The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-31

are extinct craers whose fiery energies ceased IN the remote past, and are
now grazing lands whose inner bounds are animated with feeding hocks and
herds One of these known as at the ~P1ne e h forms a stable and lofty
alas! if there were a thirsty "jacky" among all the boys this cratesform punch
herders cot, whose occupants. all unconscious of the bustHng city not far
away are familiar with the note of the quail and the pover and the vanish
When the boys went ashore an. into this mdocean metropolis thew fond
few remains of aboriginal conditions They found everything uptodate; the
streets regular broad, and We'll paved; the buildings substantial and mod
sion and costly villas are hidden amor bowers Oft tropical trees and shrubs
tstGanI b pimme s@ 1au us s VA b bed Sosa re auay e8m ss 1e 'no m%; far Ar
gafty Of tropical green. Gorgeous hibiscus spangles the hedge rows, and the
northern ATTITUDES. The churches have donned the federal gowns as in Eu.
banana is the ndsnensable f fruit q the 4 tromcs PAINS pa1met IN every EVERY garden. The
welFkept parks under the shade of the magnolia and the breadfruit tree.
If n expected to find only antquated, ramshackle conveyances he val
surprised to see electric tramways in every important street, and automobiles
are 6rstc class w vel 1 Mt n ad erLca Mnmn b me Guy ra IN o tn nearbys eac0ast
There were ere also several several. bands which played at appointed times in various
public grounds and a unique aquarium containing marvelously colored fishes
no mnm' Moaua he1 !" is De at seen Watkie e"n T%n IN ,a the world: The magnihcently ap
minutes minutes t frnmr n Nnelnl Us at NJ ~a xxx o. rms nil lovely retire.. is only a ride of 20
objects peculiar to the islands a also visited. There we're field sports and
nationa'ties and a excellent public library: A tourists Office as established
and mm splfndid lso equipped tipped, at which nh the boys were able to obtain all necessary
Many sampled the national dish called poi a favo1te comestiDle curDusy
is 5o made from the bulb of a water plant called taro by the natives; it is a
which: when baked and mashed, forms a gutinous paste without much taste.
Before he got clear of the landing place to enter the city h O saw no
flow flower ns m n anc work. * special wrsahs kinds ah of flo. lowers into ITO various fantastic decora
and fowerloving people; and the boys were not many hours in the insular
capital before they had evidence of their musical bent and at least a CONNER
cal love of flowers They were also reminded how different peoples by some
and elaborate coinme the Chinese to liyf eet"s the hm uom eT"" Of ah 10 ra naasnc
int loading their arms and ankles with bracelets s ~ a aphuea s oMer nations ions
into trimming the easa and nose with rings. One of the decorative fads Of the
Kanakas seems to be in the matter of ornamental hat bands, hat bands of
flowers, hat bands of shells, and hat bands Of the tips of peacock feathers, to-
cultivated and also to witness natural phenomena n Of or which which t b0d iMana ire re
noted. The worldfamous Knanea o the island OF Hawaii has the distinction
Of being the greatest and most wonderful active volcano on the globe, and
reaching this marvellous Tartarean earthehimney We're easy and in every