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ASPARAGUS HAS A LINEAGE
Romans Held Vegetable in High Es
teem Many Years Before
Christ.
Of all food plants there is none which
has been so long known or been poa
sesse'’, of so distinguished a lineage as
the asparagus. Its records reach back
almost to the beginning of authentic his
tory, and It is mentioned by the comic
poet Cratinus, who died about 425 B. C.
The Romans held the vegetable in high
! esteem. The elder Cato wrote a work
which is still extant, ‘‘De re Rustica,"
and it treats at length of the virtues and
proper cultivation of asparagus. Pliny,
in hu natural history, written about
60 A. D., has much to say about it. He
feelingly observes: “Of all the products
of your garden your chief care should be
asparagus," and he devotes several
chapters to its many good qualities and
the best methods of raising it He as
serts that the soil about Ravenna was so
favorable to its production that three
heads grown in that district had been
known to weigh a Roman pound. This
pound seems to have been about equal
to 11 ounces in our day, so it would ap
parently have taken four of the stalka
to have reached a pound of our weight.
The asparagus being essentially a
southern plant, it is possible that the
stock growing in Italy was of a more
vigorous growth than that of our north
ern clime. It is found all around the
shores of the Mediterranean and
branches off into four or five distinct
species besides the one ordinarily used
for edible purposes.
WON BY ORDINARY TALK.
Lack of Arm Gestures and Conversa
tional Tone Wins Heart of
Doubtful Maiden.
Congressman William H Jackson, of
Maryland, was engrossed in discussing
with a number of colleagues the deca
dence of oratory, says the New York Her
ald. “Sane people are not emotional,"
declared the congressman, “and the con
versational delivery of speech carries
as much weight with an intelligent
audience as does the effort of a declaim
er who indulges in brilliant periods with
an arm-swinging acompaniment.”
“You are right,” said a listener, “and
your statement reminds me of a young
lady who had two suitors. Both men
had about the same advantages and
prospects, but gossip declared that the
girl would decide in favor of the man
who was a lawyer, for he knew better
how to present and win his case. Gos
sipe erred; the lawyer was rejected.
Later it was learned from a friend in
whom the betrothed had confided her
reason for her choice.
‘“Harry is convincing, but John is
just us convincing and does not have to
move his arms every time he wants to
say something.’ ’’
BIG BEE RANCH IN "FRISCO
Public School Principal of Coast City
Harvests a Third of a Ton
of Honey a Season.
There is a bee ranch with more thas
1,000,000 bees in the heart of one of the
densest residence districts of San Fran
cisco. it is owned by Philip Prior, prin
cipal of a public school, and is in the
little back yard of his home. For ten
years he has kept his bees there, has
i harvested about a third of a ton of
honey each season and has been at no
I expense for food for his interesting and
; Industrious pets. Although it is a dis
| tance of two and one-half miles from
the Prior bee ranch to Golden Gate pane,
! the bees make the trip there, collect
j loads of honey and get back to the hive
in two minutes, making a bullet-like
flight at the surprising rate of 150 miles
an hour. Mr. Prtor has demonstrated
his by having an observer watch cer
tain bee-favored places in the park and
exactly timing the arrival there of bees
he purposely sprinkled with flour as
they issued from a hive. He has also
kept time on the absence of the whitened
bees.
BIG PROFIT IN BATHHOUSE
Average New York Seashore Resort
Receives Nearly $2,000 a Day
for Rooms Alone.
If you doubt that the nickel and quar
ter business doesn’t pay, consider the
money-making propensities of the aver
age seashore bathhouse around New
York, and make over your opinion. A
representative bathing pavilion has
1,500 bath compartments. It costs 20
cents to rent one. On a medium hot
summer's day some $800 are derived
from renting these rooms, for the com
partments are used in the course of the
dar by about 4,000 persons. Bathing
suits rent for 25 cents each. There
would be 8,000 of them tor such a pavil
ion, which means $1,000 a day if half of
them are rented once; and it is fair to
assume that three-fourths of the 4,000
bathers pay five cents for the use of a
eomb and brush—$150. A total of near
ly $2,000, to say nothing or tbe proceeds
from restaurant, bar, barber shop and
indoor baths.
Italy’s Emigrants.
In the past 30 years Italy has sent
more than 2.000,000 persons to the
United States, says the World’s Work.
• A number of these have returned in the
course of time, taking with them care
fully hoarded savings. A very large
majority have remained in the United
States.
Japs Drink Much Water.
A gallon of water a day is drunk by
every Japanese who practices, as nearly
ell do, the gymnastics known as jiujitsu
Cuba’s Population.
The population of Cuba is now over
1,685,000, which is an increase of mar*
than ten per cent sines 190®.
MILE-A-MINUTE WATER RIDE
—
Kotor Boat Invented by Frenchman
Goes at Express Train
Speed.
Among the many interesting experi
ments with motor boats, says the Lon
don Mail, perhaps the most pictur
esque were those on the Seine at
Puteaux, when Compte de Lambert,
in conjunction with Messrs. De Dion
and Bouton, brought out their bateau
glisseur, or gliding boat. It i3 also
called a hydroplane, and that name is
really indicative of its construction.
With a De Dion 14-horse power mo
tor, the count attained a speed of 28
kilometers an hour in his first ex
periments, and now he has added to
that speed and has made 32 Kilome
ters, or 20 miles, in the hour.
The inventor of this hydroplane is
not, however, content with this, and
will try in a day or two to raise the
speed to 35- or even 40 kilometers, or
25 miles ap hour, or a speed that is
not exceeded by the use of a 40-horse
power motor.
The boat itself is 36 feet long and
nine feet wide. To the bottom of the
boat are affixed five planes or fins.
When the boat is stationary these fins
hang vertically in the water. They
are hinged, however, and are all under
control of the driver. When the mo
tor is set in motion and the boat
begins to move these planes, begin
ning at the bow, are gradually given
a backward angle. The boat rises in
the water and then gradually rests
upon it, with the stern of the boat
only immersed. The speed increases,
and the boat, following the inclination
of the planes, glides along the surface
of the water Just as an aeroplane
glides on the air, and with not much
more resistance.
It is confidently expected that with
an increased horse-power motor the
hydroplane will reach a speed of f»0
miles an hour.
TO AUCTION QUEEN’S GOODS
111 Furniture and Treasures of Isa
bella of Spain Except Personal
Jewels to Go Under Hammer.
It has been decided that the personal
jewels of the late Queen Isabella of
Spain, who for many years lived in
Paris, will not be sold as expected.
The casket containing the precious
stones, necklaces, etc., has been pro
visionally deposited at a bank, and as
soon as the affairs of the late queen are
cleared up and the contents of her pal
ace disposed of the Comte Quiaqul,
who has charge of all these matters,
will distribute the jewels among the
royal family of Spain.
On the other hand, the furniture, ob
jects of art and all the other treasures
In the Palais de Castille, Queen Isa
bella's home in the Avenue Kleber, op
posite the united States embassy, wilt
be sold at public auction.
The Marquis de Cuellar has gone to
San Sebastian to consult King Alfon
so’s wishes on the subject and the auc
tion will probably take place early In
the autumn. The catalogue is being
prepared.
It is well known that the contents of
the Palais de Castille are marvels of
beauty and worth and constitute a vert
j table museum. Several offers have
: been made for the palace itself and the
surrounding gardens, but nothing defi
nite has yet been accepted. The estate
'overs 4,600 square yards of land,
valued at $160 to $200 a yard.
HAS FEW TRADE FACILITIES
Mobile Merchant Experiences Diffi
culties in Getting Goods to Cap
ital of Guatemala.
A Mobile merchant sold some cotton
goods not long ago to be delivered at
Guatemala City. Within 300 feet of his
warehouse a steamer was loading for
Puerto Barrios, whence runs a railway
to within 60 miles of the Guatamalan
capital. To reach the latter the goods
would have to be packed over the moun
tains by Indians or on muleback. The
merchant found it cheaper to ship by
way of San Francisco, thence by boat to
San Jose, Guatamala, and to the cap
ital by rail. New Orleans, terminus of
the Southern Pacific, is almost next door
to Mobile. New York, however, en
joyed a cheaper rate because there was
competition with the routes across ths
Atlantic and thence round Cape Horn.
So the goods were sent by boat to New
York, thence by boat back to New Or
leans, and thence on their way, going
nearly 10,000 miles instead of 1,100 by
the Puerto Barrios route. This inabil
ity to get at the west coast markets has
done much to keep American goods out
of them. Guatamala has now arranged
for the speedy completion of the rail
way from the Caribbean to the capital,
and a cheap direct route will thus be
opened.
Leap Tears in Twentieth Century.
The greatest possible number of leap
years will occur in the twentieth cen
tury, the year 1904 being the first one,
and every fourth year following up to
! and including 2000. In the same century
| February will three times have flveSun
i ays—in 1920, 1949. 1976.
Visiting in Mexico.
In visiting Mexico one snould have
good letters of introduction. No mat
j ter what may be your rank, it is expect
ed that you mak^all the advances.
A Lapland Crime.
In Lapland the crime which is pun
ished most severely, next to murder, is
I the marrying of a girl against the ex
press wish of her parents.
In the Same Business.
Most of the geniuses who formerly
invented fourteen-fifteen puzzles and
pigs-in-clover games have gone to in
venting new languages.
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| HOW A TREE IS MURDERED.
| Am laatanca Which IlliitraiM ih
Difficulty of Deatroyla*
On*.
—
| A gentleman of means living in a sub*
j urban town tells how his mother one*
; undertook to murder a cherry tree, says
| the Chicago Chronicle. “I was a boy
i at the time,” he said. "The tree stood
oa our lawn; it had been planted by ny
' faihnr and ho lnvod ft nrfth a narantul
! affection; but it waa an eyesore to my |
mother, for she thought it spoiled the
I looks of the garden.
“She decided to murder it secretly,
because she knew that my father would
never consent to it3 removal. For s
long time she pondered, asking herself
how she might kill the tree without be
ing detected, and finally she decided
that she would use for her weapon boil
ing water. Accordingly whenever my
father was away she would get a kettle
and, tiptoeing out to the tree with a
guilty look, she would pour boiling
water upon Its roots.
"At first ths tree showed no shange
tnder this treatment. After a time;
though, a change began to manifest
Itself. My father noticed it
“ ‘By Jove,’ he said, *my cherry tree
eeems unusually fine and hearty.’
"And this wae a fact. The more hott
ing water my mother poured an the
mots the more the tree thrived and
flourished. Finally, In despair, she gavr
! ap trying to commit her vegetable mur
der.
“A florist, to whom she narrated this
strange story one day. laughed when he
heard it. He said it was no wonder the
tree had gotten along ao well. He de<
dared that boiling water was often
■sed on trees, as It killed off the worsts
ead bugs molesting them.”
WHEN TOGO WAS YOUNG.
Sxample of the Japanese Admiral's
Alertness of Mind Given In
Boyhood Days.
I
A retired English naval officer, who
when a lad, was on board the training
ship Worcester, at the same time as ths
future Japanese Admiral Togo, accord
ing to the Rochester Herald, tells ths
following reminiscences:
“Togo was constantly the victim of all
manner of chaff from the young British
ers on board, who called him ‘One-go
two-go-three-go.’ Disliked at first,
perhaps because he was unlike his
mates, he grew in popularity on account
of his remarkably alert mind and agils
body, until at length he became a gen
eral favorite with officers anu boys
“He stood ail chaff with a certain
amount of bravado, unless it touched
on his resemblance to the Chinese To
one fellow sailor who dubbed him a
Chinaman, he said, with emphasis:
When 1 am “the” admiral, I hang you
to the yardarm.'
“One day Togo had his leave stopped
for some small offense ‘Liberty boys
to go ashore,’ was piped, and the boy*
went up tohimandsaid: ‘Are you to go?*
•No,’ he replied. Immediately the young
sters got around him and pinched him,
for telling lies, shouting at the seme
time: ‘You are Togo.’
“His praenomen being rather difficult
to pronounce, Togo was told by one of
the boys to shoot his godfather and god*
mother on his return home. We do not
shoot gods In Japan.' was his reply.”
The Mavnetlc North.
The belief in the constancy of ths
magnetic compass to the north pole hat
not the least foundation In fact. At ev*
try different place on the globe It points
in a different direction, and only one or
two ef them are due north. In London,
for instance, it points to a place aboa:
IT degrees west of north. Seventy-eu
years ago It was still further away, be
ing then 24% degrees, or a quarter 01
the way around to the west. In the year
1580 It pointed 11 degreee east. Then It
began to move north till 1659, when 11
pointed due north. But it remained
thus only for a moment, passing around
t* Its greatest deflection in 160 years
Vgaln It turned In 1820, and is still mov
ing nearer the north. It will not reach
that point for nearly a century and •
\alf. and so It wtll n on backward aad
tarward forever —E T. MmK
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRA
TOR’S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as
ancillary administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott deceased, will offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder oh a credit uritil October llh
1905, at the front door of the Courthouse in New*
;>ort, Jackson county, Arkansas, between the
hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon and three
>’clock in the afternoon, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH 1905
ill the lands belonging to the estate of Isaac Scott
deceased, lying in Jackson County, Arkansas, to
wit: The se 1-4 of the s e 1-4 of sec. 12, the n w
1-4 of the n e 1-4 of sec. 13. all in Township 12
-lorth range 3 west: also thirty acres off the north
side of lot 2 of the n w 1-4 and ten acres off north
side of the e 1-2 of lot 3 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 all
n the n w 1-4 of section 7 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 of
the s w 1-4 of sec. 7, all in Township 12 north
range 2 west.
Said sale being made by virtue of the order of
the Probate Court of Jackson County, Arkansas
Purchasers will be required to give note with
ipproved security and a lien to be retained upon
the land to secure the payment thereof.
Possession will be given January 1st, 190G.
Given this 16th day of February. 1900.
J. R. COX,
Ancillary Administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott, deceased.
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Company:
You are hereby notified to present your claims
against the Merrill-Sellmeyer Lumber Company
of Coming, Ark., within ninety days for the pur
pose of sharing in the assets of such corporation.
Please verify the claim and file with me or the so
licitors. Respectfully,
W. W. TOLER,
Re’eiver of Merrill-Sellmeyer Lumber Company,
Knobel, Ark,
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