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THE ST. LOFIS REPUBLIC: SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1904.
( Fruits, Grains and Trees Which Add
Millions to Our National Wealth.
TOCEI
Fresh Dates for American Dinners Story of (lie Navel Orange .Mangoes and Mnngosleens for
Porto Kieo Jordan Almonds 15aniboo Foiests for the Yafcoo Valley Japanese Paper
Plants and What They AVill Do for the United States New Things ill Vegetables and Clov
ers A Talk "With a Seed-Hunting Globe-Trotter About His Work.
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Bad drinking -water is unsafe simply
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most common and dangerous are the
gefps of Typhoid.
yjm ain't hltcr these perms out. be
cause they are Infinitely small. It
Tv-oiid take seven billions of them to
cover a postage stamp. And boiling
even long continued is not certain to
kill them.
But two teaspoonfuls of Liquozone
make a glass of water safe. It not
only kills the germs In the water, but
It destroys all disease germs wherever
thtr Water goes. This wonderful ger
mteido, made from oxygen gas, is so
cepthin that we publish on every bot
tle nn offer of $1,000 for a disea
jjarm that it cannot kill.
We put Llijuozono in every glass of
water served In our Ialorator.v, ami
v?e servo It on the tables of our homos.
And we have never known a case of
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done.
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AND
Colorado possesses some of the
finest fishing and hunting grounds
on earth, the dense forests being
the natural coverts for c".i. deer.
and other game. Its myriad j of
streams teem with mountain
trout; its lakes.while full of attrac
tions -for the angler, are also the
haunt of millions of geese, ducks
and other wild fowls.
The Fast Trains to
COLORADO
are via
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Wealthy Miner and Dauclttcr to Lire
In Palatial Strnetnre Old
Itomance Recalled.
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IWfUliLIC SPECIALl
Now York, June 2v Captain Joseph E.
De la Mar and his young daughter will
occupy the' splendid house at the north
cast corner of Madison avenue and Thirty-seventh
street, which Is -now nearlng
completion.
It was onco generally believed that
some day ho would live there with his di
vorecd wife, whom tho wealthy mine
owner married undrir romantic circum
stances. Tho rumors that Mrs. De Li Mar
and tho Captain w6ro to remarry -were
persistent, and were often denied by her.
Tbgy were finally set at rest a year ago
when Mrs. De la Mar wedded Mr. James
R. Hatzqaker, once secretary to the late
Cornelius Venderbllt Mr. and Mrs. Hat
maker reside In London.
It was authoritatively announced that
the great house In Madison avenue would
be occupied only by tho Captain and his
young daughter. Captain Do la Mar sent
word by his Secretary at his office, at No.
Exchange placo. that the report that
howould sell it because of his disappoint
ment In his -wish that he and his former
wife might bo reconciled was without
foundation.
CQlBROOMS .FOR' SCHOOLS.
2Jotable Improvement Proposed
by Sirs. Simkliovitch.
jgrtland. Me.. June IS. The "Enlarged
Functions of the Public School" was the
suiject of aaper by Mrs. Bimkhovitch.
hjtsbd worker of Greenwich House, New
YtEJt. read before the Conference on Char
ities and Corrections.
IThe architect of the school of the fu
ture has an Interesting. If not difficult. Job
before him." said Mrs. Bimkhovitch. "Ho
has got to see that certain rooms are
built primarily for club purposes. He has
Kdt to make the school hall accessible to
the street for lecture use; he has got to
pUt In adequate bathing facilities, and he
hps got to make the school a neighbor
hood center."
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I V FltAVK VRPFVTER
Special "orre?pndn-e of The Sun.iai R public
Washington. June J4. Fresh dates will
some day be as common in thli country
as bananas arc now."
These were the words of David G. Falr
chlld. the agricultural explorer, who re
cently returned from Persia, where he was
rent to look up date culture In the interest
of the United ites. Mr. Fairchild is one
of tho first, and, I may say. the chief of
his profession. Educated as a botanist,
he worked for a time as such In the De
partment of Agriculture, and then resigned
to go to Buitcnzorg, Java, and study
plants and fungus disease In the botanical
garden there, the largest and-flnest garden
of, tho world. The expenses of this trip
were furnished by Mr. Harbour LaihroD of
Chicago, at whose suggestion and under
whose patronage Mr. Fairchild later on be
gan to hunt the world oer for new plants
lor the Unlttd States.
PHIIiANTHHOPY IN SEEDS.
Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy runs to
libraries. Stanford's millions were swal
lowed up in his great California Unlversity
and John ltockefellcr's surplus a t.mafl
part of It. I fear goes to the Baptist
Church and his famous Chicago college.
Barbour Lathrop. although a poor man in
comparison with these three, has devoted
his surplus to a pursuit which may result
in greater value to the I'nitcd States than
all the others. Born rich, his life beforo
he met Mr. Fairchild had been largely de-
.uicu iu iiiiveung up anu aown tne world
for his own study and amusement. A typi
cal American, with practical business
sense, he Investigated the vegetation of
other lands, and as he went conceived tho
Idea that manv forelcn nlnnts rniohr h
profitably grown in the United States. Ho
had been traveling thirty years beforo ho
caino to me conclusion to put tnis thought
into action, and It was with this idea
that he sent Mr. Fairchild to Buitenzorg,
and later took him with him as a plant
expert, and traveled from continent to con
tinent, seeking new seeds and plants for
Uncle Sam. All this was dono without
cost to tho Government, save that the re
sults were distributed through the Agricul
tural Department.
Almost at the same time Secretary Wil
son became Interested in the subject. In
deed, ho had taken it up about the time
that Mr. Lathrop began his active Inves
tigations, and since then the work of the
two men has gone on side by side. The
Secretary has established a bureau for
tho introduction of valuable plants nud
seeds, and ht- has to-day a number of
agricultural explorers traveling over tho
world at the expense of the department.
At present Mr. Fairchild Is hero at
W ashlngton In chargo of this bureau
working directlv under tho Secretary, al
though most of his work as an explorer
has been under the ?oIo direction of Mr.
Lathrop ami in connection with him. I
nrat met Mr. Fairchild in 1KJ7, Just before
Istarted out on n newspaper trip of 23.
009 miles, which was to cover tho South
American Continent, nnd at his request I
sent him corn and other seeds from about
Lake Tltlcaca and other nirts of the
Andes. I afterwards tramped over his
track In Slam and Java, and I found him
Just ahead of me In Sumatra. New Gui
nea. Australia and tho Fijls. Slnco then he
has explored South America, has pone
up and down the coast of Africa, and late
ly trf Arnhla and un the Persian Gulf to
Bagdad, the land of dates and the "Ara
bian Nights."
DATES FOR EVERYONE.
"Yes," said Mr. Fairchild. "ne will have
fresh dates, and no one who has not
tasted tho date fresh from the tree knows
what that means. Dates aro of as many
varieties as apples, and feme are so de
licious that thev will form one of the fa
vorite fruits of our tallies. We have in
troduced date palms on the high, drv
lands of the Southwest, and now know
that they can bo as well crown in somo
parts of Arizona and California as In the
Desert of Sahara and Mesopotamia. In
deed. President lloosevelt and members
of his Cabinet have eaten dates thus
grown In America, and we have men in
tho West who are going into date raising
as a business. The new Irrigation works
which are being established will open up
a large area of possible date country, and
dates may In tho futuro be one of our
most profitable fruit crops
"How much will d"tes mv to the acre?"
..... ........ A. jMiic. wjiu inves
tigated date culture in the Sahara, esti
mates that 4,000 pounds can be annually
produced" on an acre of land, and that
after setting asldo a good amount for ex
penses tho net profit from them will be
$150 per acre. .As It Is now, we use only
about 1S.O00.O0O pounds of dates a year;
but If they were raised here and sold fresh
tho consumption would be enormously
Increased, and tho profits can hardly bo
estimated.
SEEDLESS DATE AND ORANGE.
"Wo have Introduced a number of dif
ferent .kinds of dates Into tho West," con
tinued Mr. Fairchild. "and we are raising
somo as delicious as any I have tasted
In Persia. I have heard lately, however,
of seedless date, and am trjlng to get
suckers to plant In Arizona or in Califor
nia. So far'I have not been able to trace
It, but there Is no reason why it shduid
not exist. No one knew of navel ornnires
unUl an American woman, traveling along"
me coast oi xsrazn, was given a seedless
orange while her ship stopped at Bahla.
She asked about It and was told that It
Was cultivated by the people of thati
State. When she came to Washington"
she called at the Department of Agri
culture and told Mr. Saunders about It..
The old gentleman was very polite, and
although he evidently doubted the state
ment, he sent down to Bahla, asking
about this orange and for slips of the
tree. Some came, and they were planted
Ih tho department garden. They grew
Into trees, and upon them were produced'
the first navel oranges ever seen In tho
United States. Slips from those trees
were sent to California and Florida, and
oiir enormous seedless orange crop of to
day is the result. Not long ago a dele
gation of California fruit growers visited
Washington. They called at the depart
ment garden, and one of them said:
" 'Those navel orange trees have given
more to the United States than the con
of the Agricultural Department since Its
beginning'
NEW FRUITS FOR PORTO RICO.
"I should think that such things might
be grown In Porto Rico, Mr. Fairchild,"
saidl.
"Not the date, for that requires a dry
country." said Mr. Fairchild. "But the
nnvpl nrnnen can undoubtedly be crown
there. Porto Rico Is a virgin field for
'
J&FlN3uWriDE:PFtL . PFEf? JL7MT. '
plant Introduction. He are now Mud"ig
the tropical fruits to -pe what will grow
there, and I think it is fmr to s.,i th it
that island will some time he the tropical
fruit garden of the United States It In not
f.ir from New York, and the' shipping fa
cilities will grow better and belter. One
of the fruits which we are introducing in
to Pnrto Rico is the mango We are scour
ing the world for tho best varieties and
are planting them in various parts of
Porto Rico. I don't know that you realize
that there Is as much difference in man
goes as there is in peaches and apples. I
have seen some in East Africa as large as
a small cantaloupe, tinely flavored and de
licious. Thero Is a mango with very thin
seeds grown In the Philippines, and there
aro other mangoes with different flavors
in other parts of the tropics. A few years
ago bananas were no more common in
the United States than they arc now in
Germany. Mangoes will some day be
eaten all over this country. It is not true,
as has been stated, that the fruit has so
much Juice that the only place one can
eat it U In the bathtub.
"Another fruit which we aro setting out
In Porto Rico is the mangosteon. which
grows In the East Indies, and which is the
delight of all traveler. We shall havo a
largo quantity of trees planted and hope
that tho arrangements will lie such that
the fruit can be exported to the American
cities. I have kept mangostcens three
weeks on a steamer, nnd in cold storage
chambers they could bo preserved fresh
for a month. It Is only about four days
from San Juan to New York, and there is
no reason why the fruit could not be
Bhlpped from one pince to the other.
SALTED ALMONDS.
"Are we doing anything In nut culture?"
"Yes," said Mr. Fairchild. "I spent some
timo a vear or so n;o looking for almonds
that mfght bo successfully grown in Cal
ifornia and similar regions. I found that
the Jordan almond was the best variety
for tho salted or burnt almonds which
aro served on our dinner tables. e arM
now nnmrilnp n. million and one-half dol
lars annually for such almonds, and the
demand Is rapidly Increasing. This Jor
dan almond grows in the mountainous
regions of Southeastern Spain. I visited
that country and brought back a great lot
of scions from bearing trees. These were
sent by the Agricultural Department to
California and used to bud and graft thou
sands of young trees there. Some of tho
trees are already producing, and tha prob
ability is that we shall grow all we need.
TV.cn Tirilnn nlmnnd. Ii.IVi. lllird ShdlS.
The women nnd children of tho Spanish
mountain villages crack nuts and take out
the kernels for shlpWnt. When they are
thoroughly introcued hero cracking ma
chines will do this work.
"Another nut which we arc introducing,
said Mr. Fairchild. "Is the cashew- nut.
which grows in different parts of Africa
and elsewhere, it Is served roasted and
will some day be far more liked than, tho
peanut Is now. I think the cashew tree
can be grown In Porto Rico.
BAMBOO TREES FOR UNCLE SAM.
"One of the most important projects in
this line," continued Mr. Fairchild, "is tho
Introduction of the Japanese bamboo for
the Gulf States, Florida and Southern
Tfjcas. Wo have imported thousands of
bamboos and have placed them In tho
hands of a few selected men, who, it is
thought, will bo capable ot handling them.
Wc hopo that comnvrclal groves of bam
lioo timber can bo grown throughout the
South, and they will lie as profitable there
ns they are in Japan."
"Give me borne idea of tho bamboos of
Japan and the money in them?" I asked.
"It would take a book to tell the story,,
said Mr. Fairchild. "There are many a
rietles. used for all sorts of purposes. The
bamboo, you know, 1s a giant grass, which
grows not only in the tropics, but nlso in
the upper regions of the Andes and Hima
layas, which arc covered with deep snow
in the winter. The plant is found almost
everywhere In the Philippines, and the dif
ferent varieties may be Introduced into
Porto Rico nnd Hawaii. Some of the bam
boos havo edible shoots, which look like
giant asparagus sprouts and may be
cooked and eatsn In the same way. They
aro a delicious vegetable and will some
day have a place In the American mar
ket. Other bamboos are grown entirely
for the timhor nnd for use in manufactur
ing. I think the timber species can be
grown along the Yazoo River In Missis
sippi, and that they would be a very val
uable crop."
"Are bamboos cultivated?" I asked.
"Yes. the Jnnaneso treat them with all
tho caro ot other Held crops. They set
them out In orchards or groves, taking a
harvest of poles in August or later. Of
some varieties there are 4.000 or 5.000
to the acre and more than a thou
sand culms or stalks can be marketed
from them every year. The plants are
usually set out about twelve feet apart
and the first stalks cut when the grove Is
about four years old."
"Give mo some Idea of the profits of
bamboo raising."
"They should be greater here than In
Japan." said Mr. Fairchild. "and as far as
I could learn the business pays very well
there. Doctor Shiga of the Japanese Bu
reau of Forestry told me that tho bamboo
was one of the best crops of tho country,
often yielding K0 gold per acre. Of this
20 per cent came firm the edible shoots.
Another Japanese who raised bamboo tim
ber told me he was annually making about
$) per acre out of his land, nnd near
Klota I heard of men who were making
as much as $S0 per acre. Prices rise and
fall from year to year. About five years
ato some of tho planters who were rais
ing groves of black bamboo were realizing
J2W , per acre. They are now netting
about $50.
i"The bamboo," continued Mr. Fairchild,
"is the most Indispensable of all trees In
the far East. It is used for everything un
der the sun. It forma the building material,
the furniture wood, tha kitchen utensils,
tho water pipes, and in some places the
floors and rafters of the houses. It Is used
to make ropes and mats, fans and um
brellas. It largely takes the place of Iron
and wire nnd of many other things. Here
it is used chiefly for fishing poles, of which
wo import millions every year. It would
indeed be a valuable addition to our tim
ber crop."
JAPAN'S PAPER PLANT.
The conversation here turned to the Jap
anese paper plants which are now being
brought to the United States. The Japa
nese make the finest papers of the world.
They have some which look like silk, so
strong that a large sheet will snpport the
weight of the average man. They have
the finest of tissue papers, some of which
are Imported by opticians for wiping
lenses and glasses, and the dentists all
over the country dry out tnp cavities In
teeth preparatory to filling them with sold
'Tri FftT, ''"''' "J.. -
with n it rr js pjpr made in J pan Mr
Fuin'lmd htwd me simples of ome of
thei- iijper-,. ,md, jmong ot!"r things
what li 'iked I ke a li ntln r poitfolln, whii h
would, Mirrpus'. enj-t at le.ist J." at any
notion ston1 in th!- cuuiitrj. It was made
of paper instead of leather, and I was
told It had cost just IS rentei
"Tho Japanese papers.' said Mr. Fair
child, "come from different sources, but
chiefly from the mitnimat.i p'ant. which
covers the bill-dds nnd Is also grown be
tween th rice fields throughout Central
Japan. It is a perenni'il slirub with long,
lance-shaped leaves and yellow- llhwers. Its
b.irk has long, delicate libers, and it is se
cured by cutting the plant and stripping
off the bark, which is then macerated and
made Into paper.
This plant could be grown in the United
States, and It might be harvested bv ma
chinery The plants are grown fiim the
tx'ed and afterwards et out and culti
vated. They are cut off from year to year,
other sprouts coming up for another crop.
The Japanese make their napkins, um
brcllns and lanterns out of such pnpr.
It takes the place of glass In the walN of
the people's houses, and as olUd paper
serves as rubber blankets and rubber
eoas. I see no reason why such plants
should not be raised here and why, with
our modern machinery, they might not
form an Important part of our paper In
dustry. I understand that from n0 to 2.0X)
pounds of bark can be annually produced
on one acre, and thit this when made :nto
pulp Is worth in Japan from 15 to IS cents
in gold per pound. This would m ike a
profit. I should say. of $lu0 or upward per
acre
Copyright. 1904, by T. G Carpenter.
BELL GIRL EMPLOYED
IN HOTEL FOR WOMEN.
- f.rat f nor Kind Make Her Appenr-
mice at the Mnrtlia
Washington.
REPUBLIC FPECML.
Now York, June 25. The first of the bell
girls appearc." in the Hotel Martha Wash
ington, Just as everybody said she would.
If sho pleases tho patrons of the estab
lishment the cry will be "Front, Miss!"
and all cards will be taken to and fro by
femlnlno attendants.
Tho six bell boys In the place eyed her
askance and wondered If her presence
meant the knell of doom for them. It was
the consensus of tho "bench" that they
would hold their positions for a little while
yet, although a more meek array of serv
itors never before sat In a hotel corridor.
Bell girl No. 1 walked lightly about the
tesselated floor.
"No. 1317." said she. In a voice which
was tremulous and low,
Nobody answered
"No. 1317." she said, with more decision.
"No. 1317. No. 1317."
"Gracious, child," exclaimed an elderly
woman, rising from n, seat near the news
stand, "what's all this? You're calling
the number of my room."
"Wanted at the telephone, madame,"
was the reply.
Bell girl No. 1 is short In stature. So
are her skirts. Ilrr hair Is worn In a
lingering braid down her back. She is a
page at present.
"It's an experiment so far," said Mr
M. Caldwell, who recently came from a
leading hotel to take charge of the Martha
Washington, "and I don't see why It
should not be practicable I bellee belt
girls will give good servlco here."
SILK RAISED IN CANADA.
I'rodiiet Said to I5e Finer Than
That of China or Japan.
Ottawa. Ontario. June 23 Tho manu
facture of silk, from the cocoon stage to
the finished product. Is in its first state in
Canada. Andre Vlllanl of Labelle County.
Quebec, will exhibit tho silk at the
World's Fair.
Mr. Vlllanl, at a meeting of the Coloni
zation Society of the Province of Queb'c
three years ago presented plans for estab
lishing the silk Industry in Canada. Be
ing told that his scheme was Impossible,
he said he would undertake to rove to
the contrary ami that it could be made n
commercial success. He sent samples of
his first crop of silk tj the silk expert of
the Italian Government, who Informed
him that his silk was firmer, more dura
ble and more consistent than .Chinese or
Japaneso silk Last year Mr. Vlllanl
showed 50005 plants.
He planted a carload of mulberry treas
last year nnd sowed three acres of land
with mulberry sped that will yield l.OOO.ono
plants. This he expects will enable him
to establish a colony of 2,000 persons de
voted to the silk Industry
STRANGE BIRDS CROSS OCEAN.
Interesting Fowls Build Xests in
San Francisco Bay.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
San Francisco. June 25. There has been
nn Invasion of the seals, domain at the
Cliff House. Several thousand foo-foo
birds have flown over the Pacific from
the "Solomon Islands to spend the sum
mer on Seal Rocks, and the seals aro
agreeably Indifferent.
It is the first visit of the strange sea
birds In twelve years, so there Is a wave
of Interest along the ocean heath. Field
glasses are leveled on them where tliey
aro busy building terraces of nests on the
rocks, which the seals politely and pon
derously avoid disturbing.
Fishermen say the foo-foo birds' com
ing means a prosperous year. Tlie visits
to the Golden Gate have been mid! every
ten years by these queer Solomon It'ard
era ant. alwnys follow a wet winter,
which .brings a plentiful sunp'v of a cet
tain grub worm, which they consider an
epicurean dainty.
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OUR select Fireworks displays for the lawn contain a large number
of pieces, well assorted and of Cue quality. These displays are
prepared especially- for us and cannot be obtained elsewhere. Prices
range from $6.00 to $50.00, according to the number of pieces, but the
price in each case is much less than the items would cost if bought sep
arately. Ma.ke your selections a.t once to avoid possible disappointment.
We close nexl Saturday, July 2d, a.t I p. m. Orders placed now will be
delivered any time to suit our customers. Store closed all day July 4th.
Our No. 1 Display for
$6.00 contains 33
pieces, ns follows:
12 Roman Candle., 8 hull.
C, .lapauuse Candles., 8 ball.
1 Aerial Bouqiu-t.
1 l)p il-AmaiiR-tlic-
T.nlor.s.
2 limes of Stars and Ser-
Jl'llts.
1 rioral TinmbMipll.
1 Kleetrie Cascade.
2 Triiinsle Wheels. 4 lb.
1 I.ntce Tourbillinii.
1 Eliftrle Casc.-ide.
1 Surprise Fountain.
2 Cat s Ked Fire. U lb.
1 Can (?reen Tire, lb.
I Paekage Punk.
No.
No.
No.
Firecrackers.
Our Maudarin Firecrackers aro
absolutely the most perfect and only
satisfactory firecrackers on the
market. Price, per box of 40 pack
ages. $3.00.
Yutshlng riandarin Crackers.
Per box of 40 packages '. .$2.00
Tip Top, per box $4.50
Sold in box lots only.
Mounted Cannon, cast iron, steel
and brass, 25o to $15.00.
Revolvers and Blanks.Tho Young
America, 22 or 32 caliber revolvers,
$2.00 each.
For Summer Sport aivd
HTHE fact that this is the "Largest Sporting Goods
1 us to offer you an unequaled stock to choose from,
goods are bought in such
time and for any time
Lawn Tennis.
We have the
best line of Ten
nis Goods ever
shown.
Tennis Rackets
from best English
a u d American
makers; several
styles of 6triug
ing. and the faces
and handles which
experience a n d
best players ap
prove; selections
made by experts
in the sports for
our customers'
choosing skilled
help here In your selection, if you
like. Prices from $1.00 to $10.00.
Rocket Cases Felt, 50o; canvas.
75c; sole leather, $4.50 and $6.00.
Tennis Balls Slazenger and B. G.
Ii., 3 for $1.00, $4.00 dozen; Ayers
and Goodrich, 3 for $1.25, $5.00
dozen; W. & D. Championship. 3 for
$1.25, $4.50 dozen.
liide & L&clede.
Bicycling Is among the best of
sports if you havo the best bicycle,
I. e.. The "Laclede." Old-timers
never knew the joy of riding on our
newly paved streets nor the pleas
ure In riding our 1004 Laclede
Wheels. Both of these advantages
are yours, and you should get a La
clede at once. They are finely tin
Ished, easy running, speedy and dur
able. Hen's riodels, $25, $30, $37.50.
Girls' riodels, 15. 17 and 3S inch
frame. $15.00, $17.00, $18.00.
Ladles' nodels,$18.00 and $25.00
Boys' riodels, 15. 17 and 18 inch
frame, $15.00, $17.00, $18.00.
PHYSICIAN URGES SIMPLE
DIET AND LOOSE CLOTHING.
'Hi en In Summer One Should Fre
quently Sip Cooleil Dolled Water,
Snys l'romliient Doctor.
I1EPUBLIC SPECIAU
New York, June 23. Many American
cities havlns punered severely from pneu
monia, Doctor Darllngrton, the Health
Commissioner, was asked about the Ml
now due.
"About this time look out for heat pros
trations, heavy losses among Infant from
dlarrhoeal dl;ea?e and cholera Infantum
nnd amonc the adults cholera morbus."
said he.
"Children suffer more from heat In the
summer than adults do." commented the
Health Commissioner. "They should be
clad as lightly as possible, but thTs does
not mean that their parents have to buy
exrecsive garments. The little ones should
wear an abdominal bandage ot flannel,
but besides this merely muslin drawers, a
cambric shirt and a simple skirt ot ging
ham or Ilncrt or cotton trousers are suffi
cient. They are the coolest things and
tbey are Inexpensive.
"The clothing should be very loose about
the neck. Thin cotton stocking?, low,
easv shoes and a Hitht-weiKht straw hat
suggest themselves, but. another thing to
quent bathing with cool water. The chll
dni should be suuift to He down in the
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F &&&
Our No. 2 Display for $10.00
contains 65 pieces, as follows:
1 Aerolite, extra large.
i! Skyrockets. 1 lb.
I! Skyrockets. 2 lh.
t! Electric Spreader Can
dles, 8 ball.
0 Golden Shower Candles,
i; hall.
1 Prismatic Bouquet, ex
tra large.
32 Perfection Candles 10
ball.
6 Fiery Comet Candles, S
ball.
1 ltosette Wheel, lb.
2 Cans Ked Tire, lb. 4 '
1 Can Blue Fire. H lb.
1 Can Creeti Fire, U lb.
.1 P.ensola Lights. K lb.
1 Surjirlsf Fountain. large.
1 DntRonV Nest, medium.
0 Flower Pots. (! inches.
1 Triiiiicle Wheel.
1 Mine of ?tars and Sfr-
penN. No. ('..
1 ICler trie C.T-eade, larse.
I Vert leal Wheel. 10 inch.
1 Raptiliiii' Shower, lari.
S - Displav of 81 pieces
4 Display of ! piece-
5 Display of S8 piece
V. S. Flags.
If you don't own a flag, got one
this week. We have Hags of all sb.es
our beM ones are made of stand
ard l". S. Bunting with the full
number of stars stitched on both
sides.
The colors are fast, and all together
these flags are the handsomest,
strongest and most durable that can
be obtained.
.1x.- feet.. $2.30
3x(i feet.. $2.50
4xSfeet..$4.15
5vS feet.. $4.50
HxlO feet.. $5.40
0x12 feet.. $7.50
7x14 feet.. $8.00
fex 15 feet.. $9.00
Sizes up to 10x20 feet at propor
tionate ptlces. Cotton flags from r0
cents up.
large quantities. All the requisites of sport for summer
are here from the leading manufacturers.
Fishing.
What you
catch de
pends largely
upon your
tackle.
What you
lack ycu
canUnd
here; good
qualities
only, hut
prices
which are
nor a heavy
tax on the
sport. Bo
sure and
get a conv
ot out- Fishing Book full of point
ers. Fishing Rods, 15c to $30.00.
Fishing Lines, 5c to $5.50.
Reels, 25c to $23.00.
Fishing Hooks, per 100, 10c up.
Minnow Buckets, 15c to $1.75.
Also, Artificial Flies and Baits.
Tackle Boxes, Fly Books, . Floats,
Sinkers, Leaders, etc., etc.
Hammocks
coolest spot In the home In the hottest
part of the day. and when they play they
should be kept In the shade as far as
possible.
"Almost everybody can place a big wash
tub full of cool water in the middle of
the largest room In the home and there
let the children splash to their hearts'
content during the heat of the day. Let
the girls wash their dolls and the boys
sail their boats, and no matter how much
they splash themselves, nobody should
scold them. They should be stripped to
their abdominal bandages, ond their pa
rents need have no fear of their young
sters catching cold. Stimmer.cold" are not
due to the chilling of the system In that
way, but to overeating, combined with
lrrregularltles of and fermentation in the
oowels.
"The simpler the diet the better for
young and old. of course, but It Is very
unwise to let any trouble with the stom
ach Or bowels past unnoticed without con
sulting the family physician. The system
craves moisture In hot weather, and the
frequent sipping of cooled, boiled water
Is excellent for reducing the temperature
of the body. The water should be cooled,
but rot by putting Ice Into it.
"In the dry climate more moisture Is
thrown off from the system, both by the
lungs nnd the skin, than where the air I
humid. Thus, the waste products of the
syBtem are eliminated faster. Hence, a
iroderately dry climate Is a benefit. Ex
cessive moisture and humidity harm be
cause they favor the multiplication of
germs, and because In a very moist cli
mate less waste Is thrown off by the lungs
and the skin than should be eliminated.
"Heat Is not so bad of itself. It Is the
great humidity that Is depressing and In
jurious, but proper attention to diet, cloth
ing, avoiding stimulating, heating edibles,
and particularly liquids, to taking due rest
and frequent sponging of the body, with
cool watAr. wUi accomplish wonders."
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$13.00
S23.00
$30.00
Patper BaiioGRs.
Manufactured from a paper of u
peribr strength and texture. Eath
balloon has lire protector.
Prices, per dozen. $1.35, $1.75,
$2.25, $2.75, $3.50, $4.50, $5.75
and $8.00.
Animal Balloons for Day Celebration
Pig, Elephant and Fish Figures.
Price, each. GOc. .'
Fireworks Balloons for Night Only. .
These balloons are tiuequaled 'for'
pleasing effects, discharging mee-'
ors, dragons, bombs and duration
stars, amid a continuous shower T
goldcn'v spray. Price, each. 50c,
G' r.rt
Pleasure.
Store in the World" enables
at prices only possible where !
emg.
One of '
the most
delightful,
summer
pleasures ,
V is canoe
ing, and
this year
hundreds
will find "
restful
rccrea- '
tioit C
during
the hot
days and
evenings in paddling
on the beauti-
fill Jlerantec.
We carry a large stock of Nutting,
Hi
Morris. Niangua and Pearson Ca
noes, ranging in price from $32.50
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tU k40.UU, lll?U I.UUUUULS, ViilSU- f
line Launches and boating; accesso- J
ries of all kinds.
Visit our Cance Department awl
nslc for n conv nf nnr inftt Cnrt.i.. .'
bock vou will be interested. 1
at $1.00
a.nd
Vpwa.rd.
Ca.no
The $1.00 Hammock is a good one. We sell
a great many. It is better this year than ever
stronsr cotton, open weave, full siz;, 72
inches long:, -complete with pillow.
Others in various designs and color
effects up to S12.00. These have
pillow, spreader and valance.
DATAS'S WONDERFUL MEMORY
"Human Kncyelojicdia" Tosses
Oil Dates ofl Demands.
nnrrm.ie special.
New York. June 25. It was a little man,
with a peculiar side step. In. a gray suit
ofclothes. including a bright blue walst
coat.who hurried into the stage at the New
York Hoof Garden when the time came for
"Datas. the human encyclopaedia," to ap
pear. He was announced as ready to an
swer, through won'derful powers of mem
ory, any historical questions. Mr. Datas
put his hands in his pockets, smiled and;
raid: "Now ask me."
All sorts of questions involving dates,
from a query as to when chloroform was
first used to that of the day when the first
American Derby was run. were hurled at
him by people In the audience. Except In
one or two Instances he answered them In
stantly and correctly, and many of his
ready answers astonished the audience.
Of course, he mado misses, too. For In-,
stance:
"When was Commodore Perry born?' w
someone asked. . ' '
"J?ever heard of him." replied Detas,
and the audience roared; but he did know
the date of the battle of Inke Erie. '
The audience had fun with Urn now and
then. "Who killed Cock Robin?" -asked a
wag.
"Mother 'Shlpton's cat," was the reply
In a fine cockney dialect.
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