-THE
AIR
BRUSHING THE HAIR.
The latest word of wisdom regarding
the hair is that it must not be brushed.
A famous London hairdresser Is re
ported as saying that those who fol
low this antiquated method are brush
ing all the beauty of their crowns of
glory. If a head of hair which has
been so treated happens to be beautiful
it is In spite of the brushing, not be
cause of it The reason assigned for
this dictum Is that the new hairs are
easily destroyed, and are therefore
iworn out by stiff brushing. The roots,
trying to make up for this destruction,
ore forced into abnormal growth, until
their life force is exhausted, and bald
ness Is the delightful result
$ THE CHAPERON'S DECLINE.
Chaperonage, even In conservative
England, has loosened Its trammels and
the debutante of to-day is In for a
much better time than her predecessor
of ten or twelve years ago. "Then
there were hard und fnst rules," says
a genial matron, "which the opening
years of this century have seen dis
carded. Of course, there Is a certain
amount of it still anß occasions when
It is imperative, but boy and girl
dances, which have become an Institu
tion, and dinner party dances where
only young men and maidens are in
vited, nnd the hostess Is the only
Chaperon, show how society in England
lhas modified its views with regard to
the necessity for the chaperon."
ULTRA NOVELTY OF THE HOUR.
\ Ring patterns are cspeclaly desirable
In foulards, louisines and taffetas for
useful gowffs for out-of-door wear In
warm weather. In addition to the
everlasting coin-spots, pin-head dots,
lieur-dc-lys nnd arabesques which we
(have always with us, 1903 brings us a
pretty novelty iu ring patterns—an
open design traced in white upon
modish silks. The ultra novelty of
the hour is the appearance of
Checked silks, with white spots nnd
White rings sprinkled upon the misty
background. This is rather more chic
than the white ring pattern upon a
■olid-colored ground. The cheeks are
so fine as to give the effect of a change
able silk. The open ring is a dainty
pattern in white, thrown upon the
brown, green, violet, tan or navy blue
chequered background.—Philadelphia
Record.
x .
, THE HATLESS GIRL.
"The dean of Chicago University has
pronounced against the'hatless girl,'"
said a woman at the seashore the other
day. "It is exceedingly difficult to see
Just where the summer mniden vexes
propriety by her pleasant habit of go
ing hatless on a warm evening, or why,
when she carries a parasol or travels
along country lanes or village streets
in a covered phaeton on a summer's
day, it is also necessary to burden her
bead with a hat. Custom is a curious
thing. A woman is urgently besought
to remove her hat In the theatre, nnd
reviled for not doing so; niul she may
go to balls with a wisp of lace over her
coiffure, or sit hatless in her own yard.
But the air of the street suddenly ren
ders the hatless girl improper. No
women in the world have been so
chained to the hat as those of Amer
i lea. Women of the Southern races
y have always been independent of a
head covering when they chose, and
summer licat throughout the United
States, though not as long continued,
is as torrid as in countries nearer the
equator. Furthermore, no lint is pret
- tier than a pretty head of hair, nnd
nothing improves the latter more than
Bun and air."—Boston Transcript
JEWEL CASES OF SKIN.
Exquisite jewel boxes and porte
monnaie are made of sharkskin that
has been blenched to extraordinary
whiteness nnd glistens liko flint or
grnnilo on which the sun is shining.
Only lately, says the New York Sun,
has the nrtlst craftsmen discovered the
secret of doing this, and therefore these
articles come high.
• •
A jewel box of the rich white sub
stance will have the cover and sides
inlaid with the scales of the bone pike,
the Florida fish which supplies a ma
terial preferred for inlaying mother-of
pearl. The bone pike's scales bear
quaint markings, not unlike Chinese
characters. They are put on in over
lapping sections, and being pale brown
nnd lustreless, are an interesting foil to
the highly polished sharkskin.
• *
Many skins are being experimented
With to produce light pearl or cream
tinted leathers of requisite strength
and quality. The sea lion's skin is
used for costly articles nnd gold-bound
curio baskets. All the tanning, rub
bing and polishing over resorted to
fall to obliterate those curious wavy
lines on the surface of the sea lion's
ekln, caused by the animal's wigging
A around over the ice. Hence, it is
I stamped forever with an Intrinsic dec
oration. However new the article, it
always presents the aspect of an an
tique because of these odd markings.
•
Other Jewel cases and beautiful ap
purtenances in leather ware are de
rived from snakeskin, alum cured, a
material so difficult to get In right
condition that the manufacturers guard
It Jealously in locked compartments..
The same snakeskin, cured with a
preparation of bark instead of alum,
makes another variety of material, the
one smooth and glossy, the other lus
treless. Java snakes from sixteen
to twenty feet long contribute skins of
this sort. The alum-cured skins have
a unique mottled appearance that
makes up charmingly with borders of
dull gold and corner designs of Inter
twining asps or lizards la shaded metal
and with fine emerald-studded heads.
Devices of lizard skin are fitted up
with real silver mountings and set oft
with a topaz or a sapphire unobtrusive
ly introduced. The lizard skins are
often used In their natural hues, but
again are dyed Mack or dark brown for
more practical purposes. In all cases
they are beautifully marked nnd shad
ed. The coloring of beetles and of
the chameleon are Imitated in larger
skins and utilized for very handsome
eases for necklaces and caskets for
hair ornaments.
A casket or port-monnale made of
American buffalo skin costs a consider
able sum and will grow higher priced
each year as the buffalo becomes
scarcer. The expert leather workers
now take the skin of the ordinary
Texas steer and convert It into leather
so rich nnd durable that many costly
accessories are made of It.
JPSNTOOVDOFR"
CHAT=
In St. Andrew's Church, at Brad
field, England, the bells are rung by
six young women.
Mrs. G. H. Stolber Is n Colorado
woman who has won fame as a hunter
of big game. She is an expert shot
with the rifle.
The Queen of Sweden and Norway
Is a stanch supporter of the Salvation
Arm. and religious work Is one of her
special Interests.
In England the women employed in
libraries receive from $250 to SOOO a
year. In the United States women In
libraries receive from S3OO to S3OOO.
A unique reception was given re
cently In Beaver City, Neb. All the
women In the town of seventy years
ami over were the guests. They were
called "girls seventy years young" by
the hostess.
Captain Lowther's second daughter,
Miss Toupie Lowther, is said by Men
•and Women to be the champion woman
fencer of the world. She has held her
own with all the best-known experts
of the sterner sex.
The Inauguration of the rural mall de
livery has benefited many women who
have been employed by the Govern
ment as carriers. Already women car
riers have been found satisfactory, and
draw tlio same salary as the men.
They wear an official uniform of light
gray cloth.
The ■woman's elub Idea has taken 1n
the Philippines. In several of the
larger towns clubs of leading women
liuve been formed by wives of the
Presidents, for the purpose of assist
ing in the advancement of the women
of the Islnnds. In Pandan there Is a
woman's elub of over 200 members.
Awaiting the bridal day of Miss Pen
elope Azalea Smith, aged eight years
and living in St. Augustine, Texas, is a
gown 300 years old, which has been
used as a wedding dress by fifteen of
her ancestors. Fifteen Penelopes, one
after another, have been married in
tills regal old gown of silk, and it is
all ready for Miss Penelope No. 18
when she has grown up.
r ~Thina* -
t0 W ear
Aceordioned chiffon ic a star sleeve
feature.
The all-lnce blouse is more charming
and effective than ever.
Square buttons give a novel touch
to some carriage wraps.
Egyptian ideas, In Cleopatra's time,
dominate a lot of smart jewelry.
Black and white still form effective
llnishcs to gowns In various forms.
Pompadour silks are lovely and will
continue in favor during the summer.
Broad, graceful hats a la Parabulia
will be retained for picture purposes.
Pinch tucks continue to appear on
anything from an organdie to a broad
cloth.
The newest "dingle dangles" are
made of tiny loops of ribbon beaded by
a pearl bead.
Shaded foot flounces of panne give
weight to some exquisite gowns of
crcpe de chine.
Tlie new French crepe de sole Is one
of the most graceful and durable of
materials. It should be made up over
silk.
The ruffled front corset cover Is in
the majority among the showings for
summer to give the proper fashionable
flgure with the wash blouse.
Blind embroidery, broderie Anglais,
Val, and similar fine lace put on In
almost plain rows is now the proper
trimming Idea for smart lingerie.
Blue and white and black and white
braid are ÜBed on the spring suits
Instead of all-black, giving a little
lighter touch, as befits the season.
Bead chains continue in vogue and
the fashionable girl prides herself on
having quite a collection of them, that
she may wear a different string with
each gown.
The new foulards for street service
are quiet in design and reserved in
color. Gone are the whirl and swirl
of lines, flamboyant scroll work and
spreading leaves and flowers In the
silks of the past seasons.
' NEW CHAIR COVERING.
Tor durability as well as novelty for
covering cliair seats a new sateen
goat's hair covering, made entirely of
long wool. Is excellent, and may bo
had In rich, deep red, green, blue and
golden brown.
LACE DOOR PANELS.
Lace door panels, after the latest
Idea, are now mounted on metal
frames, so the panel can be removed
and the glass cleaned without disar
ranging the lace. The frames come to
fit all the usual sized openings.
VENTILATED CAKE BOXES.
Ventilated cake and bread boxes ar
among the newest and best They are
of japanned tin, the shelves are per
forated, aud there is a ventilator In
the top of the bread box and in the
upper part of the door of the caka
closet
THE DARK SHADE.
Every bedroom window should b#
provided with a dark green shade to
keep out the early morning sunlight
It need not be a heavy Holland shade,
which keeps out air as well as light.
Side curtains of dark cheesecloth,
hung from a rod underneath tho white
shade, aro soft and thin enough to
draw out of sjght against the window
frame, and are effectual in creating
a dim, religious light conducive to
slumber.
BLENDING OP COLORS:
A leading spirit In the house fur
nishing world of to-day, one noted
for his originality and successful re
sults. says: "Any one can match."
A keeping entirely to one tone results
In monotony. Any room distinguish
able as a red room, a green room, a yel
low or blue and white room becomes
Irksome to live in, because of its in
completeness. Colors should be used,
and if properly blended, the effect will
be not colors, but color, which Is al
ways desirable.
A BRIGHT IDEA,
: A clever woman who had been both
ered in identifying her trunk in num
berless railway stations, concluded to
put au end to her trials by ha ving her
initials stenciled on all four slues of it,
ts well as on the top. "You don't know 1
what a comfort it is," she says. "In
stead of wandering gloomily through
acres of trunks trying to pick out
mine, I now find it without the least
difficulty. It not only saves time, but
it also saves temper. I wonder I
never thought of it before."
IN THE LIVING ROOM.
The living room is now a recognized
factor in the modern liousu. In secur
ing tile desired "livable" quality the
wall and fioor coverings piny an impor
tant part. If they are heavily pat
terned aud glaring tlwy are out of tune.
A very common error is to adorn the
upper part of the wall with an obstru
slve frieze. Anything below twelvd
feet in height needs only a. cornice top
and bottom as a finish. Scotch rugs
made in Morris patterns in unusual
aud artistic combinations of dolors
make effective yet inexpensive living
room floor coverings.
UPHOLSTERY FABRIC.
A new aud very beautiful fabrifl
for upholstery or drapery has softly
tinted floral festoons of the time of
Marie Antoinette, thrown on a light
moire or bloom linen witli a silken
sheen. This is especially designed to
be used with dainty, delicate furnish
lug schemes, and is in direct contrast
lo the hold effects and designs offered
to accompany an arts and crafts room.
For a Georgian or Colonial room
nothing is better for covering the fine
old mahogany pieces, or, as a hanging,
than a silk brocade, Just out, that is
a reproduction of a rare old English
pomegranate pattern.
■Mock Indian Pudding—Pour foui
cupsful of scalding milk on two cups
fill of eereallne; then add half a cup
of molasses, one and n half level table
spoonsful of butter; pour into a but
tered baking dish and bake one bout
in a slow oven; serve with cream.
German Toast—Beat three eggs a lit
tle; add half a teaspoon of salt, one
cupful of milk and two tablespoons of
sugar; dip slices of bread iu tills aud
cook 011 a hot griddle; brown on one
side, then turn and brown the other;
this may be served for luncheon or as
a dessert with sauce.
Coffee Custard—Put over the fire two
cupsful of milk, and two tablespoons
ful of ground coffee; when scalding
hot, remove and strain; beat three egg
yolks; add to them three tablespoons
ful of sugar and the scalding milk;
strain into buttered individual moulds;
set in a pan of hot water and bake
In a moderate oven until fiun in the
centre.
Apple Tapioca—Soak three-fourths
cup of pearl or menlte tapioca one hour,
drain, add two and one-half cups of
boiling water and half a teaspoon of
salt; cook In the double boiler until
transparent; core and pare seven rath
er tait apples; arrange theiu In a but
tered pudding dish; fill the cavities
with sugar; pour over the tapioca and
bake in a moderate oven until apples
arc soft; serve with sugar and cream.
The Modem Census.
"A Decennial Snap Shot of the Nation For
the Benefit of All Time."
By Director W. R. Merrlam.
fcINCE 1790 the area of the United States has increased from 827,544
Sto 3,622,033 square miles; the number of counties has increased from
307 to 2807; and the total population has increased from 3,929,214 to
70,303,387, or nineteenfold. There are four States each possessing, in
jjefloL 1900, a population greater than that of the entire Nation in 1790, at
I | -which time two of the four were an untrodden wilderness. The
number of cities with a population of 8000 or over has increased from
six to 546, und the number with a population of 25,000 or over from two to 101.
There are now thirty-eight cities having a population exceeding 100,000, and
three of these have over 1,000,000 each. In 1900 the record of capital, wages,
and value of products of manufactures rises to figures almost beyond com
prehension. The capital invested was $9,840,028,584; the salaries and wages
paid amounted to $2,735,430,848; and the value of products was $13,089,279,506.
In agriculture the figures are almost equally impressive. The total value of
farms in 1900 was $10,074,090,247, and that of agricultural products in 1899,
$4,739,118,752. To gather aud collate such stupendous figures, not only with ac
curacy, but so swiftly that the record of population In 1900 appeared as quickly
•a did the little report of the first census, was a task of the first magnitude. It
was indeed an evolution.
Such is the modern census. It is a decennial snap shot of the Nation for the
benefit of all time. Patrick Henry declared that there was but one lamp by
which his feet were guided—Experience. But so important has the study of
facts become that statistics presenting the facts analyzed and classified la
the lamp which guides the statesman and the student of to-day.—The Century,
JZ?
Thoughts on Race Suicide.
From President G. Stanley Hall's Speech on Hered*
ity at the Sons of the Revolution Banquet.
pMaaaUR country's development in all branches of Industry during the
last decade Is simply wonderful and cannot be paralleled in lils
tory. Yet these statistics are not altogether cheerful.
■ The number of offspring a race produces is the real test of ita
permanent prosperity.
The temptation of the day is to take out of the constitution
PITP more than it can bear—by the inflation of the ego, the Intense pur
"JtJtJ. suit of individualism.
Statistics show that the offspring of native-born parents has
steadily decreased In ratio, so that if it were not for our great
Immigration our population would be diminishing alarmingly.
Excessive development of the individual beyond a certain point always
means impairment of the breed.
Looking "back to the day of the Puritans, is it not true that the inhospitable
character of the soil and the tremendous expenditure of vitality necessary to
obtain a living all through these years has overdrawn human energy and
stunted our race, so that the Yankee family is dying out?
A few generations ago families of ten to twelve children were not uncom
mon. To-day some families have become entirely extinct.
Has not our Nation been spending too much vitality? Is it right to rob
posterity by Intensifying individualism to such an extent? To expend so much
vitality in toll and pleasure as to threaten the race?
There seems to be something in tho climate aud conditions of America
which "keeps us on our nerves" all the tlma>
Appreciate the Uses of Life.
By Margaret Stowe.
PUUPCTtT WO of the favorite questions that children usually put to their
UUUUUU parents are, "What are we here for? Why do we live?"
tip rpQO Take core that you give no light answer to these questions.
UP I PP Think well before you speak, for upon your words may bang
PU PP the success or failure of your child's future.
22-,—-23. I recently overheard a small tot say to another with whom
TTaTTotTp she bad been discussing this subject, "Mother says that we are
hero to improve our minds so we will know a lot when we
are old."
That is quite true, but how about the heart? Don't we need to improve
that, too? We must he careful not to open the door of the mind so wide that
we close the door of the heart.
Say to your children. "Yes, we are here to improve our minds only in order
that we gain knowledge so as to lie of use to our fellow-creatures, not fellow
men alone, but every living creature."
We must cultivate the intellect, but at the same time unfold the heart
qualities. Don't forget that, for one without the other Is like an orchard
without fruit.
Tench your child to be observant, but never unkindly critical. In criti
cising others we are bringing out our own quality of thought. We are show
ing ourselves up in a kind, strong light or a mean, weak light, as we please.
Our criticisms reflect more on ourselves than on the ones they aro meant for.
We often hear tho expression, "It is all from one's point of view." It Is
tho quality of thought that each one of us holds that makes the difference In
tho view we take of people and things.
We grown up children should not lose sight of the fact that the unfolding
of the heart qualities results iu kindness of thought, word and deed.
We know that It Is just as easy to be kind, to think kindly, and to act
kindly as the reverse and the effect on one's own mind, as well as on the minds
of others, is far more beneficial. It makes life easier aud more worth living.
If we forget this one great essential of character and become impatient
and fault-finding with others we are placing an obstruction in the way of
success.
Keep your thoughts clear, loving and charitable and you will only see the
good ill everything. Then you will know what a power good is In the world
and how much stronger it is than evil, and when you realize that fact you can
answer those two questions for your children without hesitation, and they in
their turn will be brought up to be a power and help to all arouud them.—New
York Journal. *
Mars Again to the Front.
By Garrett P. Servlss.
EHE planet Mars, puzzling as ever, once more demands atten
tion and will receive it. For who can resist the attraction
of a world that looks as if it were inhabited? It would be ai
easy to withdraw the eyes from a jungle in which a tiger ie
believed to bo crouchiDg,
Anybody can see Mars now, climbing up the eastern sky
liefore midnight, lurid nmong the white stars and slowly grow
ing brighter as he approaches his place of opposition to tin
sun, which he will reach on the uiglit of tho 28th of March,
when he will be less than 60,000,000 miles from the earth.
Sixty million miles aro not much, as astronomers reckon distances. A pow
erful telescope reduces the 00,000,000 to 00,000 at a stroke, and 00,000 miles
are hut a quarter of the moon's distance. So, for the purposes of telescopic
examination, we shall have Mars four times nearer to us than the moon Is.
Sometimes with tho Lick telescope they use a magnifying power of more thaD
2000 diameters, which would bring Mars within an apparent distance of less
than one-eighth of the moon's. Unfortunately our atmosphere is not steady
euough, even on Mount Hamilton, to render the view of a planet with so high
a power satisfactorily clear, but, on tho other baud, much lower powers will
reveal many wonderful tilings.
Tills time Mars shows lis Ills northern hemisphere, and that is a circum
stance calculated to pique curiosity, for when he furnished Ills great sensntlouj
in 1892 aud 1894, it was his southern hemisphere that he turned in our direc
tion. In several respects the northern half of Mars exhibits a striking nnulogy
to the corresponding part of the earth. At present, a snow-like whiteness
spreads broadly around Mars' north pole, but within the next month or two
this wintry realm will begin visibly to contract Its boundaries, for the summei
sun will be rising higher there, as here; and so the two planets, Earth and
Mars, like twin performers, keeping step and time upon the stage, will show
the same change of countenance. But Mars' seasons being nenrly twice as
long as ours, the gradual disappearance of his polar hood will continue long
after the earth has begun to draw on again its Arctic nightcap.
As the polar snows of Mars melt away, those strangest mysteries of all,
the so-called canals will make their appearance, and perhaps wo shall heat
again of curious lights visible on that other world which some persons will
think are actually intended for signals to us.
This opposition Is the opening of another Bliow-period for Mars, as every
two years from now until 1909 he wilt get nearer to the earth. In 1907 and
1909 he will he more than 20,000,000 miles nearer than he Is this year; but then
It will be again his southern pole that we shall sec best.—Collier's Weekly.
"PAKED" OLD MASTERS SOLD.
Many Spurious Canvases Turned Out
by London Swindlers.
The manufacture of "faked" pto
tures by old masters is not con Sued
to Paris. The great Increase in the
value of Romney, Gainsborough and
Lawrence portraits caused the pro
duction of many spurious caavasesy
and lately these "masters" have been
put on the Amerioati and Bngllsh mar
ket. One copyist in London has at
tained astonishing accuracy in repro
ducing Romney's works. These fraud
ulent piotures are never exposed to
the test of a sale at Christie's. They
change hande privately, and most col
lectors are so vain about their knowl
edge that when they discover they
have been deceived they make no fuss,
especially as the dealers do not give
a guaranty. Antiques are manufac
tured on the biggest scale of all in
Nuremberg, where sham brasses ot
the sixteenth century, silver cups,
Jewels, ivories or whatever curios ars
In special demand at any time am
turned out in profusion. The art dis
played in these copies is scarcely in
ferior to that in the original. It de
ceives the keenest and most knowing
collector. Baron Rothschild bought
here recently a silver bell supposed
to have come from the Hermitage pal
ace at St. Petersburg and roputed to
be a famous work of Benevuto Cel
lini. Rothschild paid $30,000 for U,
but discovorod afterward that two of
his continental relatives had bought
similar bells about the same time.
Bach of the three contained one-third
of the genuine bell, which had been
broken up and the original pieces had
been worked in with the imitation.
The leading collectors are talking ot
try for works of art in which the gen
ulno "'pedigree" of objects of all kinds
shall be registered so that their his
tory may be traceable. But there
are many diffionlties in the way of
such a project, not the least being; that
the dealers are dead set against 1L
Science and Fact.
Senator William P. Frye is an ar
dent lover of the sport of fishing.
Once, after bis return from his sum
mer outing, says the Saturday Even
ing Post, he met the celebrated nat
uralist, Agassiz. Glowingly Senator
Frye described his experiences.
"Among my triumphs," said he, "was
the capture of speckled trout that
weighed fully eight pounds." Dr.
Agassiz smiled, and said: "Reserve
that for the credulous and convivial
circles of rod and reel but
spare the feelings of a sober scient
ist." "This is not a campaign whop
per I'm telling; I weighed that trout
carefully, and it was an eight-pound
er." "My dear Mr. Fryo," remonstrat
ed Dr. Agassiz, "permit me to inform
you that the Salvelinus fortinalis nev
er attains the extraordinary weight of
eight pounds. The creature you
caught could not have been a speck
led trout. All the authorities on
ichthyology would disprove your
claim." "All I can say to that," said
Senator Frye, "is that there are, then,
bigger fish in Maine than are dreamed
of in your science." The next season
he caught a speckled trout that
weighed nine pounds. He packed it
In ice, and sent it to Dr. Agassiz. A
few days later he received a telegram,
which read: "The science of a life
time kicked to death by a fact Agaa
liz."
One hundred and thirty kind* ot
wild flowers are found near Nome,
Alaska.
ISFSBKK " AR ° T0 BEAR.
~|] (J tlt'y.'i-, When the buck aches
I I If h"d pains so badly,
II can't work, can't rest,
,-an't sleep, can't eat,
it's hard to bear. Thousands of ach
ing backs have been relieved and
cured. People are learning that back
ache pains come from disordered kid
neys, that Doan's Kidney rills cure
every kidney ill, euro bladder troubles,
urinary derangements, dropsy, dia
betes. Brlglit's disease. Read tills tes
timony to the merit of the greatest of
kidney specifics.
J. W. Walls, Superintendent of
Streets <if Lebanon, Ivy., living on East
Main street, in that city, says:
"With my nightly rest broken, owing
to irregularities of the kidneys, sufTer
lug intensely from severe pains in the
small of my hack and through the kid
neys, and annoyed by painful passages
of abnormal secretions, life was any
thing hut pleasant for me. No amount
of doctoring relieved tills condition, and
for the reason that nothing seemed to
give me even temporary relief I be
came about discouraged. One day I
noticed in tile newspapers tile case of a
mail who was afflicted as I was and
was cured by the use of Doan's Kid
ney Pills. His words of praise for this
remedy were so sincere that on the
strength of his statement I went to
the Hugh Murrey Drug Co.'s store and
got n box. I found that the medicine
was exactly as powerful a kidney rem
edy as represented. I experienced
quick and lasting relief. Doan's Kid
ney Pills will prove a blessing to all
sufferers from kidney disorders who
will give tlicm a fair trial."
A FREE TRIAL of tills great kidney
medicine, which cured Mr. Walls, will
be mailed to any part of the United
States on application. Address Foster-
Mll burn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. For sals
by all druggists, price 30 cents per box.
Wax From Trees.
The wax palm of the Andes Is a veg
etablo wonder. It grows to a height
of nearly 200 feet and thrives not only
on the plains, hut the mountains. The
wood Is tough and durable and is em
ployed in carpentry. The wax comes
from the pits between the trunk and
fronds. It is yellow or grayish white.
Is as pure as beeswax and is used for
making candles. A peon climbing the
trees can gather from 20 to 30 pounds
from each.