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Ko Bernice Pauahi Bihopa Hale Hoahu Waiwai Makamae
To be opened to visitors every Thursday from 9 to 12 o’clock. On the other days placing and arranging of the collections [na mea hoomomoa], and therefore visitors are not allowed. By order of the Trustees.
HERE among our goods are fishing tackle: Nets of all types and amounts desired at a good price.
Hooks as well of superior and fine quality at very low costs. So too Line and Poles and large Hooks fitting for large Fish, as well as other fishing supplies.
PEARSON & POTTER CO., Ltd. Hotel and Union Streets.
There is the newest kind of Merry-go-Round, never seen before here in Honolulu. The wheels are run by steam engine, and when it is in motion, the horses jump up and down, and the car calmly rises and falls.
Follow closely the rules which I have advertised.
All injuries suffered by person or persons when riding this Merry-go-Round will be the responsibility of the person or persons; not mine.
Here at Halekou, Kaneohe, Koolaupoko, is very nice salt for sale to anyone who wants to buy. Consultation is pleasant, and prices are reasonable, whether it be for a bag, or two, or more, or a ton. I can be found at Halekou, Kaneohe, Koolaupoko, or if not me, my wife.
A Hawaiian Woman in China:—With the arrival of a trade ship from China this past Saturday, we saw a Hawaiian woman aboard. She was back in China with her husband, where they went to visit, and for her to see the land of her husband. There were many people who showed her around in Hong Kong [Honokaona], being that it was something new seeing a Hawaiian woman in those parts. What a good thing for that Hawaiian woman to see the “aina pua”* of her husband. The people probably spoke unintelligibly as her husband spoke unintelligibly back, all the while she was cut short. The name of this Hawaiian woman who went visiting is Wailaahia.
*Literally, “Flowery Kingdom,” [華國]
(Kuokoa, 10/13/1866, p. 2)
Aquai divorces Wailaahia, 1869.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Whereas I have divorced my wife, whose name is
WAILAAHIA.
Therefore, I will not pay her debts from this day forth.
Because the paper coming into this office these days is a fraction, as well as the type setting boy of the Kuokoa cannot adequately fill the usual eight pages of the newspaper every week, being that the other type setters are busy with a lot of other jobs, so he has no help. It has been decided for now to cut down the paper to six pages.
While this decrease of the Kuokoa to six pages is expected not to be for a long time, but when we see that the path is clear to return the newspaper to its regular size, we will let the public know.
KNOW ALL PEOPLE in the countryside, I am the one whose name appears below, a friend of yours in times past, who purchased Tree Ear. That season is over and it is a NEW AGE, and I putting out the call that I am purchasing KUKUI NUTS that are baked until done and then all shelled; just bring in the MEAT cleaned under the sun and dried well. I will pay THREE DOLLARS AND A HALF ($3.50) for a single barrel. For those who seek this, bring it; I will be found in the stone building of M. Kekuanaoa, at AIENUI. BE QUICK, DO NOT DELAY!