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THE OMAHA DAILY IIEU : SUNDAY , A1TCrPST 21 , 3808.
This is the Great Week for Money Savers 4 " v ,
$1.50 Kid Gloves 59 c I6th and Douglas Fancy Extra Special Trimmed Boys' ,
1,000 , pair exceptionally fine quality Omaha.
now kid plover , black nnd nil colors $2 VESTEE SUITS
Including white , In button , clnan
nnd Foster hook. In this lot you will for little follow ? , fancy
,1ml Homo of the finest gloves shown
In Omnlm. Those nro lots of which PROPRIETORS. trimmed , navy blue , coat ,
wo huvoonly small qimntltles , noino pants and vest.
go of thorn on Bargain are Bllirhtly Square mussednnd , at , all Grand bargains just bought at forced sales at figures that will allow us to sell goods in this way Sc for strictly
59c Worth Dollar and a a all linen , hemmed , huck towels , a yard long. 15c for changeable brocaded silks , 39c for yard wide black and col 85c
Hall1. ored China silks. 49e for black brocaded silks and satins , 29c for new imported pure wool dress goods.
4 GREAT
BARGAINS
IN
DEPARTMENT.
75c Silks for I5c
75c changeable Brocaded Silks
all beautiful
combinations ,
entire waists or
suitable for cloak
linings , on bargain
square at15c
yard
SI,00 Black China Silk 39c
20 pieces yard wide black and
colored China
Silk , guaran
teed § 1.00
quality , in
silk dept. at
89c yard. . . .
75c Figured Silk for 25c
50 pieces to select from in
Figured Tou-
lards , large and
small figures ,
all beautiful colors ,
including the now
polka dots , on bar
gain square
98c Brocaded Silk for 49c
DO pieces black Brocaded Silks
and Satins , small and large
designs just
the thing for
skirts or en
tire suits , in
Bilk depart
ment
CRUSOE'S ' DESERT ISLAND
The Famous Habitat of EobinMn Crusoe
Immortalized in Story.
CHILI PLANNING TO COLONIZE IT
Rich Senl nnil CoA FUlierto nnd Over
run with Wild GoaU-Itcllci of
Selkirk How the
Look * lit 1SOS. '
( Copyrighted , 1S98 , by Frank G. Carpenter. )
VALPARAISO , Chili , July 25,1S98. ( Spe
cial Correspondence of The Bee. ) Robinson
Crusoe's island is to bo colonized. The
gorornment of Chill has just adopted reso
lutions to that effect , and by the time this
letter shall have been published an inspector
will have been appointed , and in all prob
ability a number ot now inhabitants will
have been carried to the Island of Juan
Fernandez. Within the past few weeks
the president of Chili has visited this island
on a tour of inspection , and both himself
and hU officials report that it can bo made
of great value to the country. It has been
decided to give each settler a house and a
certain amount of land , end the idea is to
tnako a large fishing colony there. Tbo cod
fish which are caught off the shores of Juan
Fernandez are especially fine. They swarm
about its shores , and , in connection with
lobsters and other shellfish , might form the
basis of a great industry. There are also
many seals , walruses and other marlno ani
mals la tha waters near by , and the main
land has In its woods many wild goats , wild
beep and wild mules. There are parts of
the island which are very fertile , and it
Is thought that they can really be made a
valuablg property.
The lleiil Itolilnion Crntoc.
The Island of Juan Fernandez lies Just
about 400 miles west of Valparaiso , in the
South Pacific ocean. It can only bo reached
by special steamers , which make excursions
there once or twice a year , nnd it will not
bo possible for me to visit It at this time.
X have , however , met members of the presl-
dent's party , who have Just returned , and
have also hod the assistance of Mr. Bponcer
of Santiago , an American photographer , who
accompanied the expedition. Ueforo
I describe the Island ns U Is In this
year of our Lord 1S98 let mo tell you some
thing of its history , nnd how It came to bo
the inspiration for that wonderful tale of
Robinson Crusoe. The story dates back to
1704 , almost ZOO years. At that tlmo an
English ship of ninety tons , known as the
Cinque Forts , was sailing through the South
Pacific ocean. Upon It was the first reel
Hoblnion Crueoa. Ho was a Scotchman ,
named Alexander Selkirk. Ho was the sail
ing master of the ship , but for some reason
or other fell out with the captain , and one
etory Is that ho headed a mutiny and was
given the choice ot being hanged nt the
yardarm or ot being placed on this desert
island of Juan Fernandez. Ho accepted the
latter alternative , and , with a small supply
oC provisions , ho was landed In what Is
new called Cumberland bay. This was in
September , 1704. He lived there for four
yearn and four months , when the English
privateer. Duke , waa attracted by bis watch
tire and came to anchor at the island and
carried him home to England.
During his stay Selkirk had many of the
adventures described in De Foe's book , nl-
thouxh De Foe , having a better knowledge
of the Islands north ot Drazll , in the Carib
bean sea , has made much of his story cor
respond to these in Its descriptions ot
conerr , products and climates. Tbo skele
ton or plan of D Foe was undoubtedly
uggei'Ud by Selkirk's adventures , and you
M almost trace poor Roblasoa Crusoe' *
Bargains in
Dress Goods
69c Dress Goods for 29c
40 pieces Pure Wool Dress Goods ,
in novelties , all of them lovely
blending col
ors contain
ing the new
est shades , on
special sale on
bargain square
at 20o yard
f > 0 inch
Novelty All Wool Ladies' ' Cloth-
including 80 pieces black
French serge ,
either plainer
or fancy
weaves' , the
75c quality
reduced to. .
Imported English Novelty Cloths , in
fancy weaves , all of them in
the new colors , forming hand
some combina
tions , imported j
to sell at $1.00
yard , but Mon
day at one-half
price
High Art Novelty Dress Goods
All our own importation , in
pure silk and wool , on sale at
$1,00 , SI , 50 ,
$2.00 and $2,98
yard in dress goods depart
ment.
wanderings in the story of .Selkirk and Juan
Fernandez. In the first place , the terrors
which assaulted Selkirk when he found him
self all alone on this wild spot were the
same as those of Crusoe. Ho wished for a
time that ho had chosen to be hanged rather
than have come ashore. I don't know about
the finding of the footprints in the sand ,
but shortly after Selkirk came an Indian
was lost In the woods , having landed with a
party which Selkirk did not see. This
Indian he adopted and his story concerning
him was the foundation of Robinson Crusoe's
man Friday. You remember the nursery
rhyme na to how Robinson Crusoe waa
dressed :
"Poor old Robinson Crusoa ! Poor old Rob
inson Crusoel
Ho made him a coat of an old Nanny goat.
I wonder how he could do so. "
Well , when Selkirk was found , according
to the narrative of Captain Rodgers , who
took him to England , "he was clad in goat
skins and was running about as though
crazy. Ho had built a fire upon what Is
now known on the island as Robinson Cru
soe's Lookout and had In this way attracted
the ship's attention. The Lookout is an
immense hill , which rises almost straight
up from the shore and the top of which can
b seen for miles around.
Hn-vr De Foe Wrote Iloulnnoa Crusoe.
| When Selkirk arrived In London his story
became the talk of the town. It was told
In all the clubs and coffee houses and Sir
Richard Steele described Selkirk's
adventures in one of hU papers. Ho
tells how Selkirk at first landing In England -
, land seemed to have lost the character of
the average man by his solitude , but how
later on this strangeness were off. Selkirk
published a little pamphlet ot twelve pages
describing his wanderings. The bulk of
[ the story of Robinson Crusoe , however , was
from the brain of Daniel De Foe and It was
his genius that made It the greatest story
of adventure the woVld has ever known.
! It was written in London and was first
published 179 years ago. A copy of the
unabridged and original edition Is to bo
seen In a glass case In the British Museum
library. Later editions have been consider
ably changed , and It Is said there are few
I books which have been so mutilated by
the printer. Robinson Crusoe is now to be
| found in almost every known language. It
baa been printed in Spanish , German ,
Italian , Russian , Greek nnd Arabic , and
when I was In China a few years ago I
was told that a Chinese edition of the
story was exciting the youthful minds
among the celestials.
HIMV the lalniiil Look * in 1808.
Had Robinson Crusoe been really cast
upon Juan Fernandez he would probably
have suffered more than ho does in the
story. The Island is bleaker and colder than
Do Foe's picture of it. H is only twelve
miles long by about seven miles wide , but
parts of It are the picture of desolation. It
is a great mass of rocks , which rises up
wards from the waters for more than a
thousand feet. It Is made up of bills ana
mountains , of little ravines nnd valleys.
The northern half of the Island is covered
with a dense vegetation , as Mr. Spencer's
photographs show , but the southern halt Is
| as bleak and bare as the western slopes ot
j the Andes In the rear of the Peruvian
desert. The most of the shores nro Inac
cessible. The best landing place Is at Cum
berland bay. nt which point there Is now
a fishing settlomeut which includes about
nil the people of the Island. There are , It
is said , only fifteen people now living there ,
llack of the settlement on the bay there
are cottages , or straw huts , which once
formed the homes of quite a number ot
settlers who lived hero. These huts ore
made of cano wattled with straw. There
are gardens about some of them , and atone
ono time there was an agricultural colony
hero. One man attempted to start a
stock raising plantation , and ho bad , It Is
Mid , as many as 30,000 head of cattle and
an equal number of sheep crazing la the
THE BIG LINEN
A sale long to be remembered takes place in our linen department tomorrow. Never
before have we had sncli bargains. Through a fortunate circumstance wo bought from the
United States customs house 15 cases of all kinds of linen towels , damasks , napkins , scarfs ,
tray cloths , etc. , etc. , and they will be on sale tomorrow for the first time.
All the strictly
ALL LINEN
Huck
Towels
made to sell at 15c ,
very large size , go to
morrow at Sc each. This is
a big opportunity for hotels ,
boarding houses , etc.
All the fine knotted /
fringe All Linen Damask 5/1
always
ask Towelsthat -
ways soil nt - ' . > c , ice tomorrow at
lOc. Tills Is u rare bargain.
All the Finest TowelS that generally -
orally sell at 35c M & > O
and 50c , fine handljl fl U I
drawn work pure linen Qj | JJJ
huck towels , natln
( humirtk and long
knotted fringe broche
border novelty towels ,
all in one big lot at lOc.
AII the Toweling
this lot , heavy Barns-
ley , huck , crash , real
Russia crash , etc. , all
kinds , made to sell up to 19c ,
wo put them all in ono
lot at 7c yard.
the In MUSLIN *
Wo will sell
UticaXX Muslin ,
there is no bettor muslin
made it is the lOc quality
for tomorrow only we will aoll
three cases of it at 5c yard
worth
Ten
Cents.
valleys on the north ot the Island. Of late ,
however , I am told that this business hat
almost entirely disappeared , the cattle are
allowed to go wild , and there are now on
the Island wild sheep , wild goats and wild
luules. I give this statement on the au
thority ot Photographer Spencer.
There U no doubt but that Juan Fernan
dez is a rich Island ns far as the soil of the
northern part of it is concerned , and with
this new colonizing scheme It may support
quite a. largo number of people. The hills
are covered now with wild oats , and there
is good grass In every open spot. The fruit
trees planted more than a hundred years
ago by Selkirk and others have reproduced
themselves , and there are many wild fruits ,
while the grapes which you find In the
woods are ns delicious as those which Rob
inson Crusoe dried for raisins. There are
peaches , pears and quinces growing wild ,
and also wild vegetables. A peculiar plant
Is the panga , which has leaves forming a
cup as big as an umbrella. This fills with
water when It rains and stays full as long
as It is cloudy. When the sun comes out It
begins to wilt and the water flows out
Iloblunon Crusoe' * Cave.
There are a number of cave * on Juan Fer
nandez and several are pointed out In which
it is said that Alexander Selkirk lived. One
of these , \\hlch lies In a ridge ot volcanic
rock , is as largo as the average parlor with
a roof from ten to fifteen feet above the
floor. The door to this cave Is about fifteen
feet high , and Its extent to the rear at least
thirty f et. It shows signs of having been
lived in. There are little holes , or pockets
scooped out of the walls , such as are men
tioned In Robinson Crusoe's description ot
his cave-home , and hero and there on the
walls you see rusty nails , which -wore once
used by those who have lived here In the
past. It is said that the cave was the re
sort of the buccaneers who once ravaged
the coast and ships ot this part of the
world. The nails may have been driven into
the walls by them , atul from the same
source probably comes a stone oven , which
has been built in the rear of the cave. Other
caves are covered with fernd and the vege
tation is so luxuriant that It Is easy to Im
agine that Selkirk , like Robinson Crusoe ,
might have set out hedges about his caves ,
nhich would soon have become walls of
trees and have hidden them from view.
At ono tlmo Chill had a penal settlement
on Juan Ferdandez. More than 1,000 crimi
nals were kept hero under the Charge ot
a governor and guards. You can still see
the ruins of the fortifications of that time.
Ono ot the sights of the Island are the
damp nnd fern-covered dungeons which
were dug out of the bluff facing the har
bor. These dungeons were among the most
horrible over constructed by Spanish
cruelty for the torture of men. They were
entered by vaulted passages which led from
ono damp chamber to another. They were
without ventilation nnd were as dark as
Egypt , at the tlmo of tho'plague. Some of
the cells were far underground and were
so small that their occupants could not
stand upright within them. The prisoners
at ono time murdered the guards and 300
of them escaped and landed on the shores
ot Chill. Hero they were captured and
were taken to Valparaiso and shot. The
other prisoners who had been left upon the
Island escaped , and by different ships found
their way to other countries.
Alexander Selkirk' * Monument.
There is a monument to Selkirk on the
Island of Juan Fernandez , It Is a mar bio
tablet set In the rocks at Robinson Cru
soe's "Lookout. " It was placed there by
Borne English naval officers about thirty
years ago. The inscription reads as fol
lows :
In Memory of
Alexander Selkirk ,
Murlner ,
A native of Largo , In the County , of Fife ,
Scotland , who lived on this Island
In complete Solitude , Four years
and four months.
He wo * landed from the Cinque Ports.gal.
> Icy , 8S tons , 18 pins , A. E > , l M ,
All the
Unbleached
Damask
72 inches wide ,
pure all linen ,
would be cheap
at 50c ,
go at 29c yard.
All the
German All Linen
Damask
extra heavy quality , 'always
sell at 75c and
Sac yard , go tomorrow -
morrow only
at 50c yard.
All the Fine Quality
Bleached Irish and
German Damask
if bought in the
regular way would
retail at $1.25 , on
sale tomorrow at
11 CALICO
To make room for all the
now calico now arriving ,
wo will sell
Our entire stock of Calico
all kinds , worth up to Sic
nt 3ic yard
worth
was taken oft In the Duke , priva
teer , 12th February , 1709.
Ho died Lieutenant ot II. M. S. Weymouth ,
A. D. 1723 , aged years.
This tablet IB erected near Selkirk's lookout
By Commodore Powell and the officers
ot H. U. 8. Topaze , A. D. , 16GS.
The uninhabited Galapagos islands , off the
coast ot Ecuador , have moro recently had
an Alexander Selkirk. This man was de
serted by his companions and when found
years afterward he was quite naked and waa
carrying a pig on his back. Ho had lived
upon fruits and roots and had caught wild
cattle In traps and had killed them with a
spear made of a pocket knlfo tied to a stick.
His but was made of the hides of such
cattle , of which there were a number on the
Island , having been left there years ago ,
when the place was used as a penal colony
for Ecuador ,
A Ullllon Dollar * from n DuiiKlilH.
Other Interesting Islands are found in
the creat archipelago which lies between
here and dope Horn. These 1 shall travel
among on my way around the southern end
of South America. The most Interesting of
all the Pacific islands , however , are the
Guano islands. They are , in proportion to
their size , the richest Islands of the world ,
for they have already added more than
Jl.000,000,000 to the world's wealth. Think
of pulling $1,000,000,000 out of a dunghill.
That Is what Peru has dug out of Its Guano
islands. Its creditors are getting something
out of tbcm today , although nothing like the
enormous sums realized in the past. These
guano islands are scattered all along the
coast of Peru. I first saw them north of
Lima , near the shores of Salavary , and at
Pacasmayo a guano ship from the Lobos
islands came in for mail and provisions.
Off the Bay ot Pisco , Peru , I saw the
famous Chlncha Islands , which have pro
duced more than 12,000,000 tons of this bird
manure , and have brought Into the Peruvian
treasury mllljons upon millions ot dollars.
The shipping of guano Is going on from these
Islands today , although the deposits are to a
largo extent exhausted. The American firm
of Grace & Co. of Lima has the contracts
for loading the ships and they have docks
nnd machinery at the various islands for
getting the guano out of the earth nnd on to
the vessels. I am told that the shipments
of the current year will not probably ex
ceed 30,000 tons.
The Guano islands are merely masses ot
volcanic rocks which have risen up out of
the ocean. They have not a blade of grass
nor any green thing on them , and are
merely rocky Islands covered with n rag
ged white deposit. It never rains upon
them , nnd for thousands of years the manure
upon them lay and grew in quantities from
ago to age. For some reason or other the
pelicans , sea gulls and other birds which
feed by the million * in the waters of these
parts of the world have chosen these
Islands as their nightly roosting places.
They pick out certain .of them and ago
after ago , year after year , and night
after night they fly to them by thousands
and there rest. There are often other
Islands near which to all appearance are
quite as desirable , but which are un
touched. Even the disturbance caused by
the removing of the guano docs not seem
to prevent the birds returning to their
roost. On the Chlncha Islands , which were
supposed to bo entirely exhausted , fresh
deposits of guano have recently been made ,
and in 1891 30,000 tons ot new guano was
actually shipped.
"Where the Guano Conic * From.
Nearly every one knows that guano Is the
excrement of birds. A sea gull , which is
one of the .smallest of the guano-producing
birds , will drop .from four to six ounces of
excrement a' day , and In < the breeding sea
son of Un weeks about twenty-eight pounds !
Other birds produce more , and the many
little deposit * 'throughout the ages have
made these r i quantities. Guano has ,
i however , olher'things mixed with it , The
GRAND SPECIAL BARGAIN
NAPKINS
Splendid Opportunity for Restaurants
to Lay In & Supply.
All the German
Damask Napkins .
that always Mill at 1H
81.U5 , nil pure linen , !
go at O'Jo dozen. 1
All the heavy All
Linen Damask
Napkins that generally -
orally ' oil at 91.50 dozen ,
po at use dozen.
All the 25c , 3oe nnd 30c grade Jj f f\ \
Turkey Red 1 IIVJ '
19'
Damask , all in one
big lot at 19c yard.
Big bargain in DreSSBf Scarfs
and Tray Cloths at
5c I9c 25c and 50c
Many big bargains in this lot.
Special bargain in 2i
yards loner
Hemstitched $139
Table Cloths
worth $2.50 , go at $1.39.
These are rare bargains.
LAWNS
Grand Special Sale.
\Vo will offer our entire stock
of Lawns , Organdies ,
Dimities , Jaconetsetc. ,
remotuber your pick of the
entire stock nt OJo yard ,
These formerly Bold up to23c.
3 ?
ORGANDIES
All the
French Organdies ,
That sold from 25c to 50c , wo
offer thorn tomorrow romcmber
chulcc of our entire stock at IS'ic
there novur was such an olfur
before i
121 worth
material taken from the beds Is made up
also of dead seals , who crawl upon the
guano rocks -to die. There are thousands
ot sealskins mixed with the bird manure ,
and not long ago 500 tons of such skins
were excavated from ono guano deposit.
The birds which make the guano are of
many kinds. One ot the chief species Is
the pelican. I have seen these ungainly ,
big-billed birds In such flocks that they
fairly darkened the face of the ocean as
they flew- over U. They feed upon the
fishes , nnd wherever you see a flock of
pelicans you may bo sure there Is a school
of fish near by. The bills of the pelicans
have great bags of yellow skin under them
and they use these as nets to scoop up the
flsh. They are the gluttons of the sea nnd
air , and often gorge themselves to such an
extent that they cannot rise from the
water , but reainln there until sufficient of
their food- has digested to lighten their
weight. About the Lobns Islands there are
always millions of pelicans. The waters
are black with them , and as you near the
islands you see them by the thousands
seated on the rocks. They seem to be so
ciable creatures nnd they hunt In flocks.
They are but little afraid ot man , and ns
you near the Islands they seldom move
without you go right among them. The
guano ot the Lobos islands is found in
pockets covered with layers of sand which
often vary in thickness from two to fifteen
feet. The sand is shoveled oft and the
guano Is then taken out. As It Is dug into
a strong smell ot ammonia rises , and the
men generally wear Iron masks over their
faces to keep the ammonia dust out of
their mouths , noses nnd lungs. The stuff
U a good deal llko fine sand and It la very
penetrating. The guano is first loaded on
trucks nud carried on a tramway to the
ehoro , where It Is transferred to the ships ,
to be taken to Europe or America. I am
told that a ship load of guano does not smell
nt nil badly after a f.sdays. . The am
monia of the upper crust parses off and you
cannot notlco the filthlncss of the cargo
without going down Into the hold.
Cl u I in for JIuiulredN of Million ! .
When Humboldt visited South America in
1804'ho called attention to the value of the
guano beds on the Chlncha Islands. They
were then sixty feet deep and ho said there
was enough manure on them to enrich the
worn out lands of the old world. The de
posits , however , were not thought to be of
vnluo by the Peruvians until nearly half a
century later , when a Frenchman named
Cochct called attention to them and claimed
one-third of all the product by right of dis
covery. Ho traveled from place to place nnd
picked out Islands from which It Is said that
moro , than $1,200,000,000 worth of guano was
sold. Ho was declared by the Peruvian con
gress as the true discoverer of tbo beds
and uses of guano and In 18(0 ( a grant of
C.OOO tons of guanowas voted him. Ho never
got It , however , and , although his claim by
right of discovery , which , according to their
Peruvian law , gave the discoverer one-third ,
aggregated over $400,000,000 , ho died In a
poor house In Paris , Another discoverer ot
some of the guano Islands was treated In
the same way by tbo Peruvian government.
This was a naturalized American citizen
named Landrcau. Ho discovered guano de
posits which were worth about $100,000,000
and , according to the Peruvian law , should
have had $133,000,000 from them. It was. It
Is said , through his discoveries that Peru
was able to get a loan of Europe of $200-
000,000 , but uhen It came to the question
of paying Landreau ho was cut off without a
cent. Just before the war between Chill and
Peru a number.ot Americans bail formed
what was * called the Peruvian com
pany. They had bougbt up the
rights of the heirs of Cochet and
Laudreau and were attempting to make the
Peruvian government pay back something
of the enormous sums claimed by them a *
heirs , of Cochet and Landreau. It Is 'from
tbo prospectus Oj ( Us company , which wai
SPRINGer
or
SUMMER
IN THE HOUSE
as well as a great many
FALL and WINTER SUITS
SUITS WORTH
$15.00 $18.00 $20.00 1 $22.00
Take
Your
Pick
for
$2 All Silk Taffeta Parasols 59c.
100 pure silk taffeta parasols
in all colors of the rainbow , to
match any suit , heretofore . sold at J2.00 ,
in this clearing sale SOc. _
$2,50 Plaid Taffeta Silk Parasols $1,00 , 0
50 plaid pure silk taffeta parasols , Q 1
all beautiful combinations , heretofore -
fore sold at $2.50 , clearing sale price
$10,00 Parasols $3,50 , fl
All the highest price novelty J
parasols , chiffon , lace and ribbon . §
$1,00 Umbrellas at 46c 1.000 twilled
serge umbrellas ,
$5 Changeable
Parasols $1,50
200 changeable
talTctasllIc parasols
In nil changeable
combinations , largo
size , heretofore ut
* 5.00 , on sale at
$1,5O
$2 Umbrellas 98c
1,000 assorted silk
serge umbrellas , a
great variety of
fancy handlcahoro-
toi'oro sold at $2.00 ,
go at
at98c
given me before leaving the United States
by Colonel Dick Thompson , our former secretary -
rotary of the navy , that the above state
ments are taken. This prospectus was not
Intended to be given to the newspapers , and
the extent of the scheme has , I think ,
never been published. Its advocates brought
the matter before concrees. Secretaries ot
State Fish and Evnrts both made reports
upon it , and President Hayes In one ease
called the attention of congress to it. It
never made any headway out here , and It
Is now , I suppose , dead , for the guano
Islands were given over to the Peruvian cor
poration , an English syndicate , years ago
as a part consideration of its assuming the
Peruvian foreign debt. Peru is practically
a bankrupt country , but when the claim was
made it was rich , and the claimants ex
pected to got at least a large part of the
half billion dollars to which they said they
were entitled under the law.
Tin : Ganiio Iied of Todny ,
Guano Is not worth so much today as It
was years ago. The product Is now com
paratively nothing. Other fertilizers have
taken Its place and Its price Is less than
half what it once was. There have been
limes when this bird manure waa sold for
$100 a ton. Today It can bo bought , I am
told , for $30 or $40 a ton. The first ship
ment to Europe was made more than fifty
years ago. At that tlmo twenty barrels ot
guano were taken to Liverpool and tried on
a farm near that city. The result was such
that orders were sent back for moro and
soon hundreds of ships were employed In
carrying guano to Europe. Often 200 ships
would bo at the different Islands at one
time. Chinese coolies were Imported to get
out the guano. They were horribly treated
and today it Is not uncommon to find dead
Chinamen mixed with the now deposits. For
a long time the Guano islands gave Peru
the greater part of Its revenues , yielding
about $15,000,000 a year for n. number ot
years. Now they are practically exhausted
and Peru has fallen from great riches to
poverty. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
A Tleiiartrknlile
Mrs. Michael Curtain , Plaliiflold , III. , makes
the Btatement that she causht cold , wtilch
settled on her lungs ; she was treated for n
month by her family physician , but grow
worse. He told her Bho was a hopeless vic
tim of . consumption and that no medicine
could euro her. Her druggist siiREfated Jr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption ; she
bougbt a bottle and to her delight found her
self benefitted from first dose. She continued
Its use and after taking six bottles found
herself sound and well ; new does her own
housework and Is as well as he ever was.
Free trial bottled of this Great Discovery at
Kuhn & CO.'B drug store. Largo bottles 60
cents and $1.00.
LAIIOIl AMI IXUUHTUY.
The world pays $180,000,000 annually for
matches.
Two-thirds of the tecf consumed by
Englishmen comes from America.
The annual export of codfish from New
foundland Is about 1,300,000 hundredweight.
Eight thousand coal miners of Tenncsaco
have secured a 7 per cent increase In wages
without a strike.
The manufacture of straw Is ono of the
most Important Industries of Germany , giv
ing thousands means of support.
American manufacturers last year sold
their productions abroad to the extent of
$2S8S71,14'J , an Increase ot 100 per cent In
ten years.
The production of iron and steel In the
United States for the first six months ot
1SOS is 26,374 tons larger than the output
for the entire year 18SG.
Mexico , says the Mexican Herald , goes on
importing sewing machines as If every Jacal
and house In the republic was not already
supplied with the woman's best friend.
The referendum vote of the International
Typographical union on the proposition to
withdraw from affiliation with the American
Federation of Labor was defeated by a ma
jority of 3,422.
Th American , Federation of Labor baa
All the high grade Umbrellas ,
including the finest silk taffe
ta , silk serge and twilled silk ,
made up in the very latest
Btylrj for Indies and gents , sterling bil-
voi- trimmed coral and natural wood
handles in every imaginable style , worth
up to $5.00 , go at
$1.491 $1.98
captured all the Knights of Labor Brewery
Workers' unions In Rochester , N. Y. , nnd
the union scale of wages has been signed by
the proprietors.
The world Is now paying moro for instru
ments of destruction and the enginery of
death than for churches , schools , arts or
letters. And out of this fact the Kruppa
hnvo wrought their fabulous wealth.
"The home of bay rum" istho island of
St. Thomas , the Danish possession In the
West Indies , ot which wo'havo heard lately.
The leading distiller of bay oil and alcohol
sends most of his 20,000 gallons a year to
Now York.
Denver department stores have discharged
all children under U years of ago as the
result of agitation by Denver labor unions. '
Manufacturers of gloves and underwear in
Germany nro said to bo receiving largo or
ders from this country this year and are
happy In consequence.
The shipment of peaches to the north and
west from Georgia Is an infant Industry , as
yet confined to a half dozen counties in the
famous peach belt , nnd yet It has already
assumed largo proportions. The shipments
for this season nro now about over nnd they
Include about 2,000 carloads.
"Up to the present time , " declares the
Atlanta Constitution , "only the surface crust
of the south's fabulous mineral wealth has
yet been touched , nnd there Is no telling
what disclosures the next few years will
make. What the south needs Is capital ;
she has everything else in abundance. "
The carpenters' strike at Kansas City has
been settled , a compromise having been
effected between the union and the packing
houses on a basis of 27'/4 cents an hour and
ten hours a day. The agreement entered
Into is the recognition of union men nnd the
eight-hour day to bo established ns soon
as possible.
For several years the engines of the
Detroit water works were run with fuel
oil , and It cost 1.55 cents a gallon. At that
rate the city paid $2.18 per 1,000.000 gallons
for pumping the water. Soft coal , for which
between $2.10 and $2.60 a ton Is paid , Is now
used Instead of oil , nad it costs only $1.40
to pump 1,000,000 gallons of water.
The total value of exports nt Ilaltlinoro in
1S9S was $1,315,672 more than that at Iloston.
and the total at Galvcston nnd Now Orleans
$7,328,333 moro than the combined totals at
Iloston and Philadelphia. The total at Now
York was nearly $3,000,000 moro than the
total of all southern ports , nnd It Is 56 per
coat of all the exports outside of southern
ports , though the percentage ot Its Increase
Is below the average of all ports.
Several American manufacturers are com
peting for the contract to supply an Im
mense quantity of pipe for water In Aus
tralia. The linn Is to bo no less than 246
miles lent ; nnd the pipe should have an In
ternal diameter of thlrty-ono Inches , with a
thickness of from onu-quartcr to five-six
teenths of an Inch , nccordlnB to circum
stances. The contract will bo lot In London
In the near future , nnd there Is a lively
competition between English and American
producers for tbo chance to furnlxh this
pipe. It Is said that three houses on the Pa
cific coast have sent In bids.
The American Economist prints returns
from 2,229 manufacturing concern ? , repre
senting every Industry nnd scattered through
forty-fcevcn states and territories. In March ,
18'Jo , these concerns bad on their pay rolls
20I.5SO employeslio were paid during that
month $7,079,000 as wages , an average of \i
$34GO a month. Last March the same es
tablishments had on their pay rolls 269,323
men , vvhoso wages amounted to $10,198,000
on average for the month of a fraction less
than $ .13. That la , in three years there has
been a gain of 31 per cent In the number
of employes and 9 per cent In wages paid.
Still , there are those who Insist that there
has been no Improvement in employment
and uagcs.
Not HIM WlNvKt Wny.
It Is not always best to wait until It la
needed before buying a bottle of Chamber
lain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy ,
Quito frequently the , remedy Is required In
the very busiest season or In the night nnd
much Inconvenience- suffering must bo
berne before It can bo obtained. It costs but
a trifle ns compared with Us real worth and
every family can well afford to keep it In
their home. It Is everywhere nsknowledgad
to bo the most successful medicine In tha
world for bowel