| Summary: | 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. ~\\ OF TJf& 0 - _ . ,.,. .,,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,. '.&'-&> 1776 HONOLULU, JUNE 5, 1876. [Communicated .] Mrs, Betsey Judd. AE1'. 94. A life closed in our midst on the 14th of lVIay, which from the length of years with which God had honored it as well as the way in which they had been worn , rather as a crown than n burden, is deserving of more than a passing notice in this year of centennial memories. Thi s life commenced in 1782, the year after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and the year before the conclusion of definitive treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United States. Napoleon Bonaparte, a youth of thirteen, was studying at the royal military school at Brienne. Joseph II was emperor of Germany just deprived by death of the counsels of Maria Theresa. Pius VI was Pope of Rome. These islands had only been discovered six years, and this ljfe had counted thirteen years when the first foreign vessel entered - onoI ul u. Wh at an m · terva l the harbor of H of time is bridged by such a life what if one could gather the threads of the human lives that have begun and cmded during the duration of this on e life in which empires a nd kingdoms have arisen and fallen. Her own interest was in the kingdom of Chri3t, and as the work. grew on apace and, developed the proportions which it has assumed in these latter days, no wonder it seemed to her of more importance than the birth of any earthly kingdoms. Her life was not wholly free from trials which she ever sustained with that fortitude which was so characteristic of her, and which her late son inherited in so great a degree, and which enabled him in Hawaii's trying hour to render this country such service as none other has ever been able to render. Few of those whose privilege it was to render Mrs.Judd any service, however small, will s oon forget the sweetness with which it :was always received and acknowledged. Mrs, Judd was born in Washington, Cong Editorial Correspondence. necticut. Among her brothers were Dr. Thomas Hastings of musical fame, and Or- A TRIP TO THE CENTENNIAL.-No. 2. lando Hastings, a lawyer of prominence in MILLS' SEl\:IINARY, Brooklyn, t. New York S t ate. In 18 52 Rhe came to the April 17, 1876. . islau d s, ~here for th e paS t twenty-four years Fourteen days from Honolulu-including she hos lived surrou nd ed by children, gra nd • eight upon the sea, four in San Francisco, childre.n a nd great-gra nd children, two com- one 1n Oakland and a quiet Sabbath at this ing in th e week succeeding her dea th to restful and delightful spot, where Rev. Dr. ~ide~ th e ci rcle of th0se who will ever cher- and Mrs. Mills have done so ~ much to pro• ish with a te nd er reverence th e memory of mote the cause of fem!!Jle education in Caliher :finished · life. Her direct desce nd ants I fornia and on the Pacific Coast. ln less number over eig~ty. She brea th ed her la st than three hours I hope to be on board the on Sabba th evenrng, May 14th, 1876, cars bound East, expecting . the Honolulu Safe Home at Last. party from San Francisco by the nine o'clock thin, including Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse, BY REV. D. DOLE. Mr. Willie Waterhouse and wife,Mr. DillingLong on an ocean all botmdless she rode, ham, Mrs. Sisson, Mrs. Grey , ~nd Mrs. Yet homewa rd bou nd , Charles Grey. Nearing, still nearing her Father's abode, Unless I J0t down a few items relating to Sti.11 homeward bound; When storm madly lashed the billowy crest. the past two or three days, I fear the rush of Or gentle the breeze her canvas that pres~ed, passing events and scenes on the "Overland" She still was bo_rne on towards the haven of rest, journey will forever efface and obliterate Still homeward bound. many a bright picture now before my mind. 0 Ever borne on through wearisome yearn Still homeward bound, While many a voyager engulfed disappears, In depths profound, And many companions, their peril all o'er, Had bid her adien, and passed on before To welcome her home on the radiant shore, Home evermore. • The Bible her chart, she weathered each gale, And gained at last The harbor where storms can never assail , Safe home at last; How distant. yet near, on that blissful shore She watches for dear ones, loved as before, To enter the heaven. with Christ evermore, All home at last. May 15th, 1876. Palaee for the Mnltttu.de. Before leaving San Francisco it was my privilege to visit the Palace Hotel and view it from the basement to the seventh story. It is a marvel, and to be fully appreciated must be examined. The Sultan of Turkey and Khedive of Egypt have doubtless many palaces costing more than this hotel, but they are comparatively useless and tenantless. European governments build palaces for royal families, but in San Francisco is a palace for the multitude, and I am glad to learn that the general public is extending to the establishment a liberal patromge. At the ti~e of my visit there were about nine hundred boarders. Every apartment is finished off with much taste and neatneRs. There is nothing "shoddy" about the estab& lishment. Bradford's _Polar Paintings. THE twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Strangers' Friend Society was he.Id June 1st at the residence of the Hon. J. Mott Smith. The Treasurer's ·report showed that over four hundred dollars had been expended during the ·past · year, and that While passing through the Palace Hotel, thirteen persons had received aid from this I accidentally learned that Mr. :Jlradford's most useful organization. · • 42 _'I' 8 E studio was in the building. Greatly to my s urprise and gratification, I found the rooms accessible; Mrs. Bradford kindly exhibited the beautiful collection. Soon Mr. Bradford entered and most kindly pointed out. the beauties of several 01: his large paintings, which presented the polar regions in a most life-like aspect. It was surely more ,·omforta~le to view those regions reproduced on the canvas in the Palace Hotel., than it. would be to cruise among those cold mountarn s of ice. One painting is valuerl at $15,000, and others at prices corresponding to their size and execution. One of the .Rothschilds is reported to ha_ve recently made a selection of several to take to Europe. Mr. Bradford is a native of New Bedford or Fairhaven, Mass., and it seems quite fittingthat tho~e towns which have sent so many ships to the Arctic Ocean, should have also sent an artist who could paint those cold anrl icy scenes in the highest style of his profef:'sion. Oakland and Environs, F B. I E N D , J U N E , I 8 'i G. ators of this institution enabled them to build without the necessity of pulling down and again putting up, which process is so often gone through with in establishments of this nature. Nearly two hundred young ladies-including four of our island girls formerly pupils at Punahou,-are now enjoying the advantages of the seminary. Yesterday [ heai-d my old college fnend the Rev. Dr. Poor, of Oakland, preach a most eloquent Easter sermon at San Lorenzo, where he officiates. Dr. Poor was born in India, and is a son of Dr. Poor so favorably known as one of our best American missionarie~. The moments fly, and necessary preparations must be made for starting on the overland railroad. My next will be from Philadelphia. O (Number 3i) 'l'he Treaty aud Grand 01umlng of the Centennial, PmLADELPIIIA, May 10, 1876. · At dinner yesterday a gentleman called Dr. Kittredge qf Oakland kindly acted my attention to the following telegram, pubas my cicerone over Oakland and its surlished in the Philadelphia Lecl,q m all parts of the world to participate in the wonderful undertaking. The day was surpassingly beautiful-not too hot or too cool, about resembling a cool day in Honolulu. Such a gathering I never before witnessed-estimated from 100,000 to 150,000. I was so fortunate as to obtain an excel• lent seat upon the platform, and very near the speakers. I could hear every word of General Hawley's address, the President of • l'B~ FRIEND, JUNE, the Centennial, and I had a good view of President Grant, but could not hear distinctly his words; they are however fully printed. The singing was grand 1 never heard the like before. Mr. Whitney sung the following as a solo, from Lamier's Cantata : "Long as thine a.rt shall Jove true love, Long as thy science truth shall know, Long as thine eagle harms no dove, Long as thy Jaw by law shall grow, Long as thy God is God above, Thy brother every man below, So long, dear land of all my Jove. Thy name shall shine, thy fa.me shall grow. " The vast audience called upon him to repeat the same, and he performed his part in a truly grand style. His voice was distinctly throughout the vast assetnb]y, which maintained perfe~t silence while he was singing, but when the tones of his voice died away a shout went up long and prolonged. Such was the crowd that I did not succeed in finding my way to the .President's reception. I met this morning Judge Allen on the platform, and heartily congratulated him, as did others, on the passage of the treaty bill through the House; also his son (our Consul in New York), Judge Austin and wife, and Mr. Brigham, who is always so much interested in Hawaiian affairs, and some others. Judge Allen informs me that it has been a hard-fought battle to get the bill through the House, and he thinks there will be no difficulty in its passage through the Senate. I could wish the island community might at. least pass a: vote of thanks in behalf of those members of the House, Mr. Banks, Mr. Leegh and some others, including a member from New York, who have rendered such efficient aid. 'PH.E1 UHRISTI.AN UNION. 43 1876, Outlook, or brief comments on current THE events, Editorials, Stories, Poetry, Contributed Articles on various subjects, Reviews of Books. the Household, the Little Folks, the Church, and the Week, comprising the leading news, both sacred and REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER, Editor. secular, the Sunday School, Inquiring Friends, (popular questions and editorial Ellinwood's authorizP.d verbatim reports each week of Mr. Beecher's answers), Uppermost Topics, Farm . and Sermon• in Plymouth Churcb. Garden, and Financial. Appropriate music All. his literary productions, including the characteristic . STAR PAPERS," will be given. will also be a regular and frequent feature. Serial Stories by For $3.20 per year ( which includes the prepayment of postage at the mailing in- REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D. D., (.\uthor of a'' l\lan without a. Country," &.c·.,) stead of the receiving office as heretofore), the subscriber receives fifty-two numbers of HoN. ALBION W. 'l'ouRGEE, Judge of the Superior Court. of North the Ch?-istian Union, or 1248 pages, comCarolina, (Author of" Toinette," &c. ,) prising not less than two thousand th1·ee l\1Rs. HARRJET BEECHER STOWE 1 CHRISTIAN UNION. hun{lred and eight columns o.f reading matter in one year, which, if ii!!sued in {Author of" Tom's Cabins," &c. ,) A comprehensive Family Religious Newspaper . .book form, would cost the subscriber over Terms $3.20 per yen.r, postage prepaid. To Clergyten times the subscription price of the paper. men $2.60. Cash Commissions to Agents. No Charge for Outfit. By taking another periodical with this, the Send for particulars. Christian Union will be given for $3, and HORATIO C. KING. P11bli11h•• ~7 Park Place, New York. the other also at a reduced rate. It gives to agents large cash commissions, and to those who get up clubs a liberal discount TO THE PUBLIC! from regula:r rates. To clergymen the price ,HE F'JRST PR~MIUM GOLD MEl>AL is $2.60. was awarded at the lndustrial Exhibitioo, 1876, to Full particulars will be sent on applicaBRADLEY & RU°LOFSON ! tion to Horatio C. King, Publisher, No. 27 Park Place, N. Y. See advertisement in For the best Photographs&. ()rayons in San }'randsto 'l'HE NATIONAi, GOLD lllE))AL ! another column. }'or the Best Photographs in the United State8 I 'l AND THE VIENNA MEDAL! EXTRACT FROM THE LETTER OF A L1VER• your paper of For the Best in the World! August last (l think that was the date) conOltl'ICE OP tained the account of the foundering of the BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S ART GALLERY Albert Gallutin off Cape Horn, and the No. 429 Montgolller.v street, saving of a boat's crew by the gallant seaSa::n. Fra::n:.:a.ci.soo. men of one of your American ships. Among IT You are cordially invited to an in~pection nf t>ur 1mthe saved was a young man named .John mem1e collectio11 or Gibson. Now John Gibson was one of our Photographs, IJrawlnJ?:s, Celebrities, SterPo!ilr1Jplt '.'iuws, 1wli LanclBciipe Views of the wllole Patific Coast. Sunday school boys, who went to sea some five or six years ago. I remember on partPACIFIC MAIL ing with him, giving him a parcel of books and reading matter. During his voyages I STEAMSHIP COMPANY! have received one letter from him, but I believe, he has constantly corresponded with his teacher. The Albm·t Gallatin and all FOLLOWING MAGNIFICENT SHIPS her crew had been given up for lost then of the Uowpa.ny will leave· Bouolulu as per 'L'irne Table belO\V : the news came that a boat's crew had been SS CITY OF'. SAN l!'RANCU:\CO., . 3400 l'nna rescued, finally through the medium of the 88 ZEALANDIA . . . . 3,!00 l'ons SS CITY OF NEW YORK . . . J400 Toos FRJKND came the intelligence that our young 8S AUSTRALIA . . . a:wo Tous friend Gibson was among the sa vPd. As a SS CITY OF SYDNEY . . 3400 Tons . matter of course, I took: the paper t.o the l<'or Fiji, PortM in New Zf'~ For ~au fi'rancisco, \ land, and 8ydne:,, NS W, Sabbath school and with the superintendon or abouton or about1\larch . l .March . , ••• 9 ent's leave read the account so graphically Marrh . 29 April . 6 set forth there. Considerable emotion was ~ 1:::::: :: : : : : ::::: :: ::~: . 21 ,June •••.•••.••••• • •• 29 manifested by the boys and young men, and June July . . . 19 July . 27 I would fain hope, that impressions were August. . , .••• 16 August, . ,24 September . ,13 September . . . . . 21 October . 11 October . , . 19 made which shall be durable." POOL CORRESPONDENT. - " T1rn CHRISTIAN UNION, of which Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is editor, is the only authorized medium for the publication of his sermons in 'Plymouth Church. These are from the hand of T. J. Ellinwood, who for seventeen years has reported verbatim all the pulpit and lecture-room utterances of Mr. Beecher; and the sermons therein published are the only ones for which he will consent to become responsible. This paper is also the medium of all his literary productions, includin~ editorials and a new series of the widely known and quoted " Star Papers." It will continue to present the usual variety of the best contributors, among whom are President Porter of Yale College, Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., Rev. Jos. P. Thompson, Rev. Edward Everett 'Hale, Judge Tourgee (" Henry Churtori'') and Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the last three we would acknowledge the receipt of of whom will contribute serial stories. papers from Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Cart-, The several departments will embrace the wright for distribution. u I rf,HE I I r::e::::::::::::.: :::: :::: .i November •••.••••••••.•••• 8 November . 16 December . 6 December . l~ ID" l!'or 1•a~sage, F1·eight and all fu.rther information, apply to mb1676 u. H ACKFELD &, co . AGENTS. 44 THE FRIEND, JUNE, 1876. Hawaiians Abroad. BERLIN, Meinhardt's Hotel, Unter den Linden, i . March 16th, 1876. \ Amidst the confusion and excitement of sight-seeing, I steal a moment to scratch a line to you, (even writing with my hat on, ready to go out when F. is through his business). Berlin is brilliant, beyond Vienna, which shells, coral, amethyst, agate, topaz, a-qd dral and Baptistry, Campo Santo and rare gems and curiosities. It was marvel- Leaning Tower, many years ago, they left on ously beautiful. We saw the private theater, my memory a delightful impress, and I was and went through many •gorgeous rooms. very gla_d to see them once more. 1t was much richer than Babelsburg, though Rome, under the new Regime, has imthat is charmingly situated and a fairy-like proved · very much, i. e., it is a vastly more summer residence. Hut the venerable Kai- agreeable habitation for the modern human. ser is evidently plain and simple in his It is mote cleanly, better ordered and kept taS t e. We met him out driving the other than it was, under Papal rule; it has lost, in I thought so grand; and I have seen sights ·day in an open carriage; only his driver and regard to the peculiar pomp and show of ec- enough and palaces enough to dream over all the rest of my days,-and such palaces! Have been through the royal city palace and seen such magnificent frescoed walls,-with gilded furniture, &c. ·They make every one wear great felt slippers over one's shoes, so as uot to injure the polished inlaid floors,. and we stepped along most ungracefully, ' with open eyes and admiring faces. But I must not stop there or here. yesterday we spent in Potsdam, visiting Babelsbu.rg, the summer palace of the present EIT4>eror-going through all the rooms, even into . the old Kaiser's private room. He sl·eeps on a hard bed, and the furniture is plain. Beside the table stood a plain arm chair, made by the Crown Prince for his father, and some of the Empress' water-color pa~ntings . hung on the wall. The Crown Princess' rooms are furnished as used to be .· her rooms m England when a girl. From Babelsburg to the famous Sans Souci, Frederic the Great's p&lace. In it was much. tci interest, beside the grandeur, . h" 1·;b h h ·. · • h' h h d' d h' 1s 1 rary, t e c air rn w 1c e 1e , 1s flute stand, music, &c . . The room he fitted · b,. ·_ th · up .f or VoItaire was eaut1 u1, e wa 11 s were 'th · d b" d fl a 11 cc,vere d w1 carve 1r s, owers a foot~an. He looks fresh and hearty, good for thi_rty yea~s more. Last Sunday we also saw hnn at ·his church, the Dome. He stood devoutly during prayer and during the singing, used his glasses to read the hymn like any respectable old gentleman, and sang with unction. He means to set a good example no doubt, and every one was reveren• tial in the service. He must ha.ve had strong aloha for his mother Queen Louisa, as everywhere we see her pictures and ·on her birthday (the second after we came) beautiful flowers decorated her memorial, .a monument on the spot where she used to sit in the Thiergarden. We have seen the Emperor at the opera house also, where the Empress accompanied him,-also the Princess Fred. Charles and her three daughters. This Ba ll~t was finer than that of Vienna, .-dazzling in splendor of scenery and costume. -T he Princess of England or Crown Princess we have seen on her way to dmner somewhere, dressed in white. . The Museum here is so rich in antiquities, that one could go everv day for weeks •r . . • and still find something new. Even our Sandwich lslanus are represented there, and . . . for the first time I saw one of the ancient heathen gods. There was a fine feather an d apes-particu 1arly parrots, which were * to remind the great .man of his rare conver- cloak also. _ _ _ sational powers. We stood \vhere Fred. the Grosser's favorite dogs were buried,-and oh, the grounds of Sans Souci are perfectly exquisite-with terrace, flower beds, statues, fountains and grapery. · Then on to the · orangery, which is really another palace of the same king, with a good conservatory attached, containing ~any orange trees which are over a hun4red years old. The)'· were growing in great tubs, which in summer are drawn out on the terrace. There is a pieture gallery attached-everywhere fine paint• ings in all these palaces which always draw me so that I can scarcely bear to leave them, rather to F.'s amusement·, who prefers the "modern" more. The columns and splendid carvings about 't hese places ar~ flO fine. Then to the Crown Prince 1s palace, built also by Frederic the Great. .He lives in fin_e r style there than does the Kaiser. One room there was rich in g-ems, and wouid be most interesting to a scientific man, as the walls and ceiling were all studded with * * c. H.B. _ _ c_ _ _ _ _ Europea11 Correspondence. CLARENS, April 11, 1876. The winter is past and gone, and spring, with its wealth of beauty, is on us again. I doubt if you, who live in perpetual summer, realize how wonderfully glorious the resurrection of nature is, after months of cold and comparative gloom. While our mountain tops are still white with deep snows, the slopes and foot-hills are emerald green with grass, and dotted all over with the many and beautiful wild flower~ of Switzerland. In February we went into Italy, via Mount Cenis Tunnel, to spend a few weeks and forestall the advance of spring on this side of the Alps. We met the B. 's at Genoa, and spent some days most pleasantly with them, only regretting that they were coming out as we were going in. We parted-thev for Nice, and we for Rome, making a littl~ stop at Pisa. ·You remember the old town, with its beautiful group of buildings, cathe- clesiastical life. Every other man you meet is no longer a priest, and the fr~ternity themselves have not that paramount air and mein that formerly distinguished them. Of processions and shows connected with religion, there is a sensible dimunition, but one hardly feels a loser by such a · change. In th€' matter of excavations of ancient Rorne, wonderful progress has been made and much of great interest brought to light, and the work is still being systematically pursued. One could spend months in following out this work and comparing history with what is being brought to light, and never feel his interest fail. I know of no city in Europe that affords so much enjoyment and in such delightful contrast a;:, Rome. If after clays and weeks, amidst the ruins of the past, you feel almo;;t lost in the dust of ages, you have but to turn into another street, and yo11 are in the whirl of the gayest life of to-day. Drive on Pmcian Hill about 5 p. m., and you will. rrieet Victor Emanuel, Prince Humbert, the Princess Marguirite and hundreds of the finest turn-outs that will vie in elegance of appointment with those of any capital city in Europe.- Then there are the beautiful villas, which you can not fail to remember, arou.nd Rome; and there you may drive by the hour in fair parks and through beautiful woods; Social life is divided hy a sharp deep gulf. Pope and King are still the old Guelph and Ghibelline, toned down by modern society, but if you are of the King's side you see nothing, absolutely nothing of .the "papal noblesse;" and if you have u entree ., into papal salons 1 you forfeit it ·assuredly 'if you turn aside to the forbidden pastures ot the Quirinal. Of course to the transient visitor, this does not matter. I only mention it to show that though u men may come and men may go," human nature .remains much the same in all ages. We had great enjoyment in the picture galleries and in the churches. How wonderfully magnificent some of the latter are ! but I do not think their gorgeousness tends to make more devout and sincere w~rshipers; but on the other hand, I do think protestant• ism, or rather the iconoclasts lost an aid or help, when they utterly banished pictures from our churches. A crucifixion, transfigu- JUNE, THE 45 I 8 1 6. 1\1.AJ{lNE .JUUllNAL. l•'oK Ge ANO ISLANDS-Per C M Ward, May 22d:-Uha~ ration, or nativity, exemplifying man's conHans, Mr Bea.hright and 15 laborerd. ception of Scripture's historical scenes, veri}'ROM S!N !i'RANCISCO-Per l\1ary Belle Roberts, May 26th -W J Dutton, .I G Black, Geo McLean, C Pokrantz, \V F' fied by the God given genius of some of the PORT OF HONOLULU. S. I. Pogue, :E Prime, Geo Burke, E Duuscombe, and 16 Chinameu _old masters, or copied by the modern, is not of FROM Sydney-Per Colima, May 27th:-Miss Buchanan, ll ARRIVALS. Ruhland, S Max M de Lenux and 2 servants. need an object of worship; but it is a powerFno'.lt t:IAN .l!'RANC1cco-Per ZealaudiJ!,, .June 1st:-Mu J A ful fact to aid and supplement the word May 0-Am wh hk Normau, Camphell, from New Ucdford Mix, WV Lambert and wife, 1' J<' Coodii!, II C Ledyard . W via Hilo, Hawaii. Fuller. Lieut D Delchantz aud wife, M llymau, JD Bn:wer , painting of the preacher,-for my part, I arn 10-Baw brig Juliu. i\l Avery, Avery, 25 days from Sau wife, 2 children and nurse, W ~; Pack, l'5 111 Molen , wife and Francisco. child, W Baruard. sure I should like some of those pictures to 13-Am 11h Coreu, ::itaonanl, 12½ .1:h1.ys from San Fran'co Fon SYDNEY-Per Zealaodia, Juue lst: -N Pde Za.ha and U!-Haw bk :\lattie llacleay, Pope, 22 days from Seattle hang always on the waJls of God's house 15- Am schr V M Ward , ltickma.n, 26 day,; fm Baker's daughter, S Larned, l' I Moot, W H Collin!!. hlanu. where I.worshiped. 17-Am bktue Emma Augu11ta, Youug, 27 day11 from Humboldt. MA .I UUED. From Rome we went to Naples, and .spent 18-Haw brig Pomarc, H.ltlield, 22 days from Victoria. , 2'.l-H 8 M S Myrmidon, lion R H arc, Commander, a pleasant week; the weather was fine, and from Kauai. KELLY-WHITNE\·-ln Oakland. at the residence or .J 26-Am bk Mary Belle Roberts, Grey , 14½ clays from Frank Miller, April 20, by Rev Mr Akerly, l\lr LC KELLY, of Vesuvius smoking like a furnace. In my :5ao 1-'rancisco . San J:"fanci@CO, and Mis!l HELEN B WHJTN&Y, of Honolulu. 27-P M. 11s Cohma, Shackford, 11 days from Kandavu . . Hawaiian life, l had often contrasted island B&CKLEY-RlSl,;LV-fo this cit:,,. at the residenC'e of Mr. :.17-U 8 :5 Tuscarora, Miller, Captain, from Samoa. . G. Ulifford, l\lay 20th, by the Rev. Abbe Hermann, Mr. scenery with that about the Bay of Naples, I June 1-R M f8 Zealaodia, Ferm,s, 7 dayt1 aml 14 hours fo1 0GEORGI, C. BECKLEY to Mibs lllAllY C. lhirnLv, both of lloi,o• San l<'ra.ucisco. lulu. and felt that if memory served me truly, ! GAv-R1c11ARD!iON .-ltl Lahaiua., J\lani, May 13th, al tlw DEPARTURES. residence ofT W Everett, Esq .• i,y Rev C Searle, Hon ,IA:1n:11 the pictures of the Pacific were grander 1 GAY, of Koloa, Kauai, to Ml,>1 l\lAHY l!JLLEN; eldest daughter and more beautiful than those of Southern Ma.y 6-Haw brig W II Allen, Chave, for Tahiti. of the Ilon. John flichardson, late of Waikapu, Maui. 8-Tahitian bk Ionia, Lovegrove, for Tahiti. Italy. In this opinion, I was fuHy confirmed 9-Am bk DC l\1urray, Fuller, for San J:lrancisco. 12-Am bk Albert, Reed, for Victoria, 8 C . by my recent visit. Some of the views in Centennial Hymn-By J. G. Whittier. 12-Am wh hk Norman, Campbell, for Arctic. 18-Brit bktne Ma.rams., Uorulne, for Tahiti. the islands, especially those about Maui and 13-H BM B Myrmidon, Commander Hare, for Kauai. Our fatbt:ir 's God! from ont whose band 17-Am sh Corea, Btauna.rd, for Jarvis hlaod . Hawaii, are, to my mind, far finer than any The ceott1ries fall like grains of sand , 22-Am schr C 1\1 Ward, Briggs, for Guano Islands. We nt(>et to-day. !mited . free. about Naples; and no one can compare the 22-Haw brig Julia M Avery, Avery, for 8an Francisco 27-Haw bk Ka Moi, Rakemann, for Falmouth. And loyal to our land and Thee , tideless Mediterranean to the roll of the blue 27-Am bktne Emma Augusta, Young, for Humboldt. 'l'o thank Thee for the era done . 2'i-P M ss Colima, Shackford, for Sau ~rancisc,o. And trust Thee for t.hl" opening one. Pacific as it breal<s over its coral reefs. June 1-R M 8d Zealandia, Ferries, for Auckland. I-Haw wh bri~ Onward, Eldredge, for cruise. Rl:'re . where ut old. by Thy desig-n. Vesuvius is not nearly as large or high as 2-Haw bk Mattie l\lacleay, Pope, for Portland, o. 1'lw hthPrs 8pake that wol'd nf Thin€ , M.auna Loa, but it has the advantage of po• Who1,1e echo is the glad refrain MElUORAND .\. ()f l'Pniled bolt aud fa.Jlioir chain . sition; and as one regards its ravages in To race our festa l time . 1rom all Pompeii and Herculaneum they can not look REPOllT _O F WH BJ{ No1rn.Hi, '!' G VAMPBELL, .MASTE14.'!'be t:ones of £>at·tll onr gues ts we call. on the mountain save as a terror to be re- Sailed from New Bedford 9th October, had a. pleasant passage Be with m1 wbilti tbe new world greet::< to Cape de Verds touched at St Jago November 9th and left spected and a feature in the landscape to be the same day. Cruised one month otf the River La Platt saw Tlw ol<J world thronging all its Btreets, Unveiling all the triumphs won admired; but you have seen all this with your whales only once and then ,roing quick to windw!J:rd. Was By art or- toil beneath the snn three weeks otf Cape Horn. Heavy westerly ga.le11. Took own eyes, and why -should I write it? And nnto common good ordain one whale in lat 50 ° 30' W making 9a bble. Anchored at 'l'his rivitlsbip of ba • d and b'raiu. We returned to Rome for a short stay, Ancud, ·chili, 1st March and sailed 6th . . Saw whales twice Tllou. who bast bere in concord furled and then went on to Florence, where we re- on the passage took one making 78 bbls on the off shore l'he war flags of a gathered world , ground. Had the NE traders light au · the passage up to the, Beneath our WeRtern skies fulfill mained a w~ek or so. I like Forence ex- lslantls. Anchored at Hilo 30th of April and sailed the 7t1J The Orient's mission of good will, ceedingly, but on~ .visiting it for the first for this port. And, freiirhte<l with love:R Golden Fleece. REPORT OF BK MATTIE i\IACLE.~Y. GEO POPE, MASTER.Send back the Argonauts of peace. time should do so before going to Rome. Sailed from Port Tow;seod April 17tll, aod anchored the fol• F or art and labor met in trnce Different as the cities are, the greater so lowiog day at Port Angeloss in consequence of a severe gale For beauty made tbe bri<le ol usr. over-shadows the less, as to diminish sensi- from the westward. Sailed from there oo the 2111t, and cleared We thank Thee. while. withal, we crt\7f; the Straits of Fuca ou the 22d experienced light windg during The unstere vfrtueP.- strong to save. bly one's enjoyment of it; the city is grow- tile passage. Arrived ou Saturday, May 13th, all well The b onor I)l'Out to place or gold ., ing rapidly, and the new quarter has many REPORT 01'' BRIG l'OMAIIE, J W HATFIELD, MASTER.'l'he manhood never bought nor sold ! Left Honolulu March 2Gth, wind light from SE . April 6th, lat fine residences, numerously tenanted by 0 ! make Tbou ns, through cent.nries long , 42 o 60' N, long 160 ° 40' W , encouotered a heavy gale from In peace &ecnrc, in just.ice strong : Americans; who ~n general, I think, prefer WSW, with violent wind and hail 11qualls, vessel hove-to 28 Around our gift of fret>dom draw hours. April l0tl1, 10 pm, passed Cape Flattery; was two life here rather than in Rome. 'fbe safeguards of T!Jy l'igbt,:,ous law days in the Straits, with light winds arrived at Victoria the And. cast in some diviner mo111d . \Vhen we took up our journey again, we 12th; left again on tht> 17th, 9 a m, for Departure Bay arrived L e t the new cycle sbamP tlw old ! decided to go thro~gh to Genoa, without aame day, ti.30 pm left again on the 22d at 5.30 pm, and arrived at Esquimalt the 2Srl, 5 30 a m . Left for Honolulu at 3 stopping,-a ride of twenty-four hours . At a m tile 25th , passed Cape Flattery at noon the 26th. First AUR1VH, OJ<' THI'~ u. l:i. s. Tl7t-1CAROHA. -This Rhip, Turin we changed carriages, being delayed two days light winds from W; the four following days had wltich since December 1rn,t lm~• h e<>n +.>ng-aged in heavy weather from SE a.ud SW; thence to lat 56° moderate half an hour, and here, by the merest acci- from the westward. 1'ook the trade11 in 26 ° N, tbe uce to the work o1 deep-sea sonndiugs between 1Ionolnlt1 dent, we met the B.s who were taking port moderate, making the passage in 22 day~. and Australia, ov 1Jr til e route of the proRpf'cti ve telegraph line. art ive<l on 'l'uesday lus t. Sbe bai, lhPonT OF BK1'NE E~rnA Auou sTA , .I C You:rn , J\lAs the same train en route for Paris; so we had visited the Fiji and Samoa grnup8, 1111d several TER.-Sailed from Humboldl April 22d. First 9 days out had the plea~ure of eig·ht hours ride together as SE wind!!; alter this date to port, had light northerly :ind NE portti in the colonies during her crnise. The deepes t watPr fonod - 3,148 fathom s-was near tbe coast far as Culoz, where· our routes diverged . wind", making tb e passage in 27 day:,;. of A.1wtl'alia. Tbe Titscarora wi!l remain iu ·our . i c: A. W. REv, B. F. SNow.-Letters were received by tbe secretary of the Hawaiian Board and others, by the U. S. S. Tuscarora, stating that the. above named gentleman had a stroke of paralysis on the first of January last. Although completely(disabled at first, he is now slowly recovering, and will probably return to thilse islands by the .Jfoming Stur. w:,i.ter s for probably"t,wo mouths. Tht' following ie PA.SSE~GERS. Foit SAN FnANCisco- Per n C Murray, May llth:-1-' C Lowrey, .Mr Winslow, C M lluuhard, lllrd l\l 1~ Chamberlaiu, J P Luke, Mrs Tucker, C B Amlrell"ij aud wife, 1\1is8 ,lenuie 8coti, Mrs Wolfe, Mrs I, A Bak1Jr, Mr Barber, Mr Spear, C Cavauno, L Brol{ic, C Martinel, G Davie.", H WilliamM, E W Jla.wklu8, Mrs E L Carson. Fon TaHITI-Per .Marama, i.\fay llth :-l\1rs Schneider and child, Cha~ Venel. FROM GUANO L LAXDs-Per C 1\1 Ward, ~lay 16th:-R Ilurllf;, H. Briggs and wift-, Or Golddmith, .Mr .Miguel aud 11 uative laborers. FoR SAN Fnuwraco- I'cr .lulia ;IJ .Avery, )lay ::!2d: - Ca11 llickmau . · I :i List of her officer:.; : I Commander. . • , .••• • . • . . .••.I N l\liller, Commanilioir Lieut Uomma.nder ••••.•••. . •••• U J Train, Executive Officer Lieutenaots-.f N lfomphill (Navigating), ER C Leutze, O O Allibone, C W ,Jarboe. Masters . . . SI, Graham, M D Ilyde En11ig11 .••.••.•• • . , ••. • . . . , . •'r E Muse Midshipmen .•••.••. W G Cutler, F F l•'litr.her, RH Townley Sur11eon ••••.•.••.•••. • • • •.• . . - .•.•.•. :w I Simon As!listant Surgeon . . . W A lUcClurg Pa.:1sed Assistant Paymat1ter . .••• HT Stancliff Engineers .•••.•.•.••••••. . . C ,\ ndrade: ,1 M Emam,cl Captain's Clerk .••.•.•.••••.•. . .•••. J de B Higgin~ .Paymaster's Clerk .•••.•.•.•.••••.•.••. W R Smith Hoatswain .••.••.••••.••.••.••••••l C Thomp11on Garpenter .•••. •.•.•••••••••••• • ••.•• . Richard Agne1,- P. a. A. Ju1_1e Sa·d, 18'lfi. 46 THE FRIEND, JUNE, 1876. wind takes its place, or the atmosphere 1s calm, If a cooler climate than Honolulu be '' A Brief Description of Honolulu." The force of the wind seldom or never desired, an invalid will find it in the neighVv e give a few extracts from a pamphlet, exceeds 4 or 5 of the Admir11lty standard; boring islands, where any temperature may with the above title, by W. Laird Macgre- that is what is generally known as a moder- be,. obtained, from 80 ° down to 20 ° the gor, Esq., who, it will be remembered, spent ate breeze. A gale of wind is unknown. When rain clouds come up from the sea several months in Honolulu. Though the pamphlet was printed for private circulation, at the windward side of the island with the N . .E. trades, the moisture is wrung out of we are confide_nt some of the facts there them by contact with the hills behind the stated will be of interest to our· readers. town. The level to which the rainfall A year ago I left Southampton in search decends, about 250 to 300 feet above the of a better climate than I had been able to sea, is distinctly marked by the brown and find during an -experience of twelve years green color of vegetation on the mountain on the shores of the Mediterranean, or on side. Comparatively little rain falls at Honothe banks of the Nile. Having improved in health while in lulu or within some miles thereof during Nubia, I resolved to travel around the world nine months of the year. Winter, or, more correctly speaking, the in search of a climate corresponding as nearly as possible to that found on the banks rainy season, lasts from the end of October of the Nile betwee.o. the parallels of 22.,;, to end of December-a period of two and 24° North Latitude, a,nd in a locality months. During that time a considerable where some of the " agremens" of society · amount of rain falls, if measured by inches. and comforts of civilized life could be found. In November, 6·05; December, 11·96 Leaving Brisbane . in June, Sydney in inches but, as the rain is tropical rain, a July, the depth of an ~ustralian ~inter, I great quantity falls in a short space of time, arrived at Honolulu m the height of rapidly finding its way to the sea through summer (end of July), and have spent some the porous subsoil, so that the surface of the three months in that city. During that ground soon dries up. lt seldom. rains more than forty-eight time, I have kept an accurate register of the variations of temperature at 7 A . M., 3 P . M. hours at one time; a week's consecutive and l(j P. M. the result being that the bad weather is unknown. During the rain, highest day temperature in my apartment when the sun is obscured, the thermomete1· has been 80 ° , the lowest night 70 ° , the stands steadily at 70 ° and 72 °, and the extr·eme and only occasional •riation atmosphere is moist and warm. It is never c.old with rain. The average monthly tern~ being 10 ° , the average 5 ° . My rooms look to the west, "giving," as perature from October to March is a s the French say, on to a balcony 10 feet follows: . SunriBe. 3 p . nt . wide which shades them from the sun; October . . . . . . . 72 84 they' are 12 feet ahove the level of the November . • . . . . . . .• 71 81 ground, about 25 feet above sea level. December. . . . . . . • • . . . 71 89 It is this slight variation, this imperceptible January . . . .••.• 68 81 February •.•. , . 67 80 aliding of the day temperature into that of ~larch •.•.•.•.•. . . 69 80. ~ight, of night into that of d_ay, ~hic.h cons titutes the great value of this climate. During the early morning, when the air is He1·e, from the day of landing, 1 have calm and evaporation aetive, the therdiscarded overcoats and wraps, and, such is mometer will sometimes fall to 60 °. Onlv the equable nature of the climate, that I am once during past five years has it fallen a"s able to drive out in an open carriage in any low as 56 °. hour of the day or evening without wearing From the foregoing observations and a?y extra wrap to protect me from the night table it will be seen that while the summer a!f. temperature shows only a variation of from But the benefit of this equable tempera5 ° to 10 ° between day and night, the ture is felt in another and perhaps more variation of the winter or rainy months in important way-one mo~t important to Europe, not exceeding 12¼ 0 • persons suffering from disease of the chest In Egypt the variation is not less than or circulation. 20 ° under favorable circumstances. At You can live and sleep almost wholly in Paris and London in May and June it is the ~pen air with impunity; to do_ so at the :Mediterranean health resorts, or m Egypt, often 30 and 40 ° . There is very little ozone or electrical would produce colds and fatal co_mplicat10_ns. disturbance in the atmosphere of the HaFrench .folding-sh utters, fitte"1 with venetian waiian Islands. blinds. nre used , affording the needful proThe humidity of the atmosphere vanes tection and privacy, but freely admitting from 69 in July July to 87 in January, the the .air. -T he consequence is, that by night or by mean of the year being ·78. For information as to the weather I am day the cool refreshing N. E. trade wind circulates through every room, passage, and indebted to the courtesy of Captain Smith, corridor of every house in the place, afford- the harbor-master of Honolulu, who has ing to invalids a constant supply ~f oxyge~, kept careful records of temperature during so necessary for the proper aeratron of their many years. I ought, perhaps, sooner to have menblood. About 10 A, l'rf. the N. E. trade sets in, tioned that Honolulu is situated in 21 ° 18' and continues until 5 P. M. next day, the North latitude, as nearly as possible that of Nubia, between the first and second cataevenings and nights are quite calm. The average number of days of the year racts of the Nile, the climate of which during \Vhich this health-giving wind blows region I have taken -as my standard of is 2i~. - On the remaining days, the south comparison. ° most desirable is that of the plains of Maui or Hawaii, averaging about 10 below that of H0nolulu. This temperature is reached at a height of 1500 to 2000 feet above the level of the sea. Next to climate, an invalid wants to know what kind of place is the locality where it is to be found. · . • Hotel or other accomodation, food, society, amusements all bear directly, and indirectly in a more or less marked degree, on the well-being, the comfort, the possible restoration to health of an invalid. As to hotels, there is an excellent hotel at Honolulu, better planned and more comfortable than any I found in Australia, far before those of Cairo or Bombay. I speak only as to the plan of the house, its cleanliness, the comfort of its beds, the delightful airiness of its public and private sitting-rooms and corridors. A most obliging host, hostess, and manager, wil!ing to do all that is possible to make their guests comfortable. Situated in a large garden, in the midst of magnificent algeroba, guava, tamarind, and papaya trees, the balconies shaded with beautiful creepers, it reminds me of those at many a pleasant Continental watering-place, the comparison being complete when on special evenings of the week the King•~ Royal Hawaiian Band is permitted to play on the smooth-shaven lawn, and the •• elite" of the town and neighborhood promenade in its well-kept grounds, dance in its spacious drawingroom, or sip ices and lounge in its ample corridors and balconies. For those w_ho like to live a quieter life, apartments with board in private families or furnished houses may be obtained. Society is cosmopolitan, agreeable, and easy, keeping early hours; with a most courteous and king-like monarch, surrounded by a well-ordered Court, to which is accredited an American Minister, a British and a French Commissioner and Consul General, society at Honolulu will be found equal if not superior to that of many of the winter resorts of Europe. Dinner parties, balls, croquet parties, and concerts are given in a style and with a. completeness which would be thought very pleasant at home. There is a freedom from formality, a desire on the part of host or hostess to ensure the happiness of evervorie present most marked, and this forms· to a stranger a most pleasing feature of Hawaiian hospitalities. The general dinner hour is from five to six, except in families where for the sa~e of the children two o'clock is more convenient. Comfortable carriages and good riding horses may be purchased or hired on moderate terms. For those who prefer a promenade on the water good boats are not wanting. The water in the harbor, protected by coral reefs from the heavy rollers of the Pacific, is quite calm, and the view of the town , em bowered rn tropical vegetation and foliage , with its noble background of mountains, most pi cturesque and striking. ° 1' H-E I' R I E N D , J U N E , Places of Worship. DR· l 8 7 G. ADVERTISEMENTS. SAILORS' • 47 HOME! SEAMEN'S BETHEL--Rev. S. 0. Damon, Chaplain, F. B. HUTCHINSON, King street, near the Sailors; llome. Preaching Phy111icinn and S11r3eou, u.t 11 A. i\l. Seats free. Sabbath School before the morning Rervice. Prayei· meeting on W ~dnei,day Office at Dl'Ug Store, coruer of Fort and Merchant Streets; evenings at 7½ o'clock. Residence, Nuuanu A venue, near School Street. FORT S·rnE~:T CFJURCH--Rev. W. Frear. Pastor, Office Hours, 9 to 11 A. M. fel '7d comer of Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching on Sundays nt 11 A. M. and 7½ P. M. Sabbath G. 11:tWIN &. CO•• School at 10 A. M. Kaw.u.rn.w 0HURCH--Rev. H. H. Parker. Pastor, Commission ~llferchants, King street, above the Palace. Services in HaPlantation and In11urance Agents, Honolulu, II. I. waiian every Snnday at 9~ A. M. and 3 P, M. ROMAN CATHOLIC 0HURCFr--Under the charge of LEWERS &. DICKSON, Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret, assisted by Rev. Patber Hermann; li'ort street. near Beret.ania. Services Deale?'.'l in Lumber a.nd Building Materials, every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I . KAU:'tlAKAPILI 0HURCH--Rev. M. Knaea, Pastor, Bet·etania street, near Nuuanu. Services in HaHOFFM_\.NN, M. D., waiian every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2~ P. M. Pliysician and Surgeon, THE ANGLICAN CmmcH--Bishop. the Rt. Rev. Alfred Willis. D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dunn, M.A .• Corner Merchant sod Kaahumimu Streets, near the Post Office Rev. Alex. Mackintosh, St . .Andrew's Temporary Officet'R 1 Table, with lodging, per week, Cathedral, Beretania street, opJJosite the Hotel. BRE,\rER &. co •• Seamen's do. do. do. English services on Sundays at ti½ and 11 A. :M., and 2! and 7!½ P. M. Sunday School at the Clergy Commission and Shipping Merchants, Shower Baths on tbe Premises. House at 10 A. M. Honolulu, Oanu, H. I. \V. E. C. E. THOS. (i:. THRUM, STA.TIONER, NEWS AGENT AND BOOK BINDER, EEPS ON HAND THE FOLLO\V'ING to the Hawaiian Islands• ED. DUNSCOMBE, Manager. .11.uction and Commission Merchant, MO'l'T SMITH, .Dentist, Jarvis' History of the Sandwich Islands .•••.•••• Price, $2 60 JJennett's Historical Sketch of the Hawaiian Islands, •• 1 60 Hawaiian Club Papers, 1868. . • • • " 1 60 Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1876 and 1876, 60 cts each The Second Intenegnum, with cabinet photograph of His Majesty Kalakaua, c,ntainiog an account of all the events in• cident to his election to the l'hl'One .•. , .•.••• Price, $1 60 Bassinger's Hawaiian Tariff and Digest of Laws and Regulations of the Customs, &c, in paper & boards, price $1 & 1.2& Andrews' Hawaiian Dictionary, l!heep ••••.••••••• Price $6 00 Hawaiian Phrase Book. " 60 Synopsis of Hawaiian Grammar. •• 76 Jarvis' Kiana, A Romance c,r the Sandwich Islands, " 1 60 Charts of the Hawaiian Islands, $1.60 each, and Letter Sheet Maps of same, $1.00 pe1· quire. Sets of Hawaiian Postage St<.lmps, with specimen Hawaiian Flag, price $1.00, Photograph View or H0nQ)ulu, 9x24 lncbes, mounted or un• mounted, price $2.00 and $2.50. Having resumed practice, can be round at his rooms over E SLrehz & Co.'s Drug Store, corner of Fort and Hotel sts. The above will he mailed to any part of •the world on receipt of price anrt postage. Any Books published pertaining to the Islands will be procured to order. Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, THos. G. THRUM'S Agents Pnuloa Salt Works, Brand's Bppib Lanees, STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, No. 19 Merchant Street, • • • Honolulu, ACKAGES OF READING MATTER-OF P Papers and Magazines, back numbers-put up to order at reduced rates for parties going to sea. ly THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL! 5 IIonlulu, January 1, 1875. ADAMS. Fire-Proor Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street. MERCHANT STREET, HONOLULU. K Works pertaining P. $(S £arriage Making and 'frimming ! I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT I now employ the best Mechanics in the line of Carriage Malcing, 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, ie as well executed as any in New York City or elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that Late Surgeo'lt V. S. Army, we can manufacture as good a class of work in HoCan be consulted at his residence on Hotel street, between nolulu as can be found in any part of the world. I Alakea and Fort streets. will also state here that we fully intend to work at the lowest possible rates. G WEST. '\VEST, JOHN G• S. McGREW, M. D., Wagon and Carriage Builder, 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. !tr bland orders p1omptly executed at lowest rates A • w. PIERU.E &, co . (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. And Perry DaTi•' Pain Killer. D. N. FLITNER, CONTINUES HIS OLD BUSINESS lN THE l!'IR.E-PROOF Building, Kaahumanu Street. CHRONOMETERS rated by observations of the sun and stars with a transit instrument accurately adjusted to the meridian of Honolulu. · Particular attention given to Fine Watch Repai?'ing ~extant and quadrant glasses silvered and adjusted. Charts and nautical instruments constantly on hand and for sale. fel M. DICKSON, Photographer, 61 Fort Street, lloaolnln, A. L"\.VA \'SON HAND A CHOICE ASSORT• }JENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC STOCIC, Large Collection of Beautiful Views of Hawaiian Scenery, &c., &c. CURIOSITY IlUNTERS will find at this establishment SPLENDID COLLECTION OF Volc~ni~ Specimen11, Uoral11, S~ell•• \Var Iu1plement~y Fern•, 1\f at•• Kapa•, & And a Great Variety of other Hawaiian and Mi• cronesian Curiosities. PICTURE FRAMES A SPECIALl'.fY ! jal ISH CASTLE & COOKE, UIPORTERS AND DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. ,HE REGULAR 'I DILLINGHAM & CO., -A.GENTS OF- Nos. 95 and 97 King Street, KEEP A FINE .ASSORTMENT OF ,.f,IIE PROPRIF.TOR WILL SP.ARE NO pains to make this EX.EG-.A.N'T "THE FRIEND," MASTERS VISITING ·ru1s PORT ,._ MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED To ~ O T E X . . ·SHIP during the last Six Years can testif)• from personal ex- .al Temperance, Seamen, Marine and General r ,,telligence. perience that the f!.nderslgned keep the best assortment of First-Class in Every Particular ! ROOMS CAN BE HAD BY THE NIGHT OR WEEK? HA.LL AND L.l.RGE ROOMS TO LET FOR PUBLTC MERTTNGS, OR soornTrns. GOODS FOR TRADE And Bell Cheaper than any other Bouse in the with or without board. 996 Goods Suitable for Trade. PORTLAND LINE OF Packets, New England Mutual Lif~ Insurance Company, The Union Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco, The Kohala Sugar Company, The Haiku Sugar <.::ompany. The Hawaiian Sugar Mill, W. H. Bailey, The Hamakua Sugar Company, The Waiaiua Sugar Plantation, The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, Dr. Jayne & Sons Celebrated Family Medicines. tf Kingdom. DILLINGHAM & CO. ly • PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL C. DAMON. TERMS: One Copy per annum . $2.00 Two Copies per annum . . . 3.00 Fot·eign Suhscrihers, Including post~izt> . • . • • •••• • •••••• • 2.60 ioung ijlm's Qtbristian issotiation of Jjonolnln. Pure religion and imdefiled before God, the Fathe'r, is this: To visit thefatherle8s and widows in their ajfiict1on, and to keep one's seljunspottedfrom the wo1·ld. Adclress of the ~tiring President. 1\ 9 1876 Iall good, and the harmony is perfect, but it ' rather soothes than fires, and is as free from Tuesday evening, .1ay , · ! all t~ndency to enthusiasm as your quorum An.other year of our history has pa~sed, is from risk of zealous indiscretion. And and we are met this evening to record its b~lieving us_ I do iu the great valu~ of enthudose. In the tew words which I am per- srnsm, ~nd m the proverb that as iron sharp. eneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the counmltted to address to ·you, l shall endeavor " f nen · d s. I wou ld a,ppea 1 a t . . to t enance o f h 1s point out what reasons we have for grat1tnde this annual meeting, on behalf of our monthand mutual congratulation-what occasion ly meetings, and especially in the name of for regret-and what mot1ves and encourage- your depressed ~uorum . The third poi_nt I ment for hi(J'her aspirations, and more rigor- have ~o suggest 1s that we h_ave both ~ot!ves ? and encouragement for higher aspuat10ns ous efforts rn the future. and more rigorous efforts in the future. In the first place 1 congratulate the So- Surely we cannot complain that we are withciety on the healthy state of its finances, out material or without work. Look at the which will appear from the Treasurer's re- number o_f young me~ her~ who have come port. In the year now closing our efficient from Christian homes m this an_d other lands. They offer to us b-oth matenal and work; Treasurer has met all expenses, and_ has a can they not be induced to join not only respectable balance to hand over to his sue- nominally but really in the work of an ascessor. Another subject for congratulation sociation ~o Christian and ~o humane as is the important, most important feature in- this? troduced into our work during the past year If there is a society in Christendom de-the commencement of the mission work of serving the name of Catholic, surely this the Chinese Colporteur amongst his country- Society cau claim the name. Its ·object is men in these islands. I cannot pass from the promotion of the moral and religious this subject without referring especially to welfare of young men of all Christian creeds the debt the Society owes Mr. Atherton for and classes, and surely in such a work nil his constancy and devotion in maintaining Christian creeds and classes may well be the Chinese Sunday School,-so important a ambitious to take part. And to this end contribution to the success of Sit Moon•~ shall not we who am here, and who recogm1ss1on. And if we had onlv this result of nize that we have individual duties in this the Society's work to present,'~urely it ought connection, determine that we at any rate to give abundant occasion for gratitude to wil! not withhold good, when it is in the Him, who hns permitted us to take part in power of our i1and to do it? And our work! such a truly Christian work. Is there a work to do? My brothers. are But if we have something to re.101ce over, not the fields white already'? We have put we have also something to regret; and per- forth efforts for the seamen who come here, haps the most serious subject of regret is the and for the Chinese who ch, ell within our discrepancy between the number of members gates-but what of our own kindred, our reported by the Treasurer, and the number own flesh and blood? Can we do nothing of those ever seen by any mortal eye but his. for those who come to our shores in such In a work like ours, enthusiasm is one of the numbers from other lands-for those who most important factors; and when the great live in the same circle that we do-and are question at every meeting is, " Will there be neit.lfer sailors nor Chinamen ? a quorum? "-.-what room, I ask you, is there In this sunshiny land life slips so evenly for enthusiasm? Now a quorum is five- and quietly away, that we too easily sleep happily it is only five-for had it been seven, on its gentle bosom and dreamily listen to the President's office during the past year its flow; out oh ! Christian brothers, none would have been purely nominal. But a the less our quorum is five, and generally but not alLife is real, life is earn~t, ways, we have secured a quorum. And its 1 And the grave is not its goal; 1 " Hust thou art-to dust rernrne3t ." five members have had to furnish a secre• Wxs not spoken of the soul. tary's report, and a treasurer's report, and a Chinese report, and repol'ts of three commit• These are musical words with a pleasant tees, to vote on all the reports, to read an ring, but they are far more than that, and essay, and to maintain a brilliant debate on ought to find an echo not only in our ears the same. Besides this, one of the five has but in our hearts. Let us show that we aim had to preside, and the meeting invariably at the class from which we come, and say close with a collection. Now I claim that to the young men of our own station, "We your quorum is overworked, and 1 ask, have a message for you.'' And we must be" How can you expect to have enthusiasm gin by attracting them and by making our in such an atmosphere?" ways pleasant. In the pretty English town in which my It requires a strong stern sense of duty to boyhood was spent, there is a grand old take one on a dark night along the angular church with a peal of eight grand old bells. approaches . to the Sailors' Home, for after Seven tunes 1one for each day in the week) you have triumphed over the sounds, sights, are chimed on these bells; besideE which , and smell of Nuuanu street, you have still they are pealed for weddings, chimed for Ito do battle with the posts, steps and other prayers, muffled for funerals, and tolled for clumsy protuberances of the " Home,"-and conferancf'. The tones and the tunes are for awk\vard posts, steps nnd protubRrancf's • I believe '' there is no place like that Home;" and after all that unhappy quorum rises like a ghost to stop your pulse. How much more attractive our meetings might be made, if they were held in some more accessible place, in the Lyceum for instance if that be available. I would devote the first half of the evening t'J business, and place the second half in the hands of the entertainw ment committee who could provide for an essay to be read and discussed, or for some good miscellaneous readings or other interesting disposition of the time, each member being expected to take a personal ~hare, or to appea1· by proxy when his turn came. By this mean=, there would be as much plef.sure as duty in attending the meetings, and the Young Men's Christian Association would become a more tangible existence to its members as well as to others It would also be likely to obtain an influence over young men who, well enough disposed to its objects, are yet not sufficiently inclined to grope after the desultory attractions provided for their enjoyment at the pionthly meetings at the Sailors' Home. Many religious and other societies beiog carried on by those who are already interested in their respective objects, ai·e in a measure independent of surrounding circumstances; but in a biOCiety like ours, the object is to induce young men to jom us that we may ,influence them. We cannot defy or violate their taste, but should seek rather to direct and consecrate it and to provide for its culture. Neither is our object merely to attract and ente1·tain, but to get this class into the habit of being bunded together for professedly Christian purposes, truRting to our .Master to direct and make useful those purposes. If we had IL rigorous and a well supported association here, there is one form of work which we migb with confidence take in band . When we have been Rpending occasional Sundays in tho country in tbe midst perhaps of large families uf young people to whom church and Sunday school were hardly even a name, I think few or us can have escaped the serious conviction-tliat something might be done towards which we could contribute for supplying at least occasional religious services for the foreign eettlementa and hamlets that are growing up on our plantationi; and other districts. With thiR undone, we Cl.\nnot say we have no work and there is no one here who cannot help . '.l'o all of us the message comea,-Freely ye have received, freely give. My friends, what will you give? We only ask now that you will help with your name and yonr presence; help to make this Association what it ou~ht to be and what it can be-a benefit, t.o the religious, moral and social life of your8elvcs and your friends. And just one word to tho~o who bnve not yet decided to give even thefr names to this Society, I a.m sure there is none who would not wish to leave the world better tban be found it, and better for ltis having 1i ved in it. Is that your ambition? then como with us, and we will try to learn with you how to achieve sµcb an ambition, for it is ours also. lt ca.n be achieved,-and union is strength. , "Have fullest f:\itb; Thou lovest, brother, to be trusted too, Aod canst thou then too fully firmly truiot Almighty love and wisdom 7 Have too, faith In noble efforts. or thou'lt ne'er achieve Qr bless thy fellow with a useful deed. Oh I shall man pass through this vibrating world, Without his leaving where he ooce hath been, His foot-print deep and all indelible? In thy worn track across the heath of life Full many an after traveler will tread ! See that thou lead h!m nnt astra.v from God. But provo a pinneer to Chri!lt and HMven,"
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