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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-18

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Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
Where Were Potatoes Grown First7

In the garden Of "Eiizabeth's House."
Brixton Hill. in England, are said to
have been grown the first potatoes in
Europe. A rival site, however, is that Of
Lord Burghley's old garden In the Strand.
In favor of the former it may be said
that Sir Walter Raleigh, who shares with
Sir Francis Drake the honor Of first In
PRODUCING the potato in England, lived
at Brixton Hill near 'Elizabeth's House"
Tormby, in Lancashire, also claims the
honor of being the site Of the first cul-
ture of the potato in England.
They are said to have been grown there
by a Formby man, who sailed with Sir
Walter. The earliest cultivation OF the
potato in the British Isles was probably
at Youghal, on the south coast OF Ireland,
where this navigator had an estate. 1t
has been generally accepted that the
potato was brought from Virginia. and
that it was cultivated there by the ma
tives.
Sir Joseph Banks and De Condelle both
lent the weight OF their authority to this
view. But 1t has been ascertained that
the Indians of Virginia. though they used
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

the coal be dry or wet. but when yes-
sci is to carry coal foreign or around the
Horn to San Francisco. then the loading
becomes a very serious matter, for every
ounce of coal that goes into her must be
absolutely dry, otherwise on such long
voyages there Is danger of spontaneous
combustion.
Spontaneous combustion Is one of the
peculiar features of bituminous coal, and
even when stored In piles on shore it Is
liable to self-ignition. So great is this
danger that even railroads that use i'm
mense quantities do not care to keep
any great quantity on hand, while the
miners prefer to get 1t Off Of their hands
as soon as 1t is taken out. Sealed in a
vessels hold for a dozen weeks or more
the danger of the coal igniting Is all the
greater, and not n few coal-laden vessels
have been destroyed by fire, due, primari-
ly, to the coal having been wet or damp
when loaded
The unloading of collier is just as in
teresting as the loading. In the taking
out of cargo Of grain the process is
just the reverse of putting 1t in, for the
endless chain buckets and the tubes that
shoot 1t in suck 1t out With the dis
charging of coal there is marked diff
ference, for there has not yet been de-
vised any suction pump that will answer
the requirements. and the endless chain
bucket arrangement is unsatisfactory.
There are practically but two methods
that have been found to- be satisfactory.
One is the rather crude bucket and the
other the modern dredge. In the former
operation iron buckets, each holding about
half ton, are lowered into the hold from
the end OF crane ana filed by shovels.
With the dredge a machine not unlike
that used In deepening channels Is used,
only the dipper part is operated from a
crane on a high trestle or pier. The dip
per drops into the hatchway and grabs
a couple Of tons Of coal at a time. As
1t lifts the crane swings and the coal Ii
deposited into hopper cars that take 1t
either to the storage yards or else to its
final destination. Although the dredge
does away with more men than the buck
cts, there is nevertheless employment for
large gangs Of shovelers. who pile the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

wide berth when the shades Of night have
fallen. The stones at the northern COR
ner Of the house, where is located the
room occupied by the fair daughter Of
the French family that dwelt there over
a century ago, are much whittier than
the others. And the present occupants,
people no more superstitious than the av-
erage, say that about once a year a
scraping noise can be heard In that cor
ner of the building as though spirit hands
were scrubbing the stones. In the morn
ing the stones are wet while the rest
of the exterior of the building Is dry
and shows no change in color.
At the present time, at Fondavera,
there is a red Irish setter whose actions
are, to say the least, not recognized as
normal by the best society of the canine
world. The colored people declare the
dog is insane. And his attenuated frame,
shifting eyes, quiverlng unrest and
strange erratic actions seem to support
that theory. The animal will suddenly
dart aside as though lodging a blow from
an unseen hand. Again, it rushes madly
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

From the double portals of the chapel,
down the path leading to the window in
the room formerly occupied by the French
girl. they say, a ghost of a mission
priest, presumably the one buried under
the old willow. has been seen to walk.
His tall. vaporish figure wrapped in its
coarse. brown cowl, moves with stately,
measured tread. From his hands a ro-
sary sways as the long. nervous fingers
tell OF the ave Maria" and 'Pater Nos
ter"
And there is a strange, pathetic legend
told about this restless spirit of the
church. In the long ago he loved, SO the
story runs. 1t was a love that burned
with all the intense fire of repression, for
he never spoke of 1t. not even when the
dark eyes OF the young French girl were
lifted to his with their story bursting
forth through the limpid windows of her
soul. The stern voice Of duty-to his
church and his God-sealed his lips, for
he was mission priest, true to his high
calling, and she one of his faithful COM
municants. He had looked upon the face
of woman and dared to love !--hs who
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

YTNHILE the American merchant ma
AZ rine has dwindled greatly during the
W. past decade and while the Stars and
Stripes is an unfamiliar ensign on the
taffrails Of ships that plowthe seven seas,
there has been a steady increase in the
number Of craft In our coastwise feet and
thousands Of vessels, ranging from small
lotion sloops 10 600o-ton steamers ply
along the shores of the Atlantic and Pa
clhc Oceans, to say nothing of the Gulf
of Mexico
OF all maritime business, there is none
that equals In extent or in the number
OF vessels employed that of the transpor-
tation of soft, or bituminous. coal.
Engaged in this phase of coastwise COM
merce are about 400 vessels, the majority
OF which are schooners and barges, and
they go to and fro like shuttles In a loom
weaving the cloth of commerce and In
dustry. Now and then, as though 1t were
the breaking OF thread, a barge or
schooner is lost. but for every one that
is claimed by the sea there is another
sent from the stocks, and thus the num-
ber never decreases; indeed, the vessels
are being built faster than they are lost
and the number in service is constantly
increasing.
So important is the bituminous indus.
try that there is not day in the year
when there is any cessation and It is only
when furious gales along the coast make
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

where they are sent on a turn-table which
swings them over on another track, and
they return by gravity through the cen
ter of the pier to the yard whence they
came. The operating of the cars is done
largely by mechanical power or gravity.
When one Of the piers of the Western
Maryland Railroad was built 1t was found
that the shore approach would be too
steep to permit engines pushing the cars
to the top of the pier, as is done at the
other piers, so a rather ingenious plan
was resorted to. Under the approach
there was set up a steam engine which
operates cable that leads from the top
of the platform to the ground and on
the lower end of the cable is a 'barney''
car. The loaded coal car is pushed by an
engine down to the approach, and from
a pit between the rails the barney rises
behind 1t and pushes it to the top Of the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
coal beneath the hatches that the dlppe,

coal beneath the matches that the dippe'
may get 1t.
The colliers are also Of interest. Among
the sailing vessels most of the craft ars
schooners ranging from the modest little
two-master to the giant with six masts.
The seven -masted schooner Thomas w.
Lawson, which was lost on one Of the
ScilIy Islands, was built for the coast
wise coal trade. but she proved to be a
bit too large.
The barges that are towed from port
to port by powerful tugs are largely
relics of the days of square-riggersy Most
of the barges were originally saiiiTg yes
sells that had met with misfortupe and
not considered worth the expenseY Of ft-'
ting out again so as to Withstand the
strains Of sailing. These vessels are cas-
lily converted into barges. The Saving
off of the bowsprit, the cutting down Of
the masts and the building Of Deck
house ON the poop. and the floating cof-
fn," as sailors call barge, is reafy to
90 to sea.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

expense; but more important than that,
loss of time. Time plays a most I'M
portant part in the transportation of coal,
for practically all of the vessels in the
business are under charter and every
minute must therefore be taken into con-
Eideration.
From the yard on the shore end of the
piers the loaded coal cars are pushed out
on the top platform of the pier and are
stopped directly over trap door, be-
meath which is the chute that leads to
the vessels hatchway. Then the bottom
of the car is dropped out and the coal
gushes down. In order to prevent the
coal falling too swiftly and to prevent the
large Jumps from either breaking up or
injuring the vessel there are here and
there checks.
AS the cars are emptied they are
shunted to the outer end of the pier,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
1t dangerous do the vessels fail to go.

1t dangerous do the vessels fail to go.
For one who has never seen the opera
tion of placing several thousand tons OF
coal on vessel visit to one of the load
Ing piers Is well worth while. These piers
are immense wooden structures, 80 or
more feet high, and extending from 800
feet to 600 feet out into the water so
that two large craft may lay on either
side at the same time.
From the top OF the pier and along the
sides every 20 feet extend the chutes, not
unlike the chutes with which household
coal is dumped from the coal cart to the
cellar, only they are much wider and
heavier, requiring considerable effort to
operate them. Since they are arranged
with series of CONFERENCE.-The they can
be handled with comparative ease The
object in having SO many chutes is that
no matter how long a vessel may be there
will always be one chute that will lead
direct into its hatchway.
While the moving of a steamer few
feet forward or backward is a small mat
ter, as she can be moved by her own
power, the shifting of a large sailing
vessel requires tug. This would mean
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

IA ICH in romance, fable and legend,
~ the abode Of French king while
IN In exile, the scene of the occasional
wanderings of the spirits of an old mis-
sion priest and his sweetheart, a fair
French maiden whom the mandates of
the church kept from the arms Of her
priestly lover, and the dwelling place of
a dog, said to be insane, that obeys un-
heard commands and at times accom-
panies his spirit master In a ghostly
vigil--such Is FOndavera, the oldest resi-
dence on the historic Bardstown pike.
two miles distant from Louisville, KY.
The house is indeed a travesty on its
name, for the Spanish word, Fonda"
meaning "place of rest" and "vera,"
the Russian word meaning 'in all truth"
were never more misapplied than to this
quaint old building around which the
colored people Of the neighborhood de-
clare the restless spirits Of its former
occupants roam at midnight and re-enact
the turbulent scenes of their past lives.
THE OLD STONE HOUSE.
This "place of unrest" as It might
more appropriately be called, Is built of
huge slabs of rough-hewn, white stone,
colored rich ivory by the relentless
years that have sifted down their toning
compound Of winter SHOWS, summer show
ers and golden foods of sunshine over
the sloping roof and long narrow French
windows set deep in their massive frames.
Many of the stones are 10 feet in length
and all are from two to three feet thick.
new roof and frame porch have been
added by the present occupants, who are
interested in the growing of ginseng
Over the sun-tanned face Of the stone at
the rear of the building the slow-creeping
ivy has draped its evergreen veil, through
which the glass of the quaint French
windows CLEAN like crystal eyes, resent
full of concealment.
Close by, as was the custom of the
devout French, stands a little chapel,
like a sentinel. keeping watch over those
who dwelt within the old chateau. Well
set, deep-creviced and boldly outlined in
its huge blocks of stone is a Latin cross,
emblematic OF the religion taught within
when those sturdy first settlers hewed
their lonesome way through the wilder |
ness to rest upon the fertile lands of |
Kentucky. In the yellowed leaves of an |
old history called "The French Mis- |
sions In Kentucky" Fondavera is men !
toned as the home of a wealthy French |
family who built the place prior to 17e8 i
Close by the chapel and almost under |
the great cross, carved deep in the mas |
sive stone, Is a weeping willow tree be- |
meath whose dropping branches is buried |
the body of one of the French mission |
priests, who long years ago followed the
call Of the Christ Child into the Ken
lucky wilds.
SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.
The place seems shrouded in mystery,
and the negroes living nearby give it a
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

platform. Then the barney. by its weight,
drags the cable back
When the coal begins rushing down the
chutes into the holds of the vessel squads
OF men known as ''trimmers" enter the
holds armed with shovels. and as fast as
the coal runs In and piles up at the hatch
way they shovel 1t away into the bilges
and other parts of the hold. Then. when
the last carload has been dumped the men
trim the cargo or level on top and from
one end to the other so that the vessel
is evenly loaded.
The trimming Of a vessel is an exceed
ingiy important work. for sailing craft
especially, as If the vessel Is not loaded
on her sailing lines she will make poor
headway, to say nothing Of her being
difficult to, manage In a high sea.
In loading vessels that are going coast
wise 1t makes little difference whether
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

had already chosen his bride, the church
But his strength was as the strength of
ten. And so his love burned into the
ashes of outlived heartbreakings, or found
solace and rest in that peace Of God
that passeth all understanding" And so,
too, with the beautiful French girl. for.
though she returned his love, the story
runs, she fretted out her life in silence
through all the years.
HER SPIRIT HAUNTs THE ROOM.
Even to this day. the legend continues,
the maiden's soul haunts the room which
in life was warmed by heg presence. They
say she has been seen, on the nights
when the priest has kept his lonely vigil
standing in the low French window that
faces the chapel, half-hldden in the
shadow and the filmy curtain. There she
stands with clasped hands and burning
eyes gazing longingly, tearfully at the
restless priest, iove-tortured, pacing to
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

cannot come within five feet of him, for
he's Off in an instant. But 1t is at night
that the animals actions are strangest.
Then 1t walks up and down the path
leading from the mission chapel to the
baywindow In the house of Fondavera,
whining in a low, gruesome tone. At
ter final run to the willow tree. 1t
crawls into an old empty box there,
curls up and goes to sleep as would any
sane, healthy dog. The animal has never
been able to "stand fire" and hence Is of
no value in the hunting field
Though 1t Is hard to believe In the pres
ent day, there are those dwelling near
Fondavera who say that not once, but
several times in their lives, they have
seen most marvellous and creepy" ex-
hibition of ghost walking" at the old
chateau.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

forward as though in obedience to
sharp command heard only by its own
alert ears. Then, In an instant and for
no apparent reason, 1t stops suddenly,
rises on its hind feet and walks several
yards. Again it's off, tearing around
the right and left and again coming to
the place at full speed. swervlng crazily to
a sudden halt and rising on Its hind
feet
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
NOT A VICIOUS ANIMAL.

After such a performance, 1t usually
stands rigid and immovable, staring
straight ahead, for at least 20 minutes.
The dog has never been seen to lie down
anywhere except under the old willow
beneath whose dropping branches the
body of the mission priest is buried. 1t
is, fortunately, not vicious, Indeed, one
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

a number of tuberous roots. did not know
our potato.
One of these roots was the plant some
times grown as an ornamental climber In
our gardens and called by botanists
"Aplos tuberosa."
The Indians called the roots potatoes.
and the French Canadians knew them as
Pommes de terre. The potato being
really a native Of South America, was
scarcely likely to be known to the In
dians OF Virginia. And yet the potato
undoubtedly was brought to England as
part of the cargo Of one Of Sir Richard
Grenville's ships and landed at Plymouth.
and the ship had come direct from vir-
ginia and called nowhere on the way. On
the voyage home, however. it had en-
countered and captured n Spanish ship
from Santo Domingo. The potatoes were
a part of the cargo Of the vessel. Thus
the potato first reached England as part
of the booty taken from a Spanish war
prize.
More than half of frances tobacco Inn
TT.AA GAatn
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

and fro without. Neither greets the
other. for neither knows that the other
is near. Only the pale stars, the silver
moon and the eve of the Eternal Listener
see.
However true or untrue. the story may
be, the fact remains that that room In
the house is never occupied. The family
now living at Fondavera frankly admit
that they heard peculiar noises in the
room at the dead of night II one is
skeptical, they are usually willing to put
the room at his disposal for the night.
The history of Fondavera deals with
important personages. When the exiied
king Of France. Louis Philippe taught
school at Bardstown--which is not far
distant from the chateau-he made the
intervals between his labors bright DAYS
of rest at Fondavera. for IT. was strlk-
ingly similar In many respects, to the
dwellings OF his own land, which ever
lay enshrined in his heart. Indeed, Fon-
davera made such an impression on the
exiles mind that years later. when the
bishop of Bardstown came to call upon
him--as he had often done in the woods
of Fondaversr-at Paris. where Louis
Philippe had assumed his rightfui place
in his own kingdom, he recalled with
relish the many happy days spent at Fon-
davera and the quaint incidents that
frightened his lonel.' exile.
HOME OF A COUNTESS.
The Countess octavia Hensel, noted
French woman, gifted In numerous ways.
later owned the place for many years.
81 love Fondavera," she was often
heard 10 say, because 1t Is so like the
little chateau the Emperor Napoleon gave
to Josephine, and in which she lived for
so many years in the suburbs Of Paris"
The Countess died some years ago. She
was well known throughout the Middle
States as a musician or rare talent, and
won much fame at home and abroad
What further mysteries, what other
noted personages. If any. will dwell at
Fondavera, what will eventually become
OF the old building and Its rugged mis-
sion housewife can tellf From its solid
outline and its deep-dug foundations, 1t
bids fair to stand for another century,
weathering the hereest gales of the Storm
King and defying the devastating hand
OF Time.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
MUCH IN LITTLE.

The African peanut is less delicate than
the American as an article of food, but
It yields more generously in oil, and is
more easily crushed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

In Spain about the only kind Of piow
In use is a primitive wooden affair with
one handle and a tongue. To this is
hitched pair of small oxen or mules
yoked mp like oxen. The driver rests his
right foot on rear extension to keep the
piow from jumping out Of the ground.
steadying himself by touching his left
foot when about to lose his balance.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

The State Of Brazil Is owner Of 100. 600
bags Of coffee stored in Europe and North
America and 657 800 bags stored In SAM
tos. The coffee abroad is stored In
Havre, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Lon
don, Trieste, Marseilles, New York and
New orleans. The inspector for the gov
ernment has reported that the coffee
stored In Europe Is in excellent condi-
tion, and has forwarded photographs to
the government in proof Of his statement
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

More than half of Frances tobacco Inn
ports come from the United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

SHHOUDED IN MYSTERY
The place seems shrouded in mystery,
and the negroes living nearby give it u
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07

Clean up sale on Embroidery and
Laces, now on at Ramsey d. G. Co.'S.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Horse Top-Notchers.

Delta has some fine roadsters and
track horses, some splendid race stock
and some as fine and promising colts as
are to be found on the American conti-
nent. Large interest is being taken
here in breeding race stock and high
grade drivers. The stable and stock of
MIR. VIM. Silsby have wide spread
reputation. 1t may be mentioned also
that the climate and all conditions are
favorable here for maturing strong,
healthy and perfect horses, giving them
that full degree of endurance and high
spirit so necessary to the accomplish
ment of great speed tests. Horse
breeding, and raising, like most other
industries undertaken at Delta, has
proven wonderful success.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
XVI YEAR--NO 2o
The Queen Will
Come to Her Own

In due course of time Delta will
come into her own, which will be the
proud possession of the title: The
wealthiest, healthiest, most poprlous
and most productive county in the
great United States. Her soils and
her industries are but in their infancy,
yet are more advanced. more famous
and better known for profits than most
of the older communities where gener-
ations have lived and died. Her fruits
are the finest, her sugar beets largest
and sweetest, her vegetables the most
noted, her melons the most delicious,
her grains the most prolific, her grasses
the most nutritious, and her fuel the
most abundant. She has more days of
sunshine, less severity of winter, bet
ter schools, more churches, better
morals and best people. Delta county
will grow to represent an Empire with
in hersels.