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    THIS OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 13 , 1891-SIXTEEN JfAG-ES , 15
A. Narrative of Life on the Gilbert Islands , an Out-of-tho-Way
Group of the South Pacific.
By B/obert Louis Steveusoii.
PAUT II.
Coiwrtilil / " / .
\Vnrnndrovolutlcm nro tlio common sue-
conori of reform , yet Nnntoltol dloa ( of an
overdoio nf chlorodyno ) In qulot possession
of the tluoiio , mid It wai In the reign of the
third brother , Nnbakatokla , 11 man lame in
body and fuolilo In chnroatnr , tlint the storm
bunt. The rule of the hltfh chiefs and notn.
bios seems tonvo \ \ nlwnys underlain and per
haps altortmted with monarchy. The Old
Man fns they were called ) hnvo a right to sit
With tlio king In the spn.tk liouso and dobnto ,
and the KHIK'R ohlof superiority Is a form of
closure "tho speaking ii over " After the
lotitf monocracy of frnkncla und tuochnnRos
of NanU'ltol the Old Men woto doubtlosi
Rrown Impatient of obscurltr , and they were
boyontl question Jealous of the Induction of
ilakn. CUlutnny , or rattier caricature was
called into iiso ; a spoken cartoon ran round
society , Mak.i was roporteJ to 1m vo said In
church that the king v/nt the lint man In the
Island and himself ttio second ; and , stung by
the supposed nftront the chiefs broke Into
rebellion and aimed gatherings. In the
pace of one forenoon the throne of Nakaela
was humbled In the dust. The king sat in
the nionmii hiiforo the p.iluco gate , expecting
his reuults , Mnka by his side , both anxious
inon , and meanwhile. In the door of a housu
nt the tiorth entry of the town , a chief had
taken pott nnu diverted the succors as they
came , Tiioy came singly or in groups , each
with his gun or pistol slung about his nock.
"Wbcro nro jon going ? " asked the chiof.
"Tho king called us , " they would reply
"Horo Isour nlaco ; lt down , " returned
the chief With Incrodlblo disloyalty , all
obeyed1 mid sufficient force being thus got
together from both sides , NabakatoKla was
summoned , and surrendered.
H AVcro 3iimlrretl.
About this period. In almost every part of
the group the kings were miirueiod. ami on
Tapitueal the skeleton of the last hangs to
this day In the chief speak house of the isle ,
n mcnnoo to ambition Nabakatokia was
moro foitunato , his lifo ami the royal style
vieru spared to him , hut ho was stripped of
power. The old men enjoyed n festival of
public speaking , the law were continually
changed , never on forced , the commons hail
nn oppoitunity to logict the merits of Nak-
: iola , nud tlio king denied the resource of rich
iiiai riagus and the scivico of u troop of
wives , full not only m dlsconsiuoratlon , but
In dobt.
He died some months before rnv arrival In
the islands , and no ono icgrotted him.
rather , all looked hopefully to his successor.
This WIIH hy repute the hero of the lamlly.
Alone of the four biothois ho had issue , a
grown son. Natlata , and a daughter ! 1
years old Itvas \ to him , in the hour of
the revolution , that NnbaUtUokia turned too
late fni help and in cailier days ho had been
the tight hand of the vigorous Nalnoln. Nan-
tonint , Mr Coipso , was his appalling nick
namo. and he had earned it well. Agaiu and
again , nt the command of N.ikaeia , ho had
Burroundod houses in the dead of night , cut
down the mosquito bias , and butchered
families.
Here AVns tlio Iliiiul of Iron ;
Here was Nakaoin redux. IIo came , sum
moned from the tributary nile of Little Ma-
kin , ho was InstalloJ , ho proved n puppet
nnd a tiomblor , the unwieldy shuttlecock of
orators , and the reader has seen the lotnains
of him in his summer parlor under tbo name
Of Tobureimoa.
The change hi the man's character wns
much commented on in the island nnd varl-
ouslj explained by opium and Christianity.
To mj eyes tboro scomol nn change at allo
rather an extreme consistency. Mr. Corps ,
was afraid of his brother. King Toburoimoa
Is aft aid of the Old Men. Terror of the llrst
nerved him for deeds of .desperation ; feai of
the second disables him for the least not of
govcinnieiit. IIo played his part of bravo in
the pastfollowing the line of least resistance ,
butchering others In his own defense ; today ,
grown elderly and heavy , a convoit , a reader
of thobihlo , perhaps a penitent , Jconscious at
least of accumulated hatreds , and his memory
charged with Images of violence and blood ,
ho capitulates to the Old Men , fuddles him
self with opium , nnd sits among his guards
in dicndful expectation. The same coward
ice that put into his hand the knlfo of the as
sassin deprives him of the scoptro of a king.
A tale that 1 wns told , a titiling incident
that fell Iu my observation , depict him in his
two capacities. A chief in Little Makin
nsked of - ' 'Who is
, in an Hour lightness'Who
Kaeiai" A olrrt cairicd the saying , and Na-
kaoi ph cod the matter in the hands of n com
mittee of tin eo. Mr. Corpse was chairman ,
the second commissioner died before my ar
rival , the third was allvo nnd green , and pre
sented so vencrablo an appearance that wo
gave him the name of Abou Hen Adhom. Mr.
Corpse was troubled with a scruple , the man
from LittloMnklu was his adopted brother ,
in such a case It was not very delicate to ap-
near at all , to strike the blow ( which it
seems wiii otherwise expected of him ) , would
bo woiso than awkward. "I will strike the
blow , " said the vonorahlo Abou ; and Mr.
Corpse ( suiolj with a s.gh ! ) accepted the
compromise.
Deooycd and Iiiituiiorci ! .
The quarry was decoyed into the bush ; ho
was sot to'carry n lee ; and while his arms
woio infsud , Abou ripped up his belly at a
blow Justice being thus done , the com
mission , in n childish hnrrer , turned to tlco
IJut thfir victim recalled them to his side
"You need not run nwnv now , " ho said ,
"you have done this thing to mo. Stay "
Ho was sumo twenty minutes dying , and his
murderers sat with him the while n scene
for ShaUospoaro. All the stages of a violent
death , the blood , the fulling voice , the de
composing featiuos , the changed hue , are
tlius piosent in the memory of Mr. Corpse ,
nnd sinu ) he studied them in the brother ho
bet i uj oil , ho has some reason to rolled on
the possibilities of troacherv I was nevermore
moro stuo of anything than the tragic qual
ity of the King's thoughts , and yet 1 had but
the one sight of htm at unawatcs.
1 had an 01 rand for his oar It was once
moro the hour of tbo siesta ; but theio were
loHoior.- , abroad , nnd thcso dlicctcd us to a
closed house on the bank of the canul where
Toburoimoa lay unguarded. Wo entered
without ceremony , being In some hasto. He
lay on the Hoer upon n bed of mats , reading
In his Ullgort Island Hlblo with compunction.
On our sudden ontnuuo the unwleldv man
reared hln.solf half sitting t > o that the lllble
rolled nn the Hoer , stated on us n moment
with blank o } es , and , having recognized his
visitor * , siinit again upon tbo mats. So Kglon
looked on 1-Ihud.
A SIonnit'li'H Income ,
The Justice of facts Is strange , and strango-
tv Just , hakaeia , the author of these deeds ,
died at peace discoursing on the craft of
Itlngs , his tool suffer- , daily death for his en.
forced complicity. Not the nntuie , but the
congrulty of men's deeds nnd clicumsinncos
damn and sin a them , and Tebuiolmoa from
the first has been incongruously placed. At
ho m f , in n qulot by stieot of n village , the
roan hud been a worthy carpenter , and even
bcdin Hod us ho Is , ho show * aomo private
virtual. Ho has no lands , onlv thn use of
such ns are Implgnorato for lines. Ho cannot
enrich himself In the old way by marrlacos
Thrift la the chief pillar of his fortune , and
ho knows and uses it. Klovon foiclgn trad
ers pay him a patent of ? HH ) , some two thous
and subjects capitation nt the rate of * l 00
for a man , 50 cents for a woman , nnd 1 shil
ling fur n child. Allowing for the exchange ,
perhaps a. tot.il of i"UX ) a year Ho had been
BOtno nine months on the tin-one , had bought
his wife a tilk dross and batjllgurounkno.vn ,
and himself n uniform nt $100 , 'had sent his
brother's photograph to bo enlarged in San
Francisco at $ " , ' 50 , had gieatly reduced that
brother's legacy of debt , and had , still sover-
eUus In his pocket. An affectionate brother ,
a good economist , ho was , besides , a handy
carpenter , and cobbled occasionally on the
woodwork of the palace. His not wonder
ful that Mr. Corpse has virtues ; that To-
burolmo.i should have a diversion filled uio
With surprise.
This chapter of history I hnvo collected
from the hpi of eyewitnesses anil actors ;
Maka himself , Mr. Ilouson , an old resident ,
aud a fair helper , Mn. Adolph Ulclc.
i'rlmltlvo Imlustrloii.
When we loft the palace wo wore still but
laafarori ashore ; and \vlthlu tbo hour wo hud
Instatlrd our goods In ono of the six foreign
houses of Hutnrltari. Two Han Francisco
firms are here established , Messrs. Crawford
and Messrs. U'lghtnmn liros ; the llrst hard
by the palace in the mldtown , the second at
the north entry , each with n store nnd bar
room. Our liouio was in the Wlghtman com
pound , betwixt the store and bar , within a
fenced enclosure- . Across the road a few na
tive houses nestled In the margin of the bush ,
and the green wall of palms rose solid , shut
ting out the broo/o A little sandy cove of
thn lagoon ran in behind , sheltered by n vcr-
nndncd pier , the labor of queen's hands
Here , when the tide was high , sailboats lay
to bo loaded. When the tide was low the
boats took ground some half a mile mvny ,
nnd nn endless seiios of natives descended
the pier stair , tolled across the sand In strings
ana clusters , wadoii to the waist with the
bigs of conra , and loitered backward to renew
their charge. Tbo mystery of the copra trade
tormented mo as I sat and watched the profits
drip on the stair and the sands
In front , from shortly after I In the morn
ing until ! > at night , the folks of the town
streamed by us intormlttinglv along the
road ; families golnt'up the Island to make
copra on tholr lands ; women bound for the
bush to gather llo\\ers against the evening
toilet , and , twlio a day , the toddy cutters ,
each with his km Co and shell , In the llrst
grav of the morning and again late In the
afternoon , thcsoould stragL'lo past about
their treetop business , strike off born and
there Into the bush , and vanish from the fnco
of earth At about the same hour In morn
ing , If the tldo bo low In the lagoon , you nro
likely to bo bound yourself ncioss the Island
for a bath , and mav enter close ut , their heels
the alloys of the palm wood.
A Ult of Nature.
Hlght in front , although the sun Is not yet
risen , the oust is already lighted with prepa
ratory fires , and the hugo accumulations of
the trade wind cloud glow with nnd hollo-
grutm the coming day. The bieo/e is in
your tate , o\erhcud In the tops of tbo palms ,
its playthings , It maintains a lively bustle ,
look where you will , above or below , there Is
no human presence. And right ovorhca-l the
song of an invisible singer breaks from the
thick leaves ; from further on n second treetop -
top answers , and beyond again , in the bosom
of the woods , n still moio distant minstrel
poichei nnd sways and sings. Ho , nil round
ttio isle , the toddy cutters sit on highand are
rocked by the tr.idowlcds.and have a vir w far
to sea waul , where they keep watch for sails ,
nnd , like hums birds , utter their songs in the
morning They sink with n certain lustiness
mid Bacchic Rico , the volume of sound and
the atticulato melody fall unexpected from
"
the trco top , whence"wo anticipate the chat
tering of fowls. And yet in a sense these
songs aho nro but chatter ; the words ate
ancient , obsolete , nnd sacred ; few compre
hend them perhaps no ono perfectly ; but It
was understood the cutters "prayed to nave
good toddy and sang of tholr old wars. "
The prayer is nt least answered ; and when
the roaming shell Is biought to your door you
have well " of . "
a beverage "worthy a grace.
All forenoon von may return and taste ; It
onlj sparkles and sharpens and grows to ho
a now dunk , not less delicious ; but with the
piogress of the day , the fermentation
quickens and grows acid ; in twelve hours it
will bo ypast for bread ; in two days moro a
devilish intoxicanttho counsellor of ciimo.
Vci-j Sc.int Apparel.
The men aioof a marked Amman cast of
features , often beaidod nnd moustachioed ,
often gaily dressed ; some with bracelets and
auklets , all stalking hldaU'o-llko and accept
ing salutations with a haughty lip The hair
( \ith the dandies of either sex ) is worn tur-
banwise in a frilled bush , and like the dag
gers of the Japanese , n pointed stick ( mod
for a comb ) is thrust gallantly among the
cuils. The women from this bush of hair
look forth enticingly. The lace must not bo
compared with the Tahitian for fomnlo
beauty. I doubt oven if tlio nvoracro bo high ;
but some of the prettiest girls nnd ono of the
handsomest women I over saw were Uil-
bertlnes. Uutaiitaii , being the commercial
center of the aioup , is Europoanlzed ; the
colored sacqtie or the white shift aio common
wear , the latter for the evening ; the trade
hat , loaded with ilowors , fruit and ribbons ,
is nuloitunatoly not unknown , and the char
acteristic female dross of the Ollborts no
longer universal. The ridi is its name a
cutty petticoat or fringe of the smoked llbro
of tbo coooanut leaf , not unlike tarrystrings ;
the lower edge not reaching the mid-thigh ,
the upper adjusted so low upon the haunches
that It seems to climr by accident. A sneeze ,
you think , and the lady must surely bo loft
destitute. "Tho perilous , hair breadth
ildi , " was our word for it ; and in the con-
llict that rages over women's dross it
has tbo misfortune to please neither
side , the prudish condemning it as
insuftlclent , the moro frivolous finding it un
lovely In itself. Yet if pretty Ollbortino
would look her best that must bo her cos
tume. In that , nnd nuked otherwise , she
moves with nn incomparable liberty nnd
grace nnd lifo that makes the poetry of Mi-
cionesla. Bundle her in agown the charm is
lied and she wriggloa like an English
woman.
The NiRht Police.
Toward dusk the passers-by became raoro
gorgeous. The men bioko out in all the
colors of the rainbow , or at least the trade
room , ami both men and women began to bo
adorned und scented with now Ilowors. A
small white blossom is the fuvotite , somo-
tlmos sown singly in n woman's huir llko
stars , now composed in a thick wreath. With
the night the ciowd thickened in the road ,
and the paddling and brushing of baio feet
became continuous ; the promonadcrs mostly
grave , the silence only Interrupted by some
gigellng and scampering of girls , oven the
children quiet At 'J bedtime struck on a boll
fiom tbo cathedral and the lifo of thu town
ceased. At t tlio next morning the signal is
repeated in the darkness and the Innocent
prisoners sot fice , but for soveii hours nil
must HoI was about to say \ \ Hhin doors , of
a place \\hoio doors and oven walls nro an
exception housed , at least , under their airy
roofs and clusteied in the tents of the 111113-
qulto nets. Suppose a necessary errand to
occur , suppose it impoiativo to send abroad ,
tlio messenger must then go openly advertis
ing himself to the poltco with a hugo brand
of cocoanutwhich Haras from house to house
like a moving bonllro. Only the police them
selves go darkling and grope In the night for
misdemeanants. I used to halo their troach-
oious presence , their captain In particular , a
crnftly old man In white , lurked nightly
about my piomlscs till I could' have found It
In my heart to beat him. Hut the rogue was
prlilogcd. .
Tlio Friendly I'lii-Hon.
Our enclosure , round which this composite
of degradations wandered , was of some extent
tent In one corner was a troliis with along
table of rough boards. Here the Fourth of
July feast hud been held not long before ulth
memorable consequences , yet to bo sot forth ;
here wo took our meals , hero entertained to n
dinner the king and notables of Makln. In the
midst was tbo bouseilh a veranda front
nnd back , nnd three rooms wlihln. In the
veranda wo slung our man-o-uar hammocks ,
worked there by day and slept at night.
Within were beds , chairs , n lound table , n
line hanging lump , nnd portraits of the royal
family of Hawaii. Queen Victoria proves
nothing , Kalakaua and Mrs , UUhop are diag
nostic , and the truth Is wo were the stealthy
tenants of the parsonage. On the day of our
arrival Mauu wns a way , faithless trustees un
locked nib doors , nnd the dear rlcorous man ,
thosuorii foe of liquor and tobacco , returned
to 11 ud UKerandu littered with cigarettes
and his parlor hoiribtolth bottles. Ho made
but ono condition- the round table , which
ho used Intbocelebintlonof thosucrnmeuttio
bogged us to tofraiu from selling liqour. In
all else ho bowed to the accomplished fuct ,
refused lent , retired acios * the way into u
native house , nnd , pb Ing his boat , beat the
remotest quarters of the isle for provender.
Ho found us pigs , I could not fancy whore ,
no other pigs were visible. Ho brought us
fowls and tara , whence gave our feast to
tbo monarch und gentry , it uu ? ho who sup
plied tbo wherewithal , ho who superintended
the cooking , bo who asked grace at tbo table ,
nnd w hen the king's health was proposed , he
who started the cheering with an English
hlp-hlp-blp. There was iievcr u moro
fortunate conception ; the heart of the fatted
Icing exulted In his bosom at the sound.
Tnko Mm for all in all , I have cevor known
am0 re engaging person than the parson of
lluturittiri His mirth , hU kiiuluoaa , his mo
bile , frloudly fcolluiis brimmed from the inaa
In speech and gesture , Ho loved to exagger
ate , to net nnd overact the momentary part ,
to Qxcrclso tils lungs and muscles , nnd to
spcnk nnd laugh with his whole body. Ho
had thn morning cheerfulness of birds nnd
healthy children , nnd his humor was Infoc-
tlous.V'o were next neighbors and mot
dally , yet our salutations lasted minutes at n
stretch , shaking hands , shinning shoulders ,
capering llko a pair of Merry Andrews ,
laughing to split our sides upon some plras-
nntry that would scarce raise n titter In nn
liifunt school. It might bo flvo in the morn
ing , the toddy cutler * just gene by , the road
empty , the shade of the Island lying far on
thu luiioon , and the ebullition cheered mo for
the day.
In ttio Dim Cnlhodrnl.
Yet I always suspected Maka of a secret
melancholy ; these jubllaut extremes could
scarce bo constantly maintained. Ho wns ,
besides , long und loan nnd lined and corded ,
and n tnllo grl/zlcd , nnd his Sabbath coun
tenance wns oven saturnlno. On that day
wo mndo n procession to the church or ( as I
must always call it ) , the cathedral ; Maka
( u blot on thu hot landscape ) In
tall hat , black frock coat , black
trousers ; under his arm the hymn
book nnd the Bible , on his fnco n reverent
gravity ; beside him Mary , his wife , a qulot ,
wl c , ami handsome elderly ludy , seriously
nttlrod myself following , with singular and
moving thoughts. Long before , to the sound
of bells and streams nud birds , through n green
Lothian glen , I had accompanied Sunday
by Sunday n minister in whoso house I
lodged , nnd the likeness nnd the dlf-
f 01 once and the scries of years and
doalhs profoundly touched mo. In
the great dusky , palm-troo
cathedral the congregation rarely mini-
beied thirty. The men on ono side the
women on the other myself posted ffor n
prhllogo ) amongst the women , and the
small iiilsslonaiy contingent gathered close
around the platform , wo were lost In that
round vault. Tbo lessons were load null-
phonal ! v , the Hock was catechised , n blind
youth lopeated weekly a long string of
psalms , hymns were sung I never hoard
worse singing and the sermon followed.
To ny I understood nothing were untrue ;
there were points that I learned to expect
with certainty , the name of Honolulu , that of
Kalakaua , the \\ord cap'nman-o'-mn the word
ship nnd a description of n storm nt sea , in
fallibly occurred , and I was not seldom re
warded with the name of my own sovereign
In the bargain The rest wns but sound to
the ears , silence for the mind , a plain expense
of tedium londorod unbeurablo by heat , n
hard chair and the sight through the wide
doors of the moro happy heathen on the
green. Sleep breathed on my Joints nnd
oycllds , sleep hummed In niy ears It reigned
in the dim cathedral. The congregation stir
red and strotchou , they moaned , they
groaned aloud , they yawned upon u singing
note ns you may sometimes hear a dog when
ho has reached the tragic bitterness of boro-
dom. In vain the preacher thumped the
table , in vain ho singled and addressed by
name particular noarers.
( To be Continued. )
nx FOR TIM : nnK.
Lost , nnd I know not where thou art ;
I know thou art changed In mind and heart ,
And deaiest friends will drift apart
Upon time's ' treacherous tido.
And yet I dreamed that thou and I
On waters calm , 'noath cloudless sky ,
Would onward lloat , forever nigh ,
Across life's ocean -wide.
And still I mourn the luckless day
I marked thco slowly glide axvay
My heart in piteous tones cried , "Stay I
And leave mo not alone. "
No answering word or look from thee
Came through the distance back to mo ,
Only the waves of lifo's deep sea
Made melancholy moan.
No answering word , no farewell kiss ,
Only n vanished dream of bliss
A void that aches for what I miss
From out mv lifo and heart ;
So , weary of tbo world's dull ways ,
I scorn alilta its blame and praise ,
And sigh for joys of bygone days ,
Ah , mo , to diift apart 1
I loved thee , I who love so few ;
I trusted thee and loved theo , too
They always trust whoso hearts are true ,
Nor fear the change of years.
Some hearts are in ado to love in vain ;
Some brows to over ache with pain ;
Some lips to sing a sad refrain
Some eyes were mudo for tears.
I quit the busy haunts of men
And seek sweet solitude again ,
With friendly book and faithful pen
These are not lost to mo.
But , love , I know not where thou art ;
Wo change In mind and change in heart ,
And this is why wo drift apart
Upon time's storm tossed soa.
HLItlimtT MONTQOMEUr.
HLOttSOJIS.
A. Stnrtline Winli.
"An amusing incident came under my no
tice recently , " icmarked a friend to the St.
Louis Republic Man About Town. "I was
visiting in the family of an old acquaintance
whoie there were several childiou , among
whom as a bright faced , curly , Jlaxon-
haired little girl of 3 summers and a cherub
babe of 18 months. The other chllUton were
on the eve of leaving for a visit to n noish-
boi'snnd the litto girl was pleading with her
mother to ho allowed to go too. "Why ,
dai ling , responded the mother , 'ifyouwoio
to go , poor baby would bo loft nil alone , and
she would \\eep her little eves out. ' This
This seemed to pacify the child and she sor-
fully withdrew from tbo room. In n few
moments , however , she loturncd with n very
thoughtful face and.approacuing her mother ,
snld : 'Mamma , I wish little sister was m
heaven. ' "
_
Thn Smart Hey Gets OfTOnp.
Philadelphia Times : "Ma , " said tlio smart
10-year-old boy at the dinner table , ns ho
picked up an car of corn , "I don't want this
corn. "
"Why not , my son ? "
"Because it is too old. "
"You aio nmtuKon , my son. It Is a very
nice nid tender o r. "
"Suio. "
"Yns. What made you think It was old ? "
"Oh , because It has whiskers on It , " ho re
plied , while pulling oft some of the silk the
cool : had left on caiolossl/ .
\Vantudlt Applied.
Puck : "Pa , " said little Johnny Cutely , "I
henid you talking with Mr. Drown Just now ,
nnd you said you you didn't believe in
future punishment. "
"Well , Johnny , " replied the old man , "tho
subject is a straniro ouo for you to speak
about ; but , really , 1 don't. "
"Then , I suppose I suppose that lets mo
out o' tbo lickin1 after
you promised mo sup
. "
per. _
Family TrnitH.
Kpoclr Teacher Johnny Cumso , If your
father can do n piece of work in seven days ,
and your Undo Ocorco can do It in nine days ,
how long would It take both of thorn i
Johnny They'd ' never got It dono. k They'd
sit around and swap Jlsli stories.
A
Ilurdetto "Pa" said
: young Mittimus ,
coming In from school , "tho teacher says 1'vo
got to commit thirty lines of poetry to mem
ory by tomorrow morning. I never can do
it. "
"Pshaw , " said the Justice , "that's easy , I
committed u poet for ton days In live minutes
this afternoon. "
Not Muuli Alioud of Him.
ChlcaRoTrlbuno : Tommy Mymaw knows
nil about Dolsarto an' your'n don't. '
Willie That's nothln' ! '
My maw's got the
hay fever an' your'n hain't.
Didn't Know It.
The ox-Klng Ma , where did the baby
como from I
"Mamma t'Yom heaven , darling.
The ox-King The little bosgar didn't
know when ho was well off , did he I
Spilled .Milk.
"Why should wo not cry over spilled
milk I" asked the teacher.
"Because , " replied the favorite scholar ,
"we can iccovor ubout half of It by going to
the nearest hydrant. "
Two for n Dollar.
Somorvlllo Journal : A Georgia mother sold
her twin babies for n dollar. Somoorusty
old bachelors would bo willing to toll a wbolo
orphan asylum tor loss than that.
Fame.
Chauncay M. Uopow says GOO babies have
boon uamod after bin.
UxcoUlor Spring * Co3 Soterlan G lager
Aio.
FORTUNES MAD1T1N A YEAR.
The Field For Amerloin'Monoy ' and MoneyMakers -
Makers Sontb of the Rio Qrando ,
MEXICO AND HER VAST POSSIBILITIES ,
Wlmt U Costo to tilvo In I'l-csldout
Dla/'s Nation rMnmifno - ,
In dhr Sinter
llopulillo.
MEXICO Cur , Sept. 7. [ Special Corre
spondence of Tin ; UUB. ] ' 'What does It cost
tollvoln Mexico ! "
I asked this question of n voting American
dentist who wa * practicing his profession In
the city ol San Luis PotoM. This Is n city
of about 100,000 people. It lies In the north
central part of Mexico and Is In a rich farm-
ItiR country. The young dentist Hvos very
nicely. Llko all of bis kind In Mexico ho Is
making money nud ho Is saving enough to
make him rich within the next ton or ilftcon
yoari. Said ho. "I keep n close account of
my expenses , nnd M I figure U , It cost * mo
Just about $117 a month. My living costs mo
for table expenses ? J n day , or $00 n month.
I pay $ i" > a month for my house nnd I have
three servants , who average $1 n month
apiece. I might got along with Insi servants ,
but not very well. Hero every rosooctablo
follow has to have n cook , n man nnd n
chambermaid Tbo cook won't go outside the
kitchen nnd you have some trouble making
the chambermaid wait upon the tablo. My
boy tends to the front door , waters the street
In front of my house and runs my errands.
Ho sloops In front of the door at night and
does the tuoit of my marketing. In addition
to the wages of the servants I have to RVO !
thorn so much n day for food. Kuch of them'
expects 0 cents every morning for tortillas or
the corn cakes , which constitutes the broad
of the common people. They claim that they
don't Hue my food , but I have a sneaking
idea that they steal It nil thu samo. Then
every week I have to glvo them ti cents extra
for soap. This Is the custom and they want
the money and not the soap. I once bought
twouty-flv'o pounds of soap and tried to dole
it out to thorn , but they wouldn't take It.
Then in addition to this I have my washing
nnd ironing. This Is never done In the
house in Mexico. There [ are public washer
women who pound and i ub the clothes to
pieces after wetting thorn with cold water
which they got from the public tanlrs or
ditches. They wear out the clothes in one-
third the tlmo that they would bo destroyed
by the Chinese laundry nnd I pay them $ o
a'month for doing it. My butter costs mo
73 cents n pound , my milk 17 cents a day ,
and pay about (5 ( cents a day on the average-
forcbaico.il. All tbo cooking In Mexico Is
done with charcoal and there is not a cooltiug
steve in a Mexican family the country ovor.
Mexican houses have no chimneys and our
coomng utensils nro all made of clay. "
"How nboutincldontal ciponsos , " I naked.
"Thoy are very high , " was the reply. "Money
slips away here faster than you would think ,
and I would llko to give you some of the
items. An ordinary baud-mo-down suit
costs from $ 0 to $30. Underclothing Is very
cxponsivo. Calico costs IS cents a yard. A
very ordinary silk neck-tie sells for $2. Llnon
cuffs are 50 cents a pair and collnts are
three for 81. Coal oil costs 87 cents a gal
lon. Good tea costs $ i.50 a pound , and can
ned meats are expensive1. Take ono of these
115 cent cani of lobster or salmon , whtcti you
can buy any place in America , and it will
cost 37 cents here , and a cake of
Pear's soap will cost you 75
cents. Canned fruits are from 75
cents UD , coffee costs S3 cents n
pound in the bean unground nutt cnocolato Is
40 cents a pound. Dread costs 11 !
cents a loaf , you can buv the some at homo
for 5 cents. Taolo salt rests 0 cents a
pound. Flour is a shilling a pound nnd the
hotlnrnlnssos of imnortod articles are very
high. I piy 25 cents a pound for
macnerel and codfish costs 2 > cents
a pound. American cheese is 50 cents a
pound , and lump sugar costs 11 cents
a pound. I pay 25 cents a pound
for strawnorrlos and wo raise these In some
parts of Mexico all tbo voar louurt. Mv
claret costs mo $1.50 a bottle
and I pay 10 cents a quart for potatoes. My
wife's dresses count up I can tell you , and a
man has to make a need lot of money in Mexico
ice in order to live as well as ho does at
homo. "
How Ono Dentist Got P.ieli.
"I suppose yeti makolt"said I. ' 'Ves.I do , "
wns tbo reply , "and any American dentist
who will como heto and stay can do likewise.
I made $3,000 the llrst year niul I have done
consldoiably better right alone since that
time. I can charge bigger pi ices. 1 got from
S100 to ? I50 for a full set of teeth on rubber.
The same thing in the states cost you $15.
Whenever I administer gas I charge $10 for
tbo pulling of a tooth , and when a number
are pulled I charge $10 for the llrst tooth and
$3 for all succeeding ones For Jorltlng out a
tooth without gas I charge JJ , and in the
United States you would only got 50 cents
for this work. As to fillings they range from
$ " > upwards and Rold lillings cost from $13
up into the hundreds according to the size of
the cavity and to the slzoof the bank account
of the man who has his tooth lllloil. 1 always
got $500 for making a sot of teeth on gold and
all other business is done nt proportionate
rates. I know of many dentists who are
making moro than 1 , and I Know of n num
ber who ciiaigo moro than I uo. I often make
$1 , 000 n month , but dontUts in Mexico City
make moro , und I Know a mad there who cots
$30 a tooth for any kind of filling , and who
cumo to Mexico fiom South America , where
ho made $10,000 In n single j car. Ho is a good
dentist , but his charges aio terrible. In tbo
mean time 1 am Investing all I. save in Moxlco
and 1 expect to make a fortune. "
In fllcxico City.
Tbero are about 700 Americans living in
Mexico City. Some of these are very wealthy.
A few own houses , and qulto n number hnvo
lonted establishments. Hon. Thomas Urau-
iiilf , who was , I understand , born on Staten
Island , is said to bo n unmoor of time * n mil-
lionalro.aml hii income must bo considerably
ever $100,000 a year. Ho is president of tbo
Mexican railway which runs to Ycra Cru/ ,
and Is ono of tho.leadliig owners of the Jiiuilt
of London and Moxlco , which is the biggest
b.mk in the country. lie I ; , buildfn ? a house
which will cost 5100,000 on'tho ' Pnsco , which
is the fiishlonnblo dris'o of Moxlco Citv , und
ho is the i Icbost American In Moxlco. ( Jen-
oral John U. Friable Is ntiothor rich Ameri
can. Ho owns some gel uMnos no.ir Toluca
and ho has ono of the moataomfortablo homes
In the capital. Ho telH"mo that living U
big In Mexico nnd that his expenses
there nro about as , , big as they
would bo In Washington , The snmo Is
the verdict of the otbor Americans whom 1
have mot hero Uonts tiro-high and luxuries
iua very expensive. Hvprythlug that is 1m-
potted Is high and n great * ohanco for money
muklng is for the American to go to Mexico.
study tlio needs of the pooujo and start facto
ries there for making tbu articles that nro
now bo highly protected by the tariff. Tauo
the matter of nails for instance. Thcso cost
from 10 to 23 cents n pouiul and they nro so
cxponsivo that a creat partof tno building
of Mexico Is done with lopes Instead of nails ,
Heroin Mexico City within a stone's throw
of the Iturbido hotel an immense building is
being erected. Tbo t > c.iffolding about this
building Is tied together with ropes , the raf
ters being spliced in this way. Many of the
huts of tbo southern part of the country have
roofs of thatch tied to laftcrs with rods nnd
some of thcso huts hnvo not a nail in thorn.
Few wooden buildings are unown In Mexico.
Tlio nvoraga house has neither
cellar nor garret und the fastenings
which wo make with nail * are
Ingeniously constructed with brick und mor
tar. I have seen fences where ttio boards
nnd polo * were tlol to the post * and a crate
that 1 got the other day to carry pottery ia
was made of rods tied together with strings.
All classes of building material are costly
horo. You have to pay from $ J3 to $10 per
1,000 for tloorlng , and glass Is very high A
croat many of the cheaper houses have no
w Indows in tbo glass sense of the word The
openings are covered wuh Iron bars and
are fastened at aigut with close wooden
shuttoM , Iron during post years tins boon
largely Imported from Uolgtuin nnd there It
a peed chance for American iron. The now
railroad which U being built south toward *
the Isthmus of Panama is opening up a COA !
nnd Iron region nnd the American capitalist
that gets into this Held soon is bound to mnko
n big fortune.
for Money-Making In Mexico.
Moxlco , In fact , offers bettor chances for
the same amount of money , brains and health
to the Investor nnd business man nnd
fortuno-makor than any other In the
world today. Uutlng my star of two
months In Mexico 1 have traveled ever n
largo part of the country , nnd I have mot
hundreds of Americans , some of whom were
dollghtcd with the people nnd their sur
roundings nnd others of whom woio thor
oughly disgusted with them. Among thorn
nil , lion ever , I did not 11 ml ono man who did
net think that thu chances for monoy-maktng
wora greater here than any u hero else in thu
worh ) , and hundreds of Americans nro taking
ndvantngo of the situation and making for
tutius. As to cllmato , thoio Is no bettor
cllmato In the woild than that nf the Mexi
can plateau. Wo rush for the White moun
tains In the summer and we consider ourselves -
selves happy Ifo can live during July nnd
August on the top of Mount Washington.
Still nil this Mexican plateau , which makes
up , I should sav , more than three-fourths of
Mexico , Is higher up in the air than Deer
park or Crossori , and much of It Is higher
than Mount Washington. Hero \ou have per
petual summer the year round The air Is
always puio and Is ono long Juno dnv sum
mer and \untor , spring nnd autumn. Vego-
taulcs of nil kinds aio In the market all the
tlmo nnd strawberries in parts of the country
are alwajs ripo. For people troubled with
diseases of the limes or the digestion , the cll
mate Is n euro nil , nnd I have met a score of
healthy looking Americans who told uio they
had been sent to Mexico to dlo. I am no
hcavv weight myself and my avorag'o Is
nbout 100 pounds Still I have never felt
bolter than during the weeks I have boon in
Mexico , and the air brakes ono up as over
charged with champagne. This country Is
about one-littb thu si/.o of the United States
It has , until the lust twelve years , been torn
up with revolutions and its people have not
had time to look into their own poverty nnd
see what tnov have. No good geological sur-
, vo\ has ever been made of Mexico. Its agri
cultural rosouices have never been estimated
nnd Its mining territory has uovor boon fully
prospected There nro now mete than ! i,000
miles of new railroad being built In the coun
try. These toads go into states which here
tofore have been penetrated only on mulo-
back , or by stage linos.and thovopon up what
is said to bo a richer pat t of Mexico than
that now known.
.Mamittictiirint ; Field.
Take for Instance tbo field of manufactures.
At Monterey some Philadelphia capitalists ,
and not very larfe capitalists either , started
n knitting factory about a year ago. They
got a concession from the govoinor of the
state providing that thcv should bo the only
knitting factory in It for twonty-llvo yoais ,
nnd they nro now turning out 200 do/en pairs
of stockings per day. The duty on stockings
is so cieat that thov can sell at a high prolit.
They use Mexican girls to woik the
machines , and they are making lots of
money. There nro two big American smelt
ers in Monterey , which are making money ,
and I understand that Soacur , Guernsey &
Co , have established n plow foundry near
1'ucblo nnd are doing well. There is nfurnl-
turo factory at Monterey run by Americans ,
which Is doing well , and the furniture Hold
is ono that can bo worked with prolit al !
ever Moxlco. You have heio the finest wood
in the world. Still all furnituio Is imported.
Where ebony , mahogany nnd all kinds of
hard wood oto found in the forest there is no
reason whv Mexico should not oxpoit fuini-
turo instead of import It. The cost of any
kind of furniture is enormous. .Desks which
cost $ - ' . " > in the United States sell
for 5100 in Moxlco City and the
cheapest of school desks are $ 'J
apiece. Furniture imported iuto Moxlco pays
duty by weight and 1 am told that all kinds
of nard wood furniture have to pay 5J3 cents
u pound before they can cross the frontier.
Thou there is a state duty , the heavy freight
rates and other Items which double the cost
of almost any article imported. Thoio is an
American furmturo store in Mexico City
which is making a great deal of money by
Importing American furniture and sollinc It
hero , and there is a GeriLar. hero who has
gotten rich out of furnituio selling , lie sells
parlor suites all the way from $300 to $ , ' ,500 a
set. There are a number of cot
ton factories in Mexico , nnd
there me a number of largo mills near
Orizaba , which make print goods. Every ,
thing Is protected hero by the highest duties
and almost any kind of a factory ought to
nay.
Cattle nnd Packing Interests.
Moxlco City will soon have the biggest
pork packing establishment in tbo world.
This is built with Mexican capital , but Is
being engineered by Americans , nnd it
promises to contiol tbo meat market in
Mexico City. It is called tbo Mexican Pack
ing company nnd its head is nn A/tec million
aire named Sormio , who started lifo as nmat
peddler and who is now one of tbo richst
business men in Moxlco City. The American
cud of this establishment is the linn of
Morris & Dutto , bright young follows who
own a packing house at Kansas
City end who nio managing
this bic establishment bore. They
hnvo constructed a vast house on the Ameri
can plan , with raachmoiy of the latest kind
and they propose to make soap nnd ice and a
half dozen articles , in ndditiou to supplying
the capital with all kinds of moat. Their
building consists of nn old church containing
a vast area , and they have added to this nnd
remodeled it until thov hnvo a wonderful es-
tabllshmont. They have their own cars for
the shipping of pigs from the United States
to Moxlco , and they will probably make big
fortunes for themselves and the Mexicans
who are connected with thorn. Tbo discov
ery of the now coal Holds and tno iron mines
inOaxaca opens up a big Held of manufac-
tuiea of nil kinds 01 iron woilc and there is a
big ilold hero for the making of paper.
All kinds of btatlouorj aio Imported anu the
prices areoxoibltant. The only kinds made
uio the coarser vaiiotiosof punting piper ,
and with its gieut number of line libios there
U no reason why Mexico should not make as
beautiful paper ns they turn out In .Inpan.
Thoio are now eighty-four cotton factories In
the country and a dozen odd woolen mills.
Money in 'Mines.
The mining possibilities in Moxlco I have
discussed briefly In a former letter. There is
uo doubt but that It Is the gro.Uost mining
country in the world , and tbo precious metals
In tbo uoxt twenty years \ \ ill como largely
from hoi o. Thoio area thousand abandoned
mines which could bo worked with prolit by
the aid of modern methods and modern ma
chinery , and the now railroads nro opening
vast Holds , some of which have never been
ptospoctod. There Is .silver and gold and
other mines , nnd down in the state of Vera
Cru7 , near Tampico , thoio aio vast beds
of asphalt nnd asphalt fountains , which
have boon bought by two youni ; Americans ,
nnd tbo product ot which will soon como
Into competition with the Trinidad asphalt.
This asphalt does not need to bo dug. It
bubbles up out of tbo ground , and can bo
turned Into barrels , tml by the time this letter -
tor Is published tbo ogonts of tbu company
will bo offering It for snio to some of the big
American cities. Mexico has vast forests
which are now about to bo opened up so that
tholr woods can bo oxpottod , and In the Hold
of agriculture there is bo much to bo said
that I will loaorvo it for another letter.
FtUVlt U. CAIIl'E.NTEIt.
Tlio
J. It Kattumul In Qtlver.
Her mother's face as young nnd fairl
This Is what father scorns to see
As lUhol kneels beside his cluilr ,
Her sweet eyes ea/lng tenderly
Into his own , whllo In bis heart
Ho feels how quickly they imut part.
Growing moro beautiful nnd good ,
Moro llko her mother day by day ,
A perfect flower of maidenhood ,
How pure , how bright , no words can say.
Ho fain would keep her by his side
\Vho soon will bo a happy bride.
For two nty vears his thoughts go boo
Along a shadow ud path of lifo ,
To tlnd , with sunshine on the track ,
The long lost vision of his wife.
What wonder if his eyes grow dim-
That face so llko upturned to htm.
Ab. well , his thoughts nro unconfctsod
Ho would not mar her joy tonight I
Ho knows young birds will leave the nest ,
And paints her future fair and bright.
One last fond kiss she must not stay
Tomorrow Is her wedding day.
Tlio Jiloal Summer Drink.
Soterlan Ginger Ale lOxcehlor Springs
Co" .
GENERAL
GOOD FEELING
Seems tpt prevail among SUIT BUYERS so far this fall ,
whether it's the cleg-ant designs we're showing in our new stocker
or the extreme low prices for which we "sell "cm , " or be the
cause what it may , we arc reveling in the full enjoyment of a
splendid business , and WE THINK the people's confidence is
imposed in us from past dealings has much to do with it.
We're making cvciy effort this fall to strengthen that confi
dence. Wc'\e ' got the bargains to do it with.
OUR MAKE
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Fancy Cassimcrc , Fancy Cheviots , Unfinished
Worsteds , Scotch Plaids and Checks , neat
Wale Diagonals , and all the leading styles
in Men's Suits for dress , business or general
wear , ranging at such prices as
'
There's no trouble to secure a perfect fit in our make of gar
ments. No time wasted in re-sewing.
HMD S
The same satisfaction prevails , once a customer , ALWAVS a cus
tomer.
FURNISHING GOODS AND HATS
Our assortment in the prevailing1 styles is probably twice
that of any house in the city. Low prices for first quality
goods built up these departments.
When opposite , always cross over and get a good look al
our fine display in show windows.
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