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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-06
DRIVES TO TOWN IN FINE STYLE
An Usage Indian Bought a Hearse and
Uses 1t as IA Family Carriage.

AN oshsc Ahoiah bousnI heArse anu
Uses 1t as "A Family Carriage.
From the Kansas City Star
The Osages as a people are the rich
est on EARTH From the interest on the
money which the United States govern
ment borrowed from them as a nation
and from the rental of their grass lands
the Osages, men, women and children,
collect about $50 each every three
months. The Osages, therefore, are
very fond of large families, and it is to
the material interest of every Indian to
have as many children as possible. In
his case each new child does not repre-
sent another mouth to feed, but another
source of income. The father, on pay
day, collects from the government pay
master the money coming to his family,
and this often amounts to a consider
able amount.
The Indian has never fully realized
the value of money-it comes too easily.
When he gets his funds he goes around
and pays his debts, for he Is always
given credit by the traders and he
settles his accounts because he Will
shortly need credit again until pay day
comes around once more. With the
money left over he buys anything that
takes his fancy and sometimes he
makes remarkable and ludicrous pur-
chaSes.
An Usage who had missed pay day
until he had accumulated riches be-
yond his most avaricious dreams went
to Coffeyville, in southern Kansas, che
day, with his pockets bullying with
money. He shopped around the stores,
buying everything he fancied until he
accumulated a larger load than his
pony could carry. He was wandering
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-06

They Are Indifferent Makeshifts Com
pared With Those in America.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Probably an accurate inference re-
garding oriental conservatism may be
drawn from visit to one of their cele-
brated Turkish baths. In view of the
oriental origin of this form of bath and
of the further fact that 1t is used more
generally by Orientals than by Euro
peans and Americans, l naturally -eX-
pected to find something of extraordin-
airy merit or luxury. Entering one OF
the finest, ! was much pleased with
the oriental character of the first scene,
a large open court, in the center of
which gushed one of the many refresh
ing fountains in Damascus and around
which on all sides were raised platforms
supporting large combination chair
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-06

hand embroidered in colored flax on it's
collars and revers. These are the three
aspects under which it appears to just
fy our affections for what We continue
to be pleased to call the simple cotton
gown. In passing, | may observe that
the coarse Holland Colored dress
trimmed with lace will cost as much
as SIS.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-06

lin collar everybody wears about the
shoulders. 1t is a fashion among es-
sentially smart people to introduce a
large bow of one particular color on the
left side of the bodice, extending from
the waist to the bust, and in this gem
orally nestles some jewel. 1t admits
OF frequent changes.
The Simple Cotton Gown.
1t is made of linen of the coarsest
fabric. either in Holland color, mauve
pink or blue, and it is decorated from
neck to hem either with vandyked in
sertions of coarse Russian lace, with
transparent patterns of guipure or
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-27
Rev. v. NJ. KilCaid Discusses
this Subject.
DIFFICULTIES TO OVERCOME
Rest and RecreatIon-What the
Church Stands for Appeal
to Young Men.

Last evening at the Central Union
church Rev. w NJ Kincaid continued
his talks on Man the subject for the
evening being "A Man in Church. q"
The text was / Tim. 3:15: But IL
tarry long, that thou mayest know how
thou oughtest TO behave thyself in the
house of God, which is the church OF
the living God. the pillar and ground
of the truth
1t is often asked today what have
man and the Church TO do with one
another. What is their relation one 70
the other? 1t is a fact that the senti-
ment OF people toward the c'.urCh Is
changing. They are saying that their
1t is true that the churches today are
being supported by women. Not. OF
course. do they tender financial assist
ance, but the sentimental. moral sup
port comes from them. The men who
stay away are largely honorable, faith
full and trustworthy. They are men
who are fighting for the support OF
their homes and for social position.
These men are glad when the Sab
bath comes so that they might roll on
the burden of care and worry that has
been theirs during the week. Now. II
the church cannot give something tu
SATISFY the cravings OF these men, Il Is
no wonder that they stay away.
In the old days the churches were
| filled because they thought that IN heI
hand lay the power OF life and death
Later, however, when they ceased 20
think that the church controlled the
souls destiny they ceased to go @
church. Men, when Sunday comes
need rest and recreation and as they
think the church cannot furnish thes,
attributes they go elsewhere.
Then again there is n suspicion that
the minister does not really believe In
what he breaches. but that he Is sayinE
what is expected OF him. Some min
listers say that certain creeds and the
illogical systems are necessary TO re-
ligion. As n result men say that they
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-27
Successful Land sale.

There was a large crowd prossn. al
the aution held Saturday noon az
the saiesrooms % J. r. Morgan.
Ten sh1res % Honomu Stock went
TO Frank Hus;aee a: si05. The beach
lots n Waikiki were disposed % ~
follows
Nos. l and 90 Geo. r. Mcleod a.
silO0 each: No. ; To- jas. =. Morgan.
trustee. $1,000; No. to Fred Jacobs.
SliOO.
The lots on Bcrctania. beyond the
stables OF the tramway. went a. fol-
lows:
No. IL. l.. Dortch. $500: Nos. . and
-. Hawaiian Land Company. $500 and
$50; No. I ]. II. Boyd. $500; Nos. and
10. Walter c. Weldon. si8s and ssis:
Nos. c and :. ]. VI. Vivas. trustee. saSs
and si65: No. 5. r. t.udswico. $500:
Nos. . and II. w. u. Cummings. sac
and $500; No. Il. II. Holmes. $50. The
total realized from the land sold va.
S6OSO.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-27

are Incapable % aCcE ptiuE systems
drawn up hundreds % years ago.
j. seems. though. that whsu - man
ls;s through work 90 would afford both
rest and recreation Co ltsts1 TO an
earnest sermon rsDlsts With nineteenth
century ideas and soulful thought.
The church stands for communion
with the Infinite. The act % worship
carries with % the higher phases % a
mans character and sends a thrill
throughout his being. The hope % the
world today IS .n the church % Chris.
The real reservoir out 90 which fore
Is 20 come % overcome evil g. the
church.
The young men % today should link
themselves with some church. Tsut
forth your efforts toward building IN
the house OF God. The charges made
that the church Is behind the tlmes.
not courageous. not thinkiuE-aIl will
vanish in the mist befor. IA. sun 10 All
men do their duty
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-27
Pauoa School Conscrt.

There was q large crowd present Sat
urday night at the concert given in
Foster hall for the benefit 81 Miss
Aheong's Pauoa school. The parsi-
cipants ell showed ability and received
hearty applause and me-ited encorcs.
\ goodly sum was realized for the
purposes for which the concert was
given.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-27
HOME

To parties with limited means desir-
Gus OF having n home. I wish TO call
attention TO the fact that for n small
payment down I will build houses. up
on the Pawaa Tract or elsewhere. upon
the inStallment plan.
WILL =. FISHER.
Real Estate Agent and Auctioaecg.
Fort and Merchant streets.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08

tree that will withstand the frosts Of
Georgia, but which bears a fruit
which is between the worthless fruit
of the trifoliate and the orange. De-
cidedly we have progressed. We have
not yet attained our full desire, but
we have made progress, for then we
can begin to work for hybrids between
the hybrid and the parents. There
are any number of different strains
possible. Suppose, on the other hand,
that we should obtain a cross suffic1-
emily hardy, but only slight i'm
provement on the fruit of the trifo-
late. We would then Immediately
cross that cross with various oranges,
and so on, constantly Improving, de-
gree by degree But nothing is more
astonishing than the productions OF
hybrids. They are liable at a single
jump to combine the better qualities
of the two parents. In the proposed
crosses between the trifoliate and the
lime or lemon, we have a narrower
step to make, as the fruit of the trifO-
late is already sour. A very prom
Using subject in hybridization is the
possible crossing of the ordinary or
ange with the tangerine or kid-glove
variety, looking to a combination Of
the flavor, juiciness and goodness Of
the large orange and the loose skin
and attractiveness of the smaller tan
gerine. l look to see some such a
hybrid take a prominent place in the
orange market. Washington Core
spondent New YORK Sun.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08
CALIFORNIA; Protection.
Editor Florida Agriculturist:

Our people have at last been
aroused to the necessity of protecting
groves. l have been trying to- im>
press them with the fact for the last
two years through the medium of the
Florida Climate and Crop Buleltin
issued monthly by the weather bu-
reau.
/ inclose a pamphlet on frost pro-
lection by Prof. Hammond, of Califor-
MIA. You will see that the people Of
that State have long since decided that
protection is a necessity, and their
methods will prove of value to the
growers of this State. 1 believe it
will pay you in many ways to publish
the inclosed pamphlet 1t will GER
tainly pay the growers to have the
matter placed in their hands. The
weather bureau has distributed as
many as possible to voluntary observ-
ers and crop correspondents in this
State. Yours truly,
A. J. MITCHELL,
Section Director
We take pleasure in reproducing
from the pamphlet indy sent us by
Mr.. Mitchell the following chapter,
which embraces the report of expert
ments in frost protection made by the
Riverside Horticultural Club:
Desiring to obtain reliable data as a
guide to action by Orchardists in pre-
venting injury from frost, the River.
side Horticultural Club, after consid-
cradle discussion over the various the,
cries, presented appointed a commit,
tee, of which J. H. Reed was chair
man, to institute series of practical
experiments with the appliances made
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08
Experiments in Oranges.


In spite of the hopeless situation in
which many of the Florida orange
growers now find themselves, the pa
tient work which the eXperimenters
of the Agricultural Department are
doing gives ground for hope of the ul-
innate success of orange raising in
the Eastern States. Heretofore at
tempts to outgeneral temperatures ia
tai to the golden fruit have been con-
fined to moving the growing area fur
ther south until now groves are to be
found below Tampa, which, until late
ly, was considered far beyond the
frost line. The great cold wave of
1894, however, wiped out all frost
lines in Florida, and now, in view of
the fact that it is impossible to get
any further south, the proposition is
to create a hardy orange which can
resist the frosts that visit Florida and
even, it is hoped, bear fruit in States
further north.
1t may seem something like fairy
tale to talk of growing shiny sleaved
orange trees laden with golden fruit
along the banks of the Hudson, but
the experts of the Department of Ag-
riculture declare that this should be
by no means IN impossibility. Stran>
ger changes in horticulture have been
brought abort ur artificial means.
Herbert J. ;, "NOGr, a vegetable path
ologist f the department., is authority
for the statement that fully as re-
markable things have happened in
plant life as the production of hardy
orange, and he firmly believes that
this result will be attained, in some
measure at least. A hardy orange, if
evolved, will result from a hybridiza-
ton Of the tropical orange and the
hardy Japanese trifoliate orange (Cit-
rus trifoliata), the crossing of the one
on the other. The trifoliate is per-
fectly hard as far north as Phila-
delphia, but it's fruit is useless, so that
the idea is either to introduce some Of
it's hardy qualities into the southern
orange or to add to it some of the
qualities Of the Southern orange and
improve the fruit of the trifOliate.
This work has already been done, in
fact, and Mr.. Webber has some thou
sand crossed trees from one to two
years old which show distinctly in ap-
pearance traits of both parents. 1t is
hoped that they possess likewise the
frost-resisting and fruit-producing
qualities combination. This can
not be determined for some years to
come. The young trees are to be sent
to Florida and Georgia and budded on
orange and trifOliate trees.
The operation of hybridization is
interesting, yet quite simple to one
understanding the growth of plants.
Many species of plants and trees are
self-fertilizing and will perfect fruit
from their own pollen All that is
necessary to crOss-fertiliZe the orange
is to open the flower buds a little pre-
maturely, before the stamens have al
lowed the pollen to escape and fer
tllize the stigma, and cut the stamens
out; then transfer the pollen from the
other species to the stigma by means
of a brush, stick or blowpipe.
Much work along this line has been
done and with success. Some years
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08
Fla, Wednesday, March 8, 1899.
Vol. XVI, No. 10. Whole No. 1862.

ago the phylloXera threatened to wipe
out the grape ana wine Industry OF
France. 1t was found that American
grapes were resistant to the disease,
and these grapes were hybridized with
the French wine grape, producing
crosses which retain the flavor of the
wine grape and yet have proved en-
tirely resistant to the phyllOXera. The
work Of hybridiZatiOn is extremely III
teresting to the scientist and highly
important to the fruit grower and the
farmer No other mode of improve
ment of fruit and vegetables offers
such possibilities as cross fertilization.
Hybrids, in almost every case, COM
bine the better qualities of the two
parents and are uniformly more Wig
orous than the parents. The cross Of
the California black walnut on the
common black walnut produced a tree
which grows about four times as rap
idly as the parents, making highly
valuable timber tree and produces
nuts much larger than those Of either
of the parent trees. A familiar ex-
ample of the hybrid is the Keiffer
pear. The Chinese sand pear, an al
most worthless fruit, crossed itself
probably through the agency of bees
or insects-upOn European pear trees,
and produced the Keiffer and the LIE
Conte, greatly improving the quality
of the fruit Of the sand pear and af-
fording a remarkably vigorous tree.
The Keiffer now holds the first place
on the American market and can be
grown much further south than the
ordinary pear.
Important work is being done by the
Department of Agriculture in hybrid
izing Sea Island cotton with the COM
mon variety The Sea Island species
sells for from 80 cents to 60 cents a
pound, whereas common cotton is
worth cents. The common cotton
has staple about three-fourths of an
inch in length and the Sea Island has
one about two inches long. The long
staple constitutes it's value; it is used
for adulterating silk. A cross made
last year produced plant much more
vigorous than either parent and bear
ing. a staple about half way between
the two and much heavier than either
Important results are looked for from
hybridization.
1t is stated that a wheat has been
developed in England by crossing
fine variety with a wild,
worthless wheat, which produces fully
double the the yield Oh the best known
variety and the United States Gov
ernment is now considering the pQr-
chase of this variety.
Quite important, too, is the creation
of hybrid lemon and lime which will
withstand frost. Mr.. Webber thinks
there is no question but that hybrids
of all these tender citrus fruits, using
the Japanese hardy orange, will be Sc
cured
''It is almost impossible that it can
fail" Mr.. Webber said. cit is not
matter of chance. From the seedlings
we now have it is plainly evident that
we have mingled the blood of the two
species and it is not possible that some
of these plants shall not prove more
hardy than the sweet orange. Sup
pose we find that we have secured a
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08
So per Annum, in Advance.

use of in the valley for that purpose.
Securing the assistance of an eX>
cellent corps of helpers, and carefully
organizing the work to be done, Mr..
Reed arranged for thorough test Of
the different methods and fixed upon
Saturday night for the first tests. 1t
proved one peculiarly fit for the in
vestigatiOn.
Eight different plats were laid out,
with proper committee at each to
make frequent observations during the
night. In addition, five gentlemen
were assigned the work of going over
the whole ground to be able to make
comparisons and qualify themselves
to correctly judge of the details to be
later furnished by the subcommittee.
Professor Zumbro was of this CON-
mittee and made tests of humidity
and temperature in and outside of the
tracts where the different Matchmaking
processes were being carried on.
AS the subject is one that demands
prompt reporting, that the points
gained may be made Immediately
available, | will anticipate the formal
report, to be made to the club when
the data gained has been put in shape,
and give to the public few of the
important results. The conclusions ex-
pressed are such as [ have personally
reached, and these may be in some
degree modified upon a study of the
figures to be furnished by the diff
ferent committeeman.
The tests were made between Mag
nolia and Indiana avenues, in a Sec
ton where the best opportunity is af
forded for getting conditions as near
ly as possible uniform, anu were scat
tered over an area a mile and a half
across.
In this section the mercury was 80
degrees before the work commenced,
at 2:3O in the morning, and in all the
orchards was tending downward when
operations began Indeed, the night
was much colder than was anticipat-
ed, and the temperature was near the
danger point in a large portion of the
valley before morning.
1t gives me great pleasure to an
nOunce, as the result of the work of
Saturday night, that hencefOrth there
need be no serious loss of fruit in the
average situation, where there is or
ganized preparation on lines now dem
onstrated to be valuable.
1t is not proper to give in detail be-
fore the committees report is made
public all the particulars of the study
made, but l desire to. state a few
points regarding which l feel reason
ably sure.
I do not feel certain that the expert
ment with moist straw burning dem
Onstrated it's value except as an ad-
junct to other methods. In the or
chard where this was used there were
excellent cypress wind breaks, which
helped materially in holding up the
temperature. In this orchard the mer-
curry stood uniformly 1 degree higher
than in adjacent orchards, but / do
not think it can be certain tn the
smudge may have all the credl of
this. The committee propose to give
more thorough tests of this system
before finally giving an opinion.
The steam apparatus of Mr.. Hall,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-07-13
THRILLING CAUSES OF WARS.

Many wars have had triaing causes.
A dispatch altered in one or two
points by Bismarck brought on the
Franco-German conflict Palmerston
said facetiously that only three men
in Europe ever knew what the Schles-
wig Holsten troubles, which led to two
wars. were about, and two of them
died before the conflicts began, while
he, the third man, had forgotten. A
sighting reference by Frederick the
Great of Prussia to Madame Pompa-
dour of France was said to have been
one of the causes of the seven-years
war, sometimes called the war of the
three petticoats," from the fact that
the France of Pompadour and the Rus
STA of Catherine II. Joined the Austria
of Maria Theresa against Frederick
According to John Bright, England
and her allies drifted into the Crimean
war without realizing it until after
they got in, and they did not know
what they were fighting for even after
they started while ii is certain that
everything which was supposed to have
| been fixed by that conflict was dis
! turbed afterward The result of the
quarter of a century of wars beginning
with the commencement of the French
revolution and ending with Waterloo
pleased nobody and settled nothing. ,
according to Sheridan. The average
person who lived in those days knew
as little about the causes of the slaugh-
ter as old Kaspar did about the battle
of Blenheim when questioned by little
! Peterkin.
! But the rise of the people to power
in government has had a tendency to
! diminish the number of wars The
example which the United States and
England set when, during Grants frs
administration they settled the Ala
hama claims controversy by arbitra.
ton, is having an influence all ovel
the world Africa has been peaceably
divided up among several nations ir
the past quarter of century. China
is being partitioned today among hall
dozen countries in the same ami
cable manner. The partitioning Of
North America between England anC
France in the 18th century caused a
series OF wars which, with few shor'
intervals, lasted about so years. The
Hague gathering may take further
step toward diminishing what Erasmus
called "the malady OF princes Les
lies Weekly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-07-13
A VIVID PICTu RE.

We look into a cradle and behold a
crying male babe. At the ageofl0 he is
a noisy kid with half the buttons off his
pants and an eye for meanness, at Is
he is the devil in the print shop, at 20
he is the publisher of country news
paper and at the head OF every enter
prise calculated to improve the town or
enrich the business men thereof; at S5
he's an emaciated WORKOUT man with a
bald head and holes in his pockets. and
at so he's a corpse in cheap coffin and
his only resources left behind two
cases Of long primer, Washington
hand press and a subscription book
with 67S delinquent subscribers, who
line up and march past his coffin say
ing "he was a puhlic-sqirited fellow,
but he could never save anything. -
Franklin IN. ca Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-07-13
FRENCH IMITATION FURS.

London is reputed the fur market OF
the world, but France imports less and
exports more prepared skins and OBJ
jects in skin. leather and fur than Eng
land. The French owe their prosperity
in this industry to the art with which
they are able to make limitations of
expensive furs. Thanks to the per-
lection of their processes, the French
turn every year SO, 900, 900 rabbit skins,
$4,000. 900 hare skins, and proportion
ate number of cat skins. according 10
finish, into Canadian marten, Prussian
marten, otter, etc. The cry of March
and peaux de lapin," is legendary up
on the streets of Paris. This merchant
buys OF the cook for few SONS the
skins, which be sells by hundreds to
other merchants, who sell them by
thousands to others who buy them by
hundreds Of thousands. 1t is said
that two-tlirds Of the fur used in the
world is rabbit 1t may be hazarded,
then, that the greater number Of fur
Jackets and muffs have their starting
point in French kitcheDs.-Contem
poiary ReFiew.