The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-09-14
Vegetation Like That of
New England.
Kz-u izavva q Missionary Retreat
a. Present - Rain in
Abundance
Especial Corespondence.l
karuizawa, August 20, IS

haTu4alMa. august ~ 1871
EDITOR P. C. A shower of the
old-fashiuned kind. with vivid violet
lightning. and low rumbling thunder,
yesterday afternoon, has cooled the
All. with that peculiar freshness after
"a thunder shower IN New England. As
The shower passed away and the sun
shore out again, il was interesting to
uacoh The clouds lifting and the mist
rolling out from between the different
ridges -hat skirt the plain. The noun
tam tops doomed up like black sea
monsters from out Of the sea-foam.
Today We started out for jinrikisha
ride. but il began 10 sprinkle, and We
soon returned The charge per hour is
ouly 40 sen. that is ; cents in United
States money. We have Two good
rooms vel furnished, with rockers,
louuEiuE chairs and other conven-
fences and pay sen per day.
The food Is vel cooked and well
served The mattresses are rosy
checked. moon-faced japanese maids,
whose attempts Al English are only
sq5lzlled in their abusrdity by our
endezvo-s 20 make them comprehend
our wishes without a word Of Japanese.
When one orders -hominy." as he sup
poses and has brought to him a dish
o. ham and eggs, there is nothing to
b. done but TO accept the situation.
II II -his mountain retreat one sees
such signs il the English language as
Ladies Dressmaker," Carpenter and
Ruuder.- Green Grocer" and so on.
Labor has risen 50 per cent in two
years and rice has doubled in value
since 1875. Il was novel sight to see
4 log sawn into boards, stood up on
end. slantinE. and a japanese beneath
II rlviuC q saw with a six-inch blade,
vet cutting to the line the squared log
into half-ineh boards.
The coarrivauce for furnishing wa
ter for the bath tubs is picturesque in
It's rudeness. Yet does its work effec-
rfrelv. An undershaft water-wheel in
the little stream back Of the house
turns q cylinder. over which revolves
an endless chain OF tiny cups Of tin,
emurvinC each about half a tumbler
fun OF water into box. from which it
runs through bamboo pipes into the
tank above the bathrooms. The box
and cylinder are fixed among the
branches Ct tree. that stands in the
court These little courts seem to be
Characteristic Of japanese dwellings.
A few trees. a little basin of water,
some stone Lanterns OF a peculiar jap
anese fashion are the principal feat
ures that I have noticed.
There are not many diversions in
such q haCl-country place as this. Our
English friends. who take their con-
s-itu-ionsl every morning. are ready
any tine for 8 days walk of 20 or 80
miles. We shall not attempt any ex-
ertion OF that kind We must forego,
also. the ascent Of Asama-yama, $3.50
feel high. the largest active volcano in
japan Several parties have made the
ascent some going and returning be
tween 5 a. N. and p. n; others max
Ing the ascent by night to get view Of
The smouldering sulphurous fires in
tire bottom OF the crater. Short walks
OF some of The many hy-paths off the
main rosd have suficied US thus far.
The vegetation is much like the noun
tain meadow lands OF New England,
uT1efoil. eIderblow. clematis. lilies
hlueheTls. asrers. plants Of the same
genera as these familiar wild flowers OF
New England but Of different species
In a half hours walk this morning the
different flowers picked by the way
side numbered So
Meeting with sll sorts Of people as
We have done. IL IS interesting TO note
what different opinions are expressed
on TIE Hawaiian questions. We see
things from our standpoint and are sure
We are right The Hawaiian Govern
nent has followed closely United
States laws II al that It has done but
other people cannot comprehend our
division Of sovereignty into State and
Federzl: OF our division OF legal re
sponsibility among legislative, judi
cisl snd executive departments
Whether q treaty-a contract between
two ua-ions-can be limited in its
scope hy police regulations of q NUM-
cipali-y is a question not yet settled by
experts il international law We say
that the right OF self-defense. natural
5ustice. has prior authority over TEN.
porsrv. compacts- The Japanese thinl
that as q matter OF international com.
itv- some regard ought TO have beer
shown hy the United States Govern.
nelt 10 the question at issue between
Japan and Hawaii and that annexa,
1i0n should not have been agreed upoI
Until the questions involved in the re
turn Of the japanese immigrants had
been satisfactorily adjusted When tbs
United States Government was asked
10 redress the wrong done to ItaliaT
residents BY the New Orleans mob, tbs