The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-08-25
THE PACIFIC
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SATURDAY Y, AUGUST Is.
A French Roman of Hawai-"

AOHSteuT ". dc 20 farlgny! some people may
remember him when he was garcon at the Globe
Hotel then kept by his pdysan " Frank" Perhaps
it is for auld lang syne that this scribbler has giver
the name of Frank TO the hero of a ridiculou:
" roman" lately published in the Eeuileton of the
Courier des Eats Unis under the title of g Kama
Souvenir des Ties Sandtoich." Her Majesty the
Queen Dowager figures in Mr.. Varigny's Hawaiian
" romance" as Emma. the wife Of the King
whose sister the "princesse Jane. - is over head and
ears in love with " Frank" The 4" princesse jane
is descended from "Kiana," a white woman cast
away on these shores in the old times. long before
Cooks arrival. who married "a Vakea."a chief, by
whom she had a daughter named Malta" and on
her death-bed pronounced a prophecy which has
been handed down in the family of "Kimo," the
" princess James" foster-brother. Who else but
Mr.. Varigny himself can be the French " Voyaqeor''
who goes to see his old friend Frank" at
EVA" inland from " Kavaihae," on the Island of
Hawai-" Although c. de Varigny was subse-
quently a sort of somebody here, until people cried
cOann after him, he seems never to have learned
the spelling of the commonest Hawaiian names,
and his photographed lore is about equal to his
geographical acquaintance with Hawaii nei. On
the meeting Of our 90 UOyageur'' with bis old friend
Frank, - the latter reveals to him his feelings for
the " Princesse Jane, y who comes apropos to the
house of Franks venerable parient" at {" Eva"
on Hawai-" Our " Uoydgeur, p advises Frank"
to seek the assistance of 1" Emma, Ia refine, to get
him the Z" PrinceSse." Frank" relates to our
"Uoyageur" how he once saved Emma's life, whose
horse ran off with her into a herd of wild cattle
when she was not yet married to the King. A
party is made up for a ride to the Volcano of
"Kilauea'-wonderful to relate, he spells the
name right! Off they go. and of course, an earth
quake must be tucked in to make the story sound
Hawaiian. 1t did not swallow them up however,
but only shook the ground under t~hem,-Very
kind of that earthquake indeed! At last they got
up to the edge of the " crathur," and looked down
into the pit of fire! Here a graphic description of
the majestic scene might be expected, but Mr.. Var
igny's pen is evidently unused to such undertak-
ings. "Kimo," who has had some talk with our
" UOydgeur'' and promised to tell him the secret
prophecy of :" Kiana, the first white woman on the
Isles" when the right time comes, is seen praying
| secretly to the goddess of the Volcano, Pele."
! The whole party start of in bot haste for "KoDa,"
| d~reading an Eruption from the tanks of "Mauna
loa," which catches them en- route, but they succeed
in getting to the top of a conical bill. The fiery
lava flows all round about it, forming a 6re-bound
islet. Frank" after hearing in that solemn mo-
ment from the " Princess Jane" that she idol
lies ulLu.-IOlu iH.tuc StJl0 U II Tue gTtS6u6S OF the
Boulevards Tbeatres,-scrambles over the river of
lava on a fallen coeoanut tree and comes back in
a couple of days with a lot of " Kanaques," who
throw across the lava river, first a cord, and then
a rope with a running loop and a wooden seat, on
which all the party-save some " Kdnaques" who
were caught previously in the lava food-are safe
ly taken off the lava-bound islet. The " Princesse
Jane" with all her rescued women around her,
faints in the arms of " Frank" who is badly hurt
after the cocoanut tree adventure. "Kimo" thinks
the time has come to tell our " voyageur'' the Sc
cret," which is this When the last descendant
of Kiana, the 6rst white woman on the isles, mart
ries a white man of the same race, the day of the
old gods is past!" Our /" voyageur' then crosses
the second last, by the rope, pulley and seat ar
r%angement over the burning lava river but Ski
mo, +" who persisted in remaining TO the last, when
halfway across, cuts the rope and tumbles into the
lava river, after saying: "a sacrifice is wanted
for the goddess Pele." After so wondrous an es-
cape, of course Frank" and the sPrincesse
jane" Queen Emma's sister-in-law, got married.
Why not? and they had a family, too, a couple
of lovely boys and a darling girl the elder boy
being the godson Of our "Uoyageur," Monsieur G.
de Varigny, late of Honolulu Is'Rt it a purity
tale of " HavatfH We hope you like it. Ka-
ndoues.' The pith of the joke is that the best part
of it is plagiarized from a Hawaiia legend of Jar
YES, with which many of our readers are familiar.
THE Russian Budget for 1877 gives the Imperial
revenue at 579, III, 8O2 roubles-the rouble is
about two shillings and ten pence English-the
revenue being 1922 roubles in excess of the ex-
penditure. The sources of revenue are: direct
taxes, 133, 0OO, 600 roubles; indirect taxes, 301,-
OO0, 600 roubles; mines, forests, &c., 22,500,O 900
roubles; Crown estates, 80, 00O, 900 roubles; mis-
cellaneous, AZ, 250, 900 roubles; and Transcaucasia.
1880, 600 roubles. The exceptional sources of rev.
enue are estimated at % 900. 900 roubles, consisting
chiefly of sales by government departments. To
which must be added 10. 900 900 roubles for special
resources for the construction of railways. 1t may
be curious to know the proportional rates OF expen-
diture The Imperial Household costs 100000
roubles, besides 3.000.0 900 more for Imperial con-
troll and Imperial studs; the Holy Synod, 10000
600 roubles; High Government Institutions, 2,OOO,-
600 roubles; the public debt charges are 1O0,OOO,-
600 rosbles. The cost of the nine Ministries are
Foreign Affairs, 1000, 900 roubles; War. 1922
600 roubles ; Navy, about 25,OOO,0 900 roubles;
Finance, sc, 000. 900 roubles; Grown estates. 49,
500, 900 roubles Interior, 53,250,OOO roubles /;
| Public Education, ID, 900 roubles; Roads and
Ways, 18,500,000 roubles /; Justice. IA, 750. 600
roubles. In this Budget, no provision Is made for
the present war expenses. which are calculated at
5000, 900 of dollars per week and on the increase.
The Russian government is trying to revise q loan of
800, 600, 900 roubles, more than half the revenue. to
be offered at Paris and Berlin at "a for 5 per cent.
bonds. London and Vienna are not asked to sub
| scribe, as Russia does not want English or Austrian
creditors. But the present war expenses Of Russia
are so tremendous, that the 300, O00, 900 roubles
will soon be swallowed up; and the money has not
yet been got. Whereas, poor, decrepid Turkey can
| fall back upon the Mecca treasure, valued at 1O0,-
600, 600 dollars, without more trouble than asking
for it. It is plain, then. from these figures, that
Russia is playing a fearful game. financially con-
| sidered, and the Russian nation is on the verge of
bankruptcy, depending on money yet to be Dor
rowed from France and Prussia to pay for the enor-
nous expenses of this war. Let US hope that want
Of 50 tin :" will stop the Cars thirst for the blood of
the Moslems, if nothing else does!