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The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
{ Poor Hetty Green

There is a shoemaker who lived at
one time in Far Rockaway, who has a
stock story to tell of the melancholy
time when he cheated himself. There
lived in his neighborheod a poor woman
who had rented one of the sumrler cot
tages which she was able to hire at a
low sum for the winter because no one
else would take it. She lived in only a
few rooms of the house, the kitchen
and a little room out @. it, a dining room,
where she had a small smoky stove
which had gradually darkened the walls
to a cloudy gray. Everything about the
house was of the simplest, ever of the
poorest. and the kind-hearted shoe
maker felt sorry for the poor woman
who lived in this uncomfortable fashion.
She brought him a shoe to mend one
day. He did the work in his best fash
ion, and when she came for it refused
the money,
ct is nothing, madam he said, cheer
fully. II was glad to do it" The wo-
man thanked him and left.
why didn't you charge her?' asked
an astonished witness of the scene.
"She is such a poor Woman | didn't
like to- answered the shoemaker, apollo
getically.
"Poori" cried the spectator. "She is
the richest woman in this country. That
was Hetty Green."-Neg York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
USES or TURF. FIBRE
A Material For Ropes, Rugs and Other
Eahptes.

The use of turf fibre in the manr1-
facture of various fabrics is the subject
of an interesting report fU4h Frank w.
Mahin, United States Consul at Reichen-
berg. He says that the early experiments
satisfactory. The fbres Their obtained
were not good spinning material, being
hard and brittle and not easily bleached
or colored. Later; a civil engineer
named Zschorner, in Vienna; succeeded
IN extracting threads from turf, which
proved to be good spinning material.
Zschorner worked by a dry process, I'M
aided by chemicals, and succeeded in
producing a kind of wool which,
] though not adapted to the spinning of
line yarn, is yet so flexible and elastic
that large fabrics can be made there
| from. 1t is characterized also by great
absorptivity. is a poor heat conductor,
does not burn readily, and is moderately
firm and very cheap.
Zschorner next produced turf wad-
ding. This is used as bandages for
men and animals, in cases of wounds and
the like, and also as a filling for pillows
and bed-coverings. Then he wove turf
yarn into ropes and rugs. The remnants
which resulted served for the produc-
ton of paper and pasteboard.
Karl Geige, in Dusseldorf, has gone
still further. He has secured from turf
fibre a fine spinning material, which has
absotptivity, and which also may be
bleached or co1ored. After extracting
the vegetable substances, Geirge treats
it with acids and alkalies, and then boils
the resulting liquid, whereby the cells are
disorganized and useless substances re-
leased and washed out, so that the turf
wool consists of almost pure cel1ulose,
1t is affirmed that the Geige turf wool
is soft and elastic, with all the good
properties of rival products, and in its
spinning capabi1ity resembles Sleeps
wool, Turf cloth, it is claimed, absorbs
perspiration in summer, and is warm i n
winter; felt hats are made out of the
turf wool. 1t Is further stated that
Geige make out Of turf wool Smyrna
and other rugs, which are bleached and
colored. In addition to all this, the
Geige turf wadding, it is maintained,
is not only d cheap. but a very useful,
bandage material, because it readily
absorbs the secretions of wounds, which
are therefore kept always dry and clean.
1t is further recommended as a sub
stance for laying under very i'll persons,
and as a padding for splints.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
The Brides Last Words.

"Now, my dear, don't forget that yor,
nus walk down the aisle with dignity.
There is no hurry. Keep time to the
music and look as indifferent as you
possibly can
"But, mother, I have no ear for music,
and how can / keep timer"
well. anyway, don't run"
eBut. mother, you must remember that
il IS a long way from the door to the
altar. and George is so idgety. He'd
have plenty of time to change his mind
II the march was a slow one. and he's
nv yery last chance. If a sprint is
necessary, mamma, I'll sprint-and don't
YOU forget it."-Cleveland PlaiT Dealer,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
THE BACTERIA WE EAT.
Millions In . Pat OF Butter and a Score
of Millions In Milk.

Why is butter salted? Mrs. c. c.
krankland gives a scientific answer in
LongK1an's Magazine as follows: I'VE
must first realize that the bacterial pop
tlation of a modern-sized pat of butter
may be reckoned by millions that a tiny
lump only large enough to go into a
tumble has been known to be tenanted
Dy nearly 100000; that, in fact, in
consuming a slice of bread and butter
you may unsuspiciously be assimilating
individual lives exceeding in number
those of the whole of Europel
Thus the urgency for keeping these
fordes in check, and hence the efforts
which are made first to set up effectual
carriers TO their ingress by taking proper
precautions in the production of milk.
and, secondly, in the conduct of the
processes involved in the manufacture
and distribution of the finished article.
included IN these processes is the addi-
son 81 salt in such quantities as to justi-
= the butter being known as salt but
q, tins addition being made with the OBJ
lsct OF extending the keeping powers of
sae butter, OF in other words, to suppress
g Z large extent the activities of the
eatfer bacteria. That salt does act in
snis manner is shown by the fact that in
gntter thus treated a very large reduc-
non IN the number of heterogeneous
present. is effected. There a Be little
aouOt, therefore, that the common but
S, microbes do not by any means regard
aa,l as their elixir of life!'
lfe writer also refers to the investi-
Saslors OF a Russian savant, MI. Zakher-
usko'f, who carried out an elaborate in
as,.y INTO the bacterial quality of the
saalk supplied to St. Petersburg. The
aslres ne obtained are appalling. Milk
asseribed and supplied as the purest pro-
s9faDle was found to contain 4 minimum
q oxcr 100000 and a maximum of no
.sss taan 100000 of bacterial in from
& p rs drops, while in other samples
minimum of 2,4oo.ooo and a maximum
u. llA5oooo0 were found. How UNI
sssessary suc,4 bacterial pollution Of milk
Z nay be gathered from the fact that
saiak under normal healthy conditions
aAlsains no bacteria whatever as it issues
saosli ihe COW; that if due precautions
Y ssauiiness, etc, are observed milk
a.ay PC obtained absolutely sterile, or,
= o.fer words, entirely devoid of BAG
ssaial lite. Such milk has frequently
sssn procured from cows in cases where
! Ilas been required in its natural state,
80 9 bacteria, for experimental
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
GREAT sRITAlN's FUTURE STRENGTH
resources Of Her Colonies, On Which
She Will Depend;

Inc resources of Great Britain's coli
ONES are her future strength. In the
resources OF Canada alone the British
empire possesses a guarantee of a con-
unuance Of commercial greatness.
III all discussions on the present in.
dustrlal crisis the Importance Of the
colonies as d basis of Supplies and as
future fields Of vast industries has hard
lyI6een touched Upon. 1t is the duty of
a canadian writer to call attention to
the mestlmable natural riches of the great
Canadian Dominion. One reason why
the Canadians have been SO enthusiastic
IN favor of imperial federation is be-
cause they fealize that the hope of the
british Empire lies in the development
OF the %eolonles. 1t is to be regretted
that the people of Great Britain and her
PUBLIC men have failed to awaken to the
tact that a country as large, and in many
respects as full of resources. as the
United States is theirs to develop. If
the Brlton is dcnsely ignorant respect
ing the resources of Canada and other of
the colonies, the American is not; he is
casting covetous eyes upon the vast
country to the north of him, and already
some of the most important industrial
enterprises in the development of the
natural wealth of Canada are due to
Yankee push and alertness. 1t is most
humlllating to every Canadian that their
country Is being exploited by American
capitalists while British money lies idle
at home or Is being sent to the States
to build up the power of the COM
mercial enemy. There is plenty of room
in Canada for all efforts hat can be put
into operation by British capital during
the present century, and the resources
are simply illimitable.
If the worst should come, and Great
Britain should be destined to lose half
her population, those who are forced to
cmigrate need not go outside the empire,
for Canada's greatest needs are British
capital and British people. At present
the Dominion Government finds the
greatest difficulty in inducing Britons
to emigrate to Canada, due partly to the
widespread illusion that the wesern col
only is a land of snow and ice. When
Great Britain begins to send gold and
settlers, manufacturers and workmen to
Canada, she will find a way out of her
present commercial crisis, and the truth
will strike her that it is possible to build
up a new industrial Britain in the West
which will keep pace with American ex-
pansion of trade, and will establish more
firmly than ever before the industrial
power of the empire.-Cassiers Maya
sine.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
Tnckarman,s Rayina.

One Of the remarkable scenic features
Of the celebrated White Mountains Of
New Hampshire is Tuckerman's Ravine,
a great gulf in the southerly side of Mt.
Washington, which is every year span
ned BY a beautiful SNOW arch" or cave
of snow, which remains until the latter
part of August. The name was con-
ferred upon it in honor of the discoverer,
Edward Tuckernan, an enthusiastic ex-
plorer of these famous hills,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
Jubilee of = Famou. Gold Field.

Bendigo, perhaps the most famous
Of Australian geld fields, is preparing
to celebrate Its jubilee by holding a
mining exhibition. 1t was in October.
1851, that the first nuggets were found
by an old shepherd on the spot where
Golden square now stands. Since then
Bendigo has contributed 17,169,6S0
ounces to the gold output of the world.
The old shepherd was a pugnacious
and quarrelsome person, hence he was
christened by his comrades "Bendigo,"
the name of the most renowned Eng
fish prize fighter Of the period.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

In Scio, near Rochester, N. Y, lived
an old spinster naEed Spraguc. Her
sole possessions were supposed to be
her meager store OF household furni-
ture and a cat. A few weeks ago the
life of the cat, which was threatened
by several dogs, was saved by a boy
named Rufus Sprague, a distant rela-
tive. Miss Sprague told the boy that
when she died she would make him
her heir and leave him the bed she
slept in. A few days ago she died.
Rufus claimed the bed. In it he found
81 600
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
te be- aeawc,a 40 onc C.n..

Foalasc 70 Be Re6Esced to ONc COM.
The President who succeeds in getting dis
MEASURE through Congress- will hold e hiy,
rlaco in the s3t;cr Of tho people, but ~,
higher, perhaps, thcn tio ccteem in wbia ,
everybody kcfds Eost ,.tr's S!oraA Bites.
This medicine gct- ut tho ltarting roins q:
disease by acting on tho stomach help.n =:
tina. organ in is G.sty Of digesting food. y
cures dys7cIs,.. Indigestion, CONSTIPATION.
stimulates tio kidneys, and strengthens IL
nerves. BE cu-o 20 try il.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

II Is the only cure for Swollen, smarting,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease, y
powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cnras
while you walk. At all DruggistS and Shoe
stores, Csc. sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallibls
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. ". SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. II, 1900.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

FITS permanently cured. Ne fits or nervous.
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Grsat
Nerve Restorer. % atrial bottle and treatise frss
Dr.. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 ArchSt., Phila., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

The Governor of St. Petersburg, Russia,
has ordered ten automobile vehicles, de-
signed for various municipal uses.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

The revenues of Mexico are about equal
to the revenue of Philadelphia.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

PUrNAM's FADELEss DYE produces the fast
est and brightest colors OF any known aye
stuff. Sold by all druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces indamnla-
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c q bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
The Postage Stamps.

as postage stamps that never stick to
nss1llilg else can always be counted on
SICK together.-CIevslaad Ploin
esassgs
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
Tor Hili0uSIaesgs

Boston has much vacant lcnd, tn as.
cesSed value OF which is $50, 900, 90.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

8. Z. CODurn, Mgr. Clarie Scott, writes
''I and Halls Catarrh Cure q valuable re-
msdy." Druggists sell it, 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

It's a long lane that has no turn
ing. but some turn SO much they waste
space.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

Texas aas't that afs are adapt: Adaptable for the ~cultiva.
ton of rice.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

It costs from $40 to 500 per ton to send
to Manila.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

Detroit, Mich, has 3,72I,7l7 square
yards of wooden block pavement.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

The aggregate length of the gas pipe il
Toxic, Japan, is 2l0 miles.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03

The glutton never puts off till to-mor-
row what he can eat to-day.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
Are Won Using Allon,s Foot-Easo1

It is better to follow a good example
than to lead a bad one.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
BELLEVUE HOTEL
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN,
ALA

GAUSDEN, ALA.
Easy of access. nine hours from Mississip-
pi. High altitude, sulphur and chalybeHtr
waters. Newly furnished throughout. Golf
and Tennis. Pool and Billiards. Rates: $500.
$1,000 and $l2.5 so per week
LOUI HART, Prest. and Mgr.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-03
Bed Worth Small Fortune.

Torpid Liver, digestion, Sick Eealacho,
Grab Orchard Water Ii q specific.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
OIaa Assessments.

The fourteenth assessment of 2h
per cent or so cents per share was call
ed to be due due and payable June goth
1901. Said assessment is now bearing
interest at the rate of one per cent a
month.
The fifteenth assessment of "a per
cent. or so cents per share has been
called to be due and payable July 20th
1901. Said assessment is now bearing
interest at the rate of one per cent a
month.
The sixteenth assessment Of 2h per
cent or 80 cents per share has been
called to be due and payable August
goth, 1901.
Interest will be charged on assess
ments unpaid ten Q0) days after the
same are due, at the rate of one per
cent per month from the date on which
such assessments are due.
The above assessments will be pay
able at the Office of the 3. F. Dilllng-
ham Company Limited, Stangenwald
Building.
ELMER e. PAXTON,
Treasurer Olaa Sugar Company, Lin
tied.
Honolulu, T. H. July 90 1901.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
WILCOX AND cnnPER

Acting Governor Cooper and Delegate
Wilcox have had some conference on
questions relating to territorial affairs
The Acting Governor is preparing his
annual renort to the Secretary of the
Interior, and has had conferences with
the various heads of departments on
departmental subjects.
With DELEGATE Wilcox he discussed
territorial affairs, the discussion dis
closing that on most matters the two
were in accord. AS to an extra session
of the legislature the Acting Governor
said he saw no reason for one at the
present time In reply to a question
as to his opinion on the subject Dele
gate Wilcox said he had been back in
the territory too short time to make
up his mind on the subject.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
The Waialee Lands to be Visited To-
morrow

BY the afternoon train today a party
went to visit the proposed location of
the proposed location of the boys in
dustrial school. Waialee. The party
consists of Acting Governor Cooper,
Commissioner of Public Lands, e. S.
Boyd, Normal Inspector T. H. Gibson,
Prof. w. d. Alexander of the board of
education and Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction A. 7. Atkinson. The
party will stop at Waialua tonight and
start by carriage at o'clock tomorrow
morning for the lands which are fur
Their down the Oahu railroad.
The land in question is triangular
piece with a frontage of about half a
mile on the ocean, and extending half
way up the mountain. There are 733
acres in the tract. There are fish ponds.
taro lands, conditions suitable for a
small dairy farm and at the base of
foothills vegetables and fruit can be
cultivated.
The land belongs to the government,
and the inspection tomorrow is preli-
minary to a formal transfer of it by
the Commissioner of Lands to the
Board of Education. Work to get the
land ready for its proposed use, to
provide buildings and begin cultivation
will proceed at once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
Kihei Assessment Notices.

THE 18TH ASSESSMENT of 5 per
cent or $3.50 per share became due and
payable January End. 1901 and bears
penalty from February End, 1901.
The thirteenth and final assessment
of per cent or $3.50 per share on the
stock of the Kihei Plantation Co., Ltd,
has been levied and will become due
and PAYABLE on the 18th day of June,
1901. Interest bearing after the 18th
day of July. 1901.
The above assessments are payable
at the offices of Alexander e. Baldwin,
Ltd, Judd Building.
]. P. COOKE,
Treasurer Kihei Plantation Co.
Honolulu. May 10. 1901.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
PAUL ]. f. EHLERS.

Very little is known here of the death
of Paul j. f. Ehers, who was recently
drowned in Germany. The letter to H.
A. Isenberg merely states that the body
was found floating in a river.
Mr.. Ehlers was a brother of the
founder of the house of B. f. Ehlers &
Company and until early in the nineties
was the manager of the concern. At
his death he retained an interest in the
business and also owned real estate in
the Islands. He was married here, his
wife being a Miss Forsyth of Maui
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
COFFEE GROWERS.

A number of Kona coffee planters
held a well attended meeting at Kailua
at which time a general discussion of
the outlook for the season took place.
Many of the growers have become dis
couraged over the failure to secure bet
ter prices for their crop. The Japanese
association has a membership of nearly
300 growers.-Hawaii Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
KAILUA DESERTED.

Kailua is rapidly becoming deserted
for Holuoloa. There are now twenty
three stores on the road between these
two points. Holualoa is being selected
as residence site owing to it's cooler
climate.-HaWaii Herald
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
w. LAM,
Secretary.

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Maui Sugar Company,
Ltd, which was held on the 8th of
August, 1901, in the hall Of the United
Chinese Society at King street, the fol-
lowing gentlemen were elected as Of
hcers and directors of the said Com
pany for the ensuing year.
LEE President.
Y. AHIN, ....... Vice-President.
c. MING Hymn comm. Secretary
WONG KWAI.. Treasurer.
ZEE CHIN Auditor
WUN YAM NAM. Auditor.
Directors: Chu Gem, Chang zee, Hee
Kwok, c. Hook Chaw, T. Kat Poo.
c. MING Hymn,
Secretary Maui Sugar Co., Ltd.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
CORPORATION NOTICES.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

A special meeting Of the Stockholders
of the Honokaa Sugar Co. will be held
at the Office of f. A. Schaefer e. Co
on Friday, the 10th day of August.
1901, at 10 a. m. for the purpose Of con-
sidering amendments to the Company's
Bylaws and the transaction CT gem
eral business.
Per order
w. LAM,
Secretary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
NOTICE
Special Meeting of Stockholders of
e. o. Hall & Son, Ltd.

There will be a Special meeting Of
Stockholders of T.. o. Hall & Son. Ltd,
at the office of the Company in the Safe
Deposit Building on Thursday, August
18th 1901, at p. m. for the purpose of
discussing matters relative to the des-
truction of their business block and
stock of merchandise and TO take action
on such matters as may be of import
ance as occasioned by the late disaster.
1t is earnestly requested that all stock
holders may be present.
E. o. HALL & SON LTD,
E. H. PARIS,
Secretary.
Honolulu, August 8, 1901.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
NEW ROAD

The new section of road between the
Jail at Honokaa and Paauhau is nearing
completion. 1t will take off three or
four bad hills when open and ready for
traffic.-HaWaii Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The regular annual meeting post
poned from the 9Th inst.) and the
monthly meeting of the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce will be held at
the room over the office of Castle &
Cooke, Ltd, on Wednesday, August
14th, at 10 o'clock a. m.
characterization of member,
Amendment to Bylaws and Election
of officers.
JAS. GORDON SPENCER,
Secretary.
Honolulu, August 10, 1901.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
CASTLE & COOKE, LIMITED
Commission Merchants.
SUGAR FACTORS.
AGENTS FOR

AGENTS FOR
The Eva Plantation Company.
The Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.
The Kohala Sugar Company
The Waimea Sugar Mill Company.
The Fulton Iron Works, st. Louis, Mo.
The Standard Oil Company.
The George F. Blake Steam Pumps.
Weston's Centrifugals.
The New England Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of Boston.
The Aetna Fire Insurance Company of
Hartford, Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Company Of
London.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
THE HINT ESTATE.

An inventory was filed yesterday
in the estate of the late j. II. Hunt.
1t showed his personal and real prop
erty to have been worth $9,O9S.70 par
TALLY mortgaged.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
MURPHY CLUB NO. 2.

Francis Murphy Club No. will be
installed at Kaumakapili chapel this
evening. The installation ceremonies
will be followed by good time.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-13
NOTICE.

Notice to subscribers to the fund.- for
endowment and establishment of
Hospital for Incurables at Honolulu.
The initial meeting for the purpose of
organization will be held at rooms
over offices of Messrs. Castle and
Cooke on Monday, August 10Th, 1901,
at 2 o'clock p. m. A full attendance
is earnestly requested.
ALEX. YOUNG.
Honolulu. August IL, 1901.