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10 TIlE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE January 2ql 1904
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! PEPPERS ARE 10. ULAR
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Consumption of This Vegetable Is
Rapidly Increasing.
In the lobster palaces and fash
ionable restaurants one sees doz.
em of persons eating baked ,
Htutrl'd peppers nowadays , where
fOl'lllel'lJ peppers were not on.t . t he
bill in any form. "New York uses
now , " RaJH a pr'OiH'C ( t'OmmiHsiou (
merchant in a recently t published
interview for the New York Con
mel'eia I , " 2 ( ) times aH many pep l ) .
, pel'H as it did 20 Yl'al's ago. 'rhc ?
! cit.y's ( 'OIiHiiiiilI1011 ) of peppery } > } >
anlountS t to thousa11(18 of barrels
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y lll111ually. 'j'hl'n we gl't green pep
. pl'I'H now from a mlu'h W ll'I'I'an1e :
I of territory than formerly , and we
ha'la them I practically till' I , year
aroulld.
" \Ve get Pl'PIH'I'S in winter front
Cuba , and wit get : a few from POI'
.
I tel ico. 11'e na t 1I1'a lIy think of the
pepper ] { as a hOIll'I.\'snr't ol'adomes
tic product ) , hut those ( early pep
pf'I'S lha t Wl' get : from 'Cuba collie
, J insntallcrates , ascarefuIlypacked
.i 1 as peaches would la' , and the ) '
bring a high : price. They go IH'in-
. 'ipall.r to the hotel ; and l'l.'Htaul'-
, au t s.re
" \re get early ppppers from
li'loI'ida ! , too , and laser t some from
I Vit'g'inia , around Norfolk . , and
tlwn , as Ilse season ad\.Hlu'es , Wp
, begin t.o get peppers ] } > ] : from New
Jersey , which is really the great t
source of our pepper ) } > } > Imppl\ :
'l'h're are sel'tion.s ( of Jersey in
which produce farmers ( Make a
specially 01' .Ieppers ] ] ] ) ( , plant thew
' the ' and raise ' great '
hJ' acre \C \ crops
of 1 tlH'1ll , '
I " ' 1'Iie ' enormous increase , local ]
consumption of peppers ] ) ( in recent t
years is due ill COIIHidCPtible 1I1l'aH-
Iire to illCl'pasl'd (1'ilalld , ) from
pIH'lwl'S ) I'l'Pl'I'8 ) ) al'l' now 1U0l'e'
I'xtl'llsi"elused , thou ever before
ill the pl'epul'ation of condiments
and sauces ( , und there are New
Vovk packers of pickles und pre
BPl'\'PS who would think nothing of
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buying peppers in hundred-bal'n'l
lots. But the great increase in de.
mini n ( conies ill still greater 1I1l'a
are from the vastly ] increased for.
eign i population of the city , and
1'1'0111 the Italians l'HpPl'iallwho ,
great consumers of all fruits and
vegetables ' take , with the rest of
the ' ' thin ' bu ' .
green things they buy , quanti
t ips of P'PIIl'H , eating mole 01'
'ss of the green peppers as they
would fruit.
"Ao the homely pepper , mice fa
miliaI' to UR in stull'l'd and picoked ]
foals , .and known to us HS a thing
of regular bus limited side , hire
'ome ? to cut quite H i figure f as an
itelll in the 'itJ's wholesale ] produce .
lIl'e tl'ade/ '
LIFE OF PARIS CI- B HORSES.
Can Stand , the Wear and Tear Less
Than Three Years.
About 45OOn , ( horses pull the
cabs of Plu'is. The average life .is
little less three ' ' .
a than } j'eHI'H.
't'hey Ollle up from the countl'J'-
thl'ee"eal'.oldfl'om the mead.
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, ows..of CnlvadoH and the fields f
of Normandy , front Li1l10usin and
Finis terre und the Oil'om1l' .
Chained und strapped ] l into the
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hulls of lu'pukl'l'H' curls , says Outing .
ing , they are driven about the
city until they are broken to the
city sights and sonnds-to the horrible .
rible steam tram , with its discord ,
ant ; clangor ; to the electric tram ,
that leaves behind it It trail of
electric ] sparks ] ; t.o passing regi-
n1eIlls t ' H lid processions , and , nota-
bly , to the polilIlan ( with the
white wand. 'l'hen , being bit ,
broke , whip-1H'01ce eitJ'-bro ] and
heal'tbl'oke , he is ready for the t
fial'I'P. lie goes on nniil : I Ill' breaks
hiR lWl'PH-und ongl'l' , eVl'll-un-
I11 I i I he has worked out his ave1'age
of t hrcl' , ycar8. :111 of which tl'mls
to milk for 1I1(1Ianl'holCo'ot , ' II'
has long been a favorite topic for
sen Omen ta lis t 8 , Childless WOIII-
en and Illpn who do not smoke
have spent , doubtless , too ranch
ink and learn ( over : the Paris cab
hm'foIl' My interest is 011 the l1u.
flail side of things As for ( ' 0.
( 'ottl' , her end is i useful but ig-noblp.
Last year Paris ate I4,8 . I0 hm'foIl's
' -jllst about the anllllal number
, of horses ( used UJi ill the t fiUC'I't'H
tOn ( addit ion the good : Pal'isi\ll : \
Itte t 257 aSAPS and 40 ( ) males ) , 1)111 t
" 'ihat 1 has nothing to do with
the ] case ) . I used to wish that ] 1
here an honest , fellow of fort
shins , hu t : not in lI'is-not in
Paris !
LC 1..A. ; Ii1 W.rUL.VITY.
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Life L = , n theneJ--Due to Preventive
mid l Url1tlVt Medicine.
It is uc1mittpd that many liven
are mow IlI'olollg'pd which tinder
the coiiditiolts or a century ago-
01' even hali' ( that I'I'il-wOllh1 ]
have : illP\'itahl" been lost , says
tluu'ri'ami Mpc1ie lw. The intro .
lIH.'lioll ( of vaccination and other
forums of preventive ) aud curative
IHlIlatiou , IH'ludiug tlIP'al'iouK
nntitoxins ; the discovery of the
mpanH and methods of anaesthe-
iia ; and antisepsis ; and the l'peoA-
nil ion 01' the impm'tHJH' ) Glenn ,
Iitiess , pcraonitI amI ( circuluferen
tial. have ill lIumlwl'lpSB instul1
cep accomplished what would fol"
' ' ' . 11:1\(1 1)'pn 1''er'I'dpd B'i.
111e1'ly : \ ( ) ( reg ( : as 81'1- (
pntiti ( ' miracles : in the PI'sl'l'\'a.
tion and prolongation of humall
lifp. But in l'onRidpl'in the t broad
(1'H'81 ( loll of the actual 1 ilH'I'pas of
the length t of life , there t are S\ ,
( rag aspects from which it mURt
be pxamhw'd , Do WI' llH'an ; hy in
creased longevity t tint t II larger
proportion of indi\'idllalR at1ain
'pntpnal'ian rank 01' that the a\ .
( rage of age at the time of lentil
has 1)l'ollw ; I''a t l'1' ' ! tre WI' to
mnderyti11ul that cacti individual
lives longer than t h"ollid havr
lived ] i under the conditions i t of one
' ' ' cemitmriS ? !
or' 11101'1' ( 'pn ( ago .
'l'tH' death rule has of recent
} cars ! keen dpc'I'pa.sin in ass the
civilized eoilntrics. I n this con (
l1'c'1 ion we ni list 1',4'ol1,4't t ha t
the immortality in cvcry'ominlminit , \ '
varies with a1p : In ] infancy it is i
very high , in childhood "PI" 1' low .
from 10 10 15 , ypal' of age it is i :
] OWpI' than at atlly other ( period t)1 ( f
life ; then it 4'ontilllH's low , hut
with Taclllal increase , until in id-
lilp i8 pd ! after which it
( age IiiSHC ( ,
rises ' , in ' ; ' " succeeding
rapidly cyery - - ( (
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dl'c'llClp.'p find that , aelordilg ;
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to the common eonSl'nsus of stat
tiliticiuns , the only t l'uHhvorth
means of conducting this inqniI'J'
is bv , examination oJ the life In-
hies , b , ' ' which we come to useeI'
tnin tire expel'iatioll of life ut
each year of agl' Such tables
form t.he basis of all the eal'nla- {
bens of insurance companies ,
und a re construct edfronltheiiiean
popnlatiou for a series of years at
various ages , and the llleilil annnal
nnmhPl' of deaths at the COl ' responding -
spending ] ag-l's Now , it .it : ! know
that I the contagious , infections
and gastrointestinal ( Iiseases ! ,
which flll'uish ' ' " .
so large a 1I1'oPOl"
tion of fatal cases iu infancy anti
childhood , do not cause even live
per cent t : . of the deal 1 hs which occur
after ( the ( age of 45.
On the other t ha nd , llw ( leatlls
of persons O\.l'I' 45 from It'ohol-
15111 ( 'at tu ( ' e1. tllhl'l'l'lIlo , diabetes .
bl'tpold ! : age , apoplexy , disease
of' the t heni't and blood vessels , of
the ' ' ' ' and ' ' '
respiratory digestive OJ'-
gauls of HIP kidney and bladder ,
timid fl'om'iolpnl'p , constitute : '
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about JII ! ) ( ) per ( 'l'nt. of all such
d'athH. JI1 fad , the deaths from
some of these causes . in spite of
all anihllion , have increased at
such H rate as to cause serious
misgivings for nIP fntm'l' In the
l'itof , Nl'w York the death rate ( (
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ft out cancer and front diseases 01'
the t kidneys ( BI'ig'ht's disl'asl' in its
various forms ) haH doublc in 30
years ; so that in souse l'l'spl'f'1s
thl' saving of life among tlu'
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young , by the partial suppression
of contagious t and spptil' ( diHl'aRp ,
tends ( to be counterbalanced b\ '
lug inl'I'l'uHingmOl'talit' . \ ' after iii id-
dip lift front diseases depending
more emi personal habitR than 011
external I ea U l'S.
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\\e find that during the past
half ( ' c'l'uturt'he 'xpectatioll of
life for males at birth has in-
l'I'l'Hlwd : by . m'u1'lf01ll' . year ( . But
the lowering of the ] death rate and
the increase of the expect Hon of
life do not necessarily impl.in. .
I'Iuwd : longevity to the race as a
wholp. 'L'hl' sayincr of so many fma -
gile young lives has the ] nccssamy
l'Ii'p'f of throwiuA'f'OI'wal'd into the
tiller H'I'i(1H ] of life a large nUI11.
hem of ! weakIv persons , and HIP a\-
( brag stamina of the population is
cOllspCupntlY ) reduced ; RO tha1
when t1l' ] decline or life begins
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null the physical powers decay ,
this 1IJldue proportion of lveakly
lives h'ndH to lu'I'p.aAe the mOl"
tality at' advanced ngl's
Durable Wood.
One of the most durable woods
h s\'amol'e. , ( A statue IHifd front
it , now iu the museum of Uiieh , at
Cairo , iB ! known to be nearly 0,000 (
yellrs uld. Notwithstanding IIi i
grclll t age : ; , it 'is asserted Ihal t t tll,1
wood ihwlf is entirely sound and
natural ill a11euruuce.
Glass Globes.
In fitting on gus globes it ie a
common error to screw them too
tightlJ. Room shollld be l allowed
for the expansion of the glass
when it has become heated by . the
gas , for otherwise u breakage II
inevitable.
" ANALS" OF MARS.
Lines on Charts May Be Due to
Physiological InflueJces
though the planet Mars iH not
now well placed for ' direct SCl'n- r s
tiny , some of the questions excited -
ed bJ' past observations are still
provoking dist.'u8sion In Knowl- l
edge , a periodical founded by the y
lute Hiclal'd Proctor two astmoiio - 1.
! , astro.no- j- .
mers give I'l'ason for regardlllg" ' , ,1 I
with skepticism most of the talk I
about anals. " One of the wrH- < ; ; .
er8 is 1\1. Antoniadi , un assistant
of ll. v'lammHI'ion , and the other ' .
is E. " 'nIter MaundPI' , at one time .
president of the British Astronol1l- s ,
. 11'hile conl'pd-
cal association. - . . . _ :
- ' limited of thl"r
ing' that n portIon : , *
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linear markings have an objective
reality , both of these lvriters give . ' - . ' ' , ,
reasons for thinking that the nut-
joritj' of them , as charted by - s
Hehiaparelli und Lowell , are not . . ' ,
Aenu 111' . '
For one of the objections liO\ . . :
offl'l'l'd ' the astl'onoml'rs arp lit - I
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d'btpd to an English amateur , MI' .
G I'l'en. He pointed out some time 1
ago that in dmall'Ing the vague
boundary . between two aI'eas of I
slightly dili'erent color , g'l'aal1(1 I
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orange . there was a tendency to '
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emphasize unduly the contrast
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and to make the border darker
than it shollld be. Following UI }
this hint , Antoniudi has pxal1l-
ined Srhiaparelli's charts , and
finds that the distinguished Ital t
ian has intensified the shading in
n large : number of such plates. lie ' ,
is convinced that fully onp-hulf of
the lines which have ' been introduced -
ducN1 info the most reputable
drawings of t Ill' Martin geography . . . . _ 1 :
the I'odu't of ' in-
are product ] ) physiological - I
f11WIlCl'S a lone ,
Mr. Mauntll'l' brings to bear on
the subject another dasH of tes-
1 huon\ , ' . Expl'I'iuwnt have been
made with a number of selected ]
school l'hildl'l'n. Charts which
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to ' ' , the "
purported represent ( sftl"
fal'P of Dlars , hIlt" which contained
110 lIl'anaIR , " ' w'r hung on a wall
to hl' l'opipd. Almost invariably i
lines ' into the dl'a ;
were put drawings ;
which hud no precedent in the !
originals. Some of these were in-
l'Odllt'pd t aH borders to faintly '
colored and illdisthu't tracts , thins ' lIP : .
lending partial I 'OnArnlatiot to -y
Mi' Green's thpOl'\ , ' . Others were 1 , t
drawn between well defined spots , I
Finally there was n general dispo , '
sition to connect with straight t
lines microscopic markings whil' ! !
had been put into the charts with
studied il'l' ( ' ularitj' . This last
fact derives additional sign ili-
'ancp when ] it is learned that at
least two "eunas ] , " usually repl'e
Hvnt'd as ahsolutl'lj' continuous ,
bl'l'uk np into a series of dots un
del' careful telesc'opicobservation. '
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Marries to Reform. ' .
A woman seldom marries a man ate
to reform him unless ] he has mono r
j.r
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cy misel'y.-Chicago Daily
News.
Ills : Deduction
HIP-I understand his wife . .
speaks six lang-lIugt's
lie-indeed ! ! All at once ? - 1
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