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Fuller Cholera Kiirure. in Honolulu EniTOB PAca 73 7:1 7.1 74 74 7:1 '•• 7;"» 7a 7(1 7(1 Impartial Prohibitionof Slanderii.|( the Cholera Hoepital Slu.in.e.-. Refute ■•« Ms Is A Ka c Line A ileneral Clean-up 7« ?« Waipulopilo 7« sanitary Improvement. At.VI.MI- lit ll.Mlnlllll. Political Fria .m Released Hen lit ..f Inapection Minister I lenity ..n Mission Record of Kventa Ma |. .il Hawaiian Hoard Infected Itiatricts in City The Santa Cnia Mountainn.... Note, ..i, Molokai Spurious M1...i. for Church Unit] Arroganl 5.... ..I. t.li-uo Wj 70. . 7(1 77 Ti Tt 77-7* "H 7» 7!> 711 *» s " 8U Churches Closed. By order of the Board of Health, all in Honolulu were closed for three Sundays, the Ist, Bth, and 15th of September. At the same time, all assemblage of people for religious worship, or for any other object, were prohibited The reason of this unusual action was the tendency of such assemblies of people, especially of natives, to disseminate cholera, by means of the presence of infected persons. It was officially stated that one native woman was taken with vomiting in the Catholic church, dying in a few hours. Unquestionably the Board were acting under the sternest pressure of duty to take the severest measures which seemed to be necessary to limit and eradicate a pestilence that was at the time gaining ground in the city. Their efforts have been successful. It seems fitting and reverent to say that (iod has blessed those efforts, as he does bless tlie exer cisc of diligence, wisdom and courage. It does not seem reasonable to think that He wasdispleased because His public worship was for a time suspended in obedience to prudential and sanitary the churches reasons. NUMHKK 10 HONOLULU, 11. 1., OCTOBER, LBM Volume 5i Opinions may differ as to the real necessity of so preventing assemblages of people. The Board of Health had to exercise their best judgment, as guided by a large majority of the experienced physicians ol the city. That judgment must of necessity rule. The)' were responsible, holding the lives of the people in their hands. The reasons given for this prohibition of assemblages seem to have fully as much force as those for prohibiting any person from passing certain narrow city limits without a per mit. to which no one has raised objection. Certainly the presence of a single infected person would be many times more dangerous to a crowd than lv a small group. It must be simply a queation ol danger. Surely no pastor would object to the closing of his church, it be believed that it had become seriously infected with cholera germs. With deepest thankfulness to God who had abated the pestilence, WHS received the unlet to reopen the churches on the ■22nd. Prayer in Epidemics. During the late partial epidemic ol cholera in this city, m our trouble and anxiety, man}' Christian people constantly made earnest supplication to God to deliver us from the threatening pestilence. Shall we believe that such prayers wtreof service, and that they con tributed to the deliverance the city has experienced 1))' obtaining the mighty and efficient aid of the gracious God .' Is such a belief soundly rational ? It certainly accords with the teaching of Holy Writ, such as m Psalm 50:16. '"Call upon me in the da)' of trouble ; I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me." We have no question that it Is a most just and reasonable belief, and thoroughly consistent with all that we know ol the laws of mind and matter. God knows all the Conditions and processes ofany pestilence. If he so choose, lie can send angelic or other agencies so to act upon the poisonous germs as to destroy them, just as human skill can destroy noxious blights. It may be reasonably believed that he may have wrought by some analogous agency 73 The Friend. when the pestilence was stayed in David's time. 13ut in ordinary circumstance*, it is more probable that enlightened human agency is the one used by God in answer Undoubtedly in our late to prayer. trouble, many petitions were offered that Qod woald enlighten and direct the minds of the President and other members of the Board of Health to employ the most suitable measures to eradicate the pestilence: also, thai there might be a willing and active cooperation on the part of all intelligent citizens: also, that the more ignorant and misguided portion of the people might be made tractable, (iod was besought to exert a moulding and guiding influence upon the minds and hearts of our rulers and people, by the mighty and ever active agency of his Holy Spirit. Such prayer was actually offered. It was abundantly, intelligently, earnestly, believingly offered by many oi (iotl's children in this city, even though debarred from public worship. Those prayers have been answered. Our health authorities have been enabled to exercise an unusual degrte of prudent and efficient action. Our citizens have worked with them with wonderful zeal and unanimity. The native people have yielded to sanitary control. The plague has been stayed. Then let us who have prayed and believe in God as the Hearer ..I prayer, recognize his merciful help and rejoice in his goodness. We invite the Anglican Bishop instead of reproaching his fellow Christians, to unite with them in acknowledging that Oivine loving kindness which has mercifully heard our supplications and stayecfcthe evil. Railing Accusations. be regretted that the somewhat excitable Bishop Willis, on the reopening oi the churches of the city on Sept. 22d, instead of grateful acknowledgment of the Divine goodness, should in a published sermon have indulged in animadversion of "the religious faction which rules this city to-day," who he says put the exercise of religion in the same category with band concerts. The Bishop is, we think, a good and pious man, but has allowed himself to be thrown off his balance by political and ecclesiastical rancorIt is to �THE FRIEND. 74 Bishop Willis on "Honolulu Puritans." [October, 1895. Vet it was with devoutest thankfulness that upon the cessation of the pestilence we found ourselves able again to assein ble in the House of (iod, and join in public praise and prayer. It was good once more to come together in His The excellent Anglican Bishop became highly indignant at the order of the Board of Health Vlosing all the churches in the city as a precaution against the courts. dissemination of cholera. He not mil) denounced with energy tlie President of The Organized Inspection. the Board, W. (). Smith, but went out ol The one measure which in our battle his way also to castigate the "Honolulu cholera, turned the tide Iroin against Puritan." After comparing the ordei to defeat to victory, was beyond question ancient Papal Interdicts, the Bishop the establishment.Of a personal inspecgoes on thus : "Pot an order so unprecedented, so tion of every man, woman and child in unconstitutional, I fail to find any aulhoi the city twice a day. This system went ity except in the ' lie volo, sic jiilno ol into operation on the Mb of September, Mr. W. O. Smith Perhaps Mr. .Smith l'he number of cholera cases dropped in is of opinion that this community will the following week one hail, and the graciously submit to papal usurpations proportionate mortality one third, when they proceed from New England 'l'he city was divided into 21 districts Puritanism. It so he needs to be remind under chic! inspectors, and each district ed that the Christian people of this city into from r> to 15 sections, each under S are not all steeped in Puritanism. How sub-inspector, who every morning and little the Honolulu Puritan cares for the evening made his rounds, and ascertained Christian religion was publicly demon the whereabouts and the health of every strated in January last when the worship person residing in his section. No pel of Almignty God was suspended in the son could leave the city or sleep away Centra1 Union Church, and tb.it edifice from his residence without a written converted into a barracks and mess room. permit. This system at out c put an But all the Christians here are not Pun end to that concealment by the natives tan. There are those to whom it is the of cholera cases which by preventing ibe greatest privation at the present tune to necessary disinfection, had previously have an interdict put upon the ministra- frustrated the energetic efforts of the tion of religion." authorities to stamp out the disease. It The above reference is to the use made also secured timely application of remeof the church at the time of an insurrec dies to the sufferers, so that a much tion, with which Bishop Willis sympa- larger pi..portion were cured. This is thised. Il is to be regretted that political well illustrated in the following extract animosity should be thus obtruded at a from an energetic circular to the subtime when all parties are working to- in spectors, insisting on strict work gether so earnestly and cordially for the "The committee goon to say that the common safety. inapectora and they alone can stop the Papal interdicts forbade nil minislia cholera in Honolulu. '1 his is because, tions of religion. The Board of Health says the circular, the most dangerous prohibited only public assemblies, leaving sources of contagion are the vomit and all private ministrations untouched, such excreta attendant upon the earl) stages as the Hoi)' Communion, solemnization of the tlisease, and ignorant people wash of matrimony, funerals, etc., winch a infected clothing instead of destroying it, Papal interdict forbade. That com pari thereby spreading contagion through the sion does not seem to have proceeded water. It also reminds inspector! that from a temper.ite state of mind. the onl)' chance ot recovery of patients The good Bishop should disciiinmate is in receiving treatment in the early between indifference to the Christian stages. To discovei cases in time, thtre religion will) which he reproaches us, lore, a house to house and room to room and our indifference to some things which inspection is called for every day. The he Considers of supreme importance to following statements in point are given that religion, but which we do not We "An instance has come to the knowdo not conceive ot that religion, as he ledge ot the committee in which the does, as consisting largely in cathedrals, morning inspection was omitted. A case altar-worship, priestly ministrations, which developed earl) in the morning, ritual services, sacramental functions, and which would have been found had episcopal grace and the like. Evangelical inspection then been made, was not found Christians magnify inward and spiritual until late in the afternoon, when the worship, and Hold outward forms and patient was nearly dead, and soiled instruments to be of secondary import- clothes had been washed in an adjacent ance. Recognizing neither earthly priest stream. nor altar as having any place in uncor"In another instance the inspector rupted Chiistianity, the worship of God found a house shut up at his morning in the great congregation, although visitation and received no answer upon precious and important, is by no means knocking. He went away. In the afterheld by them to be essential to the exer- noon it was found that there was a chocise of religion. lera patient in the house when the in- — ' . : : spector called in the morning which would have been discovered had the inspector insisted upon an entrance in the morning." l'he inspection was a severe one, and the officers made their search into every coiner of houses and premises. It was cheerfully submitted to, however, under the sense of danger. Desperate efforts at concealment were sometimes made. In one case a missing woman, stoutly asseited to be out, was found by the inspector rolled up in bed in the agonies of an attack. In anothei house, the sufferer persuaded the sub-inspector that his convulsions were owing to whoopingcough. Reporting the case at once to his chief, the inspector found the man standing up and trying to ass.rt that he was quite well; but his distress overcame him, 1 his system cornered the enemy, making lutile the efforts Of the natives to escape foreign doctors and hospital treatment. During the third and worst week of the pestilence from September 2d to the 9th there were -111 cases and 2!) deaths. During the fourth week from the 9th to the 16th, 2(1 cases and Id deaths, and on the last three days, .( cases and 2 deaths, no new cases occurring after the I Nth. This was a most marked '"id gratifying triumph of the system of inspection. Hawaiian Relief Society.—Liberal Donations. Much distress for lack of food su| plies created among the native population for a short time. It was due in part to a sudden lack of employment of laborers Consequent upon the stagnation of business ; largely also to the prohibition of fishing and of gathering sea products on the reefs, by which many natives gained a subsistence. To remedy this distress, the Hawaiian Relief Society was organized by a number of halfwhite and other ladies, who were chiefly of royalist sympathies. This fact is mentioned only to show how cordially people of both parties cooperated. Ample funds were supplied, and a system of distributing food to needy Hawaiians went into immediate operation. On some days over 3000 rations were issued. It is quite certain that not all those persons were in actual need ; but it was not practicable nor wise to exercise too close a selection. The cost of rations seems to have been not over ten cents each. About $UOOO was promptly subscribed for the good work. $6600 were in sums of from $200 to $500. While the greater part was given by supporters of the Republic, who form the great majority of our business men, three leading men of the other party contributed $500 each. Thus again was shown an absence of partisan spirit, as was to be expected. The good ladies of the .Society have given hard and faithful service in their excellent work. was �54, No. Testimony THE FRIEND. 10.] of a Hawaiian Expert. 1 Mrs. Emma Mete ilf Nakuina is a half-white Hawaiian lady, whose education, ability and character are such as to enable her to perform with credit the duties of the very responsible office ol Commissioner of Ways in this city. Sheis a thorough expert in all that pertains to the subject of Hawaiian customs and . beliefs. Mrs. Nakuina has contributed r to the P. C. Ativertist r of Sept. >th, a letter of great importance, showing how certain native practices tend to dissemination of cholera. The first half of the letter is occupied with showing minutel) how crabs penetrating the graves oi cholera victims on Quarantine islet, have infected with the germs of the disease, other fishes and limn or sea moss ; and how such crabs and limn eaten raw by Iwdei natives, started cholera in the city. She also p ants out how the washing in the lower Nuuanu stream of clothing infected by cholera victims has infected generally the fish and sea moss of the harbor, which were constantly gathered on the reefs by the natives. Patrols have since then prevented the ptople from fishing or gathering sea products. Mrs. Nakuina continues as follows: "While I am writing about this very unpleasant subject, I must warn the authorities of one very disgusting and dangerous custom which is occasionallypracticed by the natives when instigated by a kahuna ; and th.it is, when they have a suspicion that a person has died from anaana, or in other words, have been prayed to death, they take the nails, some hair, or, preferably, vomit or excreta of the corpse, wrap it up in a perfectly clean and new rag or paper, formerly a cocoa nut fibre, and take it to some water source-such as a spring, reservoir or head of a stream -and place it securely under a stone, in the belief that the essence of the dead will spread out in the water and, if drank by the parties guilty of anaanaing the departed, or by anyone who knew of it, would cause death to such within a short time. '•There is no knowing but some ignorant persons, enraged by the loss of a dear one, and skeptical as to the 'mai a ka haole' (foreigners' disease), may try to pollute our accessible water sources. I would most respectfully suggest that it would be money well spent for the Government to employ at least two guards for every water source. The nighttime would be the time most likely to be selected for such work. "I have been solemnly assured by at least a half dozen different paities that the original deaths at Iwilei were caused by the theft of a horse which was sold, the proceeds bought a pig which was eaten at the now historical feast. The owner of the horse called in a powerful 75 Vol. kahuna to anaana the theft of his horse. and thus the deaths of thus.- who pai look of the pig bought with the proceeds ol the sale of the Stolen horse. "I am informed lh.it during the last day or two natives are running away from Honolulu into the Kalihi and Ma noa valleys, and Very likely into the other valleys too, and in a day or two w. may expect to hear of cases in those valleys. If the streams are not stiictly guarded, infection will inevitably find its way into them, and, in view of the fact that the people living in those pints use stream water entirely for household purposes, the possiblt danger is Something thai shock! be guarded against. "It may be said that a good deal of the views sit forth here are mere conjectures, but they are founded on a thorough knowledge of the localities and of the habits of my own race. "Emma M. Nakuin \" The testimony oi this expert is of the highest importance as to the great prevalence of kahuna sorcery among her race, and to its very pernicious effects. To "illinium" (ah-nah ah nab). It is learned that six natives who escaped from the infected sections of Kapuukolo by the waterfront, were found ten days later, hiding three miles up Nun.inn .-alley by the stream, which they would have Infected, had cholera developed among them. The erroneous report of eating of Unsound horse llcsh at Iwilei, which was given on page 72 of I'm-. FaiBND, grew out of the horse affair mentioned by Mis Nakuina. We accept the correction of the Diocesan, although we have occa sionally known Hawaiians to eat horse flesh, and often that of asses, which we have been told b)- white men was very p. latable. . Severe Embargo on Other Islands. The presence ot cholera in Honolulu justly caused great fear on Maui. Kauai and Hawaii, lest the pestilence should be transmitted to them from this city. It was felt by the intelligent citi zens of those islands that they were not in a situation to cope successfully with the plague as are the people of Honolulu. They have few physicians. Their intelligent white residents, who alone would have to fight the battle, are few in number compared with Oahu. Once finding lodgment, the plague would spread with little check. The majority of the natives would be swept away. All the houses would be infected. The sources of water supply would become contaminated. All classes would be fatally exposed. We cannot blame our friends there, even if perhaps their fears have been in excess of what was reasonable. Honolulu people have felt that our good neighbors beyond the channels has have carried precaution to excess. At all the principal ports, freight and passengers have been absolutely refused landing. At Kahului and on Kauai, leading residents returning to their bonus, after undergoing full quarantine outside of Honolulu harbor, have been not only prohibited from landing, but denied the opportunity of farther quarantine on shore. At Hilo such quarantine was allowed after much demur. Freight having been landed at some of the smaller places, guards were at once placed on the roads and land communication with those places cut off at once. What would seem to have been the most without reason of all these proceedings was the treatment at Punaluu in Kau of a party of American tourists on their way to the Volcano. These people had arrived in the steamer Australia from San Prancisco September 2nd. Finding cholera in the city, they remained on the ship until transferred directly to the W. G. Hall, thus being absolutely without possibility of exposure to the disease. Nevertheless on landing at Kau on the sth, they were at once driven aboard the ship again by the DeputySheriff, acting under orders from Hilo. Considerable hardship has been ex perienced at many points, both by individuals and by plantations, in consequence of the cutting off of regular supplies of rice, flour, and other provisions from Honolulu, as well as other necessaries. The Board of Health have done their best in co-operation with Honolulu agents and merchants to secure such effectual disinfection and quarantining of ships and freight as to make the transportation of goods absolutely safe. Yet such safe freight has repeatedly been refused a landing. The largest wharf, the Pacific Mail, with adjacent buildings, was carefully isolated and fumigated, and provided with a suitable force of men thoroughly quarantined and disinfected. At this wharf, cargoes from abroad were landed before their ships touched any other land. And -from this wharf, the same goods are shipped on thoroughly clean steamers to the other islands. The entire cessation of cholera in Honolulu could after all bring the only satisfactory restoration of confidence. Death of S. D. Fuller. Mr. Puller was for some years the Secretary of the Y. M. C. Association of Honolulu, and was greatly esteemed and beloved. The progress of pulmonary disease compelled his resignation of office. He had been for the last three years in Canon City, Colorado. His death tookplace atthe Anna Jacques hospital in Newburyport, Mass., on the 14th of August. He was 46 years of age. A most manly and loveable Christian, and one whom many young men will long remember as a kind and wise helper. General �76 ("October, 1895. THE FRIEND. Cholera Figures in Honolulu. The official records rtf cholera cases and deaths in this city from August 18th to September 19th, when the record closfed, give the following figures First week, 8 cases, 6 deaths. Second 13 14 " " Third " 40 " 29 Fourth 20 " 10 Last 3 days, I " 2 : " " " Total 85 cases, 60 deaths. Nineteen of these cases were not re- ported until dying, and 16 not until after death. Subtracting these 35 from both columns, leaves 50 cases which received somewhat timely medical aid, and 26 deaths, which is not an excessive mortality in cholera. Impartial Prohibition of Assemblages. A sample of this is reported in the holes in his clothing and blistered his skin. It can be imagined how such a story would deter the natives from reporting new cases. Another patient, after release, reported seeing a supposed corpse move after disinfectants had been applied. This was followed by the posting by some person of written placards in the native language denouncing the burial alive of cholera patients, two of whom were alleged to have been found moving in their coffins at the cemetery. These slanders caused great indignation among those working to eradicate cht lera. It is deeply to be regretted that certain unlawful violence ensued in punishment thereof. There seems reason to believe that the offending party was not at the time in sound mental balance, and needed forbearance. To those who are earnestly laboring to suppress great evils, there seldom fails to be a constant call for patience under opposition and slander. : Star of Sept. 6th, as follows "About a score of Honolulu ladies prominent in church work and social affairs gathered at Cjueen Emma hall this morning for a meeting to plan a kindergarten campaign. Someone notified the police that a "crowd" had assembled. Officers were dispatched and the meeting was abruptly brought to a close." Of course there was no possible fear that any of the said ladies could convey infection. But the rule against assemblies cannot draw class or race lines, even though the cholera does draw such lines quite closely. Hence, although fears were confined to assemblies of native Hawaiians only, it was necessary to close all the churches as well as those of Hawaiians, and to prohibit even the neighborhood prayer meetings which on Sept. Nth were such a comfort to those debarred from church privileges. Slandering the Cholera Hospital. The most essential of all the agencies for combating the pestilence, was the Cholera Hospital which was early estab lished in the former Immigration Depot, beyond the Marine Railway, with a strong staff of physicians and nurses. Here those attacked with the deadly malady could be efficiently cared for, and at the same time prevented from infecting others. This important remedial agency, however, was greatly impeded by false reports designed to prejudice the natives against it. On the 7th Mrs. Nakuina published the statement that the first man discharged as cured was actively reporting that all his fellow suf ferers had been poisoned with a whitish liquid, and that he escaped their fate only by fighting the medicine off. Some that was spilled in the struggle corroded Steamers Refuse our Mails. On the 2:! d of August, the Moilowai from Sydney, refused to carry our mails to San Francisco, or even a scrap of writing, or a newspaper. This delayed our communication with the United States for 14 days. On the 19th of Sept., the Mariposa of the same line, acted in like manner, again delaying our communications for 14 days. Carefully fumi gated mails were tendered to both these ships. There is the best reason to believe that receiving such mails would not have exposed those steamers to quarantine. To the view of Honolulu people the hard treatment given us by the masters of those two ships was quite unnecessary. A Race Line. In its deadly dealings with our population, cholera has quite closely drawn a race line, selecting native Hawaiians chiefly for its visitation, forming only 2. t per cent, of the city population, they have supplied 90 percent, of the victims, or 77 out of I*6 of the whole number of cases ofcholera. Three were Americans, two Portuguese, one each Japanese, Chinese, and half-white. The exemption of the half-whites is gratifying, proving their elevation above the natives in char acter and intelligence. There is little doubt that the ravages of the pestilence were chiefly among the lower classes of natives. Leprosy has always selected the natives in like manner. Smallpox has repeatedly done the same. The reasons are obvious, an absolute neglect of ordinary precautions, and a refusal of foreign medical aid, resorting in preference to kahuna sorcerers. These poor people r really need a strict guardianship, such as they received during the three weeks of the inspection, which saved them from being swept off by thousands. The two Portuguese cases were from Taken in an infected neighborhood. hand early, both recovered. All the other foreign cases were fatal. A sailor on the Bennington was infected by the contaminated surface of the harbor water where he bathed. The other two Americans took the disease from a native woman whom they had tended, who was pronounced by an able physician not to have cholera, and who recovered. The one Chinaman was cook in the same house. A General Clean-up of the City. Monday the 23d, and the next day, were devoted to a thorough cleansing and disinfection of all houses in infected districts, that is, all dwellings and premi ses within several hundred feet of any house where cholera had occurred. Many hundred barrels of lime were consumed for white wash. 1200 brushes were issued for this purpose, and some hundreds of men hired to assist the house Very large occupants in the work. amounts of disinfectants were used. Outside of the infected districts also went on a general clean up of premises, and a universal spreading or hanging of clothing in the sun. It may he hoped that by these means most of the cholera germs possibly remaining hidden were destroyed. The native residents generally assisted most heartily in the work. Sanitary Improvements. The unsanitary old Fishmarket has been demolished, and the materials burned. The traffic has been removed to the new market building, for so many years left incomplete. Work has been begun in laying a cemented pavement. A sea wall with a street of good width is being carried from the old market around to Smith's bridge. A long range of unwholesome sheds and tenements overhanging the sea and stream are being removed. The lower end of Nuuanu stream is hereafter to run between walls. Waipilopilo. ' This word meaning "foul water is the name of a hamlet located some distance seaward of the end of the tramway in Palama, from which 17 cases of cholera are said to have come. The first case came from eating raw fish, the others from drinking surface water contaminated by the first case. Finally some 40 surviving inhabitants were taken to the cholera quarantine, and all their huts burned. �Vol. 54, No. 10.] A Census of Honolulu. Kach sub inspector of the Board of Health began by entering in a book, the names, ages, and nationalities of every person living in his section. From these books has been made out a census of this city, which must have considerable accuracy. The figures reported are as follows: Hawaiians 77 THE FRIEND. 1(1,419 Chinese Japanese Portuguese Other Foreigner! 7,522 2,069 3,845 Total Census of 1890 28,0(11 4,206 22,907 5,154 Increase Or in five years, 22.5 per cent. Hawaiians, including half whites, in 1890 were 11,10. >, showing a loss of 6 16, or nearly 6 per cent. The pure Hawaiians were then 8,552. As mixed whites have certainly much increased, the present number of pure Hawaiians in Honolulu is probably not more than 7000. The census shows a decrease of pure whites other than Portuguese in this city, from 4891 to probably 4100, or a little less than sixteen per cent. The places of Americans, English and Germans have been largely taken by the more able portion of the Portuguese and half-whites. Chinese have increased one half in tlie city, and form the largest single race element. Japanese have multiplied over five times, Portuguese have more than doubled. Probably over 1000 of those numbered as Hawaiians, are three-fourths white, and scarcely to be distinguished from whites in their qualities. There is thus, therefore, including Portuguese, a practically white population of 90(10, or onethird of the whole. Those who habitually use English, or read English newspapers, may be estimated at 7000. r Political Prisoners Released. [ From I*. C. Advertiser of Sept. 7.] At 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon Marshal Brown and Major George C. Potter read the pardons to the political prisoners at the Oahu jail. The Council of State pardoned forty-eight men all told, but fifteen are at present on Hawaii, working on the Government roads. Their pardons will go up on the Claudine next Tuesday. Thirty-three men were released, including Carl Widemann and "Cupid." There was no demonstration of any kind ; the men appeared to be grateful for their release. They were addressed by Marshal Brown in a pleasant manner; he gave them some good advice, and warned them to be more careful in the future. The following is the list of the men liberated yesterday : Kalanianaole, Kaili, Kaae, Beni, Flia, Aikiki, Henry Edwards, Enoka, Kiliona, Kaona, Kaloa, William Kekoa, Keawe, Kawai, Kanoho, Kahooniahele, Kaaihue, Kolomono, Keamupohaku, Koa. Kanioka, J. C. Lane, Lot Lane, John Mahuku, G. Makalena, Moepali, Nahinalau, Pahia, Pehu, M. Rosa, IL C. Ulukou, W. Widdifield, ('. Widemann. The following prisoners are on Hawaii: Kanenu, Hikilea, Keki, Hokii, Kekipi, Kaohi, Kekaula, Kahalewai, Kalehe, Kaniela, Pat Lane, W. C. Lane, Henry Mahoe, lolela Kiakahi. Liliuokalani was given her freedom also, and is now residing in Washington Place. At 3:25 o'clock the sentry was removed from the upper floor of the Xx ecutive Building; at 5:30 o'clock the exqueen left the building, where she has been confined since January. The following is from the livening liiillctin of the oth : "The government has made the following disposition in the case of those deported for their views and actions Pied. Harrison, Chas. Creighton, Fred. Redward and Arthur White may return, but the two Ashfords, John White. Ritman and Klemme may not until further orders." There still remain in prison only a few of the most prominent insurgents, who will doubtless feel encouraged to hope that their turn for release ma)' come at no very distant day. Death of Thomas W. Everett. : Mr. Everett had been for forty years influential resident of Maui, and for a long time Sheriff of that island. He lived to old age in the public service. Having no children of his own, he gave most faithful and judicious paternal care to the orphaned Richardsons, nieces and nephews of his wife, to whom his memory will be a sacred one. an Benefit of Inspection. Out of 59 cases of cholera occurring before the system of inspection got into full operation, 31 were dying or dead when reported. Out of 26 cases occur ring during the inspection, only 4 were past help. That shows how the inspection quickly stopped the cholera. Minister Denby on Missionaries. The following testimony of U. S. Minister Denby at Peking should be of service in silencing much ignorant or malicious calumny against missionaries in China "As far as my knowledge extends, I can and do say that the missionaries in China are self-sacrificing; that their lives : are pure ; that they are devoted to their work, that their influence is beneficial to the natives ; that the arts and sciences and civilization are greatly spread by their c (foils ; that many useful Western books aie translated by them into Chinese that they are the leaders in all charitable work, giving largely themselves and personally disbursing the funds with which they are entrusted ; that they do make converts, and such converts are mentally benefited by conversion." ; RECORD OF EVENTS. Sept. I st. -All churches closed by order uf the Board of Health.—Funerals of Mis. Mott Smith and Mrs. Alice H. Hitchcock 2nd. Health Bulletins twice a day materially reduce the rumor fiends' sensation..l manufactures. —The Olympia and Australia arrive from San Prancisco, the former anchoring outside for health reasons ; the latter coining to her dock, under strict quarantine, with her many passengers. 3rd. Cholera situation more serious: seven cases reported, of which two were deaths. Two cases at the hospital died also. Steps taken for distributing the town for house to house inspection and aid. I'. W. Macfarlane and G. H. Fairchild set out to secure funds to aid needy Hawaiians with food, etc., though a relief society, 4th.— Situation improved only two new cases reported.—Council of State votes SIO.OOO for Board of Health expenses, and recommend the pardon of forty seven political prisoners.—Stmr. Miowcra arrives off port, from Sydney, but sending her mail and one passenger ashore she continues on her voyage. sth. Relief society formed, with Mrs. F. W. Macfarlane and Mrs. S. C. Allen at its head. They establish a main station for supplies on Bethel Street, subsequently locating agencies in various needy districts.—Customs officers capture a large lot of opium—6lo tins— among the Australia's landed freight. 6th. Another dark day, seven new cases and five deaths.—Thirty-three native political prisoners pardoned and released from prison, and fifteen others on Hawaii to be similarly treated. Exqueen Liliuokalani has her freedom also, and toward evening moved to her residence, Washington Place.—A road jury recommended the acquiring of property and construction of a road along the east side of Nuuanu stream to the proposed intersection of Vineyard Street. 7th.—To-day's eight cases include two Americans, Mrs. Carroll, and C. L. Dodge, manager of the Star office, both of which prove fatal.—Stmr. Rio Orient comes into port Janeiro from263theChinese and 20 Japanese to land her passengers; the landing'of freight was : �78 [October, THE FRIEND refused except under certain conditions, dictatorial attitude, and, like those of llamakua, pass resolutions of Sympathy so was carried on. afflicted Honolulu and confidence in for It. Hall with Bth.—Stair. returns G* all her tourist and other quarantined passengers, having been refused a land ing on Hawaii by order of Deputy Sheriff Williams. 9th.—Pearl City residents want nothing to do with the metropolis ; the)' place guards along the roads, and wish no more trains run. Six cases each the past two days, and five deaths in the forty-eight hours. 10th —The Citizens Sanitary Commit tee work of house to house visitation is proving eflccations and the situation improving. No new cases and no deaths. llth.—Two cases reported early by inspectors to day in the Portuguese colony. Stmr. Clainline with a full com plement of passengers, duly quarantined, departs for Kahului and Hilo. 12th.—Three cases today, all from infected districts, and one death at the hospital. Pacific Mail dock set apart as a quarantine freight transhipping depot. 13th.—New cases gain one on ) ester day's record, with three deaths. llama kua is incensed at the Hilo health com mittee's arbitrary attitude. Kahului receives freight from the Claudinc but refuses to allow her Maui passengers to land. 14th.--Native sailors of Kcaiilioti placed in quarantine quarters for violating the Board of Health's tabu on fishing.—Two new cases today, no deaths. Ed. B. Gillard thrown from his horse and badly stunned. Police officers interrupt a quiet game in the Arlington basement, and arrest thirteen apparently interested paities. 15th.—Several pencilled posters dis covered charging the Health authorities with burying cholera patients alive. 16th.—The Claudinc returns, having landed all her passengers at Cocoanut Island to go through another quarantine period. No new cases outside of quarantine since the 13th.—Nine Reform School boys make a break for liberty, but find their mistake. 17th. -Cholera situation improving: only one new case to-day, from quarantine station. Prank Godfrey met by a hack full of masiced men who take him to the Esplanade and treat him to a coat of tar and feathers and otherwise seriously injure him. 18th.—Arrival of Coptic from San Francisco but anchors at distance from port, and on sailing takes only stop-over tourist passengers.—One more cholera case develops. Plans laid for a thorough cleansing of the city next Monday and disinfecting the infected districts. 19th.—The Alameda arrives off the port, and to the surprise of all continues on her voyage to San Francisco, refusing mail and passengers.— Health matters promising. Residents of Kona highlyincensed over the Hilo health authorities' — — — — — the Board of Health. 20th.—Restrictions removed on concerts and church services in the day time. 21st. Death of Thos. Sorenson, after a brief illness of fever. The funeral took place the following day, Sunday, and was largelx attended despite the unsettled — — .'ll lit ss Coptic Lindsay, for Jap.- n anil China. Am ss Alameda, Mo. c, for Sal. Iran 11. s- Mnimw-ai, Carey, lor the Colonies. PASSENGERS. AKKIVAI.S. In in iter Coptic, Sept. 18 Or Theodore wife .....I family (7), Oeo F Simomis, A I. San I i..... ist-o, Ki\sln,.|.,\i. h, I olsi.ii, M.s h ( Wright. I I,mi Sin I...in I-. o, |ht WII Million.l, Sept I Mrs W II Holland. Hies Holland, M Holland, II I. West. I..mi San li..n. isto, pat Ansi.alia, Seyt S—alias M C Alexander, Mia* EL Arnold, Un I. Aolborn, four children and nurse, i.t Broome I raJec, Miaa Frames Chsftey, weather N S (lark. ( I Dailey and wife, Bee S H Davis, M Davis wile, Mi- Laura liiiii.au. Miss 11 X l-.astman, SI 1 22nd. All the churches held morning and French, He, U T l-.iueisoii, Miss lilies. Mrs M X tilea-on, services, with a good attendance. lbe \hsi.M 11..U..M.s |( Hyde, A B Ingalls, W B Jones, II Whiting, Mr- | Kirkland, I I Kennel and wife, A Salvation Army dedicate their new tent RI..,.«, W A Lowrle, MimClara Cowrie, MrsWF MerriMoore, quarters,corner-of Alakea and Beretania th.-w, Miss Maud Millard, A E Murphy,TlallPhilander an.l wife, Miss Paul N.mil.l Jr. T A Totter, k T Stieets. Lena kasmusften, I Klilienslein, Harry samhidne, Justin Mrs I. A Thurston ami infant, Miss Myra 23rd. Frequent showers interfere Spaulding, Ward, f I. Wight, C II Willis and wile. M.ss C V Wilson, with the day's program, but a large force Mrs F M Woodward, Raymond Wood, J Q W, oe, II A renovates "Chinatown and the disin- Young, I II Prtagle and wife. Miss M I-; Murphy.Tnrvis. From Sydney, per Miowara, Bast 4 Miss It c fected districts; all business being susProm San Francisco, par Andrew Welch, Sam SI Col for the to allow volunteers pended day, Sam Norris, II Norton and wile, Miss Maud Atild, W Wilnians. to supci intend the work of cleansing the San Fran, is, ~, per Australia, Sept SO A T Atkincity. Cholera hospital empty, and the s From Y. W Hall. Ms R Hatfield, Mrs T W Hobron, S Hollander, GeorgeKoch, F H Menden Hundley, N ints most of its attend released from duty. hall, Mi- NMrNicoll am! child, Mrs F. t Kowe, Mrs | M i t \on Diakman, 24th.— Man)- willing handi complete Sims. ( oiis.il Miss A M /oilman. — — . the good work begun yesterday. Volun I'll.UIi KKs. teer inspectors under Citizen's Sanitary Francisco, per Martha Davis, Sept :i Pro! 1 i San am Lyons, family. and Committee relieved from furthei duty. For San l-'ranri .o, per Australia. Sept 6 Miss Duis.li 26th. -Monowai arrives from San berg, W Y. al. i house, M Hyinan, J A Clover and wife, S attley, II J Leykvndaod wile, II Markey, Hannah, Francisco without freight or passengers M I hilip,X HSiBingham, II W severance and wilt. Mis I for this port and refused passengers Meade Mrs Whin, Mr, Triincy, Miss Castle, A I. ..est, M Howe, F Sinclair and wife, I D llayne and wrh=,-A Iron) here for the Colonies. Haws, Ir., \ Marques, Mr. k M Loyert, Miss M MutiM.ss M I Allen, A I.t Atkinson, Miss I. Atkinson, 27th. —A new case of cholera, found Smith, Mis* G Cooke, "N S Sachs and wife, k F Peterson, CM throws near the Nuuanti stream, tin- Coke, |~ C H looks, CM Cooke and wile. George, I....I," Alice and I he.) Cooke, Ml- F J Tarker, Mrs A S town into gloom 'l'he patient was sent Ri.snavariu ami sou, k I l.illie, F Aih.rlon. A M Alherton, to Mrs II F I ewis, child .ml muse, S 11 kose. Mis M Silva, to the hospital ant! other occupants s I I. 111. Ills, .ii and wife. Mrs M I Hose and child, Miss quarantine and the house pulled down < haftcr, II In miholl/. tM) Andrews wile. P I. Woosier, Y. inailleii, J Kcppal and wife, s.M Dodge, John and burned. Waterhouse, I M >in», Miss Drysdale, FA knudsen, J 28th. And yet another case developea '■: Cowedand wife, I I Plan and wife, GC B omme and at the Insane Asylum from drinking taro ...let. For San Francisco, par kio Janeiro, Sept S Mrs Bacon. patch water. Health authorities decideTo! San !• i.in. o, pet An her, ."-ept II Mr and Mrs to drain infected localities and dry and ..ml child,.Mr Frarer, JahnGanatl, Mrs ljing, Miss Mekiiui. \. bum growing crops. Both of these last 'Laing, MissFrancisco, per 8 G Wilder, Septll-W Hood, San cases prove fatal. Street parade of I For F.i.lce, II W West, Ceo Watt, (I () Warner, AX M, II> I Rodgers, G Albred, W G Lincoln and A H some fifty bicyclists, starting at 1 p. m. Shearer, I nil, —First arrest under the new law lor foot 1 ii s.oi I p.. W II Dim..nil. Sept IS J Quintal, wifi and S children, Mrs W II Smith, and daughter, binding of Chinese children. N Hill, Mraml MrsSlurdevanl and hi 1.1. inn an. I'. 30th.- Arrival of the Australia with K.\ForI.Yokohama and Hongkong, p.. Coptic, Sol IS Mr M Halle.-, but few passengers. Philander Moon, lusiin Spanieling, Mrs . is, si, ii, iI,HI — - I!" 1895 Marine Journal. PORT OF HONOLULU. SEPTEMBER. . ARRIVALS. Am bittoe W II Dimond, NHaon, from San I l' S s Olympu, Reed, from San Kran. Sept. :t 4 7 in l« . Fran. Am m .\u-ii.tli,!, Iloutilctte, from San Fran. I'r •>. Mi.m.i.t, Sloti, It..in the (■■ I ■■ Am h Ki.i Janeiro, Smith, from China and Japan, froan Eureka. Am In I silmt Huhne, Am -Ii s I' Hitchcock, (Jatca, from San Fran. 17 \m hklM Amelia, \\ .ml, from I' nreka. Am ach li.ni-ii. lorrenacn, from San Fran, Am teh Al.,h i, rlabel, from San Pram 18 Hi ssi optic, Ltndaay, from San I ran, lit r\n h AJsUMda, Mone, fromi he. OJonita. \m Wrm W G Irwin, William* fi .m San Fran. ■.':* Mawn be rVndrew Welch, I>i*■ •» from San Fran, ■_'.( Br Mooowai, Carey, from San Fran, Am lik Matilda, Svtnaon, from Port Townaend. :in Am -s Ausii .li.i. Houdlette, Irom San Fran. si S-. DEPARTURES. Sept :i Am lik Martha Daviea, Saondars, mm San Iran. 4 Br ss Mi.'wciii. St.iti, fot V.uiLoiivcr. a- \m ss Austr.ili.i Hmidlette, for San Fran. U S S Olympu Raadi for Lahaina. 7 US S Bennington, Pigtnan, for t^ahaina. 8 Am s< Rio (atviro, Smith, for San Iran. 11 Am hkt S G Wilder, McNeill, foi Sa i Kran. Am l>kt An her, ( allimin, for San Fi an. U Am l»kt W II limihukl, NHaon, for San Fran. for Kurcka. l 7 Am ichr F-tlur Huhne. , schr Corona, M< Kllep, for Putfet Sound. 18—Br bk Onyx, Wucbling, fo, Fanning* Is. Am .. .. .i5,.,, II A Young, Mrs M F. Gleason, Wm I! lones. Miss Time doodall, Miss Nellie Boyd, Mrs M I. 1.0u.1, Walkington, Mrs Misskt I .dlie. Mis Fiuilie J Smith, Samuel Richie. family. wife and Sul.i, I-. Front San li.in. SCO. I"' W t. Irwin. Sept 10—O ll llarian, Miss Chaffer. II (' Faston, Jr. Mrs J II Chapman, A I! t liapnian, A O East Ka'iululii, W B Jones. Miss Frances Chancy, Mrs F. M Woodward, TO BIRTHS. In llio, Hawaii, Stpt, lft, tv the wift of W'm Vanatta, a ton. WALDBRIDGE In San Francitcn, Sept. 16, tv the wife ..f K. I». Waldbridge, a son. WODEHOUSE Inthistity, oaßafjt.nl, tothewifeof F. Wodchoiise, a son. HOLLINGER—Ia this city, S.pi. "-'a, to the wife of Thomas I .ollinger, a sun. \ \N AII A MARRIAGES. 11l TCH IN SON -FFKKIF In San Fran, isco, Cat. Aug. M, by Kl-v, Dr. Stchbins, Allen Hutchinson of Honolulu in l.lla F. Ferric of San Francisco. WATKRHOUSE-CARTER In this city, Sept. ltd, by the Key. H. H. Barker, Fred Waterhou-e to Miss F.thel Carter. DEATHS. ROBINSON-At Makaweli, Kauai, on Sept. lft, Helen Stella, infant daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Aubrey Robinson, age J eleven months. SOKFNSON—In this city, Sept. It, Thomas a native of Denmark, aged about 6N yearn. DAVIS—In this city, Sept 27th, Moss Davis. Sorenson, �Vol. 54, No. 10.] HAWAIIAN BOARI*. HONOI.I'I.U. 11. I. 'This page is tlevote.l to the i.uerrsts of the Hawaiian Hoard of Missions, an.l the Bditor. appointed t.y lata Board, is ttmttmtfmt foriis caataau. Rev. 0. P. Emerson, 79 THE FRIEND - Editor. The Hawaii Association met in Hilo, Sept. 19th. Owing to the lack of steamer communication the meeting was but thinly attended, only the neighboring ministers being present. It is reported that hut three native pastors out of the eleven settled on the island were in attendance. The Secretary was unable to get there. The Oahu Association was to have met on the 2nd inst., but owing to the continuation of" quarantine regulations the time ofmeeting has been postponed. The probable date of meeting is the Kith or possibly the 22nd. The Kauai Association is advertised to meet on the 9th, while the Maui Association is to meet in November. Rev. S. Sugiyama, late pastor of the Japanese church at Hilo, has been granted by the Hawaiian Board a year's leave of absence for the purpose of further study in the United States. It is his plan to locate himself in Hartford, Conn., and take the course in Sociology in the Theological Seminary of that city. This brother, duiing his short stay of a year and S half in Hilo, has greatly endeared himself to that people. It is with regret th.it we p.ut with him, even if only, as we trust", for a season, Yet we rejoice in the opportunity afforded him offurther training in the schools. The Infected Districts in the City. An}' inspector of the infected districts who did his duty during the past two weeks has had the opportunity of being assured of one thing, and thai is, as things are in those districts, no Board ol Health in existence can keep things clean without the CO operation of the citizens. And il is not a question merely of the part which should be taken by The Rev. S. Kaili, after seven months householders and tenants, it is a question of service on the "reef," is again a free man. He was one of the state prisoners which concerns the action of landlords who were sentenced last February for and owners ofrented houses. complicity in the rebellion. He and There is needed a radical change in forty-five others were lately pardoned by the method of our cleaning operations. President Dole, and were released on Lime and whitewash will not do it, nor the 6th of September. His sentence was washes of dilute sulphuric acid or corroimprisonment for a year with $100 line. sive sublimate. The fine and the last five months of the These are excellent temporaiy disinsentence were commuted. fectants, and are very necessary just now. When arrested Kaili was proprietor of Hut the root of the evil is the unsanitary Kahala, the place near tlie beach where vault and cesspool. These must be arms were landed and buried in the s.tntl. made manageable. As it is in many He held the place on rental as a fishing places they are not manageable. They They cannot he station, and though it was not his regu cannot be cleaned. lar residence, he had the misfortune ol rendered sanitary by any amount ot being there the night when the arms washes. The Hoard of Health may were landed. He was thus found to be be notified of their condition and yet the Board of Health cannot renovate them. in collusion with the rebels. He was also known to be an ardent This the landlord must do. Some of supporter of the royalist cause. Such these vaults are in such a condition that facts secured his arrest and conviction. the only safe way to treat them is to He was the only native clergyman who close them up and construct new ones to was implicated in the rebellion. be operated differently. As it is, the) Mr. Kaili bears testimony to the con- are not handled at all, and have not been, siderate treatment he received at the some of them, for years, and cannot be. hands of Jailor Low. He affirms that It is a shame that human beings should while a prisoner he had good food and a have to live in such close proximity to clean bed, and that he was not over- their pestilential exhalations. worked as one of the road gang. It is probable that there are over 10(1 He is a man of fine physical presence, people on the makai side of Fauahi St., being five feet ten inches high, (the between Smith and Nuuanu, whose height which would pass him on our vitality, not to say manhood, is being police roll), and weighing over 200 depreciated by just such fixtures. Chin pounds. He is in rugged health and his ese, Japanese and Hawaiians are so muscles are tough. This he says is due crowded together in that small space that to the training he received on the road there cannot be immunity from tainted as a member of the "chain gang." air. Life is so crowded there that its The Rev. Kaili is in good spirits and decencies are lacking. The situation is is eager to avail himself of any oppor- fairly inhuman. Kitchens and cesspools tunity to work. He has some know- and vaults are so jumbled together that ledge of carpentery and can do a plain the ground reeks with contagion. There job well. Till he has secured a parish are there perhaps less than half a dozen we commend him to any who can give vault systems for over 100 people. The kitchens have no smoke escapes save the employment. cracks and doors, and cesspools lie beneath them and under the same roof with the living rooms Here is a condition of things which can hardly be touched either by the Hoard of Health or by the tenants of the place. The only safe thing for the latter to do WOUrd be to move away. Here is work for the landlords and tor the owner of the houses. Only they can redeem such place from being death-traps. Fewer tenants and better accommodations are the requisites. And yet perhaps it would be unfair to leave the responsibility of such a condition of things entirely with the landlords and owners. The entile city bears a responsibility in the matter. There is on every street and in every household a certain necessary contamination that we can best be rid of only by some systtm ot joint operation that embraces the entile eily The isolated householder and landlord cannot be left to themselves. Our citizens must move in the matter as a whole. The government must come in with its strong arm. Let the right system of sewerage he devised by those who are competent. Let the legislature take the matter up and pass statutes for the regulation of tenement houses; not simply for the harassing of hard hearted landlords, but also for the protection of tenants, one against another. The people of these districts are of such diverse life and training that some one central power must enter even into their home life and help regulate it for the convenience ami safety of all. The Santa Cruz Mountains. It is said that the dwellers in the vallies of California find it necessary for their health t.. make periodic visits to the hills. The system which after a time gets somewhat devitalized by the excessive heat of the lowlands, especially that of the interior, is restored again by a short stay on the heights. Such retreats as can be found in the mountains back of Santa Cruz, and which can be easily reached by the narrow guage railway, are like a new zone to the dwellers of the plains and fog stricken shores of the great bay. There among the hills the air is like food. It begets vigor. It is full of sunlight and color, and as*in a glass, so in it, distant landmaiks are brought near to the eye, and in the azure spaces and hollows that lie between them there come to view the unnumbered objects of interest that in the murky atmosphere of the shore and plain would be unseen. These heights, so reposeful, invite all kinds of growths. The mighty redwood flourishes there, a.id beside it, on the rich uplands, are to be found the sunniest vine-yards and the most growthful orchards. There are no fruits in California like these. They stand first in the market. They are sweeter and more firm than the fruits ol irrigated lands. �THE FRIEND 80 These vineyards dispute with the chaparral the possession of he hill tops. In the Bummer those hill tops take moisture in the form of occasional night fogs, rather than in rain. They have a moist soil which is rich in accessible water supplies. Wells and springs are numerous, and through the deep wooded canyons crystal streams flow downward to the plains. Such places are the chosen retreats for those who love nature, and many a broken life has had a new lease given it there. What those Californian mountains are doing for their people, ours can do for The resources of our hills are us. matchless. Air and color and scenery and coolness and peace are just above us, near at hand for the reinogoration of our being. — a. a—• From Notes on Molokai, By Rev. C. M. Hyde, D.D. [Krom 1". C Mnrtiew I Returning by the southern side of Mauna Loa we came to the site of the home of Kalaipahoa, the poison god, or goddess (authorities vary). Some little distance from it is the temple or heian. In former times, so runs the tradition, there grew in that locality a lethal tree or grove. To pass to the windward of it so as to inhale the odor wafted from it was sure death. Birds fell dead on flying over it. The poisonous properties of the locality were attributed to a particular tree. The minutest scraping of its wood or bark mixed with any one's food or drink was sure poison. Native kahunas or medicine men came from all over the islands in recent years hunting around in this locality to find some pieces of root or wood. Hut the searching has been in vain, as well as that of recent kings and others to find the �reasure cave of the Molokai chief. A chiefess, or kahii, who knew the secret of the cave, died some years ago, and the knowledge of its exact locality died with her. Between the grove and the heiau of Kalaipahoa is a bowling green, Ka hua ulu maika, where in olden times the Hawaiians congregated from far and near, for trails of skill at their favorite spot. The alley? for such it was, is an artificial depression in the grassy turf, about two feet wide and MM long, with a slight descent from west to east. It is a most slightly place overlooking the channel between Molokai and Lanai. The latter island looms up like some monster moo from the blue waters of the Pacific. There is an old story of a famous maika-player of the olden time, Umikupa of Molokai. A native of Kohala who was a great gamester had lost all his wealth. Determined to get the better of those who had choused him out of his property, he came to Molokai and sought the aid of Umikupa, who agreed to befriend him. The two returned to Kohala and soon the fame of the stranger from Molokai was spread abroad through the district. Finally, there came a challenge from theKohala player to a game, and the stakes were high. The Molokaiplayer's turn came last of all. There were various forms of the game, and various shapes of the itlitinaika. The stones most commonly used were cylindrical; but Umikupa lolled a round stone, weighty, and of so a true a shape, and of such equal quality in every part that, hurled by his strong arm, nothing could stand before it. His competitors lost everything they had hazarded, and, after paying over to the Kohala gambler suffi cient to make up for hts losses, Umikupa returned to Molokai with large additions to his own possessions. Two other localities in Kaluakoi that I visited, have interesting legends con nected with them. One is ka umu oka peelua. The story goes that a young Hawaiian maiden, whose parents had been tenderly careful of her, began to drop and fade without any perceptible cause. Such simple remedies as they used proved inefficacious. Then the parents had recourse to an old kahuna. He told them that their daughter had a lover, who visited her at night ; that though he appeared like a handsome young man, he was really a supernatural being ; in fact he was the sovereign deity of the caterpillar tribe. The kahuna advised the parents not to treat the girl harshly, but to tell her they had found out her secret, and persuade her to have him drink a loving cup, which It was a the kahuna had prepared. sleeping potion. The girl induced her lover to drink out of her cup. In consequence, he overslept himself, but woke before daylight. As soon as the sun is up, the spirits of the night lose their magical power, resume their ordinary form, and may be overcome by mortals. At the suggestion of the kahuna, a rope of sweet potato vine had been tied around one of the ankles of the nocturnal visitor. As he hurried away to his own abode, he left a trail behind him. The parents and friends followed this till at last they came upon him, a huge caterpillar coiled up and asleep in a deep round hole. They began gathering twigs, grass, fire wood of all kinds, threw it into the hole and set fire to it. As the fire reached the vital part, there was a tremendous explosion, and soon multitudes of the common Hawaiian caterpillar, peelua, were seen crawling in every direction, but no young man came prowling about the young maiden's home, and she re covered the vigor and vivacity, which she had lost while her supernatural visitor was secretly sapping her life. (October, 1895 assumes a waiting attitude. At a meeting of Presbytery immediately after the adjournment of the conference of Episcopal bishops in Chicago, the question was asked, "Are those gentlemen sincere ?" The charitable and beloved Dr. Noyes arose, and with a bit of heat at the imputation, said, "Undoubtedly they are sincere." The reply was, "I do not believe it—but we shall see." The negotiations have now brought us to the determination of that doubt. If the Episcopalians now refuse to meet our Assembly on the ground of mutual recognition, it will be a demonstration that they were not sincere-that they never meant Christian unity; that they meant only that we should put our ministry to dishonor, and profess allegiance and obedience to the Episcopal hierarchy. The letter of Pope Leo to the English people is a much more candid overture. He hides nothing in phrase. He longs for the return of the Anglican to the Roman Church, and he expresses that desire. This question is not merely a question of self-respect on the part of the Presbyterians, it is a question also of principle and of honor. The Episcopal priesthood are living in unrepented sin. Il is sinful ecclesistical and spiritual pride, a sin of very grave character, for them to refuse recognition of true ambassadors of Christ, who bear the credentials of the Church and of the Spirit. Chicago Interior. Arrogant Sacerdotalism. It becomes more and more manifest, as the twentieth century approaches, that one conllict awaiting us will be a deadly struggle between sacerdotalism and evangelical religion. It cannot but be to thoughtful men a matter of profound regret that the Anglican Church, wherever her branches extend, is declaring more and more emphatically for the sacerdotal form of Christianity. As large numbers of our Roman Catholic fellow countrymen are getting restive under it and fain to assert their independence of the priest, in his Anglican guise he is becoming more arrogant and aggressive. When the day of battle comes, I believe our Presbyterian Church, with her strong, compact Puritan and evangelical faith, will have her part to play, and I trust, with the blessing of her King and Head, will not fail to play it.—Dr. Bruce. Survivals of the Epidemic. Two scattering cases of cholera occurred since the epidemic ceased, the fifst on the 26th, after an interval of eight days, and a second on the :28th. Both of these were elderly natives, in half a mile apart. The indicaplaces Spurious Efforts for Church Unity. tions are that some seeds of the cvi Our last Assembly left the correspond- thing still survive in the city, as could ence between ourselves and the Epis hardly fail to be the case for a short copalians at the point of the recognition, time. The Hoard of Health is vigoron our part, of the validity of their min- ously laboring to eradicate every trace istry and of their ordinances, and now of the infection. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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