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For the Christma. of To-D.v.

While there are SO many things wa
deplore there are SO many things about
which to thank God. But while amid
SO many alternating circumstances the
nation keeps the holiday, Iwish especial
happiness for your households. Let
middle-nged men and women and the
aged during these seven or ten holidays
rally all their sprightliest feeling and
put themselves in accord with the
young. Make this a bright memory.
They will very soon have to put their
shoulder under the burden of life and
harness themselves for the worlds
battle. Father, mother, help them now
to get q surplus Of exuberance that will
last them when life has become a seri.
GUS thing to them, us it has become to
us. When you am / have gone out Of
the struggle, and in the far distant
holidays they think Of us, as they will
think Of us, do not let them think Of us
as grouty and dull, sitting around dis.
coursing about our aches and pains
when we ought to have been sympa-
thetic with their merriment. Aud after
all these family unions have ceased,
and we no more on earth rejoice in the
~children's glee, may it be because we
are all together in our Fathers house,
keeping the eternal celebration.-T. Do
Witt Talmage, in Ladies' Home Journal,
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INDUSTRIOUS QUEENS.
Ambitious to Keep Abreast with Their
Female Subjects.

Female Subjects.
Industrious duchesses are almost az
thick, relatively, as peas in a pod. There
is the duchess Of Belfast, temperance
lecturing; there is the duchess Of
Sutherland, exploiting English tex.
tile fabrics; there is the duchess Of Rut-
land, article writing; and so you might
20 on. Now my attention is drawn ia
the industry of queens and expresses,
and they seem determined to keep up
with the educational distinctions Of
their female subjects. The queen Of
Portugal, who is shortly to visit Eng.
land, is immensely interested in the
advance of women in every sphere, and
has taken most energetically to tho
study of medicine, with q view Of in.
ducing Portuguese ladies to take it up,
On this point Of feminine medical prac-
%titioners her majesty is very keen, be-
lieving that women ought to be attend.
ed by women. Queen Margherita Of
Italy has taken most warmly to lit
erature, and a book by her, descriptive
Ut Alpine scenery and illustrated by
sketches from her own pencil, will
shortly be published. Empress Eu.
genie is engaged on a religious work.
In the form of meditations for every
day in the year. The empress of Aus
tria is said TO be plodding at her Greek
like any girl graduate, and the English
empress-queen Victoria can. now read
and write Hindustani with perfect ease
"a language her majesty took up less
than two years ago.-N. Y. Mail and
Express.
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THE CHRISTMAS TREE,
tar a shining start

Only a star! a shining star!
More glorious than our planets are,
But watched by wistful eyes and bright,
M longing hearts. that wondrous night.
Only a manager, shadow-thronged,
That to some public inn belonged,
Where sweet-breathed cattle quietly
For midnight slumber bent the knee.
Only the light of tapers small,
That on two tender faces fall,
TWO tender faces-one divine
That still through all the centuries shine
From palace walls, from thrones of gold,
From churches, shrines, cathedrals old,
Where the grand masters of their art
Wrought faithfully with hand and heart,
Only a babe! In whose small hand
Is seen no sceptre of command,
But at whose name, with freedoms sword
Move the great armies of the Lord.
Only q cross! but oh, what light
Shines from Gods throne on Calvary
height!
His birth, His life, the angels see,
Written on every Christmas tree.
M. A. Denison, in Youths Companion.
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THE GRACE OF ACCEPTANCE.
More Difficult to Gracefully Receive ThNu
to Make Gift.


to Make u Gift.
This may be a surprising statement,
but it is nevertheless true: It. is u
harder matter to receive a gift ga eful-
ly than to give one. Just think about
1t for a moment and see if it has not
proven true in your own experience.
Have you not given something upon
which you had spent a great deal Of
time and work, and which you had in
tended should give pleasure, and then
had all your glad enthusiasm chilled by
a lack of something, you could hardly
tell what it was, in your friends man
ner? Don't you suppose you have
sometimes disappointed some one else
i'll like name yourself? 1t is worth
while to think about the gracious way
to receive a gift, and then it may be
that this Christmas time you will con-
fer as much happiness upon the giver
as you receive yourself from the gift,
and SO it will be a two-fold source OF
happiness. In the first place, think
only of the generous intention of the
giver to give you pleasure, instead of
the value or usefulness of the gift it.
self. There is an old Arabian proverb
which fits in well just here: "Never
look a gift horse in the mouth" When
q man is going to buy a horse he exam.
ines his teeth to see his age and deter.
mine other matters relating to his
value. If the horse is to be a purchase
his is all very right and proper, but it
would be very ungracious If the horse
was intended for a gift to examine its
mouth'and look into the value of your
present. Let us be very careful never
to look our gift horses in the mouth.
Even If we may have reason to suspect
the sincerity Of the intention of the
gift, which sometimes may be the case,
crush out all thoughts of that kind MS
unworthy of yourself, if not the giver,
and receive it gratefully, taking it for
granted that 1t was meant to give YOU
pleasure, and that you intend to express
that pleasure.-Christian Work,
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The M hilarious Belt, Africa.

At the meeting of the internationa,
geographical congress, in only two
points of Importance was there any an.
pearance of a consensus of opinion
The first was the very obvious fact that
the entire coast line Of tropical Africa
and the lower courses of the 1reat
INTERNATIONALLY speaking, the coasta,
zone-presented great obstacles to the
establishment Of European settlements
owing to the malarial character of the
climate. 1t is for this reason that we
find the European settlements on thu
coasts situated on islands or peninsula,
lands. The soils most favorable to thu
propagation Of malaria are naturallv
those Of the maritime regions and the
fertile fats bordering the lower. and
sometimes the middle, courses OF IN
great rivers; and it is here we find ma.
larial fevers in their worst or remitten,
forms are epidemic. This perni.
cious variety prevails also in low-lvinc
marshy districts under a certain alti'
tude. Consequently, rapid transit,
through these fever belts is an essen.
tial condition for the permanent cstab.
lishment of European settlements ON
the high plateaus.-Nineteenth Cen.
tury.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-21

SWELL, let us go out and buy the things
for Christmas" said Mrs. Browning,
and q few moments later, closely
bundled up from the cold, John Browl-
ing and his wife walked cheerfully anil
lovingly along the village street. They
got two plump chickens and enough
material to make q substantial dinner
at the new grocer's. Then they went TO
q store where there was a good fve-cent
counter, and had much amusement and
pleasure in selecting a lot of little
articles suitable for putting in the chill
dren's stockings, not forgetting a pound
of stick candy. Coming home they
busted themselves for awhile in wrap
ping each article in u separate piece tf
paper and in deciding which should SO
into the different little stockings, not
forgetting to put in two or three sticks
of candy, all wrapped in separate pa
pers.
Very early Christmas morning Mr..
Browning got up and put on a good
fire, so that the room might be warm
when the little folks should discover
their stockings, which they did in the
early dawn. 1t was a joyful surprise 10
the children, who were just us happy
Us though the gifts had been costly. AS
for Mr.. Browning and his wife, the
blessed alchemy of love had transformed
their disappointment into affectionate
sympathy for each others trials and
disappointments, and they listened with
happy hearts to the gay chatter of their
children, saying to themselves and to
each other: 1--WE are having q good
Christmas, after all" What was lack.
ing in material good was made up in
kindness and love, and earnest effort tc
make the best of things, and to cause
their children to have a happy day. And
when, at dinner, they sat down to par
take Of the two nicely-browned, stuffed
chickens, instead of the expected Christ
turkey, their happiness and enjoy.
ment might well have been envied by
the two inconsiderate employers whose
injustice and disregard of the honest
claims of those whose labor they had
enjoyed. came SO near spelling the
Brownings' Christmas.-Mrs. Helen Z.
S%tarrctt, in Chicago Interior.
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and chill their hearts, and on Christmas
eve, too? But it was growing nearly
dark, and something must be done.
The butcher and grocer would both be
looking for him, and altogether it was
too hard to endure.
Mrs. Browning saw her husband com
ing up the walk, and she knew by the
expression on his face that something
was wrong. She opened the door to
meet him, and exclaimed anxiously:
"What is it?"
"Mr. Potter has gone off to the city to
spend the holidays and did not pay me,
and he will not be back for three
weeks" said Mr.. Browning.
"Well, il that isn't too outrageous!"
said Mrs. Browning, with a sudden
flush Of anger. "Why did you let him
of? II ! was a man l tell you people
couldn't trife with me that way. When
/ earned my money I'd collectit."
There wasdnnger that in addition to
the loss Of the expected money there
would be the loss Of that more precious
thing in the family, affectionate hnr-
mony and sympathy; for Mrs. Brown
ing was human, and had that human In
stinct which leads us to try to find some
mi on whom to blame misfortunes and
disappointments. Her husband, with
an equally natural instinct, was inclined
TO resent this. for He only knew how
4. Az -. ~. II 49,
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from Mr.. Potter. When she reached
home she found only the two older chill
dren still awake, and them she con-
soled cheerfully, telling them that
though they could not have much for
Christmas, yet they must be kind and
cheerful and not add TO dear papa's
troubles by fretting. Her own spirit
was reflected in theirs; kind and af.
fectionate feelings were inspired by her
cheerful words and talk; and although
before they went to bed they hung up
their stockings by the fire, in case Any
good luck should come, yet their little
hearts were brayely preparing for dis.
appointment.
1t wal nearly an hour before Mrs.
browning heard her husbands foot.
steps on the walk. She hurried to The
door, and, us he entered, she looked
lovingly and sympathizingly in his face.
His feelings also had evidently been
moved by reflections of q gentle and
tender kind, for as soon as he closed
the door and noticed the kind look on
his wife's face he held out his arms
toward her. She threw hers lovingly
around his neck and pressed her cheek
to his.
Never mind II we do have hard timas
and bad luck, John" she said; 1--WE hsve
each other and the children, and we win
be happy in spite Of all"
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MS Family Pills are the best.
wifely sollcltude.

Watts-Does your wife object to
your poker playing2
Potts-0h, not violently. All she
nsks of me is that I will start for homo
rs ,soon as ! find myself a good winner.
India. >apolis Journal.
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The Pilgrim.

Holiday Number.) Full of bright
sketches prose, poetry and Illustrations
by bright writers and artists. Entirely
original, new and entertaining. Mailed free
TO any address on receipt of six co. cents in
postage stamps. Write to Gro. H. HEAr-
FORD, Publisher, AIS Old Colony building,
Chicago, Ill.
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q EIFal Thal nrn.a,., -

with Import doubly dlra - A..
Sman who beholds ia dave,sHD w
anus, ieedihg the devourIne "A.
1 % Happily most peopls w w,
s-everythlng but health Mn
a. nssiect the preservation Of this
palpable jeopardy. Incinisrt
kioneys and bladder aud malSrIs
n~racled BY H~Ostetter's stom.
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crew of the schooner were compelled to rig
a jury mast. What's a jury masta" Mis-
sourian-"Why, anybody could tell you
that. It's one Of those big masts that it
takes twelve men to nut NM
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zC"What does the reign Of kim
teach usln Tommie-HPlease'
.te.ose our heads in moments Of az,
r.n-Truth. "a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-21

X said young lady, "wby don't
vd.treei 1t would be 60 economi.
al y Jour own furs, and then we could
kind we wish"
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For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure is a
successful remedy M. p. DIETER, 81 Throop
Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. IA, '94.
IT is no sure sign that the west is q pol.
ished country because SO many people scour
the plains.
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us she pretty%
mo; but she has a prcpossessing
bank aceount."-Puck.
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FoND PARENT-W wish, Bobby, that !
could be a little boy again" Bobby-"1
wish you could-littler than me-"
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The look on any married woman's face
should convince the girls that the men are
not worth the exertion necessary to catch
one.-Atchison Globe.
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SSing machine were invented mapv
It'll II did not take too much tims
ness TO wind 1t up.-Texas sin.
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eOHS u edEtus
The years have many changes brought
since then.
Nations have had their rise and fall, and
men
Have come and gone and left their impress
here
In thoughts and deeds we cannot but re-
we're.
Rut though the world has through them
better grown,
Still greater, better far the influence
thrown
Upon the world by Him, who. Son Of Man,
His reign Of peace at Bethlehem began.
The little town. the ever-glorious day,
The Manager where the infant Jesus lay,
These have an interest, to none denied,
And meaning sweet as comes the Christ
mastide.
AS babe, He came, that He might fully be
All that was meant in our humanity;
Each stage Of life He met with such a grace
AS spoke the great Redeemer OF His race.
A man Of sorrows. yet with no complaint.
lie bore earth's trials and its rude con-
straint
And gave from earliest life until the end,
To all. the love of a devoted friend.
His words of wisdom, as He came Of age,
Proclaimed Him both the teacher and the
sage;
In words that all could understand. He
taught
The Heavenly truths which unto man He
brought.
Lover of souls, to rich as well as poor.
lie showed alike the ever-open door.
Through which all might an entrance safe
obtain
To mansions fair. which ever such remain.
Blessed His work, and on this Christmas
morn,
Which speaks Of when. to US, the Christ
vas born.
We feel His love and messages Of truth
Have in them still a freshness as of youth.
He was, and Is. the gracious Friend and
King:
The One to whom glad offerings we bring;
May lie to us send down this Christmas
tide
Rich gifts that shall through coming years
abide.
j. NJ. Thompson. In Boston Budget
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-21

A CouGH SHOULD Nor BE NEGLECTED.
"BroWn's Bronchial 1roches'' are q simple
remedy and give immediate and sure relief.
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III pom Troubled Waters Is Hale,s
Ho1 orehonnd and Tar upon n . coId
Pif1ediachs Drops Cure in one minuta
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,nhE

TNer OF q vessel need never be
iii. b 4 eggs. He can ALWAYS Law IN
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wife sat by the waning fire in the CRATE
after all their children had gone to bed.
They enjoyed its warmth and their own
relaxation from toll, and were talking
over their affairs in general. Mr..
Browning was a good mechanic, and in
reasonably good times always made a
comfortable living for his wife and five
children; but the %stagnation of bust
ness and frequent cessation of work
during the past two years had cramped
them greatly in money affairs. The
children grew so fast, and wanted new
clothes so often, and needed so many
books, and had such healthy appetites,
that the struggle to supply them had,
for n long time, been a hard one. Mrs.
Browning had done all her W work
and taken in some sewing besides. Mr..
Browning had worn his old clothes and
boots until they were scarcely respect
able; had left no stone unturned to get
work, and yet withal the butcher and
grocer were pressing him, and things
looked d~iscouraging generally. AS a
result of a general survey Of the situa-
ton, Mrs. Browning said:
swell, it is evident we can't have much
Christmas, yet l do think we ought to
make the children MS happy MS we can.
1t does no good to have them feel the
weight of care, Or realize the burdens
and difficulties of life as we do; and so.
if you can collect enough money on the
small bills due you, l think we ought 10
get them some small present, and that
we had better get a turkey If we pos
sibly can"
With this conclusion her husband
agreed, and they began to count up
what money they might probably de-
pend upon. Mr.. Browning took cut his
account book and pencil and commenced
to figure.
"Col. Randall owes me $3.50 balance
for fixing his porch. He is able to pay
and | think l can depend upon that.
Mr.. Smith owes so cents for a fire.
board; Mrs. Jones, the miIIiner, owes
me a dollar for a screen for her window;
that new grocer around the corner owes
me s1.25 for making him a seat for his
wagon, and perhaps some other piece
Of work may be found between this and
Christmas. But even if l set nc work
we al depend on five dollars with a
good deal of certainty"
All good is comparative. Having
thus concluded to have as happy a
Christmas as possible, and also that
they had five dollars to be happy on,
John Browning and his wife went to
sleep with o feeling of contentment and
happiness which many a rich family
planning for costly expenditures might
envy them.
The next morning the ground was
covered with u deep snow, and while
they sat at their frugal breakfast a
loud knock was heard at the door. On
opening it, Mr.. Browning was met by
q pQrtly and handsome gentleman who
wore b great oyercoat with costly fur
collar and gloves, who asked If he was
John Browning, the carpenter.
well, l want to get you to make q
Jumper for me right away. We don't
have such O snow as this in the
west, and my wife and children want
10 enjoy IL. Can you come over to my
,Aouse right after breakfast and see how
want II made? Then | want a large
*X- = 49, l.siIk xh- n
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Sore Eyes Cured.
Jackson's Indian Eye Salve never fails to
do this; Csc at all drug stores.
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WHEN a tunnel Is projected, it is general.
ly put through.
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ONG years g DER
Bethlehem's fair
plains,
Were h q { Q
wondrous and en-
chanting strains
Which unto man
foretold the gra-
cious birth
OF RedeeTer TO the
sons of earth.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-06
Election of officers.
ASSignee'S Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING
Il been appointed Assignee in Bank
ruptcy OF the Estate of J. a. Alfonso of
Honokaa, notice is hereby given to all
creditors to have their approved claims
presented at once to him at the Office of
II. Hackfeld & Co. All persons owing
the above named Estate are requested to
make immediate payment to
G. BOSSE,
Assignee OF the Bankrupt Estate of J. A.
Alfonso of Honokaa. 3So8-tf 1923 st
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THE DRAUGHT OF A SHIP.
A New Marine Device by Which a
Vessels Depth is Measured.

Never before has it been possible
to obtain with absolute accuracy
the draught of vessel as she rode
in the water, but G. S. Hall, a ma
rine engineer of Barrow-on-Hum-
Der, has invented a device by which
the exact point to which a ship is
immersed may be decided upon by
glance, and the instrument can
be fixed either in the chart room,
the cabin, or on deck, so that it can
be consulted at any time during
the process of loading. When a
vessel is on her voyage the instru-
ment is in operation, and glance
at the indicator will show whether
the vessel is tightening or increas-
ing her draught. There have been
cases in which a ship has sprung a
leak, and it has not been known to
her crew until considerable guam
tity of water has found its way into
the hold. By Mr.. Halls invention
the master of a ship would be mott
fed of the fact at once, and he
could take steps accordingly. Not
only is the draught of vessel cor
rectly indicated, but there is spe-
cial provision for registering any
list that may from any cause take
place either at sea or in harbor.
Mr.. Hall claims for his invention
the following advantages:
1T is impossible when water is
in motion to read the outside marks
of a ship correctly, especially in
dark and overcrowded docks, open
harbors, etc., without the aid of an
instrument of this class, which
may be placed in any room or con-
venient part of the ship, the in
strument thus obviating the above
difficulty.
2-The instrument can also be
used as a check upon the fraudu-
lent practices, now much in vogue |
in foreign ports, whilst taking in
bunker coal and other cargo. It |
enables the stevedore to load a
ship on her best estimated sailing |
lines, thus avoiding overlooking |
and its consequences.
BY use of this instrument |
any alteration in the trim of the |
ship may be ascertained from any
of the following causes, such as the
consumption of coal, leakage of
ship, water or paraffin tanks, and
the filing of either tanks or boil
ers.
4-The list of the ship is given
in degrees, and, lastly, what she
settles down by the stern is seen
at glance when under full way.
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Steamships wiIlieave for and arrive from
San Francisco, Vancouver and Sydney n
the following dates. till Gne close of 1885
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hukona passengers were taken on
board at another Kohala port.
The Kenilworth arrived from San
Francisco yesterday after a long
trip. She is locked at the mail
wharf to load sugar for New York.
She is a "four-master" and is said
to be the largest ship that has ever
entered the harbor.
During the voyage of the Kenil-
worth to this port one of the sailors
was washed overheard and another
received serious injuries by falling
from aloft. The injured man is be-
ing cared for aboard ship.