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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-24
Washington, d. c.,

August 81, 1909.
Sir:-The bureau transmits here
with a Philippine campaign badge (Nc
2SO), conferred upon you in accord
ance with the provisions of an Act o
Congress approved May ID, 1905, di
recting the preparation and distribu
tion of badges to the officers and mel
of the Navy and Marine Corps of tn
United States who participated in en-
gagements and campaigns deeme
worthy Of such commemoration.
The badge issued to you is in recop
milton of your services during the Civ
War.
For the purpose of Identification thi
badge is marked with number on tn
rim, which is recorded. The bureal
authorizes you to also engrave on tn
rim of this badge your name, rank a
that time, and the name of the vesse
to which you were attached.
Please sign and return to the burea
the receipt attached below.
Very respectfully,
N. R. USHER,
Acting Chief of Bureau.
Mr.. John Ross,
P. o. B. 1856, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-24
WHAT PRESIDENT TAFT
THINKS OF CONSERVATION
Telegram to the Seventeenth National
Irrigation Congress.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, Beverly,
Mass, August 8, 1909.-To George E.
Barstow, President, Seventeenth Ma
tional Irrigation Congress, Spokane,
Wash.-I greatly regret that l am not
able to be present to hear the discus.
sions and get the benefit of your de-
alterations. | have the deepest sym
pathy with the general objects of the
National Irrigation Congress, and you
can count ON my earnest endeavors to
further the cause of reclamation by
irrigation in every part of the country
within the jurisdiction of the Federal
government.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-24
Hands CRACKED
RAW AND SCALY

Itched and Burned TerribIy-Arms
Affected, Too Could Not Move
Thumbs Without Flesh Cracking
Sleep and Work Often Impos-
sibIe-Was Fairly Worn Out.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-24

Deputy ipuniy Attorney NilyolioR
haf rendered an pppipn d. mo eftst
lpai lhp Hoard NJ supervisor has
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-24
The Illustrations

The illustrations Of the book are
Of much value, They consist Of half
tone reproductions Of photographs Of
the lava, maps made by various OBJ
servers at different times, sections,
photographs OF models in relief, and
Of the Volcano House and It's growth,
The book h a mine OF valuable la,
formation for students of volcanoes,
" aWears at iusl the light Tine for
Tho beginnings ~ our fyslematia
studios Win mslWmonis, AMI tbs De.
trilpunns NJ adventure 10 volcanic
NiIls luNiri from many explorers viii
apprnl alike Ga tbs general reader, tbs
resident 0f Tho Islands Rnd tho student
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-24
Ancient Volcanic Tradition.

The table on page 27l entitled
A." Eruptions from Kilauea previous to
$780," is a good illustration of the
marked contrast between modern scien-
tidc records and ancient history de-
pendent upon folk lore. Thus we find
thar from A, d. 40 to 1000 there was
an average of one eruption for every
reign-threc per century or about if'
~ in all. "Pele's Conflict With Ia
mapua, ll75 A. ID. -, "Pole's Conflict
With Keariikukua, 1870, etc., etc."
This is rather scant data for the
student Of volcanic periodicity.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-24

" me reader OF this review lmAglnes
that mo book h wholly devoted 20 dry
geological detail aud iheorilng lot
lW iWp iu page l3b who're ba Vii hpd
% mnsl nslueliYe description 0f tho
tnlh 'HIe which drals with the goddess
Pole lenpysou 20 KupiolaHi h To-
produced ip ION, ana We ara told that
ihr following is "a tme story M tho me
goddess. recovered hy King Ralakaua.
family 90 hYe hIoiher and plnp sis
ifr rmlglHlei from Tahiti ahpui ll75
A n The names NJ iouF of lhp hmih.
900 khrn translated from tho nhiitp
iNpHh RaNe plplplhlqpp mpHnipgs lueh
At ssaplpFion, y lifaM ~ nlghi q
lihe hnshl4l M thunder, y ifihe NJ,
iApeilea "A y " nslN 'lAp sister
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
CALIFORNIA RAGE TRACK GAMBLER
Of Long Years Experience Given Hearing Before Sen
 ate Judiciary Committee.

Washington, Dec. 14.-With a SUD- porting cast of reformers galore, both male and female, Henry Brolaski of Monrovia, California, who professed to be gambler upon race tracks, was the star feature of a hearing today before the senate judiciary committee in support of the Burkett bill. which aims to prohibit the transmission of race track betting odds over telegraph or telephone lines.
 Poor Chance of Getting Your Money
 Back.
 In most candid and picturesque fashion he gave details of the gam bler's life and showed the poor chance of returns for money invested which Is given to the gambling public. He was one of the owners of a Mexican track which was regarded as the basis Of gambling operations in the United states and was put out of business at the instance of the department of state through cooperation with the Mexican government. He is now seek ing to have tracks, in which he has no interest, dealt with ill like man. ner.
 Fifty Poolroons in New York City.
 Introducing himself as having been a gambler poolroom proprietor, book maker upon race tracks and a hand
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
When the "New" Moon First Becomes
 Visible

The new" moon at it's newest is in visible to us, the illuminated side being entirely turned away, and discussion has arisen among certain astronomers as to the earliest age at which it shows its slender crescent. The matter ap- pears to have some degree of impor- tance, as in Mohammedan countries the month for religious purposes is said to begin when the moon first ap- pears after sunset to two good witt nesses.
 A ladys statement that on May 20 she saw the crescent when only thirty nine and one-half hours old has that he saw the old moon in the morn of the same day, so that the crescent could not have been more than eight hours old. Kepler, however, was gift ed with such unusual eyesight that he could count fourteen stars in the Plelades instead of the six ordinarily visible.
 An observer in Belgium who ques- toned the accuracy of the Kepler rec ord saw the new moon on Nov. 22. 1889, when it was only eighteen hours and twenty-two minutes old. and in Great Britain W. F. Denning F. R. A, S., saw it on March 30, 1881 when only twenty hours and thirty-eight minutes old.
 It is pointed out that time and place must affect the observations and that the clear winter sky is more favorable Tor seeing the crescent early than the brighter sky of summer twilight.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15

book maker, Brolaski said he had worked in his line throughout the south and west and had had twenty one years experience. He roughly es- timated that there were now in the United States between sixty and sev- enty bedrooms and that fifty of them were in New York city. He calcuiat- ed that there were in operation nearly 1,500 handbooks, which business. he declared operates as the initiative of the unsophisticated to gamble on the horses. He gave at length details of the methods employed by race track bookmakers, pOolroom operators and handbook makers. He said that in New York city there were at least To- 000 handbook and poolroom players, and that the evil was growing daily.
 But One Way to Solve the Evil.
 There is only one means said Mir. Brolaski. "of putting this evil out of business effectually. and that is by having the United States government enacting a law prohibiting the trans mission of poolroom and race track information over telegraph or tele- phone wires, either openly or in ci- pher, and by having those laws en- forced after they are passed; also prohibiting the use of the mails to newspapers that public race track prices or results"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
Warning in Will Against Sin of Idle

ness
 A striking appeal to rich young men not to allow their wealth to tempt them into habits of loafing and idleness is made by the late Lieutenant Colonel Edward Tufnell in his will, disposing of estate valued at Z G349.624 gross and net personality G1e3,199, states the London Express.
 Colonel Tufnell, who had residences in Eaton square, at the Grove, Vim bledon park and Crowhurst park. Sus- sex, was unionist M. P. for Southeast Sussex from 1900 to 1906, and was for merly a member of the kings body guard. The appeal against loafing is made in the following remarkable clause in his will:
 T desire to bring home to the minds of my sons, and of each and every young man who may hereafter take benefit in my property under this, my will, how strongly I hold to the view that every man should, during some substantial portion of his life and cer- tainiy during his early manhood, have some definite occupation, and lead a useful life and should not suffer wealth or other temptation to tempt him into ldleness and a mere Ioafng and use- less existence.
 T might have so framed this. my will, as to have made idleness operate 10 tof1elt the interests hereby confer red on by sons or other young men in my property, but foresee that such a provision might, in certain cases, work hardships, and I prefer to hope and to trust, as do. that no son of mine and no other young man who may under this, my will, succeed to the enjoyment of any property of mine, will so disre- gard my views herein expressed as to lead the life I so strongly deprecate."
 Colonel Tufnell himself always led a strenuous life. He saw active service in the Nile expedition of 1SS4-85, when serving in the Eighteenth Royal Irish regiment
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
Had One Admirer.

Pasted on the cover of one library copy Of a certain 1908 novel is a cir culation record that causes profound wonderment. The book has been taken out of the library IA times in all; IF times on the same card. That remarkable record is a matter for se- rlous speculation. How could a book Of that caliber convey to any soul a message so tremendous that a dozen readings were desired? By the aver age reader and by critics it would be considered a commonplace book When published it created no discussion, made no impression.
 There has been no skipping in read ing that book. It has been read care fully from cover to cover; every page shows signs of usage. These very evidences of absorption bear eloquent testimony to the interest the story evoked in it's one devoted reader. If 1t were another kind of book. a scien- tlfic treatise, or a textbook of some kind. it would be conceivable that a student might wish to take it home 19 different times to pore over it for a month at a stretch. but how can a trite, threadbare little novel so stir a human soul? Verify, here is another mystery pest finding out. - N. Y. Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
A New Pencil Wood.

Food and candy manufacturers ir-
 sist that color has a good deal to dc
 with the popularity of their products
 If the goods don't look appetizing. they
 simply won't sell; moreover, they
 must have the look always associated
 with the especial article, or fancy
 turns against them. Does color have
 similar hold in the matter of lead
 pencils? From time out of mind lead
 pencils have been made out of red
 cedar, and nothing but a red cedar
 case, somehow, seems to guarantee a
 lead pencils being worth while. Of
 course, there are people who have a
 fancy for lead pencils that match the furnishings, and then it's all one to them what the pencil is made of, so long as 1t has the right coat of paint on the outside-pencils yellow, blue, red, even pink, get some patronage;
 but from the business point of view and that is what counts in the making and selling of lead pencils-the red cedar hue is the popular looks. The United States government, however, is about to beg of the people that they should put away any preconceived mo- ton as to how a pencil ousht to look and to take kindly to the pencil made Of yellow cedar. which looks whftish. If once the yellow cedar pencil gets Npon the market.
 InlS IS the situation. Uncle Sam owns millions of acres of rich timber land in the Northwest, on which stands much timber of mature age fir and pine and Alaska cedar. It needs cutting, because 1t is ripe and on Its way to deterioration. It ought to be out and young trees in. But there is yet no demand for the far away pine and fir. when private hold ings nearer at hand are equal to SUD- plying the demand. Pencil cedar, however, that has yearly been SUD- piled from southern forests by the mil lions of feet, is disappearing at an alarming rate and a substitute has simply got to be found. The common western cedar, red in color is too coarse grained and soft. The Alaska cedar under the control of the national forest reserve is believed to be solid enough in texture and soft enough in quality to answer every requirement. of the pencil manufacturers. The mat ter Is to be laid before them: but when they consider it. they will also ask, will the people buy pencils made )f white wood? Customs hold is hard .o break. But what the people must, hey will.-New Bedford Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15

Dr. B. HalsteaS Scott, of Chica- go, H., says "I have prescribed your Castoria often for infants during my practice and find it very satisfactory"
 Dr. William Belmont, of Cleve- land, Ohio, says: "Your Castoria stands first in its class. In my thirty years of practice I can say I never have found anything that so filled the place."
 Dr. R. J. Hamlen, of Detroit, Mich., says : I prescribe your Gas toria extensively as I have never found anything to equal it for chil- dren's troubles. I am aware that there are limitations in the field, but l always see that my patients get Fletcher's.
 Dr. Charming Fl. Cook, of Saint Louis, Mo-, says: "I have used your Castoria for several years past in my own family and have always found it thoroughly efficient and never objected to by children, which is 8 great consideration in view of the fact that most medi- cines of this character are obnox- ious and therefore difficult of ad- ministration. As a laxative I consider it the peer of anything that ever prescribed"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
Emperor Williams New Castle in
 poxer

The kaiser's new palace in Posen- 1t deserves, rather, to be called a fort ress-is nearing completion. It was designed by the German architect, Trans Schwectens. The castle is ex- pected to cost from $5.O00, 900 to 37,- 0O0,000 before 1t is finished, says The New York Sun. It confronts in gran ite grimness the stranger as he leaves the Posen railway station. his eye be- ing at once attracted by it's central tower, over 230 feet high. Smaller towers and bastions relieve the som Der effect of the high ramparts
 The main tower contains the chapel and suites of apartments designed for the use of the kaiser and his family. The chapel is inlaid throughout with a mosaic exactly like that in the fanr- ous Wartburg. Below the chapel is the royal entrance, huge, arched hall of marble and sandstone, and at the end of this the broad stairway leading to the first story, with it's royal dwelling rooms and festal sa- Ions. The latter are enormous, the grand salon alone covering 500 square yards and being ornamented with mar ble pillars.
 The building of the castle, which has been going on for the last four years, has given employment to thou sands of Poles, but the population of the province will always regard it as symbol of Prussian despotism,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
The Speedy Msuretania.

We have not heard the last of the Mauretania's great steaming powers and performances. Toward the end of the year. when the passenger sea son slackens down, the Mauretania will go into dry dock and be fitted with new propellers designed at Wall send and specially intended to utilize the vessels reserve of engine power which has not yet been called into full play. The propellers are similar to those which have recently been fitted to the Lusitania, and with such good results that the vessel immedi- ately broke the record. The Maure- tania. however, soon responded. and went one better, even with her old propellers. With the new ones. when fitted. it Is naturally expected that she will do still better. Indeed the builders and engineers of the Maure- tania anticipate making her a 26- knot ship at the least, for her special advantages in design and engine DOW CT will be brought out to then. full capacity.-The Mariner.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15

Dr. W. F. Wallace, of Bradford, N. H., says: CT use your Castoria in my practice. and in my family. |"
 0r. Wm. I. McCann of Omaha, Neb., says l" As the father of thir- teen children I certainly know something about your great medi- cine and aside from my own family experience, I have. in my years of practice, found Castoria a popular and efficient remedy in almost every home"
 Dr. Howard James, of New York, City, says :" It is with great pleas ure that I desire to testify to the medicinal virtue of your Castoria. I have used it with marked benefit in the case of my own daughter, and have obtained excellent results from its administration to other children in ny practice"
 Dr. J. R. Clausen, of Philadel- phia, Pa, says "The name that your Castoria has made for itself in the tens of thousands of homes blessed by the presence of children, scarcely needs to be supplemented by the endorsement of the medical profession, but I, for one, most heartily endorse it and believe it an excellent remedy"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15

Dr. L. o. Morgan, of So. Amboy, N. J. says: 'T prescribe your Casto- ria every day for children who are suffering from constipation, with betser effect than I receive from any other combination of drugs"
 Dr. H. J. Taft, of Brooklyn, N. r., says: "I have used your Casto- ria and found it an excellent remedy in my household and priv ate practice for many years. The formula is excellent"
 Dr. Wm. L. Bosserman, of Buff falo, N. r., says: ''I am pIeased'to speak a good word for your Casto- ria. I think so highly of it that I not only recommend it to others, but have used it in my own family"
 Dr. F. H. Kyle, of St. Paul, Minn.. says: It affords me plea sure to add my name to the long list of those who have used and now endorse your Cestoria. The fact of the ingredients being known through the printing of the formula on the wrapper is ono good and sufficient reason for the recon mendation of any physician. I know of its good qualities and re- commend it cheerfuliy."
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15

Dr. W. L. Leister, of Rogers, Ark, says !" As a practicing phy- sician I use Castoria and like it very much"
 Dr. W. T. Seeley, of Anaity, Y. r., says "I have used your Cas- toria for several years in my practice and have found it a safe and reliable remedy"
 Or. Raymond M. Evarts, of Santa Ynez, Cal, says "After using your Castoria for children for years it annoys me greatly to have an ignorant druggist substitute some- thing else, especially to the pa- tient's disadvantage, as in this case. enclose herewith the wrapper of the imitation"
 Dr. R. M. Ward, of Kansas City, MO, says :" Physicians generally do not prescribe proprietary prepa- rations, but in the case of Castoria my experience, like that of many other physicians, has taoght me to make an exception. I prescribe your Castoria in my practice be-  cause I have found 1t to be a thor oughly reliable remedy for chil- dren's complaints. Any physician who has raised a family, as I have, will join me in heartiest recom- mendation of Castoria.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
Hot Apple Punch,

A good punch for Christmas is made in this way: Roast one-half dozen we'll favored apples without pairing, then mash fine through a sieve and dust with powdered cinnamon and grated nutmeg. Turn into a pitcher and add two quarts of hot sweet cider. sweeten to taste and serve at once witE ginger cakes.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
All physicians

Must prescribe some of the So- gredients that are contained ia Moods SarsaparIIIa - for ali trsrs- bIes of the blood, stomach, tid- neys and liver.
 They include sarsaparilla, stillineia. yellow dock, gentian, wild cherry bsrk. mandrake, dandeEon, juniper berries, pipsissewa, etc. "
 The combination and proportions are our own formula and give power to cure beyond the reach of any other prescrip- tion or substitute. That's wbv it is wise to get Hoods and only Hoods.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
The Girl Waitsd

The first chapter ill a novel recent " published contained the following: And as the fair girl continued to sit on the sands. gazing upon the briny deep on whose heaving bosom the tall ships went merrily by. freighted-ah who can tell-with how much ioy and sorrow. and coal. emigrants and hopes salt fish. h.'-Indianapolis News.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
Speaker Banks Improvinq.

Reports from Judge Fillmore S. Banks of Fairfield, the speaker of the house at the last session, who is recuoerating in Havana, Cuba, are of a most en- couraging kind and it is predicted that he will return within a week very much improved in health by the trip and respite from office cares.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15

Indignant customer-I want to eeturn this jewel box. It's not ivory. A | rem resented. Dealer (musingly)-Now. I wonder if it can be possible that eIe- plant had false teeth Cleveland Leader
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
Only Fair.

If King Edward is to serve as ar birtrator between Chili and the United States, President Taft ought to recip- rocate by settling the case between the lords and the commons. It could hard ly be a more ticklish job than the conservationists have given him. Springfield Republican
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15

The British government has organiz- ed special department at the nation al physical laboratory for investiga- ton in aerial construction and naviga- tion.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
Proving Their Innoosnoe

Sugar Trust officials declare they were ignorant of the dishonest weigh ing practices of their subordinates. and prove it by concealing or destroy ing all of the records bearing on the matter.-Kansas City Star.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15

The observed rate for the sound of "a" in great" is 42O, and for the sound of "a" in mat ITO waves a second.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
Why Physicians Recommend Castoria

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Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
WILLIMARTIc FIRMS

sTIMPsON's STABLES, rear Young's hotel Main street Thor oughIy up to date service guaranteed eialty.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15

The Kind You Have Always Bought and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the sigma ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision since it's infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imi- tations and "Just-as-good are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience a against Experim ent.