The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-26
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''The name of the fountain or dispen-
sary had been obliterated by corrosion."
Indeed. And yon fragment at the
waters edge?"
That IS part of a galley used in war"
This war that you speak Of what is
that?''
They trained great numbers of men
to kill Others They were drilled and
and were held ready at moments no
tice to go forth to battle by land and
by sea. The men were paid wages for
being trained in the art of killing. They
had ingenious and deadly things called
guns that could project death-dealing
missiles as far as a mile away, and the
man who invented the more deadly and
swifter means of slaughter was toasted
as a genius and benefactor. They
settled not all their disputes by contro-
versy, as we do, but some by muscle
and Drawn. Over and over again there
have been handto-hand conflicts where
brother stood up against brother and
stabbed and slashed and hacked and shot
to kill, and the hills and meadows ran
blood. Yet strangely enough, when one
solitary man hewed down another in
what he believed just cause, he was
condemned to die, and was killed off
forthwith by strangulation, and a stig-
ma rested on his name even unto the
'steenth generation. And yet, withal,
these people were most warm-hearted
and kindly disposed"
They were not civilized, friend Bag
o-Wynde"
ooh, yes, but of an old-fashioned
brand of civilization now quite obsolete
The old part of it was in having
priest in battle to invoke the divine
blessing on the red scenes of carnage.
In the temples at the same hour they
will toward men,, and their great book
taught Thou shalt not kill"
Those shining ribbons running para1-
lei and partially around the island?"
That was their means of land trans
portat1on. On these tracks were placed
small houses on wheels, supplied with
seats. People seated themselves there
in; long string of the houses was fast
ened together, and a small bit of ma
chlnery was fred up and attached to the
front end and drew the whole swiftly
along. They had the same means of
moving about the city's streets, except
that there was only one house in row.
These caravans could be stopped and
started at the will of one man.
Il see the remains of what was once
broad green fields"
Those were planted in sugar cane
the cultivation of this was the main
industry OF the island"
Sugar cane. Doubtless the staple
article of food"
Not so. From this plant by an in
genious process they extracted fine
white Tnx4-Ja- nd
only tor sweetening their tea and pud-
dings. Their staples came from far
across the seas"
"And were they desolated upon this
little doughnut in the vast expanse of I
water ;"
''Oh, no, they had communication with
three shores. But transportation was
slow, slow. Great houses. fitted some
with sails and some with steam, Journey +
ed toilsomely between. The sails were
OF canvas, large and white. and were
spread from tall poles to catch the wind :
The steam was made by building a fire
IN little stove and heating some wa
ter, and the great mass moved silently
through the water. It took them six
days by steam and as many as thirty bv
sail"
How crude. when we can traverse
in our bonny ship Hot Air. the distance
in half as many hours"
Instead OF talking indiscrininatelv as
we do" continued Wynde. each
man his own wireless plant. as it were.
or as it is, thew communicated by means
OF letters laboriously written. placed in
small oblong paper bags. addressed ard
sealed, and with a device in one corner
called stamp. These were placed in
large leathern pouches and locked Sc
curely with many bolts and padlocks