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Red Cloud Chief.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
it 141) CLOUD.
NEBRASKA
Shall wo fix our ntovcB over tp burn
soft coal or Kansas corn?
Arctic explorers do not succeed In
finding much except one uncther'B re
mains. Diamonds nro worth $300,000,000 a
ton. Remember this, and don't par
a cent more.
Most of us know Just how Explorer
Baldwin felt when ho found that ho
was short of coal.
No man can sorvo two masters.
And it Is harder stilt for uny man
to servo two mistresses.
Yet how many of us, oven with a
full complement of toes, could havo
dono better than Peary did?
Roumanla Is acting very much llko
tho saucy llttlo boy whoso brother Is
tho biggest fellow In tho school.
Mr. Edison haB Just made another
of hlu Justly eclobrated predictions,
but tho horso Is still Jogging along.
St. Paul girls are organizing for tho
purposo of marrying union men
only. Get your working cards, boys,
Tho man who getB a wife from a
matrimonial agency gcnernlly has rea
son to bclluvo that tho camera lies
llko sixty.
Bogus Chicago matrimonial agents
woro fined $100 each, but they will
need only four or fivo good victims to
get It back.
If Peary Is correctly reported, ho
thinks tho north polo "can bo reached
for $200,000." Even tho north polo
has its prlccl
No, no, Sir Thomas, don't try nny
balloon trips across tho English chan
nel until after tho third Shamrock
haB been beaten.
Tho more wo read about King Leo
pold of Ilclglum tho less wo feel llko
making our best bow to him when ho
comes to visit us.
Twenty-four thousand pooplo at a
ball gamo in Philadelphia! They
haven't sunk to tho ping pong point
of nthletlcB thcro as yet.
A Malno man haB boon pronounced
Insane becauso ho ato raw beef. What
would his fellow citizens havo thought
of him had they found him burning
coil?
Thoy aro now paying $0,000 nplcco
r boxes at tho opera In Now York.
t must bo tho intention to havo all
lady members of tho troupo in
tights.
A Chicago woman Is seoklng a
divorco from her husband who is des
cribed as an enthusiastic amateur
pugilist. Sho sayB ho wnu too en
thusiastic. Tho judgo who decided that piano
playing is disorderly conduct evident
ly had bcon hearing some of the latest
popular music interpreted by his
neighbors.
Perhaps If Gov. Sala7ar of Colom
bia, would put a wot towel on his
head and dampen it with loo water
occasionally, It would sootho his
seething brain.
Tho airship In which Mr. Spencer,
tho English ncronnut, is making his
thlrty-mllo flights, nan a pug nose.
Eventually It will land In tho ilemnl
tlon bow-wows.
Harriet Huggmo of Youngstown
wants her namo changed. If sho fully
appreciates tho snap sho has with
such n namo sho will have llttlo trou
ble getting It changed.
Peary says ho could discover tho
north polo ir ho had $200,000. Hut
It ho had $200,000 why should ho ever
want to do anything ns dlsngrccnblo
as discovering tho polo?
A Bwoethearts' trust has beon or
ganized In a Nebraska town to correct
tho lntemporato habits of tho young
men. Of courso. In a caso llko this,
It will bo permissible to water tho
stock.
From tho published pictures of tho
count do la Escosura, tho putative
husband of tho Spanish queen dow
ager, her majesty could havo got a
bolter looking man by patronizing a
matrimonial agency.
E. A. Robinson, who has Just fallen
heir to $1,600,000, says ho Is going to
spond his wholo fortune In eighteen
months. No, Mr. Robinson Is not ono
of thoso vulgar Americans. Ho Uvea
In London and was born there.
There is news in tho fact that a Bos
ton man lost his wlfo in Buffalo whllo
on a wedding trip. It would havo
been scarcoly worth mentioning had
tho couplo balled from Chicago.
King Alfonso wants to rehabilitate
tho Spanish nnvy. Gon. Weylor ud
vocates an expansion of tho nrmy. Is
Spain getting ready for another fight?
A Kentucky girl of unusual beauty
Is doing moro damago In tho fashion
ablo circles of Now York than any
thing that CqI. Watterson may say,
1
J tho
DUST EXPLODES
Overchargo of Powder Causo3 a
Bad Mino Disaster
TWO ARE KILLED OUTRIGHT
Potornl Fntulty Hurt unci Mnny Ncrlomly
Injured Kxpluiilon' Foreo Frit a
DUlniiru of Four Hundred
Feci Otlirr Nonri
Tho worst mine explosion ever
known In tho history of Sangamon
county occurred at 4:20 Monday after
noon In the Victor mine at Pawnee,
eighteen miles southwest from Spring
field, when two men wcro killed, four
fatally and many others less seriously
Injured. Tho dead: W. V. Oven-ash,
aged thirty, single; Michael Yorja,
aged twcnty-Bovcn, single.
Fatally Injured: Frank Isaacs, aged
fourteen, breaker boy, dying tonight;
Peter Green, head and body crushed;
John Burke, frightfully bruised;
bruised nnd burned.
Othera injured were Daniel Reecc,
John Dick, 'William Sparling, John
Pick, Peter Ccrevlch, Jerome Sproule,
Thomas King. Joseph Buchner, Thomas
Kink nnd several others.
Tho accident happened Just before
tho day forco of 190 men went off duty.
Tho explosion was caused by a charge
of powder being too heavily charged,
and tho concussion caused tho coal
dust, which thickly overhung the mine,
to cxplodo with great force. Some Idea
of tho forco of tho explosion can be
learned from tho fact that all thoso
killed nnd Injured were nbout 4,000 feet
from tho place whero tho shot was
fired. IsaacB was hurled against tho
entry wall with such forco that his
head was smashed beyond recognition.
AIRSHP COLLAPSES
rurWlHii lliilootilit Unix-lied by Full
From I.!, fly ,.c,t
A Paris, Oct. 13. dispatch says: The
French aeronaut, Do Bradsky, nnd n
companion, nnmed Morln. were killed
by tho falling of Brndsky's airship this
morning. The pair started In a nnvl-
gablo baloon from the ncrostntlo atu
tlon near Vauglrard at 7:30. The air
ship made n successful ascension, sail
ing evidently under perfect control,
over tho grand boulevard and off In a
northerly direction.
It had not gono an great distance,
howovcr, when something went wrong
with tho ship. Suddenly It fell to the
ground und tho lire was crushed out
of tho occupants.
Do Bradsky Intended to sail over the
Madelluo and return to the starting
point. Tho direction was changed
however, and an evolution over Paris,
lasting over an hour, began. The ship
behaved magnificently. Do Bradsky
then turned his course townrd Stains,
near St. Denis. When tho balloon was
over Stains tho ropes holding the car
to the balloon broke. The balloon was
several hundred fed In the air at tho
tlmo nnd tho aeronauts fell with a ter
rlllc force. Morln was killed Instantly,
Do Bradsky dying n few minutes later.
'J he balloon rose rapidly and disap
peared. Tho experiment was a com
plete success until the lopes broke.
The balloon wns an egg-shaped af
fair, 110 feet long and twenty feet In
diameter at the thickest part. The
car was Biiimorted on steel wires i,v
a iigui irameworK or wood, which ran
the entire way around tho balloon.
Tho car Itself was llfty-flvo feet long
and weighed 1.500 pounds. The pro
peller was fifteen reel In diameter with
a capacity of 325 revolutions a minute.
The balloon proper was of silk nnd
inflnted with hydrogen. Do Brnsky's
prlnclplo wan to make the balloon tho
same weight as the air. The aeronaut
was calling to a peasant, speaking
through a trumpet nnd nsking for a
good place to alight, when the acci
dent occurred.
A peculiar coincidence was that tho
Ill-fated ship started from the same
shed from which the Brazilian aero
naut. Scvcro, who lost his Ufa some
months ago, mado his ascent.
STRIKE SETTLEMENT
Foailttllltleft of Miner nnd Operator
Agreeing n Arhltrntlon
A Washington. Oct. 13 dlspntch says:
II V fllltlmrltV Of .T. 1 Mnrirnn '.,
with his partner, Robert Bacon, and
Secretary Root, were In conference
with President Roosevelt nt tho tem
porary white house tonight for nn hour
and a half, a statement was given out
by Secretary Cortelyou In which the
presidents of tho coal-carrying rail
roads and mine operators proposo a
commission of five persons to adjust
the differences nnd settle tho conl
strlko in tho nnthraclto coal fields of
Pennsylvania.
The proposition is believed by the
administration to bo satisfactory to
the miners, as It covers tho proposi
tion mado by President Mitchell of the
united mine workers' union with ad
ditional conditions which It Is believed
tho miners will accept.
8lieimniloh Mluerr. Firm
Tho strike entered upon its twenty
third week Monday morning without
nny appreclabln chango in tho situa
tion In this district, says a Shenan
doah, Pa., dispatch. No now collerles
hnvo resumed operations, though a de
termined effort was mado to cause a
stampede about Mahoncy City. Not a
man deserted tho union's cause.
Two battalions of tho Fourteenth
regiment wero present to escort tho
minors to work and troops covered
every point of tho town for two hours,
but not a solitary man was "picked
up."
PRISON SHIP DISCOVERED
Accidentally Found After Lying: Hurled
for n Century
After lying burled for over a century
tho famous English prison ship Jersey,1
In which several hundred Americans
wcro martyred whllo tho British hold
Now York In tho dayB of the revolu
tion, has been accidentally discovered
In tho Brooklyn navy yard by tiro
workmen who nro putting up tho
launching stays for tho battleship Con
necticut. Historical associations have
been searching for tho Jersey for fifty
years. The half-burned hull of tho
ship Is lying under twelve or fourteen
feet of dirt and water, and Is In perfect
condition.
BODY SNATCHERS
Grave riundorern Caught Almost Hd
Hunded nt Indliumpoll
An Indlnnapolls, Intl., Oct. 13, spe
cial Btates: Accentuation wnB given
thlB morning to tho recent grave rob
bery developments by tho llndlng of
four bodies tied In Barks In Georgia
street nt tho rear of tho Central Col
lege of Physlclana nnd Surgeons. Ono
was positively Identified nB that of Mrs.
Johanna Syilz, burled In Ebcnczer cem
etery; another Is thought to be that of
Miss Glendorc nlltes, stolon from An
derson cemetery, near Irvlngton. Tho
body of a man Is thought to bo Wal
laco Johnson and another, that of nn
old woman, Mrs. Cnthcrlno Doehrlng,
stolen from tho German Catholic ceme
tery. The corpses wcro taken to the'
city morguo followed by a crowd that
surged about tho doors. For several
days tho detectives havo been work
ing with local physicians, not connect
ed with any of the colleges, to have
them use their Influence In persuading
tho authorities to return tho stolen
bodies to tho distracted relatives who
had found tho graves of their dear
ones empty, and It Is thought this la
ono method of compliance.
MAKES FATAL MISTAKE
Wife. Ue Arxenlo Inxlciid of link I ne
Powder In I'nnrHkei
Frank Morand of South Omaha died
as tho result of a mistake made by his
wife in the Culinary department. Mrs.
Morand was mixing some pancakes and
Instead of using baking powder, sho
put nrsenlc In the batter by mistake.
It seems that last spring Mr. Morand
purchased somo arsenic to kill rats and
put tho stuff in an empty baking pow
der can. Ho forgot to label It and tho
result wns that Mrs. Morand got hold
of tho wrong can.
Everything possible wns none ny
physicians to save the life of Morand,
but without avail. Other members of
the family were nlso taken sick, but
reports Indlcato that they arc out of
danger.
SUICIDE AT CHADRON
Mini, Suppoxctlly Mentully Unbalanced
Hitnc" Hlwftelf
NelB Jorgensen. a ranchman living a
short distance from Chadron, was
found at his ranch in a lifeless condi
tion, suspended from a center polo of
tho log house by a wire taken from tho
windmill, which waB wrapped around
his neck. He had been acting queer
for somo time. As ho lived nlono ho
wns thought to havo contracted melan
cholia and was examined by the board
of insanity. As thoy has no conclu
sive proof of his insanity, he wns ad
Judged sane. Since that tlmo ho has
been spending his tlmo In Chadron and
his stock has been neglected.
Kills Wife, Sou nnd Self
At Tracy. Minn., Tuesday, Ed.
Strieker hot and killed his wlfo and
young Bon, seriously wounding Frank
McCalllstcr. and then committed sui
cide. Strieker and his wlfo had been
living npart for two years. This after
noon he followed his wife Into the
furniture storo of Frank McCalllstcr,
and, drawing a revolver, shot tho
woman dead. He then fired a bullet
through the head of their llttlo boy,
and turned tho weapon on his fnthcr-ln-lnw,
L. Harvey. Tho shot went
wild, however, nnd wounded McCallls
tcr In tho face. Strieker then shot
himself, dying Instantly. McCalllstcr
is in a critical condition.
Shorter Hour
The eight-hour schedule went Into
effect at all the flour mills in Minne
apolis, Minn., on Monday. Hereafter
there will be thrco instead of two
shlftB. While the mlllwrightB did not
Identify themselves with tho eight
hour movement, it has been under
stood that the rate of 35 cents an hour
would apply equally to them. It Is
understood that tho millwrights have
asked tho mill operators for eight
hours and $3 a day.
l'eddlern Uuurrel
Two Jewish peddlers at Fremont
quarreled over a horso deal they had
entered Into, and one caused tho
other's arrest. It was alleged by tho
complainant that his companion im
posed upon him by Belling him a
worthless team for $85. Tho la'ter
returned the money and took his
horses back, the complainant paid tho
costs and tho case was dismissed.
Ilurrlrniie Destroy Town
The llttlo mining town of Keota, six
miles from Macon, Mo., waB almost de
stroyed by n hurricane, nnd two men,
ono woman and two children, names
unknown, wero killed. Tho general
storo of Edward Vail was demolished
and Vail was pinned under tho timber
and badly injured.
Curbnllc Acid In Kye
A ten-year-old son of F. E. Chnmplln
stood watching his mother taking a
bottlo o carbolic acid from a high
Bhelf at their homo in Nebraska City.
Sho spilled somo of the contents and
It splashed on his face and In his eyes.
Tho physicians hopo to bo nblo to eavo
tho boy'B sight, but tho burns aro very
severe.
John Komarok of Tyndall, S. D shot
Anna Vachtea and then committed sui
cldo, says a Sioux City, In., dispatch.
It is said ho killed tho girl becauso she
had jilted him.
MAY REJECT OFfER
Minors Look Upon Operators'
Proposal With Suspicion
MITCHELL IS TO DECIDE
Men llitvr Cnnlldcnen In Tlielr Lender
nnd He Mny Adtlno Itejcctlon
Kefiiflen to Muke nny Slntemeut
nn to III Foltlon
A Wilkcsbnrre, Pa., Oct. 14, special
Btates: President Mitchell of the min
ora' union dictated the following state
ment to the press tonight:
"I fully appreciate with what anxiety
flic people of our country are awaiting
the end of tho coal strike. The coal
operators havo not nddressed the
miners' union or Its officers In making
their public statement. It Is, therefore,
impossible for me to state tho nttltudo
of the miners nt this time. I am now,
ns I have nlwayn been, deeply hollcltous
of the interests of the public nnd the
welfare of tho mine workers, who have
')Vion on strike for the pnst five months.
A formal statement, defining our posi
tion and intentions, will be Issued Just
ns soon ns wo nro In lHissesslon of the,'
urn meaning oi inc proposition oi tnc
operatora."
From a thorough canvnRS of the
situation ns It exists tonight, there Is
every Indication for believing that the
new arbitration plan proposed by the
presIdcntB of tho coal companies for
ending the miners' strike will not bo
accepted In Its present form. There Is
a division of opinion among the strik
ers, but there Is no doubt that u ma
jority feel that the offer to have the
president of the United States select
an arbitration commission along the
lines suggested by the operators Is not
fair and that it unduly limits tho presi
dent In making up the board. The
miners, It Is snfo to say. will abide by
the advice of their national president,
In whoso Judgment they havo the ut
most confidence. President Mitchell
declines to say how he personally looks
upon the proposition, but tonight ho
gave to the pichb the foregoing state
ment. This statement was made by him nt
8 o'clock, after a silence lasting nil
day. He had no Intention of making
It until the correspondents represent
ing newspapers all over tho country
cnllcd on him In a body and Informed
hlni that the general public desired to
hnvo nn nnswer to the proposition of
the operators. After giving it, he wns
asked many questions regarding the nt
tltudo of the men and the probability
of tho acceptance or rejection of the
new offer, but ho had no reply to make
to any of these questions.
WRECK ON B.&M.
Freight Collide, mid Cuttle nre Let
I.ooho Cuptured Ijiter
A freight extra on the Burlington.
In charge of Conductor Jackson, anil
second 40, bound for Lincoln, loaded
with stock. In charge of Conductor
Chancy, collided one-hnlf mile east of
Seward. Both engines were badly
damaged and six cars of stock on No.
4G were derailed and broken up. Some
of the cnttlo were liberated. Superin
tendent Blgnoll was summoned from
Lincoln und left with the wrecker at
midnight, and took chnrgo or tho work
of clearing away the debris. The cat
tle that escaped stampeded, but men
on horseback went after them and they
were brought bnck nnd relonded In
other cats. Owing to the fact that the
main line wns blocked the wrecker was
sent out by way of Mllford.
Indian May r.nno I.nnd
A Washington. D. C. Oct. 14, dlspntch
rfays: Agent Anderson of the Colevllle
Indlnn agency In Washington state,
hns reported to the commissioner of
Indian nffalrs that tho Spokane In
dians, who nro comparatively poor,
scorn to bo In danger of losing a largo
part of their reservntlon.
Tho ngent says this danger Ib the
result of the congresslonnl opening of
their landti to mineral location and
entry nftcr the Indians received allot
ments of lands in severalty.
Owing to tho way In which the vari
ous provisions of the bill wero passed
and approved, the reservation was ac
tually open to mineral location and
entry for a short time Inst May, dur
ing which vested rights were acquired
and n determined effort has been mado
to wrest the land from tho Indians.
-Money to Kchiililllliite Ctmni
The navy department rnbled fifteen
thousand dollarn to Manila, Phlllppino
islands, to be Bent from thero to tho
Islnud of Guam for tho rehabilitation
of naval station property which wns
damaged by the recent enrthquako.
Tho department received a cablegram
announcing the departure of the col
lier Justin from Cavlto for Guam, and
it Is the understanding that sho carries
tho funds for the repair work. The
money was taken from an emergency
fund.
To Spend !!, (100,000
Tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fo
road has adopted plans for tho con
struction of moro than 300 miles of new
lino in Oklnhoma. Tho work will bo
begun soon, nnd details concerning tho
work will he given out shortly. It is
estimated that these projects will nec
essitate an expenditure approximating
$2,500,000.
Low Itute
The Biib-proposltlon for low one-wny
:olonlst rates haB been voted down by
western passenger association roads.
Tho Santa Fo and Rock Island, how
ever, gavo notlco nt ouco of their In
tention to take Independent action In
putting tho rntes into effect to points
in the southwest. Considerable sur
prise and dlsnppolntment has been
caused by tho .competitors of tho Chi
cago & Northwestern by that lino giv
ing similar notlco that It would put
tho rates Into effect to points in South
Dakota and Nebraska,
CONVICT SMITH LOCATED
Wnnlon D.ivlx I.cnrnx of HI Cnpture nt
Itnxton, Texn.
Wnrdcn Davis, of the Nebraska 6tato
penitentiary, is feeling pretty good
over the Information to the effect that
Charles E. Bcnncr, alias Charles Smith,
who escaped from the penitentiary last
May by climbing tho walls, has been
recaptured at Boston, Tex., nnd ho will
go to Texas a bring him back. Smith
and another convict, who wero en
trusted with some work within the pen
itentiary encolsure scaled tho walls
and mnde good their dash for free
dom. Tho Bccond man was captured
some two months since at Alliance. A
requisition was Issued for Smith upon
receipt of Intelligence that ho Is In
custody In Texas. It is understood that
ho had talked too much and that his
talk led to his apprehension. Smith
was sent up from Douglns county a
Bhort tlmo before his escape to servo
one year for larceny from tho person.
STICKS TO HIS POST
Hnglucer, 'stricken With Apoplexy,
Tnke Train to Safety
After being stricken with npoplexy,
Engineer Chaunccy J. Fox, on the Rock
Island railroad, ran a passenger train
from a point a mile out safely to Sioux
Falls, S. D., depot before he collapsed,
says a dispatch from that place.
After being stricken ho wns dozed
and could senrccly retnln his seat In tho
cab. Ho stuck to his post with heroic
dovotlon until his destination was
reached and tho train safe.
Fox died at the city hospital. Ilia
family lives at Esthcrvllle, la.
Derides Agnlut Mexico
Tho International court of arbitra
tion, In session at The Hague Tuesday,
decided the pious fund case by con
demning Mexico to pay $1,420,000 la
silver to the Callfornln bishops.
The case grew out of a fund sub
scribed in Europe in 1G97 for the sup
port of the California missions. It was
administered by Mexico from 17C7 until
the conquest of California by tho
United States. Since then tho respec
tive responsibility of the two nations
for the fund has been in dispute.
l'retdentliil Appointment
The president has made the follow
ing appointments: Henry L. Wilson,
minister to Chill, to bo minister to
Greece, vice Charles S. Francis, re
signed; John B. Jackson, first secre
tary of the embassy nt Berlin, to bo
minister to Chill; P. Perclvnl Dodge,
second secretary of tho embass yat Ber
lin, to bo first sccrelnry; R. S. Rey
nolds Hltt. third secretary of tho em
bassy at Paris, to be second secretary
of the embassy nt Berlin; P. A. Jay,
of Rhode Island, to bo third secretary
of tho embassy nt Paris.
Indlnn Mut Obey
A Belle Foursche. S. D.. Oct. 14. dis
patch says: Sheriff William Moses an
nounced his intention to accompany
Game Warden Lathrop on his next ex
pedition against the Indians who nro
killing nntelope and llrlng the pralrlo
grass on the Morcau. The sheriff will
take several reliable men with him,
and those acquainted with him realize
there will be trouble and probably kill
ing If the Indlnns nro again encoun
tered and resist arrest, for Mr. Moses
is known to be one of tho most deter
mined officers In the western stutes.
Keturncd to the l'en
Governor Savage Tuesday directed
tho return to the pcnltentlnry of Ed
Morgall, who was sent up from Dou
glns county October 10th, 1901, on con
viction on rape to serve a sentence of
seventeen yenrs. Morgall became in
sane last February and was exchanged
to tho Insane hospital, but Dr. Greeno
hnB now certified to his complete re
covery to mental health and ho waa
today taken back to the penitentiary to
servo out the remainder of his term.
Memorial to OlmUtono
St. Daniel's library, which has been
erected at Hawarden. as a memorial to
the late Mr. Gladstone, was formnlly
opened Tuesday, says a London dis
patch, with Interesting ceremonies.
Lord Spencer, who succeeded tho Into
Duke of Westminster ns chairman of
the Gladstone national memorial com
mittee, presided over the exercises and
other distinguished men were among
tho speakers.
Strike Settled
A settlement was reached of tho
strike of union pressmen and presa
feeders employed in tho big job print
ing houses in New York city. It ia
understood tho demands or tho strikers,
who numbered nearly 2.000, wcro
granted in regard to an increase of
wages, but that non-union men now nt
work will be retained and given an op
portunity to Join the union.
Fruit Oolne to Wimte
Mlchncl Doyle, representing tho fruit
growers' association of New York, haB
telegraphed to Governor Odell, saying
.hat unless an immediate supply of an
thracite coal can bo obtained fruit
growers in western New York will loso
threo million dollars. Hundreds of
thousands of bushels of apples aro
now rotting In orchards and tho evap
orating Industry is at a standstill.
Hnwell Ordered to Guam
Orders have been issued by the navy
department directing Commander W.
F. SowmII to proceed to Guam and aa
Biimo the dtitleB of commandant of the
naval station at that place, relieving
Commander Seaton Schroedcr, ordered
home to await orders.
Hat Unique Political Rtcord.
Silas W. Bond of Iowa has a polit
ical record both unusual and Inter
esting, for ho boasts of having cast
his ballot for olghtecn Presidential
candidates, a record held by compar
atively few men. Mr. Bond'B maiden
vole waB cast In Wayno county, Indi
ana, in 1830.
Add Motor-Car Plant.
Vlckcrs, Sons & Maxim, the British
shipbuilders, have decided to erect a
motor car manufactory.
Figs to Become a Standard Crop.
During a recent visit to tho Mi
Bourl Experiment station tho writer
noticed a number of fig trees in a
thrifty condition. Hero and there
were partly grown figs. Prof. How
ard, who accompanied tho writer, ex
plained that these figs arc borno -fa
tho second year woou and aa much
of tho new wood fTozo lost winter tho
crop of fruit wns small. Tho surpris
ing tiling about it Is that the fig can
stand any cold at all. Theso flg trees
at tho Missouri station havo to bo
bent down nnd covered up every win
tor. Hay and rubbish Is used for that
purpose. Otherwise tho tree3 Ireczo
back to the ground. In case of so
freezing back they mako a very lux
uriant growth tho noxt spring. Tho
writer caw somo that had been left
uncovered and had been frozen back.
Yet they had mado a growth ofV at
least six feet and had developed a
very largo amount of foliage. How
ever, they boro no fruit. Tho trees
that had been covered hnd a height
'of perhaps eight feet and wero very
bushy and supplied with .a great
wealth of foliage.
Wo have looked upon the fig as a
tree belonging to the firc-parchcd des
erts of Africa and Asia. Wo havo
.never suspected that It could bo grown
out of doors even in tho temperate
zone. If It can be mado to grow as
far north as Columbia, Missouri, whttt
can wo look for in tho great region
lying to tho south of Missouri? Cer
tainly that vaBt stretch of country
llttlo exposed to cold, will bo found a
magnificent region In which to de
velop orchards of this oriental fruit
Southwest aro still greater possibil
ities. Southern Arizona and New
Mexico should prove to bo tho regions
ibost adapted to the development of the
tflgs, and we may bo sure tho people
of thoso regions will not bo slow to
;llnd out the possibilities that slumber
in the combination of thoso warm val
leys and the fruit food of the Arabs.
In California already tho growing
of these orchnrds haB become a busi
ness of Itself. Trees arc coming Into
bearing by the thousands, and the
shipment of fresh figs is to begin this
season. Tho present outlook for this
crop around Fresno, California, is said
to bo very encouraging. Tho yield is
ilnrgcr than It was last year, and the
quality is better. Preparations aro
being. mado to ship these figs by ex
press to Chicago and New York, whero
a good market awaits them. Few peo
ple In this country have ever tastqd
ripe and fresh figs.
Building Fruit Houses.
A fruit house should bo so construct
id as to preserve an even tempera
ture, says a bulletin of the Cornell
station. Storogo houses are of two
types: First, those which modify but
do not regulate extremes of tompera
turo, and second, thoso which furnish
definite low temperatures. Houses ot
tho first class are generally within the
means of tho commercial fruit grow
er. Thoso of the second belong to Jtho
equipment of tho fruit dealer. The
ordinary storage houso is probably a
framo building provided with a well
drained cellar and having perfectly
Insulated walls and 'double doors. In
sulation is secured by providing two
or more nlr spaces in tho walls. Theso
air spacea should bo separated by paper-covered
partitions. Comparatively
low temperatures in these buildings
may bo secured in fall by keeping
them tightly closed during tho warm
part of the day and ventilated on cool
nights. Fruit houses of this charac
ter will keep out frost bo that the
grower may hold his fruit till a favor
ablo opportunity for selling occurs.
Dry nlr prevents the growth of fungi,
but causes tho fruit to shrivel; a
moist atmosphere on tho other pre
serves the plumpness of the fruit but
encourages the development of para
sitic plants. Extremes should be
avoided. The principal thoughts for
tho fruit grower to keep in mind in
handling his fruit aro that It is a per
ishable article, that its keeping sea
son may bo lengthened by careful
handling nnd by low, even tempera
ture, nnd that profits may bo in
creased by placing It on tho market
in an attractive form.
Exporting Peaches.
Somo tlmo ago wo mentioned tho
fnct that tho Department ot Agricul
turo hnd mado an experimental ship
ment of apples to tho other sldo of
the water, and that tho consignments
had arrived thero In safety. Moro re
cently two consignments of early
peaches wero made. Both of th430
havo now arrived and been sold at a
profit on tho other side. The cold
storage facilities woro rather too
good, if such a thing can be possiblo
and several crnteB of peaches were
frozen solid. Theso crates were on
the outsldo of tho stack and got tho
bulk of tho refrigeration. Tho torn
peraturo was kept a llttlo too low for
the best ot results. This Is a thing
that will havo to bo experimented
with in tho shipping ot peaches. The
last consignment netted tho shippers
$2.43 per six basket crate, which Is
considered a good price. If peaches
can bo shipped abroad and kept In
perfect condition till sold It means the
opening up of an lmmenso market,
and also a prontablo one. Farmers
Review.
ilTlho go
Tho orchard and .ho garden ndd
greatly to tho appearance of every
farm home. Dreary is tho farmstead
whero tbey are not.
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