Nuhou, Volume I, Number 2, 28 February 1873 — Spirit of the Press. [ARTICLE]

Spirit of the Press.

The Gazelle bas a goocl nrticle on the industri~ al proBpeCts of the Hawaiian IslapdB,.;wherein it speaks of the eqonoinj alid advantage of eneoui'aging the manufacture of mat bags atid tbe cure of tobaeco —3lr. Whitncy man intcrcfeting paper on reciprocifcy says, sp(?a&ing of Peārl Riverj €£ - t this unrivaled lagoon harbor " that u it has been evidently designed by a wise Oreator f<?r some great purpose, perhaps for thisyery object ? n (to geta' reeiprocitytreaty.) This reminds us of \yhat Culpepper thought about certain grand scenery when looking at his girl J6e. " Far beyond jutted an ōutlying of tTie mountaih, vast' 3 compact and sileiit. Scarcely a hundred yards away a league long chasm dropped its shecr walla of granite a thousand feet. On every Bide rose up the 6erried ranks of pine trees in whose close set files centuries of storm and ehanee had wrought no breach. Yet all this seemed to Gulpepper to have been planned by an Providence as the natural background to the figure of a girl in a yellow dress,' v The Punahou JouRNAL.—We have just glanced over this u thutob impei'/ * and find it 5 tbough short, yet sweet, and a credit to the youngsters at Punahou College. Its leader is devoted to lloraee Greeley ; a big subject, but just the one for studious boys to study in all the his life. We knew the great editor in 1846 when he was an obscurej hard-working editor. ;' We> took him a verv advertisemenfc for whieh we could not pay thc casli, and he said, " you are young, I will trust you. r> Ile was full bf generous trust, and >e trust you boys and girls, that you will be a cjL'edit tp Punahou ; and may your journal grow mightier literary work. Ke "Alaula," or THEpAWN.—What a beautiful lltfclc sheet tliis is, iLi t.he Ilu.waiian lāiigiiage. 11 is printed on fine cale3idered paper like letter paper; and it has a charming picture with a ehoiee pieee of music. It is full of neat little storics for young religious 'llawaiian miiids, We regret to notice that "3 about to be discontinued for want of patronage. Mr. Pogue, the Secretary of tlie Ilawaiian Board, makes a pathetic appeal to the sensibilities of his readers, and says " Auwe ! auwe ! ! aloha ino e! ! ! No keaha hoi? No ka make ! " Alas ! alas ! ! oh sorrow !! ! and wherefore ? becausē we die. Wha¥ is said about us.—Everybody says that the Nuiiau iry-spicy little papei*, and we are tickeled with this praise ; but mark yoa" this, friend, that the highest, loudest, most eulogistic, inost -complimentary, and most" flattering and gratifying praise is to subscribe. Just send in your nāme with dos pesos for a quarter.