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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-21
HUMAN LIVES
IN MONEY VALUE

SACRAMENTO, December 12.-The
commercial value of babies is made
the topic of an article in the bulletin
of the State Board of Health issued
today, Among other things, the arti-
Gle contains an estimate which shows
that the average cost of the upbring-
ing of a baby from birth to twenty
years is $4150, and his average COM
mercial value at that time is $4,000.
These figures are based on the net
earning capacity Of the average citi-
zen, for all the gainful occupations in
California as reported in the State
Labor Commissioner report for 1908
end 1909, capitalized at 6 per cent
interest.
AS an investment it is estimated
that by the age of 80 the average man
in worth $16,OOO-$4OOO value plus
10000 gross earnings-and has cost
S1O15O for growth and maintenance,
or a net gain of $3.50 in thirty years.
The average value for all citizens
of the United States was reported by
| the National Conservation Commits
sion to be $780, Upon this basis the
labor element in our professional and
industrial activities in the State re-
present $685., 100000, or approx
mately twice the total value of all
other sources of our wealth. Upon this
basis the article shows that the State
is losing through preventable and
postponable deaths, expenditures fol
illness and the like, probably $780,
100000.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-21
JIM HILLISMS

1t is a sweetly solemn thought that
Mr.. James ]. Hill doesn't go to the
extreme of pessimism and predict the
end of the world.-Toledo Blade.
1t is probable that Mr.. Jimhill was
the original of the Purple Cow-Ro-
chester Herald.
Another day has dawned and still
James ]. Hills calamity hasn't hit us.
We may be happy -yet.-Baltimore
Evening Sun.
1t appears that the reports OF James
J. Hills pessimism as to business
ahead were greatly exaggerated. How
ever, things will improve about the
same, anyway.-Boston Advertiser.
Not only did Jim Hill not predict
8. panic, but he does not want one.
There may be bear" operators who
do.-Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.
Mr.. James ]. Hill sees such ter
rible cloud of distress and disaster
ahead it looks as if he had been hav-
ing a cranberry sauce nightmare
Baltimore Sun.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-21

partment of Agriculture. He has been
selected in the nrst place because Of
suspected latent possibilities. After
the first year he follows instructions
eagerly and works ceaselessly. His
neighbors have seen success, and it
has impressed them deeply, for he is
in no way different from them.
This year his fence bears placard
which announces that his is demon
stration farm of the government. He
receives bulletins through the mail.
He has been selected from among
them ALL and feels proud of himself
Under the circumstances he feels
that there should be no weeds in his
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-21

fence corners, his horse should have
better harness, his house a coat of
whitewash.
With the ripening of the second
crop comes the local agent of the de-
partment. The farmers of the neigh
borhoOd are called to meet at the
demonstration farm, and are schooled
in the manner in which the remark
able crop was grown. They are told
in detail how to go and do likewise.
They buy seed from the demonstra-
ton farm and are advised by the local
agent
The following year half of the farms
in the neighborhood are producing
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-21
COOKS confession

If DIR. Cook doesn't know whether
he reached the pole or not, who does?
-Spartanburg Herald.
When the pay dirt" OF revealing
how crazy he was when he thought
he discovered the pole is worked out
the versatile doctor will doubtless
pan out" further supplementary in
come by a series of articles, at so
much a word on his pathological state
when he imagined he scaled Mount
McKinley.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
L do not know absolutely whether
reached the pole or not" says DR.
Cook. The doctor evidently has not
been reading the newspapers and
magazines the past year.-Springield
Union.
DR.. Cook says that when he con-
WINGED himself that he had discovered
the north pole he was half mad When
the doctor made his announcement
Peary was mad clear through.-Bos'
ton Globe.
DR.. Cooks magazine confession may
be humiliating, but no doubt he needs
the money.-Indianap Star.
Dr. Cook says that he is mot SURF
that he reached the north pole" Thi
makes it unanimous-New Yorl
American.
DR.. Cook appears to have spent tn
last year exploring his own mind
New York Tribune.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-21
NATION EMPLOYS
$4,000 FARMERS

In the South today there are 10000
demonstration farms backed by the
Government to show the poor whites
how to farm. AS soon as these farm
ers are shown that their land will
grow crops they are wiling to try.
When an individual cannot be per-
suaded to farm as he is advised, he
must be hired to do so. He himself
must grow a garden about his house,
raise chickens, feed some hogs, cul-
tivate crops under instructions. He
must himself perform the miracle.
The Government selects one farmer
in neighborhood.
This one man becomes the demon
strator under the direction of the De-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-21
METHODIST CHURCH GAINS
$1,000 MEMBERS IN YEAR.

CHICAGO, December 1.-THE en-
tire membership of the Methodist
Episcopal church increased 63,O47 last
year, according to a statement made
today to the Chicago Methodist Minis
terial Association by Rev. David G.
Downey, corresponding secretary of
the board of Sunday schools. The
secretary further surprised his hear
ers by saying: 1--WE have ceased t.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-21
SUBSIDY BILL IN SENATE.

WASHINGTON, December 12.-The
ocean mail bounty bill came up as the
unfinished business in the Senate to-
day, but the Senate laid it aside
temporarily. This of course was taken
on motion of Senator Gallinger to &C.
commodate other business and does
not mean that the bill will not be
pressed later.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-21

expect accessions from the regular
church and Sunday school meetings.
We find that we can increase our
only by occasional spec
tacular and sporadic meetings"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-21

these same increased crops, and US
ually in five years the whole commu-
nifty is at it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30
INTERIOR ar Il .5A,4D ANTcREJRy ~9p

to record that the aggregate output of the
hatcheries from 1872 to 1909 was about % bill
lion, of which Is billion represents the
work of the past six years.
In making his original plans for the sys-
tematic investigation of the waters of the Uni
ted States and the biological and physical
problems they present, Commissioner Baird in
sisted that to study only the food-fshes would
be of little Importance, and that useful conclu-
sions must needs rest upon broad foundation
of investigations purely scientific in character.
The life history of species Of economic value
should be understood from beginning to end,
but no less requisite is it to know the histories
Of the animals and plants upon which they feed
or upon which their fod is nourished; the his
tory of their enemies and friends and the
friends and foes of their enemies and friends.
well as the currents, temperatures, and other
physical phenomena of the waters In relation
to migration, reproduction and growth.
In pursuance of this policy the bureau has
secured the services of many prominent men OF
science. and much of the progress in the arti-
fetal propagation of fishes, in the investigation
Of fishery problems, and in the extension OF
knowledge of aquatic resources has been
due men eminent as biologists who have been
associated with the work temporarily. Their
services have been the services of specialists
for particular problems, and through them the
bureau has not only been able to give to the
public the practical results of applied science,
but has contributed to pure science valuable
knowledge of all forms of aquatic life.
The Importance to the fishing interests of
the work of the bureau in connection with the
economic fisheries is widely appreciated and
freely acknowledged. The statistical inquiries
of the bureau afford the only adequate basis
for determining the condition and trend of the
fisheries and the results OF legislation, protec-
ton, and cultivation. Among the numerous
special matters in which the bureau has bene-
flied the fisheries the following may be men
toned:
BY bringing to the attention of American
fishermen new methods and new apparatus,
new fisheries have sometimes been established
and new fields exploited.
By the introduction of cod gill nets the win
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30

ter cod fishery of New England was revolu-
tionized. In single season shortly after the
use of such nets began few Cape Ann
(Gloucester) fishermen took by this means over
100000 pounds of large-sized fish, and as much
as $4,000 has sometimes been saved annually
In the single item of bait.
By the dissemination of information regard
ing new fishing grounds important fisheries
have been inaugurated. Thus when the abun-
dance of halibut off the coast of Iceland was
made known by the bureau, fishery was be-
gun which yielded from $4,000 to 100000 an
nually to the New England fishermen
Owing to the appalling mortality among the
crews of the New England fishing vessels,
caused in large part by the laundering of YES
sells at sea, the bureau many years ago under
took the Introduction into the offshore fisheries
of type of craft which would combine large
carrying capacity and great sped with en-
HANGED safety. BY correspondence, discussion
In the daily press, personal interviews. ex-
hibtion of models and finally by the actual con-
struction of fullsized schooner (the Gram
pus), with the requisite qualities, the bureau
was enabled to inaugurate a momentous change
IN the architecture of fishing vessels; so that
for a long time the New England schooners
have been constructed on the new lines, with
a consequent minimizing of disasters and de-
cided increase in efficiency.
In other fisheries and regions the bureau
has likewise advocated improved types of YES
sells and boats especially adapted to local con-
ditions, and has published plans and specifica-
tions embodyirg the results of studies of the
fishing fotilla Of the world.
The results of the bureaus efforts in this
line In saving life and property. in increasing
the usefulness of the vessels, and in improving
the quality of the catch landed, cannot be
estimated, but the beneficial effects may be
partly appreciated when 1t is stated that during
the ten years ending in 1888, when the old
types of vessels were in use, there were lost
by laundering from the port Of Gloucester
alone so vessels, valued at more than $500 1000,
with their crews of sos men, while during the
ten years ending in 1907, the losses from this
cause aggregated only fourth as many yes
sells and men
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30

The diet of Wurttemberg has just
granted women the right TO vote for
members of chamber of agriculture
and has also made them eligible on
the same terms as men. The chamber
OF agriculture is a new institution
The providing for its establishment
gave votes to women on equal terms
with men. but did not make them
eligible The suffrage association at
once sent a petition that women be
made eligible as members. They
pointed out that according to the la
test census nearly as many women as
men we're engaged In agriculture in
Wurttemberg. that more than twenty
six thousand Of them owned the land
which they worked. that Wurttem-
berg is essentially a district OF small
farms on which are carried on indus
tries that belong especially to women,
such as poultry raising. vegetable and
fruit growing, etc. The committee
appointed 10 consider the bid reported
against the women, but when the
measure came up In the diet q mo-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30

logs about, and after a time he heard
a scream. He ran for the water and
was in time to pull very wet and
frightened girl out by the hair.
When she could speak she called
him hero and said he had saved her
life and won her eternal gratitude
She was the distressed damsel and
he the hero-the chevalier. There
could be no two ways about that. He
was invited to call at the hotel and
receive further thanks, and the drip
ping damsel took her departure.
Silas Carter called. He was braced
up by the heroic deed he had done,
and he felt very important when he
found himself In the presence of a
young lady wearing diamonds and
fine clothes, and almost smiling at
the fresh grease on his boots. He
didn't know exactly what to do with
his hat, hands and feet, but he slowed
them away somewhere and modestly
said that he stood ready to rescue a
damsel every day in the week.
He was thanked and thanked, and
the damsel said she could never for
get him. She even went so far as to
give him her address in the city and
say that she would be pleased to hear
from her hero-occasionally. In get
ting off the hotel veranda Silas fell
over a widows poodle dog and rolled
down the steps, but he was none the
less a hero in his own eyes for this.
He had read that they occasionally
took a tumble and were none the
worse for it. That evening when he
went over to see Eunice he said:
"Euny, | asked you a few nights
ago to marry me, didn't -"
Yes"
We'll, we'll hold on awhile about
1t, l guess"
Very well, Silas," replied the duti-
full Eunice.
She might have become angry and
jumped up and down and threatened
a breach of promise suit, but she
didn't. She had heard about the
rescue. and she had an idea It was
that, but she did not lose her temper.
She Just moved the pitcher along and
said:
"Silas, have another glass Of hard
cider before you go. It's good to keep
of the nightmare.
Silas, didn't see the damsel again
before she left for home. After wait
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30

haf billions. Under arrangement with the
canadian authorities, two egg-colection sta
uons for whitefish, cisco, and lake trout are
maintained at points in Ontario.
While surveying new bank on the coast
of Alaska the government steamer Albatross
In 20 minutes made the experimental catch of
cod and halibut shown in one of our illustra-
lions. AS result of explorations of the Al
batross on the Pacific coast, fisheries of great
Importance have been established there.
The hatcheries on the rivers and lakes of
the Pacific coast are devoted almost exclu-
sively to the various salmons. In California.
where the bureau established salmon hatch
cry early as 1872 there is one central or
main station, at Baird, on the McCloud river
with important collecting stations on two other
tributaries of the Sacramento In Oregon a
central hatchery at Oregon City, on the Will
lamette river. has three subhatcheries on tlib-
utaries of the Columbia, in Oregon and Wash
ingtol, and three subhatcheries on tributaries
of the Rogue river Oregon. in addition to sew
eral egg-collecting station
The interests of the large salmon fisheries
of the Puget Sound region are safeguarded by
a hatchery on Baker lake, on the Skagit river
significant feature of artificial propagation
on the Pacific seaboard Is that In the Columbia
basin the Matching of the acclimatized shad has
begun on a small scale, and In the Sacramento
basin the cultivation of the acclimatized striped
bass has commenced under conditions which In
dictate that more eggs of this species may be
obtained in California than In any of the states
to which the fish is native.
The hatcheries In the interior regions con-
stitute the most numerous class, and their
output reaches the largest number of people
Their operations addressed chiefly to the
so-called game fishes, which, while caught
mostly by anglers, nevertheless constitute an
important element of the food supply. At these
stations large numbers of fish are reared to the
lingering or yearling sizes before being re-
leased; for this purpose more or less extensive
pond areas are required.
The ish-culturaI work of the federal govern
ment has now attained a magnitude that can
not readily be comprehended, and is increas-
ing at an exceedingly rapid rate. Especially
marked has been the increase in the hatchery
product during the past ten years, owing in
part to the extension of operations at existing
stations, and in part to greater efficiency of
methods and appliances. The work during the
fiscal year 1909 reached larger proportions than
ever before, over three billion fish being pro-
duced and planted.
While the bureau does not lay undue stress
on mere numbers and considers the vitality
OF the fish and the conditions under which they
are planted of paramount Importance, the
foregoing figures are certainly very suggestive
and as further statement of the magnitude Of
the fish-cultural work. 1t may be of interest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30

There was nothing wrong about
Silas Carter. He was a strapping
young man who worked in a sawmill
and ate three square meals day.
When evening came he sat down to
store his mind with knowledge. He
couldn't borrow Shakespeare or
American history and, in consequence
he borrowed romances. They were
not eactly dime novels. They related
mostly to knights and chevaliers and
rescues of distressed damsels.
After reading for two or three
years Silas got the idea that he was
a chevalier. and that the distressed
damsel would sooner or later heave
into view. He didn't say anything
about it. 1t might be that he wasn't
chevalier, and it might be tnat the
distressed damsel would be detained
on the road.
One night when he was calling on
Miss Eunice Bebee, the daughter Of
villager, he casually observed:
"Eunice, l love you and want you
to be my wife"
Il will, she replied.
Eunice had known Silas for long
time, and had come to realize that
she loved him. and why shouldn't she
have answered that way? Why blush
and stick a finger in her mouth and
reply that she would see her father
about it? She did just as a plain,
sensible girl always does under the
circumstances-she waited for Silas
to say more.
He began and ended right there.
If the distressed damsel appeared he
would tell Eunice that he had
changed his mind; if she didn't then
they would get married some day.
Eunice continued to be a good, plain
girl, and Silas kept his eyes open
for what was coming.
1t came one July day. A young
lady from the city, stopping at a sum-
mer hotel in the village, came down
to the mill pond to fish. Silas was
in the mill yard, wrestling the saw
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30
Selfish Youth.

Youth is apt to be selfish" said
Mrs. Mary e. Freeman, the
distinguished novelist, at a Matuchen
picnic
woman in her youth" she went on.
'is especially apt 20 be selfish. l
never forget the story Of the young
man from Boston who stood in the
center of Boston common in a down.
pour of torrential rain.
AS he stood there, soaked to the
skin, a little boy in a macintosh &C.
costed him.
Excuse me, SIR said the boy. but
are you the gentleman who is waiting
for Miss Endicott?'
Yes, the young man answered.
"'Well,' said the boy, she asked me
to tell you shed be here just as soo1
as 1t clears up"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30
Red Deer's Winter Home.

The winter home Of the American
red deer is very interesting. When
the snow begins to fly the leader of
the herd guides them to some shell
tered spot where provender is plentl-
full. Here as the snow falls they pack
it down, tramping out a considerable
space, while about them the snow
mounts higher and higher until they
cannot get out If they would. From
the main opening. or yard" as It is
called, tramped out paths lead to the
nearby trees and shrubbery which
supply them with food. In this way
they manage to pass the winter in
comparative peace and safety.-St
Nicholas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30
Men KnoWn By Their Teeth

with our teeth. though we no longer
chew our enemies ears or throats.
Bone cored, enamel coated and rock
ribbed as the hills. the teeth are more
absolutely under our control than al
most any other structure ef the body.
Neglect them and they decay at once.
Give them proper attention and they
viii so on repairing themselves for
40, so. so years.
Give children plenty of roughening
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30

fod to chew and they will get the
pearly vigor of the savage tooth with
the endurance of the Caucasian's.
Above all the food should be of such
character as to give exercise and
massage to the gums. Part of this can
be given by plenty of coarse food in
addition TO real food-not as a substi-
tute for it-and part by Intentional
and vigorous friction with the tooth
brush. To brush the gums well is half
the value of brushing the teeth.
Keep the mouth and gums strictly
clean AID the teeth viii take care of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30
$500 For a Scream.

Nobody knows what risks men Of
wealth run but the men themselves"
said one of them. Il know one thing.
Nothing could pay me to admit a
woman to my Office when I'm IL IL
alone. / did once. II was enough.
She was selling volumes of some book
or other. She told me the price. |
refused very politely to buy. She sat
perfectly still,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30
No Faith in Postponments

doctor positively refused to let the
child start on a long journey, and even
If be had thought ii safe for the lit
tie one to leave home he assured Mrs.
Ackroyd that she would not be per
mitted to take the patient into no
tel anywhere.
'1sn't 1t a shame the distressed
lady walled. Here we are with every
thing In our trunks. and my husband
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30

has even bougat our berths in the
sleeper"
1T is unfortunate. but don't know
Whist you can do except sit down and
wait n four or five days. II may
be safe then for you 10 start away.
When her husband got home that
evening Mrs. Aekroyd was weep
ing.
Don't take Ii so hard, dear" he
said. 1T might be a good deal worse.
Our little one is likely TO get along
all right The doctor says the case
isn't an unusually severe one. and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30

when I telephoned him this afternoon
be said be thought it might be safe
for you TO start away by the end Of
the week
Il know He told me the same
thing. But feel that Wen never CO.
never postponed anything yet that
didn't turn out sadly. once postponed
a wedding. and the marriage never
took place"
Half an hour later William Ackroyd
was still sitting in q corner alone.
thinking IT over.--Chicago Record
Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30

of Autun, on the subject of the slave
trade in thanking that prelate for his
efforts to suppress the latter, he
writes that he has only to go back
two or three generations TO find negro
slaves among his ancestors, and adds,
There may be relatives Of mine who
even now are forming part of the car
goes of slave vessels.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30
When She Wanted to Co.

E. d. Whitley. who is local ticket
agent for several steamship lines. was
at work at his desk the other day
when a Swede girl came in the Office.
She had been in this country only a
few months and was tired of it
AYE want tay get a ticket tay Swed-
en-" she said. Aye want tay go tay
Gothenhurg."
When do you want TO go?" asked
the polite Mr. Whitley.
Aye want tay so when boat starts,
abe replied.-Denyer Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30
Contracted Mhoopins Cough on
the Eve of a Journey.

Just when Mrs. Ackroyd had IN
ished packing her. trunks and after
William Ackroyd had bought railway
tickets for her and their two daugh.
tiers. little Bessie came down with
a severe case Of whooping cough The