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How tie Elk Changes His Anilers.

Those who take an interest in the
study of natural history may be pleased
to know that in few weeks the stag elk
in the deer glen in the park will undergo
decided change. He will soon be
shorn of the royal antlers that have made
him the pride of the glen.
With the loss of the antlers the stag
will change his disposition entirely aud
become as docile ard tractablc as lamb.
He will show an inclination to court
public petting rather than avoid it. He
will remain in this condition of temper
until the beginning of March, when he
will show a disposition to lurk in seques-
tered spots of the glen and timidly avoid
the presence of all, even of his kind.
During this period, on the spot where
the late antlers were, a pair of protuber-
ances WILL make their appearance GOV.
cred with a soft, dark, vclvety skin.
These will attain considerable growth
in a few days. The carotid arteries OF
these protuberances will enlarge with
them in order to supply suficiency OF
nourishment. When tho new antlers
have attained their full growth, which
will be in ten weeks after the old ones
have been shed, the bony rings at the
base through which the antlers pass Will
begin to thicken, and gradually filling
up will compress the blood vessels and
ultimately obliterate them. The vel
vety skin that surrounds the bone, be-
ing thus deprived of nourishment, will
lose its vitality and will be rubbed off in
shreds by the stag on the edges or rocks
or other hard substances.
As soon as the full size of the antler
is attained the docile disposition of the
elk will disappear, and he will become
once more for the year the fierce king of
the glen.
The age of the elk, according to
writer's "a natural history, is computed
by tks number of points on the antlers.
at the present time there are six. The
next set will bear seven, showing that
seven summers have passed since the
date of his birth.-San Francisco ChToni-
cle
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DIR. RAUcH of the Illinois State
Board of Health thinks thereis strong
probability that the cholera will reach
this country next spring. The dreadful
scourge has already stalked over Its
periodical route to the east OF US, ana
during the summer just passed ten
thousand deaths were recorded against
it in Spain, Japan and Syria while II
likewise laid low thirty thousand pll:
crims to Mecca. While it is not well
to take undue alarm regarding DIR.
Ra=ch's prognostication, it is undouot'
elly the Fart of prudence to keep oul
cities in good sanitary condl loa anu 10
guard against the introduction OF dis,
case from other lands. Through care
in the matter of cleanliness other dis
eases may re prevented or their effects
mitigated, even though there should be
no danger OF cholera visitation.
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RELIGIOUS READING,
STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS.


Tie giveth power to the faint, and to them
that have no might He increaseth might
lsa. XII, 70.
1t is no dream, Great Comforter,
But very truth to me,
That all earth's strengthless. fainting ones
May be made strong in Thee.
The years have taught me many things,
But none so sure rs this:
That shelter, solace, joy, and strength
Are always where God is.
So now, when hope and courage fail,
And only fear is strong,
Ny heart will sing as in the past,
An unforgottcn song.
"God is my refuge and my strength,
I will not be atraid;'
And though the night be wild and dark,
meet it urdismayed.
The strength to bear, or work, or wait,
Is Thine, o God, to give.
And who shall weak and strengthless be
That learns in Thee to live?
-[8Iarianne birmingham, in London Chris
tian World.
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IN CHRIST,

1t is said that the paintings of a certain
artist can always be recognized by one face.
1t is sometimes the face Of a little girl,
sometimes of young woman, sometimes of
an old woman. But it is always the same
face-that of the artists mother. He could
not paint picture without the face. In the
epistles Of Paul there is one beautiful eX-
Christ" The precious teaching of John
xv. was living principle with the great
apostle. 1t has been said that the express
sion "in Christ" in the sense of the vital
union, as Of the branch to the vine, occurs
seventy-eight times in his cpstles.
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IN AN OLD GARDEN
Weeds run riot where lilies grew,

Weeds run riot where lilies grew,
Stately and lovely and pure as truth,
In the old, dead days when the garden knew
= The beauty that blesses the time of youth.
Nettles creep to the crumbling sill,
= And briars climb where the rose once
bloomed,
But clump of rue holds its tenure still,
And remembers the beauty that fate has
doomed
Moss grows quick on the path where trod
The feet Of youth in the days gone by,
And the feet of those who were nearing God,
And the time to lay work down and die.
wonder if ever on moonlit nights,
. Ghostly footballs, through mold and moss
Come and so where the old delights
OF life and loving gave place to loss?
Lovers have walked here hand in hand:
Here by this dying tree, was told
a story sweeter to understand
Than the tales of all poets, young or old.
Where is the lover who told his love?
Where is the maiden whose lips he kissed?
All, but the grave-grass grows above
Those who no longer are mourned or
missed.
Poor old garden Of dead delights,
Haunted know you are, night and day.
The gull from the sea, in his landward
flights,
Hints of the fleet years that flew away.
Ever and ever while nettles spread
Over the beds where the lilies grew,
You think of the past and its long-since
dead,
And the beauty and brightness that once
you knew.
Your heart is truer than hearts of men.
Opoor old garden, for men forget;
They bury their dead and 60 on again,
And life has room for but brief regret;
But you mourn forever for lost delights;
You grieve for the o ,uty that could not
last:
And I share your sorrow on lonesome nights
When my heart remembers its happy
past.
-Ebcn E. Rerford, IN LippincoH.
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EVEN ncw we bIv- some nctlTe vol
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS energy on our earth,
ard we know that in former days the
volcanoes must have been still more
powerful; that, in fact, the Nesuvius of
the present must be merely ropgun
in comparison with volcanoes which
have shaken the earth in those prim-
tive days when ii had just cooled down
from its original fiery condition. 1t
seems not impossible that some of these
early volcanoes may in the throes Of
their mighty eruptions have driven up
pieces of iron and volcanic substances
with q violence great enough to shoot
then off into space. z..;;..s-.....,
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AMERICANS who have affecHd to
rilicule the young emperor of the Ter
mans will change their tune when they
learn that he has just borrowed Nou5
sc, 900, OOO on his note of hand. TITS a
big man who is able to do that even in
Amarica. -.-.-.-------- zg.-s.
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IT is only within a few years that
photography has been applied to the
Investigation of the heavens with so
much success as to make it one of the
most powerful and fruitful means of re-
search in astronomy.
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A COMPoSITOR III the once or tne
New York Stats Zeitat1ag, white at
work at his case, fell and died before
aid could reach him. He had worked
in the same capacity for the same pa
per for thirty-fve years. He stood at
his case all through the war and did his
share to tell the people the news OF
each anxious morning. He worked be-
fore the perfecting press was dreamed
of, and when the greatest papers print
ed their matter directly from the type;
when the telephone was as far away as
is aerial navigation to-day, and when
the steam service to Europe and to the
interior of the country was primitive to
the point of being but shade better
than the sails and the horses of the ear
lier days. The experience Of thirty
five years of such work in such place
must have been marvellous and the
weariness of ii ineypressible
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hearty breakfast; and then two old men,
armed with only bows and arrows, took
me down the creek about mile and
then sat down on the grass. 1t was an
hour or two before I could make out the
significance of the move, but then heard
sounds from the direction of the camp
which satisfied me that Robinson was
being put to the torture. Onc of my
quarts soon left for the village, and an
hour later the other suddenly rose, and
without word walked away in the same
direction. Unable to make up my mind
what to do I remained where was during
the entire day. In later years 1 learned
from One of the warriors of the fate
of Robinson. His tortures lasted nine
long hours. He first ran the gauntlet.
Then he was tied TO stake and every
form of mutilation which the ficnds could
Invent was practised on his poor body.
1t was with great animation that my in
formant related how the poor fellow
begged and cried and cntrcatcl-what
wonderful vitality he ha'l-how he could
have been preserved an hour or two
longer had not everybody grown tired Of
the sport. 1t was Pawncc Killer him.
self, fresh from signinga treaty of peace,
who exhibited the mos. ficndish spirit.
had a much closer call than knew.
The two old men who took me out
doubted that l was what the others took
me for. They had some arrows made
on purpose to kill witches and keep off
bad spirits, and they were to take me off
and see if these arrows would kill me.
In going down the creek one of them
came near stepping on rattlesnake, and
this was taken as sign that they must
mot shoot. When they returned to the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
Signs of Water Coming.


Mr.. EDITOR: This village has
been flooded lately with circulars
telling us all about the new water
works we are going to have. The
youth who has been let loose from
the Government house to instruct
us poor pagans of darkest Hilo"
rs to what we don't know about
wafer has arrove. He brings with
him a book big enough to hold the
names of every man, woman, and
child on the islands. Why all this
unnecessary expense when you
take into consideration that you
can count on your fingers all those
who want the pipes into their
houses? Still, if it's the intention
of the Government to lay the pipes,
why don't they make a start? Give
the natives and Portuguese a
chance to work, fire out all the old
stlffs and barnacles that are hang
ing on and drawing salaries. Make
2 start. Or are we to have the
volcano road business repeated?
Perhaps as Col. Sellers says,
there's millions in il" Yours
truly HAWAII.
Hilo. Hawaii, Feb. 20, 1891.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10

Concerning Thermometers and
Cold Weather.
Dir. EDITOR. There is probably
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
s. s. FaraUOne.

The steamer Farallone, Captain
Bonifeld in command, sailed from
San Francisco recently for San Jose
de Guatemala. The Farallone was
chartered by Geo. w. Maxon, II. G.
Ackley and G. r. Miles of Sacra-
mento, who, with their wives and
families. are going on pleasure trip
to South America. 1t is their inten
ton to make the trip profitable as
well,a to this end the steamer was
loaded with young horses and cattle,
hogs and other domestic animals,
for which there is great demand in
Guatemala
The Farallone was formerly en-
ployed in trading between Califor-
MAN and Mexican ports, and was the
first boat secured for the proposed
new line between San Diego and
Hilo.l Elk.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
A MIDNIGHT BLAZE.
Three Chinese Stores on Nuuanu
Street Suffer from Fierce

Three Chinese Stores on Nuuanu
Street Suffer from Fierce
Flames.
On March I'd, just before mid
night an alarm of fire was rung from
the Central Tower. Mr.. P. O'Sulli-
van turned in the alarm to the
Mutual Telephone Company's office,
the operator quickly communicating
with the bell tower.
It started in a store on Nuuanu
street, just above King street, oc-
cupied by Chung Poon, a tailor. The
flames spread quickly and at one
time it looked as if there was to be a
big fire. The fire police were quickly
on the spot and their work of keep
ing the crowd back has never been
excelled at any fire. They deserve
the highest credit. The department
responded with a will, and working
hard it was not long before the fire
was under control. Chung Poon's
store is pretty we'll Quilted. The
store below, occupied by Fai Kee,
matchmaker, was damaged slightly,
while the one above, in which Hop
Hong carried on the tailoring bust
ness was more or less damaged. The
origin of the fire at this tune of
writing is unknown. The Hon. W.
g. Irwin, who was spectator, said
he had never seen better conducted
fire in Honolulu.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
The Thermometer on Wednes-
day Morning.

Mr.. EDITOR: The following read
ipgs of a thermometer this morning
at nv house in Kulaokahua, are so
phenomenal that I should like to
inquire if they are supported by
any other observations. The Their
mometer is an ordinary one, and
NAV therefore not be absolutely ac-
curate; it has, however, been rea-
sonably so, and has in the same
position never before indicated a
temperature below 81 dogs. Fahr-
enheit; it is placed about eight feet
from the ground, under cover YER
Uically, with a north-westerly
aspect:
At ) o'clock this morning the
reading was 49, degs.; at $50,
Il degs.: 200, 81 dogs; !:15, "a
degs.; 7:3O, 50 dogs. Although
there was much dew in the atmos-
phere last night, there was no APP
parent condensation upon the in
strument, as has more than once
this winter been the case; and the
air seemed very still. l am, sir,
your obedient servant,
THOMAS RAIN WALKER.
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officers would have better con-
troll over the fast and reckless driv
ing that takes place in this city, SO
much to the injury and discomfort
of pedestrians. On foot an officer
has little chance of overhauling a
fast driver, but mounted on good
wheel he can give chase and make
arrests. The adoption of the wheel
would undoubtedly lead to a more
effective police service in every re-
spect. G. f. j.
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more difference In the temperature
of different localities than is COM
monty supposed, even in this equa-
BILE region. At Oahu College it has
been for some time noticed that the
thermometer on cool mornings is
not as low by one or two degrees
(F.) as it is at my house about a
thousand feet nearer the sea and
thirty feet less elevation. The low
ground on the plain lying directly
in line with the downfow of cold
air from Makiki Valley has u still
lower temperature, just as low
grounds in Northern countries are
always the first sufferers from
frost.
On Wednesday morning, March
I, my thermometer, which was
properly placed" indicated So
deg. as the minimum for the night;
at 6 o'clock it was "a deg, falling
at $50 to 80 deg. again. At the
same time a thermometer two feet
from the ground and exposed to
the clear sky read 51.5 deg; while
hung for a time in the yard it
marked "a deg. The cold stream
or stratum of air clings to the
ground, which no doubt went down
to As deg. in the night, as there
was a moderate dew on the ground,
which l had not expected, as the
dew point the evening before was
Just As deg.
There is no doubt that the night
in question was the coolest on rec
ord in Honolulu, and the observa-
tions of Mr.. Walker and others per-
fectly reliable if thermometers are
any ways accurate. AS to the Hotel
it may feel the stream of cold from
Pauoa Valley. The standard height
from the ground for purposes of
comparison is ten feet. There
should always be some screen inter-
vene between the bulb of the Their
mometer and the clear sky, in
whatever direction. it may be. |
may add that there is reliable
standard thermometer at the Sur
vey Office, lately imported, with
which others can be compared, also
that any facts in meteoroiogy re-
ported here will be gratefully re-
ceived, put on record and use made
of them.
A curious though rather an ex-
treme example of this law of cold
air happened to the writer years
ago. Camped On the side of Mauna
kea, at the height of $500 feet, but
in a hollow. water froze to the
thickness of an eighth of an inch or
more. Later on, camped on the
summit of ii crater cone LOCO feet
higher, 81 to 36 deg. was the low
est temperature, while on a peak at
over II, 900 feet elevation the Their
mometer went down to 80 deg.
only on the night that the point
was occupied, and the bitterest cold
camp found on the campaign was
in the bottom of a crater which was
the only level spot
pitching q tent.
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pitching q tent.
CURTIS
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Christians, Crime and PrOHibi-
ton.

Mr.. EDITOR: How strange, I'M
accountably strange it is, that a
community made up largely of pro-
fessed Christians and others who
claim to be moral models, should
consent to license the dram shop,
OF in any way encourage the rum
beverage traffic, even by silence,
knowing, as they do, that intoxi.
cants cause more than one half OF
all crimes committed in rum
licensed countries; and they fur
Their know that the licensed rum
traffic is the egg from which these
crimes are Matched.
As an example, Atlanta arrests
an average of forty law breakers
per day, except on election days
when the saloons were closed, then
only eight were arrested. This
looks as though the saloons should
be closed every day of the year.
Prohibition says close them. But
it appears that Christians and
temperance people won't consent to
do that,or it would be done.
What have these Christians
and temperance people to do
with sustaining rum shops and
crime? Just this, my friends:
Their votes and Influence exerted
against the rum traffic, would inau-
gurate prohibition in every pro-
hibition, in every professed Chris
tian country, and that would pre-
vent more than one-half of all
crimes brought before the courts
according to the most reliable sta
tistics, and at least one half of all
sin and misery that affiict human
ity in all rum licensed countries.
Can we do anything for the
Masters approval that will effect
so much good as putting an end to
the rum traffic? Can we do so much
in any other direction for suffering
humanity as to permanently abol-
ish the rumshop? Yet we are told
that eight-tenths of all Christians
vote for rum license, which means
the continuance of the traffic with
all its evil effects by means of
Christian votes. How strangel
lInaccountably strange 1t is, tuat
Christians should be the instru
ments in Satan's hands to curse
civilized man with this ungodly
traffic. J. NJ. HoRNEB.
Concerning Thermometers and
Cold Weather.
Dir. EDITOR. There is probably
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
TricycIes for Pt

Attention is bein
some of the princip;
United States to the
and tricycles by the
Of horses. We fn'
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
THOMAS RAIN WALKER

mote Mr.. Wells Peterson
(Beretania street, reports his Their
mometer (outdoors) at $50 o'clock,
IS degs.; Mr.. II. NJ. Whitney king
street, reports his thermometer
Cindoors) at 6 o'clock, 80 degs., and
at Z o'clock Sc dogs.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible ioI ZIG
statements made, or opinions expressed OS O"'
correspondents.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10

Gentlemen-rU Two OF your 80
chambered Filter Presses thisseason. They
are convenient, easily handled and are working
entirely to our satisfaction. 1 can recommend
no Improvement on them.
Very respectfully yours.
(signeal &. MOORE,
Manager Pasukau Plantation
HEEIA, Sept. 2s. 1889.
Ne. JOIN DYER, Agent Risdon Iron Works
Honolulu.
DEAR SIE: Please ship us one of your 80
Compartment Filter Presses, 240 square feet
surface, same ss the one supplied US last season,
which 1 am pleased to say has given us entire
satisfaction. You're truly,
GEO. R. EwART,
Manager Heeia Agricultural Co.
These Presses are made extra heavy for
high pressures, occupies floor space of Tx
4 IT,, and presents filtering surface Of240
square feet. limited number in stock in
Honolulu and are sold at very low prices.
RisdOn Iron & Loco. Works.
San Francisco.
For particulars enquire OF
JOHN DYER. Honolulu
Room No. Spreckeis' Block;
70 IS44o W. G. IRWIN & Co., Agents.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-12-16
The Court Was With Him.

A young lawyer was making hs
maiden effort before jury in defense
of a criminal. The evidence was all
in, and he arose to utter the brilliant
thoughts that had been surging through
his brain. He was primed for a fine
display of oratorical pyrotechnics, but
somehow or other he could not get
start. His mind became blank and
he stood trembling for a nom INT.
Then waving his arms he began:
May it please the Court and gentle
men Of the jury-My-ahem! Ny
-. Officer, kindly get me drink OF
water"
He waited for the attendant to return
and tried to gather his faculties.
After taking sip of water he began
again: "May it please the Court and
gentlemen of the jury, l am happy
no-yes." :.
Alter a pause he again extended
his arm and exclaimed: "May it please
the Court and gentlemen OF the jury
NV unfortunate client"
This impressed him as particularly
bad opening, SO he again hesitated.
$50 on, counsellor" said the Judge.
encouragingly, $50 far am with YOU"
Chicago News.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-12-16
The Infantile DOn'ts.

Even the baby is the victim of re
form. Methods employed twenty
years ago are intolersble in the nur-
sery Of to-day.
The infantile don'ts are almost as
numerous as the etiquettical negatives.
Among the approved are:
Don't rock the baby.
Don't let him sleep in a warm room.
Don't let him sleep with his head
under cover.
Don't lot him sleep with his mouth
open.
Don't "pat" him 10 sleep.
Don't try to make him sleep if he is
not sleepy.
Don't let him nap in the afternoon.
Don't let him be kissed.
Don't let him wear any garment that
is tight enough to bind his throat, arms.
waist or wrists.
Don't have ball-buttons on the back
Of his dress.
Don't have clumsy sashes on the
back of his dress.
Don't cool his food by blowing it.
Don't feed him with tablespoon.
Don't use tube nursing bottle.
Don't change the milk you started
with.
Don't bathe him in hot or cold
water.
Don't bathe him more than three
times a week.
Don't allow comb to touch his
head.
Don't let him eat at the famiSv
table.
Don't let him taste meat until he is
two.
Don't let him sleep on pillow.
Don't coax, tease, torment, mimic
or scold him.
Don't whip him.
Don't make him cry.
Don't notice him when he pOuts.
Don't frighten him.
Don't tell him about ghosts, booga
boos or bad places.
DON'T shake him.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-12-16
TOeing the Scratch.

There had been some hard words be-
[ tween Julius and Moses before, as
near as l could make out.
Moses was blacking my boots on the
| veranda when Julius came around
from the kitchen, and began:
"Look heah, boy; Pze dun got my
eyebsll on yon, an de fust thing you
know I'll pound you to squashW
..Shool Does you know who you
is conversin' wid?" demanded Moses.
"Doan' you talk to me dat way. black
man"
"Who's black man,
"You is."
"You was liar, sir!"
$50 was you'll"
"Look out, boy! A feller dun cal
me liar one time, and the county had
to bury him."
can you look out for me, black
nan; Pze mighty hard to wake up,
but when gifts aroused 1 woz pzer
| all de way frew."
"Shool jus; want to say to you
dat de las fight l was in it took eight
men to hold me. Doan' you get me
mad. boy, doan' you do it."
"Buml l dass put out my hand
right on yo' shoulder"
"AnT dass put my hand on yours"
"Now, what yer gwine ter do?"
snow, what you gwine ter dor"
"Shool"
"Shooi"
And after standing In defiance for
moment, each backed slowly away
| and went about his business, to renew
the "defi" at the first opportunity, and
always with the same resut.-Brook-
lyn Eagle.