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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

on the side toward which the wind
blows thus smokes out the surplus.
THE CITIES OF THE FIJIs.
There Is a close connection between
New Zealand and the Fills. You can
get boats here every few weeks for the
two chief ports, Suva and Levuka, and
the excursion there Is one Of the favor.
lie ones OF this part OF the world. II
IS looked upon here much as a trip up
the Great Lakes Is looked upon I'm the
United States, / have met a number
OF men who have been 10 the Islands,
and they tell me that they are the
paradise Of the Pacific. They describe
Suva, the capital as being especially
beautiful. 1t has many nice foreign
houses, and about a thousand Euro
peans as well as a large number Of ma
.tyes. Its chief street, the Victoria
Parade, Is paved with soapstone. II Is
lined with shade trees and Is almost
mile long. The town has four hotels.
a public library, n mechanics institute
and Presbyterian Episcopalian and
Catholic churches.
1t is az Suva that the governor has
his offices. He Is, OF course, an Eng
lishman and he lives like n little king
in palace which cost about n hundred
thousand dollars. Suva has n custom
house, a postofilce, a hospital and a
lunatic asylum.
Levuka, the former capital. is some
distance away on the Island Of Oyalau,
which is n much smaller island than
VIII Lew. where Suya is situated. lie.
vuka is surrounded by hills. II lies
upon a beautiful harbor covering an
area OF about forty acres. II has a
hospital. cathedral. a mechanics in
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20
downright, 1901, by Frank G. carpen-
ter)

Copyright, 1901, by Frank G. cafpen'
ter)
wellington. New zealand.--lSefore |
begin my letters on the continent OF
Australia want to tell you something
about the scheme which is now pro-
posed to federate New Zealand with the
Tonga and FIJI islands. making great
colonial republic down here below the
equator under the protection OF Eng
land. This republic will embrace hun
dreds OF islands. 1t will extend almost
two thousand miles from north 20 south
and II may be the beginning Of an
island empire which win include the
greater part OF the South seas. The
governments Of the various Islands are
now in correspondence. The leading
politicians Of New Zealand are pushing
the scheme, and its adoption Is being
discussed in the New Zealand paria-
ment. Premier Seldom Is in favor OF
1t and the arrangement may be con-
summated within the year.
The United States Is especially inter-
ested In the future Of some OF the
islands. The Tongas are not far south
Of Samoa and the Fills have recently
formed a direct connection with San
Francisco by the new line Of steam
ships which the spreckles have put on
connecting Suva and Leyuka, the chief
cities OF those islands, by way Of Ha-
wall, with San Francisco. There is also
connection between the Samoan
Islands and the Fljis. and the probable
ity Is that the greater part Of the trade
WIN fall into our hands.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20
OEsERET EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1901

soil is well fitted for oocoanuts and
sugar.
AS to population. the Tongans are
only about 1900 In number They are
Polynesians, having complexlons Of u
light copper color and features not
much unlike our Flliplnos They are
All christians, and as a general thing,
are religious. They have but one town
Of good size. Nukualofa, the capital.
This IS situated on the largest island,
running about beautiful harbor. II
is very pretty little place with wide
streets and nice houses, shaded by
cocoanut and other tropical trees. The
iinest buildings are the palace of the
King and the Methodist college for
girls The town has cricket club
and a race track, and there are on the
Island, II is said. some Of the finest car
riage roads south of tho equator.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20
INDIANS IN WHISPERING GALLERY

Very picturesque were the Nv ,w.
Yakima lidians who visited the capitol
Yesterday, In true Indian fashion
states the Tacoma (wash) Daily Led.
ger they marched in single file each
brave putting his foot directly where
ms comrade had stepped. Just as In
dams do In the dime novels and on
the plains
The most conspicuous thing about
the Indians was the enormous. high.
crowned, -brimmed hat Of un-
dressed skin that each man wore. 1t
was as noticeable as mountain peak
towering abruptly from the plain. I'm.
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

Colonial Confederation 1000 Miles Long Comprising
Hundreds OF s'andsrhe Fills In 1901 and our Trade
With Them-The New Steamship Line to San Fran
cisco-1iow These Former Cannibals Look--They Have
Newspapers Churches and understanding About
the Cities OF su d and Leyuka-How the Islands Are
Governed, Giving Some Points for the Philippines
The Engishmen and Their Sugar Plantations Cheap
Labor and How II Is Imported-Tweye Thousand
Hlndoos Who Are Working for Twenty-Five Cents a
Day Something About the Tongas and Their Curl
People,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20
AMERICAN TRADE WITH THE
FIJIS.

AMERICAN TRADE WITH THE
FIJIS.
AT the present time the Fiji islands
alone are annually importing about
S'oVoOoo worth Of goods, and large
part OF this already comes from the
United States. We are supplying them
with timber They buy our coal oil,
ana our hardware brings the highest
price In their markets. The American
ak Is the only kind Fljian will use.
lie likes II because IL Is light, sharp and
well tempered. and he win buy il every
time In preference to a German or an
English AK He likes American knives
with blades about fifteen inches long
70 clear his fields and gather his
bananas and cocoanuts. and he Is also
Iond OF our cheap watches and clocks
am told a good business can be Great
ca there In knocked-down furniture and
also In low-priced pianos and organs,
Inc people buy about 100000 worth Of
cottons yearly and there is demand
tor canned meats and flour. Our mer-
chants can learn all about the markets
py writing TO the chambers OF com
merce at Levuka and Suva, where they
VIII md banks at both places.
IN CANNIBAL DAYS.
Our drummers can be accommodated
at good hotels at either OF these towns
and they need not fear the meat
brought on the table, for cannibalsm
passed away long before the English
got possession OF the Fills. Indeed. the
hlJi Islands are now more advanced
than parts OF the Philippines, and their
condition shows what a nation like ours
can do with its colony az Tutulla I'm Sa-
moa and with the wilder parts OF the
Philippines. There are men still living
here In New Zealand who can tell Won
stories OF the days when the Fiilans
were the bloodthlrstiest cannibals on
earth. They had human sacrifices and
widows were expected to burn Them
selves on the funeral pyres OF their
husbands. When a chief built a house.
he festively planted living victim un-
der each post. and when his canoes
were launched he used living men as
rollers on which 10 slide them down in
10 the sea. When he died his wives
were strangled 20 line his grave. that
he might lie soft, and such n thing as
killing a baby was too common for no.
tice.
KING THAKoMBAU AND HIS
FATHER.
The last king Of the Fills. Thakon-
bau. was the son OF a noted man eater.
Thakombau was something Of q canni.
bal himself but has father crayed hu.
man flesh as n matinee maiden Graves
candy. He had war canoes which he
sent about through the South Sea
Islands FOR supplies, and they often
came back filled with dead men ana
women, and with dead babies dangling
from the yardarms. Upon their return
there was always a feast, in which
everyone Joined.
You can still see the ovens In which
the cooking was done. They were filled
with red-hot stones. and u IS related by
the missionaries that victims were
often thrust In alive. At one time afty
bodies were cooked, and at another
eighty women were atrangled FOR a
similar feast. when there were not
enough enemies TO supply the kings
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HOW THE FIJrANs LOOK.

And stlll the FijIans are as strong
and as good looking as the foreigners.
They are among the finest OF the Me-
lanesians, and are far superior to our
American Indians. They have dark.
copper skins, frizzly hair. which stands
IN about their heads in an enormous
mop. making them look very tall. They
plaster their hair with damped lime
in order TO have Il stand straight. and
this In Connection with the sun bleaches
II TO an auburn and makes II look very
curious.
The men are tail and well formed. The
women when young, are fine looking,
having handsome eyes and well-mould-
ed faces. In the settled regions the wo-
men wear loose cotton gowns, but
back in the interior the usual attire is
breech cloth and a string OF beads and
fan. The men wear little more
The Fijlans are a good-natured peo.
pie They are clearly and spend more
than half their time In the water. After
every bath they rub themselves down
with coooonut oil. toe rancid smell OF
! which enables you TO tell them II the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20
WHAT THE F1JIs ARE.

But before ! go further let me give
you some idea as to the extent OF the
Islands. You know that they lie south
or the equator and little to the west
or our possessions in Samoa, but you
may not know that they are scattered
over the sea for distance OF several
hundred miles and that they constitute
altogether more than two hundred diff
tereht Islands and islets. They were
discovered In 1913 by the Dutch navlga-
tor Tasman, the same man who discov-
cred Tasmania, and they became a
British colony in 1874 Altogether their
area Is a little less than that OF Massa-
chusetts and their total population
about that OF Omaha.
They are growing less in number
every year, There were 50, 900 more for
~ years ago than there are now. fact
which suggests that modern civilization
may mean death to the savages OF the
South seas. The same falling off has
occurred In the Hawaiian islands, as
well as in other places where the for
elgners have introduced new diseases
along with other evils which we have
but which they had not. Take
the measles for instance. This
disease was unknown until IL was
brought IN by the Europeans. but when
II came II took OF 10000 people the first
year, and IL has killed many since.
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the people are well equipped as to edu-
cational matters.
THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE FrJIs

the people are well equipped as to edu-
cational matters.
THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE FIJIs.
IL seems strange to think of newspa-
pers being published In such an out Of
the way part Of the world. There are,
however, four different journals set up
and printed In the islands. The FIJI
Times is Issued twice a week. and it
costs twelve cents a number. The Roy
al Gazette appears five times Il month
az twenty-five cents a copy, while the
Ma Mata, Fijian newspaper, is pub
llshed by the government at seventy.
llVe cents year, or six cents a copy.
In addition TO these there Is the Fiji
Colonist, published in Levuka at s.
per year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-28
The Round Si1o.

AS every student Of mathematics
knows. the circle is the shortest line
which can inclOse any given area
When the material for building silo
is an important object to be consldefed'
the round silo will contain more than
any other that can be built at the same
cost for lumber, and thus it is the better
form for many, but we think not for
all A stlo built in the barn taking one
or more of the bays used for hay, and
extending from the cellar floor, if there
is a barn cellar, to near the roof, can
often be put in at small cost, simply by
lining the outer walls and making
strong partitions on the inner sides, and
the space so taken up will not be need
ed for hay unless the stock kept is to be
increased, as the ensilage in it will
feed more animals than all the hay that
could be packed in it, as farmers NOW
away their hay. OF course we are not
speaking of baled hay, because the
farmers do not often bale hay that
they intend to feed out at home. But a
to twenty-five feet deep will average
to weigh about forty pounds, which is
a fair amount to give a COW each day
with the hay and grain that should go
with it, and a farmer can very easily
figure how large a space would be need
ed to provide food for his stock. Many
of them could not as easily figure the
solid contents of a round silo if given
dimensions, though they may have chill
dren who have graduated from high
school who could do so. But the silo in
the barn requires but little extra lum-
Der and no extra roof, and it keeps the
food very near where it is wanted
Those who have limited capital often
have to choose the cheaper way if it is
not the better way,-New England
Farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-28
Grade MOthara

1t seems to be a principle in breeding
that when two animals of different
breeds are mated, the influence of the
Que which is the nearest pure bred. if
both are in equal vigor and strength,
will be the most potent in its effects
upon the offspring. If one is weak or
In poor condition, the other NAV attain
the ascendency, as surely will be the
case with the one that is of a pure bred
and the other only a grade When
both are equal in breeding and health,
it is unsafe to predict which parent the
offspring will most resemble. as it NAV
vary according to their condition at the
time of mating. This viii explain why
many who have begun TO grade up
their herds by the use of a pure bred
male have succeeded better than those
who have tried 10 effect a cross be-
tween two good breeds. And this is
true of poultry as Of animals.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-28

The Director of the Mint, in his an
nlal report, furnishes some interesting
statistics on the money supply Of the
world In 1873 one-half Of the supply
of metallic money was cut off and seri-
Gus business depression followed, since
then the increased output of gold has
more than made up for the loss Of sill
yer and the money in circulation has
increased 80 per cent-a rate of in
crease much greater than the increase
of population.
In 1878 the total stock of money in
the world, gold, silver and paper, was
81. 600, 100000. The worlds supply of
money in 1900 was $11 ,6O0,000,0
There has been a gross increase Of
81 600, 100000 in the worlds stock of
money since the commission of the
crime of 1873. The increase in the
amount of gold has been $4,000 900, 600;
of silver. $2,75O. 100000, and of paper,
about S650,OOOOO0. The world is using
a greater proportion of metallic money
and a greater proportion of gold. Dur
ing the last seven years there was an
increase of $3.50, 100000 in the worlds
supply of coined gold alone.
This bears out the contention Of the
bimetallists that more money was need
ed, and silver at that time being the
most available they ccntended for the
free coinage of silver. The opening of
newly found gold mines and the new
inventions for abstracting gold from
refractory ore. especially in the United
States, has increased the supply of
metallic money to SUCH a large extent
that as q result we have, comparatively
with the depression of former years.
good times.
In the United States, in addition to
the vast increase of the money placed
in circulation by !.he increased coinage
Of gol l, this government has also for
the p st four years coined the silver
bullion in the treasury and issued sill
yer certificates on the same. There has
also been an increase of nearly $780,
100000 in the bank circulation during
the same time, as under the new bank
ing law the national banks are allowed
10 issue to the full face value OF their
bonds.
This enormous imitation OF the cur
rency under the present administration
OF gold silver and paper, Approximate
ing $500, 100000, is still continuing to
certain extent and to a greater amount
as far as gold is concerned in cOnse-
quence of the newly found gold fields
Of Alaska and the day may be not far
distant whea the great financiers Of
the world may be again looking TO some
other medium as a standard OF value.
as was the case fifty years ago, when
Australia and California were pouring
out their treasures
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-28
Queer FinancierinC.

Secretary Gage keeps on buying
per cent bonds of 1907. That is GER
tainly a commendable proceeding. The
country wants the national debt reduc-
ed as rapidly as possible, but what it
does not understand is Mr.. Cages pol
icy of refusing to accept any offers to
sell to the government the new per
cent bonds of 1880, even at rates as
favorable as those accepted SOr the
short-time issues.
The Secretary says that he does not
expect to buy any of the 1880 bonds at
any price, preferring to take those that
mature earlier. In view of the fact
that the short-time bonds can soon be
redeemed at par it would seem to be
matter of comparative indifference
whether we bought them now or wait
ed until they fell due. On the other
hand, it may be possible to get the 1880
bonds when we want them. If we buy
up all the short-time obligations in ad-
vance of maturity there will be none
to redeem when they become due, and
we shall have no choice then but to
buy the longtime ones at the holders
prices or stop reducing the debt.
If Mr.. Gage had accepted the offer
OF ten million dollars of 1880 bonds
made to him the other day he would
have had that much of the debt safely
out of the way and would still have
had within his own control the securi-
ties maturing earlier.-Chicago Ameri-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-28
Tile and the Layin. of 1t.


Horseshoe tile are not !; good for the
purpose of draining as round tile,
says a correspondent of Country Gen
tleman. While they would be reasona-
bly, sure to stay in place if properly
laid, they are not as efficient as round
tile. The reason they are not as efficient
is shown in the cut If but smaH
stream Of water is flowing, it spreads
out over the entire fiat surface OF the
horseshoe tile, and there is not depth
enough of water to cause the removal
Of silt or sediment which may accumu-
late. 1t is far more difficult to lay
horseshoe tile and do good work than
to lay round tile. If the round tile-does
not make tight joint with its neigh
Dor, it may be turned until place IS
found where the joint is reasonably
satisfactory. If the horseshoe tile does
not fit with it's neighbor, then the shov-
Ell must be used and earth removed or
filed in as the occasion may require.
If horseshoe tile are used, they will do
better work if they are laid with the
fiat tile up, for then conditions as to
flow of the water are produced which
are nearly like those present with the
round tile. When round tile are laid,
it is well to lay a piece of common
tarred building paper over the joint
before filling in with earth. No matter
how tight the joint is made there is
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-28
DEATH CLAIMS EDWIN F. UHL.
Former A IN bassador Finally Succumbs
in a Long and Gallant Struggle.


Edwin +. Uhl died at his country home,
Waldheim, near Grand Rapids, Mich,
at 1920 Friday afternoon, Around his
bedside were gathered members of his
family and family physicians, who watch
ed the end of what had been a long and
gallant struggle. For more than year
Mr.. Uhl had been failing, and nothing
but his splendid constitution so long
deferred the end. u
Edwin L. Uhl, assistant Secretary Of
State during the second Cleveland ad-
ministration and later United States am
bassador at Berlin, was born in Rush, N.
Y, Aug. IA, 1871. His parents removed
to Michigan two years later and located
on a farm near Ypsilanti, where Mr.. Uhl
was brought up. He graduated from the
University of Michigan in 1862 studied
law and began its practice in Ypsilantl
and after a term as prosecuting attorney
of Washtenaw County he removed i'll
1876 to Grand Rap!ds. Almost immedi-
ately Mr.. Uhl took foremost position in
the Kent County bar and among his eli
ents were railroads, large corporations
and estates. Always Democrat, he
was twice elected Mayor of Grand Rap
ids and repeatedly declined places on
the Democratic ticket for Governor and
Congress.
In 1898 Mr.. Uhl accepted the appoint
ment as assistant Secretary 81 State and
was very close to the administration in
several important international transac-
tons. He continued in Washington two
years and then went to Berlin as United
States ambassador to remain until the
close of the administration. He return
ed to Grand Rapids after his retirement
from office, but being out Of sympathy
with the dominan Democracy he took M
"ctive part in politics.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-28
Tardir. Toward Tariff Reform.

Representative Babcock is counsel
ing his party wisely when he warns it
that the time has come for tariff re-
form, reduction and reimbursement in
the interest of fair trade and reciproc-
ity, and if the Republican party does
not lead the way the people will place
in power some other party that will.
The fierce opposition in the ranks of
Republicanism. to the proposed ship
subsidy gave a hint of the trend of
public opinion and the operations of
some of the highly protected trusts
have intensified popular hostility to all
duties that seem to be imposed simply
as bonus to special interests.-Min-
neaDOliS Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-28
Ito be continued.}
Newspapers an AII-Around Blessing.

Newspapers an AlI-ArOund Blessing.
l wonder how many comprehend the
value of the newspaper? Not in its first
estate merely, because of that there is
no question. OF course, women fully
value the newspaper in its first fresh
ness, but how about it after they have
gotten ali they can from it in reading.
Not all Of them know its possibilities
in it's last estate. All old newspapers
should be- saved, folded neatly and
given a place in the tool-chest, where
they will be at hand when needed.
Moths do not like printers ink, and
there is no more secure way Of dispOs-
ing of the winter clothing than to pack
it away in newspapers. The articles,
whether wooden or fur, should be well
beaten in the open air, to make sure
that no egg is deposited already, then
folded carefully and pasted closely in
newspaper, so that there shall be no
crack into which the insidiOus little in
sect may creep. BY packing carefully in
this way you will not need camphOr
mOthballs, pepper or tobacco or any of
the moth preventives so frequently re-
commended. If there is any trouble
when the articles are unpacked in the
autumn it will be because the mischief
was done before the article was pack
ed. This is written out of twenty-five
years of experience, during which time
no garment thus packed has been touch
ed by the moth or the buffalo-bug.-
Woman's Home Companion.