The St. Louis Republic. [volume], August 20, 1905, PART II, Page 3, Image 13

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J THE-ST., LOUIS REPUBLIC: SUNDAY 'AUOUST 20, 105. - r. 1 f II
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rriTHA'C NEW DfWT ':BS ," bay and Tre vast I V M-AMeM MM . I
CUBA i nCW rUKI ! - fruit industry. It Flt MkmM . MM lb I 1
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Enterprises Operated by Americans Include Largest Sugar Mill in the
WorldThe Dnmois Plantations, Which Have Been Cut Out of
the Woods A Thirty-Mile Ride Through a Banana
Grove Pineapples by the Millions.
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER '
V I.'. -: -Wv ' ,, i- i U&'. '''0T?r&m?&'mmmW 'ffJmYJOLm
..-' gy'-'mr
A PLANTATION V1I.UAGE. 1 VV :-' ' TIHB ullPflNVlHPiKN
'rare' s tvtv nr wnMwl - 1"iM
i OTUJwer. wzz ?---:' -m
r 11 Crr-pnB!om of th maaar Rrpublla.
Antilla. Cuh. Au. li-I dte this let
ter at th future ffrcat city of astftm
dilM. th nw port of Anttlla, th r
iniuux or Sir WlllUm Van Home's Cub
railrua1. on Nlrx Ilav.
Th fla- now rotmlxts of tutm tbstehad
hi.t.. a railroad depot and a lanp? ware-hoji-.
-which jirves as quarter for tho
Ivil nlr."r and othr Americana who
hi- Uylwt out tho town.
Tli- railroad has bn opened only a
l.rt tlmo and tho wharves, although
u h that KToat steamers can land at
them, are far from oincpletlon.
The plana an tt on a grand acalcv and
hpi marled out. Antllla will bo on of
the lieautifu! cKlee- of the world.
An It 1 now It ! aurrounded by wllder--
Thre are thousands of acres of
fort In ewry direction, with hero and
t n-re .1 jrreat fruit or sugar plantation, cut I
fin of the wood!1. J
N'ertheioss. tins country will on day
the winter veaetalle garden for New
.rk. an'! It ha already begun to supply .
i.ur market with rane. bananas. iine-
tllei and other tropica fruits. It I
nl two and a half days bv fast sf-am-n
from New Tork fily. and next winter
;i t:r- of large evls will be going Jw-lc
'i! forth, mrrjiiut freight anl paeniT).
The p.,rt Is alreaily t-oiine-t-l with Ha
i bv railway, and the "ul r-ud will
tiiitke nwh fn-Ight raten that a large part
f tit product of eatem and central
-uba will lie hlppeI tfi tho I'nlted States
la Antllla. Tho loading arransements
will t urh tliat freight can be eheaplv
tratrtf-rwd from the nam to tho vwels.
aid loner frt tfiht rates mill te given than
i ie9!bl.i Ia Htvana. Indeed. It Is ex-(.-tl
that a large part of th travel from
:he I'nlted mate to Cuba will b carried
tH wav. and that this whole region will
tf rapidly developed.
some mo KNTERj'itiana.
At present the mo.it of tho lands hers aro
Its vfa Ksnils 4ssaL oafvltailta'ta ! t
native Cuban. It Is lm;ioslhle to buv I
irall tracts and ever thing so far is on
n grard scale. I cam to Antllla from
Santlig". leaving tho main line of the
"uha mi'l at Alto Cedm. which Is twenty
fixe or thirty miles from Antllla. Almost
tie hoie country fmm there to tho im
trciute lclnlty of tho hay Is owned hv
three . (ur families. That nearest the
bar N'longs to il. Dumois Co. who
own stout D.M acre, and have aiready
HOME OK GEOHGK DLMO AT SAKXIA.
tural exhibit I hav ever seen In any part
01 the world
acres under cultivation, and to the. AOiacCLTCRAI. GARDEN OF EDBN
N:pe lUy OimpanT. an association of Bos- 1 . . . tv...ii .. . i,.mt.
ton capitalist, which has brwght 1T5." ,"Jand- " ' i?."y'.wr 2ft
cre. much of which It nmmjse. to clear
and plant In cane Within a short dlstanco
f tnre tracts Is on of aj.oto acres, for
htch the KnlckertnvJ(er Trust Company
rT New York l nrcotiatitig. The owners
ere rich Cuban awl they ak aW.W for
ihe property Near It l another estate of
&'in acr. which InrlixJeu the site of Alto
"lm TH Is valued at $19 an acre, or
at naif a million dollars, and can only be
Im.ucM in the lump.
1 niti:i kim;it oompant bhtate.
vlthin m short distance of Nipe Bay Is
Hane. lia). the land about which aro
osjied bv th I'nlted Fruit Corapanv.
w)ee rtramns run regularly bctwusm
Ni- lti and Ranes Ray and New York.
This rompnnv has 7J.flj acres of land, and
aImih iiti ctp under cultivation. It
ms almost Sfti acres in sugar cane, and
Its isr mill alone cost fW.no. It Is
now Krlrdtns out about T.lnitorv pound of
ucnr nr It annuil bAnatia hiti
tnesit to w York are about MHD
t.itich-s The Iumoi Company lias an
rinrrooi cre.tg -mdi-r fruit, and It has
h o "v-T-iI thousand acres in raise.
The jij ita Company l compoed f
iiiUe mho are largcl Interent"! in the
I nltcj lru!t Compuny It has a onpltal
f slnt K(rtt and If It plans are car
t.c,j ..tit it wilt lui the largest plantation-
in 'uh. It I tins- preparing to
build the largest t.gar mill of the world,
or-., whlrh will grind ln hags isr da.
'id which will e3t up as much sugar
cati" h can he protlu'd on ltffO acres
.til this land, as I lui said. Is now In
l.rse tnic's jtiit It owners consider It
present vain- to he something like flO pet
scr- It niM b. r befur It is of
f..red to the puhlK-. but the probability is
that much of It will eventually 1 a'il
llvlded. and trmt this whole legion will
l coverett with fruit farms f greater r
Ire !ti tnd of em-rmous alu.
1'INKST II Allium in cvnv
Hut let me tell iou something nbotat
Nipe Rav It h the f!net harbor In
CnS. end Is so large that ou could put
SantlAjto Itav. Havana Kav and nearly
eery other goo. bar of this Island Inside
It and have room to spare. It i ten or
twelve mlMs long, eight r ten mile wlJe.
and Is ntcrcd bv a narrow channel with
a deep waterway The channel I dop
thrmighout o tVroJal Rav. where Sir
Wllllsni vn Home nn i:,t out aiii 1
nele
four year ago. To-dav It Is an agricul
tural Garden of Eden. It contain l.wn.ww
banana tive. l.sK) pint apples. s).w.
orange tree. ). cacao tree ana i.iisj.i
coSeo trees, all thriftily growing. The cul
tivated Ian da cover four or live thousand
acres.
There aro not so many weeds upon this
tract as In the bcat-k-pt kitchen garden
of the United States I rode on horsehak
thlm--!U miles oer the plantation, tak
ing is days to It. riding sixteen or more
miles at a trln. and I did not see a dozen
wei nor a dozen blades of gras. The
crops are kept a clean as a floor, and
the growth of everything is beyond holier.
This plantation is Just at It beginning.
The property I onlv four years Jd. The
c-onpativ owns 43 0ft.' acre, and of this onlv
one-tenth has been plante-1 It is expected
that the planting will continue, i Mr.
lumol tell me until they hare !
plneappess. ZMO.Q& banana tree and .-
orange tree Thes. when In full bear
ing, should net about 9VM) caes of rl:i-.
l.af.( bun.Jie of Imnana and .Wodii
lixs of orange every year
The company ha a ca-ttal stock of B.
""".0"". and when Its plantations hae
reached the above condition they should
bring In about ..0 a ear This condi
tion will probably come within two or
three tears. The company Ik a close cor
poration, consisting of Mr II Putrols an 1
Ms son. his brothers and a few friend and
r-Iatle, Th-re is. I bIiee. no stock
for ale
FRUIT KING OF NIPE
Rfore I deacrilwd my vl!t to this es
tate lt me tlt ion som-thJric of its
chief owner. This is Mr litnpolytc I)u
tno's. the fruit king of Xlpe Har lie In
be.-n rsllr.g fruit in Cuba all his life, and
h knows more to-da about the country
and how to et the most out cf It than
anv otner man 111 it
Ills father wa a coffee planter near
isantltiffo ana Mr Iimois becan life In
the frtilt business His firt nlantatlnns
fcculd hardlv reach the fruit ! standing
upngnt on my saddle. The trees were not
over six feet apart, and riding through
them Is like going through a forest of green
trunks supporting great ribbonlike leatcs
which meet overhead and shade the
ground Now and then we psed a tree
in Mos-otit.
Each irve had hit one. but this was from
six to ten Inches long and at Its base
was as big around as my arm
It looked like a great bud rather than a
blossom, and it formed the end of a'humii
of bananas which extended out from the
root of the eae at a distance of from
ten to fifteen feet frcm the ground. Ah
I looked I noticed thJt the tem of the
bnnch hung down and that the banana
grow upward Instead rf d-iwnward as
many suppose. 1 counted many hunches
which had flftv. bananas upon them, and
was told that a single hunch may have aa
man as a hundred.
HOW THE FRI'IT IS HARVESTED.
In cutting bananas tree are chopped
almost In half. As they fall the bunch la
caught and cut off. after which the tree Is
"hopped off to the ground, to allow the
sprouts at the foot to have the full
strength of the roots. Banana here will
sprout up Ix. seen. eight or more tear
from the same roots, and sugar cane will.
I am told. eM crops for t wont y-flve years
without replanting
All bananas Intended for export are cut
green. There i not a bit of teljow to be
seen In any of the fruit when It I shipped,
and It take a week cr more before such
t-nanas are ready for eating There are
packing sheds along the coast throughout
tre pian:ation. wnere the nan.ana are put
Into lighter anil carried to the central ti
tlon to the steamers Four dai after that
thev are In New Tork. and within two
weeks are on the breakfast tables all oxer
the country
riNHAPI't.ES AND ORANGES.
In another nan of the estate nineannles
grow letween the lnana They seem to
do a well there a in the opn. Indeed. I
saw pine hv the thousands as big as a
man r neai urrnunnej nv rci and green
we-e at Haracoa. on the northern coast ! cactusiike leaves, in another part oranges
of Cuba not far from Cape Malsl and .1 1 mrnw an,n5 Th.e bananas The orange
little l.ite- r-e Iwucllt 1VOW acres tt t.r.,1
rear Kanes Hav He dMrc! m.omn acre
there at d set It out In banana .nd was
dclrg an enormous business nhipolng his
crops to the I'nlted State when the
Spanish war broke out. tie then had a
fleet of fruit steamer, there were twen
ty miles of railroad on his plantation
. , arirl a v "! Fa I va a ria,a new aa Mene.ualAK.i-
n t-mv u imrnnii. a--, or . - iOW jiiriii -'-.-'-
trarof,e"Rivtaf'.p,h,era,."s III- rrop-n,' w-- oestrojed d.r.ng the
IkJit the i.les'ne Greece It has a tine mr- rl,t " elnmm h .reluxenated It
rMm-te n. nisnv ,1', wlil I- n-1.f K'1 B7r,li.l,rIII,itN' rn,,", FT" C'm.-
h. .inter resorts of the I'nlted State f'r " " -me amount of stcck
r SutoTax Hon" fca hwjht 1 of thl-companv and actcj a the mans-
11. i .learin - -a ii'tivi luaai tiiaa.1- w 1.11 11 isa
..t ..n t build a winter hom-tlw-re. ( "' running
I und-swtand that a Chicago millionaire,
whose-fcughter Is to marrv Sir William
Van IsaVne's son. wilt build a residence
- near btv and that other rtrh Ar-erVnn
sr negotiating for slmiUr properties.
Just scrs the wv the It'mols famflr
has already constructed buildings on the
Island or etl. -nd he Nipe Ray Cnm
panr millions Ires are likelr to have homes
on their propertv The Spanish-American
.Iron Company has bought Sk' acre on
the pine hill ir. the mountains on the
athr side of the bar. and are peospectlng
- It. frr metal, and there are others who
are nesottating with fhe Cubans for th
lands remainlrg
......FROM ALTO CEIRO TO NIPE BAY
When everrthlrg was In full oneratfon
he declde.1 to retire from business life
and went to Havana
He .on becsme discontented, however,
and then returned here and bousht the
encrroens tracts of lard which are now
owned by himself and family and the
Nipe R.tv Companj The property wras
first bought in cor.n-ction with the Nip
Hay Corrpant . but be has taken hi
hare. ind now owns In connection with
his relative more than smi seres of
the richest land in Cwba
A part of this estate on tle IsUnl
of S.ietia and the peninsub of Ravmon,
ar! another part on the mainland border
ing the bav ard the Tacatn Riier He has
aboit tweise mii' ct ratiwav on the e-
ssk- nllrwd ride from Altn OJm to tate ard has due- a cara through th'
ntltla give a fair Idea cf the whole of I neck cf thSaeti, Isthmus connecting
. Mltl. 4
. eawion. except wiiere the plantations
faarw been cut out of the wti aifcl trans-
rrn-acal jungle to the richest fnrtt fields
On eann
v n the way along the road there 1 a
..- fort corr posed of white-trunked
.ma. knekty and gnarly, wfckh rise Mo
Cje asflce feet In the a!r. and under
NtDe Bav with Ivta Ra. rr.akt.-.c Sae-
tla an tsler.d.
PINEAPPLES RY MIIJ.IONS
I -ame with Mr Pumois from Santiago
' u svntllla. and I hae spent eerat days
with him on his estate dunnc rev star.
Ie!r Ar.tlila. we rode acres the bav
in the pinttlmi launen to Saetla. wher
Mr Ducvil has a million pineapples, a
million bjnana tree and sever,. h-;n-dre,!
thousand orange trees now growing.
Fire hundred men are there employed,
and th horse cf air. IJTol and hi
here and there take root in the . eon and the variocs officials mke quite
The. top of the trees are cor- I a colony Their fcoas line the shore near
feet in the a!r. and under them
"r a tMcet of young tree, which grow up
4 5e thirty feet without a tranch.
Tkw tree arc bound together with
.te long lUanas hang aVwn from thrtr
Him air Plants and orchids fcr the
Tttaaamasta roast ta their branches- There
.
whl.-h have falVse this
that, fereken by the wtnd. aad
vtnes. the whole sn matteg and
tujetaer tnat it woum ianpossp
IEO juagev smvi m or
iTvS'anki iswi conuaaes ait ise war
fltsaTalM CwJra to Ntpe Bay. aavt It stUt
gLi7iiiiiy tts greater tart cf the bay.
Tk.llll.lt. "" t-i" OeK
etavw swa t horned over, and
S7.Vig ksaa piaatation of svamar cane.
v XsasaaasaV fanaaali. rosTe aad
tsaet fastoaa t H. Isasjiali A
t fa fktfc raamlt of otOy feear years'
It Jw U sassst woaaWrfol atjricul-
afssy-.
the wharves, with a beautiful park be
tween them and tre Eacn.
There are an office, a store, a blacksmith
sbcp a machine shop and a number of
comfortable heroes, the largest of which
is tit of Oeorgr C Dumois. the sea of
Mr H ncxsoJ
Directly bark of the bending the
banana plantations begin. They extend
along th .here fee- mile, rising ap the
htCs so tfeat the whole side cf the island
! backed with a great mar f green
leaves. The pUntatloa has escQst roa4.
and during tar 1 took a horseback
Tde thmtagh these banana field of felly
atctsea sbUs. The tanana trees were far
above my head aa I rode throats them
m m Uttfct slKi tssy. aac, tilni. I
tree are cf a rich green Manv of them
are pure Cuban, but thousands are budded
from the beat of the Florida and CaMforn'-a
varieties
letter I crosse.i the bav to the Tacalo
plantation, which also belnngs to this
same company. This conta'ns asyti acre,
and It has een more bananas anil oranges
than are on the Island of Sietls I rode
shout twenty miles up sr.d down the hills
through the bananas there, and at time
wan ft lost. In going th's way 'and that
oer th.e plantation rnad. that, had not
the manager of the estate I i with me.
I might have ridden about for das and
pot fottnd mr wa cut
Among the bananas at Tcalo more
than ; coff-e and cacao trees hse
been plantesl. ami In adilitJin large num
ber of orange tre. Th.efcoffee tree are
three jean of age. but trev will produce
thl ear. and hereafter will vield about a
pound or more to the tree Th"V are
planted In row and they grow luxuriant
ly, a do also the cacao trees, from which
our chocolste comes. I saw cacao fruit
on some of the tree, ard was old tht
thev would all be peoduclng within two
ear
Goins: bark to th plantation I rode for
several mite through sUar cane, which
ganrs of men wen cutting and loading
on the plantation railroad to t. carried
to the surar tn'll. and .r rlnload
fter tr-'-'to-vd of on "wtie toward
Maneei There are altogether 3' acres
I In one. The first crop was taken off
about one vear ago. and thev have cut
the second this r. I s.w ls some a
island cotton, but so fur this has been
onlv an experiment
There are now 1. men working on th.
Ta.-aJo estate, and :her. as at Saetla.
thev have a central vtllage. with offices
and stores. The employe lj jn village
of thatched hruts rattereI here and there
over the estate.
FOUR THOl'SAND ACRES CLEARED.
These million of banana and pine
apples and the hundreds of thousands of
orangea. coffee and cacao tr-s were a
wonder to me. but the greatest worder of
all wa th fact that thev hae all been
planted within the short space of four
years, and that fcur year ago th- land
on which they stand ws a Jungle of
forest, more wild than any part of the
Uower Mississippi Valley.
Wlthtn that hn time these C3A acre
of wonts have been cut. dearer! and made
into a farm more clean than the finest rose
garden In the United State. .The woods)
were cct and burned over and the plant,
without pro11 or wt of .-cultivation.
were set out Is the ashes. E;nce then sot
a Blow h been asxl. and tie olv til
lage h been to pull out thc'wW and
mm tho si ass To-day ta all the cultivat
ed sssTttee of the estate there I not
sssagh crai to aprg cce teeal to a
iherjMdUP0 1
A Sale Ejfcriy Watched aad Waited For by Itoasaads of St. Laws People.
SEMIANNUAL OCCURRENCE AT FAMOUS February awl Astgust whea the f aal preparation
are aiade fr.the iacotaiaK of the aezt season's stock, aad
Every Vestige off MeixluuHlise off Present Sen n Priced to Gtanatee Its Immediate Digpssil.
Notkiar has twea left a!oae to auke this (if possible) evea areater thaa tkat ef last Aatst. Ysa caacotae to FaaMas to
aiorrov or aar way cariair the twscress of this sale expectiajr the bareaias of TOr life: tou'U not be wisafrpniatesl; ao sfepart
awat is ezeaipt. FaaMas policr of vbsosiaf of all foods ia the seasoa for which bought is positive. The result of this edict
is plaialr portray, ia these siftlike prices. Get yoar share of them. Soate liaes are aot large be wise aad be early.
A
Knit Underwear.
Bar c
Children's white gat Vgata.
neck, long or short sleives. s
accoramg ta sire, up to 3Sc: ehojc
of any- slxe. Wind-up
eale Price.
Monday
Women Imported Swiss rlbbtd
vests, low necK. no a.eevs. aano
crochet yoke, the regula:
price was w.m apeciai
Wind-up Sale Price.
Monday
es. aano
21.
WE GIVE EAGLE TRADING STAMPS
WlgsfMk Sfmt
aSMgaaaaaf i
Sunbonnets for -misses and children.
Mils of percale and chambray.
neathr trimmed with braid and
stitching dark, and light
colors. Sc and 36c
bonnets, for
Infants Caps, made of white China
silk, neatly tucked with ruchmg
and pompon of hobblnet. with
bow of baby ribbon, wldeii V
Chlni silk ties: 19c caps A
Wind-up Prk ""
wnsvcp sau: or
Boys9 $6 Suits $3.75
All-Wool FaacrTvo-nseiaBble-Breasteu.
also Norfolk. Rtsniaa Blouse aad Etoa
Sailor Suits -Bade of fancy cheviots aad
cassiaieres faaBdaone. well
tailored $5.00 aad $.
8nits Sfoadajr for
aWys extra wcll-Btade Kaee Paat Suits aad
Two-Ploce OoHble-Breasted aad Norfolk
Suits, aude of iBportod Scotch
aad English cloth: all sixes: best
$7 aad IS values Meaday.
Boys Madras aad Percale Shirts gfdjaa
that sold u to f l.S bow .Iff
Boys' 5c Pateat aad Plata Leather flEa
Belts Monday gfcwtw
Boys 75c Faacy Colored Rosslaa
Blouse Waists
3.75
w .
4.
4is
WIsVt;p SALB OP
Wash Gtotfs. White Gtis. Ihjgseslics
Sc
Me
l!c Plain White Swiss Organdies
very sheer yard
5Sc Persian I-awns sheer and pretty
immense bargain yard
Small lot of fancy White Goods ranging In value
up to 30c yard choice of lot.
JVswS S.I eeeeeeeeei
SDc to 3!c Wash Fabric check Voiles sheer
Organdies. Koll-nne. ;inghams. fA-.
h ouuras, etc. ..................
ISc Madras white ground cord weave small fig
ures and stripes In all colors :o s
ll J SI sal
ISiaC White Cambrics 3-lnch Hns
quallt Monday price
irHe Bleached Pillow Cases ts'i or
4iz3S Inch slse
3Sr Flannelette Skirt Patterns for earlv
11 1 1 "?. n
Pick of the house of all of our finest Batistes worth
up to 1 9c a yard.
1 lPI eoseeeeieeeeeeeo4
So I'nbleached Muslin 30 inche wide tLm
&
IV
IV
risi
Beds and Bedding
9S.M rteaitavry Casarh fgr faaa-The sfoe
cial Couth S feet S laches long extra
heavy aude with three rows of spiral
sBrug-s best aattoaai steel raaric
rich broaxe color f 5.9S
value Wiad-l Sale
Price Moaday
69 Eaaaacled Ire Beds at creatly
reduced Brices.
$8.59 Air-Felt Mattress aay size waated
sold with xMBufacturer s
suaraatce;
asMvfjuiy
2.98
1.75
5.00
12.75 Cottoa-Too Matt
good heavy tlckiac
Wlad-Up Sale Price
Moaday
rees. covered with
1.50
At 8 O'clock
We wUI sell about leas yds. all together
uf Dress Ginghams-worth l"?jc and
lie yd. and genuine Amoskeag Apron
Ginghamsvalue of which you U
know they are clean and perfect and
range 5 to 10 yard lengths Ml
while they last. Wlnd-1'p MTtrnW
Price will be. yard w
At I OXIock
There will aurt another monster Hosi
ery gale ladles' Sne-gaitge black or
tan Hose made of tero-thread Xaco
cotton, with extra high-spliced heels
and toes full regular made abaolute
Iv fast color all sates SS dozen
In all-actual Sc Hose for. la
pair
At 9 O'Clock
IBs prompt only S doasn of them, all
told Ladles SOS Dotted I.awn
Dresses. Ladles' S3 taxwn and Percale
Wrappers and two-piece House
Dresses and &." Striped Brllliantlne
Skirts you can select from
all while they !at. per
garment
5tc
At 2 O'Clock
-Mad. In both ki
mono and sacque sliaprs: made of fine
lawns, dimities, etc. light or dark
shades of pink. blue, lavender, nile.
black and while, stripes and figures-
sizes 34 to 44 what's left from
our Vic and Tie lines 43 dozen
In all while they last. each..
25c
At 10 O'Clock
The men can revel In a great bargain
?e ta tin Shirts for 35c Including
the noted Buckley Custom Mada
Shirt, and New Era Shirts with col
lars attached mostly small sizes
47. dozen In all actual 73a to
S1.S0 Shirts-while they last.
2ft
At 3 O'Clock
We will offer about !.3 yds. of Fancy
Ribbon, consisting of checks, polka
dot and stripe effects ribbons up to
43 inches wide and always regarded
a' an extra good Z5c value ,
while they last Monday. J dfe
ard
At U O'Clock
Wo wiU offer all of a rat (prokmMy S
doaa of par liaen
Inch lis, hfstitched and
stitcked-g, ressarhaMe faargaia actual
4Se goods not over trig to a
rtiMomer while they last.
eaca.
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At 4 O'Clock
Prwlt awssrotea- We have a lot of M
dozen white porcelain. In fancy, tasty
patterns-regular price on the. Is 3c
per half doscti-to make quick riddance
of them wo win sen them at m.
4 o'clock Monday, per set of Hdh
six. for .sf
WrssaVUff) Sate of
Rich. Pretty Silks. 25c Yard.
A clean-up that Includes some of our chotce
silks. In Pongee. Corded. Jap. Foulards, plain
Taffetas, etc.. In a fine assortment of colors:
also black and white worth tip to SSe Km
r-CIean-up Price, yard Ilf
lf-inch changeable Suisse Sfesseltn ffilk. beau
tiful 'effects In green and .gold, olive and
brown, waterm.lon and silver, cerlso and
, emerald, male, and white, and brown and
' black hlgh-clsss 85c silks lff
Wind-up price.. ?
10 piece :7-tnch black guaranteed Taffeta, an
extra good file qualitv Wind-up Sale
II pieces Sfi-lnch black pure dye Rustling Taf
feta Olace. guaranteel. actual tl.IS If
quality Wind-up Price, yard
i'a
WifSaMfa)Sasw4ff
Skirts, Waists, Dresses, Etc
Wind-up Rile or Kklel. Kaltraavrsssiairy Vatwea
There are about 500 of them Psinnma. Cheviot.
Voiles. Sicilians and Broadcloth Skirts all color
and black knee flounce plaiting, full length
plaiting mid a dozen other style to choose
iron best regular I1.S0. S10.O and J
Sin SO values made your choice f or. . . . .WfBSB"
All Children's Dresses In the bouse worth up to S S-0
Including Ginghams. Lawns. Chambray. Per
cale, lit. Russian Itlouse. Buster Brown and
other fine styles clean and fresh and all beauti
fully trimmed i good chance to supply the girls
for school: diolce of twT
entire lot. Monday Vlt
Wind-up Sale of 1.004 Wrapper 31.00 kind nno
Uwns braid trimmed, deep flounce or plain
St vies small figures on white Wind-up 1IS'
Sale Price, eaclt wgS
S3 00 Uivn Waists sttarc joke, plaited back and
other choice models Wind-up 88x2
Sale Price .......................... Vww
11.30 Waists Whit un and fancy Penane. etc.
some insertion trimmed, others plaited andtutkeil
in the waist effects Wind-up fiatfe
Sal. Price. .........-....... sTsiBVas
WlauMJs
Sates
HwttsefaraislNiigs.
Plain white, fancy tssttern. dinner slse.
regular price 40c set of six: while too doasn
last In this Wind-op Sale. lEa
set of six for (
Water Hliaass Lara;, size, fancy shape, pretty
decorations, regular price SSe: In this aa'fw
Wind-up Sale. ......... aaw
-Made of heaw tin. woven wire
bottom, regular price 10c: Wind-up
Zr9 1" J I ICV as sow
CraaaHs "rwaTsj S-quart size, with cover, gray
enamel ware: while S dozen last, regular
price zee: tvino-up
Cawasa mreltfssra Odds and sads. all;
soiled, worth up to $1.35: Wind
up Sale Price. ......
Salt sa Made of wood, to hang en wall,
regular price 13c: Monday Wind-up "J
fal I aTiCr M aa
Ifhtty
-Wasst . Just tho thinar
for Ironing shirt waists, regular price BL
44s.-: Wlnil-up-Sale Price - CtBBj
wa- mm
X ' -'Jg.
gssj-r- Www at lass
ssallsl T " sewsai
fgatSj fettfSsrf.
slze.1 goat, and there are absolutely bo
weed whatsoever. . .
ml . .- 1 - - Ala-otafs Kt wri
I r.e ptanwiun ., -" --- -' -.-.
tract, eacn man veins smuiru -.- .. .
acres as ho will care for at from a to 75
cent per acre per month. One man can
krp clean about forty acres, this nets
Mm from W to S per month .and i he
has time to make extra tnonev by cutting
cane or bananas or doing odd Job about
,lAHlofMr. Dumois's work Is done hv
contract and hta men make from to
SW i month. The "hrr0iliht?
his tract csw is ftaK?d. and If te shts
It much he Is 'ta,t..,,Si.?It "C
ab.ut regularly to .see that the workJ
properly done. During "J !"; "
miW ride which I took over "J"
erty I saw no gangs t.rk weeding.
although I GM now mm '"j "-"- I
pullInT weeds out of the J1!; '
tlrg tnwn In I ! totmogtua .
away. ntAa . ..-.
LUMATIC THIIIICS HEIS
KING OF DETECTIVES.
J. p. Harris. Its li
Angeleo
ttMi !
,or-,heA. SS
keep m In chains hw. wlj I suouw
be tip and about doing th. Government s
""Jring in bunk In ' ,nJ2n', w. .
ts. ivTimtv Hospital Is J r. Harris, a
JnTn of eairTAnkle Irons encircle hi
limbs and there I a dangerous gutter In
pSer" Harris believe be "
calling in life, and that Is to be the king
U'msys that while standing on
Srrlngreet a tolce told him that Victor
E oV'tro. a San fancisco "JI'veaa
going to shoot Mm In front of ,he Beau
mont Cafe, at Fifth and trT!-"j
went to the Beaumont and Jumped
through a sctxeu on the porch.
After Harris had finished bis "detective
work at the Btaumont the voice, he says,
called him down North Main street and
Into a book store, where he stole a, amall
volume, but the proprietor fo!owed him
oat and sxad. hiss return the woks. Har
ris then went to a patrol box and con-inc-d
a policeman that there was some
thing wwngThe patrol wag-mwa sura
mored and 'wheHoc Hotsses No. 3T" was
invited to ride to the station. There he
wa booked s trssn-. ...
-When Vi-tor E. O. Vlro. the great ana
Francisco detective, la deed. I ahalt take
cp his work. said Harris. "I never did
arv defctlve wark. but I know I have
been caOed to It. aad to It t shall go."
Sim Ifoaaaua- while a atodent In
vard law school, from wTatca he was grad-
tnto sucisty,
ite.
staaeatof
riiinsk aad Aat-ttcaa Qtetatnre.
sated ta aC7. vo4ded gotag tntt
althongk targed to do s. sy"ha e
BsrasTWaneVr He was a claa a
FOUNTAIN RECALLS
MARQUIS'S ROMANCE
Nobleman's I'nlnckv Oil fpTiila
tiona Followed bv MarriaK?.
and His Failure Is Kodttl hr
SflMrOct ruction.
nd-THM' el'ECIAr.
Traverse City. Mloh.. Aug. IS A .s.Iu'nn
of water 4 'ache In disn.eter ascending
to a height of K feet in a flow that has
continued lor almost lialf a century I
the monument to Marquis de Belois. This
flowing well has given Fountain Point.
near this city. Its name, and the story of
the big-hearted French nobleman and hi
beautiful American wife is a familiar one
throughout this region.
It was in th. early sixties that the Mar
quis came to this country. Ho believed
that somewhere under the Orand Traver
region there were deposits of oil and ga.
and probably coal and minerals. He
bought th land where Fountain I'oin: Is
row situated, on Iaike 1-rLinau. common
ly called Carp Like, and began drilling
operatlns. Into the hole wf.re the foun
tain noa is he poured hi wealth until his
fortune coull ro longer stand the strain.
He did not strike oil or gas. tut instead a
nonderfui stream of water, which has
sur-pli-d the well to this day.
se.A. -.1. i.i.iim..!iI Tteri.nf srtfh
the oil well the Marquis married a brauti- I
ful oung girl or tne region. Aitnougn
the sras connected with th.e l-st families,
and was a t'lltured and refined oung
woman, hie aristocratic family though;
th affair a mesalliance and rrlul to
meet the wife the son had wourd and iron
in what wai then a wilderness.
The Marq-il and his wife moved to Chi
cago and took ut their residence in a
fashionable hotel. His failure In business
and the corduct of his parents preytd
upon hit mind. He becatn morose, and
one day walked Into th bar of the hotel
and shot himself throng, the head, dying
Instantly. His wife was prostrated with
grief.
A short time after his death, before his
parents were yet aware of It. they sent
an emissary beat to seek their eon. ex
tend their fo-gitsesr and have him come
hoaaa with hts Bride, but they were too
late. Aftrwar4 thr met hi wife. and.
becoming '.mprrfcrd with her beauty and
Ir.telligen.-e. todk her a their dsaghter.
Save would nor tear, the land of bar
tilth, and lu-iaskiM. ltly Is rtlH living in
rsieosn or vletnav. Sae ha a large n
her of relatives la tkss part of the State.
WasyuWic waat ' Ads akw at ttsriwae.
GIRL IS TO MARRY
HER FOSTER FATHER.
He Adapted Her Whet. Ske Was Seven
Years Old. fler Her
Vtatbrr Bled. N
Proildence. It. I.. Aug. IS. A romance
ha been disclosed through the publication
of the following arertt semen t:
"Xash Naslu Miss Bessie p. Nash aw
nounce her engagement to John Nash,
both of thl city."
John M. Nash Is the proprietor of a
penny vaudetille. and he and Miss Nash
hav been guests at a leading hotel for
three jrar. Miss Nash Is his adopted
daughter, and thev are to be married In
Octotier. He is K and she In M.
Five years ago Bessie Bertram! and her
mother resided in iprlngllelc Mass Her
rather died when she was 3 years of age.
Four year later her mother died. Nash
saw the 7-year-old girl, was attracted bv
her sweet, pretty face and gentle disposi
tion and adopted her. She developed) into
a handsome woman.
Fatare Peer at
RFPT'nUC PPBOAIe
Boston. Aug. 1 Among the stislents
entering Harvard University for the nest
college year is Frank Burke Roche. h
will some dav be lenrd Fermoy. a British
nobleman. If he choose to accept the dis
tinction. He I a grandson of Frank
Work, who at one time was a power t:i
Wall street snd a nell-known fancier of
trotting horses.
Shovel Met en tsM Wager.
REPL'MUC SPtSCIAI. '-
Alpena. Mich.. Aug 1. DsKtor Oorgo
Harvey and Doctor Walter E. Stiarpneek.
practitioners of New Tork. are shoveling
dirt for the City Waterworks contractor
at U C a day. While Idling at their ho
tel each began to Joke the other about
going to wi.rk for the Waterworks con
tractor. The result was a wager that each
should work a week and that If either
quits before the specified time he is to buy
ht friend two suit of clothe.
tke Libert- Bell.
REPt'IttJ' SPECIAL
Philadelphia. Aug. 1 The grave of Wil
liam Huryr. who on July 4. ITT, rang on
the old Liberty Bell the peal that pro
claimed liberty throughout the land, has
been found In the burial gnjumi of th
Pine Street Presbyterian Church.
BLOOD WISONS
Tbedi-eetl-lus
thaa any otter to wreck, raia aad
humiliate life, is CoatanoMaTkod
aaad ia tsaad with this inias?swanr,nd
rtasWhasmooOCTdiaeat. It w the
ter fcow pure the blood aay fee waeaits
lectsTspoiioBrisitoca
allr the aret sin is a aaatt
bat the Mood is baac at.tsw.sttd rith
aad throat beria to alcaaate, the
breaks otat oa the tody, ca
apaeasaace aad the laiioa
the -serves. Not oalr is the
parent to child, iathel
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, easT., gaxxaaaTa a
by a tntgadl-f aw
with the fetsssaa.
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