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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09
geleet @isrellany,
Courting Days Of the Little
Mexican Miss.

Only in Moslem countries are wo-
men more secluded than in Mexico.
One of the prettiest views have ever
had into this inner court of the native
life was one of the first. We had been
up the hill of Guadalupe and seen the
shrine, and we're on our way down to
the miraculous we'll by the steps that
pass the great stone walls, and cbanced
to admire little child in the care Of
its sister-a girl of Is. The child was
playing with a tiny cup Of native pot
terry and insisted that take it, and
while we chatted with them the girl
was playing with poor, cheap locket
hung by a bead string around her
plump, brown neck. She saw that I
noticed it, and with the sweetest shy
ness and an adorable pride showed me
the picture it contained-just brown
Indian boy in a new sombrero-and
when I had looked at it with question
in my eyes she said almost in a whis-
per, "1t is my novio."
Novio means lover, and her eyes
grew large and luminous with the
word. It took but little urging to let
her pour out eagerly the whole story.
She lived in Santa Maria, one Of a
family of fourteen. He dwelt in Tao
ubya and was burro boy. He had
seen her at q fiesta, and she said she
loved him as soon as she looked in his
face. She had never seen him since
then, except once in the street with
bis burros. The picture he had had
taken and carried to her with some
clipped verses by tiny muchocbo, a
boy 80 little that no one would suspect
him of being love messenger. just
then woman bearing jar of blessed
water from the we'll approached, and
the girl hid the locket. 1t was her
mother, and she was afraid.
There is much said of the pictur-
esque peasantry of Europe, but I
doubt if any one country of them all
can afford the great variety of dress
found among the women of Mexico,
and there is none Of the many dresses
but seems to add to the beauty of the
wearer. This beauty is not for long,
for they mature early and begin to
fade when a woman of the United
States would be considered in her
prime.
One day as was walking along the
side street in the best residence por-
ton of Merida, l saw a bit of paper
dangling from the end of string that
lead up over a balcony and into a win
dow, the shutter of which was almost
entirely closed, only bare crack being
visible. The string jerked just the
least bit, causing the paper to bob up
and down. l turned as if to cross the
street for closer observation. Instant
ly the paper, which l was convinced
was note, was drawn up, and l re-
tired to the next corner, where I
paused few moments out of sheer
curiosity to see what would happen.
The note was lowered again, and soon
there came sauntering by a handsome
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09

Friend-"And you don't know where
your husband spends his evenings?"
Mrs. Beauti-"I have not the re-
hottest idea"
Friend-"Don't you feel worried?''
Mrs. Beauti-"Not particle"
Friend-"On what do you base your
confidence?"
Mrs. Beauti-"On the fact that
whenever l enter crowded car a
dozen men jump up and offer me a
seat"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09
1luetry,
NOT THE SAME.

Coin shoppin'. pears to me,
Isn't what it used to be.
Used to drive up to the store,
Leave the team out by the door,
Trade our truck for calico,
Tea an such; and off we'd 20.
Nowadays ye're at a loss
To pick out the real boss.
They don't stop to tell you jokes,
Never saw such dressed-up folks.
An tho goods that they display
Fairly takes your breath away.
Everything's trimmed up so grand
Looks to me like fairyland.
An the goods you kin procure
Garden tools an literatoor,
Furniture with spindle legs,
Turkish rugs an fresh-laid eggs.
Everywhere you cast your eye
There is things you'd like to buy.
All tired out when night arrives,
Couldn't stop to save our lives.
With the mornin's earliest ray
All on hand for bargain day.
Coin shoppin! Gracious me!
'Tisn't what it used to be.
Warrington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09
DON'T TELL YOUR AILMENTS

One thing "good form" in the family
imperatively demands is that by no
mischance, no loss of self-control, shall
family discords be revealed to 8 rang
ers, children or servants. If there be
friction that may develop into skirm-
ish let it be deferred, at whatever cost
to self-repression, and resumed, if need
be, behind closed doors. An uncon-
trolled voice is always unmannerly.
1t is wise not to allow a point at issue
to become too important. Some per-
sons always wish to share their small
ailments and require an audience for
their snfferings. A French woman
once exclaimed with comic pathos,
"Talk of the patience of the late Mon
sieur job! Any woman whose hus-
band has had a cold in his head is en-
titled to like immortal reputation!"
A readiness to give up in little things
is the most tactful appeal possible for
a return of courtesy at other times
when the matter may he of Importance
to US. 1t is a high attainment in po-
liteness to allow others to be mistaken.
Let triding misstatement pass un-
noticed where no principle is involved,
and when mistake is past remedy it
is best to let the subject drop. The
argument of the II told you 50" char
acter is quite superduous.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09

"The sweetest thing in life is the un-
clouded welcome of a wife"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09

The poor man has rheumatism and
the rich man has gout. There is diff
ference in the name but none whatever
in the pain.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-02-19

8A@er.

20 Gennett, penn unau8seiebt tbdttg. f1nrel
ni&t 70 piele Ridden ausbrIten oils cine Der 9es NloineS
Sncubator Gompanp'S SiideuauSbriiter pom Wittelsr6be.
Dieienisen qeier bieIer Seituns. welde @eiisel balten
unb nidbt f9on TN 8efSe zines @ierausbriiters fnb,
ipute man 8lauben, wirb es bod rpobl tntereiitrer cts
mas iiber eine iold}e gu eriabren. gu bteieM !Sped bat
bic OeS MotneS Calculator Company, su SeS Wtotnes.
Soma. iib erboten ibre p~rdd)tigen 9eutfden Ratalps
ge iiber Seibpaier unb SeiBeluft 8rutapparate, iber
Static @ellgel uub Iber SehIselsS ebiriaiBe, 0ret
per Boft su DerieLben on bic aeier bieier Seituns.
0ie mntenitebenoe, Suuitration oeigt eine Der .Des
Woines Sncubatpr Company (beren Nnsetse tn bteier
Seituns erjdeiut) 8rutmaidinen. 1dmlid bic &p. a
Succe6iul, nit welder elm sewiiier Serr Gmil &itter,
Waibinstpn, MaiIatuiettS, 5iuei 0tal pon 264 tru4ts
barren Gfern, 264 Siideiden auSbritete. Dies TIT taain
slaubenSpert, nidtsoeitpwen niger. muB es wabr iein.
benn benz Seridbte mar eine beslaubtgte IuSia9e bet9es
Ieat. gSabrlit,, als. GierauSbriitunssmaibi nen uno
acknowledgements fteben bic Der SeS Wsotnes
Sncubatcr Sirma Sncubatoren uno SroooerS iniiberS
troiien uno oils bic porSlslibfen ba. Bel Der Seriteus
nns p~erielbeu mtro aud tmmer 5uerit auf seiitln9sS
fabisteit uno 0auerbaittgteit 9eieben uno oann, crit tn
aweiter 2inie, ani ben Breis.
DieIe Sirma lit aud lebbait NIT Der SefliselSn6t be-
arifien uno ppultdnoiS porberettet Iues lteiern III Toms
en-, mas Der enersilbe geNigelsiidter bebarf.
Oa bieie Grmpanp cine pouitdnbise bentihe Ibtstts
una In Sbrem aussebebnten @eidaft %9esrinoet bat, limb
bic Mniraaen in Seuti6 erpiiui6t, uno tit erbeten. uenn
m5alt6, bieie Notis eiuSuienoeu.
lin 8atalpee idreibe man birett on:
OeS WotneS, Sncubator go.
Ses WtotaeS, Soma.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-02-19

itnb. FUR bteIes Dentmal. has $4,000
toitet, itnb i@on $4,000 bur@ 6ffent.
lt@e Subicriptton aufsebra&t uorben.
8tu fur BemiIt9uns pom $50, 900, D.
mel9en 1875, 900 CUR undertaking
Der Soften, nel9e allen Tomns, Wtlz
lagos unb Stdbten In Bebanblung u.
|. NJ BON YodenfdIen entltanben, bes
nust merben, wdbrenb bic Sumrae
BON $4,000 benz Staats @elunbbeits
&otb CUR 8etdmpfuns Der Yoden our
8%erfisuns iteben iou. Mm Sreitas
belt bas 9aus. wie Sem6bnlid, MIR
eine furSe SibunS ab. Inter ben
einseretdteu Bills folsenbe gu erpdb
men: 8iq, rpel@e $500 fur ben 8au
elmer Bride iber ben &eb &tper BET
Breckenridge In @ilttu County bepil:
ltst. 8tu, melde bic Summe uon
$500, 900 fur bic Stats uniuerit=
tdt anmsiit. 8iu fur S9affuns Ell:
ner Steuer: gommtiiton aus bret Mit.
sltebern ~beitebenb. Oteielbe lou bic
ausemeine Mufit6t aber bic Steuerz
Nnselesenbetten i'm State fibren
unb lou bann in ben 9esislatur= Sts
unsen Seri9t eritatten, biesbeSisli9e
gmpfeblunsen MAIDEN uim. 8iu fir
Sewi0uns uon $1,000 fir cine Bride
iber 8ation's Greet in Siamore 60.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-02-19
Mniere Staats 6efet9ebnn9,

ism Der Senatsitbuns am Oonnerz
itas rparen bic bret @ommindre an
uelenb, in beren 6dnben bic 8eI6if
funs Der @ eltausiteIuns in st. 9ouis
bur6 ben Staat WtnneIota rubt.
6err 6aml;n ertldrte, baB so Wtl=
liouen Dollars ooer beinabe boppelt
10 piel pie fur bic @bicaso'er aus
iteauns In ct. 2oais a~usseSeben
tperben miirben, unb erin9te ben Sc
nat, Ii9 BON Der Pradt nnb @rObs
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-02-19
MmS Dem NprSmeffem.
WftnnefDta.

MtnnefDta.
OuIutb. = Yrd5tbent @. gStl=
ion pom Gatb ber 0ffentli9en @erfe
1T am Moutas Iben6, A Sabre alt,
seitorben.
b.-Ote 0ffentli=
den S9ulen itnb wesen Ser pielen
bier berrl6enben S@arla6fteberfdIe
seidloiien worben.
groot SEER Nnbrep s.
9ausen lit an Stele BON Martin s.
9ausen, mel@er reii9nirte, gum Yoit=
meiiter BON Gregg In bieiem County
ernannt porben.
g t. Paul. - Gt6ter gu Tor=
rance pon Minneapolis 1T pon @ou=
perneur 8an Cant als Witslieb bes
Staats Normalldul, &atbs an Stele
bes 9errnN q. s. Nnfenp, beiien Nmts=
sett a%bgelaufen, ernaunt morben, udbz
renb IS. S. 9ammonb uon ct. Sames
ais Wttslieb bes senannten &atbs
mteberernannt murbe. Sest lit nod
bic bur9 BEN Sob bes 9errn S. 6.
Norbp pom Nba I'M &atb entitanbene
8acans gu filen. -Our6S nipectoren
Der Stats gommiiiton fur Mil9erei=
meien unb Nabrunssmtttel. itnb per-
idiebene rgreamerieS" in un9emein
unselunbem 3uitanbe uorsfunben
porben, Sn mebreren Sduen befin=
ben it9 bic ugreamertes" in2otalitd=
ten, no es unm0sli@ 1T, bic Abfd0e
mittels Drainage gu entfernen, mes
balb btelelben In iosen. v@eB Yools"
beponirt merben. bic ii6 oft tn ianot
gem @runbe beftnben, 70 oaB bic Jlil
itsteit bur9 ben Sanb Direct In bic
8runnen brinst, aus mel6en bic
vgreameries" tbren Baiieruorratb be:
;ieben. Proben bteies @aners itnb
an ben Staats gbemiiten 5meds Nnas
ltiiruns seianbt worben, unb no bai
iel6e ais uerborben uorsefun6en wtrb,
loIen bic betreffenben greameries &c:
smunsen merbeu, ibre geB.Pools NIT
W0rtel gu uerieben ODER bic @ei@dfte
gu idlteBen. - @emdB 8eri9t bes
&atbes bes Solbaten: Seims fir bas
Sabr 1902, beliefen ii@ bic Aussa
ben In allen Departements bei1elben
auf $67, 292 46, eine 3unabme seser
bas Sabr 1901 pon $1,971.7S. =
Die 8rutto gtnnabmen Der Chicago,
Miluautee & ct. Yaul gi1enbabn
mdbrenb bes Sabres 1902 beliefen
it9 i'm Staate Wtuneiota auf 3d.
OS2, 597 Oh, unb bic sablenbe Steuer
betrdst 1922, ATT 81. Oas iinb
$14, 3S6.19 mebr Steuern als Inn
Sabre 1901. = Serr Sobn s. Ste
pens, felt etner &eibe BON Sabren
General etriebsletter unb gbef Sn=
senieur Der @reat Nortbern, bot relis=
nirt unb 1T beretts aus ietnen Iem=
tern seidieben. 6err u. $. 6ose
Lamb, ber bisbertse gbef .I"iiiitaut Su-
senieur, lit gum @bef Snsenieur befOrs
bert morben.
aba. = Oa bic uSrpn Ganse
telephone Company" ii@ meisert,
benz @uni6e Der btelisen Burger rnb
&unben, ste monatlt6en Staten fir
Senubuns ibrer Telepbone uon 50 so
unb 81 SO auf 50 uno 81 berabsule=
ben, gu entipre9en, beben i'm 2aufe
Der lebten @ode etrpa bic 9dlfte Der
115 &unben ibre 'Pbone a%ufseseben,
unb mebr uerben folsen, nenn BITE Sc
ieQidaft benz @uni6e ber @el9dfts
leute ni9t eutlprtdt. Yrd ltbent Baum
baf pirb bier ernartet, unb io0te fein
Observation-Disclosures uebereinfommen ge-
troffen werben f0nnen. mtrb rpabr.
Ideinlid eine 2ocal : Eelepbonezg om=
paup orsaniiirt werbeu.
&c anfato.-Oie btelisen Gutbe=
raner faBtsn ben 8ei9luB, elm S9ul=
bans gu errt9ten, uel9es etua $4,000
foiten lou. Oaiielbe mtrb aus Bad
iteinen erbaut unb swet Stoduerfe
bod merbeu. Oas nOtbtse @elb min
man burd Sublcriptionen aufbrtns
gen.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-02-19

Saiptitapt, uno wenn es etne anosre Srutmai3tnet
sStrma aui Der gSelt eiebt, bic mebr 9ei6dfte tretbt tpte
Sisie, 10 ipifen mir nod ni4ts pom %oerlelben.
Sowe &smsiteao.
Der @%usfeuun9 6ur6 eine periOnli6e
Snlpecttou gu iiberseusen, banit tie
idben, baB bic Sorberuns on$1oO,=
900 iber ben bafIr ausepielen BE-
tras gu elmer ~wirSisen Sertretuns
Wtnnel ota's bur9aus notbmenbis Jet.
Gin 8el9(ub uurbe ausenommen,
bur6 mel6en ber Yrditbent ermd9tist
wuroe, gu oieiem 3ped eiu gomite
uou ie9s Witsltebern, einidlteBeub
it@ ielbit, gu ernennen, Inn st souis
gu beiu@en unb barber 8eri@t gu
eritatten. gu bieiem @omite murben
ernannt bic Senatoren S6uls, Bro
uer, 8arb, 9arbp unb Serris. I'm
ter ben einseret9ten Siqs itnb fol
senbe gu e%rudbnen: 8iu, bur9 mel
DE bic uniperlttdt, Normall6ulen unb
gltnbeni6ule Der MufTtdt bes itaatli:
den Control &atbs ent5oSen werben.
8iu, bur9 mel6e Elm meiterer @tdter
fir ben 8. @eri@ts 8estrt sel@affen
mirb. 8tu, amenbtrenb bic 8or
i@riften iber bic 8arsi9aft Der
S@abmetiter BON S6ulbtitritten.
8tI beitimmsnb, baB fir etue S9ulb,
bic mentser ais $40 betrdst, fetn
0obn nit Bei6las belest uerben
fanu. 8tu. bas 9eles ptberrufenb,
mel9es bic @rinbuus uou seserieiti
gen 6asel 8erit6erunss @eieul9af
ten erlaubt, unb ben iett beitebeuoeu
@eleai6aften swet Sabre 3eit sebenb,
tire @ei9dfte ab5umideln.
Oie Sibuns bee Sauies mar am
Oonneritas etne nur fur3e. Spre
der 8abcod ernannte Elm aus folsen=
ben Mitsltebern Deficiencies gomite,
bas bic Mustequns In ct. 0ouis BE
iu@en ioll, I'M iber BITE Mebrferbe=
runs uon 800, 900 fir bic 8ei9it.
flung beriel6en gu bert@ten: IS. u
Nolan, @ranb Weabsm ; ct. s. &C.
mis-. Oulutb Geo. Nrmitrens, Mtn=
neapolis; IS. u. Clinton, Eronbiem !;
&. S. @els, breckenridge. Inter
ben etnQeret1ten Sins beftnben 1i6
folsenbe: 8tu, bur@ melde bic ST
ienbahnen am mtllfirlt@sn Sinauf
i6rauben Der Sra9traten uerbiubert
merben iollen. 8ta, arnenbtrenb bas
@eieb betreifs @ebeimbaltuns Der
@roBturp Steunsen. &ein &t@ter,
Suits. Sberif ober ionitiser 9eamter
lou bic Sbatla9e, baB eine Nnflase
erboben lit, betannt MAIDEN, ebe Der
Insetlaste nt3t perbaftet 1T; au9
ioaen 3eusen unb @eI6morene feline
Iusfunft iiber Muslasen ertbeilen, Bic
unr Der @roBturp sen,a@t purben.
8ta, gountp : gommiiidre autoriit
renb, id6rlt9 cine Summe Bis su
$500 ais 8etiteuer our Nbbaltuns
BON County Satrs aussuleben.
SIM Senat wurbe am Sreitas bic
8orlase, bic bas 8ebalt bes @ene=
raj Mnwaltes pon So, 500 auf $4,=
800 erb0bt, ansenommen, unb eben.
fails bic 8tu, welhe bic Sdll@uns
BON gliiS uerbietet uno ftrafbar ma6t
gtnseret9t murben inter Nnberen
folsenbe 8tQs: 8ia fir Qbl6afuns
Der 0anbltraBen : Nrbeit unb beittm=
men6, baB aae Steuern fir 8au unb
8erbeiieruns pon 0anbtraBen baar
5e5ablt werben mifien. 8eitimmt
ferner, baB Conn SuperuiIoren etnen
0anbitraBen Iufleber ernennen unb
ibm 50 SO pro Sag besablen io0en.
Bin, $500 fur cine Bride iiber bic
Sanobant I'm 9eaf Safe, Otter Sail
gountp, ba~wtlltsenb. 8tQ fir 9e=
~uiQisuns BON $500 fur bic Grid
tans zines Oentmals Su Gbren Der
Solbaten aus MinneIota, bic I'm ipa=
Mid : amerifanii9en &riese sefalen
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-02-19

Oulutb. = P%riitoent @. @il=
ion pom &atb Der Offentli9en 8erfe
1T am Woutas Ibenb, A Sabre alt,
a~eltorben.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-31
sauce and grated Parmesan cheese passed
on a separate dish.


With sausage hashed brown potatoes go
excellently well.
These potatoes become more appetizing
by the addition of tiny bit OF vinegar ana
half teaspoonful kitchen bouquet Chop
raw potatoes fine. allowing one potato for
each member Of the family. Soak in very
cold water for ten or fifteen minutes. then
drain and dry. Put in the frying pan bacon
fat, allowing two tablespoonfuls to every
pint OF potato. When~hot add the potato
seasoned with SALT paprika, kitchen bou-
queL and teaspoonful of vinegar. Cover
set on BACK of stove and COOK until TENDER
Then draw forward. brown and fold like an
omelet. Cold boiled potatoes may be sea-
soned and cooked in the same way.
Kitchen bouquet, by the way, is one Of
the cooks best allies. At first considered
luxury, possibly because it seemed one or
the stage properties Of the French chef, 1t Is
where one aims to keep abreast Of the mod
ern kitchen conveniences. Made from q
concentrated extract OF vegetables, COM
bined with caramel. it not only lends rich
color to soups, gravies, brown sauces,
hashes and made-over meats, but affords
most appetizing flavor as well. A little Of
1t goes great way, while the convenience
of having something always at hand ready
estimated by the busy woman who appre-
ciates everything that adds to her efficiency
while tightening her labors.
sending out In memoriam cards to an
nounce the death Of one Of the family, Is
beginning to obtain in this country. The
cards are usually four by five inches
square. with q deep border of black, and
envelopes to match. When these are en-
graved the cost is usually $14 and up for
the plate and first 100 cards. additional hun
dreds being $4.25. There are also "Ac-
acknowledgement Of sympathy in affection
cards. which. with copper plate, come to
about $40 for the first 100.
In removing cold or frozen dish from
mold, wrap a cloth wrung from hot water
around the outside Of the mold for a mo-
ment or two, when the contents will slip
out easily.
Apple custard pie is little out Of the
ordinary, but those who try it once are apt
to try it again. Put into a pint bowl one
cupful Of stewed apple. Add the yolks of
two eggs, we'll beaten; sugar to taste, a
heaping teaspoonful Of cornstarch, half
teaspoonful of vanilla and then fill up the
bowl with sweet milk.
Bake in crust in a rather slow oven.
When done remove and cover with a me-
ringue made from the whipped whites and
two tablespoonfus Of sugar. Spread light
ly and evenly, and return to the oven,
whose doors should have been left open to
cool off while the meringue was being pre-
pared. Let the meringue rise slowly, as it
will If the oven is not too hot; then color
rich golden yellow, not brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-31
WHY WE CAN RAISE FIGS.
The Wasp That Ripens Them Has Been
Brought Here.

The Wasp That Ripens Them Has Been
Brought Here.
From the New York Sun.
After more than twenty years of expert
ment fig-raising has become a success in
the United States. The bulk of the figs
produced in this country are grown in CEN
trail California, and more than 100000
pounds of this once solely oriental fruit are
now shipped annually from the great fig
belt" AS figs are the most valuable Of all
wholesale fruits, being worth in the neigh
borhood Of $50 a ton in their crudest state,
the discovery of the secret whereby the
Smyrna fig can be made to thrive was one
of considerable Importance. The first sue
cessful effort to fertiliZe the fruit Of the
fig tree so that it will not become "soured"
was made by George c. Roeding of Fresno
in 1898.
Unless the Smyrna fig is fertilized by
certain wasp, Blastophaga grossorum. the
green fruit Will not mature. To introduce
this wasp from Smyrna, the only country
in which it was found, was the problem
which faced the fruit growers. For many
years attempts had been made to intro
duce the wasp from Asia Minor. The
Blastophaga was brought across the ocean
In glass cases and tenderly packed in cot
ton, but no sooner did 1t reach America
than 1t died, and the expectations of fig
SIOWcIS NdulSu6u.
The Smyrna wasp breeds in the inedible
fruit OF the wild fig, and Smyrna branches
of the wild figs are hung in the orchards
at the proper time. Wild fig trees were
introduced in California and in the season
of polarization their branches were hung
in the orchards. But without exception the
wild figs and the wasps within them
persisted and 1t was not until the DEPART
ment of Agriculture co-operated with Mr.
Roeding that the wild fig tree and the wasp
were successfully imported.
The first trees were carefully wrapped
in cheesecloth and then put into hermet-
1cally sealed glass cases. Even after they
were transplanted the utmost care was
taken to prevent them from being subject
ed to any injury or sudden changes of eli
mate. After the second year the figs were
tried In the open at Niles, Cal. Once ac-
climated they grew with great vigor. Now
they can stand all weathers and are found
throughout the great fruit belt in central
California.
The young wasp emerging from the wild
fig bears upon its wings a heavy pollen
barely discernible through the microscope,
The wasp enters the Smyrna fig at the
open end and the pollen causes the fruit to
develop rapidly and to ripen. The wasp has
three generations each year, which are pro-
duced in three successive crops of the wild
fig, known as the winter, spring and sum-
mer crops. The wasps emerging from the
spring crops fertilize the Smyrna figs
This seasons California fig crop is we'll
over $500,OO0. and If the young trees now
growing bear we'll the ensuing annual crop
Will amount to several times that sum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-31
Holidays in Pairs.
From the Dry Goods Guide.

From the Dry Goods Guide.
The Office Boys Union had adjourned
from labor to lunch. and the members were
sweeping the pastry counter Of the little
German bakeshop when the walking dele
gate, after examining the union label on
a doughnut, asked: HAS youse kids seen
de new calendersT'
'Ah wat er yer givin' us now? Wee
seen hundred NV EN-"
Oats all right, but has yer read emp
A prolonged yell went up at the idea of
reading a calendar.
II tell yer dis year nineteen-tree Is the
bulliest year yet. Yer see dem red figgers
wot shows de Sundays and der hollerdays-
dis time dey comes in pairs. Dere's Wash
ingtons birthday-dat comes on Sunday,
and we gets two easy ones running. Den
deys put five Sundays in March dis year.
see? Deckerashun day is a Saturday, and
we gets two running; der Fourth er July
is put down for a Saturday, and we skips
de ranch fer two days. Labor day is a
Monday, maxim two agin. Next Christmas
comes on Friday, and sure dere's nuthin
dom for tree days. and de same wild New
Year"
"Who makes de calender?" piped the dele
gate from Worth street.
why. de printer, yer NUT Don't yer see
de union label? OATS what organized
laber is doing for us poor workin' men,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-31
Man and His Den.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Sooner or later every custom or habit.
whether individual or national, comes up
for discussion before clubs and circles and
Is brought under the glare Of a strong ethi-
cal searchlight Not only do moral re-
formers venture to brave the lion In his den,
but they go so far as to say that the den
has a bad effect upon the animal, particu-
larly when this animal Is a modern man
and the den in question Is one Of those do
nestle retreats which Of late years have
grown SO popular. The growing fondness
for this den Is said to indicate an increas-
ing bearishness on the part Of man and a
Discrimination for feminine society which in
itself is a confession Of savagery. It has
been said that an after dinner glimpse of
the modern family. instead Of revealing the
different members amicably assembled
about the evening lamp would show the
young women Of the house slowed away in
their own snug upstairs corners and the
man Of the house enjoying the solitary and
smoky seclusion of his den. Is this true
picture? Probably not. No doubt 1t was
woman who first banished man to q den
and in all probability it was because Of her
repugnance to the domestic smoke nuisance
that she so exiled him. But she has shown
a generous readiness to follow him into exile
and to make his place Of retreat the abode
of comfort