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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1898)
" ' " "TV * r ' " * ' - ( r * i T * < rjj'r -j , - * 4 f * . 1A rVtrATTA nATT.V TOT'lVi aTTTCnAV. A-PIMT. IT 1OOQ THE- BANGKOK OF ECUADOR * * Citj'of Babiboyo and the Floating Homes of the Guy as Bivjr , RIDE THROUGH THE TROPICS dinrnc pri"flr of fie TVoy Lite , TliHr Wimrn nnd " Work Jonrne > I MR on Kcun- Uor'a Only Railroad. / ( Copyright. MM , by Frnnk O. Carpenter ) BABAHOYO , Ecuslcr , March 23 , 1E93. For thofpasl two days I bavc been vailing along the Columbia river of Ecuador. The Guyas is to'thls country as the Columbia Is to the United States. It Is the biggest river of the PacVflc coast , and Just now , In the rainy season , which lasts hero from December until May , It has converted the country for mllea nd nllcs Into vast lake. Where wo ente'red It from the Pacific Just opposite the Island of Puna , where Pirarro landed , the rlvef Is elxty mllea wide , and as wo Balled wrrlfto Guayaquil we seemed to be passing tbroush an Inland BOO. The waters were of the 'color and thickness of pea soup , and upon the fast flowing flood were patches of green , great trees and other debris which were" floating down frcm the Andes to the ca. , At Guayaquil the river Is more than a mlle wide , and twenty-fix feet deep , furnish ing a good and safe harbor for the largest of th Pacific ocean steamers. The river there i * filled with shipping and there are hun dreds of dugouts , canoes , great rafts and cargo boats used by the natives to bring their TV arcs from Ufe fnierlor for sale. * THE BANGKOK OF ( ECUADOR. * I left Guayaquil two days ago and In the llttlb American-built steamer Pulgmlr took en all-night's sail up the Guya Into the Interior. I am now fart away from the coaat , almost at the foothills of the Andes. Chlmborazo frowns down upon me , and I can almost hear the rumbling of the volcano Cotopaxl. I am In the city of Babahoyo , or Bodegas , a city which , like Bangkok , is almost all afloat upon the water. The whole land Is flooded , and many of the houses are o tullt that the people live In the second lories and go from ono place to anothar in canoes. The town proper , which contains about 8,000 people , has streets which are now little more than rivers , and In coming from the boat I hired an Indian to carry mete to the high lands of the ehoro on his back. As I went my whisky flask , which I always carry here for medicinal purposes , fell out of. my pocket Into about five feet of water , and I hired another peon to dive for It. He did BO , bringing up first the bottle and then the drinking cup , which had slipped off when It fell. I made him happy by giving him 10 cents for his trouble. The business part of Babahoyo Is a few feet higher than the rest of the place , and Just now thestorca _ are free from water , though In crossing the streets you must hug tbo buildings and balance yourself on the logs and bamboo brldgui put across from sidewalk to side walk. The houses are all of two stories , the ground floors being taken up with the cave- llko stores , and the second storlea forming the living quarters. There are , of course , no pavements nor modern Improvements. Babahoyo has not a power nor a gutter In It. Its only bath rooom Is a floating shed upn the wharves of the river , In which you may dip yourself down Into the water with the serious danger of losing a leg by the nip of an alligator. There U not a fireplace nor a chimney In the whole town. There le not a glaM window , for the houses are ventilated on the second floors by means of lattice work .funning about the celling. T-htr' whole front walls of the stores are thrown bacKlri'the daytime , and the ground floors are as open as those of Japan. The -bouE snvy on the water a few weeks ago 'Vcro" hlsh arid dry. The ground floor was then used for the chickens , donkeys and cattle. Now these are cither on platforms higher up or are living with the families oh'tfco second floor , which Is built upon piles so high up that the floods do not reach it. IN AN ECUADORIAN HOUSE. Thcro are hundreds of houses here which can only be reached in canoes. The chil dren go to school in canoeo and the market ing is done In boats. The most of these housca belong to the poorer classes , though I shall describe further on my visit to a millionaire planter , who cannot now walk ten ftcps from his house without drowning. The poorer houses consist of llttlo moro than ono room , about six feet square , built upon plica about ten feet above the ground and reached by a ladder outside. The nouses are thatched with broad , white leaves , tied to a frame work of bamboo cane. The floor Is of cane and the cracks In it are so many that the women do not need to sweep , the dirt of the household falling through upon the grounder or into the water. As to modern con veniences In the way of water closets , these are practically unknown among the natives of Ecuador. Even In the capital , Quito , a city of 50.000 or more , the streets are used by the common people for such purposes , and every family of respectability , when travel ing , carries Its own conveniences with It. In the houses of the common people there If no privacy whatever , men and women , boys and Kirk , wives and maidens , all herd to gether , sleeping In the eume clothes they wear In the daytime , lying indiscriminately upon the floor or in the hammocks which form the chief article of furniture of their houses. The cooking Is done In clay pots on a firebox filled with dirt. The fuel Is largely charcoal , the pots being raised upon tllea or bricks to allow room for the coal be neath. The chief food of the tropical parts of the country Is the potato , or the yam , known as the yucca , and plantains or large bananas. Much rice la used , being cooked with lard , the moat of which cornea from the United States. Though thla whole re gion where I now am U filled with fine cat tle , the people do not seem to know any thing of butter. The chief customers for It are foreigners and the article most sold Is the Italian butter in one and two-pound tins. It sells for $1 a pound In this money , or about 60 cents In American gold. I am told that at thle price there Is not a great profit to the Italian butter makers , for the tariff and the selling charges are high , THROUGH THE FOREST IN A CANOB. Landing at Babahoyo , I was for a tlm. t a loss hbwf to make mjself understood by the natives. There was no ono about who spoke English , and my pure Ca.'tllllan Spanish did not seem to bo understood. A ) last , .however , I met a German storekeeper , a Mr. Krugcr. who told me that there was MV American living In the city. This was a Mr. Klein , a carpenter , contractor and un dertaker. I soon found him among his ' eoinna. Ho left his work and devoted him self to me for the day. Together wo wem 'I to visit ono of the biggest plantations o Ecuador. Thla belongs to Mr. Auguctlm Barrios , a man who owns thouiands of cat k tlo and horses , and who soKa soniethln ; llko 300.000 pounds of chocolate beans ever year. The plantation 1s now all under wa ter , and we had to take a canoe to visit It Our canoe w s about thirty feet long anc not over thirty Inches wide. It was a dug out and was poled and sculled by two lust ! brown-klnned gondoliers , one of whom J"too4 at eait end of It. Mr. Keln | eat li the bottom , and I was given a place In th center of the canoe , and told to hold my elf ateady. Leaving the city wo wer pushed along through the wide streets of water , passing by huts which teemed to bo floating on the wave * , until at Ust we jnored' on Into the tropical forest. Wo rowei for miles among the tree tops , non- grazing a treat black alligator , and again chattered at by roonkejs. who made faces ct us as they scampered away. The trees were full of otrange birds , which fluttered and cried as we went by. Now we get a hot at ono , a gallareta , a beautiful thing < M big aiaa pigeon with a bill like blood , long lea * ' of a goldeu yrllow and a plumage ej roral'purplc. - 1 j -"I try a a'hot at crocodile , but the ccaoa trembler as I stand up In It and the ugly trioniter geta away unharmed. There are wild ducks and other birds which I have never aeen before , aad Mr. Klein- tells me that be often bags a deer on the highlands r has a ibof at a wild bos or leopard. Tfee rlJeU beyond description. Voder us thereU'twelve feet of water , where a few Keeks ago It wts all dry lanl. The trees sake a thick arbor-like abide- over us , snl * wind in 'aM mt through them , now Mklagur wtjr ) a arr w cacti ot r r r r * r r l rf r r r r r r / r l r r r CONTINUATION SALE \ as were the offeringsnve announced last week , the present ones will equal and in many in _ stances excel them. .Fresh addition to otir unusually large stock \vere made JFriday and Saturday and nese we have subjected to the regular cut in prices. Nor is this cut confined to the goods herewith set forth , but in cludes every article in the house. "The .Largest Furniture House in the West" never offered such flattering in ducements. High grade goods at low grade prices is the order of this sale. We want it thoroughly understood that this is not a sale of damaged or worthless goods , but on the contrary a fine , \vell selected stoolc , such as only the combination of brain , energy and capital can get together. Some small firms may make an effort to follow in our path , but they are swallowed up in the -whirlpool of our successful business. ALL ADVERTISED GOODS ARE AS RErRESENTED flr * " " , . , ft - a J Extension Tnble , solid Perpetual Palnr ? , not Im oak , very -well nrulcs itation , but worth regular JSSO ; this Palms , ferns , Sideboard , solid Chiffonier Grasses , etc. , Corner Chair , beau week $4.63. oak , bevel plato . Brass table Imitation solid oak five Easel- that have actually Combination tiful mahogany finished Center Table pretty de ally grown , but Book Cose and mirror , 1 drawer tation onyx top , roomy drawers , sign , which are treated Writing Desk , ished frame and silk ' Solid oak or Ladles' Desk , choice Kltchen Safe , wel'ft velvet , lined , very pretty , worth worth regular worth ed In a way to made for cur upholstery , worth mahogany finish , of quarter sancd oak or regular $1 make them ev tain front , ma finished , worth ' or Drener whlto , flnlslhed enameled In antique , fine worth regular $22 , regular JO.50 , thla $12 , this week this week erlasting. $6 00 hogany ' finish or anywhere $10 , this rcgu- brass feet , prlco bird's eye maple , very bevel plntd . mirror , regular . this week 113.00. week $3.50. $6.45. 49c. Fern or Pa'.m , regular solid oa'.t $13.50 , worth , week $5.50. lar $7.50 , thU week , thla-week . . stylish , worth $12 , this price 116.00 , this week $9.83. - $1.53. this week $2.93. this week $7.50. $4.90 . week $3.CO. Soli igtnt Carpet Bargains s Choice pat that cannot last longer than this terns and colorings Purchase woe't wonderfully Heywood i low prices Moquctte Carpets of parlor furniture representing all grades of 3 end 5-pieoo par this week Brussels Net Lace Curtains- . lor suits odd reception and arm chairs divans tetes corner Velvet Carpet . worth $1000-.ths . ! week. . . . < GO Baby chairs fine couches , etc , etc in all kinds and colors of frames this week Irish Point I-nce Curtnlna-O and coverings in all , the greatest sale of upholstered goods Tapestry Brussels Carpjt worth $5-thls week - * ever held in Otnaha s this week Carriages Uonutlftil G.fttcco J'nrlnr ( Salt , oak frame , nicely carved , Heavy all wool Ingrain Nottingham worth $1.35-thl3 Laca Curtain- week . . . G9o , handsomely upliolstorvd In tupcstry , full spring , rcgu- O > 5. ff h this week _ lar price $4G.OO-thls week 4S fc * / Tapestry ll'ltlooo Parlor Stiltft , clcpant mtiliozuny finished frame Stair Catpct , heavy , worth ty-north Curtnlns-very $4CO-thls we pret-O k. * 4tO * upholstered In line sill ; material , worth regular O Q / ik 40c-thls week Jftf.UU Chenille Portieres * 40.00-thls week , worth O Or * Matting worth 33c , . $ C.OO-thls week * oO Highest grade carriage made Uphtotmloroit ttaalior , fine polished frame , well inado X f\f\ thU week , and pruttr , worth regular$1U tills weak ' * * Rope Portlercs-worth Linoleum 'north S3c - $ GSO o O/-1 worth $16.00 , this week Contlio * , Beautifully upholstered In cordun.yor vclour , this week this week - > -t > latest patterns , finely tufted , worth regular 17 ft ft J3D.OO. tills week J. . * J\J Oil Cloth -worth ffic Bamboo and B5ad Portieres * nr * AlorrlrrliovUnlnfrClinlr , with handsome cushions , ff f9'ft this week north $400 this i cek - * * t > We nre sole nccnts TjConnrJ Clennable Refrig worth regular $13.00 , this week * - * * * Finely erator ? , finished po ltl\ely on the the outside bet refrigerator and Inslle. It made haa , $9.50 OcW7nrlor C/ifi/rs , Musslvo oak frame , lilghly finished , * > f * Be\en walls of nBbeptos , charcoal , etc. , and Is . worth regular $7.50 , this wooIc tt.tf guaranteed not to sweat or mix flax ore. Just / > lvn > i.'inaho2nny frame , baautlful silk covering , worth O Kfl Glassware etc JMonoy Savers , the refrigerator you want ; one worth $13.1X1 , icgalartlG , thlswuok * J * * J\J thU week U.OO. Big reductions in dinner and toilet Hell top Office Disk worth O Ki $17.iX-tlils week cl O ( sots Lace Curtain Stretcher * tr Bole agents Quick Meal Iron Beds ICO-piece Dinner Set worth ff Oft north JSGO-thl * week . . . . J- * $1500thlsweek * Ot > 1-lb sack curled hair worth x o Gasoline- Stoves no one On a bill of $10.00 $1.00 per week or $4.00 per month. 83c-thls week , 4tO Beautiful Iron Bed foot 100-plcce China Dinner Set Bow extension else YO O in Omaha has thU Brass On bl11 . . worth $33.00 this \vepk . . Jf C T Rods , per foot f\ * > excellent stove for sale , rail largo brass knobs a ot * 2000r$1.25 DCr week or $5.00 per month. , * > ' Worth lOc this week L/t > Heavily lacquered Worth 'IF ' On a bill of $30.00 $1.50. week $6.00 . M-plec China Tea Set . ff Kf\ Sham Holders worth $100 but ourselves , notntth regular $13.00 this week T. * O\J r f\ ? per or per month. worth $ lG.OO-thls" Week' " ? , . . * * JW > thU week 4O standing what they might On a bill of $50.00-$2.00 per week or $8.00 per month. Toilet Set Ine'udlliR slop Ja.r Steel Ranire ( "Star Estate" ) OS ? advertise. 2-burner Gas Another Iron Bed Nicely enameled On a bill of $73.00 $2.25 per week or $9.00 per month. with ball and cover all worth $ JS.50-thls wctk. . . . O oline Stove ( not like cut ) , brass trimmings very neat stippled Bold-worth $11.00 * ' S f7R Ice Cream Freezer worth1 r\t vorth $5.60 , this week worth regular $ -5.50 u bill of $100.00-$2.50 per week or $10.00 per month. this week , j.i $300-thls week - * ef' ' o rk $3.C3. ' this > . . . . Toilet Set nicely decorated O Ortf Hat Racks worth 25c week e a bill of $200.00-$4.00 per month or $15.00 per month. worth $4.50thlsweek . . . . - ' * thU week OOo Building formerly Building formerly merly occupied merly occu- - pied by-the by the Morse Dry lorseDry Goods CoV Goods Co. ; > o < xx : green and then shooting out Into a great ; recn-walled chamber of water , the trees bout which are loaded down with orchids , each of wfclch in New York would bring a sum equal to the wages of the average workingman. Insects are plenty , bugs and nits ot every , description fall upon us as wo loat onward , and Mr. Klein tells me how a great snake once dropped down Into hla > oat from the branches above. The treca are all strange and tropical. There are rubber trees , trees loaded with alligator learo and here and there a great palm has lolsted its green head above the others. Outside of the Insects and birds the silence s almost oppressive. The soft air is heavy with peace and rest , and the ripple of the water as our long canoe works Its way on ward seems to invite us to sleep. Now a ranoo with a family ot Ind'ans passes tts , and again a great cargo boat -loaded with cocoa Is shoved along on Us way to the markets. A MILLIONAIRE'S PLANTATION. Nearly all the land above which wo have been traveling belongs to the millionaire planter whom we are to 'visit. When wo get out ot the forest we come directly Into the grazing lands ot his plantation. The grass is now under water , and his herds have been taken to the high lands on the edge of the Ande ? . We are rn a wide waste of waters , above which here and there the tops ot the wire fences are to be seen. We sail right over these fences , now anJ then passing tenant houses of bamboo thatched with palm leaves. The houses are llko thofo of Babaho > o , built high upon piles. Under each just over the water there Is a. platform on which the chickens and pigs of the owaer live within six Inches ot drowning. As we near the great white house of the planter we see more and moro of these houses. We pass a butcher shop res-ting on tbo water where are killed the animals which furnish the meat for the planters , and go by a great barn which Is also on piles surrounded by water. We tall over the front gate and land amid a lot of long steel cocoa boats on the second floor of the house , which Is a great three-story building rooted with red tiles. Here we are met by the owner , end are made to feel at home. He orders a breakfist to be pre pared for us and puts wlao and cognac be fore us. Ills two pretty daughters are now railed In to entertain us , and together we all dtlak to the better relations ot our conti nents nd Qur countries. The young women , drink bfatidyV atid when I pull out my flask we all drink again la that famous fluid which comes from Kentucky. Later on the old man Bends' an Indiin servant out to climb one of hs | cocoanut trees to give us a drink ot cocoanut milk , and then directs his men to guide u ? In canoes to the'cocoa orchard and to other parts ot his estate. LABOR AND WAGES IN ECUADOR. I talk with him as to the profits ot farming. He jays he keeps no accounts , but tbat be leaves all ( o his foreman and overseers and all that is over and above the expenses U iircxlt. This year he will harvest 300000 pounds of cocoa , which at 10 cento proSt a fjund will net him $30,000 from this source aloi.e. -i I - He ( ells me ho loses a great deal every year because he cannot get laborers to work for him , nd ( till I am told the men on this plantation owe him $260,000 In silver. This Is to a certain extent his labor capital , for the money must be worked out and a portion ofU la taken every day from the wages ot EUi debt slaves. U Is said thai slavery no longer exltti In Ecuador. II may not exist as It did In the days ot Plzarro , when the Indians were branded , whipped ana killed at th * will ef tk lr owner * , but It Is really In force through the debt laws and the habits of the peons or laboring classes which cause them to keep In debt to their masters. The wages are so low that once in debt U Is almost Impossible to get out. Here , near the coast , peons get about $8 a month , but In the Interior they do not receive over halt this , and one-tenth- of theln earnings goes to the church. The planters give their laborers twelve ounces of meat , fourteen ounces of rice or beans , a llttlo lard or salt a day. Each also gets a hat , three coarse cotton shirts and three pairs of cotton pantaloono a year and a bouse such as I have described above. Their hours of work are from sunrise to sunset , and if a man skips a day this Is charged to him. The women and children must work as well as the men. If a man runs an ay he is straightway put Into prison for debt and flays there until some other planter Is willing to pay him out and take him Into his service. Even should a man get out ot debt the conditions are such that he Is soon in again. If there Is a death In his family lie has to borrow money to bury his dead. If ho would be married the priest will charge him $6 for performing the ceremony , and If he wants a hog or a donkey It Is only by going Into debt that ho can get them. Ante to marriage , he usually prefers to Ihe with out the ceremony to paying the marriage fees , and toJay , U IB said , on this account 75 per cJnt of the births In 'Ecuador are Il legitimate. Wages in Guayaquil and along Ihe coast are mudh higher than in the In terior. . In the cities common workmen get 75 cents a day , carpenters , from $1.50 to $2 ; masons , painters 'and blacksmiths , about the tame ' , and me'n'Yervunta employed by the month , 'from $10 to $12 with board. Women receive from $6 to $10 with'board. Tallora and shoemakers receive from $ G to $12 per week and printers , bakers and barbers the same. Living Is In some respects very cheap/ but as regards Imported artKlca ex ceedingly dear. I paldl a pound for canned meats , and a camp ed which I carry with me , which 'would be worth perhaps $3 at home , caU me In Guayaquil $8 of our money. Chalrti which could be bought for 50 cento at horao co > 3t here $3. They come In pieces and are put together by the furni ture dealers. All imported articles cost a vast deal more In the Interior on'account of the excessive freight rates , there being no means for transportation over the mountains except on mules or on the backs of men. FROM BODEGAS TO QUITO. This town ot Bodegas or 'Babahoyo Is the half-nay elation on the road to Quito. Here all goola from the interior plateau between the grtut Andean ranges are-brought and adit down the fiver by raft' , .boat or steamer. Just now the floodo are such 'that the goods are brought to the town of Savineta , a day's rldo by canoe , from Bodegas and are brought by water to this point.As I .write dozers of canoes are being unloaded and their freight carried onto Jthe stea.rner. Pictur esque , halfnaked , pco'ns go along the streets with great loads of hldei > , bags of rubber or boxes of lard on their back , held there by ropes fastened above their foreheads. They are natives who have curried their goods on their backs or upon donkeys down the mountalno for sale. They work more like beasts than men , laborIng - Ing for the mere pittance' which I have mentioned above. It Is by such means tbat all freight Is carried from the seacoaM to the capital. It takes twenty-four In dian * to carry a piano , and the cost of the freight is greater by the time they reach Quito than the cost ot the piano Itself. Thus ordinary packages of goods put up In bundle * or box n of 100 pounds each form a load for a mule , and suck a load from , here ( o Quito coils iron f f U | 7 ; r from f to $70 per ton. The freight on a email boiler recently tent was $100 , and the rates far tieavy articles are such as to prohibit them. The distance of this city frcm the coast is 130 miles , and from here to Quito is 1C5 mllre. Think of paying $60 for carrying a ton of freight 165 miles and you eee one of the difficulties of developing a ttade with interior Ecuador. And still It said that a good wagon road could be made the whole way. The parses over the mountains into the valley are nearly three miles In height and the roadu are mule piths , which at this writing are almost impassable. I had ln : tended to have made the journey" to Quito and bought a'camping outfit at a cost of $55 to do It. Here , however , I urn told that owing to the recent floods It will take at least ten days of mule riding through the mud and rain , and the Brazilian minister , who has Just come through from Quito , tells me that ho had to w-ado part ot the way through water up to hla waist. The Ecu- dorlans may well zuy : ' "Our roads are for birds , not men. " There Is , in fact , only one good piece of raid In all Ecuador. Thtb is about seventy miles long and It runs from Ambata on the plateau to Quito. There la an English stage coach which carries you over It and takes you from one point to an other In about a day and a half. Ecuador has * lso about fifty-four miles of railroad. This Is a ra ron&ouge running from a statln on the River Guyas , opposite Guayaquil , to Chlmoo. The read has cars and locomo tives which were made In Pennsylvania and it was built by an American named Kelley. It Is now owned by the government and an American oyndlcato haa , I am told , a con cession to complete It to Quito , though the requisite capital , 512.03J.OOJ , has not yet been raised. The roaj now runs to the foot of the Andes , and It Is Mid by en gineers that itu completion la without doubt a mechanical possibility. As to whether It would pay or not is * uncertain , as la also the question us to howifarUlie government would contribute to Its suport. FBASTK 0. CARPENTER. On the Cblffanleorjcvery faultless dresser 3. & H. "VlOLstTS" the aristocratic perfume for the breath. Five cents. - All dealers. SlilrtplnsTXT-oiil to Cnbn. PHILADELPHIA. April lO.-The British steamer Willowdeeni called for Cuba today with 3,500 tons of coal for fne Matanzas Railroad company. This Is the last ship ment of a contract to supply 23,000 tons of coal. Regarding .tho possibility of the coal being captured In. the event of war , an of ficial of the company supplying the coal said that Inasmuch as the coal was being conveyed In a British vessel and the rail road Is operated- Englishmen , he thought It would be perfectly safe. T vo Uenit Men In a llux Car. JJPRINGFIELD. Mo.'April 18-In a box car of a 'Frisco frrlgVit train arrlvng here were found two dead men , one of IA hem had been shot n the breast and the other In the side. By tone side of one of the men wan found a pistol. , one chamber of whlcYi war empty. No other weapon could be found , and It is supposed that others had a hand. On the person of one of than men was found a painters' union card , bearing the words "P. SluendVi ; union 147 , 199 Randolph street , Chicago. " A little bay asked for a bottle of "get up In the .morning as fast as you can. " the drueglit recognized a household name for "DeWltl's Little Early Rl * rs. " and gave blm a bottle of those famous little pills for constipation , sick kscdacU , Hirer and stem- ck trevkiM. SAGO PALM OF TUDOR PLACE lelio of Bevolntionary limes in Historic Georgetown. BELONGS TO THE WASHINGTON FAMILY Come Over Inl thd Ship that PravoUcd IIONton'tt Famous Ten Party Thri\CK Well , Though a "Cvuiury Old. Ono of the most Interesting domes In hls- : orlc Georgetown ia the Tudor place. The sago palm of revolutionary fame steads in Ido Tudor conservatory In winter tad on .ho beautiful lawn In summer. It belongs to Martha Washlngton'o granddaughter , who is the oldest living descendant of the family. home Mrs. Keanco was born and has alwajs lived. Never wao a child more tenderly cared for than this sago palm , now a seml-trco. It stands , green and thrifty , above tankR of red and white camellarj , azallas and rases , needing ever a temperature ot 60 or 70 degrees. In 1775 , when the historic cargo ct tea was dumped Into Bouton tarbor , there were on board three small palms. The largest UBS carefully seat to Mount Vernon ; an other to the home of Governor Morris , In Morrlsanla , while the third was taken to ( be Pratt gardens , near Philadelphia. Tec years later the conservatory at Mount Ver- eon was burned and the palm lost. Thirty- six > cars later , In 1S13 , Mrs. Kennca's mother drove in her carriage ( a Journey of four das ) to Philadelphia , visited the Pratt garders , bought several little plants and carried them In a basket to her own grcui- house. One of them was an oft.'hcot of the original sago palm , cad toJay Is a veritable Colonial Dame or Daughter of the Revolu tion. Her three ancestors barely escaped being dumped Into Boston harbor with oilier cargo at the famous tea party. It Is now almost a century old , and haa never known another home. Its fruit Is not abundant , like the coccanut or date palm. It bears a small aprlcot-sbaped fruit only once ia several years. IM terminal budding at the end of the stem Is like a crown. Some years it unfolds Jong , slender spikes , or palm branches , but four or five times during Mrs. Kcnnon's life there has been a wonderful growth of fern-shaped , delicate leave \ soft and spongy In texture and color. She showed me last year's growth , beauti fully preserved under glass. When left on the tree , until the tap Is pretty well down In tbo trunk , they retain tCielr eliape and color many years. She told mo that she cut them a llttlo too early lanl season , and they had withered away to about talf their natural size. Uotanlsla have ex amined them with keen Interest. It appears llko a cabbage , and clowly unfolds Its yel lowish brown fern leaves , after the fashion of our house ferns. If left on the tree they die , llko blossoms under a glass dome. They have a place of honor In the beautlfu drawing room of Tudor place beside a ! ara ? case of precious relics , souvenirs of Moun Vernon , gifts from George and Martlm AN II1STO niCAL , PALM. Mrs. Brlltanla W. Kcnron is the daughter ot Colcnel Thomas Peter , bo married Martha Cuitts , and Is the widow of Commo dore Beverly Kennon , who lost bis life by the explosion of a gun upon the Princeton In 1844. The main tody of the old nous ? wai built by CoKmtT Peter in 1818. la Uila Washington to tbelr daughter and grand daughter. Mrs. Kcnaoa Id a tall , ulender gentle woman of tba oldia time , charming and courteous , welcoming vUItors to the old home , and showing them with dignity End pride thb souvenirs of her childhood sad ancestor * . She maemberi well Lxfayetle's " 0 * visit to Tudor place , when cfio was a llttlo Virginia maid of 9 jrara , and the saga palm was only 11 years old. Maxtor I'liimlipm' Amioelntlon. SAN ANTONIO , Tex. , April 16.-The Na tional Association of Master Plumbers adopted a resolution prohibiting supply houses from selling- plumbing material to any person not n member of the associa tion under penalty of withdrawing the trade of association members from such supply [ houses as violate the spirit of t'tio resolution. The following olllcers wcr elected : President , 8. I. . . Malcom , New York ; secretary , A. H. Brown , New York : vice president. P. M. Murphy , ChlcnRo ; treasurer , William 10. Goodman of Mil waukee. New Orleans was selected as tha next place of meeting. The convention ad journed slno die. Kdnnrd llrlliiniy liylnK- DENVER , April 1C. Edward Bellamy , tin nmoruH author , who came to Denver from its home In Massachusetts last fall In th tope of regaining his health , Is dying ol : onsumpton. He Is very low and the end s believed to be near. IN OLERABLE TCHING Eczema All Over Head and Faoe , Two Doctors , No Benefit. Tried CUTICURA REMEDIES with Rapid Cure. I was troubled several j cars with cutaneous diseases which developed Into chronic Ec zema , which spread all over my bead , and down on my face. I took medical treatment from two doctors and received but little re lief. Then I tried several lotions , etc. , which we had In the store , but only received llttlo relief from them. At times , the dicadful Itching bccnmo almost Intolerable. When I was heated , the Kczcma became painful , and almoit distracted me. I was ad\iwd to try CUTICUBA RKUKDIKS and ilid so , and found them all that Is claimed for them , The Ecze ma rapidly illiappe red , and I am well , with no trace of any cutaneous disease. Shall always recommend CUTICURA to all. J. EUMETT IIKKVKH Feb. 22 , ' 98. Uox 123 , Thorutown , Ind. . Baby Scratched Continually Our babe , two months old , broke out In sores. over her face and ears. She seemed to be In great misery , and would scratch continually. I noticed ) our adtertUement in our liom * paper , and supposed It would be a Rood filing for our Hadle. I uted the CUIICUBA ( olht > tnent ) and CUTICUUA BoAi-.and they wets a great benefit to her. I did not Ilka toglr * . medicine Inwardly to a child so young , but ( aw thai she must bat e oinetlilnp to drive th dlicaie out , so I cot n bottle of CUTICUUA nuoLVENT. to purify licr blood , and cave her- about ono third of tbo bottle , and your tacdl * eines hate done wonders for her. Kirs. LOUISA. ACKEUMAN , Tiffin. Iowa. 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