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monographs, electric fans and other curl
osities of a useful or ornamental kind al
ways are salable In Persia. Good Ameri-
can padlocks are In demand. Stationery
commands good sale, as does wall paper,
and canned goods, whether meats, sweets
or pickles. find ready market.
Some air motor pumps have been import
ed from America and erected In various
parts OF Teheran. Persian agricultural
methods and implements belong to a dis
tant past, and there Is a disposition at the
present time among land owners to try the
simpler kinds Of our machinery and appli-
ances. The Persian government has given
a practical proof Of its interest by estab-
fishing an agricultural seminary In Te-
heran. The institution Is under the man.
agement of a Belgian. who has spent some
years in the United States and Is conse-
auently we'll acquainted with the details Of
modern agriculture. He thinks that AZ
some enterprising firm would send a COM
plete thrashing machine to be worked by
four animals. as specimen and advertise
ment. 1t would lead to the Introduction Of
others. and the undertaking would be a
commercial success.
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strength and reasonable price. are we'll re-
cefved. We also send good proportion OF
the clocks and watches, and in spite OF the
decrease In imports Of machinery and mill
work (due to the failure Of crops and the
Chinese troubles) our shipments showed a
decided increase.
The same causes continues the consul.
contributed to the decline In imports from
the United States in the line of gray and
colored goods, Increased largely over the
previous year. Again. OWING 10 the imam
cial stress In which the country has been
subjected by repeated calamity, neither
government nor private enterprises could
invest much capital In railway extension.
and there is a heavy drop In railway ma
tertals
There has been much discussion. says
Mr. Fee of the relative merits Of the Brit
ish and American locomotives which have
been supplied to the railroads OF India. Ac-
cordine to information obtained from rail-
way men and engineers. the consul Is un-
able to discover any OF the dissatisfaction
with the American locomotives which news
paper articles have asserted to exist. He
has heard rather that they have been fully
up to expectation"
Consul Rairden of Batavia reports q no
table increase in the imports Of American
goods into Dutch India. Our canned goods
are advancing steadily. and are acknowl-
edged to be superior to this line Of goods
from Australia. The contract for provid-
ing new water works for the city OF 6oera-
baya has been gained by q Philadelphia
firm A Chicago house has established an
agency for machinery IN central Java, un-
der the management Of pushing Ameri-
can. Commercial travellers from the United
ing numbers, and the results have been
satisfactory.
Vice Consul General Tyler of Teheran
says that our clocks, watches. cutlery.
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Excitement Calming Down.

Secretary Moody received the following
cablegram Saturday from Commander r.
8. Mclean of the Cincinnati. dated St.
Lucia, May Il:
Excitement Martinique calming down.
Many refugees not destitute or starving but
frightened by appalling disaster at St.
Pierre and grave but less serious damages
in more northern portion Of island, leaving
estates and sections which had not suffered
Many cases Of pillaging In those districts.
Government taking action to stop II. In
some northern districts many cattle may
die because OF volcanic dust over vegeta-
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ton. A few good rains would cure much OF
this condition. Today visited and explored
ruins United States and British consulates
at St Pierre Found some portions charred
remains. Bodies on Potomac which return
ed to Fort de France. Reports disaster St
Vincent very serious. L believe volcanic
conditions are worse and in some respects
the conditions of living are as bad or worse
than Martinique"
The Navy Department has received an un-
signed cablegram, dated at st. Lucia. Fri
day. and apparently from Lieut.. McCor-
mick of the Potomac 1t read as follows:
Island of St. Vincent devastated north Of
line Georgetown east. Chateau Belair
west. Sufferers country people. Dead.
LOO: destitute. 5000 Immediate relief
supplied by local government. Destitution
will continue several months"
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Home Of the kindergarten.

From Pearson's Weekly.
The Japanese have the most perfect kin
dergarten system in the world In fact.
they originated this method of instructing
by entertainment instead OF by punishment
inflicted. Their play apparatus for such
purpose is elaborate. but all of 1t Is adapt
ed to the infant mind. which 1t is designed
ut once to amuse and to inform. The little
ones Of Japan even become somewhat in
terested In mathematics by seeing and feel
ing what q pretty thing cone. sphere or
cylinder is when cut out OF wood with a
lathe. They make outlines OF solid figures
out OF straw, with green peas to hold the
Joints together. and for the instruction OF
the blind, fat blocks are provided with the
Japanese characters raised upon them.
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TRADE I'M THE FAR EAST.
Reports From British and Dutch India
and Persia

Frederic Emory, chief Of the bureau of
foreign commerce. has made public an IN
teresting extract from Commercial Rela-
lions of the United States for 1901" show
ing what this country accomplished in trade
last year in the East indies and Persia.
Consul Fee of Bombay says that the i'm
ports of shoes from the United States into
British India are growing. the shipments
last year being four times those Of the
previous year. There is q marked demand
by the Weather classes for superior shoe
In quality as well as In workmanship and
style. The American last Is advancing In
favor. Is
There also is an Increase in the imports
of furniture. and our roll-top desks are be-
ing ordered in large snumbers. American
bicycles, on account OF their hghtness
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HAW Allan ISLANDS
CENSUS BULLETIN AS TO THEIR
AGRICULTURE.
Extent and Number of Farms and
Value of Their Products
Increases Shown.

A bulletin covering the various phases OF
agriculture in the Hawaiian Islands was
issued from the census bureau this morn
ing. The census from which this bulletin
has been prepared was taken in the sum-
mer of 1900 by a corps of special agents
under the direction of Alatua T. Atkinson
of Honolulu, and the figures thus obtained
comprise the first statistics of agriculture
in Hawaii obtained under the authority of
this country. The bulletin reads, in part,
as follows:
The farms of Hawaii, June 1, 1900, num-
bered 2273 and were valued at COOS, $50.
OF this amount s3,54J. s95, or SO per cent,
represents the value of buildings and s56,-
4S4 ,O61 or al per cent, the value of land
and improvements other than buildings
On the same date the value of farm imple-
ments and machinery was $11 ,4S4, 800 and
OF live stock. s2,570,142. These values add
ed to that of farms give the total value Of
farm property s74 .0S4 1888, an average agri-
cultural investment per inhabitant of
$IS1. OF.
Value Of Animal Products.
The products derived from domestic anil
mails, poultry and bees including animals
sold and animals slaughtered on farms, are
referred to in this bulletin as animal pro-
ducts The total value of such products
tosether with the value of all CROPS is
termed total value of farm products. This
value Tor the census year was 500 O4O 731
an average of S1431 II for each inhabitant of
the Islands. OF the above amount S623 Oh
or - per cent, represents the value of ami,
NAL products, and s21, Az, 516 or 97.2 per
cent, the value of crops including forest
products cut or produced on farms
Third in size. but first in productiveness
per acre, is the Island of Oahu, which has
an area of 1913 square miles. Honolulu
the capital of the territory and the urinci-
pa seaport OF the group. is located upon
the southern coast of this island.
Island of Hawaii
The Island of Hawaii is the largest OF
the group. and also the most important
from an agricultural point of view. 1t
contains 40 per cent of the total number
of farms in the territory. 67.O per cent of
the total area in farms, 4S.4 per cent of all
the improved land. and 7O2 per cent Of the
land and improvements. except buildings,
constitutes D.2 per cent of the total for
the territory, and that of its live stock,
jO.S per cent of the aggregate live stock
value of the territory.
The value of the islands farm products
in 1899. constituted 1873 per cent of the
total value of products for the territory,
and its expenditures for labor and fertilizers
constituted 35.2 per cent and 1879 per cent
respectively, of the total expenditures for
the group.
'It surpasses every other island in num-
Der of farms. farm area. value of farm
property and value Of products.
The Island of Oahu has only about one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-19
Bargain Number l .

1000 pieces of new and desirable Wash Fab
RIGS, consisting of Emerald Dimities, I'm neat
figures and stripes and the most effective color
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navy. black. &c. There are
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Bargain Num- Der 81.

1Oc. New Peerless Collar Forms Sc
Toe. Barbour's 20Q-yard spools Black and
White Linen Thread &c.
1Oc. Non-twst Tape. 4c. bundle.
Treasure Nickel-plated Safety Pins, &c card
Toe. Genuine Pearl Buttons. and holes
&C. dozen.
12c. and 15c Double NainsoOk and Stockip-
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1Oc Bone Collar Buttons all sizes. &c. dozen.
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Works in New Zealand.

From the Springfield Republican.
A system Of compulsory arbitration could
easily be applied In such cases (the coal
strike) and could be made effective. as ex-
perience Is proving in the British colonies
of Australasia
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BARGAIN Number s.

Swiss. NainsoOk and Cambria Embroideries,
both edgings and insertings Great variety of
new and attractive effects-the handsomcst de-
signs and loveliest styles brought to this
city. Included are the popular Openwork and
Point d Alencon effects. a AT
Qualities before ~
sold for less than 19c. III NA%No
and 25c. yard. for.
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Bargain Number a.

Solid Colored Lace Lawns. in pink, light blue,
green, lavender and
b K. Hemstitched a AT
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Bargain Number 8.

60 pieces of Figured Ba-
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BARGAIN Number @.

500 pieces of Serpentine GaiIoon Iaces. in
white, Arabian and butter. Good withstand
just the styles most desired for trim -
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qualities that actually sell at &c. and a DNo
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II you want work read the want columns
of The Star.
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BARGAIN Number 81.

A big lot Of the very finest quality Importe,
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national, rose. hello. gray, reseda. tan, nav
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Tor
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BARGAIN Number 4

A brald-new assortment of pretty Embroid-
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Regular Pc. Ladies' New Summer Neckwear
consisting Of Persian
Lawn Automobile Ties. "A II
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Bargain Number ~.

Coaching Parasols in India and Taffeta Silks.
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Bargain Number S.

100 pieces of 32-inch Persian Lawn, very
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Bargain Number 22.

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Bargain Number 2l.

High grade Mattings consisting of heavy
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Bargain Number %.

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Bargain Number %

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Bargain Mum Der 10.
Bargain Number 20.

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heaviest grade Seamless China. ~
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Bargain Number Is.

36inch Black Atwood In ~
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summer skirt Regular 3sc- SSo
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Bargain Number 40.
Bargain Number so.

Special Offering OF Ladies' 3-button Berlin
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Bargain Number 48.

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Bargain Number 40.

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Williams news., 1902-12-13
Letter From Mexico.
PARRAL. Mex. Dec.

PARRAL, Mex, Dec. 4, 1902.
 EDITOR NEWS: As the Longs are getting pretty plentiful here I will have to ask you to change the ad- dress of our paper There is J. l. and R. H. Long; also a Mrs. Ella Long, so between them all they manage to get all the mail for the Longs that comes to Parral. We get the NEWS a week or ten days after it arrives here. We should receive it every Tuesday morning; we have not received it this week up to date.
 We are all very well and MT. Long is regaining his health. We like Mexico but are somewhat wor- ried over the money question-it is now about $2.64-it looks very serious for us poor Gringos; a change, however, is expected for the better very soon. Mexico is a great country but Americans cannot live here at the present rate of exchange With kindest regards to all friends l am Respectfully,
 MRs. J. H. LONG.
Williams news., 1902-12-13
To Get Rid of a Troublesome Corn.

First soak it in warm water to soften it, then pare it down as close as possible without drawing the blood and apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily; rubbing vigorously for five minutes at each application. A corn plaster should be worn for few days, to protect it from the shoe As a general liniment for sprains, bruises, lame ness and rheumatism, Pain Balm is unequaied. For sale by Will jams Drug Go.
Williams news., 1902-12-13

eNtenslVe business with an apprecl ative audience at the Parlor barber shop.
 Don't forget the dance at the Sill vernail on Christmas night, Decem- Der 25. It will be under the same auspices as that given Thanksgiv- ing night.
 Miss Amanda Stallman left Mon- day morning for Rhoades. Her mother, Mrs. J. NJ. Baumgartner, of that place has been indisposed for the past two weeks.
 Oswald Ruckert has accepted his old position at the Grand Canyon hotel, arriving Tuesday from Flag staff Oswald's many friends are glad to have him return to their midst.
 Messrs. Wm. F. Nichols and Gus tav Reimer on Thursday departed for Los Angeles for a short business trip. We shall, next week, possibly be able to give particulars regard ing their trip
 Maurice, son of MT. and Mrs. NJ. Salzman, is expected home next week for the Christmas holidays, from California where he is attend ing the St. Mathews Military Academy. His many friends here will welcome him home
 Engineer ]. B. Grand with his assistants, Park Latimer and L. w. Hanson, came in from Prescott Monday evening. On Tuesday they departed for the Grand Can yon where they will survey the properties under the management of Mir Penhale, known as the Hance Asbestos claims. They will be in the Canyon some ten days.
 The forest rangers of the Grand Canyon, San Francisco Mountains and the Black Mesa forest reserves will all be uniformed after January 1st, with a regulation uniform. Stripes on the sleeves will denote the rank of each ranger They are a husky looking lot of men, and if all of them were brought together would make a formidab ble troop of rough horse.-Coconino Sun.
 At the carnival in Prescott last week Ross and O'Mally, of Bisbee, won the double handed drilling contest, making 34O5 inches. Tarr Brothers were second with 3155 to their credit The McCabe Miners Union won the banner given to the with the greatest num- Der in the parade; they numbered thirty nine. On account of the hardness of the rock the time was slow
 MT. Wm. F. Nichols recently pur- chased a half interest in MT. c. c. Hutchinson's sheep business. At the time their sheep numbered some seven thousand head. For he past ten days MT. Hutchinson
Williams news., 1902-12-13
-cocai Wews


 and attend the musicale at Silver nails hall January first
 L. s. McNeill this week left an order to have the NEWS forwarded to Charles Higgins, at Long Beach, California
 Christmas turkeys for 25cts each at the shoot Sunday, Dec. 21, and Thursday, Dec. 25. J. c. Phelan.
 Mrs Amos D. Adams and baby left last Sunday for Los Angeles, where she will spend the remainder of the winter.
 Besides the musical features of the recital New Years night the lit tie tots will give a drill. Flock out and see the kids
 As usual Santa Claus will make his headquarters at the Cheap John | Racket Store
 The deer season closes next Mon | day, December 15. It is likely the | woods will be full of hunters from now till that time.
 w H. Cone, a carpenter in the employ of the Santa Fe, is in the hospital with quite a cut on his head--Needles Eye. Dec. 6.
 Wood for sale by l.. 5. McNeill. I 1-I. ! house, corner of 4th street and Sheridan avenue.
 Mrs Simms is training her little pupils for feature that will be as surprising as it is entertaining. At the Musicale, New Years night
 Mrs w D. Britten has bought the millinery stock of Mrs. Sims and has moved her millinery par lors into the Booth block.-Wins- low Mail.
 Christmas turkeys for 25cts each at the shoot Sunday. Dec. 21, and Thursday, Dec. 9. J. c. Phelan.
 DOO hlIScIs E< l. ucldIls hdTldn Smith and the writer went down to Fairview last Sunday in quest of deer, returning with the hunters usual luck
 The costumes for the sextete will be similar to those worn in the original production of Florodora- Don't fail to be at Silvernail's hall on New Years night
 Dolls small, dolls large, dolls short, dolls tall, dolls and dollsi
 Cheap John Racket Mir. J. NJ. Dennis was a passen- ger last Sunday evening on No. ?, returning from California Mrs Dennis expects to return later. She is at present visiting near San Jose. Sheriff Jas. A. Johnson arrived home Sunday from northern Cali fornia, where he had been to make { final proof on his timber claim. We understand Jim was offered a
Williams news., 1902-12-13

ITEMS OF GENERAL
 INTEREST
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-14
COUNTRY CORN CROP
IS RECORD BREAKER

Hand surface from the ST. Lawrence
to the Gulf and westward TO the foot
of the Rocky mountains.
At the Paris exposition an Ameri-
can exhibit of the products ard by
products of corn comprised 45 dis
tin-t articles. Besides the many or.
binary food products made from th,,
grain and so well known to every
American family. it included such ar
ticleS as cellulose made of the Dith
for packing cofferdams of battle
ships, paper stock prepared from the
shells of the corn stalks, degermina-
ted brewers meal, feed of ground
corn blades and stalks and cobs. var.
nish, cob pipes, lager beer. fancy ia
bic syrup, popcorn, British gum.
salves, laundry starch, table starch.
frumentum, gum paste, corn oil. vul-
canized corn oil, oil cake, grape
sugar, gluten feed, glucose. confec-
TONERS crystal glucose and confec-
TONERS paste.
Even as human food, corn in q
few countries outside of the United
States is more extensively used than
is generally realized. 1t is the ordin
airy and almost exclusive food of the
Egyptian fellah. In Mexico the tor
tilla-a cake made from crudely-
ground corn-is the staff of life of
the masses, and this is also the case
i'm many of the Central and South
American republics. The polenta--
a somewhat similar food and a pro-
duet of corn-fulhlls like function
for the peasant of Roumania
The inhabitants of portion
of the recently famine-stricken dis
tricts of India Subsist principally on
this cereal; and it's quick-maturing
properties caused it to be utilized
with great advantage. although to Il
small extent. during the famine in
the vicinity of wells the water sup
ply of which has failed the usual
agricultural uses. In three well-re-
membered instances, too. cargOes of
corn have been a beneficent contri-
button of the United States to the
food supply of starving people-first
to famine-stricken Ireland. later to
Russia and recently to India.
Corn is handled i'm a different way
now from what il was 20 years ago.
Then the men did it all. Little corn
~ NOW uNlSNtu Nv manu. HlOSt VI IL -
gathered and huSked by machinery
and shelled by patent shelter. The
cob is ground up with the fodder and
makes good feed; in fact the fodder *
considered per cent of the crop.
There are corn fields i'm Kansas and
Oklahoma that cover 5000 to 5000
acres. and from ten to twenty corn
harvesters run through them. one
following another. The corn stalks
with the ears. are staked i'm rows b:
these harvesters; later they are
hauled to Il thresher or shelter. the
ears torn from the stalks and the
grain from the cob. The cost of
these processes is very small. In 1900
the United States raised 2.00O, 100000
bushels of corn; in 1901. 1.500.O00.O0
bushels; in 1896 the crop reached p
2S5 100000 bushels.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-14
Latest Instance.

W. y. Robb last evening reported
the loss of $50 feet of heavy copper
wire that was being used in wiring
the new London Clothing company's
building. A reward of so is offered
for the recovery of the wire or the
capture and conviction of the thief