Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-17
The Native Press.

Pile bc preserved, but by their observance OF tho
laws OF health And we purpose now to state
aomo of the ways in which life IL sacrificed, and
which could he prevented without an expenditure
vi much money. We related last week how Ger
tain woman who wRs injured by m accident and
who as was reported lay three years in suffering
without being doctored ut all. Here ia another
case 81 which we're personally cogni1ant.
young woman under - years of age, was amusing
herself on n awning on some holiday, when she fell
to tho ground and either unjointed or fractured
the hip Joint. She and her husband were advised
to 20 TO the hospital, or elsc to procure proper
surgical attendance. This however they did not
wish To do, saying that thoy were doubtful, and
that the kdhHHd would attend to the case. The
consequence was that the woman lay on her back
for three four years, until her bnck became
running sore, and she eventually died.
Another case that came tn our knowledge. \
man was thrown from horse and put his collar.
bone out. lie was advised to go TO the hospital
and have the bone put IN place bu, he would not
90 there the kui,tuH should attend on him and
the result WIS TINT he never rcgaincd the use Of
his right arp' to the day OF his death. We know
of family, one of the children in which broke
ont with the cprosy. The father was told to
isolate the icprous child from the other members
Of the family. iio refused, saying, you people
are needlcssly alarmed about this disease. but we
are not II ~ not contagious" The consequence
of this obs,inacy was that several others OF their
children and the mother also, got the disease and
all eventually died.
Again II fine Young man. under twenty years
Of age was in attendance upon school, when he
was taken with fever. He was attended 10y
physician and doing well, when his parents
nearing of his illness, came and took him nway
and got n kaiuad 10 doctor him. He soon became
very i'll, and few hours before his death the
doctor sent for again but II was too late, and
the young man died
e These only some of the many cases that We
are personally cognRant Of, wherein death has
resulted from people refusing the advice of
those that wiser than they We Hawaiians
ARE ignorant Of the proper use OF medicines and
the care of the sick, although the contrary is
asserted by som. among US II will he well for us
to listen and obey the instructions of those who
have been educned iii these things. Hawaiian
proycrb saws .'to obey is to live to disobey
IL to die" IL cannot however be said that money
is life. $50
THE kahEhas cause much destruction of life
among this people Ignorant and clumsy III their
practices but the most mischief liz brought about
by their deceptons. The Hnwaiians generally are
quite easily taken in on account OF their amiable
nature perhaps, but mainly through their ignor
ance. The kuhO,as full of meaningless jar
gon and cunninely lead their dupes into practices
that are dangerous tn life. Some OF them devote
much time aud labor III making up u lot of this
se,seless jarcon to mystfy and delude their fol-
lowers. One ot the first steps tn be taken for the
preservation OF the race, IL tn turn deaf ear to
iho wre,chcd pg.'ensions Of the koh"as IL the
government h,.s any regard for its people 1t will
pnt stop to the practices Of these men. We
snail refer again to this subject.
\ correspondent of the hpokoa. who signs HIM
sell Minaminn. n-regret-pi brief sketch of
thc history III the Female Boarding school at
some twenty years ago by the Rev. .. ii. Guick
,now in Japan and who was succeeded some ten
years since by Miss Mary L. Green. He speaks
enthusiastically of the great amount of good
which the school has accomplished IN the educa-
ton and training of Hawaiian girls; and he says
that all who have affection for the race will
learn with deep regret that this school il about
he closed. account nj the i'll health OF the prin-
cipal. He asks, is Miss Green the only compc.
tent person who loves the Hawaiian people, that
no one can he found To take her place When II
is bearing good fruit Is that the time TO cut II
down Cannot there be found among the dan.h
ters of the Mission Fathers some one to continue
this good work for the Hawaiian race z!
We translate from the Pae Kama In the edi
toral columns of the Gasefte the public arr
definitely informed that our Minister of the
Interior is really going 10 Portugal to make
treaty with that country, and that the Atorne,
General will take the Interior Department a.
Europe in the December steamer, we very mucl
doubt il he will get back in time for the opening
of the Legislature; and We really should not Ink
TO see the government, AT the opening of tn
session. present the appearance of a table stand
ing on three legs, or having one merely temporar
leg stump attached to that OF the Atorne
General And how will it be possible tor tn
Attorney General with honor to himself an
justice 70 tho nas'on to thoroughly or satisfaction
lily elucidate the very considerable expenditures
the Minister, who is in such haste and tremor I
go to EuropeI
has been frightened away: for we remember tina
about the beginning of the session of lSIs he lei
his colleagues in the Ministry to iiyht the bait
and OH 10 Berlin unuer the ciohk OF hithlhS
treaty with Germ my when Mr.. Ii. A. Peirce becan
Minister of Foreign Affairs. And now again, afi.
a course of energetic dispensing OF money aud IL
time is near when the weighing process IL To begi
he slides of and the old saying may we
apply-"i in order TO learn the art OF war. one 'uu
learn how to run -
The same piper has somewhat lengthy ed
Ioriai uu the subject of the representation of II
people, in view of the approaching election
After rsnarking that the power of the ballot Is
valuable rie hi that should be jeaiousiy guarded AZ
discree;iy exercised, the writer goes On 10 say
For several weeks past the foreign newspap.
the Ga.stis, has been discoursing about the balle
and setting forth the idea that II will be well 4
foreigners and natives Ia pull together III q
approaching elections. 1t Is good and noble
,visl that wa awalus and forrione