Kuokoa Home Rula, Volume VI, Number 52, 25 December 1908 — Our English Items. [ARTICLE]

Our English Items.

TVlkrkv Chkis i - mas to Ai.i.! Gloriu in ;illissimis Ov\i; Et in tcrra pa.x, In hominibus beneplacitum. Doxa t:n upsistois theo;. Kai epi ges cirene, En anthrdpois euookia. Glory ;o Gc -1 in the highest; And on earth peaee, Good will townrd rnen. E hooiuniia ke Akua rna na lani kiekie loa, A he malu hoi ma ka honua; He aloha no i kanaka. We leam from a friend of ours right straight from Wailuku lown, that the " Maui News " is now under the direct inspiration of a kanaka genius". Strike awav Brother Wilcox! The good news that ought and should be remembered on this day, by old and young people, is: "For unto you is born this day, in the City of David a Sāviour, whieh is the Christ the Lord." •It is said that some one in or out of Congress is preparing a bill, and with it induce tlie Congressional Solons to make the salary of the President foots up to $100,000 a year. The Advertiser last week struck the nail on the head, in saying that the matter "is not a new one." Sure kela! And it was neither a Republican nor a Democratic proposition; but it was a pure and genuine Hawaiian Home Rule bundle of hard poi. Aloha no o Wilikoki! This is the last issue of the KUOKOA HŌME Rula for the year 1908. We give our alohanui to our patrons, with a niee pieee of juicy roasted pelehu (good luek), wrapped up in a sweet scented Ki-leaf bundle, and decorated with lehua and ilima blossoms, the emblems of a Happy and Pi*osperous new year. Ib'nt funny? The C —H —R—l —S—T —without the MAS(S), is pronounced as K—R —l—S—T—and not K —R —l -S. But you make Christ to say his Mass, and you have to pronounce C H R I S T as K—R—l—S; henee CHRISTMAS (S). Queer language English is, While the Republican of Oahu drew firstblood of their Democratic opponent, week before last, in the preliminary rounds in n> Mayoralty fight; the Democratic fighter from Kauai bested his Republican advcrsary in their first bout. Senator Coelho of Maui will bring a bill at the next gatherirg of the Hawaiian Solons, to establish public parks on eaeh island, and to pcrmit School children to plant in these parks all Hawaiian trues, plants, and herbs use by old natives as to cure skin) diseases, tumors, old- sores, broken bones, anel various other ailments. Eo no la ia Maui! (Maui always takcs the eake!) Friend Coelho, we ean hih-mh you with a good list of native medicinal herbs alreadv classified by ,)ur herb cure man. The KUOKOA tICME Rui,A will give a Hawaiian Alamane /or the year 1909 tō thosB whoalready paid $2.00 and $1, 00 in advance for their subscribtions for one year or six months/lt contains the Hawaiian names of, eaeh night thi-oughout the-year and'many other valuable information;s. We are rnighty sorry we have none to give away for big goose egg. The Star and the Advertiser of last week were making faces at eaeh oiher, because the former eats Democratic pea-nuts, whieh l'he latter point b!ank refuses te ehew. Thia, reminds us of an incident that happened in the good old days betwcen Father Lyons of Waimea, Rev. E. Bond of North Kohala. When the Reverend gentleman of Kohala waa eating an old pai-ai, the only bread stuff used by the Waimea clivine on his table, he jocously asked Fath6r Lyons; "Say, Lyons; this pa'i-ai is from those un-married people of Waipio. Is it not? " Father Lyons retorted with a great ;wit; " Well, Brother Bond, pa'i-ai liaa neither sex nor gencler." The so caJled filtliy e'K:'ire is neithtr a-Democra'tic atuf[ uor a Republican euchre.

Mr. 1 hrum's Annual has made its 35th., appearance as a valuable v<< Reference Book of Information anei Statistics" refatingto Hawaiian matters. The greatest archa> ological work cver investigated into by Mr. Thruni in thc realm of Hawaiian antiquities, is the one pertaining to the aneieiu /u'iau* (temples) of Hawaii nei. He credits the island of Hawaii with 138 heiaus, Kauai and 'Niihau with 124, Oahu 95, and Maui, Molokai and Lanai, with 63. His Notes on these he.iaus are very interesting, both from traditionul and historical view points. Not long ago, we heard a tourist expressing eongratulatory remarks in a poetical way, of the mountains and hills, rivers and rills, bud and flowers, trees and shrubs of Hawaii nei, and concluding it by saying: " AU these are the embodiment of the real aloha. It is not surprising that Hawa:ians do really have their aloha for their island home. And the moment an outsider sets his eyes on these things, he is greeted with an aloha, whieh thrilled his being with a new sensation unknown to him in his native land." Aloha no Hawaii! Our Solons, both old and young, ripa and unnpe in Ugislative exp2riences, will be happy to learn that 1 Papa Frear is doing a mighty good thing for them at the headquarters in Washington by way of tickling Unele Sam- to raise the weight of their bread-stuff (compensatioris) from 403 avoirdupois ouncas ($400) to 600 ounces ($6OO. Hurrah for Governor Frear! Three good hearty-chears for the Frearite Era!! Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Queen,. and owner of ton Plaee, is in Washington City, to press her small elaim on Unele Sim for her loss of revenues from Crown Lands. fhe total area of those lands is supposed tobe in the neighborhood of 915,288 acresand at an averageprice of about $22 per acre. The total value of whieh, at that rate, would foot up to the amoūnt of $ 20, 000, 000. And we believe, the former Queen of.Hawaii will ask for relief the sum of Ten Million ($10,000,000) Dollars in ,setrlement 'of all her clafms. Let some of the Amenean papers snubbed the Qoeen's elaim, the wholetaleis in the following words: *'The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluek it." In the legead of Kawelo, we find an old Kauai word> "Kaha-ku" whieh means 15 kapuai or feet. Eight "Ka-ha-ku" make 120 kapuai or feet. There is another word we notice in the same legend— Po'e— it means a squad of 40 men. Eight "poes" consist of 320 men. Of late there are lots of unweleo med Santa Claus veiled in the misty clouds of mystery paying horrible night visits to certain_ households in the City. Perhaps these midnight visitors are prowling to and fro, in and out, seekitig rich preys for Christmas' and NewYear's tra-la-la boom-da-ra? But, where is the Poliee? We.'U tell you where thev-,are. This being the tail end of the year, the best attentlon of every pieee of humanity, whether in the Pol(e 's) iee chest or out of it, is solely directed to the good things for Christmas and New Year; henee, who care's thy neighbor's goods.