The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16

vid Kalakauu ilrst visited Ua lie died
January, 1891, ard was succeeded hy hiss
ter, LliuUkalani. Her hUsbaul, an Anne,
can by birth aud Il DOmiEis by na'ap. die
soon after, and, according to enc stor-. the
widowed queen soon became crank. Eala.
kaua's widow Kapolani, hrd 40 c'nir.s. a..
the blood of the great and or'ainal Kane.
hameha did not ran in her -"i..s, igt tic
heir with the best right is Il dauLhJcr &C the
late Princess LiEc-Lilic. Hcrtull urrac and
title is her royal highHcss princess Victoria
Kawekiu KRiulani LuEaiilo- Ealaaiuuir-
Kalapalapa, which is incou2cucat. l:lJ &a
she is only II and quite pretty she vii.
doubtless change 1t.
And what has become Of the great EaY..
ka race of lS2Ol
All, that is the great uasn.ycl prcI,gu.
in ethnic scieuCe Immorniily, On, no..
indeed! They are more morll THAI they
were in heathcuism. IntCnpCaurcg VII.
they are not very intempe,&tc ueu0le.
Famine2 PestilCRce2 Not uallss yOi Ci.!i
the leprosy pestilrnce. 1t has indeed IT,.
creased, but still accounts for G;.l sm,.M.
part Of the mortality, and, ~ t. fannie. no
country in the world enjoys u more reliable
supply of food. One plausible explanation
is that they have died OF a too rapid civil
tive races. This writer also hns his littl"
theory, which is here given for what it Is
worth
Hawaii is II holiday land. Serious busi-
ness is the exception. Hard work Is left for
the most part to the Chinese, and active
business to limited class OF the Aryans.
especially the English and Americans.
Here is what Bertha Herrick said Of Homo
lulu during IL recent visit: Social life is
paramount. What with receptions, ) and
O'Clock teas, dances, 'Luaus' or poi SUD
pers,' lunch parties, ATTENDANCE upon p0liti-
cal demonstrations, drives to historical
points of interest, Saturday afternoon base
ball matches, lawn tennis tournaments,
musicaleS and lectures, visits to meu-Of-war
in the harbor, amateur theatricals and
evening bathing parties, the visitor is very
busily occupied"
She has, as becomes a lady, but touched
upon the fringe of the pleasures of Hawaii.
1t is "a lazy land-a soft, luxurious, voluptu-
GUS land, and the reaction from safety is
correspOndingly great There is no set pur-
pose in life, no firm and high resolve, and
so when melancholy does come it kills.
This, by the way, is Il trait in many of the
dark races. They die so easily. AMONG
the Kanakas and some others q man ap-
parently III good health can lie down any.
where and die Just whenever he pleases
without poison or violence. The same is
occasionally true OF 'conjured" negroes in
our gulf states. They die without disease
just simply 'let 20 all holds and give up
the ghost"
In heathenism their lives were too simple
for this reaction and depression to ocome on
Then they killed each ether in their horri-
BILE ceremonies or died Of excess in the liceri-
tious hula-hula, or else lived ont their days
Since civilization came they have, without
war, famine or pestilence, died out faster
than any other Gborigi~Gl race in history.
Mark Twain says the Il !ssiCEaries have by
long and faithful teaching built up in the
kanakases high respect for virtue-in
other people.
1t is indeed an alluring land-a sweet, Sc
.ductive, sensuous land. The mercury at
Honolulu and on the lowlands generally
rarely rises above IS degrees and never
sinks below 40 degrees. From co to 10 de