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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-27

" gave her plants and seeds and all
suWpcr she has mad a delightful cool spot
overlooking me water To sit in. An old
piece % sail cloth was rugged up as an avn
ing. AMI it is doubtful If at any smart sum
mer resort there was a cooler or more
comfortable spot.
-Of course we do not always give the
window boxes away. 1t all depends upon
whether q person can pay.
They cost ~ 81 so each. II we sell them
We get IS. 50 or IS cents each, according 70
the size. In zach there is generally planted
some red geraniums-they blossom more
freely thar the white-Epglish ivy and
perhaps a fern.
Occasionally il happens thar some
child OF the will hoard and save
up the money TO buy a box. One young
girl not long ago came TO the Office, saying:
II wsrt 20 buy a window box.
DO o expect to carry il with YOU
I asked.
NO. ma'am. but | read in the paper
that you sell boxes and ] ave saved the
money opening her palm. I a to give
one to my mother for her birthday
"She went home with a receipt in hand in
place of the money and assured thai the box
would be on time.
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co!ored folks live sweet potatoes are an
inpor;an; adjunct u the wiudow box.
Many Of the plans have grown H. If ily
and have borne frlii "a well.
We are immensely proud Of Oar hack
ward gardens his year. There have lever
boon 50 many and they have never been 40
we'll cared for. H. ihe Vas Eighties here
ar" Il number Of which We are Justly and
especially proud.
one little woman who tolls UP and down
,hrce long fightE of stairs to care for her
garden said TO me tho oIheg day. i never
was so happy as since ! have my garden.
Why, J can hardly wal, TO Get down stairs
mornings to see what may nave happened
10 il over night
This garden is in the rear Of u tall teue-
ment between two elevated roads. And
only think. she said. only think that all
this is to be had by q little thought and a
Ettle work. II pays; ii pays
1T is this idea Of the possibilities Of
the soil that seems to strike the tenement
dweller forcibly. To think that with the
seeds and "A httle Effort OF their Fart they
can have "A beautiful garden seerls almost
in the nature Ola fairy tale.
"Of all the clubs 10 which are distributed
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has remained about the same the price of
maple sugar and of the syrup has fallen
from IS cents a pound for sugar and ST.25
a gallon for syrup in 1881 TO about 10 cents
a pound for and 90 cents a gallon
for syrup at h present time.
The only way in which one can he reason
ably sure of getting the pure product ia 10
deal directly with a Trustworthy country
producer. There are some of that kind
They cant afford to sell their product at
the market rates for the cane sugar glucose
hickory bark article, but they have built
up a market of their own.
There is made in this country about
II 900, 900 pounds Of maple sugar annually,
but a part of this is sold in a coarse form to
the mixers. More than 1000, 900 gallons OF
real syrup is manufactured annually.
Vermont used to lead in this production.
Then New York took first PLACE. Now the
order run Ohio, New York, Vermont
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan and on
down the list of twenty-one States sending
in reports.
Ali naples have sweet sap. hut only a
few Of the nativ species furnish sugar in
paying quantities. The first place Is held
the black maple. II is u peculiar fact that
The variety OF the sugar maple which grows
in the Gulf States does not yield sugar
Maple sap Is a nearly colorless liquid
composed OF water, sugor and VARIOUS
mineral substances, such as lime, potash
SAN ''tNa - ~ ~ NseFN ''NsN'
organic matter in the form of vegetable
acids. II il some one or a combination
Of all these substances in the sap which
gives the sugar it's flavor.
The amount of sugar in the sap varies
greatly. the percentage changing as the
season progresses. The maximum re-
ported il 1872 per cent, which was found
in a small low Of sap from d tree near the
end Of a season. During the same season
the same tree had averaged 5.0l per cent.
The general average il about 3 per cent.
TIL sap season begins about the middle
Of March and continues until the third
week in April. But it varies according
TO the latencs of the spring.
Sugar making has begun az early as
| February % and as late as the first week
OF April. The season lasts on an average
about four weeks. The longest run on
, record included forty-three days; the short
est only eight days.
Although the phenomenon of sap flow
il not yet perfectly understood il may
he asserted that the popular idea Of saI
rising in the spring and retreating To the
roots Of the tree In the autumn IL a fallacy
Conclusive experiments have shown that
on tapping the tree a fow Of sap both from
above and below comes toward the holes
There il also "a very small flow from the
! zap and down the grain of the but very
slowly and in small quantities across it.
!. An ordinary mature and thrifty maple
will produce about twelve gallons OF sap
or three pounds OF & a season. A
sugar grove a been known to average
nineteen gaEs Of sap 70 q tree during
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The Alma Ward is distinctive, this man
says, and there Ii no oarnation either III
white or oolors which equals IL In some
respects. In diameter it is fully three
and one-half inches-some blooms are
nearer four i~nches-and its fragrance il I'M
diminished. The stems of this and OF other
Of the prize varieties are quite eighteen
inches long. whereas the stems OF the old
time varieties are seldom more than nine
inches in length.
The Alma Ward is grown in one of the
largest ~carnation nurseries In this country.
which ia on Long Island not far from New
York and which consists of half a dozen
huge greenhouses wherein nothing what
this nursery sends daily anywhere from
5000 to l o 700 carnations to New York and
large quantities to other cities.
Ninety thousand choice ~carnation plants
are now growing Justify in the greenhouses.
the advance guard of which will have
reached maturity early in November.
As the average yield OF one plant a season
IL about twenty blossoms the output or
carnations from this nursery alone in one
winter il not far from ZOO. 900.
Tn Alma Ward has a greenhouse to her
self and there are 800 plants Of her. or
about $4,000 blooms in a season. When
these blooms and thousands more OF other
colors and varieties, each variety in It's
own greenhouse, are in blossom the sight
is worth going far 10 see.
In addition 10 the large daily consign-
ments from this nursery New York gets
many sInal or consignments from other
nurseries, and at a rough estimate, he
wholesale dealer thought, between $4,000
and 10000 carnations are sold daily in Tn s
city ut the height OF the season. Notwith-
standing these imposing figures, though.
the supply Of high class carnations in the
New York market is not az "A general thing
equal 10 the demand. he said.
The variegated carnation has not taken
the fancy Of the public, hence growers will
aise comparatively few this year. They
are giving particular attention to four
leading favorites, which in turn will he put
to the front as the season advances. with
others OF diverging tint In second place.
The colors most in demand are clear. vivid
,carlet. pure white. deep rose pink and
pale salmon pink. The dark. crimson
carnation. 40 much admired when il first
came ont o few years ago. is not nearly 80
popular an the brighter reds and II is seldom
found In the three inch variety.
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SOHE FREAk SOCIETIES.
The Point Boards I'm Parts-rO Defend
tausc Of Fat Men

FROM inc NunChGsfFT enron irIr-
Pointed boards only need pply."
Thi, il the law of the latest Partisan society
Of ireaks-thc "S~phenopo2ones, - az they call
themselves,
Its members. who are compelled by the
rules of the society to wear pointed boards
and mustachcs, have banded themselves
together for he avowcd purpose OF promoting
perennial joriality.
IL is a secret society. Jts deliberr. 'ons
are secret. its dinners are secret. its happy
evenings are secret and the names OF it's
member can DE seen only in the society's
secret books.
The Sphenopoaones comprise leading poll
ticians. literary men and artists living in
various parts of France. Each member
must be elected UNANIMOUSLY and must, under
pain OF severe penalties. promise to wear a
beard which tapers symmetrically to a point
and a mustaChe also pointed mt rHch end.
Once a month the members dine together
The date and place of meeting are arranged
by the "gonfalonier," as the treasurer IL
called, and the proceedings are kept strictly
private, no one being admitted except duly
enrolled members /.
II any member has bet ween one dinner and
another distinguished himself by writing a
successful play or n book. or by painting a
picture OF exceptional merit. or by doing any
thing TO earn public praise. he IL greeted
with uproarious applause,
After dinner the possessors OF the pointed
boards give themselves up to conviviality in
accordance with the terms Of their secret
charter,
England. too, can boast of her freak socie-
ties. Their" il, for instance. the Appendicitis
Society, a fashionable and select circle the
members Of which must give proof that they
have undergone an operation for Appendix
citis.
The Society for Putting Woman in Her
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il can be and will he grown much larger
even though the extra growth is gained at
a sacrifice OF scent; and there is danger Of
this. At any rate a wholesale florist took
this view which. however, was contra
dicted by a grower who pointed out that
the three and one-half inch in diameter
varieties how last winter etained all
the natural pungent fragrance OF the
smaller kinds. But fragrance or no fra
GRANGE he was certain that one day, and that
not far distant. we shall have five inch car
nations. and that for every additional frac-
ton Of size buyers will pay we'll.
Successful experiments in hybridizing
have a high commercial value now. What the
experimenters are most concerned about.
it seems. is not a possible loss OF fragrance
but that the stem Of the carnation should
retain its graceful pliableness in spite Of
the blossoms increased size. A still. UNI
wieldy stem quite spoils a caination in
the opinion of experts n 10 avoid this
undesirable feature and yet at the same time
keep on increasing the size OF the flower
il not at all easy.
That il can be lone has e proved.
For example. the grower who q few years
ago created something Of a sensation by
introducing one Of the first Of the kingly
varieties Of ~carnation to Fifth avenue $50
the Thomas Lawson IL was c~alled-long
since stopped growing II for the reason that
it's stem was too stiff 20 agree with his ideas
Of symmetry. As a result the Thomas
Lawson had it's day and ceased to be. and
now leading florists don't carry. 1t at all
and are naming later varieties which have
come to take is place-for instance, the
Beacon, which win be a first favorite
among the reds thiss season, II ia said. And
vet, according TO the annals OF a grower.
the Beacon came mighty near not being
heard OF at all and It's prominence, was
achieved at the expense OF a prize winner
called the George Craig.
In mpan the two, almost exact duph-
Gates and grown by the same man. were
exhibited at a recent flower show. The
judges were puzzled. IL was n tossup
between the two. they declared. 80 far az
looks went. Each was OF a gorgeous scar
let, was mole than three inches across
and was delightfully."- fragrant. Finally the
prize fell 10 the George Craig, but the grower
aware that the Beacon produced more
blooms TO the plant and that therefore II
would yield the larger money returns,
decided TO cultivate the Beacon almost
exclusively. So much for the value OF
Judges decisions.
For the time being there IL no carnation
in sight to excel in size the Alma ward;
but then there is no telling what may appear
before the end Of the winter. says the head
OF a wholesale New York concern which
is a distributing point for flowers to the
retail florists. Returns are nos al In yet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-27
LITTLE REAL MAPLE SYRUP
THAT ~. LITTLE REACHES the
MARKET IN ITS PURITY.
Se>en.eisiths ~ the Maple Syrup sold said
10 Br AduIterated SOME Of II with.
out Any Maple syrup Al An-Net the
t%'Ountry Is crying for Maple syrup.

Everybody knows where the young
mans fancy is said TO turn in the spring.
But when it comes TO a snappy morning
in autumn il il hot cakes and maple syrup
that make his eyes shine.
This being the ease one is likely TO think
long, sad thoughts after perusing the latest
statistics on the subject Of maple sugar.
What the pure food law will do to the maple
sugar myths il is hard to tell, but the in
vestigation has almost wiped maple sugar
ow the food map.
We have The Indians to thank for the art
of making the real maple article. They
used 70 do it in their own happy fashion,
boiling down h sap by dropping relays
Of hot stones into il. The early settlers
improved on this. but their own methods
remained pretty crude.
About 1850 the maple sugar business
began 10 boom. Methods were improved,
That made the product better, that sent up
the demand. and by 1850 sap, demand,
quality and price were all climbing.
The demand has been mounting ever
since. but strangely enough, in the a
OF this perpetual cry for maple syrup, there
isn't much more than half AZ much made
now az there was in 1850. The explanation
Is to be had In two words: the mixers.
Since 1850 the cost Of producing cane
sugar has gone down to a level compared
with which the cost Of making maple sugar
seems toplofty. During the same period
glucose has made its bow and got into all
kinds of sweet society.
J The wholesale dealer takes the common
cane 4 or glucose, puts into II from
a sixth to a tenth as much real maple sugar
and-we eat il on our cakes n wafics.
According TO the lowest estimate, seven
eighths of the product sold to-day is only
partly nlapl. sugar or is made entirely of
other materials.
A maple favor IL said to be given to some
| Of these imitation syrups by mixing with
them an extract OF hickory bark. An In
diana man even took out a patent on the
use OF such al extract.
In spite Of the fact hat the demapd has
enormously whils the supply
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Postmaster FIFTY Years.

TTVW TT VT"WTTN0VH FVN'
"BaiIey's Creek. Mo-. has the distinction
of la wing a post mas who has served longer
than any other in the | pited States. ! be-
lieyp." said W. ~. Lord Of that place. His
nm me il Frank Sioner. and he is one of the
pioneer farmers and stock raisers Of that part
OF the country.
1877 and he has held the Office ever since.
some years ago he declared that after he had
served Atty years he would resign. and a few
weeks ago when this period had beenv reached
he cent In his resigDation.'
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We Price s.rawS with the size and These
I'ow ers Arc Vow In the Orchid u
Violet SIass-II,r Demand This winter
- Thought Likely Ia Exceed the supply.
\ ralk with leading florists establishes
'lrsc facts: Carnations will have a vogue
ms winter likely to put their previous
rrpilar'ty in the shade: they will be larger
anil handsorner than ever. they will not be
any chea per.
Possibly the price will climb, although
nor-ons who recollect very well paying at
he holidays last year IS or SO a dozen
fr tho choice varieties are inclined to
'onht this. The florists explain that for
lowers, as for butter and eggs. the price is
-ogulated by supply and demand and that
'hc demand in Manhattan this winter for
Inc carnations will probably be far ahead
I the supply.
Not very long ago, when the best oarna-
IONS were sold for so cents a dozen and the
fnesi 81 these measured less than two
inches in diameter. florists had not the
east difficulty in filling their orders. In no
sense could the carnation be called a leader.
But as soon as growers began experiment
ng TO get larger blossoms and ohoicer
''' "Nb ~ iVtu'tS SoptoAVe p''S~e "
caused much praise at the different flower
shows here and in Canada and the new style
's%rnations began to he talked about in
lrawing rooms and to appear in the retail
florists windows at greatly advanced prices.
he public promptly took notice and that
Nsrt Of il given to buying choice flowers
"amored for the finest carnations and would
accept nothing else.
The carnation had achieved the distinc-
ION ~ becoming fashionable. Therefore
n ast year, instead Of being put far down
| 70 the list II best sellers. IL wa in the class
With roses, violets and orchids. At Faster
ne big white ~carnation rivalled the lily.
Vt Christ mas the rich red variety was al
most ls popular as red roses and fetched
almost AZ high a price. The indications
"e lha' the same thing will be repeated
Hr the next few months. The carnation
'ryrs only in cool weather.
N" larger growers are diligently az work
,,''faring more surprises for the public;
w tho carnation, they say. has not by any
uesns reached the full measure Of It's
'ssibIi'ties. The prophecy 10 made that
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eight consecutive seasons which included
one poor year.
Some trees have been credited with enor.
nous yields. For instance. a tree in Yer
mont Is known 10 have produced thirty
and th~ree-quarter pounds of cake sugar
in one season, its sap being so rich that
seven quarts made one pound of sugar
Another maple in the same State gave
175 gallons Of sap in one season.
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BIG CARNATIONS POPULAR
iORISTS EXPEtT 10 PRODt az
FIVE INCH BLOOMS.

tie rrlcr s.rows with the size and These
I'ow PRS Arc Vow In the Orchid and
Violet S1as.-IIhr Demsnd This winter
- Thought Libel, tO Exceed the supply.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-09-05
Letter to Mayor schenck

Dear Sir: Take . qwo-story house
and reckon the costs with different
paints; you will be surprised. Say the
no0:e mas E s 0La OF 52l0 square feet.
That's the rule; but it never comes-out
SO. Buy any other paint than DeVoe.
you will have to buy more, up tc pos.
sibtyt to y gallons. Paint Devoe, and
you'll have q gallon or two to requrn.
Here are some experiences.
~. K. Watkins, Lott, Texas, used Is
gallons gallons on his house before:
boughtl3 gallons Deyoe for same house
and had 6 left.
G. B. Edwards. Of Edwards and
BreughtOn, printers. Raleigh, N. c.,
used 80 gallops parte paint on his honse:
bought SO gallons Devoe for same house
and had 16 left. Go by the gallons.
Yours truly,
a r. w. DEvOE 81 Co.
Ps Clarke Hdw. Co.. sells our paint.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-09-05
Shepherd Shoes
"A South Bend Watch Frozen in
Solid Ice Keeps Perfect Time

life. Indeed, it must stand, before 1eav-
ing the factory, without failure in the
slightest degree, tests that are twice as
wearing as any watch ever received in
ordinary use.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-09-05

Your iewe1ef has acost1y chronometer
which he expects to keep absolutely
perfect time.
He places this chronometer under
glass, in a perfectly horizontal position
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-09-05

1t is baked in an
oven heated to 100
degrees Fahrenheit
and kept for hours
in a refrigerator at
freezing point and
must not vary even
a second.
You might freeze
it in a block of ice
without affecting its
timekeeping quail
ties in the slightest
degree.
Every South Bend
Watch must also
keep perfect time in
every position and
not be affected blythe
jars and jolts of rail
way trains, horse
haC% riding aI1fo-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-09-05
Special Bargains
in Furniture

Just now we are offering some special
bargains in Furniture and House Furn-
ishings Of all kinds. The prices mean
money in your pocket. The stock is the
most complete and UP to date in town.
Come in and look around.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-09-05

N ~ ~(
perature. He dis.
turbs it just as little
as possible because
he knows, probably
from experience,
that it would be cas-
lily f cted by
change of condi-
tons, and such a
~chronometer, care
fully guarded and
cared for, WILL
keep time to the
minutest fraction of
q second.
Every adjusted
South Bend Watch
must, before it is
sent out 10 your jew
eler, keep perfect
RS%n@ eaNo16 Cor Sor-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-11
- So
NORTH IWEM NEWS

Harry Rice was in town today from
Elmont.
Mr.. Merritt. the assessor of Soldier
township. was looking after his work
| this thriving little suburb is in Sol
der township while the rest of it is
a part of North Topeka.
Charles Gerteisen went to st. Jo-
seph this afternoon to spend Sunday
visiting his sister, Mrs. Martha Good
rich.
There is still a scarcity of cars to
handle the output of the mills.
Captain VIM. Leonard and Mrs.
Leonard returned today to their home
in Wichita after visit to their
nieces. Mrs. B. C. Dibble and Mrs. w.
A. Marshall of Tyler street.
Mrs. Hattie Mays OF 1851 Kansas
avenue who has been in the hospital
IS improving and was able to be
brought to her home yesterday.
The young people of the Central
avenue Christian church gave a very
pleasant surprise party on Louis 1.
irwin last evening at his home, 1872
Holman street.
Mrs. George Price and children.
Robert and Frances of Guelph. On
tario. Canada, are visiting Mrs. Prices
sister, Mrs. ]. C. Travis of 90 Topeka
avenue.
DR.. o. P. Davis was elected a coun-
cilor by the Kansas Medical society at
Kansas City, Kan. yesterday.
Miss Sophie Stein and Miss Ethel
Detlor have gone to Granville to spent
VIM. B. Smith of Kansas City is in
town looking after his property at 112S
Central avenue.
to Baldwin to resume his work in Bak-
er university after visit to his broth
er. Shirley French of Quincy street
and c. c. French of Silver Lake.
Amity lodge 2S1 K. of P. will have
three candidates for the first rank
Monday evening.
Mrs. Frank Guess and Mrs. Ed Bak-
er came down Tuesday from Horton
as delegates to the w. r. c. and while
here were the guests of Mrs. Connely
of 1895 Jackson street Mrs. Baker
left today for Kansas City, where she
will visit friends and Mrs. Guess went
to Harrington where she will spend a
short time
B. F. Van Horn of Minneapolis
Kan. is visiting among old North side
friends Mr. Van Horn was one of the
early settlers of North Topeka and in
the early seventies owned all the
ground from Gordon street north to
Soldier creek. He built the building
Kansas avenue now occupied by the
Citizens bank. This was about the first
substantial building to be erected in
North Topeka and was known as Van
Horns hall. The second story was
used for school purposes. Mr.. Van
Horn now makes his home with his
daughter, Mrs. Ravens Of Minneapol-
is.
North Topeka Baptist church, wal
ter E. Tanner, pastor. At IL a. m.
Rev. Wallace Petty. who has just
been graduated from the Theological
seminary at Rochester. n. Y. will
preach. Mr.. Petty is the son of Rev.
a. NJ. Petty of Los Angeles. Cal. who
was formerly a member of the North
Topeka Baptist church The pastor
will preach at s O'Clock
At the Church of the Good Shep-
herd, Episcopal, corner of Laurent
and Quincy streets, tomorrow, Expec-
tation Sunday. the services will be