The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-11-11
" Our Continent"

Is the rather high-sOunding title of the
most noteworthy American publication
commenced during the present year. Like
III TJpeT's it began its career as a modest but
unusually well printed semi-ilIustrated
weekly, and like. its older rival, promises to
become popular illustrated record of the
times It's engravings are finely executed
and beautiful specimens of the new Ameri-
can style Of the engraving art, of which the
Ce tLD.y and HdTDer's Magazines are eX-
amples. It is published in Philadelphia
and edited by Judge TOugee, the noted au-
thor Of " a FOOLS ErTand' and other re-
cent-wOrks, assisted by corps of we'll
known writers, including ladies. A pleas
ant feature Of this par er is the custom of
attaching the name of the writer to every
article published IN it-a custom which is
deseTvedly becoming more popular, and
gives to each the credit that belongs % him
for whatever merit his work may possess. \
writer's pen is his tool, and his ideas consti-
tute his stock in trade and if they possess
any value, he is entitled to il. "Imper-
sonal journalism may serve its purpose
better than any other in one branch Of the
professionalism of daily political netOs-
paper, that aims to reflect, crystalize and
enforce public opinion; but in the other
the liteFary-the name of the writer
ries weight, and secures attention just in
proportion as his reputation merits it,
During thirty years experience In jour
nalistic life, we have never read weekly
periodical, which so fully comes up to our
conception of what a home paper should
be, as does Our Continent. Its editorials on
current topics of the day are short, terse
and convincing; its serials chaste, enter
tanning, and well-illustrated, while the de-
paTtments assigned to the Household-Per-
nals-Soeiety-HOme AdOrnment-Arc rch-
observation-disclosures, &c, are
each presided over by an assistant and
abound with good things. 1t is one of the
few papers of its class that contain short re-
ligiOus selections from current literature,
under the head Of "The Still Hour" which
are like grains Of gold scattered along the
and treasure up, aud will make it more ac-
ceptable i'm many families. One depart
inent we miss-CuTrent News Items-cOn-
densed into cOlumn or so, which would
add much to its value with some.
Nor have we ever seen weekly which
contained in each issue so many original
ideas and choice thoughts, calculated to
leave an impression on the reader, as does
this. IL is feature that must attract no
tice, and ensure its permanency as pOpu-
lar fIvOrite. We had marked several aTti-
cles as worthy of copying, but our readers
must be content with one extract from an
article OH The Press and National ChdTdc-
ter, illustrating the influence of the press,
aided blythe telegraph, in awakening uni
versal thought and sympathy
"The daily newspaper and the electric
telegraph are the apostles of a broad and
charitable manhood. They speak fearleSSly
and tiTelessly Of the need and sufferings of
the world. They confront us with our
brothers and neigiiboTs, transatlantic and
trans-Pacific. In the morning, ere we have
devoutly uttered "Give us this day our
daily bread and g. Deliver us from evil"
we have looked into the faces of the hun
ger-bitten and the cvil-stricken of the two
hemfspheres- This familiarity with the
life of the great world tends to stimulate
the nObIer qualities of moral character. IL
binds us strongly, though uncOnsciOusly, To
,I,o universal man "The
voic of the printiug-press il the voice Of
God bidding AnglO-SaXOns do for others
what they have dOue for themselves IL
tells the struggles and cIlamltIGs OF the far
Fast. of Europe, Asia and Africa. As we
listen the subtle kinship of human nature
responds Who stops To think that the eN-
lies in the quarries of Siberia and Sclavs
Or vino waits to- trace the descent "i the
Russian refugees to Shem? Cclt or TeutOn,
Co--stck or Chinese, African or ASiatic, he
who struggles and suffers Is first, last, al
vrayS-A MAN