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SUPREME COURT---AT CHAMBERS.

BEFORE HIS HONOR JUSTICE BICKERTON.
FRIDAY, Mar. %.
Mary G. Beckley VS.. George Lucas,
executor and trustee OF the will of Mar
garet Keegan ct al. In equity, bill for
specific performance.
OPINION OF THE COURT.
Statements in this case are 80 fully set
out in the decision of MIR. Justice Dole on
the demurrer, and also in the banco de-
cision on appeal, that it is not necessary
to restate it here. The demurrer was
overruled, and it was held that there was
a real and valuable consideration.
Defendant in his answer claims that
complainant hath not performed the
covenants contained in the agreement
and has not and did not do all things as
therein required, and did not do and per-
form the commands Of said Margaret
Keegan and leave the home of said Mar
garet Keegan, and did refuse to perform
her commands. / cannot find any evil
dence in support of this. On the con-
trary, all the evidence leads me to the
conclusion that while the complainant
was under the legal guardianship of
Margaret Keegan, she did do and per-
form all that was required of her.
The point relied upon mainly by de-
fendant's counsel is, that the premises
are not so fully and clearly described as
to enable the Court to decree specific
performance that the covenant is too
indefinite to compel the covenantor or
her representatives to specifically per-
form it,
The words of the agreement are as fol-
lows: Convey or devise to her the said
Mary Risely, a piece of land situated in
Honolulu aforesaid, and fronting upon
Nuuanu street, together with the cottage
thereon, now in the occupation of Mr..
Smith" MIR. Grieve testifes that
Mrs. Keegan told him that those pre-
misses were mentioned in the adoption
papers as the consideration, that she
looked upon it in that way.
1t seems to me that the description is
sufficiently definite, and that the pro-
perty intended and mentioned in the
agreement is properly identified as the
property claimed and described in the
bill of complaint.
The complainant is entitled to specific
performance, and decree will be signed
accordingly on presentation.
J. M. Monsarrat for complainant; F.
M. Hatch and Chas. L. Carter for
defendant.
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HANALEI--.A MEMORY.

Backward the tide of my memory sweeps,
To days when dwelt in an alien land;
In fancy | gaze on its sapphirlne deeps,
And wander again on its golden strand,
Meath the shade OF the palm trees feathery
plumes,
And the sheen OF orange and jasmine
blooms.
I hear the sound OF an anthem sublime,
Sung by the waves of an amethyst sea,
And the Odour of blooms from far-on
cline,
Are waited across the waters to me;
feel the soft kisses of breeZes blown
On dangerous wings from the torrid zone.
l catch the CLEAN of an opaline veil,
Unfolding the mountains verdant breast,
Caught up on the wings OF gentle gale,
And borne away DER the lustrous crest;
Which Waaleaie thrusts far on high.
Piercing the deeps OF violet sky.
| see through the thin diaphanous haze
The silyery fash of the waterfalls,
O'erhung by the rainbow's shimmering
rays,
AS they downward leap DER the shining
walls
Into the valleys green glistening deeps.
Where the somnolent river signs and sleeps.
A lazy and languid river that lies,
| In cleaning border of gold and green,
| Mirroring backward the blue OF the skies,
| And broken shadows OF emerald sheen,
| Where its waters lap the quivering reeds
| And bare the roots of the INDECENT weeds.
| Dear vale at the feet of the flashing cas-
! cadeS,
o wilderness sweet of all blosSoming
things!
| Moss-cushloned rocks and evergreen glades
| Where butterflies hover on gossamer
| wings,
| A long farewell! l shall wander no more
Meath the palm tree crowns by the sun
kissed shore.
| Memories dear that have haunted me long
Shall yet burn bright in the after glow,
In cadence sweet shall hear the song,
Where murmuring waters drowsily flow
And I'll feel the breath of the sweet per
fumes,
And the incense born of odorous blooms.
| CHARLES H. EwART.
Dalbeattie, Scotland.
10th February, 1890.
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WISDOM OF A RAT.
How Shrewd Rodent Secured Supp I
of Hard. Boiled EgSa.

How a Shrewd Rodent Secured q Supply
of Hard-Boiled Eggs.
The railroad station at Plainfeld
(Ct.) junction is rat metropolis
They increase and prosper, and are so
little interfered with that they are not
shy. When there are only few peo-
pie in the station the rats come out,
walk leisurely about and help them
selves to provender. One day last
week. lady employed there heard a
humping noise on the restaurant coun-
ter. and, looking in the direction of the
noise. saw rat taking hard boiled
egg from the counter. When the rat
jumped down with his booty the lady
called a clerk. who was the only per-
son in the station, beside herself, and
watched the rat as he returned and
took the second egg from the plate.
He was apparently an old and knowing
rat. The eggs were covered with a
wire screen Or turret. The rat had
been there before. He walked care
fully around the plate, inspecting the
screen, touching the cover with his
nose, then he put one foot under it and
with foot and head pushed the wire
cover off the plate until one side rested
on the counter, with the other side
raised up. He then took an egg in his
paws and rolled it two feet away and
left it on the counter. The rat then
returned to ADJUST the cover With
teeth and feet he succeeded in drag
ging the cover over the eggs. He then
surveyed his work like a careful me-
chanic, and it did not suit his ratship
So he gave it little more pulling to
adjust it, and stepping back again, took
another look, and that settled it.
Every thing seemed to be adjusted Just
as he had found 1t. Having removed
every thing that would excite suspicion
ae took the second stolen egg and de-
parted. Human thieves have done q
poorer job than that old rat did. He
showed signs of wisdom if he was only
guided by instinct This story is vouch-
ID for by responsible persons..--Nor-
vich Bulletin.
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"wHo Is THE PROPER ONE TO BE PRE-
MIER PIT IS R. W. WILCOX.
Wilcox is fit person to be chosen
Premier for several good reasons, for the
people know that he is eligible for that
position.
Here are the reasons: l. He is a
learned and an educated man. 2. He
has a good name. 3. He recognizes
you-the poor and low. 4. He is man
much loved by this people. 5. He is
the man that will save this race, who will
stop the MORNINGS of the people and
stop the shedding of tears on the high
way. 6. This man will not hoopilimeai
behind these graspers OF riches who are
fond of honor; this man is not like that i;
therefore, for these reasons, he is fit to
be chosen forthwith as Premier.
Not to do as the people are informed
is proposed, concerning new Cabinet
being made, should the present Cabinet
60 out?
And that is this Antoine Rosa, Attor-
terror; Samuel Damon, Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
~ my OWu IdCc, VIC IlOW SIC IlliS llSt VI
new Ministers for us, which the Leo has
made known to us, the former two Min
listers whom the people have no conf
dence in, are being forced again before
our eyes; the people do not like their
names-Thurston and Damon.
They are the present Ministers; they
are Ministers to skin the bones of the
people.
AS for Iaukea, he is fit man, for he is
a true Hawaiian, but he is man that
has no love for his race nor for his King
he is a man that readily gives way for
the benefit of others; he is hoopili-
meal behind the wealthy people and
the merchants; he leaves the people in
the Iurch.
And as for Antoine Rosa! Now you
hit the breadfruit that has the milk, a
breadfruit you can't reach without a
pole, breadfruit that hangs at the high
est limb; that breadfruit is on the limb
that hangs far out, where man cannot
reach.
Here is his mate that will sit we'll
he whose name appears at the head OF
this article; that is the name SO popular
among the people-R. w. Wilcox, the
one name that pulled through this ticket
Representatives and Mobiles of the
People.
Honolulu, March 8, 1890.
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Tidal Phenomena and Currents.

Wrecks do and will occur, no doubt, as
long as ships remain to be wrecked
Steamers one after another, in command,
not of masters who have first acquaint-
ance with the coast, but captains who
have grown grey in the coastal service,
are poked here and there ashore, under
lighthouses or upon headlands, which
one would think they could not hit
against were they to try. Such mishaps
sometimes happen almost without any
apparent cause, often, seemingly, With
out any want of skill or care on the navi-
gators part, though perhaps upon official
inquiry into the cause of a casualty, it is
discovered that had soundings been
taken the misfortune might have been
avoided. But it may be that the astron-
omical influences by which, according to
the explanations given by astronomers,
the oceans of the world are affected, are
not sufficiently borne in mind and al
lowed for in regard to their mode of
operation, and perhaps it is open to uues-
ton whether the stranding of ships,
which so frequently occurs, may not
sometimes arise from causes connected
with the tidal condition of the ocean, as
to which no satisfactory solution has
been arrived at by astronomical and geo.
graphical experts. AS affecting naviga-
ton, then it would manifestly seem to
be a safe rule that, with reference to
any coast or shallow water which a
ship may be approaching, or In the
proximity Of which she may happen
to be, it is never safe to rely upon
the ships dead reckoning, or upon any
thing else than actual verification OF posi-
ton, whether by unmistakeable lights or
landmarks, or by the use of the sextant.
If lights or landmarks, and the sun, or
the moon and stars are obscured, navi-
gator, even in waters which he knows
full we'll at all times of the year, may
discover, when it is too late, that the
tedious process of plying his lead would
have saved him from disaster. In these
DAYS of iron ships, and OF cargos of ma
chinery or other iron goods or ores, with
a break-neck pace OF steaming, it would
seem especially desirable to bear in
mind, not only that the magnet has its
vagaries, but that tidal effects are ever
VARYING, and are extremely insiduous in
character, for they may be causing a
ship to be imperceptibly stealing on to-
wards danger, or they may be mysteri-
ously Swallowing the water beneath her.
And when to these possible incidents are
added those connected with the progress
sive and retrogressive, or it may be the
permanent though gradual changes in
the direction and velocity of currents
which are ever taking place, the adop-
ton of all available precautions against
casualty would seem to be the more per-
emptorily expedient OH the navigator
part .-[Sydney Herald
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The following TRANSACTIONS from JOhn
L. Bush's paper, the I" Leo ka Lahui,
contain food for reflection cn the part o.
this community:
1.-THE SPLIT IN THE CABINET.
During these days the Cabinet of the
Reform Party are disagreeing with each
other. As we hear it, three OF the Minis
tiers oppose Minister G. w. Ashford.
Thisils thing that was sure to be the
fruit of the doings of the missionaries
and the revolutionary Christians of Fort
Street Church, because In everything
that has been done the majority OF this
Cabinet have tried to do things not
authorized by law with the King and the
people. These things were kept up until
the time came that they thought they
had everything in their own hands, then
they turn and Ili-treat Col. V. V. Ashford
and his brother, MIR. G. w. Ashford, and
so they have been doing a little at time
until now they have quarrelled with each
other. But the Ashford brothers are not
afraid, and as they are men OF some
knowledge, and have more experience
than the hypocritical missionaries, they
think like men, and they know that
there are others who have an interest in
the country outside of the sugar planters,
mortgage takers and others. During the
last few days, one of the Baby Ministers
tried to put on airs with the Auditor
General, and in no time he was made to
take his seat, because of his mistaken
| assumption of authority.
1t seems as if to-day the Attorney.
General was leaning towards the King,
| and on account of his legal advice given
in the meeting OF the Cabinet, some Of
the dirty work of the missionaries fell
through that was being advocated by the
three who are now against MIR. G. w
Ashford"
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Bees Take Possession of a Street Car.

Bees Take Possession Of q Street Car.
The occupants of street car on the
Walnut street line had an unpleasant
experience at Nineteenth and Jefferson
streets yesterday afternoon about 9
o'clock, when they encountered
swarm of bees.
The insects first Lit on the mules,
which evinced their displeasure by
kicking and attempting to run away
with the car. Five or six people were
in the car at the time, and they soon
vacated it. a servant at the residence
of DR.. Cawein, on the corner, threw
some dust into tree and the bees set
tied there. They were finally hived.
louisville Courier-Journal.
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that the plan of Imperial Federation
will be adopted. Its future, how
ever, seems favorable, and the pre-
sent amicable relations subsisting
between England and her Colonies
a relation which seems likely to con-
tinue-ought to do much to forward
the movement. The world has a
wide interest in the result, and an in
terest in seeing it succeed.
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IMPERIAL FEDERATION.

A late paper from the Coast con-
tains, in an accidental, but highly
suggestive conjunction, two widely
contrasted items of news. One re-
fers to the plan Of Imperial Fedora
ton SO extensively agitated, between
Great Britain and her colonies. The
other contains some figures as to the
military and naval expenditures of
the European Powers
The plan of Imperial Federation
is move in the interests of place
and civilization. It is a negation of
the possibility of future war, extend
ing over very wide portion of the
earth's surface. The present relation
between England and her colonies
must inevitably be transltory one.
The government of great and grow
ing population in a new country can
not be permanently conducted from
beyond the sea. Such a population
has a steadily increasing conscious
ness of itself, of it's needs, its power
and its unity. The result is that it
IS finally satisfied with nothing less
than complete autonomy.
This is prominently true of
Canada and Australia. They are
bound by nothing but sentimental
tie, the bond of family affection.
England is half century beyond
the stage of coercion, she is not
likely even to desire to offer any
resistance, when her colonies finally
decide to strike out on their own
account. Such action on the part of
the colonies is bound to come soon,
unless Imperial Federation come in
its place.
England is essentially committed
to policy of peace. Her influence
IN Europe counts against war. This
fact Is one of the very brightest
jewels In her crown, and makes her
relation to France, Germany and
Rnssia from moral point of view,
SO enviable one. If the tie which
now binds her to her colonies is re-
placed by permanent federation, a
great area will be won for peace, and
civilization will achieve a new
triumph. The binding together of
England, Australia, New Zealand,
Canada and perhaps India into one
great political society, will be a
happy anticipation of the golden
time when the relation of all parts
of civilized human society will be
regulated by law. Imperial Fedora
ton will not be merely a partial
anticipation Of this great social idea
but 1t will distinctly hasten its
coming.
Some will regard this view of I'm
perial Federation as wild and Ouix-
otto. We think it a natural and
practical standpoint. War is an
anaehronism, and every year it be-
comes more glaringly, more fragrant
iy out OF date. 1t is not merely nor
primarily even, the growth of the
moral sense which will abolish war.
but the commercial development, the
growing intricacy of intercommuni-
cation, the increase of mutual de-
tendency, which is binding all So
clety closer together, and making
war more than ever suicidal pro-
cess. The disorganization which it
involves is necessarily more pro-
found with every new decade r.
may be added that the growth of in
ventlon bids fare to increase the de-
structiveness of war SO appall;ngly
that the most pugnacious nations
Will be afraid to fight
1t is of course by no means certain
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Sailors Home Society.

Mr.. EDITOR: In your report of ad
ditional subscriptions to the Sailors
Home published the 26th inst, an
error was committed IN stating the
amount of Mr.. James Campbell's
subscription which should have read
$3.50 in place Of 5000. Subscriptions
since then have been:
Alex. ] Cartwright. 800
B. +. Dillingham;. ................ l25
Total amount of funds subscribed,
$4,000. JOHN ii. Patty,
Treasurer.
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NOTICE.
Union Iron Works Co.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ at a meeting of the subscribers to the
capital stock OF the above named Company
held in Honolulu, II. L., March 6, 1890, it
was voted to accept tie Charter of Corpor-
alton dated March l, 1890, for the term of
fifty years, granted by the Hawaiian Gov
eminent. The liability of the stockholders
is limited to the amount due and unpaid
on the shares held. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
J.N S. Williams President
Robert More. Secretary IL Treasurer
Auditor. a. j. Cartwright
The above named officers also constitute
a Board of Directors
ROBT. MORE,
56-lm Secretary and Treasurer.
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CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the
statements made, or opinions expressed by our
correspondents
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NOTICE..

HAVING BOUGHT OUT MR.. W. H.
Ill Page in the Honolulu Carriage Manu-
factory, at 12S Fort Street, / am prepared
to continue the above business under the
old name of Honolulu Carriage Manufac-
tory, and being an old experienced carriage
builder l solicit the patronage of my old
friends and the public in general, and with
my thorough knowledge of the business
and with experienced wOrkmen and using
only the best material guarantee general
satisfaction. Please call and see me before
going elsewhere.
(Sgned) GIDEON WEST.
Honolulu. Oct %. 1889. 103-tf
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BIRDS OF A FEATHER.

straws Show Which Way the Tide Runs.
The following translations from John
Z. Bush's paper, the /" Leo ka Lahui,"
contain food for reflection cn the part o.
this community:
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Notice to Shippers.

nor THE MORE SATISFACTORY
l. accommodation of our patrons we beg
to suggest to them that in cases where
drays are required for shipping goods to
out going steamers and coasters, or in any
case where required, at o'clock sharp of
the day, they will find that by ringing up
Mutual Telephone sos or Bell Telephone
100 between the hou.s of A. NJ. and Pm.
their wants will be promptly attended to,
which will thereby greatly facilitate bust
ness to the better satisfaction of all con-
cerned.
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THE ADVERTISER is THE
L leading daily paper of the Kingdom
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Notice to Shippers.

NOR THE MORE SATISFACTORY
l. accommodation of our patrons we beg
to suggest to them that in cases where
drays are required for shipping goods to
outgoing steamers and coasters, or in any
case G.; where REQUIRED, at o'clock sharp OF
Mutual Telephone No. 269, between l2:l5
and 12:45 in the noon hour that MIR.
Hewett will be there in person to receive
all orders, and our friends will thereby
greatly facilitate business to the better sat
isfactiOn of all concerned.
17-3m HUSTACE 81 ROBERTSON.
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Ncm advertisements.
WANTED.

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"A in garden and have care OF one horse;
woman to wash for a small family, Terms
$40 month, rent and firewoOd free. Adj
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JOHN ASHDOWN.
OF San Francisco.
Practical Piano, Pipe and Reed Organ
TUNER AND REPAIRER.

Having worked in some of the largest
piano and organ factories in the United
States of America, am fully able and pre-
pared to do all kinds of repair work in the
most satisfactory manner.
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TO LET.

NICELY FURNISHED ROOM AT
~ Waikiki, on the beach, near the tram
way terminus. Apply at the Advertiser
office. 41-if
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Dividend Notice.

A DIVIDEND OF TEN CW PER
"A cent on the Capital Stock Of the Star
Mill Co. is due and payable to Shareholders
at the office of
73-3t VIM. G.. IRWIN & CO.
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TO LET.
" The Friend"

DOR SALE, FOUR BOUND VOLUMES
Il of The Friend including all the issues
from 1S43 to 1882. The books can be seen
at the Advertiser office. 75-1m
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"wHO Is THE PROPER ONE TO BE PRE-
MERRITT IS r. W. WILCOX.
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EVENTS OF TODAY.

BAND CoNCERr-By the Royal Hawaiian
Band at Emma square at 80 Pm.
GRAND CoNCERT-At Kaumakapili Church
at Z 80 p. NJ.
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ID the English and Portuguese language;
can also read and write. Inquire at the
Advertiser Office. 73-3t*