Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-11
KING KALAKAUA'S BOOK.
A Theological Work that Is Expected
to Startle the World.

to Startle the w Orld.
Kalakaua had long given his time to
the study Of the work of theological
authors, from those OF Dun Scotus to
the later period of Thomas Aquinas and
Ignatius of Loyola. Brooding over the
literary productions of these doctors,
and comparing their views with the
doctrines of the theosophists and the
theories OF Darwin, Tyndall and Inger-
soil, he concluded that the time had
ripened for new, profound and more
elevated theory of the creation and it's
purposes.
With this view in his mind he col
lected all the books, pamphlets and
charts relating to the peculiar views ex-
pressed by these men, and after many
months OF study and reflection secured
the services of a French adventurer, one
Captain de Freese, who had been an en-
gineer in the service OF France and a
claimant to astronomical knowledge.
With his aid the work was COM
menced, and, with the assistance of as
Economical charts and biblical chronolo-
gical trees, the royal author set about
the compilation OF a work that would,
when completed, shake to the very
ology, and show that all, having it's be-
ginning with fire, must necessarily be
consumed by that element; showing,
OF the testaments, that the deluge was a
myth, and that flames were the begin
ming and would be the end. This idea,
with complete denial of the present
views on the creation, wes the ground
work of the book. 1t is to be termed
The Temple of Wisdom, and will claim
to be Diametrical Photography.
The work, which was completed in
1889 as far as the third chapter, was
shown to Robert Louis Stevenson, now
visitor at the island, who, after thor
ough reading Of the manuscript, grew
enthusiastic over its merit, and lent by
way of advice considerable aid to the
author.
The principal problem for solution in
the new creed that presented itself to
the king, and one scarcely yet complete
ly answered, was the question of the
Trinity-the union of the three persons
in one. In order to complete his theory
he would have to overcome this belief.
Strangely enough for a sovereign, he
depended upon the frequent use of the
royal sswe' in the testament in relation
to the Creator as refutation OF the
unity, and drew his conclusions in &C.
cordance Herewith.
The work is still undergoing consider
able labor and thought on the part of
his majesty, and may not be produced
for some months yet, if at all, owing to
the fact that a number of his friends,
being aware that he is attempting to go
beyond his depth, wish to recall him in
time to save him from making a literary
fiasco.
An interview on the subject recently
with Colonel Macfarlane, the kings
chamberlain, substantiates the fact that
Kalakaua was still deeply interested in
the work, and spent much OF his time
on it's completion, yet whether it would
be ever completed and given to the
world with all its startling theories and
assertions was a matter that time alone
could solve.--[San Francisco Chronicle.
The Potato Crop.
Tim Carroll's big potato patch on his
ranch west of town was scene of acti-
vity last week. A gang Of men were en-
gagged in digging the second posato crop
this season. The first crop went 375
sacks to the acre, and the second crop
will go in the neighborhood of $50 sacks,
worth 29 cents per pound for seed.
This potato land has produced on an
average over 500 sacks per acre the past
season. The first crop brought in over
$1,000. and the present one will 90 well
up toward that figure. There is money
in potatoes. Next year Tim will have
100 acres planted to this paying crop.
j. L. Holly, who some weeks ago pur-
chased Pruyn potato digger, which r..
A. White procured for him from the
factory at Hoosac Falls, N. ", informs
us that it works like charm on the
peat lands south of town. He digs five
acres of potatoes day with it. Mr..
Holly has twenty-five acres in potatoes
this season, and has inst dug his SECOND
crop, which yielded largely, Next year
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