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JURiST WHO MAY BE A PRESlpEN-
1lAl NOMINEE.
Ho. He Rose From Farmer Boy 10
the Highest Judicial Office In the
Empire State-lifs Home Life -
Democrat by Heredity.

Among the men who are being dls-
cussed as candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination for president none Is
more generally mentioned than Alton
Brooks Parker, chief justice OF thc
court of appeals of the state OF New
York.
Judge Parker lives modestly on his
farm at Esopus, on the west bank OF
the Hudson river, Il few miles from
Kingston \. y. The estate consists
of 40 acres. of which 120 are under
cultivation Much Of the land is GOV
cred with peach, apple and pear or
chards and vineyards, but his Red Poll
registered cattle are his especial pride
The number of this herd is not large,
but includes several prize winners. His
old colonial mansion. which he named
Rosenount, is situated on a timbered
knoll overlooking the river.
During nine months Of the year he is
kept ut Albany for five days of the
week and often six attending sessions
of the court, but usually about 3 or i
o'clock on Friday afternoons he takes
a train for home and spends Saturday
directing work upon his farm.
Judge Parker is five feet ten inches
in height. weighs 1So pounds and is
broad and deep about the shoulders
and chest. His hair is reddish brown,
and he is inclined to be bald. His mus
tache is somewhat lighter and is flow
ing. His eyes are brown. with a mer-
ry, genial expression indicative of his
disposition, which is cheerful. gener-
Gus and unoStentatious.
Socially Justice Parker and his wife
are prominent both in Albany and
Kingston. Mrs. Parker was born in
Rochester and is a descendant of 10
chem Schoonnaker. head of the orig
inal colonial settlement of Dutch at
Kingston. Mr. and Mrs Payktr We're
married in 1873 and have had two
children. one of them Il son who
died in childhood. Bertha the only
daughter, was married six or seven
years ago to Rev. Charles Mercer Hall.
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A San Antonio special TO the Fof'
Worth Record thus announces anolne'
;mnortant find for the southern cotton
planter:
lose Cassiano. eX-county collector
who has several hundred acres of cot
ton in this county, is the bearer OF
the good tidings concerning the work
at the red ants. Mr.. Gassianos fields
less than a month ago were alive with
4eeyils and he looked forward To dis
1=ouraeine prospects of losing the
greater part of his cotton through the
ravaees of the insects. Today he said
that there WAS hot live WeeNll III
his fields The rows are streWn With
lead wecvils. which the busy little red
ants are CARRYING away by thousands.
Mr.. CaSSiano SAYS a close Inspection
failed to show a single live weeVn
Oh a cotton plant anywhere else III
his fields The ants are on the plants
and in the rows between in countless
thousands They seem to have com
pIeted the slaughter of the WeeviIS
and are now engaged in carrying the
corpses away, probably to be stored
for food Mr.. CaSsiano says that even
the roads in the vicinity of his ranches
are lined with ants marching in
columns bearing the dead weevils
from the field.
The Importance of this discovery to
the cotton growers of BeXar county
l.; inestimable If the ants that have
cleaned Mr. Cassiano's fields can be
introduced into all the cotton fields
Of the state it means a gain of millions
Of dollars to the farmers of the state.
Mr.. Cassiano is not an entomoIoz
sist, hence he is not able TO classify
the ants that have performed such
signal service for him. ''Fhey loot
20 ME like ordinary ants. he said.
Less than a month ago my fields
fairly SWarmed With WeeNils, and |
VAS much discoura"cd. BclicNomG
that would lose most OF my crops
a couple of days ago made a visit
10 my ranches and examined the cot
ton. to my surprise and delight | could
not find a single WeeVil, although
there We're thousands of dead ones on
the ground between the rOwS. dis
covered that the plants were covered
by red ants and thai these same ants
were carrying off the dead weevils
Even in the roads near my ranch
saw thousands of ants carrying deal
Wcevils. have not been fortunat,
enough to see an ami in the act OF
Killing a weeyi1, probably because they
had killed them all before I got there
but | canot escape the conclusion
that the cleaning of my fields is due
to the work of the ants. because | see
the weevils there dead and the ants
carrying them away
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Hoooo0 IN INHERITANCE

isneligh, Ind Juno 81 Decapse or
us share Of his fathers estate vas
ttirteen acres Percy Kmeht refused
Il accept it, and sold il out to the
other heirs for ten cents. The di.
'5sion of the property had been left to
. committee of neiehbors. and p new
division will be made with Percy out
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NEW WEEVII KILLER PARKER OF NEW YORK

TEXAS COTTON GROWER AN.
NOUNCES a NEW DE-
STROYUR,
Common Little Red Ant, Which XIII
the Weevils and Garry OF the
Carcasses for Food.
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TROUBLE IN
SOUTH SEAS
Natives of New nebrideS
Getting Hard to
Manage.

The Sydney Herald of November 18th
tells the story of a cruise of H. NJ. S.
Mutine among the faraway islands of
the South Pacific.
After an absence or nearly seven
months from Sydney" says the Her
aid, H NJ S. Mutine, one of the new
sloops selected II months ago for SER
vice on the Australian station, returned
yesterday from her first cruise in the
islands and moored in Farm Cove. She
sailed from this port on April &c and at
once encountered a terrific tempest,
which continued to rage with undated
fury until Noumea was reached seven
days after departure from Sydney. The
officers of the Mutine unite in describ-
ing the storm as the worst experienced
during the commission of the vessel.
Nothing approaching the severity Of
this gale was met with on the voyage
from England to the Far East, or while
the vessel was engaged on the China
station. The wind attained a very great
velocity and the seas were running
mountain high. Shops of the descrip-
ton of the Mutine are not regarded as
good sea boats and she pitched severe
IN
were constantly flooded, for sea after
sea broke right over the vessel. Some
conception of the boisterous conditions
may be formed from the fact that one
gigantic sea reduced three of the AIu-
tines boats to splinters as they hung
in the davits. Every one on board was
glad when Noumea was at last reached. |
THE Mutine has been employed in
cruising among the many islands of
the New Hebrides group. with occa-
sional visits to Noumea to secure fresh !
supplies of coal. The warship sailed |
whenever the winds were favorable and |
in this way the coal consumption was |
materially kept down. 1t is estimated |
that during her absence from Sydney |
the Mutine steamed and sailed between |
II 600 and II. 900 miles Upward of 80 |
of the islands embraced in the New Heb |
rides group were visited. calls being |
made at the principal islands on more !
than one occasion. Captain Rason, r. |
N. the British Resident Commissioner I
in the New Hebrides, was twice con- |
viewed by the Mutine on trip round |
the islands on business connected with |
the administration of the group The |
residence for the Commissioner has just /
been completed and Captain Rason. R.
N. is expected to take possession this
month. The dwelling has been erected
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among the natives they have become
very difficult to manage.
Tribal wars continue between the
bush tribes and the coastal tribes, es-
pecially in the island of Malekula.
These wars, the officers of the Mutine
state, never cease, but the rate of NOR
tality is very low. Pitched battles
never take place between the tribes,
for the warfare is carried on by lying
in ambush for one of the enemy. In
shooting one another the natives en-
deavor to place the gun within a few
inches of the breast of the victim.
"A serious drought was being expert
enced in the New Hebrides when the
Mutine sailed from Villa on October %.
The residents were at that time very
anxious, for the tanks were dry and
the township had only three or four
days supply. The water used in Villa
was carried from a small stream two
miles distant. It was feared that the
maize, coffee and manila crops would
be ruined and building operations were
suspended owing to the fact that fresh
water with which to mix mortar was
unprocurab Bile. The residents, however,
anticipated good rains during Novem-
Der, and the officers of the Mutine are
of opinion that welcome downpours
have since been received
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Suitable Subjects
for the
HUBBY'S DEN.

On a small island known as Irridiki, of
which Captain Rason will be the sole
inhabitant. 1t is within the port of
Villa. but is separated from the main
land by about a quarter of a mile OF
water.
six meetings of the Anglo-French
commission were held during the stay
of the Mutine in the New Hebrides.
The commission consists of Commander
Ernest E. Lacy and Lieutenants Dun
can H. Carmichael and Harold B. Bed
well of the Mutine, and Captain Ytier
commander of the French man of-war
Muerthe, and two of his officers. The
joint or mixed commission, as it is
termed, investigated a large number of
complaints which had been reported to
the Resident Commissioner, and gave
its decisions. AS is usually the case
est o. e time of the commission was
taken up in connection with land dis
putes.
1.-Two murders of French subjects oc-
Cured while the Mutine was in
the group. In regard to the
murder of Captain Pentecost in Au-
gust last the officers of the Mutine
state that four of the natives who par
ticipated in the ARRAY We're recently
arrested by the French man-of-War
Meurthe and taken to Noumea, where
they We're to have been tried last week.
Perhaps by this time the men have been
guillotined. The Meurthe was to have
sailed from Noumea on the 9Th inst.
for the New Hebrides to investigate
the circumstances surrounding the muir
ders of the captain and mate of the
ketch La Perle, and to endeavor to
seize the natives implicated in the plot.
1t is stated on the authority of the Of
fcers of the Mutine that the natives
take full advantage of the fact that the
group is under dual control, for they
are very unruly. They realize that one
nation cannot burn their villages or
avenge murders in the usual way with
out consulting the other party to the
agreement. Delays thus take place
and the natives are not nowadays
afraid of the warships. 1t is claimed
that if the group was under the con-
troll of one nation the murders in the
islands would have been avenged long
since and repetition of these crimes
rendered highly improbable. Since war
vessels have ceased to inspire fear
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Drafts and cable transfers on ChiEa
and Japan through the Hongkong ana
Shanghai Banking Corporation ant
Chartered Bank of India, Australfa a.
China.
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An Enjoyable Outing.

The most attractive days outing is
that afforded by the excursion down
the railroad line. The HALEIWA
LIMITED, a first-class train. leaves
Honolulu every Sunday morning at S:22
o'clock making the run in two hours.
the rate for round trip being only $2.0o
From 1922 a. m. until $40 D. m. is
spent at the beautiful HOTEL HA-
LEIWA. with fresh and salt water
bathing. tennis. golf drives and walks,
shooting or fishing and you are back
in town at 1910 o'clock in the even
ing.
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WIN. G. IRWIN & CO., LTzA
AGENTS FOR

AGENTS FOR
Western Sugar Refining Co., Zen
Francisco, Cal.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phila~
delphia, Pa
Newau Universal Mill Co., haHu-
facturers Of National Cane Shredoess
New York, n. Y.
Paraffine Paint Company, San Fr3G-
cisco, Cal.
Ohlandt & Co, San Francisco, Cal
Pacific Oil Transportation Co., saS
Francisco, Cal.
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Fire Insurance
THE B. r. DILLINGHAM; Co.,
LIMITED.

General Agents for Hawaii.
Atlas Assuran>~ Company of London,
Phoenix Assurance Company of Lon
don.
New York Underwriters Agency.
Providence Washington Insurance Com
pany.
Phenix Insurance Company of Brook
Ign.
Fourth Floor, Stangenwa1d Building.
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A proper study: Wall Street-"so
your son is studying law. Do you ex-
pect that he will stick to it?" Specula-
tor-"Oh. no; just want him TO know
enough about it so that he will be able
to evade it successfully. '-Detroit Free
Press.
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THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF
HAWAII. Bound in law calf, sent
postage prepaid to any address in the
United States for So a copy.
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Agents for the sale of Travellers
Checks of the American Express Corr
pany.
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of banking.
Collections carefully attended -
Exchange bought and sold.
Commercial and Travellers Letters
Credit issued on the Bank Of Cal&sss
mia and N. M. Rothschild & gSEt
London.
Correspondents: The Bank OF CAk
fornia, Commercial Banking Coz 3
Sydney, Ltd. London.
Drafts and cable transfers on ChiEa
and Japan through the Hongkong ana
Shanghai Banking Corporation ant
Chartered Bank of India, Australta aAs
China.
Agents for the sale of Travellers
Checks of the American Express Core
pany.
Interest allowed on term deposits
the following rates per annum, viz:
Seven days notice, at pc cent
Three months, at per cent.
Six months, at 315 per cent.
Twelve months at per cent.
TRUST DEPARTMENT.
Act as Trustees under mortgages.
Manage estates, real and personal
Collect rents and dividends
Valuable papers, wills, bonds' ssS
received for safe keeping.
ACCOUNTANT DEPT.
Auditors for corporations and DFs
vate firms.
Books examined and reported en-
Statements OF affairs prepared.
Trustees on bankrupt or Involves
estates.
Office. 924 Bethel street.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits received and interest allow
ed at Az per cent per annum, In &c
cordance with rules and regulations
copies Of which may be obtained @
application.
INSURANCE Departments
Agents for FIRE. MARINE, LEE
ACCIDENT and EMPLOYERS Lila
BnITY INSURANCE COMPANIES
Insurance Office, 924 Bethel Street
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Correspondents: The Bank OF Cak
fornia, Commercial Banking Co., 3
Sydney, Ltd, London.
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Bishop q Co., Banker.
G8TABLLgHmD IN Less.
BANKING Departures

Transact business In all departnsaas
of banking.
Collections carefully attended -
Exchange bought and sold.
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Old italian In Corsica.

The Italian who travels in Corsir
IS delighted to hear almost everywhei
around him the obsolete eXpresSiu.
and termination1 of Dante while evc
the EngliShman uAacquaintnd wit
the "COmedy" is surprised at the
sound of Latin words which he though
had fallen entirely into oblivion, SIC.
rs "Nimo' fer "NcssunO" an1 ''Greyc'
for "pesante." or with I.atinized form
of current words. such as "riuva" for
"'og@ia, : "l>ta'' for .Questa" and
Flo" for 10"
The CorsicHn. however. is on older
Italian than that even of the medi
aeval poet. 1t is less specialized OF
the whole than his, having points o!
contact with the other dialects. par
ticularly those of Calabria and Sicily
and with the literary languages oi
Spain and Portugal. Studies In Cor
Sica."
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Retailers of Fine Snvdust,

In the shop of cabinetmaker In
New York sign announces ''sawdust
for sale There is no evidence any
where of the bags Of coarse pine saw
dust such as Is used in butchers shops,
markets and saloons.
I'VE don't handle that stuff" said
the proprietor Of the shop. "Our spe
cialty Is In the sawdust of fine woods.
such as mahogany. lockwood and san
dalwood. We sell sawdust by the
ounce or the pound. not by the bushel.
The sawdust Of fine hard woods brings
good prices. There are about twelve
varieties Of it. and each has its ap-
propriate use.
"Boxwood sawdust. the most expen-
sive Of all. Is used by manufacturers
to burnish silver plate and jewelry.
Sandalwood Is used for scent bags and
for the preservation Of furs There Ia
no waste Of sawtlust In our business" +"
New York Press.
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Oar Debt to AAia.

1t is noteworthy, t.!:.t out of Asia
came our alphabet and our Arabic n''.
merals. The compass we owe to t.
Chinese. who knew the magnetic nee
die as early as tie second century a.
u. Gunpowder originally came out Of
Asia. and so did the art Of printing and
the manufacture of pan"-. The Chi
nese invented movable types in the mid
die Of the eleventh century. $50 years
before Gutenberg. They also made
silks long before Europe and porcelain
that has never been equaled by Eu-
rope. Truly. Asia is the cradle Of the
race. On the original IDEAS Of the Per
SLAMS, Arabians. the Hindoos and the
Chinese our modern society has been
butlt.-Portland Oregonian.
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BRIEF MENTION.

H. a. Davis OF Dewitt is in tie city
o day on business.
J. c Foley Of Louisville is regis-
sared II the 1fu eek.
W Robbins Of acGeHee#is a bust
ness visitor in=tte city today.
= b. Z. Rlaes Of Piae RIaG speat
several days with his brother pr
b. {. Black. in this cit4-N eel
Ieaian
5 G. Saahfocks of Pina Buff was a
fimineat visitor 10 this city las
~ .cl<. He was the guest of Mi G W.
N9yanps MoHJiceltoniaE.
II. |. f1olaerness wen tn Fofdyce
his morning where lie was called by
the serious illness of bis fatheg, Dr..
w. +. IIolderness
Misses Ctoc Jones, Matte Currie,
Anni1 Cross and Mr.. John Currie of
Pine Bluff were the guests of Mr.
Harry lIankins, Jr., in the city las
Wednesday -MonticelloniaE.
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SWEAR NEVER TO BE DIVORCED.
to Make Vows ,Doubly Binding.

Cleveland, April 27.-Part of the
marriage ceremony of Charles Rhoda
and Julia kortenah was the taking OF
oath of each before a justice never to
seek divorce. Their vow follows:
Whereas. We have entered into
the solemn pact of marriage, promis-
ing therefore the Almighty God to live
together as man and wife until death
do us part; therefore, be it
Resolved, That in consideration of
the premises we agree never to be
divorced, as being inconsistent with
our solemn pact made at marriage"
They say they took this means to
make their marriage vows, which they
took for life, doubly binding.
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People Who Rarely Wink.

There ale p"oi'l% WHO rarely wink.
How t.4eY manage to set along with
o1t doing 50 is Il marvel. but somehow
er other they do. Some eyes are matt:
rAl!y more moist than others, and the
very moist eye Goes not so much nee,
tEe assistance of the iids to keep ti!e
ayeball bright. It is ii constitutions
matter, for winlling, though under the
control of tie viii is done so quickly
chat it is practically an involuntary ac.
ton Men wink when they feel that
the eye is intentionally dry, and
when ii Goes not become dry the neces
sity for winlSing is not felt.
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Odd Names In Delaware.

Delaware has d curious collection of
odd surnames There is a family Of
Colts in Kent county. The Peppers
and Mustards have long lived neigh
bo"s in Sussex, and there are Peaches
in Newcastle county, inauspiciously set
tied north of the peach belt One man
named his three sons for the several
counties Of the state, and Delaware is
an occasional Christian name. A girl
whose name was I.oonora Missouri
cannon provoked fra:n stranger the
prompt declaration liiut the name was
sentimental, patF.a.e and explosive.
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The Funny Bone.

y most unpleasant sensation is caused
by the violent eXcitation Of the uiIar
nrryc due to Il blow on the elbow This
nerve passes down on the inner side of
the arm and then rather inconSidcrate-
y bends round al #efste}'s t,ia forearm
Il the= back Of the Chow, jo;:lt. Any
ane Who i#ss folt L. nei%!55or's tlbe~
stiet.ae .ato liz eh7 t."nHs that the
sstbaW=is "=tI4rhz.j5.y deficient in flesh,
1lfp Eo@Te=.z ore - tli5 point
9s.;'s ar e .,.z..=,'a 9ai has iittle to
s'lie.! i tfa.5 It If We are So
unfortunate as u &c oar elbow Il
@i@art t.t }-e. N.:=in u Il practical con
:.:'fG.tioa Il t!e i3ct tAat the ulnar
Hp@Fe Is a. pr,}+f.32l sensory nerve OF
lie forearm aud haild.
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RenI Bninl of Gilend.

The real balm of Gilead is the dried
juice OF low shrub, it is said, which
grows in Syria, 1t is very valuable
and scarce, for the amount of balm
yielded by one shrub never exceeded
sixty drops a day. According to Jo-
sephus, the balm or balsam of Gilead
was one of the presents given by the
queen Of Sheba to King Solomon. The
ancient Jewish physicians prescribed
1t evidently for dyspepsia and melan-
chola.
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l3asl1iHg Ia the Sun.

"Basking III the sun is III Itself OF
real and considerable benefit, and it is
no compliment to our human intelli-
genee to find that cats and dogs under
stand that fact much better than we
do. The love of sunshine is naturally
one of our strongest instincts, and we
should be far healthier and happier il
we followed and developed it instead
Of practically ignoring and repressinS
it. How sparkling sunny morning
exhlarate us and makes us feel that
''its too fine day to spend indoors"
And yet how few holidays are taken
for that reason!
The wealth of the sunbeams is poured
out la vishly all around us, and we turn
from it to struggle for a few pitiful
handfuls of something else that is yel-
low and shining, but not half so likely
to bring us happiness and often has
strange red spots upon it. Give nature
u chance, and we shall find that there
Is more than mere fanciful connec-
ton between natural sunlight and that
sunny" disposition which, after all. is
the true philosophers stone"
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Legends Of the Owl and Raven

Legends Of the Owl and Raven.
In some parts of Europe an omelet
made from the eggs Of the long cared
owl is believed to be an effective cure
for drunkenness.
In Germany the raven Is supposed to
be able to procure a magic stone that
gives invisibility to the wearer. It Is
apparently not simple matter to OBJ
tain, for in the first place, after dis
covering the nest, you must satisfy
yourself that the old birds are at least
over a century old. Then you climb to
the nest and must either take out an
egg. boil it hard and replace 1t, or If
there should be young you must kill
male nestling-it must be a male--and
replace it also. After this the spot
must be most carefully marked, for
the parent bird, If he is old enough,
will return with the magic stone, which
will render the nest invisible and it Is
apparently from the spot where you
judge the nest ought to be that you
must pluck the prize.-Westminste
Gazette.
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Gets Nothing,

Hicks : The way Bragley talks of
providing for his wife he seems to
think nothing too good for her. Wicks
HIM And the way he actually pro
vides for her he seems to think moth
ing is good enough for her.-Philadel.
pha Ledger
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Didn't Want an ELEPHANT.

An elephant must be a. pretty ex-
pensive animal"
Yes; wish had enough money to
buy one"
What do you want with an ele-
phant?"
II don't; I merely expressed wish
for the money. ."-philadelphia Press.
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An 1nportunt Moment.

Mr. SewlyWea Gin the Kitchen =
What are You cooking there. my dear?
Mrs, Newlywed Don't both
er ne now. There's the cookery book
I'm making recipe No. 1877 on age 39G