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that he and Lee had become good friends,
and that Lee knew of his engagement at
the time that letter came. And then knew
that had done Lee Injustice; and I
can't tell now just how it all came about
but aren't we happy, papaW
DIR. Mills was present and he offered his
congratulations to the host.
'By the by" he said, ''this would almost
do for scene in one of our novels, you
know. Only there doesn't seem to be any
chance for relenting and FORGIVENESS on the
part of the stern parent. The pleasant lit
tie affair, is quite in accordance with your
wishes, believe
"Emphatically So" responded Joel, with
dignity.
But after the guests had gone, Mr.. Parks
spent an hour in the privacy of his own
room in deep reflection. There was surely
no one to blame in this matter, he admitted
himself, and Annie had good husband, no
doubt On the whole he need have no deep
regrets on that score. But he mourned for
the fate of his scheme. He critically re-
viewed his work. and he thought he saw
some points that were capable of improve
ment.
As he unused he mechanically took up his
newspaper and his eye almost unconsciously
fell upon the advertisement. Yes, he
thought that he could do better IL he were
to have the opportunity again. He almost
wished that he could make a second trial.
wife" said he to Mrs. Parks, as that lady
entered the room, what should you think
of the idea of adopting a-healthy, female
-child.-Bostoa Record.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

President Holden, of the California
State University, receives salary OF
Sc, OOO-$5, 900 as president and $4,000
as director of the Lick Observatory.
The English Church Missionary
Society have arranged for simultaneous
meetings for presenting the claims of
foreign missions in $50 cities and towns
in England.
There was irony as well as wit in
what Sidney Smith said. On taking the
parish at Foster he writes: "When l
began to thump the cushion Of my pull
pit, as is my wont when preach, the
accumulated dust of $50 years made
such cloud that for some minutes l
lost sight of my congregation.-N T.
Examiner.
"A Presbyterian missionary on the
west coast of Africa, woman, is the
only white Christian for some hum
dreds of miles, and has no means of
travel but by skiff up and down the
river. She has the training of young
men and women, not only in their
education and Christian life, but in
their every day pursuits; and she is de-
clared to be most happy in her work
Montreal Witness.
Just before the outbreak of the war
Stonewall jackson, then professor in
the Virginia Military Institute at Lex
ington, organized Sunday-school for
colored children, which is still sustained
by leading citizens there. This Sunday
school has now set on foot a subscrip-
ton for a monument to Jackson, which
is meeting with a lively response among
the people, black and white, of the
South.-Chicago Herald.
I'm Germany, SO per cent. know
more languages than one; in Austria,
81 per cent; in England, "a per cent.
in France. 20 per cent; in Italy, 2Sper
cent; in Russia, % per cent; in Spain,
IS per cent. A classical education had
been enjoyed in Germany by 80 per
cent; in England, 81 per cent; in
France, 20 per cent; in Italy, 16 per
cent; in Austria, IL per cent; in Spain,
z per cent; in Russia, 2 per cent
Philadelphia Press.
"A letter in the London Times,
written from Tientsin, speaks of mis-
sionaries as 1.-THE true pioneers of civil
ization," and adds that 1.-THE day has
gone by when English missionaries are
snubbed by their own authorities. /"
He states that "a new wave of mission
airy interest is passing over China"
and he seems to appreciate the young
men of the English universities who
have recently gone out under the China
Inland Mission.
-Co-education, according to the
Sanita,Ian, is conspicuously successful
in Hampton Institute, where General
Armstrong has COS colored and Indian
students, nearly half of them girls.
The training is largely industrial,
especially for the 1S9 Indian students,
but a very large proportion of the gradu-
ates become teachers among their own
people. The fact that 200 applicants
were turned away during the last
school year because there was no room
for them is forcible appeal for money
to erect more buildings.
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A SLIGHT MISTAKE.

An Incident which Proves That Appear
ances Are Sometimes Deceiving.
knew he was an agent for some.
thing as soon as he opened the gate,
and when he knocked at the door ]
opened it quickly and said:
mo sir, don't want any patent win.
dow fasteners or reversible button
hooks or flexible mosquito bars or coal
sifters; my wood-shed is full of them and
have also full line of Wilson's Can
Opener and Car Coupling Combined, so
you will please vamoose."
'sBut," he answered, s'that's not
what came in for; do you know
"Yes, know that / don't need any
gilt-edged stove hooks or indestructible
lamp chimneys or balm for the COM
plexion, or remedy for chapped hands,
or any thing else. save the quiet and
rest of the grave. And moreover, If
you insist upon selling me any thing,
there will be a sickening calamity
here.
sLet me tell you that"
''Not by any means; l am aware
that Prof. Windpump's eyeglasses are
better than any other, but my yard is
full of them; have about three thou
sand patent smoothing irons, and the
cellar is heaped with mosquito bars; if
you will take the advice of one who
wishes to avoid bloodshed, you will
climb the fence with astonishing rapid
ity."
"Your house is"
"Yes, l know it is; it always has
been; it is now provided with Smith
burglar alarm, is insured in four COM
panies and has every thing necessary
in it except something to eat. You
can't tell me any thing about my house
that 1 don't know, and in the mean
time you will find a more salubrious
climate on the other side of the fence"
"Well, l guess I'll go; I merely
stopped in to tell you that your house
is on fire.
As sat in the ashes of my residence
that evening and pondered on the thus
ness of the that, the conviction grad
ually forced itself npon me that / was
a bigger fool than nature intended me
to be.-.St. Louis Whip.
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FRENCH GAM BLING.
The Growth and Development Of the Per-
nicious Habit In Paris.

"
nicious Habit I'm Paris.
Gambling in France has passed
through various stages in the last two
generations. When rouge-et-noir was
abolished at Frascati and at the tripots
in the Palais Royal, an era of private
play succeeded in Paris, which most of
the novelists of the time have described.
The plucking of pigeons was per-
formed in boarding houses, where
there were always few Colonies
and Majors at the table, and in boudoirs
inhabited by hospitable ladies, who
were singularly lucky if they took a
hand at lansquenet or vingt-et-un.
Then there were the parties in the
particular cabinets" of restaurants,
where the younger gentlemen present
would begin by pouring champagne
out of the window, and end by inditing
|. o. U. s. At all times, believe,
there is plenty of this sort of card
playing in the centers of the civilized
world, but in Paris it fiourished most
especially throughout the old ''flush"
days of the Cafe Anglais and the
Maison dor, and was one of the chief
amusements of "gilded'' people during
the recent empire. ''Plunging" was
the order of the day, and 1ansquenet
was the game at which most of this
''plunging" was done. The latter time
honored pastime -lansquenet-was
finally dethroned by baccarat some
twenty years ago, and with the great
vogue of baccarat the birth of the gam
ling clubs seems to coincide. The clubs
of Paris. previous to the baccarat age,
were all of them just such places as those
known under the same name in London.
When in 1860 or thereabout man said
'Je vais au cercle," he meant that he
was about to repair to fine suite of
rooms in the best part of the town, sit
down in choice company to an artistic
dinner, and perhaps, in the course of
the evening take a hand at bouillotte or
rubicon or whist. Rarely in that day
did the play get at all wild or ruinous
at the cercle; all the heavy gaming was
carried on at private and semi-private
houses. But toward the close of the
empire even the best of the clubs were
becoming demoralized in regard to card
playing. People were talking about
Khalil Bey's tremendous game of
piquet (Which lasted for sixty consecu-
tive hours, at the end of which the loser
drew check for a million of franes)
and about the immense coups effected
by one or two Russian Princes, whose
extravagances of every sort where the
daily theme of the to,tt-Pdris. Thus the
name of cerc,e became more nearly
associated in the public mind with the
idea of wild play than had been the
case before; and soon after the war of
1901, in the midst of the administra-
tive laxity following on this national
upheaval, certain clever spectators
conceived the idea of opening, under
the title and with the outer aspect of
clubs, places which should be little else
than gaming houses, with all the profits
ACQUIRING from such institutions.-Fort-
nightly ReUietO.
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THE LATEST MARVEL.

An Ingenious Apparatus which Prints
Music A. 1t Is Being Played.
An apparatus has been invented
which, when placed in electric COM
munication with pianoforte or other
keyboard instrument, prints the music
rs it is being played. The machine is
driven by clockwork. When in motion
a band of paper is drawn through the
machine, and during its passage is
ruled with the staff lines and passes
under number Of small marking
wheels, which correspond to the KEYS
of the pianoforte, and it is here that
the music is recorded. The notation in
which the music is recorded is not the
ordinary one. When a note is de-
pressed on the keyboard, which is in
connection with the recording machine.
the corresponding wheel will begin 10
mark, and tho length Of the line made
will be in proportion to the length Of
note. Thus, If a line quarter of an
inch in length represents a quaver, .
line an eighth of an inch will represent
y semi-quaver. This system of nota-
ton is easily translated into the ordin-
airy notation by any one who UNDER
stands the latter. The connection with
the keyboard is obtained bya pin fixed
under each note, which dips into a small
cup OF mercury. This arrangement in
no way interferes with the touch of the
keY-board.-N = Post.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The treasury officials say paper
dollar lasts five years and a silver dollar
one hundred years. Washington Star
Never refuse advice. OF coursd
you have no use for it. Nobody ever
has. But it is very handy to have, to
give to somebody else --Burdette
"A Chinaman who was asked if he
liked the people of California, said: Il
like the Americans; not many Ameri-
cans here, mostly something else.
Americans good men,"
Stopped in time.-Mistress- Why,
Della, what in the world have you
done? Delia-Shure, ma am, the mas
ter said the gas was leaking, and put
up the pail to catch it'd Bits.
The class in natural history being
asked the difference between dog and
tree, the head boy answered.: "a
tree is covered with bark while dog
seems to be lined with i'm Y.
Ledger.
Among the wants in the New York
NcsUs is one for hands to cut boys
clothes. If the advertiser would only
give the boys pocket knife each, they
would furnish the hands. x Chicago
Ledger.
"A good imitation of celluloid is
now being made from Irish potatoes.
Nothing but the apparent indifference
of science stands in the way of some
thing indestructible being evolved from
the modern beefsteak. Norristos0n
Herald.
An exchange advertises: ''Wanted
boy for bottling." This must be a
new industry, and it's wonder it
wasn't thought of before. A good many
boys ought to be bottled; it may be the
only way to keep them from spoiling.-
Detroit Free Press.
-'sGoing widing to-day, AwthawP"
''Naw. Got to work" $50 sowy,
deah boy. What is the-aw--blawsted
job, ehp' "Maw's witten me lettaw
and rve-aw-got to wead it befaw l
can make anothaw dwaft on haw. Did
you evaw heah of such boah?n "Nev-
aw, deah boy, nevaw. Toson Topics.
-.'Can you tell me what kind Of
weather we may expect next month ?"
wrote farmer to the editor of his
county paper. The editor replied: at
is my belief that the weather next
month will be very like your subscrip-
ton BILL" The farmer wondered for
an hour what the editor was driving at,
when he happened to think of the
word unsettled" He sent postal
note Troy Times.
Chances materially lessened.-
s.Mrs. Dusenberryr' "Well, my dearP"
"Where's the bureau?'' II had it
taken to the fourth floor" ssWhy did
you do that. my lover I've dropped
nv collar-button.'' "Well. why don't
you hunt for itp" "Hunt for it! That's
encouraging, isn't it, when you've re-
moved the only place where there'd be
any possibility of my finding it. "-Phil-
adclphia Call 1sG
"A practical application of Scrip
ture.-Winnie's mother had been comb
ing the little girls long and handsome
but wind-tangled, romp-snarled hair.
When the operation was finished-and
it was not unaccompanied with several
severe pulls-Winnie asked: Ibid you
get out many hairs, mammal" Eyes,
dear, was the answer, quite . good
many" 'sThen Hell have to number
them all over again, won't Hep
H0rner's Bdz0r.
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BREAKING A MATCH.
Mr.. Parks Takes as His Guide {
Novel Of the Day.

One evening Mr.. Joel Parks, a wealthy
manufacturer in the thriving New England
village of Redfield, and DIR. Mills, leading
physician of the same place, sat chatting in
the doctors office. A stranger noting the
age and rather prosaic appearance of the
two men would hardly have guessed the
topic OF conversation. They were discus
sing works of fiction.
II must have been going on fifty years
was saying you see a man that starts on
journey, as did, barefooted, so to speak
has got to attend to business and nothing
else for a good many years, il he expects to
get anywhere in particular at last He
doesn't have much time for light reading,
doctor. But in the last few years, I've read
good many, and / enjoy them, especially
when they seem true to life, and think /
can generally tell when they are l like
Trollope on that account. Inever saw an
Archbishop or Duke, but know as we'll
as | want to that he just hits them off to a
T. And like Howells, if he does hold such
men as be up to ridicule And let me tell
you, doctor, there's instruction in novels.
Those writer's have to study human nature.
I've got many a hint about managing men
from reading those books"
Yes" said the doctor, 1--WE read them
all my life, and / like them yet--love pas
800 "ii. ruhnys gill ~. uo Gull
tinneo, nov Two OLD gray heads like you
anu me VIII follow the love story or a silly
boy ana giri VINO won't listen to their nat
urai guardians and sympathize with them
every time we never have any feeling
Tor the sensible fathers and mothers of our
own age who are being plotted against"
don't know about that, 7" waothe reply !;
do sometimes sympathize with the old
foiks, and think that IL l had been in their
place would have been more successful in
having my way"
.., wen, joel, said the other with laugh,
guess that IS one point on which you
meyer GET much instruction from the story
ieiier. fapa and mama always have their
Ideas OF their daughter future. The wrong
young man happens along and she develops
ner IDEAS quite opposite from theirs. And
sne always comes out ahead. IL you want
10 carry your point with your offspring you
Will nave TO learn how outside OF story
book"
as 70 tnat, perhaps the instruction
is al .nere, only It's instructions how not
10 90 IL. ucn't suppose that shall ever
want to interfere with my daughter about
husband or lover; but, If should, l am
not sure but that could learn something
from the novelists."
tnere were no condolences there would
pc NO s'orles. u was coincidence that
later on mat same evening, Mrs. Joel Parks,
an amiapie lady whose mind was in her
nuspano Keeping said to him:
r;,ss JOEL nave YOU ever noticed tnat Lee
nnt;nn t anu dnnae o. seemed 70 De taking
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house was brilliantly lighted.
"Ah, birthday surprise, perhaps"
thought he.
At the door he was met by his wife in
rich array, who, after the expected greet
ings, hurried him to his room, where she
gave him this note from Annie:
"DEAR PAPA: We have few friends, and
mustn't tease mother to tell viii meet you
in the parlor. ANNIE"
"And now, pa, do dress quick and come
down." said Mrs Parks, at the same time
prudently withdrawing. Descending to the
parlors Joel found small and select party,
including Mr.. Dale, the clergyman. In
front of him stood Annie, with Lee Tilton
by her side.
A single glance made explanation almost
unnecessary, although Joel roared out
meanlp
"Hush, whispered Mrs. Parks, ''it means
just what you have been wishing He's
going to begin now"
During the first part of the ceremony
which followed, Mr. Parks seemed a trihe
dazed, but toward the last he did some
rapid thinking. When the binding words
had been pronounced, Annie turned to her
father with dazzling smile.
"Abirthday present papa son-in-law,r
she said. rs it an acceptable one!"
Joel kissed his daughter and shook
affected to speak," it was afterward re-
ported.
Soon Annie found opportunity to whisper
to her father, 20, papa, you don't know
how we have planned for the last two
weeks to give you this surprise. / knew
how sad you were when you went away
because l felt SO about Lee, and when
every thing came right, as it did, /
wanted so much to make it up to you. o,
that letter--of course you were right. Lee
didn't write it. Mr.. Morton is to marry a
Boston lady, and one day he confided the
fact to me. And it came out by accident
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norV. IN uescrlDlnk tne adventure 70 ner
mother Annie did ample justice to Lees
deserts, and spoke of him as the preserver
OF the whole party: but she had little to
say before her father. Joel thought that
this was hardly good omen, but he
courageously returned to the charge. For
two or three days he would talk of nothing
else but Lees heroic act His wonderful
presence Of mind, his sublime courage, the
deep and lasting gratitude due him-on
these the changes were rung until even
Mrs. Parks grew tired of the theme, and
Annie was led to declare that s'she didn't
believe there had been any danger at all !;
she wished the old cart had been allowed to
go :. the bottom of the hill, any way.
Joels plan would not have been complete
had it not included bringing an acceptable
sutton into the field. A Boston business
friend of his, a Mr.. Morton, had son Will
lam who had just been admitted to the bar,
and who, in Joel's opinion, would be q suit
able match for his daughter. He was
handsome and bright, and Mt least he would
do to beat Lee Tilton with. For Mr. Parks
had become much more interested in his
plan in the mere question of his daughters
future. So on a visit to the city he had
called upon the Mortons and suggested that
the young man should begin his legal career
in Redheld, promising to give him some
business. The proposition was finally &C
cepted, and William Morton became an
object of interest in Redfield
In due course he made the acquaintance
of Miss Annie, and she liked his society, as
concealed his agency in establishing Morton
in Redfeld, spoke Of him rather slightingly
in the family circle, and compared him
with Lee, much to the latter's advantage
He was delighted one day to meet Annie
returning from little horseback excursion
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Minister Dare said he had listened

Minister Dare said he had listened
attentively TO the remarks of the
hon. member for Lihue, and agreed
with most of what he had said; but
was sorry the gentleman had not
proposed amendments to the bill
instead of outlining what another
bill might do. He did not believe
that anywhere on the globe except
here, Supreme Court could be
found which sits as an appellate
court on the decisions of its own
members. That the Supreme Court
of the Hawaiian Islands is respect
able is due not to the system, but to
the personnel of the Court. The
time had passed when the lands and
water rights of Hawaii were of little
value. The lands are now valuable
and the water rights are valuable.
And the time will come when nice
judicial decisions will be required
on land and water claims. The con-
stitution provides for appeals, but
he claimed that the present system
defeats itself, and there is practi.
cally no appeal. 1t had been OBJ
jected that there is no work for
additional judges. He thought
there was work requiring the i'm
mediate attention of the judiciary.
The Kingdom needs Practice Act.
There is no Practice Act, nor law
governing practice in the Supreme
Court of the Hawaiian Islands. A
prominent barrister of this city was
asked by the speaker what is the
practice here. His answer was:
"Just forget all that ever you heard
about practice, and then you will
have it about right" He would
have judges reside on the other
islands, and hear cases there, in
stead of putting litigants to the ex-
pense of carrying their business to
Honolulu. The judges being dis
posed over the islands, could meet
at stated times in Honolulu as an
Appellate Court.
Rep. Brown agreed with the re-
marks of His EXcellency the At
torney-General, but could not APP
prove of the present bill, and with
drew his amendment to indefinitely
postpone the bill, in favor of a mo-
ton to recommend q reference of
the same by the house to a select
committee.
Committee rose, and the house
resumed, when the chairman re-
ported the recommendation of the
committee to refer the bill. The
report was adopted, and. commit
tee was appointed, consisting of
Reps. Dole, Brown, Richardson,
kaulukou and Minister Dare.
The house took up the Pension
Bill, and proceeded to discuss it,
when it was found that there was
not quorum present.
Rep. kaulukou moved adjourn
ment to Wednesday morning at 10
O'Clock. Carried.
Continued on 7,aye2.
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Honolulu Library
Reading Room Association.
Cor. Hotel Il Alakea Streets.
Open every Day and Evening.

The Library consists at the present
time of over Five Thousand Volumes.
The Reading Room is supplied with
about fifty of the leading newspapers
and periodicals.
A Parlor is provided for conversation
and games,
Terms of membership, fifty cents n
month, payable Quarterly in advance.
No formality required in joining except
signing the roll.
Strangers from foreign countries and
visitors from the other islands are well
come to the rooms nj all times as guests.
This Association having no regular
means of support except the dues of
members, it is expected that residents
of Honolulu who desire to avail them
selves OF its privileges, and all who feel
an Interest in maintaining an Institution
of this kind, will put down their names
and become regular contributors.
S. b. DOLE, President,
M. NJ. SCOTT, President,
III. A. PARMELEE, Secretary,
A. l.. SMITH, Treasurer,
@. II. RODGERS, Md,
Chairman Hall and Library Committee,
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SELLING OUT.

nESIRING to close out our Ship
~ Chandle-y and Commission Bust.
ness, We shall sell at REDUCED
PRICES and will closse out our entire
Stock, goodwill and lease of premises,
at Il fair valuation, to re ponsible
party. a. W. PIERCE & co.
200 Inns
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O LUSO HAWAUANO.

A LII persons who want to communi.
IA cate with the Portuguese, either
for business, or for procuring workmen,
servants or any other helps, will find il
the most profitable way to advertise in
the Lmso Ha5vaHaNo, the new organ of
the Portuguese colony, which is pub.
lishcd on Merchant street, Gazette Build.
ing, (Post-Oilice Letter Box E.), and
only charges reasonable rates for adver.
tisemcnis.