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The morning call., 1894-08-05

the pineapple. They piled up mound OF
food before the door of their kings palace,
along with a clamOrous multitude OF lat
poi-fed dogs and OF falhOm long swine.
Besides this tribute from the workers OF
the land the men, there came the women,
filling The air with the perfume OF their
floral offerings. The maidens were trimmed
from head 10 waist with leis. or wreatns OF
LanafS own lovely jeSsamine, rare gar
deDia, whose sweet aroma loads the breeze
and leads ones footsteps 10 the verdant
bush on which its fragrant blossoms hang.
These gay garlands were fastened to the
plated grass thatch Of the Kings palace,
and about the necks of the young warriors
who surrounded the King; while around
the royal brow they twined an odOrous
crown of gardenias, tuberoses and olean-
ders.
The brightest of the girlish throng as
sPmbled before the dread Lord of the
Isles" was Kaala-Sweet Blossom, whose
fifteen years of onstant sun had FURNISHED
her sweet brown face with soft golden
gloss; and her large, round tender eyes
knew yet no willing fires. Her neck,
arms and all of her young body not COW
cred by her loose mantle of leaves, was
tinted with sheen such as precedes the
coming of the Southern moon. Her smooth,
firm flesh glOwed with the springtime
glory of youth, and mingled its delicate
odOr of health with the bloom OF the
groves, so that the perfume of her pres
ence earned, and fttingly received, the
name of Kaala. Her figure, tall. slender.
perfectly rounded, could be easily traced
IN its every movement and outline through
its wainvg garment of leaves, the whole
making picture of such surprising love
illness as only the perfect face, body and
head. lighted by the pure soul, Of beauti-
ful young woman can inspire.
In these rude days the island race was
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sheet of finished stamps fresh bought at
the Pos toffice. After the perforations have
been made across the sheet one way by
one machine the sheet must pass through
a second machine for the cross perf0ra-
tions. In the middle of each machine is
knife which cuts the sheet in two. so that
the sheet of 400 comes of machine No.
in two sheets of 200 each, and these are
divided into four sheets of 100 each by the
second perf0rating machine.
II is an old though not well-authenti-
Gated story that when the British Govern
ment wished to discover way to tear
stamps apart readily it offered $4,000 for
an acceptable suggestion. A poverty
stricken but ingenious Engllshman prof.
fered the notion of perforating the stamp
sbeets and received the fortune. The
stamps are now done and only remain TO
be gone over. inspected, counted and tag
ged in packages of 100 sheets before being
sent ont. Each package of 100 sheets
holds 10000 stamps, of course.
But stayl There are one or two more
preliminaries yet After receiving the
are put under press to remove the
"burrs" around the little holes. Other
wise these would greatly increase the
thickness of a package. Then they are
counted and are placed in steel-clad vaults,
from which they are drawn AS the Post
Office Department may want them. The
Bureau of Engraving has not yet begun 10
furnish stamps TO the government but 1t is
all ready to do so. In response to orders re-
ceived from tie Postoffice Department. 1t
will put the stamps up in packages, ad-
dress them to postmasters who require
them, and deliver them at the Postoffice in
Washington for mailing.
The Postoffice Department has an agency
at the Bureau of Engraving. When a
Il.a 20 tim ho yna
requisition upon the department. The
latter will communicate with its agent in
the bureau, who will draw upon the bureau
every day for as many stamps as he re-
uuires to tll the orders thus tran smitted to
him. All this business used to bs done in
New York City, where the stamp agent
received the stamps from the American
Bank Note Company in bulk, his business
being TO put them up in packages and send
them off by mail.
The inks used for prn ting the stamps
are manufactured at the Bureau Of En-
craving. The materials are bought in
the shape of dry colors and linseed oil.
The colors come in the shape of powders.
The only stamps turned out thus far are
two-cent red and the one-cent blue. For
the former carmine is employed and for
the latter ultramaIine. Both coiors are
''toned" By the admixture of other ingredi-
ents-the carmine with paris white and
white lead. Pure carmine would be very
costly.
Uliramarine is not very EXPENSIVE. but
it is TOO strong" in the printers phrase
that is to say, 100 dark. 1t used to be the
costliest of colors, being made from the
precious lapis laZuIi. But in recent years
chemists, having analyZed the lapis laZuli,
have produced in the laboratory success
ful imitation of the color stuff. For max
ing the ink the color powder is combined
with linseed oil and ground between roll
ers. Each printer receives every morning
his allowance of ink, aud sharp account is
kept OF every bit used.
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THE FIGHTERS LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER.

priests. his court ladies and their train.
Here he built a palace, and to this day,
upon the craggy bluff which forms the
eastern bank Of the bay, there stands
lonely wall and the crumbllng stones of an
ancient fort which overlooked the temple.
Town and bay. The Kanaka of the pres
en-, as ne shows you around this ground,
Steps carefully and speaks in subdued
ZONES as he points out the Lanai home of
hamehameha the Great.
But Hawaii's bold son came to Lanai
Tather LOT sport than for worship. For
none so loved to throw the uaika ball, to
hurl the spear or TO thrust aside the MANY
javellns flung at his naked breast. as the
great chief OF Kohala. Gladly he rode on
the seeIhlng crest of the surf waves. and
he delighted to guide his canoe alone out
into the frownlng blackne>s of the gather
ing storms. he boldly fought the mon
sters of the deep, as well as men. he can
tured the fierce mano, the huge shark that
abounded in the bay, and he would clnrch
in the giant grip OF his hands the deadly
publ, the great jawed eel or snake of the
southern seas, the terror of fish and man.
hence his dread name. the devourer of the
seas.
When this warrior king came 10 Lanai.
the inhabitants came thronging the shore
to pay homage TO the great chief, aud Law
at his feet, as their sovereign, their humble
gifts, the products of their beloved isle:
they brought the taTO, the yam, the ban
ana, the cocoanUE, the sweet potato and
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hallOwed grounds to propitiate the ancient
Geities Of the seas.
This whilom temple of the gods, or, as il
Is known, the Heiau KanuOlu. faces the
southwestern coast of Lanai; and its
ruins extend within the mouth of a deep
ravine whose sides one mass of the foliage
of the yellow blOssOmed and almost i'm
penetra bic hibiscus project far out into the
sea and form high bluff pound bay. On
top Of the western bank Is a stOne-paved
platform called the Floor Of Offering
outside OF this and separated by a narrow
aHeyWay there runs broad, high wall
constructed of huge blocks of lava rock
which quite encircles the Floor of Offer
ing. Oiher walls and structures lead
down 10 the beach, and the slope is ter.
raced and paved down to the tideworn
rocks that bound the eveT-murmuring sea.
'; Immediately at the beach there is a
break, a great block of the bluff has been
rent away by some of the many volcanic
, convulsiOns which have shaken the Ha-
waiian Islands, and it stands out lone
tower, parted from the mainland by an
ocean gulf. Its high red walls froWn from
above, and end in jutting crags to which
neither man nor goat can climb. But
from the fat summit of the islet bluff,
gazing across the chasm. one can discern
portions of ancient work, Of walls and
altars, indicating that it is a part of the
mainland temple to which the fragment
was Once joined.
Inland as one leaves the temple are
many remains of the halss or huts of the
ancient people. The stone foundations of
their cabins. the Enclosures for swine, the
rounded earth ovens and other traces of
the abode Of a numerous people cover a
large extent of beach and hillside. This
was hulana kanhala, town famed as the
abiding-Dlace of the gods and as a refuge
for those who fed for their lives, but
mostly famed as a fishing ground, for here
swarmed the kola, ohUa bonitO and the
varied life Of the warm Hawaiian seas.
" To this famed fshlng-grouud, in 1888,
came King Kamehameha the Great, the
hero and cOnqueror of Hawaii-to tax the
deep, after he had united Lanai and the
other Hawaiian islands ia one kingdom.
de came with his fleet war canoes; with
his fierce koas, or fighting men; his chiefs,
The morning call., 1894-08-05
The Diamond Remained.

A nice looking young fellow in evening
dress called on certain physician light
or two ago with peculiar wound in his
face. The physician heard his explana-
ton and then extracted a large diamond
from under the ragged skin. | have the
particulars of the story. This young man
was engaged to certain society girl. He
was very much in love with her. On a
certain night. filed with moonlight and
poetry, be Slipped diamond ring on her
finger The lady. few days after. gave
1t to another of her gentleman friends. to
whom also l believe she was engaged
The original donor Of the ring saw it on
his rivals finger. He felt badly. He said
so. The fortunate young man resented
this, and proceeded to show it by knocking
the original owner down. The stone
STAYED with him. He is having it set for
another girl.-The Capitol.
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but there was not one in the entire collec-
tion that did not exhibit strong individ-
uality. Every one of them was painted
as if the artist enjoyed his work and tried
10 produce something that would repre-
sent MS own thoughts and feeling.
Several of the frequenterS of the place
made attempts to count the pictures or
sketches, but the number always varied.
1t was generally agreed. however. that
there were about 10000. Not very many.
when IL is considered that over 150s years
were required to produce them.
The earliest dated picture on the walls
was from The brush of the immortal Con-
stable, and was signed with the year 1896.
At this time Constable was studying In
London, and must have gone over to
Paris for some purpose and been seized
by his brother artists and carried around
to the cafe. The picture by Constable
was the largest in the room and was over
the fireplace. Even at that time when he
was striving after something he did not
understand, his work showed traces
Of the style on which he made his reputa-
ton. There is the same heavy sky, the
dark trees and the dull grass.
1t is hardly possible that this was the
first picture painted in the place. because
there were several others, undated, that
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sound and clean. Their supple limbs were
made 1.-THE and strong by the bracing
vig0r of the constant ocean bath and the
caresses of a TEN perate breeze. They
were not numbered with enervating wraps
and gauds. They wore no long, somber,
sweating gowns. but their silken glossy
skins reflected back the warmth of the
smiling sun, which gave them a itch and
dusky charm.
Perhaps such race could not long wear
our gear and live. They are best clothed
with the perfumed garlands OF their
arborescent groves. How sweetly blend
the brown and green, and, when young,
glowing, amber-tinted cheeks, warm with
the crimson tide beneath, are wreathed
with the bright, odorous blossoms of these
summer isles, one sees the flowers of their
kind, and the sweet, wild grace that once
dwelt in this Fair Paradise OF the Pa
cific."
So the sweet Kaala stood mindless of
harm, as the playful breezes rusted and
swayed the long blades of leaves which
hung like bundle of green swords from
her waist; and with the swaying of her
graceful figure IN the hula-the native
dance of her people-her rounded form
stood out IN all its virgin grace, while her
melodions young voice led the choir of
maldens, whose song welcomed their hero
and their king.
Aloha, aloha nuI,
Each breeze in these isles watts to me,
Til my heart is with melody filed,
And LIES sterner passions are stiled:
Then forgotten sorrow and pain,
While joy comes again and again;
And we sing as the moon lights the sea,
Aloha, aloha nui.
Aloha aloha nui,
The waves sing at fair waikiki:
1t echoes on m ounta1n and Shore
Fond alohas again O'er and o'er;
And the bright birds with glee catch the strain
That softly sighs over the main,
Thus completing the sweet melody,
Aloha aloha nuL
The charm of her presence and her in
nocent grace filled the eye and heart of
one who stood among the braves of the
great chief-the heart of the bold young
warrior Kaaialii. known as Food for
Kings. This youth ragged in the slaughter
OF Maunalei. Lanai's last bloody battle.
With his long-reaching spear, welded by
The morning call., 1894-08-05
NAPOLEON |.
How the Great Emperor Made His
Toilet in the Morning.

How the Great Emperor Made His
Toilet in the Morning.
One of the most interesting articles
found among the recent numerous essays
upon the private life of Napoleon is on the
toilet of the Emperor, which, it appears,
was 2 most important matter and regu-
lated down 10 the smallest details with
mathematical precision. When awakened
it was Napoleon's custom to glance over
the papers while the fires were lit. He
pared In every room even IN midsummer.
writes a contributor to an Eastern ex-
change. Then of distinguished people
awaiting an audience he would designate
those whom he wished to see. after which
he would rise and take hot bath. lasting
about an hour.
The daily shaving was the next duty.
Ordinarily his physician. Corvisart, would
be present chatting and securing favOrs
for his friends. N0poleOn's greeting was
usually some badinage, such as. "Ah, char
latan! How many patients have you killed
this mOrning?" And the physician would
reply in kind Two Wallets were necessary
for shaving. one holding the basin and an
other the mirror. The Emperor, in fan
mel robe de chambre. then covered his face
with soap and began TO shave, beginning
at the left side. at the top of the cheek.
The left side done, the two Wallets passed
to the other side Throwing off his robe,
Napoleon was next deluged with eau de
cologne aud subjected to thorough scrub
bing with rough brush.
The valet then rubbed the whole body
with linen rolls saturated with eau de
cologne-a custom that Napoean had ac-
Quired in the East. The scrubbing was
none of the lghtest either. for he would
call out from time to time. "Harder-rub
harder" When the scrubbing was over
the Emperor dressed himself A curious
detail oil his costume was the religious care
WITH which he kept hung round his neck
the little leather envelope, shaped like
heart. which contained the poison that was
10 llberate him in case of irretrieyable
reverses of fortune. This poison was nre-
pared after recipe that Cabans had
given to Cond0reet, and after the year 1903
the Emperor never undertook a campaign
without having his little packet of poison.
The morning call., 1894-08-05

It is said that NJ. Victorien Sardou has
on hand the plot and bare outline OF 250
pieces that are still waiting to be written.
The morning call., 1894-08-05

The Arabic numerals were brought to
Europe and generally adopted in mercan-
tile transactions in GAL.
The morning call., 1894-08-05

A duke is styled his grace, the duke or
-, and addressed as my lord duke or
your grace,
The morning call., 1894-08-05

A lump of camphor placed in the boxes
in which silver is kept will keep it from
furnishing
The morning call., 1894-08-05

Europe and America owe polo to India.
1t was introduced into British canton
ments by The Manipuris.
The morning call., 1894-08-05

Barbarian comes from a Latin word
meaning beard. The Romans shaved,
the people Of other nations allowed their
boards 10 grow. and so were called bar
Darians or the bearded men.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

CIRCUIT COURT.
DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
General Electric Co. v. Consolidated Light and
Power Company.
VNH 2 petition of William F. Brewster, receiver,
Il dated February 1G, 1894, praying for in
structlons concerning certain matters FULLY
alleged i'll said petition, and praying for an
order authorizing him to pay certain claims 1or
LABOR and material in full. an itenllzed state.
ment thereof being annexed to said bill and
further authorizing him to issue his certificates
to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dol
lars as receiver having been presented to me
and the trustee for the bondholders hay ing
joined in said petition it is ordered that the
same be heard before me at LittIeton in So saia
o'clock in the morning. and that the said VIM.
.Brewster receiver give notice OF II the
order in Fosters Daily Democrat, a newspaper
published at Dover. in the State Of New
Hampshire. and in the Portland Daily Argus
and Portland Daily Press, newspapers s,p pub,
lshed in Portland, in the State OF Maine. IN
three issues of said papers prior to the date OF
the hearing as above set forth.
EDGAR ALDRICH,
feb2od3t U. s.. District Judge.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-21
CITY OF PORTLAND.
To the Electors of the City
of P0rtland

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of
~ Registration of Voters OF said city, VIII
be in open session at Room No. Elevenl1) City
Building, upon each OF the nine secular days
prior to the municipal election, to be held on
the fifth day of March next; being Februry 18TH
to February 18th inclusive, from in the Tore
noon to 1 O'Clock in the afternoon, and from
8 till o'clock in the afternoon and from TIL
O'Clock in the evening, excepting on the last gay
of said session, "wednesday, Feb. 2S), When 1T
VIII not be in session after o'clock in the al
ternoon, to receive evidence touching the quail
fication of voters in said city and to revise and
correct the voting lists
Capter 3O4, Public Laws of Maine, approved
March %, $685. provides:-
Sect. 3-Every person whose name has not
been entered upon the voting lists in any city,
in accordance With the provisions OF this act
must, If he desires to vote, appear in person at
place provided for registration and prove that
he possesses all the gqaiilcations OF vo sa
provided shall vote only in the ward OF the city,
and voting precinct thereof. If any, in which he
had his residence on the first,day OF April pre-
ceding, or of his becoming an inhabltant after
said day.
All registered voters who changed their resi-
dence from one ward to another previous to
April /, 1898, and have not had their residence
properly corrected cd the voting list of the
ward where they resided on said first day OF
April, should notify the City Clerk in person or
in writing of such change, who will recei re and
record evidence Of the same. which must en-
brace the name of the voter the ward. street
and number from. and the ward. street and
made. A copy of which record shall at all times
be open to public inspection. Or application
for the above purpose may be made to the
Board of Registration, Room No l. City Build
ing on each Of the nine secular days, February
8 to February %, 1894 inclusive, set apart
as above indicated. for the revision and cor
rection of the Voting Lists
During said time, said Board will revise and
correct the voting list. and the Wardens Of
said city shall be governed by said revised and
corrected list and no name shall be added to
n alac.
ton and no person shall vote at any election
whose name is not on said lists, but the Board
of Registration will be in session on the day of
election for the correction of errors that may
have occurred during said revision.
MONROE A. BLANCHARD, Registration
MICHAEL G. MCCAIN. J of Voters.
/ Portland, February IL, 1894.
fNb12 dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-21
Freights.

The following are recent charters:
Bark Sarmento. Portland to Buenos Avres,
lumber, private terms.
Bark B. Webster, Philadelphia to Bermuda,
coal 81 s5 and port charges.
Bark Jessie McGregor. Cardenas to north of
Hatteras, sugar SC, 10c and lie.
Schr Jas. B. Ogden, Brunswick, Ga. to Port
land, lumber So.
Schr G. M. Brainard. New York to Portland,
coal Goo.
Schr John M. Morse, Philadelphia to Portland,
coal p. t.
Schrs Sarah w. Lawrence, Cassie F. Bronson,
and Laura G. Anderson, East Boothbay to New
York, ice SOC.
Schr r. A. Taulane, W. Abrahams, and G. A.
Lane, Portland to Baltimore, ice 45c.
HSchrs Estelle Phinney, and Andrew Adams,
Portland to New York, ice 45c.
Schr Edward Waite, Turks Island to Balti-
more, salt &c.
Barge CIR R No 2, New York to Portland,
coal private terms.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-21
Domestic Markets.
(By Te]egraph,)

FEBRUARY. 90. 1894,
NEW YORK-The Flour market - receipts
sscks .ssies iS 900 PACKAGES: active and strong.
Tionr OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES extras at 2 O602 40 /:
.,rv Minis EXTRA at 5ba3 t;5 city mills patents
1 90 w 1sncv ~ weas 70. natents At
~ 70. M;nnasota clear 5Oa2 80: straights
a. At Z 25a3 60: do PATENTS 1904 %: do rye
nU ds ) soSa SO. s,lperfne al 75@2 90:
fne 1T I 756I Or Southern four js quiet and
, nnc ., Rve t;onr STEADY Buckwheat -four
NJ ; S5sSo 40 RnckwbeatMSrate at roc. Corn
meal dill and steady. Rye dull and nominal
Wbeat-receipts enO bush; exports 10000
Blush; sales 81, 500 bush dull and hrmer With tn
in store and eley at 62@631ae; at1oat at 6314 q
631a # at 63664c: No Northern at SOL.
@e91ac. Corn-recelpts 5000 bush; exports
10, 1872 bush; sales $4,000 bush; dull and firm
er, No at 1924 in elev: 43Tsc ahoat. Oats
receipts S4OO bush; exports 1893 bush; sales
$4,000 bush: more active and firmer: No at
3s1I No 3 at 3s1Ac; do White at 87c: Mixed
western at 38@39c; do White and White State
at 3S@411ac. Beef quiet and steady ;beef hams
dull; tierced beef dull and steady; cut meats
quiet and steady ;middles are nominal. Lard is
quiet and firmer western steam closed at 9 90:
city at tn renned IS qulet; Continent 8 30;
A rs; compound at 615. Provisions-Pork
quiet and hrnl Butser IN moaeEaue aeiilali i, !;
fancy fresh steady State daly 10 M 40 cs
27; DO factory at l2'al ;Eigih 2. 1sc. Jnees Sc
in fair demand and hrm; state large wnlte az
9@l1A c; fancy II hsSdlllM G; 40 small al LIZ
united at Sic, CoffeeaRio dull and easy: No 7
I71sc: Sugare-rSw dull. STEADY renned s1eany
quiet mos at i3,i 6g4c;No az 90 re ao.io
No at 3ssgS 13iec: 80 a. l 1e3stc
NO 10 at 3Aa@3 Il-ioc; no l az . -aogoss'
NO Il at $685. S-ioc: w 10 ~ cAoe t oa a
5TsgA 31aoc mc. .Ennfactinners, 1iaS1 s.16
az - We -Sa 40 . Sen or,1shad Of 66S5 e1ec
cut n1sr q. II 1ISSl eranulated at 4H6
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-21
Administrator Sale of VaIu
able Real Estate.

TNHE undersigned offers at Private Sale, the
i following valuable real estate property
belonging to the estate of the late John c.
Schwartz:
In the city of Portland:
LAND (over 1000 feet)and buildings there.
on, on the northerly side of Newbury ST.
2-Land, westerly side of Pearl st.
3-Land, cor. Pearl and Newbury SITS.
4--Land and dwelling. house, south side Federal
st
5-Land and dwelling houses, Lower Cove st.
Gland and 2 dwelling houses, cor. Hammond
ST., and Potters Court.
a7-Land and dwelling house, Gould st.
Stand and 2 dwelling houses. east side
Washington ST.
Gland and small dwelling, East Cove st.
In the city of Westbrook:
1O-Land, lover 10000 feet) frame stable and
store thereon, south side of Main ST.,
Saccarappa, on line of electric road.
Centrally situated and well adapted for a
large business block.
12-Land and dwelling house on Brown st.
Inquire for further particulars and prices OF
Il. M. RAY Admir-,
so Exchange ST., Portland.
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