Evening star., 1897-07-24

cent colony Of her
own. where her language and institutions
prevail. with a lovely climate and pro-
Guctive soil, with room for an enterprising,
Intelligent population, and VIXEN annexa-
tion shall take place Americans and health
seekers will speedily occupy this new and
rich inheritance, with its enlarged posi-
bilities, and the value Of Hawaii as a part
OF the domain of the great republic, with
its commercial and naval advantages, and
in connection with the Nicaraguan canal
would be inestimable.
With the bond of union esta blished by
the proposed ocean cable. Hawaii, with
beth climate and scenic attractions will be
fully recognized as the paradise for health
resort
Mark Twain. in one of the happiest mo-
meats of his dream life. says of these is
lands: No allen land in all the world has
airy deep. strong charm for me like Ha-
wall: no other land could SO longingly and
be>eechingly haunt me, sleeping and wax
ing, through half a lifetime. Other things
leave me. but 1t abides; other things
change. but it remains the same For me
Its balmy airs are always blowing its sum-
mer seas hashtng in the sun: the pulsing of
IT'S slri-oeat Is In my ear; / can see its
garIanHed crass. its lofty cascades, its
piuming palms browsing by the shore its
remote submits floating like islands above
the loud rack; can feel the spirit of its
Hcodiand solitudes. L can hear the splash
IL MS brooks: in my nostrils still lives the
years ago" '"eii'S
Here winter and summer are alike frost
s',u STOW unknown, except On its lofty
fountains, Mauna Lo2" ard Mama
hea: without tornadoes or cyclones bnrri
canes or bliZzards; it is truly a land of sun-
shine and perennial bloom and no mart of
,he world Il more easy of access or more
ueheiiclal 10 the invalid or more euuable in
Its climate. e III
Temperature
Ihere are two things in the climate new
10 the experience Of visitors. One is the
extreme majority of average temperature
uaS diter day. while in the eastern United
states and many European countries hot
anu cold waves OF temperature alternate
nom @ degrees Fahrenheit to 30 degrees in
t"enty-four hours. In Hawaii the breezas
toiiie WIN nearly the same warmth, and
LOT month after month the same uniformity
or temperature prevails =
Inc thermal records kept in 1873 at Homo
iuiu. taken at sunrise and 3 O'Clock pm
give the annual average temperature 70 ~
ltV degrees, rainfall 81 $500 inches. The
thermal registration by Prof A r LYONS
oI oanu college In 1894. maximum S6
degrees, minimum % degrees average IL
fa.nial ~ @-lo inches Also the records
1or~ a period of twelve years from au-
thentic sources give the highest notings
NJ degrees, lowest 53 degrees The warm
est mean temperature 10 degrees, coldest
81 degrees.
The other peculiarity of climate is the
very moderate warmth of the islands: full
tropical heat is almost unknown; the eli
Mate may be well considered uneaualed in
comparison with other insulated resorts in
tAe tropics or In the temperate zone.
Uniformity of Climate.
The alternating sea and land breezes in
the Hawaiian group make them as a
health resort more favorable to the invalid
from EurOra
country. especially so as they are directly
In the line of the northeast trade winds
blowing with great regularity eight months
IN the year and regulating the tempera ture
and, although within the tropics the eli
mate approXlnates 10 that of the temper
ate zone The Hawaiian group is never Wis
lted with cyclones or hurricanes and where
the country is volcanic and mountainous
IKE Hawaii. the tempering elements are in
creased, securing most equaDle climate
In comparison with other countries
This uniformity is owing to the power of
the air upon the wide ocean spaces sur
rounding the islands 1t protects from arc
tic blasts and torrid heats with air and
water seldom far from 30 degrees with no
continental deserts to mass the heat or
icebergs or glaciers to mass the cold, the
eheSt beinS 10 form climate salubrious,
uniform. yet cool and dry.
For Europeans. northern Mediterranean
ports along the Riviera enjoy equal and
greater average coolness by reason of
AiSHeI id'ltuue OF Instance from the eQua-
tor; they are subject to the "terrap' or
cold blasts, the "mistraP' or dry wind and
the levantess or east wind, and occasional
frosts from the realms of winter.
In contrast with this. Hawaii with the
mercury even as low as 80 degrees on the
highlands in the month of January there
Is no approach to frost
On the Atlantic coast, at the Bahamas
the summers ere hot and facilitating; at
Bermuda, mild. but damp, no good water.
Cuba-Average temperature, a degrees
maximum, 50: hottest. 1O4; yellow fever
feared by visitors. Florida-range of tenn
perature. % degrees. between summer and
winter and uncertain climate for invalids
On the Pacific coast the climate of Santa
Barbara Is more like that of Hawaii, but
lacking the charm of the Isolated tropics
with its lovely verdure.
Among all places referred 20 none pos
sess the balmy excellence of Hawaii.
This has been noticed by tourists coming
froEn American health resorts and FROM
many literary visitors who have expressed
their admiration, not only of our climate
md scenery. but of a most hospitable peo-
PIE. both native and foreign, and yet its
peculiar attractions as q sanitariurn an
tnvalids or tourists in transit or for sight
seeing predominate rather than those who
come for enjoyment of climate and the
dolce far niente' OF q tropical life OF for
recuperation from the strain of profess
sicn2l or business activities, the wearisome
exactions of society and the excitenents
of political life.
Honolulu, the seat of government lies
in 81 degrees north latitude and 2 100 miles
from San Francisco. The voy iSe is usual
ly made in six days In comfortable steam
ers. afforcing weekly connection with Hon.
oiuiu. besides sailing packets at lower
rates Passengers for Japan, China and