Friend, 1884-01

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.

HONOLULU, JANUARY J884. CONTENTS. PAGE. Bethel Jubilee, Supplement .............•.... Rambles in China, No. 1....... ... .. .. .. . . . . . . 1-3 _,\ Marked Convert........................ . ... 3 Mr. Alexander Balfour ....... : .............. . Death of Capt. Dillingham. . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 .Ship News .•...................... ,.......... s XXVIIIth Annual Report of H. S. Home..... 6 Y. ~I. C. A ................................ .. Some of our readers will peruse with interest the following extract from a letter just received from the Rev. R. D. Hitchcock, D. D., President of the Union Theological Seminary of New York City:"Y our Luther Sermon was preached ()n the 11th of November, and on the 29th of November I was reading it here in 20th street. What you say about missions is well enough; as also what you say of the Apostle John, and the reign of love. But John is not the representative of the " Missionary :idea." Peter represents that having fast carried the gospel botn to Jews (Acts ii:41) and to Gentiles (Acts x: 44-48) practical Christianity is now the great necessity of history, and above all in Christianity itself. Mediaeval Europe was agricultural. Its life was peasant life, only one fifteenth of the population residing in towns. Now one third reside in towns; manufacturing and commerce having developed since the 14th and 15th centuries. Hence the " Social Problem" of our <lay, so near and urgent. Further reflection I think will satisfy you that what is now demanded is a realistic, -practical, ethical Christianity-which is distinctively, characteristically and precisely Petrine. Your Johannine formula comes from an old Mediaeval monk. I will send you a copy of our Seminary Sy1nposiac as soon as it is vublished. We are 'slower' than you of the Pacific." BETHEL JUBILEE SUPPLEMENT,- W ith this number of the Friend we furnish · our readers with a supplement containing the sermon preached in the Bethel on the 5 oth anniversary of the dedication of the chapel, in 1833. We herewith print a beautiful and most appropriate jubilee hymn by Mrs. B. F. Dillingham: RA MBLES I N CHI NA N0, 1. MR. EDITOR : - After writing "Finis" to that long series of "Rambles," which you were so good as to publish for many and many a month, you might have thought I should never trouble you again. Indeed it is a surprise to myself, for I Great God, a hymn of jubilee felt then that _my travelling days were With joyful hearts, we raise to Thee; Thy goodness through there circling years, over-but as you see, I am again "on To us this day supreme appears. the wing." This time I shall have We thank Thee that this house of prayer nothing to say about all those historic Has been long years Thy constant care; That praise and service offered here, lands which have been for centuries Have ever found Thy listening ear. the glory of the Teuton and AngloWithin these walls what bitter grief Saxon, nor of those classic shores Has ofttimes found a sweet relief; What lessons learned of patience, trust which clasp the l.,lue Mediterranean in And hope? revived ere hearts were crushed. loving embrace, whose story is ever The little child, the hoary head, being told to willing ears, a magical \Vith youth and manhood's firmer tread, Have here received such sacred rites enchanting tale, which never grows As life or death for each invites. old. I am afraid that to some my new To God the Father, Spirit, Son, theme, Cltina and the Chinese will not Be praise and highest honors won \Vithin this sacred house, till we be very interesting. If I shall be able In heaven take up the jubilee. to bring in any way before your readers THE HONOLULU SAILOR'S .HOME the mighty spiritual needs of this vast SocIETY in account with Charles R. empire, to present a few pictures of its Bishop, Treasurer. actual condition, to lead some into 1882. fuller sympathy with the efforts being Dec. 30 By Cash ......... . $ 21 so made here, on our own islands, and in 1883. Dec. 19 By 12 mos. rent to other parts of the world for the moral Dec. 31, '83, Corner office 100 00 and spiritual uplifting of the Chinese PER CONTRA, DR. 1882. race, I shall feel that, indeed, I have Dec. 20 To balance due been highly privileged. Bishop & Co ............ $ 21 so 1883. Dec. 19 To bill of E. Dunscombe............ .. . . . . 58 40 Dec. 19 To bill of E. Duns-· combe ........ • • • • • • • • 25 90 Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . I 5 70 OUTWARD BOUND. As you may remember I took passage about the first of October for China in that now somewhat historic _ _ _ ___ steamer, " Madras." I am glad that I $121 50 $121 50 can write those kind friends, who were 1883. $ 1 5 70 fearful that this was a vessel of "bad Dec. 26 By Balance . . . . . . . E. & 0. E. CHAS. R. B1sHor. omen," and would bring me no good 26 1883· fortune, that their forebodings had no Information is just received at Ber- Houolulu, December , lin that the Czar of Russia, while huntWhen shall we come down from our realization in fact, and that the Madras ing, was thrown out of a wagon and stilts, and be in earnest with a perish- carried me as gallantly across the injured in the right shoulder. Grave fears were for a time entertained, but ing world? Decorum and conservatism Pacific as if she had borne some other Kaiser William has received a special do not rank as the most needed virtues name and never acquired a celebrity in the columns of political journals. How telegram that the injury is not serious. just now.-J. T-V. Alexander. 2 THE FRIEND, JANUARY, 1884. quickly the outlme of Oahu was lost in the haze of the twilight, and the tossing waves multiplied between us and the Our shores of that dear little island. voyage was comparatively uneventfulno great storms nor wonderful pheIt is a long nomena of any kind. lonely way which one takes in crossing the vast Pacific. Now and then a great winged bird would sweep up from the waves and dart away into the infinite space of blue above us, telling us that somewhere not far from our track lay a wave-lashed ledge or barren islet, where this airy voyager now and then paused to rest. I wish we had had a little ti me for a voyage of discovery. Most of this world of ours has been reduced to tP~ prosaic reality of actual latitude and longitnde. But our chart told us that here and there lay near our course, certain small reefs and shoals which are not as yet fully verified, and even this suggestion had a certain charming If we might only find attractiveness. their actual position and tell future travellers of our discoveries! We hoped especially to see a small islet called Weeks' Island, far out in the midst of the Pacific, which Captain Gillett reports having seen in 1864 from the Morning Star, a low island perhaps five miles long, with white sandy beadi and overgrown with bushes and shrubs. I hnd no mention of any one having What will its first landed on it. visitor find? Surely there is enough in this very mystery and uncertainty to pique the curiosity of any one w:10, as a boy, has poured over the pages of Robinson Crusoe. We counted the But days hoping to see 1t m passing. a wind or current or something else took us too far away. All we saw was a host of birds, whose feathers gleamed Hence if like silver in the sunlight. you would know just where· the mysterious island is you must ask them, .not us. I had often in my thoughts, while passing the islands of Micronesia, our dear missionary friends who are bearing the " standard of the cross " to the dwellers on these isiands. How their eyes have scanned this same mighty ocean, and looked up to the blue, glittering vault of heaven while their hearts have been filled with longings for home and friends, and yet never wavered in the grand purpose of their lives! God bless them in their glorious work, comfort them in their lonely and weary hours and give them the joy of victors! down under a certain superficial coatLIFE ON THE PACIFIC. We have brought over with us from ing and you find a warm human heart Honolulu to Hong Kong nearly three there, throbbing away very much after hundred Chinamen, three or four the fashion of yours or mine. At least women and a few children. These this has been my experience. Many were men who had been on our islands of them I knew well-a few were in all positions-from that of merchants Christians, a number have been at our to that of common plantation "hands." schools, and all seemed to know me as. Some of them had resided there only the man who "talks about Jesus" on a few years-others, ten, fifteen or the Sandwich Islands. We were able more. A very considerable number to have every Sabbath a preaching told me they intended returning to service, in which a number seemed to Hawaii after a few months in Chma. take a most kindly interest, and many The brightest,· most _energetic, most opportunities were given of distributing enterprismg are likely to come back. a good deal of religious printed matter The old customs and usages of China -in the form of books and papers and wilf soon be too rigid for them after pamphlets. Then we had a week-day their experiences in the out-side world. school, conducted under difficulties,, The Ue in their native village will for the sea was sometimes a little· seem cramped and uninteresting. The uncertain. But on the _whole we got young men, many ·of them, will get on very nicely. Two very pleasant married while here,-and I wish might lady passengers, excellent specimens of be helped to bring back their wives our best American culture, training, with them. Nearly all spoke kindly of and spirit gave me most sympathetic the ,islands-some most warmly and aid. I trust that along with the rudiheartil y. The Chmese appreciate the ments of English, these Chinese boys free and just rule under which they received many helpful hints and live and prosper there. I think there suggestions which may bear good is no part of the world to which the fruit. A quieter, more contented lot Chinese emigrate where they are on of people it would have been hard t<> the whole better treated than with us. find. Pen up as large a number of our And I am heartily glad that this is the own nationality in the same narrow case. Those who return to China quarters and I fancy we should have. from us do not seem to me to have had an immense amount of scoldingacquired that bold and defiant manner and grumbling. I wondered conwhich characterizes a large number of stantly at their patience and happiness. those coming from California and For they were closely packed together Their contact with " out- and far from comfortable, at least as Australia. side barbarians" on our islands has we should estimate comfort. And yet been iri the main of such a nature as ' they seemed to get on with a few to produce kindly feeling. Directly inches of sleeping room, a hard pillow and indirectly they get many good and daily allowance of rice. After all hints and suggestions. I wish I might are we not spoiled by having too much? say that they got only good by coming The Chinese passion for gambling to us. But I am grateful for whatever manifested itself soon after we left help and light they do receive. Let Honolulu, and I am afraid some hard us strive to make of every Chinaman earned savings of years on our islands. returning to his native land a mes- went into the pockets of professional senger of "good news" from us to the sharpers. But I was glad to find that heathen circle to which he returns. a very considerable number of Chinese Our life on the· ocean brought me con- had nothing to do with it, and some of stantly in contact with this people. the best of them heartily united with The captain of the steamer, a kind me in protesting against it. hearted and worthy Scotchman from DEATH AT SEA. old Fifeshire, aided me in every way to go among them, and assisted, so far On the whole we were much favored as lay in his power, in making the in point of health, there being very voyage pleasant for all. The nearer little sickness on board. There were you come to the Chinese using their only two deaths, one that of a cornown ~peech as a medium of communi- mon laborer from Oahu, and the other cation, the more you find them to be from Kohn.la. Dunng their last days made up very much like all the rest of much sympathy was manifested for -he human race. Work your way them by their friends. The remains 1 THE FRIEND, JANUARY 1884. of both were buried at sea. vVe hear sometimes that the Chinese are unemotional and lacking in sympathy, certainly those of us, who were with them when we committed to the deep the remains of their countrymen, were <:.alled upon tq view them from another point. We first buried the man from Oahu. The officers and cabin passengers stood near by, and a little beyond was a large crowd of the Chinese, with quiet, respectful mien. I offered a prayer in English and Chinese, and the body of this Chinese laborer was launched into the bosom of the great lonely Pacific, and the grey waters dosed over it forever. recently I saw a telegram from a Scottish missionary, which gave the welcome intelligence that one thousand of the natives had thrown away their idols ! From our steamer we could see a noble lighthouse, set up on the coast as a friendly and warning guide. Its white walls and three of the adjacent buildings contrasted pleasantly with the rich green of the forests which crept down near to the water's edge. A white track and a little village lay below. Here we saw a Chinese gunboat of approved modern European build. We felt we were not far away from the "Flowery Land," as we saw the imperial flag and its fierce dragon. Sometime since I came to know a One day and one night more and we pleasant Chinaman from Kohala, but sighted the mainland of China. I ,consumption had begun its fatal work could not but contra st our approach upon him. I saw much of him. Most to this greatest of the countries of nobly did he battle with the dreadful Asia, with the fir st glimpse I had of ,disease. Life was precious to him. the Chinese coa st some two years ago. He was not averse to speaking upon It was then a wild, st ormy scene, grey religious topics, and I hope some light waves, banks of mist and bleak headdawned upon his mind. Feeble though lands, rising coldly into view. Now a the light may have been, I would fain warm, delicious haze, as of Indian hope that the Master felt the touch of summer, softened the outline of sea faith laid upon the hem of his garment and shore. a.nd that it is well with Mochin. We sighted Hongkong Island a few hours earlier than we had anticipated, LAND HO! on Monday, October 29th, just twentyWe heard our cheery captain (God nine days from Honolulu. The enbless him wherever he goes, a kinder trance to the harbor was delightful. man never "sailed the seas") one One interesting Chinese sight after an;m orning call out to us, "Come up, all other dawned upon us. We eagerly . d to t h e ch·mese p1·1ot for news, of you ,· here is land !" and, true app11e but found there was none of special enough, as the grey mi st lifted we importance. The war prospects, becould see the rocky shore of an island, tween China and France, seemed a bea_ring the not very musical name of little more threatening. vVe came to "' Botel Tobago," and we knew we were anchor off Hongkong about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The harbor was full not far away from Formosa, a nd hence of great steamers, war vessels of all in the neighborhood of China. To- nationalities and thousands of boats, wards early afternoon the mountainous etc. It seemed like getting into the neak of Formosa-truly named "The great world again, and I must confess, r · Beautiful"-rose before us. Every one I most heartily enjoyed it. 0 ur Chinese passengers were greatly exwas delighted, a nd th e Chinese passen- cited at the thought of having once gers crowded the deck in laughing, more reached their native land, and happy groups. We rounded the w~re eage: to get ?n shore. We were .southern point of the island before fairly besieged with scores of boats filled with Chinamen, women, and .sunset. This "south cape" has been children, screaming and hallooing at the a cruel place for many a noble ship- top of their voices, eager to secure which has gone ashore on the rocks. passengers for the shore. Small childThe ship-wrecked crews have found ren with still smaller brothers and here anything but a hospitable welcome. sisters strapped o.n their backs were All this is changed now. Formosa is a helping to row and to scream, somehow every one got safely on shore, but noble island, and will, some day, prove I think it was a very great wonder amid of great value. The Chinese are now so much confusion. And here I must largely in possess10n of the western le:ive my story for a little time. I had coast, while the aborigines hold the hoped to tell you of the charming visit · d t t Ch · t· which followed in Hongkong of all the mountams ns ian vaned sights . · . . an eas ern par .. and scenes, of the mterestmisswnanes are now domg a good . ing and stimulating interviews with work among the latter. Some where• missionary friends, and of their great 3 kindness, but I have already overrun my limits, and must leave this for another time. This I send you from the great city of Canton, where I have just arrived, and where I am most pleasantly made to feel "at home," with the veteran missionary Rev. Dr. Happer (of the American Presbyterian mission) and his delightful family. As I find time from my studies this winter, r hope to tell you something of this wonderful city, perhaps the most interesting in all China. Please give to all my cordial greeting for the "New Year "-may it be to all who dwell on our dear islands, a bright and beautiful year, full of richest blessing ! F. \V. DAMON, Canton City, China, Nov. 14, 1883. A MARKED CONVER7~ Dr. Gordon also sends the following account of one of the twenty perc;;ons baptized at Kioto, June 4 : "I think Mr. Davis wrote you some time aP-o of a man seventv-three years old who lives some fiftee~ miles awav on ~he west coast of Lake Biwa, wh~ had been for years studying the Bible alone, and who had apparently entered the kingdom from the simple study of God's Word. He came over to see Mr. Neesima on Saturday, and hearing that there were to be baptisms on the following day earnestly besought baptism for himself. A committee was appointed from our second church to examine him, and it was _my privilege to sit with them. After a conference of an hour, it seemed to be the feeling of all that we could not refuse him. "First he has written three small volumes 01 Chinese poetry on Chris. d d d. tianity, a result of his stu y an me 1tation. Some of these poems are said to show a very deep spiritual insight. Again he seems to have _m ade himself known as a believer in his village, and . to have had prayer and Scnpturereading in his family. Among other things he said that ' many di,sliked Christianity because of the cross, but to my mind tlze cross is tlze distinct£7.;e . . . glory 0/ Clzr_zShanity.1 . . dl dc f h " ' Bud 11sm an on uciamsm ave nothing like the cross, and so,' he said, I make the cross very important.' Such cases ought to strengthen our faith." Mrs. Duncan Maclain of Edinborough recently returned a short answer to a man who, at a social gathering, inquired what sort of husbands the ladies had who spoke so bitterly and harshly on the subject of the property o.f married women. Said she: " L a d"1es wh o h ave goo d h us b an d s are the only women who dare speak on the subject" ·t., THE FRIEND, JANUARY, 1884, MR. ALEXANDER BALFOUR. him in•New York~City, conferring with CHINA. Mr. Alexander Balfour was to leave the officers of the Presbyterian Board A converted Chinaman, serving as a Liverp'Jol for New York on the 8th of of Missions and proposino- to send colporteur under Dr. Gulick, says: Septe~ber, ~n 'l'oute for San Francisco, missionaries' to South Ame;ica. Now At Song-nyoh, thirty Ii from Hangat which pomt he may be supposed ere this to have arrived. It is not certain we read of him in San Francisco. Most chau, I was selling books when a that he will revisit our city, though at gladly should we have welcomed him Tartar came and asked what book I the present juncture much to be de- to these islands. We do not forget was selling. I told him it was the sired. He is a true and warm-hearted that last year he sent hither- $500 to Holy Book which teach.es about Godr friend of Chili, desiring its prosperity aid in the Chinese mission work. who made all things and sent his Son in the highest and best sense. To him was due the organization of the ValNot only does Mr. Balfour indulge Jesus to become our Saviour. The paraiso Bible Society twenty-two years in these large deeds of benevolence, man took a book, held it up to the ago, which has put into circulation but often in smaller acts of kindness. crowd, and said, "These two characmore than 36,000 copies of Holy Scrip- V/ e well remember some dozen years ters (Jesus) are what we don't want and ture. He has made large personal ago hurrying along the busy streets of must destroy." He then took hold of outlays to support it; and larger still to set forward education among our Eng- Liverpool on a damp and foggy ~lay, me and commenced to beat me; but lish-speaking people. Just now he has and stopping to , give employment to the people standing round, pulled him. inaugurated measures for establishing one of the great army of little shoe- away, saying, "He is sent by tbe the Training College, for which good blacks, when over our shoulder a hand foreigners with these books to exhort results are hoped. It will be most was extended and a few pennies fell men to repent ; they are half given and chePring should he take Valparaiso in the 'way in returning to Great Britain. into the boy's till! On turning we half sold, because they are to do good.". - Valvaraiso Record. October 9th were not a little surprised to obs.erve The man left off beating me and said,. Mr. Alexander Balfour, whose home the genial face of the merchant whose " Take away that name of 'Jesus~ and is in Liverpool, is now on a visit to name appears at the head of this article. we don't mind your selling those this city. He is at the head of the firms Neither have we forgotten another books." I said, "This we cannot do; Balfour, Williamson & Co., in Liverpool, of which the house of Balfour incident associated with Mr. Balfour. we must preach Jesus; 'there is none Guthrie & Co. in this city is a branch. In the absence of the pastor of the other name under heaven given among: They also have branch houses in Val- church where he worshipped, in Liver- men, w~ereby we may be save~.'" I paraiso, Bombay, New York and Port- pool we were invited to occupy the praye~ m my heart th_at God_m1g~t forHe attended Bethany . . · . gtve hun and help him believe m the 1 d O ·egon an ' h rone wee . k He then walked churc ago, an d 1ast Sa bb ath , pulpit, with . . the special request to ...,name of Jesus • with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Balfour, of ma~e a missi?nary addres_s. The fol- quietly away. this city, was at the Seaman's Bethel in lowmg mornmg we received a note ------~-the morning. It is a pleasure and ~n- from a leading bookseller in the city, A Diatlngnlshed JJie1•chant Cnptaiu. couragement to greet such a Christian that we were at liberty to select from Captain J. S. Dillingham, of the United gen~lema~ ·-among us. He has. large his shelves, books to the value of £ 1o. States and Brazil line steamer Finance, is Llead busmess interests here, but while atEarly in 1863 he was in command of the tending to business and pleasure he Among th e volumes we brought away clipper ship Snow Squall, running between does not forget the seamen, the Y. M. were Dean Alford's Commentary on San Francisco, Honolulu, and New York. C. A., the Chinese heathen among us the New Testament, which we have While rounding the Cape of Good Hope the an~ the missio.n . work in t~eir behalf, found most useful in our pulpit pre- rebel privateer Tuscaloosa was sighted and ana_ ot~er Chnstian enterpnses. Suc_h )arations. These little incidents b hailed. Being ~rdered to surrender, the Sno\,· busmess men would help make this I Y Squall spread sails and flecl. The chase ,ms. land what it ought to be. They are no n:eans exhauS t th e number we could kept up all day, the Snow Squall finally e;;capexamples to our wealthy men, so many readily draw from the store house of ing under cover of night. In a subsequent of whom spend their money so fool- memory and from among them one trip the Snow Squall was wrecked, and Capishly. vVe noticed tha~ when Chap- would be the generous hospitality at his tain Dillingham transferred his crew to the· lain Rowell gave out hrs text at the t_ _ t "Mt Al . ,, . N th brig Mandarion, which was afterward captured e t· d • • h" coun 1 y sea , . yn,. . m or . . . by the rebel ship Flonda. Here the Captam B et h e1, M r. B al1our oun It m IS own Bible, which he undoubtedly believes Wales, where many a Chn stian worker was a prisoner for ten days. Before the wa,and loves-a contrast to many San has been refreshed; while almost every he cemmanded only merchant ships, and reFranciscans, who never read the Bible, ship from Liverpool entering the har- ceived a gold watch from the underwriters of and d~ny the _existence of God.-San bor of Honolulu has "apprentice boys," Boston tor saving the brig Nabob when disFrancisco Pacific. by a cyclone in the Southern seas. wh o h ave b een mos t . k'm dl y care d f or masted . . The name of this merchant of LiverD k h "A . Smee 1868 he has commanded the merchant 1 1 st at 5 pprentice ships Vigilant and Fleetford of Boston. Last a e reet, t e pool has become associated of late Home," originated and supported by January he took command of the Finance. In years with numerous objects of Chris- Mr. Balfour and the members of his it he has made three trips between Rio Jantian benevolence. \Ve copy above a firm. The "Home" remains under eiro and New York, on the last bringing the notice of this gentleman's late visit to the charge of Mr. Legge, who visited richest cargo ever brought from that port to San Francisco, and also a paragraph Honolulu years ago, attached to a this city.-New York Sun, Nov. 20tlt. [Captain Dillingham was here with his wife in the from a monthly paper edited by Dr. British man-of-war. · Blue Jacket in 1867. Mrs. Dillingham was a Trumbull of Valparaiso, who has beWho is powerful ? He who can daughter of P. B. Shillaber, the celebrated come the Luther of South America. control his passions. Who is rich ? ":Mrs. Partington." The captain was a cousin A few months since we read of Mr. He who is c01i.tented with what he has. of Mr. B. F. Dillingham of this city.] Balfour's visit to various missions in -Jewish Saying. Berlin, Halle and Leipsic are to • the Turkish Empire, and of his genThere is somethmg m every man's erect memorial churches this year, in erous donation to the cause of missions heart, which, if we could know, would commemoration of Luther, that in Berat Beirout, in Syria. Next we read of make us hate him.-Goethe. lin to cost about $75,000. THE FRIEND, JANUARY, 1884. Drn LEwis's MoNTHLY.-Vol. 1, No. 4, for November has just been received, and we can heartily commend this publication to the public patronage. The Editor ; views of life are too well known to need advocacy in our columns, but we do commend this Monthly to the reading of parents, school teachers, young people and old people. This No., gives us a portrait of George T. Angall, President of the Society for preventing cruelty to animals; with a sketch of his life and labors. We copy as follows, with Dr. Lewis's remark, attached : The " New York Herald " of September 13, 1873, gives an account of the sale of a number of cows and calves of the "Improved Short-Horn Breed," at York Mills, near Utica, N. Y. One cow sold for $40,600; a heifer calf less than seven months old sold for $27,000; a cow a little over three years old sold for $30,000; a heifer calf less than fifteen months old sold for$ 19,000. Fifteen cows and · calves sold for $260,000. It makes me dizzy to try to imagine what would be the result of the same study and care devoted to the development of a better breed of men. Within a hundred years this world would be redeemed, and the ministering spirits might turn their attention to some other p lanet. For gratuitous distribution of the Friend, we would acknowledge the following donations from Mrs. Sinclair, Kauai ....... $10 A Friend, on Maui. . . . . . . . . . 7 S. N. Castle, Esq..... . . . . . . IO E. Preston, Esq............. IO oo 50 oo oo Thes donations are very acceptable, and as in former years we shall continue our gratuitous distribution, costing, at least, $200 per ·annum. Many of these papers find their way among the laborers on the plantations, as well as among geamen and strangers. We have received a copy of The Yale Literary Magazine, which has now entered upon its 49th vol., a most remarkable instance of longevity for a college periodical. With increasing years, its life and character are fully sustained. We rejoice to notice among its editors a nephew, Edward C. Gale, of Minneapolis, son of S. C. Gale, Esq., who visited our islands two years ago. The editors are chosen from the seniors. PORT OF HONOLULU, H. I. ARRIVED. Hazard, Am bgnte, Tierney, from Jaluit. •...•• Dec. Australia, Brit s.s, Ghest, from Sydney........ " ,, D. CFr!:n~i~~h'.~.1:1. -~~•-. Lena Sweasey, Am tern, Ray, from Humboldt " City of S-y:dney, Am s.s, Dearborn, from Sav " Francisco .. . ........... .. .......... . .... . Annie Larsen, Am tern, Larsen, from Port Gamble........... . ..................... " C. 0. Whitmore, Am bk, Calhoun, from Po1t -Blakely...................... . . . . . . . . . . . • " I Mariposa, Am ss, vward, from San Francisco..••..•......•.... . ....•.....•..•...• Alert, u s s, Blasthy, from San Francisco. . . . . . Nettie Merrill, sch, Brownell, from Lahaina.... Annie Larsen, Am tern, Larsen, for Port Townsend................ . ................... COWhitmore, Am bk, Colhoun, for Port Iown· send....................... . ............ Alameda, Am stm, Morse, from San Francisco. . Elsinore, Jenks, Am bk, from San Francisco. . • Zealandia, Brits s, Webber, from Sydney.. . .. Ella, Clifford, Am bktne, from San Francisco. . W. If Diry10nd, Am bktnt, Houdlett, from San Francisco ...............•.........•.. , ... Iolani, Haw bk, Garrels, from Cardiff. ........ Mary Dodge, Am tern, from Humboldt . . ...• _. DEPART URES " " " " " " " " " ,, 5 and 3 children, A Francisco and mother, W B Reed 9 and wife and son, R \V Grannis, JMc Cammon, J 19 Lishman, W L Wood and wife, P Ollson, ER Miles, 19 L P Dubois. For Auckland, per City of Sydney, December 421 G H Luce, Mr Clarke, Mr Daker, L Summerfield, J Hoffnung. R Askew, W Brodie, J M Merash, Mrs A 21 Tobin, C Mc.Dougall. 22 For San Francisco, per Kalakaua, December 8-H 23 Rick, M Connick. 23 For San Francisco. per \VG Irwin, December 1024 Jas Murrav, W Fullartnn, B Brokaw. For San Francisco, per Mariposa, December 1623 HP Wood, R Stirling and wife, C W Stoddard, A C 24 Dowsett, E J Nichols, D K Graham, F M Butler, H 21 Netter, A _Hoffnung, Mrs Sherwell, D Ferris, D ai Ou, ·J D Frazer and wife, C Harris. Chin Sing, S Elaer, \Vong Hen, J Fustas, JP Barnes, J Hotken, G Pan· dorff, Wong \Vo, Tayha1, CA Doody, TMurphy, Ching 1 Sam, J Burke, J Rolhs, B \Vartman, Wm Luidhaft. D 2 Keyes, J E Deacon, HP Oleson. For San Fraucisco, per D C Marray-Mr Smith. 4 For San Francisco, per Zealandia, December 23 5 G Engling, F Lessemann, CE Kempster, H C Filder, 7 TR Foster and wife, Miss Mary Ward, Miss May 10 \Vard, D G Ader and wife and child, G \V Macfarlane x6 and servant, Mrs B' P Hastings, A Knight, H Ench17 wald, W Carroll, J Unland, D L Cobb, f J R eilly, 17 J O'Brien, M Tohnson 18 Alameda, Am s.s, Morse, for San Francisco .... Dec. Australia, Brit s.s, Ghest, for San Francisco... " City of Sydney, Am s.s, Dearborn, for Sydney " Kalakaua, Haw bk, Miller, for San Francisco " C. L. Hulbert, Am bk Davis, for·New York •.. " W G I · A b T f S · F ·ani·:~~• m gtne, urner, or an " Mari;osa,\).s.•s:,·i:i°~\~~~i,·r0 ·r·S~~-F~;;1~;~~~:: " Caibarien, Am bk, Hubbard, for San Francisco " Mazatlan, Ger bk, Sander, for Mazatlan . . . . . . Christine, Ger bk, Wildfang, for Humboldt . . . . " JA Falkinl:mrg, Am bktne, Goodman, from San " Francisco... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 BORN. Discovery, Am bktne, Ferriman, from San Francisco .... ... ...•............ .... .. ,,., ... Zeala ndia, Brit s s, Webber, for San Francisco.. " 23 SUTHERLAND- In this city, to the wife of J. Sutherland, a da ughter. D. C. Mun·ay, Am bk, Berry, for San Franci~co........... . ............ . ........ . .. " 26 HY MAN-In this city, on the 13th in~tant, _o the wife of Henry_ James, Brit bk, Lattimore, for Portland, o .. : .... .. ... .... .......... .. ........... " 28 NL Hyman, a son. Passengers. ARRIVALS. From San Francisco, per D C Murray, December 2Mrs J Simmons, Mr Bartlett, R S Smith, Capt H Berry and wife, Mrs M E 1Yarick and son, Geo A Tuxbury, A Margary, Jno Burke. For San Francisco, per Australia, December 2C F Chessman, TH Jatho, 15 in transit. From South Sea, per Hazard, December 1-105 men. 2~ women, 2 children. ~From San Francisco, per City of Sydney, December 3 -CS Kynersly and wife, Judge L McCully and wife and child, Miss Anderson, J Lyle and family (10), P I senberg, DJ Ader and wife and child, Chas P okrantz, E. DeCourcey, W Lubben, Mrs Altman and daughter, G H Peake, A S Webster, EN ordhoff, J Limborg, M B Horn, A Lyons, A Costa, J M Fish, B Cochrane, A Paul, R Dickson ; 166 Chinese. From San Francisco, per Mariposa, December 9Geo Ca rlisle, M H Jones, AM Mellis, H K Plate and wife and 3 children, Miss N Lowrey, W R Castle wife and son, SC Allen and wife, Jno N Robinson, Miss Mclnerney, Capt A Mclntre and son, Miss Mary E Winter, J H Wood, J\IissA Tulman, CR Bishop, FE \Velis, C E Williams, Sister Vincent, Sister Mary, J Simmonson and son, Miss Mary Horn, H A Wide· man, Miss L Swan , H Cornwell, Miss F Wilson, Dr H G McGrew, E W Brokaw, H M Alexander a nd s on, Carrie Zibzaro, Allen Gibson, Geo Lindsey, Frank Gowden, Charles Kessler, E Brose, F Frouze, Gye, ES Pralto, Frank Davis, C Anderson, Jno Neil, A Edwards, G W Cushing, J A McMillen, Jno Davis, Geo W Newson, J W Brierly, Wm Leffler, JR Kelley, and 3 Chinese. From Jaluit, per Kaluna, December 17-Mr Bau, Capt Lesseman, 25 adults, 5 children. From San Fraucisco, per Elsinore, Decembe 2,Col Sa m N·orris, Geo Smith, CF Kirby, Jno Heaton, Chas E Frasher, Mrs ET Canaran and daughter, A Mitchmum, A Volger, Otto Mitchmum and wife, E Waener. From San Francisco, per Discovery, December 21T J A Chamber, Wm Todhunter, A Arthur, J Murphy, Jas Fox, Mch Greu. From San Francisco, per Jane A Falkinberg, December 21-R Hamilton, Jno D Murphy, Wm F Halloran, JDaly, Paul J ones, Henr)'. Henley. From Sydney, per Zealandia, December 23-S F Henpath, Miss Bruce, H M McIntyre, Mrs S McKeague, Mrs Webstes and child, Mr G Fernet, Mr Band· mann, Mr Soffett, Miss Bamdet. From San Francisco, per Alameda, December 22Dr A \V Saxe, H A Parmlee, J W Bradley and wife, H Allen, F H Rindge, F Norward, Mrs H Johnstone, Dr J M Whitney and wife and son, W S Ray, C M Walton and wife, Bro Paul, Bro William, Bro An· drew, Bro Alphonsus, Bro James, Miss M Bodie, Dr J Bodie, J as Cay and wife and child and servant, F J W Isaacson, M M Taylor and daughter, Mrs R More, Miss More, Capt N F Blanck, H Grathur, Mr J McConnell, F Klapfer, Chas Nisson, Geo Ross, Jas Kichner, A Vernon, Miss Mary Stafer, Mrs C Wells, F Lefavor, PS Lowell, Jose Silva, Jno Evans, Geo D Schrader, M Botana, Lewis Brown, A Johnstone, H L Blanchard, C Auld, T K McDonn~ll, Mrs A Dunlay, 'W Blumfield, Frank Buford, J no Calhoun, A Pinhero, R W Gramis, 0 J Gulixson, H Talbot, Jno Silva, A J Hooper, 4 Chinese. DEPARTED. For San Francisco, per Alameda, December r-\V G Irwin, Sam Parker, A M Howe, Miss F Howe, G Beel, CW Mott, R R Hinds and 2 sons, T J Nolan, W J Goodwin, S D Land, Kau Ou, E Jansen, L D Yancy, 6 W McConnell, J O Parsons, Mrs E C Richardson and daughter, Miss CM Corries, H Schussler, Wong Wa 6 Foy, Ah Bau, A \V Kauffman, J\f Francisco and wife DIED. MANN -In this cit~, December 5th, Sophie E. i\Iann, aged c; mos. 17 days. SHAW-ln Honolulu, December 12th, of heart di~ease, Edward Shaw, third son of the late John Shaw, a ged 28 years and 10 months. WOODS-At his residence, Pnuhue, Kohala Ran ch Hawaii, on Sunday the 9th instant, James ·woods, aged 38 years. COTTE-Died, December 8th, on board steamship Mariposa, \Villiam D. Cotte, a seaman belonging to New York city. He has friends residing, 77, Hudson street, N.Y. city, and formerly, 122, Hudson street. HAWAIIAN VIEWS AT WILLIAMS & Co., J. PHOTOGRAPHERS, 102 FORT STREET. The latest and only satisfactory views of the wonderful volcano KILAUEA. Also a large variety of views of all the other interesting places in Hawaii, includ ing COOK'S monument, etc., etc. Also the largest a nd best variety of views on Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Oahu, and in and about Honolulu, showing the streets, public and private buildings and tropical scenery, etc., etc. Also a fine collection of Ferns, Shells and curios of of the Islands and from all parts of the Pacific. An hour cannot be more pleasantly spent than in looking over this larP-e collection of views, curios, etc. A. M. MELLIS, li\lORT ER A N D DEALE R IN DRY AND FANCY GOODS, LADIES' AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Agent for THE "D UJAY AND MARTFLL" KID GLOVES, A dressmaking establishment attached to the premises. 104, FORT STREET, HONOLULU. NOTICE TO SHIP OWNERS B. F. DILLINGHAM & Co., No. 37 FORT STREET, Keep a fine assortment of Goods suitable for Trade. SHIPMASTERS Visiting this port during the last ten years, can testify from person experience that the undersigned keep the best assortment of goods for sale and SELL CHEAPER than any other house in the Kingdom. Dillingham & Co. THE FRIEND, JANUARY, 1884. 6 XXVIIITH ANNUAL REPORT OF commodations of the Queen's Hospital. sity for sustaining a good reading room HONOLULU SAILOR'S HOME Under these circumstances, the ques- in this part of the city remains the SOCIETY. The Jubilee Anniversary of the Bethel in Honolulu has recently been observed. About twenty years after the establishment of the Bethel efforts were made for the erection of the Sailor's Home. For a generation the two have been in active operation and co-operation. They have stood side by side, and have been mutual helps to each other, while their pecuniary support has been entirely separate. Both have been essentially aided by the con<-'-ant advocacy which they have derived from the FRIEND. The Home has been under the direction of a board 1,,f trustees, chosen from among the merchants and citizens of Honolulu, the Bethel has been under the direction of the members of the Bethel Church and the chaplain, representing the American Seamen's Friend Society, and the FRIEND was started by the chaplain, and he alone has been, for forty years, its responsible proprietor. The wisdom of this arrangement is now more than ever manifest, for they have all three been carried along, kept free from dEbt and from friction. Whenever funds have been required for their support, those funds have been forthcoming from the foreign and seafaring community. So far as I am knowing to the facts, no complaint has ever been made, that funds thus contributed have been wasted or misapplied. The combined establi5hment of Bethel, Home and Friend, have been carried forward, on as prudent and economical o scale as it was possible. I am bold assert there has been no waste or misapplication of funds. During the entire existence of the Sailor's Home, the trustees have annually chosen myself as chairman of the executive committee, hence I know how almost every dollar has been contributed and expended. I will now remark, in reference to the Home, that almost an entire change has come over the community since its incorporation in 1854. The large whaling fleet has diminished from 200 and more ships annually, to the visits of only a very few, At present but very few seamen are discharged at Honolulu. The United States Government no longer sustains a hospital, while only a sick and disabled sailor is occasionally to be found, enjoying the exceilent ac- tion may naturally and reasonably be asked, why, then, continl!e to support the Home? I answer, if no home was built, I should not advocate raising funds to built up one, but as the Home is built and now answers a very important purpose, hence I maintain it should be sustained. Seamen have not ceased to visit this port, and never will. Including men-of-war's men, many hundreds resort to Honolulu annually. Seamen attached to merchant vessels and steamers are coming on shore continually, Many of these men visit the Home to obtain reading matter and copies of the Bible in various languages. They resort here to write letters, and visit the Reading Room and Depository. Here they are met by the chaplain and his faithful colporteur, Mr. Dunscombe, whose labors among seamen and others during the last eighteen years have been most beneficial. Both the chaplain and his colporteur visit seamen on ship-board. Not only does the Home furnish a place of shelter for seamen sent hither by 'the various consuls to be boarded until they can ship or be sent to California, but the Home is a place of constant resort for laborers passing through Honolulu who are attached to plantations. Here they come to lodge and deposit their chests and trunks, and they find in Mr. Dunscombe a friend. More or less of this class of plantation laborers are constar.tly at the Home. During the past years plantation agents have sent whole families hither until they could be forwarded to their places of destination. Hence the Sailor's Home has become what they style in England a "Stranger's Rest." The Home is a most suitable place for keeping on hand a general supply of Bibles and other readin g ma~ter. Fo~ these.,.,and ~th~r reasons which I might offer, this mstitution should be liberally sustained. Visiting the Home almost daily for the last , . . tv, entv-fiv~ years. I can conscientiously plead for its support, and I am willmg to contribute pecuniarily and do all in my power to witness its perpetuation. The Y. M. C. A. Society for many years sustained a good reading room at the Home. With the erection of their new and beautiful building they have removed the reading room. The neces- same now as in former years, and it ought not to be given up and I am resolved it shall not be. In no way can a small outlay be more judiciously expended. For $200 per annum I can make the reading room most attractive and useful under Mr. Dunscombe's superintendence. In view of our present circumstances as trustees of this institution I am going to recommend, as chairman of the executive committee, that we take the necessary steps to raise the sum of five hundred dollars to repaint the Home and make some absolutely necessary repairs. In making this recommendation I would remark that I am going to urge upon the friends of the Bethel that they raise an equal amount to repaint and repair that edifice. I think it highly proper and becoming that at least $1000 or more should be immediately raised in Honolulu by the friends and supporters of the Bethel and Home as a jubilee fund. I confidently hope that something more than that amount may be raised and the balance devoted to the support of the reading room for the corning year. I am not, in conclusion, going to offer a sir1gle remark upon the usefulness of the Bethel and Ho~e in our island and city commumty. To myself it is a pleasant reflection that for nearly thirty years the Home has been managed by good men and good women who have labored without salary, and depended upon a ~ost pr~carious means of support. The difficu~tles and perplexities they have met with are well known to myself but unpublished to the world. I am one who believes that good efforts for man's physical and spiritual good are never lo~t, hence the labors have not been in vam of such worthy people as Mr. and Mrs. Thrum, Captain and Mrs. Oat, ~fr. and ~rs. Miller, Mrs. YVhiting, Mr and Mrs. Dunscombe. Times and ci~cm?sta.nces have changed. Our shippmg mterests have been revolutionized, but _I hold that as long as the po_rt r_emams a ~lace of resort for the shippmg ot this great ocean, this or some similar establishment should be sustained for the benefit of seamen and strangers. SAMUEL C. DAMON, Chairman of Ex. Com. Honolulu, Dec. 20, 1883. At Oat's in Merchant street will be found almost everything in the stationery line, and among them a good assortment of diaries. • THE FRIEND, JANUARY, 1884. E P. ADAMS, AUCTION AND COMMISSIO.lv .liferchant. WEBSTER'S NEW UNABRIDGED. In Sheep, Russia and Turkey Bin dings . Fire-Proof Store in Robinson's Building, THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT C. O. BERGER. EWERS & COOKE, (Successors to Lewers & Cooke,) Special Agent for the Hawaiian Islands. Dealers in LUMBER AND BUILDING MAterial. Fort S treet, Honolulu. ROBT. LEWERS. C. M. C-00KE. r;'NGLISH AND CHINESE LESSONS. By Rev. A. W. Loomis. Published by American Tract Society. Price 75c. $8.oo per dozen. C For sale at Sailors' Home Depository. BREWER & COMPANY, SHIPPI NG AND COMMISSIO.lv Merchants. W M. Honolulu, Oahu, H. I. G. IRWIN & Co., COMMI SSION MERCH ANTS. Plantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, H. I. T HE HAWAIIAN HOT E L, Ha~ all the MODERN IllfPROVEMENTS requisite for carrying on a first -class hotel. J. D. L ANE'S MARBLE WORKS, NO. 130, FORT STREET, NEAR HOTEL. Manufacturer of Monuments, HEADSTONES, TOMBS, TABLETS, MARBLE MANTLES, WASHSTAND TOPS, AND TILING, IN BLACK OR WHITE MARBLE. THE STANDARD. - has and a GET Standard in Gov't Printing Office. in Public Sch~ols. THE Sale copies to of any ot]1er s~r1es. aid to make a mtelhgent. BEST Rnd Web ster-it 118,000 Words, 3 000 Engravings, N ew B i o g raphical Dictionary. 3 2 ,00 0 20 " A LIBRARY IN ITSELF." The latest edition, in the quantity of matter it contains, is believed to be t ile largest vol_ume published. It is an ever-present and rehable school-master to the whole family. Specimen pages sent prepaid on application. G . & C. MERRIAM & CO., Publishers, Springfie ld, M ass. , U. S. A. B ENSON, SMITH & CO . , FOREI GN B OOKS AND S T Atiouery, Periodicals, Etc., OARD, Etc., IN L ONDON. One day or longer at MR. & MRS. BURR'S 10, n a nd 1 z Queen Square, W. C. "I will mention where you may get a quiet resting place in London. In search of that sort of thing, I ha• . in my time wandered into all sort;; of hotels and boarding houses. But the rattle of the cabs along the pitched stoned roads has ever come between me and my est. The quietest and nicest place· that I have as yet rdiscovered within easy reach oi the sights and ounds of London is Mr. Burr's Boarding House, n Queen Square, Bloomsbury. There is a home fee ling there, a solid comfortableness, an orderly management 'Ind a quiet at night, which are all quite refreshing. This latter quality comes from there being no thoroughfare through the Square; but the other good qualities of the establishment are due to the admirable care and attention of Mr. and Mrs. Burr, Chelsea."-Chetenlzam Clzronicle, May 30, 1876.-rr Queen Square, W . C. London. [Day or longer.] au2 REGLOAN'S -NEW- 113, FORT STREET, HONOLULU. At this new and popular D1·1tg Store Yau will find the Freshest and Purest of Drugs and Chemicals. A full Assortment of Patent Medicines, the cheapest and fi nest of Toilet Articles and Fancy Goods. Lundberg's Wo·r ld-renowned &:c., &c., &c. Pe·r funier y , :>v!ANUFACTURERS OF' Soda Water, Ginger Ale and Sarsaparilla that is superio1• in quality and flavor to anything before in this kingdom. Our motto-Small profits and quick sales. Telephone No. 197. A Monthly Journal T erms : ~~~ret;e:na°n~~~: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Foreign subscribers, including postage ....•...... AL. MERCHANT TAILORING Establishment, Corner Fm•t ancl Hotel Sts. I call the attention of the Citizens of Oahu and the other Islands to the fact that I have opened a large First-class Establishment where Gentlemen can find a Well-Selected Stock of Goods, chosen with great care, as to style, and adapted to this climate. FRIEND, Devoted to Temperance, Seamen, Marine and general intelligence. Orders from the other Islands promptly attended to PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL C. DAMON. IMPORTERS OF AND DEALERS B DR UGGIST S &; PERFUMERS, T Monuments and Headstones cleaned and reset. W. ROBERTSON & Co., The only COMPANY that issues TONTINE INVESTMENT POLICIES. Being practically an ENDOWMENT POLICY at the USUAL RATES. 1 F amil y B est h e l p for SCHOLARS, TEAC H E R S SCHOOLS. The best practical English Dictionary extant.Quarterly Review, London. It has all along kept a leading place, and the New Edition brings it fairly up to date.-London Times, June, 1882. . . It is recognized as the mo,-t usefnl ex1stmg "word-book" of the English language, all over the world.- New York Tribune, 1882. Marble Work of every description made to order at the lowest possible rates. J YORK LIFE INSURANCE Co., Assets (Ca sh) .......................... $38,000,000 Annual Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 , 000, 000 Cash Surplus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 000, 000 Queen St., Honolulu. L 7 $; : 2 50 Having had an extensive experience in connection with some of the largest importing houses in New York and Philadelphia, I can assure my customers that they will not only secure the VERY BES'l' MATERIALS, but will also obtain at my place THE BEST FITTING GARMENTS that can be turned out of any establishment in the Eastern cities. English Hun ting Pantaloons! SMITH, -andIMPORTER AND DEALER IN Publishers of the Hawaiian Guide Book; Hawaiian LADIES' R I DING H AB I TS Pltrase Book; Hawaiian Grammar; Andrew's HaJEWELRY, PLATED WARE, waiia}i Grammar; Hawaiian Dictionary; Chart of Ma<le a Specialt11. the Hawaiian Islands; also on hand, other books on King's Combination Spectacles, Glas5ware, Sewing Mathe Islands. chines, Picture Frames, Vases, Brackets, Etc., CHILDRENS' SUITS IN EASTERN STYLES TERMS STRICTLY CASH. s AI LORS' HOME. ED. DU~SCOMBE, Manager, HONOLULU, JANUARY r, 1875. 'C ASTLE & COOKE, IMPORTERS OF AND DEALERS IN Gen eT:ct l Merchctnd i se. A W. PEIRCE & Co., (SUCCESSORS TO c. L. RICHA1'DS & co.,) Ship Chandlers and Commission Merchants HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Agents Punion Salt \Vorks, Brand's Bomb Lances and Perry Davis' Pain Killer.,. T HOS. G. THRUM BIS W. TREGLOAN, Honolulu. HOP & Co., BANKERS, HONOLULU, H . I., Draw Exchani?;e on the BANK OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco, and their Agents in NEW YORK, BOSTON, PARIS, AUCKLAND, M ESSRS. M . M. ROTHCHILD & SONS, London. Agents of The New England Life Insurance Company, . The ORIENT AL BA N K CORPORATION of The Union Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco London, and their branches in No. 29 Jl!Ierclzant Street, H onolulu, H. I . The Kohala Sugar Company, HONGKONG, The Hamakua Sugar Company, SYDNEY AND The Waialua Sugar Plantation, Packages of reading matter-of papers and magazines, MELBOURNE The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine, back numbers- put up to order at reduced rates for Dr. J avne & Son's Celebrated Family Medicines. parties going to sea. And transact a general Banking Business. STATIONERY ANO NEWS DEPOT, • 19 ' a,l1l1. •~ Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world." WEEK OF PRAYER. OFFICERS OF THE HONOLULU Y. M. C. A. The following is the programme for the ·w eek of Prayer, January 7th to PRESIDENT: Hon. A. F. Judd. VICE-PRESIDENT: C. M. Cooke. 12th, 1884: SECRETARY: F. J. Lowrey. Monday, January 7th: Praise and TREASURER: T. G. Thrum. ,..fhan ksg1vmg. . . . l DIRECTORS: H. Waterhouse, T. H. Davies. - F or G od' s spec1a . providence, Christ's marked favor, and STANDING COMMITTEES oF THE v. M. c. A. the Holy Spirit's gracious work. 'Tuesday, January 8th: Humiliation and Confession. - For personal failings; for social vices, as intemperance; for · · · h Ch h c t ],..,e secu 1ar sp1nt m t e urc ; 1or prevailmg skepticism and religious indifference. Wed:,:esday, January 9th: Prayer . . for Families and Instructors of Youth. --For parental fidelity in household . . . . trammg; for p10us watch-care m schools and colleges; for spiritual influence in · t' · · f th d c Ch ns ian associations o you ; an 1or early conversions in Sunday-schools. Thursday, January 10th: Prayer for the Church of Christ-For a pray. . . erfu~ and laborious m_mist~y; for consecrat1on and co~ope:atlon m members; for early dev~t~on m ed~cated youths; and for the d1vme blessmg in winning the worldly. • Friday, January II th : Prayer for Nations.-For legislators, that statutes may be conformed to divine law; for rulers, that they may conscientiously administer government ; for peace and concilatio? bet,:"ee~ nations; a~d for popular mtegnty m the duties of citizens. Saturday, January 12 : Prayer for Home and Foreign Missions.-For missionaries, that they be sustained in trials and prove efficient in labors; for heathens, Mohammedans and Israelites, that they may be won to Christ.Saturday Press ENTERTAINMENTS : W. W. Hall, V.'. 0. Smith, c. M. Cooke, Dr. Emerson, T. H. Davies, W. R. Castle. EMPLOYMENT : P · C. Jones, B. F. Dillingham, Dr. C. T. Rodgers, N. F. Burgess, J. A. Kennedy. READING RooM: T. G. Thrum, J. S. Emerson, w. Clark. PUBLIC PREACHING : Rev. S. C. Damon, Capt. I. Bray, P. C. Jones. INVITATIONS: W. A. Bowen, E. A. Jones, J.M. Oat, J. G. Garrett. SHIPPING A~D HOTELS : D. P. Peterson, A. l<. Cooke, Capt. Babcock, J. Monsanat, J. S. Webb, J. A. Dower. VISITING SICK AND DESTITUTE : Robert Lewers, c. w. Gray, J. D. Tucker. TEM~ERANCE: R:v. A. 0. For~es, Dr. J. M. Whitney, J. Cassidy, W. A. Kmney, Rev. J. A. Cruzan. CHINESE: F. W. Damon, J. B. Atherton, Rev. C. M. Hyde. PRISON AND HOSPITAL: Capt. Lees, E. C. Damon, L. Lowrie, T. Cassidy, George Koch, G. C. Kenyon. Vf· There is evidently material enough for various classes if proper teachers can be secured. The new year opens with new and untried opportunities for the development of the '"ork of the Y.M.C.A. ,, God's message to His people at the opening of this year is His message to Israel of old, "Ye have compassed this mountain long enough : turn you northward." We are not to be content with going round and round the difficulties in our way without ever overcommg them. . Nor can routine work satisfy a soul that has God's infinite love for its inspiratiou, and every period of time a new call to new activities. What better can we do ? What more can we do ? These are questions we need to consider with a view to higher resolves and more persistent endeavors. Whom and how many can we hope to bring to Christ this year? What effort can we make not only to save from intemperance, vice, and shame; but to help on a better style of life, a higher type of Christian manhood? At the regular monthly meetmg, December 20th, it was reported that about $ 750 would be realized from the late fair. The building committee stated that ·a contract had been made HAWAIIAN ALMANAC AND ANfor the completion of the lower room NUAL FOR I884. le{t unfinished, and that when this was For ten years this useful publication paid for, the committee hoped to ren- has made its regular appearance on the der their final account, paying over a first of the new year. This year it small balance to the credit of the comes freighted with a choice amountsociety, and receive their final dis- of valuable statistics and memoranda. Any one who wishe5 to keep informed charge. A special vote of thanks was respecting our island kingdom, should passed to all who had contn·bute d to not fail to procure a copy, and if inmake the fair such a success. The clined, if possible he should procure finance committee were of opinion that all the former years and have them bound. A few years hence such a measures should be taken to appeal volume would be worth its weight in for such a change of the tax law as to silver, if not in gold. secure exemption from the large Qn page 46th will be found interamount ($120) paid this year. No esting observations by the Rev. S. E. other committees were prepared to Bishop on the " Haze from Java." We believe he was the first to publish in report. this part of the world the idea that the The various evening classes, that remarkable " after glow appearance " have been organized, have proved resulted from the Java eruption. We are popular and successful. Mr. P. C. glad to know that he is continuing his Jones has begun his second course of investigations upon this · subject and writing for scientific journals abroad. lessons in book-keeping. Judge Judd COLLEGE CATALOGUEs.-It is always has a class of twenty studying the At the Chinese Church in Honolulu on Christmas Eve, the pupils of Miss Payson's boy's school and Miss Peirce's girl's school appeared at good advan tage. Amid many difficulties those ladies contrive to bring out the talents of the Chinese children and imbue their minds with many good ideas, as Mr. Furneaux we may infer from the recitations and Hawaiian language. has just the class it was designed to the songs of the little people. secure of those wishing a knowledge of The Republican national convention mechanical drawing which would be a for the nomination of president and help to them in their daily work. . . vice president will meet on the 3rd of When the new room 1s fimshed and next June at Chicago. Senator Sabin, of Minnesota, is chairman of the Re- furnished, the effort ought to be made to open other cla,sses for evening study. publican national committee. f ~~n!~:~c=nr~;h~:t:l~1~1~!ri~! of learning, hence we gratefully acknowledge a catalogue of Dartmouth College from Professor Hitchcock; a catalogue of Smith College, orth Hampton from Miss Gale; a catalogue of M a d.ison U mversi · ·ty from M rs. n·1e11 ; a a catalogue of the State University of Wisconsin from Professor Holden.