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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-10

Sugar awaiting shipment on Kauai
includes the following. according to
report that has reached this city with
the arrival of the steamer w. G. Hall:
G. g. r. 1900. K. P. 1880, H. S. Co.
1888, Mob 1924, L. p. 1870. G..
T. 1900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

percentage of It's food being harm
ful rodents and destructive insects,
the latter including grasshoppeFs,
CrIckets and moths, which II frequent.
y impales upon thorns or sharp twigs.
1t sometimes catches young birds
Though this Is more characteristic OF
the northern shrike, or butcher bird,)
but It's diet ls chiefly insects and small
rodents. It is, therefore, very valu.
able to the farmer,
The go~lden-winged woodpecker
Calso called flicker" "highhole," etc.
is an Industrious tree protector, and
the most efficient Of all feathered ant
eaters. It lB also feeds freely upon bee
ties, grassboppers, crickets, caterpil.
lars, and other harmful insects, as well
as on weed sed5, Yet 1t Is rapidly
growing rare because IT is much
hunted for food It should be pro-
tected everywhere and ct all times.
In Wow of the decrease already &C,
complished in The general volume OF
bird life in America, In view Of the
enormous losses annually inflicted up
on the people Of this country by the
Tavages OF insects, and in view of the
destruction OF wild life which is now
.furiously proceeding throughout Amer
lea, the Mclean bill, which Is now be-
fore congress, to provide for the fed
eral protection Of all migratory birds,
becomes the most important wild life
measure that ever came before that
body. In view Of the annual economic
loss that will continue as long as a
federal migratory bird bill fails to
pass, 1t Is impossible for anyone to put
n good reason-unless it be on
purely technical grounds-against that
The Weeks bill, before the
house OF congress, Is precisely
ike the Mclean bill, and 1t matters
not which n passes first.
Unless the people Of this country
wish to shut their eyes to their own
interests, and pay out millions of dol.
airs annually in the form Of increased
,ost of living due to the losses caused
insect pests which would be
destroyed by the birds, they should
demand that a federal migratory bird
Dill be at once enacted into a law. It
s Senate Bill No. G497, and on the
calendar It is No. COG. We can
afford to wait until 1914 or 1915,
md congress has full power to act
his winter
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

Dor and a very useful one, for It ls re-.
markedly swift and graceful on the
wing, and is expert and persistent In
catching rose beetles, May beetles.
cucumber beetles, mosquitoes, house
flies and flies that trouble horses
and cattle. One observer records
that 80 parent martins made 3.275 Wis.
it's 10 their young in one la, each
visit meaning. probably, anywhere
from n to half a dozen Insects.
The nighthawk (also called bull.
bat, f. probably one Of The most
useful of birds. 1t feeds exclusively
on Insects, and ranks next to the
golden.winged w~oodpecker (nIcker) as
a feathered destroyer Of ants, which
1t takes when they are in the winged
stage, Potato beetles, cucumber bee.
ties. leaf hoppers, bugs Of various kinds
and enormous quantities OF gnats and
mosquitoes are found in their stom-
achs. They are entirely harmless, for
they never feed on fruit, grain, grass
or vegetables, Yet they are being
hunted for sport and are being exter-
minated.
The loggerhead Tor southern) shrlke
Is a champion pest destroyer, a large
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
DEGREES UNCLE TOMS CABIN
Man Declares Work Is Caricature and
Has Done More Harm Than Any
Other Volume.

Camden, N. i'm an address at the
Camden high school, F. Hopkinson
Smith, writer and artist, said that
Uncle Toms Cabin" had done more
harm than any other book aver writ
ten. He added that the general condi.
lion OF the negro had not improved
since the Civil war, and that The ne.
groes o. the south were happier, bet.
ter cared for and more content in the
days Of slavery than they were now.
Mr.. Smiths criticism of Uncle Toms
Cabin" was based on his belief that
the book gave the world an
conception of the negroes life and
condition before the war. He said
the chief incidents in Mrs. Stoves
WORK were such as never could have
happened in the south. He attributed
much of the bitterness that prevailed
IN the south years before the war to
transformation conveyed broadcast"
by Uncle Toms Cabin"
Mrs. Stowe, he said, was to be
blamed only for making such use of
incidents that came to her knowledge
al second hand. Uncle Toms Cab
r. as a whole, he insisted, was a
highiy colored caricature that did not
renect real life in the south.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

placing polygamy-a simple repudIa.
ton by the husband of his wife. pro.
Nided he Is well enough Off to pay the
nekyah or marriage settlement, which
he Is legally bound to hand over to
her.
Inc woman Of the poorest classes
can go out alone. Custom does not
oblige her to wear her veil down
Should her husband. In a fit Of anger,
wish to divorce her, he must first Of
all produce the Nekyah, the dowry,
IN ready money, not an Easy matter
for a poor man.
Inc real danger to domestic happi.
ness In the great mass of Turkish
homes is the growing tendency of a..
vorce, and a divorce wholly favorable
TO the man as against the woman.
The payment Of the modest nekvoh
arranged at the time Of his marriage
Is a oimple affair, and Il is seldom
enough 10 keep the divorced wife for
the rest Of her days, She is forced to
take refuge with her parents or 70
hld shelter with some of her friends
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
HAREMS OUT OF DATE IN TURKEY

dence as the elder male descendants.
And the royal favorite Of the moment
VIII have transitory Importance on
account OF the influence which she
may exercise over the sultan.
Royal p]rinCesses are considered in
tcriOr to the mother of the sultan, who
Ia the real queen of the little world
OF the harem, has absolute authority,
a large staff of officials and the SUI
preme title OF "Yalide sultan" Thus
1t happens that a of slave
birth may, If she be the mother Of an
heir to the throne, eventually become
the highest woman of the land.
Every royal princess has her daira,
or separate apartments, slaves, ser.
wants and so on, the management Of
the household being given over to her
kalfas, or ladies in waiting--that is to
say, Turkish women of good birth
who have remained unmarried.
Royal Processes rarely take a hus.
band Of their own rank, They are
S'"NlaiD hldlIltu ny the sultan TO
the sons of men Of wealth and posi-.
ton, such as pashas, officers of state,
high civil officials and the like, a
policy which is founded on a very
practical reason. namely, that the ar.
rangement makes the existence OF a
hereditary aristocracy impossible.
One of the p~aradoxes In Turkey is
that the poorer a Turkish woman is
the greater her freedom. The rich
woman canont move q step unaccom.
panied. She sees Constantinople only
from the windows Of her closed
brougham or through a veil thick
enough to act rs n mask. She NAV
dress as exquisttetly as a m~annequin
in a Paris dressmaker's showroom,
but she must not display so much as
IN inch OF embroidery In public.
When her husband wants to take a
second wife, or grows tired OF her
and wishes to divorce her, he has
both the opportunity and the mean
II he is a rich man 1t is not chic
among Turks Of any education to take
a second wife; but divorce is re
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
Only the Sultan Adhercs TO the Old
style Oriental tnstltutIon-Mod-
ern Turk Resorts to Divorce.

Tho domestic arrangements of the
sultan are entirely different from
those of his subjects, Most Turks
have one wife; the sultan has no
recognized sultana, Turks Of high
rank marry into their own class; the
sultan forms unions with women Of
slave origin. The ordinary mar may
not look upon an unveiled woman OK.
cept she be his relation or servant;
the sultan has the right to talk with
any woman in the land face to face.
Turks OF position model their house
holds more or less on the European
plan; the sultan's household is orien-
tai,
That does not mean that in The i'm
perial palace you would find women
slipping sherbet or smoking narghilehs
or clad In baggy trousers, On the
contrary, you would find them smok.
ing nothing more oriental than a
cigarette, sitting OF n European chair
and, yes, wearing corsets! But the
code OF morals il entirely different,
says the New York Sun.
The imperial harem Ia founded on
the old court system Of the Byzantine
emperors aud has an etiquette and
law OF its own, TIE first fact one
must grasp is that the wives or
favorites of the sultan have no i'm.
portance at all. They are nobodies.
TIE daughter OF a Circassian peasant
be honored by the sultan's favor
and even bear him a child, but yet
be distinguished by no other title
than the commonplace "Kadin EFen.
a." Only the mother Of the eldest
son receives the royal designation Of
sultan" her whole title being "Kha.
rekl sultan"
Her dignity only results from her
being the mother OF a possible heir
to the throne; that Is, In the event
that the sultan has no brothers. for
the brothers have the right of prece,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

for bis cheerful song and his hand
some appearance, glad everywhere u
De the companion and the friend Of
man when be Ia well treated and high.
ly valuable az a destroyer Of harmful
grubs, worms agd insects Yet this
bird Is murdered literally by the thou,
sands for pOrpies BY negroes and
poor whites IN the southern states
above mentioned. and Is more or less
hunted In other states. Mr.. r. A.
McllhenHy. who lives or Avery Island,
La, says that during the ten days or
two weeks Of the robin season" I'm
January when the berries are ripe) at
least 10000 Of these useful and beau.
uiul birds are slaughtered daily for
the pot, Every negro nan and boy
who can raise Il gun is after them,
says Mr. McIlhcnny
Although this bird causes some loss
to small fruit growers, It certainly
does vastly more good than harm. It
10 constantly at work on lawns and
heldc hunting for destructive Insects,
which II is exceedingly difficult to
Keep in control II deyours many
Gatorpillars, including hairy species,
which infcst the orchard, woodland
and shade trees. Forty per cent. Of
It's food Is insects, and a. per cent.
wild fruit. It would pay the farmer
well to 30 some expense in order
10 keep the robins away from HIS
fruit trees and berry bushes rather
thar shoot these birds which are so
useful to him in many ways. To muir
der them for pot-pies Is, OF course,
nothing short Of barbarous.
The purple martin is also fond Of
society OF man, and when not
nolcsted by the ylllainous English
iparrowg-and still more villainous
men by whom 1t is sh0t for food.
in the south-it Is glad to
breed in birdhouses near human habi
II MAJ cs a charming neigh
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

with the result that the damage they
do Is mounting up, year by year.
II Ia perfectly apparent that here
IL u situation which demands immedi.
alto action. aud that this action should
bring about the yigiiant protection for
all time, and In all parts OF the coun-
try, OF all insectiyorous birds. Many
OF the most useful of these birds are
already on the tobogganslIde to.
ward determination, as the result OF
stupid state legislation, or the lax en-
foroement OF such laws an have been
enacted. To be explicit:
There are seven states In which the
robin Ia being legally killed by the
tens OF thousands annually as game!
These states are Louisiana. MIssisslp-
pl, Florida, South Carolina, North Car.
ollna. Tennessee and Maryland.
The black bird Ia legallzed game"
and suffers the same fate In four
states-Louislana. South Carolina,
Tennessee and Pennsylvania-and the
District of Columbia besides.
Doves are slaughtered by the whole
sale In 20 states. much to tho loss of
the farmers, for this bird is a great
eater OF weed seeds.
Cranes, which are also very useful
birds, are much hunted for food and
for sport" In Colorado, Nebraska.
North Dakota and Oklahoma.
or tho sixty-odd species Of shore.
birds IT, g., snipe, cuslews. plover,
aandpipers and the llke), at least 30
feed on noxious insects; yet all of
these birds are rapidly disappearing.
According to Mr.. w. H. McAtee OF the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
Children, Two, Three and Four Years
Old, Are Kept at Cradle Age
by Mother.

Cleveland, Ohio.-In a little kitchen
at her home, Mrs. Mood Thol has bat,
tied with nature for years secretly in
an effort to keep time from touching
her babies.
Around her feet crept three chill.
dren, two, three and four years old.
Victims Of a strange code her in.
genuity devised to prevent them adj
vancing beyond the cradle, they
laughed, kicked their feet and waved
their hands as she crooned over them.
The eldest boy did not creep faster
or with greater ease than the younger
ones. He mumbled i~ncoherently, and
tugged at his mothers dress and slob-
bered over a little bib, when she tick
led him beneath the chin. He Is
barely larger than a child OF two years
and apparently has not advanced in
tellectually beyond the cradle.
To further defeat their development,
the mother has never fed them my
thing except baby food. What lay be-
yond the door, through which a stran-
ger never passed, they had no idea.
Neighbors say the woman never took
her children away from home. Occa-
sionally In the hot summer, they say,
she would wheel them away In the
darkness, but always guarding them
closely from the gaze OF any persons.
She has q strange desire to always
keep them babies" Deputy Sheriff
sobczak said. The four-year-old boy
cannot talk or walk. He is not as
large as an ordinary youngster of
eighteen months old"
Several days ago William James.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
GIRL R0BS IN MALE ATTIRE
Young Woman Arrested as Bursla
Says Man Induced Her to
Commit Crime.

Danbury. Conn.--Disguised in ma,s
attire, Amy Travers, a pretty 22.year.
old girl, entered the apartments Of
George Trumbley shortly after mid.
night and stole $22 from the pocket Of
Mr.. Trumbley, who was asleep in the
room.
The girl, who had never been ar.
rested before, accused George Smith
OF having induced her to commit the
crime. Smith has a criminal record
In Connecticut cities. The girl said
she retained only 81 of the stolen
money, giving the remainder to smith
The ma denied this, but the police
found the money in his shoes.
Miss Travers was released on bonds
furnished. by a relative. She will be
arraigned in the police court Monday.
Detectives who have been investigat.
ing a series of burglaries arrested the
girl at her home this afternoon.
She said Smith furnished her WITH
the clothing she wore when she visit.
ed Trumbley's apartments. She de-
MED having participated in any other
burglaries.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
Day on Which Women RuIs

Candlemas day Is not celebrated in
Holland much more than in England,
but Its place is taken by a festival m.
known In this country, Slipper day in
the Netherlands is the one day In tho
year in which the Dutch woman
claims superiority over her husband
On that day she rules him to her
hearts content, and he generally
obeys good humoredly enough. That
Is, unless she is n of those ladies'
not unknown in Holland or In any
other country who aspire to ccmplete
rule over their unhappy Partners
throughout the year.-Philade AHA In
quirer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
Death Betrays Ex.ConyIet.

Denton, Textile death of John Ri.
lis, for IS years a resident of this CITY.
resulted In the revelation that Ellis
was really Joseph G. Addison, who
was convicted OF voluntary m~anslaugh.
ter In Buchanan county, Ca, in 1873.
and escaped after serving three a
OF a l5-year sentence. Five years ago
Ellis told his story to a friend with
the request that IL be given to the
world after his death.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

tilE LAItNEis
cEtrrminated. and other curlcws great
" reduced SO adverse TO III,
ShorebiruH are present conditions that
the wonder IL that any escape. IN
both fall and spring they are shot
along the whole route Of their migra
tion north and south.
The accompanying Illustrations pre-.
6ont portraits of IA group of birds, most
Of which tho average person probably
Knows by sight, though / fear that
only a small minority have a clear
IDEA OF their very great economic
worth.
The Jacksnjpe (or Wilson's snlpej is
n of the shorebirds (referred to BY
Lar. McAtee), which, az a family, are
being rapidly ex~terminated 1t de.
Btroys large numbers OF worms and
larvae, for which 1t probes with its
long bill In the soft earth of corn and
potato ields=-thereby doing the farm
er Il great ~seryice--as well as along
the shores of ponds, lakes and
streams 1t also feeds on grasBhoppers
and other Injurious insects. 1t should
be carefully protected, especially dur.
Ing the breeding season.
The kildeer ployer is another yalu-
ablo and beautiful B~horebird which
Is being hunted to death. 1t ]frequents
meadows and pasture lands, as well
as shores, and devours great quaint.
ties Of mosquitoes, crane files, grass.
hoppers, army worms, cut worms,
caterplllars. cotton,bolI weevils, clover
leaf weeyiIs, rice weeyils, marine
worms, wire worms and crayfsh.
Doubtless everybody knows the rob
In. perhaps tho most democratic of our
birds. beloved in the northern states
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

mat have been most abstenious.
nave eaten s%paringly. and have no,
used tobacco. and have taken uttls
exercise"
IT is just the reverse in my case"
explained DR.. Mitchell. 81 have eaten
Just as much MS wished, II l could gel
II; | have always used tobacco, immot.
erateiy at times; and | have always
taken a great deal of exercise"
With that, Ninety-Two Years shoob
his head at Eighty Years and said
Well, 0 will never live to be an old
man!"-Lippincott's.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

somewhat familiar with. He was
also certain that she had been con
tirned within the week at another
place, The bishop whispered to her
to remain after service, and said.
My dear madam, what do you mean
by coming for confirmation? l am
sure l confirmed you on Monday at
such O place, Did | notT' She said,
You certainly did. | have been fol.
lowing you up the river and have
been confirmed every day this week"
He, astonished. said, why did you do
that W%hereupon she replied. BE
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
FIGHTS AGAINST HER BABIES

clerk of the probate court, discovered
the plight of the children and investi.
gated. He continued the investigation
until he made sure the children were
not imbeciles.
James and Sobczak went to the
house, arrested the woman and took
her to the City hospital. The children
Will be placed in IN infant institution.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

victim OF the white plague, A friend
advised Hillman to get plenty CT
fresh air; get out and walk, eat vege.
tables, drink plenty OF water and
fresh milk"
And so Hillman started to walk and
tramped all but 400 miles of the way
to San Francisco. Hillman arrived in
Memphis from Texsrkana. He walked
from Dallas to that city. Physicians
declare him a well man, and he will 20
back to his old home town on a train.
ln'the six years he has made enough
money from the sale of patent kitchen
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
Recipes for LONGEVITY,

The late John Bigelow, the patri,
arch OF diplomats and authors, and the
no less distinguished physician and
author, Or. 8. Weir Mitchell, were to.
gether several years ago at West
Point, DR., Bigelow was then ninety
two and Or. Mitchell eighty.
The conversation turned to the sub
ject OF age. Il attribute my many
years. said DR.. BiSelow, ito the fact
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
Girl Had Never Seen Train.

treat harrington, Me.--LeIa Phil
ups a l~S-year-old girl, arraigned on a
cnargt OF being a delinquent child,
toid the Judge she had never seen q
railroad train or a trolley car and
nad seen only one automobile in her
lie. The girl had stolen a quantity
OF household furnishings from 0
n~eighboring house and had told hes
parents the articles were gists.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
WINS BY WALKING SIX YEARS
Peddles Patent Kitchen UtensiI 70
Pay Hls Way as He Travels
the Country Over.

Notwithstanding to cheat death
Robert L. Hillman. thirty years old
arrived In Memphis, covering the last
lap OF probably the strangest journey
In the history of the country.
Six years ago physicians told Hill.
mar in Waterville. Me-, that within
q sasnta or two he would be tad. a
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

Ernest Woods, fireman. jumped and
was killed, while Fred LebuAh. en-.
gineer, stayed at his post and escaped
death when the train from st. Adams,
which they were driving, colliced with
an engine In the Grand Trunk yards at
Montreal. Woods had barely leaped
tFom the engine when the baggage
car toppled over upon him.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
government experts
Percentage Amount

i"tAl $40, uN,OVi
Keeping IN mind this enormous
loss. consider also tho following
facts:
~ That inscctIyorOuH birds do
moro than all other agencies com
bined TO keep down insect pests;
ca That such birds undoubtedly
are rapidly decreasing In number,
and tha:, therefore.
t3) destructive insects are. In all
probability. increasing very rapidly,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

bureau OF biological survey (UnXed
States department Of asrlculture).
The black bellied plover, or beetle
head, which occurred along the Allan
tic coast In great numbers years ago,
is now seen only as a straggler. The
golden ployer, once exceedingly album
dsut east of the Great Plains, is now
rare. The Eskimo eurlew with.
In the last decade has probably been
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
ODD CIVIC SHOWS

sheriffs Of London, was fined ESQ by
the court Of alderman for affronting
the lord mayor, which arose from no
other cause than his kneeIing too
near the mayor during prayers at St.
Paul's cathedral"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
Episcopal cure for rheumatism.

Rev. Joshua Kimber, in his interest
Ing "reminiscences, which have been
running through the Living Church
fMilwaukeel, tells the following anec-
dote of the late Bishop Horatio Pot,
ter:
He had been journeying up the east
bank of the Hudson river, stopping for
confirmation each day at adjoining
parishes. When he reached Pough.
keepsie he saw a woman at the rail
waiting for confirmation whose face
Ne was sure he recognized and was
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
AEarA HE unllct slnLre Dc.

United Statra de-
partmcut Of aFricUl
turc Is responsible
for the
ling statement that,
in the year 1904, IN
sect pests cos this
country no less than
f420,lOO. 900 Here
are tho tigurga Of
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10

ton.