Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-27

TYPICAL HAWAIIAN NATIVE.
| (From a Photograph by Davey, Honoluu)
mana trees throw their grateful shade
over luxurious sugar, coffee and veg
etable plantations. The three largest
active volcanoes of the world-Manua
Loa. Mania Kea and Kilaueas- consti-
tute an attraction unparalleled any
where.
The native Hawaiians-the Kanakas
belong to the Polynesian group.
The men are tall and muscular. The
women are considered handsome, al
though inclined to obesity. Their
dress consists of one long cotton wrap
and a vegetable belt. They are very
fond of ornamentation which finds ex-
preston in the lavish use of flowers
which, in the form of wreaths, are
worn on the head. the ends falling over
neck and bust. Married life among the
natives is not a failure, both men and
women being faithful to their vows. In
the interior of the islands the natives
inhabit grass huts, but in Honolulu and
other towns they live in frame and
stone houses. Their wants are few, fish,
which is eaten raw, and bananas con-
stituting the staple food.
When Cook, the great British naviga-
tor first visited the Sandwich group he
estimated the population of the islands
ut 100000. To-day the native popula-
tion numbers not more than $4,000, to
which may be added 5000 half-breeds.
The follies and sins of the white man
and the Chinese are responsible for this
decrease in population. Early in the
century European adventurers intro
duced smallpox and rum and vice, to
all of which evils the simple Kanakas
succumbed readily. A little later i'm
migrants from China brought leprosy
to the islands, which, in the course Of
time, claimed many thousands of vic
Tins.
The American missionaries, whose de-
scendants are now governing the is
land republic, arrived just in time to
prevent the complete extinction of the
race. They succeeded in leading the
naturally honorable and temperate ma
tives into safe paths and established
moral communities and settlements.
Their influence also made itself felt in
commercial way, as the converts be-
came producers as soon as they had
embraced the Christian faith. There
probably never was more degrad-
ed generation of heather than that
found on the Sandwich islands by the
first missionaries sent there from the
United States; nor is there now in ex-
istence semicivilized land whose in
habitants are more susceptible to Chris
tan influence than these same Hawai-
ians. Excellent schools have been es-
tablished in many places, and the re-
publican government has already or
ganized system of public educa tion
which promises great things.
The least desirable element of the
Hawaiian population is by no means
the natives, but the thousands of Japa-
nese and Chinese coolies and benighted
Portuguese who have been imported
by the sugar planters of the islands. In
case of annexation armies of these
would become entitled to citizenship,
and that is why even the most earnest
| apreXationists do not ask for the ad.
mission of Hawaii as state. For scores
of years these alien hordes will be
stronger in numbers than the better
class of whites and natives; and to give
an inferior class the right of suffrage
is step for which no American politi'
clan would assume the responsibility.
. -. G. W. WEIPPIERT.
Badly Burned by an Explosion.
MILFORD, o., Jan. 28.-E. c. Shu-
mard, proprietor of the Novelty bicy.
Gle shops, is lying at his home on
Mound street seriously burned by the
explosion of gasoline stove used in
the factory. The shops were saved
after Mr.. Shumard had been rescued
by citizens.
To Investigate Mob Laws.
COLUMBUS. o., Jan. 26.--The senate