Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-09


 The King Of the Sandwich Islands.
 While presenting to-day to our readers the portrait of Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, who has just arrived in this country, We are for cibly struck with the fact, that the four great gospel messengers-the Printing press, the Iron-hcrse, the Ocean-steamer and the Telegraph-have drawn the ends of the earth so closely together as to make a common hearthstone of the world around which all nations, klndreds aRd tongues may ccngreSate and hold uninterrupted converse, so to speak. The great national expositions which have go far characterized the latter half of the present century, illustrates with force the truth of this observation; and even now, while we write, we have still further complication of the power and influence of these mighty agents through the presence of this swarthy monarch m our midst, who represents people that, although redeemed from utter barbarism within the last sixty years, are now about to enter into rivalry with the world at large, m all tue arts of peace.
 King kalakaua (David)-Yho has just completed a tour of the world ip the interest of his subjects-was born at Honolulu, in 1886. He is descended from the ancient kings of the island of Hawaii, and was educated at the royal school of his native city-an establish ment said to be thoroughly English throughout. In 1860, he paid a visit to California, and in 1871 to New York. where he was so struck with our enterprise and growing great ness that he then and there formed the resolution to make the grand tour upon which he started on the 20th of January, and which he intends to bring to a close toward the end of the present month, l October. When his father, Lunalilo, died, in 1874, he was elected King by the | Legislature, g votes having been given | for him against 6 for his rival, the dow | ager Queen, Emma. \ riot in favor of the Queen took place upon the occasion, | but owing to the interference of an American and an English vessel of war, | then lying in the harbor, it was speedily | quelled, and kalakaua placed securely upon the throne.
 His majesty, who is supposed to be ! travelling lncOgnito, has been accom- | panied during his present tour by At 1 tornev-Genera William \. Armstrong, | of the Havaiin Islands, who travels with ! him as enc of his four Ministers of | State, by Colonel Judd, his first Cham | berlain, and by Major Mcfarland and | many domestics. His first visit was to i San Francisco, where he was entertained
 . i1l.-- sumptuously, as he has been at the
 oos'- C'.,ol-,,,,, -,T various courts on his pro-
 SI,J ',--'i, thence fo aTent to Sacramento, guest of the Emperor, enire was tne
 s>;-pd bv the Mikado and prlncvz 3iiSI- ' royai s'n nd. Having attained tho thirty , tmru degrtD Masonry, the fTaternlt. | rendered him bafa -at Yokohama: bu - fine massacre of the Ehr o+-,,ii' -n. -,af Pussi e occurring at the time, the id.=" s-,,ivjn s fine festival was abandoned He i:~ s visited China, but in consequence ol ba s weather did not go to Pekln, althoug ,- net at Tien Tsin by Li Hung Chang, tt a frst citizen in the empire. He vlslte r. -------e, "uUrp he was entertain t ed III the name of the Queen of Fl TT gland, by the Governor of the Colon 1, After this he proceeded to Siam. whel p he became the guest of the Governo c and visited many places Of interest LII !, der the ost distinguished guidanc - We next find him at Singapore with $
 Frederick Went, the English Governo |. and afterwards at Calcutta. From tn . latter place he proceeded to Benares, tI
 sacred city of India, and thence to Bon o bay, where he visited the Silent Towe ', where the bodies of the dead were one i exposed to be devoured by yulture ' From Bombay he sailed for Egyp
 where the khedive took him in a roy;
 car to CaIro, and where he saw the Pyl
 amIds and various other objects of il
 terest. He then went to Alessandri; - and crossed the Mediterranean to \; f pies, where he was received by the Kin
 and Queen of Italy. From Naples h - 1 proceeded to Rome, where he had an il a oerview with the Pope; and from Rom f le set forth for Englar q, where he b, P came the guest of Queen Victoria an
 the Prince oi Wales. The next point C 2 his journey was Brussels, where he e, . changed visits with King Leopold: an E then We find him at Berlin, where he wa received by Prince William, the Empe TOT being absent. From here he wen , to Vienna, where he was entertained b
 William Walter Phelps, the America, , Minister, and met several distinguishe 1, American gentlemen. To this succeede,
 Paris, where, in the absence of the Pres i ident of the French Republic, he wa met by the Minister of Foreign Affair. , and was entertained by M. de Lesseps From Paris he journeyed to Madrid. an, thence to Lisbon, where he was enter
 tained by the kingof Portugal. From Lis
 bon he returned to Paris, where he stai, ! for a fortnight, seeing all that was to b,
 seen. Then, hastening to London one,
 more, he made a visit to Scotland, an, sailing on the 18th ultimo for America He has just landed at New York.where i Is his intention to remain for a fev !. days, and whence he intends to procee,
 to Washington and various other place
 Of interest, returning tO his dOminions
 as we lave already said, toward tn,
 close of the present month.
 Although kalakaua speaks Englisi
 tiuently, Le does not, says a Paris jour
 nal, understand a single word of French
 He wears the European costume with
 familiarity and grace the most facile
 and compOrts himself in all respect.
 like an American gentleman. AlthougE
 well propOrtioned he is below the mid
 de height, and has a slight tendency tC corpulency. His complexion is darl
 brown, his hair black as night, his fore
 head large, and his eyes dark, brilliant and piercing. His nose is equiline, and his lips curved and somewhat sensual
 while his whole appearance bespeak. trankness and good nature. but not tc the exclusion of lofty dignity. Kalaka
 ua has, it Is said. observed much in his travels which he intends turning to good account when once more in his King. dom. He is reported to be just, urbane and most popular among his subjects
 Whether he shall return to his realms with the smack of gaudy foreign courts and love of expensive pageantry re- mains to be seen; but the chances are that prince of such reputed good sense may only have borrowed a salutary les. son from these oppressive relics of an. cient deSg9tisms.
 California News.
 Five acres of orchard in Santa Ana was sold last week for 5000.