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THE MAUI NEWS r SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1910 O Of Value To Stock Men Annual Report of Bureau of Animal Industry. The twenty-fifth Annual Report of the (Bureau of Animal Industry of the United , States Department of Agriculture, just published, is an illustrated cloth-bound volume of 502 pages containing specal Qit.in1ia unit i n fit imn tinn rtf h t opuiar ana scicnuuc interest, i ms report is issued as a Congressional publication, and a limited number of copies are assigned to each Sen ator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress for distribution among his constituents. The Department has no copies for general distribu tion, its quota being required for its employees and such: outsiders as cooperate in its work. The book is on sale to the public by the Superintendent of Documents, Gov ernment Printing Office, Washing ton, D. C. Tuberculosis in its various as pects is the subject of three articles. Dr. A. D. Melvin, the Chief of the Bureau, in considering the econo mic importance of this disease among the food-producing animals, estimates that the financial loss from this cause is at least $24,000 000 annually. Dr. E. C. Schroed er, superintendent of the Bureau's experiment station, points out the danger from the tuberculous cow to human health.' His paper is ac companied by a number of striking illustrations showing cows of fine appearance which are really affect ed with tuberculosis and giving off the germs of that disease in such a way as to be dangerous to consum ers of their milk. Drs. John R. Mohler and Henry J. Washburn, of the Pathological Division, have a paper dealing with the causation UI1U wllttl HUltl wt nimiai .wwvivw losis and federal measures for its repression. The Bureau's field experiments with serum for the prevention of hog cholera are described in a paper by Dr. W. B. Niles. Doctor Melvin iu another paper presents a plan for the control of hog cholera by the systematic use of serum. Three diseases of live stock about which little has heretofore been known-n'amelv. infectious anemia or swamp fever of horses, Siycotic lymphangitis of horses, and chronic bacterial dysentery of cattle-are described in an article by Dr. John U. Mohler. An article by Dr. R J. Formad presents the results of an investigation as to the damage caused to the live-stock industry by emelter fumes in the Deer Lodge Valley of Montana. Dr. B. H Ransom describee methods of pre venting losses from stomach worms in sheep. ' The results of experi ments to determine the length of time that typhoid bacilli "will re main alive in milk and butter are given in an article by Dr. Henry J. Washburn. George M. Rommel, iR "Notes on the Animal Industry of Argen tina.'' gives Information about that country, which is a growing com petitor with the United States for the English meat trade. In a paper on "Improved Methods for the Production of Market .Milk by Ordinary Dairies," Messrs. C. B. Lane and Karl E. Parks de scribe simple and inexpensive me thods within the reach of the ave rage dairyman by which clean and wholesome milk may be produced The outbreak of foot-and-mouth , disease which appeared in Novem v'ber and December, 1908, among live stock in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, is descrilied in a paper by Dr. A. V Melvin. After a few months of vigorous work by federal and .state officers the disease was eradicated at an expense of over $300,000 to the Department of Agriculture and about $113,000 to the States. The hiBtory of an importation of Maltese goats by the Department mportant Bureau in Washington. The principal duty of the bureau f manufactures of the department of commerce and labor is to gather and furnish information. Nearly 10,000 letters were written last ear, supplying business concerns ith facts as to opportunities offer ed in foreign countries for the sale f American products, and as a re sult many contracts have been awarded to American manufactur ers. 1 lie cliiet ot the bureau, aiaj. John M. Carson, who has presen ted his report for the past year to Secretary Nagel, says that some foreign countries, especially Great Britain, are doing more than the United States to increase their rde relations with other nations, and he thinks that American con suls would be benefitted if they were required to put in at least a month's work in the bureau. He points out that the consular offi cers and commercial attaches of reat Britain are required to visit the manufacturing and commer cial centers of the United Kingdom from time to time in order to be come better acquainted with the ind of information it is desirable to furnish for the benefit of the British trade. Noting the need of closer rela tions with the commercial branches of the- government, the National Board of Trade has established an office in Washington. European governments are accustomed to in terest themselves directly in the trade and commerce of the coun try, and the boards of trade abroad are semi official organizations. They are recognized by the govern ment and even aie invested with fficial functions that are of im mense benefit to them in foreign negotiations. It ib unfortunate that the lack of ufficient appropriation has led to the suspension, which it U hoped will be only temporary, of the daily consular and trade reports issued from the deparment of com merce and labor for some years past. A weekly publication is to appear in their place. These re ports have served a valuable pur pose and proved worth many times their cost to the country. The bureau of manufactures, is doing a practical work and its iberal support means money well invested, for it is a promoter of both our trade and our industries. of Agriculture a few years ago and a description of Malta fever are presented in an article by Drs John R. Mohler and George H. Hart. The goats, which were im ported with a view to building up a milch goat, industry in thiscoun try, were found to be affected by Malta fever, a disease which pre vails to a considerable extent among people as well as goats on the Island of Malta and other places on the Mediterranean. After keeping the goats under strict qua rantine for some t'me it was final ly considered necessary to destroy them all. Other articles contained in the report are as follows: "The need of state and- municipal meat in spection to supplement federal in spection", by Dr. A. M. Farring ton, "State legislation regulating the standing of stallions and jacks for public service," by Roy A Cave; "The development of live stock shows and their influence on cattle breeding auU feeding,"' by E. G. Ritzman; "The value of the poultry show," by Rob R. Slocum The volume also contains statistics of the live stock markets and meat inspection and other miscellaneous information regarding the live stock industry. Some of the articles in the report have been 'issued separately i pamphlet form and can be obtain ed in this form on application to the Department of Agriculture The New Center of Population; One of the many interesting things to lie revealed by the United, States census to be taken a month hence ill be the'' new location of the center of the country's population. Situ ation as to where it shall be found is already rife, and this will become more acute as the census aount nears completion. A study of its passage toward the West from the taking of the first to the lust census tells at once the. story of the nation's ex pansion and development . Our first report places it twenty-three miles east of Baltimore, Md.; in 1800 it lad traveled to a point eighteen miles west of that city; ten years ater it was forty miles northwest by west oi ashington vity; m isjuh reached a spot sixteen miles north f Woodstock, Va.; it took the three ecades following to travel across West Virginia and over the moun tains, but in 1800 it was found twenty miles south of Chillicothe, ten years later it . was forty- eight miles east of north of Cincin nati, and in 1880, right miles wesf by south of that city. In 1S90 it passed into Indiana, and ten years ago it was found six miles southwest of Columbus in that state. One thing' peculiar about the march of the center of population is that, since the beginning, it has kept close to the thirty-ninth parallel. If it shall adhere to its present course, there is reason to believe that the permanent center of population in the United States will be close to the geographical center, which, leaving Alaska and our insular possessions out of the account, is in northern Kansas, in approximate latitude 39 degrees 55 minuses. This is figuring many years ahead, however, and without regard to pos sible changes in the flow of migra tion. The opening of the Panama canal, with the development of western and southwestern commerce which should ensue th. possibili ties of the great state of Texas being fully considered may , and probably will, give the line ot march of the center of )opulation a more south erly course after it shall have reach ed the Mississippi river. . Carnegie s Newest Endeavor. Andrew Carnegie is so different from the rest oi us I lie now says he has made up his mind not to make any more money if he can help it. He declares he could have made $50,000,000 cecently without difficulty; he had the cash and the opportunity was ripe, but what was the use? The Laird of Skibo :ias more dollars already than he can give away satisfactory. He has more wealth than can be measured They measure" in these modern days; in earlier times money used to be counted. It would appear from Mr. Came gie's own statements that he got an easy start on the road to wealth. He was earning $40 a month when an opportunity was offered him to in vest a few hundred dollars in the original sleping-car invention., The young man was wide awake, but he had not yet saved the few hundred dollars." He went to his employer for a loan. All right, Andy," said the gentleman, you're a good boy and I guess I can let you have it. I he would-be borrower agreed to pay back the loan at the rate of twenty dollars a month. It turned out that he made $10,000 from, the investment of the borrowed hun dreds. "And that is how I got my start,' says the multi-millionaire The puzzling with men who amass so much money that they desire to give away part of it is how to dis pose of it in such a manner that it will be a benefit to those who re ceive it. The final penny would soon be reached if cash were passed out to all who ask for it. Between 400 and 500 begging lettenfare Buid to arrive daily in the mail of John 1) Rockefeller, lherequu!:: vary in amount-from one dollar to one mil lion dollars. An examiner made the interesting observation that these importunate missives on one day bore the stamps of twenty dif ferent countries in North and Soutl America, Europe, Asia, Africa aud Australia. Some Strange Casualties Christian Scientists in Dead ly Combat. The Living Church published nt Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in its issue of March 12th, says: 'Christian Science" continues to fford fresh interest to students of religions delusions and psychopathic cases; nnd the recent publication in book form of "The Life of Mary linker G. Eddy" which Georgine Milmine wrote for MeClure's Maga zine three years ago, will doubtless increase that interest, especially in connection with Mrs. Eddy belief in itchcraft; "malicious animal mag netism," as she prefers to call it. The daily papers of February. 2nd ist a scries of casualiies among the adherents of Irs. Stetson,- attribut ed by her part to "M. A. M." ex- rcised against them by the Boston clique which runs the "Mother Church." Miss Sarah Hathaway, healef, fell and broke her leg in the street, dying six weeks later'. Mrs. William Burns Kennedy, who wrote a Christian Science' play ailed "The Higher Power,'' has icen sent to a sanitarium. Miss ybil Hughes, a "reader," opposed to Mrs. Stetson, was stricken with a mortal disease; and Mrs. Maud Jabcbck accuses Mrs. Stetson of aving caused her grave financial oses by directing the baleful forces i animoi magnetism" against her. Ifcnry P. .Toles, a former "first reader'' in New York, who had turned against Mr. Stetson demon strated his loyalty to Mrs. Eddy by trying to get possession of Harlem through legal proceedings in her name for the purpose of establishing a New Jerusalem there, went insane ast July, and, escaping from his guards on Ward's Island, New York, drowned himself on February st. if it were not too tragic to joke alM)Ut, there would seem a grim jest in the head-line: "Caught in Eddy from Hell-gate, Sinks." But what an astonishing and re volting picture of gross superstition it all is! Two groups of people, half-way to lunacy all of them, one in Boston, and one in New York, each shivering with dread of the other's enchantments, and attribut- ng all the changes and chances of this mortal life to malicious mor tal mind" impersonate; and all this in the name of "Science." These people arc probably not frauds; but I submit that, if not, they are mad Perhaps that charming apologist, Mr. McCracken, or that ingenious, artful dodger, Mr. Farlow, will cor rect me if I am wrong. Missouri Democrats Back Folk for the Presidency. Minneapolis, Minn. Thelxiomof ex-Gov. Joseph W. Folk of Missouri for the Democratic, nomination for the presidency in VJIZ lias lieen launched in Minnesota, through the arrival here of Ixn Sanders, a pro' minent business man of St. Ixniis, one of the original backers of the former Governor, in his politiea career. .Minnesota is the nrst state to be visited in tho interests of the Folk candidacy "Missouri is back of Folk for President without any question," said Mr. Sanders.. "No formal an nouncement has lieen make, but a lot of the ex-Governor's friends be lieve that he is tho logical candidate to bring success to the Democratic party. In record and character he stands for the progressive element in our party and would receive the support of the progessive element regardless of other political inter ests." Mr. Sander called on Frank A Day, formerly secretary to Governor jthnsoii, and chairman of theDem ocratic state committee, and met large iiiimlier of other Democrat here. ' , - Ladies Discuss Suffragettes at Afternoon Tea. The silver teapot hud Inen refilled with hot water the second or third time, and the cream-pitcher been sent back to the cow once. The Cup that "inspires but not inebriates" had loosened the ladies' tongues if they ever need a lubricant and, someway, the question of the suffra gettes was, introduced. ""Maybe it was tho wicked, lone male biped who maliciously did it. "If the women want to vote, why don't they go and fight for their country?" demanded a vivacious blonde in' a wisteria hat; "that's what I'd like to know." The others jieered deep into their dainty teacups, and found no ans wer. "I don't think all women have the time to understand political questions, don't you know," ven tured the other blonde, with the issinating coiffure, in a rather se rious way; ami she turned half ap- pealingly to the male biped. 'Of course." he suggested jVnve- lyt every male voter goes to he leepsea bottom of all the questions onwhich he votes. He never wastes time loafing or gossipping; but grinds over political economy. The male brain-pan " 'I think it is a shame," indig nantly burst in another blonde, with soft Southern accent in her voice, 'that we women should always be classed, in public affairs, with im beciles, insane, Indians, and un naturalized immigrants! If women pay taxes, of course they should vote. But of course I don't approve of the stone-throwing methods of thelEnglish suffragettes; but perhaps they never could havo secured at tention for their cause in any other way." A more matured, slender slip of a woman in a fluffy, fleecy, "Jiridey" looking veil, w ho deluged her in ternal regions with tea as though she might have lunched on salt sal mon, quoted Lincoln approvingly as saying: All should share the 41... . .. privilege of government who assist in liearing its burdens; consequent ly I would admit all Whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms. By no Means Excm d imi Females." Yes," broke in a bright-eyed ady with a Scotch brogue, "I think some of the English suffragettes are sincere, but with others it is a fad think it a pity they sometimes make such fools of themselves. I don't believe that many women can attend to home duties and Ijo active in politics at the same time." And she pasned her cup for the the third filling. A queenly matron quoted Dr. Ly man Ahoolt as saying: e nave suffered the great evil of church against church, but a far worse evil would be sex against sex." That she does not wholly approve of Dr tVbliott's phillippic was shown by her own words: In protecting the ittle children whose employers Jock them in and compel them to pack so many boxes of Christmas candy, no matter if they are tired enough to drop, I think woman could use her vote in a good cause; also in helping to avert such injustice to woman as has Wen shown in the waist-makers' strike in New York, where defense less girls have lieen haled into court at midnight, on charges of interfer ing with strike-breakers, and would thus have been intimidated, but for the volunteer attendance of certain benevolent society ladies, who gave up their sleep to show by their pres ence in the court that the girls had friends who were watching over them." A dashing brunette, "with large, lustrous eyes, awoke from musing over her teacup and spoke with deci sion. "I can't say that I like the suffrage methods. Too much like Carrie Nation. 1 prefer the 'Tea and Tact,' methods of the State of Wash ington, rather than the militant methods of the English suffragettes. 1 nave seen women s sulirage in practical ojx ration in Idaho, Wyo ining and Colorado, and I think that the women vote as intelligently Helping Boys Get a Slart.1 Boston is said to lie the only city n-the world which has a vocational bureau for its school boys. It was founded with money given by a Bos ton woman, ami the school lionrd pays the salary of one official in it, who gives his entire time to public school pupils wishing employment, (ilasgow has taken advantage of a hew law in Scotland permitting school boards to combine with other agencies for the same purpose, and has created a committee to help ' pupils choose a vocation and secure work. Associations are-being form. ed also in Iindon to try nnd place children leaving school. There is an increased effort on the part of our educational authori ties to send out lioys properly pre pared for business life. It is fre quently charged that they do not succeed in this. Supt. E. W. Weaver, principal of the Boys' High school in Brooklyn, in investigating a com plaint of this nature sent to him, found that the w riter of the letter hired any boy who came along"" in nnivftp tr nil ni1 vpi'T.innmnnf find then blamed the school for deficiencies. some interesting figures on the value of an education to a boy. He thinks that a man without an education who earns 81.50 a day for 300 clays in a year does well as an average in tins country, and if he keeps that up for forty years he will earn $18, 000. He finds that among educated men a low average is $1000 a year. In forty years the total is 8 10,000. The difference lietween $18,000 and $40,000, or $22,000, is the value, he concludes, of a boy's time spent at school in getting an education. Of course," says Superintendent Weaver, it isn't the time spent at school that enables him to earn this difference in itself, but it is the time spent at school which makes it pos- sioic lor nun to rise to higher walks of employment." While the importance of educa tion is generally appreciated, this statement may present the. matter in a more convincing form. What is - aimed at today is to assist our young- graduates to secure places where they may at once liegin to profit by the instruction they have received.. as the men, and are not at -all un sexed by exercising suffrage."! Some of the other wisteria hats nodded approval, and some shook violently side-wise. Those who had not visited Honolulu since the west- eria hats and towns came to tbnton commented in a spicey way, that the Kohala feminine brain is all right in any kind of a hat. Evi dently Kohala female society is evenly divided on suffrage question. Justus the discussion was waxing as lively as a meeting of the Guild or King's Daughters, some keen- eyed tea-drinker observed that the wretched male biped had sneaked a notebook out of his pocket, she winked and nodded, and in an in stant there was a rattling of teacups, and hurried leave-takings: "Well, good afternoon, dearie; I've had just the loveliest time!" This to the hostess. Noonc'called tho horrid male biped "dearie, nor, he is thankful to say, any thing else that U'gan with a "D." Of course not, in Kohala. Kohala Midget. CENTRAL SALOON Market Sir. Waildku ANTONE BORBA, Prop. Full line of popular brands ot WINES, LIQUORS, CORDIALS. CRAND1ES. VYIIIfcKlKS, GINS Celebrated Primo Seattle 25c 2 Glasses 25c