The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-20

Daisy, Daisy,
They're on to me and you;
I'm half crazy
over this hullabaloo.
Wen have a grand jury marriage
And Breckons'n drive the carriage,
For we'd look bad
Us lass and lad,
On an indictment built for two.
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The Hawaiians have a pretty idea
explanatory of what some folks are
pleased to term Hawaii's liquid sun,
shine. They say that these frequent
and brief sunlight showers are the
fruit-ripening favors of nature. Var
ious fruits require showers at certain
times and so the showers come. Early
in the morning before the earth has
turned over far enough to receive the
kisses of the sun, the mountain-apple
(ohia) showers fall on the mountain
slopes, ceasing at the moment the first
beams of the sun come over the hills;
this by way of illustration. Other sun
shine showers drop their blessings as
the fruits require, a sweet sympathy
in nature The idea is but one of a
thousand beautiful thoughts, now
scattered, which once made up tho
poetry and religion of this people
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was much interested reading the
Pacific Trades article anent
the Governors retirement The article
stated that it could be authoritative
w. stated that the Governor had been
assured by the President of another
term.
No doubt But just when was such
assurance given the Governor? Hardly
of a very recent date. am inclined
to the belief that if the Trans-Pacific
Trade with its unparalleled "authorita-
tive" information, cared to state the
facts, it would become apparent that
that assurance of a second term was
of such a remote date, that it is cover
ed with the dust and cobwebs of an
tiquity.
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Some Of the talk going on in the
recalls
the famous "Banderlog" legislature. /
remember very clearly one incident
where the man and not the office. was
considered The question of the salary
of the attorney general was under con-
sideration One rabid Home Ruler got
the floor and talked in this way: Mr.,
Speaker it is no use to pay big salary
to attorney general; he don't work
hard; he come down in morning, look
in a book for a little while; then he
write on piece of paper; then smoke
cigar and go to Cunhas for a drink,
Now, think his janitor ought to have
more money; he work hard; sweep
floor and dust. He work very hard and
I think we better raise his pay" Can
you beat that for reasoning.
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The force of habit is very strong in
everybody. But it produces it's most
gruesome results among doctors, hos
pital attendants, and those who have
to do with the sick and dying I am
reminded of this by report I saw a
day or two ago from the Board of
Health. The Board issues immediate
reports of a certain kind of disease, a
disease by the way from which few
recover. The formula for the report
includes the name, sex, age, residence,
diagnosis, and duration of last illness.
The formula says last Illness" be-
cause they are usually dead when the
Board gets them.
But the report l saw after giving
the name, sex. age, residence diagnosis
and so on said, duration of last illness
2 days" then in a note farther down
it said "at the present writing the
patient is very low" The patient
wasn't dead, and might not die, but
habit had made it the last illness just
the same.
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A local curio company is the perpe-
traitor of gross libel on missionaries,
on Hawaii, and on Hawaiians, and the
evidence may be found today on most
any picture post card rack in the stores.
This Objectionable picture post card,
offered for sale for visitors and others
ignorant or foolish enough to send it
away to friends as an advertisement
of Hawaii, bears the little Native
Missionary, Hawaii"
Here is the picture: deformed negro
wearing stove pipe hat an evening
dress coat, an umbrella, a white malo
or loin cloth, and Bible-simply these
and nothing more.
The picture is not a caricature I.
is simply a plain lie and a revolving
libel. To the distant stranger who
never had any but a map acquaintance
with these islands, the impression is
given that Hawaiians are negroes and
that they go ground nearly naked.
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l see by the cable this morning that
man 101 years of age and a woman
100 years Of age are about to marry in
st. Louis. opine that there will be
some little percentages. Ma is at par
and pa is above par
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I see that one Of our local societies is
very ambitious to produce some pre-
tentious plays. They wanted to put on
the Tanning of the shrew despite the
fact that about only one actor has
even been found to adequately present
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