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Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29
CONCENTRATES.

England and Wales have 100000
paupers.
The title of reverend" was first
used in England In 1867.
The depth of the earth's atmosphere
Is from 100 to 200 miles.
The United States is the worlds
largest consumer of coffee and cocoa,
A ton of Dead sea water VIII Yield
1877 pounds OF salt when evaporated.
England builds battleship In two
years. but France requires fye.
About 81 per cent of the farmers OF
Canada preside over their own farms.
The gifts of John d. Rockefeller to
the Chicago university now total over
$25. 900 900.
Experiments with ostrich farming
In Australia. the eggs being hatched
by artificial incubation, are successful.
The two great passenger steamers
now building for the White Star line
VIII be 1000 feet long and probably
So feet wide.
The Danish government proposes
land and sea fortlfications, the con
struction of 20 torpedo boats and
submarines, improvements In mines,
etc.
In 1908 the product OF the fisheries
of Canada was worth $25.500.0 900, q
decrease OF s750.O00 from 1907, occur
| ring chiefly In Pacific salmon and seal
skins.
! The mining laws OF Panama are the
most liberal In the world. Perfect
titles TO mining properties can be 80
cured. and sufficient labor in the prov
ince of Veraguas. where some good
mining property is located. can be OBJ
tained at reasonable wages.
On Nov. "a. 1908. a public water
supply service was inaugurated at
Majunga, on the northwest coast of
Madagascar. the governor general be-
Ing present and taking part In the
ceremony. This water service is the
first to be Installed anywhere In Mad
agascar.
| III Juif wan lbsuco
by the authorities OF China pronibit.
ing the use OF strong narcotics. Co
/ caine, etc. by dentists In their pro-
fessional practice. A repeal of this
is now sought and the question is bs-
I Ing considered by special commit.
tee.
During the season over 1000 men
, were engaged in the Canadian hsh'
cries and used equipment represent
/ ting an aggregate capital OF nearly
sl5.000,000. The lobster plant alone Ii
y valued at over sI,5OO.0O0. comprising
3 the equipment of nearly 700 canneriss
I 2l7 OF which are In Nova Scotia The
5 canneries placed on the market nearly
e 100000 cans of the preserved crusta
il cean. and about 100000 pounds wars
q disposed of alive or In fresh state
G both aggregaiing = value exceeding
e 100000.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29

commissioners have followed, that is
he will require the farmers who own
the land along the stream that are
| stocked TO promise to allow fishing
along their land II the fish are placed
IN the stream. oftentimes farmers
petition to the state to have their
streams stocked with fish and then
| refuse TO allow the fishermen rights
OF way along the banks OF the streams.
The game and fish department will
compel the farmers to grant rights
OF way to fishermen before putting the
ilsh In the streams.
Greeley people interested in the su
gar industry are circulating a peti
tion TO be sent to the finance commit
tee OF the United States senate. pro
testing against the removal OF tariff
oil beet sugar. The petition states
that the sugar industry is the lead.
ing one of this state and especially I'm.
portant TO northern Colorado, and that
1t has become SO because of the pres.
ent tariff law, IL the turiff is reduced
II says IL viii result In the complete
destruction of the sugar industry. Only
three persons refused to sign Il out
OF hundreds asked. and II is expected
that 5000 beet growers In that and
adjoining districts will sign the petition
during the next two weeks.
Prof Bennett, of the State Agricul.
tural college. has bought ten acres OF
ground to conduct an experiment farm
for growing potatoes. With Prof. l.
C, Carpenter. Prof. Bennett met the
officers of the Weld County Farmers
club and all agreed that the aim of
that district is to be to propagate
potato which shall be as sure OF yield
as the Pearl. yield as abundantiy MS
this variety. be as smooth as the Ru.
raj. and of better quality than either
The development of such potato will
be necessarily slow, says Prof. Ben.
nett He viii also conduct an expert.
ment farm at Eastonyille, near Colo.
rado Springs, and another on the
western slope, probably at Montrose
and others in other localities and I'm
all about 100 acres VIII be cultivated
In experimental potato farms. Three
carloads of first-class potatoes sold nj
Greeley Friday at $3.50 per 100 pounds
for seed At this price 1t will cost
SI5 an acre for seed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29

tilize each others blossoms. Remem
Der that the blossoms OF some varie
ties are more or less self-sterile.
All fruit trees need pruning imme
diately after planting. Make the tops
correspond with the roots. Peaches
need the most trimming after setting
trim these to mere switches about two
feet high and without side shoots long.
er than one inch.
Cuttings from the mature asparagus
bed should be made regularly and
thoroughly. being always careful not
TO injure the crowns of the plants
with the knife. Keep weeds out. Beds
set this spring or last fall should not
be cut at all this season; let the plants
grow unmolested.
Remedy for aphis or plant lice:
These tiny black. green or red insects
are easily killed by using a Strong
solution OF tobacco in water. Or kero-
sene emulsion. or whole-oil soap so
luton. Apply remedy early, when lice
first hatch out and before they are
hidden by the curl of infested leaves.
This is busy month; dig out Dor.
ers. cut out black knots. spray for
codling-moth, look out for climbing
cutworms on young trees. watch out
that new CRAFTS are not injured by
lice nor smothered by shoots from
the stock pull off blossoms from every
young trees premature fruit-bearing
stunts growth. and throw two fork.
fuls of manure around each newly-set
tree. Do the last after a rain; the
manure keeps the moisture in the
ground and insures a good start.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Farm Journal.
Be sure to make successional SOW.
ings of sweet corn, peas. etc..-say
two weeks apart Then all the crop
won't ripen at the same time.
AT the end Of bed OF seeds. drive
down a stake and slip the empty seed
bag over the top Of It to help you
remember what you have sowed there
Flower stalks on rhubarb plants
should be removed whenever seen. Sc
that the plants strength will not be
wasted in the useless formation oi
seeds.
Shallow cultivation Is best-aboui
two inches deep. All fruits that are
not mulched need to be hoed or cult
vated at intervals of ten days or two
weeks. Try to do this work soon aftel
rain.
Make the rows long and straight
so as TO use the -cultlyator o
the wheelhoe TO the best advantage
Stir the ground after planting. often
after each rain, or about once In tel
days anyhow.
DO not plant big blocks OF any on
variety of fruit. Mixed paintings O
different kinds help the trees to feI
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29
HELPING LONELY WOMEN.
Leslie's Weekly.

l-eslleS weekly.
Massachusetts has long held the
record OF possessing the greatest pro
portional surplus Of women Of any
state in the union. There are said to
be no less than 100000 spinsters and
widows in the Bay state who must
look out for themselves. and there
has been much discussion OF schemes
for their benefit and relief. Recently
prominent business and professional
women OF Boston have organized for
the purpose OF getting the state to
aid In purchasing small tracts OF land.
on which lone women can engage in
agricultural pursuits. The Women's
Massachusetts Homestead association
Intends to have Its beneflciaries cult
yate small plots and raise flowers,
herbs. mushrooms. Strawberries. yege-
tables. squads. chickens. bees and
pigs. Cheap comfortable homes will
be built on these plots. and neces.
sary implements also will be supplied.
wealthy New York woman stands
ready to contribute 100000 to the
project. and n Brooklyine tMass) phi
lanthropist hast offered to lend his
big farm for experimenting along this
line.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29
TeLEeaAPAIc HREvlriEs.

1t is said defects have been found
in the new primary. bank guarantee
and other recent enactments of the
Democratic Nebraska legislature.
Wonder what Billy B. was doing to
permit such loopholes.
| Edward Noonan, ranch hand. died
at Billing from the effects of drink.
ing a quart of whisky at one draught
Noonan had been left alone in the
ranch house. where he found the
| whisky. He soon lapsed into uncon.
sciousness after drinking the liquor
The March official report of the
Consolidated mines, the biggest in Ne.
vada, shows that the total tonnage
treated was i95O3. The net profits OF
the company for March were 1864.
32S.96, total equalled by no other
mining corporation of its kind in the
entire world
Christian orthodoxy. as embodied in
he principles of the church and the
current Interpretation of the Bible. is
held as untenable by Professor George
Burman Foster, professor of the phI
losophy of religion in the University
OF Chicago. in a book on The Func
ton of Religion in Mans Struggle for
| Existence" Professor Foster. whose
book ON The Finality of the Christian
religion three years ago has occupied
he clergy in discussion since that
time, attacks new articles of the Chris
tian belief in his latest volume. lie
fiays the authority of the church
the supernatural elements of the
Christian religion and the worship of
faith of the past The Midway au
Ihority advances the theory that God
is "a symbol to designate the uni
verse in its ideal-achieving capacity"
and that God was made by man rather
than man by God. Modern people. he
declares, do not attend church be.
cause they do not need II and mot
because they are bad. but because
they are good" He states that the
predictions of past religion, inolud-
ing the old dogmas, must be rele
gated to the clairvoyant, the astrolo.
ger, the card-reader, perhaps the spir.
itualists"
Several thousand women and as
many hundreds of men, who had gath
cred in front of two rival shops on
Broadway, New York, TO take advan
tage of bargain sales advertised by
both, started a riot Saturday that call
ed out the reserves of two police pre-
cincts and blocked the trolley cars for
an hour. A number of the women
tainted and had to be taken to hospi.
tails. The women began gathering In
front of the two shops two hours be.
fore the time set for the beginning OF
the sales. The two stores are only
few doors from each other Many oi
the women carried babies in their
arms. The crowd in front of the two
shops grew minute by minute. When
the doors of the shops were opened,
there was a rush through the doors
and in a few moments, the places We're
jammed with shouting, struggling hu'
manity. At last the cars could not
pass. Then some one called out the
reserves OF the Hamburg avenue sta
ton. The arrival of the police seem
ed to stir the people into greater ex
element. The crowd, in It's struggles
pushed in one of the plate glass win
dows of one of the shops. Then the
police forced all to form lines which
stretched for blocks. Only then was
| traffic resumed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29
ouMpTloN ON THE FARM.

Farm Journal.
The man behind the hoe Is more
important than the man behind the
gun.
1t is the farmer that keeps things
stirred up that raises the biggest
crops.
Very fine flower seeds can be easily
and evenly sown by the use of
dredgo box.
It's a sign of hard year for the
family when the wife carries the stove
and the husband the pipe.
Some men marry a girl because she
is great talker. Better get talk
Ing machine; you can stop 1t wher
you get tired.
Don't leave an AK sticking where
some one viii fall on It, or sticl
scythes. hatchets or tools overhead Il
fall and hurt some one.
Plant trees. plant flowers. plan
roses. plant smiles. plant good deed
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29

Mrs. Patten saws newspaper stories
about the increase in the price OF
bread and read that her husband was
blamed for this she realized the SUI,
ferings brought upon the poor and
persuaded Mr.. Patten to close out his
speculations In wheat.
ST. LOUIS. April 27.-Instead of be
Ing bride today Mrs. L. e. Stone,
who was to marry Albin C. little this
afternoon, is mourning his death. Tit.
tie was killed last night by car
while he was on his way to the home
of Mrs. Stone for his last ante-nuptial
call. Mrs. Stone collapsed when she
heard of her fances death.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29
WROTE THE NEW RITUAL.

In connection with the new lodge
organized Sunday, knights of Colum.
bus. the following Will be of interest
as Mr.. Reddin was the head official
In charge OF the work at this place
The article is from Denver's Sunday
Republican:
Ont of the west, where more and
more of the good ideas of the country
are being ingubated. the knights of
Columbus have secured new ritual
to replace the one which has received
praise from many quarters. Why the
knights should wish to change an al.
rendy fine ceremony Is not understood,
but they did, and were so insistent
that university professor of the
east, who is also lawyer. was chosen
to rewrite the ritual. He labored for
about yenr to produce one that,
though fine. was not an improvement
upon the one that had been in use.
The national board of directors had
hired him to do the work, and paid
him high price for his services. but
when II held its recent meeting In
New Haven, the whole was rejected
When that had been done. John ii
Reddin, OF Denver. a member OF the
board, presented Il ritual he had been
working. and 1t was Mt once accepted
Not only did the board accept II, but
The following resolution was adopted.
Whereas, Brother John II. Reddin
has, without compensation, performed
a splendid work on the revision of the
first and second degree ceremonials
and perfected an entirely new third
degree ceremonial; be 1t
"Rosolved, That this board, in the
name OF the order, extend to him It's
thanks and appreciation of his valua
BILE service"
Outside the order, of course, moth
Ing is known of the difference between
the two rituals, and all that can be
learned Is that. though the orc In
use many years was considered the
finest In the ceremonials of any order
that produced by Mr.. Reddin iss far
better. 1t Is an honor a westerner
may wear with great satisfaction. and
IL is something the whole west may
congratulate itself upon.
The Knights Of Columbus is perhaps
the first order that has declined tt
extend the scope OF its work Those
who designed the order, and placed i
upon its feet, had in mind taking ir
| only that territory added to the know
world by the discoveries made b.
Christopher Columbus, and those dar
ing men who followed him across thu
sea. Those now in charge had de
creed that the original purpose shal
not be departed from. During the pas
few years applications for the estab
| lishment OF lodges have come from
France, England and Ireland, but hay
been refused. At the meeting hell
present month a petition came iron
Stockholm, Sweden, and IT, too, wa
refused. Attached to the latter wer
the names OF men high In public life
and some Of the barons of the mort
country. In refusing the petition tn
national board of directors gave tn
same reasons returned to the oihe
petitions. that the order was one fo
the western hemisphere alone. Tht
the order is making fast headway 1
It's own natural territory Is shown b
recent lodges formed, one in Baen.
Ayres, Brazil; one at Havana, Cub
and one in the Canal zone.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29
AIR ENTERPRISES IN GERMANY.
81. Louis Glohe.pemocrat.

81. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Several of the large German cities
have taken steps TO provide terminals
for airships II is proposed that each
station occupy 10000 square yards.
with an anchorage basin in the center.
revolving pontoons TO facilitate land
ing. and nm Illuminated captive bal
loon to serve as a lighthouse. Prac.
teal Germany has decided to taka
|aeronautics seriously.
1t sometimes happens that . sost
man Il hard to est rid 4.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29
MAINE PEOPLE WITH SIX TOES
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
ON the line between Lincoln and Sn.
gadahoc counties Is n settlement or
thrifty farming folks who have pc
cullarity which Is but little known
outside. 1t is not visible. and a
stranger might go there year in and
year out without ever discovering that
they were any different from ordinary
people In farming community They
are peculiar for the number OF peo-
pie in the settlement who have six
toes on each foot, one more than they
really ought to have and one more on
each foot than they are entitled to.
The six-too belt lies partly In the
town of Desden. In Lincoln county. and
partly In Woolwich, IN Sagaduhoc
county. Just how many people there
are who have more than their share OF
toes in that vicinity would he hard to
cay, but there is quite number. and
| the way In which they came by them
is a mystery In the first place, al
AbpuBu hit nhnlDti III
tions as to how II happened.
Like many country districts. the
people have been born, brought up
settled on farms In the vicinity and
married into each others families un
| I'll time has produced a number OF
six-toed people in comparatively
small place.
The settlement is an ordinary coun
try place, In which is a store or TWO
a postoffice and garage hall, which
serves as a meeting place for all SO
homes of the people Of The vicinity.
Rather than being benefit to them
the extra toe is somewhat OF an af
Fiction In a number OF ways, especial
ly In getting shoes to At them, fol
no shoemaker has yet ventured tt
manufacture special line OF boots fol
six-toed people. So much of bothe
has this been TO Some OF the people
that they have submitted to surgica
treatment and had the offensive sixtl
member removed, that they Nigh
wear shoes much the same as othe
people.
At time. several years ago. whe
II was all the rage to wear the el
IRENE pointed toed shoes these popl
were in a sorry plight. To crowd 81
toes into shoe with capacity IA
! three, but in which vain man ofte
; crowded FIVE, was too much for thes
, people. They were fairly ostraclze
: from being In the fashionable swim b
the freak OF nature, which put tbeI
out OF the running Being people {
sound sense. they submitted to the II
evitable and waited until their Nv
= toed brethren had become crippled
q the freak styles and then they weI
in the swim again with broadtoe
shoes.
How II happened that this colon
OF six-toed people settled in this plat
Is hard to explain. Tradition has
that some man OF several generation
ago settled In that vicinity and whi
at work in the woods split toe wi
an AK, and, instead OF adhering. Il
: two parts separated and In the cour
OF time as the generations passed II
: sixth toe made its appearance in
more perfect form. This theory do
not find many ready believers amo
e the people there. who have given
= accounting for It.
The sixth toe Is an offshoot frc
y the little toe OF the ordinary foot.
II perfect In shape. although Il Is y
;" always in alignment with the 9th
hve toes Of the foot. For this r.
re son II is troublesome and becom
* more troublesome as the people ,
70 vance in years.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-29

1t doesn't take man OF horse sense
to run an automobile.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02
INTERPRETERS ARE
MUCH NEEDED

When the ends of the world meet,
the interpreters are in the soup. The
island of Cebu, P l., and that dear
old Canton are not so very far apart
but when it comes to gathering up their
respective dialects there is trouble ahead
for some one
Captain Harry Lake, detective of the
county attorneys office, Tuesday, at
Waipahu, arrested Andreas amieon and
Maco Boas for assaulting Lee Sing with
dangerous weapon, dagger, to be
specific.
There is no evidence forthcoming to
prove that the pake halls from Canton
but the two defendants certainly come
from Cebu. The latter confessed to his
part in the affair which amounted to
several gentle punches. Andreas, how
ever, speaks nothing but Cebu and after
wild but vain search, Lake was I'M
able to find an interpreter between that
and English.
He finally found one that could inter.
pref the Cebu into Spanish and by the
aid of a Spanish interpreter in putting
it into English, some Roadway was
made. Under this system it takes about
half hour to get question over the
round trip and there will be some fun
when he comes before the grand jury.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02
HIDDEN DANGERS
Nature Gives Timely Warnings Th0
No Honolulu Citizen Can Afford
to Ignore,

DANGER SIGNAL NO / comes frd
the kidney secretions. They will was
you when the kidneys are sick. Wa.
kidneys eXtrete a clea.. amber fuia
Sick kidneys send out 3 thin, pale and
foamy, or a thick, red, il-smelling
urine, full Of sediment and irregular
of passage.
DANGER SIGNAL NO. comes from
the back. Back pains, dull and heavy,
or sharp and acute, tell you OF sick kid
neys and warn you of the approach of
dropsv, diabetes and Bright s disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure s ok kidneys
and cure them permanently. Here i8
the best of proof:
Zed Rosendorf, merchant, Main St,
Independence, Ore, says: "For ten
wears | was troubled by attacks Of kid.
ney complaint and finally became 50
bad off that I was forced to walk III
stopped position. My kidneys wers
disordered and on account of too fire.
quent passages of the secretions, I was
obliged to arise during the night.
Often I had to sit up, being unable TO
lie comfortably in any position. Ny
limbs became swollen and there was a
pufiness beneath my eyes. I doctored
and tried everything that was brought
to my notice. but received no relief I'M
til 1 began using Doan s Baekache Kid,
ney Pills. They helped me from the
first and I am today free from kidney
complaint. I believe there is nothing
| as effective as Doan $ Baekaehe Kid
ney Pills in curing this trouble"
J Doan s Baekache Kidney Pills are
sold by all druggists and storekeepers
at 50 cents per box (six boxes $3.50
or will be mailed on receipt of price by
! the Hollister Drug Co., Honolulu. whole
sale agents for the Hawaiian Islands.
Remember the name, Doan's, and
/ take no substitute.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02
WRATHFUL SOCIETY
VERSUS BILLBOARDS

Congressman Gillett has been inter
viewed, not on the tariff question, but
on the billboard advertising nuisance,
says the Fitchburg (Mass) Sentinel.
Anyone who has travelled much be-
tween Washington and New York will
recognize the articles to which Mr..
Gillett refers when he says:
q organized myself into a wrathful
society of one to abstain reIentlessly
from the use of the obnoxious articles.
My own course Is fixed. aud the SUI
preme court can t touch me and | am
sure they wouldn t want to. There are
some things l Will never use or pur-
chase. No matter how worn out | NAV
get IN serving my district and how
much l may need tonic, there is one
brand OF whisky | Will not touch. and
that S ALL My window screens NAV
rust until they are solid and OPAQUE
before l II buy certain alleged rust
less variety. My mouth may be SC
alkaline that I II have as much erav
ing for an acid as Lot : wife must have
developed, but there are fifty-sever
kinds of pickles which III never taste
II / should want to shave off nv beard
so that l could 60 among my constitu
ents ln@ognito and find out what they
really think of me there is one razor
l will never use, though recommended
by a name for which l have an undue
partiality. And SO there are soups an(
soaps and tobacco and suspenders and
divers other neeessaries of life which
from this time forward are tabooed.
am not foolish enough to imagine tina
the loss of my patronage is going to dis