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The Irish standard., 1898-02-05
In the Great Voting Contest lnaugurated by
the Irish Standard?
Balloting for the Various Candidates Closes
Thursday April ID.
Conditions of the Struggle and How to Vote
Plainly Set Forth.

In accordance with
All the candidates hereafter
men whose names outset
gong 10 prove one CT the most pop" and interesting
tho result of the myon at ,h a Of s 50 una" a" w' mnae
III act all matters pertaining
M be Kept plainly before our readers will be
PRIZES
class rail Queenstown Ireland and
including state room and meals en- route good from April
The second prize for the
class ticket to Boston Mass and
Buffalo Niagara
The third place be ticket from nnneup-
oils to Chicago issue
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Of each week The renal" with
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tor take calg" of the final
suits on tho vy'"" o" THURSDAY" Ai' A $685. the
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MINNEAPOLIS,
The Irish standard., 1898-02-05
w. w. DudIOnp

Buys oil kinds Of raw furs and skins,
Butter, eggs, etc. Write for prices, cir
culars. tags, etc. am agent for all
kinds Of wild animals. Address w. w,
Budlong, Hills Grove, Rhode Island.
The Irish standard., 1898-02-05

Two thousand three hundred votes
were cast during the week for Thos.
Fl. Murphy, of Branerd. This was
more than sufficient to secure for him
the lead once more. Kelley is second
and Buckley third. Next to the Brain
erd candidate Mr.. Buckley has made
the largest increase this week. Some
OF the other candidates who have been
apparently inactive have made a. start.
The race promises to be decidedly in
teresting as the weeks go ky. 1t would
seem as though few of those around
the top Of the column had things their
own way but there is plenty of time vet
and surprises are liable To come thick
and fast before long.
The Irish standard., 1898-02-05
MURPHY ONCE MORE
Rrainerd Nan Again Lands
At the Head of the
Column.
Kelley. of Waseca. is Now
Second in the
Race.
Buckley Takes O'Connor's
Place ana is Now Anchored
at Third.
Notes of Interest In Reference
to the Cam
paign.
HOW THE VOTE STHNDS.

4. III. Mn"phy, B'Mincrtt. .7,57I
NJ. Il. Kelley, W0Secn. 800
Wm. Buckley, Mi,.,.eupolis. 5, 100
N. q. O'Coanor, .uinneap0lis 1925
u. G. McConritle, lIiune0polis3,SS3
u. G. Shcejs0n. minneapolis. .2,I O5
John O'Gr0dy, minneapolis, i,52G
J.J. Fitzgerald, 49,
NJ. u. Gill, minneapolis ....1.4GG
James Burke, minneapolis. ...77S
J.4. O'Sh0"ytmessy, Stilicater77j
SD. Nc Cnrthy, minneapolis. zoo
John Flood, Duluth ............5S4
Van. Ryan, Edna ............ 5GI
jus. j. Kennedy, ST. Paul .454
1hos. Il. Moran, Hastings %. 1872
James Burke, ELLSWORTH AOI
jas. 4. -N0loney, st. Paul.. .4O1
ID. Il. Hayes, ManAato .........32G
III. HcHirOM, RocheSter...... ..2I4
Geo. ". anderson, st. Paa:I. PIP
John Ro,ran. 81. UiM0u0.... 2IO
JIM McC0rthy, StillM'uter. 2O4
F1'<tatk II. Grant, St. Paul. IS
d.. T.. ". Buckley, st. Paul.. 8
James Hickey, lMi,tueupolis.. L
Alfred McDoMaltl, st. Puul... 1
Ricknrd Long, Duluth ...,, 1
Il. III. O'5lNrtt, GruccrilIe ., 4
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Don't prune your apple trees in the
fall. The best time is when in bloom
or just before.
Most of the roses do better if given
protection in the winter, though great
many of them will survive without it.
Dahlia tubers keep best if put in a
box or dry sand and kept in a cool place
where they will not freeze. They will
not keep well in a damp cellar.
Sweet potatoes may be kept in a cellar
that is frost proof, by being laid down
on dry sand in such a manner that the
tubers do not touch each other.
Put a good coat of manure on the
truck patch and pillow it this fall. Ii
this is done it will be in condition to
work in the spring and will not be neg
lected from press of other work.
With berries, as with every other crop,
he who grows the best makes the most
money, and as it requires but little
effort to make an average crop large
one it is worth while to do the extra
work.
While for general purposes the Con-
cord grape has no rival, there is con-
stant demand for new varieties, and the
originator of promising one is always
well paid for any trouble it may have
cost him.-Western Plowman.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
STRIKING PICTURES.
Photographs Made Upon Copper, SILL
YER and Gold.

The new process of photography is
as far in advance of the ordinary art as
the platinotype of to-day is superior to
the daguerreotype of our grandfa,hers.
The latest advance is that of direct
photography in gold, silver or the other
metals, whereby the usual shades of
black in the ordinary photograph are
replaced by soft yet brilliant tones,
on which the effects of light and shade
have really beautiful result.
The photos produced varied in size
from cabinet to large pictures of the
jubilee procession. They were on wood
and in three metals-gold, silver and
copper. The metallic effect is that the
pictures appear to stand out from the
background in full relief. Photos of
the queen in gold were worthy COM
memorative souvenirs, though the sill
yer pictures, for their sparkling fresh
ness and clearness in regard to the
minutest details, would doubtless be
preferred by many.
Roughly it may be explained that a
piece of the best mahogany has film
of gold or silver laid on it, and on this
the picture is photographed. Over the
whole an imperceptible coat of fine var
nish is laid, and thewooden plaque may
be framed in gold or silver beading, set
up in easel style, or in any tasteful man
ner that might suggest itself. Nc
glass is required to preserve the photos
from the fading effects of light, for by
this process they are practically inn
perishable. They cannot be done in
dozens, for each picture requires the
most careful skill and elaborate treat.
ment In fact half the success of the
work is produced only by the expendi
ture of great pains.-London Mail.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
SAVING GOOD ROADS.
The Importance of Wide Tires Point
ed Out Clearly.

ed Out Clearly.
Probably every discerning rider has
seen with indignation the rapidity with
which good macadam roads are cut into
ruts by the narrow-wheeled vehicles
which pass over them. From the fancy
buggy with its inch tires to the heavy
farm wagon or truck with tires two or,
possibly, 2h inches wide, every vehicle
cuts and unnecessarily wears the road.
Dirt roads are rendered impossible;
stone roads arc made rough by such sys-
tematic destruction.
Under the influence of the J.. a. W.,
multitudes have been educated To want
good roads," and many miles have been
built. Does "we want good roads mean
that we want them for few weeks or
months; that we want them built TO be
Us quickly as possible destroyed?
In our campaigns for good roads we
have been wonderfully successful, not
only in getting many, but in showing
their economic value. Yet how much
more we might have done. II 1--WE want
good roads" had been clearly under
stood to include caring for them in
telligently as well as building them, we
would not now have SO many stony
wrecks to ride over. Having done as
much as we have, does not the obliga-
ton rest upon us to take the next log
ical step? Having created, must we not
care for our creation?
Can we not, then, every time we have
opportunity, preach good care of roads? ?
And, to he very definite, can we not sys-
tematieally and constantly preach wide
tires? Pictures of rutted roads can be
shown with the legend: "result of mar
row tires" Local censuls, when they
put up signs or advertisements, can add
to 1--WE want good roads, some such
phrase as "and wide tires to keep them
good" Education in these and kindred
ways will rapidly bear fruit, and only
a little thoughtfulness is necessary to
make every citizen an advocate of wider
tires.
1t would seem that only improvement
would follow such a change. Wide
tires are said to draw as easily as mar
row, and, in many cases, more easily.
They roll the road instead of cutting it.
| Now we have ton or more drawn on
wheels which track, and have tires, say,
two inches wide, thus making two
sharp cutting surfaces, Were tires for
such loads gagged at, say, three inches
and tracking forbidden, there would be
two rolling surfaces of six inches each
This would make road, not destroy it.
On our dirt roads such rolling would
soon produce astonishing results, sc
that neighborhoods which really can
not afford the expenses of stone roads
because of insufficient traffic, would
soon have greatly improved roads
which would be in excellent condition
the greater part of the year.
Let us not only want good roads, but
strive to keep them after we get them.--
E. S. Campbell, in L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
CHEAP GRAVEL ROADS.
How They Are Successfully Main
tained in Scott County, Ia.


tanned in Scott County, In.
In some sections of the country, nota-
bly, in the western states, are counties
in which the character of the soil and
absence of suitable road materials
make road improvement a very diff
cult problem. Besides much level coun-
try there are frequent hills, many small
creeks and riyulets that only run after
hard rains or in a wet season. Numer-
GUS bridges need to be maintained, and
the soil becomes mud under slight
provocation. Such conditions obtain
has been made to build roads at mod
crate cost that will stand traffic and the
strain of breaking up of winter.
The methods employed by the super
visors have been to first grade, fill and
gutter the road selected, and in particu-
larly wet places lay drain tiles with
good fall and free outlet. Then such
stones as can be had are laid as fiat as
possible to depth of about six inches
The spaces are filed up with small
broken stone, and smooth surface is
secured of the contour desired On this
is laid four inches of gravel, and a
three-ton roller gives it a surface, regu-
lar travel doing the rest. 1t packs well,
becomes smooth and hard and improves
with use. The small broken stone used
is a limestone that is found in.the coun-
ty, which is not hard enough for surface
use, and the gravel is obtained in an
adjoining county. With a 16-foot road
way as a rule, and a 12-foot on the
sleeper grades, the first cost was about
S1,S00 per mile.
In the numerous bridges required for
small streams, old mill boilers, about
four feet in diameter and over 20 feet
long, have been used in some II cases.
Their walls are of five-eighth inch steel,
and capable of carrying any amount of
filling and traffic over them. The ex-
pense has been comparatively small.
The few repairs that are required on
these gravel roads are made by the in
mates of the county poorhouse, on
whom the moral effect is excellent
Good Roads
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
Fowls and the Grain Bin.

Many farmers are in the habit of al
lowing their fowls the free run of the
farm and this includes free access to
the grain bins. Under such conditions
it is impossible TO keep the birds from
eating too much grain, and the result
will be seen later in the season when
the fowls begin to die of Indigestion In
such cases, where the farmer cannot
prevent his foeks from filling up on
grain during the day, it would be better
10 keep them shut up at night and not
allow them to 60 out in the morning
till they have had hearty breakfast
of scalded soft food. This may tend 10
prevent them eating such large quanti-
ties of grain.-Farmers Review.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
n,ock skirt with Fancy waist.

The question: what is the fashion
able black skirt to wear with the fancy
waist?" is perhaps more often asked
than any other by the woman who
makes one skirt answer for many oc-
casions. In reply it may be asserted
that rich black satin is given the pref
erenee where only one skirt is found
in the wardrobe of the questioner. But
if You already have that, then plain
black taffeta, often much trimmed from
waist to hem, is the newest and most
fashionable But a word Of warning.
This not only is an extrayagant pur-
chase, but after comparatively few
wearings will split, even where there
is no real strain.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
Ordering Nursery stock

To make sure that an order can be
filled it should be sent in at as early 4
date as possible. 1t is best 10 order for
spring delivery now. The order will
be filed, and the rule in all nurseries
is first come first served. In the north
all nurserymen take up their out Of
door stock early, and hill it in so as to be
able to fill orders from the south during
the winter season. This is really much
better than taking stock from nuresry
rows. When the trees are hilled in and
properly protected from frost their
roots will begin to start before winter
is over, and they can be planted much
more safely than stock recently dug
American Cultiyator
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
rrniitnhIc Pumrlsin Crons.

The time has gone by when the pump
kin was only planted among potato or
corn as a catch crop, with The hope, as
we have often heard farmers say, that
the corn would be so vigorous as TO keep
the pumpkin crop in the background.
Grown by themselves, on land that did
not produce pumpkins the previous
year, the pumpkin crop is as profitable
as most grown on the farm. The crop
should never be grown twice in sucees-
sion on the same land. IL will be inn
possible to keep IL free from The stink
ing pumpkin bug that will eat out a
plant very quickly if given The chance,
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
A CIenr Cnse There.

$50 your uncle is going to try his fly
ing machine tomorrow, is lie? Has he
made his will?"
yes; left everything 10 charity"
"That so? Well, you don't seem to
be al all put out about it."
"Why should l be? Is there a court
in the land that will hold q man who
would monkey with a flying machine 10
be Of sound mind?"-Chicago News.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
SPUR PRUNING

young canes tied to the lower wires and
G and d cut to two eyes. In this way
one season canes are grown for the next
years fruiting, which are then cut back,
to be succeeded by canes of the same
years growth. The whole vine about
the lower wire is thus kept entirely OF
young wood, care being taken not to
allow the shoots to become too numer-
Gus, and any gnarled stump being cut
The original Guyot plan, shown in No.
1, was to keep the one horizontal branch
e, awhile to spur on, and shorten up and
spur alternately the upright branch
at B.-Farm and Home.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08

allowed to grow from the spur and the
vine is then complete. In pruning
thereafter each year the shoot farthest
from the arm is cut out entirely, and
the other shortened to two eyes After
years of this pruning the spurs elon.
gate and it is then better to grow
strong shoot next the center and cut out
the old arm and start over again.
In training a vine on the renewal
system, shown in No. 2, the bearing
wood of the first year should be cut
away in winter, as at A and b, and two
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
THE ORIGINAL GUYoT PLAN.

of fruit and care must be taken not to
allow too large crop at this time, as
the future growth of the vine may be in
iured At the end of the first season
each of these shoots of one seasons
growth is to be pruned back to within
two eyes of the arms. Care must be
taken in pruning the grape not to cut
closer than one inch above a bud as
from the soft nature of the wood it will
not bear as close pruning as an apple
shoot. The next season, two shoots ars
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08

The man who sells fruits of any kind
is the one who sells but a small guam
tity of the valuable elements of his
farm and large amount of water which
does not cost anything and is found
lyerywhere.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08

TT WAS zeb Ryerson who did it.
/ Zeb is a genuine specimen of the
Texas cowboy-a complete specimen,
| may say, of the reckless, rollicking,
ready-for-anything rider-whom one
meets with so frequently among the
mesquite bush and upon the great roll
ing prairies of the southwestern stock
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
PRUNING GRAPEVINES.
Three Popular Methods Fully De
scrihpd and IIIustrated

scribed and Illustrated.
After planting a vine, use stakes the
first two seasons. Cut the plant back
two or three eyes and allow but one bud
to grow the first year. The cane should
then be cut back to within two eyes of
the last cut The next season train the
new shoots up to canes, The method
of spur pruning is shown in No. 3.
When growth begins, nearly every bud
will make an upright shoot, some will
have to be rubbed off SO as to have the
spurs about ten inches apart The
shoots left will each bear bunch or two
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24
ITEMS FROM HARBOR FRONT
Barkentine W. H. DimOnd With Sugar
For San Francisco.
Mlkahala With KOlOa Sugar Schooner Moi
Wahine 10 PaauilO Bark Albert With
Coast Cargo NOeau From Lahaina.

The schooner Inca has finished
dischsrging.
The ship w f Babcock is in
the stream.
The ship Henry b Hyde took
Lahaina sugar off the Noeau to.
day.
The Zealandia and Aorsngi
dock at Oceanic and Pacific Mail
docks respectively.
Deputy Collector Fred Clay is
nursing an injured foot. He ran
a nail through it the other day.
The barkentine W III DimoDd
finished her cargo at the railway
wharf this afternoon and sailed for
San Francisco.
Bill Williams island, which
has been thrown up by the dredger,
is going 10 be a fine breskwater
for the harbor. Cocoanut trees
will be planted there.
The bark Albert arrived in port
at an early hour this morning
from San Francisco with a gene
raj cargo consigned to ii Hack.
field q Co. Captain Griffiths re.
ports an uneventful voyage.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24

He Commits Suicide with Morphine 1,
San Francisco.

He Commits Suicide with Morphine in
San Francisco.
John Lee, master mariner, for
many years prominent figure in
the trade between San Francisco
and the Hawaiian Islands, is
dead.
Captain Griffiths of the bark
Albert, who was with poor sack"
at his death, brings the news.
Captain Lee took morphine to
end his sea of troubles. He was
alive but beyond medical aid
when his act was discovered
Some time ago he had made an
un successful attempt to destroy
his own life.
Captain Lee, not to go back too
far in his long seafaring career,
was master of the bark @. ID. Bry-
ant when that vessel, about ten
years ago, was rendered liable to
conhscation by the discovery of a
quantity of opium in her perma
nent works. Hon. Paul Neumann,
when Attorney General in the
Gibson regime, had the law passed
under which the Bryant got into
trouble. Acting upon pointers sent
down from San francisco, Fred.
Terrill, the port surveyor, and John
Good, his assistant, found the
opium under the lazarette. A re
movable plank over the cache wac
fitted with false trenail heads.
After the vessel had rested under
condemnation bonds a while, this
Government released her to the
Spreckels, who owned her, for a
compromise penalty.
Captain Lee lost the command
of the Bryant through this epis
ode. After being laid off some
time, he got the old bark Sonoma.
In this vessel he had trouble in
South America, of which be gave
his side of the story to the
BULLETIN about a year ago. AT
ter his last voyage to Honolulu,
at the time just mentioned, poor
old Lee entered precarious cir
cumstances in San Francisco.
These, the sad event here record
ed proves, he was unable to bear
up against. He leaves a very
amiable wife and, it is believed,
an interesting young family. Cap
tain Lee would probably have
been about fifty years old at
death.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24

An insurance agent out West
says that he recently had to can
eel IRE insurance policy because
he found that the insurer had
taken the hand-grenades--on the
fixing of which the insurance
company had insisted and re-
placed their extinguishing fluid
by paraffin. In case of fire, there
would have been phenomenal
exhibition when the paraffin
greuades were thrown into the
flames.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24
HARRY DNoN's ODDITIES.
weIIknown Character Whose Lounge 1,
His Best Friend.

weIIknown Character Whose Lounge is
His Best Friend.
Harry Dixon, the noted rider IN
Wilson's circus, is described by
those who know him best as a
confirmed eccentric. 1t is said of
him that he never possessed a
close friend, with the possible ex-
ception of his wife. During his
entire stay of several weeks iu
this city he rarely ever left the
hotel save to enter the ring at the
circus tent. He never re
hearsed his equestrian feats;
never took exercise of any kind.
For that reason, as much as any
other, he was always in bad health
here and left the islands complete
ly wearied of the city and the
country.
After breakfast every day Dixon
would 90 to his room and lounge
or read until noon. In the after
noon he would take a long nap. If
there was time he might stroll
over to the circus stables and look
at the horses. After the circus
was finished for the night he
would take solid lunch and drink
from one to two bottles of beer.
Next morning there would be a
dull headache, under the strain of
which he would once more seek
his lounge. All efforts to get him
to take exercise or the fresh air
were of no avail. 1t is believed
by circus people that a few weeks
more of such life in this climate
would have ruined his health for
all time.
Dixon is plain Australian
bushman. For the most part he
is self made. 1t is some time ago
that he reached the conclusion
that he is the best horseman of the
age. His visit to America is to
find wider and more pro-
6table field. There are those who
think he has made the mistake of
his life. He will find many,
many riders in the States who
have attained greater success, and
competition will be very keen
indeed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Diamond Head Signal Station, Feb
"a, p Weather cloudy, wind
fresh \ +.
TIDES.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24
0Iaa Coffee Lands
For Sale.
NO. l.
NO. 2.
NO. 3.

! ~NO' 70
A fine Coffee Ranch of llS acres
leasehold. S28 acres cleaned and under
cultivation planted with year old
coffee trees.
Excellent bargain in Coffee Plan
tation OF 100 acres. Fee simple. 20
acres planted In coffee trees from 2 to
3years old. Fine dwelling house and
outbuildiDgs.
A go acre Coffee Ranch In fee sim.
pie, facing on the Volcano Road. Is
acres In coffee. months advanced.
NO. 6.
A 80 acre Coffee Farm, leas-ho d .
property 4 acres are planted witt 4
year old coffee trees and Is acres with
year old trees. The owner will cl. ar
and plant 2 acres additional free OF
charge for the purchaser.
NO. 7.
286 acres OF unimproved coffee land
ust back OF the Volcano Road. 80 foot
road leading to the land.
NO. 8.
Mountain View Hotel and Planta.
ton. So acres In all. 3l4 acres plant.
ed with coffee trees mouths old, 81
acres of 2 to year old coffee.
Che half way house for the Volcano.
NO. 8.
A Coffee Plantation OF 81 acres only
Q miles from Hilo 20 acres planted In
coffee. A house and Improvements
on property.
Apply to
A. V. GEAR
2lo King Street, Honolulu.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24
WHERE TO GO THIS EVENING.

Rehearsal of Amateur Orches.
ira, 1880.
Band concer. at Hawaiian hotel,
1880.
Ksmebameha Lodge Of Perfec-
ton, 7:30.
Meeting Rebekah Lodge, 1. 90.
F.. 1880.
Meeting Oahu Lodge, K. of p,
7:30.
Meeting Company A, N. G.. H.,
1880.
Leilani Boat Club, Hawaiian
hotel, 1880.