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The Washington times., 1908-05-20
PRICES FOR TODAY ON
NEW YORK EXCHANGE

Quotations furnished by W. B. HIbbs &
Co. bankers and brokers' Hibbs Building.
members New York Stock Exchange, Wash
IEads.)
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Standard oil is now up 10 go.
Experience ~ a back number on
Wall Street" The pace has been so
steadily upward that the accustomed
reactions have not mateTiahzed. No
past experience has been just like the
present. But then there are days COM
Ing that viii be just Ike those OF last
October.
T. S. Realty 5s, that have been sell
ing IN the SOS for some time. are up 10
79. They pay per cent AM are Sc
cured by New York realty. Better than
railTIad bonds.
Total sales yeste ay, 1924 shares.
That's going some likewise.
Standard oil promises an increase in
capital stock. The price Is too high for
the use Of the shares as collateral and
the Increase is essential. Banks will
not loan on stocks that have a value
i've timee in excess OF par value.
japanese aus are .,uoted at 8sls. U.
S. IS are 123.
Proflt-taking did the business yester-
day afternoon
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START WORK TODAY
ON PINLICO TRACK
Banking Course for Auto
mobile Races on Decora-
ton Day.

a force OF men was put TO work this
morning 20 put the historic course of
Pimlico IN condition for the hundred
mile championship automobile race on
Decoration Day. May 30.
Much work must be done 70 harden
the track and put It IN fast condition
for automobile racing. and the work
will be continued from now on until
the day OF races. and from the outlook
many records are expected 10 be broken,
as some Of Americas and Europes fast
est cars Will compete.
Manager Cassidy, this morning re-
ceived the entry Of the Pullman car.
This car has been successful IN all track
meets, and made a great showing at the
Labor Day races held here last season.
When 1t was well I'D in the lead. going
at a terrific rate il lost a tire which
was due 70 placing il back couple OF
places In the race. The Pullman people
state that the car viii arrive here
about four days before tae races, and
everything will be done 10 have the car
IN its best condition to make a creditable
showing.
One OF the entries just received was
the Autocaf, which was a very popular
starter in the last Labor Day races
which finished second They also will
START active training a week before the
races that their car will be in its best
condition. Il. II. Freas, who drove such
a remarkable race at the Gentlemen S
Driving Park last Labor Day, and who
was one OF the most popular drivers in
the races, will again pilot the AutocaT.
At the office Of the Motor Car Racing
Association, IL was stated this morning
that entries Just received includes the
Oldsmobile and Acme cars. Both or
these entries, which are important ones
no doubt will be received with public
favor, as the OldsmObiie has been we'll
known and been In almost every notable
event since the beginning OF the sport.
and has won many notable events, both
In frack ana road races
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Standard Oil IS now up 10 $50.
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THE CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished by f F. Hutton &
Co. members New York Stock Exchange.
1901 ? street northwest)
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Prohibiting did the business yester-
day afternoon
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and the ice-ciad mail boat Hegg are pic
tsresque, II is to the dog sledge teams
thIt dare the ICY trails OF Alaska, laden
with sacks marked Z, y. NJ, that the
palm for daring must be awarded. One
OF these trails that from the posto flee
at Barrow TO Kotzehue by way OF FoiSt
Hopes SO dangerous that only two
trips year by land are arranged for by
the postotfice authorities, and only 100
pounds Of mall matter Of all classes can
be delivered by the postodiCe authorities.
DRIVEN INSANE ~ HARDSHIPs.
II was only last January thar George
Blain. a halfbreed. used 10 the icy trail
and wise in native tricks TO maintain
life and follow the right road during the
Arctic winter nights. lost his way be-
tween Kotzebue and Council two little
Alaskan snow bound villages. For three
days he wandered bllndly with bis half
maddened dogs dragging the little sledge
on which the mail sacks were piled.
Finally. at Kotzebue Sound, he lost his
way In q tremendous snowstoFm aud bis
ban ds and feet became frosthitten. When
be staggered into Council, George Blain,
United States letter-carrier. was violently
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TT IS trite saying that the AHeri-
cans are developing into a nation Of
globe trotters. and are becoming far
lions of the old world than with the
beauties Of their own country. Thus
many a person who has scaled Alpine
Heights. or reveed IN the beauties OF
the Rhine. may dwell in absolute lgnor-
Rnce of the sublime magnihcence Of the
Yosemite and the Yellowstone, or the
grandeur Of Niagara.
1t is small wonder, therefore, that right
at our very doors lies one Of the most
famous beauty spots of the world, con
corning which the general public has very
meager knowledge, indeed. The Isle OF
Pines, while not one Of Uncle Sans
possessions, Is at least under his pro
tectorate during the present administra-
tion of affairs in Cuba. and is entitled
TO more attention on the part Of the
American people than It has received.
Pocket Edition of the Tropics.
Size is not one of its claims to dis
tinction. As a matter OF fact. II Is no
larger tnan the average county In the
States. II Is about 80 miles wide by
80 miles long, and comprises some 800
GOO acres. all told. To the man who Is
accustomed 10 the broad sweeps OF
country afforded by the Panhandle or
the plains Of Wyoming. Il might appear
to be merely a pocket edition of the
tropics. 5-t a closer examination would
reveal the fac' that II is, indetd. q
Jewel with a superb setting.
Discovered by Columbus.
History tells Us that the Isle of Pines
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King Edwards Sister An
Author.

In the British royal family the Kings
youngest sister. Princess Henry OF Bat
tenburg. is the only real literary mem
Der. and she is also quite alcnted com
poser. Her Royal Highness has recently
completed history OF the Isle OF Wight,
of which she Is captain and governor,
and II is 10 he published ana sold for
the benefit OF the island,
Princess Henry's first published book
was translation OF a German fairy
tale and her hrst musical composition
was song written 10 a lyric by Lord
Beaconsneld, which was published In
girls paper.
Her most ambitious effort. however. is
her book on the mysteries Of life and
death, published in Germany under the
title of frost I'm Tede," by b. von
E. Although printed in English for prl-
vate circulation, II has never been pub
ished 10 England or America.
II was written during the FIRST year OF
the grief after the death Of her husband.
and contains passages which reveal very
fine character and quite exceptional pow
ers OF thought and expression
The Princess literary gifts IRE lnheF-
tied by her daughter. he queen Ut Spaia,
who wrote short pily IN French foe
the members OF the court AZ san Sehas-
tiAn. Queen Victoria Eugenie ms con-
siderable knowledge Of dramatic tech
nique. acquired In private theU1ricas az
Carlshr0oke Castle. IN which she used 10
take a prominent parI every year before
she was married to The King of Spain.
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was discovered by Columbus In 1894.
having been christtned Evangelist
Island" by that intrepid navigator. Its
present name, lisa de Pinos" or isle
Of Pines" Is OF later origin; so called,
It is said, by reason Of the large number
of beautiful pine trees that are native
to the island. this being unusual for
semitropical country.
Mountains and valleys.
A strip Of salt water and o marsh di.
dded the island into two parts The
lower section, containing some 2OO.oO0
acres, abounds 10 mahogany. ebony and
other precious woods, while the upper
section, some 100000 acres. affords 10 It's
mountains. hills and valleys rare yistas
OF scenic beauty. even riyaiing the
Bahamas The mountains ana bills are
covered with forests which include the
stately royal palm and magnificent Plies,
the latter ranging from 90 to 100 feet 10
height In addition g these are great
masses OF shrgbbery. sfording a not OF
color and luXuriance s9ch IS may be
found only In a tropical or semltropicai
country. Flowers Of rare beauty ana
fragrance grow In bouudless profusioB
ana form verliahle carpet of ricbesi
coloring. The trees are Oiled with birds
Of the mos. brilliant piumage. adding
gayety to the scene. and forming q pic.
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American cattle immune to the rinder-
pest. but SO far without success. There
fore the water buffaloes continue tc he
all Uncle Sam can depend on 10 haul his
mall sacks IN the wilder sections of the
land Of the Filipino
The handling of all mails IN the Phil
ippine Islands, curiausly enough. has
nothing to do with the PostotIice Depart
nlent, II comes under the Jurisdiction Of
the War Department and incidentally the
practical part Of the managing is done by
the Bureau OF Insular Affairs, at the
head OF which is BrIgadier General Clar-
tnce Ransom Edwards. who By the way.
did come fine. soldlerly fighting In the
Philippines and knows personally the con-
dttions in the islands and the needs OF
the population. both native aud acquired.
The view shown of the Benguet mail
and military road shows that great high
way as 1t is vending north from Manila
on It's way into the recesses of the islat
and so to Luzon. where II strikes of in }
small native trails Only native bearers
can venture TO endure the final journey
to deliver mail TO jungle points of the
interior.
In such cases the mail carriers not only
convey mail. but also provisions and other
commodities. In many cases these car
riers are the sole method OF communi-
eating with the outside world Of ciyiliza-
ton.
Despite the curious looking auimals and
quaint carts tue United States mail is
just as sacred in character In the jungles
of the Philippines as on Broadway. New
York.
At hrst toe ratives continually attacked
and robbed the mails, but the War De-
partment merely detached a few hard
riding, rapid shooting American soldiers.
and since then there has been no molest-
ing the United States mail, in even the
widest sections OF the islands.
QUEER CARRIERS IN HAWAII.
Over in the Hawaii Islands Uncle Sam
has q letter carrier who uses a small
gasoline launch just once week so that
the business men of kawaihae. Lalamilo
and Kiholo Bay and KAiua can receive
their mail ana hear how things are pro-
crossing In the remainder of these United
States and the rest of the worI4 In gen
eral. These folk will be week In learn
ing whether a national election has gone
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the rich old spanish mansions. one OF
which IL the winter home Of Thomas
keenan,, a wealthy Pittsburg business
man This mansion " located on the
side Of mountain aear rich quarry Of
the finest ouyx Others baye built mod
ern American bones Among this latter
class " W. G. Schultz. n Fond du Lac
tWisD business man, who has lived on
the Island for some seven years, ana
who built the Hrst American residence
10 be erected In the city Of Santa Re.
Climate IL Ideal.
All visitors to the Isle Of Pines agree
that It's climate IL idenl Tempered daily
by the trade winds. heavens choicest
gift TO the tropics, the extremes Of both
heat and cold are avoided and frost Is
unknown. This makes II a winter para
disc, bur the Island IL really seen at ~
best during the mouths Of April. May
and June. AT that time the tree and
p'ant life take on new beauties and the
panorama OF color reaches It's climax.
One OF the pecuiiar'ieV " the island
is its apparent freedom from storms Of
violent character While Cuba has
suffered from tins to time from hurri-
canes and cyclones the iIttle island. only
- miles away, hes been practically inn
mune FROM them. This IT Is believed.
r. due 10 the fact tlat It IS protected on
three sides by CHba and Is afforded sull
further protection by numerous keys.
Two Good Towns
There are two goods towns on the Is
land One the tlly ~ Santa Fe, with
an elryatioH ~ 800 fee above sea level,
and having ITS port ut Iucnra Then
there is N5eta Corona on the 9TH side
81 ibs isinnd the Two town. ,yslng inly
y miles apart aud c0nnec'pI by beau
ufui calzada. which forms au ideal drive.
A Fine Pleasure Ground.
The Isle " Pines affords a nne pleas
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are ground for those who enjoy hunting
and fishing While there is no large game
on the island, M abundance Of quaI. Wild
pigeon. ducks ard sand hin crane make
good shooting The rivers abound 10 fish.
most Of these being of the 'gamey sort,
while Holsters, too. are found. The manT
clusters aud chains Of small Islands sur
rounding the coast make it one of the
most delightful places for yachting. Low
ers Of this truly royal sport nay spend
the winter in comfort, sailing about the
island. fishing and incidentally engaging
IN that most entlcing sport Of tortoise
shell hunting.
The Social side.
Though the American population OF the
Isle % Pines was confined To dozen
or 50 people no longer ago than 1901. Il
now numbers about 1900, and the social
side OF life 10 not being neglected. There
are church societies and schools. while al
Santa Fe the Hibiscus Club an organlza-
tion with a membership Of score or
more OF ladies, meets regularly aud fol
lows out lines OF WORK not far different
from those taken up by womau's clubs
10 the States
The Men.
ne men on the iNlaud-Weh. mere y
what Richard Harding Davis, the we'll
known novelist, has to say OF them after
visiting the island: The men ] met
anc / went all over the lslnud-wers
genuine settlers They were men wis
had sold their farms 10 the States an6
had come 10 the Isle OF Pines to make
a new home and were busy as bees ia
making It. These men are as
hne representatives. Of the American OF
modest means az YOU Will md in any part
OF our country From every part Of IT
they have come. but chiefly from lows
aud Wisconsin"
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q - the average reader the delivery
Of letter through the United States
~ malls pictures only the regular and
neatly uniformed letter-carrier in shining
brass buttons who trips politely up the
front steps and hands IN letters from all
over the face Of lie earth Yet the let
ter-carrier, If the rost familiar method
Of receiving ones mail from the care of
Uncle Sam. is only one Of many schemes
employed by the government for disposing
OF the millions of letters annually turned
over to the Postohice Department
throughout the world.
For instance. Uncle Sam. aside from the
city delivery of letters and the rural free
delivery carriers, has regular contracts
by which letters are delivered by steam
launches. by sail boats and by teams Of
half-wild Alaskan dogs. In Porto Rico
Uncle Sam has native letter-carriers who
carry United States mall on donkeys; In
Samoa the relay runners carry the sacks
on their brawny shoulders as they race
for hundreds of miles through the Islands.
NATIVE FILIPINO RELAY RUN
NERs.
In the Philippines native runners thread
the jungle. cary 'Ig letters from home 10
soldiers in far-away posts on the very
outskirts OF utter savagery. On the su
perb military and mail roads constructed
by the United States War Department
crude native carts ereak their way FOR
hundreds Of miles, while In the primeval
wilderness OF the Filipino jungle strange
native carts. with solid wheels sawn In
a single piece from the round trunk of
some gigantic Filipino tree. keep the
mails moving toward the address, often
penued In some refined dra wingro in
a big American city.
Camels, aside from donkeys and big
eight-horse teams. are used TO draw
United States mail. In the Philippine
archipelago the strangest OF all the aui
mails which pull the United States mall
bags are found. They are the native
Filipino water buffaloes. Strange animals
are these. with uncanny humps on their
backs, and long thick horns. They alone
can be used so far In the Islands as
beasts Of burden, as the rinderpest still
continues to kill all oxen and similar
animals imported from other countries.
The government mas been for years try.
ting to find some one method Of making
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one wav or the other

one way or the other.
They were a week late In learning that
President Mckinley was shot aud that
Theodore Roosevelt had become Presi-
dent Of the United States. This letter
carrier has only 40 miles to cover. but
the overland trails are so bad that II
takes him over nine hours to make the
40 miles. The carrier draws salary OF
81, 100, but must pay all his own ex-
penses, so the JOB is no sinecure.
Another Hawaiian letter carrier has
the Job Of getting the letters from
Pahala to tho Volcano House He makes
the trip in about six hours Last year
he got Sizes Sc, and doubtless is con.
sldered a rich man by the natives Of the
island.
There are only II mails year at Page
Page. Samoa aud these come via Homo
lulu TO San Francisco. a distance Of over
5000 miles, 1t is details of this sort
which cast an educational light on the
queer places. and the vast distances Gov
cred by Uncle Sans letter-carriers
throughout the world.
IN ICY ALASKA AND THE YUKON
REGION.
The river Yukon Is not much known
TO the casual traveller or to the ordinary
citizen. Yet II is one Of the great rivers
of this continent. a river that vies with
the Mississippi and Missouri In volume.
and width, and is of vast length. Ou
this mighty river for certain periods
of the year the Northern Commercial
Company delivers all the United States
mail from the swift little launch, the
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Tea us. IN Ee12oYs 2<.Hla,Gf2

insane, but he still guarded the precious
sacks of letters. He had been four DAYS
making - miles, and he was so badly
frosibitten that he lost both bands and
nearly lost both feet
His mind be lost entirely and there is
no hope OF his recovery OF his reason.
according TO the physician at this outpost
OF civilization. Such are the meager de
tails OF this adventure of one OF Uncle
Sans letter-carriers In the frozen North.
The 'og sedges in an Important section
OF the Yukon and Alaskan district form
the only means OF delivering mail from
November until May But Uncle Sam has
arranged regular postoftices. and once q
month or once week, aud in few In
stances at least once day, the barking
dogs, half wolf In many instances strong
powerful and wholly savage. pull on the
little siedges piled high with mail sacks
aud the work OF keeping Americans IN
touch with the world at large goes on
despite death and suffering.
The dogs are usually harne SEQ tandem
to the number of half dozen The
sledges carry only the mail and the car
rier must foot the whole distance.
On the sledge VIII be few rations OF
dried meat and the snowshoes of the let.
ter-carrier At stations placed at varying
distances along the nearly Oblterated
trail IN the deep snow are log houses,
where food and 1rewood are stored. and
the letter-carrier usually stops here 10
eat, and II bis schedule permits. be
sleeps IN these snow bound huts.
But II the task OF carrying malls to
these out-of the-way places of the earth
IL hazardous and expensive. the Joy OF
the sojourners at distant points IN seeing
the familiar mail sacks, with the brand
United States Mail on them, is pitiable
TO behold
The bills for this ~ark are very high.
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Messenger" with speed Of IS knots.
1t is a mere shell and yet day after day
It drives its way around the shifting ice
blocks and through the thin skim of ice
on theYukou river on 1900 mile journey,
and has never failed ia the end TO de
liver the letter" as per agreement
But the photograph Of the mall boat
Hegg, which takes the mail 10 the iso-
lated point OF Fort Seward. at Halnes
Alaska, shows the most venturesome OF
all the water mail carriers of Uncle sam
The craft in the phsto is shown loaded
down with Ice, which has accumulated
aboard the vessel on one OF Der daring
trips through the Arctic waters.
The little vessel carries practically
nothing but the Invaluable mail PACK
ages. She is swift aud light. and her
daring crew drive her through Ice films
and around huge blocks Of Ice that would
deter any but the most hardy OF Arctic
mariners. Fort Seward lies Just back OF
the Begg, in the photograph. and this Is
probably the most northerly postoffice
with regular deliveries OF mail In the
whole world.
But while the water buffaloes OF the
Filipino, the donkeys of the Porto Riean
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may be grown withia a small area. in
one private garden Ia the city OF Santa
Fe Tor instance. may be found 81 differ
ebt kinds Of fruit. an growing aud ripen-
Ing 10 perfection, affordlng a continuous
fruitlng season Of ~ months in the year.
Ia other nearby gardens may be found
tare plants trsnspianted from jamaica.
the Bah8mrs aud other tropical and semi
trys teal countries 20 ndorn tbe grounds
0f the yel-to-do residents Of this Titus
islaud and, Incidentally. 70 charm the
eye 81 the casual iaitor and impress him
with the ssiubtious climate Of the place.
Among me trees gsed for ornamental pur-
poses may be mentioned the Spanish
Laurel lt grows to an immense size
one specimen which adorns the public
pers at Santa - measuring 10 feet IN
dihmeter. NO. few u the American
residents have undertaken to rehabllitate
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ton ~ specially favored classes Is not n
fruitful one for the German treasury.
Sew taxes wlih increase 10 old ones,
hare been levied twice within the last
I've years. aud still the treasury Is ln sore
need How great is that nes9 s. shown IN
strlkiog manner ~ o comparison sith
Great Britain.
have paid ~ . dent Of s225 .0D0.Op9. 80
the sane zine the debt Of Germany has
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how thls one-slded distribution OF the
right Of represe1'stio. affects the action
Of the government '-l'ae AgrsTIans llant
owners. especially the Prussia f--fers
govern the government Hud have been
for many years. even the imperial
parliament. e lesdiuZ influence" The
tesal. is thst q ascai legi2iB ton Lss
increased the burden Of c3ns8r7 ipg
masses enormously duties on h-eadsteBf.
% meats. on butter, 90 Ffd 81 sn The
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neoessa-ies and commodities Of iise, -
have become higher egsf before.
The doctor estimates that Tor the t@4,-
OOp0DO levied % wheat and rye The Coo
sumers pay II East k.10,JOJgoq sG-
odqly
Iass ig phenomenon ~ sort familiar
fo0a turterinls, as We export iustsa9 o.
n cur own co11tr-, ts09gh We &c not tan
importing. ttstc
TITS syytefs o. taxation ,oz abe protec-
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has been made BY the Cuban government
for road building. sanitation and pubic
buildings since the Nago0n administra-
ton was inangarated. and Il Is expected
that so additional appropriation Of SIOl,-
900 viii be made in the uext bulge:
These roads which connect the two
more important towns aud ore tapped by
iutersectiag roads reaching TO all parts
Of the island appeal siike to the bi.
cycle rider the borsemau and the an
tomobiIist They are So Themselves IN
element Of beauty a. well % utility. and
pave contributed 10 email part TOWARD
the Favorable impression made on Visitors
variety fn Fruits As Wei nE
scenery.
The diversity 81 island scenery found in
vslleys, on hill sod mOButainside has
counterpart in the variety Of fruit acas