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ing, there is 204 feet of water at present
This is twenty-six feet deeper than the
deepest point in the harbor.
GREATEST DEPTH ON RIVER FRO7zT
There is a point directly west from
the foot of Monroe street that records
lis feet, and this is said to be the greatest
depth along the river front The clay
banks of the Mississippi in this section
are in some instances almost as solid as
the chalk bluffs of some points on the
upper river.
When the custom house was erected
contractors said 1t was one of the most
solid natural dirt foundations anywhere
but at times there is a perceptible shak-
ing of that big building, especially when
neavy trains pass along the levee at the
base OF the custom house terrace.
There is a rcosan to believe however,
that there are layers of sand under the
clay surface, and if this is so the rive.
has washed in under the leVee and
bluffS. instances are on record where this
has occurred, and the caving of bluffs
is attributed largely to these sand for
nations.
For some years 1t has been impossible
TO secure a sufficient amount of money
to make any lasting Improvement on the
harbor. One chief aim In the endeavor
to secure headquarters for the Missis-
sippi river commission at Memphis is to
ultimately have vast improvements made
here. st. Louis profited by the COM
mission, and Memphis is as great a city
in river trade and many other lines as
ST. Louis. There are twenty-three lines
of steamboats, here, and under existing
conditions at times the levee is crowded.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08

inGeed-save the picotee-which was not
known and grown 800 years ago.
In days when the cloves OF commerce
were, like most other spices, dear and
scarce, the flowers of the Glove carnation
or Glove gillyf1oWer were sometimes used
as a substitute. Our forefathers were
fond of favoring their drinks. Falstaff
Ike most of his contemporaries, believed
III Sugaring his sack. Spiced ale was a
highly popular drink in winter, and still
has the approval Of some connoisseurs
Cloves were put in wine and nutmeg in
ale. Chaucer writes of such use of the
''clow gilofre" Glove g;llyhower) in asso-
citation with ''notemuge (nutmeg) to put
i'll ale" And the flowers were used also,
der, to lay up with garments and house
hold linen in presses and Golfers. The
"sops in wine" of which Old writer's
speak. We're flowers so called from their
lines are familiar:
Bring hither the Pincke and purple Cul-
lambine.
With Ge1lifioureS;
Bring CoronationS, and SopS-in-Wine."
Coronation" seems to have been an ear
lier form OF "carnatlon," and the blossom
was probably SO called from it's Use in the
making of floral chaplets.
But whether coronation came before
caTnation or carnation before coronation.
it Is quite certain that in the earlier uses
of the name still current there was no
refers nee to color intended. We are ac-
CuSIOIn6Q NOWADAYS TO associate the
name carnation with the r,ch red color
of the flower. but the old botanists and
herbal SITS made the name cover variety
of colors. Gerarde speaks of a yellow
carnation in his garden, which had comts
to, him from a friend in Poland. Lite
SAL S that some be of colour white. some
carnaJion or of a lively fiesshe colour.
some be of a cleare or bright redde.
some Of a darke or Geepe redde, and
some speckled." This is as true today as
when it was written. The Glove pink. or
gillyflower. has been the parent of
bedding gardeners may know little of
them, but in the old-fashioned gardens
where sweet odors are he'd in high re-
gard, and where a "SWeet confusion and
a char ming irregularity are greatly p. IL
ed. beds Of pinks and carnations of every
kind and hue delight the senses by their
simple beauty and delicious fragrance.
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by the breeze as tumble weeds across
the country they travel many miles I'M
less lodged in some hole en- route To
the lonely traveller the approach of one
OF these moving plants in the night is
toll OF mystery and alarm until it comes
within range of the light of his campfire
and IN the daylight a horse has steady
nerves indeed which will allow the on
slaught of one of these rolling growths
without Swerving from the trail
1hen there is the sage brush, that
token OF the Northwestern plains. Live
stock feed upon it. The campers use it
Tor fuel 1t is everywhere and but for
us presence many trail across the
plains, now We'll worn, would never have
heen attempted, for it is full of trying
moments and veNation of spirit for he
VINO judges of it's character by its name
Long ago the encyclopedias told US
that grease wood was so called because
us branches were covered with kind of
wax winch made che wood inflamma-
Die Many q man who has read that
definition and then spent hours of val
liable time trying to start camp fire
from the thOrny, ungraceful plant has
wished the author of the definition could
De doomed to spend eternity in the light
ing or nres where the only fuel was this
scrawny defy to the desert.
Even these deserts have not WithStood
The attacks OF the homeseekers, however,
for the latter lave entered into the blood
red wilderness, brought water from dis
tant rivers or from storage basins wash
ed the alkali from the soil and brought
forth bountiful harvests The soil IS
rich and deep 1t is the alluVial deposit
II ON disintegrating hills. 1t is not invit-
ing to the eye. but the pioneers of the
new lands have learned that water not
only covers a multitude of sins. but
eradicates bad appearances as well, and
the great deposits OF gypsum found in
many of the red lands in Wyoming are
now contributing to the farming wealth
OF the state in their enrichment of the
soil
The coyote lizard. the horned toad, the
snake and the sage hen must move on,
Tor the man with the noe has come upon
the red desert to stay and it will soon
nave lost its terror, real and ina ginary,
to the traveller across its confines.
j d. WhelDley
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GILLYFLOWERS.
What Did the Poets Mean by This
NameS

London Globe.
NO flower name is more frequently
mentioned by our older flower writer's or
Is more pleasantly suggestive of the fra
GRANGE Of our old-fashioned garden. than
the glllyf1ower. But what is the gflIy-
HOVER? From the varying descriptions
given and differing characteristics marked
by poets and botaniStS of old, it is at once
evident that the name has been applied
to a variety of flowers. 1t is rather sur
prlsng, indeed. to find how many bios
SONS nave been known at one time or
another as gillyflowers. Several wild
flowers are still called by the name in
different parts of the country There are.
for instance, the midsummer gillyfoW-
er, the Whitsun gillyfiower, the water
and the marsh gillyfower The last
named is much better known as ragged
ROBIN. But these are purely local uses
of the name gillyfiower
The chief flowers so called have been
the wallfiower, the stock and the carna-
ton. or pink. They are all fragrant and
all characteristic inhabitants of gardens
OF the good old-fashioned sort. When
Quarles wrote:
las when Lady (walking Flora
Boure)
Picks here a Pink, and there a Gilly
Floure,''
it is clear that the poet bv the Ia IF
the same season as the pink-.n the warm
and sunny days of July. Evelyn, too,
speaks of '.gillyf1owers and carnations
as distinct blooms A more marked ex-
ample occurs in place where one would
hardly think of looking for flower lore,
In Sheridan's Critic" where in the sec
ond act Tilburina in ridiculous Grafton
speaks of
he striped carnation, and the guarded
rose,
The vulgar wallfower and smart gill;
flower"
Here, again, both the carnation and
the wallfiower (absurdly called "vulgar'9
being carefully excluded, it is plain that
the gillyfower was the stock And whan
Perdita. in THE Winters Tale" said that
che Gid not care for Carnations and
streak giilyhowers." it is highly preba-
BILE that she meant the variegated stocks.
1t has been argued that she meant links
and that she meant waIlnowers. but the
latter are out of season when carnations
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08
On RNTTIId ST g9AII
Water I'm HarbOr at Memphis Much
Sha1lOwcr Than Formerly

Would you think that the MISSISSIPPI
pi river has filed up 200 feet within the
past twenty years? 1t is a fact. Look at
the government Soundings taken twenty
years ago at the foot of Jefferson street.
There was 200 feet of water there then
That is more than there is now in the
deepest sounding in the Memphis har-
Dor. Trees are growing where one of the
boat channels between st. Louis and New
Orleans ran twenty years ago"
Two United States officials and a Mem
phis Scimitar man were looking over the
lighthouse records in the custom house,
discussing the peculiarities of the river
when the above remarks were made.
Further investigation of the government
records showed that ten feet on an an
nGal average for twenty years had been
filed in by the river. 1t has been impos-
sible to check the river, and authorities
believe that in course of time the city of
Memphis will be compelled to cut in the
bluffs south of Beal street and construct
an extension of the present leVee. or use
the newly formed ground north of Madi-
son and Court streets. AS the river con-
t1nGeS to I'LL in every year there is high
water
WAS LARGE ELEVATOR.
Years ago there was one of the larg-
est elevators In the South at the foot
of Adams street, but when the river de-
rily abandoned. Later it was destroyed
by fire. This elevator served a great part
Of the river trade. and to save the owners
as much as possible, a channel was cut
from point north of West Court street
extending up to the elevator At tho
time 1t was proposed that Wolf river
be turned through that channel but the
transfer company operating in North
Memphis having it's dock near the mouth
of Wolf river, was compelled to construct
channel across the newly formed land
to reach the Mississippi river and Wolf
river took this route for an outlet.
The result is several hundred acres of
land in front of the city where once the
water was from $50 to 200 feet deep.
Twenty years ago the bend north OF
the city was almst line across the
present Hopefield Point, but since that
time nearly half-mile of the Arkansas
shore has been washed away. and Is be-
lieved to have been deposited in front
of Memphis. In this bend north of Mem
ptis, according to a government sound
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08

are in bloom. In one of the old gardening
books. Parkinsoh's "Paradisus," are fig
ured streaked stocks. which are called
Single stript Stock Giiiof1owers,'' and
these are probably what Perdita had in
mind. The particular flower intended WIS
often indicated iby a prefix; SO the stock
gillyflower meant what we now know as
the stock, and the wall gillyt1ower stood
for the wallflower. 1t is worth noting
that in those parts Of the country where
the old-fashioned name is still In use it
is often applied to the wallflower.
The original gillyflower, there can be
no doubt, was the clove-scented pink, one
of the most sweetly scented of garden
blossoms. That this was so is clearly
shown 10y the etymology of the word. Not
few dabblers in derivations in the pre-
scientific days of etymology were misled
by that fayorite will of the wsp of Ge-
rivation guessers-a slight resemblance
in sound and spell;ng-and asserted stout
ly that the flower got its name from the
month in which it doomed, and that gil
lyflower was simply vulgarized version
of July flower "July flower was in
vogue three centuries ago. Drayton
wrote of
THE brave carnation. then, with sweet
and Soyeraigne power,
So of his color call'd, although a July
flower
And in 1858 Randle Holme, who knew
more of heraldry than he did of flowers,
said in a superior manner: THE July
flower. as they are most properly called
(thoIgh vulgarly Gillyflower and Gil
ofer'0. But ali this was mere vain i'm
agining. The word reached US through
the French (girofe) and late Latin Car
ophIum) from the Greek name of the
Glove, and so it was undoubtedly the
Glove pink (which first borne the name of
gillyfower in this country.
The earliest example of such use which
has been found is of the fifteenth century,
although the word as the name of the
Glove, the spice, occurs still earlier. When
confusion arose in the application of the
name to varying blooms. discrimination
was usually made by the prefix word
Thus, as we have seen, there were wall
and stock-gilly flowers, and still more
commonly Glove gillyfiowers., The last
were, of course, the -clove-scented pinks,
from which we derive all the carnations
and other cultivated forms Of the dian
thus, single and double. Bacon, in his
essay 'Of Gardens giving the flowers
for the various months. says: In July
come gllyflowers Of all varieties. The
great chancellor evidently meant the
many NrdSef caTnati srs nd i,inl2s which
were tAeng cultivated. There is hardly
single variety of the pink now known.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08

L'EcIataHt-A new weave in Colored
Silk, which has sprung into popular favor
at its first showing. It's soft (but not
too SOTO with wonderfully bright, deep
luster, woven in sort of fine basket
pattern. 1t will retain its shape and
iuster as long as worn. It's very service
able and particularly adapted for dressy
waists.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08
A Bad Break.
Judge

uuSe.
Careful Waters-Is 1t dangerous to
change your winter flanneis suddenly?
We'll lust look at what happened to
Frayed Perkinsi
Staggering Blow-What happened Co
"Perk?"
Careful Waters-Why, during de hor
spell. didn't the blamed fool change his
red winter fannels in a field where dere
Wuz crazy bull.
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why He Is Haired.

Chicago Evening Post
No said the man of wisdom. ''he
rever can be really great. He may Sc
cure certain amount of notoriety. but
he has no chance for lasting fame"
why do you say that?"
Because l happen to know that there
are not enough different photographs of
him in existence to make the founda-
ton for a modern magazine article re.
lating TO his ufe."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08
PALATIAL TRAIN.
6. A. II. Veterans Going Via The
NORTHWESTERN Line.

Tickets to Cleveland and return for the
c.. A r. encampment at rate of S14S2
will be good on the famous North
Western Limited, the Finest Train IN
the World" Also three other fine. fast
trains daily, Minneapolis and ST. Paul to
Chicago insuTing the best of service and
connections to Cleveland.
City Offices $50 Robert ST.. St Paul; 413
Nicollet Ave. Minneapolis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08
A Sense Of Fftn ess.

Detroit Free Press.
Lady CT the House-You needn't ask
for a cup of coffee: our gas stove has
been turned off for hours.
Tramp-Coffee, madame is out of the
OIL estion. Have you any leftover sher-
bet or yesterdays lemonade in the ice
chest?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-02
WERE OF WEAK MIND.
Natives Bring Suit Against Magoon to
Cancel Deed

Suit has been filed by Kekekualanl
and Kui, two old natives, against j. A.
Magoon, J. o. Carter. w. F. Allen, S.
NJ. Damon. w. O. Smith and A. w.
Carter trustees under the will of b. p.
Bishop, to have a deed declared a mort
gage and to- cancel a mortgage, exc
Cuted in 1894, in favor of Magoon. by
the plaintiffs The latter alege that
they made an absolute deed to Magoon
for some property in Waiawa, thinking
they We're only making a mortgage.
The plaintiffs declare in their COM
plant that they are between 20 and SO
years of age and are of weak mind, "
and had great confidence in Magoon UP
to the present time. In 1891 they asked
him to raise some money for them, says
the complaint and he secured $500. In
June, 1894. he sent for them, and at ms
instance, they allege they executed an
instrument which they supposed WIS d
mortgage to him. hut which they nave
now discovered to be an absolute deed
OF the property, deserving to themselves
only the right to live on the land rent
free to the end of their lives. They de-
clare that they have been paying mort
gage money under the impression that
they had only executed a mortgage.
The property is alleged to be worth at
least $1,000. and plaintiffs aver that the
amount they received for it was wholly
inadequate consideration for the max
ing of a deed.
All the defendants have been served
with the complaint The attorneys for
petitioners are Achi. johnson and Ka-
kaulelio.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-02
HONG KONG 5 BAD PLIGHT.
BOARD OF HEALTH GETS SOME
FIGURES.
Nearly 400 Plague Cases in a Day-Dr,
sloggett Elected President of the
Board.

While in Hong Kong and Shanghai,
DR.. A. j. Minaker of the s. S. Nippon
Maru, made an investigation of the pla-
que conditions, and yesterday he gave
the figures he had collected to the
Board of Health. They showed the
serious state of affairs existing in Hong
Kong, which seems to be up against a
bad plague epidemic. The figures were
as follows: June 11-Hong Kong: Pla-
que, 376 cases. 1862 deaths; smallpox, 2
cases, 1 death. Shanghai, June Ia
Smallpox, 1 case. deaths. Nagasaki,
June II: Plague, cases, deaths. The
latter occurred in the harbor at quar-
antine.
DIR. c. B. Cooper, who is to leave for
the mainland, presented his resignation
as president of the Board of Health at
yesterday afternoons meeting. The
doctor made a happy address of thanks
to the other members of the board, for
their cooperation with him. The board
was adverse to accepting the resigna-
ton, the choice of a presiding officer
pro tenn being suggested, Cooper % take
the office again when he returned. The
resignation was finally accepted how
ever, and DR.. Sloggett was chosen pres
ident.
A report was received from Dr. Mon
sarrat, veterinarian and inspector of
meats in which it was stated that some
tuberculous cattle had been found at
Waialua. During the past month the
doctor condemned 33,317 pounds of re-
frigerated meat. Much of this was
spoiled by an accident in local refri-
gerator.
The semi-monthly report of the
plumbing inspector showed unusual
activity in sewer work. The work done
was as follows
Number of plans filed. SO; number of
permits issued, 3d. number of inspec-
lions made. 1906; number of finals issu-
ed 40; number of sewer connections, As;
number of examinations plumbing for
sewer connections, 95; totals for month
of June: number of plans filed, 80: num-
Der of permits issued, SO; numuer of in
spections made, 231 number of finals
issued, 81; number of sewer connections
IL
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-02
Pastoral land must be fenced.

Pastoral land must be fenced
Interest in Right of Purchase Lease
is not assignable without written con-
sent of the Commissioner of Public
Lands. but the lease may be surren-
dered to the Government.
In case of forfeiture or surrender of
Right of Purchase Lease, reappraise-
ment is made of the land and of per-
manent improvements thereon and IL
the land is again disposed of, the in
coming tenant shall pay for such per-
manent improvements and the amount
when so received by the Government
shall be paid to the surrendering lessee.
CONDITION UNDER WHICH PUR-
CHASE MAY BE MADE.
At any time after third year of lease
hold term, the Lessee is entitled to a
Land Patent giving fee simple title,
upon his payment of the appraised
duced to cultivation twenty-five per
cent. of his leased premises, and has
substantially performed all other con-
ditions of his lease.
For plan and further particulars ap-
ply at the Public Land Office, Homo
lulu, or at the Office of E. D. Baldwin,
Hilo, Hawaii.
EDWARD S. BOYD,
Commissioner of Public Lands
July l. 1901.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-02
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE.

Harmony Lodge, Odd Fellows, had
an immense gathering and a good time
last evening, the occasion being the
annual installation of officers and re-
ception to other Odd Fellows. Besides
members of the Lodge, the members of
Rebekah and Excelsior Lodges were
also present and participated in the So
cial features of the evening. Judge
Estee made an address on the subject
of Odd Fellowship. The social program
included songs, recitations and literary
specialties. Refreshments were served
throughout the evening.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-02
VIM. G.IrWin & Co., Ltd,
FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE AGENTS
AGENTS FOR THE

Scottish Union National Insurance.
Company of Edinburgh,
Wilhelma of Magdeburg General Insur-
ance Company,
Associated Assurance Co., Ltd, OF Mu-
mich and Berlin.
Alliance Marine and General Assurance
Co., Ltd, OF London,
Royal Insurance Company OF Liverpool
don.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-02
BORN.

Honolulu, June 30, 1901
to the wife of d. w. McNichol, a
son.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-02
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
BYAUTHORITY
COMMISSION OF PUBLIC LANDS.

On and after August 10th, 1901 at the
Office of e. d. Baldwin, Hilo, Hawaii
may be applied for under conditions of
the Land Act of 1895 as continued in
force by IAN Act to Provide a Govern
ment for the Territory of Hawaii for
Right of Purchase Leases, and more
particularly set forth under Part VII
of said Land Act.
All untaken lots in New Olaa Tract
Lots, Puma, Hawaii, from miles to 8
miles New Olaa Road.
Appraised value $1OO to $1,000 per
acre.
Each applicant may not acquire more
than one lot
QUALIFICATION OF APPLICANTS.
Must be IS years of age, a citizen of.
or have taken out Certificate of De-
claratiOn of becoming a citizen of tho
United States of America.
CONDITIONS OF RIGHT OF PUR-
CHASE LEASE.
Term: Twenty-one years.
Rental Eight per cent. on the APP
praised value given in lease, payable
semi-annually.
The Lessee must from the end of the
first to the end of the fifth year con-
tinuoUsly maintain his home on the
leased premises.
The Lessee must have in cultivation
at the end of three years five per cent
and at the end of five years ten per
cent. of his holding, and maintain on
agricultural land an average Of ten
trees to the acre.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-02
CASTLE & COOKE, LIMITED
Commission rIerchants.
SUGAR FACTORS.
AGENTS FOR

The Eva Plantation Company.
The Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.
The Kohala Sugar Company.
The Waimea Sugar Mill Company.
The Fulton Iron Works. st. Louis, No
The Standard Oil Company.
The George F. Blake Steam Pumps.
Weston's Centrifugals.
The New England Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of Boston.
The Aetna Fire Insurance Company Of
Hartford, Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Company Of
London.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-02

Frank L. Hogs has the
honor to announce the second
appearance in Honolulu of the
distinguished artists
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-02
AYERS
apariIIa

advertised as such good blood purifier and
general tonic, thought | would try it, 1 did
so, and soon my old strength came back, my
appetite returned, and before l had finished
the second bottle | could do all my work lust
as well as before
Ayers Pills are the best family laxative pill.
They cure constipation, biliOusness, sick
headache.
Prepared by Dr.. J. c. Aver Co.. Lowell Mass, U. s. A.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-02
Metropolitan Meat Go.
LIMITED

Just received ex-Elihu Thompson
from Seattle shipment of Choice beef,
Veal, Mutton, Lamb, and Pork, also
Poultry, Salmon and Halibut.
FOR SALE AT
Metropolitan Market Co., King
Street, Telephone 40.
The Booth, Fisbmarket, Tele-
phone $40
Central Market, Nuuanu Street,
Telephone l4O.