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law, addressing the bride Just AZ if she
were a single Woman. told her.
You are ali unmarried girl. or rather.
widow You must not Use tho Iamc or
the title, Of the man YOU live with To
impress il on your mind, You will paw 50
francs fine; and II YOU persist, You will
pay each month an Increasing fine. each
month five times hat of the month before >"
When this Young Prince or any other
Frenchman reaches IA" ripe age of ~ he
will have legal remedy against hi- mothers
har-hnrss. II IL:
CbI The Respectful SUMMON Torn
between the Cialm- Of ma 'lrr and the rights
of parents, the French law say, To all sons
who have reached 20 and all daughters
who have reached -
You must continue to respect your
parents ~ long a. YOU I've Ask their
permission still. IL thoy refuse, bring a
lawsuit against them. This j. lad; but not
50 bad ao marrying of-hand without per-
mission
Il is suhtl" law Three times. a.
intervals of month, whole machinery
Of stamped paper and it, legal service
must BE- -.'t in motion. This gives parents
four months more time. If they choose
To dodge the service, n the widow of a
millionaire disti!lrr did for eighteen months
on board her yacht not long ago, the baked
young folks have nothing To do bur
patiently pursue their rights through "thc
swamp of procedure, a. they say in he
Sole dts Pcs Pcriu. the Hall Of Lost
Foot steps" Of the Palace Of Justice
Until the three Respectful SummOnsas"
have been served on the father or the Wild
owed mother, Speaking TO their person"
there j. small chance Of a legal marriage,
though the son b" badheaded or the daugh-
ter have lost all her teeth. Summons hv
publication, when resisted, i, not legal
The one sure remedy Is ali appeal to the
President of the Republic.
A very hard case has lust been brought
to Parisian attention. TIE wrOnged girl
wrote - the Figaro, reCounted her betrayal,
and asked advice When the Figaro re-
ierred the question to it, readers, the gem
eral suggestion Of the plebiScite was SIM
ply: Shoot the fellow
A young French governess who lived
IN London was there courted by a French
youth of good family, learning English and
absorbing business principles. He per-
suaded her to marry him, by the English
ceremony, in an English church.
1t was hand some marriage, with flowers,
organ-muslC, something like a half hun
dred guests, wedding breakfast and a
bridal trip around the English lakes, be
ginning with rice throwing from the door
step Of the house from which the girl was
married and ending in fright and q flood OF
tears when some one told her she was no
wife in French law-the law of her own
country.
To calm these fears the young man told
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sacrifice themselves to bring her portion
up TO the right figure"
These bizarre considerations fl together
very logically:
First Berthe looks to her parents for
a husband "a her natural reward for a
life Of obedience, modesty and self cfface.
ment And
Second-Her parents having filed her
marriage stocking with a tidy little fortune,
exc else their right Ia be exacting a. to
the past and IN, future Of the happy Young
man But
Third-Lest the Young man in his in.
experience and ardOr, should make an
unequal bargain, tho French law, built on
French custom, demands tho consent of
his parents, legally set forth in writing
This extraordinary detail of French
marriage law ought TO be known 10 the
girls OF other countries when young French.
men court them.
(a) Up to the age Of IS years finished,
l. O.. until he has reached his twenty-siNth
year. no young Frenchman can become
husband without furnishing to the civil
functionary. who alone can marry him,
tho written act Of consent of his father and
mother. In case Of dispute. the fathcr's S
consent is sufficient; but not so the mothers,
whose sole consent is good, however, when
she is a widow. When both parents are
deceased. the man must have the consent
Of his grandfather or grandmother in the
same way, lacking whom the duty of con-
Senting falls upon the family council COM
posed OF his nearest relatives
This very summer a young French prince.
cadet OF ducal family. proved the fact
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KING WILLIAM MERRY.
That's His Name and His Condition. Too
His Claim To Edwards Crown.

CARIBOU, Me, sept. 8-The day the
crown was placed upon the head Of Edward
VII. in Westminster william Merry, who
claims 70 be the real heir TO the throne
of Great Britain, arrived at his home in
Woodland, bringing a new potato digger
from Bangor Mr.. Merry bases his claim
20 blood royal upon the family records Of
his ancestors He says he is the oldest
representative Of the thirty-second genera
ton from William de Warren. first Earl
Warren. whose wife, Gundred, was the
daughter of William the Conqueror. To
further enhaI Ce his royal blood, n grand
son Of Earl Warren vas wsidcd to Felice,
the daughter Of Duke Robert Of Normandy
who was blinded and imprisoned for life
by Henry H. On his mothers side Mr..
Merry claims to have come down from
John of Gaunt he being the twenty-scventh
in descent from Lord Bartholomew Boyn-
ton, the ancestor of the present bironet,
Sir Henry Somerville Boynton, whose
family blood was attainted i.der Charles H.
for taking sides with Cromwell
Having. spent wear, in counting up his
cousangIiinity 10 ancient kings and coin
pairing it with the blood Of the house OF
Hanover. Mr. Merry says that to be msthe-
matically accurate he holds in his veins
l-5O, ,?7s, ,Sii ,6iOth Of the blood of King Al
fred the Great. which is i20l i Is, ,3G8 ,5s0th
more than : possessed under EdN ara VII
OF bv any descendant OF Queen Victoria.
while believe | am the legal Hing OF
England, said Mr.. Merry, Il am in no hurry
to insist upon the acknowledgement Of
my claim. | am doing very well farming
and if | have good luck this year | shall
harvest 1000 bushels Of potatoes. II Will
cost a lot Of trouble and worry for me TO
establish my claim before Parliament, and
| am afraid the farm would suffer while
was urging my case in the House Of Lords
Then, | am not sure | should like the Job
after got it. Kings are not what they
used to be, and il would vex me terribly To
give an order and have Parliament step
in and countermand it, ! am getting old
too. and like to have things quiet.
The records are all straight. but, on tho
whole. guess III turn them over TO John,
my oldest son and heir apparent 10 the
throne. His FIVE younger brothers call
him the Prince Of Wales now and when am
dead he can be king II he cares To make the
effort He i a good boy. too probably the
best Prince Of Wales that ever lived,
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man, fore or aft. who permits himself 10 he
tattoood. An officer who allows himself
10 be tattoOed ought TO he dismissed the
service
Now, that was pretty warm talk, mas
much AZ mos Of us older man ~ tho table
Were more or less marked up with the
needles. but the older men around "a mess
table have TO make allowances for the raw
ness OF he younger chaps, and 80 nothing
was said. The executive officer regarded
the laxative boy with a vague smile in
his eyes. and then transferred his atten t ion
to his plate,
"Wn had a salt wat"r shower bath fixed
aft on the main deck wherewith to ccol
ourselves when We turned out IN the morn
ing. We'd don short trunks and stand
under the thing and then 60 over ourselves
with fresh water.
On the following morning after the
young ensign had basted tattooing so thor
oughly the executive officer walked out
under the shower bath In his trunks. The
young ensign happened to be officer OF the
deck, and il was "a study TO observe how
his eyes stuck out when he had one good
look al IN" person Of the first luir,' his
very much superior officer.
The executive officer was a giant Of q
feet 2. On his chest he had tattooed an
enormous full-rigged ship in blue and red
On his back he had really fine piece about
n foot and half long and wide that had
been done by a Japarese. II represented
a japanese dragon battling with an eagle,
in four ColorS blue, r.d, golden brown and
green.
-On his hrawny arms from his shoulders
almost TO his wrists were nicely pictured
anchors, boa constructors, weeping will
lows. stars, flag ard such
The executive officer stood under the
shower. looking straigh; ahead and smiling
dreamv. Ha knew that the young ign
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BEAR FEET STEUED ~ GIN.
Make Chinese Iiighbinders Feel strong
TO kiil Their Enemies.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept bears feet
are the baron e'crs ot activity in high
binder circles. Tony Giacom Of the firm
of Giaconi & Baicese. fruit and commis-
sion merchants on Washington street
has jlls, received a consignment If feet
of the black bear from Oregon.
What do You do with them" asked
the reporter.
"Spll en- To Chnee, answered Tony.
What do the chinese do with th"m?"
Drink EN-
Drink them? Don't you mean eat
them
How do they do that"
-Stecp EN-"
Not like pigs feet?"
-No. Like bears feet. insisted Tony.
What do the Chinese drink them for?"
ITO make him strong and wicked like
the bear 50 he can kill his enemy" explained
Tyny. "IIe think if he drink the juica
the spirit uf the bear go into him
DO you sell many Of thom?" asked the
rep22rter. ii, .,,,,,
Nuy 'em. and there's no highbnder war
on now
DO YOU sell them to the hghbndcrs
Ciirec,?"
NO We sell EN- to saloonkeeper ia
Chinatown, Then he steep em and sell
drink 10 hiPhbinder"
How does the ~alOonkeepcr steep them?-
He put 'em in gin and let EN- COT k
slowly let en- cook long time That take
all the good out of them.
How many do YOU sell in year,"
Sometimes sell lot; sometimes don't
sell many. Maybe not sell more than
We got now in a year"
How many did YOU get in to-day"
"Twenty-rhree. There they are"
And there they were-twenty-three
bears feet stripped of fur and skin twenty
three skeletons covered with sinew and
tendon and tipped with long black claws;
not. apparently, very appetlzing morsel.
But inquiry in Chinatown elected the
Information that Tony's statements were
correct and that the hirhbinders believe
that he feroclty Of the bear and its strength
pas 10 tine person who imbibes the de-
coction They do not consider that the
gin has "A great deal of influence except
to draw out the animal nature from the
feet and make il ready for their assimi-
laliOn. But, as Tony said:
Maybe the gin make en- bravcr than
the feet do"
The feet Of the grizzly bear bring the
highest prices, for he grizzly is famed
for irs power and grit and w!ckedness.
4 foot Of black bear will cost the COM
mission man IS cents or, II, the v'rnacular
Of the Pacific Coast, two bite Tha, Of
grizzly IL worth three. times a. much.
and b. the ,llle lt gets TO the highbindcr
it j. worth from 81 10 8, while that Of the
hcrry-Cltng black animal can be- had for
81 and -four bits" But grizzlies are hard
TO get, and perhaps, for the sake Of Chinese
lives, 1t il a well,
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Snow RecomiiiS scarce IN colorado.



BOULDER, col Aug ~ - The nero-r
OF the oldest inhabitant of Boulder CD.u'T
does not recall time when the snow ur G."
Uount...Ns WAS as scarce a. II is now A. iH1
headwnfrrs ofthe various hranChe- ~ Eouiu"r
Creek heretofore large beds OF snow hafa
lasted all summer. but this year they haze
are usually small beds by the hundreds 70
IN the latter part Of August thrr" - nov
no snow AZ all Immense basins are found
~ Jasper Lake. Arart thor Pass. Arnpiho"
Peak. Mount Audubon, Long Prak ana
intervening points These basins rl-e -
such IN angle that the melting OF the snow
i gradual AZ the loot OF these basins f''
Ia kes of various sizos and in these the crooks
virtually take their rise There are IN Rlu.d''
county many Of these lakes IN usual s"nsor-,
fed by hundreds of small streams. tg' nov
the small streams are not running 30. $50
the snow banks have disapur.rci and '.'
consequence is many OF the lake. have a. '-
appeared Tn. glacier in the ANN cN9lf
or trapahoe PEAK is much smaller thrN Z
has been as far AZ any one knows
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never makes part of the category; except
in the case Of a possible disturbance at the
church door. 1t is the suitors duty to
square MI such possible offenders: and the
refusal 10 hear reason Of one hot ot-hearted
beauty, who had been cool-nerved enough
Ia make herself crack revolver shot :
n9toriously kept the most popular and
youthful Of French statesmen from the
bonds Of natrimony for wears.
To furnish ones certificate OF birth seems
most innocent requirement Of French
marriage yet young men on the eve Of
NtddirG lave shot thcmelvcs In dread OF
1 discovery it, scrutiny must lead to. "Ac-
Nnowi,dg"d child" ocHidM rs 'onnuO burns
upon il, surface tie French law will ne ver
let bygonss be b. 'g,res. Then, n, the
birth certificate gives a direct C!l Q 80 the
fathers secret dEsicr. tine errors Of two
generations ar' at tie disposal Of those
who can show a righ, 10 know them,
The girls parents have such liglt, The
vuun 4. man cannot, dar' not. refuse invrs-
igdtion Year after year philarhropists
propose laws that will mek" impossible this
.orI of Illli-ition. hut. IA II suits the
Fcuc'l temperament, It confines.
IN ones secret do.scr kCp, by tn" judi
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The FRENCH SUITOR'S ORDEAL
MiNY BiRRIIRS ON PHI way no
NiTRi NONl.
Eject OF Making the Parents Consent n
Prerequisite 10 Marriage-ENtraOr.
dinary Phases oi French Law Course
Nl Tue Nerakc Paris court ,hIp.

PARIS, Aug. y. In the Paris Latin Quarter
year. ago, a midii"-as"d gentleman as
the story had il, hr,. M Jealous of an oren-
handed, popular vou ..d,U' whom he
glr'a, h. pur" light -h"artrdn"--, called
Handsome Jacques" And 81 in CaG,s
which th"y both FrcqIrntcd he, too, with
sly malic" "a'rd jhc young man Hand
some JacpUe,
Time passed Tie young man. taking his
degrees, st 10 work very seriously, pro-
duced a brilliant book and was beginning
10 be lnoh"d 90" in society n n good nnr'i.
one evening a. a reception. the elderly
gentleman recognized him aud smiled
ma'"yo!,njiy. His companion a.Acd
why did You start when YOU saw that
young man. D. ypI hno% him?
'N",
i hop" ,oI huo% nothing unfavorable
of him beg You 10 tell me. In fact,
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Sx Teeth Blown Down Ills Throat.


TTOnI TNf NWN 7 TUNfEFO 7 TNTOnICtf-
OAKLAND, Aug "a By u blast OF COM
pressed air from dcta Ched hose used on the
Westinghouse air brakes OF car, ". A.
Stah!, an employee Of the southern Pacific
Company, had six teeth blown down his
throat Ia the Southern Pacific yards at West
Oakland thi~ afternoon.
Sill ho /, a swityhman, was assisting IN
making up train. and after completing
coupling picked up the air pipe TO attach
IT To the adjoining car Before he could
finish his task Nh" air was turned on full force
and the blHst struck him in the mouth Three
upper ard three lower teeth disappeared ~
n nv magic
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ho j. a >u;'or for the hand of nv daug grter.
who imagines rhat she cares a great deal
for him"
The elderly on" answered Yes. | know
him: and vou will see that he knows me.
Observe
Then stepping up 70 his victim i" said
with Significance
sGood evening. Handsome Jacques"
And then before he Young man IN mixture
of embarrassment, uncertainty and iudg-
nation could think what to answer, he
drew the girls father away.
The match was broken of Years passed
again. The Young author had written
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and learned somo obscure French law 10
his great surprise. He loved young,
beautiful and titled French widow, who
had the bad luck TO BE- obnoxious TO his
widowed mother, She refused TO consent
to the marriage. and as the prince was
only n, this settled il douhly for France.
The young prince therefore took the
widow Uf his choice To London, where
both being Catholics, he married her in
church 80 tignt and fast that Catholic
society in France and all the world saw
her his one and only VIII" ill death shall
part them. Then, with tho priests corti-
hcate in hand, ,Ithey took the train and boat
and train H. for Paris.
paris ian nigh .0Cir,y received them
with enthusiasm a. a most romdutically
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bOOD tNtNiNt, hANDSoME JAS2JfS,
new book so brilliant and so talked of
that his friends were sure he would be
decorated.
The Minister was scanning the lists in
vain attempt to make hundred ribbons of
the Legion of Honor satisfy three hundred
mertorious aspirants. When he came to
the Young author name, the elderly gentle
man was standing by
, "Oh,' ne exclaimed, you've got him
down.
sYes," said the Minister, At once alert
why do you ask in that tone' Do you
know him2"
Handsome JaCques!' laughed the other.
"No. nothing Of Importance; an old story;
a name the girls gave him in the Latin
Quarter
80 a query mark was -at beside his name.
And So he missed the decoration
The tale might bc longer; in fact, il is
longer. but enough has been told 10 show
the SUSPICION that weighs on Partisan social
life. Whom a man proposes for the girl
he thinks he might love, the first question
is: Are there things against him.
II is understood that sowing wild oats
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SAILOR CASE
BEFORE ESTEE

The trial of Charles Richardson,
charged with assault upon the high
seas, was begun yesterday afternoon
an evening session Richardson was
a negro sailor aboard the Dimond.
The jury hearing the case is compos-
ed of ]. Emmeluth, E. Hammer, G. j.
Fishel. j. W. Chapman, S. Enrich, III.
Kruger, C. T. Wilder. NJ. p. Roth.
Chas; Phillips, w. A Hardy: Felix
BruShelli and George Campbell.
John Emmeluth and George Camp
bell, who were absent when the Jury
was called in the morning. were each
fined 1881, the cost of serving the at
tachment.
III the morning the regular venire be-
ing insufficient eleven jurors were spe-
cially summoned as follows: T. r.
MosSman, c. ]. Fishel, Frank J. Wood
bridge, II. Kruger, Charles Phillips. C.
T. Wilder. A. r. Hatfield, w. A. Har-
dy, e. Hammer, w. p. Roth.
Lewis & Turk pleaded guilty to
boarding the SewalI before she had
been passed by the customs officials.
They will be sentenced this morning.
William Young. who pleaded guilty.
was fined twenty dollars.
CIRCUIT COURT.
In the Silva divorce case Judge Rob-
inson allowed temporary alimony in the
5InouHt Oh forty uollarS Il month, 10 tne
wife. and an attorneys fee of fifty dol
lars. The injunction restraining Silva
from disposing of his property is dis
solved.
j. A. Magoon has been appointed
guardian OF the person and property
OF Lydia K. Kawainui.
The McKechnie Paint and Wall Pa
per Company has filed lien upon the
rev Sacred Heart Convent in the
amount of s47950, for material furnish
ed TO the Hawaiian Engineering and
Construction Company.
Judge Robinson denied the motion to
strike the amended complaint from the
files in the case OF Lee Vim ct al. VS..
Waikiki Land and Loan Association eft
al
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CONCERT AT OAHU.
An Interesting Program for Next
Friday Evening


a concert. under the auspices of the
Department of Music at Oahu College.
will take place at Pauahi Hall on Fri
day evening next at o'clock. Follow
ing is the program:
Piano Duet: March op. 40. No. g..
Scbupert
Miss Edna Horner and Mr.. Ballaseyus.
Chorus: Last Night .kjerulf
Violin: Cradle Song ..-.....-. Elchperg
Master Willie Hoogs.
Piano: (a) Waltz op. IL ...-Rv. Keudel
Mr.. Allen Robinson.
OBJ Spring: Song op. is :.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Merkel
Miss Amy Hill.
Vocal. Tn RoSa1O Mattel
Miss Sarah Lyman.
Piano Duet: Rondo op A ...... Kuhlau
Miss Edith Spaldirg and Mr.. Ballase-
yus.
Violin: Petit Air varie .Dancla
Mr.. Joe Decker.
Two Pianos: Symphony in Minor
mozart
(First MoveInent.)
Misses Lyman, Horner, Sorenson and
Mr.. Ballaseyus.
Chorus: Come, Gentle Spring Haydn
From the Seasons.)
Piano: Love Soag .............. Henselt
Miss Edna Horner.
Violin Quartet .-.............. FritSche
Joe Decker, Geo. Hapai. Hale Austin,
Sarah Lyman.
Vocal: The Golden Threshold :. Lohr
Miss Florence Hill.
Violin Obiigato: Miss Woods.
Piano. Ia Chatelaine Waltz. Ketterer
Miss Dagmar SorenSon.
Chorus: The Glory OF God in Nature
Beethoven
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eulogized deceased. whom he charac-
terized as a true friend of the Ha-
waiian people.
The interment will take place next
Sunday afternoon. The committee hav-
ing charge of the interment of the re-
mains are: John Emmeluth, chairman;
John S. Wise, Prince Cupid, George
Kaia and Fred w. Beckley.
The pallbearers will represent the eX-
ecutive committee of the Home Rule
party, the police force, the 'longshore-
men and relatives of the deceased.
Yesterday morning the remains were
taken to the undertaking parlorS of H.
II. Williams and Sunday morning
the body will be removed to Kaumaka-
pill church. There will be services in
the church in the morning and after
noon, conducted by the Rev. Mr.. Lono.
Nuuanu cemetery will be the place of
interment.
Resolutions OF coincidence will be
drafted at the meeting of the executive
committee of the Home Rule party,
next Thursday night.
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RESPECT PAID TO
DEAD ATTORNEY
Supreme and District Courts Ad-
iourn-Funeral Services
N xt Sunday.

Both the Supreme and District Courts
adjourned yesterday morning out of re-
spect to the memory of the late j. K.
Kaulia. In the District Court, Judge
Wilcox, prior to the adjournment.
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LOST,

LOST-A Columbia bicycle, 1901 model,
with coaster brake. Was taken from
the Y. NJ. c. A. bicycle rack. Suitable
reward on return to JAS. r NOR
GAN, IS Queen street HSaelulu, II. T.
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FOR RENT

COTTAGE on Emma Square, bed
rooms, parlor, dining room, pantry,
kitchen and bath. Rent $40 per
month. Apply to Jas. r. Morgan, 65
Queen street.