The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-13

of the island of Hawaii.
AS to the influence of the winds up
on the climate the following paragraph
occurs: 1.-THE northeast wind, the
4 .Passat,' blows from March to Novem-
Der making that period the pleasant
est time of the year In discussing
the seasons, it is said that from March
i to December "the climate corresponds
/ in many respects to the winter of the
/ temperate zones
During what season of the year do
( gastric fevers appear?" is asked in
! the catechism.
In winter
In describing the mountains and
valleys the little book translates Mau-
nakea as the 'mother-mountain."
The description of Halawa Valley on
Molokai is that 1t is one of the princi-
pal attractions OF that island, that its
taro beds, foliage and Cascades leap
ing several hundred feet upon the gil
gantic precipices are wonderful, etc.
Then the following question is asked.
I Are there any drawbacks to travel
in this valley?'' This is answered as
follows:
Annoyance is frequently experienced
from aggressive spiders. They are of
immense size, having feet distended
from five to six inches apart. Travel
lers, in climbing. are liable to encount-
er one or more of these insects. The
spider endeavors to entangle his vic
tim in strong web. This web con-
ssts of strong silky lines of a bright
yellow color several yards in length
The method adopted to repel these
formidable insects is. given as follows:
''They are beaten down with stout
! sticks and the fibers of the web are
broken in the same manner
In the description of the Hawaiian
people, the writer declares them to be
, good boatmen, splendid fishermen and
brave warriors. Their chief sports and
pastimes are pugilistic exhibitions,
racing, surf-riding. music, singing and
dancing The question is then asked
if their musical instinct has led to any
inventive results. The answer is:
Eyes, under the leadership of a
! German conductor musical band of
, kanakas has been formed"
AS to the principal branches of oc-
cupation the statement is made that
these are agriculture, sheep and cat
tie raising. The silk-worm is eultiv-
ated extensively
Kauai occupies a very large portion
of the descriptive matter. The book
says that this island is almost en-
tirely in the hands of German plant
ers''
The question is atked: rs the labor
market we'll supplied?
TT is overstocked. Steamers bring
many persons seeking employment, but
they are in large majority of in
stances, obliged TO return disap-
pointed
Has European labor ever been im-
ported?''
Yes, some years ago Germans were
encouraged to imn1igrate." (No mem
ton is made to the thousands of Por-
tuguese brought here.)
The language Of the schools is de-
clared to be two-thirds English and
one-third Hawaiian. Among the edu-
cational facilities there is said to be
a manual training school in "the mis-
siona school at Hanalei,'' but the ex-
| istence of Oahu College and the Ka-
mehameha Schools is ignored
After declaring in the historical
| resume that Hawaii was annexed to the
United States in 1898, a description of
the postal service is made on the basis
L
soberly set forth that there is regular
| postal system, land on the arrival of
a steamer at Honolulu the mail is sent
| to the various islands and to the in
terror by mail carriers. The islands De-
| long to the postal union and money
| orders may be obtained
Honolulu is the only city recognized
as in existence, and it is accredited
with modern municipal improvements,
and "a tram-car line running to the
bathing beach four miles OUT
The chief agricultural products are
properly said to be sugar, rice, coffee
and bananas. AS to sugar plantations
| the writer says there are mot less than
| 100, nearly all having their own mills,
| and there are seven especially large
sugar mills in addition The coast dis
tricts of Hawaii are declared to be Gull
| tivated by large sugar, coffee and
| orange plantations The Kona coffee
| is declared to be indigenous and said
to be the finest coffee in the world.
| The question is asked: Are coffee
| planters able to cultivate their crops %
| Yes, in the belt in which coffee
| grows; many kinds of fruits and vege-
| tables can be raised including green
and sweet corn, Irish and sweet pota-
| toes, bananas, lettuce, trawberries and
raspberries, these products growing
! during the whole year"
| What other vegetables are cultivated
| by the Hawaiians?''
Vans. bananas and pumpkins. They
also cultivate the TwA plant for their
| Intoxicating drink, and taro from w4ls,eh
their make their favorite mushy dish
! called poi
As indicating the ancient charactei
OF the information in the compilation
OF the vol lrne the statement is made
that '.sandal-wood is an article of com
merce in which the natives particularly
traffic with Canton. the forests of SAN
dal-wood growing luxuriantly on the
| slopes of the mountains
Which are the principal minerals OF
the Hawaiian group
salt, inter, sulphur, quartz and
! pyrites. So far the islands have not
revealed any great wealth of minerals. >
After stating that thermal waters are