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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08

Hartford Times: Climbing trees
for wool bids fair to become before
long the approved method of gather
ing one of the most important crops
in the Hawaiian islands. At the pres
ent time, in fact, the federal govern
ment is making certain very interest
ing experiments with view to devel-
opng the industry in question.
Strictly speaking, the wool is not
wool at all, but cotton. 1t is a type
known as "wool-cotton," because the
fiber is kinky and strikingly wool
like From most peoples viewpoint,
however, the most remarkable thing
about it is that it grows on trees,
which attain a height of something
like fifteen feet.
The notion of climbing for cotton
seems rather picturesque, but in act
ual practice the trees will be kept
cut down to a size suitable for max
ing picking easy. Their trunks, N
the course of a few years, reach
thickness greater than that of a
mans thigh and their large and
heavy branches bear a profuse crop
of fluffy white bolls.
This wool-cotton comes from Aus
tralia, and it is understood to be a
cross between our own sea island
cotton and a certain Peruvian type
which has a wood-like fiber. 1t is
an interesting circumstance, by the
way, that all of the large quantity
of this Peruvian cotton imported into
the United States is used by our
manufacturers in the production of
''all wool" fabrics. AS for the hybrid
from Australia, it is especially valu-
able, combining as it does the long
staple of the sea island with the
woolly texture of the South American
parents, and possessing the addition
al advantages of heavy yield, great
ease of picking, and a higher per
cent of lint than the sea island af
fords.
This, however, is only the begin
ming of the story; for experiments
made in Hawaii have already shown
that the wool-cotton trees can be
grated and budded just like fruu
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08

Major Herbert H. Sargent, Second
Cavalry, the gallant soldier, gl1teu
writer and historian, spent THURSDAY
in Honolulu. Major Sargent has been
for almost two years, during this tour
of service, with his regiment in the
Philippines Division, being command
ing officer of Torrey Barracks, Mala-
bang. Mindanao, and at Camp OVerton
in the same Department. Major Sar-
gent although in perfect health, has
through hard military service and eX-
posure become partly deaf, which as
y cavalry line officer is thought to
impair his usefulness. Consequently
he. Sargent appeared before a retir-
ing board in Manila, and was ordered
to the United States. On reaching
San Francisco, Major Sargent will re-
mort to the adjutant General OF the
Western Division, and await the YER
dict of the retiring board, before pro-
ceeding to his home at Medford' Ore
gon. Major Sargent's world known
books are THE Campaign OF Santiago
do Cuba" "Napolean's First Campaign
THE Campaign of Marengo," Grants
Memoirs" and Virginia Campaign OF
1S64-65." These books passed into
their third editions and have received
the stamp of favor by the military and
and literary critics, not only OF the
United States but of Europe as We'll
Should retirement overtake Major
Sargent he will then devote his entire
time to completing and publishing
several books that are now occupying
his spare time. Friends of Major ano
Mrs. Sargent extended them a mos
cordial welcome here, while the troop
ship was in port,
Among the many well known pas
sengers on board the Sheridan Ell
route to the coast was heutenan
Colonel M. C. Martin, retired. Lieu
tenant Colonel Martin, since he wa
placed on the inactive list, has entere'
into agricultural pursuits in hem
raising and along general bushes
lines. .
Americans living In the Phillppin
Islands claim Lieutenant Colonel MAJ
tin as one of their best and most pre-
Eressive civilians, as he has lived i
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
By the Man
- at the ~
TailorSho p
The Onlooker = = ::


mongoose have again in dis
t and chcenrasers up in arms against the pestferou little
The boodhy little carry quarter-grOwTI
chicken which has sayed the brush easily jumps
wall with steer in its jaws and only the other day report
hand that the Threats of five fine Pen ducks had been
open by mongoose while they sleeping their pen.
The mongooe also developing eggteaer and
takes fresh stale eggs with chicks in them with mpartiay
1t interesting and instructive sight to watch approach
setting hen her heartily from safe and then
her face The hen stand the swearing but the insult being pa
endure mongoose well
sp in order to lure her from her fit of blind rage
AS the hen off the nest the and quickly
with egg in its mouth and another in the of its tail
may generally that the mongOOse possesses pre-
hene tail of steelke prngine and that grip this appendag
round an egg like vice.
Kaimud who had lost number of eggs mys-
FERROUS determined find who the depdator and
leaving half dozen eggs the floor of her hnoue hid herself
where she could be yet could everything that
there
Presently mongoose gded emitting peculiar which
lis ehcaciou in fascinating chickens of immature growth but which
has little effect egg Approaching the took tendery
ing its head and tail high the air and looking for all the world like
Ia pair of huge spectatcles
Having deposited the in space between the rocks of
wall bounding the premises returned twice and secured the remainder
of the eggs.
The watched the proceedings enanced though
by operations mongoose peculiar hisng which it
When she had the last eggs disappear she seemed
to suddenly and when her husband returned related him detail
which will go off being Jared and which he intends injecting
eggshels from which the have been removed
By this he hopes teach the maraudng mongooses in his
section lesson which they will never forget
Except the Babu no one can mane English like the unstrcec
but intrepid Japanese Even educated laps take daring lber
got telling that His Excelency fired from pistol by
an individual named Koyama Toxic signs when las
sign poueres and "Irenh Infections candy shop
THE Trunks and Boxes served better indicate the place wer
one could renew his luggage wraps
But here in Honolulu the best example 1t the
of actual business card:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08
COTTON TO GROW ON TREES,
ORCHARDS OF THEM, IN HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS, SAYS THIS REPORT

trees. Thus any vigorous trees OF
the kind can be used as stock on
which to bud the finest varieties of
wool-cotton-the process, as nearly
everybody knows, consisting in cut
ting a bud, with a piece of bark at
tached, from a plant of the desired
strain, and inserting it in an incision
made for the purpose in the stock
1t is now planned to grow seed
Ings of a vigorous sort in the nur-
sery, as is done with common fruits,
and, when these are two or three
years old, to bud them. Practically
every bud inserted grows. Indeed,
the expert in charge at the govern
ment station, on the island of Oahu,
says that "the day seems near at
hand when one may purchase seed
lings of wool-cotton by the hundred
or thousand. These will be planted
out in orchards like so many fruit
trees, and full year of cultivation
will be saved"
This. of course, is wholly a new
discovery. But it is not the only one
made in connection with this inter.
esting investigation. The experts
have found, much to their own aston
ishment, that they can take ordinary
cuttings of the wool cotton tree
plant them in the ground, and grow
big trees from them. The cuttings
take root Immediately, put forth
leaves, and presently become thirty
ing plants, assuming at first a bushy
form.
The Importance of this is obvious
enough. Cotton ordinarily, in our
own Southern states and elsewhere
is grown from seed. Consequently
there is no uniformity in the plants
produced. Nobody can tell how
seeding is going to turn out. Oh
the other hand, when cuttings of
superior strain are planted, results
are absolutely certain, and all Of tn
plants grown from them will meet tn
specifications for that strain. In
word, this method of planting will en-
able growers to produce a certail
(COntinued on mage 16O
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08
Correspondents Of the Starr

correspondence of the Starr
HILO, Hawaii, June THE Kila-
uea volcano is even more interesting
than l had expected that it would be
and I am particularly glad to have ar.
rived here just now, when there is
an extremely interesting action going
on. The island in the center is NOV
ing from hour to hour. and so is the
cavern into which the lava is flowing,
thus accomplishing the apparently
impossible, through showing that
hole can float"
This was the interesting statement
made this morning by Frank A. Per-
ret, the director of the Hawaiian eX-
petition of the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, who came down
to Hilo to make arrangements for
the stretching of cables across Hale
maumau, by which he will be able
to lower apparatus into the molten
lava. He seems to be very much
pleased with everything that he has
found at the volcano, and states that
the conditions for experimenting are
| ideal and that if the lava was higher
it would not present so good an Cd
portunity, nor would it if the level
was lower In speaking further on
the subject he said:
Where Does 1t Flow?
! According to measurements which
I have made, the level of the molten
lava is about one hundred and twenty
meters, or approximately $50 feet
lower than the level of the Kilauea
crater 1t is in a state of activity
which is of especial interest, and one
thing which I am anxious to find on
is how the lava comes to be rushins
out in one place and coming in a
another. That is, whether there are
two separate passages into tn,
depths, or whether this is simply
natural circulation, which is cause
, by the expansion and contraction u
the lava as it cools and is reheatet
Cables Across Crater.
81 certainly hope that the result
of this trip will be such that a pei
manent observatory will be erecte
at Kilauea, as it seems to me to b
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08
INpBR-ISbAND HAPPENINGS

The Kau Wine Company protests
came in the shape of affidavits which
were totally unexpected and which
Ned Austin, the local representative
of that firm, was not aware of till
they were read in the morning ses-
sion. The board, there being no tes-
timony to contradict them, took no
action towards granting a license,
holding the matter over till the spe-
cial meeting which will be held on
July Is, to consider the granting of
license for the Crater Hotel, as Peter
Lees new hostelry will be known.
-Four of the a|davits are similar m
stating that man who was formerly
a stationary engineer at Honuapo was
seen to go into the place sober and
to come out drunk. 1t is stated that
the engineer in question has been
away from the district for over
year. In addition to this the state
ment is made that the protests came
through Manager VOTERS, of the
Hutchinson plantation and are con-
tinuation of the old fight against the
Thompson Settlement Association.
A Prohibition Experiment.
Hilo Tribune: Last Friday night at
1870 o'clock Kau became a prohibi-
ton district. The closing of the
doors of the Kau Wine & Liquor
Company, a wholesale concern, by
the board of license commissioners,
wiped out the only place where liquor
might be legally dispensed in the en-
tire district, with the exception Of
the Volcano House, and that place &c
only within the district geographic
ally speaking, as it is removed by
Continued on page 16O
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08

HILO, July 4.-The board of license
commissioners for this island at Its
meeting last Thursday decided To
emulate the example set by the Oahu
board in an attempt to annihilate the
blind pigs by compelling the whole
sale houses here to show their books
to the license inspector The step
was taken by the adoption of the fol
lowing resolution:
BE it resolved by the board OF
license commissioners in and for the
county of Hawaii, T. H., that all
licensees of the first class shall keep
complete record of all sales, wheth-
err cash or credit; and
"Be it further resolved, that the
license inspector. or the members OF
the board of license commissioners,
shall have the same access to all
books and records as is required by
the United States internal revenue
authorities
Nau 6OeS DTy'
The holding up of the license oil
the Kau Wine Company refusing the
license of John Payne, in this city
and that of All Lap, at Kailua, We're
the most important things done al
the meeting of the board.
Another big fight came up over tho
license of John de Mello, of Kona
which was also turned down by the
commissioners, this coming directly
as the result of a visit paid that sec
ton by Mesrs. Moir and Ogg, of the
commission. The former stated tha'
not only had they seen two Hawa
iians come out of the saloon drunk
but that he would be against the
granting of the license on accoun
of the dirty condition of the place
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08
VOLCANO STUDENTS At KILAUEA
ARE GREATLY IMPRESSED AND
PREPARE TO PLACE instruments

far the most interesting volcano in
its class that | know of, and one that
is well worth a great deal of study
We expect to stretch our cable across
from the lower, or black, ledge which
will give an opportunity to reach first
shore, then molten lava, then the
island, more molten lava and the
shore on the other side. 1t was pro-
posed at first to stretch two cables,
one across the crater and this 70
meet a second at right angles, which
would run the length of the pit, but
under present conditions one cable
across from the lower ledge will DO
enough We will soon get at work
upon this part of the job, and it
should not be very difficult to get the
cables in position"
The Volcano Neglected.
HILO, July 6.-Among the arrivals
in this city on Sunday by the steamer
Claudine were Messrs. Perrett and
Sheppard the two volcanic experts
who will spend several months at Kill
auea in making various experiments
in connection with the activities Of
Madame Pele. They stayed in HiIo
for but a short time, having breakfast
at the Hilo Hotel and then leaving for
the scene Of activity: In speaking Of
the work which was to be done Mr..
>Perrett said
You can have no idea of the gen.
eral feeling of surprise and astonish-
ment on the part of the Europeans
who are interested in this kind of
work when they think of the fact that
there has been nothing done in con-
nection with scientific investigations
at Kilauea. In any of the European
countries there would have been a
fully equipped observatory there long
ago, or at the very least. STATEN
with an observer on duty at all times.
European scientists cannot under
stand the lack of interest which has
been taken.
81 have seismographic instruments
which | should like to place in posi-.
CONTINUED on Page Sixteen.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08

as Home He eft NIT Wilcox for time and then went out
organized of peace club composed of a
waian and then made enough show of strength get him most
bid the Republican and be the candidate Tor
beaten IhereSaS
half time Kuo, who had traded himself into violent
Republican, hands down He has been winning
since tired Of Congress and something better and Fear
way And DEPRESSION from the subject believe he will
stay in the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08

The poets doing much these days but am hoping for
this doing muChhat the local
beginning look back old files and get the best
past Thomas Rain Walkers "Waanae has life
again has Mr. Doe metrCa vision of the Sweet Apocalypse
which the New York Sun printed long under the head OF The
Half White Girl Not very far back could down to the
Naval Station nicke the slot and get poem anything
right the roof of his mouth than ndte
rather ndc the author Nothing doing either in the haunt
of r. Maurice McAaon the singer of Limerick and suspect
won't be until another of brown smouerng by and
his soul VIII Sabn hits off rhyme and
he is running the occult and getting spawned old
and Adopts the dismal realms of and Ayres is
busy throwing the Advertisers pupue bard give
a soul which full of music that land shell he
wrote about the other day with straight face.
OF course can't speak for the rymng circle of the Koana
Art there number of soulful poets who keep
their verses archives until Christmas card and Valentine day
They don't give much away, these eueed poets
but now and then ballad among
If the rhyme circle would jetton the archives day
of good things would float ashore odorou of male and
Imayhap of myrrh and frankincense
miss the Bard of Dabeate Recall him? He home
heather The Bard Hawaiian Gazette
keep touch with his adopted hame every time he
item that reminded him he column poem about and
back Did the Thistle Club meet to down the infamous liquor
traffic bottle? Why Dabeat responded with rhymed
probation. Did they have thunder and lightning Tantaus u
mails from Scotland they brought back echoes
to music Did flood from the melting fields of Mauna Re;
fern and them blooming the ea Dabee knew
what in for column But alas he the
his Tyre probably used for There
to take his place at least since Admiral Rees left
forgeu Kuho! he says he always
Republican, but if memory holds seat in this distracted globe he began
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08

This surely in class by itself but makes its meaning clear
Homes by garden Why not view of home beside
Towering bit of ground good for weak eyes especially when the
ground fair garden like the Lord And isn't true that waste
garden a sgh' Why would crush your endes emotions
And if T. Mtsuoka of Mo waiting for your order is high
let him his clever hand the craness and remove it, for
like friend Ohai of Kobe he be able artistic work.
adorable of ingenuity and ceverness
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-08

CONTINUED on page 49,
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Continued on page 16O
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-03-17
A Fierce Night Alarm

is the hoarse, startling cough of a
child suddenly attacked by Group.
Often it aroused Lewis Chamblin
of Manchester, o., Err. D. No. q
for their four children were greatly
subject TO group. "Some times in
severe attacks he wrote sswe
were afraid they would die. bat
since we proved what certain re-
medy DIR. Kings New Discovery
is, we have no fear. We rely on
it for Group and for coughs, colds
or any throat or lung trouble. y So
do thousands of others. So may
you Asthma, Hay Fever, La
Grippe. Whooping Cough, Hemor.
RACES fly before it. Soc and 81 90.
Trial bottle free. Sold by Eli T.
Reynolds
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-03-17
FOR Peace Only.

1t is well known that the Friends
have always been devoted to the prin-
ciples Of peace. As they had a con-
trolling influence in the public affairs
of Nantucket, there was no military
organization on that island for several
generations. How the matter was
managed is told BY the author Of
September Days on Nantucket
Whenever military companies came
to the island for holiday young wo-
men thronged the windows and waved
handkerchiefs, but there was no rise
Of military ambition in the town.
Once coterie of young men formed q
training company and sent to Boston
for equipments, but their elders CONF
PEELED them to make the first article Of
their constitution read, 'aThis company
shall be disbanded Immediately in case
of war;
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Her Stipulation.

! The pale young man with sheepish
eyes glanced timorously at his fair
companion. They had sat together in
the conservatory for fully FIVE minutes
and had hardly exchanged a word.
At last, in desperation. he Owed his
hand into his breast pocket and
brought out his cigarette case.
"Do you mind. Miss Smilax. If !
smoker he asked.
mot in the least replied the young
lady sweetly. IF you don't think it win
make you sicky
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-03-17

How would you like to number
ynnr friends by millions as Buck
len's Arnica Salve doesl It's as
rounding cures in the past forty
years made them. lis the hest
Salve in the world for sores, Ulcers.
eczema. burns. hollis. scalds, cuts,
corns, sore eyes, sprains, swellings,
brnises, cold Sores Has no equal
for piles. 25e at Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-03-17
CECIL COUNTY

We have fe1 eived from the Board
lof Public Works. 4 valuable and
Interesting little valnme. complied
Iby Robert B Ennis. entitled
IssMaryland. . being description
Iof ifs lands, products and indus
ltries. The following brief sketch
OF our own county Of Cecil, is taken
from the hook:
The boundaries of Cecil county
Iare Pennsylvania mason and
Dixon line) on the north, Delaware
on the east, the Snsquehanna on
1.-THE west and the Sassafras river,
iseparating II from Kent on the
lsonth. The area is 37b square
miles.
Cecil is among the smaller coun
tiles in the point Of area, and has a
large wafer surface, the Elk, North
East. Bohemia md their tribu-
ltaries, with other smaller streams.
Itraversing the county The surface
| is rolling, becoming quite billy 10,
ward the north and east. There is
abundant water power on the mum
Ierous streams, much of which is
utilized for mills
The schools are exceptionally
IabuDdant and fine, and every
facility for education is freely Of
fered. In addition to the many
white and colored common schools
lin Cecil, there is West Nottingham
Academy, near Coiora, which was
Iopened in 174I. The Jacob Tome
Institute, at Port Deposit, is one Of
| the best and most richly endowed
secondary schools In the country.
The county has established high
schools at Elkton, North East,
Chesapeake City and Cecilton and
an Agricultural High School at
Calvert. The Cecil County High
School, at Elkton. is an elegant
Ihrick structure standing on spacious
grounds There is i new high
school building on fine and roomy
lsite at North East The lilkton
lIIigh School has a department Of
manual training Elkton is the
county seat,
Cecil has in general a good soil,
fitted for farming, trucking and
Ifrnit growing. There is a fair sup
ply of timber, fine water power,
havigable rivers and extensive shad
land herring fisheries.
The Philadelphia. Washington
land Baltimore, the Baltimore and
lOhio. the Philadelphia and Balti-
more Central, and the Columbia
land Port Deposit railroads traverse
1.-THE county, giving 1t ample railroad
facilities; while the Snsquehanna,
Elk. Bohemia, Sassafras and North
East rivers and the Chesapeake
land Delaware canal afford water
transportation.
The county contains 1858 farms,
with 4 reported acreage Of 200,629.
The soil varies from yellow clay to
hisintegrated rock, and is generally
fertile. Much phosphate, lime and
manure is used. The main pro
ducts are corn, wheat, hay,
tomatoes, potatoes and buckwheat.
Cecil county timothy is famed
throughout the country, is graded
highest and is largely grown In the
lnx,v,ow dictw;ofe The rh;rn,onfc ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-03-17
Close Relations.

"You advise that mans constituents
to stand by him?"
"Yep.' replied Farmer CorntosseL
Il advise 'em to stand by close enough
to watch everything he does. Wash
ington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-03-17
Sorry He Asked.

slave you any special terms for au-
tomobilistsT asked the man in bear.
skin and goggles.
.sWaal, yes" responded the old toll
gate keeper. whose gate had been bro
ken down by speeding machines.
Sometimes l call them deadbeats, am
sometimes call them blamed rascals.
Anything else you want to know. mis-
ter?"-C Chicago News.
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pareimonx ana Eeonon,v,

Papa" said child, "what is the
difference between parsimony and
economyw
81 win explain the difference by an
example," the father replied. 'sIf I
cut down my own expenses that Is
economy, but If cut down your moth
er's thhn it is parsimony."