Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-05-25

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The papers discussing the Hav allan que,
'iah make the most profound criticisms Il
re@sns % The situation but leave the peopl,
~ n,tef ignorance Of the kind Of ch,i.
ancie sam viii sooner Or as1f ADOPT. rha
,hr Adoption should have been censummstef
hong ago Is se.v plsia to me, for American
"issionsFies and american vhaiemen ma,
ee thanked for all the ased tha, i, % 3
i"unl--a1d the American wFialernen And
american missionaries may be blamed TO,
all the Ind that Is To be found, ans,ux Il,
susceptible people. Neither can claim all
t,e good. both are in many ways account.
able for the bad.
WIN the mercury in summer RANGING
from - TO s. degrees and in winter froul
| - TO W degrees at Honolulu. the capital.
,hese islands have the most delightful climate
IN the world, or. should you wish something
nearer New Eaglani summer. YOU ear
essiiy climb the mountains until suited
even to their lofty submits Of perpetual
sno~-nving you fair imitation of a
Maine April.
Inc Hawaiian group consists of eleseu
Islands containing together 5000 .auar.
miles Hawaii has t~o-thir,is Of this are,
Mani $50 square miles, Oahu which eou.
tains Honolulu $50. kanai 800 square
miles, Lanai, MoIokai, KAMA. Ntiban
i.ehaa, Kahoolave and MoIokini are ali
small Islands. the latter being the smallest
All are mountainous If volcanic origin with
some OF the grandes, scenery in the world.
Hawaii has the largeas active crater in ex-
istence, kilauea, while the largest kuos n
extinct crater, Haieakala, 80 miles in cir
camfefenee and 20o0 feet deep, is found on
MANI, the second largest Of the group. In
any direction you go, you find extnc.
cfsters and erumbling lava beds.
30 lar perhaps the prospect is not particg-
larry promising, but b.ightens when We
know that the group exports annually 20
ooo,pD pounds Of sugar, &c, 600 pounds OF
conee, 800 900 pounds Of rice and paddy
and many thousand dollars worth Of cotton.
goat SKINS, hides, wool, pull and peanuts
most OF which came to the njted States
AS We sail down the coast of Oahu toward
Diamond Head, passing bare volcanic bluffs
with the surf beating aagrily against the
SHORES, there is certainly little Of tropical
APPEARANCE, until, rounding the Head
aikikI-the homes of Honolnlus nabobs.
came into view, with its tall cocoa palms
and banana leaves lowering over the low
rooted houses, bring the tropics sudhenl,
down upon us. But safely moored in the
inner harbor falrer view can scarce be
imagined.
The city embowered in palms the gr, Y
housetops almost hidden in IL xurious greer ,
the volcanic mountain four thousanh feel
high as a background, while at your f. ct
the smooth harbor gay with "tanaree" boats,
native canoes, man-of-war cutters and
whale boats-just beyond-the wharf, ma
tives on horseback, native fruit vendors in
what look like gay colored night gowns,
ladies' in carriages and moving throng,
make bright and interesting panorama
never TO be forgotten.
The natives are naturally an honest,
kind-hearted, generous people They free
ly give to the poor, believing that if needy
themselves, they would be literally sup
piled. Fifty years ago, two days labor in
week would easily supply food in album
dance for a man and his family. To-day
more extravagant modes of living and
dressing make it necessary to work six
days-where in the happy days of few
generations ago the native worked little
dividing his time between fishing, taro-
planting, playing games and sleep
today he knows something of the stern
reality of life. He ships for whaling
cruise in the Arctic ocean or the Southern
seas. He is employed on the steamers 'iy
ing between his home and San Francisco.
The trailing vessels among the group are all
manned by natives. They compare favora-
bly, in intelligence and morals with the peo-
pie Of any other nation, but the change
from the older, free and easy life is telling
upon them and it is but right that we who
are responsible for it all, should insist in
standing by them ,annexing if necessary, but
standing by them under any and all
circumstances.
j. +. BEAN.