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uce token in payment for work at market
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to do all kinds of work in his line at short
notice. j
terms for workj is "pay down." All
kinds of produce Uken at market prices lor
work. ; -..
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ve trouble by calling and eettlin?.
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WESTERN STAR LODGh
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Shall We Know JUach Other
There. -'v.t'i-.
When we hear the music ringing : ...
Through the bright celestial dome,
When sweet angel voices singing, '
Gladly bid us welcome home ,
To the Land of ancient story, 1
- Where the spirit knows no care,
In the land of light and glory'
Shall we know each other there!
WTien the holy angels meet lis, V
-As we go to join their band,
Shall we know the friends who greet
In the glorious spirit land ?
Shall we see the dark eyes shining
On us as in days of yore ?
Shall we feel their dear arms tw'ning
. Fondly round us as before ? .
Yes, my earth -worn soul rejoices
, And my weary heart grows hght,
For the thrilling angel voices,
And the angel faces bright,
That shall welcome us in heaven,
Are the loved of long ago,
And to them 'tis kindly given ' : r
Thus their mortal friends to know.
O ! ye weary ones and lost ones '
Droop not, faint not, "by the way ;
Ye shall join the loved and lost ones,
In the land of perfect day,
Harp strings, touched by angel . fin
gers, k1 ' ':k -'
Murmur in nty raptured ear ;
Evennore their sweet tones , linger
Wcshall know each other there.
A 'LEPERS' VILLAGE.
A
CURIOUS TOWN) IN THE SANDWICK
ISLANDS.
In William R. Bliss new book
of travel in the Sandwich Islands
he describes as follows a "Leper
Villa?e.'k c
- 4 There is leprosy in the Haw
atian blood, but none of it is to
be seen in Houolulu, as those who
are afflicted with it are sent to the
lepers' village, on the island of
Molokai.
" To visit the settlement on
Molokai, which is about thirty
miles 'east of Honolulu, we -em
bark on a clipper-schooner bound
to windwaru to bring down a car
go of sugar from Lahaina a town
on the island o Maui, where
lepers may be seen in its one
broad street. '.' m v.
V After rolling to starboard and
Tolling;, to larboard air night long,
the schooner ' heaves to at sun
rise off the southern coast of the
island, and we are set ashore troni
a maH boat, in the little ha"rbor
of Catinakaki , :: .. ; :.. .....
I " The , island is green wijh
vegetation,, but Nis 1 nearly , :de
serted. There are less than . fif?
teen hundred persons oii jit, al
though it contains onehunqred
and seven ty square miles. kAs ,we
ride on horseback away fronv the
shore up the ascending plaijTis,in
a northeastern direction, we pass
deserted garden, patches, - fall eu
walls aiid ruins of native iljutSj
on which knots of long grass 9 re
waying like signals of distress, .
f Crossing a succession of green
hills, we . come suddenly ,tpn the
brink of the precipice of Kalaupa
pa, which looks north to the ocean
and is two thousand ,. feet hi glu
Below, from the foot of the preci
pice, stretches a plain, diversified
with hills and vales, andreacluug
to the distaut shore, where; it
curves like a scythe into the. sea,
turning up a white swath against
the trade wind. The plain is cov
ereoVwith luxuriant vegetation ;
but we can see no life on it. HeVe
and there a few brown huts catch
the eye. Far on the right are
dots ot white, houses. , That is the
leper village. " - k,k. . ' .
A steep- bridle path zigzags
down the trout of tnej precipice,
and we must descend it. Under
wreathing vines,' white', blossoms
and swinging 'trailers,: which
adorn and obstrnct the desceut iu'
to this valley of death, the horses
step careiuiiy ana teaiousiy. in
an ; hour they reach, the plain,
when a gallop of two miles brings
us to the settlement. It consists
of detached houses, enclosed . by
low walls or picket' fences, stand
ing :ri open pasture, lands and
sweet ''potato fields. V i pjipaii
puhala banana ti ees aud a 'wind-
ing nrooK give a picturesque a
...
peafance to the village. " Its" hori
zon is bounded 011 one sidC'bv the
flower-pTecipice, which shuts off
the world, and, on the other side
by the -ocean. : : ;
"Every prospect pleases, and ! only
man is vile." :-- - '
, "Every person in , tins com
munity 1s a lepefl Of those who
have not sorM hands 'or . feet, the
men till the ground and women
braid maisi Those- who " cannot
take care of themselves are ritirsed
in hospitals by leper nurses. The
boys anji; girls' go to school td
leper J teachers; learning, k the
branches of a simple education
which none of them can probably
live long enough" to appreciate;
They le'aW the school With frolic
som e si ibii ts ; tit ey ; rom p across
the greeii field,- enjoyiiig the air
and sunshine like the children in
either lands, unconscious of their
m i sf o r t u n e'-k
" In a gi-as field, ner the sea
shore, stands a little church, visi
ted all day by j the sun and sea
breeze. - Hem a native minister,
a leper, leads religious Services on
S u h day ; f or h i s . mi s e ra b 1 e f e 1 1 o ws.
These poor people seem ' to be ;
eontenteq. ,A; ration Ofs five
pounds of fresh meat and twenty
pounds of vegetables is issued
weekly, in addition to what' each
one cultivates with his own labor:
This support is so much better
than any Hawaiian ever has at
home, that natives living on oth
er parts of the island have desired
to make themselves lepers in or
der to be taken care of in this
village oft death. As we turn
away for our homeward journey,
is natural to wish, for he sake ot
humanity,1 that there might be in
this beautiful valley a river Jor
dan into which- these miserable
people could dip and be cleansed;
Rut the curse of Elisha upon his
corrupt servant seems to be irre
vocably fixed upon them :
.. The: leprosy of Naarhan shall
cleave uiito thee and unto thy
seed forever."
FarmeiVCardeus.
; It :isv a great mistake to plant
small fruit bushes or caues-jn, well
sheltered and shaded; nooks and
coiners about the . homestead,, as
theywill do much better ; with
plenty of exposure to the suu,
away-,froih overhead! ng shade: or,
shelter, and placed in rows, so
that the spaces between them .can,
be vvqrked; with the plow and cul
tivator.. Two , ore , three, acres, of
land r. near, the ihomestead, .well
enclosed, .will be useful for niany
purposes. Upless, near a good
market, it may not be advisable
for. a farmer to. raise more -small
fruits; than he needs for , the, use of
his. family,; .but a largngarden
wil J; adm i t qt, several varieties of
rrbps, some of wh'ich will be very,
useful for feeding, hogs, cattle for
sheep. kLaVge patches ; pt j earlyj
corn , !? beets, , paj-snips, , carrots,,
turnips, cabbages,! ect.,;: may -bej
raised in vdrilsin thia s garden,
without the. -application, of the
manure that can be obtained iu.ai
year, gyiugaily attention to the
col I ec tiou of substonces and liqu ids j
which do 11 tt ppear of any impor
tance. 1 . Bones: make a valuable
I manure when ground . T or dUsalr
ed., -Wood ashes, soot, decayed
vegetables, green . weeds, offal
fromkthei kitchen, poultry .ma
nure, etc. all mixed together and
saturated - with liquid . mauure
from the tank, will form a fertili
zed which will be : very, usefu I iu
promoti ng th c growth of a yegeta-.
bles or any crop , in the garilen , of
field.,. uLia'Ql
During the , rigors of winter,
when very.bttle but-work can , be
done, increased attention should
be given to ihe cpUectidn bf iiiankj
areh , j procuring, of poles! for
beans,, bushes tor peas, stakes forj
tall flo wersmaking f hoxes 'for
choice plants, hot-bed irtmes ect
alsoto the pretkratlono
ure for hot-beds, placing the .man-
4 ure in neaps, ana keemug it irorn
tteicessive ; ferentatior) Jy) jay
lot, Bead Jeaveslrk Every Ifermer
8noma nave a not-oea, ana ; raise
l . i ' : : .
plants for his own use.
Wear pHonie.
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to ?me o'er and o'er ;
I'm nearer hoibe-todav
..Thn'I evefhave been before:
Nearer my Father's house, ' : j
k "Where the many mansions be ;
Kearer the grfc-wlute throne,!;
Nearer the crystal sea : : .-( V
Nearer: the bound of life, . .r..r-;
"Where ,we lay .our burdens down;
.Nearer leaving tie cross,' .
Nearer gaimng the crown.
r f. 1. --f- . - ;
But the waves of thatsilent sea
! Roll dark before my sight, '
That brightly on the other side
7 Break on a bhoie of Hght
O, if my mortal feei ' 4 , '
Have almost gained the brink,
If it be I'm nearer home '
Even to-day than I think :
Father, perfect my trust,
Let my spirit feel' in death
That her. feet are firmly set ,
On.the Rock of : a hving faith !
.'iJl. Jdid AinCempromise.
''I fj : .. . - : . -.j.- .
..' Not many years ago, and not
;arjfrjamther.city i of Elmira, at a
jocality known as the "Female
Col lege," the circumstance we
are about to relate; took place.
It 6eems that the Principal of the
College overheard a plan among a
number of this young lady stu
dents for drawing a young gentle
man up to one of the third story
rooms in a basket, at night, as n
gentleman suiters were permitted
to visit -their college ladyloves,
and see them alone, under the
strict rules of th institution.
The Principal acted accordingly ;
and at the appointed time, was. on
the designated' spot, ;and when
the basket was let down took the
lover's , place, gave the signal
twich, and. cqmnienced going up
toward; heaven, drawn by a trinity
or two of angels. When two
thirds up,, the angel expectant, on
looking.dwn from the: window
discovered to her terror apd dis-i
may r that instead of her J.pver, sjb.$
liad another '.man ..in the,; basket I
a nd,k nearly, fVigiitened ,qiitjo her
wits, made the fact known to her
helpers in. mischief vith the , per
tinent inquiry of "What shall we
do? Whatshall,, .ct;:dp? Oli!
gi rls;what . shall we jdp-2", xW.here-
upn bn pf,theirvnu1m
for her coolness aiid presence' of
take care of the man, no matter
who he . is.nbr where he ..comes
from. . , . . , , . , r. T ..
t Thea taking., out. her) pocket
knife and opnnngjt,; she;. leaned
but of; iihe, window .and In 4 aUctw,
but.Brmoisaidi !k v f j v -
ifcbare yon in that basket?'!.
4 jSfo response. ktkk . k ....
! ."X say, vhof are you in that Jbasr.
ket? . .Dp,yon; hear t ,1 hve ,a
wmie in, my liana, ana uniess yon
flii&iver ' this" in i Jess than ten
Keep , yiiuR ; knife, farther; away,
irQIU 1C, t hj I un- fl ;f ;7:-,
, .fWelyou.are .in a prettvl, fix,
Professor, a pretty fix indeed, and
hanging between ' heaven .and
eartnbetweeii , life ami 'death,
What doypu thiiik ouht tto be
"doiie With ypaXA prm'cipal of
a female) college who thus enj-
deavors at night to clandestinely
reach the room of. a lady student,
you ought to.be severely punished
and alsp, exposed j" , , , v; r .; .r;,
;-pHlegofyoi
me ; por expose) niebut) let , me
down again carefully, and' don't
let the rope slip," , - k
Professor;!!' i :said thq 1 6hrewd
beautiv 44Qn driekephdipon 'only
will we comply .Willi you request.',
Xoa muse solemnly promise
thatnohe.bf us who have .engag-
ea in fii? ? juiie tJr i m if ; uii
be'diiplined "'for) it and that you
living souljFhile? we are inmates
of the. ;cbllee, With' , the, urider-
mipg 111 tingemergencies, saia :
.fiereyqnih'M 0
io'w, d just as I tell you and Fll
seconds ri 1 cut, the rppe; ,
X WhivH:our triijciral dont
for jnercy s .sake.cut the , rope !
t standing that we are to observe
the same Solemn promise. - What
ayyou?f? J-l------ 'v.:--;. v ;
I promise .solemnly promlse.,,
"Yery v well. . Hold , up - your
righ t hand. ! Yoursolemnly swear
that you .will ; faithfully : keep and
observe that promise, so help you
God.7,kk 1,- v.V; :i-ksl- k-
I dt I"-- I .;v : ' :;j krt
"Enough 4 girls ! , He has taken
tho oath ! Lower, away !"
The Professor was .soon .'care
fully jud safely landed once more
011 errw, firma greatly to his own
relief aiid greatly f to the joy, uo
dubt, ofthe other party to then
compromise ; and be. lived, up to
his oath.,?.!; . . o k
In after years,- however,: when
time had .alsolved him from it,
and the lover whose , basket he
had monopolized 'oil: that .eventful
night had, so the story goes, mar
ried the gii 1, - whoonthat.yOcca;
siori iwas so far ; aboveV him, the
Professor used to tell the ad ven-ture-to
his particular ? .friends, jnd
laiigh over it? till: the: tears-jan
down his cheeks, as the) only one
he.was let off : under an oath; ad
ministered.' k i ;
Theories True and False.
The mariner, afloat pn the broad
Pacific, without chart or compass,
is in a dangerous condition. Sail
ing without guide over unknown
waters, he may, at any ' moment,
dash against a rock or a' reef, and
find a watery grave for himself
and all on board. . Still, knowing
the danger of his position, he is
forewarned, and hence cautious ;
and is, therefore, much better off
that though he trusted to errone
ous calculations, and, while be
lieving himself, secure, sailea
onward to destruction. Just so
with that man who founds prac
tice uponxconjecture, or. builds
theory upon assumption. Far
better to have no tneory. than a
false omi ; much wiser is it to e
empiric, knowing thedanger of
experimental; practice, than to be
the victim of a false system, wal(vr
i n g , u n co ri ci o u slj' i n to: d i sast e r a n d
destruction. - And yict this is just
where jmmat society . has foun
ded Men , have 'ever . been h,
dupes, of fajse-sysnis and chief
ly because they persist.iii assuming
vrincmlesl without investigating
l.them, ahdj.d.yngicohc
The startihg-utitmn of.
irnm Tirtmtses entirelv erroneous.
course all -that tollQVs is evil ana
..disastrp.usi : ;li;(je, pi-ernises vber,
(ing unsound, the theory is uptrue,
and confqsionnecessarily 'ijespU..
And the reverse is j ust as ; true
Wherever) confusion , and. doubt
,are mseparapie aajuncis pijx sys
tem, we mavkkjiovy tht , error, is
ther.e. , If.therror isjsapernciaL
affectipgf only nN detail,' it, wll
necessarily .spqi.:.Ve" rigfited.
Uuder.suph,irmstacev
aquuionai experience iu u
correct y CpncIiipns ; putj. ye
start wroiig it jhe i, .fundamental
priucip of tlfe; systfu tVfajse
each new.,, experience f is but a
somes- pf eontusign .an. dpubt.
The old. proverb, is. jrJi'eh;appecia
tedilat theimpre jtiipwihtj
less we 8eem'tiothe ?roore
.expiieuceV;tte-vI(et the
m ore f facts, th e less confidence )ih
theory, which mever, oecu rsin 4 a
A. A . - -k- ' V lltf All
epry, wrvucr,
l?SVSten RctS,.
nreted
ry; are always ". additionarsources
of fiiithr . confideiic, and, kuowl
edge ; but, When interpreted by
false theory, , are , no ? -better; than
fanliei;ind
because fthey 'lead to doubt ' and
contusipn.,;r5 -.M. f,-fk4, - A n
We state, it then .as an event,
I if nbr a j 6elvidentntrbtlH
wnerever conaiani ana e ver-recur-
nnrdifficQltJt or.jdiiis
ter, .pllbW '.the practicC)of a sys
tern through-a succession of years
or of ages; there are the very j best
of reasons) for, suspecting the cor
rectness) of .the ); principles on
which the practicje is,fpund, ' 'Meii
are ; neither so, d nil .nor so. wicked.
tying sfarted rTght,y they foatlukoif certing, boss; said she -I'v
go Tyrbngj but, on the 'dtizea; "if I swear to a lie T stick
, are 4uite well endowed fto hmi 1 , .:; .
lueviiaui
contrary,
,facultiei, an'd -generally capable
of determining the right, and of
acting accordingly, provided they .
start- from pound premises,
Science of Health. j
Indrtslvy, Intetllgeuce aud Vir
tue -Esutlal to National
- Prosperity.
The rising generation must be
taught that labor is honorable
that idleness is disrefpectable
that he who earns his bread by
the . sweat of his brow is I truly
'God's nobleman" and that in
dolehcei a want of enterprise, or
the habit of living upon the fruits
pf'others's toii, and scorning those
whose muscleiare hardened with
honest labor,)'is unapproved of
6od and depreciated by aii edu
cated V aiid ) elevated humanity.
This must be done, else an I aris-
tooiiicy-more dangerous than that
of some ot the nations of the Old
World will hasten, our -destruction.
Itt mustcondiiue to be an
eleinentof biir religion, "or the
great promoter of moral goodness k
aid '-perfection. The dissemina
tion of ; intelligence among -the
people, .with an appreciative
8eise of bu r )rel lance on Hi m
who holds the destinies of nations
in HisMiands," is. necessary as a
people. Without the approving X
sniiies of Jel-ocah, vain will be our
efforts in perpetuating the great
fabric of our nation ality JffAe
Brown.
A Newspaper Pliilaataropist.
Imagine a character like this:
A'' person of really kindly and
helptuH disposition, who begin
by doing good on the sly, and
spending a'largepart or nts time
in keeping his doings secret; wlio
is muclito his chagriu acciden
tally biiiijd out ; much more to t
his chagcin-r-praised privately by '
his friends ; still more to his chag
rin praised anonymously, in the
nevvspapers ; later, to his intense
nifJrtiticatiou, actually named iu '
tho;uevv8paper8 as not altogether , .
discouuectod with a certain piece
of phi an thiropy,, which if obscure
and unpreteutiousj is ajl the mory r
rare aud prajsworthy in these
days of, self;honoring ben volence ; '
and -who -at last acquires such an
appetite for public recognition of ,
his, generous aud unselfish lite
thatrthe objects of his anxiety are
.altogether removed .from the field .
of; philanthropy to that . of jour
uali8in; he live3 on the applause )
of;' those vyho , never, suspect the "
utter change wrought in his once , !
beautiful character,' and dies tri
umphant iiV the sure prospect of a
costly monument: 2TAc Old Gib-
inet ; Scrwncr s.y : ,
Purity of Speech.
k The great excellency of the '
Chirstioii religion is its power to
purify1 the7 lieart from sin. The
The types .and . emblems of the :
ceremoni .1 dispel in m shod nved
X . .1. ' ' . ... .... .... I., mm 4-1... )A i
of purity! r: .
: ' The grace of Gpl which brin-
eth salvation" was manifested to
the world in the person of our -iSavibr,,kwh6l,gave
himself for us
thatIHe might redeem us from all
iniquity ami purify uiito himself
a peculiar people!'' His charac-
ter' wime on ;vann,- ins aciions,
words, all were
;uHt If
hote of glory, then "when he
shalPappear, we shall be like him,
for wv, shall see Him as He is."
And 'every man that hath .this
tope in him' purifieth himself,'
even as he is pure;" - Those who r
will give attention to the matter,
will be impressed with the num-
berand clearness of the passages
Of Scripture, tliat refer to the care
We)slioiild exercise in regard to :
wbrdskThere is no dutys more '
plainly set forth, or morejsoleran-
ly enjoined. ' '" .'' ': :'! ; ;
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