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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31
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If you see it in our news, it's here.
Stylish Suits and Coats Specially Priced

You can't believe how hard pick certain few items great richly stocked Ready Section like ours when know leaving unmenoned hundred others good and perhaps better than the ones you've chosen. ha mind n ou
 Stylish TaIor-Suts, Thursday only, $4.98
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Fetching bordered Apron Pat terms, all pretty, Ih yd lengths,
 Thursday only, i9cts Each
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Five Bargains Picked Up At Random

Short lengths of White Lawns, Dimities and Nainsooks,
 Thursday only, Gets Yard
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ChiIdren's Underwear, bro- ken lot of Black Tights, open style |and all sizes are here; and an odd Hot of White Union Suits, not eve " size, 75ct and ST goods;
 We don't want to keep 'em here day longer, Thursday 30cts Ea. For Women, the remnants of a lot of heavy Jersey feeced Vests and Drawers. most of 'em sold Sat urday, finely finished Underwear, white, pink, blue and lavender,
 42cts Garment For Women, and the last of a broken lot of natural wool Vests, 75ct and $I Underwear you'll find this, To close 39cts Hach
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Orphans Day to-day.

Give cheerfully to the orphans
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Warm Underwear for Men,
 Women and Childrefi.|

question of only few days where's the putting your Underwear buying The be great rush. you know, there always is on the first cold day.
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A Belt Bargain. All our pleat- ed and tucked Satin Belts, in black satin and taffeta, regular 5oct kind,
 Thursday for 2Icts
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Exclusive Right to sell ''Oueen Quality"
 Shoes.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

as Las Marias and N1aricoa, the pro-
duce of one cuerda (acre) will range
from 200 to 1000 pounds. A fair aver
age will give for every cuerda 400
pounds. The typographical conditions
of the coffee-growing districts are such,
and the hills so steep, that the only
agricultural implement that can be
used with effect is the common
machete, or chopping knife. 1t is used
for cleaning the ground and for MAX
ing the holes.
The total cost of a hundredweight of
coffee ready for market, including ex-
penses for cultivation, is from $40 to
SD, Porto Rican money, equal to Sc to
$40 United States currency. Qhis is
about what Rio coffee sells for on the
wharf at New York; The produce is
shipped in bags, containing each from
So to 100 Kilograms.
The quality of the Porto Rican coffee
is excellent, and the principal markets
have been Cuba and Spain, but very
little having been imported into the
United States, where it is not well
known. Under favorable conditions
the coffee crop of Porto Rico is easily
worth from $6,O0O,OOO to $1O,0OO,OOO.
Being protected by the good climate,
the Porto Rican sugar cane industry
is an important one. Coast lands,
cleared, which receive rains or irriga-
ton and retain humidity some time
without becoming swamped, are good
for the sugar plant; these lands not sit
uated high above the level of the sea,
near the coasts, which are flooded by
large rivers in extraordinary freshets,
but which on account of their natural
location and great depth are quickly
drained, receive the name of tierras de
vega, and are those used for the cult
walton of sugar cane everywhere.
These lands in general are alluvial
lands, and are very rich in fertilizing
elements.
Cultivation of Sugar Cane.
Sugar cane may be produced in Porto
Rico where the soil is sandy and loose,
at $24.59 american money! per acre.
Cutting the cane will cost $2.40 an acre
more. To manufacture a 1,200-pound
hogshead of sugar from the cane costs
So. Besides these there are various
other items of expense, such as terminal
charges, transportation, and shrinkage.
This latter is an important item, rang
ing from per cent on steam vessels to
10 or Il per cent on sailing craft. In
1897 Porto Rico produced 1862, 472
pounds of sugar, for which the planters
received $3,7S2,465, or a fraction less
than cents pound.
AS in Cuba. the tendency is toward
large plantations, with central mills for
grinding. Comparatively few of the
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

When John Hunters father, Robert
Hunter, who was nephew Of the Colo
NAL Governor of that name, and a man
of wealth, came to this country, he
brought with him among his baggage
an old iron strong box, which he kept
in the State street home. At his death,
his son, John Hunter, knowing nothing
about it, and considering it too clumsy
an article to be given house room any
longer, packed it off to a storage ware
house with a lot of other stuff. 1t lay
there for years forgotten, till finally the
storage-keeper, taking a fancy to it,
asked Mr.. Hunter if he might have It.
Mr.. Hunter consented, but decided to
have a look inside Of it first. The key
to it was not Forthcoming, and a lock-
smith was sent for to force it open.
Within were rows of canvas bags. MI.
Hunter picked up one Of them; it fell
to pieces, and Spanish silver dollars
rolled over the floor. The chest was
full Of silver pieces. Mr.. Hunter sent
them to a silversmith and had them
made into the service that is still to-day
one of the finest in the country. There
was a plateau for the middle of the
table seven feet long, and every guest
seated about it was served exclusively
from silver dishes.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

An old Snowman in Philadelphia has
made something of a study of cases of
longevity in his profession and has
drawn some interesting conclusions.
The first man to die, he says, Is the
professional ''strong man." who rarely
lasts over five years. Most of the strong
men die Of consumption before they
are 40. On the other hand men. who
use their lungs are abnormally, or rath
er normally, long lived. Ventriloquists
and minstrels are said never to die.
After the burnt cork artist has had
his day in the theaters, he is found in
the dime museums "doing his stunt
Just as we'll as he did it in the early
'40s. The Snowman named above was
able to point out several MINISTRIES still
IN the business who were over 20 years
old and who did not show many of the
ravages of age. The conclusion seems
to be that the man who cultivates his
muscles exclusively dies early, but the
man who cultivates the breath first
and the muscles secondarily, lives. The
Hindus, whose religion covered many
such points, used to claim that longev-
Ity depended on ''the doctrine of the
breath" The persoR'who knew how to
use the vital breath simply couldn't die
until he was reaGE. Instead of being
forced out of the world through the
door of disease the tdeDt simply walk
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

sugar estates are provided with steam
vacuum machinery for making sugar,
and nearly one-haif of the cane-grinding
machines are worked by oxen. The
hurricane of Aug. 8, 1899, damaged the
sugar mills considerably, and the finan-
cial straits of the planters have made
it impossible to restore the plants.
Larger plantations or colonies, i'm
proved methods of cultivation, and cen
trail mills with improved machinery will
in time no doubt add enormously to the
output of sugar.
Several varieties of the tobacco plant
are cultivated in the country-that
called Guacharo, which is believed to be
a native Of Venezuela, the Virginia
blanca, the Corazon de Vaca, the Gu
bano, and others. AS yet the selection
of the variety best suited for the pur-
poses of the manufacturer has not been
made. He prefers a leaf with color,
elasticity, large intercostal spaces, and
small ribs, which are the best for the
manufacture of the different kinds of
cigars which the consumer demands
essential qualities which oblige the
maker to seek the locality productive of
good tobacco, indeed the only selection
that is now made.
Classed with agricultural industries is
stock raising, which is an important
and remunerative industry. In 1897 the
island had 67,751 horses, valued at 81
100000; 4,467 mules, worth about $134,
600, and 3O3,612 cattle, valued at $6,-
100000. The swine and sheep statistics
were insignificant. There are 60,933
landed holdings, or estates" in Porto
Rico, comprising about 100000 acres.
Among the great drawbacks to agricul-
ture are the lack of highways and rail-
roads, and the inferior agricultural i'm
plements in use. General Davis, the
military Governor, Is trying to remedy
the lack of highways, and has expend:
ed over 81 100000 in the repair and con,
struction of roads. Even roads in the
immediate vicinity of the cities are in
poor condition, and during the rainy
season nearly all of them are almost i'm
passable for vehicles. The total length
of all railroads is about 159 miles, al
tracks being narrow-gauge, and the
rolling stock, roadbeds, etc, very in
ferior.
Coffee is the main product of The
island, and Al per cent of the cultivated
land is given over to the crop. Sugar
cane occupies 10 per cent and bananas
IA per cent of the land.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

A complete list of the things named
IN honor of Queen Victoria would not
only show the esteem in which she was
held, but would also suggest how much
of the worlds progress had taken place
during the period covered by her reign.
The great Australian state bearing her
name recalls the history-making devel-
opments in that quarter of the globe;
the Victorian triumphs of exploration
are typified by the discovery of great
lakes in Central Africa, one of which
commentaries her name. The famous
bridge at Montreal, the beautiful park
on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls,
and some at least of the sixteen Vic
torias in the United States, are among
the interesting North American memo
rails. 1t is great advantage for a
sovereign to possess name not identi-
fed with anybody else, for then the
things named in her honor will indicate
to all the future about the time in the
history when they came into being.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08
PORTO RICAN WEALTH
INDUCEMENTS IN AGRICULTURE
AND CATTLE RAISING.
Government Reports Facts EncouraG-
ing to Observation-Disclosures of Sugar
Cane and Tobacco Insures Handsome
CProfits-Rai1ways and Roads Needed.

People in search of reliable informa-
ton about Porto Rico will find lot of
valuable statistics in the official report
of the census of the island issued by
the United States War Department.
The census was taken under the direc
ton of Lieutenant Colonel ]. p. Sanger,
who has made his report document
of unusual interest.
While agriculture is now the prin
cipal source of wealth to Porto Rico,
says Colonel Sanger, the early settlers
were for many years engaged in cattle
raising, and this is still an important
industry, the rich and luXuriant pas
lures and many streams providing all
that is necessary for this purpose. 1t
may be said that all fruits and vegeta-
bles adapted to a tropical climate will
yield abundantly il Porto Rico, and
this is especially true of the coffee tree,
the sugar cane, and the tobacco plant,
the three staples of most Importance in
the order named, and grown widely
over the island.
"In Porto Rico the select and re-
nowned coffee is produced between
200 and 800 meters above the sea level.
At this elevation are found the towns
of Yauco, Lares, Maricao, Utuado,
Cayey, ETC., which form the produc-
tive region of the renowned coffee of
Porto Rico. This region, which in
cludes something more than the south
west quadrant of the island, is charac-
terized by a climate of perpetual
spring. The constant breeze refreshes
the atmosphere and the frequent rains
equalize the seasons so that not even
in times of drought does the vegetation
suffer as occurs on the southern coast
of the island, nor during the rainy sea-
son are the rains so heavy as on the
north coast. Owing to these favorable
climatic conditions and to the fact that
the coffee groves are situated in valleys
sheltered from the strong winds, and
the soil, of which we will presently
speak in detail, is due the enviable rep
utation of the coffee of the country.
Altitude Affects Coffee Growth.
'In the central range of Porto Rice
Is the Sierra Luquilla. which has ar
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

ciples of the Scientists" seem to be
known, according to the Medical Rec
ord, for among the South Sea-Islanders
no man falls sick or dies from natural
causes. They would argue, if called
upon to analyZe their belief, that health
is the natural condition, and that every
departure from it must be caused by
supernatural agency, and since disease
is an evil, you must look for it's agents
among those who wish you evil.
Thus far they are at one with many
good people in Europe, who take COM
fort in the thought that every vista
ton of sickness is a divine judgment
for their sins, but savages push their
logic further. Their gods do no mis-
chief for mischiefs sake, and since all
men have enemies, and are all free to
invoke the unseen powers for either
good or evil, the sick man has only to
make his choice among the number Of
his ill-wishers and charge his heirs to
avenge him.
Every skilled craft tends to speciali-
cation. A few successes in causing ILL
ness by spells gave man a reputation
as an expert. The unsuccessful found
him ready to remove their enemies for
a consideration, he took to the business
as a profession, handing his secret
down to his son, and his sons son, I'M
til the trade became hereditary. A
family that once acquired it took good
care not to lose it by bungling, as the
wise women sometimes did, for the
art of killing by witchcraft had this de-
cided advantage over the art of heal
ing, that if the spell failed there were
other ways-a dose Of something in the
kava cup or club stroke on a dark
night. Thus among some Of the Mel
anesians tribes it is not too much to
say that the population is divided be-
| tween the companies of those that
caused disease and those that healed
it."
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

1t is interesting to know the modern
methods of banishing mans common
enemy, insomnia. 1t is doubly interest
ing to learn of the ways by which
women court the "sweet reStorer." The
revelations made upon this subject by
the members of a wOman's club are
interesting and unique, and the fact
that these ladies invite sleep by per-
uniting their thoughts to dwell upon
clothes does not prove that such sub
jects are uppermost in a woman's
mind, but simply that they are the
was thinking about clothes when he
said that It was the office Of sleep to
"knit up the raveled sleeve of care"
OF course this method Of wooing
sleep is suitable to but one sex, and
no one would be foolish enough to sug-
gest that a man could brighten away
insomnia by thinking of his wife's
wardrobe, or by mentally hanging up
the various articles which have haunt
ed his wide-awake faculties in the form
of that enemy Of sleep, a bill. One
distinguished man, the Poet Words
worth, thus described his conflict with
balmy sleep:
A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by,
One after one; the sound of rain, and
bees
Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds
and seas.
Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and
pure sky,
By turns have all been thought of, yet
lie
Sleepless.
This would seem to point to the fac
that a mans thoughts dwell upon i'm
personal things when he IS inviting
sleep, while a woman's turns to per
sonal vanities. Bat a mans vanitie'
are of so disturbing a kind that HI
dare not think about them. So let hin
think of sheep.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

Mrs. John z. Robinson, daughter of the
late Admiral Tompkins, U. S. N.-White !
satin yelled in silver spangled net; dia-
monds.
Such was the paragraph-the names
being changed--which appeared in the
list of costumes at the inaugural ball.
Let US study ii a moment These cos
tune descriptions are written by the
wearers, who also write their names
ON the cards distributed for that pur-
pose by the journalistic Jenkinses who
perform the duty technically known as
doing society,"" Hence, it was Mrs.
John P. Robinson herself who added
the designation daughter of Admiral
Tompkins" TO her name. In other
words, Mrs. Robinson prefers to be
known as the daughter Of her father
rather than as the mere wife of her
husband. The fact constitutes evidence
of the growth of in this country of due
appreciation of those SOCIAL advant-
ages" so highly priced by Rear Ad-
miral William T. Sampson. Isn't it
rather pitiful? Somewhere in the back
ground there is a Mr.. John p Robin
son. Very likely he hasn't had any $50
ciaI advantages" at all. Probably he
is in the wholesale grocery line-or in
hides or soap or shoe findings. We can
imagine John P. Robinson working
hard and late that his wife may shine
at the inaugural ball in white satin
yelled in silver-spangle1 net; dia-
monds" 1t is safe to say that John z.
Robinson, like most other Americans, is
an honest, hearty, unaffected fellow,
who loves and cherishes his wife and
tries to make her happy. Yet when
jenkins comes around with his costume
card to be filled out Mrs. John P. Rob
inson is not content to appear in the
society column as the mere wife of
honest John-plebeian John, who has
pinched himself to furnish forth the
funds for the court costume. She must
advise the reading public of her early
social advantages" John P. Robin
son is very well as a person for every
day use--as a payer of bills and a pro-
WIDER of pin money-but papa was an
admiral. 1t is necessary that the world
should know it. 1t is proper that PEG
pie should realize that, though she is
married to a commoner, she is of the
nobility. Unhappy Robins0n!
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

elevation of 1,50O meters above the
level of the sea, and it is observed that
above the middle height of this noun
tain coffee groves do not exist. Wheth-
er owing to the climate or to the soil,
which may be unsuitable, where grow
only some shrubs in thickets and some
worthless herbs, it is true that after 800
meters have been passed the coffee is
not seen, and all attempts to grow it
at that altitude have been without re-
suits.
Coffee growers modify the climate
by employing shade-that is, they plant
their coffee groves beneath the shade
of a grove of thick trees, as for exam
pie, the hucares, guaba, jobo, guiana,
mango, ETC., and under the banana
trees when the coffee groves are young.
''The coffee grows on hills of low
elevation, associated with many other
trees, which afford shade, modify the
temperature, and protect the coffee
from hurricanes and torrential rains.
The composition of these coffee soils is
variable, but in all of them sand pre-
an abundant covering, the product of
the decayed vegetation of the forest.
The land which produces the renowned
coffee of Porto Rico, as to its physical
appearance, seems to be a very fine
clay, and when 1t rains becomes as
slippery as soap, and transit at such
times is dangerous. 1t has a red color
nd
through the fingers resembles in its
color and smoothness the oxide Of iron
paint, but when dry it becomes very
hard.
There are small plantations where
| the cultivation is both intelligent and
intense, which produce thirty quin-
| tails 5000 pounds) and more per
hectare 1.-TWO and one-half acres), but
this is exceptional, for there are lands
| in the same region which scarcely pro-
duce one quintal 600 pounds). AS an
average crop. taken from the different
classes of land, and taking into account
also the variations that occur from year
to year, a production of from ten to
| fourteen Quinals per -hectare may be
counted on as the result of fairly intel
ligent cultivation"
The coffee tree is completely devel-
oped and producing after seven years
If the conditions under which the
| growth has been perfected have been
favorable Otherwise it will need ten
years, and the product will never com
pete with that of a good. sound tree
The cost of one cuerda about one acre,
of good coffee up to the date of pro
duction will average $50, United
States currency.
When the tree Is four years old it viii
not produce sufficient to cover ex
penses, and if the soil is not of the bes
quality the conditions will be the same
after five or six years. In such dis
tricts of this department Mayaguoz
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

A woman reformer recently pulled
from the folds of her gown a soiled and
ragged American flag and waved 1t be-
fore the audience, saying that she had
waved it from public platforms in ev-
cry country of Europe. "More's the
pityv' murmured much-loved general,
who had lost his arm in fighting under
that emblem. Those who see in our
flag liberty and justice and moderation
do not necessarily wave it above their
heads; but perhaps they will sustain it
long after those who every day wrap
themselves ostentatiously in it's folds
have dropped to. the rear.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

In some climates and under excep-
tional conditions cremation is the only
hygienic mode of disposal of the dead.
A few years ago there was a considera-
BILE revival in its advocacy for all coun-
tries and occasions. Preference for its
Swiftness and cleanliness will continue
to its completeness for cOncealment Of
crime in Fastening death has become so
frequent in northern ATTITUDES that
laws may be necessary requiring cor
Oner's certificate as a preliminary to
lncineration Of human remains. For
the mass of the bereaved it will always
seem kindliest to follow the ancient
counsel of "earth to EARTH
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08
LET Us ALL LAUGH.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA
RIOUS HUMORISTS.
Pleasant Incidents Occurring the
World Over-Sayings that Are Cheer
full to Old or Young-Funny Selec-
lions that You Will Enjoy.

81 am sinking for the third time"
shrieked the woman in the water.
'Are you positive of this?" asked the
youth who was waiting to rescue her,
lily concealing his anxiety the while.
"Oh, gutter the woman protested.
"For l am at this moment distinctly
recalling everything in my past life. L
remember the real color of my hair as
If it were but yesterday that /"
"Say no morew cried the youth plung-
ing forthwith into the icy flood.
The spectators cheered wildly, for
never in their lives had they seen the
thing more gracefully done.-Detroit
Journal
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08

Judy and 1 got into a terrible tangle
shopping to-day"
"How?"
81 owed her 10 cents, and borrowed 3
cents and then 80 cents"
"Well?"
"Then 1 paid her 30 cents for some
thing she bought
"Yes?"
"And she paid 40 cents for something
bought, and then we treated each
other to ice-cream soda"
"Well?"
''She says I still owe her a nickel"
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08
His La t Words.

decentralization, we are COM
mittee from the volunteer fire depart
ment, of which your late lamented hus-
band was the respected chief, and we
called to express our sympathy.
Widow-Oh, It's so kind and good of
you. I know Henry was thinking of
you when he passed away, for just be-
fore the end came he rose up in bed,
with a far-off look in his eyes, and
shouted: Turn in a second alarm! We
can't handle this. fire without helpv'-
Baltimore American.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-08
HIDDEN TREASURE.
Better than Captain Kidd's-It Was
Found.

FOUND.
One Of New York City's most famous
hosts in the early days Of this century
was John Hunter, Of Hunters Island,
which is now a part Of Pelham Bay
standing on it, which he built, in 1907,
for country home, and in his town
house at State street, he entertained
in a lavish and splendid manner, gath
ering often as many as forty guests at
a time around his table. The silver
that helped to make these banquets
princely was as famous in its day as
its owners good cheer, and there was
a story connected with 1t, too.