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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06

San Francisco Millionairps Will
open Up Mindanao-The Timber
Lands-Gold. Copper and Iron
Sugar Plantations and Rice
Understanding About Cocoa
nuts and the Money in COpra-
Manila IEemp-Electrical Devel-
opments and Land Schemes
Little Chance for Poor Men.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06

the best society OF the South in the dayp
before the war.
FRANK =. CARPENTER.
Copyright. 1909. ny F. c. Carpenter.
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Large Portion of Hemp Crop
Goes to Waste.

I believe that the methods of cultivation
and cleaning the hemp might be much i'm
proved AT present a large proportion OF
the crop goes to waste. everything con-
nected with it being done by hand. The
plant is much like the banana. and the
hemp comes from the fiber of the leaves
and stalks it. 1t is dried on the ground and
shipped in bales to Manila. A good hemp
crop is just as salable as so much wheat
or rice. There is a regular demand for It,
and it has its fixed prices in the markets Of
Europe and the United States. Some Of the
estates are now paying 30 per cent.
There will be many railroads built in the
Philippines within the next few years.
Lines are already planned to open up the
greater part Of Luzon. and one especially
profitable road will be along the Laguna n.
Bay and down into the southeastern prov
inces. This will bring the hemp to Ma
Mia, and give a thickly populated and rich
section railroad access to the capital.
There are also many opportunities for
electrical development. The whole country
10 one of mountains and valleys, and at
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06
Cocoa Palm Grows on
All the Islands.

In raising rice on the shares. the first
crop goes to the tenant. In the second the
tenant gets half. and in the third only one
fourth. The crop is always divided in the
sheaf. the huIling and thrashing being ex-
ira. The hulling is done by women In NOR
tars, and the thrashing is at home instead
OF at the mills. The poor often have to bor-
row to put in their crops. They pay an in
terest rate in kind of as much as 100 per
cent. A man will loan his money on con-
sheraton of so many arobas of rice to be
delivered at harvest time. He can go to the
fields and get his interest: this is so much
that 1t takes the profit. ana the rice usurers
thus keep the country poor.
There is one Investment in the Philippines
that required but little hard work. This 10
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vey send out prospectors to the different
parts OF the Philippines. Nearly every
island has great mineral wealth. There are
deposits of iron. coal, lead. copper. silver
and gold. In Northern Luzon there are
copper mines which were worked before
Magellan discovered the Philippines and
the natives are getting copper out of them
Inns reoISoIosS Lno ess OF eYI pInoqs l
to-day. There are lead deposits in Cebu and
silver on the Island of Martinique. l was
told of an iron mountain which exists not
far from Manila, and one of our army Off
GERS. a civil engineer. described to me a
gold deposit which he discovered near San
Mateo, within ten miles of the city limits.
He had been making a typographical sur
vey, when he came upon a strip of country
filled with Jumps of what he thought was
pyrites. He filed his bag with the Jumps
and took them to one of the warships and
had them assayed. They ran from twelve
to fourteen ounces of gold to the ton: He
says the Jumps were picked from a strip
about three miles wide and ten miles long.
He told me that he had staked cut claims
for himself and friends upon it. and that
he eventually expected to raise capital and
develop the property. If he is correct. that
region may turn out to be a gold camp sum
liar to Mercur. south of Salt Lake.
There are also rich gold mines in Min
danao. l was shown gold grains about the
size of wheat during my stay in Western
Luzon, and there is no doubt Of gold ex-
listing in the northern mountains. There
are a number of Californians and Colorado
men who are now prospecting in Mindanao.
and some of these claim to have made
money.
Fortunes to Be Made Out
of Sugar Plantations.
I believe that greater fortunes can be
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06

About 5000 tons OF THIS stuff were sent
abroad in 1897 and the probability is that
the shipments will shortly be many time.
this amount. The planters figure that every
cocoanut tree should yield a net profit of
81 a year. as you can put a large num-
her of trees on a small area a good cocoa
nut plantation means a fortune. 1 know of
some men who have plantations OF 1000
trees or more, and who are rich from cocoa
nuts.
I have already spoken Of the money in
hemp. This is the most wonderful crop
of the Philippines. 1t brings to the islands
about SIS, 100000 every year. and it forms
the money crops of some of the largest of
the Philippine states. There is an enor-
nous profit in the business: but, neverthe-
less. there are undeveloped hemp lands.
and crops could easily be quadrupled. The
lands which are under cultivation sell for
high prices, but near them are other lands
which can be gotten for a song. which need
only a little work to make them available.
This is especially so of Mindanao.
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Fortunes to Be Made Out

I believe that greater fortunes can be
made out of lands, and especially sugar
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man usually has the larger road. and II he
"a thrifty he may have a half dozen sheaVes
or bundles of unthrashed rice, each about
a foot In diameter.
The harvest scenes are interesting. 1ne
rio. grows inst like wheat, but it is not cut
with a reaper and mower, or even Will d
cradle or sickle. 1t IS clipped Off. stalk ny
stalk, with a little knife. which Is held IN
the palm Of the hand. The harvester taxes
a stalk of rice between his fingers and
presses it against the knife. thus cutting 1t
off. He then cuts another stalk the same
way, and thus goes on until his sheaf Is OF
the right size. The rice grows to about
the height of our wheat. but 1t Is cut off
half way up in order that the sheaves NAV
be shorter. and so that it may be the more
easily stored and thrashed.
Thrashing Is Done With
Saw-Toothed Knives.
The thrashinS is done by pulling the heads
of the rice through saw-toothed knives and
by treading 1t out with the feet. l saw
some thrashing grounds where men We're
jumping up and down upon the straw to
thash out the grain and others where they
were driving water buffaloes about over it.
In Panay there are thrashing platforms
high above the ground, upon which the
men and women tread out the rice, and
where the strong winds enable them the
more easily to get rid of the chaf.
There are few grains which require SO
much labor as rice. Every stalk has to he
grown in a seed bed and then set out sep
arately in the muddy fields. The fields are
flooded again and again. The stalks are
harvested as / have described and the rice
thrashed. After this the huils have to ne
pounded from the stalks in mortars. so
that all together every grain costs much
work.
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What siieECes we keep year after year
When those who are most near 10 use and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19
BICYCLE RIDERS OF NOTE.
And Great Ability Will Appear Her
 Next Tuesday Evening.

And Great Ability Will Appear Here
 Next Tuesday Evening.
 The attraction at the New Haven Coliseum next Tuesday night will be a twenty mile amateur race between forty of the very best simon pure" cy- clsts in the country.
 Manager Voigt has taken great pains to secure the cream of the riding talent for this race and so far announces the signing of Amateur Champion Marcus Hurley, Teddy Ellington, the Pride of Vailsburg." and George Glasson. heralded as the King of Handicaps. Hurley and Ellington have both per formed in sensational finishes at the local track this year, and are deserved ly popular, but Glasson has yet to make his bid for the local public's favor. Of course, however, there is very little doubt as Glasson's style of riding. it is said, is the most fetching exhbted by an amateur rider to date.
 Reserved seats are on sale at s. Good man & Co.,, S20 Chapel street, and Beck $ drug store, 339 Howard avenue.
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him that the blue rose had been grown at last. There have, according to him, always been some few enthusiasts working to that end Probably their patience had at last been rewarded
 For you must understand" he con- tinued, that the perfection of such a rose means mucfl-the work of life time. Even the attempted cultivation of such monstrosity presupposes a premiership in the ranks of botanists It involves an age of personal experi- ence and a knowledge of the continued experiences of others along the same line
 Years and years of individual ex- pertinent. grating and regrafting, bud ding and rebuilding. crossing and re- crossing with endless varieties, all the while keeping minute records of the habits of the plant in its different stages, its varying color. this time a nearer approach to the cherished blue, and then again casting off; at times in the seventh heaven of ecstrcy over some slight indication of advancement toward the goal, only to be cast into the nethermost depths of despond by the cantrariness of te next cross.-New York Times
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FLYING SULKIES AT BRANFORD
On Wednesday and Thursday of Next
 Week.

All roads lead to Branford on next Wednesday and Thursday, July 23 and 24, when a great series of races are down to be decided. The purses ag- gregate $S50 and the entries for the respective events all indivate that the sport is to be of the hair-raising order. At any rate, with favorable weather, the record for attendance at this pop ular resort should be shat tered, for the programme Is certainly "corker." It is as follows: There are four races each afternoon two each day, the 2:35 class trot, and the 2:27 class pace on the first day, and the 2:19 class pace and the 2:21 class pace on the second day.
 For the benefit of all patrons who contemplate paying this beautiful track visit on the race days of next week, a special train service has been ar ranged to all points throughout the state. and then for local admirers there Is the special train which leaves Union depot. this city, at 1:SO p. m., for which round-trip tickets may be purchased for only twenty-five cents.
 Admission to the track is but fifty cents. An abundance of good music will be furnished by the Second Regi- ment band of this city, and the first event will be called promptly at 2:15 D. m.
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DAVID AND GOLIATH.
A Little Shot Put Old King Coffee Out
 of Business.

When medicine falls, they sometimes send sick people away to another clim- ate for their health. Sometimes the climate does it, but more often they stumble on the proper food to take, and then get we'll.
 A lady in San Diego tells of friend who left her home each December. for the past two winters, to go to Cal. for her health. She says, Almost all of her time was spent in visiting the doctor and sitting in a big chair and watching the clock to note the time for her next dose of medicine. Nervousness was her principal trouble, and with others Of kindred nature, made life for her burden.
 On the occasion of her last visit, l begged her to give up the use of coffee, and use Postum Coffee. She replied that she could not stop coffee I said no more at the time, but the next morning at breakfast, I passed her fragrant, steaming cup of Postum, making it as 1t should be made. After that, l had no more trouble and my friend drank no more coffee. But the most surprising
  that soon came over her.
 We began to notice it within less than a week. In less than a month, her ner vousness had left her, and in three months, she was new woman in face figure and health. I had not dared to hope for so much benefit, although ] had been greatly benefited myself by Postunl, but coffee to her system was simply poisonous, and l believe this is the case with many others. She return ed to her home in December, and was married within less than two months after. She never fails to give credit to Postum for her health or thanks to me for teaching her to make it properly, and well she may for Postum has done for her what travel. doctors and medi- cine failed to do." Name given by Pos tum Co.,, Battle Creek, Mich.
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ADVENT OF THE BLUE ROSE
RECEIVED FROM AMERICA AT
 THE KEW
Gardens, London The Great desire of
 Fnddists.

The announcement was made few days ago in a London paper that perfect blue rose had been received from America at Kew Gardens. There was nothing in the short notice, aside from the mention that the rose was considered botanical curiosity, to in- dicate that the flower. a perfect blue. marks an epoch of rose culture,
 Among the faddists in the growing of the rose it has been for ages the sought-for color. Not that there would be any particularly large money re- ward, but there seems to be some al- lurement in the hope that their name may go down in botanical history trail- ing after a Latin prefix as the grower of perfect blue
 Tn other countries and in bygone years things were different as in the monetary rewards for successful grow ing of floral monstrosities. This was notably the case in the Netherlands during the early part of the seven teenth century. The country went mad over the tulip, and large bonuses in cash were offered for the production of perfect specimens of the different vari- cities. especially a true black. And one instance is recorded where thirteen thousand f1orins were paid for single plant.
 While the growing of these floral freaks has always been matter of much interest to botanists, it has been luxury with which the commercial florist, no matter how enthusiastic. could not afford to toy He is mostly concerned in the successful raising of varieties for which there is well known public demand Thus experi- mentation has become a monopoly en- joyed by private botanical students and those at the head of botanical gardens and the conservatories attached to pri- vate estates
 And. like the preliminary work on in- ventions in other lines the experiment tai botanist surrounds his work with a shroud of secrecy, seemingly fearful of the loss of his idol or that some one may steal the secret of its rearing. Thus, while the announcement states that the rose came from this side, it's existence in this country was not sus- pected by any of the experts in rose culture interviewed.
 The cultivation of the blue rose has long been considered an impossibility "A seeker after blue roses" is an old phrase signfying the unattainable. But such wonderful things have been done with the rose in the way of culti- vation, enlargement. beauty and fra grance, that it is not surprising that ambitious rose culturists should strive for this high goal
 One head gardener, in speaking of the matter. said that it did not surprise
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The little chap didn't provoke diff culties, but I verify believe he enioyatl ghting for it's own sake, and odds dldn'' figure with him once he conciu- ded to go into a melee. His long suit was shooting. and a deadlier shot nev CT fingered revolver.
 Il shall never forget the first time that Jack Watson and I met, for the circumstance was of the sort that burns itself upon a ans memory. I was riding into a mining camp in Ne- Vada county and stopped at watering trough to let my beast drink. About the same time stranger of very dimin- utlve stature rode up, and while our animals refreshed themselves we en- gagged in some casual conversation. The stranger was Watson.
 Before we exchanged half a dozen sentences our attention was attracted by great noise, and, looking around, we saw at least two hundred men coming our way with prisoner The prisoner was a remarkably fine looking man. but his captors had stripped him to the waist, and the evident intention was to fog him.
 Before I could hardly realize what was happening Watson spoke up, Dare you go in with me and stop these men?' It seemed bravado, but there was ring in the small ones voice that sounded like business, and I, being young and foolish, answered, I dare'
 We rushed after the mob at racing speed. and when I got close enough to the leaders I yelled at the top of my lungs: Hold on, boys: you've got the wrong man.
 "This was an inspiration for really knew nothing of the case, but hated to see sucth a magnificent looking fel- low undergo the humiliation of public beating, But my cry caused a halt, and with Watson beside me I repeated that they had the wrong man and, still using my highest notes. called for the appointment of committee.
 Tt is curious how easy a mob is sometimes swayed. In less than ten minutes this one, previously so impas stoned, had calmed down and was lis tening quietly to the investigations of the committee, of which I had been
 
 Tt seems that the prisoner was, as apprehended, a respectable and worthy man, and he had letters upon him that vouched for his integrity He had been accused of stealing two hundred dollars in gold by a miner, but we not only es- tablished his innocence, but started an examination tEat led to the discovery of the real thief.
 After this I saw Jack no more t:l! one day in San Francisco when I found him in most wretched condition. He had gone to a political meeting where he was persona non grata. and there was immediate trouble. Jack killed two men, but was himself almost riddled with bullets. An old negro took me to him, and l found him in an apparently dying condition. If he had one bullet . hole in him, he had twenty He had no doctor, no nurse no food, no friend but the old darky.
 "I got him a room in good hotel and the best physician money could hire The doctor thought he had bare chance to live. but was very dubious of his pulling through. His nerve saved him, and in few weeks he was going around as game as ever
 ''The next news of Jack came from
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JEFFRIES OVERTRATNED?
Trainer Delaney Admits That He is Too
 FlHe.

Oakland, Cal, July 18,-Rumors were floating thick and fast round town to- day to the effect that Champion Jeffries was sick at his quarters as a result of overtraining. This gave rise to the re- port that Jeffries was out of condition and that he was laid up for repairs. It was pointed out that the champion is away below his normal weight. Train CT Delaney admits that Jettrles has worked too hard.
 Jeffries arose at o'clock to-day and showed up at the gymnasium at ? o'clock. He said: T am not sick. was tired after being at the theater last night have cut out my work to-day and will just take gym exercises. I'll be ready for the fight Jeffries fell asleep yesterday while being rubbed down.
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Pasadena. He had gone to ball and. aspiring to the favor of the belle of the town, reused the enmity of a dozen young gallants. The shooting began while the function was still in progress but it was a bad day for Jack Watsons assailants, for when the firing ceased theer were five of them corpses, while he escaped unhurt.
 Jack finally became a member of the legislature and, strange to say, died peaceful death, respected and loved by all his neighbors. s."-Washington Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19
PLEASANT EVENING.

Charming Affair in Honor of Brooklyn
 Young Ladies.
 The Misses Lichtenstein delightfully."- entertained about twenty-five young. people at their pleasant home, 722 State street, last night. The affair was in honor of the Misses Jennie and Carrie Karlsruher, of Brooklyn, who are the guests of Mrs. Henry Karlsruher at her West Haven cottage.
 The evening was spent quite infor- malfy and there were numerous musi- cal numbers by several of the guests. Miss Lillie Lichtenstein, Miss Ruth Lichtenstein and Miss Karlsruher as- sisted in the informal programme. Light refreshments were served and much enjoyed.
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AT THE ROCK LAST EVENING.

Fireworks Display on the Ball Grounds
 a Great Success
 Savin Rock was visited by thousands of people last evening. The various att fractions at this popular resort were very literally patronized and the even ing was one of the pleasantest and most successful of the entire season. The display of fireworks was especially fine, and it is estimated that fully five thou sand spectators enjoyed the great exhi- bition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19
RIG CATCH OE FISH

Frank Quinn and his young son and John Williams. proprietor of the Hotel Royal on Grown street. spent three hours on Lake Saltonstall last evening and came home with twenty five pounds of bass, croppers, perch and pickerel. Some of the fish weighed three and q half pounds, and it was probably the best string caught at Lake Saltonstall this season.
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HE LOVED TO FIGHT.
4 LITTLE MAN WHO WOULD
 RATHER SHOOT THAN EAT.
odds Didn't Figure With Jack Wat son When He Concluded to Go Into Melee, and His Nerve Once Saved an Inmacent Nlan
Innocent Man.

''The gamest man and the best fight CT that I ever kneW-and I've known quite a number in my day-was little Jack Watson ot California; remarked Senator William M. Stewart of Nevada one day in Washington when he was in a story telling mood to a party of in- terested listeners.
 Watson had been member of Jack Hayes famous company. and. though he didn't weigh over one hundred and twenty pounds and in height measured but five feet six inches, he would fight at the drop of hat the biggest man that ever breathed. I don't know what state gave him birth, but he Was a na- tive of the south, and all the pioneers of Texas knew him well.
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The Bakers union of Plainville will have an outing in this city to-day. Bris- tol bakers will join the party, leaving for this city on the Il o'clock train.
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JOSEPH BONAPARTE S HOME.

Honorable History of an Old House in
 Philadelphia.
 There is a brown plastered house at 26O South Ninth street that is so old
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Ready Bits. the new food, is now ready. Packages 15 cents. Ali grocers.
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DEFlNTIoN---*CUST0MARI adv. HabituaIIy, fol- lowing ancient customs when knowing are wTonS ing because others advertiser trying to the other. '"H " ''" '"o