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The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-02
BOIL wEEvIL RUcARoo.

If the baby has the stomach-ache
the boil weevil caused it. # the COW
goes dry, the boil weeyil caused It. Is
the dog has the mango, the bob wee
vii caused it. II the chickens have
the sore head, the boil weevil caused
it. If the potatoes rot, the boil weeyil
caused it. If the farmer cant pick his
cotton. the boll weeyil is to blame II
the merchant fails. the boil weeyil
ID to blame. Ii the wholesaler can't
pay up, the boil weevil is to blame.
If the bank goes to the wall, the boil
weevil caused it. All Of this talk about
the boil weeyil is simply the despair
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-02


ing to run the whole world and every
thing III itout Of it--near it-under
Il uar i abd tban comnlaining at
4,.....;,e,,ao /, +ha
W u'sl' ''7'1' ''o'', 4 I
distribution q the weather s'iasnh'e'
darks Of the moon, freezes, storms, IN
sects. and the other unaccountable
tb,nes thai make M he wonderful
"o1iu
some farmers, or ralh7r so'llS sis'is-
ers, who call themselves farmers but
who would run from plough or a
boo ~ Il tbav we're poison-want the
., -
union y iun T s'O' I So = .'.
camille pusness-seiilhg evetsenins
the farmer needs and as the former
needs all commodities this leaves moth
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The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-02

desperation and despondency OF the
pessimistic Jobs comforter, always on
hand, pointing with the faltering
finger Of a forelorn hope to the
Slough Of Despond in which his NOR
bid, careless and ill-omened disposi-
ton, strangely causes him to delight,
IS the great, strongbrained southern
farmer, who fought through four years
"o Of fearless struggle, regardless Of odds,
to lie prostrate, discouraged broken
hearted despairing and disconsolate,
before the supposed ravages Of > lit
tie black bug called boil weeyil?
Is the brain Of our scientists going
to inspire to despair before the on
slaught Of the pessimistic influence OF
a puny insect?
1T is oddly queer and grayely grot.
esoue that such little specter of dis
aster would throw gseat big strone
men into such panic II is sla1
| ii the face Of Providence to talk ruin
and damnation, irretrieYabIe and ir
reparable, simply because a little
pegtiferous bug has made its appear
ance in order to bring US to realize oui
condition and adopt new methods
The bon weevil is a blessing in dis
q guise, and the man who goes arounc
with his face SO long that he casts
gloom on gladness, and gives hii
/ neighbors bad dreams, ought to be rul
out Of the community.
Improved. intensive farming with
change from late to early seed Is al
that is needed,
More attention to fence corners, an
getting out old stumps, burning q
grass and stalks and ploughing deep
J and less counting Of eggs and newsps
per chatter by 'would-be' farmers
/ who plough with a pessimistic pei
/ across miles Of white paper, in an q
/ tempt create an Impression Of scies
+ ltific research, would be more to To
point and would have less effect !
5 soaring capital out Of the south an
! otherwise tying up the wheels Of PR
gress
Where intelligence and energy
used the south has always succeede
There is no need for alarm. ~
y country is going ahead-boll weeV
j or NO boA weevil-and all the oth'
If rot and rubbish, being circulated
I. politicians and pusilanimous freak
y who never farmed a day in their live
,a ought to be consigned to the dul
st heap where they belong,
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-02
Let THE FARMERS FARM.

IL it was not so deucedly serious, Il
would be Enthusiastically funny TO see
some sections or rather members Of
the Farmers Union advocating, and
now and then making q plunge at try
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10

Times Of the tide are taken from the
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ia
bles. The tides at Kahului and Hilo
occur about one hour earlier than at
Honolulu. Honolulu standard time is
10 hours 30 minutes slower than Green
witch time, being that of the meridian
of 1877 degrees 30 minutes. The time
whistle blows at 1870 .. m. which is
the same as Greenwich, hours, 0 min
utes. The Sun and Moon are for local
time for the whole group.
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una districts OF Hawaii and the higher attitudes of the Ea district
Inc amounts in inches, the districts were I
Wal-Nohaa oS4 to lis, Hamakua 1872 Hlo 5o to as
una 800 hau o2o to o94 and Kona Mau-Kooau and Fla
O9o TO IlS Hama o23, and Wailuku Lahaina co
and Kooaupoko ooo Honolulu II at the
ee and 2o at the higher EVA oo8 plains and 81 to
100 at the higher attitudes and Waianae Kaua-Puna 10 TO
~ Mona oo4 and Waimea o28; Mookai oo2 to A.
y 10 excessive rains occurred portions Hamak Eo
una districts OF Hawaii the and 22d ON the 9Iet
reported 32 inches, and Ponahawa 80 and during "a
hours OF the 2oth-2Is Kapoho 3.13 ~ 1e ~
was considerably more rainfall than during the preceding
III ne Puna and the southern portions of e Tlo
OF HAWAII and at the upper levels Eva district Of Oahu
ranging from LOO to 337 inches the northern nor
vi n THO district OF Hawaii there from ~ to 40 inches
~ f% eseWhere the differences generally small
Inc following table shows weekly AVERAGES If tenono
'"H lot the PdlnciPa Islands and for the Group:
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
WEATHER RJJRFATT

me following data covering period 80 years. been COM
pied from the Weather Bureau McKbbn records at Honolulu
H. They issued show the that have prevailed d
Tie month question: for the above period years. but must NOT be
cond as forecast of the weather conditions coming month
Month OF October for 80 years.
TEMPERATURE. (I8oo-Ioo7). IS years
Mean or normal temperature u deg
me Warmes month that of average of % deq
e coolest month that of 1905 average of * de9
Inc highest temperature 90 deg 10th 1901 the aob
1902 ' 09l' 'ne 30ui
The lowest temperature O. deg the GOTH 1902
PRECIPITATION (rain years. (1877o4 1oo4zJ
Average for the month, I67 iHkhes '''
Average number of days with OF of an inch or more -
Inc greatest monthly precipitation 432 inches in 1854
Inc least monthly precipitation a. inches in 1885
Inc greatest amount of precipitation in anv "a
hours was 236 inches the 2oth 1882
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Average, 68 pct; p m u pct (1ooA-7) AVERAGE
m, o8 pct. p. Is pct, (I8o3-Ioo2) 80 , "
CLOUDS AND WEATHER. (I8oo-1ooz 10 years
Average number OF clear days partly cloudy DAYS IT, cloud
days, A. 80 ' O"''' ~ Oouuy
IT. WIND Direction "a years. Velocity d years
he prevailing winds are from the NE. (18z5-o4 1oo4zI
he average hourly velocity of the &C. miles fIooA7Y
Inc highest velocity of the wind 28 miles from the NI7 ~ A.
GOTH 1904; the 18TH 1907. G9o47). " " "e
Station: Honolulu T. H.
O'CLOCK averages from records of Territorial Meteorolo. 2
O'Clock averages from Weather Bureau records 0sS';
VIM B. STOCKMAN
Section Director Wealth. pwr
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10
NOTHING AMISS.

. Two Scottish farmers met on theil
way to church. Man" said Donald
81 was wonderin' what Sou will be
askin for yon bit sheep over at YOU
steadin'?" Man" replied Dougal. "l
wass thinkin' l wad be wantin' 81
shullin's for that sheep" 'I will TAX
it at that" said Donald; but, och
man, Dougal, I'm awful surprised al
you dom business on the Sawbath!'
Business" exclaimed Dougal. Man
sellin' a sheep like that for so shul.
Inns is not business at all; it's just
arity!"-London News.
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WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN
FOR THE WEEK ENDED OCTOBER "a, 1908
Honolulu October "a IoC
GENERAL SUMMARY.

The temperatures the preceding
all temperature reporting stations in the section excepting Pepeeeo
Hawaii; Waiuku Maui; Hauua and Waanae Oahu, and Keaa
Kauai.
The rainfall above the of ten years all
having such records in the Koaa and Puma
southern portions of the Ho district of Hawaii at Honoaa
Hawaii and Waimanao Oahu at the remaining stations
the for the week The changes in inches
riots were: Hawa-Kohaa +oo3 to +o29 Hamakua -o52
-o82 excepting o32 at Honokaa northern Fo -o7 -o43
md central and southern Hlo o94 to 28o Kapoho 2I5
-o3o to -o55 and Kona I54 MauHama1zaloa -o42; OAHU
-o23 to o47 excepting +oo7 at Wamanalo and Kaua-Kons
o.S2. and Waimea -oo3
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Entire Group

IT, I inches
the local office OF the u s. Weather Bureau Honolulu clear 70
y cloudy weather obtained with measurable rainfall on the first
gays amounting to inch, that than drino te
preceding week. and 32 inch below the The maximum tenn
eatu was 81 deg minimum *8 deg, $50 deg OF dec
e normal and IA deg lower than last weeks The mean da
Ve humidity ranged from 62 II per cent and for the week was
per cent Easery winds prevailed 1toh and 22d inclusive
ana T. on the 23d and northeaey remaining DAVIS the
average hourly velocity 10 miles The mean dav broneter
ranged from 90 90 to 5000 inches mean for the
was oo3 inch above normal. 49,
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DIED.

sCHAFFER-In this city, November
8, 1908, Ida, beloved mother of Mrs.
VIM. f. Bay, w. H. Thorne, Kate,
s--sa-ss=
John and William Schaffer. Hans
and August Starkloff, a native of
Germany, aged 81 years..
Funeral from the undertaking par
Tors of II. II. Williams this afternoon.
lnterment Pearl City.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10
THE JAPANESE BUDGET.

TOXIC, November lO.-The Imperial
budget is nearly complete. The re-
ceipts are $543,630O0O including the
surplus of $5224O,OOO. The expendi-
lures total $543, $4,000, including a war
account of $11, 10000, and the sum of
$14,6OO, 900 postponed from the previous
year.
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DEPARTING.

Monday, November g..
S. S. Iwalani, Self, for Mahukona
Honokaa and Kukuihaele, p. m.
S. S. Noeau, for Kauai, 5 p. m.
Tuesday November 10.
S. S. Mauna Kea, Freeman. for Hilo
and way ports, noon
S. S. Mikahala, for Molokai and Maui
p. m.
S. S. w. G. Hall, Thompson, for Ka-
uai, p. m.
P. M. S. S. China, Friele, for Orient,
8 p. m.
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Shipping in Port
(ArnV and Navy

(Army and Navy.
U. S. s. Iroquois Moses, station tug
U. S. S. Charleston, Knapp, S. F..
Nov. 6.
(Steamships.J
P. NJ S. S. China, Friele, S. F., Nov
10.
Sailing Vessels.)
Am. sc. Flaurence Ward, Piltz, Mid
wayfi, Oct. 2S.
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The Mails
INCOMING.

INCOMING.
From Orient, Mongolia, Nov. IA.
From Vancouver, Aorangi, Nov. IA.
From Colonies, Moana, Nov. II.
OUTGOING.
For Orient, China, 3 p. m. today.
For Vancouver, Moana, Nov. IL.
For S. F., Mongolia, Nov. IA.
For Colonies, Aorangi, Nov. IA.
U. S. A. TRANSPORTS.
Thomas left Hon. for Manila, Oct. IL.
Logan at San iran.
Buford for S. f. from Nagasaki.
Dix from Hon. for Manila, Oct. 80.
Sherman at s. F.
Warren at Manila.
Crook from Nagasah for Hon. Nov. 2.
Sheridan, from S. F., for Hon. Nov. 5.
ARRIVING.
Tuesday, Nov. TO-
P. NJ. S. S. China, Friele, from s. F.,
a. m.
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MANITOBA OFFICIAL DEAD.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, November 10.
j. H. Agnew, Treasurer of Manitoba,
Is dead.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
Calling at Manila.

u. s. A. Transports will leave for
San Francisco and Manila, and will ar
rive from same ports at irregular in
tervals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

taking up the papers in the next case.
I'll have to say to you"
HIUDGE. your honor!' cried the pris-
oner suddenly. in a voice which
brought Dryers angry eyes to him in
wonder please don't send me away yet!
VIII you let me tell you how this hap
pened-judge. your honor-for God S
sake?''
Dryer dropped the bundle Of papers.
and let his obese body settle back in his
chair: Say on. ,McGinnis,' he said: but
make 1t short. Ohicer. I can see. II We
can't. that Mrs. McGinnis looks wake
give her a chair. and slip lively. too.
Proceed. McGinnis. me man."
The prisoner moistened his parched lips
with his tongue, and then. clasping his
cloth cap in his trembling fingers. and
with his head bent humbly. he said:
Il was eighteen years old, Judge. your
honor, when / stole the set of furs from
my boss. | was help to porter In the
drygoods district. had no father or
mother living. and I don't deny that
was goin' to the divil as fast as could.
with the drink and the card playin'. And
I stole the furs one day to get money to
go on the way was going. An I was
caught, and the Judge he wouldn't give
me another chance. no more would me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

Will you let bygones be bygones and help
him to live this DOWN."
DY this time the Indifferent loungers in
= the courtroom-the strange rag-tag
and bobtail who haunt these grimy cham
bers of distress-mingled with those having
business there; the lawyers. the report
ers. witnesses in other cases. had gather
ed near the desk, seeming something I'M
usual in the air. Especially the newspa-
per men: They had a warm spot In their
hearts for Magistrate Dwyer. None Of
them much minded his reputation for
being too closely in touch with Tammany
Hall to bef1t the strict ends Of justice, for
there was something eminently human
and lovable about the burly old spoils-
man. Moreover. he often threw formal
routine and book laws overheard and thus
furnished stories dear to the reporters
Still, they did not think that Dwyer would
release the prisoner. The outcry OF the
pure politics. crowd would be too for
midable, Just now when practical politics
was fighting for its life and its rule of the
town But everybody looked curiously at
Mrs. McGinnis to see how she would an
swer. She was silent for at least half a
minute, and then slowly said:
II hope I'd do my duty. judge. your
honor-but this is a sore disgrace@"
Another one with duty spillin' out av
thei- person bedad." cried Dwyer. thump-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
Strenuous FataIism.

EXPLORER sPEARY was talking in
II New York about the luck he would
have in reaching the pole with the Roose-
welt
They say you are fatalist." said a
reporter. They say that you believe you
are fated to find the pole before you die. "
The explorer laughed.
"If am fatalist.' he said. II assure
you my fatalism is of the working and
strenuous kind - like that of old Abe
Cruger. :, e..
''Old Abe lived in New England in the
days of Indian warfare. He was fata'-
list of a pronounced type. nevertheless he
would not venture forth without his blum
derbuss.
lone day he had an important errand.
but the blunderbuss, when he came to get
it, was missing from the rack made Of
antlers where it always hung. Some one
of his family had taken 1t. Abe sat down
to wait till It was brought back.
But. Abe. L thought you were a
fatalist?' said friend.
80 I am the cd man answered.
"'Then why bother about your blunder-
buss? tainted the friend. You are in no
danger from the Indians. since you can't
possibly die till your time comes
Yes said the old man. But sup
pose 1 was to meet an Indian and his
time had come. 1t wouldn't do for me
not to have my blunderbuss. would it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
Different All Round.

EDWIN MARKHAM. the poet. discussed
Il rather impatiently in New York the
semi-total pledge that has taken America
by storm-the pledge never to drink be-
tween meals.
lone might keep such pledge" said
Mr.. Markham, land still not shine. I am
reminded appositely Of a rich stock bro
ker.
This gentleman returned from luncheon
one afternoon at about half-past 3. He
took off his frock coat and top hat. He
lighted superb Havana. Then he leaned
back in his revolving chair and put his
patent feathers on his desk. among the
pens. ink pots and business papers.
ct tell you. Miss Carruthers.' he said
and he directed beaming smile upon his
beautiful. golden-haired stenographer-'l
tell you, the world looks different to q
man when he's got a bottle of champagne
inside him.
= The young girls lip curled.
Yes. sir she replied, and he looks
different to the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
Anecdotes Concerning
Well-Known People
The Power of the AID.

T. LILLIAN B. HILL. the well known
l. writer of humorous advertisements.
said at one Of the convention dinners IN
Denver:
advertising lends itself to almost any
imaginable purpose For instance, at
Sea Beach. the other week, a confec-
toner found himself with great num-
Der of stale tarts on hand He rid him
self Of these farts, and OF all MS Iresn
ones besides. by inserting the following
advertisement in the local press:
'PERsoNAL-A young man OF agree
able exterior and ample means desires 10
form the acquaintance Of a lady. Object
matrimony. Beauty and wealth are not
SO much in regulation as a good cnarae-
ter and an amiable disposition Young
ladies who may feel Inclined to look with
favor upon this young man are here by
asked to call at Dough's confectionery
on Atlantic avenue at o'clock this AFTER
noon and. as a means of Identification. to
purchase and eat tart.
"a few minutes after that day
Dough's tart shelves were quite bare"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

zone of the Rubber Strings Broke"
she felt fine and that she must have lost
ten pounds
Uncle Peter peeped inside to look the
bath over. and found that she had for
gotten to turn the current on.
Next morning when Aunt Martha went
after the electric bath Uncle Peter turned
the current on himself to make sure. and
when Auntie stepped in II she accidentally
put her foot on an ohm or something
which tickled her 50 that she let a blood
curdling yell out of her that could be
heard for twenty-seven miles as the crow
flies
Then she put her other foot down and
that landed on a volt or an ampere or
some foolish dingus which caused Aunt
Martha to become short-circuited.
Bunch. she was the shortest circuit that
ever happened.
For a couple of minutes that room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

Uncle Peter was Chased of to town for
a rowing machine. a set Of Indian clubs
and proud assortment of deaf and dumb
bells
Presently the muscle goods arrived. and
next morning about daylight Aunt Mar
tina jumped on board the rowing machine
and bore away to the northwest, with 4
strong ebb tide on the port bow
She was about four miles up the river
and going hard when a strap broke.
whereupon Aunt Martha went overheard
with splash that upset most of the fur
niture in the room and knocked her mani
cure set down behind the bureau.
One of the oars went up in the air and
landed on the bridge of Uncle Peters
nose. because his face happened to be
in the way when the board came down.
When loving hands finally pulled aunt
Martha out of the interior of her rock
ing chair she found that. with the help
of the rowing machine. she had lost near
~ two pounds. mostly off the end of her
elbow.
The next day Mrs. Cooper. who weighs
about 243. told Aunt Martha that she
wasn't using the best kind of physical
torture. so Uncle Peter was once more
chased o ffto the store, where he bought
one of those rubber contrivances you fas-
ten on the wall and then try to pull it
off again with the handles.
Bright and early the next morning Aunt
Martha grabbed the handles. and was get
ting away from her obesity at the rate of
an ounce an hour. when suddenly one OF
the rubber strings broke and something
kicked Aunt Martha just where good
singer gets her coloratura.
field of. battle every picture on the walls
fei! with her. and there was such crash
that the cook thought the end of the
world was coming. so she ran screaming
in the direction Of Paterson. N. ].
They had to pour about a bucket of
water over Aunt Martha's map before she
came to, and then she found that all she
had lost by this new process was her
breath and a couple of side combs.
.Lrs. Gaddi9gs dropped in that day and
told Aunt Martha that the only way to
reduce the flesh is to take long walk; 50
Auntie picked out long walk and took it..
After she was gone about six hours.
and 1t was getting dark. she called Uncle
Peter up on the long distance telephone
and broke the news to him that she had
walked fifteen miles. and that she had
been so extravagant she had used up all
the walk that was in her, and that she
would have to stay there in a foreign
land alone. among utter strangers. unless
he sent q cab for her
When Aunt Martha got home that night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

The old lady promptly fell for every obes-
fly cure known to modern science.
even at top weight Aunt Martha
doesn't go over 154 pounds. but she got
the idea in her head that compared with
her Barnum's original fat lady was a
pikertte. so she decided to go after that
obesity thing with an ak.
We tried to flag her and talk her out
of it, but she waved US all back. and said
she'd made up her mind she wasn't going
through this world leading a double chin.
Well. Bunch. Aunt Martha started in to
put the sabots to the fatty tissue. and for
q week Uncle Peters peaceful home
across the road looked like a moving pic
ture entitled THE Original Rough
House
First flop out Of the box Mrs. Grim
shaw. who weighs 2Is in her warpaint
told Aunt Martha that exercise was the
only thing to keep down the weight. SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
Humorist Lloyd on War.

I<AT Napoleon's tomb. on a scorching
"a day in Paris. I met Nelson Lloyd.
the brilliant humorist.' said a Philadel-
phian. Lloyd and I We're in the same
class together at the Germantown Acad-
envy. We shook hands and began TO talk
about Napoleon and war.
Lloyd, always quaint and amusing,
was at his best on the subject of war.
The horrors of war are overrated.' he
said.
How can you say 500 cried.
Then he told me about a veteran who
once described a terrible battle to him.
The veterans account of the engagement
was as follows:
1t was a terrible affair. and no mis-
take about it, Our company lay in am
buscade in a wood. Every five minutes
our brave young captain. pale as death.
said to us:
boys, it will be our turn next"
Then We took another pull at our
whisky TASKS and prepared for death.
This lasted from sunrise till midnight.
when all of a sudden an adjutant rode up
and told US We had wont"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
False Pride.
0F the sheath skirt, which he con
~ dennis, Anthony Comstock said TO

0F the sheath skirt, which he con-
~ dennis, Anthony Comstock said 70 a
reporter:
Some of you ladies, with false pride
that is difficult for me to understand.
must attract attention. whether by fair
means or foul. The sheath skirt is foul
means of attracting attention. It indi-
Gates in its wearer this false pride I
speak Of.
but false pride isn't confined to wom-
en- Mr.. Comstock, with smile, re-
sumed Men, too. often have 1t. In
their case it usually takes the form of a
mad love, no matter under what condi-
tons. of seeing ones name in print.
AN editor showed me the other day a
letter that had just reached him from the
state prison. 1t ran like this:
JAIL, July 20.
"'Mr. Editor: A piece come out in
your paper about me being arrested for