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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21

The great dependence which people
here have upon the government must
come to an end. A very large number
of things which are expected from the
executive should be done by the people
themselves. When things have turn
ed out wrong there is very naturally a
growl, but it is no use growing when
the thing is done. Then is the time to
practice philosophy. If any growing
or kicking is done, it should be be-
fore the event; it might then prove OF
some use, but after it never. After all
the government is the people. At pres
ent all important posts are appointive,
the time will haply come when all po-
sitiOns will be elective. When they are
people will become just ten times as
self reliant as they are now.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21
CREMATION.
the board

Cremation is very surely making it's
way among the people of this commu-
nifty. A letter from Kauai shows that
it is a matter which people on the Is
lands are taking an interest in, and
that they are ready to put up money
to assist in inaugurating a crematory
in the city. 1t is a fact that there are
few proper burial places outside of
Honolulu, and that where estates pass
from hand to hand as they do at times
very little attention is paid to the
graves of those dear to former occu-
pants. Many would gladly avail them
selves of the opportunity of having
their dead cremated, and the ashes
kept in a properly arranged column
barium. The idea of the outer districts
being interested in the Honolulu move
ment is one which is new, but it is one
which, on presentation, is quite under
stanable.
Scattered over the group there are
small grave yards or cemeteries. Hilo
of course has it's Gods acre. and there
is one in North Kohala. One of the
prettiest and best kept church yards
is at Kealakekua, in Kona. And there
are other yards in good condition, but
many are in woeful plight. The ceme-
terry at Waikiki is simply awful. Cof-
fins are placed into the side of a sand
hill. 1t is most melancholy. Much
burial also takes place in uncon-
secrated ground, and much in leased
land. When the lease expires the land
as suggested by the correspondent, is
very liable to be ploughed up by the
next tenant
With the new light upon the subject,
the supporters of cremation should be
much encouraged and a company
should be formed for carrying out the
scheme. Government assistance is
what some are looking for, but why
wait for that. Go ahead and act for
yourself is a motto we should careful
ly digest and get into the way of en-
ploying. Leading strings should be cut
and we should be independent.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21
ADULTERATION.

After much committee work to be-
gin with, and considerable discussion
both in the House and the Senate, the
Legislature finally passed a bill pro-
Yiding for a food commissioner whose
duties were to examine food and drugs.
to analyze them, and to make a report
monthly to the Board of Health.
The commissioner, upon the order of
the Board of Health, was to proceed
against all who broke this law, and
penalties were also provided. More
over when the appropriation bill came
up an ample salary was fixed, and
shortly after the close of the Legisla-
ture a food commissioner was duly APP
pointed. About a week ago he resigned
from office.
AS far as any good coming from the
bill for the public, it might just as
well have never been passed. There
has not been a single prosecution I'M
der it, Whatever reports have been
made to the board have never seen the
light of day, if there ever has been
more than one report. One report we
know there has been, and this was
hustled out of sight at once. 1t dealt
with milk, and presumably brought
forward a condition of affairs that the
Board dared not make known, or why
was the suppression made.
During the discussion in the Legis-
lature a mass of information about
adulteration of various articles was got
together. People in various lines came
forward and showed what was being
done by some of their colleagues and
competitors. There was information
about cheap tea, about coffee, about
the cheaper kinds of groceries, about
liquors, about drugs, and about good
ness knows what. Some of this inror-
nation was certainly instigated by ma
lice and jealousy, but a great deal had
and was given for the sake of getting
an improvement in the goods offered
to the public.
Certainly no improvement has taken
place in the classes of goods complain
ed of. To what end has the appoint
ment of a food commissioners tended.
Absolutely to none except the expendi-
ture of money for a salary Yet the
law was good one as far as it's inten-
ton was concerned. 1t looks very
much as if there was some force at
work which prevented bold policy of
denouncing those who deal in aduIter-
ated goods, and rob the poor man of
part of his money, for adulteration is
robbery and nothing else.
Besides the pure food and drug act,
there is another one of earlier date
which deals with oleomargarine and
substances having a resemblance to
butter. but which-are not wholly made
from pure cream or pure milk. This
infiiets a penalty OF sixty days impris-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21

The news from Washington relative
to labor is of a satisfactory character
But we must not lose sight of the fact
that whatever opportunity we have of
bringing in labor, we have the still
greater opportunity of making such ar
rangements that when the labor laws
of the United States are extended to
this country, it will be in a position
to meet them, and not have a collapse
because of their application. Never
has a country had greater opportuni-
ties, but it is for the citizens of the
country to make the best use of those
opportunities. We have ample time
now to initiate our enterprises and to
prepare for the change; it only rests
with ourselves to avail ourselves of
our breathing space. The inevitable
will come. We must not shut our eyes
to it,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21

SO many have forgotten the main in
cidents of the great hurricane at Apia
in 1882 that Jos. L. Stickney's account
OF that celebrated disaster, which will
be found in another column, will serve
TO refresh the memories of some, and
be of interest to others. In st. An
drew's cathedral of this city there is
a memorial window to the memory of
Captain Schoohmaker and Paymaster
Armes, who persisted on the Vandalia.
Both were attendants of the Second
congregation, and Paymaster Armes
often sang in the choir.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21
JimeRy @opicS'
APRIL ~, 1890.

THE WEATHER HAS BEEN UN-
USUALLY COOL, AND LITTLE AT
TENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO
THE REFRIGERATION. THE ICE
LASTS WELL, AND NOTHING is
SPOILED. BUT THE CHANGE is
COMING. VERY SOON 1T WILL BE
WARM AGAIN AND MUCH CARE
AND ATTENTION MUST BE GIVEN
TO PERISHABLE ARTICLES.
WE ARE ALWAYS PREPARING
FOR EMERGENCIES, LOOKING
AHEAD, AS TT WERE, AND HAVE
LAID IN A STOCK OF
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21
Alaska
RefrigeratOrs

A MAKE WE HAVE HANDLED FOR
YEARS AND THEY HAVE PROVED
TO BE ALL THAT WAS EVER
CLAIMED FOR THEM. THEY ARE
A PERFECT COOLER, AND GREAT
ICE SAVERS. WE HAVE THEM IN
ALL SIZES FROM
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21
WaterCOOlerS

JUST IMPORTED. THEY ARE
LINED WITH AGATE ENAMEL,
WHICH PRESERVES THE WATER
FREE FROM METALLIC OXIDES,
AND IS EASILY CLEANED. WE
HAVE THEM IN THREE SIZES:
TWO, THREE AND SIX GALLONS,
HANDSOMELY PAINTED, AND AT
TRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE.
THE PUBLIC is CORDIALLY IN
VITED AND ALWAYS WELCOME
TO CALL IN AND EXAMINE GOODS
AND PRICES.
HAWAIIAN HARDWARE co
FORT ST., opp. Spreckels' Bank.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21
SIS to $50.

FOR SMALL FAMILIES THAT
CAN DO WITH AN ICE CHEST, WE
CAN ACCOMMODATES THEM ALSO
AT $3.50 UP.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21
DECREASE COST

Possibly the cost of production could
be decreased somewhat If senatorial
elections were operated by a trust
The Tribune, Detroit.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21
Shoes.

We have just opened an
invoice Of this celebrated
make.
All the new lasts and
colors. @ &
Best looking, best wearing
and most comfortable Shoe
made.
This is the first introduce
ton of the Hanan Shoe in
this country, and it has come
to stay. ~
We have them in Calf, Box
Calf, Vici and Russia.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21

IN THIS LINE WE ALSO WANT
TO CALL ATTENTION TO SOME
NEW
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
THE FARMER AS A POLITICIAN.

When a farmer gets to monkeying
with politics us n steady business, his
farm soon shows the effect of it. 1t
would be money in the pockets of lots
of good men if they could only realize
that good farm and what grows ont
of it are worth more than any office
and that politics is a veXation Of spirit.
1t goes this way: A man gets small
Office. He then wants a bigger one and
wants it term after term. He acquires
expensive habits of living and dislike
for what he calls the humdrum work
of the farm. He spends his salary
faster than he earns it and goes out of
office poorer than when he went in. In
many cases he mortgages his farm to
pay political expenses and loses it, and
there is nothing left for him but to
hang around hoping for another Glance
which rarely ever comes. We saw not
SO very long ago an old man with a
saw bucking a cord of wood to earn IS
cents. That man was for three terms
the holder of an office which paid him
81 800 q year. He left a fine farm and
wound up at town saw buck. Aud
there are others. OF course somebody
must fill the offices, but farmer
should think long and well before lie
seeks an Office.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
MORE BUTTON WANTED.

The high prices for beef are increas-
ing the demand for mutton. The most
encouraging feature Of the sheep inter-
est today is the fact that the Ameri-
cans are certainly becoming a mutton
eating people. Mutton in various forms
is ten times as common on the bills Of
fare in hotels and restaurants as it
was few years ago. There is no
greater delicacy than well broiled
mutton chop, and here is how to cook
1t: Trim of all the fat Broil over a
clear bed of wood Goals, frequently
turning. While still red in the center
remove from the broiler and place on =
hot plate. Put generous lump Of but
ter on the chop; season with pepper
and salt and few drops Of lemon
juice or Worcestershire sauce and
place in the oven until ready TO serve.
When You have once cooked mutton
chop in this style, you will throw your
spider on to the dump pile and quit
eating fried meat.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
A WIRE FENCE.

Nothing save a wire fence separates
two fields of corn which we saw lately,
one of which will give G5 bushels an
acre and the other not to exceed %
bushels. That was a very significant.
line fence, for it marks a line between
two very diverse methods Of farming.
On one side there are the dairy. a flock
of sheep, some feeding cattle and plcn-
ty of clover, the cereal and lay crops
of the farm each year fed on the farm:
on the other side, little of any sort Of
stock and the crops all sold from the
farm year after year. One farm Is
clean and fertile, the other foul and i'm
poverished. One man is out Of debt and
is making money, while the other has
to fight big mortgage and run store
bill. The same sunshine, the Same
rains, fall on both farms. The differ.
ence lies wholly in the men. Both work
hard, but one knows more than the
other. Which side of this fence is
your farm ONT
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
A BETTER SYSTEM WANTED.

One of the liveliest questions in the
northwest is that of better roads. This
subject will come up, whether or not,
at nearly every farm institute held this
winter, and but few men will be found
who will oppose remodeling Of thu
wretched old system where the public
receives about one dollars worth Of
road work for each SIS it spends. There
is no demand for bonded debts to build
expensive systems of roads, but rather
just sort of grim determination to
put the road business ON a sensible
business basis and secure dollars
worth of work for each dollar paid out.
This will necessarily involve the pay
ment of the road taxes in cash, as all
other. taxes are paid. A few of the old
fogies, whose highest ambition has
been to get elected as road supervisor
and mutilate the highway in the vicin-
ity Of their respective four corners, will
probably oppose any improvement in
old methods, but the masses Of the peo-
pie are ready for change. We in this
country have neither the paupers nor
the military despotism which has given
to Europe the splendid system of high
ways it possesses, and our good roads
must be built by American patriot
ism, American machinery and Amerj-
can enterprise. And they will be SO
built.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
A PRAIRIE FIRE,

We were much amused in reading
story in one of the late popular maya
zines. The writer had fellow and a
girl in love, as they all do, you know,
and the girl was alone in a prairie
shack when a prairie fire came up, and
the fellow started for the shack on q
horse and got the. girl and started FOR
the town. The picture had him holding
her on his saddle pommel, In what we
should think must have been very
uncomfortable place for her to ride.
Then the writer states that the girls
clothing caught fire no less than four
times before they got to town, when
the precious pair Of fools might have
kept out Of the fire-a prairie fire, mind
you-by just turning to the right or left
and riding away from it. That writer
never saw prairie fire.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
FAKE DISCOVERIES.

We note the alleged discovery of n
kind of wheat which will produce from
90 to 60 bushels per acre from one pc Tx
Of seed and Of a new variety. Of corn
which is to yield $50 bushels per acre.
We do not take any stock in these alb
normal products, even If such yields
were possible. Nature has very rigid
system of limitations and compensa-
tons. If she gives extra quantity, She
almost invariably evens 1t up on qual-
ity Thus the largest potatoes are low
In grade, heavy yielding wheat makes
poor -four, the choicest fruits are the
Shy bearers, and all the best things OF
their kind are harder to get than are
the poorer kinds. These extraordinary
varieties of cereals, IL not fakes, az
they most probably are, would, IL ma
ture should SO permit, very soon ex.
.haust the most fertile land and in the
long run could be Of no possible benefit.
? n-nH
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
CONDENSED MILK FACTO-
RIES.


we WISH TO say thls IN reply 10
criticism made on an item which ap-
peared in these notes not long since: a
quantity of milk from which, by tile
separator process, may easily be made
a grade Of hutter which will, mass as
rostorn ov+ro NAV s+,n ha not oood
onanah for +ho r,,rr,snsa oe oonrorti,,.,
into eondansad Mill Win tba. sona.
80, ,,ott;nn T. ro,,,o,od fno,n IN
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
up by the divinity student, tWhat
Would Jesus Dor"

up by the divinity student, 'What
Would Jesus Do2"
And Henry Maxwell, as'for the first
time he stepped under the doorway,
was touched with a deeper emotion than
he had felt in long time as he thought
of the first time that question had come
to him in the piteous appeal Of the
shabby young man who had appeared
in the First church of Raymond at the
morning service.
Was his great desire for Christian fell
lowship going to be granted? Would
the movement begun in Raymond actu-
ally spread over the countrys He had
come to Chicago with his friends partly
to see if the answer to that question
would be found in the heart of the great
city life In few minutes he would
face the people. He had grown very
strong and calm since he first spoke
with trembling to that company Of
workingmen in the railroad shops, but
now. as then, he breathed deeper
prayer for help Then he went in, and
with the bishop and the rest of the dis
ciples he experienced one of the great
and important events of the earthly
life. Somehow he felt as if this meeting
would indicate something of an answer
to his constant query. "What would
Jesus dot" and tonight as he looked
into the faces of men and women who
had for years been strangers and enc
mics to the church his heart cried out,
20 my Master. teach thy church how
to follow thy steps betterl" Is that
prayer of Henry Maxwell's to be an
swered7 Will the church in the city re.
spond to the call to follow him2 Will il
choose to walk in his steps Of pain and
suffering9 And still over all the city
broods the Spirit. Grieye him not, G
city, for he was never more ready tt
revolutionize this world than nowl
TO be Continued.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
The FLOWER SELLER.

Myrtle and eglantine .
For the old love md the newt
And the columbine
With its cap and bells for follyl
And the daffodil for the hopes of youth
And the rue for melancholy!
But of all the blossoms that blow,
Fair gallants all, charge you to win, IL -
may,
This gentle quest,
Who dreams apart in her wimple Of purple
and gray, Is
Like the Blessed Virgin, with meek head bend.
ing low
Upon her breast.
For the orange flower
Ye may buy as ye will, but the violet Of the
wood
Is the love Of maidenhood,
Aud he that hath worn it but once, though
but for an hour,
he shall never again, though he wander by
many stream
No, never again shall he meet with flower
that shall seem
So sweet and pure, and forever in after years
At the thought Of its bloom or the fragrance
of its breath,
The past shall arise,
And his eyes shall be dim with tears,
And his soul shall be far in the gardens o.
paradise.
Though no stand in the shamhles of death.
William Young.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02

We know that this is repetition, but
as an important truth it needs to be re.
peated-viz, that n blue grass pasture
cannot be kept in good shape unless
the grass at some period of its growing
season is permitted to make an unmo-
Tested growth. If you would have roots
underground, you must permit growth
above ground. We were in blue grass
pasture the other day which has been
permitted to grow since the middle Of
June. 1t is covered by thick mat Of
grass not less than six inches in depth
and will make the finest Of feed for
stock until the snow buries It. Stock
of all kinds are very fond Of this par.
tally cured blue grass, and very val
liable late fall and early spring pasture
may be secured from field SO treated.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02

We examined section of dirt high
way lately Which had been treated
with bath of crude oil. This treat
ment effectually disposes of the dust,
and it is claimed that it will make the
road impervious to water. No one. yet
knows for how long time such a
treatment will last. AS carried out at
the place referred to, this method of
treatment will cost about 40 cents a
rod. 1t may be added that highways so
treated will ruin every bicycle which
travels them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02

Atreader of these notes in Humboldt
county, Ia, takes issue with us in the
statement that not more than one crop
can profitably be raised at the same
time upon the land and tells us that he
raised Il crop Of potatoes. followed by
crop of corn and pumpkins, a forest
of weeds and lot of sunflowers. while
an, old hen used the cover of the lot to
steal nest and raise a brood Of 1G
chickens. Well. this proves that Hum.
boldt county must have a remarkable
soil, most prolific fowls or most orig
inal liars. We confess we know but
little about such variegated system
of agriculture.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02

The early settlers of the northwest
used to move their barns to get rid of
the manure. They would not do SO
now. Still, we have seen several barn
yards lately, located on quite steep
side hills, where pretty much all the
fertilizing elements of the manure
were washed out by the rains and per.
mitted to run down the hill into the
creek. This way is almost as bad us
the barn moving. Every load of ma.
nure hauled on to these northwestern
farms is worth not less than so cents
and probably much more.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02

Some men are perfectly cruel and
heartless in the matter Of working a
horse with sore shoulder. We have
seen horses with a raw sore as large
as ones hand, and the horse worked
day after day at heavy work, render
ing 1t almost impossible for the wound
to heal. This is brutal business, and
II the man has not the heart to be hli-
name to his faithful beast, the law
should make him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02

A farmer friend of the writer advo-
Gates the killing of all dogs which
roam the country at night, because, he
claims, these dogs transport the germs
of hog cholera from farm to farm. This
might be well enough on general prin-
ciples. But what about the crows.
which fly from hogyard to hogyard,
and the man who will cart a load of
cholera infected hogs six miles across
country hoping to get them on the cars
for. Chicago before they die on Ills
hands? There is something besides
dogs to this germ business.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
"HE CALLED HER IN.n

He called her in from me and shut the door,
After long struggling with my pride and pain,
weary while it seemed, in which the more
] held myself from her, the greater fain
Was to look upon her face again;
At last, at last, half conscious where my feet
Were faring stood waist deep in the sweet,
Green grasses there, where she
First came to me.
The very blossoms she had plucked that day
And, at her fathers voice, had cast away,
Around me lay.
Still bright and blossoming in these eyes Of mine,
And as l gathered each one eagerly
pressed it to my lips and drank the wine
Her kisses left there for the honeybee,
Then, after had laid them with the tress
OF her bright hair, with lingering tenderness
!, turning, crept on to the edge that bound
Her pleasant seeming home, but all around
Was never sign Of her. The windows all
We're blinded, and heard no ripping fall
But, clutched to the tangled grasses, caught
A sound rs though strong man bowed his head
And sobbed e-unloyed--uncomforted!
And then straightway before
| Ny fearless eyes all wildly was wrought
vision that is with me eyermore; -
A little girl that lies asleep nor hears,
| Nor needs not any voice nor fall Of tears,
| And sit singing Ger and Ger,
"God called her in from him and shut the door"
james Whitcomb Riley.
--
a telephone line will be. CONSTRUCTED
lbetween Storm Lake and Fonda.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
BY ]. S. TR1GG.

The Shropshire sheep is to the sheep
family what the Poland-China hog is
among cattle Of all breeds and the
Shorthorn among the different types Of
cattle-the best all round variety of
sheep, combining in the largest degree
the two qualities of wool and meat. 1t
is n perfected type of sheep specially
adapted to northwestern conditions.
You will make 70 mistake, if intending
to take up the sheep business, if you
start with this breed of sheep.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-02
We have discovered this summer

We have discovered this summer
that white clover as a lawn grass is
more than match for the abominable
squirreltail grass, which is such pest
In the lawns of the central west. The
clover is too much for this pirate and
In contest for possession always
comes out ahead. This fact is worth
knowing, for white clover when prop
erly watered and moved makes a very
pretty lawn.