Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIV, Number 1, 3 January 1885 — HE HANA MAIKAI. [ARTICLE]

HE HANA MAIKAI.

Ma ka nana ana i na home o ka lahui Hawaū ika la kubia oka Poaha nvi. ma keia kulanakauhale, me he mea la ke komo nui aku nei ka lehulehu e hoomanao i ka ia mua o ka makahiki ma ke ano he ia ahaaina no kela a me keia o na haku mea hale, no kona ohana iho ame na hoa'ioha i konoia. He hana maikai loa keia, auaku i ka noho'na naauao. He hoike keia oka nee mua ana o ka lahui ma ke ano malamalama. Ua maa lea lahui nui a kaulana o Amenka Hui i ka malama ana i ka Poaha hope o Novemaba o kela a me keia makahiki, ma ke ano he la ahaaina ohana, a hauoli pu me ka hoomaikai no na pomaikai oka makahiki e kaa hope ana, a ua kuahaua mau ia ua la nei e ka Peresidena o ia aupuni I kela a me keia makahiki Aka, eia kahi poe oko kakou lahui Hawaii ke hoomaka nei e malamai kekahi la o ia ano me ke kauoha mua ole ia f oia hoi ka la mua oka makahiki. He oiaio he la kulaia aupuni keia, aole nae i kauoha ia na hana kupono no ia la.

Ma na makahiki pokole i hala ae nei, ui ike makou i ka hoomaka liiiii ana o keia hana. Aka, ika Poaha nei, ua oi loa na hana o keia ano mamua o ko m makahiki i kaa hope ae. lie lehulehu wale na ahaaina ohana a puni o Honolulu nei, mauka a makai, maloko a mawaho o ke kulanakauhale, ua halli ia na papakaukau maloko o na hale, a malalo o ka malu o na laau no hoi ke kahi;# ua akoakoa ae na makua me na keiki, me na hoa'loha, a ua ai pu me ka maikai ame ka hauoli piha. Ma Manoa, ua malamaia na ahaaina liilii raa na home i ke awakea, a i ka aui ana ae • ka la, akoakoa ae la lakou a piha ko lakou wahi hale nalawai, ahe mau olelo paipai a me na leo mele ka j i hooloheia.

Ke mahalo nei keia pepa i keia mau hina a pau, a ke haawi nei i kona manao kokua e hooulu i keia mau hana a piha ka aina i na ahaaina ohana hauoli i kela a me keia o na la kulaia makahi-

ki hou a pau. E ninau inai auanei paha kekahi mea, heaha ke kumu i mahalo ai ke Kuokoa i keia hana ? Eia, ma keia hana, a me na hana ano like me keia e hookiekieia'i na home oka lahul Ina e maa kekahi haku mea hale ika hoakoakoa mau ana i kona ohana, na pilikoko e launa ana, ame na hoa'loha, i keia a me keia makahikie ai pu a e hauoli pu maloko o kona hale ponoi, me ka hoomakaukau ia o na mea a pau me ka maemae, alaila, ua hookiekie ia a ua hoohanohanoia ia home. A oia Ka mea 1 makemakeia i keia wa ma Ha waii nei i ola ka lahui o ka hookie kieia a hoohanohanoia o na home o ka lehulehu. Aole me ka nui oke dala t* hiki ai, aole me ka oihana aupuni, a oihana e ae paha, aoJe loa pela e hiki ai. Aka, ma ka manao maikai a inala malama iloko o kela a me keia puuwai o na haku mea hale, a me na kokoolua pakahi o lakou, pe)a e hiki ai. Ama loko o na ahaaina ohana a makou i ikt hope iho nei i ka la mua o keia maka I hiki, me he mea la ke hoakea ae nei | ka malamalama i kana hana. I