The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-31

was ever led by any black son of gun OF a
Kanaka." :, 81, 80 of h;s
captors;:
oThen YOU shall ride" and he called
carriage, they bounced the tipsy sailor mo
il. and away he went merrlly Singing ~
life on the ocean wave" He had lmbloed
freely, and his 0ffenSe consisted In amusing
himself by throwing beer botties a1 'ile
head of the proprietor. o;d 90
The native police of Honolulu are sald 10
make fairly good officers / was surprised
to ind so many Kanakas holding ONCE. IN
nearly every department OF the government
were native clerks and ofllcers'
In the evening we wandered to the beau
tiful park named Emma Square" IN honor
of Queen Emma, who IS known as tne
0goSd and stoueen." Here the Hawaiian
hand was assembled, and discoursed some
of the sweetest music | ever listened TO;
The Uawajians are excellent musicians ana
there are many Hawaiian airs composed Dy
the natives, some OF which are very peduli
full. When first discovered they had seVeral
musical instruments, one OF Whlcn was q; a
nose pipe, played by blowing through IL
with the nose.
Fort street is the Broadway of Honolulu.
From it branch off numerous streets leading
to the right and left. One thing is peculiar
in Honolulu. No regard is PAID 10 tne
points of the compass. The terms mtCh0t
toward the sea, or nlGnkG toward the noun.
tains are used ElOG means ON the rlgnt
and rnaibikj for the left. Thus the Hawai-,
an Hotel is on the m1rk0 side, OF Hotel
Street elUG of Richard street. l am told
that these terms are even used IN surveying
lands. There is not street lald gu! vi
house built with any regard to the caroilal
points of the compass
While wandering in the suburbs or tne
city came in sight of field OF what at
first seemed corn. "Green corn in N0Vem-
her" | thought. sit can't be possible"
Determined to investigate, l entered the
field and came upon tall, broad-leaved veg,
citation which was puzzle to me. nailed
an Notwithstanding Hawaiian ana ASKED:
evil you tell me what KIND or vegetation
this is ?''
He looked sad, shook his head, and, with
noise like a squirrel eating hickory nuts,
passed on, The next specimen of the gen1ts
homo was an honest looking Chinaman.
'My celestial friend can you pronounce
the name of this vegetation ?'
''NO savehp John sighed and passed Oh.
| was growing almost desperate in my be.
wilderment, when dark-viSaged son OF
Italy appeared.
ii beg your pardon, stranger, but can you
inform me if that rank vegetation is held
of exaggerated horseradish, or a species OF
tropical melon Pr
WIN look Ol COuItulpI Ho ahS"NA0U'
"Sat re bananW
The mystery was solved at last. | remem-
bered then having seen large banana trees
in some of the yards, but without knowing
what they were.
The next morning l awoke to find it rain
ing, but in the afternoon the skies became
clear. The streets of Honolulu are not as
well paved and drained as they might be.
After a rain they present fully as bad an
appearance as do the thoroughfares of New
York, Chicago or st. Louis. Some streets
are paved with sort of cement resembling
asphalt, but many are not paved at all. AT
ter a rain the heat seems doubly intense,
for a disagreeable steam arises which makes
one sigh for the good old days IN Hawaii
when people did not wear clothes. This
discomfort lasts only short time, however.
The streets dry quickly, and gentle cool
ing breeze fans the heated face.
Just back of the city of Honolulu noun
tain rears its head several hundred feet in
the air. From some supposed resemblance
to that article the mountain is called the
Punch Bowl. Tourists invariably scale its
Lofty heights, from which grand birds
eve view may be obtained of the city, bay.
shipping, and whole surrounding country.
Like all other tourists determined to pay
the Punch Bowl visit. and as l learned
that many tourists had walked toits heights
set out one morning on foot AS left
the city and entered upon the long winding
road which leads up to the dizzy height,
many of the busy little Japs and Chinese
cast curious glanceS at ME, and from the
vine-clad cottages along the way | caught
occasional glimpses of dark-eyed maideGs
pc ping shyly forth from tre!lised vines.
At last, wearied with travelling over road
which seemed to have no end, | began to
cast chances up the steep sides of the Punch
Bowl and debate in my own mind the pos
sibility of scaling it. Determined TO make
the trial. left the road and started up the
side. A few shrubs and little
coarse grass, with loose crumbing stones
were all at first encountered, but soon a
new obstacle presented itself in the form of
a thOrny shrub called lantana. 1t is a
species of mesquite, and is ruinous to the
clothes, and uncOmfort' bic to the skin. 1t
is a hardy plant-triumphs over drought
and flOurishes in a flood. 1t thrives alike
in rich soil, poor soil, stony ground, and
where there is little or no soil at all. The
most skilled bOtanst has never been able to
find a single use for lantana. No animal
will eatit The islanders have more to fear
from antana than tillibusters or the rest0r-
alton of monarchy 1t spreads like conla-
gion, and deties pillow and hoe. 1t is nearly
indeStructible. l have been told that if you
cut it down, each joint will start separate
new plant; if you grub it out it will come
again, and if you burn it, it will rise tri-
umphant, like the pneniX, from its ashes.
Ii had an enemy whom wished to do a
mortal injury, would sow lantana in his
fields.
Sometimes half buried in this nOxiOus
plant, | struggled blndly up the mountain
side. At last, making my way across sort
of ravine to some rocks blackened by time
| sat down almost out of breath to rest. My
hold on the rocks was slight. had scarce
ly six inches of space to cling to, and below
me yawned a chasm fifty feet deep.
There was no breeze on this side OF the
noun ain and the rays of the sun were eX-
ceedingly warm. So, as soon as had par
TALLY recovered my breath, | resumed my
tOilsOme journey to the top. | afterward
learned there was path on the west side
of the mountain which, tho steep, is aces
sible to foot travellers.
AS seen from the top of the Punch Bowl
Honolulu presents a charming picture.
The little city, half hidden in the dense foil
age of the tropics, has shy coquetlsh APP
pearance.
was willing to return by beaten path
and less PERCEPTIONS route. On the way l
paused to gaze upon squad of convlcts at
work on the road The uniform of the Ha-
waiian convict varies according to the Of
Tense with which he is charged. lit is only
a misdemeanor, he wears suit one half OF
which is blue, the other brown. If he IS
convicted of a felony, his garb is black and
white striped, the stripes being perpendicu-
lar instead of horizontal, as is the uniform
of most of the prisoners in the United States.
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