Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-02-09

The topic, la cbdsiisehy Anything 20 do
Nth Popular Amwemensf a continued IN ihe
Anglican church Chronicle ft Febmty II.
departments aic a. usaai quite ul The I'll.
lowing excerpt h apfopus o topic aleldy
treated A. length In these columns "inar
cent number " The SATURDAY Pres there up
pcared lengthy letter signed g. ii H.. 10
which i va made 10 appear thai the young
men u iip0yulu were IN - musi icplpfsble
condition. socially lpeating n ouf ,puug
men DO generally fcrl De ihi, writer represents.
i surely Is about time aumc n them came 10
'o'nc agreement 90 10 shat They lh!nt would
imprsc their condition. md then psfhap. be.
ncyplrnt snuls will an.c who will hnd The
ways anil the means 70 bring about he i'm
ptoyemcnf desired We recommend ~ sil
young men. who an dissatisfied with the .ucial
advantage. 81 Honolulu. is 70 abel reside ipfa
nhon lime II i.ahaina, South Kpui, Waimea.
Or, IN hci, any " The country disuaA Not
many ycar ago, lady With her family came
70 reside in these islands. Shcl,ed fora shpr
tine In Honolulu bcfrte taking her departure
i"f The island on which was her nov home. and
'hc came to The conclusion hat Honolulu saa
The 'lowcsi place which shr had lived in. We
Nd moi gaiusay her remarks hHi simply told
her We should bcaf them IN mind until W met
ou bee ncsl visit 10 Honolulu This took
place about year and a hall later, when ~
quietly asked her what shc now thought u 10.
nolulu. %, said she. 1t ~ perfect para
disc We believe our young men would lhink
likewise"
The Friend for February contains No. J o
Mr.. Frank Damons Ramblc, IL China. III,
present inslalIment is capital one. Nothing
could well be better than The paragraph headed
a Carnival OF Nations There Is Gmci,
word about Chinese fruit, aud an approptiat,
suggestion that the Hawaiian Agricultural So
ciety do something about introducing some d
the best Chinese vatietic, The fcbmar,
Friend has some verse, by Mr.. g. W Stewart
reprinted on the first page ol the Press to-day
The lines jingle prctiiIy. Mr. Damon's para
graph about fruit contains the following: "W,
shall find here the great golden punches,
looking like huge oranges and which, ut ih
season, are in tlt,if glory. The best CON,
from the district of Annoy, and are highll
priced in the market, This fruit is ,omctmc
brought 10 the islands hut it has become har,
and pithy 10y the time it reachcsus Itishe
however, dclicously Juicy and refreshing. Ther
We are enjoying now the 'pcrsimmon no
bitter and acrid like its American name sake
hut sweet as custard with delicate favor
The great heaps of this fame .colorcd fruit nov
exposed for sale. are especially beautiful
Large numbers Of 'pcrsimmon trees hav,
been shipped Of late years to California from
| Japan. The 'carambola' is now in season,
singular eight sided fruit 81 a greenish.yelloW
tinge, with a refreshing juicy favor. Thcr
there is fine little orange with loose skin
which would, ! am sure, do well with US
They are arranged in attractive little piles, al
ready peeled. The skin is used by the Chi
nese largely for medicinal purposes hav'
seen no large oranges yet, but am told the,
will come towards Christmas time. OF cours,
The spring or summer fruits are now over
Prominent among these is the lichec,' which
iiourishes finely here at Canton perhaps a
our agricultural society is now established, ",
may have some Of these fine fruits Introduce
ljFto the islands. Certainly ii would he well t,
lYnake few experiments