Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-03-17
AVID OF ourrn rnlhos.
TIE islands seem Dssiaa.d Tor tho wsrid's
Pleasure nssatt

TIE tsiands seem pSsiansd Tor tho worlds
Pleasure nss"tt
II should attempt 60 sum up ON liza
wall N,i W one sentence ! would say.
u H. land where everything sceins TO
b. something else There - riotous
abundance II useful vegetation. yet soon
90 late q blight comes un almost every.
thing There Is greater variety 81
huus than VA any other land ! know.
yet 49, faT as | could learn every fruit
degvneraies IN fvw years. aud the stock
mus, b. renewed Tts climate Is nj
most perfection. ye, measles. smallpox
ami affections ~ tho heart are peculiarly
fatal The mountains louk aa n fixed Ia
place fur all eternity. aud tho moro solid
aud rugged n mountain looks tls more
certain u is a. quake aRd more likely To
splii open The natives ar. all well edu.
Gated and nearly all thoughtlesA They
are all nominal Christians. yet chastity
" hut . vague sentiment. and many
common kanaka will tell lie when the
truth would better serve his purpose
l.lfs aud property are NJ safe ms any.
where On earth. though the laws arc not
severe ~ executed with any special rigor
THIS may 10 due partly 60 the lack 81
srquisitivereas among the common ka-
aakaa aud lhsir general live and let 1--we
feeling They are tho most unselfish
race ga earth In detached group in
tho interior tho property Of any one Is
the property ~ another. II that other
nesds II badly a foreigner who has be
frisnded Qua 10 the friend of all In the
village tbs men give him ash. fruits
flowers and poi. the women give what
they have. and with . certain freedom
which Il delicate and charming I'm.
fortunately their kindneas may be n
danger. Tor they may I've affected with
Iaprosy long bofore they learn the fact,
aud physicians have decided that Of all
SUPPOSED says that Il tho one absolutely
certain war u acquiring e.
There lie . wonderful variety Of fruit
In Honolulu. such ~ oranges. lemons,
lines. melons. bananas. strawberries and
many more. Peaches are produced on
tho islands. but the blight affects them
mors quickly and certainly than any
other fruit. frequently taking the form
% . black scale os film Tho cocoanut
scsms 10 hsindigcnous. and therefore less
liable b. blight than any other product
!, vas lszs supposed that tho sugar cane
was rrcof against all hlights. but Of late
years q now worm. as II were. has at
tackled II at tho root. and the chances
now are that the sugar planters will
have 20 renew their stocks every few
years II reminds one Of Horace Gree
ley's plan fos getting rid OF the Canada
thistle. Cultivate II as q garden plant.
ami some derned bug or other will be
surs a. come along and eat II.
Wheat grows IN hut few places on
the islands, little valleys In the elevated
plsteauA As 20 moisture. tho climate
cannot be described In general terms
Old residents say In n jccular way that
In ono district the rainfall 10 II feet a
rear. In another II inches. and In third
i.i1ih u an Inch. lsaw places which Ger
tsiniy hooked "A II rain had never fallen
ON them. In the best sugar lands irriga-
ton |. necessary. but In many places
very little IL required. Domestic animals
thrive. ~ . rule. especially horses. OF
which the native stock Ia very hardy and
capable. II appears 30 have been case
81 survival Of the fttcst" All the ten
der ones were run 20 death nj the start
and only the TOUCHES, mares left posterity.
After all. the great product Of the is
lands IL thu taro root. from which poi is
made. II grows wherever the soil is kept
thoroughly water soaked. and In matted
bunohss very much like the calanus or
~~eet has ~ the middle western states
Tho root n Something like long beet.
aud when bolcl and mashed the pulp il
Iui-a whitley yellow batter Mt first. later
a SORT Of sour paste II operates homp-
oIaihicGlly. so Ia sIeak-that In. 1t builds
up dilapidalel constitution surprising
ly. but II used exclusive VI any other
food Il Injuries tho health There Is no
particular danger 81 any American or
EnRlishman using the native style Of IL
a. excess. for II In cmphatically nasty
D'ccnily prepared. however. II Is quite
I,alatable. Local statisticians say that
enc acre ~ 1t will furnish yearly bread
ht'Fp pAhrhAh
which. ! regret to say. do not believe.
Fish Is said 20 10 the proper corrective
~ take with POI. and fish also are album
dAnt Early visitors say the Kanakas
formerly ate them raw and at the soon
est possible moment after killing them
indeed u was thought luxury TO begin
10 gnAw CA the tail before tho head was
dead. Al any rate the hungry native
took the fsh as II came from the water.
hastily ran n knife from gill 10 tail. tore
out the cntrails and at once fell 10 eat
ing. aud there IL story that when the
first kanakas were taken 10 be presented
to tlp king Of England they behaved
quite handsomely till they saw some fish
In little aquarium IN the royal apart
ment Their appetite overcams them.
Men and women alike fell ON the finny
prey. tore and dsvoured II with the savage
yum yum Of appeased hunger. and do
claTcd " choice kAnAks that II was their