Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VIII, Number 6, 6 February 1869 — English Column. [ARTICLE]

English Column.

A word to the wise and a word for ourselves.

\\c nced no( rera:nd our friends enc?ged v in mcrc3Dtiie pursuiis of the importance of | advcrt:Hncas a nieans of insursng su.:cess in !"Uiiues>. Hut tor our mutual profit, we will rcm!nd our of the business eommunity ol \\u s»jp r;r.radva{itngesthatourcolutans •fToid for a large class ol advertisernents. ln the firM plaee we wiil nolieea fact, with whieh, owing to our past reticence, probabiy! but few even of our best friendsareacqaanit- j cd, name!)', that our weekly circuialion and ■ regular su!jpcription iist, is three times that of anv other paper printed in the land f with thc single exception of the Chiid's Monthly Ha wanan Pictorial, the "Alaula." Our weekJy issue is now twenty-seven hundred copies, and os ihe Hawaiian is the ino>t iccoinmodnttng neighbor in the wor)d, it reasonab!e to ailow that at !east four thousand families hare the weekly benefit of a persual of our column9. The subscribers and readers of our paper include all the Ha. waiian ministers, very neaTiy all thelawyers and judges, and with rare exceptions, all tbe inost enterprising and leading Hawalians of cvery parish and hamlet in theland. Besides these there is a large and increasing class of loreign se»)ers who have made these favored i«lands their home, and who are the bone and Mnew of every who have the Hawaiian language and who are ai»ong.our best subscribers. Started in 1562 by the wonted energy of our towiif<nian Henry M. V\ r hitney, conductcJ cntircly from its first issue as a private cutcrpri*e, the growth of the paper in influonee and pnying subscriptions has been slow but stcady. 11 is now four yearsand a half( Mnee the editing of this journal passed into! thc prescnt hands, and as it enters upon its | cighth ycar its continued success may be j constdered assurcd. Through our columns ! tbe Hawaiian of today gainsanacquaintance j with the ancient and modern history of his | country. He is treated to glimpses as well as to graphic picturesofforeignlandsthrough the letters of Hnwaiian travellers. Hc bccomc informed through our news columns of all the general political,civil,and rclig»ous inatters that interest the rest of the j world. Lctters from travellers in the home | l.mds render him familiar with every surl \vas?hcd bcach, every blooining valley, every! dashmg waterfall, and every hoary mountain of his island home. On the retum of the 1 " Morning Star," with eagerness he turns <»ur |wircs to the letters of his missionary in thc heathcn lands beyond, to leam whether his monthly concert contribution is being| profitably expended. In short the Hawaii-1 «1» rcader of tbe "Kuokoa v is quitea citizen| cf ihe world. j Those not intimatcly acquainted with the j Hawaiian would be surprised otthethorough j and intc!ligent manner Avith whieh every j i(cm. and advcrtisement is read by thousands <>f those whoin they may have considered as. il!itcratc. ! Tlic eagerness with whieh evcry tnorsel of Jjtcinturc is dcvourcd by the Hawaiian isone of thc most cheering features of this era of our historv, and we may say from our own cxperience makes every !iterary service ren-' dercd them a pleasure. The imperative and prompt domand of the country resident, for his weekly paper, is truly encouraging, indithat mental stagnation is not to be our form of decay. This renders the berth of private mail camer and "Kuokoa" newspapcr agent anything but a sinecure. Hcrc we will remark that theliberalpolicy whieh charactcrizcs the manngement of the Postal dcpartnicnt and thepromptandaccominodating spirit of the Postmaster General arc among the causes that have contributed io the «uccess of this paper. We thank the many kind fricnds throughout the land who have rendered the cause of )H>pular education. the people, and ourselves ibeir in\-»luable assistancebyactingasagents tor tbe circulation of the "Kuokoa." To the many who would find it for their mterest to advertise in our coiumns we will say, that any adTertisements that may be handed in, if in Eng!ish, will b« translated, frec of ch«rge, into the bestof Hawaiian, and will if desired be inserted in English, by whkh thēj will reach the eyes of our many Knglish re«dcrs more certainly than they ean in aiiy othcr paper of thc land. j