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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-18
NOTES FROM THE
WORLD OF SCIENCE

An aerotechnical institute has been
in connection with the
University of Paris.
A small wheel TO be carried on the
rear axle of an automobile is intended
to prevent skidding.
An international congress on Grim
inal anthropology will be held At
Cologne, Germany, in October
All of Switzerland's glaciers are re-
ceding perceptibly, one notable one
having shrunk more than 1000 feet in
the last ten years.
The language of a tribe of Indians
in northern Mexico is limited to about
800 words and they cannot count be.
yond ten.
In some parts of Siberia milk Is
sold frozen around piece of wood
which serves as a handle to carry It.
Chicago leads American cities in
concrete building construction, with
Seattle second and Philadelphia third
A substantial prize has been offered
in France for the aeroplane that car
fly the fastest and also the slowest.
I In the Malay peninsula an English
naturalist has discovered a species o.
ant that makes it's nest in the leshl
stems Of ferns that grow on the limbs
Of traas hiph in tho mir
A novel tank car built in Saxony t
transport live fish long distances il
provided with an electric motor t
keNp the water aerated
The area of the abandoned farms
of the United States is said to b.
equal to that of a strip of land from
Maine to Florida, ten miles wide
A German scientist has advanced
the theory that hailstones are shaped
by the electricity of the thunde
, storms that generally accompan,
them
The sanguine prospects of the dia
mond fields of German southwes
Africa at the time of their discover,
five years ago are not being realize
and their success is becoming NOR
questionable.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-18

For the fog, San Francisco's great
est asset, the whole bay section, Nc
Adie tells us, is remarkable, and may
be likened to a natural laboratory in
which experiments upon the cloudy
condensation of water vapor are daily
wrought. 1t deprives this city of
about 10 per cent of sunshine in the
year, but compensateJ with its health
giving GOODNESS and maintenance of
a mean temperature, which San Fran
cisco enjoys in excess of Baltimore,
a city similarly situated in, a slightly
more northern latitude.
That the time will come when APP
piled science will find a way to utilize
the condensation of the atmosphere
for the benefit of agriculture, McAdie
is convinced. When it is considered
that not less than 100000 tons of
water are carried inland each hour
over a line between Point Bonita and
Point Lobos, which would afford to
NFtl awe NlNhlu I'D lNelNh ~ VI an
inch of rain, the possibilities toward
relieving the California farmer of his
terror of drought may be conceived
And when this fog, which deprived
Francis Drake of an empire beyond
his dreabs, is made to yield gently
it's electrical energy, its possibilities
for our descendants will be as marvel
GUS as the California of 1911 would
have been had the gift to foresee the
achievements of eight generations
been vouchsafed to the crew of the
Golden Hinde.
A word as to the letter press and
makeup of the book, published by A
NJ. Robertson, is imperative, for nc
more tasteful bit of book publishing
has ever been done in this city. Print
ed on vellum paper and bound in gray
boards, the type is inviting and the
illustrations, which are mounted, are
truly beautiful, especially the fronts
piece, a color reproduction of "ThC
Grain" a painting from the brush o.
J Arthur f. Mathews.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-18

ular course for a few weeks, it came
suddenly to an end; the depression
and inertia vanished, giving place to a
condition of apparent health.
One day last October the patient, to
the amazement of her friends, was de.
tected in the act of stealing some petty
articles in one of the large Paris
shops. When her rooms were eX-
amined they were found to contain
the kleptomaniac's usual accumulation
of useless and heterogeneous objects,
many of them with the sale labels still
attached to them. It was ascertained
that the thefts dated back to the
month of February, 1910, and the pa
tient being questioned stated that in
that month she had gone to a shop
with. a friend who, wishing to rouse
her from her depressed condition,
urged her to make some purchases.
Yielding to her companions insistence
she selected some trivial object, but
could not attract the attention Of the
shopman,
AS she stood with the articles in
her hand she suddenly thought how
easily she might be taken for a thief,
and this momentary alarm then gave
place to a delicious sense of danger
which seemed to brace and stimulate
her. She made her way out of the
shop, and for some days felt quite re.
stored to her normal state Then
the depression returned and she had
recourse to the same mode of excite
ment, and all through the summer she
continued stealing as means OF
keeping off the threatening attack
She had no sense of shame or re
morse, but in Difference to her
friends she promised not to offend in
this way again She kept her word
and in a short time she recovered nor
NAL ethical feeling and was able tc
recognize the sinfulness of her con
duct; the kleptomaniac impulse dis
appeared, but at the same time the
loss of energy and the mental depres
sion returned,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-18
Where the Mosquito
Isn't, Yet Malaria Is

railroad from the coast. What, il any,
was the connection between these
two circumstances? Certainly it was
not that persons arriving by rail from
the coast brought the disease with
them. This theory was satisfactorily
disproved. And, besides, plenty Of
people had come from the coast part
way by stage, before the extension Of
the railroad to Guanajuato.
But the extension Of the railroad
brought about one important change.
1t rendered practicable for the first
time the shipment of perishable fruits
from the coast to Guanajuato. The
theory now entertained by DR.. Chico
and certain other investigators is that
some of these fruits contain malaria
germs. Such an idea seems odd, to
say the least, but a vigorous search
is now being made for the microbes
in different kinds of fruits thus inn
ported. If they should be found, the
whole theory of malaria would be to a
great extent upset 1t may be said
incidentally that in the coast region
certain fruits have long been popu-
larly suspected of causing this dread
ed malady-so much so, indeed that
many people avoid them.
The authorities in New Jersey and
other eastern states where the mos
quito breeds to a considerable extent
have in no measure relaxed their ef-
forts to exterminate the pest, how
ever, as a result of this new theory.
The campaign carried on this sum
mer with much success will be main
/ tanned next season with increased
vigor In addition to the old method
of sprinkling the swamps, marshes and
other breeding places with oil, an en-
tirely new plan was recently tried
Shore birds were imported in large
numbers to war on the mosquitoes and
stringent laws passed to protect these
natural scavengers.-Exam
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-18
HOUSES POURED WHILE YOU WAIT

If it was Nero's dream to leave
Rome a city of marble, the modern
American architectural wizard dreams
of cities reared in cement. In the
shadow OF the national capital, in the
highlands of Virginia, according TO
Herman II. Brinsmade, there is now
well under way the first real cement
city of the age. Houses poured while
you wait" provided with every known
convenience and many appointments
heretofore regarded as luXuries to be
enjoyed by the rich alone, all at
cost less than the usual expenditure
for a humble frame cottage this, he
says in The Technical World, was the
description given by Thomas A. Edi-
son a year of two ago of the house Of
the future. Regarded as visionary at
the time, Edisons dream is today &
reality. A half score of these Alad-
din's palaces have been put up under
the direction of a Washington archi-
tect. The houses are advertised as
germ-proof, fre-proof, and almost in
destructible. They are poured into
metal molds, the entire construction
consumeing but a fortnight. The
houses, purchasable at two thousand
dollars each, possess usually six or
seven rooms each and every modern
convenience, including a roof garden
and outdoor sleeping porches.
The poured house owes it's incep
| ton to a reward offered two years age
at the International Congress on Tu
beTculosis for the best model of 2
germ-proof house. The young Wash
ington architect was fortunate in Gao
turing the prize. Believing that cellars
are breeding places for dampness anC
lllNl bbSof AAlC NNlldlH VIC III & NOlut wal
conspicuous by its absence.
The structure comprized six rooms
three on each floor, and a roof gar
den surmounting all, Floors, walls
the entire interior even to the batl
tub were of cement poured into molds
The floor of each room possessed
slight tilt toward one corner wher,
was placed drain pipe connecting
with the sewer. On house cleanin
day, the lady of the house had but I,
remove the furniture and turn on tn
hose on the cement floor and thu
clean house without raising any dusl
I'm the kitchen is wonderful
range, In summer it served as an az
mirable cook stove. In winter it ser,
ed the double purpose of cook stow
and heating furnace, the entire hlls
being piped from this kitchen heatin
plant. On the roof was a device fo
the storage of coal which, with tn
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-18

ments in piano technique. When he
returned he stood before the world as
the king of virtuosos. Tausig said,
I'VE are all blockheads by the side of
List"
During the next few years he COM
posed much for the piano, notably the
List Etudes and arrangements OF
Schuberts Songs, and several Beetho-
ven symphonies, also the Nineteen
Hungarian Rhapsodies in which he
CONTINUED on page nineteen.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-18
GOOD ADVICE.

The best time to buy Chamberlain
Cough Remedy is right now. Don't
put it off until you need it but keep
it at hand. A cold is much easier
cured when first contracted than after
1t has settled in the system, For sale
by all dealers. Benson, Smith & Co.,
agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-18

LONDON Oct. 12.-When parla.
ment meets for the autumn session
the oath of this month the question,
"Who will succeed Balfour?' will be
heard more mistakenly than ever.
1t is no secret that Arthur James
Balfour's days as leader of the old
tory party are numbered Not only
was he confronted with his sixty
third birthday last July, but his health
is not good, and for years he has
been getting more and more out of
touch with the rank and file of his
party. This estrangement began when
Joseph Chamberlain launched his pol
icy of protection for British industry.
Balfour never fully accepted it, and
when he did render it lip service he
did it so equivocally that he inspired
its opponents rather than its friends
with fighting fervor But he never
has been more hopelessly out of touch
with the young and vigorous fighting
element in his party than during the
recent struggle over the abolition of
the lords veto. The young tories be-
longed holly to the faction known as
the "ditchers' from their shouted
readiness to die in the last ditch rath-
er than sacrifice the house of lords.
Balfour threw in his lot with the
"hedgers," who allowed and even act
lively helped the liberals to pass the
veto bill for fear they would flood
the house of lords with new liberal
peers.
The answer to this question, "Who
will succeed Balfour?" reveals with
startling clearness how nearly the day
of the aristocrat in English govern,
ment has come to an end. For good
many years commoners have led the
liberal party, but for more than a
century the first tory prime minister
who did not bear a title was Balfour
himself, and Balfour is an aristocrat
of aristocrats. He is a member of the
great house of Cecil and nephew oil
his predecessor in the tory leadership
the Maquis of Salisbury. Today only
three names are mentioned as those Of
his possible successors, and each one
of them, to use a phrase which the
writer heard the other day from justin
Mccarthy, the famous Irish historian
as "a man of no particular family"
First of the trio, because most in
teresting and, most of all, self-made
man, is F. E. Smith, whose rise rc
prominence is one of the romances oil
English public life. Smith may not be
the next tory prime minister. There
are two strong arguments against him
One is that Austen Chamberlain, sor
of Joseph, has a sort of hereditary
claim to the reversion of Balfours pc
litical estate, and the other is thai
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-18
MAN Of no Family" May
Be British Prime Minister

Smith may be considered too young
he is only thirty-nine years old now.
Whether he becomes prime minister
or not, Smith is today the real leader
of the new tory party. His brains and
his enthusiasm inspire it, and he is
chiefly responsible for switching it
from a party of traditions to a party
which advocates conservative social
reform and a larger part in the COM
forts and decencies of life for the
working class. With marvellous skill
he has grated his social reform pol
icy onto the older policy of protection,
and he proposes to devote the money
raised by taxes on imported merchan-
disc to financing his schemes for social
betterment.
F. e. Smith is pre-eminently the
man of no particular family" The
British public doesn't know, and does
not care, who his father was and few
even of his friends know anything
about his grandfather. Smith pere ap-
pears to have received a fair educa-
ton, for he ran away and Joined the
army and rose to be sergeant major,
and after he left the army was able to
become a lawyer. He never accumu-
lated any money, however, for when
he died his son found that if he were
to continue his education he must win
scholarship He was at school at
Birkenhead, in the north of England,
then and he made up his mind to get
a scholarship. He won it and in 1890
went to Oxford. There. he soon at
tracted attention, and before the end
of his term was president of the Ok
, ford Union, that famous debating So
ciety where so many of England's
statesmen have won their spurs.
At that time, however, Smiths am
billions were scholastic rather than
political. He took all sorts of college
honors, and when he graduated he be.
| SuAAlC q uOllb W lllCll llltdHS THAI uG
took up the work of lecturing and
teaching at the university, and he
might have continued this useful but
rather humdrum round all his life il
he hadn't happened to fall in love with
the daughter of country clergyman
who had no more money than he had
Smith made up his mind that he had
to get into some more lucrative pro
fession, so he started reading law and
he was called to the bar in 1899. To
day he is the youngest man entitled to
wear the silk gown of kings counsel
He never was brehess barrister
His fame at the university brought
him clients as soon as he hung out his
single in his native city of Liverpool
and in a few years he was earning a
big income. Today no important law
Continued on page nineteen)
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-03-09
Party Not All With Bailey.

The ways and means committee of
the house of representatives has re-
ported a tariff commission bill which
is substantially the same as the meas
ure introduced by Mr.. Longworth of
Ohio. This action encourages the be-
lief that the bill will pass congress
and become law, thus establishing a
permanent method of dealing with tar
iff problems. Senator Bailey of Texas,
the Democratic leader who seems at
odds with his party in many tariff mat
ters, avows his uncompromising hostil-
ity to the tariff commission idea and
says he will filibuster the bill to death
when it comes before the house of
which he is a member. But Senator
Bailey does not always deliver the
goods" In fact, there are several of
his party associates who strongly dis
sent from his economic views.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-03-09
HARDEST NUT OF ALL
CUT IN APPROPRIATIONS PROB
LEMuP TO DEMOCRATS.
Platform Promises to Be Redeemed,
and How to Do So Is Something
That Will Keep the Lead
ers Guessing.

What will the next house do in the
matter of appropriations? How deep a
cut will be made in the Republican rec
ord? And where will the knife be ap-
piled?
We need not take as the basis for
inquiry and speculation the remark ac-
credited to Mr.. Aldrich, that good bus
mess management of the governments
affairs would bring the sum total of
present expenditures three hundred
million dollars under present figures
The Rhode Island senator made no
such assertion. But the figures are
high, and the Democratic leaders in
both houses of congress have criticized
them roundly. Are they preparing TO
make a notable saving?
Mr.. Livingston Of Georgia Is the
senior member of the minority on the
appropriations committee Of the pres
ent house, but he will not be a mem
Der of the next house. Next in order
come Mr. Fitzgerald of New York, Mr..
Burleson of Texas, Mr.. Sherley Of Ken
lucky and Mr.. Bowers Of Mississippi,
all capable men. But what will be their
fate at the hands of the committee
on committees? Unless reassigned
where they have made good, they will
have to qualify for important service
elsewhere.
But the appropriations committee
proper does not prepare all the supply
bills. The pensions committee pre-
pares the pension bill, which is a large
one; tho rivers and harbors committee
prepares the bill Of that name, and
the naval committee the bill Of that
name. Shall we see cuts made in
those measures? Not likely.
The pension bill is a bill apart. 1t
is often criticized. There are men who
sincerely praise the great services of
those who saved the Union, and yet
who think that the government at this
remote day from the close of hostili-
ties is paying too much in the way of
pensions. But between criticism
founded upon round numbers, and a
definite proposition going into details
for reduction Of the appropriations,
there is difference.
And who will propose any material
reduction in the amount for keeping
the navy fit? And where is the mem
ber of the next house with a harbor or
running stream in his district who
may be expected to lift his voice
against governmental aid in those di-
rections?
The tariff is a hard nut to tx.
So will currency reform prove t. De.
But making the appropriations con-
form to partisan criticism-if there is
serious effort to that end--may
prove the hardest nut of all.-Wash-
ington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-03-09
Rouqh PASSAGE Ahead.

The new ways and means commit
tee which will be created in the next
Democratic house of representatives
at Washington has a majority in favor
of piecemeal tariff revision. The pur-
pose is to take up tariff reform"
schedule by schedule, which is directly
contrary to the plan urged by Senator
Bailey of Texas, who wants to deal
with the entire question at once. This
means unpleasantness at the very out
set, with chances Of further trouble as
the situation develops. The Demo
Gratis may get their piacemeal scheme
through the house, but the irrepressi-
bic MIR. Bailey viii be on guard in the
senate, prepared 10 do all he can to
block any measure that does not con.
form 10 his notions. Besides. the Re
publican majority In that branch Of
congress will have something to say.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-03-09
IT'S FOOD
That Restores and Makes Health
Possible.

There are stomach specialists as
we'll as eye and ear and other special
lists.
One of these told a young lady, of
New Brunswick, N. j., to quit medi-
cines and eat Grape-Nuts. She says:
For about 12 months l suffered Sc
verely with gastritis. | was unable
to retain much of anything on my
stomach, and consequently was CON-
PEELED to give up my occupation.
Il took quantities of medicine, and
had an idea | was dieting, but l con-
tinued to suffer, and soon lost Is
pounds in weight. I was depressed
In spirits and lost interest In every
thing generally. My mind was so af-
fected that it was impossible to be-
come interested in even the lightest
reading matter.
After suffering for months l de.
cided to go to a stomach specialist.
He put me on Grape-Nuts and my
health began to improve Immediately.
1t was the keynote of a new life.
Il found that l had been eating too
much starchy food which I did not di
gest, and that the cereals which had
tried had been too heavy. l soon
proved that it is not the quantity OF
food that one eats, but the quality.
In a few weeks l was able to 90
back to my old business of doing cler,
ical work. l have continued to eat
GrapeNuts for both the morning and
evening meal. l wake in the morning
with a clear mind and feel rested.
regained my lost weight In a short
time. l am well and happy again and
owe it to Grape-Nuts." Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich,
Read "'rhe Road to Wellville," In
pigs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter' rev
ono appears from time 10 time. lCcr
are genuine, true, and full of hUi.Gp
Interest.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-03-09
Democrat and Democrat.

Again occurs the query, What Is a
Democrat? 1t is made in connection
with what happened in the house of
representatives when Mr.. James of
Kentucky offered an amendment to
the tariff bill providing for the creation
of tariff board. Mr. James wanted
the measure changed 20 the Democrats
could select the minority members of
the board, instead of leaving the ap-
pointment to the president. Mr. James
did this, he said, because there are
Democrats and Democrats" and only
the Democratic members of the house
could know who was a real Democrat
"a Republican president could not.
This certainly is frank confession.
But the house did not take Mr. James
seriously, and his amendment was de-
feated. SO we're all other amendments
offered, and after nine hours of de-
bate the measure was passed precisely
as reported unanimously by the ways
and means committee.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-03-09
For National Defense.

We have been engaged for a dozen
years, since the skirmish with a fourth
rate European power found us dis
gracefully unprepared, in haphazard
and often contradictory fashion in try
ing to provide for a decent military
force. We have succeeded in proving
that it would be entirely practicable on
well-digested, comprehensive plan,
embracing the future and made reason
ably permanent. The secretary of war
now urges that a competent commits
sion be appointed to study the whole
subject and to report such plan.
There is no more important recon-
mendation before congress, and there
should be no difficulty in securing the
necessary legislation at the present
session in order that no time be lost.
All we need is to provide for the effec-
tive use of the men who would, in
proper conditions, gladly train them.
selves as possible soldiers.-New York
Times.