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other means; the encampment in the desert; the wild 
Arabs, following their ancient and inherited customs, with 
the camel the central figure and the only means of trans¬ 
portation, his nose buried in the sand to escape the stifling 
simoon while it passes, and the patience with which he 
submits to the burden when it is again lashed on his un¬ 
gainly back. 
Take this view of the camel, and you will be well repaid 
for waiting for the parade. 
A Fuel Supply. 
In the Caroliiias and Georgia it is cotton that is the staple; in 
Florida the crops that pay vary in different regions. The citrous 
fruits—oranges, lemons, grape-fruit, and limes — have yielded from 
1:4,000,000 to ^5,000,000 this season; pine-apples, ^2,500,000 ; toma¬ 
toes, 113,000,000; and potatoes, beans, egg-plants, and peppers about 
an equal amount. Nearly all these fruits and vegetables are eaten 
by peojjle who pay “ fancy ” prices for them, since they are luxuries, 
while fuel is a necessity which even the very poor can not do with¬ 
out. The laws of supply and demand are such that the railroads 
make special rates and provide special facilities for the transporta¬ 
tion of these luxuries, whereas wood, either as lumber or as fuel, 
can not be sent by rail, the prices are so excessive, but must be 
shipped as “ liallast ” for vessels. Some is used locally, being 
made into crates and baskets for vegetables, but no one yet has re¬ 
alized the immense possibilities of these southern forests as afford¬ 
ing fuel for tlie Northern States. An old mill-man has suggested 
that if the .sawdust from the sawmilLs* were to be combined with 
the waste from the turpentine stills and made into fuel-bricks a 
superior kindling could tlms l)e manufactured at exceedingly low 
rates. At the time of the coal strikes during the winter of 1902- 
1903 this suggestion was also made in the Nerv York Herald, and 
several countries aljroad were mentioned in which such fuel-bricks 
were in use. It is stated that the wood of the Florida pine {Piaus 
E/lioliii) warps soon after being cut into lumber, but makes excel¬ 
lent fuel, as it becomes fat with resin when dry . — Froai Fhe Plant 
World. 
