The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-24

Governor, and the remainder of the royal
family and household. They were re-
ceived in due form at the place of the
Queen Regent Kinau. AS they walked i'm
procession. II required the utmost vigil
larce of several police officers to keep off
the crowd, such was their curiosity to
see strangers.
THE presentation, which was ceremo-
nious, was performed by the American
Consul sThe Queen Regent Is the niece
OF the celebrated Karaimoku, or Billy
Pitt. as he Is generally called, and daugh-
ter 10 the great Tamehameha, the Napo-
leon OF the Sandwich Islands. Her hus-
band Is Colonel of the troops. He Is not
by birth n chief, but being possessed of
rather more intelligence than some others
of his countrymen. was chosen as a COM
paniOn to the late Riho-Riho on his visit
to England. and on the death Of Kinau' $
husband Governor BokD. was chosen by
her as partner for life.
THE most remarkable circumstance In
the history Of the royal family is the i'm
mense size of the persons who compose
Iit-that of Queen Kinau in particular.
The weight OF Kuakini or Governor John
Adams. as he chooses to call himself. is
now only $50. as he informed our officers
although some months previously he
weighed somewhat more. That of Kinau
Is go. and this, for lady. is no small
qUantityl
"The reader has doubtless already a
Icorrect idea of the town of Honoruru
from the description of the Rev. Mr.
stewart. a Journal of whose residence In
the Sandwich Islands is before the pub
lie. Honoruru is not regularly laid out
although many of the streets run at right
angles. The houses at a distance look
like hay mounds. The only difference In
the external appearances OF these edifices
Is in their size, many OF them being ex.
tremely large. The royal palace and th'
churches are the largest. The dwelling.
lof the foreign residents are built of ston,
or framework. The mission house is a
the extremity OF the town: Il Is large
and to all appearances, the most com
Portable on the island. IL Is certainly th'
; most capacious, and the best built beinl
Of stone. and well whltewashed.
! I'm their food the natives are extreme
" temperate. Fish they cut up in small
pieces. and eat with poe. made OF the tar,
tables We ever ate.
I "In dress they vary as much as In thei
style Of housekeeping, some wearing
: silk. Others cotton, but most OF them tn
: native dress only. We think that the me-
are better or In this respect than til
. women, for many of the former dres
! neatly In the European fashion, althous
lu ~ TAR trom IN uncommon sight to sc
: them In groups. nearly naked, and tn
: women with the tapa rolled around thel
3 forms as their only covering.
Among other entertainments the off
GERS were invited by the foreign resident
To attend a luau at the valley CNuuanu
so highly spoken OF by Mr.. Stewart. TIL
road Is In many places covered wit
brush and the valley Is little more tha
collection OF small trees. rocks an
mud. The idea of turnpikes or roads
y really most ridiculous and is calculate
y 10 mislead very much as to the extel
= ana true nature OF the advancement
= this ISLAND In such improvements. H
y refers to Rev. Mr.. Stewards written d,
: lscripuons) Few vehicles and carriag,
"a are on the Islands, and II there were moi
: they could not be used. for, excepting q
driVe OF two miles on the beach. there
q no part OF the island where they cou
y be used. The island, as far as roads a
! concerned, Is as much in the state Of nj