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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-03
YOUNG CHINESE
ARE PATRIOTIC
The Quon Hook Society at ST.
Ellzabeth's Keeps Open
House.

The Quon Hook Society, an organi-
zation of young Chinese devoted to
patriotic and educational purposes, in
connection with the work at St. Eli
zabeth s parish house, kept open house
all day Saturday for their friends, both
Chinese and American. The parish
house was most beautifully and elabor
ately decorated for the occasion. Flags
were used profusely, the Chinese dra-
gon flag and the Stars and Stripes be
ing especially in evidence In addi-
tion there were many potted plants and
a large number of Chinese lilies and
other Chinese Towering plants The
whole scheme of decoration was given
a character in keeping with the oe-
casion by Chinese decorative material
AS callers were received they were
served with refreshments, both Ameri-
can and Chinese, the latter including
tea made and served in the ceremonial
Chinese way.
During the afternoon the Anti-O Opium
Society, recently formed under the aus
pieces of the Chinese Consul, called in
a body. They arrived in tally-hos
drawn by six horses, and with every
emblem of the Chinese New Year.
In the evening the Quon Hook So
ciety held meeting at which there
were many visitors, both Chinese and
white. There We're number of adj
dresses mostly of a patriotic character,
and mostly in Chinese. Chang 10y,
president of the Chinese Students Ali
ance, spoke in English, holding that it
was not only the patriotic duty but the
patriotic privilege of the Chinese
young men of these Islands to develop
themselves by education, mental and
moral, to aid in the development and
progress of China
EaSk>-sSk> ~Nk>&Sk>Lk0
members of the Art League and others
especially invited The exhibit will
open to all interested on Tuesday morn
ing and remain SO for perhaps two
weeks. The collection consists of a
large and varied list of the different
works done by some of the best artists
of San Franciso. The work of Mrs.
Cunningham is especially original and
beautiful.
~ - ~
Mrs. L. L. McCandless at the end of
the Browning course of readings pre-
scented each lady in the Literary Circle
with souvenir program of the com
plete list. of poems read by her during
the last FIVE Saturday mornings.
Next Saturday at ten Mrs. Crockett
viii begin her addresses on |fThe Greek
Classics"
~ eS .S
On the 9th and 10Th of February
at the Opera House the Dramatic Cir
Gle will give it's entertainment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-03

The engagement has been announced
of Miss Eleanor Jones of San Rafael
to Mr.. Robert Hind of Honolulu. Their
wedding will be celebrated at St.
Pauls church, San Rafael, on We'd
nesday, February -. and Mr.. Hind
and his bride will go afterwards to
Honolulu to make their home.-San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-03
An Island Souvenir

The illustrated Souvenir of the Con,
gressionai visit last May has been is
sued from the presses of the Gazette
company in the form OF a second edi-
ton. It is work of beautiful typo
graphy and contains halftone pictures
covering variety of island subjects.
AS a supplemental souvenir to Pic
turesque Hawaii it is invaluable. The
price of the Souvenir is fifteen cents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-03

Third Floor Tenant-See here! I'm
one of a committee of men in +his
apartment, and I've called to ask YOU
to sell your flute. Second Floor Ten
ant-Delighted to see you. I'm one of
another committee, and was about to
go up and ask you if you'd sell your
baby.-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-03

Get copy of Picturesque Honolulu
to send to your friend in the States.
1t is the best souvenir ever issued here.
Fifteen cents copy ready for mailing
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-03

You needn't confine your use Of a
classified ad. to your needs in the ser
want line; use it for your selling needs,
also, and note results.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-03
TOWARD KAHANA.

Connecting at Kahuku with the o.
r. & l. Co.'s 9:15 q. m. train from
Honolulu.
Returning, leaves Kahana at 1882 o.
m. connecting with the afternoon
train for the city which leaves Ka-
hulxu at 2:20.
JAMES ]. BOWLING, Supt.
r. s. POLLISTER, G. p. & t. Agt.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
Has Memorized 10000 Dates.

E. G. Laston, who has just issued a
challenge to the world for the memory
championship, although only a young
man of % years, is a veritable walking
encyclopedia. for he has memorized 49,
600 dates of the principal events in the
worlds history, since the creation. 1t was
quite by accident that he discovered that
he had an exceptional gift of memory.
He was being trained as an army Off
Ger, when an attack of rheumatic fever
dispelled his hopes in that direction. At
that time he happened to meet the Fan
Gigs in India, who, noticing what a re-
markable memory he had for dates, adj
vised him to cultivate it. He then pur-
chased copy of Haydn's Dictionary of
Dates" and sought to commit to mem
DRY the dates of the most important
events in the worlds history by writing
so to 100 dates on a piece of paper, and
rewriting them three or four times until
he had fully grasped them, with the re-
suit that he has repertoire of thousands
of dates, and can give the correct an
swers without the slightest hesitation
Tit-Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
EXCELLENT WEATHER AND MAG
NIFICENT CROPS.

Reports from Western Canada Are
Very Encouraging.
correspondent writes the Wlnni-
peg MAN. Free Press: The finch-
err Creek District (Southern Aiperta''
the original home of fall wheat, where
it has been grown without failure, ory
seasons and wet, for about 70 years,
is excelling itself this year. The yleiu
and quality are both phenomenal, as
has been the weather for it's harvest
ing. Forty bushels is common yield,
and many fields go up to SO, 60 and
over, and most of it No. 1 Northern.
Even last year, which was less 1avor-
able, similar yields were In some cases
obtained, but owing to the season the
quality was not so good. 1t is prob
ably safe to say that the average yleio
from the Old Mans River to the boun-
Diary will be AZ or 4S bushels per
acre, and mostly No 1 Northern. One
man has just made net rsotit from
his crop of $19.55 per acre, or little
less than the selling price of lana.
Land here is too cheap at present,
when a crop or two will pay for 1t,
and a failure almost unknown. nor
is the. district dependent on wheat, all
other crops do well, also stock ana
dairying, and there is large market
at the doors in the mining towns up
the Crows Nest Pass, and in British
Columbia, for the abundant hay OF the
district, and poultry, pork and garden
/ truck. Coal is near and cheap. Jim
Hill has an eye on it's advantages, and
has invested here, and is bringing the
Great Northern Railroad soon, when
other lines will follow"
The wheat, oat and barley crop in
other parts of Western Canada show
| splendid yields and will make the
| farmers of that country (and many of
them are Americans) rich. The Cana
dian Government Agent for this dis
trict advises us that he will be pleased
| to give information to all who desire
it about the new land regulations by
which a settler may now secure 100
acres in addition to his 16O homestead
acres, at $500 an acre, and also how
to reach these lands into which rail-
ways are being extended. 1t might be
interesting to read what is said of that
country by the editor of the Marshall
| (Minn.) News Messenger, who made
a trip through portions of it in July,
| 1908. Passing through more than
| three thousand miles Of Western Can
adas agricultural lands, touring the
northern and southern farming belts
of the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskat-
chewan and Alberta, with numerous
drives through the great grain fields,
we were made to realize not only the
magnifcence of the crops, but the mag
nitude, in measures, of the vast terri
tory opening, and to be opened, to
! farming immigration. There are hun
dreds of thousands of farmers there,
and millions of acres under cultivation,
but there is room for millions more,
and other millions of acreage avail
able We could see in Western Can
ada in soil, product, topography or
climate, little that is different from
Minnesota, and with meeting at every
point many business men and farm
ers who went there from this state, it
was difficult to realize one was beyond
the boundary of the country"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
Found Struggled Goods.

Another seizure was made in New
York city IN the campaign to break up
what is believed to be systematic SNUG
Cling by band of Italians. Armed with
search warrant Inspector Hyams went
to 81 Schneck avenue, Brooklyn. The
only person in the apartment was wom-
an who denied that the house contained
struggled goods. The Inspector tore up
the floor boards and found several thou
sand pairs of kid gloves, a good proper
tion of them being long or elbow gloves,
valued at So a pair. The total value
of the find is believed to be about $1O,-
600. The customs authorities believe
that S. Manzi, already under Indictment
for smuggling, is connected with this
latest development 1t was said that the
woman is already under indictment for
the smuggling.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
Handling AIfaIfa,s Crop.

Methods of handling the alfalfa crop
from the time Of seeding until it is in
the barn in the form of weD-cured hay
are given by the Wisconsin Station bull
letin. In brief, it is as follows: The
best soil for alfalfa is a rich clay loan
over a gravelly subsoil. 1t is best ON
well-cultivated soils. If the nitrogen
forming bacteria are not in the soil,
the soil should be inoculated. Spring
sowing is the best. Where ground is
inclined to be weedy use a nurse crop,
barley sown at the rate of three packs
to the acre being the best. Thin seed
ing of the nurse crop is preferable.
Twenty pounds of alfalfa seed per acre
is recommended. The year following
the seeding three good crops Of hay can
be expected. Cut when about one-tenth
of plants are in bloom and on morn
ing after the dew has disappeared on
a day that promises fair weather. Cut
stubble at least an inch high. In the
afternoon of the day cut, rake and put
into small cocks. These cocks can be
covered with light cotton duck caps
and left until the hay is thoroughly
cured
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
BIRDS KILLED A SNAKE.
Contest in Which Reptile Had Small
Chance for His Life.

Chance for His Life.
Ed Neal and his sister, Miss Jessie
Neal of Alma, tell a strange story and
vouch for the truth of it. They had been
spending the last month with their
father, Younger Neal, at their old home
in the country near Alma, and one day
last week they were out driving when
they saw in the road in front of them
a large snake of the kind known as the
coach whip.
Stopping the horse in order to kill the
snake, they discovered that pair of
mocking birds were flying at and strik-
ing the reptile with their beaks, first
from one side of the road and then from
the other. They watched the battle, as
they call it, for something like half an
hour. when the snake entirely ceased to
attempt to avoid the angry onslaughts
of the enraged songsters.
Ed Neal got out of the buggy and GO
ing to the scene of conflict found that
the snakes head was almost severed
from it's body The neck just back of
the head was cut down to the skin on it's
throat. and when he picked it up the
head fell, down limp. The snake was
dead. 1t measured 81 feet, and seem
ingly had just swallowed half-grown
rabbit which was in the stomach undi-
gested.-Alma Cor. Forest and Stream.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
Blood Temperature of Athletics.

Prof. Flack of the London College
hospital records some curious observa-
tons on the blood temperature of run
ners. The normal blood temperature in
man is about 98.11 degrees Fahrenheit.
A young man, after a run of 200 yards,
showed a temperature of 10O76 degrees;
another temperature of 1O0.94 degrees;
a third a temperature of 1922 degrees,
after a run of half male. A mile run
produced an internal temperature of
1923 degrees with one athlete and 103 6
degrees with another. After a three
mile run one young man had tempera-
ture of 1O5 degrees But this runners
normal blood temperature was 1O1 de-
grees, although he was in perfect
health.-Youth's Communion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

The increased use of whiskey for lame
back rheumatism is causing considera-
BILE discussion among the medical fra
ternity. 1t is an almost infallible cure
when mixed with certain other ingre-
dents and taken properly. The fol-
lowing formula is effective: ITO one
half pint of good whiskey add one ounce
of Toris Compound and one ounce
Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take
in tablespoonful doses before each meal
and before retiring"
Toris compound is a product of the
laboratories of the Globe Pharmaceuti-
cal Co., Chicago, but it as well as the
other ingredients can be had from any
good druggist.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
To XIII Quack Gras..

Quack grass is sometimes known as
Johnson grass, and also by other
names. 1t is useless to attempt to get
rid of it after the land has been plant
ed to crop. Now is good time to
consider fighting it. Plow the land late
in the fall, just before winter begins.
Pillow just deep enough to get under the
roots, leaving as much of them as pos
sible exposed to the frost of winter.
These exposed roots will be destroyed
In the spring harrow or rake over the
roots repeatedly, doing the work over
and over again until almost every root
is removed, and then plant the soil to
potatoes or corn and give thorough Gull
tivation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
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So important has agriculture become
to the nations prosperity that Presi-
dent Roosevelt recently appointed a
commission to suggest means to make
the rural home more attractive and as
eist in keeping young men on the farm.
Many of the conveniences that add
comfort to a city home could be in
stalled in the country residence.
The farmer possesses an advantage
over the majority of residents in cities
in that he owns his own home and is
nominally the dictator of his surround
ings. In cities jewellers are crowded
into apartment buildings for the want
of space for private residences and to
secure economy in living expenses. The
owners of apartment houses have in
stalled steam heat, porcelain bath fix
lures, gas stoves electric lights and
maintain the apartments at great eX-
pense on account of the costly fixtures
and the frequency of repairs. The ten
ant forms no attachment to his home
and is ready to change his residence
when other apartments are discovered
that more fully suit his fancy.
In the country the rural home is
permanent and all its improvements
are consummated with a view to the
future as well as the present genera
ton. In no other profession does the
home dweller enjoy the work OF his
hands as in agriculture. If man is
what he makes himself, so the rural
home reflects the owners idea Of beau
ty and convenience. With the land pro-
ducing increased crops and agricultur-
al products selling at record prices the
farmer can afford to adorn his home
and improve it with many modern and
sanitary appointments.
The water supply may come from
shallow, inconveniently located well
and the supply may be contaminated
by surface seepage containing the MI
crobes of typhoid fever and other dis
eases. The water supply is the great
source of health, cleanliness and con-
venience on the farm. Tubular wells
are permanent and of cheap construc-
ton and their depth furnishes living
water free from germ diseases with
a windmill and tank the water can be
piped into the house at small expense
and a supply furnished at all times by
turning the faucet. A hot-water heat
er can be attached to the stove and
hot water provided without additional
expense for fuel.
With ample grounds beautiful
lawn could easily be arranged with
ornamental trees, flowers and shrub
berry that would outrival the homes of
city jewellers. With the installation or
modern conveniences at small expense
rural homes can be made ideal for
comfort and thus stimulate content
ment among the younger generation to
follow the greatest of all professions.
-agriculture-Go Farmer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
The Sunday Paper.

/ spent 5 cents for the Sunday Dart,
and hauled it home in a two-wheeled
cart; 1 piled the sections upon the floor,
till they reached as high as the kitchen
door; hung the chromos upon the wall,
though there wasn't room to hang them
all. and the yard was Uttered some 10
feet deep, with "comic sections" that
made me weep; and there were. sections
of pink and green, a woman's section
and magazine, and sheets of music the
which if played would quickly make
AN audience fade; and there were pat
terms for women's gowns and also for
gentlemen's hand-me-downs; and a false
mOustache and a rubber doll, and a deck
of cards and parasol. Now, men are
busy with dray and cart, a-hauling away
the Sunday Dart.-Walt Mason in EN-
poria Gazette. -
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
A Cure for Toadstool Poisoning.

No sooner do mushrooms make their
appearance than cases of poisoning are
reported from all parts of the country,
due to the Inability to distinguish the
edible variety from the deadly fungus.
A French contemporary points out
simple antidote which is worth con-
sideration. 1t consists in swallowing
every ten minutes tablespoonful of
animal charcoal, crushed as finely as
possible, in pure water. This remedy is
also said to be efficacious in cases of
mussel poisoning and ptomaine poison
ing from eating bad meat and fish.-Lon-
don Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

cows It is not a square meal and does
not produce the best results for the ex-
pense. The contrast is especially strik-
ing in the peach orcharding. The ma
nure-fed tree is rank and green, but
weak and short-lived. The tree fed on
chemicals. with not too much nitrogen,
looks less rank, and the bark and limbs
are more like those Of an apple tree in
apuearance. so firm and close is their
texture. They last from two to four
times longer than the overrank tree
Produce Prices Going Higher.
From the figures of report by the
bureau of labor there has been eX-
tracted the interesting fact that sale
prices of nearly everything reached a
higher level last year than at any time
during the last eighteen years, and the
farm produce leads all the rest.
The bureau divides the 258 commod-
tiles of the country into nine groups
and farm produce showed the highest
increase in price attained by any OF
the groups And the encouraging feat
ure of the report is that the panic Of
last year did not affect prices of farm
stuff very much. In fact, taking every
thing sold. the farmer got more money
in 1907 than the average Of ten years
before.
Som farmers may not know this, but
it is true. because Mr.. Powderlys bu-
reau says so. Aside from the musty
figures Of a departmental report, the
fact is evident that the farmers of this
country are more prosperous than they
have ever been. 1t is shown in better
houses, bigger barns, fatter bank ac-
counts, fewer mortgages, better ma
chinery, and, more important than any
thing else, higher standard OF living
for the family.
There is one small fly in the oint-
ment, however, and that is the fact
that while farm produce has been rails
ing in price, clothing, implements, lum-
Der and building materials, house fur
nishing goods and some other things
farmers must buy have gone up, too.
But as these commodities have not
kept pace with the advance in the
price Of things the farmers have to sell
they may on the whole feel that they
are gaining ground and that agricul-
ture is not to be despised.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
Helps in the Farm Home.

Bacon is fine when baked in the oven.
Pour off the grease frequently.
A bit of alcohol on a soft cloth will
make your glasses shine and save your
eyes.
A slate hung in the kitchen is very
handy thing on which to note things to
be ordered from town.
Watch the butter milk and be sure
you are not losing lots of butter fat.
Little leakages cause big losses in
the aggregate. Remember that.
Young ewes should as rule never
be bred under IA months.
When through using tool, or ma
chine, put it up.
Feed the horses regularly. Irregu-
lar feeding encourages boiling Of food,
leading to indigestion.
1t is no longer question: Does the
silo pay? Rather, what is the best
method of handling the silo?
Don't forget that charcoal is good
for the hogs, salt, also. Have 1t where
they can help themselves.
The road horse stuffed with hay
makes a poor traveller. Feed light on
bav and heavier on oats when using
the horses much.
Large animals consume less pounds
of dry material per 1000 pounds live
weight than do small ones.
Kerosene will start a stove fire all
right. but no wise woman will use it.
Dry corncobs are nearly as good and
great deal safer.
Dipping the ends or corners of arti-
cles to be hung on the clothes line in
very strong salt water will prevent the
part from freezing and makes it easy
to put on the clothespinsA
Invite your neighbor to have dinner
with you occasionally and never fail to
60 out when you are invited. We all
get tired of home cooking in time and
a change is a good thing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

scented in the cut. Made of good lum-
Der, the only iron about it is the han
die at each end, by which to push or
pull it along the feeding alley in front
of the COWS which are to be fed, and
the trucks on which it is mounted. The
wheels procured, any good blacksmith
can make this, so that the truck is by
no means difficult to construct. 1t
should be about 2 feet wide, 20 inches
deep and AZ feet long. Silage can be
conveyed in it from the silo to the
managers very readily. If the silo is
some distance away it will save much
hard work, indeed.-Fred o. Sibley, in
Farm and Home
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
Origin of Hooliqan.

The question as to the origin of the
term ''hooligan" reminds correspondent
of an unwritten chapter in the history of
the metropolitan police, which tells how
hooliganism was stamped out in the bor-
ough. This, a retired Inspector of police
informed the writer, was effected by the
simple means of drafting into the di-
vision every big Irish constable that
could be found in London. These natural
ly rejoiced in the change from peaceful
neighborhoods, where their talents were
thrown away, and so they hunted the
hooligans and fought them with a light
ness of heart reminiscent of Denny brook
Fair. In consequence the borough was
very soon as safe a place to walk
III as Kensington or Piccadilly.-London
Chronicle
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. ].
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions, and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. -.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.