The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-06-04

80 EA0@ - ~ HAiAhAAAELs III DulF y uAtLIpEts
but for colds IN the body Of any kind. and costs
nothing.
Also a drink Of the native nehe tea is good in
such cases. and IN all cases of disorder OF the
bowels it is well to keep them warm with cloth
ing. and to repose as much a. possible.
4-THE BLOOD
Is the life. II the blood Is in good order, all is
well, and there i no ache or pain in the body,
unless IL be caused By accident. Therefore a
very important matter tor any intelligent indIvid-
uaI TO consider and try 70 understand, who desires
health and long life. J. the nature Of the blood,
and how /, keep 1t in healthiul condition.
Tins red blood Of our bodies Il made partly by
the food we eat, and partly BY tne AIR we breathe.
II our food was always sufficient, OF good quality.
and eaten rightly: and If tire air we breathed
was always pure, and We exercised or labOred
moderately. we would have good blood, and we
would rarely. If ever. be sick. Now, in view Of
these plain truths. Il would appear 70 be an easy
matter {, always keep well. But unfortunately,
such j. the DeTversIty or gross Ignorance of the
larger portion Of mankind. that they are very
frequently sick, in consequence Of violating the
PLAIN lave OF health 10 relation - the blood.
Sometimes they eat % much. or ii may be too
little. " they eat tLat which does not digest well,
and drink only that which excItes the mind and
hurts the body Aud then 80 many pass away
their time without exertIOn, and live and sleep in
an atmosphere which l. tainted with poison TO the
blood.
The following are some OF the most important
rules % observe. 10 order 20 keep the blood in
good condition. and enjoy good health:
RULE Eat Wholesome Food.
The ancient diet OF Hawaiians. the taro and It's
Preparations OF poi, the sweet potatye. the yam.
the breadlruit. the banana. the sugar cane, the
cyc1auut. the uala fern. the HI root, the OLia
apple. the OhelJ. and the Hawaiian pea, along
with the flesh Ci pigs and dogs, and the meat Of
great varieties Of fish; these were all nOurishiug,
and good blood producing articles. And to this
old. native diet have been added many new arti-
c.e- of food. brought from foreign lands. OF
these .oreigu articles, all -four, rice and other for
eigu grains. along with beef. mutton, and many
varieties gf preserved fish. are as healthful as any
portion .i tine indigenous food OF the islands.
There I- au abundance of wholesome food readily
produced Do this archipelago, which can always
be produced by Industrious Hawaiians with a
little e~xcrtIgu. IL does not require a hard strue-
gle % get living ~ this favored country; and
there ought O be no complaint here Of imperfect
or insufficient food. as Is the case in many cOun-
tries, less bic-J than Hawaii; therefore, It would
he reasonable 90 suppose, that all Hawaiians
should have pure blood and s5undness of health.
on account of the abundance Of good food.
But here we must consider the peryersiOn of
articles yi good food into intoxicating drinks,
with which HawaIiaus poison, rather than purify, I
their blood. The sugar cane makes rum; and
corn. Xxi root. and even potatoes and melons, make
varieties Of yk1iehaO or whI-key. These and
other Intoxicating drinks have had q very large
share in poisoning the blood. aod in destroying
the health OF Hawaiian, and other POlyne-Iaus. .
There are many other islands and groups OF islands
IN this great ocean. inhabited By red-skInued peJ-
uIe. like HawaIIaus, where the population is al
WAYS increasing, instead Of decreasing, as it IS
here. where the chiefs and their families are
still numerous. and where 1t Is evident that the
people will continue the must numerous pOr-
uOu OF tie population for long centuries to come.
In those countries such as Java, SUmatra, Celebes
other great and p]OpUIOus islands. no IutOxica-
ing fluid. with rare exceptions, are ever drunk,
because they are strictly tlboJed by their Ma
h1meran religion. Hence 10 Is reasonable % state.
Iu considering tl- causes Cd. tHe decay of CIrIst-
lIuizei POlyncsilnz. and of the increase of Ma
Malays that owing 10 the fact that the
former. especially hawaiian chiefs, have used
Of Intoxicating drinks. whilst the latter
nave abstaiued from them altogether, that the
one race mas poisoned It's blood and eugendered
disease. whilst the other has preserved cJmpirI-
tive health and long life. Now, must We, in view
Jl these facts, attribute "a greater virtue and
restraining power to the MahOmetan faith, than
-J the Christian religion? We must not jump at
tuv such conclusion. But this can b. Affirmed,
In the case Of the Malay inlanders. their Ma
lometan teachers. when they commenced their
from their ancient idol worship and
ross ulganism, made abstinence from all intOXi-
ating drinks an imperative article of their creed;
IN the case Of Hawaiians, when converted
rom hcathenism: n thoagh the virtue Of temper
nee az "a precept OIL religion was seduloUsly
ausht. yet total alb ,IIuence was not insisted upon,
specially an ong dIwaiirns in high positions, 50
= % be record j as an indispensable law of an
or faithful life, - IN the Mahometan
Stands.
Alas. Hawairansl look back for only sixty
ears, since the commencement OF your enlight-
ned era, and recall to mind all your lines of
hiels that have passed away during those years, q
md YOU and all others will be Obliged TO assent
D the statement, that many of them died drunk i
rds. and others with their blood poisoned, and {
Odies diseased by frequent use of Intoxicating S
Kinks. Ii l. true that successive Hawaiian Leg q
s~Iatures have tabOOed intoxicating drinks to Ha- G
'aIian people, and all foreign Christian teachers i
persisteutly denounced their use among i
congregations: yet Hawaiian chiefs indulge a
sufficient rebuke, and hence the common Q
eople have regarded the use as a privilege,
which they might claim, had they means or sta i
ion to permit them - indulge. )
Ii Is not, as IL ought not TO be, any purpose Of T
his work on sanitary instruction, to be discussing
ny question Of religious nhuence;-but the s
ontrast IN the physical condition of decreasing r
brown people, and Of an increasing Ma q
Ometan people of kindred stock. Is presen- il
IN order to show that, although brown Christ y
ans, the Hawaiians, enjoy superior advantages of u
enlightenment, OF schools, Of literature aud Of Fl
rec institutions, and are more highly esteemed q
y the world than their M~ahOmetan brown congo o
yet for all that, tue latter have better health, 81
nJoy longer life, and increase and multiply in Il
heir islands. All the reasons Of this difference 81
lnnOt here be stated; but one NAV be repeated. r.
because strict temperance is a law Of the b
lahOmetan states Of Malaysia, do their people G.
Increase. No Hawaiian can be a drunkard. or Oh
ven a moderate drInker. and hope TO live toa full a
lumber OF years. Some white men may indulge II
D the abuse Of intoxicating drinks for some length D
{ time; bat any preparation of alcohol is poison q
us to the Hawaiian, and to all other Pjlynesians: Fl
cOrrupts their blood. IL initiates their bodies, it h
iuses eruptiOns our their skin, 1t leads 70 vicious 4
'mptatIOns. It promotes s%terIlity, and hurrIes the
be be chief OF commOner (kuaaIna). TO q
- grave. IA
Ihere are 80 many wholesome and snnd thinrs rL