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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-05
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-05

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-05
INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVING.

Sunday, February 4.
Schr. Defiance, Bom, from Puget
Sound via Aberdeen, January 8: 81
feet lumber.
Br. Charles b. Kenny, Anderson,
from Chemanus, b. c., December 20:
1869 tons coal.
Stmr. Upolu, Dalton from Kona, Fc-
bruary 2.
Schr. Moi Wahine, from Hawaii ports.
Monday, February ).
Stmr Claudine, Macdonald, from
Maui ports: 1000 bags sugar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-05
DEPARTING.


Saturday, February 3.
Brig. j. d. Spreckels, Erratt, for San
Francisco: 1884 bags sugar, 7S5,5O0 lbs.
value $30,029.
Schr. Chas. r. Falk, Brown, for
Puget Sound in ballast.
Monday, February 5.
Stmr. Lehua, Dover, for haunaka-
kai, Maunalei and Olowalu, p. m.
Wednesday, February I.
Stmr. Claudine, Macdonald for La
haina, Kahului and way ports, p. m.
Tuesday, February 6.
Stmr. Upolu, Dalton, for Hawaii
ports.
HONOIPU
Arrived, January 81, Schr. John G..
North, Austin, from San Francisco
with general merchandise.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
WATERMELON WILT.
4 Destructive Disease Which Il
Caused by a Fungus, and IL Hard
to Exterminate.

Watermelon vines are subject to a
certain wilt disease which strikes them
during the growing and fruiting season
and willis them to the ground. The
cotton plant and the cowpea are
troubled in similar way. Erwin F.
Smith, of the department of agricul-
ture, says the disease is caused by q
fungus. He has had his microscoDe
trained on this fungus for five years,
and has seen a number of things. He
has found new name for it, which is
something; and he makes some sug-
gestions for avoiding loss by the dis
ease, which is more. The fungus lives
in the field 49, infected lands should
therefore not be planted. Fields which
are free may become infected by the
wash from infected lands; also by the
soil which adheres to farm implements
or the farmers boots. Care should be
taken to avoid trouble from this
source. The diseased vines should be
cremated as soon as discovered; and
there ought to be man posted to dis
cover them every day. Sometimes
southern farmers make hay of their
melon vines, or use them for stable
bedding. Thus they get into tho
manure pile, and, if infected with the
wilt fungus with the new name, the
manure-heap Immediately becomes a
source of infection for the whole farm.
Farmers whose lands have become
generally infected are advised to grow
other crops on their own fields, and to
rent uninfected land from their neigh
bors for the purpose of melon growing.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
NOTES ABOUT SHEEP.

AS the eve is so will the lamb be.
1t is not enough to get the best ram
possible and then neglect the eve.
Once a week fresh bri ght oat straw
will make a very acceptable change
from the most nutritious of other
kinds of food
Be sure to supply ample water to
the flock. Let it be fresh drawn from
well, and see that the drinking
troughs are not surrounded by ice.
Don't stint the fodder or the grain
just now. judicious addition to the
rations now will help through a pinch
later. 1t is the sheep in poor condi-
tion which is spring weak.
If there is any good reason for buy
ing wool on the sleeps back for IS
and 20 cents a pound, is there any
good reason why the grower himself
should not hold it till shearing time?
AS there are many kinds of people,
so. there are many kinds of sheep.
We must not expect every eve in the
flock to bring as good and strong
lambs-there are always weaklings
and degenerate lambs in a fiock-and
it may be wise to let these 20, as
weeds, to the waste pile, before they
have cost more than they will ever
come to.-American Cultivator.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
SAVED FOR HIS HEIRS.
How Cornelius Cut Down EXPENSES
of AdministerinGE His Estate
by $3,OOO,CCO.

1t is pointed out that by making
bequests to the executors and trus-
tees of his estate Cornelius Vanderbilt
saved for his children almost $3,OOO,-
600. Senator Depew was given $780,
600, whereas if he had received his
commission as executor and trustee,
he would have received something
like $750,0CO. The executors and trus-
tees are the widow of the testator,
Mrs. Alice Vanderbilt, William X,
his brother; Chauncey NJ. Depew and
+. V. w. Rossiter. For her services
Mrs. Vanderbilt received, besides her
husbands personal property and most
Of his real estate, $2,0C0,0oO in cash,
and all annuity of $250,OG0. William
X. Vanderbilt received 100000, Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew $2CO,OOO and L. V. w.
Rossiter $4,000.
Had they received the compensa-
tion fixed by law Mrs. Vanderbilt
would receive additionally $4,000;
Chauncey NJ. Depew would receive
$55O,0o0 more, Willie X. Vanderbilt
$650,000 more, and f. V. w. Rossiter
$7oO,OOO more. That is, they would
receive in the aggregate nearly
$3,O00,O00 to be divided among four
executors, which sum would include
also their fees as trustees.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
RELOCATED THE HASH.
The Landlady Could Not Withstand
the Onslaught of the Face
tiOus Feeders.

In certain boarding house, where variety
was not the spice of life, and where hash
was so frequent an occurrence that it would
have been advertised for if it had come up
missing, lived six boys, who were battling
with cold world and colder landlady.
This perpetual hash grew monotonous,
and the boys determined to Danish it from
the table, by fair means or foul. Accord
ingly, when they filed into the dining.roo
on Monday morning and recognized the
Sundays roast served up in hash the first
boy made low bow and said:
"Why, good morning, sir; think I've met
you before!"
The second shook his head mournfully and
exclaimed: "The last sad state Of Mr..
"Ah, yes" said the third, "the poor fel-
low is all cut up"
:, "The remains of a close friend" sighed
the fourth.
Eyes, closer than brother" assented the
fifth.
''The victim of terrible grind!" finished
the sixth, as they took their places at table.
The landaldy wore a naughty dom t-know-
what-you-mean air, but hash has no more
been seen in their midst.-Memphis Scim.
itar.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
FEEDING WHOLE GRAIN.
A Necessary Ration BecausezI II Keeps
the Hens GrinAing. Machine In
Perfect Order.

The hen 10 furnished with q grind
ing apparatus, and she will not keep in
q vigorous state of health unless it is
put to use. Amateurs are apt to form
the opinion that they are doing their
hens kindness by making their food
consist in large part of softened and
plastic masses. It saves them the work
of grinding it, and it seems altogether
reasonable that it would be more di-
gestible and more readily assimilated
in that form than such tough and un-
yielding substance as whole grain.
In the natural state the grain food
of the hen would consist of the whole
seeds, and they were fitted for SUBJ
sisting upon this kind of food. Do
mestication has modified, but has not
wholly changed their nature. Tho
grinding apparatus must be kept. in
active operation. No flock will long re-
main healthy on softened and mushy
food. Though the elements of the mass
may be wholly unobjectionable, it fails
to supply the mechanical conditions
which will stimulate to healthy action
the grinding machinery.
The majority of, successful poultry
men approve the practice of feeding q
small quantity of ground grain daily,
mixed with sufficient water to enable it
to be worked up into a crumbly mass.
But spoonful of the mixture for each
hen is the allowance. Ehe greater part
of those who are committed to it's use
would prefer.to dispense with it entire
ly rather than give more than this.
While confessing the advantages of q
restricted ration of this description.
they all know that it can be omitted
and paying returns be obtained by
feeding all the grain whole.-Farmers'
Voice.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30

UP-To-DATE BRooD1NG COOP.
both for the freedom of ventilation re-
quired in day time and security from
marauding pests at night is one ques-
tion that is answered in the design.
AS will be seen in the illustration,
the coop is SO arranged that sunlight
and air are admitted through wire
netting front in daytime, and by clos
ing the hinged door (A), which rests
upon the roof in daytime, the coop is
securely closed against all pests at
night. The coop being made. of light
material, it can be moved to fresh
place every day or two, and gives the
old hen ample range in her commodi-
Gus quarters. Coops may be made any
size to suit the taste; good size be-
ing 2x3 feet, floor plan. Two feet high
in front and 1S inches in the rear. The
roof of this coop may be made of
matched material as ceiling or floor
ing, and can be covered with roofing
paper to better exclude water. Such
coops should have movable floor in
the early spring which will exclude
dampness and prevent gapes. A good
broodlng coop, as every housewife
knows, is half the battle in rearing a
tock of chickens, and no farmer should
deny his farmyard fowls few good
coops to hover in during the brooding
season. They can be made during
stormy days when other work cannot
be performed about the farm-George
W. Brown, in Ohio Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
EASILY TOLD.
He Could, Judge OF the Passage d
Time with the Greatest
* Accuracv. =

I. It occurred in Judge Lawlor's court few
days ago. There was a murder trial on and
a policeman named Riley was on the wit.
ness stand relating the details of the trag-
edy. Said Mr.. Ferral, who was acting as
defendants counsel: e..
"How many minutes after the shooting
did the man die, Mr.. Rileyw
Two minutes, sir" answered the witness
without the least hesitation. -T.<=-.
You seem positive about the time," re-
marked Mr.. Ferral, with the air of one who
has the upper hand. "Now, I'm going to
test your ability to judge time. I will hold
my watch here for two minutes. When you
think the time is up, say when." ~
The defendants counsel held the watch
on the witness and stood examining the hand
carefully. The policeman, however, did not
seem to be worried at all at the tax upon
his mental apparatus. He sat staring va
cantly about the room, and at the exact Sec
ond when the two minutes had expired,
remarked: "Now!" and smiled like tickled
sphinx.
Mr.. Ferral was staggered at the uncanny
accuracy of the witness, and Gen. Solomon,
who was prosecuting, was delighted pro-
portionately at his opponents discontinue.
He chuckled in comfortable German way,
during the rest of the session. At the noon
recess he called Riley to him, and, slapping
him on the shoulder, said:
y. "otticeF 9TH f Riley. R you 70: vass wonder! How
"Do it," replied Riley, pointing to big
redwood 1sdy , % clock on the opposite wall, "why,
Riley will be promoted.-San Francisco
News Letter.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
Tailor Made G0wns
Of the Spring Season

"A Variety Of Materials and Colors Are Offered from
Which to Select-Two New Colors

double-breasted coat cut in the
french style, which is very becoming
to the figure. 1t had turn back.
scalloped collar Of pale green satin
covered with guipure lace. \ long
clinging skirt with graduated plaits
stitched down at each side giving full
ness and freedom about ten inches
from the bottom of the skirt.
\ third was of parma violet cash
mere. The bodice of this is quite
charming with its fine diagonal tucks,
with a box plait down the center
fastened with fancy pearl buttons.
n square collar, bordered with ivory
satin, with tucked vest of the same.
The skirt is plain, being, relieved at
the hips by groups of small tucks.
One of q gray and blue mixed goods
was quite charlning The skirt was
made with q box plait at the back
with five rows of stitching around the
bottom, and five rows down the front
and around the skirt in a shallow
scallop about ten inches from the bot
tom in a tunic effect. The jacket has
a tight fitting back and sack front,
with rows OF stitching around. A
deep collar of blue velvet, and three
large fancy buttons to fastcn the
front.
Velvet bodice and cloth skirt are
to be a favori+' fancy of fashion in ths
immediate future. The combination is
a good one for spring wear. An excel
lent model just over from Vienna is
in deep purple cloth is regards the
skirt, which j.; cut in scallops round
the plain edge Of the long tunc anu
stitched in several close-set rows o.
silk stitci.inge. over Il s;x-inch hem Of
velvet Of exactly the same shade of vio-
let. The velvet also makes Il bolero
jacket, cut Off short at the waist be-
hind. ant open i'll front over vest OF
bloused form, which is covered with
trimmings in alternate lines Of purple
satin ribbon gathered into ruches ana
black lace insertion. A deep collar Of
white satin, falling low over the shout
ders behind and passing into revers at
the front of the bolerc. all covered
with guipure lace, finishes he design.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30

In that bodice the sleeves are also OF
the velvet: but in another case the vel
vet is u~eo as 4 tight-ftting sleeveless
coat, fastened down the front with cut
silver buttons, and having spade-ends
to some distance below the waist; both
this bodice and the skirt are russet
brown, bnt the skirt is of cloth, and
trimmed with many rows of small
tucks. Then the whole effect is height
ened by Il three-cornered vest at the
throat and the entire sleeves being OF
q golden-brown satin, covered fatty
with white guipurc. Such costumes as
these are to be recommended for pres
ent construction, for there will soon be
days on which they may be worn uncov-
cred, assisted by feather boa.
SARAH DAVIDSON.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30

blue, drab, light brown and seal
brown.
The materials are chcviots, serges,
broadcloths, tweeds, venetian cloth
and homespuns, with the venetian
cloths, cheviots and twceds in the
lead for popularity among the larger
classes, but the broadcloths will find
,many friends among the weather.
classes who have always looked upon
this material as their own.
In cut they are mostly made with
the tunic effects, and strappings of
the self-material. Some are trimmed
with pipings of velvet, handsome
br:aids, and lovely guipure lace on
collars and revers.
% \ smart costume that saw in one
of the shops a few days ago was of
pale gray venetian cloth. 1t was
made with a graceful hanging skirt
made with tunic. Il box plait at
the back. It had a little short basque
coat so arranged that it can be worn
either opened or closed It had a
deep turnover collar of white satin
finely braided in gray and silver.
Another in the same shop was of a
pale green, and was made. with q
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
No Wonder He smelled IT.

A commercial traveller whose wife is one
of those women who borrow trouble indis-
criminately had occasion to make a trip
east recently.
felt certain that he would fall victim to
smallpox, which was reported to be preva-
lent in the city to which he was going. She
begged him to carry little lump of asafetida
in his pocket to ward off contagion.
Naturally he objected and positively re.
such a persistent odor.
When he came home from his trip he said
to his wife:
1t is wonderful, the power of the imagina-
ton. Why, don't you know imagined that
1 smelled asafetida the whole time was
gone!"
1T wasn't imagination at all" quietly re-
piled the willy little woman. I sewed bit
Of asafetida in the corner of your coat be-
fore you went y!"-Memphis Scimitar.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
The Cost of Keepinx Cow.


The value of the land should be con.
sidered when estimating the expenses
of farm. 1t is claimed that pasturing
is the cheapest mode of keeping COWS.
OF ordinary pasture it requires about
four acres to keep q cow six months,
which is equal to eight acres for a year.
If land is cheap the cost is then but
little, but if land is high the expense
is increased correspondingly. If cat-
tie are kept under the soiling system
one acre will answer for a COW for six
months, and when ensilage is used
largely the cost is still further reduced.
1t is now admitted that in order to
make dairying return the largest pos
sible profit the dairyman should in
clude ensilagc in his list of crops.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
Fat Hens Bring Good Prices.

With all the abuse that can be
heaped upon a fat hen because she
does not lay she brings more in the
market than any other kind of poul-
try except the turkey, and at times
the difference in favor of the turkey
is very little. AS the consumers are
willing to pay good prices for fat hens
it is best to sell them as soon as they
cease laying, if in very fat condi-
ton as the time required to get such
hens to the proper condition for lay
ing again may be weeks, or even
months. The best time to sell is when
you have the article the consumer re-
quires, and at the present time the
fat hen is in demand.-Farmers' Re.
view. -. ~.s.....
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
Was All Eace.

The governor general of Canada, while
enjoying drive in the keen, frosty air. met
an Indian who was very lightly clad. From
mere curiosity he stopped the sleigh when
was he could withstand the cold under so
light covering. The Indian, without a
moments hesitation, answered by asking:
"How your face not cold?"
The governor general explained in his
simplest English how it was that, the skin
of his face having been exposed to the
weather always, it naturally had hardened.
The Indian waited till the white man was
through, then, with an utterly expression.
less counteance. he said:
me all face" and went his way.-Cincin-
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
PROPER MANAGEMENT.
why Small Matters Should Receive
the Most Careful Attention of
the Poultry Farmer,

The periods of feeding should be
regular, certain hours being fixed
upon for that purpose; but there are
very few who thus systematically
feed their fowls. Water should be
kept in the presence of poultry at all
times, and it should not only be clean
and pure, but fresh; yet this impor-
tant matter is overlooked by many.
Warmth in winter and cool location
IN summer are essential to laying, be-
ing as important as a full supply of
feed; but every poultry house is not
comfortable. The prevention of
dampness in the house avoids roup.
which is terrible scourge in flock,
but the small leaks here and there
are not regarded as dangerous mat
ters by the average poultryman. Even
the height of the roost and the con-
struction of the nests have more or
less tendency to affect the profit from
poultry than many suppose, for high
roosts cause deforned feet, and poor
nests will not be occupied by the hens
it they can get better places in which
to lay. These things are seemingly
small matters, which are usually over
looked. but they are important to sue
cess. Poultry should not be expected
to prove profitable without care more
than other stock, and the fact that
profit is often derived from a flock
that has been overlooked is strong
proof that poultry-raising can be
made to pay well when conducted by
thoughtful, attentive persons. 1t is
'the small matters that should receive
the most careful attention, as the OBJ
servance of method and system is sure
to prove beneficial at all times.-Farm
and Fireside.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30

Beware OF Olntments for Catarfh
That Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from ep n reputable !!
often ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen.
uine. It is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testi.
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
MODERN BRo0DlNG COOP.
IL Introduced Rearing a Flock
In Made Easy. T.

There is no period in poultry raising
when the loss is SO great upon the
average farm as the first weeks after
the chicks are removed from the nest
TO the brooding coop. If the hen be al
lowed to roam about a portion of the
time, the chances are that a large per-
cent of the chicks will be lost from ex-
posure to storms, minks, hawks, etc.
Yet it seems cruel to pen the mother
up day in and day out in a poorly ven
tilated and lighted coop, as great
many of the coops are now construct
ed, and to build coop that will answer
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30

of her wardrobe there is . new
gown whose immaculate freshness
will come scathlcss out of the ordeal
of the searching brightness of an
early spring Cay, which we all know
to our cost, discovers and magnifics
every sign of wear and tear in our
winter gowns, and makes us feel Woe
fully out of keeping with the exqui-
site freshness of nature.
SO the wise woman, knowing OF old
the freaks of the clerk of the
wcnther, and his trick of suddenly
pouring sunshine's search-light upon
our unprepared head-and clothes
arlnnges to take time by the fore
lock, and to discuss with her tailor
in the leisure which the Importance
of the subject deserves, the material
and the style of the new tailor-madc
which is to be ready to make it's sue
cessful debut on the very first of the
said bright days.
In the spring tailor-matles there is
a tendency to greater elaboration in
the way of trimming. and with this
addition to the usual plain costume
there will be no lack Of popularity
for these most sensible gowns for
street wear.
III colors the peculiar new shades
for tailOr-mades are terra Gotta and
pink. These are rat her dark in the
terra Gotta, while the pink is of the
faintest of that shade. These colors
arc considered very odd and are far
from becoming to NIL. but there are
many shades being used that are suit
abb" for everybody, or at least from
among them every woman can find
something that will suit. These
shades are gray, biscuit. tan, royal
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30

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The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
Cleaning the Horse,s Ler.

One of the easiest and most effective
ways to clean the mud from the legs of
q horse is to take piece of sacking or
burlap anil passing it around the leg
take an end in each hand and draw it
rapidly back and forth in the same
manner the shce polisher does when
giving you ''shine." The rapid action
of the dry buriap creates heat and
dries the skin, as well as effectually re-
moving the mud.-Farmers' Review. =
The Worthington advance., 1900-03-30
Heather Gratitude.

An amateur philanthropist took charge Of
Z Sunday school class of Cinnamon ON the
East side: The members were Jealous to
fayorite pupil caused the teacher to glow
with pride. After some months this pupil
began walking part Of the way home with the
teacher, and one Sunday afternoon, In a
burst Of confidence, he said, earnestly: II
want to thank you for you kind to poor
heather. know English now pretty good.
I got place to work as interpreter gambling
house. ! put you on good thing!"-N. Y.
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