text: ISLAS ISSS-Ss: •_ r - ; ■.. : -<■. ; &%A '! ''“"sp. ■ ', *’iS S Js 5 jjS&fe&MKw:- SfeßjOtM ? v'<.,•.>■• x ■*-'*■'-Vk. * t * ■ &.&%&..', it ■ ■ •'arJMfigpt < ■ JtfJT J-£A V//YC JT<5 ’ HGSTWG J-£DG£ RECENT news dispatches from Honolulu reported that the revenue cutter Thetis, which had been ordered to visit Laysan and the other bird islands belonging to the Hawaiian group in order to investigate rumors that Japanese were slaughtering the birds breeding on these islands, had returned with 23 Japanese prisoners and 250,000 pairs of wings valued at $100,000 which had been taken from birds killed by the Japanese and seized by the cutter officers as evidence. These bird islands are among the most remarkable in the world. The Hawaiian islands proper number 12. Eight of these, Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Laual, Kahoolawe and Nihoa, are inhabited, while Molokini, Lehua, Kaula and Nihoa are uninhabited. In addition are a number of small islands and reefs, many of the latter awash at high water, running nearly a thousand miles to the northwestward, some of which are famous as breeding places for birds and are temporarily occupied by workmen. Of the guano companies which have their headquarters in Honolulu. Americans have been gathering guano from Laysan and a few of the other islands for some years. Even before annexation, Japanese plume hunters had been visiting the islands, where they slaughtered thousands of the birds, shipping the wings and feathers by way of Asiatic ports to Europe. This practice was forbidden by the United States at the time Hawaii was annexed, but for several years afterward a tugboat was the only government vessel stationed at the islands and the poachers were unmolested and became very venturesome. Many of the larger Japanese sampaners engaged in fishing for the Honolulu market are fitted with power engines, and the fact that some of them made mysterious trips, lasting a week or two at a time, aroused the government’s suspicions. These were further strengthened by reports that Japanese steamers were visiting the bird islands and surreptitiously taking away the plunder gathered by the small boats. In order to control the situation, the government a short time ago made a bird reserve of Laysan and the other bird islands of the group. Of this group Laysan, which is about eight hundred miles from Honolulu, has been called the most remarkable bird island in the world. It is a small island, being three miles in length and half a mile in breadth, is forced like a shallow platter, and at its highest point is not more than thirty feet above the sea. In the center is a lagoon not connected with the sea. At the time of the writer’s first visit to this island, in May, 1902, the nesting season was in full swing and there were hundreds of thousands of birds upon the island. Among these could be seen the albatross, a number of species of tern, the noodle, puffin, petrel, tropical bird, man-o’-war, teal, rar, plc/ref, curlew, and a number of strictly land birds. The most striking things to a visitor are the great number of birds, their surprising tameness and the deafening noise they make. Whenever we wished to converse, it was necessary to shout. Few of the birds seemed frightened, and with a little care we were able to approach most of the species as closely as we wished. In fact, when the camera tripod had been adjusted several of the albatrosses came up to it and examined it attentively. The various species are found more or less in colonies. The number of breeding birds is so prodigious that favorable space is at a premium, and several species live one above the other, some burrowing below the surface, others breeding on the surface, while still others have their nests at varying heights on the shrubs. As one member of the party put it, “It Why He Left the Church Young Man Had Grievance Which His Friends Had Not Even Guessed At.” That the smallest things occasionally change the course of one’s whole life was demonstrated a few days ago by a little story told by Ex-State Senator Mitchell B. Perkins of Beverly. The senator said that he once knew a young man in a town over in New Jersey who was regarded as exceedingly pious and was often pointed out by fond mothers as an example for their sons. Every Sunday evening he could be seen going to church, and was also among the regular attendants at the weekly meeting. This commendable custom was kept up for several years, but suddenly the young man ceased to attend divine services, and greatly all of his acquaintances marveled. Several conjectures were made as to the cause of his strange move, but none of them seemed to fit the case. Finally, he was looked like a big apartment house. Space being so limited, the birds which have chosen Laysan for their breeding home would not be able to find satisfactory places if they all arrived at the same time. They are therefore obliged to take turns. Some species of sea birds leave the place as soon as their young are strong enough to fly, and while they are departing, the newcomers already begin to arrive. Thus there is a constant coming and going and breeding species are found at almost every season of the year, a fact which is remarkable even in the tropics, where the breeding season is generally less regular than in our latitudes. In this way a definite succession, which probably dates back thousands of years, takes place year after year in the arrival and departure of certain species. It was almost impossible when walking through the rookeries to avoid stepping upon the eggs, they were so numerous. The eggs of the sooty tern, Sterna fuliginosa, were to be found all over the sand. The birds are very loath at times to leave their nests and scold soundly before finally slipping off. When at last driven, they limp away, dragging their wings, just as is done by some birds in this country when trying to lure a human being away from their young. Sometimes as many as a dozen at a time would be struggling on ahead of us and trying to draw us away from their nests. Whenever we drew near the eggs of the white tern, or love bird, as it is sometimes called, the parents came and hovered in front of our faces and peered intently at us as if trying to divine our intentions. Just out of reach they would flutter, turning their heads from side to side, occasionally uttering a droll and wheezy little cry. They did not offer to peck us, but were content to stare and wheeze. They lay their eggs in all sorts of odd places; we found one on the bare limb of a bush, a precarious and insecure spot. A remarkable thing about the old mother bird is that she brings two fishes at a time to the young and invariably carries them crosswise in her bill. An earlier observer reports seeing an old bird with four fishes in her beak at once. The dazzling white plumage of the albatross makes it the most striking of all the birds which frequent Layson. They are absolutely fearless and do not seem to mind the presence of men, and you can walk among them without disturbing their various occupations and amusements in the least. They have an innate objection to idleness, and consequently seldom stand around doing nothing, but instead spend much time in a curious performance, which by some has been called courting. As the antics are carried on during the birds' residence of about ten months on the island they are probably a form of amusement. Another odd nesting bird is the male man-o’-war, Fregata aquila. During the courting period his gular pouch is enlarged and before the brooding cares have begun he inflates it to a large size, and at the same time it becomes a bright red color, the bird looking as if it had a child’s toy balloon fastened to its throat. It was a common occurrence to see the male bird setting on the nest with the sac blown out, obscuring the whole front of the creature, only the bill and eyes appearing over the top. His antics are as extraordinary as his looks, and when engrossed in the task of making himself attractive his self-absorption and apparent vanity are very amusing. Many of the freshly laid eggs we found to be delicious as food, and some of them, especially those of the albatross, were superior to the eggs of the domestic fowl. If these islands were nearer to market their produce would soon knock the egg trust sky high. Approached by an inquisitive friend. “Jimmy,” he remarked, “we never see you hustling for church on Sunday evening any more. What is the matter?” “Nothing,” replied Jimmy, “only when they renovated the building, they abolished the rear pew.” “What did that have to do with it?” queried the wondering friend. “A whole lot,” answered Jimmy. "It was placed close up against the wall and was the only pew in the church in which you could lean back your head and sleep through the sermon with any degree of comfort”—Philadelphia Telegraph. Encouragement. Reginald Pickle—There are places in the African jungles where one may enter and not be heard from for months. I sometimes feel as if I would like to hunt there.” Miss Tabasco—Oh, if you only would, Reggy! DAIRY NOTES. Do not allow any foul air around the cow stable or places where milk and cream are kept. Even with the greatest care it is hard to keep the cow stable ventilated as it should be. Cleanliness first, last and all the time, should be the watchword of every dairyman. Milk and cream are the first foods of this world, and should be the purest and most sanitary product we consume. To induce the greatest possible milk flow in heifers their calves should be removed from them the first week after calving. By saving the calves from his best producing cows and breeding his best cows to high-grade males, any dairy farmer Can build up a paying herd cheaply. Vigilance and common sense are what we need in the dairy, whether the product is sold to the city trade, made into butter on the farm, or used in the home kitchen. The cows milked daily in the United States yield an average of 3,560 pounds of milk a year, which makes the annual total output for the country about 70,000,000,000 pounds. It is well to consider that the heifer which is not worth more than $30 to $40 when two years old has not been of very much profit to the owner. Good stock does not eat more food than poor stock. Don't forget that dairy success depends much upon the individuality of the cow. With the same feed and care in every way, one cow may bring her owner a clear profit of $30 a year, while another will not pay expenses. MILKING THE KICKING COW Stout Chain Securely Fastened to Wall and Tied Around Animal's Leg Serves Purpose. A writer in an exchange gives the following method of milking a kicking cow: Get a lag screw five or six inches long and have the blacksmith put an eye on the end. Secure the Kicker. Eye and ring on the end. Bore a hole in studding directly behind the cow and fasten screw in place. Get a stout chain five or six feet long with a hook at each end, one hook large enough that the chain will run through in a slip noose. Tie the cow in her stall, put a slip noose around the cow's leg, run the other end through the ring in the wall and draw back till the foot just stands on the ground. The cow soon finds out what you want, and in a few days you can milk in safety without the chain. CAUSE OF HIGH PRICE Milk New Use of Product in Powdered Form Creates Demand Which Is Felt by Cheese Factories. (By W. M. KELLEY.) The effect of the powdered milk business upon the price of milk in many of the eastern dairy sections is becoming an important factor, for these factories are encroaching upon the territory formerly held by the cheese factories, until the leading dairy authorities are of the opinion that the days of the cheese factories are numbered. Until the present time, the cheese manufacturers have been able to buy their milk at a little less than the prices paid by the butter manufacturers, but since the value of skim milk has been established and it can be preserved in a form that is available at any time for consumption, the price of butter and cheese no longer can control the price of milk. By a secret process, the manufacturers of powdered milk are able to produce four kinds of products, one from whole milk, one from haps skimmed milk, one from skimmed milk, and one from whole cream. Of these four kinds, the one from skimmed milk is thus far the most important, and by reason of having the butter fats removed, it may be kept for any reasonable length of time in cans or pails for future use. The chief uses thus far discovered is for confectioners and bakers, to whom a pure article of milk is indispensable, for with a barrel of powdered milk in their cellar they can keep it, regardless of the weather, delayed milk trains or city inspectors, for a little of the white powder mixed with water does the business. Process of manufacture requires about twelve hours, and every precaution is taken to produce an absolutely pure article and while it is less than three years since the manufacture of it has been started, the business is fast developing and is destined to become an important factor in the price of all dairy products. It will keep in any climate, but when made of full cream it requires cold storage, as the butter fat will deteriorate if it is warm for any considerable length of time. HOW TO USE AN ACIDEMETER Directions for Arrangement of Apparatus to Determine Acidity in Milk and Cream. In a convenient place, erect a small shelf to support the large bottle. Cut a notch in the front or back of the shelf to allow the brass pipe to pass through. Then add the contents of the small bottle of alkali to the large bottle, rinsing the small bottle several times, and each time pouring the rinsings into the large bottle. Then add soft water to the large bottle until the level reaches the mark filed on the bottle. You will then have 2,300 cubic centimeters of a one-tenth normal alkaline solution. The small wash bottle attached to the neck of the larger one should be half filled with this solution. Then the copper band is made of copper and glass connections are made between the two bottles. The burette holder is fastened underneath the shelf so that the water will not reach the bottle. The alkali from the large bottle can enter it. The dropper bottle is then filled with indicator. Measure with a pipette nine grams of the substance (milk, whey, cream, or starter) which you wish to test, and place it in the white cup. Add two drops of the phenolphthalein indicator. Then allow the alkaline solution to run into the cup from the burette, one drop at a time, until the fluid in the cup, which is being constantly stirred, shows a very faint pink color. By reading the grudations on the burette we can ascertain the amount of acid in the substance tested. Each one tenth cubic centimeter of alkali represents one one-hundredth percent of acid in the fluid. FASTENING THE COW’S TAIL Illustrations Practically Explain Good Method of Treating Trouble Some Animals. I give a simple, but most convenient and effective method of fastening a cow’s tail while milking, writes F. W. Browne in Orange Judd Farmer. The illustrations practically explain themselves. A is a bent wire hook made from a bit of ordinary binding wire. To this is attached loop, B. Behind each troublesome cow is fastened from above a piece of twine having a fair-sized loop at its lower end. These should not hang down lower than a point some six feet from the barn floor. To make the fastening, wind the end of loop B a couple of times around the animal’s tail and draw A through it. Then catch the hook into one of the loops hanging from above. If the twine used is reasonably coarse the operation of making or undoing the fastening can be performed with the cow’s tail. Be accomplished almost instantly. I have made use of the above device for several years, and have found it a great convenience. The Farm Cream Separator. Buttermaking in the home dairy and creamery has been almost revolutionized by the introduction of the farm separator, which separates cream from milk by a centrifugal process. The shallow pan or crock system and the deep setting system have been largely eliminated, and with their exit a considerable part of the drudgery of the household disappeared. The farmer is now no longer required to make the daily trip to the creamery; he can retain the skim-milk to feed his calves and pigs and deliver the cream, sweet, every other day, when properly cared for, and this substitution of cream delivery for milk delivery by creamery patrons saves them labor and millions of dollars yearly in expense. Clean Milk Vessels. It is very unwise to put milk into any vessel or pitcher that has been washed in dishwater and wiped with a kitchen cloth. Vessels to be employed for milk should be boiled in clean water and left for use unwiped, with the mouths turn ad down, and in a clean place. Dresses for Girls The first is in finely checked tweed, and is trimmed from shoulders to hem in front by a shaped strap of plain material, a yoke is formed by it at the back. Two plaits are made on either side of strap in front and one at the back; they are not stitched down, but are slightly drawn in at the waist by a band of plain material, pointed at the ends, and caught down by buttons. The cuffs and collar are of plain cloth stitched at the edge, a little silk bow adds a finish at the front. Materials required: Three and one-half yards of tweed 48 inches wide, one yard plain cloth, two buttons. Cashmere veiling would make up well for the second. It is a simple little dress with a plaited skirt and fitting over the parasol. Fix up last season’s parasol in advance, and listen now to a note of the season before you venture on this timely renovation. Fringe to match or to harmonize is the fresh touch to be added in imitation of the newest. It is the quaintest-looking twisted silk fringe, ranging in width from one to three and a half inches and having a fussy little gimp border, which there is no effort to conceal. After the parasol has been cleaned with a soft brush or sponge dipped in gasoline (do it in the open air) and allowed to dry, still wide open, the fringe is basted upon the edge and sewed by hand with silk to match. All of the work is done upon the open parasol. Some slight embroidery, like a row of polka dots, may be done where fringe joins the parasol. They are put on in the flat Japanese stitch, and if of a contrasting color there should not be chosen a note that is too strikingly different. The conspicuous parasol is not necessarily the most beautiful. Belts appear everywhere and on everything that has a waistline. A single poinsettia or a huge rose, more often than not artificial, is pinned on milady’s muff. It gives a pleasing touch of color. Gold and silver, colored and jeweled slippers are high in fashion’s favor, yet many of the most careful dressers cling to the blacks. The guimpe of plain sheer tulle or net is more frequently used than that of tucks. The yoke is extremely shallow, and flesh tint is the usual color. Tan footwear is promised the greatest vogue that it has ever had, and it will, of course, come in some startling new shades, all the way from champagne to ochre. The Russian coat is trying to the average figure and the wise woman will have her general utility coat severe and conventional with the materials and some little details to stamp it this season’s suit. The exquisite embroidery bands, motifs and allovers on gowns now to be secured make it possible to attain lovely and elaborate results without the use of much tedious handwork, although even here you find it necessary to apply the trimmings and make the tiny tucks by hand. If the frock is to be truly chic and dainty. The Bavarian Girdle. One of the belts of the season is the folded girdle of panne velvet which is boned to an excessively long, sharp point in front. The dressmakers have given it the name of the Bavarian girdle or the girdle of Venice. It will be worn on dressy afternoon and evening frocks, and will not be separate, but a part of the gown. CHANGE IN SLEEVE STYLES Are Distinctly Shorter, and the Possessors of Pretty Arms Accordingly Pleased. After the long sleeves of other days, it is to be hailed with joy by the possessors of pretty arms that short ones are here. They extend to the elbow, or halfway between elbow and wrist, but the stamp of this season is in the length. There is, of course, the long sleeve for those who insist upon a certain individuality in costume; but this style is not the long unbroken line to which we have been accustomed. There must be a suggestion of the short length given by bands across the arm, or by deep cuffs and puffs. Trimming can be used in plaques or horizontal lines to cut the long arm line into the divisions that are empathized in the spring fashions. Ruffles of pleating and lace are used to edge the short sleeves — in fact, the fullness that is evidenced in other lines of dress is felt in the sleeve construction. Bodice arranged to match; both back and front are alike; while the prettily shaped yoke is of the material, embroidered with a simple conventional design. The sleeve is a small bishop, set to an embroidered cuff. Materials required: Four yards, 48 inches wide. For the third, almost any dress material, including velveteen may be used. The bodice has a tuck each side; the tucked vest fastens on the shoulder, the material in front. The skirt has only slight fullness at waist, it has a tuck each side front and back to appear as a continuation of those on bodice. Materials required: Three and one-half yards, 44 inches wide, one-half yard tucked silk. HAT STAND EASY TO MAKE Contrivance That Will Add Much to Comfort of Life in the Summer Cottage. For the summer cottage there are many new contrivances to make living more comfortable. Among them is a long rod on a stand and with a soft cushion on the top, intended as a resting place for a big straw hat. These new hat stands are not at all the kind one sees at the milliners, Far from it. They are really quite ornate in their way, bound with soft cretonne or printed sateen, which we have best goes with the hangings of the room, while the cushions at the top are covered and edged with lace ruffles. Sometimes the whole stand is covered with brocaded satin, trimmed with gold lace and hung with those French ribbon flowers. Or again, white linen is used and the cushion top is embroidered. Like everything else, they may be as costly as one could wish and they add greatly to the femininity of the dress closet. BLOUSE FOR EVENING, Blouse of white lace with corslet of gold guipure forming points. The guipure borders the low neck and forms the cuffs. The bretelles and sleeves are of mousseline de sole. Dyes in Brown. It is highly probable that soft dyes in brown will be modish this spring. A few tans and russets shown are adorable. They are so soft, so attractive, and there are a hundred different nuances. All tan or all fawn colored gowns were modish many years ago, and lovely they were. It has been ages since we had a visitation of tans and deep creams, and the public is ready for their reception. The golden browns worn this winter have been among the few pretty colors. Cleaning Handbags. The handbag or satchel of undressed kid, when soiled by usage, need not necessarily be turned over to the professional cleaner. The secret of restoration is a piece of sandpaper rubbed over the surface. A very fine grade of sandpaper is required. When this is used with care the effect is magical and no injury to the material accrues. Many kinds of leathers without polished surfaces — for example, suede, undressed and Ooze calfskin—can be cleaned thus. Preserving Youth. To preserve a youthful appearance, let the diet be nourishing and digestible, with plenty of hot milk and milk cocoa. A greasy skin requires strict attention to diet, from which cream, much butter, all pastry and rich foods must be excluded. Those subject to flushing of the face should not drink hot liquids, only warm ones. Pale people should eat underdone meat, lightly cooked eggs, oysters and plain milk puddings, and drink hot milk freely. ANY WOMAN CAN HAVE BEAUTIFUL HAIR. (From French Beauty Monthly.) “No woman should use water upon her hair oftener than once in two months,” says M. Fournier, the noted French scientist. “Dry powder only should be used. Moisture causes the hair to lose its color and in time become thin. “Any woman desiring abundant, lustrous hair should use a dry shampoo every two or three days. Mix four ounces of powdered orris root with four ounces of therox. Sprinkle about a tablespoonful of this mixture upon the head; then brush the powder thoroughly through the hair. This will keep it light and fluffy, and beautifully lustrous. You will soon see new hair starting to grow. This treatment is the only thing that I am sure will produce a growth of hair. “While plain orris root is used as a dry shampoo by many women, still, no such results can be obtained as by using the formula I have given.” Marriage. A game of chance in which the chances are about even. The man leads at first, but after leaving the altar he usually follows breathlessly in his wife’s trail. The rules are very confusing. If a masked player holds you up some night at the end of a long gun, it is called “robbery" and entitles you to telephone the police; but if your wife holds you up for a much larger amount the next morning at the end of a long hug, it is termed "diplomacy" and counts in her favor. In this, as in other games of life, wives are usually allowed more privileges than other outlaws. —Judge. NO HEALTHY SKIN LEFT My little son, a boy of five, broke out with an itching rash. Three doctors prescribed for him, but he kept getting worse until we could not dress him any more. They finally advised me to try a certain medical college, but its treatment did no good. At the time I was induced to try Cuticura, he was so bad that I had to cut his hair off and put the Cuticura Ointment on him on bandages, as it was impossible to touch him with the bare hand. There was not one square inch of skin on his whole body that was not affected. He was one mass of sores. The bandages used to stick to his skin and in removing them it used to take the skin off with them, and the screams from the poor child were heartbreaking. I began to think that he would never get well, but after the second application of Cuticura Ointment I began to see signs of improvement, and with the third and fourth applications the sores commenced to dry up. His skin peeled off twenty times, but it finally yielded to the treatment. Now I can say that he is entirely cured, and a stronger and healthier boy you never saw than he is today, twelve years or more since the cure was effected. Robert Wattam, 1148 Forty-eighth St., Chicago, IL, Oct. 9, 1909.” An Exception. “There is one thing I like about Banks. No matter what he does, he comes out in the open to do it.” “I know of one action he always is careful to do under cover.” “I dare you to name it.” “Going home in the rain.” Important to Mothers, Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. 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