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MUSHROOM TO Built by Americans "V\ New Yoi "The mushroom towns of our great I West wern't a hit more remarkable j than those of American growth which at present are springing up all over i Cuba," said Charles E. Hall. Mr. Hall has just returned from Cuba, where he owns a plantation on the outskirts of one of thc largest of , these American towns in Cuba. It is a town with broad streets, a school, a churoh, banks and business places, which stands on a spot where not five years ago there was only ? tropical jungle. "TheafAmerican towns in Cuba are not boom towns," Mr. Hall went on. They represent a growth which is steady, even if it is rapid. The peo ple are planters, not prospectors. Yet fortunes are made practically over night, though not by discovering gold mines. "There was one man who arrived in our town not three years ago. He had been a planter in Florida, and'thc frost had eome, and in one night had swept away his fortune and his means of livelihood. When he landed on our shore he had his wife, child, household goods and $25 in oash. "Five dollars of his money he paid ; to have his effect.! moved from the pier beyond the town. There he squatted on a bit of vacant land and built-a palm shack for a home. i "He knew everything about plant ing and raising orange trees, and that was what he set about doing. To-day he has his own ??plantation, a nice i house and several thousands in bank. His daughter has her own horse to ride and all the pretty clothes she wishes. "There was another man who came to our town so poor that he begged two strawberry plants from a neighbor with? which to start his garden. That was only two years ago; yet just be fore I left he was digging up straw berry plants and giving them away free, simply to thin his beds out. "I never saw anything like the strawberries in Cuba-they increase : so rapidly. The fruit is large and of a delicious flavor. It ripens first ia the latter part of December, and the plants continue to bear right on into June. "Tomatoes are another wonderful crop in [Cuba. The plants grow to a great aiee, and bloom and bpar con tinuously for five months. One man ia our town invested his last dollar ia Biz tomato plants, and he now has thousands. "Peaohes falso are abundant and. ineapples-I never knew what a pine pple really tasted like before I went o Cuba! "It is with an idea of raising rangeB that most Americans buy lantations in Cuba, and this will oubtless beoome a great future in ustry in the island. A great many ho?own orange groves in Florida are >w[fiocking to Cuba, beoause frost is known in the island. The next sea n will be the first in which we will , ve a ohance to find out just what e orange crop will be. "It takes fully three and a half or r years for orange trees toi bloom, me of our frees were ready to bear t year, but the owners went around nipped the buds. To save the Dgth of the tree for a season in fashion improves the fruit in the A friend of mine, who allowed e of his trees to bear in order to the fruit, picked over a thousand < es from, a single tree. So we con iKthe outlook hopeful. 1?re are opportunities of all besides orange raising in Cuba, son who could start a ohickeu 1 there would strike a gold mine, r town eg'gs at no time bring less 1 ?5 cents a dozen, and the smallest r costs 75 cents, rapefruit is another thing whioh acting attention among Ameri n Cubs.'' It seems to thrive ex tly there- sud p.ys weil at this . 1 Grapefruit trees bear in three I An aversge tree, ia found to ?00 pieces of fruity and a box By pieces 2oils in New York for ve woman who owns a small lot m town bas ? a grapefruit tree lg in her beek yard, from wbieb Balitea" no less than $15 during . leon when it was two and a half lld. She did this by selling the I fancy ?rices. I raising, too, should become a - Ile industry in Cuba in the fu ll think the boney made by ?ban bees bests anything J. ever ly life. There is a palm grow Indantly down tbere which is . ?as the royal palm and of the ls of which the bess are par I fond.. The honey of bees Jive fod on tho royal palm hs s indescribably delicious. Itt Americans begin to nnder ^l^^raHUawHS?-.: .V WNS IN CUBA. rho Start [Plantations k Sun. Bland what the olimate of Cuba really is they will go there in summer a& well as in winter. I am speaking now of the northern coast, where my plau tation is situated. On tho northern coast wc get the trade winds, which temper the heat. It is no hotter in July and August than in January. "I have placed a thermometer out ia the sun on some of tho hottest du; 3, and have never known it to register moro than 104 degrees. The temperature with us varies from OS to 90 degrees, and there is a difference of about 16 degrees each day. "Thus, in the morning a man will find a warm jacket comfortable, to ward the middle of the day a linen suit is all one can stand, and by even ing it is cool again. There is no such thing as the continual, enervating heat of our summer days to endure at any time. "Another odd thing is that no mat ter how hot the sun may be the shadows are always delightfully cool. If one is dripping with perspiration out under a torrid sky ho has only to step into the shade of a tree or into the house in order to be in another atmosphere. "The only trouble with the atmos phere is that there is something so sa lubrious, so indescribably delightful, in the air that the mont energetio of Americans is apt to forget the whole some traditions of his bringing up and to begin to wonder what is the good of working when it is so pleasant just to sit around and breathe. Un consciously, but irresistibly, what we know as southern languor falls upon every one who lives there for a time. So I always advise any one who comes down there with work to accomplish to start right in and get that work done as quickly as possible. uOf course there is a rainy eoason, when it may pour for an hour or so every day for from six weeks to three months. But this is not BO great an inconvenience as might be imagined, Tor the rain comes at more or less regular intervals, and one can calcu late just when to expect, it. "The jejen is something for the comings and goings of which there is no accounting. It is blaok and about the size of the point of a very fine needle, and that is all any one knows about it. "It arrives unexpectedly, in swarms that seem to fill the air, and as sud denly departs. While present it is excessively uncomfortable, settling on the under part of the wrists and upon the ankles and causing them to swell and sting as though poisoned. When we are Bitting outdoors of an evening some one may suddenly -ex claim: 'Don't you feel something?' And it will dawn upon the rest of us that we do. Then there is noth ing for it but to beat a hasty retreat within doors until the jejen has de parted. "To guard against this plague all our doorways and windows are cover ed with coarse cheese cloth. But, with this exception, there aro no pests-no poisonous insects or rep tiles-in ?ho north of Cuba." Practiced Under Difficulties. "Don't try to make musicians out of all children indiscriminately and thus you will avoid suoh household conversations as one I overheard the other day," said Baron Kaneko of Japan, who has been spending the Bummer in the Maine woods, accord ing to the Buffalo Enquirer. "I was on a train and a father and his young son sat near me. Tho father said: " 'John, do you practice regularly on the piano when I am away at busi ness?' " 'Yea, father,' replied the boy. "'Everyday?' " ?Yes, sir.* " 'How long did you practico to? day?' *. Three hour?.' ' " 'And how long yesterday?' / 11 'Two hours and a half.* 11 'Well, I am glad to hear that yon aro so regular.' i " 'Yea, father.* " 'And the next time yon practico be sure to unlook the piano. Here is the key. I loosed the taltra mont last week and I have been carrying the key in my pocket over .ino*.*" -?-, ,r-. -- Tommy had drawn the picture of a locomotive on hie elate and his father asked him why he didn't draw the earsj toou "Oh," answered Tom my, "the locomotive oan draw them.'* - Brevity may be the soul of wit, but there is nothing humorous in a short answer. / - Lasy people like tor^imagine nil the world's a stage sb they may ride. MWMaui" ^ ' . . . ~-11 'h?*Wrati I?M?i?iiMiH: Baptisms Contrasted. Spartanlurg, Nov. 1G.-As ODO re sult of the protracted meeting in the Baptist Church here several persons, after a confession of faith, were ac cepted as proper candidates for bap tism. Last night the paste preached a forcible sermon on the fundamental doctrines and prinoipabjof thc church, after which the rite of baptism was administered. It was the first time the new baptismal pool was used. It is beautiful in design and most artis tically arranged, so that a baptismal scene is quite attractive. A largo au dience attended last night to see the j first baptism in tho new ohuroh. These Baptists are wonderfully pro gressive. They believe in keeping up with the procession. It has not been fifty years since candidates for baptism wont from the church in town out to White's Mill, nearly two miles, and were baptized io the creek. That was the style in the old days. Seventy five yearB ago three-fourths of the population affiliated with that church. Ail houses of worship were in the country. When tho day for baptizing carno it was usual after the sermon for the congregation to adjourn to the nearest oreek or mill pond. At Prov idence, near Gaffney, they went about two miles out to Clark's pond on Cher okee. Sumo times accidents would happen, as was the case in a mill pond in the country. On account of a race having been dug before the pond was flooded there was a sudden depression of about four feet. Preacher and candidate both suddenly stepped off and went under. They were rescued by the assistance of friends. When persons were baptised in the winter, fires were built near the creek or pond so that the people might warm after thc immersion. But a great step for ward has been made from performing the rite in a pond, after breaking the ice, toa baptismal font elegantly made out of plate glass and marble, and the water warmed to the right tempera ture, with we!! heated dressing rooms close at har.d. It is very different from a scene in Clark's mill pond. Two or three per sons were to be baptized on a certain Sunday in the winter. It was one of those days that gets colder and colder. When the congregation reached the pond ioe was forming. One of the baptized was a woman. After getting on dry clothes they started homeward on horseback. After riding three or four miles in a driving wind they were foroed to stop at a house. The woman was so cold and stir! she had to be assisted to got in the house. With food, fire and stimulants they were warmed and sent on their way home. The suffered no evil results. But after all the elegance, comforts 'of modern methods, and baptismal robes prepared with utmost skill, somehow the old method strikes us as being more solemn and impressive. It was nevera speotaculiar showtbut a reli gious ceremony that commanded the respect of the unbelieving and silenced those who were disposed to sooff at any religious ceremony. The sturdy pioneers were in earnest in religious matters as they were in clearing the forests and subduing nature. When their faith or emotions prompted them to join the ohuroh they were ready for baptism whether it was cold or hot. The preachers were also real j* at any time to immerse believers. They did not wait for special clothes, and if they did not happou to Lavo a change in their saddle bags, they would borrow some clothing from a neighbor and baptize the couvert. They will never have such singing around a tuarblo font as they us^.d to have on the hanks of these clear streams when a thousand voices would unite iu singing sonic of the suitable hymus. It was a grand and impres sive ?sc?ne. ?he new way is better, but young people must understand that their parents and graud .'parents woi 2 very earnest and devout. But thc churches arc moving forward and getting away from the old simple ways of good ancestors. Let us hope that they will not get far away from tho God of our fathers.-Charles Petty, in Nows aud Courier. Life Sentences for Highwaymen. Chicago is receiving some criticism because of her rigorous treatment of robbers. The statute making high way robbery punishable by life impris onment bas been resurrected and in one week nine hold up men were sent over the road for life. It is humane and just to talk about reforming criminals. Every man who errs and is sorry, and wants todo bet ter Bbould bo given as muoh oppor tunity for reformation as the welfare of society can stand. But the man who makes an assault for the {purpose of gain is at heart a deteotnblo.murderer. He isn't an or dinary thug. Me is prepared to slay, and in almost every case he is a grad uate in erime, not a student. Human life is sacred. It is a faot pretty well ground into the brain of every human being. The man who waits in the dark armed with a blud geon and a revolver, keyed to the point where he will kill in order to gain your personal property, is a pre meditated murderer. He knows what he is doing, and what he proposes to do. He also knows that in most cities if he can employ a smart attor ney, one with a political pull prefer red, and has enough money, or friends who have money, he can either escape entirely or get off with a short sen tence. That kind of a man is an enemy of sooiety. Decency forbids electroeut- , ing him unless he has taken life, and so wisdom demands that he disappear . not for a few months or a few years, but until he shall emerge from behind the dark walls of a prison in his cof dn. Reform him in his coll if you will. Treat him humanely and kindly. But keep him where he will never again be tempted to raise his murder ous hand against his kind. A look at the criminal statistics of thia country and persual of the thous ands of criminal tragedies reported in the newspapers prove that the terror of the law does pot appeal to those who do wrong with the force it should. - A physician says that women seldom talk in their sleep. Of course, they don't; the organ of speech must have an occasional rest. - It is sometimes hard to distin guish patience from downright lazi ness. By Elimination. Jokes about twins are more numer ous than twius themselves. For all that, there need be no hesitation in repeating a joke which passes carrent in at least one section ot' the coun try. "There used to live over on Pain ters farm," said the humorist who told the story, "a couple o' twins named Dan and Abe. They moved away since. At the time I remember 'em they were grown men, but they were as near like as thom two jugs. The only difference was that l>au had good, sound teeth and Abe he'd lost most o' his out o' the front part of his face. "The only way to know which was which was to stick your finger in Abe's mouth. If he bit ye it was Dan."-Youth's Companion. Who Saw lt First. ?Jim and Fred, brothers of six and four years of age, wero fond of argu ments between themselves, says thc Chicago Record-Herald. They were arguments that never went beyond the wor?y ?tage, but on occasion became somewhat heated. They were out one day with their nurse when they happened to pass an old houso that was a landmark in the neighborhood. Instantly the spirit cf disputo waB aroused. Said Jim the elder: "I saw that house first." Fred picked up the gage of battle promptly and replied: "Nc, you didn't; I saw it before you did." "No, you didn't,"' persisted Jim. "I saw it before you were born, 'cause I'm older than you and passed by here 'fore you were born." This was convincing, even to Fred's infantile mind, and for some time he waa silent. Then after a pause he an nounced triumphantly: "I don't care if you are the oldest, I saw it be fore you. When I was dust I blew by this house and saw it." Jim was silent._ A Cotton Picking Machine. It came out yesterday that the visit of Mr. Theodore H. Price, the New York cotton baar, to Charlotte had more than one purpose behind it. Mr. Price left tho city shortly after thc arrival of Dr. A. A. Hammcrschlag, president of tho Carnegie Manual Training school, in Pittsburg, Pa. Tho latter met here Messrs. W. P. Quen tell and W. S. Dean. Sunday morn ing the gentlemen drove out into the country South of the city, preceded by a large box which had come by ex press. It has been learned that the box oontained a new cotton pioking machine and it was sent here to be tested in the cotton fields near by. It is known that Mr. Price, besides the other gentlemen, is interested in the machine, but the construction and operation of it has been kept a se oret. It is said to be operated by electricity. It is not known how the experiment oame out, but it is rumor ed that the maohine failed to work ia a satisfactory manner. 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