A report issued from the census
bureau shows that there had been
ginned up to December 12, 8,848,74T
commercial bales of cotton. Of the
total for the United States, 8,144,
4!).') were square bales, C4o,00G
round bales and 59,*21S sea island
crop bales.
Senator Joe Blackburn of Ken
tucky, a supporter and admirer of
Hon. \\. J. Bryan, in a recent in
terview. declared that the two-times
standard bearer and nominee of the
democratic party will enthusiastical
ly support the choice of the next
convention of his party, regardless
of who lie may be.
The United States supreme court
has decided in the case of the New
York County National Bank vs.
A. I\ Massey, trustee in bankruptcy
of George 11. and Frederick Stege
of Xew York, that a deposit- made
by a bankrupt depositor in a cred
itor bank could he used as a setolT
to the bankrupt’s indebtedness to the
. bank.
i President Roosevelt’s message to
, congress deals exclusively with the
t Panama land question, lie points
out that by the terms of the act of
congress the Nicaraguan route is
now barred from consideration. The
message declares that it is not now
a question of the recognition of the
republic of Panama, but of building
the canal.
There wore 9 .<>78 failure? report
ed to Bradstreet's in the calendar
year 1903, with liabilities of $134,
277,093, and assets of $84,000,473.
This marked a decrease in number o.
just 2 per cent from 1902. and of 8
per cent from 1901. With the excep
tion of 1899, the increase over which
is 1.4 per cent, the year 1903 shows
the smallest number of failure casu
llu L. Brinkley, one of the best
known capitalists in the South, died
at his home in Memphis on the 7th
inst. Mr. Brinkley’s business en
terprises were numerous. He had
much to do with pushing to a suc
cessful conclusion the construction
of the Memphis and Little Bock
ralroack now a part of the Choctaw
system.
Daniel S. Richardson has been
dismissed from the position of cash
ier of the postoiiioe at San Francisco,
upon orders from Washington.
Richardson was the manager of the
Rodal Device and Improvement
Company of Sail Francisco, which
sold a device intended to he attached
to street letter boxes showing the
hours of collection, lie is alleged
to have distributed blocks of stock
in the eonmpany among Machcn,
Leavers and other postolliee officials
m order to secure the adoption of
the device manufac tured by his com
pany, and later to secure additional
contract." and additional price for
the devices.
The world's output of cold for
tlu’ calendar year 1 902, which has
recently been compiled by the di
rector of the mint at Washington
from the final returns, makes very
interesting reading. Australasia
heads all the other countries in the
list, with an output of $*1,000,000,
the United States being second, with
.$*0,000,000; Africa third, with
$2'.’,000,000. Canada figures with
$20,000,000 and Mexico with $10,
000,000. Tlie rest of the localities,
all of which are below Mexico's
mark, make up the rest of the
$20(5,000.000 which is put down as
the world’s output for that year.
The silver output for 1902 is placed
at $215,000,000.
In an opinion by Chief Jesutiee
Fuller, the supreme court of the
United States has decided that cit
izens of Porto Pico are not aliens
of the United States, and that they
are entitled to enter this country
without obstruction.
Senator Dietrich of Nebraska,
charged with agreeing to receive a
fee from the postmaster at Hast
ings for aiding in securing his ap
pointment, was acquitted in feder
al court at Omaha. j
In a letter to the Old Hickory
Club of Philadelphia, Senator Ben
Tillman favors concessions from
both wings of the democratic par
ty and harmony among the leaders.
An investigation of the Iroquois
theater disaster in Chicago shows
that nearly all the exits from the
house ewere locked when the lire
started. Employees admit that they
had never been cautioned by the
management as to their duties in
case of lire.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the
American woman sentenced to im
prisonment for life for the alleged
poisoning of her husband, ar j in
whose behalf a constant agitation
has been kept up for fifteen years
past by her countrymen, will be lib
erated from an English prison in
April next.
Gen. John B. Gordon, command
er in chief of the United Confeder
ate Veterans, who passed away at
his winter home near Miami, Fla.,
on the Dth, was the last surviving
brigadier general of the Confeder
acy. He was a native of Upson
county, Georgia, and was born July
(I, 1832. His career as a citizen,
soldier and statesman is well known
to the people.
A volcano on Sugar Loaf moun
tain. in Rowan county, Kentucky,
is assuming alarming proportions.
There are live fissures on the side of
the mountain, from which smoke
pours in considerable volume, ac
companied by a deep, rumbling
noise. All the trees in the vicinity
are blasted and splintered. The
people in that section are terror
stricken, and are preparing to move.
A statement prepared at the war
department shows that the recent
maneuvers of the regular army and
state militia at Fort Riley, Kan.,
and West Point, K\\, cost the gen
eral government about $500,000.
This amount includes actual dis
bursements for transportation and
other items of expense in connec
tion with the militia organizations
which participated in the maneu
vers.
In transmitting payment by
check to a publishing house for six
ty volume of an American historical
work, Speaker Cannon of the house
made this indorsement on the back
of the check: ‘“This check is in full
payment, both legal and moral, for
sixty volumes of books called in the
contract with the payee ('-').
The books are not worth a d-,
and arc high at that. ‘We are
never too old to learn,’ but the way
your gentlemanly agent came it over
vour M nclc Joseph’ is worth the
check.”
A dispatch from Seattle, Wash.,
gives the particulars of the sinking
of the steamer Clallam during a
gale in the straits of Juan de Fnca.
Fifty-two persons were drowned. I
The vessel was a regular passenger
packet, and was not yet a year old. 1
When she was launched at Tacoma
last April the bottle of champagne
was not broken, but fell and slid j
down along the side of the vessel. !
Old seamen predicted that disaster
would overtake the vessel within a
year, and it was said at the time it
would be a difficult matter to secure
a crew to man the vessel. Every wo
man and child aboard the vessel ;
perished, although heroic efforts
were made to save them in the life
boats, which were dashed to pieces ,
within two miles of shore.
Two prospectors, Wm. Jones and
Henry Alexander, were killed by
Piute Indians in Montana. These
Indians have declared war on all
prospectors and the federal govern
ment has been called upon for pro
tection.
A record of loss by fire in the
United States and Canada for the
year just closed shows a total of
•Stbti,191,700. This is the greatest
sum since 1893, with the exception
of 1900 and 1901.
THE CRA1SBERRY.
Where They Grow aad Some Peculiar
ities of tlte Fruit.
Tlio name of the cranberry is
probably derived from the pe
culiar appearance of the bud be
fore expanding into the perfect
flower. The stem, calyx and pet
als somewhat resemble the neck,
head and bill of a crane, giving the
fruit the name of “craneborry'’ or
“cranberry."’ The small variety
of cranberries is found on t he peat
bogs of the New England states,
of Pennsylvania and westward to
W iscousin. A certain variety,
says tin* Prairie Farmer, is found
in tin1 bogs of Virginia and Min
nesota and in the British posses
sions. New Jersey is one of the
great cranberry states, and in
South America, Russia and occa
sionally on the barren plains of
Siberia the cheery In tie berry is
found. It grows wild in many
parts of North America, but the
two chief points of cultivation
are Cape Cod and New Jersey,
with minor points in Maine and
the northwestern states. When
tin* supply was limited and could
be procured only from the wild
marshes, cranberries' were very
cheap. But since they have been
made an object of cultivation and
been displayed in the markets,
many persons heretofore ignorant
of the existence or use of such
a fruit have exjierimonted with it,
and the consequence is that cran
berries now. bring a very high
price.
The cranberry is peculiar in its
tastes and habits. On some soils
it cannot be made to grow at all,
while on others it is hardy arid
easily propagated. In sm h places
vines dropped upon the ground
often take root and grow. Its fa
vorite resorts are swamps and
morasses which contain rich de
composed vegetable matter known
as muck. I hiring the wet season
the swamps lloiod, but if they are
suitable for cranberry growth
they must dry during a portion of
the season, though they seldom
dry to a depth of more than one
half inch. Vines may appear to
flourish in a swamp which is wet
the entire season, but if closely
observed it will Ik* seen that the
roots are embedded in the moss
growing above the- water, the
moss having the property of re
taining enough moisture to sup
port the vine.
In New Jersey there is a variety
in which t he fruit is cream colored
when fully ripe, and remains so
even if kept for many months.
They are of good size, excellent
flavor and keep well. The bright
est colored berries bring the bent
prices, though not always of the
best flavor. Some berries turn red
after picking. The best flavored
varieties are of medium size,
many.of the large varieties being
hollow. Smal 1 berries are t he best
keepers and also the most solid.
The work of planting the vines
often falls to the women. Two
work together, the one dropping
the vines into the drills from a
bundle which she carries under
her arm, the other following with
a hoe. The picking season is
eagerly looked forward to by the
owner and his help. In the
marshes of New Jersey they be
gin picking a certain variety
about the middle of September.
The other picking usually begins
about the first of October, as all
berries must bo off the vines be
fore frost comes. In the tine Oc
tober weather almost a picnic is
made of the work, and women and
children turn out to the fields
with bright faces and well-filled
lunch baskets. Care must be tak
en to prevent bruising, but if
picked in small baskets and imme
diately poured into the shipping
basket there is little loss from
bruised fruit. A portable fan is
attached to the basket or barrel
into which they are poured, and by
this means all dead vines, sticks,
leaves and dry berries are blown
away.
Many a man’s popularity is due
to what he doesa't say.
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