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THE FRIEND.
FEBRUARY I, 1876.
CONTENTS
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1. 1876.

Reciprocity Deneflclal to the United State.
l.ate Captain Meek
Mora About the Ureal Pyramid

4300dNews from Ireland
Business College, in the United States
.Jreat Revival In Scotlandand Ireland
Our Island Bojs Abroad
Larrikins and Hoodlums
Fate of the Apostles
Marine journal

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Reciprocity Beneficial to the United States.
The whole question in a nut-shell. If the
United States do not give us Reciprocity,
fiiey will be the losers as well as our Islands,
if the following statement is true, and there
can be no doubt of it:

Death of a Missionary.—The painful
news was received by the Cgphrenes, from
Sydney, in a letter from a native missionary
at Pitt's Island, that the wife of the Rev. H.
J. Taylor, a Missionary of the A. B. C. F.
M., stationed at Apiang, died at that Island
on the 26th of September last. Mr. and
Mrs. Taylor arrived here from the United
States in June, 1874, and sailed hence for
the field of their labors in Micronesia on the
12th of July following. This bereavement
is rendered peculiarly afflicting from the fact
that Mr. T., is left among a scarcely halfcivilized people with an infant child to care
for. Mr. T., is the son of a Missionary, and
was born in India ; Mrs. T., (formerly Miss
Rudd) was from McMinnville, Term.—The
Missionary Packet Morning Star will be
due from Micronesia some time in March.—
/'. C A.Jan.Zid.

The Late Captain John Meek.

COMPARISON OF EXPORTS.

In 1873 the Sandwich Islands took of
American products to the value of $836,522The British, Dutch and Spanish possessions
ia the East Indies, from whom we bought
last year over $30,000,000, took from us
only $450,000—about half as much as these
islands. We bought from Cuba over $77,-000,000, principally cigars and tobacco, and
they took from us less than $15,000,000.
China bought of us, with a costly steamer
subsidy, only a trifle over $1,000,000, exclusive of specie.
"Hawaiian Almanac and for 1875."
This is a neat pamphlet of some fifty
pages, made up of much useful information
relating to our islands, together with the ordinary current statistics and time-tables of
an almanac.
The publisher merits patronand we hope Mr.
enterprise,
age for his
far
be
so
that hereencouraged
Thrum will
after he will issue an annual and " be up to
time," for it should appear in November or
December, instead of January. Aside from
furnishing useful information, it affords an
excellent advertising medium. It is printed
at the Advertisei- office, of Black & Auld.

This venerable and much respected gentleman,
who at the time of his decease was tbe oldest pioneer
among our foreign residents, departed this life at his
residence in this city, at a quarter to 7 o'clock yesterday morning, at the advanced age of eighty-three
years, two months and five days. He was a native of
Marblehead. about fifteen miles from Boston, Mass.
Belonging to a family that bos for generations followed the sea as an occupation, he visited these Islands in 1809 as first offioer of a vessel in the North
West trade, and in 1812 he was master of a ship
in the port of Honolulu. He sailed from thia port in
that oapacity on a number of voyages to China an
the coast of Mexico, but has been a permanent resident of this Island for the paat fifty years. Tbe
late John J. Astor thought so highly of Captain
Meek that he built a ship specially for him. He
engaged extensively in the grazing business, and
took especial pains to introduce improved breeds of
oattle and horses into the country. Combined with
the plain and bluff manner of the true sailor, Capt.
John Meek was noted for his probity of charaoter,
and a genial kindness of disposition. He was the
firm friend and often advisor of Ihe chiefs and successive Kings of these Islands, from the days of the
first Kamehameha to the present time, and was Pilot
and Harbor Master of Honolulu for many years. He
was the laat surviving pioneer of the Order of Free
Masons tn the Pacific having been one of the ten
who were instituted aa "Lodge le Progres dc
l'Oceanie," No. 124, by Captain Le Tellier, in 1848.
He leaves a large family of children and grandchildren —P. C. A. Jan. 80.

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MORE ABOUT THE GREAT PYRAMID.
Perhaps the fact that it was once our
privilege to stand on the summit of " the
greatest architectural wonder on earth,"
makes us peculiarly interested in reading
about it, and noting the recent observations
of the learned Egyptian scholars, still there
are some facts of general importance, which
we think will not be unacceptable to our
readers. We copy the following from an
article which appeared in " The Lutheran "
of New York :
It was in the time of Alexander the Great,
more than three hundred years before Christ,
that the Greeks began their proverb about
" the seven wonders of the world." These
were,—the Pyramids of Egypt, the walls
and Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, the Statue of the
Olympian Jupiter by Phidias, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of
Rhodes, and the Pharos of Alexandria. All
these have disappeared except the first, the
Pyramids; and of these, all are falling into
ruins but one, the chief of them all, the
greatest and eldest, known as the Great Pyramid of Jeezeh, above Cairo, on the Nile.
It has been only within the past few years
that any sort of rational appreciation of this
Pyramid has found place in the minds and
knowledge of men. Though it is the oldest
of the standing works of man, and the largest and loftiest building that ever existed
upon the globe, the world has until lately
known very little about it.
The solid rock his been cut away to an
It consists of 70,exact level for its base.
--000,000 cubic feet of built masonry, the
stones of which are seldom less than three
or four feet thick, seven or eight long, and
as many wide. It covers more than twelve
acres of surface. Its height is 486 feet, and
its circumference 3,074 feet. It is a perfect
square in its base, the four corners being set
in sockets accurately cut into the rock to receive its four foundation stones. It has four
equal sides terminating in a point at the top.
The whole body of the structure was
originally cased with polished marble from
Mokattam, though most of this casing has
been torn out* to build Cairo. The structure
is solid masonry throughout. It has but one
narrow passage, which pierces it on the

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north side directly on the meridian. The
opening is considerably up in the masonry,
and runs at an angle pointing outward to
the then Pole Star. A branch from this
passage leads up to two small chambers in
the centre of the solid mass. The solid
work is two thousand times more than the
space occupied by all known passages, chambers or openings in it. The upper chamber
has been called the King's, and the lower
and smaller the Queen's Chamber. One
solitary piece of furniture is all that the vast
edifice contains, or is ever known to have
contained. It was put in when the edifice
was in course of construction, and cannot be
removed. It is an ark of dark porphyry or
granite, a chest or lidless coffer, of exquisite
finish, cut in one piece from some one of
the Sinaitic mountains.
The date of the erection of this great Pyramid—the earliest ascertained fixed date in
all the Egyptian records—which is astronomically given in the Pyramid itself, is, 800
years before Moses, 2170 years before Christ,
and 3948 years ago. In the year 2170 B.
C, and only then, the Pleiades and the then
Pole Star (« Draconis) were at midnight in
October, exactly opposite each other, and both
were on the meridian together, one below
and the other above the Pole. The arrangements of the Pyramid have this state of the
heavens built into them, astronomically correct as then existing.
Sir John Herschel,
thirty years ago, thus fixed upon the date of
the Pyramid, as embodied unmistakably in
itself. The same configuration of the heavens cannot recur, from that time, for 25,862
years, which will be more than 20,000 years
hence. At the rate of an inch for a year,
the number of years in the whole processional cycle is built into the sum of the two diagonals of the base of this great pillar.
The mathematical principles embodied
in this Wonderful structure are very remarkable. Not only is its base an exact square,
but its four sides incline toward its central
axis at equal angles of 51 degrees, 51 minutes, and 14.3 seconds. Its height is thence
to twice its base breadth, as the diameter to
the circumferenf 0 f a circle; that is to say,
height: lour sides of base : radius : circumference; though it has not been long
since modern science first determined this
ratio of diameter to circumference. This
great Pyramid thus stands up in its whole
shape a type and memorial of a squaring of
the circle, performed ages and ages before
the question was ever heard of smongst the
schools of philosophy or the written records
of mathematical investigation.
A hebdomal system also appears in this
greatest and oldest of human structures.
The mean proportion of the entrance passage
is one-seventh of the mean height of the
grand gallery leading to the King's Chamber. The side walls of this gallery are
marked with seven overlappings of the stones
in each. The horizontal passage way, leading off from the lower entrance point of the
grand gallery and conducting to the Queen's
Chamber, is, in its entire length, just seven
times the distance from a marked section
starting from the north wall. This passage,
at iv southern end, has a step of suddenly
increased depth, which is one-seventh of the
whole passage—a nobler and higher unit
filling out a scale of seven. The Queen's

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Chamber itself is seven-sided, like a geometrical figure, or a natural crystallization—four
walls, two ceilings, and one floor. Thus
there is a passage way of sevens, to a perfectly finished room of sevens.
The astronomical intelligence embodied
in this great Pyramid is equally wonderful.
It is not only truly orientated as above
stated ; that is, placed with its four sides exactly facing the four quarters of the heavens,
but each side of the base of the Pyramid
measures 365 cubits—the numberof days in
the year—with a slight addition in each
which together makes up for the nearly six
hours additional which in four years require
one day to be added, as in " leap year."
The Pyramid thus exhibits the precise number of times and parts of a time that the
globe turns on its axis during ils annual circuit round the su/i. Each of these cubits of
25 inches, well ascertained as the sacred
cubit of Moses, is a ten-millionth part of the
polar semi-axis of the globe. The height of
the Pyramid, multiplied by ten to the ninth
power, gives the distance of the earth from
the sun, almost precisely as most recently
calculated in miles, and most probably with
greater accuracy than our modern science,
which still labors under some uncertainty on
this point. The daily progress of the globe
round the sun is a grandly even quantity, in
decimal arithmetic, of the Pyramid inches.
The situation of the Pyramid on the 30th
degree of latitude, and at a height of about
2,600 inches above the sea-level, its chief
chamber, containing the coffer, gives, by
means of two ventilating tubes, the mean
temperature of the whole surface of the habitable carth--68 degrees Fahrenheit, or onefifth of the space between the boiling and
freezing points of water, measured from the

latter.
The porphyry or granite coffer is equally
astonishing as it stands there in its sublimely secluded and enshrined loneliness. It
contains 71,250 cubic Pyramid inches of internal space; a Pyramid inch being equal
to one and one-thousandth part of our inch.
The mass of its sides and bottom exactly
equals its internal space. The height is to
the length of two of its adjacent sides as the
diameter to the circumference of a circle.
The exterior volume is double the interior
capacity. The volume of the bottom is onehalf the volume of its sides and ends. As a
whole, it is exactly one-fiftieth of the size of
the chamber in which it is placed. The
chamber itself stands upon the fiftieth course
of the masonry of the entire structure. The
weight of water to fill the cofler at the Pyramid temperature, being considered one ton
of 2,500 pounds, each such pound equals
five cubic inches of the earth's mean density ;
so that the coffer's measure of capacity and
weight are framed precisely to the mean
density and specific gravity of our globe, and
corresponds, in its inner contents-measure,
to the sacred ark of the Mosaic Tabernacle,
constructed according to Divine direction.
The Great Pyramid thus exhibits an allcomprehensive system of Metrology, arrange
ed in five different branches, all accurately
founded on the system of the universe itself,
and perfectly agreeing, in round and even
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and condensed for our readers, in the above
statements, have been derived from
"Life
and Work at the Great I'yramid," 1867,
and •' Our Inheritance in the Great l*yramid" 1864, both by C. Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer-Royal for Scotland, who spent four
months at the Great Pyramid, making the
most particular and accurate measurements
and observations of everything concerning
it; and a work called "The I'yramid and
the Jlilile," 1868, by a Scotch clergyman, of
whom Piazzi Smyth says, that he has thoroughly mastered the descriptive literature of
the subject. There have been published recently several other works on the topic, the
best and ablest of them agreeing in their

conclusions.

Good News from Ireland.—lntelligence
from Dublin and other towns in the north of
Ireland, make known thnt Messrs. Moody
and Sankey, American Evangelists, have
met with a most cordial welcome. From
the British Missenyer for December, we
copy as follows :
They did not arrive at Dublin till late on
Saturday the 17th of October; but already
the Union Prayer-meeting on that day swelled to ten times its usual numbers and overflowed the large hall. The first service was
held on the day after, the Lords-day. Seats
had been provided for 5,000 in the glass
building known as the Exhibition Palace,
and capable of accommodating on its ground
floor about 15,000 people; and there were
many who supposed that such a provision
was Utopian, and thnt the place would be an
array of empty benches.
An hour before
the time of meeting the seats were occupied,
then standing room was seized, the galleries
were invaded, the very platform was scaled,
Hnd even when the doors were locked a
dense mass formed outside. It was the largest crowd ever seen in a building in Dublin:
but as no one was prepared for its magnitude, it was not very manageable, nnd the
noise of persons walking round the galleries
in search of n place from which to hear or
see disturbed the entire service, except when
IVlr. Sankey hushed the crowd into absolute
stillness by two of his hymns.
Business Colleges in America.—We notice that these institutions are now established in all the principal cities nnd with marked
success. We have recently met Mr. Gay,
v»ho has just returned to the islands from
Boston, but while in San Francisco he attended the Business College. He speaks of
it in the highest terms. There now lie on
our table the prospectus " and other docu-

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ments relating to the
tute of Business and

" United States InstiFinance " of Easton,
Perm., which evidently indicate that it ii a
first-class institution. Eastman's Business
college of Poughkeepsie is another similar
institution, and we have carefully examined
nepers relating to its course of study. We
have also examined catalogue and prospectus
of a good Business College in Minneapolis,
other.
Minnesota. Such colleges must prove imThe particulars which we have collected mensely useful.

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The Great Revival in Scotland and Ireland. Metropolitan Hall, but the principal were in
the Exhibition Palace, which can accommodate from 10,000 to 15,000 people at least
We are accustomed to refer to great re- in
the Great Transept and the Leinster Hall.
vivals of religion in former ages ns some- There was a platform erected at the angle
thing truly wonderful, but imagine that such where the two halls meet, and on this were
scenes are not to be witnessed in our age or clergymen of different denominations, who
took part in the services; and, as already
at the present time.
Perhaps if we care- stated,
there was a choir of trained voices.
fully enquire into the facts, we shall find Persons were nlso appointed to meet "inthat God is now in our day, and at this quirers" after the meetings were over and
present time, doing a work in Scotland nnd try to fix in their minds the impressions left
Ireland, as truly marvelous as was achieved by the services. There was no attempt
made to win proselytes for any particular
on the day of Pentecost, in the days of Luchurch, and not the faintest allusion to any
ther or Edwards in New England. The of the distinctive characteristics of sects and
labors of Messrs. Moody and Sankey are .creeds. The result was that Protestants and
fully reported in the English papers. It ap- Roman Catholics, Christians and Jews, Prespears that some few have arisen even in byterians, Methodists, Moravians, Arians,
nnd Quakers, were all mingled in the great
Scotland and denied the work to be genuine, assembly,
and ull seemed equally impressed.
Key.
hence the testimony of such men as the
The presence of. over 750 clergymen of
Dr. Horatius Bonar is peculiarly gratifying various communions, in answer to the inviand satisfactory. The following is Dr. tation of the Committee who have taken
charge of the work, is a significant proof of
Bonar's testimony
the success of the movement. At the conWhat we have seen or heard during the
vention and a private conference held yesterpast twelve months appears to us who have day at the close of
the series of meetings,
and
be
watched
tested it day by day to as arrangements were made
for carrying on the
truly a work of God as any that we have work which Messrs. Moody and Sankey beseen or heard of. In Edinburgh and through- gan. The two "evangelists" have gone to
out all Scotland, during the past year, min- England, and intend to make Manchester
isters of all denominations have been exam- their next
field of operations.
ining and admitting many thousands of apto the latest intelligence,
According
plicants for communion ; and, iv doing so,
Messrs.
and Sankey had commenced
been,
or
unconsciousMoody
have
consciously
they
ly, declaring that a notable work of God has their lubors in Mnnchcster, England. It is
been going on in the land. Time will test reported that arrangements will be made for
the work; the precious will be separated the American evangelists to commence their
from the vile; the love of many may wax
cold; but meanwhile necessity is laid on us labors in London during the coining spring.
TESTIMONY OF I'.I'ISCOI'AL CLERGYMEN.
to say that, as Christian ministers, we are
One of the most remarkable features of
persuaded that the Spirit ol Cod has been
working amongst us.
tlif gtaat Revival in Ireland has been the
In Ireland the revival has been even more cordial co-operation of the minisicrs of vapowerful and convincing than iv Scotland. rious communions. None have been apparThe Dublin correspondent of the London ently more enrncst and cordial than clergyI%mes thus remarks
men of (he "Church of England." The
of
American
The visit
the
evangelists, Heir. J. S. Fletcher, of Dublin, thus writes
Messrs. Moody and Sankey, terminated on
Mr. Moody is noble, brave, earnest, fearThursday, and with it a series of religious less" in the statement of what he believes to
services which have marked the progress of be true, yet his heart is full of love nnd
a movement the most remarkable ever witsympathy. His preaching is powerful, and
nessed in Ireland. There have been at va- has been wonderfully owned of God, because
rious times so-called "revivals," which have it is simple, earnest and scriptural, and deals
cast a flood of devotional feeling over the directly with the heans and consciences of
country, but their influence was only tran- men.
sient—they left but little trace of any perall the occasions upon which he has
" Of in
manent effect. This new mission has been spoken
public since he came to Dublin, I
of a character essentially different, and seem- don't think he has, in one single Instance,
ed to possess elements of vitality which were put forward any statement touching any
wanting in others. There was nothing sen- doctrine nt variance with the standards of
sational, though much that was novel and our Irish Church, or, indeed, of any of the
attractive, in the nature of the services nnd other evangelical denominations; and as a
the mode of conducting them.
minister of that church I maintain that there
Let those who think they can do so ac- is not a faithful minister in Dublin but
count for the movement, and explain, if they ought, on bended knees, to thank God for
can, what it is which brought together such sending us at this time so bold and uncomimmense congregations every day for nearly promising a champion of Divine Truth, and
six weeks, and produced such extraordinary if there is one who does not, he must be
effects. The fact itself is memorable and either totally unacquainted with Mr. Moody's
suggestive.
teaching, or very ungrateful for it. However
The organization was admirable. There some of the clergy may feel towards him,
were numerous services of different kinds certain it is that the laity greatly value his
each day, intended for different classes and services, and ' esteem him very highly in
conditions of people. Some were in the love for his work's sake.' "

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What seems quite remarkable, the great
Revival even calls forth the approval of
Roman Catholics. Thus writes the correspondent of the London Times :
"It is right to say that there has been no
hostile feeling shown by the Roman Catholic inhabitants, but rather a respectful interest in their proceedings, which are wholly
devoid of any polemical element. The
Nation, alluding to a rumor that some
opposition was to be organized, strongly repudiates the suggestion, and writing in a
good spirit, calls upon its co-religionists to
hold firmly their religious convictions and
allow the fullest equality, not to excite a religious war, but to ' let Protestant and
Catholic work and pray to keep the teachings and the theories of the Huxleys and
the Tyndalls far from theshores of Ireland.'"
Rev. J. S. Fletcher says :
The noonday prayer-meetings in Dublin
have continued without any abatement,
cither in the numbers attending, or in the
interest in the proceedings. It is a novel
sight, but a most gratifying one, to see from
2,000 to 3,000 persons leaving the comfort
and retirement of their homes, to enjoy together the " sweet hour of prayer." Several
hundred requests for prayer from all parts of
Ireland, and some from England and Scotland, have been laid before the Lord at each
of these meetings. Yesterday the number
reached 500. It is also pleasant to relate
that many thanksgivings for mercies received
in answer to prayer have been presented to
the Lord.
Woman.—"A man's honor must be estimated according to his own estimate of
women." This remark of a German writer
by the name of Leopold Schefer, is quoted
by (loethe in "Faust." How little men imagine that they place themselves on a very_
low level, when they make disparaging remarks about women. A true nobleman will
never utter a remark reflecting unfavorably
upon women, for by so doing he casts a
severe reflection upon his own true nobility
of character. Bod men never think well of
women, and are often heard to speak unfavorably of them.
From Dr. Scott, U. S. Consul, we
I would acknowledge n copy of " Monthly Re.of
port of the Department of Agriculture "
the United States for October, 1874, and
also " The Annual Report of Agriculture "
of the United States for 1872. These documents contain much that is both interesting
and instructive.
—From Trubner & Co. of London, we
would acknowledge seven numbers of Geographical Magazine.
—From the Religious Tract Society of
London, we also acknowledge copies of
'• Sunday at Home " and
" Leisure Hour."
The church at Darien, Ct., has accepted the resignation of Rev. R. B. Snowden, who is now interested in a prosperous
school in Brooklyn, N. Y.— Exchange.

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Our Island Boys Abroad.

In the November issue of the Friend, we
published a catalogue of our island youth
abroad at school in Europe and America.
From various sources we have received the
most gratifying intelligence in regard to
many of them, that they are enthusiastically
pursuing their studies and in many instances
with the most gratifying success, thus building up a good character for scholarship and
manhood, and thereby making the hearts of
parents and friends glad. It has been our
privilege to receive letters from several of
them. One writes from the United States
Institute of Business and Finance, Easton,
Perm.: "I am getting along nicely in my
studies at the Business College, and like it
better each week. I am studying BookKeeping, Penmanship, Phonography and
Telegraphy. I find Phonography the hardest of all, but time, patience and perseverance will conquer all things."
A Freshman writes from
College,
Mass.: " I have enjoyed my studies so far
very much. We finished our Greek for the
term yesterday. Prof. M. offered a prize for
the best poetical translation of a passage
from the Odyssey. The four best were read
before the class, among which was my own,
ranking third." We are not surprised, for
before he left Punahou we were told by his
teacher, that he was waking up to the poetical beauties of the blind old bard of Greece.
Respecting a junior in the same institution from our islands, we hear that he is
"
working hard in Chemistry, analyzing four
hours a day."
Another, who is studying up to pass an
examination for a degree in a German University, writes : " I am engaged at present
in reviewing " Tacitus' Life of Agricola," for
all foreigners must pass a Latin examination
for a degree. Any author may be chosen
that suits the candidate ; C.-csar is the usual
one, but 1 take something harder.
Tacitus
is a difficult author, and the translation into
German is not the lightest part of the work."
Another lad writes from
, Minnesota : " I like my school very much ; it
is carried on upon the same principles as
Eastman's Business College of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Besides teaching Book-Keeping
and all the business branches, there are free
lectures on Geology, Chemistry and Natural
Philosophy."
We have also heard most favorable reports from other pupils studying in California, Boston, and elsewhere. Many of these
pupils write back, that they have not forgot-

ten their island teachersand schools.

" Pu-

nahou " is remembered among the bright
spots on their island-home of the Pacific.
There lies before us a letter from a gentleman who was long resident in Honolulu,
and who took his children to Switzerland, to
afford them a good opportunity to study the
modern European languages, but the following remark in this letter is creditable to this
gentleman's good judgment and to the ability
of the late teacher of his son in Honolulu :
is still at school; except for the
"
languages (French and German), I had
rather my son was under Mr. Atkinson than
any teacher I ever knew, and the grounding
and start he got at his establishment was of
great benefit to him on entering here."

Larrikins and Hoodlums.
Lexicographers and linguists tell us that
new words will be coined, whenever there is
a necessity for their use. We most profoundly regret that the state of modern society in regard to the young in Australia
and California, should have demanded the
coining of new words expressive of a new
species of juvenile depravity. Far be the
day that a state of affairs among our young
people on the Sandwich Islands, shall require the introduction of these or similar
words to describe our youth :
Australian Hoodlums.
The bill for
whipping larrikins (or "hoodlums") introduced into the Legislative Council at Melbourne, forbids all assemblages of boys at the
street corners. Boys under 16, convicted of
larrikinism, for the first offense, are to receive not more than twenty strokes with a
cane, privately, and to be immediately discharged. For the second offense thirtystrokes nre to be inflicted, with imprisonment. Old offenders are to be severely dealt
with. Whippings are to take place .in the
lock-up, the executioners being policemen.—
Melbourne News.
Hoodlumism Must be Checked.—The
miserable and shocking affair which occurred
in this city on Sunday evening, by which
an apparently innocent and industrious as
well as dutiful boy was sent suddenly to his
death, is one which ought to awaken every
person to whom has been committed the
guardianship of the young, to a keen sense
of theirresponsibility, and of their duties in
the premises. That miserable affair, traceable to a great want of proper training of
children, and of unworthy motives on the
part of older persons, has sent this youthful
support of his poor mother to an untimely
grave; has filled the life of that poor mother
with a sorrow that cannot die, however time
may soften the pain, and has filled the heart
and life of an old man, with regret and anguish, perhaps but little, if any, less than
that of the bereaved mother. This terrible
affair ought to awaken and arouse the people of this city, and its municipal authorities
to the dangers existing all through the city
in consequence of the unrestrained outlawry
of what is termed " Hoodlumism." We have

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1875.
in this city some of the worst and most depraved and reckless boys that can be found
anywhere. The late action of the Board of
Supervisors providing that boys under a certain age shall not be allowed to congregate
on the streets during the hours of night,
may do much toward the breaking up of
Hoodlumism, theft and debauchery. It is a
move in the right direction.—S. F. Alta,
Jan. 6th.
Some months since, the Chicago Board of
Education abolished the use of the rod in
public schools. No one, we presume, pretends to deny that the rod is the Bible-appointed method of discipline in ordinary
cases of youthful crime. But it seems, in
our day, that men are becoming wiser than
their Creator. The Hon. Edward Everett
wrote that, " When a boy, the scholars courteously saluted a gentleman when passing a
school; now, if I can avoid having a stone
hurled at my head, 1 think myself quite fortunate." The worthy Superintendent of the
schools in Chicago, finding that either the
scholars must rule and the teacher be under
the young mob, or all scholars who are found
ungovernable must be turned out of the institution, requested the Public School Board
to have a Reform Day School established,
where bad boys, in a population of over 400,-000, might be sent and disciplined. This
the Board have thus far declined doing.—
New York Observer.

In the New York Evangelist for
Sept. 24th, 1874, there is an interesting
communication relating to events which
transpired in Honolulu in October, 1826, or
nearly a half a century ago. The events
appear to have made a deep impression upon
the mind of Captain Matthew Sayre, the
master of a whaleship.
It appears that he
acted an important part while Captain Jones
(subsequently Commodore Jones) was lying
in port, having under his command the U.
S. S. Peacock. Our narrow limits will not
allow us to copy the long article, but we
hope the Advertiser or Gazette will not tail
to reprint it. We would merely add that
during Commodore Jones' visit to Honolulu
in 1843, we heard from his own lips the
same story as Captain Sayre dictated to the
writer of the article referred to. Captain S„
it appears, is now residing in Cairo, Green
Co., N. V., at the advanced agj of over four
score. He is remembered by all the old
missionaries and foreign residents. Mr.
Bingham, in his history, refers to the same
events as are more fully detailed by Captain
Sayre.
King Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands
has received an invitation to visit Westboro. The extending of this invitation is
prompted by the fact that Mrs. D. Chamberlain, an old resident, was one of the original
band of missionaries that went to the islands
about fifty-five years ago, when the inhabitants were savages. Mrs. Chamberlain is in
her 88th year, and she retains her mental
faculties to a remarkable degree. She speaks
the Hawaiian tongue fluently.—Exchange,

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Fate of the Apostles.
Matthew is supposed to have suffered martyrdom, or was slain in the city of Ethiopia.
Mark was dragged through the streets of
Alexandria, Egypt, till he expired.
John was put in a boiling cauldron at
Rome, but escaped death. He died a natural
death in Ephesus, Asia.
James the Great was beheaded in Jerusalem.
James the Less was thrown from a pinnacle and beaten to death.
Philip was beheaded.
Bartholomew was skinned alive.
Andrew was crucified, and pounded while
dying.
Thomas was run through with a lance.
Jude was shot to death with arrows.
Simon was crucified.
Matthias was stoned.
Barnabas, stoned to death.
Paul was beheaded by the tyrant Nero,
at Rome.
Sunter's Green Corn.—This article is
becoming quite common among our substance
of food. He is soon to offer a nice specimen
of sweet corn." Orders left at Dilling" & Co.'s
ham
Acknowledgments.—Ours are due to the

following persons for books and papers for
distribution among seamen : Mrs. Dickson,
illustrated papers ; Mrs. Hall, a lot ol books ;
Rev. Mr. Mackintosh, lot of " Good Words."
Donations,—For theFriend, from Capt. Crane,
$5.00, and from Mrs. Green, Makawao, $3.00.

Albert W. Newell will find a letter to his

address with the editor.

MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I.
ARRIVALS.
Jan.

s—ll B M's B Tenedos,Van der Meulcn, fin Kailua.
9—P M Co's stmr Colorado, 11 G Morse, 19 days from
Yokohama.
12—H B M's 8 Tenedos,Van der Meulcn, Im Waimea,
Kauai.
14—Brit stmr Mikado, Moore, 7 days and 20 hours from
Ban Francisco.
IS—Am schr Undaunted, Miller, 30 days fin San Francisco.
19—Brit stmr Cyphrenea, Wood, 19 days fm Auckland.
20—Am bk D C Murray, Fuller, 25 days fm San Francisco, consigned to C Brewer Sc Co.
20—Am schr C M Ward, Rickman, 22 days from Guano
Islands.
20—Am schr Humboldt, Kustel, 23 days fm Humboldt,
with Lumber to A W Peirce «fc Co.
21—Am schr Fannie Hare, Green, 27 dsys from Nanaimo, VI.
21—Am bk Powhattan, Blackstone, 37 days from Port
Gamble, withLumber to H Ilackfeld «fc Co.
22—Am bk Helen W Almy, Wlddonson, 30 days from
Humboldt, consigned to Castle At, Cooke.
23—Am schr Btaghound, Pllta, 32 days from Fiji, en
route for Ban Francisco.
23—Nor Ger bk Deutschland, Tiemann, 156 days from
Glasgow.

20—H B M's 8 8 Reindeer, Anson, fromKauai.
days from San
Francisco.

31—U 8 8 Portsmouth, Skerrett, 20
DEPARTURES.

Jan. 2— U B M's B Tenedos. Van der Meulen, for Kailua.
4—Am bktn J*ne A Falkinburg. Brown, forPortland, O
7—Am schr Varuna, Gullbert, tor San Franciaco
9—ll B M's S Tenedos, Van der Meulen, for Waimea,
Kastai.
12 P M Co's stmr Colorado, Morse, for SaoFrancisco.
ll—BriC stmr Mikado, Moore, lor Auckland and Bydaey
20 Brit stmr Cyphreues, Wood, for San Francisco.
20—Haw bk Mattie Macleay, Walter, forPortland, O.
Franciaco.
•23 Am schr Staghound, I'iltr, for SanKauai.
23—H B M's 8 8 Reindeer, Anson, for
Reindeer.
for
Hawaii.
Hilo,
8
M's
8
Anson,
B
27—H
20—Am bk Pwwhattan, Blackstone, for Port Townsend.
30—Am schr C M Ward, Rickman, for theguano islands
3j_Am schr Humboldt, Kustel, for Tahiti.

1875.

FEBRUARY.

MEMORANDA.
RBFOItT OF STEAMSHIP .M IK ADO, F. HOORB, COMMANDER.
—Slipped from the buoy in Johnson's Bay, Sydney, at 1.60 r
n, Nut 21st, discharging pilot at 2.66 r it- Experienced fresh
breezes from N with cloudy weather for the flrat two daya,
when wind chnnged suddenly to I*-, from thence clear weather
and moderatebreezes. Sighted "Three Kings at 710 a at
on the Will, and pasted " Hen A Chickens " at 1 a m and an*
chored in Aucklaad harbor at 640a m on the 26th. Left anchorage and proceeded towards Honolulu at 10 a m on the
27th. At 660 P M Dec 2d sighted Island nf Manua. From
Auckland experienced unfavorable windsand unsettled weather
with a contused sen hi the last few daya. Sighted Honolulu
light at 10 p m Dec 11th, but w*s obliged to lay oifand on until 5.40 a m next morning, having received the pilot. Made
Marry Ridobly, Purser.
fast t.» wharf at 7.16 a m.
Report of Steamship Colorado. H. O. Morse, Commander—Left Hongkong Dec 12lh, 1874, at 3.30 p M, and arrived at Yokohama on the 19th at 8.30 pM. Left Yokohama
Dec 22d at 8 a M, with 14 cabin, 39 Euro|>can steerage and
330 Chinese steerage passengers, and 1,623 11-40 tons freight.
Weather, as lar as the 180° , fine with fair wind, then had
strong northwest wind. Jan 6th, 1875, increased to a heavy
northwest gale,compelling the ship to run before it. On the
Till lit Bfr> m, 400 mile* distant, deemed it prudent to make
this port for more coal. Arrived in Honolulu Saturday afterGeo. M'Lahb, Purser.
Roon, Jan Bth.
Report of Steamship Mikado, F. Moore, Commander.
—Lelt Ban Francisco at noon on Wednesday, Jan Oth. Experienced favorable winds the first five days; since then had
fresh head breezes with pleasant weather throughout. Arrived iv Honolulu nt 9 a m on Thursday, Jan 14th, alter a partsage ot 7 days und 20 hours.
Harry Ridobly, Purser.
Report of Schooner Undaunted, Miller, Master.—
Left Han Francisco Dec 19th, 1874. Had light N and NE
winds and line weather till Jan2d, 1875, when in lat 22° 30'
N, lsug 149c 30' Wj from thence to Honolulu had a heavy
gale from SSW to W with high sea. Arrived in Honolulu Jau
18th, after a passage of 30 days.
Report of Steamship Cypiirkner, T. Wood. Commander —Left Sydney with the mails and 50 passengers on
Wednesday, Dec 23d, 1874, clearing the Heads at 2.30 p m,
with strong NW wind; towards evening had a heavy southerly gale. Next day had a moderate SE breeze, but heavy
cross sea; thence to Auckland had variable winds and fine
weather, arriving Dec 30th at 12.3d am. Landed mailsand
passengers andreceived outward New Zealand mails, and left
again at 1 p m, passing Little Barrier at 6pm; thence lo lat
30° 44* S, long 178° 40'E, had strong NE gale with fierce
squalls and very heavy cross sea, ship laboring heavily and
shipping much water. Sunday, 3d Jan, 1875, had light NE
breeze and tine weather but heavy swell from eastward; thence
to lat 21° S, long 178° W, wind E to ESE wilh thick
weather. No SE trades were met with, hut through the regions ofthem ENG and NNK winds were experienced. Passed
MikailolTIsland at 2 p m Jan 4th, two miles off; there appeared to be a strong WSW curreut. Saw Ova at 4p m, and experienced thijk drizzling rain and heavy chopping sea. Jan
7th paused Vauvau (Navigator group); Bth passed Gente Hermosa or Swain's Island, current setting SE. From lat 0° 04'
N, long 102 ° 68* W. to rat 9 ° 32' S, long 158 ° W, had ESE
winds and line weather. From ihence to Honolulu light
northeast ami northerly winds. Captain T Wood reperts:
Friday, Jnn Bth, by our position yesterday and to-day, by
good compass and other observations, and the chronometerbeing correct, as we sighted Vauvau (Navigator group) tbe evening previous, we ought to have passed about 16 miles west of
Gente Hermosa or Swain's Island, as placed by theAdmiralty chart. Findlay's South Pacific speaks of Gente Hermosa
and Swain's Island as two, and places the former in lat 10 3
30' 8, long 171° W. To-night at 10 pm, being then rather
cloudy, passed an Island in about 11 ° 02' S, long 171 ° 15' W,
which may probably have been Gente Hermosa." Sighted
Oahu Tuesday, Jan 19th, at 4.16 p m; pilot boarded at it p m,
and made lost alongside wharf at 9.45 p m.
—Mr A Audrews is the agent iv charge of the New Zealand
Henry Adams, Purser.
mails.
Report of Bark D. C. Murray. A. Fuller, Master.—
Left San Frandisco Saturday noon, Dec 26th; dead calm drifting in on the south shore; let go our starboard anchor at 4.30
p m in 7 fathoms water; payed out 40 fathoms chain, when it
parted at 35 fathoms. Light air springing up from NE, made
all possible sail. First three days out had fine breezes from N
to NNE and afterwards dying out light. The next live days
wind light from Eto SE with passingrain-squalls. The ninth
day wind hauled to SW wilh threatening appearance. Next
five days a successionof hard gales from SW to W with tremendous swell Irom Wand some of the most severe thunder
and lightning ever experienced. Fifteenth day dying out with
light air springing up from N and clearing up. Since then
had light head winds and calms. Saw Maul Saturday, Jan
16th. Jan 19that midnight anchored off port.
—Monday, Jan 4th, at 2 a m, the second steward fell overboard ; we lowered theboat and rescued bfm fortunately at 3 am.
Report of Schooner Humboldt, O. Kubtel, Master.
—Sailed from Humboldt Bay Dec 28th, 1874; had fine weather
the first seven days from N to NE. On Jan 6th, 1875, experienced a heavy gale from E gradually shifting to SE; theoce
squally weather with thunder and lightning to within 300
miles of ibis port; then light wind and calm weather. Arrived in Honolulu midnight of Jan 19th.
Report of Schooner C. M. Ward, G. W. Rickman,
Master—Left Honolulu Nov 11th, 1874, with light winds
from the NE, and arrived at Enderhury Island Nov 80th.
Left Enderhury Island for Baker's at 2 p m Dec 2d, arriving
there on the 6th, wind from the east. Left Baker's Island for
llowland's at 2 a m Dec Oth, arriving there at 10 a m the same
day, wind from NE. Returning- left Howland's Island for Houoiulu Dec 19th, arriving on the 20th Jan, 1876.
Report of Bark Powhattan, Black stone, Master
For 17 dsys after leaving Port Townaend had flneand pleasant weather. In lat 26 ° and long 148°, took HW and westerly gales with thunder and lightning, which lasted for six
daya. Balance of passage bad calms and variable winds from
tbe SW and NE to port.

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KaroßT irr Schooneb Fabnie Disk. Gbeen, Masteb.—
First psrt ol passage had liuhl breeses from E.NE to N, hsullog to WBW witll line weather and smooth sea. Jan 7th took
a strong fsle In lat 33 s if, long 140 s 30', Irom th. BE with

a high acs; contioued so the next day, hauling to 8W on ths
9th with a fearful, high and confused sea, On the 10th snd
11th,much the same weather, with fearful lightning, thunder
and heavy rain. On the 13th. wind all round the compass;
14th,wind battling with heavy squalls and rain; loth and 16th
the Mine-, 17th. strong hreeae. from EBK to HWi on the 18th
had a strong gale Irom the westward, the acs running very
high; 10thand uoth. strong breeses from HE to ESE. Arrived
in Honolulu Jan 21st.
Report or ll.bk Helen W. Almy. J. Widdokson, Mabtbb.—First part of the psssage had light northerly winds lo
Ist 38° 30> N, long 126 s 40' W, and then moderate SE wind
to lat 27 ° N, long 140° W; then variable winds from 8 In W
with very heavy squall. Iv lat 23- N, long 160° W. From
thence to port had moderate NE and ENE winds. Made
Maui Jan 21st, arriving in Honolulu next day.
PASSENGERS.
KobSan Francisco—l'er Sparrowhawk, Dec. 30th—Cspl
S Hickmottand wife.
Fbom San Fbancisco—Per Yaruna, Dec. 30th—Thomas
Sorenson.
Fob Pobtland, O.—Per Jane A. Falkinburg, Jan. 4—Mrs
Dr Thomson.
Fob Bam Fbabcisco—Per Colorado, Jan. 12th—II O Barnacle, Miss A Aldrlch, Miss E 1. Dockstader, Mr Atwcod,
Henry H Webb, J MclnUsh.
Fbom Ban Fbabcisco—Per Mikado, Jan. 14th—Col Wood
and wife, F Oay, MrsRobblns, Capt Durln, Oen 8 G Bridge.
0 W Oleason, Col Z 8 Spalding. Dr II Ktangenwald, VV W
A.hford and wife, 1 J Scott and wife, Capt Pollartl and 2 servants, J Davis, Mrs Moore, Paul King, II McHugh, M Kelh
Chaa Stewart, 11 II Harrington, II E Bunker, W Woodsll, F
M Weed, 1 Chinaman, and 40 In transitu for New Zealand and
Australia.
Fob Auckland and Sydney—Per Mikado, Jan. 16th—
Capt Borres and wife, I, Vale., Dr Steele, and 40 in tranaitu
from San Francisco.
Fbom Auckland—Per Cyphrenea, Jan 19th—Sir David
Wedderburn, and 33 in tranaitu for San Franciaco.
Fbom San Fb.ncisco—Per D. C. Murray, Jan. 20th—Rev
II II Parker, Mr and Mra Campbell, Capt and Mr. Sampson.
Mrs Lovell While, Ml.. E Toomey, W m D Harwood, Cecil
Brown, Albert McWayne, C C Coleman, Chung Fas, James
Agnew, John Woods, Wm Mrlnlyrc, 5 Hawaiian seamen and
17 Chinese.
Fob San FrtANClsco—l'er Cyphrenea, Jan. 20lh—Thomas
Lack, James Wilson, Pac Sam, J McArthy, J W Wilder, Miss
A Pomeroy, Prof A E Rice, Prof Gasper, W C Garden.hire, II
Ochner, W Marrlotlc.and 33 In transitu from Auckland.
Fbom tub ouano islands —Per C. M. Ward, Jan.20th—
Capt Hempstead and wife, Mr Ferrlo. Mr Hugo, and 20 Hawaiians.

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MARRIED.
Iiubiio-Lewis—At I.ihue, Kauai, January 19lh, at the
residence of Hon. P. lsenberg, Mr. Otto Ibenbbbo to MU>
Helen Liwia, both of that Island.

DIED.
Killitt—At llaualcl, Kauai, December 23d, 1874, K«wf
Kau, widow of the laic Captain John Kellltt, aged about Myeara. Her several sous and daughters and grandchildren
mourn her loss.
Beckley—On Tuesday morning, December 20th, at the
residence ol B. It Davidson, Esq., Mahy Ann Thessilliah,
widow
ascd 36 years, daughter of the late Dr Treaslllian and
of thelaic Win. Beckley. She was greatly beloved by all who
knew her, anil more especially by her late husband'srelatives.
Che had ever a cheering wordand a helping hand for those in
affliction, and was always among the first to be found at ft sick
bed. 8he was especially distinguished for her invariable good
temper, cheerfulness and amiable disposition.
D.
Thiium—In San Francisco, Dec. 12,1174, Fieddii, infant
son of John F. and Mary Thrum.
Molteno—In Han Francisco, Cal.. Dec. 2olh, Chables,
sou ol Charles and Dora Molteno, aged 1? monthsand 26 days.
Eckabt—In this city, January 21st, of consumption, Mr.
Chsistian Eceaet, aged about 46 ye*ra. He was a native
of Bavaria.
Chanbeblain—InIhia city, at the residence of her grandmother, Mrs. L. Chamberlain. January20lh, at 8 o'clock a. «.,
Ali.ethba M.. eldest daughter id W. and Cells W. Chamberlain, in the l»lh year of her age. The deceased was a moat
amiable young lady,possessing in a rare degree the esteem and
affections of those with whom she was acquainted, and those
who knew her best loved her roost. She wss ft consistent and
exemplary Christian. The blow has fallen suddenly and
beavily upon the parents, grand-parent, relatives and friends,
but Ihey have the blessed assurance that theirloss is her unspeakable gain—that of her it can be said with confidence—
•• Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord She rests from
the labors ot lire and her works wilt follow krr.
Meek—In this city, January 28th, at 0.46 a. ■., Captain
John Mbek, a native of Mftrblehead, near Boston, Mass., aged
88 years, 2 monthsand 6 days.

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Information Wanted.

Respecting George E. Whitton, sged 32 years, (if now living,
he Is about 40) who shipped on board the whale ship Cicero,

in 1866. Left thevessel at Honolulu,Oct. 1867, and haa never
been beard from since—Captain's name, John I'nun. of Mid
dlehoro, Mass. Any information will he gladly received by I.
r. Whitton, Filchhurg Repair Chop, Ch.trlestown. Nan.

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FEBRUARY,

away the native rat, as the European fly has
driven away our own, and as the clover kills
our ferns, so will the Maoris disappear before
the white man himself.'" This writer then
Must I my faith in Jesus constant show
specifies various native plants of New ZealBy doing good to all, both friend and foe ?
and which are giving pface to those of
Eobo—" Both friend and foe."
foreign origin. It is the same on the HawBut if a brother hates and treats me ill;
aiian Islands, native grasses, shrubs, plants,
Must I return him good and love him still ?
and trees, are gradually giving place to those
Echo—" Love him still."
of foreign origin. There is a struggle—the
Whatever usage ill I may receive,
fittest alone will survive ! We do not pretend
Must I still patient be, and still forgive?
to define the limits, extent, influence, or
Echo—"Still patient be, and still forgive."
reason, for this great underlying law that is
Things being thus, let him who will reject,
everywhere cropping out and manifesting
My graoious God me surely will protect ?
in nature, but that there is such a law
itself
Eoho—"Surely will protect."
cannot be doubted. To deny it is absurd, or
But after all these duties, when they're done,
to ignore it is only an exhibition of ignorMust I in point of merit them disown.
ance. How far the much talked of law of
And rest my soul on Jesus' blood alone?
evolution will explain it, we do not pretend
Eoho—" On Jesus' blood alone."— Selected.
to assert. Facts are stubborn things, but in
"Survival of the Fittest," or Strongest. true Baconian style let them be examined,
We believe the literary and scientific and ere long correct generalization will be
world is under obligation to Darwin for this evolved.
intensely significant and pregnant expresTransit of Venus, A. D. 1639.
sion, " Survival of the Fittest." Everywhere
Echo's Answer.

True faith producing love to God and man—'
Bay Echo, is not tbis the Gospel's plan ?
Echo—" The Gospel's plan."

around us may be witnessed an intense

struggle for existence. Our attention is often
called to this subject by observing the decadence of Hawaiian trees, and the introduction of those of foreign origin. Our city is
embosomed in a dense growth of beautiful
shade trees, but not one of them is of nativeorigin, except it may be the Imm, which is
also disappearing. The mango, algeroba,
saniang, indiarubber, guava and tamarind,
are all of foreign origin. From a short article in Thrum's Hawaiian Almanac for
1875, we find two pages upon the subject of
41 Decadence of Hawaiian Forests
" from the
pen of F. L. C, who we suppose to be Mr.
Clarke, of Makawao. It is worthy of perusal, and we only hope this gentleman will
give more attention to this subject. In our
forests, and throughout our whole group,
there is an intense struggle for life. This
remark will apply to the human race, animals and plants. The Fittest will alone
survive in the long race !
What may be witnessed on our group of
islands is fully as apparent on other groups
of Polynesia. A late mail brought to us
the Geographical Magazine, published in
London, by Trubner & Co. In the November number we find an interesting article
On Human Agency in the Dispersion of
Plants, by Dr. R. Brown, F. L. S., R. G. S.
In this article we find " the survival of the
fittest," more fully unfolded. He remarks
as follows :
" In New Zealand especially we see this
struggle for existence going on between
native and introduced plants. The Maoris
have even recognized it, and have a proverb
that, ' As the white man's rat has driven

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THE BOY ASTRONOMER.

1815
found Horrox, the boy astronomer, now just
past twenty years of age, intently watching
a sheet of paper in a private room, on which
lay the sun's reflected image. Over this reflection of the sun's disc on the paper he
expected, moment by moment, to see the
planet pass like a moving spot or shadow.
Suddenly, the church bells rang. He was
a very religious youth, and was accustomed
to heed the church bells as a call from
heaven. The paper still was spotless; no
shadow broke the outer edge of the sun's
luminous circle.
Still the church bells rang. Should he go?
A cloud might hide the sun before his return,
and the expected disclosure be lost for a
century.
But Horrox said to himself: "Imust not
neglect the worship of the Creator to see the
wonderful things the Creator has made."
So he left the reflected image of the sun
on the paper, and went to the sanctuary.
When he returned from the service, he
hurried to the room. The sun was still
shining, and there, like a shadow on the
bright circle on the paper, was the image of
the planet Venus ! It crept slowly along the
bright center, like the finger of the invisible.
Then the boy astronomer knew that the
great problems of astronomy were correct,
and the thought filled his pure heart with

religious joy.
It is said that the first transit of Venus
Horrox died at the age of twenty-two.
ever seen by a human eye was predicted by Nearly 130 years afterward, Venus was
a boy, and was observed by that boy just as again seen crossing the sun. The whole
he reached the age of manhood. His name astronomical world was then interested in
was Jeremiah Horrox. We have a somewhat the event, and expeditions of observation
were fitted out by the principal European
wonderful story to tell you about this boy.
He lived in an obscure village near Liver- Governments. It was observed in this counpool, England. He was a lover of books of try by David Rittenhouse, who fainted away
science, snd before he reached the age of 18 when he saw the vision.— Hezekiah Butterhe had mastered the astronomical knowledge worth, in St. Nichols fur Decemin r.
of the day. He studied the problems of
Kepler, and he made the discovery that the
Bishop Garrett.—By late papers we
tables of Kepler indicated the near approach
learn
that the Rev. A. C. Garrett, formerly
of the period of the transit of Venus across
of
Victoria,
and more recently of San Franthe sun's center. This was about the
cisco and Omaha, has been consecrated Misyear 1635.
Ofien on midsummer nights the boy sionary Bishop of Northern Texas. Some
Horrox might have been seen in the fields of our Honolulu readers may
remember his
watching the planet Venus. The desire visit when en route from England to Victosprung up within him to see the transit of
ihe beautiful planet across the disc of the ria, via Honolulu, about fifteen years ago.
sun, for it was a sight that no eye had ever He preached several times in the Bethel,
seen, and one that would tend to solve some greatly to the. acceptance of all lovers of
of the greatest problems ever presented to pure and evangelical Christianity. He is
the mind of an astronomer. So the boy truly an eloquent preacher and scholarly
began to examine the astronomical tables of
Kepler, and by their aid endeavored to dem- writer, awake to the current reforms of the
onstrate at what time the next transit would age. We. can well remember his appeal
occur. He found an error in the tables, and in behalf of " temperance," and then his dethen he, being the first of all astronomers to scent from the pulpit and the affixing of his
make the precise calculation discovered the
sign-manual " to the teetotal pledge. Durexact date when the next transit would take "
his residence in the Colony of Columbia
ing
place.
He told his secret to one intimate friend, he preached among the Indians, learning one
a boy, who like himself, loved science. The of their most difficult dialects. He is an
young astronomer then awaited the event Irishman, with all the noble traits of that
which he had predicted for a number of enthusiastic people. Most earnestly we hope
years, never seeing the loved planet in the
shaded evening sky without dreaming of the that he may enjoy a long and prosperous
day when the transit should fulfill the beau- career, as a Bishop of the Protestant Episcotiful vision he carried continually in his pal Church of the United States.
mind.
The memorable year came at last—l639.
The proper pronunciation of the name
The predicted day of the transit came, too, of Grant's visitor, the King of the Sandwich
at the end of the year. It was Sunday. It Islands, is " Kalla-kah-00-a."— Exchange.

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Places of Worship.

Seamen's Bethel—Rev. S. C. Damon. Chaplain,
G. IRWIN A. CO..
King street, near tbe Sailors' Home. Preaching wsr
Commission Merchants,
at 11 a. x. Scats free. Sabbath School before tbe
morning service. Prayer meeting-on Wednesday
riantstion snd In.urance Agent., Honolulu, H. I.
evenings at 7£ o'clock. Noon-day prayer meeting
every day from half-past 12 to 1 o'clock.
■ EWERS A. DICKSON.
Fort Street Church—Rev. VV. Frear. Pustor,
corner of Fort and Beretania.streets. Preaching
Dealers in Lumber and Building Materials.
on Sundays at 11 a. m. and "£ P. M. Sabbath
Fort flreet, Honolulu, 11.I.
School at 10 a. m.
Kawaiahao Church—Rev. 11. H. Parker. Pastor, ■si
HOFFMANN, M
D.,
King street, above the Palace. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at Dj a. m. and 3 P. vt.
Physician and Surgeon,
Roman Catholic Church—Under the charge of Corner Merchant snd Kaahumsnu Street., near the Post oflies
Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret. assisted by Rev. Father
Hermann ; Fort street, near Beretania. Services
BREWER fc CO..
jp
every Sunday at IU a. m. and 2 p. m.
Kaumakapili Church— Key. M. Knaea. Pastor.
Commission and Shipping Merchants,
Beretania street, near Niiuanu. Services in HaHonolulu, Oahu. H. I. v.
waiian every Sunday at 10 a. m. and 2* P. M.
The Anglican Church—Bishop, the Rt. Rev. AlP. ADAMS.
lred Willis, D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dunn, M. A.. ■.v.
Rev. Alex. Mackintosh, St. Andrew's Temporary
Auction
and Commission Merchant,
Cathedral, Beretania street, opposite the Hotel.
English, services on Sundays at u'i and 11a. m.. and
Fire-Proof Store, in Kobinson's Building, Queen Street.
24 and 74 p. u. Sunday School at the Clergy
House at 10 a. m.
MOTT SMITH,

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Rev. E. Corwin, D. D., repeated his essay
ead before the General Association on Reponsive Worship.
We clip the above from one of our exchanges, and add that if the essay is worthy
o f repeating, is it not worth printing ? Please

Dentist,

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Having resumed practice, can be found st hi. rooms over X
SlrehiIt Co.'. Drug Store, corner of Fort snd Hotel St..

S.

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sLate Surgeon Y. S. Army,

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SOHB U CRISIS

J. C MERRILL & (Jo.,
Commission Merchants and Auctioneers
204 and 206 California Street,

Francisco.
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San Francisco and Honolulu Packets.
Particular attention given to the aale and purchase of mer

;handise,ahipa' bu.lne..,supplying whaleship., negotiating
exchange, Ac.
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nolulu Line of Packets.will berorwarJed vbbb or cohmissiob
XT Exchange on Honolulu bought and .oId.XJ

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Honlnlii, January 1, 1875.

D. IV. MIIM.I!
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CONTINUE*
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with a transit instrument accurately adjusted to Ihe meridian
of Honolulu.

chants,

Honolulu,Oahu, HawaiianIslands.

M. DICKSON, Photographer,

Agents Pnuloa Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Uates,

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KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF

EIjUGANT

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First-Class in Every Particular !

Goods Suitable for Trade.
MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT
during the last Mx Years can testify from personal exSHIP
perience that Ihe undersigned keep the best assortment of

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ROOMS CIN BE HID BY THE NIGHT OR WEEK!
HALL AND LARGE ROOMS TO LET FOR
PCBLIC MKETINOS. OB SOCIBTIES.

FOFHTRsrVDE

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PROPRIF.TOR WILL SPARE NO
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DILLINGHAM & CO.,

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YOU THAT
I now employ the beet Mechanics in the line of
Carriage Making.
Kawaihae, Hawaii,
Carriiujr and OmSTSI Blarksmithing,
Will continue the General Merchandise snd Shipping busi/'•ihjinij. Urpitiring, rfC,
ness at the above port, where they are prepared to furnish the
justly celebrated Kawaihae Potatoes, snd such other recruit, as On the Hawaiian Oronp ; and it is a well established
are required by whale.hips, at the shortest notice, sod on the faot that oar Carriage Trimming, hy Mr. It Whitmo.t res.on.ble term..
man, is as well executed as any in New York City or
Mr Firewood on Hand.sO
elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that
we can manufacture as good a class of work in HoA
nolulu as oan be found in any part of the world. I
W. PIERCE fc CO..
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(Succeior. to 0. L. Richard. & Co.)
will also state here that we fully intend to work at
0. WEST.
Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer the lowest possible rates.
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Can be consulted at hi. residence on lintel street, between Particular attention given to Fine Watch Repairing
A lake, and Fort streets.
Hextant and quadrant gls.se. silvered and adjusted. Charts
snd nsutlcal instrument, constantly on hand and lor sals.
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Tbe Hslku Bttfar Company.
The Hawasiaa taßsr Mill. W. 11. Bslley,
Ths Hsssskus Sugar Company.
Tha Waists*. Bug»r Planuilon,
The Wlßtstrv A WIlKn Sewing stsehia* Company,
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Men's Christian Association of Honolulu.

Pure religion and undeftled before God, the Father, is this:
To risit tin fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keej> one's self unspottedfrom the world.

Edited by a Committee of the Y. M. C. A,

may denounce the habit as Filthy. Eeepensiri ant! Unhealthy, I take higher ground.
I maintain that it mars the image of Gol in
The Iceberg.
good men, binders the conversion of sinners
A THOUGHT I'Olt L'UUIHTIAN LAUOSKIU.
übout us, and the conversion of the world.
Great obstacles obstruct the Gospel. I am
The ioeberg drifting in the Polar Scan
Scorns ill the rigors uf the frigid air;
doing what I can to invoke attention to a
Againgt tlie sharpness uf the blustering breexo
mighty one, and to prepare the way of the
l'roail o'er tbo deep his glittering head to bear;
Lord. My Cause is unpopular—l am unliut floutiu)' southward from the Arotio bound.
popular; but somebody must do unpopular
Near sunny slime-, waked out of wintry death,
work, or it will never be done. I have pubWarm aim embrace the rugged stranger round
And melt away his angles with their breath;
lished two hundred different Tracts against
The touoh of Summer') oheek, all bathed in team,
Tobacco
and Strong Drink. lam trying to
Thrills bis cold heart, his ioy strength Rives way.
spread them gratuitously over the nation. It
Ho wraps his head in mist and disappears,—
is expensive business.
On the sea's bosom weeps himself away.
So logic, ceusure, force, all vainly spent.
Yours truly, Geo. Tkask.
At lore's warm louch
hard
will
the

Mamovun, Turkey, Feb. 1874.

beart

relent.
C. C. T.

Tobacco.
Clergymen and others ask why 1 have devoted myself to the Anti-Tobacco Cause
twenty years? This inquiry deserves an
answer.
1. I was myself a user of Tobacco. J gave
it up; and, as it formed an era in my life,
like a young convert, I joyfully proclaimed
it to my fellow-men.
2. My preaching was blessed of God.
Many clergymen and many laymen relinquished the habit; and young men and boys
in large numbers signed the Pledge against

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Young

The Missionaries in China are pleading
with God that Great Britain may " let His
people go, that they serve him." " Lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from
The Opinions of Napoleon.
When he was chained down to the rock
of St. Helena, he turned, it is said, to Count
Montholou with the enquiry :
"Can you tell me who Jesus Christ was?"
The question was declined, nnd Napoleon

proceeded:
" Well then, I will tell you. Alexander,
Crcsar, Charlemagne, and I myself, have
Temperancr ft Anti-Tolnicc.it Depository, Fitchbtirtj, Mass. founded great empires; but upon what.did
these creations of our genius depend ? Upon
force.
The
recent
Jesus alone founded His empire upon
in
meeting
London
to
protest
"
against the opium traffic with China was a love, and to this very day millions would die
welcome sign. A more iniquitous and infa- for him. * * * I think I understand
mous act wns never done by a professedly something of human nature, and I tell you,
Christian nation, then when the Government all these were men, and I am a man ; none
of Great Britain, by force of arms, com- else is like him, Jesus Christ was more than
pelled China to open her ports to the opium man. * * * I have inspired multitude*
trade for the benefit of British India ! The with such an enthusiastic devotion, that they
annual revenue from this traffic is about would have died for me. * * * But to
845,000,000—the money valuation of the do this it was necessary that 1 should be
measureless curse. Nothing more disgrace- visibly present with the electric influence of
ful can anywhere be found than this black my looks, of my world, of my voice. When
spot, staining yet the honor of that great 1 saw men and spoke to them, 1 lighted up
self-devotion in their hearts.
' Christian Government.'"— Chicago Ad- the flame of has
succeeded in so raising the
vance.
Christ alone
mind of man towards the Unseen, that it
To the depth of our heart do we endorse the becomes insensible to the barriers of time
truth of this article. Opium is however even nnd space. Across a chasm of ISOO years,
more injurious, producing poverty, sorrow, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is
crime, bodily and mental stupor, insensibility beyond all others difficult to satisfy ; He asks
for that which a philosopher may often seek
to the interests of the soul, and death. A censein vain at the hands of his friends, or a
less tide of human victims have been speed- father of his children, or a bride of her
ing down to an untimelyand dishonored grave spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks

Tobacco and Strong Drink.
3. In the course of investigation, I soon
saw that Tobacco was injuring the piety of
church-members, rendering some irritable
and others stupid, and tending to destroy all
aspirations for sanctificatioii and the "higher
life."
4. I became convinced that Tobacco is an
Idol, assuming the place of God—as really
an Idol as Baal or Juggernaut, and that our ever since opium was admitted into China.
young men, whilst worshiping it, can no A halo of glory shall ever rest upon the
more be saved, than whilst worshiping God memory of that noble, good old man, the
and Mammon.
Prime Minister of China, who, when asked
5. In looking over churches, I saw that
by the Privy Council of that nation to sign
back-sliders were Tobacco users, and 1 came the
treaty with Great Britain, replied—" No;
to the conclusion that Tobacco had much to
do with their apostasy. This is confirmed 1 shall never sign a treaty which shall be the
death warrant of my countrymen." Thirty
by mournful facts.
6. On farther investigation, 1 found that pieces of silver for Jesus and £9,000,000 for
many devotees of Tobacco are in a narcotized one year is the price of blood for those for
or abnormal state. Their moral sensibilities
Jesus died. Behold the lambs of
are not only stupefied, but the glorious at- whom
!
China
Must they also be sacrificed for so
of
is
tribute Free Will paralyzed, and their
much gain ?
power to choose God well nigh destroyed.
7. I found that when men relinquished
And now, after such unmeasured evils
Tobacco, it paved the way to relinquish
other destructive habits, and this to a resur- have proved the awful curse of the opium
rection of the whole moral man, and this to traffic with the Chinese people, will not
a determination to be right with God, and every Christian and benevolent hearted
to lay hold on eternal life."
" Conferring with Missionaries in this and person in the world unite with us in pi, ml8.
other lands, I found the evil as broad as the ing with the British Government to release
world ; that the Chinese and Turks are in- the Chinese Empire from her heart rending
toxicated and narcotized, not only by Opium, obligations to Great Britain, so as to allow
but by Tobacco, and whilst in this state their her to act according to her own free
will in
conversion hi about as hopeful as that of dead
relation to the importation of opium, or in
men in the catacombs of Rome.
These are my reasons for sacrificing materially checking its ravages in her own
myself to this despised cause. Other men land?

for the human heart ; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally ; and forthwith His demand is
granted. Wonderful! in defiance of time
and space, the soul of man, with all its
powers nnd faculties, becomes an annexation
to the empire of Christ. All who sincerely
believe in Him, experience that remarkable
supernatural love towards Him. This phenomenon is unaccountable ; it is altogether
beyond the scope of man's creative powers.

Time, the gretft destroyer, is powerless to
extinguish this sacred flame; time can
neither exhaust its strength, nor put a limit
to its range. This is it which strikes me
most; I have often thought of it. This is it
which proves to me quite convincingly the
Divinity of Jesus Christ."
A Very Mean Theft.—Some evil-disposed visitor has stolen from the Y.M. C. A.
Heading Room, most of the late monthlies
and files of late weeklies. There is a suspicion where the thief may be found. Let
the party or parties beware ! Any person
favorably inclined to the Reading Room who
will present files of late papers and magazines, will confer a great favor on those
visiting the " Home."