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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Choral and Quintette Club resumed
its rehearsals last evening at the gymna-
stun.
Wing On Wo & Co., 80 Hotel street, have
got fine lot of xxx Manila cigars for
sale.
The book of the season. THE HONOLULU
ALMANAC AND DIRECTORY FOR 1885. Price,
80 cents.
The regular monthly meeting of the Y.
N. C. A. was held last evening at the hall.
The usual routine business was transacted.
The steamer w. G. Hall leaves at 3
O'Clock this afternoon for Maui and Ha-
wall. The mail closes athalf-past O'Clock.
The Merrymakers leave tomorrow for
Port Townsend. They will perform there,
and gradually work down to San Fran
cisco.
Hack Inspector Macy is investigating
the matter of the white express driver who
ran over a Portuguese near the foot OF
Fort street on Tuesday.
Do not forget the matinee at the Ha-
waiian Opera House tomorrow afternoon.
See that your children go. They will GER
tainly enjoy the performance.
Just as the large audience was leaving
the Hawaiian Opera House last evening
very heavy shower of rain came down,
causing hacks to be in great demand.
The brigantine Courtney Ford sails for
San Francisco at 10 o'clock this morning.
All letters left at the Post Office marked
per Courtney Ford will be forwarded.
There will be the usual services at st.
Andrews Cathedral this evening at I
o'clock conducted by the Bishop of Homo
lulu, who will deliver a Lenten address.
The Royal Hawaiian Band gave one of
its popular moonlight concerts at Emma
Square last evening. 1t was a beautiful
clear night, and the attendance was very
good
( In future Her Royal Highness Princess
Likelike will be at home at her Waikiki
residence on Thursdays from to O'Clock,
with the exception of the first Thursday
in each month.
Mr.. J. Lyons will hold his regular cash
sale at 10 o'clock this morning, when he
will offer dry goods, sugar, bread, furni-
ture, a two-seated carriage, saddles and a
quantity of English ale
Mr.. C. o. Berger has just received, ex.
Geo. w. Elder, new lot of the celebrated
Macneale & Urban safes. Intending pur-
chasers would do well to call on Mr.. Berger
and inspect these fine safes.
No book ever published contains SO much
reliable and valuable information regard
ing the Hawaiian Islands in such small
compass as the HONOLULU ALMANAC AND
DIRECTORY, 1886. Price. 80 cents.
The appointment of Mr.. Graham, SON
in-law of Lord Crabrook, to the post of
Clerk of Parliaments, over the head of Sir
Erskine May, has excited much angry COM
ment in England. Sir Erskine May is the
acknowledged authority on Parliamentary
forms and proceedings.
The British Imperial Government has
agreed to a scheme of redistribution of the
hostages between Great Britain and the
Australian colonies, and to the proposal to
call for tenders for the carriage of mail
matter on the terms and in the manner set
forth in the agreement lately entered into
between New South Wales, Victoria and
South Australia. This has reference to the
Eastern postal route, via the Suez canal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19
English Picnickers at stonehenge.

most fully agree with your CORE,
spondent as to the abuse which picnic
parties at Stonehenge has now become.
/ was there lately with friend who was
seeing the stones for the first time, and
the space within the circle was crowded
with excursionists and others, some eat
ing and drinking, others dancing round
the stones, and the whole place Uttered
with paper and bottles, the scene COM
pletely doing away with the grand i'm
preston the wonderful and venerable
stones ought to give. think it is quite
time that all picnicking within the stones
should be forbidden. There is ample
ground for that on the surrounding
plain, and then others who really care
for such monuments would be able to
examine the stones with some pleasure,
which has now become impossible.-[L Let
ter in London Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19
CHUN HOOKS WORK.
A Large Quantity Of Stolen Property
Found Under n House I'm Nuuanu
Valley.

For the past two days officer Mehrtens
has been at work trying to find out
where Chun Hook, the notorious Chi
nese burglar, had been staying from the
time he escaped from prison till his cap
ture the other night by officer Kauhane.
1t was pretty generally conceded that he
was the party who had been entering
Chinese stores by boring auger holes
through the outside boards, and that he
must have had a hiding-place for his
stolen articles. While Chun Hook was
at the Station House he was asked to
confess what he had been doing
during the past few weeks, and was FUR
ther told that if he would confess he
would not be further prosecuted. But
nothing could be got out OF him.
However, officer Mehrtens yesterday
made big discovery. Underneath an UNI
occupied and dilapidated old house IN
Nuuanu Valley above the new reservoir,
and not far from the Nuuanu Dairy, he
found the following articles: One
blanket, satchel, four packages OF to-
bacco. black felt hat, two chisels, one OF
them very much bent; one pair cotton
drawers, pair white socks, pair black
cloth pants, two brown jumpers, several
packages of cigarette paper, blue denim
shirt, three pistols, two boxes OF cart
ridges, one knife (rather rusty), two
three cornered files with handles, cigar
cites, card matches, a number of Ma
Mia cigars, tobacco in a cloth bag, can
die and twenty-five door keys OF various
sizes.
Officer Mehrtens, assisted by Turnkey
Burns, brought the articles down TO the
Station House, where they now are. Lo
Sam Sing, who keeps store on Nuuanu
street, nearly opposite the White House,
was sent for, and he identified good
many of the articles, particularly the
clothing, as his property. 1t will be re-
membered that on Sunday night, March
the 9TH, his store was broken
into and a quantity OF articles carried
off, as well as $2O5 in money.
1t may be that Chun Hook had other
hiding places, and that more stolen
property may yet be found.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19

fensive works naturally become a charge
upon public loan, and swell the amount
OF unproductive expenditure.
Up to 1862 the revenue of Victoria
was mainly derived from customs duties,
licenses and land sales. A protective
and borrowing policy being inaugurated
about II at time, the sources Of revenue
were enlarged, and now consist of indi-
rect and direct taxation, land and public
works revenue, which latter include in
come from water works as well as rail-
roads and telegraphs. Customs and in
ternal revenue or excise yield about
81, 5000 a year; the land tax yields
about 800, 900; probate and succession
duties, tax on bank notes and stamp du-
ties yield an average Of 81 900, 900 year,
added to which there are port and harbor
dues and licenses. The revenue raised
by taxation for General Government pur-
poses is about $13 per head OF popula-
ton. But there is very complete mu-
nicipal organization in Victoria, with
local government boards endowed with
taxing powers, and the amount OF local
taxation is simply measured by public
necessities in the various districts. We
are unable to state what percentage local
taxation in Victoria bears to the popula
ton, but it is considerable.
We mention these salient points in the
public policy of one OF the most pro-
gressive, and despite its public debt, one
of the most solvent countries in the
world. 1t is policy that can best be
described as one of progressive borrow
ing" But for its huge public debt Vic
toria would be very far behind its pres
ent condition of material prosperity,
despite it's gold and wool export. The
gold fields soon gave out as ''poor mems
diggings," and are now and have long
since been operated by incorporated
companies with large capital, great
deal of it borrowed at low rates in Eng
land. But for the public loan exPendi-
ture, however, these companies probably
never would have been formed, and
Victorian mineral development would be
much in the same condition to-day as
are the mines of Peru and Mexico. Pop
ulation and capital were attracted and
tied to the soil by a progressive borrowing
policy. Fixed wealth was created, and
powerful and prosperous State has been
founded ON an Australian desert within
forty years.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19
HIghwaymen on the waikiki Road.

Last evening, shortly after half-past 10
O'Clock, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Macfar-
lane were driving home from the Opera
House, and when near the Sunny South,
on the Waikiki road, they noticed a
cloud OF dust and a cOmmotion ahead of
them, as if some trouble was occurring.
Mrs Macfarlane got very nervous and
her husband drove little faster. They
had only gone a short distance when
they passed two suspicious looking white
men on horseback. This caused Mr..
Macfarlahe to drive still faster. In 8
few moments he came up with soldier
riding in a brake He was dressed in
the Princes Own uniform, and was in a
terribly excited condition. He stated to
Mr.. Macfarlane that as he was coming
along he was shot at from a Chinese
house near Marshfield. The ball hit the
back of the brake, so that he had very
narrow escape. He turned down the
lane leading to Moehonua's place.
Deputy Marshal Dayton was communi-
Gated with about half-past IL o'clock,
and will investigate the matter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19
HOW COSTLY FABRICS ARE CLEANED
Treatment of Fine Laces-CIeansing Vel
vet-Renewing Actresses Costumes.


vet-Renewing Actresses Costumes.
A careless waiter or an accident at the
dinner table may cause the apparent
ruin of laces, silks, or velvets worth
large sums of money. If the lady tries
to clean them herself she makes matters
worse and makes it impossible for the
professional cleaners to do anything with
them afterward. These cleaners have
peculiar methods in renovating these
delicate fabrics and many of them they
viii not reveal, as they are secrets Of
their trade.
The treatment of fine Iaces," said
cleaner, rs an extensive and trouble
some process. a thick blanket of soft
rags is sewed around a bottle, and on
this the lace is pinned. 1t is quite i'm
possible to rub lace, as it would tear it
to pieces. The bottle is then placed in
bath of soapy warm water. After soak
ing for twenty minutes it Is boiled for
some time and then allowed to cool. 1t
is dipped in several baths of clear water
until all the soap seems to be removed.
The lace is then removed from the bot
tie, and, after part of the water is driven
out by gentle pressure, it is hung up to
dry
AFTER time 1t Is laid on SOFT cloth
to dry still more. When still
slightly damp it is placed on
hair cushion covered with flannel,
and is fastened there with lace pins.
This is work of skill and patience. A
pin is passed through each loop and a
twist is given before the pin is fastened.
Sometimes the loop is drawn straight
and sometimes not, the operator seeking
TO follow the original design of the lace.
When quite dry the lace is sponged
with weak solution of gum arabic, and
when dry again, it is almost as good as
new.
1.-THE method of cleansing velvet is a
secret; it can be greatly freshened by
steaming it over boiling water, care be-
ing taken to expose the wrong side of
the velvet to the steam, but this is use
full only where the damage is not very
great. / can tell you only that the pro-
cess is dry one, and chalk is used in
it. Velvet that has been wet is hard to
treat, but we have been able to do Won
ders with it.
ut is a very common thing for ac-
tresses to bring elaborate silk and satin
costumes to be renewed, and we also
have many fine ball dresses. We do not
take them apart, but cleanse them as
they are. They are first dipped in a
bath of naphtha, and this removes ink,
champagne and many other stains. Then
they go into bath of pure benzine,
which takes out all the grease. They
are softly rubbed in these baths, and
any spots remaining are treated with OK
alic acid. They are rinsed out in warm
water and dried over steam coils. To
iron them would harden the silk and
make it shiny, so tits run over steam
rolls, or ironed between dannels. We
have ironers whose business it is to iron
dresses, and when they have finished a
dress it looks new. Mildew is removed
by oxalic acid > New York Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19
Police Court.
BEFORE POLICE JUSTICE BICKERToN.
THURSDAY, March 18th


Jas. Smith, J. Gastano and KuaulI
imbibed too freely on St Patrick's Day,
and were taken to the Station House to
sober up They each had to pay IS for
this breach of the law.
Maria was charged with deserving her
husband the past three months. She
pleaded guilty, and was ordered to re-
turn and pay s. costs.
Frank Metcalfe was committed for
trial to the Supreme Court for forgery.
Nick Mudgett was tried for assault
and battery on Haleaka (w). After
hearing the evidence, which was quite
lengthy, he was discharged. In making
a statement to the Court, Mudgett said
that on the day he was at the Halfway
House he was served with bottle OF beer
and that he saw another man served
with whisky.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19
civil Court.
BEFORE POLICE JUSTICE BICKERTON.
THURSDAY. March 18th.

THURSDAY, March 18th.
Wilder Steamship Company VS.. Kea-
lakai, DESERVING contract service. Ordered
to return and pay costs.
Three suits for nOnpavment of water
rates were discontinued, and one was
settled out of Cont.
G. T. Gulick, Minister of the Interior,
VS.. Paneohau, assumpsit for $57 80 for
water rates. Judgment for plaintiff for
$40 80, including costs.
Geo. II. Luce, Tax Collector, VS.. Ka-
mala, assumpsit for So taxes, with 1C
per cent added Judgment for plaintiff
for So so, including costs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19
A Good Yield.

During the past three weeks the Wal
manalo Sugar Plantation has taken BOB
tons of sugar from A acres of cane. The
Hon. J. A. Cummins lost a gold watch
on it, as he made bet with his planter
that it would not yield 800 tons. They
expect to get 1000 tons of sugar this
year.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19
Nearly 1000 Yards.

A 4OO-welght lead" sent down from
the Challenger in the abyss of New
Guinea struck bottom at the tremendous
depth of 445O fathoms, or 90, 1000 feet,
which is the deepest sea sounding yet
effected
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19

Inthese days of convenient photograph
ing appliances, those who visit in any
official capacity scenes of murder,
wreck or riot should apply the camera
before anything is disturbed, as the evil
dence thus gained, being incontroverti-
BILE, might possess incaleulable value.
Il practical Photographer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19
Most of the game killed by the Alaska
Indians is shot with fint-headed arrows.
Expected to Catch the Other Asleep.
World

Two of the bidders for the government
envelope contract, on their way from Holy
oke to Washington, were talking over the
situation with much assumed candor. 1t
was readily agreed that, as the bids had
been registered, there could be no risk in
comparing notes, so each promised to mark
his bid on paper and pass it over. Both
scratched away, the papers were exchanged,
and both were blank Each weasel counted
on the somnolent condition Of the other.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19
Short Postage.

There are quite number Of letters at
the Post Office for the Australian Col
onies which have not sufficient postage
on them. OF course they will be for
warded to their destination, but double
postage will be charged at the other end.
The letter postage to Australia or New
Zealand is twelve cents, and two cents
for each newspaper.
The goldsmith having smeIted his
bench scrapings, sweepings, etc., and
formed button" of them may roughly
estimate the percentage of the precious
metals he has collected in this way: A
certain quantity of the button is taken
and drawn out into wire which
must be of exactly the same length as
wire of fine silver drawn through the
same hole. Silver being nearly one
third lighter than gold, it follows that
the wire of fine silver must be lighter
than the one which was made from the
button specimen, and the increase of
weight Of the wire under test CORE
spends to the gold contained in it.
Il New York Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-19

Revolving Chair. Whatnots, Flower Pots and
Stands Koa Meat Safe, Refrigerator, Stove and
Kitchen Furniture, Bath Tub, etc, etc
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-20

T. II. Eckles, one Of the Supervisor
OF San Bernardino county and prospec
tive candidate for the Legislature. says
81 stand on the broad ground of public
necessity. No man with the slightes,
interest in the prosperity of Southern
California could for moment advocate
so ruinous measure as the enforcement
Of the common law principle OF riparian
rights. Water for irrigating purposes Is
almost as essential to our horticultural
interests as tue land itself While every
other industry that tends to our prosper
ity is directly or indirectly dependent
upon that system which has made
Southern California what it now is, and
which il continued will lead to infinite
Improvement in the future.
While those versed in the law are
left to conduct learned discussions on
precedent, illegal construction, and
other interesting legal phases Of the
question, the irrigator realizes with a
feeling akin to desperation that the
highest court in our State has deliber-
ately abrogated right that he claims
not only on the ground OF public neces-
city and every principle of natural right
and Justice, but one for which he has
exchanged his best energies and his cash.
But the situation is not yet hopelt S.;
with intelligent, honest and energetic
men to represent our interests, legisla
ton can and will be procured for our
relief.
know that every friend who advo.
Gates nv caDdidncv for the Assemble
does so in the belief that | appreciate
the Importance Of this great question;
and ! cheerfully subscribe myself as
pledged, in case of mp election, to de-
vote every power and influence that
can bring to bear to the cause Of appro.
priation.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-20

the highest pressure, aud an idler like
myself seems in the way or has to step
aside from the maddened crowd, thank
ing his stars that he eau return TO Los
Angeles soon and read his HERALD in
peace and comfort, under his ewn vine
and fig tree.
The theaters have the summer attrae-
tons light and suited to the weather.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland
fooled the reporters and got away from
them nicely. Now the honeymoon il
over, they will be left to themselves
perhaps, though doubt 1t. as the re-
porters are reporting every little piece
Of news news, but trifling incidents.
| am down on this Jenkinsism.
| saw by the morning paper that the
confectioner's wagon left a bucket of
ice-cream at the White House for din.
ner. This important news | thought Of
telegraphing You lat your EXPENSE only
they did not state the flavor. As soon
as | hear | will telegraph you. Till
then possess your souls, gentle readers,
in patience. This 1 consider of more
importance than the defeat OF Glad
stone. The G.. o. NJ. has the sympathy
of almost everyone hereabouts, and Of
yours truly, OCCASIONAL.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-20

The Gazette has the following: Tn
Mackay and Bentz oil wells in Nortl
Anaheim have been bonded for $40, 900
II Is said that the recent strike in tn,
Puente wells has attracted attention tC
our local oil region, and that abundant
capital will soon be available to prospect
the region thoroughly.
The assistants to the Coast Survey
party have a large telescope which they
use almost every evening in viewing
the heavenly bodies. The companions
Jupiter, four in number, cannot be seen
with the naked eye, but with the aid oil
this instrument an interesting view OIL
the four moons of Jupiter eau be seen.
Observations of the moon were taken on
Tuesday evening, but that lunar body
was too bright at the time to insure a
clearly visible observation OF it.
There was romantic wedding on the
high seas on Tuesday, the contracting
parties being Newton Meyers, OF Santa
Ana, and Julia, the lG-year old daugh-
ter OF Nathan Fletcher, of Orange. The
story is that Meyers met the young
lady at the railroad bridge and proceed
ed to Wilmington in a buggy, where a
sailboat was chartered. When three
miles off shore the captain married the
lovers in true nautical style. IL is re.
ported that the couple have fled East
ward to remain until the patental wrath
cools
The Los Angeles County Pathological
Society will convene in Kroeger's Hall,
Anaheim, on Thursday, July LIST, at 2
o'clock P. NJ.
An afternoon and evening session will
be held, between which collation. is to
be served in the Town Hall. The pro-
ceedings are to be opened and inter.
spersed with orchestral and vocal music
During the evening session the noted
Anahsim Leiderkranz Society will sing
one or more popular pieces. The liter.
airy part of the programme so far as pro.
vided at the present consists of
An address of welcome.
An address by the President of the
society.
An essay on the "Raisin Grape" by
Robert Mcpherson, OF Orange, and dis.
cussion on the subject.
An essay by Mrs. Kate Parker on
Market Gardening"
An essay on "Wine Grapes by A.
Langenberger.
Should time permit, discussion is
upon the subject of "Table
Grapes. The meeting promises to be
one of great interest and pleasure. The
is full list of the committees
appointed by the General Committee of
Arrangements:
Reception-Plez Jlmes, A. Langen.
berger. r. Melrose, r. J. Northam, +.
]. j. Schmidt, J. IL. Bullard, W. G.
Potter, Thos. F. Williams. Ernes,
Browning, Thee. Staley. Lionel Brow
ing, Thee. Reiser, Sidney Holman, Silas
Holman.
Music-W. A. Packard, Chas. Schin.
dler, F. Conrad. 7. 5. Grimshaw, H. s.
Knapp.
Finance-H. Kroeger, E. J. Pellegrin,
J. 5. Gardiner, +. A. Korn, A. Rim pau.
Decoration-H. G. Gade, f. Brown.
ing, Joseph Backs, Jos. Bennerscheidt,
Julius Schneider, q. o. Rust, the NJ isses
Frances smith. Lennie Saxton, Matilda
Rimpau, Mary Horstman, Katie Brem.
norman.
Collation-Mrs. J. w. Hart, Mrs. s.
Scott, Mrs. +. j. Pellegrin, Mrs. T. S.
Grimshaw. Mrs. r. j. Northam, Mrs.
w. j. Smith, Mrs. II. Cahen, Mrs. w.
NJ. McFadden, Mrs. L. f. Lewis, Mrs.
Lionel Browning. Misses Amy Hartman,
Amy Saxton, Ida White, Fannie Hig.
gins, Clara Schultz, Katie Bremmer-
maun, Minnie Bailey.