Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1897, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1897—16 PAGES. HOWARD'S ¢ Corset Emporium, 1003 F St. (Owing to today’s rain this offer holds gvod tomorrow — Saturday.) ‘SUMMER -CORSETS | For A Day! Yes, we will cell tomor- row 100 doen Summer Ven- tiated Famous “C. B. 2 la Bpirite* Corsets, new long waist, thoroughly reinforced, ‘and equal to most 75e. cor- sets. For 43¢. pr. Largest “‘exclusive’’ cornet store in Waskington. Largest Stock of high-class corsets. All corsets fitted and guar- anteed. Money refunded if corsets are not as repre- sented. HOWARD’S Corset Store, 1903 F St. i [XXXRRMME MEO) XXXMRRER KER ME EKK RES s “WANTED-- Q3c. secures a perpetual _ lease! Very fine quality French Kid. Un- conditionally guaranteed. 78c. for $1 Real Kid Giaces-- 4- 3 button or 7=hook. for $1.65 and ine 75 Gloves! $1 2 Tro strles— 4button and — 3-clasp. Al the — fashionatle Street and ¢ shades are to be hank fe, heat One | oa way a= S$1- 20 $2 quality of 3- Ideal Fastener Kid—go clasp and on sale tomorrow aia a a ar a en tk AMEN gi and Monday for $1.35! MEN’S GLOVES. “ial offer in those new Gray Gloves at at 1.35. PLDSOPOSEOHE HOOD 919 F St. CPST HESEOEOSSOOOHED PHOS SIGE DOOS ¢ ° Finest Sausage, Hams & Bacon. apy years’ experience and using only chelcest meats and splces—accounts for the delictousness Inpalarity of my sau sage. Everybody en; - C7My HAMS ami BREAKFAST BACON are mild-cured end very tne—try them, C. RAMMLING, 312 Pa. a we 649-650-001 Center Market. _ apt-w,f.10, 1s PPAASPASASSSAE LOSOSIEIE HO IESS ¢No water kiowalls ito civilization tas pure as this, At 25¢- At 50¢- At $1 = At 3 $1.25 1914 AND 1916 PENNA. AVE. Given Away —to Children BUY YOUR EASTER SHOES TOMORROW. Don’t put it off till next week—if you can help it. A more complete Shoe assortment than now you will not find again this season. We are having such a remarkably great sale of our Shoes this season that it has been hard to keep our supply of some lines equal to the demand, but we are again full up in all lines. Here are some specially tempting prices for to- morrow: Infants" Kid Sole. We Button Hole Boots. At $1.50 At Vici Kid Ladies’ Black or ‘Tan Bicycle Legging. fants’ Hand-sewed Ine Black or Rrown Kid Button or Laced. Black or Child's Spring-heel Men's “6 Tan and Black Eqnal to Durable Button. to 8. Laced and Gaiters. Our “Iron Clad’ Ladies’ ¥ most gerviceable made, Welt or for Tors and Girls of all ages. Button o At $2.50 At Ladtes’ Dongola Kid, Shapely and Durable, Button and Laced. Me ‘Tan Kid Boys’ and Giaas Nobby Tan Laced 8 All sizes. Ladies’ Hand-sewed Biack or Brown Kid Stylish Oxford Ties. Ladles* OD BICYCLD BOOTS FOR LADIES. Nearly all Sizes here again. WM. HAHN & CO.’S RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, 930 and 932 7th St. Novel ae Eggs-tiet w with Delicious Candy— Ladies’ Brown and Black Laced, Button or Oxfords, ‘Men's Russia Finish Leather Laced. Ladics’ Great and Oxford Ties. Flextble-sole 15 Pretty Styles. ‘Everbright"* Stylish Laced or Ties. “Gem" Tan Shoes, with Brown Teather Trimmings. $3 Men's French Patent Leather Calf. Hand-made Fine Dress Shoes. 233 PENNA. AVE. S.B. Tomorrow. ‘Stylish “Royal”? ‘Tan Boots Goodyear" Sewed— Hand-made— Land-xewed urn Sole Laced. Hand-sewed ent EASTER SUITS FOR THE BOYS. Steadily this Boys’ Clothing Department grows in popularity among mothers. Because you never bought boys’ clothing of doubtful quality here you have come to look upon us with entire confidence. It will always b thus—for we value tation for quality above everything else. The new spring stock surpasses any we have ever You will find every wanted style represented— and on every suit purchased we can promise a substantial shown. saving. Boys’ $3.50, $4, $4.50 & $5 Suits for $2.95. Tomorrow we offer a special lot of Boys’ Knee Pants Suits, spring weight. Sizes 4 to 14 years. Worth $8.50, A splendid assortment of Boys’ Double- breasted Suits, all sizes, for $2, §2.50, $3, $3.60, $4, $6.50, $5, $6, $7 and $8. Boys’ Combination Suits, all sizes, for $8.50, $4, $4.50 and $5. A large line of Novelty Suits—prices from $2 to $8. #4, Goods any cost. Ladies’ Worsted Si both shoulders, cori colors and mixed. to $1 Ladies’ Bicycle $1.50 and $2." I Men's Bicycle reduced — pri Worsted Bie Reduced to $1 200 palrs Men's $2.95 $4.50 Were $3.50 and $4. Ball-bearing _Biescle Reduced to $2.25. our repu- Ladies’ $5 Bicycle Sweaters, Not going to sell Ladies’ Bicycle longer—quick-moving rices on the entire line. ow we have sacrificed profit and $1.75. This is weaters, open over sleeves, pioin Reduced rs. Were a pair. potless Bicycle Stock- ings, all colors, W and 75e. Mednced to 26. pate sted Golf Stockings, odd Were $1.50 and $2. Reduced Snoce. Parker, Bridget & Co., Clothiers, 315 7th St. GES SES Sie sea rm it SSSS9SS Something New: \OVOS GOO OOOSHOO Special ~ Ladies’ Fine Dark For F Street! We have invaded the sacred precincts of this high-priced thoroughfare—with a brand-new and complete stock of fine footwear, which we propose to sell at POPULAR prices. We @ have leased this building—and we are here to stay! Here are @ prices that will draw Tan Viel Special—One lot Ladies’ Kid Shoes — Laced and Ox- Shoes in Laced and Ox- ford Ties-- made on our new fords — all sizes and ‘@ ~Cotn* Too-same as sold to widthis—same as sold In #2 omer F st. stores for $5 other F st. stores for 38 Our Price. os $3—Our Price & Splendid Variety of Ladies’ Ladies’ Fine Dongola Shoes— Shoes—in Button—Laced @® Porwon—taced and Oxfords all and Oxfords—all sizes ® the new Shades—same as other and widths—eame F st. dealers sell for $— wold elsewhere for s- Our price. 4 Crowds Tomorrow! © 8 Dark Tan Kid 1.98 Dongola DL. Bs Ladies’ Black and Tan 16-inch Bicycle Boots—all sizes—-$3 a pair—same as sold in ae F street stores at $5. Also a full line of Men's Fine Shoes at popular prices. ® Wilson’ s Old Stand, ¢ :CHARMIAN, ils 3 As a drinking water it will satisfy ts > 2 929 F St. N.W. 4 3 water and contatte medicinal ® : Ser, “ean ae O399O8S 0900S 90 9999900 6990080 3 —— _—- Be 4 Deer eee a *Phone 1564 or drop $ 1309,G St. N. W. "Phone 135. { Rheumatism o | postal and Holmes will SEERA AANA AAAS | ne prescription of sip.ot Wetingo's etdet deliver a delicious oe sod ant emnent phy nee rateres| Home-made Pieintime Bie, arent | aco Ure aca pat ie "patent ates] for lunch or dinner. ‘h | st! tes restores kidneys, improves the oD en B, teoeicie,s wis ee, bri Bape et on ‘iano RS Holmes’ ] Lasiones Mit, 1st & E Sts, mh3itoapls st. aw., con, B. ap2-174 DISEASE TR SMITTERS | Birds Said to Be Capable of Oarrying Oon- tagion. —— Testimony of Men ‘Who Have Made a Careful Sté@y of the Question. —1— From the Literary Digest. Persons jnterested jn:birds have recently been debating the question whether these creatures are capable of contracting dis- eases from human beings or of transmit- ting disease to human beings. Expert opinion seems to be divided. On the one hand Dr. K. Rulf, director of Gefierderte Welt, in a recent letter to the president of the Acclimation Society, asserts that the transmission of any disease from a bird to a man, and vice versa, is absolutely im- possible. Says Dr. Rulf: “For more than thirty years I have been eccupied in keeping, observing and raising exotic birds of plumage; consequently I have had occasion to deal with them when ill. Every bird that has died has been examined, and I have thus dissected, dur- ing about thirty years, several hundred paroquets. I have always kept these birds during their tllness, sometimes for a con- siderable period, in my apartment, which is somewhat restricted in size, being com- posed of cnly six rooms for four grown persons and four children. During all this period I have not had a single case of sickness in my family, although the birds have had all possible kinds of mala- dies. I am also confirmed in my belief by the fact that I have allowed no opportun- ity to pass of asking for information on the subject from the principal dealers in birds at Hamburg, Cologne, London, Liverpool, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotter- dam, Marseilles and Bordeaux, whenever they had sick birds in considerable num- bers. In no case was 1 informed that any one, either of the family or of the em: ployer's, had been attacked in the house of one of these merchants, and I obtained the same information from the directors of the great zoological gardens at Paris and London. No contagion—and I cannot insist too strongly on this point—could ever be established.” These, however, are all negative facts, and would fail to stand against even one authenticated case of the transmission of disease to or from pet birds. Such cases, it is believed, have been proved to exist by Dr. Laboulbene, who communicates an ac- count of his investigations to the Bulletin of the Acclimation Society. We translate some extracts below: “It has been remarked for some time that birds, notably parrots and paroquets, are frequently attacked with a peculiar disease, characterized by lesions of the skin and orifices. “Quite recently this malady has been studied with the aid of the best modern pe aes and Prof. Straus gives the fol- fowing minute description of it: ‘The char- acteristic symptom of the malady in the paroquet,’ says the eminent medical pro- fessor, the frequency of tubercular lesions of the skin and the mucous orifices; these are generally wanting, on the con- y, In fowls and pheasants, in which the tubercles seem to prefer the digestive canal and Its annexes (the liver, the spleen, the peritoneum). “These lesions of paroquets consist of grayish or brownish tumors, often callous, occupying the pupils, the conjunctivae, the orifices of the nasal cavities, the commis- sures of the beak. the tongue or hard palate, the pharynx, the skin of the wings, or the joints. In certain cases there appear on the skin multiple tumors, increasing to several centimeters in length; these dark- colored scabs are easily rubbed off and dls- close a granulated tissue full of tubercles. The skin of the head Is the favorite seat of these tumors, and the tuberculous tumors of the tongue and palate present nearly the same characteristics as those of the ex- ternab skin. The internal organs only are attacked in some cases, the lungs more fre- quently than the liver and the intestines, just the opposite of what {s observed with fowls.’ “The nature of this gffection, then, ad- mits of doubt; the presetice of tubercles and of bacilll demonstrates that we have to deal with tuberculosis. , “And after having established that the tuberculosis of birds is experimentally In- oculable in mammals, that the bactilus of human and that of aviary tuberculosis are but two varieties of the same microbe, the author cites the following instance: ‘A lace- maker, in good health, after having lost successively her husband and her eldest (of tuberculosis?) went to new to live with her second daughter, was suspected of tuberculosis. In 18%) a friend gave them a present of a tame sparrow; two ars later it became sick, lost its habitual galety and good temper, and tn a fit of irritation pecked violently at its mistress and inflicted a slight wound on her finger. Several months afterward the bird died. x months after receiving the wound from the Dird’s beak, the lace-maker was disturbed at seeing that there was a little swelling at the point where the sparrow had hurt her, and went for advice to the Hotel Dieu, where Dr. Durant discovered two indurated tumors on the forearm and without hesitation diagnosed the case as one of lupus. This was afterward verified ‘by examination of the extirpated tumors and finally by the inoculation from these of @ guinea pig and a rabbit, which developed the symptoms of tuberculosis. “Lupus, it is well known, is a form of tuberculosis. From this experiment and from clinical observation, we may, then, affirm this truth, the owledge of which is very important: that Birds, in many cir- cumstances, can carry disease to persons, breeders or amateurs, who are brought in contact with them by their occupations or their tastes.” SLEEPING FISHES. Some of Them Change Color at Night for Self-Defense. From a paper by Prof. A. E, Verrill (Yale) in Belence. While investigating the nocturnal habits of fishes, etc., in the aquaria of the labora- tory of the United States fish commission at Wood’s Holl in 1885, to 1887, I unexpect- edly discovered that many species of fishes, and also the common squid, take on spe- cial colors at night while asleep, or at rest, in a feeble light. These observations have not hitherto been published, because I hoped to have had opportunities to con- tinue them and make them more complete. It is now my hope that others, with better opportunities, may take up the subject. My observations were made after midnigh when everything was quiet, for fishes sle very lightly. The gas jets near the aqua- ria were turned down as low as consistent with distinct vision, and great care was taken not to jar the floor or furniture. With these precautions I was able to de- tect many species in the act of ving. Some of them took unexpected positions when asleep. The most common change in colors of the ' sleeping fishes consisted .In a general dark- ening of the dark *pots, stripes or other markings, by which ‘they become more dis- tinct and definite. This was the case with various fleunders, minnows, the black sea bass, the sea robins,. the’ kingfish and sev- eral other species. In all these cases the thange of color is in the direction of increaged protective col- oration, the dark markings being gencrally connected with their habits of resting nat- urally at night among #el grass and sea- weeds. The young ‘fisles often showed greater changes than the adults. Other species showed. a much _ greater change in color, for.theilpattern of colora- tion was itself entirely’ changed. Thus, the common scup, or porgy. while active in the daytime, 1s of a beatitiful silvery color, with bright, pearly, iridescent hi But when asleep it takes a» dull bronzy tint, and 1s crossed by about six conspicuous, transverse, black bands, a coloration’ well adapted for concealment among eel gzass. etc. If awakened by suddenly turning up the gas, it almost instantly takes on its silvery color, seen in the daytime. This ex- periment was tried many times. A common file fish (Monacantavs), which is mettled with dark olive-green and brown in the caytime, when asleep becomes pallid gray cr almost white, while the fiz uad tai! become biack. Tlese are nocturnally protecnive colors. The file fishes, when astecp. often lean up obliquely against the glass of the aquaria, with the belly rest- ing upon the bottom in very queer posi- tions. The tautog, or blackfish, commonly sleeps on one side, often partly buried in wand or gravel, or under the edges of stones, much after the fashion of floun- ders, thus suggesting the mode in which the flounders may have develope from symmetrical fisnes in consequence of: this mode of resting becoming chronic, as it were. NEW PUBLICATIONS. SUGAR: A XEW AND PROFITABLE. INDUSTRY | PITAL, AG- UPPLY THE TRODUGE. iy ilerbert Meeks 3 York: Orange Judd co.” pee ae ‘The author of this work, editor of the American Agriculturist, has presented in this form an exposition of the sugar in- dustry, sketching its past and present and forecasting its future. He endeavors to show “how to enable our own people to Produce all they consume, and thus put into their own pockets the vast sums now sent abroad annually to pay for imported sugar.” He characterizes his work as “a practical aid toward relieving sgricultural depression by affording hundreds of ex- tensive home markets .»r thousands of acres of sugar beets and cane.” The book is handsomely {lustrated, and presenss in well-arranged shape the plan of campaign of the American Sugar ‘rowers’ Society. Much that is presented is in the line of instruction to prospective participants in this business, and the technical inforina- tion given is of unquestionable value. NITED STATES POR ©. Sie CHUN TI-KUNG; HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES. | By Claude A. Rees. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Washington: Brentano's. Although this book is prominently be- spoken as a “novel” there is about it rather too much matter of fact description of the ways and means of celestial life for it to be accepted as a romance. The story is un- usual: A young Chinaman of education goes to England as interpreter to the am- bassador, falls in love in his calm fashion with an English girl, marries her despite the tact of the existence of a wife and child in China, and takes her back with him. She soon dies, demented. The book is evi- dently compiled from accurate information as to details that may have been obtained at second hand. There is a notable lack of briskness to the narration which still fur- ther belies the name of “novel” and rather places the work in the catalogue of literary miscellanies. NEW_AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT TO - EST EDITION OF TIE BNCYCLOPARDIA BRITANNICA; a Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature, Science, Histor Commerce Discover ition, a rsonal "super: n of Day Otis Kell -D. Mlustrated over FI Portraits and Other Engravings. In Five Volumes, Volume IV. New York: The W per Co. With one more volume this latest addi- tion to the great Mbrary of cyclopaedias will be complete. The fourth book is un- usually full of value to the general student, containing among other important articles well-written papers on the newspapers, railroads, patent system and navy of the United States that contain a vast amount of information condensed into a compara- tively small space. The Werner Company has succeeded beyond expectations in as- sembling within a conventent compass the latest authoritative information relative to the progress of the American nation. A ROMANCE OF CIRCUS author A MODER LIF Mustrated by et New York: Amerivan 5 SHEE. ‘Technical Book Co. Mr. Murray has a wide acquaintance in Washington, where he worked for several years as a newspaper correspondent. His novel “Sub Rosa” was one of the most widely discussed books of the day. In “A Modern Gypsy” he has drawn a strong pic- ture of circus life, with many interesting tacts about the management of these mon- ster entertainments that go to give the book a value apart from the entertaining story that forms the skeleton of the work. THE IMPUDENT COMEDIAN, AND OTHET Ry MH. rankfort Moore. Illustrated. Chicago: one & Co. Under this title the author has retold some entertaining stories of the times of David Garrick, Kitty Clive, Mrs. Siddons, finston, Nell Gwin and others of that famous circle of actors. They are based on more or less accurate traditions of the stage of that day, and the flavor of romance thrown among their historic real- ities makes them exceptionally good read- ing. TOWN, AND THE tories of Tiinots at By Mary Hart- rk: Houghton, Brertano’s. Washington: Mittin & to. Widely apart are these two tales, each well told in {ts separate vein. The first is the longer and in many respects the stronger of the two. Both are sad in their climaxes but through the former runs a vein of delightful humor that makes it a very pleasant story to read. THE Fs INATION OF THE KING. Boothby author of “Doctor Nikola, Banks—Hero,” ete. . Rand. & Co, The author has revised a clever fiction about a kingdom tucked in behind Siam and Annam, with a French-Italian mon- arch, and has created a very interesting story that does not flag from start to finish. eS a COLD FACTS FROM A FREEZE. By Guy n What the People of Florida Learned in the Winter of 1895. From the Chicago Record. Thoughtful people now agree that “the greatest freeze of "95" was a good thing for Florida—a blessing in disguise. It was a costly lesson, however. A hundred thou- sand citizens, more or less, paid $3,000,000 or $4,000,000 to find out that the “frost line” that had been recognized since the “cold winter of was not permanent, and was likely to be changed, like railway time tables, without previous notice. They were taught that it was not good policy to put all their eggs in one basket, and that the single crop plan of farming was a failure. Many were discouraged and left the state. Those who had more courage and wisdom remained, and while they were resuscitating their frozen groves they dis- covered that they could make $400 or S00 an acre by truck farming—by raising peas, beans, cabbages, cauliflower, lettuce, celery, onions, cucumbers, potatoes, strawberries and other fruits and vegetables for the northern winter markets. The demand for this sort of produce dur- ing the winter months is practically un- Mmited, and the prices unnaturally large. It costs no more to raise a bushel of pota- toes in this warm, sandy soil in December than in July, yet they can be sold for $4 a bushel in December and for only 40 cents in July. The supply of unseasonable vege- tables formerly came from Bermuda and the Bahamas. “The great freeze” taught the farmers of Florida that they could have a monopoly from December to March, when the early crops of southern Georgia are ready for market. So the wise ones stopped boasting about profits of $2,500 an acre from orange groves. They stopped telling the familiar Story about ‘$1 a box for oranges on the plantation, twenty-five boxes to the tree and 100 trees to the acre—all clear gain,” and began to plant and weed vegetables, which are not so profitable as oranges, but are reasonably certain of paying from $400 to $500 an acre net. Down in the southern part of the state the cultivation of pineapples was found to be even more profitable, and somebody blundered upon the discovery that the best ones were grown under shelter. So all the pine fields are now covered with lattice work, just high enough for a tall man to walk under without stooping. This lattice is made of rough strips of pine, three inches apart on rough scantling, and costs aboui $900 an acre. It not only furnishes perfect protection against all possible frosts, but the fruit thus protected from the heat of the sun is more juicy and of finer fiber than that grown in the open air. Industrious farmers are now raising 6,000 pineapples to the acre, and selling them on the planta- tions by the thousand at 25 cents apiece, while the shoots that are plucked from the plants are worth from $2 to $3 a dozen to those who are starting in the business. Another industry that can be attributed the “freeze,” and is bound to be permanent and profitable, is the cultivation of Cuban tobacco. The scarcity and high prices caused by the revolution have given it a decided stimulus, for the tobacco planta- tions in Cuba have been very generally de- stroyed, and if the island should ever be at peace again it will require several years to get back to the magnitude and the quality of its former product. Before the war of the rebellion, up in Gadsden county, between the gulf and the Georgia line, where the people still hunt wildcats for sport, a good deal of tobacco was raised. At one time it was considered the finest of the country, and the average value of the crop was $400,000, but after the big plantations were broken up and worked on shares by negroes, who formerly work- ed them as slaves, tobacco cost too much Rollcr Skates free with suits at $1.98 or more. + What a Chance, Mothers! is this to fit the boys out for Easter. profits most in the boys’ clothing department just for the sake of sell- ing—for the sake of making you a regular patron. we've made certainly beat any made heretofore, and you know what that means. | Your last chance, no doubt, to buy those ‘ boys’ wash galatea duck sailor suits to- morrow for 59c. each. Boys’ nearly all-wool eults, in size up to 15 years—nobby patterns and elegantly made—the usnal $3 suit, for $1.98 each. Boys’ fine black and blue and fancy Worsted sults—made by the best tailors— the $4 sults about town—here at $2.98 each. ter—and sell it for less. otherwise. cialty,” CHEVIOTS. Brown plaid—green overplaid. Brown mixtures—5 sorts, Bannockburn weaves—mixtures, Light brown—Aberdeen checks, Golf plaids—15 styles. Olive mixtures. Balaburgh hoecks—grays and browns. Light gray fabrics. Darker gray fabrics Pepper-and-salt cheviots. Light brown—darker overplald. Criss-cross plaid in gray and brown, Indistinct weaves, plaid effect. choice. = | RIBBONS. 3-Inch motre ribbon, ir all colors—to go for a day at 74c. yard. All colors—all new shades and black, in 2 and 2%-Inch satin ribbon—a very splendid qualits—to go for one day at yard. UNTRIMMED HATS. Lot of children’s sample untrimmed straw hats—would be very cheap at from ‘Je. to $1.50—just in tuday—and go on sale tomorrow at 39c. each. Lot of ladies’ colored untrimmed hats, all shades and shapes—worth no less than Te. to $1.25—for a day, 48c. each. 69c. Wrappers, 39c. Another and much better lot of percale Wrappers—same as those which went so quickly—O0c. garmenta, 39c. each. “The store where your promise to pay buys as much and for If credit is a convenience to us then take what you want and promise to pay a little every week or month. }Wonders in [1 in Plen’s en’s $ 10 Suits. Selling as good as anybody else will not do. We must sell bet- We can’t expect to get the men’s trade We've got as big a stock and as big a variety as anybody, and we're our own makers, and that puts us a length ahead of others. We'll put our ten-dollar grade, against any at $12.50 or even $15, and we know we'll win, for we're making this grade a and we know anybody cannot touch us. At $10 you're given the choice of We'd like to know it if anybody else offers you such Yours on easy payments if you wish. +Specials in the [lillinery Department? The great tide of patronage is turning toward us. nery department is a brilliant success. values such as these. Only for-tomorrow: Hecht & Company, 515 Seventh St. little as cask.” Tomorrow we relinquish all These offerings Boys’ all-wool plaid and fancy ob carcimere and Jong pants sutts. sizes 14 to iv y camot be matched anywhere unler §7.50—for $5 each. Lot of boss’ “Mother's Friend” shirt waiste—the TSc. vort—have patent tmiton Dands—buttons can't come off to go for 49 cents. Lot of boys’ gilt-bend yacht caps he. sort, usually—to go for 19c. each. “spe- CASSIMERES. Wine color—red overplaid. Bi: ck and blo hecks. Biack—faint brown plaid. Light gray plaid—large dark plaid. Dark gray check darker overplaid, Olive plaids—tsiue plaids, Brown plaids. WORSTEDS. 23 Kinds of Fancy Worsteds. 14 atyles of Twit a wide The milli- Can't help being such with FLOWERS. For a day we shall sell large bunches Macs, white and lavender—worth 49e. each —tor 19c. each. ‘Lot of large bunches violets—three dozen 4m @ bunch—worth 3%¢.—to go for a day at 15c. bunch. For another day we shall sell bunches of violets—usual price, 10c.—for Ic. bunch. Not more than 2 bunches to any one cus- tomer. 75c. Waists, 29c. * percale and lawn row they're will go at same price as last, 29 cents. The privileges of our easy Payment system are yours. labor and was abandoned, until H. R. Du- vai, president of the Florida Central, trict of Cuba and distributed it free of charge to all the farmers who were will- ent. Many failed, but some are suc- cessful, and the result was the establish- ment of a factory at Quincy by a New York firm, to consume the local product, which is now the largest in the state, and this firm annually plants a large acreage on its own account. After the “freeze” the public took up to- bacco generally. Mr. Duval again sent to Cuba and not only got seed, which he dis- tributed free, but also brought over a num- ber of experienced planters, who worked up and down the line of his road, superin- tending the planting and instructing the farmers in the art of cultivation, for to- bacco is a good deal like children—its value depends upon the manner in which it is brought up. Thus the industry has be- come general. Sumatra is well as Cuban seed has been introduced. With proper cultivation it is claimed that crops from 600 to 1,000 pounds to the acre can be raised anywhere in Florida, and there is {a steady demand for it from’ the cigar fac- torles in the state at from 25 to &) cents a pound, according to the quality. It re- quires experience and a peculiar knack to raise good tobacco. There are some Cuban refugees down in this end of the state who produce a leaf that is rated as high as the best that comes from Havana, but the ordinary farmer doesn’t seem to get the hang of it. There is plenty of Cuban labor to be had this year, and much is ex- pected from the next cro} ~ 40+ A Big Engineering Work. From the London Times. The triumphs of modern engineers over natural obstacles know no limit. The latest achievement which has een browght into public notice is the diversion of the river Periyar from its ratural outlet in the Indian ocean to the bed of the Vaigai, which flows eastward into the Bay of Ben- gal. The district round Madura, in the Madras presidency, had long suffered from want of water for irrigation, and it was Cecided some years ago to reheve it in the man- ner described. The work involved the con- struction of an enormous dam, 178 feet in height, impounding the waters of the Peri- yar, and forming a lake which, when a: its highest level, will have an area of 7,454 acres, or nearly twelve square miles. An open cutting over a mile in length and twenty-one feet wide, followed by a tun- nel of about the same length and with a sectional area of ninety- square feet, con- veys the stream across the watershed to the Vaigal. ty miles lower down it is distributed by artificial canais in the Ma- dura district. To provide for floods, which at times are very severe, an overfiow “saddle” has been provided in the watershed separating the two districts, so that when the level rises thirty-one fect above the cutting it shall escape by this means. The diffic of tae work may be imagined when it is stated that it was carried on in an unin- habited jungle, twenty miles from the nearest cultivated land and eighty — from a railway station, and that, owing to the unhealthiness of the climate at certain seasons and the prevalence of floods, the engineers could only work for three m:onths of the year. ——— what it is that situation or a The Star will fill your need. 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