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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-19
Timely Topics.
Honolulu, Oct. 95, 1895

N "'N SP'NOhhiS vi Wnut vital
Importance pure water is to MI
human beings. While our mo.
dical men have differed in opi.
Mon in regard to the nature
and treatment of the epidemic
which now fortunately is ended
there has only been one opinion
in regard to the imperative
necessity of having an am.
pie supply of pure water
for all purposes. In Homo.
lulu the water supply is now
plentiful both for drinking pur.
poses and for irrigation. Thel
same cannot be said for the
country districts. In many
places it is necessary for the in.
habitants to carefully save rain.
water in tanks especially where
artesian wells are impossible.
1t has been great help to
people living in the country
that we have introduced the
celebrated Aermotor in these h
islands. Many people have
availed themselves of the golden
opportunity to purchase one of
our galvanized Aermotors, and
they have in all instances ex-
pressed themselves as highly
satisfied with the bargain.
The Aermotor is especially
appreciated because it runs in
the lightest wind. Being geared'
back threeSto one, it starts with
only tA:7A of the load that the
ordinary Slill has to contend
with. This enables it to start
and run in a zephyr so light
that all competitors stand idly
by. Again, its lightweight and
perfect bearing enable it to face
up to and get the full benefit of
the breeze. The wheel is 50
light and its efficiency so great
that it is an absolute calm in.
deed which induces it to stand
still.
The lightweight of the Aer-
motor is strong point in its
favor. The weight affects the
cost of transportation; the ease
of handling and erection; the
facility of turning on the tower
to face the wind for work; the
regulation for safety in high
wind; the recovery of working
position when danger is past;
the sagging of the tower out OF
shape; the vibration and break
ing of the tower in a storm
and consequently the weight
strength and cost of a tower and
foundations. The Aermotor
only weighs about two-fifths as
much as the other mills which
do the same work. The great
disparity in weight is in part
made possible by the use o'
steel, malleable iron, and the
very best materials throughout
and explains why so excellent a
piece of work can be turned out
at so low a price.
We invite farmers and Others
who have use for an Aermotor
to call in at our stores, or write
to us and we shall be pleased to
give every further information
necessary in regard to this IN
cor,,, in, ,,la,nant
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-19
TUESDAY, NOV. 10, 1896.
A VITAL QUESTION.

The Advertiser whistles "Annexa-
ton" as it wanders aimlessly through
the political graveyard OF the So
called republic. In our opinion it
is far wiser to make fast the things
that we have than to cry for the
moon. There can be no doubt that,
the treaty by which we dump our
principal products into the United
States, upon even terms with their
most favored citizens, is in danger.
The West Coast States have bene-
fited most by the terms of the re-
ciprocity treaty, and our relations
with them are most intimate, and
must continue to be. 1t is not sur
prising then that the interests re-
presented by the Viticultural Asso-
citation feel the weight of our tariff
on their mines and spirits; that the
representatives OF those interests
should feel that in return for free
sugar we should be willing to favor
such a modification OF the schedule
of free goods as to include the pro-
ducts of the vineyards of California.
We frankly confess that the COM
plant made against us, because we
import and use the Sake Of Japan,
is not we'll taken, for we are as much
bound by the terms of the treaty
with Japan as we are by those of the
treaty of reciprocity with the United
States.
The part of wisdom would seem
to be that we should meet the VIII
cultural Association at least half
way. We cannot afford to do less
than this. So, instead of over
shooting the mark by sending all Of
our able men to Washington, let us
send some broad-minded man to
confer with the Viticultural Asso
citation of California, to explain the
situation here as to our relations
with Japan, and the imperative
necessity of maintaining the most
friendly relations with that Empire,
because of its being the source of
supply of laborers for our cane
fields. Also, to explain the reason
for the heavy tariff on wines and
spirits, fixed before the great State
of California had developed its
vineyards, confessing frankly that
we are short on revenues; that the
necessity for standing army and
heavy police force makes revenue a
matter of the first Importance. In
fact we should throw ourselves upon
the generosity and magnanimity of
the people of California,
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EVERY AFTERNOON

Except Sunday
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02
LIBERTY BELL AS A TRAVELLER.

In so far as the Liberty bell is con
cerned the Philadelphians, or some of
them at least, believe in the enforcement
If the adage. "a place for everything,
and everything in its place" The bell
went to Chicago and got safely home.
The more conservative Philadelphians
are thankful and are opposed to taking
any more risks with their best relic
They do not want it to be seen at At
lanta, and eight of them have filed bill
in equity praying for an Injunction
against the removal of the bell from In
dependence Hall, where it belongs.
1t seems to the present paragrapher
that the objections to the itinerancy of
the old bell are we'll taken. 1t isn't a
cow bell, that it should go straggling
about the country. Moreover it is very
much less interesting when wrenched
from its proper moorings than it is when
seen in the place where it belongs. 1t
seems not too much to ask that people
who want to see the Liberty bell should
go TO Philadelphia HGrper'S Weekly
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02
HORSES.

Today the ordinary horse hardly has
price. Life is too short to breed grade
sires or any but the best and pure bred
mares, or any other kind Of stock, for
that matter; but, unfortunately, we
have not many heavy draft mares now,
and must begin to grade up as we did
generation ago.
The sun, the heat the fresh air, the
activity of respiration induced by exer-
else, develop the force, energy, supple
ness and muscular strength of the colt.
Those raised in stables may be larger in
breadth and amplitude, but they can
never attain these more essential ele-
ments in confinement. Like child, the
colt needs to run about, to leap and
play.
When the people of the Nation return
to full work again the draft horses work
will increase in the same proportion. If
there is not supply of animals of this
class there is no danger that buyers will
fall back to the cheaper kind. Those
who have heavy draft horses three years
from now will get importation prices.
American cities will grow and Ameri-
can industry extend. The horse is in
creasing in the popular demand every
day as our factories grow aud our in.
dustries develop. There is no question
about it; it must require more horses
and better horses to do the work
The few street car horses formerly
used are replaced with thrice as many
animals of a better quality; the export
trade has grown like magic, and thous-
ands of our best horses are being shipped
to England. Germany and France. Even
our own farmers are learning to use bet
ter horses. The deductions are easy.
When three horses are required to
draw the pillow which two heavy ones
could pull without difficulty. it would
seem the better way to use the two than
three. There is no advantage in using
three light horses at farm word. The
two would certainly require less food
than three, would want less grooming,
and would be less expense in every way.
Fresh lime is a good thing almost
anywhere about the farm. Scatter il
about the stables and upon the manure
pile. Place a little of it 10 the water
tank. to keep it clean and free from
scum. Every few weeks. when the lime
has lost its strength and the scum be
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02
SWINE,

A quickly developed pig makes good
weight and better quality, and, there
fore, has better selling price; and all
this for less money and in less time than
is required in the old style of doing
that process in which the hog comes
near eating his head off. 1t pays the
farmer to push the growth of the grade
pig.
1t is true that in many cases farmers
make the most of their money on hogs.
but more often is it that they do not get
the most possible good out of their bust
ness. They have slack way of feeding
out corn to them which spoils the profit.
Feeding for bone, size, muscle, substance
and quality is a science. After the
"blood" is procured so much depends
upon feed and care.
In addition to other thoughtful things
done for the swine and their comfort,
give them sheds which are high and
capable of admitting plenty of fresh air
This is ess entail to the best thrift All
living, growing things do best under
best conditions.
Feed pigs green stuff to develop
healthy growth and improve the appe-
tite for grain. A we'll bred pig, with
good appetite, is profitable investment,
and is best for profitable pork produc-
tion. Clover, the grasses and roots pro-
mote both vigorous appetite and early
maturity
Lightly as the fact is appreciated, so
per cent of the cases of hog cholera
would be avoided were our herds sup.
piled with pure water, whether from
the pump or the running brook. That
swine should be allowed to Stake their
thirst from pools of stagnant water is
so opposed to common sense that it is
wonder that it did not long ago become
custom abhorrent.
Market the pork sooner and raise an
other lot of pigs. Early maturity makes
desirable hams and bacon. Many far
ers persist in feeding up their hogs to
mountains of fat, although retailers
want leaner meat and smaller pieces for
their customers.
Approved methods will apply to the
raising of stock as we'll as to the making
of butter, and there is always the same
demand for the best results. Breeding
and feeding can produce animals eagerly
desired in the market. Secretary Nor
ton states that last year Danish bacon
brought 80 per cent more in the English
markets than the American article, due
to greater care in feeding the hogs.
During the grain season millers want
their bins emptied, and will sell bran
and middlings cheaper than at any other
time. Wheat middlings with skim milk
make pigs grow wonderfully. Increase
the quantity of feed by mixing with the,
middlings refuse potatoes, apples and
vegetables, and the pigs will eat them
eagerly when cooked
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02
SCIENTIFIC.

According to Professor Ricket the
yearly deaths from diphtheria in the
Paris Hospitals previous to 1894, we're
over 700. Since the introduction of
treatment by autotoxin serum the
death-rate has fallen to 239.
According to the Chicago Record,
shade trees are being killed by the leak
from " live" wires passing through the
branches. Even when insulated. these
wires in time become uncovered from
the chatting of the limbs, and the trees
become electrocuted.
According to the Boston Journal of
Commerce, there is something quite I'M
accountable in the behaviour of tele
graph wires through the ~ miles of
this tunnel. According to the journal,
the electricians have go far failed to
cause signals TO pass through the wires
traversing the tunnel, and they can
assign no reason for the failure.
1t is said that, in future, fremen's
clothes in England will be made Of as
bestos or mineral wool. 1t is non-com-
bustible, non-conductor of heat and is
in no way injured by water.
The coolest inhabited spot in the
world is Werchojansk in Eastern Siberia
under the polar circle. The average
Summer heat is only AZ deg. F., while
the average temperature in winter is
above zero.
Straw berries under Glass.-It is found
that where strawberries are cultivated
under glass. clear glass gives much bet
ter results than colored glass.
Among new inventions is the tin cap
on the top of beer bottles. and it is tax
ing the place of the rubber cork and iron
thumb lever.
Exporting Frozen Milk.-In Denmark
an industry has been commenced during
the last year in exporting milk in "A froz-
en- state. The milk is frozen by means
of ice and salt, and it is sent in barrels
by rail and steamer to London. The
milk keeps quite fresh for twenty days.
The details of the process have been
patented.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02
HOIfTICULTURE.

Cuttings for trees or plante, for any
purpose, will start quicker if they are
cut just below a Joint They should
never be taken from the woody part of
the plant, but from the tender branches.
which will break, when bent, with
snap.
1t is always wise to keep some form of
mulch about the roots of bearing trees,
rather than to let sod form about them,
to choke and rob them. Even cut the
weeds about the neighboring fields and
place around their bases, or give them
a share of the manure from the stable.
It has been proved that nitrate of
soda is cure or rather a preventive,
of destruction to strawberry plants by
the larvae of the May beetle. 1t has
also the same good effect in the flower
garden. Sow it, or sprinkle a solution,
just before rain. repeating in a week
or two, rather than use loo large an
amount at once
OF all the flowers of the garden none
will retain greater satisfaction for trou
BILE and expense than the gladiolus, and
yet they are not common in our gardens.
The bulbs take up SO little space and
the bloom is so magnificent. The flow
ers come soon, and succeed each other
for months.
Protection from cold is but one of the
benefits from windbrake on the wind
ward side of an orchard. We must not
overlook the lessening of the loss from
windfalls, nor the less liability Of the
trees to breakage. There follows. too,
a more upright growth to the yourg
trees. In addition, there is decreasing
amount of evaporation from soil and
vegetation.
Do not make the mistake of trimming
young hedges. whether evergreen or de
ciduoue, the first or second year after
planting. Manure them and cultivate
them, that they may become strong at
both top and roots
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02

FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY.
Instructive Reading for AgricuIturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR "THE UNIvERsALIsTv

gins to form, renew it, after having
washed out the tank 1t is cheap.
harmless, wholesome.
Only in street cars has electricity
taken the place of horses. City street
hauling and farm work must still be
done in the same old way with horses.
More machinery; more horses and wag-
ons. Despite the bicycles, more buggies
and carriages are made and sold than
ever. Horses are essential, whether for
work or for pleasure, in the highest civ
ilization.
The old prejudice that the draft horse
was too large and clumsy for the farm
is proved mistake. Over the sea farm
ers use pure bred horses of this kind,
generally mares, and make little fortunes
out of their colts; and now many of our
own wioe awake countrymen have fine
grade draft teams which are pride and
profit.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02

her heavy, dark face with it's rough
homely features gathering fierceness
as she went on. "And it is the false,
lying, wicked woman that Mistress
MACPHERSON is, and what will l be
without you, the light of my heart,
and it is you that has made all the
sunshine of my life. Eilidh, it is the
wicked bad woman that would put
such thoughts into your heart, but it
is not what l can give you that the
hospital ladies can, and it was the
word of truth that the matron spoke
when it is the wine and the strong
meat that you will be wanting here,
and you know it is but the bit of po-
tatoes and the drop of tea that | can
give your
"Mor!" and the dying woman's face
looked lovingly upon the strong, con-
vulsed, brown one. "Mor, it is home
with you. Forty years it is that we
have been together, l useless all that
time, and you, Nor, working always
for us both. / cried at first, Nor,
when they told me l must leave you,
but thought came into my heart
then that stopped me. 1t is you that
have worked, and none but me know
how hard it is that you have worked,
by day and by night, but it is that
know it, Nor, for when in the black
mornings you did get up, and did
think that it was that was asleep, it
was awake would be and praying to
Almighty God that it was soft in
heaven your bed should be, that
would leave yours here to work for
me, and so when the mother did tell
me that it was | must get death, and
did think of leaving you, Nor, the
thought it did come into my head
that it was you who did work for me
all SO many years, and it was l that
was the useless one who could do
nothing but put up the bit prayer for
you, and it was when the matron did
go on for to speak of the beauty of
Gods face, and the light of Heaven
to be glad in, with the company of
the Blessed, it did come into the deep
heart of me that there, where the
bones of me did not ache and SILVER,
and the flesh of me be torn with the
pains, and the head of me did not
swim with the weakness, it was / that
could be able to put up the strong
prayer for the tenfold blessing of
Gods grace upon you, that it is
straight in to the glory of Gods In
ner House you should go, up above,
where l will be just inside the gates,
for all that you have done for me up
on this earth. What is it if meat or
drink will be wanting here this little
while, when it is the will of God that
| will go? Kiss me, Nor, it is home
that | would be and in your arms
that [ would die. "-Cdnadion Bdp-
| list.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02
COMPENSATION.
Independent.

The spreading hills with gentle slope
Lie broadly to the rising sun,
Whose cheering beams of early nope
Caress them softly. one by one.
While in the hollows, gray and low,
Thick mistS and shadows heavy lie,
For all the mornings ruddy glow
Has coldly passed the valleys by
So hill tops laugh, while valleys weep
Away the hours of early days,
With sunshine resting on the steep
And darkness shrouding lowly ways
TIL evening hastes, and shadows sleep
On every eastward-lying hill.
Then down the slopes the sunbeams Creep
And raptured wales with gladness THRILL
To lonely lives, which sadly missed
The early suns inspiring beams,
The valleys morning shadows kissed,
But Weakened not from laggard dreams
To these at eve shall come glow
OF sunshine DER the happy PLAIN;
sweeter Joy than mornings know
The touch of gladness after pain.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02
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BETWEEN THE DAYS.
BY EMMA HERRIcK WEED.

Between the days-the weary days
He drops the darkness aud the dews;
over tired eyes his hand he lays,
And strength, and hope. and life renews
Thank God for rest between the daysi
Else who could bear the battles stress
OR who withstand the tempest's shocks?
Who thread the dreary wilderness
Among the pitfalls and the rocks
Came not the night with folded fiocks|
The white light scorches; and the plain
stretches before us. parched with neat
But by and by. the fierce beams wane;
And lol the nightfall, col and sweet
With dews to battle the aching teeI!
For he remembereth our frame!
Ever for this L render praise.
Oh. tender Master, slow to blame
The falterer on life's stony ways
Abide with us-between the days!
Independent.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02
AGRICULTURE.

The revival in the matter of county
fairs is due, doubtless, to the growing
interest in local in stitutes and agricul.
tural organizations. They promote
time of merry making for our rural pop
ulation which is most salutary, and it is
hoped they will be made more and more
holiday time as the years roll around.
1t is not we'll to cultivate a restless
spirit nor make continual changes, but
some of the many cheap excursions to
the South may present new fields for
your proves. 1t may or may not make
you more contented with your present
lot. A trip away from home once in
awhile is helpful, anyhow.
With an atomizer spray equal parts of
water and oil of lavender about the
rooms, and no flies will trouble you;
especially about the dining room, even
over the table. linen. The odor is es.
pecially disagreeable to flies, and they
will not venture in its neighborhood,
though to most people it has fresh and
grateful smell.
1t is poor economy to leave fodder in
the field after December; it is better to
stop husking few days at the proper
time and care for it. IL it is desired to
husk the corn before feeding the fodder,
this can be done quite as handily at the
shed or barn, and much more comfort
ably.
For fodder purposes sweet corn is
surely the best. 1t is surer crop than
field corn, and will stand drouths little
better. The rows can be closer and the
corn thicker in the row; nearly twice
the amount can be grown an acre, of
better quality, more easily handled,
finer stalks, and it will be eaten up
cleaner.
Lowell's Evergreen and Early Mime
sofa are good varieties of sweet corn, also
the Egyptian; the former can be cut
later, with less liability of the fodder
spelling or the ears coring. The special
virtues of sweet corn for stock are yet
undetermined, but the fodder certainly
excels all others.
Clay or heavy loan soils are best for
grass, and, when once we'll seeded, will
improve, thicken up and bear heavier
crops for many years; in fact, can be
kept in grass as long as desired if prop
erly MANFRED We cannot expect to
take off heavy crops for successive years
without returning fertility of some sort
to the soil.
Tie the fodder shocks with binder
Irvine as coon as cut. with stocks packed
close and Irvine drawn tight, that the
shock may stand straight and turn
water. If shock falls or blows down
it is almost wholly lost. Careful shock
ing has much to do with the value of
the fodder.
1t will pay to run the mower over the
clover field some time in the early fall
and let the clippings lie as mulch.
| Keep the stock off if the stand is weak.
1t will be much improved in the spring
by branching out freely, producing a
larger per cent of leaves and less woody
stems.
Hay to sell and corn fodder to feed
will be the rule in the West this year.
There is a..scarcity of hay in general, and
there is sure to be brisk demand for it
at good prices. Last year taught so
many valuable lessons in regard to the
value of fodder that farmers will sell
their hay without any hesitation.