Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 28, 1902, Page 8

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FRIDAY A DASH OF JAMAICA CINGER] Bignifioance of Amerioan Naval Maneuvers in Oarribean Waters. PANAMA CANAL A FACTOR IN THE PLAN Inhabitants of the Island Classed as Prize Diteh Diggers Bee: mune to Deadly Fevers of the Toples. (Copyright, 1902, by T. Jenkins Hains.) The decision of the Navy department to hold the winter maneuvers of the Atlantle and European flects in Caribbean water; with Kingston as a possible coaling base, cannot but have a decided effect upon the relations between Jamaica and the United States. The beautiful tropical frult garden with fts peculiar inhabitants will play an fmportant part In the events of the near future, and a naval demonstration of a friendly nature will surely leave a favorable tmpression upon the native mind. The harbor of Kingston s naturally one of the strongest in existence from the strategist's point of view. The water is £ood and it is protected from the heavy “southerlies,” making a safe and com- fortable ancharage for a fleet. Its forma- tion enables it to be fortified eastly, and its position will at onee mark it as the key to the Caribbean sea. But it is English, and therefors not available for landing troops or fortifying for the war game. Our own coaling statfon, which it has been decided upon by the Navy department to dovelop, 18 situated off the eastern end of Porto Rico, upon the little island of Culebra. Here, of course, the greater part of the sham fighting and searching for ene- mies will take place. The successful culmination of the canal negotiations will mean a great deal to the native Jamaican. Being of West African extraction and having been exposed to pe- cullar vicissitudes of tropical climate, the rative islander, who is, of course, black, has developed into a tropical immune. That is, he is about as impervious to climatic disenses as a human being can be, and it is for this reason principally that he will be the power employed to dig the great trench. It has been pretty well decided to use many native Jamalcans and ,Cogman can be induced to leave their fruit growing and accept the sound money of Uncle Sam. The state of feel- fog in Jamacian politics has lately been strongly American. Among the over- taxed planters, whose burdens have not been light, the feeling for freedom has burst out occasionally, and there has been some strong pro-American politics devel- oped. The Jamaican, A Lover of Ships. It is out of the question for a revolution to grow, even among the most dissatisfied of the heavily taxed fruit planters, for tho island s ome of the best protected and policed in the world. 8till, in the event of the Panama route being chosen compli- cations might arise from an exodus of the fruit growing negro. Being a free man, Ifke his brother in the states, tho Jamaican may work where he pleases. There is no law to bind him to the plantation, as in the case of the imported East Indlan “coolle,” who Is practically a slave to the English Jamal- can, and a heavy draft on these men can- not but have its effect upon the affairs of the island. A natural born sailor, the Jamaican takes to the water and ships instinctively. He s large of bone and usually quite slender, being a long limbed, muscular fellow, who can work to advantage either upon a vessel's deck or upon her spars, and the very sight of a fine vessel gives him delight. His language is the hybrid devel- cped by having the English language pro- nounced by a negro who has a leaning toward Spanish and an acquaintanceship with his cousin over in Cuba. A truly tropical production and well suited to a class who look upon work as an evil. The appearance of the beautiful white ships of the American squadrons will bo the signal for-the black mountaineers to gather in force at the seashore. If the frult company’s ships attract hundreds, men-o'-war will attract thousands, and it ‘would tal ery little persuasion at this poriod to get the entire population to emigrate in a body. There will be probably very little feel- ing shown by outward signs, for the Ja- maican Is a dignified person, especially in the presence of strangers. He has a dignified regard, also, for a uniform. All along the hot, white streets of the jeland villages the white helmets and blouses of the guards hi creat teel- ing of respect for order such as is not #een anywhere in the states. Big black men, standing as straight as rifie- barr patrol the .streets at all hours, and al though they are courteous and affable at all times, they permit go bolsterous be- bavior. All this seems strange to the torelgner, who, knowing the negro dispo- eition, looks for an enthusiastic outburst. Behind it s the strict discipline of the Jamaica regiment officered by Englishmen. Famous Bartlett Deep. Being an English port of entry, King- ston can serve only for a coaling station, but there are no shoals to be dreaded along the shore, and some of the fleet maneuvers may be held within plain sight from tne hilltops, except such formatlons a8 require many miles of sea room. To the westward of the island s the deepest part of the waters of the northern hemisphere, the famous Bartlett Deep, where it 1s thousands of feet to the ooze below. Along the northern cosst a battle- ship may run close emough to the shore for the men aboard to hold intercourse with the natives. The rocky slopes fall quickly from a plateau or shelving beach to many hundred fathoms. So steep is the coast line that ships which have been run +ashore upon the rocks have slid off within & few days and disappeared com- plotely, leaving nqi a trace of thelr whereabouts in the blue depths. And ali along between the island and Cuba is a - — Pabst NewMalt Beer You will like it if you try it. clear sea swept by the northeast for a part of the year As for the business interests ashore, they may be sald to be almost as much American as English. The fruit com- panfes control about all the banana land, and an American concern alone has more than 80,000 acres under cultivation. The enormous number of bunches of this favor- ite frult shipped is astonishing. Vessels may fiy the English flag and the ubiqui- tous Scandanavian may be seen at any of the banana ports, but the frult goes most- ly to the United States to be absorbed throughout the country. Nearly all the northern ports of Ja- malca are useless for harbors, They open narrowly and suddenly, with plenty of coral reefs to make them dificult of navi- gatlon, and those of the less protectod varfety are simply ugly anchorages at which a large vessel camnot lie without belng moored both tow and stern. Thelr exlstence ia due to the banana trade, ' The entire population engaged in the frult trade is black. Not an ordinary black, but a real deep Congo tinge such as fs found on the west coast of Africa, and jt 18 only among the clerks, shippers and of- fice men one finds the color lightening a Ittle. Shoes are almost unknown, and a tourfst who lately entered a house of the better kind found a pair of corsets care- fully rolled up and tied with a ribbon, and set upon a table In the parlor. They wero exhibited as a strange freak of American and English fashions. Jamaican Morals Lax. As might be supposed, the morals of these primitive people in regard to sox are not conventional. Marriage 1s consid- ered an evil. The woman has to work as hard as the man, and she finds herselt handicapped under the English law when tled to a lazy buck, who sits around and allows her to support him. It works bet- ter when she can give him a shift when tie gets tired, and take up with some more energetic fellow, who can eupport herselt and children. This puts a premium upon thrift, The worthless man cannot even hive a home to shelter him. In spite of these peculiaritios of temperament, there is sel- dom much quarrelling over domestic rights. Misstonaries have looked upon this condi- tion as almost hopel: but the people thrive and are happy, and while the Bast Indian coolle looks down with scorn upon the great black man, tho latter holds the coolie In disdain as & mere plgmy of the human race, and one whose opinion is not worth considering, They seldom if ever mix, coolles 1iving on the plantations or in villages of thelr own. 2 To these black people the demonstration of the naval force in their waters will be a revelation, Brought up to belleve that England alone has sea power, the battle. ships and crulsers will give them to under- stand that protection may be had under the striped ensign. Accustomed as they are to Bnglish ships of war, they cannot fall to be impressed by the magnificent vessels of the heavier class flying the American flag. They will be more willing to trust themselves with the Yankee on the isthmus, When it is understood that of all the 20,000 Chinese who were shipped to work on the canal under the French system, very tew remain, and that there is a well known saying that every tie in the Panama road- bed could have been built of human bones from lives sacrificed upon the work, the fmportant part these islanders wiil play in the canal's future may be understood. To the naval officer who has never been hore on the island of Jamaica the place will be a revelation of beauty. This, of course, lies in the scenery and not in the productions of man. The towns are like most of those seen in the American tropics and are simply ploturesque and differ from those along the Caribbean coast principally in regard to cleanlingss. The fruit, which should be the principal dlet, is of many varieties, and a person may indulge in & dozen different kinds at one meal and be no worse for it. The dyspeptic may eat of the papiae, the pecullar melon containing vegetable pepsin which, somehow, digests itself, and he may eat until he can ¥wallow no more. He will be all the more pleased with himself aterwards, and this at a very small cost, the fruit selling from two to three for a shilling. It is impossible to send the frult north, and he must content himself with a mere glimpse of paradise, golng out under the trees where the pe- culiar melon grows, hanging like a great pear to tempt him to remounce his birth- right and become a native. Jamalea itself is not more than usually unhealthy. In fact, it 1s just the oppesite, but some of the outlying islands are not exactly health resorts. It is probably due to this circumstance that the fulanders became popular for contractors' outfits. Being an English speaking race also alds materially, for there are not many island negroes capable of valuable work who have & ‘working” acquaintance with the language. . The hcavy drafts must be made on these people for the work along the lower levels of the Panama cut. At Colon the climate may be withstood by a white man for many years, but upon the Cha- gres river and along the swampy districts the fever Is deadly. Yellow fever is bad enough, but the pecullar variety developed in the waters of this sickly stream I even worse, for men who have recovered trom its flerce heat will often remain as yellow as the rind of a dried lemon for years afterwards, The Colomblan negro apparently cannot stand the climate, al- though he is much more impérvious than the Chinaman or American black man. It has been found that the Ja- malcan is the only human creature who can safely risk the exposure, and even among thede islanders the death rate must not be expected to remain small, Long, lean, muscular and lazy, the Ja- malcan, with his musical speech, will be the man behind the shovel when the ditch is started under American direction. It will do him good to see the white ships that he loves come slowly in behind the land at Kingston. It will awaken dreame of future wealth, and his . tax-ridden trult garden will seem more hopeful of unburdening itself with the ald of the good American silver. He will look for- ward to the days when he may sit at ease under his luxuriant bread fruit trees and smoke the pipe of peace and plenty, with his favorite beverage, the most delicious drink known to man, at his side. Then, under the gentle stimulus of rum and kola champagne, the visions of the great white ships will fiit before him—the huge vessels winding up the Port Royal channel into Kingston to show him how he could be protected while taking an important part in the world'ss work. The ships of the heavier cl: will take part in the maneuvers Dattleships Kearsarge, lowa, Ilinols, Mas- sachusetts and Alabama, five of the most powerful ships afloat. Besides these, there are eleven crulsers and gunboats in commission already’ in the European, South Atlantic and North Atlantic fleets. Rear Admiral Sumner will command the attacking fieet, which will be composed of Rear Admiral Crowninshield's squadron and his own, whose rendezvous is the Gulf of Para. They will undertake & search problem and work up the Caribbean to at- tack the supposed American fleet under Rear Admiral Higginson. The scale of these maneuvers will be of & most comprehensive sort and eclipse anything that has yet been attempted in the way of mimic marine warfare. Wh the final battle has taken place between the opposing forces, Admiral George Dewey will assume command of combined forces. trade STRANGEST ELDORADO OF ALL | Boomers Boosting Death Valley as a Region of Unbounded Wealth, HARD AND HOT ROAD TO TRAVEL Sketch of the Valley of the Shadow @ by Government Survey. ors—An Excellent Looality Pen to Keep Away From, The mysterfous impulse which Induces men to undergo great physical hardship and tempt the grim reaper to action in the hunt for gold is spreading over California like a plague, Nome and the Klondike have been punctured and thelr highways as usual marked by wrecked hopes and human bones, The magnet in California, if re- ports are to be belleved, 18 Death valley, a sinister hole in southern California which does not need the services of a fool killer to fatten adjacent cemeteries, It needs no assistance, as record proves, It works for its name every hour of the twenty-four and every day and night of the year. If not kindly disposed to these who enter, Death valley ia gonerous to the heirs of its vic- tims, Funeral expenses are unnecessary. What s mortal dries up and blows away. 1t 1s well known that the valley of the shadow eontains much mineral wealth. Most of the borax now in use came from it. 8o also do stories of fabulous riches in gold, sliver, lead and copper, and these storfes aro o framed as to excite cupldity and promote a stampede. Now a stampede to that sinister locality would be a god- send to outfitters and hotels and the rem- nants of mushreom towns reared by the boomers in 1897. What the Country Looks Like. Boom descriptions of Death valley are of lowing character, well calculated to gloss over the reputation of the locality. Just what fortune hunters go against there 18 accurately detailed by government sur- veyors who explored the reglon. What these surveyors observed and experienced contrasts sharply with boom steries and is hero given in substance: The popular idea of a desert is that it fs a pertectly level stretch of sand, totally dpvold of vegetation of any kind, but this would by no means be a description of the country through which we were now trav- oling, though it is as much a desert as the Sahara or Atacama. A succession of v leys from five to fifteen miles in width are separated by ranges of jagged and ex- tremely broken hills or mountains, from a fow hundred to several thousand feet in height. A person Accustomed to the moun- tains of'the Appalachian system, and those of the east generally, can have but little conception of what one of our party fitly termed the “upness and downness” of these desert chains, and of the difficulties to be surmounted in crossing them. Some of these, notably the Panamint, Timber, Inyo and Grapevine ranges, reach tremendous heights and are impassable, except by pack train. The characteristic feature Of all the mountains of this region, however, fs their brilliant and varied coloring. They may be steep, rugged, barren and generally useless, but they are never monotonous. Within a few miles of each other can be seen mountains of half a dozen different shades of color. One peak will be com- posed of black volcanic rock and the one next to it may be a gaudy yellow. The lower part of a clifft may be blood red and the upper part gray or brown, while in many cases the strata form large and well defined bands of strikingly different colors. The most notable example of this display is to be seen in the morthern part of the Funeral range and gives these otherwise respectable mountains a very cheap chromo appearance. Hard Road to Travel. Everywhere and in the most unexpected places are the canyons, deep and gloomy defiles, with, in most cases, absolutely perpendicular sides. As the only way to cross one of these mountain ranges ascend a canyon to its head and go over the “backbone” to the head of a canyon on the other side, following it down to the valley, it can be seen that these gorges are one of the most important considera- tions for & person who would go from ome valley to another without making a detour of maybe 100 miles On entering one of these valleys from the side one crosses first a considerable stretch of tableland sloping gently toward the lowest part. This is composed of smooth, rounded rocks, packed tightly to- gether as if cemented. Here and there are deep gullles torn out by the torrents of water that sweep down from the mountain canyons after the cloudbursts common to all desert regions. Leaving this rocky meaa, one crosses a comparatively narrow strip of loose, deep sand mixed with gravel and small stones, and beyond this, form- ing & bed of the valley, a wide stretch of a eoft, doughy mixture of salt, d and soll, or In some cases pure salt. These alkaline marshes forming the beds of the valley are snow white and in the bright glare of the suplight have the appearance of water, making a most effactive mirage. Atter crossing Granite range the descent to the valley began and the route lay for miles through a magnificent grove of yuccas. Valley* after valley and many ranges of hills were left behind. The fact that we could carry only three days' supply of water made it absolutely necessary to reach a spring within that time, so that several hours of each night were consumed in travel. When the darkness became so thick that further progress was impossible the panting horses were unhitched and doled out their pititul allowance of water, grain and baled hay, while the men, hungry enough to eat anything, regaled them- selves on bacon, hardtack and coffee, and, rolling up in their blankets, lay down on the sand to sleep until daybreak. In the morning, even before it was light enough to see, everything was astir. Horses were fed and hitched to the wagons and the cook again distributed bis collection of in- Qigestivle bric-a-brac. Bach day was like its predecessor, except that as we progressed the grades became steeper and the horses were more easily fatigued. In the evening we reached Gran- .te spring, the first water seen in three days, and 1t was well that we did, as all the barrels and casks were by this time empty, and another day of work without water would have proved a most severe trial for the horses. This spring was found to contain about two barrels of excellent water In a hole ten feet deep, which had been dug by the borax treighters years before. Here the horses drank their fill, and the men were allowed to wash their hands and faces. One long day’s march now lay between us and the rendezvous at Lone Willow spring, and this was accomplished next day, Brown's peak rose about §,000 feet above our camp, and, though very steep, can be climbed without serfous dificulty. The view trom fts summit is one long to be remem- bered. More than a hundred miles to the west, rising above all the desert mountains, is the snow-white main chain of the Sierra Neva ‘Whitney, Tyndall and other fa- mous peaks. To the north rises the huge broken mass of the Panamint range sur- mounted by Telescope peak, lifting Its great square cap more than two miles above the surrounding valleys. Between the Panamint and Argus ranges is to be seen the entire length of Panamint valley, & strip of snow- white salt, sixty miles broad. Distant View of the long and fifteen Y. But the sight that interested us most was far to the northeast. Lylng lower than any of the other valleys, nestling down between precipitous red and brown mountains, halt hidden in dim gray haze, was the shining white of the alkali marshes and the yellow sand dunes of the bottom of the Valley of Death. The horses and mules were driven in, the wagons reloaded and the barrels refilled with water for the last long pull before reaching the valley. The first two days were spent in surmounting the low divide above the “wash of the Amagorsa,” and then began the steep descent into Death valley, down a long and tortuous stretch of treacherous, doughy, ‘“‘salt-rising ground,” past the brine pit called Mesquit well and the graves of the borax freight- ers who perished here from thirst, until the evening of the 21st, when we went into camp at Bennett's well, In the bottom of Death valley, below the level of the sea. It was a weird, uncanny sort of place, in thorough keeping with the stories of 11l- fated wagon train amd the lost prospectors. Immediately west of our camp was the Panamist range, forming the western wall of the valley, and extending its entire length north and south. Telescope peak, as seen from this point, 1s one of the world's finest mountain views, rising more than 11,000 feet above the beholder, a tremendous mass of black, red and brown, unobstructed by Intervening foot hills or mountains. Looking east across the valley, the view lies over tho fleld of salt and alkall, level as a floor along the edges, but broken into hum- mocks in the middle. On the further side, rising almost perpendicularly, is the rugged mass of the Funeral range. Death Valley proper, that part of the depression extending from Mesquit valley on the morth to the “wash of the Amar- gosa” on the south, s about forty-five miles long and fifteen broad. Mesquit ley is nothing more than an extension of Death valley and has all the characteristics of the latter place, from which It Is sep- arated by only a low range of sand hills. It is oval in form, about thirty by fitteen miles in extent and has a slightly higher altitude than Death valley. In both valleys there are considerable clumps of mesquit (Prosopts julifiora), sev- eral kinds of greasewood and, as a matter of course, the inevitable creosote bush but, besides these, there s little veget tion. Animal life is not abundant. Mice, moles, horned toads, llzgrds, a few insects and fewer birds constitute about all the Itving creatures. The Stiliness of Death. There is little or no wind and over the whole region hangs an awful and most im- pressive silence. Day after day and month after month a flerce sun beats down from @ cloudless sky, making these valleys veri- table furnaces of dry heat. The atmos- phere is apparently totally devold of mols- ture, and this, in addition to the intense heat of the summer season, is the cause of a constant longing for water which eannot be satisfled by drinking a reasonable amount. Every member of our party car- ried a gallon canteen on the horn of his saddle, and no one ventured any distance from camp without taking with him this supply of water. In such conditions of heat and dryness there s, of course, rapld evaporation. The body of a horse or man will not decom- pose, but becomes dried up or desiccated, and finally crumbles to du It is the above fact that has been the foundation for a lot of arrant nonsense about the mummi- fled remains of human being being scattered all over the bed of the valley. A corpse does become, in @ certain sense, mummi- fled, but not for all time. Several years ago, in the month of Jume, an employe of the borax company perished from thirst in the southern part of the valley, and his body, which was not discovered until the follow- ing September, was at that time in a good state of preservation. This man’s grave is the first one south of Bennett's well. A Freak River, After a stay of a few days at this place the party was again divided, one-half going to Furnace Creek, in the northern part of the valley, and the other to a water hole, facitiously named “Saratoga Spring” on the lower Amargosa. Furnace Creek lles on the east side of the valley, about ten miles from its northern extremity. It is not a creek at all, as one would surmise trom its name, but a small ditch of warm water fed by a powerful hot spring in the Funeral range. This place was the scene of the former operations of the borax com- pany and this ditch, nearly u mile long, was dug to conduct the water to its prop- erty. g This so-called river, the Amargosa, is one of the freaks of nature so common in this reglon. In some unknown spot in the southwestern portion of Nevada a number of mineral hot springs unite to form a lit- tle stream, which sneaks off toward the south, winding and twisting about among salt marshes and sand dunew, crossing the line between Callfornia and Nevada in halt NOVEMB | many. Cape of Good Hope and N { was in good demand. Americans took a tew parcele. Following are the sales In de- tail: New South Wales, 2,300 bales; scoured, Sigd@ls 9i4a; greasy, land, 1 BT a Australin, 400 bales 3 ew | Zealand N ll") ]'l':(:'l i _ scoured, 3 8 1% Cape of Good Hope 1 Natal, ?’IJ bales; scoured, 1s 3d@ls s?l(. greasy, 6%@11d. | OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKETS, © tlon of Trade and Qu Staple and Faney Pr. EGGS—Candled stock, 2. LIVE POULTRY—Hens, 7c; old roosters, de; turkeys, 11G12%c; ducks, S@9c; geese, 8@9c; spring chickens, per Ib., S4@0c. DRESSED POULTRY — Hens, 10§10%c; young chickens, 11@ili%c; turkeys, 1o@i6c; ducks and geese, 10@1ic. BUTTER—-Packing stock, 16616% dairy, in tubs, 20@2lc; separator FRESH CAUGHT FISH—Trou | 6c; plckerel, sc; pike, ¥ i i ations on uce. fog, 6c; buffaio, dressed. 7c; sunfish, ic; ‘bluefine, 30; whitefish, 10c; salmon, 16c; haddock, 11c; c: redsnapper, 10c; lobsters bofled, 30c; lobsters, green, per Ib., 2 10c; catfish, l4c; black bass, 20c; 2c. ton, $13.50, HAY—Prices quoted by Omaha Whole- sale Hay Dealers’ assoclation: Cholce No. 1 upland, $8.50; No. Y 0. Rye strak, $6.00. These prices of good color and quality. De- mand, fair; recelpts, Jight. OYSTERS—Standards, per can, 25c; extra s, per can, 3c; New York counts, per bulk, extra selects, per gal., $1.75; andards, per gal., 31 r VRGETABLE! | NEW CELERY--Kalamazoo, per dos., #c; | Utah, per doa., 46c; California, per dos., for stalks welghing from 1 tc i% ibs., each, 45@7be. POTATOES—New, per bu., § SWEET PuTAToEs——k.nMT NIPS—Py 40c. per bbl., er bu., 30c; Canad ta- Tk 0 c; Canada ruta TUR bagas, BEETE Per basket, dic. CUCUMBERS—Hothouse, - per doz., $1.50. WAX BEANS—Per bu.' box, $8; 'string beans, per bu. box, §1.30. CAHBAGE—Home grown. new, lc. ONIONS—New home grown, {n sacks, per 50@60c; Spanish, per crate, $1,60. BIEANS—Per bu., $2.60. TOMATOES — New Callfornia, per basket crate, $2.7. GALIFLOWER—Californta, per crate, .76, FRUITS. PEARS—Fall varieties, per box, $2; Kle- fers, per bbl., $3.75; Colorado. yer box, §2.%. APPLES—Cooking, per bbl., $2.25; eatl $250; Jonathans, § ew York stock, § GRAPES—Catawbas, per basket, Malagas, per keg, 30@1.0. CRANBERRIES—Wisconsin, per bbl., §; Bell and Bugles, §10; per box, $1.%. BANANAS—Per bunch, according to size, LEMONS—California ; cholce, 8.1 b ] GES—Florlda Brights, $3.75; 5 fornia Navele, $oogiep o $76: Calt DATES—Persian, in 70-1b. boxes, per Ib., 6o per case of 30-Ib. pkgs, $225. (GS—Callfornia, per 10-1b. cartons, $i; Turkish, per 3-Ib. box, 4@I8c. GRAPE FRUIT—Florida, $. MISCELLANEOUS. HONEY—New Utah, per 2(-frame case, CIDER—New York, 4. -bbl, SAUERKRAUT-Wieconstn, ?,e';bly's- o, ., $3.75. 0. 1 green, 7c; No, 2 green, 6c; sige; No! 2 #alted, or bs., 8%c; N calf, sheey ., 2¢; shelled, dc. nuts, No. i soft shell 16c; hard shell, per Ib., 14o: No. s 8o :‘:n'e'n’i[ ib., i3c; No. 2 hard shell, per Ib., , per Ib., 12c; filberts, :er 1b., 5: “- fancy, a dozen places, here and there disappearing from sight only to reappear a little larger a few miles further on, until more than eighty miles from its source It makes a pold sweep around the southern end of the Funeral range, and s lost for the last time among the salt marshes of Death Valley. Such is that strangest and most unaccount- able of rivers, the Amargosa. Its waters are inconceivably vile, holding in solution large quantities of salt and soda, and are worse than useless, being rank, ceadly very dirty soap suds. In a few places along the Amargosa are fresh water springs and considerable quan- titles of salt grass, the most notable being Resting Spring and Ash Meadows. Forelgn Financial. LONDON, Nov. 27.-Money was in strong demand today and discounts were firmer. Business on the Stock exchange chiefly centered on the settlement. The attendance was small. The market was depressed at first, but the feeling grew-more cheerful on the ' announcement that there was no change in the Bank of England's rate of discount and owing to the satisfactory ter- mination of the settlement. Consols we.k- ened, but subsequently r rails were dull. Amerie below parity and hesitating as a result of the holiday In New York, and operators were indifferent; but later they hardened somewhat and closed quiet. Bar gold, T7s 10%d; American eagl 5%d. Gold pre- miums are as follows: Buenos Ayres, 121.60; Madrid, 36.87; Lisoon, 26. The Bank of England's rate of discount was un- changed today at 4 per cent. PARIS, Nov. 27.—Prices on the bourse to- day recovery, owing to numerous in various depart- upport. Kaffirs were k demand and rose substantially in response to London advices. Forelgners were active. At the close prices were very firt, The private rate of discount was nominally 3 per cent. Three per cent rentes, @f 12%c for the account. Exchange on London, 25f Uc for checks. 1LERLIN, Nov. 27.—Prices orened weak on the icurse today. ‘owing to unsatistactory advices from the western bourses. Ca- ad-an_Pacifics declined eharolv. Locals erc fairly maintained. Toward the close the mar}et was generally better on n ure encci raging advices from London change on London, 2m 48 pfgs fci checks. Discount rates: Short bills, 74 per cent; three months' bills, §i per cent ket. JOL~The offerings today numbered he attendance was large. 0d selection and the com- petition was spirited. reds had a hard- ening tendency. merinos were firm and crossbreds were In large supply and sold well. Bcoureds were bought for Germany. Por{ Philip and New South Wales new clip was keenly competed for. Medium to clip wes bought for Fran w South Wale y_crossbreds were in strong demand EK orkshire and. Gar. almonds, soft shell, per Ib., léc; hard ‘shell per Ib., lbc; pecaris, largs, per Ib. 1c: small, per Ib., 13¢; cocoanufs, per do: H chesthuts, per Ib., 10c; peanuts, per Ib., 5o toasted peanuts, ‘per 1b., 7c; black walnuts, per b, $1; mckor& nuts,’ per bu., $.50; LD METALE, % ETC.—A. B. Alpt the following prices: iron, conniry. mived per ton, $11; fron, etove plate, per } copper, ‘per Ib., §4c; brass, heav. 8%c; brass, ll%hl. per i a 8¢; zinc, per Ib., 2c; rubber, per Liverpool Grain a; ‘LIVERPOOL, Nov. 2I.—WH frm: No. 2 red western, winte 3 Toa R0y, ein, spring, Jongrihein, spring, no stock; 'No. 1 Cali- e ur S0 110" March. és i 3 o 3. De“'“b"'| C —8pot, quiet; American 6d. Futures, quiet; January, .-u";‘"u’fl'nf‘.’, 4s %4, ul';fiaoua—m. Louls fancy winter, quiet, HOPS—At Lond o irget on (Pacific coast), firm, C. anadian, steady, 6G7d. nEROVISIONS-Beet, .mrx'.fi‘um India , 116s. _Pork, strong; 8 o, S5a. Hams: ‘short. c?n:'e o6 The 5 n, Cumberl 2] %o % Ibs., steady, bis: shore Fipe’ g 1o 2 1bs., qulet, S7e; long clear middles, light 28 to 84 Ibs., dull, 58s; long_clear middles, heavy, % t¢ 40 Ibs., dull, 67s; short clear backs, 16 to 20 bk, steady, bbs; clear bellies, 14 to 16 Ibs.,’quiet, s 6d. = Shoul. ders, square, 11 to i3 Ibs., dull, 51s, Lard sti.ag; prime western,' in_tlerces, “Gs; -lcan refined, in palls, steady, 60s 6. AEESE—American finest white, 59s; Apeorican fineat colored, G, A byl ~Firm; prim it H traitan, in London, ba 34, © " 2® 84i Aus- Provisions, London Stock Market, LONDON, Nov. 27.—Closing quotations: Consols for mond 2% New Y 301 Chicago, i & 26 54 24 ptd N Beers . ... 2% do prd it It 6 01 9 3 et 29! 31 L K. & e B. s AR SILVER—Weak at 2111-164 per MONEY—84@M per cent, T count in the open market for beth chor oIt three-monthe’ bills is 3%@4 per cent. 3 LIVERPOOL, Nov. 21.—CGTTON—Spot, f ed; American mid- ling, 6.44d. The sales of the d bales, of which 500 Were for speculation sy d American. Re- all ‘American. Futures December, 4.47d; Decem: 4.4504.46; Janiary and » 444@4.454; February and Marel 444@dd5d; March and April, 4.44@4.45 AP, and May, Lu@ied May J . 4@4.45d; Jun and August, L4igiipa. " @151 o1l Market. LONDON, Nov. 2.—OIL—Linseed, 2 10%d. $ o ———— The Pol of View, Boston Transcript: Mrs. Brown—I hate to make complaint of my neighbors' chil- dren, Mrs. Greene, but your boy has Yeen behaving disgracefully. He has been throw- ::nfllwn" at my front door and ringing the ell. Mrs. Greene—My boy has been away from town all day. It happens that it was your n:vn son who did the things you complain of. Mrs. Brown—Was it, indeed? such a playful fellow! you know. Losing Caste. Chicago) Tribune: *“What's the trouble, Henry?" asked his wife. “Wasn't the ma- fority as large as you expected? “I'm not thinking about the election, kloomily replied the stateman whos admiring constitutents had returned him to for another term. “You remem- ber there fs a brand of G-cent cigars named for me? Well, they're selling them two for | 5 cents now.” Johnay's He's so full of life, Te Inve: TELLURIDE, Colo. 21.—Judge Theron Stevens has order re- | quiring the sher!ff to subpoenae a grand | jury to Investigate the murder of Arthur L. Collins, general manager of the Smuggler- Union Mining company. 1902-03 Big Articles By Big Men TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER The American Farmer—the World's Greatest Feod Producer —An article to appear shortly from the pen of Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, who has already contributed to The Twentieth Century Farmer. No one else could dis: cuss this subject in a practical manner as well as Secre- tary Wilson. Waste of the Farm—What is wasted on American farms each * year would feed a great nation. What this waste is and how it should be lessened, if not stopped, will be pointed out by Assistant Recretary of Agriculture Joseph H. Brig: ham. Do you know any one in position to give you better advice than Mr. Brigham? What the Postoffice Does for the Farmer —By First Assistant Postmaster General Robert J. Wynne. All farmers use the postoffice, but few realize how much they are depend- ent upon it. It will be a treat to have Mr. Wynne, who is right at the top and on’the inside, describe the relations of the Postoffice department and its farm patrons. Birds as Insect Destroyers—By Lawrence Braner, professor of entomology, University of Nebraska. Prof. Bruner has an international reputation as a specialist in the insect world. Rural Free Delivery—Has become a great factor in farm life. The service has been built up under the direction of Super- intendent A. W, Machen of the free delivery division at Washington, who will tell our readers all abouts its origin, scope, achievements and possibilities. Agriculture at the St. Louls World's Fair—By Frederick W. Tav- lor, in charge, as director of the entire division of agricul- ture at thias great exrvesition. Mr. Taylor will describe the scheme of agriculiural exhibits and give first-hand in- formation as to plans and progress.’ He will be remem- dbuvd for his fine work at the Omaha and Buffalo exposi- ons. . Why Should Farmers Keep Bees?—By Eugene Secor, General Manager of the National Bee Keepers’ association, will present a lucid explanation of both the profits and pleas- ures of bee keeping as an adjunct to agricultural pursuits. Good Roads—An Important Aid to the Farmer —By General Mar- tin Dodge, in charge for the national governmeat of the work for good roads. This paper will deal speciaiiy with the experimental road building carried on by the depart- ment, illustrated from photographs of the work in progress. rm Weeds—Useful and Injurious— By Lyster H. Dewey, assist- ant botanist of the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Dewey has prepared all of the bulletins of the department on farm weeds—a branch of plant life in which he has spe- cialized and on which he is the avthority. Reminiscences of Pioneer Farming in the West—A series of auto- biographical papers by ex-Governor Robert W. Furnas, secretary of the Nebraska BState Board of Agriculture. Identified with progressive agriculture since territorial days, no one can write more instructively of his personal observations. ' Alfaifa as a Forage Plant—By F. D. Coburn, secrstary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. Coburn of Kansas is the most widely known of any American agricultural au- thority. A paper from his pen commends itzelf without explanation. Possibilities of One Section of Land— A remarkable series of arti- cles by C. 8. Harrison, president Nebraska Forestry and Park association, narrating in fascinating style his own experience in déveloping to fullest cultivation a square mile of rich Nebraska land. The materials for this great work have now been gathered specially for The Twentieth Cen- tury Farmer, although it covers a period of more than a generation and has been in contemplation many years. Improvement of Cereals--A series of articles by T. L. Lyon, ‘professor of agriculture in the University of Nebraska, giv- ing ihe results of recent sxperiments and explaining the objects sought and how far they have already been at- tained. As an authority on this subject Prof. Lyon stands in ¢he front rank. Development of Agriculture in Wyoming—-By B. O. Buffum, di. rector of the Wyoming Experiment station. A retrospect and an inventory of farming in a new state, where new methods are producing marvelous results. Irrigation—By L. 8. Carpenter, director of the Colorndo Ex- periment station, who has made a profound study of the subject in all its aspects. The Soy Bean as a Forage Crop—By J. T. Willard, director of the Kansas Experiment station. A popular exposition of scientific experiments sure to prove of incalculable valne to western farmers and stock raisers. The Best Agi-icultural Weekly. 52 Big Numbers for $1.00. A Fine Christmas Present for Friends on the Farm Publish your legal notices in The Weekly Bee. Telephons 238 TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER, OMAHA.