The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 276, Ed. 1 Monday, June 22, 1914 Page: 3 of 4
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FAMOUS PRISON OF SAN JUAN DE UlUA
In this old castle of San Juan da Ulua. on a rocky Islet half a mile off Vera Cruz, the Americans found a
large number of political prisoners whose condition was deplorable. The fortress has been used as a prison by the
Mexicans for many years.
FULL OF CONTRASTS US IKICO
Although a University Was Established There Before John Har-
vard, Elihu Yale or William and Mary Were Born, the
Masses of Its People Are Hopelessly Ignorant-
Parks Victim of Poisoned Cigarette.
Washington. — "Perhaps nowhere
else In the world is there a country
so full of contrasts as Mexico," writes
William Joseph Showalter to the Na-
tional Geographic society, at Wash-
ington, D. C. "With a university es-
tablished before John Harvard, Elihu
Yale, or William and Mary were born,
the masses of Its people are hopeless-
ly ignorant. With a hospital founded
before Jamestown was ever dreamed
of, It Is one of the most backward
regions of the earth in a medical way.
With natural riches greater than those
of a thou; ind Midases, Its masses are
just as poor as the proverbial church
mouse. With a constitution as per-
fect as any organic law in the civil-
ized world. It is a nation whose rulers
Statue of Columbus, City of Mexico.
always have been a law unto them-
selves.
"Here you will see a Mexican half-
breed, barefooted, wearing a dollar
pair of trousers, a fifty-cent shirt, and
a ten-dollar sombrero. There, at a
single glance and within the length of
a single city block, you may see an
Indian cargador, a donkey, an ox-cart,
a carriage, a railroad train, a street-
car, and an automobile—almost every
type of locomotion since Adam. You
may tread the burning sands of a
tropical desert with the wet of the
perpetual snow of towering mountains
•still upon your shoes. You may take
a single railway journey of 36 hours
■in which the people you see at the
'railroad station will be dressed In four
different weights of clothing. Every-
where you turn there is contrast, high
lights and deep shadows.
"Mexico probably has a greater
Tange of remarkable vegetation than
any other country in the world. The
parrot fruit tree produces an odd-
shaped fruit, bearing a close resem-
blance to green parakeets. When the
parakeet is frightened it makes a dash
for the parrot tree, where it assumes
a position which makes it look like
"the fruit Itself. So close Is the re-
semblance that their enemies, the
hawks, occasionally fly by a tree on
"which a dozen or more of these birds
are sitting, apparently unaware of
their presence. Another remarkable
tree Is the 'Arbol de Dinamite'—dyna-
mite tree—whose fruit. If kept in a
warm place, bursts with .considerable
force and a loud report, scattering its
flat seeds to a surprising distance. One
of the most Interesting fruits in Mex-
ico Is known as the melon zapote, or
papaya. It contains considerabe pep-
sin, which reacts against both acid
and alkaline conditions of the stom-
ach, and it. is said that a diet which
Includes papaya precludes dyspepsia.
Hoth the fruit and the leaves possess
the singular property of rendering
tough meat tender. When the pulp
of the fruit la rubbed over a piece
of tough meat the Juice attacks the
fiber and softens it.
No other country south of the Rio
Grande Is so well supplied with rail-
roads. Prior to the Madero revolution
it had 20,000 miles of up-to-date Ameri- I
can railroad, which carried 11,000,000 |
passengers annually and handled I
about 11,000,000 tons of freight. Their j
total revenues amounted to about $40,-
000,000. The government owns a con-
trolling interest in the major portion I
of the mileage of the railroads.
"Mexico produces one-third of the
world s sliver, a considerable percent-
age of Its gold, one-ninth of Its lead, |
and one-twentieth of Its copper. The
country s mineral production, exclu-
sive of iron, coal and petroleum
amounted to $158,000,000 In 1010. The
famous iron mountain at Durango, is
estimated to contain 600 million tons
of iron ore, which is worth seven times
the value of all the gold and silver
mined in Mexico in two centuries. The
Santa Mario graphite mines are the
largest and most Important in the
V\ estern world. The region around
the Gulf of Mexico is very rich in pe-
troleum. One company at Poteri del
Llano struck a gusher which flowed
100,000 barrels of oil a day. *
1 he drawn-work of the Mexican
Indian is justly famed throughout the
world, and deserves to rank with the
finest of Spanish and Italian laces.
The Indians make all sorts of small
objects to attract the centavos of the
tourist. The little dolls of Cuerna-
vaca, a half-inch tall and dressed in
finely embroidered raiment, are the
admiration of every one who Bees
them. The small clay animals, per-
fectly fashionid and ranging from the
peaceful dog to the charging bull and
the bucking mule,, would do credit to
the grnlus of many a sculptor whose
name figures in the art publications
of the world. Rut perhaps the most
wonderful of all are the tiny dressed
fleas, which may be bought in Mexico
City. Another wonderful work of the
Indians is the making of feather pic-
tures from the plumage of humming-
birds, now almost a lost art.
' The Indians of Mexico eat many
curious foods. One of the most re-
markable of these is made of the eggs
of a species of marsh fly. This fly de-
fashion as tamales, and in this form
are eaten."
The report that Private Parks was
temporarily insane from a poisoned
cigarette given him by a Mexican girl
when he rode straight into the Mexi-
can lines on the back of one blooded
horse and leading another, is highly
credible to those who have traveled
in the "land of the greasers." The
Mexican women have often given this
poison to their lovers out of jealousy.
This herb, Is neen, or toloachi, and
the plants spread in many slightly dif-
ferent species almost all over the
earth. It is our Jimson weed. The
h
Parks
Private Samuel
Hindu women use it for the same
purpose as their Mexican sisters, to
cause their lovers to lose their minds.
Hindu robbers mix it in candy and
give it by some tricks to the inmates
of a house. The eaters of the candy
are thrown into a deep sleep, under
cover of which the burglars loot.
Toloachi is a low-growing plant with
white flowers and curious seed vessels
projecting much like the horns of a
steer. The seeds are pounded and
mixed in the tobacco of a cigarette.
Usually melancholic idocy and slum-
ber are Induced, but sometimes there
is violent madness and even quick
death. It has been used by Mexican
men to kill a rival.
ENGLISH AND CELTS TOP LIST
Mother Tongue Bulletin of Census
Bureau Shows Number In
America In 1910.
WORK IN RASPBERRY PATCH
One of Our Most Delicious Fruitt Is
Adapted to Both the Garden and
the Truck Farm.
(By J. E. MORMAN. Copyright. 1914.)
The raspberry is the queen of all
small fruits. It Is delicious both as a
fresh fruit and In preserves, and for
culture the raspberry is adapted to
both the garden and the truck farm.
The canes grow rapidly, the better va-
rieties produce heavily the second year,
and a patch with proper cart) will last
for about twelve to fifteen years.
Spring is the best time to set out
raspberry canes. If the canes are
planted in tho fall alternate freezing
aud thawing cause the rootlets to de-
cay, and the plants, unfortunately,
readily winter kill. Among the varie-
ties on the market the Cuthbert red
raspberry Is still at the head of the list,
and in the gardens the canes should
be planted about three feet apart, in
rows at least three feet from each
other. For farm planting rows should
be about six feet distant and the plants
set out about four feet apart, and, if
possible, plant the rows north and
south, which permits the sun to reach
all of the fruit, and thus it ripens
ter. The rows should be cultivated
once or twice in a season. During the
summer the most vigorous shoots
should be allowed to grow after being
placed carefully between two wires
which are stapled to posts placed
about twenty feet apart in the row.
To keep the wires firm during the win-
ter, clamp them together with short
.pieces of wire.
In November, when other garden or
farm work slackens, pay the raspberry
patch a visit and trim out all the dead
canes. These should be burned to de-
stroy any lurking raspberry borers.
Trim back the live canes to about four
•feet. This compels the plant, when
growth starts in the spring, to throw
out numerous side branches and thus
increase their fruKing capacity. Then
mulch the row3 with leaves, if they
are abundant, and weight them down
with a heavy costing of coarse farm
manure, good compost or chicken ma-
nure. The decaying organic materials
furnish humus to the soli, and humus
is necessary to supply tho plants with
sufficient plant food. The rain and soil
moisture dissolve the materials which
plants need, and when the raspberry
plants take up this moisture they grow
rapidly and bear profusely.
Raspberry canes bear about one year
only, but nature provides a new sup-
ply of young canes, so that a patch
cared for as above described will bear
annually and last many years, and
since the raspberry blossoms late It is
practically guaranteed against injury
from frost. For this reason a rasp-
berry crop is almost a certainty.
cultivation of peach trees
Cultivator or Disk Harrow Should Be
Used Often to Form Mulch and
Prevent Evaporation.
LOST CANADIAN GOLD MINE
Archdeacon Whltaker a Missionary In
the North Relates Story
He Heard.
Edmonton, Canada.—Headed by
Bishop Lucas, who has had 23 years
experience in the Anglican mission
fields of the North, and Archdeacon
Whitaker, a close second with 19
years in the same field, a party of ten
have left Edmonton for the North.
Archdeacon Whitaker relates a re-
markable Btory of a lost gold mine be-
tween Eort McPherson and Herschel
island. According to Mr. Whitaker tra-
dition says that a great number of
years ago a party of nine men, one of
thein an old C. 1*. R. surveyor, found a
gold mine which was stated to be of
fabulous value among the mountains
in that vicinity. They made elaborate
geographical notes so that they would
be able to find it again, and then re-
turned with the object of making tho
necessary arrangements to work the
mine.
On the way out, each of them heav-
ily laden with the precious metal, pro-
visions ran short and seven died. The
two survivors of the party organized
another party, but the geographical
calculations were lost in the meantime
and all attempts to locate the mine
ended in failure.
HER EXPERIENCE
GAINED ON TRIP
Found That Ladies in State Agreed'
With Her on One Important
Question.
HONOR HEROES OF TITANIC
Ten Thousand Witness Unveiling of
Memorial to Engineers of III-
Fated Steamer.
London.—Over ten thousand people
were,present when tho memorial was
unveiled recently by Sir Archibald
It is very essential to take the very
[ best possible care of the young peach
( trees. They should be kept thrifty and
healthy, and all the necessary care
given them to conserve the moisture
and plant food In the soil.
As soon as the soil will permit, it
should be stirred six to eight inches
deep; thus, if the trees have been
Memorial to Titanic Engineer#,
Denny, Bt., president of the Institute
of Marine Engineers. He said the
engineers of the Titanic must have
known that no pumping could avert
the final catastrophe, yet they stuck
to their duty, driven from boiler room
to boiler room, and fought for every
inch of draft to give time for launch-
ing the boats. He compared them to
the soldiers of the Birkenhead, but
pointed out that, while the latter stood
together in the open air, the engineers
worked below and perished in the
dark. The figure of Glory in the mon-
ument rests on a boat prow of bronze.
Mangham, La..—Mrs. Liza Barber,
of this town, who has returned from
a trip In West and Middle Tennessee,
has the following to say: "I have been
on a trip in Middle and West Tennes-
see where I found many ladles using
Cardui, the woman's tonic. While
traveling I took great pleasure in tell-
ing what it had done for me—I not
only praised Cardui—but advised poor
suffering women to take it I knov
that Cardui cured me and I believe it
will do the same for other women.
Sometime ago, I could hardly stand
on my feet, and I had given up ever
having good health. After using two>
bottles of Cardui I could tell It «
helping me, and I continued taking it
for awhile. I soon felt as well as 1
ever did, and could do all of my work.
I shall always praise this great
medicine to every suffering woman. i
think there Is no other half so good."
Mrs. Barber would have found
weak, ailing women taking Cardui al-
most anywhere she could have gone,
because Cardui Is recognized as the
standard woman's tonic. It has helped
more than a million women back to
health and strength In the past 60
years.
Why shouldn't it help you?—Adv. 4
Old Acquaintance.
A resourceful girl, having danced
a pink party frock to ribbons, took
what was left of it and made a won-
derful lamp shade. The next evening
Bhe was entertaining a caller In the
soft light and she said to him quite
casually: "How do you like my new
lamp shade?"
William regarded It for a moment
critically, then he said: "The last
time I saw that shade I danced with.
It."
Rod Cross Ball Blue, much better, goes
farther thnn liquid blue. Get from any
trocer. Adv.
The less hair a woman has on her
head the more she has on her dresser.
Wounds on man or beast should b«
healed by Hanford's Balsam. Adv.
Women workers In Chile receive an
average of 38 cents a day.
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MAUI.I. KYJfi n'ATKR. 1XIn't burt. AJv.
Some men who pose as high flyers
land with a dull, sickening ker-chug.
mfm
swarm of bees invade train
Hives Break and Passengers Are
Routed by 10,000,000 Insects Near
London Bridg:.
London.—Bees were much in evi-
dence near London bridge recently.
There were lO.QOO.OOO of them bound
for a b6e farm at Bures Suffolk, to
begin with; there were also some
others, healthy English specimens,
close by, a couple of dozen of which
for a few glorious minutes may be
said to have "made things hum."
On the bumpy journey across Lon-
don bridge to the train for Holm-
wood the box containing a hive broke
and suddenly every one was in a
hurry.
Eventually the carman and a par-
cels clerk tackled the remaining bees
and put them in a box, but the few
that escaped did wonders, and per-
spiring travelers fled as from an un-
seen terror.
The Thrill
of Health
and vigor can only be
experienced when > the
digestion is normal, the
liver active and the
bowels regular. Any
disturbance of these
functions suggest^ an
immediate trial of
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
It is (or Poor Appetite, Indi-
gestion, Cramps, Diarrhoea,
Biliousness and Malaria.
Picturesque Old Mexican Church.
posits Its eggs In incredible quantities
upon flags and rushes. The eggs are
gathered and made into cakes which
are sold In the markets. The Indians
call the eggs water-wheat. They re-
semble fine fish roe, and when mixed
with corn meal and fowl eggs form a
staple article of diet, particularly dur-
ing Lent. The insects themselves,
which are about the size of the house-
fly, are captured, poonded Into a paste,
boiled In corn husks in much the same
Washington, D. C.—Of the 32,243,382
persons of white stock in the United
States in 1910, the English and Celtic,
including Irish, Scotch and Welsh,
had the largest representation, accord-
ing to the mother tongue bulletin is-
sued by the census bureau.
As reported, the total foreign white
stock whose mother tongue was Eng-
lish and Celtic numbered 10,037,420.
This represented 12.3 per cent of the
total white population of the United
States In 1910, which was 81,731,957.
The Gorman group numbered 8,817,271,
or 10.8 per cent; Italian, 2,151,422, or
2.66 per cent; Polish, 1,707,640, or 2.1
per cent; Yiddish and Hebrew, 1,676,-
762, or 2.1 per cent; Swedish, 1,445,-
869, or 1.8 per cent; French, 1,357,169,
or 1.7 per cent, and Norwegians, 1,009,-
854, or 1.2 per cent.
The number of persons In the Unit-
ed States of foreign white stock re-
porting other principal mother tongues
were: Bohemian and Moravian, 539,-
392; Spanish, 448,198; Danish, 446,473;
Dutch and Frisian, 324,930; Magyar,
320,S93; Slovak, 284,444; Lithuanian
and Lettish, 211,235; Finnish, 200,688;
Slovenian, 183,431; Portuguese, 141,-
268; Greek, 130,379; Serbo-Croatian,
129,254 (including Croatian, 93,036;
Servian, 36,752; Dalmatian, 5,505, and
Montenegrin, 3,961); Russian, 95,137;
Roumanian, 51,124; Syrian and Ara-
bic, 46,727; Flemish, 44,806; Ruthe-
nian, 35,359; Slavic (not specified),
35,196; Armenian, 30,021; Bulgarian,
19 380; Turkish, 5,441; Albanian, 2,-
360; all other and those whose mother
tongue was unknown, 313,834.
Method of Obtaining Good Mulch.
planted as deeply as they should,
plowing this depth will cause them to
produce a deep root system which will
not be injured as quickly by freezing
or drought. After this plowing the
fertilizer should be applied and
worked with a disk harrow or culti-
vator.
Frequent cultivations 6hould be
given with the cultivator or disk har-
row, running deep enough to lorm a
good soil mulch and prevent subse-
quent baking or crusting of the sur-
face, and prevent loss of soil moist-
ure by evaporation. Thorough cul-
ture kills all the weeds, which are a
constant drain on the soil moisture j
and plant food, and also assists in de-
composing and liberating any plant '
food which may have turned under.
worked garden on sunday Why Scratch?
Pruning Raspberries.
Pinching back the new growth dur- |
lng summer, thereby causing a more !
bushy form has long been the accept-
ed method of pruning. A better plan j
is to let the canea make a natural
growth, then during the winter cut
back to three or three and one-half '
feet. In spring tie to a wire support-
ed by stakes. Much larger berries
can be grown, there is less difficulty
in picking and a much better price
can be obtained for the fruit. This
method will pay handsomely on the
fruit farm and is the ideal plau for
the ordinary farmer. The work can
be done In winter when there is plenty
of time.
Swedish Landowner Is Accused of
"Breaking the Sabbath" by Po-
lice Official.
Gothenburg, Sweden.—A remarkablQ
action which is exciting great indig-
nation all over Sweden has been
brought by tho commissioner of police
against A. Abron, a merchant and land
proprietor of Halsingborg, for "break-
ing the Sabbath and holy days" by
working in his garden on Easter Sun-
day and Monday and also for wearing
only his shirt and trousers.
Two policemen who saw him at
work during church service time or-
dered him to cease work and dress
himself properly, but "he replied that
as his time was fully occupied by
his business during the week, Sun-
day was the only day he had for recre-
ation in his garden.
Whipping Pest Very Effective.
Denver, Colo.—Governor Miller' of |
Delaware declares the whipping post I
In that state has reduced crime to a j
minimum, asserting offenders fear the |
public disgrace of this form of punish-
ment more than the physical punish- I
ment.
Locks of Hair Bring Verdict.
New York.—Two locks of hair inter-
twined, one of irving Kellman and the
other of Miss Betty Waldorf, brought
the latter a verdict of $50 when ex-
hibited to the jury in Miss Waldorf'a
$5,000 breach of promise suit.
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