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The last of the Kamehamclia lies
in her lait long sleep in the tatel
tflflminn at Knakopiia, where, little
more than a year ago the Princess Ruth
lay til her last sleep, with the woman
who lies there now as hief mourner
Itow eloquently the now voiceless h
of the younger and more gifted woman
told to listening friends the stor of the
elder and les advantaged I'hc Id) alt)
Mo lie was neer questioned, and
the delit of gratitude from donor to
heireM was not greater than its con
tewe. And novs both are gone and
liter remain few of like rank to mourn
them
The true woman who la) all )es
terday in state in that loncl) 1are on
nmnra Street was an example and a
promise to her race. In her were typi
Red the benefits and the possibilities of
Christian training, the mutual blessing
and blesucdncss of the ritli;cd home
It is a long' are in the circle of Haw
fliian tuihation that is marked at one
end b) the women who greeted Cook
and af the other b the dead clutftess
IMnahl. tAill of hope, that contrast
blessed hope.
If the Hawaiian race is to rouse
from its letharirv and live aeain , if
from its stalwart limbs it shall skakc
its drowsy indifference, half sensualism,
half fat.iluin . if from its loins shall
niirlni ru'rnn a race of mants and of
iieroes, it must learn from the home
life of die mihzation that is within its
reach, the meaning of sclfdcniil, the
beauty of mutual helpfulness, the
tncredness of marriage, the blessedness
of home Ilesidcs the example before
us there arc many other examples,
though less noteworth) Man) honor
able men of alien blood hac weddeil
good women of natisc blood and
those unions hae been blessed with
child n who honor alike their parents
and the commonwealth Let the
n.atue race be taught to cherish these
examples and there ma) be hope for
the 1 lawaiian "ccn against hope "
Months, ago in the heat of the legis
tiatc conflict, we printed the follow
ing cditoml It is b) another hand
and the writer of this ma not iminod
estlv Draisc it. We think it deserves
more thoughtlul consideration thin any
one outside this office seems to have
given it We wish it might be dis
cussed in print b) such men as Rev
S W llishop and Judge Abraham Tor
nander.
HOI'I. FOK HAWAIIANS
I he fuiuie of the llavvainn race is
not altogether hopeless I'o be sure,
the dhtum has gone forth "that sooner
or later in this ccntmt the closing
tatastrophc must come," and the tin
thmkiim foreign resident and the 1111
pressionable native alike have accepted
the dictum as the voice of fate All
abroad amonu the natives it is tacitly
understood that the race isdeca)ing
and that Its v ears arc numbered The
popular conviction among white rest
dents is that the extinction of the race
is merels a matter of lime 1 he out
side world holds to ver) much the same
opinion. After a eek's sojourn in
Honolulu, a sentimental contributor to
the Washumton Republic finds that
" the iicntlc Sandwich Islander is pass
inn from beside us as the frost-flake
imjts awav before the nil too sultr)
breath of spring." So too, after a five
hours stay in our miniature mctroiwlis,
the iireat Mondav lecturer of Boston,
fresh Ironi the teeming hives of Asiatic
population, as the " majestic steamer
drops off shore into the scented dark "
hears "nnny voices call out 'Aloha1'
the wail of a race about to be exter
minated Motit'in Siilulamiis : We
who are about to die salute you ' "
Has all this sentiment about "the
sensitive,.) mpathclic, sweet soulcd is
landers of the tranquil tropical Pacific
who he down and die of such trifles as
mumps and measels and even influenza"
sufficient basis in fact ? It is at cording
to fact that the process of decay is
rapidly decimating the race? We all
know that the outlook is dark enough ;
but thinking men among us are be
ginning to question whether the era of
decay has not ahead) given place loan
era of growth. Ceitamly we are not to
conclude that the causes of past de
cline and deterioration have not spent
their force, and that the forces width
contribute to race growth have not al
.ready set in. It will not do to pred
icate what has been the st, of what
will be in the future. Besides there are
signs of better things ahead) m the life
and habits of the native race. To day
they represent the liest muscular dc
vclopmcnt in the land. 'I hey afford
the bestexamples of physical endurance.
The scourge of leprosy and liquor is
abroad among them but who does not
believe that rigid segregation would
checV the one, and enforced abstinence
prevent the ravages of the other r
What nationality now inhabiting the
islands coukl have stood so well the
fearful exoute in which this so called
"dying race" have lived now these
man v v ears , Violations of the plainest
rules of physicial jare, the practice of
intanticiue, tlie reliance on the erutie
remedies of native doctors to stem cpi
demies and cure contagious diseases, the
low damp, unhealthy grass houses, the
poisoned blood of generations, these
have proved baneful enoueh but net
"jncatly sb disastrous as might hatched!
tlie case with any of the other races
among tu subjected to the same con
ditious. It is a opular delusion that
the race of Indians in America is an
other dying race. The encyclopdus
even give the behcl currency nut the
census returns afford very little ground
tor this bcher "In 1830 tbe entire in
dun pulatioi of the United States
was estimated at 313,000. According
to the estimate ot the Indlaiif depart
incut in 1S71, the total Indian popula
tion of the Union was about 350,000."
!1 his increase was due to the accession
of new territory having an Indian pop
ulation in the bloody wars of the last
forty years, orte of which lasted seven
year, and cost the United States filteen
million dollars. If the figures can be
undo to show thai the Indian imputa
tion lus actually decreased the decrease
can be shown o be small, and noi an
oidinse of the d)ing condition of the
ran in ucl n vcr encouraging in
crease can be shown in the population
of the less warlike
The eenoraliation is altogether too
broid that "every dark skinned race
must disappear when brought into con
tact with the whites " History rerords
the practical extinction of other than
lark skinned races Ant! because a
race has suffered alarming decrease in
numbers, it does not follow that the
best blood m.i) not recuperate and re
establish the race in the ver) face of
the forces that have decimated it Is
all the progress being made by the bet
rcr class of natives to count lor nothing
in our estimates of the future ? 1 he
race was never better housed than to
da) Habits of care are gaming
ground 'I he family instinct is being
awakened. Ihc value of protection
from contagious disease is leing rccog
mrctl The instinct of race prescrva
tion is seen in the preference of those
of their own kind in marriage Inlelh
gent natives are becoming to feel tint
their race Ins gained nothing in ph)si
cal I vigor or intellect from the mixture
of the blood of other nations. I he
pure blooded Hawaiian is naturall)
strong 111 bod) and ready in intellect,
and now that there seems to be an
abatement in the decrease of the popu
lation, ma) we not hope that the d.a
of better things is drawing for this natu
rally vigorous and heroic people ? Let
thinking and influential men stop the
current talk about " the poor Hawaiian
hurrying to his fate" and let there be
some brave words of cheer and ample
governmental protection against disease
and liquor Let all the facts protect
whatever of hope may he in them into
the present life and struggle of the na
live race II the race is in a i.nrt) con
valc.e ent state, and there are not a few
signs that it is, who will withhold the
encouraging wortl or the helping hand
or the hopeful smile ? Instead of a
d)ing race, there arc some who believe
that a New Hawaii is coming into be
ing, not a Voting Hawaii with its
visions of glory and its vices, but a
new rate out of the old with its bouses,
and families, and honest aspiration for
all thapit can reach in genuine happi
ncss and prosperity
unrmttt'ioT ash mm oak.
A subscriber to our piper writes as
follows H ' jlc opposition
Aerc too extravagant as well as the gov
eminent, considering the fiscal situa
lion l'oohsh appropriations will be
spent, of course , and wise ones will be
moored for want of money
Politically things must be worse before
thev are better, which is also true as
regards business , and they will get
better all the sooner if sound actions
instead of false hopes are indulged in
'I here is footl for thought in the
honest opinion of even intelligent man
but there is special food for thought m
the above quotation Sugar is rum
ouslv low and is threatening to fall
lower The Independent press is con
tinuously asserting that the government
of the country is in incompetent and
wasteful hands What arc wc to do
about it ? " 'I hey ( ' the limes ' ) will
get belter all the sooner if sound ac
tions instead of false hopes are indulged
in "
Hut what arc 'Sound actions?" Aye,
there's the rub ! Who is prepared to
enlighten us? I o answer this query
two sets of Independents arc already on
their feet. One set is composed of
those who believe that there can be no
satisfactory settlement of our political
and business uncertainties until wc
unite upon some definite plan of union
for the common welfare. And until
we adopt a high standard of political
reform. Another' set ol indepen
dents believes just as honestly
no doubt-that all talk of that sort is idle
folly. The second set believes in good
government for pecuniary and for no
othet reasons. 1 hey ol tlie hist set be
lieve they go to the root of the matter.
1 hey of the second set think the others
are visionary sentimentalists who have
no place in practical politics. In all
tlie great (and, presumably, in all the
little) political parties of the world's
history there have been diffences of
wty opinion, which have cither finally
split the paityorhave been harmo
nized by itidieious leadership. 'I here
are two methods of securing party
harmony. One method is compromise,
the other is the exercise of strict rtrt
discipline, whereby, "unruly," "refrac
tory," "malcontigjt'" "too independent"
members off the party are read out of its
councils or drummed out of its ranks.
Comfiromise is a word that has an
ugly sound to most American ears.
I hat is because the right ot comprom
isc has been perverted. Compromise
may be honorable and of lasting party
benefit; and it may be dishonorable
and of final party ruin. I et us con
sider the question as applied to the
condition of hide pendent polities.
From the Independent standpoint it is
fair to assume that almost every one
who intehgcutly demands and honestly
desires good government is in cither
active or passive opposition to the
present cabinet. Let us admit that in
our ranks, as in the ranks of every
political party, are those who arc in
opposition fur dishonorable personal
reasons. We think such persons are ver)
few thorough organization, can prevent
and that wise leaderships, directing
them exercising the evil influence which
unworthy alies so often exercise. 'Ihese
few need not influence the strictly leg
lunate compromise which must be
brought alKiut in the lndecndcnt
party before it can do successful battle
for reform. In mentioning comprom
ie we do not mean that any lndeieii
dent, no matter how high his ideal,
should sacrifice an iota of principle
Hut wc do mean that he shall be
brought to sec not only the
advisability but the justice of taking
hall a loaf if he cannot get a
whole one. The lndcjicndent who is
in opposition merely because he wants
light taxes, desites to see reputable
men lifelike, and dislikes to have the
national name dishonored, must be
brought to realize that Christian or
philosophic ideals of government re
not neccssanl) sentimental , and that
we must all come to sympathize with
them (if not to believe in them) bclore
we can accomplish our common ob
ject
The compromise so curtly outlined in
the foregoing juragraph is the first
great compromise that must be brought
about before, the party can harmoniously
organize and Mtcccyifull defeat the
tcricctu discitiiincu organization 01 me
government Hut there is a second
compromise which must also be made
and the sooner the better Many
Independents who feel strong indigna
tion at what the) consider the out
ragcous character of the administration
make use habitually of strong language
to express their feelings. Such Indc
pendents naturall) applaud thcunsparing
denunciation of Independent speakers
and the stinging invective of the public
press. Hut many other Independents
arc habitually tcmicratc in their dis
cussion of public affairs, and dislike to
hear, or read, violent or abusive Ian
gtiagc no matter how much provoked
these last mentioned independents
may see as cleiriy as tticir neignors,
but they ma) also consider more care
fully the results of appeal to passion
and to them invective is nearly always
that, directly or indirectly I hey may
even feel as strongly as their more
opcnl) indignant neighbors, and yet be
able to exercise more rigid control over
their impulses It is an open secret
that two directly contrary opinions ol
tain as to the wisdom or unwisdom of
the public discussion of the present
minister of foreign affairs 'Ihc ad
ministration paper recently asserted
and a prominent titizcn, an Indcpcnd
dent, is frequently quoted to the same
general effect that the oflicial above
mentioned had been ridden into power
and kept there solely because of the
violent attacks of the opposition press.
We disagree s it jut he view Justices
pressed. If we "agreed withit the
course of this journal would have been
altogether different Hut wc are willing
to admit that a middle course might
have been a wiseronc.and will cheerfully
conform to any agreement among In
dependent newspacrs whereby useless
personalities may be abandoned.
'I here must also be compromise as
to the objects to be attained Whole
sale, instantaneous, reform is out of the
question. We must win reform step
by step and inch by inch. Onesttimb
ling block always has been, and still is,
the liquor question '1 he proprietor of
this paper is a total abstainer and aeon
sistent prohibitionist Nearly all reh
gious residents of American nativity or
of American birth, believe in prolubi
Hon Hut their fellow workers for re
form m national administration arc of
divided belief in this particular. French
and Germans, each race as a people,
and most Englishmen,, do not look
upon the liquor traffic as Americans
do In America liquor selling is very
generally looked upon with disapproval
In France, Germany or England little
or no discredit attaches to even the re
tail traffic, if carried on quietly, and the
wholesale liquor business is looked upon
as a shade more reputable than that of
similar kinds of trade Now we all
want reform in the liquor laws, and in
their execution Hut vc who want
prohibition are in a minority. It is not
better that we join hands with all who
honestly want to stop drunkenness and
try and do something that shall have
the force of united action? These
Germans, English and French are hon
est in a belief we think mistaken the
belief in the possibility of a general
enjoyment of wines and spirits "in
moderation." We differ honestly from
tint belief. Hut it i) a majority belief.
We think that nearly all among our
respected citizens who sell liquors or
habitually use them, will join in any
concerted effort to restrict the number
of saloons, to enforce the law against
selling liquor to minors, to try and
break tin the svstcm of illicit sale of
liquors by and through Chinese, and to
expose and punish adulteration. Is it
not manifestly better to have the sup
port of all who want to prevent the
spread of drunkenness, and the con
sequent demoralization of society and
business, rather than to insist on having
what wc cannot possibly obtain? Is
not half a loaf better than no bread,
fellow prohibitionists ?
u n
A writer in the administration paper
writes sneeringly about the Guide's
suggestion for a public bath. 'I he sneer
was ill deserved. 1 he suggestion was
made in good faith and the present
writer sees no reason to modify a
single expression made in the para
graph of Wednesday last. Tlie lomi
lomi rooms would certainly be an at
traction a great attraction to foreign
visitors, if conducted properly. '1 here
are many natives many hundreds
doubtless proficient in lomi lomi. A
man and a woman ol known reliability
could undoubtedly be' secured, and
could perform other work about the
place when not engaged in lomi lomi.
As to the "polished" physician, at
which the critic is disposed to be
merry, the suggestion that he should
be a ph)sjcan was made because a
physician of cultivation, polish and
business tact would best unite the
qualities necessary td make such
an institution successful. Much
would depend upon the proprietor,
the "host" of the place. It might
be impossible to secure a physi
cian, who would unite all the qualities
demanded, at a salary that the institution
could afford to pay. But, at first, a
few hours of active sujiervision daily
would be all required. If the popular
ity and consequent patronage of the
place increased to as to warrant it, more
time might be demanded. At an)
rate, some of those local capitalists who
have more money than they can invest
and who have few local institutions to
mark their names, might do worse with
part of their accumulations than invest
m t inKlir Kill, linnc finil tint n 'nnl.
"pol
isheel" physician at its head.
'Ihc administration aper of last
Thursday has a leader on Hawaiian
Finance, written with the apparent'
guilelcssness of a school Ixjy's first
ISssay On The Horse. It was not how
ever so guileless as it seemed to be. It
proved loo much. If the truth is as
the administration xxk.x states, that
Mr. Wilder is making more money by
having the new steamer wharf rent free
than he could make by using the
money which is lawfully due nun and
withheld by the laches of the govern
ment, then it cre better for the tax
payers that Mr. Wilder had his money
and the government were receiving the
rental which then would belong to it
We think, however, that a man of Mr.
Wilder enterprise could use the
money now locked up in a peice of
government property so as to make
interest amounting to more than the
rental he now na)s for it, Hut why
these artfully artless outbursts against
the Gazette ? The government per is
evidently being hard hit by .its mature,
respectable and ponderous antagonist
It AS A.
I rltll hil Ihr Orrtlntul linulr.
Ihc Mam sun rises on liana, and
the Maui winds blow freshest, or s3lt
est there , she is the cut water of the
island and her sea-hoard is for the
most part drenched "with spray If you
desire to visit liana? 1 advise you, as a
friend, to embark Jn the Lehtia, for
though you .arc plunged in the scudding
wave to no inconsiderable extent there
arc some dehghtfuljpauscs along the rim
of Molok.11 and a respite at languishing
Iahaini, and all that t is required of
you from the moment you quit
the harbor of Honolulu until you arc
discharged, tight .side up, at Ham, is
to keep your scajjyour serenity anil
your supper ifyoifran
Perhaps it will be summer sailing from
port to port and you will laugh to scorn
the tales of old timchiter island voya
gers I here is no prettier sea in the
world than this,whenlit is well disposed,
I tlare not say non&tiglicr when it is
not I he steamer isfprcfcrablc to the
saddle unless you are more of a ten
taur than a sailor and,' yet, by patroni
zing the marine route, you will miss all
the pahs the pahs "that arc the glory
anil the shame of liana. -Do you know
what a Hawaiian pali is? Have you
ever st aled a scries of these p.alis m the
fond hope that each was the ver) list
and that beyond it lay )our goal ? I he
sluggard who considers the w.i)s ol the
ant in the love of wisdom may not
realize how that infinitesimal animal,
struggling in the track of the steim
pJ6Ugli,sis the livinjt miapc of the pit
grim among the pahs of liana.
Possibly your beast is a burden unto
himself when you come to the brink of
ine nrst pan; possioiy tne're is .1 raw
spot under the saddlecloth and he
cringes at ever) step; but for both )our
sakes )ou must make a virtue of a pain
fill necessity, you must press forward
or drop in your tracks, so you bury
your spurs an inch deep and break for
the first pali It is a narrow and ieep
ravine; the trail, which is merely a groove
traced upon the side of it, descends
precipitously at an abrupt angle and
disappears. It is now loo late to re
trace your steps and it is impossible to
stop where you are; with your stirups
abreast of the mule's earshorses are
of little use on the liana trail and his
tail waving like a cue from under
your hat brim, you recommend your
soul to your Maker and hang on lor
dear life.
It seems that the first step in your
downward career brought you to the
brow of the pali, a protruding brow, like
a cornice upon a cliff 0cr that you
soon have made your way and under it
you are now dangling between heaven
and earth, in a saddle that has worked
well on to the neck of the animal and
swings there like an ox-yoke. It may
be that my picture of a pali in the
liana district's overdrawn, but I be
lieve that nothing short of this hag
gard realism will give any conception
of one's first experience on the down
grade. Among these p.ilis the anat
omy of a gigantic mountain is laid bare;
between the gaunt ribs of rock the un
covered veins of the mountains rush in
torrents to the sea. By the time you
have come to the bottom of the ravine,
your beast is palsied, your saddle on the
bridge of his nose.
There is a stream to ford, and you
ford it, climbing upon the haunches of
the brute, above high water mark, while
he takes his fill of the refreshing tide;
a little later )ou flood )our shoes in
attempting to keep him from lying
tlown among the slippery boulders in
the shallows of the creek.
It is now that you remember how, in
all mountainous countries, streams arc
apt to swell suddenly from rivulets to
torrents; how the floodgates of heaven
seem to have beensuddcnly thrown
wide open and a wave of destruction
crashes down the gorge, sweeping all
before it; you listen to the thunders of
its approach while your lagged beast,
poor fellow, totters in mid stream, or
stands with his legs braced like a saw-
horse and refuses to budge an inch.
There is a wall to scale beyond the
stream, a Jacobs ladder as to height,
and in scaling it the animal sometimes
goes down upon his knees man at
titudt worthy of a penitent at the Santa
Scala; sometimes he makes a leap and
falls short of his aim, or just catches on
a rim of rock where he hangs like a
lizzard and pants horribly; at last he
becomes delirious and with a succession
of bounds tic slips his girth, sends an
avalanche of stones booming down the
trail, and arrives, with the last gasp
upon the table land, where his nostrils
breath fire and smoke while you and the
saddle slip down to his heels in a state
of complete demoralization.
It is about 31. miles from Makawao
to liana. In those 34 miles there are
33 palis, each more dreadful than the
other.
If 1 were to prattle from now till the
end of time, I could say nothing worse
than 1 have said about the overland
route to liana. It is a hard road to
travel, but it is travelled every day;
the grades are not all of them safe
ones, and some of the streams need
bridging, but it is doubtful if, as a
thoroughfare, it is worth the money it
would take to put it in. good condition
and keep in repair. '
The opposite approach to liana, that
by the trail from Raupo, is the better
of the two perhaps because it is less
travelled ; but there are those who go
back and forth across these ridges at
frequent intervals, who laugh at the
difficulties over which I have been
agonizing; and no one, until he has
taken the overland route, will ever
know the infinite beauty and variety
that distinguish the pahs of liana.
Notwithstanding the insecurity of
the saddle, the sore backed and ten
der footed " cattle " that so often fall
to the lot of the trayelers, and all
the stumbling-blocks that are to be
met with, there is scarcely a tour in
the kingdom that, in as smalt a com
pass, afibrds so interesting and varied
an experience. Of all the palis from
Kaupo to Makawao there are not two
of a kind , like rivals they seem to
display themselves to the best advan
tage, to court favor, and the first
glimpses of them are sometimes quite
enchanting. Each seems to set new
fashion in waterfalls ; the strips of
pebbly or sandy beach vie with one
another in beguiling the bather,
and not without profit to all, for
in every valley there are bathers, sea
bathers or sun bathers, in fact most of the
more orlessinnocent inhabitants of these
remote vales have discarded the, badge
of shame for which we have to thank
our first parents and returned to (lie
more comfortable state ot nature,
I Sometime-., while drawing rein in the
shade of a grove, one may pluck from
the heavy bou1i the scarlet painted
0I112, with its juicy ami lily-white pulp.
How fragrant, how refreshing I this
viusl be the ohia hcmolelc, the apple of
Paradise the Adams and Eves are
down yonder, mooning by the sea
There arc villages scattered among
these valleys, with them the afternoon
begins very early and twilights are
piled up against the bights of Halea
kala in strata of purple and gray : 1
have slept in some of these out of the
way settlements and found them delight
fully free of worldly care and worr).
My arrival was the one event of the
d.i), and the slaughter of a fowl or a
piglet an exemc for an extra session of
the local congress. Happy liana I to
be thus removed from so much that is
only a sorrow and of no avail.
'I here are a few rock) islets sprinkled
about the mouths of these valleys ,
they are ver) small islets, with just
their heads above water, where one
might play Ci usee tx Enoch ArJtn for a
whole fore noon on one side of them
and then, growing weary of solitude,
climb over the diminutive peaks and
look inland upon scenes of virginal
symplicity and loveliness. It is a prim
ative life they lead here, through one
house, at least, dispenses hospitality
with the ease and elegance that
spirits one away to the "old
country"; nor is there any thing forgot
ten in the furnishing of the establish
ment by reason of which one could be
reminded for a moment that life here
about must be a comparative exile.
And here 1 find an old friend still
faithful to his charge, Perc Amibihs of
the Chapel of the Palms, he figured
in a " South Sea Id)l", a decade ago,
but seems not to have aged, nor to
have grown weary in well doing, though
his comiadc, Perc Fidelis, was long
since snatched away to some ultra anti
podean shore. Gladly would I lodge
with Perc Ambilis awhile; but these
sealands are brczy and nerve nettling
and in liana one feels very much out
of doors.
What thought our historian, Judge
Forandcr, in his critical and profound
study of the Poly ncsan Race, discov ers
that at Rauwiki the heavens arenearerto
the earth then elsewhere and 'can bt
easily reached by a good strong cast of
the spear, therefore the place is called
"the low-l)ing heavens" to this da)?
I am no spear thrower and heaven is
beyond my reach, even at Kauwiki;
then what will it profit me though I
were to sit with in) mouth open till
doomsdays on this fluted, palmiferous
coast ? Has not the wisest of the pro
verbial philosophers said ol some an
cient and now forgotten Hana, "should
a man fill his belly with the east-wind?'
C. W. S
Honolulu, October 1, 18S4.
cuititt'vr .orts
The air of the Catskill Mountains is
so clear at limes that its acoustic prop
erties arc remarkable. An experiment
was tried recently to demonstrate this
fact by a nomadic divine who, selecting
a lofty peak in the vicinity of Palcn
ville, New York, read from it the Ten
Commandments, in a distinct but not
especially loud tone of voice. The at
tempt of this modern Moses met with
entire success, and the inhabitants of
this picturesque locality were so much
impressed with all that thev heird that
tlicy abstained from slander and pil
fering' until the follow ing , season
opened, which was too rich in oppor
tunities to be thoroughly neglected
from a less strict point of view.
France has at last a divorce act As
it is framed,itwill be considerably easier
to obtain a divorce there than in hn
gland ; for under the heading of "inju
res graver it is possible to effect a dis
union for the ordinary troubles and
unpleasantness of life, such as tin
governable temper, or even "habitually
insulting the relatives of the other."
llus'lattcr reason seems to have for its
object the protection of the mother in
law. Habitual drunkennessand cruelty
arc also allowed as pleas for a divorce
as wellasanygravemisconductfor which
either side has had to stiller at the law.
The latitude thus given can hardly be
regretted, for at the same time the act
has been so framed that no sepiration
can take place without the very strong
est proofs for the necessity of it. It is
also pleasing to note that it has been
drawn up with evident desire Of not
weakening the solemnity and impor
tance of the marriage law. Newspa
pers arcprohibitcd from reporting the
details of the cases, which will be tried
before three judges and without juries.
The tyranny of fashion which brings
certain flowers into prominence at cer
tain seasons, oegms to search for nov
elties on which it may expend itself,
But the whole world has been already
been put under tribute to furnish some
unfamiliar embellishment in the line of
flowers. Japan has contributed the
camclia and the hortcnsia during the
last centuiy.the latter arriving in France
in time to be honored with the admira
tion and the name of Queen Hortense.
The tulips, which found their way ear
lier into European civilization, assimi
lating themselves to the dykes and
burgomaster!, of Holland some time in
the sixteenth century, look down with
contempt on the new 'imiioitations.
They doubtless hold their traditions of
manners and customs prevalent in con
stantinoptc a century earlier, as they
are said to have lingered in that Eastern
capital on their way from Asia Minor to
Holland. Not to be outdone in the
way of travel, the hyacinths left
Bagdad about the same time for Ceo
stantmople. So that the modistes of
those days were constantly aided in the
production of novelties by the appear-
aoce of a new blossom. Cleojwtra,
who detested the moderate and tem
perate in all things, jverfnmes inclusive,
found the mignonette little to her taste;
liut leaching England alwut 1750,
this most refined of odor-bearing flowers
found greater appreciation, and in Paris
was immediately reproduced in wreaths
for bonnets, and in gailands for the
mock shepherdesses of the Trianon,
If nature has broken the mould in
which were cast all her forms of horti
cultural fancy, art might create varieties
of Jhe species by attempting well
arranged marriages. The perfume f
the tuberose engraved on the finished
perfection of the camelia would at once
bring a new and powerful element of
interest to llorat decorators; anil 111c
glory of the scarlet geranium erfected
By the delicate scent of the lily of the
valley, would give new value to these
well-known ornaments of puttrrts and
jarJinitW.
nr.oaitAVHtt At. son s.
Ihlrfin frnm Ihr I on, Ion A ntlirinrmn.
News haNehro, receivnl at Rangoon of the
arrival at ItariRkok ol the Holt Ihllett c-
)loting patty, which ttaitcil in Januit) last
from Moulmein, Ihc journey having laitnl
fire monlln amt a half. After leaving Mout
mcin the route taken was through the north
of Siam, a legion hithcito little known. The
patty were well receieit liylhe ttibei through
out, tiut they suffered much from fever, ilysent
eiy, ami smallpox. Suuey operations will
he resumed when Ihc rainy season Is over.
Up to the present ncvl) 2,000 miles of country
havo been nirseycsl. Imporlint obtemtlons
of Ihc nitutal features have tieen taken, and
much valuable infoitiiatlon has been obtained
as lo the alxjtiglnal (cople of the northern
tracts and the histories of the seven! Sinn
states
The tivturihst M. Kcgal, who has recently
been exploring the country lying between Sam
arcand and Xletv, furnishes a few notes Uon
that region lo the Tutkistan Garctle. "1
quitted .Samareand, he writes, "on April 8th.
and crossed the frontier of Ilokhiraon the mor
row . The border lands in the vicinity of Zitdina
and Kernnna offered little of interest. The
flora is not remarkable. Agriculture is decti
ning in consequence of the scarcity of water.
The mountain ridge which extends along the
left bank of the .aniyjhin and terminates on
thewest I nciL. or Kcrmlna are situate almost in
Hie same meridian with the Southern extremity
of the Kurntagtmi or Nourntim mountains,
They arc treeless and Inrren." The flora of
the stci: between Kcrmini and the oasis of the
luwn iif llokhara Is one of great Interest.
Itokhiri itself though of consldable extent
anil well populated, has but little ground
under culture. 1 he oases of Karakoul, form
erly known for Its fertility, Is now in a stale of
decadence, owing to Ihc drying lip of ihe Zar
iaishan. The sands which si rclcb for abreadlh
of thirty versts from this oasis to the Amou
Darya are accounted Impassable to schicular
trallic.
In a recent paper read at Sydney before Ihe
(cographical Society of Australasia, M
Hobcrt Drew described his exploration of what
is still, perhaps, the least known part of tli
New (iuinea coast, viz., westward from Torres
Straits to and beyond Prince Frederick Henry
Island, which, according to this explorer, dif
fers considerably from what is usually sup
posed. I It- first ascended to a distance of
twenty to twcntyfnc miles a riser which lie
named the Chester, thirty miles west of the
Mai K.assa riser, and running through a
similar country. Here, it may be noted, the
traselltr tells the story told by others, but as
yet unexplained, of a gigantic grazing animal,
unseen, bul heard at night by all the party,
and (raced in the morning by its droppings and
tracks through the broken trees. Ninety
miles north west from Dehserance Island he
passed a floating and apparently sojid island,
some three acres in extent, composed of Iress
and Mill, testifying to the force and volume
of the rivers ; and mudbanks compacted by
similar materials are met along this coast.
Some twenty miles further west Ihe coast be
comes higher and bolder, Ihc mangrosc
swamps arc replaced by east cocoanut forests,
behind which, inland, extend open plains
studded with cocoanut and other fruit Irees,
and welt adapted for sugar and cotton and also
for cattle raising. The coast retains this
character as far as and beyond l'rincc Freder
ick Henry Island. Some 130 to 140 miles
west from Dclnernnce Island, in about 8" 10'
S. Iat., is an inabitated island, named by Mr.
Drew "Discovery Island. It forms with the
adjacent coast a gooel natural harbor, giving
additional value to the district for settling pur
poses ; the natives ol this south coast, too, are,
according to his experience, well disposed, and
very different from the Solomon Islanders.
Throughout the voyage he found the seas
swarming with elugong and sharks, and
abounding in pearl shell.
i'oifr JlthttiijtHlnhrU MrH.
llaron Arnold Thenard, thecelebrated chem
ist, died at his chateau of Talmay on the 8th
of August from an attack of apoplexy. He
devoted his life and his fortune Id Ihe service
of science. His investigations in agricultural
chemistry obtained for him in 1 8G5 admission
to the Institute of Trance. In his laboratories
at Talmay and at Paris he devoted himself to
now methods of organic analysis, ami his in
vestigation on the absorption of oxygen during
life and the processes of combustion were car
ried out will) the most perfect apparatus, re
gardless of cost.
The Duke of Wellington, who recently
died at Iirighton, was very fond of animals,
and at the park at Strathfieldsaye he kept a
herd of Angora goats, which he imported
from thcEast about ten years ago. They
have been shorn every season, and Ihe wool
was used for the Duke's coals and waislcoates.
He also KKsessed a number of very fine mules,
several llamas, and a nice flock of the small
Ardennes sheep, which produce the finest
mutton in the world. The Duke always liked
cover-shooting, and he reared a great number
of pheasants at Strathfieldsaye. He also
carried on Ihc culture of troul in some f onds
which were connected with the Lodden by a
stream which flowed through them. He greatly
improved the fishing on the Lodden and its
tributary brooks. Only a year ago Ihe princi
pal lake in the park, after being cleared of
pike and roach, was thoroughly cleaned and
turned into a trout preserve.
The death of Lord Amplhill, better known
as Odo Kussell, is a great blow to Uritish di
plomacy He was not a man of the- highest
ability. In every department in which he was
conspicuous ho has lelt behind him supciion,
but in his combination of qualities and gifts,
and tn his signal adaptability for a particular
purpeKe, Lrd Amplhill was without a rival,
lie was, in the first place, Ihe member of one
of the two or three great governing houses In
Kngland whose patronymics are as .much
national possessions as I'lanlagcnct or Tudor,
Stuat or Guelph. Willi this distinction of
race, and the practical advantage which, as an
amliassador of I'ogland, he derived from It,
he combined other qualifications of a more re
markable kind. He was the exact ppjiosite
of the typical L'nglish 1'ccr who lives in Ihe
oien air, who never tels, and who speaks no
language except his own. Odo Kussclt was
nut only the most sedentary of mortals, but the
mint und'.nglMi of L'ngluhmcn if such an ex
predion may be applied to one who, while he
preserved the patriotism and pride of the stock
from which he was sprung, had divested him
self of all jts prejudices. So far as the faculty
ot Impattial judgment and intellectual lucidity
is concerned, he was preeminently a cosmopol
itan. One of the most distinguished id Tuiopcan
amiquaricttus pavol avaylnthcrson of Prof.
Hildcbrand, who died at Stockholm on the
30th August after a brief illness, llior Kuul
Hildcbrand wit born on the 22nd of February,
iSofi, at Herahopp, in Ihe parish of Madesjo
in Sweden. He studied at the Univtrsary of
Lurvd,rosc to local fame at a very tally age.and
mi nude an assistant at the historical museum
of the unlvcisity in 1 Sao. The arrangement
of the coins fell into hit hands, and already in
iSji he had begun to publish the first of hl
works on this subject, his valuable "Upplys-
uiogir 111) Sverii;cs Mynlhlitoria," completed
tn iSai. He was ttvn after tbit called lo
" " ---"- .v .w, ,.
of Arts, and tn 1S37, at the early of thirty one, '
!l.M( rir.!M ta.t.l'int tt tli.. tint-il A 4il..ti,v
he teccived the InqxHtant pojt of nliiinti fil
11m or antiquary royal, which he held unlit
his death. I'orly-scven years he has lxcn tin
wearied in his efforts lo spread a scientific in
teres! in the relics of past civiliralion, and un
der his care the atchisalogical collections of
Sweden has e become some of Ihc richest and
most curious In Kurojtc, His mimismatfcal
publications are universally valued by scholars:
such are his "Angiovasiska Mjnt i Kongelika
Myntkabincttct," lS6 his "Svenska Konun
gahustts Minncpennlngtr," iS;. "Svcnslm
Sigiller fran jvtcdilllden," 1S61 67. In tS66
he succctleel Koseiistein in a fiiittml of the
Swedish Academy, and honors of all soiK.chlc
and academic, wcreshowxred upon him t he
was one of the most xipular men In Sweden.
tcto cfvubciiioctiiciilD.
T
lilt PnOPLUS CYCLOPEDIA.
.1 sr.n kiia i.v vvciovr.in 111
It came InluedUrrKe AS the mult pf I'lihtie (i Inltm
lliAt tlie ma.Mi of the peoile nmlrtt n Cjxlolm
Ittlrr Bihpteil to their warns fltiil mmm. Il hasthe
creAm of all the Cyel .peclias Rhen in a Bellini),
Maleity MAnner t not mere skeletons, liil lheflefi ami
lhxl t foil the others.
It has t-lghteen Thousand IO!c mxe Ih-in other
C')tl'eilix I" be lhuimnj lttu.tnttiMis; Kifl two
Colored Mas . One Hun Ire,! nn I lenlv 1 Ire Vlips
nnd IhAgrarns. Ihe inti.is Are Railway ami (,'ount)
Mil of I lie tlmleil Stales.
Hie woiV Is cninptele unit now ready for delivery, re
vised and All drought ifown to B9
-tf 1'RILI.S-$17, $ig, Jkiaii I $u 50 in ililTrrent
bindings. Mkssrs. l'ltlLtlrs ft ItlNr of New Volt
are the Publishers.
is. p.-ir
VTOTICE.
A divl lend of one dollar and a half ier Sliaie will t
iat) lolheslocV holjert of the W'ooJWwn hairy and
Slofk Co., on Saturday, Oetolier 18, l83r, at the offiee
oltheeo., No. 8j tort Street
A I. Smith,
O . P I Secrelai)
J M. IIkrrini.,, Jos Huiiasii
Hawaii as ,n:ir 1u.1t r i'ac
tok v.
k ii mil .inn Ki.it r, ' '
ANI
UNI. DIAVIONIi SKI UNO A bl'rCIAMV
All Klittln til Arirrlrf Millie In O.ilrr ami
llrimlitil.
WA1CIIKS CAKLrtri I.V ItH'AIKI I) AND
WAUKANIII).
Ilrttrml ?fifffr-ftf,rfmf I'tinr .vnmififruuv
Neitlj r xeculed All Done ot Moderate Prices
No 80 Hotel Street, Honolulu, II.r.
915 P r vr- (J Gmo
Oikncr.tl ubcrltocmcntc.
'T'H RU
M'S BINDERY.
This 1'opulak. Hindlrv, located at
107, Fort Street, will be able in its set
tled quarters todoevcnniore'satisfactory
work than that which has gained it such
liberal patronage and such willing ap
preciation from the Honolulu tratle.
Ii Advert isis No Sim ciam tins,
but is able to do am. sorts, sizes,
and conditions of Hook-binding,
Ruling, Lettering, and Paper cutting
as well as in San Francisco, and at
moderate prices.
At This Compli.ii: Hindi kv
newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, and
sheet music arc neatly and simply or
elegantly and sumptuously bound, as
taste and pocket may demand. Old
books are carefully and firmly rebound.
All Dlsckipiions oi Hlank
Hooks are made to order at as low
rates as are consistent with first class
V
work. ' The Hindcry is now using
Weston's "Record" and ".Ledger"
paper for all first-class work. A large
invoice of this justly celebrated stock
has just been received from New Yotk.
OtsUtKS I.KFT AT 1IIK Mi:kchani
Sikekt Stokl will havi: l'KOVIPI
Am NT ION
QPECIAL ORDERS.
lite uudmigned gUe proint attention tool
AT St'tillA t OHURHS
rOK HOOKS, MUhIC, STAIIONKKY, I'LKIOU
1CAU KUU11I.K, I1KASS OK hll.t-L
hlAMPb. bhAI.S,
Or any utltcr article pritali.1ii to the
Nrct iiuok, fit at ton try ifif FunrU Ho tula
Trutfr
lTAIl tuch OrdrrifthouM te clear .tnd ci licit to
avoid error ur dtlayt.
THOA, O. THRUM,
Port St. and ti Merchant St.
B
LANKS. BLANKS.
labor Contract, lldltof LAdfng.
HilUcf taclunge, Power of Attorney,
Mortgagea, Churl tr Part),
liuildcr' Contract, Art wit of Agreement,
tie4( ltottouiry llundt,
Left, I'urthatm and alaiMilacturti Invoice. Mm
iUg tcmficattTtwllawaiun form, letter
SUtl Map of ih Mwwli, I'Unt
of llottaululu. Chart of
I'lincipai l'urt
Hawaiian I,
OR ANY BLANKS PK1NTU0 TO OKDbR
At TiUH. . TMUVM'Jt
lltikCllANT SrT StUKK,
HTHE LATEST WORK ON SUGAR.
SUGAR SROWmaAWDRKrilfllCQ
Y
LOCK, W1GNEK 4 HAKLANO.
ItXUaTkATii By io1'layk$ amu oj hhCHAV
rk i .U., 711 Hi"'
' so
'ur!Ulu
nriiw'i rl Jlrrrt JMarf.
x4-irA.
hipping.
PLANTERS' LINK
rOR SN FRANCISCO
r, 1111:11 : .t iiiwp.i.vr, Agm!.
MenhanJue retelved Slornrte Free, nd liberal cmh
Advances made on ihtpiftenu by It Is line
PACIFIC NAVIGATION CO.
(limited)
OfttffHf? rtiJ (iMiNiftfn .IfrnM.
CtrnfrQtIRAXfrXVirASW Stntft, Ihnetnt
krguhr'm-wl't f iKi itotHof
M!iVunl llanAOfi Mftul,
taupahorltrw, HoTVtmti, Pinka And lliloon
Knlw, IlAnfliwpe ami Walmtti on Kunaf, tim
Wftlfttua to OtrSu,
And urtyitW pom when imlucementioflVr
Pefwn lSfl.ng frtitM. frtr any patt sf ihe i-Umt to
It forwArifa! from Kn PfAncUra hy iy of fftwiotulu,
or tit tec t i.Mpmnt from I lo-ma-tntu will iti well lo n
(jnlrr ftntl nf ihe I'wifk Nftttfuttoti Co,, Ufore mtUng
fiital mrtintf mefit.
Cnl Intrmlftl fir t-iitpment bj an) of our vrwtU
rrrrirttl ami Morl tn of charge fj our fit? proof
tut Minn at any tlm Apply lo I lie caf-fAiiM on lcanl,
win A t COOM
aillf MtriAgt-r I'ariAc NAt.KAiUrtt t
w
ILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO'b
KOUTll AND TlMtt TABLK
rm: niytiu
KtN(l . . it . .tC(lMMANtKR
I.cActcYrT) fiittJaynl h m, fur tealiatna, Maa
ai. Mrtlfm, Matiuli.oti.-t, KawAiMef 'taupahoclto-tt
and Mito law Kilo H urtday. tomMnrf nt the
amc purl on return, aiming tick Saturday at r m
rm; mkki.mkk
tflKrNlPN
,.COMMAIStRR
1 nt Monday At 4 p m for Kaunalalvai KaIhi
lut, Kctn-ie, Htieto, liana, Kip-iliuln and Nuu. He
turning will stop nt the at-ove ort arriving back Satur
day morning
r or unit ami pa-tsenge" onl
rm: uciitu.
WVisbarth.
Command
I eates Mumlj)i at rv M, for I j an Inn, KohaUUIe
Ookah. Kutciiau, lIonuMn-., !,aup-d.6choe, Ifakatau
and Onomei Return. ntj u ill Arrive back each Satur
di rtti: nit.iUKA ntiv.
McDNAU ...... ,.. CoMMANDKK
Will teae rich Wedne-ul iy for time purtsai the I ehua
TllllMOKOLII.
McOkr-coK
COMMAHCEX
I eivc eith Wednesday for kaunalalcal, Katnatoo
1'ukuu, Moiiiul, llilawi. Wadau, I'cjeliiuu and Ka
liupapi, returning each Motidt) evening.
piME TABLE OF STEAMERS
1 or thi:
INTER-ISLAND STEAM NAVIGA
TION COMPANY.
Slcinnrv VUtnter,
Hatks . Commamle
Leaves Honolulu lor Maalaea, Kona. and Kau on
SVednevI
lav, Ocluber 2nil
Moroia)
, No
member ,ril
. at 4 r M
It F,U
Arriving at Honolulu on
Wednesday, October yth
iday, C
', Nkc
Sunday
mbcr yth
at 5 r M
at 5 r M
Steamer fwatant,
Cameron, conunittiUrtritr Honolulu every luct
da) at 5 pin for Nawilimli, Kolun, IJeete, and Wat
uiea. Kauai ( Returning leavii Nawiliwili cvrrV
Saturday ocniii;;, arriving Kick evtr) Sunda) morning
Stcamvv FttmcH MaKec,
treeniau, commander, leave Honolulu every frl
das, at 9 turn, for Waianir. WaUlua, Kapaa and
Mlauea Returning leave) Kapaa every I uexlayt at
iJi'Mi and touching at Uaiatua and Walanae, arm
ing back every WednewJay afternoon
Steamer C J?. Jthhop,
Davis, commander, leae Honolulu evtry'Iue-ulay
at 13 At for Hamoa, Kukuilutcle, llonokaa and I'aau.
hau Returning will top at Hamoa, arriving back
every bun lay morning.
aMTOI-MU: of the Company
Street, near the 1 M S h. Wharf
fuot
of Kllauea
TJACiriC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
FOK SAN tKANCISCO
Hie lendid Stcanuhip
AUSTRALIA.
OKI SI. . .... ,. .......... Commander
will leave Honolulu for bail rranittco
On or about.- .. .... October 21
POR SYDNEY Via AUCKLAND.
Ilia S.UnJiJ SleamOitp
vity of svitxm
I) tt hum. . .... t.t,. ,,,.,.. Commander
On or about '-Novi-iaWr 8
Thracent here are now rrenaretl to itiui iLkrtt la
San rrauciM-uand return for $195. the round trip.
IoimW lor ln(iuienl t Reamer can now be More.!,
free of charge, m the firc-pioof WArchou-va near the .
teainerwluuf,
ror freight or patagf, apj ly to
171 II IIACKr I- LU & Co., Agtm.
W
ENNER & Co,,
MANUrACTURINO JEWKXEM,
llaot rationed kl it -U stand Nu.'yJ KlHt arttet,
MilK a new and carefully aclKied limit of
Flnv Jewtlry,
Watches, Clock,
Gold Chain and Guard,
Sleeve Button,, Stud, Ac.
Ladnl ruuU dj well la call nd cumlne. wur Htxl if
Uiutltls, llruuh, l.l.lf, Fairing., tie,,
Iik.Ii j .ull)l selected k ttlU It
rtuitrt.
KUKUI
AND SHELL
alaJt uprder.
JEWELRY
TIm rrwirinn Uamli cf our tu wU tee rearil as a
liutularit mm, and all JvU rMrutiwI le IH stilt
U eiKuled In a maimer mwimJ U "a"' ,
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