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RELIGIOUS READING.
4 NOTE OF KINDNESS.

An English woman, living In the town Of
Bergen, In Norway, during many years, was
in the habit OF preparing every Christmas an
English dinner Of roast beef and plum pud-
ding, to which she invited all Of the English
sailors who happened to be in the port at
that time.
The sailors ate, drank and were merry, and
we hope went on their way better men, rs
everybody should be better for the touch of
kindness given to cheer the hours Of life.
But that was notth only result Of her gen.
tie deed.
An American woman happened to be in
Bergen on Christmas. heard of the dinner,
and comming home to America, gave an ac-
count of 1t to some Of her friends. =
They all listened with pleasure; but one
said, why cannot We do likewise?"
They were all ready to follow. They lived
in large seaport town. When the next win
ter came, they formed themselves into
Scandinavian dinner club and gave much
time to the concoction Of hitherto unknown
dishes.
They sought out all the Norwegian, Swed-
ish and Danish sailors in port, and invited
them to home dinner on Christmas Day.
The room was gaily decorated with evergreen
and their national flags: the band played
their own music, and on the table were their
own home dishes, chief among which were
Risgreynsgrot (rice porridge), and Lett fisk
(codfsh).
1t was not costly hospitality, but 1t was
given and received with hearty good will
The men who probably would have spent
the day drinking in taverns were reminded of
their homes, their wives and children, and of
the holy purpose Of the day.
It Is not the song of one bird that cheers
thesummer morning, but it is the song caught
up and echoed from every field and forest
until the air is turned into music.
This little note of kindness has been echoed
once. Can it 90 no furthcr?-Youths Com
panion.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

A dull man often makes a cutting
remark. ..r.
Every difficulty overcome is made .
stepping stone.
A face that cannot smile is like q
lantern without light.
Thoughts are threads into which the
web OF character is woven.
Character is always writing it's name
on the face in indelible ink.
It is harder to guard against liar
than it is against the smallpox.
Great victories are now always won
on the fields where great armies fight.
The man who looks for difficulties
will find two where he only expected
one.
Hope is always saying that there is
light close by when we get in ths
dark.
Whenever a hypocrite gets mad he
will claim to have be righteously IN
dignant.
When the sower goes out to COW he
carries more than one wheat field on
his back.
Shadows sometimes come to the
good, but they never have to be alone
in the dark.
Every man makes the world either
richer or poorer by what he gives TO-
it of himself.
It is hard to find man who does
not put the blame of his misfortune
upon his wife.
Many have led sober lives because
they were shocked by the vicious e1-
ample of drunkard.
It is hard to make stingy man be-
lieve that he is robbing himself by
keeping his money in his pocket.
The richest man is not the one who
has the most, but the one who can be
the most thankful for the least
RAMS Horn.
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The Hand Organ Business.

According to information from
Boston, the hand organ business is
very thriving and we'll paying there.
1t is said that the number Of hand
organs in that city has been doubled
within the last year. The business Is
largely controlled by an Italian, who
supplies organs to his compatriots,
who pretty we'll monopolize the busi-
ness, on the installment plan. The
cost of each instrument is about $500,
and to this must be added $40 for
each cylinder of new tunes or ''popu-
lar airs" The organ grinders make
their headquarters in the city, but
each has recognized route or terri
tory covering certain streets or includ-
ing suburbs. The average earnings
are between 81 and S5 day, accord
ing to the times. Just now the hurdy
gurdy business is blighted by hard
times, as graver and more weighty
businesses are. Sometimes the pro-
prietor of an organ leaves the city to
make tour of some part of the coun-
try. A Boston man and his sister
west as far west as Kansas City last
summer, and their receipts for five
months, clear of expenses, were Sl4OO.
There IS said to be only one man in
Boston who knows how to repair street
organs. He came from Turin and
learned his trade in that city and in
Paris. he also supplies players with
new cylinders. Picayune. J
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IS GOD HERE.

The following true incident is yet another
instance of the power of children when used
by God to bring about his purposes.
A young man of otherwise good moral
character had been for long time addicted
to the use Of profanity. At first 1t even
shocked himself, but after time he became
so used to 1t that he ceased 10 notice it. He
at length married a good wife, and her in1u-
ence over him brought about the wish that he
could rid himself of the sin which had OBJ
tanned such mastery over him. He tried
the age OF three years old did he finally throw
off the habit.
One Sunday morning as he stood before
the mirror shaving, the razor slipped and in
flicted wound upon his face. True to his
old sin, he in his impatience spoke the name
of God in anger. To his surprise, his little
girl who was near playing, with her dolly and
had heard him, rose hastily, and running to
her father with an excited look on her face,
said:
SIS God here?"
Ashamed. and not knowing what to reply.
he asked:
''Why?"
"Cause thought he was here when I
heard you speak OF him."
Seeing the sad look on his face and the
tears il his eyes az he looked down into her
innocent face, the child lovingly patted her
father on the hand and said:
Call him again, Papa, and I dess he'll
surely come"
At last the work was done, the hard heart
broken the voice of the Beloved was heard
in the simple querie. Of the babe. Catching
the surprised little one up in his arms, the
man knelt down and for the first time in his
life he prayed. In answer to that prayer for
giveness came. strength came, peace came,
and the lost sheep returned to the fold.
"a little child shall lead them. Union
Gospel News.
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SMUT IN SWEET CORN.

When the smut gets ripe and dry
in the fall the black dustlike spores
are widely distributed, not only over
the surface of the ground, but upon
the fences, brush heaps, among the
weeds, and if carried to the barn
when the corn and cornstalks are
gathered they get into the manure,
and are again carted out into the
field and deposited just where they
are most likely to attack the ensuing
crop of corn. By such means the
smut spores are scattered over fields
where no corn had been previously
cultivated, and your system of rota-
tion is useless as preventive of smut.
The proper system to pursue is to
20 over the field as soon as smut ap.
pears on the ears or stalks, and gather
up every affected plant and burn or
otherwise destroy it before the smut
spores are mature and in condition
to be distributed by the winds or other
agents. If farmers and market gar
deners would adopt some such system
and pursue it for a few years, smut
would become far less troublesome
than it is at the present time. Soak
ing seed corn, for few hours before
planting, in a solution of blue vitriol
is also an excellent preventive of smut,
inasmuch as it destroys any smut
spores which may be Oh the seed at
the time of planting. New York Sun.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
THE CELLAR OF A FARM HOUSE.

THE CELLAR OF FAtSM dOUSEs
It is not desirable to keep vege-
tables and milk in the same cellar, as
the odor of the vegetables will surely
spoil the flavor of the butter, or even
of the milk. The cellar should be
separated into parts by brick, or a
double-lath and plaster, wall, and
there should be separate entrances to
each part. The cellar should be half
above the ground level, and we'll
lighted by double-glazed windows,
where the winter is cold. There is
no need for a fire in it, as it may be
warmed sufficiently on al extra cold
night by pailful of hot, clear Goals,
or block of red-hot iron. The floors
should be cemented for the sake of
cleanliness and to keep out vermin,
which, once they get a foothold in
wooden hoored cellar, defy every ef-
fort to dislodge them. It is easier to
keep rats and mice olt of shouse than
to eject them after they have got set
tied in it.-New York Times.
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British Fruit Crop.

The tabular report on the British fruit crop
shows that apples are greatly deficient this
year. Only two reporters in the whole king.
dom mention q crop above the average, and
those two are in Scotland. With regard to
pears, an almost equally remarkable result
Is recorded, but of an opposite character,
penrs being almost everywhere abundant.
Plums are gensrally deficient. Cherries, on
the other hand, are remarkably abundant,
there being forty-hve ''average" reports from
Scotland, and no fewer than 126 from Eng
land, etc. Nuts are not much grown In the
northern counties, but In the south they are
rather above average; walnuts, however,
suffered from the frost Strawberries have
been universally scarce, and bad In quality
currants, raspberries and gooseberEies fairly
good.
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ments required in making egg shells
-Courier-J Journal.
THE COW AND THE CALF.

LIE W" ANIL Ch41s
A writer in the Rural New Yorker
says upon this subject, it is his prac-
tice to leave calves with their mothers
in box stall about three days-or un-
til the milk is suitable for the dairy
then the cow is returned to her accus-
toned place in the dairy stable, and
the calf is tied by her side where it
can receive its mothers caresses and
learn to eat from her manger, but can.
not reach her udder. When it is five
days old, it has learned to drink read
lily from the pail set in the manger,
and at ten days its diet is warm skim
milk and the ensilage, clover hay and
meal, shared with it's mother.
In the winter, while the COWS are
confined in the barn, this is an excel
lent plan; much better than to sepa-
rate them and put the calves in pen
by themselves. The COWS are more
contented and happy, and the calves
are more comfortable from the warmth
of their mothers bodies-they do look
80 cozy lying snugly between the
cews. They sooner learn to eat and
seem to grow up with better manners
when thus under the eye and inau-
ence of their mothers, than when con.
fined in pen with others, where they
acquire annoying habits, which are Of
ten long in overcoming or outgrow-
ing. I would never think of leaving
a calf four weeks with its mother, to
take it's fill of fresh milk at pleasure.
The butter, which the milk should
make, would be worth double the
amount the veal would bring, if sold
If to be raised for the dairy, the skim.
milk calf is equal to any, while it is
much better for the COW to be milked
by hand than by calf.
My COWS are thoroughbred Jerseys,
and the heifers invariably drop their
calves at seventeen to nineteen months
of age, and are again bred when their
calves are about five months old; they
are thus twelve months in milk and
dry two months before dropping the
second calf. 1 prefer to milk them
full year., which seems to better de-
velop "the milking habit" than to
dry them off at eight or nine months,
as many do. A year is long enough,
however, with the first calf, and after
that they sre allowed to breed as fast
as they will. have one COW, eight
years old next November, which has
dropped eight calves in succession,
and is now bred for the ninth; the
calves were equally divided as to sex,
all healthy and hearty, and the heifers
made excellent mixers. This cow has
never been dry, is in good flesh and
has gained in milk with each succeed
ing calf.
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Popularity Of the Telephone.

There are now In operation in the United
States alone more than half million miles OF
telephone line. bringing into speaking rela-
tions over $50, 900 telephone subscribers and
employing in daily service over 10000 tele-
phones, by means of which GOO, ,000, 900 mes
sages are transmitted annually. The earliest
application of the telephone necessitated a
wire extending from each station to every
other one with which communication was
desired. How impracticahle method this
Is, however, for covering a territory OF any
magnitude can be seen without much diff
Guilty. In this city and Chicago, for exam
pie, about 10000 subscribers have telephone
communication. The most compact system
Of underground circuits needs about four
square inches for every one hundred lines,
80 that, to unite each Of the 10, 900 su5scrib-
ers with the remaining 9,s99 would require
space Of more than yard square simply to
contain the necessary conductors.
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THE CARE OF POULTRY.

In the first place, any attempt to
keep very many fowls together will
not prove as remunerative as q
smaller number, says George Shepard,
of Lyons, N. Y. Overcrowded hener-
les often breed diseases, and only fif-
teen to eighteen hens will average q
much larger profit in respect to num-
bers than larger number.
In the winter time hens of the pop
ular breeds will net a handsome profit
from eggs if we'll cared for. In the
morning a warm feed is desirable, and
should consist of oats, barley meal
with little bran and boiled potatoes
and scraps well mixed, the more varied
the better while in the middle of the
day wheat and buckwheat scattered
among dry straw should be given.
Scattering it among the chatf and
straw causes the hens to work to Sc
cure the kernels, which affords them
exercise and tends to work off that
fatty substance that, if allowed to ac-
cumulate, would be apt to soon cause
some disease to appear, or else would
make them too fat to lay. At night
whole corn should be given. By feed
ing whole corn at night the hen will
be able to endure the cold nights bet
ter, as the crop will be we'll filled the
entire night, as it is very slow to
digest.
At all times of the year fresh water
should be at their disposal. Water
allowed to remain IN a dish oil night
is very dangerous for nens to d-:nk.
Cabbage and apples are much ;s"aght
after by pc ,ltry, when fed upon 9oso,
as is also cold ashes or gravel 'ironld
bone and oyster shells are evce'!@1es-
for laying hens, as they cor:~4n r,@'
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CARPETS Going Abroad.

From reports received ct the State Depart
men, 1t appears that tho United States has
at last turned the tables on England and Is
now shipping to that country carpets of the
value OF nearly half a million dollars an
nually. To make the cass still stronger 1t Is
stated that these carpets are the famous
Administers, supposed heretofore to be pro,
duced In perfection only in England, and
the trade Is steadily increasing.
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new Postage stamps.

Uncle Sam will save about $50, 900 O year
by printing his own postage stamps. Con
gress has given to the Bureau of Engraving
$l63. 900 for this purpose for the fiscal year
July1. Out of this appropriation
some machinery must be bought. The ex.
pense used to be S208,000 per annum. OF
course the Government had nearly all of the
required plant ready at hand. About fifty
new people have had to be engaged to do
the extra work.
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Oldest OF Bank Presidents.

Daniel spraker, President Of the Mohawk
River National Bank, Amsterdam, N. Y, has
Just celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday. He
Is the Oldest bank president in the United
States, and Is daily visitor at the bank.
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Trade Continues to Improve.

Notwithstanding industrial disturbances
and the continuance Of drought In certain
sections, trade continues to show steady I'M
proyemept,
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No one should trust himself too much even
though he has attained to great union with
God, and he be far removed from all creatures.
for there is no place so remote. no solitudeso
retired that the devil may not enter.-St.
Teresa
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might look at them. Oh, there was some
thing 90 pleasant, 80 inviting, 80 cheering in
everything He did, In His very look When
these sick ones were brought out, did He
say: "Do not bring before Ne these sores.
Do not trouble Ne with these leprosies?" No,
no there was kind look /; there was gen.
tie word there was healing touch They
could not keep away from Him.
"I think there are many under the influ.
e9ee of the Spirit OF God who are saying,
T will trust Him II you will only tell me
how" And the great question asked by
many fs. Chow, how?" And while I answer
! which Rowland Hill 90 often uttered In the
Il midst of his sermons. "Master, help" How
are you to trust in Christ?
Just as you trust any one. You trust your
partner IN business with important things.
II a commercial house gives you note pay
able three months hence, you expect the
payment Of that note at the end Of three
months. You have perfect confidence In
their word and In their ability. Or, again.
| be food on the table. You have confidence
in that. Now. ask you to have the same
con1dence in the Lord Jesus Christ. he
says, 'sYou believe; take away your sins. "
land they are all taken away. "W hat !"
you say, "before I pray any more? Be-
fore read my Bible any more2 Before
d cry over my sins any more?" Yes, this mo-
tment. Believe with all your heart, and you
ere saved. Why, Christ is only waiting to
get from you what you give to scores Of peo.
ple every day. What is that? Confidence. II
these people whom you trust day by day are
more worthy than Christ, II they are more
faithful than Christ. II they have done more
khan Christ ever did, then give them the
preference, but II you really think that Christ
q a. Trustworthy as they are then deal with
Him as fairly.
"Oh," says some one In light way, II
believe that Christ was born IN Bethlehem,
md believe that He died on the CROSS Do
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TOOK HIS MEDICINE.
The ; hooter Pleads Guilty and Gets
Four Months.

Lono, the native who shot a fel-
tow.cuuntryman in the jaw on We'd
nesday evening, pleaded guilty IN
til" District Court to-day Of assault
with u deadly weapon, and was sent
need to four months imprisonment
At hard labor, A. reported the
'rOuhle arose over trivial mis-
understanding aud Lono picked up
pistol and fired shot at Liwai.
Both had been drinking. Liwai has
"cupied a cot in the Queens Hos
pital, but now is declared out of
lang, r. Although able to be about
his presence was not required in
Court, a. l.ono when interviewed by
the Deputy Marshal stated that hc
would plead guilty.
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If the motive uf the American
League is to down the missionary
faction, some members of that fac
ton have shown some rag"ru"ss t.
submit 10 prostratiun. Mr., Ather'
ton. for Instance. was hr man Of ali
to move the gag on nominations
after -. B. Smith was named. Il
was probably only a ease Of the os
trich hiding its head ia the sand, fol
no fact il more notorious than that
the Leagues campaign is. mos, al
all. ant missionary.
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ANOTHER RoMANtICISr

DR.. NJ r., Grus-man, u tooth
pullcr Of Honolulu, has Joined tn,
imaginative school nf Hawaiian rrNo-
lutl"nary literature. TIL, will h
surprising to most friends uf the
Doe, for, beyond What he gets out
of other peoples mouths, he has
never been suspected Of taking an
interest IN anything more serious
than the proper bend "f his bang
or twirl Of his toe AT u hop. That
he should, in making tht. new ad-
venture, chous" the doiugs on board
a warship for IN, topic ~ perhaps
not so surprising, The number ol
times he has prancsd around the
spar deck Of mau-o' war, leading
butterflies Uf fashion to the very
butts Of the cannon IN ia" giddk
whirl Of the waltz, ought to max,
him quite naval authority. 1t l..
no wonder, therefore, al time when
warships Of great Powers are sup
posed To have 80 much to do with
Hawaiian affair, that the New York
Press says "rhe key tu the Hawaiian
riddle comes in "a privat" letter =
from DR.. NJ. l.. Grossman Of Homo.
lulu, inClOsing memorandum from
- H.. III l,.,s. q
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Thos" who regard the action taken
by the =. q. toward holding a con
sti,urioual convention a. fraud ar,
probably mistaken. II j. douhtless
more correct to tax" it a. am appcai
from the armed mob To TIA" great
body Of the people. siuce th" moi
has been found uncomfortable and
set upon wild theories nf Legislation.
However, the great body Of the peo.
pie will leave the matter Of a new
constitution severely alone until the
United States gives u final drrisi"r
on Hawaiian affairs.
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CONCERT TONIGHT.
Complimentary Benefit to w. B. Ash
by the Honolulu Minstrels.

Complimentary Benefit to w. B. Ash
by the Honolulu Minstrels.
Below is the program for the
event OF this evening at the Opera
House:
Stage Manager, A. +. Murphy.
Overture -Enchantment ......... Herman
Full Orchestra.
Wonders-Will put you all in good hum"r.
e.. hester Edison.
Character Song-Old Fashioned Lula
" iitt;le. Della Ash.
Recitation--A Real Sc cam ................
Mr.. A. h. Murphy.
Cornet Solo-Una ...............H Hartman
Mr.. Charles Kreuter
Tenor Solo-Operatic Selections ..........
Mr.. W. II. Hoogs.
Nentriloquism-Of the highest; introduce
ing three wonderful merry figures.
DIR. K. |. Moore.
PART II.
Sorg- Wrecked and Saved ...... Knowles
Mr.. Cuelho.
Clarionet Duet-Robert the Devii, ......;,
Messrs. Kengh and Naone.
Something New Banj 10 Local Author
Mr.. George Ritman.
S"ng-Will entertain you for few 100
mcnts.
Mr.. Chester A. Doyle.
! PccolU Solo-Silvrr King Bonneseau
Mr.. l.. Barsotti.
| Musical fractions quite the Rage e.....
Messrs. Ordway and Hennesscy.
Grand Finale-Simple Simon ............
Mr. ". B. Ash.
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What constitutional principles
are members Of the L. q. sworn to
maintain. il not those found ia the
latest Constitution Of the Hawaiian
Islands, excepting only those abo.
li.hed with the monarchy? Amongst
the abiding principles are those for
bidding Legislators to take office
aud to receive any benefit from til"
treasury These have been repeat
edIy violated 10y the Z, g., who's,
members ate claimed t. be- honor
able men.
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Secret sessions under exceptional
circumstances do not render execu-
tive or Legislative bodies in q state
liable to lose their public character.
The theory of representative institu.
tiuns is that the people are present
in parliament ia the persons uf their
representatives. Those not members
may be excluded a. strangers
whenever expediency dictates. and
only an abuse Of the privilege "rfgh,
to excite public resentment.
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II is not a representative but a
delegate that the American League
strives to push into the Advisory
Council. Their candidate is requr.
ed to take a castirun oath that h"
will obey the secret DEGREES of the
society, aud only two out of dozen
aspirauts would consent thus t.
make autumatons Of themselves.