The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-09
A Letter from Hawaii.

ceived last week by Mr.. Doyle oil Oscs :
ola from Mr.. n. B. Dunten, who Is
spending the winter in the Hawaiian
Islands. Mr.. Dunton shows himself to
/ g an acute obsery er and an interesting
writer. We regret that we have not
sufficient space to reproduce the entire
letter this issue, but will continue next
week.
HONOLULU, Fl. l., Jan. 90, 1899.
.Far away beyond the western hori-
zon resting like cluster of emerald
gems on the bosom of the broad Pacific
lies a group of coral fringed isles, known
as the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands.
These islands are called the Paradise
of the Pacilic;. land without seasons:
a lind of perennial spring; a land where
Fl IS and straw berries are as abundant
and as luscious in December as in June:
a land where roses, lilies and carnations
bloom the year round as brilliant and
fragrant in winter as in summer; land
where winter and summer are conven-
tional terms and are to be distinguished
from each other only by the length of
the days. A modern paradise, that is,
as paradise was before the serpent en-
tered it, for as every one knows there
are no snakes on these islands.
1T was of these islands that Mark
Twain, after an absence of a quarter of
A century, wrote: mo alien land in all
the world has any deep strong charm
for me but that one; no other land could
80 longingly and so beseeehingly haunt
me, sleeping and waking as that one
has done. Other things leave ME, but
it abides; other things change, but it
remains the same. For me its balmy
airs are always blowing its summer seas
aashing In the sun, the pulsing OF its
surf beat is in my ears. | can see its
garlanded erags, its leaping cascades,
its plumy palms browsing by the shore,
its remote SUBMITS floating like islands
above the cloud rack! | can feel the
| spirit of its woodland soitudes. | can
hear the plash of its brooks; in my nos
| JIiA5 SUN AAA1 AAC biNaAiA VI uOAti >
hat persisted twenty years ago" The
language is poetical but by no means ex-
sravagant, and you may think the same
# all thus far written. So | will take
a tumble TO myself and come down to
common every day talk.
Il landed here ia Honolulu from the
steamer Australia on the morning Of
December Dist, after a very pleasant
voyage of days. AS We came into the
narbor we passed half naked natives
fishing in their strange ou.-rigger ca.
hoes, then slowed up 30 take on pilot
md doctor, thence steamed through
the narrow channel to the wharf from
whence to meet us swan crowd Of ma
tive boys, who showed their ability as
swimmers by diving for nickels which
he passengers threw into the water.
1t was very amusing 10 watch a dozen
Of them dive for the same coin. At the
wharf we We're soon permitted to land
amidst a crowd OF all colors from "A nice
roast turkey brown to pure white;
hence passed through the hands of the
custom house officials who examined
Duf baggage, as this is still a foreign
port, but they were not very particular
md overlooked gun which / carried
in my grip and which had they seen it,
would have been cOniiscated as contra
oand. From the wharf proceeded to
the Hawaiian hotel, situated in the
heart OF the city-a6out ten minutes
walk from the dock, and il prices cut
my figure should be first-class in every
respect. After bath and change OF
linen, |, in company with friend who
was acquainted. proceeded TO do the
town, but didn { take any red paint wi h
me and it was just rs well that didn't.
as the big I r ciou3 ma i've pOl( III n
on the corners. took all the desire may
have had for painting out of me. Homo
lulu is simply indeseribable and must be
seen to be appreciated. No photograph
er in colorless black and white can do
Justice to these gardens Of the tropics,
with their graceful palms and the soft
shading OF the many varieties OF foliage
/, The great number Of species of the palm
tree is bewildering to the stranger Here
is the cocoanut and the beautiful date
palm with its great clusters of golden
, yellow fruit the fan palm or the trav-
; elers tree, said to be the tree that thirsty
travellers in the desert pierce for the
life saving liquid il contains. Here also,
and the most beautiful OF them all is
the royal palm, whose trunks are AZ
smooth. and as round asifthey had been
turned in q lathe; the cocoa palm, from
which chocolate is made and of which
, there are no less than five different
. species.
OF the great variety of beautiful shade
trees few OF the most beautiful arc
algaroba, rubber, banjan, caobab, pride
: of China, umberalla, citchee, etc. The
t fruit bearing trees brought from every
j. part OF The tropics are even more mum
;, erOus, A partial list of fruits growr
: on the Islands give 4s different species
n Amongst them bananas, bread fruit
n Alligator pear, quayas, mangoes, pome
granates, tamaIinds, papaia etc Pa
paia is a tree from 20 to 30 feet In height
} 1t bears fruit, in all stages of develop
L ment. whick in siza. color and taste. re
sembes musk melon. 1t is very health,
@ food, containing large quantity o
pepsin, and is a favOrite food among tn,
d" natives There il one rather peculiar
J. way in which the leaves can be used
d wrap piece of tough steak in papaia
l. leaf, leaving II stand for two or three
: hours, and IL will become exceedinol,
:, tender The Mangoe is an East Indiai
~ fruit, growing here in such abundance,
y that immense quantities are allowed Il
decay. It is sweet, juicy and Fragrant
All kinds of garden vegetables ar
grown here such as potatoes. beels. ca r
? rots, onions, peas, beans, corn, melons
cabbage squashos, Tomatoes, etc an,
Is there are no seasons can always y,
ct found 10 market. Their cultivation i
as carried on chiefly by The Chinese VIII,
mako tho haot nj ~, a IL, -, -. IL.