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Sunday, November 16th, was the King's birthday. By his official proclamation, it was observed in all places of worship to God throughout the kingdom as a day of prayer and supplication in behalf of the lepers, and for relief to the nation from the scourge. This is a most worthy act of the King, and one that will be remembered in his favor. Leprosy, we think, is far from being the most serious evil with which the Hawaiian people are afflicted. But on account of the stringent measures of segregation employed by the government to remove it, it is the evil which the natives feel the most painfully of any. It is a worthy act to direct the minds of the people towards the Living God as the One who can help them in their distress— towards their Father in Heaven as the One who desires to heal them. It is in every way good to teach the people to call upon the Lord their God. They may pray ignorantly —inefficiently—without intelligent understanding of the conditions of God's help. But it can never be amiss,—it is always the road to light and right action: first of all seek God in our troubles. So seeking, they may be led to inquire seriously what He would have them do to remove the scourge. It can never be useless to pray for help with all one's heart, even though the way to relief may be hidden by one's own blindness. We trust that on that day, and since then, a great deal of urgent and fruitful supplication has been offered by the people. May it also be, that the King be himself led to devout prayer for his people and for his own soul. We attended the union services at Kawaiahao church, where the Royal party were present. The sermon was by Pastor Waiamau of Kaumakapili church. We noted with satisfaction, that he enforced upon the people their duly of diligently co-operating with the government in the work of segregating the lepers. By many of the people such teaching is likely to be ill received, and Mr. Waiamau's boldness calls for praise. Would that all the pastors would do their duty with courage with respect to this and some other unpopular hut urgently needed instruction. We also observe with pleasure in the King's proclamation, that prayer is asked for patient submission on the part of the lepers to the restrictions under which they are placed. Such a spirit is greatly needed among them, and among those still subject to arrest on account of the malady. The recent murder by a leper in Kona of the officer who was attempting to arrest him is fresh in the public recollection, as well as many incendiary exhortations to such resistance in a certain newspaper. The Royal proclamation expresses the opposite spirit. By the Royal order, a series of five printed prayers have been put into general circulation among the natives, manifestly in order to guide them in their petition on this subject. They are for God's Mercy upon this Nation; for the Discovery of a Medical Remedy for this Disease; for the Forgiveness of the Sins of the Nation; for Patient Endurance; and for Humble Dependence upon God. They breathe a most devout spirit, are most appropriate in form, are enriched with Scripture precedents, and evidently the work of a competent hand. We wish that the English original of these prayers might have been published, as the Hawaiian evidently fails in some places to convey the precise form of thought, and as the English-speaking population might be edified and profitablyguided by these forms. The composer's work seems to us, however, to be chargeable with one serious omission, for which he may possibly have conceived a good reason to exist. There is lacking perhaps the most essential, at Number 12. 89 any rate, the most practical, petition of all that could be offered in bebalf of a people afflicted with the disease of Leprosy. We believe that Ood should especially be implored to impart to the Hawaiian people a mind faithfully to employ the one great Remedy for leprosy which He has set before them in the statutes of Moses, and which medical science also enjoins, namely, strict segregation. Nothing is more certain than that the terrible ravages of this disease among the natives are wholly owing to their entire neglect to separate the diseased persons from their household life. We are personally familiar with numberless instances tif the most shocking disregard of such precautions. Now how ill-directed—how ineffectual, must be petitions to God for deliverance from a disease while neglecting the must obvious precautions against it. As well ask God to stay a pestilence of typhoid or of diphtheria, while you leave your vaults and cesspools in communication with your water supply; or to deliver you from small-pox, while you neglect vaccination. It would seem as if such praying came under the condemnation of the prayers denounced by Isaiah (1:10-17). What the Hawaiian people most need in this matter, and what the Lord should be most urgently importuned to give them, seems to us to be a spirit of hearty cooperation with, and submission to, the efforts of the Hoard of Health for the entire isolation of the Lepers from the rest of the community. Why was so important a petition omitted? Thanksgiving Day came and went with its customary religious and hausehold observances. Among our many causes of thankfulness, is especially to be noted our substantial relief from the political disquiet which during the past year and a half, has Must we not at times been very serious. it is none other than the good feel that that has so of the God hand gracious our favored past kingdom steadily guided the rocks that menaced it ? He has moved the hearts and minds of men to wise and patriotic action when they seemed lending to other courses. For the lesser, yet very important mercies of material prosperity and progress, the past we believe to have been the most favored year in the history ofthese islands. And we rejoice to believe that in no preceding year have the hearts of good men been so much incited to show their gratitude by liberal gifts to works of beneficence, of religion, and of education. �90 THE FRIEND. Decmbr, 1890. IN BIRD LAND. safely stored in their portmanteaus. water level, except on the south-east Curious things too they bring home for coast when there is a rampart of sandPart of the Journal of a Visit to Laysan the young ones. The ground in the stone rising ten feet or more perpendicuIsland. vicinity of their nests is quite thickly larly from the water. The rock is all a By Prof. A. B. Lyons, From the Maile Wieath. strewn with fragments of pumice stone shell sandstone containing a very little July 16th. Here we are at Laysan which must have been picked up floating coral, and even on the reefs little living Island we have brought the schooner in the ocean, and brought home probab- coral is to be seen. The soil of the islly to serve the same purpose as the cut- and consists of a peculiar kind of white tle bone we put into canary bird cages. sand, made up partly of fragments of Bits of charcoal seem also to be regard- sea shells, but largely of bits of egg ed as suitable for tokens of affection, shells and the bones of sea birds. and other objects found floating in the While the Captain and the crew were sea, such as walnuts, bits of resin or bringing the schooner to her present we were in reality only twenty miles amber, etc. moorings, inside the reef, I went with When the old bird returns from a my Kodak to explore the island a little. from the island. The land lies so low that it can be seen from the deck of a foraging expedition, she greets her off- I followed the beach a short distance, spring in a manner that reminds one of looking for sea shells, but found very few vessel only a few miles. We were sure that our schooner was the old Hawaiian custom of rubbing perfect specimens, and those of species watched for impatiently by the two men noses. The touching of beaks, however, not remarkable for their beauty or rarity. who were left in February to hold pos- has for the birds an esoteric significance Numerous turtles lay basking in the session of the island. As we approach- as presently appears. After the first sun on the sand just above thethe water ed we could see that the men were still salutations are over, the young bird be- line. There was a huge sea lion also there, but they only stood near their lit- gins to coax for something to eat. It lying comfortably on itsback with folded tle cabin watching us, without offering will open its beak suggestively, some- arms, fast asleep. I caught with my to come off and meet us, whence we times uttering at the same time its pip- Kodak its expression of amazement as concluded that their boat was lost or ing plaintive "peep,'' which says' as it lifted its head on my approach. Its disabled. A rough looking pair indeed, plainly as can be, "please.'' The mother contortions of body as it endeavored in we found them when we landed—a veri- will only shake her head as much as to an agony of haste to regain the sea have table Robinson Crusoe and his man Fri- say "no, my child," just for the pleasure, left in memory a vivid photograph which day, only rather more decently clad. it would seem, of seeing the young one brings fresh amusement whenever I They were quite beside themselves, with beg. In fact I suppose it is because it recall it. Along the shore, there were standing excitement at the sight of new faces,and takes some time for her to unlock her the opportunity to hear from the great portmanteau. At last she seems to re- a number of white "boobies," apparentworld, from which they have so long lent and allows the young bird to insert ly absorbed in contemplation. I did its beak between her open mandibles, not pay any especial attention to them been cut off. We, on our part, were eager to stretch and presently there is a transfer of prop- until I saw a frigate bird swoop down our limbs a little after six days of close erty to the evident gratification of the on one of them as if he meant to carry confinement. There was nothing in- infant bird. The infant it must be un- him off. The booby, startled from his deed, particularly inviting in the land derstood, is at this season nearly as reverie, made loud remonstrance after itself. A beach of white shell sand, a large as-its parent, and has exchanged the manner of his kind. The frigate steep bank, also of sand, with little veg- its long clothes of dark gray down for a bird sailed off, but only to renew the etation,—beyond a strip of nearly level more snug and serviceable white suit assault, provoking another ear-splitting land scantily covered with coarse bunch like that of the adult. This was repeated three or outcry. In the center of the island near the four times. It seemed as though the grass and low shrubberry,—that was all we could see as we approached the lagoon, there are bare spaces where the frigate bird was doing it simply to amuse shore. Not quite all, for there rests gonies make their nests, and where even himself with the senseless squawking of over.the land perpetually a cloud of sea now hundreds of young birds remain the booby; but presently the real object fowl, and these you can see at a glance prisoners (although the surrounding of the attack came apparent, for the hold undisputed possession of the island. shrubbery which makes their prison wall booby at last decided that he must take Along the beach stand in erect ex- is seldom more than two feet high) until refuge from his tormentor in flight, but pectant attitude -groups or lines of young they shall have gained the use of their before he could do that, he must relieve gonies, full grown, but waiting for their wings. They pay little attention to you, himself of the load offish which he had wings to gain strength before they ven- unless you come quite close to them. just brought home. That was all the ture flight. Some are fanning the air Then they will snap their beaks sharply frigate bird wanted; of course, he approwith their wings, apparently purely for four or five times in rapid succession in priated at once to his own use the disexercise. Most of the adult birds, we a threatening sort of way, but seldom gorged fish. The quantity of fish that a booby will learn from Capt. Cook—the Robinson think of stepping aside to let you pass, Crusoe of the island—left for parts un- still less of striking at you with their bring home is something incredible. known about two months ago. The strong sharp beaks. Now and then, one Some of the fish disgorged must have young ones who were strong enough of the old birds will decide that you are weighed a pound and a half; and were went with them. The feeble and less an intruder that should be shown the certainly as long as the bird's body. mature ones remained behind, in most door, and will make a run for you in her Sometimes there will be half a dozen or cases evidently deserted by their parents, ungainly fashion, and unless you carry more fish, whose united weight would and multitudes of them have perished of a stick to ward off the attack you are not fall short of two pounds. The sand near the beach being deep starvation. We found the carcasses likely to learn more than you care to and loose, I took to the higher ground. scattered everywhere, but it is remark- know about the bird's beak. able that there is scarcely any odor of The island is quite small, barely two Here I found the land in possession of mrles long by a mile and a quarter wide, a dense population of terns or "wide putrefaction about them. A few of the mother birds have re- of the familiar ring form, with a small awakes," beautiful, slender-bodied birds, mained faithful to their maternal charge, closed lagoon. In its highest part the scarcely as large as a pigeon, plumage and every now and then one comes in land may be as much as 55 or possibly glossy black and white. On the clean from a fishing excursion. They seem to 40 feet above high tide mark. Although sand, one spot seemed to be as good as come empty handed, but whatever treas- the island is surrounded with reefs, there another for a nest. Nearly every bird that ures they have brought for their pets are is very little rock to be seen above the | started up from the ground as I passed inside the reef underthe lea of the island, and are lying in quiet water within two hundred yards of the shore. The only indication of land this morning at daybreak was the flocks ofsea birds which we could see in every direction, although �Volume 48, No. 12.] through their territory disclosed a single egg, nearly as large as a pullet's egg, mottled brown in color, over which it had been brooding. There was no semblance of a nest, and how the parent bird was ever to recognize her individual property, I could not make out. When you looked closely, you would see lurking under the tufts of grass or the foliage of the low shrubbery the young chicks, who have learned that their safety dc pends on such concealment. There are always numbers of frigate birds, professional robbers and cut-throats, sailing over head, watching for a stray Chick, and woe to the one that is left even for a moment without shelter. The birds you have startled from their nests follow you some little distance out of curiosity, so that before you have advanced half a dozen rods you find yourself under a canopy that shelters you to an appreciable extent from the scorching effect of the sun's rays. The birds fly low, often so that you might reach them by stretching out the hand, and the murmur of the myriad wings is like the roaring of a'gale about you, while your ears are deafened with the multitudinous cries of the alarmed birds. The whole crest of the sand ridge on both sides of •the island is occupied by these birds not exclusively, for the taller shrubbery is everywhere pre-empted by frigate birds and boobies, and there are also small land birds that live principally at this season of the year on the eggs of these — sea fowl. 91 THE FRIEND. Under the low shrubbery also the tropic birds have their nests. Beautiful white birds they are, with dark eyes and straight tapering red beaks and with one or two slender red feathers, a foot or more long, in the tail. At present they are absorbed in the occupation of incubating their eggs, few of which have as yet hatched. They do not offer to move when you approach their nests, but they hold their beaks ready for service if you venture too near. However, you may safely seize their ornamental tail feather and pluck it out, eliciting only a harsh squawk of remonstrance from the bird, who will sometimes take this insult as a hint that it is time to leave. Descending from the ridge into the lagoon basin, I found myself in a region of pitfalls. Without warning you find the sand give way under your foot, and you have an unpleasant sensation as of stepping on a live kitten. You have broken into the tunnel of a "mutton bird," and unless you have injured it too seriously, you will see the poor creature presently extricating itself from the sand in a demoralized condition. It is a bird of dark slate color, approaching black, rather larger than a pigeon, which it resembles in its smooth plumage and the graceful curves of its head and body. The egg—all these sea birds seem to be content with a single egg—is pure white, rather larger than a hen's egg, more elongated and rounded equally at both ends. They are considered verygood eating; when boiled, the white never becomes very solid, a peculiarity that is said to belong to the eggs of the sea-fowl generally. When burrowing, the mutton birds make lively play with their feet; the sand will fly behind them almost in a continuous stream. I do not believe any other creature is capable of giving vent to such lugubrious groans as these same mutton birds. Coming from the ground under your feet, these sepulchral sounds are peculiarly blood-curdling, particulraly after night- fall. Near the lagoon, I came upon a small flock of snowy terns which followed me for some time hovering in the air just over my head, and within arm's length. They seem to find some fascination about one's eye, for they will hover just in front of you, peering up inquiringly under your hat. They are not much larger than a uiynah bird, but with much larger wings, and slender little bodies— the plumage of a lustrous, satin)- white, eyes large, full and jet black. These birds s.lect for a nest the most unlikely place imaginable. They place their single spotted egg, the size of a pigeon's egg, on some narrow ledge of bare rock, or— more preposterous still—on a log where it requires to be held in place to prevent it from rolling off. I am told that, while the bird sits on its egg it is fed, like a young bird, by its mate. On the east side of the lagoon, I came upon a rookery of frigate birds, or'•man of-war hawks." as they are often called. livery little shrub—there were few more than three feet high—held from one to a dozen nests, rude structures, mere platforms built of twigs and coarse grass. The adult birds, as they sit perched on the bushes, remind one strongly of hawks or even of the nobler bird from which they have taken their specific name of "Aquila." The plumage is iridescent black; the beak, unlike the eagle's, long and hooked only at the point. When you approach, unless they are asleep, or over-gorged with food, or else devoted to the care of an egg or of an unefldged birdling, they will spread their great wings and flap lazily away, the resemblance to an eagle suddenlygone. Once on the wing, however, the bird needs resemble nothing but itself, for its movement in flight are the embodiment of self poise and mastery. In spite of its angular outline, the kite like form of the bird is not without grace. I have often watched single, birds floating almost motionless high in the air, or darting with lightning-like speed after the fish, which they have compelled other birds to drop, but I never sawbefore as now hundreds of the birds in the air at once. My attention was, however, more particularly directed to the baby birds left behind on the nests. It is hard to believe that these snow white balls of swan's down can ever grow into the semblance of one of those sombre, angular adult birds. They resemble the parent now only in the beak, which, massive and black as it is, is in striking contrast with the rest of the creature's make up. Some of them are as large as a spring chicken. Comical creatures enough they are. When undisturbed, they will be sitting bolt upright on the nest. On your approach, they will first crouch and crane their necks toward you, opening wide their great beaks as if they meant to swallow you whole. Then if you come closer, they will show fight, striking at you viciously with their sharp beaks. They are, for all the world, like a lot of little children dressed in their night gowns, aroused by some unusual disturbance when they should be fast asleep in bed. The young boobies look almost exactly like the frigate birds, but they have a straight, pointed beak, and red instead of black eyes, and when you disturb them, they squawk just as their parents do. This impresses you very much as it would to hear from a young child, apparelled like a prince, the language of Billingsgate. This must answer for the present for bird stories. I have not even mentioned the game birds, curlew, snipe, plover and duck, or the little land birds, of which there are several species, or the very interesting red eyed wingless birds, but time and space would fail, were I to try to exhaust the subject. A rough calculation puts the bird population of the island at about 800,000; it may reach 1,000,000. They have not yet learned to fear man excessively, and are in fact no more shy than barn door fowl, so that it is very easy to study their habits. The flora of the island I find interesting, although somewhat disappointing. I gathered only twenty-one species of flowering plants, nearly all of them HaThe waiian or cosmopolitan plants. seeds of most if not all of them have floated to the island in sea-water. Among them should be mentioned the loulu palm, the maia pilo (caper) the Koali (convolvulus) and a stunted species of sandal-wood. To-morrow we shall undertake a systematic examination of the deposits of phosphate of lime which give a commercial importance to this little island. They represent the bones of millions of fish that have, age after age, supplied food to birds innumerable. [Subsequent entries in the Jog book are taken up with details of the survey and exploration of the island, of the continuation of the trip to Lisiansky, and of the tedious return voyage of twenty-four days.] Outward polish and grace only make a person's inward deformities seem the blacker when they are discovered. �Decmbr, 1890. THE FRIEND. 92 A very objectionable and expensive tendency was displayed in appropriating The Legislature closed its Biennial large payments on very doubtful pleas Session on Friday, Nov. 14th, having sat of equity, to parties whose claims had twenty-eight weeks. We are most glad been rejected by the Reform government The Work of the Legislature. to report that in essential measures their and set aside by the courts. But the work has been substantially good, and people's pockets can stand a mere cash that those grave apprehensions have loss, so long as our constitutional safebeen dispelled which necessarily grew guards are not impaired. Had Thursout of the pledges of support apparently ton & Co. allowed some of those claims, given by the more conservative wing of and otherwise made things more comthe National Reform party to their Wil- fortable for people used to government cox-Bush allies. In our March issue we said, "the majority of the party are unlikely to do anything seriously endangering the important political results secured by the Reform of 1887. They will not disturb the present wholesome political system." This view has been justified by the event. The most vital issue made at this session was upon a constitutional amendment reducing the income and property qualifications of voters for Nobles. The taxable property limit was by general consent, reduced from $3,000 to $1,000, the latter sum being considered sufficient to ensure thoughtful voting in its possessor. The real contest was over some propositions to reduce the income qualification from $600 to $400 or $300, being that of unskilled laborers. To. carry this, Wilcox and Bush expended their furious efforts with the populace, in order to intimidate the legislators. In the result, the income qualification of $600 was maintained by a final vote of 31 to 5. One-half of our legislature will continue to be chosen by the skilled mechanics and people of some little standing or substance. Although the late Reform Cabinet received unlimited denunciation, it is remarkable how fully have been agreed upon the most of the important measures and appropriations recommended by the late Ministers. Among these are the continuation of the Volcano, Pali, and Maalaea roads, and especially the Thurston-Allardt plan for deepening the Honolulu bar and harbor. The Election system has been improved by adding the Secret ballot, which failed to pass the last Reform House, although supported by the Cabinet. A rather harmless concession was made to the native feeling by restoring the offices of Governors of the islands, although for two years their absence has been found a very material advantage. Their existence does no vital harm. pap, they might have easily weathered any opposition party likely to arise against them. The depleted condition in which they found the Treasury enforced a severe economy upon them from the start. The late legislation is the most obviously open to criticism in a somewhat reckless making of appropriations for the biennial period vastly in excess of any possible income. This devolves upon the Cabinet the discretion of determining which of the authorized works to carry out and which to postpone for lack of funds, a degree of power not meant to be given to them, and capable of much abuse, as former experience has proved. We may say in conclusion that although a party in bitter opposition to the Reform Cabinet, and leaguing themselves with the desperate enemies of Reform principles, held a small majority in the legislature, nevertheless all the leading measures carried, were substantially those of the Reform Party. The principles and policy of the grand Revolution of JunelBB7, have been triumphantly maintained. They stand. They will continue to stand. As we wrote in August, 1887, "this civilized kind of government has come to stay." The United States Express Company has issued peremptory orders to its agents not to receive money, tickets or lists of drawings from the Louisiana Lottery, or in any way to assist in the transaction of lottery business. It is very gratifying to see a great agency thus voluntarily aiding the Post Office in suppressing a public nuisance. It is only a few years since a healthy public sentiment defeated a powerfully supported attempt to establish a branch (we believe) of the Louisiana Lottery in Honolulu, and to make this a great center of distribution. This infamous system of gambling still enjoys state support in all Roman Catholic countries, but withers under the higher morality of Protestantism. Dr. Beckwith's Sermon on Leprosy. Our excellent pastor made one of his ablest efforts on the day of prayer for Leprosy. We especially felt his appeal for hopeful effort, to save the native people, and were glad to hear him denounce *he kahunas and the idolatry and superstition which they teach as the worst enemy of the people's life. We have long felt assured that this is the breeding-nest of all the destructive vices of the Hawaiian nation, and that the extirpation of the Kahunas would do more to save the people than any other measure. Not to go any deeper, it is a fact right on the surface, that probably twice as many persons are directly killed by Kahuna malpractice every year as die of leprosy in the same period An illustration of their insane brutality is given in the Kuokoa of Nov. 15th, telling of a Kahuna in the rear of Kawaiahao Seminary, spitting down the throat of a little child, in order to expel the demon that made it sick. But the worst of this foul superstition is the way in which the allegiance to malignant demons which it inculcates, debases and corrupts both heart and intellect, and incapacitates its votaries for any virtuous or intelligent activity. It debases them so as to be incapable of taking a part in our wholesome civilized life, without doing which, they must perish. It is of the Kahuna disease more than any other that the Hawaiian race are wasting away. Leprosy is a mere trifle to it. Among the commendable acts of the late session of the Legislature was their squelching of the attempt to revive that infamous "Hawaiian Board of Health," or board to license Kahunas, which was created by the Legislature of 1886, and destroyed by the revolution of '87. Hon. Henry P. Baldwin. We find it to be matter of common remark, that the quite satisfactory results of the work of the late session of the Legislature were due in a very great degree to the prudent and conciliatory influence of this gentleman. Although not prominent as an orator, or as an introducer of bills, yet as a wise and friendly counsellor hehas been looked up to by men ofall parties. While not a politician, Mr Baldwin possesses in a high degree the coveted gifts of a politician, of making friends and influencing opponents by his good sense and kindly disposition. For a long time he has stood easily at the head of our ablest plantation managers, no man ever more fairly earning the large fortune which he has acquired by brains and hard work. We may add that he is one confidently looked to to lend a hand to every good work. Honor is like a palace with a low door, He that strays far into the wilderness of into the which man can enter, but he must worldly living, cannot creep back to the lodge of safety just when he pleases. first stoop. �Volume 48, No. 12.] Remedies for Leprosy. The Hawaiian Board of Health have been at great expense in employing experts like Dr. Arning, and Dr. Lutz, to study leprosy and its appropriate medical treatment. So far as we can learn, no approximation has yet been made to any method of curing leprosy. Probably some valuable progress has been made in methods of mitigating the disease, and some patients have been to outward appearance restored to sound health, although in most cases we believe there is good evidence that the taint is still in the system. We believe that it is probably true that in some favored cases, the vital vigor of the patient has spontaneously thrown off the malady. A specific Remedy for leprosy may yet be found. The wonderful recent triumphs of Medical Science are calculated to encourage such a hope. On this ground we would heartily commend the prayer to God for the discovery of such remedy, as mentioned in another column. Our first thought was that such a boon was scarcely to be expected, and that it would be difficult to pray for it in earnest. But the wonderful discoveries of Pasteur and Koch seem plainly to point out the duty of the most persistent effort to find the remedy for leprosy also. And if such effort is a duty, then humble and earnest prayer for the success of such efforts is also a duty. Our hope in this matter has just been stimulated—in ignorance, very likely— by the wonderful report of Prof. Koch's discovery of a remedy for tuberculosis. It now seems probable that a bright hope of cure is opened to the vast throng of hitherto almost hopeless "consumptives." When such a miracle of healing has been accomplished by medical science, it seems not unreasonable to believe that there lies hidden somewhere the remedy for leprosy also, awaiting the efficient search of a master of healing. Shall we not then have the boldness to petition the gracious Lord of healing, that He will inspire and direct such a search to a successful issue? We have enjoyed some interviews with our old neighbor, Mr. S. T. Alexander, who with Mrs. A., has made a month's visit to see fr.ends, and look after his plantations, after European travel with h,s family. Mr. A. appears to be entirelyhopeful as to a continuance of some profit tj the plantations, notwithstanding the severe blow given to them by the free sugar provisions of the McKinley Tariff. Such profit he regards, however, as conditioned entirely on being able to secure cheap Asiatic field laborers. A large influx of such people, can hardly be looked on as other than an evil, socially. But the immense capital already invested is not to be sacrificed. Very wise and efficient legislation will be needed to minimize the evils thus threatened. No class are in more need of such protection than the native Hawaiians. THE FRIEND. Nob Hill. This name is commonly applied to an elevated part of San Francisco which has become covered with palatial buildings. Somewhat similar to this seems to be the future of a fine location upon the southern slope of Punch Bowl. The creation 'of this place was one of the many intelligent enterprises successfully pushed by Mr. Thurston. Streets were laid out and handsomely graded high up on the hillside, the water laid on from an upper Nuuanu Reservoir, and a considerable number of lots auctioned off at moderate prices. Among others, Mr. Hackfeld has recently erected, wh.,t we have heard call ed, the finest private residence in the city. This seems to have boomed the tract, and a few days since, the remaining lots were bid off at more than three times the upset prices of the government. The view from the spot is a glorious one. On some accounts, our own preference would be for an equally elevated site on the north-west side of Punchbowl, on what is now Crown land, but which must in the near future, revert to the Government, and be put on the market. 93 Pearl City Lots.—As the result of the sale held on the ground on the 29th, notwithstanding the rain, over 100 lots were sold for some $44,000. Many other parties are waiting for further opportunity to buy. Mr. Dillingham has made a grand success of this enterprise. We went over the ground for the first time since cleared and laid out. It is truly a lovely spot. One feature we have not seen mentioned, that there are fine easy drives in several directions inland to a height of 1,000 feet or more. The coming town is in full view from Punchbowl. Waialua Church, on Sunday, Nov. 30, raised the last of the $230 needed, and are now entirely free from the debt incurred in completing their new church. About $200 is needed for finishing and furnishing the new Portuguese Chapel. Mr. W. W. Hall will receive your contributions for that object. We learn that the Portuguese brethren are going to try to raise among their own We were much pleased the other day to people money for a bell-tower. see the floor timbers laid of the New Protestant Chapel for the Portuguese Mission. Sabbath Protection Maintained.— The Lord grant that many souls may there be brought into the light of the pure The Bill introduced by one of the Nobles, to allow public ball games and other disGospel. turbing recreations on Sunday, found no Rev. S. Kaili, lately of Waipio, Hawaii, Our great support in the Legislature has been away from his field for over five months. He is not building up his church, present Sunday law is a good one, and but he is building a house, they say, some- the community are well contented with wbere in Waialus, Oahu, and this absence its very moderate restrictions. of his has been taken without the leave of the church. The church, we understand Monthly Record of Events. was not consulted in the matter. It will be in order for that church to memorial Nov. ist.—ln the eight days trial of the ize the next meeting of the Hawaii AssoN. Robinson will case the juryrenders Jno. of ciation, and ask for a severing the for- an verdict, sustaining the same unanimous mal pastoral relation. in favor of the widow. 3rd.—38th Birthday of the Emperor of How simple is the religion of Jesus Japan officially observed, followed by an Christ! He uses the word Church only afternoon reception on the Tsukuba. once, in a universal sense, and never Mortuary report for October shows a total with any one of the ideas associated of 39, of which 24 were Hawaiians. with it distinctive of Catholicism; never —Prof. W. T. Brigham gave an en4th. speaks of any officer he appoints, nor tertaining and istructive lecture at the does any officer he did appoint speak of Y. M. C. A. to young men on physical any other as being "priests." They are culture. ministers,, or apostles, or disciples, or sth. —Battalion drill at Palace Square by prophets, or presbyters, or evangelists, or pastors. They are never priests. He Uncle Sam's marines and blue-jackets never speaks of a single rite or ceremony from the Charleston, Mohican and Iroquois. as having a sacerdotal import. If sacri- —The Supreme Court replies to the legisfices are alluded to, it is offering one's lative inquiries on the labor question and self, one's body, a sacrifice to God, or it summarize the same as follows : is the sacrifice of praise. How, then, "Restrictions of the character mentionhave you organized an entire sacerdotal ed in the questions submitted can be imsystem out of a system that did not posed by statute law upon citizens of counknow priests or sacrifices? A. M.Eair- tries with which this Kingdom has no bairn. treaties, as a condition of their being allowed to enter this Kingdom." 6th.—Sailor's Home fair—afternoon and All is not spiritual that's spirited. — — �Decmbr, 1890. THE FRIEND. 94 evening—at the Armory, by the ladies, re- dance at the palace: decoration of Hon. sulted very successfully, notwithstanding the sloppy state of weather. Bth. —The Union In.n Works, of this city contracts to fit out tRe Ewa Plantation with its Mill buildings and Machinery i fa capacity for handling fifty tons per day of twenty-four hours, for some $203,1 00, the same to be completed by Nov. 1, 1891. Foot ball fever catches the town and the Charleston team walks off with all the honors.—Schooner Catarina went on the reef near the bell buoy and is likely to become a tot il loss. 10th.—51,103,450 of cancelled Treas ury certificates were cremated by the — Finance Committee. nth.—Fire at Waikiki, residence of A. Y. gel, property of G West, just beyond the long bridge; little saved.—Lecture by Mr. F. M. English at the Y. M. C A.on Mozart, illustrated by vocal and instrumental selections by Misses McGrew, yon Holt and Dowsett and Messrs. Yarndley, laukea and Marsden.—The long threatened Sunday amusement bill was killed in the evening session of the House by a vote of 24 to 12. 13th.—Twenty-five residence lots on the south slope of Punchbowl hill sold by the Government, at auction, brought high figures, realizing from three to five times their upset prices. The sales range from $450 to $1,810 a 1(4. 14th.—Arrival of -the Australia from the coast, and Alameda from the Colonies. —The King prorogues the legislature on the 129th. day of its session.---W. S. Maltby, the cyclist, medaled by the Honolulu Athletic Association. 15th.—Observance of the 54th anniversary of His Majesty's birthday by yacht and boat races during the day, and firemen's torchlight procession in the evening. 16th.—Special services throughout the city churches for the afflicted wards of the v, — — Marine Journal. PORT OF HONOLULU.—NOVEMBER. ., ARRIVALS. T. Rogers is appointed 1 Am bktne Mary Wink* Iman, NtIMM, 21 days from S F Shepard, rlayi fom Samoa Superintendent of the .census of 1890, to 3B I'SShiMolma', W B Godfrey, Uabei, ESdayifromS F Haw be taken Dec. 28.—Oahu College enter- •3—Ni>r bk Faust, Otterbech, dayt from Ntw York days from China 9 tier stmr Amigo, tain a large number of visitors to witness a 14—Am S S Australia, Hottdlatte, 7 day* from S I Skagit, tl d iys Ir .m Port TownRoMnson, series of athletic sports by the students in Am bktne send honor of His Majesty's birthday Kingdays from the Colonies Morse, Am S S Alameda, days from S F Am bktne Kate Flickinger, Brown wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral. 16—Am I4saj days from S F McCv I rwin, loch, bgtne WI days 161 Wakefield, 16—Ambk Howe*. from W«w Vorii 19th.—Departure of Japanese training Brit bk Girvan, Angus, 134 days from Liverpool ahip Tsukuba. —Fowler-Neumann wedAm sell Allen A Scarge, day> from Port Town-end Am bktne Planter, Dow, IS days fa in San Frond I o ding at St. Andrew's Cathedral, a brill- 17 dayt from S ¥ 1H Am bktne S N Castle, Hubba.d. iant affair. 19-Ambktne Klikitat, Cutler, 18da\»fiom Port Townsend 21st.—Departure of the Australia for Am sih Robt I>wers, Penhallow, ITJej days from Port San Francisco, with a goodly list of Ka- 20--Am Townsend Noyes, days from Port Towoiend maainas.—Farewell dinner to Admiral 23 FlawbkSColoma, S Zealandia, Oterendorp, M (lays from S F hk Columbia, C.oodman, 24 days from Port Rlakele\ Brown and Capt. Remey of the Charles- 26—Am 27—Am bk Amelia, New-hall, 23 days from Nanaiino ton at the Hawaiian Hotel, by Hons. S. Parker and W. H. Cornwell. DEPARTURES. 22nd. Dramatic performance by 4-Am bktne S G Wilder, Griffiths, f,.for San Francisco Am bktne W H Dimond, Drew, r San Francisco Nymphe amateurs at the Opera House, Hrit bk Buker, Lightbody, f„r Port Townsend 6—H BMS Ampi ion, Hulton, for Hongkong for the benefit of the new Sailor's Home. for San Francisco B—Am hk C D Bryant, 23rd.—Arrival of the Zealandia from 14—Ger S S Amigo, for Santa Cruz, M.xico 15—Am S S for San Francisco Alameda, Morse, one late day through 21—Am bk Coloma, Noyes. for China San Francisco, Am S S Australia, Houdlette, fur San Francisco mishap to machinery en route. Haw S S Zealandia, Oterendorp, for the Colonies 24th. —California base ball team, to 2425—U S F S Charleston, Kemey, for .San Francisco 26—H BMS Nymphe, Turner, for Molokai wrest honors from our local clubs, arrive . — , - — - — for a brief series of games.—Farewell ,i. — nation.. 17th.—Dr. C. — PASSENGERS. S. M. Damon with the Grand Cross of AWKIVAI.S. the Order of Kalakaua. Fiom 8m I'ram per W H Godfrey, Nov � Mis, 25th.—Departure of His Majesty KaFrom the Coloniea, pel A! imeda. Nov 14—Mrs Bcikley, lakaua by the Charleston for San Fran- Mies ()iv<- Berkeley ( 1 illle Lord Faunlleroy"), Alfred W arlowita, cisco, for a brief season of rest and re- Fi win, i. M Fowler. Mr. (.'apt t hristian, J I ami wife, A Cuiqua and wife, J W Dunn,and (52 cuperation: H. R. H. Liliuokalani ap- init Milner h.i'.s't for San Francisco. pointed regent during his absence. From Bu Francisco, per Australia, Nov 14—Hon W G Irwin, 1 F C Abel, A I. (' Atkinson. F. F Belt. Mrs War—The Sailor's Home Society ran Chamberlain, Mies Cleghorn, Mrs Dickinson. Mr, call for plans for the new building pro- Kittle Evant, Mi.. V 1. Gil,Hand. .1 X Oiliiland, Rev D Mi.s ( arrie Green, C I. Huff, Mrs A S Inman. T Governo, posed and offer Ist and 2nd prizes for R Keyworth. wi c and infant. Mrs G H Kirkliride, C Kibling, wife and infant, Hn M F Boenm, 4 children and the best presented by Dec. 15th. v, s, | :: children. C Lelimann, Thos nune, Mrs 27th.—American Thanksgiving; very LilUe, X Lewenand wife, Mrs liooth-Lonx, J Lyons. Mrs rti[i Mrs Win H McLean and child, Si itdren. S M: J and I holiday.—First observed as a generally f B Miller, Dr F I. Miner, wife, child n-id nurse, ri match game of base-ball between the Ohlaodt, 1* Perry, Mra Roee Probat, Aucnst Prott, Mrs S B Rose, Mist Roee, Mm Roeenburg, Mrs J Shaw, Geo H Californias and Honolulus, resulting in Spalding, F Turritl, I 1 sVaterk-ouee, Jr. J C Whitman, D a score of 20 to 2 in favor of the visitors. H W'i< t ii. 1 N Wngilt and 40 in sieerage. Eareka, From Some fine playing shown by the profes- wife and 2 children.per Allan A, Nov 17 Lee Tauhmann, sionals which our boys will do well to From San Fr.itui'co, per S N Ca-tle, Nov IS- I M Oat and wit., Mrs A 1. Oat, L X Oat. Mrs J C White, T C make a note of. White, Miss N TrcEloan, Miss t;tuns, R I, Auerbach, C 28th.—Anniversary of recognition of Wurth, J liucklcy, Mist F I, Kllis, M W Done. Franciaco, pet ZeeJandta. Nov 28—W H li Hawaiian Independence. Reception at From San and wife, Gerald I- Bryant. las Bryant. Mrs F. S the palace; harangue by Wilcox- Bussh Arneman W Day and child, Mrs Kishcr, W E Ditto, | Mis I'ipri.o, N Graham aid wife, A ll;.as, Alfred S Hartwa 1. Mr. M Co. at the old armory. —Second base PHirshbenc, L R Corey and wife, Miss O Hirahborjc, F L ball game, Californias rs Hawaiis, a E Madden, Rudolph Neumann, H A I'armelee, Mi. 1 M Parmerce, G Russell, Dr S GTucker, Mi«« S larger attended and better game than Walker, W K. Wall. Lieut V H Webb, X N, G I' Wilder and wife, 1 II Cahi I, Dave C'reamthe first, but victory for the visitors all and wife, A E Warrick tt, Win Farrell, II V lltiiin. Joe Leveqoe, Thos Powers, jsh the same; score 11 to 2. rp, Sh .las ward, F N Parker, wife and I Reilly'.'.O Geo in the itet rage and 51 cabin and 40 steerage in 29th.—Pearl City lots auction sale. daughter, transit for the Colonies, Rainy weather in town interferes someFrom Port Hlakelcy, per Columbia, Nov 25—W Howath, what with the attendence, but a goodly and Mr Lutnbard. riKI'ARTtRF.S. number gathered and kept the bidding spirited till well into the afternoon, atFor San Francisco, per G Wilder, Nov 4—Mr Clayton, taining figures far beyond those disposed Mis Ross and sou, and Miss Poor. San Kranri.io, per ( D I'.rya' t, Nov B—Mr Howe of at private sale and ranging from $265 andFora" ttceraga passengera, to $550 each. Total sales $40,655. For Salina Crua(Max..) per Amiga, Nov 14—5 Chinese. lameda, Nov 16—Mra Dudoit, Frara For San Third of the series of ball games, Calii N Pond and wife, Mi.s Coney, Master Giffard, W s fornias vs Honolulus again. Score 16 ,Maltby, T C Smith, Mr. I B Hopkins, Mra Hono, Mrs S children, Mrs John Corwine, Jolea Ziegler, J to Honolulus zero.—Spalding'sbase-hall W Joins,.IGeo A Moore, Fusion Y. Snow, R I Green. trophy is formally presented to, and acFor San Francisco, per Australia, Nov 21 —S T Alexan* der and wile, W Mutt 1.. Mis t S Paint-, Hon E Mull r, H cepted by the Hawaiian League. » Yon Holt. Sir Saocedo, J A Lowe, JudgeWidomann, W L) Schmidt, PA fcng, ( \i Emanuel, Lieut Sroney, Mrs I', , , 27—Am bktne Skagit, Robinsou, for Port Townsend Nor bk Faust, Oterbech, for Port Townsend - : M toney, 2 i hildren and 2 nu ds. ( F Al'ardt, H Berber, Mr Myddledyi k, wife and children (8), Miss Myddledyck, Arthur D Baldwin, Mis kos Probst, Hon C X Uishop, Mra I'rerxloan, II I. WilIU, Mis t orwin, Prof Sauvlet, wife R I', i liin. h. II hi V knuus.;ti, and 29 steerage. ForPort Townaend, ler Ska-it, Nov 27—W A S Heals BIRTHS. ROiflW 1.1 I. -In Honolulu, November 9, to thewife of J G X tilwelt, ..so-. |S<a;t'.-, Wash., papers plea>« copy.J KROUSE—III Honolulu, November 14th, to the wife of 'Ihus I'. KrouaCj a daughter, M,VI K.H -In Honolulu, Novtrm'ier loth, to the wife of J L) McVeigh, a r. SCOTT—At Wainaku, llilo, Hawaii, November IBtl., the wife of John A Scoit, a daughter. ta MARRIAGES. LAW RKNCE-SEVERINO—In Honolulu, November 2d, by the Rev I>r C M Hyde, Mr I >avid P Lawrence to Miss Mar> Francos SeTasrino, both of this city. It | A BANISTER -In lis.i..lulu, November sth, by the Right Rev the Bishop of Oiba, Mr (jaotyt Lucas, Jr, to MtM Abbic I laaiatar. -KING-BROWN—Ai St Andrew*! Cathedral, Ho.ioluiu, Novauiber lHh, by thu Ray Ah x Mackintosh, Mr William v Kins. t«o (Hut* N«lliaj tininn, KOWLER-NEI MANN —At St Andrew's Cathedral, Honolulu, Novembi Wih. by the Rev Alex Mackintosh, ,\ ("red Fowler, Eaq., of London, England, to Eva, eldest daughter of Hon l'aul and Mrs Neumann. •■ DEATHS. CAVARI.V— In San Lrundsco, November Ist, Annie ( Elisabeth, wife o. apt |oha M Cavarly, of the Pacific M.ilSeivice, a native of New London, Conn., aged 61 years, 1* months and '!S days. TUKTON~lnSanKranns.il, NovemberBth, Arthur C, sou of Mrs H Turton, ol Honolulu, a native of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaiian Islands, aged 28 years and 9 months. COVINGTON—At the residence ofDr. Campbell, Wairnea, Kauai, Annie Charlotte, widow of the late Richard Covington, aged 68 years. �Volume 48, No. 12.] 95 THE FRIEND. BQAEB. HAWAIIAN HONOLULU H. I building become too small, a structure can easily be added laterally, and so can be easily relieved the homeliness and smallThis page is devoted to the [nt«f*fU of the Hawaiian Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed i>y the ness of the present building. Board is responsible for its contents. The Portuguese Sabbath services are at present being held in the hall of the TheEditor. ological Institute. It is hoped that soon Rev. O. P. Emerson, after the first of the year they can be moved to the new chapel. Their church, time we would exAt this Thanksgiving school and prayer meetings will all be devout to God for our gratitude work held at one central place. press which is now enlarging so hopefully o n every side. What better thing to be thankA Sabbath in Puna. ful for than the privilege of such service. From the town of Hilo to Captain KlPuula, Puna,is 21 ■ ■ miles by Mr. J. dart'sin ka of SprccklesviUe Mr. Shinsbu Nagasc M. Lydgates survey. Hut one-half and has become a missionary of the Paia more of the way is easily three times the Maui, church of and is at (foreign) present by the watch, and under the direction and brotherly care of length of all the rest that makes it about forty miles, does it his neighbor, pastor Gulick. This are as think a wise arrangement, helpful to both not? Puna needs mads badly as Kona. It would be a to live in, if it were country parties. We look to see the I'aia church hard to get in and out o£ l'htre are the center of yet larger missionary activi- not rich coffee lands there, I am told, but at ties on Maui. present there are no roads to them. But at the Captain's, one finds an o.isis and Having now for quite a while fostered good fat turkey well served, and kind and sheltered the Japanese mission in friends and balmy air. The Pastor at Hilo, Rev. Mr. Baker and his people are Puula is fortunate in having the hearty soon to see it established on an indepen- support of this entire household, and they dent basis. too are fortunate in him. As one of the They are to grant letters of dismission sons of the house said: "We knew him to the 72 (?) Japanese brethren now con- well as one of our skillful and trusted Pa nected with the foreign church, and see niolos (cow boys). By and by he took it them formed into a Japanese church, un- into his head to go to the Theological Inder the charge of pastor Okabe. The stitute at Honolulu. latter reports the need of more laborers in He was but a cow boy when he went, his department. There is more waiting to but when he came back after only a short be done than he and his two assistants can stay, he had wonderfully improved. He undertake. His house for sick Japanese could sing all the parts, and teach them to is proving a welcome refuge to the needy the choir, and he could speak acceptably." ones of his flock. By and by when the church at Puula wanted a Pastor, they called their quickMr. R. K. Baptist goes by this week's witted countryman. And since he has steamer to Hilo to meet Mr. Fires and to settled with them, he has entered readily join him in the work. Mr. Pires reports into his old friendly relations' with the plenty to do. Bibles and tracts and the "boys," while at the same time holding his truth, by whomsoever brought, seem to be ministerial dignity and winning their rein demand. The fit Id is open and calls spect. for workmen. On going to church we found a congreIt is hard to decide between the differ- gation largely composed of young men ent missions, which is the ni(»st important. whom the Pastor had gathered. He has If, in our consideration of the matter, we been greatly helped in winning his way take into account the welfare of the Ha- with them by his musical talent. He has waiian Kingdom, we are constrained to quite a genius for composition. His Sab think that the mission to the Portuguese bath School was a surprise and a revela stands first. This industrious, home-lov- tion when once it gave an exhibition at the ing people need nothing so much as the Haili church, Hilo. What could Puna do enlightenment and warmth of a Bible faith with its backwoodsmen? They were stared and this we must give them. at at first, but they soon won applause, It is expected that Rev. Mr. Pires will and that day they took 'the palm. A return to the city by the next steamer. morning's work with the people at the church, an afternoon's walk amid the LauWork began the first day of the week on hala and cocoanut trees, and a bath in the Portuguese chapel. the warm spring under the hill, brought It is to be a simple structure forty-eight the day to a close. feet long by twenty-four feet wide, with The evening's entertainment was an imtwo rooms. promptu concert by the household, which The auditorium will be twenty-four by is a large one. The Pastor was not prethirty feet, and the school room, twenty- sent to lead, but his compositions were four by eighteen feet, the ceiling being sung and listened to with much interest some fifteen feet high. If, as we hope, and pleasure. the work of this mission grows upon our First came a paraphrase of the first part hands, and the accommodations of this of the 5 th Chapter of Zech., sung with a - truly poetic rhythm to the nselody of "There is music in the air." The thought was well expressed and the refrain was plaintively touching. The temptation scene of the garden of Eden, and the departure of our first parents from Par. diie was next sung to the air of "Just before the battle mother." These and ether pieces which were sung, descriptive, or dlustrative and explanatory to some Scripti.re lesson, affected us deeply, and somewhat modified our views regarding the value of these Sabbath School exhibitions. We see that there may be good in them. Here was elevated thought set to real music. It is what Hawaiian music, outside of the sttndards, now lacks. Such music as this may take the place of pure ballads till they come. Such homely rhyming as this may well be encouraged as an offset to some of our popular but doubtful native songs. We will but add that this good people with their enterprising Pastor are really in need of outside aid just now. About $350 must be found somewhere to add to the $200 already found, and to make up, the needy $550, or possibly $600, required to repair their dilapitated church building, which will soon be a ruin if it is not speedily made weather proof. Rev. J. N. Kamoku writes us that the church at (Jnomea has given him leave of indefinite absence, and for these reasons: Ist, the greatness of their indebtness to their Pastor. 2d, the smallr.ess of the members-tip of the church. 3d, so many of the people have gone over to the Mormon meeting. We are reminded of ? church we once knew in the United States, which dismissed the Pastor to save money, thinking that they could do better without a Pastor than with one. The Onomea church has done this in the face of the fact that the Pastor's Aid Society of Hawaii stands ready to help them to sustain their Pastor to the full limit of their need. This is the third Pastor the church has served in this way within nearly as many years. Ousted from his pastorate Mr. Kamoku with his characteristic energy has found work at the Hilo Boarding School. He helps at evening prayers and in thp field work as a sort of teacher of practical agriculture. The Waialua church building is to be dedicated on the Sabbath of the 7th of December. The present indebtedness cf thischurch for its building is about two hundred dollars, but it is hoped that before the above date the money will be all raised. The church people are grateful to the kind friends who have helped them so generously. The Kawaiahao and Kaumakapili churches have lately taken up goodly contributions in their aid. The church is entirely ready for occupancyand needs but to be dedicated. Nobody is so empty as the man who is full of himself- �_ Decmbr, 1890. THE FRIEND. 96 T. M. C. A. THEHONOLULU, H. Gospel Service. to associate with young men who are spendthrifts and idlers. It don't pay. The Sunday evening meetings con- You had better be in company with men t attended, and a good who are "close" to a fault than to numol i1 <•- Honolulu tinue to be largely This page is devoted *-to the interests a;.d Hoard of the is maintained. Young ber as your friends these "liberal," jolly Association, Mens Christian of interest degree Young Directors are resoonsihle for its contents. men, and especially those who may be fellows who are always in financial in trie city, will always find a straits. And don't treat, my son, Editor. strangers S. D. Fuller, cordial welcome at this service which is don't do it. Let them call you mean, held every Sunday evening at half past but don't treat, and don't allow yourself The Y. M. C. A. Boys had an interest- six o'clock. Topics for the month are as to be treated. Pay your own way, and ing meeting last month. The result of follows: if you can't pay for your own soda, take quite a lively discussion was embodied m a God. Gen. 3:9-11 water. It's always reliable. But make up Dec. 7 —Hidingfrom motion to hold a public entertainment, Mat. 25:24-30. your mind to save something if its only 25 which will soon be forthcoming. Sin: Man's cents a week. Save that, its $13 a year. Dec. 14—Putting away A class of young men numbering from Prov. 28:13. Is. Suppose you resolve not to smoke any God's part; part. fifteen to twenty have been meeting for more. It won't hurt you. It will im43:25. several weeks in the Parlors for Bible sons of prove your health. At only one cigar a Dec. —How to become 21 study. So far the time has been spent in God. do you think you will have at 1:1-12, 5:1. what 1 day, John John considering some of the fundamental facts the end of a year. Figure it up, my Angel's and Dec. 28—The Prophet's about the Bible. Its authorship, authority, That's' a good suit of son, Luke 2:8-11. just $18.25. Is. 9:2-7. Message. inspiration, etc., as a whole. The line of clothes. That's two weeks at Ocean study will next be to take up the books Grove, next summer. That's a good Too Sharp. of the Bible in order to learn some of the starter in the bank. main features of each. Why not try it? Newark Messenger. There is a point where it won't pay to A large number of resident yo ng men more. Better stop the ax any and strangers find the Y. M. C. A. Build grind Long Prayers. ing a pleasant retreat, and by word and there. Some Christians are forever sharpenact show their appreciation of the generMen never pray at great length Its the grind, grind, ously applied wealth, which has provided ng their tools. unless they have nothing to say and while and no of all the grind study and maintained such an attractive institutheir hearts are hard and cold. All the work. Forever at the whet-stone. tion for their exclusive use. in the Bible that were answered, prayers man You can put this down young that I may Items. that the girl you marry, if worth any- were short prayers: "Lord, save me or I sight." "Lord, receive my with a thing, won't peel the potatoes week of prayer for young men, and razor. peiish." The longest prayer, Solomon's Christian Ass ciations Wit, wisdom and knowledge are good, prayer at the dedication of the temple, ig Men's was observed by but a peck measure won't hold every- was less than eight minutes in length, world, the ighout ng special daily meetings at the rooms thing, and when you pack your head so according to the ordinary rate of enunn were interesting and helpful seasons, full of these as to crowd out energy and ciation. pastor of the Central Union Church power and love for some immediate :hed a stirring sermon to young men work, you had better empty out and till If You Have Anything Better. ie evening of Nov. 9th, which opened up from the well of usefullness. I've A gentleman, who it was vainly hopreek of prayer. tried it and it pays.—C. H. Yatman in ed might be influenced by the reading of Young Men's Era. publications, was offered, sceptical some Culture. Physical a of them. In reply to package by post, A Dream and Its Interpretation. the oflerhe wrote:—lfyou have anything On the evening of November 4th, Prof. better than the 'Sermon on the Mount,' Brigham delivered a very interesting and A laborer at the Dundee harbor lately- the Parable of the -Prodigal Son,' and instructive address on "Physical Culture." told a curious his wife, on awakening, of the 'Good Samaritan,' or if you The hall was well filled with young men, dream he had had during the that which from to close attention beginning whose have any better code of morals than the night. He dreamed that he saw coming Ten Commandments, or anything more end indicated a keen interest in the sub- toward him, in order, four rats. The consoling or beautiful than the twentyMr. Brigham spoke under discussion. ject first one was very fat and was followed in his usual easy and effective style entire- by two lean rats, the rear rat being blind. third Psalm, or, on the whole, anything ly without notes, and showed himself to be The dreamer was greatly perplexed as that will throw more light on the future, a thorough master of his subject. A sec- to what evil might follow, as it has been and reveal to me a Father more merciful than the New Testament, ond lecture has been announced and twice understood that to dream of rats and kind send it." postponed, because of counter interests, long denotes coming calamity. He appealed please but may be expected on Tuesday evening, to his wife concerning this; but she, poor December 2d. Catholicism says it made the Middle woman could not help him. His son, a What has it done with to-day? Ages? tell the heard his father A Chicago boy has been sent to jail sharp lad, who want to find classes in conflict and I If forputting a live snake in Mrs. Burhaus's story, volunteered to be interpreter. chaos, with revolution hurrying after "is the man who fat he rat," said, boot, "thus causing a severe shock to "The revolution, where do I go? Not to Protill Mrs. Burhaus." A whisky seller may keeps the public house that ye gang countries. If I want to find the testant fill a man's boot full of "snakes," thus sac often, and the twa lean anes are me highest literature, where do I go? Who the blind ane is causing a shock to the man's entire fami- and my mither, and are the men that made the Elizabethan ly, without being molested by the law. yoursel', faither."— The Vermont Chroni- dramas? Who was the poet of Pacle.. The boy didn't have a license. [Norrisradise Lost? Who sang the greatest town Herald. songs that the world has ever known in Paying Advice. modern times? What country do you lots of who mix their people There are to find them? Think you God are Yes, my son, save money. If you visit religion with their business, but forget reason to stir it up well. As a result the busi- only getting six dollars a week, contract sends his richest endowments of he has forsaken? to a people thinking that and to live on less than ness invariably rises to the top,—Pitts- with yourself A. M. Fairbaim. amount. And furthermore, decide not burg Chronicle. —- - I. — . ie — — �THE FRIEND. Our Work Among the Japanese. Our Schools. It is a pleasure to note a general interChristians on these islands in the work of evangelization in progress among the Japanese. The work in itself and in its strategic relation is second only in importance to that among the natives. I question whether the situation is paralleled in Christendom. Where else are thirteen thousand and more idolaters conveniently grouped away from their temples, and their priests, and their frequent wayside gods? Where else are so many heathen in broken companies br 'light into immediate contact with a dominant Christian sentiment ? Tlv re are Chinese massed in San Francisco and I nic other cities, but ttiey are a Solidarity, and constitute simply a transplanted IrCtion ot heathenism. But the Japanese with us are in separate companies divided on the plantations t at our Christianity may happily conquer. It will be sorely to our dis credit if we permit them to c >me and go without a patient, persevering eff.rt to afford them some knowledge of Christ. They come to us firm adherents of their ancestral faith. They may have been but indifferent devotees at home, but when about to leave their country a vague fear of peril to be encountered causes them to seek to their gods, and to make vows and offerings that they hope may secure protection and care. And so it comes about that many who cared little or nothing for Buddhism in Jap-in are devoted idolaters here. They bring with ihern (harms that their priests have blessed, and little pinches of rice from shrines visited just before departure; and these they cherish as their only immunity from disaster in a far country. I baptized six converts on Klaui the other day and each gave up a magic charm that I have now in p '(session. One said, "After I gave that to the pastor I thought for three days that the angry God might cause me to die, but I lived and I know that it was nothing." On arrival here these peasants are for the most part entirely ignorant of Christianity, and it behoves us to remember that in the absence of direct Christian instruction they are quite sure to obtain impressions of it that will strong y tend to prejudice them against ii. Can we end ire to allow them to remain three years within sight of our church spires and return to their heathen homes having heard then me tf Jesus only as spoken by the lips of the profane ? A. N. F. The new .School on Kauai, established largely through the active and earnest sympathy of Dr. J. K. Smith and his sister, has opened with 19 pupils, boys who are to have the benefit of manual training and industrial drill, as well as elementary English and mathematical studies. The ultimate design is to unite with this a school for girls, so that the problem of co-education of the sexes may be fairly tried as a fat tor in building up a healthy social Christian life among Hawaiians. Koha'a School lacks but one 01 two ol its fu 1 complement ol 50 scholars. An add tlonal teacher is needed, one compttent to give instruction in instrumental nd vocal muse, and such a teacher is ex petted soon to arrive fro 11 the Coast. This wi,l Ot-cessitite securi tg more funds for piano, furniture for the new teacher's ro mi, books and other essentials, and an earnest appeal is made to the generous supporters of Christian Education for additional help to the funds of this school, for whose maintenance the Hawaiian Board is directly responsible. The btti'dings are held by the Board under a deed of trust from Rev. E. C. B nd, on whose land the school as well as the Church and parsonage were built, largely with his own hands. The personal sympathy, which such teachers as Miss Whittle! and Miss Gorten take in the Christian development of the girls under their care, is the prominent feature in all the schools under the supervision of the Hawaiian Board. It is the outcome of the new life the Gospel of Christ brings to any people, as Paul wrote to Corinth, "Though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yd. have ye not many fathers." Both Makawao and Kawaiahao Girls' schools are full to overflowing. One of the teachers at Makawao has been very sit-k, and one of the girls died, from an attack of typhoid fever. The physician in charge at once instituted a search for unsanitary conditions, and these being remedied, the sickness stopped at once with no further cases. Miss Carpenter off' r< tl her assistance at the school as soon as slitheard of the trouble. The constant strain on teachers in these board ng schools necessitates careful selection. Not all, who are willing and ready to take such positions, have the requis.te physical qualifications. Indomit able will has often triumphed in d' fiance of great bodily weakness; but such instances are very rare, and ftirnish no propWith the o| eiing of trie er criterion. new year there are to be some changes in the corps of teachers at Kawaiahao, but in this cisc it is understood that family circumstances in the home land call for with drawal from the School. Such changes are inevitable, and from the peculiar conditi 'ns of 1 feat the islands, more frequent est on the part of Rough on the — "Four Hundred." diplomatist says, that after i English Ward McAllister's book, Eur p- iding will be convinced with difficulty that : United Stttes is anything else than "headquarters of the most appalling )bbery and the most screaming vulgar," This is almost as bad as the Dukts Marlborough and Q leensberry. There 10 doubt that Ward has written himself wn an ass. is : ' than is pleasant to the Board of Trustees. None but those .engaged in' the work can appreciate the dimcultiA in the wiy of securing and keeping suitable teachers for our boarding schools. Hilo Boy's School has about forty pupils in attendance. Mr. Hall, the efficitnt and genial treasurer of the Hawaiian Board, has been very successful in h s efT rts to I cure spec al funds for various objects in which he has become deeply interested from his official position and intimate knowh dge of the necessities of the situation. He has secured from Hon. C. R. Bishop a pledge of $10,000 towards an Iddowment Fund for ihe Hilo School, provided an eq'ial amount can be secured from others He has now in sight about $-\ 000 towards the $10,000 needed. Oibu College and Kamehameha Industrial School do not come under the supervision of the Hawaiian Board, though their Trustees are all members or supporters of the Board in its v.nous enterprises. It will gratify all the old graduates and friends ot Oahu College to know that the new Principal, Mr. F. A. Hosmer, late'y of the B.irrington High School, has proved his special fitness for the place. Especially in the matter of pirsonal sympathy with the students, has he won general commendation from parents, as well as affection and respect from the pupils. A large addition to the number of scholars is expected at the beginning of the next term, January 12, 1891. Kamehameha School has its available dormitory room, for 126 pupils, all occupied with the exception of two beds. The teat hers are devoted, enthusiastic experts, and the character of the teaching is eminently satisfactory to those who appreciate and desire thoroughness, thooghtfulness, independence and good judgment in school roam or workshop. Principal Oleson is in hearty sympathy with his Trustees, and with all interested in our schools, in making Christian character the foundation and the aim of all the work of the school. The North Pacific Missionary Institute has nineteen candidates for the ministry and the foreign field. These are of very varying abilities and attainments, but the average is about the same as in former years. The number in attendance is larger, and the difficulty of securing renumerative employment for all is enhanced by the increased number ot* laborers in our city population Especially in the immediate neighborhood of the Institute is it difficult to find employment for the students in such work as they can do, painting, carpentering, gardening. Several (f the students' wires are skillful nurses, seamof the money stresses, waiters; but they individually earn is made by braiding hats. Every Sunday afternoon the students scatter over the city and suburbs, conducting or helping in Sunday School work and chapel meetings. Some regular city mission work ought to be undertaken, but the attempts so far made have not been satisfactory, because desultory. C. M. H. • �THE FRIEND. . An old darky was puzzling over the first T B. CASTLE, Chapter of Matthew; "Pears like dem One tortoise may have born in a patriarchs couldn't remember nothing; COMMISSION MERCHANT, little higher ditch than another, but both Abraham forgat Isaac: Isaac firgat Jaob; Omci are children of the mud. Building. Merchant Street, and Jacob forgat Judas and his brethren!" fc' ->y Honolulu, H. I. People stick lo this nkfe little world, as Only the foolish and the dead never all. So though losing that, they lost in eh >nge their opinion. most cases they do -but they need not. B. WELLS, II ts heart wis great as the world, bait Why will they not believe in the brighter was no room in it to Imld the me ii- WHOLESALE GROCER AND PROVISION and better world ? Going there is like there cry t fa wrong. Selections. a J£| landing from a poor raft into a royal city. A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity. Who won't be ruled by rudder will be ruled by rock. Many grains of sand will sink a ship. Thi re is a great difference between an error of love, and a love of error. They that govern in it, make the least noise. A good man is kinder to his enemy than bad men are to thcr friends. A little girl, being punished for doingwrong, remarked "Those c. mmandinents' do break awful easy." There are two sides to every question; the wrong side and our side. There is often much sense in a little bit of nonsense. "What has he done?" is the divine question which searches men and transpierces every false reputation. Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single action. The sweetest fishes are often caught in the salteat seas. The noblest graces of spirit often grow among the bitterest sorrows. There is something in a good, loving Christian mother's kiss that fifty years cannot wipe off the cheek. There are some wicked people who would be less dangerous if they had no DEALER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, "Did you ever realize anything in the 42 Queen Street, Honolulu. H. I. lotteries?" "Yes, sir. I tr:ed live times, Uttll San Jam Kmit I'.p Iti kg Co»; Pacific Bone Coal feb-y and reil zed that I was an idiot." ■1 on-. \\ ilili/inK <■ u. liin't let your mind brood over one I smnli egg of provocation till it hatches out & NANA' CONTRACTOR a great vulture: of unhappiness. Some people can't mind the r own busiJOSEPH TINKER, ness. Why? Is it on account of lack of and Family Shipping Btdcher, mi nd, cr lack of business? (II V MAKkK'I NouasH Street. Nobody knows which of Adam's twenty All orders delivered with quick dispatch and at reason* four ribs was selected for Eve. If you alile rates. Vegetables fresh every morning. just follow your fancies in choosing y > ir Telephone 281., !„,t(i (nnipaims. janB7>r wife, it is twenty three to one that you will choose the wrong one. Bootless grief hurts one's self, but pa- pKORCK LUCAS, tience makes a jest of an injury. CONTRACTOR AN'l> BUILDER, The difference between a starving man and a glutton is, that the one longs to eat, and tiis other eats too lung. MIIvT., When God would set fast a beautiful thought, he plants it in a tree: when he i:mm,.\nam;, Honolulu, h. l would put it afloat, he fashions it in a fish; Manufacturerof all kind-, (it MottUlinfl,[.rackets, Window when he would have it fly abroad, be Krames Blinds, Savin--., Doorm, and all kind-- of Woodwork FinUh. Turning, Scroll and Band Sawing. All kinds of moulds it into l bird. Planing, Sawing, Morticing and Tenanting. Orders promptWriat is your hop- for yourself? Are ly attended to, and «'"■ k I .uaranteetl. Orders from the janB7>T you wise enough to lolve thj problems of other Islandssolicited. life? Are you strong en ug ito resist the NOTT, temptations of life? Are you skillful architect enough t i make y urself a son of God? Godless —hopeless. Vm say, "what! TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON Worker, Plumber, <ias Kilter, etc. do you think that I am an ;'theist?" Well, I do not know; it del ends on what an Stovev ami Ranges of all kinds, l'ljiiihers' Stock and Matali, Houm Fwiiuhjitg Goodr-, Chaiuleliers, atheist is. If an atheist is a man who Lamps, Ktc. thinks there is not any God, there is proKaahuinanu St., Honolulu. bably not an atheist in this congregation; if an atheist is a man who lives without God, there are a good many atheists in YITM. G. IRWIN & CO., this congregation. Do you carry (iod with FORI STREIT, IK.Nol.lM.r. you to the polls? Do you carry him with you to the store? Do you carry him with Sugar Factors & (Commission Agents. you into society? Do you carry him with Agents for the you to the family? Is he wth you in the hour of your temptation? Will he be with Steamship Comp'y. Oceanic you whi-n death comes aid takes your jan£7>r dear one from you? Wil, he be with yo> when death comes to call yi.u away? And ANNUAL when you stand bef re lis j (Iguu-tit bar, FOR 1801. will you be standing before a familial Now iv I'l'tvs. friend, as you meet him eye to eye. God This publication, now in its.sevcntcenlh less is hopeless. God teach each one of year, lias proved itself a reliable handus how so t>> put himself and all he loves book ul nfail 111 1 on matters Hawaiian; in God's hands that he also may be abe conveying an accurate knowledge of the to say, "In G d is my hope!"— Lyman commercial, agricultural, political and social progress of the islands. Abbott. . HONOLULU STEAM PLANING JOHN good qualities. Sleep is death's younger brother, and so like him, that I never dare trust him without my prayers.—Sir T. Browne. He who does nothing is very near doing ill. To incur God's displeasure for man's favor, is killing yourself to avoid a hurt. Heaven without earth is perfect; but earth without heaven is only the porch of hell. Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a gentle rain, penetrate deep, and bring forth reformation Brevity may be the soul of wit; but there is little fun in finding oneself short. Hailstones intended for publication DEAVER SALOON, are usually as big as hen's eggs. claims an "B to be Agnostic, H. J. MOLTS, Proprietor, doesn't he?" "Only as to religion; as TEMPERANCE COFFEE HOUSE, to everything else, he knows it all." Fort Street, Honolulu. A dollar is better to spend than to keep, Best Quality of rs. Cigarette.-., Tobacco, Smokers' Arif you get its full worth. always on hand tie mayB6 •• HAWAIIAN Orders from abroad or from the other islands attended to with promptness. PklCK—to l'ostal Union Countries 85 cts. each, which can be remitteo by Money Order. Price to any part of these islands 75 cents each. Back numbers to 1875 can be had, excepting for the years 1879 and 1882. Ai.pkkss: THOS. G. 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