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The Hawaiian star., 1910-02-05
WORLD IS NAVY MAD.

The world evidently going wild in building fleets and the
money expended by the nations ofAhe world for their almost
Incredible Each of the has what called program
which involves the construction of certain number of ships
for period of years. all the navy yards the
busy building.
Ships growing larger and expensive every year their
power their tonnage and their increased The baesp
of the day the Dreadnough it is usually called has
OF more than twenty thousand Several of twenty-five and twenty
six thousand tons have been designed
We have two the Arkansas and Wyoming twen-s thousand
tons under construction Germany has six of ce of
TONS Japan has of Russia has four of 2Oo
Italy has two of Great Britain dozen
DreadnOught class of 10000 each and upward.
These ships cost the largest nearly
ten millions of dollars each The New Hampshire
%I299o3 the Vermont 564447 the Kansas 57o83, and the
Connecticut $79II,254.
EXPENDITURES FOR CURRENT YEAR
The following table will the money which e
pended this by the leading powers in the
support of their naves:
Great Britain 171OO4OOO
Germany
RUSSIA 48,8OOO00
japan 35O49OO0
Italy 92S71OOO
Ioul 5S9526OOO
TEN YEARS RECORD.
The following table shows the total expenditures
ing powers during the last ten years:
The Hawaiian star., 1910-02-05
PARADISE PARAGRAPHS
BY WILL sABIN.


osher Buem Bande calls him. but Joshua Bufom as
is his name something remarkable character for he actually be-
ees the story recently and published of his alleged expert
nces in the pit of aemaumau he said the other day. and
said with all seriouness understand t have several
ture"
This reminds my volcano adventure hitherto unpub-
ished by request;
midnight Of July 1928 @ on the bmstGn o brink Eof. OF P srs
ong PIT o bPss % were Honest me % on Emme with
foot the from the Volcano House. John
ea of the wry nged Johns razze But that's
another story To return to the balcony of hell.
Some fool leaned dangerously over everboys breath
held agonzed anxiety and noticed with horror
formed by comforting beneath What if
suggestion fascinated by the ends refons in their dance Of death
the fancy stirred burning brain and chilling
power greater than withstand gradually peace
yond comprehension which strip of all its horror the thought
as compelled follow beckonng finger tried to lift eyes
livd lake surprised that able to do
saw heron bethought Poe immortal perched
abe above & door, and n s stood calf 3 Top e H cn GGY
wells of uphuous haze 1t was the lonesome yeng call for her
From the mouth of hell her replied and him
her. weighted with the fruit of foodhunt holding in his
claws what seemed be voecoored He had flown but little
way when him drop drop partially by the fumes
arising from the pit Dow down. down he slowly mseraby
struggling should reach the molten below He
endeavor rid himself of his prey but the had death
grip fastened its fangs upon the husband-heron ankle
then that conscious mind seemed to leave though
left the impulse the bird Uobrved by
panion removed my and snacng sken shawl which
had let fall fell rather than scrambled down the than
precpous cliffs whose feet there curd the contents of the devils
dish.
In attempting hold to the face of the crumby rocks
fingers rendered wet by contact with oily substance En-
bracng the wall had often before fly cling ceiling
amned this phenomenon and noticed that those fingers moened with
nsensbe the heat By this time my mind had
returned having deserted only long enough for to dive to what
seemed inevitable destruction Realizing what discovery meant
the shawl the oil wrapped about negectng
let the tiny oil spring trcke into my shoes.
After this simple matter to dash the ussetbrownisf
skin that the shifting of liquid fire and reach for the bird
which, though then had had the of mind the
body of the for STOOL thus preventing his feet from burning
heron under my ol-soaked shawl started to
forget the incidents of that trip Fortunately the
had descended had fallen n probably through the
weight imposed when cg its face the down
This like going upstairs but the oil shoes hac
my beginning feel For while stooc
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The Hawaiian star., 1910-02-05
WORLD NAVY-MAD
DRAINING RESOURCES
TO BUILD WARSHIPS
BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.

The of the United States the taxpayers year
of $I3574953 including ships under construction for which
appropriation made in the budget adopted the
Congress-
This Secretary Meyer calls for $I26929636 reduction of
nearly $oOooooo fro me previous year. policy economy
which President Taft has adopted.
Since began build up present navy 1881 the enormous
of $77S333 has been invested by the government the
United States baeps cruisers gunboa torpedo boats destroy
and other vessels of fighting class and in naval establishment
which necessary equip and maintain them AS result
States stands third strength the naval powers Of the
world follows:
The Hawaiian star., 1910-02-05

The large number of ships credited France due that
its navy includes 25o torpedo boats while England has co.
many 33 and the United States 30.
OF baeshp and amored cruisers Great Britain has 1o
tonnage of 8oO8o the United States 45 with tonnage of 6o2I
Germany 46 with of 654334; France 46 with tonnage
52I83 Japan with tonnage of 4o86 Russia 23 with tonnage
of $685. Italy 25 with tonnage of 2o550 Austria 49, with
mage of I74,32o
The Hawaiian star., 1910-02-05

Continued on page eleven.)
The Hawaiian star., 1910-02-05

CONTINUED on page twelve.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04

The Blood Supply OF the
Nose is Comparatively
Poor. therefore does not
keep the pores open as
they should be.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23

The death of Colonel Swope was at
tended by circumstances which mysti-
fled the millionaire's family and close
friends. Dr.. Hyde had treated Colonel
sSwope during his last, hours, and had,
in signing the death certificate, given
apoplexy as the cause of his demise.
When in December an epidemic Of
typhoid fever ragged in the Swope
household, during which eight persons
were stricken and one, Chrisman
Swope. died under conditions that
caused much apprehension among the
attending nurses, John G. Paxton, the
executor, and Mrs. Logan Swope, moth
or of Christman, instituted vigorous
Investigation. DR.. Edward L. Stewart
came forward with the statement that
on Nov. 10 DR.. Hyde had secured from
him an active typhoid culture. After
DR.. Stewart had divulged this infor.
nation, DR.. Hyde was placed under
the constant surveillance Of detectives.
DR.. Hyde prescribed for Colonel Swope
during the latter's illness. The pa.
tient was given a digestive capsule on
Oct. 8. Twenty minutes later, while
reading newspaper, he went into con.
WILSON'S. His neck and limbs stiffen-
ed and he groaned in great pain. He
rallied long enough to say: Il wish ]
had not taken that medicine"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
News Of Iowa
J1ITs FARMER, 50, FOR BOY, 20.

lows Widow Promises ON wedding
Eve to Marry Older sutton.
Frank Powell, farmer, So years old,
fell in faint in the County Clerks
Office in Webster City, after he had
applied for a marriage license and
been told that license to marry the
girl he intended to wed had been is
sued to another man two weeks be-
fore. As soon as Powell recovered
from his faint he insisted that there
must be some mistake. Only couple
Of days before. he said, he had spent
the evening with his fiancee, Mrs.
Grace Naslund, pretty widow, and
had been assured Of her undying affec-
tion. He had been given to understand
that the wedding could take place at
any time, he declared, and as result
had applied for the license. Powell
started an Investigation and learned
that the widow had not yet married
his rival. He went to see his fiancee.
She assured him that her heart had
not changed and that she would mar
ry him the following day. Powell, jubi-
liant, returned to the Clerks office with
the information that the license issued
his rival would be returned the next
morning. The following day the IL
cense was returned, but it was return
ed by justice of the peace, who had
made Powell's hoped-for bride Mrs.
William Enburg. Enburg had been
engaged to Mrs. Naslund for some
time, but he. being only 20 years old,
had some difficulty in securing his
mothers consent to the marriage. 1t
was granted to him, however. Jan. IL,
and he secured license at once.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
sans RzNZZS
gP@5T

The basket ball team of the Chicago
University recently defeated the North
western University team by a score OF
A to 6.
The Walnut Hill Farm of Kentucky
Will send forty-four youngsters up to
New York to the Fasig-Tipton sale al
Madison Square Garden.
The fastest new trotter of 1903 for
Kansas. raced solely over half-mile
tracks, was Pat My Boy. 2:17A, whose
winnings exceed $1,70O,
Yale defeated Princeton in the first
swimming meet of the season a,
Princeton by score of 271s to 251a
The visitors also won the water pole
game 10 to 6.
The high school basket ball team OF
Menomonie. Wis. which holds the State
championship cup. recently won Its
first game from the Saltwater high
with a score Of "a to IS.
Star Pointer, the 1884 PAGER, will
soon be shipped from California to Co
lumbus, Tenn, where the balance OF
his life will be spent at his old home
At Oakland. Cal, Bubbling Water
gained an easy victory in the Follans-
bee handicap, from a field of seven
Arasee ruled favorite, but Bubbline
Water went to- the front easily and
won by two lengths.
A new half-mile track, sixty feet
wide, is being built at Oakdale, Cal, by
the Driving Association. The track Is
beautifully situated, and the grounds
will be further improved by the plant
ing Of trees and shrubbery.
Jogh Walsh. of San Francisco, who
is walking from that city to Boston in
the hope of breaking Weston's coast
to-coast record of los days, expects tc
make the trip in 101 days. He is Sc
years old and served in the United
States army thirty years.
In the second series of matches be-
ing shot indoors by the Intercollegiate
Indoor Rifle Shooting League. the Uni
versity of Iowa defeated Washington
State College by margin OF 81 points
which gives to the Iowa team the rec.
ord mark of the shoot. 1909 points. Co.
lumbia University defeated Cornell by
25 points, George Washington Univer-
sity defeated Delaware College BY 1s2
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
How to Select a Farm.

a
The following is taken from an ar
ticle in the North Dakota Farmers
Institute Annual:
IF the farm is old, good deal may
be learned by noticing the crops grow
Ing, or taking account of, the yields
per acre. But If the land is new some
other method must be followed. Per-
haps as good one as is at present
in use is that employed by the rail-
roads in making their soil surveys.
Provide yourself with a spade or
Pinch augur having shank at least
40 inches in length. Find corner of
your land and work from that along
one line. On ruled piece of paper
indicate the forties as you go along.
Go to the center or high point and
map the whole area. Get the hills
accurately located and If there is a
creek fix its location.
after the map is completed divide
your land into ten-acre plots and In
the center of each make hole. boring
at least 80 inches deep, and put down
in black and white what you find. In
connection with this, notice the ground
thrown up by badgers, prairie dogs
or gophers. Too much emphasis can
not be laid upon the matter of sub;
soil and subsoil moisture. 1t marks
the line between arid and productive
lands. 1t means success or failure.
Where that subsoil in the middle of
summer shows a plenty of moisture,
che chance becomes fair assurance.
But where the subsoil besides being
dry is leachy in character. unless you
can irrigate or live In the land Of
many rains buy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
WILD GEESE IN KANSAS.

They Ate the Grass as Fast as it
Grew in the EARLY Days.
"As late as 1873 the wild geese in
Kansas for time ate all the grass as
fast as 1t grew during the time that
these birds stayed in this part of the
country" said I. j. Beyers, an old set
tier Of Reno County. the other day to
some people who were talking of.
plaques like the grasshopper and hot
winds. according to the Kansas City
Journal. "Old-time settlers in Reno
County will remember this and to the
people who knew of the vast number
of geese this will not appear incred-
ible.
The familiar sight in those years
of the long lines Of geese in their
flight from the prairie to the river
with incessant noise will never be for
gotten by the old settlers. Some
doubted whether or not the numerous
geese which came each fall would per-
NIT the prospective farmer to enjoy
the wheat and corn he might coax
from an apparently grudging soil.
Many who wanted to appear wise
said that between the dry weather ana
the grasshopper on one hand, and the
geese and predatory animals on the
other, farming was impossible or
scarcely remunerative and the whole
country would ultimately lapse back
into either desert or wilderness5
else be merely cattle country. or
course, the wish to some was the faith
er Of the unwarranted expression.
1.-THE age which had just preceded
had witnessed vast herds of buffalo,
roaming at will, subsisting on the rich
heritage of the plains. and the country
was in transitional state, which was
favorable to the development and in
crease of other forms of life after the
buffaloes were slain. The latter fact
accounts for the unusually large num-
bers of wild geese after the buffaloes
were exterminated and also Of the
grasshoppers and other insects which
gave the settlers much trouble
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
IOWA AS AN APPLE STATE.

J. w. Murphy of Mills County Plucks
Rich Prizes at Denver Show.
Iowa again wins as an apple State,
]. w. Murphy, the Mills County spe-
cialist, who made the Iowa exhibit at
Denver, came back with two more sill.
yer cups valued at $3.50 each and sew
eral hundred dollars in cash, won in
competition with the irrigation apples
of the much advertised Western
States. Murphy and two others won
the sweepstakes at the National Horti-
cultural Congress and brought the I'M
mense silver cup to Des Moines, where
1t will remain in a conspicuous place
in the rooms of the State Horticultural
Society. Then he proceeded to carry
of all the available prizes at the Iowa
exhibition. Mr.. Murphy is convinced
that if the same care was given to the
growing of fruit that is given to the
growing of fine stock and small grain,
Iowa would be so far ahead of all 9TH
er States that its fame would spread
to the ends of the earth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
COZ ROAD IS BADLY TIED UP.

Division Points Are All Full of
Freight Cars.
Creston, along with other division
stations on the Burlington Road, is
just at present experiencing a conges-
ton of freight traffic as has not exist
ed for years. The yards are full of
freight cars and officials at Galesburg,
Beardstown, Brookfield and several
other points are almost daft trying to
get the stock rolling. At Creston It is
not quite so bad, but the condition is
far from normal. 1t is thought the
cause of the congestion lies in the fact
of the roads being unable to move
stock during the heavy storms of a
few weeks ago and the cars were set
out waiting for better weather, and
when that came spring shipments of
goods, machinery, ETC., had begun and
now all is in a tangle and officials
hardly know which way to turn or
what to start out first.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
MILTON. In stolen MILK.

The superintendent of weights and
measures for New York City announces
that an investigation has convinced
him that more than SO per cent of bot
ties in which milk is delivered in the
metropolis are short measure. He es-
Inmates that by this means the con-
sumers are robbed annually of 14.0oO.-
900 quarts of milk. which at 9 cents
a quart would amount to s1,s6o,oo0. He
nal offense to manufacture or use bot
ties of less than full measure.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
scrapins BARE from Tree..

''p1Fu1s DK 1 ItuH : 'e'.'
AS 70 the advisaplllty OF scranns
rough, or shaggy, bark from apple
trees, frot. =. a. SURFACE OF fennsyl-
wanna says;
rms depends upon the conditions
IN general. would ADVISE sucn treat
ment' especially wnere II IS rough.
scaiy Dark OF oid Trees Dut II II De
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
Di.ease In MIL.

Milk, when pure, is the best of food.
but that 1t may become menace to
health is shown by the following from
high medical authority:
1T has been demonstrated that dis
ease germs may not only survive, but
in many instances actually proliferate
in the milk, and 1t is not difficult
matter to point out the many ways
by which these germs gain access, es-
pecially when some of the employees
are also engaged in nursing the sick,
or are suffering themselves from some
mild infection while continuing their
duties, or are convalescent from dis
ease. and thus infect the milk while
handling it.
1T is quite conceivable how animals,
in wading in Nth and sewage-polluted
water, may affect the udder, and
through 1t the milk, with the germs
Of typhoid fever. We can also appre-
ciate how infected water may convey
the germs when used for washing the
utensils or in deliberate authorizations.
Infection may also take place through
the agency of scrubbing brushes. dish
cloths. flies. and exposure to infected
q ir - ~ 7ts79 5a 4
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
what to Feed the Calf.

Say what you please, raising calf
by hand 1t not natures way and Is
not SO good, but the difference in cost
is supposed to make up for defects.
When the calf sucks it gets tiny
stream of milk that is we'll mixed with
saliva, which flows copiously at the
same time. This saliva is very neces-
sary to digestion. 1t is really more
important than the butter fat that is
skinned out. Milk may be too rich
in cream for the calf. s
II the calf drinks its milk 1t takes
1t too fast for the saliva to mix with
it properly; hence the digestion will
not be perfect. But is there no way
to improve the usual drinking meth.
cd? There is. at least to some extent
1t is to feed a small quantity Of milk
at time, say about a pint. This
gives time for saliva to collect in the
calf's mouth between drinks, and the
effect is much better.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23

Herbert Esden, Sidney boy in the
naval academy at Annapolis, is max
ing good. In his October report, in
efficiency, he stood eighty-fifth in a
class of over two hundred students,
but his December report. just received
by his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. c. j.
Esden, indicates that he has moved up
ito second place.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
IOWA SCHOOL AFTER PINcHoT

State hoard May Ask Forester to
Head Ames College.
Clifford Pinchot, former chief for
sster for the government, is being con
sidered by the State Board of Nduca-
ton Control as successor to DR.. A. B.
Storms. who has resigned as president
OF the State Agricultural College at
Ames. Friends of Mr.. Pinchot are be,
ing interested in the proposition, and
1t is probable that personal visit to
him with an invitation to come to
Iowa will be made soon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23

Three persons were injured. one per-
haps fatally, in headon collision Of
two Wabash passenger trains near Des
Moines. Engineer William Rucker. of
Moberly, Mo-, was badly crushed and
likely will die. Ora Bishop Of Blue
Earth, Mimi. and George Dearth Of
Des Moines were also inferred.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC.
Dirigible Balloon Will Make the At
tempt Next May.


tempt Next May.
1t has now been arranged that the
dirigible balloon trip across the Allan
tic which is projected by Joseph
Brucker will start from Berlin for Ten
eriffe on May Is. The enterprise will
be undertaken by S. L. Schwartz, a
New York promoter and the CAM
Company of Mannheim.
The balloon. which will have Vancou-
yer. B. c., as its objective point, is be-
ing constructed at Hamburg. 1t will
be semi-circular. will be of 5000 cubic
feet dimensions and will have two So
horsepower motors 1t will carry six
persons. all of them engineers.
The first stage of the voyage is ex-
pected to take four days. The balloon
will have the benefit of the trade winds
most of the way. Two steamers will
accompany the balloon, but they will
sail two days ahead of the atrship.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
Natural Death.

A tourist while travelling in the
north Of Scotland, far away from any
where. exclaimed to one of the ne
tives: why, what do you do when
any Of you are Ill? You can never get
a DOCTOR" Nae. sir" replied Sandy.
We've list to dee natural DEATH"
London Opinion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
Porou. som forl cabbaxe.

To be able to grow cabbage success
fully in any season the soil should be
in such condition that the water will
pass through 1t as freely as it would
through a piece of pumice stone or
porous rock. AS general rule, the
poorer the soil the tlrier and more
porous 1t is. Thus It is that on the
comparatively poor farms better late
cabbage are grown than in the mar!
ket gardens that are very rich. A sod
field broken early in the spring and
we'll MANFRED has generally been found
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23

AS climax to the lengthy lnyestl,
cation of the mysterious death Of
Colonel Thomas H. Swope on Oct. 8
1909, DR.. b. G. Hyde. husband of the
late Kansas City millionaire's niece
was arrested on the charge of murder
ing the aged philanthropist. First de-
gree murder is charged. The warrant
says that DR.. Hyde, with felonious in
tent. administered strychnine to Col
onel Swope on the day of his death
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23

There is great shortage of cattle
in the United States. The breaking up
Of the great western ranges has been
contributing cause. Large herds
have been cashed in during the past
few years. This meant the marketing
of many females and immature stuff,
and while share of these found their
way back to the feeders the larger
proportion met immediate slaughter.
Under such conditions the future sup
ply was necessarily shortened. This,
in connection with the fact that the
country's beef supply has not for
many years kept pace with the In
creased consumptive demand. makes
the shortage more keenly felt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23

Dudley Gregory, son of Council
man George Gregory of Marshalltown,
had his hands and face badly burned
when the kerosene can exploded which
he was using to light the fire.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23

His friend-Hello. old man! So
you've taken it up, too. have you?
The Inventor (owner of flying ma.
chine that will not fly)-On the con-
trary!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-23
Granny. New Role.

Little Gladys-G Granny, go down ON
your hands and knees for minute.
please.
Fond Grandmother What am to-
do that for, my pet?
Little Gladys-Cause Y want to draw
an elephant.