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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04
THE FERTILIZER RESOURCES
Of THE UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, December 2O.-At
the last session of Congress an appro-
priation of $12,5)0 was made to the
Department of Agriculture for the
purpose of investigating the fertilizer
resources of this country. At the
same time $4,000 was given to the
geological survey who are drilling at
Fallon, Nevada. The report Of Sec
rotary Wilson has just been transmit
ted to Congress by the President in
a special message.
Both appropriations were the out
come of a desire on the part of Con
gress at the last session to become,
if possible independent of foreign
sources of supply. The United States
possesses the largest phosphate fields
in the world and not only supplies
all that is required for home con-
sumption but also exports large guam
titles to foreign countries. All of the
potash, however, required for our fer
tilizers is imported from Germany,
the annual importation being about
S15,O00,O00. Germany has shown a
disposition to limit the amount sent
to this country and as the use Of fer
tilizers is increasing rapidly, the need
for home supply becomes every year
more apparent.
The present report shows that the
Department of Agriculture has beer
successful in its search and this coun
try should shortly not only be abl'
to supply it's own needs of potasl
salts, but even possibly export to fol
eign markets. A few difficulties of al
engineering character are still to b
overcome, but they are not Of a sc
rious nature. A new industry will b
established and if the by-products ar
wisely used many millions per annuT
should be added to the wealth of thi
country.
The department experts have CO.
cred A wide range In their investig
ton. Some of the5desert basins wei
examined; brines and the moth'
liquors from salt wells were teste
= and experiments have been carried
with the object of extracting pota'
[ from silicate rocks, and mineral
such as alunite, which contain 1t, II
work is still under way and pota
! in limited amounts undoubtedly W
- be derived from some OF the
g sources. Up to the present none
: them give promise of satisfying I
s country's needs.
l. But in the giant kelps Of the Paci
D. coast a satisfactory source OF pota
has been found Tho kelp gro'
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04

On December 10 the Brooklyn Citi-
zen published, = as cablegram from
Honolulu, a report of a sermon
preached here on that day by Pastor
Russell, the sensational Brooklyn min
lister 1t was a very good sermon,
part of which we give below, but it
was never uttered here. Pastor Rus
sell came, stayed about few hours
with a clerical and lay committee, and
went on. No meeting was held, but
below are some paragraphs from the
opening part of it. Probably the PAS
tor meant to preach, but he didn't CON
meet:
HONOLULU, Hawaiian Islands, De-
cember 1S.--The international Bible
students committee of foreign mis-
sions investigation stopped at Homo
lulu and made observations. Pastor
Russell, chairman of the committee,
delivered a public address. He had a
large audience and attentive hearing.
His text was from Isaiah Xvi, g. re-
specting the birth of a nation in day.
He said:
"As our ship neared your beautiful
island | thought back a century to the
time when these islands were unclvil-
lied. 1t called to my mind the text.
Who hath heard such a thing? Who
hath made such things? Shall the earth
be made to bring forth in one day?
Shall a nation be born at once?"-
Isaiah 66:S
Then I thought of how your island
has been styled the Paradise of the
Pacific" The reality surpasses my
expectations. Yet as l think of the
glorious conditions which the Bible
tells us shall prevail throughout the
whole earth under Messiah's Kingdom,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04
NEW YORK POST
IN ANANIAS CLUB

NEW YORK, December 23.-Tne
New York Evening Post in a first page
story today said that Colonel Theodore
had put George r. Sheldon
in the Ananias Club for saying that it
was he, not Mr.. Sheldon, who pro
posed that letters generating Colonel
Roosevelt from soliciting $4,000 cam
paign fund from the late e, H. Harri'
man, be written.
The Colonel then came right back
at the Evening Post by issuing q state
ment at Oyster Bay which said that
the newspaper had published a charac-
teristic and peculiarly infamous false
hood and had twisted his remarks to a
reporter into an attack on Mr.. Shell
don.
Mr.. Sheldon made a statement at his
home. q East Thirty-eigLLh street
which backed up the Colonel.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04

Lieut. Thomas H. Cunningham,
Fifth Cavalry of Schofield Barracks,
has been assigned to the service
school of Musketry, at Monterey, Cali
fornia, for a tour of attendance.
Lieutenant Cunningham has an ex-
ceptionally fine record of duty well
performed with his regiment of three
years in this island, and in the Philip
pines division an equally long stay.
For part of this time Lieutenant
Cunningham has been engaged upon
map making of Oahu living for months
in a tent with his corps of helpers
far removed from his post or the
haunts of men. Lieutenant and Mrs.
Cunningham will leave on the next
transport for the Coast
The Marine Barracks.
No decision has been reached by
the Washington authorities in regard
to the immediate beginning of the
building of the Marine Corps quar-
tiers and barracks at Pearl Harbor, as
far as is known by the officers of the
Marine Corps stationed here.
Two years ago in November Colonel
Denny u S. NJ. c., came here from
Washington, D. c., selected the site
and made a report as to the kind of
buildings best suited to the corps and
climate. Bids have been advertised
for and received. Those for the build
ing of officers quarters were too high,
exceeding the Appropriation made by
congress, and those for the barracks
buildings were lower than allowed.
An equality will have to be struck
before work can be commenced on
the Marine Corps post.
Fine Horse Gone.
Chaplain Samuel H. Bell. first field
artillery, at the Leilehua reservation,
has recently lost his thoroughbred
Kentucky horse elf and there is
general regret felt and expressed at
the brigade post in consequence.
Cliff was a beautiful animal, admir-
ed by all, and it was a rare treat to
see him cakewalll with all the grace
and elegance possible. He will be
sincerely missed not only by Chaplain
Bell and his family but by the entire
cantonment of the battalion.
The sherman's Load.
There was much surprise expressed
and wonderment felt at the alarming,
apparently. capacity Of U, S. army
transport, as was illustrated by the
carrying of an entire regiment, two
hAttalions Of another regiment and
casuals aboard the Sherman, en- route
from the Philippine islands 10 the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04
HOME oE rRurH LEcTuRE.

Mrs. M. NJ, Hunter-JOnes is now
conducting a series of lectures on
practical metaphysics at the Home of
Truth, 1920 Kapiolani street, Thurs
day evenings at o'clock.
The subject for this evening will
be THE Cleansing of the Temple "
All who are interested in finding
health of mind and body and the king
dom of heaven within. which is at
jesus said "at hand" are cordially in
vited to attend these lectures Tele
phone 1923,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04

weeks holiday year on full pay. Men
on space to receive two and half
cents line-one penny farthing in
English money.
This is really the first practical
result that has been achieved by any
union of the kind in the world" said
Mr.. Conley, "and means that consid-
ering the cheapness of the cost of
living in Australia, the working re-
porter will enjoy better conditions
than anywhere else in the world.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04
MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM.

It is worse than useless to take any
medicines internally for muscular
or chronic rheumatism. All that 10
needed is a free application OF Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. For sale By all
dealers. Benson, Smith & Co. agents
for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04
FAMILY HONEYMOON" TRIP
OF AN AUSTRALIAN COUPLE

whether she was ever called upon to
play any more unique than that of be-
ing on honeymoon with her family
Mrs. Osborne took her place in Sgd
ney society after her marriage to Mr.,
Osborne, a wealthy sheep-owner in
New South Wales. She has since
helped charitable performances consid-
erably by her appearance in some of
her old parts, assisted by a company
of amateurs. Mr.. and Mrs. Osborne
continue their honeymoon" on the
Mongolia on Saturday morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04

On honeymoon with their children
is the way Mr.. and Mrs. Osborne have
come to Honolulu on their way to Eng
land via the United States, according
to morning paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Osborne were married
in Sydney many years ago. She was
then Miss Maud Jefrries, who used 20
play leading parts under the ]. c..
Williamson management She was
big success in Australia, for she is a
noted English beauty actress. She has
played many roles, but It is doubtful
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04

oRAPlNE grape Juice drink sold at
Soda Fountains. Ask your soda works
bother for IT, It is a delicious drink.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04

MANILA, December 21.-A battle
is imminent in the island of Jolo be-
tween 500 Moros and a force of Amer
lean troops The Moros, who are de-
flying the ultimatum issued by Brig
adler General Pershing ordering the
disarmament of the natives in the
district, have retired to the top of the
peak of Bud Dajo, which they have
fortified. They are surrounded by in
fantry and artillery, and fight is
likely to begin at any moment
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-04

Later dispatches gave news of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-29
DR.. SHAW'S SERVICE.
Suffrage President Looks Back Over
Thirty Years of Work.

Rev. Anna Howard Shaw in Harper's Bazaar.
More than thirty years of constant
service IN the cause of woman's en-
franchisement has strengthened my be-
lief in the value of the ballot for
woman, for the broadening and deepen
ing of her character and for the enlarge
ment of her opportunities for useful and
effective social service. When We add the
growing need of the state, since il no
longer deals merely with the material
problem of a young country, but with the
new and growing demand for the conser-
walton of human energy and life, for the
ness and public affairs and for the de-
velOpment of human character, we can
not doubt that tle state needs the direct
influence of woman for it's development
quite as much as woman needs the ballot
for her own. Because I knew woman
could best secure these ends through a
larger interest in public affairs by the use
of the ballot, | -ent into the suffrage
work. | believe it is to be the greatest
moral and political reform of the ages.
To the service of this fundamental
principle of democracy | have sentenced
myself to hard labor for life. l count
no sacrifice too great, no trial too severe,
no years of striving too long, if happy
the women of the future shall enter life
unshackled by prejudice. tradition, and
political disfranchisement. In the service
of justice and equal rights for all failure
is impossible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-29
To Prevent Wife Beating.


Is a man who is kind to animals kind
to his wife and children?
The New York Woman's League for
Animals is sure that he is. Accordingly
the members of the league are starting
illustrated lectures and prize essay con-
tests in the East Side schools and set
Element houses to teach the children to
know and love animals and so grow up
gentle toward each other The cat. the
dog ard the horse each get a separate
lecture, while birds, animals at the zoo
and animals in general are other TOPICS.
AfterWard the children get prizes for the
best essays on subjects suggested by the
lectures.
You don't find wife-beaters who are
fond of pets and lovers of animals de-
cIares the league.
The statement is somewhat sweeping.
the truth In spite of a good many Bill
who Is fond of animals is more likely &c
he gentle TO his human-folk. Just as
adding Neros have somehow never dis
credited the charm of music in soothing
the savage breast.
Interest in animals is one of the ear
Hest and readiest responses obtainable
from "A child's mind. AS a refining in
fiucnce, where such Influences must be
few perhaps none better repays cultiva-
ton. Moreover. some of the children's
essays show great observation and
shrewdness. THE cat has sharp claws
and walks very softly is one of the
@ast vital and pithy summaries of the
ar.mal that we have ever met.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-29
How the Other Half Lives.


The standards of living of the southern
and eastern Europeans, who now form the
largest proportion of our industrial work
ers, are much lower than those of the
native Americans or of all other classes
of wage earnerS in our mines and fac
tories. The preponderance of single men
among the newcomers. or, what prac-
tically amounts to the same thing, of
married men without their wives and
families. has made possible boarding
group system as the usual method of
living. Under this arrangement, which
prevails in all Industrial localities. a
married workman, as. Il rule, acts as
mead of a group of immigrant wage
sarnerS ranging in number from four
to- twenty. His wife does their cooking
and washing and the general house,
keeping. Each lodger either buys his
own food and has ii cooked separately
or the housewife buys ii all, and its cost
is distributed equally among the men,
bers of the group. The head of the
household receives a fixed sum, usually
So per month, from each ledger. His
profit obviously increases in accordance
with the number of boarders or dodgers
he can keep in his house or apartment.
and consequently he endeavors to crowd
his rooms to their utmost capacity All
available space is utilized for sleeping
purposes. Often the same beds. which
are occupied at night by day workers
in the mills or mines are used during
the day by men on the night shifts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-29
Discovering the Obvious.
Evening World.

From The New York Evening World.
An Italian professor in Florence who
claims to have been making scientific
study of mems dress offers the world
the following as the first fruits of his
la bors:
Extravaganza in clothes leads to crime
and prison.
Equally foolish to be a slave to fash
ion or to neglect it entirely.
Better be neatly dressed six days in the
wee. than blossom into dandy Sunday.
- copy the dress of a celebrity is usu-
ally to make oneself ridiculous.
Better be modestly dressed by CHEAP
tailor than showily attired in clothes
picked up here and there.
Clothing is a kind of second skin. Give
the one as much care as the other.
1t would seem that the learned pro-
fessor has been discovering with a micro
scope what any Well brought up chile
could have told him offhand. And al
Englishman with no science put the bes
of ii all in twenty words:
Those who make their dress principal
part of themselves will. in general be
come of no more value than their dress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-29
Again the Lost Continent.

From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Several scientists from the British sMu-
scum are planning for an expedition to
Easter Island, the most eaSterly of the
Polynesian group, and about 1000 miles
from the South American coast. The
island is described as very small spot
ON the map. lonely in its surroundings
and having a total area of only forty-five
miles. But it is believed by these men
of science that this little isolated spot of
earth, just showing its head in the great
ocean, is all that is left of a once popu-
lated continent which was overwhelmed
by the sea following a great seismic dis
turbance.
What makes the island especially inter-
eSting, and gives rise to the speculation
of the scientists who are to visit it, is the
presence of over 800 images carved from
lava and stone, which evidently at one
time stood upon pedestals and were re-
earded as works of art. One of these is
reported as SXty-eight feet i'm length.
AS there is no metal on the island, and
the only tool found was a prehistoric
chisel, and as the present water supply
would not furnish support for men
enough to drag the figures from the quar-
ries, the theory is advanced that there
must, at some period in the remote past
have been another continent there in the
southern seas which was suddenly over
whelmed. This latter suppostion is
borne out by the fact that most OF the
figures are unfinished.
InVeStiga tons of this kind have their
value in stimulating men to unrayel the
mysteries of the past and bring to light
whatever lessons they may have for us
We are never too old to learn, although
most of us would probably prefer to stick
to the continents we have, with all their
trials and tribulations, rather than go
deivinS after unknown continents which
undoubtedly chad troubles of their own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-29
Climbing the Welsh Mountains.
from the Wide World Magazine.

From the Wide World Magazine
Perhaps, from some points of view. the
most remarkable climb in Wales is the
Cyfrwy ridge, on Cedar Idris. The ascent
reeks of danger in cOntradstinction to
difficulty. and the two are not synony-
nous. The greatest skill is of little avail
if the portion of the mountain to which
one clings suddenly falls bodily over the
precipice. This curious loose tendency
is the distinguishing feature of several
Welsh climbs and on Cyfrwy the risk
has been illustrated with startling vivid
ness. Eight years ago a scrambler
achieved a record here by falling over
eighty feet without being killed. 4 mass
of rock came away, but he was able to
fling himself clear, and eventually found
his downward career checked on grassy
ledge. :
But even this terrible record was broken
on CyfrWy in 1909. \ well known expert
fell hundred feet in three long bounds
! quote from his own description: Il had
worked out on to the steep face of the
Table. The holds were firm and ample.
There was no suspicion of danger. Sud
denly the whole mountain seemed to
sway. For a moment-Which seemed an
eternity of torment chung to the crag.
1t broke away above my outstretched
hand below my feet, and carried me with
it into space. / turned a complete somer-
Sault ana landed on my back, rebOunded
into space. crashed twice against the
ridge. and eventually pitched on to "a
Soping ledge some seven feet broad. The
thunder of the rocks as they fell through
the final hundred-and-tf ty-feet drop be-
low my ledge showed me how narrow
had been my escape.
OF course, such a terrible experience
meant the breaking of something More
than records. However, though the da M
age was serious, the unlucky enthusiast
yet hopes to climb his beloved noun
tainS again"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-29
PAUPERISM IN LONDON.
More Than 100000 Persons in Re-
ceipt of Some Kind of Relief.

rr"ih IN" Lon on 1ltcS-
The latest return of the number Of per-
sons in receipt of relief in London. OK
tcept casual paupers and certain others
specified below. shows that SATURDAY.
July 6. there weres l04, Al paupers. of
! whom 73. 1872 were in the warehouses; aud
1928 were on the outdoor lists, including
80 children boarded out beyond tbs.
unions and 12.69 other children under
sixteen years of age. The total was
higher by 3,231 than that for the CORE
spending day of July. 1911. and represent
ed a rate of 23-1, as against pa per 600
of the population. There. was an increase
of JOS in the workhouse population and
of LIB in the number receiving relief
outside.
On the corresponding Saturdays in the
preceding three years the numbers were:
l9ll, lO1,2o4 paupers 72,6Sf indoor and
$500 outdoor), or pa per LOCO OF the
population; 1910. 11o.911 G5.623 indoor
and b.2Ss outdoorl, or 25.6 per loo Of
the population; 1909, 116,S26 (75, 16l in
door and A., 065 OUTDOOR, or 25.s per 900
OF the population. On the night Of Fri
day, July o, 4J9 casuals were relieved, as
against 49, the corresponding night OF
1911. S24 in 1910 and 963 In 1909. The
paupers not included IN the above fig
ures were: Three thousand four hun
dred and thirteen cases OF medical relief
only and 1920 pauper 1unatics. The
casuals and the other special classes.
added to the ordinary pauperlsm, bring
the total up to 125,133. Il.
The numbers of inmates in the insti-
tutions of the metropolitan asyiums board
are included in the return for. the first.
time. They are: Seven Thousand six
hundred and two in imbecile asylun1s.
1868 in institutions for children other
than imbecile asylums. and 1852 in fever
and smallpox hospitals The last named
are not classed as paupers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-29
SONG OF THE SANDS.
Scientist Declares That Scotland Has
Best Singing Sands.

From London Tit-Bits.
lecture given recently at the Royal
Societies Club by Mr.. Carus-Wilson was
devoted to consideration of the extra
ordinary sands known as musical or
singing" sands.
The best singing sands in the world
come from the Isle of Egg, off the coast
of Scotland, and it is comforting to know
that, whatever figure Britain may cut IN
grand opera, she is at least prominent
when it comes to a question OF singing
sand But what is singing sand? MT.
Carus-VVilson went to great pains to leave
no doubt on the subject, and although his
audience contained many eminent Seoi-
ogists, he asked leave to begin at the very
beginning and to treat his audience as
an audience of boys
The lecturer showed how the rocks or
which the earth is composed are decom-
posed by the action of natural causes,
chiefly the weather; how cliffs become
boulders; how boulders become pebbles,
and pebbles in turn become sand In the
course of time 1t occurs that nature, that
most versatile old lady, produces a kind
of sand which has music in its soul;
sand composed of quartz, rounded and
highly polished, of a uniform size and
very clean.
produce vibrations. by means of the wind,
by being trodden upon, or by being struck.
they produce musical notes. Such per-
feet deposits are found in the Isle of Egg.
and it was by means of samples of the
real Egg variety that the lecturer pro-
duced musical notes.
Filling a wooden egg-cup with sand
from the Isle of Egg, he stabbed the sand
with wooden ninepin distracted, he
said. from the nursery at home, and pro-
duced high musical note. The sand be-
haved better in the egg-cup than in any