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PART TWO.
ADLER’S
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PRIESTLY’S SUITINGS.
Exaggeration concerning
this offering of Priestley
Black Silk and Wool Jac
quards is impossible. This
identical pattern has been
recently sold by some of the
best trade in the country at
$1.75 and $2 the yard; to
morrow our price is
NINETY-EIGHT CENTS
a >arl. and the width 45 Inches.
Black Hrilllantlnes—3B-incb, all wool.
go from 75c to 49c.
Black silk Ulorias—so Inches wide
were Me the yard, now 48c.
SILK STRIPE CHALLIES.
These same goods sold last
season for 69c and 50c the
yard.
Light grounds, bespattered with flow
ers, 25c.
Solid, all colors, light and dark and
medium, 25c.
FRENCH ORGANDIES
That were also 60c at the
beginning of the season,
have been cut to 25c yard.
Main Aisle, Center.
MILLINERY.
We mean to be quickly rid
of whatever Trimmed Hats
that are in stock, so mark
Some $8.98 Hats $6.00.
Some $7.50 Hats $5.00.
Some Children s Trimmed Hats, that
were trimmed for $5, go to $3.50 to mor
ion morning.
Dresden Kibbons. No. 22, the 2‘/,
inches wide. 23c a yard.
Plu ids. Solid and Striped Ribbons,
Nos. 16, 22 and 30, all 30c Ribbons, 23c
yard.
New Sailor Hats—Knox shape, all
colors,white andbla -k. the7sc kind, 49c.
Second Floor.
CHEMISETTS.
An odd lot, worth 2'-c, with turn down
collars, go for 10c.
Main Floor, Rear,
SHIRT WAISTS.
Doubtless we could get
$1.50 and $1.75 as the sales
people tell us for these if we
cared to dribble them out;
but we don’t want them to
dribble, so these
Stylish r.awn, Percale. Madras and
Sateen Waists, with fullest of fell
sleet e and Engltsn collars and cuds
go to i1 .19.
Second Floor.
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.
Naked Truth! and the
natural law of large pur
chasing powers enable us to
sell you to-morrow:
1,600 Very Fine Muslin Gowns, elab
orately trimmed; 800 Fine Skirts that
are worth ami equal every bit to any
$l5O garment ever sold by us, for
NINETY-EIGHT CENTS.
Skirts—2o dozen only, hemstitched,
cambric ruffle, the usual 73c Skirt, 43c.
Second Floor.
UNDERVESTS.
Ladies' White Richelieu Ribbed Vests
low neck, no sleeves, that have been
always 49c, to-morrow* 25c
SILK VESTS.
Silk crochet neck, run with silk tape,
elegantly finished, the usual *1 Vest. 63c.
Main Floor, Right.
WRAPPERS.
Scalloped ruffle round yoke, full
“i®**?*- very best print, same wrapper
sold here at $1.25. to-morrow fur 93c.
Second Floor.
PEARS SOAP, 8 CENTS.
t'utlcura, 15c.
Woodbury's Facial Soap 25c.
IHI Soap, 14c.
4 Row Tooth Brushes. 10c.
i.hif K Sh . bristle Hair Brushes, pol
ished backs. 35c.
Main Floor, Left.
LADIES’ BELT BUCKLES.
25c! ° r Btlt ’ new desl K ns , worth
Silver Link Buttons, 25c.
Silver Necktie Clips, 69c.
Main Floor, Left.
linings.
Grass Cloth, all color**, 10c,
Linen Canvas, i?#c.
Crinoline, plan and crossbarred, 7c.
Imitation Hair Cloth, B^c.
Main Floor, Hear.
Ifformno lto&
LINENS.
Skeptics lose the chance,
and deserve to lose it, but
wise people are profiting by
their wisdom and our efforts
to give you linens better and
cheaper than ever before.
50-inch Bleached Damask. 25c.
M inch Unbleached Damask, 39c.
ftc Bleached Damask. 44c.
75c Bleached Damask, 59c.
** Table Napkins, 98c dozen.
Table Napkins, #1.19, $1.48 and $1.98
per dozen.
Main Floor, Right.
BLACK SILKS.
Of course someone will
get left but all of these
lots are fairly large and may
last till Tuesday.
$1.;5 Black Taffeta Glace.
$1.5 i Figured and Brocaded Taffetau,
$1.35 Grog de Londres,
*I.OO Pompadour Silks,
sl.-5 Black Habutais.
24 imh Uro* Grains, all to go at
EIGHTY-FOUR CENTS
the yard.
Main Floor, Left.
HAMMOCKS.
A dreamy delight—woo
ing Morpheus, or anybody
else in a hammock.
12 foot Mexican Grass, strong iron
ends. Bpe.
Woven Hammocks, with spreaders,
$1.50 to $3.00.
Children's Sanitary Hammocks and
Swings.
Basement.
1 1-2 GAL. WATER COOLERS 79C
If you ever priced Water
Coolers you know what the
price would be—what the
price is everywhere else.
Bnseme nt .
WIRE DISH COVERS.
Who would be without
them at these prices?
7. 8, 10, 14 and 18 Inches.
3c, sc, 19c, 14c 19c.
HOUSEKEEPING LINENS.
Bare facts are enough if
they lead you to look at the
goods.
At 49c each—Sheets of splendid quali
ty Muslin, full bed size.
At 29c pair—Pillow Cases, cheaper
than the bare material would cost you.
At :9c pair—Fruit of the Loom
Muslin.
At *l.49—Fruit of the Loom Sheets
that were $1.75 last week.
Main Floor. Right.
MEN’S TAN SHOES.
Five dollars a pair wherever you go—this
siore or that-same story, except here, w’here
you can get the same shoe and always save
e nough to buy a Negligee Shirt to wear with
them for.
Men's Tan Calf Congress, pointed and
square toe, JS and J 3.50.
Main Floor, Left.
C. P. CORSETS.
Slightly mussed—been in the window;
every one sells regularly at #2.50; to
morrow you'll find them marked 11.3 U.
Second Moor.
THE RALEIGH
White Duck Middy Suits, U.
S.N., regulation blouse, long
pants, just 30 suits, were
$4.50 and $5.00, to-morrow
$3.50 the suit.
Boys' Straw Hats. 18c.
Boys’ Lawn Blouses, 25c.
Hoys' Knee Pants. 25c.
Wash Knee Hants. 15c.
Second Floor.
MEN’S SUSPENDERS.
100 dozen, mad e just like and as good
in every respect as the "Gyot,” usual
25c. to-morrow,
FIFTEEN ( ENTS PAIR.
THE SCREVEN DRAWERS.
Patent Elastic Sides. 85c.
Balbriggan Shirts. 25c.
Jean I.rawers. reinforced seats, stock
ingette ankles, 3 for 11.00.
MEN’S STRAW HATS
Removed to the Furnishing Depart
ment, main floor, and salutes you with
a special bargain for 60c that others
easily get 76c for,
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. MAY 26, 1893.
STAIR LINENS.
Lighten the summer care
of the carpets and help t o
save them.
New good*. just in widths 16 to 27
inches widSajßc, 27c. 34c yard.
Walnut yrnir Rods, acorn ends, at
90c the dozen.
Thiid Floor.
BLIND THE SUN
With an Awning that’s
made right—that will effec
tively shut out the glare;
give us your order now; we
do it cheaper and better than
anybody else in town.
Third Floor.
sl2 MATTING $7.50.
Rumple rolls, no two alike, 40 yards
in each. Fancy Figured. Cotton Warp,
Reversible Matting, and if they were
all the .same pattern we would mark
them sl. a roll: to morrow you buy
them at f7.?0. Al*o.
Some 15e Matting. 10c yard.
Some LO. Matting. Uf4c yard.
Some 25c Matting. 150 yard.
Tacks. Binding, etc., at prices that
always insure a saving.
Third Floor.
LADIES’ STRAP SANDALS.
40d pairs of Black and Tan Strap San
dals, with silver 1 uckles. street or
evening wear, 98c pair.
R sm *
f§B' t
I) b
1 * | 111
WHITE CANVAS TIES.
There g just 50 p.lrs, with white kid
trimming*. sizes 2‘J 10 7. hive been
$1.75. tomorrow, to close them out,
$1.25 pair.
Main Floor. Left.
DOTTED SWISSES.
A special lot; just the very thing for
waists, at 15c and some others at 22c
yard, regular 3ec.
ENGLISH LAWNS.
45 inches wide, reduced from 20c- tlie
yard to 15c.
15C WHITE DUCK 8C YD.
Linen Finished White Duck that
sells all over this town at 15c yard.
At 8-fjC yard—White Grounds.. Col*
ored, Striped and Figured Duck.
At 15c Navy blue Striped Duck, the
29c grade,
WHITE PARASOLS.
This is to be a white sea
son, sure enough, and these
parasols are “de riguer.”
White enameled frame. White Cre
pon, Ottoman Silk and all the fashion
able white materials, from $1.48 up
wards.
WHITE GLOVES.
Chamois, 4 pearl buttons, the SI.OO
Glove, 73c.
DUCK SUITS.
Fresh arrivals, right
styles, new shaped coats,
$2.48.
Duck Suits, a* $1.69.
Navy Blue Suits at $3.00.
Mohair Suits. 9.y.
Serge Suits, 17 48.
Lawn Suits, $3.48 to #5.50.
Second Floor.
DIMITYS.
French. Irish, American
or Egyptian, all are here,
BLACK LAWNS.
20 pieces of regular 18c Fast Color,
I.ice Striped Lawns, 1214 c.
WHITE LAWNS.
Satin Stripe. Corded and Very Sheer
White Lawns, 10c
FOR THE TOTS.
SO dozen Muslin Draw
era. ,h ® regular 15c ones,
ffc Jj- VA 12c pair.
60WNS.
Fancy yoke, trimmed at
1 1 \J h neck and sleeves with ruf-
I j lie of embroidery, 4lc.
prfM APRONS.
\ Checked Muslin, the ,'52
I aa. ones, 25c.
CHILDREN S DRESSES.
4/ I Lawn and Percale, splen-
I V dully made and really
/ worth 59 and 75c—39c.
MULL CAPS.
A quantity of regular $l 50 and $2
Caps,slightly mussed and solid, for 75c.
Second Floor.
Mail Orders Promptly Filled. Ad
dress, Mail Order Department.
HAVILAND’S FRENCH CHINA.
We’ve cut the price! Not
taken off a paltry few cents,
but just a third and half of
the prices they were rna rked
last week.
Dinner Flutes. 25c each
Tea Fups and Saucers. 43c each.
$3.19 Covered Dishes. $1.98 each.
II S Cake Plates, 69c each.
$6 19 soup Tureens, $14.49 each.
$7.50 dozen Plates. $2.98.
35c Bone Plates. 12',c.
$1.50 Turkey Dlahea, Blc.
$3 Tea Fi>ts, $1.49.
$ :.98 Butter Dishes, $1 49.
$3 Ice Cream Plates. $1.69 dozen
$1.25 Sugar Bowls, 54c.
O.ie Cream Pitchers, 19c.
Basement.
MOSQUITO CANOPIES.
Bar the buzzer from the
bed and get some sleep.
Canopies, all recdv to hung, cord,
pulley and eelilng attachment. $1.25,
$1.50, $2 and $2 26.
Plain Gauze Mosquito Netting. 8
yards, plaiu white and colored, 2 cards
wide, 40e.
TOWELS.
The linen corner alive tomorrow
with a big ucw lot of t>!g Damask Knot
ted Fringe, Colored Bordered Towels,
the usual 25c one. 19c.
Beautiful Soft Huckaback Knotted
Fringe Towels, 2'o ones. 19c.
27x42 look at 'em—look at the size
hemstitched borders, never sold le4
than 35c each, 19c.
SUMMER SPREADS.
Two sorts that tell an un
usual price story.
Strong. Handsome Crochet lied
Spreads. 3 ply yarn Marseilles put
terns usual $2.50 Spreads, 11-1, $1.98.
Real Marseilles, good old fashioned
tied size, absolutely fast back, tlie $4
Spread, for $2.98.
Main Floor, Right.
DEFIES NATURAL LAWS.
The American Ball Nozzle I,awn
Sprinkler Fire F.xUaguisher, Fountain
and T*ee Irrigator -No. a, 4, Inch Hall
Nozzle Lawn Sprinkler 98c.
No. 6. 52 inch Ball Nozzle Lawn
Sprinkler. 98e.
Basement.
LADIES’ HOSE.
Fancy Lisle, colored tops, black hoot,
Richelieu ribbed, the 50c one, 3 pairs
for sl.
Extra Fine Cotton Hose, spliced heels
and toes everv pair guaranteed stain
less, 25c the pair.
Main Floor, H'ght.
LEOPOLD ADLER.
FAKE STOPS IX THE ORGAX.
A Trade Secret in the Construction
of ii l'opuliir Instrument.
From the Providence Journal.
Of all musical Instruments known In
the present day the organ Is undoubtedly
the ‘'king.” Not only In its complicated
and Ingenious mechanism or in its won
derful control by one performer, but in
Its'powers of expression and imitation of
the various Instruments of the orchestra
it is unexcelled. Fnllke other instruments
that are perfected both in voice and sim
plified method of playing—such as the
violin, flute, clarionet, etc., the organ,
as it now stands, is still open to consider
able improvement, both in mechanical
and acoustic principles. To trace back Its
history as far as even "Father Smith"
and "Keatus Harris (ISM) In their compe
tition for the organ at the Temple church,
London, England, and then trace up to the
present day, noting all the real gradual
improvements, would be un Interesting
and laborious work; but our object now
is to take a glance at the modern in
strument and enable us in choosing the
very best, both musically and economical
ly. By the latter we do not mean )x;r
hlinony or haggling for a bargain, but
making the most of the means, whether
it proceeds from contributions or glfis.
As our churches are the dlsbursers of
the funds, very often perversely collecte I
under not very encouraging circum
stances, It will lie as well to understand
what is really required and what Is to
be rejected.
The word “stop” means a “set" or
"rank" of pipes—one to every key on the
keyboard. The word does not refer in
any way to the "knob" that the organ
ist pulls out or pushes In. It seems neces
sary to explain this, as many persons
are unaware of it and are dazzled hy
the amount of "knobs" they get for the
money, and say: "Oh, our organ has
thirty stops and cost so-and-so,” and
"such a one's has thirty-six and cost only
half that sum." Now, In almost every
specification received from organ build
ers a certain number of "fake" stops are
announced, In order to make it appear
a great deal for the money. Among them
are certain "mechanical” contrivances
which produce certain effects on tiie me
chanism only, while others are used to
affect the speech of the pipes. Others
again are mere "claptrap,” and as a rule
where these are Inserted the tender may
be put in the fire, as the builder is un
trustworthy.
An idea may be formed of the useless
ness of some of these by the number of
them run Into a parlor organ. In the
latter one may find eleven “stops," and
actually only two rows of reeds, 122 In
number, therefore really only two stops,
divided Into treble and bass to swell the
number to four, the remainder being made
up of mechanical "claptrap.” In the or
gan a good many of these "accessories”
are Included as stops. Now, let us ex
amine them. Among the reallv necessary
mechanlcal "knobs" may bo noticed the
various “couplers.” These act on the
keys and enable the player to get the
power of two or more rows of keys with
one pair of hands.
—Repartee—"You are nothing but a bag
of wind," sneered the circus tent.
The balloon In its indignation swelled
visibly. "At least.” it retorted, "I am self
supporting.”—lndianapolis Journal.
—"She has a beautiful foot.” “Yes Do
you suppose It is her own?" Thus a few
idle words, casually spoken, served to re
veal the extent to which an emotional age
will pursue lt Ideals—Detroit Tribune.
A HOUSEBOAT IN FLORIDA.
KXPKHIE%ri> IH HIM. \ ( Hi |*R oy
mil m\ Kit.
Travel In Slow, fluf m (irren Tnrlle.
Pompano, and Irrali Yeiteluhlf m
Vtcndcr l.lfr I'lniNanl on “l ho H!%or
Mstdi* for llonvie lloiitn.**
From the New York Sun.
Melbourne, Fla.— Houseboats are not
plenty In Florida, though they are much
talked about. Kvon on Indian river, where
there is every Inducement for their use,
they are seldom seen. ('apt. Joe Brawner
of Titusville and ’round there owns one of
the few real houseboats on the upper river,
and charters it and himself occasionally
to some rare passenger who prefers com
fort to style or speed.
“She’s not handsome to look at, I’ll ad
mit,” Capt. Joe says of his boat, which
sails under the remarkable name of Spot
Cash., “and if you’re in a hurry you don't
want to have nothing to do with her, for
there ain’t much speed in her. She’s a slow
and sure sort, and I’d rather own her than
own the best house in the state.”
The Sun correspondent found the owner
of the Spot Gush ready to clear for a voy
hk* from Titusville down the Indian river
all the way to Jupiter inlet, the southern
end of the river, a distance of 125 miles,
provided good fare and absolute safety
would be considered an equivalaut for
what was lacking in speed.
“i'l get you there inside of a week,” (’apt.
Joe promised, “and guarantee you’ll say
it’s the finest voyage that you ever
made in your life. If you want to see.the
Indian river, now is the time of year to
see it, when it’s green as a lawn, the banks
of it, I mean. Of course we don’t throw
away business hi winter by saying it's not
green then, but that winter green means
brown. It was made for houseboats, this
river was, and you’ll say so yourself if
you try it.”
The idea of a houseboat as a gorgeous,
freshly painted, handsomely furnished riv
er home Is not to he entertain* * in connec
tion with boats of the Spot Cash class. The
basis of the Spot Cash is a substantial float
about forty feet long by half as wide, upon
which a one-story house Is built covering
the entire deck, exc* pt a space three feet
Wide at the sides anti six feet at the ends.
This open apace Is for the convenience of
the poleman, for the motive power is a long
pole. The house Is divided Inside Into two
rooms, one much larger than the other.
The smaller Is the kitchen and living room
for the crew, which consists of rapt. Joe
and a colored boy named Mike. The larg
er room Is set apart for the exclusive use of
passengers, and Is furnished with as many
wire-sprlnged cot beds as may be necessary
two comfortable rocking chairs, several
arm chairs, ami a table. The moat notice
able thing about the appointments of this
room, however, Is the lavish provision
that has been made for the clothes an I
other belongings of passengers. Five or
six rows of shelves, one above another, run
around three sides uf the room. Beneath
the shelves are tiers of drawers, all liroa I
and deep, and sufficient In number to hold
the property of more persons than the
boat could carry. The exterior of the
house was once painted white; and the solo
object that appears above the roof la the
stovepipe from the kitchen stove. There
is not the least danger of the Spot Cash
being mistaken for tile aquatic home of a
millionaire.
"VVity do you call your boat the Spot
Cash?" Capt. Brawner was asked. "Was
that the best name you could think of.'”
"That name meant business," he an
swered. "You see the Spot Cash was a
trading boat once. In the dHys when all the
business up and down this river was done
with boats. In them days there wasn’t
hardly a store between Titusville anil
Jupiter. All the business was done with
boats like this, that traveled up and down
the river, loaded with groceries and dry
goods, and stopped wherever there was a
settlement or a customer. You may have
noticed the drawers and shelves In the
fore cabin’.’ There was where 1 kept the
goods. But that business played out when
railroads and steamboats came, and I
was drove to fishin’ and carryln’ passen
gers.”
While the captain and his crew were
ashore buying provisions the sole passen
ger of the Si>ot Cash admired th- scenery
from a rocking chair on the forward deck,
the vessel being at anchor several hun
dred feet from the end of the long rail
road wharf. Thousands of coots swam
around It on the smooth water; anil the
coot Is a benefactor to Titusville, giving
Its people an opportunity to tell fifty
times a dav the thrilling story of the nor
thern sportsman who wasted his ammuni
tion by shooting hundreds of them, mis
taking them for wild ducks. This Is the
companion piece to the other Titusville
story, that Indian river Is so straight that
a line drawn from Titusville *o the Nar
rows, about eighty miles, would not touch
either shore. But when the Titusville folk
say that the river is seven miles wide at
that point, they tell only the truth. The
Bay of Biscay, as that broadest part of
the river is called, Is seven miles wide
and twelve mil's long, and the opposite
shore Is so low that It Is barely visible.
The Spot Cash was appointed to sail at
3 In the afternoon, ann when the provis
ions arrived the prospect of high living
on hoard seemed poor. In Florida they
don't buy salt pork In barrels, ■swimming
In brine, according to the usual custom;
they buy it out of large boxes labeled
“Boston bellies," and containing much <lry
salt. Mike carried an a'rmful of Boston
bellies, and steadied a small sack of flottr
on one shoulder; and there was nothing
else.
"You want to get the notion out of
your head," said Capt. Joe, as he looked
approvingly at the meager ship's stores,
"that this is a river we re going to sail
down. Indian river Is no more a river
tnan I am. It’s an arm of the sea, like—
well, say like Bong Island sound. I've
carried New Yorkers before, and I've al
ways noticed they can grasp a moaning
quicker when I compare anything with
something around New York. This In
dian river is a large lagoon, 12.". to HO
miles long, and front one mile to seven
miles broad. Between the river and th"
Atlantic ocean is a strip of land from half
a mile to two or three miles wide. Now
through that narrow strip of land there's
Just three inlets, and that's what I'm
coming at. tine of them is Mosquito In
let, way up above here; another Is Indian
river Inlet, and the third is Jupiter Inlcr,
at the foot of the river. When the water
pours in through all these inlets at tile
same time you can Just Imagine what a
state the tides are In.
“Now, you don't care a cent about the
tides, but I do. You see, on account of
the**- three Inlets you can get a tide In
any direction you want it. and that's why
1 say Indian river was mail* for house
boating. If the tide’s not right when von
want to start, Just wait; It’ll be right by
and by, no matter what way you want
It to go. It's the tides that's going to cur
ry us down to Jupiter, with a little help
from the wind; for if I was to pole the
boat all the way I'd be dead.”
The boat dropped slowly down the river,
helped along by the tide and by a north
westerly breeze. Broadside on, bow on,
stern on, made no difference. The long
pole was used only to keep her well .in
toward the western shore, and Mike and
the captain gave themselves up to fish
ing for sheepshead, with fiddler crabs for
halt. They seemed unduly anxious about
the result, in a country where fish are
plenty. But the captain took time to
point out the sprouting stumps of a froz
en orange grove a mile or two below Ti
tusville.
“See that grove?" said he. “Or I mean
them stumps where a grove once was; the
tree? have been sawed off. That's what
'c call the Borrowed drove. It has some
other name, hut nobody calls It anything
hut Borrowed drove. I’ve heard of bor
rowing money and Jackkntves and salt
pork, but that's the only orange grove
l ever did hear of that was borrowed. An
Kngllshmau borrowed It one time. He
was a young Englishman with a rich dad
at home and a mission to make a for
out of growing oranges m Florida.
I he old man furnished linn the money to
come over here and buy u grot <-, and he
nought that one Just below Borrowed
(■row- the one where the trees ainY cut
off, because they're all killed and not
worth cutting off. The young fellow kept
writing home how well Ihv grove was do
ing, ami how much money he was going
lo make out of It shortly; and that was all
one big lie. I'ci a use he 1 Joined a pufc. r
club in Titusville, ami look It* wearing a
yellow belt and leather leggings, and the
grove was going to the 'logs just as fast as
It could, 'the fences fell down, and he
drank up all the fertilizer, uml in a year
or two the house was most ready lo fall.
Bin the young fellow kept writing that he
was Just about to ntaki u llrat* crop, and
the bid man kept sending over good
money,
"That was all very well; hut one day
there came a letter from the old man
saying he was eemlug over to make Ihe
youngster a visit. Then you may Just
believe there was the mischief to pay. if
the old matt saw that used-up grove and
found out how the youngster'd been lying
to him. th‘ game wus up. So what did
th*' youngster do hut go lo his friend, who
owned the next grove a title grove, well
ki'pt up- and tell him: 'My governor's
coming over, ami If he sees my played
out grove I'm a ruined man. For Hod's
sake, lend me your grove for a month or
•wo, till the old man goes home. I'll
work It for you, and make him bellev
that your grove Is mine.' Well, sir, the
old man spent six w**ks there, and never
suspicion*'.l hut he wits on his soil's place.
I’ri lty smart trick that, wusu't It—for uii
Englishman?
"How did It turn out? Well, It turned
out; so did th*- young F.ngllshnian. The
old man died after awhile ami left the
youngster a power of money, hut he blew
It all In. lie's a deckhand now on a little
coaster running between Jacksonville an I
lllscayne Bay. Makes a pretty gooil sail
ormnn, too. they say."
There Is no scenery beyond n few blight
ed otting*- groves lietvveen Titusville and
Brltchard's, a settlement live miles down
tin- river; hut near I'rltchard’s th*' west
hank Is green with market gardens. Oc
casionally- Mike tied his line lo a nail and
went Inside, ami these disappearances
were alwuys followed by the report of a
gun and by Mike's making a little side
trip In th*' punt.
"What Is the boy shooting at?" the cap
tain was ask* I.
"He’s a shoutin' at a mark.” was the
grave reply. "That boy’s about the worst
shot in Brevard county, and I'm tryin' to
train hint In. He throws a bottle over
board and blazes away at It whenever he
has time.”
“And what docs he go out In th** punt
for TANARUS”
"To see whether he's hit the bottle. "The
captain was sober as a Judge as he said
It; but some of the bottles Mike tired at
looked wonderfully like wild duck, ami
there are game laws In Florida.
“We’ll strike Frltchurd’s by 5 o'clock,"
wus announced, “and shortly after we
leave then* we'll have dinner."
When Mike punted himself ashore at
Pritchard's he carried along two big
strings of sheepshead and a large pa|x‘r
bug containing something that might
have bean bottles. If bottles wear feather*.
There were more all cups head left on board
for dinner, us well us a black bass and
u cuvullt or two, and several brace of
Mike's targets. When the hoy return*"*!
his llsh an*l his paper hag were missing,-
but he emptied out upon the kitchen floor
a great sackful of vegetables. There were
full grown cabbage*, potatoes bigger than
the largest fist, peas, string beans, ripe to
matoes, egg plums, cucumbers, lettuce,
new onions, turnips, ull fresh from the gar
dens. Mike hail hern on a trading cruise.
" How <lo tins*' people come to buy llsn,
when they could catch them so vastly?’ 1
the captain was asked.
"Because they are shipping," he an
swered. "You'll And out what that means
when you go ashore. They began two
weeks ago lo ship vegetables lo the north
ern markets, ami while they’re shipping
every man und hoy 1* busy. They're even
busier this year than usual, because the
failure of the orange crop drove more
people to planting vegetables. If you
were to go ashore you couldn't get a boy
to carry your sutchel: they’re all busy In
the Helds or packing houses. It's a rush,
when the shipping season begins; and the
people are glad to buy fish because thev've
no time to catch them. Three or four
weeks from now you couldn't sell a lon of
llsh for TO cents. You see a man has to
learn this river, if he wunts to make a
living on It."
The Bpot Hash drifted over the moonlit
water at her own sweet will, while her
captain and crew prepared the dinner.
Then she (trifled through the moonlight,
slower and slower, till about lu o'clock,
when she slopped altogether. The wind had
died out, the tide had turned, and th-re
was not enough commotion, either above
or below, even lo swing her around. She
lay perfectly still, fatigued with the exer
tion of traveling nearly eight miles In the
first five hours of her Journey. Perfect
calm Is the only expression for a houseboat
on the Indian river at night. No steam
boat passes, no sailboats were In sight,
and th* western shore was only a shadow.
The eastern shore was Invisible.
The next morning was a perfect Illus
tration of a May morning In Florida. iv
mornings In Florida are much alike until
the rainy season begins. From sunrise till
7 o’clock the air was cool enough to he
bracing, and there was no telling yet what
quarter the wind might com" from. At 7
o'clock th*' little forerunners of a breeze
died out. leaving a dead calm and a close
ness of the atmosphere that betokened a
hot day.
"Walt," said Capt. Joe. "We've got to
wait, anyhow, for there's neither wind nor
tide to move us. We'll have the tide by in
o'clock, hut I think thut before that we'll
have a breeze. Don’t you know these 51 av
mornings yet? It's nearly always a dead
ealin from 7 to 9 o’clock. At It o'clock the
breeze comes. See If It don’t."
It was a good prophecy. At 3 o'clock the
breeze came out of the northwest again,
and the anchor was hoisted. With a boat
drawing scant two feet, and six feet of wa
ter under her, hoisting anchor out of sand
Is a quick process. Without any pretence
of a sail, the cabin of the Spot Cash pre
sented enough surface to the wind to put
her In motion. The captain and crew l"t
her drift, and, like the passenger, fell to
Ashing. Mike made no more trial slots at
feathered bot tles, owing to the passenger's
strong protest. "Squab; real Philadelphia
squab,” Capt. Joe had called the birds
thnt appeared on the tabic at the tlr<t
meal, but a suggestion of certain liabilities
for each bird killed caused the squab to
disappear, and through the remainder ot
the voyage the wild ducks had a chance to
live according to law.
As the day wore on the river narrowed
down and became much more Interesting
both shores being In plain sight. Hock
Ledge was reached by the middle of the
ufternoon with the aid of a little poling,
which was done In every case by .Mike, and
never hy the captain, who gave himself up
to Ashing. There were several large strings
of Ash to be traded off for shore products
at Hock Ledge, but the business proceeded
with Indifferent success, the Hock Ledg
ers raising few vegetables, hut giving them
selves up almost wholly to oranges and
hotels. Travelling at a mile and a half **r
two miles an hour, a houseboat on the In
dian river passes a town almost every
hour. They are on both sides of the river
and at the season they ar* all busy with
the vegetables. By daylight the river Is
dotted with the craft carrying vegetables
over to the railroad for shipment. Trains
carry no passengers to speak of hut are
loaded with crates and barrels.
"What would you think of paying SI,OOO
an acre for land down here. Mr. New
York?” Capt. Brawner asked later: "I
suppose you fellows think that because
It's so far from Manhattan Island, land
ought to sell for about $2 an acre. You see
that bluish-looking soil over there?" He
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pointed toward the narrow strip between
the river and the ocean, covered with
vegetable patches. “That's only sand lika
the rest, hut the sand's got the stuff in It.
Those fellows pay SI,OOO an acre for thac
land, and make money out of It. It is rich
enough to raise stuff without any fertiliz
ing. and they plant truck In December and
sell It In New York In March. You'll sew
nothing but vegetable gardens now on
that i ust bank till we re almost down to
the Narrows—vegetable gardens and plna
apple held*. Two weeks from now the
truck farms will tie ns deserted a* th*
orange groves. Why? Because In two
weeks Charleston and Savannah will be
gin shipping vegetable*; and when they;
begin Florida Is done for the season.
"What Ash do wo get In Indian river?”
he repeated the question. "You might
almost as well ask me what llsh swim th*
sea Whatever’* In the sea can come in
through the Inlets You'd hardly believe
that the water in the river Is not quite a*
sally as the water In the sea. hut that'*
a f it; you can taste It for yourself. Th*
Ash we month get are red snappers, rod
and black bass, cavalll, pompano, mullet,
sheepshead. and sailor's choice. Around
the Inlets we grt porpoises and smalt
sharks, and sometimes a baby shark la
caught In the river. Down In Ihe Narrows
w e get oysters, anil around Ihe Inlets wa
get l*oth green turtles and loggerheads,
<>tir loggerheads are giants, often weigh.
Ing from :im to rue* pounds. You see, wa
don't need to starve down here. As l said
before, the Indian river was made tot
houseboats."
YFT Hit TMK.VrV YH % It*,
Him Things hooked in Two Men IYhO
llnil Hern In Prison That hong.
From the Wichita (Kas.) Eagle.
“Are those geese or ducks?" That wa*
a question asked by a man 40 year* old
In Lansing, Kas., last Sunday. It was
Arthur Whiner. Winner and McNutt were
Ihe two most famous prisoners In th*
Kansas penitentiary. These men wera
liberated Sunday after an Imprisonment
or over twenty years.
At r> o'clock Sunday morning Warden
Chase unlocked the cells. He took Winner
ami McNutt to the prison barber shop, and
after they were shaved, gave them two
government suits, which did not At at all.
Winner, who worked In the prison shoe
shop, has) brought two pairs of patent)
leather (shoes. The men put these on.
With Ihe highly Japanned ami stylishly
pointed footgear ami the ridiculously
cheap and awkward clothes, they. In com
pany with ex-Renator O. 11. Bentley of
Wichita, stepped outside the great stone
walls.
For twenty years they hail seen neither
tree, shrub, flower, grass nor domestic ani
mal. Two of Warden Chase's daughter*
met them Just outside the door and pre
sented them with two beautiful Aowers.
Several trustees approached them, beam
ing. and presented them with bouquets a*
they went down the path. Tears were in
both men’s eyes.
"See!" cried Winner, the more demon
strative of the two. “There Is a town!
There waa no town here when X went In."
“That Is Bansing," said Mr. Bentley.
“Let’s no* go there," sKI Winner. “I
want to go over lo those woods." McNutt
agreed, and they went over to a thicket by
th** roadside. The two came across a
cow. "Is that u cow?” said Winner, hesi
tatingly. "l>on't go on. Lei me look at
It.” And he circled around the animal,
much us a man examines a lion In Bar
mini's. Then he approached her timor
ously, and laid his hand upon her back.
"This," he said, "I* the only cow I have
seen In twenty years."
A little later they met a flock of geese.
"Book!" said Winner again. "Tell me, I
really do not know, arc those geese or
ducks?" ll*' was told they were geese,
and he tried to pet them. "Winner,” said
McNutt a moment later, "what is that
scent 7 Do you smell It?” "Yes, It must
come from those Aowers.” Both men de
scended upon an elderberry bush and
stripped It of its blossoms. They were
like two children. They picked every
flower they saw anil carried ll with them.
"St*o here,” said Winner, "here Is a good
old mikweed. How green and beautiful
It Is!" And hi' plucked It and added It to
hIH armful of variegated vegetation. “Ar
thur," satil McNutt very slowly and delib
erately, "do you notice how queer It is to
talk loudly? llow queer the word*
com* ?" "I wonder if 1 could sing. I
guess not," said Winner. He did not try.
Both men curiously fdt the hark of
every tree they came upon. Finally, with
their arms Ailed high with green twig*
and flowers, they went to the hotel ia
Bansing. Mr. Bentley had a breakfast
waiting for them. Winner drank three
cup , of coffee. "How nice It Is,” he said,
" to have sugar In your coffe! Anil erf am
too! Think of that!” "How does the but
ter strike you?” usked Mr. Bentley* “Oh
well," said Winner, "I’m used to that. We j
hail butter every Fourth of July.”
After the two men had eaten everything
In sight they were shown to their room,
and there put on tailor made suits which
had been ordered for them and w-hitc linen
shirts, collars and ties. They had eaten
at thi- prison early In the morning, again
at the hotel at II o'clock ami at 11 o’clock
the same, morning they sat down to an
other feast, prepared by Mrs. W. E. Win
ner, the wife of the Kansas City capitalist
*ind Winner's brother. This was a great .
banquet, and both men ate voraciously.
Later In the day the whole party went
to Kansas City. The long imprisonment
had dulled the men’s minds. They asked
about everything they saw. McNutt
wanted to know what grape vines were.
When they reached Kansas City they both
began to place things that they had read
alout In the newspapers. McNutt could
not distinguish between a cable car and
an electric car. He Insisted on trying
both, and Anally got It into his head which
was which.
In the evening they went to a park and
saw a toboggan slide in action. Neither
had read about this In the papers, and
both were greatly excite*' over it. They
also Insisted on stopping and examining
every high building. "In these twenty
years," said McNutt, reAectlvely, "the
work] has moved along a century."
McNutt's case Is the sadder. Winner's
folks are wealthy, among the most
wealthy in Kansas City, and he went at
once to their palatial home, where he was
received with open arms. McNutt has no
one to whom to go. His old mother still
lives In Novla Scotia and Is very poor.
His wife is married to another man and
lives some where In Missouri. Winner
was 19 when he went to the penitentiary,
and McNutt 20 years of age. McNutt has
secured a job of decorating in Leaven
worth and will open a shop there. Winner
will go back to the penitentiary as gen
eral manager of the Burr Company's shoe
business there, that company having the
convict contract of the Lansing prison.
—"I guess,” said the sharp nosed girl,
"that 1 will take the wind out of her sails.”
“Why,” asked the fluffy girl, “don’t you
be up to date and say take the wind out of
her tires?"—Cincinnati Tribune.
—"Who,” asked the pastor, "will under
take to raise this money for the church?”
The converted counterfeiter rose in hi*
pew. “I’ll rats* It If somebody else wifi
pass It,” he said.—Detroit Tribune.