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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-19
WOMENS EXCHANGE.
2l6 Merchant ST.

Makes a speciality Of ancient Hawai-
ian Curios, and also carries the best
assortment of modern Hawaiian work
to be found in Honolulu, including
Mats, Fans, Leis, Bamboo, Lauhala
and Cocoanut Hats, Etc, Etc. Tel. $50.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-19

Miss Clara McCarty, stenographer
with the Union Feed Company, has re-
turned from a visit to her parents in
San Francisco.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-19

Rev. Mr. Van Deerling has arrived
from the coast and will carry the gOs-
pei Of peace and good will TO Hilo-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-19

II. J. Vance, the advance agent for
the repertoire company TO open soon at
the Orpheum is here by the Australia.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-08
PLEASANT DREAMS.
clan to BE a Cure for Nerv-
Gus Maladies.

An English physician claims to have
discovered new and efficacious cure
for persons afflicted with nervous or
mental maladies. If such persons, he
says, can only procure pleasant dreams
they will soon regain their health, and
his aim is, therefore, to furnish them
with delightful dreams.
For this purpose he uses a soft
leather cap, which covers the patients
head and ears and leaves only the face
uncovered. Beside the ears are placed
two metal plates, which are joined by
a rubber tube to a monograph. The
patient rests on diran in dark room,
and in front of him is sort of magic
lantern, from which are projected at
brief intervals various enjoyable pic
lures. In this way, it is claimed, the
eyes of the sick person are delighted,
while at the same time his ears are
soothed by the vibrations of the phono-
graph.
AS result, weariness comes upon
him, and is soon followed by slumber,
and it is while he is doing in this man.
ner that happy dreams are evoked,
thanks to the monograph and the
stereopticon. After this light slumber
comes deep sleep, which, we are as
sured, is always most beneficial.
Several tests of this kind have been
made with success, and ii is said that
not only are tired nerves refreshed by
this method, but that the patients body
also rapidly increases in weight. That
pleasant sounds and sights are sooth-
ing to the nerves we have all known
for long time, but that pleasant
dreams have a tendency to make per-
sons fat will certainly be news to the
general public.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-08
Ginseng Culture.

The discovery of Missouri farmer
of the secret of raising ginseng" may
cause some uneasiness in the noun
famous counties of Kentucky and Ten
nessee. China has an unlimited de-
band for the ginseng root, and because
of its scarcity pays the handsome
price of $3.50 for single pound of it.
Heretofore the market has been sup
piled from sections where the herb
grows wild. Repeated attempts to cul-
tivate it have proved failures. Spen-
Ger Brown, farmer in Texas county,
Mo-, is cultivating an acre of ginseng.
1t natures in six years. From the
product of that acre he expects to re-
alize the modest sum of $4,000. He
will limit the product so as to keep
the price up. Mr.. Brown says that
ginseng flourishes in rich limestone
soil, 81 ied from the sun. 1t requires
IS months to terminate, and six years
for full growth. He is making no Sc
cret of the discovery.-Farmers' Home
journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-08
London Coroner..

London coroners are sticklers for
their rights. A box held at railroad
station recently, owing to the rail-
road officials having lost the way bill,
was opened, though it was consigned to
Hamburg museum, and the body of a
young woman and two skulls were
found inside. The young woman was
a mummified Peruvian and the skulls
were prehistoric, yet the coroner of the
district insists on holding inquests on
both mummy and skulls unless the mu-
scum people have heniremoved.-N.Y Y.
Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Prince of Darkness Was Cen
tleman.-"And why did the devil tempt
Eve first, do you think, Godfrey" "Oh,
mumma, ladies always come first
Punch.
NotSo rtunate.-Jones-"It is said
that Dame Fortune knocks once at
every mans door," Smith-"Well, il
was her daughter, Miss Fortune, who
called on me. columbus State Jour
nal.
Convict-"Yes, lady, I'm victim OF
misplaced confidence Visitor-'In-
deed? Tell me about it." Convict
"A teller trusted me ter take care of
big sum of money, an l run off wild it,"
N. Y. Journal.
Ethics of ENTHUSIASTICALLY dc
they always have those prize fighters
roped in while they are fighting?" He
To show that they are getting the
same treatment as their patrons. In
dianapolis Journal.
David, here's long article which
says that good humor makes the ideal
home" That's all right, Harriet;
doesn't it say, too, that good dinners
are the basis of good humor?"-Chi-
cago Daily Record.
Had No tatistics.-"George," muir
INJURED the young wife, IAN l as dear to
you now as l was before we married p
II can't exactly tell" replied the hus-
band, absent-mindedly II didn't KEEP
any account of my expenses then
Philadelphia Record.
Not Positive.-"Can / insure your
life?" asked the persuasive man. II
dunno" replied Farmer Corntossel. II
don't went no life insurance. I've got
all / kin carry, an my wife wants me to
stop some o. that. l hope you can't
but I'm truthful man, an l amt go
in to express no positive opinion till
after I've heard you talk awhile.
Washington Star.
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Waking-Up Sounds,

1.-THE days are so long now and sun
rise has been put back SO far" said a
city dweller, that you can't tell any
more when to get up by the light.
There is always season in the year
when the time to get up is when it be.
gins to get light but now the sun is
well up at your getting-up time, and
its light affords no guide whatever.
But now there are sounds that serve
as indications of the hour, and the
right one comes by association to tell
us that our getting-up hour has come
with as much certainty as we know
it by the growing light. We begin un.
consciously at first to be aware of the
traffic in the street, the increasing mum.
Der of milk wagons and bakers wag.
ons, and so on, and this may be oul
alarm clock. Or it may be that it's the
ashman who tells us. He comes along
at the same hour, reaching this point
on his route with almost unvarying
certainty. We mark his coming by the
not unmusical CHATTER of the emptied
cans as he drops them back upon the
sidewalk, sounds far distant at first. but
rapidly coming nearey. But whatever
1t may be, we sooner or later discover
some sound that comes along about the
time we ought to get up, and pretty soon
we find ourselves waking regularly
with that sound in our ears."-N. \.
Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-08
CUMBERSOME COTTON BALES.
The Disadvantages of the Present
UnvvieIdIy Cotton Bales Might
Wisely be Remedied.

The form, size and weight of par
rels, millions of which must be packed,
Landed and hauled thousands of miles
every year, is a matter of no small
practical Importance. Without prcju
dice or interest, save in the welfare of
the planters and the decencies of COM
:nerce, offer few suggestions as to
The weight and shape of cotton bales.
1t is difficult to imagine how the
common 500-pound bale could have
originated, except among planters
who owned large numbers of strong
laborers, several of whom were need
ed to pack and handle each bale of
cotton.
Bales of hay, on the other hand,
were doubtless first made when white
rersons did most of the farm labor.
These never weigh 500 pounds, nor
usually more than one-fifth of that
amount. Now, why are not hay bales
made to weigh 500 pounds, as bales
of cotton do? Simply because those
who devised the hay bale had wiser
reference to the convenience of han
cling than did the authors of the
cotton bale. Besides the objectiona
I,Ie size and weight of the cotton bale,
The ordinary method of cutting and
sampling is not only unseemly, but is
decidedly injurious and wasteful. To
see bale with two or three large
Ioles cut in its sides, an augur thrust
in and pound of two of cotton
pulled out, leaving the bale appearing
rs if it had been in the rag-pile for a
ewelve-month, is enough to disgust
any beholder who feels an interest III
he beauty and value of the silky sta
lie of the southern states. l insist
that samples shall be taken by the
ginner, carefully wrapped and num-
oered, and forwarded with each bale
20 the market. The shape of the bale
not material, provided it be light
enough to be more easily handled, and
be not cut for sampling, nor torn with
.icoks in handling. If round bales be
more easily compressed and can be
unrolled at the factory, then let bales
be cylindrical; but / see no reason
why the common presses might not
| Lave their boxes SO reduced as to
press bales weighing not over 200
ponds, which could be wrapped in cot
ION cloth yard wide and tied, if need
be, with small wire.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-08
~Big -Four Gins'-Neely's Spanish Amer1s
CON War Panoram as

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made from photographs taken of our Army
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shows the manners and customs of tie peo-
pie Of our new Islands; Pictures of our He
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Manila.
The Album is SKIS inches, weighs II
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ing. Copy may be seen at any ticket offics
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Order at once, as the edition is limited. :.
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Mark envelope "War Album"
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HERE AND THERE.

The wheat crop in East Tennessee
will not be much over half of what it
should be, and the season will have to
be favorable if it is even half crop.
Many farmers appear to think that
it is necessary that they should work
from daylight till dark in order to
make living. There is no such neces-
sity unless man is trying to farm
more land than he can.
First among the states of the coun-
try in the number of mules is Texas,
next comes Missouri and then comes
Georgia and Tennessee and Kentucky.
California has considerable number
and Kansas and Arkansas large num-
Der, too.
Before commencing to ship vege-
tables or fruits to market, ascertain
what style of package the market calls
for and what are the best days to ship
on, and at what time the product
should reach the market to get top
prices, and be guided accordingly.
If partly decayed potatoes are fed
to cows they will injure the flavor of
the milk and butter; hogs will not eat
them unless starved to it,and,o course,
that will not pay.
Whoever has some experience in
keeping poultry knows that trying to
cure a sick fowl is an unthankful task.
Our shortcut cure usually is with an
ak. The safest thing to do always is to
try to close every avenue through
which disease might enter into the
yard.
1t should be remembered that arti-
chokes are very good feed for hogs
when used in combination with more
concentrated foods, but not when fed
alone. Hogs fed nothing but arti-
chokes may not starve to Death, but
they will neither grow nor fatten in Q
satisfactory manner.
Scratching over large area Is not
farming, and many are beginning to
find that out. Many are learning that
it is far better to thoroughly till, thor
ouehly care for, small tract than to
make slaves of themselves and ruin
their health by never-ending driving
aud drudrinG on a large one.
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was retreating still farther into the
,cafy covert.
"But wolves can't climb tree!" ex-
claimed David, sorely puzzled.
This one kin, but mebbe faint
wolf" returned Saul, scratching his
head obviously. II don't see how we're
goin' to git at him, though"
I'VE kin build a fire." suggested
David.
"Ain't got no matches" But David
produced two, and five minutes later
bright blaze was leaping high above
the pile of brush.
From every possible point of view the
lads endeavored to catch glimpse OF
the strange animal, but in vain. Still
Saul would not give up.
"You go home an git somethin' to
eat, Dave. Take old Hec along. Mother
IL be skeered to stay all by herself
She'll do the chores for once. You come
back, an wen watch until day. Wen
hev pay fer this long run, eff it takes
week."
David willingly agreed, though TIec'
tor was very reluctant to abandon his
quarry. An hour later the lad returned,
bearing an ample supply of food for his
brother.
The two youngsters settled down be-
side the fire, eating, talking and watch
ing for some signs of the strange ami
NAL. For an hour or two all went well
enough, but then their eyelids grew
heavy with sleep. They had been hard
at work since early dawn, and growing
lads must sleep at all hazards. What
followed was natural enough. Before
ten o'clock both boys were sound asleep,
nor did they awaken until broad day
light.
And lthen-their game was gone.
They could see where it had leaped from
the trunk to the ground. its long claws
deeply scoring the earth not dozen
feet from where they had been sleep
ing. Why had it not attacked them?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-08
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
The Trouble With Most of the Edu-
cation is That 1t is Theoretical
Rather Than Practical.

We were very much interested in the
article on the above-named subject in
the March issue of your journal. The
trouble with so much of our high
school education is, it is theoretical
rather than practical. Geology should
not end with study of few named
specimens of minerals, but should en-
able the student to go out upon the
farm and look intelligently about him.
He would soon classify the soil, its
composition, and what kind of fertil-
izers should be applied. With the aid
of botany, he would know what kind
of plant-life would be best suited for
that particular soil, or what should be
added to the soil fertilizers. Wheat
straw requires silica in the soil, then
what fertilizers must be added to give
the soil that property, and so on with
all the farm products. Natural history
will give the insect life that prey upon
these products. What means must be
taken to prevent their destroying the
different fruits, vines, etc.? The SUBJ
ject of scales, moulds, etc., are impor-
tant ones on the farm.
Our agricultural schools and expert
ment stations are doing a great work
in combining undertaking with hand
training. The study of the natural
sciences should begin in the primary
grades. Children love to know all about
what they can see, and if encouraged
will ask questions that will often puz-
zle the teacher. If they are taught to
combine the theoretical with q practi-
cal application of the knowledge of
animals, plants, soils, stones and
rocks, they will see more meaning in
everything around them. Such boys
and girls will make the best farmers
anG will be enabled to get the best re-
suits from plants and stock. They will
make money where others fail, because
they can see just what conditions are
required to bring certain results.
Our best boys and girls are leaving
the farm on account of lack of the
| right kind of an education; that is,
they can see nothing interesting
around them, when the farm is rich
in natural resources. 1t is the educa-
tion that can be applied that counts
Sadie A. Berry, in Dixie Farmer.
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Twenty-Five or thirty millions

Twenty-Five or thirty millions OF
euch bales would constitute q hand
some crop, which would sell for 10 or
70 per cent. more per pound than our
i'l-handled cotton now does.
Manufacturers do not want any
thing but clean cotton. All the bag
cling and ties and dirt we send them,
and the freight on them, are a clear
loss to the planter.
If we can not diminish the quantity.
we can certainly improve the quality
of the cotton we send to market.ACor.
Dixie Farmer.
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That was a question they could not
answer.
They longed to follow the trail, but
that was out of the question. Their
days work must be done. They set
about without murmur.
For nearly week nothing more was
seen or heard of the strange animal.
One of the neighbors, a mighty hunter
in his younger days, to whom the boys
told the story of their adventure, and
who took the trouble to visit Spit hill
to examine the tracks, declared that
the creature was none other than a
panther of the largest size. He could
not understand how the boys had es-
capped so easily, especially as the ami
NAL was wounded. Their escape was
one in thousand.
The widow and her sons had gone to
bed early after hard days work, but
early in the night they were awakened
from sleep by hideous clamor. Old
Hector was yelping furiously. The fat
tening hog was squealing fit to split
its throat. The horses were snorting
and kicking as though they meant to
demolish their rude stable.
Saul and David, half asleep, crawled
down from the loft where they slept,
and, grasping their rifles, opened the
door and rushed forth. AS they ran
around the corner of the house, shout
ing encouragement to the hound, they
caught glimpse of something just
leaping out of the pig pen, but before
they could fairly lift a weapon the
prime cause of all this nocturnal dis
turbance ran nimbly up the old live oak
tree which formed one corner of the
stable. 1t crouched in the lowest fork,
glaring at them with fiery eyes.
Its that old panther" and as he
| spoke Saul endeavored to draw bead
upon the animal.
1t was too dark for him to see the
double sights, and now that he knew
how dangerous the creature was he
dare not risk an uncertain shot.
'Tell mother to fetch the lantern"
he muttered to David.
This was the scene / beheld. as, be-
lated, neared the cabin. A tall, hand
some woman in a night dress and bare.
footed, holding lantern so that the
light fell upon the leveled rifles of her
| two sons.
AS one report the weapons spoke, and
with screech of mortal pain the huge
panther shot through the air and
hurled that little group aside. But that
leap was only spasmodic; both bullets
were buried in the brain of the beast
and no person was hurt.
/ helped to skin the creature, which
measured nine feet seven inches from
tip to tip and weighed ESQ pounds. ]
spent week at the farm and learned
to love the boys as my own kindred. /
am happy to add that, at this writing.
they are fairly comfortable in this
worlds goods, all of which they have
earned like true heroes, by the sweat Of
their brows.--Chicago Record.
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The fact that you can make a mule work
in harness constitutes one Of the chief diff
ferences between a mule and genius.
Every dog has his day. The cat is on the
night force.
The man who doesn't lift his hat when he
meets his wife probably refers to his mother
as ''the old lady"
A man seldom marries his first love. When
he gets old enough to take wife she is gen.
orally busy cutting down papa's pants for
Willie.
Some men are born rich and some are born
lucky, but they all have to lose their milk
teeth and have the measles just the same
Chicago Post.
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FARMER AND PLANTER
THE HAY CROP OF THE SOUTH.
\ Common Farm Product of Which
There is Always u Scarcity In
the Southern States.


scarcity of good hay. We are still buy
ing hay. We are still killing ourselves,
killing grass, to grow cotton to sell at
cost to buy some dead grass which to
feed the mule that helped kill our
summer grass. This is not necessary.
Grass loves to grow in the south. Grass
cut just before it blooms makes hay.
This is true of all grasses.
The grass that gives the cotton
grower most trouble is crabgrass. This
is the easiest grown of all the grasses,
ana makes as good hay as any. All
needed to bed one is to smooth down
the land with harrow or drag, and
crabgrass viii do the rest. You do not
have to buy or sow the seed. They are
everywhere ready and waiting to
ccme.
Very many farmers would have more
money next fall if they would destroy
the young cotton on many acres and
lie. the grass grow, instead of Destroy
ing the grass to let the cotton grow.
If you will save the expense of culti-
waiting the cotton and preparing it for
market, and get hay-press and now
err and save the expense of cultivating
the cotton and preparing 1t for mar
ket, and get hay press and mower
and save the grass in time and put it
in neat bales, you will find just as
ready a market for the hay as for the
| cotton.
We have said this before, but it will
bear repeating as long as we continue
| to ship in to the south trainloads of
western hay, not as good as we can
grow.
| We desire to call attention to the
fact that profit in farming is as DEEPEN
dent upon the cost of production as
any other point, often more so.
We make a good yield and sell at a
fair price and make very small profit,
or even a loss. The expense is the most
important feature in the case. What is
the cost of producing the crop? That
is where the hay crop has the advan-
tage over the cotton crop.
To grow cotton you must have
mules and hands, and both must be
fed and paid. Hay costs almost nothing
compared to cotton. This is particular
~ true of crabgrass and Bermuda. The
land once set to Bermuda, will con-
tinue to yield good crops indefinitely
with very little attention. Loosening
up the subsoil once in four or five
years is all the work required. Manur-
ing will increase the yield, and can be
done,or not as preferred. The hay is
almost a free crop, costing only cut
ting and baling This can be done for
about Is cents per hundred.
Crabgrass requires only preparation
oEce year, April or May.
! Al the first or second cutting, peas
may be sown and cut for hay just be-
fore frost. This will rapidly improve
the soil and greatly increase the next
crop of hay.
So we see that the cotton crop is
nearly or quite all cost and no profit
willie the hay crop is nearly all profit
aud no cost. The hay-grower will have
the money at the end of the season.
BY largely increasing the hay crop
and decreasing the cotton crop, both
will be better paying.
"Hayseed in the hair" should be a
badge of honor and not a reproach.
| The hayseeder is the forerunner OF
southern prosperity. Let him have the
seat of honor.-Southern Cultivator.
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1t is alleged that the death penalty
is rarely enforced in Germany, Austria.
Denmark or Sweden. In New York IL
out of Js murderers escape without any
funishment, and in the United State;
only one murderer in fifty suffers capt
tai pupishment.-Chicago Chronicle.
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rrom Daby An the Hiea CHAIR

to grandma in thu rocker Grain-O is good for
the whole family. 1t is the ng-desired sub
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or Injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is food in ITSELF Has the taste
and appearance of the best coffee at the
price. 1t is genuine and scientific article
and il come to stay. 1t makes for health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.