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Flowers I'm France.

From the Ladies' Home Journal.
Immense flower plantations exist In almost
every department of the south Of France, but
the Riviera is especially devoted 10 this type Of
dainty agriculture. Grasse, Nice and Cannes
and the neishboring villages provide the greater
part Of the perfumes of commerce. Each city
has its special product. Nice supplies vtolets
and orange blossoms, ~ does also Cannes, and
the latter place is also famous for its rosss and
tuberoses and iessamine. erase supplies large
quantities Of the last named fovesL Ths
quantity of orange blossoms gathered an
nually on the Riviera amounts 10 the astouiahs
ing weight Of ]. $50 900 pounds. After thss oos
learns without surprise that the violst esop =
Nice Is 60, 900 pounds per annum-
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bunter yourself and become a habitante, II for
ever 50 brief period. of a genuine rubber
camp in he wilderness. And nothing is easier
;haa 20 crafty that Iaudable ambition. espe-
c.Ally II YOU are taken with it at Manaos, a
heart of the greatest rubber-producing section
81 the globe.
OFF FoR RUBBER CAMP.
IN our case it was particularly easy, for our
host IL q rubber merchant a. are most OF the
Substantial citizens Of the place.. who keeps
from so TO 1GO Indians constantly employed as
collectors. under the leadership of captain"
- head collector of their own choosing. 1t
happens that their present main camp may be
reached without difficulty bv two DAYS iour-
nev up the lilo Negro ON one of the regular
steamers and then. disembar&ing Mt certain
point IN the wilderness. near the mouth of an
unnamed afiGent. by a slower canoe cruise of
several hours. between undiscovered banks
Where apparently human beings never came
before.
At the first indication a orr desire. which
hsd evidently been expected and partially pre-
y'sreG for. party was made up. headed BY
mire host and his family, servants were sent
ahead with tents and provisions. and Indian
IOatrneu summoned from the distant camp to
meet Us a. the junction of the rivers. To our
kina entertainers II was merely pleasant little
picnic excursion. sIch AZ New Workers are won't
10 rake up the Hudson but to ~ it was an
event OF magnitude. franght with periis and
adventures enough TO keep the average Yankee
OF either sex in Warming material for u lifetime.
Ahink Of II the Amazon river measures more
miles straight across it, mouth than the whole
navigable length o: the ''lordIy Hudson"
IN THE FOREST.
And then suppose those Indian boatmen
should fail to be on hand at the appointed
time and place and we be left. like the Babes in
the Woods, among boas and tigers and goodness
knows what other terrOrs! And later-when
icing padded up the nameless igarape. which
b hundreds Of miles from anywhere. and SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12

caoutchouc sap, resembling cheeses. awaiting
shipment. b. the way, the native word for
India rubber (caoutch ouc) sounds much like a
sneeze and is pronoun ced as if spelled kee-
chook, with the accent strong on the first sylla-
ble The milky juice which now plays SO i'm
portant part among the worlds productions
was first made use of by the Indians of Costa
kica and BY them made known TO their con-
querors. Early as 1913 the Spaniards in Mex
leo had learned to make it into shoes and also
70 use II FOR waxing their cloaks in order TO
render thea waterproof; and no doubt that
was the origin OF the idea OF its manufacture
into waterproof cloth and the modern mackin-
tosh- FANNIE b. WARD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12

ENG IN ANY OF
these Amazonian towns,
where everything reeks
of India rubber-where
u is the one engrossing
industry Of the people,
the one topic of con-
versation. the one thing
constantly seen, smelled
and tasted you are
sure to be seized by the
spirit Of discovery
sooner or later and a
burning desire TO turn
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in complies, searching all day for the new trees
and returning to headquarters at nightfau
The camp consists OF central hut, built
upon stiltiIke supports 10 elevate it above the
malaria-haunted morass, In which rubber trees
most abound. with palm-thatched roof project
ing all around Ike that of Swiss chaIet
There are neither windows nor door to this
rude home. nor any interior furnishings except
HOOKS upon which hammocks may be sus-
pended when rains drive their owners inside.
Ordinarily AL out doors serves well for a
kitchen. and the men prefer to suspend their
sleeping paraphernalia from the trees around
the central fire, built for the triple purpose Of
frightening away proving beasts, counteract-
ing the effects Of deadly dews and miasmas and
keeping off those troublesome pests.
mosquitoes. gnats, xin-xins and garripotas. All
around the little camp is boundiess forest so
dense that it il impossible to penetrate it the
distance of a rod beyond the hut, except in
these paths which the hunters have partially
cleared with infinite toll. But / can assure
YOU that visitor feels no ''call to walk abroad
in the spongy marshes where every step sinks
him in above the shoe tops and poisonous water
snakes are known to Turk and jaguars prowl in
search Of prey.
DANGEROUS LIFE.
As may be imagined. the hunters life is little
above that of the wild beasts whose prowlings
make night hideous around him, and he is con-
stanIy exposed to a thousand dangers, seen and
unseen. Not only do hungry pumas, wild bears
ahu Ulher PoNeIlu aniniais ADouhu' OIt oeauiy
rep.iies no io'Eer man your nheer ana uhy N
seG's Mno'e sung s la'ai. tnere are wee NJ
aIds' lhe eAast coior oI ,ne leaNes uhuer whioh
!ne' uiue, anu InluiiieIapie creeping ana cra"A,
ing 'niIss mort dangerous ,hah me dreaded
re'uer o. our nortne.n WHO'S Wnicn at least
sNes some warning OF ms ihIehloh 20 strike;
"Hle e'eH inoie W De eaieu IMAM inc moh-
~ Gn,a;rT Trnci;v;,ias ora d. fo,ors H. AZ.
upon the noxious vapors of the tierra caIiente
x.nv,v,
IT, -, r.
q Ao .--7 "'.,f 'oui,''' ii'Ae'
NUMBER OF lresh cuts around the trunk OF each
tree which he has previously marked as his own
special property, pro tenn. and sets his little
CLAW Guns 70 catch the valuable san tbo+ will
ooze from the inc;sion Iatsr !, Tho dav he
reneats the ronnd c.rrvina q n,,ea- snr, ~
Lncket Id from = 10 60 nTbi.b r.
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10000 Bags of Roasted Peanuts.

A large fire occurred in the peanut warehouse
section Of Norfolk last night. Besides two large
warehouses with machinery and upward Of
so 900 bags Of peanuts, several smaller stores
were burned Estimated loss s150 900 All
of the telegraph wires were interrupted for
couple Of hours in the busies. part Of the night
and communication was not restored until after
I o'ciock
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the clutches of the "raiidlcr.en," while those
J.ho do al tao actual work ard endure the risks
aid hsrdshps get next TO nothing. The small
trader, Likewise, il in debt 20 the wholesale
dealer at Para. ard tho Wholesaler is even more
deeply indebted 20 .he New York Baltimore or
LTEdcu firm which furnishes him with sup
Plies and finally secures the rubber. Somebody
makes heavy pTofits on. of every transaction
b1;!: il rot the poor Indian, upon whose cour-
age and powers Of endurance all depends nor
yet the smaller traders.
THE ANIMAL IMPORTATION OF INDIA RUBBER
from Para il said to be upward of 20, 900 900
pounds, worth from $4,000 900 to $4,000, 600
The rubber tree of Brazil (siphonia elastica,
n near relative Of the ficus elastica of the East
Indies and the urceola elastica of Asia is
really giant species of milk weed. 1t begins
10 yield when about fifteen years old. and the
government has repeatedly suggested plans for
cultivating it by planting large areas with trees
and conducting the business like that of coffee
and sugar plantations But BraZilians seem to
be peculiarly devoid Of the power to take "a
long look ahead" and so far nobody has been
found willing to wait fifteen years for the first
returns on an investment.
ON THE HUNT.
Hereabouts the rubber hunters are called
stringuerios. as in Central America they are
known yularoes. They usually go out in small
parties. having chosen one of their own num-
Der rs captain and as soon as the rubber
swamps are reached they select suitable spot
for the base of operations and proceed to con-
struct rude camp. which serves a general
rendezvous. They then wander of, singly and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12
HE UNITED STATES

HE UNITED STATES
Capitol is full Of ghosts.
AT least three such ap-
partitions are familiar to
the watchmen and at
tendants who guard the
great building and keep
it in order. According
to the testimony of some
of them at twenty min
utes past ~ every
night Gen. Logan comes
out of sthe room Of the
Committee On MILITARY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12
HORTLY AT E R

HORTLY AT T E R
the Columbian parade
OF school children re-
Gently in New York it
was the good fortune of
a STAR representative
to meet in her own
home a pleasant little
woman the greater part
Of whose life has been
given up to philah-
thropic and missionary
work. Her latest fad,
If such a mission could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12
INDIAN STUDENTS.
The Significance Of Their Parading
at the Columbus Celebration.
IN THE SCHOOL ROOM.

Progress Made by Blanket Indians-some
Little Aboriginal Essaytsts and Their Crude
but Entertaining CompOsitions-Enccs OF
Difference in Latitude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12

Judge Putnam Of the United States circuit
court Mt Boston has ordered rehearing in the
indictment OF Asa P. Potter, ex-presidens of
tho Maverick National Bsax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12
THE CAPITOL GHOSTS.
specters Haunt the Big Government
Building at Washington.
THE sPECTER OF GUITEAU.

some OF Them Are Familiar to the Watch
men by Long observation-disclosures of
Gen. Logan and CoIored Servant-Mys-
terious Footsteps and voices-Stories Told
by the Guards.
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fellow, bearing the name Mike Blue Jacket,
managed, after much trouble and twisting, to
evolve tho following:
4 thought would write 70 you TODAY, this
muddy day. hope it viii be q good day. II
It Is good day tomorrow the dog will blight and
sne css VIM scratch and the deer will run fast:
be good boys and girls don't say will and
give me these o no that never is the way but
Mother il you please"
"Of course the child was not poet; he only
quoted his poetry from his Second Reader.
rot'swatomle boy who a year before writing
tnis, ms very nret composition, could not
speak word Of English brought me this:
Ike to play with the dog. 1 went with
the dog that was my dog I hunt the rabbit.
We kill two rabbits. he was snow that times
1t was in mornings. When afternoons 20
again
IAN Usage boy chose home for his subject:
"'we have well at home. We have dog
at home. My father kill a buffalo once and we
eat him. We have . big horse. We hunt deer
every week. / have little sister at home and
her name is Annie
This essay is by nine-yesr-old Wyandotte
boy who at the beginning of the term, two
months before, could read but very little and
could neither write nor print q word You see
he has written quite legibly. What white boy
OF the same age and same degree of ignorance
could write this in two months schooiing2
"A dog will bite. dog will eat the dog
runs after rabbits. A dog bit me on the arm.
1t did not feal very nice. Some dogs will catch
mice like cats A dog is NICE
This one was the production of an eight
year-old Caddo girl, bright and quick, but a
great trial because Of her eeaseless chatter ant,
restlessness,
~ have doll live in house at home. I
live with my father, he's got 5 children. he had
four but one died here. like to play with
dolls but my father is going away from us.
am going home with Miss Hope
"This essay was written by little brown
faced. black-eyed, restless Pawnee boy, who was
one of my favorite pupils. though by his ire
presslble love of fun and mischief making he
made me a great deal Of trouble. He was
quite original in his ideas; even his penman-
ship was peculiar and unlike that of child,
but would have been a credit to an educated
man. Dogs were his delight 30" Dogs was his
text.
COMPOSITION ON DOGS.
NOW i viii tell you story about a dog. His
name was John Robinson. He would shake
hands with the boys and he would hunt rabbit
and when he catch rabbit he run after him and
when boys showed him the rabbit he ran after
him John Robinson is q good dog. he shakes
hands with the boys and he hunts rabbits and
he always stay round the windows and the boys
give him some meat and he go away and then
he hunt rabbit and when he catch him he eat i.
up.
The punctuation capitalization and spelling
are exactly as in the original, and the STAR re-
porter had to acknowledge as the little woman
folded away her treasures that her Indian kids
averaged up very well with their white brothers,
the children of the "Great Father"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12
TIE RUBBER HUNTERS
AGyp;csi Rubber Camp in the Heart
Of Brazil.
AN EXTENSIVE INDUSTRY.

Es.~ " g. Carried On in south America-The
Indian Hunters wild Life-Marking Trees
Hnd Collecting the sap-interesting Facts
A.,oU. tile Trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12

s.-oci., corrssPcndsnce Of The Evening Star.
MAS4O-. Brazil, October ;, 1892.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12
DIFFERENCE IN CAPABILITIES.

81 found that there was great difference
| in the capabilities Of Indian children, accord
ing to latitude, as in white children" said Miss
Hope, as she placed another essay in THE STAR
| reporters hand. THE northern Indians, as a
rule have more trouble with English than the
southern tribes, so was not astonished that nv
oldest pupil, an Oneida boy, stumbled o good
many times in his little story about his native
state, Wisconsin,"
1t was as follows: "The story in North W.
The snow sometimes About three feet in high.
Snow and Cool In winter and the summer Is q
hot IL many bears and deers all kinds Of
animals. This fall 1 see dear and bear too. I"
LITTLE CHEROKEE EsAYIsr.
"A little Cherokee is responsible for this, ~
said Miss Hope, and she displayed large sheet
profusely illustrated with dogs in various atti-
tudes.
my home is long ways from here. /
am sorry that MY brother is sick. Our room is
No. L. John Robinson will shake hands with
you. Our lesson is about Prince at the lakes.
1t is q rainy day.
THE John Robinson" she explained, .'who
possessed such rare accomplishments was a
large dog Of the bob-tailed yellow-hsired variety
| to whom all Of the boys were devotedly at
tached. This boy, Dakie Fresh Meat, was
always quite epigrammatic in his style Of talk
| ing. and writing as his essay shows.
"'My home is in Ottawa, Kan. am Chip
pcWb tHIoe 1ue 0eer can maze lou0 NOISE.
The dog can catch Q rabbit
Here is an essay by q little Shawnee girl,
who, You will see, had talent for making sug-
gestions:
".I have doll at home. I like dolls; do
you? Do you like dolls? hope will get q
doll when Christmas comes. Are you going to
get US doll / hope You will. Whist will /
get for Christmas, do you know? think this
is ell. am Shawnee girl. From your child
''Ihe little girl who wrote the following was
part Choctaw. but the beautiful fair complexion.
brown silky hair and brown eyes betrayed not
the faintest trace Of her Indian origin:
"'l like to play with dolls. think dolls d
prittie. have made dolls. like homo. I
have got lots Of friends at home. have ONE
mother and one sister and dear mother u
home. ! viii give my love to Miss Hope. nv
teacher
] "The smallest boy In my room. dear lits,s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12
TIE BUILDING LAWS.

On the other hand, the plaintiff meets this
contention Of the defense by reference 10 the
building laws. These state that the original
builder Of party wall cannot collect the ono
half cost from an adjoining owner until ths
latter begins actual building operations in
which the party wall is to figure, and not in
that case until pickax has been struck In the
barrier with the purpose Of arranging support
for joists or girders. Therefore they argue
no easement or chose In action could exist
until the first stroke ID made on the party wall,
and that the builder Of the barrier has no
vested interest in the outer portion next his
own property, except the disputed section IL
put to use, even - late ~ fifty years or more
after its erection According to this view the
first named property might change ownSrs .
dozen times, but the contingent right Of the
original builder of the party wall would never
or his heirs would be entitled TO receive COM
pensation, when the outer half Of the ancient
structure might be seized upon by new builder
for the use permitted by law. So, II Mr.. Hal
pin had no easement whom he sold to Mr.. Hem
ning-as Messrs' EAT ana Ssnnsr nAc not yss
not, Of course, sell BY deed something which
he did not yet own, an idea Of the situation
making defendants liable to pay elsl.sS for the
second time, although possibly having ground
for action TO recover similar amount from
Mr. Henning.
The building laws Of Washington are practi-
cally the same - those Of Philadelphia. They
were brought here when the capital vas re-
moved from the city Of brotherly love and fund
amentaily remain unchanged, although Con-
gress has tackled on . new regulation here and
there and sometimes aboliahed one IN some
other section of the code. The original statute
as to party walls Il stu In force, too, and,
unless the Supreme Court Of the United States
should some day declare the Philsdalphia regu-
lations unconstitutional, the present washing-
ton formula u likely 70 remain - IL now standa
me ssms point .nvo,vsc ~ ne aoes1 csse 800.
times decided BY the suprsms court Of Psnnsyi-
vania- Those suits were brought beforo u from
Philadslphia coutestants. and the body ~ ius-
ticss hold That only ~ as3xinal bnl1dw 81 .
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THE GHOST TRAP.

On the next day he found himself somewhat
recovered from his fears, and going to the
haunted housein the afternoon he quietly sprink-
led quantity of white -four along the top rail Of
the fence. 1t was an idea of his own for ghost
trap. When night came he was again on hand
and in hiding as before. A little after mid
night he saw two phantoms on the fence. They
walked with deliberate steps, one about six feet
behind the other, and after making the circuit
they disappeared through the side door. After
waiting few minutes to muster mp his courage
the watcher approached the fence and exam
ined that portion of the upper rail on which no
had sprinkled the -four. The layer of -four
showed in the moonlight well-marked prints Of
small human feet. This proved that the spec
tiers were live human beings. and SO he was not
afraid any more. He went to the house, reused
up the people and told what he had seen, which
resulted in the discovery Of the fact that two
young daughters of the owner were sonambu-
lists. Withou. knowing anything about it In
their waking moments, they were accustomed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12
APPEARANCES ARE DECEPTIVE.

The Stature Of . Person is No indication of
His Age.
From the Chicago Herald
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12
TRN ExcIASGE.

Ice employers. in their turn. are bound to be
" ',eet 10 the small traders in the river towns,
70 whom they sell the rubber. They pay abb
snrdly high prices for inferior goods and get
ntse for the product OF the enterprise rs CON-
pared 20 the price Of r1bber when !; gets out of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12

the assassin of Garfield. is said to haunt the
United States Jail here, where he was executed
Negroes confined there are extremely afraid Of
being put in the cell which he occupied. One
colored prisoner shut up in this cell was scared
into n lit by another who rolled marbles into it
at night from the opposite side of the corridor
Another specter attached 20 the same penal in
stitution has. in the belief Of the creduous. the
disagreeabe feature OF being without u head
1t IL the apparitiOn of a murderer named Stone,
who was the first individual hanged at the jail
He was large man, very fat and his head was
cut OFF by the rope rs cleanly as if the job had
been done with an AK.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-11-11
WHISKY AND WILD TURKEYS.

The Georgia Method of killing them when
Powder and Shot Gives Out.
Albany (Ga) HeIaldl
The greatest nimrod Of the age,
Blink Savage, told Bill Hillsman
that there were several Aocks of
turkeys doing damage to his pea
crop in the swamp. He, therefore,
baited several places with corn, and
on finding that the game was eat
ing his bait decided to so the next
morning and kill a lot of them.
That night he examined cold Bet
sy" carefully and found her in fine
fix, but on looking up his ammuni-
ton found that he had not a grain
of powder or an ounce of shot. An
old darby standing near by saw his
dilema. He had just returned from
town with a gallon of pure corn
whisky, and, says he; "Mars' Blink,
let's soak the next lot of corn in the
whisky, an if dey eat dat dey is
sho' drunk" Blink caught on. The
result was he found flock of six
teen fine wild turkeys ON a high old
drunk, and with his walking stick
soon killed the whole flock
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-11-11

They use Their Thumb and Forcing or for
Extracting Aching MoIars.

They use Their Thumb and Forcing or for
Extracting Aching MoIars.
st. Louis GlobesDemocrat.l
"The japanese use no instrument
for extracting teeth, but lift them
outwith the thumb and forefnger,'
said Henry Baker to a guest of the
Southern who WAS wearing his Jaw
in a.sling as the result Of a pair Of
forceps slipping and getting more
than they were sent for.
While jolly Dick Hubbard was
minister to Japan | visited that
country and spent pleasant week
with him. One day [ was troubled
with The toothacbe, and Mr. Hub
bard took me to dentist and ex-
planned to the saddle-colored opera
tor that | wanted the grinder ex-
tracted. ] was placed in bamboo
chairan tilted slightly back. The
dentist examined my teeth, talking
volubly meanwhile to Uncle SANS
representative. Suddenly his thumb
and forefnger closed on the troub-
lesome tooth, and before I had the
faintest idea Of what was going to
happen, he lifted it out and held it
up before me, smiling at the same
time that vacant smile peculiar to
the children of the Orient. You
were waiting for the forceps were
you?' said Minister Hubbard, with
a laugh. They don't use 'em here.
Look at this. Here is a young jap
taking his first lesson in dentistry
A l2-year-old japanese boy sat on
the floor, having before him board
in which were a number of holes
into which pegs had been tightly
driven. He was attempting to ex-
tract the pegs with his thumb and
forefnger. Mr. Hubbard explained
that as the strength Of this natural
pair of forceps developed by prac-
tice, the pegs would be driven in
tighter. After couple Of years at
pegpulling the young dentistwould
graduate and be able to lift the most
refractory molar in the same man
E ner that he now lifted wooden
pegs"