The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-01


greatest variety Of trees, flowers, plants,
and shrubs, tast, fully painted and orna..
mented. Tie native Hawaiian also
paints his house, and. gives much care
to the ornamen tation Of his grounds:
while the Chinaman' 8 house is Imprinted
but picturesque in its Oriental style Of
architecture. Chinese houses 10 Homo.
lulu are built inst as they are in Hong
Kong. They are usually two stories in
height, small and quaint, with the
balcony fronting on the street.
At almost every hour you can sec the
almond eyed Celestial with his Oriental
dress even to The saucepan shaped bam-
boo hat. long pole on his shoulder with
weight on each end that would stagger
common man. jogging along at dog
trot, pace at which he never seems to
weary. Long experience has made him
sklllful in carrying large burdens.
While passing Chinese restaurant in
company with several Of my acqnaint-
ances, We were startled by crash. and
immediately there Was such a commotiop
among the Japs and Cinnamon that one
might have supposed the carbohydrates
war had broken out afresh. Suddenly a
sailor from the q. 8. maa-of-war Ben
'n'ngton came bouncing through the
crowd With native policeman holding
to each arm. :"
Nearly al the police of Honolulu ara
natives Of Kanakas, and f:,e, lusty-Iook.
Ing fellows. When they get hold IF ooe.
it requires strength and dexterity to get
away. Tina young bIue ticket tried t.,
get in "a highlander" on them but his
right hand was caught H. then tried
to get in III eft.hander." but agal
failed, and was forced on, into h. street.
and started of to the atlon.house.
> Il won't walk" he roared = II belong
to the American navy, an1 it won't b.
said 1 GAS ever led by any black SOD Of q
gun of Kanaka."-
wont you walk?" asked one of his
captors.
NO"
''Then you shall ride" and he called a
carriage. they bounced the tipsy sailor
into it. aud away he went mtrrily sirg-
ing: "A l,fs on the ocean wave" H.
had imbibed freely, and his ,ff.nse con:
sisted In amusing himself by throwing
beer bottl at thu head of the proprietor.
The native poilce Of Honolulu are said
to make fairly good officers. I WAS eur
prisrd to find 60 many Kanakas holding
office. In nearly every department of
the government were native clerks and
officers.
In the evening We wandered to bean
tiful park named Emma Square" IN
honor of Queen Emma, who is known as
the good and just queen" Here the
HaW allan band was assembled, and dis.
coursed come of the sweetest music I
ever listened to. The Hawaiia.s are ex.
cellent musicians, and there are many
Hawaiian airs composed by the natives.
When first discovered they bad several
musical instruments, one of which was
nose pipe, Played by blowing through
it with the nose. il.
Fort Street is the Broadway of Homo
lulu. From it branch of numerous
streets leading to the right and left
One thing is peculiar in Honolulu. No
regard is paid to the points of the COM
pass. The terms "mllkai" toward the
sea, or "manka" toward the mountains
are used. EVA" means on the right
and "maikiki" for the left. Thus the
Hawaiian Hotel is on the manka side of
Hotel Street eva of Richard Street. Il
am told that these terms arc even used
in surveying lands. There is not q street,
laid out or house built with. any regard
to the cardinal points OF the compass.
While wandering in the suburbs of the
city I came in sight of field OF what at
first seemed corn. Screen corn in No
vember," thought. 1T is not possible"
Determined to investigated, entered
the field and came upon tall, broad
leayed vegetation which was puzzle to
me. I hailed an rtelligent-lookinq
Hawaiian and asked:
rWill you tell me what kind of vege-
tation this is?"
He looked sad, shook his head, and,
With noise like squirrel eatiog hickory
nuts, passed on. The next Specimen of
the genus homo was an honest-looking
Chiuaman.
my celestial friend, can ,ou pro-
noqnoe the name OF this vegetation?"
mo sa aeh!" John sighed and passed
on: I was growing almost desperate in
my bewiderment. when dark-visaged
son Of Italy appeared.
Il beg your pardon, stranger, but can
You inform me ii that rank vegetation is
a field Of exaggerated horseradish, OF
some species of tropical melon2" =
: With a Look of contempt he answered.:
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