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A MEMORY. BT 3. T. . XOOITS. bore oar heads the robin sang. And heaven was In his throat, The orchard with his music rung; But sweeter than his note Were loving words that banished gloom. As sunshine does the mist, While snowy drifts of apple bloom Our upturned laces kissed. Buch moments are the flowers of time, The immortelles of life, That linger like a tunerui rnyme. And lull Its waves of strife. Muncle. Ind. DOESN'T SEE ME. by j. T. howard. When a block away she looks at her nose; And then at some window's display; And as she comes nearer each step she act) queerer, Bat has not soen me to-day. When a block away she looks at her nose; At her toes, when two doors away; And then with surprise she lifts he* dark eyes And bids me a smiling "good-day." Havana, ?. Jr. A WEIRD MYSTERY Tracing a DarK Crime. BY ALEXANDER ROBINSON, M. D. CHAPTER XXI. MAN never f i | m/S knows what he is Jst r.ftrifthlft Of until VtA twioQ W fiK\ This truism was /rfW K gy folly exemplified ' TmHfl KS\ Id my own case. ^AIwEV ^)e n ^ a week before that ^Mplirm I would turn defv tective, neglect jKBjr my patient?, lose my sleep, seek adventure, and even associate with criminals A ?well, I would have assuredly ? considered my informant out \ Looking back, I could see ^ how naturally I had fallen Into my present position. There was nothing strange about It. From the start I had been governed by circumstances, backed by the desire to ward off the tangled suspicion thatseemed determined to weave Itself around the fair girl of the bereaved house, Leonore. Yes, there was much of the old lrnightr errant spirit withiu me. I was ready to perform wonders, If possible, in the interest of beauty and goodness. Once I got deep into the mystery, I became so intensely interested that it mast have been something very important that would have caused me to relinquish my hold. I was in for it now. With reference to this man, I resolved not to waste time. He was in my power In one sense, and -I was grimly determined to learn what he knew. Strategy could be employed, and was even more likely to breed success than any snow of force. That was my candid opinion, after studying the man more thoroughly with whom I was to cope. The time had now seemingly arrived for me to begin operations. When I looked around the old tomb and saw its dismal interior I turned to my companion, with a smile. "Do you mean to say, Colonel, this is the best hiding place you could find?" "It's safe, ain't it?" "Well, if you mean that it will never be found out I reckon you're right Detectives or police officers seldom think of pursuing a man beyond the grave." . "That's just what I want?security. If I was after comfort I'd have gone to another place, which I know will be searched before the setting of another sun, but when I want to defy the whole raft of 'em I come here." I don't say that I admire your choice, but It might suit some men." "It suits me, Joslyn. Mind, I don't expect you to stay here." > "111 stand It all I can, Colonel. You may make use of me. ? I can bring you food and the daily papers." "That will be all I shall ask of you, and consider myself lucky to have such a friend." "Do you know, I never dreamed of the existence of this old cemetery." "Few people know of it, and yet thousands of the oldest families are represented here, hundreds at least The place has been forgotten by those who did know of it, and no public curiosity has been aroused for quite a long time. Some day New York will be astonished to read that a cemetery lies right in the heart of the city, inclosed by houses and high walls." "Of course it is unused now, and doubtless has been for many years." "Don't you believe it. Bodies are privately received here from time to time." "The deuce you say! How do yoa know?" "Well, in two ways: First of all, I have seen a body brought in here on the sly; I took it. Then, again, I've been In the receiving vault and discovered * that some ten or twenty coffins were piled up there, which, I fully believe, contained bodies sent on and held for lack of funds to bury them with." I was horrified at the revelation. The idea of such poisonous atmosphere in the heart of Gotham! It was enough to alarm any doctor. Then the Colonel told me how, during *n earlier visit to tho place, he bad fonnd it by accident while being pursued by the police. In the course of his investigations he had managed to enter the dead-house, where he was at once assailed by a fearful odor, and saw the sight ho described to me. He had never spoken of It a single soul, for be did not want public attention directed toward tho inclosed cemetery, for such a thing would spoil his hiding place. While ho was talking I had been revolving the matter over in my mind. How could I approach the subject that interested me most? It did not take me long to make up my mind, and I simply watched until the conversation seemed to naturally drift Into the desired channel?though of course I had something to do with sendin <r it. t.hnr? We began to talk of future plans, and the Colonel told mo several things he, hoped to do later on. In return I made one or two suggestions that might be of profit, casually mentioning a ccrtaln one in particular. "There's ? house that I've been looking at for some time. I believe the old man's got plenty of ducats hidden away. It's a queer old place; looks like it might be haunted, but it would oe ine nnest crib to crack I know of. Now there are only four peoplo around the place, three besides the old doctor." "Old doctor!" ho ejaculated. "Why, yes, the proprietor of the bouse hat sets in the grounds, old Dr. Seabury." Be gave a quick start, and I heard him utter a cry. "Confusion! Joslyn, the devil himsell couldn't tempt me to enter that house again." Ah! the 9ecret was partly out He owned to having been thore. I repressed the exultation that very naturally came to me, and piayec my part. "Hallo! what do you know about the house of Dr. Seabury, Colonel?" "A good deal," he replied, compressing his lips, while a frown appeared on his forehead. "Then you've been there?" "Once too often." "Come, Colonel, this knocks me. What's to hinder our making the old Doctor tell wrhpro Vie fcirieq his cnld." "Dr. Seabury is dead." i I gave signs of intense surprise. "Why, my plans have been arranged from away back, but that floors me completely. I knock under. Dr. Seabury dead I Why, I saw him only two days : ago, and he appeared in good health. I called on him in the guise of a gentleman who invested property, and had quite a chat, during which I managed to pick up several points that would have been valuable had I been allowed to carry out my plan. He must have been taken very suddenly?" "He was. Bead the papers, Joslyn, and you'll learn something about It, hot as much as I could tell you if I wanted to, but enough to learn the story." I was very near the truth this time, and resolved to make a further effort ere allowing it to slip from my grasp. "The Doctor was rather queer In hia way, don't you think so, Colonel?" I could see he was visibly worked up, his face even showing alarm. "So they say," he answered, shortly. Not baffled yet, I returned to the attack. "I can't understand how it waa you didn't make a haul. If I had ever gotr ten into a house it would be short work with it." i The man looked at me with sudden ouicn-uutoo. "Did I say I nad been in that house?" i "I undei stood so." "Then forget it. I deny anything of the sort" Here was a dilemma. 1 had not expected him to get so suspicious or alarmed. He had suddenly come to his senses, and bethought himself that the least said with regard to this matter the sooner mended. "Whatever it mighl be that he knew about the murder, It was quite evident that he did not mean to confide it to me. My intention was strengthened by defeat , I saw that it was worth while working this mine. The truth would come out at some time, and I believed that by force or persuasion this man could be made to tell all he kaow. One means had failed?should I bring the other to bear upon him? This was a sober question, and one that I did not care to decide without a further amount of reflection. There seemed no other way of arranging the matter, however, and I was almost ready to throw myself into the hroarh when flnmethinff occurred to throw me off the track again for a time. The Colonel gave a start, and suddenly blew out the candle. "Why did you do that?" I asked. "Unless my ears deceived me I heard the iron gate clang to,"he replied. "What am I to understand from that?" "Some one has entered the walled-ln cemetery. Perhaps they are bearing coffin in," We proceeded to Investigate, and I could not but believe something strange was to happen. CTLAPTEK XX JUL There was ono thing about the sepulcher which perhap* I have failed to remark to you, and as this wili presently come before the reader, tbo sooner this is told the better ibe sequence will be understood. It was more than the ordinary tomb, being somo ten feet square, back of which were a numbor of holes looking like large Dutch ovens. These niche* were Intcndod each to hold a coffin. Two of them were sealod up, but there were several still yawning opon. On one side were about four old boxes with lids upon them. They were shipping cases for coffins that had been tumbled in hero at odd time6. Wo had been seated upon ono of them while engaged in conversation. When we sprang to the entrance of tho tomb, and opening the door, peeped up over the top of the steps, our eyes . wore at ouco attracted by a moving light. It was close to the ground, and appeared at intervals from behind tombs and gravestones so thickly planted here. "A lantern!" I ventured. "Yes; there can bo no doubt of that, and moving this way." Looking closer I conld see llgures behind the party who carried the lantern. A sudden suspicion dashed through my mind that the officers whom we had given the slip earlier in the night had trackcd us to the old walled-in cemetery, and that they wero advancing to seize their prey. This thought gave mo a shock. Bolore I could communicato the idea to Cain he had spoken again. "By Jove! a night burial, Joslyn." "You don't mean It?" "Well, I got a glimpse Just then of men carrying a coffin. Look!" Sure enough; they wero so eloso now that as tho view was no longer interrupted and tho lantern held a littlo higher, we ccnld sec four men following tho leader, holding a coffin between them. "Arc thoy talcing it to tho dead-house?" I asked, quickly. "I don't think so. Tho place seemed full. Besides, it don't lie in this direction." "lney are ticacmg straigui mis wa "That is true." "Colonel, what if tlioy should intend to put it in here?" My low words startled liira. "It can hardly be possible?" -But if we should find it so when it is too late to run?" "Then we would have to hide." 'By crawling into the man-holes?" "Groat Caesar, no! By utilizing a couplfc of those boxes, and pulling the lids over us." "Well, It's my impression we shall have to come to that yet. See, they are close at hand, and still aim this way." Even my companion began to see that this was the case. "Joslyn, as suro as I live I believe you are right. Wo must hide." ' There was no time to bo lost. Already the man with the lantern was so close that the light fell on us. Should our suspicions prove true we would just have time to carry out our plan, if everything went well. Without any loss of time wo hurried into th* vault. Uroping our way across it we came to the first box. The lid of this was hastily whipped off. "Into it, Joslyn," said the Colonel, huskily. I obeyed orders to the letter. This was no time for squeamis'nness. "If by any chance they knock the lid off play dead," with which remark he clapped the rough pine lid over me. I could hear him at the next box, foi my hearing seemed to be preternaturally keen. Possibly it was the peculiarity of my position that rendered It so. "*f ' ? " A seraph)? sound announced that ha j g, 1 was clawing at the lid to get It over him, ^ 80J , and that he finally succeeded I Judged jj^g] Irom the fact of sudden silence falling on the be 1 the place. in ]ife "We ha<} finished none too soon. jjeE 1 Already the man bearing the lantern was descending the slippery stone steps ;nc leading to the sepulcher. ga(j He pushed open the door, which we aDOn, had neglected to fasten. mQre , ? "This way, men. Now, be careful. We j w do not want any accident." action The four bearers slowly'descended with xje , i their burden, all entering the tomb. j0 ^ 0 I could feel my nerves quivering, such jnto ^ was the sipgular nature of the position in QWm, which I found myself. Perhaps I tfal j 8p now experiencing something that had come to many persons in a more aggra- g^e , vated form upon finding themselves ^ buried alive?a feeling of horror akin to ?Qr despair. Ab , "Put ft down, men." brain Some one moved the box in which 1 ^burni! was lying, but only a little. It offered ^and. more resistance than he had expected. "There, some of yon lend a hand. ^ Move this box yonder so that we can use fate ^ the two of them for horses. Now lift the un(jer coffin and rest it across, so." beard I groaned, but the sound appeared to be taken as a snort from one of the men, as they leaned over me. We were trapped, shut into boxes, and rhe with a heavy weight resting on the lids, man v The air seemed to become suddenly In dense to me so that I could hardly nervei breathe. him a True, we had escaped discovery, but a upon i disaster that seemed to be a great deal Wh; worse had now come upon us. Eitl The men prepared to leave the vault his bl< I could hardly restrain from calling out was ci after them?indeed, my mouth was opea tacle i to do so when I thought better of it. Tha We were left alone with the dead. what I made an effort to raise the lid from passii my box, but did not succeed. The nar- learn row space would not allow a man U Nov bring anything like his full strength to Iwi bear on the subject. He One thing was fortunate, I thought by th A small corner of the lid near my head Seabu had been broken off. a cone This left an opening large enough for readil a full sudpIv of air to come through. One When i remembered tills my spirit! arose, for I realized that I was n<4 to be truth suffocated just yet, at any rate. The "Joslyn!" the til That was the Colonel hailing me. His "Bl< voice sounded from the depths of the I excl earth, and seemed sepulchral enough to He fully suitthe occasion. *? havini "Halloa! Colonel, how goes it?" I an- "Th swered, thinking that the occasion might things be helped by a little levity, for my spirits suspic were very near the zero point. Seabu "This is a nice pickle." with 1 rv*ir "How the deuce are we to get out?" g, "I don't know. Can't you move your lid?" J ** "Not an inch." "That's bad. If I could only get a Mrt,. grip on the thing I'd budge it." ^ His words gave me an idea. ^ I managed to twist my arm around bo "Th that my band passed to the end of the a"?r box. "Yo Here was the hole spoken of before. |r? My fingers went through, and I go? ^ something of a clutch on the thing. -ry Could I succeed in moving it? There was nothing like trying it, and , th defeat would not leave me any worse off t than I had been before. there I strained every muscle, and made ona heroic effort ' vh The result was not wholly satisfactory, ? j 7V and yet I felt the lid move. * . " _ . , . and n< Changing my tactics i attempted to wishe< shove it to one side, meeting with better to mi success. p. There was now room enough to get w." hold with both hands, and I felt that the matter wa? really settled. im "Colonel* I'm working it out. Have patience for a little while, and be sur- ZTi," prised at nothing." * . "Hurrah!" he faintly cried, and I be- The sgan to believe he was feeling the lack of 'efc, hi air. ended This made me work faster, for al- *n ' though my own immunity was secured, I Quietl; did not wish my companion to suffer, for murde he was of value to mo. whole I pushed the obstinate cover of the caged box slowly to one side, until at. length I <j<he was able to sit up. 4rew , Then you nay be sure I crawled out my 8e] of that place In a hurry. reach! I had not been able to see any of the wag y( men who brought the coffin in, and yet 6ay it had struck me that the voice of one qQ6 was familiar even when heard so indis- Cojc tlnctly. < to be 1 I could not place him, and at this time gls could not bother thinking over the mat- ageil{ ter- shock When I crawled out of the box, my dead i first duty was to strike a match. I bad than a piece of candle in my pocket that the could cracksman had given me, and this I lighted. "Colonel, are you all right still?" A groan answered me. The man was slowly suffocating, the lid of the box fitting closer than he had ever Mr. dreamed. yean I sprang to ois relief. It was the work Lonlt of a few seconds to pull the lid to one confes side and allow the air to enter. nhanti Before this I had sniffed the musty at- , mosphere of the tomb with positive dis- 8toy gust, but my opinion of it had undergono pa&lar something of a change. ing c It was precious now. (whicl Colonel Cain immediately revived, and made In two minutes was sitting up. latter I helped him out of the box that had pieteb almost been his coffin. fv ; He sat on it, holding his head between his hand*. ?nd tl inter? "That was a close call, Joslyn." "For you It certainly was. Did you ... ever see such luck we have for getting ?ltner into peculiar scrapes?" day al "And luckily getting out again." and "That is true." return But I don't understand how you man* Him t aged to escape." the fo "This explains it I got a purchase mpnfc, on the lid by means of this hole. The rest was easy enough." ., "Then wo owe a good deal to the small fact of there being a hole at the end oX caravt your coffin, Joslyn." away "It looks that way, Colonel. When 1 increa could move the lid a little, I came to a 0f ciT knowledge of the fact that you were foun(j suffering for want of air. ?? "This hurried me up somewhat, and 1 |4__ made a grand effort that resulted in the , liberation of both." aonke He had about recovered himself now, them aud yet there was a trembling about his for ho knees as he arose, by which I realized beingf what a shock his nerves had sustained. jnt0 a Perhaps this would be a good time to Anftw mif linn nf ottofil* The thought came to mo with an ab- i . ruptness that was rather paralyzing, and * ""n yet I could readily comprehend that it I rem< meant moro thau appeared on "?he sur- cleanc "L: While the idea was yet floating before ??]t my mind, not having then positive shape er rjs] I saw my companion bend over the head Wfmn, of the coffin that had just been brought in. Ta9]7 It was a plain, heavy, substantial shall c affair. 1 had seen many like it for use in a crypt. At the head was a sheet of thick plate- Th glass, showing the face of the deceased, the "Y This glass was about a foot square, and fitted into the lid so that it was pos itively air-tight. ^me When I saw the Colonel bend over, The ] holding the piece of candle in his hand, City, 1 did not think it was the hand of fate that beckoned him on, but an idle curiosity who among tho city's old inhab- munii itauts had expressed a desire to bo tho burled in the walled-in cemetery. | ihoul apposed the dead person belonged ne old family like the Astors or iera, and that it was desired to lay >dy beside those who had been dear ice, although my eyes followed ;1 Cain, it was with the same idle ity that I believed him guilty of. [ a shock of electricity been hurled us we could not have sprung into active life. as influenced, of course, by the of the Colonel. uttered a sharp cry, and I saw a if intense surprise and horror leap is face, as his eyes became glued the object in the coffin. rang to my feet, interested by his , for he seemed to be waving off 3pirit hand that was trying to grasp roat. eat powers! It is he!" i sudden thought flashed into my I sprang forward and took the ag candle from his unresisting n I bent over the coffin. suspicions were realized! A strange ad brought about this climax, for the plate-glass I saw the white and well-known features of Dr. ry. CHAPTER XXIJI. i horrified manner of the cracks* ras now fully explained, his present condition, when his a were out of shape, it had given terrible shock to suddenly set eyes the face of the dead doctor. F? ler because his hand was red with nod, or else some terrible picture illed up in his mind by the specnow before his vision. it was what I was present for? I had stuck to him like a leech for, ig through various dangers?to the truth. 7 was my time. suld never know a better, had become terribly demoralized e unexpected appearance of Dr. ry's body bn the scene, and was in lition when his mind could be most y reached by a threat. of my plans had failed?I had been b to tempt him into confiding the to me. i other must be tried, and this was me for It. 5ss my soul, If It Isn't the Doctor!" aimed, as though astounded. shook his head in feeble assent, g seated himself upon a box. is is one of the most singular 11 ever heard of. In fact it looks ious. Why should the body of Dr. ry haunt us? What bad we to do lis death?" ?nel Cain groaned. face wat white as chalk, and his seemed to knock together, showing ir evidence of fright than I had bought him capable of. } me he's after, Joslyn," hemuttere deuce yon say. Why should he be srou, man alive?" u forget, man, I was in his house ght he died." eyes seemed burning in their soctld his brfeath came thick and hot. > this a tacit admission to the effect e had been concerned in the death i old physician? uld hardly take it as such, and yet was undoubtedly a bearing that The alarm of the burglar at sight i dead man, his fear of the police, ie presence of a creese in his room )w on his person as an evidence he i to hide?all these things served ike hope spring up in my soul it if he should confess the truth? e wa9 guilty of the crime? ould have to take him into cus,nd turn him over to the proper ofn I could seek Mr. Ketcham and m know that the drama had been Virtually without his assistance. Imagination I pictured myself as y telling him that I had run the srer down, got him to confess the truth, and that he was now safely in the Tombs. very thought was exhilarating. I i quick breath, and then came to oses. As yet I was a long way from ng that point. Some delicate work st to be done before I could truly at I had the matter down fine. thinj was in my favor. >ne) Cain was in splendid condition jruugui* iAJ tcxuio* recent experience with that dread of death?suffocation?and the received from setting eyes on the loctor, had unnerved him far more any threat of personal violent do. fxqjus cohtdhhdj The Lion's Taste. Selous, having spent twenty?one in Africa, has lately returned to in from Mashonaland. Mr. Seloos ised that he had killed 100 ele} and twenty-five lions. His best lion (vasiabout a mail carrier in Mashid. The man in question was ridine horse and leading another a carried the mails) when the lion his appearance and his spring. The demoralized the mail comj. One horse was bowled over, fcer broke away without its rider, 1 h_ i..? ?n IC JLUaii taiuci v uabuiauj ivoi uu it in the mail. i lion did not succeed in detaining of the horses (they turned up next ; the fort, one very badly wounded without the mail bags), so he ed to the unfortunate carrier, he lion treed, and then sat down at ot of the tree to await develop. Fortunately for the carrier they lot develop entirely as .ihe lion have wished, for the next day a in passed, and the lion stalked into the bush, doubtless with an sed contempt for the refinements ilization. The mail bags were not for months afterwards. re lions fond of man meat?1' 0," said Mr. Selous, 4 4they prefer sya. I think the donkeys remind of zebras. They have no distaste irses. But they will attack human 1. I once knew a lion to walk camp where I was staying and off with one of the policemen, rought his skin home?the lion's, ks it's in that corner?no, it isn't, smber. I have sent it away to be id." ion hunting is dangerous, isn't it?" depends. One learns to run few?3 us one grows older. When I 3 a lion now I let him go. When I ounger I used to go after him. I lo that no more.*'?London Graphic. at projected railroad through 'cllowstonc Park should never ilt. It is simply a branch to mining camp called Cooke City, public is not interested hi Ccoke but it is in the Yellowstone Thc.v can reach railroad corncation without running through park. Under no conditions d Congress permit the outrage. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. J erti THEIR DI8COVERY, RULERS AND kaa INDUSTRIES. mac __ ana - " the Captain Cook Discovered the Islands gg^ ?A Mixed Population?Natives ja^ Becoming Extinct?King Kalalcana and His Successor. jgm tiv? ?-=? MERICAN8, m a ther /Ml rule, have very Chr lid:\ crude ideas regard- reta ? . ft , \\ ing the Hawaiian, fath or 8andwich Isl- T A ands, which formed ?~~ JjSSnthe constitutional monarchy which bas just been over sa?^Sr'~ thrown. Striking ?*?!* ' ,J- features of life on * the islands have been made somewhat familiar through the writings of travelera and through the great amount of c; matter printed in the newspapers at the 9 time when King Kalakaua, late lament- | ed, visited this country in search of a || loan for bis bankrupt Treasury, ana later -< when his Queen, Eapiolaui, came here ? on the same errand. The Hawaiian Islands form a most interesting country, however, in themselves and in their history, especially to Americans; for Americans have led in their developments, have for years controlled' ? their wealth, and have had the strongest co?* voice in their government. That hardy old mariner, Captain Cook, happened to ran across the Hawaiian J?*1 Islands in 1779. He had quite a different object in mind when he made this ^ discovery; but then the early discoverers 1 all seemed to have a weakness for find- wa^ ing something that they never thought of looking for. Captain Cook called wa8 the islands the Sandwich Islands. His reason for bo doing is not known, ?. . unless the veteran conundrum "because of the sand-wich-is-there" may have some bearing on it. However, ??P' the Sandwich Islands they have re- 1 m<uned in the minds of most men. P601 At the time of reporting his discovery H Captain Cook said he thought there gree were as many as 400,000 natives there. pok< : helt to! X and O z $ kao? CHART SHOWING POSITION 07 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, 2100 MILES FROM SAN FRANenco.' " J ^ Hawaii, the main one of the group of jr?!? twelve islands, is about 2100 miles west' . * by south of Ban Francisco. Fast steam- * ship lines now run from Honolulu to San n,? Francisco. The islands stretch out for \L. a distance of 350 miles in the Pacific, * but only eight of them are inhabited. * These have a total area of 6640 square , miles, as follows: Hawaii, 4210 square * miles; Maui, 760; Oahu, 600; Kauai, M , 590; Molokai, 270; Ranai, 150; Nihau, 97; Kahool&we, 03. ?- ' Each of the islands used to hare its own dusky king and be a little world to ? , itself. About the year 1800, however, ? there was an old chap straggling under heH! the name of Kamehameha (pronounced as jr1 spelled,) who, like Alexander the Great, ?n<L; "sighed for more worlds to conquer." J? He made up his mind that he would j*uee conquer all the other worlds he knew about, the Hawaiian Islands, and this he a"S proceeded to*do with neatness and dispatch, and made himself King of them all. Ever since the monarchy has pre- z6 vailed, though the loyal family has been ^ in a very bad way from the time that *71D( American enterprise began to assert itself ?0Q< on the islands. inarr There have been many revolutions, 1*** but the reigning family has stood against Tfc them, though its power has been taken and i away from time to time by the granting a du to the people of such constitutional sense rights as the revolutionists demanded. i? fa The islands have a very mixed popu- sumf latioD, owinc to the great demand for year cheap labor tbat resulted from the de- uuu i velopment of the sugar industry. In the Dom aggregate there are less than 100,000 Horn people there, and the major portion of twee these are on the big island of Hawaii. $75,1 The increase in the past ten years has Tt been about 15,000, the annual increase Haw being about 1500. This increase has daug been very largely due to the excess of lecto the immigration to these shores over the marr emigration, and not to natural increase, coast which has been slow because of the small twen number of the female population as com- Engl pared with males. Of the population purp about 45,000 are natives and half breeds, flu en 20,000 ure Japanese, 13,000 are Chinese, In 9000 Portuguese, 4'JOO Americans, and 0vertl f :? I s I TUK PALACE AT IIC there are about 2200 whites .of variou9 kicl nationalities. . ci?i The Chinese immigration had to be The stopped by law several Years ago". The him Chinese were found objectionabfe be- woi fkoip conrof- artoioHna nrrrn-117.9(1 Call VJBU3C to control the labor market; becauss of tee their trickery in business matters, anil onlj because of the depravity they were spread - of t ing among native women. Among r.he told Japauese population males outnumber thir females five to one and arnjng the Chv- aud nese population fifteen to one; but among mas the native population and the other iro- on migrants tlie ratio is about normal. The Cod Chinese and the Japanese have never S boen allowed to vote. pra< ( [any believe that in another generaor two the native stock will become net. The natives are called Kanaand are of a Malay-Polynesian race, :K like the Maoris of New Zealand, like them they are dying oat from ravages of infectious diseases, and icially.from drink, which, since the anted King Kalakaoa removed the I on it, has resulted in great pauperand mortality. Though these ntts have had the Scriptures among n for years, and have professed istianity, a great many ot them still in much of the barbarism ot their ers. he royal family begins, as far as "S_rx-r ' MtLJTABT BABB iemporaneous history is concerned, i the reign of King Kalakula, who 1 in 1891 at the age of fifty-fire s. It vu he who visited this ltry, as did his Queen, Kapiolani. alakaua was a good sort of King in ray, bnt the Government business not exactly in his line. The civilim that was brought to his domain a little too mnch for him'. He was fond of entertaining the European American visitors and residents on stands in kingly style. The resnlt ; was that his royal Treasury became eted, and during the last years of eign he was probably the most iminious King on earth. is poverty resulted in no small defrom h^i love for the gam3 called :r. which, it seems needless to saj. arned from Americans. He would ip and play poker all night. If he the money of hit guests he woald te them to stay at his palace and Id kill the fatted calf for them. If lost, he would give the winners a 1 note, provided they were not so ential that he felt he mu9t pay them, liat event he would drain the money le pockets of some cue of his wealthy obedient subjects. Id Kalakaua did not hesitate to re* tricks to raise funds to have a good i with. One of his victims in this rd was a venerable Chinaman, who, sharp methods, had accumulated 000 or more. The selling of opium he islands was illegal. King Kala1 summoned the old Chinaman, and him that if he would drop $30,000 the royal Treasury he could have sole right to sell opium in the king* . The Chinaman brought the $30,Kalakaua's debts had increased he meantime, however, so be told CShinaman that it wonld call for $30, more to fix the deal. tie Chinaman brought the other $30, Kalakaua put it in his royal :et and then coolly announced that laws of his land would not permit the lg of opium and that his conscience td not allo w him to change the laws, told the Chinaman that he would him back the$60,000 with ante lterest that would be truly kingly, ;he old Chinaman died of a broken b just the same. >ng Kalakaua died of too much fun, nothing else. His widow is living onolulu and lives on a pension. Tho !Q who succeeded Kalakaua and who just been overthrown is his hter, Lydie Kamakacha Lililani, more generality referred to as seas Lydia ot Mrs. Dominis. Seated le her on the throne had been his .1 Highness John O. Dominis, the se Consort, an American clerk in a >lulu shipping house, whom she ied thirty years ago and who died a ago. le Queen that was is fifty years old is a good-natured, fat old lady with sky akin and a heap ot "horse She speaks Englisn fluently and irly well educated. As heir preitive she got a salary of (5000 a and as Queeo her salary was $20,i year. She and his Royal Highness inia lived in the royal palace at >lulu, which Kaiakaua built. Ben them they had an income of about 300 a year and they saved most of it. te next in line ot succession to the ? ?- -n-! a nan tnrone u rnuww amanwui hter of Colonel A. 0. Clesnorn, Col* r of the Port of Honolulu, who ied the Princess Like-Like, now de* id. The Princess, who is about ty years old, has been at school in and for several years, and has been osely brought under English ince. 1887 the monarchy was practically irown. King Kalakaua had been 1 I i ? ft I >NOLOLTJ. iing up such higii jinks that tbe foriers ou the island be?an to protest. 15 called upon tbe King and asked 1 to sign a Constitution. He said he ild not, as it took from him practiy all his royal power. The committhat was waiting upon him numbered j thirteen, but it represeuted much he wealth of the island. Its members 1 Kalakaua that they would give him ty minutes to sign that Constitution, gently suggested that there was a s meeting of indignant foreigners out the corner. Kalakaua signed the istitution. ince that time the Americans have :tically run the Government. They hold sQ of the chief executive and j# B dicial offices. In 1889 a half-breedj fl named Robert W. Wilcox, who hap -I been edacated at public expense in an fl Italian military school, attempted 4 fl revolution with a handful of men, wbidj fl aimed to do away with tbe Constitntm fl and restore the royal family to its old fl i power. The white foreigners put doWfc fl that revolution in three hoars, loss of three men among the revolution* fl uts. fl Under favorable treaties with th0 fl United States and development ci fl American money, the production ana commerce of the islands hare become V i very extensive. The latest official fig- , fl irLT1" lllBB H ill . ACKZy HONOLULU. " 1 " 1 ' 11 'J " ores Bhow th*t capital to the amount of 135,000,000 is in retted there in plant*- ? tions and other productive enterprises. Hon than 120,000,000 of this is American money ,and not one-fifth of the ba|> anoe is that of natives. The soil is exceedingly fertile and capable of bringing forth a gnat variety of products; bat tagar planting, under the reciprodtx - . C .1 treaty with the United States, which admits the product frw of duty, ie so profitable that other industries have been neglected. In 1889 the exportation -of sugar to) the United States amounted to 249r _ V 000,000 pounds. The islands got $; | blow from the McKinley bill In the pro- ' I vision admitting all sugar free of dutyv This reduced the profits of the HawaSn planters so that many plantations have I Viowa ftootl tti.1 $3^1 WCU XUIUCU auu na^vn uavv wwu w- . . daced by about one-third, while the cost of staple food products there has been. high. The crisis was beneficial, how- yj ever, in tbat it caused activity ia other ' industries than sugar raising, whioh,, '' could be made highly profitable In that couutrj. The coffee plantations, whioh1 had been neglected, received care again* as were the rice fields and vineyards ana the raising of cattle and sheep. The] ' 0 t total exports now are of a value close tor ja $15,000,000 a year, of which angar y v|jj still the greater part. About $5,000,-' 000 of importing is done, provisions^ , ; f, clothing^ machinery, etc., and the JJnited States gets nine-tenths of thiaf trade. The financial condition of the country* ' for the period of 1890-92, based on the \ M figures of previous periods, would show i a revenue of 12,862,505, and expenditures of $2,853,116. In 1890 the public debt amounted to $1,934,000, which was raised in London to pay off pno^ indebtedness, and pays six per cent, in The islands hare an edocational ijfJ tem that is far in advance of their gerf. V ' eral condition. A complete ?J stem of secular common schools is provided Jcr ? . raiwcBM xmtiTAgi; " -n I alL Outside of school hours alone Roy man Catholic and other religious teach- , I era hare access to the children. BnglM) jj it taught in all the tchools. There arer ,,' several superior institutions of learning; notably the Oaha College for the sods of Americans; the Kanai Industrial School^ a co-educational institution, and tlty Kamehameha Industrial School for Ha^ I waiian boys and girls. Mrs. Charles Ri B T?!?Virtn. a Hawaiian Princ&u, who wa^ 9 the wffe of Charles R. Bishop, a zutiVST of New York, who is now one of thflu fl big bankers of Hoaolulu, left her wholflj 1 fortune of $500,000 to found this latt6n I school. There, were 178 common schoolsi I on the islands in 1890 and about 10,09^ J pupils.?New York Times. ^ 'I A $1250 tialldo;. \ M This is a picture of a bulldog worth fl $1250. That is the price 8. WoodwifisJ B of Finchley, England, paid for the cele brated dog Dockleaf before he won fint V price as the rery best canine of the 150 exhibited at the recent bench show of DOCKLEAF. the South London Bulldog Society. Th? ' 4 sum is said to be tbe largest ever paid for a dog of Dockleaf's species, but a i much higher bid would probably be \fP Wnndwfiw | necessarv uun ?u-??^ . t to part with his prise winner. j Dockleaf waa bred by Mr. Pybus-< Sellon and is a dark brindle in color. He has a massive head, broad chest and short, powerful body, and is said to be a very good-natured animal.?-Mail and Express. A logging contract made at Tacoma/ ; Washington, the other day, calls for thq i cutting, hauling and the delivery to j . ^ mill company at that place of 200,000,i 000 feet of timber now standing to Mason County. .