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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-02

beaches of tho Maldlvian Islands. From the character of the nuts the name double cocoanut was derived; the only shore they were known to touch gave them the name of coco de Maldives, while the long cherished belief that the plant grew ill the sea led to the name coco de mer.
 Usually shell of hard albumious substance remained of the kernel of the nut when so found, but this and even the shell itself, was credited with med | ical value commensurate with the mys- | tery that surrounded it. On the Mall divian Islands such nuts as tioated ashore became the property of the king and the penalty of death was affixed to the crime of trying toretain one. He sold them at high prices or presented them to favorites
 The Chinese shared the islanders be- ] lief in unfailing efficacy of the coco de mer to prevent epilepsy, collie, apopleXy and paralysis, while it was as firmly believed that water, tobacco, betel or like things that an enemy might seek to poison could not be made deadly af- ter being stored for a time in the shell of the nut. They readily brought from sixty to one hundred and twenty crowns each and kings have been cred ited with having given a ship and it's cargo for one of them.
 Meantime the Seychelle islanders had | been putting the plant to the manifold uses to which the ordinary scocoanut | lends itself The leaves furnish siding, ] partitions and thatch for the native houses. The immature fruit is eaten and is said to be palatable and nutrl- tious. The heart of the young plants is eaten like the heart of the American cabbage palm.
 | The trunk of the tree serves in the manufacture of drinking troughs, and the nut shells are converted into water | buckets, dishes, plates and drinking cups. The down of the young trees makes filling for mattresses and pillows and the leaves are utilized in the man
 ufacture of hats, baskets and brooms
 The palm grows only on the isles of Praelin and. Curiense and Round Island.
 It attains height of eighty or ninety
 feet, with trunks twelve to fifteen inch
 es in diameter heavily crowned with
 handsome palmate leaves averaging
 twenty feet In length and from ten to | fifteen feet wide.
 The fruit is generally double, but al
 times triple and sometimes quadruple
 They average eighteen inches in length
 are often three feet in circumference
 and weigh forty to fifty pouds. They
 are easily the largest and heaviest of
 known tree fruits.
 The tree in the garden is now fine
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-02
GooD FooD, coon EDUCATION.

The school children of New Haven are, as rule, pretty well fed if their looks are anything to go by, but this pleasant condition of things doesn't prevail in all cities. The importance of good feeding for school children is a subject that is discussed very widely in Europe just now. The French senator, Paul Strauss, has an article on it in the Paris Figaro. The system of Ia soup aux petits,' as M. Strauss calls it. was established in Paris about 18SO The canteen is used not only by the children of the poor, for whom it is gratuitous, but by those whose parents can afford and prefer to pay. The brass counters used for payment are identical in both cases, so that nobody's feelings are hurt. The hungry children thus re- ceive sound nourishment. The London committee on physical deterioration fixed the proportion of school children wasting away on account of poor food at 16 per cent. Such pupils are practic- ally incapable of assimilating mental food for lack of bread. France, Belgium and Germany all realize this. M. Strauss insists, however that much still remains to be done. He calls upon the State to undertake an exhaustive in- quiry into the matter as we'll as into the sanitary condition of the schools. It is, ho writes, a mere measure of na- tlonal preservation. For some time past the French papers have been filled with reports, letters and articles, by doctors, inspectors, societies of hygiene, and professors, on the state of the Paris schools. The community seems willing to recognize a responsibility in the matter. without reference to any general socialistic theory
 By and by when the government in all civilized countries takes full care of the rising generation things will be as well done as they used to be in Greece.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-02
STAINS ESS.

Sometimes it does a boy good to get licked, and sometimes it does a country good to get licked. A promin- ent business man of Madrid makes the point that since the war with the United States the Spaniards have invested $4O,OOO,OOO in their own merchant marine, $45, 900 in sugar factories and $150,O0O,O 900 in electric plants, mine developments and other industries. This gentleman calls attention also to the fact that since Spain lost her colonies in the war with the United States she has turned her attention to the enormous natural re- sources of her soil, which she has neglected so long, and he firmly be- lieves that new era of industrial progress has been ushered in for the Iold nation, which perhaps few people in this country thoroughly appreciate. The arrival of King Alfonso at years of discretion, and his approaching mar riage with the young Princess, who is connected by marriage with so many of the monarchs of Europe, is also re- garded by those Spaniards who are far sighted as an augury of great political advances. The young King has made an excellent impression in all the offi- cial visits which he has made to the courts of Europe and Great Britain, and it is now very well understood that
 the advisers of the Spanish crown had this young man make these visits in order to give public notice that a proud
 nation had resumed it's place at the council boards of the world, and that new industrial and political conditions existed in Spain.
 Good for Spain. More power and progress to her, And may she never have to go to war again.
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To q Certnin RNnk.

Back to your peace receive me, friend, as one Who comes from noisy revel meath the To seek the quiet of cloistered place Blessed with cool silence and with shadows dun And the fine welcome of much-lov-
 ed face, Pour me your wine and wondrous words
 until The thirsty mind and heart have had
 their fill: Break me the bread of your philos-
 ophy- This feast that ever of your kindly will Awaits your faithful, whosoe'er they
 be, Thus from your presence may I go Back to world of laughter and un-
 rest,
 Back to the lesser company of men, An all too grateful, too reluctant guest Who ever in his going turns again.
 Reader Magazine.
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CONSULAR REFORM NOT so EASY

If anything did seem certain of going safely through the mill in Washington it was the consular reform scheme. But it is now. announced that the
 House Committee on Foreign Affairs has decided to incorporate in the bill an important clause providing that there shall be no change in the consuls general now holding that office. This is contrary to Secretary Roots effort to have the office of consul general abol- ished at a number of posts considered by him relatively unimportant, and will be considered a dubious concession to win the support of those congressman from whose districts the eonsuls gen. eral affected were appointed. The &C.,
 tion of the committee will cause much criticism from those who are in favor of carrying out the State departments plans for reorganization of the consular service consistently and without bias Under the reorganization plans in Sem
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-02
ONCE A PRIZE FOR KINGS.

A Specimen of the Mysterious Coco de
 Mer Palm on Exhibition.
 An unusually interesting palm is now on exhibition in the public conserva- tories of the New York Botanical Gar den. It is the plant which bears the fruit called coco de mer, whose origin was long shrouded in mystery and the subject of curious speculations.
 The home of the palm is three of the many tropical isles that make up the Seychelles or Mani group. Until these islands were discovered in 1743 the great double nuts which distinguished the palm from all others were found occasionally in the waters of the Indian Ocean, or they fioated ashore on the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-02

specimen with leaves some five feet in length. It was germinated in the Phipps conservatories Pittsburg, by MT. Falconer while he was in charge of that institution, and is one of few which he succeeded in starting He thus established the record of being the first to propagate the plants in Amer ica.
 Many years ago an attempt was made to propagate the palm in the Royal Gardens at Kew, England, from the nuts procured at cost of e1O each but it failed.-New York Sun.
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Commenting on the stand-up cure which is now recommended as a de- vice by which woman may retain her youth and beauty, the Providence Joru- nal pertinently suggests that this idea is calculated to afford the girl behind the dry goods counter new and re- freshing view of the pursuit of life and happiness"
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A western lawyer walking along a street in San Francisco got involved in a playful discussion with his companion as to which was the handsomer man of the two. They agreed to leave the question to the decision of Chlnaman who was seen approaching them The matter being laid before him, the Orien- tai considered long and carefully. Then he announced in tone of f1nality, Both are worse'
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Japan's consular service is to be con- siderably developed at once. Some sixty Japanese are to be sent out this year to establish new consulates in Flu rope, the United States, Canada and India. No foreigners will be employed to represent Japan. This is pointer for Us in our somewhat imperfect and insufficient consular service. Not only will Japan's c6rsuls be paid their sala- ries and expenses, but they will also be allowed a further sum annually to be used in advancing Japans commercial interests.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-02

Time for Massachusetts to go hunt ing. Thus saith the Boston Herald: Nests of the prown-tail mottD and the eggs of the gypsy moth, both of which are becoming very common in eastern Massachusetts, may be easily found and destroyed at this time If neglect ed now, the problem becomes much more serious when a few weeks later the young caterpillars are devouring the foliage.
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Concerning the investigation of the accounts of officials and bankers of Cincinnati, the Cleveland Plain Dealer says: Tt was no secret among the bankers ot Ohio that the banks in Cin- cinnati were paying for the deposit of public funds, and that the payment was about equivalent to the regulation in terest paid in counties where the depos- itory law was being enforced" A Cleve- land banker is quoted to this effect: "The conditions developed at Cincinnati are not at all peculiar to that city. They are common in all the counties in the State where the county and city depository law is not being enforced"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-02

All the ghost stories haven't been told. Mrs. Isaac Welborn of Munfords- vile, Kentucky, heard strange sounds about the house, and finally concluded that the house was haunted. Women friends and relatives shared this belief and ceased to visit the Welborns. The situation became depressing, and at length Mrs. Welbern decided upon 8 thorough investigation. She located the noises beneath a big, old-fashioned hearth. She told her husband to re- move the hearthstone, and as he obey ed the sounds increased. Convinced that none but natural causes were at work. Mrs. Welborn lost all fear. She leaned over and counted forty-two rat tlesnakes which had been as snug as a bug in a rug She scalded the reptiles, and then, with pair of tongs, arrang- cd them for display.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-02

The famous asphalt lake of Trinidad looks like a great black swamp sur rounded with fringe of cocoanut palms. A little railroad runs across it, and men stand in it working, some on asphalt firm enough to support them, some on asphalt in which they keep sinking down an inch or two minute
 some on asphalt so soft it is like quick sand. The stuff looks like a cross be- tween black mud and pitch. The lake is one hundred and ten acres in size, and it's depth is tremendous. The thick asphalt, mixed with water, moves a lit tie, and now and then an old tree comes slowly up from the depths. The men work with pickaxes, digging out the asphalt in Jumps the size of pumpkins.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-29
OLD CAIRO FAVoRlTE.
Ollie Pickering May Soon Wear a Car
dinal Uniform.

The many Cairo friends Of Ollie
Pickering who was one of the stars OF
Cairo's old independent team will read
with interest the following from Sat
urday's St. Louis Glooe- Democrat:
Ollie Pickering, the hard-hiting out
ielder of the COLUMBUS team of the
American association, is likely to be
the next Cardinal recruit.
A well known business man of ST
Louis, who is personal friend of the
Olney phenom, received letter from
Pickering yesterday in which the lat.
ter is open in his admiration of Man.
ager McCloskey and eager to join the
St. Louis Cardinals.
AS was recently limited at In the
Globe Democrat, McCloskey has long
)een anxious to secure Pickering. and
he latter's letter to the st. Louis busi.
ness man confirms the rumor thai
NcCioskey has beea after the Colum
bus player
Pickering would just fill the Cardi-
nal outfield nicely. He is a great hit
ter, a fair fielder and is fairly fast on
his feet.
He has also had major league ex
oerience and the benefit of tuition I'm
Ter Connie Mack, the very best of
eachers in his chosen line.
Ollie lives at Olney, ILL.,, and if he
we're member of tae Cardinals h
could spend some of his time at home
which is an inducement that has set
chickering's heart on becoming a mem
Der Of ST. Louis National league ball
club.
Pickering was with Columbus last
year and batted .32G He played in 1853
games, being in every contest for the
season played by his team. That's a
-ecard for industry worth consider
ing.
In the 1853 games the big outfieder
slapped out an even 200 hits, scored
SO runs. He made 2S doubles, triples
md tire nome runs. He laid down 2?
iacriflce hits and stole 81 bases Ger
'ainly that was a record of which an,
slayer might be proud.
Also, Pickering is an obedient, will
ing fellow, neither peevish or given
over to finding fault with managers.
Pickering is a neat and consistent
fielder and was well up in that de
)artment of the game.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-29
BENEFIT GAME.
This Afternoon at sportsman's Park
Between Fast Amateurs.

The Cochrans, who disbanded last
Friday have been recognized by
Henry Hasenjaeger, who will act as
manager and will play the Mounds
team this afternoon at Sportsman s
Park for the benefit of the Cairo lea.
que team.
The Cochrans will put up differ
ent lineup than usual. The lineup
OF both teams follows:
Cochrans}- Hasenjaeger, pitcher;
Walbaum, catcher; Downing first
base; Halliday, second base; Winter,
third base; Watts, short STOP Lam
gan, left field; Shelter, center field ,
Kilmartin, right field
Mounds-Gibson, pitcher; Freder-
ick, catcher; Titus, first base; Carson.
second base; Bitton, third base;
Smith. short stop Kennedy, left field !;
Hudson, center field; Pearson, right
field.
The Mounds team have agreed to
come to Cairo and pay their own ex,
penses and give the receipts to the
Cairo ball club, and Cairo fans should
show their appreciation by attending
In goodly numbers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-29
PAN-AMER|CAN MEET
THIRD CONGRESS OF SOUTH
AMERICAN REPUBLICS
Scheduled to Convene at Rio de Jan
GIRO on July 20-American Dele
gates and Matters to Be
Considered.

For the third time delegates from
the Central and South American re-
publics are to come together for con-
sideration and discussion of matters
OF mutual concern, This time the
congress, which come to be known
as the Pan~American congress, Is to
meet at Rio de Janairo, Brazil. Plans
long under consideration have been
perfected, the programme adopted, the
delegates appointea and the represent
atives from the United States prepar-
ing to sail early neXt month, so as to
be present at the opening session on
July 21.
The regular meeting of the congress
Is the outgrowth OF the organization
OF the bureau of American republics
effected in 1890, and the first congress
was held at Washington in 1902.
Mexico was the place of the second
meeting, and this year Brazil has pre-
pared to entertain the congress. AT
the two previous sessions much time
was wasted in deciding on the rules
which should govern the body, and to
avoid a repetition of the same at the
coming congress, It has been agreed
that the fiye-minute rule shall preyail'
thus making it possible to prevent in
terminable debate on the many ques-
tons to be considered 1t has also
been agreed to close the sessions of
the congress on September /, in or
der that delegates may leave South
America in time to reach The Hague
in case it is decided to hold the peace
conference there in the early fall.
The principal propositions which
will be considered by the congress are
as follows:
l. A resolution recommending that
the second peace conference at The
Hague be requested to consider the
extent to which the use of force is
admissible for the collection of public
debts.
2. There will be renewal of the
adherents of the American republics
to the principle of arbitration for the
settlement of disputes arising between
them and the conference will doubt
less pass a resolution expressing its
hope that The Hague conference will
agree upon a general plan of arbtra
tion that can be approved and put into
operation by every country.
g. The recommendation of the sec
ond conference at Mexico for a per-
manent court for the arbitration to
settle claims of citizens of one country
against another will be renewed.
4. 1t is proposed to create com.
mttee of jurists to prepare a code of
public and private international law
for the consideration of the next con
ference.
5. 1t Is proposed to adopt uniform
laws concerning naturalization, Gus
toms and shipping regulations, pat
ents, trademarks, copyrights, sanitary
and quarantine police and to secure
the recognition by all the American
nations of the diplomas of the princi-
pal universities and colleges of Amer
lea in the practice of the professions.
The Monroe doctrine will not be
discussed, in fact it is to be studious-
ly avoided, for the United States does |
not want Its policy defined by other
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-29
Assn FRANCISCO
HATCHET MAN
BY PHILLIP VERRILL MICHELS
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.)

A singular nose Ned Hummel's
seemed to me, for he held II elevated
lily and the nostris moved with a
delicate mobility.
"cld man., said he, still seeming In
the a!f, II smell opium"
"ol," said !, quite relieved, very
likely" %
THAT smell you know" said he,
reminds Inc II trlfe strongly OF a
deal had in California"
Does it?"
Yes. Three years ago | had been
reporter on the San Francisco
Chronicle little more than half a
year There | met splendid lot OF
fellows, but the joliest and liveliest
crowd was composed of the boys OF
the internal revenue department, who
did nothing at all but watch the Chi,
nese opium thieves, smugglers. and
factories. Their duty was to spy on
these crafty devils and to raid their
dens as often as suspicious required
"All factories. you must understand,
NtiS illiIiNt ioI up uHc tOuid ANU W
pay the exorbitant and purposely pro-
hibitGry tax or license which the gov
eminent levied on all such concerns.
Many night we forced the door
of some foul abode that reeked with
the oyerpowering fumes of the cooking
dope, -aglow with the light from the
rudy fires.
Generally the coolies escaped, into
ma2es Of tortuous corridors, for China,
town is incomplete without score
Of crooked passages, leading from
every room of the slightest Importance.
In the midst of this career | met
a Chinese interpreter, who told me an
inside story which he had overheard,
and parts of which had escaped even
the yIsilant officers Of the government
"A Chinese ring represented by
smuggler and a single Chinese mer
chant also in shady business, were
concerned.
a certain steamer from the orient
contained a consignment of stuff way
billed to the ring. and when it was
nearly due at the port, the ring played
a winning stroke and double cross,
in which, by seeming to play in the
hands of the government, they really
betrayed their partner the merchant,
All Fong, and brought their opium
safely through. All Fong was power
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-29


Nation, July 28.-The Cairo visi
tors made it two out of three today
by winning this afternoons contest
from the locals by a score of 5 to 4
Spider" Dell made an error in center
in the fifth inning which netted Cairo
two runs and won them the game.
Way was in the box for the visitors
and showed up in good form, proving
effective at critical stages of the game
and using a good deal of clever head
work. The visitors punched their
hits on Jokerst and played with their
now usual acknowledgement.
The score; r H E
Cairo 3 10 5
MdtlOOH ...s+.'#.-,.'.' '-....ss' y y
Batteries-Way and Quiesser; Jok
erst and Johnson.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-29
WILLIAM BUCHANAN.

zone of our Delegates TO the congress-
nations and the other nations do not
care to have an exact definition Of its
scope and meaning thrust at them.
The delegates from the United
States are as follow:
William l. Buchanan. Of Sioux City,
Ia, chief Of the department Of agri-
culture at the Worlds Columbian ex-
position, minister TO the Argentine Re
public. director general of the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo, first
minister to the Republic of Panama
delegate TO the second international
American conference at Mexico. and
now In charge Of the interests Of the
WESTINGHOUSE Manufacturing company
in Europe.
Paul S. Reinsch, professor Of po-
litical science in the University Of
Wisconsin.
Prof. L. S. Rowe. head professor
Of political science in the University
Of Pennsylvania
Julio Larrinaga. Of Porto Rica. grad
uate Of Troy Polytechnic school and
the University Of Pennsylvania.
Van Leer Polk, Of Tennessee, one Of
the leading lawyers Of his state.
A. P. Montague, recently governor
Of Virginia
The secretary. OF the commission
will be Charles Ray Dean. chief Of
the bureau Of appointments Of the
department Of state.
Frank L. JOannini. Of the bureau Of
American republics. viii be interpreter
FOR the American delegation.
Secrstary Of State Root viii attend
some Of the sessions Of the congress
but rot in the capacity Of delegate.