AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
1(10 frnil tree jr»wn> "f Indiana, Mil* 
llnls, Iowa. Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska 
and omny other states uood no Introdite- 
Hon to the rabbit Jnnurgr, tl- they niv too 
familiar with till." (•••-' ttiflt has ilrsurij.il 
million* of tnaai null still eoullnuc* It* 
work of destruction. 
Tito Belplan burr i» -l mjily n limn it mb 
bit. "A rose liy nm nor name would 
smell irs street." Aurt so each i no rubor of 
the ham rmilly retain* the chief tflltirne 
rorlstlos of the family -to gnaw fruit 
irors, rat vegetables mid l«> wondel'fldly 
productive \ 11 Hint ran In- said In favor 
of tit*' Belgian turn* ran a* viol? t..- said of 
tlio oommoii 'rollon tall" ami jack ralilllt. 
nr the Australian nilibll, which h(l* proven 
siirli a areal curse In Australia. All tluit 
ran lie salil nguinut these eunuinin Afiinrl 
ran and Australfatl barn' nr mhlilfa mn 
nf well br said about ibis brnt\ii rabbit 
lbr Belgian bare. 
la 1 ! fruit and vegetable grovrw* every - 
where | o-t It imi i heir loglslnturoa (n euaet 
lawn, ma k I ni: It a criminal offense in 
breed this new p.«i ami In tin- meantime 
use the abnl irun ti rut ibip freely. 
A TRIP TO THE SUNNY SOUTH 
tSeentid |.<ji per., I 
Vftrr Borernl .lays .blight fill sojourn ai 
the largo Kansas nreliard, the editor re 
• linieil 111 - Journey ahum in tlie South land 
Down Hie wonderfully fertile valley nr 
the Walnut river aped nur good Santa I'e 
train nn the morning of Aug la, Hiroiigb 
great Holds of coin, grass mat alfalfa, «• 
ninnj- staeks, indicating the big wheal 
amt onb» harvest. 
ike well lia|iruved farms. the great herd* 
nf tat rattle, the flourishing towns, the 
general lndleatlons of bnslin • and jm» 
I'entj . told a stury |i|nllier (Iniii Words, 
that this Is Olio nr Hi" rle|| .—flnli- Ilf Hie 
great Sunflower stale 
I he thrifty towns of Augusta Dougins 
ami Winfield were passed and Ark a Urn. 
' ll), ill the Junction of the Walnut and 
trkansur river, w as rein hod. where we 
Hiei f lie regular I'liIeaHo A Uu I vest on 
through Iralu. which win cully a- good |u 
all ]|K «>(|iilpinenth a» when II lean- n,e 
Dearliorn street stnllnti in I'ldengo. 
Oklahoma, 
S'liw we i rose the sandy A it, a mm. river 
••ml are soon in (ilclrth, a, the w i.ialerlaml 
id III.- nineteenth i ealin v the nation t Jmt 
"as born III a dnj ; ’ that is dill an Infant, 
and yet eon Inins more people and inure 
in re* of licit productive land Ilian many 
•>U1 sillies, 
.Vein the line mu of f|,. govern- 
""•111 solioids for the Indfhn* Is lucftCiHl, 
; the I lllllooi'o Sebuol; Hie gnml -lone 
‘lidding- were plainly ", -i w l,i Unproved 
tarn.s, good buollmss towns. .I.vnl.ir. 
1,1 " gllVf evidence or I lie 
'."m ' ‘ "?i WMh ' '■ ,, ’-n.|lng m. 
• nlier vide of til., railroad fur mil,., 
■idles, were the great Helds n..« being 
Idowed for new ,r.,p. 
been reieuny li.nv.-md the womlerfnl 
,.„;p or ISKM), Although hundred" 
V'; - 1 : ‘""-'d " bad |o mar 
J h>>u»u nil* Of Mnel... rotuiliuoil mill 
"i • D'-'t. Willie tin- i-lox ators mills 
"id railroad* were doing their l,-( m 
LiUMlli f. lie rrcip. 
.i^ l w!nT' pasture Helds 
" 11 1 ro “ ,,,t * <1 '*"«>* *r . bole, la l earn.. 
added to the pa l an’ of pea. e, plenty ami 
progress. 
Here nud there a dark green Held could 
•nil. will, plants 'hr.-.- feet ldirli. 
large h arps, many " I"" or errum ' ohacil, 
also Ink blossom- I'lds w as e.illiui. \\ P 
irerr on the ill Vi, Hue Hue bel*veen I lie t wo 
t'Hllt I'rfJpH. f«»ni ootfflll 
lull (lie North and South. Ilerr multi lio 
oil*. 'Mill a pine.' where wen- grown nirtl, 
wheat 11/11'' nitltil. i'll, ainl ciitlon. 
Till* eholeesl peaelies, a.eloOs (1 Utl vegeiil 
lib-' are produced. 
The following inmi Hie pen of a wrliet 
In a level If number of the "AHtllltle. " "ill 
bid •■mpllttAlBP tntieU rluit 1 saw 
There Is no need to go to ICncope fir 
ila-np living while ilklHlioroa r\ fat's. I)’” 
tillin' from the large market* make* II rim 
Ideal phut' for house with a -hu- 
'•niirti.'sy of S.irHn IV 
IN TUI SHADOW OR Til l OKI. A IHI\|,V 
Al’I’ldC TBKK. NKAItl.Y POI'll 
YEA ICS OLD. 
; - o - * imp ' I 1 * •* 
" "dull, „||,|. 4 yw. „g„, met Hi, nUillli.T 
iv.t.v.r.T u ii * 1 " «ifn «oi»ii.i hi ..j 
, 1 All lit rill (grown iootU or *. nn 
-balde nature mm be |„„| fl) , rcfre.hhml 
l-i" prl. es Soiiip of ihpsp I ipuite: 
Ijelun not wlfhitt iindlng Hiai aevetm |, m 
die. I freight uni of this Jaiei I mil 
iiorlliward I,. Knnsa* i'll,. e„n Is- I 
hi any time from July t„ e„bl weaibm f, 
" ""d" • a-h and th. ., of a „„,| >u ., 
Per.' uimurpasM'd. Mi,«ki„. Ion-, dvlb-lou 
a nectar, ure a eel, la per do/.en, a It Imug 
He-I too 0 ". sent away III, ..rail, In . , 
loud.. Urn pes alua, i UK< . t<Itlk> rn , 
nearly given n wllJ . , t „ lllni| fl 
Dm in— i. The reason fur this humble prim 
attached In so line a fruit Is that tlic r„p 
matures and Is in Its prime during the heat 
of August, and shipment is Impossible r\- 
,-ept in refrigerator ears, which are l.ni ,-x- 
pi nslve. 
IVrry «.*ttOiiio, Norman an I okJahuinn 
('it, are thriving Imvns giving many Did 
.ation* of thrift and progress «> wore 
well liupress'sl with the rxccIIciji H'dinul 
and enlli hail, ling- whieli plitlnlj proved 
I he Splrlr of the people. The seliool. olililili 
.mil so, U,| privileges already nlTered, are 
n|UiiI to Hi." fllturdnil In many old slates. 
A hunt j : * ,T p.m. the Rvd II Ivor was eio.-sfil 
HU .1 ghoil Steel bridge, and we nrrlvcl al 
1 'nnell In the Indian Territory. 
Indian Territory. 
We laid expected gnttt tilings of all tile 
niUldr, tra versi'il, hilt It was ilnleml a -ur 
prise in see such crops .iml Imsim— luwiis 
In the bind of Die lie. I mail. Yot nearly 
all Ibis rnrmlna and liuslnes- is he III- •IiiIji* 
by white men. The rlrli lioHiini lands are 
leased of the Indian- on tin-.- In nils are 
crow n great props of eo thill ami porn 
We were rellahly informed Hint an hit 
rueiiBO loudness was done by the meri.liants 
in the varlmis towns. Ardmore, a town In 
the territory, Is said to have TJ.rHin pnpii 
lation ami elainia to handle rnnro c-ntton 
than any oilier Inland pine. In Die cinintry 
rerhaps I lie greatest -iirpriso to one Is Hie 
Idee clfiss r»f people uUe meets In many or 
flle-e townii. Hll.tlliess tlieu that W.llllll de 
credit to most any pbo e. while bealtbfnl. 
neatly dressed ladie* Indieiited that tin 
white man ami Ids family liml laUen all 
ihe element- pe-slhle nf i Ivtll'/.atlon with 
them to tills land of the Indians 
Date in tin- a Demon n, flulnoHYillc, Tex., 
mis rcaelinl, a very wide awake town v it li 
uicimpiditnu airs II we we saw anine o r 
the largest mid eludiTSt pcaelle*, bill." "ol 
shipment to northern pointu, of prnlmldj 
imj thing liefurr observed this sen-mi 
"T In- -hades of alght drew 011 ujdl.ee" In 
northern IVvan, 'mill its groat euro, initial, 
wlieai and pasture Helds. 
At 0:ir» p. in our train arrived ol l-'ml 
""tlk "here „o were met In Mi. .1 H 
Maker, Hu* nurseryman, who-, guosi we 
weio Ariel a III resiling lllght'a P'Sf. we 
wer.' i-nDducted by Mr. linker will, hor-> 
find buggy over main points of luicri'si m 
• he ten procn-sslve e|f, or Ifort Worth 
and thence In Ihe COUHttt to view llipli 
nui'oi-y, on-ha id ami rum,.' Wo wore sbotvu 
"" W'tvlc I'him w|i|, di gin" : so well and 
prodlie, .. on I, exi „H(.„, , f n ,|| 
Hi" the fruit from the tree ami can li'sllT) 
both to Die Vigor or the tree and Ho • '• 
"'"■•nt "iiallly of iio- fruit. 
\V, view.. I Die new m green, the Itw 
■mi" My Drill, l.D w ill, 'll ,vc hope 
K,v ." "'"d. is ,i| Kiiliie I'ullllo lime 
I bis I- Indeed a beaiitif ill tree and very 
<>i inimeiitni Mo dnntd " a 
J n h 1 1 1 ' . ' to || h t„ to, lined t„ i,„ „ divan 
‘-’•owmg mil' li Mgliej ||, an six to . Iglil 
1 h'" b.'iiaMful evergreen I-. a Inbrtit 
bet ,, eel. Dm (ini, let, Arborvlta 
"el It.llno-iM.ra s. | m, rrosa . Hint Mil- bv 
"lillzatloo Is pn.-ibb* baa been tb lileil In 
Ml"," ire., u rowels, y, I || |» mi«|IU sl loua Id., 
Hilo IIS Hi- bad . on, lush, proof by our rib 
-••rvatlon. lor tie -,- ire,-,* a,., all grow „ 
fioH, •nttljig. la lieu from grown or grow 
u ’ l "’ 1 ' '‘'O om-p lu a while, a* If 
