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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-17
MESQUITE COFFEE.
Texas Plant Said to Be Good SubstI-
 tute for the Well-known Tree.


 The pTairies of west Texas are GOV cred with mesquite bush. The name of tree would be more appropriate, as it often atJ2ins a height of twenty-five feet and it's trunk q diameter of six to ten inches This push or tree has been said to flourish best in dry weather, but the truth or this alleged characteristic has not been proved by this season Of prolonged wet weather. The rains seem to have benefited the hardy mesquite equally as much as they have the other vegetation which IS found on the praries. The mes quite Is greatly appreciated by the stoekmeu of West Texas. In times of extreme drought cattle have been known to liye foI many months on the lessyes of tie mesquite when tAe range Wtis h2re Of grass. The mesquite tree promises t9 become of considerable commercial importance through it's production af q bean which so close, l. .feSe,Sb eS the coffee berry in flavor and appearance that one cannot be tolG from another when roasted. Tha
 
 used as g subs flute for coffee by the MeXieans of t9e Rio Grande 0Jrder of Texas and in Mexico and New Mexico X few years ago the possible eommer- clal value Of the mesquite bean was called to the attention of d iarge wholesale coffee house in St Louis his firm sent q -repre resentatiVe to west Texas to make an inyes igation of the product. Thorough tests were made of the bean, and fl Was found t9 be perfect substitute for coffee 1t WIS proposed @ use it iR great quaA- titles for adulterating the cheaper grades Of coffee With this end ih vleW large roasting establishment was put up ia san Antonio to prepare the bean for market before shipping 1t 10 St. Louis and other points. Tht3 plant was placed i1 operation and many McXitans were employed al lop. wages iN gathering the bean Many theasaaGa q pounds of tAc beans were f6aated aHa shipped 10 St. Louis. and it Has said That he industry Wa5 very profitable, The next season. however, tI.e !.e&quite bean crop was coaplete faii0re. and tae roasting plant lad to remain idle. When another failure of fae bean crop occurred the second sea, SOB taa business Was abandoned and the roasting plant removed from San Antonio.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-17
BOSTON STREETS.
Method of Cleaning ravemIsnts In New
 En.ianu'S Hub

Boston set the pace for a good many larger cities when she built her sub way. She is at least several years ahead of Chicago in this respect. A glance at the way in which she cleans her streets shows that she is ill ad- rance i'll that line also. Chieago's street-cleaning is spasmodie;; Boston's is uniform and regular. One city washes it's face every morning, or night, rather: the other. when it has time or money for the operation. Bos- ton recognizes that matter has an in ovitable irresistible and constant ten deney to get into the wrong place and that the only way to keep the eity's streets clean is to organize carefully and methodically for the work of cleaning and then keep at it. This is what the eastern city has done and, as a consequence, it's streets are kept in what a Chieagoan would regard as a holiday state of cleanneSS and fresh ness, even though Bostoniaus them- selves are always Srumbling because their streets are not absolutely clean. The way in which Boston removes itf street dirt, snow ashes garbage, pa per and miscellaneous refuse may be briefly indicated. In the first place, the sanitary division of the street de- partment removes the ashes, the gar bage Gncluding dead animals1 paper and rubbish, such as accumulates in factories, stores and residences The ct tppn ipo f,iI Tod in emergencies by the sanitary divi- sion) removes the snow and dirt of all kinds that gather on the streets From a recent report it appears that 2,500 loads of dirt and waste, 5000 loads of ashes, ,250 loads of paper and rubbish are gathered weekly from the streets of Boston, at an expense of $l 000 to $1, 200 per day. Formerly all this ref use was dumped into the ocean. Now, however, it is disposed of differently Every part Of this rubbish and waste that can be readily utilized is saved. The loads of rubbish are dumped at the sorting and packing houses upon an endless belt of iron. which is car ried at gait of six feet in nine sec Onds, through two rows of Italian sorters, whs pick out the strawboard, paper cotton, linen and wooen arti
 cles, bottles and all metal objects, each sorter confning his attentions to his own speciality The remaining stuff is emptied into mighty furnace, where it is converted into smoke and ashes. The articles picked out are packed up separately, according to their kind and ready sale is found for them one firm in New York talk ,ng the entire product. There is, of course, a waste in the material con sumed in the crematory, but this will probably some time be utilized, as Paris now utilizes lta waste by return ipg it to the soil,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-17

these stipulatons. Knowing Bot Whetl- CT the concession contained natural re sources of any kind. ,hc Rcrmudcz con cern sent Mr. Garner then i civil engi- Eeer to explore tue wilderness in qteS- tion He explored almost every square mile of the wild country. giving a year and half to this pioneer task. NJ last he found the pitch lake. which, until he cut his way through the jungle to it's borders. had never been seen bN q white man. He perceived that here was mine which could be worked on a big scale and would ultimately be come of great value. He surveyed Il tract of land. a quadrangle about five miles long hy three and q half miles wide. Fl the center of which lay the pitch lake, and, after submitting to all the required forralitics, purchased. as the Eerinuacz company claims. the tract ill fee simple from the NcneZue- Ian government for his company. This was in f5s&S.
 Mr. Gamer built a railway southwest from the lake to a p@Gf= en the san Juan river. where he established the town of Guanoco. th" present head quarters of the plant. Tle development of the 9.tch lake and 1he bringing Of the asphalt into tie rarket EsVe re quircd the greateyt possible physical endurance and tjeteril:natjon. and the successful c2nrlU#., T ia entirely due to the Sktllftl n&na@rment and untiring zeal and enterprise of Mr. Garner. Qua noco. the pitch lake settlement, owes its existence, na3ae a23 present. state of thrift and actiYitr to him and his wife who has shared lis tolls and pli- vatons in this wilderness.
 Tn lsa1. Whc4 N4, Garner, broken in health after several attacks of jungle fever, Went to IlsoMa t0 recUparate. it was that the present trouble in 5'eA- eZucla began. Wi3ll tl!e change in the head of 1he NeneZpelan government and the granting z. concessions to I rival ce:z.l,ny.
 In all tEc years tAc company has worked B"rmGdez lake leas than 1G0 While persons have set foot upon it. Until within the last few years MT. Garner and his wife were the only white people living within 100 miles of the asphalt lake. Mrs. Garner may indeed be called the ranking American heroine in Ven zuela. fer from the moment Mr Garner first sailed up an unknown river to break into an unknown land Mrs Garner has never, in sickness or in health, in peace CT in trouble, left her husbands side They are now in Washington, while he is laying before the state department the documentary evidence which sets forth the Bermudez company's side of the dispute between the company and the Venezuelan government
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-17
What surn.is-d the Chinaman.

What strikes q chinaman is not always what strikes a European. A sArewd and Weil-to-do merchant at Anag was told that Maxim gun was able 10 md ont 600 shots q minute, he n9t1ed hi head politely and kept fa4.nia@ himself. That vas evidently 6 tall story \ moment later the fan collapsed; he saw the men of duty sitting about locking at newspapers and exclaimed: Gan all your soldiers read?" A matter, from his point of view, truly far astonish1nant.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-17
AN ASPHALT PIONEER
YANKEE ENGINEER FIRST TO DISCOV-
 FIR THE VENEZUELAN DEPOSITS

Thirteen Years of Jungle Life. Filled
 With Work and ENciteH.ent-car
 mcr's s!>iIIfui 1lannGencnt Has De-
 NcIoped q Great industry
 The great Venezuelan asphalt enter prise, noW occupying Sucb wide pub lie attention, is the work of q man who has sacrificed the best years of his life to making it q success. His name is A Howard Garner, and he is the managing director of the company which claims ownership to the aS- phalt lake.
 Mr. Garner discovered the asphalt lake or mine in 1SS7 and was probably the first North AHcr;can to set foot upon it. The lake is considered one of the greatest ratural curiosties oI tue world. In appearance it resem- bles q sea of black putty. The asphalt is dug with broad h.atied spades, ana the excavations fiji ID as fast as the laborers leavr them. Here is an inex- haustihle supply thai will last unti. the c0Iffiag of thI e5;lSh of worlds
 During the lastZt5 years. though still young man, Mir. Garner has liveG most nf tEc time in Venezuela on th1 spot WAie4 is how the scene of the dispute between tlle company he rep raSentS and the Venezuelan govern mcnt. fhe part played hy Mr. Car ner in the development of the asphalt industry and his connection with the present imfroglio are interesting. The drama. of which he is the hero, dates back to lSs5. when the New York and Bcrnudez company obtained from the government of Venezuela Il concession to develop all the natural resources on the free lands of the state ef Bermu- dez, which covers an area of about 10000 square miles, nearly as large as the state of New York
 It WaS stipulated that the company was to explore the territory. found col enies. open highways and establish means of communication. The compa- ny claims that it has complied with
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-17

This Company does but il does has the venue for paVmep aud profit the e 1nsur
 
 of ins It's field physical are Within reach of You enio embodying perfect itv hetw wepna a r as Wasted Every Correspondence cheerful
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25
SPECIMENS" Rtyral wfnrs

@tNaNs AL AaHtt&F.
A prrtty sequel 10 1 so,ssvh,,
strange. Or al least uausaal ,,s,y !,
told BY Col q. G, Robbins tAs 49,.
asaaycr. who four Or tYs m0a,A, =,
VAS advertising in al, The bsvs, y,
Information regarding 4 boz 49, ~
brought Some piecea u ore 10 hls sl,,,
aud sold them Tor 'tn nicksst
Tbs colonel has an e1albn n III.
erals Ia his wondow. and oas az /,
boy came tn aith two Or three s.ss,,
~ black fock ana asked Il lbs eslas4
did not want 10 bus them ios n, al
lection II wsa evident that lAsy v,,s
pieces ~ org ~ some ksad. ara N.
boy @aA given three or four nlst,s
Tor lhsm. lie went home happy. atw
SAYING that his ta,hsr had bgoaSs, ~
pieces % rock home a long ;iHss &c.
The aaSaycr began an Investigates
which showed that the deeply ox.allA
ore was almost purr copper, With a.
yer running through IL iis izzstI.
ately Advertised for The TAD. ara 4 sa
weeks before BE- found him. whsa ~
boy tiuAily turned ap his father ~
discovered and sh~ place shsaet sa=s
tbs orr was located I, aaa aboz; 8
miles belOW The Loser California llst
and !, has been located BY Ansosi5
FslIs. his brother. Col. Robbiss asa
} Wade Mcdonald
The work % development vlll y
commenced az soon AZ the H'acAlasT.
which was taken 10 Enaeasda BY ~
steamer st. Denis last night, q y
llyered on the ground Col goss,si
Gays that the quality ~ the ore .
lusr than anything discovered ssss
the Lake Superior fields we're opsss4
and simply the sire Of the deepest, sis
tho value Of the discovery.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25

Here are some business mariEi
which have guided Thomas I. iAEsos'
the wealthy Bostonlan 20 success
Never lot anything pass you 10 ySuf
business that you do not undsFttaSa
Trace every effect back to IL eaas.
Otherwise you are not fully eqalpPeA
to carry on business, :.
work with enthusiasm and with AZ
your powers 10 only one thing
time. and feel that thing is The NOS ''
important thing in the voFld N'h
doing Il. ~
In dealing with man look h's
straight In the eye Then you Ie I"
your beet.
n your enemy strikes at you -.
hurts. don't lot him see that ns -
hurt you. Ridicule him. and SUI"
when your time comes.
Amply logic to all business prov.
tiona n they do not stand the v"
Of logic. reject them.
In the stock market don't etpc.'
make money from Following the 'ap y.
No man ever can do Il. unless ."
are on the inside. don't speculate
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25

The American boy is ahead of the
English boy. in the judgment of Sir
? omas Upton, because he gets bet
ter chance to show what is in him. In
America the managers of large con.
Germs are often very youthful. In Eng.
land their youth would be a disqualffi.
cation, since there man must look old
before he is thought to look wise. Sir
Thomas believes that to be "a great
error OF policy in the affairs of a ma
ton, business firm or family" He
himself came to this country when he
was fifteen years old. He declares his
experience here 'the best commercial
training ever had" and holds that I'll
would be a good thing to send every
English boy to America when he is
seventeen, and to keep him there for
a couple of years" This is generous
and even fiattering to US, but Sir
Thomas countrymen may find a flaw
in the argument, reasoning from their
point of view-that after the English
boy had been here two years <tey
might not be able to get him back.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25
MAPS SHOWING FROM AUSTRALIAN no oNpoN

The mails for England from her col
ony OF Australia, on the other side of
the globe. are now being carried
through the United States, as an ex-
pertinent. Transported by water and
land by way of the Suez canal and
Brindisi the journey to London from
Melbourne takes thirty-six days. BY
taking the other direction and coming
by way of San Francisco and new
York the time has been shortened
greatly. On the first trip, which be-
gan in August, the time by way OF the
railroads from the Pacific to the At
lantic coast was thirty-one and a half
days. On the second trial. just COM
pleted. the time has been further
shortened. The entire distance from
Melbourne to London by way of the
American continent is 1926 miles. or
more than half way round the world
This beats Phineas Fogg's time by
a wide margin. While Jules Verne's
hero circled the globe in eighty DAYS.
the journey at the rate of speed reach
ed by the Australian mails taking the
American route could be made in
about fifty days. OF course under both
plans railroad have been utilized
wherever available. But when Rus
sia's great railroad, the one from Mos
COW to Port Arthur, on the gulf of Pc
chilli, is finished. the globe cicuit can
be made in much shorter time than
THIS. The report sent out to all the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25

A naval programme which contem.
plates a large increase in the naval es.
tablishment has been enthusiastically
accepted by the American public, So
that there will be little demurring to
the general spirit Of Secretary Longs
annual report.
But 1t is not SO certain that the Sec
rotary decided wisely between the
plans Of the general board of which
Admiral Dewey Is chairman and the
plans Of the board OF construction.
The former called for four battle
ships, two armored cruisers, four pick
ct boats. six gunboats of 1000 tons
each, six gunboats of 900 tons, and
six of 200 tons. six training ships and
one collier of 10000 tons: the latter for
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25
Perhaps Our Oldest Man.

James Farrell. OF Barbouryille. w
va, has Just celebrated the iO5th an.
nlversary OF his birth. He Is now pos.
sibly the oldest man in the United
states. Mr.. Farrell served In the war
OF 1912 and later was In Mexico nm.
der Jefferson Davis. When the war
between the states broke out he en-
listed, although no longer a Young
man, and saw four years Of seryics
He was probably the Oldest veteran
to offer his services to the govern
ment when the Spanish war broke
out. o''Ne
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25
THE WILKINs.FREEMAN AFFAIR.

The wise people of Randolph, Mass,
and the curious people of Metuchen, N.
j., and numerous other people between
those two towns seem to have consid-
cradle difficulty in getting Mary e.
Wilkins and DR.. Freeman married
1t Is not wholly clear why any one
should concern himself or herself
about what is a purely private arrar ge-
ment between the high contracting
parties, but SO many persons have con-
sidered 1t their duty to bring about
the marriage that 1t may be said near
ly all of New England and a large
part Of New York and New Jersey
have been engaged for several months
past in fixing and unfxing the dates
when the event was to come off. and
some who can see through a milestone
farther than others have even des-
canted on the brides trousseau and
the brldegroom's gifts.
At last the gossips. tired o. this
game OF hide and seek, positively an
neunced two or three days ago that
the marriage had taken place and that
tho happy pair had settled down at
Mc9uchen thGs .dlss wilkins had I'm
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25

papers the other day that Russia's
trans-Siberianr road was virtually COM
pleted'' is misleading. Some OF the
course between Moscow and vladiyo-
tok is by water and a large part OF
the railway was only temporary and
experimental. and will have to be
relaid. Troops can be carried from
Russia through to Vladivostok by the
present rail and steamboat route
across Siberia, but the time will be
much slower than that which is in
tended to be attained Ultimately. More
over. Port Arthur. and not Vladiyos-
tok, will be the real terminus OF the
trans-Siberian road. and that appar-
emily will not be finished for two or
three years yet.
Until Russia's great line to Port
Arthur Is finished the quickest course
for England's Australian malls will
probably continue to be by way Of San
Francisco and New York. ON the ex-
perimental route now being taken
This course, too. will be the speediest
way for the entire globe circuit. Even
when the trans-Siberian line is finish
ed the roads across the United States
continent will have to be Utilized in
order to make the circuit by the speed
lest route. 1t will then be possible 10
make the journey round the earth in
thirty-one days by having close con-
nections. How some OF the old-tIme
girdlers would marvel If they could
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25

Arizona is interested and the camp
of Dos Cabezas is in a fever of ex-
citement over the discovery of new
placer fields in the southern part of
Arizona, which are so extensive and
rich that small army OF prospec.ors
expect to become rich. The diggings
thus far discovered are five miles in
length and three miles in width. A
party of placer miners just returned
found very rich dirt. Many claims have
been staked out, but numerous par
ties are Quitting, and there will be
rush to locate all available ground in
the district outlined and prospect for
new placer ground. The gold discoy-
cry was made by sheep herder en-
ployed by George Vandewalker, who
picked up nuggets in wash and filed
beer bottle with coarse gold. The
Mexican continued herding sheep.
meanwhile enriching himslef daily
with gold During debauch at Dos
Cabezas he showed considerable gold
dust. Friends were let into the secret.
and all prospered before the news
leaked out
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25
MISTRESS AND MAIDS.
EQUALITY DECLARED BETWEEN
THEM IN CHICAGO.
lociaI Revelation Effected by One
woman's Example m servants Eater
tain Employers and Are Entertained
In Turn
Chicago Letter.


The servant-girl problem Is still oc-
cupying considerable share Of the at
tention OF the women OF Chicago. Since
the formation OF the Servant Girls
union several months ago the subject
has been one that forced itself into
prominence and various have been the
discussions occasioned thereby in
women's clubs and in the public
prints.
Recently a few Chicago women dis
covered. or profess TO have discovered,
u solution OF the ysxing problem.
Summed up, this discovery is that the
servant and he mistress are equal and
that the caste distinctions which have
heretofore existed between them are
wrong. Some OF these women now
breakfast and dine and sup with their
servants. and in doing so maintain that
they lose nothing Ia dignity, The pio-
neers In this movement are Mrs. Hen
~ ID. Lloyd and Mrs, Lydia Avery
Coonley Ward, whose home lives are
shared In common with their servants
While this course Is considered radI-
cal by many other Chicago society
women. yet II has had It's effect upon
them, and has resulted la many cases
In the breaking down OF the barriers
which existed between down stairs and
upstairs. and has brought about a de-
gree OF companlonship between mis-
tress and maid which has operated TO
the benefit OF both,
In this wildcat dreams OF the found.
ers OF the union OF domestic servants
there was no vision Of a state % az.
fairs where the becapped parlor maid
would sit side by side With the mis-,
tress OF the mansion day BY day anl
dine on rare china. Yet this cgndl,
tion actually exists In several Chicago
families known for their arclusiy-uess
There are people without number uho
would give their cyc teeth b be al.
lowed 10 sit on terms % equality where
the servants sit in equality muruiag.
noon aud nlght
Mrs Ltayd's social Revolution.
Mrs, Henry Demnrrst Lloyd the
daughter Of the late William nsosa.
lieutenant governor % Illinois. vas
the woman bold enough 10 take the
Initiative In movement which she
said meant simply the treating Of 9th.
eF people "a you you'd like 10 have
them treat you.
Henry n. Lloyd believes tina, all hon.
est men and women stand on a ulans
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25

hear OF this speed! Two years was
considered fairly good time for the
circuit in the days OF Capt. Cook and
of the Yankee skipper, Robert Gray
the Gray, whose vessel, the Columbia,
gave its name 10 the great river OF
Oregon. and whose discovery OF that
stream gave the United States Its frst
claim to the vast empire which II
drains. Two years and half would
have been thought fast time for the
circuit by Drake. the first Engllshman
who made the journey. The crew OF
the Portuguese-Spa Magellan
the Magellan who was killed In the
Philippines in the feud between the
whites and natives OF those Islands
which has stretched from his time
down to Aguinaldos-who were the
first OF mankind who crossed all the
meridians, were three years In making
the journey round the earth. Thirty
six months in the early part Of the six
teenth century, One month in the
opening years OF the twentieth This
marks the extent OF the shortening OF
the time OF the globe-clrcllng between
Magellans days and the days Of Am
erica's and Russia's Morgans. HART
mans and Hills.
The new mail service crosses the
United States over the tracks Of only
two railroads and that without change
OF cars-the Great Northern and the
New York Central.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-25

Earl Fitzwilliam of England, who
began his S7th year few days ago,
has sat forty-four years in the house
OF lords and received his training as a
parliamentarian in the house of COM
mons, which he entered sixty-fiye years
ago as a young man of %. The earl.
who is active in spite of his great age.
has been for some years the oldest os
the knights of the Garter, which dec
grafton he received from Lord Palmer
ston early in the sos, and he is also
In years the oldest knight companion.
although he has not held that decora-
ton as long as the Duke Of Cambridge.
who received his blue ribbon from Will
liam w.