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Saturday, November
10
Waited, birds. Notwithstanding the fact that Prof Koebeio
wants useful insects protected, yet it would unquestionably be a
wise move to introduce certain insectivorous birds into the Islands.
At present it is practically impossible to raise many kinds of
vegetables and fruits on Maui for the simple reason that the trees
ana vines are ravaged by insects which would be destroyed by the
introduction of certain classes of field birds from the States.
Robins, blue-birds, cat-birds, California linnets, California mock
ing birds would prove a boon to the Islands from a utilitarian
point of view, to say nothing of the cheerful inlluence of the
feathered songsters.
The fact that the president, in his forthcoming message to
congress will recommend the reenactment of the Geary Exclusion
Act.need not of itself, be a bar to the admission of Chinese laborers
to the cane fields of the Hawaiians. Negro labor proved to be an
utter failure, and the forto Kicans are developing traits which
render their further importation to tho Islands a very risky ex
periment. Chinese and Japanese laborers have so far proved the
only class that are at all dependable. In case of a war between
Russia and Japan which seems unavoidable at present there will
be an exodus of Japanese laborers from the Islands, and every
reasonable effort should be made
supply their place.
If there be another outbreak
years, as is conuuentiy preaictea
judge, it will bo the signal for the division of China among the
European nations. It has taxed the resources of China to raise
the indemnity demanded Cor the last outbreak, and it would be
impossible to raise another indemnity fund, consequently there
would bo a partition. From a sentimental point of view this is to
ba resretted, but at the same time
lished along the whole sea coast of China would mean a develop
ment of Pacific trade and commerco almost too vast for imme
diate conception.
O 9
There can be no doubt but thero . is a great future for the
" Hawaiian Islands, independent of the sugar industry. There will
be a ship canal across the American" continent and a cable across
the Pacific. The Philippines will bo developed into a prosperous and
progressive American territory,
question of time until the Chinese sea border and great river val
leys will be in the hands of Caucasians. Then the Pacific will be
black with steamer smoke aud white with sails carrying an enor
mous tonnage of merchandise.
path of this immense traffic, and
prosperity.
Wailuku. is making satisfactory strides in material growth.and
. .
is to some extent looking after its
an intellectual awakening is sorely needed. New, bright people
are settling in Wailuku, and they should be brought together on
some sort of literary basis. With
students' club could easily be organize. If the leader be lacking
a debating society with readings, recitations and music as adjuncts
should at once be organized. Think it over and talk it over with
' your neigLbors. Let the ladies takj an active part in it, and at
least once a month let the people meet to enjoy a purely literary
evening.
? The recent local elections in
object lessons t J the people of the
cluding national politics in local
ticket with Seth Low at its head
the indedendent vote. The San
republican ipaper of the Coast is in open rebellion against the head
of the republican local ticket. These are things to think over be
tween now and the next election
j5 There is no question but that
no small measure to her naval armament, and this is well under
stood by the United States, Germany, Russia and France. It is
safe prediction that when the "dogs of 'war" are again turned loose
they will be "sea-dogs.u In other
future will be fought on water and
i . .
j5 1 here is no question but tnat ueneral weyier is the coming
man in Spain. As minister of war, he is the sword hand of the
ministry. In the event ot the
account of ill health, which is imminent, Weyier will doubtless be
come prime minister, from which it is but one step to a dictatorship
2 The United States government should not hesitate to send al
needed troops to the Philippines. It will take many year to pacify
and harmonize the millions of semi-savages who constitute the
bulk of the population of the Philippines and the work should not
be allowed to languish in the outset for want of troops.
e
J President Roosevelt's message will deal largely with trust3
and there will doubtless be some legislation in Congress touching
Vthese matters, but it is now too
ruction of disrupting the trusts,
many American dollars invested
MAUI BLUE BOOK
Hon. .T. W. Kalun. Circuit Judr. WiiHuku
(. N. K. Kool . 'lerk (.'Ircnit court, Wuiliiku
Juilt'O W. A. J U'Kay Disl. MitgHiruic. Witilnku
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V. Wittrock, 44 Hmii
O. Trimble. 44 41 MolnUiii
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W. V. noblnson, Tax Assessor, Walluku
,T. N. K. Keola, Depnty Assessor Walluku
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U.l'uin, " 41 Lnrmlnu
J. Qro.w, " " Hiinti
for the importation of Chinese to
of the Boxers in the next few
Dy inose wno are m a position to
a Caucasian civilization estab
and it seems now to be but
The Islands will be directly in the
will be assured of a continuous
(
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moral and spiritual welfare, but
a competent leader, a readiug or
New York and San Francisco are
Islands as to the matter of ex
affairs. In New York the fusion
won an overwhelming victory by
Fxmcisco Chronicle, the leading
in Hawaii.
England owes her greatness In
words, the great battles of the
at sea-ports rather than inland
. ....
retirement of Premier Sagasta on
late to accomplish much in the d
for the reason that there are too
in them.
BIRDS WE NEED
The following extracts from an
rtide lv Y. K. L. Heal, E. S., in the
Year Book for liKiO. issued by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
hows the need of the Islands for in
ecti.orous bird.
That birds sometimes in diet injuries
upon orchard trees and their pro
ud s is a fact with which every fruit
grower is familiar; Out it is not so
well known that they tiro frequently
fjgreatservico in destroying enemies
of the orchard, and yet the aid they
ender in this subtler way far more
than oflVets the harm that is so ap
parent. Among birds which most directly
fleet the interests of the fruit
grower may be mentioned woodpeek-
rs, of which about 45 species and
subspecies arc found within the limits
f the United States, all of decided
economic importance, lhcir suu-
istenee is obtained for the most
part upon trees, a mode of life for
which they arc specially adapted.
The character of the feet and tail
enables t hem to cling easily to np-
ight trunks, and tho structure of
the bill and tonguo gives them the
power to cut into solid wood and
withdraw tho insects lodged inside.
The toes are in pairs, one pair pro
jecting forward and the other back
ward, and arc furnished with very
strong, sharp claws, an arrange
ment which insures a firm hold upon
the bark. The tail is composed of
very still feathers pointed at the end
that can be pressed against the tree
runk, and thus mado to support
anu steady the bird. The beak is
rather long, but stout, and furnished
witb a chisel-shappd point, which is
hardened and sharpened so as to
render it a most effective wood-cut
ting instrument. The tongue, the
most peculiar portion of the anatomy
of these birds, is extended backward
by two slender, flexible filaments of
the hyoid bone, each incased in a
muscular sheath. These filaments.
instead of ending at the back of the
mouth, curve up over the back of the
skull, across the top of the head, and
down on the forehead, and in some
species enter tho opening of the
right nostril, and extend forward to
the end of the beak. In the last
case the tonguo is practically twice
me lengtu ot the head. I3y means
of its surrounding muscular sheath
the tongue can be protruded from
the bird's mouth a considerable por
tion of its length, and can thus be
nscrted, into the burrows of wood
boring larvm. In order to sccui
gruus or oilier insects, it is usually
uirmsiica with a sharp point and is
barbed on the side. It is evident that
a bird possessing such an app:n-atu
must do capable ol dmr.g work wiucis
less advantageously endowed ispec-ie
can not accomplish. Hence,
most birds content themselves will
eating such insects as they find up
on the surface, woodpeckers seek
those larvce or grubs which arc
beneath the bark, or even in the very
heart of the tree. To render effec
tive the mechanism 'nere described
these birds are gifted with a remark
able acute sense of hearing by whicl
to locate their prey within the wood
That they do so with great accuracy
is disclosed by examination of their
work, which shows that they cut
small holes directly to tho burrows
of the grubs.
Of tho various species of wood
peckers in the Eastern States, the
two most important are tho so called
downy and hairy woodpeckers. These
birds are especially given to foragir.,
in orchard, more particularly in wiu
ter; for, unlike most species, they do
not migrate, but remain on their
range the year round.
A study of the contents of the
stomachs of many specimens of the
downy woodpecker shows that near
ly one-fourth of the yearly food coiv
sists of ants. A celebrated French
writer upon popular natural history
has spoken of tho ant as "tho little
black milkmaid, who pastures her
green cows in the meadow of a rose
leaf." This is a graphic, if some
what fanciful, picture of the relations
of ants and plant lice; but unfortu
uately the black milkmaid does not
limit her pastures to the ro.se-lea
meadows. Thero are comparatively
few plants which do not suffer to
some extent by the ravages of plant
lice, and fruit trees and ornamental
shrubs seem to be more especially
subject to their attacks. Ants pro
tect these plants lice from harm
and, when the plant on which they
are feeding exhausted, carry them
to fresh pastures, and in some cases
actually build shelters over them.
Resides destroying the ftnts, th
downy woodpecker eats many of the
plant lice.
Again, when the woodpecker lias,
by its keen sense of hearing, located
the larva of a wood-boring beetle in
a tree, and dislodged it with tho awl
of tho sharp-edged chisel and probe,
there is much likelioood that the
next time is visits the tree it will find
a colony of ants snugly established
in the burrow of the defunct grub,
whose somewhat limited quarters
they are extending in every direction.
It now brings to bear upon the ants
the same apparatus it used iu the
case of the grub, and they are soon
awn out and devoured. From
these two sources are obtained tho
ants that are found in the food of this
bird, aud that constitute 23 per cent
of that food. In both cases the insects
are harmful, and the woodpecker
tops the injury and benefits the
tree.
Of tho food of the downy wood
pecker, 13 per cent consists of wood
boring coleopterous larval, inscc ts
that do an immense amount et dam
age to fruit and forest trees, and are
as stated, protccted.'from-the attacks
of ordinary birds by their habit of
burrowing in trees. Besides the
rubs taken from within the wood,
the woodpecker eats many of the
parent insects from whoso eggs these
grubs are hatched. It also destroys
numerous other species that live up
on the foliage and bark. Caterpil
lars, both those that bore iuto the
trees, and those that live upon the
leaves, constitute 1C per cent of its
food, and bugs that live on berries
and give to them such a disagreeable
tasto form a considerable portion of
its diet. Bark lice or scale insects,
pests of tho worst description, are
also eaten by this bird, and to an ex
tent that is surprising when their
minute size is considered.
Titmice.
The well-known titmice, or chicka
dees, though small in size and unob
trusive in habits, do much good in
both orchard and forest. So far as
known, the food habit3 of all are bene
ficial. The winter food of the famil
iar black-capded chickadee, which
has been investigated by Prof. Clar
ence M. Weed, of New Hampshire,
and by the Biological Survey, consists
of noxious insects, and more especial
ly of insects' eggs. The eggs of plant
ice were found in a large proportion
of the stomachs examined, and con
stituted an important percentage
oi me loou. jJOSHios inese, the eirrs
of such pests as common tent cater
pillar, tho forest lent caterpillar,
and the fall canker-worm are eaten.
In winter chickadees spend most of
the daylight hours in searching trunks
and branches of tree?, inspecting
every crevice in the bark and ex
amiumg every bud for tho insects'
;gs and hibernating ins.ets, which
constitute so larare a part of their
food.
Frequent associates of the chicka
dees, and doing practically the same
work, aro the nuthatches and the
brown creeper. The nuthatches ar
jf about the samo size as the chicka
dees, but ar more agile tree climbers,
in the respect excelling all other
North American birds. While wood
peckers and titmice usually run up
the truLks, nuthatches run up and
down, or along the underside of a
horizontal branch, with equal facility
and elo not depend upon tho tail for
support. The brown creeper, like the
chickadee, is constantly engaged dur
ing tho day iu searching for insects,
eggs and small insects in the crevices
of tho bark. It is an active, nervous
little creature, which flits rapidly
from one tree to another, generally
alighting upon tho trunk near the
base, then running spirally upward
and, after a hurried inspection, wing'
ing its way to tho next tree. These
three birds perform a service which
it is difficult for man to do for him
oelf, a'jd they should bo protected
and encouraged.
Cuckoos.
Probably no group of insects con
tains a greater number of orchard
pests than tho order Lepidoptera,
which comprises butterflies and
moths, with their larva;, or caterpil
hirs. Tent caterpillars, cankerworms,
fall webworms, tussock moths, cod
ling moths, anu a host of others are
among the worst enemies of the
fruit grower. It is, therefore, for
tunato that there are iu tho United
States two birds which subsist, to
great extent, upon caterpillars, ap
parently preferring them to any other
food.ThefcC aro the cuckoos.the yellow
, (Continued on fourth Page.)
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