Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 178, 23 April 1891 — A [Illegible] [ARTICLE]
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®rand ExcpssioK ¥grg PA&A * D£SE <3> *et« pAeme; THB BOWOWBBaFc:OVSBtSM^ A DesirableCate of Sub|eete T0 POPL T LATE THEIE COOKTEY! /1?«Z rccognizing the superiar moral nnd inUūeeinal qualities of THE JA PANEBE FEQ4S*E t llur maele arrangements with th& liii]>erial Governnient t® give every or>e a ehanee to Visit tltis Wouderful Cōn»try.
Fukk. A free paßsage will be-, furnisheil ipcluding food; frek mejieal attendence; pkee iuterpreters? free houses to Hvq in inciuding wood and many things. f The Eowoweeon Governaient aiso gōarant«es employment to all for three years at ieast $15 per Ltionth.Such was the natnre of the anouncement that attraeted such a crovvd. *It continiM*d to set forth at iength the wonderfaii attra<tions of the (< Bowoweea n Isiands. Nyaraa not tli4nking of accepting the liberal offer, moved on. Nyama soon spied j;he sign of the villagf* tea shop. Oa entering, his atte»tion was attracted to a number of persons seated aronnd> one fif the little tables on whieh. tea was served. A little nian with very oblique eyes was just exclaiming. " It's a humbug, sirg, you may be sure there is a trick about it k>m©where* To give something for nothing is c©ntrary to the laws of nature. Tbe foote who go to Bowowee will get caūght in a trap." • • " Hold, sir !" said a well dreSßed individual whose appearanee denoted a man of importance. '* You forget the iessons of modern .science, modern eeienee," 1 e repeated, looking aiound to note the effects of his words» ** whieh has given us the printing prees, tho steana-engiae, the teiephene, the electric ligbt, and a parhamentary government, yes gentlemen, has givēn us politics. Now, what does tnodern science have to say on the question of pop«lation ? " Why sorae countries are overcrowded while others are unīnhabited • Look at Japan now, - there is hot soil enough in the ernpire to grow rice for the people; they are abeolutely trampling eaeh other to death. On the othēr hand, in Bowowee there are thousands of acres »f the most. fertile land in the world, !ying tdle &nd untilted for want of somebody to cultivate it. There i» land for &11, right in the Paradise of the Pacific, All that tbe natives ,do is to lay nn<kr the Wea<tfrait tree and eat and eleap. Cocoanats t oranges, uaangoef, appiftß, peaehea, pears,grape», guav«s aftados<msof other fmit« |ww %ild th«f«,and npwi «11 fb» }«ftr allyou havo to kto 4$£ n ~ That's all wy u sntorr»pt@d thelittfe man» lmth©w do we know that iheae are going to dei as they agm; whW® onr security ? 4< Oh } n«nsQni«, M said the agont contemptuonely, "you country people have no idea of the world. Haven't I told yoo that it is a gow»ment afiair, «rranged by a eolemn treaty hetwe«i theee great pofcers. (To be Continned). '