The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-10-07
II. I. U. S.
w. q. Keith Continues His Interesting Sketch
es Of Life and Scenes In Honolulu.
Honolulu. II. l.. Sept. 10. Is

| hOuudN buo ~-i WIZ Nlii0 SoLhN-
thing about Honolulu and the people
who live there.
We came into the harbor Wednes-
day morning at day break, just as the
steamer Mariposa arrived, and were
met Just outs ide the hat Dor by the pi-
lot boat and piloted in. We were met
at the pier by a lot of sleepy looking
natives, but in short time quite u
number Of whites were on the pier
and natives with all kinds Of tropical
fruit and drinks. We were marched
off the boat al $3.50 and you bet we did
eat, everything being so cheap. We
goti pineapples for five cents each,
while dried apple pie is a luxury here
and they sell for ten and fifteen cents
each.
You can get ten mangoes for five
cents, twelve bananas for five CENTS,
cocoanuts five cents each, purclas, six
for a nickle and lots of tropical fruit
that | don't know the name Of or that
never saw or heard of before.
We left the pier at ? O'Clock for our
camping ground and marched through
the heart of the city which has mar
row streets and a street car system
whose motor power is the mule. 1t
looks very slow. This is surely the
garden spot of the world; the plazas
here are grand: after one has looked
at the pazas and drives mere he
will never want to go back to the
States. Everyone who has q house
here takes a pride in keeping it nice.
Our march was four miles along the
beach, where there are some ideal
homes. Palm trees two feet through;
cocoanut groves with the trees bend
| ing with their fruit and bananas
from the size of a pea pod to the gold
en- ripe fruit; pineapples of all sizes;
mangoes and bread-fTuit and many
different kinds of fruit that ] cannot
tell you about for have not had the
time to learn what they are. Most of
the white people here are wealthy;
la bor is cheap and all done by the ma
tives, Chinese anda japanese. The only
thing that is very expensive here is
whisky aud beer. Beer is twenty-five
cents per glass, whisky the same. |
do not know what they call their ma
tive drinks as ! have not sampled any
of them.
All the white people / have met
seem very clever, A soldier will be
treated veryinicely here if he will be-
have himself. There was 100000
raised here in three hours to entertain
the first expedition that came through
but the next expedition spoiled every
thing. Everything was thrown open
free and as they were a lot of Califor-
mia hoodlums they just took the town,
tore down the fruit trees and acted ri
diculous. The natives are as afraid
as death of a soldier. They say:
"some soldier very badn. They are
we'll pleased with the Soldiers that
have come here TO stay and visit our
camp often, but there are no beggars
here among the natives. They are
the best swimmers ] ever saw. had
lot of them diving for specimens of
coral and they are the best divers |
ever saw. When we first came in,
there were lots of native boys came
down in bathing suits and the soldiers
would throw nickels in the water and
they would dive for them The wat
er was about twenty feet deep and |
never saw any nickels thrown in that
they did not get. When we got to
camp our captain went to the owner
Of the nicest bathing place and made
arrangements for all of Co. NJ. to have
lockers. We were lined up and taken
down together the first time, then we
were told that we had access to all
the grounds for thirty days between
the hours of and II a. m. and ! ana
p. m. You can take your bath in
| the surf and then have a shower bath
IN soft water. The beach where we
bathe in is about 400 yards from the
camp and it il the prettiest place /
ever saw in my life.
SUNDAY MORNING.
was out on pass yesterday and
shall write some more. met native
Knaka who seemed very anxious to
do something for the soldier in the
way OF showing things off and ex-
planning. We first went to the
Queens palace grounds which are To-
Gated in the eastern part of the city,
We found everything on very grand
scale. A guide showed us around the
place, then we went to the fish mar
ket which is about four blocks south.
Here the different kinds Of Holsters
that belong to the waters here. Then
along the beach | counted twentyone
sea going vessels from different parts