Show HAT KALA KAtTAS BIRTHDAY HONOLULU NOV 1886 editor deseret Dese ref news all lale laie figuratively speaking were traveling to honolulu the of november on horse horseback back in ships ship sor or in buggies at least everybody evers body came who could do so many of the natives taking tree passage on board the small steamer which offered to bring every tody over but as to getting back aji 0 well that thai w was as quite another affair and so iga ignorant orant or careless of the homecoming home coming many of our natives shipped and oh 00 how sick they were chetiny vessel rocked and tos tossed and danced bottom sidle side up almost al the layover wa way over we frOm Laie baie came in buggies and horseback monday the it drizzled all day but with bawls shawls and umbrellas we got along all right at midnight mon monday day there ther ewas was a parade of firemen children in uniform from the reformatory for matory school and the brass band lit of course by torches tile the next morning at daybreak the rusty cannon on punch bowl hill announced the happy day it is the kings fiftieth birthday a and id consequently his jubilee so it w was designed to make this a grand national affair at 10 tuesday the grand reception took place royalty led basure be sure the relatives ot the monarch presenting their gifts and congratulations the tae nobles coming next then officials ficiala of and various boards and societies cie ties until at 4 the common populace were allowed to form in line and march through the palace bowing to their majesties and as they passed through the hall they were allowed to drop their humble mites ranging all the way irom 0 5 to 50 cents below which vulgar sum no one was allowed to stoop into a huge calabash that stood in waiting lor these humble contributions or gitts gilts would be a better word perhaps in the evening commencing at 7 were the fireworks but the commenced also suck and lor for a time lime rain and fireworks contested the evening but the rain partially gave ave way we expected something krand rand you may be sure but without estian at all I 1 have seen tiner finer displays iff ft salt bait lake than we had here there were plenty too many mady roman candles and skyrockets sky rockets a few wheels and simple devices then so many rockets went up that after about two hours of them the crowd thinned out however the last la st was the best of all lor for the royal cost coat of arms and finally the portrait of king kalakaua himself shot up into the midnight sky and blazed aloft in momentary brilliancy and at last all died away in the cloudy darkness the fireworks at least the greater share of them were thrown from the palace roof lighting fighting the whole magnificent elit building with wita a brilliant glare the next day W wednesday ednes day was to be a grand regatta day we went down to the wharf witti with a motley crowd at our back to watch the boat race A steady though slight drizzle compelled us to keep our umbrellas up about ten the yachts sailed out of the harbor and as they were apt to be away several hours the boat races occurred mccun ed inthe in the meanwhile there was racing with whale boats and var various lous small boats the kings own racing crew in long light shell ishell like boats darted away at genuine genuine racing speed but we noticed in the racing as in many other places of life that those who started out so brisk and dapper so far in the advance of their fellows gradually dropped back and behind and on the homestretch were dista distanced by the slower steadier ones who started in with the same even powerful gait at which they came out winners there were also 11 swimming wi in g and diving races the swimming race of yards was done in faur minutes by a native the div iv ing r race e was also won by a native who is t the champion diver ile he was under water a minute minate and a half the drizzle drove us home and towards evening it started in to rain with very vigorous symptoms thursday it still rained ana friday also now the pro gramme for thursday was a historical procession with historical tableaux in the evening friday was to have been remembered with a grand ball all were postponed but saturday the weather seeming a trifle less leas stormy the grand procession came off we took our places inside the palace yard and presently heard a strange weird sound which proved to be shells blown by boys this shell muc is of very ancient origin being used by the chiefs on solemn fia occasions two notes arranged tin fin a minor key were blown four times then a low bass note replied with the four sounds in the name hiame rhythm this shell band was followed follow edby by two native ladies and two old men chanti chanting tig native meles or songs then a company of men in white uniform with yellow feather caps said to be very rare indeed but common enough looking alter after them followed a company of women dressed in white whit e with yellow kapa vardre 1 ses all wore a jellow yellow apuron with a badge embro embroidered idere on it in silver or gold old tinsel they marched around the yard and then entered the palace at this a band the royal began playing outside the and soon entered fo followed 11 lo 10 by a loog long train of weva which anu huge e wagons b bearing ri g long boats tu iu which were seated men dressed in poorly made brown garments and supposed to be representing the ancient modes ot of fishing the whole affair wa was s decidedly inferior to a first class circus procession and dil di i not attract half the attention on the streets that such things do at home nobody seemed interested but servants and children since then honolulu and its doings can be summed up in two words it rains 1 HOMESPUN |