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Show v lautt TtwptiUsM. aaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa CAMP WIKOFF. BICYCLING TO AAMAAAAA4AAAAiA4 AAAAAi4 Si Facts ConCcrn'ni Porfo Rico The Trip Through the Famous Flukes to Reach the Foldiers. a Thousands Are Making the Tour to See the By the term of the treaty of peace co he Mgced by Spain and the United States as speedily a may be, we come, nhktever may become of the Pacific Islands, Into possession of Porto Rico and a doien small Islands of- - the West Ind.es, which under American control abould yield a comfortable revenue to the government. Porto Rico stone would provide a remunerative Investment for both American capital and butthe smallerjalanda are hot to be despised. They are collectively known as the Passage Islands, and comprise all tbs Islands and keys lying between the Virgin Passage and the east end of Porto Klco. The second largest of them Is Culebra Island, about sixteen miles to tbs eastward of Cape San Juan. as the northeast point of Porto Rico is called. It is six miles long by three broad Culebra Island, sometimes called Car-l- it or Serpent iajand, Is ons of s very Irregular outline. The northern shore Is steep and rocky and bare of harborage. On all the other side there are small Islets and reefs, which shelter good anchorages. The Island Is uninhabited It is of moderate elevation, broken and rugged and thkkly wooded, with scarcely a level spot on the surface Near the center It rises to a height of fifty feet. Near Culebra Is Northeast Csy, very 310 feet high and small, Byrd Cay, a trllle .thickly wooded. , larger, lies SOp yards from Northeast Cay. Byrd Cay Is a remarkably small, rocky Islet, sixty feet high. About x mile from R are two small rocky Islets fifteen feet or so high, snd 800 yards southeast are two more about eighty feet high. Culebrlta Islet, or Little Culebra, lies about a mil from Culebra. It, too, Is of Irregular shape, la 300 feet high and thickly wooded. From the highest part of tha Islet a thick, white light Is exhibited at an elevation of SOS feet, - and ia risible In dear weather nearly oval-shape- valuable that tne mireraU have bean In order to cultivate neg,ec-tethe vegetables Hun Juan is a city of 308 000 people. Tbe lubabl'am are Roman Catholics and are blabl educated. Tbs women are of inidd'p sire and are exquisitely formed They have all the coquetry of the. women of tbe tropics, and their and grace la the talk beauty, gt nUrm The harof all who visit the island. bor of Han Jui. u ia the beat In the West Indies One of tbe pruti lpal source x)l.. 11s revenue !a Its water supply. More than twenty islands of tht West Indies send Little boats sail up to it for water tbe harbor of Han Juan, load their tanka with water, and sail away again Poverty is unknown lu tbe Island. Every man owns bia hoise and every woman has her cblekep The principal sport of tbe Island la lock fighting. and the men. of. Porto Rico. fight with game cocks aa Madrid people indulge In bull fights There Is nothing but hospitality on the Island, and tbe traveler who hand out money offends bis host. A feature which strikes the traveler Is tbe root gardens, for 11 Porto Rico enjoys itself on the houawtup at night. The houses are bu41t a little off tbe ground, and to the dreamy person seeing them for the first time they look not unlike castles in the air built for pleasure, rather than for dwelling purposes. Tbe people have the habit of sleeping In the day and at night they do their shopping and visiting. This Is the custom in Australia and ether hot countries, and in Porto Rico it ia almost universal. Every man has his country house and town house. At time of carnival or celebration he takes his family to town and brings them back again when the which, called Hound or Settlement I3a, There is defended by a small fort. is a small tillage settlement there On the northern shore, of Crab island Is Port Mula, at the mouth of a little stream. It contains about 1,000 Inhabitants, ard ia the residence of the governor, who Is nomlna'ed by the captain general of Igprto Rico There la a lighthous erected at Mula Point, from which a fixed red light is exhibited. There It comparatively no trade excej 1 In rrutts and fish In this archipelago, but undoubtedly these islands are capable of development, and. will pay a fair revenue after they become a portion of the United States Their natural beauty Is unsurpaseeJ. and over them the trade wind U continually blowing, giving them a warm, delightful climate To the west of Porto Rico other island to become the property of the United Stale are Mona and Monica lying close together In the Mona Passage, and Desecheo Island, fust oil the northwestern coast. They Lave a total area of some BOO square miles, which, when added to 3,500 In Porto Rico, makes quits a respectable total. Port 'Rteo 'extends 87 miles from north to south and 100 miles laterally. Running across tbs Island from east to west Is a chain of mountains, tbe highest peak of which Is El Yunkue, It can be seen seven8,000 feet high. ty miles at sea. A magnificent shore signal could be raised there For commerce Porto RIcq Is perfectly adapted, for In Us small area there are 1,300 streams, 50 of which are navigable and could be used for commerce Sugar, coffee, tobacco, cotton, corn and potatoes are constantly shipped up and down these rivers, and wers Porto Rico to be fully cultivated many more streams could be opened and communication made between othera by means of canals, so that the entire Island would present a splendid system of waterways Who Have Returned From Santiago. York Thousand now making tin- long of ryilcrs i red troops, returning from Cuba for picturesque a well earned rest. From Montauk station to the Third run to Totitauk where the veterans who fought at U1 fumy anil on the House, a distance of four miles, ths Tbe scenery wlerd; rollh iglits of Han Jum are encamped. road Is fair It Is one of the moat Interesting trips ing. rounded bills with water on both tbe country sffoiils for It nieaus a sides, clumps of furze and low oats. teur through the easterinost fluke of homes of foxes, rabbits and birds Loup Island These flukes are capes, j Three miles and a half more, pari.y New sic - j ' totalled, because of the resetnblauce I s' vt aUW s W. chops Cheap clears are like Dakota divorces. You lose respect fi r thorn vv hi n you learn how they are made Iteaaty MUSTACHE and over. Rico Is immensely wealthy In proportion to its size, and It la doubted If the Philippines can equal it In richness In proportion to the square foot sport ia Porto DO YOU reported were engaged She to blame for the fact that It Is only a report. New ht. touts Headquarter. II 100,000 exports toMirtlvfii m o Her life was saved by a party of .escorted her carriage over the TfofiUer when It waa attacked by hired assaastna. Her reason finally gave way under her burden of sorrows, but this last misfortune was only and she went to a convent for a tlme for the peace the world could sot give. Natalie now forgets her own griefs tn trying to lighten those of others. v H ! Jf you reside In a stone house, dont throw glasses WM UtaTMtsi -- )rttcUr. Miss Frigid U I had known that Margaret Doyle had been bathing here nothing would have Induced me to enter the tame sc.,' I feel tost It contaminates me now Pick-Me-U- p. . rsrfcap Jmt ISsMs. s. Atkins I understand that Mis whom young Whoopler married recently. Is very wealthy. Grlmshaw Ob yes! There were extenuating cirOld-angle- cumstances Puck. J 1 It presents great possibilities as a sort and la one of the finest pieces property on the earths surface u Tkelr RttaUou te SClsvtrlrll lu , - Effect on Them. Th New South Wales government analyst, William M. Hamlet, delivered th presidential address In th section of chemistry at the recent meeting 0( the Australian Association for the Ad vancement of 8ctence, the subjet being "The Molecular Mechanism of an He defined an electrolyte Electrolyte. aa a body in solution or state of fusion capable of being instantaneously decomposed by a current of electrlcltv, and he claimed that If .the explanation h offered waa adequate for the electrolyte It must hold good for the constitution of the matter in the uni verae, so that the treatise on the elec trolyte has a moat Important scientific bearing. Tha method of Investigating the action of on body upon any other he reminded hla audience, was bright to a high degree of scour. v b tin Immortal work of fir lsxai N.wton He alluded to eotue observstln i. , f late Prof e or Clifford, f ic ow twenty veers ago, this authoritv almost propbetualL can look forward to the time when th structure and motion- - in the Inside of a molecule will bp b. well kuou. that some future Kant o- - Ixpiare will be able to make an hotliesls about tha history and format.on of matter Tlua Wa V , V-- U Mu--r A oi To cook corn, the wise camper will lay tbe ear on the coals, wrapped In their huska, and when the busks are qulta burned off the corn Is cooked deliciously. If one ia where abad abound tbe fish can be fastened to an oak shingle and turned before tha fir till done, when it will be found to have a fine flavor of th oak. Mera Vs re- ABOUT MOLECULES Voles over the Phone Any more Th Office Boy fighting In Santiago? Voice Sure? "Nop. Y,sure, You seems mighty anxloua.s "You bet Im anxious. Ive got a nephew there who owes me $13. Cleveland Plain Dealer. attt-wh- tern-jvora- 1UI! air-brak- es d the entire copri clrce. llereon, AbX-- ' ander, was tom from her arcus at an eg when he most required her rare. Riuiii Wa have already noted the placing tn th Untted State of large order Tor armor plate and naval cruisers by ths Russian government. In other Unea the same government has testified to the superiority of all American mechanical work. Within n period of etx months orders wars placed in Philadelphia alona tor 138 locomotive engine tor Russian railways, ef which eighty ware ordered within nine weeks for the great Manchurian road. Orders aggregating nearly $3,000,004 were also placed In the United States for the equipment of the Imperial railways with orders understood to be hut the first of a series. well-defin- ed H e KNOW to Omaha Exposition you are on the road ONLY ONE NIGHT, if j ou use tho Overland Limited of tbe Union Pacific, just the thing for tauk Light the end of the. South nervous people who prefer to travel by dayFluke Is reached. Most Imposing and light: and for Men of Affairs to whom picturesque Is tbls great whit octa- the saving of a business day is sn Impor gonal lighthouse, Its lantern the gift of taut consideration, we have the Fast the Freuch Government. Its two siren Mall, ONLY ONE DAY on the road to fog horns speak to be beard for Omaha. Appreciation of this Incomparable It stands on h high knoll, time, together with dluing car service and leagues. is best shown by tha where for many years It has been superior equipment, demand for tickets via the Union popular guarding marbles against tbe danger- Pacific. For further information address ous bluffs. H. M. Clay, general agent, 201 Main street, Balt Lake City Te Care Conattpatlon Fonna Tske'Cascsrats Candy Cathartic. 10s orK UC.CC tails to cure, druggist refund money THE OLD WINDMILL NEAR MONTAUK. A Use tip m totalis CwatU ths Itoir a Mark el paaaty. 3 Natalie of Sent la, who la about to organlxe a corps of Utled ladlee to act aa nurse la th Cuban war, baa w mustachs a thick, mustache, of which' matiy a downy-lippe- d dude might be Justly envious, Natalie ie known as tht most unfortunate queen in Europe." n4 to th mind of the average American woman the mustache ia doubtless sufficient ground to establish tha title. But Natalie Is enough of an oriental to count the shadowy Itne above her lip a a mark Of especial beauty a particular mark of favor from the gods. 6h has had more tragedies In her life than any other queen consort of modara Entime, not excepting the tente, who waa an empress-consor- t, by tha way. One of the favorite pastimes of Natali disreputable husband, King Milan, waa to swing her about by bar long, black hair before bilious con, plexiim In tuking that in making the trip mount to $15,000,-00- 0, and so luxurious are tha people that In noe year $5,000,000 of goods were carried to the ' island. These consisted mostly of manufactured products such aa clothing and household wares Sheep, which thrive In a hot country, grow big and fat in Porto Rico and freah lamb and mutton ara constantly shipped from there, A yery large class of people are shepherds. Amid so much richness one would think that the Lord would have endowed Porto Rico no more heavily, yet It is a fact that In one end of tha toland gold mines exist, and iron, copper, coal and salt are found iu plenty. The vegetable productions are, however, so Ex-Que- en i that smkly Lasearets, beauty for ten ents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed IOc,J5c,50c Dan O'Hara Oi ear to a dorg folght last night Pat Malone Did ei w In I The highest mas's of sailing vessels ar from 160 to 10 feet high, and spread from 60,000 to 100,000 feet of canvas people In Porto Rico who live In towns and tillages. OF AH Blood Deep. 1 Well, The U No Clean blood means a clpan ukin beauty without it Casiarels (. umly lutliar it blood and th your keeps clean, by the la7j 1H r an d iv lug ail stirring upfrom lie the in dj today, j&M h pimples, hoili bloLhts, blackheads five-mil- . Via Rio Grande Wester a Railway. Commencing February 6, the new tims card of the Rio Grande Western goes Into effect. The Atlantic Express leaves Salt Lake City at 9 a. m , arriving at Denver at 0 SO a, iu. ths following morning and Chicago at 2.15 p. m. the third d ay, making connections with limited trains from Chicago to New York The evening train leaves at 7 40 p. m , arrives at Denver at the following night und Chicago lllip st 8 a m the third day, making close connections with tho fast morn log trains for New York and Boston Both of these through trains are splendidly equipped with all latest appliances and conren encet and carry Pullman IuLaie und Pullman Tourist sleeping cars us well as free Reclining Chair Cars Ticket office No 103 (Poutoffice West Second South street corner ) It must be pretty tough to die young, Said the boarder, us he tackled the "lauib of tbe entire Island to a whale. Starting at Sag Harbor, a quaint old nwn of great note In the days of whalers, picturesque and beautifully situated. Ita factorlea and fisheries are rapidly bringing It to the fore again. run brings us to Another with Its Square, Brldgehampton broad atresia and stately houses, Its giant liberty polo and the Stars a ml Stripes a picture good to look upon. There are afoot, partly lu the saddje, and Moo- - oa a SOME SCENTS IN OTR NEW DEPENDENCY. fifteen miles. Thera art only a few Inhabitants on the island. Excellent anchofage can be found' within the tap and Islands Just described, but the best called lb Bound, la toward their aouUiern end, under the lee of the reef. Oreat Harbor, In tbe southern portion of Culebra, la ona of the most secure basins In the West Indies, It Is a mile long and half a mile wide, of Irregular shape, but there are no Inhabitants or villages there, and, of course, no facilities of any kind. Crab Island, called also Vleguea island. all miles to tha eastward of Porto Rico, Is the largest and moat Important of the Passage group, being seventeen miles long by five broad. A ridge of small hill runs nearly its whole length along the middle of tha Island, and rises to a moderate height at tha southwest extremity of tbe is' land. Tha south coast of tha Island ia indented by several amall bays, one of Heroes to a Christian with great temptations, or with a terop-tatlto commit a great sin. Yoa bring a grssn log and a caadlt and they are very safe neighbor; but bring a few shaving and set them alight, and then bring a few small atleks and let them take fire, and the log be In th midst of tbsm, and you will get rid of your log And so It Is with ths little sin. You will b sUrtled with th idea of committing a great sin, and so th devil brings you a littl temptation, and leaves you to ladulga yourself Thera 1 no great harm In this, no great peril In that, and ao by theis littl chips we ar first lighted up, and at last the green "Watch snd pray, that log Is burned John y enter not Into temptation Nswtoo. FAST TIME TO CHICAGO Ea.Ua seldom come X.H.d "He was a liberal Judge, said lanin wot wav7' end guid Lawrence.' "He gimme fo tr Restful Rawson. 'hours ter leave town, w'en 1 reeded New York W'oiil. but ten mlnnlts END OF ONE OF LONG Turning east agsln It Is a mile and a half run to the cycle path through the wood. the first path built In the laland. Ita turn and twist run over It and causeways. little bridge In a bushes and delightTrees dodge ful fashion. The total distance from Brtdgehampton la alx and a half mile Easthampton Is to Eaethamptpu. It has broad New England. truly streets, magnificent, elms and a shipshape ness everywhere that proclaims the forefathers. The birthplace of the author of "Home. Sweet Home" Is here, and Is a spot to linger and look St A fine path runs through tbe towna and on to Amagansett, three and half mile further east. Another beau tlful shady spot la Amagansett. noted for Ita tree and giant sand dunes. Here the train should be taken. Ns mile to cyclist can ride the twelveacroaa tbe Montauk Station. The road beach is deep lu sand, and the outer beach la available for rider only at tow tide. Here Is where Uncle Sam ha established bis new camp for the FLUKES. ISLANDS A Black Rase. The latest discovery, which halls from Russia, concerns tha rose. Th black rose had always been regarded aa an Impossible thing; but it would appear that this Is no longer so. It seams that a M. FetUoff, an amateur grower, of Voronezh, in Russia, haa succeeded In producing such a bloom. The manner in which this result waa obtained Is not set forth, the horlcul-turl- st apparently being anxious to keep hla secret for the present Its Im not The Baltimore & Ohio aud Baltimore Ohio South Western railroads have secured a long lease on the magnificent room at Broadway and Locust streets In St Louis for tbe purpose of jonsolidatmg under one roof ths freight and passenger offices now located In that city The new location Is tha ground floor of the American Central bulld'ng with 65 feet on Broadway and 85 feet on Locust street. Tha ticket office will be in the center, front-tn- g on Broadway, the freight department on one side and ths passenger department on the other, with General Agent Orr's office in the rear. It is quite probable that these offices will be even handsomer than the B. A O. New York headquarters, which are th finest in that city. With hla bath tub General Mils seems to have kept a pretty clean record ar rtfty Cents. Guaranteed tonaceo habtt cure, makes week mea ttrong, blood pure Sue. IL AU druggist U(kt Better Tba a Dirkiati. than erIs every way batter ror. Because this Is so. tt to better to emphasis on Important truth than to denounce fifty dangerous error. If a traveler he shown th right road to pursua, he haa mort practical help ia hte journeying than If he be told at fifty wrong waya that he ninat avoid, while atlll toft In doubt as to ths on saf way. Letting in a singl ray of mors cheer in a Fishing on a bank of sand left bar olaar sunlight gives oom than trying to ifeut out a hunby the tide would appear to b a vtry 1 dred tons of darkness. Oh, if men wiprofitless occupation, yat a rich haul thus obtained in some part of tha ly realised this! 8. 8. Times. cauntry. Aa th tide goes down esls NEW SLEEPINO CARS. and sand-sprabury themsslvss in ths At low water the fishermen sand. Omaha, St. Lok, Chicago and com down and dig over the bands with Beats. forks, and aoon fill their said s, The Denver A Rio Grande railroad baskets with these Scenic line of tbs World announces new to be as delicate aa Whitebait and important additions to their already When a man realizes what a fool ht well arranged sleeping car service In the Is, it la sometimes the first dawning of future, this popular line will run through Intelligence. weekly Pullman Tourist sleepers to Omaha, Chicago, New York and Boston, also to SL Louis witboutchange. These cars will tart from Portland, Oregon, thus giving leneflt of through service on Oregon hort Line, as well ms from all Utah points. The excursions are personally Conducted and furnish all the convenience of regular Pullman sleepers at less than half the cost The St. Lout oar ill leave O. S. I station every Thursday and Ogden via Rio Grande Western railway, every Friday morning. Tha Omaha, Chicago, New York and Boston sleeper will leave O. S. L. station every Wednesday' and Salt Lake every Thursday evening, thna affording the inestimable privilege of in Salt Lake City. a twalve-hou- r For rate and all details, writs to B. F. TOE HOTEL NEAR CAMP WIKOFF. Nevtos, General Asrent, or H.M. Cushing, T, P. A., D. A R. G. Salt Lake City, or any Oregon Railway ine or Rio Grande Westers ticket agent Truth ts sand-sprat- -- -- V'" 'V Uy-ov- |