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CONTENTS
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1818.
PAOS
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Haleakala Vomiting Pulu
New Book—"Around the World In the Yacht Sunbeam," 86
Rambles In the Old World—No. 23
85—88
Grace before Meat
88
Editorials
88
Marine Journal
89
90
Yellow Fever
90
Japan
9S
Y. M. C. A
THE FRIEND.
NOVEMBER I. 1878.
Haleakala Vomiting Pulu.—Intelligence
appears to have reached London, as we
learn, from the " Supplement to the European Mail," one of the most reliable London
papers, in commercial matters, that the
grand old crater of Haleakala, on Maui, is
now producing several thousand bales of
pulu per annum. We would refer the editors of the European Mail to Miss Bird's
book on the islands, page 92, where she
speaks of Pulu, —" the silky covering of the
fronds of one species of tree-fern."
"Substitute
for Horsehair.—lntelligence
from San Francisco states that the import of
pulu, a product of Hawaii, during last year
only reached 240 bales and bags. Since
1873, when the import reached 2873 bales
and bags, there has been a continual decline,
the reason assigned being that the article
has been supplanted by a home-made article
of imitation hair, made out of the native
soap-root, and which is generally preferred
to the island product. The Hawaiians now
find a market for their pulu product in the
Australian Colonies, where there is now, we
believe, quite a large sale for the article, and
at fair prices. Pulu is vomited at red heat
from the volcano Haleakala, and chilled by
the currents of air, falls in filaments, fine as
spun glass and soft as feathers. It much resembles asbestos in character, and is extensively exported to the United States for
furniture purposes. ■
HONbLILU,
85
NOVEMBER 1, 1878.
New Book—On the counter of Whitney
& Robertson will be found a new book, entitled, " Around the World in. the Yacht
Sunbeam," by Mrs. Brassey. The visit of
this vessel in our waters is fresh in the
recollection of many of our readers. The
book has already passed into its second or
third London edition, and has been republished in New York by Henry Holt & Co.
Honolulu is not omitted among the many
places where the Sunbeam shone, on its trip
around the world. The style of the book is
racy, familiar and eminently readable.
Americans engaged in putting up fruits and
vegetables for exportation, ought to feel
themselves under special obligations for the
following advertisement:
" American tinned fruits and vegetables
beat English ones hollow." (See p. 222.)
P. S.—" We are requested," says the
editor of the New York Independent, "by
the publishers, Messrs. Henry Holt & Co.,
of this city, to announce that they have
caused to be prepared a full index of Mrs.
Brassey's late work, < Round the World in
the Sunbeam.' This will be sent gratuitously to anyone who has the book and
would like to render it more complete by the
addition of alphabetical tables of its varied
contents."
Oahu College.—We are glad 'to learn
that the number of students this term is
over eighty, larger than we recollect was
ever connected with the institution at any
previous period of its existence. President
Jones and his associates appear to have, entered upon their duties under most favorable
auspices.
We would acknowledge a box of
Bibles from A. B. Society, N. V., forwarded
freight free, by owners of Hawaiian schooner
Papers and books received for distribution: Eustace, Williams, Blanchard & Co., agents.
From C. M. Cooke, Mrs. W. C. Also, we would acknowledge, (freight free,)
Parke, Mrs. C. B. Andrews, Dr. J. M. three boxes of printing paper, per •' Amy
Whitney, and Mr. Atherton.
Turner," C. Brewer & Co., agents.
161* Smes, Sol. SS.
RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD-No. 22
A Few Weeks in Sandinavia-No. 1.
NORTHWARD.
There is an old Asiatic Proverb which
runs thus, He who would grow rich must
go to the North," and I feel as if I had of
late tested and proved its truth in a most
pleasing and agreeable way. During the
past few weeks I have been rambling Northward, into lands new to me, amid scenes
which had hithertobeen seen only through the
eyes of my imagination and fancy—passing
into a realm which I had scarcely thought,
in other days, I should ever in reality enter.
It has been an experience which is worth
more to me than gold, the memories of
which are the best of riches, for they cannot
take to themselves wings, but will always
remain a lasting and abiding treasure. So
1 say to you, the Eldorados of hope, beauty
and inspiration do not always lie in the
West, but sometimes may be found by following the guidance of one's Northern Star.
I would fain share with you the treasure I
have found here. And yet I feel my gold is
still much in the rough, that I am, as it
were, just beginning the work which for me
will be rewarded more and more fully in
coming years; but at least I can do this
much, I can show you where the golden
veins begin, and leave you to win your fortune at your leisure.
1 wish I could convey to you something
of the enthusiasm which this Scandinavian
world has awakened in me. It is so new,
so beautiful, so full of poetic and practical
suggestions, that I feel it has been the opening up of a new world for study and thought.
It is comparatively a new world, one which
even in these days of travel and swift transit
still retains a freshness and simplicity which
is fast fading away from many portions of
Europe. From a land of myths and sagas
and wild mythology; of fierce warriors and
dauntless heroes; a wilderness of solemn,
gloomy forests; girt about with wild waves;
grey with Northern mists; the home of sunless winters, and summers lighted by a
never-fading glory; distant, remote, unreal,
it has to me grown to be a land full of
grand, actual, progressive life; the home of
earnest, noble men and women, bright with
thriving towns and cities, where quietness,
peace and harmony reign. And with this
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discovery of the actual there has fortunately waiters who keep watch and ward over your
been no lessening of the romantic and poetic. coming and going. Hence, " as discretion is the better part of valor," we decided
Still,
Ifid theancient pine-tree forests
it was wise to avail ourselves of the sturdy
Far in Northland, home of warriors,
Linger yet old saga mem'rlea—
German tongue in .foreign lands, which has
Treasures from the Asst days."
a more sensible and economical ring. The
hese are still here the same brave, earn- incognito which we assumed seems to have
est, powerful natures, the same manly cour- been certainly in the start quite complete.
age and gentle, womanly tenderness, as of For in the railway carriage in which we left
yore; the grand mountains still stand; the Berlin we were taken by our fellow-passenbeauty of silver lakes in the embrace of gers for Germans. 1 felt it was the highest
ancient forests has not vanished from the compliment which could be paid to our
landscape; the tumult of foamy waves is knowledge of the language.) Towards the
heard on the rocky coasts and in the no close of the journey, in which the late sumlonger mysterious North the winter glooms mer twilight faded away, we saw long
and summer fflines as in other ages. We wreaths of mist floating over the lowlands
have still the Past; we have more, the com- by the railway, showing that we were Hearfort of the Present and the hope and promise ing some body of water. The evening lamps
of the Future. Nothing has impressed me had been long lighted when we reached the
more strongly at the North than the peace quiet city of
STETTIN,
which seemed to have folded its brooding
wings over these countries. While so many In Pomerania, an old commercial town, ramparts of Europe feel atready the shock of bling in a pleasant, old-fashioned sort of
possible conflict and revolution, while so a way along both banks of the Oder. For a
many rumors of unrest fill the air, here there long lime it was under Swedish rule, but
seems to be truest repose, in which I most has now passed over to Prussia. Ships and
earnestly wish other lands at present so dis- steamers, of considerable size, line the long
turbed could share. I have met in all ranks busy wharves. One or two interesting old
and classes a kindness and cordiality which churches and a gray and aged castle, give
in this short time has made me, though a something of an antique appearance to'the
town. But on the whole, it does not comstranger, feel most at home.
But here, before turning to my note-book, pare, in point of interest, with many other
let me give you a brief outline of my jour- of the north German towns. We were esney. I wrote you last in a very uncere- pecially interested in our morning's ramble
monious way from Rugen. We came next in watching the busy market, people who
to Stralsund, a most interesting old Hanse- had come to Stettin from different points on
atic town, with interesting reminders of that the river with fruits and vegetables. There
famous League. Here we found the Oscar, is nothing especially picturesque in the cosfor Malmo; took passage and were, the next tumes of the North German peasants, but
day (noon), in Malmo, southern part of Swe- now and then one notices something in the
den; dined there, making our first acquaint- fold of a handkerchief over the head, a bit of
ance with Swedish manners and customs. color here or there which lends something
From Malmo we took the steamer across the of brightness to the groups of women. It is
Sound to Copenhagen. With Copenhagen scarcely fair, however, to speak of peasant
I was most delighted. It is more interest- costumes. Most unfortunately the distincting, in point of Art collections, than Stock- ive peasant dress, which formerly interested
holm, but it does not compare with it for the traveler, in passing from country to
beauty of situation. One day we took train country, is now seen in only a few regions
for Elsinore, where is the old " Hamlet Cas- of Europe. The people struck me as being
tle." From Copenhagen we took steamer an earnest, kindly, hard-working race, with
for Gothenburg, Sweden, being the whole of sun-burnt faces ai.d labor-worn hands.
one beautiful day on the Sound We Though Stettin lies some distance inland,
reached Gothenburg, the second city of Swe- yet the coming of river-craft, the steamers,
den, at sunset; spent one night and a day the long wharves, the knots of sailors, give it
here, and the next night took steamer for the appearance of a busy sea port. The
Stockholm. We shall spend one day in the finest thing to be seen in the town, is a
University town of Upsala, and before the statue of Peter the Great, by Schadow, in
end of this week hope to be in Christiana bronze, very striking and life-like.
Norway. From this point we shall find our Our course lay, by steamer, from Stettin
way down to Hamburg,and perhaps Bremen, to Swinzmunde, where the Oder empties
as they lie on our return route to Berlin, itself into the Baltic. The steamer was
where we hope to arrive early in September. filled with summer travelers going to differIn turning to my note-book, I find the fol- ent points on the Baltic, all very bright,
lowing: "in company with a fellow-student cheery and animated. The day was gloriI left Berlin, in the midst of the sultry ously beautiful, and the trip most delightful.
heats of August, and traveled all the way The land lies low along the Oder, which,
Northward to Stettin in company with a towards its mouth, widens till you feel
grand thunderstorm. (By tbe way, this almost as if you were on the open sea. Must
traveling as German students has its advan- picturesque were the sails of some of the
tages. The sound of the English tongue boats which we passed. The Baltic gave
has a marvellous effect upon all those who us a most kindly welcome, smiling peacecater to the wants of the traveling public in fully and joyfully at us as we sailed out of
Europe, from hotel proprietor down. With the Oder, aa if it were a quiet lake and not
it, is supposed to go limitless supplies of the home of storms well known to northern
gold, that he who uses it enjoys nothing bet- sailois. But for its gracious, welcoming
ter than throwing glittering largesses to the stillness, we will be grateful and try to
solemn rows of black-coated, white-tied forget all the goodly, stalwart fellows that
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THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER.
1878.
have gone down under its waters. What a
fine sea it is, stretching away there to the
north, with here and there a well filled sail,
or the pale cloud of smoke on the horizon
from a passing steamer. We scarcely lose
sight of the German mainland, before the
southern point of the Island of Rugen rises
into view.
I cannot wonder that artists come here,
only I should think they would forget to
paint, enjoying the fair world about them. It
is a land of infinite restfulness, full of a
wonderful peace in mid-summer, from the
lap of the Baltic waves on the shore to the
soft murmur of the forests of beech. It is a
unique and interesting spot, both historically
and in many other respects. The people
still retain much of the simplicity of olden
times. The population of the whole island
is between forty and fifty thousand. It lias
passed through many and important conflicts,
and heathenism made a long and vigorous
stand against the advance of Christianity.
There are several towns of considerable size,
and many small villages. The soil is wonderfully fertile in some portions of the
island, producing large crops of grain. Just
after the sun had gone down in the unclouded west, our steamer stopped off the
little town of Sassenitz, a favorite watering
place. The shore was filled with summer
guests, to whom the arrival of the steamer is
the sensation of the day. This is a most
charming little town, running up from the
sea-shore to the trees and gardens on the
cliff, with pleasant hotels, and odd winding
ways, where you meet at every turn pleasant
German faces. From here our route lay
along the sea-shore and through great forests to Lohme, where I am writing to-night.
What a delightful day it has been, from
early morning till towards evening on foot,
with a long rest at noon. The road wound
now on the shore, and now up on to the
cliffs. The great expanse of the blue sea,
glittering in the glory of unclouded sunlight,
stretched before us, or we caught glimpses of
it through the clustering trees. Grand,
white cliffs of chalk, dazzingly white, lifted
themselves from the blue sea to the bluer sky.
These were worn into curious shapes by the
wind and water, and rose in fantastic towers
and domes. Verdant grass and clinging
shrubs crested their summits, the green and
white contrasting most beautifully. Inland
at times, our way lay through fragrant pines,
or under the intertwining boughs of fine old
beeches, with a yielding carpet of moss
under our feet. Mid-way in our day's tramp
were two fine out-looks from the cliffs,
named in honor of tbe Emperor and Crown
Princess of Germany, who visited here some
years since, the " Wilhelm Licht" and
" Victoria Licht." The Konigs-sthul is
another eminence near by, from which a
most extensive and magnificent view is obtained. In the now quiet waters laving its
base, a sea-fight took place between the
Prussian and Danish Marines, in 1864. Not
far away from here, so runs the legend,
some famous northern sea robbers buried
tbeir stolen treasure. We had no time,
however, to look for it. Rugen has many
reminders of the old daya of heathenism.
There is a lovely little lake set in the midst
of a murmuring grove, called the Hertha
See, which you must be sure and visit in
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coming here. Hertha was the worshiped
goddess of tbe olden time, and it is supposed
by some that near this lake her dark and
mystic rites were performed. Here are two
stones, which the imaginative are pleased to
designate as the sacrificial stones, whereon
human victims were offered. A remarkable
encircling mound, evidently constructed by
human hands, still remains, which may have
served as the temple ofthe goddess. It may
be that the white clad priesVs, like the old
Druids, led the awe-struck multitude to the
shores of the lake, and through these forests,
but if so, the lake and forests keep their
secret well. Scarcely a ripple rises on the
quiet waters while, sleeping in the noonsunshine, girt about with a clustering growth
of starry white water-lilies. And the forest
murmurs softly to itself, but too softly for us
to hear whether it is chanting the hymn of
heathen days, or the psalm of a purer and
better faith.
We are stopping for the night in a little
fishing village, perched on the summit of
the cliff, with an out-look far seaward. A
few quiet people come here for the summer,
and are kindly entertained by the honest
fisher folk. We have a roomy, breezy little
hotel, with a genial host, whose words always run on the surface of a generous laugh,
so excessively kind and good-natured is he.
Arcona, August 12th—We were both
to come away froi# the little village ofLohme,
but the way which lay before us was still
fairer, so we said " Good-bye," and came to
Arcona. Where we have stood to-day,looking landward and seaward, while the twilight gathered, and later as the moonlight
silvered the waters, was the principal stronghold of the old heathenism in Rugen. Here
within these huge mounds of earth, now
grass-grown, was the temple of the heathen
deity Swantewit (the holy victor.) The
idol was of wood, having four faces, looking
in different directions. Within the holy of
holies the high priest was alone allowed to
enter. Here in the temple stood also the
sacred banner which was. borne before the
people in times of war, firing them to dar-
fields. Flocks of white geese came over
the dawns to meet us. We passed picturesque villagesand farm houses, with thatched
roofs, and red walls, looking out from amid
the garden shrubs, in which the bees had
scarcely as yet begunio hum. At one part
of the way a beautiful grove of trees lay
across our road, through which we passed,
down a perfect Gothic aisle, escorted by a
little barefooted peaeant girl, to the fields
beyond. Down by the sea we found still
another village; and from the breezy pier
the steamer came to take us, and away from
the Island of Rugen, which 1 must say I
left very, very regretfully. Some day, I
trust, I may visit it again. We have visited
perhaps the most beautiful, but not the most
populous portions of the Island. There is
Bergen, the capital, in the center of the
Island, with 4,000 inhabitants, and there is
Putbus still farther south, with its castle
and park and beautiful surroundings. And
well worth the visit, if one has the time, is
that to Monchgut, almost entirely surrounded by the sea. Owing to the isolated nature
of their situation, the people have retained
very much of their original simple character. They are an earnest, industrious folk
—the men devoting themselves principally
to fishing, the women to weaving and spinning. They have striking costumes, the
women being especially marked by their
peculiarly high peasant caps. From our
steamer we had a distant view of tbe little
Island of Hiddensee, which lies near Rugen.
The entrance to the old Hanseatic town of
Stralsund is exceedingly fine. The harbor is
excellent, and from the water the old church
spires and tower present a fine appearance.
The city has had a most varied and eventful
history, and even in these later days seems
conscious of its former glory. At one time
it held an important and proud place among
the proud cities of the Hanseatic League,
which in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries ruled so imperiously in the affairs of
Northern Euroiie. Not so very far away
from Stralsund lie Lubeck, Rostock, Hamburg, and other of those cities who shared
in this confederation, fn them all are still
ing achievements. In autumn the great to be found lingering traces of the palmy
sacrifices were celebrated here, to witness
political history, though with
which, came people from all parts of the days of their
the old, elaborate buildings are fast
time
land. To show to what extent the worship passing away. Some points in Stralsund
of this deity spread, it is only necessary to
especially worthy of a visit. There is
mention that at one time an embassy was are
the old Rathhaus, with its singular pointed
sent from Bohemia requesting a copy of the
facade, and Gothic arches, and long stone
idol. It was borne with pomp to Prague, passage,
and some of the churches are most
where a temple was reared in its honor. It
The Marienkirche has a fine
interesting.
was not until the twelfth century that the interior,
Gothic, finished in white.
lofty
power of heathenism was here broken, the The view from the lofty tower, which overinhabitants of the land making a long and looks the town, is very fine. Through little
successful stand against the inroads of the openings in the old walls you catch glimpses
Danes, but being forced at last to yield. of
it on your way up, till finally on reaching
The whole region is rendered intensely in- the highest
portion of the spire, the whole
teresting by these reminders of the olden fair and varied scene is spread out before
time.
you. At the base of the tower lies the town,
Stralsund, August 13th.—In order to with its high and pointed red roofs, and narcatch the boat for Stralsund we had to rise row streets, and stone-paved market place,
iright and early this morning, and take a where the people have dwindled to pigmies.
>risk walk of some miles across the country About the city are the old fortifications. On
o a little village on the west coast. The one side, with a narrow channel separating
leavy mists faded away before the early it from the mainland, lies tbe Island ot
un, nnd we had delightful weather. It Kuiren The eye wanders off over ■ great
was n most inspiring walk.
llim II of country, green with woodlands,
The sun stood in the brightening e->st. sown with crops of grain, varied by houses
The reapers were already at work in the and villages, and highways. Just beyond
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the town is the spot, nestling among the
trees, where the renowned' General Wallen-
stein had his camp, in the year 1628, when
he was so hotly besieging the city. He
swore that he would take the city, even if it
were bound with chains to heaven. But
notwithstanding the fierceness of his zeal,
the citizens, with the aid of the Swedes, so
valiantly resisted him that he was forced to
abandon the siege. They have always been
a brave people. Here it was that in 1809
the bold Prussian Col. Scbill fell fighting in
the streets of Stralsund against the Dutch
and the Danes. The spot where he fell is
now marked by a stone with an inscription.
Hotel Victoria, Copenhagen, Denmark,
August 14th.—Certainly a day of changes!
With the break of day our steamer, the
Oscar, steamed away from Germany, at
noon we were in Sweden, and this evening
1 am writing in Denmark. When I went
on deck this morning Germany had disappeared, and soon Sweden rose mistily into
view far on the horizon. There is nothing
especially striking about the approach to
Southern Sweden, as the country lies flat
and evenly along the shore. The steamer
which we have taken goes to Malmo, Sweden, and from there the passengers to Denmark take another steamer across the Sound
to Copenhagen. Malmo is a busy commercial town, the third in importance in Sweden, ranking after Stockholm and Gothenburg, with a population of 30,000. The
town is regular and well-built, and along
the wharves presents an especially busy appearance. As we shall pass through it
again, I will not now speak especially of it.
It was a pleasant sensation to be in Sweden,
though we were at this time simply passing
through it on our way to Denmark. It was
difficult to realize for the moment that we
were really among a ne% people. But the
sound of a new language in our ears; the
presence of strange-looking signs on the
shops; newspapers from which we could gain
but little information; a " bill of fare" at the
hotel from which we must choose rather by
faith than by understanding—soon Set us
right on this matter. We had been but a
few moments on shore when we had a proof
of Scandinavian politeness. We had come
a land where our German marks,
groschens, etc., would be of but little service
to us, hence, our first object was to find a
money-changer. We looked in vain, until
we went into a shop we were passing and
our interrogations brought out the fact that
one of the young men spoke a little German.
Would he be so kind as to tell us where we
could find the place for which we were
searching? Instead of that, tbe goodnatured youitg Swede takes his hat and
goes with us through the town to the right
to
#
place, so that in a few moments we
ivf re
ready with coin to face the dinner-bill at the
good hotel Gustuviis Adolphus. Tbe coinage of Scandinavia is very convenient,
within a few years the same system having
been adopted for Denmark, Norway, and
Sweden. The coins in use are the " krone"
and " ore." The krone is, I think, in value
worth a little more than our twenty five
cent piece, and this is divided into one hundred ore. At the hotel we noticed a custom
which is peculiar to Scandinavia, and which
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strikes a stranger oddly at first. In the
hotels, and restaurants, and railway stations
is a table spread with all manner 1 ot cold
disbes, some of which are excellent; but a
good many of them are to me unsolved mysteries. There are dishes of fish, served in
all styles; shrimps,'salads, cheeses, cold
meats, bread, etc. Every gentleman, before
he "begins his dinner, goes to the table and
helps himself to as much as he sees fit, taking therewith a small glass or more of
brandy or Schnapps, which always stand
ready. This is an " appetizer," just to give
a relish to the coming dinner. I think the
same custom prevails in Russia, though I
think not in Norway. I have seen it at the
tables in Denmark and Sweden.
Denmark veiled itself in rain-clouds as
our steamer neared Copenhagen, though
from no ill-will, I am sure, as 1 have since
had occasion to know that Danish skies can
be as blue as those in more southern climes.
The passage across from Sweden is made in
something like two hours-.generally smooth
sailing, with comfortable boats, which run
often during the day. Again face to face
with a new language and a new people,
which have, however, much resemblance to
the language and people we have left on the
other side of the Sound. German and English will almost always put one through, and
when these fail, one can readily resort to
wild gesticulations,emphatic guttural sounds,
smiles, tears, etc., and the few words of the
language which one somehow unconsciously
"absorbs" in coming into the Htmosphere of
a new place. There are Custom House
ceremonies to be gone through with, but as
we were just two young men traveling quite
sans ceremonie, our luggage was a matter
of secondary importance, so that we were
passed quickly through. A quiet little hotel,
with pleasant-faced host, has given us welcome, and to-night we shall sleep in peace,
and soundly, too, I fancy, in the Danish
F. W. Damon.
capital.
Copenhagen, Aug. 14th, IS7S.
In the September issue of The Friend
we stated, upon the authority of an American exchange, that the mother of M. Waddington, the French delegate to the Berlin
Congress, was an American lady, belonging
to Boston. In a letter received by the last
mail from the office of the New York Observer, " Irenams" informs us that we were
in error in making this statement, remarkHis wife (not his mother) was Miss
ing:
King (not of Boston), of New York, daughof Charles King, 1.L.D., President of Columbia College."
"
Sir
H. D. Wolff is a member of the
-itisb. Foreign Office. He goes to Rou;lia. Being at Smyrna he wrote to a
friend: Send me a wife by the next mail."
"
A sister of Lord Orford, seeing the letter,
went out to Smyrna and married him.
NOVEMBER.
"Grace Before Meat."
In a most charming and instructive volume on The Miracles of Jesus," by the
Rev. A. A. Willits, D. D., a Pre«byterian
Pastor of Philadelphia., we have met with
the following beautiful paragraphs in his
comments upon Christ's " Feeding the Five
Thousand :"
"It is the sweet spring-time—for the
passover is at hand—the air is filled with
the fragrance of flowers and blossoms, the
fervor of the sun has passed, and the broad
and gentle slope is covered with an abundance of fresh green grass, affording a fitting
seat for those who are to partake of this remarkable feast in the wilderness. The marshaling and seating this vast multitude into
such orderly groups consumes some little
time, but the people readily and quietly consent, and soon the one hundred groups of
fifty each, with the women and children on
the outskirts, are seated upon the verdant
plain.
"It must have been a beautiful sight. In
the Greek of Mark's Gospel he speaks of
their having ' reclined in parterres,' as if
the gay colors, the red, blue and yellow
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in the hands of each one of the company as
he divided with the companion next to him,
we cannot say, for it is not in the record.
But one thing is made clear, and that is
that all partook of the feast; all ate until they
were satisfied, and there was not only
enough for all, but more than could be used;
and seeing portions unused, Jesus, to teach
a lesson of carefulness and to set for ever at
rest any doubts as to the reality of the miracle, bade his disciples borrow from the people
each a basket—a common accompaniment of
the Jewish pilgrim, holding about a peck—
and ' gather up the fragments, that nothing
be lost.'
"
We would acknowledge pamphlets,
papers and books as.follows: Terennial
Catalogue, of Amherst College; papers from
W. C. Bruce, Auckland, New Zealand;
" The Miracles of Jesus," a beautiful volume,
by Rev. A. A. Willets, D. D., from Chaplain
Rose, U. S. N.; "Somebody Else," by G. P.
Lathrop, from Mrs.Van Denburgh, San Francisco; two volumes of "Hours with Men and
Books," and " Getting on in the World," by
Prof. W. Matthews, from Mr. H. A. Pierce;
clothing, which the poorest Orientals wore, three numbers of Spurgeon's " Sword and
suggested to the imagination of the evan- Trowel/ from Mrs. Taylor, London.
gelist a multitude of flower-beds adorning a
vast and beautiful lawn.
An American boy—Edward Crane, of
while
were
Jesus
stood
New
they
being
Jersey—carries ofT the first prize for
"
seated, holding in his hands the five thin excellence in French in the French College
loaves made of barley meal, and the two of
Avrauches, in Normandy. They have a
small fishes, which the little lad had probcustom
there of crowning such honor men
his
own
simple supper.
ably brought for
all were seated and every eye with a laurel wreath and kissing him on the
When
''
fixed upon him, and silent wonder reigned forehead on commencement day. Young
supreme, Jesus, in the sweet and sacred Crane is said to have reflected credit on his
stillness of that twilight hour, lifted up his country in the way he stood the ordeal.—
eyes to heaven and prayed—blessed God Jf. Y. Independent.
for the bread. For our Lord never omitted
the beautiful Jewish custom of "grace"
Gladstone on American Finances.—In
before meat.
his
recent article upon England and America,
"And as we know the words of the 'grace'
Gladstone declares that, " Although the
Mr.
Jews,
we
used by the
have without doubt
the very words uttered by Jesus at this in- annual income of Great Britain in round
teresting moment: ' " Blessed be thou, 0 numbers is £1,000,000,000, America is
Lord our God, the King of the world,, passing by us at a canter, and in 1880 will
who hast produced this food from the be the wealthiest of all the nations, although
earth." This was the form. But it was
not from custom, but from the heart, Jesus the development of her resources and the
uttered these words. His spirit rose in opening of her territory is as yet in its ingratitude to the infinite Father; and he as- fancy."
sumed this devout attitude and used these
fitting words, to impress the minds of that
vast multitude, and to lead their hearts to
God as the source of all good. The Jews
did not bless their food, but the God who
gave it, and this is evidently what is meant
by the phrase, " He blessed and brake."
They did not cut their bread, but baked it in
loaves of a cake-like thinness convenient for
breaking.
American Genius for Invention.—The
London Times gives three columns of
description and two columns of editorial
characterization of the American mechanical
display at Paris. It declares that '' The
activity and insight of the American inventive genius develops more that is new
and practical in mechanism than all Europe
"Having blessed God for the bread, Jesus combined."
took the loaves and the fishes, and breaking
them into portions passed these to the
The Bible in Turkish Language.—A
twelve, and directed them to distribute to complete translation of the Bible has just
the companies.
been completed, by tbe American Mission"And then began that mysterious and
aries, in the Turkish language The work
wonderful feast.
"Whether
the
food
grew in the hands of has been principally performed by the Rev.
Dr. S. Wells Williams estimates Jesus as he brake and gave to the disciples, Elias Riggs, forty-five years a laborer in
that 10,000,000 of the Chinese have per- or in the hands of the disciples as they gave Turkey. He preaches in six different lanished in tbe famine.
to the head man of each of these groups, or guages, and can read fourteen.
�THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER,
89
1878.
the Ice would permit; found the natives all along the
poor and destitute. July 4th started walrualng; found them very scarce; took 300, making m 220 barrels of oil. July 90th, Francis Fuller, second officer,
died with kidney complaint; burled hia remains at 8t
Lawrence Bay. August Oth waa at Cape Smith Is company with the moat of the fleet;all working north aa fast
as the ice clearedaway. On August 2d brig W H Allen
waa stove and sunk by the ice, near Point Barrow; crew
all aaved; Captain Gilley on board the Onward. August
10th bark Florence waa stove and sunk by the Ice, near
Point Barrow; crew all aaved. Up to August 22d but one
whale had been seen; bark Mercury struck and lost
one. There was plenty of open water to the eaat of Point
Barrow, and ah Ipa hadbeen aa far aa Camden Bay and
Return Reef, but finding no whales, had returned to the
Point. The following ia a report of the fleet, as far as I
could find out, up to August 22d: Coral, 3 whales, 600
walrus; Progress, 8 whales, 000 walrus Rainbow, 8
whales, 200 walrus; Thomas Pope, 860 walrus; Pacific, 2
whales, 700 walrus; Hunter, 8 whales, 800 walrus; Mount
PORT OF HONOLULU. S. I. Wallston, clean—had aaved most of the oil from the
Cleone and shipped it by the Syren; Helen Mar, 2 whalaw,
400 walrus; Eliaa, 1 whale, 600 walrus; John Howlamffl
ARRIVALS.
whale, 700 walrus; Northern Light, 900 walrus; Mercury,
1 whale, 1000 walrus; Dawn, 1 whale, 700 walrus; Bea
Bept. 28—Haw schr Maria, English, 14 dye frm Faoning'i lid Breese, 3 whalea, 800 walrus; Norman, 600 walrus; Abrmm
20—Oerbk Prise ilia, 120 daya from Madeira.
Barker, just arrived, clean; brig Onward, 800 walrus.
20—Am schr Eustace, 81 days from San FraDcl»co.
Came out through Bhering Straits 26th August; have had
20—Am 3-niHit tchr Compeer, from Port Gamble.
southerly winds roost of the way down; took the trades lv
30-P M 8 CUy of New York, Cobb, from Sydney.
lat. 32° north. September 7th spoke schooner Bells,
Oct. 2—French bk Jean Pierre, 68 daya from Hongkong
from Onolaaka,bound to St. Paul's. September 17th sig2—Am bk Emma E Heal, Bailey, 21 dya from 8 Fran. nalled a large English bark standing to the east, in lat.
B—Am achr Loleta, Dexter, from Arctic.
48.66 north, long. 167.11 west. Bark Legal Tender left
4—Am bk California, from Durrani's Inlet via Hilo.
Marcus Bay, August 27th, for San Francisco in ballast;
4 —Am wh schr Y. M Ward. Whitney, fmm Arctic.
no cargo; had been to Point Barrow. From lat. 32° to
7—Am bktne Grace Robert, Ohleaon, 18 daya from port have had moderate trades and fineweather.
Ban Francisco.
B—P MSB Australia, Carglll, 7 dayi and 8 bourn from
PASSENGERS.
Ban Franciaco.
11—Britah Pegasus, Hall, 102 days from Bombay, en
Farming's Island—Per Mans, Sept 28—W Greig
From
to
Panning'!
guano.
for
Island
load
route
For San Francisco—Per City ofNew York, Sept 30—
12—Am bk D C Murray, Frost, lo dyi fm Ban PranVo.
19—Tahltianachr ViVid, Bweet. 0 dya fm Farming's la. T H Daviesand son, P Stack, Mrs J H Wllber. 2 children
16—Amachr Joseph Wooley, Cornstock, from Guano la* snd servant, Miss 8 Munson, J Lyons, T Harris, T R
MelliH, MiBS A Fuller, Mrs 8 A Thompson, Mrs B P
16—Am Bktne Eureka, Nordberg, 17 daya frm Humboldt.
Adsms, 3 children and nurse, Miss Lucy Adams, G W
daya
Spauldlng, A Malllard, G Fitzgerald, G H Bsrber, T H
28
from
Dur20—Am bk Henry Buck, Sormon,
Jones, T B Lougee, F Hander, T F Flynn, Dan Gallagher,
rani's lnl»t
8.
26—Hawachr Nettie Merrill, Hatfield, 16dayi fm F. Dr Scott and wife, Peter Gough, J Jonea,H Johnson, 1 W
Pfluger, A Jsnssen, M Dehltz, and S Chineae.
Fbom Fiinchal—Per Prisrllls, Bept 30—M Rodrlgues,
DEPARTURES.
wife snd sun, A Diss and wife, T Alfonso, wife and son,
A dc Lonxa, wife and son, F Rodriguez, wife and B chilSept. 20—Peruvian ah E Dovale, for Callao.
1—P M 8 Ciiy of New York, Cobb, for San Franciaco. dren and servant. M Fernandez and wife, A d'Andrade,
Oct.
wife and four children, L d'Andrade, wife and threechilB—P MSB Australia, Carglll. for Sydney.
dren, T Freltas, wife aud threechildren, T dc L Fereita,
B—Haw bk Kalakaua, Jenka, for Ban Franciaco.
wife and son, B A Nunes, wifeand Infant, M Fernandez,
Macley.
Pope,
Mattie
Portland.
lor
B—flaw bk
B—Am schr Compeer, Berkholm, forPort Townaend. wife and five children,A F dc Farla, wife and threechildren, I* A Nunes, wife and five children, F Ferers, wife
0—Am bk Garibaldi, Forbes, for Potland.
and son, A C Fernsudez snd son, A A Lucas, wife, slstsr
o—Am bk Amy Turner, Newell, for Hongkong.
and
son. P da Caiuara, A T da Cruz, wife andson, T da H
11—BarkJean Pierre, Legaase, for Victoria, B O.
Netto, T da 8 Papetua, A dc Freltas, M Rodrlgues, L
12—Frenchbk Pierre, Legarae, for Portland.
d'Oliveira.
A X Pimenta, F Uouiez, J da Camara, J Per14—Rrt ship Pegasus, Powell, for Fanning'a la.
elrs, L J Perelra, F Fenelra, J Gomez, M Perelra, F da
14— Am bk California, Foster, Victoria, H C.
Flgnerzo,
J
J R dc Monte, J Rodrlgues, J Nunes,
Camara,
10—Am schr Kustace, Matthien, for Ban Franciaco.
Rebella, J F Castroe, Ada Costa, V d'Andrade, J Joa10—Ambktne Grace Roberts, Ohlsen, for Port Towns- C
qulm. J Rodrlgues, J E Trues and
8 Corend.
mlf0 J Gomez,
rea, L M Gonxega. M Gonna, F da (Sahara.
A A da Sllva,
22— Tahltian achr Vivid, Sweet, for Farming's Inland.
los
J
Ernest
Pohhos,
Neves,
Ferrelrs,
M
M
M
M
Hutchi24 Am bktne Kureka, Nordberg, for Port Townaend.
son, J M dc Freltas and wife, A dc Nobrega, 8 H dc
Bonza, M dc Sonza Perry, A Perelra, A Fernandez, A Perelra, M d'Andrade, F L Miner.
MEMORANDA.
Fsoai Austbalia—Per City of New York, Sent 30—Hiss
M J Ulnes, John O'Connor, Wm Wyatt, J P Johnston,and
Report or Whaling and Trading Schr c M Ward.—
39
In trsnsitu for San Francisco.
April
3d
for
the
Arctic
Left Honolulu
Ocean, and had
From Sam Francisco—Per Eustace, Sept 30—J Gsrrsnd.
good weather to Fox Islands. Weut through Segaum
Hong Kong—Per JesnPierre, Oct 3—20 Chinese
Hay
and
made
Ice
lat
Fboh
Straits April 37th,
the
37® N
3d,
long 179* W; foundplenty of Ice in Behring Bea. June laborers.
3d got through the ice to Cape Naverene; saw plenty of
From San Francisco—Per Grace Roberta, Oct T—L D
whales,and captured one; missed one. June 10th an- Hlxon, P Buckley, A Wallace, Geo W Page, Jos Carton, R
chored In Plover Bay and saw plenty of whales working Tailor, Mrs Whits a 3 children. J H Watts and 21 Chinese.
towards the Arctic, but could not get one. June 16th
Fkancisco—Per Australia, Cct 7—Mrs Thos
were off East Cape. July 14thwent in between the Ice G Fbom Sanchild,
Msster Geary, A W Bush, Jo* Hyman,
aud land at Cape Llsboru; passed Icy Cape July 33d. On M Thrum
Terry, 8 B Dole, Miss Terry, W A Vernon
Mrs
Lohse,
the 36th saw the steam tug commanded by Capt Williams a wife, C Brown,
L G Nesmltb, M Msrtlu, Geo Lucas, C
coming from tli" southward. Aug lat were off Point BelR Cotton a wife, Z H Spalding, wife 8 children, J
cher and aaw eleven ships coming from south. Aug7th Lucas,
Kenny,
Eliza
Delia Kenny, G dc Witt Fuller, F
Paul,
were off Refuge Inlet; on the 3th anchored off Point Bar- W
W Danez, Jas Dolan, H Baper, H Frausen, Tho. Sherret.
row, and laved In there 20 days; saw no whales. The T
Chrestley, H Brodreck, T Stuart, Jas Kearns, JazaeaF
fleet went as far as 36 miles east of Return Reef, and saw Uuum.il, L A Lueltv, G S Carglll, P Tally, J J O'Mshley,
nothing there; had seen but threewhalesup to Aug 38th.
The brig W H Allen and bk Florence were stove by Ice W Braidwood, Mrs McKenzie and 94 Chinese.
Fob Australia—PerAustralia, Oct Bth—Miss M Woods,
between Refuge Inlet and Point Barrow, and were sunk
total wrecks. Left 16 veasels at anchor at Point Barrow JohnChapman, B Robinson, T Pejoley, T B Park and F t
Percivsl.
snd 4 off Cape Smith under way, the 16 could not get any
to tbe South at that time; I come out from Point Barrow
Fob Post Townbknd—Per Compear, Oct B—Captain F
between the land and ice in 13 feet of water; aaw Ice Hall.
again making from half way between Cape Terdxe and
Foa San Francisco—Per Kalak.ua, Oct B—J W ChrisPoint Hope to the South, head of St Lawrence Bay, topher and JO'Connor.
across Behring Straits- worked through the Ice to Plover
Fos Portland—Per Msttle Macleay, Oct B—Harry Ton
Bay, and spoke tbe schooner, left Plover Bay", Bept 6th
for Honolulu; come through 173Paaaage Sept 17th, and Holt, J T Johnson and C W Trent lege.
made north end of Oahu Oct 4th, after a pleaaant passage
Fob Hongkong—Per Amy Turner, Oct V—A Oliverand
Bznj Whitnky.
down.
39 Chlneae.
Report or Schr Loleta, Captain Dxxtxr. from the
Fbom *si Francisco—Per 0 0 Murray, Oct 12—J W
Arctic—Sailed from Honolulu March 16th, and steered Wilry, X M Overeod, Henry Harland, Wm Hamilton. Mary
to the westward to long. 177.00 east; then took westerly X Abbott, Mr. Smith, Mr. ullllnghsia ami two children, Wm
and northwesterly winds, which lasted through 73d Butler, Wm Phillip", snd 22 Chinese.
Passage. Paased through April 36th. On the 39th made
Fbom Howlard's IsL.aar-Per Jsseph Woolley, Oct 16—
theice in lat. 67.60 north, 177.31) west long. Found plenty
wife sod three children, ■ Wheeler, Chas
of ice. From thence worked to the eastward to St Paul's Capt Jo. R Spencer,
John MaeWiffina, Gabriel Holmes, aod M native
Hines,
Island; then to the north. On May 26tbarrived at Plover
Bay. Bhore all clear of Ice. Found the natives very Üborers.
poor, having caught no whales or walrus. Had to give
Fbom Humboldt Bat—Per Carets, Oel Ift—M Bts*Teosoo.
tlitm quantities of bread, as they were in a starving conFor
Towr.bbd—Per Grace Roberta, Oct 19—1 H
dition. Ou June 3d waa at St Lawrence Bay. Bay full of Watw. Post
ice. Natives boarded us on the Ice; found the natives
San
Fbancibco—Per
Has.bob, Oct 19—Capuua Sand,
Fob
here also very poor. 4une 13th aaw quite a good show of
whsles; Htruck three; lost two by the Ice; aaved one, aod wife, C Eatenhaaer.
which made 90 barrela of oil. Worked north as fast as
Fo.Fanri.no'b IsLASD-l'cr Vivid, Oct2l—J T Aruudtl
The first instance on record where a Chinese
The Zealandia took a mail for the
man has given a collection of books to
United States containing 3,600 letters.
an American institution, has just occurred
in New Haven, where Yung Wing, a gradS. Broden, of Indianapolis, the only uate of Vale College, has given to the colAmerican boy ever entered in a British lege library a valuable collection of Chinese
emnaval school, on the cadet ship Worcester, books, numbering about 1300 volumes,
poetical
classical,
historical,
and
bracing
has passed his examination, and been award- works, encyclopedias, etc.
ed the highest honor given. It was awarded
by vote of his brother cadets. He is thus
made a midshipman in the British navy.
coaat very
-
MARINE JOURNAL.
Information Wanted.
Mrs. D. H. Slmmonds, of Alta city, Washington Territory, Y. 8. A., writes to the United States Consul, asking
information of her brother, John Clingensmith, who was
landed from on board of a ship on one of these Islands,
with two other men, about 1860.
Respecting EbenezerEaster Hill, formerly of Buffalo,
N. Y. He ssiled from New Bedford as a passenger on
bosrd a whsle-ship, for Sandwich Islands, about the year
IH.V2. He was at that time between 30 and 38 years ofage.
Any information will be gladly received by the American
Minister Resident, or by the Editor.
To Whom it May Concern.—There now resides in
Yokohama Mrs. M. I. Olbbs, formerly Mrs. J. Vaughn, of
Honolulu. Any parties wishing for information will
apply to Hawaiian Consul, L. P. Lilybridge, Esq., of
Yokohama.
MARRIED.
McWayne—Robinson.—ln Honolulu, Oct 9th, at the
residence of the bride's mother, in Nuuatni Vslley, by
the Rev 8 C Damon. Albkht McWayne, Esq., to Miss
Lucy H. Robinson, both of Honolulu.
K<'ri.LiNa—Lubhwing.—ln Honolulu, Oct 10th, at the
residence of J C Glade, Esq, by the Rev 8 CDamon,
Chahles Xhelling, Esq., of Hanalei, Kauai, toMiss Leonora Luehwino, of Honolulu.
Buckley—Bolster.—ln this city on the 16th October,
by the Rev. 8. C. Damon, Mr. Peter Buckley to Martha,
eldest daughter of Mr. A. 8. Bolster, all of Honolulu.
Griffin—Stafford—ln this city, October 27th, by
Rev. 8. C. Damon, Mr. Daniel B. Griffin to Eliza J.
Stafford, of Kauclalre, Wisconsin.—Eauclaire papers
please copy.
Robinson—Hunt—ln Bodus, New York, by the Rev. T.
Dwight Hunt (formerly Missionary on tbe Sand Islands
and subsequently Pastor of the First Congregational
Church of San Francisco), Denton 8. Robinson, Esq., a
lawyer of Nunda, New York, to Miss Emily C. Hunt,
daughter nf the officiating clergyman.—[Wayne County
Alliance, Sodua, N. Y.
DIED.
By the arrival of the P. M. 8. 8. City of New York we
received the sad intelligence of the death of her chief
Hteward, Mr. James R. Hall, at Sydney, on the 2d Sept.
Thedeceased was a native of Barbadoea, W. 1., and for a
number of years in the service of the P. M. 8. S. Company. He was appointed to the City of New York on her
first voyage to the Colonies, and succeeded, up to the
time of Iris death, through perseverance In the fulfillment of his duties. In gaining the satisfaction of his employers, as also thst of the traveling public. The funeral
took place on the following day, and was attended by a
large and respectable concourse of friends. Directly behind the hearae followed as chief mourners Captain Wm.
B. Cobband officers. Among the pall-bearers was Purser
8. A. Beardsley, all uniting to render a Just homage to the
departed. Being a member of " Lodge of Australia," he
was interred with Masonic honors, the membersof the
slater lodge St. Andrew, in response to an Invitation from
their R. W. M., attending In regalia, taking a prominent
part. He leaveaa disconsolate wifeand three children to
mourn the irreparable loss of a fond husband and loving
father.
Weight.—At Ahniraanu, Koolaupoko, Oahu, William
Weight,aged 49 years. Deceased wsa for many years a
resident of thia city. He leaves a wife and family to
mourn his loss. The remains was brought to Honolulu,
and the funeral took place from theresidence of hia Sonin-law, H. Schmidt, Esq.
Freeman—ln Santa Monica, Cal., September 7, 1878,
Mrs. Elizabeth Fbkeman, wife of Mr. John Freeman,
formerly of this city, aged 67 years.
Coleman—ln this city, on Friday, Oct 18th, Charles
Alfred Castle Coleman, only child of C. C. and H. A.
Coleman, aged 11 monthsand 16 days.
Gill—The Rev. William Gill, formerly missionary
at Rorotongs. SouthPacific, and for nearly twelve years
Minister of Rectory, Place Chapel, Woolwich, on the
14thof August, at Camden Houae, LeeGlebe, BlackheatU,
aged sixty-five yearn.—lllustratedLondon lSews.
'
.
'
�90
THE FRIEND,
NOVEMBER,
Japan. —We rejoice, from so many
sources, to learn ot the progress of civilizaBY NATHAN ALLEN, M. D., LOWELL, MASS.
tion, education and Christianity in Japan.
We copy the following from a private letter
The origin of 'this fever is traced to the
received
by a late mail from Mrs. Hepburn,
West Indies, and it breaks out at times
wife
of
Hepburn, who has been laboring
Dr.
violently in the southern parts of the United
so successfully for many years at Yokohama,
States. As this disease is now prevailing in
under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board
a most malignant form at the South, it is
"He (Dr. H.) hopes his health
well to have some definiteknowledge of its of Missions:
be
may spared to finish the New Testament
nature and character.
translation. Another eighteen months will
The name of the fever is derived from suffice for that. Christianity is taking deep
Yellow Fever.
the fact that the disease changes very root in Japan. Had I time, I could tell you
quickly the skin to a sallow or yellowish many facta to show that the Christian church
color. No other disease produces such sud- has great encouragement to press forward in
den and powerful changes in the human the work she has begun, of giving the gospel
body, showing that it is a most virulent to this people. In our Mission alone (Am.
poison. Formerly different opinions pre- Pres.) we have eight organized churches. I
vailed as to the nature and origin of this do not remember the number of members,
poison; but the general verdict now of the but about 500, connected with these. Our
best judges, is that the disease is caused by Sabbath-school and Bible Classes are doing
a specific living miasm or germ, which is a good work. The Theological School has
capable, under certain conditions, of rapid twenty-six or twenty-seven young men in it.
sell-multiplication, and spreads in every Perhaps you know the Scotch and American
direction. It is not a contageous disease, PresbyteriansandtheDutehßeformed formed
like measles or scarlet fever, and cannot be a Union Presbytery, about a year ago. This
communicated by the breath or emanations school is under the care of this United
from the body living or dead. These Presbytery. Great and marvellous have
"germs," or the seeds of the disease, are been the changes in this land since we came
ago. We often ex" exotic"—are imported—and may lie in a here, nineteen years God
wrought.' How
dormant state for months or yean, in walls, claim, • Lo, what hathanother,
one
barrier
after
which seemed
has
in floors, in furniture, in clothing, or in the to human view insurmountable, been .reground; but, under certain conditions, may moved." Our correspondent adds, '-We had
the pleasure of having Miss Bird as our guest
generate the most fatal poison.
These conditions are a high temperature, when she first arrived in Japan." Subsequently Miss Bird left for a tour through the
moist atmosphere, filth, decaying vegetables Maud
of Yesso, and expected to visit the
rrnwter,
and
in localities where
and animal
Amos. About the middle of September she
there is great want of drainage and sewer- was expected to return, and would travel
age. The disease breaks out generally in through the southern part of Japan. For a
sea-ports connected with shipping, or in sketch of the Amos, see the Friend for Novillages along the water courses; vember, 1871.
cities and
but seldom prevails in rural districts or the
country, and never upon high ground nor in
a cold climate. It starts sometimes in June
and July, and begins to decline by the middle of September or first of October, on the
approach of frosts and cool weather.
Prohibition in Maine.—The Portland
Advertiser prints the following important
testimony concerning the working of the
prohibatory liquor law in that State:
"Count Guipenberg, during a recent visit
of Attorney General Emery to the Cimbria
(the Russian ship in Southwest Harbor,
A Pleasant Romance.—The Republican Maine), said:
is responsible for the following story, which
are very much pleased indeed
"* We
the knowing ones«*say refers to Rev. and with
the workings of your Maine law. We
Mrs. J. L. Fowle (formerly Carrie Farns- never saw or heard of anything so wonderful. Why, we send our men on shore with
worth,) who sailed for Turkey last week:
A graduate of Amherst College and An- the utmost freedom, and. they are orderly
"
dover Theological Seminary, having devoted and well-behaved; they make friends with
himself to the missionary work and been as- the natives and come back to us at night all
signed to a mission on India's coral strand, right. We are glad to have them go on
was looking around for a congenial compan- shore, for the exercises and recreation they
ion, for the American Board don't like to obtain there are very much to their advansend single young men to heathen lands, tage. Now, if liquor were sold we should
when he met th* daughter of a Turkish be obliged to keep them on board all the
missionary, and the two fell in love almost time, otherwise they would become intoxiat first sight. In a week they were engaged, cated, get into trouble among themselves
now they are married, and such has been and with the inhabitants, destroy property,
the gentle maiden's influence that what is insult your people, and make them all their
Southern India's loss will be Central Tur- enemies. Oh! I assure ypu we are very
key's gain."—Boston Congregationalism much pleased with your Maine law."
187 8.
Author of "Peep of Day."—We have
intelligence from England of the death of
Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer, author of"The
Peep of Day" series of books for children,
which have had an immense circulation, and
which are unrivalled in simplicity and interest for youthful minds. The following is
a list of her works: " Peep of Day;" Line
"
upon Line;" "Precept upon Precept;"
" Light in the Dwelling;" " Near Home; or,
the Countries of Europe Described;" " Far
Off; or, Asia and Australia Described;"
The English Mother;" » The Night of
"Toil;"
" Here a Little and There a Little,"
and "Reading Without Tears." Of the
first of these volumes it was announced,
some years ago, that over 400,000 copies
of it had been sold, and of all more than
1,250,000 copies. An English paper, in
announcing her death, says: " She had,
perhaps, more juvenile readers than any
other contemporary author." She was the
widow of Key. Thomas Mortimer, and sister
of the eminent London banker, Mr. R. C.
Bevan. She died at Runton, near Cromer,
aged seventy-six years.—New York Observer, Snpt. 12.
Missionaries for China and Japan.—
Twenty-five Missionaries, including wives,
left this city on the steamer City of Peking,
last Tuesday, for Japan, China and Siain.
Four denominations—Congregational, Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist—we understand to ha ye been represented in the company; and the two countries of America and
Scotland. One of the number—Rev. Dr.
Davis, lately pastor of the Congregational
Church in Granby, Mass.—preached at
Plymouth Avenue Church last Sunday
morning; and another—Dr. Gordon, at the
First Church, Oakland. On Monday evening a farewell meeting was held at Calvary
Church, in this city, at which Dr. Scott presided, and Messrs. Gordon, Wilson of the
Laos Mission in Siam, and DufTus from
Scotland, on his way to Swatow, China,
made addresses."— Pacific, Oct. 3d.
It is a noteworthy fact that the Rev.
Dr. Legge, a venerable Missionary of the
London Missionary Society, should have
been appointed Professor of Chinese in
Cambridge University, England, and Dr. S.
W. Williams, LL.D., should have received
a similar appointment at Vale College, New
Haven. These distinguished Chinese scholars are of the highest authority in all matters relating to China—its history and
literature. Both the British and American
Governments are more indebted to these two
gentlemen for aid in translations of public
documents than to any other men who have
gone from England and America to China.
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Pure religion and undeflled before Ood, the Father, is this:
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world.
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Edwyn Shipton of London,
of Paris; Christian Klug of
Elberfeld, Germany; Francisco Albricias of
Montserrat, Spain; and Richard C. Morse of
New York. It is stated that the subject of
Bible-readings elicited special attention and
very animated discussion. The interest of
the delegates generally in the more thorough
study of the Word of God, and the more
prominent instrumental use of it in realizing
the aims of the Associations, appears to have
amounted to an enthusiasm. Providentially
considered, the occasion for the formation of
Young Men's Christian Associations was
due to the fact that the churches were
neglecting and ignoring their work.
Whether or not the churches could do the
work as well, they are not doing the work
which it falls specially to the Associations
to undertake. With perhaps some faults
of manner and methods, it is a grand place
which they fill in the current agencies for
popular evangelization. Mr. K. A. Burnell,
whose interesting letters " round the world,"
have been appearing in this paper, was
present.—Advance.
W.
Mcl by a Committee of tbe Y. I. C. A. I Geneva,
Sue Dorian
Heavenly City.
BY
REV. ELI CORWIN,
D. D.
U city of the pearly gates
And of the streets of gold;
Whose very walls are precious stones
Of weight and worth untold:
When may the poorest sinner share
Those riobesWolfold?
O righteous city of the sun.
Where yet no nun doth shine;
Irradient with the glory beams;
A luster all divine:
When shall these waiting eyes behold
That living light ot thine?
O tearless realms, where sorrows cense,
Nor pains nor partings come:
Where fiercest storms are bushed to peace;
All angry voices dumb:
When shall these weary ieet find rest.
In that eternal horneT
O sinless city of the pure:
Where nothing can abide
That taints or tarnishes the soul;
Nor aught of evil bide:
When shall I reach my blest abode
Among the sanctified T
Atthe last meeting of the Honolulu
C.
M.
A,, it was decided to.assist Sit
Moon in returning to this country and to his
labors here for his countrymen. Also to
begin anew the prayer meeting for young
people. It .s held now every Sunday evening in the Lecture-room of Fort-street
Church at a quarter before 7, continuing
till just before the beginning of the regular
evening service.
The recent International Y. M. C. A.
Conference, held at Geneva, Switzerland,
was the eighth triennial gathering of this
noble organization. There were present in
•II about two hundred, and fifty delegates,
representing eleven different nations. Of
the two thousand Associations, about onehalf are in this country. Nowhere else has
this aggressive and progressive enterprise
been so notable. Mr. George Williams, a
wealthy, benevolent business mapAf London, ia regarded as the originator of this
particular form ofassociated Christian effort.
Mr. Williams vas present at the Geneva
Conference. The papers read, written in
German, French and English, were each
previously translated into the other languages and printed for distribution among
the delegates. A Central International Comrjiittee was appointed to prepare the pro*
gramme of topics and exercises for the next
meeting, which will be held in London.
This Committee consists of Mr. Ferman of
The following is a different view from
that taken by the correspondent of the Advertiser:
The ■ Secularization of Schools' is a
"
popular phrase just now. We do not believe in it. The action under this rule
which claims to be liberal, broad, ecumenical,
is essentially heathen. It means, if it means
anything, that religion has no place in our
more elementary schools. The question
was before the people of New Haven again
last Monday. The endeavor was to elect
officers who wjll restore the reading of Scripture (or some religious exercises) whichwas
abolished last year. There may be practical
difficulties, but they can all be adjusted on
the principle that education should be based
upon the threefold nature of the child—physical, mental and moral. Anything less than
this is one-sided and erroneous. It may go
on without any disastrous results for a certain period where most of the children belong to church-going families, but it is radically wrong. Better by far adopt the practice at Springfield, Mass., where the reading
of the Bible is continned, but the Catholics
use the Duoay edition. The moral and
spiritual nature of the child should be distinctly recognized by the school authorities
and the teacher. Yield one iota to the
secularization theory, and you must .logically, and soon practically, eliminate every
allusion to God and duty from all your textbooks; teachers will succumb to the general
drift and abstain from inculcating anything
touching the deeper wants of the soul; and
children that most need instruction in moral
and religious truth, will get nothing. If
then our public schools shall become recruiting places for the jnil? and prisons,
whose fault will it be ? Later. —The telegram reports the election of the officers
favoring the Bible, by a vote of four to one."
Advance.
—
The following is from a tribute to the
late Prof. Raymond :
A sentence, from one of his chapel sermons, is worthy of quotation, not only as
beautiful in itself, but also as the expression
of his own guiding principle. He said :
When you can, be blind to the faults of
another; and when you can no longer be
blind, be dumb."
Power without ambition, consecration
''
without bigotry, enthusiasm without fanaticism, gentleness without timidity, perseverance without combativeness, dignity without
pomp, mirth without frivolity, versatility
without dissipation of energy, candor without
uncertainty and piety without cant, —is it
any wonder that features like these combined cannot be drawn to the life ? A man
of such endowment anri such culture, if he
had turned it all to personal ends, would
have been recognized as great. Is his greatness any the less because he lived for others,
and chose that which is most celebrated of
all ? But we need not complain of even his
earthly reward. His fame, like the fame of
Arnold of Rugby, will live and grow through
generations of those to whom, and to whose
fathers and mothers, he was strong guardian,
wise guide, dear friend.
our
A very grave question before
churches, and one which ought to engage
serious attention, relates to the observance of
the Sabbath. In many and most of our New
England cities and towns there seems to
have been decided improvement during the
last four or five years. But in some quarters matters have grown worse rather than
better. Never before were so many steamboat excursions advertised in oar daily newspapers as this summer; and increasing numbers take the day for shorter and longer
trips into the country. At certain seaside
resorts Sunday is the great day ot the week.
Crowds are landed by the boats, and the day
is anything but orderly and quiet. How
many professing Christians are among them
it would not be easy to guess, but we happen
to know that there are more than there
should be, and that whatever physical benefit may be secured is nt Ste sacrifice of
something far better. There can be no
questiqn that pamp-meetjnjj associations are
largely responsible {or. tho multiplication of
Sunday railroad grains, and so for that gen.
eral Sabbath desecration of whioh we are
speaking. The recent decision, on the part
of one or two of these, that hereafter meet'
ings shall commence on Monday and close)
on Saturday is taking not a day too soon.—
American Exchange,
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110 NOLI LI. DECEMBER 2, 1878.
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CONTENTS
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End of Volume 35
Meetinß of the American Hoard of Missions
Prof. Hjalmar Boyesen of Cornell University
Rambles In the Old World
Japan
President Hayes' Proclamation
Marine Journal
TlianksßlvinK
Hymn
Letter ofPrince Bismarck to his Wife
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THE FRIEND.
DECEMBER. 2.
1878.
—
End of the Thirty-fifth Volume.
With this number, we close another year of
the Friend. As our subscribers have enjoyed the reading of our little sheet for the
past twelve months, we would respectfully
request that they promptly settle their bills
when presented by the carrier or through
the mail. If any errors are made in making
out the same, they will be immediately corrected when made known to the publisher.
Another volume will commence January Ist,
1879.—We wish you all a Merry Christmas.
Meeting of the American Board of
Missions.—The Annual Meeting of the
Board took place this year' at the beautiful
city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Lake
Michigan. This is one of the most elegant
' cities of the West, containing 125,000 inhabitants. The friends of Missions from
various parts of the country were most royally welcomed and entertained during the
meeting. We find full reports of the meeting in the various religious papers, while
that of the Advance now lies before us. We
have read with interest the able Report of
Dr. Clark on"The Gospel in the Ottoman
Empire."—The Annual Sermon was
preached by Dr. H. H. Jerrup, Beyrout,
Syria, in place of Dr. Manning, of Boston,
who waa detained away by arickness. The
receipts of the Board during the year were
$482,204,73, while the expenditures of the
Board amounted to 5438,757,04. Besides,
after carrying forward the extensive operations, the society has paid off a debt of
Professor Hjalmar Boyesen, of Cornell
University.
Our Berlin correspondent thus alludes to
this distinguished professor, under date of
October 6th :
" Since returning to Berlin I have met
most pleasantly young Prof. Hjalmar Boyesen, professor at Cornell and the well known
novelist and author, and his beautiful young
bride from New York. He has achieved a
most remarkable literary reputation for a
young man. He is a Norwegian only thirty
years of age; came to America when he was
twenty, and two years afterwards wrote in
the most beautiful English a novel of Norwegian life,—Gunnar,—which has had a
wide popularity. He has written much
since. A work of his on Goethe and Schiller is shortly to appear. Notice a novel of
his 'Falconberg' now appearing in 'Scribner's.' He is now traveling—writing up
the European Universities for ' Scribner's.'
His first article will be on the Berlin University. His early ho*e was on the Logne
Fjord, near Bergen. It has been most pleasant for me to talk with him about Norway."
Dean Stanley, now traveling in the
United States, formerly remarked " in an
address at the unveiling of the Bunyan
statue, that there were only two prose works
of universal popularity in all English literature, the Pilgrim's Progress, written by a
Baptist preacher, a Nonconformist, and Robinson Crusoe, by a Presbyterian journalist,
and a Dissenter. Macauley said that the
seventeenth century produced only two men
of original genius, John Milton and John
Bunyan."
Rev. W. Frear, Pastor of Fort Street
Church, returned from a visit to the Eastern
States by the last month's steamer from San
Francisco. He has resumed his pastoral
duties with renewed health.
It is said that within the last year
$47,000. We regret our limits will not
allow us to give the report, in full, of the Queen Victoria has given $25,000 to the
temperance cause.
Board's Annual Meeting and operations.
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RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD-No. 23
A Few Weeks In SeandinarU—No. I.
August 15th.—Copenhagen strikes the
visitor at first sight most pleasantly. It is a
bright, animated city lying on the Island of
Zealand, on the Sound, which at this point
forms a fine harbor. In Danish the capital
is written thus, Kjobenhaun. Owing to its
fine situation, it has long been a great commercial town, its history running back
through centuries. It would be scarcely possible here to enter into anything like an account of its varied history, but will mention
in passing two events in its later history
from which the capital suffered most severely. The city was bombarded by the English
fleet in 1807 and greatly injured. The
Danish fleet was also captured by the English, a loss which was a great impediment to
the progress of Denmark. Now, however,
the city is in a flourishing condition, and
presents a fine appearance. The street running from our hotel brought us directly to
the largest public place of the city, Kongens
Nytoro. It is a splendid open Place, with
streets running from it in all directions, and
surrounded by hotels, public buildings, stores,
etc. In the center is a little grove of trees,
and groups of shrubs and flowers, surrounding an equestrian statue of Christian Y.
Here is also the beautiful Royal Theater,
with its fine bronze statues. Proceeding
farther, we came to the noble building, the
Palace of Christiansborg, properly the Royal
Palace of Denmark, though the King now
resides in the Palace Amalienborg, in another
part of the city. The Crown Prince lives in
a palace near his father. The Rosenborg is
still another Royal Palace, surrounded by a
most beautiful park. The King and Qecn
were visiting their daughter, the Princess of
Wales, in the Isle of Wight, justat the time
we chanced to be in Copenhagen, so that we
did not get a sight at them. Passing palaces, statues, along the canal, which runs
up into the town, my walk brought me to
the market, where the people were busily at
work. The women all wear handkerchiefs
over their heads and knotted under the
chin. This seems to be the universal custom for working women in Scandanavia,
and sometimes it has a very picturesque
effect. Tbey are generally of black silk,
sometimes of colored silk or cloth. One
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could hardly ask for a trimmer, neater sight
than that which a rosy-faced, modest-eyed
northern girl offers, looking out from this
simple black head-dress, which shows off
nicely by contrast with the smoothly brushed
brown or blond hair. One should never fail
to visit the markets in coming to Europe.
In coming to a new cily the market is one
of the first places to which I go. Here you
see more of the people than you can in any
other place in the city. All are busily talking and bargaining. Ladies come with
their servants to make purchases, and country men and women jostle them in the most
pleasantly unceremonious manner. The
strawberry season is a delightful time to be
in Copenhagen. The fruit is brought in great
quantities from the neighboring country, and
Copenhagen " strawberries and cream" are
famous.
THE THORVALDSEN MUSEUM.
Never have I been so impressed with the
power which one master mind, one great
creative imagination, may exert over a city
and people as 1 have been in seeing something of the influence of the greatest sculptor of modern times, Thorvaldsen, in the
city where he lies buried. To-day the chief
glory of Copenhagen are the noble sculptures
which he left as a heritage to the city which
loved and still loves to do him honor. The
Museum, where most of his works are deposited, is one of the most interesting places
in Europe. It is at once the treasure-house
of his works and the tomb of the sculptor.
It is a low building, two stories only in
hight, encircling a court, where is the grave
of Thorvaldsen. The building is itself in
the style of an ancient tomb, ornamented
with frescoes in dark colors on a deep yellow
background. In the court in the center is
the grave of the sculptor. It is a most singularly impressive spot. The grave is overgrown with ivy and unmarked by any stone.
There is no need ot any epitaph. The encircling rooms, with their treasures, the
fruits ef his genius, speak his praise as no
human words could do. Above is the blue
dome of the northern sky, about him the
solemn walls of the tomb, over him the mantle of clustering ivy. Thorvaldsen died in
1844, then an old man, honored and revered
by the Danish nation and the world, and in
Copenhagen watched over and cherished by
King and people as few men have been in
our own or any other day. It would be impossible here to give an account of the treasures which are here to be found. The first
floor of the Museum is entirely devoted to
his works, in marble or plaster. No other
rival hand is here to contend with his, if, indeed, one could be found so bold. Here the
master reigns supreme. You pass through
room after room devoted to his works. Here
are the originals of so many of those exquisite statues and medallions with which the
world has grown so familiar. He seems to
have spiritualized Greek thought with a
power which, to me, was most striking. His
many Homeric studies are beautiful beyond
words. Here you see the originals of those
works which have found a place in so many
thousands of homes. I can remember them
as a boy in ourfar-away Islands.
" Night,"
with the dreaminess and hush of the
stillwatches" over it; •« Morning," with the
"
freshness of the day-spring, the scattered
flowers, and the awakening to life and hope.
Then here, too, are the " Seasons," ofwhich
I remember " Autumn" especially with the
standing grain. You see the copies of his
grand " Christ" and the Apostles," which
stand in one of the churches of the city, and of
which I shall speak presently, in the second
story of the Museum are works of the sculptor,
but especially the pictures which formerly
belonged to him, and now the property of
the city. 1 was especially struck by tbe collection of worksin plaster, which were the
first models of the statues which were afterwards carved in marble. It was fascinating,
feeling that you had here before you tangibly
the first thought as it came from the mind
and heart of the artist. Some of them were
rough and jagged, fashioned roughly, with
the quickness of inspiration. But how
intensely suggestive ! It was the materialization of imagination, the expression of the
artist's dreams in form ! One or two rooms
are devoted to relics of this sculptor—articles
which he had used; pictures of his home-life;
his books; Homer in many languages; the
last works upon which he had been engaged.
On the last day of his life, I think, he busied
himself with the bust of Luther, which he
never completed. It is pleasant to think
that such a grand hand was occupied with
such a grand work. His death rame suddenly and unexpectedly. He had gone one
evening to the opera or theater, and sat
quietly waiting for the beginning of the play,
and suddenly, so quietly that those sitting
near thought he had fainted, the great heart
ceased to beat, and the artist's work for this
world was done. The music ceased and all
over the house echoed the cry, " Thorvaldsen is dead." In his death he has been honored as in his life, and other generations will
but add to the laurels with which he has
already been crowned. Never can one feel
the fullness of a genuine enthusiasm for him
until he visits the city where he lived, labored, and died. One cannot go out into
life again, after having gazed in earnestness
upon some of his grander works, without
feeling that he has' been lifted into a nobler,
purer atmosphere.
Not far away from the Museum stands
the old palace of the Crown Prince, containing various collections, all of them valuable;
one, however, especially worthy of note, the
finest of its kind in the world, the " Museum
of Northern Antiquities," a place where one
might occupy himself for days with profit.
The collections run far back into prehistoric
times, to the ancient people who lived in the
North, especially in Denmark, and embraces
the Stone, the Bronze, and the Iron Periods,
and the Middle Age and Renaissance epochs.
For a traveler and student in this part of the
world, they are of immense importance.
Here you see the first dawn of civilization,
taken by these rough stone instruments,
to a time of which otherwise we know
nothing. Here are mysterious stones with
their " runes" and inscriptions; articles recalling the wild, fierce days of the Vikings;
relics from Pagan and early Christian days
—a strangely suggestive collection. The old
"
palace encircles quiet courts with shadowy
trees. One I noticed, a fruited mulberry
tree, almost looked in at the window, where
some of these reminders of a vanished past
1878.
are gathered, and the flooding sunlight of
the summer's morning, made them seem
strangely ghostly and out of place in our
day.
A DANISH FETE.
The Danes seem as fond of out-door sum-
mer amusements as the Germans, and in
Stockholm it is quite the same thing. On
summer evenings the city seems to be one
succession of crowded, illuminated gardens
with bands of music. In Norway, this is
less the case. Here in Copenhagen there is
a garden famous all over Europe for its
beauty and attractiveness, Tivoli, where all
Copenhagen, old and young, resort in the
summer. We were fortunate this evening
in seeing it in its full glory, together with
such a gathering of the Danish people as
is rarely seen. It was the thirty-fifth anniversary in the history of the garden, and
those who have it in charge did everything
in their power to celebrate the day in as
brilliant a manner as possible. It was really
very fine, the illuminations being something
beyond my poor powers of description. We
went just a little while before sunset, in
order to see as much as possible. The gardens lie within easy reach of the town, and
the entrance fee is so moderate that all
classes can afford to go, so that it is peculiarly a garden for the people. These gardens,
so common in Europe, are almost unknown
in America. When rightly managed they
can be made most useful for the middle and
working classes'. Here families meet after
the work of the day, little social groups
gather quietly about their coffee, or beer, or
'
ices; and under the trees and amid the perfume of flowers in soft, beautiful summer
evenings, listen to the music of the bands. It
is a most healthful, simple and rational recreation and amusement. But to this particular evening. When we arrived, early as it
was, crowds had already begun to gather.
Towards the close of the evening there must
have been thousandsof people in the gardens.
It was a little Denmark, all ranks and classes,
merchants, soldiers, professional men, peasants, the women with their trim headdresses, little family groups, the parents
leading the children, all ages, nil manner of
dresses, all full of merriment and enjoyment.
It was one of the happiest, quietest crowds I
ever saw. The gardens are arranged in exquisite taste, with ponds of water, lovely
arbors, buried half out of sight by clustering
vines, with brilliant groupings of flowers and
shrubbery on smooth, shorn lawns. As the
sunlight faded away, and the throng began
to increase, the lights and transparencies
appeared on all sides. It is no mere use of
hackneyed words to speak of it as an enchanted, a fairy-land. It was so, if all that
human art, united with the loveliness of
nature, can produce effects worthy of such
names. There was an artistic refinement, a
blending of brilliancy with a delicate perception of the harmonies of light and color, such
as I have never seen in my life before. It
was a radiant world of jeweled and fiery
gleams, the brief but perfect representation
of some dream of Oriental splendor. I should
not venture to say how many light* there
perhaps teni of thousands.
In the shadows of the trees, in the topmost
be*ghs, hung globe-shaped lanterns of different colore, looking like great, glorious bios*
were, thousands,
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THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 18 78.
soms. The flower-beds were thickly sown
with colored lights. Over the great groupings of flowers on the lawns were placed reflectors with lights hidden within, which
illuminated the brilliant blossoming beds.
On the lake floated a ship of flame, being
perfectly formed of colored lights.. Long
avenues of arches hung with lights in
red, in blue, in green, in white, stretched
away in all directions. A " Labyrinth," one
of the sights of the garden, where you may,
in broad day-light, wander long in vain,
seeking some clue to its windings through
the leafy arbors, became doubly mysterious
at night. At every turn, long vistas of gas
jets, stretching off endlessly, faced you.
Revolving lights, melting from blue to purple, to crimson, to yellow, met and dazzled
you. At one point, the wonderful whiteness
of the electric light, of which, just now, so
much is being said, illuminated the faces of
the crowd beneath. A great palace-like
building, with fantastic architecture, flashed
out inio the night, from base to roof, one
mass of colored light. Here too, but it were
useless to weary you with mere words
which can convey so little idea of the
reality. Towards the close of the evening,
there was, to all this added, a display of fireworks, of the finest and most brilliant kind.
There was enough to entertairt the people;
shows, pantomimes, and music of all kinds.
In one part of the garden they were amusing
themselves with a wild kind of sport. The
first time you engage in it with something
of fear and trembling, certainly with some
curiosity to know how it will turn out. I
never saw it anywhere but here in Denmark.
Great wooden buildings are constructed with
towers at either end, between them pass a
bridge, as it were, of wood, made with elevations and depressions all along its length.
You take your seat with some friend in a
car or carriage, at one of the towers, sitting
securely and comfortably, n man, standing
behind, gives your car a push and offyou go
over the undulating track, which is laid with
rails. Nothing could be wilder or more exciting. You go like the wind, out into space,
you scarcely know where; now up. now
down, whirling away as if some wild spirit
were drawing you. Then almost before you
have time to think, your carriage stops
peacefully in the opposite tower, and your
wild " Tarn O'Shanter " ride is over. We
went once, then again, and 1 don't know
when we should have stopped, if there had
not been so much else to see. From the
crowds that kept going all the evening, I
should judge it was a very favorite pastime
here. You might have had your pick of
music at this Tivoli Fete. Bands were
playing on all sides, some discoursing most
excellent music, in a crowded pavilion,
Edward Strauss, from Vienna, was leading
the orchestra; filling the air with the brilliant melodies which he and his brother have
sent all over the world. But now we must
be getting home for to-morrow, we have
something very pleasant in view, namely:
AN EXCURSION TO THE CASTLE OF ELSINORE.
August 16th. If you are in an incredulous frame of mind this lovely, sun-lit
morning, I can scarcely think you will wish
to accompany us on the trip which we take
to-day. If on the contrary you are ready to
believe all things, or at least are willing to
put something of a solid foundation beneath
the creations of a poet's brain, then come
with us to the old Castle of Elsinore, where
we wish to believe the Melancholy Dane,
Prince Hamlet, once lived. 1 rather like,
the naive way in which my German Guide
Book puts it, " If ever there existed a Prince
Hamlet, outside of the poet's imagination,
he lived in Jutland and died and is buried
there." We will not stop to think now
what historical sources, or authority Shakespeare had for his immortal play, but leave
this to the commentators and critics, satisfying ourselves with the pleasant thought
that in some inexplicable way legend or
tradition has associated Hamlet's name with
this old castle by the sea. There are two
ways of reaching the castle which lies about
two hours from Copenhagen, either by boat
or rail. We were obliged owing to the lateness of the hour in the morning, to take the
latter, though the sail up the sound along
the green shore of Denmark in summer
time, is very delightful. Our way lay
through pleasant, farming lands, very fertile
in this region, diversified by wood-land.
Several Royal residences lie not far away
from the road, said to be well worth the
visit if one has the time. But our thoughts
were rather with royal Ghosts of the past
than living realities.
The little town of Helsingoer, as it is
called in Danish, lies directly on the sea.
Here we had our dinner and discussed
Shakespearian characters. The town itself
is a queer little place, with narrow streets,
and has an eminently plain and proper book.
The castle lies just beyond the town on
a little point, bending out towards the sea.
You reach it by a shadowy, tree covered
avenue, with a great plain on one side,
where on the day of our visit a company of
Danish soldiers were engaged in target practice, having their white tents pitched on the
green turf. You pass the draw-bridge and
double moat and pass, then the gate, with
no one to impede your way. A Danish
soldier paces before the entrance, but has no
word for us. The castle was built some
centuries since; is a fine large building
with towers and turrets, surrounding a large
paved court. It appears now to be used by
the Government for soldiers—barracks,
soldiers were to be seen on every hand.
There is a legehd connected with the place,
namely, that the deliverer of Denmark
sleeps beneath the castle and in the time of
Denmark's need will arise in her defense.
Before the castle, which by the way is splendidly placed at the entrance to the sound, is
a grassy platform reaching nearly from the
castle to the sea whereon cannon are
planted. And now let us give free play to
our imagination, we will live the grand old
play over again. How wonderfully every
scene fits! Certainly the coincidences of
the poet's fancy and the bare realities w|
have about us are striking. We sit down on
the grassy platform, grown sear and withered
under the August sun. Our little volume
of " Hamlet " seems almost to open of itself.
Here is Elsinore, here is a platform before
the castle. Here, certainly (away with unbelief) it must have been that the uneasy
spirit of the murdered king walking.
"In (he dead vast and middle of the night,"
—unfolded to the awestruck prince the mystery of his death and roused the son's heart
to avenge the Father's wrong.
If it all
seems so real here under the genial summer
sunlight, how much more so. must it seem
in winter's midnight, in the nipping and
eager air," with the wind blowing fiercely
down from the channel of the north, and
the storm clouds driving over head. A
little old lady, a most praiseworthy guide
who doesn't distract us with too many remarks comes to show us over the few rooms
of the castle, which are shown to visitors.
There area numberofthem filled withremarkably poor pictures, but the rooms themselves
are interesting, or the indescribable spell
which in some way seems to hover over this
place renders them so. Here is a charming
little room in one of the towers, looking off
to the sea. Here are rooms and apartments
enough for all the lords and ladies of the
Danish Court of the past or present. The
Knight's Hall which still retains some
faded traces of its former splendor, was just
the place for the players to perform in before
the guilty King and Queen. At one end fancy
the mimic stage, facing it the Royal Com-
"
pany. Here at this side Hamlet lying at
Ophelia's feet; beyond in this narrow
passage, poor old inquisitive Polonius may
have fallen stabbed behind the arras. How
it brings them all back, the villain King,
stained with his brother's blood, bearing
about under the purple, the sting of an endless remorse, the sinning Queen, forced to
read her sin in her son's words of
accusation and up-braiding—Hamlet, " th'
expectancy and rose of the fair state;" Opl\»-lia, with her garlands of flowers and plaintive mad songs : "Polonius, Laertes, Horatio, Roeencrantz, Guildenstern."
We go across the court to the castle
chapel which is interesting for its carved woodwork, elaborately and oddly celored in
various shades. Beyond this is the long
stair-case when we ascend to the lofty tower.
The view from this height is especially fine.
On one side the mainland of Denmark green
and fair, with rising wooded land, dotted
with houses, and great windmills stretching
their awkward, useful arms out into the air.
On the other the bright glittering sweep of
the sea, and just beyond the Swedish coast
with the Swedish town ofHelsinborg. Here the
two countries come very near together. Hundreds and thousands of ships pass here,
and at times tbe sound is all alive with
sails. My practical friend is very patient
with my mania for procuring souvenirs.
But I really must have some sprays from,
the willows by the moat. Do you remember when the Queen says :
There la a willow growsaslant a brook
"That
ahowahis hoar leaves In the glaaey stream," ate.
At least no one can complain if I do
gather a few. I was shown in Wittenberg
the house where Hamlet is said to have
lodged when he was attending the University there. But here at Helsingoer they
surpass tbat. You pay a fee to go and see
Hamlet's grave! I wonder that no one
keeps the ghost of Hamlet's father on exhibition. The " grave " is marked by a circular heaps of stones, from which rises a stone
shaft of a few feet in height. You are paid
for your visit to the grave, for the view from
the terrace where it lies over the sea, is fine.
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FRIEND, DECIM B E R.
1878.
On our return to the town we passed an old
Japan.
church-yard where the ghastly jokes of the
clowns—would have fitted well, and hurried
We have received an interesting letter
down to the railway. " Till Kjobenhavn," from the Rev. S. R. Brown, who has
shouts tbe conductor, the car doors are been a missionary in
Japan for nineteen
closed, and we are whiVled off in the night
to the Capital, leaving the old castle to its jsears. He refers to the rapid changes going
forward in education, dress, habits, customs
dreams.
and religion. "Buddhism has been deserted
A SUNDAY IN DENMARK.
the Government as a national religion,
August 18. The Church of Scandinavia by
the support of the Mikado's govreceiving
is Lutheran, and the people are eminently
church-goers. You find the churches crowd- ernment, but Shintoism, which is scarcely
ed. At another time I may be able to write more than an indigeneous worship of ancessomething in reference to the forms and cer- tors, has-been put in the place of the former
emonials, etc., but now I must speak in a
intervery few words of a church where we have established religion." Those who are
attended service this morning. It is the ested in the work of mission, ought to look
principal church of the city, and we found it at the difficulties that lie in their way." *
crowded. The service was long, the music I will add that our Protestant Translation
fine—some of the responses, chanted by the Committee have
published about two-thirds
choir were beautifully rendered. The clerand
we hope in about twelve
gyman wore a black gown with wide, full of the Bible,
months
to
complete it."
ruff. He spoke with great energy, but unfortunately in a strange tongue to us. The
We have also received a letter from Rev.
church itself is no way striking,—quiet and O. Gulick, under date of July 27th, givH.
simple and appropriate. But here are placed
some of the finest works by the master-hand ing interesting account of his missionary
of Thorwaldsen. They are alone worth a work, but particularly of his editorial labors,
visit to the city. On the porch of the church in publishing a monthly, circulating 1,000
is his ma Me freize, " John the Baptist from Nagasaki on the South to Hakodadi on
preaching in the Wilderness," near the en- the North.
Mr. Gulick adds:
trance bas-reliefs,
Charity" and the
"Guardian Angel," high above the altar
The Japanese Government now claims
on the way to the Crucifixion, and the" Bonin Islands, of which many whale"inChrist
side chapels "The Baptism of Christ" ships touched in former years, lying 600 or
and the Sacrament," all of these are most 700 miles S. E. from Yokohama. The
beautiful. But the chief interest centers Government has sent down a few settlers,
about the grand and impressive figure of and send a steamer down once in three
" The Risen Christ," which occupies the months. Two sons of Mr. Webb, the one
place where generally the altar picture is man on the Bonin islands, who can read
placed. I know of nothing in all the range and write, have just come to Kobe, to be inof Christian art so noble, so marked by mates of the household of Mr. Foss, our
power and dignity, and yet so wondrously neighbor of the S. P. G. Society. The lads
tender and* beautiful as this. Looking from are 11 and 14 years of age. Bright and
the body of the church the effect is striking. intelligent, speaking English well. They
The grand figure stands, raised above the say all the children speak English and only
hushed multitude, the hands outstretched as English. The population is less than 100 "
if in blessing, the head bending slightly
downwards. The long flowing hair falls in
Yale College.—The following correspondence
ample fullness on 'the shoulders. Over one
recently look place between a
shoulder and the body hang the graceful
Southern
father
and a gentleman of the facrobe,
falling away
draperies of a mantel or
from the pierced side. The marble seems ulty of Vale college. South Carolina,
animated by a kingly, a divine presence, the
Prof.
: Dear Sir—My son informs
lips may at any moment part in benediction. "me that he is obliged to sit next a negro day
It were indeed worth a life-time of artistic
effort to leave to the world one such glorious, after day, which is highly disagreeable to
inspiring work as this. On the sides of the him and offensive to me. Will you please prochurch are statutes of the Apostles in white vide some differentarrangement? Yours, etc."
marble, all ot heroic size, so that you look To which he received the following reply :
down through the vista formed by these
Esq., Dear
splendid figures to the "Christ" beyond. " Vale College, New Haven.
The statute of John is especially striking, Sir—Your favor is at hand, it is true that
with inspired'and upturned face, on which the students are arranged alphabetically for
seems reflected the radiance of the heavenly the present term, and a colored student has
vision.
his place next your son. But, at the com*
*
Williams
Damon.
mencement of the next term, the arrangeFfANK
rn%nt will be in tbe order of scholarship, in
which case the colored youth will be so near
The new method of instruction in the head of the class, and your son, I regret
the Boston Primary Schools does away with to say, so near the other extremity, that
no further embarrassment on
the formal study of grammar; lessons in com- there will beYours,
The speedy
that score.
etc.
position, in the use of capitals, in letter result was a note from a disgusted father,
writing, and in the arrangement of sentences calling home a disgusted son.—American
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will take
it,
place.
Miscellany.
Following is
President Hayes' proclamation,
setting apart Thursday, the 28th ult.,
as a day of thanksgiving :
By the President of the United Stales A Pro-
—
clamation.—Tb» recurrence ol tbat season at which
it is tbe habit of our people to make devout and
public confession of tbeir constant dependence upon Divine favor for all the good gifu of life and
happiness, and of public peace and prosperity, exhibits in the record ol tbu year abundant reasons
lor our gratitude and thanksgiving. Exuberant
harvests, productive mines, ample crops of staples,
the products ol trade and manufactures, have enriched the country. Th« reaonrces thus furnished
to our reviving industry and expanding commerce,
are hastening the day when discords and distresses through the length and breadth of tbe land
will, under the continued favor of Providence,
have given way to confidence and energy, and
assured properity. Peace with all nations has remained unbroken, domestic tranquility has prevailed, and the institutions, liberty and .justice,
which tbe wisdom and virtue of stir fathers
established, remain tbe ((lory and defence of their
Children. Tbe general prevalence of the blessings
of health throughout our wide land has made more
conspicuous tbe sufferings and sorrows which the
dark shadow ol pestilence has cast upon a portion
ol our people. This heavy affliction, even, the
Divine ruler has tempered to sutfeiing communities
in tbe universal sympathy and succor which have
flowed to their relief, and tbe whole nation may
rejoice in the unitj of spirit in our people, by
which they cheerfully share one another's burdens.
Now, therefor*, I, Rutherford 15. Hayes, President of the United Stales, do appoint Thursday,
of November next, aa a day of national thanksgiving and prayer, and I earnestly recommend
that, withdrawing themselves from secular cares
and labors, tbe people of the United States do meet
together on that day, in tbeir respective plaoes of
worship, there to give thanks and praise to Almighty God for His mercies, and to devoutly beseech
tbeir continuance.
Io witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be
affixed. Done at tbe City of Washington, tbia 30th
day of October, in the year of our Lord 1878, and
of the independence of the United States the 103d.
It. B. Hates, President.
Wm. M. Evabts. Secretary of State.
A
Wedding in
Oakland.—The first wedding
in the beautiful chapel of the First
Congregational Church, of Oakland, took
place on Friday, Oct. 25th. The happy
pair were Russell W hitman, of this city, and
Miss Laura A., daughter of Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Merritt. The officiatine clergymen
were the father nnd Rev. D. McLean, pastor
of the bride. The chapel was decorated in
beautiful style. The ceremony was short if
not perfect. At the close, the lady friends
of the bride threw open some of the foldingdoors, and the hundred guests or more were
treated to ice-cream, lemonade, cake, and a
merry, happy time. May blersings of courage, patience, and life-long happiness follow
and rest upon the two who have commenced
the long or short walk of life together.—J.
H. W.—Pacific, Oct. 31.
We would acknowledge "Necrological
Report of Princeton Theological Seminary " for 1878; thirty-sixth Annual Report
of Rush Medical College, Chicago; ''American Clinical Lectures," from H. M. Lyman,
M. D., Chicago;" Chiniquy's Lectures, delivered in Protestant Hall, Sydney; papers
for distribution from the family of S. N.
Castle, Esq.
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Naval.—H. B. Majesty's screw corvette Opal, 19
days and 22 hoars from Tahiti, arrived in port on
Wednesday last. Her complement of officers and
men is 275, tonnage 1,864, and horse power 360.
Tbe following ia a list of her officers:
I»,
DECEMBER,
MARINEJOURNAL.
PORT OF HONOLULU. S. I.
ARRIVALS.
Oct 36—HasfSchrAvatcha, Weasels, 36 days from Petro-
Captain
Frederick C B Robirison
paulakl.
Lieutenants—J H Henderson, H Z Ross, VH 8 Robertson
28—R MS 8 Zealandla,Chavalier, 21 days from Sydney
and A F Graves.
and Auckland.
Nay. Lieutenant
Geo 8 Ralph
30—Am Schr Mary Swan, Jacobson, 23 daya from San
Chaplain and Naval Instructf/r
Rev F J Matthews
Thos 8 Burnett
Francisco.
Staff Surgeon
Ihymaiter
Ed Tiadall Nov I—Haw bk R O Wylie, Rakemann, 126 daya from
Geo F Bell
firemen.
CM'/ Engineer
Sub-Lieutenant)
EM Shaw and FAS Farewell
I—Am ahip Hamilton, 18 days from San Francisco.
Surgeon
2—Haw brig Elise, Permien. 20 days from San FranWm E Breton
Chas H A Ward
Atet. Paymaster
cisco.
Engineers. .Thos Russell, R 8 Kiernan and W W Wootton
3—British bk Eskbsnk, from Glasgow
Gunner
Thoe Murray
4-Am bark Linie Marshall, Dahler, 21 daya from
Boatswain
Jno Robbins
Port Townaend.
Carpenter
Jno Radford
4—Haw brig Btormbird, Jackson, 34 days from South
Midshipmen—% V8 C Messum, W E Elliot, A P Stoddard
Seaa.
and L B Denman.
P.C.A. Nov. 23.
4—Am schr Rosario, Douglass, 16 daya from San
Franciaco.
4—French bark Madellenr, Pateau,46 days from Hong-
.
British Bark Eskbank.—
The wreck of this* fine vessel on Sabbath
morning, November 3d, 1878, has formed
the current news for the past month. She
had safely brought a cargo valued at $200,-000, and insured for $175,000, from England, 18,000 miles, until within five miles
and in full view of our harbor, when she
most unfortunately went on shorejaear Diamond Head, on a bright
Sabbath morning as ever dawned upon the
■ Sunny Isles."
Wreck of
the
A Naval Court of Enquiry into the causes of the
lots of the British bark Eskbank on the reef near
Honolulu, which occurred on the 3d of the present
month, was held on Saturday last, the 23d, on board
H. B. M.'c Ship Opal, Capt. Robinson, now lying
in this port. The Court consisted of Capt. Robinson,
as President, two Lieutenants of the Opal, and
Capt. Daniel Smith, an experienced ship master, the
Harbor Muster of the port. The finding of the
Court was that the master of the Eskbank had
shown a want of judgment in placing his ship in
the position in which she was when she went ashore,
and the decision was that his certificate as master
mariner be suspended for one year. We learn however that the decision is not final, as the proceedings
must be submitted to the Board of Trade ofLondon.
—P. C. Jldvertiitr, JVov. SOth.
.
Information Wanted.
Miss Margeret Y. Upp, No. 204 Post street. Ban Francisco, writes to the American Consul at this port requesting information concerning the whereabouts ofher father
Adam Upp, a carpenter by trade, who came to Honolulu
in Jadnarylast.
To Whom it Mat Concern.—There now resides in
Yokohama Mrs. M. J. Glbbs, formerly Mrs. J. Vsnghn, of
Honolulu. Any partieß wishing for information will
apply to Hawaiian Consul, L. P. Lilybrldge, Esq., of
Yokohama.
MARRIED.
Johnson—Diceson—At Hllo, Hawaii, Oct. Bth, 1878, at
the Foreign Church, by theRev. A. 0. Forbes, Mr. Henry
Johnson, of Kohala, to Mrs. Isabell H. Dickson, of Hllo.
No Cards.
Rubcrq—Kaukamanui—ln this city, Nov. 6th, by Rev.
8. C. Damon, Walter H. Rububo to Kaukamanui, both of
Honolulu.
Walker—Burd—ln this city, November 16th, at St.
Andrew'sCathedral,by the Rev. Alexander Mackintosh,
Thomas Rain, eldest son of William Walker, of Bayfield,
England, to Mary Matilda, youngest daughter of the
late William liurd, of Ardwlck, Manchester, England.
Jones—Mcßhahi.—ln Wailuku. Maul,Nov 16th, by the
Rev Sidney Wilbur, Mr Amos P Jones, of Makawao, Maui,
to Mrs Rachel Mcßhane, of Honolulu, Oahu.
Newsby—Haalou—ln this city, Nov. 28th, by Rev. 8. C.
Damon,Lewis Newsby to Haalou, both of Honolulu.
kong.
6—P M88City of New York, Cobb, 7 days and 14
hours from Ban Francisco.
6—Am batne Joseph Perkins, Johnson, 26 daya from
Port Townaend.
10—Haw brig Onward, Smithera, from Arctic.
16—Am tern Hueoeme. from Port Gamble.
17—Am bktn Discovery. Winding, 21 daya fm San Fran
20—H M 8 Opal, Robinson, 19 days from Tahiti.
81—Am bktn Klla, Brown, 18 daya from Han Francisco
22—Am bk Jenny Pitta, Slevert, dys fin Port Gamble
23—Am schr Mary Swan from Kauai
24—8el atmr Perusla, McKlrdy, from Callao
26—P MSB Oily of Sydney, Dearborn, Im Sydney
27—Am bk Herbert Black, from Portland, Oregon
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DEPARTURES.
•
Oct. 26—Ambk H W Almy from Freeman, for SanFrancisco
27—Ger bk Priscella, Ahrena, forSan Bias.
29—X M88Zealandla, Chavalier .or San Franciaco.
29—Am schr Jos Woolley Comatock, forfiua.no Islands.
Nov I—Am bk Henry Buck, Sorman, for Victoria, BC.
6—P M 8 City or New York, Cobb, for Sydney
6—Am bk D C Murray, Froat, for San Franciaco
6—Ship Hamilton, Daly, Guano Islands.
9—Haw schrKamalle, for Panning'a Island.
12—Am bktne Joaeph Perkins. Johnson, for Ft Gamble.
13—Ambktne J A Falkinburg, Hubbard, for Portland.
13—Hawschr Mana, Franck, for South Sea Islands.
14—Am bark Lluie Marshall, Dahler, for Pt Townaend.
16—Amtchr Rosario, for San Franciaco
24—Frenchbk Madeliene, Pateau. for Hongkong
25—Del atmr Perusia, McKirdy, for Hongkong
26 P M 8 8 City of Sydney, Dearborn, for Ban Fran
26—Haw brig Btormbird, Jackson, for South Sea Is
27—Am tern Hueneme, for Port Gamble
27—Am schr Mary Swan, for San Franciaco
28—Am bk Herbert Black, for Hongkong
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MEMORANDA.
Disastf.b
Susan.—New York Pilot boat" No. 8 "
fell in at sea with the wreck of a New Bedford whaler,
which
had just left port for a long voyage.
the Susan,
Out of a crew of 25 only 3 were left, one of whom the
cutting
through the '* bluff" of the bow
pilots rescued by
and taking him out of the forcastle where he had been
capsized
in the gale a week ago. The
when the ship
North Atlantic is reported full of vj-ecks by Incoming
but
one disaster out of many.
steamers, and thisis
Ship
Report of R M 8 8 Zealandia, Chevalieb, Commander.—October 10th, at 3.55 p m, left Sydney and reached
Auckland on the 14th, at midnight; and left again on the
following day at 6.45 pm. Panned from E Into W longitude on the 17th,and crossed the Equator on the 23d, in
long 166° 18'W. Sighted Dlmoud Head on the 28th, at 6
am, and received pilot at 9a m. The weather from Sydney towards Auckland fresh westerly gale, with heavy
sea; experienced for two dsys afterwards northwesterly
and variably winds. From Auckland to Honolulu moderate trades and fine weather throughout.
R Mcdonald, Purser.
Report of PMBB City of New Yore, Cobb, Comman <j<
ib—Left Ban Francisco Oct 28th, at 12 m, and encountered
a Btr'ong westerly gale, with high head sea, the night of
Oct 31st, which lasted to the morning of the 2d Inst;
since that fine clear weather, with easterly wind. Arrived off pilot ground at Honolulu, Nov 6th, at 4:30 a m.
Took pilot on board at 5:56 a m, and made fastto wharf at
Bring for Honolulu 60 cabinpassengers and 136
6:50
steerage, 107 of these being Chinese; 4,490 pkgs (254 tons)
of cargo, 11 bags mail, and 13 pkgs of treasure—s22,o7o.
am.
Report of Btmr Pebusia, McKirdy, Commander.—
Left Callao on the evening of Nov 4th. Fine weather and
smooth sea the entire passage. The Chief Engineer of
the steamer, Robert McCord, died on the morning of the
23d, just offthis port.
Repobt or P M 8 8 City of Sydney, Deasbobn, Commander.—Left Sydney Nov Bth, at 8.40 a m. having been
detained 18 hours by the non-arrival of the Melbourne
mail for Ban Francisco. Experienced fine weather and
westerly winds to North Cape, thence to Auckland variable winds. Arrived at Auckland Nov 12th, at 11 am,
making the fastest passage ever made—4 days and 63 minutes from pilot to pilot. Left Auckland on the same day,
at 4.16pm. Experienced fine weather and light winds to
Ist 16 o N; since then strong NE gales and high tea, with
heavy NW swell.
97
1878.
PASSENGERS.
Fob SanFiiancmoo, per H. W. Almy, Oct. 25—Catherine
Engel.
Fiiom Ban Fbancssco, per Nettle Merrill, Oct. 26—Ed
Smltb, Carrie Smith and Geo Markhain.
From Sydney and Auckland, per Zealandla, Oct. 28—
Mra G Jackson and fourchildren, G Edwards, J H Houghton, and JStraw.
Fob Ban Francisco, per Zealandla,Oct. 28—Co] Kitchen
wife, family and nurse, T Crawford Macdowell, A Titius,
C H Woolratugton, Miss B Frankel, Mrs 0 T Rodger*, T
Woodhead, T \v Paul, Mrs Macanley, Col M P Robinson
and wife. Win Grelg, H Mclntyre, A McWayne and wife,
H Hyman, L Perrot, H Will. H E Drysdale, T B Hopkins,
0 E Lenhart, and four Chinamen.
Fob GuanoIslands, per Joa Woolley, Oct 20—J Smith,
JDouglas, J Patterson, J Reed, J N Earle and 14 laborers.
Fboh Ban F&ancisco, per Mary Hwan, Oct. 80—8 O
Brazzel, 8 N Hundley, F Williams and 8 Eaton.
From Bremen, per R C Wylle, Nov, I—Reglne Koch,
MetaMuller, Johanna Sohluter, H Streubock, PJeasen
and ThosPeterson.
Fbom Ban Francisco—Per Ellse, Nov 2—M Miller and
seven Chinese.
Fbom Ban Fbancisoo—Per Rosario, Nov 4—W B God.
frey, F Morrisy, T J Eaenly, E Roe, Z R Myers, and T McGlffln.
Fbom South Seas—Per Htorroblrd, Nov 4—128 Im-
migrants.
From Honokonci—Per Madeliene, Nov 4—25 Chinese
laborers.
Fbom San Fhancibco—Per City of New York, Nov 6—
Miss Hoffmann, E Hoffmann, Rev Mr Frear, Mr Lyman,
Mrs Lyman, B F Farrar and wife, Mr Welch, wife and
child, F H Sutton, T H Davlea and son, Mrs J A Mix, Mrs
L 8 Beckwith, Mrs 8 Skinner, Chlng On, Mlaa D Clere,C
E Stone, F C Havens, Dr N B Emerson, Miss M M Bird,
JudgeL McCully, and wife and the Misses Thayer, Miss
C F Atherton and 2 servants, Dr O 8 Cummlngs, wife, 2
children and servant, H Hart and wife, R Nunes, Ylen
Quanand wife, H Tnrton, H Schlusser, wife, 2 children
and 2 servants, M Crooks, Geo Macfarlane, Dr Marvin
and wife, and 136 steerage.
Fob Sydney—Per City of New York, Nov 6—EDelemar,
JNellie.
Fob SanFrancisco—Per D C Murray, Nov 5—H Free
man, Captain Weasels, Chas Eldert, James Muller, Thos
Murphy, Gilbert Waller, II M Abbott, M E Abbott.
Fna Guano Islands—PerHamilton, Nov 6—Twonative
laborers.
Fbom Ban Francisco—Per Discovery. Nov 18—ColNorrls, J D Ramsay, E Ulner, W Wenner, W R Hardy a wife,
Jas Knowles, i' 11 O'Brien, 8 F Shaw, W F Martin, W T
McDonald.
From Ban Francisco—Per Ells, Nov 21—J D Merrett,
and 14 Chinese laborers for Prlnceville Plantation.»
Fbom Callao—PerStmr Peruaia, Nov 26—E Blelenherg,
Ho Kal, H Hentick, FDA Masquer, and 104 passengers in
transitu far China.
Fob China —Per Stmr Perusla, Nov 25—Mrs M I Giblis
and child, and 17 Chlneae.
Fob Sab Francisco—Per City or Sydney, Nov 25—Capt
C R Smlthere, Oapt B Dexter, wife and child. F 0 Havens, G
X HcGuire, M Crooks, Miss A X Ncwell, Miss M Plttman,
Missß L Durfee. Mrs A F Dixon, and child, M J Feria, J
Schneider, W r McElnay, L A Wuilty. X Anderson, Lukal, W
Kaeha, Jas Keeler, Ah Young, Sam Hlog.
Fbom StDNEY-Per City of Sydney, Nov 25--Mrs Wrigler
F C Button, A Brack, H Robinson, A Wilson, M Roberts
wifeand child, and 28 In transitu for Ban Francisco.
Fob San Fbahcisco—Per Mary Swan, Nov 27—R
McKlnnon.
DIED.
this city, at the Queen's Hospital, October
2d, Barnard Huohes, who came a passenger from Ban
Francisco about the Ist of September. He was an invalid,
suffering from consumption. He reported that his
mother, Mrs. Catharine Hughes, resided st 18 Eldon
Place, Berkenhead, near Liverpool. He was a beneficiary
of theLadles' Stranger's Friend Society.
Armstrong— At Stockbrldge, Mass.. Oct. 10th, Emma
Walker, wife of Gen. 8. C. Armstrong,of Hampton, Va.
Brown—ln this city, on the 9th of Nov., Malcolm
Bsfce Brown, eldest son of J. H. Brown, aged 7 years
and 8 months.
Foley—ln thla city, Nov. 11, John Foley, a native of
Bandon, county of Cork, Ireland, aged 68. He had been s
resident of these Islands for 30 years.
*
Watson—At Koolan, Oahu, Nov. 13, John Watson, a
native of Wales, aged 68. ftresident of the Islands for80
years.
Buttles—At the Queen's Hospital, November 17th,
after an illness of six weeks, Malone E. Buttles, aged
27 years, a native of Ohio. Deceased had been s resident
of these islands forabout nine months. Coloradopapers
please copy.
Sheldon.—ln this city, November 22d, Eveline KaleiILUHIA, youngest child of John and Amy Sheldon, aged
15 months.
Athkrton.—ln this city, Nov 24th, at the residence of
her sister, Mrs. Oilman, Miss Caroline F Atherton, aged
67 years, formerly of Boston, but who has, for several
years, been a resident of this city. Bhejurrtved June 80,
1866. During the earlier years of her reeSenee, she was
most usefully engaged in teaching, first with M. E. Beckwith, Esq., in the Vestry of Fort Street Church, and subsequently In private schools, and In that of the government. Her long experience and peculiar fitness, eminently
qualified herto Instruct the young,and many sre the young
people who will remember her Instruction. She was a
lady of decided Christian character and earnest convictions,and for many yearswitnessed a good profession of
her faith In Christ. In whatever community or society
her lot waa cast, it was wellknown that her sympathies
andinfluence were found on the right side. Her loss
will not only be felt among her immediate family circle,
but among a wide circle of friends here and elsewhere.
Hughes—ln
�98
THE FRIEND, DECEMBER,
American National Thanksgiving Hymn. great an innovation. The writer of this
notice in the Observer, Mrs. Lucy £. SanAlmighty Lord of glory!
ford, claims that Mrs. Hale's perseverance
Our praise to Him we bring.
finally achieved the point of inducing the
And chant our country's story
authorities at Washington to appoint a
Where God (alone ia King.
National Day for Thanksgiving. This was
Hit outstretched arm sustaining,
first done, we believe, by President Lincoln.
Behold tbe May Flower come !
Bis mercy foreordaining
This hymn, which we now print, was writOur land for Freedom's home.
ten by Mrs. Hale six years ago, at the age
of eighty-four. Long may she live to be
Though wintry darkness gathers
honored and beloved.
And dearth and death prevail,
The faithful Pilgrim Fathers
Could look within tbe veil:
Oh ! joy amid tbe sadness!
They're free to do and pray,
And keep, in sober gladness,
Tbeir first Thanksgiving Day.
These seeds of faith and freedom
God's Word hath wafted free ;
O'or rocks outsoaring Edotn
They reach tbe sunset sea,
And East and West uniting,
One family becomo:
With North and South relighting
One lamp—wi ark all at
home !
Witb half of heaven above us,
An ocean on each hand,
We've room for all who love us
And join our brother-band.
Praising tbe great All-Giver,
Our borne least «c display,
And through the years forever
Keep free Thanksgiving Day.
In palace and in prison
Our Festival is one,
Tbe witness Christ is risen
Good will lor men begun.
Our hearts one hope rejoices,
Our souls in concert pray,
'Mid songs of choral voices—
God bless Thanksgiving Hay!
The Author of the above Hymn.
The author of this highly appropriate
hymn is the well known writer and editor,
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, of Philadelphia, now in
her ninety-first year. This and many other
interesting facts relating to this venerable
and pateemed writer, we learn from the New
York Observer of Oct 24th. She is a
native of New Port, N. H., born Oct. 24th,
178S. Left a widow in early life, and with
three children depending upon her, she betook herself to successful authorship, and for
half a century has been an editor,residing
in Philadelphia, and for most of that period
conducted the Ladies' Book. She first
edited the parties' Magazine in Boston,
commencing in 1827, which was merged, in
1837, into the Ladies' Book, of Philadelphia, when she removed to that city where
she has continued ever since to reside. In
1846 she suggested to the President of the
United States the propriety of a National
Thanksgiving, but he feared it would be too
Letter of Prince Bismarck, to His Wife.
During the past few months, we have
been receiving the successive Weekly Nos. of
the London Literary World, containing,
" Choice Readings from the best New Books
and Critical Reviews." In the No. for
October 4th, we have met with a review of
Prince Bismarck's letters to his wife, his
sister and others, translated from the German, and published in London. Among
these letters, we copy the following addressed
to his wife, the day after the ever memorable battle of Sedan:
Vendresse, Sept. 3, 1870.
My Dear Heart—1 left my present quarters before early dawn the day before yesterday, came back to-day, and have in the
meantime witnessed ihe great battle of
1878.
A powerful contrast
with our last meeting in the Tuileries in
'67. Our conversation was a difficult thing,
if I wanted to avoid touching on topics
which could not but affect painfully the man
whom God's mighty hand had cast down.
I had sent Oarl to fetch officers from the
town, and to beg Moltke to come. We
then sent one of the former to reconnoitre,
and discovered, two and a-half miles off, in
Fresnois, a small chateau situated in a park.
Thither I accompanied him with an escort
of the cuirassier regiment of life-guards,
which had meantime been brought up, and
there we concluded with the French generalin-chief, Wimpffen, the capitulation, by
virtue of which 40 to 60,000 Frenchmen, I
do not know it accurately at present, with
all they possess, became our prisoners. Yesterday and tile day beforeftjost France 100,-000 men and an Emperor. This morning
the latter, with all his suite, horses, and
carriages, started for Wilhelmshohe, near
others were below.
Cassel.
It is an event of great weight in the
world's history, a victory for which we will
humbly thank the Almighty, and which
decides the war, even if we have to carry it
on againsjtf'ranee shorn of her Emperor.
With heartfelt joy I
1
learnt from yours and Maria's letters that
Herbert has arrived among you. Bill 1
spoke to yesterday, as already telegraphed,
and embraced him from horseback in his
Majesty's presence, while he stood motionless in the ranks. He is very healthy and
Sedan, in which we made about 30,000 happy. I saw Hans and Fritz Carl, both
prisoners, and threw the remainder of the Biilows in the 2nd dragoon guards, well and
French army, which we have been pursuing cheerful.
Good-bye, my heart; love to the children.
since Bar-le Due, into the fortress, where
v. B.
Your
they had to surrender themselves, along
with the Emperor, prisoners of war. Yesterday morning at five o'clock, after 1 had
The liquor bill of Great Britain in
been negotiating until one o'clock a. m.
1877 was about §750,000,000, growing with
about
French
generals
with Moltke and the
the capitulation to be concluded, 1 was frightful rapidity, whije every other trade is
awakened by General Reille, with whom I suffering extreme depression, and while imam acquainted, to tell me that Napoleon mense numbers of the people are without
wished to speak with me. Unwashed and
and almost without food and
unbreakfasted, I rode towards Sedan, found employment,
necessaries of life. The
other
absolute
the Emperor in an open carriage, with three
and
three
attendance
on
in
in
traffic
Great
Britain is increasing
liquor
aides-dc camp
horseback, halted on the road before Sedan. much more rapidly than the population,
I dismounted, saluted him just as politely as with all ihe tremendous evils resulting from
at the Tuileries, and asked for his com- it—poverty, pauperism, suffering nnd crime
mands. He wished to see the King; I told —with the enormous taxation upon the
him, as the truth was, that his Majesty had community growing out of these things.
his quarters fifteen miles away, at the spot
where I am now writing. In answer to
The New York Observer in relation
Napoleon's question where he should go to,
to
the
effect of the prohibitory law in
as
was
not
I
with
acquainted
him,
offered
I
own
at
Donchery,
quarters
the country, my
Majne, says:
small place in the neighborhood, close by
In the State of Maine the poor-houses,
Sedan. He accepted, and drove, accom- jails and penitentiaries are almost vacant;
panied by his six Frenchmen, by me and by
Carl (who, in the meantime, had ridden taxes are very light; during the year, while
after me) through the lonely morning every other State in the Union has suffered
towards our lines. Before coming to the from financial depression and decrease in
spot, he began to hesitate on account of the the valuation of property, in Maine the valupossible crowd, and he asked me if he could ation of the property of jhe State has been
alight in a lonely cottage by the wayside ; I
had it inspected by Carl, who brought word steadily on the increase; drunkenness is
it was mean and dirty. ''N'importe," said almost unknown in parts of the State; the
N., and I ascended with him a ricketty, attendance at school is larger in proportion
narrow staircase. In an apartment of ten to the population than in any other State.
feet square, with a deal table and two rush- What is the cause? Simply a prohibitory
bottomed chairs, we sat for an hour, the law backed by a proper public sentiment.
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EjiteHjJjomMttee oHjieY^M._C.A.
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Yon would have been surprised to see what I saw there
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The sister* were fixed up so fine they hardly bowed to
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I had on these coarse clothes of mini;—not much the
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poor.
Pretty soon in came a stranger with gold rings and clothing fine,
They led him to a cuahloned seat far In advance of mine;
I thought that waa'ut exactly right to seat him up so near,
When he was young and I was old,and veryhard to hear.
But there's no accouutin' for wtiat some people do,
The finest clothing nowadays, oft gets the finest pew;
But when we reach the blessed home, and, uudetiled by
sin,
We'll see wealth begging at thegate, while poverty goes
in.
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Then why should man look down on man because of lack
of gold?
Why send him In thepoorest pew because his clothes are
old?
A heart with nobler motives—a heart that Ood ban blestMay be beatln' heaven's music 'neath that faded coat and
vest.
I'm old—l may be childish—but I love simplicity;
I love to see It shlnln' In a Christian's piety;
Jesus told us In His sermon, In Judea'smountain wild,
He that wants to go to heaven must be like a little child.
Our heads are growing gray, dear wife—our hearts are
beating slowIn a little while the Master will call for us to go;
When we reach the pearly gateways, and look iv with Joyful eyes,
We'll see no stylish worship in the temple of the skies.
The Thanksgiving Day Sermon
By Rev. Mr. Jones, now Principal at Punahou, contained much that was worthy' of
consideration. There was no spread-eagleism about it, but an earnest pressing upon
the attention of his hearers the fact that
without resolute effort the descendants of
pioneers are likely' to deteriorate, if not
physically, yet mentally, morally and religiously, and especially in a country like this.
We would remark that our care now is for
the third generation—the second is making
its mark, such as it is.
As members of the second generation
however many of us may well ask ourselves
the question—Is our religious character as
finely tempered as that of thpse who have
gone before ? It may be more finished, engraved, chased or whatever we may call it,
but is it as true steel? It may be broader
and more liberal, but is it as deep ? Does
the religious culture keep its proportion to
the general culture 1
We cannot get any one here to sit down
and prepare a finished lecture on any subject, for our community to come and listen
to. Partly because our men who can do
that have their hands full already. Partly
because the critical capacity here is greater
than the producing capacity.
What could be done however would be
for one and another to communicate in a free
and easy way what they know in their especial departments, and have experienced in
practical life. For instance why should not
a merchant give some of his experience as a
business man; post up his audience on the
ways of trade ? Or a lawyer tell us of his
progression t Let some of the skippers only
enlarge their audiences, and they will not
fail to interest. A man always talks freely
upon what he thoroughly understands.
It is hoped that we have not arrived at
the state which might be termed that of
fastidious nonentity. A state this 'which
may exist in religious circles as well as in
literary. How much of the Divine Spirit,
is needed to keep even prayer meetings from
partaking of this.
Is there any sarcasm in the first half of
the following, from President Hopkins' remarks at the annual meeting of American
Board?
When Solomon went by the field of the
slothful, and by the vineyard of the man
void of understanding, and lo ! it was all
grown over with thorns, and nettles had
covered the face thereof, that was according
to the law of the survival of the fittest.
The thorns were fittest to survive as compared with the* vines, and the strongest nettles as compared with other nettles. As
compared with wheat, thistles—Canada thistles—are Attest to survive, and cockle as
compared with barley. It may indeed be
plausibly said that the things best fitted for
the use of man are least fitted to survive.
The finest fruits need the most care. Of
all grains wheat is best fitted for food, and
probably least fitted to survive. No one
knows where it is indigenous, and, left to
itself, it would soon perish from the earth.
It has a natural tendency to survive owing
to its environments, but that needs to be
supplemented by the intelligence and the
toil of man. To us it would seem that that
which is fittest for the use of man should
be fittest to survive. But in this, nature
seems to be at cross-purposes with herself;
and thus do we find, wrought into her very
constitution, and proclaimed by science, the
elements of that primeval curse, "In the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread."
10
YMoeunnC'gshH
Ariotcaf onolulu.
Aside from supernetural intervention,
Christianty was, of all known or conceivable religions, least fitted to survive. It had
not a single element that the world reckons
on for influence. It began in a stable.
It was laid in a manger. Place yourselves
by the side of that. Follow the infant in
his flight into Egypt; in his return to a
remote part of a conquered province, and to
a disreputable town. See him, without
letters, at work as a carpenter. At the age
of thirty see him traveling about the country
on foot as a teacher, with a few peasant followers. After only three years see him apprehended, tried, cendemned as a malefactor
by both Jews and Romans. See him hanging on the cross between two thieves. See
him laid in the tomb with a great stone over
its mouth, sealed with the senI of authority,
and a wjfch set. Christianity was there.
It was in that tomb. Not a person living
fully understood it. The words spoken had
been dispersed-in the air, and no record of
them had been left. 1 ask you if imagination can add a single circumstance to
heighten the improbability that a world-wide
religion would spring from such a source ?
Father Chiniquy again.—In our issue of
October, we noticed the fact that some unknown person, about twenty years ago, had
sent him a donation of $100.
Under date
of Nov. sth, the Rev. T. Coan thus writes
from Hilo: "When we, in Hilo, heard of
his sore trials in Canada, and of his exodus,
at the head of 5,000 people to find praise
and an asylum in one of our western states,
we resolved immediately to express our sympathy with the sufferers, by sending a trifle
of material help—sloo—raised in the native
Church in about as short time as it takes to
write this letter." From copies of the Sydney Herald and Witness, received by last
steamer, we learn that Father Chiniquy is
lecturing to large audiences and creating a
great excitement. We copy the following
from the Herald :
Pastor Chiniquy delivered his third lecture
to-night. Canon Smith occupied the chair.
The rain fell heavily, but there was a tolerably large audience. Mrs. Constable is announced to lecture here on Tuesday in relation to Pastor Chiniquy.
Rev. James Gardner.—This gentlemen,
connected with the United Presbyterian
Church of Scotland, and belonging to Edinburgh, passed in the last Australian steamer,
having been on a visit to the Colonies, he
having a brother. Pastor of one of the city
Churches of Sydney, the Rey. Andrew
Gardner.
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