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1900, and in 1901 much more. In 1900 the
United States imported but $4,000
worth of borax, securing the remain
der from San Bernardino and Inyo
counties. California furnished 20,357
tons of the p 1874 tons produced in 1899.
Chill, the next largest shipper, fur
nished 1851 tons.
Boric acid is made at Daggett by
boiling the crude material in tanks
with sulphur. After the sulphate of
lime settles the liquid is drawn off into
outdoor watts, where the heat causes
rapid evaporation of the water, leav-
ing the substance known to commerce.
By this simple process results are ac-
complished which European manufac
turers secure by means of costly equip
ments and complicated chemical proc
esses. More than 60 of the dry lakes
containing borax are unnamed and but
few have been worked. The largest
saline deposits are, naturally, in the
deepest places, and quantities are
found in Death valley, 427 feet below
sea level. From 1873 to 1886 this valley
was steadily worked, immense borax
trains drawn by horses traversing a
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PRINCESS OF MOROCCO.
Eastern Society Is Pleased with Visit
Of Oriental Beauty, Whose Danc-
ing IL Exquisite.

For some weeks the most exclusive
set in the Back bay, Boston, Mass,
have been entertaining and have been
entertained by youthful princess Of
Iangier, Mile. Torquia of Morocco.
For purposes of incognito the prin-
cess prefers to be addressed as Mile
Torquia. She is not yet "a years of
age and is perfect type of oriental
beauty. Dark of eyes and hair, 1.-THE
of form and with skin the complex
ion of sun-kissed peach.
A marvellous woman is this beauty
from the orient. She speaks English,
Spanish, Italian, French, Russian,
Swedish, Egyptian. Algerian, Danish
and the dialects Of the desert, such
as Skellah.
She sings a pure contralto- that
suggests the land of the cypress and
myrtle, and she dances as only the
oriental can dance.
The dancing Of Princess Torquia,
however, is not the hopping motion
of the limbs familiar to Europeans,
nor the salacious muscle movement
introduced by low order Of oriental
entertainers.
1t is a wonderfully graceful sway
ing of the limbs, arms, feet and legs,
with which the body keeps rhythm.
1t is a dance that tells story with
the clearest of pantomime. 1t fea-
lures love and hate and ambition and
despair. 1t gives majestic history
pictures.
1t tells of civil war. OF the hus-
bandman watering the ground with
blood, blowing it with swords, root
ing out weeds, plucking flowers, fell
ing trees or sowing it with corpses.
1t tells of monarch assembling
his armies, making war, taking pris
oners, inviting his subjects to fes-
tival or citing them to judgment.
All these dances are done to orient
al music, of which the west has read
but only its Travelled ones heard.
In these dances her cousin, the
Prince Abbas Ben Omar, accompan-
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In the old DAYS salt was the handi-

In the old days salt was the handi.
est building material, and a house
constructed from it still stands in
Dandy. In California about $2,O00,-
600 worth of salt is being produced
annually at this time, and it is ex-
pected that this amount will soon be
doubled, as the new Salt Lake road
is to be laid through the very heart
of this region, opening the vast
areas of borax, soda and inter. It is
predicted that eastern capital will To-
cate factories here, where the prod
ucts may be easily shipped to the
ocean. All sorts of chemicals may
be manufactured, among which fer
tilizers and smokeless powder will be
important. Even now manufacturers
in southern California are casting
aside by-products which in other To-
calities would be more valuable than
the material now in use. Some of
the residue of the watts which is dis
carded is known to be rich in lithia
and bromine. We ship lepidolite.
from which lithia is made, to Ger
many and then import the manufac-
tured article. Why not produce it
here?
A unique industry, one of the
strangest in the world, is carried on
by some of the small boys of
Pasadena, who start out armed with
a pair of pincers about 10 inches
long and a deep tin can lined with
bits of torn paper to a depth of eight
or nine inches. The demand by tour
lists for centipedes mounted on card
board always exceeds the supply and
of these particularly disagreeable-
looking and dangerous insects are
prepared for the market in Pasadena
alone each year. Tarantulas, scor-
pions and many other venomous in.
sects also fall victims to the small
boys activity and money-making pro-
clivities, while they satisfy the alb
normally developed souvenir habit of
the always-present tourists. Rattle
snakes skins are manufa ctured into
fancy articles, and horned toads are
also much sought. But it is not only
the tourist who furnishes the mark.
ct for the latter creatures. At the
drug shops in Chinatown they are
dried and, as one oriental who was
Justify pounding about 20 of them
assured the writer, "Me soakee him
in gin. makee heap good medicine"
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MILF. U1A, OF MOttOCCO.
les her on the musical instruments
peculiar to the east.
Their effectiveness is enhanced by
the glory of the costumes of Princess
Torquia. One of these costumes is
of rose-tinted satin tunic, embroid-
cred with golden sequins.
The overgarment is of slashed sat-
in and an oriental swathing of rich
stuff Her head is covered turban
fashion.
She left her native country three
years ago and is making a tour of the
world with her cousin, Prince Abbas
Ben Omar.
She has danced before all the
crowned heads of Europe. Prince
Oscar of Sweden was particularly
gracious to her and presented her a
complete set of miniatures of the
royal family in gold frames studded
with diamonds.
In Paris President Loubet present
ed her with a white silken scarf on
which are inlaid in letters of gold
"Elysee, 10 Aout, 19OO.' While in the
French capital she met Eugene, the
red prince of Sweden, who has since
renowned his right to the throne to
marry Miss Wild. of Baltimore.
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SALT IN CALIFORNIA.
Millions of Tons in Natural Saline
Basins.
BOrax in Its Perfect State Also Found
in Great Abunda nce-Thrivin4
Trade in VenOmOuS
Insects,
1Special Los Angeles letter.

Especial Los AEXeleS Letter.
A LTHOUGH nearly every thing that
~ grows may be cultivated in south
ern California it's inha bitants have
thus far depended largely. for susie
nance upon oranges and the money
spent SO lavishly by tourists, who are
attracted by the climate and scenery.
With the increase in population, how
ever, many new industries are being
developed, notable among which is the
preparation for market Of salt in its
various forms. 1t is estimated that
millions. of tons of this product are
fornia, which is natural saline basin.
Ages since, the ocean covered the ter
ritory between Salt Lake City and the
Gulf of California. OF this a large
portion of San Bernardino county
(geologically known as Lake Aubury)
and that portion of Inyo county known
as Ovens Lake, formed a part. With
the gradual recession and evaporation
of the water, immense saline deposits
were formed. Daggett is, commercial
ly speaking, situated near the center
of this region and this little town of
one street, three blocks long. is al
ready the principal borax-shipping
point Of the world. daily sending out
over 81 1000 worth of this product. AL
though borax had been secured by
special process prior to that time, it
was first found in it's natural state in
San Bernardino county in 1864. At
that time it was worth $3.50 per ton, or
39cents perpound, VIII olesale. Now it re-
tails for seven cents. This great reduc-
ton in price has led to its being put
to many new commercial uses. 1t is
a necessity in welding, tluxing and the
treatment Of ores, but to-day is most
employed in the manufacture of gran
lite and porcelain wares, so-called, and
enameled articles. San Bernardino
county produced $1,013,251 worth in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-07-26

for some time before it was known
but his unnatural business instincts
cropped out one day at dressmak.
ing establishment where he was in
company with his mother.
Mrs. Gould noticed that for some
time her little boy had seemed fond
of going with her to the dressmak-
er's, and she soon realized that the
clever little fellow was not without
a motive other than his natural fond
ness for her society. He knew that
in these centers of fashion making
there were pins, really riotous
waste of pins. One day at the Fifth
avenue establishment when Mrs
Gould and friend she had brought
with her were busily engaged in criti-
cising the various imported gowns
brought out for their inspection, Miss
Ward, the head saleswoman, noticed
young Edwin Gould bending over a
spot on the floor where box of pins
had been carelessly upset some hours
before. Noticing that he was pick.
ing them up she smilingly offered to
give him some.
"No," explained Mrs. Gould, 'he en-.
joys collecting them. At home ]
sometimes strew them over the floors
just to give him the pleasure of pick
ing them up"
Apparently unaware of the com:
ment he had excited, the child con-
tinued his researches, and later,
when Mrs. Gould had gone into an
other room, and saleswoman ap-
preached and offered him hairpin
to dig the more recalcitrant pins
from the cracks, he was so much alb
sorbed that he did not even look up
to reply.
Even when she told him that he
would break his finger nails in the
pursuit he did not falter, and only
when she explained that the hairpin
would greatly increase his speed in
acquiring pins did he accept it.
"Why do you pick up pins?" she
asked, encouraged by his gracious &C.
ceptance.
II get pennies for them," answered
young Edwin, promptly. Il pick uI
all 1 can find, and when have 200
get a cent. 1 can make lots OF
money"
He did not stop working to give the
information, and even when Mrs
Gould was ready to 60 to her car
rage he left the house of many pins
with evident reluctance, but enriched
by several cents.
The Goulds have always known the
value of money, and the early COM
mercial instincts developed by the
scion of the Edwin Gould family are
the natural result of influences OF
heredity and otherwise. Jay Gould
was the son of a poverty-stricken
farmer in Delaware county, N. Y.
When Il years of age he started out
to make his way in the world with a
total capital of so cents, and in the
next 30 years carved his way to q
fortune of more than $sO,OOO,0O0.
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During March, April! and May the
largest crop of centipedes is harvest.
ed and dried, and of all things the
Pasadena boys most enjoy is cen.
tipede picnic in the hills among
which their picturesque town is stu.
ated.
It is not unusual for one boy to
catch 100 worms in a day, which he
can easily sell to dealers for five
cents each, thus earning five dollars.
When the rocks are lifted away in
the spring the centipedes are for a
moment apparently too astonished
to move, and this is the boys oppor-
tunity for Selling them with pincers
and thrusting them squirming and
waving their myriad legs into his
can, when they glide under the pa
pers, singing any one of their as
sociates with which they come in
contact. scolopendia castaniceps, full
grown California centipedes, are from
five to eight inches long, and average
21 and AZ segments. A brown thorn
terminates each leg, and when the
myripod is angered all the thorns
are simultaneously thrust into the
flesh of his victim, producing lines
of pain like those inflicted by red
hot iron. However. the second pair
of feet, below the jaws. resembling
modified claws, are what do the most
injury. These hooks are perforated
and traversed by little canals Lead
ing from a poison gland. The claws
come together and set under the
flesh with such tenacity that the
creature has often to be torn in
pieces before it's hold may be loos-
ened. On hot days the boys are apt
to be bitten because the insects are
so active that they run up the PIN
GERS and under the sleeves of their
tormentors before they can be seized.
Ammonia or cooking soda will gem
orally remove the poison and the pa
tent usually RECEIVERS, although the
pain is intense. When a catch is
carried into the shops chloroform is
administered, which renders them in
nocuous and they are treated and
mounted on cards or placed in pa
per weights retailing at from 25 to
Is cents apiece.
EDWARD JULIAN
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-07-26
MANHOOD IN THE EcHAN1c.
Culture Should Underlt Training,
Whether In School once
or Worksho

It is evident, says thd3iblical Re-
corder, that the south wi offer great
opportunities for half icentury or
more to come, to younghen who are
trained for practical 4ployments.
Every day now alluring opportunities
are afforded to young nh who were
trained in Offices Of w{kers, while
their fellows were colleges.
Whether in manufacture farming or
commerce, the young ma who brings
himself intelligently anfarnestly to
his tasks will reap rider harvests
than have yet been rdped in the
south. Many a boy not meant to be
preacher or teacher or lEyer should
prepare none the less eahestly to he
manufacturer, builder r railroad
man with full confidend of serving
his day effectually and reaching
worthy reward.
But in his preparation whether in
school or Office or shot he should
not forget the man ! him. He
should not sacrifice th man upon
the altar Of the mechaic. Let him
neither sacrifice the mfhanic. The
true man will save themboth in him
self.
OF course parents and young men
are impatient of the scbols, and Of
Gods tedious ways! Tey can not
spend the time necessary to acquir-
ing both a general and Especial prep
aration- The boy musl be making
money. Made in the iiage of God
as he is! To be sure thehrgument is
compelling one with Sme, and we
recognize its absolute fdce. And yet
it is pity to put a hAdicap upon
ones whole life foreyel merely for
lack of time early in He. Granted
that the boy ought to ptpare for an
industrial career-and Re not only
grant but urge 1.-THE Truth remains
nevertheless that he daerves moro
than to be trained to wo.k and make
money. There are the ilcomparably
larger concerns of his mind, tastes,
spirit and relations as citizens, neigh
Dor and father, never to u forgotten,
And so while we wouli encourage
industrial education-as 1t is called:
we would also abate not one lot Of
the old-time emphasis upon general
culture.
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JoHNNY'S HlsT'RY LESSON.

think. of all the things at school
| A boy has got to Go.
| That studyin' hist'ry, as rule.
| Is worst of all. don't you?
Of dates there are an awful sight,
An though ! study day an night,
There's only one I've got just right
That's fourteen ninety-two.
Columbus crossed the Delaware
In fourteen ninety-two;
We whipped the British. fair an square,
In fourteen ninety-tNo.
We whipped the British. fair an square,
In fourteen ninety-two.
At Concord an at Lexington
We Kept the red-coats on the run
While the band played Johnny Get Your
Gun,
In fourteen ninety-tWo.
Pat. Henry, with his dyin' BREATH
In fourteen ninety-two-
Said: Gimme liberty or death.'
In fourteen ninety-tWo.
An Barbara Fretchie, so it's said,
Cried: Shoot If you must this old, gray
head,
But I'd rather 'twould be your own in
Stead!'
In fourteen ninety-tWo.
The Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock
In fourteen ninety-two,
An the Indians stardin on the dock
Asked: What are you goin' to do?"
An they said: 1--WE seek your harbor drear
That our chidren's clildrens children dear
May boast that their forefathers landed
here
In fourteen ninety-two."
Miss POcahOntas saved the life,
In fourteen nnetytWo,
OF John Smith, an became his wife
In fourteen ninety-two.
An the Smith tribe started then an there,
An now there are John Smiths everywhere.
But they didn't have any Smiths to spare
In fourteen ninety. two.
Kentucky was settled by Daniel Boone
In fourteen ninetytwo,
An I think the cow jumped over the moon
In fourteen ninety.two.
Ben Franklin flew his kite so high
He drew the lightnin from the sky,
An Washington couldn't tell a lie
In fourteen ninety-two.
Nixon Waterman, in Saturday Evening
Post.
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CHARMED BY EDNA MAY.
Fascinating New York Actress Has
Made a Deep Impression on an
Indian Rajah.

Edna May. the fascinatin New York
actress, who is appearing in kitty
Grey" at the Apollo theate in London,
lately made great conquest, that Of
Ra jah kumar, the son and heir of the
mahara JAN Of Kuch Behar, one of the
wealthiest of the Indian princes and
well-known figure in London society
kumar has become absolutely Edna's
shadow. He is to be seen about with
her everywhere - shopping in the
West End. mot oring in the park, lunch
ing and dining at various restaurants,
while every evening he sits admiring
her from the stalls.
He has loaded Edna with splendid
presents.
The other night she made decided
sensation at the Savoy hotel by ap-
pearing in very smart frock blazing
with all the Kuch Behar crown Jewels,
valued at nearly s., 900, 900. which were
presented to her by the rajah.
This came to the ears of the maha-
raj ah who forthwith visited Edna and.
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distance of 165 of the hottest and sandi-
est miles of desert in the world. Seven
feet wheels with eight-inch tires were
required to draw the OO0-pound loads
through the deep sand. This enter
prise was ended by the railroads.
Ovens lake, with an area of 100
square miles and an average depth of
40 feet, is called the largest soda foun-
tain in the world. It contains more
than 22,OO0,0OO tons of carbonate of
soda, according to government experts.
It is expected that salt will soon be
mentioned with climate and oranges
as one of the lea ding wealth-producers
of California. In those irreclaimable
portions of the desert where animal
and vegetable life are but sparsely
represented by reptiles and cacti, and
which have generally been regarded
as totally worthless, one Indian seated
on pillow drawn by cable is able to
place 700 tons of salt in winnows daily.
At Salton, salt is harvested, not man
ufactured. Even the work of evapora-
ton was performed there by nature
in past ages. There the product, when
plowed up, is SO pure that it is only
necessary to grind and sack it. Large
salt works are being constructed at
Long Beach, while those at Redondo,
Oceanside, San Marcos and Coronado
are in full operation. Just now it is
principally along the lines of the rail-
ways that the salt deposits are being
worked, but the mineral has been
found in more than 20 great districts in
the desert, much of it being as trans
parent as window glass. In the Sara
toga district, San Bernardino county,
in ledge mile in length is 16-feet
center of pure salt estimated to weigh
s,575, $50 tons. IN
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according to the New York World, de-
manded that she restore the gems,
which, besides being of immense value,
are crown property, and it is not in
the power of anyone, not excepting
himself, to give them away.
Kuch Behar is a native state of Ben
gal, India, a trife larger than Rhode
Island, very fertile and, like most In
dian states. very rich.
1t has a population of about 100000
persons.
The maharajah, or sovereign, is en-
titled to a salute of 10 guns-not so
many as some of the other native
rulers, but enough to show that he
is a potentate of dignity and power.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-07-26
How to See the Wind.

We know very well when there is
wind, without being able to see it, but
under proper conditions it is possible
to see the wind. Choose windy day,
then secure polished piece of metal;
a handsaw will be the best. Hold the
metallic surface at right angles to the
direction of the wind. For example, if
the wind is in the north, hold the saw
east and west inclined about As de-
grees to the horizon. Now look care
fully along the back edge, and you will
shortly see the wind pouring over it
like waterfall.
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SS>9>c>e>c
;;Southern location.
EDUCATE II GIRLS.
The Education of Glrl"
South Means Fev
Mothers In tlFutuEe'
I9~0~0>0~0 >9>S'

In no section of country -,
the women been t}ted justly ~
education, says Pre- mt McA'e
the North Carolin tate MOI ne.
school. In some ULCERS the in :.
tice has been less rant 1nan
others.
1lliteracy amongt the
throughout the Unite Etates' anu :.
pecially in the sout in states'
much greater than il among "eA
The most importal factor IL ~.
civilization is the VIE girl III
country; she will NAL the home az"
fix the IDEAS of thesorle, and as
mother and primary hcher she VIII
do the most imnort = bleaching that
is done for the humatace: un'li
Gently the state. the turch and the
philanthropists have the SCUM ue
voted their attentionSo Tar ae
dowed institutions artoncerned, al
most exclusively to II education Ct
the white man, the gro man anN
the negro woman.
It is suicidal and II inal ICE 'Ae
state, the church nnds,ciety no. :"
SEE to it that all wom4 have at ieass
equal educational advAage with inc
advantages enjoyed b4len; tha'
100000 illiterate mothd in the SCUM
mean 900 900 or mordl;trrate chill
dren for society and schools u
contend with in the nj generatloi'
and that it is safer 4 cheaper to
educate them now hahhen.
If these statements Re true, we
ought to act at oncet Let TINS De
done, not by taking $thlng from
men Of the white racpr from tho
negro men and negro 3men. o"t oy
increasing from all soVes our gl1ts
of every kind to those dlcational IN
stitutions which are taining the
most important part osour popula"
ton, SO long forgotten but when
must always set the padof our civil
ization.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-07-26
An Education That FIT.

The south is awakening to the fact
that Its present systems of educa.
ton are not entirely meeting tho
needs Of the children. Our popula.
ton is largely rural, and the system
Of education needed in the south il
one that actively and sympatheticallv
touches every interest in the com.
munity over which it extends. As tho
Manufacturer Record says: "The
task,is for the south to work out it's
own common school system without
regard to what has been done else.
where-a system best suited to it,
peculiar needs"