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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

let flowers clasped in little Alice's
hands. Soon she wo,11d carry the little
geranium to maj K the try nameless
grave.
But with the thought was linked an
other. Should not this precious plant
be offered instead as her Easter sacri-
fee? She turned little pale and drew
in a quick breath. Could this offering
be required of her? 1t had been her
one comfort in those days of loneliness
and longing to think that soon the
sturdy plant would stand as a visible
link between herself and the baby sis
ter in the unseen world.
Il can't rob Alice. Besides, they
wouldn't want it anyway. among their
lilies With this thought she COM
forted herself, but not for long ''She
loved to hear about the class" came
the second thought ''Alice would have
wanted me to give it She doesn't need
it now.''
The class was rising for the closing
hymn, and jamie slipped from her seat
with the rest. A solemn triumph IL
Illuminated the earnest face, whereat
Miss Eaton wondered.
bid it good-by," and jamie held up
the blooming geranium for her mother
to take parting look. Her lips quiz
cred and her eyes filed with tears.
''You think it right that should give
it?" she whispered, TREMENDOUSLY.
Eyes, dear. God bless the sacrifice
to you, my darlingI' and Mrs. Turner,
holding the lamp high to light the
stairs, watched jamie out of sight.
1t was Easter eve, and when jamie
passed from the mild darkness of the
night into the dimly-lighted church,
she found many a busy group already
absorbed in their labor of love. About
the font the gay girls of her own class
were assembled, wreathing its marble
whiteness with garlands of white lilies
under Miss Eaton's direction. >.
jamie crept timidly up the broad
aisle, and stood close to the busy group
before her presence was noted. At an
exclamation of one of the girls, Miss
Eaton glanced up to see the shy face
peeping out above the brilliant bios
SONS.
''Why, Janie!" she said, and went to
meet her with outstretched, welcoming
hands.
Into them jamie thrust her burden,
abashed by the looks of surprise and
disapproval which greeted her gift.
Perhaps you can put it in some cor
ner. 1t is all L can give" Her voice
broke, and one irrepressible tear rolled
down the imploring face. 81 was go
ing to put it on Alice's grave-but she
would rather it would come here. And
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

threadlike voice from the pillows, and
eager little hands were stretched
toward the flowers. tC1ose beside her
they laid the plant, its scarlet glory
caressing the sunlxen cheek. And so
the child fell into the sound sleep
whose waking would be amid the
flowers of paradise.
When the little form was carried away
from the room whose four walls had
encompassed its world, the little ger
anium stood denuded of it's glory, and
two scarlet white-eyed blossoms were
fading in the still clasp4d hands. And
Miss Eaton, drawing jamie close to her
side as they took last look at the
peaceful baby face, heard for the first
time the story of the little plant that
had cheered the tedious days of the
patient sufferer-heard it with pang
at her tender heart at thought of the
lost opportunity for making glad the
heart of one OF Christ's little ones.
ST wish I had known BEFORE" she
sighed.
Very lonely were the days for the
sad-eyed mother and sister. Sleet and
snow gradually changed to beatiD G
rain, and slowly but steadily the sod
buds formed under the sheltering
leaves of the sturdy plant; again the
slender flower stalks shot u p with their
clustered promise.
''When Easter comes, we will put it
on Allies grave" sighed jamie, vague
ly comforted SIT will be in blossom
Them
The church bells were ringing, and,
with a little caress of the plant that
Allie had loved, mother and dau ghter
fastened to the morning service.
s'There is nothing to keep me now,''
thought the poor mother, as she locked
the door upon the deserted room.
When jamie en- tered the Sabbath
school, she found the assembled girls
in discussion so absor bing that they
noted her presence with the slightest
of mods
well bring lilies, of course!'' said
Blanche. with decision; ''clusters OF
those big Bermuda lilies. They will
look lovely. 1 mean to ask Miss Eaton
if we can't decorate the font"
Wouldn't roses be prettier?" sug-
gested another voice. ''Pink roses
would look sweet against the marble. -
No; lilies are far BETTER" rejoined
Blanche, with emphasis. And the vote
of the class was, accordingly, for lilies
what is it all about?' asked jamie,
timidly, of her nearest neigh,bor.
''Oh, our Easter flowers answered
the girl, careleSsly, fun bling with TIE
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you said-we-we were to give up
something's
Before Miss Eaton could speak she
had turned and run swiftly down the
church and out into the quiet night.
''Miss Eatonr' exclaimed Blanche
always the first to speak-''surely you
are not going to put that common geraaa-
iasm with the lilies!'' The horror of
her tones was reflected in the seven
faces.
Let me tell you its history first, -
and Miss Eaton's face was strangely
moved as she seated herself on the pull
pit step with the little plant in her
arms.
And to the listening circle she told
the story of JAMES treasure, aud the
little dead child who had loved it so
well. 81 think, girls" she said, in
conclusion, ''our dear Lord would say
of jamie, as He once said of another:
She hath done what she could!"
With tear-wet eyes Blanche impul-
sively lifted the geranium and set it in
the midst of the white glory. And
snowy garlands, when, on the golden
Easter morn, the church was filed
with earnest worshipers. And many
wondered at the sight, but in the seat
by the door knelt woman and child
with happy tears.
One more surprise was yet in store
for jamie ere the day was past. Late
in the afternoon two shabby figures
passed in at the cemetery gate and
made their way to a distant corner,
where lay little unmarked grave be-
side a longer mound. JAMES heart
ached still, as she thought of the bur-
den she to have brought to show
to stranger eyes that loving hearts
watched over these graves; but she
grasped her mothers hand the closer
and crowded back the tears.
why, jamie dear, 1ook!" cried Mrs.
Turner, in glad surprise.
jamie brushed her hand over her
eyes, and. at the sight which met
them, gave joyful cry. The low sum
light sending its level rays across the
quiet city of the dead gilded the dear
mounds = bare and neglected no
longer, but heaped high with silvery
lilies, while on the baby mound the
scarlet geranium burned and burned.
''Motherl'' jamie, kneeling by Alice's
grave, lifted face glowing with joy.
st is Miss Eaton and the girls who
have done i'll never told you, mother,
but thought they didn't like me-and
see how kind they really are. III
| never doubt them againF'-Marion
Dickinson, in Harper's Young People.
THAT while ssto be dezterous in
danger Is a virtue" 50, too, to be an
| adept at fruit and flower raising is no
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of fine dust, raised by the wheels of
passing drays, hung suspended in the
heavy air, and added to the general
discomfort of those whom business
compelled to be abroad. Friends
greeted Que another with groans and
comments upon the extraordinary heat.
August was outdoing itself.
The heated bricks burned Janie's
feet through the broken soles of her
shabby shoes; the heavy basket, stored
with the fine needle work whereby her
mother kept want from her two chill
dren, dragged painfully upon the slen-
der arm. From under the battered
straw hat a flushed and tired face
looked cut; but even WEAKNESS and
heat could not daunt the brave spirit
that looked out of the grave eyes.
Taking advantage of such slight shell
ter as was afforded by the dingy avn
ings, the child plodded along.
On turning a corner, her face bright
ened into almost a smile. The one
oasis in her tedious walk was in sight
only a florists little shop, with the
sprinkled sidewalk before its door
banked with a wealth of bloom. Pots
of gay tasselled fuchsias were there;
ranks of flaming geraniums; baskets Of
'crowding pansies, regal in purple and
gold; languid, heavy-headed roses; a
cloud of soft-toned heliotrope. Janie's
eyes expanded to take in all this well
come sight, this feast of color. 1t was
to her limited experience like glimpse
Of the glories of heaven-a joy unfail-
ing. To her childish imagination the
flowers nodded friendly greeting from
out the odorous golden gloom cast by
hal
satisfaction, she loite red past, drinking
in the riches of odor and hue.
A heavy crash within the store, fol-
lowed by the harsh tones of an angry
proprietor, startled her. AS she shrank
timidly back, a clumsy Newfoundland
puppy dashed out of the door, and
knocking geranium from the stand in
his headlong flight vanished around
the corner with dropping tail and a
mournful consciousness of mischief in
his detected ears.
jamie stood rooted to the ground,
with Mortified eyes fixed upon the
broken plant Would the proprietor
understand that this was but another
calamity to lay to the dogs account, or
would he charge some blame upon her?
At hasty step in the doorway, she
raised timid, deprecating eyes. There
stood the owner of the angry voice,
with no less angry face. Great drops
of perspiration stood upon his shining
forehead and rolled slowly down his
ruddy cheeks.
Mr.. Perkins read the look in the
startled eyes, and being in the main a
kindly man, albeit somewhat quick
tempered, his rage melted away in a
mighty laugh
Don't be Altered, little 'uu," he
said. cheerily. 81 don't bite. Yes.
yes, know it was the dog"-as jamie
attempted to explain. 'Drat the brutel
Don't know him we'll? He does sight
o. mischief, and costs me a heap o.
money. Yet can't lay it up agin the
peslzy critter fur long. Glad twas no
wuss!'
AS he spoke he lifted the bruised
plant, and, after short examination,
deeming it OF too small account to fos-
ter into renewed vigor, lifted his hand
60 toss it into the street.
''Oh" gasped jamie, then blushed
very red. and dropped her eyes to the
tip of ORA small shabby shoe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
important Information for Pros
pective Visitors
How TO Secure ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ulent Schemes Exposed The
Dairy Display-Miscel-
laneous Items.
Especial Chicago Correspondence.1

ETTERS by the
thousand are
daily coming to
Chicago full of
in q uiry con-
C e rnin G ar
rangements for
visitors at the
gr at exposi-
ton. The all
absorbing topic
among thOS e
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

IN It's exhibit at the worlds fair thu
government patent Office will show m
ward OF twenty-five hundred models.
many CT them being working machinse.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30
foIif.
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AND 10! HeWAs RlseN."

uTx> IL the tomb.
For He who raised the widows son.
And brought TO blind Bartimeus sight.
The scourged and sorrow $ tricken one
Lay dead within the night
No voice OF love from Bethany,
Where Martha wept and Mary prayed,
No anguish from Gethsemane
Could vex where He was laid.
But ere the early mornings glow
Broke DER the landscape dark and gray,
The faithful women came, but 10!
The stone was rolled away
The watching angels in the dawn
Kept tryst beside the Iowly bed,
But He. the man to sorrows born.
Had risen from the dead.
he gained, through suffering and pain,
The blissful rest Of Paradise.
And as He rose to life again
So may our souls ariSel
Our true ascension may not lie
Within the walls where anthems rise,
And earthly sense may not deScry
mansion in the skies;
No rock-bound tomb may hold our soul
Throughout the lingering midnight hours,
The Eeaven-born clouds may not uproli
Mid scent OF Easter flowers,
But yet each soul can feel the thrill
The common story brings to all,
And eyes unused TO tears may fill
As they the tale recall
awake, y Souls! ana feel the pulse
CT life and love throb in each vein,
Seek cut TIE good, reject the false,
And strive new grace to geini
The air with vital strength is rife,
And buoyant forces pulsing thrill
Impatient through our common life
Their mission to fulfill.
For far along an upland path
Lie dazzling heights as yet untrod,
The fullest need OF generous earth
And sacred gifts from God.
These pledges wait fruition rare
From souls too closely wrapt about
With folds of self and dark despair,
And walls of fear and doubt
Break now each bond of selfshness,
hidden souls EMBODIED deep
Within gold-hued chrysalis,
The sheath of careless sleepi
The Easter morn is risen fair
Across The rayless gloom of night.
And every soul should claim it's share
OF sweet eternal light.
Helen n Packard, in Springfield (Mass.) Re
m
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

THAT while ssto be dezterous in
danger Is virtue" SO, TOO, to be an
adept at fruit and flower raising is no
mean accomplishment
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-20
Women at Fires.

"Talk about women's vanity
said an old member of the Metro
politan Fire Brigade, "Pve seen
some peculiar cases of that. You
would think that when flames were
licking the window panes and
smoke coming up the stairs in
clouds a woman would forget her
appearance but no, it's nothing of
the sort.
Owe known a woman risk her
life from burning by standing in
front of he glass coiling her hair
instead of making her escape while
she could. 1 recollect Selling hold
of her to drag her from the build
ing, and her crying out:
Let me finish can't face all
that crowd with my hair all down
my shoulders And she wouldn't
come until it was securely fastened.
Another lady in Kensington has
just been rescued from q burning
building when she rushed up to me
and said:
"'Oh, Mr.. Fireman, do try and
save my poodle. Look, there he is,
on the window-sill.' l started off,
and as l was on the ladder she
cried out: Bring my bonnet as
well, please. The one with the
- 1 forget what fal-de-ral
trimmings she said, but I saved it
as we'll as the poodle, and she
thanked me with tears in her eyes"
Elk.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-20

and four children. Her cargo con
sisted of pipe for H. c. & S. Co
The brigantine returns to Sar
Francisco today in ballast (Kahu
lui sandy.
The Makawao local circle OF
teachers is holding its second meet
ing this morning, and discussing
John Henry Pestalozzi at Mr..
Crooks residence.
Mr.. G.. f. Beckwith read the
sermon at Paia church last Sun
day. His brother, DR.. Beckwith,
of Honolulu, will according to the
starr take charge of the parish
about January 1, 1894. The gen.
tleman is very popular in Makawao
district.
A road jury will sit at Makawao
post-office during Monday, the Goth
instant, to consider the opening of
a piece of highway joining the
Kula and Kahului roads.
Paia depot is undergoing con-
siderable improvement as regards
the office part of the building.
When completed, there will exist
most spacious and convenient Office
and large waiting-room for the
travelling public.
Some of the "boys" have al
ready begun training for the COM
ing field day in Makawao.
The Makawao Seminary's thanks
giving entertainment takes place
during the evening of the 2Sth in
slant.
During the past week Superin-
tendent Carley has sent around new
telephone lists.
Kalakaua's birthday was little
celebrated on the 18th inst. VAS
it or was it not legal holiday -? I
J. J. Williams is doing fine pho
tographic work in Wailuku.
Nine men are working in the
sand hills, near camps 6 and Z
(Spreckelsville) riveting pipe. They
will be engaged about three weeks.
Weather-Several showers have
fallen in Wailuku and Makawao.
Snow on Haleakala during the
early part of the week gave chill
to the atmosphere.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-20
Goods DAMAGED in HacEfeld's
Warehouse-The Tracks
Cleared for the
Palace Cars.

The heavy rainfall during the
past thirty-six hours has done
much good in the city, to say moth
ing of the benefits resulting from
an agricultural standpoint. The
streets, instead of being much dam
aged, have been improved by rea-
son of the thorough cleaning they
have received, and this morning,
instead of the usual mud and slush
generally encountered after rain
storm, the streets present a clean
and neat appearance.
X The greatest damage heard of so
far as direct result of the storm
by II. Hackfeld & Co., whose ware
house was flooded and had to be
pumped out yesterday morning
The yard upon which the ware
house faces is somewhat lower than
the street, and the water ran into
this through several driveways
until it filled the yard to a
level with the warehouse door,
whence it found its way into the
warehouse which is well filled with
general merchandise.
1t was at first thought that the
damage would be quite heavy, but
on examination after the water
had been pumped out, it was found
that the damage was very light,
amounting in all to less than 800.
Kapiolani street is in bad con-
dition, as the water in running
down the hill cut it up badly, and
at the junction of Kapiolani and
Beretania streets considerable sand
has been piled up, and yesterday
morning a gang of laborers were
put to work to clear the track for
Paine's palace cars before they
could proceed on the uneven tenor of
their way.
Up on Emma street, where sew
eral lots have been left below the
level of the street owing to the new
grade, the sidewalk has caved in,
throwing the fences down into the
lots in several places.
The ditch along Punchbowl
street gave way yesterday, and the
overflow carried considerable debris
into School street.
Taken altogether the storm did
no very serious damage to grades
and streets, but it will take con-
siderable work to remove the mass
of sand and general riff-raff de-
posted in the streets by the water.
During the storm last night one
of the electric light wires on Young
street came in contact with one
of the telephone poles, which was
burned off near the top, in very
short order. Some little damage
was done to telephone lines, but
not enough to amount to much.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-20

How often it has been said by
the croakers that there is no
business, everything is dead,
times are hard, and everything
is going to the bad here in
Honolulu, but the Cali
fornia Feed Co. are not built
that way; we say business is
good and getting better every
month. And to prove what we
say we have had to take larger
and more commodious ware
houses. We have just COM
pleted arrangements with Mr..
J. F. Colburn, whereby he
gives up his old stand, corner
Queen and Nuuanu streets.
We take .session on Novem-
Der 18th Jur old place at Leleo
is too small for our fast increas-
ing business, hence the change.
We expect the Hawaiian
bark Mauna Ala to arrive
here again in a few days
with her fourth full cargo
of hay and grain bought
by our Mr.. J. N. Wright who
will arrive on the bark. We
prefer to select our merchan-
disc ourselves rather than have
others do it, which means
that we get better goods at a
less price.
We thank our many friends
for their liberal patronage for
the past three years, and hope
by strict attention to a bust
ness we thoroughly understand
to merit the patronage of as
many more.
We intend to keep a large,
we'll selected stock of the
very best hay and grain to be
had in the California market,
and we are going to sell it.
CALIFORNIA FEED co.
3536-1v
All kinds Of artistic printing at
the GAZETTE Office.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-20
AFTER THE STORM

TIE STREETS LOOK NEAT AND
CLEAN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-20

And also at the Music Empor-
ium of the Hawaiian News Co.
In the past month, we have
made many improvements and
additions, both as to variety
and quality of stock and gene
raj arrangement of the
department.
Our latest importatiOns in
the Piano line consists of the
celebrated make of Everett"
of Boston and SCHILLER" of
Chicago; unequaled for bril-
lance of tone and perfection
of action and considered by all
connoisseurs Of the music art
as superior instruments in
every respect. Three of these
Pianos just to hand by last
steamer; also cabinet Organs
for parlor, church or schools;
every instrument fully war
ranted for five years. The
installment plan for the sale
of Pianos and Organs inaugu-
rated by us five years ago, has
proven a great success ss
many a home in Honolulu can
bear testimony. We shall con-
tinue same and increase our
facilities in this branch as the
trade demands.
Just landed-a new line of
piano Stools in various styles,
prices from $l.75 up; also
genuine made American Quit
ars, elegant tone and we'll
finished $3.50; cheap German
make as low as 81.
Special Order Department
for Sheet Music and Music
Books-if you will hand us
your orders and same cannot
be filled from our large assert
ment in stock, we will book
it in our special ORDERS"
go forward to the pub
fishers every mail; in this way
we will save you much trou-
BILE as we'll as money, as we
make no charge for postage.
1t is our aim to keep IN stock
everything connected with the
trade; parties out of
town will find it to their ad-
to deal with us and
not send their orders abroad.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-20
Thursday P. NJ.

! The secretary was
instructed by the
Board to notify Mr..
\ Meyers that the
Board had been in
formed of the small
size of the cattle fur
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
and to ask that if pos
sible an improvement
lin this respect be
made.
Referring to- the
suggestion of the
Health officer that
the question of nom
lleprous children born
at the settlement re-
quires consideration,
President Smith said
that the girls are pro-
vided for at the Ka-
piOlani home, but
that no provision is
made for the boys.
There were two boys
now at the settlement
whom Mr.. Reynolds
would have brought
down with him, had
there been any place
to put them.
In regard to the SCI
ling of ava licenses at
ha 'aupapa, PreSluent
Smith said that be
understood that the
use of ava predis-
posed the users to
leprosy. and that he
should advise using
all efforts to have the
sale of the license at
the settlement dis
continued, and the
secretary was in
structed to inform
the Minister of the
Interior to that effect.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-20

In regard to the sell
ling of ava licenses al
Kalaupapa, President
Smith said that he
understood that the
use of ava predis-
posed the users to
ieprosy, and that he
should advise using
all efforts to have ths
sale of the license at
the settlement dis
continued.
The secretary was
instructed TO inform
the minister Of the
interior TO that effect.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-20
German
Syrup

J. c. Davis, Rector of St. James
Episcopal Church, Eufaula, Ala.
MY son has been badly afflicted
with a fearful and threatening cough
for several months, and after trying
several prescriptions from physicians
which failed TO relieve him, he has
been perfectly restored by the use OF
two bottles of b.
AnEpisoopal schee's German Syr-
up. I can recon-
Rector. mend it with GU (
hesitation" Chronic
severe, deep-seated coughs like this
are as severe tests as remedy can
be subjected to. It is for these long
standing cases that Boschee's Ger
man Syrup is made a speciality.
Many others afflicted as this lad
was, will do well to make note OF
this.
J. F. Arnold, Montevideo, Mrnn.,
writes: I always use German Syrup
for a Cold on the Lungs. I have
never found an equal to it-far less
q superior. o
C. G. GREEN, Sole Man IF, Woodbury,NJ.