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not equal to that of the imported figs,
as only portion of the female flowers
had developed Seeds owing TO the
cruds fertilization.
Similar experiments were carried on
for several. years, entailing much labor
with small results. Then various TN
successful efforts were made to import
the fig wasp, Finally, in April, 1899, two
fconsignments of Capri figs, wrapped
in. tin foil and packed. in cotton,
reached Fresno, which, on being cut,
were found to contain live and fully
developed insects In June gals con-
tanning insects developed in some of
the Capri figs, and after years of la
Dor and expenditure the cultivation OF
Smyrna figs. became established IN
America.
The caprifcation of the fig is simple.
There are, as a rule, three crops of
Capri figs; one each in spring, summer
| and fall. 1t is hoped that in the Cali
fornia climate there win be fourth.
They are, in a way, evergreen, the late
| crop remaining on the tree through
| the winter, although the leaves fall
In figs there are four distinct kinds of
| flowers, male, female, gall and mule. Fe-
| male flowers are present in the Smyrna
and a few of the summer crop of the
Capris. Gall flowers are found in all
/ the crops of the Capris and in no other
I variety. In these the little fig wasps
develop. Mule flowers, or misformed
female blossoms, are found in the first
crop of Smyrna and in the Adriatic
tfgs. The creamy white color of the
flowers and the glossygreen of the figs
designate the time for caprifcation.
1t must also be understood how often
the Smyrna must be caprified in order
to obtain a maximum crop of fruit.
The spring or male crop of Capri figs,
ma turing in the San Joachim valley in
June, is to be chiefly considered. Mr..
Roeding advises having two varieties
of Capris, one maturing a bout ten days
later than the other, thus extending
the season, as the Smyrna trees do not
have all their fruits in a receptive stage
at the same time. When the Capri figs
reach full size, they are watched and
if male insects are found crawling
around in the fruit when opened, the
female wasp has begun to issue. Also,
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the fig may be pressed between the
fingers. If it gives to the touch, it is
ready for picking. Capri figs contain
ing the wasps are distributed in wire
mesh baskets, already hung in the
Smyrna trees.
The Capri fig is hollow, to large ex-
tent, lined with gall flowers. which re.
ceive the wasps' eggs, at least six weeks
before the male flowers, near the eye of
the fig, mature. The wingless male
| craw1s from his gall and around in
the fig, and with its mandibles cuts an
opening into the gals where the fe.
males lie, soon after which it dies in
side the fig. The winged female in.
sect crawls through the opening made
by the male in the gall in which she
has lain, out into the fig, and thence
through the male flowers at the orr.
| fee of the fig, from which its body be-
comes covered with pollen. 1t then
enters the next crop of Capri figs, de-
posting its eggs in the gall flowers, or,
if its fig has been previously hung in a
Smyrna tree, it forces it's way into
the female fig, losing its wings in the
process. The pollen which it received
on it's body in leaving the Capri male
| figs fertilizes the blossoms through
which it crawls when entering the fe.
male Smyrna figs. The latter having
no gall flowers, it is impossible for the
insect to lay its eggs, and it crawls out
drops to the ground and perishes-
| having rendered the propagate of the
Smyrna fig tree possible as well as the
| production of fruit otherwise worth.
less. All Smyrna figs thus entered pro-
1 duce fertile seeds, and are of fine fla.
vor.
In the San, Josch valley, they be.
gin to ripen in August, ano continue I'M
til the last of September. The fruit
falls of itself when nearly dried. II
is taken from the ground, dipped in
boiling brine, and placed on trays to
dry, for two days. Dipping renders
the skin pliable.)e 1t is now placed in
a sweat box, to remain two weeks, and
washed in salt water to remove dirt
The fruit now goes to the packing
house to be graded and pressed.
/ 1t is believed that Smyrna figs NAV
be cultivated successfully in those por.
tions of the south. where the temper
ature rises to 95 degrees and does not
fall below IS degrees Fahrenheit, and
where there is not too great an amount
of fog and rain, as well as, in Arizona
/ and California. Almost any we'll
drained soil is suitable. The cost and
labor of producing fig orchard com.
pares favorabIy with that of a grove
/ of prunes or peaches.
EDWARD JULIAN.
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Our Mational Responsibility.

s> 1t there subject interest
O !
- ing fascinating the history
IN try and that history above all else is
Ia the record of the development of national selfcon
Hl the corresponding of the
VNsx&W sense of national responsibility.
@MN great nation after ALL is like individual per-
y son, and realization of itself by tself-of its lie
duty diny-s thing of gradual growth Our
undoubtedly of evolution 1t illustrates that evol
t6n when that the United States to-day furnishes tina easiest
record student the gradual consolidation of
personal nationality free George
Washington would have said and always did te United
States example remember reading volume of his letters
just ago and impressed much by the
Washington used the plural verb when he spoke of the
But 1903 the emphasis the In
the emphasis upon UNION indicates growth
tonal personal self consciousness.
habit of thought and speech the possibl
epoch history of predicting with certainty the result
policies history country has the despair of
philosophers and of theoretical prognoicators When to-day
Eos debates objections of the
opponents 7S ponder
Alexander Hamilton that and patriot when
this constitution "fa and worthless fabric
The which
them of proved
of strength. What of instance, 1903
admitted the righteousness and the safety of committing this
the guidance and the control honestly of the will of
and what there who has been
taught history long
be long rubut the long there stable
for political political the simple
mon sense of the of American citizens.
significant, prophetic
Washington Marshall have perhaps
to policy of this country shape government
been college graduates who
statesmen, who of plain
Jaskson Abraham Lincoln tell YOU that patriot
recognizes that the will of this people
of encouragement hope for
remember that the people every epoch this country
history their right
instructed and that the itself has disappointed all these
that have prophesied failure. !
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tings of wild, or Capri, figs, the Lop
Injir, or true fig, and few other vari-
cites were sent here, planted out and
carefully tended. Meantime, Mr, Roed-
ing was appointed a commissioner of
agriculture by Secretary Wilson, and
toured the whole fig district of Asia
Minor. In 1855 30 acres were set, and
the following year another tract of
equal acreage. In 1891 another 20
acres were put out; entirely in Lop
Injir, except single row of 40 Capri
figs. In 1892 some of the trees came
into bearing, but the fruit failed to de-
velop, although in 1890 a little fruit
had appeared. after an attempt had
been made at artificial fertilization. At
that time some of the Capri figs had
been opened, some of the pollen taken
from the male blossoms. and by means
of toothpick conveyed into the ORR
fee of the figs, fertilizing the female
flower. Of the half dozen thus treat
ed all matured, while the others shriy-
eled and fell to the ground when one
third grown. After the fortified fruits
were dried. they were found to con-
tain fertilized seeds. but the flavor was
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HOW DETECTIVES ARE AIDED.
Criminals Have Marks Which They
Cannot COnceal-Pay Well
81 for Disguises.

81 can easily spot az pickpocketoin a
tives, who has been attached to the
detective bureau at police headquar-
tiers for the last Is years, in converse
ton with a reporter the other day,
reports the New York Times. "1t is
not necessary that 1 know my man by
sight first before can spot him. A
thief as rule, you know, has habit
of glancing frequently over his shout
der - a furtive manner to see that he
is not being watched, and it is by that
habit that thief has often betrayed
his occupation to, me.
Frequently 1 have had to track and
identify men whom ] have never seen,
my only means of Identification being
q photograph taken years ago. This is
usually very difficult to accomplish,
however, as it is easy for the criminal
radically to change his appearance. 1t
is possible for a man to pose as sailor,
a farmer, Bowery tough, or pastor
within. say, "a hours. Many criminals
make speciality of DISCUSSES, and l
assure youthey can alter their appear
duCc u d DlC QCSICC.
"Disguises, however, no matterhow
cleverly got up, do not always con-
5 ceal a mans identity. There are, for
instance, the color and expression of
the eyes. These cannot possibly be al
: tered, and they have been one of my
most frequent aids in identifying fu-
gitive criminals, Another Identified
ton mark, although not an infallible
one, but one, nevertheless, by which
i have on several occasions detected
a criminal when other means failed
me, are the cheekbones. Like the
color sof the eyes, they cannot be
changed.
Descriptions as to the weight and
circumference of a wanted man fire.
quently prove faulty, and therefore
unreliable as aids to detection. This
is especially so where a man has
evaded the detectives for any length
of time, for it isSpossible that dur
ing his evasion the criminal may have
lost great deal of weight and corpu-
lency, while, on the other hand, a spare
man may have gained in avoirdupois
and bulk. In such cases, however,
nave IN one OF TWO lHStoHccS eStdO-
lished the identity of the man 1 was
after by his ears. As rule, theworst
criminals have oddly shaped ears, and
no matter how cleverly they may dis
guise themselves. they can seldom
succeed in. concealing their tell.
tale ear-marks from the detective who
has already made their acquaintance,
"The eyebrows also afford anothe,
means of personal identity, because
they are invariably distinctive and
characteristic to the trained detective
About three years ago I captured one
of the cleverest crooks. man who
has served many terms in Sing Sing
by the peculiar slant of his eyebrows
AT the time I arrested him he was
wearing wig and a flowing black
false beard. The disguise. might cas-
ily have deceived the casual observer
but to me thereswas one thing lacking
60 make it complete. BE had forgot.
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| AZA5nILlE=Sk<
E ~ Il IL X < Ahzsaa -
Papa and the Count,

g Tell me frankly. count, how much
you owe."
Really, sare, your question: covers
me wiz confusione."
That's all right. Confide in me. II
you are to marry my daughter 1 want
you to be open and honest. How much
do you owe?"
"Nossing."
Nothing! You owe nothing?"
'"Alas, eet ees too true. Nobody weel
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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BAKED cherry DUN pings.

Stone the cherries and dust them
generously With powdered sugar. Sift
together one quart of -four, three
,heaping teaspoons of baking powder,
and four tablespoons of granulated
sugar. Rub in smoothly four table
spoons of butter. Stir two wen-beaten
eggs into pint Of milk and pour this
upon the -four. Make into a soft
dough, roll out, and cut into five inch
squares. Place the cherries in the CEN
ter, fold the corners well over to cover
them, slash two or three times with a
knife, and bake in quick oven until
done. Serge with lennon sauce.-Home
Magazine.
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Quite Encouraging.

what would you do if you could play
the piano like CAM" asked the young
lady of the housemaid.
''Shure an wouldn't get discopr-
aged at all, at all. Old kape roight on
larnin' till Oh could play il, dacenty,"
was the reply Bits. So
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FrankneSs.e :.

81 cannot marry you," she said.
"Why do you say that?" he de-
handed.
"Because-because 1 want you to
propose again.
There's nothing like getting all of
luxury that's ossible.-Chicago Post.
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The Retort Juvenile.

'May," said Mrs Opjohn to her
youngest, "you shock me with your be-
aavior.o You are a perfect tomboy.
Why can't you be like your little play
mate, Leila Green? She is gentle. soft
voiced, well behaved, and always lady
like"
'Yes,". said May, "but SOS hermoth-
er."1Chicago Tribune.
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An Explanation.

"Why is it that wealthy people be-
come so cold and cynical?
They don't necessarily" answered
Mr.. Cumrox "They have their enthu-
siasms. The trouble is that rich man
can't admire anything without, being
solicited to buy WAS hington Star.
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ten to alter his eyebrows, and the.
alone gave me the clew to his identity
Clever criminals, after. making.
perhaps rich haul somewhere, vii.
pay literally for effective DISCUSSES. !
few facial artists in New York cit,
could tell you of the handsome price
they are frequenrlS paid for make
ms
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Mrs. Brickrow-It does body good
10 har. DIR. Grim when one is sick. He
b always so jolly.
Mr.. Brickrow-You'd be jolly, too, if
gou were getting three dollars for a
saS-miEste sau.-k. Y. Weekly.
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WHY He Reioiced.

Farmer Barnes-Yes, poor Josh Med
ders wuz run over by an auto, but he
seems happy.
Farmer Hedges-Does the doctor say
he can recover?
Farmer Barnes-No; but the lawyer
does!-Puck
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Her Own Manager.

ooUpton-I can't help plying Hen
peck. They say his wife is terror.
oDownton-Henpeckeneeds no pity.
He is one of the ,luckiest men know.
but his wife?'
"She never worries him about the
servants IN. Y Weekly o
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'What? You lost money in that
Concatenated Gold Mining Combina-
ton? 1 thought you said they were
going to let you in on the ground
floor"
$50 they did. So they did. . But
they let me out through the cellar
Chicago Tribune.
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Explained.

"Are those physicians jealous of the
success of their colleagues new opera
tion?" ose
"Not bit of it. The only thing that
makes them envious is his success in
getting it talked about in the newspa-
pers." Washington Star. o.
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No Need for one.

'But you have no hospital here"
protested the tenderfoot, "and there's
so much violence here, tso."
''Vi1ence nothing!" exclaimed the ma
tive. Eve don't have no si'lence hero
an we don't need no hospital. When
one of the boys shoots there amt no
job left 'cept for the corSner."-Chi.
cago Post
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His Experience.

pa said the boy. looking up from
his book, what does a mans better
aalf' mean?"
Usually, my son." replied his father
from behind the evening paper, "she
means exactly what she says."-Phila-
felphia Press.
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Under Governments wing,

.'Whar yo' boy now?" some on,
asked the old Georgia darby. &
"De goyer'min's takin' keer er him
DAT sop
eyes, sub. He in de fed'rul prison
wild nice gray suit on him" -G1ahta
Constitution.
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Slightly Mixed.

Friend understand your husband
is interested in the race question.
Wife-Indeed he is not. He does not
know one horse from another.-Phila.
delphia Ledger
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uIahone.t rndustr,

A short time ago SiciIian advocate
was found guilty of 63 different acts of
fraud. For his industry and enthus-
iasm in the cause of dishonesty he was
sentenced to 1ss gears imprison-
s.ent.
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Phantom,

Just when the sun is peeping o.er the scene.
The iceman plods his way from door to
door; % O
And when you go to find the lump, eyeen.
e You see drop of water; nothing more.
Wa hington Star.
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A Custom.

whenever get an umbrella" said
the prudent citizen, 81 put my name
on it,"
b, $50 do l." answered the man with
out a conscience. "The person who
used to own it isn't so likely to identify
it."-Washington Star.
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Matter of Grammar.

Singsong-Blankleigh, the hotel
man, was buried yesterday.
Wigwag-So? Of whom did he die?
Singsong-You mean "of what did
he die
Wigwag who was his physi-
cian?-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Young Girl went to a palmist
the other day, and he told me such a
lot of lovely things.
Old Girl-Oh! they are no good. 1
went to one once. He looked at my
hand, then he looked at my fnce, and
then he gave me my money back
Ally Sloper. co No5 O. q
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Woman OF 1t.

Said maid: 'I shall marry for lucre."
Then her ma stood right up and shuckre:
But just the same
When the chance came
The old dame said NO word to febuckre.
Chicago Daily News
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Turning the Scales.

The fish are smaller than they were
When father pulled the line with vigor,
Somehow, our statements don't compare,
Our fish are smaller-stories bigger.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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In the Swim.

Tho moths have spoiled my picnic suit
My oxford ties not up to par;
I'll still remain gay galoot- 600
1 have my last years Panama.
N Y Times
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He had a little garden. and
His neighbor had some chickens.
The only thing raised whereabouts
o At present is the dickens. .
IN Y Times q 0
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The Patient Man.

We all admire the patient man,
And vow his methods are the best,
But while we praise we oftentimes
Impose on him like all the rest.
--Washington Star.
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The Old Story.

Love reigns as in the long ago.
And still with sorrow tbs beset.
And Jimmy Jones Is Romeo
And Sally Boggs is Juliet. o
Washington Star.
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1There Arc Many Sue

"Pa, what is the oldest inhab-
itant?''
"a liar, in most instances. my SON.
Smart Set.
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Philosophy.
It's foolish to give way to sorrow;-
You'll find that II doesn't pay.
Q The dog may be on top tomorrow
That's down at the bottom to-day.
o Cincinnati Enquirer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25

WRITTEN o H SUNDAY REpUBLIc.
,rba SECOND annual French pool tourna-
ment at the Broadway has conclusively
proved one contention OF Promoter FRANK
Henson. and that is that the younger set OF
nool PLAYERS in st. Louis are progressing so
lrapidiy that the old experts can no longer
hold their own in match games at eveis.
Most Of the players vino are contesting in
1hs broadway tournament are practically
s,nfnoWn, and at least four OF them have
NOT attained their twenty-ifth year. but It
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
Ed Green Figuring on Il Billiard and Combination Shot

c.. 2. Drew has broken even on four games.
while Charley Sherman is in fifth place.
with two games won and three lost. Harry
Hoffmeister. another one of the younger
players. is tied with Henry Jones, the wiz
ard Of the Grand. and J. F.. Francis is in
eighth place.
STANDING IN TOURNAMENT.
The Judgment and stroke of these younger
players %justifies the belief that they could
hold their own just as well in a continuous
ing of arranging such an affair. The French
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needs only a glance at the pool they are
playing TO convince one of the fact that
they are fast performers.
Some of the lads in the tournament are
Handicapped by nervousness in appearing
before crowds for the first time. but that is
gradually wearing off, and they are now
showing their true speed. Jess Leon is at
present in the lead, but such old favorites as
Henry Jones and Charley Sherman have
made poor showings-not because their
game is inferior, but because the younger
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JESS LEON.

enough. but Green's break is a regular pile
driver affair.
G. NJ. Sheppard is the youngest PLAYER in
the tournament. He was tied with Green
up To three days ago. when he lost to Jess
Leon. and dropped 70 third place. In that
match Sheppard forfeited two games to
Leon. won one and lost another. Leon
therefore won but one game on his merits,
but he probably would have been the winter
anyway. as Sheppard forfeited his games
by making five successive scratches in each
to keep Leon from getting coed positions.
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men are playing a superior. above the or
binary game.
Jess Leon is a player of recognized ability
and at present he heads the list. He has &
clean record-four wins and no defeats-but
he has yet some hard men TO go against.
Next to him are Ed Green and G. NJ. Shep-
pard. a pair of the youngest players in the
tournament. Green is pickle to give Leon Il
hard run for the championship. He has
defeated once.
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On one point OF the e~arne-and a Very
strong point in French pool-Green has the
other seven contestants beat four blocks.
When he breaks a frame, you are reminded
that hurled heavy missiles against the castle
wallis. When Green hits the frame the balls
scatter like frightened sheep. and rarely it is
that he fails to get at Least two or three
best buster in ST. Louis. Kid Hueston. the
State champion, could hit them hard
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pool tourna ment will end Friday night. Feb
ruary 8. There are yet ten games to play,
five next week ana five the following week.
There is much speculation over the result.
and the interest taken in the players and
the tournament is manifested by the crowds
which turn out nightly to see the contests.
Following is the present standing of the
tournament:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Not u Good LOCKER.

From the mountains of Camden, Me-,
comes a story of a Philadelphia mer-
chant who has summer cottage in
that village and who wished to ex-
change a lively horse which he owned
with a French Canadian who had a
more gentle animal, which women and
children could drive. The Frenchman
was willing to trade but for some rea-
son insisted upon repeating to the Wis
itor that the local horse did not "look''
as well as the one belonging to the
Philadelphia man.
An exchange satisfactory to both
parties was eventually made, and the
first time the visitors wife took the
new horse out for q drive she discov-
cred that the beast was as blind as q
mole. A few days later, when the rus
ticator met the Frenchman, he said:
"See here, you rascal! That horse
you snapped with me for mine was
stone blind. Why didn't you tell me
Of it at the timer
"Ah'm bin try tell you all Ah'm bin
know how fer to tell. Ah'm bin say my
horse was no look lax you horse-say
so seek, nine tams. Ah'm no bin blam'
eef you no hear me-" Philadelphia
Ledger