THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , APHIL'jtQ , 1898-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
I6tb MM ! Douglas
Tomorrow. : i .OuNlha. Tomorrow.
PROPRIETORS.
A demoralization of prices such as has seldom been known. Tiads conditionsjfout pf the ordinary have compelled many importers and agents to turn to us for
the ready cash outlet so hard to find in troublous times , and not in vain where goods are right , The first installment of these "emergency purchases" be on the
counters tomorrow. Pricemaking was never on so boldly low a scale , Assortments were never so widely various. Opportunities for clever purchasing never so unmistakable.
EXTRAORDINARY SALE
Dress Goods and Silks
We make the gre.itest tlveas gootla purchase of our entire business career "We buy 2,300
pieces of fine imported dress goods as well as the stock of high grade goods of the bankrupt
Vanuskyinills from Wilmeading , Morris and Mitchell at about one-fourth their real value
all of which goes ON QAI El MONDAY.
1,000 pieces of IMPORTED DRESS GOODS. An extraordinary lot closed out
from a timid importer , hedging against possible international complications , 011 sale at half
and less than half price.
Pure Silk and Wool High Grade Novelties
in light and dark colorings , beautiful suitings in handsome effects , two- SOc
toned covers ! , Frnrieh Poplins , Scotch Cheviots , handsome Checks and
Plaids , Tan and H-own combinations in btrincs. Every yard of thc.su goods is bilk and wool
mixed and aetuallv worth from $1.00 to $1.2r > but on our front
bargain square at uOc yard.
25o for 49c Dress Goods High GlaSS Novelties TH plaids checks and plain
100 pieces of all wool , small checks and coverts , all desirable shades ; these are some
plaid , two-toned dross goods , all colors
and choice of 40 pieces , all wool novel of our latest importa- B ? - A
ties every nnu a ( Ifilniblo combination uutl tions , on sale at
- :
KO ut just-J > u yaid
Black Dre
50c for 98c Black Dress Goods At 75c and 98c yard , extraordinary High ClaSS
A really extraordinary . lot of fashionable diess goods in pure wool , silk and wool and small
, etamines , -
ble fiibric.s including jao-
and largo llgm 03 , Mohair in " . A
, pure "fKA ?
nuardp , storm , cheviots Gorman -
. serges silk finished effects , all on sale at f WflN
Hunrlult.i untl Trundi Seines In black KOI ds I
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department lit OIK ; yard 730 and OSe yard. D
Priestley's
.Priestley's pure silk and wool , large and small figured goods , in
epingliii and other Avell known weaves , on pale at § 1.35 yard ,
A gnuid assortment of Silk and Satin BlOCadeS , in all
the new two and three-toned changeable effects , a really
48c
ly handsome display and just the thing for waists and
drcsS trimmings , at 48c yard
A now lot of LARGE PLAIDS 27 inches wide , very heavy silk tail'etas , in ombre ,
plain camellian plaids , satin plaids and fancy block plaids , beautiful for shirt
waists and trimmings , actually worth $2.00 , on sale at
49c Printed India Silk and Japanese Foulards , choice qualities
best designs and remarkable vsilues at " . 49c
Black de soie and satin dress silks , Black
QillfO peau a figured heavy satin , ne\\
Oil 11 5 choice quality at $1.25 , 08c and 69c yard. patterns at 49c and 75c
TROPICAL LIFE IS ECUADOR
ffhere Melons Grow on Tra'.n and tha Mules
Wear Pantalets ,
LOW TAXeS AND HIGH' DEATH RATE
J rinnntlaiin of Cocon , Sugar , Ivorr nnd
, Coffer , nml How T' cy Are
Worked The Cnrloun City
, ot Gunymiull.
< Cop > rlRrit , ISM , by Frank ! ft. Carpenter. )
GUAYAQUIL , Ecuador , March 19 , 189S.
ho city of Guayaquil ! How shall I describe
HI It Is one ot the strangest mixtures In the
world of cities. It lies sixty miles up the
wide Guyas river , almost under the shadow
of the equator , frowned upon by the snowy
peaks of Chlmborazo and Cotopaxl. Wooded
bills surround it. Ibo Gujas river , " wider
hero than tbo Mississippi at St. Louis , flows
rapidly by It , and the moist , mtaamatlc nlr
of the tropics lulls It to sleep. In the river
before It you are reminded ot Venice from
the Grand canal. Upcn Its wharves the
scenes make you think of Naples , and back
In Us buslncen sections you are In < i maze ot
bazaars much like those of Cairo , Calcutta or
Bombay. Not only Us looks , but Its smells
emack ot the Orient. It ban streets more
ellmy than those ot Seoul In winter end
some of Us customs are nn vllo as ( hose ot
I'ekln. It Is ono of the best business points
en the west coast ot South America and Is
the only commercial port of a country at
least four ttiucs the size of the state of
Ohio , having n population about as great as
that ot the city of Philadelphia , and In
natural resources coo of the rich countries
ot the globe. U la the Now York ot Ecuador ,
the center ot trade and the place through
which all of Ecuador's exports and Imports
must pass. In the neighborhood ot JS,000,000
worth of goods are brought hero every year
from the United States and Europe and some
millions of dollars worth of coffee , cocoi ,
hides and rubber are sent from hero to all
par's of the civilized world.
A PROG11ESS1VB CITY.
Guayaquil ir what the Ecuadorians call a
progressivecity. . It has 50.000 Inhabitants.
| t covert * tbo banks ot the River Guyas for
wo miles , and at a distance Is very Impos
ing. It has fine buildings of the Spanish
jtyles , with balconies , out of which dark-
eyed beauties look from under half-closed
nutters down vpon you as you go through
the streets. U has a mare of great stores ,
which are open at the front , so that you can
look within a * 1 : . an Egyptian bazaar.
Stores with stocks of goods worth hundreds
of thousands of dollars , and wide-open ware
houses filled with bags of cocoa , coifee and
lugar awaiting si Ipmcnt. Its street * arc
lined with workmen , who labor at their
trades on thn sidewalks , with Indian women
to comb the Inbecta from their own and
their children' * hair and lunch upon them
In the Intervals of their sales ; with fierce-
looking men carrying great bags and bales
upon their back/ , and with beautiful women
ot the better classes , who go along In couples ,
drc-seil In 'black ' with black shawlx"c. \ .
lUresqUdy draped about their n ; ve brown
races. It has hundreJa - "donkeja , who
carry all sorts of thbjs through the atresis.
Mere goes one lo ied with boards , aad there
U one wUh ( W0 panniers filltd with bread
upon J 5 tack. That Is the baker's wagon
' Guayaquil. The city has nbo a large
Dumber of business men , the richest ot
whom are It.iltaru , Kivjllsh. French , Chinese
r Spaniards , and two banks , one of which
at times pajs dividends ' of 33 % per ccot
a year. It has a'tranrvay , the cars of which
were made in America , and on the river
there are llttlo steamers which were Im
ported In pieces from the United States.
Guayaquil has an excellent club , at which
jou may meet as good fellows as you will
find anywhere in the wor'd. It has plenty
of priests and a big church facing a beauti
ful park , where the band plays after worship
on Sundays. It Is , however , more a city of
trade than pleasure. The cable ccanects It
wltb the markets of New York and Europe ,
and when the wires are up It is alee con
nected with Quito and the other towns ot
the Interior. It Is at Guayaquil that Colonel
Perry do Leon , one of the most efficient of
our consuls general , Is stationed , and here
also 'M. ' Edward Pavla has charge of the
'branch house of Flint , Bddy & Company , the
great South American importing firm of New
York. These are some of the bright spots
of the picture.
LOW TAXES AND A HIGH DEATH RAT0.
Guayaquil has Its dark ppots as well. Its
taxes on real estate are lower than those
of any city of our country , but In the alti
tude ot Its death rate it tops the world.
The streets of Guayaquil are unpaved. Dur
ing the summer season they are fllled with
dust , and the donkeys end mulco wear
pantalets to keep the gadflies and mos
quitoes from eating them up. In the winter
eca/'oii ' , which Is now on , the town Is flooded
whenever it pours , with stagnant water to
such an extent that It Is against the law
to drive a cart or carriage through the
streeta without a special permit from the
police. This Is the unhealthy season of
Guayaquil the season of the yellow fever ,
the season of malaria when death hovers
over the town and the doctors make enough
to give them summer vacations In Europe.
The water now lies all about mo In pools ,
upon each ot which a rich green coat of
slime eullraly floats , ready to bo turrd Into
poisonous steam by the equatorial sun. The
town llea between two rivers. It could bo
easily drained with a ditch plow , so that the
tide , which la hero very high , would flush
It twice a day , but its people let it remain
as It Is. The result Irf that every'now and
then ( hero Is a great epidemic. The yellow
fever of last year carried away thousands ,
and during the winter season some kind of
fever la almost always present. Guayaquil
has no sewers. Its water works are pit
holes eunk Into the streets , Into which
pumps are Inserted at the time of a lire.
The result U that the city has been burned
again and again. There was a fire last > ear
which coraumcd half of the houses , causing
a Ices of more than $30,000,000. This also
makes fire Insurance especially high , the
current Guayaquil rate here today being 7
per cent per annum on all city property.
The American consulate ha * > Us unices in a
three-story building which pajs a yearly
Insurance of $4,000 , and I am told there are
many other buildings which cannot get In
surance even at the above rate , for the
reason that the various companies have al
ready written up all the rlska they care to
take In Guayaquil. At Uiosame time , the
tax on real estate Is only three-tenths ot 1
prr cent , and the nttlvcs would have a revo
lution straightway it you offered to tax
them enough to pave the streets and estab
lish a good fire department.
A' ' WIDE-AWAKE POLICE.
Guayaquil has a wide-awake police force.
I know this , for during my first few nlghtu
hero I heard the policemen every fifteen
mlputca all j.ight long'ycHlr.g out that they
were awake. ! t U a police regulation that
every r > in on watch shall cry out or whl -
I'.e every quarter of an hour. The cry Is
"El sentinel es alerto , " and the whistle Is
a combination more wonderful than any
thing except the cry of the Guayaquil frog ,
whose hl-hl-hl lo screamed on : all night
long. The Ecuadorian police are soldleie.
They carry swords an. guua and Nth
look and act In the fiercest "manner. Q5e
of them almctit dropped hlu mtn On tny
foot the otter day ta I attempted to pus
him. He said "atras ! " which I suppose
means "back. " At Jtajt I backed aci
walked around the other > way. I have since
learned that no one may pas beween tbe
police and the wall , but must go outbldo
the policeman. I suppose if the policeman
has to fight he prefers to have the wall at
hla back. Another regulation Is that all
people out after 11 o'ctock p. m. must glvo
an account of themselves. The cry Is "Who
goes there ? " and the answers must bo
such that will satisfy the police or they
will take you to jail. I doubt , la fact ,
whether there is a place in the world
where it ! so easy to break Into Jail as
here. People are Imprisoned for debt , and
It is a common thing for a planter who
wants ) hands on his estate to go to the jails
and pay the debts ot such of the prisoner
as will agree to transfer theln debts to him
and work them out. He then gives them
small wages andl takes out perhaps a dollar
a week from each man's salary until ! he
debt is paid. In the jail at Bodegas , a town
further up the Guayaquil river , I talked with
a Jamaica negro , who told me he had been
In prison for months because ho had failed
to pay a millionaire planter $10 whleh he
hod borrowed. Said , he : "If I were free I
could work to get the money to pay my
debt , but they keep me hero until some one
buys me out and then I must work for him
or ho can put me In again. "
THE LAND OF THE .EQUATOR.
Dut before I go further let me tell you
Bomc-thlns of Ecuador : Tbo name means
equator , and Ecuador Is the land of thd
equator. It lies sandwiched between Co
lombia and Brazil and Peru , on the west
coast of South America , In the shape ot rf
great fan. the handle of which extends Into
northern Brazil , and the scalloped rim ot
which is washed by the Pacific ocean. It
Is one of the least known countries of. the
world. Parts of it have never been surveyed ,
and today the. different geographical esti
mates of Its size range all the way from the
bigness of California to that of Texas. The
coast Is low , and a rich tropical vegetation
extends from the ocean back for 100 miles
or less to the foothills of the Andes. The
Andes cross the country from north to south
In two great parallel ridges , upholding be
tween them a series of beautiful valleys , In
which about nine-tenths of the people live.
These valleys are from a mile and a half to
two miles above the sea , and glvo the inte
rior a healthful climate , which Is more like
that of New York City than of the equator.
Quito , the capital , Is situated In one of the
hlchest of these valleys. It is almost two
mllea above the altitude of Washington City.
Hero the weather Is that of May in Ohio
all the year around. East of the Andes the
country Is a tropical wilderness. A great
branch of the IVmazon , the. Maranon river ,
flows along Us southern boundaries , and
steamers go up the Amazon , enter tbo Mara
non and bring you within a comparatively
short distance of Quito. In fact. I am told
you ( an come to within four days' mule travel
of Quito by water via these'great rivers'and
the streams which flow Into them. Ecuador
thus has almost every climate known to man.
Scores ot Us Andean peaks are ever covered
with snow , and It has mighty glaciers. Chlm
borazo , which , on clear days , Is visible here ,
is 21,200 feet above the sea , and tbe great
valley of Ecuador Is guarded by twenty-one
peaks , ranging in height from three to four
miles , while there are seventeen other peaks
which are more than two mllea in height.
Today in Guayaquil the air Is fllled with
caries. They ccmo from one of Ecuador's
ten active volcanoes , and every week or sean
an earthquake makes the ground tremble.
The. houses of Guayaquil are built to with
stand the earthquakes. They are of wooden
timbers so joined and spliced that they can
sway with the trembling of the earth and not
break. The frame work is then covered with
bamboo lathu , r 50 by aplfttliig thfl cane.
Upon these b nibooaa cottlng ot plaster is
epread. This makes the exterior of the
BO CS look ai though the walls were backed
with brick and stone , when , in fact , they
ere actually made up ot good-sized fishing
pole * . Just now a vast deal ot building le
going on here , and the hammer of the car
penter nailing on three laths U always to b
TRIMMED
MILLINERY.
In the Millinery department wo are shoe
ing unquestionably , the sVollost millinery
outside ofNew York. Every late fud and ex
clusive elTect can bo found in our Art mllll-
nory pattern room , and no matter how ex
pensive or Inexpensive , they will have the
utmost style and greatest possible value.
$1250 and $15
SPECIAL OFFERING.
Knowing that wo would sellout nearly
every hat Saturday before Kaster , wo have
telegraphed and received from Now York
100 NEW PATTERN HATS ,
which will be displayed in our Art
pattern room for the first time , at § 12.50 and $15.00 , includ
ing the Sheperdess , short back Sailors , and other hats that
are entirely new.
At SSiOO lilAlliriLLY 250 HATS
TRIMMED
. Wen
and $7,59 on sale at * 3.00 and $7.50 , trimmed just as stylishly
, as our more expensive hats.
HATS T W1T FLOWERS $2 50
. , sale J2.50. V *
cMffon , nullls and ornaments on at
Basement Special Bargain Monday SPECIAL BASEMENT BARGAIN ,
100 pieces < 300 pieces of
Brownie Comforter Prints Windsor Epntant.
The Tie These are the best prints
kincl-r-tomolrow regular ; , sell any at 8c price } and . always
2c yard. Tomorrow
? 3c !
full pieces , no , T row , full pieces , no rem
nants , all dress
yard rcihnunts . . -i , nt _ _ 3 _ _ 3-4p . , . _ . > stylos. 3Jo now yard. . , . ,
Special Bargain' Basement , - -Special Bargain In Basement ,
- * , , . - i 300 pteeos
Fruit of L'oom Imperial English Long Cloth ,
12 yards in a
MUSLIN Cc
bolt , go at 85c
85c
full " lufl p"er bolt , worth
remnants % r JUl $1.50
heard. Much ot the lumber used comes from
Oregon and Washington , and some from
Georgia. I i ' '
WHERE THB MELONS QROW ON ( TREES.
The equatorial coast'region , - where I now
am , is full ot vegetable wonders. This la to
day the richest and mopt productive part ot
Ecuador. In my sixty.Smiles' . sall up the
River Quyas to this'-tit/ I passed vast ha- '
cicadas covered with.grafts , oa green as the ;
fielda of Egypt In winter-In which fat cattle ,
horseo and mules utoodVup to their bellies
and ate without having , to bend down to
reach the grata. I p sse4 rich plantations of
sugar cane , which Iifro grows to the height
of ten feet , and which , grows for twenty-five
years without replaoMng. I eaw vast cacas
orchards loaded down with the fruit tram
which , our chocolate comes. Tall cocoanut
palms bearing green balls of fruit ms big as
your head swayed to and fro high above the
houses ot the planters , and strange fruits
of so many klnda that I cannot give you
their names were offered to us again and
again. The wharves o Guayaquil are lined
with the Ecuadorian natives who have
brought furlt and otbert things to sell. They
have melons which cocie from trees , known
as the papaya. Thla fr lit is of the size of a
large musk melon and when opened its rich
yellow flesh seems much tbe same. There
are many tress here w tch bear fruits as big
as your head of on9 kind or another. The
buttons en your coat ere probably made of
vegetable Ivory from Colombia or Ecuador.
IThls Ivory Is shipped'from Guajaqull and
Panama In the shape ot nuts , which look
much like chestnutd.'eave that each nut U
as big as the fl t 'of , a 3-year-old baby and
as bard aa , Iron.Tbaso nuts grow on a low
palm tree'in whatjook ( like rough chest
nut burro , as big ds our head. Each burr
contains a dozen cir CQore nuts , which , when
green , are filled wiftf a.soft jelly-like sub
stance tasting notUnllkf cocoanut milk. In
company with a partyonia recent trip to the
Interior I ate some of them aad found them
not.at all bad. _ Eeua' < lo ( ( has a considerable
trade In them and It's shipments of them last
year brought in $356iXXU
WHERE THE TREElf AVE BLANKETS.
Ecuador hao trees ftvhlth weave bed cloth-
Ing. I slept last ntaitiln a blanket made
of the bark ot a tree , which grows on the
slopes of the Andes ; The blanket is six
feet long and over fire feet wide , and It Is
as soft and pHablo aajhough it was made
of flannel. It is of about the thickness of
a good flannel blanket , and.I . can easily roll
It up and put It IB"my shawl strap without )
hurting It. Thla blanket to merely a strip
ot bark cut from e , section of the trunk of
the de-majagua tree , "Tlie. Indians made a
cutting around the''trunk { o ' get it , end they
then prepared it by soaking'It In water until
It was toft. They th'prf pounded It so that
the rough outsldo could be stripped off and
the Inclde alone left. Tbo , Inside Is ot line
fibers so Joined together by nature that It
makes a beautiful blanket , warm enough
to be used as a cover andtsoft enough for a
mattreea. I have bad . . photograph made
of It. my friend , Mr. Hobk"nd myself boldIng -
Ing it up" to show Its clie. Tbe pineapples
.here are , delicious , and the bananas and
coffee are unsurpae d by those of any other
part of South Amtrlca.
A cup"OF'CHOCOLATE. .
The chief article of export from Ecuador ,
however , Is cacao , or , aa we call It , cocoa.
It Is from , this that the chocolate comes.
There are vast coco * plantations along the
Guyaa river and the other rivers of the
Pacific coast , and the planters nave one of
tbe test paying bu lnceses , amojig ths
It costs hero , I am told , aHlt 3 cents of
our money to raise'a pouna of cocoa ,
whereas It eella in Guayaquil for about 14
cents , making a clear proflti to the farmer
of 11 cents ( gold ) apound , and paying him
a profit of about 400 per cent. This ycar >
Ecuador will rake about 40',000,000 pounds j |
of cocoa beane , which will be shipped to Eu I
rope and th United' State * . The crop U I
not a difficult one to raise , and when an
orchard U once bearing It is good for a
big Income for from twenty to thirty yearn
Until I carao here I had no Idea as to how
cocoa was grown. I had heard of cocoa
beans and supposed It came from a vine or
bush. The truth Is , the beans , which when
ground ifp make our chocolate , grow entrees
trees from twenty to thirty feet high. Tbe
tree Is much like an Immense lilac bush.
It is ragged and gnarly , and its fruit , which
U bigger than tue pomelo or grape fruit ,
grows on the stem or trunk and close to
the branches. It Is of the thapc of an Im
mense lemon , and of about the same color ,
and the seeds within It are the chocolate
beans of commerce. Each ball of fruit con
tains from , twenty-eight to thirty brown
beana about as big as lima "beans. These
are washed out of the pulp that surround *
them and dried and then shipped to tbe
chocolate factories all over the world. There
is a change for men who have some capital ,
and who are not afraid ot tbe mtaama of the
tropics , to'tnako money hero in raisins
chocolate.
chocolate.ONE
ONE EXPERIENCEENOUGH. .
Aa for me , * I would not advise any ono to
come to Guayaquil or tropical Ecuador to
'
engage in'anything. My experience Is such
that if Mount Chlmborazo was ono eolld
lump of chocolate and It was offered me
as a reward for staying here for ten years
I would not take It. Nearly every Ameri
can who comes hero gets the fever , and I
am told that 90 per cent ot all Americans
who bavo tried to live here hive died. As
to the profits of cocoa plantations , bow-
ever , wild lands can be gotten very cheaply.
I was told yesterday of a hacienda contain
ing enough land for 15,000,000 trees which
could be bought for $14,000 , and good lands
can be gotten for from $10 an acre up. Cul
tivated orchards' ' are worth about CO cents a
tree , and as you can eat'lly grow over 5UO
trees to tbe acre , each of which will yield
you from one to two pounds of chocolate a
year , you see how valuable the yielding or
chards arc. The only way to make the busi
ness pay would bo to grow your own or
chard. This is a matter of about flvo years.
The first thing is to clear the ground by'cut-
tlng down everything and burning It. Next
bananas are set out about ten feet apart
In order that they may grow up and , shade
the young cocoa trees. 'Between each two
bananas a hill of cocoa beans Is planted ,
so that the hills are about ten feet apart.
Three beans are put In each hill. They scran
sprout. 'At first they look llko llttlo orange
trees. They grow rapidly and at three years
they begin to produce fruit. After once
planting all the cultivation necessary is to
keep down , the underbrush and cut off tbe
vegetation which springs up. Such a thing
as hoeing and plowing a crop as we do Is
not known in the tropical parts of Ecuador.
Neverthelesa a great amount of labor U re
quired and the lack of suitable help * Is a
serlousdrawback. Most of the planters take
advantage of tbe debt laws and keep a num
ber ot poor people in debt to them. Or.o
millionaire hacienda owner , whom I visited
last week , has , l < was told , workmen on bin
pay rolls who ewe him a quarter ot a million
dollars , and he complained bitterly to me
that he could not get enough men to work
his estates. I doubt not he would gladly
have loaned another hundred thousand for
the debt slaves which such an Investment
would bavo brought him. The laborers , you
know , are. as a rule , the native Indians.
They ore thriftless , but hard workers. They
are accustomed to being In debt and man
age to keep themselves so.
COFFEE AND SUGAR.
great deal of money U Invested ! In Ecu
ador In coffee and sugar plantations. Six
estates were set out In sugar about twenty
odd years ago at a cost ot $1,000,000 , and
there are a number of others with smaller
capitals. Tbo machinery used Is chiefly
American. I have visited a number of coffee -
fee groves and I am told that the Guaya-
qull coffee ranks high in tbe markets.
Great quantities are chipped from bero to
Europe. 1(19 ( export * last year amounting
LADIES' NEW SUITS
Dress Skirts , Jackets , Capes and
Silk Waists.
$12 , $15 , and $18 Tailor Made Suits * $7.50
These suits are mmlo of most fash *
At SJ50 loniiblo and duuible nmtcrlaln ,
strlutly nil wool coverts. cheviotB
and Uroiulclolhs In the latest and
prettiest shades , jneliott cut fly
front style , lined with fine quality of silk , t-klrts cut full
width , lined with percallno and' bound with \ulvotcun ,
at $7.50. ' _
Extra200 Ladies' Model Suits ,
'Houses , Fly Fronts , Box Coats ,
At $ Bln/.or sultB ( only one or two of n.
| 250
kind ) fancy silk lined , braided ,
tucked , pleated cheviot broad
cloth , whipcord , soi fro , covert ,
etc , all colors , worth up to $15 , choice at $112.61) ) .
Ladies' Tailored Suits
of Coverts , in box front1 ! , silk
At lined jackets , iils-o black and navy
SgOO | Cheviot serge suits , lly fronts , silk
lincu skirts and jnekotb , at $1.00.
$8.50 Ladies' Dress Skirts Tomor
row at $4.98. Madeof strictly all AVOO !
serge in navy or black , lined with line quality silk and bound
with velveteen , tomorrow at $4.08.
Tailor Made Top Coats , Tomorrow at $5
Mndo of strictly till wool cavort cloth , In stylish spring colors , cut lly 5
front stvlc , notched collar , coat back , lined throughout with fanox col
ored silk , nn extremely durable and pretty little garment , at $5.
Ladies' New Spring Capes. Ladies' silk
capes , plaited empire clTects in black , handsomely embroidered
with jot and prettily trimmed aroitnd neck with a niching of rib
bon and lace , ribbon bow down front , W.08.
Ladies' silk lined cloth capes , in black or tan ,
very prettily trimmed with ribbon and silk em
broidery , ribbon bow down front , at $4.98.
BARGAIN IN BASEMENT , Grand Special Bargain in Basement
For tomorrow 891 ! uml 10-t t0 ! pieces of
BLEACHED NEW YORK MILLS 40-inch Apron Lawn
MUSLIN , worth 19e yard ,
long remnants , go at f > c yard
worth up to a2c full pieces no remnants
yard , go at
12c yard nants
Special Bargain in Basement ; -SpeclarBargain in Basement.
100 pieces Of 7-Foot ,
INDIA LAWN , WINDOW SHAriES ,
regaliir 12Jc kind , all complete with
as long as it lasts ,
at Gic 6ic spring roller , 9c
at 9c each
yard : . .
to over $1,000,000 In gold. The United States
bought about one-fifth of this product , and
It was probably sold by our retailers as old
government Java. It Is Indeed excellent cof
fee. I like that I have had hero as well
as any I have ever tasted , though It U m do
and served In a way that nny American
housekeeper would say \\ould ruin It. Tnly
la the process for making It : The coffee ,
freah roasted , Is ground very line , and tlun
put Into a little bag and hot water poured
on It by the tcaspoonlul at a time. Only
enough water Is used to go : out the strength
of the coffee and the Iliil'l at 1)10 ) end Is as
black as Ink and of the consistency of thin
syrup. This ID put In a bottle , tightly cork" . !
up , and when any one of the family wants
a cup of coffee a tablespoonful or bo Is
poured Into a cup , which is then filled up
with hot milk or water. The result Is cof
fee , full of aroma and delicious to taste.
At the restaurants and cafes they serve such
coffee , and the coffee bottle is more in use
hero than the wine bottle In Fram.e.
, PRANK 0. CARPENTER.
1 LAIlOIt AND 1MJUSTHY.
Ithaca is to have a co-operative glass fac
tory.
tory.One
One flrra In Sweden makes 21,000,000
candles yearly.
Denton. Tex. , Is to have a B.OOO-spIndle
cotton factory.
The Massachusetts electric lines arc going'
Into the express business.
Massachusetts' textile mills produce $200-
000,000 worth of goods a year.
Glass manufacturers are of the opinion
that this will be the greatest building year
since 1891.
At Huntsvllle , Ala. , it Is proposed to build
a factory to make wooden articles used by
cotton mills.
A ten-hour day for rallrcad employes will
bo secured by a b'HI before the Massachu
setts legislature.
Laboring men have 312 working days a
year In Hungary , 308 In the United States ,
27ji In England and 2C7 In Russia.
There are 30,000 unionists In Japan , two-
thirds of. them added during the last year.
The Japs catch onto the benefits of organ-
Coal mined by convlcte Is used by two
Alabama Iron works , and Great lirltalii vvlll
exclude thla Iron under a law barring con
vict products.
The new $600,000 cotton mill at Avondale.
Ala. , will start up within the next few ila > .
It will employ 600 hands and consume 12,000
bales of cotton annually.
The Dayton Coal and Iron comrany , Day
ton , Term , , has advanced the wages of Its
1,100 mlnero 10 per cent end other laborers
12 to 15 per cent , beginning April 1.
Two thousand two hundred acres of cedar
i timber are cut down every year In order
to niako wood cases for lead pencils , of
which more than 2,000 acres are In Florida.
Izatlon quicker than any other nationality.
Alaskan demand has caused dealers In
evaporated fruit and vegetables at Portland ,
Ore. , to double their plants and the number
of their employes.
The sovec. years' struggle between 'the '
Drunswlck-Balko Collender Co. of Chicago
and the woodworkers' union ended by the
former signing &n agreement to hereafter
employ union men only.
Japanese matches threaten to drive out
the Swedish. The exportation , which was
9,000 gross of boxes in 1884 , roio to 9,000,000
gross In 1892 and 18,000.000 gross In 1800.
The price per case of 7,200 boxes Is $1G.GO ,
Japan now supplies China and India , and Is
working Its way < oto the'British ' market.
The annual report for 1897 of the Con-
turner's league of Now York gives the
league's "white list" of the retail houses
Which approach nearest to the league's
standard in its dealings with Its employes.
The list Includes thirty-six names of firms ,
among which are to be found about a dozen
of the largo dry goods concerns , though sev
eral of tbe biggest are not in it. The league's
purpose 1s to make consumers feel rcsponsli
litllty for producers , and by the lontience of.
Its members to better the condition of workIng - .
Ing women and shop girls In New" York. Its
members undertake to favor houses which
use their working women well , and shun
those which don't. A fair house , according
to the league's standard , U one In which
equal work gets equal pay , Irrespective of the *
sex of the worker ; In which adults get at
least $ fl a week , paid weekly ; In which fines
go Into a fund for employes' benefit ; and in
which cash girls get at least $2 a week. The
hours of a fair house are from 8 to C , wltot
three-quarters of aa hour for lunch , and ono
halt-holiday a week for two months In sum
mer. Fair houses also comply with sanitary
laws , provide seats for saleswomen ( as re *
quired by law ) , use employes humanely ,
show consideration for fidelity and length ot
service and employ no children under 14
years old.
* L.ATI : INVE.VUOXS. i
lA , new rubber for wet Weather wear docs ;
not extend around the heel , but Is fastened
to the narrow part of the shoo sole by spring ;
clips to hold It In place.
A new racing sulky which will prevent col
lisions has only ono wheel , mounted In the *
center of a short shaft at the rear end of the
thills , which also supports the seat.
A nct pencil holder Is formed of a curved
spring section to surround the pencil with ft
pin In the back by whleh the holder can bo
quickly attached to the coat or vest.
Wearing apparel Is kept from wrlnkllnrr
by a new hanger which Is made of wire an *
has a curved upper portion for the > coat and
vest , wltn slots In the lower side to recclvo
the buttons of the trousers.
Carriage lamps burning * candles can ba
transformed into oil lamps by a new dovlca
consisting of an oil chamber to fit In the )
candle socket and carrying a central wlckj
tube with a lever wick adjuster.
Fountain marking pens for use In shipping
departments are being made with a ball set
l > i the end of an Ink-holding tube having an
outlet to feel ink to the revolving ball as it
Is drawn over the surface to be marked.
Short persona can raise themselves to th\ (
height of others In a crowd by a new fqot at
tachment consisting of an Iron foot plato
having legs long enough to raise Jho user toi
any desired height when strapped to bla
feet.
In a new safety hat pin a spring arm is
attached to the head of the plt > and extend *
a short distance down Its shank , ending In K
sharp point at right angles with the pin ta
engage tbo fabric as the pta In pushed Into
position.
Housewives will appreciate a new culinary )
beater which Is made of glau.1 and curved it
the bottom , with a double set of paddles
geared to a crank outside the jar to mix tlnl
material , the parts being easily removable *
for cleaning. .
Umbrellas are prevented from dripping ) ,
water over the floor when Inverted by a neat/ /
little rubber device formed of a cone wltU
an opening in the peak which slips over the
tip of the umbrella and act0 as a cup t
catch the water.
Dinner palls are being fitted with ballii
which will permit their attachment to the toft
bar of a bicycle frame , the ball having 3
circular spring formed on either side cloaa
to the pall , with spring braces cxUndhg to1
tbo cover to prevent a sudlcn jar or swing.
A German inventor has designed a ventfr
latcd slioo for summer wear la which tha
major portion of the upper la cut in thin ]
strips. In which are plaited or Interwoven
cross-strips Hewed at each end to tbe upper ! '
a lining of canvas or other porous and
absorbent fabric supporting the stilps.
Ono of the simplest burglar alarms recently ?
patented consists of a metal disk on vthlch li
, mounted a spring-actuated'hammer , which la
held opui by picsslng two metal strips to-
pettier and Inserting them In a crack iti < h
door or window , the hammer descending ai
soon aa the strips are released and exploding
a cap or cartridge.