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NESTING ON STEEP CLIFFS
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Timid Birds Lay Millions of Eggs on theF
I ,1 Fnrallono Islands ,
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AN INDUSTRY OF PACIFIC COASTERStr
'J'IIIIII""IIII" fir t lIP 1."It" : lurl.tI. . . An-
11111111) I I ' In I ' 1.'rl"'I-IIIIW 'V1i. . ) , Are
S..lIr..1 % rrfll the I C/.ul-IIIIII. .
, I . \'h.r-\ Illlerol. Irlc , " " .
How many people know tnt ) for three
month every summer hen'l , eggs In the iiiar-
tets of San Francisco have to take a back
lat , givIng precedence to the cheaper larger
and handsomer cgg of California niUrre or
guillElnot . a sa bird related to the auk , which
lJreds In countess thousands upon the Faral.
: lone IKIanIL A new and 1lngulr , Industry
has been devQIOled , says the San Francisco
Examiner , In the Iatherlng of ( ( lse eggs for
th : market by Italian pml Greek fishermen .
who peril their lves In trait fshing boae
end In scaling the rockl for the eggs of the
murre.
Three custers of rocky Islands of volcanIc
origin , thirty mies from San Francisco , In
the Pacifc ocean , form the I'aratlones , South
I araton being tim largest anll the only ere
Inhabited Alhough uf surpassing Interelt on
account of their wild picturesqueness and the
myriads uf bIrds which there find a Bummer
home , the Jaralones are seldom I eve . I
visited by the tourlKts. They are difficult or I
occeSl' . slal fishing boats or an oCcasional
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out.golng tug being the only means or transit.
South I.'aralono Is about a mile In length
and hair n mlo WlIC ( everywhere cut up hy
jagged britigos . precipItous biuTts . "here the I
and rocky points the highest where the
llghthouaa Is aitnated being :10 : feet above
the fo : . The whole Iland may be s311 to t
bo n veritable city or the birds , covering
theIr cgJS II dense colonies swimming and
diving or wheeling by thousands through
the air with shrill , Incessant cries The bird
census there has never been taken.
Besldcs the murre , which lays the mar- !
ketable eggs , tufted putilna western gulls . I
three species of cormorants easln'a aukiet .
the saucy petrel and the pIgeon gulliemot
guiemot
breed . In large numbers.
'fhe murre lays one large . pear-shaped I
egg having about twice the capacity of a '
hen's egg This Is curiously and heaulfuly
marked In many shades , of red . brown Dud
green , In surprising , 'arlaloa. The eggs I
lel readily at 20 cents a dozen In the mar-
leta . and that ,
( they are considered valuable r
as a rood supply Is evhlencel by the fact
that IGOOOO , dozen are consumed annutliy.
annutly.
In Slllto of this enormous product the birds
scorn to ho almost lS prolfc us ever at -
UJugh near the close or a season's coloclng
many "runt" eggs are found.
Two Inch who were lert on Sugar Loaf an
holatel ' rock 185 rot high collected 1S0,000
murre's eggs : In one scoson.
'fho cg1ers usually consist or twelve to
fifteen mlo , who Inpoct the great rookerJei
early In the season to see I the hlrls have
begun laying.'IIcII tile time Is l really t 13a
begin work a curious but !
I curials nccesary per
tormance takes place. The whole Island Is I ;
gone over and all the murre's eggs wlhln Sri
Pr reach are broken or thrown Into the sea. This
In to insure - fresh eggs for t'le eggcrs main -
tall that-an egg that has hcel sat upon ror
a day Is unlt for market Thh Is n time or
rejoicing for the sea / ills . who love to rcel
Upon the murre's eggs and are rclenless
pirates robbing the peer murre at every op -
portunity or the one egg ! ho so zealously
guards.
UnlIke the gull . the murre makes no nest
'whatever covering Its egg on any bare roe ] tc
that will support it.
I left undisturbed the mlres would lay
but one egg each during a S01son. but as the y
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are robbed t'IY continue la.lng.
The collecting outfit of the eggcr Is simpb
A cotton " flour sack Is made Into an "eJg t ;
shirt" by cuting out I hole In the botom
for tile head. anti one on each side for arm
1101es : a gathering string about the merit it
. or tire sack permits I to be drawn tghly
about the waist while a slit down the shirt
In front malt 1 an opening for stowing away
the eggs A little or the coarse Farallor La
Faralone
f well , the only vegetable to bf round on the
Island . k4 used tor a shirt lIning. I Is astonishing ' -
tonishing how many or the large eggs can
be carried In suh a shirt eighteen to twenty
dozers man. being considere a fair load for eacb
When on egg shirt Is filled It Is ompth _ ( 1
Into _ . a . basket to .he . taken . to the emplel1 . I
ovcrulwn oy nlgnt tie eggers dump the
eggs Into a pie , sometimes containing 1.000
dozen , unti the next day. Great care Is
taken to cover the baskets or heaps with old
sacking or weeds , weighted with rocks to
prevent tire rapacIous grills rrom getting at
the cggs. These persistent thieves Invariably
hang about and If an egg Is espied through
an opening they wi tug at It until It Is
secured , , when the lucky bird tIles away with
the booty followed hy Its
rolowed Is screeching coinr
rdes who son attract n great flIght or
Y I gulls , ann often In an Increlbly fght space
b time they have taken ever egg.
The egg picking usually begins on Sugar
I.Olr. It being
warmer there and more prot
tcctell from prevailng wln < s. This rock Is
reached hy a boat , which Is left In charge
or one man , whie four or live or his corno
panlons scale the dangerous cliffs and collect
the eggs about Its precipitous sides. Mean.
While the voracious gulls hover over the men ,
screaming and cackling for a share or the
pluirrier . Tins Is one or the most dillicult
places for collecting on the Island . and ropes
are made rast to enable the hardy Greeks to
reach tire lucre Inaccsslhle places.
. Two or the gers have lost their lives on
this rock. One or them r1 Into the sea and
111s body var never found. lie had unwisely
put too many eggs Into his shirt , and svllle
whie
creasIng a narrow shelf the eggs actually
crowded him nIT .
Other accidents or minor
oher arcllents Importance occur i
rreIUenl ) ' . One egger who had some ten
dozen eggs In his shirt fell and rotted about
twenty feet. Hc was uninjured , but egg
sea kel.
The Great Arch , a wonder of the islands .
torllnl a natural bridge where the surf
churns In front the sea below , Is fairly cov-
orel with rnnrres and even far down 01 the
dizzy shIes of the chasm they find a place
for their eggs on the shelving rocks. Here
where tt would seem to be 8111clle to fallow
them , tile adventurous l'ggorS risk their
necks to gather htmd'ells or dozen or eggs.
, Ilatweert . the egger and the gulls the
murres have 1 r hard life of it. They are
lre
clumsy birds on land , rind when hudled , In a
t cave CI frequently be caught hy the hand
The stench In such places arIsing . from the
accumulaton or guano Is frightful . The
gulls not only carry off theIr eggs bodily to
' be broken ( n sOle rocks and eaten at leisure
! but they wilt feed the '
wi ftd upon young birds : for
- thin re.IOI the parent mures show constant
' ; anxloty for their 'oung. They never leave
tbel alone As soon ns they are old enough
to tRlto to the wntcr they are safe and the
ohl bIrds , ia bt seen at night ne ghostly ,
) ghosty
, rroceasorr % . leading , rind shoving the little '
; lurres over the crags to the I sea
I They have another dread enlm ) ' In the
I luHvks rein the nrainland . that cOle by
1 scores Rt cLairr seasons to prey upon them
Taln UPOI
. . all their yorrrig.
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\ 'fIH emer ; are thcmselves hal ptrates
; tresll.lulng on Uncle Sam's isiaritla . and tire
I United States ( authorItIes have al a number
t of occasions forcibly removed . tlrem only to
lave them return at the first opportunity.
One year tire eggers secreted themselves In
the great 11urr cave , whie the revenue CI\t.
tar CIrwll , honred about the Islands for
I hours. Tire men live In caves or In tents
made or ohl sals and spars anti with n
' JlentC'u , sUlply of maeaonl ant wih
, they are U contented nnd Jai ) ' crew. Of
coirree they lay have eggs In any st'le. o '
ni'
, . flair Ire Irientufirl . Besides. though the island
hn rue trees arid irardly any " , 'getaton. ni
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' fairly swarms with rabbis , \mong them
are mll ) ' b autrul slk.halrul ones 51 to
have been Jleell there by the H.nslana . many
lan
years ago during their Intrencbment on )
ma i ulanti. , !
Ole of the most Imporlaut lighthouse .ts.
tnns on the coast I on the 1.'JaHones. 5ev-
eral bad wrecks . iravo taken plnce there . and
tbl fuur or live \htholu Itef/ers who. with
. their families . lultp the 11:111 their home
ha'p to be eternally vlgl.nt Uesirles the
thl
first claca Iigirt . tat ) hnprovrd Uellrs . . or
before ileairi rag vhiatk. . ares ? < . Years aga .
beore these Wfre secured . a curious natural
siren Wi utized , In enC IJII tha n1tUr11
Wash rate the cavern on.J rush '
thralI narrow - I
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raw Passage In tbe r"'I \1h Such force thn' I
a strange moaning sound la east1 ( by th , :
escaplna air . \ targs bar" was . phe'l ver I. :
the lve
tie apertul , maDg raJr b-ly the
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st tog horn ever In use I could be
ir earri far out at sea. cout
The lighthouse keepers lire In substantial
re sidences . from which a telephone line goes
up to the lighthouse. A track winds around
th rough the rocks from the landing place In
F iahernirin'a bay , a car beLng used to carry
the oil anti , government r.ipplies.
011 "Jerry. " the Ilanlls government mule ,
I. the propelling power , and he enjoys the
dl.tncton or being the only quadruped , aside
from rabbits . on the Island A ( let or sea
g ull's eggs and years or solitary contempla-
ton have mole him wonMou" wise. When
lie hear the whiste of the government
steamer Jerry knows his services wlli be
dIr eiriancleil , to pull the oil car anti straightway
he beats n direct retreat antI hiles In some
cavern until he thinks al danger Is o\'er.
cti Among the curious features or the Island ,
the sea'lon must not be overlooltd , for the !
tu nuriense , blundering creatures cO\cr the
reeks h ) thousands Whllo others disport
th erns'lycs In the water huge' bull sea.\ons.
wa eighing front 3.000 to 5,000 pounds loll
bout the reeks Indifferently , or with 1 few
IJnlonltory % roars IIIIIIJIE . to the edge or a
clr anti plunge Into thC se : . I they have
( a1's. one or two or the great , animated !
masses or blubber will ululy relain to
s tand 1 guarll over them , opening their mouths
to intImidate the intruder.
The Halal\ shoot the le.lon , also a very
pretty and graceful "Ieopard seal . " for thclr
skins. I takes a flrst-eiass rifle shot to kill
a seJ.lon , as they are vulnerable In one or
two spots ' on I' .
Day or nIght , In the summer lme the Par-
alones are ever animated : the myriads or
birds fly to and fro with wild cries runceas- ,
i ngly . whlo at night the patrols come fortir
the t ! quals or the anklet are heard . and over
the beating surf and weird , castled rocks the I
Iuls ho\er over the Iland In muonlight like ,
n molten shield - of - silver. _ _
n.\GBnS ' 1'0 " ' (53iI' 01. 1\11IO : .
H"I.I I ) . ) ) ) " ( ' " " .lh " 'Iite'lr Miriry I'ulil- . ,
Ilr 1"lhrlc. . 't i't . Crrlrr.'iI. : '
The microbe has . been taking up so much or
the Imblc alenlon recently that people arc I
beginning to forget that there are other poisons -
sons besides these manurocturel In the pr-
ate laboratory of this Ingenlo little worker
Yet arsenic can kill as veil as tuberculosis ,
ali lead I Is as fatal as diphtheria : and L wo
put i the rormer on our clothes and rub the
latter l on our faces we shall one day repent it .
According to a Parisian physician who has I
been taking a census ' or the dangers that lurk
In I the ( boudoir of a fashionable woman slit i
I s fortunate Ir she escapes being poisoned ,
amid oven Lr she does she runs great risk or r :
being burned to death. In the frst place a
great number of colorni fabrIcs are more or ,
less poisonous. Many tyes are toxic. As Is
well known arsenic Is 'Jhlcfy ' to be blamell I
for this fact though the law forbids the use
or arsenical salts II dyers.
Some irerons are apt to think that the '
quantity or Itoison II n wall paper or a rabrlc
La . after all , very -small , bit this Is by no
Irrearus the case. Certain sturrs contain
\eans contain010
than . two grdmle& or arsenlous acl\ to the
yard-partlcuiarly the gauzy green fabrics
Many accidents are causd hy aniline caters
and above oil by ruehsln Inl coralin . which ;
are made by treating rosalie acid with ammo
nia. I.'uchsll Is not poisonous In itself . hut t
roaanliln , or which thIs anti lany other colorIng -
log maters are salts . are ohtalned by treatIng -
log anilno with oxidIzer , or which two arc
as dangerous as they are common-namely ,
nitrate of mercury and arsenic acid ; and I Ia I
rare to find ruchsln that dpes not contain
toes
more or less poison. The' observalonK or
French I physicians have shown thai article 5
or clothing colored with thl9 substance :111 : r I
Placed II contact with the skIn cause not
only local eruptions tint sYlptoms or die
easQ througirout . the system. Par Intance ,
eases or er.thema anr serious Inlammaton r
or the skIn have been caused by wearing red I
merino stocldngs colored by the maIler wih
rosanlin containing . arsenic as an impurity.
This Is only one of litany examples of pro
ducts , harlless In themselves that . hecome
actively poisonous by reason or Impurities iua
to ome process or preparation.
But the unfortunate modern woman not
only . runs the risk or poisoning herself wit ii
every article of clothing. she dons she may
also be seriously burned by the explosives ,
that she uses daily In the toilet. J'ln.t ,
there are the articles made of celuloll-now ,
round on every toilet table . though orten
masquerading as her or ivory Celulolll ]
Is a compound or camphor ali gun cotter 1 .
all , Is hghly : Inflammable , but , In spite or
this , Its chepness and the ease with whIch '
It may be shapel have made I a ravorll '
material for coiribs halrplnp and all ser ta
or small fancy toilet articles . even for art I-
art-
fcial teetlr whose wearers probably do not
realize that they are transforming their
mouths Into animated bombs charged wit lu
wih
gun etton.
Among nil these celluloid toilet article 5 ,
howe\er. cOlbs are the only ones that have
hiherto caused acchlents. The most senor un
accident or this kind or . at all events , the
ono that m\lo : the greatest Impression ou
the PUblc was one that occurred In I rance ,
A little girl { on her return from school was
set to work at Ironing har a stove During
her t work sh3 leauM corwtaliy toward the
hot stove so that her head was almost di-
recty over It . oed after she had boon In
thIs attitude for about an hour her Imitation
tortoise t shel comb lade or celluloid . caught
fi re all at once and her head was In an Instant -
stant enveloped In tlarrue. tier
en\eloped fames leI mother has-
toned to her aid and put out the Ire as
Moon a& she could but not before a large
part I at the child's hair bad heel burned ,
of and hH scalp had sustained a serious
hurn h about four Inches square.'hlch
hl Inche square . which was
l eng In healIng .
Lass serious burns have , rceuell front
wearing the long double celluloid hair-
pIns l wih which women so often transfix
their balr. Wheu oten transfx
they bend over 1 lamp or
even a candle the projecting part often
eomes In contact with tire lame and takes
lre like a match but It Is usually easy to
extngish I before I reaches the haIr.
'here are fabnice. toe that are little better
th:1 t : explosh'e. Net to speak or the light ,
lht
easiy Inflammable stuffs that abound there
Is i a sort or cheap flannel caled ! pliotr . largely
used for women's garments , especially wrap-
pers I aI nigirtdresses. The surface I. or
v ariegated ! hue anti covered , ! with long silky
lalrs r Irung aBOr ot uown. anll talln
fire like Culminatng cotton when brought
near a lamp candle or open fire. The flame
spreads rapidly over ths whole surface gen-
o rally going out or Isel , but often taking I
hold I , or the body or the fabric . giving rise
to t very serious burnt' . In Deceniber 1889. a
servant was burned In this way and the
French sanitary authorities condemned plol
os n , laleous fabrIc for 'use II making
garments ! wlh 10wlng skirts
Cholern In Ulnolnln.
As soon as I became known that cholera
was certain to become epidemic In 10noll'
a local drug house there ordered a larg\ supply .
ply or Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and
Darrhoea flemetiy. Tire directons given are
to go to bed as soon as the first symptoms
appear : remain as quiet as possible alll take
this remedy In double doses . every fifteen
minutes until the pain ccare3 . and then after
each operation or the bowels more than
natural Send for a l'hysiclan but take the
remedy In this way until he arrives . I
should be kept at hanll really for Instant i
rise The great succes : or this remedy In
epidemical dysentery leads I to believe that I
t \ \ II prove very effectual In the treatment
or cholera
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l'uJ Pllu\.1 th , ' Cigir r .
An amusing incIdent was wItnessed on an
Alegleny car at 1 a. m. . rcllt ' s the I'itts.
burg jirromricle. A gentleman boarded the
car . took a seat hersitle a woman who math
n PuS Ilog 011 her lap. In tire gruitielnaur's
m noutir was n fresh , and
mOlth unlighted . cigar nun he
was enjoyIng I " ! srnoka" when the
Vt milan looked U\ and , sselni the cigar
ciled to tit conllictor an,1aid : " ) Ialte
that man throw away that cigar. "
Tire cllduelor looked anti , seeing the cl1
' \1 not lighted , Ilaid no attention to tIre
wcmruan. She glared at him a minut and
then m.lle 1 ! rah and secured , the cigar ,
which she threw frol the window .
The genteman looked at her n moment In
silence muuU disgust and then reached down
ilckrI UII Ihe l0 and dropped It from the
car wln'l ' ' w. 'rhere was n scream from the
, ' , olan , n11 I rush to the platform the car
was stoppel anti the woman went back for
her dog . The car went on all Ihe gentle.
man , wih no-Is urul smiles of approval from
the other drew
passengers anal her cIgar
rrll\ ' irta , \ocket anti went on with his dry
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A 'I'OSIC.
lur.rur.I'cl.I I.hl.m. .
III. 8 I. . Wllm . cIJrflcf. is , . says : "I
lays tu't I with grand effect In c.u whore
JrurlI.nlc \ wu needed . "
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TIlE . OMAhA : DAILY DEE : SA1' UU DAY , _ OC'l'OJlEl 12 , lSnG
TURPENTNE IN LOUISIANA
Now Idutry in the Pie Region of thei
Creole Stat4I .
OPPOSITION OF TlE MOSSBI'tCKS OVERCOME
II'H" ' fh. Crniale 't'urpent inc Is Irstavn
. Crl. . 'l'nrl..ntle I. Jrlwn
tr4P inn th. , ' 'r , ' , ' " 8 rid the' DIet h oil
oC IlsIilzntlinnr-Ort.nt S.11
for n JiK.
A little o\cr a year ago n man named Shu-
ler I , who for thirty year had heen operatng
turpenUne orchards In the
pineries of Georgia -
gia , visited the Lalte Charlcs section or Louisa
lana with a view of stablshlng a branch
camp slould tbe outlook prove fnvorable.
Prom the moment that he laritled writes a
ccrrespondent or the aobe.Democrat , old
croakers who owned not an acre of timber
began tittering their voices In protest. "Tho
rorests wi bo killed . The , Umber will be
rendere,1 unfit for lumber. The bugs wi
take the trees " These were only 0 few or
the discouraging predIctions which wee
pourell Into his ear free or charge. Hut : Ir.
Shuler was not In the Iast disturbed. Allow- ,
Ing l them to sing the old song through to the , :
last l stanza he thanked the artists for the ,
entertainment they had afforded hint all I
caled upon one or the largest land owners In i
CaJcaseu. ! After Introducing hlmsel and ex- I
plalnlng the object of his visit he was In-
\led by his host to take a trip to the great
egging l camps a few miles above town lre u
the Georgian law an army or men equipped ]
with keen saws and doublc.bladed axes mak-
l ug war on the glantl of the rarest , and
whIle he allmlrll the facility with winch ,
these experienced men howet down the great
trees and sa\'e,1 them Into eonvcnlent lengths I
r or traursportation . I grieved him to think or r
the thousands or dollars' worth of crude tur-
pOltne which was going to waste each year
ror want or some enterprising person to talce i
the matter In hand. Just what arcement L
WS entered Into by the two gentlemen Is not ] L
known. At all events tire 011 tnrpenlner
cleared for Georgia wih a broad smie on his m
raN and returned In January with n force or , r
rorty-two clarIfies . everyone of them a rosin-
heel and not one but whd had "been dllpln' ) ! ;
gum since right after de surrener. "
OPERATIONS mmUN.
No time was lost In transporting the hand ,
and their belongings to the woods. Thc very
next r day axes began lashlng through the air .
poles were skinned . clapboards were split . and
a i camp \\as established at a point about t
thee years ahead or the loggers all nearl r
clghtccn miles from town on lie ( In of fir )
C. V. & S. raIlway. Today there are In the
orchards GO.OOO flowing trees. This nUlher
represents six "crops , " 10,000 being consld-
erel the least number that cal be Ilroftabl ) : fr'
worked and therefore called a crOl
'he procets employed by this gentleman In
e trnctng the crude turpentne Is an Inven-
ton or his awn and Is far ahead or the 01'1 I
mactirods. The damage suffered by the tree
Is i compartvely smnahl . and the llber , In .
stead or being renlered unl for lunrber remains -
mains urminjured. Moreover. It Is claimed
that along logs frel which the gum was
oxtrcted pre\lous to rcling the loss rrom
"rilmkers" : Is reducell to n minimum.
By the old unethoti a "hox" four Inches
deep Is cut into the
tree to serve as a
receptacle for the gum as It flows from the
"face" just above. As often a necessiy
may require n ncw box Is Inlctell on the
tIee which , otter one or two seasons , dies
by reason or the many ( deep tvotmrudn. lie 1'
sides In orchards where thIs method II cur
played . the loss from
ployCd. wind storms Is I
er.orurrorrs. Each year thousands of tree S
which might otherwise have stood are broken
or at the boxes.
In racing a tree for the extraction of tur . -
pentne by tire Shuler process n V.shap ? ci
cut la made with a crosscut saw. Just
above four Inches or chip Is cut out witir a
" " wih
"hack leaving two drains only an Inch In I
depth and meeting In a common angle. A
spout extending two Inches below the Inter-
section Is scooped OUt with a common gotug
111nediately under this spout a rlrrow Is
cut In the bark and a nail Is driven
on
which Is hung the glazed earthenware "c'up , . !
the rim fitting snugly Into the rurrow 'air 1,1 ; ,
thus precluding all possibIlity or the fib ti'
taking the trail to the ground The cups : I
now In use have n
capacity or three pinta
and resemble an ordinary flower pot.
When the trees hav8 all been
tres al raced , then '
commences the worlt or "dipping " so callc ni
from tire old practice or caled
tl practcl dipping the gnu 'It '
from the boxes with a paddle. The cups glm nro
empted every two weeks by darkics who
collect the "crude"
colect In huckets and pour It
Into n _ r Iv harrels . " convpnlenty placed. . Eacit _ dii. -
. . - , . , - . . - . . . , ' ' " . o ' ' "U JU trees 1 U4) ' . lit
order to facilitate the flow or sap the "
pers" 10w "chip- ,
go through the orchards once n
week anti widen the races with a "hack " I
each tune cutting away abOnt an Inch or the
upper l e. Toward the end of the season
these scars extend upward several feet front
the Spoit , and before the gur can reach the
cup It harLens and has to be scraper ] down.
In the late fail when the sap has ceased
to thaw the darltes watch for a rainy day
and ret fire to the races. By rolowlng this
plan the harllened gum which has resisted
the edge or the scrapers Is melted anti runs
down Into the cups where if is protectfl1
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from further Injury by tire water which Is
always present In greater or lesser qtuanti-
ties . owing to the frequent rains. quant- ,
lire for want of fuel soon dies out. /tfter
this forced flow has been dlplled a new Ater
Is cut above the old one and the dtmps are
moved up ready for the "virgin flaw" In the
following sprln
!
Between the 10th or March and the 1st or
November no trees are raced or chipped ,
these dales having been Ixed by the Trir-
pentne Producers' association In order 10
protect the timber from "bugs. " These
Ito borers are liable ! to enter and kIll any [
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freshly cut tree durln the summer months. I
,
Ofen the voracious pests , when once started
In i a tract of pine wi continue spreading
unU hundrells or acres have succumbed to
their t ra'age.
TiE TUJIENTJE STILL.
On the banks of th , louston , river . "here
It i Is crossed by the C. , Y. & S. road , Is
erected the stl for 1reatng the crude tur.
eb ep entlure. . Set over a furnace anti built abut :
b y a wall of solli laonry Is the great
copper caldron In wI'ch ' the gum L boiled ,
gm
1t 1,000 gallons lt n timne. From tire dom on
top runs the 'orm and drops II descending
c oils through n cistern or cold water Along
this spiral ' way creeps the c31dron vapors
which' chi by contact with the colt ! pipe
amI flow In a mixirtrenni from the nozzle
10 t the barrel beloW L . 'hl spirits being tire
lia ghter . rise to thentrfgce anti run Ibrouh
a copper pipe Into Ilothr barrel whie the
low wine" remaln , ' al the botom anti I
nnt
Ilrawn off from belo' .
After the process or distillation has bc n I
accomplhet. tire rqslf Is drawn off through
a valve In tile still , passing first through a I
rorty mesh screen and then through a thick
l ayer or cotton batting. having thus been
strained of all Ilptrlls , tire being rosin
10ws along n trough IJ which are two.nch I
. .
hole1 h bored nt Inter'.IIR or about three feat ,
Previous to the now all ' are plugged but three
or four at the farth'e o ril of the trouglr
When tire corresponi1nt' barrels arc full the ;
Illus i are Inserted and njbre holes arc opened ,
a nti so on until the stilt Is . '
ali unti stl CIIJty. E3ch barrel -
rel weighs 2S0 pounds and rcqulres forty
clght hour to cool , The first which 10ws
oter the opeulng ofirq valve Is or n hlghel
grade than that whLch cornea lad. I was jolt I
thal specllens or tire finest rosin nude here
had been sent to dealers both In St. I.ouls
and New York . and that It outgraded any
thing t that they hal heen In the . habit of
h rrurdulng. I'a9 shown n number or pieces
which were almost whlto
At thIs plant two "strikes" per day are
b oiled 01 , anti the proportion or spirits to
crude Is one In five. Alt the work Is per
rormd by darkles or long experience. 'fhe ,
Irman Is a six. rooter with a hand like
lit 1
a inavel . and the way In which that hllly
ebonlzell son , of Africa Ins open tire door
and crams In the pich pIle shows him to be
"no conunnorn ordinary nigger. " The other
darllY shumell along In his No. 13 \hoes. now
Icstng t tha balling sap . now regulating the
10w 1 of spirits . and all the whll singing o\er
and over ngall a line or two of n Fang about
"de yelar gal away oher In de Jordan lair' . . '
There Is also n cooper on the pl'cllss. wbo
has h so much to do putting rosin barrels together -
gether and heading them up when filled that I
he i finds 10 time to tune his voice and ap .
pears not 10 be even "studln' 'bout hIs gal. "
All are happy enough. but they trill drink
the t low wino from thQ still . Some or them
nre perfect slaves to the irabit anti when
they ( go to take a swallow . often forget just
how much they have already Imbibed , and
the consequences . are tilsastrous. When a
lan r gets an overdose of tbls stuff . ho I I
neither "sily , " nor "tipsy . " nor "muddled "
nor m "boozy " but drunlt-UIJronrously ! drimnlr .
The stuff ' contnlns a large per cent or alcohol I , :
. strange to say has no flavor or turpen Land L-
tine about It , but tastes something like strong I
wine. Years
ago some one dlscoverell that a
little of It was good for a certain complaini L
and e\el. the since. ttnrpentino nlgers - have been cilia g
A 's'ornnntnn's Illesslrnrr .
110..11/
My only chll was dangerously sick for rour
days with cholera Inrantum. Our best doctor
could \ot help her. We concluded to try
Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Darrhoea
Hemedy. After the third dose she was outer
or danger. and at thIs writIng Is out playtn
May God bless the manlracturers of this
ledlcln [ for their efforts to do good. 11S ,
Da\ld 'n. Aleu , Payetevle. N. Y.
lAIN'IY FOOl
Fut 1'111 1\lot" ln.t"n.e.1 h )
1.1011.1. AIIIKutor. .
Steve Melon now has his alligator fan rn
on the \ > klva . river weU stocked wit ii
anurlal ! S.S the Florida Tlmcs. Ye3ter- ,
day morning a large , lighter land or pine
knots was brought In from ' \out creell
and led up to Molten's wharf . 'Vhen
nRlw(1 whnt he waR going to to wih tht
Ulhtwoot lenotar Mr. Melol said :
' "I'ced threat to my' Illgator" , or cairns
'Whnt do you think am going to do wit ii
them' ! Ion't YOU , , klfW that . nliigatoi ret
Ilwl'S cOt lIglitwqorLknoms' ) bcOre gain ng
Into wInter qunrteif'.1' That Is the tic
of sIx lighter land ' 0 the Imot& 1 hrlc Imt
botmgurt arid I urn grnintn have them taken
to my alligator farm ' On October 1 I am
going to give In Qxclrslol on n steam er
to the rarm. . and wilt gIve every one an
opportunlt to see the winter feeding. or
course I trill take along n hai dozen dogl
from the city POUII" ' ahl n lot of catflir to
whet the appettes ) oJ the ' eatlRh . . ) .
knots. tvlli then ho In ! r 'lm ' , ( o\ the Ightwoed 'Il. ;
"Did you ever fe a 'gator swallow n
Ightwooll knot ? No , ? I \VeIi yotm ! j\st come
along with me on"that
wih . Oi ' excurr'tomi and I
;
wIlt show yotu a sight that few people be-
flde. the natives of tie wilds , or souther , ,
forhla ' soutlem
ever witness. Thl' Imots are not
thrown Into the wateThev ) ann R" ' _
terl',1 over n . t\e-"crb' lot just iiith il
the ' foil CI.om lImo ' . ' ;
) f.1 'trees Arer la\ln"
\
their appetites whetted' hy the canines fla
catlsh , the 'gntersrawl out on the bank
nml begin their l ( east . Each 'gator
Rtrotches out fuU IJnlth on the ground
He looks around , and calculators the 'Is-
tancl to the ' 1areQt , knot. Wltir > a quIck
movement or his , trill . the 'Vlh Icurociced 1
(
Into the air anti Is defy cnuht In the
Open jaws Ole gulp rind the ! knot dls-
nrrurearrs . Oir I Ii fun to watch tirem.
This Is reppated imiutli ' lot 11m.
' Inl every ( Is dlR-
posed or. Then they crawl mack Into the
water and are seen no inane tilt next .
spring . " seel 10re tl [
a- - -
Two l.h'cN Sn'e.l.
Mrs. Phoebe TIIOJas of Junction City iii. . !
was toll by ler doctors she had consumption
and that there was no hope for irer but two
bottles Or Klng's New Dlsco\ery completely
cured her amid she says It saved her ure.
Mr. Thos. Eggers . 139 FlorIda St. . San
Francisco , suffered front
a dreadful
sulered cold -
trealrul approaching -
preaching consumption . tried withromrt result
everything ' cite . then bought one bottle resul ,
lllg's New Discovery and In two weeks was
cured 10 la naturaly thanltful. It la stmcir
results . or whlc'l ' these are samples , sich that
prove the wonrerrul efficacy or this medicine
In coughs and colds. Free trial bottle at
1lhn & Coos drug store Regular bott& , 50c
and $1.00.
,
Nebraska' City's Leading Business Men
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lenry :1.er. Ain'xinn.der . CUI'lct. It. 31. $ 'hIIIINun. , ( ,
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fl1zzmnes
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1110 1110Sf railing Sen.
wonderful , ; , ' . ItonNNer-
' 4 - - airs twIlng
dIscovery of OiS :
the age X 0 . or the eyes
anti ether
lice been en- . old
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floored by tim ' ra1s.
leaduirgectco. Strengthens ,
men of ? InvIgorates
EUrope nnd . ' and toncs the
America. ' I- " - entiresyetem.
Hudyan Is Hudyan cures
purely vego. I ' j 1 e bill I I 1 t y.
table , e Nervousness .
Iiudan stoo3 : EmissIons ,
Prematureness ' S nnd develops
of the dis. ' ' and restores
charge In 20 ' " "cak oraurs .
days. Cnmrce u . ' 1'41 oglS. Ihe
I. back , JOSCI
LOST , by day or
MANHOOD . \ ' t night stopped
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quickly. Over 2.0 private endorsmenls
l'renratureners means Imotency II mine first
stage . I Ia 0 symptom ofsemtnalvealmes
and barelnC . I can bo S.oppeiiu 20 days
by the ueorUudyan.
The new 11o.cry \as mater 11 thoSnecial.
1st of the old famous Hudson Medical Institute.
If Is the strongest 'vitalizer made. It is vary
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Jverfll ! , but halnllus Sold for & 1,0 1ack. .
01 or6 packages for S5O(1Innsea ( 11 \ack. )
Written guarantee glvcn ( or 1 cure ( you buy
six blc nnd arc trot , ntrely' cured.sx more
, vl he sent t you free ofoU Chalcs
Bcn,1 , for ( lrctnrnn te tmonlals , Address
HUDSON IUInIVAL JN8''lTTE.
junctiost Stockton , Market & EihIa .
.uncton 1lurl.t & EIls St.
San _ _ _ Irruuebco. - ( .ki-i. .
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L IENDOHf'I : Archlcct MANUFACTIItEHS & CONSUMERS
U. S. aOVImNMENT lIN'fING OFFICE. : ANtJ'AC''UHI . CONSUlEHS
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SEVENT ILFLOOJt. '
. HOYAl4 AnCANUI LODGE I100MS.
ORCHARD HOMES "
NO PLACE ON EARTH
Offers greater advantages to the Intllgent settler. Onehalf the work
now do here wIll give four times the results
YOI wi , tmes resuls II thlR wonderfully pro-
dutve coUntry. Twenty to forty acres In this land at plcn Is enough
to wOI'k and Is sure to make you money. Do the wOrk and tire ' ) rcsult are
sCI.ured : there Is no such thing la failure. The people are Irlendly : schools , .
churches newspapers are ltlerrt1 : railroad rlclllei flue and a so'il schoolS
rlhnea IR unsurpassed all tnvl to the enterprIsing man who 101 to bet-
ter Jls own condition and that or his famIly .
Two asiti Thre\ Crops Can be Successfuly Grown . the
. SIII Year
TImber Is abuntlant-Liunuber Is chrapFuel casts nothing-Cattle are easily
raised and Catened-roztng Is One all the year. nothlng-Cato le ealr
CLIMATE
Ta healthY and delgbtful , land and sea breeze and cool nights. The mean
temperature Is 43 to 16 uegrees The averoe raInfall Is 66 Inches No
extreme ot heat or cold ; lulclent ruin averu"re crop
20 TO 40 ACRES
properly worked makes you more money anti makes It easier than the best .
nnt
60-acre rarm In the west. Garden produeto mates tvonrterftu1 yield anti bess
ring big priceS. Strawberries peaches . plume apricots grapes ni
figs , early apples In Ca't all email fruits . are sum ant prontntle " POII
NO DROUTIS , NO IOT WINDS ,
NO FLOOD NO HEATED TERMS , .
NO BLIZZARDS , NO CULT ) SNAIS ,
NO LONG COLD WINTERR. NO CROP FAILURER.
The great fruit growing and vegetable raising district or the South. A
soIl that raises anythIng that grows and a location frol which ) 'OU roach
the markets or the whole count ry. Your rrult anti garden truck sold .en
tire around ant placpd In Chicago St. Lotus and New Orleans marlte In
1 to 24 hours-In thIs garden spot of America.
'fhe Most Equable Climate in Autcrica.
Orchard Homes
The malt carefully selected Ilm\1 In the beat fruit and garden sections , e
now otter II tracts It tea to for ty acres at reasonable prIces and terms to
tholo who wIsh to avail themselves ot the wonderrul re prices at the coun.
try now attractIng the great tide of Imml raUon.
20 T.O 40 ACRES
In that marvelous regIon with its perfect climate and ric soil If prop rely %
workel1 wi make you more money and make I faster and easier than th
beet 10'acre farm In the west. Garden products are an immense yield and
brlnJ big prices al the year round. Struwberrlel , apricots , plums , peetchen .
, carly apples figa , oranges-all email eJrlcots penchel.
pears profItable crop. y tlS oran\ea-IU smal truls-ar n early nod very
GO ! 9H : ! . GO SOUTH
ThIs irs your opportunity. Tire people are friendly : schools emclcnt ; news.
Japer progrosslehurlhes : lIberal. The enterprising man who "anti to
otter the condition of himself and hily family , a rouid investigate this matter -
ter and he will be convinced , Carefuily sohectet fruit grow ng and garden
landa in tracts of 10 to 20 acres we now otter on Itberci terms and reasonable
prices. Correspondence solIcited ,
CEO3 W. AMES , General Agent
1617 Fariiarn St. , Omaha , Neb.
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A Few Advatitages
Offered . by the t.'hhcano , Milwaukee & St. i'aui it aitway , the sirert liii. to Chicng. .4 clean trMia
marl. up aird started from Omaha ,
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flaggnge checked from restdcne to deatimnnnrlorr. ,
Ciegaint rein siviCe 50th rounteous
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playes. Odour. train . mmhrd ty electrIcity. with den-Inc r.admn ir.rnnjra Iii very berth. S'iosst
dining cer saryic. in the west , wittr mrntahm served a ii carte. en , to other wOFda. orSon hst
you WaitE anti pay for what yota aet , Flyer iernrcr , . .
union
Cirmcsgo'st S a. in. depot niIiy itt lW : p. in. , srntvioa at
city Ticket 0110cc , 1,04 Varnam ireet , C II. CAflflilIi , City Ticket Agent.