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tect the toad and respect him for the
good he does to us all. Some observ-
ing gardeners have said that toad
is easily worth $40 in garden. The
point of the matter is that practically
all of the toad's diet is of animal or
igin. Nearly every element OF Its
food is made UP Of insects which are
pests in fields and gardens.
We have heard much of the value OF
birds and of the necessity of protect
ing them. 1t is time we began to
care for the toad, as WELL. for their
capacity for insect meat is truly aston
fishing, writes F. B. Swingle in the
Northwestern Agriculturist. Examina-
ton of 149 toads' stomachs proved
that SO per cent. of their food was OF
the sort indicated above. Cutworms,
ants, bugs and beetles, spiders, pota-
to bugs, acknowledged worms, wee,
wills, tent caterpillars and grasshop-
pers were eaten by thousands. Wire
worms and army worms, crickets and
cucumber bugs, rose bugs and plum
curculio were relished just as well.
The gypsy moth, the cabbage moth
and grape caterpillars constitute his
fayorite food in certain localities. And
it is remarkable what storage capacity
is exhibited by the toad. In one stom-
ach u acknowledged worms were
found; in another 81 tent caterpillars;
in one IS gypsy moth, and in another
55 army worms. Of course 1t would
be difficult to determine the number
of insects that toad at liberty would
consume in an entire season. 1t is
sufficient to know that they are well
worth protecting.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09

and vermin proof. The apertures for
ventilation are so arranged that YER
min cannot crawl up the sides
and enter them, and the openings
through which the mother hen and
the little chicks pass in and out
are in slidable section, so that
the egress of both, or of the hen
only, can be cut off at will.
Even when closed, however, the Ven
tilation is such that the air Is always
pure. Another advantage of this coop
is that the top, bottom and sides are
detachable, and the whole affair can
be knocked down in an instant.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09
indigestion In Sheep.

Indigestion is very common all
ment among sheep during the winter
months, and attacks are frequent, es-
pecially while the flock Is confined to
dry feed. The ailment may be char
acterized as failure of the natural
changes which feed undergoes in the
alimentary canal Sheep confined to
a dry, narrow ration, without any form
OF succulent food, are more apt to
suffer attacks Of Indigestion than
when on pasture Ordinarily the all
.ment Is not serious, but if permitted
to run its course takes a more acute
stage and frequently results fatally.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09

and curve in SO that anything scraped
off by the bars will roll down them
into the hollow body, where barrier
inside prevents 1t rolling out again. In
this way one person can pick huckle-
berries from as many bushes in a
day as several dozen persons could
pick by hand, meaning decided saw
ing in time and labor. Another adj
vantage of this picker is that 1t af-
fords some protection to the hand
from the snakes that SO often infest
huckleberry patches.
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one side, and is hinged again in the
center. A notch is made in each end
of the box one-third of the way across
from the hinged side, with correspond
ing notches in the cover, and in these
notches rests cylindrical tank for
heating the brooder. Windows should
be put in the front, and door in one
end. Small holes should be bored in
the ends Of the cover for ventilation.
The cylinder tank is made of gal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09
VENTILAToR FOR HEN HOUSE
Many Buildings Prove Quite Unsatis.
factory Because They Are Not
Properly Ventilated.

Poultry houses are often ursatis-
factory solely because they are badly
ventilated. OF course it is out Of the
question always to tear them down
and build anew or to install the King
system of ventilation, so some form of
ventilator may be the best device to
adopt. In the illustration is shown q
force draft ventilator built like, re-.
volving stovepipe chimney top, says
the Orange Judd farmer. The wing
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09
The Trial Of A Traveller

II am a travelling salesman, !"
Writes E. E. Youn, E. Berkshire,
Vt. and was often trouble with
constipation and Indigestion till |
began to use DR.. Kings New Life
Pills, which l have found an excel
lent remedy For all stomach,
liver or kidney troubles there's moth
ing better. Only rs cents at all
Druggists
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FAR 10
GARDEN
TOAD IS GARDENERS FRIEND
Nearly Every Element of Its Food Is
Made Up of Insects Which Are
Pests in the Fields.

The common toad has been the sub.
ject Of ridicule, contempt and super
stition for centuries past. Nature has
denied beauty and attractiveness to
this little creature. To many people
it is more repulsive than its relatives,
the reptiles. We should learn to pro-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09

with the arrow on top turns the top
so the opening, a, always faces the
wind. Some Of the wind passes
through this opening and out Of the
top at h 1t thus creates draft up
the fue, C, and thus venti1ates the
poultry houss below. The principle
is the same as that used in the atom
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09
N()I<I r.
COOP FOR YOUNG CHICKENS
Illinois Man Arranges Device of Gal.
vanized Iron, Which is Rain, Rat
and Vermin Proof.

A coop that provides safe and
sanitary home for young chickens has
been invented by an Illinois man. 1t
Is made of galvanized iron, with a
circular body and a peaked roof. with
over-hanging caves. It is rain, rat
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09
4 POULTRY
|G3yg,~1Y6,lYa~IT|
y8 X. *
MAKING YOUR OWN BRooDEH
Directions and Illustrations Given of
Suitable Shelter for the
Little Chickens.

In describing brooder that she had
constructed herself and used success
fully, Mrs Belle Stiles says in the
Missouri Valley Farmer:
A box 21a feet wide by 3a or feet
long is made of matched lumber, eight
inches deep inside measure. A box
cover six inches deep is hinged to
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09
HANDY PICKER FOR BERRIES
Georgia Woman Invents Device With
Row of Little Bars That scrapes
Fruit Into Box.

Berry picking is certainly being re-
duced to science A Georgia wom-
an has now patented huckleberry
picker, which is metal apparatus.
The apparatus has box-like body
with a handle on the back. A row
of picker bars extend along the top
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09

During the summer months mothers of
Young children should watch for any unnat-
ural looseness of the bowels. When given
prompt attention at this time serious trouble
may be avoided. Chamberlain's Collie Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy can always be
depended upon. For sale by all dealers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09

Yen WIN CSC relief from rain vnss
on, xi,eT Anss-PAta Pulls arc tAkS&
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09

safe heat can be heated or burned
with this torch. Any timer will make
the torch for 25 cents if you cannot
make one yourself. 1t Is perfectly
safe and cannot explode.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09

sharpened quickly and well, with no
further trouble to the gardener than
the turning of the handle that causes
the shaft to revolye.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-08-09

Ducks that are Matched in an incu-
bator can be cared for the same as
those Matched by hens or ducks in the
natural way.
Goose eggs will hatch in an incubat-
or but not so well as fowls eggs I'M
less the incubator is especially built
for that purpose.
The Leghorns, Minorcas or any OF
the breeds of the Mediterranean class
are non-sitters and are bred for the
purpose of laying.
One fatal mistake made at the end
of the hatch Is to keep the door Of the
incubator open too long after the eggs
have begun to pip.
The poultry business requires study
and constant attention, the same as
any other business. First efforts are
rarely ever successful.
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GARDENING With a Wheel Hoe.

The real pleasures of gardening re-
main unknown to a person who has
neYed used a wheel hoe This modern
invention stimulates good gardening
BY it's use person can cultivate his
whole garden before breakfast, and
feel proud of the accomplishment.
The experienced gardener will use 1t
often, and thus keep the soil of his
garden in ideal condition.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
AN AUSTRALIAN MAKES TWO
GREAT FLYING INVENTIONS

The moment the machine is tilted
out Of position by gust of wind the
gyroscope brings it back into posi-
ton of stability"
About the white Australia" as the
airship to be controlled by electric
waves is called, there is the follow
ing:
This airship, which was invented
by Mr. Roberts, has been controlled
by wireless waves for a distance Of
nine miles. 1t is 10 feet long, and is
worked by a 40 horsepower engine,
which is topped by the wireless cur
rent sent from the operating base
Under the airship is the apparatus
which receives the wireless waves
The motors are in the boxes on the
framework, and the propeller at the
end. The inventors idea is to use it
as an aerial torpedo. In the event of
la hostile aeropane attempting to drop
shells on a city this airship-torpedo
could be loaded with explosives and
/ sent in pursuit, If a collision could
be effected-which Mr. Roberts says
would be easy-the attacking aero
plane land the defender) would be
wrecked. He states that by covering
the airship with aluminium mirrors il
can be made invisible, as the mirrors
simply reflect the sky. Wireless con.
| troll could also be applied to aero
enough to run down any plane car
trying enemies in war The wireless
waves could be used to work the air
ships motors up to 1000 miles,
though the movements of the ship
could only be controlled while it was
in sight"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
BAILEY HITS
TWO BIG CHIEFS

NEW HAVEN. Con, January 90
Senator Joseph w Bailey of Texas,
speaking before the New Haven
chamber of commerce last night, made
a bitter attack on William r. Hearst
and W. j. Bryan. His address was
on what he termed false patriotism.
He said that should he take the per
sonal aspect of the subject he would
point out that those who protest most
that they are patriots are those who
are doing most to tear down this gov
eminent of the people Said the sena.
tor:
The man who denounces most the
use of money in politics il the man
who uses the most money in politics.
There is a person down in New York
Hearst is his name-who has. had
more to say about the use of money
in politics than any othe" man, yet
he has used personally more money
in politics than any other ten men /
could name in the history of politics.
"There is an illustrous democrat
who has had much to say about MS
patriotism, but who has got rich o At
of politics. refer to William Jen-
nings Bryan What ! want you to 10
is to unite and fight without tlinchids
tie common enemy of he country
socialism. / want to say that no &c
publican who ever held the Office OF
president has tried to Dc more faith
ful to the people of this country than
William Howard Taft would like tC
beat him for the presidency, but moi
by lying about him."
President Taft made a plea for th'
continuance OF his economy and eih
cheney commission; declared that tn,
administration has no desire to 'per
secute" business and urged business
men Of the country to get togethe
with him to insure prosperity.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
REBEL GENERAL
VICTIM OF MOB

GUAYAQUIL CEcuador), January
26.--General Pedro Montero, who re-
Gently was the popular hero of Guaya-
quill, was yesterday shot by the angry
populace, dragged into the streets, be-
headed and buried
General Monteru in November last
was proclaimed President by the
TROOPS stationed in Guayaquil, put
handed over the leadership in the
provisional Government to General
Flavio Alfaro. A revolutionary army
went from Guayaquil to meet the Gov
eminent troops from Quito, who under
the command of General Leonidas
Plaza, defeated them and eventually
forced Guayaquil to capitulate.
General Montero, with other leaders,
was captured on January 22nd, and
last evening the General was taken
before a court-martial and sentenced
to sixteen years Imprisonment in a
penitentiary.
When General Plaza, who presided
over the court-martial, announced the
sentence crowds of angry people, who
had surrounded the Government pal
ace awaiting the result, shouted VIC
lent protest The excitement increased
rapidly and some of them rushed into
the courtroom, riddled General Mon
tero with bullets, seized the body anC
dragged it into the open air There
they hacked the head off the shoulder.
gathered fuel with which they started
a fire and then cast head and trunk
into the flames.
The excitement lasted Throughout
the night and revolver shooting oc
CURED in many parts of the city.
General Eroy Alfaro and Genera
Paez, who we're captured at the same
time as General Monteryo, were, j
was reported, sent to Quito at mid
night. They will be tried by court
q martial in the capital
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
HEROIC WOMAN
LIGHT KEEPER

SNOW HILL, Md, January 20
Weeks of isolation in an icebounl
hunger woman's heroic
battle with an ugly sea, the lonely
death of the husband while at prayer
and the wife's self-sacrilcing devotion
to duty after his body had been taken
ashore, are some of the elements OF
the story that came to light today.
William Taylor and his wife were
keepers of the lighthouse on the
treacherous shoals of ChincoteaEue.
The ice, piled up by the recent cold
winds following zero weather, shut
the two off from the mainland At
last the husband fell ILL.,. The sup.
plies had grown desperately low In
the crisis the wife volunteered &c
brave the ugly sea in a gasoline
launch. She managed to reach shore
Last night she noticed that the
light was not burning, Undaunted by
her previous experience, she boardeC
the launch and fought her way agar
through the ice. In the little bed
chamber she found her husband kneel
ing at his bedside as if in prayer. Hc
was dead Mrs. Taylor tended the
| light and kept the lonely vigil Will,
/ friends buried her husband.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
AWAY WITH DRY
SCHOOL BOOKS

Abolish the dry, musty, uuappealing
volumes of standard authors from the
compulsory list of readings given our
grade and high school pupils in Eng
fish, substitute the more interesting
and wildly imaginative fiction of our
magazines or modern novel, if peda-
gogy is to attain practical results, says
Herbert Bates of the manual training
high school of Brooklyn, ~ Y.
Furtner Mr.. Bates, in his article en-.
titled The School and Current Fic,
ton" which appears in the first mum,
Der of the newly established English
Journal, published today by the Uni
yersity of Chicago Press, decries the
present method of subjccting the youth
to crossquestioning of minute details
Of the book read IN this manner the
reader loses all sense of enjoyment
and nine cases out of ten probably
misses the real essence Of the book
he says,
"lf Romeo" adds the writer, had
/ had to pass an examination upon Juliet
he would have fed the sight of her
The task Of Turing a wild and un
tanned young person to like good nov
els is difficult You cant say, Enjoy
this or I'll box your ears He mus
seek OF his own accord. Show hin
good fiction and he will forsake rub
bish. A dog that is well fed at HON,
viii not eat out of garbage pals Blu
to begin we must work at the leve
Of those we teach. One can not g
cumming by telephone.
J First compile a list of good stories
, stories fun of action-a royal list 10
p it contain stories old and new-Doyl,
t Dumas, Kipling, Morgan, Robertson
70 Marryat, Clark Russell, Lover Leve
5 Pullen, Connolly Stevenson, Beac
Jules Verne, Sienkiewicz, sack Lol
], don-all the men who, with bit
l. the boy in them, have told compellin
J. ly of deeds on land and sea. Not n
oeesarily all the big men, but incluC
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06

TEHERAN, Persia, January 2O.-To
obtain an interview with his youthful
majesty, Ahmad Shah, ruler of Persia,
the correspondent Of the Chicago
Daily News had to apply to Naib Sal
taneh, the regent, for permission. The
regent consented and wrote a letter
of introduction to his majesty's chief
teacher, Hadii Sayah, whose real
name is Hadii Mira Mohammed. He
is a venerable man of 65 or 70, deeply
versed in history and the moral sci
ences, and is greatly respected by all.
Accompanied by this gentleman, the
correspondent proceeded to the pal.
ace of Gulistan, THE Rose Garden,
where his majesty lives and attends
school. On the way Hadji Sayah
talked about the young ruler, who is
ia years old today. With his brother
Muhammed Mira, who was born Feb
ruary 10, 1899, and is the heir appar
ent to the Persian throne the Shah is
attended by dutiful servants. In the
absence of his mother in Odessa, he
is looked after by an old nurse named
Muazas-es-Saltene. The most beloved
of his attendants, she is always clos
to his majesty and sleeps at the dooi
of his bedchamber like a faithful dog
Talk With Young Shah's Nurse.
The correspondent had the pleasure
of seeing this old nurse and of com
plimenting her She was the nurse
of the former Shah also and has seel
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06

If the claims made by A. J. Rob
erts. an Australian inventor, are found
to be true, then he has revolutionized
the manufacture of aeroplanes, and it
will be to Australia that the world
will look for progress in this art.
Mr.. Roberts states that he has in
vented an attachment that viii pre-.
vent an aeroplane form capsizing, and
that his airship. the white Aus
tralia," can be controlled by wireless
waves.
Some photographs of the non-cap-
sizable aeroplane and the airship to
be controlled by wireless waves are
reproduced in the Sydney Daily Tele-
graph That neither is a toy is shown
by the fact that in one picture MIR.
Roberts is shown seated in what ap.
pears to be an ordinary sized ma.
chine, while the other picture shows
an airship ITO feet long that has been
controlled by wireless up to nine
miles.
In reference to the non-capsizable
aeropane, the Telegraph has the fol
lowing to say
"A. j. Roberts, the Australian avia
tor, who has Just returned to sgd
ney after three and one-half years in
England and America. where he was
ctudvinp tho tophincal cilo of oviat iOp
has invented a gyroscope with at
taches to an aeroplane The gyro
scope, which is fixed in a frame imme
diately behind the aviator differs
from the Brennan gyroscope in that
it works without a center of gravity
as an aeroplane is balanced in any
position. The inventor claims that il
prevents an aeroplane from capsizing
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06

Joseph E. Scott
the of death
in
the OF life sentences
in s that twenty
would
believe that capital punish
a should
civilization religious and sentiment
to human life that
of the death penalty and the
which ncs is bad believe
ment
than it when such punishment inflicted the York
of
awaiting Of the death penalty
who commits be little
the
message them passed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06

SAN FRANCISCO, January ~
The customs authorities yesterday de-
cided to put stop to an abuse that
has been prevalent for years on board
passenger steamships plying between
the Orient and this port, and that is
the selling of dutiable articles on
board ship to passengers coming from
the Orient to the United States. 1t
has been the custom, in order to pre-
vent one phase of smuggling, to seal
all such articles as soon as the vessel
arrives at Honolulu, which is United
States territory, and to allow the seals
to be broken only between Honolulu
and the Orient. On a recent trip of
one of the big liners some of these
goods purchased in the Orient were
sold on the steamer between Homo.
lulu and this port, the seals having
been broken without authority.
The salesman of these articles OF
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
DOWN Al HALEIWA.

There is a particular charm about
Haleiwa on a moonlight night. The
automobile, in the rent service, being
part of the hotel equipment, is at
the call of the guests for a night drive
around the country as well as a day
light drive through the pineapple plan,
tations. The regular monthly full
moon dance is also a feature of life at
FIaleiwa that is enjoyed by the tran
silent as well as the permanent guest
1t is everything for the comfort of the
patrons and the result is highly salts
factory The trains on the o. r. &
L. go to the entrance Of the hote
grounds.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
NOT TO BUY RESTAURANT
IN NEW YORK NAVY YARD

NEW YORK, January 26.-It became
known today that the Navy Depart
mont, following the report Of the board
of inquiry, had decided against the
proposition for the government to take
over the restaurant in the New York
Uavy Yard. The restaurant was start
ed for the benefit of the employees at
the yard by Miss Anne Morgan, daugh
ter of }. p. Morgan, about three years
ago.
Miss Morgan, Mrs Rosalie Rand
] Mrs. Frances e. Bacon and other prom
inent women visited the navy yard to
day and looked over the restaurant.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
DUTIABLE GOODS MUST NOT
Be SOLD ON SHIPBOARD

vertu jewelry, notions, etc, on board
the Tenyo Maru, which arrived last
Thursday, is Burt Petrone, the ships
barber, a member of the crew. When
he was coming off the steamer on
Thursday he tried to conceal an en-
velope while he was being searched
by Customs Inspector Joseph Head,
The inspector seized the envelope and
found that it contained fourteen cut
diamonds of the foreign value of SAT-,
the duty on which would be ten per
cent. These gems will be confscated
and sold for the benefit of the Govern
ment.
This was the last straw that made
the camel tired, and the order went
forth yesterday that no foreign goods
should be exposed for sale in Ameri
can waters until the duties should
have been paid on them. The barber
will not be prosecuted.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
FIND STRIKERS HAVE DYNAMITE

LAWRENCE Mass, January 10
The first arrest growing out OF the in
vestigation of possible use OF dyna-
mite in connection with the textile
strike in this city was made this aft
ernoon, when six Syrians and a negro
we're taken into custody in a house
where several sticks of dynamite with
caps. fuses and wire were found,
Those under arrest are Sarris Marad,
a tailor, in whose room the dynamite
was found, and who is one of the
strike leaders; Joseph Assaf Trinidad
Boshon, colored; David Roched, David
Bisbara of Fishkill, N. Y; Miss Ze-
kla Rashell and Miss Mary Swizy.
Authorities learned that dynamite
had been brought into the city last
night from Pennsylvania, and search
today located it in a closet in Marad'i
house. The inmates were taken t.
police headquarters Immediately anc
arrangements for an early hearing II
court made,
Fewer employees returned to worl
today and the outlook became less en-
couragiug when it was announced tina
the mills probably would be shu
down Monday morning.
Four additional companies of mil
tia arrived today and were marche
to the mills district without elicitin
any hostile demonstration.