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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-13
CLAUS SPRECKELs. VIM. G. IRWIN
Claus SpreCkelS & Go
b AN * Il R - .
AGENTS FOR

HONOLULU HI
San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
Bank of San Francisco.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN FRANCISCO-The Nevada Bank
of San Francisco.
LONDON-The Union Bank of Lon
don, Ltd.
NEW YORK-American Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
CHICAGO-Merchants National Bank.
PARIS-Comptoir National d'Escomp-
tie de Paris.
BERLIN-Dresden Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA-Th
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA =
Bank of New Zealand
VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER-Bank
of British North America.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Deposits Received. Loans Made on
Approved Security. Commercial and
Travellers Credits Issued. Bills of Ex-
change Bought and Sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY AC-
COUNTED FOR.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-13
REGARDED AS A DUTY.

81 lost my appetite and became
weak. At last l was taken very sick.
My attention was called to Hoods
Sarsaparilla and l took bottle and
it made me feel better l have taken
five bottles and am now well. 1 feel
it my duty to tell you what Hoods
Sarsaparilla has done" Mrs. A. Ever
sen, Wedderburn, Oregon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-13
MACEDONIAN CUSTOMS.

At Macedonian wedding it is GUS
tomary for the bridegroom to lead
home the bride by halter. AS she
enters the door he knocks her head
against the wall as a sign to her that
she must behave herself properly or
it will be the worse for her.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-13
ALAS! FOR THE DRESS SUIT.
Barkeepers Downing 1t as a Uniform
in New York.

These are degenerate days for the
full dress suit, says the New York
Herald. At a prizefight held recently
in Gonbers, tall, blonde young man
attracted the attention of everybody
but especially the men and boys in
the cheap seats. He wore the crush
hat, the Inverness cape, one side flap
ping boldly over the shoulder, show
ing the black satin lining \ broad
eXpanse of shirt front was revealed
between the long lapels of his swal-
lowtail. The rude men and boys in
the cheap seats whistled and chirped
and called him willie" and others
cried, "How did they let you in?"
Does your mother know you're out ?"
and other things equally discomtiting
to man bent on appearing swell. The
gallery gods deemed him a swell es-
capped from some drawing room to see
the mill. The elegantly attired man
was, in fact, JEFF Thorne, an English
man and middleweight boxer. and la
ter a participant in the principal go
of the evenings gentle entertain
ment.
And now the immaculate white jack
ct of the bartender has been super
seeded by the clawhammer. Entering
a cafe on West One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth street the other night, I
beheld four barkeeps mixing cocktails
and pushing out beer to a thirsty
crowd. The liquor ladders were all
dressed with extra correctness in
formal evening attire. Even the usu-
al low, turned down collar has been
replaced by the choker and the char
acteristic cravat of gorgeous hues had
given away to a modest white bow.
No diamonds of hazel nut dimensions
glistened in their shirt fronts either
Just quiet, white buttons were to be
seen there.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-13
Collection Agency

Any accounts entrusted to me will
be collected with promptness and inn
mediate returns made.
Special attention given to all legal
work in connection with collections.
ALBERT HO0GS.
In Office of ]. A. Magoon, Attorney
at Law, next to Postoffice, Honolulu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-13
Made
From
Hawaiian
Fruit.

The Guava, like the Mango,
a fruit which furnishes food
for many a people throughout
all tropical countries, possesses
medicinal virtues which are
certainly beneficial. A fam
Gus English writer, in treating
on the subject, stated that the
Almighty might have made a
better fruit, but if 50 it had
not been discovered.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-13
It's a
temptation
letimes

to Grocer to buy imitation
foods.
He could make so much more
profit and get rich so much
quicker.
So he reasons and too often
fails.
1t requires stamina to sell
pure food of the best quality
all the time and at bedrock
prices.
LEWIS BE 60.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-13
Cordial

We have prepared a Cor
dial from the fruit of the
Guava which cannot be sur
passed for correcting bowel
troubles. A sure panacea for
dysentery and summer COM
plant. Safe to administer to
children. The taste is quite
pleasant.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15

been surprised at what followed had it
been the girl in danger. l must confess,
however, that under the circumstances
l was thoroughly dazed. There were no
ladders handy, and hSrdly time to raise
them If there had agen, for Kitchener
had evidently tainted, and if rescued at
all must be rescued quickly. Cal saw
that in flash, and instead of waiting
to discuss things with anyone he whip
ped off his coat, threw it over his head
to protect himself from smoke and
flame as much as possible, and rushed
straight into the burning house. There
were yells of, why, it's Cal Vanport!
Stop him. and the like, and while
these were still sounding Cal himself
appeared at the window with Kitchener
in his arms.
Then Cal disappeared to fight his way
down the stairs to life and air again.
for he dared not jump with his heavy
burden. l thought he would never get
out, but he did, though it seemed hours
before he staggered through the door
with Kitchener, comparatively unscath-
ed.
But although Kitchener was safe and
sound, Cal was painfully hurt. A broad
red cash across his face showed that
he would probably be handsome man
no more, and the moment after he was
relieved Of Filchener's weight he stag
gered and fell unconscious. had
jumped from my buggy, and ran to
him, but Helen Woodmansie was there
before me and she dashed water
brought from the well into Calls face,
while hastily bound up the cash be-
fore taking him to the little white
washed cottage, which was not far
away. Helen went with me to the cot
tage, and insisted on remaining while
1 completed the dressing of his wounds.
It was Helen, also, of all the North Pisa
folks, who first learned what l had
found out some time before. Mrs. Van
port had washing machine, indeed.
but it was human and not wood and
iron, and its name was Cal. His moth
ers health had long been so bad that
he dared not leave her alone, and, be-
sides, he had found that with his great
strength I've could earn more at the
dashboard than in the field, and all the
time he had been held to be ''shif'l less
loafer' he had actually been saving
money, with which in time he meant
to go away from North Pisa and begin
all over again.
This is about all there is to tell about
the case of Cal Vanport, except that he
got well in good time, that he was ever
afterward the most popular man in
North Pisa, and that when Helen
Woodmansie was married Billy Filche-
ner was not the bTidegroom.-Rcck
Mouptain News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15

The cut represents the Jersey COW
Adelaide, the property of Messrs. Miller
and Sibley. She is IS per cent. ST. LAM
bert blood. A glance at the udder, as
represented here, would indicate an un-
usually heavy mixer, but her actual
record outstrips even this indication.
For the thirty-one days beginning May
25 and ending June "a she gave total
of 2,OO5A pounds of milk. In making
this record she was MIXED three times
daily at intervals of eight hours. Every
milking was witnessed by at least two
persons; sometimes by as many as six.
This beats all previous records in the
Jersey breed. Adelaide's average per
day during the test was 81 SOFIA
pounds, her best daily record 7oA
pounds, followed by records of % and
7OA pounds. AS she weighs 1,OO2
pounds, her milk yield during the thir-
ty-one days is seen to be more than
twice her weight. But her best one
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15

be a fight that night. The squire he
called Cal shif'less lGafer right to his
face and swung his big cane real
threatenin' like. Then the squire said
Helen didn't think no more OF Cal than
a yellow dog. Cal KEEP still till then,
but at that be picked the squire up
Just 'sif he'd been baby an kerried
him out in the street, a-kickin' an
a-wigglin' like all possessed.
at was then Cal said he shouldn't
try to see the girl. But he told the
squire that he'd better not mention her
name to him no more when he was
a-speakin' about yeller dogs if he want
ed to keep out of trouble, an the squire
shet right up an went home. Cal does
sometimes seem to have n bit of spunk
in him, but you'd think he'd be 'shamed
to let his mother work so hard an he
do nothin. Why, say, the washings
that little old woman III do in one day
are sometimes big enough for two or
three like her Some thinks she has
machine, but nobody can't git no furth
er into her house than the front room,
late years. and nobody can't find out
nothin'."
At about u o'clock one night the next
week my doorbell rang furiously, and
when went down | found Cal Van
port waiting for me. His face was pale
and he was evidently much excited.
He said his mother was very i'll and he
hoped I'd hurry. L found her not nearly
rcl orb hn
would have to stay abed some days,
and preparing some medicine with my
own hands I gave Cal instructions for
giving it and started to go. Cal follow
ed me into the yard.
Nobody must know mother is sick"
he said earnestly, and I'm going to tell
you why Doctors have to keep good
many secrets, and guess you can keep
mine"
Then Cal Vanport told me his own
story. It took him an hour or more, but
it made him more interesting to me
than ever, and it won for him devoted
friend. A month or six weeks later
along in the fall-all North Pisa knew
Cal Vanport's story as we'll as l did,
and when the facts came out he took
new position in the community at once,
1t all happened at a party given at
Squire Woodmansie's home in celebra-
ton. SO it was understood, of an en-
gagement to marry that had at last
been arranged between Helen and
Billy Kitchener, the fruit farmer.
Everybody of any standing in North
Pisa and around about for miles was
invited, and everybody came, for such
social gatherings were rare enough
there. OF course /, being the village doc
tor, was invited with the others, and.
Of course, went, though arrived late
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15

THE CASE OF
! CAL VANPORT.


course, her folks didn't like the idea Of
her marryin' q washerwoman's son,
and so they sent her away to school for
a year or two. At that time most folks
kinder sympathized with Cal, but now
he's growed up SO shif'less like they
don't no more. Her folks is a-tryin' to
git her to marry Billy Kitchener, the
berry farmer. He's a likely chap, with
his land most paid fer, but somehow
Helen she don't geem to care much fer
him. Cal Vanport amt got no chancet,
though, and he amt a-tryin' none,
neither; he amt got enough gumption.
I herd him tell Squire Woodmansie
right here in front of my shop one night
about year ago that he shouldn't try
to see Helen no more. 1 thought they'd
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
Art of Butter-M Making.

Butter is an article that sells strictly
on it's merits. A dairyman who gets his
own price for butter states that churn-
ing is not the most important work in
butter-making, as the beginning is in
the management of the cow and the
handling of the milk. Whether the
market is fully supplied or not, there is
always a demand for ''choice." AL
though good and medium" grades
may be quoted, yet there is no half
way house in the quality of butter. 1t
is either choice or bad" and the in
ferior kind is that which sells low.
Some dairymen get so cents pound
for their butter the whole year, the
ruling market price not affecting 1t, as
1t sells strictly on quality.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
Stir the Surface Soil.

A hard rain packs the ground, the
moisture, however, going into the
ground that has been loosened instead
of flowing away. Water will evaporate
from the ground during warm, dry
days, and as the moisture from the
surface is lost that from below rises,
by capillary attraction, to take it's
pace. Millions of small tubes are form
ed, through which the waiter is drawn
upward, and to prevent the loss the
tubes should be broken off or sealed
at the top. This is done when the sur
face soil is stirred to the depth of an
inch, the dry earth serving as blanket
to keep the moisture in the soil. If a
shower comes and again dampens the
surface the stirring of the soil should
be repeated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
Some Dairy Hints


If the butter is too soft, feed the cow
some potatoes.
Wash all milk vessels with cold water
before scalding.
Crosses are usually better for farmers
than pure breds.
Stringy milk can be cured by keep
ing the cows clean.
Whitewashed stables mean fewer
flies and more milk.
A COW that tests below 8 per cent is
not worth keeping.
Whenever possible test the cows
milk before buying her.
If the butter is mottled work it Il
little more after sailing.
Cows and horses should not be al
lowed in the same pasture
Richer feed does not mean richer
milk; it means more milk.
Many dairymen like an ounce of salt
to the pound Of butter.
Do not wet your hands when milking;
if you do you flavor the milk.
When butter is poor don't blame the
COW. Blame your own want of skill.
Adding hot water to cream while
churningis the worst Of all practices.
Warm milk from the cow does not
absorb odors. While cooling keep 1t IN
Q pure atmosphere.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15

and went away early, being called to
attend patient. In spite of the rumor.
there was no formal announcement.
though all the men winked knowingly
whenever they saw Billy Kitchener in
his Sunday go-to-meetings and the tight
boots, from which he was suffering Sc
verely. The supposed bride to be SEEM
ed quite out of sorts when saw her,
and wondered if, down in her heart,
she was thinking of Cal Vanport-
It was an hour past midnight when
returned to the village from the drive
to attend my patient and l noticed as
l drove past the Woodmansie house
that it's windows were still brightly
lighted, though the guests were rapidly
going home. AS I drove slowly by /
caught sight Of a tall, broad-shouldered
figure, standing in the deep shadows Of
some shrubbery. 1t was the figure Of
Cal Vanport.
Suddenly there was cry from the
house, then a bright light and long
tongues Of fame began to leap from the
windows In an incredibly short time
the entire upper part of the house was
ablaze In an instant there was the
widest confusion. Men and women
ran screaming from the burning struc-
ture, and there were frenzied inquiries
for this one and that one. All seemed
to be accounted for, when suddenly the
cry, "Where's Billy FilchenerY was
raised. The next minute he was seen
in a second story window, to which he
had struggled, gasping for breath and
with his clothes on fire in half a dozen
places. If he had not been scared out
of his senses he would have jumped
and saved himself, for he was not more
than twelve or fifteen feet from the
ground, but as it was he was as help
less as if he had been a thousand feet
up. There were shouts that he must be
saved, Of course, but nobody seemed to
understand how it could be done, and
while the talk went on the fire burned
more fiercely.
1t was then that Cal Vanport came
to the front. Knowing him as had
come to know him, should not have
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
kahr Corn.

What is known as Kaffir corn is be-
coming quite popular among Western
farmers It is a kind of sorghum in
which the juices are not sweet, and are
changed to seeds at the top Of the stalk,
much as broom corn seed and sorghum
seed are grown. The grain Of Kaffir
corn is about twice as large as that of
Sorghum. When ground it is preferred
by many, for griddle cakes, to buck
wheat -four. The stalks of Kaffir corn
lack the sweetness Of corn stalks, and
it is very unlikely that this plant will
supersede ordinary corn except where
it Is found that it will stand dry wealth
err better than other corn will.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
Buckwheat in Orchards.

Perhaps as good crop as any to
grow in the orchard is buckwheat. Its
seed is so cheap, and the mulch It's
growth makes is so effective, that 1t
more than offsets the poverty of buck
wheat in fertilizirg material. Where
buckwheat is sown in orchards the land
will be made extremely light and moist,
especially if the last crop of buckwheat
in the season is plowed under. The only
drawback to this is that growing buck
wheat leaves the soil bare, and in a Sc
we're winter frost may penetrate deep
ly enough to injure the roots OF fruit
trees. The peach tree is especially apt
to be injured by winter freezing of the
soil near the tree.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
yar;ous Hints for the House,

If farmers wives viii fold neWspa-
per bias and tie funnel shaped around
the top of churn it will save the cream
splashing ON the floor and kitchen fur
niture Some tacks put in baby's feed
ing bottle will clean it quicker than
anything else. Start your little chicks
with millet seed, and it viii save you
a number of dollars worth Of poultry.
A pair Of rubber boots or overshoes is
the best carpet stretcher there is, and
never Injuries the carpet.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
For Soiled Clothes.

A place for soiled clothes may be
made from a barrel. Sugar barrels are
best because they are strong and well
made. Have a cover made of wood
and hinge to the barrel, then line the
barrel and cover the lid with I'M
bleached muslin or any material pre-
ferred, and tack it securely in several
places. For the cover select some strong
serviceable goods. Cover the top draw
ing the goods tight and tack securely
on the under surface four inches from
the rim and finish with circular piece
of lining to hide the raw edges. Gather
the fabric on stout strings for the up
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
TnKeen Butter Cool.

In the middle of your cellar floor dig
a hole or vault three and one-half feet
deep and three and one-half feet
square. Wall it up with brick laid in
lime mortar and cement and floor it
with soft brick. Lay frame of good
hardwood in mortar upon the top Of
this vault. Hinge to the frame trap
door of plank two inches thick, max
ing it fit smoothly over the top. Then
after the cream is separated and cooled
put it down in the vault to ripen. But
ter may be kept there in the agreeable
GOODNESS also.-Farmers' Review.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
Cooking Meat.

A thick joint takes longer to cook
than thin one of the same weight.
Meat with bone cooks more quickly
than meat without.
Put the meat on a hot dish and keep
it hot while you make the gravy.
Pour away the dripping into clean
basin.
Pour a sufficient quantity of hot wa
ter or stock into the dripping tin. Add
pepper and salt and a dredge of -four
and boil I'D
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
Carmel Ice Cream.

Take three pounds of dark brown
sugar, stir in an iron saucepan over a
brisk fire until it is liquid, add to this;
a pint of boiling milk, stirring until it
curdles, strain off the liquid put it aside,
to cool. When cold add this liquid to
a gallon of cream or unsweetened GUS
tard, which it will both sweeten and
flavor. 1t improves this ice cream. to
add pound of almonds blanched and
shredded fine when it is nearly frozen.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
Blackberry Cordial.

Take any quantity of berries, mash
and strain through cloth. To quart
of juice and three cents worth Of
ground mace, three cents worth of
cloves and allspice mixed, three quar-
tiers pint of water, one pound Of sugar.
Boil slowly one hour; then add one
quart brandy (or good whisky to two
quarts of juice. Let partly cool. Bot
tie and cork tight, but need not seal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
Ventilation of Barns.

Many barns and other farm buildings
ore made very uncomfortable in sum-
mer by the heat that comes in through
the windows. The cut shows a good
plan for keeping out the sun. Cover
the glass with whitewash or f1our-paste,
to make the glass Opaque; then set the
windows out at an angle, with board
side pieces, as suggested in the cut.
These side pieces keep out much sun
right that would otherwise get in at
the sides of the windows. If windows
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
seedin. Timothx with Buckwhee

On low land, where buckwheat is the
crop chiefly grown, it is often desirable
to seed the land again. Sowing timothy
seed among the buckwheat while it IS
growing will do this as we'll, if not bet
ter, than any other plan, especially if
there are rains. The young grass will
be we'll rooted by the time the buck
wheat is ready to be got off the ground.
No blowing is needed, and though there
is always some waste Of buckwheat in
harvesting, no harm will be DONE as
the timothy will so occupy the ground
by spring that there will be little and
perhaps no buckwheat in next years
hav crop
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15

Every housewife knows that when
a great pan Of tomatoes must be
skinned for stewing or canning it is the
work of a few minutes only to pour
scalding water over them, then cool
them, when the skins will slip from
them like magic. The same plan has
been tried with peaches.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
Duchesse Potatoes.

Blend with two cups of potatoes
freshly boiled in sailed water and beat
en- with fork until light one-fourth
their bulk in dry grated cheese and the
same amount of peanut flour, add the
yolk of an egg and tablespoonful Of
flour. Form into small cakes dollar
size, place on a buttered tin. brush with
melted butter and toast light brown
in a hot oven.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
No Blacksmith Needed.

A horseshoe which the veriest neo-
phyte with horses can replace upon the
hoof that casts it has been invented
This horseshoe, which is nailless, has
been invented by Glasgow man-Mr
NJ. McDougall. 1t is of the usual shape,
but has two projections, one on each
side at the back, which engage rings
at the ends Of a band. which passes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15

gets through it. If the upper eight or
ten feet of wall are of brick or stone,
lay in cement, so that contaminated
surface water cannot reach the house
hold supply. Much sickness can be
traced to impure water
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
WindfalI Apples,

Good vinegar is usually a scarce ar
ticle. There is at all times full sup
ply on, the market, but not the best
cider vinegar. TANNERS who use wind
fall apples, or those that are decayed,
make a mistake. The best vinegar
can only be made of sound applies,
and where such crops cannot be sold
at fair prices they should be converted
would make a speciality of good vine
gar and seek buyers therefor they will
not find it difficult to secure an extra
price for superior article.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
Iced Canta1oupe.

Cut the melon pulp in uniform pieces
sprinkle lightly with a tablespoonful Of
sugar and tablespoonful each of salt and
cinnamon sifted together, pack in freez-
er can, surround with ice and salt and
let stand an hour.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15
Banana Croauettes.

Strip the skins from four bananas,
cut in halves crosswise, make straight
on ends, roll in powdered sugar, pour
over the juice of three lemons and let
stand covered in cold place for an hour.
Dip in egg, then in bread crumbs and
fry in deep fat.