The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-01
cooling breeze fans the heated face.

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cooling breeze fans the heated face.
just back Of the city Of Honolulu a
mountain reats it's head several hundred
feet in the air. From some supposed re.
semblance to that article tbs mountain
is called the Punch Bowl. Tourists in
variabiy scale its lofty height, from
which grand bird's.eye vi,w may be
obtained of the city, bay, shipping, and
whole surrounding country" "' =;
Like all other :turists T determined to
pay the Punch Bowl visit, and az l
learned that many tourists had walked
to he heights set out one morning on
foot. AS left the city and entered upon
the long winding road which leads mp to
the dizzy height, many 1T the busy little
Japs and Chinese cast curious plances at
me, and from the vine-clad cottages
along the way I caught occasional
gIimpses OF dark.eyed maidens pe-ping
sLyl> forth from trellised vines. .">
AT last, wearied wi h travelling over a
road which seemed to have no end, be-
gan to cast chances up to the steep sides
OF the mountain and debate in my own
mind the possibility Of sealing it. Deter.
mined to make the tfia', / left the road
and started mp the mountain side. A few
shrubs and lit tie coarse grass, With loose
crumbling s,ones were all I at first en.
couuter*d, Int soon new obstacle pre-
scented itself IN the form OF thorny
shrub called lantana. Il is species OF
mosxuit', and ia ruinous to the cl ,thes,
and uncomfortable to the skin. 1t is a
hardy r:ant,- triumphs over dr.. nth and
hAnrist'eS in food. 1, th:ives alike
III rich soil, poor s.il, stony ground, aad
where there is little and no soil at J..
The most ski led botanlet has never been
able to fiud II single lee for laatana. NJ
animal will eat H.. Thu islands have
more to fear from Iantana than flibus-
t. re- or the rvstor ton of monarchy. I
have been tod that if you cut it down.
each joint gill start g. parate new
plant: If vol grub it ont, it will come
again. and it You burn it, it will rise
like the phen'x, triumphant from its
ashes, IF h*d an enemy whom wished
to do mortal 1,.jnry, would SOW Ian
tana in his fields.
Sometimes half buried in this noxions
plant, I struggled blindly up thu noun
tam side. AT last, making my way across
d sort of a ravine TO some rocks black.
ened by lime, I sat down Almost out Of
breath to rest. My hold on the rocks
was slight. l had scarcely six inches OF
space to cling to. and below me- yawned
chaem fifty feet deep. There WAS no
breeze on this side of the mountain, and
tho rays OF the sun were exceedingly
warm. So, as soon AS I had part ally
recovered my breath, I resumed my
toilsome Journey to the top. afterward
learned there was Path on the west
side OF the mountain which, tho step,
lis accessible to foot travellers.
Y As seen from tbs top OF the Punch
Bowl Honolulu presents charming
rictnr'. The lit, |. city, half hidden in
the dense foliage Of tue tropics, has a
shy. coqu.., tist, appearance.
l was wiling 10 return by beaten path
and less precipitous route. On the way
l paused id gaia upon squad OF Coz
vets at work IN the road. The Uniform
of thu Hawaiian convi It varies acc riding
t" the offense with which he is charged.
If it is only misdemeanor, he wears
snit one half Of which is blue, the other
brown. If he is convicted of felony,
his garb 10 black and white striped
the stripes being perpendicular inste ID
Of horizontal., as is the uniform Ut N ,st
Il the prisoners in the United States.
But one of this squad wore striped
clothes.
JOHN r. MuucK.