West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-01-23

many Aanakas holding office. In
nearly every department of the
government were native clerks and
officers.
In the evening we wandered to n
beautiful park named "Emma
Square" in honor of Queen Emma.
who rs known as the "good and
just queen" Here the Hawaiian
band was assem- bled and discou rsed
some of the sweetest music ever
listened to. The Hawaiians are
excellent musicians. and there are
many Hawaiian airs composed by
the natives, some of which are
really beautiful. When first dis
covered they had several musical
instruments, one OF which was a
nose pipe, played by blowing
through the nose.
Fort Street is the Broadway OF
Honolulu. From it branch of
numerous streets leading to the
right and left. One thing is TO
culiar in Honolulu. No regard is
paid to the points OF the compass.
The terms milkd, toward the sea, or
manka towards the mountains are
used. Ezra means on the right.
and maikiki for the left. Thus the
HawaiiTn Hotel is on the nianka side
of Hotel Street. era of Richard
Street. am told that these terms
are even used in surveying lands.
There is not q street laid out or n
house built with any regard to the
cardinal points of the compass.
While wandering in the suburbs of
the city ] came in sight of a field of
what at first seemed corn. Green
corn in November" l thought.
"It is not possible"
Determined to investigate, on
tered the field and came upon tall,
broad-lcaved vegetation which was
a puzzle to me. / hailed an inteli.
gent looking Hawaiian and asked !:
"Will you tell me what kind of
vegetation this is ?"
lie looked sad, shook his head,
and, with noise like squirrel
eating hickory nuts, passed on /.
Fhe next specimen of che genus
hom0 was an honest looking China.
man.
"My celestial friend, can you
pronounce the name of this vege-
tatioR ?"
"No saVah - John sighed and
passed ON. l was growing almost
desperate in my bewilderment, when
a dark -visaged son Of Italy appear.
ed.
81 beg your parden stranger, but
can you inform me if that rank
vegetation is field of exaggerated
horseradish, or some species Of
tropical melon ?"
With look of contempt he an
swered
"Sat ze banan
The mystery was solved at last.
remembered then having seen
large banana trees in some Of the
yards, but without knowing what
they were.
The next morning / awoke TO
find it raining, but in the afternoon
the skies became clear. The streets
OF Honolulu are not as we'll paved
and drained as they might be.
After a rain they present fully rs
bad an appearance as do the
thoroughfares Of New York, Chica.
go, or st. Louis. Some streets are
paved with a sort of cement resem
bling sspalt, but many arc not
paved at all. After rain the heat
seems doubly intense, for dis
agreeable steam arises which ma akes
one sign for the good old days in
Hawaii when people did not wear
clothes. This discomfort lasts only
a short time, however. The streets
dry quickly, and a gentle cooling
breeze fans the heated face.
just back Of the city Of Honolu
Ia a mountain rears its head sever
al hundred feet in tho air. From
some supposed resemblance 10 that
article the mountain is called the
"Punch Bowl" Tourists invariably
scale its lofty heights, from which
a grand bird d's-eye view may be oh
tanned Of the city, by, shipping,
and whole surrounding country.
Like all other tourists deter