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THE OMAHA DAILT BEE; FTtTPAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1002.
A DASH OF JAMAICA GINGER
Bignificanc f American Natal Manenrers
in Oarribean Waters.
PANAMA CANAL A FACTOR IN THE PLAN
Inhabitant! of the Inland Class as
Prise Ditch 1)1 a am Beraaae Im
aiaii to Deadly Ferera
f tho Topics.
(Copyright. 19, by T. Jenklna Halns.)
The decision of the Nary department to
hold the winter maneuvers of the Atlantic
and European fleeta In Caribbean waters,
with Kingston as a possible coaling base,
cannot but harea decided effect upon the
relations between Jamaica and the United
States. The beautiful tropical fruit garden
with Its peculiar Inhabitants will play an
Important part In the events of the near
future, and a naval demonstration of a
friendly nature will surely leave a favorable
Impression upon the natlva mind.
The harbor of Kingston Is naturally one
of the strongest In existence from the
strategist's point of view. The water Is
good and It Is protected from the heavy
"southern h," making a safe and com
fortable anchorage for a fleet. Its forma
tion enable It to be fortified easily, and Its
position will at onee mark it as the key
to the Caribbean sea. But It Is English,
and therefore not available for landing
troops or fortifying for the war game.
Our own coaling station, which It baa
been decided upon by the Navy department
to dovelop. Is situated off the eastern end of
Porto Rico, upon the little Island of
Culebra. Here, of course, the greater part
of the sham fighting and searching for ene
mies will take place.
The successful culmination of the canal
negotiations will mean a great deal to the
native Jamaican. Being of West African
extraction and having been exposed to pe
culiar vicissitudes of tropical climate, the
r.ative Islander, who Is, of course, black,
has developed Into a tropical Immune. That
is, he is about as impervious to climatic
diseases as a human being can be, and it la
(or this reason principally that he will be
the power employed to dig the great trench.
It has been pretty well decided to use
as many native Jamaicans and .Cogman
islanders as can be induced to leave
their fruit growing and accept the sound
money of Uncle Sam. The state of feel
ing In Jamaclan politics baa lately been
atrongly American. Among the over
taxed planters, whose burdens have not
been light, the feeling for freedom has
burst out occasionally, and there has been
some strong pro-American politics devel
oped. The Jamaican, A Lover of Ships.
It is out of the question for a revolution
to grow, even among the most dissatisfied
cf the heavily taxed fruit planters, for tho
inland is one of the best protected and
policed In the world. Still, In the event
of the Panama route being chosen compli
cations might arise from an exodus of
the fruit growing negro.
Being a free man, like his brother in
the states, tho Jamaican may work where
he pleases. There is no law to bind him
to the plantation, as in the case of the
imported East Indian "coolie," who is
practically a slave to the English Jamai
can, and a heavy draft on these men can
not but hare its effect upon the affairs of
the Island.
A natural born Bailor, the Jamaican takes
to the water and ships instinctively. He
is large of bone and usually quits slender,
being a long limbed, miftcular fellow,
vho can work to advantage either upon a
vessel's deck or upon her spars, and the
very sight of a fine vessel gives him
delight. Hie language Is the hybrid devel
oped by having the English language pro
nounced by a negro who has a leaning
toward Spanish and an acquaintanceship
with his cousin over In Cuba. A truly
tropical production and well suited to a
class who look upon work as an evil.
The appearance of the beautiful white
ships of .the American squadrona will be
the signal for-the black mountaineers to
gather in force at the seashore. It the
fruit company's ships attract hundreds,
raen-o'-war will attract thousands, and it
Vould take ,very little persuasion at this
porlod to get the entire population to
emigrate in a body.
There will be probably very little feel
ing shown by outward signs, for the Ja
maican Is a dignified person, especially in
the presence of strangers. He has a
dignified regard, alao, tor a uniform.
All along the hot, white streets of the
Island villages the white helmets and
blouses of the guards have created a feel
ing of respect for order suoh aa is not
seen anywhere in the atates. Big black
men, standing as straight as rifle- barrels,
patrol the streets at all hours, and al
though they are courteous and affable at
all times, they permit So boisterous be
havior. All this seems strange to the
foreigner, who, knowing the negro dlspo- J
rltlon, looks for an enthusiastic outburst.
Behind It la the strict discipline ot the
Jamaica, regiment officered by Englishmen.
Famoas Bartlett Deep.
Being an English port of entry, King
ston can serve only for a coaling atatlon,
but there are no ahoals to be dreaded
along the shore, and some of the fleet
maneuvers may be held within plain sight
from tne hilltops, except such formations
as require many miles of sea room.
To the westward of the Island la the
deepeat part of the waters of the northern
hemisphere, the famous Bartlett Deep,
where it ta thouaands of feet to the ooze
below. Along the northern coast a battle
ship may run close enough to the shore
tor the men aboard to hold Intercourse
with the natives. The rocky alopea fall
quickly from a plateau or "shelving beach
to many hundred fathoms. So steep is the
coast line that ahipa which have been run
shore upon the rocks have slid off
within a few daya and disappeared com
pletely, leaving no a trace ot their
whereabouta la the blue deptha. And all
along between tha island and Cuba ia a
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clear tea swept by the northeast trade
for a part of the year.
Aa for the business interests ashore
they may be said to be almost aa much
American as English. The fruit com
panies control about ail the banana land
and an American concern alone has morn
than 80,000 acres under cultivation. The
enormous number of bunches of this favor
ite fruit shipped Is astonishing. Vessels
may fly tho English flag and the ublqul
tous Srsndsoavlan may be seen at any of
the banana ports, but the fruit goes most
1y to the United States to be absorbed
throughout the country.
Nearly all the northern porta of Ja
malca are useleni for harbors. They open
narrowly and suddenly, with plenty of
coral reefs to make them difficult of navl
gatlon, and those of the less protected
variety are simply ugly anchorages
which a large vessel cannot lie without
being moored both tow and stern. Their
existence la due to the banana trade. '
The entire population engaged In the
fruit trade Is black. Not an ordinary black,
but a real deep Congo tinge such ss Is
found on the west cosst of Africa, and It
Is only among the clerks, shippers and of
fice men one finds the color lightening
little. Shoes are almost unknown, and a
tourist who lately entered a house of the
better kind found a pair ot corsets care
fully rolled up and tied with a ribbon, and
set upon a table In the parlor. They were
exhibited aa a strsnge freak of American
and English fashions.
Jamaican Morals Ux.
As might be supposed, the morals of
these primitive people in regard to sex
are not conventional. Marriage ia consid
ered an evil. The woman has to work aa
hard as the man, and ahe finds herself
handicapped under the English law when
tied to a laxy buck, who alts around and
allows her to support him. It works bet
ter when she can give him ft shift when
he geta tired, and take up with some more
energetic fellow, who can support herself
and children. This puts a premium upon
thrift. The worthless man cannot even have
a horns to shelter him. In splta of these
peculiarities of temperament, there is sel
dom much quarrelling over domestic rights.
Missionaries have looked upon this condi
tion aa almost hopeless, but the people
thrive and are happy, and while the Bast
Indian coolie looks down with soorn upon
the great black man, the latter holds the
coolie In disdain as a mere pigmy of the
human (race, and one whose opinion is not
worth considering. They seldom it ever
mix, coolies living on the plantations or in
villages of their own.
To these black people the demonstration
of the naval force in their waters will be
a revelation. Brought up to believe that
England alone has sea power, the battle
ships and cruisers will give them to under
stand that protection may be had under
the atrlped ensign. Accustomed aa they
are to English ships of war, they oannot
fall to be Impressed by the magnificent
vessels of the heavier class flying the
American flag. They will be more willing
to trust themselves with the Tankee on the
Isthmus.
When it Is understood that ot all the
20,000 Chinese who were shipped to work
on the canal under the French system, very
few remain, and that there is a well known
aaylng that every tie in the Panama road
bed could have been built of human bones
from lives sacrificed upon the work, the
Important part these islanders will play in
the canal's future may be understood.
To the naval' officer who has never been
ashore .on the Island of Jamaica the place
will be' a revelation of beauty. This, of
course, lies in the scenery and not in the
productlona of man. The towns are like
moat of those seen in the American tropics
and are simply picturesque and differ from
those along the Caribbean coast principally
in regard to cleanliness. The fruit, which
should be the principal diet, is of many
varieties, and a person may Indulge in a
dozen different klnda at one meal and be
no worae for it. The dyspeptlo may eat of
the paplae, the peculiar melon containing
vegetable pepsin which, somehow, digests
itself, and he may eat until he can Wallow
no more. He will be all the more' pleased
with himself atterwarda, and this at a very
small cost, the fruit selling from two to
three for a shilling. It is impossible to
send the fruit north, and he must content
himself with a mere glimpse of paradise,
going out under the trees where the pe
culiar melon grows, hanging like a great
pear to tempt him to renounce his birth
right and become a native.
Jamaica Itself is not more than usually
unhealthy. In fact, it is Just the opposite,
but some ot the outlying islanda are not
exactly health resorts. It is probably due
to thla circumstance that the inlanders
became popular for contractors' outfits.
Being an English speaking race also aids
materially, tor there are not many
island negroea capable ot valuable work
who have a "working" . acquaintance
with the language.
The heavy drafts must be made on
these people for the work along the lowor
levela of the Panama cut. At Colon the
climate may be withstood by a white
man for many years, but upon the Cha
gres river and along the awampy districts
the fever is deadly. Yellow fever ia bad
enough, but the peculiar variety developed
in the waters ot this .sickly stream U
even worse, for men who have reoovered
from ita fierce heat will often remain as
yellow aa the rind ot a dried lemon for
yeara afterwards. The Colombian negro
apparently cannot atand the climate, al
though he is much more impervious
than the Chinaman or American black
man. It has been found that the Ja
maican la the only human creature who
can aafety risk the exposure, and even
among these islanders the death rate
must not be expected to remain small.
Long, lean, muacular and lazy, the Ja
maican, with hia musical speech, will be
the man behind the shovel when the ditch
Is started under American direction. It
will do him good to aee the white ships
that he loves come slowly in behind the
land at Kingston. It will awaken dreams
of future wealth, and hia . tax-ridden
fruit garden will seem more hopeful of
unburdening itself with the aid ot the
good American silver. He will look for
ward to the days when he may ait at ease
under his luxuriant bread fruit trees and
smoke the pipe of peace and plenty, with
his favorite beverage, the most delicious
4rlnk known to man, at his side. Then,
under the gentle stimulus of rum and kola
champagne, tha visions of the great
white ships will flit before him the huge
vessels winding up the Port Royal channel
Into Kingston to show him how he could
be protected while taking an important
part in the world's, work.
The ships of the heavier class which
will take part In the maneuvers are the
battleships Kearsarge, Iowa, Illinois, Mas
sachusetts and Alabama, Ave ot the most
powerful ships afloat. Besides these,
there sre eleven cruisers and gunboats In
commission already' In the European,
South Atlantic and North Atlantla fleeta.
Rear Admiral Sumner will command the
attacking fleet, which will be composed of
Rear Admiral Crownlnshield's squadron
and hia own, whose rendesvous Is the Gulf
of Para. They will undertake a search
problem and work up the Caribbean to at
tack the aupposed American Beet under
Rear Admiral Hlgglnaon.
The scale of these maneuvers will be ot
a moat comprehensive sort and eclipse
anything that haa yet been attempted in
the way of mlmlo marine warfare. When
the final battle haa taken place between the
opposing forces. Admiral George Dewey
will aaaume command of combined fores a.
STRANGEST ELDORADO OF ALL
Boomer Boosting Death Valley aa a Begion
of Unbounded Wealth,
HARD AND HOT ROAD TO TRAVEL
Sketch of the Valley of the Rhadovv
ressel by Government Harvey,
ora Aa Excellent Locality
to Keep Away From.
The mysterious Impulse which Induces
men to undergo great physical hardship and
tempt the grim reaper to action In the hunt
for gold is spreading over California like
a plague, Nome and the Klondike have
been punctured and their highways as
usual marked by wrecked hopes and human
bones. The magnet In California, If re
ports are to be believed, is Death valley, a
sinister hole In southern California which
does not need the services of a fool killer
to fatten adjacent cemeterlea. It needs no
assistance, as record proves. It works for
its name every hour of the twenty-four and
every day and night of the year. If not
kindly disposed to those who enter, Death
valley la generous to the heirs of its vic
tims. Funeral expenses are unnecessary
What la mortal dries up and blows away.
It Is well known that the valley of the
shadow eontalna much mineral wealth.
Most of the borax now in use came from it.
Bo also do stories of fabuloua rlchea In
gold, silver, lead and copper, and these
stories are so framed aa to excite cupidity
and promote a stampede. Now a stampede
to that sinister locality would be a god
send to outfitters and hotels and the rem
nants of mushroom towns reared by the
boomera In 1897.
What the Conatry Looks Like.
Boom descriptions of Death valley are ot
a ' (lowing character, well calculated to
gloss over the reputation of the locality,
Just what fortune nuntera go against there
Is accurately detailed by government sur
veyors who explored the region. What
these surveyors ODservea ana experienced
contrasts sharply with boom stories and is
here given In substance:
The popular idea of a desert is that it Is
a perfectly level stretch ot sand, totally
devoid of vegetation of any kind, but this
would by no means be a description of the
country through which we were now trav
ellng, though it is as much a desert as the
Sahara or Atacama. A succession of val
leys from five to fifteen miles in width are
separated by ranges of Jagged and ex
tremely broken hills or mountalna, from a
few hundred to several thousand feet In
height. A person accustomed to the moun
tains of the Appalachian aystem, and those
of the eaat generally, can have but little
conception of what one of our party fitly
termed the "upness and downness" ot these
desert chains, and of the difficulties to be
surmounted In crossing them. Some of
these, notably the Panamlnt, Timber, Inyo
and Grapevine ranges, reach tremendoua
heights and are Impassable, except by pack
train.
The characteristic feature all the
mountalna of this region, however, fs their
brilliant and varied coloring. They may
be steep, rugged, barren and generally
useless, but they are never monotonous.
Within a tew miles of each other can be
seen mountains of half a dozen different
ahades of color. One peak will be com
posed of black volcanic rock and the one
next to It may be a gaudy yellow. The
lower part of a cliff may be blood red and
the upper part gray or brown, while In
many cases the strata form large and well
defined banda ot strikingly different colors.
Ths most notable example ot this display
Is to be seen In the northern part of the
Funeral range and gives these otherwise
respectable mountains a very cheap chromo
appearance.
Hard Road to Travel.
Everywhere and in the moat unexpected
places are the canyona, deep and gloomy
defiles, with, In most cases, absolutely
perpendicular sides. As the only way to
cross one of these mountain ranges is to
aacend a canyon to lta head and go over
the "backbone" to the head of a canyon
on the other aide, following It down to the
valley, it can be seen that these gorges
are one ot the moat important considera
tions for a person who would go from one
valley to another without making a detour
ot maybe 100 miles.
On enuring one ot these valleys from
the side one crosses first a considerable
stretch ot tableland sloping gently toward
the lowest part. Thla la composed ot
smooth, rounded rocks, packed tightly to
gether aa if cemented. Here and thers are
deep guinea torn out by the torrents ot
water that aweep down from the mountain
canyona after the cloudbursts common to
all desert regions. Leaving thla rocky
mesa, one crosses a comparatively narrow
strip of loose, deep sand mixed with gravel
and small stones, and beyond thla, form
ing a bed of the valley, a wide stretch ot a
soft, doughy mixture of salt, sand and soil,
or in some cases pure salt. These alkaline
marahes forming the beda of the valley are
snow white and In the bright glare ot the
sunlight have the appearance of water.
making a moat effective mirage.
After crossing Oranite range the descent
to the valley began and the route lay for
miles through a magnificent grove ot yuccas.
Valley after valley and many rangea ot
hills were left behind. The fact that we
could carry only three daya' supply of
water made It absolutely necessary to
reach a spring within that time, so that
several hours of each night were consumed
In travel. When the darkness becsme so
thick that further progress wae Impossible
the panting horses were unhitched and
doled out their pitiful allowance of water,
grain and baled hay, while the men, hungry
enough' to eat anything, regaled them
selves on bacon, hardtack and coffee, and,
rolling up in their blankets, lay down on
the aand to aleep until daybreak. In th-
morning, even before it was light enough
to aee, everytbing was astir. Horsea were
fed and hitched to the wagona and the
cook again distributed his collection of In
digestible bric-a-brac.
Each day waa like lta predecessor, except
that as we progressed the grades becsme
steeper and the horses wsre more easily
fatigued. In the evening we reached Gran-
.te spring, the first wster seen in three
days, and it waa well that we did, aa all
the barrela and casks were by this time
empty, and another day of work without
water would hav proved a most severe
trial for the horses.
This spring wars found to contain about
two barrela of excellent water In a hole ten
feet deep, which bad been dug by the borax
freighters yeara before. Here the horses
drank their fill, and the men were allowed
to wash their bands and faces.
One long day'a march now lay between us
snd the rendezvous at Lone Willow spring,
and thla waa accomplished next day.
Brown's peak rose about f.000 feet above
our camp, acd, though very ateep, can be
climbed without aerloua difficulty. The view
from Ita summit Is one long to be remem
bered. More than a hundred miles to the
west, rising above all the desert mountains,
Is the snow-white main chain of the Sierra
Nevada Whitney, Tyndall and other fa
mous peaka. To the north rises the huge
broken mass of the Panamlnt range sur
mounted by Telescope peak, lifting Its great
square cap more than two miles above the
surrounding valleys. Between the Panamlnt
and Argue ranges is to be sesa ths satire
length of Pananilat valley, a atrip of snow-
white salt, sixty mllea long and fifteen
broad.
Distant View of the Valley.
But the sight that Interested us most wss
far to the northesst. Lying lower than any
of the other valleys, nestling down between
precipitous red and brown mountains, halt
hidden in dim gray haze, was the shining
white of the alkali marshes snd the yellow
sand dunes of the bottom of the Valley ot
Death.
The horses and mules were driven In, ths
wsgnns relosded and the barrels refilled
with wster for the last long pull before
reaching the valley. The first two days
were spent In surmounting the low divide
above the "wash of the Amagorsa," and
then began the steep descent Into Death
valley, down a long and tortuous stretch
of treacherous, doughy, "salt-rising
ground," past the brine pit called Meaqult
well and the graves ot the borax freight
ers who perished here from thirst, until
the evening of the 21st, when we went
Into camp st Bennett's well, 'In the bottom
of Death valley, below the level of the
sea. It was a weird, uncanny sort of place
in thorough keeping with the atorles of 111
fated wagon train and the lost prospectors
Immediately west ot our camp waa tho
Panamlst range, forming the western wall
ot the valley, and extending lta entire
length north and south.
Telescope peak, as seen from this point
Is one of the world's finest mountain views,
rising more than 11,000 feet above the
beholder, a tremendoua masa ot black, re
and brown, unobstructed by intervening
foot hills or mountalna. Looking east
across the valley, the view Ilea over tho
field of salt and alkali, level as a floor
along the edges, but broken Into hum
mocks in the middle. On the further side,
rising almost perpendicularly, la the
rugged masa of the Funeral range.
Death Valley proper, that part of the
depression extending from Mesquit valley
on the north to the "wash ot the Amar
gosa" on the south, is about forty-five
miles long and fifteen broad. Mesqutt vsl
ley is nothing more than an extension of
Death valley and has all the characteristics
of the latter place, from which It la sep
arated by only a low range of sand hills
It Is oval in form, about thirty by fifteen
mllea in extent and has a slightly higher
altitude than Death valley.
In both valleys there are considerable
clumps of mesquit (Prosopls Jullflora), sev
eral kinds of greasewood and, as a matter
of course, the Inevitable creosote Dusn
but, besides these, there Is little vegeta
tion. Animal life Is not abundant. Mice,
moles, horned toads, llsmrds, a few Insects
and fewer birds constitute about all the
living creatures.
The Stillness of Death.
There Is little or-no wind and over the
whole region hangs an awful and most im
pressive silence. Day after day and month
after month a fierce sun beats down from
a cloudless sky, making these valleys verl
table furnaces of dry heat. The atmos
phere Is apparently totally devoid ot moia
ture, and this, in addition to the intense
heat of the summer season, is the cause of
a constant longing for water which eannot
be satisfied by drinking a reasonabls
amount. Every member of our party car
ried a gallon canteen on the horn ot hia
saddle, and no one ventured any distance
from camp without taking with him thla
supply of water.
In such conditions of heat and dryneas
there la, of course, rapid evaporation. The
body ot a horse or man will not decom
pose, but becomes dried up or desiccated,
and finally crumbles to dust. It Is the
above fact that haa been the foundation for
a lot ot arrant nonsense about the mumml
fled remains of human being being scattered
all over tho bed of the valley. A corpae
does become, in a certain sense, mummi
fied, but not for all time. Several years ago,
in the month of June, an employe of the
borax company perished from thlrat in the
southern part of the valley, and hia body,
whtch was not discovered until the follow
ing September, was at that time in a good
state of preservation. This man's grave la
the first one south of Bennett's well.
A Freak River.
After a stay of a few days at this place
the party waa again divided, one-half going
to Furnace Creek, in the northern part ot
the valley, and the other to a water hole,
facltlously named "Saratoga Spring," on
the lower Amargosa. Furnace Creek Ilea
on the east side of the valley, about ten
miles from its northern extremity. It is
not a creek at all, as one would surmise
from its name, but a small ditch of warm
water fed by a powerful hot spring in the
Funeral range. This place waa the scene
ot the former operationa of the borax com
pany and thla ditch, nearly a mile long,
waa dug to conduct the water to its prop
erty.
This so-called river, the Amargosa, ta one
of the Jreaka of nature so common In this
region. In some unknown spot In the
southwestern portion of Nevada a number
of mineral hot aprlnga unite to form a lit
tle stream, which sneaks off toward the
aouth, winding and twisting about among
aalt marshes and aand dune, crossing the
line between California and Nevada in halt
a dozen placea, here and there disappearing
from sight only to reappear a little larger
a few miles further on, until more than
eighty miles from its source it makes a
bold sweep around the aouthern end of the
Funeral range, and is lost for the last time
among the aalt marshea of Doath Valley.
Such Is that strangest and most unaccount
able ot rivers, the "Amargosa. Its waters
are inconceivably vile, holding In solution
large quantltiea of salt and soda, and are
worse than useless, , being rank, deadly
very dirty aoap auds.
In a few placea along the Amargosa are
fresh water springs and considerable quan
tltiea of salt grass, the most notable being
Resting Spring and Ash Meadows.
Foreign Financial.
IJ1NDON. Nov. 27 Monrv was In strong
demand today and discounts were firmer.
Business on the Stock exchange chiefly
centered on the settlement. The attendance
was small. J he market whs depressed at
first, but the feeling grew-more cheerful on
the announcement mat mere was no
change In the Hank of England's rate of
discount and owing to the satisfactory ter
mination of the settlement. Console weak
ened, but subsequently recovered. Home
rails were dull. Americans were heavy,
below parity and hesitating aa a result of
the holiday in New York, and operators
were Indifferent ; but later they hardened
somewhat and closed quiet, liar gold, 77s
lod; American eagles, 70s Sd. Gold pre
miums are quoted as follows: Kuenoe
Ayres, 17 50; Madrid, 3C.87; Lisbon, 26. The
bank of England's rate of discount was un
changed tocluy at 4 per cent.
FAK1H, Nov. Z7. 1'rlces on tne Dourse to
day made a strong recovery, owing to
numerous purchases In various depart
ments and influential support. Kaffirs were
In brisk demand ana rose suDsianiiauy in
response to Ixindon advices. Foreigners
were active. At the close prlcea were very
(In. i. The private rate of discount was
nominally S per cent. Three per cent rentes,
9'if ll'itc for the account. Exchange on
Lemon, 25f 14c for checks.
1.FKL1N. Nov. 27. trices orenea weaaon
the I ourse today, owing to unsatisfactory
sdvfes from the western bourses. Cs-rari-an
Paclltca declined eharolv. Locals
were fairly maintained. Tuwar-i the close
thi ntafVet was generally iK-tit)- on fure
er.iot raging advices from London Kx
i hanxe on London, 30m 41 ptur foi checks.
lis.'ount rates: bhort bills, per cent;
tlireq month' bills, ij1 per cent.
i Wool Market.
LONDON. Nov. 27. WOOL The offerings
at the wool auction sales today numbered
13.29s bales. The sttenriance was large.
There was a good selection and the com
petition was spirited. Scoured had a hard
ening tendency, merinos were firm and
crosabreds were in large supply and sold
well. Soon reds were bought for Germany.
Port Phllin and New South Wales new
clip was keenly competed for. Medium to
goon cup were actively bougnt ror r ranee.
Nw South Wales greasy crosabreds were
In strung demand fur Yorkshire a o --
many. Cape of Oood Hope and Natal stock
was in good demand. Americans took a
lew parcrl. Following are the sales In de
tail: New South Wales, 2.3no bnles; scoured,
vlftl Pvd; greasy, iiid'ol8 IM. Wueens
lnd, 1,2po hales; scoured. Is HSdHls ld;
greasy, ifMi'd. Victoria, I.CiW " bales;
scoured, SyUulsM; greasy, SUrt. Pouth
Australia, ho hales; greasv, SVoVd. West
Australia, 4m bales; greasy, f(i!M. New
Zealand, B.!0 bales; scoured, Mifi1s4d;
greasy, 3Via1m1. Cspe of Onod Hope
and Natal. 7"0 bales; scoured, ls3dU6d,
greasy, 6lld.
OMAHA
WHOLESALE
MARKETS.
Condition ot Trade and Quotations on
Staple and Fancy Prodace.
EQGS Candled stock. 22o.
LIVB POULTRY Hens, 7c; old roosters,
4c; turkeys, W&lZttc; ducks, Sc; geese,
jrSo; spring chickens, per lb.. 8V6to
DIIE8SKD POULTRY Hens. logine;
young chickens, lifeline; turkeys, lsfe 18c;
ducks and geese, lol2c.
HUTTKK Packing stock, l&aiSVfcr: choice
dairy. In tubs, !Wc21c; separator, 2tQ'27c.
FHESH CAl'OhT FISH Trout, c; her
ring, 6c; pickerel. He; pike. 9c; perch,
8c; buffalo, dressed. 7c; suntlsh, 3c; bluefins,
So; whltetish, loc; salmon, 16c; haddock, 11c;
codfish, 12c; redsnapper, 10c; lobsters boiled,
per lb., 30c; lobsters, green, per lb., ke;
bullheads, 10c; catfish, 14c; black bass, 20c;
halibut, He.
t.'UHN ,',4c; new corn, 42c.
OAT8-82C.
WHEAT No. 2 hard, 65c.
RYE No. 2, 42c.
HKAN Per ton. $13.60.
HAY Pricea quoted by Omaha Whole
sale Hay Dealers' association: Choice No.
1 upland, 8.d0: No. 1 medium, $8.00; No. 1
coarse, 17.50. Rye strak, 36.00. Thee prices
are for hay of good color and quality. De
mand, fntr: receipts, light.
OYSTERS Standards, per can, Sic; extra
selects, per can, 35c; New York counts, per
can, 42c; bulk, extra selects, per gal., 31.75;
bulk, standards, per gal., $l.3u.
VRUETABLE8.
NEW CELERY Kalamazoo, per doa., 35c;
Utah, per dos., 46c; California, per Uos., for
stalks weighing from 1 to iH lbs., each,
4i4j 75c.
POTATOES New, per bu., &540c.
SWEET POTATOES Kansas, per bbl.,
32.25.
TURNIPS-Per bu., 30c; Canada ruta
bagas, per lb., lc.
BlfiKTS Per basket, 40c.
CUCUMBERS Hothouse,, per dot., $1.50.
WAX BEANS Per bu. box, $3; string
beans, per bu. box, $1.50.
CABBAGE Home grown, new, le.
ONIONS New home grown. In sacks, per
bu., 601&6O0; SpunlKh, per crate. 11.60.
NAVY BEANS Per bu., $2.60.
TOMATOES New California, per 4
basket crate, $2.76.
CALIFLOWER-Californla, per crate,
$2. 75
FRurrs.
PEARS-Fall varieties, per box. ii: Kle-
rers, oer bbl.. 33.75: Colorado v.er hnr r
APPLES Cooking, per bbl., $2.25; eating'
$2.50; Jonathans, J3.75; New York stock, $3 2,
Malagas, per kea. t6.Kft7.iu.
CRANBERRIES Wisconsin, per bbl.. $9:
Bell and Bugles, $10; per box. ls.26.
49 noAil ca
Lemons California
choice. 33.75.
fancy, 4.0O4.60;
ORANGES Florida Brights, $3.76; Cali
fornia Navels. 34.00W4.50.
DATES Persian In 70.IH hnm IK
r ija uaiiiornia. ner 10-in
cartons, 31;
Turkish, per 35-lb. box. 14S18c.
GRAPE FRUIT Florida, $6.
Mlflf-Rr.r.ANRnr is
HONEY New Utah. n M.'tv.m ....
$3.75. "'
CIDER New York, $4.50; per U-bbl.. $2.76.
S AUERK RA ITT Wlcnn.
K. .;kkl M V 7S-u..,
HIDES-Nn. 1 crn If Ma - a
No. 1 salted, 8Vlc; No. 2 salted, 7?4c; No. i
yeal calf, 1 1 to l2v lbs., 8Uc; No. 3 veal calf.
NUTS-Walnuts, No. 1 soft shell, per lb..
15c; hard siell, per lb., 14c; No. 2 soft ahell
r, Ik t. . V. J ,, .. '
'1 naiu nneu, per jd., 12c
Braiils. per lb.. 12c: filberts n,- ik
almonds, soft shell, per lb., 18c; hard shell
pet lb., 16c; pecans, large, per lb., 12V4c;
small, ner lb.. 13c: roconnnts n rfn cA-.;
chestnuts, per lb., 10c; peanuts, per lb.,'6Hc;
.v-oicu 1 'ci iu., ic; dibck walnuts.
cocoanuts, per WO, $4. '
OLD METALS. ETC.-A. B. Alplrn quotes
tuiuniiiS i-txB. iron, country, mixed,
per ton. $11; Iron, etove nlate. ner inn ta-
copper, per lb., Stfc; brass, heavy, per lb.!
JHc; brass, light, per lb., 6Hc; lead, per lb..
-v, yl. iu. aVTlVg 3 UUWCI, Jjrfjr 40,, OftO,
Liverpool Grain an 4 Provisions.
TjIVERPOOLs. Nov. 7 WMwato a
Arm: No. 2 red western, wlnur & irw4 . vrA
i nonnern, soring, no stock; No. 1 Cali
fornia, 6s 7Hd. Futures, quiet; December
6a lid; March. 6aVd; May, 6s d. '
- - r . . . . Svu. AWU.
. , "A ; American mixea, 6s
4s2Hd "u'1' -anuary, 4Sta; March,
8s 3d 7 w,nter O"11.
HOPS At London fPar.lfln ...
6 15s7. '
rbAS-Canadian, stendv ami a
PROVISIONS Beef, strong: ..lr. ti.
iu, i, ruin, Birung; prime mess, west
ern. Hams, short cut, 14 to IS lbs
quiet, o6s 6d. Bacon. CumVrU nH mi Oil
tie- t i ,. . . .
tp 80 lbs., steady, 61a; short ribs, 18 to
24 lbs., quiet, 6,e; long clear middles, light.
k3. "V"?'' uYxi.. n 51M.r middles
,"' A6 2.'bB" Vey. 6; clear
un'HH,, 1 iu in im., CllllPt. R1 Dhn..
dera, square, U to 13 lbs., dull. Ma. Ijh-h
sti.-ig; prime western. In Hrf.a ik-.
Ai . lean refined, In palls, steady, 60s 'd. '
..yu-.ic,,t,i uneai wnue, 538:
An.jrican flneet colored, 69s. '
TAlow-Flrm; prime city. 29a d: Auj
trallan, in London, 34a 3d. .
London Stock Market.
LONDON. Nov. 27.-Closlng nuot.n..
vodhii ior raon.j ...z jvcw York Central
do account 2 Norf0k 4 WMWrn!
Anaconda 4Vi do pfd...
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101'.,
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Baltimore A Ohio 100V Rand ui.
Canadian Pacific 130 Kaadlna-
Cheaapaaka a Ohio... 4i do lat ptt.
Chlcaso O. W t do 2d pfd
Uilcago. M. Bt. P.I7!8outh.rn B.Uw:'.
DsoTsr A R. 0 44a South. p.ia.
do pfd tl. Union P.ia ""
14 u.
do pfd.
do lat pfd 46t,
do td Dfd 47
United States Stael.
do Dfd..
Illlnola Central 147
Wabaah '''
Lrfuiallle ft Naah...l2
Mlaaourl, K. ft T.... 5
do pfd
BAR SILVER-Wenk
at II li-iod per
ounce.
MONEY-3H04 Dfr ft Tit Than -4 Jl.
ftJEl 2pij?.?f.rS J?r -hort and
........ 1B aig, per cent.
Cottaa Market.
LIVERPOOL. Nov. tIrr.TTn o...
quiet; prices unchanged; American mid.
ailng. B.44d The sales of the day wereSo
bales of which 600 were for speculation and
export, and included ,0Gu
celnte. S.Ou) bales, all '."":
opened steady and closed dull; ' American
c: December. 4.47d: rw...,.
Oil Market.
Nov. 27. OIL Linseed,
LONDOV.
104d.
22s
The Polat of View.
Boston Trsnscrlpt: Mrs. Brown I hate
to make complaint of my neighbors' chil
dren, Mrs. Greene, but your boy haa been
behaving disgracefully. He haa been throw-
Ing stones at my front door and ringing the
bell.
Mrs. Greene My boy has been away from
town all day. It happens that It waa your
own son who did the things you complain
of.
Mra. Brown Waa It, Indeed? Johnny's
auch a playful fellow! He's so full of life.
you know. '
Ioalaar Casta.
Chicago Tribune: "What's the trouble.
Henry?" asked his wife. "Wasn't the ma
jority aa large aa you eipected?"
I'm not thinking about the election.
Jess," gloomily replied the stateman whose
admiring constituents had returned him to
congress for another term. "You remem
ber thera is a brand of 6-cent cigars named
for me? Well, they're selling them two for
S cents now."
Ta InTeatlaTate Marder.
TELLURIDE. Colo., Not. 27. Judge
Theron Stevens haa Issued an order re
quiring the sheriff to subpoenas a grand
Jury to Investigate the murder of Arthur L.
Collins, general manager of the Smuggler
t'nlon Mining company.
Publish your legal notices la Tha Weekly
Baa. Teleohaaa aaa.
niuunna a
January, ..wM.4ta; January and
iSSXnX: February and MarVh
4.444.45d; March and Aprl , 4.44Sf 4.45d:
fPl yay' 4-H-; May and June"
4.44&.4od; June and July. 4 444 45d J .ViJ
and August. 4.444.46d. 1"-4id. July
I902-03
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TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER
The American Farmer the World's Greate.t F.od Producer An
article to appear shortly from the pen of Secretary of
Agriculture James Wilson, who has already contributed to
The Twentieth Century Farmer. No one else cpuld dis
cus this subject in a practical manner as well as Secre
tary Wilson.
Waste of the Farm What is wasted on American farms fach
.Tear would feed a great nation. What tbis waste is and
how it should be lessened, if not stopped, will be pointed
out by Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Joseph II. Brig
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advice than Mr. Brigham?
What the Postofflce Does for the Farmer By FirBt Assistant
Postmaster General Kobert J. Wynne. All farriers use
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ent upon it. It will be a treat to have Mr. Wynne, who is
right at the top and on'the inside, describe the relations of
t'he Postofflce department and its farm patrons.
Birds as Insect Destroyers By Lawrence Bruner, professor of
entomology, University of Nebraska. Prof. Druner has nn
international reputation as a specialist in the insect world.
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Afrlculture at the St. Louis World's Fair By Frederick W. Tav
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Why Should Farmers Keep Bees? By Engene Secor, General
Manager of the National Bee Keepers' association, will
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ures of bee keeping as an adjunct to agricultural pursuit.
Good Roads An Important Aid to the Farmer By General Mar
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the experimental road building carried on by the depart
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Farm Weeds Useful and Injurious By Lyster H. Dewey, assist
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has prepared all of the bulletins of the department on
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Reminiscences of Pioneer Farming in the West A series of auto
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Alfalfa as a Forage Plant By F. D. Cobnrn, secretary of the
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have now been gathered specially for The Twentieth Cen
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professor of agriculture in the University of Nebraska, giv
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in "ihe front rank.
Development of Afticulture in Wyoming By B. 0. Buff am, di
rector of the Wyoming Experiment station. A retrospect
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methods are producing marvelous results.
Irrifatlan By L. 8. Carpenter, director of the Colorado Ex
periment station, who has made a profound study of the
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the Kansas Experiment station. A popular exposition of
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