The daily sentinel., 1901-03-08

To hold all the frowns 1 meet,
l would like to gather them, every one.
From the nursery, school and street,
Tnen folding and holding I'd pack them in
And turning the monster key,
I'd hire giant to drop the box
To tine depths Of the deep, deep sea.
Robert Morris, the head Of Americas
treasury during part Of the days Of tho
Confed Iteration, is estimated to have been
worth about $4,000 in 1870, and was
then the richest man in tho United
States.
The exports OF copper from tho United
States in 1900 were more than 100000 600
pounds, as against about 10000. 600
pounds in 1899. Germany afforded the
largest individual market, taking more
than 81 100000 pounds Of copper in 1900.
There are now 10000 Of the British
troops in India whose terms Of service
have expired-some nearly two years ago.
They are demanding their discharge, but
the authorities hope TO induce them to
ontiuue to serve until the close Of the
South African war by paying them q
special bounty.
Among the odd changes brought about
by the Accession OF King Edward VII. is
that while Victoris's face on British gold
coins looked to the left, King Edwards
looks to the right. This 10 in accord
auce with long established custom that
makes each successive sovereign face the
opposite way on the coins from his or
her predecessor
Edward Moore, blacksmith, Of Tut
hill, Ulster county, New York. declares
that one of his horses ate fifty 81 bills.
Moore went to his stable last Thursday
to feed the horses. While placing hay in
manger he says the fifty 81 bills. which
he had stuffed hastily into vest pocket,
fell into the hay. The horse in the stall
was hungry, and before Moore could re-
cover the money the animal had taken
the bills in it's mouth and crunched them
ip to shreds along with mouthful OF hGy.
A German officer, Lieutsnant Hide
brandt, a celebrated aeronaut, recently
made very interesting trip from Berlin
across the Baltic Sea, over Stralsund. to
Sweden. He left Berlin at 10 o'clock in
the morning and descended at Trelle-
bourg, in Sweden, at o'clock in the
afternoon. Lieutenant Hildebrandt
found that there were three distinct
layer currents-the lowest blew toward
Denmark, the middle curaent, in which
the balloon was kept most OF the time,
toward Sweden, and the uppermost cur
rent to Russia. The temperature was
much milder than close to earth.
Sc edless orange is accepted as matter Of
course "pon .he daily breakfast table, it
is worth while recalling that its iutro-
ductlon into the United States was due
entirely to the efforts OF the department
OF agriculture, whose attention was called
TO it by very observant and intelligent
woman. This woman, while travelling IN
the province OF Bahia, Brazil. in 1883, ob
served that the oranges OF that province
l
were much superior to those raised in
the United States, adc mentioned this
fact in letter to the then commissioner
OF agriculture, personal friend. Further
correspondence resulted in an order for
12 young plants, which Safely arrived in
Washington packed in wet moss and clay.
All the plants thrived in the department
grounds, and the distribution Of buds be-
gan shortly afterward. but failed to at
tract much attention until 1879, when
two trees came into bearing on the place
OF Mr. Horace Tibbets, at Riverside, Cal.
The frat crop consisted Of but 16 oranges,
but the fruit was considered phenomenal
in character, and these two trees have
become the propagaters of all the famous
Riverside orange groves, which now have
an annual output Of 100000 boxes Of
navel or sesdless oranges. 1t was at first
doubted whether . seedless fruit could
be propagated to q point Of profitable
production, but later, whom the possibil-
ity was realised, Mr.. Ti0bstts disposed
OF buds at tn, .ate Of Is dozen. This
was As late ~ 1884. The revolution
wrought by the navel orange has bsen
complete. % it has practically superseded
| every Other variety in the famous River.