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The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-28
Especial to the Advertiser,)

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 49,
Again there is delay in getting to
work on the Quarantine wharf at Ho.
nolulu. The bids must be made all
over new and it will be a month or
two before the Office of the Supervis-
ing Architect of the Treasury gets up
to the point where il supposed it was
a month ago-ready to announce the
successful bidder and to award the
contract.
There have been several conferences
at the Supervising architects office
during the last few days about this
contract. At first the opinion was
that Cotton Bros. & Co., of Oakland
would carry off the contract, because
they were the lowest bidders, although
no official award was made. The
change in the harbor lines, due to the
contemplated improvements made it
bids. These supplemental bids were
asked from four frms-Cotton Bros.
& Co., whose original bid was $780,
S55, the Hawaiian Dredging Company,
whose bid was $62,s00; the Healy-
Tibbetts Construction Company, of
San Francisco, whose bid was 500, 3,433;
and w. H. Hoogs, of Honolulu, whose
bid was $63,433. The requests for ad-
ditional bids from the two Honolulu
firms was made from the office of the
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service, it seems. The requests for ad-
ditional bids from the two California
firms was sent out from the Office of
the Supervising Architect. In any
event the business was not handled in
the usual way and there was some
blunder in not including John Ouder-
kirk, of Honolulu, whose bid was $62,-
500, being, on it's face, as the bids
were listed at the Supervising Archi-
tect IS office, one of the then lowest.
But as matter of fact, there was a
little paper attached to the Ouderkirk
bid, stating that it did not include the
dredging of the harbor adjacent to the
new quarantine wharf. The other bids
apparently did include the dredging,
which, so Mr.. Charles E. Kemper, chief
executive officer of the Supervising ar
chitect's Office said today, is quite an
important item. 1t has been decided
that the War Department will do the
dredging and therefore after long delib-
Grafton it was stated this afternoon
that it had been decided as wisest to
call for new bids from five of the
former bidders. Those will be Mr.. Ou-
derkirk and the four who were request
ed to submit supplemental bids. Mr..
Kemper said today it seemed that Mr..
Ouderkirk had not been treated entire
ly as he should have been. Accordingly
it was thought peuter to have new
set of bids. He added that the letters
making the request for new bids had
not yet gone out, but they probably
would be mailed by Monday. AS there
is mail from here Monday for Homo
lulu, it may be that the request to Mr..
Ouderkirk, the Honolulu Dredging Com
pany, and to w. II. Hoogs will be in
the next steamers mail
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-28
CAUTIoNI

Persons when travelling should ex-
ercise care in the use of drinking water.
AS a safeguard it is urged that every
traveller secure bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy before leaving home, to be
carried in the hand baggage. This may
prevent distressing sickness and an
noying delay. For sale by all Dealers
and Druggists. Benson, Smith G. Co..
Ltd. agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-28

AS result OF the annuel convention
of Shriners taking place in Los Angeles
in May, 1906, an extra excursion will
head for Honolulu. and the warm
sands will be tried by the wearers OF
the fez. DIR. Grossman. who returned
yesterday from attendance at the
Shriners' council at Niagara Falls,
gives out this news.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-28

Miss Matte wellington is having a
delightful time in Hawaii. where she
went on a sailing vessel from this port.
She will continue her Journeyings
through Europe before she returns to
San Francisco.-Chronicl
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-28
Men OF Oak

Timbers of oak keep the old
homestead standing through
the years. 1t pays to use the
right stuff.
Men of oak" are men in
rugged health, men whose
bodies are made of the sound
est materials.
Childhood IS the time to lay
the foundation for a sturdy con-
stitution that will last for years.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
stuff.
SCOTS Emulsion stimulates
the growing powers of children,
helps them build a firm
foundation for sturdy consti-
tuition.
Send FOR free sample.
SCOTT q BOVINE. Chemists.
4oe-4IS Pearl Street. New York.
SOC. and si.ooi all druggists.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-28

Mrs Klamp gave birthday party on
Monday for her younger sister. Miss
Girard, who celebrated the fourteenth
anniversary Of her birth.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-28
GOVERNOR CARTER.

Otherwise Honolulu and Hawaiian
matters are very much at standstill
here. Nothing has been heard from
Gov. Carter. Several pieces of mail,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
Fate of the Old Hen.

After the old hen has raised her
crop of chicks, she is not fit subject
for the carcass market. Turn her out
on the range to get strong and In good
shape to be fattened for the summer
or early fall market, if she is not to
be carried through another winter. 1t
will cost little or nothing to feed her
through the coming months and with
few months or even two months on
the range she can be pumped up SO
as to fatten at the smallest possible
expense, and the carcass will be rea-
sonably tender and fairly satisfactory
to the buyer. If she is not to be set
again don't be in hurry to take her
away from the chicks. Let her run
with them as long as they will stay
with her, for she can do NO harm, and
may be able to help them more or less
even though they may be half-grown
Don't be too quick to SAY the old her
| Is no longer useful or profitable.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
"PET" AvERSIONS.
Most Folk Have Unreasonable Dis
likes.

Most Folk Have Unreasonable Dis
likes.
"We are all born with an aversion
to something, and this aversion is
thing we can no more direct than we
can fly by merely beating on the at
mosphere with our hands," George Nc
Pherson informs me.
History is rich in the account Of
such Instances. There is Vincent, the
painter, who would faint if the odor
of a rose was waited to his nostrils,
and the great German sportsman,
vaugheim, would become positively i'll
If he even saw a bit of roast pig.
These aversions, often so entirely un-
accountable, are curious things to
study. I became somewhat interested
in the subject a year or 80 ago, and
have since that time been quietly
adding to my store of Information on
| this somewhat unusual topic by per
sonal inquiries among my friends and
| acquaintances.
mot one of them did find without
| his pet aversion, for the existence of
which he could give no good reason.
| Generally the aversion was toward
some kind of food, but not always.
One hated the color of blue, and moth
| ing depressed him more than being in
the company of people who were, fol-
the most part, garbed in clothes OF
this hue. Another couldn't listen to
the music of harp without becoming
irritated, while a third detested lilies
| to such a degree that he couldn't re
main in the room where there was
one.
''None Of the men who had these
aversions understood why he had
them. One man told me he couldn''
touch drop of milk or cream without
becoming sick, yet he thought nothing
looked quite so appetizing as glass
of good rich cream. Often he had triei
to partake of it, but without success
Parental influence will, of course, b.
urged as the reason for these aver
sions, but in the case of the man VIII
couldn't touch milk or cream hi
mother and father were both yer.
fond of milk, and another friend o
mine who couldn't eat strawberr.
had parents who simply loved them.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26

Is dug in the nursery and the lower
drawing shows how all the mass Of
fibrous roots, which would die anyway
after exposure to the sun, have been
cut away and most of the longer roots
shortened. 1t is easier to plant tree
prepared in this manner and strong
young rootlets will form from the ends
Of the roots which were cut, forming
mass of roots during the one grow
ing season following planting which
will give the young tree good start
in life.-Indianapolis News
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
As to the Strawberry.

In some cases and with some varie.
ties it will pay to crop the same bed Of
strawberries two or even three years,
although most growers go to the other
extreme and take but one crop and do
not use the same soil again for berries
until the third year. Possibly this is
carrying the rotation too far. We plan
to set the berry plants after a crop
of corn, fruit them two years and then
plow under and set to tomatoes, pota-
toes or beans, sowing crimson clover
in midsummer and plowing under the
following spring, when the ground is
again set to Strawberries.
Some of our neighbors 60 us a year
better sand sow corn the year follow
ing the turning under Of the crimson
clover, putting the berry plants out the
spring following the corn and permit.
ting the ground to lie fallow during
the winter. The plan works well
though we dislike the idea Of not hav
ing the ground covered during the
winter. However, as this may be 6
matter of personal opinion, we have
no comment to make beyond the one
that we like our plan best and consid
er it the most profitable one.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
Pruning Roots of Trees.

While there may be merit in the
method Of planting known as the
Stringfellow plan, which provides for
cutting away most of the roots Of the
young tfee as well as the top, it is a
|plan which does not work well with
all species Of trees nor in all soils.
AS 4 result the average orchardist will
stick to the best Of the old methods
which provides for cutting back OF
the top SO as to form a proper head
and balancing the roots somewhat at
ter the manner of the lower cut in the
illustration. The upper cut shows the
roots Of the two-year-old tree after II
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
CHAPTER VI.

AS may be imagined, it hardly takes
an hour to see Uzun Ada, the name of
which means Long Island. 1t is almost
town. but a modern town, traced with
square, drawn with a line on a large
carpet of yellow sand.
As the train starts at four o'clock
| this afternoon, I must telegraph to the
Twentieth Century, by the Caspian ca
BILE, that am at my post at the Uzun
Ada station. That done, can see if
can pick up anything worth reporting.
Nothing is more simple. 1t consists
| in opening an account with those Of my
companions with whom 1 may have to
dc during the journey. That is my GUS
tom, 1 always find it answer, and while
bwaiting for the unknown, 1 write down
the known in my pocketbook, with a
number to distinguish each:
| 1. Fulk Ephrinell. American.
| 2. Miss Horatia Bluett, English.
3. Major Noltitz, Russian.
| 4. Monsieur Caterna, French.
8. Madame Caterna, French.
6. Baron Observation-Disclosures, Ger
man.
AS to the Chinese, they will have a
number later on when 1 have made up
my mind about them. As to the in
dividual in the box, intend to enter
into communication with him, or her.
and to be of assistance in that quarter
il I can do SO without betraying the
secret.
i The train is already marshaled in the
station. 1t is composed of first and sec.
ond-class cars, a restaurant car and two
baggage vans.
w TT nm, 70 h.
tier of Turkestan, and Chinese will take
us through China. But there is one rep.
resentative of the company who will moi
leave his post, and that is Popof, ou1
head guard, a true Russian of soldierly
!. bearing, hairy and bearded, with a fold
ed overcoat and Muscovite cap. I intend
to talk good deal with this gallant fol
low. For ten years he has been on the
Transcaspian between Uzun Ada ant
| lthe Pamirs, and during the last month h,
has been all along the line to Pekin
/ call him No. Z in my notebook
1t occurs to me to have a look at tn,
mysterious box. Has it not a right t,
/ be so called? Yes, certainly. l mus
; really find out where it has been pu
! and how to get at it easily.
/: The famous box was still on the plat
form. In looking at it closely l observ
E that air holes have been bored on eacl
t of it's sides, and that on one side it ha
: two panels, one of which can be made t.
e slide on the other from the inside An,
D am led to think that the prisoner ha
!. had it made so in order that he can, i
necessary, leave his prison-probabl
a during the night.
Just now the porters are beginning t
9 lift the box. I have the satisfaction O
seeing that they attend to the diret
tons inscribed on it. 1t is placed wit
/ great care near the entrance to the var
n the side with the panels outward, as
o it were the door of a cupboard. And
not the box cupboard cupboard
n propose to open2
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26

Inc Hanging OF tnc AStGAcs
There are many farmers in need OF
something convenient to hang a large
kettle ON. Many support the kettle
on three stones, which is unsatisfac-
tory, especially If the heat cracks one
stone and the kettle tips over. The
accompanying cut is drawn from a
photograph l took recently on neigh
boring farm, and it comes very near
to explaining itself. The device con-
sists of three moderately heavy pieces
of wood for legs, which are attached
together at the top by heavy bolt.
Some six or eight inches below the
union of the three legs a heavy clevis
is secured to the middle leg. From this
clevis two chains extend downward to
proper distance and double backward
to fasten on to the ears Of the kettle
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26

which then hangs suspended. The
length of the legs will depend on con-
venience and the size Of the kettle
they are to support. Those shown in
the cut are eleven feet in length and
were made from medium sized well
seasoned fence rails. When the der
rick is not in use it can be lowered,
folded together and laid away.-Cor.
Orange Judd Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
The Special Correspondent

the lower part of the pinnacle, 1 see
| nothing. I listen again. The noise has
| ceased. l look about. There is no one
on this part of the deck, for the second
| class passengers are all forward.
Then I must have been dreaming, and
1 resume my position, and try again to
sleep. This time there is no mistake.
| The snoring has begun again. and l am
sure it is coming from the case against
which 1 am leaning my head.
"Goodnessw l say. '"There must be
an animal in herev'
| Now l am off on the trail. 1t must
be wild animal on its way from some
menagerie to some Sultan of Central
Asia.
| l light wax vesta, and as am shell
tered from the wind, the flame keeps
upright. By it's light what do 1 read ?
The case containing the wild beast is
the very one with the address:
Mademoiselle Zinca Klork, Avenue
Cha-Coua, Pekin, China.
Fragile. my wild beast! Keep from
damp, my lion. Quite SOL But for what
does Miss Zinca Klork, this pretty Rou-
manian, want a wild beast sent in this
way?
My thoughts bewilder me. 1 have a
two-pound weight on each eyelid. l lie
down along by the tarpaulin; my rug
wraps me more closely, and 1 fall into a
deep sleep. 1t is not yet daylight when
l awake.
1 rub my eyes, 1 rise, 1 go and lean
against the rail. The Astara is not so
lively, for the wind has shifted to the
northeast.
The night is cold. I warm myself by
walking about briskly for half an hour
l think no more of my wild beast. Sud-
denly remembrance returns to me.
l look at my watch. 1t is only O'Clock
in the morning. 1 will go back to my
place And do so with my head against
the side Of the case. l shut my eyes.
Suddenly there is a new sound. This
: time I am not mistaken. A half-stifed
sneeze shakes the side Of the case. Never
did an animal sneeze like that!
Is it possible? A human being is hid
den in this case and is being fraudulent
ly carried by the Grand Transasiatic te
the pretty koumanian? But is it mar
or woman? 1t seems as though tht
sneeze has masculine sound about it
The eastern horizon grows brighter
: The clouds in the zenith are the first tt
color. The sun appears at last all wat
1 look; it is indeed the case addressed
to Pekin. I notice that certain holes ar,
0 pierced here and here, by which the ali
inside can be renewed. Perhaps tive
eyes are looking through these holes
9 watching what is going on outside.
At breakfast rally all the passenger
e whom the sea has not affected; the youn.
e Chinaman, Major Noltitz, Ephrinell
g | Miss Bluett. Monsieur Caterna. the Bar
on Observation-Disclosures, and seven o
: eight other passengers. l am careful
not to let the American into the secre
| Of the case.
About noon the land is reported to tn
, eastward, a low, yellowish land, with n
t rocky margin, but few sand hills il
: the neighborhood of Krasnovodsk
+ In an hour we are in sight of Uzul
|. Ada, and twenty-seven minutes afte,
y ward set foot in Asia.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
Using Free Helps.

Frequent reference has been made
to the advantages of using the State
experiment stations, which land own
ers in each State help support, hence
have an undoubted right to ask their
help when needed. The director of one
Of the State stations told the writer
not long ago that he hoped the sub
ject might not be urged too hard, else
the stations might be in the same trou-
BILE he was with a farmer in his
State. This farmer makes it his busi-
ness to send to the State station a
sample Of everything he buys for the
farm fn the way of stock food and
fertilizers and has profted greatly by
the plan. II he Is attracted to a GER
tain stock food, for example, he will
buy the smallest purchasable quantity
| and send a liberal sample to the State
experiment station and obtain it's opin-
ion as to its worth. He bases further
purchases on the report received from
the station and by this plan saves
many dollars. Do thou likewise.
Do not be afraid that you will give
| the station men too much work Some
of them need more work, while the
majority Of them will be more thar
glad to be Of use to you, for they will
see the beginning Of an era of useful
ness which has hitherto been denied
the stations and solely because the
worst enemies of the institutions have
been the very people they were intend
ed to help-the farmers. Try the pla1
| the next time you buy grain or mixet
feeds for the stock. You will lear1
| much and save more
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26

sist and dilute one pint of it with nine
pints of water. Use vessel Of some
kind not metal. The old-fashioned
crockery three or four gallon jars are
ideal. Have the eggs fresh, put them
in daily and see that the shells are not
cracked. Put the water glass solution
in the crock and then put in the eggs,
seeing that the eggs are completely
covered with the solution at all times,
When the eggs are taken out of the
solution rinse them in clean water,
wipe them dry and they are ready fol
use.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
Perserxinx the Esx..

By the water glass method eggs may
be preserved, and be in good condition
for use several months later, although
they will not pass as strictly fresh
eggs. The procedure is as follows:
Obtain the water glass from the drug
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
IRVING to Hedge.

Wife-John, I'd like to have short
talk with you after breakfast.
Husband-ft's no use, Mary. Tn
short myself.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
Growth of Agriculture,

1rowth OF Agriculture.
According to the statistical abstract
of the United States, issued from the
Department Of Commerce and Labor.
there were, in 1900, 5,739, ,657 farms in
thls country, an increase of 1,175.O16
in ten years. There were engaged in
agriculture, in 1900. 1O,43S,219 persons,
while in 1890 there were S,5e5, 1926, an
increase Of 1922 The increase in
the total population for the period
stated was 1901 ,4S4, so of this in
crease over IA per cent must have en-
gagged in farming.
The value Of farms and farm prop
erty increased from S16,OS2. .267, $3.50 in
1890 to $2O,514, ,OO1 1888 in 1900, diff
ference Of $4,431, ,734, ,149. The value
of farm products increased 81, ,3O4O7O
252, the value in 1900 being So, 764,177,-
'oo. This does not include value of
products not fed to live stock.
The total number of acres in farms
Ia 1900 was S3S,591, TIA, the average
number of acres to a farm being 1862
while in 1890 it was 1865. The per
cent Of improved farm land was de.
creased per cent in the last ten
years.
The greatest increase in the number
| OF farms has been in the States of Col
orado, Arizona, Idaho, Montana and
New Mexico.
In the production of corn and wheat
there has been a corresponding in
crease. In 1890 there were 1,4S9, go,
| GOO bushels produced and in 1901
2,1O5, 102,516 bushels, while of whea
in 1890 the crop was 399, ,262, 900 bush
els and it increased to 522 ,229, ,5OS
bushels in 1900.
| Thus it will be seen that whatever
the gain in commerce and manufac
lures the relative gain in farming ha
held its own. Agriculture, too, ha
been lifted to a higher plane than ,or
merly. 1t Is no longer said that "any
body can farm" Agriculture is rapid,
attaining the dignity Of a profession
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
Hen on Goose Eggs.

Early in spring give a hen four to
six eggs, according to her size. A large
Cochin hen can incubate six or seven
eggs in a warm nest. Set eggs on the
ground If possible and use some straw
in the nest
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26
CHAPTER V

1t is half-past ten when sit down on
one of the seats in the stern of the
Astara. But with this increasing wind
1t is impossible for me to remain there:
rise, therefore, and make my way for
ward. Under the bridge between the
paddle boxes, the wind is so strong that
I seek shelter among the packages COW
cred by the tarpaulin. Stretched on one
of the boxes, wrapped in my rug, with
my head resting against the tarpaulin,
/ shall soon be asleep.
After some time am awakened by a
curious noise. Whence comes this noise ?
I listen more attentively. 1t seems as
though some one is snoring close to my
ear.
''That is some steerage passenger"
think. HE has got under the tarpauin
between the cases, and he will not dc
30 badly in his improvised cabin"
BY the light which filters down from
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26

In the Sunday schools of the United
States there are fewer pupils by about
Eve millions than the number enrolled
In the public schools. Putting the
fact In another form, of every three
girls and boys who attend the day
schools, only two go to Sunday school.
It would be a delicate task to appor-
ton the responsibility for this state Of
affairs; but it is fair to suggest that
when children stay away from the pub
lie schools their parents are held, re-
sponsfble.