The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-12-16

AND wlihal wanted Ia 20 back home.
The captain Of the boat had my full and
un~adulIeratsd permission TO 'crack
behind and put me on At any old wave
station.
On Thursday it began TO rain and it
vas a genuine rain. | stayed out in it
because the water Was cool. and II made
NE feel better. The rain fell until sun.
day afternoon, and then the boat began
to execute some marvellous antics In
diving. This was too much, and again
succumbed. Sunday night the winds
erased TO blow and the rains to fall, and
| began TO stand a a Solid thing found
ed upon a rock. Monday and Tuesday
were glorious, and when about o a. N.
on Wednesday We sighted the barren
cliffs along the shore of "Leper!
Island" the sea was as calm as the old
Goose Pond" in the hollow along Mair
street In Lexington. We entered th,
hsrbor Of Honolulu amid the booming
Of guns and the screeching Of man.
whistles. II was all new and absolutely
novel TO me, and I hung owe the rail o
the hurricane deck and looked on viii
wide open mouth. The creates
swimmers in the world are the natiyI
"Ksnakas," or the Hswaiisns them
solves. As the big Pennsylvania wal
being toved into port BY a noisy littli
hat thing Of o tug, the water wa
swarming with "Ksnaka" boys. whor
l judged. ranged IN sge from 10 to 2
years. These young rascals yeIle
"Nickslsi" "Dimesi" and such othe
monetary salutes ut the officers on th
hurricane deck. and, rs q coin struc
the surface Of the water. each kinkl
woody bead disappeared and one Of th
b "Kauakss" invariably came up wit
' the coin. Ons fellow climbed. han
4 over hand. up . rope and jerked y % |
small change from his mouth Just {
show NE bow absolutsly useless poke
bucks M In The nswest Of our Unc
Sans territorial possessions.
. Native Americans, ''KAnakas" Ch
namen, japanese and Portuguese fru
. venders lined the docks. ana the be
pinfsppIe lwer ate cost Is cents. v
: startled the natives with "A Hot Tin
' Ia the Old Town Tong t." .Whistllr
RUFUS" Dixie, and some more tun
full ditties fiom our band. and then v
went ashore and bivdusced while .
army Of native and Chinese Lahore
began shOSeiing coal fTom NexcOtte
the hDld III The boat, and the ships Gre
began cleaning the ship herself. 4
u ", noon, we bad eaten lunch and Il
: three baltAlloDs blarted out for a pfa
o tice march VI i've hours. Ny battslio
the second. StrolIed down the beautlf,
a streets Of this most tropically radiant
all the Pacific ocean cites and tbrOup
the big saue into the campus OF Il
capital OF the Hawaiian Islands. Fro
} al upper balcony President Dole look,
At us US we went by al Q ''preseI
u arms aud later In the day he call,
upon the officers ut the ship and sho,
y the hand Of each. 1 had met hi
before In Kansas City. and | found b
!, whiskers just as long as before. Aft
leaving the capitol grounds we wei
out Into the country aud up into Il
D mountains, single dle. Up to the top
Punch Bowl Hill" we climbed, Al
from the summit gased at the mo
Q fascinating city and harbOr in all Il
worlo. Royal palms everywhere. n,
II American doctors, lawyers and me
chants owning the finest Of all Il
homes. While | sat on the very ere
= OF the mountain with Captain Hiram
Baker, Of Texas, az old newspaper mi
from Weatherford, . little tot Of q b,
o came up The steep mountain side q
We talked with him. His pAme "