The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-08-18

FROM OUR own CORRESPONDENT.
PHILADELPHIA, July 7th, 1915.

crimson color, and said TO have a ine,
flavor, TO be very juicy, with moderate
amount OF acid, are exhibited By Mr.. r.
W. Durand. Of Irvington, New Jersey
They are named Durand's new seed.inYI
strawberry The Great American. ltI
Is claimed TO be vigorous grOwes. 'snnl
without doubt the largest berry IN ex-.
Iistence."
Duryea's Glen Cove Starch Manu-
featuring Co, tries 10 excel the display.
made by the O.wego Starch Factory, III
kingsford 4 Son manufacturers. and IL.
is hard 10 SAY which il ahead. hoth have
a very nice exhibit of corn starch, the.
former also Of Satin Gloss Starch, and
the latter of Silver Gloss Starch. The
Oswego Factory is claimed TO be the
largest OF It's kind In the world. The.
method pursued by this company in en-
ltracting starch from Indian corn was
invented by Thomas Kingsord. In less.l
The main factory is very large, 7S3 feet
by 200 feet in addition. there are other
large buildings, box factory, carpenter
shop, store houses, &c. There are twelve
acres OF floors, and i've acres of roofs,
and $500 lights Of glass. The factories
contain $50 vats, holding when full g.
! 10000 gallons OF water. used in cleans
ling the starch. There are eight pumps,
capable of raising $4,000 gallons OF
water per hour; the length of cutters
for distributing the starch and water j.
six and one-fourth miles, tweniy-four
pairs of burr-stones and six pairs OF
heavy iron rollers are used in grinding
,l,he corn. There are five miles of shsf'-
ling. connected by 2.4a9 gcar-w heels, and
,IIC pulleys. There ar fourteen turbine
Iwater-wheels Of an aggregate OF l.2zt
dborsc-power, and ten steam engines OF
Iss5 horsepower; toial, 2On5 horse
power. Six thousand tons of coal are
fused annually. They are now making
lal .5o0,OOa pounds Of starch annually
about thirt.-fve tons per day. IL
f. pack this amount of starch, 10000, ,cN
2 elpounds of paper are required, and 5.OcD,
ruC0 feet of lumber for boxes. The CON
.panv furnishes employ n.snt for abou
. six hundred persons
. a splendid display Of cocoa anC
!. chocolate is made b. Walter Baker 4
I. CO.. OF Dorchester. Mass. Tl.is Lou-,
/. wa, established III 1850. and for near on
). hundred years, anlid al! the commotion
+. OF the country, il has been doing al
h honest cuisines. on firm basis; il la
y ALWAYS stood firm aud has Inaintains'
! its credit and integrity unimpaired.
bl Cocoa has very interesting hi>tor
i (which extends far into the past; frou
dthi- fruit. of tree Of the same name
9th. various kinds OF cocoa and cbocolat
/. now known are made. The cocoa TIRE
Il grows in the West lndias, ana Cenira
and South America, in size il resemble
yltLe Young cherry tree, II grows iron
!. twelve TO twenty feet high. the leave
e when iuli grown are from eight 10 ie
/ Inches in length. The flowers are vcr
y ldelicate aud beautiful. The fruit rf
/, lsembles a short. thick cucumber, quit
J. deeply furrowed on the sides. Will
,tlgroHi ing il i, green, bat as q lipens th
II lcolor changes 10 q fine blush rcd, wit
n lpink veins. in some varieties, 20 del
IL cate yellow. There are from twenty
0lihirty seeds In each pod. They al
,y lplanted from fourteen 10 sixteen fe,
+, apart. and 10 protect them from the fu
N eiiec; Of the sun, which Injuries then
~ the banana and coral tree are planic
% with them. DR.. Edward rcnnelly, Z
: ?Philadel pi.ia, who spent eighi years
n. tropical regions. SAYS OF these plani'
=. .ions. There 10 no sight SO beautiiI
4, lin the vegetable world A. view from
a height over q cocoa plantation, when d
el coral tree. called 'Cacao Madre, hi
N dropped it's leaves, showing then 10 a
n vantage its large. scarlet flowers, nppea
ms ling, AZ looked ut from a distance. like
he forrest tipped with flames, supported
n. the air by The interlocked branches NJ
Or dark green leaves OF the cacao.' Tv
NO crops are gathered annually. lie first
"a l.Iune the second In December. VIII
M the Spaniard, fernando Cortes, ma
NO the conquest OF Mexico. one OF {
m. principal articles of food used by {
nd natives was the fruit Of the cacao tr,
nd These seeds formed also the currency
ed the country.
,ntl Prescott in his Conquest of Mexico
~. while describing the domestic establis
Az ment of Montczuma SAYS. The Emper
ur. took no other beverage than chocolal
oal q portion Of chocolate. favored VI
md vanilla, and other spices, and 80 p
ION pared as TO be reduced 10 a froth OF
consistency Of honey, which gradna
OF dissolved IN the mouth. This bevere
no. IL so IL could be called, was served
pur golden goblcts, with spoons of the 81
cid metal. or of tortoise shell finely wrong
Des The Emperor was exceedingly fond
,oL il, to Judge from the quantity, no
,ich than nifty jars or pitchers being prepal
orb for his own daily consumption. a
has thousand more we're allowed for
will household"
/. As an article Of food, cscsc stat