Thirty Years of Solitary Confinement
How Jesse Pomeroy, Boy
Murderer, Has Familiar
ized Himself with the Sci
ences and Languages
During His Long' Incarceration.
H a tnah .tone cell, erer .Inc. th.' Th. c.ee will mmi dajr arter the story
I Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, of th. crime, li forgotten-serve to 111.!.-1
I there ha been locKca ip in m ..n,t,,o... puo-
1,Ti t ta state Prison In Cli.rle.town "i opinion and the execution of J u mice.
. ut. nrlutift whiwe name la familiar ; Thlnklhg to strongly of Pomeroy'. crimes.
? Lm n.w England. perhaps "ir'' ' ,h pu,'"c "1,,e rared he waa a mere
HJlinn of the reading pul.llc. Blue, boy. fourteen year old. and waa .atls
v tCn there " l'nl,,d 9'""" lwl "ed h" jury brought upon htm the
KfliO OOO mh.blt.nli. wrdlct to b. hanged by the heck until
iv nrla-.ner in Maaeachusettv dead. Hut thl. public did not know the
n - , 11iitrir doliline wnole turv. with t. tti,.i ut...
' a. a, wi I renin.
undrgotng contlnuoua
outrage in their eyes, the Individual.
ment. . . . vr ahmet' who tnailp tit thai r,..v.ii .1 .
1 and cneenoa . - - "- F u . . v. ei pu not 101
1 " . . ..... Vila fare has cause anil n.vni.i,.i 1 .1
itx.n him. For tmr.y - ,,- ""-"
The warm
. ... a mile. The rlnveetin ..t ik. , .,'
" rdTnY'hV ..".7y"chiracter however, knew the,; dM.n, .ndT S
Ne-" Knalfnd to, more the But. . th. , . pactac.e of hanging a cllld.
. i.i- aubtect. rer-iYet It was an unimunl on ma D,t th. k
ihuii mi a most any -7 - .,, j .
.. .. 111m IttW vw
publicity rr.u.-."- ,nrl
slstent
...n ever before
ta.ned fewer actual im dcu,,ic.n.
kept life 1" .0 P10"".;, Tn Ata--Jl
Pr,Srmii.""- been .0
chiselts-haa public
1 ntlnuousl
Here Will
ccntlnuou-iy '".. ,,. ,h, flrit time
lll be prwny- mg
iiiuny f'U hlttitfiio u.-f"--
jFMe pom troy. . . n.w,boy and hi.
It I. M.ln.1 a fl7'"h "' ory .Ull nur
erltnM t:.at th. P 0 ,n pomt.
,ur lnu.nr mj Xrnoeflend. Behind
roy' cell U nelt tier - . aft4S. hout
bis era'.
to-day a man arr..- w)th the
penitent. ,., year, of an dead many year.. New Governor. ...
lie demanded unusual venaeance. rrrtm
this fact may be explained why the pris
oner I. now llvlna- under conditions more
familiar to th. day. of the BaMlle and
In the unhappy fiction of Duma and Bal
ac. With such circumstance, born of
h!h public frellna-. It Is little wonder,
therefore, that ofHcluU who have thl. case
thruat upon them dtscourafe any pub
licity that will keep the .ubjeot rankling
In public opinion.
. JOLTS0 '1 ' ?urvlval- The judge, who
trlexl him, the Attorney General and th.
District Attorney who prosecuted him the
lawyer who defpnded him n.i .k.
awyer who defended him and th.
..w va, tun me an nave been
passing of forty-aeven
unusual lire. almot within a hun-
Surrounding elm.Vhe turmoil ot -
SLrWian With th. rry ewenc. of
nK crnVury .11 "?J "'mHn
Uvea tn lh -olHud. of m.v'L.-
Right in th. town of hi. birth h. Ii
by Vwl.ty. H. ha. no f utur. ""'e'
iidao. with hi. far. turn.d toward the
put. torn duplloate. th. lift of n anchorite
ofth. Dark Age. with tl- three vow. en
toraed upon htm Wjr th. tXimmonwe.lth of
Vfautitiaailla
Utiange yth that h. wa. and poullat
mn tha.t tti tr-iuaual clrcum.tanc. of hie
lira ia.va tfeveloDed. Pomeroy I. a rarity
for Hyohtlolcal tudy. Not on. to
uvuholoalatM. howerer. but to pnolorl.ts
r.J t liwv.n Interested In th. .volution
of legal Interpretation, hi. oa. Will atand
out in histories like a algnboard on a devi
ous road. Valuable subject Shat he I. to
many field, of tntellectual erxioavor, how
ever, accurate dafa regarding him are
meagT. and difficult to obtaUn.
Much Untruth Told.
Were this a paternal gov.rnm.nt wher
a strict centorahlp could be placed upon
publicity or where 'the topic oould be
absolutely placed under the ban It I. prob
able that Jena Pomeroy'. nam. would
long au have been eliminated from type.
All oHlclaldom would rejoice
could forget his name. Curiosity
lng him. nevertheless, continues
a 1 lei- vir and the public huogrlly
keepers, year after year becoming respon-
muie iui ma tare, nave m Merited from
their predecessor, traditions regarding
him. It Is a cimtom, almost a secret com
pact, that so far a. the public I. concerns 1
t-omeroy uiea thirty years ago. That he1,
I'uiuic is protected f rom I
him and where he Is protected from the1
public la to official thinking a professional I
maiier, a legal rormillty and a detail of
prison routine exclusively the business of
proper officials. 1
IntccurMte Storitt.
Such officials, with th. exception of Pom.
ery. heart broken relative.. monotioliM
in. personal lacis nt nis existence. The
relatives al.o bitterly oppose any bub
llilty. In . recent petition to the Gov
ernor asking for a pardon th. following
siaiemeni wa. maa. :
"Th. tun h.ver shine, on hi. head: he
cannot go to chapel; h. I. denied a.sool
atton with human beings. Th. prisoner
lias had no opportunity here, and ha. been
handicapped by the unfounded but par
.latent newspaper notoriety In th. case."
'in. nanaicaip of thl. publicity can ju.tly
be attributed only to the Inaccuracy of
public Information and to th. lack of a
presentation of the complete facta. It th.
world really knew that Pomeroy'. crime,
cam. from a malady over which he had no
crt trol and really knew what It mean.
for a human being to be atvut In a small
rell without human association for thirty
year, public opinion would probably ask
executive authority to extend to the pris
oner at least a few harmless privileges.
HI. only hop. la publicity of actual fails.
If he ha. been handloapped or has suf
fered more aeverely thiin he has deserved
lip' smMni
- SS.'if'.V, 11 . .WKW',.! i' liit',k,in,V',;' . V.I- Hi';. .,
J " " I i I J J.V Jl
J, ifr'MA
tt- fin ,
f'A r 'V'.. ' n ' . ' .V W
i ftHw& ' Mi'-- .- -X'r. -rf.i
1 ii m
"mm
nelir.l on in ,. n)Ml ,,,,, ne topi,. that
h.i Lri'ti i-iinst.int coii:omp1.itlnn all tn
u - -th it ,,r J i.mi, ,..
"I'j ymi r.ii;y tlunk they would?" he
re;-nn. I'M.
"Ve, Jesse. I actually tliink Hint I. whet
would happen."
"Would that be Justice
coinrnutit.
was his only
In Po
VI tl'
In ti.ii Ii,!.
the IimI,
V'ic
Tor thirty yezxs his face ha.s never been seen to brightJiwithaj-mile.
Mar
-mm
li.iJIL
Hs would pbee a- cup of
wter for me. bi rd to "bathe in
Pomernv's h.irpln- on the suMrcf or I
tl.o Is t!.e keynote :., h,, . ' f J 1 !
" 'V'J- ""1 the Her 1
U .!. nrgued In h's .Iclence ttih 'v ve-.r.
-.J that h.. brum w.i, nnor:, . ' Vv ul
." "" t"nv,'r "f li.l.lhitloMi no
1 1,, 1 , not ,i,.
lact, wli--h .e .!!.r.,T The
.... "iniu-ii npra ,...t
The hoy wn Mii.vi..',...i
i rrlmh.,1. ..'
ini. "th'ic iV, SMr' "h":
jT,.p,.,-, r,, h-,; ;'"ni or J,n9
a f. l ..n's cell wW hJ. J "mor"V !l
l.. n.ver ilre.,,,,.1 1 h" l""'H"
i . ' ' oimruv ttifiv h
-i iMiiwiif. rnr , .
n blind .,., 1 - -m.,K,er t.:ati
lr.if
o nor ..
!' n to m.:nl..Mi .. - ... .'."'.."" nit
i 1... , ' . ' " l" "It!,!
-.... Ma, I'lipn,,,
of the j,,-,
ilre.l nie 1 t
no m.ite n . ,.,,,11,1,. rr h;, s..
' 1 'M-i'iitus
mnti bi..w 1,,. ""ot see. a
The hoy Metlm (lf :inBh'" 'V'
I H'l.l. .... .
ii .11111; Ktlow-
n !uin ..
itiit lured 1111 into ,, ., r I''nom-
Tiiererotv to , ?, ' S""p vt"m tr lire.
Un..r;,t of l i -. ",'Lm',r' In His cell
oo(-nti tl-e rro-n.,ti "p
""!" :niB,rrn.,nfn,n!h'" bi-h"-1'
'.'.IV at the .'"'" He I,
1 n-liiant.
00 reasoning Is
lie 11 1 .. .
of hir youth. nisn-. 'He emotion
-'-ve.oH.j .m,'iUVX;,rI:,,f,,!- h-'v
""rpej the iloniihrn,;, of L . f"rn h1"
belns n. I,e ii ..V,VVof.n,! !"'. Such
Pt his Mte arj;,s,V.e ;"'''V C"nnot
one of Ptmicmy's eyes hud to be removed "'"."""P;" r his 'deedns?"he 'haa
beefiiise of his Injuries. This Is slid ntll- " ,me a "l'fernt heinir. 8 na
lelallv to be untrue, but Is bused no m tliej liable to believe Ihni ii,. , . . . ..
.i,,i ,i, ,.i.i., .. no vo hi. nlwavs oy were Iho . . ,r " " iho
' V - - .. . , w
ucen inipured. . wn mceu that
E;c&pe Idea Abandoned.
Shue th') sis explosion
Pomeroy hns
...... .... p, j i no- UOV or lOllir nr
Mkm less Interest In plnnnln :.. escape i,,,,, phT, fsoX'
bv force. Were he ever to litem throns.-h' , , ''' '!"
the two foot walls of merry Hill he wo,, Id " 'J L f n
f.en bo only :,s near freedom as are the "( L . ' bo.
other nris-iners In the main yaivf. In tlns! "r,sn' Ve tn,,n"t
ill. Pomerov
sponslbl- for what he nd tL7
inon. unwllline tn 1 he ma("re
the boy o o,V "rrJ'lr,:.Sp''"'.i,'I'l'y T
: .. " ""s mniiff it nut foe
of fatalism. Powers
no control, he nr,.,,.
boy In the unfortunate
t IAO 11...
ii.ni 1 .... " ""- tunes or the
open sp.rc he would ue consiicuous 'o - - - "') inat punishes him
the t''jrj3 on the wans and towers, anu . ne cannot believe
Would onlv be .1 mark for Mile lire. Wwi'l there Is a Ood that would allow In
he to esca'iie the bullets he would sllil fae 1 Justice to be heaped upon him For thl.
the npcessltv of scaling a twenty-two foot' M'"on Pomeroy refuses to tolerate the
will without a ladder. , teaclilnps of religion. He has no rellKus
.More potent than these phvs eal dllllcul- belief, no faith. He reasons thut If there
tl( however, a 'mental suuiest on Klvenlwcr Ood. this superior force, would
to him has made him resigned to h s fa'einot permit society to punish him.
unless he should Kaln leave to make his In such ft predicament, feeling himself a
exit by the front doors. The following victim of fate, It 1. not remarkable that
Ishment which h. I. liable to endure by be better than might be expected I Shown walls, he finds a suisttilnlnK Interest in
tha aruraaalrl aentenca tu tint of aolltarv bv the amount of read ni he accomplishes a mniTlXlne of nilidOor oastlllies and
Imprisonment at hard labor In the Btate , with the use of only one eye. Vision with, princely rountry estates. He has s aid ttv'.t
prison during hi. natural life." the other eye Is obstructed by a white! If he were ever permitted his liberty he
Solitary that one word In the decree (film, which with years haa become almoet would get a farm In some Isolated portion
oiuque. 01 Maane, wnere lie wouiu rame pumo iw
differentiate. Pomeroy'. past thirty years
from those of other "lifers.
Where Ht Exists.
Customarily evety day he sees nobody the rest of his days.
except the deputy In charge of Cherry Viong the errors In newspaper accounts ,
Hill. This niert WRtehniiin pnnvtun 1 1 V 1 nt Unmnpni, four tn.iv hj n.irmlpil here.'
111! cell I. tne mo.t .equesterea in mai patrols tho corridors and at frequent In- tn keeping with the former public notion
Isolated fortress within the prison yard t, rvals noiselessly and suddenly peer at 0f ih. prisoner's crimes. Pomeroy has
auwwu mm iunrjr inn. i " " i "iiii-i uy ianiuj n ine Kniiins willloul en-. iM,r., . t ip vlct in of lur it a -coiinis or now
built on the ea.t of the main building. ! gaging In needless conversation.
doorle. except from the interior of the. To the lone prisoner one duy Is like ano-'
main building and conspicuous because itslther. l-'rom morning till night, season af-u.-lrHonru
n ra imii 1 1 aonn.re holes iilo:iu ter season, htt reads and nhma and sin, lit a
" -t - - " . . - imniscen. 11 n uuf uiiu in: "mi "
It. eaves. Which look like ventilator. In In Peasant weather his. keeper rtin relieve eaary bird In his cell, but he cherished
a cold storage house. In the m tin build- " "'' y somew nai o an nout- ol , , , ln lhe nlornlngs he would
ace a cup ef water for the bird to bathp
he ha. tortured and mutilated cats, birds
and other pet- It need only tie asked
w here he would get access to such animals
In his cell. It Is tru that he once had a
ini are about sixty cells, two tiers of them ' x"t-l.fc" a, ""''' brick-walled yard, the'1,
7, th7pub . yr hT;Stt.to eat i". -nd then would watch It as it spread
.lty regard- ,d yBCuaIiy Understand Pomeroy ! h?"Bn.We ' "fj'?1 MeorrWor but from t. fncm W"t,u,,t k,,ife or f"rk ",,ce --" ", W",g an,J mdt,', ,lu' w.;,y of th'
tlnue. year,th h curate pu.bllclty It I. prot-bl. ; p" yn '.m Once a month Prison Into the sunshine. I he bird would
inertly swol- ()f bated woul(1 "t,'d' Ji.'l"!1! n"""l eviay away about an hour at a time while
.uw. w.. aB.niy n-w. or nun man. niaaitw nd th-t hl, nm,,,. yef4rs would
known In spite of official prohibition , utllJer rtIltroton, mcr, human, and
hat ha. been printed about him .Inoe merciful
hi. Imprisonment ha. been one part facti , , ' . . . ,. , ,.
and nine parts Imagination. Th. ac! fo plIn wtiavt h-l to-Sy
onmm-iiio,. i- ih- n..hii .,a . .,. casary fli.t to rehearse briefly th. bark.
diluted and often polluted literature ha'r,,unU of hl" llfe' 81nc aeptemb,r . j'l.leeping men by night. Through an open keeper and the chaplain
r.ted a popular conception of th. prlgon- "T" P" "".h' "van of!
er whlc-h would be difficult to eorrect. f. i n B.row.r .nfl darker cornuor 10 He Will Not Work
t la at . ixil,la l eat an oilier prumiTi. n win i.fi of this rise, an austere aeuu wmh.i
public to consider dl.pas.k::ately th. ub-:',r, old on n,t Noven;ber w":wKh It. .mall window, high overhead. To
Ject of their prejudice, however. It would nM tmrteen jrr.re om wn.n n. -a.
not be difficult to .xplaln to thl. public " en lnto to,J-- l-'?1n.1h, ,co";
that Pomeroy ha. received much Jnjuatlc. i f on of torturing and mutilating Ivy.
HI. crime, were bad .nough. but the ub-ot taur to f5 h wa "1l tJ
Jeot of th. cause, of hi. .rim, hag'th. Reform School In Weetboro, Bop tern
alway. bean hinted at publicly as unfit j ber to, 1871 H. wa. pardoned from thl.
i acncoi on rmriii a, tmim. rvw"
after h. kllltd and burled In th. cellar
of t.U father' .tore a little girl nve year.
old.
Uu th. following April Bt, th. blackest
day In hi. history, h wt. arrested,
charged with the atroclou. .laughter of
.flve-vear-old boy ln Soutn oo.ton. in
prisoner may look out upon the long row or cntv years of aire Is nermitfuH n ,i, p..,..r,,v would nie.inw-hlla entertain hlm-
opposlte ceils. This part of th. buildins H'lilin a brief visit. The Governcr. th. Oov-iaelf in anticipating Its return. It has also,
practically a dormitory, as most of Its einor's Council und the Primn Commis- been written that Pomeroy'. crimes are;
occupant, during th. day work ln the 'sinners see him on their yearly or some-' ex ulicub'.e by irenatal Inrliience; that hl.i
prison shops. It Is a building nearly al- tlnu-s more frequent visits to the prison. , father was a butcher, nnd that his mother
ways .dent; empty oy aay. anu niieu wim ne raieiy aees prison omciais, except hlsiat a vital period aided ln the work of
nen by nignt. i nrougn an open Keeper una me onupisin. i lie venerable1
at the eastern end stretcnes a cnapiain provides mm witn reading.
for public dlculon. 80 It ha. happened
that th. whole mbject ha. been unknown
to the condemning publlo and Pomeroy
haa received th. full fore, of comnleta
oppribrUmi; where a. a. ha. been In part
deaervlng of aympatlty. It may be cen
turies before some hl.tolan of Am. Mean
prison, will dare to breaent fullv m via
mat Uie society which heaped such ex- September he Wat convicted and Mntenced
treme punishment upon an Individual wa.
itaelf responsible for allowing an Irrespon
sible defective hi. Illwrlr. and then urM.
fled at what cam. to pass because of such
neglect, not only locked the barn after the
to be hanged. He wa. not yet fifteen
year. old. Th. Supreia. Court without
avail reviewed hi. defence of Insanity.
On August 31, 176. after th. Governor'.
council had listened to . r.vi.w 01 ex
horse w. atolen, but avenged Itself upon tenuallng .ciraum.tance. ln hi. behalf,
the luckles. Individual. Governor Kloe commuted th. sentence
In year, to com. Massachusetts will beThe document under which Pomeroy I.
no more proud of the way the State hand- held reada:
died the case of thl. dangerous defective "We do, by and with th. advice of our
than Ma.sat-hu.ett. 1. now proud that it I council, grant to him. the aald Jesse Hard
ona. burned wltoha. at sjm. ling pomeroy, a commutation of the pun-
butchering.
This story is absolutely without founda
tion, bs the buy father newer did any
butchering nnd his mother was a dress
maker. From no such cause can his
mother explain his peculiarities. Regard
ing Pomeroy". attempts at escape much
fiction hns also been written. It Is true
that he has attempted to escape, and has
therefore In times past caused his cus-
unlll h!s; Indians some anxiety. With tools former-
tomb, ar, known as, th. "pum.lmit llke gnencrlan . copperplate " aVtfunii Z "F "n ''""'"rZ
te.ra.rl . ... 1. - . 1 1
ohaatenlng of violent and unruly Prisoner..! e h. ,h. call of l.ODO .book.: , the 1 " J'V . ' ."n, hB"
Th. f.i-ihit oii r tiii row. in ine imxvk, nrmnn iiDrarv nrt nr -hniii rin u ; v v ' -
Despite his seatenop. Pnrriprnv ha.
the right as one enter. 1. a row of darn ii ymri, 1 nis is one rare subject
e,T dble door., a .quar, grat- I. no known to other prls
- r-JS? t..hh.dn,ra,r Z'.
about th. .lie of a cigar bo. These , h.ndwrltlnir I. beautlfull ) Pfrtot. I, takJir S
. v.. .r. known as the "Dunl.hmejit , uu .,i ly furnished
cell. " and ar. used only for the temporary .haded, firm, regular and small lettered.
In times past fashioned crude Implements
which he has used In vain efforts toward
freedom. Except ns samples of what may
he done with a minimum of material, wh n
corner of the wing. Is supposed to be Pom- chaplain", private collection. For thirty
troy's world, ft need never be passed by year, he has read from them. Of lute
anybody tn .the prison except for express years he has outgrown a fondness for flc
PrHaon officials Ho not Identify tlon. and has .pent most of his time wim
It to the vlitor- they only lure you away history and In the acquiring of foreign Ian- desperation rather than ne. ess.ty Is the
from It. Although remote from the aotlvl- guages. He has n rending knowledge of mother of Invention, these Implements
wri iiidii. a 1 riiv 11, tiwn limn, lIHllflfl I fin VB 11 Kf II Ul VI Ct 11 V UDCirsfl. 1 I IK 1IIUBL
deMppfute nttcnii't Pomcrny evtr muUh w.i
wi trtllil lilt
An hour of exercue in JTnalJ trjcX-wlled yard-
tie. of"prin llf. and In .tch en auater. I-atln. Oerman French. Spnnl.h, Italian
" 11 r. world fh. on la nld to and Arnblc. Of his- proficiency he aiotla
he fitted ud for wwmantnt abode ad to be know.: but with his lexicons be translate. , in 1(7. hen he used the lllun.inating gas
materially comfortable a. any in the, 'rom the foreign books. t hi. cell to create an explosion which
nrlaon That rueh a plac. must be wluule- H's favorite novelist, are Pnlsae nnd not only wrecked the cell but nearly
.ome 1. evidenced by Pomeroy'. ordinary Uuma.. At times ne nas read a Oerman killed him. Of this escapade even content
health and by the fact that his brown hair newspaper, presumably for practice In Kirury prisoners In Cherry Hill tell con-
conversatlon once took place In his cell: he has never been known to smile In thirty
'If you ever d d succeed In pelt. 11? tiion years. His mind all the years has been im-
ha. n T'yet turned to gray. 111. pal. and Oerman. a. he has prac.Ued reading llct.ng details. An account written by .'.galn. tr ,7ed v .,, wh, X'h ,' "", """" ' ';'SS O
Lllow face, however, Shows that h. live. French n.wapapers. Ironical as It seems, convict who was recently pardoned Is de-: you "Yhe nwn : te le.r .ih " oV.t r reek dram . , ""t
ln p.Tp.tu. rhadow.' That hi. light mu.l , although his life I. bounded by narrow oled by th. authorities. Th.s related how ri.l. .Intend l eLrly ? There the he'V J -X o?wperhumaa f" V."
Curiosities of Cut Glass
nID you ever hear of th. famou. iwlth bar. feet on th. clay for month., and
glass dress mad. for the Infanta then mould H by hand that no seam may
klulalie, of the wonderful cut appear. On. finished pot costs llw. and
lass arrvWa nicml l,v iioiua v i Ii- acctdant of a lilaht mav ruin It. The
I J Child., of the Immense punch beat developed In th. process of the glass
' bowl, decorated With the HtarS mixture melting 1. ternble. but cold air
and Stripe., presented to th. lata I blast. In front Of the furnace help the
Pre.ldent McKlnley? All of these are, men to bear It, and great care Is taken
American triumph, of th, giaaa blower', with the crucible, as well a. with the nulr
art. and Justly cause pride not alone on lng ma...
account of their beauty but from th. fact Arter b8, m,Uwd In the th, prod
i ni ""'" fraft of glass making an Opaque ma... which can be
o t Perfection In a new country. ,htip,j but wll, no run anJ whlcn ,ak((.
Only within the last flftv vear. has It ...... , . 1 . -
Km.. 1,. u... .i . . 1 - , " . iroiu 1 111 iv ih lurir iiuui. iu luui iv h
been known that America produced .and , , . 0. , ,. ,un-
Possibilities of Fruit Tree Grafting.
tine enough to make superior glass. Thl.
I. found In few place. th. U.ikshtre Hill.
: Hollow Iron dIdo into It. Ttie luminous
brf.,2 on5 P 1 o .V a ML",!m. ln.tanUyadh.re. to th. cold Iron,
a , d wnT.Trt.J S , l.Lh' Jl! V gUy turning tb. rod th. man can
t S tnrmitin?.1' on . much of the molten glaa. as will
en basesTed T "ad oolxltolxr. ."I"11" ealrl. Tbl "gath.r.r "
n. hr..'n.hh.1ttPrm. noth,? U h vrtou
flr.t ..cret of cut gU.s m.klng. Th. n.U-lm" "nhd p" ,hm,0n I
lng room, in which thl. first proca. l.lmea b,8Wr wh, UkM lh, n1
tirted are Interesting place.. ni th. bluw " oubb IhstanUy appear
mlxer" la an Important man. He know.;'" n th. molt-n ball, whloh with con
the aecret. cf the baaes. the compounds; tant turning, rolling t. fit a mold and
likely to result In certain hue. and hard- meaning wlh compaeoe. turn, out to b.
ne.s. He makes tb. dlffer.no. between the a bowl- "laf, ,f magnificent ornament
brilliant varletUs. and th. common .ort. nt ,or Jly ,4blr T11? " blower" or wrvl
Potash and soda render the glaa. mor.'Vr 'ulr wonderful .kill and Inel
fuaible. Urn. make. It harder and leadl d"'!' develop, fine lunga. It I. a curl
g1ve( it lustre. Oxide of lead U used for oul ,act thal machinery cannot do thl.
th. finest glas. and great ear, t,afcSajwor " buntaa being
In every .tag. of 1U manutastur. It give.! Thl. proca. dona. th. piece, must be n
a clear ten. when .truck and by metallic nld. tor a draught of aold air wlU oradi
oxide, th. color can be chanrvd to anxithem Instantly. To do thl. a boy carries
THOUGH every on. ha. heard of th. th. pit. Mr. Burbank crossed this .ucccas
cro. f!-illiMtlon and hvbrldlxatlon of .fully with the rVench prune and other
I I plants, there are many who would be. plums, and after .01119 ten years began to
' puzzled to give a clear definition of see the results of his work In sweet and
either. Cross fertilization Is common 111 sour damson-like fruits of all sizes. Afur
I nature, and consist, of bringing the pollen several more eur. of experiments there
. ,1,.. aril ,,f another, the appeared among the seedlings a strong.
flowers b.lng at different part, ot the plant vigorous, close Jointed tree with large
or on different plant, of the .am. .pedes. leave, and prominent uuds.whl. h produced
But hybridization requires that the pol- the seedless plum. This Is called the ' Mlr
len of one species or genus should be oar-lacle," and Is of much belter flavor than
rled to the pistil of another specie, or ' the best damsons, and Is greatly Improved
senus. Although this uroceas does occur jn form, color and size. It even surpasses
I ln nature. It I. extremely rare and I. ou-ill. pate t. the French prune, fir it Is
.Idered an aruneiai process. ,ir.ei, nue u lhi n... .
it. faaclnatluo for the gardener Ilea productive.
In th. fact that the result can never be The fact that the plum Is seedloes Is not
foretold, but If there 1 on., It I. some- a bar to Its prop igatlon, for It can be
thing new and strange. Ther. ar. many grown by grafting ajid budd.ng. The ba
surpnses, and there are great limitation. nana af jtie tropica is practically seedless
desired .had.
tt require, a ttm para lure ef loot Fahren
heit to tlux a glass mixture a heat not to
be Imagined lhe prepared batch 1. put
th. article, on an aabeatoa board to the
Arlhg room, wher. the snail pleoaa are sat
ln pan., which are pulled with wireleos
chains from the hot to the cool end of the
In the work. For Instance, the apple ana
Uie plum, though nearly related, nave
never been hybridised, and the same U
true of th. aurrant and th. gooseberry
and depends for Its propagation on suckers.
The elimination of the s.-ed from the
plain Is but one part of the treat work
nornud in X Z'U
fertilized must be cut out; great precau
tlons must b. taken to guard the flower.
mcnt for the work can secure in the fruit
'XS iliani Na .raa.wi ana - a put iiuiii atixo nv w V I
Intd a orucibx or clay pot. which In tlaelf la'ov.n. dually twenty-four hour. ar. con
wvadartul, for U U mad. by tau who tread .tuned u, UUg proeaa
uon. rau ,- "-" T L,,,,,,,,,, greater hardlh od. wider
lnM7Zr; Mtowr of tin., uf fruiting or .lowering,
r' lygrva, reputation;;-- ned-SuV:
a. a hybridizer, for he ha. had many and ' J Jg mUl ll lhue
striking succa One of them the uf ,lurMl.uiturB
seil.ss plum, .Ilk- haa resulted ""tr, reaJtr lo , c lhe
mujiy year, of experiment, bom. eighteen re,u,,, 1f Ul endeavors. Just now on. ob
yeaia ago he .tarted with some .eedlu.gs . t 1)f Ule government experiment, m tais
front France of what ar. called PrunU ,,, , lo glo an orange which will be
.ana noveau. a fruit which has been lnjr. hardy than those now grown. This
known as a eurlnslty for hundreds of wrM treHn when the severe frosts in Fl 11
yesrs. ruli.eJ the various fni.L ci.-ps. l-'"r on
The frclt is about the size of a snud ior-i:l liny selected the Usj;. orange,
cherry, Uks the damson plum In flavor and which grows quite far north, and because
oolor, and wLa ft tue warily aovariag. eX in b.aui nt XdUag. u used a. aa or
namental shrub. Its fruit Is .mall, about
the sl.e of a walnut.
This .upplied the hardiness required, and
the sweet orange of Florida supplied the
other quslltles desired. By using the
Florida fruit as the father and the other as
the mother, and vice versa, liyoilds have
been produced which have the qualities
of butli. These are beginning to bear
now, and the fruit, though not as hardy
as the Osage, Is, of course, much mute
so than the other. It has some of tne
characteristics of the lemon and Is val
uable fur marmalade and other purposes.
When the eharacterstles of the sweet or
ange have been further bred Into thl., the
end will have been accomplished.
Another experiment has been to Improve
upon tne grape fruit, which Is so popular
as a breakfast tonic. This pomelo, as it
is sometimes called, has been crossed with
the tangerine, or velvet skinned orange,
and the result Is a grape fruit which has a
loose skin like the tang, line and can be
eaten out of hand In the same way.
The marriage has Just taken place of a
centenarian couple at Maysvllle, Ohio. The
bridegroom Is Captain Kuhns, aged lol, a
veteran of the Mexican and civil wars,
while the bride, .Mrs. Sarah Crawford,
has just passed her hundredth birthday.
The r coui tsulp commenced seventy years
ag .
James Nation, Assistant Elite Audit iT
of Kansas. Is one of thirteen children. His
father. Heth. Waa bom on Apr.l 1J. elll.sled
iu toe cicil war August 111. was nominated
treasurer of .NeoSlio cjUllly tietember 111
and took ottice October U. I lie wid Uiau Is
ail v. aad wL
Gambling on the Weather
fxEriHAPS ln no count re Is uamblinn
IJ.11 every form and fur stake, of every
I size so prevalent as In India. Put a
particular kind which is peculiar to
UlU laud Is that w nioli Is the fashion dur
ing the rainy season. Tills is cuh.d atta.
or ridn speculation, and has the advantago
over mast forms of Bumbling of allowing
no opportunity to chut per. to "lix tho
returns."
I Those who think themselves weathtr
wtse, and there are many all over the
world, bet according to their opinion, and
It rests wlfh the elements to decide who
win.. The betting may take pl.ee any
where, .o long a. there Is a roof und a
spout, or a rain kuigc, which Is recognized
by both parties In the transaction. Should
the gambling tak. place in a room there
will probably be a long counter-like table
extending fiMin one end to the other. At
oiih side lit the bookmakers, und b their
sides a gorgeous brass bound box, native
Inkstand and sand box. These men book
'the Kme ut which the gambler think, the
rain il descend. The means for settling
the (.uestlon are very simple and are of
I two kinds. One Is a long gutter running
along the eaves of the house or building, ut
the end of which there Is a sniail hole, to
which a spout Is fined. Tin -.jugn this nar
row aperture the water trickles when he
rain falls tn the form of a sllehl drizzle.
jH.it when It rains In earnest t.,e r.i.-h of
,ater is not sole to ii,'i;. Ihromjn the
I small water spout, o tills up the gutter
and pours over the end. It Is on this de-s.-i
tej end that m.ift .of the b. is are
bo..k d. The other method of tilling the
a:u..u'it of r.il.u wtilch falls Is a rouh k.nd
'of rain ga.ige supported on posts some
aevaa blgti aud .taJuLng la a uwuga.
tor
.loin
:it-
The scenes of excitement reach their
height In the gatnbl.ng dens on a cloudy
day, when tne chances between u hiMv'y
downpour and the passing of the laiu
clouds to another district uie about even,
iiien the gamblers rush in anxious to b iuk
iheir bets. Th. ricil merchant, und trad
ers, poor .oldiers und cle.ks, all c aa.iii in
tact, look anxiously at the sky and t.Kk i.l
the money thev loni , . .... 1
tlu.es even that which Is not thVir own.
me liuiiur.iie lo.i.l'ie. la . ... .
them when betting on the weather as uU
the sweepstakes oil the Calcutta Cup.
Another n.n 1,1,,,,.,,,,.,.,..
,.ww... ,, .v.. IUI ill Ul
b.ing in ind.a, u sonieihing I.Ka cock 1.,
1I1IT. Insleu.l ...... 1,. . .... .....
, - - -Jn.m idiiuua UlIUS ill.
ubcd, the particular kind of bird vurvn.g
according to the part of India. Ch.'l.or.
which ure larger than a partridge, .no
found on the lower slopes of tne in.. m
''' .nd are ganio to the extent of kc .1
lighting, no tne mule birds ate frequent.
pitted against each other. PartrlJtjea uie
more r.iiiiiii.n.'i i. u.. .... ...
- - oioei 11;:
many belrg s0 clever.'y trained thut t
ore expert flKhters. A gijui f nat:v.
may often b. seen squatting In a ring ac
betting the mount of their money on t.
b rd which they favor.
uaaus sr.' also extin-.iv.-lv used
fighting, partly because at certain sen-
inej ;o moon aii over India, but
especially lo-.'ause there Is no oth-i
of its 3 ZC Which IS llioriw au,,,u I.. ..
When properly trained t'.ey uive an
union ur uird ng.iting which In
most scli-n 1 llo. and they are fr.
game to 111,. di-ath. tJiialU uc no pi.u-Mi-clous
that thise which re smre.l .-, a
c .rnllcU and arc to he reserved for u-e
on the table have to be kept in spela.1
prepared uaU piu Ull eenUsO.
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