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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24
City Life is Longer.

II has been shown by statistics that
the average duration of human life
has increased in Chicago 129 per cent
in the last so years. The health de.
partment of that city took as the basis
of its computation the mean ages of
the city's people at death. 1t divided
the aggregate of the ages of decedents
in 1855 by their number, giving the
mean age of those wha died there that
year. BY the same process the mean
age of those who died last year was
found to be 129 per cent greater than
that of those who died in 1855.
Hence the department concludes that
the average duration of life in Chi
cago has increased to that extent.
It will readily be seen that this
method of calculation is open to some
objections. II would not, of course, be
safe to aver that the average citizen
lives more than twice as long as he
did in Chicago so years ago. It is
true, however, that the average expec-
tation of life has increased, not only
in Chicago, but in all parts of the
civilized world. The time has gone
by when a man was old at so, aged at
60 and decrepit, il he survived. at 20.
The women of the rural districts at
least went into caps at 80 and were
thereafter considered old; now they
aschew caps ct 75 and so and are
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24

cross or the Persian and California
walnut trees, and the Royal black wui-
nut, hybrid from the California and
American walnuts. Both are swift OF
growth and in a few years tower
higher than the ordinary walnut trees.
but they have a fine hard grain that
takes high polish.
Canadian bananas ought to be. good.
Canadian bananasl" some one ex-
claims who knows that the Florida
variety willis under the slightest frost.
Yet Canadian bananas seem possi-
bility. One of Burbank's original
ideas is that of training tropical
plants so they will become hardy
enough to thrive I'm cold climates and
he says he will succeed, that his plan
tains which he is experimenting with
are slowly evolving to the desired
hardihood, It may be that the time
will come when Canadians and Alas
kans will pluck the orange, the lemon
and the lime from their own groves at
home, grow peach trees whose bios
som will be invulnerable to the at
tacks of frost. and make beds in the
early spring for flowers that now
flourish only in the torrid zone.
Men in the West who have benefited
from the results of Mr.. Burbank's
work bless him for what he has done
in Transforming the opuntia, COM
monty known as the prickly pear or
cactus. This plant thrives in soil that
would kill almost any other growth;
Il is succulent and nourishing; hence,
if cattle could only eat it, it would be
a great boon in regions where there is
little water and poor grazing. But in
its wild state, the cactus is too prickly
and when the cattle do eat It. death
frequently results, although ranchmen
SINCE the plants to rid them of their
spines. Burbank has bred spineless
variety which is more juicy and many
times more nourishing than the wild
cactus. Instead of mere 20 tons to
the acre-the farm crop of the wild
plaintiffs specimens yield 200 tons on
good soil. Thep prove to be excellent
fodder and are palatable to man. He
Is still at work upon this plant and
has all but produced seedless variety
which contains about IA per cent Of
sugar and 21a, per cent of fat. It has
a peculiar taste and mucilaginous con-
sistency and makes an excellent des-
sert dish. The juice of the leaf and
fruit have been found to act as a
good preservative against bad wealth
er when used in whitewash.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24


spoken or as elderly"
The average length Of life of the
people of urban communities Is in.
creasing in all parts of the civilized
world, and as by means of trolley cars,
telephone lines and rural free de.
livery the suburban reaches out into
the rural, the same increase in aver.
age longevity Is noted. People NAV
wear out in these days. but they no
longer rust out, and man being. as
William Allen White expresses IL, n
tough BEAST does not wear out
early when the pressure upon his
energies is equalized. The man in the
rut rusts out and no rut is deep
enough to keep modern energy in
fatal bounds.
Formerly large cities were not self.
supporting in a vital sense. That IS
TO say, their deaths outnumbered their
births. Improved sanitation has
greatly reduced the percentages of
mortality and race suicide" has not
affected the birth rate adversely
alarmists to the contrary notwith.
standing. The time is coming when
the city will be no less healthy than
the country. The main difference now,
in fact, is that it is possible to be
healthy in the country without Civ
ing much thought to It, while the only
chance for healthy conditions in the
city is through the strict observance
Of sanitary laws.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24
puRsANk,s LATEST pRooUcrs
Something New In Potatoes His New
eet Achievement.

eet achievement.
Recent experiments OF the wiz
ard" are replete with interest, says
recent article in the Pathfinder, for
they have attained truly remarkable
results. He has retumed, In one case,
to the love of his youth-the Irish po-
tato. Just as Bryant in later years in
THE Ages" returned to the same
theme that made him famous in his
boyhood's poem, "Thanatopsis,' and
as Byron returned in Don Juan" tc
the same sort of satire that gave him
prominence in his early English
Bards,' so Burbank has sought to de-
velop again something fine from the
Irish potato. His method has not
been to take the ordinary potato and
develop from that. AS If fearing some
taint might be there not easily eradi-
Gated, he sent to- South America and
got specimens in their original wild
form from high up in the Chilian
Andes where the aboriginal grows on
the Drinks of abysmal craters of ex-
unct volcanoes. These he crossed
with his own highly cultivated types.
In the result could be seen the strug-
gle of the savage with the civilized
nature, but by process of selection
and continued crossing he has OBJ
tanned a new variety which is prac-
tically as sweet as almost any sweet
potato that grows. Who would have
dreamed of such thing a few gene
rations ago?
Ii may be that If the chief forester's
Attempts to preserve our wooded lands
and have rcplanted those once covered
with forests fail. then men will rise
up to call Luther Burbank blessed in
some future age when tho lands have
been denuded of their growth and
consequent drying us of rivers follows
at one season and untamed floods rave
through the land at others. carrying
houses. crops and land itself with
them. Then will the people cry aloud
for trees, trees that will take root
speedily and hold the soil together,
yet Increase its porosity SO that fall
ing rains will soak in and be held in
stead of rushing down the sun-baked
surface. Many of the varieties of fast
growing trees that Burbank has pro-
duced. not the least OF which is the
Paradox walnut. q hybrid resultant Of
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24

The report from the American con-
sui at Tientsin describes the Chinese
plow as very small and with but one
handle and the mold board having
but few inches of surface. II sim
ply scratches the surface of the soil
and is frequently drawn by men and
women. The Chinese. have no concep-
tion of deep plowing, and it would
be contrary to their agricultural
training to turn the valuable surface
soil underneath. But with all this
we are indebted to the Asiatics for
the peach. The Yang-ase-Kiang is its
home. The Chinese have grown the
peach from earliest records. In the
celestial kingdom the peach blossom
is used in ceremonials something af-
ter the manner OF the orange bios
SONS among ourselves. The depart
ment OF agricultural has had an agent
in that section of China studying the
early history and evolution of this
fruit.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24

An extraordinary raid has been
made upon about 100 houses at
Sands End, Fulham.
Not knocker is left upon the door
of any Of these premises. The ten
nants wondered why the milkman
and the postman did not knock as
usual and then discovered that in
the early hours the knockers had
been ripped off.
Thirteen streets were visited by
the gang responsible for the outrage,
and in one road on one side every
door has lost its knocker.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24

Young Waldorf Astor is engaged" +"
Entire {, mily seems to be engaged"
in collecting rents in this country and
spending them in some other country.
Jacksonville Citizen
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24

Cheap, easily grown pasture crops
must furnish large portion OF the
pigs food. Let him do the harvest
ing and feeding. he can do II better
than busy man.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24
At dc Kansas experiment station.

AT the Kansas experiment station
four steers raised on skim milk
weighed an average of 724 pounds
each at 12 months; nine heifers fed
on skim milk averaged 564 pounds at
the same age. At the Iowa expert
ment station eight skim milk calves
averaged 54S pounds at eight months;
seven steers averaged 535 pounds at
eight months. At the Omaha expo
sition the best Shorthorn steer on
exhibition was raised on skim milk
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24

These are but samples Of the work
this man is doing. He is pushing ever
on and on. corssing and recrossing
varieties, producing the very things
that his active imagination sees long
before the actual plant arrives. Ii is
q far cry from a Massachusetts farm,
where he hoed potatoes as a boy with
only high school education, to the
lnxuriant gardens of Santa Rosa
where the Wizard" performs his
wonders, but it shows that man can
II he will. and should give every one
who struggles hope and inspiration
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24

The Pittsburg millionaire is great
on versatility.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25
DINNER PARTY.
Mrs. Wolfe Entertains a Few Friends al
her Home.

Yesterday evening Mrs. Wolfe
entertained few of her friends at
her home on Washington street in
honor of Miss Rerick of Rogers,
Ark, who is visiting in the city.
The entertainment consisted of a
pleasant dinner at her home at
which the following were guests:
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Allen, Mr..
and Mrs. Butler, Mesdames Cain,
Loew, Maltby and Freeman.
All reported themselves as hav-
ing a most excellent time and en-
joyed the dinner very much. After
dinner most enjoyable evening
was spent in jovial conversation.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25
PERFECTED ORGANIZATION
OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Interesting Meeting Of Members Of The
Department Constitution Ratified
Committee Appointed to
Solicit Funds.

The Brownsville Fire Depart.
ment met at the city hall last nigh
with over two-thirds of the mem,
bers present, after an adjournment
of two weeks, which was indeed q
good attendance when you con
slider that over sixty FIVE names
were on the list.
After the regular order of bust
ness was attended to, such as
calling the roll of members and
assessing a fine of SOC on each one
who was absent, the committee,
appointed to draft a constitution
and bylaws. read their report
which was adopted, with the ex-
ceptiou of a few articles which
were changed and made satisfac-
tory to all concerned.
A motion was made by M.
Hanson to allow the secretary 5
per cent of all receipts of the de-
partment in conjunction of putting
him under a hundred dollar bond
for the faithful performance of his
duty. The treasurer was also al
lowed Salary of S24 per year and
was put under $500 bond.
A committee was appointed by
the Chair, composed of L. Cobo-
lini. chairman; M. Hanson, T.
Crixell and A. Goldammer, for
the purpose of soliciting funds.
THE HERALD is authorized to
state that this committee will make
a house to house canvass of every
resident in the city and any dona-
ton from twenty-five cents to one
thousand dollars will be acceptable
and that every one in town will
have a chance to give in his little
mite to the support of this FIRE de-
partment.
There will be two companies, a
hose company and a hook-and-
ladder company which companies
will be selected at the next regular
meeting of the Brownsville Fire
which will be held the
second Tuesday in April.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25
n PROSPEROUS COUNTRY.

The truck growers at Run have
ordered 5000 baskets and crates
IN which to ship their new crop
which will begin early in April to
move to market in carload lots.
The onion growers near Mamie
who have a single field containing
10Y acres expect to, and doubtless
will, ship over 100 car loads of
onions to the northern and eastern
markets. These onions will COM
zuence to move within the next
week or 10 days.
In the mean time farmers around
BrOAgsville. Olmito and other
points are already, and have for
some time been, shipping cabbage,
lettuce, cauliHower and other
vegetables in quantities of several
carloads and will continue to do so
for sevral months to come. While
they are doing so. vegetables in
the north and east have hardly
aeen planted or begun to sprout.
These vegetables are feeding an
aumense army of people, and will
continue to until after the vege-
tables in the north and east become
available. Then the farmers here
an the Lower Rio Grande valley
will plant another crop which will
nature and be ready for market IN
<he north and east after the crops
<here have been consumed or des-
Sroyed by the frosts. 1t is never
any trouble to raise crops of any
kind in this valley. The proceeds
from a single one affords great
croft and is frequently enough to
satisfy the farmers who do not care
20 raise the second. Too many
can moi learn the advantages of
Che valley and the profits incident
90 settling and investing here.
More settlers are needed and will
ae welcomed. There is room here |
Cor sever thousand more and plenty |
of good ground for them to dig
dollars from.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25

have for sale 345 acres of the
very best orange, grape, fruit and
vegetable land in the Rio Grande
Valley, within three miles of the
town of San Benito, and on
the main line of the San Benito ir-
rigating canal. This land is equal
in value for growing oranges,
grapes, English walnuts, figs and
vegetables to any land in California
which is now selling at from $500
to $1,000 per acre. l can divide
this land up into 10, 20 and 40 acre
tracts and sell it at SIPS au acre
cleared and fenced. 1 will plant
this land in oranges, figs or grapes
for SIPS per acre and cultivate and
water the same for a period of three
years for the sum of S25 per acre
per year.
w. o. Coleman,
soft. Brownsville, Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25
IMPROMTU RECITAL.
Miss Charlton Gives A Vocal Recital.

A very pleasant social affair was
given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Judge Mason last evening when
Miss Charlton gave vocal re cital
which was indeed pleasant and in
structive to hear.
Her repertoire was of the
choicest selections, each number
being given with such perfect
grace and beauty as to enrapture
the few who were privileged to
hear her. While Miss ChariroE has
not the world wide fame of Melba
or Sembrich, yet, she certainly
possesses the "devine gift"
After the program was rendered
by Miss Charlton Judge ard Mrs.
Mason entertained the party at the
Texas Confectionery where the
best of everything in the cold
drink line was served and a most
enjoyable evening was spent.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25

CITIZENS of Brownsville should
5oin the citizens of Matamoros next
Thursday in celebrating the Sind
anniversary of the landing of
President Diaz in the city across
the river. What happened i'm
nediately after his landing is part
Of the worlds history.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25
IOHN n. GARNER

for reelection as representative OF
the 18th Congressional District for
the ensuing term, subject to the
action of the democratic nominal
Sng convention.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25
For Sale

Pure line bred White Plymouth
gnck cockerels. Sittings of White
plymouth Rock eggs, $3.50 per
fifteen. KS. A. H. FLIcKwIR,
5-J-1A Lyford, Texas
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25
John A. aox Will
Vi4 Here in April
(Continhkd from page y

llVSlS the dQuTSSS.
| The letter will also be referred
to the meeting of the Commercial
Club at its regular meeting to bt
held Saturday, April 4th. Thi:
club will select committees also tc
assist in the reception and enter
tainment of Mr.. Fox.
The following is the commune
cation received from Mr.. Taliaferro;
Houston. Texas, March 23rd.,
1908.
Lower Rio Grande Valley Com
mercial Club, Brownsville, Texas
Dear Sirs: i am in receipt of a
letter from Hon. ]. F. Ellison
Secretary and Treasurer of the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors Con
gress, advising me that Mr.. John
A. Fox, a talented and eloquent
exponent of the purposes of the
National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress, would be in your city Friday
aud Saturday, April oath and 18th
next, to confer with your people
with regard to the work on rivers
and harbors, and it affords me great
pleasure as one of the Directors of
the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, from Texas. represent
ing the Gulf Seaboard, to most
cordially endorse the purpose for
which Mr.. Fox visits your city,
and to urge your giving him all
the assistance in your power, IN
behalf of the work being done by
the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress.
1t is needless, I know, to COM
mend Mr.. Fox, personally, to your
courtesey, and hospitality. whilst
in your midst, He is gentleman
of education and ability, thorough
ly interested in the propagation of
deepwater interests and if your peo
ME will give him an opportunity
to make an address they will not
only enjoy. but will be advantaged
by what he has to say to them.
The National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress has already done a
great work for the rivers and har-
bors of Texas, by advocating the
policy of the river and harbor i'm
provemeut by the U. S. Govern
ment. the fruits of which may be
seen in. the amount of the last river
and harbor bill of about $50. 000,-
900. Prior to the organization OF
this Congress, S2O,O00,000 every
two or three years was about as
large an amount as the politics OF
the country would permit to be ex-
pended for this great Improvement.
The work of the National Rivers |
and Harbors Congress has made
the Improvement of the waterways
4 business proposition of such !
as that the United
States Congress now listens to its
demands.
Thanking you in advance for the
care and attention you may give
Mr.. Fox, l am,
Very truly yours,
S. TALIAFERRO,
Director for Texas, National Riv-
ers and Harbors Congress.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25

REPORTS from all over the coun-
Try are to the effect that the best
crops for IS years are indicated
This spells more than the usual
prosperity for the Brownsville
country.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25
WEDNESDAY. MARCH rs. 1908.
Announcement

THE HERALD is authorized to
announce the candidacy of
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25

After ransacking the house of Ed
ward J. Dorsey in Cincinnati and
finding no booty, burglars became
enraged, tore the telephone from
the wall and carried it off.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25
For Sale.

1000 acres of fine agricultural
land, 10 miles from Brownsville, at
$40 per acre.
Apply to Frank Champion, City
Hall.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-25
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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-11-07

And all the crops are grown by arti-
fetal light. Electric lights dot all the
delds, aud on dark, foggy nights the
Ade farm throws up glow from It's
500 acres like that over great city.
Some of the corn grows so fast under
this light that 1t has TO be cut back
every morning. and the ears on this
corn have no cob. They are solid ker-
nels from one side to the other
''Nor does this crop fear frost or
cold spells to retard growth. Between
the rows run electric heaters, and the
crops go right along night and day.
There is an automobile machine,
which strips the various products from
tree, stalk, vine and ground. AS they
go up into the machine each is wash
ed. peeled or cut, and the olives from
the trees are pressed. Vinegar is car
ried on the machine, with little spice
boxes. and the salad is made while
the machine is running and shot out in
separate portions through the dining
room window at the end of the run,
so that the guests at the playwright's
house have their salads never later
than seventy-fve seconds from the
gathering of the constituents If nee
essary, the onion digger can be switch
ed Off"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-11-07

tually supplant Chairman Hitchcock
of the national committee in the man
agement of the campaign, but Judge
Taft made specific denial of this. The
Massachusetts senator Is credited with
exceptional political acumen and Is one
of the most influential members of the
Republican majority In the upper
branch of congress. Although he does
not often indulge In speechmaking
there are few members whose opinions
and advice have more weight. He is
an excellent mixer" and often brings
about through his friendships with col
leagues more than eloquenoe and rea-
soning could effect He has been lieu
tenant governor and governor of the
Old Bay State and was appointed TO
the seat in the senate left vacant on
the death of that statesman of the
old school. George Frisbie Hoar. That
was In 1904 The following year he
was chosen by the legislature to fill
the unexpred term and was reelected
to the senate ON the expiration of
Senator Hoar's term. He Is fiftyfive
years old and is a man of considerable
fortune, being a manufacturer
BY way OF illustrating the confidence
which exists between Senator Crane
and his fellow legislators the story Is
told of how two years ago when Sena-
tor Lodge had charge OF the Philip
pines bill In the senate the latter was
worried over the attitude of various
senator's.
IL wish knew how Nixon of Neya-
da stands he said one day to Crane.
That's easy" responded his Junior
colleague "Wait minute"
In few minutes he was sitting be
side Nixon. After a brief conversation
he arose and beckoned Lodge to come
to the cloakroom. When the two bad
reached a quiet corner he described
Nixon's position.
"Well, you are wonderv' exclaimed
Lodge. How In the world did you do
it?"
Easily enough" was Cranes re-
sponse. Il just went over TO Nixon
and said to him conhdentially: Look
here, Nixon. tell me how you stand on
the Philippine tariff bill. Lodge wants
to know, and | promised to find out
for him. Then he told me-"