| 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. TII.8 ~ - .,.,.,.,. .,,., ,.,.,.,.,.,.,, 0~-4> 1776 ~,?> HONOLULU, OC'l,OBER Z, 1816. EFFECTS OF REcIPROCITY.-Reports of the sale of sugar plantations, ranches and city PAGll: Editorial11 •••••••.•.•••••••.•••••••••••••. • • .• • • • • • • • • • 81 lots, indicate that the effects of the Treaty Jap11,nese Students in Oregon ••••• , •••••.• • ••••.•• • •. • • .81 Japan Letter . . 82 are felt in the rise of real estate and quick-. 1,etter from Pitcairn's Island . • •• 82 Never was a small commuMiss Bird a T1·aveler. • • • • .82 enmg of trade. Ca.m·bodia . , • • • • • •82 nity treated "ith more generosity than the A Missionary Romance •••.••••.••• . • . 83 inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands have The Late Mr James Robinson . 86 been, by the Congress of the United States. Y M,C A . . . 88 The good influence of the Treaty will not ! alone be confined to the islands, but Califor; nia, Oregon and Washington Territory will OCTOBER 2. l 876. be favorably affected. The greater our island products of sugar, rice and other comBv CoMMERCE WE L1vE.-This was' the modities, so much larger will be the amount motto at the King's garden party in honor of American products brought hither. Our of the Treaty. As we stood reading and planters will first be more largely benepondering over the idea " by commerce we live," one of the King's ministers whispered fitted than any other class, but they cannot in our ear,-" I suppose you would add to be made rich without the community at large receiving a quickening impulse. that, not by b1·eacl alone." Yes; that is just what we would have added, for the lawCAMBODIA.-ln another column . will be giver Moses and the Lord Jesus Christ both found a notice of ruins discovered iri Camendorsed the sentiment, that it is not only upon bread that men live, "but upon every bodia. A book on " The History of Architecture" has recently been published in word that proceedeth out of the mouth of London, in which the author, Mr. FergusGod:." Deut., 8:3. Matthew, 4:4, "Man son, asserts " the discovery of the •ruined has both a spiritual and a physical nature." Bread will support hi:s physical, but spiritual cities of Cambodia to be as startling as the exhumations of La yard and Botta in Asfood is requisite for his spiritual nature. syria." Some of these ruins most strikingly Many starve their spiritual nature while resemble the ruins of Yucatan in Central . feeding their physical, hence the importance of quickening and sustaining schools and America. These statements are found in churches, and enlightening the minds of the the New York Book Buyer for May. people with · Bible truths. o::7" At the Reformed Episcopal Council. PRIMARY ScnooL.-Parents are frequently July 17, Dean Cridge, of British Columapplying to us for a good primary school. bia, was consecrated Bishop of the Pacific We think Miss Greary, successor to Mrs. Coast. Owen, is ',teaching such a school at the U We would ac~qo"Yledge. the re~eip_t of school.room : near the first bridge, Nuuanu ~ackages of papers, for gratmtous d1stribu• valley. tlon, from Mrs. C. H. Judd, Mrs. W . .F. B.Ev. C. B. ANDREws.-W e rejoice to Allen, and Mr. James N. Thain. learn f~9m letters received, that the health of THE CENTENNIAL.-Ac~ording to late re• this gentleman is improved and a prospect of recovery. He is under the medical ad• ports the number of daily visitors is rapidly vice and care of Dr. Clymer, of New York increasing, and varying from 25 to 50, and even running up to 60 and 70,000. cit.y. CONTE1'1TS Fo1• October 2, 1876. ~:ri~;!~?i~: : ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::ii THE FRIEND. at Japanese Students in Oregon. From the Pacific of August 17th we clip the following : At· the late commencement exercises of Pacific University, at Forest Grove, Oregon, the graduates numbered six. Three of them were Japanese. These attracted considerable attention. One of them finished tbe regular course, and the other two graduated in the scientific department. They have been here six year§, and two of them were for a time among the number who were supported by the Japanese Government; but when that government called its young men home from America, withdrawing all support, they remained at their own expense. These came from noble families, one having been an army officer, wirh 20 servants in bis house. When they came here they went into families as servants, and .remained so a part of the time, partly to be more economical in the expen:se of obtaining an English education, and partly to more thoroughly learn American manners and customs. When they first came, some of the people looked down on them, and at times treated them rudely; but they stood on their dignity, and have g~ined the respect of all cla~ses. They have 8hown themselves to be scholtHs and thinkers, or, as one of the ,. other schol ars said before commencement, " they are going to make us American boys ashamed of ourselves.'' Their orations showed that they were thinking about Japan and their future work there. One of them has become a Christian, and so firm a one that it is believed he will maintain his Christian character in .lapan, whatever may be his position. Immediately after the commencement they went east to attend the Centennial, and also to speud a few years in studying the scie~ce of government. · · RECIPROCITY TREATY went into operation on the 9th of September, by the proclama·'t ions of President Grant and His Majesty King Kalakaua. o::7" A second edition of Miss Bird's book on the Hawaiian Islan4s has been published in London. Some alterations are made, and the ref.,,,rence to the. English mission omit"'. ted. The volume is smaller in size . 'I' H I~ 82 Japan Letter. KoBE, JAPAN, July 1st, 1876. DEAR FRIEND--1 recently spent a few days at Kiyoto, the old metropolis of Japan, and stronghold of Hudhism, and will tell you a little of what I saw, especially the gates. The gate is often spoken of in the Bible as a matter of importance, both public a·nd private. They are often, even at the entrance to private dwellings, quite expensive; at the temples and palaces, still more so, a_n d doubtless at the walled cities of the east, extremely so being erected to shut out enemies. In Isaiah, 45:2, and Psalm 107:16, we read of ' Gates of br:iss and iron.' Such gates could not be burned by enemies, when they 'Turned the battle to the gate,'1.saiah, 29:6. Perhaps a brief description of those which I saw may aid a little in understanding what is said in the Bible concerning gates. They generally had but two posts, which were from 12 inches to 24 inches in diameter, and they were united by a beam or bar, and either on the posts or on the ends of this bar, and at right aqgles to it, two other beams projecting each way according to the size of the roofs, and on the ends of these two others parallel with the bar; thus making a square or an oblong foundation for the roof. It is covered with tiles, but first with thin shingles, then a slight coat of mortar, which seems to hold the tiles in their place, and when finished, resembles the roof of ·a house; and occaRionally there is a considerable amount of carved work on it. Some of the larger ones had four posts, one at each corner; and under the roof of which, I suppo.se, 50 -or 60 persons could be well seated. That may have been similar to that at which Boaz sat down to negotiate for Ruth, so als~ the king's gate in which Mordecai sat and would not bow to proud Haman. I suppose th~ ·gate of Gaza, which Samson' took, doprs and all, having broken or pulled up the posts and carried it all up to the hill top at Hebron-either had no roof, or it was hiaher frorri the bar than those which I saw, otherwise it would have interfered with his head. But without the roof, and with the bar on· hi& shoulder, he could move as freely as h Hawaiian with his load on his . shoulder. Solomon says, 'He that exalth his gate, seeketh destruction.' On this a good writer says, ' That men of rank in the Oriental World sought distinction by building their gate high, appears in the epithet given to the monarch of Turkey, 'the Sublime Port' in plain English, the high gate.' Would that this self-exalting spirit were confined to the east. lt creeps out sadly everywhere, fo; F R I IC N D , 0 C '1' 0 B E R , l 8 7 6 . and even among the pn1fessed followers of the meek and lowly, but holy and blessed Jesus. Although Kiyoto is not properly open to Christianity, yet that has got a foothold, and will, I trust, keep it. Through Mr. Neesima, a pious Japanese, of whom you may have heard, the government has consented that a scientific school should be opened here, and that three missionaries, besides Mr. N eesima, should assist in teaching in it and though the Bible is not allow~d in the school, yet in their dwellings they teach and preach just as they please. The Sabbath which I spent there it was thought that 400 persons heard the Gospel in the houses of the missionaries,-ten of these hearers are thought to be Christians. P. J. G. Yours in Christ, • Letter from Pitcairn's Island. January 24th, 1876. REV. MR. DAMON :-The arrival of H. M. S. Peterel on the 22d of this month was greeted by us with unfeigned pleasure, as we have not seen a British man-of-war since the visit of the Oa1neleon in 1873. Your letter was most welcome as showing that you have not entirely forgotten your humble friends, the Pitcairn Islanders. And we on our part, are happy to feel that in you, dear sir, we have a friend. We herewith send our grateful thanks for the reading matter vou sent us,-so completely shut out from the world. Your most valuable paper, the FRJEND, is always welcome. As to general news of the outside world, we are kept pretty well informed by the merchant vessels which occasionally pass this way. Twice since last h,earing from you we have aided (all in our power) shipwrecked seamen, the first being the crew of the Gorn• wallis, which was wrecked on the island just a year ago, and the second the crew of the Khandeish, who were wrecked on Oeno Island, and in their boats landed amongst us on the 29th September, 1875. Their stay with us was prolonged to two months nearly, being taken away on the 19th November by the ship Emerald, going back again to San Francisco. By the way, this brings us to the subject He lies of Captain Hutchinson's grave. buried near to the landing place of our -little island, close by the side of Captain Howland, who found his last resting pla~e here was buried on the island in the year 1866. Only a simple stone marks the ' grave of Captain Hutchinson, but be assured, dear sir, that your request will be attended to without fail. Your sincere friends, Miss Bird a Traveler. Many of our readers are only acquainted with l\'.liss Bird through the pages of a most charming book, relating to the '' Hawaiian Archipelago." In the August number of the London Leisure Hou,r just received, we find an article from her facile pen entitled "The Two Atlantics," giving a narrative of her voyage to Australia in an immigrant ship, when commencing her voyage of circumnavigation around the globe. Her visit to our islands formed a part of that voyage. In this same article, she allu es to having crossed the Atlantic "eight times" and coasting along North. America "from Labrador to Florida " then after returning from her fourth trip to America, to a " health-seeking cruise of six months in a steamer trading between the Mediterranean and North American ports." After leaving Honolulu she visited California, and spent some months in the wilds of Colorado. Few ladies of the age . have traTeled more extensively than Miss Bird. Perhaps a certain American young lady, Miss A. of Boston who visited our islands a few months since, may erelong out-travel this distinguished English lady. Miss A. has already visited every state of the Union (except Texas) including Oregon, and has besides traveled extensive~ in Europe. When bidding us "good-bye" a few days ago at the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco, she was contemplating a fall trip to South America, but had definitely decided to spend the corning winter in Egypt.•. Both these ladies travel alone. Explorations in Cambodia. On board the City o.f San Francisco, during her last trip from San Franc.isc;o to Honolulu, we had as fellow passenge_r a French gentlemen, Mons. F . Ratte, destined for New Caledonia in the service of the French Government. He has of late been employed in exploring the comparatively :unknown regions of Cochinchina. In that part of the world are immense ruins,· which are now attracting the attention of scientific men and archreologists. We were so much interested in his account of these explorations,-his knowledge being derived from personal observation while there in government employment as an explorer,-that we requested him to note down a few. points of interest. The following brief -memoranda will indicate the nature of those .discoveries and explorations : The ancient kingdom of Cambodia, .besides the actual Cambodia, occupied a great part of the actual kingdom of Siam and French Cochinchina. . In those territories covered by many:inTHE PITCAIRN lsLANDERS. salubrious marshes are numerous ruins of Thursday 0. Christian , Chief Magistrate. ancient religious and other monumei1ts con- 1, H E F R I E N D , 0 C 'f O B E R , cealed and lost in very thick forests and jungles, mhabited by elephants, buffalos, peacocks, ·monkeys and tigers. The most part of those monuments were first built for the worship of Brahma, but 5ome of them of a later age ,however show ornaments and characters of Budhic style. Their architecture differs in some respects from that of the Indian monuments of Bengal. Narrow galleries, now frequented by many thousands of bats, were then filled with processions of the Brahmanists or Budhists, those galleries crossing each other and conducting to a central sanctuarv. .Mouhot, WFrench naturalist sent by Eng]and a few years ago fell a victim of the dreadful '' fever of the forests," speaks with great enthusiasm of those monuments. About ten years after Mouhot, extensive explorations were made by Commandant Doudart de Lagree (capitaine de fregate) who first represented (1863-1866) the French Protectorate in Cambodia, and who was the regretted chief of the exploration of Mekong (1866 -1868). He became a victim, as Mouhot, of the bad climate and died at the end of the expedition in China ( 1868). In the year 1873 the French Government sent a scientific commission, whose chief was Mr. Louis Delaporte (lieutenant de vaisseau), who was officer under Commandant Doudart de Lagree in the first expedition of Mekong. The members of the commission (1873) were: Mr. Bouillet, hydrograph engineer, Dr. Harmand; marine surgeon (now explorating Cai:nbodia and Laos), Dr. Tullien, civil surgeon, as naturalists; Mr. Ratte. engineer, as geologis t; and attached to the commission, Mr. Faraut, colonial engineer who directed the works of drawing by our marine engineers, and whose collaboration was very elaborate in that department. The list of the monuments has been much increased, and now we know about ninety or nearly one· hundred ancient monuments, which Mr. le Comte de Croizier has described in a book published at the suggestion of the recent geographical congress in Paris. This is a short notice of the specimens exhibited in the Museum of Compiegne, near Paris, where are preserved the samples of carved stones, columns, pilasters, Budhic statues, bass-reliefs, and inscriptions that we b~ought to Europe. ' We have no time to describe those very fine architectural works; let us say only that many years will be necessary to put down and publish all the plans, drawings, inscriptions and descriptions that we have gathered in that expedition, and that archreologists are waiting for the interesting work that Mr. Louis Delaporte is preparing with the assistance of several of his comF. R. panions. On board the City of S. Francisco, 24th August, 1876. AMERICAN STUDENTS IN GERMAN Y.-Fourteen hundred young Americans are prosecuting their studies at the. universities and colleges, music schools and conservatories of Germany, and recent criticisms and reports testify to their being very apt schulars; and, moreover, these reports proceed from German authorities, extremely exacting and not over addicted to eulogizing the foreigners.-A1n- e1·ican pcipe1'. I 8 7 G. fFrom the Boston Journal.] A Missionary Romance. AN AMERICAN THE DAUGHTER OF ARAB SHEIK. MARRIES AN 83 faith, and their children were nurtured in the same way. ,Randall's son has become Sheik of the tribe, the father-in-law having died. A dervish, a zealot of the Mohammedan faith, had for a long time been endeavoring to stir up opposition and persecution on account of . this new religion. He strove to have Randall's sons thrown out of the employ of the Turkish Government, and failing in this, turned his assauits upon a daughter of this foreigner, and chargf'd her with withcraft. She was brought before the Meglis, com posed of venerable Sheiks and Effendis, to answer charges which involved her life. The charges having been presented and substantiated as best they could be by witnesses, she was called npon to answer the charges through her advocate. She, although but fourteen years of age, responded, "Most venerable fathers, I will reply in person." And then, holding a Bible in her hand from which she frequently read, made a defence worthy an Apostle, and when she finished the unanimous verdict was in her favor. But the old dervish breathed revenge and·determined to take her life. This trial · was in October, 1872; in June, 1873, while Keren (for such was her name) was teaching a class of little children in a grove, the dervish stealthily approached, and before any one was aware he had murdered her and fled. The fleetest horses of the tribe, with riders armed, pursured and captured him; he was tried and executed . The last letter from Lady Arzalia Le Arish, Randall gave a most touching account of the trial and tragic death of her daughter, _in which is this sentence : " Pray for me that my piety may be as humble as the violet, as enduring as the olive and as fragrant as the orient." In a few months the Rev. Mr. Berry will offer the readers of thi s sl{etch its entire story from the hut of the Indian to the tents of the Bedouin. Some members of the family contemplate visiting this country soon, when they will substantiate the story to a doubting public. The Rev. Philip Berry, of Belchertown, Mass., will soon publish a book relating a true story of a young man's experience, which will again prove truth stranger than fiction. About twenty-five years ago a company of young men started out from Damascus for Jerusalem. They had not gone far when a band of armed horsemen surrounded them· and ordered them to halt. The leader of the band said the caravan might move on unharmed if t~y would deliver up one of their number, a young man named Randall, who should not suffer if he would come along with them peacefully. After a brief consultation the terms were acceded to, ·and the last look his companions had of him was to see him mounted on a fine horse, attended by the gay horsemen of the Bedouin Sheik of the Le Arish tribe, which usually winter in the neighborhood of Damascus, and in the summer move south and east over the great plain, seeking pasturage and water for their flocks and herds. Where the escort were to convey Randall he had no conception, but soon he found himself at the Sheik's tent, and to his great surprise a magnificent entertainment awaited him. With amazement he exclaimed, " What does this all m_e an ?" Arzalia, the Sheik's daughter, had seer. the young man and fallen PASSIONATELY IN LOVE With him, and this was the wedding feast. The young man and Arzalia were married at once. There was no escape for Randall, for his tent was faithfully guarded by night and his person closely watched by day, lest he should 1escape; and this guard was kept over him for years. He seemed happy with his unsought bride, for Arzalia proved her love for him was more than mere fancy. Children were born to them, and . their domestic life was marked by kindness, courtesy _ and true affection. Randall rapidly acquired EmTORIAL.-W hen the Rev. Mr. Berry's the Arabic language, his wife as readily book .a ppears we shall hope to see a copy, mastered the English, and they taught their for the romance of this narrative alm'ost children both, which they speak readily. Who was this Randall ? In the State of equals a chapter of the Arabian Nights' E _n; New York lives his father, who has never tertainment. We have read a statement in seen the face of his son. This father is the Boston Cong1·egationalist, that the now · over seventy years of age, and has a American missionaries at Beyrout had never history almost as romantic as that of his son, for he was raised among the lnd ians heard of this Mr. Randall. and has traveled over the Mississippi Valley in search of fish and game. Wheu he was twenty-one years of age the chief advised him to go to the white man (he was voluntarily among the Indians,) saying: " You can be mo_re of a man among the white peop]e than among the Indians." He returned and secured a Welsh lady for his wife, and while she was on a visit to her relatives in Wales this son was born. The mother soon after dying, the boy remained with his kindred awaiting the father from this country, but the father was unable to go after his son, who remained in Wales till manhood, and was taking a trip through Syria when he was Eighty Chinesf' boys left Hartford Monday for the centennial. At New Haven they were joined by about 30 more. Tht!y are the Chinese students at schdol in this country under the superintenden_ce of the Chinese educational commission. They are accompanied by Cwong Ki Chin, interpreter, . L ti Ki Cheun, teacher, Prof. D. E. Bartlett of the American Asylum of Hartford, Prof. L N. Carleton of the State Normal School, Prof. B. G. Northrop of the Connecticut educational Board, and Wm. Kellogg. They wil l stay in Philadelphia until Friday. The Chinese commissioners will visit the exhibition later. CAPTURED BY THE SHEIK. NEw SAILORS' Hol\rn IN SAN FnANdrsc0.Young Randall was a Baptist, and throug h Th Congress of the United States has_donahis influence his wife became of the same ted the old Marine Hospital for this purpose. - 11 H. E ~, R I E N 1J , 84 THE FRIEND. OCTOBER 2, 1876. Dr. Holmes' Centennial Hymn. [SUNG AT THE NATIONAL CELEBRATION AT l'HILADELPHIA,] Brigjlt on the banners of lily and rose Lo ! the last sun of our century ijeta ! Wrealh the black cannon that scowled on our foes, All but her friendships the nation forget11 ! A 11 but her friends and their welcome forget11 ! These are around her; but where are her foes? Lo ! while the sun of her century sets, Peace with her garlands of lily and rose ! Welcome! a shout like the war trumpets swell, Wakes the wild echoes that slumber aroused ! Welcome! it quivers from Liberty's bell; Welcome! the walls of her temple resound! Hark! the gray walls of her temple re&ouud ! Fa.de the far voices o'er hillside and dell; Welcome! still whisper the echoes around; Welcome! still trembles on Libcrty'a bell! Thrones ol the continents ! Isles of the sea! Your,1 are the garlands of peace we entwine; Welcome, once more, to the land of the free, Shadowed alike by the palm and the pine; Softly they murmur, the palm and the piuc, " Hushed is our strife, in the land of the free.;" Over your children their branches entwine, Thrones of the continents ! fale:i of the t:iea ! EDITOR'S TABLE, " LtcENSE Rm10RM." 0 t 11 0 B E R , I 8 7 6 • during the two days of our stay at Gothenburg, without seeing one drunken person. On one evening we went to see the lowest parts of it, but such places as the " slums " of some of oudarge English towns we could not discover, and were told that they did not exist. The houses of the working people appeared to us to be well built and well kept, and no extreme poverty was visible. We observed a striking contrast between these public houses and our own in this respect-that at Gothenburg the people were almost all taking food, showing that the purpose steadily pursued by the company of transforming public hous p M, on the 10th with fresh bretzc from the E, varying to ES E; crossed the equator on the 14th, in long 149 30' W. Struck the N E tradee in lat 11 oo· N, with strong squalls and constant rain, which continued for 48 hours; latter part of passage had moderate N E winds with fine clear weather. Sighted the N E point, of Hawaii on Thursday, Aug 24th, at 9 AM; hove to off Diamond Head at 6 i.::ao~::::~day, Aug 26th, l6½ days from Flint Island and 24 ° ° REl'Oll'f OF THERM SS ZEALANDIA, f'EHltlES, COMMANDEU.-1.eft Sydney Ju y 29th, 3.10 1• M cast off from buoy aml proceeded down thll harbor, a.t 4 p M passed Sydney Hea1fa; noon, Augu11t 4th, arrived at Kandavu, mean time from port to 1,ort 6 days and In houri!; Aug 9th, 3 PM, lefl Kandavu with New Zealand mails and passengers ex RM ss Australia, and reached Auckland on the 13th, at noon, time from port to port 3 days and 21 hours; left ,\uckland, 6 p M, the same day, and after calling at the various ports arrived at Port Chalmers at midmght of the 17th, thirty-three hours in advance of contract time; left Port Chalmers with homeward mails and passengers OD lhe 23d, 5.40 P Mj 24th, 6.30 PM, left Lyttleton; ~6th, 4.30 PM, left Wellington; 20th, 2 1• M, left Napi~r; 28th, 3.65 1• M, left Auckland and arrived at Kanda.vu 8ept 1st, 5 A M, weather very thick, slowed engines, cleared sufficiently at 8 A M to enter harbor, P M ss City of Sydney uot then arrivt'd, time from Auckland 3 days and 13½ hours; 2 20 PM the City of Sydney entered port, received her portion of mails and pallsengers. and left at 6 P M, cleared Nanuka passage next morning at eleven; at daylight on the 11th sighled Oahu, entered the harbor and ma.de fast to the wharf at 7.30 A M; experienced fresh northeasterly winds from l{andavu. R McDONALD, Purser. REPOllT OF PM ss CITY 01'' NEW YORK,J l\l CAVARLY, COMMANDER.-Left San Francisco at 9.20 AM, Sept 13th, anri discharged Pilot at 10.30; bad fine weather during the voyage; 16th saw a bark standing East; arrived at Honolulu at 6 A M. REPORT OF HAW BK RC WYLIE, WOLTERS, l\hi:iTER.Left Bremen the 18th ol May; Jiassed the Lizard on the 26th, and crossed the line in the Atlantic on the 18th of June, in 27 W, 31 days o.ut; in the SE trades had heavy squalls and rainy weather, in which lost fore-lop and top-gallant ma~ts, crossed 50 ° S in the Atlantic iu 03 o W, 61 days out; wa1, off Cape Horn the 21st of .July, ti4 days out; from thence had storms and very heavy weather till the 10th of August, which day passed 60 ° 8 in the Paci tic in 80 ° W; from thence had very light winds from the NW, aud wert! on account of thl'~e adverse winds obliged to go inside of Juan Fernandez; ftll in with SE trades in 24 ° and 85 ° W; from thence had continually fine weather till the ship arrived in port, the 26th of Reptember, 130 days out. ° PASSENGERS. -=:-=-==~ --- =-============= W ·H FROM FLINT'S ISLAND-Per Allen, Aug 26th-Wm Greig and 2 sons, J C Wisc and 3 natives. I,'oR SAN FRA.Nc1sco-l'er DC Murray, Aug 26th -Mr5 JS "alke1·, H Mclntyrn, l\lrs S S Robertson and 4 children, 111,,. Humphreys, Miss Sissions, Mrs Luke, JI .Born, J Lewis, Ch11s i:lmith. FOR SAN FRANCISco-Per Mary Belle Roberts, Aug 26thG Wessels, Jno D Bolt, N Roberts, Mrs E Mayo. FOR PORT GAMBLE-Per Camden, Aug 29th-H Blanchard. wire0:r.l~:i~t4.ND-Per Uanoma. Aug 31st-Wm Chapman, 0 J<'o1t SAN FRANC1sco-Per Alden llesse, Sept 5th-O H Baker. FROM KANDA Vu-Per Zealandia, Sept 11th-Mr Smith, Ur Adams, .J no Patterson. Fo1t SAN FRANCISco-Per Zealandia, Eept 12th-Clam; Spreckles and family, Mr l\Jamrles and wife, ZS Spalding, Mrs Jas l\fakee and daughter, T W Everett, 8 Van Cleve, W T Rees, S G Wilder, Mrs S E Bishop :ind daughter, l\Irs W Kilburn and chi lei, Mrs Delehanti, :\1 rs W H Parker. child amt nurse, Mrs Richard, child and nurse, F W Damon, Mrs Greene and child, B Huebener, H Schmidt. and ,4 Chinamen. FnoM SAN FnANc1sco-l'er Cyane, Sept 18th-Mr Halm. FROM SAN FRANCisco-Per City of Ne1v York. Sept ,2lstl.\Jrs S .M Rodgers, l\irs T B Hascall, Dr O S Cumini_us and wife, j B Atherton, Mrs J M Cooke, Miss Athertoti, .JV Wilcox, JI Dowsettjr, Hon CR . Bishop and wife, F.F Fletcher, W G Cutler, Geo O Coms'tock, Mrti B 1Jex1er and 2 children, Mrs J Owen, G V Bartlett, Il H Wj1\iafus, R Gr,ei~e, Mrs M .J McGowan and 3 chi'ld'reu:. Mr Mc:'Gowau, J F Brown, Dr Lathrop, S Hardcastl~ aud 4 in steerair,e. Fon SYDNE\"-Per City of Ne,v York, Sept 2Ht-f? A An• derson. Fu'o'M lfaE'MEN-Per RC Wylie, Sept 26tl't-P H Baum . DIED. ~O"\lJ"l'Y.-ln the Arctic Ocean_, between Diomede Islands and East Cape, .lune 24th, G1,10RGE F Do&iTf, master of the Ha,vaiian schr Giovanni Apiani, aged 38' years, a native of Sedgwick, Mc.GILLER~U.NN.-ln this city Sept 6trt', Mr RteHARD GJL• J,EltMANN, a native of Hamburg, Oermaqy. He returned in the last steamer from Sau Franclseo', but ft'ad previously resided about four years on iltcse islandti. RAWSON .-In thi111 city, Sc.1>t 10th,. suddenly, ·o f aneur!sm, 1\Ir SAMUEL K RAWSON, aged 54 years, a natiYe-of Hartford, Coun. He had resided here 11ince 1846, and leave11 a widow and two children. lIALL.-At Kainali11, North Kona, Hawaii, Sept 13th, al the residence of her father. SA RAH, youngest daughter of l\,lr Chas Hall, aj(ed 16 years and 10 months. ADA!lrs.-ln thie city, Sept lStl!, JonN ALEXAND1':n, ooty son of (;apt John h a1.1d l'ohuuui Adams, aged 3 year~, 11 111011ths aud 19 dayti. 86 T H E ~, It I E N D , The Late Mr. James Robinson. The death of Mr. Robinson, severs another link connecting the present with the past. The departed never mingled in political affairs, but quietly passed along the even tenor of his ways, and hence his name is seldom mentioned in our island history, yet for more than a half century he has been at the head nf an establishment which accumulated large property, as appears from his will recently published. As many of our seafaring readers were personally acquainted with him, and not a few have had dealings with him in the way of ship-carpentry and other business, we think they will be interested in the following facts and the contents of his will, which in~identally brings out many interesting facts. Mr. Robinson was born in Poorfleet, London, November 8, 1798. After making a voyage to the East Indies as a carpenter's mate, he shipped in 1819 as carpenter on board the English whaleship Pearl. On her passage around Cape Horn, this ship spoke the 1 1/iacldeus, bound to the Sandwich Islands with the pioneer American m1ss10naries. How little the carpenter of the Pearl imagined that he was destined to spend his life on these islands, and never again visit England or the mainland. The Pea'i·l visited Honolulu for supplies in 1820 and 1821, and on the 26th of April, 1822, was wrecked on " ·Pearl and Hermes'' Reef, lying 1iear Midway and Ocean Islands, situated about 650 miles to the northwest of the Sandwich Islands. At the time of the wreck, the P ea1·l was crui sing in company with the English whaleship H ennes. The Pearl was first wrecked, and the I-Ierrnes ran down to look after her consort, when lo, she met a similar fate. After much labor a small vessel of thirty tons, called the .Deliverance, was built under the superintendence of Mr. Robinson, which was safely nav•i gated to Honolulu. On landing Mr. Robinson and a ship-mate, Robert Lawrence, cooper, found employment in repairing schooners owned by the king and chiefs. They \'\-ere allowed to occupy the " Pornt," but many years passed before they obtained a secure title to the land. Years rolled on, and the firm of James Robinson & Co. (including Robert Lawrence and Mr. Holt) became wealthy, and carried on a business that employed a large number of ship-carpenters and caulkers. More whaleships were repaired at their establishment than at any other in the Pacific. The &rm was always noted for their strict attention to business and prompt payment of all liabilities. Mr. Robinson survived both his partners, and during the last years f his life has quietly attended to his private business, a nd while not unthoughtful of the OC'l'OBElt , I 8 7 6. future, has been making his arrangements to pass over his large estate into the hands of his ten children. We copy the outlines of his will from the Hawaiian Gazette of Sept. 13th, as it came up before the Court of Probate. Mr. Robinson died at his residence in Nuuanu valley Augu:st 8th. Having known the deceased for ov.er thirty years and often met him in the intercourse of life, it is with pleasure we can bear our testimony to his integrity and gentle bearing. As appears from the above dates, his Jife has run parallel with the entire hi5tory of the American mission on these islands. Of late years it has been most gratifying to witness an exhibition of the old " patriarchal " type, in his intercour8e with his numerous family relations, of children, grandchildren and others. Certain items in his will indicate that he remembered several of those known as laborers in his shipyard. •' In tbe matter of the proof of the will of and personal, the testator leaves to be divided between his eight children, by his second wife, for their respective lives, and afterwards .to their heirs, and appomt8 Curtis P. Ward, Samuel C. Allen and Mark Robinson executors and trustees of the estate and guardians of his minor children, without bonds. On the bearing, tbe widow accepted the provisions made for her in the will in lieu of dower." Mr. Floyd of San Francisco, (formerly commander of the Idaho), the president of the board of trustees of the Lick donation, has been consulting Leverrier in Paris as to the construction and furnishing of the proposed Lick observatory, and the p-rounds of the Paris observatory have been thrown open for his use in making experiments witn large apparatus. A refracting telescope with a ]ens one metre in diameter will doubtless be made in Europe at some of the celebrated factories. · An Indiana rum-seller prosecuted Mrs. M. A. Johnson for. calling his rum-shop in the temperance paper she edits, a II murdermill." Unfortunately for him the facts she •presented to the jury cqnvinced them ·that she had reason to stigmatize it with the title James Rob1mmn, deceased. Before Mr. Justice that so offended him. His saloon is not the Judd by request of Justice Harris at chambers. only salo·on that might be called by the same Petition of Mark Robinson, C. P. Ward and name.- Illustmted Christian Weekly. Samuel C. Allen for probate of the will. The court after hearing the evidence in the matter admitted the will to probate and ordered letters testamentary to be issued to the petitioners without bond according to the terms of the will. 'fhe testator died at his residence in Nuuanu valley on the 8th of August last, leaving a widow and ten children, two of whom, James J. Robinson of Kauai and Charlotte, now Mrs. Hasslocher of San Franci1,co, are by a former wife. The deceased leaves real and pel'isonal property amounting to $479,000, and distributed it by his will ai; follows:" To · his widow for life, or as long as she remains unrual'l'ied, tbe house and premises in Nuuanu valley, and all the household furniture and several other lands, includin~ a fish pond and $1200 a year payable quarterly. These provisions to be accepted in lieu of dower. After the death of the widow the above real property is to go to Mark Robinson and John N. Robinson his sons for life and after the death of each, one half to his heirs. To his son James J. Robinson the testator leaves the income of $5000 for life and after his death the $5000 to go to bis heirs, alsc, the premises at Hanalei, Kauai, on like terms. 'fo Charlotte Hasslocber he gives the income of $12,000 to be paid quarterly for her life, and afterwards the $12,000 to her cbildren who may survive her, also to Mrs. Hasslocher the sum of $1000 and to each of her children $1000. 'rhe testator also leaves $1000 to each of his other children. 'fhe property at Pakaka, Honolulu, the stone building on King and Nuuanu streets, and the land at Hoaeae, Ewa, and all lands in Ewa, are left to bis sons Mark and John N. Robinson for life and after the decease of each one half to the heirs of each. Also all the cattle, horses and sheep and all personal property at Ewa, to the above two sons. 'lo the children of his daughter, Mrs. Ward, $1000 each. To the trustees of the Queen's Hospital, $250. 'fo the trustees of the English Episcopal Church' $100. 'fo the trustees of the Bethel Church, $100. To :Maria Tate $1000, to Benja· H orn bl ower $100 , t o Al exan der S m1·tb $100 , min to Andrew Auld $100, to 'l 'bos. Callon $500. to Luke Breviere $500, and Solomon Breviere $500, to his nephew George Robinson $2000, and to each of his children $500, to Daniel P. True $ 50 , to Ei m1·1y Tb omson $1000 , t o R eb ecca Thomson $ 500, to Hannah 'l'ate $500, to Henry S. Swrnton $100. The residuary estate both real 'I TO THE PUBLIC! ,HE FIRST PREMIUM GOLD MEDAL was awarded at the Industrial Exhibition, 1876, to BRADLEY & RULOFSON ! For the best Pltotographs &. Crayons in San Franclstio THE NATION .U GOLD 1mmA.L ! For the Best Photogra1}hs in the IJui ted States! AND THE VIENNA MEDAL ! For the Best in the World ! OFFICE OF BRADLEY & RU.LOFSON'S ART GALLERY No. 429 Montgomery street, Sa:u. 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HACKF'ELD &, co . AGENTS. 1' II E FRIEND, Place_s of Worship. DR• OC'rOBER 81 I S 7 6. ADVERTISEMENTS. SAILORS' HOME! S1~AMEN's BETHEL- -Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, 1'-. B. HUTCHINSON, King streGt, ·near the Sailors; Home. Preaching Phy!!lician and Surgeon, at 11 .A. M. Seats free. Sabbath School before tbe morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday Office at Drug Store, corner o( Fort and Merchant Streets; evenings at 7½ o'clock. Residence, Nuuanu Avenue, near School Street. FORT S·mEET CHURCH-Rev. W. Frear, Pastor, Office Hours, 9 to 11 A. M. fel '7o corner of Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 7~ r. M. Sabbath G. IRWIN & CO.• School at 10 A. M. KAWAIAHAO CHURCH- -Rev. H. H . Parker, Pastor, Commission lrfe1'chants, King street, above the Palace. Services in HaPlantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, H. 1. waiian every Sunday at 9~ A. i\i. and 3 P. M. RoMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH- Under the charge of LE,VERS & DICKSON. Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret, assisted by Rev. Patber Dealers in Lumber and Building 1r.laterials, Hermann Fort street. neat· Beretania. :;3ervices every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Fort Street, llooolulu, H. I. KAUMAKAPILI CHURCH--Rev. M. Knaea, Pastor, HOFFM_\.NN, M. D., Beretauia ,reet. near Nnuann. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 10 .A. M, and 2½ P. M. Physician and Surgeon, 'rHE ANGLICAN CHORCH--Bishop. the Rt. Rev. Alfred Willis, D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dunn, M.A., Corner Merchant sod Kaahumanu Streets, near the Post Office Rev. Alex. Mackintosh, St. Andrew's Temporary Officers' Table, with lodging, per week, $6 Cathedral, Beretania street, opposite the Hotel. BREWER &. co . Seamen's do. do. do. 5 English services on Sundays at 6~ and 11 A. M., and Shower Baths on the Premises. Commission and Shipping Merchants, 2~ and 7~ P. M. Sunday School at the Clergy Honse at 10 A. M. Honolulu, Oanu, II. I. ED. DUNSCOMBE • \V. E. C. E. TIIOS. G. THRUi,t, .!J.uction and Commission Merchant, STA1 IONER, NEWS AGENT AND BOOK BINDER, MOTT MERCHANT STREET, HONOLULU. ON HAND THE FOLLOWING Works piirtaining to the Hawaiian Islands: K EEPS ,Tarvis' History of the Sandwich Islands .••.•.••• Price, 50 $2 Bennett's Historical Sketch of the Hawaiian Islands, " 1 50 Hawaii an Club Papers, 1888. •• • • . • • • • • ••• • • • • " I 50 Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1875 and 1876, 50 cts each The Second Interregnum, with cabinet photograph of His Majesty Kalakaua, c1ntaining an account of all the events incident to his election to the Throne .••.•.••• Pricii, $1 50 Hass Inger's Hawaiian •raritr and Digest of Laws and Regulations of the Customs. &c, in paper & boards, price $1 & 1.2& Andrews' I'lawa1ian Dictionary, sheep .•• ••••••••• Price $5 00 Hawaiian Phrase Boole. " 60 Synopsis of Hawaiian Grammar. '' 75 Jarv is' Kiana , A liomance of the Sandwich Islands, " I 50 Charts of the Hawaiian Islands, $1.50 each, and Letter Sheet Maps of same. $LOO per quire. Sets of Hawaiian Postage St1mps, with specimen Hawaiian Flag, price $LOO. Photograph View of Honolulu, 9x24 inches, mounted or unmounted, price $2.00 and $2.50. The above will be mailed to any part of the world on receipt of price anrl postage. Any Books published pertaining to the Islands will be procured to order. .Dentis#, Having resumed practice, can be found at his rooms over E Strehz & Co.'s Drug Store, corner of Fort and Hotel sts. P l'apers and Magazines, back numbers-put up to order at ly reduced rates for parties going to sea. THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL! .Manager. Caniage Making and 1,rimming ! I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT I now employ the best Mechanics in the line of Carriage Making, Carriage and General Blacksmithing, Painting, Repairing, &c., J. G• '\VEST, Wagon and Carriage Builder, 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. !tr Island orders p1omptly executed at lowest rates A. w. PIER VE &. CO •• (Succesors to U. L. Richards & Co.) Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Anti Per1•y Dnvil!I' Pain Killer. D. N. FLITNER, Houolulu. ACKAGES OF READING MATTER-OF Honlnlu. January 1. 1875. On the Hawaiian Group and it is a well established fact that oar Carriage Trimming, by Mr. R. Whit0 H N S. M ·c G R. E W , M . D ., ma'n , is as well executed as any in New York City or elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that Late Surgeon 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 c11n be found in any part of the world. I will also state here that we fully intend to work at Ala.kea and Fort streets. the lowest possible rates. G. WEST. STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, • SMITH, Agents Pnnloa Salt ~orks, Brand's Bomb Lances, THos. G. THRUM'S • ADAMS. Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street. 1 No. 19 Me1•cbant Street, • P. CONTINUES HIS OLD BUSINESS IN THE !<'IRE-PROOF lluilding, Ka.a.huma.nu 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 Repairing !:<extant and quadrant glasses silvered and adjusted. Charts and nautical instruments constantly on hand and for sale. fel ·M. DICKSON, Photographer, 61 Fo1·t Street, Honolnln, ON HAND A CHOICE ASS0R'.f• MENT OF PHO'f OGRAPHIC STOCK, A LWAYS A Large Collection of Beautiful Views of Hawaiian Scenery, &c., &c. CURIOSITY HUNTERS will tl.nd at this establishment a SPLENDID COLLECTION OF Volcanic Specimen!l, Co1•als, Shells. '\-Var In1plen1e11t11, Fe1•ns, Mn.ts, Kapa111, And a Great Variety of other Hawaiian and Micronesian Curiosities. PICTURE FRAMES A SPECIALITY -: jal 1874 CASTLE & COOKE., UIPORTERS AND DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE -A.GENTS OF- NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. ,HE REGULAR PORTLAND LINE OF Packets, Ne1v England Mutual Lif3 Insurance Company, 'l '£he Union Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco, The Kohala Sugar Company, DILLINGHAM & CO., The Haiku Sugar Company. Nos. 95 and 97 King Street, KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF . ')"_iHE PROPRIF.TOR WILL SPARE NO pains to make this EX.EG-.A.N'T ~C>TEL First-Class in Every Particular ! ROOMS ()!N BE IUD BY THE NIGHT OR WEEK! with or without board. HALL AND LARGE ROOMS TO LET FOR j yl PUBLIC MF.ETINGS, OR SOCIETIES. ly Goods Suitable for Trade. S HIP MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT during the last Six Years can testify from persona.I experience that the undersigned keep the best assortment of GOODS FOR TRADE And Sell Cheaper than any other Rouse in the Kingdom. DILLINGHAM & CO. 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. tt " THE FRIEND," A Temperance, MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO · Seamen, Ma.rjne and Genera.I Intelligence, PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL 0. DAMON~ TERMS: One C,apy per annum •••••••••••• , . $2.qO Two Copies per a.nnum ••• , • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • . • • . • • • 3. 00 Foreign Subscribers, including postage. . . . . . 2.50 joung ~m's <!LYristian ~ssociation of Jonolulu. Plwe 1·eligion and undefiled bef01·e God, the Father, i,q this: 1'o v'is'it the f athe1·less and W'idows in thefr ajflfotion, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world. Edited by a Committee of thB Y. M. C. A. I remark, once more, that the pulpit itself has unconsciously lent itself to the great danger of making belie( more important than the life : not in terms-for, in general, the pulpit most explicitly derlares that the actual condition of the heart before God is the most important thing; but there is an ins idious way of advocating a thing in terms and opposing it in effect; for it is more the emphasis than the statement that determines the effect of preaching. If a man were to begin every sermon in the year by saying, "God is love," and then go on preaching " God is just," in every sermon of the year, never developing anything higher, the milder statement would perish under the emphasis and repetition which he threw into the sterner; and men would see God, as it were, in a cloud, and wou Id look upon him as a great wheel-turner, who sat moving the vast machine of the universe, leaving those who got in the way to be crushed. Thus, partly from the exigencies of government, in times ot persecution-when a man's life depended, from various causes, on what was called the fidelity of orthodoxy-men have come to be impressed that though they ought to be right at heart, yet it is far more important that they should be right in belief; and that a little goodness with a great deal of orthodoxy is a good deal safer than a great deal of goodness with a ragged orthodoxy. It is a spurious form of the old Greek idea that knowledge is the end of existence : and that to be accurate, to think right, and to put right thinking together systematically, is the main point: that there ought to be goodness, to be sure; but that knowlE?dge is the main thing, and that goodness is a sort of sequence of knowledge. HENRY WARD BEECHER. DE~TH .OF MR. AHEONG.-Intelligence was received by the last anival from China, that Samuel P. Aheong died in China among his friends on the 14th of June. The career of this Chinaman is quite noteworthy. He came to the islands among the Chinese brought by Mr. Graves, more than twenty years ago, and was hired by Mr. Torbert of Makawao, who was so much pleased with his aptness to learn that he sent him to an English school, taught we believe by a member of the Rev. Mr. Green's family. Time passed on, and he married among the Hawaiians and became a merchant at Lahaina, •~here he made a profession of his faith, iq the D hristian religion but in 1870 remnreq. his church-relationship to the Bethel church of Honolulu. During . 1868 and 1869 he was employed as a colporteur among his countrymen by the Hawaiian Board. Speaking several dialects of China and being a man of good abilities, he became an eloquent preacher, often addressing audiences of the Chinese in Honolulu and elsewhere upon the islands. In 1870, with his wife and two children, he returned to China, where he has taught s~hool, but suffered much from sickness. Our recollections of him are most CROSSING THE ATLANTIC IN A " SKIFF."The bold mariner from Gloucester, who is now making his way across the ocean in a dory appears to be getting on famously. A 'f roy gentlemen who bas been on a visit to London, and who returned by the steamer a~ ;e;;eb:;p;:;~/::~t 1 t~n :~d~:;:i~heth:~t~ descried ahead what seemed to be part of a wreck. As it neared the · ship t"ile object was discovered to be a small skiff, and in the darkness the figure of one man was descried. The Captain immediately gave orders to stop the engines and get the ropes ready to pull pleasant. He was a most ge~ial an~ agree- the man on board. The sea was running able man and speaking the English lan- high. The skiff came quite near to the ship, guage with much fluency, it was delightful -appearing and disappearing at intervalsto converse with him about China and the now on the top of an immense wave level with the deck of the vessel, the next minute hidden Chinese-their history, religions and cusfrom sight in the billows. 'rhe Captain, toms, and his conversion to Christianity. calling to know who was in the boat, was He leaves a widow and two children in answered in a strong German accent : " I am John Johnson, from Gloucester, MassachuChina, and one child at Makawao. setts." He told further that he was bound S. C. D. to Liverpool; that his skiff was named MissJON AMONG CHINESE IN SAN FRAN- Centennial, and that he had been out fifteen days. He then asked the Captain to comc1sco.-One of the 8an Francisco papers has pare reckonings. His was longitude 46Q, been looking into the working of the missions latitude 39°: the Captain's was the same. among the Chinamen in that city. It gives Johnson informed the Captain that he slept these results: The Methodists maintain a by day, and before going to sleep he took church of forty Chinese members, a Sunday- in his rudder and took downea.11 sails; during school and a night school. Five teachers sl_eep, his craft drifted with the waves. are empl0yed in ihe night school, which is He was awake at nights. The captain made attended in part by adults. Instruction a final appeal to him to come on board, stating is given m the ordinary English branches that if• he refused, he would probably regret of learning. The Methodists also support a it when the vec,sel was out of his reach. refuge and home for C~inese w_o~en. 'fhe To this Johnson emphatically answered, P~e~byterians have a Chme~e m1ss1on church " N 0 , sir; good night," and throwing his of s~xty members, an evenrng school of 110 sails to the wind . was soon lost to sight. pupils, and a home for womeu. The Bap- , .Tohnson sits in the centre of his boat with tists have an evening school, attended by a lamp burning before him exposing- the dial seventy sc~olars, and a Sunbay c~ngregation of what seemed to be a co~pass. ·T he deck of fifty Chmamen. There are thirteen other afore and aft is covered with canvas under sch!>0ls sustained by the churches of the cit~; which·. beside the compass and lamp, were· which are at~ended more or less by the Ch1- several barrels, containing, no doubt, pronese populat10n. visions, water, etc. When last heard from (July 23), Johnson was less than thirty-six How LoNG DoEs IT TAKE TO TRANSMIT A degrees west of London. She has since MESSAGE THROUGH THE ATLANTIC CABLE 7- arrived all right on the British coast.-Am• erican paper. The N. Y. Journal of Commerce has been investigating this question, and simple as it looks at first sight, there are many sin~ular 'l'HE AMERICAN TR.ACT SOCIETY, 150 Nassau Street, and interesting points in the answer. 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