The National tribune., 1908-10-08

10 y Ou u ILLS SOiiSi cse
OF Nations to appear in one small po-
lice court at one time. The Health
inspectors got out warrants for two
Greeks, one Hebrew, one Irishman, one
German and one negro, for eyading the
health laws, and you'd have thought
the tower of Babel was tumb1ing again
: If you could have heard that bunch in
their gabfest with Hizonor.
Washington people who have fig trees
growing in their yards and bearing
figs are numerous. 1t has been thought
that the climate of Washington was too
cold for figs, but eating figs which
a fellow picks from Washington trees
himself ought TO be pretty good proof
that they viii grow and fruit in this
latitude. Most of the fig trees that
have been reported seem to have come
up voluntarily, and many of the people
who had the trees just let them grow
because they were pretty of foliage,
and really did not know until they
fruited what kind of trees they We're.
The fig tree does not have blossom.
The figs grow out at the root of a
leaf, appearing like a little green
protuberance, which grows larger and
larger. till the fig is ripe. The tree
will bear for months, the ripe figs and
those Just starting all appearing on one
tree. The fig is just a little tasteless
in the green or natural state, but has
q flavor all OF its own. 1t bruises and
spcfls SO quickly that it cannot be
shipped in the green state. The trees
have to be sheltered by houses, in this
latitude, or tied up in straw or waste
In the Winter.
Here is little about the history of
that great favorite in fruit, the navel
orange. The place of its nativity, it
seems, is Bahia, Brazil, from which the
late William G. Saunders imported it
to the United States. Mr.. Richard
White, Of New York, who was formerly
in the Diplomatic Service in Brazil, says
OF Mr.. Saunders:
when he began the reproduction and
distribution of the navel orange tree,
the original of which, I believe, is still
in the grounds of the Department of
Agriculture, he thought he could repro
duce the same quality of orange, but
I do not think he succeeded, yaltho the
American navel orange is a fine fruit.
1t would be impossible to produce in
Bahia any great quantity of oranges for
export, because there are no facilities
for keeping the fruit after it is picked.
There are no refrigerating plants in
Bahia, altho it is city of 250,000 peo-
pie, simply because there is no ice."
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution. who have their National head
quarters in Washington, are greatly re-
joiced that at last the bones of the
American patriots who died on the
British prison ships in New York har-
Dor during the Revolution are being re-
moved from the old vault in Fort
Green Park, Brooklyn, where they have
been for years and put into the new
vault under the steps leading to the
prison ship martyrs monument, on the
3liIl in the park.
PIE but graceful beauty, is from a de-
sign by the late Stanford White. 1t is
to cost 100000, and will be dedicated
this Fall. The Governors of the 13
original States have been invited to be |
present at The dedication.
The body Of John Paul Jones is not
to occupy alone the new chapel crypt
ct the Naval Academy. 1t will also
contain memorial tablets or statuary
commemorative of officers of the Unit
ed States Navy who, in time of war,
have rendered such important and dis
finguished service to the Nation as to
mark them the leading naval officers
of their time.
viii never be accepted or installed in
the crypt until at least five years after
the death OF the officer in question.
ouartermaster J. Schich, of the 10th |
70. s., is in the city on business with the |
War Department, and talks most enter |
Eainirgly about Alaska, where he has
been stationed for two years installing |
the telegraph wires under Government |
direction. alaska is an Empire with
our a people" he declares. He says
that he is wonderfully impressed with
the country, and thinks there is a won- |
derful future before it.
AS large as all that portion OF the |
United States west of tbe Mississippi
River. Alaska has a population of only
10000. and the people of the States
have but a hint of the wealth within
fts boundaries" declares Quartermas-
ter Sehicii.
"Aitho s11.o0G.0Oo in gold was
Shipped ont of Fairbanks alone this
year, in spite of the strike there. and
$1,000, coo was shipped out of Nome. |
4iaska's mineral resources have scarce |
1y been scratched. Thru large section
there are not two miles in which pay
ing gold cannot be struck. Thousands
Of men have been induced to go TO GER |
tain sections Of Alaska in search of
gold on false representations, and then |
have turned around and on their own
account have dug down and found gold |
asset the United States has. !
THE seasons are short" Mr.. Schich
continued. '"They open in May and
close in october. and all the supplies
for t9es region must be shipped into
fhc country during that period Never
fheicss, the best potatoes in the world |
are raised there during that short sea-
son. and many other things-in fact, |
almost everything else-can be grown. !
in the southern section of Alaska, of
course, ali forms of agriculture and
stock raising are engaged I'm with grow
fng success. But ] speak now mainly
OF upper Alaska.
You don't see Alaska except in Win
1er time. In the Summer it is much
like any other country. but the Winters
are wonderful. 1t is the healthiestl
place IN the world You see men so and |
40 years old doing hard manual labor
without exhaustion, so exhilarating isl
1he climate. It's healthful qualities are
beiag recognized. and away up at Hot
ED=ings there is hotel that cost $780, |
900. II is built mostly of logs, ii is true, |
bnt it has a natatorium as big as this |
1obby. Yes, sir, Ala "a has a wonderful
future"
Here is Minister sVu's motto OF right
1iyiFg. and il is pretty good:
Keep cheerful Control your tenn
per. Do not allow malice or envy to |
enter your mind for they poison the
body Accept the principle of univer-
sal love, for that is the highest moral |