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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
Water Storing Cactus.

Mr.. F. v. Colville, in the National
Geographic Magazine for April gives
an interesting account of how the
Indians of the desert obtain drinking
water from the barrel cactus. 1t was
among the desert hills west of Tor
res, Mexico. The Indian cut the top
from plant about five feet high,
and with blunt stake of palo verde
pounded into pulp the upper six or
eight inches of white flesh in the
standing trunk. From this, handful
by handful. he squeezed the water in.
to a bowl he had made in the top
of the trunk, throwing the discarded
pulp on the ground. By this process
he secured two or three quarts of
clear water. slightly salty and slight
ly bitter to the taste, but of far bet.
ter quality than some of the water
a desert traveller is occasionally COM
PEELED to use. The Papago, dipping
this water up in his hands, drank it
with evident pleasure and said that
his people were accustomed not only
to secure their drinking water in this
way in times of extreme drought, but
that they used it also to mix their
meal preparatory to cooking it into
bread.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08

che available water power, it is prob
able that at least 100000 horse
power are running to waste at the
height OF the dry season. Less than
one-half of / per cent. of this amount,
or, say $4,000, is being utilized for
motive power, including that used di.
rectly for -four mills, cotton mills To-
Gated directly at the falls. and abb
sorbed by electric plants for trans
mission to distant points. In the City
of Mexico, under present conditions.
it probably costs at least $3.50 year.
Mexican money, per horsepower to
produce power from steam, and even
in the most favored districts, where
fuel is cheap, it will reach 1925.
The coal barons of the United
States are, perhaps, her most solid
aristocracy, and those who get con
troll of La Huille Blanch" (the white
coaD Of this country will hold in the
near future much more important
position. The power is here, on top
of the ground. 1t does not have tc
be mined OF transported. It will
carry Itself with but wire to go on,
and Mexico is a country that offers
many conditions favorable to gigant'
industrial enterprises.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
WATER POWER IN MEXICO.
Enormous Amount of Hydraulic Force
Going to Waste There.

Modern Mexico has often had occa-
sion to call attentir the fact that.
though fuel is scafee in Mexico, still
the country is supplied with an
abundance of power for the move
ment of prime motors. We refer. says
Modern Mexico, of course, to water
POWER The construction of electric
plants for the purpose of furnishing
light and power has hardly begun
in proportion to the demand and the
water power available.
Mexico, which undoubtedly stands
in much greater need of electric
power than either France of Switzer-
land. on account of the higher price
OF fuel, is supplied with an almost
unlimited amount of hydraulic force.
In the central mesa of the republic.
which averages 6.000 feet above the
sea level, rise a great number q
rivers and streams. the Balsas, LENA,
Tamesi. and Panuco being but a few
of the more important. While no ac-
cuIate estimate has been made of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
MANGoEs IN JAMAICA.
Curious Manner in Which the Tree
Came to Be Transplanted.

1t was in 1882 that the British
frigate Flora, one of Admiral Rod.
ney's squadron. cruising about the
West Indies, chased and captured
French ship bound from Mauritius tc
Haiti. On board the prize were found
many plants and seeds economic
value, which the French Government
were introducing from their East to
their West Indian colonies. Among
these were number of young mango
trees, all numbered. The ship was
sent as prize to Jamaica, and the
collection Of plants was placed in
garden at Gordon Town, afterwards
used as the Government Botanic Gar
den. But the numbers got mixed OF
lost. and only one mango tree retained
it's label, and that was No. II, which
to this day is its only name. AS Il
happens, too, it is the best and most
famous variety. Just as the rabbit
taken to Australia, finding there no
enemies, but most congenial condi
tions. multiplied and increased enor
mousiy, SO the mango, requiring con
slant cultivation to produce prolific
crops of sweet fruit in its native
home, found everything so suitable
in Jamaica that it flourished s1cre
without care. Today it is the most
common and hardest tree of the
plains. and in some districts grows
and bears fruit up to an elevation
of 1000 feet 1t has sprung up
wherever a seed has been flung. on
any kind of soil, and refused to be
checked by damp. drought, weeds. OF
shade. Indeed, no tree in Jamaica
can keep so splendidly green. or bios
som it's fruit so profusely. under the
driest conditions Of soil and atmos.
phere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
We Have Seen Them.

Bennett MusSon, whose story OF
"Masie and Her Dog Snip in Fairy.
land" was published lately by the
Harpers, recently visited seaport
town in New England, in which he
had spent several summers, and, call.
ing on an old friend of his, who Is
known as Captain Joe, inquired after
the local characters.
Noel Adams he'd a row with his
pardner about their schooner" said
the CAPTAIN
What was the result?" asked the
author.
Noel got the wust NV it. An Jim
Dobson he'd trouble through tryin tn
make his wife take up spiritualism, -
continued Captain Joe.
Indeed"
Jim got the wust NV it. Remem-
b.r Sam Beckett, what lived with ais
brother-in-law in that frame house
near the Pint? They had a fuss
about sel.in' the propty. Sam got
the wust Nv it"
''All our friends seem to be unfor-
tunate," said Mr.. NILSSON.
Yep" agreed Captain Joe, "but
there amt no change in the town.
The same kind Nv folks is always
gettin' the wust NV it."
What kind is that?" asked the
author.
The kind what is within tn take
the wust NV it," said Captain JJe
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
Syrian Hospitality.

The individual who Is lucky enough
to be invited to dine at the home
of any of the well-to-do Syrians need
not be astonished over the elaborate.
ness or the daintiness of the meal
neither need he refrain from express.
ing his delight over the good things
to eat. The Syrians are most hos.
entertain they don't do it in any bali.
way style. Edibles are unusual and
rather qeer, but very tasty, ana dishes
and glasses very dainty. Syrian wines
are delicious and SO is Syrian coffee,
the latter always favored with some
kind of perfumed water. just enough
to add a delicate, sweet odor. Per.
fumes, by the way, are very popular
with the Syrians, and if a guest is
soused with perfume from a dainty
glass sprinkler in the hands Of the
hostess upon entering Syrian home
he must take it all in, good part, as
that is one of the highest favors that
can be bestowed upon visitor. II
is apt to remind one Of those obtru.
sive perfume "demonstrator' girls in
department stores, or the grinning,
automatic wax ladies in theatre lob.
bfes, the business of each being Co
raise a hand and spray the faces of
passersby. but one must do with tbs
Syrians as he does in the store or
the theatre, just gasp and pretend to
like it,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
DEHoRN THE CALVES.

A veterinarian writes: Practice
of dehorning cattle after they are ]
year old, while safe enough, is cruel
and needless. When the horns are
removed hemorrhage may be stopped
by applying cotton saturated with
a tincture of muriate of iron. Over
this should be placed a layer of cot
ton saturated with pine tar and q
cloth should be bound over all to keer
out dirt and germs. Calves should
be dehorned when they are week
old. Clip the hair from the places
where the horns come through, apply
a little common caustic, which can be
bought at any drug store. 1t is well
to cover this with little pine tar
The caustic may be repeated il week
or two, but it is often unnecessary
This practice prevents horns from
growing and obviates the needles
ruelty."-Indiana Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
Ancient Way to Force Confessions

In a remote village in Hungary a
husband and his wife were found
murdered, and their man servant, be.
ing arrested, confessed the deed, but
stated that three NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of the old couple-had persuaded him
to murder them and had divided the
spoils, something like $500. with
him.. These three brothers were i'm
mediately arrested.
The judge did an unusual thing on
the day Of the funeral. He brought
them in chains to the churchyard
placed them near the open grave and
babe the priest in his address to
praise the good qualities of the vic
times and end with startling words
And here stand their vile murderers
at the grave" This was done, and
the Judge in the meantime watched
the three brothers faces to see II
they looked guilty. This form of ex
animation caused some indignation
among the people of the neighbor.
hood.-London News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
HOW TO KILL WEEDS.

see that P. z. Y. in the Query De-
,artment wants to know how to rid
his five acres of weeds. In the first
place will say that you can not rid
land of weeds in day or month. but
you can in one season If you will
persevere. There are few things to
be observed in getting weeds. II
your land is full of weed seed they
must be sprouted and then killed, for
there are many weeds that will lay
dormant in the soil for several years
II they are not brought to the surface
where they can get heat, light and
air; this seems to be the law OF ma.
ture. Then let us take advantage OF
this law. have on several occa-
Sions rid tracts of land nearly entirely
of weeds. One was where wanted to
established vegetable and small fruit
garden First I cleared it out OF all
trash and rubbish, MANFRED heavily
and it being clay added few loads
of sand, broke in spring, dragged and
narrowed alternately aboat twice
week during the month OF May.
then put on more manure and re-
broke, and kept my dragging and har-
rowing until time to SOW turnips, then
sowed to turnips. By this breaking
and narrowing l had brought all the
weed seed to the surface, sprouted
and destroyed them.
Another piece that we wanted for
late cabbage we broke about the first
of Nay, dragged, narrowed. cultivat-
ed and rebroke at least each week
until the 20 Of June. the time We set
the cabbage plants We repeated this
each year for Is years. OF course
we added manure each year, but we
had to do but little hand hoeing. II
you will tura your weed seed down
seven or eight inches and then cul-
tivate four inches of the surface.
destroying the seed as they terminate,
those in the lower four inches will
not terminate. Turn them back next
spring and give them the same treat
ment, and let no weeds go to seed.
Many farmers and gardeners are ex-
haust,ng their land as much by
weeds as by their legitimate crops
I. N. c. in Indiana Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
Another Variable AsteroId.

The Harvard Observatory announc-
es the discovery. by Professor Wen
dell, that the asteroid Iris. which was
frat seen in 1s47. exhibits variation
Of light resembling that of the new
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08

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end of The sHarpers Magazine
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
The New Won.
BY Annie Booth Mckinney,

Presden Tennessee women'sP Press
n direct labor fhe pass
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evolving the abnormal stage she has
readument must De con
ceded I is allotment OF enonum
responsible abuses
of position
shielded man
from vital OF hIe
way Ior
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following single Den
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followers ART
history the phanthro and reform CLUB ns
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attitude toward the cup zen
medicnehe possibility OF injury the oS
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factor bringing
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doing t-Womans Home companion
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
CUCUMBER POINTERS.

It Is said that better cucumbers
are grown from seed produced near
home.
Any season or any ground suitable
for corn will produce good cucumbers.
They should be manfred in the
hill. The roots do not extend so far
as the vines.
A mixture of stable manure, well
rotted (not well heated), and poultry
manure, is better than either used
singly.
Manure should be covered with sew
eral inches of soil and the seed plant
ed nearly an inch deep.
Let the manure warm the roots and
the sun the tops.
Heavy, undrained land Is not suit
abe for cucumber growing.
Cultivation should be frequent and
thorough, till the running vines pre-
vent.
The first blossom will appear near
the root, and the last near the ex-
tremity of the vines.
Let the cucumbers become large or
ripe and the prolificacy of the vine
Is destroyed.
They should be picked when as long
as the little finger or up to the mid
die finger.
Picked when small. the maximum
weight OF cucumbers is produced.
Nature keeps constantly trying to
produce seed. Frustrated at the start
she throws out other blossoms.
A bushel of cucumbers weighs fifty
pounds, and is worth about sixty cents
at a picking warehouse.
In fed culture, rows are eight feet
apart, with the rows running into a
trench full of manure.-Clarke M.
Drake, in Farm Journal.
WEIGHING FOOD FOR FOWLS.
We do not think 1t necessary to
waste the time required to weigh
or measure the food given to any kind
of poultry. OF course, by this we do
not mean that food should be thrown
to fowls in promiscuous way; on the
contrary, We think there should al
ways be a system, but conditions
which develop day by day should be
our guide, and we should learn by
tuition about the proportion needed
by the fowls.
Nature, in her generosity, has pro-
vided no way of judging what per
cent of this or that kind of food the
fowls must have, but relies on condi-
lions to furnish the necessary amount
of each essential.
When those things needed are
impossible to secure, others may Of
ten be found to take their place, but
If no substitute is available it must
of necessity follow that arrangements
will result. Laying hens require a
certain amount of egg-forming ma
terial. and unless this is supplied in
some form or other the production of
eggs will grow less.
Growing chicks require food for
muscle and flesh, but this may be
supplied in many ways, and no direct
rules can be laid down. One thing
is certain. and that is that all kinds
of poultry, both young and old, re-
quire a variety, and no matter how
good or wholesome the kind, they
will in time tire of it, unless a change
is given. Watch the flock and not its
likes and dislikes, and endeavor as
much as possible to stimulate the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08

asteroid Eros. which was discovered
in 1898. The periodic change in the
light of Iris takes place in about six
hours, and amounts to two or three
tenths of a magnitude, which is much
less than the amount of change exhib-
tied by Ercs.-The Companion
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08


two Young twelve dollars week apiece
continue to be until
dollars week Ihen tn
hewifes
onS live ON desirable thinks Dr. Paten that
should married. PROVIDED ootn con-
desirable that after marriage the wife be relieved
occupation
that the mddecas wife
in
acan tendency
husbands
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08


of conceive OF the solar ys
closely aggregated
object? pc
the heavens SIT toDert
and
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are al Will therefore De
life we can
energy
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of
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ea aWss themselves? fovsab desoion Stevenson
space No. shveled
Sn the the bodies the
Embrace moment nebua will be born
their substance into
nohr cloud the old The path OF the two
the principal plane which
erounaplan the Magazine
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
by Henry Smith Wi11ian 1s. LID.

existence doubtless those OF the bapyc
Mans these explained by the ma
composed and does not necessarily
follow that they books to be made We Know
historical periods that the Hndoos made nelr
early day IN snort every
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
PREVENTION OF oAT SMUT

PREVENTION OF DAT SMUT.
The Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station has issued four page pamph-
let on the prevention of oat smut
from which the following is condens.
ed: Half fill an oil or similar barrel
with water, and add one half pound
OF formaldyhyde sometimes called
formalin). Place about two bushels
of the seed oats In as wide sack as
will readily go into the barrel, and
submerge the oats in this weak .solu
ton of formaldehyde for twenty min
utes. Lift the sack from the barrel,
allow it to drain few minutes so az
not to waste the solution. Then emp
ty the oats on clean floor or can.
vas to dry, and proceed in the same
manner until all the seed has been
treated.
A solution of formaldehyde of the
strength recommended above is not
poisonous and will not injure the bar
rel, the sack or clothing coming in
contact with 1t, nor will it interfere
with the termination of the oats. On
the contrary, the trea ment of the
seed seems to facilitate the sproutins
fastening it by two or three days
The seed should be treated long
enough beforehand to give it time to
dry out before using.
SUCCESS WITH. THE GLOvINIA.
:. Many persons try the glovinia, but
few success with it, mostly because
they let them get checked after they
have started. Plant them, if new
bulbs. in three-inch pots. in a mix
ture of leaf mould and sand; keep OF
the wet side and in a warm, even tenn
perature; avoid handling them and
they grow rapidly. Treated thus
they will give fine mass of bloom
In the fall dry them OF gradually
and when the ground is hard take
them out and hang up in warm, dry
place to ripen. Many persons fail
because they get bulbs that have not
been properly ripened. The second
year give a four-inch pot. Do not
attempt to bloom the bulb more than
two seasons, as the results will be
poor.-S. A. Hamilton, in American
Cuitivator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
What Will Become
Of the Sun and Moon :?
BY G. w, Sa1eeby.

@E alterations in the distribution in the solar
Darwin to predict tha tne
moon will ultimately earth which gave her suooen
further be propneS gu
Wv satellites must ultimately yield 10
VII hs and must return 10
conceive of the solar sys
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08

appetite by giving something different
each day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
Should Wives
Be Breadwinners 2
Bv the Editor of Harper's Weekly.

Few weeks ago discussed somewhat profsey
the question Chicago bank clerk ought to marry on
less than thousand not dhcult to see
that the main much work the bank clerks
hds would be willing to do capable doing kindred
son has been recently by Professor Simon
Pattsn of the University Pennsylvania who argues that
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-07
~ :DOyd0It'
Ig$ CHAT:

Paris Is to immOrtallZe George Sand
in marble. The statue will be placed
In The Place DIES Vesges, not far from
the Victor Hugo Museum.
The women Of Berlin have tired OF
the wheel and of horseback riding, and
are now dcvoting themselves energetl-
cally 20 athletic exercises.
Mrs. Fannie Blackburn, Of Cleve-
land. has received fourteen offers Of
marriage since she drove three burg
lars out Of her house with club.
4 nurse in Queen Alexandra's lmpe-
rial Military Nursing Service receives
an initial salary of 5000 year. When
she becomes sister she gets from
$3.50 10 S}25, \ matron's salary gradu-
ally rises 10 maximum of $3.50,
The Countess Of Warwick intends to
establish agricultural settlements in
different paris of England, where wom-
on who are expert IN horticulture,
dairy farming and poultry raising can
work on the cooperative principle,
Among the other memories of her
| youth Lady Burdctt-Coutts recalls
] having seen in Bath, in the days Of her
! childhood, no less historic a person
/ lhan nr. Johnson's Mrs. Thrale, at that
| tine Mrs. piozZi ana an octogenarlan.
Women are now dashng and daunt-
! less rivals of men in the driving of
| four.m-hands. II was not generally
| known that d many members Of the
gcntler sex in New York could handle
che rcns over mettesome teams draw
mg heavy coaches with 50 much skill
! and courage. -
The appointment Of Miss Gertrude
| Won Pet20ld 10 ill the pulpit Of Mar
/ borough Road Unitarian Church, in
! Leicester. England, is especially inters
csting naSmuch as it is the first time
/ woman has over been called TO the
regular ministry of any Unitarian
church in England. Il
Miss Jessie Peabody, q colonel on the
, stan Of Governor Peabody, of Color
ado. has just been made the recipient
Of am honor not hitherto conferred on
! any American woman, In the name Of
! General Bell and other members of the
| staff she has been presented with IA
splendid gold-momted sword,
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-07
aulNlNs A STAPLE FOOD!
our Growing Appetite For IT May Mako
1t ms Popular as Pie.


Qulninc has become one of our staple
forms of food. 1t Is more widely
ana ardently eaten than garlic, and it
may soon approach the popularity of
pie,
According to n report recently issued
considerably more than 10000 pounds
Of qulnine We're manufactured in India
In 1902, the greater part in Madras
while Java manufactured nearly A.
600 pounds. In addition to this, over
100000 pounds Of clnchona bark
were produced chiefly in Java and III
dia, and this was reckoned to be equiv
alent to another 100000 pounds of
quinine. 50 that the total product of
the food for the year was nearly II mil
lion pounds.
There are twenty manufactures of
qulnine in existence, of which five are
in France, three in England. two each
in Germany and Italy. one in Holland,
four in America, two in India and one
in Java. The two principal markets
for qulnne arc Amsterdam and Lon
don, and the latter has greatly d.
minished in importance since the cul-
tivation Of clnchona in Java has as
sumed such large proportions. In fact
nearly three times as much bark was
sold ut Amsterdam in 1902, so that, al.
though we probably use more quinine
than any other nation, the Dutch are
taking the trade away from all the rest
of us. India has already taken the
hint and is stimulating her growth Of
cinchona. Boston Transcript
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-07
DRIVE OFT BIG HATS.

The big hat craze Is NJ present much
discussed among millinery people. The
streets abound in shocking examples
OF the right hat on thc wrong pco'
pie. and the question may well he
aslspd. how long will it last? / believe
that the present season will see some
reaction against very large hats, and
the year will see them at least con
fined 10 their proper province ms thc
presuiptive right of the tall woman.
But shall expect 10 see the big hat
tide cbb further than thar BY all that
is reasonable and tasteful. ihe short
skirt should do much 10 drive out The
big hat Diapers Record.