The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-06-04

people bluntly refused; they want
only white missionary. We came
away with heuv, hearts. The nvrth-
east tiade winds were blow ing in
Their strength, so we had a fine run
before them TO Utet, but coming
back it was nearly dead beat, aud
we were six hours in getting hume,
AMI l was so sea sick that | did not
get over it for some days. There
are doubtless other places where the
people would he glad TO get Titus,
tut lie is not alle to see to the work
of building house to lave in, OF II
place of worship.
Solomon, of Losap, is here with
his sick wife Susan. She has kind
Of paralysis. She was one of our
best, very efficient, and very lady
like. Her mind seems shattered,
and her case is I suppose hopeless.
She has something like fits. Both
Solomon and Susan enjoyed their
work, and we hope he will not be
permanently lost to it.
The food question still perplexes
us as the breadfruit crop comes in
very slowly. We have some most
every day but not enough for all.
The morning temperature at this
season is often delicious; in fact, /
think there are more hours of COM
Portable temperature here than in
anv mart of Ameri,.a
The captain of the trading
schooner has trouble in dealing
with the natives. They have very
little idea of values, and get angry
when they do not get so much for
their produce as they want. A
plan was laid to kill HIM the other
night, but we heard of it and put
him on his guard. l have daily
lesson with the teachers who are
here, in which Mr.. and Mrs. Worth
join in the Epistles. They have
never had them in Ponape, so 1
want to help them to understand
them. We have also reading
lesson daily with those who can
read in the Testament. The in
terest in meetings is good. Mr..
Worth is repairing Moses boat, a
job which will require several
weeks hard work.
February 8th.-We went the
other day to Tunuk on the north
side of this island. There is a
church there, which has ''name to
live" They have been two years
without teacher, and no one there
can read. The church building is
sadly delapidated, and the teachers
house uninhabitable. brooched the
subject of bringing them Titus for
their teacher, with fear and tremb-
ling, but they said they would like
to have him come. The next Sunday
Solomon went and preached for
them, and they renewed their request
for Titus. Last week we took them
over. They live for the present in
a small vacant house, with the pro-
mise that the parsonage" shall be
speedily repaired. On the north
side of Toloas they have begun to
have Christian services by them
selves. We went there the other
day, and had an encouraging visit.
The next Sunday the chief man
came to Anapauo to attend our SER
vices. We hope the work will pro.
gress there. They have set apart O
piece of land on which to build {
church, and say they will GO on ant
build. l asked why they wanted tc
be Christians, and they answered
that they were tired of war.
| We begin to fear that the Morn
ing Star may not come back at al
until the regular trip next fall Oh
winter. 1t will he a sore trial to us
But now comes the schooner Fran
ziska from Jaluit and Ponape will
news that the Morning Star was il
the Marshall Islands in December
so we may look for her very soon
We learn also that she is not to e
on to zap this year, SO our time fol
letter writing will be curtailed. w
had planned to do our writing while
the Star was gone to zap. 1t Seems
there is dispute between Spail
and Germany as to the sovereignt,
of the group. 1t would seem to u
disastrous to have Spain get pos
session. They would likely sent
Catholic missionaries, and perhaps
forbid our work altogether.
We send small mail by thu
Franziska to Hongkong. We hav'
had four very nice clusters from
the Brazilian bananas we brough
from Honolulu. They averaged
about ITO bananas to the cluster.
The straitness in the food suppl,
v is not yet over, but there is pro
gress. We hear that at the Low
islands the people are sufferin,
severely.
February 16th.-Our letters hav
come, by the vessel from zap, l.
or more. A new trading station ha
been opened about two miles away
and there is prospect of more
We now have little English ser
vice Sunday afternoon at p. NJ
We have heard from Titus twice
He is encouraged, and we hope tina
the work there will now go on pros
perously. We are very busy thes
J DAYS, with our writing and othe