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.A- THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: HONOLULU, SEPTEMBER 22. 1800. HENRY R. WORTHINGTON, -(IXC.) Engineers and Builders 113 i in Pipiij wm c-Oo THE SPECIAL ATTENTION OF PLANTATION MANAGERS AND AGENTS i3 called to the fact that we carry in stock at our Queen Street warehouse a large assortment of pump for all kinds of sugar house service, including vacuum pumps, air pumps, condensers, feed pumps, juice pumps, molasses pumps, etc., together with a complete stock of spare parts and valves for all sizes. Careful attentio given all orders and prompt shipment guaranteed. ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR COMPLETE IRRIGATION PUMPING PLANTS OF ANY CAPACITY OR POWER. Office: Corner Fort and Queen Sts. Honolulu. H. 1. San Francisco, California. ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS Pumping Machinery, Heine Boilers, Plain Tubular Boilers, Corliss Engines, Cane Gars, Vacuum Pans And all Machinery for the complete . equipment of Sugar Mills. OFFICE: Room 9, HONOLULU. H. I. Special Machinery. -r J. J. fflcCatc Double Spindle Lathe Heaviest Lathe Work. Two Lathes in One. Direct Acting Electric Motor When Desired. 1 . f ?rtaiw N .USE BY O. R. & L. CO. ORDERED BY-OxHU SUGAR CO., WAIALUA AGRICUL TURAL SUGAR CO., HONOLULU SUGAR CO. K1HEI SUGAR 00. CTIIER SPECIALTIES: Gray Planers, Barnes & McCabe Drill Presses, Combined Upright and Radial Drills, shapers, Universal Milling machines, combined Bolt and Pipe Cutters. Henry D. Roberts, Agent, v Pacific Hardware Co. Iit1. Machi'iery Department. efe ft tin OUR SPECIALTY IS Sanitary Plu There's as much difference between pluinbiDg and SANI TARY PLUMBING as there is between daylight and darknens. nyone can put a lot of pipes together and run them off" anywhere, but with Honolulu's surface' sewerage the essential point is to have the plumbing done in a way that makes the Sanitary conditions perfect. JOHN 75-79 KING ST. CATTON, NEILL & CO FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS. 213 Queen St., bet. Alaiea and Richards Sts., Honolulu. iixyite Enquiries for General Ironwork; Iron and Brass Castings fcteam Boilers, Water Pii e and All Kinds o? Sheet 'roi Work Made and Repaired, Machine and Ships' Blacks mi thing. REPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. i Water Ms i! lili Warehouse: Corner Queen and Cook Sts. Telephone 59C. Spreckels Block, mi t & D NOTT, TELs NO. 31 TEL 410 Ders. mbing AMONG JAPANESE i Superintendent Gulick's Annual Report. To Hawaiian Board on Missionary Work Among the Japanese In These Islands. WORK AMONG THE JAPANESE Report of Rev. O. H. Guliek, super intendent: HAWAII. Rev. anl Mrs. S. T. Vyeda, pastor, Hilo; Mr. and Mrs. D. Sasakura, Pa- paikou; Mr. and Mrs. S. Sokabe, Hono ran; Mr. and Mrs. S. Kanda, Kohala. MAUI. Rev. M. Tsuji, Paia and Hamakuapo ko; Mr. and Mrs. (1. Tanaka, Spreck elsville; Mr. G. Egami, Waihee and Wailuku. OAHU. Mr. and Mrs. T. Okumura and Mr. K. Ishida. Honolulu; Mr. M. Jingu, Ewa. KAUAI. Mr. K. Takimoto, Lihue; Mr. and Mrs. S. Mohara, Makaweli. The continuous and rapid growth of the Japanese community in these Isl ands is a matter of the utmost mo ment to the political and social future of this country. To the Christian, the statesman and the philanthropist, the question of highest importance is, what can be done to bring this interesting and eager people up to worthy and elevated standards of thinking and of living. That the people or the race who fill the land will eventually pos sess it, is a fact which none who be lieve in the upward progress of hu manity can dispute. There are now about 40,000 Japan ese in these Islands. If the relative proportion of men and women which the census of 1896 gave, is still main tained, then of the 40,000 about 32,000 are men, and S.000 are women. There are now not less than a thousand Jap anese children born in the land who are of age to attend school, and there is an increase of a thousand children a year. It is expected that within the next six months, eight or ten thousand more Japanese will be brought in as laborers upon the many expanding and newly projected sugar plantations. The vital importance of well-directed ef fort to up-lift and Christianize these thriving and swarming thousands who have been welcomed to these shores that they might render profitable and fertile the once barren wastes and grassy fields of these Islands, every in telligent lover of the race must real ize. That many of the conditions that surround the Japanese in this land are most favorable for evangelistic and educational work among them can easily be shown. While life as a la borer on the sugar plantation is not a holiday picnic, and while the planta tion laborers lack the home comforts that a large part of them have known, yet on most plantations they meet with a degree "of humane and just treatment that reveals to them the heart of Christianity. A term of three years' service suffices for them to be gin to see and realize some of the hopeful conditions of life in a Chris tian land. A few days since the wri ter met with an unsophisticated young man from the northern part of Japan, who desired to profess his faith in Christ. Being asked what first led him to think of Christianity he replied that a Shinto priest (kannushi) in his na tive city said to him, "Now as you go to Hawaii the best thing will be for you there to join the Christians." The deep significance of such advice from such a source can be best appreciated by those who have known in past years the dark bigotry of the priests of that cult. As a people we cannot, and do not, pride ourselves on having attained to the heights of the Golden Rule laid down by the Master, but, that the lives of the whole people of these Islands have been influenced in some degree by the great Teacher, is certain. Mr. Okabe, four years since the enlightened pastor of the Honolulu Japanese Church, one most truly said that "Not a Japanese lands on the shores of these Islands who is not thereby raised to a higher plane of thought and life." The number of evangelists in our field today is twelve, while last year we had ten. One of the former num ber, Mr. S. Minekishi, with his wife and child left last October for Japan, while three new and valuable helpers have joined our ranks; namely, Rev. M. Tsuji, who reached his field in Paia last July, and Mr. G. Tanaka, who entered upon work at Spreckelsville last December, and Mr. K. Ishida, who arrived this May, and is still in Ho nolulu. Five or six more men could find large and hopeful work in the Islands, but we are in special need of two more men to occupy large and waiting fields. Showing the solidity of the interests ' of Christian work throughout the world it may be shown that our failure to find suitable men enough in Japan to man this most hopeful and interesting field, is due mostly to the unhappy mismanage ment and consequent failure of the Do shisha .Theological School to fit and equip evangelists, as in former years. It is a cause for thankfulness that we may now hope that the troubles of the Doshisha are reaching such solution that in coming years the stream of men fitted for gospel work may again begin to flow from that once able in stitution towards this needy mission ary field. During the month of April Rev. M. L. Gordon, D.D., of Japan, stopping over while en route to the fatherland, in company with the superintendent, visited the several evangelists in the Hilo district and on Maui, and also the flourishing work carried on at the Ewa plantation. This evangelistic tour was an occasion of great refresh ment to the several workers. Congre gations of from sixty to one hundred met the evangelists and the visitors at the reveral stations. There was no "station but what gave evidence of Christian effort on the part of the resi dent mi isio nary. Dr. Gordon's thor ough acquaintance with the language rendered his talks, and his discourse of great interest and of most valuable instruction, ro all his Japanese hear ers, rne lonely evangelist, battling against the powers of heathen dark ness. far from the touch of living Christian sympathy. was greatlv cheered and strengthened by the visit from these friends. The most hopeful part of our work as well as of Christian work in every land, is that done for the children. The richest of heaven's many blessings upon Hawaii, is the faithful labor of the enlightened Christian school-teach ers now located by the Government lioard of Education, at every point in the land. In Japan, the earnest desire of multitudes to acquire the English language, has opened thousands of doors for the entrance of Christian missionary teachings. In Hawaii nei the case is reversed. The Government common schools open to all children of every race the boon of acquaintance with the English language. But the earnest desire of all Japanese parents is that their children, in addition to a knowledge of the English language, should also have and maintain an ac quaintance with their mother-tongue. And, in addition to this, very many Japanese parents are well aware that their own homes or quarters in plan tation houses are not favorable places for bringing up children, and are anx ious to place their children in schools under the guidance of Christian teach ers. Two of our married evangelists have developed talent for attracting and teaching . children. These two have commenced and for the two years past have each had a small boarding- school under their own roofs. Mr. Okumura's boarding-school now numbers 23 scholars, who in the past have been lodged in hired rooms of the building adjoining the parson age. In order to put this arm of our work on a permanent and healthful basis under the approval and author ization of the board, and with the as sistance of a committee appointed by the board a premises on the upper side of Kukui street, and but one hun dred feet from the parsonage, has been purchased by the board for .the sum of $6,500, with money contributed for this purpose by appreciative and liberal members of our community. ' The second boarding-school has not yet out-grown the condition of a fam ily school. Twenty little boys find lodgings with Mr. and Mrs. Sokabe at Honomu, and form the nucleus of a day-school of 40 scholars under the in struction of this self-denying couple. Their small cottage at night with the twenty little lodgers covering the floor, presents a scene analogous to that of the transport on which 2,000 souls find lodgings. One of the pressing ques tions for the board to consider is the erection of a suitable boarding-school-house with capacity for 40 or 50 lodg ers. A most interesting occasion was the opening on Monday evening, May 29, of a small chapel for school and religious-purposes, ericted in Honolulu near the crossing of Kinau and Piikoi streets, for the accommodation of a colony of Japanese living in that vi cinity. The building was erected at a cost of $150.90, of which $80.90 twas contributed by the Japanese, and $70 by their foreign friends. Another event of great interest was the "Sabbath School Rally," held Sat urday, May 13, in which most of the Sabbath schools of the city partici pated, and showing in the ranks, it is believed, about 2,000 children. Our Japanese Sabbath school joined in with zest on the occasion and mustered 120 children, a larger proportion of whom were small children than of any! other nationality. Several plantations have given di rect contributions towards the support of the evangelists stationed on them; namely: Makaweli, on Kauai; Ewa, on Oahu; Paia and Spreckelsville, on Maui; Halawa, Kohala, Union Mill, and Hawi, in Kohala; and Papaikou, North Hilo, Hawaii. In addition, nearly every plantation occupied, fur nishes a house rent free for the resi dence of the evangelist. At the several stations reported there have been added during the year on. profession of faith 122 members, making, in all at this time on the church rolls, 514 members. And the amount of contributions for the year have been $1,394.35. O. H. GULICK, Superintendent. A WONDERFUL CURE OF DIAR RHOEA. A PROMINENT VIRGINIA EDITOR Had Almost Given Up, but Was Brought Back to Perfect Health by Chamberlain's Colic, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy. READ HIS EDITORIAL. From the Times, Hillstille, Va. I suffered with diarrhoea for a long time and thought I was past being cured. I had spent much time and money and suffered so much misery that I had almost decided to give up all hopes of recovey and await the re sult, but noticing the advertisement of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy and also some testimo nials stating how some wonderful cures had been wrought by this reme dy, I decided to try it. After taking a few doses I was entirely well of that trouble, and I wish to say further to my readers and fellow-sufferers that I am a hile and hearty man today and feel as well as I ever did in my life. O. R. Moore. Sold by all dealers. Ben son, Smith & Co., Ltd., agents fpr H. I. A SEMI-JUBILEE. This year is the semi-jubilee of "The Mission to Lepers in India and the East," which, with an annual income of S600, to a large extent supports 4000 lepers. Its head office is at Exet er Hall, London, and the Mission has at different places, 1500 Christian lepers connected with it. But for every leper aided by the Mission, a London contemporary says, 100 remain uncared for. r llfflll r AND OILCLOTH. E Rugs CENTER, SOFA AND STAND Heavy Stock and Great Choice. to. El. Of Best Valne Eyer Imported -oo- AT I. I. JORDAN O I U STREET HAWAII'S Best Souvenir! ! is Forty of the Most Popular Hawaiian bongs Bound in One Volume. Some thing Which no One Ought to Forget to Take When Going Awav From Here. "Aloha Collection of Hawaiian Songs," Price $3. For Sale by CHARLES A. K. HOPKINS, Hawaiian Bazaar, Masonic Temple. J. LHITO OUTFITTER AND FURNISHER I. O. O. F. Building. -NEW LINE OF- TIES, n Imperial, Bandanas, Clubs and Bandbows. GAUNTLETS, n Buckskin, Saranac, Castor and Fireproof Gloves. OVERSHIRTS, n Black Sateen, Blue Flannel and Negligee. SOX, COLLARS, HATS, ETC. Boy's and Men's Clothing. Call and See Our Goods and Prices. FORT ST., NEAR KING. 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THE HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COM PANY is now ready to furnish Electric Plants and Generators of all descrip tions at short notice, and also has oa hand a large stock of Wire, Chande liers and Electrical Goods. All orders will be given prompt at tention, and estimates furnished for Lighting and Power Plants; afso, at tention is given to House and Marine Wriring. THEO. HOFFMAN, Manager. WM. G. IRWIN & CO., LIMITED. Wm. G. Irwin.. President and Manager Cluas Spreckels Vice President W. M. Giffard..Secretary and Treasurer H. M. Whitney, Jr. Auditor SUGAR FACTORS AND COMniSSION AGENTS AGENTS FOR THE Oceanic Steamship Company Of San Francisco, Cal. 1 E5S5