry induss.nens 10 sDread out Juss
down the Mile from where the Maisdi
10 strongest lies Egypt, good hooam-
nedan country. which 10 ID danger
Of falling inbo the HANDS Of Tho iniide's.
A movement toward Cairo frtn khar-
sozm and Bsaber IL not a.. improbable
sysut Of the near futare. Osman
Diena has demonstrated bic ability
20 dstend the Soudan from an
attack from the Red Sea, and there y
absolutely nsshinR 10 preveas an Arab
advance 10 Cairo, unless IL be the fear
Of European rifles, aud the Mshdrs
men have already shown that they have
little such fear. Then, too, there 70
Arabia Just ncrosI the Red Sea. Thsrs
10 surely uouuary which invites the
spear bearing missionaries and there
d little doubs that the hlaheh move
nosns VIII soon b. - powerful there -
In the Soadan.
For one reasan an advance OF III
Mahdi 20 Khartoum 10 not undesirable.
II would decide 10 whom Egypt be-
longs, disputed point iust al present.
Somebody would have TO defend the
country. Erelapd would 10 The most
natural defender, bat England has long
been trying 10 free harssif from her
complications in Egypt. Turkey would
probably have neisher cha power nor
the inolinasion 10 repel the Mshdi. An
for the other nations Of Europe. sna
can scarcely see why they should care
10 involve themselves In 4 conh Sot which
eonld not bring aisry, and might bring
defeat. Al ell svsnts the future Of ihs
Mahdi movement is fraugkt with In.
tefost.