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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-24

ers In South America. They are push
ing their way into every port. aud their
merchants are to be- found In every
town. From Kaiser Wilhelm down
they are doing an they can 10 further
the trade interests OF their country. aud
are succeeding I have written how
they have gohblcd up the lowest pro-
Vince NJ Brazil. I End thom in business
here at Para. They own rubber planta-
tons up the Amazon, and have their
mercantile houses on the frontiers %
Ecuador and Bolivia.
They are doing quite a good deal In
banking. They have one bank In lirn-
lll which has "a capital OF more than
&.o,1oo1. and another in the Argentine
with capital of N00O.O0 while there
Dr. O. thiri Zoo chile whose capltai 10
euuol 10 that OF the brazilian bank. I am
toId that they have been buying nitrate
property ln chile recently and that
they have put q great deaf OF money
into railroads In Vrnczuela
There 10 90 end of small German en-
torprIHus, You md coffee houses hers
run hy them, they have brewericH scat
t'foi from one end uf South America
90 the other and there is big tanning
Interest in southern chile which 10 run
hy them. They ore hy far the beat
puHhrrs with regard o. opening CONF
mDrc.ul houses in new ccntcrs. I found
thcm selling goods In Interior Bolivia
and 10 The mountains of Peru. and I
met The drummer Of German houses
every day. These drummers are usual
ly good Portuguese or spanish scholars
They take things easily and are content
with small profits They give from ak
iu nine months credit and asi, Tor no
payments until after Che receipt u the
goods.
THINGS THAT WOULD PAY.
There ate o. number NJ things down
here which uro worth iuvcstlgnil0n.
The matter OF uu American bark l g 0le.
our trade with lifIxl last year
amounted t0 ti1GO0ouoo. Almost the
whole OF 90 was done On European tx
change. An American bank AZ RIO Dc
Jaurirn with branches nt Sac Paulo
santos. Bahia. poruhmbucu. Para and
Nsnuus could make big money. inter-
cot rates here range from 10 per cent
upward. You can get good loans Of
per cent a month and ~ and per cent
are not uncommon. Tile banks charge
Tor everything, discount rates are high
aud all ~ the European banks as FAR as
! eau learn are making money
10 would seem tp mr that big for
tune might De- made hy u cold storage
company which would put up such
plants in the larger cities. None OF the
Brazilian towns have cold storage
houses. aud meat and other things cau-
NOT De- kept from ono day 90 another
Take purramhugu. city ~ 100000 pco-
pie. The meat which lH sold lu the
market must ho eaten the day u IN
killed. II must Boz sold before Il begins
tn spoil or the market inspectors VIII
condemn lt
The result H. that the price chanpea
from hour tu hour during the day.
when the market opens you win see
over each butchers stall "a little slate
ON which Do marked the price Of meat
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-24
MONEY IN ICE. VEGETABLES AND
FRUITS.

I think there Dr. money here In Ice,
vegetables and fruits. The state %
Sao paulo Imports nearly everything Il
uses and onions and other vegetables
are brought from Portugal TO BE- sold
IN the markets uf Brazil. I say apples
and grapes Tor sale In RIO which had
come from spain. and there are all
sorts Of tropical fruits which could be
easily raised here which are Imported.
A. 10 iCu that which Dr. sold l. u an IN
forl1r order ana IL bring high prices.
An American lee plant in Bahia would
pay and the same might De said %
other cities There are number OF
other opportunities here for the invest
mrnt " capital and good business
brains Brazil as country has hard
ly been prospcctcd ANA there are vast
regions which are yet 10 be- explored.
There ~ only one thing that the IN
weston must consider, ana that II that II
Dr. not safe go make any Investment Ia
10 South American country without HIM
self or his agent has been long enough
ON the ground 90 study the conditions
aud Judge Tor himself
FRANK O.. CARPENTER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-24
BIGGEST AND RICHEST RAILROAD IN SOUTH AMERICA

60 walk two blocks II h. can ride. and
w proportion 20 the population the
street car travel would be- very great.
Sac puulo t2OO.O0O stIl has horse
cars, Para q arranging Tor an electric
railroad, although az present the street
ears are hauled hy mules. Manaos has
about completed an electric railroad
rms u owned by an American firm.
Bahia 900. OO0l sim relies up0n horse
cars, although the Germans are schum.
ms 90 get hold Of tho electric railway
franchises
am told that there is big German
syndicate which has agents going about
through Brazil ana picking up every
thing good in the way of electricity.
They have already gotten their hands
20 @ certain cNtrnt ON RIO. having
built thcrc the villa Isabella tramway
with the liea Of equlpplng IL electric
cally.
They have secured roads In Sac pnuln
ana are negotiating Tor roads Ice Per
uamhugu, PrruumhuCp has about aO0.-
900 people It H. Hat, nnd ear lines could
hr operated without much power The
street car rates arc lower however.
than they are with us. The fares are
from IA 20 cents "a trip. AZ the
same time, labor is vtry cheap. and
most OF the lines are operated at a
profit
There are telephone companies all
over Brasil. You viii not lind town
Of any size which has not one. The
most u them pay dividends.
INVESTMENT IN STEAM RAIL
ROADS.
Brazil Is growing very fast aH 10 rail-
road lines, It's railways now have u
length Of about . 900 miles, and there Is
an equal amount under survey or In
course OF construction. The English
own some ot the best properties. and
they are schcmlng 90 get hold uf others.
At present the government has about
5000 miles 90 lines, but these arr poorly
administered and DO not pay. l doubt
II any business managed by South
American officials can over pay. Every
official expects Co make 10 squeeze or "a
percentage out OF an the money which
comes into his hands, The result Is that
the government roads are badly man
aged and poorly administered.
The losses have been 20 great that a
law has been recently passed author
iglng the leasing OK the government
railroads, and % D. probable that they
will eventually go into the hands uf
English capitalists. The most of the
railways have been constructed un-
der guarantee from the government
uf per cent or Z per cent on the cap
itul Invested, and many Of them are
now worked on that basis.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-24

II contains more than half the people
who live In South America. It's popu-
lation Is increasing and Is steadily
growing as a goods consumer.
BUSINESS OF BRAZIL WITH
UNCLE SAM
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01
ELECTRICITY AND THE FARM.

The Philadelphia Press says: One of
the most interesting bits of news re-
Gently printed in the Press was the
dispatch from Pittsburg detailing the
proposed installation by the Westing-
house Company of an electrical plant
for furnishing light, heat and power
to farm, the energy necessary being
derived from the water power on the
farm property. That this has not be-
come the rule on most farms in Penn
sylvania that enjoy a good water sup
ply and by the lay of the land have a
fall sufficient to give the needed horse
power is doubtless due to the first
cost Of the plant. Farmers, as a rule,
have not much ready money to invest,
and the high cost of electrical installa-
ton in the past naturally proved pro-
hibitive.
With the dynamo and a small do
nestle plant for light and heat coming
it would seem that in so well-watered
and SO billy county as Pennsylvania
there need be no considerable farm
without electrical resources, while the
miller ought to be able to utilize the
water usually wasted at night in
lighting his own and his neighbors'
houses, as we'll as cooking his even
ing meal. The practical solution Of
the problem presents no difficulties. 1t
is the cost, but this, distributed over
a number of years, with the conse-
quent saving in light and heat, oil
and coal, ought to pay for itself and
help the wideawake agriculturist to
reach a new plane.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01
AMERICANS IN LONDON,
Statistician Says That They Spend
$10,000,000 Annually There.

Some London statistician announces
that Americans spend in London more
than $10,000,000 every season, and he
declares that the greater part of this
comes from the Americans living there
permanently or for some months at a
time, and not from the transient Wis
itors who stay for only few days.
The American entertainments are said
to be looked upon now as a regular
feature of the season and play an ap-
preciable part in it's brilliancy. Shop
keepers find that Americans are gener-
ally more liberal in their dealings than
English people of the same wealth and
position. The number of Americans
residing permanently in London is
now estimated at 100000. There are
nearly as many more during the aver
age summer, although in years of ex-
positions or special events this figure
is much increased. A New Yorker
who recently returned from London
was impressed with the small number
of his fellow citizens who seemed to
take up their residence there. The
number Of New Workers among the
Americans who live permanently in
London is said to be disproportionately
small. The majority of these expa-
triated citizens of the United States
are said to come from the middle west.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01
THE STORMY PETREL.
How the Little Bird Hatches It's Eggs
Does Not Sit on Them.

The storm petrels nest just above
the Atlantic surge on the islets near
Iona and the Hebrides. There above
the rock on certain islands is black,
buttery soil, in which they burrow like
little winged mice, and on a nest Of
sea pink lay one white egg. AS this
desertion OF the regions of light and
air by birds is something outside the
natural course Of their lives, it leads
to various odd and unexpected social
complications and domestic problems.
Among the latter is a serious one, the
difficulty of keeping the underground
house clean or moderately cool. 1t is
usually very hot. Sand martins, for
instance, do not attempt to ventilate
their burrows, as rabbits and rats do,
neither do kingfshers nor the stormy
petrels when they make their own bur-
rows, and do not creep into chinks be-
tween piles of stones or rocks. Evil
hot chamber" where the young Pc
trels are Matched, is seen in a very
pretty popular belief in the Outer Heb
rides.
The people say that they hatch their
eggs, not by sitting on them, but by
sitting near them, at distance of six
inches between them and the opening
of the burrow. Then the petrels turn
their heads and Zoo" at them day
and night, and so hatch them with
their song" This, which sounds like
a fable of the east Atlantic islands, has
really basis of fact. Davenport Ora
ham says that the account is very
correct; though l never heard the COO
ing noise by day, 1 often did in the
evening. 1t is rather purring noise.
When it's nest is opened up the bird
is usually found covering few inches
away from it's egg" This hot and
stuffy atmosphere may aid the hatch
ing of the eggs; but there is no doubt
that it brings into being other and
very undesirable forms of life. The
nests and burrows of sand martins are
full Of most unpleasant insects, and
those of the kingfsher are nearly as
bad. The Strand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01

fashionable Europe OF a sensation of
the first degree.
The prince with his attendants was
living at the Cercle de la Rue Royale,
a fashionable club. One day the prin-
cess, who had not spoken to her hus-
band for twenty years, with a physi-
clan and her youngest son, Count 3D.
son, called at the club A few minutes
later helpless bundle was carried
down the stairs and deposited in car
riage.
The princess and her companions
having followed, entered the carriage
and drove away. Hours later all Paris
knew that the wife had abducted her
husband.
The princess took the half dead
prince to her house in the Foubourg.
She announced to the world that in
doing SO she was moved only by ,uo-
tive of pity and compassion. There is
no doubt that the prince received the
most solicitous care. But there are
persons cruel enough to declare that
the princess had in view the object of
keeping her husband alive until his
father, at that time in his eighty-fifI
year, should by his death remove tt
chance of the de Sagan sons losing tn
titles and properties of the vast Ger
man estates. She gained her point.
The old duke died, the imbecile son
outlived him and all the French world
exclaimed: How clever! was ever a
woman the equal of the princess" No
one for a moment thought of a Ger
man emperor. Paris waits to see the
results of the war between the kaiser
and the princess.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01

rare and beautiful as ever graced the
nuptials Of princess, says the New
Orleans Times-Democrat. The men
gave her three handkerchiefs, each of
them so light that with a breath they
could be blown to the ceiling, for they
were woven Of thistledown. This stuff
is common on the NorristoWn mead
Ows and on the plant, or floating slow
ly through the air, it resem bles bail
of cobweb brushed with powdered sill
yer.
The gathering of it is a task, and it
is romantic to think of the three over
seers, corpulent and gray, scurrying
in the young girls honor over the
green fields after the floating balls on
pleasant Sunday mornings. But to
card, spin and weave this thistledown
to wind it on bobbins and to make
a warp of it-these were the real tasks,
and there were months of failure and
despair before they were achieved.
Yet certainly the fabric is delicate
enough to reward the men for all their
trouble. A square yard Of the beauti-
tiful, shimmering, silver-gray stuff
could be crushed between the thumb
and finger into ball no bigger than a
pea
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01
POISONOUS FLOWERS.

1t seems shame to connect thoughts
of poison with, for instance, such deli
cate and lovely things as that baby of
the flowers, the snow-drOp, as the mar
cissus with it's delicious breath, as the
hyacinth and the jonquil. But one is
obliged to see to it that the children
do not put the bulbs of these flowers
into their mouths. The oxalis also is
not a safe thing to put between the
lips; and all the lobelias will produce
dizziness and general disaster. The
monk 's-hOOd, too, and the beautiful
fox-glove as well, are noxious affairs
from which powerful drugs are OBJ
tanned, more than a few drops of their
extracts being usually fatal dose.
Certain of the crocuses If eaten, even
if nothing be swallowed but the juice,
produce vomiting; the bulb of the in
tricately beautiful lady's-slipper poi
sons externally as the noxious ivy,
dogwood and sumach do; the quaint
old jack-in-the-pulpit, although not
garden plant, is another enemy 10
health and life; and SO also is the mar
vellous Queen Anne's lace, which now
and then will creep in through the pal
ing, and looks SO enchanting when far
and wide it embroiders field and road
side. The laughing little buttercup,
that might be a drop Of visible sun
light, is by no means as innocent IS
it looks; the cow in the pasture knows
enough to avoid it; that, and all it's
cousins, the rich profuse paeonies, the
dazzlingly blue larkspurs, and the rest,
are full Of toxic properties. The OLE
ander-tree, that is set outdoors when
spring comes and that lines the streets
of various of our southern cities, is an
other hive OF deadly poison. The SUI
perb catalpa tree, towering with its
great leaves and it's masses of white
and fragrant flowers, is a charming
thing in the garden, but its bark IS
exceedingly injurious; and the labur-
mum, that looks like fountain Of gold
leaping in the sun, is poison in leaf
and flower and seed; and even the
grass beneath it is best thrown away
when cut, instead of being fed to cat
tle.-Harper's Bazar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01

The torera grew reckless. With a
shrug of her glistening shoulders she
stepped in the center of the ring and
challenged the populace, then marched
straight up three steps, two steps
within reach of the lowered horns and
bloodshot eyes.
The crowds above her arose in a
body and stamped and shrieked and
cried:
Bravo, bravo, Chispa! Brave little
one! Stick him! Stick him!" While
Pietros voice was loudest of all-"Fin-
ish him, Chispa! Finish him now!" as
he recalled her danger.
ooh, Cod" groaned the Boston
mans fair young soul within him as
he made for an opening somewhere
anywhere
One more step! The little brown
hand deliberately poised her saDer to
make fatal thrust, then at the sight
of the Boston mans white face, a sud-
den reckless impulse seized her, and
she turned and slashed the sign of a
cross upon the glossy black forehead.
The crowds went dumb. Several to-
reros leaped the wall, Pietro at their
head. The sand on the arena flew in
clouds, as if typhoon had struck it,
the sound of little stifled cry arose
above the hoarse believing Of the toro,
and when the clouds of dust fairly
cleared away the little spangled figure
did not rise. And after the now thor
oughly Infatuated beast was finally dis
patched by Pietro's hands, the damp
curls, bound with gay flowers, still lay
in the dust, but the eyes were lumin-
Gus and the breath came fast
"Tell Pietro he almost saved met
was my own fault. Tell him-goodby
and tell him it was him I loved all
the time. I've always been true to
him-and TIL never"
The words came in gasps now, and
sun-mocking eyes were growing dim
'And the senior from Boston-tell
him-tell him the same-San Francis
co News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01
GOUNOD'S MUSICAL BOYHOOD.
His Own Story of How He Became a
Musician.

Shortly before his death Gounod
which he became musician, and this
has just been published for the first
time by the Petit Bleu of Paris. It is
wholly from Gounod's pen, and, as an
autobiography fragment, will surely
prove of much interest to all admirers
of the famous composer Of Faust.
81 was 13 years DID," he begins, "and
was pupil at the Harcourt school.
My mother, poor widow, was obliged
to work hard for living and had to
trudge through snow and sunshine in
order to obtain the means for her chill
drens education. | was continually
worried over the thought that she was
sacrificing herself for me, and 1 longed
for the day when l could set her free
from her unworthy labor. Her views,
however, in regard to my future diff
fered from mine. She had destined
me for a university career, whereas 1
ever heard an enticing voice saying:
You must be musician.
"One day 1 told my mother about
my hearts desire.
:" Are you in earnest she asked.
eyes; in dead earnest
"'And you will not go to the univer-
sity?'
"'Never.'
Where will you go, them?
""To the conservatory.
hnr f1,r,T 70 sNouor ,
1t seemed fate that I was to remain at
the Harcourt school until I finished my
studies, and that, if misfortune still
logged my footsteps at that time, l
would have to become soldier. l
could not look to my mother for any
help. She would rather that I should
do anything else than become vaga-
bond musician.
"'My dear MOTHER l finally said to
her, I will stay at school, since you
wish it, but oDe thing 1 am determined
on, and that is that I will never be-
come a soldier
edo you mean that you will not
obey the law, which calls for military
service?'
"'No, but I mean that the law will
be a dead letter so far as / am con-
cerned.'
"'What do you mean?'
4 mean that I will win the Prix de
Rome, which will free me from the ne
cessity of becoming a soldier
"My mother then abandoned the idea
of trying to make me change my mind.
She decided, however, to lay the mat
ter before Father Pierson, my school
principal. The jolly old gentleman
summoned me and began in fatherly
tone of voice: SO, my little fellow,
we are going to spend our life among
musicians?'
eyes, Mr.. Person
But music! Is that profession?'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01
THREE UNFOUNDED BELIEFS.

eff I were a man." the woman said
''I'd make my mark ere l was dead;
I'd lead the world with a battle-cry
And I'd be famous ere I should die
If were a man.
eff were 3 youth" the old man cried
'I'G seize all chances, I'd go with the
tide;
I'd win my way to the highest place
And stick to honor and seek his
grace
If were a youth"
eff were rich" the poor man thought
'I'd give my all for the poor's support;
I'd open the door and I'd open my
heart,
And goodness and would never part
If I were rich
And 10! if all these ifs came true,
The woman a man, the man a youth
The poor were rich-then in al
truth,
This world would be, when we go
through,
Just as it is!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01
ANOTHER CASE OF MAUD.

Maud Muller went on a summer day
To try the old racket of raking hay.
She'd heard how it shared Judge, and
thought
There might be another to be caught
And oft she glanced down the lanes
long course
To see if he came on his piebald horse
But the judge came not, nor a sleek
court-clerk,
Nor a constable to get in his work.
Not even a chronic Juror came
To ask her to share his oft-called
name.
Yet she raked away with a tireless
will,
For Maud was a slayer from Slayer
vile!
Great blisters rose on her hands so
fair,
And hayseeds lodged in her wind
tossed hair
But nary judge came riding by,
And her swollen bosom was filled with
signs.
One spark of hope in said bosom
burned,
That mebbe the court hadn't yet ad-
journed.
Or he might have halted to beer his
face
With a lawyer who'd got away with a
And yet she raked with untiring zeal,
The damp sweat trickling from head
to heel.
The spur-grass pricked at her zebra
Meath the southern bounds of her
Sunday clothes.
The breezes blew on her bloomin'
cheeks
And scattered the sweat into criss-
cross streaks.
The sun sank lower adown the West,
And the hope-star dittoed in Maudie's
breast.
One last glance fired she along the
lane,
Then sank on the stubble with moan
of pain!
But she rose again with impromptu
spring,
For the stubble was sharp as a hor-
nets sting!
Then cried as to splinters she stamped
the rake!
This bayfield, racket's bloomin'
fake!
''The Teller that writ that portry
ought
To be taken out and fatally shot.
Don't think no gal ever made a play
To rake up Teller this-a-way,"
And she said as she limped to her
home again,
Her accents keyed to a note of pain:
"Of all darned suckers that ever bit,
Eve sneakin' idee that am tt
Denver Evening Post