| 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. ~ear ~0 0 ~ . The islands Discovered -- l'~ HONOLULU, OCTOBER 1, 1878. llttu j _eriut fol. 27t Jo. rn.} ful reunion of the foreign residents of Hono• RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD-No. 21 lulu. Minister Comly and his ·estimable To-day-July 30th-is election day, but Leave of absence of Dr. Scott . •.77 lady entertained their guests in a most it will pass by quietly, I imagine, for all the Father Chiniquy . •. ••••••••••• · ····· · ·77 • I police regulations are so systematic here. Death of Governor Moehonua . 77 charm mg sty e. Rambles in the Ohl. World-No. 21. .•••.••.••. 77-80 There has been much talk during the past American and German Scholnrship . . . . . 80 FATHER CHINlQUY.-Among the passengers two months in reference to Reichstag elecThe Rev. Dr: Lang . . 80 The Rev. Dr. S01nerville. . . 80 bound to Australia on board the last steamer tions, owing to the Social-Democratic eleMarine Journal . . . . 81 from San Francisco was a gentleman whose ment in politics, which has of late made Tribute to the Memory of Rev. Daniel Dole . . •.82 career as a Catholic priest and convert to it!"e!f felt so · much. The times have been 34 0 very hard for the poor people in Germany Y. M. · A •. ····; ····· ··········· · ······ · · ············ · · I Protes~antism is of world-wide notoriety. f<1r the last year or two, and unless matters Canadian papers, as wel: as t~ose of t~e improve, it will be doubly bard for them in • United States, have noticed h1s career m the coming winter. We have poor people at OCTOBER 1, 1878 • . numberless paragraphs and articles. He has tbe Islands, but I think we never see there the poverty that is seen in Europe and had not a little to do with the present ex- America. I hope we shall never become ON LEAVE oF ABSENCE.-Dr. Scott, U. citement connected with t~e " processions" '• civilized " enough for that. S. Consul, is about to leave with his wife for marching through the streets of Montreal. We have been enjoying some delightful the United States, to be absent four or five Some. twenty years ago he was defended and weather-days of unclouded sunshine; and months. He bas now held the consular honorably acquitted through the legal abili- not too warm. When I hear of the dangeroffice for a period of four years, during ties of the late President Linr.oln. While ously hot weather whi:::h has been lately in which time he has discharged its duties in two associated lawyers charged him a $1,000 some parts of the United States, I feel that we have been most favored. There has not an honorable manner, and has certainly fee each, Mr. Lincoln nominally charged a been a day this summer when my room was achieved one pornt never attained by any· $50 fee, and then receipted the bill, which not delightfully comfortable but then we one of his numerous predecessors; whereas he still retains as a memorial of the Martyr are particularly favored in our location, they, during each period of four years, have President. Father Chiniquy retains a most there being, in many respects, no better in drawn upon the Department for from $50,- pleasant reminiscence of the Sandwich Berlin. During the hot days the pavements have been kept drenched with water, as this 000 to $150,000, he has not only paid ex- Islands, for about twenty years ago some. one made the air so much cooler for the Empenses, but remitted a small balance to sent him a donation of $100, and he desired peror. We too profited by this, and the air Washington. Of late his health has not we would notice the fact, as he feels very came fresh and moist to our rooms. This been good, and he is doubtless experiencing. grateful for this expression of sympathy and evening is delightful; the lamps in the the effects of those hard political campaign- kindness, although the name of the donor, Opera Piace burn brightly, looking like so many camp fires in the night, as if we had a ing tours of former years, when he was wont or donors, is forgotten. We would acknowlittle army encamped at our feet. Though to mightily amuse the inhabitants of the ledge a copy of " The Priest, the Woman, the evening is now somewhat advanced, the rural districts of Ohio by his speeches and and the Confessional," by Father Chiniquy. busy rattle and rumble of wheels and horseIt is a real summer hoofs still goes on. anecdotes, a la Abraham Lincoln. Hoping evening in a great city. Many people are to welcome them after a plea&ant visit to DEATH oF THE GoVERNOR OF MA UI.-lt is out of town, and those who stay are endeatheir native land, we wish them a pleasant with profound regret we record the death of voring to make ,themselves as comfortable as voyage and speedy return. Governor Moehonua. He was one of the they can, and all over the city, if we should We add that His Excellency Mr. Comly, truly noble Hawaiians, and the nation can walk out together, we should find little U. S. Minister Resident, o Friday evening, illy afford to spare such a man. The Rev. groups by the open doors, on balconies, promenading the streets and avenues, or Rept. 27th, at his residence in Nuuanu Mr. Parker remarks in his funeral address gathered cosily in the gardens, under- the Valley, gave a recepti~n in honor of Dr. and that he was "a liberal-min.ded Christian trees, listening to music. I am hoping, if possible, some time this Mrs. Scott's departure. It was a general -gentleman, a friend of every one, a lo't-er of gathering of the elite of Honolulu, including bis country, and of his race." His funeral week to start on a vacation jaunt, and perthe British, French, German and other Re- was largely attended on Sabbath afternoon, haps my next letter will be sent to you from the sea-side. I had no idea I could get so presentatives of foreign nations at the Ha- September 22d, from Kawaiahao Church, home-s"ck for the sea, and am alread1• be• waiian Court. The evening was mild and and the Government paid all possible respect ginning to think how delicious it will be to pleasant. It wa s altogether a most delight- to his remains. drink in the fresh air blown from over thf· CONTE~Ts For October 1 • 1878 • 'f H E~ F R I E N D PAo1;1 : 78 T II •~ tumbling wa\1es of the Baltic; but before leaving -I wish to say a few words about the city ,vhich bas been my home for the past six monthsBRRLIN. This city ·1i8s like a densely populated island in ttle midst of a great sea-like level plain, stretching far away to east and west, and to the ch ill waters of the German ocean and Baltic Sea. A more unpoetic situation it would, in some respects, be difficult to fin<l. And yet amid the steril sandR and dreary monotony of this Brandenburg plain, starting from a little fishing village on the banks of the Spree as its germ, has arisen one of the finest of modern capitals. I find something peculiarly interesting and emi• nently suggestive and instructive in the lesson which this city teaches in its growth and history,-of the possibilities of success and victory which may result from the steady, patient overcoming of great natural defi>cts and blemishes. Berlin is in the main, e5sentially a modern city. There is nothing in the way of ancient Cathedral architecture, nor rare and quaint effects of medireval lights and shadows in picturesque streets, nor winding ways and thoroughfares down which you walk to find in shadowy nooks the eloquent reminders of other and long buried centuries. All this is lacking and to one .who derives a" pleasure from sqch associations, it is indeed a serious lack. But there are compensations. You would not find here the almost unnatural and abnormal manifestation of life, of swift and passionate existence which is manifest in New York or Paris, but I think I have never been in a city ""here I felt so impressed by the presence of a vigorous healthy lw,1nanity as here, with splendid possibilities of growth an<l development. And to the student of the "living present" as ,,,ell as of the h istoric past, this is marvellously interesting. In endeavoring to sketch something of Berlin for you. I should commence by putting your hand with mine on the very pulse itself of the city, the point where its life and energy is most manifest. And this is to be found in the spl€ndid avenue, already so familiar to you, bearing the poetic and suggeeitive name "UNTER DEN LINDEN." Ever since I have been in Berlin I have been desirous of photographing this famous :street for you. But now that 1 have my little car1era directed full upon it, I find that it is no easy task. One might as well endeavor to describe the effects of the shadows and sunlight as they chase each other in summer weather over a meadow, or put into words the eloquent changes of expression which come with varying emotions ayer the human face as to give in b re words a picture of this street, this ever brilliant, animated " U oter den Linden." At first it may seem rather out of the way to speak of a crowded, busy thoroughfare as a theme for a poet. And yet after all where could he find a nobler inspiration? It seems almost like some stately river, which has given itself to the use of man. Generation after generation sail their giant fleets upon it, launch their countless ships oft 11ffic, of disctivery, o_f war, perhaps, on its surface; nd out painted pleasµre boats to linger for 1-I F R I E ND, 0 CT OBER, I 8 78• a while in its brilliancy and glittering show. And still this strangely obedient ever ready, magical river holds its way through the years. It reflects the lights and shadows of every passing moment, sleeps at times calmly an<l peacefully as a sheltered lake, and again rages with fu t·y and passion at some moments when the storms of political or national excitement sweep over its surface. One must be very dull, very perversely unimaginative not to find sermons, poems, inspiration in the words of meaning, which come from such scenes. Some day perhaps some one will put into poetic wo1·ds, the thoughts which must involuntarily arise when one sees the few great, historic thoroughfares of the world. The Linden is not a long avenue, it does not compare with Broadway for energy and bustle, and many would give the palm to the Boulevards of Paris, for beauty. And yet there is a charm, a picturesqueness, yes I may say a positive artistic beauty about the Linden, which renders it peculiarly attractive to the visitor and resident. As a kind of preparation to the promenade down the Linden, we pause for a few moments in the Lust Garden, a large, open place, planted with trees, shrubbery, flowers and grass. This is one of the breathing spots of the crowded city. Here on a sunny day the place is studded all over with groups of little children, with · fair Teuton faces and eyes as blue as G~rman skies in the spring time. On one side of the place rise~ the stately Old Museum with its broad flight of steps and its massive Ionic columns, and gigantic wall paintings, symbolic and mythological. There is something singularly effective in these paintings! framed, as it were, in the embrace of grey columns and stone walls. I like this color and warmth out in the day-light, and fresh air. It seems a part of it. Should we once get within the doors, so wonderfully rich are its collections I do not know where there would be any getting out. However, as we are turning from it, notice at the entrance the two superb equestrian statues in bronze. With one of them very likely you may be familiar . It is an Amazon on horseback; a tiger has leaped upon the horse. It is all splendid, tremendous action, the coming of the swift-pointed spear through the air, the fierce grasp of the tiger's claws in the fies of the rearing horse, the meeting of wild human and animal life ! Another side of the place is formed by the Cathedral, a most unintere ·ting and unpretending building, and still anothel' by the massive bu I k of the Imperial Palace of which I have told you before. In the centre of the Lust Garten, is a large equestrian statue of William IV., the hrother of the present Emperor. I have tarried some little time in this open space, because it seemed a fitting introduction to the Linden, from which WI:} are now separated only by a bridge, which I find however one of the most interesting points in the whole city. lt is -':lrnamented with eight noble statues by different sculptors "Symbolizing the Life o the Warrior!" 1 must not stop here to describe them, but they represent different phases in the warrior's career, from the enly days of childhood, drinking in the in . spiration of the names of the great con• querors of history, throt1gh youth learning the use of his newly given weapons; on into manhood and into the thick of the conflict, ending in the upward flight of Iris, to Olympus. bearing to bis reward the hero who has fallen fighting at his post. They are most beautifully executed statues, full of vigor and animation, and I have found them a constant source of pleasure, during the winter, watching them under varying lights and circumstances, in the freshness and sweetness of the early morning and in the evening when they rose into the moonlight or looked out from the half-lighted shadows of the night. But at last we stand on the avenue itself, stretching far, far away, past long Imes of buildings, past the splendid equestrian statue of Frederic the Great, past graceful, verdant rows of linden nnd chesnut trees to the distant Brandenburg Gate. With the avenue bathed in sunshine, with the fl ,1sh here an<l there of brilliant equipages, and glitter of military uniforms and sounds of martial music floating down to you, and the countless grouping of men and women and children on all sides, and the presence of noble buildings and palaces and statues it is indeed an inspiring sight. To our right as we commence our walk, lies the huge arsenal, and a little further on to our left the palace of the Crown Prince, a splendid building, with a colnnade on one side. Beyond the arsenal lies the Guard House, where soldiers are always stationed. Perhaps some Royal Carriage is coming down the a venue. If so, you hear a loud call to arms, the tap and roll of the drum, and see the line formed to "present arms." Or if it is about the hour of noon, you may pause with the crowd in the beautiful chesnutgrove near at hand to listen to the perfect, military music which seems to fill the quiet noon air with a wonderful melodious life. Perhaps the grove is filled with troops in faultlesR uniforms, and officers in glittering costume and covered with orders and medals are receiving and giving orders. And right at hand is the immense university buildinrr, directly on the avenue and so near whe~e we have just been listening to the music that sometimes the brilliant strains of the band float into the lecture rooms and almost drown the wise words of the Professors, and have an odd way of mixing themselves up with Latin verse, and historic dates, and profound and metaphysical reasoning. There is a glorious cluster of chesnuts, just in the rear of the univer~ity itself, which seem a kind of grand protest against all this brick and mortar and architecture which have invaded the old forests which probably once covered all this region. Nothing could be more beautiful than the splendid majesty of their billows of green in the freshness of the spring time, which seem to have been swept up from some wonderful under world, or ocean, thrown. grandly into mid-air and there caught and held and balanced by some mysterious force. There seems to m"e some thing very fitting about the location of. the university. It stands in the busy, earnest, bustling world, the full tide of human life and action sweeping up to its very portal, and yet finding a stillness, a hush and repose in this stately grove of trees, and in the gardens which lie in its reari {f you will pardon the fancy, yo\_\ might imagine i~ T HE _Ii~ It I E N D , 0 C 1' 0 B E R , I 8 7 S. typified the real life of the student, or rather of Frederic tbe Great. Never have I seen the student ns he should be, a man among the splenclid form of the horse so nobly imirnen, earnest, vigorous, true, sharing with tated as here. The base is of polished them in all the experiences of heart and granite, then comes an elaborate pedestal in life, and yet having in still moments a shel- bronze representing incidents in Prussian tered retreat, where he can unhindered History, at each corner being a figure on listen to the voices which come to him from horseback. The crowning piece of all is the garnered wisdom of all time and ponder Frederic, represented almost with the naOll the lessons, thus learned. The univer- turalness of life, on a superb charger. The sity building was a palace a hundred years horse and royal rider, rise Jar up into the ago or so, but in the early part of this cen- air and present a most majestic appearance. tury became a university and now has be- Looking up or down the avenue t_his statue come one of the most renowned institutions of is always prominent, and especially at evenlearning m Europe and the world. Of this ing when the dark:. bronze is set agarnst the university and ot university life and educa- delicately flushed ttnd tinted western sky, tion in Germany, I hope l may be able to the effect is peculiarly fine. At this point tell you something in the future. Across the avenue, first asserts its right to its name, the avenue are statues of some of the II Unter den Linden." Here the long rows heroes of Germany, and then comes the of trees begin which in Spring and Summer Opera House, and just behind it the sin- give an especial charm to this promenade. gular church of St. Hedwig, in architecture Through the centre is a broad way, designed moclelled after thePantheon in Rome. And alone tor those on foot so that one may walk here is the Opera Plllce upon which my eye in peace here under the sheltering shadows rests, as I look up from my writing. Vis-a-vis of the trees, while the endless procession of is the university with its garden at the front; carriages of vehicles of all kinds, and of on one side is the Opera House, on the other hors~men, pass up and down on either side. the Palace of the Emperor and the Royal One must keep his eyes very widely open at Library, in the centre lies the place with its this pomt. Some of the moH beautiful shops emerald turf, and flowers and shrubbery and and stores in Berlin display their choice walks. And from my window I see it all treasures here. As we p,iss on with the and the Linclen flowing between with its swaying, ever changing and always I may stony waves and burden of human life. say good humored crowd, we pass windows Truly it is a goodly out look vaulted by the blazing with jewels and gold and silver; azure above and I hope to be able to sketch art stores, where choice engravings and for you many a view from my "eyrie." p'lintings look out on the crowd below, and The library is a unique sort of a building. hint to the passers by of qmet valleys, of disIt is said that Frederic the Great, a man as tant Alpine lakes, of gorgeous Oriental you know full of qu eerest caprices, crave his Interiors, of all varying phases of joy and architect a cabinet or chest of dra,~ers as a Mrrow in human life; and here we are at model. Yet I like it on the whole and it the famous passage, or magnificent covered seems good to be living so near. Just gallery passmg from the Linden to a neighthink how many neighbors I have, in that boring street. Here are all manner of brown stone building looking so quiet and stores and bazaars, and is one of the favorite peaceful then" at this noon time from the promenades of the city in the evening, blossoming lilacs at its base to the ;culptured still we go on. Flower ,vomen and girls and silent figures on its roof! There are on are eager to sell us dainty clusters of" lilies its shelves and in its nooks some 900,000 of the valley," wild flowers and roses. volumes or so, waiting to give me welcome I Here are stands with all tl1e latest papers \~hen ever I see fit t~ cross the str~et ! and there are wooden st~nds, plac;1rded "~ith 1hen there too are pnceless manuscripts the theatre and play bills of the evenmg. and other treasures . Here is Luther's Bible Here are windows of florists with the most and his Theses, the manuscript or score of beautiful and exquisite flowers. There is a Beethoven's 9th Symphony. But excuse cafe crowded with heart);, happy looking me for forgetting that to-day ,ve came to Berlin people taking their coffee or chocovisit the Linden and not libraries. The late, or ices or beer. Down the avenue Emperor's Palace joins right on to the comes a troop of splendid soldiers, with firm ~ibrary. Of the interior I hnve told you a and steady tread, and the air is filled for a little something before. This is one of the moment with some stirring music. Somecentral points of Berlin, to-day l do not see times it seems as if nearly every other the Imperial standard flying, hence infer the person was in uniform, but it adds immenseEmperor is at his country palace at ]y to the picturesque effect. Here some Babelsbery, or elsewhere near Berlin. carriage, with beautiful horses and livires is ~early every day you see a crowd gathered dashing by and from the doffing of countless m front of the palace which is directly on hats, far down the avenue, you see that it is the street, ::,o that if possible they may the Emperor, the Crown Prince, or some catch some glimpse of the :Emperor, who distinguished or royal personage. Followwas never so popular as now. There is al- ing in the wake of the finer private equip · most always something going on. A group ages come the IJroschkes, or cabs busily of carriages with liveried servants stand d rting hither aud thither. We pass many waiting for their owners who are perhaps pnblic buildings, and hotels, paiaces of being recei,·ed by the Emperor, or the Im- Pnnces and Foreign Ambassadors; to our perial carriages dash out from one side. left stretches off the Aristocratic WilhelmSoldiers stand statue-like before tbe en- strasse, where Bi;:;marck and many other trance. Directly in front of the palace and dist.ingui::.hed or wealthy public and private in the very centre of the Linden, stands one , people live. · And after this interesting m1d ?f the most beautiful works of art in Europe 1 to one, who enjoys seeing a new and brilrn bronze, by Rau ch, th e cqnr strian statue liant phase of life, profitable promenade, we 79 come to the Parisel' Platz, surrounded by palaces and private dwellings, &c ., &c., to the B1·anclenbur,q Gate, which has been growing larger and larger before us, as we advanced down the Linden. This is a massive stone structure, divided up into a number of small gate ways, the central one being reserved for royal carriages. It is surmounted by a famous group in bronzP, the Quadriga Victory or some symbolic figure in a chariot drawn by four horses. This was taken to Paris by the French, but was brought back to the city of Berlin in 1814. Near this fine gate, were held the impressive ceremonie::, connected with the return of the Emperor and army after the Franco-Prussian war, and now we have reached the end of the Linden. Beyond through the gatf'-way, we see the begmning of the Thier Garten, the beautiful public park of the city, now very lovely in its summer freshness. I certainly trust we may yet see this together, but perhc1ps today it will be necessary to close our rambles in the shadow of this old historic gate of which we have just now been speaking. and which seems to be a fitting terminus for our promenade. SAsSNITz, lsLAND OF RuGEN, BALTIC SEA, l August 10, 1878. ) I have writtf'!n the concluding pages oi my letter amid far different surroundings than tbose in which the first were written. I have le.ft the great German capital, and with. swift train and steamer have come to the charming Island of Rtigen. 'I'o-nigbt I have watched the great golden moon lighting up the waves of the Baltic Sea. Your '' Rambler" has his eyes turned towards the North, and hopes to :3ee something of Denmark, perhaps of Sweden, in a little holiday run which he is giving himself in this University vacation. Perhaps, if it would be interesting to you, another time f m::ty give you some of the "jottings " which the journey may leave in my note-book and heart. After being away from the sea for nearly two years, living in inland cities, I arn luxuriating in the sights and scenes of the great sea again. What a welcome it has for me; what a " home-coming" the last day has been ! How good it was to see the gleam of the myriad waves, to hear the calls and cries of tbe sailors over the water, to smell the salt air sweeping over the waves, the sands and the sea-weed. Tbis is a· lovely island--the largest which Germany possesses. I am writing you from a little village on tbe nortl1-eastern coast. The islanders are a simple, kindly folk, tnlking a quaint, rich kind of jargon, which I like to hear. The littL town looks over the broadly-gleaming Baltic from its eyrie on the white cliffs. It rnns and rambles down to the shore and sands in the most delightfully unceremonious fashion. It is picturesque with tiled and thatched roofs, with gardens and shrubbery, and over it broods tbe most delicious restful peace. How near the seer. has made the "Islands " seem to me. Dear as they always are, they seem doubly dear to me to-night, l}y reason of this great gleaming, 1 oonlit sea, which so stran?e l_ separates and yet at the same time joins them to me. Of the beautiful forests, glorious bays, old legends and historic remains u < T Ii t }' R I E N D , 0 C r1, 0 B E R , 1 8 7 8. this island, and in·that wonderful Northern the dialogues of Plato, some of them freworld on which we are just entering, we quently; nearly all of Aristotle-his Physica, Metaphysica, and his more special may have much in future days to talk. physical treatises, and also his ethical and FRANK wILLIJ\MS DAMON. political writings; a - large part of the lesser P. S.-August 13th, on the pier at Burg, hexameter poets, such as Apollonius Rhodius IRiand of Ru~cn, waiting for tbe steamer ior and Aratus; also Pindar and the pastoral ~trat,,;end-(writtea on a bane! a~ writing table). - l waut tu tell you Low Jelightlully we am poets; all of Thucydides; all of Herodotus; gettinl,; on in our journey. Rarely have I ever all of Xenophon; nearly all of Pla-tarch, enjoyed anything rnore tlian this excursion. The Longinus, Lucian, Diodorus Siculus, and the weatlier is delightful and tbe country charming, Gnomic and Epic poetry; al1 of Virgil, beyond my po0r words to describe. Smee leav- Horace and Ovid; and all of Cicero, except ing Sflssnitz, we have had a wonderfully pleasant his orations.'' day along tr1e sea-shore, with glorious views of tlie blue ocean, splendid beech forests cal'peted "Perhaps the reader would like to know with moss and ivy, great white cliffa rising majes- what I mean by a • first-rate.' In my third tically fruru the sea, and air that is like a draught semester I became acquainted with a young from the fountain of immortal youth. We have Dr. B--, who had been out of the Univerbeen taking our way through little fishing villap;es, sity three years. He was then barely in where the people are as cordial and pleasant as l · · h 1 dd · · t· their country is cbal'ming. We have visited most l!S twenty-sixt year. n a ItJOn to llS interesting old Swedish Druidical remains, reach- uncommon attainments in Greek and Latin, ing back to the tiwes ot which Tacitus m his he had passed a year in France and two "Germania'' ~peaks. Yesterday had a delightful years in England. He spoke English and and inspiring rnw and sail for hours over a great French with perfect fluency and precision, hay to Arzona, the most northern point of the Is- and could maintain a conversation in Italian land of Ru gen. Three fine, bronzed German fisher- and Spanish. He was a favorite pupil of men brought us over-cheery, kind-hearted fel- Ewald in Persian, Hebrew and Arabic, and, lows. '.l.'he old keeper of the lighthouse, an old isailor, with his rosy-cheeked wife, gave us a as Benfey assured me, was the most promiscordial welcome, and we stayed over night with ing young Sanscrit i;;cholar of Germany. them. A ramble on the shore, lighting the Soon after I made his acquaintance, he was lamps in the lighthouse, soft moonlight on the appointed Professor of Oriental Languages t'ca, a night in a pleasant room in the old light- at Queen 's College, Bombay, through the hou1>e? we have enjoyed 8~ !Duch. This_ morning influence of Max Muller. In less than a n p bright and early delicious walk ot seven or f · h d · f h· eight miles in the early dew and golden grain- year a ter enteri~g upon t e uties. 0 . JS fields •1 blue sweep of sea reapei·s at work white i professorship, he rnaugurated the publication I sbeep in ttie fields, pre'tty villages witl; many of a long and carefully edited series of valuthatched roof's-all. is iuterest111g; we are so well, able Sanscrit texts. He was, in all respects and enjoy so much. Tu-day to Strnt~end, then what we call a ' driver,' a man, who knows to Ros~uck (•>Id Hanseatic town), then by eteam~r no rest." and rail to Oopenha.gen-every step of the way 1s full of pleasure. 'l'l.Je steamer 1s coming . . ExTHE REV. DR. LANG.-Australian papers cuse this scribbling. .F. W. D. received by the last steamer announce the DrLLINGHAIVI & Co.'s NEw SToRE.-It is death of this venerable and distinguished with much pleasure that we acknowledge divine--without question tbe most promifrom the proprietors of this new and beauti- nent clerical and political character in the ful store a donation of $~0 for the Ladies' history of the Australian Colonies during the Stranger's Friend Society. May the future last half-century. His long career extends profits of these enterprising gentlemen en- from 1822, when he arrived - in Sydney, to able them hereafter to donate many sur.h become pastor of the Scottish National As a preacher, writer, editor, contributions to the benevolent societies of Church. member of Parliament, agent for colonists, Honolulu. The store and its fitting up readvocate of reform, few men have occupied flect much credit upon the projector, archimore conspicuous pm,ition. This fact is a tect, builder, and workmen. recognised wben a public funeral is accorded to him and a procefsion over a mile in . American and German Scholarship. length accompanies his remains to the grave, In reading a work upon German Univer- including the principal Government officials s ities, by Professor Hart, an American, who and the humblest Colonists. A marked is a graduate of Princeton an<l Gottingen, feature of the procession was the . presence we find much to interest and instruct. The of a large delegation of Chinese. From the work is Jrnblished by Putna of New· York. sketch of the funeral, as published in the We think our readers will be interested in Evening News of Sydney, we copy as folthe following notices of two distinguished lows: scholars-one an American and the other a " As soon as the coffin was placed in the German: hearse, the funeral procession was formed . \._ ,, During those secluded years, before the call _to th.e New York University, he (i.e., the la.te Professor Tayler Lewis, of Union (Joll.ege,) i·end the Hebrew Bible through anr ~arlly, for fourteen years the 1.i ad and Odyssey, entire. almost as often; the whole f the Greek drama, forty-five extant plays, twice over , and many of them oftener; all First came nearly 500 Chinamen, including; all the principal Chinese residents, led by Chin Ah Teck, Sue Hing Long, Hing Chiang, Tin War, Ah Chong, and other leading Chinese merchants. [This waR in recognition of Dr. Lang's services in the abolition of the poll-tax on Chinese.] Next came the hearse, attended by the pall-bearers-Sir ·.rohn Robertson, Sir Henry Parkes, Hon. W. B. Dalley, and Mr. W. Neill, J. P. Then came about 500 citizens, walking in ranks of six and eight deep, amongst whom were many of deceased's oldest friends and some of the immigrant's he was instrumental in bringing out to the colony." Dr. Lang's visit to Honolulu will be remembered, when he ocr.upied the Fort Street and Bethel pulpits. ~everal times during his eventful career has he revisited England and Scotland, twice traveled through the United States, and otherwise performed an amount of public work almost incredible. On his coffin was the simple inscript10n : "John Dunmore Lang, D. D. Dled 8th cf August, aged 78 years." THE REv. DR. SoMERVILLE.-ln our last issue we announced that this distinguished divine would preach in Fort Street Church. Agreeable to notice, he was listenPd to with much delight by an audience hastily gathered while the steamer was taking in freight. The career of this evangelist is largely noticed in the religious and secular papers of the Australian Colonies. Remarks the Aw;tt-alian rVitness, of Sydney, of August 8th : '' Dr. Somerville has preached almost daily, except when traveling, for the last fourteen months. He has visited Victoria, New South Wales, Queenshnd, New Zealand and Ta~mania, and has held a series of meetings in the chief cities and towns of these five cblonies. It is a matter for regret, though not for wonder, that at the very last be had to abandon the hope of going to South Australia by bodily prostration, after so long a strain upon his physical frame. In each of these fields of labor he received an unanimous welcome, was listened to by thousands, and was the meijns of reviving many Christians to a more spiritual and earnest life, and of leading many others to decide for Christ as their Saviour. Ministers and otbers of the different evangelical Churc~es have been stirred up to new zeal. Young Men's Christian Associations have been brought into prominence and very largely helped, both in their mode of working and in their means of accommodation and support Children have everywhere been addressed at separate meetings. Christian ladies have been induced to form associations for doing good in a variety of ways." He is now returning to Glasgow, where he has officiated as a city pastot· during the last forty years. n:::?'The Lonr n " Leisure Hour" contains a series of "Letters from the Rocky Mountains," by Miss I. L. Bird, author of the book "Six Months in the Sandwich Islands." These letters are written in the same style as those from the Islands. Miss Bird is now traveling in Japan, and doubtless ere long the reading public will be made acquainted with that land by her graceful and facile pen. THE •·tttENll, OCTOBER, JOURN.AJj, ARRIVAL FROM MADEIRA.-The bark Priscilla, has arrived, 120 days from Madeira, bringing immigrants-59 _males, 25 females, and 36 children. All well. N r.ws.-By the arrival of the .Eustace we l1ave news from San Francisco to Sept. 6th. We would acknowledge late copies of Call and Bulletin from Whitney & Robertson. The yellow fever is still raging with unabated virulence throughout the South. Aid from the North goes c·ontinually forward. NAVAL.-On Wednesday lust the British steam corvette Opal, 17 days from Esquimalt, B. C., arrived en route for Tahiti. The Opal is composite built, of 1478 tons, carrying 14 rifled guns. and a ship's company of 234 men. She will remain in port for about two weeks. The following is a list of het· officers : Captain-Fred. Charles Bryan Robinson. Lieittenants-John Hanham Henderson, Harry L. Ross, Thos. H. S. Robertson, Arthur F. Graves. Navigating Lieutenant-George S. Ralph. Chaplain and Naval Instructor-Rev. Fred. Jeremiah Matthews, M. A. StaJl Surgeon-Thomas S. Burnett. Chief Engineer-Geo1·ge Fullerton Bell. Paymaster-Edward Tisdall. Surgeon-William E. Breton, M. D. · Engineers-Thomas Russell, Richard S. Kiernan, Wm. W. Wootton. Stib-Lieutenants-Eyre M. Shaw, Frank A. S. Farewell. .A.;sistant Paymaster-Charles Henry Allen Ward . . llfidsh·i pinen-Samuel S. V. C. Messum, W. E. Elliot, A. P. Stoddart, Launcelot B. Denman. Gunner-Thomas Murray. Boatswain-John Robbins. Caryente1·-John Radford.-P. C. .Advertiser, Sept. 7. AT the Paris Exposition. the United States has been awarded a gold medal for her educational exhibit, and the highest awa1·d.made to any educational journal of any coitntry has been given to the Journal of B<lucation, published in Bo:ston. This is, indeed, a great and well deserved compliment. The grand prize of the Exposition has been given to Mr. Thomas A. Edison for the most wonderful inventions of the age. Truly we have somE: reason to be proud of America. A diploma of honor has also been awarded our country for her agricultural exhibit. The French Agricultural Society offered eleven works of art as awards, and seven of these were granted to Americans. The Frenrh have with difficulty been made to see that our schools for the higher education of women, as at Wellesley, Vassar and Smith Colleges, amount to much, but the wife of the Austrian juror, it is said, greatly helped in the matter. Information Wanted. 1\:trs. D. H. Simmonds, of Alta city, Washington Territory, U.S. A., writes to the United States Consul, asking information of her brother, John ClingenSAJ.ith, who was landed from on board of a ship on one of these Islands, with two other men, about 1860. Respecting Ebenezer Easter Hill, formerly of Buffalo, N. Y. He sailed from New Bedford as a passenger on board a whale-ship, for Sandwich Islands, about the year 1852. He was at that time between 35 allCl 38 years of age. Any information will be gladly received by the American Minister Resident, or by the Editor. To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.-There now resides in Yokohama Mrs. M. I. Gibbs, formerly Mrs. J. Vaughn, of Honolulu. Any parties wishing for i11formntion will apply to Hawaiian Consul, L. P. Lilybriclge , Esq., of Yokohama. PORT OF HONOLULU, s. I. ARIUVALS • Aug 30-Am bk Buena Vista, Swanton, 24days fm Puget S'd. 30-Ship E. Dovale, . days from llurrard'ij llllet. 31-llk Mary Goodell, Eames, 45 days from ¥ o,rnhama. 31-~'rank i\Jarion, - , 70 days from Hong Kong. 31-Am bktue Discovery, Windmg, 16 days from San .Frauc1sco. 31-Schr Vivid, from Fanaing's Island. Sept 2-·r M S Australia, Cargill, 17 days from Sydney. 4-Brit bktne Pomare. - - . 4-H H M 8 Opal, Robinson, 22 days from Victoria. !i-.Uk Sonoma, 14 days from !San Francisco. 8-Am bk Jenny Pitts, Ohevert, lli days from Port Gamble, 8-A m bktne Ella, Brown, - days from S. Francisco. 8-Haw sehr Giovanni Apiani, Weeks. from Arctic. 9-Haw bk Kalakaua, Jenks, from Hilo. 9-Brit uk Madura, Stanton, 15 days from Jarvis Isl'd. 9-P M S City of Sydney, Dearborn, 7 days, 2 hours and 50 minutes from San Francisco. 12-Am scb1· General Harney, Tripp, 15 days from San Francisco. 12-Haw stmr l\fokolii, Reynolds, 13 days and 19 hours from Sau J!'rancisco. 16-Am sh Syren. Manter, from St Lawrence Bay. 17-Am bk Uamden, Robinson, :.!3 days fm Port Gamble 18-Bel stm1· Perusia, McKerdy, 17.days fm Yokohama. 19-Am bk Amy Turner, Newell, 114 days from Hoston 1~-llaw schr Liholiho, 17 days from Port Ludlow. 22-Am bktne J A Falkinberg, Hubbard, 16 days from Portland, 0, 22-Am bk Garibaldi, Forbes, 47 days from New Castle. 23-Am bk H W Almy, Freeman, 17 days from San !<'rancisco. 29-Bk Prio1c1lla, 120 days from Madeira. 29-Am schr .l!;ustac~, 21 days from San Francisco. 29-Schr Compeer, - days from Port Gamble. 30-P M S City of New York, Cobb, - days from Sydney. DEPARTURES. Sept St I 8 7 8. 2-P !II S Australia, Cargill, for San Francisco. 5-Haw scbr Nettie Merrill, Hatfield, for S. Francisco. 8-Am bk lluena Vista, for Port Gamble. 10-P MS City of Sydney, Dearborn, for Sydney. 11-Am 3-mast schr Etnorah, Lass, for San lt'raacisco. H-U S trainship Jamestown, Glas~, for San Franciijc<J 14-Am bk Jenny Pitts, Vhevert, for Port Gamble. 16-H B l\:I S Opal, Captain C B Robinson, for Tahiti. 16-Hrit sh City of Perth, Torrance, for Portland, 0, 18-1:lel stmr l'erusia, McKerdy, for Callao. 18-Am bk Frank Ma.don, for San Francisco. 18- -\ m bk Diacovery. Winding, for San Fr~ncisco. 19-Am sh Syren, Manter, for New Bedford. 19-Tahitian schr Vivid, for Fanning's Island. 22-Brit bk Madura, Stanton, for Cork. 24-Am bktne Ella, Brown, for Ban Francisco. 25-Am bk C»mden, Rob1uson, for Port Gamble. 26-Am bk Erlwll.rd James, O'Brien, for Tahiti via Kawaihae. MEMORANDA. REPORT OF 8TEAMER MOKOLII.-Left San Francisco August 29th at a:30 pm. Passed Farallone Light at 8 p m; blowing a westerly gale with a heavy sea running. At 12 o'clock 1:1hipped a heavy sea, which stove in the house. Lost several things off the deck. Got considerable water into the hold. 'l'he gale continued up to the 31st. On September 2d, 7:20 am, machinery disabled. Detention of 22 hours. Repaired it temporarily, and kept on with caution, running at hr.If s1Jeed. Had fine weather the last part of' the passage. Got the ,rades in lat. 27.30. Arrived at Honolulu after a passage of 13 days aJ1d 21 hours. HT REYNOLDS. REPORT OF H w ALMY, FREEMAN, MASTER-Left San Francisco September 3d, at 5 pm. Was two days from the Heads to the Farralones, with thick fog, and light a.irs from SE. Then light W N W winds for three days. Then light and baffling winds to lat. 26 long. 140 o . From thence to port light N E trades. l\1ade east end of Maui on the 22d, and passed Diamond Head on the 23d. Arrived at Honolulu at 8 am on the 24.tb, 17 days passage. °, PASSKNGERS. FROM SAN FRANCISCO-Per Ella, Sept 9-D C Atherton, Geo Warner, John Conner, W H Rusten. FnoM SAN FRANCISCO-Per City of Sydney, Sept 9-A Dryer, J T ·w:1terhouse, j:r, H Cornwell, lVIrs Louisson, 3 children and serv1mt, Mrs J "\V Atherton, l\1iss Mcluerny, Miss A McIntyre, H McIntyre, A A B Elliott, C M Cooke, wife and 2 children, Miss Clara L Moseley, Dan Hogan, Miss Ella Lamb. G C Williams and wife, J A Palmer, H lVI Whitney, P Dalton, Jas Hammer, Mrs G R Ewart, H Schmidt, Capt J A Bryan, Mrs Carter,P C Jones, wife and 2 children, Mrs Dickson and son, Mrs Tucker, J Lyons, EN Dyer, wife and child, Miss Carrie Bond, J F Arundel, J Lewis and wife, U Mon Chong, Mrs H Waterhouse, H Dockmund, H Greuluh, Dan Janner and wife, G Schneider, JD Robertson, J Walter, C F Wells, Mrs J Wright, Thos Seary, J T Smith, Martin Briner, J B Hopkins, H Boner, W 1\-IcLaun,n, John Gallagher, Chas Scott, John Lunming and wife, J Stanfield, D McKenzie, F H Wilt, B Hughes, 22 Chinese passengers and 133 Chinese laborers. 87 passengers in transitu for Australia. FoR AUSTRALIA-Per City of ~ydney, Sept IO-Henry Tyler, R Brotherton, F Haehner, and 87 in transitu. FROM SAN FRANCISCO-Per Kalakaua, Sept IO-Walter Shaw, Wm Holworth, John Sherman, Geo Goodacre, and 48 Chinese laborers. FROM SAN FRANCISCO-Per Gen Harney, Sept 12--John Rodgers, Frank Collins, Chas Roeslan. FROM PORT GAMBLE-Per Camden, Sept 17-Ah Sun. FROM YOKOHAMA-Per Perusia, Sept 18-Mrs J B Gibbs and child, T Lawson, and 119 Chinese. FoR CALLAO-Per Perusia, Sept 18-John Weber,Chung Sung. FOR SAN FRANCISCO-Per Discovery, Sept lB--W H Wenner, J McDonald, Mrs CZ Furness . FoR SAN FRANCISCO-Per Frank Marion, Sept 18-Mrs CE Williams and daughter. FROM BosToN-Per Amy •rurner, Sept 19-Miss A Lizzie Newell. FROM PoaTLAND-Per J A Falkinburg, Sept, 23-l\Irs N A Prescott and child, and three Chinese la.horers. FROM SAN FRANCISCO-Per II W Almy, Sept. 24-H Freemen, and 37 Chinese laborers. FOR SAN FRA1!1CISCo-Per .I<.:lla, Sept. 2-l-Mrs. J, F. Flynn and 2 children. 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For tlte :Best Pllotogra1>lls in tlte United States! BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S ART GALLERY BOOK, Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, No. 19 Me1•cltant Su·eet, • OFFICE OF P UBLISHERS J>EIRU.E Fer the best Photographs & Crayons in San Francisco For the Best in the World! STATIONERY & PERIODICALS • & CO., · (Succesors to iJ. L. Richards & Co.) DILLINGHAM & CO. --,HE FIRST PREMIUM GOLD MEDAL s. O H N tf J. W. I t now. In a new community, on the frontier or amc,ng savages, one may build a house, thoq.gh not a carpenter a minister rttedic ine, though not -a physician; draw up a deed, tbough not a lawyer yea, even But he preach, though not a q1inister. comes forward and dces these things not becam;,e he regards himself thoroughly qualified, but from an earnest desire to meet the necessity of the case. Yankee versatility has shown itself equal to so much that possessors of it regard themselves as equal to anything. Tiaining is regarded as of little account. Emancipated from the laws that require a seven-years' apprenticeship, young m_en think they can '' turn their hand to something or other," and get well paid for it, provided they can µass their work off as genuine ·till they '' get their hand in." So we are over-supplied with half-able men, half-skilled mechanics, slipshod professional men, unsuccessful business men, bungling artizans. Third-rate editors too, who help the matter along by liberally puffing all members of trades and professions, and all to make money,-out of whom 1 Now this is not cynicism on our part; it is an express10n of feeling founded on observation. So much half-done work comes to light, not at the time when it is done, but afterwards, that it amounts to a great loss to any community-more so to ours, which can ill afford it. Seek then for a full and entire cour~e of trammg. Be content with small wages till you have proved you1self worthy of higher pay. Remember Christ's direction to take the lower seat till called to the upper one. thought came, Is it not the noblest part of our nature that bears sorrow? The poet says: "'.Tis bettn- to have loved and Jost Than never to bave loved at all." Is it not also "Better to have loved and lost Thao never to have lost at all." Does not Christianity prove itself adapted to the highest nat-Ure of man in that it provides so important a place for the ministry of sorrow 1 The "Man ot Sorrows" is the leader in the Christian arrangement of things. Through the winter of sorrow we become ready for the glad spring. Young men, if you have ten dollars to send to the sufferers from fever or famine, wouldn't it be more business-like to send the whole of it, and not use up one-half of it in expenses for your own enjoyment in the giving of it? Yet s:o have most people to be wheedled into '' charity," as it is called. 'fhen, if you have another ten to spend on a dance, go and spend it, but don't mix things, -it spoils both. LEARNING To SAVE.-The first thing to be learned by a boy or young man, or any one else having the least ambition to become a useful member of society, is ihe habit of saving. No matter 1f a boy or girl has wealthy parents, each should learn to save, _if for no other reason than that riches are known "to take to themselves win~ and fly away." Few are so well-to-do as to be secure against poverty and want. It does not matter a great deal whether a man receives a salary of a dollar a day or five dollars, if he gets rid of it all during the week, so that there is nothing left. Saturday _night, he will not get rich very rapidly. He will never have much ahead. But the mdi~idual who receives one dolJar per day and is 3:ble to save twenty . cents, or the one gettmg five dollars who 1s careful to lay up · 1aymg · up someth'rng for a rarny · a d oll ar, 1s day. It would pay the town of Honolulu to appoint a Board of Commissioners to appraise and buy out the principal liquor saloons, and dedicate the different sites thereof to new and ther uses. The B--t Saloon, for instance, would make a first-rate place for -a general reading room and public library, and if a live Y. M. C. A. set of men ld Th • 1 cou ld run t h e pace it wou pay. e E-- House would be for a Chinese evening school, lecture room, etc. The B-tr7' We have occasionally hinted at the H-- Saloon would widen the street, and desirableness of a missionary among the be a good sailors' reading room, coffee room, Chinese who understands both languages. etc., etc. May be. We rejoice to learn that there is a prospect of the Re . Mr. Condit, of Oakland, visiting Walking down the lane the other day to our Islands. A visit from him will be corbusiness haunts. the strains of the Royal dially welcomed, and we doubt not will prove Band floated on the air. It was mus:.C of an productive of much good. unusual character that we heard-the rehearsal for a military funeral. Stately and U A memorial to Henry Martin, the mis:grand, yet the music of sorrow. And it sionary, is being erected at Stratford. It seemed to fill a place no other music could- will be 60 feet high, and surmounted by a to satisfy as other music would not. The martyr's crown.
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