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:7 jfood of the tropics they may.live . on 5
_ . eats a day , says a writer in the Los
jLngeles Times. That men may live
- &t this cost and maintain heallh and
' ' Is by the fact that mil
. . . Vigor proven
; . lions : : are doing it to-day. That one of
p the cheap foods upon which they
Chrive may be grown throughout the
southern half of the United States is
- utmong the new revelations of the De-
f tpartejent of Agriculture. That it will
z stand shipment to the balance of the
'Country is also shown.
A ton and a half of this food was
_ c iiast : : year harvested from a sixth of an
.acre in South Carolina. It will this
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' wear be widely propagated and next
'Jear : there will be plants for distribu-
- 4ion to a wide circle of experimenters.
, The plants that make . this * cheap liv-
ing possible in' the tropic are the
Aroids , one representative of which is
. ' ' ' " with which
< the "elephant's ear ,
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I Americans are familiar as an orna-
ssnenlal plant. It is one of these aroids
f twhich yields the poi of the Hawaiians ,
the nielanga of the Cubans and the oto
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. ' /.and various other plants somewhat
I -TrideJy known belong to the same fam
! ily ; which is called by a hundred dif
- ferent : names in various parts of the
world.
- I Roughly they are all aroids. They
- * & row in abundance in Central America ,
' South America , the West Indies , equa
. toria Africa , Malaysia , the Hawaiian
Islands , Japan and China. In all
these countries the natives plant them
and abun-
; -crudely in damp places reap
- , Id dant harvests. They prepare them for
- . : . -eating in a hundred ways. They are
" - 'toothsome , nourishing , economical.
- -r 'They far surpass many of " the expen-
- _ - - - sive foods of this country and have
----j iuth that recommends them to the en-
I -tire world.
The aroids are root crops. They
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: * re more nearly comparable with pota-
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f f ' -toes than with anything else we know.
. l "The tubers grow in clusters on the
_ j ; ' /roots of the , plant. They are often
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I i - ; , nth. a somewhat rough skin. This :
: ; may. however , easily be removed , or it
h ; -znay be left on until after cooking. The
) tubers may be baked , boiled or fried.
-L Baking is probably the best method
- ( -of cooking them. They may be mash-
I \ : - \ ed asd prepared with butter or milk
I -or eggs.
. There are great numbers wherever
. , -the elephant's ear flourishes , but too
I -far north will not come to maturity. I
F "There are many varieties and some of
. I -these flourish much farther north than
' -others. I
I , The aroids are wet land plants.
'They thrive on lowlands that are
-much , flooded , provided the water does
- . vfcot stagnate on them. Their favorite
) -conditions are those under which pota-
, -toes would not thrive. Some varie
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ties grow "wellunder conditions suit-
, able for rice
There are in the south millions of
< acres that are lying idle because they
- are too wet , and some of these great
. areas would be ideal lands upon which
- -to grow the aroids. They require lit-
4I0 cultivation as compared with other
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crops. It is because of this small la-
- - ' bor ' demand that the crop has always
' ? > een. so popular in the tropic , where
. -men are not given to overexertion.
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' dents on record occurred in Cincinnati
when a runaway horse jumped
through the rear entrance of a street
. -car at Fourth and Main streets , injur-
ing ; half a dozen panic-stricken pas-
sengers. The platform of the car was
I wrecked , the doorway was splintered
I . * nd broken glass was sent flying
y . through the car. When police arrived
Jj they found the horse so tightly wedged
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be cut away with axes before he could
be pulled out. The horse was so bad-
:1y Injured he lad to be shot
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- - , - , IRLS who have been trained in business life are favored as
possible wives by bachelors - in all parts of the United States ,
G I according to the opinions that have been expressed by 500 of
- I them. Some of the most striking things the bachelors say
are given in Good Housekeeping Magazine.
- . A Massachusetts man says that "as a rule the girls who
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the daughters of the rich. " "The majority of the business girls I know live
at home and pay a very small board bill , leaving a comfortable balance for
clothes and little luxuries which would have to be materially reduced if they
were to marry me , " is the frank declaration of a Springfield ( Mass. ) man.
"Every husband , " says a bachelor , "ha ? a natural pride in being able to
provide better -for his wife than she could for hers 1f. Any other feeling on
the part of the wifetlessens her respect. " "I am positive they are better com
panions for men than girls who do not know the real value of a dollar. " So
speaks a champion of the 'business girl from Washington , D. C.
The 500 bachelors were asked to express their minds in regard to the
right income to marry on. Their ideas range from $500 to $15,000 a year.
The average is 243940. They all agree that club life "isn't in it" with hav
ing a home of one's own , and they believe that the girls who want their hus
bands to provide the luxuries of parental homes aren't worth marrying.
"The young husband , * unless he starts with some parental cash stowed
away , cannot hope to furnish the luxuries the girl has been accustomed to for
some time after his marriage , " says another Springfield ( Mass. \ ) man. "His-
stinted resources' must be taken as a matter of course. The girl undoubtedly .
has had the benefit of years of industry on the part ' of her parents , while
her new-found better half is just beginning to get some for himself and
others. Present salaries do not average as well on the whole for the young
man as the income of the parents. The uselessness of competition is ob
vious. " ,
"All depends upon the parties involved ' is the sage pronouncement of
one respondent to the inquiry. "However , I do think a good percentage of
the girls to-day expect all the comforts and 99 % per cent of the luxuries.
The whole tendency of the day seems for the young men and women to begin
life where their parents leave off. They want to set up housekeeping with
silver and solid mahogany , when , perhaps , the parents purchased theirs only
ten years back. "
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gerous blows in boxing. Sketched by Dr. "W. R. C. Latson.
Scientific fistic combat began with the cestus of the Greek athletes. The
cestus was a sort of boot , made of leather , fitted to the forearm and heavily
weighted. The science of the cestus was simple. The boxer merely lunged
.out at an exposed point of his opponent's anatomy , trusting to the rapidity
of the blow and the weight of the cestus to break down the defense and land
his punch. The cestus , as might be imagined , inflicted frightful injuries ,
and often caused death by a single blow.
Until thirty or so years ago boxers fought much like the old Greeks ,
simply trying to hit any exposed place.and keeping up this random pound-
ing until one or the other , { rom pain , exhaustion or loss of blood , was
forced to stop. Gradually , however , it came to be known that a sharp , rapid ,
not necessarily powerful blow , landed exactly on certain' points , would
cause temporary paralyisis of both mind and muscles. Thus came the
"knock-out" blows. .
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The nervous mechanism which regulates the action of the bodily ' or-
gans , heart , lungs , stomach , liver , and so on , is composed of millions of
fibers or threads. These fibers are at certain points gathered into knots ,
or , as they are called , plexuses ; and a shock or blow at one of these points
will produce temporary paralysis of every function-that is , a "knock-out. "
The principal nerve knots ( or plexuses ) connected with boxing are shown
in the diagram. A blow to the chin , under the ear , over the heart , or just
under the breast bone , is likely to reach one of these points. These are
the dangerous blows of boxing.-W. R. C. Latson , B. S. , M. : D. I
Johnny's Watch.
John's aunt gave him a bright and
shiny dollar watch for his birthday ,
and the 'boy's satisfactionxwas un
bounded. A couple of weeks later he
remarked very dolefully that the watch
wasn't keeping good time.
"It must 'be wound very carefully
every night before you go to "bed , " his
aunt told him.
"Oh , I never knew that , " said the
boy. "Now I s'pose I'vejust gone and
ruined it ? "
"Why , when have you been wind-
ing it ? "
"The first thing every morning , "
answered the boy sorrowfully. - Lip-
pincott's.
Progress.
Last year I experienced internal pain.
My doctor , in tone supercilious ,
Announced that I never could motor
again ,
For it made me too automobilious.
But I'm still under treatment ! And one
disease more
Will surely deprive me of reason :
For I'm suffering worse than I suffered
before-
Aerosipelas has me this season !
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work of one of the bright censu :
enumerators went for the evening
meal of a hungry bulldog. All day the r
industrious enumerator worked , filling *
his book with the names of promi- *
nent citizens at 2 % : cents per name.
Toward night he reached the gate of *
a house and met an unusually big
bulldog. The enumerator spoke nothC
ing but kindly words , but tho dog paid
no attenton. Then the census man 'b '
waved his enumeration book at the 1 :
animal. That was the clarion call I
with the dog. It leaped , landing with < \
jaws firmly locked in the enumeration to
book. The .animal wrenched it from J
the startled and frightened enumera- C
tor's hands and proceeded to quietly ,
but unmercifully , tear it to pieces. 1
Every name that met. this fate meant E
2y cents to the enumerator , but his d
skin meant more , so he perched on a I "V
gate until the dog's master appeared. jS ,
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. The new Queen is Victoria. At St.
James' place , on the 6th of July , 1893 ,
Prince George , Duke of York , married
his second . .cousin ( once removed ) ,
Princess Victoria Mary of Teck , but
known familiarly in court circles as
"Princess May. " She was then en-
titled to the honorable distinction
"Her Serene Highness , " and her full
name is Victoria Mary Augusta Louise
Olga Pauline Claudine - . . . Agnes. . - Her -
mother was Princess Mary Adelaide ,
daughter of the Duke of Cambridge ,
youngest son of George III. , and . her
father was the Duke of Teck , ruler of
a medieval duchy now belonging to
Wurttemberg. The new queen was
born at Kensington palace -May 26 ,
1867 , and spent her babyhood and
childhood at White Lodge , Richmond ,
and was carefully trained and educat-
ed. She speaks several languages and
is proficient in music , being the pos-
sessor of a beautiful soprano voice.
She was 'betrothed to the Duke of
Clarence at the time of his death , and
less than two years later became the
affianced of his brother , her present
consort. She is the mother of five
sons and one daughter. Her eldest
son , Albert Edward , now heir appa-
rent to the throne , is a manly lad
who will be 16 years old the coming
June. At present he is serving as a
naval cadet. Prince Albert Frederick ,
the second son , and heir presumtive
also is a naval cadet.
With the accession to the British
throne of the Prince and Princess of
Wales , Queen Alexandria becomes the
dowager queen , the first the empire
has had since the death in 1837 of
William IV. , who was survived by
Queen Adelaide , a princess of Saxe-
Coburg-Meiningen. As dowager queen
she will receive an annuity of $ 350-
000 for her maintenance.
NEW KING'S NEAR RELATIVES.
King George V. has three . sisters.
They are :
Princess Louise , who , during the life
of the late king , was the princess
royal of England. She was born Feb-
ruary ,20 , 1867 ; was married January
27 , 1889 , to the Duke of Fife , and has
bwo children-Alexandra Victoria ,
born May 17 , 1891 , and Maud Alexan-
dra , born April 3 , 1893.
Princess Victoria Alexandra , born
July 6 , 1868.
Princess Maud Charlotte , born No-
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vember 26 , 1869 ; married July 22 ,
1896 , to Prince Karl of Denmark , who
is now King Haakon VI of Norway.
The uncles and aunts of the new
dng. . are :
Princess Helena , born May 25 , 1846 ;
narried July 5 , 1866 , to Prince Chris
tian : of Schleswig-Holstein. She has
three : ' children. . I
Princess Louise , born March 18 ,
1848 [ ; married March21 , 1871 , to the
Marquis \ of Lorne , who became Duke
of Argyll on April 24 , 1900.
Prince Arthur , Duke of Connaught ,
) orn May 1 , 1850 ; married March 13 ,
1879 , to Princess Louise of Prussia.
He has three children , the oldest of
whom , Princess Margaret Victoria ,
toorn . January 15 , 1882 , was married on
June 15 , 1905 , to Prince Gustaf Adolf ,
rown Prince of Sweden.
Princess Beatrice , born April 14 ,
857 ; married July 23 , 1885 , to Prince
Henry of Hesse. She has four chil-
dren ! , the second of whom , Princess
Victoria Eugenie , was married on May
31 , 1906 , to Alfonso XIII. , King of
Spain.
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George Frederick Ernest Albert , Prince of Wares , who has become King ,
is the second son of King Edward and Queen Alexandra , and was born at
Marlborough House on June 3 , 1865 , seventeen months after the birth of his
elder brother , the late Duke of Clarence. He and his brother entered the
navy together as cadets , and he spent two years on the Britannia. Then he _ ,
started on a three-year-voyage around the world. In 1892 , when his brother
died , he became heir apparent , and took his seat in the House of Lords as
Duke of York. In May \ , 1893 , his engagement was announced to Princess
Victoria May \ of Teck , and they were married on July 6 , 1893. Six children
were born to them : Edward Albert , Albert Frederick , Victoria Alexandra ,
Henry William , George Edward and John Charles. The Prince became
Duke of Cornwall when his. father took the throne , and soon thereafter
started on a tour of the colonies. He opened the first Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia. In celebration of his safe return from the
tour he was entertained by the London corporation at Guild Hall on Dec. 5 ,
1901 , on which occasion he delivered his well-known advice to England to
"wake - _ up. - # " In . the ' fall , of 1905 he went to India , and when he returned there . ' ,
waT another celebration. On this ' "
occasion he said that "the task of gov
erning India .5 will be - made .5 easier . . . - if . we . 9n ojj _ part infuse ' intoit a . . wdr
element of sympathy. " His Indian trip was regarded as not a success from
a political viewpoint. In 1908 he visited Canada to attend the celebration
at Quebec , and on that occasion met Vice President Fairbanks. The Prince
is less democratic than was his father and does not have such an ardent
love for sports. It has been predicted , therefore , that the court gayety ,
which was always a feature during Edward's reign , will be less marked.
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