courtyard or ouatltalan Plantation
THIS is written in what would }
he called in Virginia a “manor
house." But since It is in
Guatemala it is of the Spanish
colonial rather thau the English colo
nial type, says Wingrove Bathon in the
I'tica Saturday Globe.
The residence is the office and home i
of the largest sugar plantation in Gen- ]
tral America, and to visit it has been a
privilege which has fallen to the lot of
very few residents of the I'nited States,
or of Europe, either, for that matter,
as the records of visitors here show.
The great Humboldt came down ]
through these fertile valleys of black i
mud years ago and recorded that he j
had found at last the celebrated “gar- |
den of Eden,” and he predicted that :
what was then a wilderness beneath !
the tropic sun would some day blossom :
and bear fruit—the sweetest dreams of |
the agriculturist.
But lie never dreamed that here
would one day be found, as anyone who
comes here may, a sugar mill in which
it was necessary to invest, as is done
in tlic United States and in Ctfba, $500,
000 before a pound of sugar could be
obtained. Nor did he dream tiiat visit
ors of today would find, as they do. an
American chemist making sugar with a
polariscope. assisted by thousands of
Indians of the west coast of Central
America, descendants of the ancient
Toltecs mixed with Mayas.
The approach to Pantaleon for the j
writer and the circumstances of the in
spection were exceptional. It may he
as well to set down here that in Guate
mala and In many other Central Amer
ican countries, a plantation, or a series
of plantations, is known as a “fiuca."
Magnificent Scenery.
The start was made from Guatemala
City, the capital, in the morning. Down
;«'ude through magnificent views of the
mountains and volcanoes which make
a setting for the capital the train trav
eled over the west coast branch of the
International Railways of Central
America, which was built by the late
C. P. Huntington despite almost insur
mountable obstacles of an engineering
character, and among waterfalls and
water powers from which some day
will be developed vast electrical en
ergy.
j.tri mg uuu>t* mt* iritui a:? il tvuilUil
down through canyons, umid the hazy,
fleecy clouds were the peaks of the
twin volcanoes, Agua (water) and
Fuego (fire), no longer active, which
have sent down into these valleys in
years gone by showers of rich black
mud that contains all the chemical ele
ments of the best fertilizers, and in
which three crops of corn each year
are raised, A third volcanoe. Santa
Maria, blew out in 1904, destroying mil
lions of dollars’ worth of property.
The train skirted the shores of one
of the most beautiful lakes in the
world, ns interesting and as beautiful
as anything Switzerland has ever of
fered any traveler—I.ake Amatitlan—
where some of the well-known resi
dents of the capital maintain bunga
lows for recreation; not for “summer
resort’’ purposes, as there is neither
winter nor summer in Guatemala.
The train passed through miles and
miles of tender, green, young sugar
cane, as well as cane in full growth,
being cut by the Indian laborers, or oc
casionally by Jamaican negroes, whose
villages of thatched cottages lined the
tracks and were visible in the valleys
down which the train sped. Some cot
tages were thatched with banana
leaves, some roofed with red, native
tiles of beautiful tints.
Indian Fruit Sellers.
Indians came to the train with pine
apples in size and flavor far superior
to anything one obtains In the United
States, and with coconuts, grapes, al
ligator pears, rich, juicy, fruity man
goes of fresli pink and red and pale
green tints, as different from the dark,
pickled mango of United States con
sumption as can well be imagined.
Everywhere, from Guatemala City
to San Jose, on the Pacific, there was.
in truth, a very “garden of Eden,"
with immense tracts of land not yet
taken up, Ready for the enterprising
citizen of the United States, whom the
government of Guatemala is ready at
every turn to encourage and to assist.
At Esquintia, a modern city of brick
and stone and cement, there are me
morials of the Spanish domination, anil
of the times when the aristocracy of
Guatemala went there each January
and February for diversion. It is a
city filled with palms, and there are
many beautiful baths.
There are other memorials, too. and
some of these attracted immediate at
tention upon arrival at Pantaleon.
These are of the Indians who are mak
ing that great estate, the greatest in
Central America, still greater. In the
patio behind the “manor house" was a
great group of stone idols, visible
through the open doors of the resi
dence, with a fountain for a foreground
which was surrounded by four im
mense coconut paints, studded a few
feci up with that parasite of the trop
ics—orchids. No otic knew when or
how the idols had come there.
It is said that all along the west
const once extended the Tribes of Clto
lula. who founded many “lordships.'
Sculptured stone idols were first found
in this neighborhood in ISfiO. Excava
tions brought to light pillars, statues
stone obelisks, etc. Bas-reliefs wers •
found whicli contained tlie representa
tions of the horns of cows. Oxen were
ne>t known in tlie new world before the
arrival of the Spaniards.
Some archeologists and historians
therefore, believe that these bas-reliefs
represent the goddess Isis e>f tlie Egyp
tians. Bur this has to do with ancient
history and the mystery of the civili
zation and settlement of Central Amer
ica. a theme for the scientists. As we
turned away from the sculptured stont
idols and monuments at I’antaleoc
plantation we found, ready waiting, a
most up-to-date steam locomotive and
private car. to transport us through tho
miles and miles of sugar cane to San
Vincente, a coffee heneficio (cleaning
factory), and another heneficio, named
San Gregario, also belonging to Her
rarra Brothers, the owners of Panta
leon sugar plantation and mill.
Coffee and sweetening.
The coffee trees had just come into
flower and their fruit was not yet
ready to wash and put through the
various processes, but we were in luck
on the sugar plantations, for it was
cutting and grinding season, and aftei
we had watched the .1,000 cattle grazing
knee deep in the great pastures and
the Indians cutting the cane we came
back to the mill and the manor house.
In the mill we saw 1,000 bags of 100
pounds each of refined white sugar
being turned out each day. Sugar cane
was fed in and refined sugar in sucks,
1,000 of them a day, taken out. The
mill worked night and day, 24 hours on
a stretch. Grinding season began at
Christmas and continued until the mid
dle of May. There are 60,000 tons of
cane in a crop.
The white granulated sugar goes tc
the United States aud white Demnrra
crystal sugar Is made for export tc
London. Every Indian on the place has
been taught there. There is a splendid
laboratory equipment, with perfect
chemical and scientific control of the
product.
Nobility of Labor.
It is the mission of the United States
to ennoble toil and honor the toiler.
In other lands to labor has been con
sidered the lot of serfs and peasants;
to gather the fruits and consume them
in luxury stud war, the business of the
great. Since the medieval times Eu
ropean society has been organized on
the basis of a nobility and a people.
. . . Thus has been set on human
industry and stigma of perpetual dis
grace. Something of this has been
transmitted to the new civilization in
the West—a certain disposition to re
new the old order of lord and laborer.
Let the odious distinction perish; the
true lord is the laborer and the true
laborer the lord.—John Clark Ridpath.
No Joy in Invalidism.
Larry had caught u severe chill
which necessitated medical attend
ance. A milk diet was ordered—
“nothing but light food for a few
dayp.” At the end of the second day
;Lafry refused “to be stharved to deuth
liny iongir wid thim sups o’ milky
tliet's fur the pood o’ yer hllth.” “Ach,
bad scran to him fur a naygur!” cried
poor Larry. “What's the use o' bein’
an invalid if Oi can’t git something
extry, let alone feedin’ me loike a
chile? Oi 11 git up and go to wurrk in
the roarnin. and thin Oi’Il hev to be
fed loike a man !”■—Exchange.
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Bloodhound Not Fierce.
No real reason exists for the com
mon belief that the bloodhound is a
fierce animal, ready to tear the per
son whom it may be tracking to pieces.
It Is, on the contrary, rather noted for
its gentleness, even seeming timid, un
less specially trained to attack. The
origin of the breed, according to
Count Le Coutepilx de Canteleu, an au
thority on the subject, is from St.
Hubert of St. Hubert’s abbey in the
Ardennes. It dates from the earliest
ages, and the breed certainly existed
In the tlnu of the Gauls.
More Practical.
“Are ,you ever moved by a subli
mated altruism?” “No; as a rule, we
Young Man Must Fit Himself For Life Work If He
Is to Advance
T _
By CHARLES S. BOHART
A man of twenty-six years, in seeking for a position, was asked to
name the trade or profession for which he had fitted himself. He could
give no satisfactory answer. He had never thought of nor fitted himself
for a life work, but after leaving high school had taken the first job in
sight and then floated from job to job. When asked whether he thought
that method would ever get him anywhere, he indicated that he had been
taught to believe that a worthy young man with a high-school education
would eventually reach a creditable goal if he patiently followed a path
of careful, conscientious and concentrated effort in any position—but
still he had arrived nowhere and was willing to work for $15 a week.
What's the trouble? Who's to blame? What is wrong with his logic?
Can anyone get far in this world without a well-laid plan and a firm
will to follow it?
Who should have instructed and counseled this man at the beginning
of his career?
Would classroom talks and counsel by a trained and experienced voca
tional instructor during certain school years help?
Should the state take the responsibility (in order to alleviate unem
ployment) of instructing those who graduate from our grammar and high
schools regarding vocations and choice of life work ?
If the man in question had wisely chosen a fitting life work and
secured a position at the beginning, which might have been a stepping
stone toward his thus developed life ambition, would he not have today
been nearer a larger place in life?
Passing of Virginia City
Recalls Its Old Glories
Despairing of n revival of Virginia
City, New, the Enterprise, a newspaper
on which Mark Twain once worked,
has given up the ghost. In dying it
recalls attention to a city once as fa
miliar on men’s tongues as Verdun is
today, but for reasons quite other. The
city of fnbulous riches, the city where
millions came and went in an hour, the
city whose earth yielded the coveted
metal as in geyser floods, the city that
had a life and a luxury which today
amid its sagebrush seem mythical, is
now a collection of shacks, no longer
able to support a newspaper. Only yes
terday, it seems, Virginia City was the
most populous in Nevada, though Car
son City, as we all learned in our
geographies, was the capital. Few
things in American history are more
romantic than the rise and fall of Vir
ginia City. The state of Nevada sur
vives—a sovereign state is indestructi
ble. In area it equals all of New York
and New England combined; Staten
Island is more populous. Nevada has
had its lteno and its Goldfields, for one
thing or another famed, as it has the
husk of the once dazzling raining camp,
now bereft of its newspaper. But Ne
vada. with all its vast extent, has not
yet learned to graft cactus with cab
bages, and until it does its Bedouin
cities will fold their tents like the
Arabs.—New York Globe.
What Women Are Doing.
Dr. Katherine Bement Davis, head of
the department of corrections in New
York city, lias charge of over o,500 pris
oners.
Mrs. Fred A. Busse, wife of the late
mayor of Chicago, is now working for
that city as a collector at a salary of
$30 per week.
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Star of Filmdom
mnmnr
Mary Fuller.
Young actress who has risen high in
the movie world.
Sergt. .T. P. Coughlin of the United
States marine corps has been on shore
duty for 18 years at the League Island
navy yard, where he acts as orderly to
the commandant.
QettKerecl Smites
Took It Coolly.
“You proposed
to Miss Gadder in
a canoe?”
“Yes.”
“That’s danger
ous."
“Why so?”
“Well—er — an
embrace or a kiss
under such cir
cumstances is apt
to upset the boat.”
“There was no
t danger in this
case. She didn’t
J even do me the
honor to stop humming a little tune
while I was proposing to her.”
A Matter of Pride.
“Motoring is enjoyable, but It isn’t
the best form of exercise," said the
health expert.
“What do you consider the best ex
trcise?”
“Walking." -
“The chief objection some people
have to walking is that they have no
way of indicating to strangers as they
hike alo..g that they could ride if they
wanted to.”
Convincing.
“Do you believe that domestic argu
ments are convincing?” queried the
roung man who had recently begun to
play the part of husband to a leap
tear girl.
“Sure thing.” answered the man
who had been up against the matri
monial game long enough to render
hair-cuts unnecessary. “Each of the
parties to the argument is fully con
vinced that the other is wrong.”
Political Strategy.
“I have just discovered that our can
didate plays the pipe organ during
his leisure moments.”
“It would never do for the other side
to get hold of that.”
“What 3teps must we take?”
“Well. If the truth leaks out, we’ll
stjruiTt i’.'lm with the voters by saying
It isn't a pipe organ he plays, but a
mouth organ."
A Shirker.
“Hasn't Bliggins a motor car?”
“Yes.”
“But you always see him walki
A Close Shave.
"uou t tell me
you c a n ”t find
work," said the
hard-faced house
keeper.
“Well, mum,” re
plied the tramp at
the door, “it’s
true a man offered
me a job only las'
week, but I could
not take it”
“And why not?”
“I wuz para- ■
lyzed.” -
“You seem all
right now.”
lessum. Ye see, I wuz paralyzed
wid fright.”
Feminine Diplomacy.
“I spoke a few words with Mrs. Dub
waite this morning,” said Mrs. Gad
der.
“And what did you say?” asked Mr.
Gadder.
Oh, I raved about her gown, and
told her how well she was looking ”
“My!"
“If I am not invited to the old
frump’s next reception it won’t be my
fault.”
Experience.
“So you want to enlist, young man’”
“Yes, sir.”
Ever have any experience at fight
ing?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Where?”
“In a bakery, sir."
“What sort of experience in fighting
could you get in a bakery?”
“Fighting flies, sir.”
Going Too Far.
“A man should try to have a good
opinion of himself.”
“Perhaps.”
“I mean a certain amount of self
respect.”
“Oh, that’s all right, but some
people don't seem able to distinguish
between self-respect and self-admira
tion.”
Those Panama Slides.
Bacon—The worlds present potato
crop is approximately large enough to
fill two-thirds of the Panama canal.
Mother’s Cook Book.
“We pension a soldier who loses
a leg in battle against a man-foe.
Hut do we pension a mother who
wears out her eyesight mending
half the night, keeping the wolf
from the door, fighting off that
elemental foe of the race—Hunger
Fright?”
Oatmeal Scones.
Take a cupful of oatmeal, one-third
of a cupful of wheat flour, one tea
spoonful of baking powder and one
half teaspoonful of suit. Mis togethei
thoroughly. Cut into this one table
spoonful of butter and hot milk tc
make a stiff dough. Roll out to a half
inch in thickness. Cut in rounds with
a biscuit cutter and bake on a griddle
until brown, then turn on the other
side. Tear apart and butter generous
ly. Serve at once.
Broiled Lamb’s Kidney.
Split as many kidneys as are needed
and remove tlie fat and sinew, then
soak in acidulated water. Drain and
wipe dry. Immerse in olive oil and
broil. Serve on toast, garnished with
parsley and lemon.
Curried Chicken With Coconut.
Parboil a chicken cut in pieces, then
roll in flour in which a teaspoonful of
curry lias, been mixed, fry In butter
and drippings until brown. Have a
fresh grated coconut with two cupfuls
of water and a dash of lemon and the
coconut milk added to the chicken,,
thicken and serve with rieed potatoes.
Scotch Fancies.
Take one egg. well beaten, add a
half cupful of sugar, one-third of a
cupful of coconut, a dash of salt and a
half teaspoonful of vanilla, a two
thirds of a cupful of rolled oats, mis
and drop on a baking sheet. Let stand
a few minutes when taken from the
oven to make them firm.
Rice.
Cook unpolished rice until tender
in plenty of boiling water, season with i
salt and serve with cream and sugar. ]
This rice is much more nourishing I
thau the polished rice commonly on !
the market.
Mixed Fruit Ice Cream.
Take the juice of three oranges,
three lemons, three bananas, and a
cupful of cooked apricots, three cup
fuls of sugar and three cupfuls of rich
milk, put the apricots and bananas
through a sieve and mix the other in
gredients until the sugar is dissolved.
Freeze as usual.
To Curl Feathers.
Try this method of curling
your feathers. Take a round
stick and hold the feathers close
to it lengthwise and fold the
down carefully around the wood.
Next slip over it a closely fit
ting bag of any material; this ,
bag should be a trifle larger than
the curling stick. Hold this bag
in the steam of a kettle until |
thoroughly dampened, after
which place in a warm spot to
dry. When the hag is removed
it will be found that the feather
is nicely curled.
Around the World,
The Russian senate has been in ex
istence since 1711.
Farming and pig rearing are the
staple industries of Serbia.
In China a father cannot leave more
property to one son than to another.
Methodist ministers in the United
States number over 30,000.
In Serbia every grown man can claim
five acres of land from the government,
which is exempt from all claims of i
debt.
British vital statistics show that j
there has been more marriages and less
births since the war has been in prog- I
ress.
In Russia the people are divided into !
three “stocks,” Great Russians, White i
Russians and Little Russians.
It will cost Australia about $25,000,- I
OOtUto open the Murray river to navi- i
gation and to construct an Irrigation !
system that will develop 1,500,000
acres of land.
For the swifest photography an elec- ]
trical device has been Invented that !
ignites flash light powder and snaps
a camera shutter when the light is
most brilliant.
Gold mining companies in South Af
rica. are experimenting with blasting
by electricity with a view to minimiz
ing the fine dust, which is regarded as
the chief cause of miners’ phthisis,
i For automobile tourists there has
been invented a complete bed thal
weighs but 14 pounds and, with the
exception of the blankets, can be fold
ed and carried in the tool box of s
car.
By reason of the lack of fast col
ors, gray has become very fashionable
in England and the large quantity oi
dark brown colors on hand before the
war are responsible for the present
vogue of browns there. Scarlets, pinks
and blues are very scarce.
Unusual methods were employed at
Vandalia, Mo., in effecting the rescut
of a valuable mare that fell into a
well 22 feet deep. The owner, assist
ed by neighbors, began throwing haj
in the well, the mare climbing on the
hay as fast as she could and at last
reaching the top safely.
A first-aid package is hereafter to be
included in the equipment of every
aeroplane belonging to the Germar
army. It 'will be placed behind the
seat of the pilot, and marked with a
conspicuous red cross, so as to be read
ily found by the first person to reach
the scene of an accident
Death decreased the government’s
civil war pension roll nearly 1C per
cent during the last fiscal year. A
total of 396,370 Union veterans re
mained on the roll July 1, or 33,255
less than a year ago. Payments to
WISCONSIN TEACHER IS FARMING
40-ACRE PLOT WITH MUCH SUCCESS
To Succeed Farmer Must Enjoy His Work So That It Becomes
Pleasure Instead of Task—Study Each Field and Know Its
Weaknesses and Possibilities — Secure Good Returns
From Alfalfa—Try to Make Each Cow Comfortable.
(By G. H. ALFORD. State Demonstration
Agent, Maryland.)
In Walworth county. Wisconsin, a
man who taught school for 23 years,
is farming a 40-acre farm with won
derful success. F. F. Showers is this
money-making teacher-farmer. He ha&
a herd of cows that made him a net
proSt of $72 a head in a year.
Read his suggestions and story:
“If you are thinking of joining the
union so you will hare but an eight or
ten-hour working day, dc not think of
trying to operate a small Tarm. Tc suc
ceed in farming you must so enjoy
your work that it becomes a pleasure
instead of a task.
“In fact, success in farming depends
upon the man who runs the farm. For
if he thinks enough of his problem he
Will succeed no matter what lines of
farming he may pursue. Love and en
joy your work. Study each of your
fields to know its weaknesses ar.d its
possibilities. Harvest your crops so
that you will receive the largest re
turn from them. Give your herd a
chance. Produce, care for, and raise
only the best.
Study Each Field.
“I study each field so that I know
what crop it will produce to best ad
vantage. A farmer can do this on the
small fields. The farmer on the small
farm must utilize all the corners of
the farm. The returns from some
fields on a small farm will be equal
to the wastes upon many large farms.
and 25 pounds of barley to the acre.
Because of the thorough preparation of
the seed bed the barley yielded 40
bushels to the acre.
“Upon this field last year eight tons
of alfalfa hay were cut from every
acre. My profit was $98.40 an acre,
after deducting the interest on the land
at $200 an acre, the taxes, the cost of
plowing, disking, planting, fertilizing,
and liming besides the expense of cut
ting. tedding, raking, cocking, capping,
shaking out, and hauling the hay.
“In curing alfalfa to get the larg
est return I cut the hay as soon as
the dew is ofT in the morning and start
tedding so that I can cock and cap the
hay in the afternoon. About three
o'clock t.:e alfalfa is raked into wind
rows, carefully cocked (not tumbled)
and then capped. I leave the hay in
the cocks from eight to ten days, de
pending on the weather. (If neces
sary to leave the hay in cock for sev
eral days the cocks should be moved
about so as not to kill or weaken the
plants under them.) Then the cocks
are opened up, but not scattered out,
and the hay placed in layers so that
the leaves do not become brittle and
rattle off. An hour cr two later I be
gin putting the hay in the mow. It is
surprising how the alfalfa retains its
color until it is thrown out of the mow
in the following summer.
Business Principles.
“I try to run my farm as the best
business men run their businesses.
Grace Waterloo, Prize Cow on Showers' Farm,
“If my soil is acid, I use lime. If
my field is wet or poorly drained, I j
tile it. A farmer can fertilize the field,
plow it. prepare the seed bed as it
should be prepared and get the s:ll
in the best condition for plant food
and the maintenance ot the moisture.
"The farmer cn a small farm must
raise crops which are best adapted
for his soil and from which the best
returns in milk, pork, beef, cr what
ever you have to market, can be se
cured. Often the surplus roughage or
hay can be sold and feeds bought
which will produce more milk cr meat
than this hay or roughage would have
done.
"I found that 1 could grow alfalfa on
my farm and get good returns. I made
a study of the plant, found that it
needed a well-drained soil, and that it
required a well-prepared seedbed. I
knew that I had a well-drained soil
and that it was necessary for me to
supply the seed bed. The farmers who
drove past, stared at me when I har
rowed and harrowed the field I was
preparing for alfalfa. I went over the
ground eleven times until it was as
mellow as a well-worked garden.
Inoculated Alfalfa Field.
"Sweet clover was growing three or
tour feet high along the roadside, so I
Most business men would not feed
their cows hay just because it hap
pened to be on hand if he cculd sell
that hay and buy other feed which
would produce more milk. Last year
I sold $300 worth of alfalfa and pur
chased feed valued at $296.95. I did
this so I could have a balanced ration,
and I know my cows like a change in
feed.
“I try to make each cow as comfort
able as possible. I give her soft bed
ding, curry her, and speak tc her kind
ly. I find that these increase the divi
dend from my milk pails.
“I make a difference in the amount
of feed I give to a cow weighing 1,000
pounds and one weighing 1,200 pounds.
Reason shows me that although the
larger cow may not produce the larg
est amount of butterfat, more feed is
required for her maintenance. This
food, of course, will vary frcm the
kind of feed fed for butterfat. I think
that the secret of success or failure
In the dairy business lies in the worth
of the individual cow.
“I know it is possible and profit
able to have one^ head of stock on
each acre. My silo and alfalfa fields
have helped me to unlock the secret
of money-making on the small farm."
A few acres well tilled often yield
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Feeding Time Among Poultry Flock.
inoculated my alfalfa field with the
soil in which the clover had been grow
ing. The stand did not satisfy me, so
that when I planted my second field
I fertilized the field before plowing
It in the fall, disking and harrowing
in the spring.
“My first field yielded five tons to
the acre, but it did not satisfy me.
I bought a lime sower and ground lime
stone, and inoculated the soil from the
old field at the rate of 500 pounds of
soil to 2,000 pounds of ground lime
stone. 1 sowed 20 pounds of alfalfa
vastly more pleasure and profit than
do larger but less carefully managed
farms.
A silo is one of the most essential
things on the farm. You may think
you can't afford a silo, but you can’t
afford to be without one. A silo should
be a part of the permanent Improve
ments on every farm. There is no
doubt as to Its advantages. It Is ab
solutely essential for the economical
feeding of live stock, and especially
for the profitable production of milk
and beef.
PREPARATION TO AVOID RUST
Camphor Dissolved in Lard Is Recom
mended for Bright Parts of Farm
Machinery.
An ounce of camphor dissolved in
a pound of lard is a good antirust
preparation that farmers may use to
cover the bright parts of their ma
chines. Thd scum that forms in mak
ing thiB mixture should be taken oft.
remain about 20 hours. Any excess
may be rubbed off. The mixture forms
a coating that will take a good polish
when rubbed with a soft cloth. Axle
grease is also excellent for keeping
plow bottoms from rusting and may
be used for the bright parts. Paint ia
a good rust preventive, but hard to
get off.
Stand of Alfalfa.
"fhe more solid the seedbed the
