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The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

The Koreans are said to be completely
reconciled TO the idea of having their top
knots cut OF No doubt they have learn
ed TO appreciate the fact that even a top
knotless head is better than no head at
all
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

More cigars are consumed in Wonderful
Washington when Uncle Joe" is in ses-
sion than there are lids in Howling HOus-
ton from 1901 Sunday morning until u:59
that night
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
lie LiternI VIC.

Every family should keep an account
Of its expenditures.
"We tried that scheme, bOt It failed
to give satisfaction.
'Why?"
"Oh, my wife was too literal Things
I wanted charged as sundries she insisted
on charging as booze
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

An Alabama man has grown a lemon
Is IL inches in circumference Mr.. W. ".
Finley need not be at all surprised to get
il IN his mail some morning, with Gov.
Corners compliments
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
QueeriRr Him.

Your friend, DIT Youngman. Is nicely
settled in that little town. I hear"
No, unfortunately, he has had 10 move
out Just as he was getting along
why. how was that?'
His wife's sister married the under
taker."
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Still, when you remember that Secretary
Taft lived in Manila quite a long time.
perhaps il is not a matter Of so much
wonder that he should have ordered the
wines cut out Of the banquet menus.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Pig iron. It appears, has also declined
slightly in price, along with cement
Cement however, is much more easily
run through the sausage machine than
mig iron.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

The spine controls 2,O00 100000 nerves. ac-
cordlng TO the Milwaukee Sentinel Some
peoples spires musf be very irregular i'm
their working hours.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

The loud and prolonged applause down
South indicates that that section takes no
stock in the story that Mr.. Roosevelt shot
a possum IN Louisiana
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

The small boy viii rejoice that he does
not have TO crawl under the canvas or
peep through a Bnothole in order to see
the balloon races, anyhow.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Some politicians lay down principles 80
says the Binghamton Press. Especially
after they get the office
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

And now Mr.. Lewis 8. Chanler is won
dering where in the world all OF those
Dixie handshakers came from.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
A LITTLE NONSENSE.


''Post-Ofnce Department officials state
that names for new post-otfices must be
elegant. Inelegant names will have to
go."-Press report.
Bear this In mind. my countrymen; they
notice serve on you
That Painted Post" and frozen Dog
as names will never do.
Such names are far from elegant; they're
most uncouth and queer.
You ought 90 give your little burg a
name Ike "GuIneyere."
"COZn Hollow" nov will have 10 go, and
and so will "Pumkinyille"
You'll have TO find a nicer line Of names
to iii the bill.
A pretty thing like 'Ethelwyn would
suit the powers, mayhap.
But 'Possum Ridge" and "Uurkeytown'
must vanish from the map!
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Some day. perhaps. Gov. Vardaman
may overlook an opportunity OF make a
spectacle of himseif-but the outlook isn't
promising.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

The brag habit has even got into the /
magazines. Here comes Uncle Remus !
whooping up "cOrnbread and dumplin's"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Right now would be a good time for
number OF discTedited financiers to join
the James Hazen Hyde club in Paris
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
Preparation.

From the Charleston News and Courier,
This Massachusetts, Democracy has dis
emboweled itself for the campaign.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
Hrmn to the Trensury.

From the New York Mail.
Lead. kindly Cortelyou. amid the en-
ciTciing gloom.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

If the Czar catches Emma Goldman and
puts her in jail, he needn't bother 20 tele
phone the American Ambassador about 1t.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
Relieved.

From the New York Evening Post.
Finally. the President has got through
making speeches.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Jane" noated downward a voice, IF
that is Mrs. Soandso, I'm not in
1T is Mrs. Soandso" floated upward
voice, 'and she's glad 10 hear it,
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Oh, rapturous and ecstatic thought! Our
Mr.. Loeb is coming homei
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

We are informed that it will soon be
possible to send thousand words a min
ute by wireless. And IL It be scandal or
bad news, perhaps faster, we suppose.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
NOTHING SERIOUS.
From the Phil.%elphia Press
NoncOmmIttaI.

How old are you?' asked the mag
iStrate, Of the woman who had been
mixed up In "a fight.
Five years younger than her that had
me pluchod." said the woman.
Wen, and what age is that?'
Ask her first
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Marcus Braun, special inspector. Of the
Bureau of immigration. who has recently
returned from inspections in the cities
OF the Pacific Coast, said last night az
the New Willard that Seattle will some
day be the greatest city on the conti-
nent west Of the Mississippi River. IN
his trip to the immigration Offices Of the
West, Mr.. Braun visited Seattle, san
Francisco, Portland, and other Coast
cities. but none of them. he declared,
come up to the first named in possibil-
tiles. Mr.. Braun is q personal appointee
of President Roosevelt. but says that.
personally, he does not wish 70 see him
take the Republican nomination.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
Cotton I'm India.

The story Of how cotton was discovered
in India some years ago is rather re-
markabIe one. According 10 the Cotton
Age, two gentlemen were driving out 20
dinner near Bombay. one the host. the
other his guest. On either side Of the
road was a hedge Ii was getting dark,
but the guest noticed some white stuff
on the top of the hedges all the way
along and, at length. told his friend that
he thought Il looked Ike cotton His
friend ordered the native driver 20 stop,
and the two men got down ana ex-
amined. The guest was risht il was
cotton Of an extraordinary strong staple
Both men We're cotton experts. and yet
the host, who had driven along the same
road for years, had always passed the
cotton without recognizing IL The guest
Immediately proceeded 10 buy Up these
hedges for except them there were no
cotton plants anywhere that he had seen
during a twelve years residence in India
During his invest .gations he discovered
that the natives often had one OF two
cotton trees IN their gardens. and the
English Club CompCuTSs possessed three
or four in different parts of India. but
nowhere. except in Bombay and the sur
rounding district did he see cotton grow
in such luXuriate abundance. The man
bought up every plant and tree he could,
ard soon the cotton exports ffom India
became a matter Of vast Importance.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Is the Taft boom beginning TO bag at
tle knees2
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
The Name of Vessels.

Similarity in the names OF ships. as
similarity IN the names of towns. in this
country often results in great confusion.
and the British admiralty Is making ar
raugements 10 rename all the vessels on
the register which have counterparts. \
sailing ship IN the Australian trade was
wrecked recently. and as she bore the
same name as "a well known Australian
liner. Il was at first thought that the
passenger vessel was lost, thus causing a
lot Of needless suffering and anxiety The
new leviathlan Cunardar. the LusitaGia
two insignificant uamesakes. one at Car
diff and one a Norwegian; both OF them
are steam trawleTs. It is remarkable
how many names are shared by floating
palaces and fishing boats. There is the
White Star liner Cedric Of 2.135 tons
which shares its name with small
GTimsby fishing boat. while the Cevic,
another White Star, has for a companion
boat a small trawler from HUI. The
Monarch. an Elder-Dempster liner, has
six diminutsve namesakes afioat beside
two or three larger ones. The same thing
holds good with tie Teutonic, a name
which IS also borne by q small Hull
trawler. II is not long since "a small
steam trawier bearing the same name as
g well-known Atlantic liner went down
with all hands, and as the first reports
only stated the fact, without going into
details OF the lost vessel, no slight alarm
was felt
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-12
Letter to Geo. Wood.
Brownsville, Texas.

Dear Sir: What will it cost to
SOW ten acres half wheat and half
daisy mixed? and what'll the crop
be worth?
We don't know what daisy-seed
costs, nor how bulky it Is; we sus-
2ect half wheat and half daisy
would make a big crop of daisies,
and last a long time; the wheat
might be short.
The parable throws some light
on the cost of a paint half white
wash. Whftewash, mixed half and
half with paint, is all-paint in look
and feel; indeed nine-tenths of the
paint in the stores is part white
wash: some half, some more, some
less.
Paint has to be spread with the
brush, the surface prepared, the
ladders scaffolds pulleys and ropes
arranged and moved, there's great
deal of labor in putting paint on;
at costs 81 to 81 a gallon to do it.
What does it cost to paint white
wash3 Just the same. Half white
wash? Just the same. 1t doesn't
seem worth while, for the white
wash does harm, not good.
Will the paint hold the white
wash fast? or the whitewash loos-
en- the paint?
Better paint pure paint, the least
gallons paint, the least-money
paint, Devoe.
Yours truly
81 F W DEVOE & CO
rs. Frontier Lumber Company
sells Our paint.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-12
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach The diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed con.
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachiau Tube. When this tube is infIam
ed you have rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely clos
ed, Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused ~ Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inhamed condi-
ton OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh
that cannot be cured bv Halls Catarrt
Onre. Send for circulars free.
F. J.CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-12
PROGRESS.

Just as the arrival of the iron
horse in the Brownsville country
displaced the old numbering stage
coach four years ago and heralded
the advent of a new era for the
valley of the lower Rio Grande, so
does the arrival of the first steam
blow in the valley announce the
fact that the irresistible forces of
american civilization are here and
will now take from the land the
treasure it is known to hold. 1t
has taken four years of experiment
ing to demonstrate some of the
possibilities of the Valley of the
Lower Rio Grande. The results of
the investigations and experiments
have proven the extraordinary
value of the products of this land.
Capital has become interested in the
development of the country and
millions of dollars have been and
are being spent in the work of
preparing the country for the agri-
culturalist.
The openings for the small
GARNER and the horticulurist, and
for the capitalist as we'll, are almost
without limit. The small farmer
IS confused by the variety of crops
that may be grown with profit
where water is to be obtained for
irrigation. Small farmers here
take from a single acre as much
profit as many a farmer on a
quarter section in the frozen north.
The fortunate possessors of larger
capital are able to obtain results
from plantations of sugar cane
much larger than have been re-
corded in any other section of the
United States. There is every in
dication that the capitalist and the
man with more limited means will
make a success in the vineyard, that
will outshine the wonderful work
done in California. The Brownsville
country is the natural home of the
grape, the fruit produced here
Being fully six weeks earlier than
in the state of California, and it is
of quality that cannot be sur
passed. A company has been
formed that will cultivate three
hundred acre fruit farm, where
bananas, grapes and oranges will
De grown. What the company is
doing may be done by the indivi-
dual on a smaller scale.
The pillow has been put into the
land in the Brownsville country
and it is a steam plow.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-12

the eminent Hair and Scalp Specialist
and discovered ABO
Lutte remedy for this unsightly Disagreement
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-27
Other Islands
in Pau Parade

HILO, January 24.-The island of
Hawaii is invited to send a represen-
tative to the floral parade to take place
in Honolulu on Washington's birthday,
February %. Henry Wears has re-
ceived q letter from Secretary II. z.
Wood OF the Promotion Committee,
who is arranging the affair, in wh1cn
1t is suggested that Hawaii have a
rider in line. The letter says:
THE idea is to have some young lady
from your island furnished with good
horse and provided with a handsome
pau riding costume to participate IN
the parade Each island should meet
the expense Of being so represented
by it's princess or queen The general
committee will provide a. herald, boy
mounted on pony, who will precede
your representative bearing the name
of the island on a banner suspended
from his trumpet. Proper escorts VIII
also be furnished
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-27
FOOTBALL ON
ROLLER SKATES
New Sport Popular in States
May Be introduced in
Honolulu.

A new game has appeared on the In
door skating Kinks in the States. and
promises to become popular with ex-
perts on rollers. They are playing
football with skates on. not the straight
game, but a variation which includes
scrimmages. field goals and punting.
Already there is talk OF introducing
the game In Honolulu.
In the main the rules for the game
are the same as for the regular Amer
lean college game. but there are q
number of contingencies that occur
upon a gridiron for cleated shoes that
it is unnecessary to make preparation
for in roller skating rink. Twenty
two men flying around on the average
sized roller floor would be too many
for any reasonable degree OF safety.
and. therefore, the number OF players
has been reduced to six-three men in
the line and three In the back field.
The linemen are a center, who works
as snapper back, and two ends. The
back field consists OF quarter and two
half backs, the full being the outdoor
gridiron player that has been dropped.
The general rules for play are the
same as the new rule game of regular
football, with a few exceptions. The
same restrictions are placed on the Of
Tense in the matter OF using hands and
legs; the lipemen can not carry the ball
except from their position. The quar-
ter is allowed to the line. and Is un-
hampered by the five yards out regula-
ton of the turf game There Is no
restrictive legislation In regard TO the
forward pass. and this play is allowed
as many times during a scrimmage
as suits the field generals. All
kicks and passes render the Of
Tense onside as soon as the ball
touches the ground or player, and the
ball may be put in play by any
pass. but may not be kicked forward
from scrimmage. Touchdowns and field
goals all count five points each, and
there is no opportunity for additional
points from goals kicked after touch
downs.
The ball is put In play from the goal
line of the side kicking. instead OF
from the center of the field, as In the
game on grass. This departure Is
made necessary by the shortness Of the
field, which allows kicks of nearly its
full length. On the KICKOFF the oppos-
ing side is not allowed to approach
nearer than the center yard line of the
gridiron.
The lines Of the gridiron are marked
off on the floor in black paint. and
there is no necessity OF longitudinal
lines, owing to the absence of a Ave
yard rule. The distance to be gained
In four downs is as under the new turf
rules-ten yards. The goal posts are
planted in small kegs to keep them
upright, and the crossbar is ten feet
above the floor. A touchdown is scor-
I'd only when the ball has been planted
behind the line between the posts.
1t goes without saying that consider
able skill is required of the players OF
this skating game, for there is no firm
'oothold as on an earthen field.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-27
Here and There


japanese wrestling tournaments are
being held nightly on Front street, HI
10. The seekers for championship hon
ors come in from the surrounding
plantations.
Hotel golf tourney at Halefwa today.
Plover shooting on the favored
grounds of the island continues good.
Dove shooting ends next Thursday.
y
Frank Wight, the Oahu College ath-
lete, is down with pneumonia at
Queens Hospital.
The Oahu College track team will
have try-out in a few weeks.
En- Sue, the crack Chinese Athletic
Club sprinter, is attended when he
practices, by a dress-suit case and a
valet.
Some very fair milers are expected
20 start in the long-distance event at
the C. A. c. meet on February H.
There is a marked desire on the part
of athletes to have the 100-yards
stretch at the Boys Field continued
in width to the 220-yard starting point.
AS ii is, the narrow track means that
a club unlucky enough to draw outside
positions has its chances in the event
ruined at the start.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-27

This will give you an hour for rubbing
and dressing and an hour for your cool
ing out, and then you will be ready to
eat hearty dinner at o'clock, which
should consist of roast beef, roast or
boiled mutton or broiled beefsteak,
bread and butter-potatoes once a
week.
If desired, take a bottle of ale for
dinner only; If not, substitute weak
tea. After dinner rest or lie about
reading until 8 p. m, but don't go to
bed which is a great fault with many
OF our athletes of today. Then prepare
for one hour of sharp exercise in fight
ing the bag. swinging the clubs, light
sparring, shadow boxing. running.
walking or rowing. After these exer-
cises have been gone through, the reg
ular routine of the morning, salt water,
also the massage of witch hazel and
alcohol, dress warmly as before. The
clothing must be changed every day
that it is worn on the road and in exer-
else, and the changes about the quar-
tiers at least twice a week.
Supper, about $3.50 p. m, should con-
sist of mutton chops or cold roast beet
or mutton plain, apple sauce, stale
ally Irish oatmeal Cruel, always taking
care not to eat SO as to overload the
ST omach All meals taken in training
should be only slightly salted, with no
other seasoning, as highly-seasoned
food causes thirst When water is re-
CURED it should be taken in small
quantities. Take plenty of time az
meals so that the food will be well
masticated.
The rooms occupied for sleeping
should be properly ventilated from the
tops of the windows, and at no time
should any clothing worn during the
day be worn at night.
No tobacco in any form, and no food
or beverages except those above NAM
ed, should under any circumstances be
made use of. Retire about $3.50 p. M,
after you take your one lemon squeezed
into a glass of water. Often man is
feverish and can not sleep when he
first starts to work. If such is the case,
have a glass of water, with some or
the lemon juice in it, and take an oc-
casional sip during the night. and 1t
will allay the fever in few days.
The time required to fit an ordinary
nan who has not dissipated is about
three weeks. A man who has been out
of training and who has lived hign
should take three months, and the best
place for him to go is to the country.
Let the first two or three days work
be moderate and devote the last TWO
days to rest, with only short walks
Refrain from all facilitating excesses
and indulgences. In case of stormy
weather increase the amount of work
and exercise indoors, and particularly
avoid wet feet or exposure to draught,
for when a man commences to lose
flesh the least draught will give MIN
cold. Provide plentiful supply or
underclothing for changes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-27

should develop a nine which can win
games with something like fair regu-
larity.
Just what the Desha1ess Punahous
are going TO do for a nine this season
is a matter of much speculation. Sew
eral members of the club are strongly
in favor of selling the franchise.
With the Rapid Transits in the
league, the Kamehamehas would suf-
fer severely from drafts on their team;
Lemon, Hamauku. Plunkett, Jones and
Reuter-, all being in the trolley service.
The Kams have a big alumnus to fall
back upon, however, and can obtain
more players at pinch than any other
club in the league. They would not
suffer so severely, therefore, by the
Rapid Transits inclusion in the league,
as would appear at first blush.
That the shake-up in the league has
come at an opportune moment and was
needed, is the opinion of nearly every
fan in Honolulu. Interest in the game
was on the wane and another sea son
of games played by last years teams
would have seen the league facing
financial loss.
AS it is at present, however, local
baseball is showing signs of experience
ing something of a boom, and the sea-
son is being eagerly looked forward
to. 1t is up TO the new teams in the
league to make good and there is little
fear but that they will do SO.
Pitcher Joy will probably receive
word by the S. S. Alameda whether
his services will be required by the
San Franciscos this season or other
wise.
The town could hardly console itself
were it to lose the genial and talented
Joy, but the bald fact remains that
the interests of baseball here would
be better served by the big pitcher 60
ing to the Coast. The reason for this
is that it is almost moral certainty
that whichever club secures joys ser
vices as pitcher will win the pennant,
and moral certainties in baseball are
bad for gate receipts.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-27
INFANTRY MAY
ENTER LEAGUE
Soldiers Have a Proposition
From Males to Use the
latter's Franchise.

An important baseball deal between
was all but negotiated yesterday and
may yet be put through.
The Males, having satisfied them
selves that they cannot scare up a
league team this year. approached the
Infantry with a proposition to let the
soldiers do the playing under the In
fantry's name and receive half of the
profits, the Male management to
Major Van Vliet was tickled to death
with his liberal offer and went down
town to ratify the deal yesterday.
At the eleventh hour, however, the
Rapid Transit Athletic Club made an
offer for the Males franchise, amount
ing, it is said to $780, This of course
looks good to the destitute Males and
If the Ding Dings make a noise like
ready money, the Males mantle of
greatness will descend on their shoul-
ders with all the emoluments. privi-
leges and perquisites pertaining
thereto.
For this reason and this alone the
proposed deal with the Camp McKin-
ley aggregation of ball talent has been
declared off, for the time being, at
least
If the Rapid Transits should be un-
able to make the necessary rifle, the
Infantry will enter the big league with
a whoop.
The Infantry should be able to get
together good nine. There are six
or seven good players at the camp and
new men will be arriving at the post
all the time, some of whom are certain
to be baseball players. Major Van
Vliet has the call on the services of
Bruins and 10 On, of the late lamented
Males, and would be at liberty to pick
up a good man wherever he was able
to do So
With the vast amount of time for
practise at the soldiers disposal, they