The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-08-19


that invests Il with any semblanee Of
life, and at such time the one store ot
the place driyes brisk trade in soda
water and othet erated beverages, but
woe be,ide the traveller who seeks to
satisfy the cravings of an empty
stomach on other delicacies than sar.
dimes and corned beef whose battered
coverings betray their antiquity and
questionable flavor But there is moth
ing else to regale oneself with during
the weary wait for the mails, and It is a
wonder that not more complaint makes
itself heard over the delay in the mail
delivery, The postmaster here usually
HES him in his sloop over to Mahukona,
where the mail bags are delivered over
to him on the arrival of the klnau, He
then HES him back to Kawaikae, but
sometimes old Boreas will not fan the
sails, and when the steamer gets over
to Kawaihae from five to six hours
ahead OF him it happens that the tele.
| phoning is fast and furious from over
llamakua way
Now and then these complaints about
the delivery or non. delivery of the mails
crop up in the other districts, notably
lllo and Puma, and it has been sug.
gesled that some Oh range should be
made in the handling of letters in the
| llllo post flee, where the present
assistant Is native Hawaiian whose
avolrdupois must be severe trial to
him when It Is matter Of expeditions
handling of the mails
The police these days present much
woebcgone appearance, and their tenn
pers are rulIl d in that as they patrol
llilo's tempting streets the thought is
forced upon them that itSjcitizens are
too law.abiding. There is little, these
days, Of business before the courts,
Even lIllu's one saloon stands silent
and deserted; and Il It's proprietor dis.
consolalely eyes the wharf, is is not
because he Is bent on self destruction,
and that he considers a jump into the
eighteen inches of water surrounding
II as the best means OF accomplish
ing that end, but that because there
are landed upon II at each trip OF
the kinau from 100 to $50 cases
Of wines and liquors which are shipped
from Honolulu and consigned to Jap
anese and Portuguese, and have been
sold to them by the many liquor drum
mers who boldly stalk the country from
one end to the other, but whose craft.
ness, aided by Supreme Court decisions,
It seems impossible to check, Wines
and liquors are sold illicitly on every
plantation in IIilo aud Hamakua, but
from past experience, would.be in.
formers are in fear Of their lives and il
is difficult to obtain proof sufficient fol
conviction as the law reads at present,
Our own Marshal Hitchcock leaves
Us again to-day to take up his work
once more among you IN Honolulu
1t has been suggested that the Mar
shals Office be removed to Hllo, and
for a police stati n one is tempted &c
recommend the blow holes and cave.
of the 1881 lava flow, the sharp stalay
mites Of whose floors afford an excel
lent stool OF repentance f1r offenders
Especially political ones. Hlo is con
scous Of its great ultimate destiny
The very thought Of II arouses tn,
warmest raptures Of its progressiv,
burgers, who can be found on tn,
street corners descantng in sesquipe
dallcs on the enchanting vista the FL
ture has in store, and in the meantm,
resign themselves to the alluring attrac
tons of picnics galore on Cocoanu
island during business hours.
Discord reigns among the elect O
the japanese church, and schism /
imminent between the two fac
tons, all brought about by tn,
+ Guatemala immigration scheme, Th
one clique headed by the pastor Okahe
advised the adventurers to stay, tn,
other, headed by Mr. Date the inspec
tor, encouraged them to go, and nov
the rift within the lutte has grown wide
and the two whlom friends edo no
speak as they pass BY" SO far Daft,
seems to have had the best Of It, bu
the hat now passed around in churcl
Is empter than Of yore.
An item ! have not as yet seer
mentioned in the papers is the ex
tensiye fire that occurred about a weel
ago on the lower lands OF the Kahuni
ranch and which destroyed about two
thousand acres Of fine manienie pastur
age.
The iron bark Annie Johnson, Koch
master, left on Saturday the I2th inst
for San Francisco with her usual carg'
Of sugar, taking as passengers Mis-
Coughey, Mr. Warren Goodele AM
Master James Ssson A, b. J..
OUR WAlMEA LETTER.