Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, ‘Goldenberg’s, 926-928 7th—706 K Sts. ALL THIS WE! CLOTHES. The rising of ever, sun finds new happenings—new interest here. New bargains are made. Worth prices are put aside — often — and you’re the gainer inevery instance miost. This time it is a $4.¢8 and a $2.98 sale of Boys’ Suitsand Reefers and Over=- ceats. All the boys’ suits which sold up to $4.50 and $5 will be offered to- morrow for $2.98. All the boys’ suits, reefers and top coats which sold up to as high as $7.50 will go tomorrow for $4.98. Roys’ Pure for $3.98, will go tomorrow for $2.98. Brown M have sold readi and $4 will go tomorrow for $2. ine Dark Blu Hed Flannel braid and pearl but- bla: splendidly, which sold for for and $4, will go tomorrow . Dark Blue Flannel with red or black i and more, will French Racket Weave Worsted .. with double-breasted vests, which selling readily will Boss’ Ctoth and Diagoual Cassimere Suits, with sepa- rate velvet shield and trimmings, which sult F498. for $5.98, will go temerrew for Suits, lined sold and $6, will go tomorrow for $4. " Fine Dark i trimmed and well made, which sold for $5.98 und wore, will go tomor- iy row for $4.95. Roys' Imported Blue Twilled Flannel Reefer Suits, with gilt corded trimmi which sold for $5.75 apd 36, will morrow for $4.98. All of the Long Pan! in flannel, tures, in at from %. for $4.8. All of the Boys’ Chinchilla Reet &e., whieh sold $7, will go tom Top Coats, cs. White Fur Reefers, for ax nigh a* $6.50 and row for $4.98. We have bou for to- mworrow's sale, Dark ine Pwiiled <trimined with t ughly shrunk, aud color ura} sizes 3 to 7 years—whieh shall go for $1.19 each, CLOAKS | & SUITS. There isn’t an exclusive cloak and suit house in this city, but the next thing to it is our second floor. You are as well provided for as if we sold nothing else. Few lusive Wrap” houses in this country cater to each individual taste more fully or successfully than we do. ; We have a mich larger stock than we had last year because we have more room—twice the floor space. We've broadened out until we've certainly the largest and handsomest parlors in this city. We shall be very successful this season be we were cessful last season and we're doing better for you now than ever. We've about ause everything that’s shown in the wholesale markets and a_ variety which isn't surpassed in this city. k Boucle Coats, with deep wrest slew If satin Yined, e see priced elsewhere for 36, $4.98 each, Plain Green and Fila Pleated back, deep silk Hin tons, for Kersey ashed coli 1, trimmed with large pe which we intended to sell $6.50 each i med wit sinall trim- two ot Will ask you $11, So each. Double Cloth braid; sell for F for 5.50 éach, i Lamb Em inches ~ inet bot a wif btnck OF with black Handsome Sitk Seal Plush orately jet trimmed, and front edged with marten far, with marten tails in sweep, 21 in : $9.75 each. Sunday needs. Natural Vests and Pants, will not shri c. each, on Hose, with iced heels pair. we Fall . Best ge. pair, and for which Is ofte Gennine Buttermilk Soap, 5e. cake— Rot more than 2 cakes to any one cus- tomer. Pure Glycerine Soap bers to any one cus- Ladies’ Mousquetaire Glace and Un- dressed Kid Gloves, in modes and tans —usaelly sold for for Sue. pair. Goldenberg’s, 926-928 7th—706 K Sts. GRACEFUL TRIBUTE Reception and Banquet Given to Miss Clara Barton. HONOR FOR A NOBLE CAREER Many Friends Express Their Ad- miration by Their Presence. THE LIST OF ADDRES ES The reception and banquet given last evening in honor of Miss Clara Barton was an event that will long be remembered as a fitting testimonial to a noble woman. Miss Barton has so long been identified with all forms of practical philanthropic work that her name is as well known in foreign lands today as it is in her native land, and the people of her own town made the best of the opportunity to show the love and esteem in which she is held by all. Thirty years and more ago she made her- self beloved for her labors in behalf of wounded soldiers on the battlefields of the great war, and from then until now there seems to have been no time when she has not been identified with seme form of work for suffering and distressed humanity. To speak of the Red Cross Society is to name the brave woman who in so many places and under such varied circumstances has toiled faithfully under its banner. A pro- phet may not be without honor save in his own country, but Miss Barton is probably most honored where she is best known, in Washington. The dual event last evening was held at ihe Shoreham. During the earlier part of the evening there was a public reception, and for more than two hours the parlor on the second floor, where the receiving party stood, was thronged with a gathering that was fairly representative of the best of Washington life. The room was handsome- ly decorated with flags and bunting, while the air was laden with the fragrance of beautiful flowers. It was a short time ago that Mi Bar- ton returned from Turkey. The newspa- pers of this country have kept the publ well informed of th > under which p was compel) and of the success that attended her efforts in hekalf of the suffering Armenians, not- withstanding the obstacles which were put It in her wa can people crowd that ¢ evening there wi proverbial that the Amer- mire pluck, so that in the alled to pay their respects last » not only hundreds of her personal friends, but also hundreds of people who were anxious to see the woman who had fought such a good fight. All religious denominations were represent- d; there were ministers and laymen, edu- cators, physicians, business men, In sho: men in almost every walk of life. } there were even more ladies in the gather- ing. There were representatives of various organizations with which Miss Barton is more or less identified, and many, too, who came simply to extend a woman's greev- ing to a woman. In the Party. Miss Barton looked unusually well, and showed few traces of her long and arduous labors. She was handsomely gowned in black velvet, whilé about her neck was a magnificent point lace collar. On her breast she wore a half dozen or more of the dec- orations and medals which have been pre- sented to her during her long car Mr. B. H. Warner, the presdent, and Mrs. Sara A. Spencer, the secretary, of the local auxiliary of the Red Cross Soci stcod by ber in the receiving party, Mr. Warner, acting as master of monies, made the tntroductions. the hours that the reception lasted th was an unbroken stream of people p: ing before the receiving party. Among those who assisted 3 Barton in_re- ceiving were: Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs. E. Ss. Mu Sara A. Spencer, Mr. . Pullman, Dr. J. B. Hubbell and . Wistar, who accompanie Mrs. Tucker, Mis: 1 Lamont and ¢ Among the organi: re the Grand Army, the an Temperance Union, the Women, the Loyal, I of Women’s Clubs,” th Press Associ othe During the evening Mrs. Helen MeCartce sang in her best styk don the piano by Miss Rav shestra was stationed a parlor, and rendered a pro- When the banquet chestva took its place in the > end of the hall, and the mu- sic was one of the pleasantest features of a very pleasant ev Be in the isanquet Hall, It was after 9 o'clock when the line of march was started for the banquet hall. There the scene was a reaily beautiful one. The tables were laid in the form of a double red cross, with long streamers of red, the color of the society, down the cen- ter of each. The floral decorations were borate. Miss Barton, of course, oc- of honor at the center of In front of her was a mam- the gram of national recepti began the oi alcony at or d table. intervals down of choice ular clusters With Miss Barton at the head table he the chr roses. were the Se ary of the Navy, on right Commissioner Ress, on her left M John A. Logan, Mr. Warner and Mr S Among the others at the banquet Dr. and Mrs. Teunis S. Hamlin, Miranda Tulloch, B. Pomeroy, Miss Ger- . Mrs. Lamont, Mrs. Ruth Thomas Wilsen, Mr. Paul A. Steele, A. Kimball, Mrs. Fanny Pomeroy, Estelle Dingman, Miss Sadie Dirgman. Mr. George H. Pull- ma iss Mary Hooper, Miss Lyman, Mr. Charles Lyn Mr. M. Wistar, Trea: urer Mor Jan an, M Pr J. FR. Rose, S. Gist, Mrs. Bia: Mrs. R. J. Floyd Clarl A. H. Eaton, Mrs. IH. La Fetr . La Fetra, Rev i M. Wistar, Mussey,. Mrs. A. Haine - 5. Davis, Mrs. J. D. Croissant, ‘a Kehoe, Nett.e L. White, bert E. Gotham, M M.S. Lock Frank Sewall and Mrs. Ellen S. Cromwell. The Speakers. The menu of the banquet was an elab- crate one and included all the delicacies of the season. It lasted for a couple of hours, so that it was late when the time came for the speeches of welcome and congratula- tion. The speakers at the banquet were B. H. Warner, for the citizens of Washington Mrs. Sara Sp r, on behalf of personal friends; Commissioner Ross, for the Dis- trict of Columbia; Mrs. John A. Logan, on behalf of wives, mothers and daughters of soldiers; Mrs. M. B. Platt, for the W. C. T. U. of the District; Capt. Huntoon, for the G. A. R.; Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, for women attorneys; Mr. Thomas Wilson, for the Loyal Legion; Mrs. Ruth G. D. Havens, for the Academy of Forty; Mrs. Sara D. La Fetra, for the World’s W. C. 7. U., and Mrs. Fannie Pomeroy, for the Legion of Loyal Women. Secretary Her- bert also spoke a few words of welcome and congratulation. The speeches were all brief, but pithy and full of kind words for the guest of the evening. Gracefal Tribates. In making the opening address of the t evening, Mr. Warner said that he had known Miss Barton for thirty years, and he was glad to pay a tribute to her wonderful record in the field of mercy. He welcomed her not only in the name of the citizens of the District, but of the whole republic, and hoped she might long be spared to continue her good work. Mr. Warner read letters of regret and congratulation to Miss Barton from Secre- tary Morton, Secretary Francis, Postmaster General Wilson, the Japanese minister, the Secretary of State, Prof. J. Havens Rich- ards, President Whitman of Columbian University, President Butler of Columbia College, New York; Mr. John Eaton, Gen. A. W. Greely, Col. George A. Woodward and others. In the course of her address Mrs. Logun sal in extending to you a cordial wel- come home in the name of the Legion of Loyal Women and your friends in Wash- irgton, I know that I voice the sentiments of legions of loyal people all over this free land. Years ago, when the destinies of this Union hung in the balance you were wont to go and come from this proud capital on errands of mercy to the battlefields and hospitals of the Army of the Potomac. “The best efforts of your young life were laid or the altar of your country in the |" rame of humanity and tenderness. Every Gay since then you have kept up your work for the unfortunate, following the red cross over the seas and through many lands. All natioralities, all crecds and conditions alike command your festering care, self- sacrifice and benefactiors. “Notwithstanding your herculean work for scores of years, when the wail of the Armenians was heard you were the first to reise your banner of the red cross, like the crusaders of old. “The ever vigilant press tells us your repose here may be brief, and wherever yeu go you will carry the prayers of those who know you hest. For the present, wel- come, a thousand times welcome, home?” Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey spoke of Miss Barton's remarkable success a3 a diplomat, and of the fact that her love of humanity had opened the door for the work of the Red Cross in Turkey. “God bless Clara Barton! The world lost in her a grand lawyer when it gained a whole-souled phil- arthropist, endowed in an eminent degree with that faculty so rare in philanthropists --common sense.”” Miss Barton’s Reply. When It came her turn to speak Miss Barton seemed deeply touched by the heart~ iness of the welcome that had been ex- tended to her and by the kind and appre- ciative words that had been said of her werk. She said that the demonstration was all the more of an honor to her in that it took place in her own home. Of her work in the east she said: “We found vant, desolation and suffering, and relieved it so far as we were able. In spite of all, these are still there, and have grown since. Winter is approaching, and unless the open hands of charity in all the civilized coun- tries be reached out, ard access be secured, hunger and cold will gather in their vic- tims by the tens of thousands. In your thanks to me, pray bear in mind that with stch kelp as the men who were with me gave we could scarcely fail of some suc- cess.”” —_ PERFORMING BY COMMAND. An Autocratic Soldier May Be More Terrible Than a King. From the New York Times. Ludwig Amann, one of the artists from abroad who is to take part in the opening of the regular season at the Olympia Music Hall, has arrived from Europe and is tak- ing keen delight in studying types of New York character. He is an impersonator, and theatergoers of the large cities on the other side of the Atlantic have high regard for him. “I have had many Interesting, many laughable, experiences in my work,” he said yesterday. “A man who goes about the world representing different characters is apt to meet with odd experiences. “For instance, one evening in Rome a gentleman came behind the scenes of the theater where I was performing, and, throwing his arms around my neck, ex- claimed: ‘Ah, caro amico, you have shown me my beloved father once again!” I could not understand his meaning until I-learned he was the son of the famous Garibaldi. “I had an odd experience with Bismarck in Berlin. The then chancellor sent for me to give a performance in his house, the small audience consisting chiefly of the members of his family. I gave a number of impersonations, and Bismarck -asked suddenly: ‘Do you ever represent me? AS soon as I had recovered my wits I an- swered: ‘Yes, prince, you have always been the greatest of my successes.’ The chan- cellor laughed and said: ‘If you have the famous three hairs in your Bismarck wig 1 can readily understand that they bring you good luck.’ “The comic papers in Germany have for years abounded in allusions’ to the three hairs on Bismarck'’s head, which are sup- posed to stand up when he is enraged. But Bismarck did not ask me to show him how he locked. “On some occasions, however, I have been commanded to give impersonations in the presence of the originals. I was per- forming at the Eden, in Milan, in spring of 1890. Count Bellinzaghi, the ain America call the mayor —was immensely popular with the tow people, and every evening whea I on the stage they cried out for The king, Umberto, heard of thi evening he came with the sindaco and a party of courtiers and occupled a box near the stage “I was ordered to open the evening's en- tertainment, and the Duke of Visconti came behind the scenes and sted me not to forget to i It seems that the j the mayor there as a joke, and they afterward told me that when the mayor was being im- personated the king turned to him and satd, laughing count, for now you see yourself as others see you.’ “Another impersonation I was ordered to sive did not leave such a cheerful impres- sion on my memory. Every one must have heard of the late Gen. Gourko, the terrible autocrat of the Russian army, who, if he had had his way abroad as much as he had it in Russia, would have exterminated everything German. I was performing about eleven years ago in Odessa, where the general has a palace. Though J am a German, T never expected to attract the attention of so powerful a persoyage “One evening I received a mysterious which read: ‘Study Gen. Gourko.’ ja it is better not to inquire too into matters that one does not un- ason for the suggestion, I used the hour before going to the theater in study- ing and impersonating the autocratic Rus- sian. “Just as the performance of the evening was about to begin, a body of police marched behind the es and presented an order for the immediate arrest of myself and the twelve men in the orchestra. The . Gourko. Without any explanation, we were led through the streets to the general's palace and into an apartment where the terrible man _was seated. y tell me that you impersonate cele- brated men," he roared. ‘Impersonate me!’ “The police had seized all my properties, and so they were near at hand. Giving a last look at Gourko, I turned to a mirror to ‘make up.’ It was an anxious moment, I assure you, for if the general should take exception to my representation of him, he hed unlimited power to punish me. “I dragged myself together and turned to the general a copy of his own face and overbearing manner. What seemed to me a long time, but was probably only a second or two, elapsed, and then Gourko burst into a roar of laughter. The ordeal for me was: over. “He ordered me to give him some more impersonations The musicians played for him, and we had an altogether jovial even- ing “Though I have since performed by com- nd of the czar, that impersonation by iary command was the most trying piece of work I ever undertook.” A Poor Family. From the Chicago Post. “I come of poor but honest parents, the beggar pleadingly. “Of course,” replied the housewife sar- castically. “There was no hardship of poverty that we didn't have to endure,” persisted the beggar. “That's what you all say,” returned the housewife. “Few people in this world know privation as we knew it.” “I_ suppose not.” ‘Why, ma'am,” asserted the beggar in desperation, “in that whole family of. six people there wasn’t a single bicycle.” “So poor as that!’ cried the housewife sympathetically. “Poor fellow! Come in and let me give you some pile.” COFFEE AND FRUIT al : Splendid Capabilities of Hawaii in Producing fhe Staples. THE ISLANDS NOW SHIP BANANAS a aid Pineapples, Oranges, Limes and Many Other Fruits Produced. pt : THE POSSEBLE STATE mol SaRanEIn aa Soa Special Correspo:nence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, September 24, 1896. My last letter begah a discussion of the lines of profitable occupation likely to be open to Americans who should emigrate in any considerable numbers to Hawaii. It is expected that annexation of these ts- lands wiil be followed by a great influx of American citizens, The question is, what profitable employments are they likely to find here? It was pointed out that the rapidly increasing commerce, centering at this central way station of the Pacific, will employ large numbers, of people, and that a population of at least 75,000 must in a few years be gathered at the twin seaports of Honolulu and Pearl Harbor. It was also estimated that a rural population cf 25,000 in the neighboring country districts would find cccupation in producing needed sup- plies for the city and shipping. This ts an increase of three times the population now employed in these ways. The estimate is besed partly on the present rate of increase of trans-Pacific commerce, and partly upon the steam traffic which will result from the opening of the Nicaragua canal. As a rule, steamers from Nicaragua to Asia will call here for coal. Sugar production was also named as like- ly to give large employment to white farm- ers, although it does not now do so. An- nexation will restrict the importation of the Asiatic contract laborers now employed, and the plantations will be compelled to distribute their fields to white cultivators to produce sugar cane on shares. It 1s h lieved that this will ultimately occupy 10,000 or 15,0) white settlers with families. It was pointed out that our climate is ex tremely mild, so that whites can easily work in the fields. This radical change in the plantation system has elrcady begun on a small scale, with financial succes ‘Thus commercial interests and sugar may be looked for to occupy at least 100,000 new- comers from America. Postponing for the present letter the subjects of coffee and fruit culture, cotton and tobacco were named as probably furnishing profitable ob- jects of cultivation. Cotton was exported at profit during your civil war. ‘The best a island staple flourishes here. Tobacco never been raised for export, the lavor being coarse, probably due to bad curing. ‘The growth is luxuriant. Coffee Culture. Now about coffee. Just now there is a great boom here about raising coffee, and every one seems to believe that it Is going to be a great success. No reason is appar- ent why these hopes ‘will not be realized. Several dozens of ngw,.coffee plantations have been started on the large island of Hawai! during the pastcthree years, and a few of these are igs fruit. The crops set are evidently h sones for young trees. The quality of Hawaiian coffee has long held high rank, notwithstanding the ab- sence of skiliful preparation and sorting for the market. ‘Kona!’ coffee, raised on new lava, has the finest flavor of any in It remains to be determined by t profits can be realized by skillful planters during a series of years. ‘The estimates of pmofite whicn have been made from: reliablegdata, are highly tiat- tering. n i There is abundant reaxon to believe that the busi of cultivating coffee has now come to these islandg fo stay. it is not new here. More or fesswalfee has been ex- ported for fifty yesus.ed'or twenty years past King Sugar -haaimonopolized «all. the capital aad brains ef:the country, and other’ exports fell info neglegt, Phere was a lead: ing cause of discouragement about coffee in the attack of syeral destructive forms of Insect blight, various species of aphis and coccus. Most of the old coffee plantations succumbed to these enemies. A deliverer from these evils has lately appeared in the rson of Prof. Koebele, who rescued the dying citrus groves of California from the devestating “‘cottony-cushion scale” by means of his pretty red-dotted lady bird, the Vedalla cardinalis. Koebele has been r some years on salary from this gov- stralia and bird antidotes the world. wanted for individual variety of scale and aphis infesting our trees of ever: sor w every coffee plantation i thoroughly clean and pure ‘This is a’ boon of imm pears to insure compie present resumption of. coffee culture. fhe class of lands suitable for ture, that is, moist, cool, free ing winds and fertile, is of great on the large island of Hawaii. The a of a ne land of this sort will o: limited by jack of roads. The government urs has entered upon an active mac struction of first-clas order to open such 1: ‘They can be supplied as f: present iy to be wanted. least 3 to tas they are a settl ment. There are at as much as on the smal. best of these land. in the uy. land. h has given its na to our choicest coffee. Perhaps not inte in quality will be the coff: web forests along the new Volcano road in the district of Olaa. Neighboring distric in Puna are now being opened by 1 roads. io! raised in the For Small Farmers, On this island of Oahu are tracts of small extent where coffee flourishes, In suffi- ciently moist localities the trade winds generally drive too steadily. A fine planta- tion of acres is now beginning to bear abundantly in Waianae under the lee of a high mountain, and 1,000 feet up its slope. Other small plantations are start- ing in the same district. For the ordinary » who raise most of his household . coifee will abundantly furnish his h resources, Ten acres will be a little fortune to such a settler, and all he cin handle lay for hired labor. Six acres of coffee trees wil be as much a3 he and his family in order, pick and prepare for mar other four acres will keep hi and poultry, and fur household for the rem the six acres the gross yield will be from 3600 to $1,000 per annuum. Most of the labor after plaut- ing is very light, well suited io women ana nildren. ’ For his food, in a district moist enough for coffee the settler,can always depend on an abundant yield of corn, sweet potatoes, tara, squashes, potjtry; pork and dairy products, with ‘more or;less beef and mut- ton. Irish potatoes do; well only en_ the higher uplands, andy together with wheat flour, will have to be, Wnported from the Pacific coast. Cabbasggs, onions, string- beans, tomatoes, beets,)turnips, thrive in gardens everywhere... 5! It seems quite safe to say that coffee will always be the, export product most available for the indenetuient small farmer in Hawaii. It is easily«produced by rea- nable skill and carés and a compara- ively sure crop. Shesyield on a small space is highly remunena’ area the amount of ‘light manual labor needed is a drawback. With from three to five acres most of the spicking «md weed- ing can be done byitthef wife and children of the settler. BRemg avorth 20 cents a pound the cost of wmsportation ts a small percentage. Compared with the toil and hardship of a settler’s life In Dakota or Washington, the labor of a farmer in Kona or Olaa is light and eas: A his bodily comfort great. Nowhere else can sooner or more easly be creatéd a home, charming outside with trees and flowers or pleasant within with apartments open to the balmy air. On the coffee uplands the nights are Invariably cool, often needing stove warmth in the evening. Mosquitoes are apt to give trouble at night; never in daytime. But we sleep under nettings. Then we get used to the little wretches and do not mind them. Three hundred thousand acres: of coffze lands give room for 30,000 families, or a population of 150,000. It seems probable that in twenty years after the armexation of these islands there would be a population of over 100,000 thus supported. Added to e. For a large this would be a town population of store- keepers, mechanics, etc., to meet the wants mercial interests, sugar and coffee, a8 means of support, aside from many minor resources, we easily figure out employment for over 250,000 of American population to settle here within twenty years after an- nexation. This estimate seems a very con- servative one, and could easily be stretched to 5U or even 100 per cent more. Alto- gether, it is not unreasonable to anticipate that by 1920 there would be a prosperous white population of 300,000, In addition to what remained of the present 25,000 natives and 45,000 Asiatics, Frait Raising. Much will be done in producing fruit here for exportation. We are now exporting bananas and pineapples. The latter frult has been taken up only within five years. A considerable quantity of pines have been shipped green to California at small profit. on account of duties. This year a cannery makes an output of 5,000 cases of sliced, as well as of grated, pineapples for exporta- tion. This fruit thrives here wonderfully It needs a very moderate amount of moist- ure, and flourishes on drier lands where other staples will not. Five thousand pines will be raised on one acre, year after year, with comparatively little labor and not much fertilization. They vary from three to ten pounds in weight; 15,000 pounds of fruit per acre is a conservative estimate. They are easily worth one cent a pound in the field, and much more. The market promises to be good on the Pacific coast. Bananas have long been established as a regular export to California, mostly since the monthly steamers began to run, twenty years ago. The average passage of eigh- teen days by sailing vessels is too long, and the fruit perishes. Present shipments are about 10,000 bunches a month. Prices have declined from a dollar a bunch to now an average cf fifty cents, delivered at the ves- sel. New Orleans importations of bananas heavily compete with ours in San Fran- cisco. We shall have more advantage whenever special steamers are put on for fruit, properly equipped with refrigerated holds. This will enable the transport of better-matured bunches, and therefore choicer fruit. Bananas are now picked when only three-quarters grown. They reach the coast in such poor condition that in Honolulu they would be unsalable. An acre of average good banana land may be relied on for an average yield of 400 fifty-cent bunches per annum, allowing for season of rest and replanting. It must be superior soil with excess of moisture, and will need much fertilizing. The banana is both # hungry 4nd a thirsty plant, and will do nothing in soil that is either poor or dry. The labor of cultivation is moderate. Banana culture is a fairly remunerative business, within moderate distance of the point cf shipment. There are now perhaps x0 acres of available banana land near lonolulu. A proposed extension of the Oahu railway will bring nearly as much more, altogether enough to make profitable farming for several hundred families. In the vicinity of Hilo seaport,6,000 acres more could be found, favored by copious rains. The whole would supply 4,000,000 bunches a year. It would be a long time before the Pactfic coast could absorb that quantity. Orapyes and Limes, Presumably much can be done in the fu- ture In producing oranges and limes for ex- port. They have not hitherto been com- mercially successful. While at the presen: time very good oranges sell in bulk on the wharf at $1 a hundred, in the fall season, when abundant, during much of the year California oranges take their places at $2.50 a hundred. Instead of this we ought to undersell the California oranges, at least in Oregor and Puget sound. Hai moist tropic heats of Jamaica, Tahiti or Samca, oranges would grow spontaneously nd fruit in profusion, We have too much dry windiness for this. As with coffee, insect blights have been Geadly foes to orange culture. Professor Kcebele’s lady birds are equally the salva- tion of the orange, and hereafter the orange farmer may be complete victor over blight. Hitherto it has been quite impossible to se- cure healthy bearing trees except in sites well protected from wind, and favored by much rain. Now such trees are often set: in gocd bearing in dry and exposed situa- tions. Next to no horticultural skill has heen applied to oranges. The trees are ail seedlings. I have known a few such with superb fruit, such as California can never show. It only needs proper grafting and skill to make most of our oranges of equai quality. ‘the foregoing statistics as to our posst- bilities of affording profitable occupation for white American immigrants have been mtended to be given in a very conserva- tive spirit, with estimates much below the truth. There seems to be a most reason. able prospect that within a quarter century annexation would be followed by a steady srowth of white population, prosperously established in comfortable homes, up to 20,000 or more, in addition to the present 2¢0,000 occupants of the islands. A half century may see 500,000 or even 750,000 peo- ple ving in Hawail. ‘There is every reason for hoping that this coming population in this important centra! station of the Pacifle wiil be ar American 0 For making it such t foundation has been thoroughly laid, by weans of the triumphant and completed domination of American institutions here. Honolulu is thoroughly an American city, where American visitors naturally forget that they are abroad, out of their own country. It only needs that the Union ex- tend the folds of her flag over us, her r and her people will flock to these lovely isle: It may e strength of the Americen element in Hawaii to state that iety of Sons of the American Revelation fifty members has been orgirized 1} d that another soci cf the Daugiit is now doubtless 1 nurabi KAMEHAMEHA. a THE COSSACK DRILL, Voluntary With Our Cavalrymen, but Said to Be x Good Thing. From the Morning Oregonian. ck dril, as it is known, is not a drill in the United States army It is offered to nd they may learn it or not as please. Troop I's men (ith United Cavalry) have learned it perfectly, y display it this spring in the field of absolute perfection. Speaking of the drill at Fort Riley, Capt. Garling- ton said: “What the public has named the Cossack drill, as far as it applies to my troop, } the introduction ef acrobatic feats into the cavalry drill, and has for its object variety and relief from the tedium of formal drill, cultivation of self-confidence in the rider, and the thorough training of the horse. Ji the means of creating interest on the in any sense of the word. the men, they part of the soldier in his horse, which is the first step in the making of a cavalry- man, It also brings about 2 healthy spirit of rivalry in feats of norsemanship, as yell as in the care and training of the horses. “The anima are taught to lie down, rider up, primarily to discipline them, and, secondarily, the principle can be succes ully applie] in the secreting of small de- tachments of cavalrymen, such as patrols or scouts. With a troop of trained horses such small bodies of troeps can be almost stantly concealed in ravines, washes, tall grass or slight underbrush, and an enemy ass very close to such a concealed force hout being aware of its existence. The soldiers, if occasion requires, may fire over their horses on the ground, using them as Lreastworks. This is a valuable feature, and not only protects the man, but if the horse escapes injury as well, the soldier has a good mount under him’ on which to get away if he is too close pressed. You know in war it ofttimes becomes neces- sary for soldiers to kill their horses to use their carcasses as breastworks. In such a e, even if the enemy be driven off, the cavairyman finds himself in a very undc- rable position, afoot in an enemy's coun- Again, this feature serves a valuable purpose in acc: oming the horse to the re- ports of firearms, for when he is down and his head down he is perfectly powerless to get away. “The degree ofself-confidence which the men acquire from this drili is also to be considered. When a man finds that he can stand on his head on his horse, while at a gallop, he has a better opinion of him- self and will make extra efforts to further in.prove both himself and his horse. Im- provement in horsemanship, skill in the use of arms when mounted, nerve, confidence and good judgment, have been most marked since I began this drill In my troop about two and a half years ago.” oo Bank Keceiver Appointed. The controller of the currency has ap- pointed Charles M. Wilson of Grand Rap- ids, Mich., receiver of the First National Bank of Mount Pleasant, Mich. of the rural people. 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We cannot hope to convince you with words that the Mertz system of making clothes is the best system in the inroads upon the line of Fine Toilet Articles, I Perfumeries, Extracts, Medicines, Drugs, etc. There’s a big saving on eve is reserved. LEvery article is being sacrificed! one order—if you'll allow us to our assurance that you'll receive tet BB MB GM Maite te Bete 906 F Street. CLOSING OUT | The : STOCK. been made on the stock in or- sterday the store was comfort- t shoppers, who made further nmcy Goods, rything in the store. Nothing : No woman can afford miss this opportunity! Visit the store and note: the reductions. Hall's Expec Price, 0c. 15 Ibs. Plne Sea Salt for : i Bailey's Chill Pills, box. Root Beer Extract, bot. for.. Sponges, Ciothes Brushes, Hair Brushes, At Big Reductions. MANUFACTURE OF KEROSENE. Brushed Into a Whirl, the O11 Be- comes of Lighter Color. From the Chicago Tribune. How many housekeepers, as they fill their lamps with kerosene oll or their summer stoves with gasoline, have any idea how these clls are made? And yet a few miles from Chicago, at Whiting, Ind., is the largest oil refinery in the world. Every one knows that In its crade state the cil comes out of the earth, but it would be an utterly useless discovery were it not for the brains and money used in the re- fining of the raw material. By the use of the trains and :noney, however, not only the drawn from crude mat a Saphtha, benzine, gasoline and Kerosine, the last often called coal or illuminating oll, belongs to the same Tie first named being lighter oil quire nearly so much handi them tc perfection as the k of course, is easy to believe, caid that from the same crud all the lighter oils have been di ‘a out, wax Is made so closely resembling the preduct of the bee as to deceive even an expert, and that it is used in chewing gum candle factories, laundries, and even in candy factories, one is often met with a polite lock of doubt or an incredu- lous shrug of the shoulders. Yet it Is so. It is possible to go yet further, and say that hundreds of homes in Waitiag and in Chicago haye been made comfortable this winter by the refuse that adheres to-the bottom and sides of the “stills” after even the wax has been pressed out. This refuse makes a good ccke, is easily lighted, and is warmer, clea and cheaper than coal. Hurdreds of tons are removed from the still daily before they are “charged” again, and hundreds of those who use this fuel do not know that it was once crude oil, dug in the Ohio fields, and piped on to Whiting. The carbon used in electric lights is also mede from this coke. Nothing is wasted. As the most common the kerosenc oil is perhaps the most interesting of the pro- ducts. After leaving the crude stills it ap- peers again in “sweetening stills,” or in the “eompcund cylinders,” which perform the seme werk as the sweetening stills, but is a newer invention, and is patented by an outsider, who allows only forty in each re- finery. The “sweeteners” form an import- ant factor in the refining of Ohio vil. Ow- irg to the “compound” before mentioned and the continuous friction of the immens wire brushes, which keep the oil in a mad much of its bad odor. It is 1 off into ext process. In the steam stills it ts seme as in the two pre with the addition of a washing by ste: from perforated pipes passing through it. It is “vapored” off as before, and now one woulé suppose that it was ready tor us: Not quite. The kerosene oil now passes into the agitator for the final process. Th agitator is a funnel-shaped tank in which the ofl is treated with acid, and beaten and blowr. aout by a machine called a blower and washed by torrents of water until it roars like the lake in a storm. Every par- ticle of foreign matter is thus expelled. It is then pumped off into the storage tanks for shipping. aS SS A Case of Cold Feet From the New York World. “My husband says that your husband gets cold feet when he plays poker,” said Mrs. Jack Potts. “I don’t wonder at It, the “steam replied Mrs. Luke Pleasant, “for whenever he does play poker he always comes upstairs in his socks.” == soo A Misreckoning. From London Black and White. Scere—The bar parlor of the Prince George, Brighton. 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And that was the beginning of a fright- ful fued in which all the mean things known to modera society were said. -o —_— Canad! Pacific Strike Over. The operators’ strike on the Canadian Pa cific railroad is over. The strikers, with the exception of those who have committea acts of violence, are to be reinstated.