The Springfield herald., March 01, 1912, Image 7

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Uncle Sam's Farm
in Panama
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NCLE SAM baa found time to
look Into the agricultural pos
sibilities of the canal zone,
and be proposes to turn the
five-mile strip of land on each
u
Bide of the canal into one big vegeta
ble garden. He Intends to see that
the thousands of vessels from all over
the world passing through the canal
will be able to replenish their stock
of fresh meats and vegetables when
they reach the Isthmus without the
loss of a minute In traveling time. At
present vessels leaving New York
for a trip down the coast any great
distance must stop at one or two
places for fresh meat and vegetables
before reaching their final destination.
Uncle Sam had his explorers ex
amine every foot of ground within the
ten-mile limit of the zone, from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, Including a
portion of Costa Rica on one side,
and Panama on the other. The in
vestigation has now reached the stage
where it can be Barely asserted there
are exceedingly bright prospects for
the building up of a lucrative agricul
tural and stock raising Industry along
the Panama canal.
In addition to the great quantities
of fresh meats and vegetables required
for steamers passing through the
canal. It must he remembered there
will always be a great number of canal
employes living along the line of the
canal. The majority of these em
ployes will undoubtedly be married,
with families and children, and all
these mouths will require vegetables
to fill them. Also a number of minor
Industries may be built up along the
canal, which will require Its quota of
human beings, who will also require
feeding. But aside from these minor
considerations are the vast number of
ships expected to pass through the
waterway—some authorities claiming
the traffic will be so heavy as to be
one continuous line of ships from one
end of the canal to the other during
the entire 24 hours.
About a year ago the Investigation
was started by the Bureau of Solis
and the Bureau of Plant Industry
working together. Hugh H. Bennett
and William A. Taylor, two of Uncle
Sam’s scientific explorers In the de
partment, were the men detailed to
make the Investigation. In speaking
of the farming on the canal and Its
possibilities In the future. Mr. Taylor
said:
“Though the Isthmus of Panama
has been for four centuries the most
Important portage of the western hem
isphere the lands through which suc
cessive routes of travel have passed
across It show little agricultural de
velopment. Man’s Impress on the
country, except In the Immediate vi
cinity of the Panama railroad—com
pleted In 1851 —and the canal route,
which lies close to the railroad
through most of Its length, Is chiefly
apparent through the destruction of
practically all the more valuable tim
ber trees that made up the original
forest.”
Hugh H. Bennett, who assisted In
the Investigation, said the most prom
ising line of attack upon agricultural
problems of the canal zone will be to
develop a permanent mixed tropical
agriculture with a distinct horticul
tural trend, In which hand labor of
tropical origin will be the main de
pendence for tillage. In this way exist
ing and prospective conditions would
favor the production of high-priced
products requiring regular and fre
quent transportation service, such as
will doubtless be available promptly
after the opening of the canal for
use.
“One Important feature,” continued
Mr. Bennett, ’•will be the early work
ing out of a method of mixed cropping
in which soil maintaining and Improv
ing leguminous Intercrops can be con
tinuously used to replace the wild and
Intractable native vegetation of the
present shack-farm agriculture.
"Agricultural operations in the
canal zone are now confined mainly to
the meager efforts of the native and
West Indian population and are re
stricted to patch farming. The pro
duction of local staple products, prin
cipally tropical vegetables and fruits,
rice and corn. Is little In excess of
actual food requirements of the op
erators. The greater number of these
facing, although occupying the smooth
er slopes of the larger valleys and
never distant more than five miles In
a direct line from the canal, are Iso
lated and Inaccessible, owing to the
broken topography and absence of
good highways. They are reached
only by narrow, winding trails, at no
time passable for vehicles and often
well-nigh or quite Impassable Tor
horses.
"There Is plenty of room for ex
tension and Improvement of the stock
raising industry. Upon a large pro
portion of steep-hill land suited only
for forestry and perhaps the produc
tion of certain fruits, such as pineap
ples, mangoes, etc., good grazing can
be secured through tho establishment
of guinea grass pastures. A number
of native grasses, such as those which
flourish upon the savanna lands, ar
ford good grazing, while Para and
Bermuda grass, cowpeas, velvet beans,
corn, the sorghum known as ‘Guinea
corn,' sugar cane, and peanuts do well
upon the lower-slope soils and consti
tute excellent forage crops. Another
good stock food Is cassava, a crop that
gives large yield with a minimum of
attention. It might be well to say
here that fine cattle, particularly the
large, strong oxen as draft animals In
portions of Costa Klca, are fed al
most exclusively upon chopped stalks
of plantlan, banana and sugar cane.
‘in the latter part of the dry sea
son the grasses of the canal zone are
generally so parched that very little
sustenance can be secured from
cleared pastures. But stored forage
and crops like cassava, sugar cane,
sorghum, banana stalks, etc., could be
depended upon to carry stock through
the dry months to the rainy Beason —
the season of green grass and other
tender vegetation. With such possi
bilities for the local production of
forage crops there is no necessity for
the present relatively large Importa
tions at high prices of grain, hay and
other feeds by the few who are oper
ating stock and dairy farms. At the
time of this survey the price of shelled
native corn was |2 gold per 80-pound
sack, while bran was bringing |2.60
per 100 pounds. It 1b not at all sur
prising under Buch conditions that the
demand for milk Is so much greater
than the supply and that the prices
are exceptionally high. Milk from
dairy farms of the savannah section
Is sold In the city of Panama at 25
cents per bottle containing one-fifth
of a gallon, less than a quart.
‘‘Very few hogs and goats are raised
In the canal zone. A considerable
number of hogs and goats are Import
ed from points along the Pacific coast,
and hogs principally from the Province
of Chlrlque, In the high northern por
tions of the Republic of Panama.
Some poultry Is raised by native and .
canal employes. In view of the ruling
high prices there Is unquestionably a
good opening for raising both pork
and poultry. Away from the noisy
activities of canal construction the
depredations of wild animals such as
the tiger cat and Jaguar would likely
entail some loss to these Industries.
“Small farming. Including the pro
duction of vegetables and choice trop
ical fruits, such as the avocado, man
go, papaya, pineapple, orange, guava,
anona, etc., can be carried on profit
ably with the application of intensive
methods, coupled with proper care in
the selection of crop varieties and
soil.
“Such a variety of ornamental
plants thrive on this soil that there
seems little doubt that many of these
could be extensively and profitably
grown for shipment to the United
States and other northern countries.”
SHOWING FORCE OF EXAMPLE
Female George Washington Is Abroad
In the Land, and Cherry
Trees Buffer.
Probably no other American legend
ever appealed to the national Imag
ination more powerfully than the cher
ry tree story. Certainly none has so
completely captivated the fancy of
Mrs. John Gowen of Hickory Ridge,
Pa.
Several weeks ago a resident of
Hickory Ridge discovered that sev
eral fine cherry trees on his property
had been ruthlessly chopped down.
There was no conceivable reason why
the trees should have been destroyed,
and the Identity of the offender re
mained a mystery until Mrs. Gowen
voluntarily acknowledged that she
had done the chopping.
In the prosecution that followed It
developed that Mrs. Gowen had no
substantial reason for felling the
trees. It appeared, however, that she
had a consuming hatred of falsehood
and had chopped down the cherry
trees merely In order to gain an op
portunity to prove that she could not
tell a lie.
For Violent Transit.
A recent book by Mr. Edwin J.
Dingle, entitled “Across China op
Foot,” contains a bit of practical ad
vice about the manner In which
American goods should be packed for
transportation In the interior of
China.
Conditions are such that the pack
ing should be thoroughly done. The
Germans and the Japanese under
stand this; British and American
manufacturers are either careless In
this respect or Ignorant of what Is de
manded by the conditions of trans
portation over roads that are mainly
eight-inch tracks along the face of
precipices.
One of Mr. Dingle’s friends, need
ing a typewriter —and knowing the
country—wroto home explicit direc
tions as to the packing.
“Pack It rendy to ship,” he wrote,
“then take It to the top of your of
fice stairs, throw It downstairs, take
the machine out and Inspect, and if
It is undamaged, send It to me.
“If damaged, pack another machine
and subject it to the same treatment
until you are convinced that you have
one that can stand being thus handled
and escape Injury.”—Youth’s Com
panion.
Happenings in
the Cities
Thought He Had Captured a Groundhog
TRENTON, N. J.—James Williams,
a farm hand of White Horse, who
Is a firm believer In the ground hog
w’eather theory, was put under the
care of a physician as the consequence
of his endeavor to capture the ani
mal and keep him out of his hole, so
that the six more weeks of winter
would be eliminated. Williams’ expe
rience was such that he says he will
never bother the ground hog again.
For several weeks Williams had
boasted to friends that he had found
the ground hog's hole and announced
that when the proper time arrived he
Intended to Insure the community good
weather by forcing the animal to re
main In the open, even If he did see
his shadow.
Several volunteered to aid him In
the capture, but Williams desired all
the honor, and said he could perform
the feat single handed. Before dawn
he went to the supposed hole of the
ground hog, about one and a half miles
from White Horse. He armed himself
with a lantern and a strong rope.
While he did not believe that bis In
tended prey would make an appear-
“Bumming” at 20 Below Not a Picnic
ST. IAJUIS.—John Vail, a postoffice
robber who escaped Jail at Macon
one night early In January In an effort
to escape a 3-year term In the peni
tentiary, was arrested at St. Charles.
Vail, who Is some 69 years old and
fairly well educated, chose a bitter
cold night to leave the jail and came
near freezing to death while riding
on the fender of a fast Kansas Clty-
Chicago train. He told about his trip
the other day.
“The night I escaped the tempera
ture was about 20 degrees below zero,"
he said. "I went to the depot and
when the passenger train from Kansas
City to Chicago came In I climbed up
on the tender. I didn't know how far
It would run till It stopped, but sup
posed maybe ten or twelve miles.
"When we began to shoot down the
grade east of town I realized I was
up against it The wind tore at me
from four directions, It seemed, and
my overcoat was thin and my gloves
had holes in them. I didn't know
whether I was going to be shaken off
the tank and scattered along the right
of way or frozen Into a chunk of Ice.
“Every time we hit a curve or jost
led over a switch I would cling like
death to my Iron bed, and I knew If
my fingers got stiff on me I was gone.
Town after town swept by and I knew
I could never stand It to the Missis
sippi river. I had to keep my head
down so the cold wind wouldn't cut
Put “Laziest Boy in Chicago” on Diet
CHICAGO. —Three full hours before
he had finished his dally thirteen
hour snooze —or rather, dally-ntghtly
snooze —Hermann Davis, 17 years old,
“the laziest boy In Chicago,” was rude
ly awakened from his snoring slumber
shortly after 2 o’clock the other morn
ing by a policeman at the home of the
boy’s grandmother. Hermann had not
been disturbed before he had finished
his sleep as far back as he could re
member. He looked at the bluecoat,
decided he could not be annoyed, and.
rolling over, started once more to
snore.
Another rough shake by the police
man brought the boy out of bed onto
the floor, where he yawnlngly protest
ed against such treatment and went
back to sleep. Exasperated, the offi
cer finally managed to keep the boy
awake long enough to get him dressed
and then took him to the Chicago ave
nue station, where his mother, Mrs.
Ida McGraw, was pacing the office In
a rage.
“There he is now!" she shouted an
grily. “Look at him. He's the laziest
Mississippi Dog a Good Lion Hunter
NEW YORK.—To hear Paul J. Rainey
tell about it, running down a full
grown lion with a pack of plain Mis
sissippi dogs Isn't half as dangerous
as chasing a scared little red fox with
a pack of fullblooded foxhounds—par
ticularly If said fox takes it into his
head to run over the property of an
Irate Ixrng island farmer, armed with
a shotgun full of rock salt.
“When you run a Hon down with
dogs you carry a gun along, and all
you've got to do is to use it after the
dogs drive the lion into range,” he
says. “But when your are chasing
Reynard the only one who has a gun
is tho irate farmer. So, me for the
lions!"
The young American sportsman who
stands sponsor for these sentiments
has Just returned from a year’s hunt
ing expedition in Africa. When he
left here early in 1911 with his friend
and companion on his famous Arctic
trip, Dr. M. E. Johnson of
Ky., taking only a few guns and a
pack of ordinary Mississippi hounds to
go lion hunting his friends laughed at
him.
Now that Mr. Rainey has the pelts
of seventy-four full grown lions to
wave in their faces they are eating so
ance until the day wus fairly well de
veloped he was determined to take no
chances on being given the •slip.’’
Williams stationed himself at the
mouth of the hole, lit his lantern and
waited.
It seemed a long time to dawn and
the farm hand felt drowsy. He
aroused himself and walked about the
hole several times to keep awake, but
was finally overcome, and before ho
knew It was sound asleep la the snow.
Williams arose with a start. The
sun was brightly shining, nnd the
snow swiftly melting about him. lie
gave one hurried glance into the hole
and then quickly arose. Not ten feet
from him he saw an animal walking
leisurely in the direction or White
Horse. He believed his ground hog
was escaping, and Immediately start
ed In pursuit. He took tho animal un
awares, and the capture was easy.
Holding his prey under one arm he
started for the village. When he was
espied coming down the road with hla
captive there was a mighty cheer from
a crowd which had gathered, it was
the proudest moment of Williams
life. As he walked Into the crowd he
held the ground hog up so all could
see it and was amazed to see the
crowd suddenly disperse and flee in
panic.
“Drop that skunk,” the town consta.
ble shouted, as he dived Into a cellar
The villagers scattered In all direc
tions.
my face off. I'd read about men
tramping thorugh Arctic snows, and
how they suffered, but where I was
roosting that night would have made
Cook or Perry turn back. My eye
brows and mustache were frosted so
you might have knocked 'em off with
a stick.
“At last I saw far down the track
a red light and when the engine whist
led the light wasn’t changed. That
meant stop! To me it was like see
ing a sail after drifting all night on
a raft In the ocean. I Just could get
my bones limber enough to climb
down. The fireman saw me and said:
" ‘Why didn't you stay on, old man;
we’ll soon be In Quincy?’
“I told him I’d walk the rest of the
way If It was the same to him. The
Btation was Monroe City. My ride
had only been forty miles, but I’ve
traveled a thousand that were easier
on the rods and bumpers. I walked
Into the depot and sat on the stove the
rest of the night. Next day I struck
across the country on foot. It was a
pleasanter way to travel."
boy in the world. I want him locked
up and made to work."
Hermann looked wearied of It all
nnd answered the accusations of his
parent with stretches, yawns and
sleepy blinkings.
“Look at this. This is what he does
all day and night," and the woman
thrust a piece of paper into the hands
of the desk sergeant. It read:
“Rises at noon. Eats a hearty com
bination breakfast-lunch. Spends the
afternoon at nickel theaters. Returns
home to supper at six. Takes a nap
until 7:30. Visits more nickel the
aters. Retires to bed promptly at
10:30.”
“The only time I really ever saw
him move quickly was when he ran off
to stay with his grandmother, a week
ago because I scolded him for being
so lazy," said Mrs. McGraw. “I made
up my mind he shouldn’t pester the life
out of her as he had out of me, and
so I decided to have him arrested. He
hasn’t worked more than a month in
three years.”
“We’ll have to turn him over to Ju
venile court officers,” said the ser
geant. "They’ll put him on the ‘no
work, no eat’ diet. He should be ex
amined for the hook worm or the
’sleeping sickness.’ I’ll take charge of
him.”
He looked around for Hermann. The
boy was fast asleep In a chair In the
corner. The mother fled.
much humble pie that an epidemic of
mental Indigestion is threatened.
“The only difficulty was to train the
dogs to take up the lion's scent,” he
said to a little group of apologetic
ones who called at his offices at 627
Fifth avenue to apologize for their ill
timed mirth of a year ago.
"I really don’t blame you for having
laughed at. me last year. But I knew’
that the pups would back me up. I
had been bear hunting with them In
this country, and I felt pretty confi
dent that dogs that would go to the
mat with a savage bear wouldn't tuck
their tails and run from a lion.
“They didn’t take kindly to tho scent
at first. I didn't blame them much,
for a Hon doesn't feed on clover or
vanilla beans. But they got used to It
after a while—and at the end of six
weeks all you had to do was to show
them the spoor of a lion and they
would locate for you In half an hour.”
The Kitchen
Cabinet
■ «
OOD eaten without enjoyment
lies like lead In the stomach
iikk iroti in me iiumucii
and dues nioro harm than good.
—Henry L. Finch.
The most Important problem now be
fore tho American public Is to loom to
enjoy the pleasure* of tho table.
—Henry L. Finch.
ECONOMICAL MEAT DIBHEB.
Moat may lx* made to go much fur
ther In the menu and the dish will be
as valuable In nutrition.
Servian Rice With Meat.—Wipe off
with a dampened cloth a piece of
meat weighing about a pound and a
half (a pleco from tho shoulder), cut
In Inch squares. Heat a frying pan
and put In a little sweet lard and an
onion cut In thin slices and a third of
a carrot. Put over the fire with the
meat, a tableapoonful of salt, a tea
spoon of paprika and cook over a
slow fire. When half done add a pint
of water and a half pound of rice, add
ing more water ab the rice cooks.
Season further before serving.
Mutton Bt«w.—Take a piece from
the neck, cut In small pieces and put
to cook with a sprig of parsley, a bay
leaf, two cloves and two peppercorns
with water to nearly cover the meat.
Let simmer about two hours, then add
a carrot cut in fancy slices, and six
potatoes cut In thick slices, a cup of
strained tomato and simmer until tho
meat and vegetables are tender. Re
move the parsley and bay leaf and
serve.
The pink skin on mutton Is the part
that gives the undeslrablo woolly
taste; If that Is removed the stew will
be more delicate.
Liver s la Mme. Begue.—Take a
pound of calf's liver cut In Inch slices.
Lay the liver In salted water while
you peel five large onions, the larger
tho better; slice In thin slices and cut
In halves. Dry the liver and place In
layers with the onion; let stand for
an hour then cut the liver In cubes,
dredge with flour and season with
salt and pepper. Dredge the onions
In tho same way. then fry all In a
frying basket until well cooked, the
onions a golden brown.
Pile the liver Into a platter and gar
nish with a circle of onions.
I
CAN’T abide to see men throw
> their tools 1' that way the mln-
ute tho clock begin* to strike, a* If they
took no pleasure 1" their work, and won
afraid of doing a stroke too much. I
hato to boo a man’* arm drop down R«
If ho wan shot beforo tho clock fairly
■truck. Just as If he’d never a bit o'
pride and delight In Ms work. Tho very
grindstone *ll go on turning a bit after
you loose 1L George Eliot.
SOME CHOICE NORWEGIAN
DIBHEB.
As every nationality has some char
acteristic dishes which make them fa
mous, they are Intensely Interesting
to those who make a study of cook
ery, and any of us may be glad to add
them to our collection.
Fstlman’s Bakels (Poor Man's
Cakes). —Take one egg. beat very
light, add a tablespoonful of sugar
and a tableapoonful of thick sour
cream and flour to roll very thin. Cut
in long stripe and fry In deep fat.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Another Bakel.—Heat four eggs
very light, add a cup of sugar, a cup
of cream and vanilla to flavor. Add
flour to roll and cut In diamond
shapes. Fry in deep fat. Sprinkle
with powdered sugar.
Peplta Krause. —Take two eggs and
the yolk of one, reserving the third
white; add a cup and a half of sugar
to tho beaten egg. two tablespoonfuls
of sour cream and a half cup of but
ter. Mix with flour to roll. Cut In
strips and roll, then fold in the form
of a wreath, lapping the ends. Brush
with the white of egg and sprinkle
generously with fine granulated sugar
and cinnamon well mixed.
A delicious sandwich filling Is made
of chopped hard-oooked egg and equal
parts of grated cheese. Spread on
whole wheat bread.
SfoS
"IT i
ET Into the habit of looking
at the silver lining of the
rt when vou have found It.
clouu, und, when you have found it,
look at It rather than at tho leadon gray
In tho middle. It will help you over
many hard places.
MORE CHEAP MEAT DISHES.
nuy spare ribs and place a good
stuffing on one and cover with the oth
er, surround with potatoes and onions,
basting all frequently while roasting.
Servo with vegetables as a garnish.
Spare ribs with apple and bread
crumbs Is another change from the or
dinary. Place the ribs In a pan, cover
with a layer of sliced apple and then
a sprinkling of crumbs, and bake as
usual.
Chill Con Carni.—Boll a pound of
lean beef until tender, then removo
from tho broth In which It was boiled
and chop In small pieces. Put back
into the broth with half a pound of
Impressed the Child.
A well-known American traveler, de
scribing the lmprosslvo costume and
manners of a Flemish beadle, tolls of
a dear little American girl who, watch
ing one such personage walk majestic
ally down the aislo of a great cathe
dral, asked, wide-eyed and wondering.
“Mamma, mamma. Is that God?"
United States Behind World.
Of all the nations the United States
alone allows the use of white phos
phorus In making matches.
kidney beans which huve been cooked
until tender; add to these a quart of
cunned tomatoes, a bit of garlic and a
red pepper. Cook for twenty minutes
and season with salt, and serve. The
pretty green French beans are an ad
dition to this dish If they are obtain
able.
Flank Steak.—Take one and a quar
ter pounds of flank steak, slash with
a sharp knife on both sides and
sprinkle with salt, pepper and flour,
and a half teaspoonful of curry pow
der. Pound these seasonings well
Into the meat and then put Into a hot
frying pan with a tablespoonful of
butter and lard. Add two cups of
water, cover and simmer slowly for
an hour, adding more water. If needed.
The meat will be tender and juicy
and the gravy rich and brown.
A delicious sauce to serve with
steak Is:
Creole Sauce.—Slice fine two medi
um-sized onions, two green peppers,
two ounces of lean ham and a clove
of garlic. Fry five minutes, then add
half a can of tomatoes, two bay
leaves, four cloves and eight allspice.
come to a boll and thicken slight
ly with cornstarch, cook until smooth,
add a dash of red pepper or a fresh
one finely chopped. Mushrooms may
be added If wanted for an extra occa
sion.
E
, ACH day the eurth is born
anew
For him who take* it rightly.
It Is as much a duty wo owo to tho
world to be ornamentnl as to bo useful.
SOME CHOICE RECIPES.
The following recipes have been
gathered from the cherished books of
many cooks;
Doughnuts Without Eggs.—Take
two cupfuls of sour milk, a cup of
thick sour cream or six tablespoonfula
of hot fat, a teaspoonful of soda and a
cup of sugar and four teaspoonfuls
of baking powder sifted with flour
enough to roll very soft. Flavor with
nutmeg and let stand to get very cold,
then they can be handled quite soft.
Sponge Drops.—Beat the whites
of three eggs until thick and lemon
colored; add gradually, beating con
stantly, a third of a cup of powdered
sugar; add the yolks of two eggs. i*
fourth of a teaspoonful of salt, a third
of a cup of flour, vanilla to flavor.
Drop on buttered tins to bake.
Sprinkle with powered sugar.
Queen's Fritters.—Put three table
spoonfuls of butter Into a half cup of
water over a fire; when boiling add a
half cup of flour. Cool and add two
eggs, beating thoroughly. The eggs
are to be added one at a time. Fry
the mixture by spoonfuls In smoking
hot fat.
Queen’s Pudding.—Take the yolks
of four eggs, two-thirds of a cup of
sugar, two tablespoonfuls of butter,
two cups of cracker crumbs rolled
fine, five cups of sweet milk. Mix
well and bake in a moderate oven
three-quarters of on hour.
Sauce.—Warm a fourth of a pound
of butter, add a cup of powdered
sugar, tho rind and juice of a lemon.
Add a half cup of whipped cream.
Coffee Jelly.—To two cups of strong
coffee add half a box of gelatine
which has been softened In a cup of
cold water. Sweeten to taste and stir
well while cooling. Serve in sherbet
cups with sweetened whipped cream.
His Quotation.
A high school boy who had failed In
an English examination took the teach
er to task because she had asked no
questions on “The Merchant of Ven
ice,” one of the books studied. At the
second examination, the first question
was “Qlve a quotation from The Mer
chant of Venice.” When the boy hand
ed In his paper, imagine the teacher’s
foelings as she read, “O hell! what
have we here?"—Llpplncott’s Maga
zine.
Their Historic Blunder.
Kosciusko had fallen and Freedom
was shrieking.
“Confound her noise! We should
have bound and gagged her!" ex
claimed her enemies, mortified at their
glaring oversight.
From which we seem to learn that
the whiskered pandours and fierce
hussars of those days, while expert
marauders, lacked the resourceful
ness of the modern burglar.
Water is Scarce and Costly.
Water used In Aden, Arabia, Is
pumped from wells ten miles away.
Distilled water Is delivered at 73 cents
and ordinary well water at 40 cents
for 100 gallons.
The Forgetful Man.
Knlcker —What did ho remember on
the witness stand?
Bockor —Absolutely nothing; not
even a winter Just like this, only
colder.
No Doubt of It.
“A man's home ought to be very
dear to him.”
“It Is. at the present rate of coal
and butter.”
Wanted to See Themselves.
A moving picture camera man, In
an automobile, took some pictures of
the crowds on the west side of Broad
way between Forty-fifth and Forty
eighth streets. At least fifty persons
yelled at him and aßked where the
pictures were to be shown. They
wanted to see themselves.
Discretion.
Discretion is a thing that most men
are able to use as long as they are fr«*
from temptation.
Turn About.
"Turn about Is fair play,” quoted tho
Wise Guy.
"Yes,” answered tin* Simple Mug.
"the man who throws a banana skin
on the sidewalk shouldn’t he surprised
if the hanuna skin throws him In tho
same place.”
Sure Proof.
"Pardon me. professor, hut last
night your daughter accepted my pro
posal of marriage. I have called this
morning to ask you if there is any in
sanitay In your family?”
“There must he.”
Facts and Figures.
Constantinople has ten art galleries.
Twenty years is the voting ago In
Switzerland.
Fifty thousand tons of coal are
burned dally in London.
England’s first paper mill was erect
ed at Dartford In 1588.
Awful Warning.
Young Man —May I have your daugh
ter, sir?
Old Gentleman —Yes, if you can sup
port her. Remember that my auto
goes with her.
At the Summer Hotel.
Rural Constable (to suspicious
stranger)—l got yer. You’re a house
breaker, I betcher!
The Intruder —Housebreaker noth
ing! I’m Just going to sit awhile In
the only comfortable chair on the
place. I was here all last summer
without getting a chance at It!
Couldn’t Wait.
A young man attracted by the ad
vertisement of foreign books at the
public library hunted up Chalmers
Hadley the other day.
“You got books of other countries?”
he asked.
"Certainly,” replied Mr. Hadley,
“what language do you want?”
"You got Greek book?” asked tha
young fellow.
“We have got some ancient Greek,”
said the librarian, “but I don’t believe
we have got a line of modern Greek.”
An investigation followed and Mr.
Hadley found he was right In his sur
mise; he could offer no books in mod
ern Greek.
"I’ll tell you what. ”he said, “you
make out an application for tho book
you wnnt and we'll get It for you."
"Never mind,” said the son of Ath
ens, "I read English by dat time.”
Fast Time.
An Irishman while standing on tho
deck of a steamship which was bound
for America was interested In watch
ing the descent of a diver. Upon the
arrival of Pat In New York he was as
tonished to behold a diver Just appear
ing above the surface of the water.
Going to the rail of the vessel he shout
ed to him, "Faith, sor, and ye got
over as quickly as raeself.”
Accounting for the Cuts.
A famous archaeologist came into
his club recently, his erudite counte
nance ornamented at several points
with sticking plaster, and there was u
general inquiry among his friends as
to what was the matter.
"Razor," said the professor briefly.
“Good gracious Where did you get
shaved?" asked one of our young mem
bers, sympathetically.
"It’s a strange thing,” said the man
of learning. “I was shaved this morn
ing by a man who really is, I suppose,
a little above the ordinary barber. I
known of my own knowledge that ha
took a double first class at Oxford,
that he studied in Heidelberg after
ward. and spent several years in oth
er foreign educational centers. I know
also ot my own knowledge that he has
contributed scientific articles to our
best magazines, and has numbered
among his intimate friends men of tho
highest social and scientific standing
in Europe and America. And yet,”
soliloquized the savant, "ho can’t
shave a man decently.”
"By Jove!” exclaimed the young
member, In astonishment. "What is he
a barber for with all these accomplish
ments?”
"Oh, he Isn’t a barber," snid tho
bookworm yawning. "You see, I shaved
myself this morning.”
Perhaps no one refers to a calen
dar more frequently than the traveler.
The first railroad to recognize this
need of its patrons is the Denver &
Rio Grande, which has just incorpo
rated in its regular monthly folder a
"Ready Reference Calendar” for the
year, and to facilitate the finding of
dates when approaching special rates
will bo in effect these dates are print
ed in red from month to month. This
is an innovation which will certainly
bo appreciated by the traveling pub
lic.
HOWARD E. BURTON, ASSAYER & CHEMIST
LKADVILLK. COLOKAIM).
Specimen prices: Gold, silver, lead. II; *old.
silver. 70c; gold. 00c; zinc or copper. 11.
Mulling envelopes and full price list sent on
application. Control nnd umpire work so
licited. Iteference: Carbonate National Itank
SEEDS
40 packages $l.OO. Write for catalogue.
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BEE SUPPLIES
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HI INKY tr,,m y ,ird " ~f " ur niember..
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The Colorado Honey Producers’ Asm,
1442 Market Stre-e-t. I>*-nve-r. Colom.lo
A HAIR SWITCHES. 79 c
Jgjl Twenty-four Inches lona
jli jit Regularly priced al $2.50 at the hnir drett
ing establishments. Send sample of your
hair and we will match it. One ollhe bar
gains we *re noted for Postpaid and de
livery guaranteed for 79c.
THE JOSLIN DRY GOODS CO.
Denver, Colo.
Est. 40 years. Dept. 15.
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COLONIST FA It MS
from
ALL MAIN LINK POINTS atnl ALL
POINTS ON MARSHALL PASS
LINK, SALIDA to GRAND
JUNCTION,
on the
DICIN' \ lull .t HID GRANDE RAILROAD
In COLORADO. (e>
CALIFORNIA AND TUG PACIFIC
NORTH WKST,
Via The* Denver A 1110 Crnnele Itnllrnnd
mill the Western Pne-lflo Hallway.
The Royal Gorge-Feather River Carton
Route.
Tickets on *nle March 1 to Apr. 15. 1012.
By depositing tickets with Agent,
stop-overs of five days will be allowed
at and west of Carton City on tho Den
ver Ar Rio Grande Rnllronn In Coloraelo
and Utah, ami at Klko. Hazen. Reno,
I.UB Vegas. Lovelock. Shafter, Wlnne
inuecn. Nevada., and all points In Cali
fornia; at all points on tho Great North
ern at ami west of Hillings. Montana;
nt nil points on O. S. L. ami <>. W. R.
N. Co., and all points on Southern Pa
cific between Portland, Ore., and Weed.
Calif.
Colonist Tickets will he honored nvrr
the Rio Grande vln Gleuwood Springs
or vln Gunnison and Montrose.
For detailed Information. Inquire of
nearest Agent.
FRANK A. AV AD LEIGH.
General Passenger A»rut., Denver, Colo.