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ler Bnrbonk, who h»* Illumined the world with Oorol lunihlne And mode men find borouse of the fruits and vegetables be hat coaxed from t:?e earth with scion'18c cenlut that ri read Ua name and tame'throaabout 'be natlont, la about to eommerclaltte his "Croateat trtWhat the California plsmt wonder worker proposes to do seems to mas? impoaslble. but, viewed In the llcht of Ms past achievements, almost anyInc may be expected from this creative king of the farm and gardens of Santa Rosa Hs proposes to feed man and beast on cactus plants. a Mr. Burbank Is about prepared to flood'the markets of the world with a spineless, thornless, fruit-bearing, nutritious cactus that will prove a dietary boon to mankind and will tickle the palates of pigs, cattle, sheep and horses. What Mr. Bnrbank has done la to produce from the cactus a plant des lined to be of Inestimable value as forage and also as food. At a model nursery established for the propagation of his discovery In the Salton Sea district of California there are now 1.100 of these growing, flourishing plants As a result of his long and patient labors hs has produced several ▼sriatlea. which, reproduclitg from the leaves broken off and thrust Into the ^ Kill.yield through succeed

' WTHER SU/tMNKi tat mentions a limitless supply of food sad fodder. For hwmen beings the product of the cactus Is said to hsve more food rains than any other vegetable, con

t an npbulld•M at the Berra ceUs The fhornlea cactus win be ready for the market la the'spring of 100* -when there win be half a million of the plants flourishing. Borne Idea of their present value may be* gained from the knowledge that Mr. Burbank «oM flew leans tor seed to an Austra r tor Ifi.ooe. with the proThe wonderful plant has been developed with great secrecy, bat now ffr. Burbank la ready tar the world to tasow all about It and to await expectantly tor the proof of the cactus pudding 1m the eating thereof. For many years Mr. Bnrbank has .base considered by borOcalturlsts the first of the world’s many agperlmenterf fbr tbs Improvement of fruits and ragetablea. Hs Is not and does not claim to be a botanist; his work Is Intensely practical and he resembles s A. Edison in tbs respect that

Bora ta a II la 1M(, he apeat his boyhood on a farm aad early began bis attempts to change plant Ufa. Tbs first result of bis stadles sad labors waa tbs well

at tbs time R was original ad. With ntda special education, la On academic sense, tor his work, be waa forced into outdoor Ufa by Us delicate health aad devoted his wboto time to expel liaen ting. la UTS, when be was M years old. he realised the advantage of tbs California cUmale tor his work aad rsssorad there. The

for Tears at his own expense, bat of Mda bo hss received tlfi.000 a year from the Carnegie toad. He is aamarrlad. Bras qaletly oa his little place 1a Bsata Rosa, ad seldom leaves II except far the delivery of leetured af Lelaad Stanford university, where be fa a special lecturer oo evolution, ov

Cape May in Years Gone By An Excerpt from Stevens’ “History of Cape May,” showing Our Resort to be Known

From Lewis T. Stevens’ “History of Cape May County,’’ Published at*'the Herald Offce at Two Dollars per Copy, We Quote Facts Concerning: the Resort’s History of Three and Four Decades Ago

HENRY CLAY’S VISIT It was in 1847 that Henry Clay, the great Kentuckian, came to Cape May, and Mr. Ludlam years afterward said; “The big time was when Harry Clay came. He had been al the White Sulphurs, and said he had a notion to go to some of the Northerr. watering places; tliat was in 1857. So I sent him an invitation and he accepted, and stopped at the Mansion House for a week. It was in the latter part of August, and the people had before that thinned out. When, however, it was announced that Harry Day was to be here, the place filled up to overflowing. Two steamboat loads came on from New York. They wanted him there. Horace Greeley came down to see him, and the people from Salem and Bridgeton and all the country around flocked in their cany-alls to Cape May to see Harry of the West.” As soofl as it was known that Clay was to become a visitor the people began to arrive from all over the Middle and Southern States. United States Senator James A. Bayard, of Wilmington, accompanied by Charles C. Gordon, of Georgia, was among the first to arrive. On the Saturday previous there came a large party from Philadelphia. CUy had come by stage and rail, so far as there was any, to Philadelphia, being greeted on his route by hosts of friends who had, and by others who had not, cast their ballots for him three years previous, when he ran for the Presidency against Polk. Clay came for rest, and to wear away sorrow which had come upon him by the killing of his son, who had just previously fallen in the Mexican War, On the morning of Monday, August 16, 1847, the great statesman, with his party, left Philadelphia on the steamboat then plying between that place and Cape Island, and arrived at the landing about one o'clock in the afternoon. The party was driven over the turnpike to the Mansion House, where a big dinner was in waiting for the distin- - uished guests- The band engagement having expired before this event. Beck's Philadelphia band was brought down •>n the boat with Mr. Clay. The old hotel register, which »< still preserved, has upon it the names of the following Ken•ixkians, who came that day: Hon. Henry Clay (written in -> Mg, round hand by one of the committee), Colonel John S-«ift, H. White and son, W. S. Smith, F. Leanig, Miss Kictie. Miss Johns. Mr. Clay was given a rest on hU arrival, but the day following was his busiest while on Cape May’s grand beach. During the day many more arrived, and the Island was filled with country folks anxious to see the great man. Rev. Moses Williamson made the address of welcome, tP which Mr. Clay fittingly responded in words that electrified hi* listeners- Among other things he remarked to a friend that Mr. Williamson made one of the best addresses of the kind he ever heard, and made many inquiries about the good and well-known divine. Mr. Clay's magnificent language, says one who beard him, held the crowds spell-bound. After the speech-making there was han-d-shaldng and a grand feast. The speech-making took place in the old “Kereal,” the music pavilion and ball-room of the hotel, which had been built In the spring of that year. Mr, day was received on the part of the county of Cape May by Pr- Maurice Beesley. During Jus visit there were more arrivals each day than there had been for any previous day of that summer. While at Cape May Mr. Clay loved bathing and went in as often as twice a day, and it was while enjoying it that he lost a great deal of his hair. The ladies would catch him and with a pair of scissors, carried for just that-purpose, dip locks from his head to remember him by. When he returned to Washington his hair was very short, indeed. In Beck's Band, whidi furnished the music, there was the father, six sons and three others, and as it was at Cape Island season after season their names are here given: Jacob W. Beck, leader; J. Beck, C Beck, H. Beck, J. M. Beck, G. Beck, A. Beck, J. W. Gaul, J. Leech, A. Fenner and B. Wilks. Mr. Clay remained at Cape May for several days. ^About seven o'clock this (Friday, August 20, 1847) morning,” said the New York Herald, “the steamboat New Haven let fall her anchors opposite the place, having left New York the previous afternoon, with a number of eminent dtisens, to invite Mr. Clay to visit that city. Among the visitors were Recorder Tallmadge, Nicholas Dean, M. G. Hart, Morris Franklin, HOrace Greeley, Matthew L. Davis, James A. Coffin, Mr. Gammage and Mr. McCracken, of New Haven. A surf boat was sent off and brought the committee ashore, who waited on Mr. Clay and received his promise to meet them at the Mansion House at noon. During the morning all the passengers came ashore from the steamboat The mode of transit created great amusement and many jokes. me called it the landing before Vera Crux, and to see dignity perched on the shoulders of the boatmen, who, wading through the surf, deposited their loads on the beach, was truly laughable. , • » •The New Yorkers stopped principally at the Columbia House. At the appointed time Mr. Ludlam sent down his band from the Mansion House to accompany the procession, which toon arrived-at the place appointed for the reception. The hall was filled with ladies and gentlemen, and ‘mute expectation spread Hs anxious bush,’ interrupted only by the strains of the band, until -Henry Clay appearance. Then ensued such a shouting and cheering, and applaudits from fair hands, and waving of handkerchiefs, as Cape May never saw before, and probably never will again. , Old Ocean started from his noonday repose and lifted up his ■' white locks to listen to the unwonted shout, and there came wave after wave, spreading itself on the beach, as if doing joyous homage to ‘the man and the hour.’ “Nicholas Dean, Esq., as chairman of the New York delegation, then arose, and in behalf of the citizens of New York, irrespective of party, expressed their appreciation of the long and eminent services of Mr. Clay, and requested an opportunity of tendering him an expression of their con- ' ‘ ‘ In tbe name of f *

was beating and throbbing to bid him welcome—thrice welcome to tbe hospitality of New York. “Mr. Clay, who had listened with much emotion to tbe glowing language and impassioned tone of Mr. Dean, after a silence of a few moments, arose to reply. Hushed then was every sound, lest one word that was to fall from those eloquent lips should be lost. He commenced by alluding to the presence of other committees, on similar errands to the one from New York—especially from Philadelphia, Trenton and New Haven—and then continued: “ ‘Fellow Gtixens—The eloquent address which has just been delivered has had the effect almost to induce me to adopt the language which was used on a more solemn elusion. “Thou almost persuades! me*’ to go to New York. But in all that uprightness of my nature which I have ever endeavored to practice, I must tell you the objects and motives which brought me lo the shores of the Atlantic. I returned to my residence, after passing the winter at New Orleans, on the 23d or 24th of March last and a day or two afterwards melancholy intelligence came to me. I have been nervous ever since, and was induced to take this journey, for I could not look upon the partner of my sorrows without experiencing deeper anguish.’ “(Mr. Clay was here compfctely overcome by his feelings, covered his face with his hands and was silent for several minutes. At length with an effort he recovered himself and resumed.) “ "Everything about Ashland was associated with the memory of the lost one: the very trees which his hands assisted me to plant seemed to remind me of his loss. Had the stroke come alone, 1 could have home it with His assistance, and sustaincu by the kindness ot my inends and leilow- • citizens, with meekness and resignation. But of eleven children tour only remain. Of six lovely and aUccuouate daughters not one is lett. i-waing myscli in a theatre oi sauness, 1 thought i would fly to me mountain top and descend to the waves of the ocean, and by meeting with the sympathy 01 fneuds, obain some relic! to me sauness which encompassed me. 1 came lor private purposes, and lor private purposes aione. 1 nave not desired Uicse puonc mamicsUtiuus, Out nave ramer desired to escape irom mem. My inena ana traveling companion. Dr. Mercer, will tell you, mat m Virginia, m every section of me Bute ol my birm, i have been implored to remain if only lor a lew Hours, to exenange coagratjjiauons wim my menus, but 1 mvariably reluscu ana only, remained in cacn place sumcicnuy long enougn 10 exenange one vehicle lor another, lou may imagmc mat i mauc a visit to i'miaaclphia, but i wa* acciucmany thrown into Bmiaaeiptna. When 1 arrived m Baltimore, i learnt that the most direct route to tins place was by tbe Delaware. 1 bad no pubuc object in view in taking mat route, and yet mdutcrent i am not nor cannot be to taese maniiesianons 01 popular regard, nor to anything winch connects me with me honor, wcuarc and glory bt my country. " Oenuemcn of the Committee of New York, I have truly and sincerely disclosed the purpose ot the journey, but l cannot but deeply feci tins manuestation ot your respect and regard, it is received wim mankiumess, and excites me warmest icchngs ol my heart, mat 1, a private and humble in mat omcc, nom isai to 1824. He was born in 1777 and citizen, wunou: an army, without a navy, without even a consume s sun, should nave been met at cvcrj, siep ot my progress wim me kindest mamlestauons ol feelings—icchngs 01 winen a rresment, a monarch or an emperor mignt well be prouad. “ ‘No—1 am not insensible to these tokens of public affection and regard, i am thanklul for them ail To you, gentiemen of me Committee ot New York, who, in bchalt of the 400^00 individuals whom you represent, have taken so much trouble, i am uccpiy manktui tor mis manuesuoon ol your regard, but 1 must reluctantly decline me honor 01 your invitation. And you, gentlemen ol me other committees, to your fellow-citizens of Trenton, New Haven.and Philadelphia, 1 must beg of you to excuse me, and trust to your affection to do so, lor if 1 do not place myscli upon the affection of my countrymen, whither should i go, and where should i bef—on the wide ocean without a compass and without a guide 1 “ T must beg of you, gentlemen of all these committees, to retrace your steps, charged and surcharged with tbe warmest leehngs 01 gratitude—go back charged with warmest thanks Irom me, and tell my friends that nothing but the circumstances in which I am placed, nothing—lor we may as well mingle a laugh with our tears, and borrow the words of the Irish Ambassador, “situated as I am and 1 may say circumstanced as 1 am”—prevents the honor of meeting you. Tell them—and I hope that general response wdl be considered as a speeme answer to each oi tbe committee—that you are ctfirged with the expression of the best feelings of my heart. And you, gentlemen of New York, be assured that among the recollections of the incidents of this journey, this visit will be paramount, and the circumstances which led to it. “ T wish you an agreeable voyage on your return, and pray make my apologies for being constrained to decline your land invitation.’ “Mr. day then sat down, and from the tears which had been so copiously shed during his speech, the smUaof welcome and felicitation lit up a mellow radiance pniich fell with rainbow‘softening over the scene. Throughout the whole reply of Mr. dlay, he was deeply and powerfully affected, and it was with a giant effort that he succeeded in uttering - * •

■fira ef Music. Tbs mind of tbe man Is like tbe sea. bleb is neithar agreeable to tbs bealder nor the voyager. In a calm or ta a storm; bat Is so to both, yrben a little by gentle gales; sad so tbe mlad, when moved by soft end kasy passions and affections. I know vary wall that 'many who pretend to be wise by tbs forms of being grave ipt to despise both poetry and c, as toy* ad trifles too light for the ass or entertainment of serious

kora flSMsDurys Mistake. Tbe death of Gen. Sir Red vers Buller of the British army recalls an incident in the life ol Lord Salisbury which In a measure reflects ofOctal opinion on the failure of ir In his brief career as ler of the BrlUtu troops in tbs Booth African war. The marquis of Salisbury, in tbe last ■are of his life,- was almost Mini deal One day his secretary presented him with a package fast arrived

of lbs fathers went 10 far u to lbs tore of music a sign of predasllastloa, as a thing dlvtns. and r» served lor tbs fsHdUss of baeva tt-

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