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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04

The wheat belt is a movable region,
ond is in this particular different from
he other sections OF the country not
ed for their agricultural or mineral
products.
New York has been noted for many
years for its supremacy in hay and
salt, Pennsylvania for coal and Iron
Chic for wool, Illinois for oats, Ken.
lucky for tobacco, and so on, but the
area 0: wheat production, which for.
merry included western New York and
the States of the Middle West, has
shifted and changed from time to
time, sometimes extending north anu
a; other times soutn.
Twenty years ago New York pro
duced twice as MANY bushels Of
NJ - ~ NJ \
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04
Change in the American Wheat Belt

chief wheat.producing States OF the
country. have ceased to be such, the
crop of Illinois in 1900 being less than
ore-third or what 1t was in 1880. and
that of Indiana less than one.seventh
oil what II was in that year.
Kentucky has increased; Iowa has
fallen behind the figures of those
years in which 1t vas one of the chief
wi eat.producing States. Washington
as increased very largely, and North
Carolina somewhat.
There does not appear to be any
rule by which the product of wheat
In any group of American States may
10 gagged by 4 standard OF soil or eli
matte conditions. Forecasters OF
wheat crops give no reasons for the
changes noted.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04
.nalssunsslsssnsss
PASSED AROUND THE BIER.

DR.. George c. Lorimer Of the Madf
son Avenue Baptist Church, New
York. whea visiting Philadelphia re.
Gently, told this story:
1T is queer what liking young stu
dents have for long words qnd Latin
quotations, and what a dread pos
sesses them OF appearing convention
al | once knew a promising candi
date who was given charge of funer
a. in the absence of the pastor of the
church. He knew 1t was customary
Tor the minister to announce after the
sermon that those who wished should
step up to view the remains, but he
thought that was too hackneyed a
phrase, and he said instead
The congregation will now rass
around the bier
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04
Peculiar Bottles
Used By Travellers

III anybody had told me" said a
man whose acquaintance with bottles
Is limited. that four bottles could be
placed in cylindrical holder in such
a manner as to occupy completely all
the space should have thought he
was joshing me, sure; because bottles
are commonly either angular or round.
The bottles were three.sided, They
had two sides fiat, while the third side
was rounded, in the form Of a quarter
OF circle. Each bottle would have
COY cred in fact, just one.quarter of a
disk, Standing up in a round box tho
angular corners of the four bottles met
AZ the center; and with their rounded
fronts the four bottles filed the cylin.
der snugly.
This device is contained in leath.
err holder, and forms part of a toilet
equipment for a traveller"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04
ANOTHER WANTED.

Little George was taken by his
aunt to see the newcomer, aged one
day. He was duly and profoundly i'm
pressed with the specimen, and asked
where the little brother came from.
God sent H." answered the aunt,
rcverently.
The answer made a deep impress.
sion on little George, for that after
noon he was seen out in the back
yard gazing up into the deep blue sky
and spreading his diminutiye apron
eXrectantly, as he said:
Dear God, please throw me one
down, too"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04
WRECKED SAILOR ONCE HERE
MADE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR

The party engaged Passage on
merchant vessel bound to Shanghai,
China, taking along with them the
whaleboat. It was agreed that the
vhaleboat should be launched at a
point in Japan nearest to his home
and that the members or the party
should take to the boat to reach shore
by themselves.
Reaching land. Mung told his story
Cf shipwreck and rescue and effort tC
reach home. He was looked upon as
foreigner and imprisoned, but find.
ing some who believed his story he
was taken from place to place until
he reached the center OF government.
Served as an Interpreter.
There his experiences in America
were derided, and he was Knocked at
as a dreamer until the japanese Gov.
ell ment learned that an expedition
was fitting out in the United States to
visit Japan, when II decided to test his
III owledge of the English language,
and he rendered valuable service to
the Government as interpreter when
Commodore Perry opened up negotia'
tons with that country.
While in prison he translated Bow
d.tchs Navigator" into japanese, and
after his participation in the negotia'
tons with Commodore Perry he was
held in high favor and rapidly obtain
ed positions of trust and honor. He
became an officer in the japanese ma
Wy his knowledge Of the sea and nav
igstion being thoroughly appreciated
Twenty years or more after his re.
turn to Japan he came to the United
States as a special ambassador from
ia pan, and on that occasion one Of the
fiji st places which he visited was the
home of this old friend Captain Whit
field where he renewed many of his
former acquaintances.
He leaves four sons and one daugh.
ter. His sons speak and write Eng
lish fiuently. The eldest son studied
medicine in Germany and is now a
practicing physician in Toxic and a
member OF the Board of Health OF
that city. The second son is a pay,
master in the imperial Japanese navy,
the third is an architect. and also re-
sides in Toxic. while the fourth is a
lad still attending school.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04

more" said Jake, putting down the
newspaper in which he had been stud.
ying the details of a railroad accident,
lis that don't want to die afore my
time comes. Why, you cant take a
PAPER without reading Of something
terrible that's happened ashore-just
look at that, will ye!" and he handed
ever the paper, indicating with his
great brown thumb a spread story of
fire in which eight persons had
been burned to deaIh.
gust you look her through" Said
Jake. That's on the fust page and
over here on the next you'll find
where six or seven was all ground into
oaPum by a train jumping of'n the
track, and it's that way all through.
I've counted up and | find in that one
paper where sixty.three people has
been roasted and crashed and slaugh.
tered in one way or another and not
CHE of them lost to sea. There's lots
Of bad men ashore, mate. You'll find
in that ere paper where fifteen men
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04

wheat as ir does today. The average
crop in Michigan has fallen of more
than one.half and OF Wisconsin nearly
is much, but in the same period Ne.
braska has doubled, Minnesota has
increased a third and Kansas has
quadrupled its wheat supply.
Pennsylvania and Tennessee are
two States which have remained sta.
t.rnaTy in their wheat product. Ala.
bama, which was considerable
wEeat.producing State twenty years
ego. has ceased to be one. but the
product in Texas has increased cnor
mously during that time.
Virginia has increased; West Vir.
ginia has fallen of. Oregon has in.
creased; California has declined. Hi
rois and indiana. formerly two OF the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04

Captain Hiram G. Morse, a pictur.
esque old mariner of the Pacific, in
command for over thirty years of the
mail service steamers travelling from
Frisco to the Orient, is visiting. in
Washington. He is stopping at the
Howard. and there isn't a night that
ne doesn't draw a crowd, for the cap
tain is u character, and true sailor
as well as--so he takes pride in say
irE--a sport" He is a great, tall
clustering old fellow. big around, with
blue eyes, quick to change to anger
ur laughter. short cropped white mus.
taChe. and red. wind.roughened face.
He wears blue suit, carries a sill.
yer mounted cane, with history, ~
ana walks with the regulation sailors
gait.
He has seen service-and right
rough service at times-on the high
seas since back in the latter thirties.
He went off to sea from Newbury
Port Mass. when he was eleven years
ola. as deckhand on a small fishing
schooner, then graduating into the
merchant service became third mate
OF a ship in the spice trade with the
" est Indies and Liberia. In 1857 he
sailed around Cape Horn, and, going
to San Francisco. entered the Califor.
lila trade, first with the Sandwich Isl
ards, the East indies, and down
around the South Seas. to Australia,
then to China and Japan and back to
Frisco, being sometimes two or three
years on a cruise. Several cruises Of
this sort gave him chart OF the Pa
cific not many mariners possessed, so
when he quit the merchant service and
was placed in charge of Pacizc mail
steamer, he entered upon his captain.
- pretty well schooled
One of the most interesting Incl.
dents Of his adventurous career was
his meeting and subsequent friendship
with Robert Louis Stevenson.
Knew the whole push" he said.
40 Strong and Belle Strong and Mrs.
Stevenson, and tell you Mrs. Steven.
son is all right. know the people in
England don't like her, but I'll change
their minds when my book on Steven.
son comes out"
Book"
Yes, sir-book, that's what have
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04

The life romance of Japanese, the
rise of a shipwrecked boy in New Bed
ford to a position of honor in his ma
tive country, is recalled by the death
of Maujlro Nakahama-or as he was
known John Mung-in far away ia
pan.
Love for his mother induced Mung
TO brave dangers, and resulted in his
becoming a man of influence, eventu
ally a special Japanese Ambassador 10
the United States.
Mung was brought here by Captain
William Whitfield in the whaling snip
John Rowland about 1889. He was
called John, for the ship which
brought him to America, and Muns
The nearest approach to the pronoun'
citation which he gave of his name
\ While cruising off the Japanese
coast a wreck was sighted, upon which
were the lad and other Japanese, all
of whom were nearly exhausted from
exposure. Captain Whitfield took them
off and aftqrward landed all but Muns
at the Sandwich Islands.
The Captain took such fancy to
the lad that he brought him home with
him. and he afterward lived In the
captains family, residing at Fair
haven for years.
Feared Death at Home.
While a youngster he was frequent
Is asked why he did not return home
and his answer always was the same
"[ want to, for would like to see my
mother, but II do they will kill me-
His love for his mother was something
touching in it's sincerity. He never
so It is said, mentioned her without
breaking into tears.
Finally he reached California while
on a whaling cruise, and there he
learned that some of the men who
had been taken off the wreck with
him were still at the Sandwich Isl
al DIS, aud there he went TO find them
He had got 1t into his head that he
must see his mother and, prevailing
uron his countrymen to go with him
they purchased and equipped a whale
boat, with the understanding that hJ
should he the navigator on its cruise
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04
PING PONG

:; The shades of night were fall. :
!. Ing fast /:
u As to the dining room there (;
!. passed /:
q A youthful pair, who gayly bore {:
:: A box, on which was this-no .
8. more &
% "Pingpong." :
- They cleared the table with /:
I. swish.
- From dolly down to butter dish; I:
. Then through the center stretch. (;
. ed a net ;
I. And soon the ball the racquet :
q met /:
q Plng-pong.
. TRY not the game" the house.
q maid cried.
y The dimes ready now" she
u sighed,
/. And must put 1t on the
(. board"
.: The young man turned and
" fiercely reared:
q "Ping.pong."
/. The cook strobe to the open
u door.
u And cautioned them to cease
% once more.
{: The roast" she urged. rs sure
% to burn"
{; The maiden gasped: I'm bound
Z! to learn
q Ping.pong."
u The family lurked IN the hall.
:: And moaned Are we to eat
10. at all?"
!. But still they heard the ping
% and pong
q That made the cadence of a
lS song
a Ping.pong.
|.
81 And back and forth they smote
/: the sphere,
:! Until the dawn of morning
I6 Clear
q The father, mother, sisters, too,
q Walled hungrily: ALAS We
q Ping-pong!"
10,
:; One day the searchers, out of
81 breath,
- Found all these people starved
u to death;
9! The cook, the housemaid, beau
70. and belle,
The family-and, sad to tell,
{. Above them plnged the pongful
{" knell
q "Ping-pong!"
u
- :; u :. :; :. - :. :; :; :, :. :; :, :, ::
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04

Paris, April 22.-The French Cham
beI of Deputies and Senate has voted
100000 francs to defray the expenses
o( President Loubets coming visit to
Gar Nicholas of Russia. Important
political developments are expected
as a result OF the trip.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04

In the suez Canal recently. burning
oil which leaked from the tank steam-
err Nerite covered the surfsce OF the
waterway Tor half a mile. As a result
ships were unable to pass fer about two
hours.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04
Ping Pong
Sing a Song

Ping Pong
Is what?
Great Scott!
Better ask, what not?
Here-There,
Everywhere,
Tick-Tack
Over-back.
Click clock
Another knock.
No score
On the floor,
Under the table,
Are you able
To turn and twist
Like a contortionist?
Bat it-Biff!
Just a Whit.
There-Where?
In the air
Oh, my
In the eye!
Down again
Crawl-sprawl,
Let 1t fall
Prance-Dance,
Jump-hump,
Twist your wrist
Tip-tap-
Simplify snap,
Never stop
Pop-pop--
Now you know,
Sure enough,
It's hot stuff
Red hot
Gee whiz!
That's what
Ping pong is!
Kate Masterson.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04

The great drawback to the beet FISH
stories is that they are wholly unre.
liable.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-04
81 It It It It It :, Z. /. ;: 8. :, u {. u :, I,

Yes, sir-book, that's what I have
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

70 GURE a COLD IR one DAY
Take Laxative BromO Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it ia Is to cure
E. W. Groves signature is on each.bOX. Csc.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
LOOK AT PRICES:

" We have 80 copies this valn
r; able work on hand, and, unit
"a further notice, will send
" copy of "Killebrew's Grasses
and Forage Crops" to any 40
dress for only % cents.
Or one copy Free as a pre-
MUM for 81 in new subsorip
tions to The Progressive Far
mer.
Or one copy with The Pro
gressive Farmer one year y
any address for only $1.15.
Address all orders TO
The Progressive Farmer,
RaLCIsH, \ 6
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

1t is surely time that our farmers
should begin to realize that they car
raise hay for less than 81 per hun.
dred. 1t Is a shameful sight to see
loads of Western grass being brought
here and sold when each purchaser
could have harvested a better grade
of hay, which the land naturally
produced and which they assessed as
being of no value. Will not our
people ever learn the value of their
own Observation-Disclosures Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
Grasses and Forage. Plants II Tie !SssA
~ J. 3. MLIEBRCW,
Of the University Of Tosasssss.

It is a complete manual of the ouI
ture of grasses and forage plants Of
the South. It contains kabout .1A
pages, and is written in a style to be
understood by everyone.
The book discusses the character
1stics of the principal praises, the
maintenance of pastures and mead
ows, leguminOus forage plants, wilo
pastures, etc. It is fully illustrated
with original analytical engraving
by Scribner, our greatest grass 81.
pert, and embeIIished with a large
number of half tone outs of field
operations.
KSILe6res0's former Uork on gra$so8
is OU entirely oWt of print and
brings So a copy. This near book con-
t0tms all the Information in the for
meT e0OTk, T~e-eOr6tten, and ema6OdSos
the TesWttSOf taOenty gears additional
experience Of the t0riter and all the
Information attained By the eeport-
memt stations and the United StGteo
Department Of Agriculture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

have noted the tendency of some
farmers to rush boldly and extrava-
gantly into each new branch of
farming others r the direct op
posite. hold there is a happy me-
dunn. I have enough curiosity
about me to experiment in a small
way with new varieties. This can
be done and with but trifing ex
pense. Buy a small quantity of seed
and carefully prepare the ground.
Measure it so there will be no guess.
work about it. Sow or plant the
seed. Give it ordinary culture and
note the results. If you are not sat
isfed with the first trial, repeat the
experiment. and compare the results
with your former triaI.-W, B. Hall,
Huron County, o.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

70 nakG eSut Pay, use Sharples Cream Separa.
t0rs. BOOK Business Dairying" & Cat. 285 free
W. Chester, Pa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

Hosrd's Dairymsn publishes tabu,
lated statistics of ffty-two diaries in
Wisconsin, all creamery patrons.
The highest profit per COW, $28 ~,
was made by IA mixed dairy grades /;
9nd highest $96. "a, by Is Holstein
and Jersey grades and Shorthorns.
The lowest profit per cow, 8 cents
was in a herd of 8, consisting of two
Jersey grades, 1 Holstein grade, rest
common. One herd of % native with
q little Shorthorn and Jersey blood,
gave a net loss of AZ cents per cow
None of the SO dairies consisted of
any pure breed or breeds. The wide
range of success, or lack of success,
emphasize the faot that in dairying
more depends on the man than the
Cow.-Drovers' Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
TAFT BUTLER.

State Veterinarian.
Wake Co, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

An excellent stimulant for droop.
ing fowls is made by combining one
part capsioum, two parts ginger, one
part copperas and three parts oil
meal. Two tablespoonfuls will suf-
foe for two dozen fowls.-L M.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
szEza OF ONO, CRY .. TOznpO,

LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he fs the
senior partner OF the firm of F. J. ~CHENHY&Co.,
doing business in the City OF Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum OF ONE for
each and every case of Catarrh that cannot b
cured by the use Of HALLS CArARRH CURB.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in INV
presence, this 9Th day of December, AID. 1886.
~sEAL. A. ". GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure istakeni internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Send for testimonials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
SR Sold Nv Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

cost Of the foods is of the greatest
Importance in economical feeding
and also that there is an animal in
the problem that will without moon
venienoe take care of any little dis
proportion Of the nutritive elements
In the foods used but TO obtain
growth from a certain ration it must,
Of necessity, have in 1t the essential
materials for growth. In short,
bono and muscle cannot be made as
we'll out of corn as peas or oats, for
corn contains too small q proportion
of protein (muscle and bone making
materially for the requirements of
growth.
The farmer, then, should know
sufficient of this subject to enable
him TO approximately fit his foods TO
the purposes of his feeding. Not
only this but if he is going TO meet
successfully the close competition of
our times and market the highest
GLASS of product, he should be able
to calculate his rations sufficiently
we'll to enable him to secure the
greatest gain, consistent with cost,
from the foods available.
NUTRITIvE RATIO.
The term nutritive ratio is often
used in connection with this subject
and it simply means the proportion
of the f~esh-forming elements (pro-
tein) in the foods to the heat and
strengthening elements ~(starches,
sugars, fats, eto.) To ascertain this
ratio, it is only necessary to multi
ply the digestible fats by 2Iand add
the product to the digestible starches
and sugars, or carbohydrates, as
they are called. The proportion of
the protein to the sum of the hydro
oarbons Oats, etc.O and carbohy-
drates (sugars, starches, etc.)
The ration is said to be balanced
when the proportion of the digestible
protein (1esh formers) to the carbo-
hydrates ~(starches, sugars, etc. and
hydrocarbons Oats, etc } is suoh as
experiments have shown best serves
the purposes for which the feeding
is being done.
TAFT BUTLER,
State Veterinarian.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
TooNoLUDED FROM PAGE IL

knowingly, use such q proportional
fertilizer on cotton Or corn, expect
ing TO get the best returns? Is is
not a "well, balanced" fertilizer for
general crops, experiments conducted
for a series of years having shown
that r equal quantities OF pot.
ash and ammonia and two 20 two and
one half times these amounts of phos-
phoric acid on ordinary soils give
best results on cotton. Other ex-
smples, based on field experiments,
might be given.
4. There being nothing in the ma
terials employed 30 justify the claim
to a wonderful scientific disooV-
cry" the arrangement of them being
bad, and the proportions, if possible
worse, one would be disposed to look
upon the whole thing as a tremend
Gus joke, thinking that some special
examiner, possibly On the first day
of April, wishing TO eclipse all pre-
yious records of fun-making, set
upon this compost formula as one
that would be safe from all rivals
There is good ground for such a view,
as is evidenced in the unquestionable
mistakes regarding the chemistry of
the process, and other amusing things
which are more particularly in
stanced in the addition of sulphurio
acid in acid phosphate TO "disinte-
CRATE" the fiber of the manure, and
then the quick naturalization of this
with a nice little layer of lime the
addition of a nitrate in one part of
the process, which it is proposed that
bacteria shall produce in another,
and the use of salt TO make the heap
wet, and lime 80 make it dry. All
of this brings forcibly TO mind the
Englishman's description, for which
/ claim no originality, of the Ameri-
can's habits at the bar. American
people, Says he, "are awfully funny,
0OA 6yO0 AAO" > oACJ AASU P0o Al @
little whiskey, you know, TO make it
strong, and then some water TO
make it weak, and then some sugar
TO make it sweet, then some lemon
to make it sour then they hold it
up, don't you know, in their hands
and say, Here's looking at you
then they drink it themselves"
But the patentee evidently regards
this as a serious matter, Judging
from the way he wrote in the papers.
He questions my infalibility-a
quality TO which 1 have never, and
shall never, make claim puts him
self in the hands of the Patent Office,
and tries TO convey the idea that the
mere fact that the Patent Office has
granted him a patent is sufficient
evidence of the value of his product.
As a matter of fact, the Patent Office
does not guarantee either the new
ness or value of any patent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

A grand feature of the rural free
delivery system is that it will lead to
an Improvement in our public high
ways. 1. Kissinger, Williams
County, o.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
Grow Grasses and Raise Cattle

Examine agricultural statistics Eand-se .tbs
high rank North Carolina takes in yield 'p@
acre Of grasses and forage crops. Con
pare her advantages for stock-raising SWitb
those OF other States. Profit by these faCs
Grow grasses; raise stock. And whether yor
have few animals or many, you cannot AFFORD
not 70 read
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

OIIDTTIDE CURED While you work You
NOE lONk pay 81 when cured. No cure, no
pay. ALEX. SPElRS, Box 81, WEsTBROoK,
MAINE.