Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-30
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

''The Wild camels are not all dead In the
west" said B. c. Ewin OF FL Paso at the
| Riggs. at will be remembered that the
| United States government secured q ship
| ment Of cameis for use by the soldiers on
| the arid plains. Our soldiers could not use
| the animals, and they were finally aban-
doned and scattered over portions OF the
Panhandle OF Texas. New Mexico and Ari-
zona. At one time it was thought they had
| died. but hunters continue to report seeing
| small herds of them. and OF late 1t Is
| claimed that they are slowly increasing In
numbers. took trip short time ago
into old Mexico. not far from the Arizona
| line when to my surprise met Mexican
| riding a camel through a rocky pass. A
| few miles further l saw another camel car
| rying an immense burden of wood strapped
| to his back, while a Mexican led him.
| learned that there have been five Of these
camels captured and domesticated by the
Mexicans. and these are in constant use as
| beasts of burden"
zone of the greatest natural curiosities
| ever saw is the matted fir trees of North
| Carolina" said c. R. Ball Of Raleigh at
| the Oxford. II have never found botanist
who could explain the phenomena. but there
| is q grove of fir trees on the side of Mount
| Mitchell which when they attain the height
| of eight or ten feet begin to Irvine their
| branches and form fiat tops They grow
twenty feet in diameter, and these have in
some Instances combined with the tops or
other like trees and person can walk LOT
| a considerable distance upon these tops.
| They are undoubtedly a species of fir. but
wholly unlike the other frs which are
plentiful in that section, except in appear,
| ance Of foliage. have taken several
l. fran a nd
| not yet found one who had ever seen or
heard Of similar growth. They only oc-
cupy an area of few acres. and are round
| nowhere else in the North Carolina noun
| tains."
There Is a chemical curiosity in Arizona
which have never seen explained, sa,o
c. A. Barnes of Tucson at the Metropolitan
There is river Of ink which, noWs TOT
about Iorty miles from spring and emp
ties into the ella river. When speak OF a
river In Arizona / do not refer to pody
of water like the Potomac river The aver
age Arizona river is streak of sand with
mesquite bushes along its borders. II you
dig in the sand you will f1nd water WITHIN
from one to six inches of the surface. the
ink river is formed by a spring In winch
the liquid is deep blue-black, and VIII dye
anything dipped into 1t. 1t trickles through
the sand at width of about fifty feet to
the ella river, the ink appearing in spots
along it's entire length, and being obtain
able by digging in the sand at any polnt
along its course. 1t can De used with
pen as a writing fluid, but would not be
popular with the book sellers for the reason
that 1t does not flow as evenly as Is desira-
BILE in a first-class writing ink
1.-THE experience of the past would seem to
show that no combination will ever succeed
in great agricultural enterprises, said John
T. Holloway of Nation. ILL.,. at the Ma
tional.
1.-THE production of manufactured articles
can be cheapened by increasing the guam
tity produced. the machinery and labor en-.
ployed. Theoretically wheat and~corn Will
raise so many bushels each to the acre
| under such and such conditions. 1t would
seem to be easy problem to figure the
cost of raising a million acres of wheat or
corn in one tract when the conditions are
known as to each part of the tract. the
whole being under cultivation under private
ownership. The figures would show very
handsome profit in farming upon a large
scale. There have been three attempts-one
with corn and the other two with wheat
all made under practical experienced man
agement. backed by ample capital and yet
all were failures. The Sullivan farm in ILL
nois had a tract of 10000 acres in corn, and
was well supplied with stores, at convenient
distance. blacksmith shops and all of the
necessaries Of farming operation. Its owner
had made a comfortable fortune raising
corn on a portion of the same land. but
when he enlarged his operations he lost his
entire fortune. Hiram Sibley Of Rochester
was reputed to be a millionaire. his money
being made out of the seed business, when
he conceived the idea of a mammoth wheat
farm. and with all his experience and his
capital he could not make it pay. The other
wheat venture was made on 30, 200 acres by
ex-Representative Dalrymple who divided
it up and sold it in small farms after he
had unsucceSsfully tried for several years
to run it at profit
1.-THE game preserves in the Yellowstone
National Park are at last being built up
successfully" said e. C. Bannister of Hell
ena at the Raleigh. with the extinction
Of the buffalo and other large game of the
west. practically all of the wild game of
this country is to be found in the Yellow
stone Park. in Maine and the Adirondacks
The only game in Maine is the moose, and
he has been driven SO far into the forests
that 1t requires large expenditure of both
time and money to hunt the animal. In the
Adirondacks several wealthy citizens have
established game preserves equal in extent
to those of England and are successfully
stocking them with game. In an early day
the entire United States was stocked with
the finest Of game. and a large number of
animals and birds thrive in the different
parts of this country. The United States
has set apart number of forest reserva-
tons in order to prevent certain portions of
the country from being denuded of timber.
It would be comparatively easy matter
lor all or these reservations to be stocked
with wild game Of all kinds. and in ten
years time the United States would have
the finest hunting in the world, with com
paratively little expense"
THE Columbian government shows dis
position to keep on negotiating with the
United States concerning the Panama canal
concession" said John H. Wharton of
louisville; KY. at the Arlington "but
from my knowledge of the Colombian gov
eminent and the nature Of the country
through which this canal passes I hope
that the government will not close with
Colombia. but will build the Nicaragua ca
nal. l know nothing of the engineering or
financial questions involved. but am IA
miliar with the country between AspinwaIl
and Panama. and am convinced that at GER
tain seasons Of the year it would actually
be dangerous for one not acclimated to ma 50
through that canal on shipboard. There is
scarcely a foot along either the canal or the
railroad in which the dead have not been
buried. A very large proportion of those
who go to Panama either die there in a
short time or go back to their homes with
their health permanently wrecked There
Is no country in which disease Is more
prevalent and none in which revolutions are
so constant. In my Judgment the canal
would be closed large part of the time
either through guarantees or military
blockades."