The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-18
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ii The Hawaiian rising zeuerasioc !,
trying hard to Be like TIER rsvly &C.
CURED brothers and sisters In pushiuz
ahead and knnekIiRg right eoxn "a
work. aye. and hard work. too n thai.
their motto now being. We are Aus-i-
cans and let as not be behind them.
but get move on. as the slang say
ing Is Shades Of tie great Kane
nzmeha. Were that chief to come 10
HE he would s;Agger at the transfer
nation Of his country and subjects.
He would indeed believe that he hli
come or 70 a different band to the one
where once were hundreds OF innocent.
peaeeful-looking little grass huts. doors
and windows uninitiated to locks and
bolts and keys.
Honolulu may apsly be called tow
er OF Babel" for ali nationalitses seem
To have clustered and conferred in this
city. Anyone walking along the street
can hear different languages spoken
by different nationalities, from a Ia
Franchise to the iargon OF almond
eyed Orientals with their salaam greet
ings- And what sight is the varie-
gated crowd that assemblies at any
place OF amusement, or to witness q
steamers departing for the coast or
for the Orient, every one in their own
costume-Hawaiians In their hoiokus
and leis Of flowers of various colors.
sisters from across tie SHY 'S Svv tney
their sylph-like gauzy garments, re-
minding one Of lovely elfs and water
nymphs. while orientais in their loose
trappings and shutting along in their
wooden shoes. and the uninitiated look
ing on nervously expecting down.
fall gets disappointed at losing
chance Of playing the gallant Such
is the motley crowd that live In
country that Uncle Sam has come.
seen and conquered" A bloodless war
rior he is. Whether the acquisition
will be blessing or not remains to be
seen. That's for future Developments
to show. / hope it will be the former
Sam Damon, the great financier, IS
spending his vacation and rusticacng
with his family down at his Moanaiua
residence, which is fitted out a la Ha-
waiian in all its original style and Or
| naments. A royal gun which once
doomed and heralded great events
from the summit of Punchbowi. such
as the opening Of parliament and tuner
ais of great aliis. etc, graces the front
OF the house. He will return IN a
month to his town residence.
| On Tuesday the Lehua carried on
about dozen lepers to Molokai. They
we're brought down to the wharf IN
| hearse-hke conveyance. alighting on
the wharf. Kisses and hugs were pro-
/ miscuous. friends perfectly regardless
OF everything but that they were say
| ing goodbye to living corpses. what
cared they for contagion or Infection,
| or for board of health regulations.
their dearest ones were being torn
from them. Better far they were dead
than be consigned to living grave
for the leper settlement might well De
called Dante's Inferno, for the hideous
sights one sees over there is enough to
turn ones blood cold. The dear little
forms a fond mother. cherished, or
husband or wife loved. to see them
again unacceptable, with hideous and
revolving appendages attached to their
forms, lost to the world and everything
they hold dear. to everything that IN
spires one with grand and noble deeds.
Ones surroundings must naturally W
time drag them down to simply hvlng
an animal life. lonely. disheartened and
dead to the world, the world soon for
gets. On the other hand, the noble ex-
amples Of the Franciscan nuns and
the brothers is the one beacon that VIII
Hight and cheer and lead them to bet
ter life. for after all, what is this form
of clay that one pampers to? Food for
the worms There's medium in all
things; care for your physical BODY;
make money all you can, but don't lie.
the almighty dollar be the height OF
your ambition, simply for the sensual
pleasure Of the body, for there in Mo-