Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-05-01
] KALAKAUA's PALACE.

/ Aue Aome OI ming haiakRu8 Is tnuS
described: "The royal palace wefound
at the eastern extremity Of the city,
surrounded by gardens ard lawns three
or four acres in extent, and inclosed by
wall of rough-hewn coral A sleepy,
barelfooted sentinel admitted, us by q
wicket-gate. To the LEFT were the bar
racks, with q few soldiers lolling about
some light iron cannon. And before us
a broad, hard avenue, shaded by beau
tiful trees, led to very simple, one
story edifce, butlof coral, taken from
the reef in the harbor, completely in
cased by noble piazza, and surmount-
ed by huge cupola. Iolani Palace
as it is called, is sabout one hundred and
twenty-five feet in length and forty feet
"A width. After looking about the
grounds, which were not kept in very
good order-perhaps because the au-
thorities contemplate The erection OF
new palace-we mounted fight of
stone steps and entered the royal PAL
ace through wooden doorway, which
opened into an immense hall. A long
table, covered with green leather, occu-
pied the center of this room, and upon
it was rack of law books. Some adj
mirably-executed paintings adorned the
walls--there was full-length portrait
of Louis PHILIPPE, King of the French,
one of the Emperor OF Russia, and
half-dozen of other European soSer-
eigns and statesman. These paintings
were presentd to different Kameliame-
has by the respective celebrities whose
ikenesses they portrayed" "a
CA door opens from the hall into the
library, a lofty room with green uphol-
stery. The walls were hung with fne
paintings OF Kamehameha 7. .surnamed
The Great Kamehameha Ill; Kam-
ehameha w., when G young boy; and
Kahumana, the female premier, who
was one of the first of royal blood to
embrace Christianity. On one side of
the room stood secretary and iron
safe; the remaining side, contained
handsome cases, two filled with French
and two with English books about
thousand volumes in all. Among them
were several very valuable illustrated
and scientific works-Andubon's Birds
of America Wilkes United States
Exploring Expedition, and others. On
the center-table stood an elegant set of
Lord Macaulay's works. Next adjoin-
ing the library was the crown-room,
so called because the King places the
crown here in state, upon magnificent
table of native woods. This apart
ment is furnished in brighter colors
than the library, and contains several
very fine steel-plate engravings-two of
the British House of Lords and Com
mons in session, one of Prince Albert
of England, and another of the Duke OF
Wellington. Crossing the hall brought
us to the grand reception-room, which
occupies one-half of the building and
bears the same relation to the Iolani
Palace as the East Room does to the
White House at Washington, both in
position, character and use. The walls
and the furniture are richly gilded, and
two large chandeliers, containing each
ten lamps, depend from the lofty cell
ing. At the center of one side of this
room stands the royal chair of state,
used by the King on receptic. days.
On the wall behind it hangs splendid
painting of Kamehameha ", in full
uniform.
BE FAIrHFuT.-A man cannot afford
to be unfaithful under any circum-
stances; a man cannot afford to. be
mean at any time; q man cannot afford
to do less than his best at all times.
No matter how wrongfully you are
placed, and no matter howunjustly you
are treated, you, cannot, for your own
sake, afford to use anything but your
better self, nor to render anything but
your better services; you cannot afford
to cheat cheater; You cannot lie to
o liar; you cannot afford to bsimean to
q mean man; you cannot afford to do
other than to deal upright with any,
man no matter what exigencies may ex
ist between him and you. No man can
afford to be anything but true man,
living in his higher nature and acting
from the noblest considerations. II s
EE The Chinese are evidently pa-
gans. They celebrate all their fholi.
days bye paying their debts, forgiving
their enemies and shaking hands all
round. The civilized people who have
gone to China have not yet induced
them to relinquish these odd and BAR
barous habits sae s6ss9
E The paper manufacturers report
the rather peculiar fact that the rags re-
ceived at the mills, this Winter, are no
ticaably more ragged and threadbare