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in Iowa, but it isn't-it's Chicago.
The fact is Chicago is not all city.
1t is part country, and corn is grown as
a staple crop in the country section.
Within the city limits may be found
considerable number Of farms of
considerable size, and If you travel in
or out of the city on most any one OF
its rs railroads you will pass through
large fields of corn, of wheat. of oats.
and of vegetables, and on the ground
on which they are grown city taxes are
being paid. Some of these farms are
laid out in town lots with streets and
avenues running through them, and
while the farmer waits for the pur-
chaser of his lots he tills the soil as
he did of old.
Nor do all of these Chicago farms
lie about the outskirts Of the city.
One of them, at least, is located in the
very heart of the business district, and
the value of the ground on which the
corn is being grown is estimated at
$1,000 square foot. It lies at the
foot of LaSalla street, not more than
a stones throw from the stock ex-
change building, and within ten min
utes' walk of the board of trade.
But this corn field is a diminutive
affair. It measures IL by 10 feet
square, and the farm hand. who has
cultivated it is paid 500 PER month.
Fireman Frank McCahill. Of the fire.
boat illinois," is the farmer, and he
expects to harvest at least one peck
of corn from his field.
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sources of modern methods and inge-
nuity have been called in to assist.
The first change of any great conse-
1uence was made in 1885, when the
schooner rig was abandoned In favor
II that of cutter by both the challenger.
Genesta, and the defender, Puritan.
The chief difference between the two
boats was that the British craft was a
straight-stemmed cutter, while the
American was fitted with 9 center
board. The Vigilant was the last
American boat to carry center board.
and she also had the distinction of be-
ing the first metal boat which took
part in the cup races. At this time a
hot discussion took place on both sides
81 the Atlantic as to the merits Of the
center board, and great interest cen
tered in the contest with the Valkyrie
H., Lord Dunraven's yacht.
With Lord Dunraven's second chal-
lenge in 1895 British and American
ideas came more into line, and there
was good deal in common between
valkyrie III. and the Defender, which
was the first absolutely keel boat to
defend the cup. Sir Thomas Lipton's
arst challenge brought forward the
first British boat built Of metal. The
British boat was fuller bodied and not
nearly SO fine in her lines as the De-
fender. The experience gained by Mr..
William Fife in this serieslof matches
has, however, proved Invaluable to him
In the designing of the recent chal-
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thousand bushels. But whether he be
little or big the ''hear" is usually the
cautious operator. He is seldom a
plunger. He does not go beyond his
depth. He leaves a balance in the
bank as insurance against his being
wrong. and If he is wrong he is not
afraid to turn himself into a "bull, :"
for the time being, if he can profit by
the change.
Nearly every old-time operator on
the board is more "bear" than "bull."
They leave the tossing process to the
inexperienced, and are satisfied to take
the small profits that may be made in
the fluctuations caused by the ups and
downs OF the tossing.
And yet in nearly every commission
Office you will hear "bull'' talk. Buy"
is the cry, and the man who makes q
small profit on small buy" is up
braided for the caution that prevented
him from buying big. And while the
customer buys" the commission man
"sells," and, it's like feeding the kit
ty" in a poker game, the commission
man has the money Of the inexperi-
enced in the end.
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FASHIONS IN CHINA.
styles I'm Hats and Coats ana shoe.
4 the Same To-Day az n Thou
sand Years Ago,

At dinner party in Washington, the
new Chinese ambassador discussed
American fashions satirically, says the
New York Tribune.
Now, in China" he said, "our fash
ions never change. / wear the same
sort OF hat, the same sort of coat. the
same sort Of shoes, that a man in nv
position wore thousand years ago.
And 1t is the same wfth~the Chinese
women. Their fashions also have not
changed in l know not how many
dynasties. Long ago, in China, we fou nd
the costumes that seemed to us the most
graceful and the most comfortable, and
we cling to these costumes. We love
them.
But you-here in America-how often
is it-every week-every fortnight?-
that you change your fashions? Only
the other day met on the street an
American naval officer Of whom AN
fond. He had parcel under his arm.
I stopped my carriage.
Come said, let us have a little
chat-a comfortable little chat
But the naval officer shook his lead,
He said hurriedly:
:" No, cannot. In this parcel there
is q bonnet for my wife. Were T Ii stop
and talk, the fashion in bonnets might
change before reached homs.'
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CHANGES IN YACHTS
Notable Differences Between Racing
Boats To-Day and Of the Past.
rhe Winner Of the "Ameriea's'' Cuu
and the Recent Defender Are in
Entirely Different Classes-
Some Yachting Figures.

The present generation which has
taken such lively interest in the recent
series Of international yacht races Tor
the Americas cup do not realize what
q complete revolution in naval arch1-
lecture has taken place since British
yachtsmen commenced SO years ago
their long struggle to regain possession
Of the trophy won at Cowes in 1851 by
the world-famous schooner America.
Wood has given place to metals OF the
most expensive character in the hull
Of the boats; Oregon pine masts have
been discarded in favor of the carefully
built-up hollow spars Of steel; the
shape of the underwater body has been
changed out OF all recognition, and In
every little detail which goes to con-
vert what was once q pleasure vessel
to a mere racing machine, all the re-
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THE MELANCHOLY CYPRESS.
various Uses to which This Peculiar
Product Of the swamps Of
the South IL Put.

In recent issue Of the st. Louis
Globe-D Democrat Ferdinand TOnney de-
clares that the -axman Is fast destroying
the melancholy. cypress, and that the
enormous consumption Of the imper-
ishable wood will soon clear the south
ern swamps OF their noblest product.
Mr.. Tonney says tho best specimens are
found in Arkansas and Louisiana. The
lumbermen class the timber as red, yell
low and white, according to the tint OF
the wood. In southern Illinois some
years ago there were brakes OF white
variety, but the trees were pigmfes
when compared with the yellow cypress
giants OF the Cache river country IN
Arkansas, and the mammoth red cy-
press tree along the Ouachita river.
The slow growth and the uncertain
method of reproduction lead to pc
lief, says Mr.. Tonney, that before many
years the tree will become extinct. Ine
great brakes are rapidly disappearing
before the modern methods OF Lumbar
ing, and regions which heretofore were
regarded as inaccessible because OF the
swamp conditions are being cut over, anu
the lumber going into the markets at q
rate surprising even to those VINO are
intimately acquainted with the lnous-
try. The antiquated methods OF log
ging, so slow and cumbersome, have
been replaced by the up-to-date IDEAS
and the new facilities and improve
ments have worked wonders In the Dusl-
business
Mr.. Tonney says further that just
now cypress is the one kind OF timber
which has attained a prominent place
on the lumberman's list, and the IN
creasing demand and advancing price
are attracting the attention OF every
one who has in any way to deal with
building materials. The commercial
value Of good cypress brake Is almost
beyond the belief of those who are not
familiar with the numbering industry.
The merits OF the timber as adapted TO
4 multiplicity OF uses are without Ques-
ton, and it has taken rank along with
white pine and poplar. A house may be
built in these days wholly OF cypress.
The frame work, siding, flooring. lath,
shingles and even the interior when fin
ished in this remarkable product OF the
southern swamps gives satisfaction,
which is shared alike by the builder and
owner. Strength, durability and beauty
of finish combine to make It popular
with the wood worker. An instance
may be cited where cypress was substi-
tuted for yellow pine in the construction
81 the worlds fair buildings.
While 1t Is true that the cypress
brakes in Arkansas are being drawn
upon heavily, there is no danger OF Inn
mediate depletion, says the Little Rock
Gazette. And every cypress tree felled
means that its additional wealth
comes to swell the means whereby In
other ways Arkansas is undergoing
splendid development.
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many's chance is to appeal to PARTISAN
ship, and talk about the next election.
hoping that the people will forget the
Van Wyck reign of terror.
In 1897 Tammany got 233, 997 votea
out Of 526,556. Because the opposition
was divided, Tammany won.
In 1901 Tammany got 265, lit votes
out Of 615.5 $40 for a candidate of high
personal worth. It lost because the on.
position was united.
This year Tammany must win more
than 100000 votes, with q candidate
who will probably be inferior in
strength TO Shepard, but with public
resentment against It somewhat blunted
by time.
Twill the cat come back?" I have
asked many people that question. Pol
iticians On one side and some Of those
upon the other say yes Business men
and plain voters not out after ohicea
generally say no. No..
Fusion will call attention to the
riot Of profigacy and corruption that
30 recently shamcd New York under
Tammany: will provel that Croker
still rules les councils from England
with choice group Of local spotted
characters as assistants: that prey II
all It wants. It will stand npon TIL
admirable administration Of the "ina.a
OWEN IAN1Do1k
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OU Genus III d
week." said a clerk to me few days
ago. IA few dollars invested in mar
gins to-day will mean a hundred or
more in week."
He was sure of his ground; absolute
ly sure that he was right; so sure Of it
that he invested every dollar ne had
not many to be sure-in buying corn
on two-point margin. But Inc frost
scare was scare only, corn didn't go
up, 1t went down. My young friend
might have gotten out with q compare
lively small loss during the day, but
he was sure. In two days his margin
had been eaten up. There was nothing
left to re-margin his holdings, and his
money had gone to feed the bears"
A board Of trade man told me that
on the day following the first frost in
the west not less than $4,000 went into
buying margins on corn from LaSalle,
Dearborn and State street clerks and
the small retail merchants OF the city.
All of them with dreams Of fortune.
but who know nothing of the methods.
1t was $4,000 in feed for the bears"
This class of patrons of the board
are always bulls" 1t takes a crop
failure scare to get them to invest.
They never can see the possibility Of
a drop in the market-until they have
dropped all they have.
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Broadway's lamps. And while Their,

Rroadway's lamps. And while there
will be this year great falling of Of
the CHASTITY extravaganza Of ''Wall
street men" and chorus girls in res
taurants of fame. the ordinary audi
ences will be larger than ever. Pros
perity has not deserted the man who
never thinks of taking box.
Two things you cannot classify. Mrs.
Langtry is here again. She is a won
der by herself; no one else 10
in her class. It is not impolite to re-
call that she's grandmother when one
hastens to add that "she doesn't look
It," She will present another of the
semidecent society" plays which it
seems to be her settled policy to Sc
introduces the heroine in dressmak-
er's parlor being fitted to a new gown
gives an idea of the intellectual treat
she offers. In looking young Mrs.
Langtry has the disadvantage Of be-
ing rather big Little women of kit
tenish ways usually manage the trick
better than their strong, slow-moving
sisters. But Mrs. Langtry knows.
Overlapping all other productions
and revivals will be Manager Con-
reid's "Parsifal" in the great opera
house which must within five years
again move uptown. Widow Wagner's
shrieks against the production any
where else than in Bayreuth have adj
yertised the coming opera, but it hard
ly needed It. Conreid's skill and his
earnestness Of purpose have made New
York to put faith in him.
It is not a bad sermon on success
Conreid's career. Still a young man,
he made his way by managing an I'M
fashionable little German theater so
well that he was chosen to run the
greatest and richest opera house in the
world.
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revolutionists They are demanding at
long range governmental reforms for
Europe, which they did not dare de-
mand at home. Here no uniformed
official stands as censor over their pro-
auctions; they are not hustled of to
prison for les majestic; every revolu-
ton of their presses is not registering
a stroke from prison keepers whip
against them.
Carloads Of the product of these
presses are shipped annually to Europe
and cross the frontiers of the countries
for which they are intended without
passing under the eye of the customs
officials or the police. They go to
nussia, to Finland, to Hungary, to the
Balkan principalities. Many a poor
Russian Jew has paid the penalty Of
having a Chicago printed book found
in his home, but the work goes on day
in and day out. and the cry from
Europe is constantly for more. ~,
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON
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BUSINESS IN PORTO RICO.
bacco Since Americans Al.
sumed Control.

The two principal articles Of exporta'
tion in Porto Rico, sugar and tobacco
have increased from 27,56O,000 francs
and 3,161 800 francs in 1901 to 81, 975 900
francs and II, $50 900 francs the year fol.
lowing. The exports Of cigarettes and
of leaf tobacco have diminished, but the
diminution Is Of little Importance com
pared to the much higher value Of cigars
reports L'Economiste Francois.
The sugar cane plantations, BY the
employment Of modern methods are In
creasing, facilitated as they are by the
creation Of central factories, one OF
which has recently been started at Guam
lea. Notwithstanding the advances
made, there still remains much to be
done.
Coffee culture is extending rapidly.
The product of the present year amounts
to $50 900 bags During the last ten
years $500 acres have been devoted to
orange plantations. They plant about
20 trees to the acre, which yield in five
years about $4,000 oranges, which are
usually sold at the wharfs at the rate of
five francs q hundred. and this gives a
profit Of 1880 francs to the acre.
Cotton planting is about to be re-
newed The expectation Of cotton
reached 1000 bales in 1865. About 900, 900
acres will soon be set apart for cotton
plantations.
Many mining concessions have been
granted since the annexation Of the
island to the United States, but none,
SO far, has been worked with energy.
Gold, silver, iron, copper and bismuth
exist in the island, and also immense
beds Of tin, mercury, Ignite. yellow am
Der and nickel, without speaking Of the
lead mines.
The construction Of railroads is going
on rapidly. The entire system, It is ex-
pected, will be completed in less than
three years The French line, reorgan-
ICED under the name of the american
Railroad Company of Porto Rico" has
obtained new concession. It is now
occupied in finishing the network OF
railroads in the island. An electric
tramway has been started at Ponce.
line connects Bayamon with
San Juan, and it will soon be linked to q
steamboat line to Ponce.
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less, as Tammany pretended to be dem
ocratic, the republicans in the state
legislature changed the charter proyi-
sion SO as to require an election every
two years. If they had left things
alone the city might now enjoy an en-
lightened. civilized and honest rule
for two years longer without worrying.
AS 1t is, the contest is between de-
cency, which has had q chance to make
some enemies in two years, against in
decency, which has had two years for
the people to forget how ,.ile it was.
do not suppose that Tammany, II 1t
wins, will dare be quite so rank as it
was from 1897 to 1901. That doesn't
pay. The quick return" financially
speaking, does not pay for the lasting
bad reputation. And since Brooklyn
was added to the city the Tammany
oligarchy in Fourteenth street does not
rule things with SO high hand as 1t
did in the little old city.
Because of the bad odor 1t was In In
1901. Tammany nominated Edward M.
Shepard. who. as q man, Is quite the
equal of Mayor Low. They did it not
because they wanted candidate Of
that kind. but because the case was
desperate. do not think they will re-
peat the experiment.
''Why don't you fellows nominate
man like Joseph G. Hendrix, II Shep-
ard won't run again." asked Tam
many man.
what would be the use?" he replied.
I'VE couldn't do anything with him II
we elected him. We might just as well
nominate the right kina Of man and
take our chances. Then IL we win we
win something worth while; and II the
- that's in now gets
back, at least our people won't hold IN
responsible for not getting them Of
fees"
This frank explanation causes me to
predict the nomination by Tammany !
Of some amiable man of good personal
character, but easy to manage" II
elected. Such nomination will be the
of fusion. But hardly any
one in his senses expects such ma
jority as the winning ticket had two
years ago. when Brooklyn alone gave
Low almost 10000 plurality.
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lenger. Mr.. George Watson had again
with Shamrock III a fuller bodied boat
than the craft selected by the Ameri-
cans for the defense of the cup; but
in the recent sefies Of contests this
state of affairs was reversed, the Re
lance being much more fuller bodied
boat than the challenger, besides being
a great deal flatter on the floor.
How much We have progressed since
Puritan, the first cutter built for the
defense of the cup, was launched, will
be seen from a comparison OF the di-
mansions of tie boat with those OF Re-
lance, whichtis probably the most ex-
IRENE craft ever built in the history OF
The racing for the cup. Puritan meas
urea 81. feet on the water line. as
against, 1886 feet of Reliance. The
spinnakefboom OF the one was 81 feet,
as compared with the modern boats
1916 feet. The main gaf. too. shows
what has been done in the way OF in
creased sail area Puritan had spar
II feet in length TO contrast with the
Reliance's 71.9o feA It Is, however. II
the huge spread OF canvas which can
be carried with safely that one notes
the great advance modern ideas
Reliance sprea6 5000 square
feet as AGAIN. IS 1882 square
Ieet.
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Burme.e Tux-of-war.

In Burma the inhabitants have novel
form Of the sport that elsewhere is COM
monty called tug Of war. In the Bur-
mese game there is a rain party and q
drought party, who pull one against the
other, the victory Of either party being
considered to have immediate results as
regards the weather. The drought par
ty, however, obtains few victories, for
the kind of weather 1t represents is COM
monty not so much desired as rain. In
the face. therefore. Of strong public
opinion the rain party is nearly always
allowed to win. the palpable ''roping,"
in the popular notion, being generally
followed by fertilizing downpour.-
Chicago Daily News.
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the SUM districts
of the West Side
more than SO
printingpressesar are
running, the out
put OF which Is
never intended for
readers Of this
country. It is
shipped to Europe
to foment trouble
for the crowned
heads of that con-
tinent.
The men who
run these presses
are not anarchists
or socialists. They
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low and sell when 1t is high" is Rookie
feller's advice But the perplexing
question to be solved is where is
bottom and where is top?" Make your
deals fit your pocketbook, and IT you
are wrong in your estimation OF the
market get out with as small loss as
possible, and in on the right side.
An acquaintance, one Of the conf
dent kind, was going to pile up the
start of fortune at the time OF the
last scare. Two hundred dollars was
his working capital. Had he been wise
he would have laid away half OF 1t as
insurance against the possibility of his
being wrong, but he wasn't wise. He
staked every cent of his 5000 for rise
in corn at q two point margin, and
corn didn't raise. I saw him the fol-
lowing day on the sidewalk in front of
the board. He hadn't cent to his
name. He might have saved part of
his capital by selling before the drop
had passed the mark of his margin,
but he didn't like to begin as loser
even though for small amount. Had
he sold corn when corn went down
half a point he would still have had
$50 to get in on the other side. The
hand at the business would
have done that, but he was not ex-
he was playing the other
mans game, and, as usual, the other
man got the money.
There are two things that tend to
success on the board of trade. One is,
don't be too sure" The other is,
don't be afraid to take a small loss
In order to save bigger one" But for
The novice there is but one sure way
of beating the board. and that is, keep
out"
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the other mans
game too much
must be taken for
granted. I have
known dozens of
them who have
tried 1t, and few,
IL any, of them
have succeeded.
Some do succeed,
to be sure, though
the class is not
numbered among
my acquaintances.
but the successful
ones are never
plungers. They
never put all their
eggs in one basket.
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SHUT Ou GOTH
to note the anxiety
caused by the
threatened visit of
Jack Frost. It
could be done in
Chicago quite as
well, for there are
corn fields in Chi
cago.
An authority on
the subject esti-
mates the corn
crop of Chicago at
not less than 10000
bushels annually.
That sounds like
an estimate of a
good corn county
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wonen Sell Newspapers.

Scattered along Park Row. New
York, there are about q nalf-dozen
women who sell papers. In the process
sion Of half-million which passes
daily during business hours there are
thousands who prefer to buy their pa
pers from them. A sentimental con-
sideration makes many steady GUS
toners.
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the democratic ma
chinery. Many hon
est democrats vote
its ticket because
1t is called demo.
cratic. Many 9TH
ers who would
rather support old
"Nickie Ben" him
self for a local Of
flee than the Tam
many nominee, do
vote for the demo-
cratic legislative
and congressional
candidates. Next
year is presiden-
fial uoar Tan
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Undoubtedly True.

"There's one redeeming feature about
seasickness," observed the man who had
Just crossed the pond.
Come out with the explanation, said
the party who was anxious to get wise.
sIt makes fellow forget all his other
troubles, replied the amateur traveller.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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f,VVV CuOEuS girls,
all pretty, or as
nearly SO as man
ayers can provide,
have been drilling
In New York for
local and road pro-
auctions. 8 u c h
plays q 9 "T h e
Wizard of o." the
''T b re 9 Little
Maids" and the like
mo use to give
nameE they are
all Alike-can
count upon good
. u d lie noes for
months at a time