UFE HERE SIMPLE
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Progress Has Not Touched
Cetinje, Montenegran City.
EXISTENCE A SEVERE ONE
Scanty Soil Hardly Grows Enough
to Sustain Life.
WISE PRINCE ON THRONE
Lives in Unpretentious Style and
Joins in the Amusements of
His People.
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t'hicag Heronl-llerald
t'KTlXJK. Montenegro. April 29, 1910.
You ivkiiM Ik- surprised at the appoara<
o ?>f Ootinje, the capital of Montenegio.
which is unlike any other TCuropean
town 1 have ever seen and so different
from what 1 expected to see. It reminds
me strongly of the little interior cities of
Mexico and South America. Most of the
houses are of one story, built solidly
along a sidewalk paved with cobble
atones, and usually surrounding a court
similar to the Spanish "patio" upon which
the- rooms open.
All the houses are had; with heavy
walls of stone and roofed with red tiles,
and. where the owners can afford it, the
stieet side has been covered with stucco.
Occasionally a two-story building breaks
the monotony and is evidence of wealth
and prosperity, although most of them
at> occupied by the foreign legation* or
used as offices by the government.
There is quite a diplomatic colony, and
several handsome houses surrounded by
gardens are occupied by the representatives
of the great powers. They cannot
have any business here, because Montel
negro has no business of her own, and
M reside here in obedience to a clause in
the treaty of Berlin of 1878, which was
adopted at a time when things needed
watching.
Russian Legation Pretentious.
Tl.f Russians hu\o the most pretentious
legation, which is perfectly natural, because
Montenegro is under the immediate
protection of the czar. The people are of
the same race and religion as those of
Russia. The Austrians are building an
even more magnificent house than the
Russians, and have two or three acres of
ground around it. The French government
has recently completed an ornate buffdIng.
with a mansard roof, broken with
dormer windows, and the outside wails
are decorated with bright colored tiles.
The Italians also have a handsome legation.
which is also natural, because the
King of Italy found his lovely wife among
these desolate mountains.
Mr. Beaumont, tiie representative of
his Britannic majesty, kindly looks after
whatever interests the Fnited States government
may have in this strange place.
We have never had a legation here,
and there isn't the slightest reason why
we should ever have one, although our
minister to Greece is accredited to Mon- I
tenegro also. Mr. Moses is expected here
very soon to make his annual visitation,
and will come again in August to participate
in the silver jubilee of Prince Nicholas,
who mounted the simple throne in
1801.
No American Residents.
There are no Americans residing in this
country, and we have no business here i
and no commerce. It is the only country ,
on earth tiiat I ever discovered that is
pot illuminated by the Standard Oil Company.
There is no gas or electric light, ,
either, and the materia! as well as the in- 'jj
telleotual darkness is dissipated only by tallow
candles, so I asked the landlord of a
the hotel to send lis a lamp. Wagging ^
- his head in a melancholy manner, he repiled
that the oil was so poor and ex- c
pensive that they seldom use it, and he- t
sides it smoked up the ceilings of the h
rooms, and had such a bad odor people t,
did not like it. j,
Two or three streets at least sixty or a
seventy-five feet wide, running parallel, and r
a dozen or more narrower streets crossing j,
at right angles make up the little town of a
t'etinje. The roadways are well paved y
with maeadam ami are kept scrupulously j,
i lean. Men in the native costume were p
sweeping them with brooms made of the c
twigs of trees. Kvervhody walks in the j,
middle of the street, which is perfectly p
safe to do, because there isn't a carriage p
in tiie town, except those which carry v
passengers to and from Cattaro, and they t]
arrive and depart at fixed hours of the a
da*.. There is one automobile, which be- 0
longs to Prince Danilo, tiie heir apparent, w
and several public motor cars for freight p
and passengers, which I described In my
letter yesterday. h
Rides in a Pony Cart. 1
Danilo dashes out into the country for ^
a spin over the crooked roads, but the ?
ruling jirir.ee. Ids reverr<| father, rides
around in ;.. little pony chaise drawn by p
a dimiuutive animal like that Queen Vic- a
;oria used to use in her garden at Os- a
borne and in the park at Balmoral. The
?... -
- . .... ... .1 an'i uie prince sits "
back in the cushions and talks to verybody
he .meets on til.- street in a most
cindf.-i ending and fatherly manner. The
women come out of their houses to kiss .
t . Ji. ni of hie cloak, and tlie little ehil
cirori worship him as if he were a demigod.
In the eyes of thes? simple people
he i> the author of all the good that they
enjoy, the protector of their lives aid
home-, their guardian and benefactor in \
ever\ sense.
T i sidewalks are nevir used, because
tiny are laid with small stone* set in cem
t. usually with the sharp ends up- >s
The government offices are humble The t<
pala> e. which looks like a Dutch burgh- .,
er s residence, now undergoing repairs, ^
is iialf hidden l>y scaffolding, but we w
could see that it is a square structure -j
alioot tifty feet each way, with a high
pile ,ed roof, and large windows sheltered ^
wit white shutters Meantime the prince t-,
is living hi a little chocolate-colored house
opposite, in which his second son. Prince w
Mirko. resides when he is at home. The c.
ministry occupies another Dutch-looking f
structure, almost the counterpart of the .,
palace. A large building of stone is now
I being erected for the use of the govern- c
ment offices, and will be, excepting the ?,
barracks, the largest in town. ?
Two Thousand Soldiers.
The barracks is a three-story building 1
painted yellow which looks as if it could e
accommodate the entire population. There 3
is a large parade ground in front of it
INDIGESTION GOES ?
a
Henry Evans Sells Best Prescrip- I
tion on Earth on the Money ?
Back Plan [
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Alm(?t everybody knows that sick headache, t
nervousness and dizziness are caused by a dis- s
ordered stomach.
I p*.-t st>>mach and indigestion happen Just l>e- s
cause the f.md you eat does not digest?but lies 1
in th< stomach and ferments or turn* sour. s
You can stop fermentation and stomach distress '
in Iim minutes by using Mt-o-na stomach tablets, J
a prcscripi ion that has done mure to core indi- '
(estloti and put the stouweh in tine condition t
than a)! the specialist* on earth.
A large "si e nt l?*\ of Mi o na stomach tablets
i> a. ; ..ii ii.nl |.. get <|iii. k and lasting relief.
Mr*. Aitie Kto.n ..f ',i.'t I sun liond. i'.attl- t'reek.
V. eh hm'1 Ml i?-\A ami within two luonths
ess in ;i? g.s..| health a* ever, ami has a good. '
tr*ns stomach and eats anything ?.ic like*: she 1
attribute* l.er present good health to tile use of |
Ml it-\A. ' ,
tf you have heartburn, belching of gas. lieavi- (
n< ** or any stomach trouble, no matter bow (
lironi- . try Mi-o-na stomach tablets on money- ]
hack plan, bold by druggist* everywhere and by j
Hepry Leans. 1000 I' St. ti.w., who guarantees
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nd we were told that two thousand soliers
were quartered there, which seems
be a very large army for a very small
ountry. We saw them drill and we sawhem
march, and their officers keep them
>usy from' dawn to darkness. We were
old that most of them are recruits servrig
their first term of enlistment and
re being broken in. The country boys
ome in every spring to serve three years
i uniforms, and that is the most Importnt
educational experience in their lives.
Time Nicholas is a wise man in this as
1 other respects, and lias so arranged the
raining and discipline as to require a
ertain number of hours of mental trainig.
and a certain number of hours of
bysical training outside of the drill and
lie other duties of a soldier, .\fter three
ears of experience in this military school
he soldiers go bark to their homes with
thorough physical and mental develpment,
and every man a marksman
rlio could hit a sparrow on the wing if
hey had such things in this country.
The soldiers we saw were a fine-looking
odv of men and would have pleased
"rederick the Great by their large stature
nd their erect and soldierly carriage.
Ve could well believe, from their appearn>
e, the stories that are told of their
mirage and fighting qualities.
I IIP pnyniiai ? ifs"i * ..
he people, notwitltetanding their poverty
nd privation, is noticeable everywhere
nd is the most attractive thing- in the
ountry. There are no fat men in M"iienegro.
Rut at the same time there are
0 lean ones. The poverty of the soil
(lakes small crops and the dietary of
r. per cent of the population is limited tc
read and onions and cheese, which like
he vice diet of Japan seems to make
ratrn and muscle.
Tuberculosis a Scourge.
The chief sickness is tuberculosis.
S'hether this comes from the meager
ourishment or from exposure in a \ery
Tying- climate is a question. The weather
1 intensely cold in winter, and the. witters
are long. It is intensely hot in sumler,
because the limpstone mountains,
are as a billiard ball, become saturated
ith the heat of the sun arid reflect it
ke a mirror. Fuel is so scarce that
here arc no stoves in the cabins. Tt is
ifflcult for the poor to gather enough
agots to cook with.
Everything is homemade. The women
,-eave the cloth for their picturesque
ostunies from the wool of their own
heep. Everybody wears the native cosume.
It is of the zouave style, a red
hirt. light blue trousers, a waistcoat
overed with either gold or silver or
lack braid, a long woolen overcoat ol
;hite or blue cloth, and a jaunty little
ound cap without peak or brim, or
he crown of which every citizen weurs
he initials of his sovereign, embroidered
ither in braid or gold lace.
Many people say that Cetinje is the
cene of that popular little opera, the
Merry Widow," although it is more
kely that Sofia. the capital ot" P.ulgarla
.as "in the mind of the author. Rome of
he situations in that play have actually
ecurred here.
There is a tinv little theater seating
bout two hundred peoph in the paruette
and surrounded by a tier of boxes'
,nd above that a gallery. The stage is.ot
more than twenty feet wide or ten
eet deep, and in this tiny box of a place
requent performances are given, Isotli
r.usLeal and dramatic, and a melodrama,
omposed by Prince Nicholas, of a liisorical
character was given by local talent
evoral years ago.
The shops arc small ami contain small
to<ks of the barest necessities of lite.
There are two or three curio dealers'
'hops, where tourists may buy some ol
he native costumes, all kinds of cheap
jewelry made In the country, cotton tail,.
,-overs and towels prettily embroider>d
in bright colors and edged with native
ace. jacket? laden with sold braid ant
ill kinds of old guns.
All the Men Go Armed.
It would seem a? if the latter had bc?-i
trongnt in by the ttnin load, ami colectors
of that sort of junk would lx
U,pp\ here, it must be remembered thai
verv man in Montenegro carries at least
me "revolver in bis girdle ami usually ?
-ifle thrown over his hack, and men tmtsi
<eep up with the fashion? in firearms at
in evervthlng else.
There is an excellent hotel, called th?
Stand Hotel Buco Bulcticf where thej
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Ivaoia Ave. )
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have a cook who has Riven us the best
fare we have tasted since we left home.
He tells us he is Roing to the T'nited
States. An American family which was
here recently told him that he could
make his fortune by superintendiiiR the
kitchen of some Yankee millionaire, and
he is now planninR such an enterprise.
In other respects, however, the hotel is
quite primitive. It is situated at the end
of the principal street, with a rtoup of
/vl/1 n,nlh,.r?i. tw/.ad ?Ur. ? U r> Kaaii r?rnn?./^
mm muiiirii j ucra inai iw..
down to their bare trunks and a few
struggling poplars. The rooms are clean,
the beds are comfortable, and a traveler
could ask for no more cordial reception
than the young landlod offers to every
comer.
In front of the hotel arc four or five
stone laities as large as millstones and
three or four inches thick supported by
stone posts six or eight inches in diameter,
where the aristocracy sits and drinks
its beer during the summer evenings and
talks about the Turks.
They are a soclai people and the small
population has intermarried so long that
almost everybody is related. They are
ver\ tenacious in their adherence to tlie
customs of their ancestors. They make
much of their religion. F1 very body is
named after the saint whose anniversary
comes nearest the day of their birtli, and
they celebrate high days and holidays
with grettl zest and unique customs.
Christmas Visiting General.
On Christmas day everybody keeps
! j open house, and the entire population,
1 j from the prince to hi.s humblest servant,
go around visiting their neighbors, drinking
and eating and enjoying themselves.
This is the only country where the
custom of reciting ballads like those of
the Scotch minstrels and the bnyadiers of
Spain has been kept up. Bvery Montenegran
is a poet, and there arc specially
gifted persons who write odes and
stories of love and war and recite them
* ? .. n lAriOAU /i II ! ( *i tr t ik. 1/Ml rr
hi <1* 1111 11 111 rtuun jn b.1 uui <ii Viit; ivu^
winter evenings. It is the national
amusement. The king himself has set
tin- example. Ills drama, entitled "The
1 Empress of the Balkans," is considered
tin- greatest literary triumph in the Serb
language, ami has been translated into
i French and Italian.
All t.'etinje can he seen in two hours.
There are no castles or fortilications,
i and the only building of antiquity is a
monastery more than' a thousand years
i old, in which the ancient rulers, who
were ecclesiastics, used to reside. It it
I surrounded by an iron fence with sharp
. pickets upon which the heads of Turks,
who were killed in battle, were formerly
impaled for the edification of the public.
' Lying on the ground in front of the
i monastery are forty-nine Turkish cannon
of all sizes, every one of them liearing
i the' coat of arms of the sultan, and of
these trophies the people are very proud.
In the chapel is the tomb of the founder
of the present dynasty, and his descend
ants are buried under the cloisters and
the porticos. Some of them have handsome
monuments, the resting places of
others are marked by inscriptions upon
flat stones in the floor.
| There is a mortuary chapel dedicated
I to Peter II at the top of Loveen, tlie
i highest peak in the range of mountains
; which surrounds the city, and it is tlie
I object of pilgrimages on certain religious
i anniversaries.
THE HEIGHT OF TREES.
Growth Influenced by Location.
Difficulty of Measurement.
From the Field.
A tree 100 feet high, accurately measured,
is not as tall as it looks. There are
not many trees in the gardens and parks
1 of this country that exceed 100 feet, notwithstanding
the records of reputedly
much higher trees than this. We have
been tolii that the highest tree in Kew
1 tiardens carefully measured with a tape
' was 103 feet and that the tallest pine, a
t'orsican near the entrance, is eighty-six
L feet.
I There are some fine specimens of Atlas
i and Ijobanon cedars in these gardens, but
t not one of them is seventy feet high. A
5 larch that had been drawn up by surrounding
beeches and was looked upon as
? a giant was blown down in 1002 and it
r proved to be 110 feet long. Beech, among
mpanj
"in est (
don't beli
ments?affc
the business?and >
By finest grad(
UUl JJU1 L JL- V L.1V I
SALE. None of
included. Only tl*
THEM.
Of course not
That isn't necessary
Any Su
Is Offer
Qn
All ii il
$38 Is I
These are big
?and we hew to a
included. You kno\
QUESTION?ev<
The special pr
There's alwayi
BURT'S AI
An event of inten
for the summer becau
Burt's footwear?sho
tinctiveness which ha
this city as the correct
I Children's Black,1
1 Tan High and L<
| the very newest
| values, 2.25, 2.75
i
Boys' Black and
Black Laced Bo
values, at
Ladies' Smart Pt
Tan, Black, Pat
| 5.00 values, at .
Men's Oxfords a
Black and Tan; f
fuller ones for tho<
Shoes?6.00 and
Footwear with equal i
the "smart" shoe shops of
city.
ARTTIUI
Agents for
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the tallest of our trees, rarely reaches 100
j feet, though Dr. Henry measured one in
Kilkenny In 1004 which was 117 feet. The
famous deciduous cypress, Tarodlub distichum,
in Syon l'ark, Brentford, is, according
to Mr. Elwes, llO feet high, the
tallest of its kind in Europe.
The same authority gives 10." feet as the
heigui of the tallest horse chestnut he
had seen, though there are others estimated
to be even higher than this. The
tallest walnut is from eighty to eightylive
feet, and the tallest black walnut, at
Marble Hill, Twickenham, was ninetyeight
feet high when measured by Dr.
Henry in l!tu,"i. Oaks have been measured
up to ltm feet, but they are quite
exceptional. feet being above the
average for our tallest oaks.
The height of trees is influenced li.v the
company they grow in. For example, a
larch growing in the open would most
likely fail to reach 100 feet in height,
whereas larches growing close together
or pressed upward by other trees lis ye been
known to exceed 130 feet in this country.
The California giant trees of the wellingtonia
owe their great height to the same
r Annoi
jrades
eve in meager assortme
>rding variety for choic
ve're going to take tha
*s we mean Suits from
' FANCY and MIX
the Blue Serges (Pla
le Fancy Worsteds, C
an original price ticket
because no exception
it Marked J
*ed for Choi
?$4- m A
1111IL iVtttOLU lr^lUl
3ffer@d for
reductions?but we do
line that will achieve i
v what high-grade Clot
ery garment Saks-made
ices go into effect TO
s advantage in first chc
NNUAL JUNE
, SHOES
se interest to those who are 1
se it is an offering at ver>
es made to our order and hi
s caused Burt's to be recog
: fashions.
White and ]
?
3\v bhoes, Qg /"
styles? ; 11 o?a59 a
& 3.00, at
Tan Oxfords and ^
ots?3.50 and 4.00 ~?
j
imps, newest low vam{
ent Leather, Black S
md the new 3-eyelet
Harrow Toes for Youn
>e who wish; mostly "B;
6.50 values, at
ndividuality and style is not to t
r New York, whose clientele is tl
? BURT CO
Banister Shoes?the Best Footwea
influence. Not even in that country
would this tree have Brown to 800 feet
or more if it had not been forced to grow
upward because it could not grow outward.
According to Mr. Elwes, one of the tallest
wellingtonias in this country is at
Fonthill Abbey, which in lOOtt measured
"certainly over 100 feet and probably 105
feet high." This is at least ten feet
higher than the tallest at Strathfleldsave.
It is next to impossible to ascertain*the
correct height of a tree by any other
means than that of careful measurement;
there are. we know, ingenious contrivances
for doing it otherwise, but they are
not reliable. Of course the approximate
height may be near enough and yet be a
long way out.
How Comets Are Found.
I'roni the American Review, of Review*.
New comets are usually discovered by
an astronomer after careful and diligent
search with a telescope of low power.
Such a quest detuands an almost infinite
unce a
of Mer
:nts. On the contrary,
:e. But that means a si
f ciimlnc in Konrl nnur
V UU1 ^/1UU 4I? IIV ff
$25 to $38. There's
ED SUIT ?$25 and
in or Self-striped) and i
'assimeres, Cheviots an<
: has been touched ? nc
S are being made?
r>25, $28 or i
CC Hit o o o a o
$32oi09 $35
Choice at ?
in't do things "half way
it quickly and completel;
thing it is?THE HIG
I
MORROW MORN1
ice?why not get all th<
SAUK Olh
fitting themselves out
r attractive prices of
iving the fashion-dis- |
nized by the elite of
1.25, 2.3S
? (TIA 5 11 B
Zio-ywy clVo 11 <o>
> effect, | ;
mede? \ $0$S
. . .J
ries, in ] "
5J2? i4.85
* J
>e seen elsewhere outside
le fashionable set of that
J 343 F
r for Men.
amount of patience in nightly scanning
the heavens up and down in the hope of
detecting a stranger in our midst. So
close a watch is kept that seldom does an
intruder escape the eager eyes of the sentries
and attack the citadel, as happened
with the first comet of the year 1910.
Comet A. 1010 eluded all eyes till it became
very bright and quite close to the
sun. and an astronomer was not the first
to see it. Sometimes a comet is accidentally
found on a photographic plate exposed
for some other purpose, such a one
being the Morehouse comet of 190ft. If
the comet Is not a new one, but the return
of one already known, it is possible
to direct the telescope to the point in the
sky where it is expected, and a long exposure
photograph may detect it. Halley's
eomet was discovered September 11. 1909,
on a photograph taken for the purpose by
Prof. Max Wolf of Germany. At the
time the comet was very faint and
looked exactly like a very small star.
If you want work read tho want columns
of l%o 8t?r.
Cleara
i's Suit
the Saks policy is BI<
irplus, regardless of he
no picking and cho<
over?GOES INT(
none of the Black Thi
i Tweeds?BUT A]
>t even to record the r
130 $23'
o o o
Jn 1
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This sale is for a
y. There are about A
HEST GRADE BI
NG.
e advantage?
| Sevemtl
William J
Formerly of Gic
Now at 618
New Floor
At New F
Lowest Yc
*9^HIS new floor coverin
I ed with the newest an
mer floor coverings,
attractive?the qualiti
?and the prices are temptin
worth while:
Mattings.
30c yd. Matting for 19c yd.
35c yd. Matting for 24c yd.
40c yd. Matting for 2/^ic yd.
50c yd. Matting for 29c yd.
Axminster Rugs.
$27.50 Rug, 9x12. for $19-75 1
Carpets and Rugs taken
William
New Store, ^
Formerly of Gid
Fussell's 1
at Whd
TO DEALERSV
bled our wholesale busii
nothing but MERIT ha
that not only does Fus<
their trade better?but
handle ? because in a
there's nearly a pound m
YOU CAN SERV1
ORDERS FROM FUS!
It's not only PUR
Cream?packed solid?s<
of flavors?and served
larly as clockwork.
If you want to give y
Cream you must give the
Phone North i
our representative
talk Fussell's sei
v ou.
Phone North 192* gn, k
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active (
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100 Suits |
?YOND
b Street.
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. Giddings
Iclings & Steele.
13th St reef.
Coverings
'rices?the
>u Have Known.
gs store is completely stockif
f . f
ki nest 01 everytning m sum- ,
The goods are fresh and I
es are absolutely dependable I
gly low. These specials are I
Velvet Rugs. I
SJ7.50 Kug. ?;\u, for Si<>75 I
Crex Prairie Grass Rugs, j I
Size () ft.xu it. for $*'-75 I
all other sizes in pro] ortion. I
Linoleums. I
65c Linoleums for <?oc vard.
85c Linoleums for 'ioc yard. I
up, cleaned and stored. M
. Giddings |
>18 13th St. : I
dings & Steele. I
.ce Cream I
[>lesale. I
fe have just about douness
this season ? and
s done it. Dealers find
sell's Ice 4'ream please
it is most profitable to
gallon, for example,
ore Ice Cream.
E A THIRD MORE
SELL'S.
E Cream, but RICH
erved in a great variety
promptly and as resrii
1 # <17 H
our patrons the best Ice I
m Fussell's. I
92?and one of
;s will call and I
rvicc over with
0324 F ourteen th Street#^ I