Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-12-19


from which a grand view of the whole
city lying 500 feet below. can be seen
as we'll as much of the surrounding
country. | profited much by this trip
as the sight from the summit straight
ened out many of HOnolulu's crooked
streets in my much tangled and con-
fused idea of direction or plat. The
crater is a pronounced bowl shape
should have called it a flower bowl
for in it are growing a great variety OF
tosseled grasses, of which the natives
make pretty Lies" and lawtons (that
pretty house plant on our side of the
world) growing wild until one can not
make their way through it. Up on a
cragged point | found fragment of
an arrow used in the late revolution.
A Ave mile trip bring you up the
slopes Of Mt TantaluS. prominent
peak just back of Honolulu and a
favorite resort for picnic parties. AS
one ascends each step seems 10 en-
| hance the scene below, above and
! around The trail is rather direct
! leading through a dense forest which
was set out under monarchial govern
ment and is maintained by ours.
! When trees are cut down for use
| others are planted in their place.
Here I saw wild guavas growing in
! great quantities Of three varities,
i some very acid some sweet. The
strawberry guaga l liked best.
Located in a picturesque spot was a
native straw hut I raped at the
door but no response. | removed the
plank which closed the small door
way. looked in and saw more neatly
kept room than | expected to find.
But few of these straw huts can be
found and the art of making them
is nearly lost, a few are preserved
more as curiosity than for utility;
some of them are made picturesque
and artistic by weaving together
grasses of various colors. They were
in days gone by the only abode of the
Hawaiians.
When the summit of Tantalus was
reached what hidden scenes revealed
themselves. Mountains lowered tC
yory ,,oipfc with porpopdirular walls
The wind blew with such gusts dowr
$40 mountain draws that it was i'm
possible to keep ones footing ant
finally when the land upon which
was walking suddenly came to an enc
l crawled upon hands and knees an(
I looked over the dizzy brink Tht
wind blew so strong as to cause m.
eye lashes to hinder my sight AM
blew my eye brows so as to caus'
pain. could not hold my head lon'
2 in that direction, while within few
yards on the opposite side it was a
calm and sunny with scarcely breatl
stirring.
Emma Square (or park in the hear
!. of the city was presented to the cit
by Queen Emma. The govermen
band gives beautiful concerts her
K every Wednesday night.
: Diamond Head, the locality wher
the cable was recently landed,
eight miles from town and is the mos
in sight of them Then the scene
changes into banana plantations alOn
one side, with beautiful cocoanu
palms towering their graceful height
over all and the sea billows lappin
the other side Waikiki Beach-th
Long Branch and Saratoga {
Hawaii had been in Honolulu thre
weeks before l discovered that ther
n was a Waikiki, but when once foun
went there most every day, upon on
: occasion in company with one of tn
{ teachers in the Oahu college. w
travelled through a garden arched hig
and dark with rich green dotted hel
and there with rare tropical flower
until we found ourselves in front I
= the house OF the late Princess Kai
n. lani-two rather pretty buildings
:. n. wooden structure. On the steps stot
n. a relative of the Princess to recei,
n us We were welcomed most kind
= and taken into a pretty drawing roo
and then into larger room filled wit
n. interesting ancient Hawaiian Objec
N of historic love- The collection of Il
Princess and her royal family.
'' niece of the Princess took us throu'
the garden. Here were rubber tree
the wide spreading banyan. bambo
lishee nut trees, papaia trees "a frr
NJ tree), and the beautiful avocado tr
Or with it's luscious fruit. The gral
ID mango tree. plumerica, the mig
u blooming cereus, royal panecanr
regia tree with its crimson cloud
bloom and bean pod 18 inches Ion