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little omoMio oo la tM Cool, thoacb
bo thoery Mo pot oaSead ta lab meet
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aatoUwaae wrraauxUd tty batoa. Acala
ft* waa taartnw awash wt i* leash
cpaaly. Tat Kami ftatebanbacb ahow
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toftj^raeterad^tbe imprint of the
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kwwMk* apt* data.
| PUNT CULTURE TODAY
William E. Curtis Tells What
Has Bean Done In America.
a iythbeb ot VAuurrira derated
taar»h Mm VwU Far Saw FraHa
aa* Wtan Kau ta layma
NB« — rra4m«> w Foratara
Isada Saw Salma la Called mat a*.
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The afrtealtarj) department ha*
•Wh aJJ orar (be wort* **an titm toe
WV mcauuica, fra it* and dower*
wtHeb can be raiaad. in gar *oU asd cti
Mhb aad oostrtbntr to oor national
wealth. aaye WttUam R. Cortta. tbo
QMeaga dacerd-Ucrald'e WaiUaftoo
wnaapaudmt. Paw coautric* baas
I «eh • hmr* rortaty of aoda and d(
malm *a U*- t'nlted States aad Sacra
tanr WU»a«i la or the opinion that «•
cam prodaev altaaat avarythtns that
sssaad to eat or star or nae apoa our
•ws Urns aad in onr own foraau and
water courts Hi* aclenUdc ayacrti
arvadneatad Omtoknaw what wv are
[ already raisin* aad wham wa ham
wait* land to cuiUrats and they am
1 taetr acted to aaarcb atrnnye piacaa for
acooaole vagetatloa that may be autt
1 able far lha condition* which exist
i hers
The cotton expert* of tbo department
hare been at work rot eereral yearn
■carta* atw end dee treble rartettea
■heieier they cootd be found. end the
result la that Uaprorud atralae are ol
■edy beginning to appear to arrornl
■ectlooo of tbe tooth. Almost aa much
—»«7 hoe been deroted to tad I—
phata that will grow la tbe arid re
«*—. end torn* of the results aew de
rrtopUg ore of greet promise.
Oee ef the meet important twslts re
—atly accomplished la tbe production
ef a cactus tbst iloe* not bear (boras,
— **• !■*“.” ns they are called. The
erdlnsry cectue of the desert cootatos
a sweet, JoJcy pulp, fall of ooariab
meot. It ainkes excellent fodder for
rattle, bat they cun not ost It becouee
of tbe thorn that corsr the skta of
the pleat. To produce a tborolcee cac
tus h to odd another to the Hat of Im
portant forage plants nod fendek food
far cattle aod torses to the deaerm and
rolaleei refloat of tbo waet The cac
tus win grow anywhere. It aeede no
water tad no attention: brace as un
limited supply of ilist sort of fodder
aa bo grown on lands which now pco
daet nothing of roloe.
A few years ego tbe department com
■—rail to Introduce dame from Bgypt
ead Arabia aod planted thorn op— the
*7 plain* «r Arioono aod' flsutkwa
California. Tltcrc arc now eerntal flonr
labtog date panlca*. demonstrstlag tbe
poeslklllty of raising an aallmltod
quantity of that kind of fruit. Leal
yeer more-than S30 dote suckers, repre
sent lag forty-two varieties. wore
Drought from tbe oexli of Ulakro. to
the dsoert of Sahara, and grafted epos
Palm trace In the far soatbwest.
Two hundred and flfty pounds of
ptetoeke seed were imported from Tur
key and central Asia and scat to tha
—«thw—t. Thirty-three rartstlra of
the taeet sis crocs to central India
were dlitribotod la Florida, aad • at ta
ilor Bomber of mongeetaam, wbiob la
tb* moot delicate variety of the mango,
war* transplanted from tbo Phlllpptao
Islands, A new variety of bomoradlah
»a* brought over from Moravia. A
BMlbor of Honth African grapevine*.
Caat African sorghums and clover from
Uganda. Several varivtloa of clover
.were brought from Rgypt aad dietrlb
md la Texas. New Mexico. Arlaoaa
aad CalKorola, A new bind of alfalfa
waa brought from Turkestan and a
aaw medicos pomelo from Stain. Baca,
boo plant* have been broogbt from
Japaa aad planted in the wet eaU of
VlerMt. Tbo yangtaw. an anttro]y now
fruit, baa been sent by Consol tVUeoX
Of Hadmr^om bond red aad flfty
bteagM from tbo valley of the Nile,
Gramme'meaatal * *”**" fNC* *•»
frsm Freer* bava boon obtained which,
tt la claimed, will remet phylloxera. A
aaw cherry baa baaa pmdooad la Baa
da aad named Vladimir, la honor of
oaa of the grand dnkas. Two
ssofttags bare been diatribe ted
W havtbwmtaju states.
We apoml eoormooe aom* ef
•my year far turn*, hyacinths,
aad other both*. Tbo Impeetatlono of
tafrH aad hyacinths ter last year raa
ap to aeariy a mBUoo dotlaTm. and tbo
alt the ttam. Hon
lo Hotlaad Nr* an
af the tabp
•aad to the
wUtn ^ aro"giwwo"S
The experiment* of
have fa*
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PORTO RICO'S CURSE.
Deadly Parasite That Threatens
To Annihilate Natives.
DfFEOTIOl THSOTOH TJTF, FBBT.
**!•» l~ L iMMa »sts»l« That
Works** to PisMa Wear Wsadsa
Sksss to Kasaas Aluolu mt Mask
wsnu That Rah lahshltaata sj
ThsU TIUMtr Paslaroa M raw
Chat at HI Daatha la IWt Asa Ih
trtbuts* to Thasa.
Investigation (a Porto Rico by Iks
New fork tiara Id’s special sanitary
commissioner. Major L. L. Beaman. IL
D., tJ* D„ revntls the tact that tbs
Maul I* ravaavd by a discs *e which
lUrentun* to junJUIlatr the uuTlvos.
Major Beaman Oorts that »l por cast
of atl dentil* last yenr were directly
titrlbuoible to a bookworm that robe
tba Inhabitants of tbelr vitality.
Most of tbe people In tbe rot in try dis
tricts are infected wltb tbe disease,
and tbs eciHioiule welfare of Porta ni*
co Is found by blm to be la Croat peril.
Tbe Infection gains a Uokt on tbe rto
tlm tbronyL tbe rent sod month. sod
In order to fortify tba satires against
tbe first usntod point nf attack llie ex
pert recommend* tba searing of wood
en shoe* or clegs by workers In tba
fields. In bis report, sent from B»
Juso. XJj.Jcr Bauman «nyn la pert:
"Tbe grant prevalence of tbe disco so
excited tnoeb discussion among tho at
tending physicians, for. they nrutted. If
oonenilii Is Uia consentient* of hwatfi
dent food practically oil Porta Rica'
oust be on tbe verse or starvation,
which, os n matter of fact, they knew
was net tbe «aae: hence they conclud
ed that tbe dlawssa wn* nut aonsala
from deficient nourishment. nnd this
conctnslon baa now been refilled, and
tba real exciting causa baa been dis
covered.
‘'The srMclal germ causing this tcrth
bis mortality—30 per cent of alt deaths
la tlito Island being attributed to It
lait year—la none other than tba *un
einarta doodcnaUs.* older thaa the pyr
amids of Egypt, hot only recently rec
ognised m playing such on Important
part in the drama of Ilf* la this Pearl
of the Antilles.
“The dreadfully anaemic condition of
the rural population of the Island, em
bracing aa It dot* nine-tenths of tbo
Inhabitants, baa long boon a matter of
common knowledge, it bna beam ac
cepted as a necessary evil, being at
tributed to poverty and poor food, and
no special measures were taken for Its
prersntlou aad cure until It reread It
self upon tbo nttcotloa of tried leal men
after tbs hurricane In Aogast 189B.
Then an unusually large number of
OacmtQ game under medical aad anrgt
COltreStlbaot, aad tba astounding fact
revealed Itself that no loon than BO par
cant ef tba white victims suffered from
lids insets, thought to bo pernicious
anaemia.
“Captain Bailey K. Ashford, who
waa In charge of tbs Bold hospital es
tablished after the hurricane for tbo re
Haf of tbo suffering poor, learned
Enough biological **—* microacoptcal
examination* that practically all suf
ferers freoa ass amts ware Infested
with a parasite, a no called hookworm
or nematode, which In known, to tbs
seirntiOc world as *ankyloatoma doodo
nol*,' and the diseased state It pro
duces bn* bean nupbonlmtaly termed
‘ankylnatomlaoto" or ‘mirtnartasls.'
*On Kcb. Id, IBM. IN* bill proridlag
for the nppolafjxmt of a cjmmlstloo
‘tor lb* study and cure of the dlrcnaa
known a* troptcat nn.rcutu la Porto
hlco' was approved Kvoti then It was
supposed that tbo uu.io-.uk- conditloun
ooufreutfug tbo romin'.siiton mnctltnt
si tbo rtfcmaso liolcsd or licrng tbo re
sult of a totally UMferuajl iroobte. tbo
usf artous effects of I bat sJkiit Lot tor-.
flWy otocadoua blnodsockcr. Oactuario
Tba aartnartaata parasite, wbieh rs
tains about tws uiootha for twtbp
snt aftor la faction, da*a Ma paml
dsua walk slowly, list surety. Tbs Ola
Blapsa, cbalara or ratliw fasar. but It
idla by ataw daptaaa. somadma* last
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EYE TROUBtESI
if persistent should never be neg
lected. Yon may need glasses of
you may riot; in'any event a talk
• withTorrence-Mom* Co., the Op
ticiatis, will put you right, sod if
glasses are ncccaanry they will see
that you are properly fitted.
Torrence-Morrls Co.
' . JEWELERSjANDt OPTICIANS. "
BBCMruilte *h* rltalliy at their mm.
acfoun boat. • ,
"Hnwitic Infection la metal aid nn
•taorlal In fact ton Id particular utc
doabtwlly alao occur* through the
MMtli. Botlnp with taud ataJaod baaJ«
«ta ImmUt fnll to produce It. Thto l«
Madallr the cue la coffao rainln
•ooatHf-. Ilka I'orto Rico aad BranIL
where the lean la planted hy the Ba
lt*™ In tlw noil, which la maay plain
to Inf rat oi with undnorla Innna”
A FRIEND OF PEACE.
■n* RorapatlUn tmnid kVa* it.
twaeo Waaala aaU MaaUae.
Caucral Knropatkln aa mlnlator of
war upturned tba prevent war between
Du**1* aad Japan and exerted all of
hla Influence in farer of pear*, uja A.
BfanHce Low In the January-Jlxrch
Ptirwa. Thla t* lb« nocoad time Ka
roiMttln Una ndr ora lari peace when
Kuaaln clamored for war. The follow,
to# liMorlcal tncklmi. the nhaatata
accnritcy of w l.k-h | tun vnnot: for aod
which liita uevrr lirfuro been publlabcd.
I* inlorMttag at thto ilnic:
In ISKi (|m> renjitrli lDetdom-lb« *1
lempi of Rnaaln to mminrli upou the
Crwitk-r of .Ugbauiatau. Which brought
the Afghan* aad tlie Kuavlaua Into
anool mlllaimi—came pcrtlounly clone
to lavolrlug limit Drluln nnd Uoaala
in war. go linmlie-ar apparently wet*
hoarllitloa tlmt parliament granted nn
•mergeni,r ••mill, (lie itnmta were
called out and the flwt waa tuo'illlaad.
After nome week* of Interne anxiety a
diplomatic II lament vm .IT..I-.I
Some yearn taler General Kuropathta
Mkl to n Utah placed British otBcial:
“You ICtixlUh accuse me of being As
(lopholm nod mlvovetiag war with Kr*
hind. l*i yon know that I stone pee
raoud war aver tin* Pcnjdah Incident I
Well, It U a fail. Tbc cur seat for
me tod turocuiM me tluit la a few
days war woe Id he doctoral and that
t was to taka cAintuand of the fores
Which was to invade Afghanistan. 1
expressed my aenee of the honor, but
urged Ulm not to undertake tbo enter* ‘
prise. He manifested surprise and
asked my res sens. I told him that tfea
force available In central Aala far a
forward movement amounted only to
4BM0 msn and that we should have to
deal with from 7,000,000 to 1000X000
of Afghan, a warilka people trained
to fighting, and that back of them woes
•00,000 British aad no tiro troops At
Brat my its 1 enroot was not believed,
bat when I brought forward the facts
to prove Its accuracy tbs impossibility
of tbo undertaking was realised and
the thought of war was abandoned."
Whan Komis forced war upon the
Japanese aba did It with the
belief that sbe held fcer foe at her mer
cy and that n few months weald ton
the terms of peace dictated In Tokye. ■
The reeourv.ee of Japan, bar Oakling
capo city and her superior advantages
In waging war near her bone wets ei
ther unknown or regarded with such j
utter contempt that they wets Ignored. '
Karopatkiu alone realised the titanic
nature of the straggle aad warned
against It, but the grand dukaa were
bent upon war and would Hat an to
neither reason nor argument.
VENICE A FLOATING CITY.
derlles ». ml Mato Heat Cma
Professor Hermann Bsrdrow. ana af
tha beat living authorities SB tbs (Ml
sgy of northern Italy, says Venice la
Undoubtedly aleking, aad nothing nan
oars it from Its coming fata. Ha re
cently retoraed frets a prolonged and
carefal examination af tha ground gad
bee coma to tbo condnston that the de
cay win go on and Increase; ana bnOd
tng nfter another going. perhaps whole
rows of buudiug* at one*. says a Bar
Ud special cable dispatch to tbs Mow
York World.
Tbo foundations on which Vsetco la
bout am. be says, net feundatloae at
all, bat eratar pH leers, layers af earth
aad mad aad aaawaad. which hundreds,
perhaps thousands. of yearn hare farm
ad. Thaaa layer* are often thirty ar a
hundred fast thick, hot under them la
water, often deep water. The laeetta
bls tendency af tbase water plUewa la
to sink. Tha bandars af Yanlea drove
piles deep Into these layer* and on the
pOsa bnlH palace* aad rtf rhea, best
knew nothlagaf the traaebarnna depths
hatow.
Start la.
B»**«r*» WwM»
A shipbuilder tells of so Irish
"•? *®p sought employ ment ss
* aiTry in the service of one of
,h* *hipptiiMing companies.
t • l ®r,t to which the
msnmin was assigned warn to be
P^notmed in comparatively
wtuer. He was pro
Mded with a pick and told to
u“* j* °n • ledge below.
. Pnt into a diver’s
suit, and wt;h bis pick was sent
'o tnckie the ledge. For
sbont fifteen minutes nothing
**• heard from him. Then
S*• strong, determined.
JrljTSf poll on the signal
rope, indicating that Mike had
*K'^cry <1*ojji*d wish to come to
Jr^p:, The assistant* hastily
Jo the raft and re
■oored bis helmet.
Mike °fl lhe liU ol it,U “ld
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