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ELlFoRNIA KING.sNAKE.


ALIFoRSfA KING.aNAKE.
small. harmless little snake,
larger round than ones Anger
lfteen to twenty inches long.
be called the ''king-suake''
ther odd, but the little fellow
SInly earned the name. A pet
Le In n mining camp out on
h mountains east OF San Ber-
California, was named
He soon learned bis name.
B called would come crawling
nt from various hlding-places.
trcvlces In the stone walls OF
ID. under the bed. among
IND from his favOrite place In
pocket Of Jim. one OF the
y Jim was going down an
HI shaft. When he had nearly
|he foot OF the ladder he heard
|rus,le. and quick As a flash
kped out OF his pocket and
'to the bottom. There was a
sound and also the noise Of
makes rattle; then all was
bun waited n moment or two
bing farther down, and as 1t
kIark to see well. he struck n
Sd lighted his candle and held
bsly down. There lay a dead
Ec. and King colled beside
rhing.
day. as the boys were talk
j. cabin. Jim looked out the
saw n very large rattlesnake
n wiling up the sandy arroyo
'lrty or forty feet from the
br. King was called immedl-
D quickly came out from un-
|bcd. Jim took him on the
bis hand and stepped TO the
|how the rattler TO him, but
him. and sprang from Jim's
ck rs a fash. Then ensued
the oldest battles. which
bow King earned his name.
rattlesnakes are so terrified
b see king-snake.
ped like an arrow after the
rhc rattlcr saw King. ana mt
nll the energy he had into his
He saw King coming, and
/ lie would soon overtnke him.
safety lay In colling aud II
ltriking King.
ll'snnke just had time to raise
about six inches when King
him. 1t looked as II King
5 Oh by the rattlcsnake. But
middle OF King's body was
lhc head Of the rattler, with
too quick to be seen. King
his entire length round the
kc. Kings head was next to
PRS. but 30 tightly was King
nnd that the rattler could
move even his jaws. His
y out and death came almost
fly.
ping on until the snake was
4 then slowly uncoiletl and
! 10 the cabin.-Youth's Com
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A STARTLING STATEMENT.

"Yes. believe that brcvIty is the
soul Of wit"
Don't be hnsty. Look at little Cod.
ling-four-feet-one In his socks. He's
the brlefest thing we nave about here,
and he doesn't know wit from n water
mclon"'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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HEROIC TREATMENT.

"a Connecticut man fell down stairs
and cured himself OF rheumatism by
breaking both his legs"
Next thing we know some other
man will fall down stairs and cure
himself OF tOnsilitis by breaking his
neck. Plain Dealer.
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FEMININE INTUITION.

"a woman should know without nsk.
Ing whether her husband Is happy"
said the modest wife.
Il can tell" answered young Mrs.
Torkins. "Whcn Charley comes home
late to dinner and can't speak above n
whisper I know the home team has
won another game."-Washington Star.
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HARD TO PLEASE.

He-"Then I nm TO understand that
you have given me the mitten. as 1t
were?"
She-"You have said It." II
He-"And IL this all?"
She-"Of course 1t is. What more do
you want-a pair Of socks!'-Columbus
Dispatch.
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THE OLD STORY.

IL" announced Pa Twaddles yester.
day, "nm going to get new set of
false teeth"
Il wish you wouldn't" sighed Tommy
T.. wearily. Mall be cutting down
your old ones now an makIr' me wear
'em"'-Cleveland Leader.
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DREAMS OF SUMMER.

"Really now," remarked the observer
Of events and things, when you are
shivering with the cold at night, with
your head partly covered and your feet
not at all, wouldn't you just love to
hear the music of q summer mosquito
as he approached and kissed your
frozen nose?"-Yonkers Statesman.
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part In the tower OF Madison Square
garden in New York. which. while not
an exact copy. is IN the same style.
The cathedral OF Seville. though
very large. would not be notable ar
chitncturally without Its famous Gi-
raldu tower. The chief objects OF In
terest In 1t. for the ordinary traveller.
are Lsveral superb paintings by Mu-
rillo and the tomb Of Christopher Co
lumbus' son Fernando. In q room in
the ancient mosque near by. a part
Of which only has been preserved. is
the library Of Fernando. containing
many Vt his fathers books.
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A GUARANTEE.

II don't believe In valentines" said
Miss Cayenne.
"Why not?"
III man really loves n girl he will
be willing to take n chance on making
his avOwal In his own handwriting and
over his own Observation-Disclosures
Star.
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GOOD SIGN.

"There's only one good thing about
that young puppy that came to SEQ
you last night" said the irascibld
father, .'and that is he's healthy"
"I'm surprised to hear you admit that
much," replied the dutiful daughter.
II wouldn't except for the fact that
when you met him in the hall last
night heard you say, .Oh, George
how cold your nose isI'-London Tit.
Bits. i.
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SUGAR

An AZ nrchin one day stuck his tongue
Through hole in bari called the
bongue,
But a bee lii on it,
=, And the boy had fit,
And loud was the song that he sopeue.
Houston Post,
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Proved HlmseIf No Preacher.

Girard College. Philadelphia, years
ago carried its non-sectarianism 30 far
as to refuse to admit clergymen Of any
denomination to the college buildings.
The late winslow Lewis, M. D., Of
Boston, while on visit to Philadel.
phia. had occasion to call At the col-
leSe. The doctor, In conventional
black attire, looked decidedly clerical.
The Attendant who opened the dOos
eted M xtsitoe sharply and sald.
K8SN1N&143 sTT M, sssS
/ - s1Hok cnsle IN here
Il -
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1rotei rrnin WFeelE.

II I train wreck on the Missouri Pa
iNlRo; Railway every car except one
s4Snf info no ditch at tho side OF the
\ fHS6I IN not 4 person on the tram
\ Y ~ injured. The train vas
IiS - 4i1Snlysnve milet an hogf,
si ~ damagsd ~ ~ n
M: " III, lssxy 1a|
''' \ y " " q! slsae Y sls Z
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HA! HA! Hal

"I'm undecided" said the dressy
man, whether to get white flannel or
linen trousers this summer"
"Well," remarked Jokely, there's
two things I'd never have for
trousers"
"What? Flannel and linen?"
mo, q coat and vest."-Philadelphio
Press.
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COMING TO HIM.

"She is very rich, but she has vio-
lent temper. Why, she throws any
thing she can lay her finger on at her
husband"
"Why doesn't he leave her"
Because he's hoping that some day
she'll forget herself and throw her
money at him, too."-Detroit Free
Press. t
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FILE OF NAvARlNo.

AN<A A4AAANNs y ftysg
|ear 1927 the British ADMIRAL.
took part In the battle Of
Inv which the English, French
an ships entered the -harbor
mo, in Greece, and annihi.
turkish and Egyptian ves-
p We're unable to ieavo their
The battle i1sted four
dmiral Oma apney tsiIn this
ard Codringtoa the Il AduairaI
d: His escapss f,6sa, anih
velous. 81 thHk q SaiN /
good view * SfflS ~
1e poop Of tSA ' M
Art Of ~ !, ~ -
th the taa
killed ~
I0rwaB
whiIX r.
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up which one might easily ride to the
top on horseback.
Ornaments Of the Tower.
In the days OF the Moors there Orna-
mented the top Of the tower four
braxen balls. cast By celebrated al
chemist, native Of Sicily. to the or
der Of the Moorish rulers. They were
30 larGs that the keystons Of the
arch II the entrance had to hU re-
moved tOssR them IN. The Iron
bar wtich seppcfted them wstEhed
half IL - III MtramGe s0r1AMent -
said w IiI1G IN 4 4 n f19o Q00s a Nae
ths0s e1 1Sls
llaais Y T. ~ !. " y =
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Nsor THE aAMM.

sOh: ~, he's tS,a earted !
foSilr believe Il i sbsED
hiI npd ~ ha4 Ia xDNn6s lll
~ Al1, =! +;
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The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24
ADVERTISER MAN
ASSAULTED BY A
CRAP CANISTER
tFrom Mondays Advertiser,

The gamblers the warpatl assisted by their bosom
friends the police.
Yesterday an Advertiser
reporter by member of the phony fraternity two members
wrong
Shortly after H. Ayres of the Advertiser staff was
waiting Tor outside the shmarke when he
Alec Nicholas who accused Are having an article in
yesterdays Advertiser describing crap game
ernment stables Kakaako which acted as game
keeper He also reved Are taking butter out of
his mouth"
This is the which to Kalhi and
operated the saloon of regarding which
Sheriff Brown upbaded Devauchee for having given away
prominent police officer generally believed
this game.
trouble in public place. but finally Nicholas applied filthy
epites the parcels that he
order defend himself threats of
personal violence made by Nicholas.
Suddenly Nicholas raised heavy was carrying and
aimed terrific blow Ayres head The
10 fow
Ayres then rushed protect himself his oppo
down. couple of policemen
other white plain Clothes watching the proceedings
out displaying ardent desire spoil sport interfering
eral members of the crowd temporary stop hoe by
grabbing the
After while again became abusive and brand
hed his menacngy when Ayres again him. eann
from hitting him hard of his smaller stature
The crowd separated the and the native officer ordered
Ayres the giving him of shoves
Nicholas allowed remain unmoested retaining grasp
his stick and veementy threatening do the
he and his friends got him where they wanted him.
Then other officer plain approached Ayres and
told him that he looking trouble and would into trouble
if he did make himself scarce.
At this interesting uncture Nicholas hustled hack
and the reporter boarded
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24

ing, that 1--WE will not obey the SUI
preme Court"
Gomez is also quoted as saying:
Governments have two ways of VIM
ning-either by the popular willard
If our executive power had that on its
side it would not be finding it neces-
sary to use violent and otherwise ques-
, tionable means-or by bayonets.
'"rhe rural guards number three thou
sand. Sixty per cent. of this force are
ours, but even If they We're not these
three thousand soldiers would not be
sufficient to put down single dis
trict."
| Senator Zayas, candidate for vice.
president, not only supports General
Gomez, but is even more open in his
declaration that If his party does not
win in this election they will appeal to
| something else besides the ballot"
Many of the Moderates, those who
support President Palma. do not think
that the Liberals will go to the extreme
of taking to the woods if they do not
win the election, but many of them
believe that sooner or later, if defeat
ed, Gomez will not hesitate to take VI
arms.
The seriousness of the situation Is
emphasized by the fact that the politi
lcal meetings of the two parties arc
usually attended by a large number
of armed men and that part of the
recognized campaign tactics is for eacf
party to try and break up the meet.
ings of the other,
LABOR IN CUBA.
Mr.. Hedemann states further tina
the labor conditions in Cuba are in az
exceedingly strained condition. Some
of the plantations are paying as hig1
as a dollar day to common field la
borers and they are scarce and uncer
tain even at that price. On some o.
the estates there is large negro popu
lation born and reared upon the place
and there is no difficulty with Labor
there. The smaller plantations are al
so able to get along but the larger new
plantations being started and old one!
which are increasing their area ART
all suffering for want of laborers.
| The feeling among the sugar planta'
tion owners is everywhere in favor OF
closer relations with, or annexation to
1.-THE United States.
| With all these difficulties facing the
lsugar planters in Cuba, there does not
seem to be the likelihood of a large and
early increase of the output of Cubs
(which has so frequently been predicted
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24
FOR C|Ty'S
BEAUTY

Honolulu is to have civic improve
ment if the efforts of the Territorial
Government go for aught. Governor
Carter yesterday called the attention
of Superintendent of Public Works to
the condition of some of the sidewalks
in front of Territorial property and
suggested that the weeds and rubbish
should be cleaned off and kept clean
ed off. Superintendent Holloway fell
III with the suggestion and as a re-
suit of their discussion OF the subject
general effort will be made to set
an example which will be followed by
all citizens.
We can not expect private people
TO care for their sidewalks and roads
unless the Territory set the example,"
said Governor Carter. "The law does
not provide for cleaning up private
roads and walks and the thing must
be done by the citizens themselves.
The city is by no means in the state
l should like to see it in and it is
time we made some effort to get it
into shape"
Superintendent Holloway Immediate
1 ly agreed to see to it that the Terri
tory's walks and roads were put in
| first-class condition.
Secretary Atkinson took the matter
up and advocated urging residents to
repair their fences or else do away with
them altogether. "There is no need of
fences, anyway, now" he said. There
are no horses and cows to wander. over
| lawns and q fence is ugly 7 don't he
lieve in even hedges. A view of the
, beautiful lawns of Mr.. E. D. Tenney
! on the plains or of Mr.. S. NJ. Damon
/ on Nuuanu will convince anyone of
the loveliness of a lawn well kept, un-
fenced and open in a wide vista.
| Honolulu could be made more beau
tiful than it is now by improvements
such as these and it Is to be hoped
that the example of the Territory will
be followed by everybody"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24
TAKAHIRA MAY CALL.

WASHINGTON, October 4.-Mr. Ta-
kahira, the Japanese Minister, expects
to leave Washington about December
I for Japan on six months leave of
absence, the first he has taken in sew
eral years. In his absence Mr.. Elm
Hioki, first secretary. will be Charge d.
Affaires. Mr.. Takahira was i'll last
spring as the result of an attack of
appendicitis the preceding winter and
his participation in the peace confer
ence was strongly against the advice
of his physician, who urged upon him
the necessity of taking a long rest
Reports have been in circulation that
Mr.. Takahira would soon be transfer
red TO st. Petersburg or some other
European post, in recognition of his
successful terms OF duty at Washing
ton. In diplomatic circles 1t is believed
imperial recognition will take the form
of an order returning Mr.. Takahira to
Washington as Japan's first Embassa-
dor TO the United States.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24
BOARD OF EDUCATION
HOLDS A MEETING
tFrom Saturdays Advertiser

(From Saturdays Advertiser.J
A meeting of the Commissioners of
Public Instruction yesterday adopted
the recommendations of the Teachers
Committee as published yesterday in
the Advertiser with one change and
took up the matter OF the Hilo High
School site.
A letter from the Hilo High School
people made the Recommendation that
the new building be built on the site
of the Riverside School. The Commits
sioners adopted this report and direct
ed that the Superintendent of Public
instruction be asked to prepare plans
and estimates in accordance with this
decision.
Commissioner All objected to the ap-
pointment of the Reverend l.. b. kau-
meheiwa as substitute-assistant at Ha-
ma School, vice Miss Ahu. Mr.. Kau-
meheiwa is pastor of the Hama church
and the objection brought forward
against him was that his knowledge
of English was imperfect and that he
was hardly qualified even to act as
substitute. The matter was referred
again to the Teachers Committee.
Superintendent Davis stated that ne
had made certain suggestions to Su-
perintendent Holloway as to changes
in the style of school buildings for the
Territory These suggestions We're lot
higher ceilings, better distribution OIL
light, wider veranda and blackboaras
graduated to the height of pupils Oh
various ages. "Otherwise," he said'
"the buildings planned by the Depart
ment of Public Works are all that
could be wished for and compare favor"
ably with buildings of the same class
on the mainland"
The Committee on Kalihiwaena
school site reported that they had in
vestigated the various places In view
and would soon render report.
1t was suggested that committee on
buildings be appointed and that all
plans and specifications of school build
ings be referred to this committee for
approval.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24
(From Saturdays Advertiser.) )

The case against Charles Moore,
Apoliana and Hirano, charged with
conducting gambling percentage
game, was decided by Judge Whitney
in police court yesterday, the defend
ants being dismissed. In taking this
course, however, Judge Whitney stated
that he believed Moore to be guilty,
but the burden of proof not having
been presented by the prosecution, he
was obliged to dismiss the case.
Judge Whitney gave an oral decision
about as follows:
"The evidence against the defend
ants places Moore in one class and the
other defendants Apoliana and Hirano
in another class. The motion to dis
miss the defendants is not based upon
any question of the credibility of the
witnesses but it relates entirely to a
matter of law. 1t is claimed that the
prosecution has not made out what in
a civil case would be called a prima
facie case, against the defendant
Moore. The court finds that the pros
ecution has not presented any evil
dence which connects the defendant
Moore with the gambling game in the
resort on King street. ALTHOUGH
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24
THE COURT BELIEVED
MOORE TO Be GUILTY

THE COURT BELIEVES IN THE
GUILT OF MOORE, it does not find
that the prosecution has presented evil
dence which will connect the defend
ant with the conduct of the gambling
game on King street. THE COURT
HAS SUFFICIENT FAITH IN THE
PROSECUTION IN THIS TERRI
TORY TO BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE
WILL IN THIS INSTANCE EVEN
TUALLY BE DONE. The defendant
Moore is discharged.
AS to Apoliana and Hirano, the
court said that nothing had been ad-
duced in the evidence to show that
craps, or CELL" the game which
they were charged with conducting,
was a percentage game. The court re-
ferred to the testimony given by
Miyamoto, who had stated that there
was box on the table and that when.
he had won he had been asked to put
some money in it. When he lost any
thing he was not asked to contribute.
The court was satisfied that the two
defendants were interested in the
game. but the evidence was not such as
to prove that percentage game had
Deen carried on, and he ordered the
defendants discharged.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24
GAY & ROBINSON
PRESS TAX APPEAL

Gay & Robinson, Island of Niihau
by their attorneys, Castle & Withing
ton, move to place on the calendar of
the Supreme Court their appeal from
the Kauai tax appeal court. They re,
turned the value of their island al
$52,500 and of their personal property
at $2s,670, total of 1,170 The as
SCISSOR raised this to $150,000, but in
the transcript of papers this is divided
into real estate $4,000 and personal
property $4,000. 1t was admitted by
both parties that the gross receipts
from the Niihau property for the year
ending December 81, 1908, were $21,.
1866 and the running expenses $11,-
s59.93, leaving net income of
$9S66.s3.
Appellants say that if that amount
We're treated as rent, eight times it
would be $S0,934.64, which is within
$3.50 of the amount of the return. 1t
is alleged on the other side that $500
paid TO Francis Sinclair is improperly
deducted, but appellants claim it is a
charge against the property.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24
TO KEEP CONSTITUTION.

BOSTON, Mass, October 2.-Local
members of the Daughters Of the Amer
lean Revolution, Daughters of 1872, and
other patriotic organizations are deter
mined to oppose every atetmpt to re-
move the old frigate Constitution from
the Charlestown navy yard. They say
that It would not only be out of place
elsewhere than Boston, where 1t was
built, but 1t would fall to pieces should
any attempt be made to remove the old
ship to any new quarters. 1t has been
suggested to raise a fund among the
school children of Brooklyn. New York
TO purchase the old ship and bring It to
Boston, with view of preserving II
there as n national relic. This plan IL
bitterly opposed by the patriotic women
OF this city and a meeting has been
called to consider the matter and de-
eide upon some method of preserving
the frigate without removing it from its
present quarters.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24
PLEAS OF GUILTY
IN COINAGE CASES

Arraignments of defendants indicted
in the Camp Mckinley gold coin coun-
terfeiting cases took place before
Judge Dole yesterday.
John f. Cooper, the ringleader, repre-.
sented by John w. Cathcart, pleaded
guilty to one of the two counts in his
indictment for coming. ]. j. Dunno,
Assistant District Attorney, entered a
nolle prosequi on the other count and
sentence under the first count was de-
ferred until November 2.
Thomas Hilson pleaded guilty to one
of two counts for possession of counter
felt coins, whereupon the other count
was dropped and sentence under the
first count set for Monday next.
Charles Hamilton, who had previ'
ously pleaded not guilty, had his trial
set for the 30th inst.
James Jackson, represented by S, II,
Derby, reserved his plea until Thursday
next.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24
F. N. HATCH TO SUCCEED
HAYWOOD At WASHINGTON

The Planters Association has offered
the position now held by William Hay
wood at Washington to former Supreme
Court Justice F. M. Hatch.
Mr.. Hatch has accepted and will en-
ter the service soon.
It was impossible to get definite rea-
sons for the change from representa-
tive of the Planters Association, who
was seen yesterday, but that gentle
man felt at liberty to say that Mr..
Haywood was in bad health and had
suffered considerably of late from
throat trouble.
Francis M. Hatch has been identified
with public affairs in Hawaii for many
years. Recently he was Justice of
the Supreme Court of Hawaii, but re-
tired on account of failing health.
While the Hawaiian Islands were a Re-
public Mr.. Hatch was an Annexation
Commissioner, Minister of Foreign AT
fairs and Hawaiian Minister at Wash
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24

II.
Mlsaps years.
on he
Honolulu although will frequently
Adua his will the
Bambery
California Washington
Hawaii
doing missionary Maui Hawaii