Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 25, 1903, Page 15

ANGORACOAT A MONEY MARER [32ee " e 2" Mot e "ot Something About the Animal and Its Valae to Farmers. BEST KNOWN FOR CLEARING BRUSH LAND Prowses on Undergrowth, Produces Moh Milk and Meat and Fertilizes Soll as it Passes Along. ahe latest bidder for honors In the great industrial and sgricultural development, of this country Is the Angora goat, and the prediction has bees made that within the next decade a goodly portion of the untena- ble brush land in the United States will be converted by it into available farming land. The Angora is proving its value as a gen- sral utility animal for the American farmer, and its services are sadly needed bygfarm- ers in many parts of the country. Many an abandoned farm, which had been given over to all kinds of’ rank growths, under the pruging and, trimming given {t by the An- gora geat has been tranéformed into a condition of fertility and usefulness that exceeded its palmy days, ¢ The Angora is profitable In many ways, an the mohair can be put to various uses in the manufacture of fabries, the flesh has won recognition as a first class food stpff, and the milk of the Angora, under repeated tests, has proven richer and of better taste than cow's milk. The Angora has certainly found a warm spot In the heart of the American farmer and a history of the good 1t has accomplished in this country within & remarkably ghort space of time makes an iateresting story. Origin of the Angora. The Angora was first made known in W5 by Father Belon, who had traveled extensively in Asia Minor. Father Belon's brief description caused many to think the ‘Turkish province of Angora was the ‘home of this animal. There is nothing oa,which to bage this clalm, aside from the modern world having first hédrd of the Angora in that province. In any event, since;that time it has been known as the Angora. Thpse who claimed the Angora originated in the province of that name cited the fact that the climate was peculiarly adapted to the needs of i animal and was altbgether responsible for its befutiful, # #llky hair. And the argument seemed con- clusive when it was further shown that the rabbit and cat of that province had the same kind of covering. But when the “kurd,” a low grade of goat, with black, coarse hair, was discovered In the same provinee, the theory was dissipated. Others have maintained that the Angora sprung from the famous Cashmere goat of central and northern Asia. To all appear- ances the animals are the same, and the two constitute the only known strictly lanigerous goat. The Cashmere is quite large, the horns are flattened, stralght and black and slightly divergegt at the ex- tremities. The primary halr, which is long,' silky and lustrous, divides upon the back and lies In wavy masses along the flanks. In the autumn beneath this hair there Is developed a short and exceedingly fine wool, from which the famous Cash- mere shawls are made. But the points of diiference between the two are numer- ous, withough not apparent to a casual ob- server. 8o the exact origin of the An- gora. is shrouded In mystery and the naturalists will doubtless continue to dis- pute over the question, as in the past. Introduction to Europe. i The Spanish government imported a flock in 176, which marks the introduction of the Angora into Europe. In 160 Tourne- ' fort"chief botanist to thé king of France, bad that: kY 5 ‘world QTR S el g v ale 'Ifl r 'h!lfi‘. and thelr halr, ‘which as fine as silk, curlll* naturally in tresses, elght or nine inches long, Is the material of many stuffs. . § Thereafter the Angora was imported to other places, and in 1865 Cape Town mer- chaats became greatly - Interested. sir Titus Balt, who had made @ fallure with the Angora in Eugland, co-operated with the South African tradlesmen and mofe lhlna Angoras were quietly transferred. The le of Turkey thought the Angora could naot be Weared successfully elsewher that nature had given them exclusive priv- Hleges. About fiftesn y ater key realized its migtake, as the exports from South Africa had risen from 85 pounds in 1800 to 2,280,000 pounds in 1879, which was one-half the amount Turkey was then produeing. The tan then lssued an edict prohibiting the shipment of Angoras, but it came too late, and tuday the South African industry is, greater than that of Turkey. The Angora goat of Turkey diffars &reatly from the Angora as now propagated in this country in point of size. All au- thorities agree that the early Angora goat ‘was small and delicate, shearing from two to two and one-balf pounds of mohalr. It ia not an uncommon sight now to hear of Individual bucks shearing as high as fifteen to eighteen pounds and does shearing nine 1o ten pounds. \ . In the United States. The introduction of the Angora into the United States dates from 183, when Dr. James B. Davis of Columbia, 8. C., brought over a small flock. Dr. Davis had devoted himself to the study of agriculture, and In (844 President Polk, in response to a fequest from the sultan, appointed As the proper person to introduce t! sulture of cotton Into Turkey. His con- horses. After & three years' stay In Turkey, when about to depart, the sultan presented Mre. Davis with an additional purse of $20,000, a portion of which Wwas invested in the purchase of a small flock of Angora goats and some other animals. The goats did well In this coungry, and Dr. Davis said of them: In locating these animals in difterent sections of Bouth Carolina, I can see no difference between those reared here and the imported, with the exception that those reared in this state are finer and heavier fleeced than the imported. In 18654 Dr. Davie disposed of his entire flock to Colonel Richard Peters of Atlanta, Ga., who Is regarded as the father of the Angora goat industry in the United States, {for 1n all probability had he not become interested In them they would soon have scattered and died out. Descendants of the original flock are today the:property of an lowa farmer, where they have done vallant service in the clearing of new and the reclaiming of old- lands Great as Grubbers. The Angora will thrive where the sofl is not marshy or swampy. A dry; roeky, mountainous country Is best, but the goat will do well on any land which is dry, and thmy. or rolling. While the Angora has proven to be’'a money maker along other lines, the greatest profit from them is, to be found in the cleaning-out: process on some old worn-out farm, that has grown up with briars and brush, thereby restoring 1t to a condition of fertility and usefulness. Or by the conversation of some native forest, or. sturmp land, into good farms. The ‘latter plan‘ has been carried on ex- tensively, and with pronounced success, in Towa, Oregon and Callfornia. Thg eastern and older states offer many opportunities alotig both lines, and many -of the abandoned farms can be restored to their orfginal fertility. 5 In Missouri, Kansas and Arkahsas farm- ers are troubled with a most aggravating growth, termed “buck” brush, which pro- | duces a small, red berry, of which birds are very fond and which they distribute all over that section, to such an extent that in some places entire fields have been covered. The brush thréws out a running root, and in'a short time the pastures become prac- ticafly worthless. No kind of stock will touch it, and for a time it was a serious question as to whether it could be ex- terminated. The first experiment with the Angora solved the problem and now the Angora is fast being shipped into these states. The Angora goat regards the Ca- nadlan thistle as one of the choicest kinds of ‘diet and. it cannot thrive where the An- gora Is found. One of the ploneers in the Angora indus- try regards the Angora as “a veritable gold mine as a brush exterminator.” They not only clear the ground of brush and weeds, but enrich it evenly as they work, this giving the blue grass, where it is nat- urally grown, a, chance to grow luxuriantly. The Angora not only lives but thrives on that which is considered of no value. Where the Goat Thrives. Millions of acres in the middle northwest Is set with dense undergrowth and it is im- possible to even realize the taxes upon such property. It costs, in the old way, from % to 315 per acre to have it cleared, and even then a large portion of the very best kind of grass land Is too rough to plow. Along the streams there are [numerable nooks, bends and blyfts that could x:bn be plowed. After such land is pastured for a number of years it becomes set in briars, buck brush or turkey berry, so that neaply all of the grass dles. A few Angora goats will kil all such growths as clean as if swept by fire and make it' yleld more grass than before. The Angora does not kill the brush by eating It. They only denude the branch of its leaves, and continue to do this until the brush is sick to the very extremity of its roots, causing thiem to die as soon hs the tops, consequently there is no sprouting. Land cleared in the old way will have more or less sprouts for many years, and especlally in the nooks, and nds ' in branches and fence corners, 'hlx render them very unsightly. As the Angora is a brewsing, and not. a grazing animal, he becomeas doubly valuable to the man with brush or weedy land. ' Uses of Mohair. Another great source of profit is the mohalr pecured from the Angora. Mohair is not a substitute for wool, but occuples Its own place in the textile fabrics. It has the feel, the lustre and aspect of silk, with; oyt its suppleness. It lacks the felting quality, and therein differs materially from wool; and the stuffs made from it have the fibres distinctly separated and are al- ways brilllant, and singe they do not re- tain dust or spots, they e particularly valuable for furniture goods. The fibre is dyed with great facility, and is the only textile fabric which takes equ- ally the dyes Intended for ull tissues. Mobair is seldom woven alone, on account of its fibre. When used for fling, the warp s usually of cotton, silk or wool, or the reverse. While soft, mohalr is at the same time gifted with elasticity, lustre and durability of fibre, with sufficient firm- ness to permit of its being spun. Its lustre and durability, pecullarly fit it for the manufacture of bralds, buttons and bind- ings, which greatly outwear those of silk or wool. The qualities of lustre &hda elasticity fit it for its chlef use—the manu- facture of Utrecht velvets, commonly called furniture plush, the finest qualities of which are composed principally of mo- hair. The best mohair plushes are practic- ally indestructible. They have been In constant use on rallroad cars for several years, and are In good cendition today, Quality and Class count for more in a stove or range than in any other article of domestic use. The Garland Trade-Mark is an absolute of both. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1903. and are now sought after by all raflroads as the most enduring of all coverings. Uned for Summer and Winter. Mohair is now largely consumed M the fabrication of light summer goods. They aré woven with warps ot silk and cotton, and to the development of thls manufacture is due, prineipally, the improvements in the aking of fine cotton warpe, the combina- tion of wool with mohair not being found advantageous. Mohalr is largely coming into use to form the pile of certain styles of plushes used for ladies’ cloakings; also for the plle of the best fabrics styled astrackans. Narrow strips of the skin of the Angora, with the fleece attached, have recently been in fashion for trimmings, and large prices were obtained for a limited number of peits for that purpose. The skins with the fleece attached will continue to bring a good price for foot rugs,. on-account of thelr pecullar lustér and the advantages they possess over those mads of wool In not being liable to felt. The trade in Angora skins increases rap- idly and furnishes the most perfect substi- tute for animal furs that can be found. The skin can be taken at various stages in‘the growth of the hair, and can be made to represent very many of the wild animal skins-so perfectly that an expert can scarcely detect them from the genuine. The monkey skin muft and boa, so commonly worn by young women, is a mohair product. The bear is another skin that mohair will duplicate, and when properly dyed will defy the most expeft furrier: Meat Is Now Profitable, It is only & few yoars ago that the sentl- ment agalnst goat meat was so strong it was impossible to find a sale for the Angora venison, though it was not uncommon for 'packers to slaughter a few when' shipped with a lot of sheep. Today no trouble iy experienced in disposing of the Angora venison arl the demand is Increasing rap- idly. Hence the Angora venison is now recognized as a standard class of meats on the daily markets The skin of the common goat s coarse grained and thick, while that of the An- gora 1s thin and fine grained, and is not at all suitable for leather. ; The difference in the quality of meat is still greater, Angora venison being much superior to the com- mon goat. Its supbrior richness alone distinguishes the milk of female Angora from that of the cow. The cream separates from the milk very tardily, and never so commemu& as in the case of cow's milk. The supetior richness, however, of the Angora's milk renders the use of cream needless. The milk of the cow vields 12.6 per cent of solid, while that'of the Angora vields 17 per cent. The Angora milk also yields more butter, less sugar, but considerable more caseine, than that of the cow, and the taste of the Angora milk is much to be pre- ferred by those accustomed to it. PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS, “I won't be good." said Willly. “Then Banta Claus won't bring you any present g “Wasn't 1 bad last year, and dida't I get more'n ever?' Teacher—When does the element of fire confer a benfit on mankind? 3 “Willle—~When the amount of insurance ex- ceeds the value of the property destroyed. Elmer—Let's play menagerie, Minnfe. Minnie—All réght. How's it played? Elmer—I'll pretend I'm a @monkey and you feed me your cake. 2p m: “Papa, {s Santa Claus a really?” “Why, - certainly.” 2:10 p. m.: N “Papa, s it true wot th’' bible says about Ananlas?" “Of course, Wilite."" 211 p. met “Say, papa! You must have a wonderful constitution.” i It was in a Philadelphla public school the other day, relates the Public Lédger, that a class in spelling was golng over a lesson In words of two & bles. One of the words wds “mummy “Children,"” said the teacher, “how many of you know the meaning of the word * ‘mummy? * After a long silence one little girl raised her hand. “Well, Maggie?" “It means yer mother.” The teacher pointed out her mistake, and explained fully the meaning of the word. Presently the word *poppy” had to be spelled. “Who knows what ‘poppy’ means?” asked the teacher. The same little girl raised her hand, this time brimful confidence. “Well, what's the answer, “It means a child. Maggle?” jman mumy,” replied the In a certain Mountaln town, says Lippin- cott's Magazine, lived a little boy of 4 who was very much frightened at the thought of a bear—in fact, it was the only animal or thing ho was afraid of—and his mother, in trying to keep him from running into the street and playing in the irrigating ditches, and wandering away to a little unkept park, told him he must not go, for there were bears there. This frightened William end the following day he sat on the doorstep In a very qulet mood. When asked by the village clergyman, who was passing by, why he did not go out/and play, Wiillam replied: “I must not go out of the gate, for there are bears In the roads land down in the park.” ‘The minister laughingly replied: “No, there’s no hears anywhere around,” but Willam insisted there were. The minister sald: “Let's go in and ask mamma about 1t,” and mamma had to acknowledge she simply told Will- fam that to keep him from running away trom home. ‘When alone with the little boy the mother sald: “Willam, mamma fs sorry she told you a story about the bears, and 1 guess we had better let me ask God to forgive her” whereupon William said: “Mamma, you had better let me ask God, for maybe he wouldn't believe you." LIGIO 0p_J. 8. Foley of Detroit will be T O on November & and. the cithesny ming & public recaption. 088 Irreverence, after jah’ Dowle had come from Chicags to New. ¥ ook Q le wi t Rorses to draw it. SR Soheie several days the on He Bas & large ish at Oten on the laland of fl'{‘n this country %o spehd is vacarion "0 Retiring _after_a pastorat -4 years in the Reformed chur\?h::r n:“?m"’:n: ersville and Arndts, Pa., Rev. Daniel F, X g P T R RS o t and baptismal fees that come his way *° ors, a regularly ordained orweglan Lutheran church, It wi t of supes- former tricads Massachusetts nday last the tenth opate of Bishon were present—Willlam W. Niles Yow Hampahire. Chauncey B, Browster ot e necticut and Alexsnder H. Viaton est. ern Mussachusetts. Bishop Lawrenes is the successor of Bishop Brooks. fthe other day s book, BRINGS VALISE FULL OF GOLD Miner from Nome Oarries Over Twenty Thousand Dollars in Grip. STARTLES HOTEL CLERK AND LANDLORD Says Prosperity Relgns in Land of Midnight Sun—ie Will Divi S Wealth with Ol Folks, one day a week ago, a tall, bronzed and pleasant appearing man of about 40 years of age stopped at the Murray hotel and asked Clerk Carhart to take care of a valise for him, after registering “W. A. Carroll, Nome, Alask ‘The valise was quite heavy and Mr. Carhart presumed it contained some lead or quartz samples and paid but little attention to it. The valise was, however, properly cared for and when Mr, Carroll asked for it Friday morn- ing Landlord Nat Brown and Clerk Car- hart nearly fainted when Carroll informed them that it contained over $20,000 in gold coin and nuggets, the latter being brought here for assay purposes at thé Omaha Smelting company’s works. To a reporter for The Bee Mr. Carroll said: “I left Nome September 28 and am now enroute to Atlanta, Ga., to visit my parents, whom I have nét seen for ten or twelve years. I have been In Alaska, at Dawson, Nome and other points about nine years. Yes, I have met with reason- oble success and did falrly well at Daw- son City, where, with my wife and father- indaw, 1 cleared up over $1,000,000. My father-in-law had been In the country about twenty years and had married a Chilcott, and thelr daughter is my wife, whom 1 married some elght years ago. Her mother died a few years ago. “It was through my father-in-law's knowl- edge of the country and conditions that we did so well when the Klondike-excite- ment broke out. He was a Canadian and a man of much experience in that country. My wife and her father are now living in Seattle. Comforts for the 01d Folks. “When I get home I am golng to fix up the old folks comfortably. They have mnot heard from me for nearly tel years. “I went to Nome about four years ago and am interested in a number of good mining properties thefe. We made the trip from Dawson by dog sled over the ice down the Yukon, 1800 miles. Nome Is & town of about 8000 inhabitants. There are elghty-six saloons in the town. Mall is recelved there about once a week during the open season from June to the last of Soptember. The rest of the year is a closed season because of the ice. The summers are just as nice as one could want, but mosquitoes and gnats flourlsh in great shape. The town lles along the beach and is about a mile In length by 100 yards in width. A number of big stores are located there and all sorts of gambling prevails. An ordinary drink costs two bits, but it used to bring $1. “There 18 no fuel In the country except what s brought from Seattle and that now brings $2 per ton. It used to bring $10. All the teaming is done by dogs. They can make about 100 miles ‘per day. The horses that were brought there a few years ago were no good and they were subsequently killed for dog feed. Some fish can be had there, but most of the provisions are canned stuff and beef shipped from Seattle. “Some good mining claims are still to be found in the country, especially at Anvil Creek, Dexter Creek, GaMatin Bay and Council. The latter place is about sixty- five miles from Nome. Law and order prevail fairly well since the nver:'nent has located, troops there. ; But the law and order conditions are much better at Daw-’| son. The British constabulary is respected, and what it says goes. “The beach mines are about played out and about the only gpod mining claims are to be found under the tundra. This is & heavy growth of moss, which varies from two to three feet in depth, and it has to be plowed off before a claim can bo worked. Underneath this is sand from three to four feet deep and the gold usually lles on top of the bedrock at that depth. To get at It a man will have to dig about a foot or &0 through the frozen sand and then let it lay for & day or two to thaw and then dig again. Only about three months in the year can mining be carried on. The tom and rocker are used in some instances, but the general plan of mingng 18 slujce mining. . We are beginning to think up there that the gold is washed up from the sea, as there is no record yet of the mother lode being found up, mearer the hills. The tundra plains exted® about six miles back from the seacoast and very few paying claims have yet been found in the hills. There is some quartz and as you get nearer the hills the gold gets mixed with baser metals and is hardly worth the aigging. What smelting we have to do s done at Seattle, thoygh some quicksilver | amalgam work is done with the flour and fner nugget gold. The gold is usually found in small nuggets from the size of a grain of sand up to that of a bean. “Wages there run from 3 to $15 per day, but there are more opportunities to get work at § per day than at §i5. Living is reasonably cneap. “Anvil Creek gold brings about 3168 per ounce and beach gold 3§15, at Nome, though you can get as high as $17 for beach gold at Beattle. Four Months of Daylight, “Daylight begins there about April 1 and continues until August 1. However, for about half an hour the sun sinks below the horizon one day in-the middle of June and then reappears, to remain in sight constantly untl August 1. From that time until September 1 is twilight, and night continues until about Christmas, getting lighter gradually each day untll March, when the sun reappbars, and morning dawn continues up to April again before you can call it real daylight. It is rather funny sometimes to see old Yalifornians and others, newcomers to the country, waiting forty-elght of seventy-two hours at the night season for bedtime to come. The only way we can reckon time is by the cal- endars and our watches. Suhday fs for- gotten aboat half the time and a man has 10 return to the States to find how old he ls, “Most of the people who do not intend wintering there haye left Nome by this time, for after October there is no vessel communication at all until next spring with Seattle. During the summer time all kinds of grass grows on the tundra flats and it makes fine feed for cattle and they fatten quickly on it. There is not sofl enough to raise any vegetables and we have to depend upon Seattle for everything of this kind. Huckleberries grow there abundantly on littlé low bushes scarcely six inches high during the summer and about the only same to be found there is ptmargin, a bird much like the grouse. They are very abundant in season and make the finest kind of eating, “The natives up there are gradually dying out. The smallpox is extremely fatal to them and over half of the native popula- tion of the Nome peninsula has died off in the past few years from this discase. The mines up the Yukon do not seem to pad out very well and the prospectors are leav- Ing them gradually. Some good” beach claimg are occasionally found down the coast from Nome, but the area seldom ex- coeds & mile and out. The plan of is & fallure and erchard - & Wilhelm Carpet Co. 1414-1416-1418 DOUGLAS STREET. We are putting on sale Monday a large line of Axminster and Velvet Carpets at away sitting rooms, bed rooms, offices and hotels. $1.25 Axminster in two lots at, per yard manufacturers, worth $1.75, at, per yard In addition to these we will =ell 250 fine rugs made up ' > borders at enormous savings of money. Its a great sale Sale of Turkish Carpets, or ldrge room rugs—40 fine below wholesale roll prices, The odd pieces of carpets and borders of the Alex Smith & Sons Carpet Company’s goods—suitable for parlors, ....70c and 89¢ Very fine extra Axminster, $1.50 quality, at, per yard.... Savonnerie Axminster, the best quality made by the greatest of ...98¢ Smith extra quality velvet carpets and borders, at, a yard.. from ends of pieces of carpet and of fine carpets. India and Turkish rugs (too fine for regular sale) in large room sizes to be sold at one-third to one-half price. Small Axminster rugs, made by the Bigelvw Carpet Co., at §3.50, at, §1.90 each. x60 inches, sell regularly Carpets and rugs for any room at the greatest kind of bargains ri SPECIAL SALE STOCK RUGS 3 B ster— -3x11-f Wilton— 10.6x11-3 Extra Axminster— 24 () $ixii-f Witton . 24.00 24.50 9-0x11-9 Savonnerie— or 5 10-6x11-9 Wilton— for 9-0x10-0 Brussels— $-3x10-0 Bavonnerie— for k% T8 5. N i £3x9-10 Wilton— $-3x10-10 Body Brussels or for ..... ‘ 8-8x7-3 Witton— Brussels— for 8-3x8-7 Extra Axminster— tor 26.00 Big Lace @urtain Sale $20,000 worth of lace curtains and curtain material at bargain sale prices \ Monday morning we will place on sale all our lace curtains and drapery material at a big reduction in order to reduce our stock—come and see the values, they are too numer- ous to state here, but everything is included in our sale. Brussels, Arabian curtains, Iri Point, Portieres, Swiss curtains, sash nets, all at a big sweeping reduction. ; \ \ Buy Good Rubbers. The trouble with rubbers has been you didn’t know whether they were good or not until you had worn them awhile; then when you found they were poor, all you could do was to buy another pair and go through the same process again. No need of that now; there are good rubbers in the market; better-than-usual. They cost you the same as the usual, plus the trouble of asking for them. Tell your shoe-man you want Selz Royal Blue Rubbers and take no other. SELZ Largest makers of good shoes I the world We deo all kinds of Glazing - Phone Paint Dept, No. 3425 MYERS - DILLON DRUG CO. THE LIQUOR HAB!I « CUREDn 3 D AYS... e BUY A FARM on Monthly Instaliments, 'arm nomes in Polk and Barron Wiaconstn it tree s Te 00, Gountion per u payment of frg o e acre' Cash, balance in three, five Of Ten stalimients 'of from '8 o 4 Wil prosure a farm.” ¥or maps and full wformatien ade Paul ahd Minneapolls, $ to acre, years, on monthly payments. Mon dress. UECKE'S LAND AGENCY, Cumberiand wfi! nsln