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HORSE-RADISH KING » ■ ■ . i ST. LOUIS MAN CONTROLS OUT PUT IN UNITED STATES. Connoisseurs Throughout Country Must Rely on James A. Dacey for Relish—Is Still a Young Man. t St. Ljouis.—This city can boast many distinctions, but none more novel than being the domicile of the "Horse-Rad ish King." More horse-radish is shipped from this city than all the other markets for the relish com bined. The man who controls the output in Vhe United States, and who in its sole has amassed a fortune, is .Tames A. Dacey. With all due formality, he has been vested with the tufted crown of green radish tops, as befits one of such importance in the vegetable kingdom. His storehouses hold hundreds of bar rels of the roots, and during the busy season he ships a carload a day. Con noisseurs from Portland, Me., to Los Angeles and from Winnipeg to El Paso, have to rely upon him for the snappy relish. The title of horse-radish king is hereditary in his family. His father before him was in the produce busi ness .and he, too, handled much of the strange vegetable. The son, how ever, realized the possibilities pre sented by encouraging its growth among the truck gardeners and to day be practically controls the market. Every morning from 25 to JO wagons loaded with the earth-smelling roots line up in front of his commission house and barrel after barrel disap pears in the storerooms. Here they are dumped on the floor and the con tents graded and sorted. The growing of horse-radish is a profitable business. This is especially Ill 1 |j{ crsJ/IEjz? >?. DSICEV |j true since Uie present king has been at the head of the industry. Previous ly it demanded a very poor price, often selling as low as $1.50 per bar rel. This energetic., at that time young, monarch decided to make an outlet for it. He secured a list of all the sauce makers and flooded the country with circulars telling of the rare flavor of the St. Louis product. Then he advertised in the trade pa pers and sat back to await returns. He was not idle long. From ail parts of the country requests came for sam ples. These were sent and the orders' began to arrive. That was many years ago, and they are still coming. It is almost impossible to keep horse-radish any length of time after it has been grated. During the sum mer. whether in a refrigerator or on ice, it will not keep longer than a week without fermentation petting in. During the winter months it is pos sible to keep the prepared prdouct for two months, hut. even then it is neces sary to keep it in a cold, dark room. When it ferments it takes on a yellow tinge and is tasteless and unpalatable. A large preserver, who is one of the horse-radish king's best customers, is reputed to have offered $1,000,000 to anyone who can devise a means of preserving it indefinitely. Many at tempts have been made to find a for mula, but thus far al! have failed. In order to fill all orders, in the warehouse of the firm are stored about 1,000 barrels of roots. Each hoid3 100 pounds of the root. When prepared it will make 300,000 bottles of the relish. The cultivation of horse-radish re quires much labor. It is necessary to losen the roots two or three times in a season to get good results. The off shoots are removed and the earth pressed to one side to give the stalk a chance to expand. The root when matured is no longer than the original shoot planted. It differs from most vegetables in that, it grows from the center out, instead of up and down. It is a plant that requires much nour ishment and the crops have to be al ternated <Arery year. It is set out in rows three feet apart, and the stalks are about eighteen inches apart. The horse-radish king, though he has made money and is now 43 years old, still pays strict attention to busi ness. In tne busy season he is at work in the gray of the dawn looking over the loads of the farmers and contracting for the purchase of the remainder of their crops. He carries his honors easily as the head of the horse-radish market, and declares that in the course of a few years it is his intention to turn over his scepter to another. He thinks that horse-radish has a great future before it, and once the discovery is made oi a means of keeping it, it will be used more than any other condiment. The Sight of the Pigecn. . A friend of mine ridicules the idea that in the carrier pigeon it. can be sight which guides him on his home ward trail.. But my friend should real ly study the mechanism of the eye of the bird b f -re he seeptizes. 1 am sure that from the heights at which it is itself invisible the fal con can note its'prey; and its eye is simply a self-adjusting telescope. The careful dissection of the eye of the bird of prey is an absolute revelation as to creative ingenuity— Dr. Dabbs, in Frys Magazine. GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH GEN. BOOTH ON EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY STARTS NEW PLAN Veteran Founder of Salvation Army Launches* Scheme for “University of Humanity" in the United States—All the World Celebrates Anniversary of His Birth. New York.—Gen. William Booth, founder and commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army, celebrated his eight ieth birthday on Saturday, April 10, and the event was made the occasion of rejoicing all over the civilized world. The Army itself held big meet ings in every city and town where it is established, and these were partici pated in by hundreds of thousands of other citizens who were glad to do honor to the distinguished philan thropist. Gen. Booth himself presided over several monster mass meetings in London. His advanced age and the fact that he was operated on recently for cataract did not deter him from taking part in the celebrations held liy his devoted soldiers. University of Humanity Launched. In America the day was marked especially by the launching of another of Gen. Booth's original schemes for social reform in the United Slat* s At every post of the army was an nounced the beginning of work to found a University of Humanity, a great institution for the training of workers in social service. Tin uni versify will be divided between \'tw York and Chicago, and it is <•>:;>< <*:e<j to begin witli a fund of $1,000,000. The gathering of this fund is Hr* work that the army now enters upon in commemoration of its famous len ;e s completion of his eightieth year As a much-needed stone iu the givar organizational structure that William Booth has been building during the past 47 years, this idea or a school for the systematic training of his workers has been in his mind for sev eral years. On his last visit to tlie United States the general made his first tentative announcement of the plan. Since then he lias worked out many of the details and he has just consented to the beginning of pre liminary work in this country where the need for trained workers has been especially great. Growth of Great System. It is perhaps not generally realized that the whole intricate modern ma chinery of civilization for the uplift ing of the submerged tenth, the vast system of charities now so essential a part of modern life, is to a very large extent an outgrowth of the Booth idea. He was the first to see that the unfortunate could best ne reached by those who had suffered as they had, and that they must be reached by practical worldly help be fore they could bo prepared to begin the cleaner life. It was the Salvation Army which first made a practical working success of this now familial principle of so-called "missionary work.” This whole plan of campaign foi raising the fallen began on a very simple scale in the poverty-stricken and crimc-infested East end of Lon don and under the Impetus of William Booth’s singular force of mind anc personality and the momentum that il has gathered with almost miraculous rapidity it has developed into a truly astonishing organization. t Some of the departments of it* work are: Prison-gate and Rescue, Inebriates' homes, Hoys' and Girls' homes, Farm colonies, Emigration, Naval and Military homes. Maternity homes, nursing, Samaritan brigades, hospital and benevolent visitation, po lice court work and Indian school training. No other religious organization In the world's history has branched out into so many departments of philan thropic effort and absorbed them as part of its religious duties. Need of Trained Workers. The scheme foe a University of Hu manity grew naturally out of the de velopment of the 20 other depart ments. With a field as wide as the world itself tile work of the Salvation Army is only limited by the number , of workers that can be secured and ! its effectiveness by the understanding md earnestness or' these workers. As j uplift work has grown from local ef forts to help a few into a great In i elusive movement which must miss | none, the problems of organization ! have grown greater. Charity has be j come.i science and its application an ! art requiring the highest development ! of personal qualities of insight and ! altruism. There is thus pressing need : for workers of quite exceptional qual ification. These qualifications must ; first of all be inherent and must then lie developed by experience and spe 1 ' :al training. This is ■ he new work planned by Gen. Booth. Those women, for in stance, who are to go among the slums of the big cities must not only have the desire to help but must know how real helpfulness can best be se cured. They must understand by a study of practical sociology some thing of the social forces that create this poverty and crime and wretched ness. They must understand the dan ger of the rrnwise charity that merely increases dependence and understand the value of better living conditions i’.i raising the moral courage of those j to whom fate lias been unkind. They must be able not only to correct home j conditions themselves hut to impart their knowledge and to inspire with ! a desire for betteiment. value of tne Organization. This v\ ill be but a small part of the i university's training in social service I as planned by tne patriarchal evangeP j ist, but it serves to show of what : value such an organization will he. Of i lie general s plan for the uni i versity lie himself said recently: ••] want to train men and women to deal with misfortune. 1 want them in structed to coinhat with the weak nesses and sins cf the drunkard, the criminal, the pauper and the would-be suicide.” At 80 years of age the head of the Salvation A*my, after more than half a century of almost unceasing activity, is as vigorous and untiring as at any time in his career. The inexhaustible vitality and intellectual and physical activity of this social reforemr, philan thropist, preacher, author and traveler are marvelous. At fourscore he is traveling many thousands of miles POPULAR AUTHORS The Preacher Finds Ready Sale far His Decks in Hi3 Parish. Rent on an errand f nr rcy, a city prowler made his way into a strange neighborhood. What impressed him most was the bookstore windows, in every one for blocks around were stacks of a new book he had never beard of by a writer of whom he bad never fc^ard. "Who is this man?” he finally asked. “Why is ho so popular hereabouts?” “He is the pastor of the Presby terian church down in the next block," said the stationer. “Every bookseller in the neighborhood is making a spe cially of his book. That is the usual way of doing things when a clergy man brings out a new book. Anybody , else might appear in the publishers’ over the world every year, controlling the destinies of his more than 7,000 corps of Salvation soldiery with their 18,000 commissioned officers, distribu ted among every civilized country, preaching constantly to vast audiences and doing an amount of literary work that would be a facer to many a professional author with no other oc cupation. William Booth was born on April 10, 1829, in Nottingham, England, and was trained for the Methodist minis try which he entered and became one of the strongest evangelistic forces in that church. Ho grew dissatisfied, however, at reaching only those with some religious training and convic tion. He felt that there were thous ands whose need was far greater and he gravitated to the Hast end of Lon don where wretchedness of all kinds was the rule. In a disused burial ground on Mile End road lie pitched an old tent and the first Salvationist meeting was held in that tent in 1 SGI. The fiery eloquence of tbo earnest %young preacher caught the attention of a crowd of poor Whitecliapelers and be fore that first meeting was over he had made several conversions, a per formance that he has been repeating throughout the world for 47 years. How He Started the Army. This first meeting resulted in the formation of the Christian mission, from which it was the evangelist’s custom to send his converts to the ex isting churches of the locality, but finding that they were not welcomed and were in danger of slipping back from sheer want of comradeship and oversight, lie set about forming so cieties of the converted. These he found to be a potent agency for bring ing in more, as the heedless East ender could be impressed by the words of a former “pal’’ when he would not listen to a minister. So was created the central idea of the Salvation Army. The need of organization becomes apparent, but several methods were tried with little success before Gen Booth hit upon the military idea and named his organization the Salvation Army. From that time on the move ment grew amazingly and it has con tinued to grow without ceasing to this day. Spread Over the woria. The movement began spreading to other countries of the world in 1S81 when it first reached the United States through the influence of a silk weaver who had emigrated from Cov entry, England, bringing with him the Salvation Army idea and a strong de sire to continue in the work. It reached Australia in the same- year through a milk dealer from Stepney, and soon afterwards the first Canadian corps was organized in a similar fashion. Five years later, in 1SS6, the gen eral made the first of many visits to the American branches of the army and he- has seen them grow from a few small corps into a veritable army of tremendous influence and unsur passed efficiency. His first great world-tour was made in 1891, when he visited South Africa, Australia and India. Since then he has visited the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India four times. South Africa twice and Japan and the Holy Land each once. During all these travels the actual executive responsibility for the gov* eminent of the army has never been lifted from his shoulders. Even on shipboard he is an indefatigable work er, planning and writing through tho days. Gen. Booth Honored. One of the most remarkable of the many tributes paid to the general by the great of the world was that of the mikado of Japan during the visit to that country. The mikado personally received the general with great warmth and he was accorded remark able ovations in Yokohama, Tokyo. Sendai and Kyoto, a circumstance of strange import when it is realized that Japan is not a Christian country. Another interesting distinction given Gen. Booth was the conferring on him of the degree of doctor of civil law by Oxford university. The significance of this honor will be better under stood when it is stated those who re ceived university honors with him at the time were Prince Arthur of Con naught. the prime minister of Eng land, the lord chancellor, the speaker. Sir E. Grey, the archbishop of Armagh, Sir Evelyn Wood, the Ameri can ambassador, Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling. As a writer Gen. Booth is remark able, both as a stylist, as a thinker and as a producer. He has written in all 21 volumes, besides innumerable articles for the army publications. His best known book is “In Darkest England and the Way Out,” in which he outlined his scheme for social re form by means of colonization. "The Training of Children” “Love, Mar riage and the Home.” and his books on reform are among the others of the general’s best known literary pro ductions. Writes of His Creed Of his creed the general has written verv beautifully. He says: •The simplicity of our creed has been, as 1 believe it will remain, one ji me principal helps to our unity. We stand for the old truths. The laith which can be interpreted in terms of duty, of unselfishness, of parity, of love to God and man, Is the inly faith we really care about. What sver may be the case with the select minority, the consciousness of sin, the force of evil habit and the con sciousness of sin and the influence of passion, are all vivid realities with the great masses of the population. To them we bring the promise of de liverance by Jesus Christ." catalogue every month without arous ing local pride, hut with the preachers it is different. When a minister tuffts author that old saw about the prophet t being without honor In his own ‘coun try is disproved with a vengeance. Every spring there is a considerable literary output by the pastors of New York churches. The first place where these volumes are put on sale is the bookstores near the church where the minister preaches, and usually tke largest sales are made there.” \ SALVATIONARMY’f WORKIT THE UPLIFTING OF HUMANITY ' ■ . • * ■ i : i 'M How the Wonderful Organization Brings About the Moral and Physical Regeneration of Thousands of Men and Women De * i • graded by Crime and Misfortune. Chicago.—"The World for Christ,” | the war cry of the Salvation Army is uttered to-day by more men and wom en than ever before since that won derful organization was formed by Gen. William Uooth in (he slums of. Ixjndon. In the Tinted States alone. there are nearly 900 corps and »m$t-,' posts where the ''soldiers”, arc doing untiringly the twofold work of rtw army—spiritual and -social. livery, day in the week, every hour in the day, they labor earnestly among the fallen, the degraded and the (unfor tunate. Not so many years ago .IHese: soldiers met with abuse and violence,' or at the best with ridicule and con tempt. Now they are everywhere ac corded respect and assistance. Their’ beck and call of the commanding of fleer to carry swift relief to extrenn cases in any part of the city. Durinj the winter these slums sisters visiiet and ^assisted. ill i .various wayj 1,741 families, at a cost tin cash, clothing coal and medicines of I2.G42.36. •Clofhin^ttftr. the.jMiolrla collected al ;ofipi,’t&<* ibiiy i>yt the arnly’s wdgoiii reittirfd* uiid distributed Iron its industrial home. At this institu iidri/t< y•*^hijiloymen•is gjvei io# many fneh'f who. having'held re sponsible positions, have fallen lov tirfSi^sh-dAKk'b^Vrfber ’ Score! otHhcJeVi^fl tire reclainfed' and latei placed in a'oftd fiositions.'jtnd on lcgv iifg the home they are given monej which they earned, by their vvoi'l .. . 1 4 - ' CHRISTMAS DINNER FOf? POOR. { i » • methods have not changed, bat the world has gradually come to know something of the groat work they are doing. Varied Social Work. While all Salvation Army operations have as the ultimate goal the saving of the whole man, body and soul, it is the social and industrial part of the work that attracts the most attention and awakens the -broadest sympathy. The extent of this work is compre hended by few who see the sober-clad soldiers on their daily and nightly rounds. It comprises many and varied branches, such as workingmen's ho tels. industrial homes, rescue homes, children’s homes,'maternity hospitals, work in prisons and slums, farm col onies. summer outings and Christmas dinners. Some of its charities are more than self-supporting, but every cent that is made by them is used in other branches of the wor.J-:, and for the rest the army depends on the con tributions of philanthropic jtersons who believe that no other agency is so potent in reaching and elevating the "submerged tenth.” The public Is reached not only through personal so licitation. but by means.of periodicals’ of which the Army publishes 69, with* a total of more than l.qui.OOO copies issued. It operates in $4 .countries and colonies and preaches the 'gospel in 2S languages. j* The Army in Chicago. * • : Chicago is the headrptasters tar • Ae western territory of the Army in the United . States, with Commissioner Thomas Estill in command, and the operations of the army here are a fine example of its work throughout the world. ■ thjriiig the cold! winter ' • ■ 1 ’ . f ‘ j : . the.ref Many, .a -self-supporting yen an. broken dow n by sickness, :has bgei relieved-bfc- the army, nursed* baokiti health and restored to her placi among the wage-earners, ’ r' i Christmas Dinners-fot^Tfitjusandfr. 'The spectacular sfd’e of the Shiva i tion Army's work 'reaches ’its clima; ! at Christmas time. For.mhny daj(. i before the festival .there may 'be see: on every prominent corner t ip thi business district a Salvation • lass who, despite snow, y.ind,' sleet am cold cheerfully ^tsnds with tam bourine in hand, appealing to the pass er-by for the wherewithal to providi a happy Christmas for more than 12 000 of Chicagois poor. 1 - These peopl have bo one to plan pleasant Christ mas Air])rises for them, and' tit knowledge that the Salvation Arm: j lias not-foVgotlen them on tho-day o universal repoicing is one of th' brightest spots in their dreary lives. The thousands of Christmas' dinner . are purchased, packed in baskets an' | talfen t,n the 21 distributing points where they are given cut to the poot Many of tne baskets, destined for fat® .il^L's'Jn-which there are.little children ,contain. aJs$’a few- toys' ajd-^inicSj ■ liln; suitniusi <UfBc .tb'gtMsiijy doe-3 t *Hne rwork»'iu>etkljli*g Hothdes and chil • di*eh* fdf'wiifiHgSfJin thd'-Country. I • oWns a big hodft*. flrtd farm in-one o | life ^iW'sl’^ret-ti'ffitlWsburbs, and then ! th\;'i,3.H,g(l‘h Andii-'#tul pun> ; ehtldrei ! from* the slums filF restored to he^ltl y'vid; vigor. . ‘ * ’* j’:';' 6hildren’s Industrial" Farm. 1 .In^'a^jnia, 20 piijes from, Sanf: IVbsa, ss jone of .the Army's greatest in .' stirufcfcm?*—the .Lytton Spring Chil dren’s Industrial farm- of C.10 acres ’■nit, • t • • I '■ • . FIRSt Alp TP. ,ij£g 'INJURED. ; months the soldiers are eepeclalte busy, for in addition to provulifig shel ter .and food for countless ..destitute^, men and women in permanent and temporary lodging houses, thjpy search unceasingly for cases of suffering where the victims are too proud or too ignorant to apply for relief. To 'such people, 'in rickety tenements and;', ^n. hovels up; dark and filthy alleys, t+e cheerful Salvation lassies carry food and coal and medicines; and, -better yet, bring to the1 wretcht'd-aad^dd^ti cast the hopd of 'better things and En couragement to. struggle onward and upward. There ar'c ho harsh reproach os for past shortcomings, ;no threats, but, gentle admonition, kindly advice and material assistance at the time-when it Is most needed. J • Slum Angels to the Rescue. In addition to the 21 stations in Chicago from which the willing work ers help the poor, a sort of flying squadron of ‘‘alum angels” is at the .Jpnce It was a sanitarium ancl summer retreat. Peopls went there to get the benefits of the'mineral waters, the balmly air,* the glorious vistas below and fern-carpeted canyons behind. On it ,(here. was a:big hotel and ten cot tages. and these erstwhile abodes oi the sick and weary are now the haunfs and homes of hippy children. About five years ago- the "Salvation Army, working tin the principle that the country is the right place to bring ?up children, founded the' Home. ' it fwas the outgrowth cf a small home lifalnta-inecl• by'the order in 'Ska Fran were Installed as supe^tffetfolnts, and cisco. Maj. C. W. Bourne aidd* Mb wife the useful career of a marv&cusly use ful institution was btsgun. Vlt iS now the home of about 200 happy, healthy and most useful children. The boys are learning to be skillful farmers and dairymen and the girls' to he model housekeepers—and all of them to be good citizens. Much of the produce !llj 1 . ==---. 'ttf the farm is sold in San Jranc;=fo. Rescue and Maternity Home. Of-all its institutions, the Salvation , Army in Chicago is perhaps proudes .of* the Rescue and Maternity Home. Of this the present matron, Mrs. Kn isign Smith, writes: j --Our social operations and coloni sation schemes met the hearty ap proval of the.socialistic minded. Our children's homos and even slum poM excited the admiration of ptailan thropists, but just depict a poor Sit! strayed from the path-of virtue and rectitude,'■ or one steeped in vileness, and the majority of your listono: would either ridicule or turn their of fended moral nostrils away in disgust I Whence shall the poor, fallen girl tun | when the whole world is against li<-> It was the practical answ-er to this 1 momentous question from the myriad i of submerged daughters that openei 1 the rescue home, and the wester: 1 metropolis was not one whit behind her sister cities, for in 1893 our inst: tntion was formally opened.” Kfve times the home was moved '<■ more commodious quarters, and its work' has increased steadily. I-tst year 63 children wore born there. Th> total .number of girls received during — the year was 133. About 50 of tie girls who have been in the home i t ’ turn regularly for the monthly meet ings. Scores of them are now happil married and settled down in goo homes and with loving husbands What sociologists find to praise mo-1 in# thet Salvation Army's matemi i homes is the fact that every effort is made to induce ,thf unfortunate youuf mother^ to ^eep.thpir.children. Thi is.,^idrnilfodIy the most potent fact ‘ in their, nipral regeneration. “Surely,* says' Matron Smith. ' < ■< alone can domprehend the inestlmab value of such an institution, w-he thousands of poor, outcast girls, swi: ly drifting on the dark current to p dition, are rescued and find a peac “ haven.”, . » .Vast Easiness System. .The-executive work of the am that falls upon the shoulders of 1 octogenarian leader is enormous. 1 ■ sides its muititudious charitable . , stitutions, for all of which the me-' efficient business management i quired, there are dozens of other partments of its work that are aitnr unknown to the general public. F instance, there is the management ■ the-tgTeat properties of the array it’ its building operations. It does all - ^ own planning and building, even trait: ing its own architects, builders wbrihnen. Then it bds large prii.ti and engraving plants and the rnanag • ment’of its piublicdtions is in itself . great business. The army’s profits from its e> tensive tradhig operations are dev. . . I entirely to the furtherance of i:= form propaganda1,' the extension development, of its mission field. \ special.|i>oint is rightly made of t 1 fact that no officer profits to the . ’• ftent single cent from the final. 1 sq.qce$$ of its,business enterprises. The fupds of the army are admit., tered by a central board in Lon., pad pyery account is -subjected ‘ r. >•' • j... ■ . 1 j : Coal for Slum Dwellers. 1 fv - rigid .inspection. A regular audit *>t the books is also made by account i. ants of standing,engaged from oats;■: . the army roll. A board also consul, s with the general on each detail <u army policy as it arises. Day ami night ceaselessly—for the strain is > never off—this central committer, keenly alert, watches every develop meat affecting the good of men 'the world over. Every section of the army is linked with this central com mittee by the cable. A Literary Feat. The man who lives in the back woods and goes hunting between chap t?rs of the novels he writes visited r0,Vv> t«S( week. "Weil." said his friend, playfully "what are you going to do when you go back to the tall timber?" "Oh. just write masterpieces an shoot jackrabbiis," replied the novel 1st. airily. “Why don't you shoot a masterpiece I for a change?" asked the friend, wi n : malice aforethought. "Well." said the writing man, afte: due deliberation of the novel propos. lion-, i may—after I have written a jack rabbit.” The Scent of Books. The publisher shut hls eyes. "Bring me books," he said, “and b' the smell alone I’ll tell what country each was published in." He did indeed distinguish In this mauner a French, an English and an American book. "English books have thk best smell.” he said. "French come next. Our own come last. Our own smell salty; the ; others smell fresh and sweet. Have u try.” The skeptical clubmen in their seats • about the fire, suuffiug the books, were soon able, in their turn, to distinguish them by the odor. ■ ■ :>-Too Much Sameness. '* “You nv-ud ” change,” said the physi. ctan. • “la what, .way,'<jr,u:” "Your life is altogether too monoto nous. I "You surprise me!” I - "It’s true. .Any man who doesn’t j into bed until morning and then gets up in the morning ton »„ gel5> 1 monotonous a lUe!” * i3 leadlng t0° ^