The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-17

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lay, Feb. rs. The first two days at sea
were quite tempestuous owing to heavy !
wind and rain storms, after that every {
one on board enjoyed the voyage to
the utmost. The ships crew is COM
posed of Chinese sailors, and the deck
room and dining saloon stewards are
passengers are carried in the
fore part of the Pacific ocean steamers,
the Asiatis steerage passengers beirg
aft. No communication is allowed be-
tween the two classes.
At five o'clock on the morning of
March land was sighted, and at
seven o'clock the China was seen by |
the lighthouse keeper as the steamer
rounded the promontory called Koko |
Head IT is the duty of thia officer 10 |
telephone to Honolulu the approach
of all sea craft. A signal is then given
the townspeopIe by three long blasts
from a steam whistle which means in
two hours a steamer will enter the
harbor Revenue officers and physl-
clan meet all incoming vessels at some
distance from shore, and If no conta'
gious disease exists on board there is
but little delay in landing the passen-
gers. AS the boats near the wharf
the native boys swim out to meet them
and dive for the coins thrown into the
water. They are experts in this pas
time and seldom allow the money 10
sink TO the bottom without getting H.
| Honolulu presents a beautiful APP
pearance from the decks of the stean>
ers as they approach the harbor. Many
| of the houses are located on the hill
sides and mountain sides back of the
town amid the luxurious growth or
tropical verdure which is seen every
| where.
Honolulu Is a modern up-to-oate city
in every respect. 1t has forty thous-
and inhabitants, twenty miles of cleo
trio street car lines on which the SER
vice is most excellent. The streets
and houses are lighted with electricity.
| The large hotels are all beautifully
located and the service all that could
be desired by the most exacting. The
schools, churches, hospitals and homes
and Portuguese sections of the city are
| well worth visiting.
The Bishop Museum was founded in
1889 in memory of Bernlce Pauahi
! Rishop the last of the royal Kameha-
meha line, and contains a large col
lection of curios of all the Pacifc
islands including mats, shells, GAIA
bashes. ornaments, as we'll as feather
Il thrones. crown and sceptre of Hawai-
ian royalty.
The Hawaiian language consists OF
fourteen letters, each syllable of eacn
i word ending with vowel. 1t is
i most musical language when spoken
or sung by the natives, but sometimes
|. the words are rather long for foreign
ere 10 pronounce. The blending OF
1 the different nationalities produces pc
euliar combinations of names as Kea'
kealani Ward or Lunaaia smith. IN
4 a recent local paper saw the follow
/ ing item: "Chief Clerk kea states
among the heirs of the late Mrs. kuni-
akea was found Kailimalaoilikeaoiono
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
i One of the most noticeable Things III
walk about Honolulu is the apsence
i of chimneys. No fires are ever neeoeo
for warmth, only for cooking, ana gas
and gasoline stoves are OFTEN USED Aor
culinary purposes.
This is the winter season mere, ye'
!, every one is wearing the thinnest Oh
summer clothing as the thermometer
is usually in the seventies
/ The houses are built Tor warm
weather and well supplied with broad
porches which are in most cases out
J of-door living rooms. Lanai Qa-nl)
the native WORD for veranda-
We have yet to see a tree, snruo OF
weed like the ones growing in Illinois
excent perhaps, the oleander. There
are bibisus plants. but not grown as
house plants but as hedges, ana tney
bloom in great profusion throughout
the wear. We are told every tree OF
/, the island is covered at some time OF
the wear with blossoms as are oui
fruit trees at home. The yellow, GRIM
som or red shower trees are among
the most beautiful. There are greal
MANY kinds of palm trees, the mos
beautiful being the Royal palm. Co
| coanut trees abound everywhere as OF
the banyan and bamboo trees. VIZ
have been much interested in the pan
ana, pineapple and sugar cane planIa-
tions. as well as the rice helds. Inc
Chinese coolies are busy just nov
. transplanting the rice and piougnlne
the fields with water buffalo. Amoht
the fruits we are enjoying are the pa
paya. sour-sop, sweet water lemon
guaya. mango, Japanese cherries chi.
nese oranges, bread fruit, bananas ane
pineapples. .,..
The song birds are not as pieht -le
as in years past because OF the lhtIo
duction of an Australian bird caLLee
the Mynah. This bird will often De
> stroy the eggs or young birds ana tnei
lay its own eggs in the nests 'Au'
robbed. -,
A strenuous effort is being maoe IN.
season to establish a line Of oceal
steamers between Los Angeles Cali
fornja, and Honolulu. The Los Angele'
Chamber of Commerce recently ciai
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that the plan was for the time bein'
abandoned. .,
t Senator Piles. who is shortiy
visit the islands, has kindly consents
: to work up a sentiment in antlclpa'lol
\ of such an excursion to be given ullue