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was beset with many dangers and diff culties. One tradition says that when coming they were miracuously carried through the air by the hair of their heads Ike one of the prophets of old.
 According to one of the more elaborate legends of later medieval times the daugh- ter of the keeper of one of the inns at which they stopped was subject to fall ing fits, but soon as the star guiding the kings appeared the maiden's affiic- tion ceased. Thereupon her father caught two beams of the star in a vase, and many other epileptics were cured by look ing upon them. From this incident arose the popular belief that the names of the three kings were q charm against cpl lepsy. As for the two star beams pre- served in the vase, many centuries later pilgrim to the Holy Land secured them and they were placed in an Italian church, where perhaps they may be shin ing yet. If we had any imaginative le- gend mongers in our day they might per haps identify them in the now famous X-rays of Roentgen.
 The three kings also came to be re- garded as the patron saints of travellers and inns, and to this day the letters c. M. B. over the doors of hostelries in some parts of Southern Europe show how firm a root this tradition has taken. Nor need We feel surprised thereat when we call to mind that a retinue of a thousand men accompanied them to Jerusalem, while 1000 more awaited their return on the banks of the Euphrates. If any wise men of our day were to pass through the land with a host of 5000 followers, would not they likewise be blessed by the hotel keepers and restaurateurs?
 One version of the story has it that each king set out without knowing of the others. Each was led by the star, but within two miles of Jerusalem a dense fog fell. which hid the star from view. Melchior stood on Calvary; Balthasar on the Mount of Olives; Caspar on a sum nit between. When the sun arose, dis polling the mists. each saw the others, and all descended toward the city. See ing such q mighty host approaching, as to uio cd
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The three princes aseended the Mount of Victory, hoping that at last their long, yearning watch would be rewarded. Looking up, they beheld the star. It had the form of a resplendent babe, holding aloft a cross as q scepter; and 1t spoke to them with clear voice, telling them to go to Judea, where a king was born that day. So they set out together the three to whom the vision had spoken. Some of the legends say there were five, and others give the number at from six to 12. The names of the kings, as gen orally received, were Casper, Mechlor and Balthasar, and these names are also given to the three images shown in Cologne Cathedral.
 The oldest of the trio, Caspar king over Tarshish, where myrrh hangs upon the bushes and elings to your robes as you pass by the wayslde, was descend ant of Noah's son Japhet. Balthasar. which is the same as Daniel" sprung from the race of Shem, and was king over Chaldea, or Gondolia, where franklin cense drips from the veins of the trees. The youngest, Melchior, was a prince of Arabia, or Nubia, in which land gold is so plentiful as to render the soil of red dish hue. This Melchior came of the family of Han, hence was an Ethiopian, and most pictures show him as such. Thus all three of the great racial divi- sions of mankind were represented as coming to adore the infant Christ.
 An Assortment of Aliases.
 In some traditions the names of the kings are given differently. One calls them Ator, Sator and Peratoras; another Apelios, Ameros and Damascos; still a third Magalath, Galgalath and Sarasin. In Klopstock's drearily sublime Mes siah" they are six In number and have still another set of names
 The journey of the kings, or Magi- which is the word used in the Vulgate for wise men"-was full of maryels Ac- cording to one account it took but 13 days, and though all the country was mountainous and crossed by many streams, to them it was level and dry; while the return 1ourney. occupied two years and
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they ?-the little kids The little shaw CTS! If they only knew. No, not Santa Claus-but man that is taking away their Christmas from them. I won't do it, madam, l won't do it! once had two little kids of my own and"
 The burglar was overcome by his emo ton. He sank Imply into chair. The hand that held the gun dropped
 Nelson, quick to see an opening, stepped forward rapidly to grapple with the in truder.
 But instantly the gun came into play again.
 Stand back" the burglar ordered, but his voice was soft and broken and all most gentle. Somehow its harshness was gone. Stand back. Play fair. l gave you back your money and in return for it you must let me go."
 Nelson paused.
 The burglar sat dejectedly In his chair. his elbows on his knees, the gun arm dropping, his head down and on his face an expression of utter despair.
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Claus got on my nerves. l won't touch 1t. Guess I'd better be going.
 'No.' Nelly replied "sit down. I'll make you cup of tea-or, perhaps, you'd d rather have a whiskey and soda. Frank. dear, get the siphon from the refrigera- tor and I'll get the whiskey."
 She quickly turned the key in the door, locking the children in with final ad- monition, to go back to bed, and walked across to the buffet for the whiskey
 The burglar reluctantly resumed his seat
 She opened first one closet in the buf- fet and then another.
 Please help me find the whiskey, Frank Where in the world is itY' she asked in a tone of mingled irritation and insistence.
 Her husband stepped to her side. As they bent down, peering into one of the small closets, she whispered:
 Tt ought to be in here" And in a still lower voice-''Use a little tact T am sure you put it here just after
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for them. Here the mightiest and wisest kings of the West have come to offer homage to the sometime wise and mighty kings of the East. They are the most renowned attractions of Cologne to this day, and the great Twelfth Night fes- tival in their honor is each year cele- brated with spectacular pomp.
 The Magi have been a favorite theme of the great masters-Raphaei, Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht, Duerer, Titan. Tin toretto, Rubens, Velasquez, Rembrandt and Murillo have lowered them with all the barbaric spendor of Ormuz and of Ind, and while their creations are often incongruous, introducing whole menager- ies and aviaries, armies of liveried lack eys, dwarfs and court fools, making the Magi into jolly burghers or ascetic monks, the Madonna into a Dutch mev- rouw, on the whole they must be num- bered with the most sublime heritages of genius. GEORGE SEIBELA.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-10
Fletcheriisrn
New York Tribune,

Gin five will be considered respectable be sick
Many cheerful by Horace
women Berkeley
Theaer to hear him lecture on Human Efficiency
''Th twenty
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unhappines
time you your
You may feel like ridcung the idea that it well to chew
Neer worried making absorbing
poison o do
being Wiley boiling
unchewed like the audience that method
durability dirabIy
GLOW faingf inquired a
Fastng universal all diseases replied Mr.
Fletcher 81 rheumatism that completely
day for
wenone days. during which time he neglected professional duties and
the end OF which was cured OF his trouble know another man who had
Brht disease the continuing
disease The entirely WELL that embarrassed
you daily
81 have answered that
replied calmly IF do not know what will want to eat at quarter past
tonight that shall anything tell
like itwice
may be- eat moderately but of the particular thing want If feel like
minee pie first mince pie frsha all
81 nearing sixty Eighteen denied life insurance
unhappy
had few charms then chief suicide
growing steadily have
appetite
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laughed, including the speaker, who prOeeeded
do m in the
a little SOUP potato form''
DO weetsa' interrupted young up
the question.
Mr. Fletcher audience
roared
perfectly young to know
wish reply the Affirmative continued
purveyor is well known maker of Chocolates
Fletcher country
saving at least dollar through the adoption 'Ftcheim The
eastim important consideration.
efficiency OF persons
Chicago BOTH he % all right they but they
sufficiently expansive.
gymnasium spoke strong
concerning ability
TALE The lecture before the League Political Education
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SPECIAL DEsPENSAToN

Realizing the great benefit the
association has been to hundreds
of Honolulu citizens, and with a
desire of bringing the same bene-
fit to many others who want it,
but feel the expense too great,
Resolved: That the Board of
Control order a special dispensa-
ton to be in force during the fol-
lowing months of May and June,
to wit:
That any person in good health
between the age of one and sixty
years may become a member of
the association in class A, on pay
ment of $500 membership fee.
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THE REAL-ESTATE LADY

Continued from Page Eleven)
was like charity: it covered a multi
tude of sins. But she knew the bust
ness-caveat emptor-let the buyer be-
ware.
I'm sorry she began. I'D like to
take it back, but business is business .
L don't want you to take it back, -
grumbled the purchaser. 4 just sold
it for five hundred profit myself. I
Couldn "a made eight hundred if these
clapboards hadn't been rotten as mud.
You see?"
Genevieve bit her lip with vexation.
Why hadn't she made all that profit,
instead of letting him do it? What
was the matter? 1t seemed as if luck
were against her. She had been in
the business for two and a half years.
and she hadn't made more than about
nine dollars a week. But. of course II
all took time. and grit would tell
She kept on buying old houses for
there really was good money in that
line. She had no losses until finally
she tackled the huge double Crater
HouSe on Jefferson street. 1t was a
Dig thing and it looked good, but If
threatened to swamp her. She held on
TO 1t like grim death for six months.
Lhen Billy Prior-poor old, honest
Billy he was just pegging aIong-ne
heiped her out. Took il off her hands.
and she cleaned up even, barring loss
OF time and interest on her money.
But she couldn't sympathize with
Billy; II wasn't businesslike in him 10
do IL, even for friendship Sb, c,,I.1
MIN up one day and asked him how ne
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was getting along with the big house
Z cleaned a thousand on it," Billy
told her. A thousand! How? We'll,
You see" Billy explained over the
phone, lumber and labor leaped up
about thirty-three per cent the week
L bought it from you, and-weIl,
there's good lumber in that house, you
know, and it's properly put together.
Yes. I'm much obliged to YOU
She rang off hastily. She saw. She
had read in the paper long ago about
lumber and about labor. And all that
she had had to do. was to hold on.
She was terribly unlucky, somehow.
She was glad to see, though. that
Billy was not forging ahead He was
a queer chap; always talking about
his town, the beauty of the town. and
what the town ought to do-always
He was TO public spirited. a sort of
crank, it seemed to Genevieve. She
liked a pretty town, too. But it didn't
seem TO have much to do with sue
cess after all. But Billy kept potter
ing on. and pottering on. And pretty
soon. he had made some Roadway. at
ter writing letters to the papers. A
big public park, athletic grounds,
brook running through it, all that sort
of thing; that was what he stood for
The newspapers began slowly to take
UP the idea The town had small
parks. but this was something differ
ent, The schools took it up: the peo-
pie talked about it.
Il guess" Billy said one day to Cen
eVieve, we're going to have that park,
after all If We do. it'll be the biggest
thing we've ever had. After that.
Wen wake up. New county buildings:
new city buildings: but the park
first"
Genevieve smiled grimly. IF We get
the park ital be you who started it,
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her hand. Billy" she exclaimed. Il
i admire you. You're different from
the rest. They're sharks-Harrington
and his crowd. But you-you are more
like father. Father. he was honest.
He was decent. He was d man, was
father
Billy Prior ceased regarding the
fringe.
''Genevieve," he said, somehow,
I've made good. It's in me. / know
it now. Tt always was in me. I think
Only I never found myself until-until
you showed me how. I want you to
marry me when get my check"
Genevieve's eyes mofstened. She
was not thinking Of the hundred thou
sand. She was thinking of her faith
er. She was thinking of Billy, and
what she thought Of him. She was
thinking Of the Warrener children
with their linen suits. She looked into
his eyes and she saw love there. Love
love: it was everything. She had
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That children in good health
between the age of one and ten
years may become a member in
class B, on payment of SI.5o.
This to apply only to the City
of Honolulu and Island of Oahu.
And let it be further, Resolved:
That any member who is in good
health, and is delinquent on any
assessment, if said assessment is
paid during the. month of May
and June, 1908, all penalties will
be waived.
w. w. HALL, President.
J. Fl. TOWNSEND, Soy.
Honolulu, April Is, 1908,
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seen too much of successful men; what
was success? She smiled into Billy's
eyes.
I want to marry you now, Billy"
she said softly, before you get your
check-while the fringe is-is-stiII
there"
The former Miss Pope. recently Of
the Third Year Of the Bartlett Avenue
School, passed the evening-paper
across the table to her husband
We'll, she nabbed her man, all
right" she remarked. Il always knew
she would. And such Iuck!" The one
time Miss Pope whispered the last.
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Tommy-Pop, what is the difference
between a dialogue and a monolOgue?
Tommy's Pop-When two women talk,
my son, it's a dialogue, when a wo-
man carries on a conversation with
her husband, it's a mOnologue.-Phi-
ladeIphia Record.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-27
The Triumph of Bryan.

The triumph OF Bryan and the rank
and file Of the Democratic party Is
complete. One man, strong. courage
Gus and capable. standing for the peo
pie and leading the people in the direc
ton they desire to go. rises supreme
above all the power of money. trick
cry and deceit.
The triumph OF Bryan Is indeed com.
plete. and the strange thing about II
all is that men who have been consid.
cred good politicians. are unable 10
understand the triumph. They either
are unable or refuse to see that new
era has arrived in American politics.
They wholly fail 10 grasp the fact that
the present day leader must be right.
not merely available. These former
manipulators OF political conventions
still Insist upon practicing the old
methods. and today they are in a
dazed condition, unable TO understand
why these old methods no longer
work
There Is a lesson and an inspiration
in the career OF William J. Bryan for
young men who have the ability and
inclination TO enter upon political
careers. The lesson Is that the ONLY
success worth having Is the success
which comes as a result Of being right.
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Monday. July u,
1903.
"7hE 6NAN WHO STOLE THE EARTH"
BY w. HOLT" WHITE.

"a short. stocky man he was, with dark
hair and a strong Jaw tinged blue by
a strong growth OF beard.
The other man was Pelham, who
like Wildney. was a fellow undergrad.
uate OF Arbuthnot's. He was a tall.
sparsely built young man. with shrewd
blue eyes and fresh compleNioned face
invariably wreathed in smiles. OF the
air he. of course knew nothing. but
he was good sailorman. Arbuthnot
had chosen him because of his extra
ordinary daring on the water. Once
he had seen Pelham jump through the
surf at midnight when gale was send.
ing the channel laundering on the
Sussex coast, and swim out TO sea
In his pajamas in chase of small
yacht that had got adrift from her
anchorage.
Pelham by hard swimming had got
up 10 the yacht and, singlehanded.
had brought her back 10 her moorings
on dangerous lee shore.
Arbuthnot loved pluck II was the
breath OF life TO him. He never for
got Pelham's daring. and therefore he
recommended him to Strong AS the
most likely man he could think Of
AS the little circle OF men who were
preparing a coup that even Napoleon
had never dreamt OF was enlarged.
Langley grew uneasy He even sug-
gested that Strong and his friends
should take some sort OF oath OF ST.
lence.
But at this Strong laughed.
he had turned To Arbuthnot and
SAID i suppose We are all gentle
men? This is question of honor.
and as long as II is considered as
such | shall be perfectly satisfied"
However. the full purport OF the ex.
petition was not revealed To Wildney
nor To Pelham till the night before the
ascent.
Then all the men gathered In Lang
leys rooms at Sydenham, and Strong
INDUCED In one OF his exceedingly hui
morous harangues.
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In the August Magazines

The complete novel in the August
hlippincott. The Road TO Gretna
Green by Dorothea Deakin. The title
suggests the plot, which has to do with
an elopement-two elopements, in
fact. The story is pure comedy all
through, and reminds one forcibly OF
the late Frank II. Stockton's work
fAmong the shorter stories are Kate
Jordans The Quarrel" love tale (;
lnez @. Thompson's The Apple,
I which narrstes how young husbands
love first grew cold, then was famed
into stronger flame: Karl Won krafts
THE Destiny of Rip" the account OF q
dog who refused to be given away OF
otherwise disposed of, and f. Merrie
less "A Sister TO Jimmy" touching
story OF the San Francisco earthquake
"Zelphine's Wedding Journey" by
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. IL a pa
per describing young couples visit
10 Haworth, the home OF the Brontt
family.
The August ST. Nicholas will be is
sued Friday. July 81. or special IN
terest is the full-page reproduction
from portrait in sepia by T.. Plaistet
Abbott OF Josephine" the grand
daughter of Mary Mapes Dodge. fol
many years editor of st. Nicholas. Tn,
little girl. the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
James Mapes Dodge OF Germantown
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Pa, is said TO resemble her grand
daughter In many ways. There are
plenty OF stories In the August st.
Nicholas. Frederick Halls THE
Hoarding OF the Waters" an interest
ing account OF lads experiences with
dry farming; Alexander Hume Ford
In "A Boys Paradise in the Pacific"
tells about the Astounding fun 10 be
had in Hawaii on water and on land.
and w. G. Fitzgerald has true"
adventure article in The Rivers OF
a Navy and Their Adventures"
painting in color nv c. w. Ashley.
entitled Held Up BY the Draw. forms
beautiful frontispiece in the August
Outing Magazine. In the matter OF
general interest perhaps Vance
Thompson's article upon The French
Peasant in the Fields Is the most not
able OF the number. II is profusel, !
illustrated by photographs Several
humorous articles and stories leaven
this midsummer number. There are
"Bilkin's Electric Frog" by Everett
! Harding: "Master-son's Bargain Motor
Boat" by George Allan England /:
Without the Guides" being a chapters
In The Ten Dwellers." by Albert
! Bigelow Paine
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Gentlemen" he said, raising his
glass, Il propose the toast OF the vie.
Ior' " Is the most modest toast thar
l can propose. seeing that the person
whose health should really be drunk is
myself.
iomorrow We take our lives into
our hands. For this | have to thank
you Hut do not thank you In too
overwhelming terms, because unless
man is prepared To do this a man is
not man at all
upon what we propose to do after
the ascent is made IL Is unnecessary
To dwell. | have been perfectly frank
with you as To the object OF this en-
terprise. You have done me the hon
or of placing your lives and your repu-
tations at my disposal. shall not
betray the trust, have perfect con
ndence In Mr.. Langley. and he has
perfect confidence in me.
For obvious reasons there cannot
be any trial of the Victor When
We make the ascent tomorrow the as
cent Is made for good or evil Did
we descend in civilized parts an In.
spection OF the Victor would follow.
which would only prove conclusiyely
that our motives In ascending at all
were not OF the most peaceful.
Tomorrow afternoon therefore. We
shall, in the words OF an old popular
song. sail away. We shall sail away
on mission which | presume most
people would regard as criminal. But
II You magnify crime sufficiently II be-,
comes heroic. Our crime. or per.
haps. | should say. my crime. is so
stupendous that il can only be regard
ed as heroic in the last degree
Alexander the Great allude To
the soldier and not to the estimable
tailor-dreamed great dreams and
achieved much. But, though | say II
myself, | imagine that no man ever
before contemplated undertaking the
task of stealing the whole earth.
Il drink To the success of my theft"
tContinued WednesdayD
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CHAPTER xxv-(cOntinued).

CHAPTER XIV ,-(Continued)
like the "Di' she was built OF
Ill aluminium, her hull immeas
III urably strong. because It was
held together by a network
of triangular wires. and tri
angles. as the meTest schoolboy knows
are the hardest things TO break.
On either side OF the we'll were a
series OF pigeonholes. in each OF which
was stored a small round shell about
the size OF mans closed fist. filled
with high explosive, which was
alone Langley's secret.
The process OF fighting which had
been designed was intensely simple
II was one OF those simple things
which occasionally "stagger human,
ity."
The full fighting power OF the Vie
tor lay In her capacity for navigating
through the air The mode OF attack
consisted merely of taking one OF the
small shells and dropping 1t overheard.
And Langley estimated that the veloc-
itty given by the drop. plus the power
of the explosive contained in the
shells. would be sufficient for one OF
these pilule-like weapons OF defence
To spread disaster far and wide whei-
ever one might fall
Forward In the hull space was de
voted to stores. Aft was a cabin just
sufficiently large to hold hunks ror
five p,en. two on either side and one
across the decks.
On August % Langley saw to the ut
ting OF the engines. Then he wired 10
A"buThnot 10. bring the other men who
had Teen chosen to participate in the
colossal theft which Strong was plan
ming.
They arrived at Langley's lodgings
two nights before the day set aside
for the ascent.
One OF them was by name Wildney
a fellow undergraduate OF Arbuthnot's
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See the Point of These?

TOOK one OF his presents back to find
out what IL cost.-Chicago News.
classification.
Dribbles-Why do you call Squibbs
veteran humorist? He can't be more
than 20 years old.
Scribbles-Well. his jokes are In
the veteran class, just the same.
Chicago News.
Quite Consistent.
But" protested the manager. don't
you think 1t looks odd for you to wear
your diamonds In the character OF the
poor deserted wife,"
"Oh. no" answered the actress. you
must have observed that | have So.
lected for that purpose the very
mallest and plainest diamonds own
Philadelphia Press.
Her Identity.
Farmer Honk (musingly) They say
Deacon Klutchpennys wife was a
paragon before he married her, and
Mrs Honk (briskly) Nothing of the
kind. She was a Smith! | knew the
whole family.-Puck.
Proof Positive.
Stella-So you and Tom are en-
gagged, Are you sure you really and
truly love him?
Mabel-Love him. Why. I never
took one Of his presents back to find
out what II cost,-Chicago Tribune.