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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-22

! rain or drought need be feared as SAN
( sevieria appears almost Indifferent 10
either. Forty pounds of leaves Yield
about one pound of dry Fire. ana two
crops, consisting in all OF about $500
pounds, are said to be obtained from
an acre of about 500 plants. The in
/ PRODUCTION of the cultivation of this
/ fibre to these Islands appears to be Of
great promise as it's qualities. when
appreciated, would bring ii a better
price than sisal. The adaptability If
Sansevieria to our climate, its rapid
and vigorous growth, its quick harvest.
and the facility of its cultivation
should recommend it to all sisal grow
ers as a crop which may perhaps prove
more remunerative to grow than the
Agave.
BY-PRODUCTS.
In days when the success of an in
dustry is often dependent upon the.
value of what are termed 'sby-products''
it is of interest to enquire into the pos
sibilities of sisal in this direction The
following lines are from the Cyclic
paeda of India Balfour): IAN extract
of the leaves is used to make a Iather,
like soap; and the leaves split Longitude
on, serving the purposes of a strap, ow-
ing to the particles of silica they con-
tain. The roots are diuretic and anti
syphilitic. and are brought to Europe
mixed with sarsaparilia. The Mexicans
make paper of the fbres of Agave
leaves laid in layers
The Dictionary of the Economic Prod
uets of India (Watt) contains the fol-
lowing: For paper manufacture this
fibre seems likely to command a good
market. IT is the most highly APPROX
ed Of all the paper fibres, making a
strong, tough, smooth paper which feels
like oiled paper, and, even while unsiz-
ed, may be written upon, without the.
ink running (Spons Encyclop.). The
juice is made into soap. For this pur-
pose it is expressed and the watery
part evaporated either by artificial heat
or by simple exposure to the sun. On
its reaching thick eonsistence it is
made into balls along with lye-ash.
This soap fathers with salt as well as
with fresh water. A gallon of the sap
CONTINUED on page 81
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-13

liam Cowper They are all famous.
None surpassed Byron in interest,
point, brilliancy and a certain ease of
manner He and the others with one
exception, may have written with an
eye TO publications. the audience of
the future CoWper is particularly adj
mired for the ease, simplicity and al
most conversational excellence of his
letters. There is an artleSsness about
them that gives them a special charm
and an unprecedented appearance.
He is capital eDistOlary correspond
ent, and prattles away with q fluency
and impromptu style that is quite I'M
IKE the most of his rivals in the realm
OF letter writing. The able London
Arthenaeum" not long ago referred
10 them in admiration, and said OF
them, that ''in simplicity and graceful
ease, in precision and transparency
above all, in a pervading gayety that,
without flashing into separate spark
lets OF wit or epigram, yet diffuses u
certain equable, silvery brightness over
the Whole-CoWper's familiar prose is
unmatched in English literature" He
left the world a no common legacy
In several of his poems They have
much or the merit as to purity, sim
pHclty, ease and grace that his letters
possess. He was eminently the poet of
every day home life. He was original,
full OF genuine grace and being very
gifted was none the less very unhappy
he had humor was a master of de-
scription and of pure taste. He is an
ornament to letters
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-13

tor Simmons He knew nothing of
the letter written to, me, by my dear
friend of more than thirty years the
late John r. Morris, of Goldsboro. /
have read none of the speeches report
ed in the State papers of the State cam
vass, with the exception of column
and a half or more by the Senator.
That was particularly strong, impress
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sive tactful and germane. A friend told
me that the speech delivered by him
was unquestionably of high excellence,
and raised the Senator very much in
his opinion. / think he said this of q
speech he heard from him at Raleigh
in a different year. He has grown
much in public estimation.
Theodore Bryant Kingsbury
Wilmington, \. c., Nov. 8, 1904.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-13

1t is very difficult to know every
thing. 1t is very hard for some writ
ers TO avoid all mistakes. IT is eX-
tremely hazardous for some latter-day
nOvelists to refer to history and to
deal with famous characters. For in
stance, Mr.. Fitzgerald Molloy has writ
ten a book he calls the Romance Of
Royalty" and in it he makes North
Carolina's famous native, General An
drew Jackson, contemporary with
Louis Napoleon, and Macmillan. He
says the former had to get out or
Mexico in consequence of President
Andrew Jackson's imperative demand.
In 1915, Jackson died. In 1868, or
about that time, the French evacuated
Mexico. That reminds me of what a
Raleigh physician said to me about
1873-that there were white men in six
miles of the capital who believed that
Andrew Jackson was still President of
the United States. Mr.. Molloys his
toric knowledge is limited One of the
easy things to do is TO get your figures
wrong. ON July 4. 1916. 1 saw the
parade i'm Raleigh, in celebrating the
obsequies of Jackson. Col. ID. X. Nc
Rae delivered the Grafton at the First
Presbyterian church, and John Manly
was the Marshal of the day
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-13
BLOOD POISON


throughout he anatomy
becomes
the third hard
the
tim o end
i
laches and the bloodp
is
the the
the NJ reem
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-13

Botanic Blood Balm Oh. Il. 3D. is
sold by ali druggists. Price $1.OO per
large bottle. Ii taken in sufficient
quantity according to directions on
label and not cured, money is re-
funded.
Write for free book containing val
liable medical advice and the history
Of many remarkable cures made by Il.
b. u.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

that the youngsters save proper heed
10 the minister's sermon. which fire.
quenuy did not reach it's conclusion
until seYenthly and eishthly had been
passed.
But Atoms chief grievance against
the recurrence of Sunday had its
foundation i'm the circumstance that he
had 10 get mp bright and early on the
good day. not only 10 dress up i'm his
sunday g0-tO-mectings, but to learn
seven new verses of Scripture-Oue
for every day I'm the Week-so that he
would shine at Sunday school. The
Westminster cateChiSm also had TO be-
memorizeG from what is the chief
end of MANI clear through TO the end
without slip. There was ITO way of
dodgiug. il the verses were not COM
muted 10y the time set for starting
churchWarl, then 1T was case of say
ms them over and over again on the
way in until mastered. TO the stern
faced man at the reius, or to the
mother whose look showed her grief
at her sons religious deTeliCtiOn.
Tt was i'm this fashion that the boy
received a thorough knowledge of the
Bible. which has caused him as man
to excite the admiration of even min
listers by his ready quotations from it.
But he no longer attends Presbyterian
church. He is prominent in the Epis-
cOpaI denomination, and his good
mother. who makes her son q yearly
visit al Esopus. GA the Hudson not
intTeQuently takes him % task for
leaving the faith of his fathers And
I don't believe I can ever quite forgive
you for iu, Alton, she invariably says
by way OF closiug
His One Hunting Experience.
one of the incidents of his boyhood
adys that the judge frequently laughs
over occurred Oh one of the very few
Sundays that he was not taken 20
church, For some reason or other
sufficiently good. 10 his parents, Alton
was sent 10 his graudmOther BeJsy's
TO spend the day. On the way over
to her place he picked up his chum.
Joe EgglesJ1u. who, for o. wonder. had
also been left behind by his parents.
and the two. i'm their best clothes and
with shining faces. presented them
selves before Grandmother Betsy. VINO
was famous for her delicious cooking
and ner ready remedies for all sorts
of aches and pains.
Grandmother Betsy believed in let
ting boys be- boys. and instead of seat
lug them on shiny haircioth chairs I'm
the best room, permitted them TO play
tree back of the house. they discoy-
view ON q limb. They listened TO the
ume- then Alton guessed that he'd
make good eating for dinner. Joe /
GUESSED back that that was just about
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One of the boys who witnessed this
incident was Joseph E. Eggleston, now
surrogate of Cortland county, and he
says that If he is ever called upon to
defend, i'm the court Of appeals of New
York, of which Alton 3. Parker is
chief justice the right of the pedes-
triau to the proper use of the highway.
he shall cite with confidence the case
of Parker VS.. Bridgemau.
How Alton Planned for the Future.
It is seldom that boyhood chums be-
come i'm manhood what they plan to be
in boyhOod, yet Allie Parker aud Joe
Ig estom yhfIe they Tompc5 together
argued together, wentto district school
and the Cortland academy together
and made trips home over Sunday to-
gether frequently told each other how
some day they would both be lawyers.
They got the idea in this fashion.
one day Atoms father was summoned
TO court for jury service and he took
Alton along. The boy listened intently
to the arguments of the opposing cOun-
sell and being somewhat of a verbal
ulsputanr himself on a small scale, then
and there determined TO be a lawyer
when ne grew up.
When he returned home he hunted
up his chum, Joe EgglestOn, who lived
ON the farm adjoining, told him of his
experience and determination. and Joe
was straighway fixed with a similar
ambition. Neither Of the boys ever
dreamed of becoming judges, yet
neither had been practicing many
years before Joe was elected surrogate
of his county. d position that he still
holds for Cortland county.
Before they became lawyers and after
leaving the academy they were school
teachers. Alton graduated when he
was is and Immediately set out to find
d place where he could teach. The trus-
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while Joe's fathers machine had the
cutter bar i'm front.
Course the right place for the cut
ter bars in front" Joe would declare.
suppose a man was drunk and fell of
the machine, and ir was like your
fathers and had the cutter bar I'm back,
he'd get cut up and killed, wouldn't
That amt it," Alton would reply.
IF the cutter bars i'm front YOU can't
look down on iC aud keep from rum
uing into stones. But DC lis iu toe
back you can. can't you
But suppose man was drunk and
sslH persist that taat wash the point,
and SO on, while the weeds between
the corn hills soy hne start OPS TIE
young d.sput9nts.
An Adventure With Unbroken Oxen.
Young Parker's persuasive powers
stood him in good stead the day ne
formers father in the matter of break
ing oxen. Parker senior being the
champion breaker of the neighbor-
hood They Eitched a couple of young
oxen TO a pUug, and, proud OF their
success, determined to drive over 10
Nsighbor Whites and ask if ha had
any work for them. When they pUl
the query to Farmer White me re-
called that there was a log back oE
the house that me would like down lin
the barnyard, so ne told the boys TO
so ahead.
They went at the job with viii.
but the log proved too heaVE-a half
dozen oxen could scarcely have moved
iJ-and finally they We're compelled
to give up and started back home
They had almost reached there
when the oxen. seeing q gate partly
open leading into an adjoining field
suddenly made a bolt for it. The boys
yelled lit 10 kill and made every
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Move as quietly as possible at all times
Casts should be made from side to
side and i'm front, over every spot that
looks "hshy. Let the flies float down
stream with a quivering motion, sug-
gesuve of a drowning insect and at the
end OF each cast, allow the lure 60 sink
a foot or more.
When bass refuse To rise to ordinary
casting. whipping the stream may
bring them. This is done by casting
rapidly, several times over one spot,
merely allowing the fly to touch the
water, but finally letting it sink. When
two flies are used, choose different
color combinations. Frequent changes
OF flies often bring results.
If a tight line is maintained the bass
generally hooks himself, for his rush is
sudden and sure. Nevertheless. it is
necessary to strike quickly upon the
slightest tug. Striking consists of turn
ing the hand Sideways, with a taut
slime; just enough TO set the barb.
When the line is slack a more vigor-
Gus movement is necessary
The fight after hooking, is between
the bass and the rod. not between bass
and reel The spring of the rod CON
quers the FISH. Held firmly, at an engIe
of +5 degrees, thumb on reel spool,
there is little chance Of good rod
breaking. Give line stintingly and
keep the FISH as near the surface as
possible Once exhausted. he should
be reeled in until the landing net can
be used 10 lift him from the water. Im-
mediately he is in the net. the pressure
of the thumb must be released, to take
the strain off the rod.
When fishing from the bank, in
streams too deep TO wade. or from a.
boat ON lakes. the fish has a better
chance to see the angler and longer
casts are necessary unless the bank
offers chances TO screen When fishing
from boat, keep in deep water and
cast toward the swallows or weeds.
TROUT A TICKLIsH FISH.
tHartfOrd C0urant)
Three years ago Joseph S. Nicholson
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stocked a small pond across the ROAD
from his residence i'm TariHviIle with
brook trout They have grown to be
from one to two pounds I'm weight and
are very tame.
Mr. Nicholson feeds the trout on raU
beef chopped very fiue, and plays with
them much as you would with q uup-
py. They eat out or his hand and all
low him TO fOudIe them as me- pleasss.
But like playful dog they sometimes
play too hard and bite and when they
90 their sharp teeth draw blood.
one form of amusement which 1Er.
MiJChelsOu has invented I Sa sort OF
tug-Of-War match. he fasteus a. piece
of meat to one end of string and
then it's a tUssel TO see which Is the
stronger. trout or man. The trout digs
his toes into the turf, so to speak Sits
back on his launches and pulls Tor
fair In reality me backs water with
his fins. Then ne viii suddenly turn
and try to run away with the bait. 1T
is but fair TO Mr.. Nicholson TO say
that he is like the circus manager who
always lets the woman charloteer beat
the Roman.
They make the water froth and bub-
bile. these trout at meal time and later
become playful and spOrfive. For IT'S
certain that the trout takes "a more
cheerful view of life after q square
meal, just as man does. If the trout
had ears that YOU could scratch and
tickle as YOU do a dog he would
probably derive the same pleasure
therefrom that the dog does, bus the
trout isn't built that way All the
same you can touch his susceptible
ties The trick is i'm knowing where 10
tickle him.
This is not equivalent TO the old saw,
catch a bird by putting salt or it's
tail. Mr.. Nicholson has already tanned
his trout so that they VIII come NO
into his hands, and he has learned by
experiment that they like to be strOked
in that part of the body where they
stow away the worm. Properly s0othed
In this manner you can lift a trout
completely out OF the water without
his making q flop.
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effort TO stop the animals. but they
kept right on, and when they had
quoted down again, some minutes
later the fence for several rods looked
as if western cyclone had sWoOped
down upon &c..
Just about this time the fences
owner put in an appearance and he
was wratEful. He wanted to do all
sorts of things to both boys and oxen.
but Alton, assisted by his COmrade.
persuaded the man into the belief that
their fathers would certainly make
good the age-WhiCh they did
and he paau allowed them to go ON
utth nethiug worse tEan ~ secd Jaw
ing up"
How Young gParker Rebuked Road
Hog
Besides being positive i'm his opin-
ions, young Parker was not slow i'm
asserting his rights.
AT the time he attended the academy
i'm Cortland. one of the town charac-
tiers was a Methodist minister of the
name Of Bridgeman, who was never
known TO give an inch of the road
when driving One day Parker and
two companions We're out Tor a stroll,
ana, sidewalks being few ia Cortland.
and mud plentiful they took to the
beaten track i'm the middle of the road
Pretty soon the preacher came bear
ing down upon them. The boys natur-
ally expected that he would give some.
so they chung TO the edge of the road
way But the minister pulled not to
the right by SO much as an inch. and
Alton Parker jumped just in time TO
escape being driven upon But as ne
jumped into the mud he sliced the
horse by the bride led him to the old
board fence nearby, and. despite the
unministerial protests of the buggy's
occupant calmly tied the animal to the
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tees at Virgil, a village a few ynileg
from Cortland. decided TO give the bow
trial, and he returned home iubfTarr
10 announce his good fortune to his
parents. In the meantime the bows
father and uncle had secured a position
elsewhere for him at 80 cents a 6pv
more pay. When they informed Alton
OF the fact he suggested. i'm his disap-
polnUmenG that he cancel the VireiI
engagement. But the father, stern, lust
man that ne was, replied.
y on vii do nothing of the sort. I
nave noticed that young man who
starts out 1n life by falling to keep an
obligation fails at everything else"
Young Parker as a school Teacher.
So the boy taught at VirgiI. frsmeut-
Iy walked ten miles over sl5vdrifts to
get there TO open up; established his
authority by WallOping the bully. and
later on went to Ulster county half
way across the state. to teach In the
little town or Accord position that
came to him unsolicited, the Cortland
academy authorities having recon-
mended him when the Accord trustees
wrote TO them asking for bright
young teacher.
Alton Parker's boyhood definitely
ended with his acceptance Of this pest
tion. Having at last the opportunity
he had looked forward TO with SO much
expectancy, he began the study Of law
in earnest. in this ne was appTeciabIy
assisted by Augustus ScbooHmaker or
Kingston. later attorney general OF the
state. who had taken q fancy to the
young man The friendship between
the TWO resulted for one thing fin the
younger finding his bride ia Miss Nary
L. Schoonmaker relative of the
older
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The trout season opens next We'd
ussday or. to- Doe more exact, at mid
night ou Tuesday June H. Followers
of Iz8ak Walton are already looking
oyer their fishing tackle SO as 70 De
rctdT ana on the grounds by daylight
~ me 18th. Hundreds maybe thou
sands ot residents of salt Lake VIII
Eie themselves tI the surrounding
streams. each eager to bring home
long string of fish. old fishermen are
feeling somewhat dubious. alleging
that their sport viii Doe spoiled 10y
gIe. informs, who viii bee as numerous
ass the fish. ana whose chief accom-
Iiishueut seems 10 be that of soaring
away the willy trout.
There are several streams I'm the
vicinity OF salt Lake City that AFFORD
good fishing East Canyon. where the
Weber flows. is the old standby. haV-
ms been faEorite spot for over half
a century. Men have hshed in il ever
since Utah was first settled. and the
supply seems go be iueNhauslible Then
there are the two Cottonwood canyons,
1-aTlGy.s creek Mil creek Mt Dell and
abe river Jordan. all Of which are
popular fishing resorts Farther away
are Provo and Ogden canyons.
Those Who can afford the time and
expense take The oregon short Line
into ldIl1- 60 angle ON the snake
river. and Wood river. considered by
many the finest fishing spots iu the
iutermouHtaiu region.
water Too High For Fly Fishing.
The water is too high this season
Cor fly fishing iu nearly every stream.
Tbs snowfall ou the mountains has
f. exceedingly heavy and the
st16ams are all hIed TO overlooking.
There b. not much choice I'm regard
10 The best place 90 fish this year. The
upper part Of East canyon. where the
Weber is fed 10y springs. might afford
ny fishing The water is less apt 10
be high there than in any other place. .
The south fork of Provo canyon. and
possibly Deer creek. are considered by
some of the fishermen places were
us fishing might Doe tried, but the pros
poets are none too good.
The anglers are now beginning TO
collect around various lounging places
T. ten what they are going to do I'm
the way of landing big fish and 10
swap yarns concerning past wonder
ful chatches.
"UnCle John sharp. as The state
rTl and game warden is known amoHs
hs friends, when asked where the
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what and Alton volunteered the in
formation that his Granddaughter
Betsy had a gun in the house which
would surely kin the squirrel Joe
to have a gun and not use it; his com
panlon agreed, and few moments
later isappeared into the house. leaV-
ing Joe under the tree still keeping an
eye ON the squirrel.
When Alton rejoined his chum ne
carried Els gTdndfaUber's umbpTSOme.
Old-fashioned gun. tt took The united
squirrel, then there was loud report,
and UlEt instant the bundle of fur
tumbled. dead, to the ground.
The lads secured their bag. aud
ORA ggiuS the gun after them, hunted
up GTandmUJher Betsy. threw them
selves on Ter mercy. and Incidentally
asked if she didn't thiuE the squirrel
would be fine for Sunday dinner They
We're shTeWd enough TO know that
pride ip her cooking was the old lady's
weak point, and SO they had squirrel
pie for dinner and the day was not
clOuded with even so much as a sug-
gestiOn of Teprimand-
His First Long Trip From Home.
This incident marked the beginning
and tie end of Atoms career as a
nimTOd- He never cared for shooting,
iu fact. of all the staple bOyish de-
lights only two appealed strongly to
him. He would skate on Browns
pond until be was "WeIl nigh tuckered
out skate long past the meal hour.
forgetting chores and am the humble
farm duties and IL there WAS q circus
within striking distance he'd rather
take a lickiu any Gay tEau miss it.
His nIst long trip fTOm home alone
was made that lee might feel The joys
of eating peanuts and riding the ele-
plant az Ithaca, some twenty miles
away. He was still below his teens.
when. accompanied by "a boy friend,
a team and drove the entire distance,
of the world then. The boys carried
total Of some TWO dollaTs-and when
hey turned the horses head home
ward late al night they We're strapped.
But iu was worth wEle; they were the
Marco POlos Of the neiErb0Th0Od for
weeks and Che other boys at the dis
-rlet school hung on their every word.
His Love Of Argument
Young Alton dearly loved a discus
sion by way of diVersimcut He would
balance himself ON the top of the rail
fence. just like a man. and argue till
he sun fen, especially if his 0ppo-
7ent happened to be Joe IgglestOn and
he subject was that Of moving ma
.hin5g.
Atoms father owned mower
which had the cutter bar far behind
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most FISH were to be caught this year,
looked wise and replied.
u cannot say anything about it.
The fellows viii have to find it all out
for themselves.
Quite a good sized crowd took iu the
fishing excursion to Idaho over the
oregon Short Line yesterday. The
majority of the fishing experts will
wait until the middle of next month
though, when It is believed that fly
fishing wiu be possible.
NOW a word 10 amateurs as TO what
TO take along. Do not overburden
yourself with baggage and other
camping aTaphernalia. III viii only
be in the way. and you viii wish many
times THAT you had left IN behind. A
fe" blankets tent cooking utensils,