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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-29
BOSTON MERCHANT WANTS
 WRIGHT BROTHERS TO FLY.

Boston, July 29.-Aeronautic en- thusiasts about Boston are eagerly waiting to-day for an answer by the Wright brothers to a proposition sent to them by a prominent merchant of this city offering the aviators $25O0 for two ten minute flights from the roof of his department store in this city. He has telegraphed the brothers that he will give the sum of s1.50o for one flight and $2, 800 for second air sail from his store, where he guaran- tees to put up a shed to accommodate the Wright machine He nlso offers to pay the charges incidental to the transportation of the airship to this city. An answer from the Wrfghts is looked for to-day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-29
$1.25 GOWNS & PETTIcoATs at SIC

Fine Nainsook Gowns in high or low neck, with trimmings of fine Swiss em- broidery or French Valencine lace, Pet ticoats with founce of 12 or 15 inch en- broidery headed with clusters of hem. stitched tucks, value $1.25, at =. .87c
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-29

WANT Apss. CENT q WoRn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-29
TAFT ACCEPTS
 INVITATION TO
 VISIT ST. LOUIS
(speciaI from United Press.)

Washington. July 29-President Taft has accepted the invitation to visit St. Louis. and go from there down the Mississippi river to New Orleans, where he will attend the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways Conference The date of his arrival in St. Louis will be October 26.
 The Presidents steamboat will lead a. fotilla of at least 30 vessels.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-29
nIES AT RRInGE

DIES AT BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL.
 After five days illness at the Bridge port Hospital, Nora, wife of Samuel Samuelowitz of TOP Pembroke street died yesterday noon. General periton- tits was given as the cause of death
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-29
CLEANEASY. THE BEST HAND
 SOAP.

Guaranteed not to fnjure the skin Instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust Grease. Ink, Paint and Dirt. For the hands clothing. Large can 10 centa. Manufactured by Wm- R. Winn. 24i Stratford Ave
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-29
THE PRErTTEST FACE.

and the most beautiful hands are of. ten disfigured by an unsightly wart It can easily be removed in a few days without pain by using Cyrus Wart Remover. for sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy. 26S Fairfield avenue and lsS Cannon St
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
Diamond Remains a Mystery

As substance the diamond is one
of the mysteries of nature one of the
despairs of science. Nobody knows
whence it came. nor how-whether it
is a Nspark from comets tail or a
erystallized drop squeezed in some
horrible intensity Of fiery eonvulsien
from the white-hot insurgent heart of
the earth. Nobody knows much about
it at all, except that it doesn't be
long" to this world.
Some known black diamonds liter
ally were from the skies They came
Embedded in meteorites cast upon Ari
zona and Chile by an unidentified star
One. does not prospect for chips of
stars. As well search for the end of
the rainbow. Neither is it practical
to hammer all sorts OF eruptives rock
and conglomerate wherever come upon.
Earthquake or volcanic upheayal dis
tricts are not necessarily the most
promising, for often diamonds that seem
to have had volcanic origin occur thou
hands of miles from the probable place
of extrusion-carried thence it is as
sumed. by glacial drift in some far
back geological time.-Every body's.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
Little Helpers of the Soil

We have all heard of the millions of
little microbes that can find standing
room on the point of a pin which thrive
IN water Some of us have seen pic
lures of them and have heard all
about the good and bad things they
do in their short lives. There is
another class of minute living things
the bacteria of the soil. which we are
less familiar with and of which we are
just beginning to learn. These soil
bacteria are as useful as they are small,
and they are SO small that they can
not be discovered even with the aid
OF a microscope. They are busy little
beings living in colonies like the bees
and building houses for themselves.
They build these houses on the branch
ing roots of plants deep under the
ground and in these houses they store
nitrogen just as bees store honey in
their hives. Nitrogen is two-thirds of
the air we breathe and is so necessary
to the existence of living things that
nothing in plant or animal life can
exist without it. Farmers buy chem
icals containing this element, calling it
plant food, and feed it to the soil. 1t
is only of late years they have discov-
cred that the little soil microbe rs
doing the thing for them in certain
plants, such as clover, peas and beans.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
The Uncertain MackereI

That most erratic Of fish. the mack
erel. has broken its own record for
contrariety this year. Last season
results seemed wretched enough, but
up to May / the fishing feet had caught
more than 1000 barrels of mackerel.
whereas this year at the same date, SO
vessels had brought only A barrels,
and mackerel were retailing in Boston
al about A dollar apiece. None of the
veterans Of the feet could locate the
schools, and various explanations of
that failure were offered. Some
thought the mackerel. under the guild
ance of new school masters" had for
saken their usual haunts; others. that
they were following the gulf stream,
and might be found at a more norther-
~ point and farther off the coast; still
others, that there are not many more
mackerel Whatever the reason, the
depressing fact remained. The only
heartening circumstance, from the fish,
ermsn's standpoint, is that when mack
erei 40 appear they come abundantly.
and vessel might take five thousand
dollars worth in a single night
Youths Companion.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
The White Man

Because Chief Richard K. Campbell
of the bureau OF naturalization re-
Gently ruled that Turks are neither
white nor negro and therefore are not
entitled to naturalization in the United
States. our law limiting the privilege
OF naturalization TO people of the white
and black races. the question. What
Is a white man2T was submitted TO the
race experts-ethnologis the
Smithsonian Institution. These learned
gentlemen agreed that Turks. Syrians,
a large portion OF the Armenians Sc
mites. Arabs. Egyptians, Moors and
Hindus. although they may have dark
skins, are as truly members of the
white race as IS the most fiaxen haired
Norwegian or Swede.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
When the Fairies Are Noisy

Among the flowers which are said
to be very popular with fairies are
bluebells, harebells and wood sorrel.
All these flowers are used by the
fairies to attract the attention of their
friends who are at a little distance.
II you are ever out in the woods when
the bluebells or wood Sorrel begin to
peal in delicate. soft tones you will
know that the little flowers are being
swayed to and fro by some visiting
fairy. The foxglove known also as
the fairy bells, are also said TO be
used by the fairies for chimes. but
when the little people wish to sound
a real resounding blast that shall
awaken from slumber some tiny friend
in a nearby flower bed or thicket they
use not a bell. but rose leaf rolled
up into a very charming horn.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
Seal Piracy

Our government has something like
a little war on its hands in defending
the seal islands of Alaska from Japan
ese marauders that come without right
to take seals. Not long ago seven
Japanese were killed in a skirmish
with the revenue officers.
The government leases the privilege
of taking $4,000 seals per year TO the
North American commercial company.
The company pays the government
s10.22 for every seal taken, or over
$15O,000 a year. The company is not
allowed to take seals above or below
certain size, but the Japanese .pi-
fates" take any that they can get.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
Eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius

There will be no more important
eruptions OF Mount Vesuvius for sew
eral years. according TO Prof Frank A.
Perret, the American student of the
volcano.
After careful study Of the records of
past eruptions he concludes that they
are most violent during periods of sew
eral years. ending in terrific outburst.
followed by about 81 years of dead
calm Such a period of calm is now
upon the most famous of the worlds
volcanoes
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
Leopard Protected by Bees

If the lair of leopard is known"
says "a writer in the September Wide
World Magazine. stones will generally
-dislodge the lurker. 4 recall one ~oc-
casion when a leopard was supposed
TO be located in a cave near, camp The
guns were placed around in positions
commanding the. exit and a few stones
We're then threwn.in. There was no
result at first. but as more and larger
stones crashed in there came "a faint
humming aud then a roar like the sea
under the cliffs In "a moment. the air
above. the caves entrance grew dark
.with-bees. As one man. spoEtsnfen
and gun bearers fled for the camp
few were slightly 1stung- before they
could reach their tents and Spuli the
flaps over .the< entrances, which the
bees for some timer besieged. Incred-
ible though it may sound it is the truth
that, although the camp was full of
native servants, horses, etc, none of
those who had remained behind and
were not concerned in the attack on
the bees cave were stung. 1t was a
considerable time before the bees beat
q retreat, but during all the time that
they stayed in the camp 1t was the
tents OF their aggressors exclusively
around which they angrily buzzed.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
A Big Cataract Found

What is believed will prove to be the
highest waterfall in the western hemi-
sphere has been discovered in Labrador
The discovery was made by Edward p.
Barr, a Wisconsin explorer. and his
party while exploring the Caster river
in canoes. They had no means OF
measuring the fall. but thought it
higher than the Grand fall in Labrador.
which they had lately seen. The Grand
fall is S6S feet high
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
Blessing the Neya

An impressive ceremony. which takes
place annually at ST. Petersburg, is
known as the Blessing of the Neva"
1t is performed on large barge
moored in midstream and is very i'm
posing function. being attended by the
czar, the grand dukes and the court
officials. all in full dress uniforms.
while the religious part of the cere-
mony is performed by high dignitaries
of the Greek church in their gorgeous
robes.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
A Process for Hardening Copper

blacksmith in San Juan, Cal,
claims to have discovered process for
hardening copper, an art that was in
common use in ancient times, but was
in some way lost. He has made knife
blades which seem to be as sharp and
hard as a razor, while he has copper
chisels which may be driven through
the hardest woods His secret has not
been given scientific approval. but he
has evidently discovered something
worth while.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
Something New in Subsidies

Germany is now subsidizing not only
ships. but automobiles. 1t pays $2.142
to owners of automobiles Of a certain
class. with the understanding that in
case of war within five years the gov
ernment may seize these machines for
military use. The $2.142 almost pays
for the machine. and the chances are
that it will never be called for by the
government
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
The Gladstone Apple

1t is an unusual child who is not
gladdened by the sight of a fine apple
and who is not still more rejoiced at
the prospect of eating one. The supply
of fall and winter stores for the family
larder should contain enough good
apples so that the little people, and
Older ones if they like may have them
frequently. They are more wholesome
than candy, preserves or cookies and
cost less as rule
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
Proposed Canadian Navy

Canada is completing arrangements
with the British admiralty for the loan
of two cruisers. This will be the first
step toward the formation of the pro-
posed Canadian navy. The primary
purpose of the cruisers is to serve as
training ships
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
President Taft's Tour

President Taft has completed his first
long tour of the United States as presi-
dent. The Taft tour has carried the
president over 1875 miles by rail and
water and over 500 miles by auto and
practically 500 miles by stage or horse
drawn vehicle.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
Must Learn to Swim

The Boston school committee has de-
cided that all high school pupils in that
city, unless prevented by i'll health.
must learn to swim. and must receive
certificate from an instructor in
swimming.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
Precious Stones in Liberia

Reports from Liberia say that dia-
mond fields are suspected in the inte-
rior of that country. A number of good
stones have been picked up.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
New japanese Ambassador

Baron Gasuya Uchida has been ap--
pointed by the emperor of Japan as
ambassador to the United States.
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Half Holidays at Navy Yards.
ORDER AND ROUTE Of
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

The Memorial Day parade next Mon
day will start at clock from Miller
street between Hotel and Beretania
There will be five mounted police in ad-
vance to clear the way, and the order
of the rest of the parade will be: Mar
shall Edgar S. Barry, U. S. Marines, Ha-
waiian band, National Guard of Ha-
waii, Kamehameha Cadets, Governor
Frear and staff, G. A. R., orator of the
day, and Spanish War veterans. The
parade will start with it's right on Bere-
ltania avenue
The line of parade will be down Ala
kea @to King, to Fort, to School, to
Nuuanu, thence to the cemetery The
return will be down Nuuanu to Vine
yard, to Emma, and there the parade
will pass in review with it's right rest
ing on Emma and Hotel streets.
The following orders have been is
sued with regard to the parade:
May "a, 1909 General Orders No. 5
All organizations Of the National
Guard of Hawaii will parade in thei1
respective localities on Memorial Day
(Which will be observed on May 81
1909 at such time and in such manner
as their respective commanding officers
may direct. Such parade will be in
conjunction with local posts or camps
of the Grand Army of the Republic
United Spanish War Veterans or other
kindred patriotic organizations when
possible. By order of the Governor
John W. Jones, Adjutant- General, Chief
of Staff.
National Guard of Hawaii, Head
quarters First Infantry, Honolulu, Nav
20, 1909. General Order No. IA.
In pursuance of General Order No. 5, A.
G. O., dated May "a, 1909, companies
and detachments of the First Infantry,
National Guard of Hawaii, stationed
at Honolulu, win assemble under arms
at the drillshed on Monday, May 81,
1909, at 1880 O'Clock a. M, to partici-
pate in the Memorial ceremonies of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
2. In accordance with the request
of Geo. w. De Long Post, G. A. R., for
ming party, company "A, First In
fantry, n. G. H., will fire the prescribed
salute for the dead.
3. Uniform (khakD, service, with
white gloves.
4. Field and staff, mounted. By or.
der of Colonel Ziegler. Thomas P. Cum
Minis, Capt. and Adjt., LIST Inf, N. G. H
General Order No. 3.-An members OF
the First Hospital Company, n. G. H.
will report for duty ON Monday, Nav
81, at a. m. By order of w. L. Moore
Major and Surgeon, n. G. H.
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very profitable investment. The ara
bic land, though very productive. is
said not to constitute much more than
Geo square miles, or about one-tenth
of the whole area. In other words,
this arabic land would only make
enough for a single county in New
England. The valuation OF the terri
tory is set at about $135, 900, 900, name
", that of single third-class city.
The American residents here would
hardly make a town Of the first rank
in the State of Massachusetts. No
one today knows where wbM laborers
are coming from. willing E work the
great sugar plantations FER fifteen or
twenty dollars a month, and at the
same time SO free of prejudice as to
take their place shoulder to shoulder
with Japanese. The negroes do not
seem to be wanted here; and the I'M
employed viii not come so far from
New York and Boston. We have evil
IDENTIFY annexed plenty of troubles
along with our paradise of beauty and
splendor What if the Orientals at last
came to outnumber all the white ten
to one? We can only make them con-
tented on the lines of justice and hu-
mainly; but never by compulsion of
brute forces or by permanent denial
Of their citizenship. We could not
surely hold them long against their
will by the guns of our garrison. No
modern population can be held in this
way.
Such questions as these are not re-
mote from the best Hawaiian thought.
of no al
high also in official position, said the
other day in conversation that he had
always deprecated the revolution
which set up the republic, on the
ground of it's effect in unsettling the
native mind which was slowly learn
ing to adjust itself to civilized stand
ards of law, order and obedience.
While he sympathized with the adj
mirable men who guided the revolu
ton and disapproved of the govern
ment Of the late queen, he thought it
possible to have made an arrange
ment which would have conserved the
form of govrnment to which the ma
tive Hawaiian had become accustom-
ed. Doubtless this course was easier
to propose than to carry out. An
other experienced man remarked that,
though it was heresy to say so, he
believed that the islands were never
so well off as under the republic.
And he laughed at the idea of forti
flying Honolulu against the japanese.
1t begins to look as if the ideal plan
would have been the naturalization of
the islands after the model of Bel
GUM, by the agreement of the ma
tons bordering upon the. Pacific ocean.
Honolulu, standing as it does at "the
crossroads of the Pacific" might
then have been a great free port for
the commerce of the world. This dis
position of Hawaii would thus have
been the first steps towards the neu-
tralization of the Pacific ocean. What
civilized nation really wants to keep
it as a place to fight in. and not rath-
er to travel in and to trade and to
carry on the business of humanity?
Towards some such contamination as
this all the constructive and progress
sive forces of mankind are working
together.
Honolulu, April 10.
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FORT|FY|NG HAWAII
Continued from Page One.)

friendliness. Meanwhile, the incom-
ing of thousands of soldiers and sail
ors and the turning of the peaceful
town into a great Gibraltar is already
looked upon with apprehension by all
lovers of Hawaii. Tt has never vet
been wholesome for any town to be-
come a military garrison Social and
other problems, already difficult enough
here, cannot fail to grow more per-
picking. At the very point where
we need all the apparatus of a finely
developed civilization we have i'm.
ported the machinery of militarisn
and have made the uniform of fight
Ing men the conspicuous feature on
the streets and in society.
To many of your readers the annax-
alton of these islands never seemed
wise or necessary. It was at lea Ct
unfortunate that the question of their
disposition had to be answered at a
time Of war and practically as a war
measure. As a point to be defended
two thousand miles from the coast
and especially as a point of possible
friction and international entangle-
ment, its possession does not seem a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-28

CITY AUCTION COMPANY.
j. w. Smithies, Mgr.
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Army and
Navy News

On the arrival of the Coast Artil.
lery in July it is not unlikely that all
the squatters, fishermen and cottagers,
who have located just back of the Da-
mond Head beach between the osborne
place and the Magoon property, will
be ousted. The lodges they occupy are
ON the U. S. military reservation and
will be needed, it is said, for search
lights. These lights are generally plac-
ed about thirty feet above tidewater so
as to be free from distinctions and less
subject to mist and fog; and are a
precaution against landing parties
Their location and protection require
considerable room. The Territory is
now trying to get this Diamond Head
beach property back but is not likely
to succeed
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-28

The smokestack of a smelter at Co.
ram was dented by being struck by
lightning during an electrical storm.
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Carriers inks

tvarious), In black. blue. violet, GRIM
son: 2 or. to OTIS. Carter's and San
ford's Mucilage. Library Paste. Foun-
tain Pen Ink. Stephens and Arnold's
Inks.
TYPEWRITER PAPERS; Writings
best. $50 Klean" Carbon Sheets; none
better. Typewriter Ribbons and other
Office and Society needs. etc. at
rHRUM's BOOK AND
STATIONERY STORE
1868 FORT STREET.
Town or mail orders promptly at
tended to.
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To Visit Coast Forts.

WASHINGTON, May 15.--Brigadier-
General Murray, chief of the Coast Ar
tillery, who has been in the Philippines
inspecting the new coast defenses of
the islands, Will return to the United
States via Japan, Honolulu and San
Francisco on the next transport. At
Honolulu he will make an inspection
of the new coast artillery installation
in that district, and when he reaches
the Pacific Coast he will visit the ar
tillery post on Puget Sound.
Half Holidays at Navy Yards.
WASHINGTON, May 15.-Employes
at navy yards, arsenals and naval sta
tions will have Saturday half holidays
during July, August and September of
this year, according to a statement
made by President Taft today.
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Fraternal Meeting

PACIFIC LODGE NO. s22. A. z. g.
A. M.
A
THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL
meeting of Pacific Lodge No. $40, A. 3.
IL A. M. at it's hall, Masonic Temple,
corner of Hotel and Alakea streets,
FRIDAY Evening, MAY %, 1909,
at clock.
WORK IN SECOND DEGREE.
Members of Hawaiian and Oceanic
Lodges and all sotouruiDg brethren are
invited to attend.
BY order Of the r. w. M
G. F. JENKINS,
Secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12
DECEMBER IL, 1909.

ber in the whole United States are cut
over every working day. We use many
times over more timber per capita than
any other nation.
What will this country offer to or
children when the trees are gone?
Look at Persia, Assyria, the land Of
Canaan, China. They are wastes.
China is the best instance of land
that never cared for forestry. She
builds houses now of little poles, uses
for fuel saplings, shrubs, herbage Her
children literally comb the hi'lsides
for bits of roots and shrubs for fuel and
fodder. The land is barred to the bone.
1t is a land of floods. Villages are
swept away, hard-tilled fields ruined.
Starvation always stalks in China
THE United States Timber supply
circular No. 81, from Washington, en-
titled, Timber Supply in the United
States, contains a statement that we
are using three times as much mber
each year as Is grown, and the time
will come when California must sup
ply from her eucalyptus fores's s all the
hardwood used in this country.
"A day hardly passes but that there
is some development in the eucalyptus
hardwood timber question in Ca flor
MIA. Large office buildings and private
residences have been finished with
eucalyptus wood, which facts have
drawn the attention of cabinet-makers
wood workers and implement manu-
facturers to the question of eucalyptus
wood as a source of supply. TIE q es-
ton has naturally been asked
from time to time from where the
market would come for this wood The
market is already demanding more il