Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-02

The mere announcement oi the name OF |
this distinguished, humorous lecturer 10 suf
6oient at any time to secure IN overaowing
house, and this fact was fully illustrated on
Saturday evening, At Forrest Hall, George
town. whore he delivered lecture for the
benefit Of the Ladies' Union Benevolsnt So
cisty to large and (it 10 ssedlsss to say
epprecistive audience, including many Of
the most prominent persons Of 0sorgst,wn
and this city. He selected - has topic,
1.-THE Sand wich Islsads," and for IN hour
or more kept the audience 10 almost con.
,inuous roars of laughter. Upon stepping
forward 10 the desk in bis usual cautious
and deliberate manner, he Vas received with
applause. lie apoloeizsd for his appearance
without an introduction by stating that the
Young man Who had promised TO present
him 10 the audience had been disabled. He
fell down and broke his heart--or his neck,
Mark didn't know which, not being partic-
ularly interested 10 the young man. The
chieC reason for bis intrusion upon their at
tention was request made by several Ia
dies. that be should deliver lecture Tor tho
moor. He always had . grudge against the
moor. and therefore embraced the opportu-
n;tv to infliet q lecture on them. Before
taking up bis subject, be referred to the fact
that It was the anniversary Of the birthday
| NJ Mr.. Washington. That reminded him Of
| An auecdote he heard the other day, which
AZ II was new, might be Of interest. 1t up.
pears that little George was once presented
with new steel Ratchet. With it he chop
ned his fathers favorite cherry tree. From
this Il might be inferred that his father was
. wealthy man. as he had several cherry
1 9Th hil f1C0 all
.mes,cd with mashed cherries. (strong cir
cumstantial evidence,) went to MS iatnef
and confessed the act, saying that no could
not tell lie, whereupon bis iather ciaspeo
him TO his arms, and told him that he wish
cd he had gone into all the cherry orchards
in the vicinity, and chopped all the trees,
for his confession would then have been .
greater evidence Of his love Of truth. The
speaker, though newspaper man, thought
he was like w ashington in that respect-he
couldn't tell lie.
The Sandwich Islands are about c,1oo
miles southwest of San Francisco; but why
they were there the speaker did not know.
and did not think it was anybody's bust
ness. About eighty years ago there were
400. 600 natives or ksnakas there. but the
missionaries came and introduced Chris.
tianity. education, civilization and other dis
tressing evils. Under such evils the Kama.
kas were still further diminishing in mum.
Der and il is now proposed to establish two
or three seminaries and finish them. The
! kauaka female dress 10 asingle, long. loos'
garment. made Of native bark cloth. The
men are in full dress If they wear nothing
except a battered plug hat. The king held
despotic power, and upon bis decree 1t Wal
customary to knock ont a couple OF from
teeth, pluck out an eye, etc. /; and . native
I in the extremes of his grief, sometimes goel
out and scalps his neigAbor. The kanaka'
I are very hospitable people. When stran
o ger comes among them they furnish hin
with stuffed dog, fricassed cal, and like del
. icacies. Mark never re.ished dogs becaus
= Of fear that be might possibly devour q
old personal friend. The native dogs arr
: 10. noble Newfoundlands. graceful grey
: hounds, or sturdy mastiffs, but WORTHLESS
a little ours, which white man would rtjec
on general principles. There are no canni
balls in the Sandwich Islands. One did liv
;. there long time ago, but he was an emf
grant from one of the islands south Of tn
. Equator. He fed on kanakas for while
!. but be finally got disgusted, tor they ar
not uCalLOv IUI y stcauA uiSt LAG uueii
came to miserable end He went out earl
one morning and caught = missionary 70
breakfast. The change was too sudden. an
he didn't survive very long afterward. i
concluding the relation Of this incident. To
speaker remarked, With much pathos, "Le
this be . warming to ell Of you."
The kanaka women have some very goo
traits. They never kiss each other, but pre-
= fer q fair division Of such favors. And the!
never kiss each other and then 70 away an
talk behind each Others backs. This bar
barous Characteristic might be introduce
4 here. 1t might. however. be denounced a
= an innovation Of an old and time-honore
= custom. The Kanakas don't know how t
do anything right. The buckle girsh o
the wrong side, and mount horse on tn
wrong side. la the soul-inspiring game {
:. "seven-up' the ten taxes the ace and tn
: lineage is traced through the fensle line, nj
the male.
They ore very easy people in Honolulu
Some parties started a gas company thel
;, !, once, and sold the gas at $l3 thousan
I feet. Everybody goes to bed at nine o coc
- and the company's receipts in mont
were only thirteen dollars and . half. II
failure is proof of the love of ease on Il
a part Of the people. They did not want
!. be vsxed or in trouble with anybody, /
fhav lpt tho Gas companv nlona