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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-05

When Secretary Foster first came to con-
gress the Washington monument was
literally the national laughing stock, look
Ing. as It stood there, like the trunk of a
storm severed st-apparently the tower
which the parable speaks of which the
builder could not finish because be had not
counted the cost. 1t was the sneer of the
tourist and the shame OF the resident 1t
was perfectly evident that it was not going
to be finished with the contents of the
little collection boxes labeled "For the
Washington monument" which stared at
you as you entered any public building
any more than with the memorial" or
votive stones sent by countries, cities and
societies 1t was equally evident that no
other private means would suffice. 1t
would have to be completed by the govern
ment if completed at all.
Samuel J. Randall was chairman of the
committee on appropriations, of which
Foster had been made member by
Speaker Kerr. Randall, who liked Foster,
jokingIy created him subcommittee on
monuments, and turned over to him as
such lot of bills for monuments to this
man and that memory One day there
came over from the senate bill which
| John Sherman had gotten through there
providing for the completion of the Wash
| inpton monument by the government, and
appropriating 500, 600 for that purpose.
| Foster was Watching and just as Ran
dali, scowling at it, was about to pigeon
hole it, he spoke up and said: mo, no, Mr.
Chairman. Pm the subcommittee or
monuments; that bill belongs to me" witt
that persuasive smile which has moved
more obdurate hearts than Randall's
"Take it, then" said Randall throwing j
over the table. Foster did take it, ant
went to work at once collecting the dat;
for a report on the subject, which was 81
full and so strong that it convinced ma
iority Of the committee then, and after
ward majority of the house passed tn
bill. The work then begun never ceases
till the aluminium cap was put on the ape
of the pyramidal top. No wonder Foste
finds satisfaction every time he looks
his handiwork. Washington Cor Phiia
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-05
KISSING eooosy.

4 kiss he took and . backward look. 8,
And her heart grew suddenly lighter: =
A tribe, you say, to color day,
Yet the dull gray morn seemed brighter.
For hearts are such that N tender touch
May Danish a look Of sadness;
small, slight thing can make US sing,
But q frown will check OUR gadness.
The chceriest ray along our way
! Is the little act Of kindness,
And the kccrest sting some Careless thing
That was done In a moment Of blindness.
We can bravely face life 10 home where
strife
No foothold can discover, Z
And be lovers still II we only will,
Though youths bright days are over.
All, sharp as swords cut the unkind words
That are far beyond recalling,
When q face lies hid meath coffin lid,
And bitter tears are falling.
We fain would give half the lives we live
To undo our idle scorning;
Then let US not miss the smile and kiss
When we part In the light Of morning.
Lillian Piunkett in San Francisco Call.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-05
TIT GrlxrA for breakfast.

Uss Enamelane Stove POlish no dust. no smell
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-05
-E CURES scRcFuLA EVEN
1901 IN ITS WORST FORMS.

7 HAD scRoFuLA in 1884, and cleansed my
system entirely from 1t by taking seven
bottles Of S. S. S. have not had any symp
toms since c. w. WILCOX,
Spartanburg, S. c.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23

"man," such being the meaning of that
word. The argument as reported bure
u suspicious resemblance to that in tho
correspondence between President Ed
wards and Dr. Samuel Hopkins. Ono
said, "He cannot be a god, for he is cruel,
vindictive and greedy The other said,
You cannot tell how god will act,
and perhaps
1t was the familiar issue, Are right
and wrong absolute, and Is the moral
law obligatory on Deity as on lnortals?
Well, tho Edwards party, so to speak,
carried the day, and it was decided that
the supposed Lono should be put to
the test A blOw-not mortal-was
struck; tho captain groaned and blood
flowed. "Kanaka, NOT "A man, indeedD
cried the skeptics Goa! Cal" (Truc,
TrueD screamed the others. "kanaka,
nor and he was at once dispatched.
And" added Nh Broughton, when
the old men told Us this the tears stood
in their eyes, for they We're among the
few who continued TO believe that Cook
was Il god, or at least . superior being
With the horseback ride thence to
kilauea and the descent into the crater
all general readers are familiar. Every
body knows how Pelc, the devil goddess of
the kanakas, used to hold her fiery court
III the flaming lake; how tho hlamcnts
of lava, like gla-sblowers' thread, y"
thrown off 10y the fiery waves We're be-
lieved to be her hair; how the natives,
when warned by well known signs that
an eruption was near, threw many fat
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23
YIEW OLE HONOLULU.

Hsh and Americans, but before reaching
our hotel we saw that those were only
the advance guard of pOrters, small
traders, agents Tor this and that idle
sailors and the general hotsam and Jet
sam OF ii polt III the tropics which is the
common resting place Of rovers of all
nations.
From the center of the town on, how
ever we struck it rich in the kanaka
line We SAW them of every age and
many shades Of color and in every stage
OF dress and civilization, from the new
arrival from the mountain highlands,
clad only SO tar as absolute decencv re-
CURED, 10 the cultured gentleman in
blue coat, white vest and truly iminacu-
late linen. at every convenient recess
III the side OF the street was Il group of
native women, but there was not the
same variety in their dress With scarce
ly an exception each wore sort of
Mother Hubbard Of blue cloth, and
whether walking, sitting or riding-and
many OF them were Nding and always
astrlde-they managed this single gar
ment with the same modest grace had
noted among those in the boats
The streets are of fair width, and IN
places seemed to me winter than was
agreeable and rather dusty. As there is
nearly always breeze enough at sea to
refresh one, felt oppressed at first by
the dead calm III the air, and retiring to
the courtyard OF the hotel was just say
ing 1t was hotter than had been led to
expect when felt a strong, cool breeze.
In three minutes at the furthest the sky
was overcast and almost black; IN ~
minutes more the rain was pouring in
volumes, which, as 1t seemed to me,
threatened To wash the town away.
naturally supposed that open air sight
seeing was done with for that day, but
my local mentor, to whom had brought
letters from salt Lake City, laughingly
replied. WAIT II wee. You are not in old
En- now, nor yet IN Utah"
In an hour the sky was bright and
clear as ever. In another the streets
were IN splendid condition. and next
morning they were dusty again | then
learned three things which surprised me
very much THAT at least one-fourth Of
the entire population of the little king
dom live IN Honolulu; that the city rests
not ON the true rock of the islands or
Volcanic deposits. but on IA sort of fiat
built up ny the coral insect, and that
three iDUrths Of the llHWaianS Of all
race 1--we IN very narrow belts around
me- i,l&ud, Tire interior Of Hawaii c,,-
pcclaliy l., al almost antroddeu waste.
Tie cOralli4e Oaala Of Honolulu Is so
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23
IT Vt IT " wv IItt T. EFIIIIfK
HAWAIIAN MONARCIS.

i,','''''''
'''' ''-''"i'' VI - many e"Oi' iSia"D u
''"' US Wv N'ii5' ''iI'' ooiAo n'ore IMAM
ohe' out do"HV century az" arose me
great ha,he"a'hena' ana III a series OF
"onucil vi caillpalShs reul'cou lhelh all
"nu'I MS rule'
ne Is inc great IiaW,'il"il nero the war
rIoI' NIiS ana sage inc DaNIu ana Sol
ONION ana Harouh al haSclllu all III one.
bUl II Is Il great mistake 10 say. as many
'ccrHt "rl'erS nave "ohe' 'iial tile CIVIL
""l'o" ne i"S'ertu WIS purely ila'lVe ana
otlNil'al' HHu sun more 10 oeS4li haWallan
h'SioI! win oook voyage a hundred
years pcI"Ie 'ilaI ne l9idiIuS were VISITED
ny "ii'e men anu many tiiheS between
tli"t "ate ana LOOK ViSiI' mite men
l4Neu Oh 'he l9laii'tS even before Name
hailcha reign lheV lad introduced
many improvements anu ne had the as
slstahce OF some OF thelh IN ms wars.
ne was succeeueu py hNe kings OF llS
plooa, VINO look ms name rs title, but
were Known pY oller halneS' VI these
Alexander dlcd III Iooo' ana Lot late IN
io'r' imam l-ulalllo taxing the crown
III January 1873 DAVID halakaua was
elected to succeed nm III 1874, and IN
1871 he dled ana gave place TO Llhuoka-
lam
Now 'he old royal inc expired as
aioresaiu WIN MING LOT ana as hlnS
Di'i anu hdIdA"ua, U"0uSn ol ancient
10y al S'ocN' ilao " ne No'ou ,i''o power,
','cfo was necessarily sollo lowering OF
'io 'oY"i "'Eiil'E an" icSSenilE OF the
roHal lrer"3",iN'' ana as lipcral con-
S''tu'loh hau oeeh a'oP'eu ana govern
i'G"' 's'a phSi,e" Soi'4e" 'iaU on me Eng
"sh 'i'ouCl' 'hGre Is reallF no chhiSe
lGrceptiple 10 inc mass Vi INC people III
"'optii'S provisional government SEMI
Iep"phcah III tone,
Ana through All inns century while
cN'ilza'loh was f'lh"IF progressing ana
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23
Totals. Observation-Disclosures. $500 $3.50 gO,lGJ

OF these about % 600 live in Honolulu,
which is the Paris Of the north Pacific.
All the allurements of life abound.
Hard work is left to the Chinese for the
most part, and active business to other
foreigners. With at least half the polu-
Iation social life is She only life. Pc
ceptions, teas and club meetings, polit-
zeal demonstrations, visits to the popu-
lace and to vessels in the harbor, rides
and drives, poi suppers and bathing par
ties chatting i'll the groves and loung-
ing and smoking i'll the gardens-such
was life in Honolulu while was there,
and cannot learn that there has been
any change
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23

assigned in these words: "Hawaii is a
holiday land-a lazy land--a soft, luz
urious, voluptuous land-and the de-
preston from safety is correspondingly
great. There is no set purpose in life
no firm and high resolve, and 50 when
melancholy comes it kills"
No other man dies so easily and gently
as true Kanaka. He can lie down and
die whenever the notion takes him, and
with no apparent disease This happens
among many dark races, but with mono
so often as the Kanakas. Captain Cook
guessed their number at 400, 600, and it
may have been half that. Ia 1922 the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23
KANAkA SPEECH AND RELIGION.
How the Islands Were Built Up and How
Christianizcd.

How the Islands Were Built Up and How
Christianizcd.
The first task for me, pursuant to my
business on the islands, was to learn u
little of tho language, which deserves u
paragraph or two especially as many
native names must appear in tho re-
mainder of this article. | found it quite
easy of requirement Every word and
every syllable in every word ends with
vowel, and every vowel is pronounced
almost exactly as in German. There is
of course syllable to every vowel, but
in ordinary and rapid pronunciation the
effect is precisely the same as in German
and Spanish-that is, au or ah-oo, is
practically pronounced ow, as in NOW"
40 is nearly the same, but it is rather
more tony to pronounce these two dis
tinctly separate. Al is, similarly, pro-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23

ran and did not return" Nearly all the
stone buildings IN Hilo wero shaken
down. The missionaries record with Il
sort of grim humor that their bookcases
were upset and the books went tumbing
over tho house. Trees swayed and fell,
stone fences went down, and vast noun
tain masses rolled into the sea- One
missionary adds so gravely that wo
must not suspect him of II joke that
they prayed with unusual fervor and
sang
On Jordan's stormy banks we stand,
And cast IA wishful eye.
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fertile little tracts, and the Kanakas have
here and there cultivated patches near
the mountains, where the lava seems to
have cooled but yesterday.
We took what is called the new route
to visit kealakeakua bay, where Captain
Cook was killed and OF that tragedy
received very curious account from a
Mr.. Broughton, an aged BritOn, who
reached the islands as a sailor III 1910.
He had it direct from two aged Kanakas
who witnessed the killing 1t seems that
after Captain Cook had carried matters
with II high hand for awhile two par
ties formed. one said he was Lono, the
god; the other that he was Kanaka, or
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23

The Americans, however, prevailed
upon the British cabinet to aEnul these
acts And if Hawaii is now annexed
what?
The kanakas are about as we'll qualified
to run IL republican government as S.
many school children Of the intermedi-
ate grade. The boys of any English or
American high school are ten times bet
ter qualified. The Chinese are not even
to be thought of as voters. Equally SO
all the other dark peoples The Portu-
guese are somewhat hettor, Evidently,
ii annexed, Hawaii-Nei cannot be a state
or even II territory. The 10th amend
ment must be ignored from the start,
and such must be the condition for half
a century at least In short, the an
neXed region must be an absolute de-
pendency, ruled like u British crown
colony or distant military po.t-m ab-
nounity for which the constitution Of
the United States makes no provision
JOHN f. WHLOUGHBY.
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open that water runs through it ae
through fine sieve, and so, though it
may rain six days in succession, the
streets will be dry on the seventh
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23

Anopcra Boune Kingdom-Tho Tragedy
ot Captain Cook--The worlds Grandest
Volcano.
Copyright, 1891
There never was a lovelier March morn
ing than that on which Honolulu first
rose to my sight Yes, literally "rose,"
for wb had gotten close i'll during the
night. The sky was not perfectly clear
till Just at daylight, and there was no
lingering dawn as in the far north.
Scarcely had our strained eyes made out
the bold promontory of Diamond head
$50 called, was told. because there are
no precious stones i'll the islands) when
suddenly the grand sweep of mountains
came into view, and then, us if a fiat in
a theater had slid back and disclosed a
gorgeous tropical scene, Honolulu rose
to sight. 1t was a perfectly delightful
surprise, worth coming a thousand miles
to see.
There was the usual delay in getting
close in, and we had scarcely time to
view the city by the rosy light when we
saw many people running toward the
beach 1t seemed to me that they did
not even check their speed at the waters
edge, but jumped into their canoes,
which moved off at once and in few min
utes the kanalas were swarming about
the snip or climbing on deck Our lady
passengers, having heard dreadful
things" were prepared to blush accord
ingly. and the more roguish among the
gentlemen anticipated some fun, but
both were disappointed. The native men
were dressed quite $3.50 for boatmen
and though the few women who came
near Wore each a single garment they
managed 1t with womanly skill. In
truth one may see much more reckless
exposure at any bathing resort. it was
later and in the interior-but ! antici-
pate
The rising sun now sent its brilliant
glare upon Honolulu and showed us
what: Was 1t childs toy village sud
denly enlarged or a transformation scene
in fairy pantomime; There were
plumed coCOauut trees and curious
palms great banks of flowers III one
place and "A regular English sward in an
other, trailing vines and bare hot look
ing places, and here and there patches of
neglected land. which looked dry and
arid 1t was evident Mt first view of the
houses that the old was still struggling
with the new, for regular New England
cottages with green blinds and stone
structures We're mingled with mere huts
of straw and tolerably solid adobe build
ings like those had become accustomed
to at Salt Lake City.
My first impression on entering the
place WAS that all the true natives had
gone Oft III their canoes, for we at first
encountered none but Chinese and other
apparently Asiatic people, and then
Portuguese, Erenchinen and a few Eng
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23
KEALAKEAKUA BAY, THE SCENE OF CAP
TAIN COOK ) DEATH.

1AlN CODh BEA III.
missionaries placed it at li2 600. Tho
first regular census, in 1852, returned
the population at 130,3l3. In 1872 tho
natives were returned at 56,S99 and all
others at 5,3GG, and then the tide turned.
The pure Kanalias, it is true, have de
creased little, but foreigners and half
breeds have increased rapidly, and here
is the last official census, taken two
NonrS 400.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23
PEARL OF THE PACIFIC.
Hawaii Is Richly Endowed With
Wealth and Beauty.
A LAND OF LUXURY AND LAZINEsS

American Traveller In the Sandwich Is
Iamds--The Progress of Civilization and
Christianity Native Language and
RnIigion-Queer Habits and Customs.
AnOpcra Boufie kingdom-The Tragedy
ot Captain Cook-The Worlds Grandest
Volcano.
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THE WORLDS GRANDEsT VOLCANO

On .Iordan's stormy banks we stand,
And cast IA wishful eye.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-01-06

In The chapter ON communities in
his last work Sir John Lubbock re-
peats in pleasantly understandable
way his own researches with ants and
bees. With not less than 100 species
of ants, there are no two having the
same habits. We are just finding out
how loug-lived ants are. He has had
working ants seven years old, and a
queen ant lived iu one of his nests for
fifteen years. He is certain that the
ants of each community recognize
each other. Sir John divided one COM
munity and kept them apart for,
Il year aud nine mouths, aud the end
of which they at once recognized each
other, send were perfectly friendly.
while they attacked ants of different
nest, although of the same Species"
Sir john made his ants drunk with
whiskey and left them together friends.
The tipsy ones had nothing to say,
but their friends knew them and
dragged them Oft to their homes,
where the besotted ones were watched
until they were sober. There were
stranger ants among the inebriates,
and the community took these and
pitched them into the water. Thus it
it is evident that they "know their
friends even when incapable of CIV
ing any sign or password. ."-[Boston
Transcript.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-01-06
The Symbolic Barber Pole.

OF all symbolic signs none is so an
cient as the BARRIERS pole, and few
have been the cause of so much sn i
quarian research. According to the
''Athenian Oracle" the ancient Ro-
mans were SO benefited by the work
of the first barber that came to their
city that they erected a statue to his
memory. Anciently BARRIERS acted in
the dual capacity of surgeons and
hairdressers. In Rome they hung out
bisins at the end of poles. so that
wounded soldiers and gladiators might
observe them at distance and know
exactly where to go to find relief.
The parti- colored pole or staff is said
to indicate that the barber did "bleed-
ing" the colored stripes symboling
the strings or ribbons that were wound
around the patients arm while he was
being pblcbotomized. Two hundred
years ago English law compelled bar
bers to display ga blood pot ON
striped pole, the whole to be sur
mounted with symbolical cloth of
red material, --lSt. Louis Republic.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-01-06
The Vanilla Bean,

A Portland Wholesale firm recently
received the largest consignment of
vanilla beans that ever came into the
state Of Maine. 1t is worth $4,000,
though its bulk would occupy but 16
cubic feet. Imagine a tin box IS i'll
Ches wide and seven inches deep and
filed with bundles of long, slim,
black beanpods. Imagine that guam
tity of vegetables worth nearly $3.50
and you will have some idea of the
value of.lhe vanilla bean. The con-
signneni consists of % of these tin
boxes. This bean is so valuable be-
cause it grows in but very few Sec
tions of the earth's surface, and is
difficult of culture because it is a
parasite of certain trees. Also these
particular beans came from Mexico,
and are therefore considered the best,
and nobody but the natives can cure
them properly, the secret being hand
ed down from father to son and kept
a secret, though many Americans
have endcavored to discover it.-TBan-
gor Commercial.