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THE FRIEND.
SKI'TKMHER 1. 1870.
Hon. W. Money.—Our Island readers are
fully acquainted with the names nnd efforts
tif those residing here, who labored to secure
the Treaty of Reciprocity. There were,
however, members of Congress, unknown to
us, who were deeply interested in its final
passage. Perhaps none more so than the
Hon. W. Money, who has been visiting the
Islands. We have a distinct recollection of
the testimony of Judge Allen, to the good
offices of this gentleman, his efforts were the
more praiseworthy, as he represented a
sugnr-growing district of the United StateSj
and that region a southern portion of the nntion. It was not a little remarkable that the
Hon. Mr. Money should have risen above all
sectional and party considerations, and come
out upon the broad principles of national
welfare and honor. We trust that in his
subsequent career he may obtain a rich reward for his services which were so eminently conducive to our Island prosperity and the
welfare of the United States, for as an
American we have always regarded the
Treaty, as not only mutually beneficial to
boih countries, but upon the whole as even
more beneficial to America than it was to
the Hawaiian Islands.
In our last issue, we noticed the
of Lancaster, Mass." In books
History
"
and publications of this character we take
a special delight, for they are the foundation
of general and universal history; We desire to return our tnanks to Dr. Hyde and
Judge Hartwell for placing on our table certain publications of this nature, abounding
with a vast amount of useful information.
We have before us the " History of Lee,
Mass.,*' the " Centennial Proceedings " of
Sheffield, Mass., and a pamphlet relating
to South Natick, Mass, where Eliot labored
among the Indians and Mrs. Stowe found
the outlines of such noted characters, as she
has immortalized in her " Old Town Folks."
The people of New England are, just now
very much engaged in gathering up historical memoranda, and embodying the same
in Town Histories and Centennial Celebrations. These book will be of incalculable
service to the future historian and writer of
Romances. Hawthorne has so clothed some
of those old Puritans in garments of Romance, that they appear as fresh and life-like
as they did two centuries ago. Mrs. Stowe
is doing the same for the dwellers in other
parts of New England, as well as for those
of South Naiick. " Minister's Wooing "is
a most readable conglomerate of fact and
fiction, history and romance. We doubt
not some future writer will do for America,
what Walter Scott has done for Scotland.
The historic facts and real characters, are
lying about only needing a master pen to
describe and work them up.
Joseph Cooke Esq.—Just as our paper
was going to press, we received the obituary
notice, in another column, relating to the
death of one of our most esteemed citizens.
It has been our privilege to have known
him from childhood and to have ever
watched his career with interest as a pupil
at Punahou, a member of Vale College, a
Some one has kindly sent to our most honorable merchant and Christian
personal address, for two years and more laborer. In all the relations of life he has
the "Newtown Register," published in ever evinced a character (or honesty, inteLong Island, N. Y. We would be glad to grity and Christian propriety. Our symlearn the name of our friend. The paper pathies go with his family and a wide cir-
is newsy and ably edited.
cle of friends.
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RAMBLES IN THE OLDWORLD-No. 32
THE WENDS OF THE SPRF.E-WAI.D.
(A Sketchfrom Life.)
My " Rambles " have lately led me nmong
a singtirlarly interesting people, Ihe IStU
fiats Wendl, who are as a nation Inking farewell of a world in which they have in other
centuries played a no inconsiderable part.
Their history, their interesting and unique
life, the picturesque region they inhabit, and
above all their grand and noble charcter and
honest and loving hearts, have so cnptivaled
and won my sympathy and affection, that I
feel constrained to share with others, something of the impressions which a recent visit
among them hus mnde upon me.
A French statesman has recently said
le resulLes
"tat grandes agglomerations sont would
be
dune loi providentielle." It
useless to deny that the tendency of our age
is towards these same " grandes agglomerations," and we should probably rejoice that
such is the case, for it has doubtless a grand
and beneficial influence upon the progress of
the human ra.ee, in fact we thus hope in time lo
rise to the broad plain of a universal brotherhood. On the other hand no thoughful
reader of history can fail tn note the important role which lesser nations have played
in the world's development. No pages of
history nre more luminous with the record
of great deeds and heroic achievements than
those devqtpd to therecital of the struggles
of these valiant, though weak races against
the assaults oflarge and irresistible forces and
arms. This contest has been oftentimes
marked by grand and moving pathos.
We see in this fierce "struggle for life," the
smaller forces slowly retreating, face ever
turned to the foe. One vantage ground after
another is lost till at length baffled, weary,and
exhausted they are forced to lay down their
arms, and are quickly lost sight of in the
overwhelming ranks of the victors. Or,
perchance, possessed of still greater vitality,
they are enabled to hold their own for centuries of conflict having entrenched themselves in some remote or inhospitable region,
and having cut off, as it would seem all
manner of communication with the larger
world without. We find examples of such
national tenacity among certain peoples
in various parts of the world. They have
preserved their language more or less perfectly,—they are marked by certain national
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characteristics—or it may be preserve only spirit by force. Subdued
in rare tones of the voice or an occasional there, put under military
glance or gesture, some eloquent reminder
of the stock from which they sprung. Like
lonely, weury voyagers on some great and
unknown ocean, <lo we meet these wonderers
from other days, singing the songs which
their fathers sang, but in broken cadence ;
clinging in secret, perhaps, to ancient superstitions which have grown wan and ghastly,
in the light ol the better and fuller day,
which has dawned ; repeating, as if possessed of some talesmanic power, the words of
their ancient tongue. For one, I must confess, that i feel on especial tenderness for
these smnller races, which are slowly but
surely being merged in the " vastes agglomimtions," whose old, poetic individual
life is doomed to pass away, snd whose
languages will soon be embalmed treasures
in the scholar's libraries.
As introduction to this singular people, 1
can scarcely do better than to quote some
facts in relerence to their history Irom the
pages of a traveler, known personally to me
who has preceded me in this region, and
whose historical account 1 find most suggestive agd interesting.
"THE PRUSSIAN WENDS AND THEIR HOME."
The Wends were carried into .Northern Germany by the vast movement of peoples which
took place in tho fourth und fifth centuries of the
Christian era. As fast us the Swevi, Franks, and
other original German tribes swept over the
Rhine and down upon the I'uir domains of the
Roman Empire, their places were filled by other
barbarians from the vust plains of Asia. In the
adjustment ol those races in the west it happened
that the Scluvcs or aiclavuiiiiiiis acquired nearly
the whole region from the Elbe eastward, including Silesia, Poland, I'riiHxia and much of what is
now Russia. These were not indeed all Wend-.
By the fifth century tho Wends were firmly
settled in their new homes. In culture, and refinement, in the arts, und conveniences of life, in
agriculture, trade, and other industries, they
were not behind tbe Saxons, their neighbors.
They lived in towns and villages and possessed a
rudo system of civil government.
Their religion was a species of polytheism.
They believed, indeed, in one supreme god—
Belboy ; but he seems to have been a Sclavic
Jove among lesser divinities, the Wends and
Saxons lived at peace and even in friendt<hip.
Long before thut, however, a more powerful
foe had obstructed their traffic from the south.
So long as tho Saxons were heathen, and knew
only tbe faith of their fathers, they could live
with neighbors who were also heathen,
Christianity was a conquering religion. It
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could not be stagnant; it must advanco; and
the historian is forced to admit that in early
times it was little scrupulous about the policy by
which it spread itself among the unreclaimed
barbarians. The missionaries were often indeed
the pioneers, but the warrior followed not far
behind.
Early in tbe ninth century the Saxons were
converted to Christianity and their relations
to the Wends were at once changed. Tbey no
longer saw a simple active and thriving people,
whose products filled all the markets of the north]
hut a race of defiant heathen, who, at any price
must be reduced under the sway of the Cross.
They sent their bishops and abbots through the
whole region, to Poland, to I'omoraniu, to
Silesia, to the banks ol the Elbe and the Oder.
In some of these provinces as has been said, the
conquest was easy. But in others, and notably
along the right bank of the Elbe, below Magdeburg tbe opposition was strong, tbe struggle
long and arduous. It seemed impossible to persuade the Wends to Christianity or to break their
Ccelully
in places here und
governors, and compelled to accept the tonus of the alien fuitli, they
seined in every case the earliest chance to rise,
expel their masters and restore tbeir own chosen
priests. About tbe middle of tbe lOt h century
it seemed as if their resistance bud finally spent
itself. In 983 while the Germans were occupied
far away in Italy, the Wends ruse again with the
hour ol vengeance, destroyed the churches,
slaughtered tho priests and with lire and sword
obliterated every trace of Christianity. The
Germans were driven fur back over the Elbe, anil
for two centuries no attempt was made to recover
the lost possession.
In the 12th century came Albert the Hear.
nnd his advent scaled tbe doom of tbe Wends,
lie and Ins successors pursued indeed n liberal
policy. The Wends who honestly embraced the
Christian faith and German manner of lilc were
placed on equal tonus with the conquerors.
Then there were Wemlish peasants side hy side
with the Gcrmuns ; Weiidisti towns which Here
Germanized not destroyed, one or two Wendish
princes who were made Geriuuu nobles, and
founded some of the old Prussian families. Hut
there were exceptions. The rule for a century
was one of actual or truest hostility. The great
body of the Wends loughr the conquerors step by
step, year alter year, even century ulier century.
At last the time cume when they could no longer
resist in the open Held, liuully the vast swamps
ol the Spreewald ceased to shelter them, and they
have since been losing, day by duy, all the elements which made them u distinct people A
Wendish writer says of his kinsmen Unit "their
nationality, habits, and language ure like the
rock of Heligoland, from which tho heating
waves yearly tear uway a piece, until finally tho
unlucky island shall disappear." Through the
loss of its forests and the efforts of engineering
skill, the region hue been deprived ol most of its
original wildncss. A hundred and even iifty
years ago, it was almost an impassable forest
uod swamp."
BOATING IN THE SPREEWALD.
The Spreewald might almost be termed a
suburb of the German capital, being easily
reached in three or four hours by rail from
Berlin. Till one has made the tour of this
unique and picturesque region it would be
difficult for him to imagine, that so delightfully fresh and primitively poetic a nook,
lay so near the noise and bustle of the great
and crowded city. It is surprising indeed
that so few are aware what a charming ramble lies within their reach ; better perhaps
for those who do come and are permitted to
enjoy it in its yet unspoiled simplicity.
Availing myself of a few days of vacation at
Whitsuntide, I left the busy streets of Berlin for the fragrant and bird-filled groves,
which border the winding arms of the Spree.
It was when the perfect month ofJune was enjoying her most perfect days. The late and
tardy spring was atoned for hy the matchless verdure of the early summer, and to all
those who were permitted at this season to
wander out from the cities of the German
Fatherland into the beauty ofher woods and
country ways, this season could scarcely
fail to have been a source of indescribable
pleasure. My way led me first to the town of
Liibben, which lies on the frontier of the
Spreewald, which with Lubbenan and Vetschan, was "originally founded as a barrier
against the aggressions of the Wends and
formed part of a circle of forts which almrst
surrounded the forest." The town quiet
and common plucc, enough in itself has, a
certain poetic sacredness from thp fact that
that sweetest of " sweet singers," Paul Ger-
hard, lived and died here. He is burietl in
the village church, which stands among
clustering trees, on one side of the quaint
old market-place. Scarcely any relic of the
17th century is more precious to Germany,
than the rarely, tenderly beautiful hymns ol
Gerhard, which seem now filled with martial music born of a triumphant ar.d unwavering faith, and now melodious with the
chime of for off vesper-bells, inviting to
devotion and penitent prayer. Near the
town of Liibben is a glorious grove of elms,
which tradition says was once sacred to the
Wendish goddess of love, " Ljuba." There
is a charming freshness about traveling in
the Spreewald which I found especially delightful. At Liibben one says good-bye to
cars and rails, and takes to the more enjoyable if less swift traveling by boat. The
river Spree in the early part of its course is
for a number of miles a succession of rapids
but after this it strikes the most level of
plains and spreads itself out into hundreds
of arms, forming a perfect labyrinth—in the
forest. Here is the home of the Wends.
Afterwards the branches again unite and
ihe river holds its way—on to the north.
The Spreewald or Spree-forest has unfortunately for travelers and lovers of the beautiful in nature, largely disappeared—vast
tracts, where a hundred years ago the trees
stood in serried ranks hoary with age, are
now wide spreading open fields. Still
enough remains to show us how grand and
beautiful it must have been. All through
this extensive tract are scattered the villages and farms of the Wends and German.',
the two races having in these later centuries struck a lasting peace, dwelling side
by side in friendship. The Spreewald is
something of a rural Venice—in our imagination changing the marble palaces —bordering
the shores of the cnnal, for the arching
beauty of the splendid forest trees, and seeing in the blue-eyed Wendish boatman ant!
his swift and dexterously guided " kahn
a reminder ofhis darker -but I think scarcely more poetic brother, singing to the dip of
his gondola—oars. Surely no fairer—
more perfect sunshine ever lighted the
gold and marbles, of San Marco, than that
which in June glints through the leafy
aisles—of this northern forest. The boatmen seem bom to the oar. I have seen tiny
Wendish maidens too—in their quaint and
picturesque costumes, darting through the
shadows of the forest, like tropical birds
guiding their boats, with a skill that a professional oarsman might have envied.
Every one, man, woman and child, seems
at home on these " liquid ways," which are
as dear to them as the country-lanes to the
peasantry of England. So have they lived
for centuries, each life—from the early festivities attending the baptism—until the coffin is placed reverently in the prow of the
boat—and the " Dober naz" or "goodnight " is said, and the body borne away to
the little burying ground, having been spent
as much on the water ns the land. It is the
very poetry of travel! One takes his seat
in a long, flat-bottom boat, which is often
times most comfortably arranged, but where
generally the only seat is a bundle of straw.
The oarsman, does not row or scull but
" poles " from the stern. Your boatmnn
being behind you, at times you seem almost
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alone in the solitude of the forest. The
morning air is delicious with the perfumed
breath of the early summer. You have
taken your seat in your bout which you
have engaged for a day or two, and your
bronzed-cheeked, and blue-eyed boat man
has already won your heart by his kindly
respectful words. You have in a moment
entered a new world, a magical under
world. Your eye is on a level with the
long, but graceful river-grasses which
hitherto you have crushed with your foot in
passing or bent to gather. Here they
brush against your cheek at every turn. I
felt as if 1 had found a new jewel in the
open casUet of nature—one, which, those
men, who with annointed eyes, living in the
enjoyment of her treasures, seeing beauty
where other men never cared to look, would
have known how to prize. It seemed as if, by
some higher spiritualism, one felt the
presence of such poets as Thoreau, Keats
or Shelley,—quaint, and wondrous growths
such as I had never known before, lifted
themselves into view. Reeds and rushes,
water lihes and blue forgetmenots form
our way side hedge. The air is full of
murmur and music. Over our heads the
long, graceful branches of thousands of
elms form a leafy roof, pierced with arrows
of sunlight. Now our boat lingers in some
shadowy pass of the forest, now darts out
into the wide expanse of open fields, where
the tasselled grain and emerald grass—rise
und fall, fall and rise again, like waves, as
the summer wind sweeps over them. All
the birds ol the north and spring are singing
—from the lark high up in the blue,—to
■the
nightingale who mistakes the glooms of
the forest for the shadow of night. We
visit little villages, quaint and picturesque
and peaceful, guarded by the spire of the
church and the tower of the castle. We exchange friendly wortls and greetings with
the country folk whose boats meet ours at
some sharp turn in the forest or in the passage through the fields. It is the first ol
haying time and the barges come down the
river, floating islands of verdure—piled high
with the moist grass and sweet with wild
flowers. Hour after hour we spend on the
water. Night finds us at a friendly farmer's
home among the oaks, still another dav,
with boating and rambling and we come to
a comfortable little inn in the heart of the
forest and not far away from the
WENDISH SETTLEMENT, BURG.
I have alrendy alluded
to the bounds of
the Spreewald, within which lie a number
of Wendish towns and villages. The most
interesting in many respects is the town of
Burg, where an excellent opportunity is afforded the visitor of seeing the people in
their picturesque national costume. My
visit in the Spreewald was well-timed being at Whitsuntide, so that I had a most excellent opportunity of studying the Wends
at one of their holiday seasons. They are
protestants, and are a singularly religious
people, preserving much of that old simplicity and earnestness of faith, which is so
often wanting among the dwellers in many
parts of Germany. The large church with
its tower, forms the center of the little town,
about which the neat and cozy homes of the
Wends are grouped. It forms also the
center towards which the inhabitants of the
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country for many miles around flock on
Sundays and fete days. The Wends are a
thrifty sturdy, honest race. They have
forced the land of this great marsh tn produce rich and abundant harvest, and many
of them are wealthy peasants, living in the
midst of wide spreading and fruitful farms.
Unfortunately, for many reasons, the Wendish language is fast disappearing. The
language is Sclavic closely related to the
Polish and Russian. Notwithstanding the
great number of consonants which form the
words, the language when spoken or sung,
sounds most musically. Nearly all the
Wends speak German, and German and
Wendish go side by side in the schools,
though the language of the Teuton will in
time wholly displace that of the Sclave.
Germany has no better, truer, more loyal
sons and daughters than the Wends. She
has sent her best and noblest men to light
and fall for the Fatherland, and in the village churches one's attention is first of all
drawn to the names of those who fell in the
wars of this century.
I have seen nothing so charmingly picturesque among the peasantry of Switzerland,
or Norway, ns the gathering of the Wends in
the village church at Burg. On WhitSunday, I walked down from my little
hotel in the forest, a mile, perhaps, to the
village. The first day, of the festival is regarded by the peasants as peculiarly sacred
and the women appear in solemn, white and
black. The worthy cantor or school-master
of the town, had told me that I must not
fail to be present at the service on Monday,
and I found that he was right. It was certainly one of the most brilliant sights which
I have seen in all my travels. The following description of the dress of the women,
will enable you to understand somewhat
better, how bright a congregation must be
where the women by hundreds are in such
costumes. "The head dress is made of a
single square piece of linen as white as snow
and siarched with exquisite art which is
bound about the head. It stands out on
each side like t great fan. A jacket of
velveteen with full white sleeves is not
enough for the body ; over this small
shawls of oriental brilliancy are tightly and
neatly pinned. The shawls are sometimes
worn instead of the white linen on the head
and with the long fringe falling down look
very fantastic and picturesque. The skirts
always mnke up in width, what they lack in
length. They are usually of plain woolen
goods, red, blue, green, or orange, trimmed
at the bottom by a band of black velvet ribbon or some plain stripe. The lining is of
the stiffest crinoline. There is still another costume worn by widows and by communicants at the Sacrament. The skirt is
black and instead of the heavy linen head
dress a piece of thin white muil is laid
across the head, with a black ribbon to keep
it in place. The face sinks down into «n
immense Elizabethan ruff of the same material." Just endeavor to picture this unique
assemblage. From the country fur around
they have been gathering for hours. The
winding canals, the shadowy-passes of the
forest, the fields of standing grain have been
lighted up all along by these brilliant-peasant dresses. The interior of the church is
tastelully and profusely decorated with fes-
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and wreaths and branches and boughs
of elm and alder, green with the beauty of
summer. The body of the church is filled
by the women, numbering several hundred,
so that as we look down upon them from
above, these brilliant and gorgeous costumes,
seem like great tropical blossoms in a garden-parterre.
The men occupy the long galleries, their
dress being in striking conirast to that of
the women, that of the latter being all color
and glitter, the former, sober and precise
black, relieved now and then by some more
ancient coat in blue with huge brass buttons.
The service and sermon are in Wendish.
The people all join in the slow singing of
the chorals and bend devoutly in prayer.
The clergyman is u young man, in black
robe and bands, with a refined and scholarly
face. 1 came to know him Inter and found
him a most agreeable and intelligent gentlemen, an educated Wend, who is devoting his
life, faithfully and successfully to his people. The organ fills the church with its
deep melody, once more after the service,
then comes a baptism, and then the great
congregation pass out in the same quiet
decorous manner in which they have entered And novv is the time to see the
display of the Wendish dress. The village
streets are bright with color. The open
square before the grey church is, in the
radiant sunshine, a mosaic of blue and
crimson, green, violet, scarlet, orange, brown,
rose color.
The Wendish women seem to have an
oriental fondness for color and display.
Some of them are beautiful, with complexions which many a high bom lady might
envy, lustrous white suffused with the rose
and red which their life in the fragrant
forests in the flowery fields, under the blue
of their native sky can alone impart. There
are "studies" for an artist at every turn, here
a group of maidens, daughters of the wealthier peasants, the country aristocrscy in their
brilliant and often costly costumes, chatting
with the brown, honest, blushing farmer
boys, with huge, roses in their button-holes.
Here a bent and wrinkled grandmother,
clinging to her staff, and carrying her carefully folded handkerchief and prayer book,
looking in her quaint costume, as if she hnd
stepped out of an ancient picture A rosy
cheeked maiden, stands unconscious of the
artistic effect, under some arching door-way
festooned with clinging ivy—quiet groups
gaiher among the yet quieter graves of the
little hurrying ground. But most attractive
of all are the dear little Wendish maidens,
mere babies, walking.with all the stateliness
of an empress, and dressed in as quaint a
style as their mothers. Slowly they are
scattering to their homes. Far off amid
the green fields you catch the gleam of a
scarlet skirt or orange turban, vanishing at
length in the shadows of the forest, and so
closes this carnival of color which repeats
itself, with each recurring Sabbath and fete
day. One of my delightful excursions in
the neighborhood of Burg was to the Burgberg, now a grass and grain grown rampart, where it is said the ancient Kings of
the Wends had for centuries their castle
and fortress. There have been most interesting relics of late years found* here. The
view from the mound over the wide spreadtoons
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ing plain, with its fertile fields and mead- never more heartily drank than among the
ows, and verdant groves, loved of the Wends of the Spreewald.
It may be of interest to some to see the
nightingales, is beautiful in the extreme.
It fascinated and held me till the sunlight original of this littte poem:
died in the West, and the evening shadows
Daloko podpot'onu nam
fell.
Lazy krsj tak z'ngnowany ■
A PLEASANT INCIDENT.
One quiet afternoon as I was reading in
the garden of my Forest-hotel, I was pleasantly startled by hearing a voice, cheerily
calling out to me, "Aloha /" Imagine my
surprise! Had the oaks and elms of the
Spreewald learned the language of Hawaii ?
It was my kind friend the good Cantor of
Burg, who had so pleasantly surprised me,
and when I questioned him further I learned
that a gentleman, a remarkable linguist, who
has been spending some time amongst the
Wends, studying their character, life and
language, had taught him our greeting.
This led to my meeting a little later this
same gentleman, Herr Dr. Sanerwein, whose
acquaintance will be among the very pleasant memories of my visit in this most interesting region. The doctor is a gentleman
of rare and wide scholarly attainments, and
is n poet in heart and nature. For his kind
hospitality, (1 was his guest for several days
in a little tree-embowered Wendish village,
of idyllic beauty, with groves of which Bryant might have sung); and for the opportunity given me of meeting with so rich and
highly gifted a nature, keenly sensitive to
the beautiful both in the real and the ideal
of life, 1 shall always be most sincerely
grateful. He has studied languages without end, of many of them he is master and
sings his songs in I know not how many
tongues. He is one of those men " to know
whom is to be rich." Years ago he interested
himself in the Hawaiian, obtaining of
this musical language as correct an idea as
is possible through books. This of course
formed immediately a bridge on which we
met. The days I spent as his guest will
ever seem to me a blending of Hawaii and
the Spreewald, so much did our words and
thoughts have to do with those lands of the
North and South. Through his kindness I
had the pleasure of seeing much of the
Wends. A company of them came to sing
for me their ancient melodious folk-songs,
bringing me flowers as our Hawaiians do.
I saw them in their homes nestling picturesquely among the trees, talked with them
in the fields, working amidst the sunshine
and the rain, watched them in their country
dances and festivities, breathed ss it were for
a time the poetry of their simple, honest,
beautiful life. Do you wonder that my
memories of the Spreewald are pleasant.
To all the kind friends who there did so
much to make my stay agreeable, I take this
opportunity of sending my aloha nui loa.
Dobry Krai sic KneVy taui,
A Kralowka Kapiolani.
Daloko how polnozy
liiir.'y Krsj tak' zognowany.
Ken/, 'tog Krala postwwi
A Kralowka Kapiolani.
\\ ania groni tak naach Kruj
Pscheso, Krai, buz' z'ognowany
"Nehjo
Schi scho dobrc dsj
A Krulowze Kapiolani.'.
:
Fur away to South and West
Lies a country richly blest,
:
Governed by a gracious King
Him, His Queen, too, we will sing.
Fur away in East and North
Lies another land of worth ;
K.iirest maids, that country's wealth
Pledge a bumper to Your health.
This is what our country says
O King, be all your ways,
"tiodWest,
Iroiu Heaven give joys serene
To Yoursell aud to your Queen."
F. Williams Damon.
Hawaiian Legation, Berlin, July 16, 1579.
:
The arrival of the distinguished visitors
the Hon. W. M. Gwinn, Hon. W.
Money, Hon. F. B. Low and Hon. F. McCoppin, reminds us of events thirty years
ago in California, when it was our privilege
to make a tour through Oregon and California. Most vividly do we recall the celebration of the 4th of July, 1849, in the grove
where now stands the City of Sacramento,
when the Hon. Mr. Gwinn addressed the
assembled multitude. We had just arrived
Irom an excursion across the plains from
Stockton, where it had been our privilege to
deliver the first sermon ever preached in that
city. We copy as follows from our journal
as published in the Friend of December,
1849
"The country between Stockton and Sutter's Fort, is very level, and dry. A part of
the distance the traveller passes through extensive " oak openings," Weary and sunburnt, we arrived at the Fort, about 12
o'clock, having rode nearly seventy miles
since 3 o'clock, of the previous afternoon.—
July ith:—The morning was ushered in
with the firing of cannon and crackers. It
hnd been reported that Col. Fremont, Hon.
T. B. King, and other distinguished visitors
would probably be present on the occasion.
In this respect there was a general feeling
of disappointment. The day however must
A GREETING FROM THE SPREEWALD TO HAWAII. not be passed unnoticed. Arrangements
I have the pleasure of sending to Her were made for public addresses in the Oak
Majesty, the Queen, a picture of a large Grove lying between the Fort, and Sacragroup of Wendish maidens, in the unique mento City. At 1 o'clock, a numerous auand picturesque national costume, accom- dience assembled when the following order
panying this, a poem in the Wendish lan- of exercises was observed :—
guage, composed in honor of Her Majesty, Prayer, by Rev.S. C. Damon.
Reading of the Declaration of Indeby Herr Dr. Sanerwein, together with a
free translation of the same in English. pendence, by Mr. McLellan.
The Wends manifested the greatest interest
Oration by Dr. Deal.
Address, by Hon. Mr Gwinn.
in our beautiful islands and, I think, the
health of their Hawaiian Majesties was
Almost every state of the Union, and
1879.
part of the world had its representatives on
that occasion."
After 30 years it is pleasant again to meet
Sen. Gwinn. During these thirty years what
stirring scenes have been witnessed in the
world's history. There is one pleasing incident
in the life of the distinguished Senator, to
which we refer with delight. About the
year 1857 a crew of Japanese landed destitute and friendless in San Francisco Among
them was a bright and intelligent lad, who
was so foitunate as to attract the Senator's
attention, and was taken by him to Washington and there educated. Years pass and
the young man returns to the Pacific Coast
and joined the
Cooper about
1860, under command of Capt. Brooks, who
had beencommissioned to take the deepsoundings from San Francisco to Japan, via
Honolulu. Some of our readers will remember young Hiko, who whs the guest of the
Attorney General, Mr. Bites. After arriving in Japan, he became a merchant, and
wt> have frequently heard of him as exceedingly prosperous in business. Shakespeare
aptly remarks :
" Ilnw far that little candle throws his rssawSaJ
Ho shines a kihkl deed In a naughty world."
Since writing the above Mr. Gwinn has
related the following anecdote respecting his
old protege. During the civil war, Hiko
was Secretary of the Japanese Legation in
Washington, and when visiting some friends
in Georgetown, he was arrested as General
Beauregard, and could not obtain his release
until he had sent for evidence to Washington, where he was well-known.
Hawaii at Amherst.
Among the graduating class of Amherst
College for this year we notice three belonging to the islands, viz: Charles A. Peterson,
Benjamin Bond and Oliver Shipman. The
former arrived by a late vessel, having been
absent just four years. His brother Arthur
arrived a few weeks previous, having been
studying law at Michigan University and
Plymouth, Mass. It is exceedingly pleasant
to meet young men returning, after spending
a few years in Colleges, and ambitious to
acquire an education to fit them for professional life.
Mr. Peterson speaks of a pleasant re-union of the sons and daughters of Hawaii at
Amherst, coming to enjoy the festivities of
the commencement season. The gathering
embraced the following Fanny Andrews,
graduate of South Hadly; Luella Andrews,
from Almira, N. V., Female Seminary j and
Florence Andrews. These are daughters of
the late Rev. C. B. Andrews, of Maui.
Rev. William Bond, graduate of Andover
Theological Seminary; Benjamin Bond ami
Abbie Bond, from Bradford Female Seminary. These are children ol the Rev. E.
Bond, of Kohala, Hawaii.
Oliver Shipman and Clare Shipman, from
Abbott Female Seminary, Andover. These
are children of Mrs. Reed, formerly Mrs.
Shipman, of Hilo.
It may be well imagined that at such a
gathering these young people must have enjoyed much in recalling their island experiences and their student lives.
:
�THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER,
Recognition
Hawaii in Germany.—Among
the frequent notices of our Islands
in European papers, there has recently appeared a long communication, in the "Deutsche Rundschau," a leading Monthly in
Berlin, upon the Hawaiian Islands. It is
written by Dr. Boehe, surgeon on board the
German vessel of war, Arcona, visiting
Honolulu in 1875. This article is highly
appreciative of the Islands and of the foreign
society to which the writer was inroduced
while here. The editor of the "Rundschau"
hasforwardeda copy to His Majesty, wit h the
following letter, which we are permitted to
publish, accompanied with His Majesty's
appreciation of the favor :
Sire :—Tho undersigned editor of the
Rundschau " begs to have the
Deutsche
"honour of presenting
to your Majesty a copy
of a report on the Hawaiian Islands, which
has appeared in the current number of the
said periodical.
The hospitality which your Majesty most
graciously lately has bestowed on our Prince,
Henry of Prussia, and the treaty of friendof
The Last of Hawaiian Pioneer Mission
mpany f
fiatrehss.—Aecgoo
merican Missionaries landed here in 1820
were Daniel Chamberlain, wife and five
children. Mr. C, came out as a farmer,
after a so-journ of a ye*r or more, he returned with his family, as it was not found
practicable to carry on farming-operations
for the benefit of the mission or natives.
The last survivor of that first company was,
Mrs. Jerusha Chamberlain, who died at
Qttincy, Mass., June 27 at the advanced age
of ninety two years and seven months.
We would merely add, that among the
Pioneer English ladies arriving here in
early times was Mrs. Mary Taylor, sister
of the wife of the British Consul, Mr. Charlton, and that she now resides in London,
at the advanced age of about 87 years, and
in good health, and a constant reader of the
" Friend."
Our European Correspondent in his letter
of this month alludes to the Poet, Paul Gcrship and commerce, now on the eve of con- hardt. He was born in the year 1606, and
clusion, between the Hawaiian and the Ger- died in 1676. One critic styles him
" the
man governments, have naturally excited
of
the
seventeenth
lyrical
poet
best
sacred
the desire of my countrymen, to learn more
about that far-off kingdom of isles, which, century." His best hymns are now sung in
under your Majesty's paternal sceptre, en- Germany, England and America. One of
joys so much real happiness.
his best hymns commences thus :
It would be highly agreeable to mo, if
" Give to the winds thy fears!
your Majesty might sec in the publication
llope and be undismayed I
interest,
a
of
goodthe
of this sketch sign
Oihl hears thy sighs, aud counts tby tears ;
Ood Blu.ll lift up thy head.
will and kind feeling, which the German
Through waves, and clouds,and storms,
people bears towards the Hawaiian people ;
He gently clears the way ;
and in the presentation to your Majesty a
Wait thou his time, so shall this might
sign of the deep respect and homage, with
Soon end in Joyous day."
which 1 am, Sire,
Your most obedient humble servant.
Dr. Julius Rodenberg.
Knight of the Royal Prussian Order of
the Crown, of the Royal Bavarian Order of
St. Michael and ol the Royal Portuguese
Order ef Christ.
Berlin, W. Margarethenstrasse, 1., July
15th, 1879.
Recognized.—On a former
trip
of the Kalukana, a stranger took passage
for the Islands, for the benefit of his health.
Capt. Jenks and wife did all in their power
for his comfort, even allowing him to occupy
their stateroom, he died on the passage,
his name was G. G. Wayne of Piladelphia.
Capt. Jenks wrote to his friends, and the
Masonic Lodge of which he was a member.
So highly did these parties appreciate the
kind services of Captain and Mrs. Jenks,
that the Williamson Lodge of Philadelphia,
sent to him a handsomely framed testimonial while his friends presented Mrs. Jenks,.
with a gold watch and chain. It is with
pleasure we note such expressions of appreciation for services rendered, and their infrequency only renders them more praiseKindness
worthy.
Oahu College, opens on Wednesday of
this week. The teachers are on the ground
and a full school is expected.
—076. Sabbath tfymn flnol.
MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF HONOLULU. S. I.
ARRIVALS.
Aug. 3—Am hk Forest o,'iren, Winding, U days from 8 P
4—Brit hk Lady Lsmpeon. Marslnn, 16 days from H F
4—l' MSB Australia, Uarf 111. from Sydney
6—Am sell Bonansa. Miller. 17 days from 8 T
b— Am tern Hera, Monsen. 20 ilaya from Astoria
8— Am lik II W Almy, Freeman. 13 days from 8 T
9—Am bk J D Peters. I.aiic. 48 days from Sydney
ll—Am bk Jenny Pitts, Hiovert, 3(1 dsys from Port
Gamble
11—P MH H City of Sydney. Dearborn, from S F
IS—Hasr l»«me rmn-re. Gooding, from Ookala, User
16—Am ah Gov Goodwin, l-estfr, 10H (lavs fm Glasgow
IT—Am achr Caroline Meiinu. Wlnants, Udyafm S V
18—Raislea schr Vivid, English, 10 days from tanning's Island
Ang 23—Brit ship Kavenserag. Klsgsn. 163 daya from
Liverpool, via Madeira.. 123 dars
26— Am topsail sehr Eustace. Bole, from Ban Francisco,
via Kahulul
29—Am topsail schr Eustace, Bole, from sea, leaking
MKI'AnTOHKfI.
July 29—Am bk Cyane. Hanson, for Han Francisco
29—Rftlatea sen Vivid, Kngllsh, for Panning* Inland
Aug.
30—llswbk Hawaii, Wood. I"r Smith Sea Islands
6—P MSS Austral!*, Canrill. for San Francisco
a—French hk Alphonsine Zelle. l>h?sup.n. for 8 ¥
10—Am bk JD Peters, Lave, for San Franciaco
of Sydney, Dearborn, for Sydney
12—P MS 8 City
13—fternian bk Malvlna. for Hongkong
IS Am schr Bonansa, Miller, for Han Francisco
Ift—Brit bk Dovenby, Penury, forPortland, O
10—Am hk Forest Queen. Winding, for San Francisco
V.i -Kalatea whr Yiviil. Knglish, fnr Fannlngs Island
20—Brit bk Lady Lampson, Marston, forS Francisco
•/• Am sch Caroline Mcdau, Wlnauts, for Fsnnings la
25—Am topsail achr Eustace. Boie, for San Frsnciaoo
37—Am hk Jenny Pitts, e>vert, for Porl Gamble
33—Am bk H W Almy, Freeman, for San Francisco
—
69
1879.
I'txM.M.KKS.
From Ssu Franciaco, per W H Meyer, July 'JO— H Fischel.
For Micronesia, v r Uawall, July 20—Dr and Mra
Fluach, snd aervant.
From sVliaiiipoa. per Malvina, July HI—HO Chinese.
(J.i.i, 1 female.)
From San Franciaco, perKalakaua, July M—Mra Schwartz, and two children, Augo Kellluau, U Schunder, J
Schaiuchllr. It W Balrd, (J Marks, W H Meyer, SOChluese ;
(">'.i lusle 1 female,)
For San Francisco, per Australia, Aug s—Mrs Dlldolt snd daughter, Miss X Corney, J H Coleman, Jaa It
Watson. X V Sotirdey, Or M H Biggs, Daniel Olien, Mrs
T II Hendenon, C Mowking, Mrs A Hutchinson, Miss
Hardy, T 0 Tucker. Win F Paty, O 0 Williamsand wife,
Miss A F Johnson, Miss F Wetmore, E II Wctluore, 1)
Athertou, W 11 McLean, Key D Boyd and wife, Mlas L
Boyd, Mrs A F Judd snd 4 children, Mrs Norton and '1
children, Miss Anna Woodward, O Luiiroll, SCRusaell,
Jas Pettlgrew, it Kanpp, Mrs Louis Aaler and 3 children,
Miss Mary Davis, J T Oorman, J M Coleman, X L Fonutiim. W iiiKulaiii, Charles llaae, It Wallace, T t: Windt,
Hvlva (loiniv.. X Hernandez, C A Orouue, F U Wilt, W
J Msrtlii, T P McKensle.
Fur Kan FraticlMco, per Alphonslne Zelle, Aim 4—Alex
Dc la Nhv Aug Dc la Nui aud wife and
children, F A
lie la Mux, Palolo (k)
From Sau Francisco, per Ilonausa, Aug 13—John Edwards.
From Ssn Francisco, per 11 W Almy, Aug B—David I
Beck, John X Stcurs, II llereug, C Peterson, John Bell-
-
bridge.
From San I'raucisco, per Forest Queen, Aug 4—J It
Richards, A 11 Woody, C Peudcrgast, U Meunlug, O Aster, and 4 Chineae.
From Ssu Francisco, per City of Sydney, Aug 11.—W L
Carpenter, j McKuight, Mtss Hlttman, Mr Mnnsarratt,
F F Porter, J M Olaile, wlfu and child, Miss Csiiliti, J
Tewksbury, Jules Itatanl. Mrs A J Oarrtck, W R Chilton,
A H Stlnsou, Dr Owluu, Mlhh (iwlnn and maid, J Brodie,
E P Adams. Him Frank McCoppiu, J D Hprockles, M
Money, wife aud child, Mrs M F. Uwinu, J II Hughes, S B
Dole and Wife, Miss King, Martin Park, J Lyone, R S
Hcringeon, Hon F F Low, T 11 Davles wife and child, Mi-..
Cogswortb, Miss Dsvls, S A Kwalin. E McKenzle, E Tunis, II C Folder, Mr A Richardson, H Dlniund, ChaaNeilson, Mrs Wilder sou and daughter, and SS steerage.
For San Francisco, per Bonauxa, August 15—Mr Goody,
Mr Katlllnali.
For San Francisco, per Forest Queen, Aug 19—C E
Smith, WB Irwin, MC Wilson, S Dargb, J Kelly, Jan
Hc.hwira, J X Bmkett aud wife, Col Norrls, J Mcllody, C
E Vane, E Enbaum, P H O'Brien, J N Earls.
From Madeira Islands, per Ravenacrag, Aug *S—IM
males, 11(1 females, 17H children.
Fur Han F'rsuciHco, per H W Almy, Aug 20—Mrs J A
Mix, Henry Krall, E T Webb.
MARRIED.
McCully—Kklly.—ln Hamakua, Hawaii, July
at the residence of Mr (J Coulees, by Rev J Bicknell,
McCully to Mrs AmAkda Kkllky.
30th,
Chas
DIED.
Cookk—At lilh residence
in this city, atB o'clock P. v.,
Y. Cookk, Esq.. of the ttrin of
on tbe
Castle & Cooke.
Mr. Cooke wan born lv Honolulu, on the IMb of June
1838, consequently \va* 41 years of age. His youth wan
spent here, chiefly at Punahou School where he prepared
fur college In company*with other young men who have
attained positions of respectability and influence tn Huh
country, and tho United States, amongst others Hon. A.
F. Judd of the Bupreme Bench, Dr. N. Emerson and
General Armstrong of Hampton School. He graduated
from Vale College in 1863, and Immediately took tbe
place of his father, (who on account of 111 health bad
been obliged to retire from tbe active duties of the firm)
lv tbe bouse which hla fatherhad aided In establishing.
Upon tbe death of tbe latter he became a partner.
From the timeof hla connection with the bouse in 1863
he haii been known In thin community ss a clear sighted,
active and upright business man. He was active and Influential In the Fort Street Church of which he was a
member, trustee and treasurer. Hla presence waa always welcomed in the social circle. He was a good son
and brother and friend, snd a beloved husband and
father. He will be missed from the business community
from the church, the social circle; but most ofall from
his home, by the widow and the children whom he haH
left behind. His last days though filled with pain from
which be would fain bave been released, were days of
peace,—the peace which Jesus gives to hla beloved. No
murmur escaped his lips in his hours of anguish, but
now be rests from bis pains. To die waa gain to him
though loss to us.
mThe memory of therighteous is blessed."—Com.
Pfxcom— In Honolulu August Hnd, the infant son of
Mr. and Mrs J W. Pfluger, aged 3 months and 23 daya.
Wkki. In this city, on tbe 17th Inst., Masy CahtwatoHT KBALiisfiHOPtfa, eldest daughter of Frederick 11.
ami Sarah K. Weed, aged 14 yearsand 35 days.
Duncan—ln this city, on Sunday, the 17th of August,
Anita Catabina Maplahii-ani, youngest daughter of
John A.and Koss Duncan, aged 4 months and 36 daya.
Banww—In this city, Aug. 38, O. W. Bbowm, aged
about 00 years, a native of New York city.
J'.itli August, Joskph
�70
I II X FII IH II
The Discipline of Life.
,
SKI'TKMBKK.
in China. The Governor was for four
U. S. Minister at Pekin. In the
years,
[KIKiM TIIK C.P.KMAM.]
most
manner he acknowledged
unqualified
pierces
own
Hebruises
me
sore.
It;
;He
"I
But the hammer und chisel affect me no more.
his indebtedness to Mi.-sionanes, but speShall I tell you the reason I It is tbat I see
cially to the Hon. S. Wells Williams,
The sculptor will carve out an augcl from me.
author
of "Middle Kingdom" and now Pro•■ I shrink from no suffering, bow painful ho e*at,
fessor of Chinese, at Vale college. Mr.
When once I can feel that my God's bandis there ;
For soft ou the auvll the iron shall glow,
Williams, for several years acted as SecreWhen tbe smith with bis hammer deals blow upon blow
tary of the American Legation, officiating
"God presses me hard, but He gives patience too,
with great ability as translator. Gov. Low,
And I say to myself " 'Tin bo more than my due ;
And no tone from the organ can swell lv the breeze
also referred, after the same manner, to
Till the organist's fingers press dowu on tbe keys."
Key. S. R. Brown D D. now in Japan, but
So come then and welcome, the blow aud the pain,
"Without
who accompanied Commodore Perry at the
them no mortal can Heaveu attain.
For what can the sheaveaon tbe barn floor avail
opening of Japan. He was the only gentleTill the thresher shall beat out the chaff with his flail
man in China, who was found acquainted
•' Tls only a moment God i hastens with pain,
with ihe Japanese language, and could act
Joy follows on sorrow like sunshine on rain ;
as interpreier for the Expedition. While
There bear thenwhat God on thy spirit stirtll lay,
lie dumb, but when tempted to murmur, then pray."
Missionaries do not go abroad for political
or secular purposes, it is gratifying to learn
London "Times" on American Missionaries that their abilities are appreciated, by diploin Turkey.
mats and plenopotentiarius of the great naA correspondent of the Times thus tions.
writes :
I met a gentleman (Key. Elias Riggs,
at Aintab— an old man, who*e
whole life had been devoted to good
work*, in the East—who, beside beine a
scholar in the usual acception of the terms
spoke French, Italian, nnd German, and has
translated, or assisted others to translate,
the Bible into modern Greek, Bulgarian,
Armenian, Arabic, and Turki.-h. As a linguist 1 doubt if his equal exists, but his modesty exceeds his great knowledge, and it
was not till 1 had lived under the same roof
with him for several days that I became
aware of powers so rare and deep In some
cases enthusiasm leads men to take an exaggerated view of the results of their labors.
It would be surprising if it were not so;
but, as a rule, I found the missionaries filled
with the plain common sense for which the
New England agriculturists are celebrated.
They are all married, live in comfortable,
clean houses, and are simple and unpretending in their habits, following as near as possible the habits and customs of their forefathers to which they had been accustomed
before they left their native land. They
neither drink wine nor smoke tobacco, and
though their toleration allows the guest
within their gates to indulge in the latter
bad habit, yet they never provide strong
drink for them or for any one.
"Looking down from an eminence, as do
these simple, disinterested, shrewd men. on
the intrigues and scandals going on around
them, I believe their opinions on the condition of the provinces and the provincial populations to be more unbiased and valaable
than any other. Any one whose duty it is
to become acquainted wiih the state of the
country cannot do better than obtain his information from, I might almost say, this,
the only pure, disinterested source that exists in thiraacountry."
D. D.)
The above observations upon American
Missionaries in Turkey, correspond with
the remarks, which we recently heard drop
from the lips of His Excellency Ex-Governor Lpw, respecting American Missionaries
18 79.
contributed essentially to the making of Astor's princely fortune. Mr. Parton quotes
from 'Old Merchants of New York" Ist
Series, as follows:
" He went to ihe ship-owner, and got
back his pass. He then bought a ship, and
loaded her with an assorted cargo. On. her
way out, she touched at the Sandwich Islands to take in water and Iresh provisions.
They also laid in a large slock of firewood.
" When this ship reached Canion a mandarin came on board, and noiicing their firewood, asked the price of it nt once. The
Captain laughed at such a question, but
signified that he was open to an offer. The
mandarin offered $500 a ton, and every part
of it was sold at. that price. That was
sandal wood.
" For seventeen years Mr. Astor enjoyed
the lucrative sandal-wood trade without a
rival. No other concern in the United
States or England knew the secret. Nor
was it discovered until a shrewd Boston
ship-owner detailed a ship to follow one of
Mr. Astor's, und observe the events of the
voyage. Then, for some time, that house
was a participant in this valuable trade.
Astor's Estate.
" It was a curious fact that Mrs. Astor
of the income from the knew more of the value of furs than he did.
A
portion
large
"
splendid estate of the Astor's goes in the She would select a cargo for the Canton
market, and make no mistake."
way of charity."
We should be exceedingly glad to learn
We met with the above, in the letter pub- if the above statement can be confirmed by
lished in the Advertiser of August 23rd, by other documentary evidence.
W. N. A. This allusion reminds us of a
Weston's Centrifugals.
singular fact, we recently meet with, while
Some of our readers will remember D. M.
reading John Jacob Asior's life, by James
Parton, and published by the Am. News Weston, Esq, of Boston, who formerly reCompany. Astor was born in Germany, sided in Honolulu, and while here commenJuly 17th, 1763. He-landed in New York, ced his experiments upon Centrifugal sugar
in the winter of 1783—4, from the steerage machinery, which have now become celebrated in all sugar growing countries. The
of an immigrant ship. The Captain, once
principle seems now to be found applicable
spoke rather roughly to the unknown pas- to many other operations, and labor-saving
senger, but subsequently commanded a ship contrivances. We copy the following Irom
owned by Astor, who commenced business the Boston Herald, of June 29th :—
as a dealer in
" Furs and Pianos," 40 Little A German in the fatherland, in 1877. inDock street. For the purpose of selling vented an apparatus for mechanically separsome of his furs, he visited London. There ating the heavier from the lighter fluids in
the composition of milk, by the application
he visited, " East India House," and found of
centrifugal motion to the milk in a simthe Governor, an old schoolmate. The Gov- ple piece of machinery. When the contriernor was delighted to meet his old playmate, vance was perfected and applied practically,
and asked it there was any thing he could the result proved to be only the application
of the same principle, in
the identical
do for him. He finally gave him, two doc- form, which Mr. Weston, almost
well enough known
uments. One was simply a "Canton prices- in Boston, had already utilized in tile centrifcurrent," and the other, was a " carefully ugal sugar machine, the laundry machine,
engrossed permit on parchment, authorizing ets. Mr. Weston holds patents in this counthe ship that bore it to trade freely and with- try for these discoveries, and has recently
continued and extended his operations in the
out any molestation at any of the ports mon- same
direction by preparing a cntrifugn!
opolized by the East India Company."
machine for the separation of milk. The
As first result, Astor's first venture de- machine finished, the already celebrated
rived a profit of 855.000, in silver. This " Deerfoot Farm," Southboro, Mass., with its
was packed in barrels and sent to Astor's dairy of 60 Jersey cows and extensive facilities for experiment, was chosen for the setstore. When Mrs. Astor saw them, she
ting up and perfecting ; and, at the present
asked what was in the barrels ? he replied ; time, the enterprise is as assured a
success
The fruits of our East India pass."
as though it had been inaugurated 20 years
Mr. Parton, Astor's Biographer makes ago. the machine is working wonders, its
performance is systematized and under perthe following, rather singular statement and fect
control, and revolution in the dairy bustrue
shows
the
fact
that
Saninteresting
if
iness has taken place, in more senses than
"
dal wood" cut on the Sandwich Islands, one, bu its use.
''
�SEPTEMBER.
SAILORS'
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Places of Worship.
18 79.
Skamkn's Jlktiiki.--Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain.
0, IRWIN sV CO..
King t-lrt't't, near tbe Sailors' Home.
l'rt'ucliiiig »y
Commission Merchants.
at 11 a.m. Seats free. Sabbath School before llm
morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday
Plantation ami Insurance Agents, Honolulu, 11. 1.
evenings, at 74 o'clock.
1,. lIIMIIMIK.
Four Stukkt Church—Rev. W. Frear. Pastor,
I'iinso-e ..rle- Tusrr Si Resnlnr
cortn-r ol Fort anil Beretania streets, Preaching
(For many years connected with Chlckerinjr Ac Sons.)
on Sundays at 11 a. M. and 7 4 P.M. Subbulh :l / Onlera lelt at tile s.,il.»r.' Home or Whitney at Hotter!son's Bookstore.
School at II) a. M.
Parker.
Pastor.
Kawaiaiiao Chuucii—Uev. 11. 11.
PKIRC'E fc. CO..
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King tureet., above the Palace. Services in Ha(Succesors to U. L. Richards k Co.)
waiian every Sunday ut 11a. m. Sabbath huluiol ShipChandlersand General Commission Merat 10 a.m. Kvening services at 74 o'clock, alterchants,
nating with Kamnakaiiili. District meetings in
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.
various chapels at 3.3(1 I'. M. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday at 74
Ajri-iits Ptiulna Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Latin's
•'• at.
Roman Catholic Chuucii— Under the charge of
And I'nrry Olivia' Psiltl Killer.
Hi. H>v. liishnp Muigrrt. assisted by Key. Fathi-r
Hermann ; Fnrt street, near lieietaniu. Services | EWERS fc DICKSON.
every Sunday at 10 a. m. and 2 r. M.
Dealers in I.nmiirr and Building Muleiials,
Kai makai'ii.i Ciiuiioii Uev. M. Kuaea. Paator.
Fnrl Flreet, Honolulu, 11. I.
near
lluNiiiiiiini. Services ill
lierelaniii sweet,
at
Sabbalh
school
U.,
wiiiian eveiy Sunday
HOFFMANN. M
104 A. M.
ICvening services at 74 ii'clni:k. altar
al !I4 A. M
Physician and Surgeon,
Hating with Iviiwiiialiuo. Prayer nifCliilif every
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Manager.
Hoiilnlii, January 1. I!S7. ).
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CASTLE & COOKE
[MPOUTERS AND DEALERS IN
Wednesday al 7 4 P. M.
Corner Merchant soil Kiotliuiiunu Streets, near the PostfXlice.
Tin: Amii.ic.vx Ciiuiumi—Bishop, the lit.Rev. Al- a- 1
Si. CO..
lIKKWr.It
fred Willis. I). 1).; Clergy. Rev. liob't Dunn, M. A..
AQEJVTS OF
Key. Alex. Mackintosh. St. Andrew's Temporary
Commission aud Shipping Merchants,
Cathedral, liorotuiiiu street, opposite tint llolfl.
XX.I
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PORTLAND IJNK OP
r|HIK
Honolulu, Oahu. 11. I.
Psckeis, New Kii)(tan<l Mutual LH* Insursnce Company,
m.. nnd
1 The
Eoftliah services on SundaysSchool
atll4 ami 11a.
Compauy, Ban franciKu,
Marine
Insurance
I'hii.n
at the Clergy JJj»
ADAMS.
24 and 74 r. M. Suntlay
P
Gonipnny,
The Kuhsla
House at 10 a. m.
The Haiku Hujrar Company.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE!
.
Auction and Commission Merchant,
A. I„. VIE Til.
IMPORTER & DEALER IN JEWELRY,
*
King's Combination S|K'Ctucles,
ti.uss and Plated liar.',
Sewing Machines, Picture Frames,
Vases, Brackets, etc. etc.
No. 73, Fort St.
TERMS STRICTLY CASH
[ly]
THOS. C. THRUM,
STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT,
No. 10 Mr-rchnssl Slrrrt.
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Honolulu.
X AGES <»X RK.IDIN'G MATTER-OF
Papers mill MiiKsaincs.hack numliers—put up to order al
ly
reduced rates for parties goiriK to sea.
I
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B. a, WIIITBST
J. W. HIIBKKTSON
Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street.
D.,
|OHN 8. McGKUW. M
NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS.
DILLINGHAM & CO.,
No. 37 Fort Street,
KEEP A FINK ASSORTMENT OF
Goods Suitable for Trade.
WHITNEY & 11.ROBERTSON,
M.
during Ihe taut Hi* Yearn ran tcntify from p«r«ona. experience that (he umii-rsignt-il keep ttie beat oworiment of
Importers and Dealers in Foreign Books,
GOODS PORTRADE
(Successors to
Whitney),
STATIONERY X PERIODICA!.**.
PUBLISHERS
History of
OF THE HAWAIIAN GUIDK
ItoOK,
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llnwiiii
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HawaiianIslands,
in t'hras* Rook,
llHwailan Ominniar.
.Andrews' Hawaiian Grammar,
Hawaiian dictionary,
Chart of the Hawaiian Ittlanrli.
ALSO, ON BAND,
OTHER BOOKS ON THE ISLANDS.
THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL,
ALLEN HrRUKKT, PKOPKIETOK,
MOOKRN IMPROVEAM- THKearning
on a llrst-clnas Hotel.
HASments requisite for
The Hamskus »u(rar Company,
The Wniiiiua SuinirPlan.ailou,
The Wheeler ft Wilton Hewinn Machine Company,
Dr. Jayne ft Sum Celehrateil Ffimlly Meillcines.
Late Surgeon Y. S. Army,
Can be conaulted at his residence on Hotel street, between
Alakes and Fort streets.
SHIP MASTERS VISITING THIS
PORT
And Sell Clieaper than any other House in the
Kingdom.
DILLINGHAM & CO.
Just Received from England
NEW
Merchant Tailoring
ESTABLISHMENT,
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets.
THE lI'TKM'KIV a>rihe-Clllmessa
lOAIsIi
of Oahu ami Ihe other Islands
the fact tbat I haee
to
At tbe
a large
First-Class Establishment.
W here Uentlemen can find a
Stock of Goods,
Well-selected
Chosen
as
and
to style,
to thisclimate.
adapted
with great care,
Having hail an extensive experience (n connection with
some nr ihe largest iiiipn ling hou<ea in New York hm! PhiladelplijM, I cut) assure my customers thai ihey will not only
secure the
Very Best Materials
hut will
also obtain at
my place
The BEST FITTING CARMENTS
that can be turned out ot soy establishment in
ihe sKastern cities.
AND
FOR SALE at COST PRICE
li*
TREGLOAN'H
UPKNKI)
English Hunting Pantaloons!
HOME.
BIBLE DEPOSITORY, SAILOR'S
excellent works*
HABITS
LADIES'
RIDING
ma
a
im.iiv.
the year, by Ss* Jaassartmiih.
"1 h> First 1.0ve." .Christ's Mesasge to Enhesus, by Ree Dr
Culross.
■'Behold I Stsnd at the Door and Knock." Christ's Message
to Laodlcea, hy Key l>r Colroaa.
Orace snd Truih, by Dr W P Mackay.
Dorothea Trudel, or the Prayer of Faith, translated from the
German.
Life of Joshua Poole. A RemarkableConversion.
The Mesaaire from Ihe Throne,by Mrs Anna ghlpton.
The l.o*t Blessing, by Mrs Anna Shlplon.
Asked of Uod, by Mrs Anna Shipton
hy Mrs Anna Shipton.
The Watch Tower Id the Wilderness
The Child Minister, hy Mrs Anna Shipton.
Life Truths, by Ree J Denham Smilh.
I.ilo In Christ, hy Ree J Denham Smith.
Walk and Warfare, or Wilderneai Provlaion, by Iter J Denham Smith.
Various Addresses, by Rev J Denham Smith.
Various Addresses, by 111. Mnoly.
W Soltau.
The Tabernacle and the Priesthood, hy H
¥ -male Characters of the Bible, by Rev Dr Hughes.
The Boy'a Watchwonl.
Alan a variety of smallerBooks by Browutow North, 8 Id
Hauiihlon, ate.
Children's Suits, in Eastern Styles.
A f.iw copes ot the following
Daily Remembrancer, or Morning snd Keening Portions for
in:
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VV. TREOLOAN, Honolulu.
BJBHOF k 00., BANKERS,
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HAWAIIAN Sl-41S|)H,
DRAW KXCHAMU* Oat
THE BINE OF miFOSXM. Sa\M FRANCISCO,
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New V«rk,
TRBia AUSBTS IS
Bs>ssa>a,
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Psirla.
Arseklsaaial,
TBE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, LONDON,
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And Transact a General Banking Basloeas.
�Pure religion and undefiled before God, Ihe Father, is this:
To visit thefatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world.
Edited by a Committee of tbe Y. H. C. A.
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ChYAMrsiooetucann'gHf onolulu.
given unto you. Now, when you would do question to be discussed in America and at
good, you can, for you are " made free from the Islands, but Spain, Peru, the Australian
the law of sin and death." You tell me of Colonies, Japan, Russia, Birman Empire,
desire
should
be
our
and
purpose
great
It
the dangers lurking in your body : of appe- Siam and other parts of the world are deepas christians to see tbe Young Mens Chris- tites, whose seat nnd instruments are there ; ly concerned. As it is the oldest and most
tian Association of Honolulu fill well the of senses, avenues of ill; and that with such polulous country, ot the globe and the subplace it is intended to occupy. The field is it is impossible to struggle and win. But, ject merits the profoundest study which can
a large one and ihe work to be done can be your very body becomes " the temple of the be (fiven to its consideration. Such as
Ghost," by whose inworkings all its imagine the Chinese question may be setindefinitely enlarged. In union there is Holy
members become servants of righteousness : tled or ignored, by a few flippant, off hand,
would
urge an every pulse is refined, every function regu- and smart remarks will find themselves
strength. To this end we
increased attendance at our regular monthly lated, by the subjugating and, may I say so, greatly mistaken.
and Sabbath Evening meetings. Let us the sublimating operation of"the Spirit of
—The following letter of General Grant
look on these gatherings as so many oppor- Holiness," so that every particle of ihe liv- significantly points to the ''Future of the
Chinese Empire ":
ing frame shares in the transfused
tunities afforded of mutually imparting and and becomes as precious in His eyes aspurity,
was
" I liuve now been in Peking Ihree ilays. nnil
receiving christian experience and instruc- the dust of the sacred shrine, which once have seen nil ill interest in tho eilv. I have loiuul
much its jnu liuvi- niton detion. We take great pleasure in placing be- adorned Sion's crests, to the Jew. You tell China anil th*CbUbmsw
scribed it mill lln in. It is mil a country nnr a
fore our readers part of ari address delivered me of the Devil—of his subtlety, his viru- people calculated In invile tin- traveller m make a
his experience; of the hosts with him nhoiukl visit; lint the Chinese itrw pt'nplo ul wnnby the Rev'd Thomas Guard of San Fran- lence,
the
relentless
hutc they cherish, and the un- raWrtul shrewdness imtl industry, mill am rapidly
cisco before our sister association of that wearying,
purpose they pursue, monopolizing trade as earlier*, tiieirliuuls, mepauseless
market gardeners hii<l servants In.in Butnplace. We regret that our space is not suf- with a persistency indomitable, nnd a resolve chanics,
buy. eastward. Their leading men semi to bave
it
unyielding as the laws which bind the a. thin ough appreciation of Ihe necessity lor interficient to give at full length :
improvement*, such as railroad*, etc.. but
Young men, we want you for our Lord the spheres. But, they are self-subjects of nal
have ii horror of introducing them -va{tls foreign
and Master's service. The Chuch needs Him who spoiled principalities and powers, capital nnd under foreign management. Their
you. Her head looks to you. The future and whom you serve. They know Him— idea seems to U« rather to educate a sufficient
who he is. They crouch at his footstool; iiunilier of their own young men abroad, to lit
of our religious life and of our country's they
tremble at His glance. And ngainst them n» engineers, machinists, soldiers, sailors.
the
weal, is nt your disposal. In
struggle
tile, and then make I heir iinprovomenls wilh their
their
hosts we ask your open vision to be- own
for the truth, swiftly drawing nigh, we wish
men and money. My belief is thai in less
squadron of the sons of light. For time from now llmii
half a cenlury Europe will b»
to feal that you lollow " the banner to be hold the
lance hurled by Hell, there is a ser- complaining of tbe rapid advance of China."
displayed because of the truth " That strug- everyshield
to catch nnd shiver it. For
gle is imminent. The hosts are mustering. aph
thrust, there is an angel
falchion
every
Commencement at "Yale."—A correspondent
lies
The plan of the campaign even now
of edge as keen and temper as
writes : " Last Sunday morning, i
mapped before our antagonists. The chief- scimitar,
tains in the ranks of our fold are bronzed high, wielded by hand as skillful, and guid- heard Dr. (Pres.) Porter's Baccalaureate.
warriors—cool, calm, clear-visioned. The ed by eye as quick—as vigilant; as swift to His discourse on
the Old Law and the New,
battle shall not be with tramp of war-horse, parry and as strong to shatter ; for, are they the
Old
and the New, met
not
all
sent
forth
to
Commendment
minministering
spirits,
or peal of clarion, or rush of sycthed-chariot,
the philosophy of the day, with a philosoor plumed helmet, or glittering spear. No ; ister to then who are the "heirs of salvapher's weapon. Such methods charm me
the weapons are of substance more ethereal; tion ?"
exceedingly. The doctor in this field is
but the cambat is, therefore, the more fierce
Sir Bartle Frere now of South Africa, probably not equalled in the nation. This
and stern. Principles ! Principles ! Thought!
hour while 1 write, is his Reception of the
Spirit!—these are the implements and en- when Governor of Bombay, thus wrote:
at the Art Gallery,—a most
ginry of the struggle. Despotism against '• I speak simply as to matters of experi- Graduates
brilliant gathering, nothing equal to it in
observation,
would
have
swell
and
and
our ence
not of opinions,
you
Freedom! We
New Haven. Vale College, what a power!
ranks; we would have you fitted for the just as a Roman prefect might have reported I scarcely
know which admire most Dr.
I
would,
therefore,
;
We
to
or
to
Antonines
and
assure
Trajan
hour of trial.
persuade
Porter,
Woolsey, or Dr. Bacon. All
Dr.
you to-night to decision. With many of you that, whatever you may be told to the different from
each other, but each have
all
is
contrary,
teaching
among
need
decision
for
Christ.
the
of
you
Christianity
you,
honor
for
a state or a nation."
enough
civilized,
is
of
You know your duty—more light unnec- one hundred and sixty millions
essary. It is yours to step out from the industrious Hindoos and Mohammedans in
The London Times deplores the
ranks of ungodliness and become now, at India is effecting changes—moral, social, curse it does little to remove :
" There is
once, enrolled with the hosts who served the and political—which, for extent and rapidity
God of your mothers. Why not? You of effect, are far more extraordinary than something exceedingly irritating that a
would live a consistent life, you tell us. anything you or your fathers have witness- great part of the harvest raised with infinite
You cannot bear the thought of incontency. ed in Modern Europe."
care and pains, instead of adding to the
Your sense of honorable manhood shrinks
national wealth, and bringing rich returns,
from such a possibility. And, from what
At the monthly meeting of the Y. is poured, in the shape of liquid fire, down
you know yourself, and of the perils of a life M. C. A., held at the Lyceum, on Thurs- the throats of the nation that produced it,
of loyalty to Christ, you see no prospect of
28th, the " Future of and instead of leaving them wiser and hapstabilitywere you to profess yourself a mem- day evening, August
pier, tends to impoverish them by vicious
ber of Christ's Church. Well, we appreci- the Chinese Empire," was the topic of dis- and debilitating indulgence."
ate your sentiments ; we admire your ideal cussion. Messrs. Hyde, Bishop, Dempsy,
It would be very wrong to overlook the
of true manhood. But let us remind you of Damon, took part. Is proved to be an ina few facts. There is danger from wit/tin teresting subject, but one the magnitude of splendid service which English missionaries
are doing all over the world, yet, in view of
your heart. But, decision secures for you
in its vast proportions, the Afghan and Zulu campaigns, there is a
that renewal of your heart whereby you be- which loomed up,
came " a new creature." Conscience is en- the more it was discussed. It is evidently sharp point in the following from Punch :
throned. Will is enfranchised. Heart a question, which is more or less, to become " British missions to the heathen : Old
transformed by no less a power than the love involved in the future politics of every civil- Style, Henry Martyn; New style, Marof God, shed abroad in it by the Holy Ghost ized nation on the globe. It is not only a tini-Henry."
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