12 THIS OMAHA DAIT Y BEE ; Sr"NTDAV , MAV 21 , 3QV . - ,
f OMORROW-the Second Day of the Most Important and Extraordinary Sale of the Whole Year
$1,00 FRINGE at I5c I6fh and Douglas ChlMrurs nml miss-
, , lie mi-fill Long Clonk- ! ,
made of broadcloth ,
All the liltxh rlnss hand c'nborattlv trimmed , all
rnado lln k Hllk Frln ie , colors In Al lomb.na
with wide lilack la c tions worth up to US.
editing , BO RtyllPti right In npci 4 to la yclrc
now for dress trimming , JL choice of the entire lot nt J2.9S. . . .
actually worth nr > to Ji
yard , go at 15e yard
PROPRIETORS-
The Entire Stock of Making Establishments on 5ih AveM New
BEAUTIFUL MILLINERY.
'
From this 5th Avenue , Now York Dress Making Establishment , all the highest grades of line Ladies' High Art Wo have had beautiful mil
Costumes and Dresses at linery before we have had all
iSS GOODS AND SILKS kinds of choioo pattern hats ,
All these high art , imported , model cos but nothing ever equal in style
3)0.00 ) Novelty Dress Goods $1.00 a yard. tumes are in silk , fancy silk and wool novelties and and value in to West these I50th hats street from
Joseph , ,
cloths. All of them are silk lined throughout and
This dress making establishment only imported high made by "Worth , " "Felix , " and other celebrities of near Fifth avenue , New York.
grade , high art novelties in exclusive patterns , positively only laris , and actually cost up to $150 to import your All clean , fresh , and show
one dress pattern of a kind in this immense array of choice choice of these magnificent costumes at ing the latest styles.
nil wool and silk and wool dress goods. There are GO of his exception
The latest conceptions In Cropon , both black and colored , also two-toned effects , ally swell Imported Pattern
r.llk and wool novelty dress goods , In nil tlie now shades of gray , tan , bluctto nnd Hats cost him § 50.00
Cyrano , embroidered dress robes , open wor k novelty dress goods , loco effects , wool man } ;
grenadines end camel's hair , In nil the la test shades , iMnny dress patterns In this go on sale Monday at each ,
lot worth up to $10.00 yard ; choice on bar gain square on main floor , $1.00 yard.
GRADE IMPORTED NOVELTY S8LKS AT 7Gc PER
Thousands of yards of high grade silks from this 5th Ave. dress making
establishment. These all come in dress lengths and every one imported in S50 SUS S ER DRESSES FOR 815.
f > 0 beautiful organdy dresses , lawns , dlmliles and other summer fabrics , made In
exclusive designs , in taffeta with embr'd lloral designs , taffeta with beau all the latest styles , all of them having drop skirts , trimmed with velvet , ellk ribbon ,
tiful woven designs , both light and dark colors , all of them high art ef nnd lace , many worth up to $50.00 choice ol the cntlro lot at
fects , extra wldo foulrvrda with lixrpo striking dcs Iprns , very effective. All of those silks come
in the latest colors , nnd nro positively the correct thing for entire costumes
nil go on sulo at , y nrd ilk Waists New style silk waists in corded taffeta ,
beautiful combinationstaffetas , elaborately
$10.00 SILKS- Thousands of yards of odds and ends from '
. Silk Eiflousselin trimmed. All of them this season's styles ,
this Fifth Avo. dress making establishment
At S2.50 and $3.98 Yard In skirt lengths and waist lengths , In black for $5.00 go on sale at
§ 10 yard silk , heavy rich brocades , colored brocades , and taffetas , In
brocades , all light grounds , especially checks , plaids nnd etrlpcs , on sale at 25c silk waists and
2oO
39o and C9c yard. Hundreds of dress patterns of silk mous- everyone
pecially adapted for reception
selln do solo. These goods were marked to one different , all of them
gowns and dinner dresses. In 25e retail at $1.00 yard , being a handsome summer '
39c
59c this season's
styles , beautifully
this lot is the heaviest and , , mer fabric , manufactured In all the novr
richest silks manufactured _ ehades of blue with large and small hand fully made many of them s-
anywhere , and go on sale at , some lloral and other designs , also In plain worth up to $25 your Choice ot thousands of now patterns in
black , and other plain colors all
gray ; corao
choice of this entire lot at waists white
yard In dress lengths and actually worth $1.00 , waists beautifully trimmed § 4.98 for ladies' swell trimmed
One lot of pure silk grenadines In a great yard , In this sale at 29c yard. with insertion , also percale and madras
It variety of now designs , go at 29o and BOc med Leghorn hats. Some of
. cloth waists , full fronts , plain and tucked ,
yard. these are pattern hats , many
backs choice
plaited ,
yard.29c rich copies. The cost to pro
Actual $10 quality. 29c - 50c 49 Cents . duce many of these was two
or three times the sale price
choice
FINE LACES , Ladies' , Misses ,
Men's. Children's
1,000 dozen finest imported 3 1-2C , 5c , lOc All the wide and narrow
handkerchiefs in sheer plain embroidery and insertion , ex Three immense lots of la
5,000 pairs ladies'kid gloves , bought direct white and fancy bordered , All the finest torchon , ori tra fine quality , at dies' , misses' , children's and § 3.98 for most fashionable
from the New York custom house at less than hemstitched , swiss embroider ental , and black and cream / n ffl" W01'tii ' chiffon trimmed hatsmade 011
one half the cost to import. In this grand lot ed and Mexican drawn thread , 71n jupto35c men's fine hose , all full seamless wire frames , trimmed with
silk lace arid insertion worth
of high grade real French kid gloves will be also pure Irish linen handkerchiefs , less , fine gauge , fast black and French flowers , chiffon , buck
found all the new spring shades , including chiefs , worth up to 25c , all go up to 50c yard , go on bargain 25c quality fancy silk moire , tan , worth up to 25c , go at les , and aigrettes , in all shades
black , cream and white , someof these gloves at table at striped and plaid skirting pair and styles , including , black ,
are slightly musped , and they will all be sold 1 regular price 25c go atjyard so stylish now , go at
at. the ridiculously low price of 59c a pair.
Worth $1.50 and $2
ALONG THE COAST OF BRAZIL
Queer Features of Lifo Observed on and from
a Steamer's Deck.
SCENES IN SUGAR AND COTTON LANDS
Cotton rnctnrlcN AVhlch I'uy Ilniul-
HOIIIO Dividends I'oriiiniihiiuo lllut
Itn Wonili > rful Ilocf Sheep
fin HIilliiK AiilmulM.
( Copyright , 1899 , by Frank < 3. Carpenter. )
IPI3HNA.MBUCO , Brazil , April 14 , 1899.
( Special Correspondence of The Dec. ) I am
traveling along the coast of Brazil , My ship
Is a Brazilian steamer , which goes regularly
Xrom Rio to the mouth of the Amazon. The
i
dlstnnco la about 2,900 miles , and the voyage I
itakea fourteen days. It is almost as far
from Rio to the Amazon us It Is from the
mouth ot the Amazon to Now York. This
utcamer IB fast enough , but wo stop at ev.iry
jiort to tnUo on and dlschargo freight , and
wo nro ull tut tlmo crowded with passen
gers. Iy the Brazilian lawn all coast
freighting must ba done In national vessels.
This whip belongs to the Lloyd Brazilian
line , -which has the monopoly of the coast
trade of the country. It has ships along
the coast , steamers on the Amazon and mall
Btcamora wfaloh go from Rio Janeiro up the
Parana iuid Paraguay rivers to Matte Grosso.
My chip IB the Mannas. It Is a stoamur of
about 3,000 tons , and la a ilrst-clasa ship
Jn every ronpsct. It was built in England ,
and It hn all modern Improvements. My
cabin is lighted by Incandescent electric
lights iiud the dining room is finished in
tnarblo and gold , The bathroom of the
Bteumcr Booms to bo used by no one but my-
Bolf , and the warm stilt water ehowcr baths
ivhlch I have every morning < ire delightful.
TrnvoIliiK 1" Hi-null.
fPhls IB the rosy Bide of the picture , other
wise there Is comfort with a difference. The
Bhlp is crowded with passengers , and such
passengers. Those who travel on the regu
lar steamers have no idea of the people who
swarm the coast vessels. My companions
are ot all colors nnd conditions of men. Let
uie .begin . nt the top deck. This is filled
with emigrants , who ere on their way to
iwortc in the rubber forests of the Amazon ,
a'hero are nt least 1,000 of them , nearly ull
inoro or loss colored , Most of the men have
their families with them , and there are ot
least titty babies and many small children.
The babies lu most cased are stark naked ,
us Is the cuso with all the children under 4
yean of age. These nude little ones sprawl
aver the deck In nil sorts of attitudes. They
jilay games , DOW and then wrestling to
gether. I saw one 4-year-old boy who was
playing horse riding a knotty stick between
lila naked legs. As ho trotted over the deck
another naked boy saw the horse and coveted
it. He grabbed it , and there was straight
way u fight , which ended In both children
liolnn captured by their parents and carried
gquawllng to opposite Bides of the duck.
Some of the babies are quite pretty. I
ehould like to play with them , tout I do not
consider U safe. Today , for Instance , I eaw
a woman suckling one of these nude llttlu
ones and at the same tlmo going through its
jmlr nnd picking out certain Insects which
are not to bo mentioned lu polite society.
It wan a case of doing two things at the
name time , and as far as I could Judge , doing
lioth of them well.
On the lower gangway , -when every one
hail to pass , another -woman has elung her
liammock. 6ho lies most of the tlmo
Btretehed out In It with a little one about
u week old In her arms. Yesterday after
noon us I wont by she waa giving the baby
n bath. She had placed a large gourd on
the deck und Irnd stood the llttlo one In It.
She wag pouring the water over the baby
-ml scrubbing it vlcoroualy. The infant
cried lustily , looking. In Its nakedness , the '
personification of grief. '
Speaking of hammocks , they are slung
everywhere on the decks of the ship. They
nro tied to the rigging one above the other
like the bunks in an Atlantic liner. Every
hammock has two or three persons in it.
Sometimes the hammock contains a man and
his wife , sometimes a mother nnd her chil
dren. The poorest of the crowd sleep on the 1
floor. They have no seafs , and men , women i
and children sprawl about the deck in all
sorts of positions all day and all night.
They eat on the deck , squatting nt their
meala more like animals than men. Each
family has a round tin bowl of the shape of I
a aiovs. This is filled with a mixture of
rice , mandlocn nnd meat. At a general
thing they eat with their fingers , although
sometimes a family has one or two spoons ,
one knife nnd one fork.
< lnrcr Table MnnncrH.
And what do wo first-class passengers eat
and how do wo oat it ? Well , wo have
plenty of food , and if the marble nnd gold
walls of the dining saloon could make It
taste good there would 'bo no lack of np- I
petlte. I am , however , something of an old I
maid In mv tnstes. I'erhans I am becom I
ing a snob. I don't know. At any rate I
cannot get used to the table ways of these
middle-class Brazilians. It disturbs mo
when the negro woman who sits beside mo
at the table goes fishing In tho'mlxed plcklo
bottle for little onions with the fork she has
Just been using , and , having caught several
nnd eaten them , passes the bottle across the
lablo to her fat Brazilian grandma , who acts
the same way. I can't get used to seeing 1
the strips of ctiava Jelly for dessert being
picked up by the gltl on my left on her
toothpick nnd thus transferred to her plate ,
nor do I like the way some young men have
of putting their toothpicks In their oily
hair Jiut over the ears , where our book
keepers carry their pens , to bring them out
at the close of the following course. I
don't much like the USD of the toothpicks by
nil the passengers between the courses and
I am prone to frown as I see the toothpick
bolder passed from person to person In order
that all may clean their teeth after the llsh
and steak , The other day I saw a man
tnko a toothpick out of the holder , put It
back of his llttlo girl's ear for a time and
then return it to the holder , In order that
It might be ready for some one else , The
man iwho did this was evidently rich , for ,
although his shirt showed signs of much
wear , it was sprinkled with diamond studs
and precious stones of assorted colors. Ho
had a diamond pin In his black string neck
tie and alee diamond rings ,
Aa to the meals themselves we have four
n day. The first U nt C o'clock. It con-
slsto of tea or coffee and a cracker. At
9:30 : there la a ibreakfast , which Is much
like a' dinner in its number of courses , and
at 4:30 : comes dinner. At 8 tea is served.
The breakfast begins with a soup , then fol
lows fish or meat fritters , then braised beef
and vegetables. There Is always a bowl of
farina or roasted mandioca found on the
tablo. This IB sprinkled over the meat by
some of the guests , The Brazilians like it ,
but It tnstes like sawdust to me. There la
alee a mixture of dried beet nnd black beam
cooked up In n stow and tongue served In
different wnjs. The dessert Is usually guava
Jelly , Hdam cheese , oranges and bananas ,
The dinner hill Is Just about the same , the
courses being almost entirely of meats ,
l-Yoin Illii to IVriininliiico.
Our tlrst port of call after leaving Rio was
the town of Victoria , the capital of the little
state of Eaperlto Santo. Next wo came to
Bahla , where I stopped for some time and
then made my way north on the tame line
to Mnceo and at last to thta city of Recife ,
or , as It Is generally called , rernombuvo.
Maceo Is a pretty , bright-colored town of
about 25,000 people , the capital of the state
of Algoao.
Algoai Is about as ( big as West Virginia
mid it has about as many people to the
square mile an Maine , It is an agricultural
state , raising sugar , cotton and tobacco , lu
the warehouses at the wharves I saw sugar
piled up like sand on the floors and In the
market place great quantities of tobacco
twisted up In ropes , of all sizes from cables
to clotheslines. Tobacco Is here sold by
weight , the customer directing how much of
the twlet he wants.
In this trip I see moro and more the extent
to which the negroes have Intermixed with
the Brazilians. The majority of the half
million people of Algoas have oolored Wood
In their veins , nnd of the town of Maceo
there are many more colored than white.
During my stay I did not see a score of pure
whites , although there were negroes In great
numbers. Llttlo negro feibles of 2 and 4 '
years sprawled upon the cobblestone streets. [
Negro boys rode yellow mulea loaded with i
kerosene oil cans slung to the sides of the
animals in the original boxes in which they I
were shipped from Philadelphia. The cans I
contained water , and such boys nro the water |
carrisrs of the city , who go from housa to i
house selling water at atout a half cent a ,
gallon.
There wore many fat negro women on the
streets. They walked along with immense '
bundles on their heads , their bosoms pushed
to the front as full as that of the fat woman
In the dime museum. There were llttlo
yellow girls and boys by the score going
to school and with them other girls nnd
boys of a sallow white. ,
I visited the market. It covers a square ,
but the chief business seems to bo done by
women and In many cases by old slaves.
The younger generation of the colored race
'
are , as a rule , shiftless , and the best of the
iiesro population is tnat wnioll once served :
is slaves. 1
The trade of the market was what n |
Connecticut Yankee would call a whittling |
business. Most things wore sold by the I
handful , The chief merchandise was man-
dtoca , rice , corn and beans. These are the j
staple foods of the people. The Brazilians
are , indeed , greater bean eaters than the (
Boitonlans. The latter Insist on having
beans Saturday and Sunday , while the Bra
zilians take their beans twice a day year
in and year out.
Leaving Maceo we next stopped at Por-
nnmbuco , or I should say Recife. There is
no such city in existence as Pornambuco. I
That Is the name of the state. The real I
name of the city is Recife. The word
"reclfo" means "reof , " and Recife gets its
name from a wonderful reef whloh runs out
Into the sea for a distance of several miles ,
enclosing a great natural dock , which forms
Its harbor. This reef Is a stone wall formed
by nature , enclosing a tank less than half a '
mile wide and several miles long. The ]
wall rock nt low tide Is perhaps ten feet I
above the water. At high tide It Is almost J
covered , but the Brazilians have built another - ,
other wall ou top of It , so that the sea |
dashes itself against it in vain , I shall >
never forget my ride Into this harbor. There
was a heavy sea outside and the waves
gnashed their teeth as they throw them
selves against the stone wall , spitting out ,
as it seemed , masses of snow-white foam in
their anger. The spray was thrown thirty
feet Into the ulr. It fell over Into the
quiet water of the harbor and as wo lay
there nnd looked at it the sun came from
behind a cloud and made countless rainbows
with every wave. It was , In fact , o geyser
two miles long spouting up all colors , shades
and tints.
IlrnzU'n r.roat Cotton Port.
Reclfo is ono of the busiest ports of Brazil ,
The city has about 200,000 Inhabitants , U
lies right on the sea , being cut up by arms
ot the ocean , so that its people call It the
South American Venice. It Is a busy port ,
about 1,000 ships coming Into it every year.
It is the first place at nhlch the steamers
stop in coming to South America from
Europe , and U has a vast trade , especially
in cotton and sugar. The stale of Pcrnam-
buco is about as large as New York , It is a
great cotton state. The cotton Is raised on
email plauUttans , few farmers growing more
than two or throe bales annually. Still the
outout li luce. The lands are cultivated
chiefly with the ax , the hoe and the bowle
knife. The trees are first cut down and
burned. The holes are dug for the cotton
seeds , and after this little more Is done
except to keep down the weeds until the
cotton Is ready for picking. There is no
plowing to speak ot and no farming In our
sense of the word. Lands are very cheap ,
and I do not doubt but that cotton growing
after modern methods would pay.
It Is odd to see the cotton as it is brought
hero to the warehouses. Muoh of It comes
upon the backs of horses , the 200-pound
bales being slung to the sides of the saddle.
Some of It Is "brought in on ox carts and
some on low wagons.
The cotton is bound with rough sacking.
It Is often tied up with vines , being re
packed after it reaches here. It Is InterestIng -
Ing to watch the loading and unloading of
the cotton at the presses. The negroes carry
the bales on their heads , often carrying 200
or 300 pounds for a block or moro In this
way.
Where Cotton Muy He ICInp.
I am surprised at the extent of cotton
planting In Brazil. The amount raised is
on the Increase , and the day may como when
cotton will be king In parts of Brazil as It
Is In our southern states. It Is raised north
of Rio de Janeiro all along the coast to
some distance above I'ernambuco. I have
seen it "being " loaded nt nearly all the ports.
A great deal of It goes to the Brazilian
The government has now a tariff on cotton
! goods which enables the cotton mills to
j make money. Within the last ton years 15"
' cotton factories have been established and
luu must UL luuau uru j.uyiug u.g uivjuuuiia.
One ' factory paid a dividend of CO per cent-
Its first year and 10 per cent a year for live
years thereafter , at the same time greatly
enlarging ' Its plant. In the state of Algoas ,
below here , there Is a mill which produces
125,000 pieces of cloth a year. It has 4SO
workmen. The first year It was established
it paid a dividend of 48 per cent. .Tho
second year It paid 50 per cent and the
third year 40 tier cent. In the state of
Bahla there are fifteen cotton mills. There
is one nt Rio and they are to be found as
far south as Sao Paulo. The southern mills
get most of their cotton by ships from tbo
north. In the state of Mluaa Goraes forty-
six factories are in operation. Two hundred
thousand workmen are employed nnd thou
sands of tons of cotton are annually con
sumed. I < am told thnt these factories have
something like 15,000,000 capital. There Is
a single manufacturing company In Bahla
which has $1,000,000 capital. It operates six
mills , running 440 looms and 21,000 spindles.
It produces about 68,000,000 yards of cotton
cloth annually , Ono of the big factories of
Rio do Janeiro Imports Its thread. It be
longs to an Italian company nnd Is , I am
told , doing well.
Wages are much lower than In our cotton
factories. They range from 20 cents to $1
per day. There are no strikes and the
hours are long. Many of the factories make
goods only to order , weaving the mark nnd
names of the merchants on the goods. The
most of the cotton manufactured Is cheap.
The width which the people of the Interior
prefer Is twenty-six Inches , but the higher
grades of cotton goods are made In twenty-
four , thirty-two and thirty-six Inch widths.
This Is also a i > ugar country. I'ernambuco
produces about 100,000,000 pounds of cano
sugar a year. There are largo sugar fac
tories and there are many factories where
the eugar Is made Into the native rum , for
which there Is always a steady demand.
Oilil SlKlilN of ii llrn/llliui Oily.
Reclfo Is an interesting place. Its build
ings are of bright colors , those of the busi
ness parts ot the town being two and three
etorles. Many of them have walls of porce
lain tllea and some have rldgo roofs that
make you think of the houses of Holland ,
The town was once inhabited by Dutch , but
the Portuguese drove the Dutch out , and
long ago the city became entirely Brazilian ,
Its people pride themselves on being
among the moat enterprising of Brazil. The
town has uenepapors , a public ; library , tele
phones , electric lights , street cars and pub
lic schools. It has a college , a gymnasium
and an nrcheologlcal nnd geographical In
stitute.
.The street cars are hauled by mules. It
costs a cent and a half of our money a rldo ,
nnd I doubt not at this the lines pay. Every
one patronizes the cars , and whites , blacks
and yellows sit side 1 > y side , ns they do
everywhere In Brazil. I rode down town the
other day with n ' lack maiden of 15 years
of ago sitting bcsl'do me. At first I thought
she was a servant , but , happening to glance
down , I saw In her lap some hooka which
showed mo that she must bo a teacher or
possibly a scholar In the High school. Ono
book was La Fontaine's Fables In French ,
another was an algebra nnd the third a
geography In Portuguese.
During my stay I visited the market. It
Is as fine as that of any American city and
meats especially are sold cheap. I saw ex
cellent 'beefsteaks ' offered at S cents a pound
nnd mutton at similar rates.
Speaking of mutton , they have very good
sheep and goats In this part of the world.
] The goats are raised for their skins , which
J are shipped In great quantities to our country -
] try to bo made Into shoes. Hides are also
! exported. A queer thing about the sheep Is
that one variety Is used by the children for
, riding. It is a common thing In the coun-
I try for each child to have Its riding sheep.
; The wool makes a soft scat and the little
ones gallop about without danger of being
hurt much when they fall ,
FRANK O. CARPENTER.
OAUMKXTS TOR HUIIHRIIMCOKS.
ShlrfH nml Co 11 urn and CufTH of Iluli-
b T the I.nteut NovcltlcH.
The rubber shirt , with Its accessories ,
rubber collars and cuffs , has struck St.
Louis , and the chappies will have another
spasm of mental anguish when called upon
to decide whether the Innovation Is "good
fohin , " compared to which their recent ex
perience with the striped collar was easy.
If the expectations of the Inventor and de
signer of the new fad ore realized , sayn the
St. Louis Republic , the latest creation will
produce consternation in the ranks of the
haberdashers , nnd possibly precipitate an
uprising of indignant laundercrs through
out tlie country , resulting in eventual dis
aster to the Inventor and manufacturer.
The material of which the now shirts ,
collars and cuffs are made is white rubber
which has boon passed through n sort or
vulcanizing process , rendering It smooth ,
whlto nnd pliable. The material Is of the
fcamo weight nnd appearance as linen goods ,
end Js , the Inventor claims , far more dura
'
ble. It lacks the brlttlencas nnd propensity
to discoloration that relegated its prede
cessor , the celluloid collar , Into the ob-
Bourlty of core and yellow oblivion. Its
chief merits are its cheapness nnd "stny-
Ing powers. " It Is waterproof , nnd the
wearer , should It become soiled , can restore.
It to Its pristine purity by n simple applica
tion of clean water.
At present shirts , collars and cuffs art >
made up In two effects , the unglossed ant )
the glossed. E\cry style of collar and cuff
In Hie prevailing vogue Is duplicated In the
rubber article , from the plain "turn-down"
to the latest design affected by the swell
drt sor. The factory la nt present engaged
in manufacturing shirts , collars nnd cufts
of every variety of color nnd design , copyIng -
Ing the most fashionable effects , nnd these
will bo placed on the market as soon aa
possible.
The factory Is located In Chicago , and
there Is one agency In St. Louis. Other
branch agencies will be established as soon
as the factory can turn out the goods In
Buniolent quantity. The retail price of tbo
collars at present Is 35 cents each. Cuffs
sell for 75 cents a pair and the shirts at
$1.25. The articles are said to be fur more
cool and light for summer wear than linen
or silk goods , and will not Ytllt under per
spiration.
MAN OF VARIED OCCUPATIONS
Willis George Emerson , Mining Promoter ,
Politician and Novelist Visits Omaha.
IS DEVELOPING RESOURCES OF THE WEST
Talks of the Grand I ncniiiiuiieiit Coji-
jier DlNtrlel , ami of Xnvel AVrlt- .
li > K , In AVIilcli II < - Siiemln
IIlH .Spare Time.
Willis George Emerson , well known In the
Mississippi valley nnd the Rocky mountain
region , was In the city yesterday. Emerson
was the electoral messenger from Kansas
In the Harrison nnd Morton campaign , when
the state was carried by the largest re
publican majority oven given any candidate.
In the late national campaign Emerson was
selected by the republican campaign com
mittee to answer the nreumcnts of "Coin"
Harvey nt Lockorby hall , in Grnnd Rapids ,
Mich. The speech delivered there by ISnior-
son was afterward printed and circulated
as a campaign document by Perry Heath ,
now assistant postmaster general , Iji whoso
hands the distribution of campaign material
was.
was.Aside
Aside from his political character Mr.
Emerson Is a promoter nnd orannlzer of
various schemes for the development of the
resources of the -west and Is further n
writer ot books. At the close of the last
national campaign he moved from Chicago
to Denver and engaged Industriously In the
raining enterprises of Ui Jlocky mountain
region , Ho sends syndicate lasers on vari
ous subjects to 108 newspapers , but these
nro only a sldo Issue to his mineral In
terests. He closed up his Crlpplq Creek
operations lost .March and netted $23,800 on
one deal , He has lately become interested ,
together with Judge D , JI. Helzor , In the
development of the copper mines of ( Irand
Encampment district of Southern Wyoming.
The Ferrls-Haggcrty mines , a part of these
properties , are located about sixty miles
south of Rawllns , Wyo. In the early part
of last September u one-fourth Interest in
this property sold for $250. On the 25th of
the same month a crado vein of Peacock
copper ore was discovered and inoro than
$30,000 worth of ere was taken out nnd
shipped to the Blue Island smelter at Chicago
cage nnd the Argo emelter nt Denver.
Other mines of this district arc the "Doane , "
the "Charter Oak. " the "Meta , " the "Cop
per Queen , " the "Victor , " "Buckhorn , "
"Ledbetter , " "Golden Eagle , " "Cox" nnd
the Kurtz and Chnttorton properties , all
producing ore. These mines have nil been
opened up In the last few months and it Is
claimed that their ere has n higher per
centage of pure copper than even that of
the famous "Anaconda" of Butto. Mining
experts have prophesied thnt there will bo
not less than 100 producing mines In the
district before snow Hies , From ten to
twenty-six men are going Into the now
district dally.
\ 4v 'rriiiiNiortfilloii | IInc.
The object of Mr. Emerson's present visit
to tbo city was to conclude arrangements
with the Union I'aclllr ofllclals for a now
transportation company and stage line ,
which is being put on between Rawllns and
the ne < V town being built at the Junction of
the north and south forks of the Encamp
ment river. This toun will bo the point of
entrance to and departure from the new re
gion. .According to present plans , u nix-
horse Concord stage will leave Itawllns every
morning and , by changing horara frequently ,
will reach the new town In eight hours , The
stores which always spring up at the open
ing of any new mineral region have begun
to make their appearance and railroad ex
tension is already talked ot with a good deal
of confidence.
Mr. Emerson believes that the output of
the new region will soon bo a factor in the
copper markets of the world. "It would bo
unwise , " ho said , "for any copper combine ,
or the copper producers of the country , to
overlook in their reckoning the product that
will come from the Grand Encampment dis
trict. "
Tnllcn About Fiction.
Asked about his literary achievements ,
Mr. Emerson replied : "My 'Winning
Winds , ' published seven years ngo , nnd said
to bo a fair literary success , was not a finan
cial success. Perhaps It was because the
story was not good enough , but I am In
clined to think the reason was that It ap
peared Just at a tlmo when there was a de
mand for books that could bo sold for a low
price. It was brought out by the publlsherti
in a J1.50 form. Then cnmo 'Gray Rocks. '
This book was 'both ' a literary nnd financial
success. It ran Into the nineteenth edition
and today there Is hardly n train In the
United States upon which you cannot buy n
copy of 'Gray Rocks. '
"These , however , wore merehnsty efforts.
Four jears ngo I began work on n new novel ,
which will bo called 'The Barley Hullers. '
It has been written and rewritten five times
already and I will rewrite It about two or
three times more before finally submitting
It to Harpers. Aside from liclng a utory
of the great southwest , a hitherto unoccu
pied field , 'The Barley Hulloit1 will deal with
the great quefltlPii of International mar-
rlnges. It will bo severely nntl-nnRlomani-
ncal In Its deductions and will strongly con
demn adventurers from foreign lands who
cnmo o\er hero nnd use their titles as Hoclnl
jlmmltfl with which to pry Into the sanctity
of the American homo ; no less , however ,
condemning this ambition on the part of
the Americans , which 1 class as u weakness ,
If not a vice. "
A Story MliNt Ilnvo n Oooil Plot.
Mr. Emowon Is opposed to the modern
tendency to decry plot In fiction. Ho be
hoves It Is duo to the inability of a large
number of writers to devise really good nnd
entertaining plots. "No story can live , " ho
mid "which docw not contain nn Interesting
and well developed plot , around which may
cluster a variety of entertaining Incidents
nnd the whole go to make up n living work
of fiction. As instances of thin there nro
Les Miserable * ' of Hugo , 'The Musketeers'
of Dumns , Wallace's 'Ben Hur , ' or nny of
the works of that prlnco of etory tellers ,
Dickens. Thcoo successful works of fiction
Invariably have plots of the most fascinating
and powerful Interest. The Ideas I hnvo
evolved In regard to the requirements of
ically worthy works of fiction may bo
grouped as follows : Artistic perception ,
dramatic vision , rhetorical eloquence , which
implies the elimination of all Inulugunclcs
of expression ; grammatical accuracy , strong
character skotchcn , In which players within
the lids of fiction stand out In bold relief ,
not because of what the author snyn about
them , but by reason of what they say nnd
do ; decoration. No novel Is complete with
out well-founded touches ot tenderness.
Few : enea occur between thu characters ,
nnd the author Is seldom required to moral
ize , without an opportunity being given for
'llttlo heart beats , ' which may be heard it
the reader will only listen attentively
enough to hear them.
"There Is another and last requirement In
the construction of n novel. The author ,
nftor having worked his ibook over six or
siiven times , should Judge It from the stand
point of complotcneEw nnd harmony. Per
haps a bunch of La Franco roses will have
to be removed and a npray of delicate Illy
of the valley substituted , or vice versa , )
"U U not an Idle pastime to write a work -
of fiction that Is both a literary and flnan- '
clnl success and will live. Whether 'Tho
Barley HulleW will claim this exalted po-
allion for JlBf-lf no ono can tell. However
U U my abiding ambition to produce a work
that will merit a pluro In the permanent
literature of the EuallsU-speaklnj ; world. "