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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1898)
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T1iousng.l i1 o1tS ani ( I11q tbatt have ac. ciirnulat , 1 tn SlusH , tor 41rs vnIsts , BhIrt saJ. ti nn'I trimmings. In ( oiilauli , pztln ! tafteI8R , CIflIII ! ' aIli , tnffta ! . checkR , plaids nnd i rIpci. flO rnntt'r cliat t1ii oriiiial ( 'ost V.LS-FOII ( 1.Ofl. some $1.23-all on bargain qttares for this sale , 3Jc ! yard. (1 ( Yard , . f 1 tT worth 38c SEIS GO AT 15c. ! Printed l'onlards nnd plain colored iurra1 and iattns , In a greit variety of t Etyles , nil 21 inches wid' , recently sold for ; :3c : , while hwy last , aL 16c yard. . _ _ ij de Sole 39c. , i Ncw Mousseline do Sole , dotiblo width , r extra wide , finest rjunllty shown this casot. Theo uro ( ho first of our full Importations , in white. cream nod all colors-the Vc Quality nt 9c yard. I _ _ _ IN BOL1V1AS BACIi\VOO1)S \ ) .Aii Unexploreil Country of Vast Resources Giveu Up to avag Tribes. ' [ lUBBER FORESTS OF A TROPICAL LAND 'J1 ( , Czi1tl&IIHI1N Of 1lll'rII I'eru nitU the iiil IIHIIilIIM of iiII1II4fl- 1'r4pJ''is for I iI ( Oiiii1iig. , , of ifto 'i'cri1toa. ' ( Copyright , SDS , ly Frank G. Carpenter. ) LA. PAZ , HoII In , July S.-pecial Correspondence - respondence of The licu.-flolivia ) is oim of tliti Icust. ICnO'Vn countricH of thu world. Even jiow tii gcographurs are disputing aiii the ( lilfercut estimates _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ubout Its aiea , vary iy ) moore than 100,000 sItuate miles. ¶ j'iiu iimformm.ation 1 liavu on the subject comes froimi Senor Manuel r Jialilvian , the lwesk- dent. of tim La l'az Geographical society , uni.i one of the best Imosted mmmcmi upoim all such nmatters connected 'itlm this country. ieiior Halilvian tells moo that Bolivia con- talus nmuru than & 'J7.000 square nilles. Tim s.mmmo Ilgures uru given In thm Statesman's Yiar hook and Iii the o1umu on liolivia published by the Bureau of American lie- publfrs \Vnslmingtom. , . This is almost oxmo-slxtli the sie.o of time wlmolo United Stata , Including Alasia. L Is equal to bore thaim ten tatcs as big as New York , bigger than nay unmutry of 1tIrnI , itlt tiiti exceition at Itussia , and moore than ( ormnany , Frauce , Great Britain , Greece , 2 Svitzor1atid un1 Iielgtumn combined. 'lhIs vikst territory has not as mommy People S thu statu of Muasmtchusctts. I doubt If It could figure out ns many as Chicago Immis at this writing , muni the Greater Now 'ork , 'would gI'o at least oiw and a halt souls to every imumimali being now In IloIlvIa. Thu population Is cstimmmmitcl 81. QIOUL 2.000.000 , elI t id , amid of these I heliuvo that not nioru thaim &OO,000 have white blood In them. Think of gIving a territory oiio-sIxtlm tim glzo of omira aliti PrtPItIOflatciy quite as rich In Its mmntuimil resources to less than ielt limo ieoilo uf Philadelphia , anti you liavo uhomit thu cOntlitIoIIH which Prevail litmro. 'i'ho vitites lractically ) own lIoiivla , uud the other three-fourths of thu ICoPlO , 'who urn Inditums , nra their servants. Of course thelo nra n few oxceltIonu to this cIasaltIctIoim , hut us n rule It will imoid 100d , it is csPeclnliY so us regards tim ( iOIflVStiCntCl Imitliamis , who nunmher amuch moru tihllm hal t of t ho popul at ion. anti Wilt ) itro In many eases practically tim slaves itt tilt ) whites. ] icro at. 1.t ltnz thorn are itt least iivo ] nilluims to otto white , anti thu city Is anoro Intlimut titan onyttilu ; else. % red Hgtl Iv In. S 'iIio richet Itarts of Ilolivla ) ma'e not been irv'yotl , immd thorn are grcct lrorIIwes hero tvlmlelm ere raetIcmd I ) ' ti a oxploreti. 'l'hcro are sumac sections which are as unknowm as iomilra1 4frlru. niii their ln1mnhitints have 5kB curious etl4LIMIa ) Its th savmgo nlommg tliti . ctIgo of tue iiimtia. 'l'hero Is a strip of - floilviR sevomal huntiretl mulled wide and gmbout itVo huutiretl mniiejong , lying bets.tmmi 4liis ) and the bounilary pf Iiraiil , iwlilch has roureus of great ea1th. 3iavo met mcmi here 'ho b5avo traveled over- anti to Paraguay anti the rgontIne. Ti1e ) 'tell moo if vast Itlaills Upon 'vhiclm eattlo Iced In herds of thotmsaimtls. They can ho bought for ( rein 2 10 3 a head , for theru is no inoens of getting titeni to tji mar- 3mts. At lrvnt Senor I3allivian tdls moo there Is a iynttloato formed in Loudon to eonmluet these rzcl.m grali Jainis with tim 3motit of llavi4pttIon of somuc of the Amazon : brantht by imienmis of mt railway which ril1 IStmn along 4h boundary line itetween Iir.iiI ; suid ilolivia , but on lirazillan soIl. Tim roati will be irn thct line 'of ' concesioa ' trantetl to ( olcucl Church some yearj ago. : ' toni I t Itrioo % 'iit be to carry thcsu cheap emtjo to tim rubber ctmps of thu Amazon. r14vIu U'U sovcrm.l vV1w' important 1troJets # 4 : . ' EXPUTION HATS -:3---ui ro.oo Hats - : - - - $ ) for L. , Iooo o Imported l'attern hats that have been omit. at the Exposition for the past reek. All these hat9vero Imported for the dls- 1)18) ' at the Ecposltion , and are actually sortii up to $50.00 , and on Bale Momiday Ia our Millinery ( lepartment-cholco $1o.UO. $ S o , Worth $50.00. _ 75 of otlrownjatermm Hats , goods marked in our stock $15.00 , $18.00 antI $22.00. will ho mmmarkcd at ouo price in our French pattern - tern room-choice $5.00. . . Worth $15.00 , $ lSantI $22. 200 of the finest quality imported Leghorn. hats , trimmed with Moussclino do Sole , silk ribbon and Bowers-they were $7.50 and $10.00-on sale at $1.98. . ' Worth $7. 50 & 10 : Untrimmed Hats , In all the new shapes , whIte , blacic and colored , that were up to $1.50-SIn this sale at lOc. j _ Cc Worth $1.50. A great variety of Knox Shape Sailor Hats , rihhon trimmed , at Oc , 50c , $1,013 and $1.50. 5c , 50c , $ lOO AND $1.50. to build railroads In Bolivia. One s to construct liao from. La Paz to the Destia- guadero river. This hue 'would be sixty- six miles long , and Senor Ballivian says it will probably be begun this summer. An- oUter schomims is to extend the Central North Argentno railway to Sucra. This road is ziow near the Bolivian border , and It would pass through a rich cattle grazing , agricultural - tural and mining territory , and would fur- fish no outlet to the Atlantic for Bolivian products. There arc several other plans for railways train th Argentine into BolivIa. and the iay will probably come when all of eastern Bolivia will be opened up to settle- mneoL 1fY They 'Vrnvel In BolIvia. At present it is extremely dlffleult to get to any part of thl country. It took me fIve days to come to La Paz from th& coast. a dlstanco of not more than 500 mIles , and it will require at Jeast six days of hard travel for mo do reach the Pacific by the 'ay I have planned. In coining hero I had to spend two days on the railroad hefore I was landed on the shores of Lake Titlcaca. It took another day to cross that. lake , I had to wait at Chllllayn. a day , and the fifth ( lay , was aken up In the stage ride , which landed me at. La Paz. In going hack I shall bare to take three lays of liaril staging ( rain hero to Oruro , amid then have tliieo days upon time smallest. bog , narrow gauge to the worll In traveling for 600 miles over the Andes to the cn. Per the same mooney nod the same tIme I could comfortably cross the United States from Now ork to 2nn iFrancisco , a distance almost - most five ( lines as great. Anti still this is ltat they call easy and rapid travel here , The most of Bolivia Is nccessIbl only on mimics or on foot. 'Flie AmerIcan minister is arranging to iay a vieft to the capital , which is at Sucre , nail , about 400 miles from here. Ito wIlt hare to take mules or stage ( or 150 imilles to the raIlroad , anti , after a short rub on the cars. wlil take mules ngalii for a five ticys' ride through the I mnountnins to Sucre. I understand that a guard will be furnished hint by tIm 130- ilvitut government , though I should jpdge that tIm trip would ho perfectly safe without - out It. From Sucro to tlit , famous mining loan of I'otost is about 100 miles by mnulo nimil bridle path , a1l freni Oruro to Coclio- bamba , which Is a town of 25,000 , Ii is a three and one-half days' ride on horse- back. Nearly all of the large towns , iD the halt dozen towns of from 10,000 to 40,009 which embrace the largest settlements of this country can be called large , are on the lmiglmlands end in thu mountaIns , nod In mimost cases travel must ho on horse or mule back , The country botcis .nmo moore lIke stables than anything else , nod when on an out-of-Limo-way road It is almost ImpossIble to buy food ot time Indians or to secure qtiartcrs in their huts to spcmmti the night. You sleep In the Inns on platforms made of atone or sun-dried bricks anti eat. what you can get. I carry a camimp bed with me , for ( lie natIve beils are lousy and dirty. Oilier neceslties Ore 'a ' rubber coat , heavy boots , a vicuna rug and canned provisions. 'I'ropieal hal Iv In , 'I'lmis verL of BolivIa through which I ama travelIng may be saId to have a temperate climate. La Paz , In fact , is just now a lit- tie too cold for sitrlng or fall clothing and I have on to heavy suits of underwear anti the samno woolens that I wear at home to 1)eccumber. It snowed thIs afternoon. StIll. a week or so on horseback would take nie Into tropical Bolivia. 'lIme eastern part of tItle country is one of the rIchest lands in tIme vorb1 anti I ani told that it vlll be the ireat Bolivia of the future. I have suet several mmmcmt who have gone from La l'az down the rivers which how into time Amazon anti by the Amazon to the Atlautlc , They tell nie wonderful stories of rubber forests. of trees of wIld cotton , of plants wIth flber lfle silk amid of vegetatIon whIch Is so dense as to be almost impenetrable. They speak also of savages who are cannibals antI of other tribes who go nuout stark united and regard not tIme la's of ( loti nor zisitmi , At Linsa I suet a young German explorer mmmcd Kruehle , who 3att upcnt three years ha _ - - - - S. Another # it jimnenso 3 ; ; 1)UrChaso Shirt , , \ l90000h 75c Shirt Waists 19c 100 dozeii ladies' laundered shirt waists in. white lawns and colored percales , all this season ' 8 ismoko , worth up to 5c , on sale on second floor , Itic cools. worth 75c I Shirt Waists 35c 200 doeii ladies' Shire \Vaists in lawiis and per- cities , worth 85c and $ l.O0-oii sao at 35c each. worth $1.00' $1.50 Shirt Waists 49c 150 dozen fine organdy waists , Scotch gingham and . hue perca'e , on salu at 49u worth $1.50 $2.50 Shirt Waists 98c 25 dozen ladies' white pique ii 11d i\Iarsailles \ Shirt Waists- worth up to $2.50- 011 sale at OSe each , worth $2.50 traveling about through the eastern provinces - inces of Perm , and among the Indians of the far-away branches of the Amazon. He had an excellent camera with him and I Isavo had the good fortune to get some prints from Isis negatIves. The most of ( heat I dare not lubilsh , for the figures of both men anti women are entIrely nude , and the curl- ous features of lIfe which they show , while Interesting ( remit an ethnologIcal standpoInt , are hardly fit for a family newspaper. Mr. Kroohlo was many times in danger of his life. Ho was twice wounded vitii poisoned arrows anti be describes time travel through these regions as dangerous In time extreme. lie vas for a time among the head hunters of the River Nape In Ecuador and Peru and the first pictures ever taken of these peo- pie were made by him. The Nape region is full of queer people. TIm IndIans of one tribe there wear plates of wood or metal in time lobes of their cars as big around as the bottom of the average tumbler. They have their ears pierced when they amo children and at first put bits of grass and twigs in the holes to Steep them open , A little later odditional twigs are Inserted and the 1,0103 are goLd- ually enlarged , until they are as bIg around as a bracelet. I have seen in Burmah und in southern India natives who follow the same custom , It. is not an uncommon thing in flurmah for a woman to carry cigar made of tobacco wrapped In corn liuslcs anti as big around as a broomnsticlc in her car hole. These Indians go the Burnse o one bettor , but the extra expendIture they put on theIr ear hole3 they save on their dress , for botit women and men go about naked , There are other queer tribes on 'tho Napo. The river , you hnow , rises in tito Andes of Fcuat1or anti flows a distance of 800 miles before It empties into the Amazon , It is navigable for 500 tmiles from its mouth by small stoanthoats. Tim Javary river , which .fio\vs between Brazil anti Peru , is said to ho li00 inUes long. anti the Ucaylt , another branch of the Amazon , Is of .ibout the same length. The Upper Marfinon flows through Peru , anti It is navigable to Borja , a dis- lance of , G00 miles from the Atlantic. Think of a etrcamn running ncross tim Uniteti States from Now York to far beyond Salt Lake City , anti let this be navigable for small steamers , anti you have an idea of tiso pos.sib1it1es of trade on timeso Amazon branches. The Dent is another Amazon branch s'hlclt flows through Bolivia , and the 'tIamera ' and Guapon are ether Thug navigable waterways. Amuuig Ilte Cnmssiiltnl s , All of those tropical dIstricts of Peru and BolivIa contain curious tribes , There 1aro some cammnllnUs among theist who cat the lleslm of their enemies anti do not scruple to servo up baby roasts and women stews upon occasion. Some of tIto pIctures that Mr. Kroehlo took were of the cannIbal tribes. lie calls thorn the Cachiro IndIans and says they Jive along the Itlver PtichItea , a branch of the Anstazon. Others of the Indians lof these regions use blow guns and poIsoned arrows , The arrows are made of iron wood , tipped with hInts , wliicls are poisoned at. the points. Thu guns are reeds trots , ten to twelve teat long. The Imitilana use these weapons for killIng their game as s'oll as for their 'ars. 'rho slightest scratch of the arrow viil cause death , amid , strange to aLLY , tim poison does smot Injure the meat of the animals kllleti by it. The snakIng of this poIson Is kept a secret by the Indians. I ens told It. Is mantle by stic1cIng the arrows I , , jiutritied Jiummian flesh vlmJch has already been poisoned in some other way. The Poison acts very quIckly and causes death wIthin a tow moments. On time I'acbltea there are IndIans who cut their hair close anti who look much like negroes , though their haIr is brown , Thu womnoit wear waist doUses , but their legs anti tIme upper parts of their bodies are bare. In tradIng will , tlteso PeoPle it is necessary to carry a stock of goods vith you. They do miot use money , anti eli of their ticalings are by trade. Not a ( ow of them Itave gold to exclmano for hatchets , knives anti guns. They especIally like American hardware. They wash the goW. out. uf the streams antI riug it. to the " - - ¼ Rooffi 'U ' Cle ring Sa1e w ash Suits Piqucs , Lawns flULi CL'LISIiCS. One lot of superb pique dresses with $ $398 roofer 01' blazer jackets , mill the latest styles and. . . . vero $10.00 , flOW $3.9S. Worth Sb LAWN SUITS Fitse Organdy lawn iilts , trimmed with lace , that wct'o $5.00 , now $2.50. Worth S Separate Skirts One lot of wlilto plcjuo , $2.50 quality , Separate Skirts , on sale at USc. Worth 5 2.50 - 100 l1ovelly trimmed duck and linen Skirts , 1)lain and flounce effect , go at $2U an $398 High grade white and fancy lawitTrappers and Tea Gowns , beautiful and. cxciii she at and $ L traders Itt nuggets and coarse dust. They will not take a coin at all without each piece has a. hole in it. They use such pieces to make ne klaccs. It Is seldom that any of these people cuitiwato time land. There are plenty of fruits , and things grow so easIly that all that is necessary to get a. crop is to stlclc In the Seeds or plants. They burn over the ground and plant without plowing. Corn ripens at four montbs , and onlous , beaus and turnIps at three. In the valley of the Maranomi there are plantations of sugar cane. The cane Is cut when nine months old , anti the same stalks wIll produce for twelve successiyo years. In the ItntIer F'I.CSIM of hal Iv in , it is estimateti that Iloiivia now produces 'lOOOOOO pounds of rubber a year , and that the total annual product of the Amazon forests is over 45,000,000 pounds. There are rubber camps scattered all along through the branches of time Amazon , and the most of tim product is shipped down that river to Pam and thence to the United States or to Europe. Within the past year or so rubber lies been coming into La I'nz from the forests near here , and I learn that this Is one of the few good busInesses of BolIvia. I had a clint inst night with Mr. Alberto Vierland , an Austrian , who is largely interested 1mm BolIvian rubber and quinine plantations. In speaking of tile rubber forests near hero ho saId : "All of the best lands have been taken imp. but they are in the imantis of people \vito have slot capItal to develop theni and mire anxious to sell. The gatherIng of rub- her Is very costly. The Indians wimo do the work will insist on beIng paid In nd- vance. The regions are always unhealthy , as rubber grows emily in low , marshy soil , mind the best trees arc those which have their roots under water for a part of the year. The Indians are afraId of getting sick , anti they demand .hmighz wages and will stay wIth you only for a limited time. " "Is there much . 'good rubber land In Bolivia ? " I askeil. 'Ye8 , there is plenty of soil hero that wIll grow time rubber , tree , ' said Herr Vior- and , "but so far the rubber all comes from the forests. I know of only one cultivated rubber plantation In the country , and this Immis about 100 trees. In the forests you often find as many as 6,000 trees to the square mile. I have seen groves of 10,000. Tile trees usually grow in the valleys ho- low tIm eastern elopes of the Andes , They are of all sizes , from as big as your leg to the giant of the forest , 150 feet 111gb , and so large that tlmrco men could not , by joinIng hmnutis , reach around it. The tree wimlcit produces the best rubber of comnmnerce is known as tIme SymphonIc 1lastica. V'e have plenty of gtmtta Perclma trees , but these lmavo not yet been worketi. " . Cltiiee fur 'gilIlnhIstu. , "Is there much proflt in ( ito rubber business - . ness here ? " I asked. "Yes , timoro is a great deal of money to be made out of It , but only by tile use of large capital. No nina can do much witim- tiut $25,000 or $50,000 , and ha vill make proportionately a great deal mnoro if lie has $ ioO,000.'Itim this amount lie ought to smet from 60 to ' 10 ver cent a year. There is no trouble for capitalists to get rubior forests. Time best. of the innila upon which such trees grow are now In the hands of Cholos , or ilollvians with Indian blood In theta. They have taken up ( lie lands of the govoriuncut anti have no money to work tim ens. ' ' " 110w do you got the rubber from the trees ? " "It comnes out In the form of a milky white sap , " was the reply. "At tIme begin- smlng of the dry season the trees are gashed with a chisel about an inch broad. A lIttle tin cup is fitted to the tree under each gash amid the sap oozes out and drops down into the cup. Several gashes are made iii each tree , \\'hen the Indian Imas gashed a numn- her of trees ho stolls and collects the milky sap from the cups. lie pours it Into a tin Pail and carries it to the headquarters of time camp. lie pieces It somewhere In tilt , stmadti and then builds a Bro to snioko it This fire Is mnadoof wet wood or palm nuts anit It. is o aransett jut to tyi a $15 $ and $8 $ Men'sAIIWooI ' Suits , $5 ( 'e' $8 $ AND sio MEN'S ' SUITS , $25O Men1s nobby bus'mess suits , single Mcii's all wool 1)laid and. checked and double breasted , guaranteed all . 1\OO1 , I Cassimere Suits Black atid Blue , . Cheviot Serges ien' black cheviot suits- Black and gray clay worsteds. . Men's fancy Scotch ] nixel Cheviot Fancy checked. clay worsteds. . . . suits. iUl well Illade , well lillej tZLCI Silk mixed caissiiiieres . in the latest style , $500 tt tte e Worth $15 to $18. . Worth $8 and $10. E'S SUfS ' all wool suite , 1. 25-choice of ' . Boys' Young men's $7 suits $2. 50-Your the finest-BOYS' ALL 'VOOL ' ' choice of 400 boys' and youig Illell'S SUITS bieasted 5 4. Long PantsSuits 5 0 ill reeler , double ages 13 to 19 years. 9 and vestee style- . All perfect fitting . ages 3 to 15 years- _ worth _ _ _ up _ to _ $4. _ . _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ S goods , Boys' good , dura- Your choice of , ble 1,000 boys' fine , Young men's and youth's 12 suits at Wool , lncc { Pants WOOL SUITS . $3.OSYOUI' choice ofthe very finest . Cassinlere , worsthcl. V , . SIUTS I age 3 to 15 years , , cheviot 50c 95c . . Long Pant Stfts ages 13 to 1 years , all worth $1.50 worth $2.50 worth up to $12 , at. . - . . . smoke. Now the Indian takes a wooden shovel or spoon and covers it with milk. lie timemi thrusts it into the snioko and rapIdly turns it about. As the smnoko toutlies the rubber-milk it coagulates and turns from the color of rIch cream to a light gray. lIe coats his shovel aaIn and again anti at. last has a ball of rubber impon it. This is I I cut oft anti laid away to be shipped to the moarkots. A number of time balls arc PUt ; into acts. These are siumig on tim lacks of mnulcs or domikeys and are tlttl taken to Chilllaya , on Lake Titicaca , or La Paz. We have to watch the Indians that they do not put stones or dirt Into their balls of rubber to make them weigh heavier. This is the case when they are paid by the work done rather than by the day. " I'Ite LoutS of ( lilInInc. This Is the land of quinine. The bark of the cinchona. tree , from which quinine Is made , Is cahletl I'cruvlami bark , hut it would ho more in accord with time facts to call It I Bolivian hark. The host quinine of the world Is made Iron , the bark of trees grown in the mith.to of La Paz , anti Bolivia far CX- coeds Peru In t1t number of her quinine I trees , There arc millions of trees here growing on lamitatioss act out to make . money out. of thio qtiinine mnarkoL rlmeso I plantations wore established when quInine I was high and before some of the Bolivian trees iiatl been taken to India and Ceylon to start plantations. As a result of the ludiami plamitations the market became overstocketi almti qUinine fell. The bark which In 1SEC brought in La Paz $220 in BolIvian money a humuim'edweglmt ! non' sells for from $ id to $18 t hundretiwehglt , considering the difference - feronco imi the value of the Bolivian dollar by the fall of silver for about one-thirtieth what it sold for sixteen years ago. Time fall of prIces ruiuetl a great many of the 13oli'- ian cnliltalittts. More than $3,000,009 were invested In such estnte by people of L.a l'a ; and the foreign houses v1o had ad- vanceti mooney on them were severely hurt , The hark at one time was ao ow that It did not pay to cut it anti carry it to the markets , amid today , wlmile there is somewhat of a revival. the mnargimi of profit in the businces Is smuhl , I see loads of cluchona bark 'here every day. They arch rought in to thit exporters ems little tionkoys or mules , each or which carries a bundle ox , each ltio of bus hack at about 100 Iounds ) each , Time mostof thIs bark comes from wild trees which grow at time head waters of the IlenI amid Matiera rivers , It is carried for many miles through , Limo forests on men's backs and then loaded on the 4onkcys , whlclm mrmng It. 10 l.a m ' az. jts air as a can ream , there is no simoney to ho made Ia time qlmlnino business by foreIgners , Any smumber of gooti plantation3 can be bought , A rich idanter of Interior Bolivia told mo today tlmat lie could buy me 800,000 trees If I wished them ( or less than 8 cents of our mommey a tree , Thso treea would be ( room six to tea years of oge ammd mm prime conthi- tion for cuttIng down for quinIne , This mann saul timat the t.ee. would each produce at least four Pouiid of bark , Quinine trees are planted smimmo feet apart , anti at live years of age an orchard Is ready for the market. 'l'lmu trees are then chopped down antI strIpped of .tttelr bark. Sprouts spring lIP time following season front the stumps anti at time end of live yeur there Is another crop. The clnehona trce3 grow wllit almost - most everywhere tbatthe rubber 'tree grows. They are ofteim mery tail anti bavo a snag- alilcont crown of foliage , which is of suchm a color that the quinine imumiter can pick it. out a long tiistancu in looking over the trees of a forest. forest.FRANK FRANK ( I. CAlti'ENTIiII. IVhmilo the rmegotlatbous were on at San- ttago General Toral remarked , whemi rim- minded of hIs hopeless condition , that ito could die lightIng. But thought lire worth iving anti surrenthereth. In that re- garti iso displayed time wIsdom of time IrIsim- man who. tvtmemm near hut end , was urgeti to turn his thoughts to time hereafter , whis. pered , "Alt , Fatizer , this is a good cnoulm 2r1d whatever , " , 5 AN AU'IIIOR ' IN \VOR.KSIIOP \ A Glimpse of the Oharming Home Life of rrank B. Stockton. ECCENTRICITIES OF A STORY TELLER how lie CintisifleM hiM Fellow WrIters -IIoflk , l'iet , ir's tutu Auto- rniIis A1idA Lit. ca-ary Meiimigcrie. Mr. Frank Il. Stockton dot's not believe that all men are equal in time imyc of time literary law. 'rho booka of his fellow authors are by him read. relmalic I ammil tiiemi , both the volume anti its muaker nrc , if they secure in any degree his interest nntl admiration , severely classilled. It is one of the amusements of Mr. Stock- ton's leisure hours to register mtutlmors amid their works in any one of time degrees from the first to time fourth , in witich , according to his judgment , he thumbs they belong. On top it his comnforfa'so residence , at Comi- vomit Station , N. J. , is a glass house in whmlcit the author 0 ' "File IttitIjor ( runge" delIghts to pliy. here is his precious coilec- lion of writers' t)0r.4iL5 amil little biogra- pimies anti ant3c'tl.mlto : comiccrnlmg theimi , which lie has ciippa.i froni newspapers , magazines , etc. Not every vialtor 10 the Stocktomm home is carrIed imp lmcre by the master thereof mmd aliowi'tl to enjoy its cc- centric charm. Theme to whom tlmi privilege Is granted come down amused and thelighmted and not a little instructed by what they see , for It Is a pleasant thing to know how all able author estimates his contemnpora- ries. ries.On one side of thmIa glass house are raageti time authors who stand first in Mr. Stockton's cstlmatloli. On the next side are piaceth those who foil a little below time highest standard , then come writers in time third degree of his affection anti occupying the third sitlo of the room , while it small group take the fourth place and fourth vall. hiobcrt Louis Stevenson , Dunios cmiii Kilt. hug are found well up In the first rank , for even amomig his prize poets anti authors timero are some that take prccedeno , anti us a rIsing genius develops onti puts forth now books , his picture nod blograpimy moves back and forth. Sometimisess a man or woman will gt a place emily In the third rank , on the strength of first good work , and , as time goes on , time ) ' IUUY climb up into second or even Into time first grade , or rapIdly retire into lImo list , of the "fourtlm class after having been cautiously advanced , Tlmero are these ivhmo mnay disagree with Mr. Stockton in hIs hit- crsmry judgment , nmmti may fail to hind on time i'nlls of time glass lmouso names and faces that mimake a great stir iii the woriti of books , none time less his systemmi is both InterestIng and anmusimig , But there urn classes wltimin classes , no observer will find , as lie examines ( lie Stockton literary menagerie. For example , there 4s a collection of soon who write anti tb timings beslile , of which Mr. Stockton Is very pmoilti. hero are seemm time faces of Dr. \'lcr Mitcimehl , Ilopkbnson Smith , , Captain Maban , 1iclnmrti { 'Watsomm Gilder , ltimnunti Clarence Steatiinan anti Iciward Ii. hale. Over against these stood time simon In whmoni AIr. Stockton believes , thoimglm they are hardly consIdered ripe enough ( or an Olyin- plaml p05111011 on the honor sub of time wall. Owen Wister , Jliciard ) II. Davis , Stcplmen Crane , Stelilien Bonsai mind a half dozen othermi are hero. Down in his ivehl filled liimrary the books of ninny men further mmttst to time mile' pemidemico of Mr. Stocktomm's literary ( usto , amid his love ( if clasiflcation. Iii one east , are gat.itered nil the volumes that their aim. ( liars have over presenteti , ivitim their signa lures , to the Stockton Imousehoid. 'j'imey are a precIous collection of autographs nionc , In tile other book eases a ivonclerfslly variegated array of blntiimig are tlispiayetl , aiicf Mr. Stockton hastens to assure the vibitor that be never cohti-bioodcdly goes forth and ilml's UP a neat cosmipiete editiomi of an author. it ho reads a voltmnio amid likes it , ho will promptly ptmrchmaso , but ho cares not a pin whether the book Is clothmeti in greemi or bine , whether it. is 1mm cmiii or two voiimnmcs. amid whether its threes ncords with thiat work by other works lie possesses by time imamno writer. There Is but two inca whose every written worth ho moifliclemitly loved to buy and keep. They ore Robert Louis Stevemison anti Charles Dickens , while of Tlmnclcery's works Ime cures emily to pos- 5059 0110 or two volumes. All the others he has read , but has never found theni suihi- clently sympathetic to guarantee liurchaso mind houseroom , nmmtl , to warrant ownershIp of a volume. Mr. Stockton fee1 iso must love It for its Individual salt , and for the joy ho can extract by constant assocIatIon witim it. 1 jtmim.itious. Forty-six years ago fllhop McLnren was a reporter on i-i. Clevcinnti i'aier anti t'itli 0110 nssistnmmt juttl to cover the entIre city iii every i'ay. lie was uccecdctl by Ar- teinus Wnrti. Au oflicer in tim army writes hmonme that a cosnmnimimIon service was recently livid Ia connection with his mogiuient. Au hmmdiana clmaplaimi olilclatcti , iisiimg the gun-carriages ftr tables. nrounti which thu soldiers reverently - ontly knelt. , The mmliii or time i3rotimerliooti of St. Paul , / a coimiiarntIvcly now organization in the Methodist church , Is to forward systematic Cimrlstian work by anti for moon. It atlimilts itiorni mmmcmi of any nge over 15 to an Initiatory - tory degree. It is riot a secret society. 11ev , IJwlght L. Mootly has Isstmeti invlta- tionmt ( or the uixtei'ntlm mtemmerai hiblo con- ( t'ruimco to ho hmt'ld at Northiflelti , Mmiss , , July 29 to August 18 , A nummibc'r of minted mlii- litters ivill imarticipate as slii'akers amid teachers. Ira I ) . Sankoy will bail time sing- Ing. Ing.Mr. Mr. Strati says that time news which elmceretj Glimmisiomie immost during hum last try- log muntims vsms thmi , report that his grand- tlauglmtor , a bright girl of 20 , had decliled to Imo ii immissionury. "To isis illuimilned eye nothing In ( isis world ns wortim talking ot or living for except the eonimnission to Preach Clmrist. " Time Immdcpentlcnt says that "time day of trials for heresy is about past. it is roe- ogmmizeth as aim antiquated , ineffectIve stud hiirmfmml way of dt'aiIiig with heresy. Pros- byterlamis are so thmorougimly convinceti that such trials work a vast amount of lmarut and rio good that they are tletermluemi now to avoid tlmemmm aim far as Itoesiblo. " 11ev. Frauds Brooks Doherty , time famous Pauilst mmilaalonary , lies gone vith ( eiiermmi Merritt to the I'imiilpplmmcs , whom lao ivilt carry oil the religious work for wimich ho is famous. 150 quietly mimiti unostentatlously tiitl lie sail ( lint few evemi of his friemidmi knew of imis pIatis imotil after lie imad gone. It is altogetimcm itrobablo timat an emncr gemmoy conference of ( liii varioiiii niissioimary hoards vIil soon be hicimi ( or time lmtmmlioso of arrmtnk'Imig a 1)15mm ) for the occupation of time i'lib I I p p1 ho I si auth. ( 'imba mm mid l'orto Riot , ( or mnimtmiloimliry work. 'h'ho l'resbyteriun itoartl imait already moved him time imiutter and np- Imointed ii. coinimilttco to confer vitim the dit' ( eremmt organlzatlonmi imloii time subject. The American 'I'ract society hiatt mmmoro titan 400 imUbhiCittiolm8 in tIme Spanish lamm. guago and will make an effort to ilut. it Sjmanlslm primer anti New Temttamieimt in tile nimbi itimil will- hands of every Cuban fasniiy immg to rt'ati ( bern us soon as time war iii over. Its labors imi other ilpanlttli iieldmi , Mexico 1mm iturtlcimiar , have lteeIi tilligemmt umiii itrotracteti anti mmot wititomit cncotirmmglitg results , wliicim suigiit lmavo itceim gre&mt r If It had followed inittt'ittl of , in many dasemi , preceding time sclmoolinaster. T1m3 immcOmiio of time Episcopal church In time Unitetl Stales ( or the last Iiscai year , accord- igmg to time best tutitlcmi available , was , 1mm round nummiberim , $12,750,000. Of This amount Ihe elmurcim mtpemmt on Itself $12,40,0O0 $ imimit ( or foreign smilsmttoimt 283,000 , or ices than 2 ½ Per cent of Its Ixmcomae. Of time mimnouut sitent at litimno eli Itmilf only about * 400.000 was given to miomnemitie immisslons. leaving over $12,000,000 Itliit , for time cuiurci , aitd dioceses. \\'Ithm a body of Amnericaim eicrgymnn numn- bcrliig 4,078 only twenty-eight American ministers ent to time foreign fleW ,
