Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1900, Page 13

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IN THE FOX FARMS Alaskan Islands Deva Fur-Bearing An t a Eve d to Raising ais for Profit. z Transeript. considerable reputation but few persons know that 1 income is derived from culture of foxes. Tt on the coast of Alaska, where such an island commands an annual rental of $100. For this the govern- ment gives the t a written contract xelusive occupancy particular purpose.. To er who has found it necessary to exercise all his ingenuity in order to get t the idea of de- is deplored seems to fficulty in making a Mving with- an aid. But the experience of in Alaska bas shown that the fur ast be hand’ed with the utmost care ck the fortunes of the son a larg le. On Ka every pair of the start cost in progr practically et to sh up into the ture is stil going on, only that on only on and can ale number lof Islands t nund, but th rd. As th reservation, n Pribi- live without a spe- rh the are © d to sell mm is % a pe in bine fox bri foxes 5 and landed on barren and 4 sul, foxe feeding them, = pione ha islands of aring same rand put up zm= m arm ad to be foxes with- would not i of sharp ther con- aving th are to be con- Box traps only ne chief virtue of for all the foxe apart for He 1 ked ton pectal prod see A Blessed Spot. Tribu our got that bald spot a living for me and the VARICOCELE 4& \EW HOME CURE WITHOUT PAIN, OPERA- TION OR LOSS OF TIME FROM WORK. pers p Hef and a ray & brfiliant discov ro bless suspenortes and sup- that every ian should send at once for a Senecipeton of method so he may begin curing himself in the priva fs own home. By writing to Dr Rice. 483K. Main at., Adams, N. Y.. he will gladly mail, prepaid, a full description that will enable every ‘sufferer to Dimseif at « very tritting cost. at on apl2, cure De not fail to write Varlcocele is a very dangerous disease. 25-38 pees va8 People in Porto Rico Are Set in Their | Habits. ~ A DREAD OF THE NIGHT AIR All the Houses Are Shut Up Tight After Dark. OTHER PECULIARITIES 2 Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. AGUADILLA, Porto Rico, April 15, 1900, The natives of Porto Rico have ways that are peculiariy their own. Peors and plant- ers, notwithstanding the wide differences in their station and their means of living, share in common many customs. One of e is that of shutting out the night air. followed with a steadiness that al- s to superstition. noticed In all the towns how tight- y the houses were closed at night. They seemed like iron boxes. This might have been due to fear of thieves or some other but on inquiring I was told it was to keep eut the nigat ai Every family shuts itself in with hardly a keyhole through which to breathe. It {s hard for Americans to think that this is a healthy the Te cause, practice, but the Porto Ricans all say that not to do it is the more unhealthy. The ons make no difference. In the hot- ni of midsummer the sleeping apart- are shut up as tightly as in the mild | ||| months of winter and spring, when there | |j is an invigorating breeze from sea and | |} mountain. Traveling through the country the cus- tom alse obtains. It is a queer sight to ee the hou of the small planters and the well-to-do farmers with their wooden as to make the dwell- coffin. The shutters do slit. There is no ventila- through the chimneys, because the have no chimr It might seem » difficult to shut the air out from the because the palm thatch- and the primitive weatherboarding uki appear to afford some chinks. Be- sides they are all raised from one to three +t from the ground and a current of air er the floor. Nev- the peons do manage to keep themselves inclosed at night with hardl: more ventilation than would be had in cedar chest. Dread the Night Air. Seeing so many of the inhabitants with the pallor which comes from thin blood, I wondered if this habit of sleeping shut in in a warm country, where the doors and windows might be left open the year round, might not have something to do with it. Medical observers all note that a large pro- portion of the natives are anaemic. That is, their blood is watery. Lack of good food, in suffictent q is undoubtedly the chief cause of this anaemic condition, but seemed to me that breathing foul air might have something to do with the watery bloo However, it would not be possible to con- ¥ince the Porto Rico people, whether na- tives or Spanish-born, that this is so. They dread the night air as they dread nothing else, and they insist that no foreigner can afford to overlook the precautions which they take to protect themselves from ‘t. In Cuba there is a widespread belief that the night air fs harmful on moonlight nights, and thet to go about with a head uncovered on a moonlight evening invites certain ills. e Cubans, as a rul p in their dwell- ings as far as posstbie when there fs a full nin the sky. They do not « t the malign inttuence xist in Porto Rico moon and "3 all seem to be credi harmful influences. One » were hot sure of reaching a Vv where there was an inn we stopped way long enough to look inty the pect of lodging. It require closed in $s tight as a ing ertheles | than of us possessed te mmo- | |} dation in one of the peon’ but I Hi thought we might get along comfortably by borrowing some of the hammocks with which every dwelling is supplied and string- | |] ing them up fn a neighboring grove. The bare {dea fi alarm for our safety. We told th of bandits. Then they q to us that the danger was not from marauders, but from the dreaded night air. | |} So we kept on our journey until we fuund an inn. The exp been in Porto Rico for ried. Some of them say that the idea of shutting themselves up to sleep is a delu- sion which has grown from generation to ence of Americans who h year or mor. US CUSTOMS |= All of these bargains mean very big savings, I ara and as they are only for an hour ata time, youll have to be prompt to take advantage of them. They will be charged just the same ‘a8 “usual—you may make your own terms of payment. 9 to 10. each for 200 little boys’ washable sailor sults of Galatea cloth: such as sell for 39¢. and 49¢. Only 200, mind yon, and 19. each as long as they last— but not more than two to any one buyer. ZS; Pair for Go pairs indies’ serge slip- ° pecs, which ustally sell at 40c. 214c. Ae. kerchiefs: 4c. pair for men’s black and colored * half hose; perfect-y fast In color and usually sell at ioe. 15c. 6 C, hah for water-proof felt window * shades, in colors: complete with fixtures; sell nsnally at 12140. 2 yard for 36-ineh-wide eream cur- Ce tain serim, in handsome patterns; usually sell at Se. yard. for 10 and Ie. combt tan and black jon shoe polish. for choice of 60 dozen men's plain white and colored border hand- large size; sell usually at 10e, for boys’ silk-lined golf which sell at 25e. usually. caps, for twelve sheets of very desirable 5c. muste, and giving you hutidreds from which to select De, exch for ladies’ linen co * shapes and all sizes, 25c. all ars; for fofants’ long and short dresses; trimmed with embroidery. ‘ard for n odd lot of remnants SRC rca and figured Liwnes. ‘anton, black sats i for flannel, be. yard for an odd lot of lining rem- 5c. nants, comprising colored and black silesias, colored and black perealines, canvas, haireloth, in all desirable lengths: short lengths which remain from the rush of last week's Hning business; sold from the piece for Se. to 12%e. yard. for the cholce of bundreds of arti- 12c. ficial flowers as natural as life, em- bracing of lilacs—six in a bunch, as Well as follage—wrenths and violets; flowers which you'll find selling for 33c. about town. 10 to 11. yard for two-tone Glorla silks, in DAC. Fist Atinat tna toe ania skirts, lining and trimming; sells usually for yard. for Mack China silks, 21 39c. inches wide, and all silk and extra heavy quality: value, yard durable; 50c. 10c. 3, small lot, so be prompt, for tt ts the same as we sold for 29¢, yare vard for black Henrietta: yard ZAC. ii). best black; soft “and Instrous tn qnality: in fact, the’ same which sells In every store for 33c. yard. lot of short lengths of ; full yard avide, and soft instead of 12%4c. Se. strong and. for all-wool ladies’ fancy goods; yard wide: only @ | and fine qualit: Sc. each for ladies" © with dainty edges. for children 25c. f, with from 4 to 14 years. turn-over collars, white embroide trim- sizes aprons; all 29c¢ for ladies’ scersncker nnderskirts, © with ruffles; all fast colors. for 12 yards of narrow Valen eee! Bee ae for Indies’ ribbed low-neck vests; no sleeves. 6l4c. 5c. and all ¢ 144 rd for lot of all-silk satin-face m, widths Nos. 5, 7, 9 and 12, b for whit appliqued bus sear fs pillow shams; handsome patterns; instead of 35e. for full dou A size white bed yard for 400 yards of ATR. Fi art draper draperies, eretounes 10e.—for worth up ‘to “Hechts’ 513-515 Seventh Street, . Greater Stores,” a 10 to. 11. where, pair for children’s dongola button 49c. Rnd lace shoes, In sizes’ 8% to TL which sell at The. pair for 24 pairs of ladies’ t: 59c. dnlia Marlowe Oxfords, which sell for $2 in some stores. ° $1.69 ly worth for cholce of, 25 dozen men's Brighton garters; which sell at 25c. for choice of 15 dozen men’s sus- penders, which sell at 250. every- | | | for ladies’ blue, gray and black covert skirts, which are certalne 50. SOc, pair to | boys’ ali-wool knee pants, in a fine rtment of patterns; all well-made gatment’, which are sold usually for Svc, . ——— z this bour for ladies’ guaranteed $3.98 bl taffeta silk waists, with new fronts; ness perfectly up to date in stylist- which sell for $6.50 and more, this hour $1.98 fit sortment of y meres; suits which ar for boys’ doubl suits, i and for choice ofan immense lot of children’s untrimmed hats, in a ortment of calors—hats which are ere for no less than 6 11 to 12. 59c. 11% to for choice of 6) pairs misses’ don- gola button and Tace shoes, sizes 2, which sell usnally at $1, palr for 48 pairs of ladies’ patent 89c. Rather toute Oxfords, such as sell at $2.50, ZOc, fer men’s colored percale and white * shirts, about a bundred dozen, which formerly sold at 75e Dile, for men’s fancy colored shirts and * drawers, such as sell at 30e. gar- | af children's straw satlors of and plain straw, silk ribbons. Dile, exch for vest quatity Motland win. dow shades, in all colors, complete with fixtures. sqtiare yard for extra heavy floor oll- 23c. cloth, in diferent widths nnd hund- some patterns and colorings; worth oe. 12'4c. | yani for best ¢ ity colored table oftel hy D-quarter ce of aR enormous lot of la- ppers, embracing percales, some trimmed with lace, with deep tlounces others trinn width and length; wrapper barsain Worth up to $1.8, all fuli | for accordion-plaited mercerized 98e. derskirts with Isineh pie flounces, 6lze. » 25c. for choice of 20 styles of Indies’ lace at | ir for children's heavy ribh t black hose, sayy ved barbs; Wide umd narrow, D3c, for 12 vs elvet ribbon for edging -ruilles aud trimming walsts. Z5c, y44 for novelty ‘dress goods that MW for. Stk, yard thont — brown and white, grdn wnl white and black aml white check patterns for tailor-made gowns BOE, rant for al-woot . si Re, the quality” wh 5c. usually ss d-wide black ch sells at 8 for handsome uid cool summer dresses and c. usually. and Servi waists; sells at “Hechts’ Greater Stores,” 513-515 Seventh Street. 11 to 12. Continued.) 69c, * for yard-wide Japanese wash ‘© silks; cream and white; for misses’ gradnating dresses, and which sell at 89c. yard elsewhere. 47Rc, ,F27 for white Shaker faunet; © full pleces. $2 Q§ this hour for ladies’ new wash , ke silk waists, in an assortment of striped patterns; perfectly stylish and per- fect fitting, this hour for ladies’ black chev- $5.98 jot serge sults; fly-front and double-breasted jackets; skirts with the new back; thorou tatlored garments, which Were made t $5.98 flounces, values. for choice of a lot of boys’ Marrimae Oc. easiest. walsias pleated?” ta splendid patterns; the regular 2c. waists, for ladies’ taffeta silk under- skirts, with tneked and corded in all’ new spring shades: $9 pice of an Immense lot of Ia- * and children’s untrim- H desirable colors, as well as of rongh, fane; apolitan hats which by right ought te 98e. 1 to 2. 69c. for boys’ washable duck, white * pique abd Galatea cloth suits, tri med with braid and combination colors; wide sailor collars; to $1.50 values for ladies’ black _brilliantine S1.9 skirts; rich, lustrous quality b Mantine; full width and new back; $3. value. for ot lies’ fast black full fn all size: yard for the last of a lot of insert- ° ings and edgings. 12l4c. wide. 10c. heavy Ie. yard for all-silk black moire and taffeta ribbons; 3 inches each for honeycomb bleached tow- els; 45 by 22 Inches In size; extra quality; embossed borders; usually rt; not more than 6 to any one buyer. 4H. each for ready-made bleached ‘* pillow cases; hemmed and hand- torn and Inned; uot more than half dozen to any one buyer. 9I4c. tucks aboy for ladies’ muslin drawers; fin- ished with a deep hem, ‘with Dile, fer_ ladies’ short musiin under. skirts; finished with deep hems and tucks. 19¢, for al-wool ingrain et rem- ° nants, whieh will mm: elegant Tugs; of carpet which sold up to ec. yard. each for beayy cocoa door mats; 29c. good size; usually 50c. 2 to 3. 25c, y270 for yard-wide Mack figured atin berbers, which -make up hand- somely into skirts and dresses; quality. 39c. all si the Sve. ard for ge silks regular 7 AZ. yard fo frable ¢ nine iss black taffe extra high, rich luster and ae. ron ginghams in de- patterns; full pieces and as many yards us you wish; regular Grae. value, pair for misses’ kid gloves. in_all s shades of t hand 1 some of them mended; some sotie hook fastening. ver embrefdery; the sort Is for $1.98. Hecht & Company, 513-515 Seventh Street. yard. for 25 dozen indies’ white and 1 98c. col ‘d shirt waist an odd lot which sold at $1.50 to $1.98, QS5c. for children's flannel skirts and 2 to 3. (Continued.) AQe, for cholce of a lot of ladies” wray * pers, embracing the odds and en of wrappers which we sold last week: some plain and some trimmed with flounces; dark colors only. ZSC. fr children’s knitied jackets; pink, blue and white: hand-made. for infants’ hand-knit bootees; TAC. ter tetan 69c. for extra heavy full double-bed size ‘e sprends. in handsome Marseilles patterns; same as sell at $1 nsually. 25c. each for best quality Yale-Holand © window shades, trimmed with heavy tambour lace or fringe; In varfous ou H1 usually at 49e. lndies’ handsome black brosd- th skirts. with the new box. Neat backs: trimmed with appliqued taffe Rik. and alk braid: excedingly stylish skirts, which would sell at $9. $4. GY this hour for the greatest lot of > ladies’ silk waists you ever looked upon; embracing all the colors that are stylish; ‘all of these waists are guaran-— |/) I’ are’ very stylish—hemstitehed, — |]/ and carded fronts: new collars and ||} fs, and worth up to S10. this hour for the © French daisi chrysanth of sprars of Perolets, 39c¢ this hour for choice of dozens and })) S287 renee tate tein all of them the mest stylish creations possi: |} ble to produce, end nowe of which are worth less than. $5 3 to 4. pair for “Brownle’ overalls; of 15c. 3) nim: with shoulder straps; well made, and just the thing for the liule fellow ha hot more than two pairs to any $3.98 for the choice of any boys’ or child’s $5 suit in the store this hour. ry single suit that is marked $5 fs Included at $3.98, and all are marked plainly. $2. 50 this hour for boys’ tan covert e topcoats, which are worth $6 and $7. $3.98 tort vice of a lot of sample > skirts of homespuns; some of them appliqued; newest backs; the identical kirts such as’ you will find selling else- where for as much as $8 each. $12.50 this hour for choice of a lange lot of ladies’ suits, of chev- fot _serges, home materials; the very pins and other’ high-class stylish sults to be had yard for best handsomest and_ultra- worth up to $25. OFGC- er Sati, 10¢. usually. 2Re. quality stair or which sells at Hl yard for 36-inch cream curt scrim, which sells usually at 5c. rhildren’s white muslin long aud short skirts 5c. yard for an odd lot of dress trim- inings, comprising black jet trim- ming, colored and black trimming braids, narrow fringes a SBC. F9°4 for all-sitk colored tafretal * in such shades as pink, viol nile. us red. whi than one pat 3Z¥e at 6 rd usually $4.48 this hour for the choice of a large lot of the most stylish trimmed hats for ladies, value which will cost it $8 elsewhere. 4 to 5. $1.59 pair for am lace shoes, for $2.50 pair. heck nainsooks, les, which seli patent leather which sell usually generation, until now the native population accepts it without sense and without know!l- edge. Others declare that while the night air is more subtle in its effects and has to be guarded against carefully, it sible to let enough of it in a sleeping room to insure a fresh breath once in a while. For my own part, I could not help but symi thize with an American tourist who was sing his first night ashore in the hotel at Mayaguez. He had taken so many precau- = for his health that he was an easy vic- tim to whatever was done for him. The land lord had carefully closed all his wind Hi je fe H habits are. house told me that !t will be 100 years be- uty Customs Collector Cook at San Juan, e is from Nebraska. Americans who have tried to reform the habits of the agricultural population are fixed those v York ust beginning to learn how A traveler from a N bre the peons will learn to plow the fields with anything except the pronged stick. e is probably wrong on this point, for T noticed on a number of the smaller sugar - Lp ons that the sulky plow is already He stood it a few hours, but about 2 o'clock | Plantations that the sulky plow is already phe eere ne awak-| with little difficulty. The Porto Rican way ned by his frantle efforts to kiek the wooden | Wt Httle dimculty. The Porto Rican way Piece FeSO Tne Gen apne cually mueucHAN a trie @nieh tele tie Acnericdra: Besiles B batterie torte ie mciure 12 Ske | irarecictiys 16 sosme tu wantera) certain SAO ae cn Se notiers Hew oven with | Mount af ox power ‘This method. how inant End oo Gore ie ee es is common all through the West In- merican tourist declared that he wedees where the oxen are yoked as they i breath of fre h air or die mpetitive Druggeist have another custom in the Porto The In Syria 2,000 years ago. Some Primitive Methods. corn and coffee mills are another and villages which ts not so | thing that to the American seem to require This seems to be the only country | 8% Wanecessary amount of labor. ‘They are he world where the customer has rights | Simply the old-fashioned mortar and pestle, Which the druggist is forced to respect, | #4 are called here “pilones."” Sometimes I believe in the United States the rule of al | the pilon 1s wrought from a single piece of 1gzists Is not to put up a prescription ss than In Porto Rico it Is nati about 9 cents nm currency. besides this the cr gets the ‘fit of competition. One evening in the leading drug store in San Juan T noticed a good many people who, after showing their prescriptions to and talking a little, went away having them filled and without In answer to my inquiry, it Was explained that the practice was to ask how much the prescription would be filled for, and if the amount seemed too much the patrons would leave and go to another wi the clerks without tor mi hard we comes a prize for the trophy hunter. the peons learn that ft takes less work to | turn a small crank than to pound the corn or.coffee or other product into powder, there this kind of machinery. The native washtub is something that ex- 1, and when of lignum vitae it be- When Ml be a chance for the manufacturer of rts admiration for its Ingenuity. The com- on sight wherever a stream runs is to find itsbanks lined with women wringing the garments in the running water or pounding them on the stones. But sometimes there 0 are two or three strips of palm bark, Store. ‘The practice is quite common. shaped Wke a canoe, and with one end An American who pt up in the drug business told me th: two-thirds of his = usually tried to beat him down. red that he would not yield, and they could get ‘their iper by his rivals, y could go, but when he found that < Was actually done he began to reflect the many things which an American heaees in trade in a Spanish-speaking s to learn. He also found out om of trade which impressed unfavorably. A merchant who does not article for which the customer 1 unhesitatingly direct him to a aler who keens it, Instead of per- ding him that he wants something else un that for which he asks and that no- bedy has it for sale anyhow. The New Word “Spigotty.” They have a new word in the Porto Rico abulary which is almost as complete as dictionary in the variety of meanings be given it. The word is “spig- Porto Rican is a “spigot- silver is “spigotty.” A co ox-cart is “spigotty,” as is a E ox. The native music which has the charm of strangeness to American ears loses that charm when a fellow American culls the melody “spigotty.” A tree or a plant which is attractive by {ts strangeness loses that attractiveness when it is called “spigetty.” An American. who takes a Porto Rico bride is said to have a “spigot- ty’ wife, though she may possess the dark eyes, olive complexion and black hair of the favored daughters of the tropics. The native policemen are “spigotty.” The alealdes and other village officials are “spigotty” politicians. The various boards which are made up of Porto Rico officials are “spigotty"’ beards. The splendid royal palm is a “spigotty” scrub. I do not know whether this expressive word came in with the influx of American teachers who were to teach the natives English, or not. Its introduction ts commonly credited to Dep- him ha a native STRONG HEALTHY Strength is not always a nat- ural inheritance. The shortest road to strength and good health is through the stomach. Keep the stomach right and assist di- gestion by taking JOHANN . HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT with your meals. EUGENE SANDOW, THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD, says: “The secret of my strength is perfect tion. I use Johann Hoftt's Mait ‘tract, and find that it greatly aids me in the proper assimilation of food." JOHANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT is the Pioneer and standard—introduced in 1847. sist upon having Jobann Hoff's. JOHANN HOFF: New York, Berlin, Paris, In- turned up like the toe of a lady's French shoe. That is the washtub. The proc by which the bark is so t ed as to hold the water is too ingenious for American eyes. To a stranger it would seem a 'y to make a washtub out of a wooden sieve. irly Good Inns. Porto Rico Is fairly well supplied with good inns. They do not come up to the ideas of the American tourists of what the hotel accommodations should be in small towns and out-of-the-way villages, but gen- erally they are quite as comfortable as may be found in places of the same size in the United 8: The meals are always good for those who can accustom themselves to Spanish cooking. 'The'beds are not quite s Sood: but insect Ufe In all warm countrie: is sociable, and that is one reason why a wire mattre: with flat boards stretched across the head and foot, and a single sheet to serve as bedding, ts better than an old- fashioned feather bed, or even than a mod- ern hair mattress, Usually clean sometimes the linen is provided, but customs of the house have to be followed rigidly as in an ult fashionable hotel in the states. One day, at one of the villages on the military road, an American officer of rank arrived with’ his party. They were traveling in an ambu- lance, but had been enjoying all the com- forts of civilization. They took possession of the Inn, and the offiesr’s wife called for fresh linen. The landlady was very cour- teous, but very persistent. The linen w changed once a week. It had been changed Monday. That day was Wednesday. The following Monday there would be fresh 'n- en. The officer's wife, after enduring the chaffing of her party, finally secured a com- promise by which she was allowed tu to the camp and borrow some army b kets. a Porto Rico lads haye nat yet taken ki to American sports, “While the soldi sometimes play basé“Ball, there has been little enthusiasm over it by the Porto Rican youths. Where they jy@% a club they play very languidly and{¥ tinone of the ex- citement which usu marks’ the game. One observant officer Uéflared that there was too much ment@P girgin, while another gave his opinion that thé physical exertion was what kept the sport from being taken up as other America He fae: $ had been taicen up. In Ponce, wherg tere are a number of English and Scotch’ mérdhants, they have an amateur golf clu&i at hich some Amer- icans and Germans H¥sfst, It is golf modi- fied to the Porto Rico cimate, yet even then or few of the Spaniard: orto Ricans can be Induced to take pirt i€it. Drawback to .the Bicyele. The dieycle is making its way slowly. Some of the army qffigers have them and cecasionally a visityg byngs his bicycle along with the notiom of. enjoying himself. The lack of good roads isa drawback. The military road is a splendid highway, as ‘wood for bicycling as an asphalt pavement, but it ts mostly uphiN and downhill, and before the enthusiastic cyclist has covered the eighty-odd miles between San Juan and Ponce he is likely to regret the enthusiasm which carried him so far. $ An American officer who has been two years on the island told me the other even- ing that he had just learned why balconies were so prominent a part of all the better- class houses. He said {t wag in order that the Porto Rico ladies might show them- selves, This was rather unga@ant, for the balcony is no more prominent in Porto Rico than in other countries of the West Indies, and the Porto Rico ladies are not entirely dependent on them, for there are two or three evenings a week in which the band plays in the plaza, or public square, and everybody joins in the promenade. CHARLES M. PEPPER. sone Antonio Escamilla. MANILA’S CUSTOM HOUSE. Colls of Spanish America ich. Correspondence of the New York Sun, The mills of the gods may grind slowly, but they are not a circumstance to the workings of the Manila custom house. The present system was established by Spanish law, and even though it was universally condemned during Spanish days, there were certain redeeming features then in the of business practices and short cuts san tioned by custom and routine, but now un- der the military direction everything is car- ried out to the letter of the 8 through all the various intricate processes to an ultimate fineness, that would make the products of the mills of the gods as lumpy as the bolders that lie In the moun- tain streams. In Spanish days certain goods and classes of imports were massed together and the duties were levied in bulk, as experience demonstrated that Units was the best and most peditious method. Of course this course was not provided for by the laws, but in this case as in many others that puz. zle officials and business men, the code was simply set aside. As affairs now military government, ever consis| keenly watchful of rules, operates exactly according to instructions and rigidly en- forces every article and clause of the cus- toms code. 2 Here is a case that happened this week. An empty steamer trunk belonging to me was sent from Singapore to Manila by the steamship Palitana. Smith, Bell & Co., the agents, Sent me a notice ‘saying that the trunk had arrived. Accordingly L took the receipt to Smith, Bell & Co., where it was signed and indorsed; from there I went to the custom house. Such a bustling, howl- ing, confused crowd, calling in all directions in half a dozen different languages, cannot be seen any place in the states and the only approaches to it are at the Hong Kong and Shanghai wharves, and there the difference in language is missing. An inspector di- rected me to the chief clerk's office where my receipt was taken through the window by Aguinaldo’s former private secretary, Mr. Escamilla has given up insurrection for the present and has thrown in his lot with the, Americans. After reading the paper ovér he asked me to come inside out of the crowd of scram- bling Chinese dealers that huddled about the windows. I made my way into the office and found Mr. Stanley, the chief clerk, busy with a bundle of papers fully a foot high. “Look at that for a stack,”’ said he as I sat down, but he very Kindly stopped his work to blue pencil my receipt and direct me across the corridor to Mr. Plumb’s office. There the chief inspector sized up my paper and sent for Inspector Young, telling him to look for the trunk and examine it. Mr. Young took me through the warehouses filled to the top with cases, out into the yard where new buildings are being erected and finally into a store shed or godown. After four or five minutes’ search the trunk was brought to light and a soldier at the left hand of the door handed me a book which I signed. He suggested that I get a native to carry the trunk to the main office where it would be inspected. T hired one for 10 cents. As I started to follow him, a Filipino, who sat up on a desk on the right hand of the door, hailed me and sald in Spanish, that I would have to sign “here,” indicating a line of a book. The inspector said this was another check so I signed again and went back to the inspec- tion room. Mr. Young was very obliging, and, after opening the trunk and finding only an old laundry list, he said: “Oh, this will be easy for you; just step over and get a free entry blank.” I took my place in a long line of Chinese, Red Tape Make are the Filipinos and Americans, and finally got command of the window. The clerk set to work on a blank 1x14 feet and wrote stead- ily for four minutes. Then he said “You had better go over to the stamp clerk and get a 25-cent revenue sticker.” A Filipino presided at the stamp window and returned me my American half dollar, saying that American money didn’t go, that I must get Mexican. I gave him two pe- setas (40 cents) and he turned over the stamp, but said that he had no change. I finally got 10 of the 15 cents due me and went back to the free entry clerk. He amped the document, required me to sign it and told me to present it to the assist- t manifest clerk around the corner. The ssistant clerk Is Mr. Riley, a former sol- dier of the Oregon regiment. He was very busy in a vain endeavor to explain the proper place of signature to several Chinese merchants. As they did not. speak Englis' it was not a small undert: ng, but finally it was settled and my document cam for notice. Mr. Riley seemed satisfied and handed it back after putting down three lit- Ue blue pencil crosses to indicate where my signatures were needeg. I signed the neces- sary lines and returned it. “Hello,” said Mr. Riley, “is that the way you sign your name?” I told him it was and then he said, “That isn't the way it is spelled on the manifest. That isn’t regular, I can’t let this go on.” Lassured him that the trunk was mine and offered to bring up the captain in charge of the customs to identify me. It seems that Smith, Bell & Co.'s clerk had put down “ald” when it should have been, “ell.” I agreed to alter the signature, a1 he wanted them, so he said, them all “ald!” I did so. Then I held up my hand and swore to the customary oath that inasmuch as I was getting a free en- try, I.would make personal use of the trunk, and that I was not importing it for purposes of sale. When I got my paper back I could hardly recognize it, all cov- ered as it was with marks, stamps and sig- natures. As I crossed the hall I met the first inspector whom I had seen nearly an hour before. “How are you making out?” he said. “You're lucky, say, you're dead lucky to have that trunk empty, for otherwise you |, make couldn't get it until tomorrow, chances are.” The deputy lector of customs was the next to “O. K.” the paper and then the manifest clerk, Mr. Edwards, took it in hand and added some more marks. Here I lost track of it and not caring very_much at this stage of the game, whether I ever saw paper or trunk again, I went in to call on Capt. Millar, the assistant collector of customs. Capt. ‘Millar is a patient man, and he certainly needs to be so. ——+2+_____ Destructive Eucalyptus Roots. From the San Francisco Chronicle. The tall eucalyptus tree is to be banished from Berkeley streets. It has been proved that the roots of the eucalyptus will travel almost seventy feet and have strength enough at that distance to destroy the sew- ers. Accordingly, in answer to many com- plaints, the board of trustees last night passed an ordinance forbidding the planting of eucalyptus trees within seventy feet of any public or private sewer, and ordering that all trees now standing within that distance must be cut down within sixty days. Due notice is to be given to individual owners, and those who refuse to comply with the order will be liable to a fine of $30. Not Altogether Slow. From the Philadelphia Press. ‘= Merchant—“I think I'll have to fire Polk. He’s frightfully lazy Friend—‘“‘Slow in everything, eh?” Merchant—“Well, no, not =verything. He Sets tired quick enough." ‘Hechts’ Greater Stores.” 90 men’s $10 Suits, $4.95 >a most astonishing offering! The 90 suits will go “like a flash”—surely will not hold out the entire day. 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