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CONTENTS.
Parental Work IB Hawaii
Teinprraiicr* Cause in Hawaii
The W. C. T. Union
Meeting of \. B.C. F. M. at Minneapolis
The Robert W. Logan
Romanes Ksiiinate of J. T. Gu'irk
A Card of Thanks
A l-i ii Hess S.ei.el influence
< 'aptain Bray anel his Friend*
The Central Uno 1 Kilifice
Hinh Activity in Kilau-a
Banana Kxportß
Pearl City
Monthly Recor .s of Events
Marine Journ il, Ku
Hawaiian Boarel
Y. M. C. A
kariiehaimdi.i **t liool
Hale.ikal i Poem
TACK
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Parental Work in Hawaii.
In these Islands, and notably in Ho
nolulu, there are considerable numbers
of delightful homes, where households
of very happy and lovely children are
growing up under an unusually wise and
careful training. These homes .tie generally those of devout Christian fathers
and mothers. There are some such
homes where Christian faith is absent,
yet Christian morals rule, and Christian
fidelity and tenderness prevail.
Many elements have contributed to
favor this development of the Christian
home in Hawaii. Social exigencies and
claims have been less exacting than in
larger communities, and the time of
parents has been more easily secured
for the claims of the home. The absence
of the home in our sense among native
Hawaiians, with the fatal consequences
thereof, has induced especial guard and
care of the home among the enlightened
classes. Contributing to the good result,
has been the presence among us of
many English and German families
of the better class, people careful of
home training, and experienced in it.
Greatest of all has been a powerful and
pervading Christian culture, generating
and maintaining an active sense of
parental responsiblity for the spiritual
culture of offspring, and of wise conduct
tending thereto.
Such happy homes have a productive
contagiousness, like beautiful gardens,
inciting the passers-by to cultivate in
like beauty their own home plots. The
children of such culture will become in
turn wise, loving parents of beautiful
families growing up in Christian nurture.
Herein, to our view, is perhaps the
highest hope for the social and spiritual
future of Hawaii, a large body of the
coming generation, who are being imbued and inspired from earliest years
with the love of all that is pure, lovely
and holy. Many of them may be swept
away by evil influences, but the great
body of them will abide true to what is
right and pure. And many may be expected to become active and devoted
leaders for the truth.
To all this brightness and beauty of
home life in Hawaii there lies adversely,
a contrasting shadow and a menacing
blight. There is a recking morass of
social leprosy lying broadly alongside of
what is so lovely, like the foul saltmarshes adjacent to sweet gardens at
VVaikiki. There are the saloons with
their diabolic magnetism, dragging such
a throng of our capable young men
down into hopeless dissoluteness.
Even among our purest homes, there
appear wayward youths who seem to
defy the most prudent and earnest
mouldings and guidings of parental love.
Some untoward current of evil has seized
upon them. Some vicious quality of
ancestry has come to the surface in them,
by the law of atavism. Such youth are
often of bright and attractive natures,
and draw others of their own circles into
evil. We need not dwell upon the
shadows, nor multiply instances. Parental solicitude will not fail to be active.
The deep pleading cry will ever go up
for ourselves and for our children:
"Our Father, lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from the Evil One."
NUMHER 11.
ance Cause here. Nor could there be
one more earnest, loving or persistent
"in their good work. There has been undoubtedly as intimated by the Secretary,
a feeling during the past year, of discouragement and partial apathy in this
work. We have all felt it. We have
been almost content, if we could only
hold our ground against the saloons,
and prevent them, if possible, from extending and increasing their destructive
work. We thank God that thus far, they
have not succeeded.
The year has been one of reactionary
tendency in politics. The opponents of
Prohibition and of the Sabbath have
been much emboldened. The supporters
of Reform have been confined to the defensive; they have had to fall behind the
more solid entrenchments of a radical
and deep rooted sound public sentiment,
which have so far resisted the efforts of
the enemy to overcome. Public interests
of even profounder consequence than
those of Temperance have been threatened, but now seem likely to remain
secure. Such a year has not been suited
to aggressive work. We may be very
grateful that we have been enabled to
"hold the fort" thus far, while radical
political issues were in contest.
Death of Eldress Phof.be. —We
join in the lament for the sudden de-
cease of this noble woman, so long prominent in labor for the elevation of the
daughters of Hawaii. A multitude of
Hawaii looked up to her as a Mother.
We remember her when first among us
twenty-five years ago as Sister Phoebe.
Although with little personal acquaintance, we knew her face as an attractive
one, and indicating a marked and decided personality. Eldress Phoebe had been
(for forty years, we believe) a leading
member of the Davenport Sisterhood
founded by Miss Sellon.and always wore
the dress of the order.
She had long presided over St. Andrews' Priory, the excellent Anglican
The Temperance Cause in Hawaii.
Boarding School for Girls. We rejoice
count her a worthy peer oi our own
to
The Woman's Christian Temperance
veteran workers, such as Miss
devoted
Union, of the Report of whose work we Mary Green, and Miss Carpenter.
give an abstract in another column, is
now about the only organization activeReligion without joy is like a caged
ly engaged in promoting the Temper- bird without song.
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Novembr, 1890.
A hearing was asked of the Legisla- amination of candidates' theological
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union.
ture for Mrs. Bateham against the pro- views should be made by the Prudential
posed amendment of the Sunday Law. Committee, or a special sub-Committee
We have before-us the Annual Report While declining this, the Legislature thereof, instead of by a Secretary, thus
of the Recording Secretary of the W. C. courteously proposed that she should relieving Dr. Alden of a function which
to some.
T. U. of the Hawaiian Islands, from give members a special opportunity of has made him obnoxious
her upon the subject outside of The cause of dissension in the Board
hearing
of
the
gather
following
points
we
which
the House. This was done at the Y. is undoubtedly too deep to be at once or
more especial interest:
M. C. A. Hall, few members, however, effectually healed by any available
The past year has been one of com- attending. [We believe that this Bill measure or compromise It must take
time, most gracious Christian forbearparative apathy as to aggressive worle. has lost its chance of being passed.]
Mis. Bateham is the Superintendent ance, with mutual patience and concesThe saloons have been very strongly
of the Sabbath Observance department sion. In the meantime, however reentrenched in politics.
of the \V. C. T. U. work in the U. S. gretted, there is an inevitable check to
and
Eleven regular monthly meetings
one special meeting has been held. Her visit and labors in Honolulu have the contributionsof many of the churches.
As the Committee of nine pointed out,
The average attendance has been un- done excellent service.
The Young Woman's Temperance while during the past decade the memusually small, 13 out of a membership
of the Congregational Churches
of fifty. The reports from the different Union has been active under the lender bership
increased
over 30 per cent., and
of
Miss
Malone.
Several
enterhas
ship
departments of work have been compartainments have been given. They have their donations to other evangelizing
atively meager.
Miss Green has been actively employ- added one hundred dollars to the salary agencies about 8l) per cent., their doned in Temperance Work among Hawaii- of the Temperance Missionary of the ations to the American Board have inans.
Her interesting Report shows W. C. T. U. Miss Atherlon succeeds creased less than 14 per cent, in the
much to have been accomplished. Miss Miss Malone as President, Average same time.
Most of our readers understand the
assisted her in the attendance at meetings thirty-three.
Judd has actively
is
the
at issue upon which supporters
Legion"
question
The
"Loyal
Juvenile of the Board
Native Band of Hope, in superintending
differ. It is whether canpress work, etc. The ladies of the So- department led by Miss Beckwith.
of
didates
for
service shall be
missionary
meet
on
the
first
Monday
They
a
surprise
Miss
Green
party
ciety gave
in her new cottage, leaving substantial each month, a cheery young band, in rejected beci.use, while otherwise well
whose minds the good seed is being qualified by piety and earnest gospel
tokens of regard.
sown.
has
They have "chalk talks'' or faith, they think it possible that further
distributed
Miss Chamberlain
many temperance leaflets, especially blackboard lessons. Miss Parmalee has opportunity to turn to the Lord and be
saved may be given in the other world
among Seamen. During the early part given musical aid.
of
C.
U.
to
W.
T.
many who have not settled the quesThe
the
membership
of the year, Mr. Sherman had done
tion in this life. Many who distinctly
is given as between fifty and sixty.
similar work.
adhere to the orthodox view, believe that
A Club of fourteen was made up to
an error therein is not of such importtake the "Union Signal."
Meeting of the American Board at ance as to exclude an earnest Christian
for
matter
the
Temperance
prepared
Minneapolis.
from evangelical service at home or
daily papers has been much crowded
among the heathen. A majority of the
out by pressure of Legislative Reports.
favor
Rev.
we
have
Hyde
Dr.
of
By
Scientific Temperance instruction has before us the report of the Pioneer Press corporate members, who are elderly and
been given during the year in Oahu Col- of Minneapolis of the meeting of the A. conservative, incline to exclusion. As
they fill their own vacancies, many of
lege, and the subject has been proof influence
minent in the Rhetorical exercises. In- B. C. F. M. in that city, Oct. Bth to 1 Ith. the churches feel their lack and
so withthem,
dissatisfied,
an
over
are
showed
inreport
and
effects
of
The
Treasurer's
the
nature
struction upon
or
diminish
them.
donations,
hold
Alcoholic stimulation has been given crease of donations over the preceding
It seems to us that a better way is for
in most of the English schools. One year of $32,876,135, and of legacies of
such
dissatisfied churches to act indeschool
was
Sabbath at the C. U. Sunday
$46,148.39. The total receipts were pendently, and send out such rejected
devoted to the subject of Temperance,
the larger
with recitations and songs by the chil- $617,723.86. The number of mission- men as they deem qualified, to
and
Turkey,
Japan,
China,
fields
like
from
dren. Mrs. Bateham and Dr. Lyons aries had increased during the year
with
harmoniously
there
to
co-operate
instruction.
of
whom
152
were
special
gave
514 to 533,
unmarried the missionaries of the Board, and so
to
a
SatMr. P. C. Jones has organized
women, and 200, men.
help out the great exigencies of the
urday evening Temperance Meeting in
disturbing work, until all can see eye to eye. The
Fowler's yard, which is well attended. The most exciting or
the
report most unsatisfactory thing to do, is to
element
the
was
in
meeting
Many have taken the pledge. Mr. Mcmuch
the
same
kind
of
last stop sending the gospel to the heathen.
nine,
is
of
the
Committee
of
doing
appointed
Cully
work.
year to investigate the methods of adOur Hilo Artist.—Our young friend
"The Hilo W. C. T. U. is a brave, ministration of the Board, and to recomhas steadily worked
D.H.Hitchcock,jr.,
union
active society, holding public
changes therein. We are his way up to a point ofestablished success
meetings, as well as their regular month- mend needed
himself
ly meetings," eight of each during the most thankful to lea., iliat the results in landscape painting, and finds
were adopted able to proceed to Europe for study at
year. Special meetings were held on arrived at by the Bo
the days of election, and of opening of with reasonable concord, and tend to- l'aris, and other art centers. Hon. C.
There was some R. Bishop gives him especial patronage.
the Legislature for prayer that God's wards harmony.
blessing might rest upon this nation. warmth ofdebate, yet but little acrimony, Before leaving, Mr. Hitchcock opened
Similar meetings have been held in Ho- and although differences of opinion will to the public a most interesting exhibicontinue to exist, a spirit of forbearance tion of his pictures, which certified to
nolulu.
The W. C. T. U. have sent in a care- seems likely to prevail, and the work of both genius and industry. They were
readily sold at very satisfactory prices.
fully prepared petition to the Legislature. the Board to continue successfully.
The Committee recommended, and We venture to predict for our Hawaiian
Gratitude is expressed for their indefinite postponement of a Bill to license the Board adopted, some changes in the Artist a distinguished future. He is a
boarding houses and restaurants to sup- form of questions to be addressed to grandson of the grand old missionary
candidates; also, a provision that the ex- who Christianized Molokai so nobly.
ply wine and beer.
�Volume 48, No. 11.]
The "Robert W. Logan."
This trim little missionary schooner
was in our harbor for nearly two weeks,
on her way to her important work in the
western Caroline Islands. We have
been acquainted with all the four successive Morning Slurs, have admired
such excellencies as they possessed, and
have heard much of their many and serious defects in both plan and construction. But we have never seen anything
in that line that we so thoroughly admired as this beautiful little yacht. She
is 57 feet in length over all, 16 feet
of water.
beam, and draws eight
She is about 27 tons burthen, is schooner rigged, carrying gaff-topsails, staysail
and flying jib. There is a partially
raised deck of two feet high eiver the
cabin, which extends beyond the midships. At the forward end of the cabin
is the galley, separated from the former
by the water- tanks serving as a bulkhead. The cabin is quite spacious and
well furnished, being about as comfortable as the average accommodations on
the better class of our inter-island coasting schooners twenty or thirty years
since. Her lines are beautiful, and
whole appearance graceful. She seems
admirably planned, and adapted to the
service for which she is designed.
The reasons of the superior planning
and execution of the A'. IF. Lagan over
that of the successive Morning Stars are
obvious ones. It is not merely or chiefly the superiority of the ship building of
California to that of New England, although that has much to do with it. It
is chiefly because the man who was to
run her, and who was intimately acquainted with the needs of her missionary passengers, was allowed not only to
watch her building, but to dictate what
her internal arrangements and furnishing should be. Had Capt. Bray while
at the East, been similarly allowed to
superintend and dictate in the construction and arrangement of the present
very defective Morning Star, she would
have been a good sailer, with proper
machinery, and with the essential equipment of a donkey engine, for the lowering and hoisting of boats, sails, and
anchors, during her many scores of
stoppages in each voyage.
What a joy and inspiration it will
be to dear Mrs. Logan and her young
associates at Ruk to have this beautiful
little yacht all at their service in evangelizing the many islands and islets
where the Mortlock and Ruk language
is spoken. Capt. Worth will also gladden them with three months' later mails
than those taken by the Star in July.
He will approach his old home in Ponape with deep anxiety for the outcome
of the very serious troubles on that
island.
83
THE FRIEND.
Romanes' Estimate of
J.
T. Gulick.
A communication by Mr. Gulick to
Nature of April 16, 1866, is introduced
by a letter from Prof. Geo. J. Romanes,
in which he says,"I cannot allow the
present communication to appear in these
columns without again recording my
conviction that the writer is the most
profound of living thinkers upon Darwinian topics, and that the generalizations which have been reached by his
twenty years of thought are of more importance to the theory of evolution, than
any that have been published during the
post-Darwinian period."
An article by Prof. Romanes is republished in the Ma:iist, entitled "Mr. A.
R. Wallace On Physiological Selection."
In a private letter to the editor, Prof.
Romanes writes, "The article refers to a
completely new departure in the theory
of evolution, striking in the principle of
homogamy, the root-principle erf the
whole, and in physiological selection,
one of the main branches. Yet neither
principle has so far been perceived except by Mr. Gulick."
The article charges Mr. Wallace with
singular misconceptions of the views
both of Prof. Romanes and of Mr. Gulick.
We have also before us a pamphlet of
seventy pages, extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal, read before that
Society, Dec. 19, 1886, and entitled
"Intensive Segregation, or Divergence
through Independent Transformation.
By Rev, f. T. Gulick. It is evidently a
product of profound study and reflection,
as well as of intimate acquaintance with
writers on Biology and Evolution. A
marked feature of this, as well as Mr.
Gulick's other essays on his specialty, is
a most elaborate and intricate terminology, necessary, as he claims, for the
proper discrimination of the various
forces, proeess'es, and conditions determining evolution of Varieties and
Species. So far as our limited ability to
judge extends, his distinctions seem to
be thoroughly philosophical, and the
fruit of exhaustive study of his subject.
He supports his theories by an extensive
adduction of facts, not only from the
Oahu snails, but from flora and fauna
elsewhere.
Mr. Gulick's style is perspicuous, although not as attractive as those of
Romanes or Wallace, whose writings
are, comparatively, easy reading.
A Card of Thanks.
strangers in a strange land, and followed
by your loving gifts, first of a sheltering
and agreeable abode and then also furnishing it with all that is necessary to
make a pleasant and comfortable home,
will never be forgotten by either of us.
We would also manifest our gratitude
to the loving Father in Heaven Who is
the Source of "every good and perfect
gift."
We pray Him that in proportion to
the reward He has promised for a cup
of cold water given in His name, so,
may He bless each one who has directly or indirectly contributed to our comfort here.
And now our most earnest desire and
daily prayer is that God may so help us
and use this home, that it may in all
things be a missionary home, and that
from it such influence shall go out into
the neighborhood and to all the Portuguese in these Islands as will be for the
uplifting and salvation of our benighted
people; to the glory of Redeeming
Grace and the rejoicing of our fellowlaborers in Gospel Evangelization.
Antonio Y. Soares,
Rachel F. Soares,
R. K. Baptist.
"Men like Mr. Chalmers, of New
Guinea," says Sir Charles Dilke, in
Problems of Greater Britain, "are not
only religious teachers, but conquerors
who win new worlds to British influence."
The missionaries of the London Missionary Society in Samoa have commenced the issue of a monthly periodical, printed in the Samoan language, for
the benefit of native readers—Le Tulu
Samoa (Samoan Torch.) It is edited by
the Rev. A. B. Claxton, and will supply
a great want amongst the Samoans.—
Australian Independent.
The Paris Evangelization Society
have appointed a missionary to Mare to
take up the work of Rev. J. Jones, who
was expelled by the French Government.
—Australian Independent.
In Madagascar the English missionary influence is being gradually undermined by the French; to-day there is
only one of the old missionary councillors of the government still in office, and
it is reported that his enemies aim at his
removal. Australian Independent.
—
What folly to fear giving yourself too
entirely to God. It merely means that
you are afraid of being too happy, of
loving the will of God in all things too
heartily, of bearing your inevitable
crosses too bravely, of finding too much
consolation in the love of God, and too
much relief from the passions which
make us miserable.—Fenelon.
To the Hawaiian Board of Foreign Missions and to the Ladies of Central
Union Church:
Out of full hearts the undersigned
hereby endeavor to return our grateful
acknowledgements; thanking you most
heartily for all you have so abundantly
done to make our stay in this beautiful
The Lord tells us to carry our cross
Island comfortable and enjoyable.
and cast our care, but we are more apt
The words of loving greeting and to try to oast our cross and carry our
welcome sounding so pleasantly to us care.
�84
THE FRIEND.
[November, 1890-
A Priceless Social Influence.
Rev. Mr. Fisher went to Maui last
painfully felt. And the same would be
true of Hilo, Kohala, Makawao and week to attend the dedication of the enPrivate beneficence has been very acKoloa.
larged Chapel on Hon. H. F. Baldwin's
tive in establishing Boarefing and TrainThere is besides these a much larger plantation at Paia. Mr. Takatori, the
ing Schools for the benefit of Hawaiian
and Foreign Youth in many places in number of white gentlemen and ladies preacher in charge, has been quite sucthese Islands. Honolulu is favored in employed in the Government schools of cessful in his various labors. Mr. Nathis respect. There is the great Kawai- the kingdom, many of them of similar gasaka, not connected with any mission,
ahao Female Seminary, the two strong high Christian character and consecra- seems tohave accomplishedsomethingof
Kamehameha schools, the Oahu College tion to those above named. It cannot successful Christian work at Spreckelsand Punahou Preparatory School, and be doubted that the latter class feel a ville. Mr. Sunamotu, on Kauai, is pethe Industrial Home. There are also wholesome stimulus from the former culiarly well fitted for evangelistic work,
the two girls' and boys' boarding schools one, both morally and intellectually. bringing many of his countrymen to an
Not less do the Government and the earnest intelligent faith in Christ's Salof the Anglican Church.
Board
of Education feel the same whole- vation. Mr. Okabe, at Hilo, has moved
These have all been created and sup-
ported by private gifts, except that considerable amounts have been given to
the Girls' schools by the Government in
the form of capitation fees, added to occasional grants in aid for buildings.
Besides these, are on Hawaii the Hilo
Boys' Boarding School and the Kohala
Female Seminary at Makawao, and on
Kauai the new Industrial Boarding
School at Koloa.
All these twelve schools represent a
very large amount of beneficence on the
part of individuals and Associations,
continued and ever increasing through a
period of nearly thirty years. This
benevolent effort has been most wisely
and economically administered. It has
produced a copious harvest of fruit in
the great numbers of Hawaiian youth
educated and trained for pure and serviceable life, and in the very considerable number of worthy Christian households among the people. This is the
only reward looked for, and it has been
an ample one, richly recompensing all
the effort and cost.
There has been, however, another
and a very precious reward in the form
of a social benefit. For the work of
these schools, there has been carefully
selected and brought into this country a
large body of the choicest class of Christian teachers of both sexes, but the majority of them ladies. We cannot
give the precise number of men and
some influence. Who can doubt that
the character of the Kamehameha
School and its teachers is powerfully
and healthfully felt by every school in
the kingdom?
Capt. Bray and His Friends.
We all greatly enjoyed the short and
visit we had from our old
friend, so long going and coming here
as the able and esteemed master of the
Morning Star. His companions were
also most welcome, as representatives
of Sunday School and Y. M. C. A. work.
We cannot envy these gentlemen their
seventeen days tossing in the little yacht,
even in such excellent company, and
good Christian fellowship. But we believe Madam Pele gave them a firstclass reception at Kilauea, and they
seemed to be having a good time in
Honolulu. We think they will vote
their steamer passage home as better
than that in a small schooner. Yet the
Logan is a little palace in comparison
with such a vessel as her almost dying
namesake once voyaged in from Ponape to New Zealand.
most pleasant
New Central Union Church Edifice.
The foundations of the new Edifice,
the corner of Richards and Beretania
Streets have been completed by the contractor, even with the surface of the
ground. Those of the tower are carried
down to the coral rock. The others
rest deep in the solid black-cinder bed.
We hope soon to see the slow and
their wives,-and single women now em- stately growth of the new house upon
ployed in the above named schools. We these foundations.
should estimate them as at least fifty
Rev. C. H. Pond of Oberlin, Ohio,
persons in number. We who live in
as favored us with some excellent talks
Honolulu, are delightedly sensible, of and sermons. He promises a talk on his
how much we are constantly indebted own special work. He occupies the imto the presence of those accomplished portant position of SuperintendingAgent
and devoted teachers living here, both for the American Sunday School Union
the three states of Ohio, Indiana,
intellectually, socially and spiritually. for
and Michigan.
Anyone can see that
If these thirty or forty persons were he possesses some unusual qualifications
withdrawn from our Honolulu commu- for such work—some Episcopal gifts of
on
nity, the deficiency left would be most the best sort
into the house he has hired for an Invalids' Home, and is enthusiastic, devoted and blessed in his work. His assistant wishes to return to Japan "to
convert his old mother's soul." Filial
feeling is strong among the Japanese,
as well as the Chinese. The young
man, expected from San Francisco as
an assistant for Okabe, had made other
engagements, which precluded his accepting the invitation sent him by the
Hawaiian Board.
The continued illness of Mr. F. W.
Damon, the Superintendent of the Chinese Mission, is a disappointment to his
many friends, who had hoped for a
speedier recovery, rather than a merely
gradual improvement.
There is no
retrograde movement, however, thus
far, in the work he has so thoroughly
organized. No one has yet been found
to take charge of the mission premises
at Hilo. Miss Ostrom's school at Kohala is making steady progress, numMrs.
bering now thirty eight pupils.
Simpson's school at Wailuku is doing
good work. The Chinese teacher, employed in the Chinese department, has
applied for baptism. Miss Nellie Waterhouse, who has been such an enthusiastic and successful assistant teacher, will
continue on with the Honolulu Boys
School for some time longer. Miss May
Green, the indefatigable Principal, reports a gratifying increase in numbers.
Several Christian Chinese with their
wives returned by the S. S. China, also
a bride expectant for one of the young
Christian Chinamen. Two of the members of the Church took letters of dismissal, expecting to go to Mexico by the
steamer, due here on the 20th inst., but
not yetarrived.
H.
c
Hyde Silver Wedding.—Our honored friends, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Hyde,
enjoyed the 25th anniversary of their
marriage, on the 10th of October. A
large company of friends organized a
surprise party for the evening, with
presents suitable to the happy occasion.
The new term at N. P. M. Institute
opened with nineteen students. The
new building and grounds are both
comfortable and attractive.
�Volume 48, No. 11.]
85
THE FRIEND.
Death of Mrs. S. L Desha.
HIGH Activity in Kilaim-.a.—Nearly
Pearl City Lots.
five
the
"bottom
out"
years
ago,
dropped
wife
of
"the
Rev.
Mary Kaakopua,
A number of lots at this new rural viland the fires disappeared for
Stephen L. Desha, pastor of the Haili of Kilauea,
lage
are about to be offered to the puba
Church at Hilo, died at the residence of
her father at Napoopoo, South Kona,
Hawaii, on the 10th of September, 1890.
Dr. Mauritz with promptness and great
kindness did all in his power to save her.
But God had otherwise determined.
The deceased was only twenty-four years
of age. We sympathize deeply with the
bereaved husband and his motherless
children. But we mourn not as those
who have no hope, for Mary had chosen
that good part which shall not be taken
away from her. She gave her heart to
Christ in early childhood. Unostentatious, and but little known beyond the
circle of her own family and Church and
Sabbath School, she was a worthy example of a Christian daughter, wife and
mother. Dying in the full possession
of her faculties, she gave each member
of her family a parting message of love.
The funeral services were held in the
old mission Church. Here her greatgrand-father, after renouncing idolatry,
had worshipped more than fifty years
ago, and here herfather and grand-father
with their families still worship.
J. D. Paris.
time. This is a periodical occurrence,
lic at auction. The Railway Co. have
to be looked for as often as every ten
out in town lots a beautiful tract of
laid
years at least, when the caldron has long
from
40 to 150 feet elevation above the
and
been full,
overflowing. During these
five years, the body of lava has been
slowly rising in the shaft from the central fires below. Of late, it has begun
copiously to overflow, with the attendant foamings and explosive belchings
which characterize its periods of more
splendid activity. This may continue
for years with increasing violence and
splendor. Or a subterranean break may
speedily occur, draining the shaft of its
lava. On the whole, we may say that
visitors to the volcano during the next
six months have the highest probability
of witnessing volcanic displays of exceptional activity. With a wet season,
such as is probably at hand, the foaming
action at the summit erf the lava column
must be much increased, owing to the
increased penetration of water into the
fires at lower depths.
Do you suppose that if the Bible had
been written by some learned doctor,
revised by a committee of eminent
divines and published by some great
religious society, we should ever have
heard of Noah's drunkenness, of Abraham's deception, of Lot's disgrace, of
Jacob's cheating, of Paul and Barnabas' quarreling, or of Peter's lying,
cursing, dissembling ? Not at all. The
good men, when they came to such an
incident, would have said, "There is no
use saying anything about that. It is
all jiast and gone; it will not help anything, and it will only hurt the cause."
If a committee of such eminent divines
had prepared the Bible, you would have
had a biography of men whose characters were patterns of piety, and propriety,
instead of pom sinners, as they were.
Sometimes a man writes his own diary
and happens to leaves it for some one
to print after he is dead; but he leaves
out all the mean tricks he ever did, and
puts in all the good acts he can think
of; and you read the pages, filled with
astonishment, and think, "What a wonderful good man he was !" But when
the Almighty writes a man's life he tells
the truth about him; ahd there are not
many persons would want their lives
printed if the Almighty wrote them.
It seems that we were in error when
in our last number we said that the
Kauai Boarding .School is "backed with
a good supply of capital." It has gen
erous friends who stand read)' to help it,
but the money has to be given before it
can be used,and in these times ofretrenchment there is danger that the bearing of
the burden of support may be left too
exclusively to the few. The aim of this
school is certainly a noble one. II we
might be permitted to state it, we should
say that it is to train Hawaiians for
home life.
As is well known there is very little
refined home life among the bulk of the
Hawaiians. Too few of their sons and
daughters have been trained for it. In
the conduct of the affairs of the house
hold, in the behavior of husband and
wife, of son and daughter, and of visiting friends of both sexes; in short, in the
social intercourse of this people there is
a marked lack. This school proposes to
bring the boys and girls together so far
as is fitting in their school life, and so
train them to live in the happy and proper enjoyment of each other's society.
To drill them in self restraint as well as
liven a few minutes well used may
in all needed handicraft as to be eventu- help much. But it is well to cultivate
ally helpful.
the habit of seeing God in everything.
If the heart is rightly taught, its reTo see the light of God and to choose bound after toil or effort, will be not into
the darkness is the most hopeless condi- mere idleness, but into happy conscioustion into which any one can fall. It is ness of God, so that your thoughts and
probably that which is meant by Christ affections will be continually coming
as the sin against the Holy Ghost, for back to him. Then when trouble comes,
which there is no forgiveness.— Donald you will go and tell him as naturally as
McLeod, D. D.
a child tells its father or mother.
An abundant supply of mountain
The soil is fertile, the prospect charming. A long intimacy with the climate leads us to say
that it is the sweetest and balmiest to
be found in any lowland in this group,
and more perfect than that of any part
of Honolulu.
The distance and cost
by railway is practically no greater than
to residents at Waikiki beach. We have
come rather slowly to the conclusion
that a delightful rural suburb is really
about to be created at Pearl City.
sea.
water has been laid on.
Our Banana Export.
Honolulu shipped more than 100,000
bunches of bananas to San Francisco in
188i). The export this year is still larger.
The cost of the fruit delivered at the
ship is about one dollar a bunch. This
gives a pretty fair profit to the producers.
On average banana land, about fifteen
hundred salable bunches per acre can be
cropped in three years. But only very
good soil, abundantly watered, will produce bananas at all. We have known
bottom land of exceptional richness, to
yield one thousand good bunches per
annum, for many years in succession.
Most land requires rest, after.three years
cropping of bananas. Much absurdity
has been published about the productiveness of this fruit. We believe that quite
as much nutriment can be obtained to
the acre from corn, potatoes, turnips,
squashes, or cabbages, as from bananas.
With the extension of the Oahu Railway
to Koolau, the available area for banana
culture will be greatly increased. As
only bunches of a given size are accepted for export, there are on all the plantations, during the third year after planting, quantities of inferior bunches sold
for home consumption at low prices.
Monthly Record of Events.
Oct. Ist.—The constitutional convention scheme receives its quietus in the
House by a vote of 24 to 16.—H. W.
Mcintosh succeeds W. E. Rowell as
Superintendent of Public Works.
2nd.—The mortuary report for September shows a total of fifty-three, of
which 28 were Hawaiians.
3rd.—Meteorological record for last
month is as follows: Thermorrrerer,
average, 77.55; Barometer 30.006; Rain
1.38.—D. Howard Hitchcock held a
very successful sale of his paintings at
the Pacific Hardware Co's show rooms,
prior to his departure for the East and
Europe to perfect his art studies, made
possible through the kindness of Hon.
C. R. Bishop.
�86
4th.—Satisfactory trial of Wilder's
new S. S. Claudtne.—Grand luau by the
Kamehameha base ball team at their
school grounds in honor of their 1890
championship, to a large company of
invited friends. Various athletic sports
followed the feast of good things.—Arrival of the Japanese training ship
Tsukuba, from Hakodadi.
6th.—As evidence of Hawaii's advancing civilization, it is to be chronicled
that Kalihi was the scene of a Sunday
prize fight with bare knuckles, that was
settled in ten rounds. No arrests.
7th.—Annual convention of the Planter's Labor and Supply Co. —Civil service bill indefinitely postponed, in the
House, by a vote of 18 to 14.
Bth.—Audience at the palace to the
captain and officers of the Tsukuba.
Another section of Punchbowl slope laid
out for building lots, for rival bidders in
the near future.
10th.—Special election day at Wailuku; P. Cockett takes Kalua's vacancy.
—Advices by the \V. G. Hall report
considerable activity at the volcano.
11th.—Death of Eldress Phoebe.—
Gleaner's Lawn party at W. K. Castle's
realizes $100.—Railroad excursion to
Remond grove with Maltby's bicycle exhibition attracts a large company of people.—Mrs. C. H. Willis, at Kauai, is
thrown from her horse and killed.
13th. —Quarterly statement of Hawaiian Treasury shows receipts to have
been $378,738.86, expenditures 40 4,933.-33; Treasury balance, $380,355.49.—
After considerable heated discussion the
House returns Rep. Marques' report to
--
him.
14th.—Alber Loomens is banished
from the country by the Consuelo, in accordance with his commuted sentence
of last year.—Honolulu Athletic Association elects its first set of officers.
16th.—Arrival of the S. S. China, en
route to Japan and China. She touched
here to land the 235 Chinese she took
on to San Francisco a few weeks since,
rather than be placed in quarantine at
this port.
17th.—Arrival of the Australia from
San Francisco with a large list of returned kamaainas, and a full cargo.
18th.—Arrival of the new missionary
schooner Robert IF. Logan from San
Francisco via Hilo, en route to the Mortlock Is.—Arrival of the Zealandia en
route to San Francisco, delayed on the
voyage through short supply of coal on
account of the strike.
oth.—The celebrated Bowler claims
Bed the House at $34,839.34, by a
nearly strict party vote of 25 to 20.
21st.—The "Queen's lease bill" was,
fortunately, killed by a vote of 19 to 11.
—In the libel case of A. Johnstone, the
jury rendered a verdict oi guilty in second degree; subsequently a fine of $200
is imposed.—Reception at the Y. M. C.
A. to Capt. S. Bray and party by the
J
[November, 1890
THE FRIEND.
PASSENGERS.
Logan; particulars elsewhere. —Dinner
Admiral
AKKIVAI.S.
His
Cummins
to
Ex. J. A.
by
From San Fran, is, o, per (' ll Bryant, Oct. 6—Mrs
Brown and other naval and distinguishFainswuiili ami son, Gen'l J Se.boyd, Capt C A Morgan
ed guests, at his residence.
ami Will 1 hiirt.ll.
From San Francisco, |»er S 11 Wilder, Oct. 16—E W
14th.—Tha House votes $12,019.90 Schnrdt,
Dr Winters, H Kr.,l ger, R M Fuller. G C Slratsettle
the
Likelike
funeral
on
claims,
to
m.-yer, Wm McCandless, Mrs McMillan, Mrs Wilson, Mrs
Ferguson, an.l II Kcmliiiks.
Miss
Reeves,
the basis of 50 cents on the dollar.—A
per Australia, Oct. 17—I II Arton
From
San
Francisco,
of
Honoluluans
witness
gathering
large
ant! wife, R Albrccln, S '1' Alexander an I wife, Miss Mary
(1
J F. ll,dwell, Win Hlaisdcll,
the game of foot-ball at Makiki grounds Alexa ..ler, C Allen, I. Hell,
F .< Bond, Mrs J II lirewer, John Caldecott, Mrs C
between a team from the U. S. S. Mr.
A I lark uu! daughter, C M Cooke, B children and maid.
Crabbe, I'A Hi./, Frank F Hastings, a. d wife, H
Charleston and a local team: score 18 to Miss
llemp.l, wife and infant. Mis Waller Hill and daugtifcr,
0 in favor of the Charlestons.
Mis S N Hundley and child, J A liop;,c-r and wi'e, Mrs J
lull, hiiison, M llonn-r, Flank I. 11,'Ogs, EX Hendry,
25th.—Arrival of the Mariposa, and Mrs
A Herbert, Mi* 11. bsjrt, Miss Lamb, R J LiPie and
J P le Co.inlr, Miss Susie l.c Count*. ,Kd dc
H. B. If. S. Nymph from San Fran- Iwife.,v.Mrs
Mis Morrisseau, V Oit-.n, Mrs S C Pain. II PeterW Rawlins
Acorn.
cisco, the latter to relieve the
■on, i hung lew, M sler W Rawlins, Mrs I
Idren, 1' Russell, Mis Rice, Master W 11 Rice.
Maltby's bicycle exhibition attracts an- .i-.,1:1,1.
Mrs 11,,, ll K,,ss and son, Miss A C Rudrigm-s, J II Rudother large company of excuiail mists to dock, J C S, oil, Mrs X I' Spalding, August Schleicher,WinJ
H Soper, Mm Tiniplelon, Mist Lena Teinplclon,
Remond Grove.
Tebh and wife, R N Webster, (.'has Tinkhani, anU So
26th.- Stmr. J. A. Cummins on tire. steerage. Colonic.,
per Ze .1 uidia. Oct. ll> I Steerage
From the
A prompt response of engines get it un- passangera
and SD cabin, sad f... steerage iv transit for San
i5,:,,.
der control in good time to save the ves- I
F.om San Francisco, per Mariposa, Oct. B* Wight Adsel from serious damage.
Mrs Broderkins, Jona Austin and grandson, Miss Austin,(Ira.
c Cooke,
i.kaml
JII Coney and wife. Miss
of
S./l
mpliion Hon S Minfant,
29th.—Arrival H. H. M.
li.unon, Miss X M Day, R Davis, W F Frear,
Hough,
fn ni Esquimault, making now five men- II in- ot. Miss Alice X Graver, Hugh C.unn, I. W
jr, Miss l-.it.i Keller, U S Kynnerslcy, wife, infant and
of-war in port. —In securing a subsidy maid,
A Little; .he H A 1,.„kw...,d. W V Lockwood, Miss
W F Reynolds,
item for the San Diego line into the ap- J Ii Masse)', hi A X Nichols and wife,
ThoeL Mrs l< Wa11:,,,-, child »nd maid, M'ssMand*
wife,
propriation bill, after the matter being CWight,
Wiggin,
Wtldei
and
Jules ZeisW i
Hi,, i
J Coleman and 17 in steerage, and 30 in
thrice defeated during the session, the ler, J I) Holl,I olonics.
transit foi the
introducer overshot the mark and lost
1,1-:l'.\KITKI-.s.
his game by making it read, "EncourFrancisco,
per Will I. Irwin, 11, I M Mis
For San
agement of carrying Hawaiian produce Wiay
Taylor, Holbn ~k Bines and Ceo E Stephen..
ti. Lower California, $15,000."
ForSaa Francisoo, per C,„.-.u,-10, Oct 14 Wni Bishop,
30th.—The House completes the third A I mens.
San Francis.... p.r Australia, o.i M A Stonesifei
reading of the Appropriation bill on the ~,i,lFor,i.,ii.1.i.-i
s, Mi-. M.I oniiell, Mis in lligg, F. A Jones,
wile and
116th day of its session.— Lantern slide wife, child and
inns.-, Mis, 11.,:,.-., Co Cay,
Di-'lu, ke,. c I Lane, II A Parmeloe, "os Brewer, I
exhibition at the Opera House by the ■on.
W Slocuni, i Peck, Paul Hamill, Miss I- William, F. Kop
Hawaiian Camera Club
k,- and sri-e, r.lrs kirkl.m.l, Geo E Howe, F I. ll.K.gs, J H
Ku.1.1... k, Capt Bray, A Alexander, A Steed, C M i amp31st.—Departure of the R. IF. Logan hell and -0 iv the steerage.
for her mission work Ruk and the Mortlocks.
BIRTHS.
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MarineJournal.
PORT OF HONOLULU.—OCTORBER.
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WEIGHT At PapaikoU, Hawaii,
Oct 1, to
William Weigh!, a son.
11l lOCS Iv Honolulu, Oct V, to the wife of
the wife of
Wm
II Hongs,
a ion.
SMITH—In Honolulu, Oct IS, lot.be wife of W O Smith
Esq., a son.
OILMAN In Honolulu, Oct 11, to the wife of J A GilARRIVALS.
man, a daughter.
l-H 1 I M 8 Tsukaba,4S daysfrom Japan,
San
In Honolulu, o.i 1\ t< the wife of Joseph
Francis,
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TINKER s.,n.
17%
Tinker, a
Brit Hk Bilker, 136 days from London.
to
Port
TownVesta,
9 lem
A Friedberg,
days from
CENTER In this City, Oct 22.1, tO the wife ol David
send.
Center, Esq., a son.
II Am Hklne S C Wilder, Griffiths, 11 days from San
Fran.is. ,».
GARDENER In Honolulu, October tld, to the wife of
days
from
Fort
Town14 Am hk Atlanta, Anderson, '.'«
Pen y Gardener, a daughter.
s'-1111.
— Brit SS
17
Am
S China, Seahury, 7days fin S.in I ram ism.
S Australia, H.nidlette, from San Fr ndsco.
MARRIAGES.
Am miss sch R W Logan, fiom San Fran, i5.,., via
Hilo.
Cathedral, Ho
—Am S S Karrallon, from San Diego, via Hilo.
JONES OCGHTON Al Si. \u.lrews'
noiilu, Sept Mth, by the Rev. Al. x. Mackintosh, Or.
--Haw S S Zcalandia, from l,t- Colonies.
Caroline
S.in
fiom
Kilau.ato
Miss
Jane Ough
Drew,
H days
Richard lonesol
•22—Am bklne W H lliinoiid,
Francisco.
toil.
San
fiom
1-ian•25 Am S S Mariposa, Hayward, 7 days
NORTON ROMOIKAEHUEHU At Kawaiahao
cisCO.
Chinch, Honolulu, Oct 2d, by the Rev. H. H. Parker.
HUMS Nymph, Tuner, from San Francisco.
Mr. George K. Norton to Miss Eljwhetk K. Komoika■20 II BM S Amphion, llulton, 10 days from l'.s.pumalllt.
ehuehu.
Bth, C. B.
COTRF.LL IA CI. II- In San Francisco, Oct.
DEPARTURES.
Cotre I, of Berkeley, to Maud A. I.ycett, of Honolulu.
t-Am bk Martha Davis, Pendleton.for Phillipinelslands.
—Aa sstBSS W(i Irwin, Mcl.'ulloch, for San Francisco.
—Am hk Fi r< st (.luec-n, Nelson, for Fort Townsend.
DEATHS.
11—Br Ship I'.lengfell, R Irving, for Portland.
-Am schr 01?a, 1 Molle, for San Francis, o.
Lahalna, Maui, Oct, 7, of fever. J. B. Jones,
In
Sa
for
Francisco.
JONES
Jacohsen,
14 A nbng Consuelo.A
i
aged rt-2 years and o moi-ths, son of F. Jones, Fsq.
17 Hr S S China, Seabury, for Yokohama.
19—Haw SS / a .-nidi.. for San Francisco.
At the Omen's Hospital, Honolulu, Oct. 7th,
YOUNG
—Am sell Vesla, Fried: erg, for Humboldt.
John 1.. Young, in his sixtieth year, leaving a wife and
for
San
Francisco.
Bonilield,
22—Am S S Farallon.
nine children to mourn his loss.
24—Am bk Lady Lampson, Sodergren, for San Fancisco.
FI.DRFSS I'FKEHK—At St. Andrews' Priory, Hoi.olulu
—Am bk Atlanta, Anderson, for Port Townsend.
Oct. 11th,the Eldress Phoebe, in the d°th year of her
Am S S Australia, Houdlette, for San Francisco.
age.
26—Am S S Mariposa, Hayward, for the Colonies.
28—H BM S Acorn, Pollard, for England.
Lihue, Kauai, by accident, Oct. 11th, Flor81—Am miss sch Robert Logan, Worth, for Ruk via Gilbert WILLIS—At
ence M., beloved wife of C. M. Willis, aged 24 years.
Island.
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BOABB.
HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU H.
I.
This page is devoted to the interest-. »>f the Hawaiian
Hoard af K.MtOft>. and the Editor, appointed Of the
Hoard is responsible for its contents.
Rev. O. P. Emerson,
- Editor.
Last week (the 24th of Sept.) our
brethren of the Portuguese mission took
possession of their new home on Miller
street, just west of the Queen's Hospital.
The premises were bought not lonn
since by the Hawaiian Hoard. The
house has been repaired and furnished,
and made into a comfortable dwelling.
Beside it we hope soon to see a chapel
where the Portuguese congregation
which has been gathered, shall find a
church home.
The Sabbath services will for the
present continue to be held in the Armory. Here, for the last six weeks, Mr.
Fires has preached to interested audiences, hold ingboth morn in gaud afternoon
services and a Sabbath School. On the
13th, an evening school was opened by
Mr. Baptist, in a building on the Gon
selves premises, opposite 108 Heretania
street. Mr. Baptist has thirty one
pupils.
The Hilo school, we are glad to say,
amount to $8,309.35. But the expendi
tures have been heavy. Unusual grants means to be an industrial school. It is
in aid have been called for and made coming to be felt by us all that the Hato needy Hawaiian pastors. The build waiians are in need of nothing so much
ings of the Kohala Girls' School have as to be taught to be handicraftsmen
been remodeled and enlarged, and the
school has been started with a larger
corps of teachers. The mission among
the Portuguese has taken a heavy out
lay in introduction of workers and in
purchase and repair ofpremises.
The work among the Chinese requires
over 1,100 a quarter. Por its continuance there is but a small sum on hand
($172), outside of the $500 that was
given with the first purpose in view of
securing an assistant for the superin-
tendent.
The Japanese work on Hawaii calls
for a yearly expenditure of $1000.
Thus it is plain that the Board is in
immediate and pressing need of funds.
The income has never been so great as
during the last year, but the expenditures
have also been great, and they are increasingly so. We have two new missions in the field, for besides the Portuguese, we have a Japanese mission now
on Hawaii of our own. What we have
been wishing for has come, a new departure in work. We have begun auspiciously and we ask you to help us
continue as generously as we have beMr. Soares has taken charge of the gun.
pastoral work of the mission. He reports considerable poverty and sickness,
Amounts Received for lino Hoarding
and it has been thought best by the
School.
members of the mission to put into his For Repairs and Running lixpenses, C.
hands such monies as might be contrib
H. Welmore, M.l)
$1,000 00
5IMI 00
uted in aid of our needy Portuguese G. N. Wilcox
Ii. liond
BOO 00
friends. The first offering toward this Rev.
(i. P. Castle
50 00
fund has already been received, and food Regular Grant foi Cousins Society..
500 00
and clothing has therewith been fur$2,550 00
nished to some. Any who stand readyFOS THF. I.YMAN PkRMANKNI I'UM).
to help in this work are invited to con81,000 00
fer with Mr. Soares. He will receive A. S. Wilcox
500 00
money, or food, or cast off clothing, and I'aul Isenberg
what
he
receives
to
a
wise
use
in
The above report shows that a hope
put
aid of the suffering people of this parish. ful beginning has been made, not only
Mr. Soares can be addressed through in a move relieving the Hilo Boys' Board
the Bell Telephone, number 4G3.
ing School of embarassment, but also in
securing the $10,000 needed to ensure
Hawaiian Board RECEIPTS Specs May 1ft, 1800. the munificent C. K. Bishop endowfund
11 ment of $10,000.
1*280 (KI
missions
38
The school is afloat now, and in good
l missions
137 Sft hands. Immediate needs are being met.
1,777 54
Girls' School
e work
1,698 40 Besides the $2,550 contributed for Rese work
100 (Ml pairs and Running Expenses, $1,000
uese
'J, 390 00 more will be realized from the 10,000
endowment already possessed, and prob$8,300 35 ably another $500 or possibly $1,000
Following is a list of those depart- will be granted the school by the A. B.
ments most in need of help. The ur- C.
F. M.
gency of the need being in the order in
to these sums be added tuition and
If
which the names are placed.
capitation fees, the aggregate amount
Home mission work among Haw.( 1,500in debt.) may reach $4,700, for Repairs and Run(in debt.)
Kohala Girls' School
Work among the Portuguese
(800 in debt.) ning Expenses for the present year.
Enough, is it not? yes, if the school
Work among the Chinese
(a small credit.)
(183 in debt.) were thoroughly furnished with appara
Work among the Japanese
W. W. Hall.
tus. To tell the truth, the Hilo school
Treasurer Hawaiian Board.
needs the proper machinery of an InThe above report of the Treasurer of dustrial School.
of the Hawaiian Board is so compact as
This becomes specially evident when
to need explanation.
we take account of the number of the
So far this statistical year's receipts departments.
..
Il
.
87
THE FRIEND.
and thirfty wage earners. Now the quesconies, Is this honored school,
handed down to us from the fathers,
properly equipped for this important
service? We think not. Most of the
book teaching is done by the principal
and her assistant.
Tins leaves Mi. Terry alone in charge
of the industrial department. He has
on his hands the care of both the shop
and the field work, as well as the general
oversight of the boys in and out of their
dormitories. The charge is too confining. It continues from early morning
till late at night. Mr. Terry needs an
assistant in his department—a man to
take charge of the dormitories and to
lead in the field work.
We do not ask for the elaborate fixings of the Kamehanieha School. But
we do ask for a moderate outiit. We
do ask that Mr. Terry be granted a little
leverage, and that his ready ingenuity
be not left to supply all deficencies.
Not long since he was seen in his
carpenters shop with a dozen or so boys.
There were several things for them to
do, but they had to take turns, for the
proper quantity of tools and machinery
were lacking. One hammer served several boys; about the lathe only two could
be employed at one time, and so on.
The job that day was to evolve a
machine by which some of the boys
could be helped at their work. And it
is evident that the school needs another
teacher. One man and two ladies are
not enough for the care of fifty boys.
The same person might also well be
a musical leader. With the right man
for an assistant and with a little fuller
supply of machinery and with the money
to pay for it, the Hilo School could
offer Hawaiian boys the best of a manly
Christian training. To get upon this
basis we are making a push for the
$10,000 asked, of which $1,500 have already been raised. $8,500 more, and
the work will have been achieved, and
the Hilo School with a $30,000 endowment will then be on a good running
basis. Is not the case hopeful, and is
this not a fair and strong appeal for
those who can to give ? Some have
given nobly, others might do likewise.
You are hereby asked to do so.
A. FJudd,
tion
W. W. Hall,
O. P. Emerson,
Resident Trustees.
A good piece of work was done the
other day by the ladies of the C. U.
Church in combining their forces and
fitting out with furniture, etc., the cottage purchased by the Hawaiian Board
for the use of the Portuguese Mission.
A man can do without happiness, and
instead thereof findblessedness.—Carlyle
�88
Novembr, 1890.
THE FRIEND.
THE Y. M. C. A.
HONOLULU. H. I.
Thispage i« devoted to the interests ot the Honolulu
Vouruj Men s Christian A-.s.k lation, anil the Bawd of
Directors are resuonsihle for its contents.
S. D. Fullsr,
- - -
Editor.
Social Reception.
Our first social gathering since vacation was held in the hall on Tuesday
evening, Oct. 33d. This was given as
a Social Reception to Capt. Bray and
the young men who came with him from
S. F. on the "K. W. Logan." The
platform and front of the hall was decorated with potted palms and ferns, hanging green and flowers. The hall was
quite well filled with a pleasant company including several strangers.
Mr. T. R. Walker, President of the
Association made a few opening remarks,
and introduced the General Secretary,
who announced the following musical
programme:
Chorus—Hail Hawaii ..Kamehameha Glee Club.
Piano Soi.o
Miss Carrie Castle.
Sono—Should He Upbraid.. ..Miss S. R. Patch
Chorus —Thou Art My Own I.ove
Kamehameha Glee Club.
The above numbers were rendered
with artistic skill, and to the great pleasure of all present. The words of welcome extended by the President and
Secretary, were happily responded to byCaptain Bray of Oakland, and Mr. C.
M. Campbell of Sacramento. The remainder of the evening passed quickly
and pleasantly, while participating in
ice-cream and cake, and social conversation.
Sunday Evening Service.
The gospel service of song and testimony held in our hall on Sunday evening is growing in interest and attendance. The meetings during the last
month have been among the best we
ever had, yet there is room for morefaces and more voices. Come, and bring
a friend; there are young men enough
in the city to fill the hall. The singing
has been greatly improved under the
able and stirring leadership of Mr. Richards, who continues to give us the aid
of his presence and voice, although his
duties upon that day have become increasingly heavy.
The meeting is held at 6;30 for threequarters of an hour, and the topics for
the month are as follows:
Nov. 2—The Light of the World.
8:12.
John
Nov. 9—Starved on Husks. Luke
15:16-21. Eccl. 11:9.
Nov. 16—Christ the Way. John 14:6.
Heb. 10:19-23.
Nov. 23—The Good Fight. 1 Tim.
6:12. 2 Tim. 4:7, 8.
Nov. 30—A Personal Saviour. Phil.
3:10. 2 Tim. 1:12.
in earnest prayer and effort in behalf of
young men. Special meetings will be
It is not much of an event in the ex- held, notice of which will be given later.
From Over the Sea.
perience of a General Secretary over in
America to have four or live fellowworkers from some adjoining city or
State look in upon him almost any day.
In fact, with the surrounding brotherhood, quick and pleasant means of transit, it is the thing to be expected, and
hardly excites remark. I!ut there is one
General Secretary, twenty-one hundred
miles out in the Pacific Ocean who is
quite differently circumstanced. So it is
no wonder that on the forenoon of Oct.
18th, when it become known that the little schooner "Robert W. Logan" had
anchored in the harbor with a small
pleasure party on board, consisting of
live Y. M. C. A. workers from California, that this isolated Secretary lost no
time in getting on board to exchange
greetings and extend a cordial welcometo both old and new friends. The party
consisted of Captain Isaiah Bray, Gen
eral Secretary, and A. N. Breed and U.
P. Alexander, members, of the Oakland
Y. M. C. A. C. M. Campbell, ex-President of the Sacramento Association,
and Philip Dodge of Santa Cruz. As
the little schooner ''Logan" was to pro
ceed on her wa}' to Micronesia for missionary work, commanded by Captain
Worth, the return trip of the young men
to S. F. was to be made in the "S. S.
Australia." On the trip down they
visited the Island of Hawaii and enjoyed
its attractions, which included pouring
rains and a fine view of the volcano tires,
which were fortunately at their best. So
the week that remained before the
steamer would sail was to be devoted to
the metropolis—Honolulu and its
suburbs. On Sunday, the young men
visited the native churches, assisted in
the Y. M. C. A. meeting, and in the
evening, conducted a very interesting
service in the Central Union Church, by
invitation of the pastor, Dr. Beckwith.
I'lie days that followed were too few and
short to see and enjoy all there was in
slore, but the time was well utilized and
pleasant menioi ies remain as the heritage
of absent friends.
Since the introduction of the electric
light into our building, the comfort in
the rooms is greatly increased, especially in the hall, which can now be much
better ventilated than formerly, and the
lighting is so much improved as to make
our hall the pleasantcst room in the city
tor an evening's entertainment.
Mr. T. S. Southwick, our efficient
Treasurer, has dropped his pen and
turned his back on business, for a three
months' trip to his home in Southern
California. A change and rest was
greatly needed, and we hope the best
possible results will follow. Mr. R. B.
Ferguson has been appointed Acting
Treasurer during the absence of Mr.
Southwick.
We expect to have a series of "Familiar Talks' ready to announce soon.
Also some "Practical Talks" to young
men only, will be forthcoming in the immediate future. Due notice will be
given in the daily papers.
cI onsider that man to be undone who
is insensible to shame.—Plautus.
More helpful than all wisdom is
one draught of simple human pity that
will not forsake us.— George Eliot.
The seeds of repentance are sown by
youth in pleasure ; and their harvest is
reaped by age in pain.
If the mercies which come from God
are so sweet, how sweet is God from
whom the mercies come.
The coming hours are open and pure
receptacles for whatever you may deposit there.
What we seek, we shall find ; what
we flee from, flees from us.
Blessed is he who has found his
work ; labor is life.—Carlylc.
A good deed is never lost; he who
sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he
who plants kindness gathers love.
It is far t the bottom of the sea; and
yet it is bhl) a stone's throw.
He wlio can steer need not row.
Trim your lamp in time, so that il
Items.
in.t)- burn well in eternity.
Be much with God, and your face will
A class in Bible study has been organized, with the purpose of making it shine ; let all men see the new creation.
a sort of training class for our young The worst things of Christ—his reproaches, his cross —are better than
men.
The General Secretary was selected Egypt's treasures.
as teacher for the present. The class
Little obediences lead into great ones.
meets in the parlor every Monday evenThe duties of home are a discipline
ing at seven o'clock for one hour. A lor the ministries of heaven.
cordial invitation is extended to any
To trust in means is to neglect God;
young man to join.
to neglect means is to tempt God.
Tne second week in Nov. from the 9th
When we run after Christ, he doth
to the 15th inclusive, is the regularlynot
run from us; yet many times when
appointed time for prayer for Young
Men's Christian Associations in all lands. we run from him, he runs after us.
Happiness is neither within us or
Let our members and Christian friends
bear the fact in mind, and prepare to without us ; it is the union of ourselves
join with this earth-encircling company with God.—Pascal.
.
�THE FRIEND.
Cost at Kamehameha School.
The public as well as the patrons of
will doubtless be
interested to learn what it costs to educate a boy in this school, and how small
a share of this cost, comparatively, is
met by the parents or guardians of pupils. Let us consider what this training comprises. It comprises, first of
all, class-room instruction covering the
whole range of common English
branches. Again, it comprises shopwork instruction according to most approved methods of manual training. It
comprises, also, by training in industrious habits, whereby each boy in school
has regular employment for a set time
each day. It comprises, likewise, a
training in orderly and systematic
methods in the care of clothing, dormitories, and general appearance of buildings. It comprises a wholesome physical development as to food, which is
abundant and of good quality, as to exercise which is regular, and as to facilities and regulations bearing on cleanliness. It moreover comprises a patient
and watchful training in morals and
manners which seeks to impart strength
of character and to purify and invigorate
the heart with high thoughts and worthy
motives.
But it is a large sum, when it is considered that this amount is given outright toward the expenses of each and
every boy attending Kamehameha
School. The sum of $40 paid by each
pupil per year does not pay for his food.
It amounts, in a school year of forty
weeks, to a charge of one dollar per
week for food, which is a small rate,
when it is considered, that a boy's expenses at home for food would be quite
as much if not more. In other words,
a boy in Kamehameha School, paying
one dollar a week, is given a pleasant
room by himself, comfortably furnished;
abundant and wholesome food, nicely
served ; shop-work that gives him
manual skill and preparation for earning
his living ; class-room instruction that is
carefully followed up in the shops and
on the play-ground ; and a general physical, intellectual, and moral training
that any boy might well be grateful for.
Or to put it another way, it costs $170
per year to educate a boy in Kamehameha School, of which sum the boy
only pays a little less than one-fourth,
and the School a little more than three-
Kamehameha School
fourths.
The type of training calls for men and
women who must be resident on the
premises snd whose kindly bearing and
influence shall be always salutary and
helpful. It requires an expenditure for
material in the conduct of the workshops which naturally adds to the cost
of the training given. In numberless
ways, this attempt to train Hawaiian
boys all around, calls for an outlay in
dollars and cents that the simpler routine of ordinary boarding schools does
not require.— Handicraft.
THhL
oneuli owlands.
The new Ewa Plantation is located
upon a gently sloping plain which lies
eastward of the S. W. end of the Waianae mountain ridge. This sloping
plain extends from the base of the mountain to the edge of the great coral flat
which is some three miles wide to the
sea. The plain itself is about two miles
wide from mountain to coral at its eastern end, lessening to half a mile in
width at its western end, and contains
about 2500 acres of excellent arable land,
below an elevation of 150 feet. Beyond
the mountain point, the Plantation hold
a large additional tract of similar land.
A field of seventy-five acres planted
with cane for seed has demonstrated the
soil on this slope to possess an extraordinary fertility. Most persons have
supposed this plain to have been the result of the alluvial washings from the adjacent mountain, whose many ravines
still discharge the water of storms upon
the plain. An attentive observation,
however, discloses the fact that the plain
is not to any extent, the product of alluvial deposit. It is the product of a
succession of vast showers of volcanic
ashes and cinders ejected at different
times from neighboring cinder-cones.
Of such cinder or tufa-cones, there are
three large, and two small ones, in a
line of four miles along or slightly above
the southern base of the Waianae range.
It is owing to the enormous masses of
ejectamenta of these cones that this end
of the mountain lies in rounded slopes,
instead of sharp weather worn ridges,
like the rest of the range.
The same showers of volcanic ejectamenta, falling upon the coral reefs, built
up the Honouliuli sloping plain, highest,
nearest to the mountain, whence the
cinders were exploded far aloft to cover
all the adjacent country. An inspection
of the bluff's near the pumping station
discloses the structure of the upland to
be in successive strata of somewhat ancient volcanic ejecta, composed of tufa,
decomposed cinders, and boulders of all
sizes, often cemented together. These
boulders and pebbles were evidently torn
off the sides of the eruptive fissures,
rounded by the furnace heat and grinding collision in which they were hurled
aloft, and then cemented in the boiling
tufa mud with which they fell. Scattered over all parts of the plain are
roundtd boulders of all sizes, showing
marks of igneous action later than their
original solidification. These are evidently "volcanic bombs" ejected from
the cinder-cones. The greater part of
the last showers which covered the surface must have been composed of the
finer cinders or ashes, which in their decomposition, formed the deep rich soil
of the whole surface of this plain.
It is well known in all volcanic countries, that volcanic ashes and cinders
after exposure to air and moisture, dc-
compose into soil of the richest sort,
abounding in potash and phosphates.
Such appears to be the soil of Honouliuli. Over one-half of the 650 acres prepared for first crop is already planted.
A noble river from the great pump of
the artesian wells is watering it. In a
few months, the actual richness of the
soil will be determined by the growth of
the cane. This tract is, meantime, a favorite resort of visitors by Railway.
Haleakala.
Oh ! "House of the Sun," towering far into
heaven,
Long years have swept by
since I saw thy dark
sides,
And scaled thy wild steeps, all splintered and
riven
Into gloomy ravines by the lava's red tides.
In ages gone by, when the fuse early flashing
Of light on this globe shed its earliest beams.
Deep down in your heart, were the crimson
tides dashing,
And surging and foaming in lurid red streams.
The wide arch above you is hid by the streaming
Of sulphurous clouds which to heaven aspire
Flashing blood-red in the wild fitful gleaming,
Of flames from the pit of ineffable fire.
;
Flames of Gehenna are leaping and playing,
Above the red lips of the feculent flood.
The reeling earth under it, surging and swaying,
O'er its broad bosom run rivers like blood.
Fiercely the flaming flood plunging and roaring,
In hot, hissing torrents envelops the steeps,
Deep down in the valleys, the lurid stream pouring,
Hushes far into the crystalline deeps.
;
The fury and rage of the fire-fiend expended
No more on thy bosom red rivers shall run,
Thy crater at rest —"now the black strife is end-
ed"-,
Lies stricken and dead, in the light of the sun.
At rest now forever, and peacefully sleeping,
'Neath the soft, mellow light of a tropical sky;
O'er fathomless chasms the wild goats are leap-
ing,
'Mid ghostly processions of clouds sweeping by.
Around thy steep slopes wave the palm tree's
green tresses—
A tinkling of streams in the valley's deep shades.
We loiter knee-deep in the cool wildernesses,
'Mong arching tree-ferns in ever-green glades.
The wind sweeping over the fern-clad passes.
Hums a jubilant song in the shadowy lanes.
Where once was a desert, now long waving
grasses,
And wide-reaching fields of the succulent canes.
Oh
House
!heaven,
of the Sun," towering far into
Though never again thy sleep slopes I may see,
Yet often in daydreams to me it is given,
To dream over the past, with sweet visions of
thee.
Chaeles 11. Ewaet.
Dalbeattie, Scotland, 13th Sept. 1890.
P. C. Adrtrtiur.
—
I have no theory of the atonement—
no mere philosophy of it—no narrow
sectarian conception. I only feel that I
need it all. I have sinned enough to
need the whole cross. No fine characters in history can help me. My case
goes utterly beyond the reach of mere
ethical example, how sublime so ever it
may be. I need my Saviour. > I need
his preftious blood.—Dr. for. Parker.
�THE FRIEND.
A Woman in It.
en.ry rady.
WHG
Doctor Lee, in his sketch of the late
lamented Henry W. Grady, has this
passage:
His next notable speech was in his
own city. An awful curse, the liquor
traffic, had been prohibited by law in
Fulton county. Two years of peace
and prosperity had come as the result.
More coal was sold to warm the poor;
more hats and bonnets were sold to
gladden the wives and children of working men; more furniture was sold to
make comfortable the homes; more worshippers were in church; more children
were in the school; fewer inmates were
in the poor house; fewer criminals were
in jail and lock-up; fewer men were sent
to the penitentiary. Most of all that
was real and good, and useful was in
But
Atlanta, because of prohibition.
love of gain led those whose business
had been the destruction of love, and the
ruin of men, to call another election with
the hope of again inaugurating the awful
work. With all his might and enthusiasm he threw himself into the opposition. His friends were on both sides of
the conflict, but he had a conception of
a city redeemed and moving to
wealth, without the blood-money of the
weak. This conception he desired to
see abidingly realized in the city of his
love, a perpetual benediction. The conflict was raging, the parties were massed
and strictly defined; meetings and processions were held, first by one, and then
by the other side. On a certain night
it was announced that Mr. Grady would
speak for prohibition; six thousand people assembled to hear him. Such a
speech on prohibition, measured by the
enthusiasm it awakened and the applause it called forth, has seldom been
delivered on this earth. He said just
before he died that his work in this campaign he desired to be known as what
he regarded as the best in his life.
T B. CASTLE,
The Supervisors of McLean county,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Illinois, instructed their representatives
Cartwright Building, Merchant Stret-t,
Officii—
in Legislature to vote for submitting the
Honolulu, H. I.
prohibitory amendment. As this county feb-iy
of
contains filoomington, the stronghold
the liquor party, much surprise was exB. WELLS,
pressed at this action. It now appears
that the procuring cause was that Mrs. WHOLESALE GROCER AND PROVISION
DEALER AND
G. H. Reed, state superintendent of
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
press work sent them a leaflet, "Does it
42 (,)ucen Street, Honolulu. H. I.
Coal
Pay?" giving a few facts for tax-payers. As-tin—San Juse Fruit Placing Co.; Paufic Bone feb-y
These facts showed the cost to the coun- and Fertilizing Co.
ty of pauperism, from fifty to seventyfive cent of it caused by liquor; the police CJ HIPPING & NAVY CONTRACTOR
reports showing nearly 400 arrests for
being drunk and disorderly, the jail exJOSEPH TINKER,
penses; Judge Tipton's testimony that
Butcher,
out of 200 persons sent by him to the Family and Shipping
from
that
160
comNuuanu
Street.
penitentiary
county,
CITY M ARKK'I
mitted the crimes for which they were All orders delivered with quick dispatch and at reasonsent through liquor; the fact that the able rates. Vegetables fresh every morning.
janB7yr
coroner had held 152 inquests during his Telephone 289, both Companies.
term, less than six years; that 200 divorce
bills had been filed in their courts during
LUCAS,
the past five years, a large proportion pFORGE
both of the deaths and the divorces,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
being traceable to liquor. She also
stated that for twenty years Bloomington has had high license. These facts
MILL,
seemed to impress the supervisors sufficiently to lead to their action.— The
ESPLANADE, HONOLULU, H. L
Home Guardian.
p
,
HONOLULU STEAM PLANING
Be not slow in common and usual
acts of devotion and quick at singularities ; but, having first dune what thou
art bound to do, proceed to the extra-
Matinfart urcr of allkinds of Mould in gS. Brackets,Window
Frames, Blinds, Sashes, hours, and all kinds of Woodwork
Finish. Turning, Scroll ami Hand Sawing. All kinds of
Planing, Smwing, Morticing and Tenanting. Orders promptly attended to, ami work (iuaranteed. Orders from the
other Islands solicited.
janB7yr
JOHN
NOTT,
ordinaries of religion as you see cause.
"To know the Lord." That is a bold
SHEET IRON
aim for my finite soul, and yet my soul TIN, COPPER AND
(las Fitter, etc.
Worker,
Plumlwr,
less.
It
nothing
be
satisfied
with
will
is not by searching thou canst find out Stoves and Ranges of all kinds, Plan.hers' Stock and
Metals, House Furnishing Good*, Chandeliers,
God, it is by following him.
Lamps, Etc.
After you have weighed your neighbor anS7yr
Kaahumanu St., Honolulu.
in the balance, drop a nickel of fairness
into the slot of self-examination, and
ascertain your own moral avoirdupois. TITM. G. IRWIN & CO.,
Consider that as none have so little
fort street, honolulu.
When Christ said to the twelve, but they have great cause to bless God,
"Come ye into a desert place and rest a so none have so much as to have the Sugar Factors & Commission Agents.
while," he was inviting them to a va- least cause to boast before God.
Agents for the
cation in the country. They had been
living through an exciting time, and
Send a sweet breeze from thy Sea, O Oceanic Steamship Comp'y.
needed rest. And our summer vacations Lord,
jatttfyr
will be all the more restful, if the Lord
From Thy deep, deep sea of love ;
with
us.
Jesus goes
Though it lift not the veil from the
ANNUAL
If you cannot say a good word for cloudy height,
YOB 1000.
Let the brow grow cool, and the footyour neighbor, mention not his name
in your family. Associate with the step light,
Thi« publication, now in its sixteenth
year, has proved itself a reliable handAs it comes with holy and soothing
good, and your family will follow you.
book of reference on matters Hawaiian;
Seek to raiBe the fallen, rather than to might,
conveying an accurate knowledge of the
lower your standard of morals.
Like the wing of snowy dove.
commercial, agricultural, political and
Frances Ridley Haver gal.
social progress of the islands.
Show me ten square miles of territory
Orders from abroad or from the other
on this globe which are not Christian,
islands attended to with promptness.
and on which the life of man and the "REAVER SALOON,
Prick—to Postal Union Countries fx>
honor of woman are safe, and I will give
cts. each, which can be remilteo by Money
NOLTE,
H. J.
Proprietor,
Order. Price to any part of these islands
Christianity up.—Matthew Arnold.
50 cents each.
If we be God's children and heading TEMPERANCE COFFEE HOUSE,
Back numbers to 1875 can be had, extowards heaven, the storms of life will
cepting for the years 1879 an<" "882.
Fort Street, Honolulu.
us
into
harthe sooner
the
Address:
THOS. G. THRUM,
only chase
Best Quality of
rs. Cigarettes, Tobacco, Smokers' Ar-
HAWAIIAN
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always on hand.
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THE FRIEND.
HONOLULU, H. 1., DECEMBER, 1890.
Volume 48.
K. CASTLE,
TfTM.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
iieM to Poll
M< a lunt St.,
invented,
pHARI.KS
pASTI.E ft
MANAGER'S NOTICE.
Office.
Tru>t
11 l-jin_->- carefully
jnnB7yr
L CARTER,
The FRIEND is devoted to the moral and
religious interests of Hawaii, and is published on the fust of every month. It will
be sent post paid for one year on receipt of
$2.00.
NUMKKR 12-
87
COOKK,
HAROWARB,
Shipping anil Commission Merchants
Islanders residing or traveling abroad
janB9 often refer to the welcome feeling with
X.i. 11 Kaahiinianii StVMt,
DEALERS IN
which Tin-'. Fkii'.nd is receiv.d: hence
T M. WIIITNKY, M. D„ ft I>. S.
parties having friends, relatives, or acquaintances abroad, can find nothing more
DENTAL ROOMS ON FORT ST., welcome to send than Thk PwBND, as
Office i?. Brmr1! Block, corner Hold stad Fort Streets. a monthly remembrancer of their aloha,
janKyyr
Entrance, Hotel Stranft.
and furnish them at the same time with
the only record of moral and religious PLANTATION \<;KNTS,
mHOS. G. THRUM,
progress in the North Pacific Ocean.
1.11-'K, FIRE AND MARINE
STATIONER, BOOKSELLER AND In this one claim only /his journal is entiINSURANCE AGENTS.
tled to the largest support possible by the
NEWS AGENT.
Missionary
and
Philanoj
Samen.
friends
I I< Mlol ill 11, 1 1. I.
thropic Work in the Pacific, for it occupies
PublitsW of the Hawaiian Aumanac and Annual,
a central position in a field that is attractDcater in Fin* Stationery, Books, Music, Toy*
and lam y iooda\
ing the attention of the world more and
Tp O. HALI. & SON, (Limited)
Street, near Hotel Street, .... J [on. .lulil. more every rear.
I oft
julBByr
The Monthly Record of Events, and
1MI'OK M-:KS
UKAI.KNS |\
Marine yoitriml, etc.. gives Thk FRIEND
T) F. EHLERS ft CO.,
additional value to liome and foreign
DRY GOODS IMPORTERS, readers for handy reference.
New subscriptions, change of address, or
run Street, Honolulu.
43r All the latest Novelties in Fancy Goods Received by notice of discontinuance of subscriptions or
HARDWARE
janbg
every Steamer.
advertisements mnst be sent to the MANAGER
Attorn ky
,\
i LAW
ami Notary
PUBLIC.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
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AM)
SHIP CHANDLERY,
ef The Friend, who will give the same AND GENARAL MERCHANDISE.
H. DAVIES& CO.,
THEO.
kaahumanu Street, Honolulu
General ef Commission Agents
AGSNTS
LloytU,
KOK
Foreign Marine Insurance Co.
Northern Assurance Company (Lire and Lift.)
"I'iuneer" Line Packet-, Liverpool to Hm.olulu.
Liverpool Office, Nos. 41 ami 4* The) Albany.
prompt attention. A simple return of the
paper without instruction, conveys no intelligible notice whatever of the sender's intent.
BritUh anil
P
A.
SCHAEFER &
Punahou Preparatory School,
IMPORTERS
llllTWlll
Stationer
25
to
and
J. 11. SOl'l K.
News Dealer.
Merchant Street, Honolulu, H. I.
Suhxriptionsreceived Air any Paper or Magazine publushed. Special order*received tor any ltook> published.
janB7yr.
TJOPP & CO.,
No 74 King Street,
IMPORTERS ft MANUFACTURERS OK
FURNITURE and UPHOLSTERY.
Chairs to Rent.
r eb7 8
THRUM, Ilusiness Manager.
AND
CO.,
mHK HAWAIIAN NEWS COMPANY,
(',.
OAHU COLLEGE
janB7yr
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
THUS.
.
t
at
Jan.
12,
GENERAL MERCANTILE
COMMISSION AGENTS,
1891
Oahu College is OooattHtsd
,
li.iiiistry and tViliuai Srienres.
ft*
-
Haas I, A.M., Anthers! (College lustra
sod Vncal Musk, and French.
Key. A. I).
menu,
BREWER ft CO., (Limited)
QsMM Street,
follows:
A*M., Amherst Cottage, PresiPW. I A. Ilosnitr,
Mental. nd Moral ft i. me.
Pnpf, A. B. Lyons, A..M 14.D., Williams College
dent
n
HONOLULU, H. I.
Second Term Opens
lln F.unity
janSqyr
Miss M. KUa Spooner. lit, lloiyoke Seminary and
Latin aid English Literature.
Mis- H. K. Custtakaax, A.M., Olierlin Collage (Jreek,
tlienutics
and Rhetoric.
M.
Prof. J. Q. Wood, A.M., Wesleyan University—
Mathematics and Fnglish.
These are all BOCCeasful teachers who have had experience in their respective departmeiit>.
I.ls
Honolulu, H. I.
i ok OFaTK KKS :
P. C. Jones Jr... President and Manager
Treasurer and Secretary
Joseph O. Carter
W. F. Allen,
Auditor
DJKKC'M'Ks :
Hon. CmaaX K. Bishop
S. C. Allen.
janB7yr
H. Waterhouse.
College
The Faculty at the li nahou Prep.ira.tory School w II
consist of ihe following well known successful teachers:
Miss M. Brewer, Principal Ist and Ind Grades.
Miss H. M. Sorenson—3d and 4th firasjrs.
Miss K. B, Snuw- >t!i and oih tirades.
Mis- Carrie GUsnan -7th and Bth Gradss,
Mi s If. B. Fanning—Kindergarten.
The Boarding Department will be managed as heretofore, and the Trustees are confident that it offers
better privileges as a school-home than can be obtained
elsewhere for the same money.
It is desired that early application should be made
for all intending to enter either school.
n
E. WILLIAMS,
Importer, Manufacturer, Upholsterer and
Dealer in all kinds of Furniture.
Furniture Warerooms in New Fireproof Building.
Nos.
in
Fort Street and 66 Hotel Streets.
Agency Detroit Safe Co. Feather, Hair, Hay and Eureka
Mattressesand Pillows, and Spring Mattresses on hand and
madeto order. Pianos and Sewing Machines always on
hand and for sale or rent. Best Violin and Guitar Strings
and all kinds of Musical Instruments sale for as cheap as
the cheapest
janSjyr.
�co.,
■nisHOi' &
TTOLLISTER k
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THE FRIEND.
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO.,
CO.,
(Limited.)
BANKERS,
Steamer
Hawaiian Islands.
Honolulu,
Draws Kxchangc on
I.OKENZKN
The Bank of California, San Francisco
And their t\nents In
Paris,
New York,
Boston,
Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons, London, Frank fort-onthe-Main.
The Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, London.
The Commeii ial Banking ('a of Sydney, Sydney,
The Banking of Nen Zealand, Auckland and its
Branches in Christ*hurcli, Dunedin end Wellington
The Bank Oaf British Columbia, Portland, Oregon.
The Acores and Madeira Islands.
Stockholm, Sweden.
The Chartered Mank of London, Australia and China,
Hongkong, Yokohama, Japan and
Weekly
WHOLESALER RETAIL DEALERS
IN
Drugs, Chemicals,
E R S,
Draw Exchange on the principal parts of the «< rid, ami
(ainrryr,
transact a General Banking Buwneee.
HARDWARE
PACIFIC
Dillingham
&
Co.
ami
,
W.
Ginger Ale and Aerated Wale is.
CO.,
Samurl
Commander
Steamer "HA JI'AII,"
NYE
Commmnd t
Weekly trips to Iltmiakua, Hawaii.
Steamer" MOKO III,"
MANUFACTURERS 01
Hawaiian Islands.
Honolulu,
Steamer " 1./KEIIKE,"
DAYIF.S
TOILET ARTICLES;
SI'RF.CKKI.S & CO.,
N X
Commander
\Vayl\iit-.
ii.ni:.
McGREGQR
Weekly Trip* tor Cm uit of M..!. .U.ii and Lahuna.
kaAyyr.
BA
I ri|>s for Mil,, and
Weekly Trips for Kahulni ai.d liana.
Transact a General Banking Business.
pLAUS
" KINAU,"
t
.
" KILAUEA
AMI
Steamer
HOU,"
"I.EHUA,"
Steamer
I'm Porta -ii Hamakua C< ait.
S. B. ROSE,
WILDER, Prerideot.
hianSrvrl
Secretary
DAIRY & STOCK
WOODLAWN
COMPANY,
NO. 109 1 ORT STREET,
Nott.
IMPORTERS,
MILK, CREAM,
AND I.INK
j'oSrv
Hanolulu, 11.
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1
Fort Street, Honolulu.
HARDWARE,
IT E. McINTYRE & BROS.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Importer* and 1Valers in
House Furnishing Goods,
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AND FEED.
Silver Plated Ware,
Cutlery, Chandeliers,
Streeu.
I .i.i > irner of Fort and
-
BUTTER,
STOCK.
n ERMANIA MARKET,
-
Proprietor,
GEO. M. RAUPP, •
Beef. Mutton, Vasal, Fresh Sausages,
Pork, etc., constantly on hand.
Shipping Supplied*"on .Short Notice.
K,.rt Street, im :i'-i orncr < f 11. ul. telephone No. m.
LANTERNS, New Goods Received by Every
VarnUH. GERTZ,
Packet from the Eastern
States and Europe.
IMPORTER AM) DEALER IN
Kerosene Oil of the bed Q ality. FRESH CALIFORNIA PRODUCE GENT'S, LADIES'* CHILDREN'S
j;m8 yr
LAMPS,
Taints, Taint Oil, Turpentine,
nishes,
,
7
A
1.. SMITH,
LAVA SPECIMENS, PLATEDWARE,
King's loinbination Spectacles, td.issv.au, Sewing Ma
chines, Picture Frames, vases, Brai kets, etc., etc. I em is
jan«7>r
Strictly Cash. 83 Tort Street, Honolulu.
EWERS &
COOKK,
Office—B2 Fort St. Yard
J.
cm. Kiiil; ami Merchant Sts,
t'nAs. M. Cooke.
Lowrbv,
janB7yr
TT HACKFKLDaS: CO.,
Corner Queen and Port Streets,
janB7yr
THE
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Honolulu.
ELITE ICE CREAM TARLORS
No.
85 Hotel Street, Honolulu, H. I.
Delicious Ice Creams, Cakesand Candies.
£7Familibs, Balis and
jenSo
HUSTACE,
Weihjincs
Simuku. Tfc*
HART & CO.
No.
SLIPPERS,'
Foi t Street, Honolulu, 11. I.
.
T T. SVATERHOUSE,
»J
Imporui of
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
ENGLISH \ AMERICAN MERCHANDISE,
No. i 13 Kin,' M.vet, (W'a\- ).!..< k),
CROCKERY HARDWARE.
Honolulu.
janSo
i mSfjrr
Street,
Mticti:
Honolulu.
«
& CO..
TJONOLULU
I HONOLULU,
TEA DEALERS,
IRON WORKS CO.,
MANVPAI 1 I'RJ Ks
nl-
MACERATION TWO-ROLL MILLS,
offea R luten u I
with L.tei.t Automatic Fated.
PROVISION MERCHANTS.
Cleaning
Double and Tripplc Eflfc v, Vacuum Pans andFittings
oj
H;ms, Steam and Water ripes. Braes and Iron
I
'
New >oods recelt ed bj even ves**l from the United
Slates and Europe., California Produce received by every
Steamer,
janf7?r
Commission Merchants,
HOOTS, SHOES &
Ste imer.
NO. ol FORT STREE
Lumber and Building Material.
F.
\ Ever)
HENRY MAY
Dealers in
Kohekt Li-whks,
!
HHARLES
Importer and 1 >ealer in
T
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al! deMriptionii, etc
an
7 vr
BAGGAGE EXPRESS
THK
SANDERS'
(M. N. Sanders, Proprietor.)
Yutt will alwa} ■ tint! on yuur tirrival
Ready to Deliver Freightand Baggage of Every Description
With Promptness and Despatch.
Office, 81 King Street.
Jiuth Telephones, No. 86
jf^yResidence 118 Nuuanu Street.
mono]
ti.L IRON WORKS CO.
POPULAR M I M.I NER V
HOUSE.
1114 Fort Street, Honolulu,
N. S. SACHS,
H. I.
Proprietor.
Direct Importer of
MILLINERY AND FANCY OOODS
Ladies' and Gent'sFurnishing Goods
janrB7yr.
�The Friend.
HONOLULU, H. 1., DECEMBER, 1890.
Volume 48.
The 'ckiend is published the hrst day oi" each month, at
Honolulu, H L Subscription rate Two Dollars j-kr
VKAR INVAKIAHLY IN ADVANfK.
All communications and letters connected with the literary
department of the paper, Books and Magazines for Review and Exchanges should be addressed "Rtv. S. E.
Bishop, Honolulu, H. I."
Business letters should be addressed "T. G. Titßt m,
Honolulu, H. I.
Editor.
S. E. BISHOP,
CONTENTS.
1
I'AtiK
89
89
90-91
92
W
A Hay of Prayer for the Lepers
Thanksgiving
ln Hire! Land
The Work of the Legislature
Dr. Beckwith's Sermon on Leprosy
Hon. H. F. Baldwin
Remedies for Leprosy
Nob Hill
Pearl City Lois
Minithly Records of Events
Marine Juunrit, Etc
Hawaiian Board
Y. SI.C. A
Our Work amont. the Japanese""
Our Schools
Selections
_
«98
f*
»S
93-94
94
06
96
t
(.over
A Day ofPrayer for the Lepers.
Sunday, November 16th, was the King's
birthday. By his official proclamation, it
was observed in all places of worship to
God throughout the kingdom as a day of
prayer and supplication in behalf of the
lepers, and for relief to the nation from
the scourge.
This is a most worthy act of the King,
and one that will be remembered in his
favor. Leprosy, we think, is far from being the most serious evil with which the
Hawaiian people are afflicted.
But on
account of the stringent measures of segregation employed by the government to
remove it, it is the evil which the natives
feel the most painfully of any. It is a
worthy act to direct the minds of the people towards the Living God as the One
who can help them in their distress—
towards their Father in Heaven as the
One who desires to heal them. It is in
every way good to teach the people to call
upon the Lord their God. They may
pray ignorantly —inefficiently—without intelligent understanding of the conditions
of God's help. But it can never be
amiss,—it is always the road to light and
right action: first of all seek God in our
troubles. So seeking, they may be led to
inquire seriously what He would have
them do to remove the scourge. It can
never be useless to pray for help with all
one's heart, even though the way to relief
may be hidden by one's own blindness.
We trust that on that day, and since then,
a great deal of urgent and fruitful supplication has been offered by the people.
May it also be, that the King be himself
led to devout prayer for his people and
for his own soul.
We attended the union services at Kawaiahao church, where the Royal party
were present. The sermon was by Pastor
Waiamau of Kaumakapili church. We
noted with satisfaction, that he enforced
upon the people their duly of diligently
co-operating with the government in the
work of segregating the lepers. By many
of the people such teaching is likely to be
ill received, and Mr. Waiamau's boldness
calls for praise. Would that all the pastors would do their duty with courage with
respect to this and some other unpopular
hut urgently needed instruction.
We also observe with pleasure in the
King's proclamation, that prayer is asked
for patient submission on the part of the
lepers to the restrictions under which they
are placed. Such a spirit is greatly needed among them, and among those still
subject to arrest on account of the malady.
The recent murder by a leper in Kona of
the officer who was attempting to arrest
him is fresh in the public recollection, as
well as many incendiary exhortations to
such resistance in a certain newspaper.
The Royal proclamation expresses the opposite spirit.
By the Royal order, a series of five
printed prayers have been put into general
circulation among the natives, manifestly
in order to guide them in their petition on
this subject. They are for God's Mercy
upon this Nation; for the Discovery of a
Medical Remedy for this Disease; for the
Forgiveness of the Sins of the Nation; for
Patient Endurance; and for Humble Dependence upon God. They breathe a
most devout spirit, are most appropriate
in form, are enriched with Scripture precedents, and evidently the work of a competent hand. We wish that the English
original of these prayers might have been
published, as the Hawaiian evidently fails
in some places to convey the precise form
of thought, and as the English-speaking
population might be edified and profitablyguided by these forms.
The composer's work seems to us, however, to be chargeable with one serious
omission, for which he may possibly have
conceived a good reason to exist. There
is lacking perhaps the most essential, at
Number 12.
89
any rate, the most
practical, petition of all
that could be offered in bebalf of a people
afflicted with the disease of Leprosy. We
believe that Ood should especially be implored to impart to the Hawaiian people
a mind faithfully to employ the one great
Remedy for leprosy which He has set before them in the statutes of Moses, and
which medical science also enjoins, namely, strict segregation.
Nothing is more certain than that the
terrible ravages of this disease among the
natives are wholly owing to their entire
neglect to separate the diseased persons
from their household life. We are personally familiar with numberless instances
tif the most shocking disregard of such
precautions. Now how ill-directed—how
ineffectual, must be petitions to God for
deliverance from a disease while neglecting the must obvious precautions against
it. As well ask God to stay a pestilence
of typhoid or of diphtheria, while you leave
your vaults and cesspools in communication with your water supply; or to deliver
you from small-pox, while you neglect vaccination. It would seem as if such praying came under the condemnation of the
prayers denounced by Isaiah (1:10-17).
What the Hawaiian people most need in
this matter, and what the Lord should be
most
urgently importuned to give them,
seems to us to be a spirit of hearty cooperation with, and submission to, the
efforts of the Hoard of Health for the entire isolation of the Lepers from the rest
of the community. Why was so important
a petition omitted?
Thanksgiving Day came and went with
its customary religious and hausehold observances. Among our many causes of
thankfulness, is especially to be noted our
substantial relief from the political disquiet
which during the past year and a half, has
Must we not
at times been very serious.
it
is
none
other
than
the good
feel that
that
has so
of
the
God
hand
gracious
our
favored
past
kingdom
steadily guided
the rocks that menaced it ? He has moved the hearts and minds of men to wise
and patriotic action when they seemed
lending to other courses.
For the lesser, yet very important mercies of material prosperity and progress,
the past we believe to have been the most
favored year in the history ofthese islands.
And we rejoice to believe that in no preceding year have the hearts of good men
been so much incited to show their gratitude by liberal gifts to works of beneficence,
of religion, and of education.
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THE FRIEND.
Decmbr, 1890.
IN BIRD LAND.
safely stored in their portmanteaus. water level, except on the south-east
Curious things too they bring home for coast when there is a rampart of sandPart of the Journal of a Visit to Laysan the young ones. The ground in the stone rising ten feet or more perpendicuIsland.
vicinity of their nests is quite thickly larly from the water. The rock is all a
By Prof. A. B. Lyons,
From the Maile Wieath.
strewn with fragments of pumice stone shell sandstone containing a very little
July 16th. Here we are at Laysan which must have been picked up floating coral, and even on the reefs little living
Island we have brought the schooner in the ocean, and brought home probab- coral is to be seen. The soil of the islly to serve the same purpose as the cut- and consists of a peculiar kind of white
tle bone we put into canary bird cages. sand, made up partly of fragments of
Bits of charcoal seem also to be regard- sea shells, but largely of bits of egg
ed as suitable for tokens of affection, shells and the bones of sea birds.
and other objects found floating in the
While the Captain and the crew were
sea, such as walnuts, bits of resin or bringing the schooner to her present
we were in reality only twenty miles amber, etc.
moorings, inside the reef, I went with
When the old bird returns from a my Kodak to explore the island a little.
from the island. The land lies so low
that it can be seen from the deck of a foraging expedition, she greets her off- I followed the beach a short distance,
spring in a manner that reminds one of looking for sea shells, but found very few
vessel only a few miles.
We were sure that our schooner was the old Hawaiian custom of rubbing perfect specimens, and those of species
watched for impatiently by the two men noses. The touching of beaks, however, not remarkable for their beauty or rarity.
who were left in February to hold pos- has for the birds an esoteric significance
Numerous turtles lay basking in the
session of the island. As we approach- as presently appears. After the first sun on the sand just above thethe water
ed we could see that the men were still salutations are over, the young bird be- line. There was a huge sea lion also
there, but they only stood near their lit- gins to coax for something to eat. It lying comfortably on itsback with folded
tle cabin watching us, without offering will open its beak suggestively, some- arms, fast asleep. I caught with my
to come off and meet us, whence we times uttering at the same time its pip- Kodak its expression of amazement as
concluded that their boat was lost or ing plaintive "peep,'' which says' as it lifted its head on my approach. Its
disabled. A rough looking pair indeed, plainly as can be, "please.'' The mother contortions of body as it endeavored in
we found them when we landed—a veri- will only shake her head as much as to an agony of haste to regain the sea have
table Robinson Crusoe and his man Fri- say "no, my child," just for the pleasure, left in memory a vivid photograph which
day, only rather more decently clad. it would seem, of seeing the young one brings fresh amusement whenever I
They were quite beside themselves, with beg. In fact I suppose it is because it recall it.
Along the shore, there were standing
excitement at the sight of new faces,and takes some time for her to unlock her
the opportunity to hear from the great portmanteau. At last she seems to re- a number of white "boobies," apparentworld, from which they have so long lent and allows the young bird to insert ly absorbed in contemplation. I did
its beak between her open mandibles, not pay any especial attention to them
been cut off.
We, on our part, were eager to stretch and presently there is a transfer of prop- until I saw a frigate bird swoop down
our limbs a little after six days of close erty to the evident gratification of the on one of them as if he meant to carry
confinement. There was nothing in- infant bird. The infant it must be un- him off. The booby, startled from his
deed, particularly inviting in the land derstood, is at this season nearly as reverie, made loud remonstrance after
itself. A beach of white shell sand, a large as-its parent, and has exchanged the manner of his kind. The frigate
steep bank, also of sand, with little veg- its long clothes of dark gray down for a bird sailed off, but only to renew the
etation,—beyond a strip of nearly level more snug and serviceable white suit assault, provoking another ear-splitting
land scantily covered with coarse bunch like that of the adult.
This was repeated three or
outcry.
In the center of the island near the four times. It seemed as though the
grass and low shrubberry,—that was all
we could see as we approached the lagoon, there are bare spaces where the frigate bird was doing it simply to amuse
shore. Not quite all, for there rests gonies make their nests, and where even himself with the senseless squawking of
over.the land perpetually a cloud of sea now hundreds of young birds remain the booby; but presently the real object
fowl, and these you can see at a glance prisoners (although the surrounding of the attack came apparent, for the
hold undisputed possession of the island. shrubbery which makes their prison wall booby at last decided that he must take
Along the beach stand in erect ex- is seldom more than two feet high) until refuge from his tormentor in flight, but
pectant attitude -groups or lines of young they shall have gained the use of their before he could do that, he must relieve
gonies, full grown, but waiting for their wings. They pay little attention to you, himself of the load offish which he had
wings to gain strength before they ven- unless you come quite close to them. just brought home. That was all the
ture flight. Some are fanning the air Then they will snap their beaks sharply frigate bird wanted; of course, he approwith their wings, apparently purely for four or five times in rapid succession in priated at once to his own use the disexercise. Most of the adult birds, we a threatening sort of way, but seldom gorged fish.
The quantity of fish that a booby will
learn from Capt. Cook—the Robinson think of stepping aside to let you pass,
Crusoe of the island—left for parts un- still less of striking at you with their bring home is something incredible.
known about two months ago. The strong sharp beaks. Now and then, one Some of the fish disgorged must have
young ones who were strong enough of the old birds will decide that you are weighed a pound and a half; and were
went with them. The feeble and less an intruder that should be shown the certainly as long as the bird's body.
mature ones remained behind, in most door, and will make a run for you in her Sometimes there will be half a dozen or
cases evidently deserted by their parents, ungainly fashion, and unless you carry more fish, whose united weight would
and multitudes of them have perished of a stick to ward off the attack you are not fall short of two pounds.
The sand near the beach being deep
starvation. We found the carcasses likely to learn more than you care to
and loose, I took to the higher ground.
scattered everywhere, but it is remark- know about the bird's beak.
able that there is scarcely any odor of The island is quite small, barely two Here I found the land in possession of
mrles long by a mile and a quarter wide, a dense population of terns or "wide
putrefaction about them.
A few of the mother birds have re- of the familiar ring form, with a small awakes," beautiful, slender-bodied birds,
mained faithful to their maternal charge, closed lagoon. In its highest part the scarcely as large as a pigeon, plumage
and every now and then one comes in land may be as much as 55 or possibly glossy black and white. On the clean
from a fishing excursion. They seem to 40 feet above high tide mark. Although sand, one spot seemed to be as good as
come empty handed, but whatever treas- the island is surrounded with reefs, there another for a nest. Nearly every bird that
ures they have brought for their pets are is very little rock to be seen above the | started up from the ground as I passed
inside the reef underthe lea of the island,
and are lying in quiet water within two
hundred yards of the shore. The only
indication of land this morning at daybreak was the flocks ofsea birds which we
could see in every direction, although
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through their territory disclosed a single
egg, nearly as large as a pullet's egg,
mottled brown in color, over which it
had been brooding. There was no
semblance of a nest, and how the parent
bird was ever to recognize her individual
property, I could not make out. When
you looked closely, you would see lurking under the tufts of grass or the foliage
of the low shrubbery the young chicks,
who have learned that their safety dc
pends on such concealment. There are
always numbers of frigate birds, professional robbers and cut-throats, sailing
over head, watching for a stray Chick,
and woe to the one that is left even for
a moment without shelter.
The birds you have startled from their
nests follow you some little distance out
of curiosity, so that before you have advanced half a dozen rods you find yourself under a canopy that shelters you to
an appreciable extent from the scorching
effect of the sun's rays. The birds fly
low, often so that you might reach them
by stretching out the hand, and the
murmur of the myriad wings is like the
roaring of a'gale about you, while your
ears are deafened with the multitudinous
cries of the alarmed birds. The whole
crest of the sand ridge on both sides of
•the island is occupied by these birds
not exclusively, for the taller shrubbery
is everywhere pre-empted by frigate birds
and boobies, and there are also small
land birds that live principally at this
season of the year on the eggs of these
—
sea fowl.
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THE FRIEND.
Under the low shrubbery also the
tropic birds have their nests. Beautiful
white birds they are, with dark eyes and
straight tapering red beaks and with one
or two slender red feathers, a foot or
more long, in the tail. At present they
are absorbed in the occupation of incubating their eggs, few of which have
as yet hatched. They do not offer to
move when you approach their nests,
but they hold their beaks ready for service if you venture too near. However,
you may safely seize their ornamental
tail feather and pluck it out, eliciting
only a harsh squawk of remonstrance
from the bird, who will sometimes take
this insult as a hint that it is time to
leave.
Descending from the ridge into the
lagoon basin, I found myself in a region
of pitfalls. Without warning you find
the sand give way under your foot, and
you have an unpleasant sensation as of
stepping on a live kitten. You have
broken into the tunnel of a "mutton
bird," and unless you have injured it too
seriously, you will see the poor creature
presently extricating itself from the sand
in a demoralized condition. It is a bird
of dark slate color, approaching black,
rather larger than a pigeon, which it resembles in its smooth plumage and the
graceful curves of its head and body.
The egg—all these sea birds seem to
be content with a single egg—is pure
white, rather larger than a hen's egg,
more elongated and rounded equally at
both ends. They are considered verygood eating; when boiled, the white
never becomes very solid, a peculiarity
that is said to belong to the eggs of the
sea-fowl generally. When burrowing,
the mutton birds make lively play with
their feet; the sand will fly behind them
almost in a continuous stream.
I do not believe any other creature is
capable of giving vent to such lugubrious
groans as these same mutton birds. Coming from the ground under your feet,
these sepulchral sounds are peculiarly
blood-curdling, particulraly after night-
fall.
Near the lagoon, I came upon a small
flock of snowy terns which followed me
for some time hovering in the air just
over my head, and within arm's length.
They seem to find some fascination
about one's eye, for they will hover just
in front of you, peering up inquiringly
under your hat. They are not much
larger than a uiynah bird, but with much
larger wings, and slender little bodies—
the plumage of a lustrous, satin)- white,
eyes large, full and jet black. These
birds s.lect for a nest the most unlikely
place imaginable. They place their single
spotted egg, the size of a pigeon's egg,
on some narrow ledge of bare rock, or—
more preposterous still—on a log where
it requires to be held in place to prevent
it from rolling off. I am told that, while
the bird sits on its egg it is fed, like a
young bird, by its mate.
On the east side of the lagoon, I came
upon a rookery of frigate birds, or'•man
of-war hawks." as they are often called.
livery little shrub—there were few more
than three feet high—held from one to a
dozen nests, rude structures, mere platforms built of twigs and coarse grass.
The adult birds, as they sit perched on
the bushes, remind one strongly of
hawks or even of the nobler bird from
which they have taken their specific
name of "Aquila." The plumage is iridescent black; the beak, unlike the
eagle's, long and hooked only at the
point. When you approach, unless they
are asleep, or over-gorged with food, or
else devoted to the care of an egg or of
an unefldged birdling, they will spread
their great wings and flap lazily away,
the resemblance to an eagle suddenlygone. Once on the wing, however, the
bird needs resemble nothing but itself,
for its movement in flight are the embodiment of self poise and mastery. In
spite of its angular outline, the kite like
form of the bird is not without grace.
I have often watched single, birds floating almost motionless high in the air,
or darting with lightning-like speed after
the fish, which they have compelled
other birds to drop, but I never sawbefore as now hundreds of the birds in the
air at once.
My attention was, however, more particularly directed to the baby birds left
behind on the nests. It is hard to believe that these snow white balls of
swan's down can ever grow into the
semblance of one of those sombre, angular adult birds. They resemble the
parent now only in the beak, which,
massive and black as it is, is in striking
contrast with the rest of the creature's
make up. Some of them are as large as
a spring chicken. Comical creatures
enough they are. When undisturbed,
they will be sitting bolt upright on the
nest. On your approach, they will first
crouch and crane their necks toward
you, opening wide their great beaks as
if they meant to swallow you whole.
Then if you come closer, they will show
fight, striking at you viciously with their
sharp beaks. They are, for all the
world, like a lot of little children dressed
in their night gowns, aroused by some
unusual disturbance when they should
be fast asleep in bed.
The young boobies look almost exactly like the frigate birds, but they have
a straight, pointed beak, and red instead
of black eyes, and when you disturb
them, they squawk just as their parents
do. This impresses you very much as
it would to hear from a young child, apparelled like a prince, the language of
Billingsgate.
This must answer for the present for
bird stories. I have not even mentioned
the game birds, curlew, snipe, plover
and duck, or the little land birds, of
which there are several species, or the
very interesting red eyed wingless birds,
but time and space would fail, were I to
try to exhaust the subject. A rough calculation puts the bird population of the
island at about 800,000; it may reach
1,000,000. They have not yet learned
to fear man excessively, and are in fact
no more shy than barn door fowl, so that
it is very easy to study their habits.
The flora of the island I find interesting, although somewhat disappointing.
I gathered only twenty-one species of
flowering plants, nearly all of them HaThe
waiian or cosmopolitan plants.
seeds of most if not all of them have
floated to the island in sea-water.
Among them should be mentioned the
loulu palm, the maia pilo (caper) the
Koali (convolvulus) and a stunted species
of sandal-wood.
To-morrow we shall undertake a systematic examination of the deposits of
phosphate of lime which give a commercial importance to this little island.
They represent the bones of millions of
fish that have, age after age, supplied
food to birds innumerable.
[Subsequent entries in the Jog book
are taken up with details of the survey
and exploration of the island, of the continuation of the trip to Lisiansky, and of
the tedious return voyage of twenty-four
days.]
Outward polish and grace only make a
person's inward deformities seem the
blacker when they are discovered.
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THE FRIEND.
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A very objectionable and expensive
tendency was displayed in appropriating
The Legislature closed its Biennial large payments on very doubtful pleas
Session on Friday, Nov. 14th, having sat of equity, to parties whose claims had
twenty-eight weeks. We are most glad been rejected by the Reform government
The Work of the Legislature.
to report that in essential measures their and set aside by the courts.
But the
work has been substantially good, and people's pockets can stand a mere cash
that those grave apprehensions have loss, so long as our constitutional safebeen dispelled which necessarily grew guards are not impaired. Had Thursout of the pledges of support apparently ton & Co. allowed some of those claims,
given by the more conservative wing of and otherwise made things more comthe National Reform party to their Wil- fortable for people used to government
cox-Bush allies.
In our March issue we said, "the
majority of the party are unlikely to do
anything seriously endangering the important political results secured by the
Reform of 1887. They will not disturb
the present wholesome political system."
This view has been justified by the event.
The most vital issue made at this session was upon a constitutional amendment reducing the income and property
qualifications of voters for Nobles. The
taxable property limit was by general
consent, reduced from $3,000 to $1,000,
the latter sum being considered sufficient
to ensure thoughtful voting in its possessor. The real contest was over some
propositions to reduce the income qualification from $600 to $400 or $300, being
that of unskilled laborers. To. carry
this, Wilcox and Bush expended their
furious efforts with the populace, in
order to intimidate the legislators. In
the result, the income qualification of
$600 was maintained by a final vote of
31 to 5. One-half of our legislature will
continue to be chosen by the skilled
mechanics and people of some little standing or substance.
Although the late Reform Cabinet received unlimited denunciation, it is remarkable how fully have been agreed
upon the most of the important measures and appropriations recommended
by the late Ministers. Among these are
the continuation of the Volcano, Pali,
and Maalaea roads, and especially the
Thurston-Allardt plan for deepening the
Honolulu bar and harbor.
The Election system has been improved by adding the Secret ballot, which
failed to pass the last Reform House,
although supported by the Cabinet.
A rather harmless concession was
made to the native feeling by restoring
the offices of Governors of the islands,
although for two years their absence has
been found a very material advantage.
Their existence does no vital harm.
pap, they might have easily weathered
any opposition party likely to arise
against them. The depleted condition
in which they found the Treasury enforced a severe economy upon them from
the start.
The late legislation is the most obviously open to criticism in a somewhat reckless making of appropriations
for the biennial period vastly in excess
of any possible income. This devolves
upon the Cabinet the discretion of determining which of the authorized works
to carry out and which to postpone for
lack of funds, a degree of power not
meant to be given to them, and capable
of much abuse, as former experience
has proved.
We may say in conclusion that although a party in bitter opposition to
the Reform Cabinet, and leaguing themselves with the desperate enemies of Reform principles, held a small majority in
the legislature, nevertheless all the leading measures carried, were substantially
those of the Reform Party. The principles and policy of the grand Revolution
of JunelBB7, have been triumphantly
maintained. They stand. They will
continue to stand. As we wrote in
August, 1887, "this civilized kind of government has come to stay."
The United States Express Company
has issued peremptory orders to its agents
not to receive money, tickets or lists of
drawings from the Louisiana Lottery, or
in any way to assist in the transaction of
lottery business. It is very gratifying to
see a great agency thus voluntarily aiding
the Post Office in suppressing a public
nuisance. It is only a few years since a
healthy public sentiment defeated a powerfully supported attempt to establish a
branch (we believe) of the Louisiana Lottery in Honolulu, and to make this a great
center of distribution.
This infamous
system of gambling still enjoys state support in all Roman Catholic countries, but
withers under the higher morality of Protestantism.
Dr. Beckwith's Sermon on Leprosy.
Our excellent pastor made one of his
ablest efforts on the day of prayer for
Leprosy. We especially felt his appeal
for hopeful effort, to save the native people, and were glad to hear him denounce
*he kahunas and the idolatry and superstition which they teach as the worst
enemy of the people's life. We have
long felt assured that this is the breeding-nest of all the destructive vices of
the Hawaiian nation, and that the extirpation of the Kahunas would do more
to save the people than any other measure.
Not to go any deeper, it is a fact right
on the surface, that probably twice as
many persons are directly killed by Kahuna malpractice every year as die of
leprosy in the same period An illustration of their insane brutality is given in
the Kuokoa of Nov. 15th, telling of a
Kahuna in the rear of Kawaiahao Seminary, spitting down the throat of a little
child, in order to expel the demon that
made it sick. But the worst of this foul
superstition is the way in which the allegiance to malignant demons which it
inculcates, debases and corrupts both
heart and intellect, and incapacitates its
votaries for any virtuous or intelligent
activity. It debases them so as to be
incapable of taking a part in our wholesome civilized life, without doing which,
they must perish. It is of the Kahuna
disease more than any other that the
Hawaiian race are wasting away. Leprosy is a mere trifle to it.
Among the commendable acts of the
late session of the Legislature was their
squelching of the attempt to revive that
infamous "Hawaiian Board of Health,"
or board to license Kahunas, which was
created by the Legislature of 1886, and
destroyed by the revolution of '87.
Hon. Henry P. Baldwin.
We find it to be matter of common remark, that the quite satisfactory results of
the work of the late session of the Legislature were due in a very great degree to the
prudent and conciliatory influence of this
gentleman. Although not prominent as
an orator, or as an introducer of bills, yet
as a wise and friendly counsellor hehas been
looked up to by men ofall parties. While
not a politician, Mr Baldwin possesses in
a high degree the coveted gifts of a politician, of making friends and influencing
opponents by his good sense and kindly
disposition. For a long time he has stood
easily at the head of our ablest plantation
managers, no man ever more fairly earning
the large fortune which he has acquired
by brains and hard work. We may add
that he is one confidently looked to to lend
a hand to every good work.
Honor is like a palace with a low door,
He that strays far into the wilderness of
into the which man can enter, but he must worldly living, cannot creep back to the
lodge of safety just when he pleases.
first stoop.
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Remedies for Leprosy.
The Hawaiian Board of Health have
been at great expense in employing experts like Dr. Arning, and Dr. Lutz, to
study leprosy and its appropriate medical treatment. So far as we can learn,
no approximation has yet been made to
any method of curing leprosy. Probably
some valuable progress has been made
in methods of mitigating the disease, and
some patients have been to outward appearance restored to sound health, although in most cases we believe there is
good evidence that the taint is still in
the system. We believe that it is probably true that in some favored cases,
the vital vigor of the patient has spontaneously thrown off the malady.
A specific Remedy for leprosy may yet
be found. The wonderful recent triumphs
of Medical Science are calculated to encourage such a hope. On this ground
we would heartily commend the prayer
to God for the discovery of such remedy,
as mentioned in another column. Our
first thought was that such a boon was
scarcely to be expected, and that it would
be difficult to pray for it in earnest. But
the wonderful discoveries of Pasteur and
Koch seem plainly to point out the duty
of the most persistent effort to find the
remedy for leprosy also. And if such
effort is a duty, then humble and earnest
prayer for the success of such efforts is
also a duty.
Our hope in this matter has just been
stimulated—in ignorance, very likely—
by the wonderful report of Prof. Koch's
discovery of a remedy for tuberculosis.
It now seems probable that a bright
hope of cure is opened to the vast throng
of hitherto almost hopeless "consumptives." When such a miracle of healing has been accomplished by medical
science, it seems not unreasonable to
believe that there lies hidden somewhere
the remedy for leprosy also, awaiting the
efficient search of a master of healing.
Shall we not then have the boldness to
petition the gracious Lord of healing,
that He will inspire and direct such a
search to a successful issue?
We have enjoyed some interviews with
our old neighbor, Mr. S. T. Alexander,
who with Mrs. A., has made a month's
visit to see fr.ends, and look after his
plantations, after European travel with h,s
family. Mr. A. appears to be entirelyhopeful as to a continuance of some profit
tj the plantations, notwithstanding the
severe blow given to them by the free
sugar provisions of the McKinley Tariff.
Such profit he regards, however, as conditioned entirely on being able to secure
cheap Asiatic field laborers. A large influx of such people, can hardly be looked
on as other than an evil, socially. But
the immense capital already invested is
not to be sacrificed. Very wise and efficient legislation will be needed to minimize the evils thus threatened. No class
are in more need of such protection than
the native Hawaiians.
THE FRIEND.
Nob Hill.
This name is commonly applied to an
elevated part of San Francisco which has
become covered with palatial buildings.
Somewhat similar to this seems to be the
future of a fine location upon the southern
slope of Punch Bowl. The creation 'of
this place was one of the many intelligent
enterprises successfully pushed by Mr.
Thurston.
Streets were laid out and
handsomely graded high up on the hillside, the water laid on from an upper
Nuuanu Reservoir, and a considerable
number of lots auctioned off at moderate
prices. Among others, Mr. Hackfeld has
recently erected, wh.,t we have heard call
ed, the finest private residence in the city.
This seems to have boomed the tract, and
a few days since, the remaining lots were
bid off at more than three times the upset
prices of the government. The view from
the spot is a glorious one. On some accounts, our own preference would be for
an equally elevated site on the north-west
side of Punchbowl, on what is now Crown
land, but which must in the near future,
revert to the Government, and be put on
the market.
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Pearl City Lots.—As the result of
the sale held on the ground on the 29th,
notwithstanding the rain, over 100 lots
were sold for some $44,000. Many other
parties are waiting for further opportunity to buy. Mr. Dillingham has made
a grand success of this enterprise. We
went over the ground for the first time
since cleared and laid out. It is truly a
lovely spot. One feature we have not
seen mentioned, that there are fine easy
drives in several directions inland to a
height of 1,000 feet or more. The coming town is in full view from Punchbowl.
Waialua Church, on Sunday, Nov.
30, raised the last of the $230 needed,
and are now entirely free from the debt
incurred in completing their new church.
About $200 is needed for finishing
and furnishing the new Portuguese
Chapel. Mr. W. W. Hall will receive
your contributions for that object. We
learn that the Portuguese brethren are
going to try to raise among their own
We were much pleased the other day to people money for a bell-tower.
see the floor timbers laid of the New Protestant Chapel for the Portuguese Mission.
Sabbath Protection Maintained.—
The Lord grant that many souls may
there be brought into the light of the pure The Bill introduced by one of the Nobles,
to allow public ball games and other disGospel.
turbing recreations on Sunday, found no
Rev. S. Kaili, lately of Waipio, Hawaii,
Our
great support in the Legislature
has been away from his field for over five
months. He is not building up his church, present Sunday law is a good one, and
but he is building a house, they say, some- the community are well contented with
wbere in Waialus, Oahu, and this absence its very moderate restrictions.
of his has been taken without the leave of
the church. The church, we understand
Monthly Record of Events.
was not consulted in the matter. It will
be in order for that church to memorial
Nov. ist.—ln the eight days trial of the
ize the next meeting of the Hawaii AssoN. Robinson will case the juryrenders
Jno.
of
ciation, and ask for a severing
the for- an
verdict, sustaining the same
unanimous
mal pastoral relation.
in favor of the widow.
3rd.—38th Birthday of the Emperor of
How simple is the religion of Jesus Japan officially observed, followed by an
Christ! He uses the word Church only afternoon reception on the Tsukuba.
once, in a universal sense, and never Mortuary report for October shows a total
with any one of the ideas associated of 39, of which
24 were Hawaiians.
with it distinctive of Catholicism; never
—Prof.
W.
T. Brigham gave an en4th.
speaks of any officer he appoints, nor
tertaining and istructive lecture at the
does any officer he did appoint speak of Y.
M. C. A. to young men on physical
any other as being "priests." They are
culture.
ministers,, or apostles, or disciples, or
sth. —Battalion drill at Palace Square by
prophets, or presbyters, or evangelists,
or pastors. They are never priests. He Uncle Sam's marines and blue-jackets
never speaks of a single rite or ceremony from the Charleston, Mohican and Iroquois.
as having a sacerdotal import. If sacri- —The Supreme Court replies to the legisfices are alluded to, it is offering one's lative inquiries on the labor question and
self, one's body, a sacrifice to God, or it summarize the same as follows :
is the sacrifice of praise. How, then,
"Restrictions of the character mentionhave you organized an entire sacerdotal ed in the questions submitted can be imsystem out of a system that did not posed by statute law upon citizens of counknow priests or sacrifices? A. M.Eair- tries with which this Kingdom has no
bairn.
treaties, as a condition of their being
allowed to enter this Kingdom."
6th.—Sailor's Home fair—afternoon and
All is not spiritual that's spirited.
—
—
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evening—at the
Armory, by
the
ladies, re- dance at the
palace: decoration of Hon.
sulted very successfully, notwithstanding
the sloppy state of weather.
Bth. —The Union In.n Works, of this
city contracts to fit out tRe Ewa Plantation
with its Mill buildings and Machinery i fa
capacity for handling fifty tons per day of
twenty-four hours, for some $203,1 00, the
same to be completed by Nov. 1, 1891.
Foot ball fever catches the town and the
Charleston team walks off with all the
honors.—Schooner Catarina went on the
reef near the bell buoy and is likely to become a tot il loss.
10th.—51,103,450 of cancelled Treas
ury certificates were cremated by the
—
Finance Committee.
nth.—Fire at Waikiki, residence of A.
Y. gel, property of G West, just beyond
the long bridge; little saved.—Lecture by
Mr. F. M. English at the Y. M. C A.on
Mozart, illustrated by vocal and instrumental selections by Misses McGrew, yon
Holt and Dowsett and Messrs. Yarndley,
laukea and Marsden.—The long threatened Sunday amusement bill was killed in
the evening session of the House by a
vote of 24 to 12.
13th.—Twenty-five residence lots on
the south slope of Punchbowl hill sold by
the Government, at auction, brought high
figures, realizing from three to five times
their upset prices. The sales range from
$450 to $1,810 a 1(4.
14th.—Arrival of -the Australia from
the coast, and Alameda from the Colonies.
—The King prorogues the legislature on
the 129th. day of its session.---W. S.
Maltby, the cyclist, medaled by the Honolulu Athletic Association.
15th.—Observance of the 54th anniversary of His Majesty's birthday by yacht
and boat races during the day, and firemen's torchlight procession in the evening.
16th.—Special services throughout the
city churches for the afflicted wards of the
v,
—
—
Marine Journal.
PORT OF HONOLULU.—NOVEMBER.
.,
ARRIVALS.
T. Rogers is appointed 1 Am bktne Mary Wink* Iman, NtIMM, 21 days from S F
Shepard, rlayi fom Samoa
Superintendent of the .census of 1890, to 3B I'SShiMolma',
W B Godfrey, Uabei, ESdayifromS F
Haw
be taken Dec. 28.—Oahu College enter- •3—Ni>r
bk Faust, Otterbech, dayt from Ntw York
days from China
9 tier stmr Amigo,
tain a large number of visitors to witness a 14—Am
S S Australia, Hottdlatte, 7 day* from S I
Skagit,
tl
d iys Ir .m Port TownRoMnson,
series of athletic sports by the students in
Am bktne
send
honor of His Majesty's birthday Kingdays
from the Colonies
Morse,
Am S S Alameda,
days from S F
Am bktne Kate Flickinger,
Brown wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral. 16—Am
I4saj days from S F
McCv
I
rwin,
loch,
bgtne WI
days
161
Wakefield,
16—Ambk
Howe*.
from W«w Vorii
19th.—Departure of Japanese training
Brit bk Girvan, Angus, 134 days from Liverpool
ahip Tsukuba. —Fowler-Neumann wedAm sell Allen A Scarge, day> from Port Town-end
Am bktne Planter, Dow, IS days fa in San Frond I o
ding at St. Andrew's Cathedral, a brill- 17
dayt from S ¥
1H Am bktne S N Castle, Hubba.d.
iant affair.
19-Ambktne Klikitat, Cutler, 18da\»fiom Port Townsend
21st.—Departure of the Australia for
Am sih Robt I>wers, Penhallow, ITJej days from Port
San Francisco, with a goodly list of Ka- 20--Am Townsend
Noyes, days from Port Towoiend
maainas.—Farewell dinner to Admiral 23 FlawbkSColoma,
S Zealandia, Oterendorp, M (lays from S F
hk Columbia, C.oodman, 24 days from Port Rlakele\
Brown and Capt. Remey of the Charles- 26—Am
27—Am bk Amelia, New-hall, 23 days from Nanaiino
ton at the Hawaiian Hotel, by Hons. S.
Parker and W. H. Cornwell.
DEPARTURES.
22nd.
Dramatic performance by 4-Am bktne S G Wilder, Griffiths, f,.for San Francisco
Am bktne W H Dimond, Drew, r San Francisco
Nymphe amateurs at the Opera House,
Hrit bk Buker, Lightbody, f„r Port Townsend
6—H
BMS Ampi ion, Hulton, for Hongkong
for the benefit of the new Sailor's Home.
for San Francisco
B—Am hk C D Bryant,
23rd.—Arrival of the Zealandia from 14—Ger S S Amigo,
for Santa Cruz, M.xico
15—Am
S
S
for
San Francisco
Alameda,
Morse,
one
late
day
through 21—Am bk Coloma, Noyes. for China
San Francisco,
Am S S Australia, Houdlette, fur San Francisco
mishap to machinery en route.
Haw S S Zealandia, Oterendorp, for the Colonies
24th. —California base ball team, to 2425—U S F S Charleston, Kemey, for .San Francisco
26—H
BMS Nymphe, Turner, for Molokai
wrest honors from our local clubs, arrive
.
—
,
-
—
-
—
for a brief series of games.—Farewell
,i.
—
nation..
17th.—Dr. C.
—
PASSENGERS.
S. M. Damon with the Grand Cross of
AWKIVAI.S.
the Order of Kalakaua.
Fiom 8m I'ram
per W H Godfrey, Nov � Mis,
25th.—Departure of His Majesty KaFrom the Coloniea, pel A! imeda. Nov 14—Mrs Bcikley,
lakaua by the Charleston for San Fran- Mies
()iv<- Berkeley ( 1 illle Lord Faunlleroy"), Alfred
W arlowita,
cisco, for a brief season of rest and re- Fi win, i. M Fowler. Mr.
(.'apt t hristian, J
I
ami wife, A Cuiqua and wife, J W Dunn,and (52
cuperation: H. R. H. Liliuokalani ap- init Milner
h.i'.s't for San Francisco.
pointed regent during his absence.
From Bu Francisco, per Australia, Nov 14—Hon W G
Irwin, 1 F C Abel, A I. (' Atkinson. F. F Belt. Mrs War—The Sailor's Home Society ran
Chamberlain, Mies Cleghorn, Mrs Dickinson. Mr,
call for plans for the new building pro- Kittle Evant, Mi..
V 1. Gil,Hand. .1 X Oiliiland, Rev D
Mi.s ( arrie Green, C I. Huff, Mrs A S Inman. T
Governo,
posed and offer Ist and 2nd prizes for R Keyworth.
wi c and infant. Mrs G H Kirkliride, C Kibling, wife and infant, Hn M F Boenm, 4 children and
the best presented by Dec. 15th.
v,
s,
|
:: children. C Lelimann, Thos
nune, Mrs
27th.—American Thanksgiving; very LilUe, X Lewenand wife, Mrs liooth-Lonx, J Lyons. Mrs
rti[i
Mrs Win H McLean and child,
Si
itdren.
S M:
J
and
I
holiday.—First
observed
as
a
generally
f B Miller, Dr F I. Miner, wife, child n-id nurse, ri
match game of base-ball between the Ohlaodt, 1* Perry, Mra Roee Probat, Aucnst Prott, Mrs S
B Rose, Mist Roee, Mm Roeenburg, Mrs J Shaw, Geo H
Californias and Honolulus, resulting in Spalding,
F Turritl, I 1 sVaterk-ouee, Jr. J C Whitman, D
a score of 20 to 2 in favor of the visitors. H W'i< t ii. 1 N Wngilt and 40 in sieerage.
Eareka,
From
Some fine playing shown by the profes- wife and 2 children.per Allan A, Nov 17 Lee Tauhmann,
sionals which our boys will do well to From San Fr.itui'co, per S N Ca-tle, Nov IS- I M Oat
and wit., Mrs A 1. Oat, L X Oat. Mrs J C White, T C
make a note of.
White, Miss N TrcEloan, Miss t;tuns, R I, Auerbach, C
28th.—Anniversary of recognition of Wurth, J liucklcy, Mist F I, Kllis, M W Done.
Franciaco, pet ZeeJandta. Nov 28—W H li
Hawaiian Independence. Reception at From San
and wife, Gerald I- Bryant. las Bryant. Mrs F. S
the palace; harangue by Wilcox- Bussh Arneman
W Day and child, Mrs Kishcr, W E Ditto,
|
Mis
I'ipri.o,
N Graham aid wife, A ll;.as, Alfred S Hartwa 1. Mr. M
Co. at the old armory. —Second base PHirshbenc,
L R Corey and wife, Miss O Hirahborjc, F L
ball game, Californias rs Hawaiis, a
E Madden, Rudolph Neumann, H A I'armelee,
Mi. 1 M Parmerce, G Russell, Dr S GTucker, Mi«« S
larger attended and better game than Walker, W K. Wall. Lieut V H Webb, X N, G I' Wilder
and wife, 1 II Cahi I, Dave C'reamthe first, but victory for the visitors all and wife, A E Warrick
tt, Win Farrell, II V lltiiin. Joe Leveqoe, Thos Powers,
jsh
the same; score 11 to 2.
rp,
Sh
.las ward, F N Parker, wife and
I Reilly'.'.O Geo
in the itet rage and 51 cabin and 40 steerage in
29th.—Pearl City lots auction sale. daughter,
transit for the Colonies,
Rainy weather in town interferes someFrom Port Hlakelcy, per Columbia, Nov 25—W Howath,
what with the attendence, but a goodly and Mr Lutnbard.
riKI'ARTtRF.S.
number gathered and kept the bidding
spirited till well into the afternoon, atFor San Francisco, per G Wilder, Nov 4—Mr Clayton,
taining figures far beyond those disposed Mis Ross and sou, and Miss Poor.
San Kranri.io, per ( D I'.rya' t, Nov B—Mr Howe
of at private sale and ranging from $265 andFora" ttceraga
passengera,
to $550 each. Total sales $40,655.
For Salina Crua(Max..) per Amiga, Nov 14—5 Chinese.
lameda, Nov 16—Mra Dudoit,
Frara
For
San
Third of the series of ball games, Calii N Pond and wife, Mi.s Coney, Master Giffard, W s
fornias vs Honolulus again. Score 16 ,Maltby, T C Smith, Mr. I B Hopkins, Mra Hono, Mrs
S children, Mrs John Corwine, Jolea Ziegler, J
to Honolulus zero.—Spalding'sbase-hall W Joins,.IGeo
A Moore, Fusion Y. Snow, R I Green.
trophy is formally presented to, and acFor San Francisco, per Australia, Nov 21 —S T Alexan*
der and wile, W Mutt 1.. Mis t S Paint-, Hon E Mull r, H
cepted by the Hawaiian League. »
Yon Holt. Sir Saocedo, J A Lowe, JudgeWidomann, W
L) Schmidt, PA fcng, ( \i Emanuel, Lieut Sroney, Mrs I',
, ,
27—Am bktne Skagit, Robinsou, for Port Townsend
Nor bk Faust, Oterbech, for Port Townsend
-
:
M toney, 2 i hildren and 2 nu ds. ( F Al'ardt, H Berber,
Mr Myddledyi k, wife and children (8), Miss Myddledyck,
Arthur D Baldwin, Mis kos Probst, Hon C X Uishop,
Mra I'rerxloan,
II I. WilIU, Mis t orwin, Prof Sauvlet, wife
R I', i liin. h. II hi V knuus.;ti, and 29 steerage.
ForPort Townaend, ler Ska-it, Nov 27—W A S Heals
BIRTHS.
ROiflW 1.1 I. -In Honolulu, November 9, to thewife of J
G X tilwelt, ..so-. |S<a;t'.-, Wash., papers plea>« copy.J
KROUSE—III Honolulu, November 14th, to the wife of
'Ihus I'. KrouaCj a daughter,
M,VI K.H -In Honolulu, Novtrm'ier loth, to the wife of J
L) McVeigh, a
r.
SCOTT—At Wainaku, llilo, Hawaii, November IBtl.,
the wife of John A Scoit, a daughter.
ta
MARRIAGES.
LAW RKNCE-SEVERINO—In Honolulu, November 2d,
by the Rev I>r C M Hyde, Mr I >avid P Lawrence to
Miss Mar> Francos SeTasrino, both of this city.
It | A BANISTER -In lis.i..lulu, November sth, by the
Right Rev the Bishop of Oiba, Mr (jaotyt Lucas, Jr, to
MtM Abbic I laaiatar.
-KING-BROWN—Ai St Andrew*! Cathedral, Ho.ioluiu,
Novauiber lHh, by thu Ray Ah x Mackintosh, Mr William v Kins. t«o (Hut* N«lliaj tininn,
KOWLER-NEI MANN —At St Andrew's Cathedral, Honolulu, Novembi Wih. by the Rev Alex Mackintosh,
,\ ("red Fowler, Eaq., of London, England, to Eva, eldest
daughter of Hon l'aul and Mrs Neumann.
•■
DEATHS.
CAVARI.V— In San Lrundsco, November Ist, Annie
(
Elisabeth, wife o. apt |oha M Cavarly, of the Pacific
M.ilSeivice, a native of New London, Conn., aged 61
years, 1* months and '!S days.
TUKTON~lnSanKranns.il, NovemberBth, Arthur C,
sou of Mrs H Turton, ol Honolulu, a native of Lahaina,
Maui, Hawaiian Islands, aged 28 years and 9 months.
COVINGTON—At the residence ofDr. Campbell, Wairnea,
Kauai, Annie Charlotte, widow of the late Richard
Covington, aged 68 years.
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THE FRIEND.
BQAEB.
HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU H. I
building become too small, a structure can
easily be added laterally, and so can be
easily relieved the homeliness and smallThis page is devoted to the [nt«f*fU of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed i>y the ness of the present building.
Board is responsible for its contents.
The Portuguese Sabbath services are at
present being held in the hall of the TheEditor. ological Institute. It is hoped that soon
Rev. O. P. Emerson,
after the first of the year they can be moved to the new chapel. Their church,
time
we
would
exAt this Thanksgiving
school and prayer meetings will all be
devout
to
God
for
our
gratitude
work held at one central place.
press
which is now enlarging so hopefully o n
every side. What better thing to be thankA Sabbath in Puna.
ful for than the privilege of such service.
From the town of Hilo to Captain KlPuula, Puna,is 21 ■ ■ miles by Mr. J.
dart'sin
ka
of
SprccklesviUe
Mr. Shinsbu Nagasc
M.
Lydgates
survey. Hut one-half and
has become a missionary of the Paia
more of the way is easily three times the
Maui,
church
of
and
is
at
(foreign)
present
by the watch, and
under the direction and brotherly care of length of all the rest
that makes it about forty miles, does it
his neighbor, pastor Gulick. This are
as
think a wise arrangement, helpful to both not? Puna needs mads badly as Kona.
It
would
be
a
to
live in, if it were
country
parties. We look to see the I'aia church
hard to get in and out o£ l'htre are
the center of yet larger missionary activi- not
rich coffee lands there, I am told, but at
ties on Maui.
present there are no roads to them. But
at the Captain's, one finds an o.isis and
Having now for quite a while fostered good fat turkey well served, and kind
and sheltered the Japanese mission in friends and balmy air. The Pastor at
Hilo, Rev. Mr. Baker and his people are Puula is fortunate in having the hearty
soon to see it established on an indepen- support of this entire household, and they
dent basis.
too are fortunate in him. As one of the
They are to grant letters of dismission sons of the house said: "We knew him
to the 72 (?) Japanese brethren now con- well as one of our skillful and trusted Pa
nected with the foreign church, and see niolos (cow boys). By and by he took it
them formed into a Japanese church, un- into his head to go to the Theological Inder the charge of pastor Okabe. The stitute at Honolulu.
latter reports the need of more laborers in
He was but a cow boy when he went,
his department. There is more waiting to but when he came back after only a short
be done than he and his two assistants can stay, he had wonderfully improved. He
undertake. His house for sick Japanese could sing all the parts, and teach them to
is proving a welcome refuge to the needy the choir, and he could speak acceptably."
ones of his flock.
By and by when the church at Puula
wanted a Pastor, they called their quickMr. R. K. Baptist goes by this week's witted countryman. And since he has
steamer to Hilo to meet Mr. Fires and to settled with them, he has entered readily
join him in the work. Mr. Pires reports into his old friendly relations' with the
plenty to do. Bibles and tracts and the "boys," while at the same time holding his
truth, by whomsoever brought, seem to be ministerial dignity and winning their rein demand. The fit Id is open and calls spect.
for workmen.
On going to church we found a congreIt is hard to decide between the differ- gation largely composed of young men
ent missions, which is the ni(»st important. whom the Pastor had gathered. He has
If, in our consideration of the matter, we been greatly helped in winning his way
take into account the welfare of the Ha- with them by his musical talent. He has
waiian Kingdom, we are constrained to quite a genius for composition. His Sab
think that the mission to the Portuguese bath School was a surprise and a revela
stands first. This industrious, home-lov- tion when once it gave an exhibition at the
ing people need nothing so much as the Haili church, Hilo. What could Puna do
enlightenment and warmth of a Bible faith with its backwoodsmen? They were stared
and this we must give them.
at at first, but they soon won applause,
It is expected that Rev. Mr. Pires will and that day they took 'the palm. A
return to the city by the next steamer.
morning's work with the people at the
church, an afternoon's walk amid the LauWork began the first day of the week on hala and cocoanut trees, and a bath in
the Portuguese chapel.
the warm spring under the hill, brought
It is to be a simple structure forty-eight the day to a close.
feet long by twenty-four feet wide, with
The evening's entertainment was an imtwo rooms.
promptu concert by the household, which
The auditorium will be twenty-four by is a large one. The Pastor was not prethirty feet, and the school room, twenty- sent to lead, but his compositions were
four by eighteen feet, the ceiling being sung and listened to with much interest
some fifteen feet high. If, as we hope, and pleasure.
the work of this mission grows upon our
First came a paraphrase of the first part
hands, and the accommodations of this of the 5 th Chapter of Zech., sung with a
-
truly poetic rhythm to the nselody of
"There is music in the air." The thought
was well expressed and the refrain was
plaintively touching.
The temptation scene of the garden of
Eden, and the departure of our first parents from Par. diie was next sung to the
air of "Just before the battle mother."
These and ether pieces which were sung,
descriptive, or dlustrative and explanatory
to some Scripti.re lesson, affected us deeply, and somewhat modified our views regarding the value of these Sabbath School
exhibitions.
We see that there may be good in them.
Here was elevated thought set to real
music. It is what Hawaiian music, outside of the sttndards, now lacks. Such
music as this may take the place of pure
ballads till they come. Such homely rhyming as this may well be encouraged as an
offset to some of our popular but doubtful native songs.
We will but add that this good people
with their enterprising Pastor are really in
need of outside aid just now.
About $350 must be found somewhere
to add to the $200 already found, and to
make up, the needy $550, or possibly $600,
required to repair their dilapitated church
building, which will soon be a ruin if it is
not speedily made weather proof.
Rev. J. N. Kamoku writes us that the
church at (Jnomea has given him leave of
indefinite absence, and for these reasons:
Ist, the greatness of their indebtness to
their Pastor. 2d, the smallr.ess of the
members-tip of the church. 3d, so many
of the people have gone over to the Mormon meeting.
We are reminded of ? church we once
knew in the United States, which dismissed the Pastor to save money, thinking that
they could do better without a Pastor than
with one.
The Onomea church has done this in
the face of the fact that the Pastor's Aid
Society of Hawaii stands ready to help
them to sustain their Pastor to the full
limit of their need. This is the third Pastor the church has served in this way within nearly as many years. Ousted from
his pastorate Mr. Kamoku with his characteristic energy has found work at the
Hilo Boarding School. He helps at evening prayers and in thp field work as a sort
of teacher of practical agriculture.
The Waialua church building is to be
dedicated on the Sabbath of the 7th of
December. The present indebtedness cf
thischurch for its building is about two hundred dollars, but it is hoped that before
the above date the money will be all raised. The church people are grateful to
the kind friends who have helped them so
generously. The Kawaiahao and Kaumakapili churches have lately taken up
goodly contributions in their aid. The
church is entirely ready for occupancyand
needs but to be dedicated.
Nobody is so empty as the man who is
full of himself-
�_
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T. M. C. A.
THEHONOLULU,
H.
Gospel Service.
to associate with young men who are
spendthrifts and idlers. It don't pay.
The Sunday evening meetings con- You had better be in company with men
t
attended, and a good who are "close" to a fault than to numol i1 <•- Honolulu tinue to be largely
This page is devoted *-to the interests a;.d
Hoard
of
the
is
maintained. Young ber as your friends these "liberal," jolly
Association,
Mens
Christian
of
interest
degree
Young
Directors are resoonsihle for its contents.
men, and especially those who may be fellows who are always in financial
in trie city, will always find a straits. And don't treat, my son,
Editor. strangers
S. D. Fuller,
cordial welcome at this service which is don't do it. Let them call you mean,
held every Sunday evening at half past but don't treat, and don't allow yourself
The Y. M. C. A. Boys had an interest- six o'clock. Topics for the month are as to be treated. Pay your own way, and
ing meeting last month. The result of follows:
if you can't pay for your own soda, take
quite a lively discussion was embodied m a
God. Gen. 3:9-11 water. It's always reliable. But make up
Dec.
7
—Hidingfrom
motion to hold a public entertainment, Mat. 25:24-30.
your mind to save something if its only 25
which will soon be forthcoming.
Sin:
Man's
cents a week. Save that, its $13 a year.
Dec. 14—Putting away
A class of young men numbering from
Prov.
28:13.
Is.
Suppose you resolve not to smoke any
God's
part;
part.
fifteen to twenty have been meeting for
more. It won't hurt you. It will im43:25.
several weeks in the Parlors for Bible
sons
of
prove
your health. At only one cigar a
Dec.
—How
to
become
21
study. So far the time has been spent in God.
do you think you will have at
1:1-12,
5:1.
what
1
day,
John
John
considering some of the fundamental facts
the
end
of
a year. Figure it up, my
Angel's
and
Dec. 28—The Prophet's
about the Bible. Its authorship, authority,
That's' a good suit of
son,
Luke
2:8-11.
just
$18.25.
Is.
9:2-7.
Message.
inspiration, etc., as a whole. The line of
clothes. That's two weeks at Ocean
study will next be to take up the books
Grove, next summer. That's a good
Too Sharp.
of the Bible in order to learn some of the
starter in the bank.
main features of each.
Why not try it? Newark Messenger.
There is a point where it won't pay to
A large number of resident yo ng men
more.
Better
stop
the
ax
any
and strangers find the Y. M. C. A. Build grind
Long Prayers.
ing a pleasant retreat, and by word and there.
Some Christians are forever sharpenact show their appreciation of the generMen never pray at great length
Its the grind, grind,
ously applied wealth, which has provided ng their tools.
unless they have nothing to say and
while
and
no
of
all
the
grind
study
and maintained such an attractive institutheir hearts are hard and cold. All the
work. Forever at the whet-stone.
tion for their exclusive use.
in the Bible that were answered,
prayers
man
You can put this down young
that I may
Items.
that the girl you marry, if worth any- were short prayers: "Lord,
save
me or I
sight."
"Lord,
receive
my
with
a
thing, won't peel the potatoes
week of prayer for young men, and razor.
peiish." The longest prayer, Solomon's
Christian Ass ciations Wit, wisdom and knowledge are good, prayer at the dedication of the temple,
ig Men's
was observed by but a peck measure won't hold every- was less than eight minutes in length,
world,
the
ighout
ng special daily meetings at the rooms thing, and when you pack your head so according to the ordinary rate of enunn were interesting and helpful seasons, full of these as to crowd out energy and ciation.
pastor of the Central Union Church power and love for some immediate
:hed a stirring sermon to young men work, you had better empty out and till
If You Have Anything Better.
ie evening of Nov. 9th, which opened up from the well of usefullness.
I've
A gentleman, who it was vainly hopreek of prayer.
tried it and it pays.—C. H. Yatman in ed might
be influenced by the reading of
Young Men's Era.
publications, was offered,
sceptical
some
Culture.
Physical
a
of them. In reply to
package
by post,
A Dream and Its Interpretation.
the oflerhe wrote:—lfyou have anything
On the evening of November 4th, Prof.
better than the 'Sermon on the Mount,'
Brigham delivered a very interesting and
A laborer at the Dundee harbor lately- the Parable of the -Prodigal Son,' and
instructive address on "Physical Culture." told
a
curious
his wife, on awakening,
of the 'Good Samaritan,' or if you
The hall was well filled with young men, dream
he had had during the that
which
from
to
close
attention
beginning
whose
have any better code of morals than the
night. He dreamed that he saw coming Ten
Commandments, or anything more
end indicated a keen interest in the sub- toward
him, in order, four rats. The consoling or beautiful than the twentyMr.
Brigham
spoke
under
discussion.
ject
first one was very fat and was followed
in his usual easy and effective style entire- by two lean rats, the rear rat being blind. third Psalm, or, on the whole, anything
ly without notes, and showed himself to be The dreamer was greatly perplexed as that will throw more light on the future,
a thorough master of his subject. A sec- to what evil might follow, as it has been and reveal to me a Father more merciful
than the New Testament,
ond lecture has been announced and twice
understood that to dream of rats and kind
send
it."
postponed, because of counter interests, long
denotes coming calamity. He appealed please
but may be expected on Tuesday evening, to his wife concerning this; but she, poor
December 2d.
Catholicism says it made the Middle
woman could not help him. His son, a
What has it done with to-day?
Ages?
tell
the
heard
his
father
A Chicago boy has been sent to jail sharp lad, who
want
to find classes in conflict and
I
If
forputting a live snake in Mrs. Burhaus's story, volunteered to be interpreter. chaos,
with
revolution hurrying after
"is
the
man
who
fat
he
rat,"
said,
boot, "thus causing a severe shock to "The
revolution,
where
do I go? Not to Protill
Mrs. Burhaus." A whisky seller may keeps the public house that ye gang
countries.
If I want to find the
testant
fill a man's boot full of "snakes," thus sac often, and the twa lean anes are me highest literature, where do I go? Who
the
blind
ane
is
causing a shock to the man's entire fami- and my mither, and
are the men that made the Elizabethan
ly, without being molested by the law. yoursel', faither."— The Vermont Chroni- dramas?
Who was the poet of Pacle..
The boy didn't have a license. [Norrisradise Lost? Who sang the greatest
town Herald.
songs that the world has ever known in
Paying Advice.
modern
times? What country do you
lots
of
who
mix their
people
There are
to
find them? Think you God
are
Yes, my son, save money. If you
visit
religion with their business, but forget
reason
to stir it up well. As a result the busi- only getting six dollars a week, contract sends his richest endowments of
he
has
forsaken?
to
a
people
thinking
that
and
to
live
on
less
than
ness invariably rises to the top,—Pitts- with yourself
A. M. Fairbaim.
amount. And furthermore, decide not
burg Chronicle.
—- - I.
—
.
ie
—
—
�THE FRIEND.
Our Work Among the Japanese.
Our Schools.
It is a pleasure to note a general interChristians on these islands in the work of evangelization in progress among the Japanese. The work in
itself and in its strategic relation is second
only in importance to that among the natives. I question whether the situation
is paralleled in Christendom. Where else
are thirteen thousand and more idolaters
conveniently grouped away from their
temples, and their priests, and their frequent wayside gods? Where else are so
many heathen in broken companies br 'light
into immediate contact with a dominant
Christian sentiment ? Tlv re are Chinese
massed in San Francisco and I nic other
cities, but ttiey are a Solidarity, and constitute simply a transplanted IrCtion ot
heathenism. But the Japanese with us
are in separate companies divided on the
plantations t at our Christianity may happily conquer. It will be sorely to our dis
credit if we permit them to c >me and go
without a patient, persevering eff.rt to
afford them some knowledge of Christ.
They come to us firm adherents of their
ancestral faith. They may have been but
indifferent devotees at home, but when
about to leave their country a vague fear
of peril to be encountered causes them to
seek to their gods, and to make vows and
offerings that they hope may secure protection and care. And so it comes about
that many who cared little or nothing for
Buddhism in Jap-in are devoted idolaters
here. They bring with ihern (harms that
their priests have blessed, and little pinches of rice from shrines visited just before
departure; and these they cherish as their
only immunity from disaster in a far country. I baptized six converts on Klaui the
other day and each gave up a magic charm
that I have now in p '(session. One said,
"After I gave that to the pastor I thought
for three days that the angry God might
cause me to die, but I lived and I know
that it was nothing."
On arrival here these peasants are for
the most part entirely ignorant of Christianity, and it behoves us to remember
that in the absence of direct Christian instruction they are quite sure to obtain impressions of it that will strong y tend to
prejudice them against ii.
Can we end ire to allow them to remain
three years within sight of our church
spires and return to their heathen homes
having heard then me tf Jesus only as
spoken by the lips of the profane ?
A. N. F.
The new .School on Kauai, established
largely through the active and earnest
sympathy of Dr. J. K. Smith and his sister,
has opened with 19 pupils, boys who are
to have the benefit of manual training and
industrial drill, as well as elementary English and mathematical studies. The ultimate design is to unite with this a school
for girls, so that the problem of co-education of the sexes may be fairly tried as a
fat tor in building up a healthy social
Christian life among Hawaiians.
Koha'a School lacks but one 01 two ol
its fu 1 complement ol 50 scholars. An
add tlonal teacher is needed, one compttent to give instruction in instrumental
nd vocal muse, and such a teacher is ex
petted soon to arrive fro 11 the Coast.
This wi,l Ot-cessitite securi tg more funds
for piano, furniture for the new teacher's
ro mi, books and other essentials, and an
earnest appeal is made to the generous
supporters of Christian Education for additional help to the funds of this school,
for whose maintenance the Hawaiian
Board is directly responsible. The btti'dings are held by the Board under a deed
of trust from Rev. E. C. B nd, on whose
land the school as well as the Church and
parsonage were built, largely with his own
hands. The personal sympathy, which
such teachers as Miss Whittle! and Miss
Gorten take in the Christian development
of the girls under their care, is the prominent feature in all the schools under the
supervision of the Hawaiian Board. It is
the outcome of the new life the Gospel of
Christ brings to any people, as Paul wrote
to Corinth, "Though ye have ten thousand
instructors in Christ, yd. have ye not many
fathers."
Both Makawao and Kawaiahao Girls'
schools are full to overflowing. One of
the teachers at Makawao has been very
sit-k, and one of the girls died, from an
attack of typhoid fever. The physician in
charge at once instituted a search for unsanitary conditions, and these being remedied, the sickness stopped at once with no
further cases. Miss Carpenter off' r< tl her
assistance at the school as soon as slitheard of the trouble.
The constant strain on teachers in
these board ng schools necessitates careful
selection. Not all, who are willing and
ready to take such positions, have the requis.te physical qualifications. Indomit
able will has often triumphed in d' fiance
of great bodily weakness; but such instances are very rare, and ftirnish no propWith the o| eiing of trie
er criterion.
new year there are to be some changes in
the corps of teachers at Kawaiahao, but in
this cisc it is understood that family circumstances in the home land call for with
drawal from the School. Such changes
are inevitable, and from the peculiar conditi 'ns of 1 feat the islands, more frequent
est on the part of
Rough on
the
—
"Four Hundred."
diplomatist says, that after
i English
Ward McAllister's book, Eur p-
iding
will be convinced with difficulty that
: United Stttes is anything else than
"headquarters of the most appalling
)bbery and the most screaming vulgar," This is almost as bad as the Dukts
Marlborough and Q leensberry. There
10 doubt that Ward has written himself
wn an ass.
is
:
'
than is pleasant to the Board of Trustees.
None but those .engaged in' the work can
appreciate the dimcultiA in the wiy of securing and keeping suitable teachers for
our boarding schools.
Hilo Boy's School has about forty pupils
in attendance. Mr. Hall, the efficitnt and
genial treasurer of the Hawaiian Board,
has been very successful in h s efT rts to
I cure spec al funds for various objects in
which he has become deeply interested
from his official position and intimate
knowh dge of the necessities of the situation. He has secured from Hon. C. R.
Bishop a pledge of $10,000 towards an
Iddowment Fund for ihe Hilo School,
provided an eq'ial amount can be secured
from others He has now in sight about
$-\ 000 towards the $10,000 needed.
Oibu College and Kamehameha Industrial School do not come under the supervision of the Hawaiian Board, though
their Trustees are all members or supporters of the Board in its v.nous enterprises. It will gratify all the old graduates
and friends ot Oahu College to know that
the new Principal, Mr. F. A. Hosmer,
late'y of the B.irrington High School, has
proved his special fitness for the place.
Especially in the matter of pirsonal sympathy with the students, has he won general commendation from parents, as well
as affection and respect from the pupils.
A large addition to the number of
scholars is expected at the beginning of the
next term, January 12, 1891.
Kamehameha School has its available
dormitory room, for 126 pupils, all occupied with the exception of two beds. The
teat hers are devoted, enthusiastic experts,
and the character of the teaching is eminently satisfactory to those who appreciate
and desire thoroughness, thooghtfulness,
independence and good judgment in
school roam or workshop. Principal Oleson is in hearty sympathy with his Trustees,
and with all interested in our schools, in
making Christian character the foundation
and the aim of all the work of the school.
The North Pacific Missionary Institute
has nineteen candidates for the ministry
and the foreign field. These are of very
varying abilities and attainments, but the
average is about the same as in former
years. The number in attendance is larger,
and the difficulty of securing renumerative
employment for all is enhanced by the increased number ot* laborers in our city
population Especially in the immediate
neighborhood of the Institute is it difficult
to find employment for the students in
such work as they can do, painting, carpentering, gardening. Several (f the
students' wires are skillful nurses, seamof the money
stresses, waiters; but
they individually earn is made by braiding
hats. Every Sunday afternoon the students
scatter over the city and suburbs, conducting or helping in Sunday School work and
chapel meetings. Some regular city mission work ought to be undertaken, but the
attempts so far made have not been satisfactory, because desultory.
C. M. H.
•
�THE FRIEND.
.
An old darky was puzzling over the first T B. CASTLE,
Chapter of Matthew; "Pears like dem
One tortoise may have
born in a patriarchs couldn't remember nothing;
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
little higher ditch than another, but both Abraham forgat Isaac: Isaac firgat
Jaob; Omci
are children of the mud.
Building. Merchant Street,
and Jacob forgat Judas and his brethren!"
fc' ->y
Honolulu, H. I.
People stick lo this nkfe little world, as
Only the foolish and the dead never
all.
So
though losing that, they lost
in eh >nge their opinion.
most cases they do -but they need not.
B. WELLS,
II ts heart wis great as the world, bait
Why will they not believe in the brighter
was
no room in it to Imld the me ii- WHOLESALE GROCER AND PROVISION
and better world ? Going there is like there
cry t fa wrong.
Selections.
a
J£|
landing from a poor raft into a royal city.
A judicious silence is always better than
truth spoken without charity.
Who won't be ruled by rudder will be
ruled by rock.
Many grains of sand will sink a ship.
Thi re is a great difference between an
error of love, and a love of error.
They that govern in it, make the least
noise.
A good man is kinder to his enemy
than bad men are to thcr friends.
A little girl, being punished for doingwrong, remarked "Those c. mmandinents'
do break awful easy."
There are two sides to every question;
the wrong side and our side.
There is often much sense in a little bit
of nonsense.
"What has he done?" is the divine
question which searches men and transpierces every false reputation.
Every man feels instinctively that all
the beautiful sentiments in the world
weigh less than a single action.
The sweetest fishes are often caught
in the salteat seas. The noblest graces
of spirit often grow among the bitterest
sorrows.
There is something in a good, loving
Christian mother's kiss that fifty years
cannot wipe off the cheek.
There are some wicked people who
would be less dangerous if they had no
DEALER AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
"Did you ever realize anything in the
42 Queen Street, Honolulu. H. I.
lotteries?" "Yes, sir. I tr:ed live times,
Uttll San Jam Kmit I'.p Iti kg Co»; Pacific Bone Coal
feb-y
and reil zed that I was an idiot."
■1 on-. \\ ilili/inK <■ u.
liin't let your mind brood over one I
smnli egg of provocation till it hatches out
& NANA' CONTRACTOR
a great vulture: of unhappiness.
Some people can't mind the r own busiJOSEPH TINKER,
ness. Why? Is it on account of lack of
and
Family
Shipping Btdcher,
mi nd, cr lack of business?
(II V MAKkK'I NouasH Street.
Nobody knows which of Adam's twenty
All orders delivered with quick dispatch and at reason*
four ribs was selected for Eve. If you alile
rates. Vegetables fresh every morning.
just follow your fancies in choosing y > ir Telephone
281., !„,t(i (nnipaims.
janB7>r
wife, it is twenty three to one that you will
choose the wrong one.
Bootless grief hurts one's self, but pa- pKORCK LUCAS,
tience makes a jest of an injury.
CONTRACTOR AN'l> BUILDER,
The difference between a starving man
and a glutton is, that the one longs to
eat, and tiis other eats too lung.
MIIvT.,
When God would set fast a beautiful
thought, he plants it in a tree: when he
i:mm,.\nam;, Honolulu, h. l
would put it afloat, he fashions it in a fish;
Manufacturerof all kind-, (it MottUlinfl,[.rackets, Window
when he would have it fly abroad, be Krames
Blinds, Savin--., Doorm, and all kind-- of Woodwork
FinUh. Turning, Scroll and Band Sawing. All kinds of
moulds it into l bird.
Planing, Sawing, Morticing and Tenanting. Orders promptWriat is your hop- for yourself? Are ly attended to, and «'"■ k I .uaranteetl. Orders from the
janB7>T
you wise enough to lolve thj problems of other Islandssolicited.
life? Are you strong en ug ito resist the
NOTT,
temptations of life? Are you skillful
architect enough t i make y urself a son of
God? Godless —hopeless. Vm say, "what! TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON
Worker, Plumber, <ias Kilter, etc.
do you think that I am an ;'theist?" Well,
I do not know; it del ends on what an Stovev ami Ranges of all kinds, l'ljiiihers' Stock and
Matali, Houm Fwiiuhjitg Goodr-, Chaiuleliers,
atheist is. If an atheist is a man who
Lamps, Ktc.
thinks there is not any God, there is proKaahuinanu St., Honolulu.
bably not an atheist in this congregation;
if an atheist is a man who lives without
God, there are a good many atheists in YITM. G. IRWIN & CO.,
this congregation. Do you carry (iod with
FORI STREIT, IK.Nol.lM.r.
you to the polls? Do you carry him with
you to the store? Do you carry him with
Sugar Factors & (Commission Agents.
you into society? Do you carry him with
Agents for the
you to the family? Is he wth you in the
hour of your temptation? Will he be with
Steamship
Comp'y.
Oceanic
you whi-n death comes aid takes your
jan£7>r
dear one from you? Wil, he be with yo>
when death comes to call yi.u away? And
ANNUAL
when you stand bef re lis j (Iguu-tit bar,
FOR
1801.
will you be standing before a familial
Now iv I'l'tvs.
friend, as you meet him eye to eye. God
This publication, now in its.sevcntcenlh
less is hopeless. God teach each one of
year, lias proved itself a reliable handus how so t>> put himself and all he loves
book ul nfail 111 1 on matters Hawaiian;
in God's hands that he also may be abe
conveying an accurate knowledge of the
to say, "In G d is my hope!"— Lyman
commercial, agricultural, political and
social progress of the islands.
Abbott.
.
HONOLULU STEAM PLANING
JOHN
good qualities.
Sleep is death's younger brother, and
so like him, that I never dare trust him
without my prayers.—Sir T. Browne.
He who does nothing is very near
doing ill.
To incur God's displeasure for man's
favor, is killing yourself to avoid a hurt.
Heaven without earth is perfect; but
earth without heaven is only the porch
of hell.
Harsh reproof is like a violent storm,
soon washed down the channel; but
friendly admonitions, like a gentle rain,
penetrate deep, and bring forth reformation
Brevity may be the soul of wit; but
there is little fun in finding oneself short.
Hailstones intended for publication
DEAVER SALOON,
are usually as big as hen's eggs.
claims
an
"B
to be
Agnostic,
H. J. MOLTS, Proprietor,
doesn't he?" "Only as to religion; as
TEMPERANCE
COFFEE HOUSE,
to everything else, he knows it all."
Fort Street, Honolulu.
A dollar is better to spend than to keep,
Best Quality of
rs. Cigarette.-., Tobacco, Smokers' Arif you get its full worth.
always on hand
tie
mayB6
••
HAWAIIAN
Orders from abroad or from the other
islands attended to with promptness.
PklCK—to l'ostal Union Countries 85
cts. each, which can be remitteo by Money
Order. Price to any part of these islands
75 cents each.
Back numbers to 1875 can be had, excepting for the years 1879 and 1882.
Ai.pkkss:
THOS. G. THRUM,
Publisher, Honolulu.
fei-88
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