The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-27

form that beautiful chain that is tho orna-
ment of tho middle Pacific. The Kanakas,
benightcd creatures. not recognizing Its no.
bier uses. mako bread OF IT. The name OF
man who discovered that II Is pana-
cea for katzcnjammcr is Loaf In the murk
OF years. but " II were known his grateful
countrymen would build him a monument
higher than Hannah was hanged. Soft be
his rest. wherever he sleeps. Tho chances
arc that its discovery was accidental. That
has been the case with so many OF the best
gifts to man. Probably he had tried MAN
hattans" and "Martins' and "absinthe
frappes" and Silver faces and milk
punches with eggs in them until his soul
tainted within him. Then in a fit of dcs-
poration he ordered something made OF
pol and the barkceper. true to the ira
ditions of his class. served Il In the form NJ
cocktail. Then tho person privileged TO
stand near saw that sufferers face sui
fused with soft glow OF delight, heard his
deep drawn breath OF satisfaction and lis
tened approvingly as he said to the man be-
hind the counter: Make 'nugzer." From
that golden time until the prosaio now the
Hawaiian gentleman OF uncertain hours
has feared no foe. having always within
reach a restorative discounting anything
before dreamed OF by man.
The poi cocktail is made In this wise;
The manufacturer takes long thin glass
and spoon, The glass he fills with cracked
Ice. and across the top he lays sprig OF
mint He dips the spoon into a bowl of pull
verified sugar. then transfers 1t to the
glass. Two hoaping spoonfuls of the poi
are added as well as few drops OF alb
snthe. The glass is then drawn full OF
sparkling appollinaris and tho work OF
mercy Is accomplished. Paul Ncumann,
attorney general for Queen Liliuokalani,
advocated always couple of strawberries
If they were attaintablc. but that takes
time and is a refinement for which no man
with head like II balloon and Il throat
like a lime-kiln has time to wait Indeed,
you Will see his shaking hand stretched
across the counter in an effort 20 grasp the
glass before the artist has given /; those
final loving touches which he would not
foregu IT his customer sank to the floor
before his eyes. The taro root. except In
state OF high fermentation, Is not in
toNicattng. and whence 1t derives ia re-
facilitating and thrice blessed power no
man knows 1t Is there, though, of
surety There are one or 'No Places in
San Francisco where II may bo obtained.
and men who have been TO the islands aud
feel It's need call for 1t, but to the mass
OF the people on the Pacific coast its ben
etcent qualities are as little known as TO
those who live in Chicago. II is one OF
the many cases wherein travel is an edu-
cation.
This ie not the place for Hawaiian sta
tistics. but Americans will flock there af
ter annexation. and they will find IL land
OF pretty women Even the children OF
harsher- featured nations take ON some
thing Of the beauty of the cline. and Amer
lean maldens born there are phantoms of
delight The kauaka woman possesses a
clear dark skin. black eensuous eyes that
alternately sparkle and melt, small hands
and feet. and figures that are the embodi-
ment of grace and feminiue charm. Their
sense of morality is not all that II should
be- but their dispositions are charming
Lightheartedncss and tenderness are char
actcristtcs. Their personal cleanliness lis
exquisite. They literally live in the water
They age early. like the females OF all
tropical countries but when young are ir-
resstiblc. 1t was a good thing for st. An
thony that his visitants were not OF the
Kanaka race On those islands many a
world worn and sea bu'foted man has sunk
into lcthargy, the world forgetting, by the
world forgot His years passed like tho
shadow of a duclt's wing on the pool His
brown children played around him. the
breeze of the ocean caressed him; tho palm
tempered the shade of the constant sun i;
his wives were his handmaIdens nature
was his provider; he was chief OF his VII
lage: he did not long fcverishly for the
coming of pny day; the bill collector was
but memory: Yesterday was as today and
today rs tomorrow. Why should he not
have laughed aud slyly shaken his head
as told IN story when an errant ship
straycd to those shores and his countrymcn
Offered him a passage home Here are
g,t,. I,...n he All III
you rolls the blue expanse that loolts so
fair and is so cruel It's fish shall feed you
The wine Of the banana Will mako YOU
glad. The girla will love you. Stay with
me"
Even in the Hawaii Of today social re-
siriotions are lax. The missionaries and
descendants of missionaries model their
belngs upon the folks IN the states and gov
eIi their lives bv their conyenances. but
other populations are not so trammeied,
Man and woman do pretty much as they
please so long as they do not inJurc their
neiphbors There il not more immortality
tllan elsewhere. but ireer system OF liN-
| ing 1t is Summer always and the sicsta IN
| a fixed institution lIammOcks inviting to
/ rep0se swing In all houses. Flowers are In
/ profusion and their scent Is on the air.
]
ccssity for cNerion. and there Is no exsr-
| ton. Soft blow the breezes and the dull
boom of the ocean luls to slumber. Nh.
| Dole and his associates have endeayored to
! form an American republic by the means
at hand, but an Ethiopian may not change
his skin nor the Leopard his spots. There
VIII be a great opportunity for our country
men In the islands provded they can retain
their energy, but that viii be found almost
an impossibIity They VIII be happy In
these modern Hesperides. but they will lose
their reverence for the dollar. Under the
shadow Of vast Mauna Loa. whose burning
heart smoldcrs through the centuries life Is
pleasant but the lotoe is eaten and men and
women dream. II. S. Garfield.
CURRENT Fun.
| Madam. Is your son expecting TO carry
| off any honors az college TINS Year,"
mo. poor fellow he Injured his knee
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