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SECTION TWO. PAGES 1 TO 8 SECTION. TWO ! I I I I I I I W i -- , L , ' - I' M ' I I O .Y; ' ; y. . PAGES l TO 8 1 f - i t ,.; - v nrr fl ll.llll l 7 ,HB. TAFT'S MISSION SOUTH WnATSAVOYAUD JWDERSTANDS It Wu to TcD Southern Republicans . Mow Mcau They Aro If There , W ere No - Blue Book til Watfh liiKton There Woultl be No Repub lican I'arty vown bout i Thin bee lion llnx No Mow Intention of Turning Republican Than It J la of Turning; Pagan Bryan mul Jtoose- veiu ..... by Savoyard' ; 1 Correspondence of Th Observer. Washington, July 80. "Com out ' hare Motley; come Out here; 1 want . to tell you how-mean you are.? So apok ' Capt - John- Lambrith to-t Mr. ' John Motley down In Barren county, f Ky. " Tla sixty yeara lnc. The two were neighbor and had been friends. They were partner In business. Lam - brlth furnishing the money and Motley ; , the experience, with the usual result. The assets of the firm were a jackass, . aome mule colts, . a drove of 'hogs, . aeveral barrels of Whiskey, (gm hun dreds of pounds of . tobacco In the . plud and some thousanda'of pounds . J of tobacco tn the leaf. They traded all ' the -way from Kentucky to Georgia, and their, operations - covered 1 a pe- ;;rlod of aeveral years. When they came " to settle Motley had all the money, ' and Lambrith Instituted : a - salt - tn equity to settle the partnership. There ' was an lasue out of chancery aubmlt ''.' ted to a jury, and the common-law ."s -rule , then maintained - in Kentucky ' that a part to a lawsuit was not a contempt witness in his own behalf, ' . but he could be put on the stand and :. Interrogated by. the opposing counsel. -, Lambiith had an excellent case that appealed strongly to a sense of'Ju- t Ice, but no proof to sustain It, so he t 7 Put Motley on the stand and Motley, the witness, deposed swiftly and! effect' Ivelyfor Motley, the party, with the result that the verdict of the - jury . ; and the Judgment pf the bench were . very disastrous to Capt . John Lam brlth, who Immediately walked out of 'the court house and extended the In- Vita tlon: "Com out here, Motley: ' com out-here; I want to show you how mean you are" an invitation which Mr.'Motley did pot accept, for 1 Mr. Motley was a man of prudence as . well as a man of cunning, and had the ' shrewdness to know that, however Safe It was to contend with - Capt .Lambrith in a lawsuit, it was a very -" different matter to "goa-projeoin. "' with Capt- Lambrith In a fight, and ft was then and there ma nl (est that the captain was in a fighting mood ' and he wa always lb fighting trtm. Secretary Taft has been , down -, South, .and- If I understand hi mls ', sion it was to tell the Southern-Re-publicans how mean they are. At any .rate, that' U what he did. He aald they were a bread-and-butter brigade t and that .they never would be worth " the devil's bringing until they ceased r- to- billet themselves on the United State blue book. Mr. Taft seenfs to " have forgotten that a place In that , same blue book Is the highest ambl , v tion of the average Southern Repub- - , lican, and. If there -were no blue book , here In Washington, there would be - - bo Republican party down South. ' There ha never been a real Re publican party at the South, though there are some capable and excellent gentlemen In that section who sin cerely hold to th Republican creed. A party must savor the soil; It must have sympathy; It must have senti ment; it must have principle: It must hav faith. Whatever the Re- Jtubilcan party may be at the North, t-haa non of these element at the South. Except the eight years Mr. Cleveland was President,- the- South has been nothing politically but so many satrapies. For ten-year they were military satrapies. They are sa trapies now of the meanest kind In all that region between the Potomac and the- Rio Grande. Jf there Is any patriotic sentiment down there a eociatetd with this great big govern ment a Washington. It I In spite, of the Republican party; for If all the cunning of all the devils had been In voked to devise' a ' scheme to crush out all love at the South tor the na tional establishment, no Improvement could have been made on the plan of the "Republican Southern policy," and Mr. Roosevelt 1 the wont of all of them. It I Intolerable. He would patronise the South. If Mr. Lincoln had lived the South would have been rehabilitated. Upon hi death the 8outh wa reconstruct ed. It wa a Impossible as It was Infamous that reconstruction a vain as It was atrocious. Thaddeu Steven, Charles Sumner, Ben Wade, Kach Chandler, Ben Butler, John A. Logan. Henry Wilson and the other Republican leaders are great name In our political history, and yet a statesmen they were the most hope less blunderer of all history. Their system wa very simple the -negro ahould be set to govern the Southern States, and turn their votes In . th electoral - college and their Senator and Repreaenattvea In Congress over to the- Republican party. Of ctfurse, It took the army to sustain that vile dess, and In many of the Southern States th white people seised control In spite of the army. A long as there re men and women at th South, who remember carpetbaggery and negro domination, upheld by bayonet, there will be no real Republican party at the South and the organization down there will . pursue It old trado of harvesting a crop of delegates quad rennially and marketing them In the national convention. That Is the show t has been for 49 year, and that la th show it will b th next auceed Ing 49 year a bread-and-butter brlgkde That Uy await or night pes tering It wit trying to pick a winner In th Republican national convention. Secretary- Taft advises . th , South to join this concern, eat of th mess r garbage and participate in , the guessing . match. .In th main, th South ha been ' a poor gaeaser1 In Republican national - convention. ' It Was divided between Morton and Conkllng In 187C. It contracted to Sherman in 1110. but, though -It got the price, the good were short It wa for- Arthur In " 1184 "the ox knoweth hi owner and the aa hi master' crib.' It wa unfortunat In 1818, and In 180 It was for Mark llanna up to th handle and deliver ed the goods. . The South has no more Intention of turning Republican than it has of turning pagan.' And why should Itt There 1 nothing Southern In th ..Republican party, nothing na tional In It. - It Was born a Northern and a sectional party; A such, It ha lived, a such ft will die. It Is as Ignorant of true conditions at the South a It I bigoted In it sttmat of thing . down there. It appoint satraps to select postmasters all over the. South, and, In fact, so far as th Pedoral eetabllshmnnt Is concern ed, there 1 no such thing as home rule at the South. I hold that the worst sort of administration by the people I to be preferred to the beet sort of . administration by satraps, .just as government by consent la always better .than government by force. I That . Indlanola pontoffce . mess and the Crum cas at Charles ton were humiliations heaped on those people that, the President would not have . dared tn practice on a community In Maine or Ohio. , flerrelary Taft has great liopo of th tariff and talks a thougtt h hopes tho South will turn Republi can for th protection It gets in th lUgIy bill. I have been' hearing that for thirty years that the South would some day trade Its principle for pottage. One difficulty about Mr, Taft' Invitation 1 that the pot tage is lacking.,. The Chief Industry of the South I growing cotton, the price of - which I fixed in th free trade market of Liverpool that is. the South that sella; but the South that buy must make it purchase In the monstrously protected American market Cotton . Is on the free Ut I know that raw cotton cannot be materially protected by. a tariff; but a - duty - on cotton .would afford that product more protection than a duty on ' corn would afford that , staple, and there la a duty on corn. Why T Because 'the men who grow corn are mainly - Republicans, while the men who grow cotton manage to return Democratic majorities.- Cotton ties, that the cotton grower must buy, are enormously protected. , ' Binding twine, that the wheat grower must buy is free. . The Wheat State vote Republican; the cotton State ;. vote Democratic. Would it not be r well enough for Mr. Taft to overhaul the tariff before he awaps it for . the South' politic :.f .i . , , Mr. Taft may be th next PresU dent, and whether he 1' or -not, the South' Would be mightily pleased to see the tariff the ' issue. " Whatever one may think of Mr. William Jen nings Bryan' view on-finance, there 1 no question that on taxation he is superlatively Democratic, In lino with perhap a little in -advance- of those who hold with Morrison,' Car- lisle, Mill on that Issue.' It wa -in tariff discussion that - Mr. Bryan earned the title "Boy Orator." It wa a fervid oration In behalf of Springer' "popgun" wool bill that first Introduced Mr. Bryan to the nation. No -on who was there "will ever forget how he swept Congreaa off it feet on that occasion. Perhaps it - was unfortunate that Mr. Bryan permitted them-to rub out the word "only"' in the ' tariff -plank In 188C, but that platform wa mad for Sen ator Teller , and hi -squad. . -'- : .VI -'.. SX don't know wherein Bryan' and Roosevelt' differ unless It Is about the Urlff; - though it I possible that if Mr, Bryan Is elected President . In 1908 he wU restore to it former place in department administration the lowest bid. ' Mr. Roosevelt .has not entirely abolished the lowest bid, tls true, but he ha pretty badly crippled it and t very greatly dis couraged it ' Ho was a -chasing of an octopus, too, at that very identical moment, and had the thing concerned and-It tentacle chopped off. There are some ' things Solomon -did not know th way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of ship In the midst of th sea, and so on. The way of the present octopus-chasing and trust-busting administration with th armor plate trust Is another thing passing all understanding. The Mid vale competing company Is doubtless in th humor to srve tio tlce on Roosevelt that If he wants another octopus run to earth he can do It himself, , a Sir John Falstaff would put It CHINESE NEWSPAPERS. Increasing la Number and Circulation, Appeal to rauiouam. Century Magaxlne. r -. , , Five year ago a man seen reading a newispuper. i which vorj lew war then published In the wiole empire, wa rtdloulca-a follower of the foreign devil. Almost the only pa per putlUihed iu th. capital was the Pekln Gasette, containing th decree and doing of ru court Now there are ' ten dally paper publlahed tn Pekln,' among them one of tho few wonena dailies in ite world. This paper 1 interesting as being largely edited by women, and dealing jut ipw with such topic as popular astronomy, geography, phy sical geography, the care of infants and the training or children. Tne general newapapers are read by all classes, and are constantly Increasing their circulation. They contain Reu- ter'a telegram, new of the country and city, and article of considerable tangth and . acumen . on . live to.s. Bom are pledged to the correction of old-established customs, and the con tent are extremely Interesting, wor thy of a separate article. By way of advertisement or more likely because of the seal of reform er who are responsible for the news paper, copies are posted on blank walla and on boards set up for the purpose, ao that their content may be perused by those who would not buy. "In addition,. a remarkable plan to secure the attention of the masse has bean followed... In different pla ce In th city and lultirb have been fitted p reading halls, 'with benches and table, wher tea i served free, and In the evening capable men are engaged to read and -explain the pa pers. . These man are said to be Vol unteer, and the halls, over twenty In number, contribution, ; - Ther seems to be entlr freedom ef the pre, no censorship being exercised--- Th papers ar decent sheets with numerous advertisements, bit as yet poorly printed, for the most part with movable lead. types, which rap Idly deteriorate, making reading by'a foreigner very difficult even of those sheet which are published In cur rent Manchu, - the languages of the masses. v .- " 'i- -' . ; - 'These newspapers keep, before our attention one of the-most remarkable 1 movement the world baa ever seen. Each day 1 published a long list of name of persons. Including women Who are subscribing to a fund for wiping out th Indemnity which th empire la paying for th Boxer up rising. All . classes ar giving liber ally, In proportion : to their means. All kind - of v societies, Christian church and even primary school, hav been offering the contributions of their member. Recently was pub llshed A list, of blind story ' tellora, who living la eaftned by going from hous" to house with . banjo, singing and telling romances. Where, will It end? This wav of patriotism ha swept over the country, Everywhere the same feeling la shown. There la no doubt that those gift evidence pos sibilities In ' the Chine nature of which the world ha never dreamed. With our. knowledge of the systematic economy of the . Chines masses, the selfishness, the sordid parsimony of Individuals, with -our Ideas of their tack of public spirit such phenomena eannot be reconciled. , v i This! Ulk about the "peekaboo- waists reminds one, of the , times, about a century ago, whoa It Is said peopl were shocked If a . little girl appeared In public whose pantalettes did not extend to her ankles. Some people ar so modest that they are really Injurious to morality. By the way, the suggestion once made to the management of the ostrich farm by The Tlmcs-ITnlon that the 'bird be provided with "pants" .to sav the feelings of the nver-drllcatalj! mind ed has not been adopted. , W be lieve, though, there hns not been any falling off In th patronage on this account. Jacksonville Times-Union. DAYS OF THE BIGHT HASP THE STATE'S UTlCltUY LIGHTS Some of Those Who ' May be Men ; tloilcd to OutNUter a Our irt. most "Whlut Illiterate" The Ef , foct of One's Astral Color Why I '-a Mowing Machine Unwomanly aud a Sewing Machine Not The Science $ of Planting; Potatoco Tho Bu pcrlor tlk Who'Awo One. BY BIRS. LIXDSAY PATTERSON. r' Written for Th Obervr. v. : . Have you en '''the "last North Car olina booklet? -If you haven't lose no time in getting one; read, ponder and Inwardly - digest and then file away among your valuable papers, particularly If . you are a man and called' on to make speeches. There Is material in it for a dosen Fourth of : July addressee. Do that for a good beginning and then for a bet terending, buy a' lot of extra cop lea and give . to every teacher you know and ask her o use as a text hook Dr. Kemp Battle's "History of of the Names of- Our Counties." John Hancock and Bunker Hill will be none the worse for, a few moment' rest and your : children will be able to hold higher heads when they go to New England.- Dr. Battle ha render ed lasting service to hi State in so many wayr that we take It as a mat ter of course, but I think It would be Just as well occasionally to . stop a mlnut and express our appreciation. So her 1 my small bouquet of grate ful thank to htm for this, a well as many other addition to my store of historic knowledge. I haven't had time to read the other sketches In the booklet but the title sound 1 as if - they would be very . Interesting, JThe Indian Tribes of Eastern North iroiina,--- oy nr. rticnara uiuara, and "A Colonial Admiral of the Cape Fear," by Mr. James Bprunt I've tucked the booklet away in my grip to read on the train, as I'm leaving home for a reat To b sure I don't know what I want to rest front, but as All the world Is taking a rest I am going to do the same. . I hat work In fact I think I abominate all useful occupations. The 'phones were crossed the other day and when I answered th ring, a feminine voice asked: "What kind of work do you do?" ''Madam." I answered, "I do do kind. I never worked. I don't work now. I never Intend to work. Oood bye." Then I rang off, exhaust ed at the' mere mention of toll. I think that' why. I'm going .away to rest ' ..... My trunk 1 packed, all but the books: choosing them takes a good deal of time, because I read the same ones over and over with ever In creasing delight and I can neither carry a library nor decide which vol umes to leave behind. Cranford, of course, goes; "Essays of Ella," "Tar tarin of Tarascon' Lady Gregory's "Translations From the Gaelic" Laf cadlo Hearn's "Japan," and John Stuart Mill's "Subjection of Women." I got that book for its fetching title. "Subjection of Women." That will be worth reading, won't Itf Then I expect to mow down my family with astonishment when I bring out the North Carolina - book and announce! casually that I hadn't room la my trunk for more, but. I would like for them to. read ' these and pass judg ment Aren't you proud of the list Incomplete as It la poem by Benja min 81edd, "Idle Comments." by Er wln Ivery; what a blow hi Ion was to the literary life of the State! the North Carolina Booklet , "Sidney La nier," by Edwin Mlms, and poems by John Charles McNeill. I am glad the poems were out In time to take with me and ail of ' my favorites ar In the collection "September," "Little White Bride," John Paul Jones," "Sundown" they are alt there. I do hope somebody will ask me about North Carolina Illiteracy. J shall cer tainly tell them that these writers are our foremost white Illiterates. There Is no explanation for It but all the same, the things one doe with out ryme or reason, often turn out better than the bent laid plan of mtc and men which will "gang agley." A crowd of us were chatting one morning and I happened to remark that when I shut my eyes, Z always aaw my favorite color, blue one lady asked: "Then that la your aatral color; . and If you wish to be, at peaoe, hav , your astral' color everywhere -' tn the house. No one know why but you'll And the colors you look at In fluence you greatly." Now wasn't that sheer nonsense? Can you Imag ine a sensible woman being guided by a freakish notion Ilk that In house furnishing?'-! can't. Bo when I wa ready to fix over aome room I began with the dining room. On account of the old blue and whit china plate the room wa done over In blue and white to match them. Then . a bed room wa made blue because In sum mer time, that I such a clean, cool looking color. That left only the down-stairs library and a good, quiet background ; for th picture . wa needed. So the carpet la blue, the tiling la blue, the walls are blue even th celling 1 blue. And the ef fect of the room Is . on . of abso lute peac. You will say It ta' the, books, but It Isn't th upstair li brary ha book and In that room, peace Is the last thing-that enter my mind. It I blue the astral color that make all the difference. Of c6urslV h66fh0ns8n8er6t-irr"t fact, ' ' -v ' . v "'. v . It la simply -amazing what fiendish Ingenuity 1 displayed by The Obser ver person who doe - proof-reading, or-type-setting, or whatever It I that make people say In'prlnt thing they never dreamed of writing. 1 Ordinary printers' errors, In the rush of news paper work, no one minds and every one' understands but I do draw the line - at being made to say 1 wa "In a sweat" I said I wa la a awl vet" 4-w-t-v-e-t, swlvet an entirely dif ferent, matter. The word may not be In th dictionary,, but that make no difference If it expresses th meaning I wlshito convey. ' - t Who ever did promulgate th the ory that running, a sewing machine I -womanly and running a mowing machine Isn't? Common sense o called because, It is so uncommon In these people would seem to establish th fact that a machine that I; run by a horse 1 1 ever so much ' easier and pleasanUr than one In which a tired woman dor alt th work. If I had to choose th choice wouldn't take long. I'd py a little bigger a quarter' to put the horse in at the right end of the machine so th ani mal' leg wouldn't be cut off Instead of timothy and? clover and than I'd give th little nigger another quar ter to run ahead and hunt out part ridge nest, so they wouldn't be dis turbed, and then I'd . drive along, stopping occasionally to let Patsy nib ble choice bunches of weeds, and I'd listen to the mocking birds and en joy tho 'sunshine, and when I got tired of the bird I'd lift my own voice and sing; "How firm a foundation ye saint of Ui Lord" th ong X al ways sing "when1 I'm happy and I'd hav the best sort of a time. . What I the price of a good mowing ma chine anyway? i I think I want one. I believe I'd rather run a mowing machln than take, a reat ' It' reajiy absurd to take a reat when you're not. a bit tired. c- I .'believe the.-only reason that I'm going voting la to get a chance to. show, off the North Carolina books, and that ' could be done when there's now on th grqund. I want a mowing machine. Com spend a week with me and we'll try It in the. back yard first," ..; v-,- '-' .v . -,v .'' ' :' I know the name of two peopl, who' after this, will plant potatoes In the right time of the moon end hose two sadder and wiser individ ual ar Mrs. John Gilmer and my self. Previous to this harraaslng ex perience we had always paid most respectful attention to the moon's changes, but thl spring we were in a hurry and much agricultural suc cess had rendered ut vainglorious and reckless, so we announced that here after we would plant potatoes In th ground not In the moon. Like other theories, it. sounded - well, - but we found that a condition, not a the ory, crowned our efforts. The potato tops grew and grew.- Jonah'a gourd and Jack's bean stalk were nowhere. As ornamental ' foliage plants these potato-top would rank with th highest and most luxuriant,' but a about eighteen or twenty potatoes and Tom Thumb one at that, conatituted the crop, it could not be termed a howling success.' -Science sound well In print but it does not work well In practice. ' Hereafter It's moon or nothing with Mrs. Gilmer and my self. : r ' : ' V. ''.'''.'" Areh't thr some very excellent, most worthy citUens, who have the aame disastrous effect on you. that alt ha on k anall? They have on me and th reault I instantaneous. I don't ven struggle I shrivel right up, - and the place that knew me, know me no more until the herein before mentioned Individual betake themselves to pastures new. Than I poke my small horns out of my pro tecting shell and go tremblingly on my way.. It isn't that such people In tend to be disagreeable. When It come to being disagreeable, the re grettable ' truth - Is that most of us can giv as w get' They are Just so everlastingly superior that you wlah you could throw stones like David, and that they - were Oollath. They never mke mistakes, they are never in the wrong, they never talk in haste and repent at leisure as you snd I do. As Lord Beaconsfield remarked of Gladstone they are "overburdened with principle end haven't a redeem ing vice." " The very stght of them sends me to th mourners' bench alongside Jer emiah and Nlobe. I wish all the superior people would go to 'the same town, at the same time, on urgent business, lose their return ticket, and be forced to stay there forever. . - .' In housekeeping aren't you called upon ' for different decisions occasion ally? I was looking up the charac ter of two prospective stable boys or rather then Jack of character. It wasn't a question of which was the better,-but which wasn't the worse- but even then I was surprised at the way th old darkey summed up the situation. "On of 'em drink regler but don't git drunk. Th other on git drunk but don't drink regler." I decided that all thing come to him who waited and that I would wait till a lineal descendant of Rechab should appear who could be depended orf to quench his thirst "with well water. . '. Does one humah being ever really understand another? Do not we all live and move and have our being In a mental Towerof Babel; standing side by side, working shoulder to shoulder, hand reaching out lovingly to hna bearing on another's bur den, and yet all allk unable to com prehend the strange soul-speech of our nearest and hearest? And so life goes on, until It goes out until from th Tower of Babel wa pas on down Into the Valley of silenc where no speech Is. yet where he -shall know ven we are known.. DRY? TRY BUTTERMILK. "Steve' Sumner Converts Union by rraclk-aj Test -: "Steve" C. Sumner, union temper ance crusader, used practical methods yesterday to convert eo member of th Milk Wagon Drivers' .Union. Steve" - opened a can of buttermilk and a keg of beer In the union meet ing at ItS RaAdolph street and al lowed th driver to witness, the ef fects of the two beverages ,. them selves. - . . The result was that 18 member drank th beer and remained uncon verted. By far a greater number, howeven tasted the buttermilk and swore allegiance to Sumner' crusade Th union afterward passed a resolu tion Indorsing Bumner and many sign ed the pledge which "Steve" bad pre pared. " '" it wa a hot arternoon ana tne nan where the meeting wa held . was crowded condltnons that -mad th experiment possible. ' Just after Pres ident A. W. Neer caned in session to order th beer and buttermilks were brought In and placed on the plat form., Sumner arose and. stood be tween th two. , "I have been charged with Injuring the union through my advocacy of temperancftV'he" ald, and T-went to demonstrate that Mm In the right I am going to leave It to the union to decide." . . : , ; Sumner then drew a glass of beer and offered It to a driver, who drank t thlrstfully. -- : - ' r "How do you leeir eumner asgea the man. . - ..a , "Pretty good," was th reply. He wa given another glass, ' . ... "Now how do you feeir Bumner aaked. r. .- . ;'.;;,' , "Like having another,' wa th re sponse, amid applause. , "That' lust It announced tn un- Ion temperance demonstrator. "You drink one glass or beer , ana - want more. Now we will try th tuttr milk," .v -", ' ' A driver consumed two glasses of buttermilk and acknowledged that he had enough, Another wa persuaded to drink three glasses, but that was the mont that any teamster in lhs hall cared to Imbibe. , Sumner. then gave th , following figure to show that It cost let to drink buttermilk, than beer: Average amount: of liquid, consumed; .. per mn ..,',;,.., '.;;,. - Dally ......... v.... S quart Cost of three quarts of beer 10 cents Cost of three quart Of buttermilk "In a . vtir " aM ffumnnr. ' "each tesmnfor can sav 111.80 at this rate." Th vote then was taken on th in dorsement of Sumner and showed a substantial msjority i In hi favor. "Stave" afterward Issued a statement In whloh he denied that tnot,of th milk drivers were Intemperate, "There ar. a large number of our members who are taetotnlrrs," he said while nearly all are tempurat. Our teetotalers list 1 growing daily." ' SOME IjBV THIXCr TO.EAT PLANTS' FROM X)REIGX . IDS - ,-'.: '.' :. 1 '' 's ':.''. The Department of Agriculture Has "v Brought to Thl Country Many Veg- r tables . of Value n - Jroods The .'Japanese Udo Likely-to Rival Celt cry and Lettuce as a-Popular Win- ter Salad. ;:, ;:r; ; :: ,-..:,t Correspondence of The Observer. ' . Washington, July 1 0. The farmer who ' 1 not prejudiced against - naw crop and who desire to develop his land to its highest productlvo capacity by Intelligent experiment will be In terested In some recent plant Importa tions from abroad by the United States Department of Agriculture. One of these plants, the Japanese udo, now , . successfully 1 grown ' In America, Will probably rival th celery and the lettuce a a popular winter salad. It edible qualities hav long been recognised In Japan, where It la served In - every, teahouse, and In China, to which country it is proo- Ul IlIUIOIIUIUS, UUl 111 XI II 1C1 It. puu to Americans, with the exception of a few traveler and resident In Ja pan and a small number of private experimenters, it is still unknown, By these private growers, however, It culture I already well understood, and It adaptability to a variety of climate fully deraontrated. A a market product the udo la yet to be placed on trial, but to Its friend, who ar enthusiasts,; predict that In the hands of progressive truck growers and hotel managers It will sopn ' become a favorite with the American housekeeper;- Every sort of claim Is made for Its table properties, and Ha crlspness, the delicacy, of Its flavor, and the grace with which It lends Itself to a French dressing of vinegar, salt and olive oil Is a theme with its admirers. The root stalks which produce the edible shoots of the udo may b profitably cultivated for ten year. They are grown, according to variety, either from seedlings or root cuttings, and the method of culture closely fol low that of th aaparagu. It I be lieved that the udo may be grown In open ground as far north as Nor folk, Va. 'An equal enthusiasm I manifested by, agricultural experimenters on' the subjeot of the Main horeradlsh and the methods practiced by the Malln peasants In Its culture. Imported to America from the little Austrian vil lage of Malln, the growing of . this horseradish Is now a small but prof itable Industry In New Jersey, while it superiority Is evidenced not only In It flavor and crspnes. but by the fact that It produces more end larger roots, matures earlier, and nets the farmer 8100 more an acre than the American variety. Allied to the American and Aus trian varieties. In that It is a member of the same family and Is put to the same common uses, is the wasabi," the horseradish of the Japaneao. It dif fers from ours In color, being usually a light green, while In taste It Is said to possess a fresh sharpness, which distinguishes It from both the Malln and American sorts. In Japan the wasabi Is grated and served as a con diment with th raw fish ao universal ly eaten In that country. The roots are also picked, and from the leaves Is made a ' pepper sauce by pouring over them hot water and allowing them to stand for a few hours. By a nation so addicted to the use of rel ishes as the American, the wasabi will undoubtedly be well received. Its cul ture here is already under way, and while It Is now growlngvwell In New York State and In the vicinity of Washington City, its uccens as a sn-oduct cannot be determined for several years yet Following the cultural methods as studied In Jspan. the wasabi will be subjected to careful experimentation before the claim Is made that It la a valuable Import but there seems lit tle doubt that It haa come to stay, and will richly enforce our already long Hat of edible plant Immigrants. In Japan it is said to produce two tons of roots to the acre. It grows In running water or In wnt soil, fed by underground springs, and matures In two rear. A hillside, shaded by persimmon trees, and following the course of a mountain tresm. Is a favorite loca tion for Its cultivation In Japan. Its entomological enemy Is a small cater pillar, which eata hole In the leave. Th marketable roots are dug In June, and at this time the young sucker re removed end planted out In the field where they mature. During Feb ruary or March, fertilisers (usually liquid manure ore rape-seed cake) are used, and the plants hilled up to In crease the number and else of the roots. When dug the root keep for a long time. In the Nile Valley 800,000 acre of It rich soil Is yearly devoted to the cultivation of what la called the horse bean. It Is an Ideal forage plant, whose value ha been fully, recognised by th English, larg quan tities of these bean being shipped to England and fed to th omnlbua and cab horse of London. With her ultlmatcd resources of soil and climate America should readily find suitable region for the cultiva tion of thl deslrabl plant California which I a favorite Stat for plant ex perimentation, Is growing a few of these beans, and southwest Tex, with It mild winter climate, seems to posses every qualification for their speedy, and complete adoption. The bean ar planted thickly In row nd grow to a height of four or flv fet Planting la done In th autumn, and th crop mature at a season when th farmer ha usually exhausted hi tor ef summer forage crop. Thl , fact alone would appear to Justify unusual ; effort to establish it us In thl country, and upply th Southern farmer with a valuable winter crop and those In th North with a. new food for their stock. - Down on the low land of South Carolina, where rlc culture wa one an important Industry, yearly yield ing the planter a handsome profit on his labor, th field hav become prac tically waste land. This condition Is; due to the opening bp of largo plan tatlon In Louisiana and Texas, w her the rlc Is more cheaply and con. quently more profitably produced. To discover what will grow best on the abandoned field of South Carolina, and restore to them their former com mercial ' valu . In the agricultural world. Is a question now Interesting a large number of people. The plant er, whose Income ha, been so ma terially lessened by th decay of rlc culture, I naturally the one most con cerned In the discovery Of new crop for hi old fields; but there Is no class of people . throughout th Stat of South Carollaa that I not affected, to a greater or less degree, by the ma terlal wealth of the Stat a repre sented by Its agricultural products. Every on knows now quickly the merchant and th banker responded to Ihe prosperity of the farmer. " But ther Is another person deep ly ronoerned 1n this problem whose material Interests are untouched and Whose services are often unacknowl edged and sometimes altogther over looked. This Is th government ox-, pert the disinterested '--enthusiast whose knowledge and skill, vitalised many, a barren waste, and made the desert itself yield riches. He 1 too frequently-regarded a a laboratory dreamer whose theories should be disregarded by the practical f tymer. ' But the scientist la, abov U, a careful experimenter, and if he has vlHlons ; they", are .. such as help , his fellow,: a visions .always have' In very field of , endeavor since the world began,' To hi explorations In foreign countries we owe many of our new crop. By selection, hybridising, and careful breeding! .he- haa - im proved species and - produced - new types, and It la to him that the peodht of South Carolina now look to aid them In their search tots something to take th place of the once valuable rice crooa. - f.o. -..;.. On many of these abandoned field a rush grows wild. - Acting upon this suggestion of nature, an effort 1 be ing made by the Agricultural Depart ment with th co-operation of pri vate growers, to replace ' this worth less rush with a better - one. Both China and Jupan posses a nattv rush i whose qualities enable them to man ufacture a matting unequaled else where In the world. That of Japan rank in fineness, while the Chinese la tougher, and, for ordinary use, more durable. To transplant these valuable rushes and domicile them In South Carolina can hardly be regarded as a wild scheme even by those most skeptical of the government's capacity for prac tical work, and a report of the first year's trial haa juct been received at Washington and i encouraging. While the sample sent on for Inspeo tlon shows the rush to be still too brittle and too short for commercial use, it is not unreasonable to suppose that such defects will be overcome. In plant culture every condition U carefully noted, and oftentimes ap parently Insuperable obstacles have yielded to intelligent and painstak ing experimentation. Should the Japanese rush prove It self an alien to the end In the fields of South Carolina, th perennial ardor Of th agriculturist may be relied up on for new suggestions, fresh efforts, and final success. Notwithstanding many adver tisement to the contrary, it is generally known by the public, as well Is by the brew er, that American beer la Inferior to that made In Europe. Thl I not due to any want of Integrity In the American brewer, for hi expensive plant and strict regard to hygiene attest his good faith. Neither is It due to a lack of skill In th brewing, his methods being all that could be desired. The trouble lies deeper and may be found In the mixed barleys and In ferior hops used In the manufacture of American beer. To the farmer, in co-operation with the brewer, we must look for the remedy. When the growers shall have Im proved the quality of American hop and replaced with pure race th mixed barley now in use, we may hope to see produced In this country a beer akin to the fine brew 0 Munich and' Ptlsen. It is impossible to produce with mixed barleys a malt which will be regular In yield, color snd flavor. To secure a pure-race barley 1 a matter of breeding backed by unre mitting care and devotion. Sweden haa-produced a famous type, and th Hanna barley, another wonderful type, from MoraVla, la now being suc cessfully grown In California. Expe rimental brews sr to be mad of thl barley, and Its quality carefully test ed. In th manufacture of th best beer tn th United States the brew ers buy Imported Bohemian or Ba varian hops, at 65 cents a pound. krsther than use the American kinds, which may be had for Z4 cents. Th American hop smells ot garlic, and I full of seeds. Seeds are practically absent from the imported product, which Is due to different method of culture In this country and abroad. In America th hop garden 1 filled with plants bearing male as well as female flowers; In Kurop the male bearing plants are rooted up and thrown aside, thereby eliminating the seed, which are regarded as especially objectionable. The aroma of th hop, which deter mines Its value more than any other characteristic. Is due to the amount of lupulin It contain add here again the American hop fall far abort of th European standard, and la classed with the low grades produced In Rus sia and Belgium, It Is humiliating to learn that th reputation of our nop Inferiority I so well established on the continent that many ot the most prominent growers and brewer there hav nvr seen It In a recent classification by an eminent Bohem ian scientist th American hop 1 not mentioned. But th faithful and patient agri culturist and the discriminating brew er are on th trail or batter things, nd It Is not too much to predict that t no distent day our beer will hav achieved a mor honorable po sition than they- now hold. Riding a Camel. Cincinnati Enquirer. ' - Dr. Naehltlgal, the celebrated African explorer, onrt " " . - pressed a eentimrntal desire to-cross the sanara en wnjnm":t , .... I'll wntl tuMV Mil in get a iraetlcl idea of what riding a . , . . . Ammwi la lilt Tut. camel in mn m i. possible, and put It along with a savsc ana. Into a wsgon without any sprlnss. during the hottest part of July and more than ones every two days and let- . . . . ...... .nil .u.r fnil, tiAiipa. ling in . z This will give you a faint idea of th ex quisite poeiry in hi. jUhara. . . . ! TRA1I1XO THROUGH THE RED ... .aji DESERT. . . : ' - ... Denver Republican. ' '"'. ' The wallow r whlt-eded wlttytlkall. Like th foam uacaked on dead ' man's llpss ' - ',v Two tiny aloud hng hvth sky, - ' As th doldrums might hold two help , -less shlM.,... -.- - t ' ' The send In th hill i rd, blood red. (Oh Uodt for a dash of th cooling ralnt) ' . ., , ' And th foreman reel a be tide ahead And th limping hard moans la fear , .and pain. . .; ,' ;;,'-,..; A thousand steers hav dropped In th , ' trail - -i " . .- - tine we drov from , th last cnt water hole,, ' And the boy m th Modi are waak , and pal, ' '" And grim despair ride the foreman's - . SOUL . ...-..". : '' flirt still h rides on lit th furnae blase. With lb winding herd, snakellk bo hind; ' . And his keen ya pierce through the dancing has ' i To th hop that hi hsart baa but 111 , denned. ... So lead, lead en nth th dVsert'a spell , With your dying cnttl and half-oraaed meni - - Ther hav followed you Into th maw of hell ' . And the lucky ahull follow you out asalnl , It'a foolish for a man to kick him self when he' down. JUSTICE BBEWER TALKS MINUTE CILAT WITH THE, JURIST Declare That He I Nothing on Earth hut a Loafer Prom June to Oc ''l tober Tlie Missouri River Put, a . Stop to Hie Career as a ElHherimin lie Also Had One. Hunting Ea perlencc, hk-h We Enough, ,r-.?vf.T-BV RUTH HALE, i , Correspondence of The Observer. Washington, ' July 20. "Oh. I'm nothing on earth, but a loafer," said Mr. Justice Brewer, of , the United State Supreme ' Court with his characteristic twinkle; "that t from June to October. -1 am ' absolutely ' no account to anybody in the world, ' and I don't make a alngle unneces sary move from the time I leave the Supreme Court till I get back to iu". "Then how dd you squander your' ' allotted twenty-four hours a day?" . "During the summer -time I gen-;.:, rally go up to my Httl cottage on the shores of Lake ; Cham plain. 1 I don't do any . fishing or rowing the ' Missouri river Is responsible for that. . ' but that's another story and I bad one experience with hunting - which resolved me to rest on my - laurels .' thenceforward; so ther Is really nothing for me to do but lie on th . grass up there and sleep." "But why did you let the Missouri ; v river stop . your fishing career?" .'.-' "HumplT. you just ought to see that, water. It la so muddy and thick ::, that no self-respecting fish would . stay In It for long, and the only things . you can catch in it are catfish. I used to be quite a fisher when I waa -a boy. and was very proud of my past -. record, so when we moved over Into , .-' Kansas I polished up my ' rod and sallied forth to ahow the native youths the temper of my rrttng blood. I cam back with Kansas . mud smeared over me from Up to "'v.: toe, and nothing but some- big- .' mouthed catfish to show for my day's work. After that I left fishing alone, -and gradually I forgot the art Then, , a man get lxy a h get old, any way." "Well, what did th Missouri do to your rowing?" Justice Brewer ' threw " his head " v ' back and laughed In sudden recollec- tlon. , : "That was a funny experience, I de-. - '' f clare. A chum of mine and myself, ' started out to row for a few houre';; one afternoon. We atartad gayly off down stream, till It began to grow, late. I suggested that w had bet ter be starting back, as it might take longer to get home, against th cur- " rent. We turned the boat about and . do you know we couldn't make three -feet against that current. I pulled on one side and he pulled on' the " other, and the boat didn't budge., Finally, we headed . for the nearest shore. He stayed in the boat with a - . long pole and shoved along a fast . as he could and I walked along the -bank, pulling a rope attached. That stopped the rowing. "And you never feel that you owe " the Missouri a grudge, do you, for . carrying away in It swift .current -' your delight In sports?" "I never' miss them any more. Ill -' tell you about my hunting experience and why It is that I never do that ' any more. "I always liked to go along with the- hunting parties, just for th out Ing. I couldn't shoot. I don't really V think I could hir the side of a house . If I tried; but I liked th excitement of taking my gun and dogs, following around the country behind the men. , who had a Stat reputation for ac cural shooting. . "We had Just finished a long day's shooting and were almost home when i some man In the crowd said I couldn't hit a stag If they tied him and stuck my gun against hi side. About that time a big Jack rabbit Jumped out of a thicket and I said: 'Gentlemen, If -you ar such wonderful shots, I'd like to have that rabbit for my sup- per.' Away they fired, and the dirt , just flew around the rabbit, but he -kept straight on running. "'Wrll.' I said. 'Just wtch a real , banter; and I stuck my rusty gun against my shoulder and blew the ' . rabbit's head off. After the party -caught breath again they wanted me to try my hand at some real game. ' but from that day to this I have never shot at any living thing, be- " cause a man who wilfully tempt hi -' luck like that deserves a downfall. . I was quit ready to rest - on my laurels." . ;, "Did (ha. sport never appeal to you . enough to warrant Uklng It up tn earnest and learning to hit things?" , - "I liked It; yes. but I couldn't, shoot quick to save my life. . Just as something stumbled Into my TJne of - . fir I began to tske very careful aim. and by th time I decided tht where ' I waa pointing would colndd with ' th whereabouts of th .creature when I shot, there wasn't a thing In sight to shoot at." . "I know the Missouri river didn't - destroy your love for walking, be- ' . cause 1 have seen you on the : avenue." I said, triumphantly glad of , 1 something I could prove. : ' "That Is right I do lot of walk ing to keep m from getting old and ' ' fat. I walk hair-way to th capltol nd half-way back, taking th. car ... . for uphill traveling.' You know, I am getting very old. and I don't tak a hill as 'spry a I one did." , "And ao at lake Cham plain' yna -, simply II on th grass and sleep? ' "It doe sound mighty trifling. I know," admitted Justice Brewer, "bnt. ' I do work pretty hard all winter, and then. I think sometimes It isn't such a had art after all, to loaf success-' fuiiyr 1 .----..- "Somebody once said that loafers - are born to their parts, anyway, and i tnins; a man nas ta hav some training and a good deal of talent , to Idle away his time pleasantly. In m my iummtr cottage I never get bored . or disgusted.- and yet' most of the " time I am lying stretched out la my yard or the near-by woods, doing absolutely i nothing. My neighbor drop In to chat occasionally, but for the most part I am perfectly good for nothing th whole summer long." "That I a terrible arraignment I wonder If anybody ls could say It with Impunity?" . "Mrs. Brewer does," h answered, with a dry amll,u... ., ..: k. ,.' j . ' ,. . i ; i v. Ufa Insurance Polk-lea Made Out to - III 'Intended Wife., Naw 'York' Sun.- v-y It became known here to-day that Alfred Belt, the , British diamond , king, .who died thl week, kept secret a romanc of, hi life which Involved ' a woman by th nam of-Elisabeth ' Bennett . - Whether th woman .wa th dia mond king's wife or not it could not b learned, but presumably h waa not - No on suspected the existence of th romance ot Mr. Belt's life un til th knowledge that he had lnnr ance pollele la th K'nulutlo Assurance Society to the irnouni c f t least 870.000 came to light. '1 N policies were maV!Out In f.vor 'Kllsabeth' - Bennett niy Intuit !. I wlf." Information about the poll- t-- dunled at the K(iiiahl i- ' !.'- . bnt It rai lesrpil frnm art e source tbt mirh polh .-s I i I I taken out In tint n ty !.. ' 1180 through t!. r 1 : .' :i c
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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