Show I Guam Asks United States for Help I Saturday Evening Post Uncle Sams Sam's littlest t dependency tho island of or Guam Is in dreadful trouble because of f a disease which threatens to wipe out ut all aU tho the cocoanut trees Inasmuch as 3 cocoanuts are arc tho the principal source ur of f livelihood for tho the nine thousand live Ive hundred people who inhabit this till little patch of terra firma two hundred cl and ind ten square miles ID tim area In the tho midst of tho Limo wido idO Pacific tho time matter malter matters is s of or utmost Every eort effort e- e fort ort to find a euro curo will bo be made by Hie lie agricultural experiment station which i II a about to bo be established on the tIme island 1151 am and eon congress ross having made mado an appropriation appropriation for the time purpose Guam exports large quantities C of drIed cocoanut meats the oil from which la ls used in the manufacture of candles anil soaps and also u as an in in- of or a n of medicines time ho natives of th hi island employ it for tor lI lighting and cooking 10 lo to take Uko the time place of f lard and nearly every ory dwelling has hus Its ts patron saint enshrined in a niche In Inho inthe ho tho principal living room loom with a n. cocoanut co- co oil lamp burning before It U Also ho he time young oung women use uso tho the oil all perfumed with Mowers to lo anoint their hair Agriculture In Guam Is la vcr very ery primi- primi tive vc and the tho new now station will tl try to Introduce modern methods while mak mak- lug e experiments in tho the growing of many nany tropical plants The Time island Inland which Is 1200 miles east ast of or the tho Philippines Philip pines lines amid ami close to lo tho the equator has a wonderfully rich llora Ilora that lint embraces nut mint a n few vegetable curiosities c For e example there thero Is the horseradish tr tree roe e. e which yields th the hen ben en oil of or commerce hl highly hl valued by 11 watch- watch makers Il Its root Is use In of or hun taxiing tasting aim almost out l exactly like It t. t Likewise siso wf ue interest Is th bixa whose seeds are aro contained in prickly capsules tilled filled with a a. red pulp that used everywhere o for tor the coloring of or butter buUr and ond cheese Nowadays In tho the best hotels and anil restaurants rca res butter Is ht served in its natural natural na na- tural color anich nl l h is creamy white but nearly everywhere tho time market demands do- do mands tinted butter buttor The rho annatto la is prepared for this purpose by separating separating ing out tho thu pulp which is 9 of ot an I I yellow orange hue It Is 18 employed c I also for Cor dyeing silks and cottons and tho Uw Caroline Carolina Islan Islanders paint their i bodies with it In Guam grows luxuriantly the coral bead vine whose pretty prett re red seeds are aro used for tor mal making necklaces ac nn and bracelets In tho tIme East the foe seeds d dof of this plant are arc utilized as wei weights by Jewelers cre and druggists b because I each of them weighs almost exactly ono onu grain Krain They contain two poisons which chemically are arc almost exactly Identical with tho active a principle oCI of oC I snake venom though less powerful powerful- on which account tho the seeds in Indict India I I aro are sometimes ground to pow powder er null and I used for Cor poisoning daggers gers A sJ slight ht I I prick of a dagger thus treated means death cath I Children in Guam begin to chew I betel at a 0 very cry early curly a age e. e anti and old women wuI wo wu- men and men aro are frequently sc set seen ll with I teeth reduced T h by y Its Us use to moro mere blackened black black- I oDed ened snags The rime so called held belch nutt aro are aromatic seeds of or a kind of or blUCk palm A of oC nut la Is wrapped l In iii II n. leaf of the betel pepper vine vIm with a u pinch of oC quicklime added aim and i la thus made made- ready for tor chewing It Impart a n red led color to the tho saliva so that tue lips and tooth teeth look 1001 an as If covered cl with blood In tuna time the tooth teeth become onel and 1111 eventually o are arc almost de c- c a |