Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-12
ISLAND WORLD.
LITTER FROM TIE KINGDOM OF
HAWAII.
About a Foolish King-An Odd Bil-A
Bold Claim-Eative Schools
The Chinese.

which has been in progress three months
in the Government building called Hall
Iolsni, but which has grown to be better
known as the Mad House" The manner
in which money figures were handled from
the moment the appropriation bill ap-
peared for consideration by our legislators
indicated their entire ignorance of values,
which is perhaps not to be wondered at
when we remember that they are little
better than poor lot of heathens, unqual-
flied to care for themselves much less rule
those more fortunately born in the flood
tide OF civilization but it was felt that the
amounts appropriated for sugar plums, pop
guns. wooden swords, flags, fre-crackers
and the glittering baubles so fascinating to
the savage, were placed at the highest pos-
sible notch. Last weeks final reading of
the bill dispelled this delusion. Instead
OF simply passing upon the several items,
each was debated in most diEorderly man.
ner, as though in pandemoniac committee
OF the whole, and almost doubled, the civil
hist being especially favored.
THE FREE LIQUOR BILL
Had been passed, and Kalakaua had evi.
IDENTIFY renewed his promise to sign it in
consideration of their fulfilling their part
of the contract in doing SO handsomely by
him. By way of showing him that there
was nothing mean about them when other
peoples money was concerned, they pro.
ceeded in defiance of all law, rules of order,
decency and common. sense to vote him
fabulous sums for jewelry, soldiers clothes,
fireworks, feathers, brass. buttons, tin.
whistles, drums, and games and occupa-
tions " after Hawaiian ideas of an improved
kindergarten. Reference having been
made to Kalaksua's receiving larger in.
come than the President of the United
States, sable solon rose in his place de.
claring that the President of the United
States received not only $25, 900 q year,
but has access also to a privy purse of S3,-
600, 600, which he could draw upon and
spend at pleasure without Congressional
interference. Some one had been stufing
the poor fellow-perhaps Kalakaua him.
self. The 81. 600, 900 loan bill, which has
been passed, is justified by the Cabinet on
the ground that the money is to be ex.
pended on immigration for repopulation,
agricultural interests, sanitation of Hon
oluiu, and public improvements but
all that is necessary, or likely to
be accomplished in this direction, could
be effected without loan if the revenue
had not been already appropriated to ena-
BILE Kalakaua to make a greater fool Of
himself than was natures first intention.
The draft of the $40. 600, 600 loan bill is
literary effort deserving immortality. The
intention was to float the loan upon the
English market through London syndi-
cate, which had hidden about twenty cents
| on the dollar, with view to speculation.
The $1,000, 900 thus acquired by Hawaii
could be loaned by Kalakaua to Tom, Dick
| and Harry on promissory notes, etc., which
! Kanakas understood to mean that they
could borrow from Kalakaua all they
wanted by putting their names, or marks,
to slip of paper. With what avidity an
American Indian, or San Francisco sand
lotter would jump at like opportunity
Kanakas are of the same breed. Seeing
breakers ahead, if this bill passed, the
Cabinet killed it in committee, so Kalakaua
was obliged to abandon this little plum
The unblushing effrontery of that half.
| witted heather is hardly credible. With
| an assurance worthy of his nude arboral
grandfather, he comes before the Supreme
| Court demanding large and
VALUABLE ESTATE,
On the ground that his grandfather, Aka.
na.ka, ana not the woman's husband, was
father to the deceased, 70 whom the estate
belonged. Kalakaua claims that, on one
occasion, the chiefs and people being en-
gagged in cutting sandal. wood in the mount.
aims north of Honolulu, his grandfather CO.
habited with deceased's mother, the issued
being called Moe. ho-nu-a, which means,
sleeping on the ground, from the cir.
cumstance of their sleeping on the ground
during the sandal-wood cutting time.
From this it might be supposed natives sci.
dom sleep on the ground. They never
sleep anywhere else. It's also claimed that,
as tokens of acknowledgment THAT the child
was his, Ai.ka. na.ka, gave the woman his
malo (loin CLOTH, two Tai pa lao (hair
necklaces), and Ia. hill lfeather-duster),
which presumably constituted the sum
total Of his wearing apparel. About
those gifts the evidence of Kalakauas
witnesses conflicts most grievously.
By way of thoroughly establish.
ing his claim Kalakaua cites a legend
"Umi or Liloa as parallel case, and
therefore precedent for the Court, which,
however, held that even though it be con-
ceded that the proofs are reasonably clear
that Al. ka- ma ka did have intercourse with
deceased's mother, and certain tokens were
deposited either then or at the birth, they
would mean no more than an indication
that he believed he was the child's father,
for the woman continued to live with her
husband, and there could be NO certainty
that Aka. na.ka was really the father
| Therefore the Court ruled that Mo-e-ho-
| nu.a was not the legitimate son of Aka
| na.ka, and consequently Kalakaua was not
entitled to inherit the estate. Our Gov
| eminent schools have been holding their
closing exercises, consisting of oral exam
nations. Highly edifying entertainment
was afforded
AT NATIVE SCHOOLS,
| In which English is taught. An old
RECORD UNION correspondent MARK
Twain) described in letter how natives
used to attend church clad in but one ar
ticle Of wearing apparel, perhaps q boot,
glove, vest, SKIRT, pants over the arms, or
| coat over the legs, etc. The fashion has
changed since then. Now suit Of summer
clothing is frequently supplemented by an.
other that an Arctic explorer might covet,
but encasing the pedal extremities in
leather seems to be . species Of torture the
Kanska cannot endure, and only AFFECTS
himself in that way upon rare and extraor-
binary occasions. School children are
chips of the old block, ank to sec how the
chips sometimes few heels mp in attempt.
| ing to cross the smooth floor was electrify-
ing, and all because they had moro I'M.
wieldy shoe-leather than they were
capable of controlling, while their
minds were distracted by the gaudy
raiment Of some indulgent relatives or
friends of more generous proportions
than themselves. The ene~t was also man.
ifest in their answers to questions, to say
nothing Of the warm springs gushing from
every pore, and insiduously undermining
naughty and stuck.upcollars, frills, starched
| Oownn etc For lnatance when SAX al IN