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The Green Forest tribune., 1909-05-14
The Home Bakery

Can supply all the de- mands of Green Forest and vicinity for BREAD, PIES and CAKES.
 We Make a Speciality of Pies and cakes for or ders Saturday for Sun. day dinners. We can furnish anything in our line cheaper than you can afford to do your own baking.
 NUNNALLY BLDG. MAIN ST.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-05-14

Strawberries, sugar and cream are ripe.
 House cleaning is the ord.r of the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
A Poor Salesman.

(AREY JOHNSON LUDLAM, tho
~ southern philologist, in the course OF
lecture on "Neologisms," in Charleston,
said:
Another neo6gism is craftsmanship
The advertising columns of the maya
zines have for several months abounded
in this word. Schools of craftsmanship
books on craftsmanship. secrets of sales
manship'-why one reads of nothing else .
The aged scholar smiled
And speaking of schools of salesman
ship he said, Il hope that the salesman
who accosted me on my way here this
evening will take in one OF them an
eight or nine years course. I'm sure he'
needs it.
This salesman, shabby young man.,
laid his hand on my arm and said
Say, friend, femme sell We d box OF
this here patent cement
II shook off his tilthy paw.
Cement" / sneered. annoyed at his
Familiarity What do / want with ce-
ment?'
why cried the man, in apparent sur
prise, ain't ye broke? Ye look it ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

Then New England arose to the situa-
ton. Boston wanted TO have big cele-
bration in honor OF the 12Sth anniversary
of the battle of Bunker HILL and the as
ISOLATION of the bell and Bunker Hill. with
the great deeds Of the early revolutionary
period, was an argument too strong for
the Philadelphia city fathers to resist,
and once more the bell took a journey.
This was in 1903.
The last time it went away from Phil
adelphia was in 1904. when it was a.
feature of the Louisiana purchase EXPOSE
ton at st. Louis.
This is the record of journeys that Will
be increased one by the Seattle trip.
Some opposition has developed in vari -
Gus quarters against risking the bell i'm
any further journeys. For instance the
Oregon Chapter of the Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution has expressed
itself very strongly in favor OF keeping
the bell where ii is.
But If the experts who will decide the
matter conclude that this one more trim
can be safely taken. there is probably
no occasion for alarm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
Difficult Advice.

- f1nancier. was discussing at the Calu-
met Club in Chicago the $500 bulldog
that he had recently bought.
Can one make money by breeding such
valuable dogs?" a Chicago man inquired.
Perhaps one cam said Mr.. Gates. He
laughed. ITO do so, though. would be
as difficult as to follow Mrs. Rayce's ad-
vice.
Mrs. Rayce. you know, was talking to
another young woman at tea.
How much better off a man would
be- said the other young woman If he
would only take his Wifes advice.
"'Quite true, my dear said Mrs. Rayce.
I've advised my George time and time
again not to bet on horses that don't win,
but he will do it,
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figure of $50 or 800 pounds. 1t was not
Tor this purpose, however Mr. Fairchid
explains that the plant has been intro
duced here. The seeds form part of the
expensive condition powders that stock
men use TO prepare their stock for the fat
stock shows. and 1t was for this reason
that the explorers introduced it In the
first place. 1t has proven especially use
full as a cover crop. too. to the great fruit
growers of the Pacific coast
A luscious persimmon, large as an ap-
pie. and minus the pickering effect OF the
native article. is very recent introduc-
ton. 1t was obtained by Mr.. Frank
n. Myer, who has lately returned from
an extensive exploration in China, and
is now being successfully cultivated in
North Carolina. Besides this persimmon.
Mr.. Myer has introduced peaches from
the original home of the peach. which
are said to be larger than those with
which denizens OF this quarter OF the
globe are familiar; interesting new grapes.
luscious types of the Chinese pear. the
delicious lichi known here before only in
it's dried form as Chinese nut and
hardy bambocs. 1t will be recalled that
Mr. Myers work received enthusiastic
praise from President Roosevelt I'm one
of his messages.
Even the nature of the staff of life
is being altered in certain sections OF the
country, owing to the labors of the agri-
cultural explorers The durum wheat.
secured by Mark A. Carleton. from
which the bread of the common peo-
pie Is made in southern Europe and
Russia, was almost an unknown thing in
the grain markets of this country until
1900 but today 1t is a living question
in the milling centers Of the northwest.
Custom still fights the innovation Of a
new -four. and there are people who think
our bread is in danger of being de-
Perforated by the new introduction. but
they are not, says Mr.. Fairchld. the
well-informed who have tasted the full
favored durum wheat breads Of Spain or
Italy, or acknowledge the great and grow
ing future of macaroni as a food in this
country.
One of the most interesting introduce
tions of the office, the result of which
is not yet known, is the French truffle.
A large number of truffle oaks were
gotten from the region in France where
the finest truff1es are grown. and these
are now planted principally in California
and the southwestern states Should
this longtime venture prove a success
most valuable industry. thanks to the
high price commanded by the delectable
fungus, will have been established.
A fascinating event in the history OF
plant introduction, too, was the creating
of the Smyrna fig industry in this coun-
try. The Smyrna fig has always been
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the worlds Industrial cotton exposition
asked for it In New Orleans. 1t made
the journey and had triumphal pro-
cession all the way. In fact. prominent
men all through the south expressed the
opinion that the Journey did much to re-
move old sores OF the civil war. and bring
memories of the earliest war in the
tion's history when north and south
stood together against the British OPP
pressor.
In 1888 the bell made another long jour-
ney, going to the worlds Columbian expo
sitton in Chicago. and proving itself one
of the greatest features of the exhibition.
In 1896 Atlanta came to the front with
strong appeal for the bell as a feature
of the cotton states and Atlanta exposi-
ton.
The South Carolina interstate and West
Indian exposition. held in Charlestown in
1902, was another argument in favor of
the trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
Concerning
We'll Known peODle.

never neglects an opportunity to add to
this fine collection
I'm the west, once. he got an agent to
buy him fifty pigs of a breed that had
taken a lot Of first and blue ribbons. 4
week or two after the purchase he uneX-
pectedly went west himself and. of course,
motored out to the farm where his new
pigs were. He wanted to look them over
THE farmer, somehow, didn't catch his
name. But he showed Paderewsk his
prize pigs. and he pointed out with a
good deal of pride the fifty that had just
been sold.
Fine pigs them." he said heartily.
AS fine a lot of pigs as you'll see in a
months travel I've just sold 'em by the
way, to Mr.. Paderewski, the famous pig
dealer from abroad
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appearance Of a rival industry. was
nervous and had been advised that the
Corsicans were not inclined to let scions
Of their fine citron trees go out of the
country. So, on landing at Bastia. the
port nearest Italy, pushed through to
the center of the island and there. in
small mountain town, perched on one OF
the characteristic pinnacles Of land. sur
rounded by groves of citron. I made my
mission known to the mayor
'While waiting for this functionary to
bury one Of his friends in neighboring
village I strolled about the place and
sought by means of my camera to dispel
the suspicious of the crowd that gath
cred uncomfortably around me. While
stood with my head beneath the black
focusing cloth, with a young mother
and her child posing against the stucco
wall before me, I was startled by the
touch, none too gentle. either. OF the
guarda civile of the village. 'Vous
papiers. sill vous plait.' was the curt de-
mand. I replied. in Italian. that I had
left them at Bastia. at which response.
and to the evident delight of the crowd.
] was marched off to jail. On an errand
that was not likely to be pleasing If ex
planned to the guard. with no papers In
my pocket with a captor whose very
look was enough to terrify any one
ana IN jail that would rival in filth
ness any that the inquisition ever had.
I think there were few men who would
not have paled. Seated in the Jail,
with the guard and his evil-looking
wife glaring at me. I was asked to
give an account Of the reason of my
visit. This I refused to do, but en-
deavored to find out why an American
was arrested for taking pictures Of the
beauties Of this lovely village. To my
surprise 1 found that 1 was taken for
an italian spy. and the examination of
all my belongings only served to increase
the suspicion. for 1t revealed italian
notes on abstruse botanical subjects. For
hours l fought in poor Italian for re-
lease, but not until l found in pocket
that had been overlooked a treasury
check for. some small amount and in
sisted THAI it was my paper of citizen
ship did the guard reluctantly let me
go. and I left the town as quickly as 1
could. cutting from some citron trees as
went. however. enough scions or bud
sticks to graft a small orchard.
'It was my pleasure ten years after
this" he added. ito visit in southern
California the orchard that was the re-
suit Of the Introduction Of these scions.
The industry is on a paying basis today
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TO- the table have been produced IN more
than a dozen places.
Some recent additions 10 the menus OF
expensive hotels have been due directly
to Dr. Fairchiid and lis corps of clever
assistants. Among these is the chayote.
still largely neglected vegetable. As
DR.. Fairchild remarks. unless assisted. {
IL takes long time for even good yeGe-i
tables to become popular. II one could
patent them and control the supply men.
would take these new things up and,
push them. just they have new break
fast foods. of which they can control the
processes. But a new vegetablt-what,
man of moderate means wants TO spend
all the time and money necessary 10
advertise il only 10 find that his noigh-
hor has waited for market and when !
such has been created has gone into the
culture OF the new vegeta BILE on a big
scale and is undersellins him?
The chayote is one of many suchf
neglected opportunities 1t is a cucum-
ber-like vegetable. borne on vine which /
can be trained over a trellis Just like a .
grapevine. Ii bears large crops OF fruit. /
as many as 500 to the vine. 1t Is a
perennial and does not have 10 be planted
every year. as the cucumber does. but
goes on for years producing larger and
larger crops. The fruit keeps excellently,
and as late as March can be sent to the 4
northern markets. Its roots edible
and its young stems are as tender as
asparagus. while its fruits can be pre-
pared in twenty more ways. While
adapted to culture under glass. IL wiz not
be a profitable outdoor culture farther
north than the CarolinaS. With all these
points in its favor and the fact that it
has been for years a favorite with the
creoles of New Orleans there are today
none of these vegetables TO be had on
our northern markets. Ito bring out
good points to the attention of those who
are looking for new things DIR. Fairchild,
introduced it TO several We'll known hotel
proprietors. These men. whose business
It is to cater to the jaded appetites OF
the rich, have pronounced it an excellent
thing, have devised new recipes for cook
ing 1T and have put il for the first time
on their menus. And this is only one Of
the many neglected and generally un-
known fruits of the earth awaiting in
PRODUCTION and exploitation at the hands
of Uncle Sans plant experts.
The delicious but little known pistache
nut has been recently introduced into
California and has thrived where even
the almond has failed. Mr.. Swingle, who
has given 1T particular attention, pre-
diets that this nut. which a IA
vorite garnishment of many dishes with
our ancestors. will some day be as COM
mon in this country is the almond.
a veritable new industry may be formed
in certain arid regions OF the southwest
by the Introduction of this nu,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

in southern California and a factory
started In which Is candied a grade Of
citron that. 1t is claimed, is more d.
gestible than any now sold on our
You can Judge of my satisfaction"
added Mr.. Fairchild, when, a few days
ago. received letter from the present
owners OF the orchard. in which it is
stated that 125. 900 pounds OF fruit has
been the output during the past year.
with promise OF an increase next year to
200 600 pounds. The writer further
states that 1900 600 pounds Of cftron are
consumed annually in the United States,
and that in the course of the next ten
years there is every indication that this
consumption will be furnished from the
citron orchards Of southern California.
the fruit equal in quality to the original
Corsican Stock
mangoes taste like because they have
eaten some fruit Of that name sold in the
fruit stores Of our cities The fruits
that are offered now as mangoes are, ac-
cording to Mr.. Fairchild. unworthy the
name, for they are worthless things
from Seeding trees and are little moro
than juicy balls OF fiber saturated In tur-
pentine. while the oriental mango Is a
Irult MT TO set be1Ore q monarch. 1t Is,
in fact, more richly favored than the
finest peach. and has no more fiber The
trees grow on poor soil, and attain an
extreme old age. They shave enormous
crops Of fruit. that make them look when
in full bearing though they were COW
cred with mass of gold"
The first introduction Of the East In
dian Mulgoba mango was made in Flor
ida by the Office Of pomology in 1889
From the one tree of this early intro
ductiOn which survived the freeze of 1895
has come the new mango craze that is
now at its height among the Florida
planters, who have suitable soil and no
frosts or only slight ones. When this
tree saved from destruction by the la
into fruit It proved revelation to Amer
lea. and, in fact, to the entire western
tropics. From this one tree thousands
Of grated trees are now growing in
Florida, and, 1t is said, 1t will not be
long before the Mulgoba mango is for
sale on our market.
10 meet the demands for the best man.
goes In the world the office Of plant in
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only for the sake of the children, they
have right to their desire.
Moreover, they promise to take the
kind of precautions that will protect the
bell at all times.
\ x
They also have a forcible argument in
the fact that the bell has been permitted
to go on many other trips.
Only fourteen months after it had dis
charged it's motto, to proclaim Liberty
to all the world and the INHABITANTS
thereof" it made a journey to Allen
town. Pa. ffty-seven miles from Phtla-
delphia. but this was no triumphal tour.
In fact. 1t was taken in secrecy with
the bell carefully hidden under load Of
straw. The British were about to take
possession OF Philadelphia. and in the
expectation that their first act would be
to vent spite on the bell it was care
fully taken out Of sight.
Then it came back to Philadelphia
again, and the next time 1t was shifted
from its historic surroundings was when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

considered the finest fig In the world, and
beyond all competition, so 1t was natural
that progressive Californians should wish
to see If they could not grow It, Orchards
were accordingly started as far back as
1880. They grew well. but the crops of
fruit they bore fell to the ground when
quite green, and it was evident that
something was lacking to make the in
in Smyrna was made. and it was discov-
cred that process called ''caprifica-
ton was necessary. This consisted in
hanging in the trees Of the true Smyrna
of figs that are not edible but that con-
tain thousands Of microscopic insects.
These insects creep out of the capriigs
just at the time the Smyrna figs are in
bloom. and crawling into the latter they
fertilize the hundreds Of small flowers
of which the fig is composed and, instead
Of dropping off like unfertilzed flowers,
the Smyrna figs grow and ripen This
wrinkle having been obtained from the
effete east, the caprifigs were accordingly
imported as cuttings, but again the ex-
plOrers were disappointed when the trees
bore, for it was discovered that they had
left their tiny insects behind and We're
worthless. A final attempt was made
through the combined efforts Of the en-
tomologist of the department and Mr.
w. T. Swingle OF the bureau of plant in
dustry. in 1889, and after nineteen years
OF enort successful orchard of Smyrna
-
This orchard Is still the largest OF its
kind In the United States and has been
yielding generous crops Of delicious fruit.
Sixty-five tons was the output for ono
year, and. although still in it's infancy,
the California Smyrna fig industry is ala
ready supplying a portion OF the figs now
sold in our markets.
In the course of his explorations Dr.
Fairchild has come across some rather
singular adventures by no means rare
contingency with agricultural explorers
In general. One of these befell him when
endeavoring to obtain some citron cut
tings In Corsica ITO assist a progress
i've Californian" said Mr.. Eairchild, who
thought he had the right kind OF land
and climate in which to grow the Cor
sican citron. was sent to the birthplace
Of Napoleon by the pomologist of the
department some years ago 1t was the
first time I had ever tried to get from a
foreign people the plants with which to
start an industry that would eventually
remove one of its best buyers from the
field and might some time lead to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

TN CASE the Liberty
! Bell Goes to Seattle
for the Great Northwest
Exposition 1t Will Prob
ably Have Made Its Last
Journey = The Half a
Dozen Journeys Made by
the Bell in Recent Years
Are Said To Be Respon-
sible for a New Crack
Seventeen Inches Long
Some Experts Have Come
to Fear that to Submit
the Bell to ANY More
Shocks of a Long Trip
Might be to Eventually
Shake it to Pieces.
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production has brought young plants OF
the best varieties from every region
assembled In the greenhouses of the de-
partHent In this city the largest and
Dest-selected collection of mangoes in
the world. These are being fruited in
fIorlda. and the best will be propagated
as rapidly as possible for distribution.
Thanks to recent import atoms, too. the
mangosteen and rambutan may. within
,ne next rev years. be ready for the ia
pies or this country. There Is said to be
nothing in the entire range of western
troplcai fruit to compare with either of
these marvelS of the east in flavor and
beauty. A number OF specimens Of both are
10 be observed growing in the department S
greenhouses. though the work of intro
auction Is not yet sufficiently under way
10 conclusively show the result. A few
trees OF the mangosteen. however. are
now being grown IN Jamaica. Trinidad
ana even In Hawaii and on the Panama
Canal Zone The mangosteen has a poor
root system. and 1t is ono OF the lines
of,research that the Office is following to
ma among the near relatives Of the spe-
cies a form that has better roots and
maj VIII serve as a stock upon which to
graft the more delicate mangosteen. The
genus to which this wonderful fruit be-
longs has at least fifteen edible species in
II. Few. II any. being known to those who
have not made them a special study. It
mas beautiful white fruit pulp. more
tnat Is indescribably delicate and deli
cious. while Its purple brown rind will
distinguish 1t from all other fruits and
make 1t bring fancy prices wherever it is
offered for sale.
Recently a triumph has been effected
for the benefit of the lovers of salad, whose
doctors advise them to forego the at
fractions Of the cucumber. A new salad
plant. called udo. has been found in
Japan, which is as common in that coun-
try as Is celery with us, and is so popular
that 1t Is canned and sent to this country
for the use of the thousands of Japanese
who live here. Its salad possibilities
were discovered by an American girl,
Miss Fanny Eldridge, who adopted for
the purpose the thick blanched shoots.
two feet long or more.
By shaving these into long. thin shaw
ings and serving with French dressing
she produced a salad with a distinct
flavor Of its own, a crispness that was
unusual. and an attractive appearance.
The methods Of the culture of this plant
have been worked out, seeds have been
obtained and distributed to hundreds of
private experimenters scattered from
Nova Scotia to California and from
Maine to Florida and udo shoots suitable
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dainty and novel edfbles to crafty the
epicure and enrich the farmer. The gour-
met TO whom appeals the luscious man.
gosteen and the priced truffie, the lady
of slender proportions who Is DESTROYS OF
more embonpoint, the smoker who revels
In the calabash gourd pipe. the farmer who
Is enterprising and wishes to grow rlcher
produce. all are being catered to. direct
ly or indirectly. by the Office of plant IN
PRODUCTION of the Department OF ASr1-
culture. 1t is, perhaps. not generally
known that the department is now grow
ing in this country some of the things
that are imported from abroad as rare
acieS and for which millions OF dol
lars are paid annually. 1t is forcing into
public notice and encouraging the trial
Of foods that the people of other coun-
tries find excellent and of which we are
ignorant and it is bringing in from all
parts of the world plants that are now
wild but that can be trained by breeding
with others now in cultivation, thus con-
tfibuting to the creation of fruits and
vegetables that the world has never seen
before.
Eight or ten new things day are be-
ing entered on the list of arrivals at the
office of plant introduction. These new
seeds or plants arrive from all parts of
the world by mail. express and freight in
quantities varying from single cutting
in a tin tube to a ton of seed of some
African or Arabian grain.
The visitor to the Office Of Mr. David
Fairchild, agricultural explorer in charge.
might have noticed the other day num-
Der of calabash gourds, such as are en-
ployed in making the pipe bowls priced
by the epicurean smoker. These repre-
scented an attempt now being made to
grow this gourd In the United States, a
few seeds of the plants having been sent
by Consul General Washington from
South Africa its original home.
Divers curious properties of the fenu-
greek have commended it to attention.
The seeds of this plant are eaten by some
of the women of Tunis in order to make
them fat, as no young man of that region.
says Mr.. Fairchld, would think of marry
ing a girl until the use of this grain has
increased her weight to the fashionable