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The Sermon on the Mount
No Omniscience in Jesus
Thing! Old umi New
True Life :s in Christ
Mongol iinii Polynesian Crossed
Source of .In ininesi' Characteristics
Rgregloui Sinn dcin of Hawaii
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Water Famine
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The Sermon on the Mount.
Rev. (irii. 11. rlepwortli in the.V. Y.
Herald adopts ;i very common and popular way of talking (without thinking)
:
when he says
"Nothing is wanting to transfigure the
world, to bring a millennial glory to the
earth, like sunshine over the hilltops, absolutely nothing except the "Sermon un
the Mount." Throw theology lo the
winds, live in the fifth chapter of Mat
ihew, anil you will do blessed work until
Mm fall asleep to Wake in heaven."
Probably, in naming the fifth chapter
Dr. Ilepworth merely used a form of
speech, not intending lo exclude the
sixth and seventh chapters, which arc
equally parts of the one discourse, the
sixth, especially, containing the "Lord's
Prayer."
"neither
will your Father forgive your
trespasses." "Wide is the gate, ami
broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and mam there be that go in thereat." "Strait is the gate that leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it." "Then
will I profess unto them. I never knew
vim: depart from me, ye that work in-
Editor. iquity."
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Surely one does not escape from troublesome theology by confining his attention to the Sermon on the Mount, lake
especially the leaching that "few there he
thai find" eternal life. It looks as if
those who talk like Dr. Ilepworth are
nut only unthinking, but unreading. Personally, our own method of escaping the
usual appalling deductions from this
teaching of Christ's early scrimm, thai
must of mankind lose their snills, is in
believing that such a fate consists in a
speedy extinction of being, and not in
eternal torments, which we do not believe that our Lord intended to teach.
But lie certainly did not teach the Universal salvation of all men at the last.
Our Lord's teaching followed the universal Law nf Development, lie began
with the more elementary principles of
Divine Truth, and as the years went on,
gradually revealed more advanced truth.
Many things he deferred to reveal until
after His Resurrection, because the disciples "could not bear them now." Under
the illuminating Power of the Holy
(ihust, the apostles learned and transmitted to the Church much that is not perhaps so clearly stated in the Four Gospels. Is it a rational or wise course for
Christ's present disciples to ignore and
neglect all his rich later revcalings, and
confine themselves to his more elementary teachings?
Evetl those simple teachings of the
Sermon on the Mount require to be deeply pondered, and with a very humble and
childlike spirit. At the same time, one
needs to exercise wise common-sense, and
not in pervert our Lord's real teaching
by a stupid literal construction of metaphorical Of Orientally fervid language,
where literal construction obviously involves absurdity, such as Tolstoi falls into.
Those best interpret Christ who
humbly and honestly put his words into
It would he inferred by one ignorant
of the facts that this wonderful discourse
contained no perplexing or distressing
theological problems. Hut in fact, :t
asserts in the must pungent manner those
things which have caused the greatcd daily practice.
trouble theologically: we mean the rem
ediless loss and destruction of the soul.
No Omniscience in Jesus.
ye shall in no
I''.. g. "unless *
case enter into the kingdom of heaven,"
In maintaining this position, it is to be
"shall he in danger of hell-lire," "that premised that we hold in the most posthy whole body should he cast into hell," itive manner to the Divine nature of our
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I No.
1., SEPTEMBER,
9.
Lord. IK* was (iuil incarnated in human
flesh. Such was unquestionably the absolute belief of his disciples and Apostles
after his resurrection, when he resumed
his Divine existence.
But during the
period of his human life on earth, everything seems to forbid the idea that he re
rnained in possession of his Divine attributes and powers. It is well to have
no misconception on this point.
No
apostle, more enthusiastically and emphatically than Paul, asserted Christ's
Divine exaltation. Vet in l'hilippians 7
he says that "he emptied himself" lieaulon ekenose. What was this kenosis, or
self-empty ing? It was evidently a complete dissociation from all the attributes
of Infinity, so as to pass through the sue
cessive Stages of human weakness as in
fant, child and man.
(iod is Omnipotent, almighty. He :s
imniprcsent, everywhere at the same
moment, pervading all existence. He is
(Imniscient, knowing perfectly anil absolutely all things now existing, with all
their qualities, from the largest orbs to
the minutest microbes and atoms—
knowing also all thing's that have existed
from a past eternity, and all thai will
exist in a future eternity. < If these three
attributes, of which only the Infinite
Deity is capable, we may he certain that
the man Jesus was divested and devoid,
SO that he ceased to exercise or possess
them.
The whole of our Lord's biography
implies this. He "grew in wisdom ami
stature." In Mark \-t, :,<;_. he is recorded
to have told his disciples, "< >f that day
and that hour (his second coining I
knoweth no man, no, not the angels
which are in heaven, neither the Son, hut
the leather only." Much effort has vainly been made to explain away the plain
meaning of these words.
It may well he held inconceivable and
impossible that any being in human conditions should be able to contain infinite
knowledge or exercise the thoughts of
infinity. Every thought of the mind is
attended by a perceptible action of the
brain attached to that mind. If those
thoughts become too many or too active,
the brain becomes strained beyond its
capacity and is deranged. The brain of
the man Jesus, like that of any other
man, necessarily limited and circumscribed his thinking, lie coiihl not think
the thoughts of Infinity. Even the very
limited knowledge of an archangel, exercised by him, would have disintegrated
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and shattered to atoms his weak human
brain. But Infinity f
What degree then of supernatural
Knowledge and Power are we to attribute to Christ, so that we may believe and
trust in him as "The Way, the Truth,
and the Life?" The answer is that after
assuming his prophetic and Messianic
work, he became plenarily inspired by
the Holy Spirit, which descended upon
him at his baptism. "For he whom God
hath sent, speaketh the words of God:
for Ciod giveth not the Spirit by measure
unto
him.' John 3:34. God imparted to
his human Son, in the most abounding
degree, all the Knowledge and all the
supernatural Power which he needed for
his great Prophetic work.
We may therefore regard the teachings
of our Lord as infallible on all Moral and
Spiritual subjects, the knowledge of
which it was his work to impart to us.
Hi is "The Truth."
Things Old and New.
By
Rev. G. Campbell Morgan.
"And yet once again, in this new statement what have we new to say about
atonement ?
Nothing new. The old
things, but perhaps out of our new sense
of God we shall now say to men, not only
atonement is necessary because you arc
sinners, but because God is what He is.
To me there is the strongest point in the
necessity of atonement. I remember Dr.
Weston saving from this platform once
something that has lingered in my memory like a tone of heavenly music. He
said in the beginning of Genesis we read
a great question. God said: 'Adam,
where art thou?" 'Now,' said Dr. Weston, 'that was not the inquiry of a police
man ; it was the wail of a father over r.
wandering child.' I have never forgotten it; it has been with me ever since,
that great statement from that saint of
God.
"It is the old Gospel. A bloodless gospel is no gospel for ruined men and women. It is there with its heartbreak, its
objectionableness to all the fastidious
nonsense of a corrupt and neurotic age.
its dynamic of life to the wounded and
weary and bruised sinner on the highway. It is the Gospel of the cross and
blood, but it is the Gospel of the grace of
God. I pray you d6not overmuch make
it the Gospel of the necessity of sin; it i?
the Gospel of the grace of God. Oh, for
the breadth of it. Oh, for the glory of it
to so enwrap us that we cannot speak
without emphasizing these sides and
these facts of the great message. Things
new and old; they are new things fresh
as the morning, sweet as the summer
time, because their oldness is rooted in
God."
[September, 1901.
THE FBIEND.
True Life Is in Christ.
You will find every truth you need to
lire by in the words of Jesus Christ. You
will find every duty you ever, have occasion to do required in the words of
Jesus Christ. There will never be any
occasion to a sane man to take it because
it is later or newer. The guess of a modern scholar is not so new or so true as
the teaching of Christ Who is living in
living men, translating itself into life,
guiding, inspiring, rewarding life in the
name of modern thought, advance
thought, scientific thought, the latest
thought, in the view of science, criticism,
education, all advance of thought and liberty. Ileis at the front who clings most
loyally and completely to the life and
teaching of that young man who was able
to say, as no one else has ever been able
to say, "1 am the truth," and "he that followeth Me shall have the light of life,"
and "I give unto men eternal life." It is
a coming back to rest there. Gentlemen,
I mark your life; I know your earnestness. If I had authority, as 1 have not,
to control your life from this day to the
day of judgment, 1 would say, make your
life only, truly, fully, constantly the life
of God's eternal light and life and truth,
as revealed in Jesus Christ.—Dr. Alexander Mackenzie.
Mongol and Polynesian Crossed.
One who has lived long in Hawaii has
opportunity to observe some remarkable
conditions peculiar to these Islands. One
of these is the strangely valuable result
of the crossing of the two very diverse
breeds of men, the Polynesian and the
Chinaman. There arc now considerable
numbers here of the offspring of Chinamen by native Hawaiian women. As a
general rule, such persons are apt to possess a marked superiority of personal
force and ability. They are vastly superior to the native Hawaiian. They are
often superior to the abler Chinese race
from whom they derive their strongest
qualities. In the admixture each race
seems to have made a greatly needed O >ntribution to "the qualities of the other one.
What does the Chinese blood contribute to the Hawaiian? Much more, we
should say, and of greater value, than U
takes from the latter. The Chinese blood
lends to the Hawaiian a most remarkable
strain of the qualities of a profoundly
developed and trained civilization ingrained into the Chinaman by at least
5,000 years of tense and arduous existence in densely crowded communities
where the struggle to live has necessitated the extreme of frugality on the one
hand, and of carefully directed labor on
the other. The Chinaman, incomparably
beyond all other human races, is pervaded through and through by habits grown
hereditary and instinctive, of patient, unremitting toil, of carefully and exactly
ordered occupation, of precision, of
promptness, of punctuality, of conformity to rule and law.
In all these qualities so intensely developed in the Chinaman, the 1 lawaiian
is deplorably lacking. His race has for
unknown thousands of years, led an easy,
simple life, following the impulses of the
hour. He is nearly incapable of hard,
continuous, unremitting toil. He is fitful, disorderly, unreliable. He is by nature averse to exactness, to
promptitude,
to punctuality. If carefully taught any
process, he will diverge from it at an
early moment; while the Chinaman once
shown a method to follow, will never
change it, even if a change is obviously
necessary. It has been pertinently said
that "a Hawaiian cannot plant a straight
row of beans, while a Chinaman cannot
plant a crooked one."
These remarkably developed j;ifts of
character, the Chinaman usually imparts
in a very high degree to his half-Hawaiian off spring, who is apt to be much
more Chinese than Hawaiian in his nature. At Lahainaluna Seminary many
years ago, we had several boys of mixed
blood as house-servants. None of them
knew a word of Chinese, or ever saw
their Chinese fathers. Yet in every case
they fully possessed the Chinese exactness,
precision and industry, in the strongest
contrast to our easy-going Hawaiian
youths. The Chinese strain is so intense
that it imparts itself with immense power
to the undeveloped Hawaiian nature.
()n the other hand, the Hawaiian blood
lends a very important service to the
Chinese strain. It makes the offspring
less mechanical, less paralyzed by custom, more capable of looking for and accepting what is new. The mixed man is
a more receptive man. He is bolder and
freer. He is more capable of initiative,
of conceiving and working for what is
new, than is the pure Chinaman, whose
nature is bound and chained in the fetters of ages of habit. The Hawaiian is
by nature brave, bold, generous; the
mixed offspring is a braver, more enterprising man than the pure Mongolian.
He will be a better soldier, a better seaman, a better whaleman, and probably
not inferior to his parent as artisan or
tradesman.
/
Source of Japanese Characteristics.
The "icople of Japan are of very mixed
breed, but with a somewhat predominat-
ing Mongolian strain. There are several
peculiarities conspicuous among Japanese people which I cannot attribute to any
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race with which lam acquainted. One is
their very common short stature, unlike
either the Chinese or the Malayo-Polynesian races. Another is a very common
absence of bridge to the nose, derived
perhaps from some interior race of the
northern coasts of the Continent. The
Mongolian features however are rather
in the lead. Next to this is manifestly a
very large admixture of the MalayoPolynesian element, as proved by very
marked facial similarities. While many
Japanese faces are undistinguishable
from Chinese, an equrl number greatly
resemble Hawaiians.
Farther evidence of this Oceanic admixture of blood conies from the location
of Japan, such as from the most ancient
times to have received a continuous drift
of seafarers from ()ceanica, whose most
active and migrating population were the
early ancestors of the Polynesians. The
great Kuro Siwa current, or Gulf Stream
of the Pacific, tended to transport these
seafarers to the shores of Japan. This
Polynesian admixture of blood brought
both good and evil to Japan. Probably
thegood predominates.
As the natural consequence, we find
the Japanese to lie unlike the Chinese in
the qualities which Oceanica would impart. They are very brave. They arc
adventurous. They are extremely receptive of new things. They are versatile, facile to adopt novelties with success.
Like the Polynesian, there is a strong
tendency to fickleness, the opposite of the
Chinese fixedness. A very unhappy contrast to the Chinese, is the much lower
esteem for female chastity, which conies
from the Polynesian strain. On the
whole, the Japanese population is one of
great ability and high promise for social
and moral progress. Their progress will
be more rapid than tho Chinese, although
it is not likely to be as solid and thorough. At present, the Chinaman is, on
the whole, much the most capable and efficient man as either laborer, artisan, or
commercial assistant, because of his vastly greater patience, exactness and fidelity. In statesmanship, in literature, in
science, in warfare, the Chinese have
been paralyzed by hide-bound tradition.
We do nut know what they may prove
capable of. Japan in comparison is the
land of promise and cheer. /■
Egregious Slanders of Hawaii.
lidcly
printed in a Middle West syne of papers, as coming from a Hou correspondent of July 26, appear
enormously untrue statements as
ollowing:
The stockades of Honolulu, before
were broken up, contained 1.800
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prostitutes, or one-eighth of al! the 14,-500 women on the Islands.
The facts are that there were only
about 200 women in the stockades, while
there are over 50/XX) females in the
Islands. The slanderer multiplies the
shameful fact by twenty. In reality the
proportion is far less than in any large
American city.
2. "There is child slavery." It is
common for white men. while idle themselves, to work their children ten hours
a day. This is circumstantially stated W
be a prevailing custom, prompted by employers of labor.
This second statement is pure fabrication, without a shadow of foundation.
We do not assert that no children are
made to work in Hawaii, but that child
labor is far less common here than in the
homes of American farmers. Child slavery in aUy form is unknown here.
()ur readers may select their own epithets to characterize the fabricator and
circulator of the foregoing pieces of
malignity. We hope that the author's
name will be disclosed, for general public
meledietion.
Prof. Townsend Off to Manila.
By the Transport Thomas, in company
with her precious freight of 500 teachers.
Prof. H. C. Townsend and family took
passage to Manila. Mr. Townsend has
appointment as a Divisional Superintendent of Education. He will probably be
located on the great island of Mindanao.
Prof. Townsend has been for 20 yean
in educational work in Hawaii, having
arrived fresh from college in 1881. He
served with some distinction in the Legislature of 1887-q, after which he be
came Vice-Principal of Kamehameha
School for two years, and then for five
years principal of Lahainaluna Seminary.
For a few years later he served as Inspector-General of Schools, contributing
important service to the progress of education in Hawaii.
Mrs. Townsend was married in 1889
a daughter of the late Judge David H
Ilitchock of Hilo. During the past two
years, she has been editor of "Hawaii":
Young People." It is a severe trial to
them both to leave their happy home :i
Honolulu. May they be true missionar
ies of mental and social progress in their
new and great field of labor. Their ex
perience of work in developing the Ha
waiian race ought to be an efficient qua!
ification for the work before them.
We look with wonder and hope, no
unalloyed with doubt, at this experiment
on a large scale, of schooling in Knglisl
the children of alien and depressed race?
in the Philippines. Is this to be a successful portion of our American share of
"The White Man's Burden?"
task it is certain not to be.
A light
Twenty years ago twenty per cent of
of the New York Central
Railroad were discharged yearly for
drinking. Now only about one per cent
yearly are so dismissed. This registers
a decided advance in public opinion on
the temperance question, at least where It
comes to the employment of men in responsible engineering or commercial positions. This means, of course, not that
the employers are less strict, but that employees are more abstinent.
the employes
Mahuka's Statesmanship.
A very brilliant policy has been propounded by a member of the present
Legislature, one Mahuka, with evident
confidence in its reasonableness. His
own language, in a letter to the Hawaiian Star, is as follows:
"'The policies I have already outlined
fur the good of the country (Hawaii nei)
are ( i ) to abolish all laws forbidding
and restricting the Chinese immigration;
(2) to import 10,000,000 of Asiatics into
Hawaii.
"Now, if we could get 10,000,000 of
these people from Asia, an income of
$50,000,000 would enrich our Treasury.
And in one year all of our industries—
sugar, rice or whatever it may be—would
be prospered from Hawaii to Kauai."
This statesman appears to be unaware
that Congress makes the laws restricting
Chinese immigration.
His ideas of numbers also seem to be
misty. He has borrowed his scheme for
ten million Chinamen from the Royal
Statesman Kalakaua, who propounded a
similar plan twent) years ago, when
Moreno was flattering him. It is evident
that both Mahuka and Kalakaua failed
to discern the force of an additional
cipher at the right. One million and ten
millions differ little from each other to
their intellects; or for that matter from
one hundred thousand.
We escaped from Kalakaua's grand
statesmanship several years ago. But
Congress has remanded us back under
that of Mahuka and his ilk.
It may be pointed out that with one
thousand Chinamen on each l)oat, ten
millions would require ten thousand passages to be made, or one boat each day
for 27 years.
At $20 per head, the cost of their importation would be $200,000,000, to be
paid by whom?
Hawaii contains 6,449 square miles.
'Ten million people would find standing
room at the rate of 1,500 to the square
mile. Three-fourths of the land is arid
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desert or mountain ridges, leaving 1,612
square miles, which might produce food
iv wet seasons required, if possible, to
sustain nearly ten persons to each acre.
But great minds like Kalakaua and
Mahuka have a noble Contempt for such
base reckonings.
It is perhaps possible for Hawaii nei,
by intensive and skilled agriculture, to
produce sufficient food for one million
people, if no sugar is exported, and no
protracted droughts occur. 'The probability is that a large population will be
maintained by the needs of the growing
Pacific commerce, and a large part of
their food will be imported.
Death of Mrs. Samuel Parker.
Whites, as well as Hawaiians, generally unite in lamenting the death of Mrs.
Harriet (Napcla) Parker, the excellent
wife of the eminent Hawaiian gentleman, Col. Samuel Parker. Mrs. Parker
passed away unexpectedly, after a brief
illness in New York City, during a visit
to the Atlantic States. 'The sorrowing
family have transported the precious remains to the ancient homestead at Mana,
on the slope of Mauna Kea. in the island
of Hawaii. Mrs. Parker possessed much
culture, and loveliness of character. She
was 45 years of age.
Honolulu Home for Incurables.
'Through the very benevolent exertions
of Mr. Alexander Young. Bishop Willis
and others, this greatly needed institution seems about to be placed on a permanent basis with suitable buildings and
endowment. Bishop and Mrs. Willis
have heen especially active in providing
for the temporary Home in Kakaako.
The Rev. Geo. C. Adams, D.D., has
ministered with great acceptance for
seven Sabbaths in the pulpit of Central
Union Church, the pastor of which, Mr.
Kincaid, has supplied Dr. Adams' pulpit
in San Francisco.
American Episcopal Supervision
Asked For.
At a meeting of the Episcopal Church
Defense and Extension Society, presided
over by the Rev. John Usborne, a very
respectfully worded memorial was adopted, addressed to the General Convention
of the American Episcopal Church which
is to assemble in San Francisco in October.
The request made is that measures be
taken, "to have established in this 'Ter-
ritory the Protestant Episcopal Church
United States of America, under
American Episcopal supervision." Any
of the
THE FRIEND.
[September,
iooi.
other course will "result in alienating ;■
A Sound Conversion.
large hotly of loyal church people, both
old residents and new."
Rabbi Levi, whose stories nl "slavery"
Such change frbm Knglish to American supervision is obviously the inevil in Hawaii wen' too black for even the
Examiner's headlines, is now one of the
able tendency.
most strenuous cheap-labor men who ever
cocked a knowing eye at a sugar plantaAlfred Stead on Hawaii.
tion. The change is radical but not mysterious. Since he was here wiping the
A very intelligent and mainly correct eyes of the (ialicians with one hand and
letter about Hawaii has been published shaking a list at the planters with the
by the son of the noted journalist. Will other, the Rabbi has observed Broker
iam 11. Stead. He seems to have been I'oliitz unloading some cords of sugar
somewhat misled about the character ol stocks upon ihe members of his San
the old native dances, the "hula-hulas," Traucisco synogogue. It is one of the
of which he says that "the undesirabli admirable traits of the Rabbi to stand
elements of the dance were largely intro- with the tribe of Judah under all circumduced by ihe imagination of the civilized stances; hence his conversion from an
moralists." "'The dance as now danced: enemy of the planting interest to its
doubtless, is far worse than in the olden warm and helpful friend.— -P. C. Advertiser.
days."
We wail to hear of a similar converknow
of
We
no ground for supposing
that tho lewd and obscene elements so sion of the .s'. /•'. Examiner from its mischaracteristic of the present hula-hula information about the planters starving
have not always funned a leading feature the Porto Rican laborers.
of those dances. They have always char
acterixed both the posturing, and the vile
Heiress-Hunters.
chants accompanying them. To describe
the beauties and graces of the posturing
Much amusement has grown out oi
and to omit the grossly obscene elements Certain lake statements of Chicago rewhich are prominent in il. is exactly par porters, who represented our excellent
allel to the work of a naturalist who t iiliiniissiniK'i' to Buffalo, Miss Ruse
should describe the beautiful striped fur Davison, as saving that there was oppoi
and graceful movements of a polecat, but ttinity for attractive young Americans to
should make 'in mention of the horrible marry wealthy Hawaiian ladies. To her
stench which is the chief characteristic greal annoyance, Miss Davison al once
of the beast.
began to receive numerous inquiries from
impecunious aspirants for the said heiresses'
wealth. Since her return, each
Francis Murphy Returns.
mail brings additional applications, many
of which have been published here. To
Mr. Murphy returned on the evening
man here, person
of the 2~th ult. from his long and very one ofa these, a young
heiress, has sent an
Hawaiian
ating
successful campaign in Australia. He amatory reply, professing to have an inwas received by a large procession orcome of $30,000, also enclosing her phoganized by his friends and supporters of
which is that of the late Printhe Blue Ribbon League. Mr. Murphy tograph,
cess
Ruth
who weighed 350 pounds, and
does great and good work in reclaiming
of face and figure
peculiarities
whose
and reforming men who have fallen vic- could
no stretch of euphuism be called
by
tims to drunkenness. We in Honolulu "graces."
are rejoicing in the redemption of many
such persons, some of whom have beSpendthrift Guardianships.
come earnest Christians, humbly depending on Divine Grace for their strength
It is a not uncommon thing under Hato stand. We hcartilv join in the welwaiian
to
law. for grown men and women,
come
this .Apostle of reform.
At the same time, our support is also who are squandering their property, to
given to any wise and reasonable effort be treated like minors, and placed under
to restrict tlie sale of liquor, or to sup legal guardians, whose duty it is to give
press the saloon. Our immediate duty them a suitable allowance, and conserve
is to rescue those who are perishing in their property. Otherwise they might
the fire. Put is not the less our duty to sixm become destitute.
'The other day in the ease of a guardian
help extinguish the fire. To borrow Dr.
Chapman's comparison, Mr. Murphy charged with unfair treatment of the
seeks to cure those bitten by the snake. spendthrift ward, the advocate of the latDr. Chapman seeks to exterminate the ter, an able lawyer, but a recent arrival,
snakes. We have only "God speed" fur indulged in language as follows:
both.
•'He said a spendthrift trust is known
.
�nowhere except in Hawaii, lie characterized ii as the off-spring of puritanism
and that il must have come around the
Horn. If it had attempted to come overland, it would have perished in San Francisco for want of sympathy. He said it
was born and conceived in missionary
puritanism, Kanaka ignorance and the
avarice for commissions and fees. Its
scope once extended to a King on iiis
throne, l.inialilo was allowed to retain
his scepter, hut he could nol spend his
money for wine."
In the ease of the late King Lunali. >.
his father. Kanaina. was the mover :o
put his son's large' estate under guardian's control. The amiable Prince early
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and
faithfully administered without
charge for thirty-eight years by the successive heads of the firm, Edwin O. Hall,
ami William W. Hall.
The origin of the fire is a mystery. It
seems to have begun in the basement.
There was happily no wind, and the Fire
Department were able 10 confine the very
fierce conflagration wholly to the one
building. 'The roof of the adjacent store
of Lewers & Cooke was ignited, and the
store deluged with water, with injury
mainly to goods. Had wind existed, it
would have been impossible In save the
adjoining large lumber yard, which
would have created a conflagration of all
the large and costly buildings down to
developed :i strong alcoholic appetite, the waterfront. A vastly greater disand a disposition for reckless squander- aster lias mercifully been averted.
ing. He was in the line of succession to
Honolulu Stockyards Burned.
the throne, and il was most necessary
that his imperiled estate should be preserved The Prince himself was entirely
Fifteen days after the Hall \ Son fire,
content with the salutary arrangement, the Honolulu Stockyards establishment
lie onlj lived one year alter coming t 1 was burned, with nearly equal loss.
ihe throne, and then had sole control of There were' several coincidences. The
ihe Royal revenues, lie always got all (ires in both cases were in the early mornthe liquor be w anted, very faithfull \ and ing. They bulb were saved from exhonorable paying up his little debts when tending to other buildings, while involvhis monthly allowance came in.
ing total loss of the buildings ignited.
Il is not unlikely that Dr. Judda great Both lire's were mi southwest corners of
financial ability contributed to the enact- King street, one six blocks east nf the
ment of the salutary spendthrift law, so other.
And both were lately creeled
adapted and so necessary to the careless buildings.
Hawaiians. a majority of whom are
The Stockyards establishment was a
quite incapable of administering and pre- large one. with a full outfit of horses an !
serving their own property. Any old res- carriages for general livery work, also
ident knows of dozens oi well t" do 11:1 with extensive entertainment for private
lives and half-whites, who have heen pre- rigs ami for hacks. Eighty-eight valuserved from destitution by this good law. able In use's were' destroyed, the' poof
It seems not improbable that a trifling crazed wretches clinging to their stalls.
modicum <>f "missionary puritanism" in The) were feci tn sharks outside the harthe make-up of our brilliant and genial bor. Marine burial followed vivi-crcinalegal visitor who uttered the foregoing timi.
Nineteen hackinen, and fifteen
remarks, would have ensured him a more private owners Inst their horses anil rigs.
solid success in life than he has attained. Fifty-four horses owned by the Con pany, were' burned. The lire was an CXereniely tierce and rapid one. but our effiE. O. Hall & Son Burned Out.
cient fire department prevented materia!
Honolulu is twice sorry for the disas- injury to adjacent buildings. Insurance*
to cover about two-thirds
trous lire which so suddenly destroyed are understood
Had
wind arisen, the losses
of
losses.
the beautiful hardware store Of E. O.
have been manV-fold.
would
Hall & Son on the early morning of
August 6th. We are sum for the vcyv
Governor Dole Returned.
heavy Idfca to the firm, which is estimated at more than $50,000 over their insurance. We also regret the destruction 1 i Governor Dole returned to the Cap
what was the handsomest two-ston ita! on the -'4th nit. and resinned his
building in the city, situated upon its duties on the ,V>th. He appears to be in
principal street-corner. The large and vigorous health, well recuperated by bivery elegant and commodious block was lling outing of nver three months, which
completed and occupied only a few was made necessary by over-taxation of
months ago.
The' long-established and ilu- nervous system. The Governor has
esteemed firm had appeared to be in every spent the pas: two months and more on
way happily conditioned. 'They have the the' mountain slopes of Mauna Kea and
most earnest sympathy of the Honolulu Htialalai. hunting wild cattle, pigs, turpublic. 'The Treasurcrship of the ll.i keys, g-oals and sheep.
'The Secretary of the Territory, linn.
waiian Hoard of Missions has been ably
11. I'.. *( iMiper, who has been acting as
Governor, is soon to visit Washington,
to make his official report. He expects to
be absent nver two months.
Rapid Transit Operating.
The
Rapid
Transit
Co. formally
opened their new road on August 31,
with a short address from Gov. Dole, aud
by running a procession of nine cars
from the central power house, first up
Liliha street to near Wyllie in Xuuar.u
Valley, and returning thence, to Punahou and College Hills in Manoa Valley.
The route westward is through I hue!
street, and eastward through Alakea and
Lunalilii streets and Wilder avenue, in
all about live miles. Additional track
will be gradually added in various directions. The ears were overcrowded from
the first, and on subsequent days. 'The
cars are splendidly built, each seating 4H
passengers.
They run with extreme
smoothness mi the extra-heavy rails.
Bird Island Excursion.
A parly of Kauai people lately visited
Nihoa
or Bird Island, a lonely rock of
about Jixi acres surface, some |_0 miles
west of Kauai. 'The editor visited il in
■85, with a large party. It is inhabited
by from half a million to a million fishing birds, who occupy every nook and
cranny. < >ne can scarcely step except
upon a nest, and the birds rise in the a r
like swarms of gnats. 'There we're about
fifteen different species, varying from the
great albatross-like "gmicvs," to those
little larger than a pigeon.
Nihoa is a surviving peak not yet
wholly subsided, of an ancient volcanic
dome, like the large Hawaiian islands.
There is considerable vegetation of the
ancient indigenous plants of Hawaii.
Among them flourish a number of the
I.lmilt native palms. A few springs are
found at the shore, but the water is bitter with guano.
Record of Events.
Aug. ist.—Tax Appeal Board sits to
consider many protests at assessed valuations of property,—'The income tax returns, time limit of which closed yesterday, are said to fall below expectations.
>\u\.—'The cruiser Philadelphia arrives
from Samoa, en route fur San Francisco.
Dedication of the new organ of Kawaiahao Church by a varied classic program which drew a full and delighted
audience.
4th.—Funeral services, by the Rev. H.
11. Parker, of the late Mrs. Saml .Parker
whose remains were brought home by
the S. S. Peru a few days since.
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sth.—The Salvation Army Corps celebrate their seventh anniversary of work
in these islands by a jubilee service at
the Y. M. C. A. which was largely attended ; delegates from the other islands
also being present. —Sudden death of a
Japanese woman arouses suspicions of
foul play.
6th.—The fine two-story brick structure of E. O. Hall & Son was discovered
on fire at 3 a. m. and in a short space of
time was totally destroyed, together with
its large stock of hardware, etc. The adjoining store of Lewcrs & Cooke also suffered serious damage by fire and water.
Fortunately no wind prevailed else an
extensive conflagration might have resulted. The loss of Hall & Son is placed
at $140,000 with insurance of $91,000,
while Lewers & Cooke's loss of $20,000
is fully covered.
Bth.—Tidal wave to the height of four
feet visits Kailua, Hawaii. A native hut
at Keauhou was washed away, but no
niher damage reported.
9th. —Special term of Supreme Court
sits to hear the test cases of income tax
appeals.—The plumbers' strike, which
has been on for the past three months, is
adjusted by arbitration and a compromise agreement settled upon for oneyear ; the wage rate to be $5.50 per day.
ioth.—Dr. McCrew secures the Hackfeld residence at private sale, reported at
$25,000, and Geo. R. Carter buys the
Suhr mansion, on Judd street, for $30,-000.—Movement in progress for Saturday afternoon store closing during the
summer months that the clerks may have
an outing.
12th.—The banks agree to advance
$150,000 to the government with which
to meet registered claims. —A cyclist :s
seriously injured in trying to avoid colliding with a carriage.—Xahiku Plantation, on Maui, will suspend operations
and sell their cane for seed.
13th.—Recent heavy surf carries away
much of the sewer pier, but fortunately
without damaging the outfall pipes.—
Rose Ranch, Ulupalakua, is to lose its
identity in consolidation with Kahikinui
cattle ranch. —King Bros, store burglarized by party or parties unknown.
14th.—Annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and election of officers.
—Police officers for the second time
within a few days visit the Ciermania
Billiard Parlors and capture a number of
gamblers—with conclusive evidence. —
Three released Japanese criminals under
the recent habeas corpus proceedings are
rearrested to await grand jury indictment.—M. T. Dbnnell, a resident of this
city for many years, passes away at the
Hospital.
15th.—Honolulu Home for Incurables
apply for a charter of incorporation.—
Septmbr, 1901.
THE FRIEND.
Schr. Alice Kimball, wrecked some three
months ago at Kahului. Maui, is steered
to this port with'a jury rudder.
16th.—Judge Ciear releases, on habeas
corpus proceedings, a self-confessed
murderer.—The four sailors of the C. D.
Bryant, charged with desertion in time
of danger and tried in the Federal Court,
had six verdicts against them and received sentences of from one to three
months.
17th.—The new plant and warehouses
of the Union Feed Co. just completed at
Kakaako were opened today with ceremony. Miss Irmgard Macfarlane starting the machinery in motion. Manager
I'. W. Macfarlane and S. Hoffman conducted the guests throughout the premises.
iStli.—Ceo. Scott, an Artillery Sergeant at Camp McKinley, ends his life
with a rifle. 11l health assigned as the
cause.
rath. —Kona-Kau
26th.—The Supreme Court, Galbraith
dissenting, pronounces valid the convictions of the felons released by Gear, and
they are returned to hard labor. —The
Supreme Court, (ialbraith dissenting,
rules that the income tax law is valid.—
S. T. Alexander proposes to build a new
road to Tantalus, by way of Round Top,
after government plans, at his own expense.—The Honolulu Iron Works completes for the Olaa Sugar Co. a Lilllc
quadruple evaporator of 350,000 gallons
each 24 hours; the largest piece ot machinery so far constructed here.
27th.—Work already in progress for
the rebuilding of Hall & Son's block, to
be three stories in height.—'The Oriental
Life Insurance Co. is granted its charter.
—Francis Murphy returns from the Colonies by the Ventura and is induced by
the temperance workers to stay a while
in this city. 'The planned ovation of a
torchlight procession in his honor is de-
Railroad charter ferred.
approval of the Executive Council.
28th.—The Sonoma arrives, belated
mat- through a railroad accident, with a very
— Planters meet to consider labor
ters.—'The Hongkong-Mam makes a large list of passengers for this port The
nine days' run from Yokohama.
teamsters' strike is still on in San Fran20th.—The Oahu R. & L. Co. receives cisco and threatens to affect our food
a perpetual lease for a right of way from supply.
the I'. S. Government and withdraws
_yth.—The Rapid Transit Co. officials
from the contest in the condemnation suit and a number of invited guests have a
of Pearl Harbor lands. —Two more life- trial trip in one of their open cars over
sentenced prisoners arc released on their electric line from Liliha street to
habeas corpus proceedings. —Planters College Hills.
Everything worked
conclude their labor questions and come smoothly. —Gerardy, the celebrated 'celto an understanding as to wages of labor- loist, recently from the colonies, gave his
ers.
first concert at the Opera House, assist21st. —'The Honolulu Stockyards builded by Mrs. L. Tenney Peck and Mrs. W.
2 a. 111., and
ing is discovered on fire
C. Whitney, and delighted Honolulu's
is rapidly consumed with nearly all its
music lovers.
contents together with adjacent buildhis of30th.—Governor Dole resumes
ings. The fire department did good wCrk
street deson
School
ficial
duties.—Fire
in preventing its spread. A large number of horses perished. The estimated troys three cottages; narrow escape of
loss is placed at $75,000, with insurance sick inmates from a horrible death.
31st -.-Rapid 'Transit excursion train
to only half the sum. —Lewcrs & Cooke,
of
eight cars in line traverse the length
Ltd., recognize the services of the firemen
of
the road preparatory to inaugurating
a
at the 1 lall fire by sending them
check
regular service on the morrow, Sept. ist.
for $250.
meeting by Francis Mur—Temperance
22nd. —The Oriental Life Insurance
at
Kawaiahao.
phy
Tor
a
a
organization,
applies
Co.,
local
charter of incorporation. Capital $200,BIRTHS
-000.—House delivery of mail matters m
this ''ity. August 16, to tin- Hid- of Riibort
the city inaugurated today.-—Reception LAMB—In
t. Lange, b daughter.
and social as a farewell to Rev. Dr. and HOOGS-In thiscity, August fl, to Mm wife ol William
Mrs. Adams at the Central Union Church H. Iloogs, a son.
MARRIAGES
proves a delightful affair.
Rev. VV
TODD-DK CKW-In Honolulu, August IS, by
11. Rice, Albert E. W. Toilfl to MissMlnnle F. Dc Cew
24th. —Governor Dole returns from M<-KI.ROY-LANGFI_LD-In
this city, August 17, (U
his long sojourn on Hawaii much imto
the re«iilem-e of the bride, Mr. B. F. Mctlroy
proved in health.—Midnight fire in cane Mr*. H. L. Langlicld.
this city, Rt St. Andrews'
field of the Honolulu Plantation; prompt KNIUHT-HORNKR-In
Cathedral, August 29, by Rev Y. H Kitcat, A. P.
Ida
Knight
Mlsi
Homer.
soon
under.—Hamakua
to
gets it
action
forest fire is still raging.
DEATHS
city, August 4, Edith, daughter of
'FRENCH-In
this
of
the
German
Lutheran
—Organ
25th.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert French, aged seven years.r
church, recently received from Germany SMITH—in
this city, August 11, Thos. Smith, fathe
by way of the Colonies, was dedicated of Stephen and Thos Smith.
DONNELL-In this city, August 14, M. T. Donnell,
today.
aged 6« yerrs, father of Mrs. C. t. Carlson.
meets
.
�HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU,
BOARD.
H. I.
This pace Is devoted to the Interests of the Hawaiian Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the Board, Is responsible for Its
tents.
Rev. O. P. EMERSON
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- -
con-
Editor.
News has been received of the death
island of Hivaoa, on the 28th
of June, of Rev. Zakaria Hapuku, missionary of the Hawaiian Hoard to the
Marquesas. 'The passing on of this good
man conies after forty years of faithlul
service at the post where he died. Hewas one who in his youth came under the
influence of David Main, who helped in
the formation of his character. Rev. J.
S. Green is also mentioned as one of his
spiritual fathers.
When Hapuku settled at Atuona he
and his family were, for a number of
years, almost constantly in the presence
of petty tribal wars. I hit he lived to see
the days of long continued peace come to
his people and to see them look to him as
their beloved spiritual leader.
at Atuona,
wards, 'Yes, it was very fine, but not so
fine as we used to have on Spanish feast
days.'
Governor Schroeder is a kind man and
popular with the people. There are those
among the marines, however, who do not
like him. Some of them constitute a bad
element, although there are those who
are decent fellows.
The Castinos are a great help—Rose
is a very industrious and capable young
woman, of unusual energy and fidelity.
She plays the organ at our services and
teaches a class in the Sunday-school. 1
have great respect for her. The brothers
are faithful attendants at our services.
"What shall we do for a chapel? We
are losing all the time because we have
no room. 'There is not an available house
in Agana large enough for our work.
Last Sunday night there were more than
twenty Chomorros who stood outside during the evening service for lack of room,
and we cannot invite the marines in because we have no room for them. A
small chapel is an urgent need—a necessity—but we have no appropriation to
meet the need.
P. S.—We have occasional opportunA letter dated Agana, Guam, July
of
letters to Ponape which
ities
190,
and
addressed to Rev. O; 11. Gu- may be sending
distributed
regular steamers
lick. has been received from Rev. Mr. to other islands of by
the Caroline group.
the
from
it
we
take
exfollowing
Price;
Two schooners have gone that way withtracts:
in the last month. The German Goverof
hamsounding
"I write in the midst
nor told me that a regular service would
mers with my paper on a board. I find
be provided soon between Saipan and
it necessary to be present with the Cho- Ponape, and all Japanese schooners leavmorro carpenters, for if I leave them
this' port stop at Saipan and these
even for a short time they may do some- ing
averaged more than one each month
have
thing wrong. They are better workmen since our arrival. There
are- three Japthan the Caroline islanders, but not any
anese firms doing business here, antl a
our
more reliable. We hope to have
who has a brig is making reghouse finished by the time the recruits Chomorro
ular trips to Japan. It is safe to say that
from America arrive, so as to save them letters
may be sent to Ponape via Saipan
from the awful Guam fever due to living at
least
four times a year and that occain Agana. Our mission premises arc sional vessels
will go direct from Guam
everything that could be desired for our
to
Carolines.
the
work—beautiful, healthful and convenient—the gift of our Master to us, as we
believe. Our work is improving slowly.
Pleasant Island Notes.
Our present room for services is entirely
too small and some stay away in order
By letters received by Rev. O. H. Guto leave room for the Chomorros. We lick from Rev. and Mrs. Dc la Porte,
are slowly getting a hold on a few of the under date of June 4th, we learn of their
marines. The Governor and his family- welfare and of the progress of mission
are friendly. I think the navy people ary work on that lone island.
had a hazy idea of what a missionary is
No vessel had touched at their island
and were ready to cry us down. They for about four months, when within a
seemed to think we were public censors, week, about June Ist, two steamers from
watching for things to criticize in dtJ Sydney brought them light and cheer.
conduct of public affairs. What they Mr. Dc la Porte writes:
think now I do not know, but some of "Our people are still showing much inthose who at first were our severest crit- terest in the Gospel, and about 150 are
ics are now cordial and frieijdly."
now waiting to be received into the
The officers spent nearly $500 in fire- church of Christ, though of course many
works on the glorious Fourth, with the of them will have to wait some time yet.
These people meet every Sabpurpose to outdo anything seen here before, but they were not a little disap- bath afternoon, after the regular services
pointed to hear the natives say after- for special instruction. About twelve we
12,
* * *
feel justified in baptising, and God willing we hope to perform this rite about
four weeks hence, thus establishing the
nucleus of the Church of Christ on Nauru. Many are now trying to live consistent Christian lives, and especially among
those who are attending our day schools
we notice a change for the better.
Strangers who are visiting this island are
struck with the difference in the appearance of those who come under the influence of the mission, and those who do
not. Our heathen priests, witch doctors,
and fortune tellers are losing ground continually. *
Fortune telling is practiced by many.
They simply take a leaf and make knots
in it, or a number of small stones over
which they murmur a few words, and
the oracle is complete. In order to study
this custom I went one day to one of the
dark districts of the island. Coming to
one of these Amen Kawai, or fortune
tellers, I asked him to show me how h*.was practicing his art. He was quite
proud to have such a customer. Soon a
large number of natives gathered to witness his performance. I put three questions before the Nauru oracle: Ques.
Will a ship come soon? Ans. Not within ten days. Ques. Will the next vessel
bring us news from my father and
grandmother? After a little delay came
the answer, Yes. I asked him repeatedly if this was true, always receiving an
answer in the affirmative. You should
have heard the shouts and jeers of the
people when I informed them that both
my father and grandmother had been
dead these last ten years. My Amen
Katvai murmured some excuse about the
missionary's ctini being too strong, and
then he slunk away among the howling
crowd.
Until now it has been almost impossible to get any good fish. Nearly all
good fish is tabooed. White people and
women can not eat of the better kinds of
fish. The former fry their fish in frying
pans, which is a bad thing, because as
soon as the fish find out that they are to
be fried in a frying-pan they will leave
the island. Since I gave our people a
lecture on the folly of this superstition,
more fish is coming in, and several of our
people have already told us that they had
given their women fish which they had
caught themselves. This means a great
deal on Nauru, for no women can, according to their custom, eat of the fish
which has been caught by the husband or
son.
The Sabbath is fast becoming a day of
rest on Nauru, even the heathen are refusing to work on that day.
Our Sabbath services at the three stations are well attended. At the main station we have generally an attendance of
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THE FRIEND.
134
400, at the Sabbath morn- Ellis, Christian friends who came to them human deal better than the rest of us, or
else, or else, Lbcn, they have a pretty
at the Ewa station we from Sydney.
services,
while
ing
Nauru
Hymn-book
of
copy
dangerously high opinion of themselves
we
hold
'The
the
count about 100 people. When
Doesn't it strike you. Uncle Lb, as you
services at the Mcnen station we take our containing the first thirty-one Christian
congregation from.the main station hymns produced in the language of that look over your statement of belief, over
along. We are planning to have every island people, is a most striking proof of there in "somewheres," that it sounds
second Sabbath an open-air service in the diligent and successful missionary work. better in a living man and strikes a little
nearer the truth to say. as so many men
afternoon at another point on the island
almost as good as you have said, in efabout seven miles from here. We intend
To Eben Holden—Somewheres.
fect :
later on to establish a school and services
Eben Holden, the wise and witty Yan- I've done a good many things I'm
there too. which will give us four Stations
ashamed of,
kee who divides with David llarum the
on the island.
of
the
haven't
alwuss kept my tugs tight,
novel-reading
pubsuffrages
great
staI
Last February we opened the Ewa
lic, when the time of his departure is at 'Though I've tried
of
an
attendance
tion day school with
50
expression to the following
have sometimes wronged my fellowchildren and about as many more adults. hand gives and original, but not overmen,
interesting
barge'
to
our
day
This is in addition
of faith:
Ilut I'm sorry for it:
school at the Oro or main station. We orthodox, statement
And I trust in the mercy of a good Go.l.
are teae-hing school there three after- 1 ain't afraid,
done,
ever
I
I'm going off somewheres,
o'
nuthin'
noons per week after our regular school 'Shamed
tight,
Alwuss
1 don't know ihe way,
my
tugs
kep'
work
we
at < )ro. It is mainly for this
nec'ssarv.
Never
swore
'less
'twas
Put
I trust in One who does,
is
the
station
our
as
Ewa
need
bicycles
fish
'twas.
'n
bigger
ketched
a
And
I ain't afraid.
Never
about four miles from here. The people
a
boss
nearer orthodox than your stateFr
n
lied
trade.
That's
are
the
worst
heathen
at this new station
hey
to,
tear
ment.
Uncle
Eben, and it lacks something
shed
a
didn't
1
on the island, but we trust to win many Fr
[olden. of the uniqueness of yours, but tlietl
but
Eben
cheated
anybody
Never
I
Master
there
100.
precious souls for the
you know. Eben, when we come to die
somewhere. Pill—
The Ewa people have put Up a small Goin' off
the
neither
we're all pretty much alike, and we have
Dunno
way,
school
house.
church which, also serves as
it's
east
er
north
er
south.
a
if
way of forgetting our own virtues and
DunnO
the
main
at
station
Our large church
trail,
mail
hack on the goodness of our
falling
er
is finished. It is about 75 by 35 feet, and Er
< >ne is tempted to think. Uncle
Father.
I
Put
ain't
afraid.
the
to
top
has a height from the ground
1 would be thankless, ill-mannered and Eb, knowing your story, that you meant
of bell-tower of 50 feet. It has also :i
you did
raised floor made of nice clean gravel undiscerning to deprecateamiUncle Eb, to do something the same; that
bis "cheerful temper
imagin
i- not intend, being the kind of man you
with
people
mats,
thus
all
giving
with
covered
tion that was a very wilderness of oddi- were, to base everything on your own
an equal chance of seeing and hearing.
ties." The story of his sturiliness, sacri- goodness and nothing on your Heavenly
our
Naupublished
we
During March
devotion shows him to have Father's. And knowing you so well.
ru Hymn-book, of which I am sending fice andbetter
a
man than his creed. Nor Eben, for a true and humble man and no
been
It
contains
thirtya coin to Honolulu.
native Pharisee, we'll believe that you meant
one hymns, and was received with great is the creed itself without its
you better and humbler than you said.
trust.
Put
when
of
and
juices
grace
slow
to
job
joy by the people. It was a
to take it seriously—and I suppose ( )nk Who Likes You Better Th.v.n
bexik
on
come
this
of
seventy-five
copies
print
Your Creed.
seriously—what a painfully
our type-writef, but we were more than it is meant and
a
fruitage
of
distorted
The Congrcgationalist.
inadequate
when
saw
we
rewarded for our labors
well-spent life it is!
the joy of our people.
Dear Uncle Eben, there are a few
More Japanese Laborers.
On April sth God blessed us with a things that one brought up in the old
Paul
have
named
son
whom
we
little
school, before Christianity was discov'The immigration of Japanese laborers,
Godfrey Dc la Porte. Mrs. Dc la Porte ered to be a failure, would like to ask which had been suspended for several
and the little one are doing well. Our you concerning that statement of belie! years by the action of the Japanese govAugusta has now a little playmate.
nl yours that you made just as you were ernment, has again been renewed, and
1 must now close my letter as the ves- going off somewheres.
about 300 new laborers have already arsel (the S. S. Archer) is to leave this
afraid," you said. That's well, rived. One effect of this movement is
ain't
"I
afternoon.
that's trustful, that's Christian. Put said to be a hurrying back to the planThe "Friends" and other Honolulu pa- why? Because you have never done any- tations to secure employment, of the old
pers are welcome guests, they take our
thing wrong. 'Put, Unck Eb! That laborers who had left in expectation of
thoughts back to fair Hawaii."
isn't like you. You are the last man to an advance in wages. It now lix>ks as if
Mr. Dc la Porte's address is Rev. Ph. be called a Pharisee. And yet that is just the scarcity of labor for the sugar planA. Dc la Porte, Pleasant Island, Care of what you make yourself out to be in this tations would be relieved. It seems a
The Pacific Islam! Company. Ltd., 1 1-2 last word of yours. "Lord, 1 thank thee pity that we cannot supply the need with
Maquarie Place, Sydney, X. 5. W.
that I am not as other men are, swear- Chinese, who are "in many respects the
when 'tisn't nec'sary. ketching fish superior class of population.
Dela
Mr.
of
ing
In another letter
June 3d,
are, lying in boss trades
Porte speaks of the discovery of a very bigger'n they other
Kilauea Volcano for two months past
Pleasfolks." Look out,
cheating
on
and
extensive deposit of phosphate
That has been steadily increasing in smoke anc
ant Island, and that a bimonthly steam- Uncle Eb, for self-righteousness!
to beat. 'The lava seems to be Hearing the
ship service is to be established between is the last reputation you would likemen
surface, and likely very soon to hreak
And
yet,
Eben,
when
of
leave
behind.
Sydney.
and
the
port
this little island
o'
ever
out.
This slow and steady progress
they're
they
that
nothiu'
ashamed
say
He also speaks of the great pleasure
to a long continuance o
a
deal
seems
favorable
either
there're
good
done,
the
visit
of
in
why.
family
had
have
he and his
action,
superbetter,
a
when
resumed.
Mr.
T. Arundel, and Mr. and Mrs. better, a wonderful deal
from 350 to
:
I
—
—
J.
�135
THE FRIEND.
Vol. 59, No. 9.]
Nuuanu Brickyard a Success.
Water Famine.
In consequence of the emptying of reservoirs by two heavy fires, our gardens
are put on short rations of water in this
dryest and hottest part of the year. This
is necessary, but we feel strong reason lo
complain of the management of the
Water Department, in that so little use
is made of artesian wells and pumps. Instead of two pumping works of comparatively small size, why do we not have
four or five, and those of a size comparable to the ones common on Oahu and
Ewa plantations? Some of those have
ten wells each, and of twelve inches
diameter. Is our city of 45,000 people
less worth irrigating than half a sugar
plantation ?
Reclaiming Swamp Land.
This large establishment is
located
over two miles up Nuuanu Valley, on the
main road below the Emma Place. They
claim to have clay in sight for at least
150,000,000 brick, being an area of four
or five acres, and over 100 feet in thickness. At their selling price of $16 per
thousand, this would add $2,400,00:1 10
the productive resources of Oahu, saving that amount of importation.
The machine power and steam for drying are furnished by a 150 horse-power
engine and boiler. The finished bricks
disintegrate only under a pressure of 130
tons to the sqquare foot. 'This is the first
successful manufactory of bricks in these
Islands. This "Honolulu Clay Company" is incorporated for $100,000. 'The
names of many leading business men appear as officers.
A tract of several acres of depressed
swamp, lying between Peretania and LiThe immense new warehouses of the
liha streets, is now being filled by a dis- Union Feed Co. were formally opened
charge of mud through over 5,000 feet for business on the 17th tilt. 'There is a
of pipe leading from the Railroad dredg- steam power plant for hoisting and
er. It is intended to elevate this land grinding.
The new establishment is
several feet above tide level. This ground located on made land between the Honois in the center of a large district densely lulu Iron Works and the Sewage Works
populated by Japanese and natives. Effective sewerage and sanitation can be
applied when the work is complete. The
material for filling is excavated from the
new Railway Slips and delivered through
over a mile of 15-inch pipes. Many acres
of swamp land west of the railway station have already been filled in from the
same source of supply, thus furnishing
additional yard-room for the growing
business of the (). R. &L. Co.
A third fire occurred on the 30th nit.
which came near destroying the stables
of Mr. W. If. Rice, to which had been
taken the horses rescued from the Stockyards thirteen days before. Kauluwela
school house also narrowly escaped destruction.
Three Portuguese cottage<
were
destroyed.
Many persons will be confirmed in the
common superstition that disasters cum,'
by threes, like the three high waves of
the ocean which usually run in close succession. After the second fire last month
many persons asked, where vv ill the third
one be?
Growth of Sugar in Hawaii.
The Hawaiian Islands exported sugar
as follows, in tons:
1887
1891
1895
at
Kakaako.
the table felt called upon to ask her
humble guest what made her ask such
strange questions.
"Well," was the innocent reply,
"mother told me to behave like a lady,
and when ladies call at our house they
always ask mother those questions."—
London Spare Moments.
"Christian Scientists believe in ignoring physical distress."
"Pshaw, Christian Science girls race
up to the ice cream soda counters just
like all other girls."—Chicago RecordHerald.
"What is the remedy for poverty?" demanded the lecturer in thunder tones.
He panted for a reply, and during the
pause a man in the rear of the hall
called out:
"You might try the gold cure."—Detroit Fret Press.
Prof. F. A. Hosmer, the late President
of ()ahu College, is furnishing to the
Advertiser most interesting notes of a
European tour.
() AIIU RAILWAY & LAND CO.
A little girl from the East End slum
was invited with others to a charity dinner given at a great house in 'he West
End of London. In the course of the
meal, the little maiden startled her hostess by propounding the query:
"Does your husband drink?"
"Why, no." replied the astonished lady
of the house.
After a moment's pause, the miniature
querist proceeded with the equally bewildering questions:
"How much coal do you burn? Wl at
is your husband's salary? Has he any
bad habits ?"
By this time the presiding genius of
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AND WAIANAE PLANTATIONS
TAKE AN OUTING SATURDAYS.
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arriving iv Honolulu nt 3:11 p. M. and 5:55 p.m.
ROUND TRIP
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Tt^KETH:
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