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there have been serious eruptions. The
mountain of Tongariro has three craters
each. Of which vomit forth steam and vapor
charged with gas and acids. The Ruapehu
Is 5000 feet high, ending in crater lake,
which is often coated with steam.
Mount Egmont is volcano Which re-
minds me much of the Fujiyama OF Japan:
It is a perfect cone about 1900 feet
higher than Mount Washington. 1t Is
thirty miles in diameter at the base,
and 1t rises out of one of the most fertile
districts of New Zealand. At its feet lies
New Plymouth, a town of about 5000 peo-
pie. The land is cultivated close up to the
mountain. The soil is rich loan, so good
for grass raising that 1t easily commands
dairying, the butter made being exported to
Europe and the Philippines. Last year
100000 cans were sent away, and the New
Plymouth people tell me the product will
increase right along.
The New Zealanders call their country
the Switzerland of the South Pacific. 1t
is an evergreen land, a land of trees. flow
ers palms and of wonderful natural beau
ties In the center of the North Island Is
Lake Taupo. as large as Lake Geneva, sur
rounded by mountains clad with perpetual
snow. New Plymouth has bay whose ap-
proaches are as beautiful as those Of the
harbor of Rio de Janeiro One of the strik-
ing features of the Rio bay is the Sugar
Loaf at the entrance, n bald gray rock,
1900 feet righ rising almost straight up
from the water The Bay of Plymouth mas
three sugar LpaIS, WHICH StdHu dS eeili.
nes in the ocean before it; they are great
cones of earth and rock. You sail between
the outer two in coming in and rest under
the shadow of the third at the wooden
wharves as your boat lies at anchor.
The New Zealand Alps.
The Middle Island is even more pic
turesque than the country north Of Cook
strait. Here are the famous New Zealand
Alps which intersect the island, reaching
a height of more than 1900 feet in Mount
Cook. The snow line is lower than in
Switzerland, and the scenery is said to sur
pass in beauty that of the Alps. Many of
the New Zealand peaks are covered with
perpetual snow. and there are great gla-
ciers both sides. the range descending in
places to within a few feet of sea level.
They come out of the SHOWS right down
into the evergreen forests and can be cas-
lily scaled. Many of the peaks are
untrodden by man, and m ny glaciers are
yet unnamed. Some are of enormous ex-
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The Land of Dreams.

Written for The Evening Star by q. d. s.
Away from the City Of Sorrow and Hate,
In vision Of glory 1t CLEANS,
And scourged by the rod of the malice Of Fate.
The world-weary toier may enter its gate,-
The beautiful Land Of Dreams;
And serene in the sight Of the sun-litten goal
Know the raptures Of Aidenn, thrice blest I'm his
soul.
And there dee for refuge the kings Of the earth,
With the throng Of the conquered 1t teens;
Unmarried BY the pride and the envy Of birth,
The triumph Of wrong and the scorning Of worth,
The beautiful Land Of Dreams.
And the sweet sound Of music Il soft in the air;
L0i each pilgrim becomes what he hoped in his
prayer.
Oh. land Of my longing, 70 may indeed
Be restoeed 10 the glow Of thy beams;
30 may !. when thralled in the stress Of my need.
lie led from the bondage Of spirit, and freed
Ny beautiful Land Of Dreams.
Aye when passion and fancy alike have their cease.
Nay anl the abode Of ~ infinite psaeA
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at every meal, and had to lift our soup
plates to our chins. balancing the steam
ing liquid to the movement Of the boat.
AS l walked the deck l had to bend
this way and that to keep my bal
ance and when 1 sat the deck steward
tied me to the rail outside the saloon wall
to keep me from Siding down to the edge
of the boat. The spray dashed over every
thing. and. a New Zealand girl said,
1T was real na-aSty!'
Storm South of the Equator.
Still the southern ocean is grand. Stand
with me on the Mokoia and take n look at
it off the coast of New Zealand in the
midst of storm. The sea, green from its
shallow depth, is rolling in vast waves to
and fro. 1t is a seething, foaming mass.
There are white caps everywhere. We are
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A Land Where the People Are the
Real Rulers.
ENTERPRISING and PROSPEROUS
Facts About the Country's Char
acter and Resources.
VISIT TO THE CAPITAL
Copyright. 1901, by Frank G.. Carpentcr)
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star

VnpNrl=nt, NSbl- ny fTahA W. 'aiIth'''-l
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
WELLINGTON. New Zealand,
During the coming year Australasia is to
be one of the worlds chief news centers.
The Australian colonies have already gone
into federation. New Zealand is preparing to
Join to It's government those of the Tonga
and Fiji Islands. and we may soon have
several in dependent republics away down
here in the South Pacific ocean far below
the equator. ana almost on the other side
of the world So far the people manifest no
intention of breaking away from old Eng
land but the ropes which bind them to her
are little more than ropes of sand, and
the control of the queen is nominal rather
than real. Each colony has d sort of q
wooden governor. to whom it pays from
$2J 900 upward to act as a figure head.
Each maintains separate tariff against
the old country ard none will tolerate the
least Interference by the queen in its do
meStiC affairs.
The people, in fact, are running this part
of the world Australia and New Zealand
may be called the worl.ingmans continent.
They are the Edward Bellamy lands of the
present the center of all sorts of new eX-
periments to government control in So
ciety and labor. During the past year
have Travelled quite extensively through
lDenl, anu everywhere Iliu IIt elSnl-i1OuT
law and the weekly half holiday. Every
where in Australia the Workingmen are to
some extent the balance of power, but in
New Zealand they boast they own the
country and that they will eventually down
the capitalists. They really have control
of the government and are formulating all
sorts of new schemes 20 tax the rich AMI
to reduce them to the level of the poor.
The governments own the railroads, the
telegraphs and telephones, and there are
those who hope they will eventually be
come the owners OF the coal mines, gold
mines and factories
The Trip to New Zealand.
But first let me tell you something about
New Zealand To most of you it is dead
land in a dead part of the globe. To ene
on the ground it is much alive and moving
along on the lightning express of our So
called civilization.
The country is not so far away, after all
1t Is now only eighteen days from San
Francisco only about forty days from Lon
don, and 1t has lines of steamers connecting
1t with all parts Of the globe. 1t has regu-
lar vessels which go to London by the
Cape of Good Hope, others which steam
there by the SueZ canal, and others still
which make the trip via South America
passing through the Strait of Magellan You
can go from Wellington to London for 500
and upward. there and back. for $3.50
The trip is around the bottom of Australia.
thence TO Ceylon, Alden. the Suez canal and
across the Mediterranean to Gibraltar and
on to London.
Via South America the cost is about the
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considerable material for the pan-American
exposition, under the direction Of the Smith,
sonian Institute.

considerable material for the pam American
exposition, under the direction of the Smith
sonian Institute.
Buildings Of great size and beauty spring
up nowadays so like Aladdin's palace that
few realize the vast numbers Of persons
whose thought and study have united to
make them complete. Columns, window
frames, cornices must, however, all be de-
signed and modelled in miniature before they
are carved in wood, stone or marble. This
Is known architectural ornament, and Is
the branch of sculpture to which Mr.. James
F. Early gives his entire attention. At
present he is casting the models for the Bal
timore custom house, and making other dec
orations for building in Salem, Ore.
\ *
A little play, called Lady Joanna"
which Mrs. Alice Archer Sewan James has
lately written for some of her friends in
this city, will be given at the Art League
on Wednesday evening next by the Y. P. A.
Dramatic Club, of which number of the
local artists and art students are members
The play will be followed by a mnuet in
costume, with music by a ladies' string
quartet, and the whole promises to be quite
an artistic affair. Tickets will be sold at a
nominal price. and the proceeds are to be
given to the league.
X X
Some eight or ten canvases by Mr.. Edgar
Nye were shown at Mrs. Andrews last
Wednesday, together with the collections
of Mr.. Evans and Mr.. Totten's works ex-
hibited the previous week. These last were
supplemented by some additional casts and
drawings, and all three exhibits received
much sincere praise and many expressions
Of honest appreciat ton. Mr.. Nye's painting
Is done in style clearly his own, and IS
most promising. All of his pictures are of
views In the neighborhood of this city, and
are attractive bits of pure landscape. One
done late last December of the afterglow
over the Potomac marshes is uncommonly
good and very atmospheric.
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Already
From the Chicago Tribune.

It was the first pay day In the office OF
the Commoner. and Editor Bryan was look
ing over the salary list. wrapping up little
packages Of silver coin, and marking them
with the names of the employees to whom
they severally belonged.
'Who is this?" he asked, as he came to
the last name on the list
That is the printers DEVIL" replied the
foreman Of the office.
WHAT faltered the editor, 'is the devil
to pay 30 sOon?"
This being what the crowd was waiting
for, there were roars Of delighted laughter
and applause.
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Not There.

From the Chicago Tribune.
my stars!' calculated the leader of the
choir, happening in when the quarrel was
at its height.
There seems to be trouble In the air"
mot at all, SIR" said the soprano, her
eyes swapping. 1.-THE trouble is in the
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Mr.. Ellicott has Just cast In plaster bust
he has been modelling Of gentleman of
this city, which"is an excellent likeness and
strongly modelled. Later 1t will be cast in
bronze and probably placed on view. Mr..
Elhcott has been giving almost all his time
this winter to government work, preparing
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Wife - what! Home from the club so
soon?"
Husband-"Yes. Very few of the boys
| were there, and 1t was so hopelessly duh
| that just had to come home."-Life.
Evening star., 1901-02-09

The evening class in design was begun at
the league on February !; 1t is still quite
small, but very enthnsiastlc. and will meet
for work on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days, pursuing the same course as the day
class. al .ztt
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Quite in Agreement.
From Moonshine.
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will work Great Changes.

With the circuit Of $50 miles which Prof.
Pupin has arranged he has found that one
coil every mile will bring the right result.
In the case Of ocean cables this proportion
may not hold good, but Prof. Pupin does
not anticipate any difficulty In adjusting
his method to the required conditions. or
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21

Mrs. Wi,bers card reader, 4l4,a East
It'll street fee 95 cents.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21
OPINIONS AND CONVICTIONS.
The Former Are Transformed Into
the Latter Only NJ They Are
Built Into the Life.

1t is easy to have opinions. But they
are not worth much until we begin TO
build them into our lives. When we
have to contend for our opinions, and
when they cost us something. then
they become the convictions Of our
souls and are priceless. Very few of
us ever reach truth without strug-
gle. 1t takes as earnest warfare to
conquer trif1ing and irresolute mood
in dealing with the truth as it does to
overcome our foes in the severest
temptations. We are in no danger OF
believing too many things, but we are
in grave danger of half-beiieying too
many things. The forces that make
charactersare all positive, and they as
sert themselves against obstacles.
This whole matter of living is no
holiday sport. II is earnest and in.
wolves he issues of life and death We
must believe something. and believe it
with all our hearts. The only way in
which we can be sure Of truth is to
test it in its application 10 conduct.
The only creed that lives is the one
that has become Incorporated into life
and finds its expression in character.
The kingdom of God needs to-day the
positive conviction of its members, and
not their half.held opinions. Nothing
serious. nothing permanent. can ever
be accomplished save through the con.
victions of the spirit expressed iu
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21
THE UNEXPECTED,
Applies to the Happy Incidents Of the
VnbOrn Future a. Well as to
the MlyfOrtunes.

When we say at is the unexpected
that happens" we are apt to apply
the remark to unfortunate occur.
rences. but it is just as true in re-
gard to those happy incidents that
brighten the days and give the spirit
. new uplift and outlook. We say
that no one can forecast what awaits
us in the future, because SO many
undetermined factors enter into the
problem. And for that very reason
we get in the way of ina ginning that
the days are going to bring US fresh
disappointmants or bereavements,
but as a matter of experience that is
by no means always the ease. We
have often found that better for
tune was in store for us than wo
dreamed of, and that when things
looked dark with us we were just
upon the point Of turning corner
ness. A larger part of our troubles
than we often think for can be
traced to the habit of not allow
ing for the blessings that may be
hidden from us in the coming day.
II. often, ii does not arrive. neither
by any means does the anticipated
evil always come. If you are going
10 make your present happiness de-
pend on inralculable elements you
might as well be happy as miserable.
-Rnstnn Watchman,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21

DR.. j. SiMms' White PulmOnia Bnlsan,.
the sxtrssrdiaary lung medicine. 100 Kiug
street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21
The Delaware Beneficial
i Association InCGrDO.

rated under the Laws Of the Sinte of Della
ware Oh Jar larry eth, lS9l Tor beneficial pur-
pose, for the year 1900 tha sum Of three hou.
sand nine hundred and eleven dollars was
paid out for beneficial purp0 ~ al,ne. The
sum Of $500 was expended a, donations for
charitable purposes The following ~ II copy
Of certificate fr ON George W. Marshall, In
suranee Commissioner of the state Of nein.
ware. she wing the right OF The Association to
do bushes, AMI having complied with III,
laws of the State OF Delaware.
CHAS. HAY WARD.
l..,,LI.I al INN,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21
CONTRACTS FOR
TWO STEAMERS.
Tue Pussy and Jones Com
pany Has Signed Con-
tracts For Building
Two New Boats.

One of these contracts was for {
steam vessel 10 carry freight and pas
sepgers, and the other waste steam
yacht. In the cous truction of thu
former vessel u novel plan of building
vessels is to be followed. 1t will be
built on the plan Of what is known al
"knock-down" boats. each part being
made so as to fit its adjacent parts
Each wi ! be stcncled aud placed
away until all parts OF the boat arc
finished.
When the entire vessel Is complet
ed it will be temporarily erected al
the yards OF the builders and. then
taken down and loaded on vesse
which will transport it to Port Spain,
Trinidad, where it will he finally put
together and launched and then pro.
coed under its own steam to its des.
tination.
The boat will be a steel hull, stern
paddle-wheel steamer for Hammer,
Salas & Company of Ciudad, Bolivar.
Venezuela. to be used In The trans.
portaLion of passengers and freight
about that city and points ON the Or.
inoco river and its tributaries.
The nam features Of this boat will
be speed and light draft. The dimen.
sions are: length on deck, 1871 feet;
beam moulded, 81 feet six inches
beam over guards, "a feet, and depth
man l,1a1 fnot innhnS
The boat will have blr iron stern
plate, steel keel, frames of steel
angle bars; one fore and aft bulk
head in centre of boat: four water.
tight athwart ship bu!khcads. The
machinery will consist Of two high
pressure, non.condensing engines
cylinders IS inches diameter, -
inches stroke, placed AFT on nam
deck and connected at right angles to
main shaft, wheels Of the radiaI ty pc
and fun equipment Of pumps. The
boiler is to be Of the locomotive type,
3 feet 3 inches in diameter. i feet :,
inches width IF front, heighth 8 feet
whole length33 feet, built for 4 work.
ing pressure Of $50 pounds per square
inch.
The Pusey 4 Jones Company will
likely send representative Of the
company with the boat to superin.
tend its building and to lie present OH
The trial trip. Lahorcrs at Port Spain
will he engaged to Go the fitting
work.
re yacht contracted for will be OF
steel hull and built for J. Rogers
Maxwell of New York. 10 was de.
signed by II. {. Wintrineham Of New
York. This will he the second yacht
built for Mr.. Maxwell, the former one
being the kismet, which was deliver.
cd in the month OF july, 1900.
The dimensions are; Length on
deck, 10 feet: beam moulded 23 feet
SIX inches, and depth, II feet five
inches.
The rropelling machinery will cou-
sist of n triple expansion engine,
with four cylinders. Steam will be
made in two water tube boilers.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21
VERMONT FRUIT HOUSE.

ing. II is a two-story house. pro-
tect from cold by putting straw on
upper floor about four feet thick
when settled. 1t kept the fruit well.
! make fire in it only three or four
times through the winter, on account
Of extreme cold.
could. with but little expense,
make It good for cold storage by put
ting eight or ten 12-inch galvanized
iron pipes through the upper floor.
letting them down three or four feet,
and filing from above with crushed
&c and cheap fertilizer salt. | have
used it as it is, opening the doors
nights to cool off and keeping it
closed during the day. except when
putting in more fruit. pick and put
n barrels in the orchard and store
them open. In rainy weather | can
sort and pack for market | usually
sell to buyers, SO they are of my
hands and in market Or cold storage,
near market, by November IS. have
seldom kept crop over.--Orange
Judd Farmer,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21

Consul General Guenth-r writes
from Frankfort that, according TO
.rrinhn papers. South Australian an
pies are now sold in the Vienna mar
ket al from five to ten cents each.
CHOICE ones even higher. The apples
are juicy and of fine taste: they are
packed and shipped in small. long
boxes containing each 100 apples.
Each apple is wrapped in tissue pa.
per, and they are packed in wood
WON (rHcrlsior) and the leaves of
corn hnsks. They stand the sea
transportation well and also the
transport by rail from Hamburg to
Vienna, which takes from five to six
days The apples are wcIl-selectcd
ones. and show no spots or damage
from pressure.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21
PLUMS FOR MARKET,
There Are Hundreds Of Varieties. Hut
Only u Few Are Adapted for
General Cultivation.

The number of known species OF
plums runs up into The hundreds. but
among those hundreds there are only
few that il will pay TO do much
with. But it requires great deal of
experimentation to find out the best
that is in each species. Each species
n turn is made to produce inuumer-
able varieties, whil may be- in turn
crossed with the seedlings of other
species. II all the new varieties were
named we would Soon have chaos in
the nomenclature. In addition the
number of varieties would become so
great I hat the longest life would not
suffice To become acquainted with
Them. 1t is, therefore. fortunate that
cutting out of varieties is continually
going Oh. Recently in walking
through II block of 800 sce1ing plum
trees with Prof. Goif. of the Wiscon-
sin experiment station. he made the
'emhrk that of those 800 trees. all
frui'ing and bearing fairly good
p'lns. not more than a dozen trees
would be saved. The rest were to go
onto the brush heap. He says We have
too many varieties now, and that
most of the varieties men are at
temptin" II grow should he discard
ed. This phase of The subject is of
interest to the plum student and is
All encouragement, for it tusitirs the
course of passing lightly over most
81 the varieties or for citing them
altogether and fixing the attention
on the few varieties 1Aa, have been
proven 10 be good. For all practical
purposes, therefore, /! is possible for
n'a1 to become plum expert with
out GeNoiing IN entire life 10 the
kln,y. Farmers review.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21

Humanity is better and worse than
men have painted it. There has been
kind Of theological pessimism in
dcnouncing human sinfulness which
has been blind to the Astounding love
and patience and courage and
fidelity to duty among men. The pas
sionate lamentations of the prophets
about the ahsolnteness of Israel.
sin must not be petrifcd into a
dogma of the moral worthIessness
of man. On the other hand. The
sense Of shortcoming and guilt will
not away. The nobIest souls have
it most profoundly. The more we
know of Gods holiness. the more do
We realize the gap between it and
our own. After all, we are sinners
saved by grace alone, and we can
never bargain with God on the basis
Of our merits. This humility before
God is one of the fundamental char
acteristics Of a really Christian soul.
$. s. Times.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21
A. Indiana Mail free,

Tho inhabitants of the village Of
chetwynd and others near BY have
q unique way of receiving and send
Ing mail. Recently orders were re.
ceivsd to discontinue the post Office
at Chetwynd because Of rural mail
delivery passing within half mile
Of that place, and SO large elm tree
at the crossroads was utilized and
made to serve as a post office. There
are II boxes attached to the tree, be-
sides the government mail box, which
is used solely for money orders, regis
tered letters. etc. Chetwynd gets all
Of its mail in large box on the left
Of the tree. and full 800 people receive
mail at this tree. The elm is a mag
uificent specimen of its kind, rising
fully 100 feet, without limb within
30 feet OF the ground. 1t is three feet
In diameter at the bott3m.-Indian
apolis News.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21

President German Relief Association,
Los Angeles, Cal.
a day at a time how l would feel the
next day. Five bottles OF Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
changed all that, my days became days
of health, and have en- oyed every day
since-now six years.
1--WE have used considerable of your
Vegetable Compound in our charitable
work, as we find that to restore poor
mother to health SO she can support her.
self and those dependent upon her, If
such there be, Is truer charity than to
give other aid. You have my hearty
endorsement, for you have proven
yourself true friend to suffering wo-
en."-MRs. f. SAlLER, 1861 Hill st.,
Los Angeles, Cal. $1,000 forfeit y abous tss-
tfroniai t not genuine.
No other pers on can give such
helpful advice to women who
are sick as can Mrs. Plnkham,
for no other has had such great
experience-her address is Lynn,
Mass, and her advice free-if
you are sick write her-you are
foolish If you don't. .ss.,sss..s.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21
Keeping the Milk Sweet.

If the milk is to be delivered in
good condition to the consumer dur
ing the summer months, it must be
thoroughly cooled and aeratcd and
kept cool. says Hoard's Dairyman.
These steps are absolutely necessary
with all milks during the hot wealth
er. A great improvement can also
be made by looking carefully after
the cleanliness of cows, stables and
milk utensils, as there is a great diff.
ference in the keeping quality Of
clean and dirty milks. The whole
question OF keeping milk sweet is in
providing a clean article, kept cooled
and we'll aerated. Prcservatives
should rot he used under any condi.
tion.