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Wat for
Purity
Li.easing Opiora
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lliristians ami the 15..1u11.,1is ..f kational laic
What 5h.,11 svc Preach
Pacific I ..un-i-ls
Reception sod Collstion if Y. M. C. A
Sabbath I »«-..■< ration
Y. M. C. A, change of Secretaty
Sa ciy of Anit ah Missionaries
M,.mil Holy,ike Alumnae
Interesl BooSBSSf
kil.uiea again Active
Sue.ir
Safety of S. S. Stralhnevii
H. A.A. C. Sports Disgraced
Kiv..l Pacific Cable Costrpanien
Cold St.uaee an,l lee Ksl.il.llslilllent
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Hell not Wail
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Hawaiian Board
Chinese I'r., latnali,in Concerning, M issi.inailes
A Valuable Industry
The Ni.-...ii.ua I anal in I .ni-tiess
Oiieen-laii.l Magnate si-it Hawaii
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War for Purity.
The morning paper is delivering
an active assault upon a somewhat
recent outgrowth of vile living in
that part of the city slums which
borders on the Nuuanu thoroughfare
It is charged that the scum of the
Japanese plantation laborers has
drifted thither, forming a settlement
of gamblers and hoodlums, associated with the vilest traffic of the other
sex. The paper rightly calls for at
least the repression and timiring of
these indecencies, and for the deportation of the criminal element of
that nationality.
This is not an attack upon the
Japanese, who are a most interesting
and valuable element of our population. It is aimed even more at the
protection of the Japanese themselves, than at that of the rest of the
community. It is supremely for the
interest of their laboring class, as
well as for that of their entire population, that they should be rid of the
poisonous influence of their vile and
criminal classes, who if not repressed, terrorize and overpower
the better class. Every Japanese
household needs protection from
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wage deadly war against the Incoming ami growing Kingdbni ot the
world's Redeemer. We in Honolulu have no trillin;,' share in that
world wide'conflict. May the DivineSpirit inspire each Christian heart
with loyal devotion to the service of
(iteat Captain.
Foremost among helpful and our
upliftwholesome influences for the
Licensing Opium.
ing and purifying of these slums
where are commingled the most deAfter some tinny yens of practical
pressed and unhappy of Chine.se, experience m alternately licensing and
Japanese and Hawaiians in large prohibiting opium in Hawaii, this country
numbers, are the Mission schools has fairly settled upon prohibition «»
and chapels sustained in the neigh- decidedly the hist policy for limiting the
borhood of Smith and Hotel streets y iterrible evils which invariably attend the
Mere repression and compulsion do, consumption ol the drug smong native
not reform. Light must be poured Hawaiians. This* conclusion oi our
in upon dark souls, and love must experienced statesman dues not prevent
be borne to suffering and embittered a frequent advocacy by others ola rehearts, as is done in this precious petition of a system of licensing, and it
Mission work. Through the child- accordingly becomes necessary from
ren the degraded or distressed time to time to reopen the controversy
parents are reached, and disorga- and restate the case.
It cannot be expected that the columns
nized homes are cleansed and set in
of 'Thi-. FRIEND should contain a comorder.
plete resume of the argument against
the licensing of opium which it is underheartily
But none welcome more
hand
stood will again be urged in the coming
the controlling and rectifying
of the Legislature. One arguMission
session
of the Law than do the
subject has
workers. The greatest hindrances ment against it, is that the
unsavory and
to the reforming and purifying la- been made thoroughly
identification
itpast
disreputable by
bors of such workers are the bro- with the heathenish caprices of the
thel, the opium dive, the gambler's monarchy. Allusion is sufficient to the
den and the saloon, poisoning the Aki opium bribery case.
We are happy to be assured that the
whole vicinity, filling the people's
Executive decidedly take the ground
home with their noisome exhalations, that opium should nol lie licensed unless
and keeping alight the baleful tires of it can he satisfactory shown that such
drunkenness and lust on every licensing will not increase the consump.is they are well concorner. It is the province of Law tion of the drug,
vinced
that it will. No amount ol
fiends
and Authority to hold these
profit to the treasury from licenses and
in check, that the angels of Purity duties can possibly compensate lor the
terrible destruction ol life and character
may minister.
these evil doers. It cannot be doubted that efforts in that direction by
the authorities and citizens must
meet the hearty approval and cooperation of Japanese ollicials as
well as of their men of influence.
Some rejoicing has been
that this New year is one of
peace to Hawaii, while abroad are
so many impending clouds of war,
as well as actual conflicts. But always with us is this War for Purity,
Temperance, and Righteousness,
against the works of the Devil.
Ever do the powers of Darkness
expressed
which will inevitably ensue among
native Hawaiiansm spite of any possible
provisions for limiting its consumption
to the Chinese. No such provisions
can be rendered efficient Under the
present law, the mere possession ol
opium is punishable. This practically
prevents the übiquitous Chinese peddler
from carrying it to the natives. License
it, and the peddler found with the drug
upon his person has merely to assert
that he has it lawfully for his own use.
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It will be obviously for the interest ol
the licensed dealer to encourage as wide
a dissemination as possible of the drug,
in order to cultivate appetites in as
many new customers as possible. Not
only are the Hawaiians without temperance and sell control in the use of a
tempting naicotic. The Japanese also
are more liable than the more steady
Chinese to yield to impulse. Among
the Chinese themselves there will also
inevitably be a great increase of con
sumption.
We look to the Christian principle in
our community to resist this pernicious
proposition. We look to the morality
and benevolence of our people to army
them against it. We look also to the
planters to oppose what mu-t greatly
demoralize and disable their laborers.
So evil and disreputable a measure can
not be expected to be carried in an enlightened Legislature.
Christianity
and the Evolution of
Rational Life
A STATEMENT MADE on SOLICITATION OF
THI. I All. GEORGE H. ROMANES.
By the Rev. John T. (iulick, Ph.
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The author says ol the following article, that
it "was not written wilh any thought of public a
tion, but simply as a reply by letter to a corre
spondem who asked'On what lines oil hriatian
evidence do you mainly rely ?' and saying that
his own belief had been shattered by what seemed
to him overpowering assaults lion, the sidt- ol
rationality." He is willing, however, to have It
published in the Bibliotkeea Sot ra. The interest
and value of it is gtealls enhanced when it is
known that the person who solicited the statement was the distinguished < ieoigr 11. Kotnanes,
late editor of Natun (the principal scientific periodical ol England,) and that this reply, with the
distinguished savant's peisonal acquaintance with
Mr. Ciulick, was among the prominent influences
which led t j Mr. Romanes'return to the Christian
faith.
(iulick was born of missionary parents in the
wich Islands, and was later assigned g field
n. While in the Sandwich Islands heeccahis spare time in making an exhaust ivc study
of the land tnollusks of the archipelago
As the
immediate result of this work, carried on for
many years, numerous articles were published by
Mr. (iulick in the scientific journals, beginning
with one entitled "The Variation of Species
ss related to their Oaographical Distribution,
rated by the .chaiinellinae," published
•ilnre, July 18. LS7'.'.
Without mentioning others which intervened,
we notice finally two, tilling one hundred and fifty
closely printed pages of the I.inn,u on Journal,
published in London in ISB7 and 18811 The
first of these is entitled "Divergent Involution
through Cumulative Segregation.'' and was presented to the society by Allied W. Wallace, Y.
L. S. The second is entitled "Intensive Se-
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gregation, or Divergence through Independent
Transformation," and was presented by \V.
Percy Sladen, F. 1.. S.
The main conclusions established by these investigations are embodied in the two following
propositions:
ist.
"Divergent Evolution does md neertmrih
depend an either change in or chmugt of the
environment."
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"The
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lieeiti
averagi
rmlius
fFebruiry,
of distributionfar
tarn* ruin, in mijkfmat groups
of
closely allied species varus in the different groups
directly m the power and opportunity for migrating, mill inversely ns the plasticity ami variability
of tin several grorps."
Those lamiliar with recent Darwinian literature will readily see in these proposition! (which
were abundantly supported by the facts collected
by Mr. (ittlick) a far reaching: argument both for
Darwinism and for Theism, lor
they
out of the problem, and reveal a law
rule chance
whose souicc
is invisible but all povvei Ittl, and which can hr no
other than the eternal, omnipotent fountain of all
orderly movement
The tribute which Mr. Romanes paid to Mr.
is most remarkable, and should be prelixed to the Communication drawn by hint from
his admired missionary friend and which we here
print lor the first tune. In publishing an article
of Mr. (iulick's which appeared in Natun in the
issue lor April It). IS!!!), Mi Kotnanes writes as
follows: "I cannot allow the present coninuinii a
tion to appear in these columns without again
recording my conviction that the write! is the
most piolou.id of living thinkius upon l.aivvinian
topics, and that the generalizations which have
been reached by his twenty veais of thought are
of more importance- to the thcoiv ol evolution
than any thai have i.c-en published during the
post-Darwinian period." /■.'./. ISibl. So,.
(iulick
Man is rational and be finds himself
universe th.tt is capable of being interpreted and used by reason.
The arts and sciences, through which
his power is constantly advancing, are
proofs that he isjustified in the assumption that every part of the universe is
constructed on principles that will yield
an ever expanding meaning to his search
for unity, law, and order, 'The progress
of science tests on man's faith that he
cannot be wrong in applying this assumption to new realms; and the ratio
nality of the assumption is justified by
the result. But rationality includes not
only the adjusting of" means, but tiie
weighing and choosing of ends; not
only intelligence, but morality ; not onlj
knowledge, but love guiding in the use
of knowledge. Man liiuls himself part
of a social system in which regard for
the good of all is the guiding principle
that brings order out of confusion 'The
history of social evolution shows that,
in proportion as man gains faith in this
principle, and applies it intelligently to
wider groups of society and to each and
all of the relations of social organisation, in that proportion has he advanced
in happiness and dignity.
We also find that a very large share of
this advancement hi s been due to Christianity. Though other systems ni teaching
have dimly apprehended the ideal, they
have none of them been able to inspire
men with new motives that are able to
hold the brutal tendencies of the race
strongly in check. In populous regi
ons there seems to have been a slow
biological evolution through which
altruistic instincts have gained increas
ing force; but no power outside of
Christianity seems able to take man as
he is, in any and every land, and set him
on a new course. The cause of this
wonderful power in Christianity seems
to lie in its ability to assure men of the
fatherhood of God as well as of the
brotherhood of man. Indeed, judging
part of a
1896
from my own experience and from what
I have observed in China and Japan, it
seems as if a strong hold on the latter
idea, such as will awaken the enthusiasm
of humanity, is attained only by those
who are filled with the former idea. It
should also be said that a stiong sense
of God's love does not remain with the
man who refuses to love his neighbor.
Science rests on the assumption that
unity, order, and law pervade the universe.
Morality rests on the assumption that the obligations of benevolence
are a reality, extending to the uttermost
bounds of our influence. Religion rests
on the assumption that power, wisdom,
and love underlie the foundations of the
universe The first is the condition for
any rational use of means, methods,
and opportunities; the second is the
condition for wisdom in the choice of
ends and in the regulating of our lives;
the third is the necessary condition for
courage, confidence, and joy in realizing
the two previous conditions. There is
also an interdependence between the
lii st and second conditions which seems
to make it necessary that they should
advance together. An individual may
indeed be skillful in the the use of means
without listening to the dictates of
morality, but a community without morality will relapse into barbarism, losing
the sciences and aits they once possessed.
Hut is it wise, is it rational, to act on
these assumptions before we prove that
they are in accordance with fact? I believe
it is. 'This is, it seems to me, just what
rational man has always done, in some
degree; and I believe he will always
have to, unless he abandons rational
life.
Does not the very essence ol
rational life lie in conscious or unconscious acceptance of these higher postulates? Irrational creatures, as well as
man, put faith in the reality of the
objects revealed by their senses, though
the only proof that the assumption is
not a delusion is that it woiks well in
serving the purposes of life, and that the
knowledge derived from different senses
is harmonious. Now, it seems to me
that confidence in the postulates of our
reason is justified in the same way.
They are necessary to the continuance
of rational life
They give vigor, enthusiasm, and joy to life; and they bring
all parts of our knowledge into a harmonious whole.
Again it may be asked, Are not the
first two of these postulates sufficient
without the last? And does the last
stand on as sure a basis as the other
two? Ii seems to me that the three are
inseparably connected. 'The last is an
implicit assumption underlying the two
previous assumptions. Rational man
is the fruit of nature, and the nature
that bore him everywhere responds to
his reason. When reason is the interpreter of such a universe, will it not find
reason as the interpretation? What can
be more rational than to believe that the
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nature of the universe is rooted in reason? But a full answer to these two
questions can be reached only by careful
study of the cvi lution of rational life, a
subject which may be pursued in a
thousand different ways, and concerning
which I can make only a few suggestions. To give definiteness to our in
vestigations we need to take actual
cases. We need to observe the influence
of systems of thought that have shaped
the lives of individuals or nations.
What systems have done the most to
invigorate rational life? Which ones
have shown the most power in restoring
to rationality those who were wasting
their own energies, a:ul bringing ruin to
others? I am sure Christianity could not
retain its hold on the modotn world.
any more than Buddhism, if it did not
show superior power in elevating the
lives of men.
Hut the great power of Christianity
lies in the direct effects of the character
of Christ. His influence on the world
is due not only to his elevated conception of the fatherhood of God, but to the
new aspirations awakened by his realiza
tion of the most exalted life and his
promises to lead others to the attain
ment of a similar life, in their devotion
to him and to the kingdom of God which
he establishes on earth. 'This kingdom
of God is a kingdom of love, which he
assures us is to spread its influence into
all lands; "for the meek shall inherit the
earth." Not only has Christ become a
leading factorin the evolution of society,
but, in the survival of the meek and the
righteous he has opened to. us the
philosophy of this higher evolution and
the truth of the philosophy is sustained
by the gradual fulfillment of the predic
tinns based on the philosophy.
Concerning the nature of Christ's
authority, and the ground on which he
makes such great promises, and assumes
such absolute leadership, I try simply to
understand what he claims for himself.
Though the most humble of men, he
assumes greater authority than any
other teacher ever thought of assuming.
His life and its influence on the world
seem to me as unique as his death and
resurrection. Each sustains the other,
and the harmony and consistency of the
whole seem to me unlike the fabrications
of the myth-making faculty or the productions of idealzing art. An extraordinary life may he the occasion for myths
attempting to explain that life; but it is
entirely incredible that myths and sub
jective delusions should originate a
character on a wholly new range of
thought, and then give it power to trans
form, first the original subjects of the
delusion, making them consistent and
pertinent witnesses and martyrs, and
then through them the whole structure
of society. But, although the lives of
his disciples show that the) were moved
by the deepest conviction of the reality
of what they have told us about him, we
must remember that their method of dc-
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scribing events is necessarily shaped in
many respects by the ideas of the time;
when, for example, we read that the
waters of a pool with curative powers
were at intervals moved by an angel, I
have no difficult}- in supposing that it
was an intermittent spring. Making
allowance, however, for the fact that the
very names of things sometimes express
the vatises to which popular belief at
tributes them, we find that the records
of Christ's life are chiefly the simplest
poss ble recitals of what he did and
said, with only '.he briefest references to
the explanation ol the facts. And of the
facts recorded, nearly all relate t the
last three years of his life. Passing by
ill explanations if the nature of his life,
and giving attention simply to the main
facts of these three years and to their in
lluence on those who were with Him,
and through them, on the world, we are
brought to the irresistible conclusion
that he was a new type of man, possessed of a character of complete devotion to the good of others, and of unparalleled power in transforming and
elevating the lives of others. In biological evolution a new type has influence only as its offspring multiply to
the exclusion of other types; but, in
rational evolution, a new character may
propagate itself by transforming other
types into more or less conformity to its
own standards without any infusion of
new blood.
'This is the method ol
Christ's influence on the world. In the
language of the New Testament it is
called, giving power to become the sons
of (iod.
In closing, I may say, that our philosophical explanations undergo transform
ation, but the great factsof Christianity
seem to me to remain untouched.
.
What shall we Preach.
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and magistrates shall bend beneath His
power. Preach Him till the weary and
the heavy-laden come to Him for rest;
preach Him until His judgment throne
stands out distinct and awful with saints
and sinners trembling on either hand.
Preach Him as Peter preached Him in
the glory of his aged recollections.
Preach Him as Paul preached Him to
Jew and Greek, barbarian and Roman;
not with enticing speculations, but in
the demonstration and the power of the
Holy Ghost; out of the depths of an experience growing richer and a knowledge growing clearer and larger; out of
the peace of God which passeth understanding and the love of God which
passeth knowledge; by gentle, lucid and
courageous speech; by judicious and
heroic silence; by patience and fortitude
and faith; by forbearance and by deed;
preach Him the life and light of men.
Do not surround Him with artificial
splendors, thinking to make Him more
attractive; do not degrade Him to a
puzzle and a problem, but preach Him
as He preached Himself, the Shepherd
of lost sheep, the likeness of the Esther,
the Friend of sinners, the Redeemer of
mankind.
Pacific Counsels.
It is satisfactory to find, as might be
expected, that Christian ministers on
both sides of the Atlantic almost invariably counsel calmness and moderation in
dealing with the controversy which has
arisen between England and the United
States respecting the boundary between
A
British Guiana and Venezuela.
notable exception appears to this pacific
spirit, as follows
The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, in the
course of his sermon at St. James' Hall,
said that the two most distressing spectacles for any lover of peace were the
Sultan of Turkey and Mr. Cleveland.
The latter bullied Great Britain and
rudely threatened her with war; but
awful as a conflict was to contemplate,
he hoped that those answerable for the
conduct of the nation's affairs would
not allow him to dictate where the
frontiers of the British Empire ended
and began.
Price Hughes is still a young man,
but has earned too much influence and
leadership to make it seemly for him to
employ so intemperate a comparison as
that of Mr. Cleveland to the Sultan of
Turkey. The controversy is one of a
class quite sure to be settled by negotiation. Salisbury had been rather peremptory in refusing to discuss the
:
'The question vexes many a clerical
mind. Prof. C. J. Little, in a baccalaureate sermon at Garret Biblical Institute!
gives his answer ;
Clear your minds of cant, of eccenticity, of fictions and phantasms and
vain imagination, and preach Jesus
Christ. Preach Him in the meekness
and loveliness of His hewrt; preach Him
in the grandeur of His death and the
glory of His resurrection; preach Him
in the beauty of His conduct; preach
Him in the sublime exactions of His
morality; preach Him for the remission
of sins; preach Him as the power of an
endless life. Preach Him till little children gather about Him; preach Him
till erring women fall and kiss His
feet; preach Him till trembling mothers
bring their babes for benediction; preach question.
Him till conscience-stricken sinners pass
silent from His presence and moneyDr. Haffkines inoculations of 40,000
changers in the temple fly before His
in Bengal with cholera antitoxpersons
scourge. Preach Him till Samaritan
and heretic shall see the radiance of His ine, are reported to have produced com"
loving eyes; preach Him till centurions t
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The membership of Central Union
Church consists of 178 males and 302
females; total 180. Of these 43' are
[February. 1896
THE FRIEND
Y. M. C. A. Change of Secretary.
The public were surprised to learn ten
days
ago, of the resignation of D. M.
now residing in Honolulu. 341 families
Corbett, the able and acceptable General
are connected with this church,
Secretary of our Y. M. C. A. He is
of
We are deeply pained to hear
the to manage the People's Ice Company,
Smith,
of
Marie
only but will act as Secretary until a successor
death in Oakland
arrives.
daughter of our honored correspondent
Rev. Arthur H. Smith, of North China
Safety of Aintab Missionaries.
Mission. Man)- will recall the interesting child who was here with her parents
A letter of November 28th. from Mrs.
several years ago.
Eanny Andrews-Shepard M.D. ofAintab
Reception and Collation of Y. M. C. A. Turkey, (formerly of Maui) has been
printed in the Hawaiian Star. It reports
One of the most pleasant affairs of the exemption of the American Mission
New Year's Day was a reception in the aries, under special Turkish protection,
slaughter and plundering of the
Association parlors, at which over 300 from the
helpless Armenians of that city. The
people attended. There was a sumptu- witnessed by the missionaries were
ous collation, ministered to by some 30 horrors heart-rending, They are doing
young ladies. The reception was in their utmost for the protection of their
charge of Mesdames S. M. Damon, F. pupils and converts.
J. Lowrie, S. B. Dole and D. P. Birnie,
assisted by eight others. The ladies had
Baptized by Immersion.
worked earnestly to make it a success.
Four of the candidates foradmission to
Many went over to the Y. M. C. A.
directly from the President's reception at the Central Union Church on January
the Executive building, which was Mh having expressed a preference for
attended by a crowd of people, including
that form of baptism, they were immersthe Diplomatic and Consular corps.
ed on the preceding day by Pastor D. P.
Birnie in the Kewalo Spring. ImmerSabbath Desecration.
sion is doubtless legitimate, although we
The editor of our Hawaiian Board believe sprinkling or affusion to have
been more common in apostolic days.
page justly reprehends the frequent dis.
But the outward form of any rite is of
turbance of the Sabbath rest and quiet minor consequence.
by the frequent sharp-shooting in the
A Heroine.
outskirts of the town. We join our
voice to his in calling upon the police to
Good Miss Mary E. Brewer, the
enforce the laws. We also appeal reAmerican
missionary in Sivas, at the
spectfully to President Dole as Commander-in-Chief to put end to this dis- risk of her life went, with only one
turbing and immoral conduct, which is Turkish cavass, into the midst of the
understood to be practiced by the order murdering mob and took a woman
of the commanding officer of the military, attached to the mission safely to the
whose admitted abilities in his profession American consulate. She is a heroine,
do not qualify him to decide questions and the granddaughter of missionaries
of public morals, or convenience.
on both side, and Grinnell, la., claims
her.—N. Y. Independent.
New Methodist Church opened.
Miss Brewer is granddaughter to the
late Rev. William Richards a former
The second Sabbath in January was eminent missionary in these Islands.
marked by the opening for Divine Service of the new edifice of the first MethoMount Holyoke Alumnae.
dist Episcopal church recently erected
Sixteen graduates of therenowned Mt.
on Beretania street, corner of Miller,
and one block east of the Central Union Holyoke Seminary are now living in
Church. The services were conducted these islands, and ten in Honolulu. On
by the pastor Rev. H. W. Peck, assisted January 2Uth, Mrs. C. H. Kluegel enterby the Revs. H. Bingham, D. D. and tained six ol these in honor of her venerable mother Mrs. Persis G. Taylor, nee
S. E. Bishop.
This new church is a tasteful edifice Thurston, who is one of the early graduand centrally located. Its seating capa- ates under Mary Lyon in 1845. Mrs.
city is about 300. The lot is large and Taylor read an interesting class letter
in due time will probably be occupied by reporting their Jubilee meeting last sum
a much larger church. The interior is mer. Of Mrs. Taylor's class of 51, 30
very attractive. An earnest body of are living, and nine met at the old semimembers is gathered around the zealous nary. Miss Lyon's pupils have earned
laurels on all mission fields.
Sugar Interests Booming.
The destruction of the Cuban sugar
crop by the insurrection, is driving up
the price of sugar in the United States.
This means high prices for the unprecedently large crop in these Islands. An
impetus will naturally begin to all business here.
President Dole in Kona and Hilo.
In his tour through the above districts, Mr. Dole has had a most favorable reception from the people, especially
the natives. He expresses himself as
greatly impressed with the urgent need
of roads lor the development of the
argicultural lands. In those rich but
most rocky districts, only roads built
with great cost and labor can make the
farms accessible to wheeled vehicles.
The Hilo Tribune says that the Volcano
road costing $120,000 at once caused
the occupation of Crown Lands which
yield over $20,000 annual rent to the
Government.
Kilauea again Active.
After thirteen months of entire quiescence, the volcano of Kilauea has resumed in the fullest degree its custo-
mary activity. The fires had subsided
and disappeared in the deep abyss of
Haleamaumau crater early in October
1894, after forty-three months of magnificent activity. After long waiting, the
patience of Manager Lee of the Volcano
House was rewarded at 11 p. m. of
January 3rd. by seeing a faint light on
clouds above the crater. The lava was
again rising in the shaft below the pit.
By afternoon of the 4th it had risen
so as to form a lake in the bottom
of the pit, having an area of over an
acre of surging fire. This has rapidly
risen many feet each day, and at last
reports was within 400 feet of the upper
rim of the pit. Crowd of island visitors with foreign tourists are thronging
to see the great and terrible spectacle.
You descend 600 feet into the great
caldera of Kilauea, then traverse two
miles of hideous black lava, gradually
ascending 400 feet, when you suddenly
face a horrible abyss, in which many
hundred feet below is a sea often acres
of terrific surging fire in fierce ebullition.
There is no spectacle on earth of such
appalling horror and grandeur. It is a
revelation from the nether abysses.
Judging from previous activities in
Kilauea, the lava will be many months
in rising sufficiently to overflow the
upper rim of the pit, whence it will flood
many hundreds of acres ol Kilauea floor
fathoms deep with fresh lava.
Its
aspect while rising in the pit is perhaps
the most interesting.
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Our old friend the U. S. S. Boston
anchored here at noon of the 30th and
saluted. At the same moment ended
murky our sultry Kona weather, and the
wind swept round to the North in a
$161,547.Hi.
bright brisk, cool gale, such as we love.
The decrease ol tons of sugar from What a pleasant omen !
1894 was 5,950; ol value $198,018.69.
The rice export had fallen off 50 per
Professor W. C. Brigham, the eminent
cept in both quantity and value. Coffee
manager of the British Museum,
fell off about 35 per cent. 1895 has sailed per Warriinoo on the 26th, for
been an unpiosperous year. For 1896 Sydney and around the world. A leadthe commercial prospects are extremely ing errand of his is to examine the
bright.
celebrated Naples aquarium, with a view
to establish an Aquarium in Honolulu
in connection with the Museum,
Safety of S. S. Strathnevis.
Total exports from the Hawaiian Islands for 1896, are officially reported at
$5,474,138.15 Of this were 1 17,392.41
tons of sugar valued at $7,975,698.41.
Also 1,8.84.38 tons of rice, valued at
Great satisfaction was felt at news on
the.'ml of the safety of the disabled
steamer Strathnevis, which the Miowera
had towed for five days and lost her tow
in a heavy gale, near Destruction Island.
The steamer's anchor held her fi'om
going ashore.
She was rescued the
next day by the Mineola, and towed to
Port Townsend. No slight part of our
satisfaction is that the courage and
patience of Cspt. Stott are likely to meet
with some reward in a share of salvage
of the rescued steamer. 'The whole
story is a striking one of ocean peril,
and brave combat.
H. A. A. C. Athletic Sports disgraced.
The H. A. Athletic Club is a useful
organization, which has been somewhat
connected witn the Y. M. C A. Gymnasium. It is matter of regret and shame
that on the 25th, in their exhibition of
sports at Kapiolani Park, three of the
common disgraceful horse races were
To show
permitted to take place.
that our characterization is not too
strong, we quote from the P. C.
Advertiser as follows:
"A great many of those who rode or
drove to the park on Saturday, went
out to see the boys and young men in
the real athletic sports, but there was a
goodly sprinkling of older heads whose
interest was centered on the horse race
between Billy C. and Confederate, and
a considerable amount of Confederate
money dropped with a doleful thud into
the pockets of the friends of Billy C.
But the horses were well matched and
the men who backed their opinion of
C. did so mainly on account of his record. Their judgment still holds good."
Also from the Independent :
"The howl this morning is caused by
the defeat of Confederate on Saturday
by Bill)- C. The backers of Confederate
claim that their jockey acted 'kolohe,'
and was bribed by the Billy C. crowd."
This is dirty work, and we are sorry
to know of the sons of Christian people
being mixed up in it. They got into
foul company.
A Vaporing Filibuster.
From his remote retreat in Montana,
Markoe, the confederate of Morrow and
Underwood writes to the S F. Chronicle,
deriding'the folly of his associates, toasting of his own statesmanship and
military prowess, and asserting the re
sistless strength of the combination he
is forming to "bust up" the Dole Gov
eminent. His bark is vociferous.
Cemmon Swindlers.
'The alleged filibusters Underwood and
Sheridan, alias Morrow, now in jail
here awaiting trial for conspiracy, are
charged in San Francisco with raising
the funds to get here by securing four
typewriters, which they pawned for $59.
They may have schemed to realize
money out of confiding royalists in
Honolulu. Their little tricks appear to
be squelched for the present.
The Suppressed Hawaiian.
13
Did the Belgic bring the Cholera?
The late surgeon of the Belgic, Dr.
Howie, passed through Honolulu per
Coptic, on the 15th, and emphatically
repeated his former assertions that the
deaths on the
attended by
no symptons of cholera. On the other
hand the President of the Board of
Health declares that they had affidavits
from very reliable old Chinese residents
who were passengers that two of those
deaths were attended by vomiting, purging and cramps; also that one of the
passengers exhibited similar symptoms
on his way per scow to the qu rantine
station, dying the next day. They have
no question as the fact that the Belgic
brought the pestilence to Honolulu.
Cold Storage and Ice Establishment.
'The Electric Works opposite the new
market, have more thtn doubled their
buildings, hy adding Refrigeratingworks
consisting of a large Ice plant, and Cold
Storage rooms, fifteen in number.
In
the latter the mercury ranges from freezing point to zero. This will facilitate
the preservation of meats in this warm
climate, and will favor the importation of foreign mutton from New Zealand.
By enabling carcasses to be
stored indefinitely after reaching town,
it will enable beeves to be slaughtered
at distant points, and brought in by
rail, thus securing meat in better condition than when slaughtered after being
penned up in town.
It is interesting to enter the cold apartments, and once more to experience a
keen winter temperature, unknown here
except on some almost inaccessible
mountain summit.
The Gazette Co. has acted lightly in
refusing to print the Hawaiian magazine.
He'll not Wait.
The number which was to have appeared
shortly contained immoral and obscene
features, in both reading matter and Some months after a young man's conillustrations.—Evening Bulletin, fan. 2. version, he chanced to meet one of his
former dissolute companions, who
The owners of the Gazette Publishing seemed oveijoyed to see
him, and who
Company did a public benefit when they
asked him to go with him to a neighbor,
burned the edition.—P. C. Advertiser,
ing barroom. But the young man reJan. 2.
fused, saying, "I have a friend with
me."
Rival Pacific Cable Companies.
"I don't see any one with you."
"You can't see Him, but he is here."
Besides the New Jersey Cable Com"Bring Him in with you."
pany, of Col. Z. S. Spalding, who has a
"No,
he never goes into bar-rooms."
concession from the Republic of Hawaii,
"Then let him wait outside."
a rival, the Pacific Cable Company has
"No, no!" was the final answer.
also appeared before Congress for a "My friend is Jesus Christ, and if I go
subsidy. The Committee on Foreign in with you he'll not."
Affairs and that on Interstate and
Noble answer was this! And, like
Foreign Commerce have the two applica- his Lord, he was delivered by it, from
tions in hand. Between the two, it may the power of evil.
be hoped ihat some decisive action will
Remember this best friend "will not
be taken by Congress, to the end of wait" outside of places of sin. Who
supplying Hawaii with a cable at an can take his place if he leaves you ?
early date.
Crown of Glory.
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RECORD OF EVENTS.
Jan. Ist.—New Years day—Remainder of Political Prisoners given their
freedom -State Reception of President
and Mrs. Dole at the Executive building—Lunch and reception to young men
at the Y. M. C. A.—Semi-Annual contest of the Rifle Association—Railroad
excursion to Waianae —Evening concert
by, and first appearance of the Y. M. C.
A. Orchestra.
2nd.—Farewell Reception on the
Bennington to officers of the Baltimore.
3rd.—The Australia brings welcome
news of the safety of the Strathnevis.
Another native member of the militia
suicides with his own rifle.
6th.—Board of Education opens a free
night school in this city; 99 members
enrolled ranging in ages from 15 to 30
years. Ere the week closes the number
more than doubles, requiring extra
teachers and more class room.
7th.—Departure of President Dole
and party for a tour of Hawaii.—Word
received of the outbreak again, on the
3id. inst. of the Volcano, Kilauea, with
strong indications of increasing activity.
—Arrival of Italian corvette Christoforo
Colombo from Tahiti, for a brief visit.
Prince Luigi, nephew of King Humbert,
is one of her officers.
9th.—ln the Henrietta libel case
Judge Whiting renders a decision confiscating both schooner and cargo.—
Hons. H. M. Nelson, J. J. Byrnes and
R. Philp, high officials from the Colonies,
arrive by the Mariposa, for a few week's
vacation in these .islands and return.
Our total exports for last quarter reached
the value of $849,343.75, of which but
$34,404.25 was foreign goods. The
total exports for the year shows a value
—
—
of $8,474,138,15.
10th.—Departure ol the Baltimore,
flying a homeward-bound pennant.
11th.—The Bulletin issues its holiday
number, containing many specially pre
pared papers and illustrations.
12th.—Opening of the new Methodist
Episcopal Church, by Rev. H. W. Peck,
assisted by Revs. S. E. Bishop and H.
Bingham, D. D.
13th.—Departure of the Italian corvette for Vancouver. —Honolulu adopts
the standard Greenwich time for this
station.
15th.—Hawaii's Senatorial contest
between Alex. Young and H. L. Holstein results in a tie of 127 votes each.
Mr. Holstein claims the honorable
position on the ground of two alleged
illegal ballots having been counted for
his opponent and appeals to the Supreme Court for decision.
17.—Anniversary of the establishment
of the Provisional Government, a public
holiday, but not very generally observed.
20th.- Brilliant birthday gathering at
Rosebank, theresidence of F. A. Schaefer
Esq; a notable social event.
2'st. Departure of the Hawaiian
band per Kinan, for a concert season at
Hilo and tour on Maui.—The Kona
Coffee Company of Olaa, reincorporates
under a new name with capitol increased
to $170,000. —A large excursion party
leaves for the Volcano, which is steadily
increasing in activity and interest.
22nd. —D. W. Corbett tenders his resignation as Secretary of the Y. M. C.
A. to accept the managership of the
People's Ice Co. Harry Fern, a brakeman on the railway, slips in an attempt
to uncouple moving cars, and falling
sustains injuries that quickly terminate
—
—
fatally.
23rd.—Miss Axtell gave a delightful
Rubenstein musicale at Oahu College,
which was duly appreciated by a very
full attendence.
25th.—Field sports of the Athletic
Association, at the Park, scored a great
great success.—The same is said of the
Amateur peaformance of "Merediths
Old Coat," at Independence Park, for
the benefit of Kawaiahao, which netted
$100.
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\m l.k M .hi, ~,i. Johnson, foe San Francisco.
I' S s Baltimore,, Day, for San Francisco
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From the Colonies,per Warrimoo, Jan A Mi-- Helen
anl -Mis Keith.
From San Francisco, pei Vustrala, lan 8 Root Abe'
coinbie, wife and chUd, S M Hall n an,] wife, A II Bs. lir
der, .1 A Buck, In I M i~.,;,, C \l Cooke, Mrs c H
l-l,ism, and 2 children, In,':, vv n foster, I H Fiahel ami
wife, Mi- Fisher, Slafford i;...;,. 1. A Hulu-r. C J
Holdsworth ~i„l wife, I: V II ~, wifi and liilil, Mrs Vl
vv I Kline, I M lavs-is.
M 1. Hoover, Prof 1 A II
Must \1 ~1,1.i. Wm Marks, Mi I E Nichols and 2
children, Mim Nichols. Ii Ohlandt, Mi- Kn-.11, I \
Rodriguez. Mis. MSu lis.ui, C L Van ~,:,, D V Wafdron,
Prof A I- Zamlo, I, and Is in >t ci
From ill.- i -! til. pet \l ,:i|,.,..,, 1..- 0 Han II M
N, on,
1 Hon I I Byrni -. Ho I; Philip an ! valet, .Miss H
I, health v, and Miss Annie 1 ii ker.
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26th. —Co. H. take Sunday to open
their n_w butts, with thirty three aspirants for distinguished markmanship.
By a fortunate miss they escaped having
the scorer's blood for their christening,
but it was so near as to drown all ambition for that day.
27th. Stmr. Australia arrives late at
night, delayed through heavy weather,
en route. She brings a goodly number
of passengers, including several karri aainas.
28—"Meredith's Old Coat" repeated,
to meet' demands, and scores another
success; a total sum for the benefit of
Kawaiahao of about $700.
30—Arrival of U. S. Boston, from San
Francisco, en route for the China station.
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Am 1,1. Archer. Calhoun, for San Franc! ~,.
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From Vancouver 1 I j, ■ vv.,,
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Scott, Cook, Richardson, C'abral, Kadcliffe and S. kine.
.tralia, l.m 27 1' !'
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McVeigh, i Mlllik. 11. 1. I: 1.,, 1..1. ( U Porter, Mr- I X
Reid, Ah- Am,., Inn,',,,A. Harvey Walker, Miaa AHce L
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vv Irvine, II F
l--..i<. II V VViiieinaiin. |, Mr. I Walkingion, Miss
.-mi! M.ss Boyd.
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Walker, Mis* Ilausray, ',lr< Kecfe, 1 R McVeigh, Mr
Benterbaugh ~,,,1 child and 3 steeri
PORT OF HONOLULU.—JANUARY.
For San Francisco, pei 1 optic, Jan i'.ili Miss II Carter,
ARRIVALS
Mr anil VI,- | H,, 4.111, si \..
A Han.lel, W L
.i.li.-i. ITios Finegan, Ch Guertler. II Wigggera and Chas
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from N. w
I— Bt -s Warrimoo, Bird from the C lonics.
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'A Am h Australia, Houdlette, from San
.1,1,1 wife,
I 1 Irving, I II Howe, Ji:
tolini, fin Tahiti.
7 It.ti» rvette Chnti
For tlic Colonies, per VV.ui im.... Jan 25 11,,11 II M
Am bk Ma Uda, Sweus n, from PoM lilak. Iv.
and
servant, 11.,1, I. Philip, I I Kenaingt n, X W
Nelson
Am uti lik. Chat VV Morgan, Earie from a i ruise.
Cro-se, A B Akroyd, VV I Brig-ham, W D Bane and } P
Ward, retrained from Hana.
Am bk Amelia,
Oiluni.
$ Am ichr Transit, lorgensen, from s.n Francisco.
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Am ss Marip sa, Hayward from the olonies.
Am schr Reaper, oung, from Porlaud, Or.
MARRIAGES.
14 I, s> i optic, Lindsay, from hina and japan.
WAII SCOT! I'" I"-, 83, i-:,., si the reaidente
17 Am ss AlaUneda, Yon Otertndrop. Irotn San Francisco,
aula.
Kahuluu,
II wall, bj the Rev. s.
the bride,
North X
N..i bk Sjokogctt, Gram from New (
M Am sen Robert Searles, Pihz.fi tn New Castle.
11. l.asis, Wiliamie Wail to Ali- Kalherina I. Sod.
Hawn bk X 1' Riiiiet, Morrison, fr m San PraiKMCo.
HUMPHREVS-AFONG In thh ay, Jan. IS*, ai Iks
If- Am bk Santiago, Johnson, from HUo.
hoßss of ill.- bride, '~ thi Is,. li. p. Bimie, Abmai S.
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fJ«T hk I C Pftttger, Walter, from Liverpool.
to Mi— Marie Afong.
Humphreys
•_',v |',r u Warrimoo, Bird from Vancouver.
27—Br bk VelocitVt Martin, from Hongkong.
Am lik ( I) Bryant, Jacobson, from Port Gambia
DEATHS.
Am ss An tralia. Houdlette, from San Francsco.
IOI.UL'RN At Walkal-i. Jan. 6th, 18M, HoM MsSg.
3<j—U s s Huston, Thomas, from San
Newcastle,
liilln,
y.Hllleest il.uuliler of Ml. alisl Mis. M. !-, I allium,
An. I»k Noniintum, Kawball from
uyed 1 year anil I* inniillis.
RICHARDS In Hilo, Hawaii, l.m. I'., Kuili Kvelsn,
DEPARTURES.
only daoshter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Richsrds, aged 2
years
all,l 7 n|,.iitli-.
I I'.r ss ftfiowara, Sioti, for the CoJottita.
HAI.STK.I) In thi. citj 1,., IS, ,u lbs Arlington
uiiver.
f- I'.r .s Warrimoo, Bird fur \'an,1 X, I lalsi.-ail, aired
Hotel, Arthur St.uisli, 1,1, onls 9
4 Am schr R W Logan, Bray, fur Caroline Islands,
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THE FRIEND
HAWAIIAN BOAK-D.
HONOLULU. H. I
Tbii page is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian
Board of Mlsaionis and the Editor, appointed by the
Board, is responsible for contents.
Rev. O. H. Guluk,
- Editor.
From Japan.
From a letter of a missionary in Japan
his associates dated Dec. 25th, we
make a brief extract.
The visit of the deputation (Rev. DrsBarton, Bradford, Johnson and Mr.
Ellison) lingers in our memory like a
delightful dream lam convinced that
the more those brethren saw of us the
better they liked us, and the longer they
studied the situation, the more keenly
and sympathetically they appreciated
They
the difficulties of our position.
seemed well pleased with the Mission as
a whole, its intellectual vigor, breadth
of vision, variety of talent, loyalty of
spirit and earnestness of devotion. This
should afford every one of us great joy
and encouragement.
to
The times demand strong leadership
and a sacrificial spirit of service. The
visiting brethren seemed to realize this
to the full, and they keyed us up to a high
pitch of faith and life. From first to
last their words were strong and inspiring, and when on that final Sabbath in
Kyoto, Dr. Bradford marked out so
plainly before those of us who heard his
sermon, the way of the cross as the way
of love and happiness and suffering and
victory, it seemed as though all had been
done in loving faithfulness that words
could do to stir us up to the true nobility
of daily Christian service.
Not self denial but self sacrifice, not
rash and wasteful murder of self but
level beaded, warm hearted devotion of
all one is and has to the work, not loving
America less but Japan more and Christ
This I consider to be
most of all.
the weighty message and gifted appeal
left for our Christmas stockings as those
beloved brethren sailed away from these
Eastern shores. It is ours to heed and
to act. We may deem it the harder part,
but we are set for that picket service,
nay more, we are volunteers for it whatever the dangers and whatever the
difficulties.
The Christ child of this gladsome season with the shadow of the cross falling
athwart his manger couch beckons us
along this path of personal siciificial
service.
15
cite the .fourth Commandment, they
hear the crack of the rifle or the frequent
report of guns, as some company of our
nation's defenders are preparing for war,
or striving to attain perfection in hitting
the bull's-eye.
Is Sabbath target shooting a work of
necessity or mercy?
Is the value of the property holders in
the vicinity of the butts advanced or depreciated in value by this practice'
Are the security and peace of the
homes of those families where loving
parents are seeking to raise their children
to be god-fearing neighbor loving citizens, enhanced by this new departure of
our military arm.
Do these representatives of the new
order think that they are lending strength
to the government, promoting the good
order of society or helping to build np
an enlightened Christian state by this
manner of spendingthe day set apart by
Cod and man for higher purposes?
It is said that some years since some
persons oblivious to the value of the
Sabbath, began target practice on the
Lord's day in the vicinity of Judge
McCully's residence, to the great annoyance of the good citizen. Judge McCully
communicated the fact to Judge Judd,
the latter notified the Marshal; Mr
Parke promptly appeared on the scene
and the shooting ended.
At a meeting of a company of the
citizen's guard held a few days ago, the
proposition for Sabbath target practice
after a short discussion was decided in
the negative by a vote of perhaps thirty
to one.
Are the Sabbath target shooters setting at defiance the laws of God, the
interests of the government and the
wishes of the majority of our citizens?
Is the Sabbath worth having or worth
keeping?
Is it not time that this community
should seriously considerthesequestions?
and were with several of their children
baptized, by Rev. Dr. Faber, the eminent missionary and scholar, who exerted
a most beneficial influeuce over the
whole family for a number of years.
Our young friend received the baptismal
name of "Shan Van'" "One who has
received Mercy.'' Most beautifully and
worthily did he bear this name through
all the succeeding years of his life, as
one in whom the mercy and grace ol
God was revealed in a conspicuous
manner. When quite a lad he came to
our Islands with his parents and with
the exception of one visit to China he
has made his home here ever since. He
was an earnest student in the Mission
School of the Berlin Mission in Canton
belore coming here and later he studied
here in Honolulu in different schools.
Some five years ago he was employed
by the Hawaiian Board as assistant to
the Superintendent of the Chinese Mission, and remained in that position until
failing health obliged him to resign.
As one intimately associated with him
for years the writer of these lines would
bear loving testimony to the rare beauty
and symmetry of his Christian life and
to the zeal and ability which he manifested in the discharge of his many and
varied duties. In his death the Hawaiian
Board and the Chinese Mission have
lost a most efficient and valuable helper,
and we who knew and loved him, a
noble companion and fellow laborer.
His faithful mother, brothers and sister
still remain with us and to them we
would extend our heartiest sympathy.
A life such as this, is the most eloquent
testimony to the value of Missionary
work. God grant that firom the youth
of China, many more such jewels may
be gathered to shine through all eternity,
in the Redeemer's Crown !
F. W. D
In Memoriam!
Rev. T. W. Houston of Nanking has
published a remarkable proclamation, of
which he remarks that it is "nothing
less than the most conclusive reply thus
far made to much that passes for wellgrounded judgment as to missionary
work and influence."
Translated, it is as follows :
"Given by Li, by the grace of the
Emperor, Commissioner of Salt Revenue,
Expectant lntendant of Circuit and Prefect of the J iengning (Nanking) Circuit,
being advanced three steps in office and
having one brevet rank, having thirteen
times received honorable mention in
official records:
"For the purpose of publicly and
strictly charging the people concerning
foreigners, who have in whatever points
of the interior established chapels,
schools or like places. For a long time
TO SHAN VAN.
The recent death of this earnest and
talented young Chinese Christian has
brought sorrow to not a few hearts. As
he was for a number of years a faithful
and devoted worker under the Hawaiian
Board, it has been thought fitting to
make here a brief mention of his life and
services. To many both in Honolulu
and in other parts of the group he has
been well known and by them he will
long be missed. He was born in China
Sabbath Target Shooting.
some twenty-eight years ago, of good
children
in respectable family, his parents however,
As the Sabbath-school
of
are
study- at the time ol his birth being still unsome parts
our peaceful city
lessons
on
Sabbath
ing their
morning or acquainted with Christianity. Later,
however, they were both led to Christ
Chinese Proclamation Concerning
Missionaries.
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THE FRIEND
16
1896
these have been permitted by the empe to propuce 15,000 tons the coming year. 90,000 tons, or half that of Hawaii.
ror's commands. Now, having ex 'They manufacture their own sulphuric There are 20,000,000 sheep and 7,000,000
amined the doctrine halls in every place
pertaining to the prefecture, we find that
there have been established free schools
where the poor children of China may
receive instruction; hospitals where
Chinamen may freely receive healing;
that the missionaries all are really good;
not only do they not take the people's
possessions, but they do not seem to desire man's praise.
"Already the Prefect, with the magistrate of the provincial capital, has personally visited each hall and has commanded the magistrates of outside
districts to personally visit each station
of the Churches and talk with the missionaries. They have personally observed
the hospitals, school-houses, etc. They
are for good, established with the sincere
desire to save men. Although Chinamen
are pleased to do good, there are none
who excel these (missionaries).
"We think it right, thetefore, to put
forth this proclamaiion, plainly charging
soldiers and all people. Be it known
that foreigners here renting, or otherwise setting up halls, do so to save and
to help the poor, and that there is not
the least under-handedness.
"Let it not be that you, on the contrary,
wrongly invent false reports, and even
commit crimes and misdemeanors. If
there should be shameless villains who,
thinking to "fish for wealth" (/. c., take
by violence), invent reports and create
disturbances, falsely accusing the missionaries of offences, they will first be
thoroughly examined, then strictly dealt
with. They will be punished to the
fullest measure, certainly not leniently.
You have been informed and warned.
Do not disregard this proclamation.
"Given on the 12th of the Intercalary
sth month, twenty first year of Kuang
Hsu. (July 4, 1895.)"
Trans-Pacific Competition.
A strong competitor for the transpacific trade is reported as likely to enter
the field. It is the Nippon-Yusen Kaisha,
or Japan Mail Steamship Company,
which owns "over seventy passenger
steamships, leasing as many more."
This company is reported to contemplate
opening a line from Japan to San Francisco or Portland, calling at Honolulu.
Thus the commerce of the Pacific increases, and the shadow of Japan grows
larger over Hawaii. }
A Valuable Industry.
The Pacific Fertilizer Co. whose extensive works are at Kalihi two miles
west on the railway, had an output last
year of 7000 tons of fertilizers which
were sold at an average price of $35 a
ton, or a total of $245,000. They are
now enlarging their works and expect
acid from imported sulphur. The phosphates come from Laysan Island a few
hundred miles west of us. All this constitutes a most important addition to the
productive industries of this country.
It is to be hoped that we shall soon
cease to import many other articles
which can as well be produced hereespecially those of the farm, such as hay,
poultry, pork, dairy products. We need
skilled farmers, who have learned meth
ods required by this climate.
cattle. Refrigerating works freeze onehalf million beeves a year for exportation.
There is abundance of coal. A large
The
yield of tobacco is produced.
southern part of the colony produces the
fruits of the temperate zone.
(Queensland thus promises to become
a leading contributor to the fast growing
commerce of the Pacific.
Our (Queensland guests visited and
inspected Kilauea in eruption, and returned home per Warrimoo on the 26th.
The Nicaragua Canal in Congress.
A Gleam of hope for Lepers.
Senator Parkins has introduced a bill
providing for the issue of 150 million
dollars in bonds for the construction of
the Canal. 'There seems to be a strong
prospect that the undertaking will soon
be put into working order under the
control of the U. S, Government.
A correspondent of the Honolulu
Independent reports from the J'apaii
Weekly Mailoi the 4th of January,
an interview with the eminent bacteriologist, Dr. Kitasoto, to whom
is attributed the statement. "You
may make the announcement that I
have at last succeeded in obtaininga serum that will cure leprosy. I
have tried it with positive and entire
success."
The established character and
ability of Dr. Kitasoto are calculated
to inspire some confidence in the
genuineness of his alleged discovery.
The cure of Leprosy is certainly
to be sought in the direction of an
immunized serum, since the bacillus
We
of Leprosy is well known.
await farther intelligence with deepest interest, All other alleged remedies we have always felt to be
illusive.
December Rainfall.
The rainfall in the lower parts of
Honolulu during December averaged 12
inches. This is ahead of any other district in the islands, a very rare occurrence. On the shore at Waimanalo 1fi.33
By our own
inches were recorded.
guage the rainfall for 1*95 has been
11,6'J inches, which is a little below that
of the two years preceding. Nearly all
of our December rain came from South
and west.
Hawaiian Band in Distress.
The Hawaiian "National" Band was
recently heard from as being destitute
and starving in Massilon, Ohio. Consul
Wilder of San Francisco has been directed to furnish them with subsistence and
transportation home to Honolulu. The
party is composed of members of the
former Royal band, who refused to serve
the Provisional Government, remaining
loyal to their former queen. They were
induced to travel in the States in hope
of winning money and honor. They
charge their leaders with defrauding
them.
Later accounts report the band to
have found all needed help in the States.
Heaven.
Heaven is the place where the
bloodwashed are—the Christiana
home in the Father's house.
As birds by instinct go on approach of winter to the South, so in
the great human heart has God implanted an instinct for a better land.
The sweetness of home, the
laughter of children, the loveliness
ol flowers, the glory ol sunshine:
all these are echoes of heaven.
Heaven has all the music; they
never sin<r or play in hell.
Heaven for me is where mother
and loved ones are with Christ my
Savior.
Queensland Magnates visit Hawaii.
Hell.
Per Mariposa January 9, arrived
Hon. H.M.Nelson, Premier of Queensland, Hon. J. J. Byrnes, Attorney General, and Hon. R. Philip, Minister of
Mines. Their visit attracts Hawaiian
attention to their important Colony. A
law interesting facts are elicited.
Queensland has a population of
450,000. Its gold export last year were
$ 12,500,000. The sugar output is about
Who said there was a I lell? Christ,
the Son of God—Christ who was,
and is, Love itself.
Hell is the abode of the unbelieving, the wicked, and the finally impenitent.
Hell is the place where God
gathers the offal and morally dead
carcasses of mankind and puts them
away.
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We offer greeting to all our readers, as we begin the new year. It
opens brightly on us in Hawaii.
Peace and health have taken the
place of disorder and pestilence.
More than ordinary business prosperity exists. Political animosities
are softened. Our churches are
having large accessions. All points
to a year of wholesome and successful activity.
While affairs are so bright in Hawaii, we cannot be oblivious to miseries in lands under the opposite
meridian, where Armenia is being
ravaged by the fanatical Moslem,
and no deliverer comes to save. In
contrast, what peace and well-being
are secured by the presence of enlightened Christianity in Hawaii.
May every earnest and upright soul
among us begin this year with kindled
purpose to be of all possible service
to other souls and to the Kingdom
of our Lord. May this year be one
of faithful work, and of diligent exertion to multiply the gifts with which
He has endowed us. When He
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have made a worthy record in this
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Number 1
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HONOLULU. H. 1.. JANUARY, 1896
Volume 54
At the Chinese kindergarten an elabo-
rate program of exercises was
carried
out, accompanied by a pretty Christmas
tree. There were also Christmas trees
at the Hilo Boarding school and at the
Japanese Church, the latter being beautifully decorated.
At the Public Kindergarten on Friday
morning, was a beautiful Christmas tree,
with a charming series of songs and
exercises by the little ones, directed by
Miss Bertha Guild.
Special Christmas services were held
'n Central Union Church at 11 a. m. on
Christmas day. Fitting music was proOur various Sunday-schools observed vided, and the pastor preached an appropriate discourse. It is believed to be
Christmas with full festivities.
that Christmas services
That of the Chinese Mission on Tues- the first time
held by this church organizahave
been
day evening, the 24th, had a star-shaped tion, except on Sunday.
tree in the brilliantly illuminated church.
The program of songs and recitations
The inmates of Oahu Prison were
consisted of 18 parts.
made partakers of a "Merty Christmas."
On Friday eve the 27th, the rooms of The prison and grounds were beautifully
Central Union Church were crowded at decorated with vines, palms, flowers and
the Sunday school festival.
Several
was
hymns were sung. Gymnastic exercises mottoes. At noon a "luau" feast
with
pig,
were exhibited by a corps of Secretary spread under the big tree,
A Dutch windmill turkey, salad, poi, taro, fish and delicaCorbett's boys.
poured out a troop of Brownies on a cies. Cigars, pipes, fruits and candies
slide, who proceeded to distribute nume- were distributed.
Jailor Low, Dr.
rous parcels of candies. Ice cream and Cooper, and J. T. Wateihouse were the
cake followedcontributors.
The festival at the Japanese Lyceum
was held on Christmas evening, with
A club of Kamehameha Alumni on
interesting exercises.
On Thursday evening, Kaumakapili Queen Street gave a delightful luau to
Church was filled by pupils of its Sab- their friends, including a party of girls
bath schools, a brilliant tree was exhibit from Kawaiahao Seminary. Some 75
cd. There was a fine program of were present. There were floral decoGood things and toys were
songs.
rations, flags and songs, besides the
distributed in abundance. Mrs. Dillingclosing with the rousing Alumni
feast,
ham had charge of the exercises. Mr.
yell.
Wray Taylor rang the chimes.
The Portuguese S. S. celebration was
Central Union Church Officers.
held on Christmas eve in the little
church on Miller street, which was filled
On the evening of the 18th were
to overflowing. A long programe of
songs and recitations was well carried elected the following officers of Central
out. A kindergarten exercise was most Union Church:
attractive. A beautiful Christmas tree J. M. Whitney, R. W. Andrews,
was given by Mrs. E. D. Tenney and
Deacons.
was loaded with presents.
S. E. Bishop, W. A. Bowen, MemStanding Committee,
bers
Christmas Festivals at Hilo.
Miss H. S. Judd, Mrs. Andrew Brown,
Chief was the gathering on Christmas Deaconesses.
W. W. Hall, Clerk.
eve at the First Foreign Church. On
R. Robinson, Treasurer.
T.
the heavily laden tree were presents not H. Waterhouse, J. Shaw, Alexander
only for the children of the parish, but Young, Trustees.
also for the Portuguese and Haili Sun
A. B. Wood. S. S. Superintendant.
Prof. French, E. A.Jones, Assistants.
day schools.
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Letter from Rev. Arthur H. Smith.
On the IVilio. between T'unii l.'hiiu ami Tient-in, Oct. lilh.
Hit,
Dear Mr. Bishop;
On my return to China a few weeks
ago I found a copy of the 'Frii-nd'
addressed to me, the first I have seen
for a long time. If my mute back to
China had not been through Europe and
India, I should certainly have arranged
to visit Honolulu on the way, to see for
myself what is going on in your much
debated little Republic but this could
not be. In default of this I have followeh as well as I was able in my devious
journeys, such articles of yours as have
fallen under my eye, and have got additional light from many who have spent
some time in the Islands. I have never
had the least doubt that the Lord has
some high purpose in the unique history
of the Hawaiian Islands, and the early
years of the twentieth century will partially make plain what that purpose is.
In the meantime it is easy to be patient
with the ignorance, misrepresentation
and malice which has only evil to say of
those wonderful men and women that
laid the Cnristian foundations of the
Islands sn broad and deep that they have
not yet been overthrown, and by the
blessing of God never shall be.
I have come back to China in a very
disturbed time, the close of the war has
brought forward problems of which no
one can predict the solution. Since the
close of the war with Fn.nce and England in I HOD, there has never been a
time when the government ofChina has
been so unable to cope with its responsi
bililies as to d y. Indeed it is a question
of great interest just what constitutes
the 'government' of the Chinese emjiire.
The Emperor is a young man of very
limited capacity, if reports are to be
trusted, who, like most Emperors, is
strangled by what we call his 'environ
merit.' It would be a miracle if with
such opportunities as he has enjoyed. he
gained the smallest correct notion of the
political affairs of the planet upon which
he lives, antl there is no reason to suppost- thai any such miracle has been
His principal tutor, an old
wrought
man named Wting T'ung Ho, has just
been appointed a member of the 'Foreign
Office' in Peking, a cumbrous machine
through which nearly all the relations
between China and other states are adjusted. Another old fossil who was
tutor of the preceding Emperor, has
also been grafted into the same unwieldly
body, and these men are said by those
who have to deal with them to be 're
actionaries' of the worst type, so that the
transaction of any business at all has
been difficult. The British government
appears to have been aroused to the
point of giving a most vigorous 'ultimatum' in the matter of the Ssu Ch'uan
riots, offering the Chinese but three days
My.
THE FRIEND
to make up
their minds whether to publish an cdii t in th Peking (ia/.ette, degrading the late viceroy of that province
on the express ground of his complicity
with the rioters. The alternative which
was threatened is understood to have
been the occupation of the valley uf the
Yang-Tzu river by the British, an event
which even the stolid Chinese could not
contemplate with equanimity. As a re
suit the required edict was published in
the Gazette a few days ago, but in the
most inconspicuous manner possible.
As the Fukien massacres were much
worse in every way than the riots in the
Western province, it must be that when
the investigation now in progress at Ku
Ch'eng is ended, the British Government will insist upon the degradation of
the Fukien Viceroy too. This is an
affair of very much greater importance
than the casual reader of the daily newspaper is likely to imagine. I do not re
collect ever to have heard of any such
extremity of punishment before, for in
this case there are appended to the
decree of removal the fatal words, 'never
to be mentioned for employment again.'
Ch'ung Hou, the Tartar Governor General of Chihli, at the time of the Tientsin
massacre, was it is true removtd. But
his punishment consisted in sending him
as a special envoy to settle with the
French Government the details of the
reparation to be made for the murders
wrought through his connivance. Alter
a great deal of ttlegraphing back and
forth, the U. S. Government has finally
sent a commission of its own to Ssu
Ch'uan to look into the riots there, the
members consisting of the Consul at
Tientsin—an active and intelligent man
—an officer from a man-of-war, and the
interpreter of the Legation in Peking.
They left only a week ago, and are to
travel overland, instead of up the YangTzu, which involves much fatigue for no
obvious purpose. The firm stand of the
British Government ought to make their
task an easy one. Meantime the Chinese
government has succeeded in getting
into hot water with every one of the
Great Powers simultaneously, the latest
being Germany who is exasperated by
attacks upon Missions near Swatow. It
is a current aphorism that the hour produces the man, but the hour seems to
have struck some time ago, and 'the
man'has not appealed. The most natu
ral explanation seems to be that he is
either dead, or quite as probable not yet
born. There are signs that prominent
Chinese officials recognizing the gravity
of the situation, are ready to listen to
advice from any quarter, if there is a
reasonable hope that some plan will be
brought forward by which China can get
out of her troubles.
At the present
moment there are in Peking two members of the missionary body, Rev. Timothy Richard, and Rev. Gilbert Reid, each
of whom is well qualified to make valuable suggestions to those in high places,
and each of whom has recently been sent
[January, 189G
for by officers in responsible positions,
in the hope that something may be suggested by means of which China may
escape from her sea of perplexities. China
is poor in money, weak in armaments
and distracted by hopeless difference* of
an internal nature. The Tartar Dynasty
would have fallen long ago, but for the
fact that there is nothing wherewith to
replace it except blank anarchy. I.i
Hung Chang is shelved in Peking
charged with having made an 'unpatriotic' treaty with Japan, the only thing
that could be done, and at the same time
charged with the making of another
treaty with the same power as a definite
adjustment of the results of the war.
He is said to be regarding with much
amusenu-nt the helj'less struggles of
his opponents to manage the aflairs ol
state, to which they are quite unequal
but even if he should get back to power
again, he is too old to retain his position
long, and there is not a single official
available for the succession. The needs
of China are many, but her greatest and
most fatal lack is men. There is no doubt
that the introduction of railways in the
central provinces is in the immediate
future, indeed we hear even now that
the Imperial assent has been given to a
line from Tientsin to SoochoWj but we
recollect that the saint; assent was actually given in 1884, and nothing came of
it. It cannot however prove so now,
for the reason that if China does not
build railroads herself, Japan will force
her to let Japan do it, which China
Hence
will do anything to prevent.
compulsory 'reform. But those who
know China and the Oriental, are well
aware of the fact that there is in magic
in a railway. It still remains true that
'the soul of improvement is the improvement of the soul.' It is for this that the
missionaries are working, and sooner or
later their work will be felt.
I remain very sincerely yours.
Ariiur IL Smith.
An Old Letter from a still surviving
Missionary.
To Mr.
('...rh.iin
11. (lilman, care of Ladil and Co,
Honolulu, Palm.
Kohala, March 25, '42.
My dear friend and Brother Gorham,
I received your very kind letter yesterday— quite a speedy conveyance from
Honolulu —only 15 days? We usually
think we are highly favored if we get
letters in a month or six weeks from
there.
We feel much obliged to you for the
intelligence you give us ol news and
letters from Home, and we shall wait
with no little anxiety for our letters.
We have been highly favored so far,
though we have met with a sad disappointment in the loss of the package of
home letters by the California, —a loss
I need not say, we severely felt and one
�which cannot easily be repaired. We
feel desirous to send home by the Delaware, but have only to regret the utter
impossibility of preparing leiters in season to send now, as this must go in the
morning, anil opportunities to send hence
to Honolulu are very rarely known to
us, we live so far from the beach.
We are exceedingly pressed with busi
nessjust now, and dutits seem daily to
increase upon us, as our acquaintance
with the language becomes better. A
pastor's labors at home are very small
indeed, compared with the wear and teai
of a pastor's body and mind in these is
lands, and then here there is no en
lightened sympathy with the "minister,"
as there at wayI is at home. We have
therefore a double weight here to sustain:
but we do it in the strength of an AI
mighty supporter, and in Him we feel
courage to prosecute the Work he has
given us to do.
I am now upon my third general tour
through my field, examining the state
of the schools and the church. Both
are low at present, though we have some
hope from morning prayer-meetings
which I established a week or two since
in all our lands. (Perhaps you may not
be aware that every district is subdivided
into many small lands of from 5U to 500
inhabitants. Of these we have SO or CO
in this district.) Our Sabbath school
also I have just organized, and hope for
some good from that. My teacher s
school numbers about 511, and is very full
of interest, as is also Mrs. B's school
of girls.
We find our acquaintance with the
people becoming more perfect every day,
and every da)- we see more of their desperately degraded condition. Many years
must elapse ere they can be brought
in their civil and social relations anywhere within the utmost verge of civilization. Slow indeed is the progress of
degraded human nature upward; but
the power of Gods' truth can raise it.
This is our stay continually. I find
very pleasant preaching to the people.
On the A. m. of the Sabbath I preach
them a set sermon, and the P. M. have
them recite the verses of the "Ai-o-ka
la," i.e. "Daily Food," and then expound to them. They give apparent attention to the truth, but like sinners everywhere, their hearts offer no congenial
soil for its growth. The Lord alone can
sanctify it.
The native character is vastly worse
than I supposed it was. Nothing is too
bad for the people, nothing too vile. I
am whelmed in astonishment, when I
think that such hearts can be changed
by the grace of God, and made meet for
Heaven.
I am very glad to hear you say that
God is your strength. Yes, my brother,
God is indeed our strength—our All.
May you feel this truth continually warming and cheering your inmost soul.
Never before have I felt so deep a sense
of this very thing as I do now. I am
THE FRIEND.
driven absolutely to Him to seek aid
daily. Soul and body would die without Him in this trying service. Vi t in
Him we stand and rejoice, yea and
will.
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I shall not forB
*
get soon the many kind words they
(your parents) have spoken to me when
I have most felt their need. The Lord
greatly bless them and their children
after them, a covenant keeping God and
Savior. So prays and will ever your
Friend and Brother
E. Bond.
5:1
letter
of
years ago,
The foregoing
from Father Ellis Bond, who still lingers
in great feebleness at his old Kohala
home, seems worthy of publishing, on
account of its many notices of the conditions of the past in these Islands, such
as the isolation of the out districts, the
difficulty of communication, nd ihe deep
Il
degradation of the native people.
also breathes in a noble strain the ardent
faith and devotion which filled the hearts
of the missionary fathers, and made
their work so fruitful.
Congregational Terms of Fellowship.
3
Vol. 54, No. I.]
uf years ago, in substantial agreement
with the leading doctrines of other Y.vingelical Churches.
To a majority of those churches, this
Congregational platform of union will
appear dangerously broad and liberal
Our greatly esteemed 'Christian' brother Garvin, fur example, runs up a high
fence will) his rigid dogma of Immersion, excluding from fellowship all who
do not practice, not, only Baptism,
but that particular form of therite. This
alone marks his position as a very sectarian one. We have the best reason to
believe that he also holds firmly and
worthily to all the leading Evangelical
His refusing to
tenets of the faith.
formulate that systtm of tenets into a
written creed does not make him creedless, nor any less sectarian than other
denominations. Therein lies the fallacy
of his claim to be undenominational,
and simply Christian, a claim which
seems to us an arrogant one, when he is
really more sectarian than the most
of us.
»
Eleventh Annual Report of W. C. T. U.
The following is condensed from the
At the late National council of the Secretary's Report of the Woman's
American Congregational Churches, cer- Christian Temperance Union.
The last year has been one of new
tain conditions, four in number were deenterprises.
as
essential
be
held
by any
fined
to
First was the securing of space in one
church which should be recognized and
held in fellowship as a truly Christian ol the daily papers for temperance contributions. These have been interesting
church. These conditions are as follows; and enlightening articles on the baneful
"(I) The acceptance of the Scriptures effects of the liquor traffic.
of the Old and New Testaments in
Cards have been placed in the tramspired by the Holy Spirit to be the only cars bearing some striking motto or
authoritative revelation of God to man." sentence on the drink question.
"(2) Discipleship of Jesus Christ, the A Woman's Exchange has been
divine Lord and Savior and Teacher of successfully established, with Miss Oliver in charge, enabling many women to
the world."
earn money by work in their own home.
The
Church
of
which
is
Christ,
"(3)
his body, whose great mission it is to During six months about $750 have
been paid to depositors. Eight home
preach his Gospel to the world."
"(t) Liberty of conscience in the in- made iuncheons have been served in an
terpretation of the Scriptures and the attractive room.
Mrs. Jordan, the President, has laboradministration of the Church."
Under these conditions would be ac- ed to establish temperance societies in
Sixty Kawaiahao girls
cepted in Christian fellowship, Cjuakers. the schools.
who do not use the Sacraments of Bap- have signed the pledge. Temperance
tism and the Lord's Supper; also such meetings have been held at Oahu ColUniversalist Churches as accept the lege. Mrs. Thomson held interesting
Divinity of Christ, and the authority of meetings there with recitations and
the Scripture. The second condition music, also at the Kamehameha schools.
The meetings of the V's have been
would exclude Unitarians from fellowship, as rejecting the divinity of our kept up during the year. The Loyal
Lord. The first condition would exclude Legion has been much prospered, with
Romanists as setting up other authorita- some drawback from repeated losses of
tive revelation than that of the Scrip- young lady presidents by marriage. Miss
tures. Romanists also reject the fourth Judd is now the successful leader of the
condition of liberty of conscienc in the L. L. An average of thirty-five little
folks attend its meetings.
matters named.
A good deal of temperance literature
It is to be understood that while according fellowship in this wide and lite- has been imported from the U. S. and
ral manner toother Christian denomina- England, and distributed it the Y. M. C.
tions, Congregationalists require of their A., the barracks, hospital, prisons, and
Miss Chamberlain, Miss
pastors and teachers a far stricter on ships.
doctrinal conformity, as especially de- Jordan, Miss Pinder, and Miss Johnson
fined in a Creed adopted perhaps a score are named as active in this work.
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Temperance addresses havebeen given
Thrum's Annual for 1896.
in the Sabbath schools.
The Hilo Union are doing active work This valuable hand book of informaagainst the saloon.
Union monthly tion about the Hawaiian Islands has
temperance meetings, in Haiti Church just been received. It contains an imare a prominent feature ol their work,
held with addresses, recitations, and proved set of full statistical tables to
date. There is the usual quality of
songs.
and descriptive articles, which
historical
In December, a committee was aprender a set of these annuals one of the
pointed to confer with the authorities on best
possible compends of accurate inthe matter of saki in view of the havoc
it is working among the natives. A formation about this country. Of special
letter was addressed to the Foreign interest are Prof. Brigham's article on
Minister asking if anything could be Kapa-making, and one on surf riding.
done to suppress its importation. The The figure of the expert standing erect on
answer was very discouraging and to the his board as he shoots on the front of
the billows, represents an object rarely
effect that no exception, in the imports seen
now, but familiar to the present
of Japan, could be made under present
writer sixty years ago at Kailua.
treaty relations.
At our February meetings two petitions addressed to the Legislative body New Zealand Maoris demand Prohibition.
were presented to the Society for its endorsement. One of these petitioned for
the entire prohibition ol the sale of At the last Maori Parliament the followliquor over the bar; the other proposing ing resolution was voted. "This Parlia-
that three places be licensed at a high
figure say $6000, that these should be
governed by the same regulations as obtain in other stores of merchandise and
that all liquors should be taken away
from the places where sold and that the
time of opening and closing be fixed at
from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The former petition was endorsed by
a large majority.
Only ten meetings of the Union have
been held during the year, the January
meeting being prevented by the insurrection, and that in August by the cholera.
Average attendance has been 20.
The Report is signed by
M. A. Hilton-Greene
Recording Secretary.
This honored band of workers are
bravely taking the lead in our battle
against the organized forces of the saloon,
and are patiently going foward in their
labors. We may all take courage
from their faith and persistence. The
war is a long one, but God is on the side
of Temperance, and will conquer the
saloon and the other works of the Devil
in this world.
te
ment at Rorotua, of representatives of
the Maori race throughout New Zealand,
deplores the fact that the Maori people
have suffered more physical deterioration, diminution of numbers, poverty,
and demoralization, from strong drink
and the debaucheries it leads to, than
from any other cause; and appeals to
Hon. R. J. Sellers, Premier of New
Zealand, to provide in a new Licensing
Bill, that the selling and supplying of
liquor to Maoris shall be prohibited
everywhere in the Colony, as it is by law
at present in the three native districts of
Taupo, Waioku, and Moawhango; and
that no license shall be granted within
one mile of any native owned land."
Until about twenty years ago, to sell
or give intoxicants to native Hawaiians
was prohibited. This prohibition was
removed through the special influence of
King Kalakaua, on the ground that it
was treating the natives as inferior to
the whites. The result has been destructive to the native race of the Islands. The prohibition was originally
made by the desire of the natives them-
[January,
1896
Arrival of the R. W. Logan.
The Missionary schooner R. W. Logan, arrived safely in Honolulu, December 18th, in 29 days from San FYancisco.
She is on her way to Ruk, for service
amongthe islands of which that isthecen
tral station. She is a trim white craft of 51
tons, drawing when loaded 6.5 feet. Her
master is an old friend Captain Isaiah
Bray, so long in command of the Morning Star. Mrs. Bray and daughter are
passengers on their old route through
Micronesia, and expect to return with
Capt, Bray on the Morning Star. The
Logan will then be commanded by Mr.
G. I. Foster who is now the mate. Mr.
F"oster is accompanied by his wife, who
is the daughter of Rev. Mr. Price of
Ruk.
The Logan has required some refitting
in Honolulu. Some alteration to her
keel necessitated a visit to the Marine
Railway.
The schooner drifted for
several days between Molokai and Kauai.
When becalmed inshore at Waialua, she
was reported by telephone as an ojiiuni
smuggler, and promptly pounced upon
by the tug Elen, which kindly towed her
into port.
There was a grand joke
against the Custom House authorities
when their capture was learned to be
freighted with Bibles instead of opium!
An Instructive Competition.
The Kilohana Art League is an Asso.
ciation of amateur artists, who give periodical exhibitions of their work. During
l he past month children from the leading
city schools have been admitted to the
exhibition. These pupils are asked to
write upon what they saw there, and for
the best composition in each school a
prize will be given. It has been interesting to observe the intentness with which
the young students have been taking
notes of what they were observing.
Death of Judge Bickerton.
Hon. Richard P. Bickerton, Ist. AssoChina brought 838 Japanese selves.
The
steamer
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court,
laborers.
hove to for twenty-seven hours Change in the Inspector-Generalship. passed away on the night of Dec 10g a typhoon encountered three
The deceased gentleman was of
days out from Yokohama. Seventy-five After eight years of most able and personal character, a sound jurist, high
and
tons of coal in sacks, on deck, were efficient service, Mr. Alatau T. Atkinson capable judge. He had
served on the
jettisoned.
has been compelled by impaired health Supreme Court Bench for nine years.
Joseph Cook, L.L.1)., and wife were to resign the important office of InspecUnusual Rainfall in Honolulu.
passengers on the China. It is reported, tor-General of Schools. The Board of
with deep regret, that our honored friend Education "places on record its high
Our own rain gauge on School St., rewas suffering from severe nervous pros- appreciation of his eminent services to
tration, which has compelled his return the Ccuse of education during the past corded a rainfall of six and three quarter
home, relinquishing his lecturing tour eight years, and of the untiring energy, inches during the twenty-four hours from
around the globe.
executive ability and good judgment midnight to midnight of December 12th.
which he has shown in the discharge of There was much copious, steady raining,
Founder's Day
his office."
but no deluging down pour, so that comMr. Henry S. Townsend, the able parative little damage was done to the
Was observed on the 18th of December
by the Kamehameha schools with the principal of Lahainaluna, succeeds Mr. streets and roads. This is the largest
Atkinson as Inspector- General.
usual impressive exercises.
single days' rainfall here for many years.
act
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5
Vol.
ble overthrow of the Government. and violence of action in suppressing the
Messrs. Neumann and Hayselden doubt insurrection, which did not exist. The
For some two weeks the Custom less represent the general sentiment of error is doubtless due to haste and inadHouse people had been on the alert to their party in prudently discountenanc- vertence.
ing such propositions.
capture the schooner Henrietta from
Victoria B. C. with a valuable contraPanama Canal most Undesirable.
band freight of opium. They had full
The P. C. Advertiser says:"It matters
Dec. Ist.—Board of Health party reparticulars of her having cleared from
Victoria nominally for La Paz in Mexico, very little to us which way the canal turns from their Molokai visit, having
betn compelled to ascend the pali at the
but really for Hawaii. She had been goes, whether by Panama or Nicaragua."
Leper Settlement to meet their steamer
hovering around the Islands for a lort- The greatest objection to the Panama on the other side of the island.
character.
By
route,
is
its
pestilential
night Jiast, and repeatedly seen. The
Srd.—Wong Look, the Chinese murtug Licit had hurried off on a half a arrivals here from Panama, we should
and would-be-suicide, dies at Oahu
a
to
derer
be
to
constant
subjected
exposure
dozen different expeditions in search of
fever, from prison from internal injuries and refusal
her, and the police of Maui and Kauai Panama fever and yellow
to eat food.—The mortuary report for
actively on the alert. During the night which Nicaragua is comparatively ex- last month shows 80; of which 39 were
of the 2"2d, word came by telephone from empt.
males.
Waianae th it she was anchored off the
U.
S.
S.
Baltimore.
sth.—Musicale of the Kilohana Art
northerly shore of that district, and that
at their rooms, very creditably
League
and
been
of
her
men
had
landed
one
Honolulu has again in itsharbor one of presented, and duly apjireciated by a fair
captured. The EUu hastened out once
more and this time secured their prey the larger U. S. Cruisers, the Baltimore, audience.— Arrival of the City of Peking
while at anchor. I -100 pounds of opium ol the same class as the Philadelphia from the On nt, en i mte for San Franwere found on board, of a value of at which laid here so long in '93—94. On cisco.
The smugglers hive her way hither from Yokohama, the
6th.- Annual meeting of Honolulu
least !jjilo,o<li).
employed Hartwell \ Thurston for their Baltimore had a most severe experience Libran Association and re election of
defense. They are said to claim that with a typhoon lasting several days. A its corps of officers. Peoples Ice Co. on
they were really bound to La Paz, and boatswain was washed overboard, and agreeing to take tbe output of the
came to Waianae in distress.
the carpenter fatally injured. The ship Electric Co. at six dollars per ton, also
agree that no advance on present prices
was much battered.
to consumers shall be made.
Arrests for Conspiracy.
7th.—Henry Kaia, an efficient postal
An Earthquake.
Two men named Dr. Underwood and
and captain of company G., suiclerk,
Honolulu was visited on the Bth and cides by shooting himself through the
on the
Sheridan,
were
arrested
here
K.
J.
9th of December by the severest shock head with a rifle.
9th, charged with conspiracy to over*th.—Honolulu is treated to a severe
throw the Government.
Sheridan is of earthquake since 1871. The first
soon after 11 p. m., lasting double shock of earthquake a few minshock
was
identified with the man Morrow, who
about 100 seconds. The next was at 3 utes past II p. m., and again towards
lately earned some notoriety in San a. m. less prolonged. No damage was morning of the 9th. Subsequent reports
Francisco papers, by advertising to en. done beyond stopping clocks and slight show the same to have been felt on
list filibusters.
breakage of crockery. The same shocks Maui and Hawaii; the tremors at the
These men arrived here November were felt on Maui, also on Hawaii with volcano being accompanied with an
4th, and immediately sought to open greater severity, some six shocks in all. outbreak of activity of short duration.
negotiations with Mr. Fred Hayselden At Kilauea lava reappeared in the bottom 9th.—H. S. Town send is selected to
of Lanai for the use of that island for of the pit, but soon disappeared again. succeed A. T. Atkinson as InspectorGeneral of Schools, resigned through
colonizing and liilibuster operations.
ill health. —Two recently arrived visitCleveland Inaccurate.
They also conferred with Mr. Paul
ors from San Francisco are surprised
Neumann, as Hayselden's attorney.
Messrs. Neumann and Hayselden in- In President Cleveland's Message, in by arrest on the charge of conspiracy10th.—Death of Associate Justice R.
formed the authorities, and testified in the paragraph relating to Hawaii, occurs
Their the following statement
Court against the two men.
Bickerton, uf pneumonia, after a
F.
the
respecting
scheme was to secure Lanai as a center
illness of many months.—A
lingering
of operations, colonizing there some 200 insurrection:
much needed heavy tain sets in.
"Numerous arrests were made of permen, who were to cooperate with others
12th.—Arrival of the Alameda from
in a descent on Oahu to capture the sons suspected of being in sympathy the Colonies, en route to San Francisco;
Government. An essential feature of with the royalist party."
return of Attorney-General W. O. Smith
Probably from inadvertence, but none and Senator G. N. Wilcox from their
the scheme was to secure from the exqueen a lottery franchise to be promised the less calling for correction, a double New Zealand visit. Mrs. Montagueon condition of their reinstating her. error is found in this sentence. First, Turner is also welcomed home again.
Armed with their lottery concession, they no person was arrested for being in
13th.—Funeral of the late Justice
would receive large money supplies for sympathy with the royalist party. No
Bickerton,
largely attended, despite the
arrested
less
on any
charge than
their purposes from a syndicate of gamb- one was
that of being in collusion with the insur- unsettled weather.
lers in San Francisco.
14th.
Wray Taylor's concert at
The alleged conspirators were com- gents. Hundreds of people were freely
mitted on the 23d for trial in the Circuit expressing their sympathy without fear Kaumakapili, for the lepers Christmas
fund, was a successful affair, both as to
Court. The theory of the defense ap- of arrest.
pears to be that no definite plan was Secondly, no person was arrested on rendition and attendance; over two hunmatured. It was a crazy dream of two mere suspicion, or without apparent dred dollars being realized.
15th.—Collision in the harbor of two
cranks, not amounting to a formed con- evidence of his collusion or participation
in the insurrection.
aspirants for Hanlan's fame, whereby
spiracy.
The President's misstatements are of both are thrown into the water. Aid
There is apparently no disposition in
any quarter to entertain schemes of forci- serious importanceas imputing a severity from the Bennington and Martha Davis
A great Opium Capture.
RECORD OF EVENTS.
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rescues both sculls and scullers without
serious damage.
16th.—The court meets to pass reso
lutions of condolence on the death of
Justice Bickerton; several memberseulogize the deceased —The Australia departs for San Francisco with a light list
of passengers, but a good cargo.
17th. The new missionary packet
R. W. Logan, becalmed and drifting off
Waialua, Oahu, is rescued by the tug
and brought to port.
18th.—By the China from Japan, a
deputation of the A. B. C. F. M. pays
Honolulu a brief visit. Amid hurried
calls at various places of interest illustrative of the religious and educational
work in this field, they are accorded a
reception at the Central Union Church.
19th.—Founder's Day at Kamehame
ha schools duly observed by literary
exercises, field sports, etc.
20th.—Arrival of the Mouowai from
San Francisco, en route to the Colonies.
Ovide Musin, the renowned violinist <-nd
wife, revisit Honolulu to give a-few entertainments pending the arrival of the
City of Peking for Japan.
21st.—The women's edition of the
Time, for the benefit of the Kindergartens, makes its appearance and is well
received.—Opening Musin Conceit at
the Y. M. C. A. hall draws a fashionable and appreciative audience.
22nd.—A strange schooner off Kaena
point lands a passenger; who, from his
suspicious manner, is placed under arrest by deputy sheriff Sheldon. Upon
telephoning to the authorities the tug is
sent down and the long expected schooner Henrietta from Victoria, B. C, with
some fourteen hundred pounds of opium
is captured at night and brought to port
the next day.
23rd.—Arrival of the U. S. S. Haiti
more from Yokohama, delayed en route
through heavy weather, in which one
man was lost overboard and another so
seriously injured that he was conveyed
to the hospital on reaching port, but
succumbed the following day. -After
several postponements the "conspiracy"
case has a hearing, and the parties get
committed for trial.—Musicale at residence of Commissioner Hswes to a
large number of invited guests. —Capt.
E. O. White of company B is surprised
by his members in the presentation of a
China dinner set of 223 pieces.
25th.—Merry Christmas; a delightful
day. —Railroad excursion to Waianae for
the benefit of the new M. E. church.
Services in nearly all the churches.—
Band concert at Thomas Square. —The
rival tennis clubs entertain numerous
visitors at their respective courts.
27.—City of Peking from San Francisco, brings news of "war talk" between the United States and England
over the Venezuela boundary question.
«28th.—A Bennington party, including
Miss Kate Field visit Pearl Harbor to
note its various points of interest.
—
—
—
From S.m Frami-i... lie! t'itv of Piking, He., fl I
Afternoon farewell Musin Concert, Bos*,-.
T Paynr ami family, T Cainpliell, A Pllll'wi, I
a
Wcibusl.
ciowded by delighted audience.
From
Kiancisco, par An-lralia, Dec. 11 Mis A F
30th.— Judge Perry renders a decis- lilia.iii.l San
md daughtwa, Or CS I' Andrews and wile, Mis,
I',
Andrews,
I \-hir(oii anil family, lb llra.ii.llry, Mr- hil
ion in the Henrietta case deeming all
R b. Mrs M I Brown, Mia, Cl,.,Dec, v\ C i Ink an I
and
Captain
and
the
guilty,
sentencing
family, S M Dodgl Mrs I A Fraan, A \ llolieun, J
Hasjan ..ad wife. I' I. 11, Hand, H Hoghea, 1' lamburg, ft
passenger to eighteen months imprison- Kniisl,
Mrs A M c. Mrs 1.l M.'lreary, 1 H 01. .11. Mr,
ment, and $500. fine, and the crew to HII Rem.hi. Hr.cc I'aiie,aon, M Phillips, H Pnhlnian. H
Mrs J Ri, hauls, Mrs T Richard T p S*nhom. I
three months and a similar fine. Hono- AKeiijes.
Smith, W r Sisser iml wse, O B Spalding. J G Van
anil "-'II stc ragS.
lulu is treated to another heavy rainfall, Ryrr anil wife,(..l.iii.s.
|el Alanie'a. I lei. IS
AttnrneyProm the
accompanied during the night with lieneral
W u Smith, Senator G N Wilcox, Mr an,l Mrs
Mis
Mis Win TcllipI nriiei ..rr.l
ni.ii.l.
heavy thunder and vivid lighting (on.in.
Ilr Brow I' Dredge, ami HI in nans a
About midnight a cyclone struck the sky,
Krom San It ii' isco, net X .1,1 W Lagaa, I >ec 17—Henry
Hugs Fisclrer.
Gitalin
distant upper part of Kapiolani Park, From and
San Francisco, per An her, Dec ID—Miss Mari. n
uprooting and twisting off many hun- M, Howell.
Eureka, pel Amelia. 11. .PI C C Whailon. Mrs
dreds of trees in its track, principally M From
F Whan.in. Mrs II A Wharton, F | Whipple.
algeroba. Fortunately all residences From San Iran. i5,.,, per MonOWli, 1',,. SO Mi-s F II
Miller. Miss F Harland, Mis-,-. Fay, 2; fi W Irvine, Carl
in the vicinity were uninjured, though Frank.
Il II Phillips, F B Smith and wife, I»r I c F.nset
one was literally buried beneath the ami wife, I'n.f 0 Mu-iu an.l wile, c ile M Mansfield, (> F
Mahrt,
J F Hanneburg, I- Flohr, I, P Scott, T Peiers,
jungle of fallen and broken trees.
Pay CA Ceo
Miss t 'Harlan.l. Miss E H Miller, Mi
t'arl Frank, P. H Phillips, F H -mith anil wife,
Irvine,
31st.—Arrival of the long overdue VV
Ilr J C Flasher ami wife, Prof (I .Musin ami wife. I <le ,M
Miowera, having been detained by tow- Manrfiel.l. Oacar F Mahrt, J F Hanoeberg. F Flohr. 1. P
Scott, 'I' Peters, H A Wiileniann, W II Edminatn. Edward
ing the disabled stmt. Strathitevis five Scbarf and S) in the steerage.
Victoria,
then
lost
back
towards
days
F.rom San Prancim >. per S N Casllc, Dec S3 t harles
Phillips, 1 Krouae, L'apt Williams, Mrs Vcagei and :l
her in a gale near Cape Flattery through children.
parting of the hawsers.—At a meeting Prom S.m Francisco, pel Albert, Dec 22 -c W Rica, I.
of the Council of State all remaining II Aiiisiv.nth, I. (' Win.tin.
From San Francisco, per Cit) of Peking, Pee 27— V W
political prisoners are granted their Fosler and
wife. Clark Rolen aon, W J X,,' eitson. KW
(has Welch, II P Baldwin, ST Alexander,
Cummings,
promofreedom.—Judge Whiting gets
Thomas, Miss Helen Seal.look-.
P.issel
tion to the Supreme bench and A W. From V.in. ouver ami Victoria per Miowera, DacSl
Carter is appointed to the Circuit bench. M L Brooke, Miss Grace Hellenback. F W Godael, W I
II r.iric, Miss Carter, Rev Mi Lyrigate, I Smith, GR
Jan. Ist.—A happy New Year to all. Brown,
W P Silva, Mrs Silva and family. J llrown. H F
Heiiss, W II A Ingram ami daughter. W A C Mi I I
—
.
Marine Journal.
PORT
OF HONOLULU.-DECEMBER.
ARRIVALS.
Miowera, Scott, from the Cbionitt,
I Br
h
Am stmr
Kahulni. Tyson, IS days from San Fran
'.-Am City of Peking, Ward, from China an I Japan,
Davis, Soote, from San Iran,
Martha
lik
Am
!)
Am >» Australia, Hoiidklie, from S.m Fran.
it Anf H M.nneda, VOH Othieiidurp. fr in the Colonies.
II B M S Wild Swan, Napier, from X quimall.
Stain ely, fin Newcastle.
II Aiiisht I .imo-Slianttr
Am bktiM Wm k Hume, Brig man, from N< w Castle,
Robertaon,
Aldergrute,
from Liverpool;
14—Br l.k
i;
Am mln k w Logan, Bray, from San Fran,
IS-Br ss China, Sralmry, from San Fran.
Am idsf King Cyrus. Christiansen, from New Caslle.
Am U( Allien Be-sic, Bolter, from San Fran.
1!) Am bktne Aimlia. Ward, from Eureka.
Am l>k Archer, Calh..ini, rrom San Fran,
Nor bk Seringa, from New Castle
•_!n Ilr M Mnmmai, lY.rey. Irom San Fran.
22 Am hk Albert, GrifTStru., from San Fran.
Am bktne S N Castle, Hubbard, from San Fran
Br schr henrietta, Anderson, from Victoria.
*J VS S Baltimore. Pay, fifiiOi Japan.
Haw bk Andrew Welch, Drew, from San Fran.
15—Br ss
from YokotsMna,
Am hr Esther Buhne, Andeison. from Eureka.
26 Br ss Mt Lebanon, Hendry, from Portland, Or.
t7 Am ss City of IVki g, Ward, from San Fran.
M B -s Miowera, Stott, from Vancouver.
.'(
is
rf
.
si
DEPARTURES.
•2—Br bk ( ity <«f Adelaide, Williamson. For Burt Blakeley.
Br ss Miowera, Stott, for Vancouver.
4 \m bk SC A len. Thompson, for San Fran.
a— Am ss Kahului. Tyson, foi Sydney,
tf Am s> City Of I'd" log, Ward, foi San Fran.
Am bklne W H Diinond, Ntlaoi, for San Fran.
Fran.
12—Am ss Alameda, v.n Olterendorp, for
10 Am ss Australia, Houdictte, for San Fran.
18—I r ss China. Seabury, for China and Japan.
20—Br ss Muiiovai, Carey, for the Colonies.
26—Bi ss khosina, Harriman, for Boitland, Or.
Am brig Wm Irwin, Williams, for San Fran.
28—Br ss Mt Lebanon, Hendry, for Yokohama.
Am bk Martha Davit, Soule, for San Fran,
30—H B M S Wild Swan, Napier, for Fanning. Is.
PASSENGERS.
ARRIVALS.
,
-
1.1. 111, 1 I I.Is.
For Vancouver, per Miowera, DscS In an. I Mrs lap
run, Miss lessie (apron. Mis Isabella Sinclair, W (Wilder. Jr., Mrs Weir, W J Sloil ~1.1. | A I'ellscy.
1..r San Fran. i5.,,. Pr Alameda, I'.» It—Wallace R
Farrington, MiaeCrane. Peter I ign, Prof Hoamer, Mrs
M A ll.irris. Mr. F Hammer, I. r Smith, J W Hunter, J V Leach.
For Sao Fra .i5,,,, pn Aiiatraila, I.-. Hi Mi-s 1: I.
Arnold. Mrs l.ilnin Booth, Mr anil Mrs E J Benjamin,
H Pannier, Ilr llrown, I I I tamer, M Grossman. Miss
Grecnwald, Mrs EC Henshaw, Mis rliggin-, Edward
Hopkins, (I H Homer, TJ King, II Louisa
Miss M,Cully, Il F McCullough, W II s, pei ..ml :'•"■ ateeragi
For San Fran, isi, pn China, I c. IS Re' (I P Finer
sun. ami 1 in ateeragc.
For S.m Francisco,
per
brig W
(I
Irwin, Dec 20—Mr
Lynn.
For Yokohama ami Hongkonir. per City of Peking, Dec
IS—Ovide Musin, Mrs Musin. E S.harf, C Kilmin-ler and
A Reynold*.
BIRTHS.
ANDERSON- Det ember 8, 180*, to the wilt of Dr. ft. W.
Anderson, a daughter.
HOOC.S—At Lihae, Kauai,
A. Hooge, a son.
I >ri 7, 1-906, t„ ilie wife ol J.
MARRIAGES.
II TOR BERT—At tbe n ifoeni c of the bride's purents, Pearl City, Dec. S, by key I) P Birnie, Miss Kllen
M Torberl to James W Pratt.
CHICHESTER SMITH- -At Jerset City. N.J., U.S.A..
Dec 2, by the key. Dr. Warren, of St. Mary's Fpiscopal
Church, Mim Gertrude Chichester, of Brooklyn, N. V.,
to Frank A Smith, of Kealia. Kauai
DAVIS-LYONS—AI residence ol bride** parents. Puna
boo, Dec 14th. by the key. I>. P. Birnie, F.A.Davis
|0 I. K. Lyons.
Ck \
,
DEATHS.
In lllis ny, Dec '■>, at heart failure, Elizabeth
Meek, beloved w feof Horace D. Crsbbe, aged a4 years,
b months an.l tt days.
BICKERTON—AI Waikiki, Dec. 10, a'ter a lingering
illness, Judge K. F. Bickerton, aged6l yea'al* native of
CRABBE
Greenwich, England.
Yon SKCCFRN -In this city. Dec. 2li, of Whooping
Cough, Mabel, six monthoki daughter of Wi liani and
Hannah Yon Seggcrn of Fwa.
SCRIMC.ER—In this city, Dee. 2nd, Henry Scrirnger, of
Coiiauiiiption.
GLOCKBR—In this city, Dec. 2.lth, of I rapey> 8 Clock-
er, a native of London, aged 80 years.
From Sydney, per Miowera, Dec. 2—H Wirth, wife and WALTON—In this city, Dec IS, Mrs. C M. Walton, of
family,
aud
and
St
Leon
wife,
A
daughter, M McMahon
Consumption.
P Montgomery and family, W Burris, L Sing, J Albertaon,
Dec. 22nd, Lucy Hall, wife of
McMahon, J J Cameron, Pablo, X SMITH—Ia South Rons,
j Hangs, J Miller, E and
kacbil.
J. W. Smith, ailed H) years.
Bailey, j Cook, Takia
From San Francisco, per Martha Davis, Dec. 6- I>r E LAN E—-In this city, Dec. 20, W. C. I.ane, aired about 00
years.
A Ingersoll ond daughter, W A Gassman.
�54, No.
I],
THE FRIEND
7
Vol.
HAWAIIAN BOABB.
Out Gov. is very populai with the people were made from week to week in the
on the island, but no wonder, he is so Sabbath service, would in those early
HONOLULU, 11. I.
kind, and indulgent towards them. My days have foretold that the Hawaiian of
dear friends, as you do not mention I'JuO would be distinguished for his love
Phis page Id devoted tO the interests of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by ihe anything about money in your letter, I of good music and his ability to produce
Board, is responsible for iis contents.
infer that on the Star's return will be it with his own voice In these two
time enough to send it along. 1 am lines the Hawaiian has made wonderful
Editor.x afraid this long-winded composition progress.
Rev. 0. H. Gulick,
will tire out your patience. So I must
A third point of progress which we\
now conclude by honing that your family, well may note, is the success which the
Letter from Henry Nanapei.
and yourself are in good health, as this young Hawaiians are making in acquirleaves us here, Thank God.
ing the English language.
On the
Kiti Harbor, Oct '20th, 1805.
And believe me to be your faithful, average the children of those who proMr. VV. W. Hail.
and loving brother in Christ Jesus.
nounced the word potatoe, pokeko and
whose ears seemed oblivious to the diffHenry Nanapei.
Dear friend, and brother.
erence between the words God and dog,
Your letter dated Honolulu June
are today more successful than the plodVisit
of
the
Japan
Delegation.
18th, is safely to band. Man)- thanks.
ing Chinaman, or the versatile Japanese,
I have pleasure in saying that we
During the ten hours stay of the in speaking the conquering language of
the coming century.
are all quite well here on the is- steamer China
on Dec. 18th, members
we
continue
land, and that
to carry of the Hawaiian Hoard and Central
We most heartily congratulate Rev.
on our good work without the slightest Union Church were enabled to
enjoy a M. Soares and his friends upon the
friction. Our schools are in full swing, much desired though hasty conference
signal success which has attended
with good attendance of boys, and girls, with the returning Delegation of the
their efforts at providing for an enlargefrom eight years old and upwards; we A. 13. C. F, M. to Japan. The members
ment
of their facilities in evangelistic
have besides, a regular night school for of the delegation were the Rev. Dr. D.
work. Within a few months the sum
bigger boys, and young men who cannot L. Barton, Secretary of the A. 13. C. F. ol five thousand dollars has been raiattend the day school.
I can state M., Rev. Dr. A. H. Bradford, an editor sed—the most of it in this community
liberal givers.—With this money,
truthfully that some of our young men of the Outlook, Rev. Dr.
Johnson and of
the purchase has been made of a fine
are making rapid strides in their scholas- wife, of Chicago,
of
and Mr. Ellison
the building lot. As much more money
tic studies. You will I have no doubt,
Prudential Committee. Their errand to will now be
think it strange when I tell you, that
needed for the erection of
Japan had been to confer with the mis- a new and larger church edifice. The
some of those young men are well up in sionaries
and to study on the spot the congregation have outgrown the
figures. Hut it is so. They can find
former
of the work and changes building.
the area of almost any kind of a figure, situation
their spiritual upMay
needed.
building keep pace with the progress
no matter what shape, they divide them
Dr. Hyde, and other members of the made in temporal surroundings.
up into triangles, oblongs, trapezoids,
Hawaiian
conducted
the
visitors
Board,
and squares; and then work then) out
to the various schools and other instieither by vulgar fractions, decimal fracProspective Land Development on
tutions and around the city generally.
tions, or duodecimals, to the nearest At
Oahu.
p.
m. a lunch was served in the
I
decimal. They understand the extracCentral Union parlors by the ladies of
tion of the square root, ol cube root, and
Between Ewa and Waianae on this
can find the areas of circles, ovals etc, the church, at which many prominent island are low upland plains and gentle
members
were
and
brief
present,
speechwhen the proper dimensions are given.
es were made by the visitors.
slopes possessing an acreage at a low
Moreover, there are some young
estimate of 25,000 acres at an altitude of
men on the island, that write and speak
the Spanish language fluently, si that
a
700
to 900 feet, 15,000 acres more at
A very suggestive essay by
lady
a person who is neither bigoted nor teacher on Maui, was read at the Cousfrom 100 to 700 feet. All this land is
biassed, can easily perceive that the A.
ins' Society meeting held at Judge Judd's very smooth and much of it of superior
Missionaries have done, are doing, and
will continue on to the end of the chap- the last Saturdjy in December. Two fertility: On all of it the winter rains
ter to do good, to all kinds and condi- points made by the gifted writer treating are ample for ordinary crops like hay
tions of people who are willing and of the picturesque native Hawaiian pupil and grain. For sugarcane, copious irriobedient to hear the gospel call. God were these:
gation is necessary. It is a very rough
bless the Missionaries, is my only and
that fifty Hawaiian singers but moderate estimate that along the
First,
earnest prayer. I was invited to accompany His Ex. the Gov. on a visit to Ku- would make as much music as one Ewa shore, there is water running to
waste at tide level sufficient lor 10,000
saie; we found the M. Star in the harbor, hundred and fifty foreign singers.
on
board
see
friends.
Second, She notes the difference and acres, and along the Waialua shore,
went
to
The
my
Gov. was highly delighted with the kind consequent awkward appearance of many enough for 5000.
and good treatment that he and his a timid pupil.
Until recently it has been supposed
officers, everywhere received at the In a forty years' experience among that the cost of lifting water must place
hands of our Christian friends. I was also the native Hawaiian* down to a period most of the lands named above the
invited to go along to Ruk, Mortlocks, of twenty-five years ago, but once did reach of irrigation. But now Mr. B. F.
and adjacent islands. Our Christian we see a Hawaiian embarrassed on at Dillingham announces, that leading
friends in Ruk did everything in tempting to speak in public. The idea pump manufacturers "have supplied
their power to make his Exy's. visit a that the native Hawaiian was like his figures and specifications with guaranwelcome and pleasant one. Those little foreign brother as to suffer with diffidence tees for water to be raised to a height
acts of kindness are not lost sight of by seldom if ever crossed the mind of the of 650 to 850 feet (with coal at such
those people, it will tend to help smooth teacher in those days.
price as it can be supplied on this isthe way for our people on the islands.
Again but few who heard the very land) at a cost that will make sugar
There is nothing lost by being kind. discordant attempts at singing which raising on good soil profitable at the
-
�8
lowest price it has ever netted the average producer on these islands."
If the water and lands of Ewa and
Waialuacan thus be united, it means an
addition of fifty or sixty thousand tons
of sugar to the annual product of this
island, and a trebling of its population.
It is to be hoped and with some good reason, that a large part of this sugar
would be cultivated on shares, so as to
promote the settlement of the country
by American and European farmers.
The large population created by the
sugar plantations would also make a
home market for vegetable, truit, and
dairy farms on portions of the land not
irrigated, but enjoying forty or fiftyinches of rain per annum. In view of
these conditions, it seems quite possible
that twenty years hence may see twenty
thousand people finding a residence and
comfortable subsistence on the now
uninhabited region between Ewa and
Waialua..
[Decmbr, 1895.
THE FRIEND
situation of these devoted workers is in
every way comfortable and delightful,
with the one terrible exception of their
constant and somewhat dangerous intercourse with lepers, many of them
horribly disfigured. There is also a
great tendency to overwork.
Senator Waterhouse, Prof. Richards,
Rev. Waiamau and others held a most
interesting meeting with the Y. M. C.
A. in their new hall. A son of Mr.
Waiamau is the leading spirit. His
career of high promise was arrested by
leprosy; but he is full of Christian zeal
in his new home.
A heavy northerly swell forbade the
party to re embark that night or the next
morning. They crossed the island 12
miles to Kaunakakai, first climbing on
foot a precipice of 1800 feet altitude.
The Keatthou steamtd around 4.ri miles
and took them off. Miss Kate Field, of
the party, counted the lofty climb and
scenery not the least of her impressive
Native
Disregard of Sanitary
Precautions.
An object lesson in the above is given
a statement made by a highly reliable
Hawaiian gentleman who was one of
the late visting party at Kalaupapa.
He witnessed the landing of a man and
his wife in whose case a special exception had been made by the Board of
Health, in permitting them to visit the
woman's father, who is a leper at the
.■settlement. This leper is one of the
most prominent and influential men
there. When bis daughter and son-inlaw landed, this leper kissed them both
profusely on their mouths, which is one
of the most likely ways of communicating the disease. No official was present
toprevent this dangerous proceeding.
This illustrates the difficulty experienced by the authorities in hindering the
spread of this loathsome malady, and
experiences.
why it is confined chiefly to the natives
—also why government by natives inThe Visit to New Zealand.
Minister Hatch was received by Pies. volves the worst perils to the public
Attorney General W. O. Smith, with Cleveland December 4th, and at the health.
his friend Senator G. N. Wilcox, returned same time Minister Castle presented his
It is expected that on January r )th, 35
December 12th., from a few weeks stay letter of recall. During his short stay persons will unite with the Central
in New Zealand. During this time in Washington, the latter gentleman has Union Church, 9
by letter, and 25 by
they enjoyed much attention from public evidently established pleasant relations confession ol faith. About 1(5 of the
with the officials there.
men, and were conducted by the Surlatter are youth and children of the conThis church will number
veyor-General through the length of the
gregation.
The fate of the Srathnevis.
over 500, being much larger than ever
Colony from Auckland to Dunedin, and
back by a different route. They were
Honolulu waits with painful anxiety before.
thus enabled to see the actual working to learn what fate at last befell the
The evil tidings from Armenia calls to
of the land laws in the frontiers. Mr. steamer which R. M. S. Miowera so
mind
that one of the noblest daughters of
Smith's visit was made for the purpose gallantly labored for five days to rescue
the missionaries in Hawaii has for many
of learning the practical operation of the
N. Z. land laws, after which our new and conduct into port. Two whole/ays years been faith full} laboring as a physic
land laws have been patterned to a great of that time were spent in restoring cian in Aintab, Turkey, for the Armenian
hawsers which thrice parted as fast as people. Mrs. Fanny (Andrews) Shepextent.
Mr. Smith returns evidently much re- they could be replaced in the fury of the ard M. D. is an older sister of Sheriff L.
cuperated from his wearing labors in the tempest. At last after one midnight, A. Andrews of Maui. Sbe is now probBoard of Health during our Cholera while the Miowera strove to breast the ably exposed to the worst perils of
terrible gale to the seaward in order to Turkish fanaticism.
siege.
keep away from land, both hawsers
It is understood that the American
Strathnevis
the
was
soon
lost
parted,
men
and women who have so successLeper Inspection.
sight of, and went whither we know not. fully labored for the elevation of the
The Board of Health made their semi- After vainly searching fifteen hours in Armenian people intend to stay at their
the tempest and drawing dangerously posts of duty, and do tbe utmost they
annual inspection of the l.eper Settlenear the coast, the task was reluctantly are able to defend their disciples from
ment at Molokai, Nov. 30th. A number given up. What shall we learn of her the fearful
outrages and massacres with
of invited guests accompanied them. All fate?
which they are threatened. We may
any day hear of these missionaries havwas found in excellent order. The
ing shared the fate of their pupils.
Hilo interests should be Pushed.
greatest praise is due to Brother Dutton
jn charge of the Baldwin Home for boys,
A Whirlwind at the Park.
It is satisfactory to see the Hilo Triwho also cares devotedly for the sick
bune
the
strongly supporting
claims of
A whirlwind of considerable force
lepers in the hospital. High commendation was also given to the labors of that town to a liberal expenditure by the came in from sea on the night of the
the Sisters Crescentia and Vincentia, Government for its development. Cer- 30th and cut a swath around Kapiolani
also to Mother Marianne of the Bishop tainly Hilo should speedily be supplied Park, uprooting several hundred trees
Girls' Home.
Father Pamphile, a with andequate wharf. More roads should but doing no serious damage to dwell
brotherof the celebrated Father Damien, follow to open the rich back country to ings. This form of disaster is rare here.
has just been located among the lepers. farmers. Hilo is already enjoying fine We witnessed much more severe effects
The white workers, except Mr. Dutton, waterworks, and about to have electric from a whirlwind at Lahaina about 1859,
are now all of the Order of the Sacred lights. No place in this group promises which unroofed Wainee church, destroyHeart, laboring devotedly and harmoni- so rapid development as Hilo with its ing the steeple. It also lifted off the
ously. This arrangement is highly noble harbor and great areas of fertile roof of the "Hoapili" house, dejiositing
it 600 feet inland.
satisfactory to the Board of Health. The lands waiting to be made accessible.
jn
.
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