The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-10

7 rorxsmmon it's the postum a11 tue
I negro invariably takes the pcssum-
After being scraped and drawn my
| Afru- American fellow-citizen subjects
the ,possuu. with sweet potatoes TO
! = baking process. when the most tooth
some morse, in the world TO white r
black Is produced POUNDS, how the
negro reyels in the dish,
Now while there are plenty Of sweet
potatoes grown in Hawaii there are no
I pers,mmons or -possums- This IS dis
couraxirx to AfroAmerican cukiya-
! ton have given much serious NJ
tention and study to this perpiexinG
Hawaiian want In negro feasting-
believe that I have read somewhere
/ that there Is no obstacle however
seemingly insurmountable. that cannot
be overcome | have arrived at joy
GUS solution OF the 'possrui-persimmon
I difficulty II is this: The papsya tin
| correctly writer papial grows luxurI-
antly In the ISLANDS. II Is quick
I grower and 8 prolific bearer. | be-
iieve the papaya fruit would make ex-
ceilent food for the 'possum- The pos
sum is an animal OF wonderful tecrn-
I dity
At the annual meetings OF stockhold-
ers OF several plantations held recently
! considerable sums OF money were set
aside for social and benevolent pur-
poses. Appropriations likewise could
be made for the growing OF papaya
and the propagation of 'possum- After
the importation of the first 'possums
close law. say for two years. could
| be passed by the Legislature. making
/ il felony for anyone unlawfully TO
/ have a possum in his possession. In
propagating tie papaya and 'possum
tracts OF land enclosed and covered
by wire netting. could be utilized for
the industry. The upward tendency
of the papaya could be checked by
I judicious pruning
At the end OF two years there would
/ be such an abundance OF possum that
/ plantation agents could perambuiate
/ up and down the South proclaiming
and promulgsting surfeit OF free
| 'possum in far OF Hawaii
! Egad, What countless army NJ
/ negroes would rush frantically to
/ catch the first westward trains,
! Then. and not till then will negro
/ colonization in these Islands be a sue
/ cess
There is little side light on the
/ 'possum question that | almost forgot
/ The 'possum being a marsupial. a
pouch or purse bearing animal ought
to become extremely popular In Ha-
waii nei.
| desire in this public manner to
brandas an infamous fabrication the
story circulated on exchange vester-
day that Senator Cecil Brown had
given notice in the Senate of the con
templated Introduction by him OF a
bin TO abolish the Office of the Presi-
dent OF the Unked States. How the
unfortunate runor gained general cir
culation | Anow not II might have
had birth in the -emarks made By the
Senator on Thursday that Washing
toms birthday was not a legal holiday
/ in Hawaii. 1t pains me TO correct the
Senator. The anniversary OF Wash.
! ington's Dir -ddav is a legal holiday
( throughout the United States. Posi-
( bly, Senator Brown is laborlng under
the Authorization that Hawaii is stin
I in the nebulositv of the Transition
Period. or else the aurora borealis OF
Hawaiian senatorial eloquence makes
( nugatory congressional enactment.
+ 4 +
| know nothing about the clash Of
arms and the brandfshing OF hatchets
in bleeding Kansas. but IL seems pal
pably evident that the saloons having
wrecked the nation for many years il
is time Nation wrecked the saloons.
Even those possessing the most IN
worth can give advice to those high in
public Office and the esteem OF their
fellow countrymen. There is only one
way for Territorial SECRETARY Cooper
ito became member OF the Hawaiian
Senate-through the ballots OF the
electors. This may seem a plebian
form 20 Mr.. Cooper. but IL followed II
prevents him being summarily de-
pFiyed OF addressing the president or
cruelty interrupted in transcribing
legislative proceedings. At the next
election ! would kindly advise Seere,
tary Cooper to be candidate for the
Senate
have 20 disposition to trespass ON
the goss.Ss and readable soeiet, col.
ann OF The Republican. but have the
readers. the obseryant readers. OF the
paper noticed the two radically differ
ent ways In which the charming wo-
men OF this town hold up their skirts
IN their Professionalism? Nog Wei
the white women usually With the
left hand bunch their skirts al the
back. while the native and half-white
women gather theirs at the side bring.
ing them to the front where the dress
material hangs in graceful drapery.
hardly know which method 10 adj
mire most II a woman have a shapeIv
wrist and tapering fingers. nicely or
namented with bracelet and costly
rings | suppose the rear dress hold
would be most becoming. at least in
her Judgment. while her less favored
sister in possession OF ornaments
would prefer holding her dress ND az
the front.
After all. presume. with the fair
ones. II Is merely matter Of nautical
taste-fore or aft
Fresh from the Oahu penftentiarv
know something Of the criminal his
tory of F. d. Haskell. the individual,
who was sentenced BY Judge Hum
phreys TO serve two wears AZ ha~s
nDor for stealing two cigars from
Chfnaman- Haskell Is the only white
prisoner in the Oahu peaitentiary who
IS aggressively bad He Is a criminal
Dy instinct and inclination. devoid ~
shame, profilgate. vicious. sIepraved
and msauly cunning His r,~,Ifra raS