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WORK Of the Kind In the World"
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NOTICES or THE PRESS.

., tae ever increasing circulation OF this
,Asrint monthly proves It's continued
JJsapoon 70 popular desires and needs. In.
!, re-, when We think into how many homes
Illustrates every month, we must con.
s s,,eI " az one Of the educators as well a.
n uo,e,,,aners Of the pubic mind, for It's vast
sx,yriatit! la. been won by no appeal 10
Ton Globe.
Inc me ehai scter which this Magazine pos
snS Tor variety enterprise artistic we alth
ss;, literary culture TINT has kept pace with
conductors TO regard Il with justihable com
paeeley. II also entities them to u grea
S..sm upon the public gratitude. Tn
M,asazine has done good and not evil q
'he days OF its life.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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Making close connections 70 and from all
Slnat, and 10 and from all points South and
west OF Cairo by rail and river.
NorSD CITY ACCOMMODATIONS.
lht Mound City Accommodation runs We'd
nssday and Saturday. IT
leaves cairo ................l2 % and 90 p. IN.
",es Mound City -..-.-.... rs and 8 80 p. III.
L.. y. GOODRICH, H. L. MORRILL,,
zen Ticket Ag't General Sup't
pFor Information relative 10 rates and con
hecuohs, apply to JAMES MALLORY,
II Ohio Levee.
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Tho British Quarterly Reviews.
EDINBURG REvIEw-whig.
LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW--Con.
seryatve.
WESTMINSTER REVIEW-Liberal.
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-13
JAPAN.

The history of the political progress OF Japan
during the past few years is indeed interesting to
the student of the worlds advancement but her
social progress during the same period is still
more interesting. Not only are the Japanese
whom it would be a misnomer to have styled
90 barbarians applied themselves to the man
ners and customs of Western nations in the
building of railways, telegraphs and the manufac-
ture of munitions of war, but the arts and sciences
receive attention ut their hands, and education
is being scattered as widely as possible over the
land. Much of this latter result Is undoubtedly
due to the labors of the English and American
missionaries, but the government has been mainly
instrumental in bringing about this revolution in
the intellectual history of that country. Two
years ago a law was promulgated by the japanese
Government for the establishment of SO ,760
schools in that empire, where previously no ma
tional system of instruction prevailed. For this
purpose the country has been divided into ten
high school circuits, each of which is partitioned
into thirty-two middle school districts, and these
are subdivided into 2lO small school districts.
All children over six years of age are bound to
attend school five hours a day for six months {;
and we observe that among the subjects taught,
in the small or common schools, the following
occupy a prominent plaee-husbandry, explana-
ton of things in common use, oral instruction on
health, natural philosophy, drawing and mensu-
ration, rules of life, chemistry, and natural his
tory. In addition to the foregoing, the curricu-
lum Of the middle schools-to which are attached
engineering, mercantile, Interpreting, and agricul-
tural chools-embrace foreign languages, geome-
try, chemistry, morals, physiology, mechanics,
political economy, zoology, botany, geology, min
eralogy, moral philosophy, and astronomy. OF
course, as the machinery had to be improvised,
and an immense amount of preliminary work got
through, the Act is only partially operative at
present. Nevertheless, 8 $4,000 children have
already been brought under instruction, or about
one in 6S of the entire population. According
to a series Of articles on this question in the Japan
MGil, the Japanese schoolboy is quite equal to
the average Western student in intellectual power
and general ability, and superior to him in docil-
ity, industry, reverence, and politeness. in
the course of Eve years the writer" an English
teacher, - can remember no instance of rudeness,
no case of SANDER, no uncanny trick, no impru-
dent reply from any of his many pupils" Would
it be possible casks q Victorian contemporary,
in reviewing the foregoing iacts) to effect an ex-
change of a few hundreds Of Victorian larrikins
for the same number of polite, intelligent, and
docile JAPANESE?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-13

I'VE are sorry TO hear that Chief Engineer Parke
received a blow from the brake while attaching the
hose 70 the Engine, which required the attendance Of
a surgeon \ quantity Of timber aud other lumber
IN the Government yard was destroyed, and several
articles while removing the effects from the store
house The building itself was preserved as well as
the large warehouse Of Mr. .CaranaTe, both being in
considerable damage.
The want Of water on this occasion naturally
suggests the importance Of afiIing hydrants along
the line Of the water pipes az proper intervals, from
which a supply could be procured on such emergen-
cies. Commencing at the Commercial Hotel. these
might De provided at the several corners Of streets
crossed, and with a good supply Of good hose, water
could be conveyed to those parts Of the city most
thickly built.
" would highly commend the spirit in which the
young men Of Honolulu have taken up the subjec, Of
organizing a voluntary FIRE company. Their names
are a guaranty for its successful accomplishment
and the late fire cannot but give increased evidence
Of the necessity for immediate action"
The occurrence of this FIRE aroused public atten-
ton to the necessity Of some better provision for
protection in the future. At that period the
Priyy Council lad power to pass laws, and on
the 9th Of December, 1850, the Act to Organize
the Fire Department Of Honolulu was promul-
gated, and enacted by the Legislature in the fol-
lowing May. Under this law a. j. Cartwright,
Esq, was appointed as Chief Engineer, and to
his eforts,-we heartily concur in saying IN
a great measure, supported by those Of our citi-
zens and the financial aid Of Government, we are
indebted for the organization in which we take so
much pride" In June, 1851, the store occupied
by Mr.. c. 5. Barlow, on the corner of Fort and
Hotel streets, Was destroyed by fire, but the fire.
men did good service in saving the contents. The
following year came the fire Of the Brewer prem
Uses. 1t is well, as the Gazette observes, in
matters Of history to stick to facts, and therefore
we beg 20 correct it's statement that the burning
Of the Varieties Theatre occurred 8 shortly after
that of the Brewer premises, inasmuch as the
former building was not in existence until the
summer of 1853, and was burned in July, 1855,
on the same evening with the formation of Engine
Company, No. under its present organization.
The organization of Engine Company, No. 2,
dates from December, 1852, and it was form
ally acknowledged by the Fire Department, Feb
ruary Sd, 1853. The Hook & Ladder Company
was recognized in September, 1857 the Hose
Company was organized in January, and Engine
Company, No, 4 in February, 1861.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-13

a The star Of Newton > "Elea Terrace" Good
Samaritan. IS I" Ponsonby. - q" Excelsior, " Fraternal
Home. &" Harbinger Of Peace, function
Newton Olive Branch" Union" Victoria -
(Newmarket), and the Good Intent" Lodges.
There were no less than four large booths to supply
cakes, oranges. and strawberries, or other fruit,
harmless drinks Of le-uoasie CT composed Of other
fruit The games started by the young people were
OF the usual kind: Founders for boys and kiss-in-
the-ring for girls and boys as well The whole gath
eFing was that Of as happy and cOntented-iooking a
crowd as could be seen under any circumstances.
The "eause was not forgotten in the hour Of
pleasurahle forgetfulness; for sermons upon temper
anee we're inprovised by the leaders Of the move
uent, some Of which we're rather oyerlaid with
rhetoric, but oil Of which we're sensible and impressive.
This large assemblsge returned to town at . O'Clock,
headed by the band playing lively tunes There was
not the trace Of an unhappy moment about them.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-13
The Care of Health.

A writer in the Pail NAL Ga=ene. in a very
I suggestive article under the heading, Turning
Points in Physical Life" shows how much may be
done by every man for himself towards the preserva-
ton Of his health, and he incidently says that at the
age Of forty, or thereabcuts, most of us can feel pref
ty accurately Of what complaints we shall die, bar
ring accidents"
This doubtless seem TO many persons a startling
remark, even with the important limitation touching
accidents, which the writer doubtless meant to in
clude the unlocked for outbreaks of e~pidemics and
similar disasters, as well as the ordinary accidents
by food and Geld But, startling as the saying may
seem, it is doubtless very near the truth. After a
man has lived forty We rs in the world he has found
out his vulnerable point, aRd knows the corner round
which his enemy is always lurking. in readiness to
attack him. In the strongest piece of machinery
there is generally a weak place, although it may not
always be detected. Yet, observed or unobserved,
it is there, and will produce its effects sooner or later.
And how to guard against its consequences-how to
staye of that breakdown which it is eventually des-
tined to PRODUCES, after all, the great secret of
taking care Of ones health. The writer to whom We
refer gives many hints on this subject, some of which
are doubtless very valuable, while others must, for
the generality Of mankind, be set aside as impracti-
cable. They are Of the nature Of the advice so often
given by doctors to sick persons, to take change of
air and a long holiday-remedies beyond the reach
Of nine-tenths Of mankind. And therefore it is often
necessary to get on without them.
Any one who has watched the growth of children
is well aware Of the difficulty Of preserving a contin-
uous state of good health. From the cradle to the
grave all kinds Of maladies beset the path. The ut
most care Of children will not always ward Of the foe,
as too many Of US know to our sorrow. 1t may be
said that the children who receive less care sometimes
get on better, and the poor bare-footed and ragged
children Of the street are pointed to in verifeation of
the remark. But how many children Of this kind
sink into the grave almost unnoticed When the
period Of childhood is passed. With al its
diseases, there is stll many q rock ahead.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-13

In the midst Of apparent good health, a aaw appears
which Is perhaps destined TO exercise its influence
throughout the remainder Of existence. Nor can all
the rules ever devised by PSYCHOLOGISTS or philO-
sophers guard agaius, such evils as these Rise
early" say some-and yet early rising may some
times be positively injurious. In like manner, even
exercise Is not always beneficial Experienced OBJ
servers say that the occasional use OF alcoholic liquors
may DO good rather than harm. while others look
upon even q moderate use Of them as absolutely fatal
to prolonged health. Whatever the truth may be on
that subject, there can be no doubt that temperance
is the surest road 10 health, although even when We
lay that down as an axiom. somebody may bring for
ward q long list Of exceptions. We have all known
exceedingly temperate men whose collapse was very
sudden. And perhaps we sl knoE men who are FAR
from temperate, and who yet live on in boisterous
health. But such exceptions prove nothing, since it
cannot be d0ubte that temperance in all things is
more conducive to good health add enjoyment than
excuses. And if a man cannot keep well by leading
q temperate life, drunkenness or dissipation viii GER
tainly not help him.
After all, the number Of thoroughly healthy men
or women in the world is exceedingly small-so small
that it would astonish Us if We could only ascertain
it. An enormous proportion of the hard work of life
is done by machinery which can only be described
as being in a riekety condition. The amount of
nervous energy sometimes possessed by persons whose
bodily health is Of the poorest kind must often have
surprised US all. They seem as though a puff of
wind would sweep them away, aud yet they outHrve
storms before which many an apparently invincible
frame is obliged to yield. Such men, as rule, know
just how far their strength will carry them, and sell
dom make too great q demand upon it. They
" humOr the weak place. And this is, perhaps, as
great a secret in the art of taking care of ones self
as any other that can be named For the rest, it is
as well to give no unnecessary thought to the subject
"a condition of mind which may he aided by the
reflection that We are all as travellers who cannot for
see at what part of the road our journey will suddenly
come to an end, and who can only hope that when
the last stage is reached we shall find rest and peace.
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Book of Mankind.

When our miners sink n shaft in these prairies to
strike the coal formation far down, they find the
images of beautiful plants lying like lacc-work spread
upon the tables Of ebony, images of ferns, and1eaves
and flowers, which millions of years ago, perhaps,
ceased, from. some change of climate, to open in the
cold Spring-time, and hence to fall in the Autumn.
There, however, these pictures lie, telling us of q
world where perpetual Summertime reigned, and
that where We shall soon sea drifting SHOWS and fields
of ice in our December, once tropical birds sang, and
flowers filed the whole day and night with perfume.
But if the God of Nature thus has written down a
brief but grand account of the trees and blossoms
that preceded US, why may we not glory in the Bible
as being a rock upon which the early shadow of the
human family fell, and where under those images
God with His own finger wrote down the laws of life
and spiritual salvation?
Thus there are cardinal ideas that are interviewer
into the Bible, and shine forth as threads of gold in
all parts of the long fabric. And in these great doc
trines will repose forever the worth of the book to
mankind. Not only its worth, but here also is the
promise of its long or perpetual life. Whenever
science has come up against a text or n shap-
ter, it has been poweFless to injure, because forth
came against science these great general truths of
the Lord and God. Christ stands, too, as the culmi-
nation of all those grand ideas, the mediation, the
sacrifice, the faith, hope and charity, the perfect life
of man, the love and mercy and Justice of God;
the resurrection to a new career, the union of God and
man, are all gathered into one of this human-diyine
being, that in Him the Holy Scriptures closed the
long open record and said st is f finished
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-13
Road Making.

Nh. EDITOR: 1t occurs 10 me to ask, how long
are the people of Honolulu and vicinity to be cursed
with such a system. or rather no system, Of road
making as has prevailed for the past ten years. Any
thing more useless and at the same time costly to the
public, cannot be invented Look at the thing for a
moment. Once a ~yearsc CT perhaps ostener. a gang of
Cinnamon or prisoners may be seen in the streets.
clearing out the cutters and pulling weeds. Then
comes a procession Of OK carts with black sand, which
is laid down very thiekly over the whole surface of
the roadway. This is repairing the streets. The
first heavy shower that comes, away goes al this
black sand down the street into the harbor, whence
in time it is brought up again by the dredge to make
Waikahalulu water lots. Would it not have been
better economy to have carried the stuff on to the lots
at first, instead OF taking his roundabout course to
make land. And then the next year, and the next,
the same process is gone through with Of repairing -
our streets, which are in fact never in a decent state
of repair. Then the roads leading out into the coun-
try are the subject of great complaint, owing to the
want of proper attention paid them by the Road Su-
peryisor. People owning property a few miles from
town have good cause for grumbling in this matter,
because for the one decent road-that running out as
far as Kalihi-we have to thank some one else be-
sides the present Road Supervisor. 1 say the present
indeed l might say the eternal Road Supervisor,
for he has held that office (not surely because of SUI
periOr qualiications) SO many years that he appears
to have grown fast into it. a change of some sort is
highly needed. AUHAU ALANUH !
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-13

The Auckland Herald thus describes the way in
which the Good Templars Of that city celebrated
Christmas
One of the features of the day, however, was the
demonstration made by the Good Templars in the
Domain. The display in respect to numbers was
really very imposing, and in the " turn out which
this body can make up on such occasion is to be
found the best argument in support of the excellence
of their cause. There must have been at least 900
persons-men, women, and children assembled there
when we visited the place outside the Acclimatisation
Gardens. The Good remplars marched in procession
to the place of rendezvous and recreation, headed by
their own band,-all of the sisterhoOd as well as the
brotherhood in " full regalia." Indeed, the various
Lodges we're not only well represented, but We should
think we're assembled in force. Some idea will be
gained of the dimensions, as well as the organization,
of this social reform I" movement by giving a list
of the Lodges which are in full operation in Auck-
land, oil of which were assembled in the Domain.
These are thirteen in number, viz THE Pioneer"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-13
DEPARTUREs.

o. eH b Ms 2 = Teurdo-. Pollard, Tor san Franelseo.
0bnt s'mr CITY % Aeibogrne, Brow, fr san Fran
cisco.
s-stmr kilauea, Marchant. for Maui and Hawaii
-schr kEmaii-, Boues. fr Eoioa and Walmea. Kauai
s-5clr Annie. Hauai-, for Eoua and Eau. HAWAII.
s-sehr Mary EAenr Mana, Tor kohala. Hawai-.
-tchr FAIRY Queen, kaahna. for fanaleI. EauaI
s-5chr Iariis, Elno. 6r NaEusH. Kauai
s--chr Odd Fell0w. Mia. br Kotna a Wafnea- Kauaf
s-schr ManuokREnl, Ealauao, for Wainiha. Kauai
Io-5chr Nefis Merrill. Crans. Sc LahaIna. Maui
le-Schr Prlnce, Beck, Tor E0na and Eau. Hawaii.
u-1chr warwick. kAIawaa. for KAiaupapa, NoI0kaI.
u-schr Vile Morris, Lima. Tor KaunaEaEaL MoIokaL
R-schr ka Mo-, Powers, hr Eahalui. Maui
l2-Am b Camden, Robinaon. for Port Gamble.
Z--chr Einau, AhuiEaia, for Mako, Maui.
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.CurSrsE CAN EE NArrRALIzED.-A Washington
dispatch says that among the many changes snug
PEI into the Revised Laws Of the United States BY
the COMMITTEES on Revision, whose work was adopted
az the last session Of Congress- is one important %
the Pacific Coast, affecting the right Of naturalization.
AZ the time ia vas passed Il permitted negrOes to be
naturalized. The first proposition was to STRIKE out
the word white and extend the right TO become
uaturaHrsd to ali male persons Of foreign birth over
twenty-one years Of age. Conness, Sargent, and
others in Congress. representing the interests OF the
Pacife Coast. objected TO this change, because Il
would permit the naturalization Of Chinese. Through
their efforts the proposition was modified SO rs 70
extend the privileges Of naturalization only TO per-
sons Of African descent. aud the law stood until the
oumitie on Revision completed their lahorE Hep
resentative Page yesterday called upon Secretary
Fish. and the Chinese question was brought up.
During the conversation the Secretary called Mr..
Pages attention 70 4 provision ct the Revised LAWS
whleh uermits all aIisos TO become citizens BY natu-
raIiraion. Secretary Fish stated his opinion that,
under this provisi0u, the ChineH 10 CalfornA may
become uaturaIized citizens. After this interview,
Mr.. Page procesdsd 10 the House Of representatives.
and Immediately prepared a bill to repeal the proy-
sion relating TO aAtnrlliEtfions 20 lar as It permits
Chinese uaturaIiEation.-S- F. EEamiHT.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-13

The SWEETEST VOICEs.-Miss Kellogg says that
naturally the American girls have the sweetest
voices in the world, No country on earth pro-
duces finer natural voices. and if the people of
this vast Republic would only encourage our girls
to perfect their musical education, aud the girls
would only give up their folly and cultivate their
bodies and taste. we would soon have as fine opera
as the foreigners produce.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-13
MEMORANDA.

REPoRT o. STEAMSHIP CRY OF MELBoUnSE, BHowS,
CoNNaSoER Cleared sydney Heads Al 3 , u on Saturday,,
Jan IsJh, ami arrived Ia Auckland at : , N on the 2Ist, after
a run q 8 days and { hours During The entire passage from
sydney 20 Auckland the Eind was nearly ahead With a heavy
head ssa- After receiving coal, passengers and nail started
from Auckland n q ? n Friday, Jan I'D, with moderate and
Noe weather sunday, 2sth, sighted the Island q R1Oul. one
SMOKE seen Ia the distance, supposed 20 Be the mail steamer
Miktdo, the wind blowing fresh from v and Ne. % Jan
18th. at . p ~ passed between the Islands oi Tutufla and
Anuu % the NavigItor grup- Sent papers ashore by canoe.
Since leaving the Islands we have continued our course north
ward, with a Continuance Of fresh and moderate ~ and NJ
winds throughout the passage. up % the time % arriving OF
his port, on the 5th day % february, al 1918 , u, making the
voyage from port 20 port IN 2i days, and from Auckland 20
Honolulu, IS days and 8 hours.
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FRIDAY. FEBRUlRr y. ISIS.

NWNDANF FEUhINHE y IsIV.
We HAVE % arrivals fron 6retgn ports TO report since our
last The departures have bern-steamers City q Meiboume
and Tencdcs. both Tor san Francisco on the s,A; and III bark
Camde. fr Port Gamble this morning.
The blrks ". W. Amy and DeutsehIand are up fr San
frauciscl, both % sal about the latter part q nsxt week.
The annual tables Of Custom House Statistics a. prepared
BY the Collector General. Em BE- found IN today's paper, to-
Nther With Col Alien. I.tisr eEplanatory q u. .ame.
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soRr OF HONOLULU, n. 1.
ARRIyALS.

20 s-schr LlAma. Bates. from Kona g. Eau. HaEaH.
sISchr Nettie Merrill. Crane. frou Lshaira. Maui -
Eschr Prince. Beck from Kona and KAa. Hawaii.
05ehr Marsick, kEaEaia, I'm KAianpapa. MolckAL.
l0-Schr IA Mol. Powers. from Eahgl1f. Mani
lo-Schr Nile Morris. Inns. I'm Kaunakakal, Molakal.
h-schr PueokAhL, Clark. from nanA. Maj.