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= HONEST DOCTOR
MsDVISED PE-RU-NA.

~ SYLVESTER e. SMITH, Room
M o,s Granite Block, st. Louis, Mo-,
" aperuna is the best friend a
- man can have.
scr I tow months ago I came here in q
.,ohed condition. Exposure and
vie.S had ruined my once robust
af n,,h had catarrhal affections Of
pho %'oshronchial tubes, and for time there
We, 'I'. a doubt as to my recovery.
Wa aMv good honest old doctor advised
20 take Peruna, which ] did and in
y. hort time my health began to i'm
sr very rapidly, the bronchial
PIN s"b,e gradually disappeared, and in
'1,ao months my health was fully re-
stored. 80, u.n, .,,..,.
a. restoration to perfect health"
pe-ru-na for Ills Patients.
W. Perrin, M. d. s., $50 Halsey
q BROOKLYN, N. Y, says:
' ~ am using your Peruna myself, and
:, recommending IL to my patients in
III cases of catarrh, and find it to be
s,ore than you represent. Peruna can
- had now of all druggists in this Sec
aon At the time I began using 1t, 1t
vas unknown."
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ITCHING HuMoR ON BOY
His Hands Were Solid Mass, and
Disease Spread All Over Body
Cured in Days BY Cutlcura.

"One day we noticed that our little
boy was all broken out with itching
sores. We first noticed 1t on his little
hands. His hands were not as bad
then, and we didn't think anything
serious would result. But the next day
we heard OF the Cuticura Remedies
being so good for itching sores. BY
this time the disease had spread all
over his body, and his hands were
nothing but solid mass of this itch
ing disease. purchased box of CUT.
cura Soap and one box of Cuticura
Ointment, and that night ] took the
Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water
and washed him we'll. Then / dried
him and took the Cuticura Ointment
and anointed him with 1t. / did this
every evening and in four nights he
was entirely cured. Mrs. Frank Don.
ahue, POS Fremont St., Kokomo, Ind,
Sept. 16, 1907"
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ChickWeed.

pearance. Late or autumnal seed,
hngs live through the winter. and In
regions of mild, open winters they
pegin to flower and mature seeds even
In February or March, before we are
likely to think they need attention.
me sample sent has few dry, empty
seed vessels on it. Others are vet
green and unopened. There are also
flowers and unopened buds, so that
seed production may yet continue
long time in plants of the same age as
this sample. Indeed, seed production
may continue till freezing weather
stops 1t in November or December.
If the plants are dug UP or plowed
out and left on the ground they are
likely to renew their growth unless
they are put in piles and destroyed,
or unless prolonged period of dry,
hot weather should deprive them Of
life.
Flowing infested fields in fall and
seeding with rye or winter wheat may
help keep 1t in check, or blowing early
in spring and planting with some crop
which shall receive frequent and thor
ough cultivation will not only destroy
the young seedlings that may spring
up, but will check seed production in
the older plants. Spraying with a solu-
ton of sulphate of iron or copperas,
one and one-half to two pounds t.
gallon of water. has been used with
success in subduing this weed. IL
should be applied in dry, clear
weather.
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WAGON END BOARD.
How It Can Be Easily Made in Two
Sections.

To make breaking end board as
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton, use board the width and length
of an endgate and with compass
saw cut as shown by the curved line
at A, B and are hinges which are
placed on the inside of the board SO
that the gate opens outward d
and E are the usual cleats fastened
across the ends to strengthen them.
F is a piece of one-eighth by three
fourths-inch strap iron attached with
screws so the tail piece can be opened
only one way. G is put through a
hole bored at II from the inside and
fastened with screws. while | and j
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WAS ONLY RED BLOOD.
And Three-Yearold Had Been Told
That II Was Blue.

Three-yearold Allan had very arts
tocratic grandma, who prlded herself
on her own and her husbands blue.
blooded ancestry. She told him heroic
deeds of them and warned him from
ever playing with boys of low degree.
One day Allan came screaming UP.
stairs to his mamma and grandma,
holding his hand up covered with
blood. where he had cut his little
finger. They were both greatly
alarmed, as he was child who rarely
cried or complained when hurt. Nam.
ma washed the blood off and. exam.
lining the cut. said:
why. dear, it's not SO very bad.
Does 1t hurt you so much?"
I'm not cryin' cause 1t hurts" he
said, but cause it's only red blood,
and grandma said had blue" --Phila.
delphia Ledger
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DROPPED COFFEE
Doctor Gains 20 Pounds on Postum

A physician of Wash, D. c., says of
his coffee experience:
For years suffered with periodical
headaches which grew more frequent
until they became almost constant So
severe were they that sometimes | was
almost frantic. l was sallow, consti.
pated, irritable, sleepless; my men,
DRY was poor, / trembled and my
thoughts were often confused.
"My wife, in her wisdom, believed
coffee was responsible for these ills
and urged me to drop it. l tried many
times to do so, but was its slave,
Finally Wife bought a package of
Postum, and persuaded me to try it, but
she made 1t same as ordinary coffee
and / was disguised with the taste.
II make this emphatic because ] fear
many others have had the same expe-
rience.) She was distressed at her
failure and we carefully read the d.
rections, made it right, boiled it full
10 minutes after boiling commenced,
and with good cream and sugar,
liked tit invigorated and seemed to
nourish me.
This was about year ago. Now l
have no headaches, am not sallow,
sleeplessness and irritability are gone,
my brain clear and my head steady.
have gained 20 lbs. and feel am a
new man.
Il do not hesitate to give Postum
1ue credit. OF course dropping coffee
was the main thing, but | had dropped
It before, using chocolate, cocoa and
other things to no purpose.
Postum not only seemed to act as
an invigorant, but as an article of
nourishment. giving me the needed
phosphates and albumens. This is no
Imaginary tale. 1t can be substanti-
lted by my wife and her sister, who
oCth changed to Postum and are
hearty women of about TO-
II write this for the information and
encouragement of others. and with
feeling of gratitude to the inventor OF
Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville." in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
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HELPFUL HINTS.

He helps the Lord who helps the
land. III, 80
If you take our advice you VIII not
trv to seed grass with millet.
Wonderful how an acre of good al
falfa does fill up the hay NOW
A western city proposes fine OF
s1O for every chicken allowed TO run
at large. What a paradise for garden
loversl to. Aha
grain will crush into a milk Wheh
crossed between the two thumb nails
The best method of paying Tor u I
,orm Is to make it productive
No farmer can estimate his los'
from weeds. They appear on every
hand No crop can be raised where
thew grow Strive for weedless
crop, oraot deal
of time in garden work
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ONE ON THE DOCTOR.
ST. Peters Query Decided Reflection
on Medical Attendant.

DR.. Arthur T. Holbrook told story
on his profession.
"A man by the name of Evans died"
he said, land went to heaven, OF
course When he arrived at the pearly
gates he said to St Peter:
"'Well. I'm here
"St. Peter looked at him and asked
his name. John Evans, was the reply.
st. Peter looked through his book,
and shook his head.
You don't belong here he said.
pointing to the exit.
But am sure belong here, said
the man.
wait minute, said st. Peter.
He looked again and in the back
of the book found his name.
Sure said the guardian Of the
gate. you belong here. But you was
mt expected for 30 years. Who's your
doctor?' "-Milwaukee Free Press.
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For and AGAINST.

A Philadelphia lawyer, retained as
counsel for the defense in a murder
trial, tells Of the difficulties in getting
together jury.
Counsel were endeavoring," says
this lawyer, ito elicit from the various
prospective jurors their views con-
corning the death penalty.
"One man to whom the question was
put, Are you against the infection Of
the death penalty replied. No, sir
What is your business?' he was
asked. I am butcher he replied.
When the same question was put
to the next man he answered that he
was against the death penalty.
What is your business?'
Life insurance. said he"
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A woRRisoME WEED.
" " an Annual Plant, But Had n
Get Rid Of.

M common name is chickweed
ne botanical name is AlsIne NADIA
IN briton' and Browns illustrated
riora; but in Gray's Manual Il Is
a.eiiaria media. 1t is a pernlcious
we, out so often neglected and omit.
teo from lists of troublesome weeds
probably because of its small size ana
inability to prove very Destructive 70
larger cultivated plants. 1t is an an.
nuai plant, and in theory annual plants
can be eXterminated in one season
oy preventing them from producing n
crop OF seeds by which 20 perpetuate
themselves. : y '''''
IN the case of this plant, however
ene theory is not easily applied saws
country Gentleman, because of the
peculiar characters of the nest II
Is very hardy, rapid in its deve,on.
inent tenacious of life, persistent, and
quite unobtrusive and harmless in an.
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GOOD SOIL.
" Can Be Made Out OF Poor Soil "a
Handled Right.

uooo soil is a requisite of succoss.
iul farming. Poor soil can of,on
De made good soil with the right lind
OIL treatment, In Europe it has been
common practice to entirely cbange
the character of a soil. This is not
al done at once, but is often accom-
pushed by easy stages.
mus, too sandy soil can have ito
character modified by the addition of
clay. But hauling clay is expensive
ana IL takes a great deal of clay ia
modify the condition of the more than
4o,OOO square feet of land comprised
in an acre.
But the man that owns the land
realizes that this mechanical change
once made is made permanently. He
argues that the treated land Is to be
useu Tor all time and that the expense
Vi changing the land should not all
De charged against a single year.
When a man with an acre of sandy
land to modify begins to figure. he
WORKS out the problem something like
lhls: If layer of clay two inches
tnlck is put over an acre of land II
means about 1000 cubic feet of CLAW
TO be shoveled. hauled and spread on
the land. A load of 35 cubic feet of
clay Is good load to be hauled at one
time, and with that size load it
would take 200 loads to get the CLAW
onto the land. That looks like a co.
lossal task. But what is an acre of
good land worth If it is located lust
right?
We have seen sandy acres un.
cultivated because they did not con.
tain enough clay to render them
profitable for farming purposes, while
they were so located as to be very
valuable for intensive purposes if
properly ameliorated.
A little improvement each year will
IN the course of many years change
useless soil into good soil, says the
Farmers Review, and that good soil
for all time, so far as it's mechanical
structure is concerned. The plant
food supply and exhaustion is another
question.
Plant food is sometimes taken out
OF good soil to such an extent that it
becomes unproductive. But such food
can always be put back at a much
less cost than the value of the same
amount of plant food in the crop in
which it was taken out.
good soil shOuld he kent pood nv
being farmed in the most intelligent
manner. If 1t is poor soil, 1t should
be made good in the numerous ways
known to science. Our soils need to
be studied to get out of them the best
things that are in them. 1t should be
remembered that soil Is merely the
medium that supports plants and that
this medium can be made to carry
little or much plant food according to
the generosity of the cultivator in
supplying the same
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Swadeshi.

In the sense in which Sir William
Hsrcourt remarked 1--WE are all social.
lists now" it may be said that all An
gloIndians are believers in Swadeshi
While all reasonable Anglo-Indians dep.
recate the senseless agitation and
the unsound economics of the extrem.
list advocates of Swadeshi principles,
they are all anxious to assist that
natural development of indigenous in.
dustries and the creation of new ones
upon which the future prosperity OF
the country SO largely depends.-Pio-
ueer Mail
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Not the Chair.

He was a collector for an Install
ment house, new at the business, and
sensitive about performing an unpleas.
ant duty. He was particularly en-
barrassed because the lady upon whom
he had called to perform this unpleas-
ant duty was so exceedingly polite.
Still, the van was at the door, the lady
was in arrears in her payments, and
he remembered his duty.
Good morning" said the lady. tits
a beautiful day, isn't it?"
Beautiful" he agreed.
Won't you take a chair?" she said.
Emo, thank you, not this morn
ing" he stammered. I've come to
take the piano!"-Exchange
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Analysis show that considering the
amount of protein and fat contained In
sorghum It is about equal to timothy
hay as feed. In point of the amount OF
nitrogen free extract it is about half
as rich in these elements as timothy.
Timothy contains FIVE per cent pro-
tein, As per cent, nitrogen free extract
and three per cent. fat. Sorghum con
itains AS per cent. protein, % per cent.
nitrogen free extract and S.25' per cent
fat.
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Where the urchln Scored.

The busy man stopped before an
office building and leaped from his
carriage. At the same moment an
ambitious urchin ran forward and
piped: Hey, mister, kin l hold yer
horse? mo, you can't!" snapped
the busy man. Wont charge y
much" insisted the urchin. Il don't
care about the charge" impatiently
responded the man, throwing a blan.
ket over his bony steed. my horse
will not run away" Gee, mister,
didn't think he'd run awayw MOP"
mo, thought he might fall down."
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Readlusted condltIons.

"Do you think these trusts and mer-
gers have put the great capitalists on
terms of friendship?'
mot as rule answered Dustin
Stax. 1T has simply brought the
fighting to closer range" Washington
Star.
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN,

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities.
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it.?
Mrs. Pinisham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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A Difficult Lesson.

at is next to impossible for man
10 teach a pretty girl how to whistle"
said musician who is a good whis-
tier.
How is that?'' he was asked.
We'll, providing she is not your
wife or sister, when a pretty girl gets
her lips properly puckered she usually
looks so bewitchingly tempting that he
kisses her, and the consequence is she
Doesn't have a chance to blow a note"
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Knew Him.

William" said the head Of the
firm, looking at his watch, 81 have
business out of town this afternoon
and may be detained several hours.
If anybody should call"
"Ther' amt no ball game to-day, Mr..
Spotcash." interrupted the office boy.
81 said nothing about ball games.
William" rejoined his employer, eying
him sternly. However, my business
is such that it can wait until some
other day. That will be all just now,
William"
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An Effective Hint,

"She won't ask directly for wine,
but when she is where it is, she al
ways pretends to be taken with great
suffering"
Il see; an all around case Of sham
pain"
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no cure for me, and was given up
to die. Being urged, used Doan's
Kidney Pills. Soon | was better, and
In few weeks was about the house,
well and strong again."
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
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For years I was
weak and run down.
could not sleep, my
limbs swelled and
the secretions were
troublesome; pains
were intense. l was
fast in bed for four
months. Three doc
tors said there was
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CHANCE FOR EMMA.

Tommy Ito his sister)-Emma, II
you give me bit of your cake, I'll
spoil the piano so that you won't be
able to take a lesson for fortnight!
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HAY.

publisher-The third chapter in this
manuscript is so blurred can't make
Il out.
Author-Yes; that ia where l used
London atmosphere. That is the fog,
you know.
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Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
children teething, softens the gums reduces In
tnmaton alays pain, cures wind collie. Csc bottle
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4 Feet Ache-Use Aliens Foot-Ease
yefNWO testimonials Refuse limitations. Send fol
NE tnAl package. A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, NY.
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Don't forget that a thing isn't done
because you intend to do it.
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Sufficient unto the day are the "a
hors thereof.
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sEp-souND FOR MONTHS.
Hope Abandoned After Physicians
Consultation.

Mrs. Enos Shearer, Yew and Wash.
tngton SITS, Centralia, Wash, rkys;
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G I j
Be- 5

screw on the outer end. 1t is not nee
essary to remove the tail screw
entirely to open the gate, says the
Prairie Farmer. To loosen 1t turn
the button sideways and the gate
will open
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New York is too far
from Japan; San Fran
cisco is nearer.

Your grocer returns your money If you don't
like Schilling's Best, we pay him.
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MORE USED TO SELLING PINS.

Absent-Minded Clerk (who has been
transferred from notion Department.
SO. you'll take this piano. Shall
send it, or Will you take 1t with you?
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W. N. u, Salt Lake City No. 80, 1908
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WEDOWS'under NEW LAW obtained
PENSIONS OS % SSSS ri M 5. Z.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-04-07

takes in the contract of $11S,0OO for
the completion of the Nuuanu dam,
the balance being for wharves, land
ings. sheds. schoolhouses and so forth
PINEAPPLE LANDS.
The Mccormick pineapple tract at
Wahiawa was offered at auction yes
terday by James F. Morgan and four
of the lots into which the tract has
been subdivided were sold to Max
Kuhn at 5000 per acre. These lots
were numbered 6, Z, s and 9.
BUSINESS CHANGES.
The Hawaiian Electric Company has
decided to double it's present plant,
and expects TO have the increased
capacity ready for service by the be-
ginning of the Christmas holiday trade
next winter. The nominal capacity of
the new machine will be 1125 h. p. at
full load, but these machines are ca
pable of a very heavy overload, and
the maximum capacity will be llO0
h. D.
The Associated Garage, which was
organized about eighteen months ago,
passed into the control of r. o. Han
& Son during the week. This house
acquired outstanding interests, and
will now fully control it.
The landlords are getting together
on an idea of keeping directory Of
tricky tenants, people who pay a
months rent in advance and never
pay anything else, who are slow pay
ers. get behind, or who ask for the
key to a house for inspection and than
move in without any arrangements
with the landlord.
The Wireless Telegraph Company
will soon hold meeting to complete
arrangements for a site on this island
for a power plant and aerial surface
for a long-distance wireless station. 1t
is planned to eventually have two
! long-distance stations in this Terri
tory, the other being at Hilo.
PUBLIC MATTERS 40
A cabled inquiry from Attorney Cen
eraI Bonaparte to District Attorney
Breckons for a statement of the need
for a second United States District
Judge has given rise to a strong belief
that the request for such a judge win
.
Cabled advices from friends Of Ha-
wall on the mainland received during
the past week have greatly strength
ened the hope for favorable action by
Congress on the Pearl Harbor Bill
Governor Frear on Monday received
United States Treasury warrant for
$50 600, the amount of the Federal
subsidy for the College Of Agriculture
for the biennial period ending June
30. Only a small portion Of this can
be used, but on July l a subsidy Of
$4,000 will be available for the cur
rent year beginning that date.
The King of Italy has, conferred upon
William LAM of F. A. Schaefer & Co.
Of this city the decoration of a Cheva-
lier Of the order Of the Sons of Maurf-
titus and Lazarus in appreciation of
his attentions to Prince Ferdinando Of
Savoy while here in the cruiser Ca
labria, 1908.
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THE STOCK MARKET

The STOCK MARKET.
The stock market during the week
has shown on the whole the slight re-
actions which were TO be expected af-
ter the absorption of the available in
vestment funds which have been stimu-
lated by the bright outlook for sugar
The market for bonds has
been very dull those having money pre-
ferring to put it in stocks with the
present prospects than in bonds.
The course of the individual stocks
have been: Eva has slightly weaken
ed, the last sales being at s27.25 as
against previous sales OF $3.50. Ha-
ian Agricultural has advanced
slightly, a sale being made at s1s5.
There has been nothing doing in Ha-
allan Commercial, the San Francisco
quotations being higher than the local
ones. Hawaiian sugar has advanced
about a dollar TO s34. but there is little
stock coming on the market even at
this advance. HonOmu has risen ten
points since the last former sale, which
was at $3.50. During the week sales
have been made at $40, and S15G is
asked. Honokaa has advanced half a
dollar a share. McBryde has fallen.
Sales were made at s.. Now s. IS
asked and s4.75 bid. Oahu has held its
own steadily, sales being made almost
every day at $3.50. There have been
sales this week of Paauhau at s1T25
but there is no more offering at pres
ent Waialua has receded slightly the
asking price now being $3.50. Oahu
Railway has been steady at 81. Ho-
nolulu Brewery has dropped from the