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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-23
German Lloyd Marine Insur'Ce Co
OF BERLIN.
Fortuna General Insurance Co
OF BERLIN.

The above Insurance Companies have
established a general agency here, and the
lied to take risks against the dangers Of tn
seas at the most reasonable rates and on
the most favorable terms.
+. A. SCHAEFER 4 Co., Gen. Agts.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

affords a wide range for the ambitious
y~oungster."
An excellent field for young men,
said T.. A. Fuertes, who is consulting
sanitary engineer To the Brazilian gov
eminent, lis sanitary engineering. the
problem Of proper sanitation Is one that
will receive more and more attention
with the growth of big cities, and the
young man who takes up this work may
be sure of a constantly widening field
for his efforts. Even at the present
time there are more such positions
than there are men to fill them. The
boy who has "A taste for engineering and
ii not afraid of hard work amid posi-
bly, unpleasant surroundings can be sure
of a career as a sanitary expert.
There are many new places con-
stantly offering themselves for the ex-
pert chemist said Professor Chandler
of the College of New York. The great
cloth manufacturing concerns require
men who know all about the making
and handling of dyes, the makers OF
food preparations want men who are
trained i'm chemistry, and the man Who
can give expert testimony in criminal
trials and court cases finds more and
more demand for his skill. Chemistry
offers new and promising fields FOR
young men,
Clifford Pinchot has the distinction OF
being the first man in the United States
to take up the study of the preservation
and restoration OF forests as an d
pendent profession.
Il want tn tell the young men of
America of a new profession said Mr..
Pinchot the other day. That is the
profession of forestry. The United
States has recently set aside forest re-
serves in the West which, taken togeth-
err. are as large as the state OF New
York. To look after this vast area a
large corps of trained men will
presently be required and there are
very few expert foresters in the
try at present. Cornell university Is
just now talking OF establishing a
school of forestry. and l think that
young men can ind in II training for a
very pleasant and satisfactory calling.
Another branch OF work somewhat
allied TO this which offers a promising
field is landscape gardening. This has
received little attention in the United
States compared to what 1t will receive
in the next 50 years. Wealthy men are
more n more inclined to put their
wealth into beautiful country estates.
America should train up men who can
lay o such grounds and not make II
necessary To go abroad for landscape
architects"
II is interesting to note that the
newer professions are the ones that
have the greatest attraction for young
men. In all the universities and tech
meal schools the course in electrical
engineering is the one that is most
crowded while science. especially chem
istry. is all the time growing at the
expense OF the liberal arts. Nearly one
thousand engineers. electrical. mechan-
ical. civil. are graduated from the vari-
Gus schools every year. The very new
est professions such as forestry. scien-
tifc agriculture and sanitary engineer
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
OLD HOUSE
AZ SOCIAL CENTER

Two blocks from the Matanzas river,
near the United States barracks and
parade ground at st. Augustine. Fla,
is the oldest house in the United States,
built in 1854. when the Spaniards set
tied ST. Augustine. 1t is a queer-look-
ing old structure. N the accompany
ing picture, from a photograph taken
a few days ago. shows IL just as it
looks.
Originally 1t was a monastery. and
for 20 years was occupied by the
monks of st. Francis. Then the monks
moved into a larger and more preten-
tious building, and the old place be-
came the residence of SPANS COVER
nor general. A century later, the Eng
lish utilized IL for a short time. dur
ing their temporary occupation of
Florida, but when Spain again assumed
control. the governor general lived in it
as before.
And so the Spanish dons and donnas
for decade after decade. until, in fact,
Florida was acquired by the United
States. made merry there i'm the most
approved Spanish way. IL the rooms
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
A LIFE SAVING FIREMAN'S HELMET

Fire Director Reichel Of Berlin. Ger
many. has invented a helmet for fire.
men by means Of which it is possible
to bid defiance to smoke and the noX-
ious odors that often assail men during
a fire where chemicals are i'm any way
involved.
1t is very like a divers helmet in APP
pearances. tubes being attached to the
helmet directly over the mouth and
nostrils of the wearer, while before the
eyes are two tiny portfolios, filled with
bulls-eye glass of unusual cl~earness.
Through these tubes and the bulls-eyes
the wearer of the helmet breathes, talks
to comrades outside of the building i'm
the open air, and sees as best he may
what is going on.
While these tubes are life-giving and
sometimes life-saving in their powers,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
NEW FIELD FOR YOUNG AMERICANS

ing. have scarcely begun to attract
young men because they are compara-
lively kno Perhaps the boy who
is in doubt, if he reads this article, may
find his career in one of them.
For the boy who wants to go into
business, too. new fields are constantly
opening IL he is wide-awake enough to
see them. There is a young man i'm
New York who has an interest in the
largest rug importing house in the
country. He began business several
years ago when rugs We're little used
in this country by importing antique
Turkish and Persian rugs which he
sold on this side of the atlantic at 200
per cent. profit. The rug business has
grown enormously since then and prof
its are not so large, but this young
man already has a comfortable fortune
because he saw a new field and was the
nrst to occupy II.
Another new business is that of the
advertising Years ago the
proprietor of each store wrote out his
own advertisements, so far as he used
any. Now the biggest firms. such as
John Wanamaker Of New York and
Philadelphia and Marshal Field of Chi
cage pay $4,000 a year for a man to
look after their advertising, and if they
can get the right sort of man 10 do it,
they DO not grumble at such "a salary.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

Modern industry. science and inven-
ton are constantly opening new fields
Of enterprise for young Americans, new
lines OF business which our fathers
never thought of. Some of them con-
tain great possibilities and powerful at
fractions for the young men of to-day;
all of them are worth considering by
the boy who is just beginning to pom
der the fascinating question, What
career?"
what are the professions that did not
exist a generation ago. the new fields
I'm which there is perhaps less COMPETE
ton than I'm the more trodden paths OF
industry. in which the young American
can hope tn make IA reputation and pos
sibly a fortune?
That is the question which | put to
President Croker of the American So
ciety of Engineers. a successful man
who feels the deepest interest in the
plans n prospects of Young America.
Well" said he. the one agent that is
doing most TO provide new careers for
young men is undoubtedly electricity.
To-day there are a hundred men en-
gagged in one branch or other of electri-
cal work where there was one a genera
ton ago. And the field is not full yet.
The demand for electrical engineers
keeps well up To the supply. The appl!-
cation of electricity in Industrial af-
fairs is still i'm its infancy and IL viii
continue To increase and broaden in The
next quarter century as il has in the
past.
There are four great fields of engi-
neering which electricity is Coming TO
control and in which young men may
find many opportunities. one Is min
ing. Electricity has revolutionizcd the
methods employed i'm mining within the
-. -
cal mining engineers have little diff
Guilty in obtaining positions. Probably
the largest salaries paid to any profess
sional men to-day are drawn by men
who combine an expert knowledge OF
mining and electricity. Marine engineer
ing IL another field in which a knowl-
edge Of electricity is coming To be an es-
sential to success. In the management
of ships. and especially of ships OF war.
electricity is becoming more and more
important. To the young American who
is seeking for a career that viii be a
credit To himself and of service TO his
country I cannot do better han TO rec
ommend hat he tit himself by a thor
ough training In electricity for the naval
service OF the United States.
Railway work and electrical trans
mission. including telephone and tele-
graph work and power transmission,
offers the most extensive field To the
young electrician. Electricity is being
extended from street railroads To the
longer lines and the transmission sys-
TENS are growing all the time. The ma
jority OF men I'm this work now are
young men and the various companies
are taking them on by the q
every year.
Then. Of course. there l. the matter
Of electrical generation. the creation of
electricity from steam or water power.
This branch OF electrical work in itself
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

i'm the mansion, for nowadays IL is
called a mansion. could only tell what
they have contained. many names that
are famous in the history of the new
world would be spoken. 1t later years
the place was a center for the curious
tourists The old residents look on it
with that spirit of indifference which
characterizes the native Floridan in
his attitude towards all that is an
cient.
The walls of the house are of ~coquina.
a substance formed of sea shells mixed
with mortar. Most of the flooring is
of the same substance. and both walls
and flooring are as stout and strong
as when first they came into existence,
more than three centuries The
first floor is composed of the dining
and reception rooms n the living
rooms. as they used to be. while a half
enclosed veranda on the north side,
screened by plants twined o a rail-
ing. furnishes a most charming spot
for the MONDAY rest which is observed
in st. Augustine as religiously as in
Mexico.
In the second story is located the
council hall. where the abbot n his
monks associates met during the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
UNHAPPY Fate OF TAGGED FISH

The public's chief interest in fish IS
aroused when IL appear in toothsome
form. and "A smaller but more enthu-
siactic contingent best loves il just an
terror to its emerging from its home I'm
the water. Uncle Sam. however. takes
still "A different interest and quite "a num-
Der OF his wise men are bus!ly at work
at all times trying to learn new facts
about all kinds of fish. as To their
habits and general methods of action.
One of the Oldest of these government
experiments is the tagging of fish which
is done after the fashion shown i'm the
accompanying illustration. and I'm order
10 show the rate of growth OF the fish
the frequency OF its spawning and the
extent to which the individual fish mi
CRATE. The particular species of fish
selected for this experiment IL the cod.
and the first one captured since the
tagged fish We're turned out of the tank
into Vinegar sound was caught not long
ago by a fisherman of the Jersey coast.
just south of that low spit OF and at
the entrance of New York known as
Sandy Hook.
When one comes to realize the curious
facts these tags may bring To light. the
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score of years that they inhabited the
place. This council hall was centered.
the space all about il being divided
into cells. where the monks slept and
prayed. The partitions between these
cells are of cedar and the wood is Just
as good to-day as IL was when IL first
began to serve the purpose to which it
was allotted.
What a history the old place has.
Although no more quiet nor restful
spot than st. Augustine exists on the
American continent. il has been the
scene OF many a violent fray and Of
social event that. from the standpoint
of comparison of the old and the new,
were as brilliant as any hat modern
Washington can boast OF. When that
famous titled pirate, Sir Francis Drake,
sacked st. Augustine. this house was
the only n left standing. The ma
terial of which ii vas constructed saved
it, for coquina is impervious to fire.
With all this history behind it, a his
tory of revelry, bloodshed and conquest,
the old house has at last settled down
to the monotonous existence Of the win
ter residence of a Northern millionaire.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
SOME NEM FACTS AMID ideas OF REAL INTEREST TO

The new passenger drew from LIS pistol
pocket an cy.ning paper and forthwith
elected from between his teeth a copious
stream of tobacco juice. The old gentle
man turned ~uneasiIy and scrutinized his
~neighbor. Presently the expectoration
act was repeated. and then he of the eye
glasses nudged his neighbor's arm and
said: Friend. why do you keep the
newspaper i'm front of your" The other
looked up i'm establishment. Sure because
I'm readin it," ''Yes. but you can't
read" the old man urged. WHO tole yer
that?' II noticed it myself. Directly OPP
posite you is a notice stating that spit
ting on the floor is prohibited. It's good.
plain English. yet IL you can't under
stand II how do you know what you're
reading in the raper?" And the train
roll "a an.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
EDFTY NlDLES Am HOUR
ON THUS TROLLEY

A curious would-be rival 10 the troll
ley has made its appearance. as d
os IT is interesting. IL Is one of the most
o applications OF the bicycle To the
transportation problem that has yet
been announced. The inventor calls il
ri elevated track and cycle. N claims
that IL can easily be constructed and
operated at an expense far less than
1he trolley and with almost no danger
of accident.
A carriage such as that shown in the
accompanying picture. is suspended
from a frame to which are attached
two wheels with grooved edges, ar
ranged one before the other so as to
run upon the track directly overhead.
This track is double. the rails being
laid upon and at the ends of transverse
supports arranged neal the top of the
poles which. something like an l. road
structure. are placed at regular inter-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
eAaL'S NiEcE'S ADVENTURE.
Irish Girl Of Good Family Disappears ON
Reaching America.

Miss jamie M. Westropp, niece of an
Irish earl, who left Ireland to makeh her
fortune in America, unwittingly Great
ed considerable excitement after land
ing. On her way to this country she
met on board the steamship Pavonia
some agreeable persons who live in one
of the uburbs of Boston.
Not knowing where to find the friend
she came to see. Miss Lottie McCreight,
who Is superintendent of the training
school for nurses at Deer Island, she
accompanied her travelling companions
to their home. where she now Is. n
was taken severely Ill IN her arrival
and is just now recovering. When h
saw by the newspapers that her friends
were greatly concerned as her where
abouts she mailed "a postal to Miss Nc
Creight and also sent a cablegram to
her aunt. Lady Jane Moore. Miss Me-
Creight went to the missing girls
abode and found her in good hands.
Miss McCreight positively refuses to
tell the names of the persons with
whom the girl is staying. The girls
father, Col. George Westropp, will soon
come to America and take her home.
She has had enough of America, she
says.
Miss Westropp is of a noted Irish
family. Her mother was Lady Evelyn
Moore. sister of Lady Jane Moore of
Douglas house. Fermoy, Cork. Ireland.
She is also the niece of the Earl of
.Mountcashell. recently deceased. Her
fathers residence is ~Ballynotter house,
Limerick. Ireland.
The girl seems TO ave been mbued
with the idea of becoming a nurse, and
came to this country for that purpose.
The only person she knew i'm America
was Miss McCreight at the Deer Island
hospital. Miss McCreight received a
letter about three weeks ago from Miss
WestrOpp, i'm which the latter repeated
her intention of coming to America.
Miss McCreight replied and urged her
not to come. She supposed that the girl
had taken her advice until she received
a letter from the girls aunt. Lady
Moore. announcing the fact that Janie
had departed.
Miss McCreight did not know on what
steamship she had come. Miss West
ropp was i'm this country before Miss
McCreight was aware of the fact that
she had started. She had Miss Nc
Creight's address. but lost 1t. Hence
her subsequent mysterious disappear
ance, which caused her friends M end
of uneasiness.
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walls. the supports being strengthened
by rod braces.
1 Additional security Is lent by two
small grooved wheels which are con-
nected with a swinging frame and pass
along under the side of the rail. max
ing il impossible for the wheels To jump
the track The passenger carriage may
be of any length desired. but 20 feet is
the inventors idea at present. The ca
pacity of each car is supposed to be
six people and the operator. but by
using trains of cars. any number de-
sired can be transported. provided the
motive power is sufficient.
At the front of the carriage are located
the wheel and sprocket gearing. which
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

hubs by a horizontal bar which holds
them rigidly i'm position.
The frame part of the carriage cX-
end down from the rack about six
feet. Two light bar straps run around
IL. except at the gate entrance, where
a folding gate IL provided. 1t Is intend
ed To have the bottom Of the carriage
eight feet from the ground. where IL is
not used along a roadway or street. IL
il is built along the latter, "A height of
from H. to is feet will be maintained.
The first road of this sort is now under
construction i'm Mobile. Ala, and ii is
claimed that a speed with foot power of
80 miles an hour can be maintained for
"a short distance, anyway, and with
electricity or gasoline that ID will be pos
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side and down the ladder with a step
as sure and steady as a veteran diver,
and her husband, who had been expect
ing her To give in at the last moment.
looked through the glass front of the
helmet and saw "A pleasant smile on her
face.
In describing her trip Mrs. Gordon
said that she did not feel in the least
afraid. as she knew all the signals well.
but she aid that when she took the
drop from the ladder the sensation was
something almost Understandable. 1t
seemed as II she was smothering and
everything looked black about her. but
IN a few moments after reaching the
bottom the air came from the pumps
regularly and she began to feel better.
The outfit she had to don. including
weights, helmet and shoes, weighed
about 1876 pounds; no light load for a
woman to handle who never had one on
before.
N. Il. Gordon. her husband. has been
in the diving business for % years.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

ity on the part of the employees of the
fish commission as to what Muul be
the result of the tagging process. Thus
far the only tagged fish known To have
been caught is the one referred To cap
tured near Sandy Hook This one was
i'm "A sad state. one eye was missing
and so was one tag. The fish. In fact,
presented every evidence of having
been through a pitched battle, and not
without some punishment.
The only way this state of affairs
can be satisfactorily explained is by the
old theory that to ensure "A iish's de-
structiOn by its comrades, one had to
fasten something To il - firmly that IL
could not he rubbed OF. The other fish
would then, it Is said. attack the decor
ated fish and tear 1t tn pieces. Perhaps
this lis the explanation Of thesplight of
the Sandy Hook cod. And his one fact
may prevent the experiment Of the fish
commission from accomplishing the re-
suits So earnestly desired.
Record of a Russian Hospital.
Moscow has a hospital large enough TO
hold 7.00 persons. 1t was founded in 1854.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
Poultice starts a Fire.

From the Hartford Courant.
Fire insurance companies have all
sorts of experiences and their officers
can tell many curious stories. One of
the queerest fires fell within the bust
ness of the Connecticut Fire Insurance
company of this city recently.
A house was set on fire by a bathtub
and the tub was set on fire by a poul-
tice. A man in a western city was suf-
fering from a bad cold and his wife,
at the doctors orders. prepared "a poul-
tice for his chest. When she started to
put it on it proved to be too hot. Ac-
cordingly she took il to the bathroom
and set IL into the bathtub to cool.
This happened to we a fine tub lined
with celluloid. which served as a sort
of enamel. The heat of the poultice
started the cellulo.d a-Soing and the
burning tub set things going generally.
The department was calico out and the
house was well wet down. for which the
company had to pay. This. so far as
is known, is the first instance on rec
ord where a bathtub set a house on fire
or where a poultice kindled a bathtub.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
Catsrrh Cannot he Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat Of the disease. Catarrh is a blood
or constitutional disease. and in order to cure Ii
Won must take internal rem edies. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken Internally and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure
IL not n qusck medicine. IL was prescribed by
ono Of the best physicians in this country for
years. aud IL n regular prescription. IL is com
posed Of the best touics known, combined with
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination OF
the two ingredients is what produces such won.
derful results In curing Catarrh. send for testi.
monisls free.
+. J. CHENEY & co, Props, Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, price zoe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

The first of the tubes mentioned, the
air tube, runs from the helmet through
the entrance and to some point out
side the building where the fire is To-
Gated. At the outside end stands a fire
man with an air-pumping apparatus.
which constantly supplies fresh air to
the helmet wearer. Beside the man
operating the pump stands a second
fireman who. through the second tube,
is enable to carry on a conversation
with his comrade of the helmet. n
thus know exactly the situation in the
buildings interior.
This means of communication expe-
dites the work of attacking and defeat
ing the fire to so great an extent that
it is estimated in Berlin, where the he'll
met has been given a thorough trial
thai the damage ordinarily occasioned
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

From all over the country come
words of praise for Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. Here is a sample let
ter from Mrs. c.. Shep of Little Rock,
Ark II was suffering from a very
severe cold. when | read of the cures
that la been effected by Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. | concluded to
give it a trial and accordingly procured
a bottle. Ii ave me prompt relief and
| have the best reason for recommend
ing it very highly. which l 10 with
pleasure" For sale by druggists.
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may be operated either by foot power
or a gasoline engine IL desired. A chain
connects the foot sprocket with another
sprocket at the back of the carriage
and from the latter sprocket "a long
chain extends. which. with it's upper
loop. ngage the hub or the rear upper
rail wheel. The carriage Is attached at
is ends to n C-shaped rod. the upper
ends of which extend upward and over
the large wheel. being united at their