The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-11-25
THE BEAUTIFUL ISLES.
Honolulu. Oct. %, 1898.

Honolulu, Oct. %, 1898. i
EDITOR GAzETTE-A dozen Ha- ,
waiians-pronounced Hay-y-ens,
not Ha way ens-in a boat re j
naded the Senator two evenings
ago. They had musical voices and
sang both native songs and Amer
lean ballads. They gave us 1.-The
Girl with the Two Step
Dance Is Good Enough for Me-"
and in response our boys sang
My Honolulu Lady"
l attended a wedding at The
Cathedral (episcopaD las nlgia,
but except that the bride was hall
Hawaiian, one of the bridesmaids
and the best man pure blood
natives, and the surpllced choir
was composed of native boys, a de>
cription would be that of church
wedding at home. The groom
was an American employed Ia
the custom house.
Whlskey here is twenty-five
cents glass, and beer fifteen cents
or two glasses for twenty-five cents.
Some of the boys who drink ia
dulge in Hawaiian beer or
..Swipes," a ..moonshine" article
made of hops, rice, ginger. brandy
and other bases which can be
bought and drank at native domi
Giles for fifty cents gallon |
sampled the beverage, bul the
peculiar taste, something like one
might expect from combination
of tomato catcfinp and harl cider,
was not conducive to further exper-
imenting.
Soft drinks, such as soda water,
ginger ale, root beer and milk
shakes are as cheap as in .th.
states. have just finished a fn~
dish of ice cream with cake which
cost ten cents.
Clothing is not d1ar. L'Sht
suits. of linen duck and crash. can
be bought, made to order, for * 81
to $3.50. China merchants di.
much of the business, aud 'h>
Cinnamon of Honolulu are much
more intelligent as a class than
those OF the Pacific coast i'll the
United States.
The natives are of a happy &"
lucky. sufficient unto the day di-
position. honest, proud and gener.
ally poor. With thirty five cea'r
in the family excbequer, the lady
of the house will pay twenty-five
cents for a cab to ride TO market tt
buy ten cents worth of meat.
They are friendly, hospitabie
gentle and credulous.- The bette'
class see the hand writing on The
wall and realize that the race l.
doomed to extinction. They have
not ceased to regret the overt hro W
of their native monarchy. and !;
great many OF the white resident,
are now deploring the change I"
government that is rapidly ,convar
: ting this Arcadlan ist and town %
the Pacific into a bnsij lilrs lm7lodr|ri
. mart. The Hawaiian NATIVES re
gard the so-called republic o
Dole as only a temporary affair
that would result in the res!oratlOr
OF the queen or her successor, but
they knew that annexation meant
, a finalfarewell to their standing
as a self governing race. When
, the band was to play the Hawaii
an national anthem as the Hawaii
, an flag was haulG1 down to stay
down, the native Ms mbers OF tn
ban declined to play. Some lel,
the grounds, while others sta. e -
aud wep'. Il strikes me that o1
the many good acts of Grover
Cleveland, while president of the
United States, ior which al lea-i
the coming generations viii =st
, him due credit, not the slightest
! was his rolusal TO confirm the
stealth OF the islands hyv the
: United States, by treachery. Theft
can be no more glory in the STAR
and stripes, when it floats as a
pirate flag, than in Ihe black
: banner Of the common highway
man of ths seas.
I But the recent aci uf annexa
ton was necessity, tor the Dole
: government, uncertain and lear
, fml, was ready 10 treat with EnG
land or japan had the United
States refused to take the island,
under he protecting wing.
+ In my former leite. l said 'bs
. population OF the city was 5000
| should have said the whIit. phpn
Iatioh, Iuf counting all cla.se<
! Honolulu can boasi Of 10000 -
:, habltants,
II The chief native food is, Q
i course, poi, Il slate colored gr.lei
like substance made by pbun'linl
tara TO Il. | am not positive
that that is The proper spelling .
the root. The manufacture o. po
Is now almost exclusively IN III
e hands OF Chinaman. A iiiiy poun'
ker sells for $l00, l. is sad !
# be very naurlshing and heail2iu
The Valencia. hasins 6A b9af'
,, two battaliuns Of the Wa,hinsto
II vosuhteers aud the feiiialpin