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Quaint Camaguey Which American Tourist Travel Will Make New
September I, 1105.
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chef or aword at hi belt, and all wmr
huge spura. Great car's drawn by ptti
with dnwn-hanplr.g heads, yoked tn tongue
aa big as telegraph polos, drug tlirir crrak
lnr way alon. (foad.-d y li drlv-r t'
ilde thorn. Gont wasons owtird by prd llrrs
are common, nnd hay waKitris, brd
wagons. ml!k -a.in, nil hatiird hy (t nt.
arc every hprp rem. Punietirrrs ore lon-r-bnrdod
white or black nnlmnl dors tli
riilllnR. and sometlmrs two, but In rvorv
rase the driver wnlks nlon beiilp imiI
dlrrcts the way. There are also peddlers
who rarry their wares In pannier on
horses. There are milkmen with their cans
elunK to caeh sld of the raddle, and fruit
peddlers who enrry oranK". banana" and
plneapides about upon their pnrii .
Let tin stop one of the miinmen and (ret
a drink. How queer the milk tastes, it
Is scalded to make It k'-ep, nnd salt H
sometimes put In for that purpose. Indeed
Cuba Is a land of hnl!ed tn'Ik ami salted
milk, nnd It Is almost impossible tn buy
a plass of told, fresh milk outsld" of IU
vmn. At the hotels It Is so'd Killed, mid
boiled milk Is served with the coffee. Two
pitchers, one containing boiled bilk and
the other hot coffee, are brought In by th
pitchers, one containing boiled milk nnd
fllllnp yo.ir cup, nnd then the coffee, whlr'.i
Is as black ns ink nnd as bitter as
T'lerty of smith r is added by most cnlleo
drlnkrs. i
GOAT WAGONS TTSED BT CAM ACT? AT TTCCDliERS.
Canine ey Stores.
There is a great deal of business done In
theso Cuban cities. The stores are soat
tared. You And them mixed up with thq
residences. They are oriental In style, many
being more like bazaars than stores. They
usuojiy tace tne street, being scpa-
(Copvrlght 1906, by Frank O. Carpenter.) can see the home life of the people through they ara' ghastly and the darker the skin rated fro.,, it by doors which are taken
tAMAflT'FY Cuba. Aug U -(Spe- the windows and doors. Everything la open the more It Is sprinkled. There seems to be away In the daytime so that everything la
I 1 clal Correspondence ot The Hee ) and the people go on with their work or 1,0 attempt to put on the powder evenly open. The dry goods stores, for Instance.
LSJ -Let Z XZ you .om J picture. PX without minding. Here, a family Is and every one uses It. from wrinkled old walls shelved from top to bottom. The
httra , n. IT. vXh TJtll chatting or reading. There, aome glrla are women to rosy-cheeked girls of 10 or IS. I "l ings are high and fancy patterns of
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or camaguey. ine Lniieu oiaies . r liU 1. . , cloth are hung down from the roof to catch
Will hear much Of It, Within tn .... . . , ... the eves of the miur hu Tho ih.li.! .r.
playing, sprawling aDout on me noor. comfort, tne perspiration coming oui ireeiy - -
Every one knows all about the houses of this tropical climate. flled wlth brlht Kod' as are also the
his neighbors. If Senora Smith has a new J counters. The clerks are polite and study
suite of furniture Benora Jones next door Lore Throavh the Ban. to P'a- As a rul the prices are aa high
Is bound to see It, and If Senora Jonea In most of our Spanlah-Amerlcan cities lf not higher than In the United Statea.
glvea a party all her friends know It and there are two and three-story houses, and In the 8Tcery and vegetable stores onions
they have only to keep their eyes open the swell people live upstairs. They have 're Boli ,n "trlngs. and one seea them
while walking the streets to count th balconies extending out over the streets, hanging downfrom the roofs. Oranges and
guests and know what they wear. and when the young people make love the bananas are cheap and delicious as are All
I The people dress up for the evening dls- girl, stand In the balconies and look down lnos 01 uopicai iruus. mere are many
rjlav. At that time poor and rich put on ,,non their lovers In the streets below, harness and saddler shops, as well as
their clean clothes and the windows are There la no such courting as In the United
filled with well clad people sitting and states, the young man being never left
chatting or looking out In the street. Th ai0ne with his sweetheart until they ar
children have on their beat clothes and married. It Is different In Camaguey, al
though the sexea are aupposed to keep
quite as far apart before the wedding.
next few years. It Is likely to be a great
tourist resort, and a baker's dosen of Amer
ican millionaires have stopped here this
season. Camaguey la a half-way station on
Sir William Van Home's new trunk line
which connects eastern Cuba with Havana.
Th new port . which has Just been
opened on Nlpe bay will be the Cuban port
nearest New Tork, and American travelers
coming that way will be brought there and
shipped across to Havana by steamer di
rect. The same will be done for those who
land at Havana and wish to return across
the Island via Nlpe bay to New York. The
result will be that nearly every traveler
will stop here. The Cuba railroad has al
ready anticipated this In building a magni
ficent hotel, about which I may write
further on.
hardware and furniture stores.
mlscs to grow up here In tho heart ot lands. Captain Rice replied: have sold good grade cows, Bliorlliurns-andT
Cuba. "Good cattle ranches within thirty miles Hereford, not thoroughbreds, for as hi fib.
Many of the cattle bought are yearlings, of Camaguey cannot be bought for less as $66 apiece. Cuba docs not begin to supply
which will sell for double what they cost lf than $12 per acre. Fairly good grating Its own demand for cattle, and it probably,
kept for twelve months. Others are brought lands within that radius can be had for will not do so for the next six or seven
in to fatten and sell at orce, and others )8 per acre, and poorer land, suited for cat- years.
still to be used as draft animals. A large tie as low as U per acre. The beat cattle "Indeed, I know of nothing In Cuba that
part of the farming of Cuba le done with land Is made by clearing the virgin land of offers better opportunities Just now than
oxen. They are better than mules, as the the heavy timber and seeding It to guinea stock raising. This Is the Ideal country for
latter are cowards In the mud and will not grass. It la estimated that an acre and a cattle raising for one who has a capital of
work well with wet feet. The oxen will quarter of guinea grass will keep one anl- from 18,000 to $100,000. The stock require
pull anywhere, and a good steer will bring nial the year round. no grain and they can be reared mors,
more money as an ox than for beef. An "In one such pasture of 650 acrea on my cheaply than In any stock country In th
ox la valued according to his work. If he ranch Las Sophia we fed 1,800 cattle for United States. Nearly all sorts of cattl
will plow and work In harness and has three months during the worst of the dry j0 well, and I think It Is safe to say that
what may be termed general purpose season. This was more than the pasture 80 per cent of th cows will drop a calC
qualities he Is worth about ISO. There are could support right along, and we would each year. With good care and attention.
ox teams which sell her readily for $00 not think of keeping that many head to the after acclimatization, 6 per cent should
there are many little ones playing about
who would not seem out of place on th
front steps of our White House.
Cuban Cattle Ranches.
This is one of the best stock growing
provinces of Cuba. There are large ranches
scattered throughout Puerto Principe and
What separates them Is the Iron or lattice many big ones not far from Camaguey.
for ornamentation, but also for the sake of The grass grows luxuriantly In this part of
Girls of Camaarney.
apiece.
Money In Stock.
I talked last night with Captain Cush
man A. Rice, formerly connected with the
United States Infantry, but who Is now en
gaged In stock farming near Camaguey.
He has several large ranches and Is import
ing cattle from the United States and
acre the year round."
cover all the losses. Including that of th
calves."
American Cattle In Catta.
"How about importing cattle from the
United States into Cuba? Does It pay"
"Of course It pays or we would not be In
tne Dusiness. An average Texas cow three replied Captain Rice, "although we have
years old or older sells in Its local markets 8UCh drawbacks as ticks and screw worm.
at from $29 to $32. That cow lf placed on Ticks are by far the worst; but they can
Cattle Disease In Cuba.
"How about cattle diseases T"
"Cuba has no special cattle diseases,1
work of the windows. The lover stands on the Island, and fortunes have been made In
In Camaaaey. I like the girls of Camaguey. They are the outside in the street and makes goo-goo lno P"1 seiung came, curing me revo-. breeding and fattening them for the Cuban guina grass ana usea lor Dreeaing pur- be gotten off by washing th animals with
Camaguey is one of the oldest cities of the prettiest I have seen in Cuba, although eyes at his mistress through the bars. lutlon and the wars which followed all markets. poses will In one year give a yearling calf a mixture of kerosene, water and salt, or
Cuba and the oddest and most picturesque It n.ay be that they look better from be- the Cuban cattle were killed, and within the He tells me that cattle can be raised more guinea grass and used for breeding pur- wUh otner preparations used for th pur-
In all Spanish America, It was an Indian hind the bars. They have olive complex- Odd Street Scene. past few years Americans have been buy- profitably here than In North America, poses wll lln one year give a yearling calf poBe. Xno 8crew worms are caused by file
village when Columbus landed, and a Span- ions, dark soulful eyes, luxuriant black Indeed, the street scenes of this city are lng cattle In Texas, Florida and other of They require but little care and no grain, which can be sold for $19 or $20. A Texas blowing scratches or cuts on th animals,
lsh settlement a hundred years before the hair which they coll on the tops of their stranger than those of any town in Europe our southern states and shipping them to feeding out of doors the year round. On streer. 3 three years old or over, when first and they are cured by the use of crude
Mayflower was crossing the ocean. For shapely heads, and lips as red as rip north of the Alps. Puerto Principe Is th Cuba. They have also been bringing in cat- one of Captain Rlce'a ranches two men landed, cost from $30 to $33, and when fat- chloroform with an application of pin tar
fenerations It has been one of the richest cherries and I doubt not more delicious, land of the cow and the cowboy. Men, who tie from Venezuela, Mexico and elsewhere, only are required to look after 1,000 head of tened on guinea grass for ten months It Neither tick nop rrw worms hnthar tat
cities of Cuba, and its people are still fa- The thing I do not like about them Is their look as though they might have come from They are Importing stock not only for Btock, and I have heard others estimate will yield from $43 to $49. This Is In the cattle or those In good condlUon. They ar
mous for thler wealth and good breeding. U8e of face powders. They dust their com- the Argentine pampas, ride through the beef, but also for breeding, and the result that one man could care for that number. ' local markets for beef. Beef cattle on the
The city now has about 38,000. It Is picxions with talcum or rlc flour until streets on rugged ponies. Each has a ma- is that an American cattle industry pro- I asked something as to the prices of hoof bring 6 or 6 cents a pound; and I
spread over a great plain which is dotted
with palm trees and upon which grass ?
thousands of cattle. This Is the great beef
country of th island. It had $.000,000 cat
tl before th war, and it has about 1.000,
000 today. In the past It supplied not only '
Havana, but many of th West Indies with
meat, and Its bulls were- noted in th rings
of Barcelona and Madrid.
The houses of Camaguey are almost all
of- one stofy. They are made of brick cov
ered with stucco, which is painted all
colors of the rainbow. One house may b
bright blue, the next red and a third yellow
What Uncle Sam is Now Doing for Agriculture
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had in mind the requirements of
our people In the south, where
there had not been much done
along the line of recuperative
agriculture. We have used our explorers In
or pink. The buildings are fluah with th Bouthern climea abroad to find new things
sidewalks and the sidewalks are built with tot our BOUthern latitudes, and have been
regard to the houses rather'than the whole ,ucce88fui to a considerable extent. We
street. Along one house the pavement will nave also taken under consideration the re
be eighteen Inches high, while In front of qUirementa of our people who live in the
the next it will drop to a foot and the next. sernia.rtd parts of the United Statea, that
perhaps, to six Inches. The pavements are Which does not have rainfall enough
only eighteen Inches wide, except where t0 grow gucb crops as are commonly found
the windows are built out over them, where agt of lne lmh meri(ian of west longitude;
they are narrowed to on foot. In walking tne rP9Uit of which work for these people
HE Department of Agriculture has character, but bas not furnished the soil
upon them one Is continually going up and
down steps, so that It is better to take th
cobblestone roadway. This, however, is
narrow, and as all Camaguey drives at
great speed such travel Is dangerous.
The houses are flat roofed, thick walled,
with great doors and lattice work windows.
Many of the windows have bars in front
of them so beautifully twisted that they
remind one of the lace work patterns in
the old buildings of India. Other windows
are of wood carved and turned as In the
In a dry country has been tUe-Introduction
of many crops for their benefit, extending
our agricultural area well toward the
Rocky mountains; and it has also been
serviceable to the people between the Rocky
mountains and the Pacific coast. Our
latest attempt along these lines has been
a study of the requirements of our people
who live In the northern and western tiers
of states.
with any of the plant food that comes from
the atmosphere. Summer fallowing does
not add to the soil what It requires, and
that Is a humus or decaying vegetation.
While the' process of plowing will kill weeds
and give the soil time to elaborate mineral
plant food, It does not really Improve the
soil. This is a practice that was common
In European countries for many years, but
has been discontinued for over half a cen
tury. In most of these countries they have
discovered crops that will grow In a system
of rotation and supply a plant food to the
soil organic matter, humus, etc.
Studying; to Help Farmers.
In studying the requirements of our
people living In our northern states, the
question has come up as to what system
of agriculture might be adopted there to
bring their soils back to their primitive
wheat-growing strength, and at that place
in our study we are not prepared to advo
cate any particular system ot cropping, be
cause we do not know what plants might
be successfully grown in North Dakota,
for example. In a system of rotation. We
have been pushing the alfalfa, and it suc
ceeds in all parts of the United States
where the soli is at all adapted to It, and
our people are learning to grow It; but it
is not well adapted to a short rotative sys
tem where it would have to be plowed up
The soil robber (the wheat grower who
Moorish buildings of India. Indeed, the has been rouna on our rronner ior many
whole city has an oriental look. At times years back), has pushed his way westward
I Imagine myself In Granada or Madrid, until he has reached the Pacific ocean. In
again I am in Tunis and again In Egypt, the northern states he has grown wheat, in
Many of the windows are of a bow shape; many cases, until he cannot get a profitable
u hv. shutters, but each shutter ha a crop. He has resorted to summer fallow.
peep hole a foot or more square out of or to the growing of a wheat crop one year at the end of three years, for example,
which the girls can look without opening and plowing without any crop the next la order to ascertain what might be done
the whole shutter. year, which has given the soil more tlm for that situation I have sent explorers to
Walking along the Camaguey streets on to elaborate more plant food of a mineral northern Norway, northern Sweden and
Finland, where people have lived for many
' centuries, and where the conditions are as
cold in winter as our northern states and
where they are as hot in the summer. I
have sent our people there with instruc
tions to particularly ascertain what legu
minous plants are grown In the northern
Gossip and Stories About Noted People
Mr. Harrlman' Method. ("Her I am; here I stay"), these words
H. E. H. HARRIMAN handles made him famous all over the world. Yet
more detail than any other man his friends said that the worthy soldier had part 0f those countries. If there is a clover
in the United States, says C. M. written them In the most matter-of-fact that stands th summer and stands the
Keys in the World's Work for manner, with no thought of phrase making. wnter up there and could be used in a sys
September. He expects from his The most surprised person over the success tern of rotation in North Dakota, for ex-
ot nis epigram was luacnianon nimseu.
officers full details of all departments at all
times. If they do not come he asks for
them by telegraph and experience shows
that ly needs to ask only once. He Is
chairman, president, general' manager, su
perintendent of construction, chief engi-
ample-, we want it for the North Dakota
people, for the Montana people, for the
Idaho people, for th Washington people,
and for other. W did not rest content
with sending an explorer to bring us the
legumes, the grasses, the grains, the vege-
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chiefly confined to the poor among th
newly Imported cattle. Such cattle must be
treated for them or they will got the Texas
fever and die." '
Colonel Donovan, a well-known stock man
of St. Joseph, Mo., In speaking to me ot
the cattle possibilities in Cuba, said:
"It seems to me that the market for
Cuban stock will ba limited to the popular
tlon. Cattle brought from the states and
a student. I have noted some Interesting other countries are now bringing high
illustrations along these lines: In some prioes, but they were very cheap before the
places I see a full-grown man working all war, and at one time beoves sold for $7 a
day behind an 800-wilght horse; in another head. This Cuban meat Is grass fed, and It
part of the country, raising the same kind will not stand curing and shipping Ilk
of crop, I see a man working all day with grain fed meat. The grasses here grow
two horses; In another part of the country twelve feet high, and thev produce fin
I see a man working all day with four beef, but It does not seem to me that tha
horses, and this might be carried further, meat Is sound enough for general shipping."
The use of fine machinery on the farm Is nOB- Raisins; Without Grain,
to a great extent replacing hand labor, and 1 nnd many Americans are looking toward
the individual farmer Is doing more now, hog raiaing as a coming Industry of Cuba,
raising more crops in a year, in the north- The country Is now annually Importing
west, and I hope soon will be in other parts about $ii6oo,000 worth of pork and bacon and
of the United States, than he ever did be- mor), than j3.ooo.OOO worth of lard. All the
ore- big packing Arms of the United States
The education of the farmer Is progress- have branch houses In Cuba; and the
lng. He Is becoming a more potent factor Armours and Swifts have smokehouses
than he ever has been, and no one can see hi whe theey curo thelr own hama
the limits to this education and the results Vn8 8fie8 American hams for sale In nearly
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everywhere.
The question has been raised, "Will we
smo day have to buy wheat?" I think It
Is not at all likely. The pioneer has ben
our wheat grower generally In the past,
principally our spring wheat grower,
but all the states In the grass
and corn belt that used to grow
The average wholesale price of live hegs
has for years been from. 7 to II cents a
pound and It Is not likely to fall. Hogs do
well all over the Island, and that without
grain. They feed on grass, the nuts of th
it again lf they got sufficiently good prices oil palms and vegetables. They have regu-
to induce them to do it. There is no dan- lar trails from palm tree to palm tree, and
ger of the United States lacking breal; the go from one to another picking the nut
farmer is keeping pace with the require- as they fall. It Is estimated that it should
menu of the people, and as multiplying not cost more than from $2 to $1 each to
millions come to Inhabit the United States produce hogs of from 200 pounds weight and
he will be found equal to the occasion. upward, which hogs sell readily at from
JAMES WILSON, $15 to $25 per head.
Secretary of Agriculture. FRANK O. CARPENTER.
Some Tersely Told Tales Both Grim and Gay
The Strenoons Life.
Many men who are in the public eye to
day are noted for their ability to make
every waking minute count. When Presl-
. ' . . dent Roosevelt aroea for a aallon he sllna , ... - ..
neer and tramo dlrector'or every roaa in ----- ---- . " . . , ... " . ' uuie, ma iruus, eic, oi nonnern Bcan-
hls system. Th regular officer In those ,nt" lhe 't"t, '""J"1'"'? T dlnavla, but we sent another explorer to
..w.. .... ...v.- ttle toothing ot the Himalaya mountains
frame a reply to some difficult question , Asla, He eoel up tne yan,.t8e.Klanis
brought to his attention lie Jots It down rlver and follows It up until he comes to
immediately and does not trust to his mem- lu ,oUrce, away up to tho areat mountain
positions are his understudies.
Practically. Mr. Harrlman says: "We
shall re-lay with eighty-pound rails this
year BOO miles of track on the main lln
wst ot New Orleans. W shall spend $5.
OOO.onO In a tunnel In th Sierras. We shall
build a bridge across Salt lake. From Mr.
Hood I want engineers' specifications on
the tunnel and the bridge. From Mr.
Kruttschnitt and Mr. Calvin and Mr.
Stubbs I want assistance. I shall supply
th plans myself."
LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OF JAMES WILSON, SECRETARY OF AO
rloulrnr. then th domestlo animal can be Introduced, risks to run and many things to learn,
the dairy cow and othera If we can get We got a large immigration from Canada
plants for these people that will meet their In the early days when the corn and blue
present requirements they will In a few
years change their system of agriculture
altogether.
ory. fresment iuil oi Tance settles ramla on ,ho of th9 world.. a, ,t u
some of the monotonous questions of state called, the original home of the peach,
at his brcakfaat table, when he is prac want that peach, among other things,
tlcally alone and before his reasoning to see If we can Infuse vigor Into peaches
powers are distracted by small and petty in some parts of our country where they
questions. Lord Rothschild commences hta have been showing rtelleaev hut n.ri...
day's work In bed. He receives his confl- Urly w want him to find out among th a8-ment; ,h brings In domestic animals
dential men not only in bed. but while h peopl who hav lived there for centuries and conduc, system of agriculture that
Is dressing and breakfasting. Dr. Ingram, what crops they grow, what legumea par- keeP8 th "" "P 10 lu Primitive strength,
bishop of Indon. is obliged to travel a Ucularly, are suited to those high altitudes uiruuou. n-
grass belt of the northwest was settled,
and it may not be so difficult for these
people or for their children to move up
We have two classes of farmers: One
goes into a new country, as people go Into
the nor.thwest, and gradually adapts him
self to the condition of his surroundings.
He gradually adopts new system of man-
good many people have gone
there to buy land who do not Intend to re
main there permanently. I think the ppec-
ulatlve idea Is in the minds of a good many,
and whether Canada is to hold these people
who have been going up there is a question
for the future to determine. There Is no
question but what the lands are rich In a
great many cases, and there is also no
FRIEND of former United States were prejudiced against Indians.
Marshal Isaac O. Barnes having Talesman Taylor waa upon th stand
died, he attended the funeral. He undergoing a rather stiff crona-examlnatlon.
arrived promptly, and seated "Did an Indian do you or your family
himself in the crowded room to any harm at any time?" asked the Dros-
await the service! jeov some rea- ecutor.
son there was a very long de- 'No." replied Taylor.
lay and the solemn silence of the "Did you or. any of your family eves
darkened room was anything but con- have dealings or trouble with an Indian?"
genial to a man of Mr. Barnes' dlspnsl- "No," replied Taylor, "except that my
tlon. The heat also was very oppressive. wife's moths was killed by an Indian."
Fanning himself vigorously with his Upplncott's Magazine,
hat, and twisting uneasily in his chair, $
Barnes remained silent for what to him American Politics In Canada,
was a very long time. But at last, being There are places In western Canada
unable to contain himself longer, he leaned where you may drive for fifty miles with
over toward a solemn looking man on his out meeting any one except a former Amer
rigni ana remaraea, in a noarse wnisper Iran cltlsen, says the World's Work. A
the experiences In
the new minister of
the interior of Canada, Hon. Frank Oliver,
a liberal. He was stumping Alberta, with)
north and go under the British flag again. audrt,Ie a" ov" .the ;oom- ',r"'m "ood "orlf la ,old
I think a good many people have gone Vwe" aualn,,:,1 wlth "'"- uch a community of t
stranger, "he
Tila ff riniAii enldler.
Mnnv nueer blunders are attributed to th great deal and he has a special kind of elec- that are cold in the winter and warm in self with or helps to build up the neighbor- ou.a,ion hllt wha, ,h, - i,,.-,. .P.
famous Marshal MacMahon of France. It trie reading lamp fitted into the inside of th summer; what grasses they grow up hood with aU the accompaniments of highly onB an, yery gevre T thlnk the mov.
la related of him that once, when h visited, his carriage, so that while ha Is being there; what they use for pasture; what c'v'11""! llf: he helps to get schools. mrnt from thm gTa!,s an(J eorn belt ha,,
the military school of St. Cyr. he encount- whirled through the streets of London In tney use lor hay; what grains they grow cnurc.ies, roa. rauruaus, eic, anu mai reaohr(i Us maximum and nr-rhaps la on the
wane. Lands are going i;f) in value there
and careful estimates will be made as to
whether dearer lands in the corn and blue
gra.us belt of the northwest are not on the
whole quite aa desirable aa the cheaper
lumls north of the American line. Then
there are other conditions that they will
discover: the economic laws of our nelgli-
work.
ered a nero cadet. Th color of his skin the evening h can keep up his literary for their stock and what tliey grow for rnan ' satisfied with surroundings as long
themselves. We want their frulu their M lives. But we nave another class or
. vegetables, and everything that i. necea- People who have been, perliaps, pioneers,
Leaders f .Vr,'i Revolatlon. sary In their system of agriculture, and vt and whose fathers, perhaps, have bten
A correspondent at ihrlsttama describes want them for our poople along the north- pioneers, who do not feel at home in well-
ring to the deceased).
"Yes, Indeed," said the
was a very fine man."
"I should say he was," replied Barnes,
"and smart, too; smarter than lightning.
Why sir," he continued. In a louder
whisper, getting excited. "If he had had
the running of this funeral he'd been under
ground an hour ago." Boston Herald.
Reed's Advice to a "Drank."
One day as ho was leaving his office In
at onco attracted the worthy marshal, who
said, with ome surprise: "Vous etes negre,
nVat-ve pV?" "Oul. M. lfl Marechal." "Ah,
Ires bien; continues de I'ttre." This might
be rendered: "Ah, I see you are a negro."
"Yes, M. le Marechal." Her the marshal
paused. Not knowing what to say, h
added:
so.
the four leaders of the Norwegian revolu
tion Mlcbelsen, Berner. Lovland and Nan
sen. Mlchelsen, minister of state, Is the
Ah. that is well; continue to be real head of the movement. He Is a mer
chant, much interested In his business.
Another anecdote of the marshal Is this: overworked and In such poor health that he
A new consul had been appointed to repre- thinks of leaving Chi Utiunla because ot Its
sent France in San Francisco. He had tailed enervating climate. Beruer. president of
on the marshal to make his farewell bow. the Storthing, is a man In the lata Sua, old
Just as he was leaving th marshal said fashioned In attire, deliberate in speech and
to him: "Oh, by the way, monsieur, the action and stubbornly tenacious of his pur
governor general of Tahiti is a great, friend poses. Lovland. minister of the exterior. Is
of mine. If you ever run down there from a farmer s son. He was a school teacher
San Francisco over Sunday say hallo to and an editor before he eiitced politics. He
Without Prejudice.
bin) for me." It takes about thirty days
for a steamer to sail from San Francisco
to Tahiti.
When MacMahon In th Crimean cam-
is a consummate diplomat, who knows par
ticularly how to bide his time. As for Nan
sen, he helped chietly by lending his pop
ular name to the movement. He is, aa h
era border. settled countries that have all the benefits
When theso things are brought to us we and limitations of advanced society, but
will go into co-operation with the expert- who fee' more at horn In a new country.
ment stations and sub-stations, as the case Then w have young fellows, the sons of bori on tjl(. nort, are quite different fr,om
may ue, in inose northern commonwealths our wen esiaonsneu jarmers. wno may nave ours. When it In a qu..slon ,f getting rid
and make a study of the sevarl thing a desire to nee the world and grow up with of a heavy Bin-plus of arl:iu.!s rtr grains,
that are brought, all along the line, and a new country, as they know their fathers th.y n,las thH American market, which
ascertain which are adapted to those con- did. J"t what the British province to u tr.e best market In the world. They will
ditiou of oufa, so that the people who are th noith of( us hav to offer to those have to do as the Canadian do now. seek
nearly at their wit s end with regard to classes of peopl Is not definitely deter- the European markets for their grains und
growing what they have been growing, mined altogther.- They are to th north of dairy products and meats, etc.
may get new Ideas of farm management There are things that can be grown The American farmer Is growing more In
and new plants with which to adapt tbem- there. The agriculture must vary from the knowledge of the sciences that relate
selves to a better system. th agriculture of Illinois, Iowa and . to his affairs. He is learning how to make
Nebrska. They are beyond the corn more from his d;iy's work by the ar,rlka-
or ew belt, but there are plenty of people In the Hon of power to the ferm: he is naming of a particular enemy of the accused, and
y.uu.rm a,,L,i w are siuaymg in wona wno cannot grow corn, and high how to make more from the soil by the murks of violence, as the former stated.
Patrick Nolan of Calgary, a conservative.
The rival orators spoke at Ponoka, wher
nine out of ten of the farmers are Amer
icans. Afterward they went to the village
hotel and mingled with the farmers to
overhear comments on their addresses.
"Say, Bill." said a man from Missouri,
"them fellers wus right smart speakers,
wuien't they?"
"Right you are. Cy." answered Bill, "but
Portland, Me., the late Thomas B. Heed somehow I can t make out what they wus
waa accosted by a stranger who had been diivln' at. I can't fer the life of me tell
Imbibing so freely that lie' was "seeing whether they wus for Bryan or McKJnley.
things double." A fter apologizing prof usely t
the stranger manuged to axk the congress- obeying; Orders.
man where he could g. t a car for the depot. Admiral Schley told lu Philadelphia a
Mr. Reed replied: "!o to the next cor- story about a Judge,
ner; there you will see two cars; take the "This Judge." h'e said, "was sitting on th
nisi one; the other one won t be there.
Philadelphia Record.
case of a man charged with putting off fire
works illegally. He was a dlKnitled, r.
served sort of Judge. He laid a good deal of
stress on ceremony, pomp and display, and
In a northern California town a aupposed In his court there was always an a bund
murder had been committed. anre of reverence, as In a church.
The half-breed wife of an Indian had "Well, as the Judge was trying this case
died, a the husband said, from natural in his usual stately way the prisoner In th
causes, and was buried without the usual dock put his hand In his pocket, drew out a
forma'llles belns first complied with. After large ham sandwich and began to at
a lap of two week the body was dlsln- calmly.
tcrred by tha aiuliorities at the Instance "Horror stricken the Judge shouted:
" 'Put that away!'
"The prisoner wiped Ida mouth with tha
palgn took th Malakoff by storm and wrote always was. a dreamer, and bas no political
his celebrated dispatch, "Jy aula, j'y reste" aspirations.
ftiaa.. nnrtKurn Hula, ...mir... ikl. .1 .... 1 . . i . ....
" " " "... - wvuiauuui are nuuuiaiiieu wner me proper Knowledge of the soil; he is learning wer found upon the deceased. back of his hand.
Beginning, k w can nna mem torag ma,xe plant Is not at home. Generally how to grow greater crops by a better Th prosecuting attorney was examining " 'I am putting It away as last aa X uldJ
plants that will go Into a rotatlv system, speaking, th peopl who go up ther hav . knowledge of each Individual crop. lie Is th talesmen to ascertain If any tf Uienj h said."