The herald., 1896-01-17
TALKS WITH Travellers
The Mulberry Tree and Its
Varied Valuable Products
CRIPPLE CREEK CRITICISED
The Deplorable Condition of the Island
of Cuba
Doctor Jameson's Past In lowa-Autonomy
CRIPPLE CREEK CRITICISED
Doctor Jameson's Past In lowa-Autonomy
for Cuba Desired by Cooi-Eieaded
Patriots-Other Notes


manager of the Nadeau, brief talk was
had with Mrs. James r. Cadwallader, ven
cradle and much respected native of the
state of Delaware, who, for many years.
has been interested in silk culture in the
United States, though only known in her
more immediate circle. The lady is up
ward of 80 years old, but is as alert, men
tally and physically, as young woman,
using no spectacles even to thread nee-
die. She says she owes much of her health
to generous diet, early hours and much
out-of-door exercise. II believe firmly"
she added, ''that if interest were aroused
in our public schools on silk culture we
should be, in a few years formidable COM
petitors in the production of raw silk with
the countries that now control the trade;
countries. too, which are alien in every
way. in fair reciprocity commercially, and
to all our beliefs, socially and religiously.
Since L have been in Southern California
have been delighted to find that silk cul-
ture is receiving some attention, and that
some intelligent ladies', like Mrs. Lam
when many persons, unfit for arduous
labor, will find remunerative employment
in the care of silkworms and the
lovely filaments they produce. To
| obtain the very finest silk the worms
| must be carefully fed with fresh
China. OF course sillsworms will readily
eat the leaves of black or red mulberry,
but the white is the best. This species was
introduced into Europe by the way of
Smyrna about 20 years ago. 1t is very
readily distinguished by its glistening
smooth leaf, the yellowish-white fruit
| which it bears very profusely. and it's ten
dency to throw out suckers. In this couu-
! try much reluctance is felt to engage in
silk culture, owing to the large sums lost
in the attempt to make fortunes by raising
mulberry trees 80 years ago. The red
mulberry has been sadly neglected; it is
beautiful ornamental tree; the fruit, which
| it yields in abundance, is of most exquisite
| flavor, and, made into a pudding, served
with rich cream, has, from the time of
Thotmes III, the Pharaoh of the scriptures,
been beloved of the gourmet. The wood of
this variety is almost imperishable, is of
| fine grain, and when polished is Of a rich
| dull orange color. I should not omit to
say that in cases of fever, especially when
| there is sore throat or itching skin, the
fresh fruit, crushed with a silver fruit knife
and mixed with sweetened water, makes
| most refreshing drink and has, am sure,
curative properties.
! II. B. Wood, a close friend of Dave
| Moffat, who practically owns tho Florence
and Cripple Creek railroad, said: "This
| per mile more than any other in the United
States. Twenty-four trains are run daily.
and they have carried on an average of
81 100000 worth of ore monthly. 1t is
expected that in 1896 it will transport not
less than $50 100000. Cripple Creek is
turers; accommodations are very limited
and much suffering prevails, as food is
costly, and, if procurable, has to be hastily
swallowed in shanty with floor inches
deep in mud and half-melted snow, and as
a rule in the teeth of stiff breeze of
foiv, osr in, ,,rb% %ba 1Ixy
constructed walls. Yet, in spite of all
this discomfort, swarms of miners and
mechanics are coming in from every point
with scarcely any money; no prospecting
| is possible at this season, and il it were, for
forty or fifty miles in every direction
claims have been filed and established as
valid. 1t man has a craze for mining,
| and it is Unsuitable, would advise him to
endeavor to crafty it in less remote and
yet more promising fields, for the counties
of Los Angeles and San Diego are fit meat
| for his mettle."
Senior Miguel Alvarez, formerly owner of
large sugar and tobacco plantations in the
Vuelto Abajo, Cuba, which were destroyed
| by the revolutionary forces last October,
said: I have been visiting friends and cor
respondents in New Orleans, informing
myself as to the methods now in use in
Louisiana for the cultivation of the sugar
cane and tobacco. am now seeing what
| can of California, more especially beet
| growing. Like all non extremists, I am at
present not in favor with my countrymen,
| at least the majority. l am desirous of
complete autonomy with such restrictions
on the exercise of the franchise as is ne
cessary under our present chronological
| and social conditions. 1t is the only wise
solution of the disturbing problems that
have for years retarded Cuba's growth in
wealth and civilization, using the latter
| term in as wide sense as If it were ap-
piled to the people of Korea. The time
has come when other nations than Spain
should jointly interfere to end this interne-
cine war, accompanied as it is by atroc-
ties committed by the half-breeds in the
pay of both sides, that outvie those of Ar
| menia at which the world stands aghast.
Senior Alvarez is almost polyglottous; is no
mean writer of verse, and a warm admirer
of the United States.
j. w. Renshaw of Des Moines, Ia, who
is visiting friends on Adams street, and has
for some years been i'll Cape Colony, said: ::
DR.. Jameson used to live in Des Moines
| when 1, years ago. used to set type on the
| Register. He was then a very clever man,
but sadly deformed by spinal curvature,
the result of a fall. In appearance he is
very much like Marshall p. Wilder, the
| New York humorist and lecturer. He is
| game to the core, very generous, and while
| in Des Moines did many quiet deeds of
charity in his profession that will never be
| forgotten. He took out his first papers, de-
claring his intention to become citizen of
the United States, but do not think he
d id the final ones.
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