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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23

Willie Twickenham (who has been ad-
mitted few moments TO his mothers
afternoon tea)-Say, I've just thought of a
splendid conundrum. Why is all the silver
here today like our new mani
The Guests-Oh, why, Williep
Willie (triumphantfy) - Cause they're
both hired. Truth.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23

Two sons from out two distant homes one day
Went bravely forth in life to win way.
And one had wealth to shield him from rough
cares:
The other, poorer, took his mothers prayers.
One sought and found high honors at his hand.
One fought to gain place whereon to stand.
One found his path thick strewn with roses
sweet;
One struggled long through thorns with bleed
ing feet.
One came at noon, wealth gone and flowers
dead;
One stood in calm, with sunshine round his
head.
One fell beneath temptations wiles, unarmed
The other stood amid all dangers still un.
harmed.
-Eugenia Parham.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23

Mrs. Gabb (hostess) Your little son does
not seem to have much appetite.
Mrs. Gadd-No he's quite delicate.
Mrs. Gabb-Can't you think of anything
you'd like, my little mani
Little Mannheim. You see, nam made
me eat hull lot before we started, so
wouldn't make a pig of myself. -Tit-Bits.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23
Ambition.

heard a saying in Egypt, that ambition
Is like the sea wave, which, the more you
drink,
The more you thirst; yea, drink too much, as
men
Have done on RATS of wrecks-it drives you
mad.
-Tennyson.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23

The meanest man yet heard from is the
one who gave his wife for her Christmas
present four yards of white cotton to make
him pair of shirts with. Beacon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23
SINNERS AND SAINTS.
DARK SIDE or LIFE As SEEN BY KATE
JORDAN.

Summing In New works. Great East Side.
AZ 1.-THE Florence Niission-A Ray OF Light.
one Of the Reclaimed Experience OF -
night.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23

Dusty Rhodes-Fer tn love of heavenl
Weary, what you got there'
Weary Walker-Just swiped 'em from
dago down in the village. Greatest scheme
I've struck yet-only have TO use yer legs
TO steer by, and ye can go to sleep movin
along-Puck.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23
GEMS IN VERSE.


High uiohcd within the tcinplc Of my heart
An idol stood, an fJultloss in my sights
Tho rosy tint 10 wore In loves warm light
IT, pose, fnissc de grain, and every part
proportioncd ntly by the scuptor's art,
Combined. it seemed, as seen from Its great
height,
To make n form divine: and day and night
My soul TO Il did alteration pay,
TIL lol In time Il fell upon the ground,
And right before my feet II broken lay,
when. scanning il amazcdly, found
Twas hut "a coarse and faulty piece Of clay.
My partial sight alone had made 1t seem
a work full meet to I'LL IA masters dream.
w. h. Nasser,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23

"See that little girl talking to the sailor
over there" said Eve, with shudder, and
there were tears in her eyes. "Can she be
IA, do you Think That's her third glass of
beer since we came inland see, she's light
ing another cigarettel Do you know She
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23

duplicate her even in San Francisco. Her
mother is a very good looking mulatto, her
father Chinaman, with an eye like satan.
outcome on"
stNThara ,nvvgN
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
The Zuyder Zee.

Holland, or the Netherlands, enjoys
the peculiar distinction of being .
land Of ever.chsnging extent, as 1t is
always subject to great losses from
erosion, while the work of reclaimine
land Is constantly in progress Thus
in 1888 its area was S768 square miles,
which modern engineering activity
had increased to II, 731 square miles
in 1877. Portions of the country SO
largely artificial are. sixteen feet be-
low sea level, while about half Of it Is
protected from sea, lakes and rivers
by dykes, some of them sixty feet
high. In two of the eleven provinces,
North Holland and South Holland,
about ninety lakes have been convert
ed into dry land, the draining OF the
Lake of Haarlem-the greatest achieve
ment-hsying been accomplished be.
tween 1889 and 1852 by means OF
steam pumps, which displaced the
windmills 80 characteristic of me-
chanical operations in Holland. 1t
has been now decided to undertake a
still greater work, which has been
long Contemplated. This is the drain
age of the Zuyder Zee, gulf which
was formed by an irruption OF the
German Ocean early in the thirteenth
century, and which now covers about
1900 square miles to an average depth
of twelve feet. It is proposed to close
the entrance to this gulf by dam tit-
teen miles long, to connect the little
island of Wierengen with the coast ON
sither side, and then to pump out the
water. It is estimated that the un--
dertaking will cost about S72, 600, 600,
exclusive Of compensation to fisher
men, and the expense of new meas
ures Of defense that will be made
necessary, and that 4s9, 400 acres OF
valuable land will be gained. .-Tren-
ton IN. J.) American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
Putting Eggs In Gold Storage.

A remarkable change has take place of
recent times In the egg industry through the
introduction OF cold storage appliances, and
It Is now possible to sell eggs almost as cheap
in December and January as in May, aside
from the influence OF speculation. Some In
teresting points relating to this industry
were brought out recently by the purchase
Of an immense number OF eggs by Balti-
more retail merchant. There were four car
loads, each containing 400 cases, and each
case containing thirty dozen eggs, making
in all IL, 900 dozen, or 576, 900 eggs. Some
eggs were put on present sale, but the ma
jority were stored away for use next winter.
Eggs put In cold storage will keep fresh for
from eight to ten or twelve months, and
Baltimore physician has given his opinion
that q cold storage egg is better than fresh
egg, as any germs OF disease that may co..
lect on the shell Of an egg by the frequent
handling It receives before It reaches the
consumer are killed by the intense cold OF
the storage rooms. This purchase OF 576,-
900 eggs for retail sale is small as compared
with the number OF eggs bought ut a time by
wholesale and commission merchants in
Baltimore, and enormous quantities have
been bought In the past summer and spring
and put In cold storage, 80 that the prices In
the winter holiday season will be small, as
compared with those Of past years, when
they have been as high as sixty cents a
dozen during the Christmas season. The Old
method OF keeping eggs was to pack them In
lime, but this served to deaden or aatten the
flavor Of the egg.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
Burglary Insurance.

stIt is not likely that burglary in
suranoe will ever become very gen.
eral," said Thomas 81. Mcguire, Anew
York insurance man, who was at the
Southern yesterday. cit opens the
way for too much fraud, and the
losses can hardly be appraised accu-
rately. Many accident insurance COM
panies are low insuring people against
the risk Of being injured by a burglar,
and as about one person in O million
gets so hurt every year, such insur-
ance ought TO be very profitable. In
surance against loss from house break
ing is the result Of q joke perpetrated
by man who was going to Europe
and who asked an insurance man
whether he would insure his goods
against burglars during his absence.
To his surprise the broker took him
up, and to the brokers' surprise and
annoyance, his clients house was ram
sacked from cellar to garret while he
was away. There ore three OF four
insurance companies doing profta-
BILE business in London, but it is only
where the police supervision is very
striot that it is safe to carry such
risks ST. Louis Globe-Democrat. j
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
TOO MUCH WORK.

On the way to the depot with but
ter one winter, writes o. Meader,
overlook neighbor with ton of hay.
/ asked him what he got for the hay ;
he said it was q fine article, and he got
$12, 50 above the market price. I
called his attention to the fact that
my load, which I was moving along
easily With one horse, would bring
over 800, while his heavily loaded
two horses, would bring only $12. He
acknowledged the advantage I had
over him, but said there was too much
work to this dairy business for him.
Now this is the trouble, too many are
trying to escape work, and especially
brain work. Dairying, to be, carried
on successfully, requires brain work
as well as muscular work; it requires
attention to details. Nothing can be
done in careless or sl1pshod manner.
Regularity and neatness must be
stamped upon everything. The COWS
must be fed and watered ut regular in
tervals and at specified times SO
there will be no uneasiness noticed.
Milking must be attended to at spec
fled time, and performed with clean
illness and dispatch; the milk must be
skinned and the cream churned at
just the right time in arder to pro-
duce fine article of butter, and no
other kind pays for producing. This
course can be pursued just as easily as
the opposite plan if we only make up
our minds to it, and. lay our plans &C.
cordingly.-New England Farmer.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
THE DYING pEAcoy's PRAYER.

He had long been faithful and exemplary
as Christian, and now he lay upon the bed
of death. He felt and his physician assured
him, that the close of life was at hand, and
In a few short hours he must enter eternity!
His minister came in to see him, and before
departing proposed prayer, asking for what
he should pray-if there was any particular
petition that his dying friend wished him to
offer. And the answer Of the good old man
was, eyes, pray for me the first three peti-
tions Of the Lords prayer: Hallowed be thy
name; thy kingdom come; thy Will be done
on earth as it Is in heaven!
What q spectacle of sublimity! What a
triumph of faith What an example OF self
forgetfulness, in the all-absorbing interest IN
Christs kingdom, and the desire that 1t
might everywhere be extended through the
world! In circumstances IN which OF al
others, the holiest saint might well feel his
specially pray for upholding and sustaining
grace, he forgets himself, to pray that Gods
name be hallowed, and his kingdom come.
and his will be done on earth as In Heaven!
'sThy kingdom come!" Is this our daily
prayer; our constant desire; the end for
which we toll and give and pray and habitu-
ally live? Does this lead US to speak TOR
God, to pray for the impenitent, to suppl
cate the influence Of the Holy Spirit, to cir
culate the BLDG, Tue tfact, tue fehSious Po-
per, to be faithful to the means OF grace, to
Cooperate with the ministry OF reconcilia-
ton, and earnestly pray for blessing on
their labors, to look we'll to our own example.
to do good at home, to send the missionary
to the end of the earth2 For this do We seek
to be holy ourselves and to train up our
families for God? For this are we faithful IN
the church, and consistent and exemplary be-
fore the world?
"Thy kingdom Gomez There Is no better
prayer, no loftier end that we can propose to-
ourselves or others; no higher object to fill
our thoughts and engage our pursuits In life,
or to engage our desires In the very article OF
death. He whose interests and aims and
ends are one with those of God must be use
full. must be happy, both here and hereafter:
Let the pray then Of our lips and also Of
our life be "fhy kingdom come; thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven !"--Pur
Rec.
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"THERE ARE no GRAVES THERE"

Late in the afternoon of beautiful sum-
mer day, entered quiet graveyard where
slept one Of my dearest friends. 1t occupied
the brow of hill. which, with many knoll
and graceful udulation sloped to the green
meadow, watered by winding stream, now
catching, at its repeated curves, the rays OF
setting sun. On the left was q
pleasant wood where the sturdy
pine and fruit bearing beech con-
cealed narrow paths to cool caves and mossy
banks. White birches and the tremulous as
pen, with the sweet-scented willow grew
upon the right. and, from beyond, rose the
sang its song Of love and praise. sparrow
passed me, bearing food to its little progeny,
and the chirp of the merry grasshopper min
pled with the hum of hundreds Of fitting in
sects.
But for this peace breathing scene had no
greeting. The wild storm, thunder and rain
and darkness had seemed far more welcome
and yielding utterly to my grief, threw my
self upon the sod. I took no heed OF time,
but many minutes must have passed when
child approached me. She looked on me
tenderly for an instant, and then lying one
hand upon my arm. and raising one toward
heaven, said earnestly, "There are no graves
there"
There was something almost seraphic In
the countenance of the child, power not OF
earth in her quick and undoubting faith: My
eye sougth the blue depths toward which she
pointed, my heart bounded toward the 1nfi-
mite All the representations of the gospel,
adapted as they are to sooth and cheer, came
to me so vivid, go truthful, so full OF mean-
ing that they absorbed my whole soul. The
abundant promises seemed to glow with the
bues of.that heaven from whence they came.
At ence I perceived the sel1shness OF my
SORROW and kneelinR, thanked God that he
had transferred my loved one to himself
Often since then have looked upon the
resting-places of my kindred, often has there
come over me sense OF utter and hopeless
desolation. often has an agony like that OF
death turned to bitterness the continued
blessings Of my lot. Yer, when the first burst
Of grief has passed, see again that lovely
chiid, and hear the soul-cheering assurance
"There are no graves there. .'-Watchman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
PGNCTEALITY.

Washington was minute man. An accu-
rate clock in the entry ut Mount Vernon con-
trolled the movements of the family. At his
dinner. parties, he allowed fve minues for
difference of watches, and then waited for
no one. If members of Congress came at
late hour, his simple apology was. Gentle
men, we are too punctual for you, or Gen
tlemen. / have q cook who never asks whether
the company has come, but whether the hour
has come" Nobody ever waited for General
Washington. he was always FIVE minutes
before the time; and if the parties he had
engaged to meet, were not present at the sea-
son appointed, he considered the engage
ment cancelled, and would leave the place,
and refuse to return.
But nothing is 80 discouraging to devoted
pastor as the apathy and indifference Of his
people. They may pay his salary punctually;
they may attend his ministry respectfully
but something more is necessary. They must
help him to build up the church spiritually
They are needed in the Sunday school, the
prayer meeting. and the church conference.
They should aid in the great work Of con-
version; for II they do not aid, they will re-
tard the work: they will wither the right arm
Of the most faithful pastor. Now, reader, do
you help or hinder your pastor? Are you
blessing or a curse? Do you hold up his
hands, or do you pull them down. Let con-
science speak,
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BUTTER BIZ ELECTRICITY.

An electric butter-making plant has
just been installed in Brisbane, Queens
land. This use of electric power for
the making of butter is distinct de-
parture in the history of the industry
in Australia. There are grave objec-
tions to the presence of steam or gas
engines inside butter factory, and,
unless the motive machinery is under
the immediate control of the attend
ants, it is impossible to make use of
mechanical power except in factories
of,very large dimensions.
The heat given off by both gas and
steam engines would initiate consider
ably against successful working, and
every one who knows the susceptibility
of butter and cream to odors, both
good and bad, is aware that 1t is mad
visable to allow the fumes of burnt
gas or heated oil to enter the building
in which these products are stored or
handled. These drawbacks are entire
ly obviated by the electric motor,
which gives eff neither heat nor smell,
and which is almost noiseless. The
motor, too, may be placed in the most
accessible situation without risk of
affecting the quality of the butter and
the regularity of its running is also an
important aid to successful butter
manufacture.
The plant of the factory at which
the electric butter-making plant has
just been set up comprises o eoncus-
sion churn of considerable capacity
and circular power butter worker,
as we'll as the smaller accessories to
the business. Both are operated by
oue small motor, and one man can at
tend to both at the same time. It
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
GOD SEES THROUGH ALL PRETENcEs.

And he will one day make his intelligent
universe see through them, too. No wolf can
carry his sleeps clothing with him to the
Judgment seat. he must leave everything
false and painted behind. There he must
appear as he is, not as he would like to have
men think Of him. Why then spend my time
in garnishing the outside of NV character,
while my character itself is neglected.
God sees through al pretences-and he
will blow them away at the last day like
chaff before the whirlwind, Everything fa'se
and hollow will be carried into eternal!
oblivion. Nothing but the naked reality
will remain. And D, what wreck Of human
pomp and parade, vain show! How insig-
nifcant will the great ones Of this world ap-
pear, when all their outward "pomp and cir
cumstance." in which their greatness lay, is
left behind, and they appear in their own
proper littleness before the Judge OF all the
earth. Would men take hundredth part Of
the pains to be, that they do seem good and
fair. how we'll would it be fer them, and for
society, too.-Ohio Obs
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
Top-DREss1Na WINTER WHEAT AID RYE

Iop.DRESSINd WINTER WHEAT AID RYE
Instead Of hauling the barnyard
manure to the field as made, many
farmers pile it up in the yard, and
after the wheat or rye is sown to top.
dress the 6eld with the thoroughly
decomposed material, which is usual
~ spread directly from the wagon, en-
failing Less labor and more even dis
tribution than by any other plan.
There is, however, a question, about
making this application after sowing.
Those who have tried both. plans in
the same field and upon the same
crop, prefer to apply the manure just
previous to the last narrowing, or at
least before drilling, as this insures
not only more even distribution but
q fning Of all Jumps and the cover
ing with soil of large per cent. of
the manure, placing it nearer the
growing plant, where the soil will ab-
sorb the fertility, instead Of allowing
1t to escape, as much Of it does when
simply scattered over the surface.
The more thorough the narrowing the
better the effect of the manure
American Agriculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
THREsH1So 9RAE.

The modern threshing outfit leaves
nothing to be desired, but there are @
few useful hints which may be Of as.
sistance to some farmers. Sufficient
help should be employed that the grain
may be delivered to the machine in q
steady stream, and in ample quaint.
ties. It is fact that in every section
are farmers who are noted for being
short of help at threshing time. The
men are consequently overworked.
The threshers are dissatisfied because
they cannot make the usual progress,
and q sourness prevails on all sides,
because one man desires to economic
to the extent Of two or three dollars.
The fact is that he loses many times
that sum, for men thus imposed upon
will shirk their duty in more ways
than one. eThe farmer who raises sew.
eral varieties Of grain should, if he
desires to keep the seed pure, take
pains and thoroughly sweep the floor
when changing from one variety to
another. If one has been considerate,
the ripest:: and best developed portion
Of the grain was so placed in certain
part Of the building, or 80 located by
placing little hay or other fodder
between it and the main crop, that
the pitchers could distinguish it and
inform the one who carries it away
that it may be deposited separately
and used for seed The great preva.
lence of foul stuff should cause the
careful farmer to use extra precautlon
in having the threshing apparatus
thoroughly cleaned before coming
upon thepremisesafter havingthreshed
grain for q neighbor whose grain Is
known to contain foul weeds. This Is
one source Of danger that but few OF
even the careful farmers have ever
seriously considered It is an i'm.
portant one, as the machine will have
lodged about its various parts many
weed seeds that are liable to become
dislodged at any moment when In
operation. Threshing machines are a
greet source of danger in the dissem.
nation of weed seed, hence it is well
to be on the guard and save future
expense and trouble. American AgrI
culturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
GIVING SULPHUR TO ANIMALS.

Sulphur Is not food, and is not nu-
triment, but is medicinal, and the ef-
fort made by the system to get rid of
it as soon as possible through the bow
els and the skin is 80 active that it be-
comes laxative and diaphoretie-
which means something that produces
perspiration. The action on the akin
by sulphur is 30 strong that the gas
produced by its decomposition in the
system passes through the skin so
profusely as to cause silver in the
pocket of o person to- turn black by
the formation of sulphide of the
metal, and this effect of it endangers
person or an animal by the readi-
ness with which cold is taken after q
dose of it, This action of sulphur on
the skin is, however, quite useful in
cutaneous diseases, as the gas passing
through the skin destroys parasites
and minute germs that produce such
diseases as mango, or scab, or itch.
Thus, if sulphur is thought desir-
able for any animal, it is better to
give it in combination with other ele-
ments-as in epson or glauber salts,
which are sulphates of magnesia or
soda-and notin its undisguised form.
Some plants, as those of the turnip
and cabbage tribe, contain large
proportion of sulphur, and are thus
desirable for food for all kinds of ami
mails, especially sheep, whose wool has
much more sulphur in it, in proper
tion to the coat, than that of other
animals When given as medicine,
however, it may be useful, but should
be intelligently used.-New York
Times.
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may be mentioned that the. company
separates the milk at the source Of
supply in the district from which il
derives its names, and the cream il
forwarded by rail to the Brisbane fac
tory, where itds churned into butter.
By thus dividing the two stages Cd
butter making'the most serious draw
bacds with which country factoriel
have to contend-the want Of ice and
the injury which the butter suffers
by overheating in the close and warm
atmosphere Of the railway trucks
are avoided.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
Hogs Sold at a Sacrifice.

Two car loads OF hogs from Western
Kansas ranch, where the crops totally failed
this season, were unloaded on the streets IN
Fort Scott and sold for from fifty cents to
s3 each. The average price was 81. Three
months ago they would have sold for 80
each. The scene was a rare norelt 5. The
herd was surrounded by eager butchers
anxious to purchase. The shippers sell them
for only enough money to pay the transpor-
tation, rather than let them starve Wnere
there is no food. Many loads have passed
through Fort Scott going to other cities 10
be sold In a similar way.