Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-20

unless it Is broken. which happens very
early and causes the plant to lose its
moisture. Special care must be taken.
therefore. In all operations in the
groves not To break the leaves.
The harvesting of the pines requires
skill and care. In the first place. the
gathcrcrs must know just when to
pick the fruit. The crates going by
freight by summer must he filed with
fruit that Is just turning. Those go
ing earlier In the season. or to u short
or distance. may hold fruit quite well
colorcd. The gnthcrers wear lcggings
which reach To- the knees ana canvas
mittens. They stand in rows. ana rs
they break Off the fruit by n deXterOiS
twist they toss 1t to the second help.
ers. who stand In the pathway between
the rows Of pines. These seconds. y
az they IRE called. stack the fruit up
carefully In pyramid rows. after which
It is gathered ana put In field crates
ana baskets. to be taken to the pack.
Ing sheds. Here long tables cover the
four sides Of the room, and the workers
sort and wrap the pines according tn
size and grade. There II no way of
measuring the fruit; 1t has to be done
by guess. but In few weeks man
becomes NO skilled In selecting pines
of uniform size that the packers have
no trouble In filling the crates.
1t IL In the groves that most care
must be taken. for fine specimen can
he ruined by being carelessIy broken.
The gatherers are the most skilled of
the labOrers on n pineapple plnnta.
tiOn and they receive the largest sal.
aries.
Capt. W. =. Cowles. Of the new bat.
tlesllip Missouri. was talking the other
day OF the infcriority Of European to
American railroads, says the Washing
ton Times.
"The stuffy little European carriages
are lighted with electricity nOw.' he
said, but I remember when they were
only lighted with oil. have cause to
remember this.
"One night In Germany during a VIC.
lent storm. was riding toward Berlin
In n iirst-class carriage. when II leak
began. Drop after drop, warm ana
dirty, fell upon my hat ana coat.
Il waited till the guard came
through. 1t was Il long wait One Is
always undergoing long waits for
guards on European railroads.
look here. guard said at last,
the rain Is coming in ilroug the lamp
hole ana trickling down my clothes.
"rhc guard made an investigation.
Then he said reassuringly:
"'Oh, that Is not rain; It's only oil.
The lamp leaks n little. but the roof
Is quite sound, assure YOU
"rhen the whistle blew, ana he
rushed away"
It's drcadfully hard to be homcly
girl. II you're II boy 1t doesn't make
much difference, hecause nobody cX.
enough If II boy Is bright and clever
ana the uglier he Is the better people
seem 10 like him. might know a-
much ms the sphinx. but nobody would
admire me for it--just because In
Il girl ana ugly.
Often when sit back of pretty
girl ut church, Or on the car, or any
where, ! look ana look ut her and try
10 imagine how 1t must feel to have
lovely hair like that, and n pretty neck
ana pretty little ears. Why couldn',
have been made like her?
Some girls just take II as a matter
of course to have pretty ears and hail
that waves and lovely skin. OF course
it's no credit to them to be pretty any
more than it's my fault that I'm home
ly; but II seems to me that IL coulG
look like some girls I'd be so happy
so happy ! couldn't bear it at first
That's just because it would be SO new
to me.
! suppose there never was homcy
girl who wouldn't have been pretty II
she'd been given any say in the matter
beauty gifts were handed around In
our family I'd have had Fans skin ant
Toms lashes and James mouth.
wouldn't have had eyes like anybody IN
this house, though.
Let's see. How would l have made