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The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-04-08

The bi-woekly drills Of the Honolulu Rifles
taudIto advance the "raw-rCcruIts' well along in
the school OF the soldier and on the initial parade
of the company, probably Decoration day, Cap
tain Aldrich hopes that his men will make pre-
ssntable appearance.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-04-08

Peter Johnson a prisoner doing sentence for
having opium in possession, became missing on
the morning Of the LIST inst, and the authorities
suspect that he left the country in one of the sail
ing vessels. However they have offered a reward
of sos for his reCapture.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-04-08

Hawaiian bonds
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-04-08

Tie "Kapiolaui' boat club is again making an
effor, to obtain a reputation, as it already has
name, and members have concluded to begin act
i've training in the near future preparatory to
an attempt to battle for the championship medal
on November 2Sth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
How to Kill CRASH oppers.

Frederick Fisher, an extensive
farmer of Creighton, Knox County,
Neb., gives the following remedy for
disposing of the pests: II have an
infallible remedy which 1 have tried
for many years upon my farm. After
trying many methods for driving away
or killing the grasshoppcrs, 1 finally
tried sulphur-smoke, and it proved a
decided success. The remedy is simply
this: Take hay, straw, or rubbish, and
dump it off in forkfuls about a rod
apart over the field on the windward
side. Next sprinkle from one-fourth
to half pound of sulphur on each pile
and in the evening set the contents on
fire. About shutdown, the air being
sufficiently heavy to keep the smoke
down close to the ground, the wind
will roll it all over the field. The
smoke will scent everything growing
upon the field to such an extent that
grasshoppers will never come there
again during the season that the
sulphur is applied. 1 tried this method
for three seasons in succession when
the grasshoppers swarmed in myriads
from the Rocky Mountains, and 1t al
ways proved successful. The fourth
time applied the sulphur-smoke the
troublesome insects had been Matched
upon the field and cut off the crop of
wheat clear to the roots, but after
being smoked they disturbed nothing
further. For about eighty acres Of
land forty to fifty pounds of sulphur
are reuuired.'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08

should learn to sew, and It is not 80.
very hard either. Come, I'll show yon
how, taking the piece of work out of
the child's hand. But the tears only
flowed faster and the little thing sobbed
out: ..I-don' want to = learn .
Then piped up a voice shrilly from a
back seat: HE aim a girl: he s boy"
With this unlocked for explanation the
effort to coax the unwilling subject to
do distasteful work was Immediately
abandoned. This story is very proba-
bly, a true one, and it is quoted here to
enforce the desirability of teaching lit
tie boys as well as little girls the use of
the needle. A boy need not be seam
stress, buthe ought to be able to sew
on button with neatness and despatch.
He may with advantage be trained in
plying the needle and thread in vari-
ETY. of ways. If he should never be
called upon to put his knowledge to
use the acquisition will be no loss. On
the other hand, at school or college,
travelling and under other circum-
stances the ability to do little sewing
may be most useful to him. Mother
and sisters will not be always on hand
to meet his necessities in this respect,
and he is more likely than not to have
cause again and again to be thankful
that he was taught in his youth to sew.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
Humble-Bee and Glover.

There is much of sentimental twaddle
in the assertion that without the hum
ble-bee, that red CbienniaD clover
would be thing of the past in two
years, and the reason why the first crop
ofred clover does not produce seed is the
annual broods of humble-becs have not
at that season acquired sufficient
numbers to fertilize the blossoms.
The facts are, in the United States
the humble-bee is as heretofore, COM
paratively rare in comparison with 9TH
er insect tribes, and however valuable
these insects may be in the fertilizing
of the plants growing solitary, the fer
tilizing of vast areas performed by Ma
ture is brought about, generally, in 9TH
er ways; else the breeding of humble
bees must be in the same ratio as the
production of seed, raised in limited
areas, and in vast quantities in the ag-
gregate, upon maximum yield to five
bushels per acre.
1t is hardly probable that the COM
paratively rare and lazy humble-bee
alone fertilizes the blossoms to produce
our vast annual production of clover
seed. Its fertilization, however, may
easily be accounted for through minute
insects, if not by pollen borne by the
winds.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
No Excuse for Burning Up.

"Safcst town in New England is this
town. remarked a drummer the other
day, as the Boston train rolled into q
gloomy depot at Salem, Mass. Gland.
lord takes no end of trouble to save you
from being burned up. Notice posted
right upon the WALL Reaching a
room in a hotel few minutes later,
the drummer pointed to this:
''NOTICE
''1n case of fire the means of escape
from this room is to turn to the right.
"At the southern end of this pas
sage-way there is a fire escape with
egress through q window.
'At the northern end of this passage
there is an egress through window
and down over the roof id the rear.
''There will be red lights burning
drought the night at the main stair
way. After going down one flight,
turn to the left and keep to the left.
(I'he next stairway is under the above
''Otherwise turn to the right through
the passage-way and keep to the right
and down the other stairs.
"a Waterman will be on duty
through the night, and in case of fire
will sound the gong.'
"There, how's that?' exclaimed the
drummer. "Now look here.' He
threw open a window. 1t was just
about eight feet to the sidewalk.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
THE LOsT KISS !

I put by the half written poem. =.
Writes on-0Had words to complete it,
Who'd read it and who'd understand?'
but the little, bare feet on the stairway,
And the faint smOthered laugh in the hall
And the eerie low lisp on the silence,
/ Try up to me over it all.
SO gather it up-where was broken
The tear faded thread of my theme,
Telling how as one night sat writing,
A fairy broke in on nv dream,
A little inquisitive fairy
MY own little girl with the gold
OF the Sun in her hair, and the dewv
Blue eyes of the fairies-of old.
Twas the dear little girl that scolded-
"f0r was it moment like this,''
s To eo,aH hen she knew was busy,
And clamoring there at my knee
For one little kiss for dolly,
And one little uZZer for me!'''
God pity the heart that repelled her
And the cold hand that turned her away
And take from the lips that denied her
This answerless prayer of to-day!
Take, Lord. from my mem'ry forever
That pitiful sob of despair,
And the patter and trip of the little bare feet
AND the one piercing cry on the heart!
put by the half written poem,
While the pen idly trailed i'm my hand,
Write on-"Had words to complete it,
Who'd read it, or who'd understands
But the little bare feet on the stairway,
And the faint smothered laugh in the hall,
And the eerie low lisp in the silence,
Cry up to me over ALL. ". Riley.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
Girls and Tools.

If boys should be taught to use needle
and thread girls may we'll learn to use
a hammer and nails. There are many
women who cannot drive nail straight.
1t certainly would not be disgrace to
any of our sex to be able to use ham,
mer or screw-driver. Perhaps the saws
and planes are out of the question. l
know women who can lay carpet bet
ter than the majority of men, and where
outside help for such purposes cannot
be afforded and the men folks. cannot
make a respectable job with all their
efforts, and the women can, the latter
sometimes do it, although it is hard
work. Of course the male members of
the fam. ly ought to be able to do such
work so that it shall fall to their lot to
relieve the gentle sex. But woman
by no means begins to unsex herself
because she uses hammer when
necessity calls. Let the boys and the
girls learn variety of household arts
so that if it fares with them after the
manner of Robinson Crusoe, or they
become missionaries abroad, or fortune
fails them at home, they may be ready
to meet any one of the ordinary emer-
gencies that straitened circumstances
may bring.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
Father, Mother, and Three Sisters Dead.

fatner, M0tner, ana I1ree SlsCers Uea0.
Mr.. David Claypool, formerly Sergeant
alarms ofthe New Jersey Senate, and now
Notary Public at Cedarville, Cumberland
Co., N. j., makes The following startling
statement: "My father, mother, and three
sisters all died with consumption, and my
lungs were SO weak raised blood. Nobody
thought 1 could live. My work (ship-
smithing was very straining on me with my
weak constitution, and was rapidly going
to the grave. While in this condition l
commenced using Mishler's Herb Bitters,
and it saved my life. Because it was so
difficult to get it in this little place, and l
had improved so much, stopped taking it
for a time, and the result is that have
commenced going rapidly down hill again.
Somehow, Mishler's Herb Bitters gives
appetite and strengthens and builds me up
as nothing else does, and I must have q
dozen bottles at once. Use this comml-
nication as you please, and if any one wants
to he convinced of its truth, let them write
me and l will make affidavit to it, for l
owe my life to Mishler's Herb Bitters."
Thesecret of the almost invariable relief
and cure of consumption, dysentery, diar-
rhea, dyspepsia, indigestion, kidney and
liver complaints, when Mishler's Herb
Bitters is used, is that it contains simple,
harmless, and yet powerful ingredients,
that act on the blood, kidneys, and liver,
and through them strengthens and invigor-
ates the whole system. Purely vegetable
in its composition; prepared by regular
physician; standard medicinal prepare
ton; endorsed by physicians and drug
gists. These are four strong points in favor
Of Misk--er's Herb Bitters. Mishler's Herb
Bitters is sold by all druggists. Price $l.00
per large bottle. 6 bottles for $500.
AK your druggist for MnHIER's HERB B111ERs
he does not keep it. DO not take anything else but
IS Commerce Street. Philadelphia.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
Spring VS.. Winter Wheat.

The Illinois correspondent of the
Country Gentleman, in an article on
wheat crops and wheat failures, in re-
lation to the returns of Central Illinois
farms for spring-wheat cultivation,
says that "this spring-wheat movement
seems to be spontaneous one, deter
mined rather from the consciousness of
the individual than from anything of
recommendation or discussion outside,
or in the newspapers. Wheat scarcity
is threatened in the not remote future,
and the interest of self-preseryation
prompts the agriculturist to prepare
for the emergency. But. perhaps, as
in the case of the winter wheat crop,
which the soil refused to produce for a
considerable time, and then gave great
yields, the causes of the failure of
spring wheat have disappeared, and
with the coming season and others fol-
lowing we may have the satisfaction of
gathering abundant crops. At any
rate, there is something interesting and
remarkable about this spontaneous re-
turn to spring wheat growing worthy
of further inyestigation.'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
Cased in ArmOr.

The armadillos are the mail-clad
warriors of nature; and the most COM
pletely armored of the whole odd family
of armadil]os is a beautifully orna-
mented little fellow called by the nat
uralists Tolypentes and by the Brazil
ians ''bolita'' "Bolita' means ''little
ball. and the armadillo was so named
because it has the power of rolling it.
self up into the shape of ball. Its
various shields are so arranged that
when the bolita rolls itself up it makes
perfect ball of hard shell.
A traveller in Brazil tells of watching
some little children at play tossing a
large ball, about the size of football.
When they were tired of the game they
threw the ball on the ground, and to
his surprise it turned into an animal
and ran hastily away. 1t was one OF
these little armadillos.
The same traveller says that he has
seen these animated balls used by lit
tie child in playing with a kitten. The
game may have annoyed the bolita, but
it could not have caused it any injury,
because of the perfect protection af-
forded by it's armor.
1t has need of all the protection it
can have, for it lives in land where
the mischievous monkey is plentiful.
Anybody who has seen monkeys teasing
each other will be able to gain some
idea of the torment the slow-witted ar
madillo must undergo as it is passed
about from one to another of party of
monkeys When Tolypentes is set
upon by the frolicsome monkeys, how
ever, it suddenly curls up, and is safe
within itself. The baffled tormenters
turn it over and over, looking in great
establishment for the tail they know
must bethere. If Tolypentes had any
sense of humor he would certainly laugh
heartily withinhis shell at the chatter
ing, grinning crowd.
AS the bolita, like the other arma
dillos, burrows in the earth, it has fore
feet suitable for that work. Its toes
are armed with long and hard claws,
which enable it to dig with wonderful
quickness. Instead of walking upon
the fiat part of its front feet, the bolta
walks upon the tips of its toes, and
in doing so looks comically dainty and
mincing. At the~same time it can
move with considerable swiftness.
The armadillos live only in South
America, and are small in size COM
pared to the gigantic armadillo that
lived ages ago. The largest now living
is not more than three feet long, while
that of former ages was as large as a
big diping-table.-John r. Coryell, in
St. Nicholas for June.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
THE ENGINEER'S STORY,

The hour was ten, the night was dark,
The fast express was late,
And if there is in railroad life
One thing l fiercely hate,
IT'S finishing run up like
An owl train or freight.
The dear old engine shot ahead,
Though big the load she drew;
Regardless quite of cloud and night,
She shook herself and flew;
And, spite of grades and curves and cuts,
She drove the darling through.
thought knew the tricks and ways,
OF every one-horse road
That crossed the track, and small respect
To any such l showed,
But whistled for the crossings, while
Our speed was scarcely slowed.
Just as we flew around a curve,
And darted through cut,
/ saw sight that made me start
AS if felt shot;
A freight train lay before us, like
A wagon in rut.
Across the track its length was stretched,
And not a wheel was stirred,
While down the grade my big machine
Went flying like bird;
pulled the rope and worked the valves,
But could not speak word.
did my BEST but toward the freight
We speeded like fash,
With not a hope but that we might
Go through it with dash,
And I could only stand and stare,
And wait the coming crash.
A level head lightning brain,
Oh, who can tell their worth?
Above all values wealth can give,
Or rank, or place. or birth;
And such head at such time
Outweighs the solid earth
It wasn't mine-some other mans:
A brakeman on the freight,
Who saw us aiming at his train,
And coming for It straight;
And when he got his work in, you
May bet he didn't wait.
AS quick as thought that fellow jumped
And pulled coupling pin,
And thus he cut the train in two
Just where the rails begin.
And signaled to his engineer
To 60 ahead like sin.
The engine puffs and pulls; the train
Starts slowly like snail,
And through little space see
Our line of shining rail;
But when we sped across the space,
My very beard turned pale.
The buffer of the rear most car
We tore away with ease;
But that was nothing; down dropped
And prayed upon my knees
That I might never know again
So very tight squeeze.
A little matter? Had you stood
Where was standing then,
Won iphf have ca i1 fh at III wOnI0 test
The powers of tongue or pen
To well describe that brakeman's deed:
One of million men.
-Drdke's TraUellers' Magazine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
Live Stock Notes.

The curd of sour milk mixed with
scalded meal makes excellent food for
young poultry.
The per capita consumtion of Indian
corn in the United states is twenty-seven
bushels, or SO per cent of the crop,
nearly all fed to stock. The export was
2 per cent, on crop of 1900, 100000
bushels, this would leave 100000
bushels for export.
Severe winter weather and heavy
snow IS reported to have reduced the
summer hog crop by half million
head in the five principal hog-raising
states of the West.
Horses are generally fond of lump
sugar, and take kindly to those who
offers it to them occasionally. Sweets
and gentle tirmness will work wonders
with growing colts.
The working of butter in creameries
is by rolling out, wiping with a soft
sponge, continue until the larger part
of the moisture is pressed out, and then
carefully sailing and lightly working in
the salt.
The fatty-humped cattle of Asia,
called Brahmins, introduced into Flori-
da some years ago, are said to be re-
cOgnizable in the Southern portion of
the state through their defendants
crossed with the native COWS of that
region.
The initial public sale of wool in St.
Louis, lately held, drew buyers from
widely-separated districts of the coun-
try, with spirited bidding and success
full sales. The offerings were $4,000
pounds of Texas wool which were
taken in three lots.
The Canadian COW Mary Anne of
St. Lamberts made thirty-six pounds
of butter in week. The American
COW Princess made forty-six pounds
twelve and a half ounces in a week.
Both were Jerseys. Great milk-and-
butter records are hard on the
digestion and Improbable to the
owners pocket.
Mr.. Joseph Anthony, Whitesides
County, Illinois bears testimony to the
thriftiness of fall-born calves, raised,
after their first few days, on warmed
skinned milk, oats or meal, and fine
hay. If they are we'll cared for such
calves come out hearty, and we'll fitted
to utilize the succulent grasses that
await them.
Alittle grain, or better, meal, when
pastures are not flush win 60 largely
towards increasing the profits on
fattening stock. 1t is absolutely
necessary to keep mich cows up to a
fulfilled condition to bring out the
greatest flow of milk. IF the grain or
meal is given at milking time the cow
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
Nervous DibiIitated Men

You are allowed free trial of thirty days
Of the use Of DR.. Dyes celebrated Voltaic
Belt with ELECTRIC Suspensory Appliances,
Nervous Debility, loss of Vitality and Man
hood, and all kindred troubles. Also, for
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to health, vigor and manhood guaranteed.
No risk is incurred. Illustrated pamphlet,
with full information, terms, etc, mailed
free by addressing Voltaic Belt Co., Mar.
shall, Mich.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08

will ..give down. = II the meal is
placed where fattening and growing
animals can take it at will they will
lick it in a dry state and not take an
undue quantity:
"A correspondent who processes to
know says six quarts of liquid be it
what it may, is enough for the calf.
More than this will cause the abdomen
to fall. But the mess may be increased
If the size of the stomach keeps pace
with the other growth of the calf. He
thinks .'pot-gutted'' calves come of
overlooking the stomach with poor
milk. Give them fresh milk the first
week. The second week one-half fresh,
the other half skinned milk. Under
no circumstance should it he given to
them without being warmed to the
same temperature of the mothers
milk.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08

When Baby was sick, we gave her CAS-
TORIA.
When she was Child, she cried for CAS-
TORIA.
When she became Miss, she chung to Cas-
TORIA.
When she had Children, she gave them
CASTORIA.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08

bright surfaces when not il use With .
thick paint Of Kerosene and common
lampblack. f the tools are then kept
where neither rain nor other causes will
wear off the covering, the surfaces will
remain as they were when painted, and
when used this will be carried off with
the first movement in the furrow, and
no clogging occur. There is also no
better medium for surfaces which some
times rust from, being out over night,
and the cost is next to nothing. ii,
however, the right surfaces have be-
come rusty, elbow-grease, assisted by a
bath-brlck and kerosene oil, will. re-
move the difficulty. $500
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
Plants and Perfumerv.

It is said that chemists can initiate
most perfumes in Nature. That they
do not yet do this successfully is shown
by the fact of the conversion of vast
quantities of natural productions yearly,
so indicating this, it is stated, that at
the perfumery establishments at Nice
and Cannes, France, alone no less than
$4,000 pounds of orange blossoms,
$4,000 pounds of rose leaves, $4,000
pounds of violets, 1920 pounds of
acacia blossoms, $4,000 pounds of jas
mine blossoms, $500 pounds of tube
roses are annually used in the prepara-
ton of perfumes, besides relatively
large amount of Spanish llacs, rose
mary, mint, lime, and lemon blossoms,
in addition to thyme, other plants
leaves, and flowers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
Boys and Needles.

An amiable gentlewoman who gives
sewing lessonsin a ragged school found
one of the smallest children in her class
one day listlessly holding the needle,
but making no attempt to use it.
"Why do You not 60 on with your sew
ing, little girl?" asked the teacher.
The child looked frightened, rubbed its
little knuckles into its eyes and tears
soon began to roll down its cheeks.
"Oh! don't cry" said the kind instruct
or ina soothing tone. Gan little girls
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08

White duck waist-coats are occa
sionally worn with douole- breasted
frock and coats and dark trousers for
dressy day occasions.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08
Summer PRUNING.

oumAoT frunln&.
At late discussion before the Iowa
Horticultural Society, participated in
by leading minds in that State, the
question of pruning orchards elected
the following. Mr.. Suel Foster: eff
small limbs are cut off yhen the leaf is
half or two-thirds grown the process of
healing the wound commences at once. :"
MI. A. J. Haviland: Il prefer to prune
when the leaves are two-thirds grown"
Mr.. Van Houten; Il prune about the
Goth of June" Mr.. Ferris: II do not
believe in much pruning, but that lit
tie should be done in june Mr.. I. H.
Speer: II prune at Cedar Falls the first
days of June, but do not like to prune
as late as the Goth of june The So
ciety by its vote indicated rule
which will work in any latitude, in the
axiom that: ''The best time for prun-
ing is when the leaf is from one-third
to one-half grown