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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-05-26

EGYPT NOT A DEAD ONE.
Nearly all the interior cities of Egyp
are lighted by electricity.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-05-26

CHINA'S MANY FORTIFIED CITIES.
There are 17i7 walled cities in China.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-05-26

Want ads in Star cost but n rents.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
Compass Plants.

Several different countries-America,
Asia Minor, Tartary, Madagascar and
Australia-have shrubs and flowers
which are, locally at least, known as
compass plants" The compass plant
of the United States is the common
rosin weed of our western prairies,
which has the long leaves near the
ground set in a vertical position in
such way as to always present the
edges to the north and south. This pc
culiar propensity Of the rosin weed is
attributed to the fact that both the up
per and lower surfaces of the leaves
demand an equal share of light, some
thing which can be said of but few
known plants, the upper surfaces usu-
ally being much more sensitive to both
light and heat than the lower. This de-
mand for share of Old SoTs attention
causes the leaves to stand in the man.
ner mentioned above.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
A Fine Gentleman.

The Due de Richelieu, the beloved OF
ladies, the breaker of hearts, was the
perfect fine gentleman of studiously
elegant epoch. The suave repose of his
manner was immovable. When his
second wife lay dying he came in to
see her, stepping softly, hat in hand.
Though she was expiring, her fading
eye lit up at the sight Of him.
'How sweet it would be for me to
die in your arms" she murmured.
He held her as she wished till she
died, then went out again, stepping
softly, hat in hand. One of his spiteful
chroniclers-a woman, needless to say
suggests that he was off to rendez-
vous with the lady of the moment, and
that the graceful manner in which he
bore the delay caused by his wife's
death was proof of the perfect breeding
of one of the finest gentlemen in Eu-
rope.-Geraldine Bonner in The Reader.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
Salt In Butter.

Uniformly high and we'll dissolved
and we'll distributed salt in butter is
a quality that is given considerable
weight when the butter is placed upon
the market. Butter of medium poor
quality seems to have a good sale pro-
vided the salt is quite high, we'll dis
solved and we'll distributed. The keep
ing quality is also improved by the use
of good salt. To get the salt in such
a condition in the butter and get uni
formly high content in it (21a to 3 per
cent from day to day is something not
easily done. The amount of salt in
the finished product depends, first, up
on the amount of moisture in the but
ter at the time the salt is added; Sec
ond, upon the amount of salt used per
pound of butter or per pound of fat;
third, upon the amount of working the
butter receives and at what time the
bulk of working is done after the salt
has been added, and, fourth, upon the
size Of granules at the time the salt is
added and the hardness and softness of
the butter.-C. Larsen.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
NoycIfsts and Poisons.

We read very frequently how tie
hero or heroine had q chloroform soak
ed handkerchief pressed over the nose
and became at once insensible. Chloro-
form does not act in that way. 1t
causes excitement before anything op-
preaching to loss of SenSibility, and
when insensibility has been reached
the patient begins to kick and throw
his arms about.
We are also told how he or she swal-
lowed the drugged wine, gave gasp
and fell back senseless The only
senseless person in the business is the
novelist. An absolutely poisonous dose
of laudanum would not cause loss of
consciousness until several minutes
had elapsed after its being taken.
But the prize must be awarded to the
writer who says that 1.-The victim rails
ed the glass containing strychnine,
drank its contents and fell down dead. =
The victim would probably lie down
sooner or later. Then he would writhe
and twist, groan and cry aloud, for the
strychnine would seem to be tying his
inside and his muscles into knots.
Death by strychnine poisoning is ag-
OniZing
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
Animals That Lay Eggs.

There are two animals in Australia
that lay eggs after the manner of birds
and reptiles. They are those quaint
creatures the ornithorhynchus, or
duck billed platypus, and the echidna,
or porcupine ant eater. The former
lays its eggs in burrows, which it
scratches out on the banks of rivers.
The latter carries them until Matched
in a pouch somewhat like the kanga-
roofs.
In many respects these animals have
an anatomical affinity to reptiles, but
their mouths are toothless and beak-
like, resembling those Of birds, while
the feet of the platypus are webbed.
The platypus is semiaquatic animal,
and the porcupine ant eater is much
like the ground hog in appearance.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
To the Grave In SpectacTes.

At a recent funeral it was noticed
that the face Of the dead was adorned
with glasses. Naturally the queer dec
0ration occasioned surprise. Even the
undertaken seemed hardly to know
what to make of it.
However," he said, this is not the
6rst time l have buried a man with
glasses on. But the instances have
been so few that l haven't got used to
the idea. Certainly l never add that
finishing touch of my own accord. 1t
is always done at the request of the
family. In every case find that the
deceased and his glasses were insepa-
rable in life, and lin order to preserve
the likeness they are to be still undi-
vided in death. Personally, ! think the
notion inartistic, but art is not my
business. When anybody wants to be
buried in glasses that's the way l bury
him."-New York Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
Dead Mems Teeth.

Before artificial teeth were created
deficiencies had to be made good by
the real article, so body snatchers raw
aged the cemeteries at night, breaking
up the jaws of the dead to extract
their teeth to sell to dentists for inser-
ton in live mems mouths. An army of
these ghouls followed Wellington's ar
my. They were licensed as suffers, but
once night fell out came their nippers,
and they prowled over the battlefield
extracting the teeth of the dead or
dying
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
Insect Tenn

The temperature Of the human body
is essentially the same in the tropics
and in the polar zones. Insects at rest
have a temperature practically the
same as that Of the surrounding air
in ordinary conditions of heat and of
humidity. Under usual conditions the
temperature Of an insect rises with
that of the surrounding air, only more
slowly. When the air is very moist the
insects temperature may rise more
rapidly than that of the air. When
the insect begins to move, its tempera-
ture rises and continues to rise until
the motion ceases.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
Paganini's Idea of the Sabbath.

An incident in the life Of Paganini
comes to us from Liverpool. The great
violinist was visiting friends in the
suburbs of that city at the house of
lady whose religious ideas were severe
ly strained by her guest venturing to
play on the Sabbath day.
"Vy," asked the musician, "eef re
Sabat mos be so hole that nosing mos
be done at all, w does Proveedence
permit re leetel birds to sing on dat
day and re leaves Of re forest to clap
zere hands for joy, making re rustling
music, and re waters of re great deep
to sound zeir mysterious harmonies"
Paganini's stay at that house, we are
told, was brief.-LOndon News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
SUCCESS IN DkiRYlNG.
1t Is Not Achieved While W fixing In
the Dark, Says a Mai:.r Man.

the DStEh, says <i NA<sI-.> 4aAa&AA'
W. S. Keene, a successful dairyman
of Palmyra, Me-, at the Maine Dairy
mems association told an interesting
story of his experience in trying to es-
tablish his business by the haphazard
methods SO commonly employed by
farmers. His experience will be Of val
ue to the farmers Of the western states
who are trying the dairy business or
who contemplate engaging in it, says
the Chicago Record-Herald. Mr.. Keene
said:
II began nine years ago; bought six
of the best common COWS | could find.
I paid $50 apiece for them. l worked
along and used scrub bulls and raised a
few calves for three years, but | did
not get ahead any for the reason that l
had no means Of knowing what my
COWS were doing. I mean by this that
did not keep an account with each
COW to see what she was doing.
six years ago began to keep an ac-
count with my cows. l bought set OF
scales and put them in the tie-up, and
from that time to the present every COW
has had to stand on her own merits. l
bought me a registered Holstein bull
and began to raise my own cows. To-
day / have about forty cows and heif-
ers, and last fall I won fifty ribbons at
the Bangor and Lewiston fairs. My
standard when | began was $500 quarts
year, and today my tWo-year-old heif-
ers are averaging 1000 quarts year
and my mature cows about 5000 quarts.
II am able to get $40 apiece for all
my grade heifer calves when few
days old. My grade bull calves sell
readily for from So to $40 at the same
age to feed for veal or raise for steers.
| have never sold any Of my registered
heifer calves because | am getting my
whole herd into registered stock, but
my thoroughbred bull calves sell at $50
to $40 when dropped, and sold one at
five months old for $50.
''Now, the only way I ever got start
ed was in knowing, first, what every
COW was doing. Lots Of COWS start out
with a big mess and dry up in a few
months, SO that they do not pay their
keeping. 1 sell that kind as soon as I
find them out, but 1 never could find
them out if l did not weigh their milk.
I produce milk for factory at New
port. They buy milk by the pound,
so I do not test my milk for butter
fat, but they test all the milk they
buy about once week, and they report
that my milk tests ON an average Of
about per cent, and that, they say, is
good enough for them. If 1 was selling
cream, would send a sample of every
cows milk to the creamery about once
a month and have them test it for but
ter fat, and in this way I would weed
out any cow that was not profitable as
a buttermaker.'
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
A Hint to the Engaged.

There is a superstition which says
that engaged couples who are photo
graphed together never get married.
Superstition is gradually dying down.
so that few would be kept back by an
old woman's saying. There is, how
ever, one thing which should keep en-
gagged couples from being photographed
together and that is the thought that
If either or both should marry some
one else the fewer tokens there are Of
previous love affairs the greater is the
chance Of happiness in the final choice
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
Grim Relics.

A prison sale is held annually in
Paris. The articles offered for sale
are the clothes Of murdered people,
the instruments with which the crimes
have been committed and the effects
which have belonged to the deceased
prisoners. Articles which have been
taken to the prefecture Of police and
have not been claimed are also sold.
The proceeds go to the Paris aims
house. Unclaimed jewelry is usually
bought by ordinary brokers, but the
articles which have belonged to Grim
inals. especially those who are noto-
rious, are bought at high prices.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
DAIRY CATTLE

The worlds fair committee of the
Holstein-F riesian Association of Amer
lea is sending out an address to breed
ers and exhibitors of HOlstein-F rieSian
cattle relative to an especial effort to-
ward an exceptional display of that
breed at st. Louis next September.
The committee is composed of six prom
inent breeders, with w. J. Gillett of
Rosendale, Wis, as chairman.
The address makes the following ref
erence to the worlds fair prizes Of
fered by the Holstein- Friesian associa-
ton:
Public esteem and the merits Of the
most creditable show of our cattle be
present at this great exposition. Real
izing the importance of a representative
exhibit of Observation-Disclosures at st. Lou
is, the Holstein-F riesian Association Of
America has offered special prizes for
exhibits of its cattle, which, together
with the regular prizes offered by the
exposition, make a sum to be competed
for in amount never before offered at
any live stock show. It Will be seen
from the arrangement of prizes offered
that the large and the small breeder
have an equal chance Of winning some
thing and that it would be hardly pos
sible for any herd of ordinary merit to
show at st. Louis and win nothing.
Great things are expected of US, and
the Holstein-F riesian association ap-
peals to it's breeders with an urgent re-
quest that the display of our cattle
shall far surpass any previous exhibit
ton
Kind of Dairy Cows Wanted.
It is the herd of special purpose dairy
cows we want and not the herd kept to
furnish chores for the owner or hired
man. Dairy type is not an accident; it
is not something that just happened.
There are good reasons for every point
of makeup. It is advisable that every
one engaged in dairying should procure
a pure blooded sire.--M. L. Thomas in
Hoard's Dairyman.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
uOrang Outang" Incorrect.

The large anthropoids of Borneo and
Sumatra are usually called orang ou-
tangs. This form, it seems, is not cor
rect. Orang signifies man and outang.
or utang, debt, something owing; so
that orang outang would simply mean
a man in debt. The correct Malay
name is orang utan, Or outan. This sig
nifies the forest man in distinction to
orang dusun, or village (civilized) man.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
How TO Make a Campfire.

An absurd and reprehensibly destruc-
tive practice is the building of fires be-
meath tree Gin order to get the draft"
The fools that do this kill great trees
for nothing but q campfire. There is
no sense in that wretched practice. A
fire for camp cooking should be built
liz the open, and nothing is easier. A
bare rock is the best place, and it you
are to cook by it put up a barrier Of
loose stones just extensive enough to
make q fire as large as a kitchen stove
would hold, put a fiat stone over these
walls, and you will have all you want.
You can fry bacon and your corn
cakes and boil your coffee on that
stone. This is as good for winter as
for summer. And if you want a hot
old campfire clear q place Of all COM
bustibles and begin small, gradually
adding stick or two, and the heat
beneath will soon grow SO strong that
you can keep it up for as many hours
as you please. But be sure that you
let it get down to the ashes before you
leave. Nobody knows what may hap
pen after you leave a blazing fire.
Springfield Republican.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
Not the Same Meaning.

Nervous Old Lady Gin saloon Of
steamer)-Oh, steward, where do l
sleep? Steward-What is the number
of your berth, ma'am? Nervous Old
LADY, don't see what that has to do
with it, but if you must know it is
third. There were a sister and broth
er born before me.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
His Signature.

Paying Teller-What is your name
anyway? Indignant Presenter OF
Check-Don't you see my signature?
Paying Teller-Yes; that's what arous
ed my uriosity.-Baltimor American.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
A Gentle Hint.

Riley-So Casey was killed by tn
blasht? Who broke tn news to his
wildly? Rooney-Big Tim Houlihan.
Riley-Did he do it gintly? Rooney
He did He began be askin' her to
marry him.-Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
Sour
StOma Ch

No appetite, loss of strength, nervous
ness, headache, constipation, bad breath,
general debility, sour risings, and catarrh Of
the stomach are all due TO indigestion. Kodol
cures indigestion. This new discovery repre-
sents the natural juices of digestion as they
exist in healthy stomach, combined with
the greatest known tonic and reconstructive
properties. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does MOI
only cure indigestion and dyspepsia, but this
famous remedy cures all stomach troubles
by cleansing, purifying, sweetening and
strengthening the mucous membranes lining
the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball, Of Ravenswocd, w. Va, says
was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years
kodol cured me and we now using it in nil
for baby
Kodol Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only Sloo Size holding 215 times the tris
size, which sells for so cents.
Prepared by e. G. Dewitt & CO., CHICAGO
For Sale by Fl. ]. Stangl.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
Safe Theory.

Her Father - Upon what do you
count to support my daughter? Impe-
eunious Suitor-Upon your unwilling
ness to see her starye.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10

It is a common joke to call inferior
cigars cabbage leaves" but, as mat
ter Of fact, some very good weeds" are
made from the leaves Of the sunt1oWer.
These leaves can also be smoked in the
place Of tobacco, forming quite passa-
BILE substitute.
The stalks and leaves make excellent
food for various animals, while the for
mer can also be employed as fuel. Sun
flower cake is made from the seeds of
this useful plant after the oil has been
extracted, this oil being very nearly
equal to olive oil and used in cooking.
The seeds not only serve as food for
cattle; they are mashed and kneaded
into bread by the poor peasants of GER
tain parts of Russia, and they find it
very palatable.
Potash is obtained from the ash of
the stalks. The proportion is about
one-third of potash to the total ash
left after burning. A yellow dye is
made from the flower Of the plant. The
fiber can be worked into a silk mate
rial
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10

many persons who desire to get rid
of india ink marks on the skin will
be interested in the method recon-
mended bS a correspondent in a con-
temporary. He says: "After making
the site Of operation aseptic retattoo
the part with needles (secundum ar
tem) using the following solution:
Chloride of zinc, thirty grams; ster-
ilized water, forty grams. At the time
Of operation the tattooing becomes
rather pale, and the needle pricks ap-
pear surrounded with white. At the
border of the tattOoed surface a raised
white edge forms, caused by the rails
ing of the epidermis, and the neighbor-
ing parts become slightly redeemed.
This, however, soon disappears, and
with proper attention to cleanliness
there is no intense reaction. In day
or two after the operation the tattooing
becomes darker, the white arola be-
comes yellowish, and a crusty, superb
cial eschar forms, which separates on
the fifth to the tenth day. 1t is not
in any way painful, and the results, re-
mote as we'll as immediate, are excel
lent
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10
A VERY Dear Spot.

"After ALL remarked the sentimen-
tai wife, "home is the dearest spot on
earth"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-10

Eyes, verify" rejoined the head Of
the matrimonial trust as he finished
auditing last months grocery bill.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-09
Christmas Legend.

There IL a legend in Germany that
when Eve plucked the fatal apple, in
nodiately the leaves of the tree shriv.
sled into needle points and it, brixht
green turned dark. It changed it,
nature. and became the evergreen, in
Ill seasons preaching The story of
mas fall. Only a Christna6 De-, It
bloom brightly with lights al become
beautiful with love-gifts-tAs. esrse 10
turned into = blessing 1t The eoDing
Ct Tie Christ Child, aRA " ~ sss
Criatnaa tn ...: 49, : -,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-09
Origin Of tho Christmas Traa.

The Christmas tree IL supposed .
have originated in Germany. but such
- not the case. In reality tho ChrlGt.
mas tree Is from Egypt, and datao
from . period long antecedeat q ~
Christian era The palm tree q
known to put forth 4 shoot every
month, and q spray Of this tro> With
II shoots on it was used in Egypt It
tho time of the winter solstice as 4
symbol that the year was completa
Egyptian affections Of an early dato
still nnger with the Christmas t10a
The first Christmas tree was Intro.
duced into England and thence into
America by some German merchaate
Who lived in Manchester.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-08

filled with records of heroism, valor
and progress, but history
is history. and the actions of Freder-
lex the Great in furnishing his uncle,
King George of England, with Hes
sian troops. need not detract from
the splendor of German history nor
from the glory of German states
craft. Chambers Encyclopedia says
of Frederick II and the Hessians;
'Frederick's impatience under the
rigid military discipline of his father
gave rise to dissensions and he tried
to escape to the court of his uncle,
King George of England. Being
seized in the act, his conduct was
visited with still greater severity and
he was kept in close confinement,
while his friend, Lieutenant Katt,
was executed in his sight.
on coming to the throne Frederick
pursued the same mercenary policy
and kept up a splendid court on the
proceeds of the pay, amounting to
100000 pound sterling. which the
British government gave him for the
services of $4,000 Hessian troops,
who fought against the American
colonies in the war of independence.
Frederick declared the cit
izen class to be destitute alike of
ability and honor and relied. not up
on the loye of his people, but on his
army and his purse
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-08

\ new serial story by joaquin Mil
Ter, called THE Building of the city
Beautiful" began in the December
numbe + of The Arena. 1t deals with
the rebuilding of Jerusalem by the
Jews and affords Miller a rich oppor-
tunity to indulge i'm poetic sentiment
of rare beauty and sublimity. Some
of Miner's best poems have their
foundations in Palestine-Jerusalem
the Nazarene And though there
is a wealth of imagery and reverence
in these poems of Palestine, yet there
is an irreligious undercurrent in Mil
ler's thought; sort of stern fatal
ism which has not, and never will,
surrender to the true spirit of the
Christian faith. The opening chapter
of this story gives evidence of being
the poets best prose work. The sub
iect is inspiring. the scenes are sacred
to human history and the world-old
longing of the Jewish race to return
and re-establish Jerusalem, gives
ample scope for transcendant imag-
cry in the story. Miller has never
been prose writer of even mediocre
ability His stories have never been
read for any other reason than that
Joaquin Miller's name was attached
to them. 1t now seems as If this last
story will be an exception to the rule.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-08
DECEMBER.

With whisper and rustic and start
and hush
The dry leaves murmur on tree and
bush.
ON sombre pines, with boughs bent
low,
FOrsaken nests are piled with snow
The chickadees, alert for seeds,
Chatter and cling to the swayng
weeds.
The snow drifts deep in the country
ways,
And short and cold are the cheerless
days.
Yet, fair on the brow of the frozen
night.
The Christmas stars shine, large
and bright.
Sarah Andrew Shafer. in the Out
look.