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The Portland daily press., 1893-09-07
WEISSERT ON PENSIONS.
The Grand Army's Leader Demands
Fair Play.
ADAMS OF MASSACHUSETTS THE
NEW COMMANDER.

Delegates Are Having Such Good Time
that the Encampment Was an Hour
Late in Getting Down to Business-1he
Chiefs Address Almost
Entirely Devoted to Hoke Smiths
Arbitrary Performancas
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-11-08

the shore of lake near by, and with
plenty. Of water at his command my
friend is destined to have a beautiful
yard in the near future. He has quite
u variety Of roses, several hibiscus
water hyacinths, pond lilies and gera-
NUNS, with many other varieties too
numerous to mention. Ii. A. G..
Pomona, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-11-08
For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT
NO VEUBER.

Now are they cOme--the clear, the bright
Calm days. the sweetest in the year.
The golden mantle fallen here
From summers shoulders in her flight
Mid purple, blue, and amber set,
Pink isles of morning softly sail;
And flaming clouds at eve prevail
In days departing coronet.
The air is filed with melody,
The grove is yellow with it's fruit;
And ev'ry little birdlngs Lutte
Sounds with merry minstrelsy.
Rich is the color of the flowers
Where POinciana's scarlet vieI
With Roses, meath the azure ehi'a
To deck fair Autumns' burning bowers.
Thy days are come, SO bright, SO clear,
SO sweet--they win my love away
From other months as fair, to say
Thou art the gem of all the year.
-Hilda Muirhea
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-11-08
For TIE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
EschscholtZlas


A bed of California Poppies, as esch-
scholtzias are called, is certainly "athing
Of beauty" and u joy until Jack Frost
kills them.
They are almost hardy in Ohio, and in
a State where the ground never freezes
to any depth they would be certain to
live over winter and bloom early.
The yellow varieties are orange yellow,
bright yellow, pale yellow with a darker
spot on each petal then cream color
which may be classcd with the white
with pink outside and cream inside.
The double ones are very fine.
For boquets nothing is more graceful
than a slender glass filled with the flow
ers and foliage of the Eschscholtzia; the
seed pods are also ornamental and do not
detract from the beauty Of the boquct.
A bed of them two by six feet, or
larger is delight to the owner, and if
there are children to enjoy them let
them enjoy them to the fullest sense Of
the word, giving them leave to pluck the
flowers at pleasure Nothing attracts d
child's ewes SO quickly as yellow or red
flowers.
In making up a bed Of these flowers
make the drills six to eight inches apart,
that they may stay and grow where they
come up, as they do not bear transplant
ing very we'll; but it. may be done by
taking up small bunch Of the plants
with as much earth us possible and set
ting out some cool, moist evening and
covering few days from the sun.
Many complain they cannot save seed
from them; it is not so hard if one knows
how When the pod looks round and
full and begins to turn a little yellow,
cut it off with long stem, heads down,
in paper bag or box and hang away to
dry. If the pods are green put the long
stems in vase Of water and set on a
paper to catch those that pop open and
fly out, leaving them to stand until the
pods yellow little, then turn them in
bags to dry, You will have seed for
yourself, your friends at home and to
send away.
1t is always best to buy the finer sorts
each year of your scotsman, especially
Mandarin and the double sorts.
There is more satisfaction in a dimes
worth of Eschscholtzia seed than in
dollars worth Of many other kinds.
If the winter does not kill the plants
place fresh earth around the roots Of
them, not removing the old. The seed
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-11-08

is hardy enough to withstand such win
ters as the last, and will come up readily
wherever they fell last year; and as they
are oftcncr in the walks than the beds,
it is we'll to take up the young plants by
the spade full and put in the old bed.
l.. II. ID.
Ohio
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-11-08
Pancratiums.

If the popularity of plant were meas
ured by the multitude and variety of
common names given to it by admirers,
the Pancratium or Hymenocallis would
surely stand at the head of the list.
Sea Dafodil, Spanish Lily, Spider
Lilly, Spirit Lily, Tape Lily, Railroad
Lily, and even ''Crow Pizen' are a few
of the names it is known by.
Pancratiums are among the good old
plants undergoing a revival of popularity.
Once so common as to give away to newer
things they are comparatively unknown
to the present generation of plant grow
crs, who, in turn, are inst beginning to
admire them for their great beauty"
OF all the Lily family the Pancratium
is the most useful and beautiful for an
amateur to grow, because it is Of such
easy culture. 1t appears to be we'll con-
tent with almost any position in the
greenhouse or window, and in almost any
kind of soil. In Florida where the soil
looks as if it might be pure sand, it is
found in clumps four or five feet in dia
meter. A sandy loan, with little peat
added and good drainage, gave best re-
quires an abundance of water while
growing, and likes good deal of heat,
but will do very we'll without it. Its de-
licious fragrance resembles that of the
Lily of the Valley. The individual flow
ers do not last long, but succession of
flowers IS kept up by a strong plant, and
its season of beauty thus prolonged for
number of weeks.
PanCratiumS are very like CrinumS in
appearance. One or two thick, strong
stems rise from each plant, bearing often
twenty-five flowers to a stalk, which
begin to open Il few each day until the
entire number have expanded. The
flower is single with an expanded center,
much like a morning glory, but with
long, slender, strap-lihe extensions from
the outer edge, which is in five divisions.
These straps" give the blossom an eX
ceedingly quaint and attractive appear
ance. For some time after opening the
''straps'' remain perfectly straight be-
fore curling over like spider-egs
Pancratiums are among the plants that
do best by being left we'll alone after good
planting. In open air most kinds will
form large clumps and bloom abund-
aptly. The less reporting they get the
better they thrive until they become so
crowded that they need to be shifted into
larger pots. Their general treatment is
much like that of Amarylis, with the
exception that they like more moisture
while resting and deeper planting, only
the neck of the bulb being left above the
soil.
PanCratiums and HymenOCalliS are
two genera so nearly related that they
seem synonymous for garden purposes.
They are native of regions bordering on
the tropics, although some varaties flour
ish in the open ground wherever it does
not freeze much below the surface.
In some old gardens of the South, de-
ightful outdoor clumps flourish to per-
lection. In the gardens of General An
drew Jackson's Hermitage" there are
said to be great clumps Of these Lilies,
and from Texas to North Carolina the
=, T,,1f t,+O Alox,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-11-08
For The FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Notes by the Way. No. !.
Ohio.

Ill presenting GncSc uOICS III Will DC Vic
aim Of the writer to give not only de-
Scription of some of the gardens and
grounds, and what there is in them,
which may come under his observation
from time to time, but to try to impress
upon the minds of your readers the i'm
pOrtancc Of identifying their homes
by cultivating flowers and shrubbery,
both for pleasure, and from financial
point of view. Some may ask how it
will pay financially. l will answer the
question in this way:
If | was going into d place to buy me
u home or to make an investment of any
Kind, | should prefer to go where the
people were trying to make their grounds
look neat and tidy; it's show refinement.
and willingness to hel p make the world
better for our being in it, And then
again if Il person wishes to sell he would
get more for a good looking place than
for one grown up to grass and weeds.
In starting new place in this warm
climate, it is better to leave an acre in
the front of the lot q am now speaking
Of q five or ten acre lot more particu-
larly) for the house and other buildings,
and for setting various kinds of low
growing fruits, flowers and shrubs.
Making half circle from the street
to house, with a lawn Of st. Augustine
or some other good grass within the Cir
Gle, and d walk outside Of the circle
bordcrcd by some low growing plants.
Back Of this may be set small bushes and
shrubs with larger ones next, and so on
until the grounds are filled with some
Of the many attractive trees and plants,
such us hibiscus, broughmansia, cape
jcssamine, camphor, the olive, ETC.,
winding up with the orange grove in the
rear as background.
Some prefer planting all kinds of trees
and plants IN rows, making the grounds
look symctrical, regardless Of the stiff
ness and fOrmality Of appearance, while
others prefer planting in more Of q nat
ural way, initiating nature as much as
possible, following the dictates of ones
own fancy.
In some future note l will give a de-
scriptiOn of grounds which I visited a
short time since, but will at this time
simply mention the small front yard Of
friend, which he is fitting up for his
own amusement.
AS | entered the gate mine host was
sitting upon his veranda and babe me
welcome.
1t was about noon of an early July day;
the sun was pelting down between the
tops of large liye-oaks standing in front,
making it extremely hot as the orange
grove was crowded so closely around the
house, that there was no chance for the
slightest breeze, (this is my reason for
advising an acre for the house and
grOunds). noticed that there had been
change in the yard since | was last
there, and he informed me that the hot
sun burned his plants out so badly that
he had been making cement basins for
his beds, some with nearly tight bot
toms leaving space for the excess OF rain
water in a wet time to drain off. Some
were made solid to hold water for
aquatic plants, some of which were in
bloom AFT the fl mo
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To whom all CORES pondence relating to this de-
partment should be a ddresAed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
The NnvarlY Oaks.

The great oaks at Waverly, Mass, are
g1ryivals Of an oak forest that must
have existed in that region, according to
the biologists and students of trees, as
far back as the Tenth century. They
bear every evidence of great age, and an
elm tree in the neigborhOod, now almost
dismantled, with its great limbs lying
on the ground and nearly all Of its
branches decayed, is the most venerable
object in the line OF trees that can prob
ably be displayed in New England. 1t
is we'll worth visit to Waverly just to
see this venerable elm. 1t is immense in
the size of its trunk, and its dignity in
deeay IS very ilnnresssiye. The dozen
oak trees in the neighborhood are of the
sort that attain q very great age and
that maintain their virility unimpaired.
We know of only one other oak tree
in New England that can be compared
with them. That is located in Ipswich,
and is larger and moro venerable appar-
entity than any Of the Wayerly oaks,
and that and the Waverly oaks, we are
glad to know, have been inspected by
the state park commissioners and are
likely to be preserved. It is worth one's
while to see and study these majestic
oaks They are seen to great advantage
in the winter, when their rugged limbs
are bare and their immense strength is
revealed and in summer, when they are
covered with foliage, they are objects of
wonderful beauty.-Boston Herald.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
Tho Poetry of Shopping.

The poetry Of shopping comes in with
those shoppers who are starved for ex-
element, variety and beauty at home.
It is not lawful; they have no right to do
it; but they have no society to satisfy a
hunger for the beautiful with jewels
and fine dresses on others if not on
themselves. They cannot afford the
theaters; they go to the shops. They
look at the laces and long; they
go to the embroidery counters and
fancy; they educate themselves in the
matter of india shawls; they seek the
silkroom, brilliant with gas lights and
electric lights, and look at brocades fit
for the court Of a princess, at silks whose
hamboyant scarlets burn in the illumi-
nation, whose tender blue is the blue of
spring skies half robbed of rain, whose
green is the breaking wave Of the sea,
whose violet is the hue Of mountains far
away in autumn mists, and they picture
themselves or those they love robed and
radiant in these tissues And if the poor
shopman is weary when they go away,
they themselves are refreshed for long
season of further denial and renuncia-
tion.-Harper' Bazaar.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
A uTERAL MINDED Van.
An Interested Spectator Who Took Po-
IticaI Story Ia Good Faith.

An Interested Spectator Who Took Po-
itical Story Ia Good Faith.
The most curious person in the audi
cnce Of a story teller is the literal minded
man. When General Dix ran for gov
ernor there was great discussion as 10
his age. 1t was one of the controversies
Of the canvass. His opponents claimed
that he was too old TO fulfill the functions
of the Office Singularly enough, the
biographical dictionaries differed about
ten years. | was making a speech at
Watertown to very big audience.
was running at that time as a liberal
Republican for lieutenant governor upon
the same ticket with Francis Herman. 1t
was an immense outdoor audience. IL
front Of me stood man who watched
me during the three hours of that speech
for the purpose Of catching me on some
material point.
finally took up the question of Gen
eral Dix's age, gave the dates of the va
rious biographical dictionaries and en-
cyclopedias, and based theory on how
old he must have been in the war of 1912,
where he was a lieutenant, and finally
said that the only really authentic data
had been revealed by some recent re-
searches IN the colonial records of Mas
sachusetts. It had been discovered that
when the pilgrim fathers landed on Ply
mouth rock they found General Dix
standing Oh that historic spot and shout
ing that unless they made him justice
! Of the peace he would go over and join
the Indians, the point of which was that
! the general had changed his politics sew
! eral times, and every time he got an office
| Nv critical friend saw his opportunity
! md grasped it at once. He sprang up
With a Shout that could be heard to the
Canadian border, Mr.. Depew, that is a
ier | looked at him for a moment to
see whether he had swallowed the bait,
and found that he had taken it in hook
and line, bob and sinker, whole and 81,
Then | stepped TO the front of the pi..t-
form and said with great emphasis and
| Indignation, Sir, | have told that his
toric anecdote from Montauk point to
Niagara falls to hundreds of thousands
of the intelligent and educated people OF
this great commonwealth, and you are
the only man who ever had the audacity
20 deny it"
at amt true, Mr. Depew," he repeat
ed, because that happened more thar
250 years ago" | was told when IL
WATERFOWL last fall that although thi!
happened in 1872 that man had never
been able to come into town SINCE
Chauncey NJ Depew in New Yorl
World
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
An Interesting Coincidence.

Mr.. John T. Ford writes to the
Baltimore Sun that the second
time that George Washington was
sworn in as President was on the
4th of March, 1898, and that the
inauguration of Grover Cleveland
will mark the rounding in of a
century. Washington took the
oath of office for the second term
in Washington. On the 22d OF
February, 1898, many of the mem.
bers of Congress were DESTROYS OF
waiting on Washington in testl-
mony of respect as Chief Magls-
trate. A motion was made TO
adjourn for half an hour tor the
purpose. 1t met with serious OPP
position as a species of homage
ait was setting up an idol danger
Gus to liberty; it had a bias TO-
ward monarchy" - Washington
Star,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
cgp HAWAIIAN PATRIOTIC
LEAGUE Is FORHED.
The Promoters Disclaim ANY
Connection With the Black
Flag League. Which Proves
That They Are Wise.

Another political society has
been formed. 1t is called the "Ha-
waiian Patriotic League" and Is
composed Of only respectable la
waiians, according to a statement
made by one of its officers. For
eigners who are in sympathy with
the movement can join and become
honorary members only.
The objects of the new organlza-
ton are set forth in the constitution
which is appended below.
The prime movers are }. A Gum
Minis, who is honorary president,
Joseph Nawahi, president, and )
K. Kaunamano ar }. w: bipi'
kane. who act as vice-presidents
The leading members state EN-
phatically that they will have 1I1
nothing to do with the "Black Flag
League" or any similar organiza
ton. The following is the Constr
tuition of the society:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
A Strange Sail.

Last evening about Z o'clock a
small sloop was sighted off Dia-
mond head. It's occupants were
said to be man and a woman.
At midnight she was reported as
being outside the harbor, but the
master of the craft was not making
any efforts to come inside. No
communication was had with the
shore, so the identity of the vessel
or its occupants could not be
learned.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
Friday, March ! eth. 1893
COMMENCING At 8A N

The Citizens Match will be continued
under the following conditions:
Oren to ali corners, except mem .ers OF
the Association who nave made 4 record
of over so per cent. at any general meet
ing Of the II. K A.; any rifle; five
rounds distance, 200 yds; no hair or set
triggers or telescope sights allowed; en-
tries unlimited. Entrance fee 81.
Winners to take their choice according
to rank OF the following number OF valua-
BILE prizes:
King Bros, Lie size Crayoa Portrait OF
Winner.
Castle & Cooke, Water Cooler.
W. S. Luce, Goods 20 amount OF 81
NJ. Goldberg, Dressing Case.
w. G Irwin & Co., Id, = Dbl. d, g.
sugar.
II. j. Nolte, Box Cigars
M. McInerny, Silk Scarf.
Hawaiian News Co.
T. II. Davies d Co.
Gonsalves & Co., Ham.
III. May & Co., Box Tea.
G.. E. Williams, Chair.
II Lewis Il Co.. Ham.
Egan & Gum, Photograph Album.
Hawaiian Hardware Co.
Wenner & Co., Fruit Dish.
Chas Hustace, Box Sugar.
w. G. Peacock & Co, 5-gal. keg Wine
II. F. Wichman.
Hart & Co., Handsome Cake.
E. o. Hall & Son, Jewel Casket.
w. F. Reynolds, Box Santa Claus
Blocks.
Hawn. Carriage Mig. Co., Pair Car
riage Lamps.
Benson, Smith & Co., boz. Perfume
Hawn. Gazette Co., 100 Visiting Cards
Pacific Hardware Co., Picture and
| Frame.
Hebron, Newman & Co.
All entries in the Citizens Match are
to be made at the Range Oh the day o.
| the match, etc.
Special invitation is extended to The
officers and men of the war ships in por
to take part in this match. Any person
being a nonresident OF the Island o
Oahu may become an associate membe
OF the 1 Association for the current yea
upon paying the sum OF 50, and shall
have the privilege Of taking part in tht
semi-annual matches.
Entries in the Association regular
matches, except the pool match, must bt
made before O'Clock, THURSDAY, tn,
10Th inst.
Entries can be made at the Hawaiian
News Co.'S or to the Secretary.
JNO. H. SOPER,
WALTER E. WALL, President.
Secretary. 332)-td
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
Nru ADVERTISEMENTS


The vacancy IN my Watch
Repairing Department caused
by the death of my old Watch
maker, has been filled by a
competent man of experience
from the States.
We are now in a position
as of old, to do any and all
work in this line. and to
guarantee satisfaction.
No work too intricate.
No watch too complicated
for us.
The excellent reputation
gained in the past for fine
work and only such will be
maintained at all hazards.
NV OPTICAL BUSINESS is now
an established institution, and
hardly needs mention. Yet as
am making this a FEATURE
and a LARGE ONE of my reg
ular business, | want to keep
it constantly before you. The
many fattering testimonials
| have received from my pa
tients the past two months
and the daily increasing bust
ness convince me that you APP
preciate my knowledge, anC
are willing to profit thereby.
A failure to correct any
trouble which glasses can cor
rect IMPOSSIBLE.
My system of testing is 81
simple and yet so perfect, tina
the whole thing becomes
pleasure to you, instead of
tedious and painful operation
Will you bear it in mind ?
wNo charge for testing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
A Medical Decision in 1715.

In 1715 a cellar digger having been
stifed at Jena, the medical faculty of
the university decided that the cause
was not the direct action Of the devil,
but deadly gas. Thereupon Professor
Loescher, of the University Of Witten-
berg, entered solemn protest, declaring
that the decision of the medical faculty
was ''only proof of the lamentable Ii
cense which has so taken possession Of
us, and which if we are not earnestly on
our guard will finally turn away from
Us the blessing of God."-Dr. Andrew
D. White in Popular Science Monthly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
Strategy.

Small Boy-Mammaw wants you to send
her up two barrels of those apples she
was lookin at.
Dealer-Al right, sonny.
''Say, couldn't you pour the two bar
rels into one big barrel|
'Eh? What for?'
"Then she couldn't get it through the
door of the lock closet. Good News.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
The Illustrated Tourists Guide

That popular work, 'THE TOURISTS
GUIDE THROUGH TIE HAWAIIAN ISL
ANDs," is meeting with steady sale
both ct home and abroad. Tourists and
others visiting these islands should be
in possession of copy of it. 1t is a per-
feet mine of information relating to the
scenes and attractions to be met with
here. Copies in wrappers can be had at
,be publication Office, As Merchant
street. and at the News Dealers. Price
60 cents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
NJ, s. Levy's Special Sale

sc. A YARD-l,450 yards Hamburg Embroidery to
inches wide neat pattern; value lOc.
Sc. YARD-1.200 yards Hamburg Embroidery, l to =
inches wide; actually worth l5c yard.
10cA YARD-2000 yards Hamburg Embroidery, to q
inches WIDE beautiful designs; value zoe. yard
45c EAcH-Lades Muslin Chemises, Embroidery Trimmed;
value 75c. each.
zoe EAoH-Iadies' Nightgowns Embroidery Trimmed;
value $l.25 each.
75c YARD-Skirt Embroidery, > yards piece nice
pattern: value ST. yard
HOSIERY-35c. A PArR-Ladies' Fast Black Hose value
SOC pair.
SOC PAIR-Ladies' Fast Black Hose; value 65c. pair
NEW GINGHAMS-lOc A YARD-Fne Ginghams neat
pattern; value l5c. yard.
zoe. YARD-Zephr Gnghams, latest designs; value 3Oc
yard
NJ s. LEVY Is Fort Street
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14

Ledgers with patent backs at the
GAZETTE office.
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Entries can be made at the Hawaiian
News Co.'S or to the Secretary.
JNO. II. SOPER,
WALTER E. WALL, President.
Secretary 332)-td
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14

Adopted, Honolulu, this 4th day Of
March, 1898.
]. A. CUMMINS,
Honorary President.
J. NAwAHI, President.
J. X. KAUNAMANO,
Vice President.
J. W. BIPIKA,;E,
Vice President.