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' " ^ ^ I88USD 9EKI-WEEEZ^ L. m. geist & son's, Pnbii?her?.} % ^amilg 31eirspaper: J'or the promotion of the political, Social, g-gricultural, and Commetirial Interests of the people. {TERN 0*l E?c 0pv. fi?? ck nt ?aNCE' ~ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, 8. O., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1902. ISTQ. 84." ' " ~ ~ ~ ? - viwfi IW THE Tnnpirs. I Rv th*? use of It ho e-nthers his fnrider I1 THE M H OF GR^ @? r M Copyright, 1901, by Charles B. Ether ?@???%?????@?? Synopsis.?Prince Neslerov wants t? marry Frances Gordon, the charminj daughter of an American who is build " " ? 11 3 ing tne xranssiDerian ranruuu. nau? is interested in the fortunes of Vladi mir Paulpoff, a stalwart Russian black smith. She asks'Neslerov to use his in tluence for Vladimir. Neslerov goes t< Vladimir's hut. The blacksmith ha talent and shows Neslerov a picture hi has painted. It is the portrait of a wo man of rank copied from a miniature The prince is excited and asks for th< original. Vladimir's father says it ha ben lost. To Vladimer old Paulpof confesses that he lied to Neslerov an< still has the miniature. chapter iii. VLADIMIR SENT TO SIBERIA. Attached to the police of th< government of Perm was ar inspector named Ignatz Jan sky. He was ambitious to rise and was of that mental and physlca caliber that makes a man successfu when he bends all his energies, regard less of all scruples, to the attainmeni of his goal. Inspector Jansky, having received s message from Prince Neslerov, hasten ed to obey, for he knew the power ol Neslerov. and If there should chance tc be promotion in his path at any timf Neslerov. as a wealthy noble of Gras lov, could further his possibilities. Inspector Jansky entered the palace of the prince with a humility thai would have charmed the poor devils whom his eagerness had sent to SIbe rla. 4 "Sit down," said the prince, and the Inspector sat down with a suddenness that proved his desire to please his sponsor. "I sent for you." "You did, your excellency. I received your message and made all haste tc obey." "I trust It did not Inconvenience you to a great extent," said the prince, who was quite familiar with the peculiarities of the Inspector's nature. "Not at all, your excellency?that Is, not so much but what It gave me pleasure to obey. I am always busy, as you know." "Yes, you are assiduous. Well, I have news for you. But first I should be pleased to receive from you an answer to a question. What do you wish for the most?" Jansky hesitated. His servile mind saw far Into the future, as a rule, but It could not fathom the meaning ol this strange question. What did It matter tn fhp nrlnee what he wanted most unless the prince was disposed tc grant It? "1 should like promotion, your excellency. Of course, I make no claim. You have befriended me. You have made me what I am. I have In my humbje way endeavored to so acquit myself that you would not be displeased. I would not ask you for more. But, since you ask my dearest wish. It is promotion." "It Is a possibility," the prince replied. Having said this, he deliberately lighted a cigar, leaving the Inspector on nettles, wondering if the possibility were to materialize into a fact. "As I said before, It is a possibility," said Neslerov and relapsed into silence, "I suppose It is always a possibility to one so powerful as your excellency," said Jansky, who had a fine talent for flattery. "At this particular moment It is more easily accomplished than at any other time." "If your excellency will explain?II anything Is expected of tiie, I would"? "Duty, only duty," broke In the prince. "But I will explain. You are already aware that when you were made Inspector of police In Perm the field ol police activity extended but little far ther east. The Cossack guards and the Tartar cavalry composed the police over the border. But this new railway Is revolutionizing all that. In eacl government through which this line o travel passes or is to pass a depart ment of police Is to be established There will be new cities develop. Ther will be railway stations. The popula tion of Siberia will increase and, thougl complex enough at all times, will nov present a far greater variety than eve before. The entrance of foreigners, o conspirators, will have to be made les difficult. The escape of a convict wil now be almost a mere act of steppinj upon a train and saying farewell to hi: guards. "It will be, therefore, quite necessar: to establish a system of police wltl officers of more ability and shrewdnesi than the Cossacks who now commam the rude guards who stand sentinel: over the czar's great dominion In Asia "Such a department or ponce nas at ready been established in Tobolsk through which the railway is now com pleted. It is time now for us to thlnl of such a department in Tomsk." As the prince and governor pauset the inspector's breath came short ant fast. "And, your excellency, In the good ness of your heart you have though of me?" "I have been thinking?of several. ] have befriended you. I desire to do s< again. Hut there are difficulties whlcl we must consider. Your present posi tion, while not a low one, still is s< low that the leap from it to the posi tion of superintendent of police of tin government of Tomsk would excite tin imaginations of certain people at St Petersburg." ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? @?? ysteryHI lSLOV ii \y Ayhley Towne ff tngton |@@ J "Superintendent of police of Tomsk!" I Jansky cried. "Certainly. That Is the position for ? which I Intend you. I have watched . your career. You are eager, ambitious - and resourceful. What better man 0 could 1 have in such a position? It Is ? upon you whom I must rely to prevent e - . - ? 1 u . tue encroachments or our eueiuies. u t. will be the superintendent of my police e who will be my closest confidant. Who ^ could be more acceptable to me thaD j you?" "I thank you, your excellency. 1 thank"? "Wait Thank me with deeds when we succeed. As I said before, there are difficulties. One cannot leap too great * a distance at once without a cause. We i must find a cawse." - . "A cause, your excellency?" s "What I mean Is some potent reason I for this great promotion. The chief of I the Tomsk police will have a palace, a large income and will be second only t to myself in power. To obtain that one must do something worthy." i "Oh. If I could but win that distlnc tion!" f "I think it even now within your ) power." i "You have discovered something?" "Yes?a very nesting place for nihilists." ! "Good! Give me an idea where this t place is, your excellency. There will i be no more nesting." "Do you know a forge on the forest road leading out of Perm to the south?" i "A forge? A horseshoeing place?" i "Well, that and all ironworking. It i is kept by a man named Pnulpoff." tho irinnt who hronks horse I shoes with his thumbs and forefingers? The simple minded son of old Michael? What has he to do with nihilists?" i "He is their leader." Neslerov said t quietly. Jansky turned white, whether from surprise or horror at the devilish plot , he scented we do not know. But he sat there waiting. The police of Tomsk i needed a chief. The chief would have a palace and a large salary, s "Yis." continued Neslerov, "this Paul1 poCf. as I accidentally discovered, is the leader of a baud of nihilists who meet 1 there in the shops. I chanced to pass there yesterday and overheard a bit of I conversation between the son and the : old man. It seems there is to be a ' meeting in a few nights." : "A meeting of nihilists in the shops 1 of Paulpoff?" i "Yes. Now, it has long been suspected that there were many nihilists at Perm, but the police have not been able to uncover them. Let me advise you. i Keep this to yourself?a secret between ' you and me. We will go to the forge : and arrest these Paulpoffs. If we find proof that they are nihilists, they will . go across the border and you will be ; mentioned for promotion. Then the nnnnrtunitv will come to me to speak to the minister of justice for you, and undoubtedly you will be given to me as ' the chief of the Tomsk police." .lansky nodded. It was not for him ' to ask questions now. "1 am ready," he said. ' "Then tomorrow. I will make still . further Investigations In my own way, ' and we shall be ready to act. We must ' both go to Perm from here." Jausky, not being asked to remain longer, took his departure. And then ? suddenly from his repose the prince be' came a man of quick action. He called from his estate four men In whom he ! knew he could place the most implicit confidence. He spent some time at his desk writing. To each of the four he " gave a letter, unsealed, unstamped, but addressed to each and apparently bav' lug been delivered by the hand of a prl vate messenger. ' "(Jo with me. do what I bid you, and > you will have gold rubles for a year's p pleasure." he said. H Inspector Jansky, happy and yet agiI fated at the result of the conference with the prince, sat in his office in L Perm on the foliowiug afternoon. It e was growing late, and he had looked hours for Prince Neslerov. a "He was mistaken or he has failed," 9 he said. "He would have come if there t was a possibility of success." 1 As he spoke the prince's horse gals loped to the door. I "Good! Then success Is possible!" ? said Jansky. grasping the hand of his 9 noble benefactor. "Possible! It Is certain. Come with j me." j Jansky's horse was soon by the side 3 of the steed ridden by the prince. 1 "I made It my business to ride past 3 the shops of raulpoff," suid the prince. i met hilts, jusi leuvmg, u uiuu wuu - was, to say the leust, discreditable In , appearance. I spoke to him, and he - was frightened. I saw him crumple a c paper In his hand. I snatched It from him. It was a message addressed to 1 'Number Five' of some mysterious cir* 1 cle, calling upon the person bearing that name to come to the shops at a certain hour tonight. We shall be In t time. Let us ride." It had so chanced that a number of I accidents to liorses had taken place ) that day on the forest road. When i the Inspector of police and Neslerov ar rived, four men were within the shop, ) their horses standing outside, and all - were apparently In the greatest eager* ? ness to have their horses shod. Papa j I'aulpofT was visibly disturbed by this . sudden intiux of the horseshoeing business, but the giant Vladimir, who nev er refused a request If he could help a human being, was beginning to make the shoes. The men did not apparently know one another, and each growled contlnuully at the others for being there. Neslerov, upon arriving at the shop, whispered to the Inspector, and both leaped from their horses. "Seize the old man and the son!" said Neslerov. "I will search these fellows." Poor old Papa Paulpoff turned white and sank In horror to the ground, buspectlng what was coming, but Vladimir, In whose innoceut mind there was no suspicion, stood gaping at the newcomers. "It Is the prince!" he exclaimed. , "What have these poor men done, your excellency?" Neslerov did not answer him. He i turned to the nearest of the four, wrestled with him a short time, while the others showed evidences of terror, and then pulled from his pocket a letter. , "See!" he cried, waving It In the air nnd thpn shnwine it to the InsDector. I "It Is a message to 'Number Three!' We have here the five constituting the circle." , "Let me read," said the Inspector, while Vladimir still looked on unconscious of the tragedy that was being played with himself as Its center. The letter simply commanded "Number Three" to attend a meeting of the circle at the shops at that hour. i The name of Vladimir Paulpoff was signed. < "It is enough!" cried Jansky. Paulpoff, I make you my prisoner In the namo of the czar!" The young ironworker could, had he exerted his strength, have thrust the ( entire shameless crew from the place and crashed their skulls together. But even now he did not realize the enor- ( mity of the thing with which he was charged. "Attend, Paulpoffs!" commanded Jan- , sky, while the prince went through the pockets of the other three of the circle. "Oh, have mercy!" cried Papa Paulpoff, falling upon his knees and clasping the legs of the prince. "We are innocent, I swear it! Some enemy has done this thing! The name is not in . the writing of ray son, I am certain! Oh, let me see the letters!" Neslerov made a movement as If to hand the letters to the old man when "Seel" he cried. "It is a message to { *Number ThreeI'" one of the wretches who had brought ' theua there sprang forward, seized < them and rushed unhindered from the ' place. 1 "The letters! The proof Is gone!" J howled jansay. "We have seen them. It la enough," said Neslerov calmly. At tills point Mamma Paulpoff came in. In consternation and helpless horror she 8aw her husband In the grasp of an inspector of police. "What is this?" she cried. "It is nothing, mother." said Vladimir. "These men have found some letters. but I did not write them. Have peace. We shall soon set ourselves free." The three Paulpoffs were thrust Into a dungeon. The prince and the inspector told their stories?clear, lucid, convincing?to the governor of Perm. The word of a prince and governor and of an inspector of police was not to be doubted. There was no trial, no hearing?nothing but a report to the minister of lustice at St. Petersburg. In three days the Faulpoffs?old man, old woman and the unresisting giantwere on the way to Siberia on the railway which Gordon had helped to build. to be continued. i A Gluttonous Boy.?A merchant died at Ispahan in the earlier part of last century who had for many years ] denied himself and his son every sup- < port except a crust of coarse bread. On ] a certain occasion he was overtempted ' to buy a piece of cheese; but, reproach- ] ins himself with extravagance, he put < the cheese into a bottle and contented ( himself and obliged the boy to do the ] same, with rubbing the crust against ] the bottle, enjoying the cheese in imag- i ination. One day, returning home later , than usual, the merchant found his son 1 eating his crust, which he constantly rubbed against the door. , "What are you about, you fool?" was ( his exclamation. "It is dinner time, ( father. You have the key; so, as I ] could not open the door, I was rub- , bing my bread against it, as I could j not get to the bottle." "Cannot you go , without cheese one day, you luxurious ( little rascal? You'll never be rich." , And the angry miser kicked the poor boy for not having been able to deny ( himself the ideal gratification. m + ] Xv' As a modeler of children's portrait i statuettes, Mrs. Sarah Greene Wright i has earned an enviable reputation. Mrs. Wright received her first inspira- 1 tion while watching some children who 1 were playing in the Luxembourg gar- , dens. She has a studio in New York city and has the distinction of being the only woman who makes children's I portrait statuettes from life. piscftlattfouji fUafltog. ? ? c FRIENDS OF THE FARMER. I a The DlrdM of the Field* and Air ] Should be Protected. t Written for the Yorkvllle Enquirer. The agricultural Interests of this sec- z tion, for the season now closing, make 1: rather a gloomy showing. It was con- t sldered at the beginning of It that fall r crops were Imperatively demanded by t the needs of the people. Instead of "N heavy crops there has been compara- t tlve failure, resulting In disappoint- \ ment and embarrassment. r The failure of crops from drought Is n only a temporary evil. The rule is that ii good crops follow. Continued dry I weather puts the soil in gooc| condition. (] T"Vi??? ?> to hnnrpvor nn pvII In ronnec- V tion with the season which is not tern- d porary. The complaint has been gene- I ral that unusual damage was being " done to the growing corn, especially from a little boring worm, which \ caused the stalk to lose color or fall t down before the wind. Moreover, the j chinch bug has made it appearance in a some localities for the first time. j, One of the great evils which man has g to contend against in making a living j is the insect. (This term includes bugs s and worms). Almost every plant has a some insect which feeds upon and de- v 3troys it. Ravages of insect pests be- g come greater year by year. There is j, an increasing demand for insectides. r These have to be regularly included in v the expenses of certain lines of farm- j, ing. No crop need be expected without r application of insect poison. b There is no insect pest more to be j, dreaded in this section than the chinch ^ bug. The readers of The Enquirer in t 3ome sections of the county, know this t only too well by sad experience. a The natural enemy of the insect is j, the bird. Numerous species of birds ^ have been provided to fill an important place in the economy of nature. One of their duties is to keep the insect Cawia cmonlaa nf hlrds vvoriu in uiicuiv. oujuc oia^vich v& ^ feed upon insects which creep along the ground. Some catch those which fly in the air. Others search for those which bore into the bark of trees. Others feed t upon those which are found upon leaves and stems. Nature has provided some c bird which lives upon each kind of in- ^ sect. They are so constituted that they ^ require an enormous number of insects for their support. Naturalists say that c some of the smaller birds consume sev- ^ eral times their own weight of insects j each day. The quantity consumed by ^ a nest of voracious young birds is al- . most Incredible. It is stated on good authority that the stomachs of four little chickadees . were found to contain 1,028 eggs of the 0 eanker worm; the stomach of one par- j tridge contained 101 potato beetles; the g 3tomach of another partridge contained 500 chinch bugs. The bird is the nat- t ural and only sufficient protector of nature against the ravages of the insect. h All the insectides that can be com- t pounded cannot take its place. e The inference from all this needs e scarcely to be stated. Protect and cher- ]] ish the birds. Every person with Just n .-onceptions of public welfare and of n the right and proper should stand as a u rriend to the birds. All owners of lands ^ 3hould rigorously prohibit the killing ^ if amr lHnrt nf hlrrls unon them. .... Think of 500 chinch bug's in the t stomach of one little partridge. Where j, ?an be found a more useful thing? Yet, e men will go with dogs and guns, through fields, infested by this bug, e snd shoot down every partridge that r :an be found at its work of devouring ti them! But it is said, "the boys must r have sport." This is true: but the sport b ierived from killing birds is a snort a that costs the country too dearly. It is g probably not saying too much to assert that every bird is worth more than its e weight in gold. 0 Children should be taught to love ind cherish the birds?to look at them from other standpoints than as fur- ^ riishing a mark for the murderous shot p ?un. a Does it not seem that a people who. for sport, kill the birds deserve to have the country desolated by the pests c which the birds were designed to keep ^ in check? Is not the blood of the ruthiessly slaughtered birds beginning to Q ?ry for vengeance upon the inhabi- . tants of the land, cry through resistless tiords of insects, bugs and worms? Nature. . > ii THE FinST ENGLISH COLONY. n fi ft Wna In \ortli Carolinn, and t SlinkeNponro Had Money In the s Ventnre. General interest is manifested in o North Carolina over the approacning n . elebration of the settlement of Rianoke b Tslancl by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584. \ The celebration committee in whose n hands the work of preparing for the j, ?vent has bev.-n placed by the governor a if the state, met on Thursday, July 24, Q 1902, at Manteo, N. C., where they arranged a number of the preliminary de- s tails for the event, among other things L leciding on the summer of 1905 as the time for holding the celebration. All that remains of the colony plant- A ?d by Raleigh on Roanoke Island are ' the traces of the old fort built by the j, colonists and now owned by one of the g North Carolina historical societies, c kvhose members have erected four granite posts at the different angles, so that z visitors may discern its outlines in the s thick grass and live oak timber. It was on this little island that the first ? English colonists set foot, before the d discovery of Australia, and at a time a when Canada and South Africa were " known only on the statements of cer- n tian daring mariners. Here it was that v the first English colonists inaugurated s' the era of Anglo-Saxon colonization; ? here where they built their dwellings, z sowed their crops, and performed their c religious devotions; in short, the open- c Ing act and first scene of the drama of n Anglo-British and American aggran- n uzemeru. upon me sun ul nuanuRe anded the first English women who rossed the ocean to find homes in the lewly discovered world beyond the seas .nd here also was born the first EngIsh child who saw the light of day in he New World. Yet this attempt at English coloniation was not a success. At the meetng of the celebration committee one of he speakers produced a curious memoial of this failure. Rambling recently hrough the extensive library of Capt. Vllliam Day, of Raleigh, N. C., his atention was attracted by the title of a ery old book, entitled, "The Insomila of Shakespeare and the Cause ""hereof," in which he found the followng letter from the favorite of Queen Elizabeth to William Shakespeare, lated at "The Mermaid," the memoraile tavern where the literati of Lonlon met in the halycon days of English iterature, March 20, 1609: To William Shakespeare: "Full well do I know, my dearest Vill, that often thou hast wondered at he fate of thy ?50 which, with a hun (red times as much of mine own, was dventured to found an empire in Amerca. Great were our hopes, both of ;lory and of gold, in the kindness of ?owhatan. But it grieves me much to ay that all hath resulted in infelicity .nd an unhappy end. Our ships were irecked or captured by the knavish ipaniards. Our brave sailors all per3hed. As I was blameworthy for thy isk I send by the messenger your ?50, vhich you shall not lose by my overlopeful vision. I send a package of a lew herb from the Chesapeake; called iy the natives tobacco. Make it not ' nto tea, as did one of my kinsmen, but :indle and smoke it in the little tube he messenger will bestow. Be not deerred if thy gorge at first arises gainst it, for when thou are wonted it 3 a balm for all sorrows and beam of 'aradise.*'?Washington Post. THE GREAT AERIAL CONTESTS. 'linnee* For Kite Flyer*, and BnllooniNtN Too, to Win Fame at St. Lou la. Among the aerial events booked for 1 he St. Louis exposition is a great kite ompetition. It is to be a free-for-all ontest, with no limit to the size of the ;ites or to the number put in by any ^dividual contestant. There are to be two classes in the ompetition, one for an altitude of 500 eet to be reached with a line 800 feet a length, and one for the greatest leight, but not less than one mile, atained by a single kite, with any length 1 f line. In this last competition there nust be at least two contestants. All he kites are to be sent up simultaneufily in each contest, the operators be tig so situated as not to interfere with ach other. For the 800-foot line contest there are hree prizes of $500, $300 and $200, repectively. Each contest is to be two ours in duration, and all the kites are o be maintained in the air during the ntlre period. For the 800-foot contest 1 ach competitor may furnish his own Ine, but there are no conditions as to naterial, size or weight of line. In naking the awards, the jury will meas- ] ire the angle made with the horizontal y the line of sight from the end of he kite line to its point of attachment o the kite, and will also Judge and esimate the stability of the kite. Equal ' mportance will be given to the greatst angle attained and to stability. 1 In the contest for the greatest height ' ach competitor has to furnish his own eel and lines, and the jury is to de- 1 ermine the heights attained by the 1 ules of trigonometry. No kite is ellglle for the first prize which does not 1 ttain a height of one mile at an anle of at least 45 degrees. No entrance ee is required for the kite contest, but ach competitor must take care of his i wn apparatus. In addition to the kite contest and he great airship contest in which lasi f. Santos-Dumont is expected to take art, there are to be four contests for 11 sorts of contrivances for aerial navration. i For the winner of each of these four 1 ompetitions there is offered a prize of ' 5,000. The baloon, or whatever the 1 ir vehicle may be, must carry at least ' ne person, and the prize will be, first, < 5,000 for the greatest altitude attain- i d, starting from the exposition < rounds; second, $5,000 for the longest < ime in the air, third, $5,000 for land- I ig nearest to the Washington Monulent in the City of Washington, and < ourth, $5,000 for the longest distance 1 raveled in one flight in any direction, < tarting from the exposition grounds. | These four contests will take place ' n four different dates, to be an- < ounced by the jury at least six days I efore hant\. In the race to the city of < Vashington, D. C., each contestant ! lay make as many subsequent trials | s he chooses prior to November 1, 904, at which time the prizes will be J warded. An entry fee of $250 is re- ' uired from each of the contestants, ] ut the money will be refunded after , he contestant takes possession of his pace and is ready for the contest.? 1 Exchange. -1 Fooling the British.?A South ' Lfrican correspondent tells how clever- , / the Boer commandant, Kritzinger, , lade use of his knowledge of English i the recent war. On one occasion he ' alloped up to a blockhouse and delared that he was in command of a . ouple of squadrons of Marshall's Horse , nd was being hotly pursued by Kritinger himself. So well did he tell his 1 tory that the blockhouses actually i eld up the advance of the pursuing ] olumn of English with a heavy fire, tiding up one evening to a blockhouse, ressed in an English captain's costume ' nd attended by two orderlies, he an- < ounced that the column to which he , ,-as attached would pass through at rm a nfedit march, and they 1 11uu16wi. ^ ....... ;ere on no account to fire on it. He i elected the spot at which he would | ross, and insisted on absolute silence eing observed. "I think we have Krit- 1 inger cornered now," he remarked heerfully. "And so 'elp me," said the < restfallen non-commissioned officer j ext morning when he found out his llstake, "if I didn't salute 'em, and the 1 len give in a cheer as 'e rode off." j Became They Can Lire Without It, People Will Not Work. "It will take Americans sometime to understand their Insular possessions, and to learn how to govern the people," said an Englishman who for many years lived in Jamaica and traveled for an English firm through the West Indies. "There is no such thing as a strenuous life, and It is difficult to control people by their wants or desires when they do not want much. The luxury of taxation and the expense of government they do not care for, and they would much prefer to be left to their resources. This is a natural result of the climate and the possibility of cheap living In It, and this must be taken into consideration in creatine a system of government for them. "Take the matter of a home, for Instance; that means in many cases no outlay of cash whatever. The homeseeker picks out a bit of ground containing four or five acres. This is called a canucho. The ownership is immaterial where much of the land is unclaimed. He selects a high and fertile wooded spot, perhaps in the center of a forest, and above high water mark. He Invites his friends to the clearing, and there is rum, which he has made from the refuse of the sugar cane, an abundance of fruit gathered wild, and dancing. Between the times the clearing and fencing is. going on with the aid of his guests. When the canucho is cleared and fenced by the logs and vines taken from the clearing, it is planted, and that ends the dancing labor as far as the crop is concerned. Several varieties of products are put out and it becomes a race between the crop, the weeds and the trees. It is all matured in four months or less, and strange to say, furnishes food for the owner almost from the start and leaves him enough to sell to finish out the year. If the owner is extravagant and his food supply does not last the year he tears down the fence and makes charcoal of the posts and rails. The young trees come up quickly, so that at the end of the year he is ready to give Al i_ (mm /*1kn?*/%Ao1 aol 1 a anomer nuuac wanning. v/uaiwai at once in market. It takes about three days to get it ready and market it, so that is the main standby when a little cash is needed. This and the fodder, which is half grown cornstalks, are the main dependencies. The fodder is given no attention and is gathered when it is less than a month old. "The matter of clothing does not give much more concern. A single garment oft suffices for the women, and the men in the country seldom wear anything but a pair of overalls. The material in both instances is the same?cheap Jeans ?and they are worn for two or three years until they fall to pieces. The women gather their skirts around their hips when walking, that the edges may not be frayed by the brush and cactus plants which abound everywhere, and there is no puddle too deep for them to wade with dry skirts. They thus preserve them for a long time. "You see how easy it is for them to live without money and without labor. That will always be the difficult proposition for the United States to fully appreciate. It will take years of education to effect a change. And, in fact, the years of education in the past have been just the reverse in many of the countries. "In former days the man who accumulated anything was quickly robbed by officers in authority. The owner of a few cattle was drafted by some high official in the province where he lived, and when he returned after a year or two of service in the army he found his cattle gone and no one willing to give him any clue. He might be told that his property had been confiscated by the srovernment for some alleged of fense, but no redress was ever possible, and the custom 'of officially robbing: a man became so common that it accasioned no comment. "I recall a case where a man and woman living in their usual marriageby-agreement style quarreled and agreed to separate. They were unable to divide the cattle satisfactorily, as each had brought some to the common borne. The matter was referred to one [>f these high officials, who divided the cattle into three equal herds, giving the man and women one each and keeping sne for his services as referee. Strange to say all parties were pleased with this decision. "In the matter of natural foods retiring no planting and no cultivation these islands are rich, and that is anather cause of the Indifference of the people to accumulations of wealth. There is no danger of starvation, work 3r not work, and most of the inhabitants are of the not-work kind. I recall an Englishman, a planter, who 3ought in vain for labor to inclose a tract of land he had himself cleared. He got some promises, but, as usual, In such cases, the people failed to come. Finally he found a man who said he wanted to buy a revolver and that he would work until he got money enough. He did just what he agreed to do. Nothing could induce him to continue work after the revolver was earned, and the field had to be abandoned for that season, as the Englishman had not the time to do the work himself. A French lady wanted a field grubbed and had had the same trouble. She waited for many who promised to come and finally succeeded in getting three men to start at the work. In half an bour they asked for some food, and after that was eaten asked permission to sleep under the back porch until the ? "?? o Thp-v did no SUU ntto uunu U ilkk.v. more work and slept there off and on for three days until they were driven iway. It was Impossible to clear up the field and the cultivation of it was ilso abandoned. "The plough is unknown, the machete jf warfare is the only farm tool, and by its use the native lives. It is his plough, his spade and his hoe, his pick ?nd his axe, his cleaver and his sword. and his food, cuts trees for his charcoal and digs roots for his bread. "Bananas, oranges, cocoanuts and other tropical fruits well known in the states grow with practically no attention, and furnish food, but there are a score or more of edible fruits whose tendency to decay quickly prevents export and causes them to be unknown in the states. The mango is exported to some extent. It was the only food of the reconcentratos In Cuba for a long time, after the cats had all been eaten, and while as a sole article of food it does not promote health, many lived on it for months. There are several species, all delicious, but not very nourishing. The lechosa is another fruit quite popular. It grows wild on a tree, sometimes over twenty feet in height. In appearance and size It is very much like the muskmelon of the north. The fruit is supposed to posses great medicinal virtues, and, in fact, every kind of fruit is a panacea, according to the beliefs of the people. The cauille finds many uses in the domestic economy of the natives. One of the many dulces or sweet the tropics are famous for is made from it, and the wine pressed from it, resembling claret in taste and color, has a sale in Europe. The tree resembles the apple tree. A peculiarity of the fruit is that the seed is on the outside, at one end. The Juice makes a deep stain, hard to remove. The natives say it will not go away until the leaves fall from the trees. The mamon is one of the most delicious of fruits. It is pear-shaped of the size of the largest apple. When ripe it decays quickly, and it will not ripen if tricked green. For that reason it would not stand shipment. It is called by the English cream fruit, and it has the confllfllAn/iff on/1 ilairnr r\f vonlllfl IpO OlOtCilVJ ttiiu uavvi Wi. ? U.W...U, .vw cream. When thoroughly cooled It is quite refreshing. The guanabana resembles the mamon, but is larger and has a prickly exterior. It is generally made Into an 'en salado ' with sugar and rum. "The nispero is palatable. The sapotie is of the same family, but larger. The seed is larger and very rich in vegetable oil, which is extracted for domestic use. Many of these fruits mature in February or March, but nature is so kind there that every month has its ripe edible fruits. The jagua resembles the sapotie and may be nutritious, but as it is almost tasteless it is seldom eaten. The caimita resembles the orange in shape, though it does not lose its green exterior when ripe. The tree is one of luxuriant foliage, dense and wide-spreading. The leaf is small and peculiar, in that the top Is a bright green, while the lower side is a dark-brown. "The guayava is the tropical fruit famous for the dulces and jellies of that name. The fruit is sometimes eaten raw, but it has more seeds to the square inch than a dried blackberry, and for that reason is not popular in that shape. The dulces are found on every table with the cheese and coffee, and every street corner has Its vender of guayava dulces. The tamarlndo is the tamarind of American commerce. It can hardly be called a food, yet it is much used in a pulpy drink. They have one fruit called the hobo, the name rather suggestive, that is much eaten raw, but never cooked. The plantain, a species of banana, or rather the reverse is true, is an important article of food. It contains much more nutriment than flour and is ahead of the potato in this respect. It Is very delicious fried, and baked dry it is the bread of the Interior. It is remarkable how quickly a European will come to prefer it to good bread with his coffee. No butter is used with it, and, in fact, very little is used at any time. "There are dozens of these comparatively unknown fruits. Besides, the earth yields up her wealth of roots. The best friend of the native is the palm, whose firm, white pith has the taste and apearance of cabbage. It is called palm cabbage. The bark fur nishes the walls of the houses and the leaves the roofs, the hats and some of the garments. The cassava bread comes from a root rich in starch, and the round large cakes, about the size of a barrel top, are found in every home. The cavassa flour is poisonous as a dough, as it contains much hydrocyanic acid. This is very volatile and the heat of baking expels it. "It is not surprising that foreigners fall into a life of idle luxury in a few years when compelled to live in the tropics, and there to break away from the enervating temptations, who would not give up the dreamy, careless life if they could. Consider the efTect of 400 or more years of heredity on people who themselves belong 10 a uupicm race In great part and you will conclude that you have a distinct and new set of questions to meet in your tropical possessions."?Washington Post. Tar and Feathers the Seed of the Chl'kch.?"I hear that Mormon missionaries are canvassing on Capitol + Iiill," said E. S. Hurt, of Salt Lake City. "Denver people need not expect to discourage these workers by shutting the doors in their faces, as they only work harder when they are snubbed. "Apropos oi insults to Mormon missionaries. I was somewhat startled to read in the Deseret News, the Mormon daily newspaper, an obituary which dwelt elaborately upon the fact that the respected deceased had been tarred and feathered. The departed person had many fine points, but none of them were to be compared with the honor of having been tarred and feathered in Kentucky because of his assiduity in obtaining converts for the Mormon cause. "According to my notions of obituaries, such things as that really ought to be omitted, but this particular case . was set out in great detail and was cited as a reason why all the faithful should indulge in elaborate mourning. That experience in Kentucky, while doubtless unpleasant at the time, was in reality one of the best things that could have happened to the missionary, as he was a young man then and was immediately promoted to the council of seventy. Church honors were showered upon him and he was a bigger man than he ever would have been otherwise."?Denver Post.