The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-11-16

You must make your voice vibraio through a funnel
shaped tube; and then speech. or song. or whistle or
sorccch are impressed on tin foil. aud Afterwards
reproduced in your own tones. 1 wanted 20 BE- sat-
ished by some tests q my own. The operator yielded
the ihtrumsnt 10 me with a smile. thinking no doubt
I suspected him q some skill In vcntrloquism. I
gave vsnt to some F~hilipies IN Hawaiian Of an oppo-
siticn speech in our Hawaiian legislature. and re-
peAtei the Lords prayer in the HawAiisn language;
and IS I reversed the cylinder. forth came The speech
aud the prayer in my oWn Hawaiian words. The
operator kindly removing the coil Of tia Coll Which
received the impressions gave it 20 me, ~ thatI
may. or any one else may. r~cproduce my words just
as I uttered them here in the operating CHAMBER.
Then the mierophone s~tartles you. I placed my
watch on a metal stand. At the eBd Of q wire COO
yards in length. aud with my ear At the other end.
/ heard the ticking with increased distineinesss. and
At tha, distance heard the stepping Of ny. and the
dropping q = snip % paper the size q a Eve cent
piece. TIE mierophone is expected 10 convey 10 our
cars the harmonious murmuriBg q the circulation Of
sap in Plants. and is 20 reveal all The secrets Of our
breathing and pulsations. I'VE shall, % said ny
enthusiastic scientist, measure and compass the
world, and 10 anAlyEe aud reveal all its facts and
tighten il up, that IL will be Ike toy Ia our hands"
Famous head q man, ] said. what wonders Il 10 un-
folding, but what progress II there Tor cur human
heart II mankind won't love one another any
more, nor % much with the lightning speed and the
lightning blaEe. then better the slow coach aud the
smoking midnight oil. and love Herewith. O, the cry
Of progress with which the pulpit and the press are
ablaEe; aud yet one hundred thousand lost women
aud several hundred thousand thieves aud rowdics
are in the one city Of New York alone.
You. or any one else would be silent about poor
Hawai's frRilties, amer taking one evenings stroll
along the thoroughfares Of this Babylon. The sensa-
tionAl Reverend Talmage has been t~iroling lately
among Gotham's purlieus Of vice, aud / heard him
speak on the subject. lie commented on the oom-
mand given unto Ezekiel; 4" Son Of man, dig nov In
the wall . . and behold a door. Go In and behold
the wicked denominations that they DO there" Aud
he declared he would save ten thousand men. By
pointing out the tawdrinoss. the shabbiness. and tin
sci cheap entertainments Of the dens Of vice. But
he won't Aud nobody else will by any such mere
denuneiation. Men in cities 70 drihlng towards
hashy, snowy sin through mere Loneliness, and u 10
only active and genuine christian sympathy, OPEN
ing up to w~ayfarers ~glimpscs Of sweet bones. that
will help 90 save rather than preaching
But preaching has delighted me very much In my
present travels. When ia fair old Boston. I went 10
Park Street Church, and sat where our King sat In
20. The text was In Psalms ~" And he shall
live, and 10 him shall be given Of the gold Of sheba;
prayer also shall be made for him Continually, aud
daily shall he be praised" IL appeared 10 me they
were fulfilling this text daily in Boston. Wherever
! went, when stopped at the old Revere, or was
at the School, or the American Board Of Missions, or
met editors, or masons Of the Temple. l only heard
words Of praise Of King Kalakaua Of the Sandwich d.
Islands.
Here let me say a word about our insuIar name.
The Il" Hawaiian Islands are hardly known In the
United States When you say Hawaiian. Il awakens
a look Of enquiry, and ! doubt very much about our
islands ever becoming populariEed by that name
here. The mention Of 8Sandwich I" Islands RWak-
ems some attention. As the English speaking race
have maintained in their speech New York instead
Of Manhattan. and Boston, Philadelphia, New Or
leans and st. Louis, rather than some local Indian
names, 80 IL is likely that the same race will stick 10
IL .A.u a.uu1tn- "a Zan1ntmk % wman. 81 A. A..
aboriginal Hawaii" which requires a slight
twist Of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. frU
But TO return 10 Park Street Churuh;--a hDe old
sanctuary, with something OF refined old Boston's
best flavor In ITS congregation. Here | listened 10
DIR. Witbrow. and the responsibility Of religion and
culture had eloquent utterance. I was strongly im-
pressed by words Of his prayer, when he offered
thanks that they (his congregation) we're descended
from ancestors Of faith, and that their lives we're
cast in a community where well ordered government
was best understood. / might have known by these
words that was In Boston, even although the Com
mon was not in sight.
nous old Common and Garden. What an ~ilustra-
ton Of public confidence IN beheld Ia this lovely Gar
den It's beds Of variegated flowers glow like gems
upon a robe Of green velvet. Aud In this city flow
ers are gems that are worth money; yet day after
day. and night after night, the Coral glories OF this
paradise, all open, free and exposed. continue 10
delight the w~ayfarer with their sparkle and aroma.
without apparently one petal being disturbed. This
10 :" IAhANshN ANAh VI IAkAA MnANh " Y
noticed elsewhere an unpleasant ILLUSTRATION Of the
want Of confidence.
This was ia the street cars and omnibuses. Notice
is coDspicuously posted that In no instance, must
you hand money 10 the driver but must drop your
fare into n patent locked box; or when you hand Il
to n conductor, he has TO ring n registering bell. aud
puncture sour fare on n recording card board.
Here, want Of confidence is 90 Extensively set forth,
that | thought it would be appropriate TO dress all
car drivers and conductors in felon costume, with a
i brand on their foreheads. Perhaps all this pre-
caution has been made necessary by 20 much fraud
ful experience; but what a Ehd nate Of society.
where every man must watch his brother man asa
thief.
And this state Of things increases with the multi
plication Of churches. How 10 thiss Ia there some
thing lacking in their charityf IL must be 20; else
why is its action 20 limited that II has 20 be sup.
plemented by the works Of mercy Of secret societies
II seems to me that there would be no call for
Masonry. or Odd Fellowship, or other benevolent
associations, II all churches claiming 20 be Christian
were fulfilling the perfect law Of love. They talk
well, but they do not take hold. They call you, bot
they do not go with you. And men, like stray
focks, wander in the highways. whilst pastors are
ensconced In sanctuaries. The BeecherB and Tai
images tickle the ears Of multitDdes, and can
move a smile or a tear, but the going about and
doing good is the only gospel and 10 much Of this 10
needed to save our sisters from the streets and our
brothers from branding brothers 90 thieves.
The politicians are vociferons now with their mu-
tual cries Of fraud, and personal defamation IL the
habitual weapon Of the American politician. II 10
pltful 70 see how an enlightened people Will allow
themselves TO be led away from the appreciation Of
a truth by a backbite. The most celebrated names
In America are also TO many the most infamous.
was present al a great gathering Of celebrated politi-
clans in Faneuil Hall, Boston. There ! listened 10
the famous Blaine, Of Maine, and had the pleasure
Of shaking hands and chatting with General Banka,
whom / knew well in &c, on the platform In front Of
the great Webster picture. The General has the
Islands ia his thoughts, and hopes for great resulis
from our reciprocal relations. And yet this gallant
statesman and soldier is denounced by many com
patriots in Boston rs the "oyerestimated bObbin-
wiDder Of Waltham.'
Well, ! have gone everywhere 10 my present
range; and Of course have been 10 Central Park.
wish you had a park in Honolllu. A park with
sylvan shades, and grots and fountains. You know 1
how | wrote and preached up such a delight for our
tropic city, in years past. And now I wish I could
have persuaded our Legislature 20 have appropriated
many Thousands for a park. Central Pork Oeems 20
me the most precious institution Of New York. and
Whyl Because ten thousand people find daily rest
and diversion here. The play Of the children on the