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Declined the Invitation.

4 well known professor is noted for ais observation-disclosures He and a friend. another old professor, used to take a daily walk together and discuss mattere quite beyond the comprehension of ordi- nary morials
 One day when the walking was vesg bad professor No. was on his way ts tb3 corner at which he and his friend always met when he encountered q young student " hose face he recognized dimly, having seen it every day fol seme weeks in his morning class. He accordingly hailed his pupil, who was wading through the mud to get across che street.
 'tHavey you seen my friend?" he asked
 "Yes, ST." replied the student, p.us fag respectfully in the midst of mud puddle to remove his cap. He is ai the corner waiting for you
 "Good, replied the professor, looking aver his speetacles. ''I thank you You may hG seated Strand Magazine
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CUBE RooT MADE EASY.
How Any Frisht schagar aias Learn 70
 Fell IT Ouaianh

How Any rrieht schngar Clay Learn 10
 Fell ' 0aAsna.
 To ind t6a cube teot of any giyen number eg iigmes oGhand seems an a1- most impossible feat but yet it is sim pie enough when one knows how 10 do it--so simple, indeed, tha9 any bright hoy can learn to do it in q few weeka
 First he must know exactly what cube is--namely. that it is the result of multiplying ono number by itself and then multiplying tho product by tho original number Thus, 5 multiplied hy equals 3. and multiplied by 3, tho original number, produces e7. which consequently is the cube oi 5. The cube root eff 2 is the original number, 2, and to find tine cube root is the reverse Of finding Che cube Tho would he adept Ut this art should first study carefully the following figures,
 Islt1z 2 3rgxg= 2s fS1.<= G4 5lg5 6xae 2lG '%7>1'@ala Sa5l3 g59eeo=12o
 A close study of these figures shows that multiplied in lhis manner by t. seif results in s, that s multiplied By itself has 2 as a final figure, that 8 mul- siplied ty itself has : US final figure, shat multiplied hy itself has 3 as Q final figure, and chat 1, ., 6 and mul- tipliod by themselves have their origi nal figures us finals Hence the artist knows that any sum given to him the final figufe of which is must have , as enlp loot; that If the final figure be 9, the cube root must he g. and so en.
 Fer example, give him t4e figures f4, 0sS, and he can at once tell that 19 is the cdhe rect, for the reasnn that Fl has 1 as cube root, ,s the cube of is 6i, while ike cehe of is l25, much more than i4, asd 0Ss has as q cube rGot
 Or give him more dltiicult problem, as fer example. Che figures 321.3G9 Then be will See at gianrc fhat as1 is more than 2ld. which Is tio cube of 6 but Is less tlan 843. the eHba of Therefore thee6br r1nt uf thcae thfee figures k ( In like manner tho final figure of 3GA being 2, Il follows that tlo cube root of these three figures is 3, and thus che epte iaGt of tbe six figures has been shown ta be Gg
 Any eno can test this melEod for himself, and iftIe praeti"a h all taat IS needed "a nuke cne as deft in such jueglery of tigufes as the best hg6f- ming calculator
 Of coarse skilled aritbueticim could casily frame problems ihat eoula not be solved in this otfhand fashion but such difficult tests aleselaem etlaed by public audiences. and, as q rHle, tbo artists are easiiy able 10 answer Hll the questions asked of them -New York Herald.
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TEARS WeRs FORBIDDEN.
4 sSa4e 10 Cat, aleaut Tsat tho Typewriter
 ..---. L-- L,-.

W.s 10 eo-
 ei}a was 2 daaty litle thing and tho ola gentleman appeared ta hs pfefcs sessed in her fsgor night trs7 thc start. but there Nas evidently seesth.ae that made him pans,
 Look here ho sa.d ii tis blunt fashion I ike yen and your referenc 2 are all right Iou run tha typewriter ss if you knew ri thsro is to kuoU aboUs 1t, aga you den't loolS like q girl who would oa ss eserS thigd day and want Q eet away an haar or two carly sll the rest of the time, but before l en- gage you l want to have a clear under. standing Wlth you oil one subject
 Yes. sir. she rapliol looking at him inquirinRl9.
 Of eourse, lie explained, q expect you will be perfectly satisfactory but If you are Hog there must be Ho doubt about my right to discharge yeu.
 'Ceranly nar.
 If want you to go, I'll just have one of the clerks pat q pote oll your deslz or leave ii #ilAth aasiicr for Yog, and youhe so take thQt .a final. a
 Naturally, sAe saiG locking as 6im i'll some surprise.
 Yen re not 10 enter any protest q file any objections. he persisted. aHd mosr Of all yea re not 0 weep.
 Why, l suppose l can ask yoa whY'-
 Yen eant ask me q thing, he broke in. If you get note asking you to quit you're just to put on your things and walk cut without whim. per or question of any kind. Is that un derstood
 It is, she replied
 Have l your promise 10 live up to th9t agreemelt3'
 You have But it is such an extr8or- dinary request that I-f'-
 Young Woman, said the old gen. ileman impresgNely, we been iu Busi ness here Tor 50 years, and up to the time woman get good teathuid in Inc business world l Was in the haIit of eil- gazing and dlsehaIging clerks as seemed to me best from the standpoint of my business. In an ungnarded moment however, Was induced to hire y0ubg woman 10 run q typewriter for me. and after 1 found that she wasn [ satisfao tory to me it took me over eight weeks to discharge her. l left q note on hor desk and she promptly came ill aud wept on mine turned the job over tc various suoordinates, hut each dime sie oane into my private office to do her weeping, aud inside of week she hat the whole force wrought ID to q poies where business was being neglected, ane she was still drawing salary just tlle same. Woman in business may 5e aa right, bua when il comes to getting hen out of business somebody else ean havs the job. However, if you'll make : solemn promise to go without d siugl. weep if yon don suit III try yea. '- Chicago Post
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4 Permanent Paste.

Soak an onnee of refined gelatin in cold water fer an hour then drain off and squeeze ont the water IS much US possible Pu. the gelatin in a jelly pot and place fae pet in pan of het water over the fire When tho gelatin has melted, stir III slowly 21@ ounces of pure alcohol Put in wide mouthed bottle and cork tightly This glue or paste will keep indefinitely and eaa be melted for use in few minutes by set ting the bottle in basin of hot water. AS it contains q very small percentage of water it affects the gloss of the prints but little and dries almost i'm mediately -Flarper's Round Table.
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now cnla metnl. somet tIlnns sIlr.

Professor Raeuts.A Aasten's aiseav cries on the snbieet of the iHlertlifJasi. hility of metals E most interesting reading The facts have been te some extent known to savants hefofe tho meeting of the Royal society, 1t which mne public attention was ara@n, hrt on that oecGsion tbo results wrra 0ade more clear lt ~as then shown that solid metals may he made 10 iniS them- selves as if the atoms WeI9 living afea. lures
 Professor HoEe-ls Austen Eas, in fact, discovered pigcg af uetal engaged in tho yeTq aet et li..&sn4 1Aeaselxes up enc with the other. of conrse tho inter est cf this is that tHa lntcrdi6Hsita os which We speak has heen fogaa to take place when the metals wcrc ccid. aHd, though this property ia mci4ls, to ho capable of attaching themselves one t0 the other when cold. has tf,n talkgG about before, nothing so clearly proved has hitherto been at the service of metalufgSis and chemists as the facts adduced ivy Professor Roberts Austen. He shows chat when clean su1iaees of lead and gold aIe held together in the absence of air at q tempefaiafe of 40 degrees for four Cayd tty anite firmly and can only he separated by force equal to one tfild of the hseakisg stiam of the lead 1he professor has also prevod shat fl plate If gold La laid under enc of lead alont thaeea tenths Of an lnch thick n thfee days gold will have risen aud diffused itaeif to the tep ef the ofhel metal iu very apprecallc qtle1tiiy-GulIiery @aar- Glan
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ERRORS IN LIVING,
v.ns Excessive App. tite and the i'oay'z
 CApacitY fol Food.

van's Excessive App tie and the Doayz
 capacity fci Food.
 ro inc lav mind nothing seems to au- aar sn strongly ill favor Of robust health .s hearty appetite. Furthermore, ssere would seem 10 be strong con, s;otion in the public mind, sanetif2d ~r tradition from time almost imme- ,sortal. that the more man eats the satter he is. Ilre quantity of food that rnane people aathrally eat is very large ss compared with their actual physi- oIooioal requirements. Add to this the ,nanv tempting forms ill which food is resented. .a tue palate by our modern rrurarr arts, the sharpening of the ap- -lite bg the anteprandial cocktail, the stimuius afforded the appetite by bot s,e oP good wine, and the result is often The consumption of an amount of food that simply ov6rwhelms the assimila- tive organs. Such indulgence, If unre- str;eted and habitual, taxes both the as similatiye and the exeretosJ organs to their highest capacity, especially when coupled with sedentary life, and, more over. it lends sn additional impetus to the evils springing from the use of inn proper quality of food.
 The human elaboraiing and excretory mechanism Ras evidently adjusted for ordinary wear and tear to al average limited period of about 70 years. Un der 40 per ceat of extra wol we must naturally expect impairment CT break, down of the mechanism much earlior. Ii should therefore excite no special surprise that so large proportion of eur well to do people tie from Btisi.t's dis. ease. seart failure and allied diseases at 50 or 55 who should, and under prop erly regulated lives and habits would, have attained the natural age of 70 or over. paradoxical though it may seem, such people usually spring from eXcep. tioually healthy stock aud often point with pride to the fact that their imiue. diate ancestors lived to advanced ages of 80 years or more. This paradox, how ever, is more apparent than real, for in- vestigation will usually reveal the fact that for tie most part the parents in such caseS were people of more simple habits, such as eorrespended with New England life Ii or 100 years ago.
 Tke truth is that the well to do man of today lives in faster age thar that of his father ana grandfather. He meets with greater opportunities and possi- hil:hes and therefore greater stimulus to all his energies He morc easily ac- quires pecuniary resources, and in larger amounts, and therefore he pcs gesses greater luxuries of domestic life With these conc greater temptations to sxcess While ke has often inherited q splendid constitution from his anees tors, unlike them he has run his phys ical mechanism at breakdown rate and it must of necessity more quickly wear out,7- Charles " Pardy. M. D., in North American Review.
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Lorel fatiacrgtan,

A minister Ahe kept race horses and had at bis command a good store os very blunt yerHacular. who could not bc got to admit that he understood an abstract thought. who always knew what he wanted and was determined to carry t out regardless ef the opinions of others. who conceived lis own ideas to be superior Co those of other people, who never locked farther than tomorrow and much preferred Bot to think beyond this evening, but who af the same time was determined to establish the pliyi- lcge of an lnghshman to tho sidewalk all over the world, while men of other nations might step into the gutter this minister represented aspirations which had long age sickene1 under the rounded periods srtended 10 convince humanity that bread and calico summed up their total requirements and woro more sufficient for rational happiness This was ibe popular conception of Palmerston when. in 1855. he Became first minister of the crown. -.'' Yoke of Empire, hy F E Brett
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M-er.t spe we,.er.

Lately one of the Aston constables, who is an Irishman. while in the wit ness hos, pecretratei a bull which fairly set tte eonrt in roar Describ- ing the conduct ct a 1aan who had been creating ,aistui bance, he saitl
 s'I saw tAe ,iefendanI. He made the worst row R the world, and then he went up thu street and made worser '' --Londcn I t. Bits
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wreekea on soston shoal..

The young man looked up from his Eriting.
 'The-ah-.iic-sirl lives iu Bos. ton. he said io his chum. Don't you think it would make hit with her if quoted few lines of poetry?''
 ''Got the bcok:''
 ''No, but l know the verses ny heart "
 Don't you take my chances. I tried the same .hiag once aud got shook be. cause used semieolon where there should have been Il comma Wash ingtcu Star.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-16
The IsnnreLs..l,irt

The duueet skirt shieae3 nn zne cords around the waist, Gle shieeiss yieua- ing heiow the hips, is Il F5ReI# f5atufe of summer ffocks h 6tgamie this fashion + particularly adapmbIe A pretty saumer girl, Who looked az Ii she had stepped oui of Il picture at a wedding ln the country recently, had an o1gmtdie W4th white siaand, Fow- dered Wjth tiny pink rasebuuls, tha skirt made in this way and WoEH over a white taA'eta sip Ihe waist had 8 little full. ness gathered on thc right shoalcer-and under he arm. the folds he;ng brought across !he breast diagoaally and fas- tened with a raflie on Che left side, forming q curye around the collarless neck, which wa9 left q little bare, the organdie forming a sort of bolero, which ~as drawn tightly across the figure and the wrist defined by a high draped belt. The sleeves were made without being gathered and drawn tightly around the arms, except at the top, where 9 smart looking puff accentuated the shoulders With this pretty frock was worn n ieghern hat tilted over on the side by 8 cluster of pink roses. Roses also formed a garniture on top, with loops of black velvet ribbon forming an aigret on cue side New York Tribune.
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An Analysis.

"What did that young maa rall tina poems" asked the editor
 A satire
 "And that implies that lie IS show ing tho uselessness and absafdity e something ;
 T believe so.
 We'll, there's only one guess taat , gan mako concerning this, aud that j. that it is | satire on poetry. "-Wash ington s0ar.
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strange Mistake.

Old Ms Jonea entered the drawing room unexpectedly and spoiled very pretty tahleaR
 T was just whispering i secret in Cousin Jennie ear. explained Charlie.
 'ti'n sorry, said the old lady grave. ly, 'thnt your eyesight has become so bad that you mistake Jennie's mouth for her ear London Tit-Bits.
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1 peiiea.e conpl.nas,.t.

No more elegant compliment WAS ever paid 10 preacher than that of King Louis XIV Of France 10 Jean Ba tiste Masillon, bishop of Clermont Said he: 1T have heard many great preachers, and the effect they produced sn mo was that felt thoroughly satis fed with them. Every time | heard Ypu I was dissatisied ~ith myself
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Old Custom Reyivs,l.

An ancisnt casiom has been revived in some. English rual districts. clergy men, il sprplicas ans attended by choir. made tour in procession of tho cornfelds ap.i farmyart:s, vhsre prayers were alfe-sd up for 2 t!asslug on tho young crops-
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na Alncl,s Mneelbarrow.

Leonardo da vind, the painter who painted the fanous picture of the Last Supper, is said to have invented the wheelbarrow -Boaton Budget
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the brick hotel and body Had the
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-25
G. x IL
FOR THE
Observation-Disclosures
BY PRECINCT CLUBS. AND FOR
THE ISLAND NOMINATING
CONVENTION OF THE AMERI-
CAN UNION PARTY.
HONOLULU, II. l., Aug. 10, ,S91.

HONOLULU, II. l., Aug. 10, ,S0I.
\ convention of the American Union
Party of the Island of Oahu will be
held in the American League Hall, Ho.
nolulu, Wednesday, September Is, at
1880 p. M, for the purpose of nomi-
mating for the election of September
20, 1897, three candidates FOR the
House of Representatives for the
Fourth District and three for the
Fifth District, and for the adoption of
a platform of principles.
Delegates to the Nominating Con-
vention will be chosen at Precinct
Club meetings on the evening of Au
gust 30, in Honolulu, and August %
in the outside precincts.
Only registered electors will be en-
titled to vote for delegates.
The apportionment of the various
precincts is as follows:
FOURTH DISTRICT.
First Precinct - Government Nur-
sery; two delegates.
Second Precinct-Beretania Street
School; six delegates.
Third Precinct Nunanu Water
Gate; one delegate.
Fourth Precinct - Royal School
three delegates.
Fifth Precinct-Kapuaiwa Building;
three delegates.
Sixth Precinct-Bell Tower; three
delegates.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
First Precinct-Kaneohe; two del
egates.
Second Precinct-Koolauloa Court
House; one delegate.
Third Precinct-Waialua one dele
gate.
Fourth Observation-Disclosures one del
egate.
Fifth Precinct-Ewa Mill, one dele
gate.
Sixth Precinct - Manana Court
House: one delegate.
Seventh Precinct-Reform School;
| two delegates.
Eighth Precinct-Tram Stables; two
delegates.
Ninth Observation-Disclosures School;
two delegates.
| Tenth Precinct 49, Chinese Engine
House; two delegates.
NOTE:-Polling places are given
merely to define precincts, and are
not necessarily meeting places. The
latter will be made known by Central
Committee representatives.
JAMES A. KENNEDY,
Chairman, Central Committee.
ED TOWSE,
Secretary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-25
\ COT N1ER.


The fact, says an exchange, that
there are two Japanese warshps com
pletely within the power of the Unit
ed States will undoubtedly cause the
conqucrur of China to hesitate long
and deliberately before she makes any
hostile demonstration against the
United States. even if the annexation
of Hawaii should cause her to consid
cr such a serious step. The ships ia
question are now being built i'm Ame-
ri"an yards-one by the Cramps at
Philadelphia and the other by the
Union Iron Works at San Francisco,
and when finished they will prove pow
crful additions to the offensive and
defensive strength of the Empire Of
the Rising Sun. At the first overt act
on the part of Japan, Uncle Sam will
promptly seize these vessels and com
plete them as rapidly as possible for
use against the government for which
they had been constructed.
Contracts for the two ships were
entered into by the japanese govern
ment shortly after the close of the
war with China, and the fact that the
work was given to American ship
builders in preference to those Of
England, France or other European
countries, was accepted as a high
compliment to the merits of American
workmanship. as well as an Indication
of the warm friendship of Japan and
! the United States.
The vessels are unarm Nred cruisers.
with protected decks. modelled after
the Japanese cruiser Eoshino. built
! by the Armstrong; of England. which
Il, D,I
| timore and Philadelphia of our own
navy. They will cost $1,250.000 each,
and at the present rate of progress
will be completed within eighteen
months.
In case of necessity, however. they
could be made ready for sea service in
much less time.
Their dimensions are as follows:
! Length. 396 feet: extreme beam. 40
feet. and draught. II feet inches
with n displacement of AGO tons
They are provided with all the most
modern improvements in naval archi.
lecture. and the hulls are divided into
ter tight compartments by transverse
and longitudinal bulkheads. Their
contract speed is 22H knots per hour
which, is sufficient to enable them &c
ovartake any merchantmen or weak.
err warShip, or to escape from more
formidable foe. An eight-inch rife
forward and another aft. and five -four
| inch and five seven inch guns, com
prise the main batteries of the ships
which are supplemented with power
| full secondary batteries of rand firing
guns and five torpedo tubes. located sc
as TO do the most damage.
They are ships of the highest mod
ern type and would prove rich prizes
for Uncle Sam in the event of trouble
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-25
Right Side


That's the way the sign at
the new shop reads, and
the business is right side
up, and in the new quar-
ters l have more room to
work in, consequently feel
that l can do more salts
factory work in both plan
ming and executing.
If you have any serious
intention of building
home or business block,
economy d mands that the
work should be the best
and that's the kind I pre-
fer to do.
It's more satisfactory to
you, and to me, to do work
that will stand as a land
mark.
LET NE Do YOUR figuring.
GEORGE w. LINCOLN,
Contractor and Builder,
King Street, near Alakea.
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-25

X When a servant
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L mon you, leaving
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To what does the caller
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Hardly. One sweep
M ing glance and every
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# The design of your
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= of your window
IL curtains, the wood
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= Suppose they are all
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