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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-29
GREAT VARIETY IN CROPS.

|
Every thing will grow in Hawaii.
| Though sugar is the staple of the ISL
| ands, every product of every state in
the union, north and south, is under
cultivation here, and crops are raised
which cannot be duplicated in any other
country. Excepting in the sugar in
dustry there is plenty of room for
American farmers with modern meth
DDS, and even in the cultivation of su-
gar there is much money to be made in
growing the cane on a profit-sharing
basis.
The bulk of the farms of the islands
are at present in the hands of Portu-
guese, Chinese and Japanese. Their
methods of farming are of the crudest.
On the island of Maui three and four
crops of potatoes and corn are raised
every year, yet the hoe and the shovel
are the only farming implements in
use. Jared G.. Smith, United States
agent in charge of the agricultural sta
ton, has just ordered a corn planter, a
cultivator and a corn cutter. Expert
ments are now to be made with fertiliz-
er and rotation of crops in an endeavor
to teach the natives improved methods
of farming.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-29
P1ating of AL Einds

National Bicycle
and o. a
call
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-29
HAWAII THE MOST FERTILE.

Hawaii is the most fertile Of the ISL
ands, and, being the largest, has the
greatest quantity of farm lands which
are ready to be opened to settlers from
the States if they desire to come Cab
bage grows the year round and to an
enormous size; caulifiowers can be mar
keted three times a year; parsnips
parsley, artichokes and celery grow to
a fine size and of the finest quality.
All garden vegetables do we'll and two
to four crops year is the rule. Straw
berries are on sale in Honolulu for the
entire year and olives. figs and all sorts
of fruits grow in profusion.
I'm spite of the fertility of the soil
and the ease with which vegetables and
fruits can be cultivated, nearly all these
things are imported from California
and little of the local produce finds it
this is the high freight rates between
the islands themselves, which it has
been suggested can be remedied with
the aid of the government
"Dairying and chicken-raising are
other profitable uses to which the home
stead lands could be put by farmers
from the older states. Nearly all the
butter used is imported from the East,
as well as poultry and meats. a few
big ranches here are making enormous
profits. There are many pests to con-
tend with in Hawaii, but the farmers
seem to combat them successfully.
LAND LAWS ARE LIBERAL
1.-THE territorial land laws are ex-
liberal Homestead leases are
given for 999 years, but application
must first be made in writing. y home
must be maintained on the land and a
mall percentage cultivated. The land is
divided into first-class agricultural, see
agricultural, wet land, first
lass pastoral, second-class pastoral
nd pastoral agricultural land. No pay
nent is required excepting 81 applica-
ion fee. Lands are leased also with
ight-to- purchase clause at a nominal
gure. The purchaser is given twenty
ne years to make the purchase. Then
here are cash free holds and cash sales
ands which can be purchased outright
t a merely nominal figure.
Eggs sell the year around in Homo
Ilu from 80 to go cents a dozen; butter
thought to be cheap at 40 or 80 cents
pound. Chickens bring from 81 to 81
piece and beef and pork sell all the
-ay from 10 to So cents pound.
elery is % cents a bunch, cabbage 10
ents a pound, potatoes and onions
nd 4 cents a pound, apples 10 and Is
,nts pound and other fruits in like
roportion. Corn. oats and stock foods
re always high and there is a ready :
arket for all these things" I
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

J Cbe Donkey That
Got q ride HyAlp ss,17

By ALBERTA
....PL A T 7

came to the crossing on the downtown
side of the street. Another reached the
crossing on the uptown side. An ice
wagon tried to pass the fish cart on the
uptown side but could not. A huge
truck loaded with barrels of flour came
roaring up on the other side of the
street. It. too, had to stop. Behind the
truck Numbered a United States mail
wagon, and behind the mail wagon
came a hospital ambulance at full
speed. a long line Of trolley cars gath
cred one behind another on each side
of the street. The crowd of foot people
became so dense that nobody could
pass there. A lady who had taken so
long to put her hat on straight that
she had barely time to catch train
was blocked in her carriage with the
rest, and she was half crazy with i'm
patience. The small fish cart checked
everything.
The driver of the mail wagon yelled
TO David to get out of the way the ice
wagon driver, the motormen and con-
ductors the big truckman and all the
rest scolded and roared and screamed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

the policeman. Come along to the
station house"
By that time poor David Davidsky
would have been glad to go anywhere,
almost TO jump off the pier into the
river He tried TO obey the pig officer.
No good. Donk feared policemen no
more than he feared the United States
post office department. regiment of
regulars could not have made him
move. He had one of his spells on.
law, come along with you, then!"
said the policeman. 4 twinkle of hui
NOR peeped up in his eye and was in
stantly followed by a face of official
solemnity. He grabbed the tiny animal
up in his arms as if Donk had been
baby and plunked him into the middle
OF the little cart, standing square upon
his legs just as he had been before.
Donk did not weigh much in flesh, but
he had in him forty pounds OF obsti-
macy to every one of bone and muscle.
The policeman told David Davidsky TO
get between the shafts of the cart and
take hold of them.
Now, go oni'' he said.
So David trotted between the shafts
and pulled cart, donkey and all out of
the way. That was how a donkey got
a ride 1t was the funniest sight i'm
aginable-the man pulling the cart, the
donkey standing in the wagon riding.
You could almost see the donkey laugh.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

Very WELL" assented Mr.. Miggs
And they returned to the house, and
then the guests began to arrive for this
tea.
How warm it's growing" and How
the weather has moderated" exclaimed
every one as he entered. And Miss
Hooper smiled with inward satisfac-
ton as she greeted Miss Boynton and
her handsome brother.
But as the Hooper furnace had beer
urged to its utmost during the frigid
morning hours it had now reached a
point where it was impossible to check
it. The rooms were growing unbear-
ably warm, and Miss Hooper called
Ezra Miggs to her and begged him tc
stop mitigating the cold weather or
they would all be baked alive.
why. Mabel. dear" he replied. my
machine mitigates heat as well rs cold
I will bring it inside. reverse the indi-
Gators. and soon it VIII mitigate the
heat OF these rooms TO a pleasant tenn
perature. Have no fear. I viii watch
it carefully and not allow the house to
grow too cold"
The mitigator worked like a charm.
Hung unnoticeably on the drawing
room wall. it soon reduced the ten1pera-
ture Of the house to the most desirable
degree. and ali were comfortable once
more-ail. that ~. save Ezra Miggs.
Although his invention was proving
itself a marvel OF practical usefulness.
he was plunged in depths OF deepest
woe. and this because Mr. Boynton.
whom Miss Hoop-r had expressed such
anxiety to have present. was monOpo-
lizing the attention OF that charming
lady 10 n marked degree He hung over
her chair and piled her with merry
banter. 10 which she responded with
coy and bewItchinG ceneanor.
AS Mr.. Miggs watched them b. felt
his angry passions rise. and IN defiance
Of DR.. Watts dictum his hands felt
evHly mo,ioued toward Mr. Boyuton's
deep and expressive eyes
But Ezra Afiggs was not an inventive
genius Tor nothing He knew that h
must not give way 30 his temper and
make an exhibition o. himself IN a
lady's drawing room. ara YET the fires
Of jealousy ard anger surging up IN
his heart were sell nigh urcontroiia-
Die 50 Ike a cash ~ conceived the
clever iaea q mitigating his Own fury
with his own mitgato--
The ROOMS. now al proper tssnpsrs-
;ure. no longer nere@d the assistance
81 the raaohIne. ard Era. wifhozt At
tracing attention. teok Il from TIE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

Mr.. MiSSs' Mifigafor
By CAROLYN WELLS

Copyright, 1908, by Carolyn Wells Z

look through his eyes into the master
mind behind them.
And the machine" went on Mr..
Miggs, approaching her alteration. but
unable during the stress of his present
intellectual excitement to respond to
it, lis so small, so convenient and so
accurate in its perfect mechanism that
may already look upon it as a prac-
teal and therefore financial success"
And when may I see it testedY'
asked Miss Hooper. who had learned
by experience that this question was
now due.
Whenever you like" replied Mr.
Miggs radiantly shall We say tomor-
row.
Tomorrow is just the day. I am
giving an afternoon tea, and as the
weather is so bitterly cold I feared the
attendance would be small. But if you
could-well-that is-how does the in
vention work?"
"Oh. it is applicable TO all areas or
localities Suppose hang 1t on your
front veranda tomorrow afternoon. It
win automatically mitigate the cold in
the atmosphere. and the air will be-
come warmer and the Thermometer rise
as II new sun had diTused a gentle
radiance all about"
oh. that will be fnel And then all
my friends viii come. especially Miss
Boyn;on. who never ventures out IN
cold weather and 7 want her particl-
larry because she viii bring her brother.
and rnen are always scarce al tea
About o'clock the next day alr. Ezra
Miggs hung small box no, unlike a
pocket camera on the outside wall Of
Miss Hooper's house.
That Soups woman watched the per-
Torrance with interest and sazea II 81
lent awe as NJ Miggx adjusted diais
and set registers among the oomplioat-
ed machinery.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

at David Davidslky till he was wild.
He urged the donkey forward in every
language he knew. He pounded him
with his fists, he kicked his shins, he
pulled him till it seemed as if Donk
would be pulled in two, but it was no
good. Donk was stopping the United
States mails, a criminal offense; he
was hindering a lady from catching the
train on which she was to start with
friends around the world. But Donk
cared no more than if he had been
merely whisking a fly off his back.
Two or three big policemen appeared
on the scene.
"G'wanl" roared a policeman.
David Davidsky wrung his hands and
fairly wept He was a quiet little ped
der The donkey turned his head and
blinked upon all ground as calmly as if
he had been browsing in green pas
lures.
You are blocking the streets" said
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
Cocoanut Clocks.

In the Malay peninsula natives keep
3 record Of time in the following way:
Floating in q bucket oiled with wa
ter they place cocoanut shell having
a small perforation. through which by
slow degrees the water finds its way in
side. This opening is so proportional
that it takes just one hour for the shell
70 I'LL and sink. Then Waterman calls
out, the shell is emptied, and they be-
gin again.
Such trifies as minutes and seconds
are rarely Needed on the peninsula
Fancy any one asking the time in Ma
laya and being told that the cocoanut
shell was half full.
A local poet has been moved 10 perpe-
trate the following rhyme on the SUBJ
ject:
There was . young girl OF Malay.
Who inquired the time Of the day.
Said the Waterman. We'll. well.
BY my cocoanut she'll
IT'S half after noon. should say"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
Rocks Himself to sleep.

There is a man of seventy in Paris
named Wallace Stperneau who still
sleeps in the cradle he was rocked in
when a baby. and he has never slept
one night OF his long life in any other
bed. The youngest of family of boys,
Wallace retained his place in the cradle
as he grew older. He soon became too
tall to lie in it at full length, but he
overcame this difficulty by drawing his
knees up Each night TO this day he
plants his feet squarely on the bottom
of the cradle, sways his knees to and
fro and rocks himself to sleep as he
did when a small boy. The habit
formed in babyhood was never broken.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
The Teachers Fault.

Teacher-Why, Freddy, how did you
get those black and blue welts on your
arm?
Scholar-Them-s your fault, teacher.
Teacher-My fault? What do you
mean?
Scholar (sobbing reminiscently)-Wh
you told me it was a poor rule that
didn't work both ways. So when /
went home I took pas new two foot
rule that doubles up on hinge and
bent it back till it worked both ways.
and then pa said I'd broken the joints.
and he went and got his razor strop.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

But for a wonder Mr Mlggs paid
little attention 10 her kindly speeches
and seemed more interested iu converts
ing with her father and mother.
Miss Mabel was a little annoyed ~
this: but. s;ili remembering Philip
BoyHton she -edOubied her efforts %
lie fascinatngiy attractive. To no
AVIAN. however. for. though Ezra So
swered her with utmost poiiteness. rs
seemed 10 have no especial regard fof
her
Later IN the evening the Young cou-
pie found themselves alone IN INC difnly
lighted music room.
= cant bear C. Ezra" Ssid Hlrs
Hooper. almost sobblng. as she nunn
her fluffy pomradour against his Far.
dcnia. what has changed you sof
Don't yoa love ire any moreT"
Ezra Miggs started as man " 10 "a,
suddenly AVS kcned 70 fact
why. Mabel" be said. Il don't be-
iieve Do can't explain r.. bat some
how don't feel fbe slightest affection
for YOU. ! admire you ~ course.
recognize your beausr End grace. bat
must confesa cont .oye sou"
~ob. walled Miss Hooper. "Hs Iii
because 81 that horrId PhHp Boynton'
I wish be hadn't eome' rrlah-I aish
veTe dead
40. Mabel. no said zfr. Mlrrs.
smoothing her hair gently. "eo Il iant
because ~ tfr Boynfor know Z
isuT. and I'g tell you hos know
Mabel iisfe1sd 20 tie accent q. hass
III. Migzs' Jealous rage wa iessensa
snd finally sxfiaSuistsd ~ his uof.-
cerfcl mlfsatcr. and "a sts narrzsi4s
scared 80 era she raised her bad ssifa
= su1den Inspiration
Ezra Hisvs@ ere cried. WHERE 4.
thss miserable rnsfivatorr'
Here ~ Answered. afattiaz D..
breast rsckft An9 nlfh q nae sls.
Mrs Hooper szirseasss b, ed easss !,
slofs
= ses 81 aai~ rt~ exclaimed. "a.
hoTr3d. harris fharz. = - fsls that
resting azalass Tour A~srf he rss,i.
gated yosr iete foF E Hsf - So,
nefeT ~ - again Ans. fAro,-f-.y -.
eeiicafeis nrDurt9 f7seslse sa "a.
aosr. shs preexhf 1oaa Ser cahsa 49,
ss9n . e3ih go ffss precision as.I n,e..
suiar force q a. expert "a rhrssssg
culture
Ezra sf1Ess iookssl csrs1 A. ers.. a..
reile~e9 frrva fss fusaesc. y -. -
ssire. his eT~rttssa -as Fssarasax ~ifs
'irfFsiisxais1 serroT ans hs sss,...s
NJ Aoosss - - hsars MA 70 $50,
Ut iAess q fssxsFersaa azs love
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
a RemarkahIe Tree

In the public square of Nassau, the
capital of the Bahama islands, there is
only one tree, but that tree fills the
square and spreads it's shade over al
the public buildings in the neighbor-
hood, for it is the largest tree in the
world at its base, although it is hardly
taller than a three story house. 1t is
a ceiba or a silk cotton tree, but the
people of the low islands of the West
Indies call it the hurricane tree. The
Oldest person in the island cannot re-
member when it was bit smaller than
it is at present.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

wares up alleyways and side streets.
David Davidsky had a tiny donkey to
draw his cart. The donkey called at
tention to David's cart and helped him
TO get customers. Children patted its
neck and stroked its soft ears and
called it cute" because it was so small
not larger than 3 good sized calf.
One fine Friday afternoon David Da-
whisky was gong home early with his
cart and donkey The cart was empty
David's pockets were full. and he was
quite happy, for it had been one of his
best days. All went well. The donkey
trotted on till it came to the exact cen
ter of a crossing on Main street. Then
"Donk," as the children called the tiny
animal, stopped stock still. David
urged him on. He planted his forefeet
yet more solidly and looked like a
wooden image.
'Gittup." screamed David Davidsky.
Donk did not get up in the least. A
crowd began to gather. A trolley car
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

befrothed nlrfed eesperassiT Nth an
other ard a h-nesouaeT E1aHL THIS
was well. ard. able now 20 rejoice faily
IN the success q Ma Kreat lnsent.on.
Ezra Nigxs gave himself sp 10 TIE
gzyety o. the occasloa and chatted en-
fer-alningiy-
After TIE tea Uas oser ard fhs Tart
guest had shaken hsnts ard gone oet
into The pleasant. bsinT dusk sfr
Ngvxs. ~ virtue e hif pressusrslvs
connection wlth fhs family. Efszea -
hind far dinner.
lie xas en;husisstlc ossT ~ sir-
tues Of ria rasnzator. ard Elss 1fGbei
Vas even more f2:feFirw fhan Usual
FOR she knew that she rad fseKiexsss
Ezra during IRE afterreoa Ard fe.t =
trise g11sy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

At last the inventor declared the
mitigator was in working order, and
he and Miss Hooper went back into the
house to await results.
IT was an unusually cold day, with a
fierce northeast wind which blew like
liquid ice and left the atmosphere raw
and penetrating.
After waiting half an hour Mr.. Miggs
proudly escorted Miss Hooper out of
doors again, fully confident of the sue
cess of MS Invention. Nor was he dis
appointed. The air, though still cold,
was soft and pleasant: the wind had
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

sists in szturatsrE she timber with .
solution OF sugar - boiling fosrt
Recent reEearrhes have shown fnzi
rasfun properties are ssaTe7- - mary
osher substances and that rE1AD zrt4Fs
ernanatlons exist 81 the sfuao1Esissre
their source being probably he -oli-
II & estimated shat The rofien sFs1-
dies q the world Eo@ r~zen - SaHt
total u fss ees 5ss ara Ire ioof-ss =. .
co % these - so 90 sTs-el>s 2nf.
50 SO ioorT1s are u Great britain
President SehurtaaE ln . resent &d-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

causes are said 70 be responsible, the
drink habit heading the LIST.
b'shop NilbertcTce. being asked 10
1enne the difference between = good
ana ? Dad speaker, gave this definition:
ne good speaker has something 10
So the bad speaker has 20 say some
thing"
ne corn district OF Iowa covers over
Ivy GO acres asad sometimes produces
Se6sfp0-oeq bushels. IN Nebraska there
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

gle lands both in islands to the south
east of Asia and on the Malay PENN
sula. Now and then returned traveller
tells Of these aerial abodes perched on
the limbs of trees, sheltered from sun
and rain by thatches of leaves and
twigs and connected with the earth by
a bamboo ladder, which may be drawn
up and lowered at will.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
The Interior of the Earth.

An ocean of molten gold is believed to
lie under the earth's crust. If We dug
a straight tunnel through the center of
the earth and went down into il we
dozen miles or SO rocks of a semimclten
condition, like liquid metal. Then miles
farther we would be engulfed on all
sides by a material like molten glass.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
The aa1iehta naiv Eagle Sunday Mornine IS 1sus.


At fifty miles we would find ourselves
surrounded perhaps by seas OF molten
silver, lead and zinc and below these
liquid iron. copper and nickel Far
Their on we would pass through oceans
of redhot gold. platinum and other OF
the rarest metals Penetrating still
deeper. we would pass through a realm
OF seethins fire. forming and decon-
posing the elements OF which the earth
is composed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

drexs 20 re- Essserss - Comet saivsr-
ssfy aid that thsza are skroad sa fsss
country today = sFlfft - "a wssssgsses
ant Glsresars far tn riEats q ofh@Fs
ga lbs arrugnf sss rib - ssrrr ssssessf
ezs.sztEioa fsT hsxirx xozst - sizseiy
Entered
7 Ia rtr 4 Sitefts. - Mersi1 fsTe.-
fsz.sss q Rave seT%sos~t 2 nsu metal
sgo-s cssssE,~re.xi slate. whtfh e ats1a-
4zrt IN skzt rtxlor- y - aeFsipr-e1
throzzf process % a1s-sfexrafsfsa ~
go Q. 4Es5s 80 s.~ctrs1zl csTgfEt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
NEAR AND FAR.

Insurance Commissioner ITost OF
Wisconsin has deeided that al mutual
lie Insurance companies doing business
In Wisconsin must divide their surplus
among the policy holders.
The annual report Of the English lu-
macy commissioners shows an enormous
increase OF madness in England and
Wales. The ratio il January. 1908
was one in every ss5 OF population.
Physical rather than direct mental
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
Ingenuou. Counsel.

A lady had bought several pots Z.
jam. and, being about 90 go out. she
told her little daughter not to touch
them But no sooner was she outside
than the child took one Of The pots. ate
some OF the jam and then put the pot
back in its place. Her mother On her
return noticed it at once and said in a
severe tone. What would you do. you
naughty child. II you were in my
place."
Il should say. Finish the pot. as you
have begun IL. but don't DO IL again"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

are s.ooooeo acres. hut the state Of
Kansas takes the lead with nearly
9.oo0 coo acres devoted 10 growing this
cereal
At tse opening OF Cornell university
@,ss5 students were registered. - whcs-i
SIS were freshmen
During the whole CT the nineteenth
century London grew At a nearly con-
slant rate from 81. 0o9 10 g.5oa GO peD-
pls-eightfold New Yorks growth n
the same period from 50 GO 10 ;, 5es 80
WAS more than nfty-eishttold- The
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
Cured of Whatf

why" said a youngster 10 his elder
brother, do behring's have so many
more illnesses than other fish,
"Who says they do?" asked the youth
addressed.
why. this book says that thousands
upon thousands of them are cured ev-
cry year"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

JOHNNY saw a aght between ca
and rat today.
Sallie-How did II end?
JChnny-After the second round ths
cat wasn't IN e.
Sallie-N Nonsense.
Johnny-Not at ali. The rat was -
it--that is. IN the cat \
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

present rate CT growth OF London is l.
per cent per decade Of New York =
Der cent.
Western railroads are considering the
advssa bllffy OF substituting gasoline
engines foF steam locomotives OF
branch srburban lines The expert
men, has been rsade with success n
Iowa
A Liverpool chemist has discovered q
process for hardening soft woods SO
that they ran Be usc1 IN place OF natu-
rally hard woods The treatment co.,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
His Only Chance.

Little boy" said gentleman. why
do you carry that umbrella over your
head? It's not raining
No"
"And the sun is not shining
mo"
Then why 90 you carry it,
"'Cause when it rains pa wants It.
and it's only this kind of weather tina:
I can get to use il at ALL"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25

that would have carried conviction TO
the most bigoted controversialist
Then" said Mr.. Miggs triumphant
ly. IF mitigate the ferceness of Win
ter's cold and of summers heat, which
by my new invention I have proved
myself capable of doing. am I or am I