The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-05-23
AWAY IN HONOLULU.
Enterprising People who use Printers
Ink--What is an Oyster CocktailP

Harriet Clay Penman sends us some
daily papers from Scranton, Pennsyl
vania. In the Republican column
of miscellaneous paragraphs, over the
nomde-plume of "Saucy Bess," con-
tains the following chat about Homo
lulu.
Several copies of the Daily Bulletin,
published in Honolulu, have been re-
ceivcd in this city by friends OF II
Scrautonian who has been paying II
visit to the Hawaiian Islands. These
papers contain much tnat Is curious
and interesting to us at this great dis
tance and particularly in view of the
present relations between the United
States and these islands.
Although the Bulletin, to quote its
own words, is pledged to neither sect
nor party, but established for the
benefit of ALL" yet it very evidently
doesn't approve oi flying like u strick.
en- dove to the bosom of the United
States. In tone the Bulletin is decid-
edly English, although it is replete
with native words and phrases. Ii
reports recent meeting of the Annex
| dllpll Slup nutlc iJVlO hdiilNS "'iS
secured on the roll OF supporters. In
another column, however, it declares
that the town has only male popu-
lation OF 1922, (not including Japa-
nese, Chinese, nor Polynesians). Out
of these, 4, 4,494 are natives, 1857 half
castes, 1,25O foreigners born there,
and 2,721 foreigners. The number
1,0l9, who had signed the roll of an
nexation, might be understood as con-
sttuting the full force Of the annex
ationists, only little more than one
tenth OF the male population, and
there is grave doubt expressed that
all these would vote thus on secret
ballot when not afraid of losing then
bread and butter. The figures are
significant in the light of recent events
The Bulletin is u four page paper
about the size of The Republican, and
che is struck ut first sight with Homo
luluan enterprise in business, for thi.
journal contains about twenty co
lumns of advertisements, including
very few of patent medicine. To be
sure Hoods Sarsaparilla and the llvel
pad man greet one from its pages but
otherwise there is an air of strange
ness in the make up.
The first thing seen on the frs
page is in big letters. "Coal at McKin
ley prices, $l2 ton, delivered to an.
part of Honolulu freeW In anothe
column, while no mention is made o
the Dickson engines, Il firm declares
its ability to furnish "the famous Bald
win locomotives made in Philadelphia
Penna."
Only two hotels or saloons advertise
The chief inducements offered by on
are "oyster cock tails" Whateve
these may be is left to the imagina
ton of the men who perusc this co
lumn. The great prominence givel
to the advertisement in the Honolulu
an journal may be accounted for b.
the fact that oysters are wonderful
delicacy in that locality, as they ar
brought on ice from San Francisc
and other far away ports.
: Queen Liliuokaluni is a compose
r as well as royal parsonage. In tn
E programme of Il concert given o
March 25, two choruses were of he
composition. One of these rejoice
, in the appella,ion of Maikai WaipiC
n There are three or four daily paper
n in Honolulu, and, as is the case here
they have not reached the milennia
u point where they can cease from qual
reling. The Bulletins chief foe seem
5, to be very naughty sheet indeed
n the Advertiser, which comes in for
;, proper share OF scorniul allusion:
Il The Bulletin itself is beautiful
/ printed journal with fine large typ
Q and an elegant appearance generally
g although it does look II little odd in nc
a containing references to post-oflice'
Clevelund's axe and the Worlds fai