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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-21

sam Fountain has been down on
Fountain Bros. farm In the Brazo'
bottom the past few days determin'
/ ing the amount Of work necessary e
levee the Brazos for the protection
OF the plantation. He finds that a
| levee can be built az an expense OF
/ 81 100 that would have protected the
farm In all the floods we have had IN
recent years except that 1893. Foun-
tain Bros. have not determined
whether they will build or not.
Misses Lucy and Jessie Johnson,
who are travelling In the interest OF
the Texas Woman's College and the
Allen Academy, are sending In APP
plications daily for both OF these
schools. and report that some people
are coming here 20 make their
homes for the purpose OF educating
their children.
RID. Steele Of Steele 4 Fountain,
architects, Houston, WAS here yes
terday on business connected with
the Texas Womau's College.
Henry Mcdonald and wife OF Cisco
arrived yesterday on visit 10 rela-
tives. Mrs. Mcdonald Is n sister OF
II. X Henry Of this city.
Sheriff r. NJ. Nall brought In from
his place north Of town yesterday
some open bOlls Of cotton. The first
/ hale will soon be here
Mrs. O. p. Buchanan lett yester-
day afternoon for Houston. MI
Buchanan has gone on a visit 60
Midland, Texas.
Boys and young men spring aud
summer suits at almost half price
during Parks & Waldrop's clothing
sale. lSS
Parties coming down from Hearne
report everything quiet up that way
with SEINE Of the rangers still IN
town.
Miss Marie Adams will be AZ home
20 those desiring lessons In voice
For further Information phone No
81. le'
MIR. Harton OF Grimes County wA'
In the city yesterday buying gin ma
chinery OF the Chatham Machine Co
Bricks have been placed on the
ground TO build new sidewalk
north Of the First national bank.
Mrs. Charles Stewart returned q
Waco yesterday after a visit 20 Mr.
and Mrs r. ;. Wickes.
Miss Trunie Rollo returned tC
| Navasota Yesterday after a visit q
Miss Robbie Nicol.
Master Vernon Cuthrell Of Nav.
asota is visiting his cousin, Miss Ira
/ Maude Camp.
For Tlsc you buy Red Seal and A
+. G. ginghams at Wagner & Bran
dons. 1874
For Sale-My buggy horse. Apply
to W. O. Saunders. F. +. Pryor. ~
Marriage license: Simon Gary
! and Julia Wright.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-21

A matter OF interest and import
ance 20 the Christian church will
come up for consideration at II
o'clock Sunday, July 23rd, aud
every member and friend Of the
church IL earnestly requested by the
pastor and elders 10 be present. No
service az night as the pastor COM
mences a prorracted meeting at Cot
torwood on that night.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-21

Chairman Jno. b. Mike OF the
citizens entertainment COMMITTEES
informs the Eagle that Farmers
congress headquarters In Bryan will
be established In the council cham
Der OF the city hall, and somebody
will be found In charge all the time
during the session Of the congress 10
answer inquiries.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-14
Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
Occidental & Oriental S. S. Co.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO


on 0 toned
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Need HAWAIIAN LADY DEAD.

Hai-nakOlo Kamakau, aged 81 years
widow Of the late D. NJ. Kamakau, the
historian Of old Hawaii and grand
mother Of Mrs. J. F.. Colburn, A. N.
KepOikai, j. y. and S. NJ. Lyon and
mother Of $. NJ. Kamakau, died at her
home on Emma street yesterday. The
funeral will be held today at $3.50 ,
m from the Roman Catholic Cathedral
and the burial I'm Nuuanu cemetery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-14

The following data, covering a period
Of 80 years, have been compiled from
the Weather Bureau and McKibbin re-
cords at Honolulu, y. II. They are
issued to show the conditions that have
prevailed, during the month in question
for the above period Of years, but must
not be construed a a forecast of the
weather conditions for the coming
month.
Month June for 80 years.
Temperature G89O-19O4)
Mean or normal temperature, n.
The warmest month was that Of 1900,
with an average Of rs.
The coolest month was that Of 1896,
with an average Of 76.
The highest temperature was IS on
June p, 1900.
The lowest temperature was 63 on
June !, 1891.
Precipitation (rain.) G877-1894)
Average for the month, OBS inches.
Average number OF days with .01 Of
an inch or more, Il.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was 2.4O inches in 1885.
The least monthly precipitation was
0.24 inches in 1877.
The greatest amount Of precipitation
recorded in any "A consecutive hours
was OS1 inches on June p, 1885.
Clouds and Weather. G890-19O4)
Average number Of clear days, -;
partly cloudy days Is; cloudy days, ?.
wind. QS75-19Oi)
The prevailing winds have been from
| fI.,. ,.,YfI.ag 90
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-14
.akuni, All chuck ana u deck.

Kakuni, An Chuck and II deck.
Per stmr. W. G. Han, June -, for
Kauai ports-Mary Grote, Mrs. Hose,
Miss Eliza Kahele, William Conradt
II. German, Daisy Sheldon, LOuisa Ma
lnu, A. J. Splitter, Carl II. Nieper, Mas
ter Sakuma, II. NJ. Alexander, II. Glade
+. A.. Wicket.
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teen members present and AL were en-
thusiastic over the exhibition. 1t was
finally decided to hold the show in the
early part Of December the date to be
fixed later.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-14
ARRIYING.

Tuesday, June -.
Am. bktn. S. G. Wilder, Jackson, II
DAYS from San Francisco at $3.50 p. m.
Wednesday, June IA.
Stmr. Mlkahala, Gregory from Kau-
al ports at $50 a. m. with $500 bags su-
gar and $50 sheep.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-14

This is what the United States Health
Bulletin meant when they recommend
ed Rainier Be for purity and whole
sOmeness.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-14
AMERICAN HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COME

DIRECT MONTHLY SERVICE BETWEEN NEW
YORK AND HONOLULU, VIA PACIFIC COAS
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-14
TIE POrLTRY SHOW.

A meeting Of the Poultry Association
&, co.'s offices. There were about ff-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-14
DEPARTING.

Wednesday June a.
Stmr. Noeau, Peterson, for Lahaina,
Eaanapali, Honokaa and Kukuihaele
at y. N.
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turns. Three lines three times for Is
cents.
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SHIPPING nNIHNGENCL


n AZ 20 1872 ZOO IIEI 5lb CAB kIse9
Is 45l 30 42O $40 ... SIS GA 821
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PASSENGERS.
Arriving.

Per stmr. Mikahala, June IA, from
Kauai ports-A. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs.
u. p. Wilcox, J. Lennox, Rev. J.. X.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

the intelligent and progressive student
of nature for anything that is capable
of demonstration. 1t has been proved
conclusiveiy that the most absorbing
religious beliefs have nothing to fear
from even the most daring proclafna-
tons of science. Science has indeed
explained many things, but at its very
best it has only postponed from phe-
nomenon to phenomenon the final adj
mission of a, supernatural first begin
ming. Should Mr.. Burkes genius sue
coed in separating the life principle by
means of radium or any other ele-
mental substance it will only serve to
enlarge the problem of life itself.
John Butler Burke is an Irishman
by birth and education. He has been
at Cambridge only a couple of years.
coming to Cavendish laboratory from
Trinity college, Dublin, to continue his
studies and experiments in bacteriofogy.
From the day of his arrival in the ia
nous school he has distinguished him
self as an original observer of the most
unusual ability. His work has been SO
thorough and the results he has OBJ
tanned have been SO conclusive that he
has become well known to all the lead
ing men of his kind. All of them are
intensely interested in the result of Mr.
Burke's investigation, but most of
them are chary of expressing an opin-
ion. Sir William Ramsay, himself one
of the most brilliant physicists in Great
Britain, admits that there may be some
foundation for Burke's discovery, but
he declines to commit himself to any
further opinion on the subject. Dr.
Doyen of Paris is frankly skeptical. He
thinks that Burke's experiments prove
nothing whatever. He believes that
everything may be explained by the
conclusion that the bouillon used was
improperly sterilized. He is a firm adj
yocate of the theory that spontaneous
generation is impossible. DR.. Metchin-
koff, the great Russian specialist, de-
clares that it would require great deal
of confederation to make him a believer
in the theory of spontaneous genera
ton. He says that it must be establish
ed by many different persons and under
all sorts of conditions before he can be
brought to credit it. DR.. Bastian, one
of the most eminent of biologists, says
that he is ready to be convinced by
further experimentation. Sir Oliver
Lodge, Englands highest authority and
an admirer of Burke, warns the scien-
tific world that it must not be surprised
! if something be done in the Cavendish
| laboratory which properly may be con-
sidered to be of the nature of spontane-
Gus generation
JAMES R. BENTLEY.
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consequence, having for its head a
member of the presidents cabinet. In
1889, during the administration of
Grover Cleveland. the commissioner of
agriculture, Norman J. Coleman of
Missouri, was given a seat in the cabi-
net, and agriculture was raised to the
dignity of an actual department of the
government. The wisdom of the ac-
ton was doubted by many persons at
the time, and there were many who
saw in it a mere political expedient, "a
sop to the farmer" and who were of
the opinion that little actual good would
come from Transforming the former
commissioner into a cabinet dignitary,
charging his powers and increasing
the bureaus under his supervision.
Nowadays, however, every person
who has given any attention to the sub
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

are at least 10000 township CORE
spondents, all of them farmers of suffi-
cient intelligence to fill out blank forms
provided by the government! These
forms ask for information. concerning
the area of land under, cultivation in
different crops, amount of rainfall. etc.
The men and women who send in these
reports are satisfied to receive as a re-
ward for their labor a few packages
of seed in the spring and some of the
publications of the department for win
ter reading. The next body of official
news gatherers consists of the county
correspondents. There are $500 OF
these, each of whom has three assist
ants, making a total force of county
correspondents of 1890. The depart
ment has a list of over 100000 other
farmers, who are called upon twice a
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or his assistant goes over to the Office
of the chief statistician to witness the
opening of the envelopes. The door of
the Office is locked, and no one is per-
mitted to enter until the compilation
is completed. The clerks keep to their
tasks until the final results are reach
ed. After repeated veriication a trust
ed employee is called into the room and
set at work running off the reports on
"a mimeograph machine Meanwhile the
reporters and messengers from the
brokers and telegraph offices are wait
ing impatiently in the corridor for the
door to open, and when it does the mad
scampering begins.
OF course it is inevitable that there
should be much preliminary guesswork
in interested quarters as to the tenor
of the expected report. 1t is equally in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

own judgment and are men of standing
and character in their, various com
munities- The field men 2receive 81 a
their. duties consiasoisl moving about
in their own misunderstanding the grow
ing season and gathering Information
from any source accessible to- them.
They interview not only farmers and
planters. but get INFORMATION from i'm
plement dealers, merchants, bankers,
stock growers, etc. They are given the
fullest possible opportunity to form
their judgment from the comments of
men on both sides Of the crop ques-
ton.
Every precaution is taken to prevent
leaks The sheets sent in by the coun-
ty and township correspondents are
distributed to the Office force by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05
SECRETARY
. WILSON

let N. Hays has been put in charge of
the statistical bureau with unlimited
authority.
The government system of crop re-
porting is really a wonderful scheme,
and the reporting force is a peculiar
organization. 1t is composed of about
100000 agents scattered all over the
land and is probably the least expen-
sive organization, in view of it's size,
in existence. The total appropriation
for the support of the bureau of statis-
tics is only $4,000 a year. Out of this
sum must be paid the salaries of the
chief statistician, large corps of as
sociate statisticians and assistants and
many agricultural experts, all located
at Washington; then come the field
men, the state agents. the county CORE
.spondents and the township reporters,
aggregatipg, all told, 250, 900 men. 1t
is an enormous agency, and it is kept
going at small expense from a, tiny s by
10 Office in an annex of. the agDicul-
tural department building.
OF course the entire force is not CALI
ed on in the compilation of the ordinary
monthly crop reports. Twice year
the chief calls on all of his force for
information. The reports refer es-
pecially to the cereals then IN season
In June, for example, the report gives
statement of the condition of the
wheat. oat and barley crop. In July
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1t has been proved also that they are
not bacteria. They are soluble in wa
ter, and bacteria are not. This need
not exclude them from the domain of
living things, for there is no reason
why the more elementary living organ
is1ns hitherto undiscovered should not
be soluble.
Mr.. Burke has been exceedingly care
full, in his accounts of his experiments.
He has moved more cautiously and
spoken less positively than many
more aggressive scientist would have
done. He has never committed himself
to the declaration that he is convinced
that his "radiobeS'' are life cells, al
though his friends believe that he is
inclined to that belief. All that he has
been willing to say publicly is that his
new discoveries seem to occupy the
frontiers of life, where they stand
trembling between the inertia of mani
mate existence and the exultant throb
of incipient vitality. The investigator
sums it all up in this prudent fashion:
what have obtained seemed in the
first instance to have been either mi
crobes or crystals or neither of them,
but something in the border line be-
tween them. Now, to my mind, they
appear to approximate more closely to
| bacteria than to crystals as ordinarily
understood, although, strictly speaking,
| they appear to differ largely from both,
| but make this statement with all due
| reserve. Until more powerful instru-
ments-for which am at present wait
| ing-are at hand I should prefer to
withhold further opinion on this sub
| ject. If it were pressed upon me just
now to say whether the forms I have
obtained are living or not living mat
ter, I should be forced to reply reluc-
family that they appeared to be in the
anomalous condition of matter which
is ON the border line between the liv-
| ing and the dead
America has not been mere onlook-
er in this amazing study. A little group
of scientists headed by Professor
Jacques Loeb, now of the University of
| California, has been for some years en-
gagged in series of careful experiment
tation in parthenogenesis and allied
| subjects The remarkable results OBJ
| tanned at the marine biological labora-
tory at Woods Holl, Mass, constitute
one of the most thrilling chapters in
| the adventures of human thought.
| These men have not made any attempt
| to separate the life cell; they have only
undertaken to control its development.
The list of weird scientific feats per-
| formed over and over again at Woods
Hon and at the biological station al
l Naples and elsewhere should prepare
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chief of the division. In the apportion-
ment of the work great care is taken to
keep the section reports separated
widely, so that no clerk is permitted to
deal with figures for a single crop COW
ering a wide area. Extra precaution is
taken to detect collision, and every
might before work is over the records
are all collected and locked in a great
safe The reports of the state agents
and the field men are put in this safe
also and kept there under unbroken
seals until a stated time.
The issuing of a completed report is
quite a ceremonial affair. On the event
full morning of the day on which it is
to appear the secretary of agriculture
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year for specific facts which enter into
the general forecast of crops just prior
to harvesting time
The paid force. those who receive
some portion of the $4,000 set aside
by the. government fer-the purpose of
maintaining the bureau is small. but
capable. 1t embraces the state agents
and the field men. The state statfstf-
cal agents, one for every state, accord
ing to the plan. are paid from $500 to
5000 a year for about, weeks work in
each month. They are kept posted by
the county correspondents, but they
are not dependent entirely on their re-
ports They are allowed the greatest
possible latitude in the exercise of their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

r INVESTIGATIONS at the Caven-
dish laboratory of Cambridge uni
versity recently made public are
held by some scientists to afford
ground for the belief that the secret
of life has at last been revealed. The
last generation of Investigators pur-
sued the fleeing enigma into the per-
picking labyrinth of the protoplasmic
CELL but could not extricate it Now
it is asserted in all seriousness that be-
meath the all revealing light of radium
it has been surprised in its innermost
sanctuary. -
The properties of the new element
radium, as they are unfolded day by
day to the wondering scientists, have
already made the previously arranged
axioms and principles of physics and
chemistry of doubtful value. 1t has
discredited the law of gravitation, has
antagonized the law of the conserva-
ton of energy, has replaced the atomic
theory with the corpuscular and has
offered a new account of the ultimate
constitution of the universe 1t has
practically reconstructed chemistry.
Just as that most enhancing of all
sciences was becoming somewhat ex-
act this new wonder interposed and
disarranged everything.
It is but the simple and rather timid-
ly offered statement of a scholar, but
it has startled the world, which is not
unaccustomed to thrills produced by
modern science. A student of physics
in the university most distinguished
for it's adherence to mathematical pre-
cision in scientific research says that
by the penetrating energy of radium he
has brought into existence bodies ex-
hibiting the phenomena of life John
Butler Burke does not affirm that he is
6. creator of animal life or that the
commonly accepted theory of creation
is faulty. He merely states, with a
modesty and diffdence hat do him
credit, that in the course of his ex-
Fermentation with radium he has been
able to produce something which re-
sembIes life. He makes no secret of
his method. True man of science. that
he is, he hastens to make public his
simple experiment, first disciaiming
any intention of making a search for
the life principle and explaining that
he was merely trying to produce nm
stable molecular aggregations in GER
tain organic substances. For this purz
pose he put into test tube steriiized
bouillon or clear beef tea so carefully
prepared that no life germs could nos
Eibly have been present in it He then
introduced into the tube tiny par
ficle OF radium inclosed in a quill.
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evitable that these guesses should oc-
-casionally prove to be correct. When
ever it happens thus, there is an i'm
mediate charge of crookedness against
the bureau. 1t has been so since its
organization, and it has been threaten
ed repeatedly with investigation. In
spite of the effort that has been made
to prevent it, the department officials
do not deny that crookedness has been
practiced. They insist. however, that
it has not been the rule.
When the department of agriculture
was created, in 1852, and put in charge
of an official termed the commissioner
of agriculture there was faint promise
that it would ever arrive at its present
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corn is included with the other crops
In midsummer mammoth report is
sent out embodying the opinions of the
entire force of $50. 1000 forecasters. and
at harvest time another similar report
is issued.
1t is a fact that the foundation of the
crop reports furnished by Uncle Sam is
built of the agricultural opinions of a
great number of unpaid men. There
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

ployed and the personnel of the bureau
are not beyond criticism. Subsequent
developments have induced him to
modify his early opinion as to the i'm
.peccability of the bureau. and he is
willing to admit that he has been the
victim of overconfidence. The pressure
from the growers interests has been so
great that Chief Statistician Hyde has
resigned, and Assistant Secretary Will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

Now Burke began to watch under a
microscope the various changes that
took place. In rather less than thirty
six hours the bouillon was seen to be IN
dergoing change, and microscopic par
ticles not unlike bacteria made their ap-
pearance. AS time went on these minute
bodies became more and more definite
in form. They began to separate, each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

ascribing the perplexing results to his
own imperfect manipulation. In sub
sequent experiments he convinced him
self that the bouillon was entirely free
from any possibility of bacteria. Some
of his scientific friends suggested that
the life germs might have been intro
.duced into the bouillon by means of
the radiurn. It was remembered. how
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

degrees c.. which would be destructive
to all living organisms.
1t was also suggested that the FRA
t1iobes," as they have been named,
might be crystals, which are well known
to grow. They do not respond to the
crystal test of polarized light. Under
the polariscope crystals show wonder
full graduations of light and shade ar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

with capitalization. Burke removed
the substance from the tube and placed
it in an unsterihzed medium. To his
infinite surprise, the animated particles
continued to show activity. Exposed
to the light, they became quiet, but re-
stored to darkness they renewed their
activity for some time
The agitated and rather overawed
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piece taking up an independent exist
ence, precisely as do life cells and also
crystals. Thus far there had been
nothing. to suggest anything more won
derful than the phenomena connected
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scientist would not permit himself to
accept unreseryedly what seemed to be
the evidence of his own senses. Hesbe-
gan at once to search for an explana-
ton of the apparent wonder, at first