10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEBt : SUNDAY , APRIL 8. 1808.
GOOD TAe plain truth isk good enough for as. THE QUICK MEAL GASOLINE
' STOVES m the bist en earth.
MORNING GREATER OMAHA'S Office
We hnvo BO many sty'w wo. cannot begin 1o ' 15
Disks cnumorato them. I'rlco this week on 13,00 3
Quick Meals nvlll be
- CARPETS FOR Solid Oak roll lop-
PARLOR ? CERTAIN GREATEST MERCHANDISE worth week $27.50 price this Refrigerators
LY. TAKE THE ELEVATOR
J The beauty nbouf. our Rpfrlfrcrixtorfl Is that
thp chettpist one l made just ns BOO * ntul
VATOR PLEASE. $17.50 finished just ns neil ns ( ho beat. It' * nil
EMPORIUM In the slzeu Our Lconiml Clciinnble ( wo
sola agents ) has seven thicknesses of
Ono great bargain thli week Is 50 rolls of njbestos me , mineral wool , etc. , thorough $6 75
Brussels , the latest style pat-
Tapestry '
57c ventilation nnd' no mixing of llnvois regular
term-the kind usually sold for $1.00. but
all wo ask laThe Additional force is lent our great Surprise Sale by tbe showing of a number of very convincing illustrations of the pur ular price $10.50 this week
The next "Greater Unrgaln" In Carpets li a chasing power of your dollar at the People's -Furniture and Carpet Go's Outfitting Palace
Rreat variety of Velvet Carp > ? t , bautlful for firm whose the best for the least Here is half of bests Baby Carriages are Ripe
is
patterns very heavy lt' the Jelnd general Comparison a good thing , especially a goods are money. a page
ly sold for $1.40. Our price on/ ) . for the least money. "VVe point to many of the items as being particularly suggestive of your dollar being worth two at Wo congratulate ourselves upon the fact
that wo are nsents for the clebratea
Lait not least but the Greatest Bargain
" " . Wo sell lots of
of tra today's Super Ingrain surprises Cnrpct a pure , beautiful All Wool colorings Ux- " ' " them "HBYWOOD" nnd they Cnnlago. always filvc pel feet satis
55C . will offer the regular
week
ings , worth every penny of S3c but we "The faction. This wo
say only People's" Great Surprise Sale. lar JS.M Carriage for
You Will Agree us enough that the for plain any truth busl- Bomo Are you good ready things for A Solid Oak Special Notice want vicinity thopooplo to fully of Omaha under
ness house when you EGO the 1,25 " stand this sale. ' It shows
Roods wo advertise. When wo say values , It's values , und when the PEOPLE'S Size of top , 21x23 inches what i"v Int-tfo firm that docs business on HONEST PRINCIPLES and'MODERN
FURNITURE AND CARPET CO. say reduced prices on such values or on such Center Table Trench , worth I.e 13.50 a , h ( glily tills polished week , MKTIIODS can do. Wo have always made It a point to do just what we advertise
lines , you'll ' find It so every time and that's what It Is this time sure enough and wo are always ready to stand by our advertisements. Any of the articles
gain. Big reductions on the best line of goods made , and all the latest styles , mentioned on this halt page can bo hud during the next week only.
with a quarter to a third and nearly a half of the price knocked off.
Ladies' Disk- Kitchen Tables We Have Some Suits A Whirlwind to the
Mattings , New patterns Juet received Cholcs
The Stamp on a Coin of Mahogany Finish , Quartered Oak That never were equalled nt twlco
Wlmta \ nicer , cleaner nnd sweeter or Bird s-cyo Maple worth 112.00 590 "Wo have over COO hard wood kitchen the price. For Instance" , n pretty , Crockery Trade.
for summer than a Chinese or Proclaims Its value , providing , the metal has Price this week Tables largo size sells anywhere 85c substantial 3-plJce Suit , with bevel ! O Cf | .
Jnpinese IMattlng buying ? here You the can choicest de the right ring ; the right stamp on the wrong tor $1.00. All .we . ask Is plate mirror , lull size , antique Hn-M iwiwv nil
pend upon
. meek
tsh , worth $22.00-thla
est patterns nt about one-half reg metal becomes n. counterfeit. The "Peo Rocker A 100-plcco D'nner ' Set. Imported
ular prlcf. . Wo quote here a cot ple's" guarantee on everything means merit. And Antique Kitchen' Safe- ware , cuarantccd not to craze , In
ton warp that you can get else ' I)0A Wo guarantee every stove ITVC sell. i Largo Cane Seat very comfortable O worth nn $3.00 295 beautifully decorated nnd pretty
where for about 43c this week's /till pattcnu' , sells regularly at $14.00
price Is only worth $1.50 fc for Did You Ever See our prlcu
Elegant Cook Stove guaranteed a ft "IF Parlor Suit with
A 5-pleco Tapestry
perfect baker , nice smooth castH. . In , TEA SRT-V fine china ,
Wl ' u full spring- and solid oak frame - ry dainty
Stylish Drapes , Inss , worth $14.00 price this . * cek. . highly polished , for about $45.00 ? O/l Ell ( interim and pretty f-hapes , worth
Yes ? Well , that's the kind we tf OU J13.00-prlce thlsr.vcck
That's m hat tonea up n home. Wo Quick Meal Mantle Folding Bed Dining Room Chairs nru selling this week for
will sell this week ( the greatest
nurprkto of all ) a largo assortment Gasoline Stoves An antique mantle folding bed , In A very flne dining room chair- A 12-picco Toilet Set. beautifully1
of Tapestry Curtains , handsomely n IF cluding supported woven . wire 1450 worth exery bit of J1.25 77c decorated , worth JS.SO , our price , .
frliif-il. sold everywhere for $1.50 //ij x spt Ing former price $22.50 Sale price
fcifcu . Oil 5
we cut It Just In half . Worth $3.00 prlca Sale price
this week This is still better ,
Combination Dookcase And a 6-pleco decorated toilet ? * t 195
Oak Side Board A C-foot Oak Extension Table , nice worth $3.50 '
ly llnlshcd In antique and well put
Lace Curtains , 6-hole and reservoir , largo 22-Inch A separate solid oak sideboard an And desk solid oak well made- up , woith $10.00 our price
oven , worth $13.00 price this tique finish bevel mirror former 975 Worth SM.OO- 775
Nottingham. .Brussels . pattern , very I 7/1 week price J1S.OO this week Prlcc this week
rich nnd lacy , worth $3.73 prlco I. ILL Lamps ,
1111
this week Steel Range , BANQUET Lnmps-Wlth flecorft'fed
bas and globe to mutch , hns latest
Star Estate , 'worth $37.50-prlco 2550 . Very Pretty Couch , Improved Hochcster burner nnd 3.95
this week . . On a bill of J10.00- worth regular $7.50 prlco this .
Muslin Curtains. $1.00 per week or J1.09 per month NIcolj" tufted and fringed , the very week
On a bill of KO.OO- latest coverings , stylish f
Iron Beds J1.2I week or (5 00 per month . -r
' , per worth $19.50 ; prlco this week
With beautiful ruffled' edge , nicely I nr On a bill of 520.00
finished , worth $3.50 prlco this 1.113 Any size , the best material , the finest < 1.DO per week or $0.00 per month TRAMPS Choice of either
nww
NIGHT
week . . . est Ilnlsh solid brass trimmings On a bill of 150.00
we bought over GCO of them and $7.00 per week or $3.00 per month delft or Dresden . decoration , very .
cin therefore sell nt a les * prlco On a bill of $75.00 neat , worth $3.00 prlco this week.
than others pay for them. For $2.25 per week or $9.00 per month Chiffonier ,
this wee' : only On a bill of $100.00-
Rope Portieres , "Worth " doublj. On bill of 12 S300.0D SO per week or $10.00 per month Solid oak , highly polished , n large , I..A5FPS Very pretty , I OR
a .
drawers , worth $12.00 price
" . week $13.00 month roomy worth $ l.00-prlce this week liuu
0 7 $1.00 per or per -
. week
Very large assortment , worth $3.00 | | this
on sale this wc-ek 4.1 I U
Perpetual Palms ,
Irish Point 5.00 this Palms week , 2,75
Lace Curtains Absolutely the newrt $3.00 Palms
cat and latest arrivals $7.30 kind Jf this week 1,65
this-week per pair. . ,
01.UUIL.UINQ FOIUIERLY OCCUPIED DT. MOUSE UllY GOODS COMP.V > V. )
ON THE LINE OF IDE EQUATOR
Queer Features of Life and Travel on the
Southern Pacific Ocean.
SOME OF THE WONDERS OF COLUMBIA
HlneM of Gold nnd Silver , a River of
YlncKnr , Mcillclnul Treen and
lluKhew of Stimulant * A Gay.
ttuudny la PaiiauiBs
( Copyrlcht , 1S9J , by Frank O. Carpenter. )
ON THD EQUATOR , March 15. As I beglo
this letter I am on the hottest geographical
line en the face of the globe. I am Bitting
on the deck of tfte steamship Santiago , op
posite , but out of sight , ol the coast ot
Ecuador and almost exactly on the equator.
( Wo shall cross wlthlo an hour. If It were
not for a slight breeze which still follows
u from the northeast trade winds the air
would to stifling , and as It Is the very sea
cems to steam. At ray right there le a vast
extent of ocean , which Iho sun has turned
Into molten .silver. Ten billion diamonds are
dancing up and down upon the wavelets ,
and , alttiough I cm under cover , the light
of the tun as reflected from too water dazzles
my eyes as much as the direct rays of a
July eun at home. On the opposite elde of
the vessel , In the shadow , the water la ot
an Indigo blue , and as I stand up and look
about mo I see nothing but a vast expanse
of what , In the hot. hazy air , seems to be
a steaming sea. To the westward stretches
the Pad lie , a distance of about 10,000 miles ,
> before It reaches the lower part of Asia , and
to the cast is the equatorial region ot Soutb
'America , Including enow-capped Andes and
the mighty Amazon , my present field ot
travel. It Is now three days since I left
Panama for Guayaquil , the port of Ecuador ,
and until this morning wo have been sailing
by the coast ot Colombia , but in many places
150 miles from the shore. In this way wo
fcavo saved fcur or five days of travel , and
will make Guayaquil In four days , while the
coasting steamers take ten.
A SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAMER.
The boats ot the southern Pacific are far
different from these on which I have
crossed at different times to Asia. They
are unlike the steamers of any other part
ot the world. The cabins are larger and
the quiet of the Eca for you seldom have
a storm here enables them to have several
decks or stories and to keep everything
open. There la about a quarter ot a ratio
of walking space on the two upper decks
ot .the Santiago and on the top one there
are places where you could almost lay out
a croquet ground and have room to spare.
I awake every morning thinking I am on
my mountain farm in Virginia. There Is a
bleating ot sheep , a crowing ot cocks end
a quacking and cackling ot geese and
lucks. Now and then a cow moos or a pig
queals. Wo carry all our meat with us.
Oa the upper deck within ten feet ot where
I am writing there are two big coops full
of chickens , ducks and geese. Tbo coops
are two-story affairs , walled with slats. The
chickens are ki the top story , some roostIng -
Ing and otbera poking their heads out to
get at the water and corn In the troughs
outside. The ducks and geese are on the
ground floor. A little further over there
ere crates filled with potatoes and onions
and others containing oranges and pine
apples. The sheep and cattle are In pens
and tollg two floors below. They are Ir
< the steerage , near the butcher shops am
kitchens ana where there Is what you do uot
find on other ships , a traveling market
There are me a who pay big sums for the
privilege ot selling on the south Pacific
nips t < the people at the ports. Our market-
men have In their etock at present abou
a dozen wagon loads of oranges and pine
apples from Panama and ten' cattle from
Chill , and they will load up with other
things at Guayaquil. They will take thti
tuff -to the perU along the deserts of Peru
ad Chill and , u nothing crow * there , wil
; ot very high prices. Travel Is very costly
n these ships. There are two lines which
all between Panama and Valparaiso. One
belongs to the Pacific Steam Navigation
ompany and the other to the Chilians. The
wo companies have combined and as they
mvo a monopoly of the business they keep
up the rates. I have never paid so much for
teamshlp travel as I am now doing. The
are to Guayaquil from Panama Is $07 In
gold for a distance of about 800 miles , or
nero than 8 cents a mile. Tho- fares to
Europe by the first class Atlantic liners do
not run more than 3 cents a mile and on
some of the boats you can go for 2 cents
r leas. The freight rates here are also very
ilgn. being about 1 cent a pound for this
rip. These lines have steamers every week
north and south from Panama to Valparaiso ,
i distance of 3,000 miles. The through rate
s $154 , but all passengers are charged extra
or stop-overs at the ports and the local rates
are correspondingly higher.
SOMIETIHINO ABOUT COLOMBIA.
I am astounded at the extent ot these South
American countries. The republic of Colom-
> la , along which we must have been sailing ,
and of which the Isthmus of Panama forms
a part , Is longer from north to south than
ho distance between St. Paul and New
Means and wider In some parts than a bee-
Ine from New York to Chicago. It contains
more than 600,000 equaro miles. It la one-
sixth the size of the United States without
Alaska , and It would make over nine states
the'size of Now York or tew as big as Ohio
or Kentucky. The Isthmus or department
of Panama has an area almost four times
as big as that of ( Massachusetts , and the
Colombian state of Cauca Is almost as largo
as Texas. I have met a number of Americans
and others who have recently traveled In
many parts of Colombia. They tell mo the
country Is an undeveloped empire and that
a great part of It is as yet unexplored. There
are some Americans engaged la business of
one kind ot another In Colombia. Some arc
n the extreme north In the Ohlrlqul lands
of the upper lathrnua , raising coffee , and
others have been buying lands In the Cauca
valley. This valley Is over the mountains ,
i little- back of the Pacific. It Is several
lundrcJ miles long and about twenty or more
nllcs wide , and U Is said to have some of
Iho most fertile lands on the globe. Ono
American , named Eder , who has recently
died , la said to have left a big fortune made
out ot 'his coffee plantations. I have heard
It said that his Income was $100,000 a year
from them ; and another had a contract for a
railroad , upon which he did so little work
that the Colombian government ftaally paid
$1,000,000 to get rid of him. This was In the
case af the concession lor the Cauca Valley
railroad , which was to connect this rich re
gion with the port of Buenaventura. I am
told that English capitalists have now the
concession and that they will complete * the
road. It la now about twenty miles long ,
and th Intention Is to build It on to the
capital of the province , the city ot Call ,
which Is aisty-four miles from 'Ducnaventura.
In addition to this road , there are a bait
dozen other little railroads In the country ,
comprising altogether about 400 miles ot
track , more than one-fourth of which haa
beep built by Americans. The chief bank of
Panama , that of Henry Ebrman , Is American ,
The head of the firm came to Panama with
25 cents thirty years ago. 'Ho Is now worth
several million dollars and lives In Paris.
A RIVER OP VINEGAR.
The chief means ot getting about through
Colombia Is on the rivers and on the mule
tnd dcnkey paths which cross the moun
tains everywhere. There Is no country
which has a greater number or more curious
streams. What would you think of a river
of vinegar ? Colombia haa one. It Is the
upper part of the Cauca river. The Cauca
rises In tue southern part of the country neai
Ecuador and flows GSO miles north and emp
ties Into the Magdalcna. Dur'tig the first
part ot Its course It ha * waters which ccn-
tain cloven parts of sulphuric acid and nine
parts ot hydrochloric acid In every thousand ,
It Is so sour within to mo miles ot Its oourcc
that no fish can live In It , and It goes by the
name ot the Rio V.'nagro , which means the
Vinegar river. The Magdalena , the cblel
river ot Colombia , corresponds with oui
Mississippi , it l more than 1,000 miles long
U U cs wide , but not to deep , as the MU >
slsslppl. but It cuts the country right In two
Steamers ot light draft sail weekly froir
Barranqullla , on the Carrlbbean sea , up tc
Macdalena on to Hondo , where you take
mulrs and climb up to the great plain ol
Bogota , on which Bogota , the Colombia :
capital , U situated. Then there art brMtchei
of the Amazon and oT other big rivers In
Colombia , so that the country Is almost as
well watered as China. Ten of the little
it earners on the Colombia were made at
Plttsburg and brought from New York In
pieces and hero put together.
Just a word or 10 about Bogota. It Is a
own of 100,000 Inhabitants , and it has eloc-
rlc lights and a street railroad , which were
put In by Americans. It has a university
ilncty-flvo years old , a national theater , a
Ibrary ot 60,000 volumes , an astronomical
observatory and a poor house. The town Is
on a plain about a halt mile higher up In
the air than Denver , and Its climate Is , I
am told , much the same. This Is the head
quarters of the army , and the scene ot a
i evolution now and then.
A LAND OP FAT CONCESSIONS.
It IB at Bogota that the president lives ,
and bete the congress meets. It is here
; hat the fat concessions are given out.
Colombia Is a land of concessions. I have
told you of the big fortunes which Amer
icans have made out of the Panama rail
road , which now pays a quarter of a million
dollars a year to the governments Another
valuable concession la the salt monopoly.
No salt can be sold except by the party
owning this concession. At present the
owner Ifl Mrs. Nunez , the widow of the late
President iNunez. She has ealt mines and
furnishes the 6,000,000 people of Colombia
with a very poor article at very high prices.
Tobacco Is another 'concession , and playing
cards another. The gambling houses at
Panama pay $48,000 a year for the right to
keep other people out of the business , and
as far as I can learn they are glad to do It.
There is , of course , nothing like the money
afloat now that there was during the old
canal days , bait every once In a while they
catch a sucker , as they did Just before I ar
rived , when a young Irishman lost $5,000 In
one night at roulette. Another concession at
Panama Is the lottery. This la owned by a
stock company , which has a capital of $200-
000. The stock pays dividends of 45 per cent
a year and 10,000 tickets at a dollar a piece
are sold every week. The prizes range
from $3,000 downward. You see the lottery
ticket peddlers everywhere. MOD , women
and children , black and whlto , accost you
In the hotels , en the streets and In the rail
road trains , and offer you chances for the
next drawing. I happened to be packing the
lottery ofllce on Smday when the drawing
was going on and stepped in , A little boy
of about eight years of age bad been picked
out of the crowd and put unon a table. In
front of Lira was a revolving wire basket
filled with hollow Ivory balls , each contain
ing one of the numbers from cue to ten.
The basket was whirled and the boy picked
out a ball. The number In It was the thous
ands of the prize , another whirl gave the
figure for tbo hundreds , a third for the tens
and a fourth for the units. The \Uiolo thing
was fair enough , only , as the alcalde , or city
Judge , In charge told me , there was oily
about one chance in five hundred of a ticket
holder drawing anything. The president ot
this company Is a naturalized American cit
izen named Duque. He Is the owner of the
only paper In Panama and his profits from
his $80,000 worth of lottery etock are about
$35.000 In sliver a year.
There Is a chance for a concession here
for waterworks. Panama is now supplied
with water by peJdlcrfl , who go about through
the streets , seated on barrel carts , each of
which Is pulled by a mule. In the wet sea-
eon the city relies on the cisterns. There Is ,
I am told , good water In the hills twelve
miles away , and It could easily bo piped to
the city. Panama has about 25,000 people.
THE GOLD MINES OP COLOMBIA.
The Idea prevails In the United States that
the greater part ot South America is low ,
moist and unhealthful. This Is not so. There
are vast areis here which are as salubrious
as any part of North America. Mr. Ken
nedy , an American mining engineer who has
prospected In all parts ot our continent , an
well as In many parts of this , tells mo thit
for every habitable square mile In North
America there Is an equally rich and health
ful square mile here and that south of the
equator there are vast areas ot undeveloped
agricultural territory which have not been
touched. He eays that this Is tbe Klondike
of the future In gold as well as In other
things , and predicts that tbe eye * of the
world will soon be turned southward. In
Colombia the most of tbe people live back
from tbe coasts , where there are plains and
valleys of vast extent from 3,000 to 6.000
and more reel above the sea. Colombia ta
tend e | gold , it u lUw Aluka In that
you cannot wash the soil anywhere along
the rivers without finding what the miners
call color. I saw men washing the sands
of the sea In the bay of Panama aud though
they said they did not get much I am told
that they have been doing the same work
for years. It was here that the Spaniards
got some of their first gold and since the
conquest an aggregate of $700,000,000 worth
ot precious metals has been taken out of
Colombia. A great deal of mining Is now
going on In the department or state .of Antlo-
qua , which Is reached by going several hun
dreds of miles up the Magdalena river. Hero
small diamonds are sometimes found with
the gold. English parties ocrn a number
of the best mines In this region and much
capital Is Invested. There are now between
300 and 400 gold mlnca being worked in
Colombia.
A GOLDEN CURB FOR AtDISEASES. .
Nearly all of the Indian tribes have more
or less gold. I have been told of a curious
method .which tbo church' has ot getting the
Indians to glvo up their gold. They are
prone to hoard It , but as they are very super
stitious the priests have In some ot the
churches the Images ot certain saints who
are supposed to cure diseases , but to whom
must first be offered In gold a miniature j
Image of the part which is diseased. If a '
man has a sore leg he molds a little leg of
gold It may bo the size of his little finger ,
It may bo larger and offers It to the ealnt.
It Is hung up before his blessedocss on a
string with other similar offerings of golden
eyes , teeth , heads and legs for a time and It
the sore part gets well the Indian Is con-1
vlnced the saint and the gold did the work. !
Mr. Mansfield , an American electrical en
gineer , who Is in charge of the electric lights
[ and the street railway of Paoama , Is my authority -
thority for this statement. He says he has
[ often tried to buy such relics from the priests
In the interior , but that though they acknowl
edge that they melt up ani use the relics j
after a time they will not sell them.
PARADISE FOR PATENT MEDICINE MAN. |
air. ( Mansfield Is generally considered one
cJf the best of the foreign authorities on the
wonderful wealth of vegetable life of the
Isthmus of Panama. Before I left Washington - .
ton I was asked by the secretary ot agricul
ture to look up certain plants 'and trees' '
which it Is thought might profitably be In
troduced Into the United States. Among'
those asked for from the Isthmus was the
Platonic bamboo , which Is said to have a I
leaf a foot wide and fifteen feet lopg. It
was this Inquiry that brought me Into con
tact with Mr. iManeflcld and gave mo much '
curious Information ! Said he : "Thero is a
wouderful variety ot plant life here , .and
many specimens I bellevo which are not I
generally known. |
Thtre are more than twenty varieties of
bamboos on the isthmus. There are wocds
superior In their lasting qualities to tbo '
teak wood of Slam and a great amount of j
mahogany and dyetAfoods. There are plants
and , woods whlcWUhte Indians use for med- '
Ictnal purposes , whlfch I am surprised are '
not taken up byour doctors. Take tbe
cacique wood. This will stop the flowing ot
blood almost Instantly. If you scrape off a '
little dust from aicaclque stick and put It '
on a cut tbo broad will Immediately stop '
running. The Indians HBO it for all kinds
of cuts and they.isajr that it a person who
has a hemorrhage' ' of any kind takes hold of
a cacique stick It ! will stop it. You find
such a stick In many an Indian hut ready
for use In case dti accident. This wood Is
expensive , a piece1 the size of a walking
cano costing in Panama $10 and upward.
The necba fruit Is good for cancers and
tumors. Another tree Is a snake-poison an
tidote , and Mr. Mansfield says that he learns
of some new medicinal plant or tree nearly
every time he visits bis llttlo plantation
away off in the interior where he buys ot
tbo'Indlans and has a factory for the mak
ing of alcohol , rum and other such things.
During his last trip he was shown a plant
which was sold to bo a wonderful emetic.
Ho asked an Indian girl to make some tea
of It for himself and a partner , and they
agreed together that they would test the
virtues of the plant by drinking a cup. They
did so. Tbe liquor tasted sweet and seemed
not at all bad as It went down. A moment
later both men made a rush for the door.
Their stomachs were turned Inside out , and
as Mr. Mansfield expressed It , they thought
that even their heels were coming up
through their throats , There Is a fruit
something like a melon sold In the markets
ot Panama which U a strong dlgestant , and
which , I am told , has almost as much pepsin
ID tt W A plf' taoACb , and farther down
In Colombia grows the Icchcmlcl tree , the
sap of which is like cow's milk and has
much the same nutritious properties. Then
In some provinces the cinchona or quinine
tree grows , and also the cacao , from which
comes our chocolate.
( VN AMERICAN COCOANUT PLANTATION.
Along the lowlands ot Colombia there are
plenty of cocoanut trees. The cocoanuts , you
know , grow on > a palm tree. They are to be
seen by the bushel along the Isthmus of
Panama , hanging close to the stem ot the
tree , away up at the top , often as high as
thirty feet above the ground , where the
great palm leaves spring out. It Is only
lately that men have gone Into cocoanut
raising as a business , and I am told that
groves ot these trees have recently been
planted In Florida. There Is a big cocoanut
plantation owned by an American In partner
ship with a Colombian on the Lighthouse
point , Just opposite where the steamers land
at Colon. The American Is the Mr. Hyatt ot
Washington of whom I have spoken as being
connected with the big manganese mine
owned by John K. Cowan and others. Mr.
Hyatt tells mo that the plantation consists
of 1,500 Acres and that they have already
planted 40,000 trees and have about 8,000 In
bearing. They are now shipping from fifteen
to twenty thousand nuts a month to New
York , and within tbrco years from now ,
when tbe rest ot their trees will be In fruit ,
they expect the orchard to produce 75,000
nuts a month. Cocoanut trees , you know ,
bear all the year round , and the blossoms
and the ripe nuts are on the tree at the
same time , The nuts are not picked , but
drop from tbe tree when they are ripe , and
the workmen go dally from tree to tree and
pick up the nuts , husk them , and they are
then ready for shipment. They bring from
$20 to $35 a 1,000 In New York , and the
greater part ot this is clear profit.
HOW COCOANUTS ARE RAISED.
1 asked Mr. Hyatt to tell me something of
the expense and management of such an
orchard. Said he :
"It costs very little to run It. Wo are
now paying out , all told , only about $150 a
month , and our receipts.aro from $300 to
$500 a month. You see , the trees need prac
tically no cultivation , and after they are
once In bearing all wo have to do Is to
gather and ship the nuts. We have ono part
of the plantation which we call the nursery.
Here wo raise the young trees. The nuts
are placed on the -top of the ground a short
distance apart. Within a short time each
nut sends out a sprout from one of the little
eyes or holes which are found in one end ot
It. The sprout shoots up Into the air and
a root shoots down Into the ground. Within
a few months , without any attention what
ever , the sprout grows from two to three
feet high , and it is 'then ready for trans
planting. This Is done by breaking off the
root and putting the nut and sprout Into a
llttlo hole In the ground Just a little deeper
than the thickness ot the nut. Wo press
tbo earth around It and the planting Is
done. Wo set tbo trees out about fifteen
feet apart. For the first three years wo cut
out the brush from around the trees , but
after this they re left to take care of them
selves. They begin to bear at about seven
years of ago and keep on bearing for many
years. A good tree should drop about
seventy-five nuts a year , and many ot ours
do much better than that.
SOME QUEER INSTITUTIONS.
I found Panama one of the queer towns ot
the world. It Is like a little city of old
Spain , aod looking at Itrom the harbor It
makes you think of Venice. The houses
along1 the sea tang out over tbe water , and
the waves dash in some places against their
walls. Tbe streets of Panama wind In and
out , up bill and down. The houses are close
to the narrow sidewalks , and every house
has an overhanging porch or gallery extend
ing out from Its second story , so that you
are protected from the sun as you walk along
the streets. Tbo richer classes live on the
upper floors. The ground floors are given up
to tbe poor and to the stores. Few of the
ground-floor rooms have windows , aud you
can look In 'the open door as you pass
through the streets and see all sorts of
household operations golag on. Hero a
woman is combing her hair , there one Is
sewing , and a little further on ono Is cutting
up beet for her breakfast stew. Tbe stores
have no dleplay windows , and the goods seem
to bo piled about without regard to show or
order. There are no fixed prices , I am told ,
and most of the trading Is a matter ot dicker-
log , Tbe Grand centr l bfltel , .where j
stopped , was opposite the Cathedral of
Panama , aod facing the plaza , about which
the soldiers paraded In the morning and In
which the band played at night.
SUNDAY IX PANAMA.
I happened to be in Panama on Sunday.
There were services at all the places ot wor
ship In the morning , and after that the town
was run on what Chicago's young mayor
calls "tho wide open" order. Promptly at 1
o'clock the P twain a lottery had Its weekly
drawing , at 2 a cock fight came on , and at 4
there was a bull fight Inside the ruined walls
of ono ot the great churches of Panama's
past. Five bulls were tortured and ono was
killed by the bull Ifighter thrusting a sword
Into It , and having missed Its heart , poundIng -
Ing and stabbing It In the back of the neck ,
while the audience howled with delight. In
the evening the whole town turned out and
walked up and down tbo plaza , while'the
band played. There were many pretty girls
among the promenadcrs , but each of the
respectable maidens bad one or more ot her
sisters , her cousins or her aunts ot maturer
years with her , and there was neither flirt
ing nor spooling openly seen. I am told that
even an engaged couple are not allowed by
the better classes ot Panamanians to go
about alone , and that It ono Invites his best
girl to the theater bo Is supposed to include
all of the women ot the family In the Invita
tion. Ono of the Americana , now oa the
Isthmus when ho first came here gave a
young Panama lady such an Invitation and
when ho arrived at tbe house found a party
ot thirteen old and middle-aged women ready
to go along with him and his Inamorata. The
bills for that night were more than his
weekly salary , and Itus only by chance
that ho happened to have enough money with
him to pay them.FRANK
FRANK O. CATIPENTBR.
THE OLD TMIiniS.
'At ' the ago of S4 Mrs. Statlra Frank ot
Lowlston coasted over the snowcrust of a
Maine hill and was her own steersman , early
this month. '
Jules Verne , who Is enjoying good health
at the ago of three score and ten , has lived
to see most of the creations of a vivid Im
agination outdone In practice.
There are ihrco Tennysons of the late poet
laureate's family and generation still living
two sisters , the younger In her 81st year ,
and Arthur Tennyson , nearly 84.
Adam Adameck , who died In Chicago re
cently at the ago of 115 , was chosen , on ac
count ot his great ago , to ring 'tho ' Liberty
bell for tbo first time In Chicago during the
World's ' fair.
( Mr * . Emellno Holden and ( Mrs. Emily
Hobbs , twin sinters , celebrated their 82d
birthday together In Rutland , Worcester
county , Mass. , on ( Monday , 'March 21. Each
Is In good health.
Three of the crowned heads of Europe will
celebrate their 80th birthdays this year-
King Christian IX of Denmark , ox-Queen
i Marie of Hanover and Grand Duke Karl
Alexander of Saxe-Wolmar-Elscnach.
Joslah Johnson Hawcs , the oldest working
photographer In this country , U still In bus
iness and celebrated bis ninetieth birthday
recently. Ho was the first to make daguer
reotypes In Boston , and some of his sitters
have been Daniel Webster , Rufus Cboate ,
Jenny Llnd and Grace Greenwood.
Rev. Edward Allen of Tlverton , England ,
has Just bcon gathered to his fathers at the
one of 101 years. Sixty years ago he was
taken violently 111 and several medical men
"gave him up , " saying ho had Incurable
heart disease. All of tbo doctors died long
ago and Mr. Allen grimly attended the fu
neral of each.
Seth Bryant , who has Just died at his
'homo In Ashmont , Macs. , at the ago of 07
years , was the oldest and best known demo
crat In Ma&sadiUfctta. During the war ho
did a largo business with the government ,
and first suggested that each manufacturer
bo compelled to put his name on all sboes
sold to the government.
Tech , tbo trumpeter who sounded tbe
charge for his regiment , the Third Cuiras
siers , ot the famous battle of Relchsoffen ,
tbo Balaklava of the French cavalry , has
Just died at Gelswlller , In Alsace. The man
was fearfully wounded and was left for deaden
on the field by tbe side of his colonel. Tech
became a paralytic cripple , but managed to
live for twenty-seven years.
Roland Worthlngtoo , for m.iny . years con
nected with tbe Boston Traveler , la dead , at
the ago of 80. Ho U was who started tha
sale of newspapers on tbo street by news
boys. Ho also Inaugurated the bulletin sys
tem , which Is now such a feature among )
leading newspapers. Mr. Worthtngton , who
was at ono time collector of the port of Bos *
ton , had amarecd a considerable fortune- .
Captain J. W. Holmes of the American
ship Charmer has Just arrived at San Fran *
clpco , after rounding Cape Horn for the *
seventy-sixth time. The captain Is 74 years
old , has been at sea since be was 10 and ,
has never been shipwrecked. This Immunity !
from disaster is all the more remarkable
considering that ho never consults a barome
ter , but crowds on sail at all times , depend
ing on Ms own weather wisdom for th
safety of bis ship and crew.
Nothing Plvbolnn. About It.
Chicago Post : She * warf an. honored menV
ber of one of the hereditary societies nndl
wag astonished to learn that she was no-
cuscd of wire-pulling In connection wltU'
an election of officer *
"Wire-pulling ! " she exclaimed. "Such an
Insultl Why , It la common , positively com *
mon ! People do that In politics. "
"Very true , " returned her husband con *
sollngly , "but in politics It la probably Just
common , ordinary wire ; while I have no
doubt In your case the reference was to
the very highest grade of Insulated coppefl
wire. "
Naturally that made It seem different , '
. i
Force of Habit.
Chicago Tribune : The omnibus agent
recognized among the passengers an old
uncle who was on his way to visit him.
Ho greeted him with much warmth. I
"Show mo your tickets ! " ho said. "Hello ,
unclel I'm glad to see you. Baggage trans *
furred wish to ride to hotels or depots
we'll go right over to the house as soon aa I JK.
wo set In. Going any further than Chicago - *
got a room all fixed up for you , uncle-
any part of tha city Mollte'll bo tickled to
death to see you 60 cents please. "
BABY'S
Terrible
ECZEMA
Speedily Cured By ,
CUTICURA
My baby was about four weeks old when h
began to suffer from that terrible disease ,
Kczcma. I tried every remedy I thought
would do him good. I even called In ths >
doctor who told mo it would wear away la
time , but I usedblsmedlclnetonoaccount. I
did not know what to do with him. lie cried
all the time and his face was equal to a raw
piece of meat , It was horrible , and looked u
If there was never any skin on it. I bad to
carry blm around on a pillow. I was fairly
discouraged. I was then recommended to use
CUTICUBA REMEDIES. Thijtnt time I wet
them I could tee the change , I used about
bait a box of CUTICBIU ( ointment ) , and not
one half cake of COTICUBA BOAT , and at the
end of one ihort tcett my taly teat entirely
cvrtil. There has never been a trace of it
since , to-day bis skin 1s as smooth and soft.
as a piece of silk. MBS. J. C. FRKESE , '
Feb.2198. 360Bo. Ut BUBrooklynE.P.
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