The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-08-24


be found interesting, ~ touching the manners
anil customs Of the Slndwicierz
Tie Sandwich I-lands are situated about :. loo
miles southwest from >ln Francisco. ] wonder
why fhey were placed in the middle Of the O,an
A. II j. none u Our busine--. We won't talk any
more about It. IL - a splendid sugar country.
letter than tie bet 81 louisiana land. can get
from 900 u l@.OuI pounds Of sugar rai-ei L,
the acre. but 1 own H. acres there.
The Iland- are twelve in number, and have
vDl=tnDe-. the hrgsst dead Nplranac- ia the world
Eighty ycar- agI there Wa a V1TukitiDn 81
400 900 people. Tie white men caIne. brought
civilization AMI several other di-.-se>, AMI now
the race j. fast dyin. cut. and will H. extinct In
fifty YEAR hence. They got consumption when
civilization got there, anil they will shortly retire
from bu-ine-s. Wien they pack up AMI leave,
we will take possession ~ lawful heir. There
are 5000 whites there. mostly Americans, and
they are -tiil increasing They own all the
money. control all the commerce, and own all
the shiIS. They have a constitutional monarchy
bat they have NJ constitution. y kauaka or q
native l. nDl-.iy unless hc has u princciy income
I'll SO annually. or q splendid e-tate worth SlO0.
The country j. full of pfhcc holders and office seek
ere; there are plenty Of such noble patriots. Of
almost any party Of three men, two would bc
office bOldeT- and one an Office seeker Ia a little
Island, half the -ile Of one 1t thc wards Oi II.
LOui-, there are lots Of n~Dbiemen, Princes and
men Of high degree. with grand titles holding
big Office, receiving immense silaTie-such a.
Ministers Of War, Secretaries Of the Navy, Ses'rc-
taries Of State AMI Ministers of Justice They
make n fine display Of uniforms, and are very ina
posing az "A funeral. That's the country for n
petty hero To- - to- be- would soon have the CON
eeit taken out Of him. There are ~ many of
them, that a nOLlcman from any other country
would be nobody. They only Ionic their own
PEOPLE ami therefore thew liOniZe everyday. In
education, refinement and culture. tie suH- and
daughters Of Our Missionaries there need not be
ashamed To- compare themselves with their brothers
AMI sisters in the United Statcs.
We can have any climate we want in the Sand
Wieh IslAndz. On the submits, which are 5000
feet abpse the level Of the valley, whose tops are
whitencl by perpetual snow, we can have ever
lasting winter. anil near the sea shore everlasting
sUmmer y single slanse Of the eye take in all
the climates On thc earth. IL WIS - cUd On the
top Or the mountain that I e,uld not speak the
truth, but On level ground ! can sIeak the truth
~ weIl-as any other man.
The climate j. wonderfully healthy for white
I~sDIle IN particular ~ healthy that white IeO-
pie venture on tlc most reckless imprudenec. l
have seem u - lot in California that gTccnl1ck4
went NJ t. l+2 in the shade.
IN HDnJluiu, merchants 90 To- their business ut
nine in the forenoon, and erase business ut iOur ia
the afternoon. They will lave nothing To- do
with business till next morning. Why cannot We
do So? But l did not come here to preach a ser
mon To- YOU, although l wOud rs soon dO IL ~
not. \ street fight keeps the people excited for
about twO weeks an elOIement giyes them some
thing tO converse about For one year, but u muir
der-they will never get over talking about 1t.
The people do not often get drunk in that country;
the duties are too high. Eut ] saw some Of tine
Will ranchmen OF Hawaii drink Kerosene and
aqua,Ortis, and ! saw some 81 them get drunk "n
n whole barrel Of mustang liniment. When the
natives eat they all eat socially, from the same
eakbash, one after the other, with their fingers.
They are MT very particular or careful whether
their hands are clean or not. Ii l. not absolutely
necessary that tlry should wash their hands.
They have Il dish they call Ppy, which they eat.
Eating by will cure a drunkarl. In order To-
like the pOy You must get used To it Ii sneilsa
good deal worse than IL tastes. and IL tastes u
good deal worse then 1T looks. ! AIN sending all
my friends there.
The natives are of n rich dark brown color,
lazy, ~perhaI~, but not vicious, nor very yirtuOu>.
The women wear a long loose, calico garment,
but the men don't. Cues ] won't continue that
subject any longer. In former times the Kings
person was sacred lac was the supreme head Of
the Church and State, lc was the Captain over
all, the arbiter of fate, the Lord of life. There
was n law that III man caInc To- the King with n
wet head, he should die, If any mans shadow
fell ON the King he had To die. In the King pat
his taboo on any one there was NO hope for him.
(by the by, from there Ne got our word tabOOcd.)
In former times the women Were alJcct slaves Of
the whole IaTty- BY the ancient taboo (aw Of
the hnd,J death was the punishment of n woman
who dared to ut at the same table with q man.
II she ate choice fruit she was To suffer the death
penalty. The poor, degraded slaves of these
Islands found out somehow that a woman ate
some fruit in the Garden Of Eden, AMI that the
whole human race were suffering from that thing
ever since, and therefore they were not willing 10
take the chance Of some other evil OycTtaking
them by LIFTING n woman eat any fruit. But the
American Missionaries came, broke oil the
shacklcs from the whole human mcc, broke
the power Of the King, the State and the clergy,
and elevated the women tO be the equal of the
men. To-day il j. the best educated nation in
the world, Of it, size. Our Missionaries did it
all. Every kanaka has n dozen mothers. II they
like n woman, they call her mother.
Ti0ee natives are strange folks They are
not afraid Of death, nO, no more than n jiltcd
Frenehman. II they take n notion To- die, nothing
will stop them, YOU can't argue IL cut Of them.
They are also fond Of dogs. such dogs n n white
man wOuH eUndcmn at fret eight on general
principles They are MT large dogs neither
neither are they useful Oues. but ugly cur. They
the pup better than any one Of their own
They will take care Of n pup-pct him
feed him-earz-s him-fundic him, and when lie
has become fat they kill him-cOOk him-and
then eat him. The natives are very fond IF raw
iish they will bite IN tvO u living fish. and then
him up. There usei To- be ~,mc cInnibals,
but they are alHo~t played cut.
Rare symTathizing crowd. | will end this
ami tine lecture by stating that they dO
everything WRONG end foremost. dI-mount from n
horse on the wrUug -idc, and mounting horse on
the wrong sidr. The same word stands for gos-l-
bye AMI hyw d. YOU do. In the noble American
game of hiSh-low jack or scvcn-up. they DIAL the
cards IT, the left instead Of the right. They hattie
in the middle or the day. and are liable to kill
'heInsctye-- When inviting n person tpaPpruach.
they make n -isu that with ~ j. considered u re-
paEivc motion. The duck. n water bird. liyc-
, ,OUO feet aloy- the level 81 the water. They
ut funerals. aud spit ON a spoon when they
want e. clean IT, They wash their shirts with a
club, AMI IRON tLcIH with n brick lat.
Mark Twain on Harris.