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Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-26
New YEAa, 1882.

been very busy one to Helen, and q
happy one as well; for hers was one Of
those sweet and loving natures that
find joy in the reflected happiness Of
others.
She had caused the widows heart to
sing for joy" and this consciousness
had brought into her own great peace.
All the younger members of the
family had gone out to some entertain
men. Helen had wanted to have little
talk with her father, but stranger was
with him, so the servant said, and, with
a lonely feeling in her heart, she went
up to her own room.
DIR. Byrne came up almost Immediate
ly. There was strange light in his
eyes, and more than usual tenderness
and solemnity in his manner, as he laid
his hand on Helen's head
"How is it with thee tonight, daugh-
ter?'
1T is well, father"
after night, the morning; after win
ter, the spring. God is often kinder to
us than we can even ask or think"
HE is very good, father"
DIR. Byrne drew his daughters arm
within his.
Come into my study, Helen, and get
your New Years gift. Because you
have forgotten yourself in caring for
others, did you think your old father
is going to forget you?"
Oh no, papa; but you gave it to me,
you remember, in money. | didn't ex-
pect anything-indeed, | don't think
you ought to give me anything more"
"Well, well, my child, just come and
look at it. Ii you don't want it, or
would prefer its equivalent in money,
you can tell me so.'
With silent wonder in her heart, not
unmingled with curiosity, Helen stood
at the half. open study door,
The shaded light upon her fathers
desk revealed the faint outline.of a man
who was standing near it, and who ad-
vanced eagerly toward her.
Helen looked up, bewildered, into the
face of the man she had mourned as
dead, and then, with faint cry of joy,
threw herself into the arms that had
opened to receive her.
DR.. Byrne almost regretted his pre-
cipitancy as he looked upon his daugh
ters pale face. But JOY does not often
! kill, and his fears were entirely dissi-
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around the house, and his father. upon
whom the fever had spent its force,
could only sit, wan and pale, ia his arm
chair. His little savings were rapidly
melting away and a long winter had
only just begun. Christmas was near
at hand, and who was to I'LL the chill
dren's stockings and make the day a
merry one for them?
Margaret was thoughtful little girl.
and she pondered long over the matter.
Two days before Christmas she got a
postal card, and sat down and wrote on
it as follows;
DEAR SANTA CLAUs:-We have moved
since last Christmas and am afraid you won't
know where to find US, so 1 write this. We
live now at No. 36 East Fourth street. Papa
and Robbie have been awfully sick, andpapa
isn't well yet. Please bring Robbie ball and
Dick sled, and would like doll for lost
mine when We moved Goodby.
"MARGARET OAKLEY"
She wrote the name of Santa Claus
on the other side of the postal card,
and just then her mother called and di-
rected her to go to the grocery for some
things. So she took her basket and
started, accompanied by Prince, the
dog. AS she passed the corner she
dropped the card into a mail box
which was fastened to lamp post. All
that day and the next Margaret went
singing through the house, in the old
light-hearted way she had shown SC
little since sickness had invaded the
household.
Soon after the postal card was
dropped into the box the postman came
around and threw it, with a lot of other
cards, letters and newspapers, into a
bag, which he carried to the post office.
There clerk took the bag, poured the
contents out on table and began sort
ing them over. When he came to Mar
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-26

pated when he returned to the room an
hour later.
The good doctor was fond Of a joke
eff your present doesn't suit YOU
Helen" he said, slyly, II will try to
exchange it, or give you its value in
money-that is, if you don't rate the
young man too high"
Helen glanced smilingly from her
lovers to her fathers face
'You are very kind, papa, but | am
very well satisfied with my New Years
gift. AS to receiving its value in money,
not all that the whole world contains
can give what it is worth to me. =
Mary Grace Halpine, in N. Y. Weekly.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-26

Hudson river. where he was born. His
little cottage with the tall lilacs in
front, and the kitchen garden in the
rear, was a very dear place to him. His
pleasant-faced, sunny-hearted wife kept
the home always bright and tidy, and
the three rosy children filed it with
glee and laughter. Margaret, the old
est, was sweet, loving girl; Dick was
a sturdy, manly little fellow, and Rob
bic was the darling of the house.
Mr.. Oakley was skillful mechanic
and an industrious, God-fearing man;
but times were dull for him in Smith
Vile Center There was little going on
in the way of new building, and he
often had to be absent from home for
weeks together, while employed at some
remote place.
After many earnest talks with his
wife they decided to remove to the west,
Where new villages and cities were rap
ldlT growing up. So they found pur-
chaser for the little cottage, and had an
auction sale of the COW and horse and
all the furniture except some heir
looms and a few articles which they
would not part with. Then, after bid
dlng their neighbors good-by, they en-
tered the cars and were whirled away
% new home in hourishing town in
Illinois.
II was early in spring. The red-bud
pushes were bright in the thickets, and
thousand flowers, new and strange to
the immigrants, painted the prairies.
an ar Of bustling activity pervaded the
Town. buildings were going up on
every side, and Mr.. Oakley soon found
employment at better wages than he
mad ever received in his old home.
for time everything went well with
nlm and his family. His work was i'll
constant demand, and if his thoughts
ever turned with tender regret to the
green nils which surrounded his former
nome he had only to look at his rosy
cniIdren and picture to himself the
edteer which seemed open for them in
lgorous growing west.
spring wore away into summer, and
under the long and rainless heat the
.t'er which flowed past the town
S.' uhk INTO It's bed, leaving great
s'lelches of Shiny ooze fostering in the
reFce sunshine. Autumn came at
-englh' with soft south winds laden
WIN germs of disease. Robbie, the pet
'he house, was stricken with
n;aS, iaIarlal fever. For long days and
nlSIits ne lay in his crib, tossing and
4odhlng. with flushed cheeks and
ea'F eyes, At length the crisis was
rrI:, r%sSeo, but recovery was slow; and
~. ulie hobbie was still the mere shadow
~ I the ruddy-cheeked little boy he had
T Tgen' the fever seized upon his father.
Ttg 1.Vre We're sorrowful times now in the
d.. Az household. Mrs Oakley watched
I:alE, IraE and night beside her husband and
ber'sIoso r-e ooy' and helpful Margaret proved
c. "hen the first brief, wintry davs
~dne Robbie was once more plaving
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-26

-sen m. up, up in the merry day,
aith hearts and faces happy and gay,
And voices Of ringing cheer"
.r meant TO trv il couldn't keep
Nv owes from shutting and going to sleep,
ca as TO get little peep
At Santa Claus, flying flying
Ont in the frosty Christmas night
when the moon and stars were SHINING orlgh''
And all the snow was white, white whlte.
They said it was no use trying
For straight the boys and girls all go
To the land of dreams before they Aho".
.But il was making great mistake
tn saw that couldn't stay awake.
How long ii was never coulo len'
,Twas hours and hours, know very "eiI
when heard silvery. tinkling Dell
Ont in the moonlight stealing.
On il came-a ting a-llng-nng.
And 1inpely jingely. Jingely, nn3-
you never heard such ring, ring, ring
n, dear little sleigh-bellS pealng.
az held nv breath, for at once knew
,rnos Santa Claus and his reindeer too.
n. course il would never, never 90
Tolet them know was weeping
10 might have carried the books and toys
no some other little girls and boys,
rIhad made speck OF noise
And he thought wasn't sleeping.
4Tfng ling ling, and ring ring ring
How it kept on sounding
I surely heard the crack of the whip
And the queer little reindeers bounding.
Then-there was a noise about the house,
stepping stirring and hrmming.
held myself as still as mouse;
Somebody, sure. was coming.
Cup up, up for the merry day.
Christmas night has passed away.
Up my little ones, ALL
The bells were ringing ard ringing on
But all the night and the dark was gone,
And mammals own CHEEKY call
Came along with the other din
Just as tie sun was shining in.
Sydney Dayre, in Christian Union.
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will go further than longer creeds. For
ii a man is not kind to his fellow, whom
he has seen, how shall he be to his God
whom he has not seen?-Harklcy HarlS
er, in n. y. Weekly
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-26

garet's little let
ter he laughed
and showed it to
T h o m a S r a y
mond, ano t h e r
clerk who was
busily engaged at
anot h er t a b | e.
Mr.. r ay m o n d
read it through.
The name Oakley
attracted his at
| tention. "W h a t
if it should be
James Oakley, the
friend of my boy
hood?" he asked
himself.
Christm a S We
came, and Mar
garet, Dick and
Robbie, with the
unwavering faith
of childhood, hung
up their stockings,
said their prayers
around their mo-
theirs knee, and
were soon tucked
away in their lit
tie beds, dream
ing of Christmas
and Santa Claus.
Mr.. Oakley, too
feeble to sit up
more than a few
hours at a time,
had already re-
tired. Mrs. Oak
ley sat thinking
sadly of the disap-
| pointmeAt which
seemed awaiting
the children for
the first time in
their lives. Sud-
denly the doorbell
rang, and as Mrs.
Oakley open e d
the door, there
stood an express
man and in the
street a loaded
wagon. From its
depths he drew
out a big fat tur-
key, a hand-sled
and a heavy paper
box wrapped up
in thick paper.
Having deposited
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always the signal
for j mere a S e d
mirth and happi-
ness.
The hol id a Y S
We're approaching
and the doctors
four daug h t e + S
We're all discuss
ing the important
subject Of Christ
mas and New
Year gifts, and
comparing notes
as to the beauti-
full articles they
had seen in the
shop windows.
We said all, and
yet there was one,
4 fair, sweet-look-
ing girl, sitting a
little apart from
the rest, who did
not join in this
animated CONVEX
sation, though ev-
identity from no
unfri e IDLY m O.
tives.
This was DR..
Byrne's oldest and
best-loved daugh-
ter, and he noticed
her quiet mood.
"And what does
Helen want fol
her New Yeai
gift?:''
The doctor re
gretted the ques-
tion as soon as il
passed his lips.
Helen's quickly
averted eyes filled
with tears, her lips
quivered, and, af-
ter silently strug-
Cling for a few
MON e nts wi t h
her feelings. she
arose and left the
room.
AS soon as the
doctor could do SO
unobser V e d, h e
f olIo W e d h e r,
going directly to
h er C h a M b e r,
where he found
Hele n S 0 b b j n G
with an abandon
nent of grief that
alarmed him.
my daughter"
he said, in a tone
o f t e n d e 7 re :
proach, "do not
give way to your
sorrow thus"
Helen lifted her
head from her fa-
theirs shoul d e T,
with a smile that
was Sadder even
than tears.
,orro+af,,l II p1I1Ct
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tracted," as the good doctor himself as
serted, though he looked as if he en-
joyed it as well as the youngest among
the merry group that surrounded him,
none of whom ever thought it nece ssary
to put on a long countenance because
''father had come" Indeed, this was
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-26

-Bobley says that Christmas is a
great give-away.- Post.
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OOD NIGH t.
said m a m m a,
good nj g h t I,
good night!
Shut little eye
lids fast an d
tight, .
A n d Christmas
will soon be here.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-26

been very busy one to Helen, and 4
happy one as we'll; for hers was one OF
those sweet and loving natures that
find joy in the reflected happiness Of
others.
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"
as to what we don't know about
water 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 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
a start. Or are we to have the
volcano road business repeated2
Perhaps as Col. Sellers says,
there's millions in it." Yours
truly HAWAII.
Hilo, Hawaii, Feb. 26, 1891.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
TricycIes for Policemen.

Attention is being directed in
some of the principal cities of the
United States to the use of bicycles
and tricycles by the police. instead
of horses. We find the following
communication in the Washington
Star:
Mr.. EDITOR: By mounting the
police force on tricycles the efficiency
OF the service can be more than
doubled with a comparatively small
outlay. By this means an officer will
be able to cover his beat two or
three times where he now covers it
once and with considerably less
fatigue. The tricycle. is better suit
ed than the bicycle, as it requires
less attention on the part of the
rider, and consequently would give
the officer better opportunity for
making close observation as he
passes along the streets. An expert
mental test by the police department
of a few wheels would doubtless give
such satisfactory results that they
would be generally adopted in a
short time. 1t seems quite remark
able that the smooth streets of this
city have SO long counted for moth
ing SO far as the police service is
concerned.
The wheels would be entirely safe
while officers are making arrests, as
with the police department stamp
upon them no thief would be bold or
foolish enough to attempt to steal
them. Mounted in this manner the
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
fast driver, but mounted on a good
wheel he can give chase and make
arrests. The adoption of the wheel
would undoubtedly lead to more
effective police service in every re-
spect. G. f. j.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
s. s. EaraUOue.

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. z. 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, Land 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
nian and Mexican ports, and was the
first boat secured for the proposed
new line between San Diego and
Hilo.I Elk.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
JOHN DYER

Ism Room No. s. upstairs. spreckels' Blot
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
The Thermometer on WedHes-
day Morning.

Mr.. EDITOR: The following read
ings of a thermometer this morning
at my 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
may 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
UicalIy, with a north-westerly
aspect:
At ) o'clock this morning the
reading was 49, degs.; at 6;30,
Il dogs; 200, 81 degs.; 7:15, 81
degs.; 1870, 80 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.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10

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 downfiow of cold
air from Makiki Valley has Il still
lower temperature, just as low
grounds in Northern countries are
always the first sufferers from
frost.
On Wednesday morning, March
t, my thermometer, which was
properly placed" indicated 50
deg. as the minimum for the night;
at o'clock it was 81 deg, falling
at $50 to 90 deg. again. At the
same time 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 81 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 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-
tons 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 a 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 4 hollow. water froze to the
thickness of an eighth of an inch or
more. Later on, camped on the
summit of II crater cone 1000 feet |
higher, 81 to sc 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 available for
pitching tent.
CURTIS J. LYONS.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
A MIDNIGHT BLAZE.

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.
1t started in a store on Nuuanu
street, just above King street, oc-
cupied by Chung Poon, 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 busi-
ness was more or less damaged. The
origin of the fire at this time of
writing is unknown. The Hon. W.
g. Irwin, who was spectator, said
he had never seen a better conducted
fire in Honolulu.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
Christians, Crime and PrOhibi.
ton.

Mr.. EDITOR: How strange, un-
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,
or 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
ther 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:
Tbo;, ,-o+o, ,oJ ;rH,oroo ox,or+oH
against the rum traffic, would inau-
gurate prohibition in every pro
hibition, in every protested 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 strange!
nnaccountably strange 1t is, tuat
Christians should be the instru
ments in Satan's hands to curse
civilized man with this uDgodly
traffic. j. NJ. HoRNEB.
Concerning Thermometers and
Cold Weather.
MR. EDITOR. There is probably /!
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
Builders Of Steam Machinery
In all its branches.

In all Its branches.
Steamboat, Steamship, Land Engines 4 Boilers
High Pressure or Compound.
STEAM VESSELS of all kinds built complete,
with bulls OF wood, iron or composite.
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when adj
vfsable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges and Steam Tugs con-
structed with reference to the trade in which
they are to be employed. Speed, tonnage and
draft of water guaranteed.
made after the most approved plans. Also, all
Boiler Iron Work connected Herewith.
WATER PIPE, of Boiler OF Sheet Iron, of any
size, made in suitable lengths for connecting
together, or Sheets rolled, punched and packed
for shipment, ready to be riveted on the
ground.
HYDRAULIC RIVETING, Boiler Work and Water
Pipes made by this establishment, riveted by
hydraulic rivetiRg machinery, that quality Of
work being far superior to hand work.
SHIP WORN, Ship and Steam Cspstans, Steam
winches, Air and Circulating Pumps, made
after the most approved plans.
SOLE Agents and manufacturers for the Pacific
Coast of the Heine Safety Boiler.
PUMPS-Direct Acting Pumps for irrigation OF
city works purposes, built with the celebrated
Davy Valve Motion, superior to any other
pump.
JOHN DYER. Honolulu
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-10
THOMAS RAIN WALKER.

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

We do not hold ourselves responsible Tor 'he
statements made, or opinions expressed Oy o''
correspondents.