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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04

However, | EAd my nlSttiy-ahop.cd
opinions uphr!d By ~ less an author
it, than the Popular Mechanics Mn-
gaZipc, and ilaSmuCh as the subject
is Of corsidt -aLle interest. hasten
to quote tnerefrom:
SO far, two mechanical OF >cienti-
fic features stand ont viriIly in t4,e
great Balkan war. These have TO do
with the wonderful help civen The
Balkan army straits Ci&tj by the E!i,i-
tary aerOplaneS, and tie remarkable
effectiveness CT the modern rapid lire
field guns Of the allies, as compared
with the poorer showing OF the Just
as modern rapid-fTe guns of the
Turks, the supremacy Of the one type
Of gun over the other being ascribed
to structural differences. The field
guns used by all the allies, with the
exception OF Montenegro. are the
French acknowledgements while the
Turkish guns arc the German krupps
This war is the first in which modern
quick-f1ring guns have been used by
both sides; and France is jublant
that the type of guns used by her
own army has apparently proved SD
peTlof 10 lnOSe OF the Germans.
The breech Of the Creusot gun
opens at the back like a door, being
hinged on one side. The Krupp gun,
ON the other hand, has a breech open
ed and closed by wedge much re-
sembling a bolt. The body of the
gun at the base is slotted out at right
angles to the bore, and the bolt or
breeehblock moves in this SLOT and
has a portion cut away to correspond
with the bore of the gun, the shell be-
ing pushed through this opening past
the wedge. which is then driven
home"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04
The Onlooker ):
Arms and the Man,"

| hate to get into windy arguments
where temper gets the best OF either
myself or my opponent, but must
own that | like nothing better than
to stir a competent talker into actiT-
ity. Recently ! involved myself in
an alteration with an esteemed leu
tonic friend on the comparative MGR
its Of French and German guns as
exomplifed in the. BalkanTurkish
war. The gentleman whom | irritat-
ed into a state approaching temper
airy rabies has long ago adopted the
United States as his foster-mother,
but he still maintains that the Krupp
guns lead the world.
| will confess that | know no more
about gunnery than about archery or
embroidery, but had happened on an
article in a New York paper which
criticised the Turkish adapted Ger
man military system severely and
ended with the statement that the
system had proved itself as inferior
to the French system of the Bulga-
rian army as the Krupp's had proved
inferior to the French Schneider
Creusots: Upon this meager founda-
ton ! built fabric of fancy that soon
reduced my worthy opponent almost;
to tears. He protested vehemently.
vociferously, surlily and finally belli-
cosely that the system and the guns
were al! right-they must be all right
because they came from Germany
and that all the trouble has been in
the use of them by the Turks The
debate waxed warm and | am afraid
that my friend did not recover his
equilibrium even after l gave up the
attempt to out-argue him and moved
on to other and less easy conquests
of the sense of hUmor.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04
A Sign of the Times.

While our worthy Outdoor Circle
Of the Kilohana Club is endeavor-
ing to transform the Palace
ASquare neighborhood into something
bore nearly approaching beauty Of
1GSrm and adornment, | wish they
would take up with Will Adams, the
handsome lessee of the Hawaiian
Opera House. the matter Of the big
electric sign that shines forth above
the doorway whenever the house
opens for an attraction.
For many a weary day and night,
through storm and sunshine and rain
and drought and everything but frost,
snow and icicles, this sign has an
nounced to the world in foOt-hiph let
tiers, "Opert House Tonight" Apper-
emily the fact Of the structure itself
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04

Speaking of the Maud Powell con-
cert, the diversity of opinions as to
her playing are numerous. There are
some who aver that she is perfect,
others who could not see but few
elements of greatness in her playing,
Others who give, her credit for be-
ing a marvellous technieian but who
found no soul in her admittedly
skilful bowling, and so on. -.
OF course, Madame Powell came
here with a halo of greatness around
her. undoubtedly one of the best-ad-
Vertised OF living musicians, probably
the best-advertised American music
ian. And to some minds any criticism
Of her is sacrilege. To some she is
above criticism. Not, however, to
many others who we're disappointed in
her first concert. Frankly speaking,
she was not at her best, and those
who know Maud Powell at her best,
as well as those who know music at
its best, know that Madame Powell
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04
The Price of Success.

either underestimate, her audience
on the first night or could not reach
her marvellous heights, At the sec
ond concert, she responded nobly to
that strange stimulus which touches
the musician, the painter, the poet,
the sculptor. And the last concert
was much the better Of the two.
Perhaps the clue to Madame
Powell's playing today is found in
the fact that she is forty-five years
old, that she has gone through twenty
seven years of work in public. that
her mastery of the violin has been
achieved by more than three decades
of incessant toll. She has won her
present high place in the musicai
world by patience and industry that
have had few equals in musical his
tory. There never lived a musician
in whom the keen edge Of spontaneity
and inspiration is not dulled at times
by overwOrk and the accumulated
strain of years of public perform
ance
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04

being in that sacred spot at that APP
pointed time is more notable than
the announcement of the celebrities
to appear therein.
On the night Of the Maud Powell
concert, two tourists. one 4 beautiful
ly-gowned woman, the other a we'll
groomed man, sat in front of me. |
heard the woman say:
1T must be a great thing to have
Maud Powell play in Honolulu.
YES" rejoined the man, but did
you notice the rube sign above the
door? 1t reminds me Of Bird Center
or New Rochelle"
1t is a "rube sign when You stop
to think about it, and | commend a
change to the attention Of those in
search of a city dignlfied as we'll as a
city Leautiful.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04
death resulting instantly.

death resulting Instantly" -
The Herald mentions Mr. Turner's
former residence in Hilo, where he
was one of the most respected Inem-
bers of the community and adds:
His work in Puma was just beginning
to show fine results as the cohse-
Quence of careful and judicious man
agemcnt."
At the request of Mrs. Turner, who
had been in Honolulu for some weeks
before her terrible bereavement, the
body was sent here for.-buriaL.
The late Mr.. Turner was a.sbrOther
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04

From a manuscript recently OBJ
tanned by the University Of Pennsyl-
rania from Theadelphia small city
in Egypt, it would appear that high
cost of living Of food and excessive
freight rates were grievances in that
country 1900 years ago. The manu-
script is the report Of a sitologus,
or collector of revenue, and it men
lions complaint by taxpayer, an
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04
ACCIDENTAL DEATH
OF BRIDGE-WORKER

Frank y. Bryan, one of the bridge
workers on the Hilo Railroad. was
killed on his work last Monday
morning at kaawali gucn, the tu-
eral taking place in this city tn"
ErNt day. Bryan Was helping TO take
"ucA some of the heavy cables Nhi, h
~ )cen used in the construction OF
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04

He had been with the railroad conf
rany for some time on its work and
vas not only considered a good work
man but. was personally very popu-
lar.-Hawaii Herald:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04

II

TURNER Suddenly, on Dee. 81. 1912.
in Puma, Hawaii, Lewis F. Turner,
" aged IS years.
Funeral from the residence Of his
brother-in law, Erdman Dwight Bald
vim 1890 Punahou street, at 3 o'clock
fisis afternoon
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04

of Frederick j. Turner, salesman al
Fl. May & Co.'S, and George Turner
painter.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
HAIR CAME OUT IN PUNCHES

813 E. Second St., Muncie, Ind.-"My
little girl had a bad breaking out on
the scalp. It was little white Jumps.
The pimples would break out as large
as a common pinhead all over her
head. They would break and run vel.
low matter. She suffered nearly year
with itching and burning. 1t was sore
and itched all the time. The matter
that ran from her head was very thick.
| did not comb her hair very often, her
head was too sore to comb it, and
when I did comb. 1t came out in
punches. Some nights her head itched
SO bad she could not sleep.
II tried several different soaps and
ointments, also patent medicine, but
nothing could get to stop it. I began
using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment this summer after I sent for
the free samples. I used them and
they did so much good bought a cake
Of Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura
Ointment. I washed her head with
Cuticura Soap and rubbed the Cuticura
Ointment in the scalp every two
weeks. A week after I had washed her
head three times you could not tell she
ever had a breaking out on her head.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment also made
the hair grow beautifully" (Signed)
Mrs. Emma Patterson, Dec. %, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuttcura, Dept. L, Boston"
Ady
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
CHANCES of Climate.

A scientist who recently investigated
the causes of secular variations in tenn
perature at the earth's surface thinks
that they are more probably due to
changes in the amount Of carbonic
acid in the atmosphere than to varia-
tons in the heat Of the sun. If the
amount OF carbonic acid that the air
now contains was diminished little
more than half, the mean temperature
all over the earth would, it is stated
drop about eight degrees, which would
be sufficient to. bring on another gla.
cial period. On the other hand, an In
crease of carbonic acid to between two
and three times tbs present amount
would raise the mean temperature is
degrees and renew the hot times OF
the Eocene epoch.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
MANY PERSONS COLOR BLIND
Tests Used by Railroads Show That
Almost Everybody Is Slightly
Color Blind.

The various tests for color blind
ness have come into practical use In
the examination of railroad engineers
and the like, where the ability to dis
tinguish colors is necessary, So that
these tests are no longer peculiar 10
the laboratory. But it is not gener-
ally known outside the laboratory that
everybody is partially color blind
that is, in certain parts of the field OF
vision. The most normal Individual
can see all the colors only when he
looks directly at them. II looked at
from an angle of about fifteen degrees
red and green can no longer be seen,
but in their places will appear shades
of yellow or blue. This region of the
eyes is known as the yellow-blue zone.
IL the color be moved still farther to
the side the yellow and blue will dis
appear and only gray can be seen.
This region is known as the zoIe OF
complete color blindness. An inter
esting theory in regard to these zones
is that every normal eye represents
three stages of evolution. The zone
of complete color blindness is the low
est stage, and appears in such ami
mails as the frog, whose vision is
known as shadow vision. The blue
yellow zone is one step higher in the
scale, although not clearly marked
off in the animal kingdom. And the
appearance of the red-green zone
marks the highest stage Of evolution.
Cases of color blindness are, accord
ing to this theory, lack of develop
ment beyond the early stage Of indi-
Cidua1 life-Strand MAGAZINE
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
Superstition ana JurIes.

After having sat on many juries the
observant man is Of the opinion that
the whole human race is still strong
Iy tarred with the brush of supersti-
ton.
81 am confirmed in that belief by the
amount of damages invariably voted to
plaintiffs whose injuries smack of SUI
perstitious origin" he said. IF load
of bricks should fall from fifth story
window onto the head of a man who
happened to be walking under ladder
he would get twice as much damages
as If the ladder we're not there. The
element Of bad luck that attaches to
ladder would insensibly influence every
Juror, and the sum awarded would re-
feet their prejudices and sympathies.'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
KILLING Fowls,

The French poulterer kills his
fowls by dislocating the neck with a
swift back chuck given close to the
head. At once the dressing begins SO
that 1t may be completed before the
body cools. The legs and wings are
tucked close tc the body which is
placed breast downward against a
board. a moist cloth is spread on
the back which imparts a fine grain
appearance to the flesh. A weight is
applied TO secure the required market
fairness and when thoroughly cold the
birds removed, packed carefully and
closely in crates or cases according TO
their destination.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
A Cold Frame for Fall.

1t is really remarkable what results
can be had in the garden long after
the frost comes, by the use of prop
erly built cold frame. The most salts
factory frame we have used is made in
sections, three by six feet-the mum.
Der of sections to be used depending
on how much space you want to de-
vote to late plants.
The cold frame is nothing more
than four boards nailed together to
make the sides, and it should slope
slightly toward the south. This is
then covered with sash, made Of light
wood, covered with cloth. Water
proof material may be gotten for this
latter from most of the large seed
stores, and is preferable on account
of it's durability.
Success with cold frames In the fall
depends on getting your plant well
started before the frosts come. A
good plan is to build your frame work,
and a good size would be six by twelve
feet. This would require four cloth
frames to cover it, and the total ex-
pense should not exceed five dollars
for materials. Inside this Enclosure
can be planted any late summer vege-
tables that you want to raise. IF the
sun is particularly hot, put the cover
frames on during the middle of the
day, but otherwise just give the plants
the same attention you would II
planted in the spring.
When danger of frost is at hand.
put the cover frames on every night,
taking them off in the morning, but
when the weather gets still colder,
leave these cover frames on all the
time. You will be surprised at the
excellent crop Of late vegetables you
will have when all your neighbors'
gardens are desolate.
If you want to have vegetables all
through the winter, you must replace
the cloth frames with glass about No
vember 1, and by this means some of
the harder plants, like radishes, beets,
string beans and onions, can be had
practically all winter, though 1t will
probably be we'll for winter use to
bank your frame all around with fresh
horse manure, which would turn your
cold frame into hot frame
Among the flowers, violets, pansies,
English daisies and primroses all will
grow we'll during the winter in cold
frame covered with glass.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06

WESTERN CANADA ATTRACTING
THOUSANDS OF SETTLERS.

Writing on the Canadian West, an
eastern exchange truthfully says:
1.-THE West still calls with impera-
tive voice. To prairie and mountain,
and for the Pacific Coast, Ontarios
young men and women are attracted
by tens of thousands yearly. The
great migration has put an end to the
fear, freely expressed not many years
ago by those~who knew the West from
the lakes to the farther coast of Van
couver Island, that Canada would
some day break in two because of the
predominance Of Continental European
and American settlers in the West"
This is true. While the immigra-
ton from the United States is large,
running close to 10000 a year, that of
the British Isles and Continental
Europe nearly twice that number, max
ing a total of 100000 per year, there
is a strong influx from Eastern Can
ada. 1t Is not only into the prairie
provinces that these people go, but
many Of them continue westward, the
and great mountains, the excellent
agricultural valleys, where can be
grown almost all kinds of agriculture
and where fruit has already achieved
prominence. Then the vast expanse
of the plains attract hundreds of thou
sands, who at once set to work to cul-
tivate their vast holdings. There Is
still room, and great opportunity in
the West. The work of mans hands,
even in the cities with their record
breaking building rush, is the small
est part of the great panorama that
is spread before the eye on a journey
through the country. Nature is still
supreme, and man is still the divine
pigmy audaciously seeking to impose
his will and stamp his mark upon an
unconquered half continent.
The feature that most commends
itself in Western development today
is the "home-making spirit" The
West will find happiness in planting
trees and making gardens and build
ing schools and colleges and universe.
ties, and producing home environ
ment so that there will be no disposi
ton to regard the country as a tenn
porary place of abode in which every
one is trying to make his pile prepar
atory to going back East or becoming
a lotus-eater beside the Pacific.
The lure of the West is strong. II
will be still stronger when the crude
new towns and villages Of the plains
are empowered in trees and voca
with the song of birds.-Advertise
ment. .-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06

Compound and now am stout, we'll and
healthy. can do all my own work and
can walk to town and back and not get
tired. would not give your Vegetable
Compound for all the rest of the medi-
cines in the world. / tried doctors med
icines and they did me no good. Mrs.
MARY EARLEwINE, RID. No.3, Utica
Ohio.
Another Case.
Nebo, I'LL was bothered for ten
years with female troubles and the doc
tors did not help me. Twas so weak and
nervous that / could not do my work
and every month I had to spend few
days in bed. read so many letters about
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound curing female troubles that / got
bottle of it. 1t did me more good than
anything else l ever took and now it has
cured me. l feel better than / have
for years and tell everybody what the
Compound has done for me. believe
would not be living to-day but for
that" - Mrs. HETTIE GREENsTREET,
Nebo, Illinois.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
"Garden Tools"

Kipling says that soldier is no
better than his feet, and it is equally
true that gardener is no better than
his tools. Much muscle, time and
perspiration is being wasted at this
very moment because of the use OF i'm
proper tools, or the misuse Of the
proper ones for the purpose. Most Of
this waste Of time is due to lack Of
information about tools on the part OF
the user, and the misinformed pur-
chaser can secure little intelligent
information from tho average hard
ware clerk, as most of them seem to
have been recently promoted from
the ribbon department or the soda
fountain.
It is much easier to do garden work
with sharp tools. Every stroke IS
clean and true and 1t goes where it is
sent with half the effort a dull tool
requires.
The American factory mechanic Is
reputed to spend three times as muck
of his time sharpening his tools as do
the European workmen, but he pro-
duces nearly twice as much finished
product thereby. The same principle
applies to the use OF garden tools.
Keep them sharp and In good working
order
A fat fine file is mighty handy to
have about With Ii you can sharpen
-FOUR noe. spade, trowel, cultivator
teeth, grass shears and lawn mower
The file will make an ideal cutting
sdge on these tools and this edge
should have . perfectly fat bevel, at
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
Good Horse Sense.

If old corn fodder is used for bed
ding the shredded article Is better
than the stalks; 1t Is more comfort
able for the horse and is worked more
easily through the manure spreader.
A pregnant mare should always be
kept in box stall. 1t is afraid to lie
down in the ordinary stall for fear Of
not being able to rise again and this
constant standing up is very harmful.
In mild weather mares must be
kept in the open sheds outside, both
day and night. Each mare should
have a special place where 1t is tied
to receive its grain feed. If fed from
an ordinary trough, the more vicious
mares may kick the others and gobble
most Of the feed. Roughage may
safely be fed from racks in the yard.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
Cannon of Solid Rock.

When the island of Malta was under
the rule of the Knights of st. John
they defended their Notifications with
cannon bored in the living rock Each
one of these strange weapons con-
tanned an entire barrel of powder, and
as it was not possible to vary the aim
of these cannon SO were made ready
facing various directions from which
the enemy might approach.
When the fame of these arms of de-
Tense became known to the world the
idea was taken up Of transporting
rocks to SUBMITS to serve the same
purpose, but it was soon recognized to
be impracticable, and the cannon of
Malta, bored in solid rock, have
passed into history as the sole wea-
pons of the kind ever known.-Har-
per's Weekly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
Remains of Old Civilization.

Scattered throughout the Caroline
islands, notably at Ponape and Lele, are
massive ruins, one Of sort of Venice,
whose origin Is wrapped in mystery.
Hundreds of acres in some localities
are covered by the remains Of walls,
canals and earthwork Of a stupendous
character. There are old roads paved
with stone blocks, ancient stone plat
forms, and on the lagoons ruins of
what were once fish weirs. The is
lands offer a rich field for the archeo-
logist. .A