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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06

BOsrON, June GA Merfimsc car.
flage Hrm has shippei & Constant.
nople q coupe Tor the use oi tue sultan.
The Inside Il trimmed with drao bro.
catplle with SILK lace. The mouliiugs
on the outside arc % black hn1 the
panels arc painted green. The vehicle
has = pole for two hoflr.. The lamps are
trimmed with gold ana have n star and
crescent on them.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06
AIIrs.d n,n,nI rr.n,mnn,.

New luHis, June 6.--rhs Now
YORK and AJuIutaR Mining company
has received n petition from the Amer.
icsns holding positions In tue mines OF
San Juanato, Houdutas, stating that
the resident manAgef, William Gicr.
ling, mas itentsd them btulally. They
ask for his immediate removal.
Gletling was charged with exercis.
lnK n aospylir rule over the forty
Americans aud 90 natives In tue
tnlnof.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06
Sa92ay Sc5ooi ap5 Primary.

ION usss bcoss ans o.r's po--s,ys vtu "a
s'srssd in addition " ,hs prirss svsn, " gsu3 "
AL unless no pros given T. t1r "rusiraid."l
Pirst siooh for our Litsis Friends, t,s
lrs ns' ~ Sunday sehpo'r. i0c.
Scsond Hook for our Little Priss1s,
a Sunday school rc,isf. 7as
intermediate =. y. itsadas. a5e.
Questions and Answers on tho tdr.
aud Uisaion Of che Prophet Joseph
Fmith. lYe.
tihie Questions snd Answers, fr u.
u'e N primary Associations. s5s
Chiidren'u Primary Hymn uooh, ~,
c1pi,s p,s'pad, 20.
PRIMARY speaker, Ne. ., p,,,psih. 10
e.. zA
Tho rSdei non Booh, postpaid. lsO
Class Registers, ~ dot, ~
PRIMARY ruSs Book, ga
As"k o. Mormon CAtsctisra, poIsp,,d. 10
o. >. Unioa ISytnp Iiooh, each net 20.
paid, 80.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06
music.

rhe Improvements A-ssrisiIoa ssssa
heoh' contains collection Of original
aud as'eosri soNs- and hymns. -. N music b.
rrofsss1r 4, bessi.y. ssvsn,y-sigAi pAsss q
eGoloo music, postpaid, w.
D. : 3. Union HIaEis sisots, po,,psid, ~.
Primary Tune BOoaS. hss without po-,Asa.
toc.
49, fsAimody' rsysS ssas~, iiho; uoA, ryss
a-i Lo.IA.us. ara PosiAas ~ "a. "a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06

NEw NORR, June GA special 10
tile HOyd from Fsfaaudinn, Fla,
says: Colonel Enrique CallszD, TONES
JaliAE1 and Don GyEslcs he Quttadu
have arrived from iosBlnyllla and are
the guests Of NJ. Is. Bofdcn, OF yacht
LagOudA notoreiy. IhCy say they
came only for feit. IL 10 fum0Tei
that MART will meet them an Florida
some tino next woUE,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06

b.nr,HHlNuilELD, H., June 5.-Tho
A li,uv'A,lc State silver convention
In ' ~. n' lohightaflor day'A session,
g IN 'ae course OF which there was Ilttls
jss'sa,lop. Resolutions were adopted
,s,a ng IN favor Of the u,e OF both
lin nv silver az tho STANDARD money
, s United States u! the radio OF 10 10
Inv ",tu' waiting Tor the action I
,ei,s.neI nation, na declared ut length
DAM, ulso endorsing tue action OF IL o
nli,rs ,No state central COMMITTEES IN
No N. snlt convention, aud instruct.
"s oolnnllttee to carry out tho will
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06

PHILADELPHIA, June b.-ATthut
A. Hlmmeimpu nEs Issued n challenge
~ John a. Johnson Of Min neApolis TO
race him ior $1,000 4 side, the distance
~ be from aquarItr OF a mile TO fiity
miles, II tho option Of Jonnton. JohS.
son 10 given two weeks time 10 nuswor
tho challenge. II accepted the race
will take place at Agbury Park uuung
the big mUoI there which bsgin
July SIN.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06
sateSt Publications.

Iae Lie OF ssscPh smith, con, cit,
ieau'-f glt tsoo. Morocco siiL $50.
From Kirkland 20 s-It LaAe, ~ Js-.,a A.
iI'ae, pa pas-s, Goth, uru,l tsO! L4asz-
gfiL i2oo. i'sihss sItra gilL t35o.
Very Years Among the Indiana, -
u~nisi ". 'one4 80 gAg-s, CoA tA1s,
i"iiset i'tn' Leather gnt, tsga
Pesiisni Vritinss Of o. ~. Uhttney.
oio'a' ho1i Lsalasr sir. ilOo. Noross.,
srtra RiiL $3.50
LIS, Of uebev q. Eimbau, Con. tn
uNi L-oisor, '99o, Fail, Hooi hs-ooss
~Ira III, ssoo.
t.sseeS-dsy satuts PssIn,ody. Ps,s,
Covvrei BoaEis. Cl,th haak, o. 50 sn-i. tiAds
psr dot,i clsth ilouni, uSo eaoh, tifOl 70
soi'i Cloth asd I~sti nound, ti.p 800
uap pof doL II sent ~ mail, ~ cents ~
eupy additional.
STONY Of ths isook OF Mormon, by ua.,
deosge Reynolds, chou, tsho. Ciash silt tScot
half leather silt ta60i yuii lc,shrr Git Aos.
szz,eAJ ScheoI Hymn Boon, c,u,.n. 4,
Tie Hymns u,~i ia tiis schools. Is, pNS., Ola.
bcuud, POSTPAID. TO
saruo and small Siaa IBtbiS.ta Is.s1,,~
t2to, t7.so, s1.ao tsho And eg1o
Family ahi Pulpit n,hl-- IN dir..,ai ,,Y,.,-
Illustrated. FROM ,I0n tn sis0n o,eh
49, sriith a. a Prophet, . lect.-s g.
hvs-ei b. Hior Audrsv Jensra befnr. t;ss
sa1isn''' Society in ,ao Social Han. salt IAS-.
Jna. "a, isgt, g.
Ibn Church of Ie.us Christ sf Latter.
DAY saints, it' Priesthood, Organization.
p'e'nnc-i o'diHAnoei and History. ~ yoks
Jagaul, 100.
The socond Coming OF tho us..isn,
yh II. H1bsrt.. 2.
Analysts of the Ttooh or Mormon. n,
u. n Roberts, %.
Tho Only Way Co bs saved, b. I.ar.E..
snns. 9s
Glad ridisss OF Crsa, Joy. ~ a.o-.s
ToA-iais,ia
Baptism for the Nepission OF sins, xs
IL napiism R.ssatL.i 20 saivAsiosi IN
Ar,isIcs of Path, Small, Sc
I.Arst. IL
NossAse mps' b. paid IN uap ab0va
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06
FaItb-Promotlpp Series.

ny first Mi@ion, = narrative Of psSsonIs
eIpsreneo missionary upon tho Sandwich
Islands, ~ ocoTsu Y. Cannon, 2so.
a strinE OF Pearls, containing a nunltsr q
Interesting stetehai and AnSadota. Of mis-
slonNy llio, otc., 40
Leaves From NY journal, ~ Prp,lasnt
wilfnrd Woodruff, adesoriptoa Of hts wonder
fal missionary experiences. and many iniurost-
ing incidents Of his uio, Csc.
fragments Of Experience, q collection az
Ll..lehsa from tao sTp0gionss q; EidarSs 40.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06
Tor tho IIouisy REGATTA.

N, CHAMPION, June 5.-Ths steam.
,'.tt rams, Win Ihp crew which In TO
wv " inc Henley regatta in the con.
S' n 'oI the grand vlsitor's challenge
Ith arrived here at $3.50 .. m. to-day.
ro nv ,n,,iinetlcan, carsmun were IN hne
sy,,u,i,l9n' aud they said they hAl been
sS css,y benefited by tho trip across tho
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06

LONDON. June 5.-ths Ymss n i,s
financial column snys It IL Tum0red
that Russia 10 NEGOTIATING with Paris
bankers for the loan Of $4,000, 900 10
China upon RussiA's absolute aud un.
conditional guarantee.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06
TAKEN ny nEurLS.
Ecuador RcvoinIio"ists Masters over
Cuaynquti.

cuagupuii.
NEw IoRK, June IA special die.
zach 10 local payer from Panama
say1 The latost advice, ny oaUlo con.
1fm the report ihst Gugyaquil has fall
on into tue possession VI tue Ecuador
revOlutlonisls.
lcuacio Robes pronounced radical,
hiss beei appointed OiyiI anu military
cbioi the city. Great excitement pre-
walls but peace anu order will Ur r..
stored shortly. The newspaper men Of
Ecuador who were expelled auu i've iu
exile will leave here ~ once Tor Quay
Aquil.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06
WE ARE THE PEOPLE
For anything in the Spraying Line.

We Territorial Agen, VIM stuhs Spray Pumps and Fruit
EvapoTaors which well avoraby known TO the
u growers throughout the country. They simple in con.
Situeon perfect "a operation and will last lifetime. BY far the
cheapest buy. II you will call stamps TO nay
for mailing get free copy catalogue Of
SFRAfERS and EVAPORATORS, giving very valuable in.
formation IN spraying and cooperating We carry large
stock OF materials used in spraying such Blue Vtriol
phur Heebone, Whale oil Soap, London Purple and Paris
Green ETC., and guarantees be standard quality and
strength. We want your trade
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06
ChalIieS.

10 inch American Wool Challiss, In
dark grounds only, with lovely nguros,
large assortment, for
Csc yd.
Wool Challies, In light aud dark
grounds. with small figures, worth $50
and 800, for
15c yd.
% inch genuine French C',"i-s. In
light and dark grounds, wish and
tou dosi gns, always sold lVr 40 aud
JJc, now
35c yd.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06
Noble woMe7's lives sQriQs.

t0dt~ Knights History, a ints-rssiAs
Volume vriIsaa In an sitTAeriVs and pls.-,.,,
style, 2se.
nsroinos OF "mormondom,- hssrs.s,,
ssStehSs OF woman Who hsrs psoxoa ga,
sAlvss osr.Ag - h.nE.. IA
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19
WISE WORDS.

Duty is disagreeable.
Silence doesn't give q cent.
Like father, like all fathers.
The pin is mightier that the pen.
Handsome is and handsome knows it..
We need sorrow as the flowers need
night.
Don't ask mountaineer's judgment
of shell-6sh.
The poorer the man, the richer his
imagination.
Our National anthem is the finest
song unsung.
Prosperity makes more fools than
adversely does.
"Youth comes but once" but
neither does old age.
''Pot call kettle black" and then
kettle call pot down.
Be wary in using your influence over
yourself, lest you lose your "pull."
Whosoever tells you what is said of
you, good or i'll, relishes the telling.
Dishonesty is constant in its appeal
that Justice be tempered with Mercy.
When a woman knows she is we'll
dressed it is difficult TO ruf1le her TEN.
per.
Most people VINO cast their bread
upon the waters expect it to return to
them as pie.
Women ought to learn that matri-
mony was never intended as a saliva
tion for men,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19
Tortoise Shell.

The tortoise shell is not the bony
covering of the turtle, but it is the
scales that cover or shield the turtle.
There are thirteen of these scales,
eight of which are flat and five are a
little curved. -Four of the flat ones
are large, being sometimes a foot in
length and seven inches in width.
The fishers do not kill the turtles,
but when they capture them they
fasten them and cover their backs with
dry leaves, to which they set fire,
When the heat makes the scales sopor-
ate, large knife is inserted under
thom ana they are carefully lifted
from the backs of the turtles.
Many of the poor turtles die under
this cruel operation. The coating
sometimes grows again on those that
live, but when they arc again caught
it is found that only one scale forms.
Boston Commonwealth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19

There is great excitement in Eng.
land over the discovery that Birming-
ham metal manufacturers have been
engaged in making idols for export to
the heathen subjects OF the Queen of
India. No doubt English enterprise
and skill can turn out q superior, as
we'll as cheaper, article than native
workers In motal oan mako. But Il
seems to tho Boston Guilt 1ator O
strange thing for professodly Chris.
tian Nation to thus MD and abet idola.
ters in thoir devotions. Perhaps the
fact that money.is made thereby will
cover the sin. 1t is money rather than
anything elso that serves as an idol to
millions who little suspect themselves
OF idol0try."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.


Electricity is supplanting mules as
o motive power in mines.
The chance of two fnger-prints be.
ing alike is not one in 100000
Herr Nordau treats the mania for
collecting useless trifeG about one as
species of degeneracy.
The National Academy of Sciences
has awarded the Barnard gold medal
to Lord Rayleigh for his discovery Of
argon in the atmosphere.
Cast-iron blocks are being tried in
some of the most frequented streets
of Paris, instead of the granite blocks
usually placed alongside tramway
rails.
When portion of the brain is re.
moved it seems to be renewed, but
whether the substance is true brain
tissue or not appears to be undeter.
mined.
A National sanitary association is
one of the hoped-for outcomes of the
Atlanta Exposition. A convention OF
sanitary men and health officers is to
be held there for the purpose.
Sir Robert Ball, the Astronomer
Royal for Ireland, is said to believe
that the time is approaching when
posterity will be able to construct
machinery that will be operated with
heat obtained by the direct action oi
the suns rays.
The great Edison incandescent lamp
works are no longer turning out
lamps with bamboo filament. BAN,
boo has given way to paper as the
basis of the delicate black filament
that glows golden when the current
passes through it.
The French Government has com.
pleted experiments with new gun
which, after having fired 5000 rounds
with the heaviest charges of smokeless
powder, was found to be in fair con.
dition. 1t has bore of six inches
and is over twenty-five feet long.
The waters of North America, which
means the Gulf of Mexico, the two
great oceans and the rivers, creeks
and lakes, are stocked with 1900 diff
ferent varieties of fish. OF the above
number 500 are peculiar to the Pacific
and about 600 to the rivers, creeks
and lakes.
One of Pasteur's pupils, young
Viennese, is said to have discovered
the bacillus that causes blood poison.
ing and inaamed wounds. The anti
dote, which he also claims to have
found. can be used with success in
cases diptheria too malignant to yield
to serum treatment.
The highest death-rate of any town
in the civilized world is that of the
City of Mexico-forty per thousand.
The city is 1000 feet above sea level,
but in spite of this fact its defective
drainage makes the mortality very
great. Mr.. Romero, the Mexican
Minister at Washington, explains in a
recent article that when the water in
Lake Texcoco is high it backs up into
the sewers until the soil under the
houses and in the streets is saturated
with sewage.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19
Demand for American Apples.

Apples have become almost as doar
as eggs this spring, but it is not due
TO the short crop at home ns much as
the export trade. The English and
French have become very fond of
American apples, and since last fall
the New York fruit men have shipped
LAB, 592 barrels of apples to Europe,
as against lGS, 70G barrels in the win.
ter of 1S93-9I This export trade will
encourage American fruit growers to
take better care of their apple orch
ards and give more attention to fruit
growing and less attention to coruaud
wheat 1t will help to develop the
smull-farm idea in tho West, where Il
few years ago it was believed only
wheat and corn could be made success
ful crops 1t still seems improbable
TO many in the East that the mountain
States of the West are adapted TO fruit
growing, but already Washington and
Idaho and Utah and Western Montana
fruit growers are shipping apples to
New York for the export trade and
commanding the highest price in tho
market for the fruit grown in the arid
bolts OF the continent, Chicago Iuter,
Ocean.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19


Tho New York State Forestry Com.
mission has recently made provision
for q State park of some 10000 acres
in tho heart Of tho Catskill Mountains.
1t will be situated in q very beautiful
region in tho vicinity of Slide Noun.
tain, tho highest peak of the entiro
Catskill range. This is very popu.
ious region aud may readily be reached
by tho local railroad. The announce.
ment will doubtless bo received with
great pleasure by the many thousands
who make this region their summer
home, thinks the Chicago Times. Her.
aid.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19
Story ola Walkiny-Siick.

Rather n curious story has reached
the London correspondent of the East
ern Morning News about club thieves
in the West End. A member of a
well known club lost a special stick,
which he valued highly, and which
had his name engraved uponit. Some
one saw 1t in q shop a short time af.
terward and told him about it. He
went to the shop, and there was his
stick. 81 am just going TO take the
name of for a customer" said the
shopman, when the owner claimed it.
The customer was coming back shortly
for it, The owner waited the man
turned up-a member of the same
club, a man the owner knew. lie be-
came confused. was threatened with
exposure, and accepted the owners
terms to avoid it-resignation of mem
bershIp and payment OF $3.50 to a char
ity. Value of the stick, So.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19
The Cost OF Living.

Although the cost of living has been
materially reduced in most articles of
necessity and wages are much higher
than thoy were thirty years ago the
majority of tie people are but little
better off financially. The reason is
to be found in the higher scale of liv-
ing which has to be met to retain any
social position, Thirty years ago men
in moderate circumstances thought
themselves we'll off with living rooms
furnished plainly and simply, the
chambers with enameled bedsteads and
chairs and plain linen and plated sill
yer throughout. This is all changed
and the living rooms must copy as
closely as possible the appurtenances
aud belongings of wealthy families.
There is no enameled furniture for
sale and where rag carpets were for
merly thought good enough for or
dinary use there are Brussels carpets,
limitations of imported rugs and all
sorts of useless bric-a-brac that runs
away with many a hardly earned dol
lar. All classes consume and enjoy a
great deal more than they formerly
did, and everybody, rich, moderately
circumstanced or poor, wants more
than he formerly did. All classes
travel more frequently and longer dis
tances than they were formerly ac-
customed to. They have more clothes,
more food, more finery, more books
and papers than their fathers had, but
they do not save as much as they did.
The Engineer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19

Tho use of tho bicycle is spreading,
Tho Rov. Henry Fa:rbank, mission.
ary of tho American Board in Bombay,
writes to the Now York Independent
that his touring has been much facili.
tatod by bicycle. which ho was on.
abled to purchase through the kind.
ness of friends in America. Whole
villages turn out to soe the "foot car
riagc." Some are much nstonished at
the speed Of tho machine. Others
think he ought to go much faster, and
frequently, while going along quietly,
men say; "Now, brace up; let us
SEQ what you can do" He is fire.
quently asked whether the propelling
power comes from his feet or his
hands. Wherever he goes ho finds
plenty of people willing to come and
listen to his preaching if thoy can only
catch a glimpse of the horse that needs
mother grass nor grain.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19
NOblesse Oblige.

"Whew !" exclaimed Fellalre-form.
erly Rusty Rutus-atter longthenol
consultation with his lawyer regard
ing certain investments. "Tvo done
more hard work this morning than !
used to do in four years in the good
old days When ! think of the sum
mer that's coming aad tue fat lunch
route covering two whole States that's
waiting for some other fellow to run
it, I'm dingod if l don't think that rich
old uncle of Inine was in mighty poor
business when lac died l cau't take
the road again now-thats certain.
Blame it all, n mans got to sacrifice
something to his position 70
With dismal sigh Fellaire went
out of doors. climbed into his buggy
aud drove aimlessly about town, stop
ping now and then TO throw silver
dollar at some greasy yagrant Chi
cagO Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19

Gladstone is believer in the theory
that man can do better mental work
every year to extreme old age If he
takes caro- of his body. Ho claims
that the mind grows stronger and
clearer as the body loses vitality. and
that it is only disease OF tho latter
that can prevent an intellectual pro.
gress that will 90 on TO the end. He
is certainly good illustration Of his
working theory, observes tho Argo-
nnut.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19
Ruby Mining in Bnrmah.

A large quantity of the worlds sup
ply of rubies comes from tho Burmah
mines, which have been actively
worked since the annexation Of Bur
nah by the British Government. Tho
ruby district is about twenty-slx miles
long and twelve broad, aud lies at ele-
vatious varying from 1000 feet to 5000
feet above the sea.level. Some of the
mines have been worked by the ma
tiyes from very remote periods; in
fact, old workings are found over an
area of sixty-six square miles 1t is
in the lower clay beds of the river al.
luvia, and in similar deposits formed
in gullies in the hill.wlsh, that the
rubies, spinels, and other gems are
found. In the alluvia, square pits
from two feet to nine feet across, in
goniously timberel with bamboo, are
sunk to theruby earth, which is drawn
up by bamboo baskets. In the hill
wash loug opeu trenches are carried
from the sides OF IA gully. Regular
mines are opened in somo places, in
others the limestones is quarriel.-
Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19

Tho center of our population in
1900 was about twenty-three miles
east Of Baltimore; in 1910, about
forty miles northwest OF Washington /;
in 1920, about sixteen miles north of
Woodstock, Va. in 1880, about nine
teen miles southwest of Mooreheld,
w. Va. in 1S40, sixteen miles south
of Olarksburg, w. Va. ; in 1850,
twenty-three miles south OF Parkers.
burg, W, Va. ; in 1860, twenty miles
south Of Chillicothe, Ohio; in 1870,
forty eight miles east of Cincinnati /;
in 1880, eight miles west of Cincinnati ;
in 1890, twonty miles cast of Colum.
bus, Ind, Perhaps tho most remark
able feature in this march is the
direetuess Of its westerly progress. In
the full century it has not ySried half
n degree from q due west direction or
gone north or south of q belt about
twenty-five milos broad. Yet in this
century it has moved aoross moro than
nine meridianr, or o distance of 50J
miles westward. In comparison with
tho oonter Of population wo may note
The center of Rreo, which, excluding
A'9skO, IL in the uVsth0rn part oi
Kansas.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19
A Famous Tapestry.

A piece of Berlin Gobeliu tapestry
Of the seventeenth century kept in the
Hohenzollern Museum has just been
repaired and hung in the Royal Palace.
1t represents the great elector at the
siege OF Stettin, is fifteen feet by
twelve, and is valued at SO, 900. The
moth'eaten pieces were replaced by
new ones, aud the tarnished silver by
new, in the Berlin factory, -ChicaSo
Tmes.Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19
Points From the White House Gardener


The head gardener OF the White
House, the Presidents residence in
Washington, tells reporter for one
of that city's papers some interesting
things about flower pots. He says, to
begin with, that for use in the
grounds and oonservatories of which
he is in charge from eight to ten
thousand new pots are required every
year. They do not wear out, but they
get broken, and also decay from mois-
ture gathering. The tiny little pots
about two inches in diameter, which
are used to put little slips in, are
called "thumb pots," and of these
$4,000 to 10000 are needed in the
beds about the White House.
Flower pots are made everywhere,
and are of two kinds, the machine
made and the hand made. The latter
cost more, but last longer. All the
potteries have standard sizes, SO that
whether the pot is made in Boston or
Philadelphia or somewhere else the
size of each pattern remains the same.
In all sizes the depth of the pot must
be just equal to its diameter at the
top. Some very large pots are made
measuring sixteen inches across the
top, with, of course, an equal depth.
These are expensive, costing fifty-fve
cents piece, and are used for big
palms and other large plants. They are
great contrast to the tiny two-inch
"baby" pots. Whoever made the first
flower pot had good artistic eye, for
the dull red color which they all show
is a good tint to go with any plant and
never seems to look out of place. -
New York Times.