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The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
The Growth of Bananas

case;. the stem bends under the
weight of the fruit, and this brings
it into directly the opposite position,
with the large ends of the stalk up
anG, the fringeS pointing toward the
sun.
A word Of explanation concerning
some banana terms. Each banana is
called finger" and each of these
little clusters of fingers surrounding
stalk is called "hand";; the quail
ity and value OF each bunch depend
on the number Of hands it has. Some
may wonder how the fruit is cut from
the top of plant fifteen feet above
the ground. The native laborers cut
the stalk part way up it's height. the
weight of the fruit causes the stalk
to slowly bend over until the bunch
Of bananas first nicely reaches the
ground, then the bunch is cut Oft
with the ever-ready machete and car
ried to the river or railroad for ship
ment. The plant at the same time is
cut close to the ground. The banana
is a very prolific reproducer of itself,
and at every cleaning of the land it is
necessary to cut down many of the
young plants or suckers" as they
are termed, in order that they may
not become overcrowded up to a GER
tain limit; the less suckers on
given area the larger the fruit they
will produce.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

A Well-known oculist, who has an
office on West Seventh street, while
discussing some of the various de-
fects of the human eye which are not
noticeable to the ordinary observer,
had this to say about color blind peo-
pie.
"The world must be curious place
to color-blind people, of whom there
are forty males and three females to
every 1000 persons. Some are blue
yellow blind, and everything seems
either red, green or gray to them;
others are red-green blind, and all
things appear to them to be yellow,
blue or gray Of various shades, and
others, again, perceive no distinction
Of color at all, but the whole world
wears an unchanging aspect of dull
gray.
ITO these last a visit to a picture
gallery would reveal merely a collec-
tion of engravings or photographs.
But the two former have the compen-
sation Of seeing their own two colors
much more brightly than ordinary
people.
1.-THE color blind do extraordinary
things at times. An officer of the
navy went one day to buy material
for coat, vest and trousers He
bought blue coat and red trousers,
believing them of the same color. A
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Are Of Scotch Descent

The prevalence of Scotch names
with the Creek and Cherokee Indians
has at various times been the source
of some comment. Although other
nations and in fact, nearly every ma
tion is represented by the names
borne by these people, the Scotch
names are far more numerous and
have suffered less change than those
acquired from any other nation. The
names of some of these Scotch In
dians are closely allied with the his
tory of these two nations for the last
100 years, and for several generations
such names as Mcintosh. McKellup,
McCombs, Adir, Mcqueen and McGil-
livary are registered on nearly all the
treaties and official papers of moment
in either nation. Men bearing these
names to-day are among the foremost
of the progressive Indians.
The News Of Okmulgee gives this
account of the origin of these Scotch
names:
GAS was stated, the origin of these
Scotch names dates back over 100
years. At that time the Creek and
Cherokee Indians, more especially,
bent their efforts toward building up
a nation of physically perfect men.
The women were encouraged to mate
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

There is a vast amount OF ignOr-
ance prevailing among intelligent
people Of the North concerning the
growth, production and marketing of
bananas. Many people imagine that
the natives in tropical climes step out
OF their huts in the early morning
and pluck and eat bananas fresh
from the plant, the same as they
would oranges and other fruits.
Bananas ripened on the plant are
not suitable for food, and would be
much the same as the pith which is
found in the northern cornstalk or
elder. Bananas sold in the United
States, even after travelling 5000
miles in a green state, are every bit
as good as bananas ripened under a
tropical sun. This is probably true
OF no other export fruit. The plant
OF winch bananas are the fruit is not
a tree, nor is it bush or vine. It is
simply gigantic plant, growing to
a height OF from fifteen to twenty
feet. About eighteen feet from the
ground the leaves, ofttimes eight feet
long, come out in a sort of cluster.
from the center of which springs a
bunch of bananas. These do not grow
with the bananas pointing upward.
naturally, and if the stem grew
straight they would hang exactly as
seen in the fruit stores and grocers'
windows. This, however, is not the
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

1.-The most wonderful instance of
memory" said Bernard L. Houghton,
commercial traveller, who has been
going down through New England for
fifteen years, and who was approached
by writer for this paper at the Bos-
ton Tavern last week, "occurred few
years ago at Squantum, Mass, across
the harbor from Boston.
"A society of commercial drummers
called the Shutter club had given a
banquet at Young's Hotel and had in
vited George Francis Train as a guest.
In the afternoon we all went down to
Squantum.
''Train and party of us sat on the
piazza of the Squantum inn and the
old man was telling stories about his
youth in Boston and Waltham after
his family had been wiped out by yel-
low fever in New Orleans.
"I came down here on a Sunday
school picnic on the Fourth of July,
1887 said Train. During the after
noon the superintendent of the Sun
day school gave talk upon old In
dian days, and showed us youngsters
how the savages made their toma-
hawks. With heavy stone he
knocked out a rough Indian stone
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

A nine hundred dollor paper gown
was the sensation of a recent cotton
and paper costume ball given by the
aristocracy of Brussels, says the New
York Times. This unique and costly
creation was worn by a princess of
the blood royal. The trappings of
the lay figures in paper pattern stores
are fashioned largely of tissue, while
this of their rival in the flesh was of
crepe paper, so skillfully, so deftly
made that it might easily be mistaken
for crepe de chine or any of the crink-
ly fabrics now so fashionable.
rs it possible to put 5000 into the
making of paper dress?" was asked
O. the largest crepe and tissue paper
manufacturer in the world, whose
shop is in downtown New York.
Not impossible in Brussels, per-
haps, but hardly possible in the United
States,' was the reply. "The price of
such a costume would depend largely
upon the art with which it was fash
Toned and decorated rather than the
intrinsic value of the paper used.
mere is no end, however, to the
money that may be put into fancy
paper costume. The main cost is in
the decoration, which is largely floral.
AS much art and skill and hand labor
are expended these days in the max
ing of paper flowers as in the finest
outputs of muslin, silk or velvet used
in French millinery. The results ar
tlst1cally are rapidly becoming not
whit less beautiful and equally as dur
able. The cost of finest paper flow
ers is scarcely less than that of hot
house American Beauties or any
choice natural flower out of season,
If horticulture may be said now to
have any season that is not it's own.
The value of the paper flower for
most purposes lies in it's lasting quail
ity. The Brussels dress was doubt
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

are done in this way with charming
effect. The table lamp and gas jets
are likewise decorated.
The entire decoration of this room,
the apartment of an original Brooklyn
girl whose skilled hands work mir.
acles in paper and paste, was made
out of six rolls of the decorative and
eight rolls of the plain crepe paper.
Aside from the bed and curtains for
three windows there were two pill
lows, two table covers, and odd bits.
The whole cost of the material was
$3.50. With reasonable care it will
stand six months wear without be-
coming soiled or shabby looking. In
climates where coal is not used it will
remain clean much longer. Aside
from the saving of laundry bills the
whole is easily folded up and laid
away, and in travel takes up very
little space in a trunk. Therein lies
it's great utility to college girls or
women on the move who cannot live
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

sign is pink and pale yellow chrysan-
themums brocaded on white back
ground having all the bas-relief rich
ness of the costliest satin brocade.
The brOcade comes in ten-foot rolls,
forty-two inches wide. Three strips
the length of the bed are ample to
make a cover for a double bed.
BY cutting one strip in two and
crinkling the edges by pulling it
through the hands, a narrow ruffle
effect is secured. In the illustration
a strip of this description is adjusted
down the center of the cover The
strips are put together with paste spe-
cially made for the purpose. 1t dries
quickly and is as strong and durable
as machine sewing. The deep flounce
or valance hanging from the frame of
the bed meets the spread, giving the
finishing touch to the whole. The
flounce is made of plain pink paper.
The plain paper also comes in ten
foot rolls, but is only twenty inches
wide. The canopy is draped in the
plain pink with the brocade forming
the lambrequln effect over the top
The bolster roll is covered with one
width of the brocade and tied with
punches Of wide pink satin ribbon.
To make the curtains for ordinary
bedroom windows cut strip of the
brocade the length of the window,
then split it into three parts. Like
wise cut the plain pink into three
strips. BY deftly pulling the edges
through the fingers ruf11e effect is
secured. Hang the plain pink over
white scrim or lace curtains. Then
over the plain pink, leaving the ruff
fle effect exposed, hang the brocade.
In the same way, as taste may dictate,
drape the plain pink and brocade over
the top Of the window to form the
lambrequin. in keeping with the
draped curtains. The three windows
OF the room shown in the photograph,
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Annoyed the Professor.

I'm college there was one professor
who was little crusty at times" said
Ulysses S. Lutz, one of the city's en-
gineers, "and he was apt to reply
somewhat impatiently to what he con
sidered idle or haphazard questions.
"Once, while explaining to the stu.
dents the difference between the true
and the magnetic poles, he drew at.
tention to the fact that the magnetic
pole was located quite distance from
the true one.
"Filled with wonder, l asked: why
is that, pTofessor?'
''The professor looked witheringly
at me for a moment, and then replied
in exasperated tones:
"Now, how in the world do I know
I didn't place it there!"- York
Times.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Where Our Presidents Are Buried

Where Our Presidents Are Buried,
The strangest thing, perhaps, in the
history of Washington is that not one
of the dead presidents of the republic
is buried there. The majority of them
sleep IN town or city cemeteries near
the homes from which they came to
the White House. The fact that none
OF the tombs OF the presidents is in
Washington is eNplicahle when it is
considered that none Of them have
made their homes in WASHINGTON
after going out of Office
Another strange fact is that only
two cemeteries hold the bodies of
more than one of the presidents. John
Adams and John Quincy Adams both
lie in the Congregational burying
ground in Quincy, Mass, and Tyler
and Monroe lie in Hollywood GENE
terry, in Richmond Five of the presi.
dents were buried in Virginia, four
each in Ohio and New York, three in
Tennessee, two in Massachusetts, and
one each in New Hampshire, Ken.
tucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana and H.
linOiS.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
In the Cozy Corner.

less richly trimmed in fine flowers,
withs myriads of electric lights hidden
in the petals, which would greatly en-
hance thc cost, since batteries range
in price from 500 to $780,"
How much of the worlds wealth is
ON paper is pretty generally unde.-
stood, but how much is literally IN
paper is yet to be reckoned. Since
the Introduction in this country of
crepe paper, some fourteen years ago,
it has made rapid strides in popular
favor, largely displacing in household,
theater sAld personal decoration many
silk and cotton stuffs formerly deemed
Indispensable.
Crepe paper is an American enter
prise. To such perfection has it been
brought by the chemist and machine
power that the beautiful hand-printed
paper stuffs imported from Japan may
be had here now with a beauty of de-
sign and .delicacy of coloring that baf-
f1e the cOnnoisseur familiar with the
art of the Orient, while the cost is
within reach of modest purses. Of
such sturdy fibre and exquisite tex
ture are many Of these crepe papers,
to be bought by the roll in every dry
goods store or stationary shop, that
they are no longer confined to the
purely decorative, but are being util-
lied for every day wear in the shape
of kimonos, hats or boas. The paper
hat, once restricted to the stage or
found in bonbons or at children's par
ties, is now seen on the head of fash
ion, not only at social functions, but
in the street.
The extent to which paper flowers
are used by florists in church and
house wedding decorations is secret
of the trade. In window and ceiling
decorations they are most effective
and defy detection. The makers have
the satistaction Of >beholding the
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

DR.. Bull of New York, the famous
appendicitis expert. is suffering, not
from appendicitis, but from intestinal
indigestion, and instead of obeyi4g the
injunction, physician, heal thyself,'' -
he called in three other expert doctors
right away.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Shrewd Scheme of Japanese.

"This Japanese war reminds me-"
said an old time Bath (Me.) sea cap
tain, "of the earlier times before ia
pan was so free with other nations as
she is to-day. In those days, when a
foreign ship entered the Japanese
ports the captain was obliged to place
his Bible and rudder in charge of the
chief officer of the port, and leave it
there until he was ready to sail. Of
course he wouldn't sail without either,
and the Japs could easily keep tabs
on the movements of all ships in their
h&rbOrS. - r"H. ~ ~ ~ .sr.I
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

A Pittsburg Sunday school teacher
vouches for the story that New Zea-
land whale not long ago swallowed a
man and then delivered him, safe and
sound, to light again. This ought to
silence the -heterodox brethren.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Turkey is buying 100000 Mausers,
perhaps under the impression that it's
Macedonian subjects are not enjoying
life as they should.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Marquis Ito has been presented
with house in the Korean capital.
After docking at pictures of few Ko-
rean houses we are not disposed to
believe that Ito has much to brag
abOut
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

The illustrious Bob Fitzsimmons
has gone into training for his next
great struggle, which will be that o.
conducting restaurant on the pike
at the st. Louis exposition. It may
be that he aspires to the honor of
being the champion heavyweight cook
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

A big gun that is being cast at
Reading, Pa, is TO have range OF
thirty miles. It may yet come to pass
that shot may not only be heard
around the world but fired around as
we'll.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
A Bedroom of PAPER,

without touch of the decorative and
homelike in their surroundings. A
college girl could fit up her room in
her favorite color or flower and have
flag decorations of any color or frater-
nifty she might choose, for the pen
nants of all college clubs are to be
had in crepe paper.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

King Menelik has glorious future
before him. He will bring to the st.
Louis exposition some ivory, tropical
fruits and the like and take back the
cakewalk, the rag time song, the opos.
sum and the persimmon.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Those physicians who insist that
eating apples will elevate the moral
standard seem to have forgotten what
happened to Adam and Eve.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

The town of Brookline, which it
costs $1,220.844 a year to run, con.
sumed 781. .279,636 gallons of water
last year. Total quantity of cham.
pagne consumed not stated.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

It is mentioned as one of the praise
worthy traits of the Duke of Cam.
bridge that he didn't forsake his wife
Has it come to pass that such a sac.
ritice is worthy of the worlds special
attention?
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

College athletes are wanted in ST..
Louis by the company that has the
roller chair concession. This looks
like a great chance for pushing young
men.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Perhaps the average man would as
soon fail for s17,OOO,0OO as for paltry
$5,000,000. What is the difference in
a few millions anyway to the man who
is eyerlastingly broke?
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Referring, as a Berlin paper does,
to King Leopold as 'al American
among monarchs," is as doubtful a
compliment as it would be to refer to
Harry Lehr as typical Belgian.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

A German journalist says that King
Leopold Of Belgium is the "American
among European monarchs." This is
the severest thing said about America
lately
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Fear that China will join Japan
should the first land battle be won
by the mikado ought not to worry
Russia. All she need do is to go out
and win that particular battle.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

1t was all up with the Bashostchad'
nj and the Stereguschtchi when they
went down entangled with their nom.
enclature.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Imagine Patti sitting in her state
room with her husband, cheerfully
counting the 100000, and tieing up
the bills in bundles, on her way
across.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

The Atlanta Constitution asks,
Should lawyer enter politics?"
Well, as practical question, it's large
ly question OF practice.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

ton will have a baseball club this
season. All doubt concerning the
team that will be at the tail end is,
therefore, removed.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Thought is the most wonderful
thing in the world. No man ever kick:
ed a bulldog after stopping to think
twice.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

1t is said the people Of the United
States "eat $15O,O00,O00 worth OF
candy in q year." Fudge!
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

The Anaconda Standard notes the
advent in its town of the first "robin. "
Graft or only porchclimbers?
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

A Boston paper has a half column
article on Huldah B. Todd. Let's see;
who is Huldah Todd?
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Travellers from Vladivostok report
that the winter there has been SO un.
unusally mild that the sea is now
frozen only six miles from the harbor.
How balmy!
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

In the slow motion of Russia there
is always something terribly sugges.
tive of "a glacier.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

"The horrors of war are unspeak
able" So are the names of the gen.
erals.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-14
Buques que deben Iiegar
y salidas de este puerto

Martin Saenz "-Debe haber salido
el 80 del ppdo de Barcelona para esta,
con las escalasde Mallorca, Torrevieja.
Valencia, Malaga, Cadiz, Tenerife y
Las Palmas.
Bergantin americana "John Nc
Derm omit t"-Procedente de New York
sali6 el 6 del corriente para este
puerto.
"Anselno de Larrfnaga" -Saldra de
Liverpool el 20 del actual para esta.
"Pio IX''-Saldra de Barcelona pa
a esta cor las escalas de costumbre
l 20 del corriente.
Philadelphia - Estara aquf pro-
cedente de la Guayra ell 70 del CO.
rriente y el mismo dfa saldra para
New York.
Caracas" = Con procedencia de
New York recalara el 20 del corriente
y seguira viaje al siguiente dfa para
la Guayra'
Saint Simon" "-2etornara hacia ell
y del corriente y continuara viaie pa
ra Europa.
'CataIufia Del 20 al p del CO.
rriente recalara y saldra para Cana
rias, Caliz, Barcelona y Geneva.
Julia "-Debe estar aquf el 10 del
corriente procedente de Ia fIabana Y
escalas de costumbre.
"San Juan '--Saldra probablemente
maflana de New Orleans para esta.
Un vapor de la Compaf11a Trasat
lantica estara aquf hacia el % del CO.
rriente para scguir viaje para la Ha-
bana y demas puertos de su ruta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-14

Anena es la forma encontrada por
el distinguido escritor Jose Leon Pa
gano, para hacer TN libro de vulgari-
zaci6n de literatos catalanes y caste
1lanos, valiendose de la intervit1 que
anima ell relate, que hace hablar al
escritor, que 10 pone en- acci6n 10
estudia con una exactitud, que pone
de relieve cuales son los meritos y los
talentos eXcepcionales del autor de
que estamos hacienda mencion.
La collection de tan interesantes in
tervi1s celebradas con los mas insig
nes escritores y poetas catalsnes y cas-
tellanos, ha sido tautizada por Leon
Pagano con este tftulo: "Al trav6s de
la Espaf1a literaria" y esta ebra de
necesidad para ,todo literato, vale
ochenta centavos los dos tomos y Sc
vende EN- la libreria del BoLETIN MER-
sCANTIL
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-14

Acaba de recibirse en- la 1ibreriadel
BOLETIN la importante obra titulada
Los pueblos hispano americanos en-
el sjglo Xxx" del ilustre historiador
seflor Beltran y Rozpide.
Sc eXamina minuciosamente en- el
nuevo interesante libro Ia situaci0n
politica y economical de los paises CEN
tro y sur-americanos, tocandole TN ca
p1tulo la cenicienta actual del eXpan-
sionismo emericano, Puerto-Rico.
Ell seflor Be1tran cons1dera merece-
dora de I'm juicio muy POGO favorable
la actitud del gobierno americana con
relacion Puerto Rico.
Precio de la obra, encuadernada:
$3.50.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-14

Sc han nombrado guardias especial
les de la Polic1a Insular para servir
durante tempo discrecional segtn
.6rden del seflor Gobernador, y para
prestar servicio en- Ell puesto de San
Juan, los individuos Aureliano Sierra
no, de Cataflo; Sebastian Aponte, de
San Lorenzo, y Candido Roman, de
Gurabo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-14

La gran biblloteca de Jurispruden-
<>1a, Filosofia { Historic, ha puesto I
la venta el libro de Mackenzie Walla
ce, titulado "Rusia-El pals-Las ms
tituciones-Las costumbres.
Els una obra de actualidad, que Sc
vende a ochenta y cinco centavos el
tomo, incluso el franqueo, en- la llbre-
ria del BOLETIN MERCANTIL.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-14

Por Ell Sr. Comisionado del Interior
Sc ha recibido el plano, de las carrete-
rss caminos vecinales de la isla pre-
parade per el Negociado de Obras pu-
blicas, siendo remitido hoy al ConceJo
Executive para su aprobacion. p:~~
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-14

Por la orden genera ndmero 81 de
fecha de aver firmada por el teniente
Ayudante de la policia insular don
Miguel Hurtado, Sc ha dispuesto que
los guardias Felipe Cabrera y Luis NJ.
Silen sean reenganchados en- ell cuer-
po por el tarmino dc 2 ai5os
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-14
$3.50.

Los cludS Red Ds. { Interior veri-
fcaran mafana por la tarde el desafio
que qued6 pendiente por el sabado
1ltimo en- vista de |. lluvla que zelna-
Sc.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-14

Los contratos de maestr0s que enVlo
aver la Jdnta escolar de Aguas Buenas
fueron devueltos nuevamente p0r ha-
Der sido extendidos sin llenar los re-
quisitos legales correspondientes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-14

Por ell seior Gobernador aver fue
ron nombrados concejales del Ayunta-
tamento de San Juan los se1ores don
America Salas, don Jose Maria Mar
xuach don Ramon Vif1as.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-14

Han sido aprobados por el Comisio-
nado instruction los contratoS de
maestros de Rio Piedras.