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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-14

cal work in the vicinity OF possible
dam site The country is not very bushy
and is easily put in by the telemeter
rods.
1 am still suffering with the rheuma-
tism. I now have it in my knees, which
makes it pretty rough ON me in climb
ing round the mountains with a transit;
also in my right hand, as this writing
shows, and still in my neck, that keeps
me awake night.
The trip down was quite pleasant, ex-
cept the first week out, when we had a
few days of rough weather.
Sincerely yours.
FRED e. HARVEY.
Mr.. Harvey was one of Captain Pond s
able assistants during the tedious and
difficult survey of the Midway Islands,
and after the return of the Iroquois,
completed the final charts of the survey.
says the Binnac1e.
The department, recognizing his abili-
ty, appointed him to the position of Civ
il Engineer and Draughtsman of the
Guam Survey Board, of which Captain
~. F. Merry is president. Mr.. Harvey
left for Guam via the Solace on Novem
Der 18th of last year. 44aving lived
through the toll of the Midway Island
survey, Mr.. Harvey is, without question
armed .'cap-a-pie' for any hardships tina
Guam may offer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-14
FOR SALE.

THE FOLLOWING PLANTATION
MACHINERY, SUPPLIES AND MA
TERIAL IS OFFERED FOR SALE BY
c. BREWER & CO., LTD:
FULL PARTICULARS AND PRICES
CAN BE HAD BY CALLING AT
THEIR OFFICE ON QUEEN
STREET.
ONE hurley DRILL, COMPLETE,
WITH 40 II. P. BOILER, AIR COM
PRESSOR, ETC.
ONE SET FOWLER STEAM PLOWS
FOUR GANG) AND FULL ASSORT-
MENT SPARE PARTS.
THREE $50 H. P. STIRLING BOIL
ERs.
ONE SET GREEN'S FUEL ECONO-
MIZERS-192 TUBES.
TWO wORTHINGTON HIGH d.
TY STEAM PUMPING ENGINES,
CAPACITY 100000 GALLONS PER
"a HOURS. AGAINST A TOTAL
HEAD OF 42O FEET.
ONE 25 II. P. UPRIGHT TUBULAR
BOILER.
ALSO CALIFORNIA MULES. IN
FINE ORDER.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
STEEL 4 RAILS, % POUNDS.
TWO 15-TON FLAT CARS. s-FoOT
GAUGE.
TWELVE s-ToN FLAT CARS. g.
FOOT GAUGE.
ONE STUMP FULLER
Is, 5o0-REDWoOD r. r. TIES.
IN. BY z IN. BY FIT
/ 5oo-REDWOoD r. r. TIES. a IN
BY 6 IN. BY 6 FIT.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-14

AGENTS FOR.
JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS
& CO.
Galvanized wire hosting rope,
chute landing cables and
steam plough cables.
TUBBS CORDAGE COMPANY,
HARTMANN'S RATJEN'S
Paint for iron ships.
WOOLSEY'S AND TARR
AND WONSON'S copper
paint for wooden vessels.
BOSTON & LOCKPORT
BLOCK co. pulley blocks.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-14
A Letter From Guam.

In the third issue of the Binnacle, the
brilliant little paper published Saboard
the tug Iroquois by Chief Woman Nc
Gettigan, and which came out yester-
day morning, there is a most interest
ing letter from Guam, received by Cap
tain Pond, from Fred E. Harvey. 1t
iS as follows.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-14

There are a great many of them.
Every paper has its share.
Statements hard to believe; harder
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08
Sailing Poultry.

There Is an impression abroad that
salt is a deadly poison to poultry,
which Is true only under certain cir
cumstances. 1t is not generally known
that poultry could be salted as regu-
larly as any other stock, and when
this Is attended TO there is no danger
that fowls will eat enough salt to kill
them.
Salt is absolutely necessary to con.
tmued health, and where it is with.
held the craving for 1t becomes so
great that when 1t can be got at an
overdose Is taken, and after that all
that remains TO be done Is to bury the
corpse after the inevitable has hap
pened, for death Is certain.
In sailing poultry the clean salt
should not be used as, If this We're
done, some OF the fowls would get an
overdose, through the natural greedI-
ness Of fowls. The salt should be
given In some Kind OF mash; 1t does
not matter much what this is com.
posed Of. Cornmeal, wheat, bran or
any other kind of ground feed, wet up
with water or milk aud salted little
more than the same amount of foou
for human consumption would be
should be fed at least twice a week.
Tho reason fowls eat to excess when
they begin to crave salt and have an
opportunity to get at 1t is because they
have no means OF knowing when they
have enough except through inability
to swallow any more. They simply
cat until their crops are full before
thcy quit. A man eats as long as food
tastes good to him because the food
goes to the stomach direct, and as soon
as he has had enough his food does
NOT taste good and he quits. A fowl
ma something that tastes good and
eats as long as the supply lasts or un-
I'll the crop is filled to the limit.
IL mas been recorded of men long
deprived of salt thar when they could
get IL they ate until they were made
sick. ana 1t is the same with fowls,
only death follows an overdose. A
mock OF fowls that is regularly salted
wiz not cat very much clear salt, as
they do not feel a demand for it, and
do not eat 1t grcedlly.
once fowls have taken an overdose
or salt there Is no help for them, and
naturally young poultry ia much more
susceptible to Its action than older
ones.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08
Churning temperatures.


Churning conslsts in bringing the fat
globules of milk and cream together
under such conditions that they will
adhere and form butter. When the
temperature is too high the fat has
little consistency, and small particles
of butter formed are so easily torn up
again that separation is not efficient.
Under such conditions. also, the but
ter is soft and of poor quality.
If the temperature should be above
the melting point of the fat 1t will be
impossible to obtain butter by any
amount of churning. On the other
hand, when the temperature is too low
the fat globules are hard and do not
readily adhere to each other and un-
der this condition, also. churning is
difficult
The most favorable temperature will
depend upon the melting point or con-
sistency of the fat, and as this is sub
ject to considerable variation 1t is Inn
possible to fix temperature which win
give the best results under all condi-
tlons.
The consistency of the fat In milk
is affected by the breed of cow, by the
feed which she receives and by the
period of lactation. AS a rule, cream
from Holsteln or Southern cows should
be churned at a lower temperature
than that from Jersey cows. When
succulent feed is given the tempera-
ture should Always be lower than
when dry feed is given. As the pe-
riod Of lactation advances the fat be-
comes harder and the temperature of
churning should be raised,
The amount of fat In cream is an.
other factor which affects the temper.
ature of churning, it being practicable
to churn rich cream at lower fem.
perature than poor cream. Generally
low temperature gives firmer and
better quality of butter, and a good
rule to follow is to churn at as low a
temperature as possible and have the
churning completed In from. thirty tc
hfty minutes This temperature may
vary. pnder different conditions, from
forty degrees Fahrenheit to over sixty
degrees Fahrenheit. and should be do
termlned for the cream which he han
dles.7Dr. s. M. Babcock. Of The Wis
consin Agricultural College.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08
summer Crops and Drought.

Some of the summer crops are in
jured by drought every year, but late
In the summer rains sometimes come
regularly that is, at intervals which
do not permit of excessive dryness.
Such plants as sweet potatoes and
melons can endure longer periods of
dry weather than some others, but
much depends on the work of the
grower. No weeds must be allowed
to grow near plants in the rows, as
more moisture is taken from the soil
by weeds than by some crops. Cab.
bage plants should be worked often
as they thrive all the better by fire.
quent cultivation, and 1t should be the
rule to kill every white butterfly, as
they are the parents of the cabbage
worms. Much OF the injury from
droughts could be reduced If the farm
er would keep the surface soil always
loose.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08

1t 10 now quite the fashion for peo-
pie who live in the country. says the
london Mail. to put on their notepaper
the nearest railway station, telegraph
oEicc and postal town. 1t often hap
pena that thcce are several miles from
the address on the notepaper.
Lord Salisbury has fallen in with
this latest ceyice in n very novel and
amusing way. At first sight the Hat
field notepaper looks like a picture
puzzle. but If the little pictures are
carefully examined 1t dawns upon the
recipients of letters from the Prime
Minister that the railway engine. the
telegraph pole and wires intimate that
tclcgrarno should be sent to Hatfield.
and that the latter place 10 also the
nearest railway STATEN to tho Pre-
mier's house.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08

Khalifa Coined His Own Money.

Henry 5. Welcome, who has recent
ly returned from a seven months ex-
ploration in Africa, tells an interest
ing story of the financial policy of the
Khal;fa of the Sudan, who was the
successor of El Mahdi in command of
the wild tribes in that part of Africa.
1t carries moral of interest to the
United States and other civilized ma
tiops. This khllifa, finding his peo-
pie in need of currency, coined dol
lars Of copper, taking the material
from the sheeting Of boats that had
been wrecked on the Nile. 1t was the
unlimited coinage OF an irredeemable
dollar, and the khalifa issued a decree
that the right hand of any one who re-
fused TO recognize 1t as legal tender
should be cut off. On one side the
coin bore his bust, on the other side a
pair of crossed lancos, and the design
was not inartistic. Mr.. Welcome OBJ
tained the dies and brought them with
him to London.
For several years the khalifa sup
ported himself and his Government by
the issue CT this copper money, paying
all salaries and for all supplies with
1t. After two or three people had had
their hands cut OF for refusing to ac-
cept it in payment, it became the cur
rcncy OF the Sudan. When the Eng
lish overthrew him its value vanished
and the coins are now worthless ex-
cept as cu2loslties.-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08
American n-onoy In nnclapo,

Another sign of the American con-
quest. A fruiterer in the West End
Is marking his goods In United States
Observation-Disclosures, for instance, at
sixteen cents basket. This is trihe
supernuors, for most Americans who
come over here know perfectly well
the valve Of English money, ana OF
English goods too. Yet, after all, the
fruiterer is perhaps only forcshadow-
ing the inevitable. We are having a
new coinage, and we might as well
accept the situntion-call our sover-
cigns flve-dollar pieces. our shillings
quarters" our sixpences dimes ana
our halfpennies cents. london
Chronicle.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08

TT certainly was an odd thing to
do, and the Ponsonbys were not
little surprised when Helen
Waters gave them bright green
parrot for wedding present. They
did not consider 1t either ornamental
or useful and not in the least essential
to their newly married happiness.
''It seems 10 be sort of a joke"
said Alice Ponsonby to her husband.
Il can't think what she meant by it,
"Oh, simply didn't want to dupli-
cate any of your other presents" ex-
planned Helen when she heard OF the
Ponsonbys' perplexity, "and l didn't
think anybody else would give you a
parrot. And besides 1t will be some
thing for you to talk to, Alice, and to
keep you company way down In that
lonesome Woodlawn fiat when Tom is
in town at work all day"
And so pretty Polly" in finely pol
ished brass cage found place in the
parlor of the Ponsonbys' dwelling
the street and scold and fret, parrot
fashion, at whatever went on to incur
its dlspleasure. The care of the pet
was new thing to Alice, and Polly
was allowed to go hungry more than
ence in his early days in the new
abode. But Alice soon became ac-
customed to the new care, and almost
before she knew it she had developed
a decided fondness for the bird.
In her spare moments of play with
it She tried to teach it to say few
things in addition to the Polly wants
a cracker" and the other stuff that
all parrots seem to know as soon as
they have first cracked their shells.
And in the course of time the thing
began to like Alice also. and to slide
along its perch and appear pleased
whenever she came into the room.
But somehow it didn't seem to like
Tom Ponsonby, and always sputtered
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08

Potato beetles are easily destroyed
by the use of paris green, and they
also have many natural enemies. 1t
Is surprising, therefore. how they
come every year in such large mum.
bers, which may be due to the delays
In destroying them. If few beetles
appear no consideration is given the
fact, and they are thus allowed some
opportunity to multiply. Every beetle
destroyed early in the season or as
soon as 1t puts in an appearance will
reduce the work necessary in destroy.
ing many of them that might appear
but for systematic effort with the
beetles that appear early.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08


1t may occur to some persons that
we cannot conceive OF an end of space,
and 1t is hardly likely that infinite
space would exist without matter; and
hence that the universe necessarily is
infinite, says Il. ]. ]. See in the Allan
tic. This argument proceeds upon the
supposition that we can conceive all
things which exist-an admission hard
ly warranted by experience. For as
we can conceive of many things which
do not exist, so also there may exist
many things of which we can have
no clear conception; as, for example,
fourth dimension to space, or a
boundary to the universe.
Thus while our senses conceive space
to be endless, it does not follow that
the universe is in reality of infinite
extent; much less can the absence of
an empyrean prove that the cosmos Is
finite, even to our experience; for this
effect may be due to dust in space, or
the uniform absorption of light by the
ether. In the exploration of the ST.
dcreal heavens it is found that the
more powerful the telescope the more
stars are disclosed and hence the prac-
teal indications are that in most di-
rections the sidereal system extends
on indefinitely. But the possible uni
form extinction of light due TO the
imperfect elasticity of the luminifer-
Gus ether, and the undoubted absorp-
ton of light by dark bodies widely dif-
fused in space, seem to forever pre-
clude definite answer to the question
of the bounds of creation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08

A good deal of modern farming
might be called patchwork farming,
because in the attempt to raise about
everything there can be used or needed
on the farm little thought is given to
making n special study of any single
crop or crops. 1t is all right to have
a kitchen garden, where all the vege-
tables needed for the table can be
raised; a small orchard, where sum-
mer and winter fruits can be raised
to fill the cellar with delicious pro-
ducts Of tree and vine for family con-
sumption, and probably special field
where the small grains and root crops
can be cultivated to supply the flock
OF chickens with food, the few pigs
and dairy cows with what they need;
but II all these crops exhaust the re-
sources of the farm and farmer the
greatest mistake in the world is made.
Not single crop is then raised to
yield an income. 1t is patchwork
farming, carried on to make little of
everything contribute toward furnish
ing the family with needed food. Can
one wonder that sooner or later there
will come a demand for clothes or
other needful articles that cannot be
raised on the farm. and no money to
purchase them with.
There are many such farmers to-
day. They never had any money;
they exist simply by raising all the
food they actually require. There is
nothing to sell, except possibly a few
eggs or a pound of butter occasion
ally. The returns for these hardly
prove sufficient to buy tobacco,
matches and darning cotton. Such
farming is a relic of the past, when
there was no specialization in busi-
ness, and when every man had to be
his own carpenter, tailor, bootmaker
and merchant. We have outgrown
such primitive methods in every line
of work. and the farmer who clings to
1t must be inevitably left in the wake
Now, specialization In farming does
not mean giving up all the time and
attention to one crop, but 1t does mean
finding out what particular crops the
farm Is best adapted to raising, and
then making such special study of it
as to be able to raise it In perfection.
One may have a rotation of two or
three crops which he needs to study
particularly. These crops are the in
ome-makers. On them the farmer
depends for his cash returns. He does
not raise them to eat himself, or to ex-
change for other goods. He raises
them to sell for money, and then uses
this as he wishes to purchase necessi.
ties or luxuries. With the attention
given to the special crops the farmer
stands In fair way to keep abreast
OF the times, and IL he has any time
and land left he can devote them to
the cultivation of a variety of smaller
crops for home use. But if both can
not be raised it is better to become a
thorough specialist and devote all the
attention to one Top-A. G. Laight,
in American Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08

menslons, but is usually about four
feet long and one and a half feet wide.
If built slantlng, stock can eat up
clean any feed in it, or the trough
can be readily cleaned. 1t is very
handy for watering cattle in winter,
as the trough full of water can be
rolled down in front OF the cattle and
from one to another as soon as they
are through drinking Where running
water is handy, it can be let into this
tub and quickly rolled in front of the
cattle. With wheels made of hard
wood this device will last for years,
and can also be used for a variety OF
other purposes about the barn. 1t is
one of those handy contrivances that
save labor and add to the pleasure
and profit of farming. Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08

to whom he had just been linked
by tho cum button-"but that parrot
scared me out of years growth
all right and gave away closely
guarded secret"
yes" put in Helen, "that miserable
parrot! I'd like to-"
HE isn't miserable parrot" inter
rupted Alice. Hes just lovely, anG
when you're married I'll let you bor-
row him sometimes Sunday afternoons
when your girl friends bring their
young admirers around to call on you"
* NJ, in the Chicago Record Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08
Go Hand in Hand.

All experience with horseless car
rlages and vehicles of every sort shows
more and more clearly that the sue
cess OF the automobile is inseparably
connected with the improvement of
country roads and city streets. Where
the highways are always in good con-
dition nothing prevents the "auto"
from doing what is desired. 1t goes
anywhere and does anything within
reason. But where or when the roads
are soft the horseless carriage is a
practical failure. This broad fact
means much for the improvement of
the highways of the United States 1t
will give new force to the agitation for
good roads which has been gaining
ground Of late.-Cleveland Leader.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08

1T would be pleasure for r1e to
stay" replied Helen, "if MIR. Stevens
doesn't mind"
Mr. Stevens didn't mind, of course,
and the Ponsonbys hustled back to the
kitchen to fix up a Welsh rarebit and
the accompanying indigestlbles, leav-
Ing their guests to talk to the parrot
and look over the books In the front
room.
They had been gone but o moment
when they were startled by the most
excited sputterlngs and squawkings
that came back through the open door
ways.
Break away! Ereak awayl Leggo,
therel Break awayr
The parrot was in fury OF excite
ment and was strutt.ng around his
cage at great rate when Alice
dashed in from the kitchen. She found
Helen Waters stancing far back In
corner blushing TO the roots of her
hair while Mr.. Stevens. very much
flushed and fiustered. stood close by
] awkwardly trying to untanglc his cum
button from the lace at the back Of
the young lady's neck.
"Why. what's the matter with the
parrot?" demanded Alice. her eyes
starting with wonder "Whate all
the racket about"
Il don't know. Alice. I'm sure"
stammered Helen. becoming moro con-
fused every moment Hes fright.
ened me nearly to death with his
screechlng. don't knew what clarified
him. I'm sure. only-only when you
and Tom went out of tn, room joe
I mean Mr. Stevens-got foolish and
put his arm around me and kissed me.
But Alice, Alice It's all right, Alice,
dear, for we're engaged and have been
for q month, only we didn't want any
body to know Just yet, because we
can't be married for a year. and Alice,
dear, you must promise me not to say
anything about 1t till l tell you"
Say anything" calculated Alice.
"Of course. shan't say anything ex.
espt bless yop both, my children And
yon're miehsy lucky fellow. Mr.,
Stevens. isn't he, 1mY
II know I'm lucky" lesporded stey
ems smiling proudly at The yourg lady
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
0ener., Trade Conditions.

New York (SpeciaI) .--R. G. Dun's
weekly review OF trade says:-NowI
lines OF wooden goods for delivery aftrr
October l opened at moderate reduce
tions from last years prices, as general
ly expected by the trade. Supplies OF
heavyweight goods have been reduced
to satisfactory point and the sftua-
ton in all branches OF the industry Il
such as to engender confidence. Cot
ton goods are dull, neither buyers nor
sellers exhibiting any eagerness 20
make propositions Mills are not fully
employed either North or South. Shoe
shops are producing at full capacity,
with orders arriving steadily.
Variations in the corn market ind.
Gated manipulation by stock market m
terests. Reports OF damage to crops
were undoubtedly exaggerated. HigA
prices prevailed throughout the week
however, and 2,44o,o2i bushels Of old
corn were taken out OF cribs and mar
keted at big profits. Foreign buying
is insignificant, Atlantic exports for tha
week amounting to only.I ,o42, 36T bush
els against 3,ooo,So7 a year ago, w'sen
quotations were about IS cents iowcr.
Wheat prices are more rational and
the movement is heavy. Receipts for
the week we're 6,8o8, s28 bushels, against
5,o4o.oo7 last year. and Atlantic exports
4,873,3oo bushels, against I,6o4o35 a
year ago.
Failures for the week numbered 1903
in the United States, against 23I last
year, and 28 in Canada, against 28 last
year.
Bradstreet's financial review says
Money was easy all week and the fay-
a1l -. Il. r -
lays apprehensions as to high rates cf
interest when the demand lCr funds to
move the crops assumes full propor-
tions.