Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-05

on Mission street, where I. had been
sold by the enterprising tuner TOT slo'
Jansen, Nebfa .ka, "a a prosperous
village VI 200 or 800 souls, i0oatel on
the prairie Ia the sOUtnern pait OF Tue
state, Gays special dispitch nom
Omaha, 10 the Denver ACiCs. Most Of
the Inhabitants are Germans anu
Russians. Among them liyei Jonn
Pruder, a mild hammered old German,
who earns scanIy sustehauce iOt
himself aud family by lab)ring ON the
sheep ranch OF Peter Jansen' inc
only one OF the family who under.
stands English IL little Ffieda, aglrl OF
nine. Just before the holidays Ffieda
was taken III and confined TO her oeu
until ten days ago she was the victim
Of a most mysterious nllmenl. 5he
was subject TO spasms IN Whlch Der
fingers were ctamptd uutll Tue pailb
were buried IN her palms ana tho toes
were turned under her feet. she llHt
sight, hearing and speech anu her niue
figure was racket with cOntOtti1ns.
She was entirely helpless Tor houts
AMI days, aud Tor Que period OF eight
weeks HE was sustained by pouring
milk down her throat. Al other times
she imagined she saw VI IONS some.
times II was an angel, theu faObii
and again n woman IN whito skirt,
one physician ventufed the opinion
that the child's liver was Affected;
another SAID size was suffering from
typhoid lever; third phys clan frank.
ly admitted that he did not understand
Frleda'a case. The circumstance Of
her sickness are vouched for by Ameri-
can neighbors Oi respeclability, who
can have no motive " misFopreseut
the m ,tter. One Of the superstitlous
Id women suggested that Ftleda had
been bewitcheu.
The first works ever constructed for
the extraction OF fannie acid from
canaigre (rumeX hymenOss phalus)
Rave lust commencoi operation ~
Deming, New Mckee. About year
ago company Ut Illinois capitalists
was formed to erect works ut Deming
to make the extract ON la.ge scale.
An exhaustive series Of experiments
had proved beyond a doubt That the
fannie acid Ia Clnnigto could DO util-
lied AMI thaI the business could be
plofltably conducted ON a large scale.
The root containi, ON au average, over
twenty-five per cent OF fannie aciJ,
which Ia much m re than Is found Ia
oak or htmlock bark, which furnish
most Of the fannie acid now used la
this country. The WORKS at Deming,
says a correspondent, have capacity
Ut i've tons Of canaigte extract daily,
ami 10 produce tlls requires about
thirty tons OF the green root. Canhigro
grows In ABUNDANCE 10 Mexico, Texas,
New Mexico, Arizona AM portions u,
California. In its native state II 10
generally found In sandy soil und the
roots vary In weight iroa two 10
twenty ounces. They grow In clusters
not unlike sweet potatoes tnj require
about two years to mature. EEperi'
menis with the root at the New Mexico
Agricultural Experiment station nj
Las Cruces have shown tnnt II grows
much more rapidly ON irrigated soil
than without irrigation, hut II Il be-
lieved that the root grown On irrigated
land does not contain qute 80 large n
percentage OF fannie acid ns tho root
which IN grown slower In dry soil. A.
tanning agent canaigre eEtract is
superior Ia either oak OF hemlock bark
nul II II believed 10 be u question OF
only few years when II Will supplani
u \ great degree these bnrks IN the
process of tanning leather. The
canaigre, which IN now being furnished
TO the works at Deming, ~ gathered