The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-16

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u cake then they make . cake
frost1ng oct Of the sugar cane juice
and spread Il cxer the cake. which
Shez completed Is called ~fnfAT and
i very delicIeas. At Hrst I Vas long
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| / thfnk il Is even better than tne pei
Instead OF drinking soda water. root
beer and other Things Ike We have AZ
oar laans. they drink the juice Of the
cncugauf. which Is very delicious a. =
drink when Won learn 10 ike Il Eh7y
have splendid water there too end
NEST beautiful waterfalls oomiaE
down from the mountains There IS
one noticeable thing about the PEG
PIE Of Knszis that makes them com.
pare unfavoTahiv With the HawaIlans-
They seem TO have very little sense OF
music. They have no songs Of n II
own, and the only musical Instrument
they have Is the accordian-with per
haps the exception Of 4 whistle Ike
8 police whistle which they blow
when they play the accordian. Their
church songs were all translated for
them By the Rev. Mr. Snow. who was
a missionary. he also translated the
bible aud taught them how to read
notes. so they car sing from the
translated hvmn books There are
two native ministers at Kusaie, con-
verts Of the missionaries who were
formerly there, but no white minis
teFs- The king was recently convert
ed TO this faith. and ever since his
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the schools and has lead a much bet
ter life.
The King is a kind of High Chief,
and his power is absolute on the ISL
ands. because the German Govern
ment has allowed the affairs OF the
Island to go on in the same old way,
The King has several chiefs under
him. and when the King dies the next
highest chief succeeds him The
present King. Togusa. was the broth
er-in-law of the old King, and the
Queen, whose name is Kasai. was a
sister. They are both very cordial,
nice people. and On steamer days the
King dresses in American clothes.
with a high silk hat, and goes down
to meet the people OF the vessel The
natives dress a great deal as the Ha-
waiians do, the women in hoIokus and
the men in most anv kind of a way.
They make clothes for themselves out
of the cocoanut fbers. and they
weave a sort of sash or belt, out OF
the cocoanut fibers. and wear them
about their waists, calling them "tols."
Instead of gourd calabashes to eat out
of they have a kind of dish woven
out of cocoanut leaves.
In regard to the law and govern
ment there. everything goes very
smoothly, although there is not much
of system so far as governing them
is concerned. There are certain uH-
derstood laws. and when these are
broken the offender is punished by the
King, who requires the person to do
hard work. or light work in accord
ance with the seriousness of the Of
Tense. or perhaps. If he is very bad
man he imprisons him in dark
room under the Kings house. The
people. however, do not need much
discipline, for they are naturally
peaceful and not uuarrelsomc.
never heard of a thief, and there is
no drunkenness. except sometimes
when the ships give some of the men
liquor. There is no intoxicating drink
manufactured there, and therefore it
is a very temperate place. Some
times they have fights. and stab each
other with knives. but this seldom
happens. Thew live mostly out of
doors. although they sleep in their
grass houses. which are very pretty
and cool. Thew have not many i'm
plements or utensils, and they do
their cooking in the fashion of the
Hawaiians, baking in the ground.
They all go to the big stone church.
which was built by the natives under
the instruction of Missionary Snow
many years ago. OF Sundays, and ell
seem very religious and good. They
are very hospitable. and when
stranger lands on their island they
run to meet him. They are delighted
when the missionary ship comes.
which it does once a year The Car
rie and Annie is dearly beloved. and
the natives all rejoice when she ar
rives there with supplies of proyis-
ions. The missionary vessels OF the
American Board visit them with sup
plies too. and those who come on
uOdEQ VI 1tI dT6 dlhd WCtCOt1cu
warmly. In the old times the mis-
sionary vessels were about the only
vessels that ever visited the Caro-
lines: there were four Of these that
bore the same name. ald three Of
them were lost at sea. The fourth is
still on duty. When tae first vessel
was sent out by the American Board
she was fitted up splsAdiiiy and
christened "The Morning Star" She
had not been running long when she
was wrecked on the reefs OF Gilise-t
Island There were no lives lost. bot
the vessel was completely gone 10
pieces. Another vessel of the same
kind was fitted up. given the same
name. and met with the same fate.
near the same place A third was fit
ted out. christened aThe Morning
Star and started on the same run.
but she followed the other two. The
American Board were not superstifi-
Gus. however. and so when they sent
out still another ship they gave her
the same name, and so far she has
had no accident, although she has
made the trip for number Of years
The days OF great rejoicing are fae
King and Queens birthdays. and
when they come around the people all
gather together. coming from all over
the Islands and bringing gifts of sc1d
and fine handiw0rk TO their chIef-ain.