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The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11
The Blacksnake Cure.

Our mountain contemporary, the
Dahlonega Nugget, tells the story of
a rheumatic old lady in that smiling
region who was recently given such
prompt relief by the blacksnake cure
that she leaped from her bed and
became as spry as a 10-year-old boy.
You may talk about your present
day divine healers. the Nugget COM
ments, but the blacksnake is one Of
the best that can be had for some
people who are affected with a lot OF
imaginary things.
Every lover OF the wholesome, old
time virtues will welcome this revival
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11
EANSzS c04AEHT
WILL TEXAS DIVIDE?

II would be strange, indeed, if the
tprohloitlon issue in Texas, and the
remarkable closeness of the recent
vote taken on the question. should
pc the means of changing it from the
Lone star state to the condition of a
oouple star. but a division of the
STATE mas been suggested and is even
receiving serious consideration.
Aitnough the vote, taken in the ag-
gregates was nearly equally divided,
II was nevertheless strongly section
al, the northern half of the state Civ
ing heavy prohibition majority. and
the southern half a little heavier anti
pronlDition vote, and already one sec
ton is holding up the bugaboo of
SubJugat1On" as against the other
sections. A condition of antagon-
ism may easily arise whereby one
haIf or the state may feel that it can
no longer act harmoniously with the
other haIf, and an agreement to sep
arate may be the result.
AS Tar as size goes Texas is big
enough for half a dozen states, and
the wonder is that it has not split up
oefore this, but a sort of local pride
IN being the largest state in the
Union has heretofore held the Tex
ans together. especially as they have
peen substantially agreed. cn political
lines, and there was no question upon
which they disagreed in any great de-
gree.
It is possible that prohibition may
prove to be the wedge that will split
the state apart, but hardly probable.
The big state will need some very
powerful sentiment before it will con-
sent, on sober second thought, to
give up its chief distinction among
the states of the Union.
It is hard matter to divide a state
anyhow West Virginia was sliced off
from the Old Dominic during the
Civil war days. but since then there
have been no actual divisions although
suggestions have from time to time
been made, apparently more for the
sake of something to talk about than
anything else--Ottawa Republic.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11
JAYHAWKER JOTS

In many instances woman's form is
what she makes it.
Cheer up. The hot weather after the
rains is exactly what the corn needed.
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The more favors that are extended
10 some men, the many more they ex-
pect.
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More people would make much better
progress if they attended to their own
affairs exclusively
A little woman with big feet is not
any more unfortunate than a big man
with little feet
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11
INC Secret Fund.

Writers OF fiction who deal with the
mystery and romance of secret politics
always select nations abroad. The Sc
cret agents, the spies, and the diplo-
matte sharps are either Germans,
Frenchmen, Russians or Japanese, and
occasionally Englishmen. The Rus
slams and the Japanese seem to have
the strongest hold on popular favor.
But nobody ever seems to pick the
United States as an employer of Sc
cret agents. The stories of fiction al
ways deal with thrilling underground
events in which the nations of the Old
World are concerned.
Yet it is well known in Washington
that the government does employ Sc
cret agents; in fact, it is forced to do
so in order to keep abreast of the
times. You can not learn at the state
department, or at any other depart
ment, who the agents are or what they
do, but it is well understood that the
United States keeps itself informed
concerning politics abroad. It gets
and pays for information about for
eign military establishm ents, fortif1-
cations and navies. This sort of SER
vice naturally is of the most conf1den
tiaI character and would cease to be
of value if the details concerning it
were disclosed. To expect the gov
ernment to give a detailed statement
of it would be like asking the New
York police department to give out
all the particulars concerning what
ever important criminal Investigations
it may have under way
The $4,000 fund in the hands of
the state department covers a lot of
expenses that never will become pub
lie and, for state reasons, ought not
to be disclosed. There are. however,
in the report of the receipts and dis
bursements of the United States a lot
Of curious items of which no secret
is made. They come under al depart
ments and some of them seem to be
of the most trivial character. The
government gets its income from
weIl-known source. The customs re-
ceipts are the largest item. Next to
that rank the internal revenue re-
ceipts and then those of The postoff1ce
department. A good deal of money
is derived from the sale of public
lands. But under the head of mis-
cellaneous receipts the government
last year took in over $45,000,00O.
This money is distributed among all
the departments and some of the items
run as low as one cent.-Washingto
Correspondence the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11
NATURE,s COPs.

The birds are the policemen of ma
ture. 1t is their business to suppress
the insects that are always trying to
take the crops. Fifty-thl ee per cent
of the food of birds in one locality
was found to consist Of the larvae of
the disease disseminating mosquitoes.
Horse flies are the burden not only of
horses, but of other valuable stock,
and the larvae of this fly ara the nat
ural food of several species of birds.
The fever tick, so injurious TO cattle,
is the natural food of the killdeer and
the plover. Corn, cotton and other
crops are destroyed to 4 large extent
by grasshoppers, and there are at
least 23 species of birds that feed up
on grasshoppers. Grass lands and
grain crops in general suffer greatly
from various insect pests, which are
destroyed in vast multitudes by birds
The greatly dreaded boil weevil is
food for the plover, the killdeer and
others of the feathered tribe.-Law-
renee Journal-World.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11
Increasing Prices of Diamonds.

The prices of polished diamonds are
controlled by prices of the rough stones
and are really made in London, where
the products of diamond mines are as
semb1ed. The increasing number of
workers, in recent years, independent
Of the diamond trade societies and dis
regarding the societies rules regarding
rate of wages, etc, has so far had no
apparent effect, and may have no
future effect in reducing prices. In
fact, dealers report increasing prices
and state that they are II to IL per
cent higher than year ago, excepting
those of small stones, like melees,
which are practically the same. These
informants believe that prices will con-
tinue to advance, as nothing is IN
sight which might prove to be check.
Two explanations of the advancing
prices are made to this consulate. First,
the syndicate controlling the rough
diamond market limits production in
order to increase its profits. Second,
the yield of the diamond mines, as a
whole, is decreasing; the Kimberley
mine is virtually exhausted of the best
stones. These explanations are given
according to the respective view poins
of the parties who offer them.-Consul
Frank w. Mahin (Amsterdam), in Con-
SIIlar RepOrfS
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

One wife deserter who got into the
righteous clutches Of the probate court
Of Shawnee county has been fined $500
and sentenced to Jail for a period of
three months. The new Kansas law
under which such proper punishment
IS possible ought to have a most salu-
tary effect in wising up many mar
ried men to their reasonable respon-
sibilities, and especially after a few
more examples have been made of
offending husbands.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

that the team had all kinds of good
material. on it and had struck winning
strides that were going to be con-
tinued. Immediately after both of
these send-offs the Kaws went into the
doldrums. Therefore, the statement is
hereby made that the Kaws are a
punk aggregation of ball-tossers. And
now. according to all the rules of
superstitious folk, just watch the Kaws
begin to win games and keep on
doing so.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11
FULL, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TILE ASSOCIATED PRESS
nonrR NEWS WILLIE AwAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
sway from homo during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
zach day to any address Mt the rate OF
Reu cents a week or thirty cents O
month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
g,T-e Of town the State Journal will be
20 you like q daily letter from homo.
Advance payment Is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

In all likelihood Cap
tain Richmond Pearson Hobson, who
has devoted most of his energies since
he left the navy and entered congress
70 predicting an immediate war be-
tween the United States and Japan, is
of the opinion that the exchange of
friendly sentiments between President
Taft and Admiral Togo and President
Taft and the mikado are nothing but
pure unadulterated bluffs.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

A considerable shortage in the ma
TONS corn crop, as is indicated by the
latest government report on it's condi-
ton, means a higher price for corn
this fall and winter. So the half-crop
of corn or better that is going to be
raised in Kansas will not be such an
Invaluable one after all.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

Women will be sore Put to it now
TO find something real In the way Of
a safety deposit vault on their persons
for their bank rolls. Some exceeding
1y ungentlemenly highwaymen in
Massachusetts held up a man and his
wife recently. They didn't even return
the lady's stocking. And their cash
loot amounted to SAhn-
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

dispatch from Washington says
that the end of the first stage Of the
Lorimer investigation has almost been
reached, notes the Chicago Record
Herald, and it exclaims: Heavens!
VIII our children and chtIdren's chill
dren have to take up the case in their
turn
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

There is a disposition to use these
columns for a roast" on the Topeka
baseball team Maybe that will result
IN it starting in to win a whole string
of games. on two occasions this sea-
son when the Kaws have geen going
good for a brief spell attention has
been called to that fact in these col
umns. with the additional suggestions
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

A carp known to be twenty-five
years old has been caught in Illinois.
And 1t would surely take the skillful
ministrations of Professor Dyche to
turn this antique specimen of his
favorite fish into delectable table
dainty
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

An automobile is reported to have
-'run wild" on Kansas avenue the
other day. But surely this no unusual
condition of affairs with many of the
automobiles on the Topeka streets
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

All aboard for Canada. They're be-
ginning to have frosts in that section
of the North American continent. A
little reciprocity in this particular
would be greatly appreciated in this
section of these United States just
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

A too loving wife caused a St. Louis
man to attempt suicide. 1t seems that
the latest suicide or attempted suicide
is brought about by the poorest excuse.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

What has become of the charge of
two or three years ago that President
Taft, in the event of his elevation to
the presidency. would be nothing more
nor less than a pawn in the hands of
Colonel Roosevelt?
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11
New York, Chicago and Paris,

Hetty Green's son has announced that
he is going to get married within
year. 1t is not necessary to hunt up
his picture and a resume of his FOR
mer life before laying a bet that ne
will nut ii over if he really means
it. He is heir to some several mil
lions, and Mother Hetty is Growing
Old.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

The ability to nail the choice Of
SQUADS in a matrimonial deal. as point
ed out in the previous paragraph, has
some disadvantages however. The
Church is busily engaged In denouuc-
ing the proposed alliance between Mil
lionaire Astor and a poor girl. ')f
course, Col Astor being rich, can
square it with the churches. but the
advertising he is getting out of T. is
nothing to enthuse over.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

The Churches refer to his proposed
alliance as free love-" but the fact re-
mains that no lcve is free to a mill
lfonaire and the Churches are slight
ly mistaken in their first guess.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

A hard working lawyer must have
some recreation. Some of them go in
for golf. others for quail shooting, and
SIN others for trimming L.thario
Cooper.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

And the latter class has the edge
as it is the only sport of a lucrative
nature, and it is restricted by neither
weather nor game laws.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-11

health says he hates cats. Hate is an
that normal people reserve for
equals or superiors. They merely dis
like certain animals and human in
feriOrs
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-05
.HANALEI As A
CONEY ISLAND

LIHUE, Aug. 3.-Hanalei, according
to rumor is to be placed on the map
in q class with Newport News and
Jacksonville, Fla. A stretch of beach
property consisting of six acres is be.
ing negotiated for by a representative
of a wealthy Honolulu lady who pro-
poses to erect thereon a building to
cost a hundred thousand dollars.
Just who the lady behind the prof
ect is, it is not possible to say, but
that definite steps will follow quickly
upon the conclusion of preliminaries,
which are said to be progressing sat
isfactorily, is assured.
The plan includes steam launches
for pleasure trips up the river, and in
fact no feature will be overlooked
which might serve it's share in chang.
ing this beautiful spot of nature into a
veritable Coney Island
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-05

Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Com
pany, will leave on the Mongolia
for vacation trip to Europe
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-05
SONS IN THE N EW S

J. F. ROCK came in this morning on
the Mauna Kea.
H. ROSENBERG returned this morn
ing by the Mauna Kea.
D. H. McVEY was an arrival this
morning by the Mauna Kea
A. HoRNER returne from Hawaii
this morning by the Mauna Kea.
A. W. MEYER of the Chambers Drug
Company is visiting the Yosemite.
MR.. and MRS. r. R. ELelN returned
this morning by the Mauna Kea.
T. C. DAVIES was an arriving pas
senger this morning by the Mauna
Kea.
J. OSWALD LUTTED was a return
ing passenger by the Mauna Kea
this morning.
w. M. GlFFARD was among the re,
turning passengers by the Mauna
Kea this morning.
VIM. WoLTERs will leave on the
Mongolia tomorrow for Europe, to be
away about six months.
CARL WoLTERs, manager of the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-05
THE WEATHER.
Laundries

Local Office, U. S. Weather Bureau,
Honolulu, T. H., August 5, 1911
Temperature. a. M; a. M; 10
a. m; and morning minimum:
IS; &c; II; rs; 70.
Barometer reaarns- Absolute hu.
nudity (grains per cubic FOOT; rela-
tive humidity and dew point at a. M:
20 9S; SO "a; 70.
Vino verocrr. ana direction at a,
M; 8 a. M; 10 a m; and noon;
1E; 4NE; 4NE; 12NE.
Rainran curing "a hours ending y
a. m. o. inch rainfall.
Total wrnu movement during 81
hour ended at noon ia miles.
WIN. 3. STOCKMAN,
Section Director.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-05
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Paragraphs That GIVE Condensed
News Of the Day.

Gerrit Wilder has resigned as secre-
tary of the Humane Society.
A fine line OF basenaIls, bats and
tennis goods at Wall, Nichols Com,
pany, Ltd.
Joseph Rodrigues came IN from
Kauai this morning and was sworn
in as a member of the federal grand
jury.
Twenty-seven boxes and barrels Of
new and beautiful things. Everything
free for Green Stamps. Call and ask
the man. Beretania and Fort.
The stock books of Waialua Agricul-
tural Co., will be closed to transfers
from August 7 to August 15
injury.
Nakamoto and Hatsu Kanemoto,
charged with breaking the same por.
ton Of the code, appeared with L. NJ.
Straus as their attorney. Each plead
ed not guilty.
Judge Whitney will leave tonight on
a vacation, which will last until Au-
gust s. He and Mrs. Whitney will
join a house party at Walter Dilling-
hams place at Waialua.
Theodore August Carl Budde, Ger
many, a sugar boiler at Aiea, was
made a citizen of the United States
by Judge Clemens.
The Campbell Kids" the iolllest
dolls of all, have arrived at A. B.
Arleigh & Co., Ltd, Hotel, near Fort
street. Take the children there and
let them see the Campbell Kids"
Mr.. Watson also stated that he de-
sired to demand q speedy trial, but
the court stated that unless very good
reasons were shown, no jury trial
would be held before October.
F'elise Ludnek, cook of the All.
steamer Arizonan, was sentenced on
his plea of guilty on two counts in
his indictment for smuggling opium to
Imprisonment for one month and pay
ment of costs, by Judge Clemens this
morning.
1t is stated by prominent Koreans
that the Korean who is coming here
from Yucatan is not a delegate from
his people and is coming merely as a
visitor.
Arthur Horner came into the fed
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-05
RELIGION THE GREAT BEAUTIFIER

the sinner will be unaOle 10 resist it,
and be brought to a saving knowledge
of the truth This power more than
any other thing is today the impera-
tive need of our ministry and church.
It's possession by the minister would
nightly increase the converting of his
private and public labors.
"Mesmerism reveals the fact" con-
tinued the speaker, that the operator
can transmit his thought to be mes
merized subject, can fill him with his
own inclinations and passions, in a
word, for the moment, place his own
nature into that of his subject. Now,
if such phenomena occur among men,
who can doubt that the eternal God,
who holds in His hands the invisible
wires of the universe, and knows all
the avenues of the human souls, can
fill such a soul with His present, His
strength and His love?
What is this power from on high?
1t is the power of religious earnest
ness. Half-hearted religion is no re-
ligion at all; God wants the whole
heart or none. Earnestness is work
ing at religion, not playing at it,"
Young Peoples Day.
Not in ten years, it was said, had
so many young people flocked to the
camp grounds as did today. The en-
tire day had been given over to them,
being known officially as young peo-
pies day" Three services were held
during the meeting. At 1870 o'clock
platform meeting, led by officers of the
Epworth League of the three Chicago
was held. This was followed
by an address at 2:3O o'clock by the
Rev. Joshua o. Randall, pastor of the
Sheridan Road church.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-05

Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Com
pany, will leave on the Mongolia
for vacation trip to Europe.
DR.. JAMES, acting assistant surgeon
of the U. S. Quarantine Service dur
ing his holiday at Wahiawa had a
nasty accident by which he sprained
his leg rather badly. He has been
incapacitated ever since, and was
not able to resume his work when
his thirty-day vacation was at an
end.
CHIEF BoATsWAIN NYGARD, U. S.
NJ, of Mare Island, it was reported,
had been arrested for not having been
as his station, and for conduct I'M
becoming an officer. Since then a
report has been received in navy
circles to the effect that an inquiry
into the circumstances showed that
Nygard was suffering from over
work, and that he was ordered into
hospital for treatment. This will be
good news to his many friends in
this city.
LlEUTEANT H. S. NAYLoR, U. S.
A., was an arrival this morning by
the Honolulan. He is in charge Of
the men who brought the horses
down on the steamer for the coast
artillery. He is accompanied by
Mrs, Naylor,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-05

DR.. c. ]. Ryder, for twenty-six years
associated with the American Mission
airy Society, will discuss some of the
problems which confront the world,
tomorrow night at the Central Union
Church. Five of those which he will
discuss are race problems, in which
he will make special reference to the
American negro; education, religious,
political and social.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-05

CHICAGO, July 22-"There is no
beauty culture that can compare in
attractiveness with an illumined face
coming from a radiant personality"
This was a striking sentence in an
address delivered by the Rev. d. M.
Tomphns, pastor of the Rogers Park
Methodist Episcopal Church. during
Bible hour today at the Des PLANES
camp grounds, where the annual camp
meeting of the Methodist Episcopal
church is in progress.
Fire and light" said DR.. Tompkins
are used in the Bible as a symbol Of
Gods presence in the soul, producing
purity and energy. The sweetness
and light of Arnold finds highest ex-
preston not in the mere refinement Of
esthetic culture, but in the outshining
Of a character pure and joy filed"
church's Mission Unchanged.
The Rev. T. K. Gale, pastor of the
Wicker Park church and leader of the
young peoples meeting, spoke at 1890
a. m He declared the mission of the
church to be the same today as in the
apostolic days, and then continued:
"A world in tears and chains is
groaning for deliverance; an unbound
ed field, white unto the harvest, in
vites her reapers. We believe that
when a church door swings open,
when a prayer is offered or a song
sung, or a sermon preached and these
are accompanied by the power from
on high, they are useless. On the day
of Pentecost one sermon converted
5000 souls, but today it sometimes
takes 5000 sermons to convert one
soul, We feel the want of power in
our own lives; we lack power when
we seize a great subject or a SHINING
soul.
Says Ministry Lacks Power.
$50 in the religious world; some
say the market is overstocked with
creeds and denominations; there is
no call for religion. 1t is not true;
the needs are as many and as real to-
day as ever. The heart of the human
race hungers for life today as never
before. Never did thinking men call
so loudly for pure and undefiled re-
ligion as now; and the need is not
met because the church, the ministry,
lacks power. The church is like a
great mill by the river side, with ma
chinery, raw material and market all
in order but the water course is dry,
the power is lacking.
Sometimes this subject is discussed
as a doctrine of miracles" continued
DIR. Gale, "the tendency has been to
admit the supernatural as fact of
the first century of Christianity, but
now, not a necessity.
1--WE do not today exalt sufficiently
that divine agency and power in the
world. We feel there is a weakness in
the church ministry. 1t is doubt of
GOu dDlllIy 10 uO WOIh III WulCu
He is more interested than we. We
lack faith to claim the promise which
He declares, THAT He is more willing
to give the holy spirit than we are to
give good gifts to our children. Our
enemies can to their own satisfac-
ton, at least, meet us with argument,
reason, history, science, rhetoric and
We need a balance OF
power.
"Just this need is this supplement
of divine power. We go and teach
and with amazing patience wait for
results. The divine plan is for us to
teach and preach for Him that hath
all power to go with us.
What Should Be Expected.
"What we should expect is that this
power will accompany us; that this
power will help us face the sinner;
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-05
DIED..

OSS-At the home of his parents,
1920 Victoria street, Honolulu,
August 4, 1911, Carl A., son of Otto
A. Oss and wife, in the twenty
third year of his age.