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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-11

ache and sore throat and a kahuna
was called in. Her many friends will
be genuinely glad to know that she
is now on the high road toward COM
plete recovery.
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Mr. and Mrs. McSnob took dinner
with Master Percival and Miss Ethel
McSnob at their Makiki residence last
Thursday. This makes the fifth time
that the McSnobs have dined en- IA
mile since last Wednesday.
o o o
Contributors TO this column are de
sired There is a good deal of social
activity which goes on here and of
which, through an exaggerated sense
Of modesty on the part of hosts and
hostesses, the public is kept ignorant
1t is the aim of the compiler of this
column to give all the society news
that is fit to print. We are sorry
that there is not more of it this week.
O o o
There wasn't even nearbeer at the
press and pulpit banquet the other
night.
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1t is understood that the press are
planning return gastronomical match
with the pulpit. Nearbeer and cuBeb
cigarettes will be supplied with the
other delicacies though their partak.
ing of will of course be purely op.
Clolal' 'E..Tat. ys tr,l vol rt
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-11

Mrs. Underwood, wife of Captain
Robert Underwood, U. S. M. c., for
merly stationed at Camp Very, Homo
lulu, died in Washington recently.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-11
BANISTER.
UNIVERSITY LAST.

New, Conservative, Dressy. A Shoe
for Gentlemen. Black kid, patent, tan.
MANUFACTURERS SHOE CO., Ltd.
1851 Fort st.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-11

The ventriloquist and his mannikins
have arrived on the local vaudeville
stage. The Circassian Beauty and, the
performing seals are probably in the
offing concealed by the Indian sum
mer's pearly haze.
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29

one minute, but they all recovered.
In humane attempt to suit the
tastes of the flea in the manner OF
dying the investigators tried oil OF
pennyroyal. oil OF peppermint. kero-
sene. miscible oil. the refuse from the
Pintsch gas tanks and many other
chemicals. A flea left to swim in for
malta. powerful germicide and in
secticide, was apparently dead In IL
hours" but revived" another keIx
for 20 minutes In mixture OF crF
sote. soap and water was still
after fifteen minutes. but died
minutes after that.
1t took 100 per cent carbof
mors than one minute to X Les.
OF two fleas that MeHs 1nade to swf
in a one one-thousandth mercury CHI Z
ide solution. a powerful germicide. Hne
was alive after ten hours. the otter
after eighteen hours; powdered $1i-
phur was practically inert and useless
for killing fieas. Hydrocyanic acid Is
among the most powerful poisons. yet
FIVE f1eas exposed for As minutes to
hydrocyanlc gas were alive at the end
OF the test
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29

w WASHINGTO ON Washington is not
W one grand succession OF marble
structures and beautiful parks. There
are Sums under the shadow OF the
capitol that compare in sQuaior with
the East side in New York. The capi-
tai slums have the advantage over
those in New York in being less ex-
tensive and In being composed OF
small houses instead OF lofty tene-
ments.
The Washington refuge OF the very
poor is sufficiently tzd to have at
tracted the attention of sociologists
and phflanthropists and to have
caused President Taft to demand their
Improvement in a message to con-
gress.
This district Is within ten minutes:
walk of the United States capitol and
has for one OF its boundaries the boz
tanical gardens with their wealth OF
exotics. President Taft. in his mes
sage. made particular mention OF Will
low Tree alley. but It is no better and
no worse than the others. Possibly
the president mentioned only Willow
Tree alley because II was the only one
bearing a name that comports well
with state document. The other four
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29

for animals of any breed VII be far
more profitable to their ner than
q larger number of anima, Of poorer
quality kept In a mediocre manner.
A person intending to tao up the
breeding of any breed OF pure-bred
stock should make careful study Of
both his own conditions and such en-
vironment as the breed would be call
ed upon to produce under. Then q
careful study of the breeds to see
which one is so constituted as to be
able to produce the greatest results
when placed under the conditions and
management you are able to give.
The writer has noted many cases
where It seemed from all evidence
available. the poor success the breed
er realized was from lack Of unison in
choosing the breed to procure under
conditions prevailing in each particu-
lar case.
Good breeding and good feeding go
fand In hand d=0he w1tnout thJ uingi
is not capable of producing the great
est results. The two combined with
good common sense and good judg-
ment are sure of the best results.
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
Cranks Offer Forest Fire Remedies

which could be placed around trees
near a fire and thus prevent them ig-
hitting. or course this way did not at
tempt to explain how the problem OF
transporting these screens through
rough moutainous country could be
solved.
A third plan was to locate a num-
ber CT huge sprinkling carts IN each
forest ano drive them to a fire. turn
on the water and. prestol your nre
would be out-the inventor said he
was told to go to. unless he could pro-
vide a sprinkling cart big enough to
tack'e 9 fire such as ragged last fall In
Idaho, the flames OF which mounted
over 200 feet In the air and burned
the ties OF a railroad bridge, and at
another point jumped clear across a
valley half a mile wide. converting
streams in its path into steam and
cooking the fish therein.
The forest fire fighters do not re-
ject all novel suggestions. In fact.
they have adopted a chemical equip
ment for use in putting out small
ground fires In the Arkansas National
forest Some OF the rangers are
equipped with rubber muzzles contain
ing sponges to be wet and put over the
nose. Wearing this and goggles to
protect the eyes a fire fighter can
stand considerable smoke without dis
comfort A small asbestos shield car
ried on the left arm has been found
useful in protecting rangers from
heat while fighting ground fires.
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
Uncle Sam Gives Facts About Fleas

HERE may be those who imagine
4 1t is an easy thing to kill tea.
But II they will read certain facts re-
ported by the United States public
health and marine service their minds
will be disabused OF the notion. The
Information is given in pamphlet en-
titled Notes on Agents for Flea De-
struction." Fleas. 1t appears from
these notes, survive all the usual
means OF insect assassination and
others less common.
But how to kill the flea is not the
only problem before the investigators.
1t Is quite as much OF a puzzle to know
when he is dead.
1t was found that when 1t comes to
death by drowning flea has more
lives than a cat That is to say when
the medium is water. But fleas left
swimming over night In a mixture OF
glycerin and water are dead the fol-
lowing morning.
Obviously the flea is hobo among
insects. for one OF his dead lest -eRa,
mics is green soap. A fieaj dipped en-.
tirely In tincturs OF gre2n soap sue
Ecuubed Deyoud fesuscitation in two
minutes; another ceased his move
ments in forty seconds and was dead
In ten minutes; no fieas OF any OF the
species examined survived the soap,
An even stronger evidence OF the
disreputable tendencies of fieas is
that when immersed in absolute alco-
hol they were paralyzed to the degree
that their movements ceased within
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
NEW NEWS Of YESTERDAY

|. sired 10 annoy or confuse or bewilder
anyone, asked Governor Tilden two OF
three questions. They were leading
questions. and there seemed to be to
some members OF the COMMITTEES q
lurking tone Of almost insolence In
them.
After the committee had adjourned
for the day Mr.. Reed said to Mr..
Springer, III you had put that man
into the White House you would have
nothing but ice and intellect there
as pat summing up OF Samuel J.
Tilden as was ever made.
So, also. after the committee had
adjourned for the day, Governor TIL
den said to Clarkson M. Potter:
AT the foot of the table sat the
man who is to be the leader OF his
party. He has more personal power
than all the other members OF the
committee. You will find, In the
course Of few years, that he will be
the master In the house of represen-
tatiyes and will become the leader OF
his party. He is the man against
whom you should concentrate your
strength and OF whom you should be
ever watchful."
A few years later Thomas B. Reed
was the big man on the Republican
side in the national house of repre-
sentatlves.
Copyright, 1911. by r.. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29

VIZ HILE the field officers Of the U. 8.
w Forestry service are taking pre-
cautions against fire in the great ma
tional forests of the west. the forestry
bureau is besieged constantly by
"cranks" and real inventors. chiefly
the former. who propose all sorts of
ridiculous plans for coping with the
flames One OF the most novel OF
these recently came from an eastern
man who proposed that an artillery
organization be formed In the forest
service and equipped with huge NOR
tar batteries. which would shoot
grenaGes filled with chemicals.
This mans plan was to have a bat
terry of these mortars hauled to a suit
able I'LL near forest fire. from which
the grenades would be discharged rap
idly into the fire and. bursting. would
smother the flames. Admitting that
chemicals will extinguish a small
blaze. the forestry people told this In
ventor TO move on. as all the chemicals
In the world would hardly exting'iish
q forest fire with front OF ten miles
Another "crank's" plan was to con-
struct huge screens of asbestos.
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
Fly "swzttine" Has a Charm Of It's
Own Which the Hunter VIII
Appreciate.

Fly hunting Is without its literature,
yet Il is almost the only form OF hunt
ing that keeps the hunter amused In
his own home. II is always available;
the game is plentiful and Il is one OF
the few sports IN which Il is virtue
to be a game hog. Since the amount
Of strength required is small. the
game is open to young and old and
10 members Of both sexes Poise Is
she matter OF most importance. and
any one who is proficient enough
with a swatter 70 strike down a ny on
a swinging window cord OF up one on
the shade Of the gaslight without shat
tering the mantle need feel no hesita-
ton about going IN for billiards For
success IN wingshot svatting an er-
traordinary sharpness Of The ere is
essential, for vingshots only stun the
game. and unless the hunters sight
can follow II 70 the n0or % strike q
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
They Sized Each Other Up
BY E. J. EDWARDS

| Tilden a strange. curious glance, with
something Of quizzical suggestion, and
there seemed to play about his lips
the faint flicker Of smile. And so
these two men watched each other,
each apparently being oblivious to the
presence OF any other person.
was sitting little to the rear Of
my friend, the late Congressman Will
liam III. Springer Of Illinois, who was
a member Of the committee. He turned
to me and said:
The governor and Reed are meas
urlng each other up"
The young man at the end OF the
table was Thomas B. Reed. at that
time at the beginning of his first term
as a member of congress.
During the entire giving OF the tes
timony by Governor Tilden Reed main
tanned the same peculiar attitude, his
chin upon the palm Of one hand, and
that half whimsical light in his eyes,
which had come to him when Tilden
first took his place beside Chairman
Potter. II was upon Mr.. Reed during
all the questioning and cross-ques-
tioning that the eyes of Samuel J. Til
den were fixed. And Reed. in that
strange, nasal. drawing tone, which
he could use with skill when he de-
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
How Samuel J. TiIden Met Thomas q.
Reed st Session OF Committee
That Was Investigating the
Presidential Election.

The first congress which was or
ganized after the Inauguration OF
President Hayes adopted a resolution
providing for an investigation OF the
manner in which the presidential cleo.
ton of the year previous was con-
Quoted in the states Of Louisiana and
South Carolina. The purpose OF this
investigation. although not the ac-
knowledged purpose. was to discover
whether returning boards in either or
both of those states had been bribed
tc make returns In favor of the Re-
publican electors OF those states.
Ciarkson NJ. Potter was the chairman
of this committee. He was the elder
brother of Rev. DR.. Henry G. Potter,
who afterwards became bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of New
York. He was a lawyer of some dis.
tinction and a man of unusual charm
of personal character.
This committee held several ses-
sions at the Fifth Avenue hotel in
New York In the winter of 1878. Sam
uel J. Tilden, the defeated Democratic
candidate for president, for whom new
ertheless plurality Of the people had
voted. was subpoenaed as a witness to
appear before this committee. Some
OF the Republican members OF the
committee were anxious to test Gov
ernor Tilden's knowledge as to wheth-
er or not cipher dispatches. so called,
containing improper propositions. had
been sent by some of those who were
managing the Democratic campaign to
the returning boards Of South Caro-
lima and Louisiana.
Mr.. Tilden appeared before the com
mittee in response to the subpoena
one afternoon. He stood beside the
chair of Mr. Potter. one hand resting
upon the back Of the chair. The ex-
preston on Governor Tilden's face
ives extremely stern. OF course he
commanded the intensest interest on
the part Of every member OF the com
mittee. some of whom had never be-
fore seen him. Slowly, with penetrat-
ing although almost furtive look. he
glanced from one member of the COM
mittee 10 the other as though trying
TO measure them. At last his eyes
fell upon the junior member of the
committed; and the defeated presi
dental candidate seemed to be fasci.
mated, or at least intensely occupied.
with the conduct of that young man
This youngest member OF the com.
mittee sat at the lower end of the
table. HIS chin resting in the palm OF |
une frnndd ne frxrd upon Gc@eFAeF
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
Low Slums Near the Nations Capitol

are Pigtail alley. Tincup alley. Louse
| alley and Hell's Half Acre alley These
names. with the exception OF Willow
Tree alley. have the virtue Of making
| any other description unnecessary.
| Why Willow Tree alley was SO named
nobody remembers There may have
been willow tree there once.
L The district Is hard to find. 1t Is
within the outer crust ORA block which
has rather fair exterior. A stranger.
after fruitless search. appealed TO a
policeman. The officer pointed to q
narrow opening between two build
ings. go on in there. and you'il see
all you want OF It," he said. Its
pest hole. 1t is. I'd 60 with you. but
it's of my beat"
The officer was lucky. What the WIS.,
itor found after he passed the portal
of the slums would not be pleasant ad-
juncts to any beat The buildings ap-
peared to be ages old. Stables ad-
joined homes. Piles OF stable refuse
gave forth offensive odors and drew
clouds OF flies. Negroes and whites
were mixed in. one inextricable con-
fusion. Puny. sickly children rolled
about on the ground. Slatternly. dis
couraged women sat on the steps or
In rooms which spoke eloquentiy OF
the most abject poverty.
Although 1t has been nearly two
years since Mr.. Taft demanded that
Washington rid itself Of these slums,
No. Aiokr{ lot
is In a section of the city which has
been taken by the government and
will eventually be improved.
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
Something New in Sport

second tine with wonderful quick.
ness the score Is lost Files raised In
a fiy hunters rooms become as wary
as wise old crows. and when a house
has been hunted for a few days a con
siderable amount Of nature study en-.
ters into the sport At the same time
the eve mus be trained to detect
shams or much time may be wasted
creeping up to swat a small rip In the
cloth Of the window seat Don't swat
flies near sharp edges Of tables or
chairs where a blow win bend the
wires. Scare your prey into the open.
follow It's flight and bring II to earth
In some more advantageous hunting
grounds And always remember. an
animal cle.er enough to walk upside
down on q ceiling i not 20 be de
srised for hunting purposes just Be.
cause Il doesn't weigh as much as q
duck.-Collier'A
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
InocuIate Soldiers Against Typhoid

HE entire army OF the United
i States Is to be inoculated against
typhoid fever, officers and privates
alike. An order has been issued by
Maj. Gen Leonard Wood. chief OF
stan. making II compulsory for every
ofHcer and enlisted man In the army
under forty-iive years OF age to sub
ject himself to the typhoid fever vac
cine. This order applies to all those
who have not heretofore had typhoid
fever OF who have not ben inoculated
vita the germ. Heretofore Il has been
volantary on the part Of an oficer or
private In the army whether he should
subject himself to the experiment but
from this time every one serving in
Uncle SANS fighting force must IN
dergo the experience
Estimates compiled at the war de-
partuent show that up to the present
tine about 1900 inoculations for t.
phoic have been made. OF the troops
who were sent 70 the Mexican border
nearly 1900 had been tnocuiated- Tns
total strength Of the army az present
is $4,000 20 there win be plenty Of
work for the surgeons Of the army 20
perform before each one has under.
gone treatment
TIE -ups0id prophyiatie- a. II -
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29

Many Farmers % Not Realize How
Valuable Crop Ts, Especially With
Beef, Mutton and Fork.

More land IN grass should be the
slogan in the south. We have, been
lighting grass for many years. III
us put thousands or acres In grass
and give 1t square deal We do not
realize how valuable grass is. We
do not value 1t fully as q feed. We
have never kept an account Of the
beef. mutton. pork and 20 on that an
acre Of good grass produces. We do
not realize that land In grass instead
OF cotton. corn. tobacco. cane or rice
to d large extent solves the labor
problem. We do not measure the large
return from the land in grass and the
small cost of growing the grass.
Many farmers In the south prize
wheat. oats, corn. cotton, rice and
cane crops because their growth has
become habit. Very few farmers
have compared the profit derived from
an acre Of cotton and an acre of ber-
muda grass, lespedeza and some win
ter clover On many farms the grow
ing Of cotton represents a loss instead
OF profit. On many farms In the
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29

called. has been prepared By Major
Rrseu of the medical corps. stationed
al the army medical school IN this
city. and viii be distributed TO the
various forts and posts throughout the
country. II is estimated that IN about
q mcnth's time every ofncer ana man
In the army win have been inoculated.
Very little II any inconveniencs as q
result Of the incubation is felt by the
patient He does not lose q single
days duty nor Il be compelled % take
to bis bed He Is watched carefully
for a period OF 20 days a,d IL then
declared to be Immune frum the
dread disease The -p-uphylatfc- n
injected IN the left arm q the soldiss
IN practically the sane manner az the
vaccination rrocess- The var deparf-
ment is convincet q the emcacy 81
the typhoid inoculntion IN viplng dut
this disease N the aruy.
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
He Believed Tin Was OF Greatest I'm
portance to This Country In the
Way OF Its Possible Devei-
opment.

Il sometimes think that the great
est schoolmaster. both for an Ameri
can business man and for member
of congress. is tariff bill when It Is
under consideration. either by the
ways and means committee OF the
house of representatives, or by the
house itself in committee of the
whole"
1t was in 1882 that this statement
was made to me by William McKin'
ley, who at that time had been for six
years member of congress and had
already become prominent because of
his mastery from the protectionist
point of view of all questions relating
to the tariff A tariff commission had
been appointed in 1882 whose duty 1t
was to report to congress revision
of the tariff. 1t was while Mr.. Nc
Kinley was discussing some of the diff
ficulties that this commission would
be compelled to meet and overcome
that he made the remark to me which
Is quoted above.
1T is impossible for any man faith
faadlz, z "a 4qllQxE- he caripGs hefQLe the.
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29

20 pick them up afterward and II he
likes can have some one follow him
AID do that. The implement resem-
bles a rake. but mounted on the tooth
blade is a movable cutting blade. op-
Grated from the handle. The user can
reach out and rake in a full pod or
two and with one movement snip
them from the Vines by bringing down
The cutting blade. Except for a man
with a weak back. however, the value
OF this implement Is not so readily ap-
parent Great care would seem to be
necessary to keep from cutting on
pods that have not yet filed out or in
nipping other parts OF the vines along
with those wanted
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
QENEpALFARn
ANoIES 3
prospect is for plenty of apples

The prospect is for plenty of apples
this year.
Cowpeas are splendid for either hay
or pasture.
Clover is cut for seed after all the
heads have turned brown
Ripe. dry corn, II put in the silo,
should by all means be watered.
Land for vetch should be plowed and
prepared the same as for sowing.
Add a few more roosts until the
poultry is thinned out for winter.
Do not neglect TO spray the orchard
trees and berry bushes this year.
Never allow the calf TO get fat in the
sense that the beef breeder desires.
A few hens are always profitable
while very large pocks are seldom so.
Soaked grain generally puts on
slightly faster gains than dry grain
Winter rye has usually survived
without any protection from stubble
or other growth.
II Is not unusual for the cream from
a COW advanced far IN lactation 10 be
dlfncult TO churn.
The chief benefit from silage fed TO
hogs. at least that from corn. lies In
the grain In the feed.
Alfalfa or clover II relished by hogs.
whether green OF as hay or silage. II
the latter is not too acid
Corn smut does not. % any extent.
harm the feeding value OF corn fodder
90 far a. cattle are concerned
The feeding Of silage 70 hogs has
been tried expsrimentany By several
stations. but With varied success
The Columbus commercial., 1911-10-29
ereat Tragedlan's Resemblance to
the "Meianeholy Dane" Was Noted
BY tls Father When Edwin
~ Was Young Man.

One OF the famous American the
atrical managers OF yesterday was
William Stuart, who died In the early
eighties of the last century. Twenty
years before that he had been man.
ager OF what was then unquestionably
the leading theater OF America-the
Winter Garden In New York city.
There appeared almost all of the lead
ing actors and actresses of the time,
among them Edwin Booth. whose pro
ductions of Hamlet" and other
Shakespearean plays upon the stage
of the Winter Garden. beginning In
1853. were "famously successful"
Stuart who was supposed TO have
Ned from Ireland ON account of po-
liticaI troubles and whose real name
was understood 10 have been Edmund
O'Flaherty. came to be an intimate
friend of Edwin Booth. and from him,
one day In the evening of his life. |
heard the story. as Stuart had heard II
from Booths own lips. OF the manner
in which the first suggestion that
Booth play Hamlet came to him.
bootn mas Always OSeh Sono"no'
dificult man to have personal inter
course with" said Mr.. Stuart. 'for
there Is tinge Of temperamental
melancholy about him which some
times strongly influences him. making
him frequently dreamy. Yet numer-
GUS times. when I was q manager. |
found myself In delightful conversa-
ton with him.
81 remember that one afternoon
when he was about half through his
extraordinarily successful engage
ment at the Winter Garden. an en-
gagement IN which he duplicated his
wonderful Philadelphia success as
Hamlet. found him in a somewhat
reminiscent mood and asked him II be