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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-10
lihue school farnl-showine
young gardeners evltivatinu Irish
potatoes, digging beds and busy
with spades
IIhne. Kauai. Mar. 2. /

LIhue. Kauai, Mar. 2. 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Sir: Looking over our terrific com.
bat with pests. such as those that at.
tack the cabbages and the most de.
structiye cut worms, am very glad
to inform you that everything is going
on fine with the Lihue School Farm.
Most OF the early vegetables are
ready to sell and the boys take great
interest in selling them for the best
prices. We have sold lettuce, turnips,
spinach and radishes.
Our Irish potatoes are doing fine as
you will see in one of the inclosed
photos. There are three other photos
which will give you good view OF
our Farm"
Thanking you for the publicity, /
am,
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM l.. SERRAO,
Lihue School,
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HONOMAKAU GOES
AHEAD, HOPING
PLANS WORK OUT
Kohala. Hawaii. Feb. IS. 1917
Editor Honclulu Star-Bullet.n.
Honolulu. r. II


Editor Honclulu Star-Bullet.n.
Honolulu, r. II
Dear Sir: Although our gardens may
te covered up with dirt just at the
time they should be most productive.
we have decided to go right ahead
with them. just as if there were no
such probability. The lot on which
they are situated is TO be graded. and
the gardens are in low place which
is To be filled, as explained in our las:
letter.
When the gardens we're laid out no
che had any idea that they would be
covered. Consequently a great deal
OF work was done on them.
At the present time it Is not known
Just when the contractor will make the
fill.
We have decided to go ahead with
our work, hoping TO harvest some Of
the quicker vegetables before the
place is covered. When the fill is
made such plants as lettuce and to-
matoes will be transplanted to an.
other garden.
Very truly yours.
HoNoMAKAU SCHOOL zCORRE.
SPONDENCE CLUB.
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LARGEST LETTUCE He
EVER CULTIVATED, SAYS
kAPAlA, KAUAI, YOUTH

(. Eapaia. Kauai. March 6. 1917.
Dear Friend: I haven't had no time
to send you any drawings except of
the beets. am sending the different
stages Of the beets.
The weather is very valuable.
4 sold five cents Of lettuce l5x12
in. II was the largest lettuce l ever
cultivated.
It's very difficult TO make an exact
picture OF the vegetables now.
am keeping my record in book
Is by s In.
Your contestant
PAUL FERREIRA.
IA age.
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CHILDREN OF LAUP AHOEHOE ARESO
INTERESTED They ADD TOGARDENS
MAUI HIGH SCHOOL
PLANS TO DISPOSE
OF VEGETABLES SOON

Hamakuapoko, Maui, March ), 1911.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
Dear Sir: The weather during the
past week has been quite cold and
rainy. In spite of this the vegetables
have continued to grow we'll and we
will soon be able to dispose OF them.
Since our last report we have planted
cucumber, watermelon, tomato and
beet seeds.
Will try to send You some pictures
of the garden within the next two
weeks. =. - +. ..
Yours truly, f.~.. /.
R. w. LINTON,
Maui High School. -
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FLOWERS ARE ENCOURAGED
BY TEACHER AT KAMAL0

Kamalo School, Feb. 23, 1911.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Dear Sir: | am writing to tell you
about our flower garden. -.~>' >>s
Our teacher sent for some flower
seeds, planted the cosmos on Tues,
Feb. 20. The others planted phlox.
petunia and carnation. !. T..
II is good time to plant because it is
raining all day and the soil is wet.
The cosmos are up. ."... -@=.
| am so glad because my garden
is finished. . -" .=
! remain, .--. -. d"
Yours truly, .'.~. ..a..s
TAMAYO HIRAI. IT,.
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KEKAHA PUPILS
TELL OF GARDENS

Kekaha, Kauai, March ), 1917.
Editor Honolulu StarBulletin,
Sir: Ny garden is getting on very
we'll The carrots, lettuce and cab
bages were very big and we ate them.
Now ! dug the ground and ! planted
beans, lettuce. parsley and radish
The beans are very big, but the let
tuce, parsley and radish are coming
up now. hoe and rake it every day
and there are no harmful insects.
Yours truly,
ALFRED PACHEco.
Sir: Ny potatoes are growing very
well. My watermelons are growing
good. Eananas and cabbages are also
growing well.
| raked my garden every two days
in a week
| hoe the weeds and it looks very
fine now.
/ ate onions, but did not sell them
because they are not large enough to
be sold.
My cane is growing fine. / have
softlned my soil,
Yours truly,
LIMA. KILAUANo.
kekaha, Kauai, T. H.,
March 5, 1917.
To the Star-Bulletin,
Dear Sirs: am going to let you
know about my home garden. The
beans are about l foot and inches
or 2 feet The radishes are growing
larger. On one of my bean trees there
are two beans. The carrots are big.
/ watered my garden every day and
took off the insects and broke the bad
leaves on the radishes and the let
tuces ate some of my lettuces. !
have five bean trees.
Yours truly,
SHINAYO TOMoYASU.
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.KOOLAu, kauai,
REPORTSON WORK

kooIau, Kauai, T. H., Feb. %, 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Sir: We worked on the garden
seven hours this month. The chick
ems ate some of the lettuce while !
was at school Some of them dried
by the heat of the sun. The lettuce
is 21s inches. We planted the lettuce
on January 4, 1917.
The corn is IL inches. Some of
them dried by the winds. We had
little rain and so the soil is very
nard.
We have worms and Japanese
beetle. They ate the tops OF the let
tuce.
Yours very truly,
HARUYo HORDE,
Grade V.
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KooIau. Kauai. T. II.

Koolau. Kauai, T. II.
Sir: My land is a good place to
raise vegetables. planted cucumber.
potatoes, cabbage and corn.
My corn is about 31S In. and it has
flower on il. ] hoe all around the
vegetable. Sometimes when the soil
is dry I give seven buckets Of water
every day.
Today when ] come from school
saw some chickens and / put them
into the box. Now they are coming
all right.
Yours truly,
KoJI ASAKwTA,
Grade v
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LATEST news OF
PAIA'SPROGRESS
paia. Maui. March 5. 1917

l,1ia, MAUI, MhFCu %, 1871.
Editor Honolulu Star.Bulletin.
Sir Several varieties OF beans
have been planted In one Of the gen.
eraa school plots which have been fin
ishod lately. The beans were planted
without fertilizer.
The general school garden has been
almost entirely planted excepting two
plots which the boys viii finish soon.
A few OF the boys plots have not
yet been planted.
The boys irrieate their plots with
hoses. II is not hard to water plots
Tor the pipes have been laid near the
plots.
Il has been found out that fertilizer
ruts some Of the seeds. We mix the
fertilizer In with the soil and then We
plant the seeds.
= Some boys bean plants ere very big
now. Tomato plants have been
trsnsplanted alongside the fence that
borders the gardens.
Nc. r. q. Krauss. Mr.. T.. b. Blan.
cllard and Mr.. Il G. Bowman, mem
bers Of the committee on school gar
sdens. paid visit to our gardens this
morning.
Respectfully yours.
~ MANUEL SILVA,
~ Grade VIII. Paia School.
Paia. Maui, T. r., Feb. 81, 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star Bulletin.
Sir: fixed three moro plots and
now / have IS plots. j planted this
week hi the gardens, parsley, beets,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-10

Moth and butterfly eggs look like
small but fancy pieces OF candy.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-10

Ernest Werner Of Hanalei school. Kauai.
forwarded = sketch Of her home garden. in
which she ia getting good results She has
planted carrots. radishes and beetS. An.
other sketch which came this week is by
Masaru Tsshima showing the vegetables he
Is raising.
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Ernest Werner OF Hanalei school, Kauai.
finds that careful attention is Keeping his
garden in good condition.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
CRUDE WIRELESS SYSTEM.
Long Used by an Indian Tribe of tho
 Amazon Valley.

In these days of wireless telegraphy It may be interesting to learG that as long ago as July, 1898, the Geograph- ical Journal recorded the discovery of a wireless telegraphic apparatus in use among the Catuquinaru, an Indian tribe of the Amazon valley, in South America.
 The apparatus, called cambarysu, consists of a hole in S'e ground about half filled with coarseGand; above this layers of fine sand, fragments of wood and bone and powdered mica fill 1t al- most to the surface of the ground These materials are surrounded by a case of hard palm wood, which ex- tends above the surface. The upper part of the apparatus consists of layers of hide, wood and hard rubber. Be. tween the upper layers and the lower layers there is a hollow space. With club, much like the stick used to play the bass drum, the native strikes the layer of rubber that forms the top of the instrument,
 One of these instruments Is con cealed in each hamlet of the tribe. The villages are not more than mile apart and are placed in q direct north and south line. Although person stand ing outside the building in which the apparatus is kept cannot hear a blow of the stick on the rubber top, 1t is quite distinct in a similar building a mile distant. When one of these in- struments is struck the nelghborlng ones to the north and south echo the blow. The Indian stationed at each one of the posts answers the signal, and by means of code messages q long conversation can be carried on.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
Sanitary.

"'Tis indeed a sanitary age"
 "How now?"
 q notice that the electrician who installed our phone never touched the wires with his bare hands. He wore rubber gloves. "-Kansas City Journal.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
STRENGTH OF EGGSAELLS.
The Great End to End Pressure lt Re-
 oulres Eo Break Them.


 Few people are aware of the wonder ful provision made by nature to protect against breakage the egg of bird, by the use of the arch.
 'The fact that no man, no matter how strong he may be, is able to break a sound hens egg by squeezing It be tween his hands, applying the pressure according to the axis of the egg, made me try to find out the resistance that an egg can withstand in this way" :" says G. Herrasti of Westerly, R. l., in describing his experiments in the Scientific American.
 Brown eggs proved stronger than white ones and broke under q pressure averaging 155 pounds, the minimum be- ing 125 pounds and the maximum 175.
 White eggs broke under an average pressure of 112.5 pounds.
 'aThe method employed was as fol- lows: The egg, setting point upward, was placed on a platform scale and pressure was applied to it by lever and jack. Felt seats conveniently disposed prevented the egg coming tn contact with the wood.
 "The shells were measured for thick ness and found to be .013 inch to .014 inch. When 1t was considered that the average diameter of the eggs was 19i inches some idea may be formed of the enormous strength provided by nature.n
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
EDITORS TROUBLES

Believe me, some people have the ''nerve" of a chimpanzee. A re- porter was stopped upon the street by a fsrmer residing in Benton county who asked us to write up a few Of his dislikes against a certain road supervisor and we refused end then in looking over our list we found that his paper was stopped in Angus. and he still owes the Cour- ter S1.3O for his subscription and to cap it off he is sporting new au tomobile. Verify we say some people have great nerve. Denton Courier,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
WOMEN'S WOES
Alaskan Women Are Finding Relief
 At Last

It seems that women have more than a fair share of the aches and pairs that afflict humanity; they must keep up," must attend duties in spite of constantly aching backs, or headaches, dizzy spells, bearing down pains; they must stoop over, when to stoop means torture. They must walk and bend and work with racking pains and many aches from kidney ills. Keeping the kidneys well has spared thousands of wo- men much misery. Read what one woman says.
 Mrs. M. I. Davis, 296 Weidler St, Portland, Ore, says: For years I had a great deal of trouble with my back and kidneys. Sharp pains would catch me and it seemed as if my back was giving out on me. My kidneys acted too frequently, causing much annoyance. Deans Kidney Pills rid me of the pains. My back got strong and well and my kidneys became normal. l have had no severe attacks of that kinS since"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same tba' Mrs. Davis had. Foster-mil- burn, Co.,, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
THROWING A BOOMERANG.
Easy to Learn and ls More of Knack
 Than a Science.

Than Science.
 The boomerang is thrown overland. Grasplng the small end in his right hand, the man moves his hand back ward as far as he can over the shOul- der; then he brings It forward with all the force possible, letting the boomer ang slip from his grasp when his hand is well forward in front.
 Throwing the boomerang is more of knack than science. It may be learn ed by any American or European who gives the time and patience for prac- tice. However, only native Australians acquire marked ability In making the boomerang turn exactly where they wish. The natives are not ayerse to using the boomerang as an American policeman uses his night stick. The native has the advantage over the "cop." He can deal an effective blow without being near the victim.
 One of the most interesting imple- ments used by the native Australian Is the woomera or spear thrower. The spear thrower resembles a rubber plant leaf with its edges turned upward. At the pointed end there Is q barb or hook against which the native places the butt of his spear. In this way be can set considerable additional power for throwing the spear because of the in- creased purchase.-Pittsburgh Gazette Times
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
,lcwct5 on an Idoi.

The jewels of an Indian idol must be worth stealing if many of those re- markably hiGCOus images possess such valuable head ornaments as one made for the idol Parthasathy, in the Tripu- cane temple in Madras. The ornament Is worth some 5O,O0O rupees and is made of sovereign gold studded with diamonds, emeralds and rubies, the largest emerald being valued at 1000 rupees and the biggest ruby and dia- mond at 300 rupees apiece.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
An EarIy Street Cleaner.

"One day" Ten Franklin wrote in his autobiography. "I found Q poor, in dustrious man who was willing to un- dertake keeping the pavement clean by sweeping 1t twice a week, carrying off the dirt from before all the neighbOrs' doors for the sum of 6 pence per month to be paid by each house. then wrote and printed q paper setting forth the advantages to the neighbOrhood that might Ec obtained by this small ex- pense. l sent one of these papers to each house and in day or two went around to see who would subscribe an agreement to pay these siXpences. It was unanimously signed and for Q time well executed. This raised a general desire to have ali the streets paved and made the r2oplc more willing to submit to a tax for that purpose"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
How Kangaroos Fight.

KangarooS are distributed over all parts of Queensland. The "old man, F or fully grown male, is mostly found on downs and in open forest country An "old man" sometimes grows to the height of six feet and when hunted Into a rocky gorge or corner will turn and face Its pursuer. It is a fOrmi dabIe adversary at close quarters. Its mode of fighting Is to clasp Its enemy in its arms, hug him to its breast and then with its powerful hind claws ril' lim open.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
GREWS0ME PRESENTS.
To Make a Chinaman Happy Give Hlm
 Q Coffin as Gift.


 A Chinese custom that seems particu- larly strange to occidental readers Is described by Sir Alexander HOsie in his account of a journey through the interior of China, "On the Trail of the Opium Poppy"
 At the hamlet of Fenshilins, thirteen miles from Chichiang USien, he says, we passed into Pa Hsien district, in which the port of Chungking is situ- ated. No one ever secs a coffin without being impressed by the sight, and here we saw them in the piece as well as made up. Every house had a coffin or two lying under its caves, some new, some old, and ones first surmise was that mortality in these parts must be great.
 The cause was, of course, the abun- dance of cypress, q wood that Is much prized for coffin making, and 1t must be remembered that in China q coffin Is very acceptable present, especially If made by your own family. Hun- dreds of pounds are often spent on a single coffin, and 1t Is highly treasured by the person for whom 1t has been designed. To western ideas the pres ent of a coffin by a son to a parent would be somewhat suggestive, and the daily sight of it at the house door would be decidedly annoying. In Chi na 1t is otherwise \ coffin Is one of the most valued Of gifts.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
EDITORIAL
THE LITTLE JOYS

eve are so rich, you and l, in our power of getting joy out Of the little things that most people miss!
 The woman who wrote that was not shut away in some quiet back water e life, bravely trying to find joy in everyday drudgery; she was a woman of science with a whole al- phabet Of degrees after her name; she had lived as few people have the opportunity to live, and knew life as few people ever know it; and she counted her wealth, not by her fame CT her money or her achieve ments, but by her power of finding j0v in little things.
 Readers of Lowelrs Letters will remember many a similar assertion.
 'Cooa heavens, of what uucostly uatelrlI is our earthly happiness composed, if one only knew it! Wa incomes have we not had fro. a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons!"
 Kuewledge is difficult for us to acquire. T must live-live!" we cry. and by living We mean having excitement and var'ed experiences But the life that depends upon .hose things sooner or later be comes bored and cynical, restless au1 miserable. It has no power of joy in itself. Left to its own re- sources upon which to depend.
 There is no pleasure in life like that of rational conversation" a man Of wide experience Oucee decla ea. Yet couversatiOn-eyen rationa conversation which seems to some of US not so common as it used to b is 10 be had 5y most of us any day iu the year if We really seek it.
 Friends, home, nature, work - there are few lives indede that do not hol some at least Of these great common joys, each of which touches uncounted multitudes of little joys" It is the eye and the heart that needs training; it is moi life that is dull, but we; not "3cy that is cut off from the faces of men" but man who goes with un scelI : eyes, never discovering the silsnt comrade beside him.
 After all, the kind Of world one carries about in ones self is the important thing, and the world out side takes all it's grace, color and value from that" Lowell writes again
 Fere is a challenge worth our most splendid effort; to seek, not amusement, but growth; not enter tainment. but mastery. To be bor- ed b; yourself is worse; to be rich in the ability to live in the little joys" to discover the greatness of everyday oppOrtunities-that is to become possessor Of a wealth that no fortunes of earth can destroy.
 Youths Companion.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-15
An Ounce of Prevention,

For the third time in one afternoon the lady found her new maid fast asleep in the kitchen easy chair.
 What, asleep again." she said "When I engaged you you said you were never tired"
 q know I did" the maid answered, 'but I should be if didn't sleep."- New York Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-11
Civilization Hangs Upon

4NCAt lCdl . SIUpOs
Upon next years crops hangs the
fate of civilization. Unless we can
raise larger crops and more meat
next year than we have raised tins
year, famine win face the Allies and
our own poole, and the prices Of to-
day will then seem low It will be
criminal folly to put off preparing to
meet this situation. Every day lost
is day gone forever, and it brings
US one day nearer to the real danger
of a food fannine.-Manufactu rers'
Record.
The st. Petersburg Independent is
ten years old, and is very much IN
tine for the felicities of a happy
birthday.
William Jennings Bryan was
chased by bull while t/ck hunting
in Arizona. Turned the tabled on
the dear old commoneF.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-11
A RUSTY OLD SAW

"Take care of the pennies and the dollars
will take care of themselves" we penned
laboriusly in old-tiTne copvbooks and nod
ded gravely at this bit of saw-dust from
tight-fisted wiseacres.
And now here is our own sober-rninded
government pleading food conservation at
one minute and begging for lavish expen-
diture of pennies the next.
It now appears the rusty old penny sav-
ing saw has done lot of damage by retir-
ing the humble but indispensable penny to
the shadowy recesses of the children's bank
And now comes the war tax with all the
necessities of life like stamps and movies,
adding extra pennies to the demands. And
10! in the small and exclusive coin family
''the last shall be first" and the United
States government is trying to hire Pied
Piper of .Iamlin to lure all the pennies
from their modest abodes in China and cast
iron apples.
The United States mint has been parent
to some three billion pennies-about 80 to
persian. At least half of these have been
yost--gone the same place all pins go. Two
thirds of the Is that are left are salted in
childrcn's banks-and if the war tax is to
move smoothly they must come out and go
into the underworld to do their bit, the less
important nickle and dime retiring to the
second line of defense in the banks.
Take care of the pennies and the war tax
Will take care of ITSELF is the wartime YER
sion-or try this on your mouth-organ:
If to your nation you would not be tickle
Change your five pennies into lust one
nickle.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-11
THE ROMANCE OF SHUTS

Nearly two decades ago. when Great
Britain was fighting the Boer war, there
was no more valiant and able leader of the
South African Dutch than IAN Christian
SHUTS. When the combat was over and
England the VICTOR, one of the men who
like BCtha, labored hard to bring about
real amlty between the British and the
Beers was this same SHUTS
Just as Botha rose to be premier of the
new British united colony. SO SHUTS rose
to be cabinet minister, parliamentary
leader, and one of the directors of the
armed forces in South Africa. When the
present war broke out it was SHUTS who
took command of the British forces in
South Africa and administered singing
defeats both to the Germans and to the
few treacherous Boer bands He has since
been called to London, where, as a mem
Der OF the Kings Privy Council and of the
british War Cabinet. he has been one of
the directing forces of the British Empires
part IN the great world conflict
And now they are talking or him as
leading probability for communicating chief
or general director of all the allied forces,
i such post is created.
This constitutes one Of the most ro-
mantle careers in modern history. It is
| far cry from the pale-faced fanny SHUTS
who was young advocate in South Africa.
| And by the same token it is sample OF
generosity that seems especially prevalent
| in Anglo-Saxon countries,
Great BRIAN has heaped honors upon its
one-time foe just as the United States de-
lighted to honor men who were at one time
southern leaders in our great civil war.
Democracies have always found that gen
crosby to big men of sound timber pays.