The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-06-30
SHE PURCHASED A FISH KNIFE
Impressions OF an Aucrion-Mrs. TODD
les Comm Plare--Bucking Against
Captrsli>S Bidders-Intiueneedo by an
Auction Etsud - One Days Work.

sue thought NOAAO x NNAA'S@ASA4- -
have IN The house. have been 70 an
auction for the first time in my life.
That such momsnCouS event should
trauSpirs in the middle Of the Pacific
ocean Is due 10 the overthrow Of the
monarchy. This sort Of thing does not
happen every day, or even every year,
consequently crown relics are seldom
under The hammer. HawaiianS, how
ever. tell ne that sales OF the personal
effects Of deceased royalty have been
50 common as 70 have given the name
OF Hawaiian opera 20 what We call
auctions
Why sell such things I ask Have
these men and women no heirs
They have had more creditors than
heirs, is the reply. The laSr Kane
hameha died bankrupt and his effects
we're sold 10 pay his debts. LunaliiO
was equally embarrassed, snd after his
death there was s great sale. hala-
kauas Indebtedness Of $4,000 did not
lead 20 bankruptcy, because trustees
we're appointed 70 manage his estate
during his lifetime Ont OF il he was
allowed : certain sum yearly His faith
sr vas aa inferior chief. but from his
mother. much higher in rank, he would
have inherited : large property On the
island OF Hawaii. had II not been
squardered by his parents, both OF
whom were addicted 10 drink Their
extravaganza made kalGkaua so poor
that he was glad 10 obtain the position
o. second clerk in the Department OF
Id Nfr~r b.,
lzndIess chief. sobriQusC so CALLING
as 20 make him greedy for land the
moment he became king II was k2la-
kaua's habit 20 get natives 70 deed
or viii 20 him land on his promise 70
grant them annuities for life Thus
he acquired great deal OF property
and n payment kept : new kind OF
poorhouSe- Always hzrd-up and bor
rowing when Z clerk. halzkaua was
equally inpecunious when king, and,
but for these trustees, would have died
insolyenL"
Has his widow, kapiolani. any in
come apart non s., DO 3 year granted
by the Republic" I asked & historian
oh yes. k2pioI2ni was always wise
N money matters Many Of the unpleGs-
zut quarters OF Al hour passed with
Ter husband we're caused by her refus-
a 20 let him make ducks and brakes OF
her Own property When people Try 70
beIIItIe kEpiolzni by telling you that
she was nurse 10 the Prince OF Hawaii,
Queen E-uz's only child. they don't
know that only women OF high rank
could hold such. position II Is very
Ike : lady OF the beGehznber 70 Queen
Victoria kapioLzni was grantdGugh-
Ter OF the last King OF Kauai who
made peaes With hzmehzuehs I BY &C
knowlsdging his supremacy rather than
Be destroyed by him Had kzpiolari's
family inherited what should have
cone 10 them she would have been very
rich As II Is, by her OWL shrewdness
she has acquired real estate and gets
4 very good income from crown lands
on PunchboEI tabove Honolulu, Ieas-
ed from the Government 81 & low rate
and suhleC 70 Portuguese
All About Royal Auctions
I see that the Portuguese are pro-
testing against increased rents Are
their Complaints IeTeIsd against the
Queen DoEegeE
Yes.
L Is refreshing 10 learn OF one Hz-
EzHzn who IS thrifty and who Is GET
ing the better q foreigners That
This Hawaiian Is E0uzn OF noble
birth adds 20 ny satisfaction When
kzpiol41i heard that one Of her two
adopted sons. nephew WIS implicated
-
vas shU Up il prison she IS said 10
have exclaimed Serves him right Let
him stay there He wouldn't take ny
advice
When she vas asked 10 send this
younE nan GzIiczci5s OF the table Ez-
uiolzni replied No salmon and poi
are good enough, let him eat with the
rest. And he did But 70 Our auction
Hare yo1 had any other royal auctions
since The death OF LurzITIot@ I ask Z
Hawaiian
Vest. two Wien Princess Ruth died
she left all the kamehznshz property
70 ber eous-1- the Princess PzhuzL WHO
As you knaT- married c P Bishop 4
more eIrrlVzgznE Eouzn Lhzn Ruth
probably Ezver lived She had not the
tzfntsst e-1cepriou OF the value Of
uOzey- and spent Il Ike wafer. When
she Ez1rst oue fan she'd buy z dozen
When she wanted one piece q goods
she ordered 4 job lot Linen szr1s.
silks gloves Izcss- Stockings were Piled
I'd IN heaps n the closets q her fine
rev house. On which thousands q dol
lars we're sluzaG=re6- Mrs Bishop gave
away quantities. q these things 70 IA
rfTes. but The more she bestowed the
less satisfaction she gave The recipients,
and ggt I'd q what vas left Il Al zae-
tioz Later WIEN Mrs Bishop herself
passed away zIEost al Of her personal
property vas zUcri0Esd OF fur the benz
II Of the Eamehanehz School founded
bT her In this way Ee HzEziians
ur1babIy POSSESS more rElics OF cur
royal families than any people II thE
world
Sach being Hawaiian custom, II seems
less strange that tbs present Govern