Friend, 1875-06

Published by the Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon from 1845 to 1885, The Friend focused on temperance and Christian mission to seamen. It began as a monthly newspaper that included news from both American and English newspapers, and gradually expanded to adding announcements of upcoming events, reprints of sermons, poetry, local news, editorials, ship arrivals and departures and a listing of marriages and deaths. From 1885 through 1887, it was co-edited by the Revs. Cruzan and Oggel. The editorship then passed to Rev. Sereno Bishop, who held the post until the publication of the paper fell under the auspices of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association in April of 1902 where it remained until June 1954. Since then, it has continued in a different format under the Hawaii Conference-United Church of Christ up to the present day, making it the oldest existing newspaper in the Pacific. Note that there are some irregularities in the numbering of individual issues, so that two issues may have the same volume and number, but different dates will distinguish them.

The Pacific . . HONOLULU, JUNE I, 1875. CONTE1'1TS For Jnne 1, 1875. PAGE Our Late Spelling Match ••••••••••••.•••••• , •••••••••••• 41 Livingstone's Last Journals ..••. , ••.•.•.•••.••.•••.•••... 42 t.;orrespondence in Japan ..••••.••••• . ••..•.•..•••.•• .42, 43 American Relief Fund .•••.••..••• . ••••.•••••••••••••••. .43 The Hawaiian Hotel •••• . •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. 44 Miss Bird's Book on the Islands ••••.••...•...••••. : •• .44, 45 Marine Journal ••••..••.••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••• 45 ExtractR from a Sermon .•...••.••••..•.••••••••...••.. : .46 Study of the Old Testament .••••••••••.••••••••••••••• , .• 46 Y. M. C.A ••••.•••.•••.••• ····•·•:.••····••········· -·•··48 THE FRIEND, JUNE 1, 1815• Our Late Spelling Match, A CHINESE CoLPORTEUR. -The Young ance for the SUFJport of a woman legally sepMen's Christian Association has recently arated from her husband. The sum is fixed secured the services of a Chinamen, Mr. Sit by the proper judge and granted out of the Moon, who is a convert to Christianity, to husband's estate." .labor among his countrymen in these islNow as we understand the subject, this ands. He held his first meeting at the woman was not Brigham Young's wife with.Bethel on Sunday evening last, on which in the meaning of the laws of thfil United occasion the body of the church was crowded States or Common law, although she may with Chinese, many of whom were mer- have been a spiritu,al wife according to the chants. His address must have been very tenets of the Mormon Church. "V\T e cannot interesting, as he kept the attention of his 1see how, according to the laws of the United hearers riveted on him for one hour, and at Stat.es, any spiritual wife of a Mormon can the close no one appeared tired. In his have any IP-gal claim upon the property of manner, he is very pleasant, and appa- her spirit'Ual husband while he lives or after rently eloquent. He stated that there h' d H b •ll w Id wera between one and two hundre-d Chri5- 18 ea 1 • un 1ess Y wi · e wou retian Chinese in San Francisco, and gave an spectfully ask ou.r neighbor, ·if, in the United interesting report of the progress of Chris- States, England, Hawaiian Islands, or any t~anity amgng them. We hope _the Associ~- · part of the world where the Common law of t1on which has taken hold of this work, will Eno-land rasts its shadow any woman exO be seconded by the public throughout the ' ' • islands, and that th.e colporteur will be as- cept the one.to whom the man or husband 1s sisted by those who can.-Gazette, May 19. legal1y married, can come forward and legally clafon alimony? lcE, lcE.-:We have now two ice factories P. S.-Since writing the above parain successful operation. Both will be need- graphs, we have glanced at the Albany Law ed for if ice can be furnished at a price rea .. Journal, for March 13th and 20th, and find sonably low, the increase in the demand will our views fully sustained by this authority. be very rapid. If one breaks down, the com- Judge McKean has been succeeded by Isaac munity will not be left unsupplied. It can 0. Parker, of Missoun. The Government be shipped to the other islands. Success to does not intend to abandon its policy in reho.t h. gard to polygamy. By the last mail, we Has afforded much pleasant and agreeable amusement to the community,-all honor to " the noble compap.y of martyrs'' who were willing, for the public good, to be made, as some imagjne, th~ "laughing stock" of the audience ! But the Scottish country parson, in his admirable essay, "Concerning the way of putting things," remarks that much depends upon the way a thing is put! Now the audience hi;i.d a good laugh over those who mis-spelled a few words, which have been duly reported m the newspapers. All right: that is one way of putting the spelling match. Let us now put it in another way; if those gentlemen, ladies and school children made so few mistakes, and s uch natural and almost excusable errors, what, we ask, must have been the terrible mis-spelling of the Queen's English, if the U' "The youngest pa per-in the Pacific " same number of spellers had been selecte4 rather smartly comments upon our allusion from the assembled audience or the compiu- to the decision of Judge McKean, in the nity at large ! Territory of Utah, granting alimony to a spiritual wife or concubine of Brigham PuNAHOU MIRROR.-A bright cheerf~l lit- Young. We notice by a late .paper that tle sheet, with this title, has made its ap- His Honor has been removed from office by pearance. Four numbers have been pub- President Grant. The full particulars we lished. We are much pleased with this do not find reported. His decision, as we paper, for it reflect:s school life at Punahou. look at the matter, was wrong because, by Draw inspiration from your academic studies granting alimony to that woman, Judge and reading, and you will surely prosper. McKean endorsed polygamy, which is the Let the outside world worry along, but keep very point which the President and people your mirror bright and polished, then you of the United States do not approve of and will reflect purity, truth, :scholarship, and acknowledge to be legally ·or morally right. everything that is lovely and of goed report. Blackstone defines alimony as II an allo,..v- • received a letter from Dr. C. W. Winslow, formerly of Lahaina, but now residing in Utah. He writes in the highest terms of Judge McKean, an<j. expresses the opinion that he has been "infamously" sacrificed. He may have been very zealous to put down Mormonism, but this base system cannot be put down by false principles of law. Per~ haps we should apologize for presuming to quote from Blackstone and a Law Journal, when referring to a newspaper having three lawyers upori its editorial staff. U The twenty-third annual meeting of the Ladies' Stranger's Friend Society will be .h eld at the residence of Mrs. Hobron, Nuuanu Valley, on Thursday, May 3d, when . reports will be p:resente-d. Pim Ol!.PR'R , 42 --- - -- ----- 'I' H ~; R I E N..l) , J U N E , I S 7 5. a few barter goods, and on these he meant l divulged the secret, the head man of the villaire, Chitambo, c.ime forward right nobly, to exist as long as pm,:;;;ible. He says: The Lnst Journa1s of David Livingstone, in Central "I felt in my destitution as if I were the and offered sympathy, assistance and protec.-\fric[t-From 18li5 to his Death-Continued by f\ man who went down from Jerusalem to Jer- tion. The body was encased, for transportaXMrali ve of bis L:1st Moments and Sufferings, obt.ained from his faithful Servants, Chuma and icho and fell among thieves, but I could not tion, in the bark of a tree, and the explorer's Susi-By Horace Waller, F. R. G. S.-With Por- hope for priest, Levite, or good Samaritan. effects were opened, examined and invelfttrnit, Maps and Illustrations-New York: I-Iurper But when my spirits were at their lowest oried in the presence of the entire party, the & Brothers-$5.00. ebb the good Samaritan was close at hand, name ot the explorer and date of his decease That after Livingstone's death any part of for one morning Susi came running at the was carved on a tree, and then the party his journals should l:!ver reach the eyes of top of his speed and gasped out, 'An Eng- started for the coast. They reached Unyanthe civilized world was so doubtful ti1t only lishman ! 1 see him!' and off he darted to yembe, after an eventful march of about a the faintest hopes existed. He was a thou- meet him. The American flag at the head thousand miles, and there met the Aid Exsand miles from the sea, and unaccompanied of a caravan told of the nationality of the pedition which had been sent from the coast by white men. Yet, thanks to the affection, stranger. Bales of goods, baths of tin, huge under Lieutenant Carn·eron. It is to the sense and skill of two Africans, every scrap kettles, cooking pots, tents, etc., made me' credit of this officer that he so thoroughly of Dr. Livingstone's journals, as well as the think, , This must be a luxurious traveler, respected these brave and noble blacks that, remains of the heroic explorer himself, fin- and not one at his wits' er,id like me.' (28th although he tried to dissuade them from ally reached the hands of those who were October.) It .was Henry Moreland Stanley, carrying their leader to the coast, he made no entitled to receive them. The book before the traveling correspondent of the New y ork a tternpt at compulsion; he seems to have us consists of extracts from the journals IIera,ld. .lf * * The news he had to treated th~ men as equals in rank with himbrought by Livingstone's servants and from tell to one who had been two full years self, and even asked permission to attach a those forwarded by the explorer through Mr. without any tidings from Europe made my ret~rn party, under Lieutenant Murphy, to Stanley. Mr. Waller, the editor of the whole frame thrill. The terrible fate that their march. After reading the "Journals," however, book, is an old friend of Dr. Livingstone's, had befallen France, the telegraphic cables and has himself traveled in Africa-as a sur.cessfully laid in the Atlantic, the election the reader's memol\y will be most full of of General Grant, the cieath of good Lord Livingstone himself. Undemonstrative and missionary, we believe. The journals cover a period of rather Clarendon-my constant friend, the proof modest, he was yet so thoroughly a man and more than seven years, having been com- that Her Majesty's government had nut for- a Christian that his nobility of character remenced at Zanzibar on the 28th of January, gotten me in voting £1,000 for supplies, and veals itself on almost every page. The ex1866, the last entry bearing date of April 27, many other points of interest, revived emo- ample of his life .is one that will stimulate 1873, four days before his death. Livmg- tions that had lain dorruant in Manyuema. and benefit everyone, no matter what his stone was no sooner landed than the journal Appetite returned, and instead of the spare, station. But once in all of the terrible began to evince the genuine traveler-spirit tasteless, two meals a day, I ate four times straits of the last seven years of his life did daily, and in a week began to feel strong. I he seem to doubt the care of his Heavenly there was in the man. He says: am not of a demonstrative turn; as cold, Father. His courage was unfailinlY, and so "The mere animal pleasure of traveling indeed, as we islanders are usually reputed was his determination, yet he n:ver perin a wild unexplored country is very great to be, but this disinterested kindness of Mr. mitted bloodshed, violence or theft. He when on lands of a couple of thousand feet Bennett, so nobly carried into effect by Mr. seems to have been above all the tricks elevation. :lf: * * Stanley, wa.s simply overwhelming. I really which travelers in wild countries usually " ·We have usually the stimulus of remote do feel extremely grateful, and at the same consider excusable, and the result was that chances of danger either from beasts or men. time I am a little ashamed at not being more he had but few troubles with the natives, Our sympathies are drawn out toward our worthy of the generosity. Mr. Stanley ha~ w_hile many seem to have been impre8sed.by humble hardy companions by a community done his part with untiring energy; good his goodness. He was constant in his 'reof interests. Nothing but the most pitiable j udgment in the teeth of very serious ob- ligious teachings, and the memory of these, puerility would lead any manly heart to stacles." joined to that of his blameless hfe, -will make their inferioritv a theme for self-exaltdoubtless be the seeds of much good in a At last he became too ill even to be car- land which other strangers have entered but ation. * * * The effect of travel on a man whose heart is in the right place is that ried. Reaching Chitambo's village, on the to destrov. Even in the most civilized comthe mind is made mote self-reliant; it be- south side of Lake .Bangweolo, he was un- munities: it is almost impossible to find any comes more confident of its own resources- able to stand and could scarcely speak. A one man embodying the Christian, hero, and there is greater presence of mind. * :it * hut was hurriedly built for him, but his men gentleman: to find such an one amidst the No doubt much toil is involved, and fatigue seemed to realize that the end was near. savage wilds of Africa is to learn anew and of which travelers in more temperate climes Early on the morning of the first of May, with peculiar force what a power there is in can form but a faint conception ; but the 1873, the boy on watch at the door of the right living.-- Christian Union. sweat of one's brow is no longer a cu·rse hut awoke the others hurriedly, saying the when one wod.;s for God; it proves a tonic master had not moved for a long time. They Correspondent in Japan. to the system, and is actually a blessing." entered the hut, but too late: the old hero and Christian had died while upon his knees KoBE, March, 1875. Among his earliest entries is. this : "Now that I am on the point of starting in prayer. DEAR FRIEND :-Let me tell you a little on another trip into Africa, I feel quite exThe conduct of his men was worthy of about hilarated. When one travels with the spe- the servants of such a leader. Chuma and JAPANESE ODDITIES. cific object in view of ameliorating the con- Susi called the men together, and it was 1. Head-dress. That of the wmnen is dition of the natives," every act becomes determined that the body should be borne to ennobled.'' Zanzibar. They assumed command of the generally in good taste; but that of the men Reaching Ujiji, a mere skeleton, he found party, ordered secrecy regarding the death and children is very different, and sometimes . "- . himself again the victim of theft-all his of the leader, and took such means as were d 1sgustrng. stores had been sold by the Arab who had in their power for embalming the body. One It is said the aristocracy now in this matthem in charge. As usual when abused, of the men, who had been a servant to a ter imitate foreigners. Buddhist priests and Livingstone excuses the villain; he calls doctor at Zanzibar, performed the operation. him a moral idiot, and the designation seems The parts removed were reverently buried, priestesses shave the whole head, and have appropriate when we read that the Arab the English burial service being read over a ghostly appearance. The prevalent cuscame daily to shake hands and pay his res- them by one of the boys, who had been at a tom of the lower clRsses is to shave a strip pects. A good Arab trader took pity upon mission and ·could read and write. As the about two inches wide, from the forehead to pim, and offered to trade ivory for some presence of a dead body is supposed in Africa gQods which he would give Livingstone, but to bring bad luck, the principal fear was that just back of the crown, and then gather all th~ ~xplorer's honest pride was as great as the fact of the leader's death might be dis- the hair from the back and sides of the head, his neeq, and he replied "not yet;'' he had covered. When, however, t\vo of the men tie it tight into a roll as large as your thumb, Livingstone's Last Journals. 1,HE I~RIEND, JUNE, and bring it into the shaved spot, the ends pointing forw~rd, reminding one of a unicorn's horn lying close to the head. Infants' heads are often shaved entirely, but usually some spots are left. Sometimes the crown only is shaven, at others that only has a little tuft on it. Again a strip from ear to ear is shaved, and again a strip from the forehead to the back of the neck ; sometimes a single head exhibits all these varieties, having left only a little patch here and there. 2. Their pillow, or head-rest, is quite a curiosity. It is made out of a block about nine inches !ong by six wide and six high. It is neatly hewed off from the base to the top; which is only two inches wide, and covered with a pillow of straw an inch thick enclosed in a case and secured. to the wood by a string, about as conducive to rest I think as the stone which Jacob took for his pillow at Bethel. 3. Blacking the teeth, practiced by married and marriageable females, disfigures many an otherwise pleasant face; but this custom is ~aid to be declining. 4. Sandals,-are generally worn. They are of diverse materials and form. The cheapest I think are made of straw and braided so closely about the size and shape of the foot, that they seem comfortable and durable. But most of them are of wood, and from an inch to two or three incaes thick. The wood underneath is cut away except a ridge near the heel, and another under the ball of the foot. Others again are made of board shaped to the foot, and raised on strips two inches to four or five wide nailed across the board. T~se seem desirable in muddy streets, but on hard ground the wearer is about as noisy as an iron-shod horse. They are all secured by strings to the foot. Pack cattle and horses are shod with ~traw, braided into small cords and ingeniously fastened around and under the hoof. And it is said without these shoes they very soon get lame. 5. Portable kitchens. So 1 call those cooking establishments, made of very light bonrds 4½ or five feet high, and of two equal parts, carried by a stick on the shoulder (as the Hawaiians carry burdens), with a small furnace and tea-kettle, with tinny tea-cups and saucers, &c. They will give you tea, cook sweet potatoes, little fish, &c., for very small pay. Some of them call attention by a little bell, which tinkles as they go. 6. 'l'heir mode of carrying babies. This is to me the most striking oddity that I have observed, and also. quite economical. The babe is set on the back of the bearer; its head about as high as the shoulders of the person who ·carries it, and secured in its place by two bands, one under its arms and the other under its thighs, passing around the body of the carrier. The little ones so carried seem to be very happy, an<l often asleep with the head on the shoulder of the mother, or brother or sister, while the former is at work or the latter running about in play. Occasionally the babe is supported in a simj}ar way on the bosom of its mother. Children here an~ numerous, and seem to be healthy. 1875. 43 You will ere this have heard of the great I and eighty-one Americans have, durinrr the fire in Osaka, by which some thousands past eleven years, contributed ($8,215 35) were made homeless. Our brethren there . . immediately made a contribution, brought ei,qht th ousa·w~ tw~ hun dJred and fifteen rice, had it cooked, and dealt. out meals gra- dollan ctncl thi;-ty-jive cents. tuitously for two days to all who rame,It is a source of much surprise and regret some hundreds I suppose. Missionaries and that we do not see the names of more of our foreigners here mised two or three hundred ATI)erican residents embraced in thi::I list. dollars for the same purpose, but the governor of Osaka objected and said the govern- We would call the attention of all well-to-do ment would provide for the destitute. Americans to the following paragraphs in The mission work at all the stations and the circular: out-stations seems quite prosperous. By examining this report, it appears thll.t At Sanda, eighteen miles north o·r northnot one half of the Americans re~iding on we~t of us, my son preaches once in two the islands are now subscribers, neither ever weeks to twenty and sometimes to fifty athave been. Some may claim exemption on tentive hearers. and it is thought eight or account of inability, but with scores no surh ten of them are Christians. Several of the excuse could be offered. The tax is onlv sisters of the mission have spent a week at $12.00 per annum, or $1.00 per month, und. a time there, reading and explaining the surelv there are but few American residents Scriptures to them. And lately Miss Dudwho · are not able to contribute this annual ley has gone there, purposing to stay several amount for the benefit of their less fortunate months; a pious Japanese femnle accomcountrymen. Americans owning prop~rty panies her. I am told all that profess to beshould remember that the Hawaiian Governlieve take part in the religiolJ.S exercises. ment levies no tax upon said property for The meetings here and at Osaka are well the support of paupers, as is the case in all attended, and those who come seem to feel other civilized countries. '!'here are many an interest in the exercises. On week days Americans-non-subscribers to this Relief there are four or five meetings, and some of Fund-who would be compelled to pay a them conducted by Japanese alone,-one in large amount in the shape of a '' Poor Rate Japanese and one in English in my son's Tax," jf the Pauper Law was in force. Uohouse . . It is delightful to hear them sing in der all the circumstances, it is perhaps well familiar tunes songs of Zion, in their own that no such law exists, then most surely lan,quage. Scriptural knowledge is evidently extend- property-holders and others ought not to excuse themselves from liberally subscribing ing in Japan, Rnd there is good evidence for the aid of their countrymen less fortunate that the Holy Spirit is applying it to the than themselves. heart and conscience of some. But human It will appear that the majority of the subnature is the same in Japan as elsewhere, scribers reside in Honolulu, and upon them and ambitious young men sometimes feign devolves the responsibility of providing for a regard for religion which they do not feel. But it is doubtful whether any other modern indigent Americans, who have resided at remote parts of the group, but when misfortune mission has begun ~o early as this, to re:ip or sickness has overtaken them, come to Hosubstantial fruit of its own labors. It is known that some influential persons nolulu and appeal for aid. To equalize the who do not attena public religious services, burden, Americans residing on Maui, Ha·waii and Kauai, should subscribe to the Remeet on the Sabbath to read and study the lief Fund as well as residents of Honolulu. scriptures. This carefully prepared report ought sureMarch 19th. A very welcome visitor, the ly to convince all Americans that they have FRIEND for February, came in our mail this morning, also three numbers of the Gazette. a President and Relief Committee who look Our coldest weathn has been from Christ- well after the funds of the association. Every mas till the middle of February, the mercury dollar contributed is appropriated for the object for which the associat10n was originally often below 30. organized. When the subject is reviewed, As ever yours in Christ, and the importance of the association conP. J. GULICK. sidered, it is not readily to be imagined how . auv American can ask to be excused from American Relief Fund. becoming a life or annual member. A circular has been issued. by this association, to which we would respectfully call the attention of all Americans residing on the islands. This ·circula · is accompanied by a full report of the treasurer, from the origin of the association eleven years ago. Attached to the circular are the names of the life and annual members. The list stands thus : U In another column will be found a notice of the American Relief Fund Association. On reading the carefully prepared Circular, one American immediately enrolled his name as a life member, paying $25.00~ and another renewed his annual subscription, having withdrawn some years ago. Again we commend this subject to the consideration· Life members ....••••............•••••••.• 10 of all claiming to be good Americans. Annual members now contributing •••.......• Members withdrawn .......•....••.•.....•• Members who have left the islands .•.•.•...•. l\lembers deceased ...•....•...........••.•. 56 48 U George Wallace Brown will find a: letter with the Chaplain. lt was sent to th e Total .••.••• , . . . . • . • • . • . • . . . . 181 care of Captain Gelette, of the rriissionary Hence, according to thi~ report, one hundred packet lJivniing Star. 34 33 44 T H ~; fr R J E N 1' , J U N E , I 8 7 5. dors and verandahs are lively with English and Ameriean naval uniforms, several planters' families an~ here for the season ; and with health. seekers from California, resident boarders, whaling captains, tourists from the British Pacific Colomes, and a ~tream of towns-people always percolating through the corridors and verandahs, it seems as lively and free-and-easy as a place can be, pervaded by the kindliness and bon hommie which form an important item . in my first impressions of the islands. Through tbe 'half-closed jalousies we see bread-fruit trees, delicate tamarinds and algarobas, fern-palms, date-palms and bananas, and the deep blue Pacific gleams here and there through the plumage of the cocoanut trees. A soft breeze, scented with a slight aroll!E!!l~=====::;;;;=-:a::;:;_.:;;_._.__.~~~..:;;~:=:~=:;;;;;;::;;;;:;;;;., matic odor, wanders in at every THE HAW AIIA1l HOTEL. room which occupies the whole width of the Hotel. On the same level there is a large parlor with French windows opening on the verandah. Up stairs there are two similar corridors, on which all the bed rooms open, and each has one or more French windows opening on the verandah, with doors as well, made like German shutters to close instead of the windows, ensuring at once privacy and coolness. opening, bringing with it mellowed by distance the hum and datter of the busy -cicada. The nights are glorious, and so absolutely still that even the feathery foliage The stars seem of the a]garoba is at rest. to hang among the trees like lamps, and the crescent moon gives more light than the full moon at home. Frequent and favorable notices of onr Hotel have appeared in English, American and Australian newspapers. We lately met with a notice, which is quite flattering, and coming from the source it does, merits republication. Miss Isabella L. Bird, an English lady visited the islands some months ago, coming hither a passenger on board one • THE HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO. of Webb's line of steamers, the Nevada. SIX MONTHS AMONG On landing, Miss Bird, instead of repairing "" * The rooms are tastefully furnished, THE PALM GROVJt'B, CORAL REEFS AND VOLCANOES OF THE to the Hotel, immediately started for the far- and there are plenty of lounging chairs in the SANDWICH ISLANDS : famed Pali, with one of her fellow travellers. verandahs, where people sit and receive their After taking a view from the summit of the intimate friends. The result of the conBY ISABELLA L. BIRD, Author of "The Englishwoman in America.'' Pali and admiring that most beautiful lar.d- struction of the Hotel is that a breeze whis"Summer Isles of Eden lying scape of mountain scenery, extended lawn pers through it by night and day. EveryIn dark purple spheres of sea." and pasturage, and the distant ocean, she where only pleasant objects meet the eye. With ll!ustrations. returns to the city, finding lodgings in the One can sit all day on the back verandah, London, John Murray, 1875. Hawaiian Hotel. On writing to her sister watching the play of light and color on the This is a copy of the 'title page of a new in England, she pens the following para- mountains and the deep blue green of N uu- book on the Sandwich Islands. The author, graphs : anu Valley, where showers, sunshine, and it will be remembered, visited the group When OUT drive ended uncter the quiver- rainbows make perpetual variety. The great some two years ago and traveled extensively • ing shad'lw of large tamarind and algaroba dining room is delicious. It has no curtains among the islands, ascending the lofty sumtrees, in front of a long stone, two storied- and its decorations are cool and pale. Its mit of Mauna Loa, and penetrating many of house with two deep verandahs festooned windows look upon tropical trees in one the valleys which travelers seldom visit. with clematis and passion flowers, and a direction and up the cool mountains in the She came with an established character as shady lawn in front, I felt as if in this fairy other. Piles of bananas, guavas, limes, and a magazine writer of rare excellence and a land anything might be expected. oranges, decor e the tables at each meal, critic capable of making her comparisons 'fms 1s THE PERFECTION oF AN HoTEL.- and strange vegetables, fish, and fruit vary with other parts of the world. Some years Hospitality seems to take possession of and the otherwise stereotyped American hotel ago she visited the United States, and as the appropriate one as soon as one enters its fare. There are no female domestics. The result of her travels published the "Englishnever closed doors. There is a basement in host is a German·; the manager an Ameri- woman in America." Under these circumwhich there are a good ma-ny bed rooms. can; the steward a Hawaiian; and the ser• stances Miss Bird has written a book, in the It is entered from the garden under two vants are all Chinamen in spotless white form of letters to her sister in England, semi-circular flights of stairs which lead to linen, pig-tails coiled round their heads, and whid:1 presents one of the most truthful picthe front entrance a wide corridor conducting an air of supera-bundant good nature. The tures of our little island kingdom which we to the back entrance. This is· crossed by Hotel seems the great public resort of Hono- have ever read, and we claim to have read another_ running the whole _length, ~h~eh lulu·, the c.e ntre of st.ir, club house, ~xchang_e pretty much every book of this description opens mto a large many-wmdowed dmmg and drawmg room fn one. Its wide corn- which has been published. I • FRIEND, JUNE, '1' H .E Manley Hopkins, Esq., of London, some years ago wrote a book upon very readable historical the islands, having never seen thi3 part of the world. W. R. Bliss, of New York, ~ketched this '' Paradise of the Pacific/' but without visiting its groves or forests, craters or mountains, not even visiting any spot except Honolulu. cupola of the Hawaiian \Ve admit the Hotel is a good point of observation for this immediate vicinity, but it will hardly suffice to. observe the other islands, although aided by a good tele- or scope Professor Alexander's heliotrope. Miss Bird does not but from an 11r.tual write from hearsay, observation of all the a separate volume. I 8 7 5. \Ve thouo-ht her insight ' 0 into Cowper's character displayed an appre. . . ciat10n and penetrat10n beyond that of any . • critic we had ever read, far beyond that of the poet Southev in his biography of Cow• per. SHIPWRECK.-On the 23d of · January, the British ship Cornwallis was wrecked on Pitcairn's Island; total loss. She left San Francisco, December 18th, bound for Liverpool; no lives lost. the wreck, On the day following American ship .Da:u,ntless took Captain and crew of the wrecked vessel to New York, where all arrived safe. The following is a list of the officers attached to the Imperial German ship .11.rcona, which arrived valid, yet she mounted a horse, traveled here on the 30th April, which was late for our last issue: islands and all parts of the _islands. though coming hither, somewhat of Al- an in- as no lady ever before traveled, over mountains, up ravines, through valleys and into craters. Her description of the great active crater of Kilauea is the most vivid and truthful we ever read. Possessing a knowledge of botany she enlivens her pages with notices of ferns and other botanical specimens which will delight the naturalist. some have pronounced the Although book rather "florid" and overdrawn, yet it must be remember.ed that the autl;ior is writing to a sister a sort of epistolary diary of events as they occurred from day to day, and describing scenes as they were passing with kaleid- Captain-Baron von Reibnitz. Captain-Lieutenant-Karcher. Captain-Lieutenant-Holzhauer. Captain-Lieutenant-Aschenborn. Captain ·Lieutenant-Schwarzlose. Lieutenant zur See-Klausa. Lieutenant zur See-Fischel. Vnter-Lieutenant zur See-Draeger. Unter-Lieutenant zur See-Thiele. Unter-Lieutenant zur See-Borckenhagen. Unter-Lieutenant zur See-Oelrichs. Unter-Litutenant zur See-Sarnow. ~econde-Lieuten11nt-Graf von Moltke. Stojf Surgeon-Dr. Boehr. Paymaster-Piltz. Engineer-Amann. And nineteen midshipmen. MARINI~ JOURNAL. PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. ARRIVALS. oscopic rapidity before her eyes. lf any one imagines that she has dwilt May too much upon the bright side of affairs, soc ial, political and cause her~elf shE' religious, it was not be- had not thoroughly acquainted with the dark side and all sides. She does not exhibit that common fault too of many English and American travelers on going abroad, who, making their native lands the standard, condemn everybody and everything which does not come up to their standard. Before coming hither she had seen other lands, and had mingled among Christians of various communions, and al-· though loyal to her own church-the Estab•lished Church of England-yet she could fellowship those of other communions pro-vided they held the great essential doctrines of Christianity. in She appears to have been most thorough sympathy with American missionaries on the islands. ingly pleasant to It is exceed- meet Christian· ladies of this stamp. Miss Bird sometimes indulges in poetical contributions for the periodicals, but as critic of what other poets write she displays much acumen and discrimination. Some months ago we read a series of her articles, published in the London Sunday Magazine, upon Keble, John Newton, Cowper and Wesley, which we s hould delight to see gathered in ' 5-Am topsail schr Legal Tender, Winding, 18 days from San Francisco. 5-Am bark 1) C Murray, A Fuller, 14 days from -San Francisco. 9-Brit stmr Mikado, Moore, 8 days and 8 hours from San Francisco. 14.:._Bnt brig Robert Cowan, Cluney, 58 days from Sydney. 24-Am ship Marianne Nottebohm, Whitney, 18 days from ~au Francisco. 27-Norwegian bk Kvik, Lorange, 52 days fm Hongkong 29-Brit stnu· City of Melbourne, Brown, 21 days from Sydney. 29-Am bktn Jane A Falkinburg, Bi-own, %0 days from Portland, 0. DEPARTURES. May 3-Brit bark Carn Tuai, Thompson, for Portland , 0. 4-Brit stmr Cyphrenes, Wood, for San Francisco. 4-Haw wh brig Onward, Gilley, for the Kodiac. 4-Am ship Valley Forge, Amet1,for Enderbury Island. 6-Ha1v schr Uilama, English, for the Guano Islands. 6-Am ship Garnet, Oliver, for .Jarvis Island. 7-Am ship Ida Lilly, Blanchard, for Enderbury Island 10-Brit stmr Mikado, Moore, for Auckland & Sydney. 10-U S S Pensacola, Gheradi, for Hilo. 11-Am bark D C Murray, Fuller. for San Francisco. 11-Haw brig W H Allen, Chave, for T'ahiti." 12-Am schr Legal Tender, V\' inding. for San Francisco. )2-Ger Corvette Arcona, Reibuitz, for Mazatlan. lo-Haw bark Ka Moi, Garrells, for Bremen. 27-Am ship Marianne Nottebohm, Whitney\ for Enderbury Island. 29-Brit stmr City of Melbourne, .l W Brown, for Sau Francisco. 30-Brit brig Rebert Cowan, Hatfield, for Tal1iti,· via Kawaihae. MEMORANDA. REPORT OF STEAMSHIP CYPHRENES, WooD, COMMilNDER. -Left Sydney April 10th, at 1.20 P 111 ; cleared the Heads at 2.30 p nr; wind NE and fresh with heavy NE sea; next day, increased to a strong gale and heavy cross sea. which continued for three days. The gale was so strong and the sea so high, that the ship had to be ea~ed for a few hours ; thence to Auckland with moderate NNE breeze and flue weather; arriving there at 9 A M, on the 16th. Making the passage in 5 days and 18 hour!l. Lelt Auckland the same day at 5.45 P ~r ; wind fresh from the NE and head sea ; no ~E trades have been experienced ; the wind being generally from the NE. the whole of the passage. occasionally varying to NNE; moderately tine weather has been met with, Sighted Oahu at 7 A 111 , !\lay 3d, pilot boarding at 10 A M. H&NRY ADUts, Purser. 45 REPORT oF BARK D c MunRAY. A. l'uLLEn, MuTEn.Left San Francisco April 21st, at I½ p 1n ; first day out h:.td calm and dense fog; the next 5 da.vs moderate i.Jreezcs from NW with fine weather, hauling N a.ud E, and settling into trades from ENE most of the time. Wednesday May 5th. at 5 AM, made t_he east point of Maui, bearing south, diistancc 20 miles, arriving the same day. l\laking the paHsage ill H days. REPORT oF _ScHooNKR LEo.AL TE_NDER. G. W1NiftNo, l\lASTER.-Apnl 18th and 19th experienced strong hreezes from NW; then up to the 2-lth had calm and light hreeze!! from Sil W to SW; then to the 28th in lat 2-l o 30' N. ion!! 138 o 25' W, light NJ<J wit1dis. From thence to port fresh varialile breezes from E to NE, squally aud cloudy. REl•0RT OF STEAMSIIIP M!KAUO, J\IOORE, COMMANDER.Left 8an Francisco for New Zealand anrl Australia, via Honolulu, at 1 P Mon the 1st inst ., having been delayed five day!! on account of the non-arrival of the English mails, caused by the breakage on the railroad line. Cleared ~olden Gate at 2 P 111, and passed tl1e Faraliones two hours afterwards. Had light airs, battling winds and pleasant weather throughout the voyage. At 10 A 111 on the 9th, sighted the Island of Maui; 9 30 P 111 received pilot ou board, and at 10 p M made fast to wharf. R. Y. GRAHAM, l'urscr. REPOJt'l' OF BRIO Rom:RT COWAN, CLUNEV, l\lAsTl!m.Left Sydney March 16th, had c':Llms and head windM most of the pas,;;age. Sighted Hawaii on Tuesday May 10th, arrived olf the port on the 13th. REPOR'l' OF NORWEGIAN llAHIC Kvrn, LORANGE, l\lASTEJI . -Left Hongkong 5th April; first few days had heavy gales from NE; had to beat up to J apau off Yokohama, thence had westerly winds to 180° K Had 12 day~ calm within 6 days' sail of port. Arrived in Honolulu May 2ith at 6 A 111 with 114 Ohinese passengers in good health. l:'assage, 52 days. RF.POlt'f OF S'fEA)ISIIIP CITY OF MELBOURNE, J. W. BROWN, Contl\lANDER.-Left Sydney at 1.11) P MOU May 8th and proceeded slowly down the hari.Jor and cleared the heads at 2.15 P M, with a light NW wind which lasted for the first 24 hours, thence frcist1 westerly breeze to the Three King,; which was passed 8.30 AM on the 1:lth, and arrived at Aucl,land at 7 AM on the 13th, makin!! the passage in 4· days and 14 hours. Coaled ship and received mails and passengers on hoard aud sailed on the 14th at 2.15 P 111. Passed the isteaffl(!r Mikado at 7.30 PM on the 20th a11d the Navigators at midnight same day. Arrived at Honolulu at 6.30 AM on l\lay 29th. REPORT OF llAJtKEN'l'lNE JANE A. FALKINBURO, flROWN, MAsTEu.-Sailed from Astoria on May 9th; lirst part pa8sage moderate winds from NW. May 19th in lat 24•0 N long 148 ° W took NE trades moderate. l\lay 27th made east end of Molokai, and an:ived at Honolulu morning of the 29th, after a pas• sage of-20 days. PASSENGERS. ===========-- ------_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_---- - FROM " SAN FRANCISCO-Per Valley Forge, May 2d-F Haase, H Engeman Fon SAN FRANCISCO-Per Cyphrene11, May 4th-Mrs E P Adams, 3 children and nurse, P C Jones, jr and wife, Mr!! P N Makee and child, Miss Nellie Makee, Mrs Greathouse and daughter, F Banning, wife and 2 children, Mrs Hayes, Miss Shannon, Mr Kennedy, Mrs Watt, Uapt Folger, E Feur11tenau,. M.11 Harkness, F L Clarke, Mrs Joaquin and 5 children, J deorge, and 125 in transitu from Auckland. FROM SAN FRANc1sco-Per Legal Tender, Ma,y 5tfi.!.-F Riedel. FROM SAN FnANc1sco-Per D C Murray, May 6th-TL Barker and wife, Miss Uemmiston, G F Barker, F Steininger ancl 3 Chinamen FROM SAN FRANCISCO-Per Mikado, May 9th-Miss Lake, Miss lluuce, Miss K Cook, Mr Shillaber and wife, Mr Morgan, Surgeon Henneberg, Mr Lowenberg, F B Sharp, and 10 second. class. Fon SAN FRANcisco-l'er DC Murray, May llth-M JJ Hyde, Rev ET Doane, W Mann, Miss Uampbell, Dr Filzsimmons, F B Sharpe, J Moore. C A Petersen, Mrs Alexander and 2 childreu, Miss Alexander, S Norrili, Mrs Stewart and child, Mrs Eckart, G F Barker, JP Cooke, Miss Toomey, Mrs White. Fon TAHITI-Per W H Allen, May llth-W McKenzie, A Boutmey, Amin. FOR BREMEN-Per Ka Moi, May 15-1\laster Thos R l\1011s• man. Fno~, SYDNEY & AUCKLAND-Per City of Melbourne, l\Iay 29th-Jino Moller, and 85 in transitu for San Francisco. FoR SAN FuANClsco-l'er City of Melbourne, May 29thHon OR Bishop and family, Juo l\Iaun, P Gibson, and 85 in transitu from Sydney and Auckland. FOR TAHITI-Per Robert Cowan, May 30th-Jas Estally Godf.r.ey Brown. MARRIED. JARJtET'r-STEVENS-ln this city, at the Roman Catholic Charch, May 1st, by Rev. Father Uermai;iu, l\In. WILLhM JARRETT, JR, to Miss EMMA STEVENS, both of Honolulu. STACKPOI,E-LAKE-In this city, May 18, at the St. A'ndrews Cathedral, by Rev. A. Mackintosh, assisted by Rev . R . Dunn, Mr. CHAS. E. STACKPOLE, of Kilauea, Hawaii, to Mis11, LOUISE LAKE, of Sacramento, Cala. BucHANAN-FITZSIM~toNs-In this city, May 22d, by the Rev. Father Hermann, W1LLIAM RoBER'f, son of the late Alexander Buchanan, Esq., Q. C., of Montreal, Canada. to EntMA, relict of the late V. M. Fitzsimmons, and daughter ol, A. P. Brickwood, Esq., of Honolulu. No cards. DIED. A~tos-lri this city, at the Queen',, Hospital, May 6th, (having been discharged from -ship Java,) GEORG lo: Antos, belonging to Mystic, Ct., where his mother now resides. BOWMAN-In this city. at the Queen's Hospital, May 6th, (havir,g been discharged from hark .dyate,) RoBERT llow~tA!'i , a native of England, · i.. 46 THE FRIEND, EXTRACTS FROM A SERMON Preached by the Rev • .nlr. Talmage, Brooklyn, lUanh, 1875. "Behold, I will send my rnessenger, and be shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in ; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. Mal. iii.1." I want to show this morning, so far as God may help me, that the dying need of the Church universal is a mighty awakening. Standing in the midst of luxuriant religious advantages, we might think perhaps that the earth was covered with knowledge of God, but this is very far from being the fact. I see this need in the first place from the JUNE, 1875. ing in the multinudious going down of unforgiven souls. They are fighting their way down. They storm and take every impediment put in their way, and who will throw f d f d · himself in th e way O this stampe e O yrng men and women-who crying halt! halt! d Tl ls it not time for something esperate ? 18 death-knell of a great multitude of soul5 is tolling now, and your hand is on the rope. An eternity of work to do in ten years, aye, perhaps in one minute. I feel almost wild with the sense of responsibility. Shaff J meet them at the last, and I know I have not half done my duty? Ob, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters in Christ, we mu st get on faster than this. We want not so much a shower of blessings as a deluge. coldness in the nwjoi·ity of church rnernbers. If a .religious society have a thousand * members, eight hundred of them are sound * * * * ·.Jto * * Study of the Old Testament. · asleep. If Christians can rally-that is the professed Christians-for communion day, and succeed in not dropping the wine cup, how many of them are satisfied? If a religious meeting be on a certain night, ·and on that same night there be an entertainment of another kind, where will you find these professors? There are thousands of men who have their names f)n the Church books, who really make religion a second-rate or third-rate thing; living for themselves, unmindful of God and the salvation of the race. Oh, worldly professor of religion tremble before God to-day. I see a need for a great awakening in the the fact that those who preach the gospel One of the most encouraging features of this age is the renewed interes't awakened among Christians and especially the young, in the reading and study of the Old Testament. There has been a tendency in the generation passing away to undervalue the Old Testament scriptures, but now comes a healthy reaction. Explorations and researches in Egypt, Palestine and other oriental countries have thrown much light upon the scriptures. Among our exchanges by the last mail, came the supplement to the " Chicago Advance, or th~ lllustrated Bible Studies," and the "Child's World," by the Sunday School Union of Philadelhave so little enthusiasm and zeal com- phia. Both these publications contain cuts pared with what we ought to liave. Now and illustrations relating to the Book of the gun kicks. lt is a tremendous thing to Judges, pre pa red for the Sabbath Schools, stand before an audience to preach, realizing held on the 2d of May. Samson is the the fact ·that a majority of them will not be- · character illustrated and set forth. On that lieve what you say about God, and the soul day in more than a hundred thousand schools, and the great future. this was the topic. In order to bring out the if you, my brethren, prophesy smooth things to your people without regard to their 'Characters, what chance will their be for you in the day when you meet them at the bar of God? You had better stand clear of them. They will tear you to pieces. I see a need for a great awakening in the fact that the Kingdom of God is making so slow progress. In many places the Church 'is surrendering, and the world conquering. Within the last twenty-five years truth, free use is made of such standard books as Stanley's Lectures on the Jewish Church. We cannot imagine any study more interesting and healthful for the young and persons of riper years. Most earnestly we would commend the reading of the Old Testament scriptures to all the readers of THE FRIEND, on land and sea. Seamen during their long passages, enjoy a rare opportunity for a dilligent reading of the Bible. the Church of God in this country have Mr. Yung Wing of Canton, China, chief 'We gain two, we lose four; and if we do not come to complete rout-to ghastly Hull Run defeat, it will be because some churches hurl themselves to the front. Some never trampiing on the favor of this world and snatch' h t d h tt d b f rng up t e orn an 5 • a ere anner O Emanuel, rush ahead crymg, on! on! l see still further need of a great awaken- at Hartford, was roamed on Wednesday to Miss Mary L. Kellogg, in Avon, the ceremony being performed by Rev. J. R. Twichell of the Asylum Hill Congregational church in Hartford. The bride wore a ·dress of white crape, imported expressly for this occasion from China, and elaborately trimmed with floss silk embroidery, and also the customary marriage veil. averagecl less than two conversions a yea1·. of the Chinese educational commission now I ---====-======-======================== Usefulness of Spelling Matches. There are three institutions peculiarly American,-Thanksgiving, Fourth of July and the Spellin!! Match. The first reliaious and social, the second political and historical, and the third educational and useful. We are not surprised that a European, an Englishman or German, fails to appreciate a genuine spelling match; but with an American it is associated with the pleasant memories of childhood anu youth. We are heartily glad to learn from so many sources, that they are revived and generally popular throughout the whole country from the lakes to the gulf, and from Maine to California. They are mqst useful, the people are being educated. The present mania, if it may be so denominated, is doing more to render uniform and harmonious the system of spelling the Eng-lish language than any practice before adopted. The whole people are engaged in the exercise,-members of Congress, clergymen, lawyers, editors, and in fine all classes, including pupils of common schools, co1leges and universities. Dictionaries will be cond d d d · suite an compare , an a common national system of spelling gradually adopted. '' Glory and Shame of England." Some years ago a book was published with. the above title. ~' The good and .bad " of Engfo,h history and England's present condition was contrasted. The book was written by an American, and the writer was severely censured by all the English reviewers attd critics. But now we have a couple of volumes, by an Englishman, which exactly illustrates this title. We refer to "Greville's Journals of the Reigns of George IV. and William IV." This is a book which is having a great sale in England and America, but really such disgraceful characters and scenes are portrayed as to make one blush for the civilization of the n ineteeuth century. According to Mr. Greville, George IV. was about the meanest and mqst wicked man of his age and nation. It must have been a great relief to the English people to emerge from such scenes as are portrayed in these volumes, into the purity and respectability of the reign of Queen Victoria. A SAD AccrnENT.-Last Sunday, at about 4 p. ni., the clipper ship Marianne l{(Jtiebohm, from San Francisco for this port was about ten miles off Coco Head, running before a ~tiff breeze, and the crew were engaged in getting an ancbot· over the bow. The third officer, Alexander Campbell, was prying up the flue of the anchor with a capstanbar, when it slipped and its wt•ig-ht coming down upon the bar threw Campbell high in air anu overboard. Captain Whitney immediately . ran aft and threw a life-bnoy over, and a5 the ship came to the wind the man ( wlw was a good swimmer) was seen to have secured the buoy. A boat was lowered within ten minutes of the accident, but seeing that she had not taken the right direction to find the map, another boat was lowered fo1• the search. Singularly however, neither boat found him, one returning at dark and tbe other at one o'clock the next morning. It is possible that the unfortunate man was taken down by a shark. He wa,; a native of Paisley, Scotland, and about 28 years of age.-I' C. Advertise1· 1 .May 29. - 'I' II ~; JUNE, Places of Worship. ADVERTISE:MENTS. SEAMEN'S BETHEL--Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, King street, neiir the Sailot·s: Home. Preaching at 11 A • .M. Seats free. Sabbath School before the morning service. Prayer ffil!eting on W '::ldnesday evenings at 7½ o'clock. Noon-day prayer meeting every day from ha.If-past 12 to 1. FORT STREET 0HURCH--Rev. W. Frear, Pastor, corner of Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching on Sundays at 11 School at 10 .A. M. A. z,r. and 7~ W". & SAILORS' CO.• HOME! Commission Merchants, Plantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, II. 1. LEWERS DICKSON, & Dealers in Lumbe1· and Building Materials, Sabbath P. M. G. IRWIN 47 I 8 7 5. Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I. E. KAWAIAl:IAO CuuacH- -Rtw. H. H. Parker. Pastor, HOFFM.i.NN, M. D., King strnet, above the Palace. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 94 A. 111. and 3 P. M. Physician and Surgeon, ROMAN CATHOr,IC Ommcrr- -Under tbe charge of Corner Merchant and Kaahumanu Streets. near the Post Office Rt. Rev. Bishop .Maiizret. assisted by Rev. I1'atber Hermann ; Fol't street. nt>at· Beretania. Services every Sunday at 10 A. llf. and :t P. M. KAUMAK.lPILI CHUHCH- -Rev. 1\1. Knaea. Pastor. Beretania str~et, neat· Nunanu. Se rvices in Hawaiian every Sunday at lU A. llf. and 2½ P. i\I. 'l'HE ANGLICAN 0HURCH--Bishop. the Rt. n ,ev. Alfred Willis. D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob 't Dunn, l\l. A., Rev. Alex. l\iackintosh, St. Andrew's 'l't>mporary Cathedral, Beretania street. opposite the llotel. English services on Sundays at 6½ and 11 A. ~1.. and 2~ aud 7~ P. 111. Sunday School at tbe Clergy Houise at 10 A. i\f. C C BREW .E R CO •• Commission and Shiwing Merchants, Honolulu, Oanu, ll. I. E. P. Officers' Table, with lodging, per week, Seamen's do. do. do. A.DA.MS. JJ.uction and Commission Merchant, Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street. MOTT SMITH, .Dentist, D. N. FLITNER, ONTINUES HIS OLD BUSINESS IN THE }'IRE-PROOF Uuilding, Kaahumimu Street. Having resumed practice, can be found at his rooms over E Strebz & Co.'s Drug Store, corner of Fort and Hotel sts. CHRONOMETERS rated by l'bservations of the sun and stars with a trausit instrument accurately adjusted to the meridian of Honolulu. Particular attention given to Fine Watch Repafring Can be consulted at his residence on Hotel street, between Alakea and Fort streets. ::-extant and quadrant glasses silvered and adJusted. Charts and nautical instl'uments constantly on band and for sale. G• fel JOHN J, 0, MlilRRILL, San Francisco and Honolulu Packets. A. & C H I LL I NG "\V O R T JI, Kawaihae, Hawaii, w. PIERCE CO.• & (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) Sliip Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, -RF.FERlilNOKS- A. W. Petree& Co ........................ Honolulu H. Hackfeld & Co........................ " C. Brewer & Co ......................... . Bi11hop & Co ........................... .. Dr. lt. W. Wood ................................. . Hon . E. H. Allen................................. " Wagon and Carriage Builde1·, Will continue the General Merchandise and Shipping business at the above port, where they are prepared to furnish the justly celebrated Kawaihae Potatoes, and such other recruits as are required by whaleships, at the shortest notice, and on the most rt!asonable terms. ID' Fire,vood on Hand . .aJ Particular attention given to the sale and purchase of merchandise, ships' business, supplying whaleships, negotiating exchange, &c. id All freight arriving at Saa Francisco, by or to theHoi,olulu Line of Paek.eta. will beforwarJed FREE OF oo.1u11ss10N. o- Exchange on Honolulu bought and sold . .aJ Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. ]l{.e!!llrB, " "\VEST, A L L .E N Commission Merchants and Auctioneers ALSO. AGENTS OF TH~ M. 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. ID" Island orders ptomptly executed at lowest rates J. C. MERRILL & Co., San. F r a n c i s c o . McGREW. Late Surgeon U. S. Army, M'ORAKRN. 204 and 206 California Street, S. D., JOHN $() 5 Shower Baths on the Premises. ED. DUNSCOMBE. .1ltfanager. Honlnln. January 1, 18i5. ()arriage Making ailfl '!'rimming ! I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT I now employ the best Mechanics in the line of Gai·riage Making, Carriage and General Blacksmithing, Painting. Repairing, &;c., On the Hawaiian Group ; and it is a well established fact that oar Carriage Trimming, by Mr. R. Whitman, is us well exec1:1ted as any in New York City or elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that we can manufacture as good a. class of work in Honolulu as can be found in any part of the world. I will also state here that we fully intend to work at the lowest possible rates. G. WEST. M. DICKSON, Photogr~pher, 61 Fort Street, Honolnln, ,&, .i1 LWA YS ON HA ND A CHOICE ASSORT• MENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC STOCK, A Large Collection of Beautiful Views of Hawaiian Scenery, &c., &c. CURIOSITY HUNTERS will find at this establishment a SPLENDID COLLECTION OF Volcanic Specimenlil, Co1•nls, Shell • • \.Var Implement•, }"ern11, Mat•• Kapa11o Agents Pnnloa Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Lanees, And a Great Variety of other Hawaiian and Mi~ A.ud Perry Davb' Pai11 K _iller. _ cronesian Curiosities. PICTURE FRAMES A. SPECIALITY! THt>S. G. THRUltl'S b STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL? No. 19 Merchant Street, • P • • Honolulu. ACKAGES OF READING MATTER-OF Papers and Magazines, back numbers-put up to ordet· at educed rates for parties going to sea. ly _ jal 1874- CASTLE & COOKE, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. GENERAL MERCHANDISE ! -ilGENTS OF- DILLINGHAM & 00., Nos. 95 and 97 King Street, KEEP A. FINE A.SSORTMENT OF T iHE PROPRIF.TOR WILL SPA.RE NO pains ,to make thls ELEG-.A.N'T Goods Suitable for Trade. SHIP MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT during the last Six Years can testify from personal ex:E3:C>TE:C.. perience that tile undersigned keep the best assortment of Fint-Cla33 in Every Particular ! ROOMS C!N BE HAD Bl TllE NIGHT OR WEEK! GOODS FOR TRADE And Sell Cheaper than any other Bouse in the Kingdom. with or without board. HA.LL A.ND LA.RGE ROOMS TO LET FOR i>UBMO )J:IilJi:TINGS, OR, SOCJETIE8, 1, DILLINGHAM & CO. • Packets, New ~ngland Mutual Llfa Insurance Company, '1 The Union Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco, -,HE REGULAR PORTLAND LINE O,t' The Kohala Sugar Company, The Haiku Sugar Company. The Hawaiian Sugar Mill, W. H. Bailey, The Hamakua Sugar Company, The Waiaiua Sugar Plantl\lion, Tfte Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, Dr, Jayne & Sons Celebrated Family Medicines. tf " THE FRIEND," A Temperance, MONTHLY JOURNA.L DEVOTED TO Seamen, Marine and General I ntelligence. PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL C. DAMON. TERMS: One Copy per annum ............. . ................... $2.00 Two Copie1 per annum ............................... . 2.60 Foreign Subscrlber11, Including postage .. . ........ .. . ... 3.00 inun~ llm'z Qtgristian issoriation. of jonoluln. Pure 1·eligion and undefil ed befor e G;od, the Father, is this: To visit the fath erless and widows in their ajftiction, and to k eep one's self ttnspottedfrom the wo1·lcl. .EditB(l by a Committee of the Y. M, C, A. - - ---- -·-· -------- - - - - - Life's Voyager. ...__ _ Voyugel' on life's troubled sea, Sailing to eternity, Turn from earthly things away, Vain they are, and brief their stay; Chaining eown to earth the heart, Nothing lasting they impart: Voyl1ger, what they are to thee? Leave them all, and follow me ! Traveler on the road of life, Seeking pleasure, finding strife, · Know the world can never give Aught on which the soul can live; Grasp not riches, seek not fame: Shining dust and sounding name ! Travel.er, what are they to th_ee? Leave them all, and follow me ! upon this branch of the operations of the Young Men's Christian Association. As we shall need funds to carry it forward, it is to be hoped that all favorably disposed will pass along their contributions to the treasurer, Mr. C. H. Cooke. Next Sabbath morning the colJection at the .Bethel will be devoted to this cause. After Sit Moon has labored a few weeks in Honolulu, the Association design ~ending him among his countrymen on the other islands. His labors seem to be most opportune, when taken in connection with the arrival last week of 114 Chine:se passengers from China, who came to labor upon the islands. Others may be expected. lNToXICATING L1Q.u0Rs AT SocIAL ENTER· TAINMENTs.-Some people seem to have so low an opinion of their guests that they imagine, to entertain their friends and strangers, they must tempt them with the "drunkard's drink." . We say to young men and to old men, Beware of the intoxicating cup, although held in a lady's hand. We are glad to learn that in the best society in Englaucl and America, the guests are not plied with drinks which defile and deface man's nobler natu1e. If intoxicating drinks be used, let them be confined to the low, vicious and immoral. For Christian men or women to countenance the debasing drinking practices of fashionable society appears incredible ! THE REVIVAL IN ENqLANp.-All the newspapers, both religious and secular, report respectjng the preaching and singing of Messrs. ]Ioody and Sankey in µon,don. We are surprjs~i;l. to read so few l)nfayorable commen,ts. Whatever view of the subJect is taken, i,t is a most memorable event ·of the passing age. Mr. Moody is no_t a grea,t man Wanderer from the Father's throne, intellectually, neither has h.e been educated Hasten back, thy errings own : in the schools and colleges, but he has touchTurn ! thy path leads not to heaven ! ed the heart of the iE1;1glish people, as no Turn ! thy faults will be forgiven ! other man has done since the clays of Wes·Turn ,! and let thy songs of praise ley and Whitfield. The ·bishops may have Mingle with angelic lays ! Wanderer, h~ve they charms for thee? declined · to attend those great gatherings, I know they have, then follow me ! but that is of but little consequence, so long as the people go and are brought to Christ. Our Chinese Colporteur. One feature of this marvelous mo\tement is We are most happy to inform our readers noteworthy, the Lay element in preaching and the contribµtors to the aid of the Young is quite conspicuous. An English lady perMen's -Christian Association, that Sit Moon mits us to copy the following extract from a arri-ved b.y -the last steamer from San Fran- letter which was recently received from her cisco, and has entered most successfully upon sister in England, who is a member of the his woirk amQng his countrymen in Hono- Church of England : "Moody and Sankey, the American reviHe has preached three successi,ve luh;i. Sabha.th evenings in the Bethel to audiences valists, ,have been doing great things in these isle5. _M any 5eem to think that it is quite averaging ~50. His first topic of c;liscourse a ;Pentecostal :wave that is passing over our was the mission of ,the Son of God to our isles, 20,000 and 30,000 people meeting .worki for the salvation of sinnei:s ; his sec- night after night and day after day, to hear ond. the Prodigal Son; and his third the ten ,t he sil,Ilple Gospel and that without any excomma-r;idments, bµt particula,rl y the ,fourth_, citement whatever." "PuT ON THE BREAKs."-We are glad to learn that the Privy Council had the good sense to refuse a retail licen~e for intoxicating liquors for W ailuku. The vote we learn stood twenty-one to three. It seems ridiculous for die government officials to talk about increasing the population, promoting labor, and aiding commerce, unless they are willing to check in every way possible the use of intoxicating iiquors among foreigners and Hawaiians. Rum and opium are the curses of the Hawaiian lslands. They are doing more evil to-day than leprosy. Pilgrim through this " vale of tears," Banish all thy doubts and fears; Lift thine eyes, a heaven's above ! Th~n,l;r, there dwells a God of love! Wouldst thou favor with him find, ;l{eep his counsels in thy mind ! Pilgrim! much he's done for thee; Wilt thou_, then, not follow me? relating to the .obse:rvance of the Sabbath. At the last gathering the e~ercises .were varied by singing " There is a Happy ;La.nd" in the Chinese language, accompanied by the Seraphine. Ma~y joined il',l singing, as the colporteur has a class under instruction in singing. So far as we are able to judge, he has made a most happy impression upon the Chinese commu~ity. He is an earnest and practical man, speaks with much fluency, and. from the attention manifest among his hearers, must greatly interest their minds. We a·re ·Ied thus tci look most hopefully TRIUMPH OF PHoNOGRAPHY.-A gentleman informs us that he has seen a Chinese address, reported phonograph1cally in a California newspaper,delivered by our Colporteur, Sit Moon. This gentleman adds that he read the same to a Chinaman, who understood the meaning of it. Be it remembered, that neither the phonographer or this gentleman knew a word of Chinese. If mere sound caa be thus reported, we regard the triumph, equal to that of telegraphy. AT THE annual exhibition of the Boston Chauncey hall school last week, a young Japanese student took a prize. His scholarship ranks very high, for he stands sixth in mathematics in the most brilliant class the school ever had, and third in English poetry. Superstition is an intermixing our fancies and inventions with divine institutions ; it is an affront offered to God, as if he were not wise enough to appoint the manner of his own worship. ·· THE Hampton Normal School rejoices in the completion, free of deb_t, of Virginia Hall, at a total cost of $80,000. Principal Armstrong is now preparing to build a boys' dormitory, estimated to cost $25,000. The Hampton Singers, who have proved worthy rivals of the Jubilee Singers, are about to start on a four mounths' singing tour. They expect to visit California in April and sing in the leading towns of that state. We sincerely trust they will bring home money enough to put up the needed building.- N. Y. Independent, Feb. 25. U "Nothing will make the temper so Sin is a smoke that will drive God out sour or the heart so cruel, as a conscience ill from a people. at ease. " •