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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01

The population of Manila has decreased about 20
cent since the American occupation of the Philip
pines.
The yearly consumption of sugar per American
family has increased by about lao in the
thirty-five years.
Gold and aluminium have been combined in a
alloy OF beautiful color adaptable for many in
the jewelry trade.
In some Argentine brickyards horses used to
mix the clay by treading 1t instead Of employing
expensive machinery
India ink stains may be removed from carpet by
repeated applications of milk the carpet being wiped
dry between applications.
The fishing fleet of Venice includes about 1900
vessels which visit different portions Of the Adri
attic according 10 the seasons.
The Sydney Technical college, an Australian gov
eminent institution, has opened a department for
special instruction IN the wool industry.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
The Perverse Pictures

Mrs. Burton called to her husband shrilly.
"Abner," che said, come and look at the pic
lures"
WELL" said he, with inquiring glance about
the walls, whats the matter with them7"
They're crooked"
81 suppose" suggested Abner, that you want me
to straighten them"
We'll since you here you may as we'll But
that wasn't what called you for. l wanted you to
if you could tell what makes them get out gear
every day They've been acting ever since we
moved into this flat Every day, just as regularly
as the morning comes, / go through the house and
tilt them back to the proper angle, but Just that
surely do find them crooked again the morning
And the funny part Of 1t is they always in the
direction. think 1t very strange. They didn't
do that in the old flat"
"M-m-m-," said Abner, thoughtfully
Mrs. Burton colored her voice with dramatic in
tonaton. Il never liked to say anything about it
before" she said, but have thought it all along
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01

1t is my belief that the house is haunted"
'oh good Lord" calculated Burton incredu-
lousy.
well, If it isn't ghosts, what is t?" she asked
triumphantly
I'm give 1t up" said Burton.
MY wife believes" he said with true Adamite
generosity, that the place is haunted"
Nonsense" said the landlord. Anybody who
knows anything about houses and pictures knows
there some places where the pictures could not
be hired to hang straight and that when they the
tipping habit they invariably tip in the same direc
tion. Everybody knows that but l for one don't
know the cause. Possibly the house dips a little to
one side"
That can't be-" said Burton, because the folk
upstairs bothered with tipping pictures too only
theirs lean to the north and west"
Then 1 can't explain it," sighed the landlord
'but do know that pictures like flock of sheep
when one tips all the rest are likely to follow
Boston Herald.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
knowledge in Small Doses

There are nearly 100000 acres of peat bog in
Ireland.
Philadelphia has the oldest textile school in the
United States.
1t costs London more than s8,5OO.OOO year to
keep its streets clean.
Twenty pounds of cloves year are produced by
an average 10-year-old tree.
Radum gives violet tinge TO glass and porcelain
and turns white paper yellow
deposit of almost pure tsntalum has been
discovered in the Ural mountains
New York forbids electric signs projecting
than six feet from the building line.
More than 100000 acres OF grazing land in
Australia are irrigated by artesian wells.
Wrought iron electro-magnets be made 70
carry $50 pounds to the square inch of core surface
exposed.
REINFORCED concrete building that rises 2s5
feet above the street level has been erected in Liver
pool
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
At Jacobs Well.

In my talk with the high priest he contended that
the Samaritans were the only true Israetes and
spoke OF the prophet Samuel as sorcerer. He paid
his respects TO the Jews in measured tones. He
gave me little book he had written concerning the
religion OF the samarans and at the close by no
means averse 70 q present OF silver, for which he
thanked me in a dignihed way After / returned to
my camp. which is the outside OF Nablous, some of
his followers brought me his photograph and model
OF the hve books of Moses which they offered to sell
for a song The samaritans are exceedingly poor and
are despised by both Moslems and Jews
Il was at Jacobs we'll not far from Nablous that
Christ met the Samaritan woman and told her Of the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01

We passed many cames. Some were loadeu with
white building stones slung in network of rope
each side their humps. They were taking them to
Jerusalem. Others ridden by and men.
saw one which had two yelled women clad all in
black on its back with two boxes below them, each
box holding baby.
Another party composed of Samaritan women
on their way to moslem festival. They red
haired and straight royal palm trees. They
ried their baggage in bundles top Of their heads
and walked single fle Behind them were women
from Lebanon walking barefooted and singing in
Arabic. They were tattooed on lips chin and cheeks
and their heads were frowsy and dusty; they wore
nothing the head and their bodies clad in long
cotton gowns embroidered with red. Only few were
good-lookng and all seemed prematurely old.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
Travel in the Holy Land.

i surprised at the caravans which are contin-
uall! crossing these Palestine mountains There
seems to be a great trade north and south and the
roads are full Of strange characters. On my way
here crowds of men and donkeys
coming up to Jerusalem. Some from 3sltlee,
others from Damascus and not a few from the noun
tains of Lebanon. One crowd told us that its people
were Mohammedans, and that they we're making
pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the tomb OF Moses There
we're many women among them. They sat astride
upon donkeys, some carrying babes in their arms.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
Over the Hills From Jerusalem.

1t took me Just one day to come from Jerusalem
to Shechem. My outfit three-horse team, to
which an American dayton wagon was harnessed. The
The horses good, and drove up hi and down
on the trot We started at Jana gate, past the place
Of the Skull where General Gordon thought the
Savior erucifed and then crossed the valley Of
Kedron. We climbed Mount Scopus, which joins
olivet and rode under the hill whose top Mz-
pah, where Samuel was buried and Saul snOnted
King of the Jews. There is a mosque that spot
and the place is holy to Jews Christians and Moslems
alike, all OF whom worship at samuel's tomb. Mizpah
lies peak about 5000 feet above the Mediterran-
can and on one of the highest Of the Judean noun
tains. 1t is where army OF crusaders stood under
Richard the LionHearted and got their first sight Of
Jerusalem. AS they looked King Richard knelt down
and thus prayed;
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
go ZSA1aRz4v AGH R17EST Ssss

20 Lord God, pray Thee that never may agair
Thy Holy City II l may not recover it from the
hands of Thy enemies"
That prayer uttered centuries ago
Jerusalem was then owned by the Mohammedans ana
It is held by them still
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
THE WORST OF GAMES"
Zas harry Taylor Started Out With An
Army of ObSeryatiOn.''


D'rom the New York Worldly
The sensational movement Of troops
and cruisers in the direction of Mexico
proceeds with some celebrity. II proof
We're needed that q war eSta bliShment
costing nearly $500, 600, 600 a year
could make a demonstration in the
Southwest more expeditiOusly than for
example. the United States forces did
in 1861, the eXperime m must be re-
garded as highly satisfactory.
SiXty-fiVe years ago Zachary Taylor
was on the Texas border with a COM
mand of 1900 regulars. 1t was called
AN army Of observation The pres
ent exhibition Of miIitarism is Off
ciallv described as a .'maneuyer." Tay-
Tors observations We're to intimate
that in the course of time he came
into conflict with the Mexicans, and
thus began a war. the motives of
which, whatever its advantages to civ
ilization, have had few defenders.
In hat case, as in this, the people
were kept in ignorance or misinformed
as to the nature of the proceedings.
There We're no railroads or telegraphs
in the Far West. Mexico itself then,
as now. was a sealed book. Nobody
on either side Of the line knew exactly
what was going on, but suspicion in
this country rested upon the slave
power, which was as aggressive as
the money power and the jingoes ap-
pear to be at this moment.
Considering the difficulties Of trans
portation and communication, the
Americans made what was for them
a record after Taylor's first blood
shed. They marched, drifted down
rivers and sailed on the Gulf hOus-
ands of miles to the eneny's country.
and, in about a year, had two impor-
tant armies on n ground. Scott re-
ceived orders in November, 1916. to
proceed With all haste to Vera Cruz.
He landed in March. 1S41. n began
his victorious progress toward the
capital. Probably we could repeat the
achievement now in a fortnight.
While these operations were under
way. columns led by kearney, Don't
phan and Fremont were moving into
New Mexico and California to reap
the long-contemplated harvest. Kear-
ney was six weeks on the march from
Fort L~eavenWorth to Santa Fe and
Doniphan and Fremont We're months
in reaching the Coast. occupying ter
ritory which was never TO be surTen-
dered.
Few wars begin in obedience to pop
ular will, and fewer still end in ac-
cordance with the program. Practl-
cally the only thing that the American
people know about foreign war IS that
armies of Conservation" and armies
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
Chief Justice Whites Ways.

Chief Justice White, who is one Of
the most arniable men in the world off
the bench, is a terror to the lawyers
that appear befOrr the Supreme Court
to argue cases. He can argue a case
himself in French, Spanish or English,
and perhaps in some other languages.
He is a student of pbilology. and when
a lawyer IS threshing' about as to the
meaning of some word, the Chief JUS
tice is apt to break out with something
like this:
Give the Greek derivation Of it.
A common expression from the Chief
Justice is: illustrate it; illustrate it.
To have the Chief Justice lean over
the bench and explode a question un-
der a green lawyer is apt to make the
latter lose his feet completely. Some
days ago, when the Acknowledgement
arguing in the Standard OH case,
the chief Justice shot out:
Give an illustration of it
But it didn't scare Lawyer Wicker
sham. He has been in court before
and is hardened. He proceeded to
illustrate what he was trying to tell,
and seemed to satisfy the court with
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
IT. r." PET> II.E ItifI.ti'
Toll. Their Mother shes the 1opniose
Typc of citizenship.
CLOS Angeles Dispatch III New ioIk
SUM-

clos Angeles Dispatch III New i'ih
SUM
COL Theodore Roosevelt Was eH-
crossed in a mass OF letters ana 'ele-
Grams at the Hotel Alexandra us al
ternoon during a lull in hrs
nrOgram here. but lie dropped every
thing when Informed that Mr.. anu
Mrs NJ. A BeNer.i the proud parehts
of triplats, were waiting 10 exhibit
them.
They We're takn to his room ana
Mr. Roosevelt graSped the beanlhS
mothers hands. and said Warmly:
Mrs. Boyer. / want TO say to YOU
that YOU represent the very highest
type Of citizenship, in my op1nlon-
What fine little girls they are IN
deed
At this point a photographer "noTn
the father had brought proceeded 10
get into action.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that motherhood
was too sacred for nOtorIetS ana re-
fused to permit pictures to be taken
he patted the triplets-oreha'
ReOna and Ramona BeNef-on their
checks and the interview ended IheS
were born on August . last.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28

"a in .~maneuvers': in disturbed
regions are likely to come into col
lisiOn With other forces similarly dis
posed. War is limos always de
CARED long after it exists.
The war game is conducted with
edged tools. 1t is a costly game. 1t is
q game that two can play, n it never
is settled by those by whom it is start
ed. Those who engage in it lightly
have a grave responsibility. To do SO
without the fullest publicity and Opu
lar support is nothing short Of fool
hardness.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
Lieut.. London To Visit Parents.

Lieut.. ]. J. London. who is an OIL
Ger on the L. :. :. Georgia, IS e&-
pected Friday on a LAYS visit TO MS
parents at Pittsboro. The fleet. or
which the Georgia is q part, spent the
first Of the winter in European waters
and the last two months IN cuban
waters. and is nov in Hampton Roads.
Va. for a few days.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
WILSON DIAMOND Dust.

Se!.r<iu!c of Games to Be played 10y
H.. :. {. C..s oc Wilson and Other
Minor Teams.
Wilson, March 21.-The Atlantic
Christian College baseball team are
scheduled to play as follows:
chapel Hill-March 81.
G#k Kidg5-Narch IS.
Eion College-March $3.50.
Guilford College-March 81.
Mchanc-April J..
the following is the lineup OF the
\. e: c.'s: Moore, catcher: Winstead
and A~bernathN. pitchers: Davis. t1rst
base; Fleming, second base; Dunlap,
short stop: Jurney. third base: Hack
rry. center field: Powell, left field,
right field. either Of the pitchers.
ErDnn the present outlook it seems
that the Eastern Carolina Baseball
League is a thing of the past; in fact
rs far as the T~obacconists are con-
the game. The agent who has the
park property in hand has given 1t
out that unless something is done
shortly the grounds will be soWn IN
oats.
Here's q suggestion: Suppose the
sports get together and form q four
team league of players from nearby
towns-say, Wilson. Rocky Mount,
foldsbOro, and either Tarboro, Wash
jnGton, G~reenville or Kinston. Get
together, enthusiasts, and start the
BAH rolling.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
Always Doing Good.
(Charity and Children.)

Gen. J. S. Carr, who is always on
h lookout for the doing OF good with
his money. seeing IN item in our Or
phanage notes about the need of q
swing at the Durham house. writes
US: 7 would thank You to have q suit
BILE swing provided for b Durham
Cottage and send the bill to me- We
thank YOU, General. for Your thought
full kindness. The swing Will be in
service shortly and the Durham lads
Will not forget YOU.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28

What did you say the form5r Sen
ator's oldest boy is doing? Hes
organizing the Society Of Sons Of Lame
Plain Dealer.
Tn Very sorry. madam, but those
Vera two-day
They smelt moro like decade
eggs.-April Smart Set.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31
SWAT The LADY
STEGOMYIA CALOPUS

A few facts regarding the stegomyil
calopus or yellow fever mosquito will
be of interest at this time. They are
cleaned from Tropical Diseases by
Dr. Manson Q9O0, and yellow Fe-
yer" a bulletin issued by the United
States Public Health and Marine Hos
pital Service, by Joseph Goldberger
Guly, 1900.
The male of this species feeds on
the juices of plants, therefore, can not
transmit the disease.
Twelve days after the female has
bitten a yellow fever patient Gf it is
during the first three days of the dis
easel, she becomes infective, and they
have been known to retain their in
fective power for fifty-seven days.
Before the first egg laying the ste
gomyia calopus is both diurnal and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31
TURKS RETAKE TRIPOLI FORTS
RAY STANNARD BAKER
IN HAWAIIAN ARTICLE
KNOCKS SUGAR TARIFF

Wonderful Hawaii, a World Expert
ment Station is the title of Ray
Stannard Bakers first article of his
Hawaiian series in the American
Magazine.
Opening with a reference to the
Paradise of the Pacific, which he says
Hawaii has been justly called, the
author says: Hawaii furnishes a
vivid illustration of the way in which
private business organization in its
final stages of development perme-
ates, influences and controls the life
of a country.
Sugar is King i'm Hawaii to a far
greater extent than cotton was in the
old South" Evidence on this point is
quoted from the Commissioner Of
Labor. and Mr.. Baker says: "The fact
that out of $i6,OOO,OOO of exports last
year from Hawaii, over $42,000,O0o
represented sugar, VIII give some idea
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31
TENNEY THINKS
TARIFF CHANGE
QUITE LIKELY

e. D. Tenney, who returned from
the Coast this morning. is not at all
optimistic over the prospect that the
sugar tariff will escape a serious re-
vision downward. He personally
scarcely expects to see the coming
session of Congress do much in the
matter, but on the other hand he
would not be surprised if it did.
The thing seems bound to come, -
said Mr., Tenney, "and while I can't
say that have any knowledge on the
subject, the whole impression of the
people with whom l talked on the
Coast isohat sugar, with other things,
is due to stand a revision You peo-
pie have the fight on of your lives, is
the way it was put to me, And you
will do we'll if you get off with a re-
duction of so per cent Fifty per cent
seemed to be the general impression
of the least reduction that can be
hoped for.
"Of course, the beet sugar interests
will do all they can to maintain the
schedule but the pendulum Of popu-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31

noctural in her feeding habits; after
that, almost wholly nocturnal The
greatest danger lies between the hours
Of . p. ~. and a. m.
From three to six days after a per-
son is bitten by an infected mosquito
the disease develops.
T'ne patient can infect mosquito
for three days after the disease de
yelops. After that, however i'll he
may be, he can not do so.
After a mosquito has bitten pa
tient during the first three days of
the disease it requires twelve days
70. the mosquito to become infective.
The stegomyia calopus is a domes-
tic mosquito, being found around
dwellings; prefering clear, clean wa
ter for their breeding places, such as
Continued on page fve)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31

Governor Frear gave out his daily
bulletin regarding the yellow fever sit
uation, at noon today.
"There are no new developments In
regard to the yellow fever outbreak
The solitary patient is walking around
and is doing well. There will be a
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
and the Merchants Association this
afternoon to consider the matter. Fun
igation is progressing and the houses
at Kalihi camp have been pasted
up with paper for another fumigation.
The first one killed off rats, flies, cock
reaches and other things. At four
o'clock this afternoon fumigation will
again start. All the vegetation is be-
ing cut down, and swarms of mosqui-
toes are going into the houses.
Beneath the houses, which are ele-
waited from the ground, canvas has
been tackled all around, except in one
place where an opening is left. The
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31

of the relative Importance of the in
dustry to the islands" He states that
on a product of sugar worth over for
ty millions last year it is estimated
that about one-third was clear profit
He had been talking about raw sugar
selling at from $40 or $50 a ton
writing before the price scared above
800 a ton.
There is a portrait of Joseph p.
Cooke, who, as head of Alexander K
Baldwin, one of the Big Five the
author says, may be called the lead
ing financial force of the islands,
Edward d. Tenney is presented as
manager Of Castle & Cooke. one of
the Big Five" and "a leading fac
tor" and it is mentioned that three
out of the five big agencies "are more
or less dominated by the old mission
arv families and missionary inter
Continued on Page EIsht
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31
OUR SAN FRANCISCO Letter
Supervisorial Politics And The Future
Taft And His Seclusion In The
City---The President Didn't
Mix Much

to coming Mayor Aolph to work out
the political salvation of the city.
In this attitude there is a certain
amount of danger, for kolph with an
antagonistic labor-led board of super
visors would be greatly handicapped
in some of his work. He would be
harassed perhaps in his cleaning up
of the city if he had a week-kneed or
antagonistic district attorney. There
is not so much fear on this score how
ever, for even if Fickert the former
Mccarthy supporter, should win it is
generally felt that he would welcome
the opportunity to get into decent
company and make a respectable repu-
tation for himself I've never heard
at any time that tickert was deep
Continued on page seyen.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31

lar demand seems to be swinging
toward a general free trade basis.
There are plenty of people throughout
the country that blame the present
high price of sugar to the tariff
Mr.. Tenney does not want to be
considered as an alarmist, and he
states that there are some of the
plantations which would still pay divi-
dends without any tariff at all; but,
with say Scent or 31a-cent sugar, the
number of Hawaiian plantations able
to do it would be small. The lack Of
buoyancy of local sugar shares, Mr..
Tenney has no doubt, is due to the uu-
certainty in regard to the tariff, and
to nothing else.
Because the sugar tariff supplies
some $5O,OOO,OOO of revenue to the
federal government, Mr.. Tenney rec
ognizes that it may be difficult to
make up for this at once. The almost
certainty that the country will have a
federal income tax within the next
few years may be one of the means
of getting around this difficulty.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31
NO new DEVELOPMENTS
IN HEALTH SITUATION

mosquitoes, on being disturbed by the
cutting down of the shrubs, fly to the
nearest dark place, and in most cases,
the insects go under the houses
through the opening left for them.
These openings are then closed, and
the fumigation starts, The under
floors of the houses are black with
mosquitoes and they can be gathered
in handfuls.
More men have been put on to do
the work, and sixty are now fighting
the mosquitoes. 1t is planned to have
all the fumigation ana other work
completed before Sunday. That will
give sufficient leeway to protect those
employed on the work. There will be
no need for anyone to go near the in
fected district after Sunday Danger
to the men will thus be obviated, as it
will not be till Monday or Tuesday
that any mosquito might possibly be
dangerous as a carrier of yellow
fever"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31
BY ERNEST N. SMITH.

Especial Correspondence of The STAR
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. .25.-The
political situation in San Francisco
just at present reminds one Of the
circus. The big show is over the
real excitement has passed, the high
est salaried, world-famous actors have
done their turn and retired Now you
can go home or else see the side
shows, the little more or less incon-
sequental affairs that serve to pass
the time away in case you aren't quite
ready to go home Thus it is in poll
tics. The mayor has been elected at
the primaries That was the big thing
that San Francisco wanted-so want
ing she went out and got Now it
seems quite proper to leave the rest
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31
AN ABJECT
APPEAL OF
THE THRONE
Has HankOW Been Retaken?
lAssoelated Press LabIe ID Nc star.l

SAN FRANCISCO, OCT.3t-THE CHINESE HERE REPORT THAT
HANKoW BEEN RECAPTURED
PEKlNG OCT SIAN ABJECT STATEMENT ADMITTING FAILURE
PROMISING REFORMS BEEN ISSUED THE
THE NATIONAL MET TO EXPRESS eRATlFIcA.
SITUATION is TENSE.
31.-THE ESTIMATES THE REBEL
WOUNDED DURING DAYS FIGHTING
THE LoYALIsTS LOST 300 KILL LEFT
A BATTALION FACING