LATEST THING IN FRUIT.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 392, 12 November 1903, Page 6

LATEST THING IN FRUIT.

• ••CBtblca * flamdt Twt* Pf«ch , Flavored with Pfaeaapl* »»d . H»s Rosaantlc Story. *

• Most New Yorker* et least haT« fceard of "dumbbell tenements." but probably no one in America has yet kcq the newest product of scientific gardening—the dumbbell fruit, , says the Herald of that city.

The new fruit resembles a Siamesetwin peach and tastes like & peach flavored with pineapple. It is said <o be delicious—far surpassing 1 any (known fruit in, ithe delicacy of its faTor.

There is a romance connected with the story of its cultivation, and although the fruit comes from an island in the Indian ocean, on the opposite •id» of the world. th« hero of the •tory was an American. It seems that in the year 1886 an American scientist named Jeffreys, embittered by an unfortunate loTe affair, turned his back on civilization and with a Cingalese servant made his home on a 6mall island 1,000 miles ■outh of Ceylon. Here he remained (living a Robin■on Crusoe life) until his death in ISSS, occupying himself with scientific studies and the cultiration of fruit trees. By grafting and other methods he produced several curious varieties-!:!.- most astonishing success be;ner the dumbbell fruit. After the death of Mr. Jeffreys the native servant took a few samples of the new fruit and set sail in a trading vessel for Hombay. The merchants to tthnm he showed his specimens at one«» formed a syndicate and have since been diligently cultivating the pianraior.s left by the American Bcien*t.-,f. r Scv-i. ; shiploads ba»f be»n »old in the Seaport cities of Australia and Tnd'r.\. and'the syndicate i« making preparatio* > to meet an enormous-demand ne\" £f m . -■>:». In fxrodon, where the dumbbell fruit has appeared this season in small quantities, it has met with much favor frcm those fortunate enough to obtain it. A suburban innkeeper, who concov'ted a new drink with the juice of the fruit, did a thriving business. Knr.lish am She la Perrertad. The boast of Americans has been that, no r. at tor where you may go in any part r,f the United States, there is vtry liiile difficulty in under*al3r.iling the dialect. OreT'-n may talk with Florida, or with Arizona, without th.e confusion that arises in- the various cotrssti.-s of England. But if a New York woman is to be believed, a new langit:i?e is springing up in the metropolis* which promises- to develop the worst phases of Anglomania. Vt'hrn she answered a summons to the front door, she encountered a small boy who briefly remarked that he had come.for "de foyndish." "Hie what?" f

"De foyndtsh." "Well," she said, in desperation, "I don't know what you want, but I am quite sirre I haven't got it. Who senr v«>u?"

- "i;e De flogst sent me fur dtf fovndish."

This did not mend matteri, and the boy ivas i.!>ing do>vn the steps when a" light .ividdiuly burst upon the woman's :ni.»d, and she remembered that she had a.~'ced tha f. orist to tend for her fern ui?h. The boy was recalled, i lie dish wan brought, and the amenitie* were restored.—Youth's Companion.

Comn'dirmtm, Ilobb—T was out all last night, and now T can't think of & single excuse to give my wife. Nobb—Why don't you tell her the truth? "But I hate to disappoint her."-

Am Eaterprtafasr J*». A T.sk.hiaia correspondent send* th«» fottuwing tradesman's card e« jbowing h< .t the mrlern Jap a**imiSatps A:«*~r r, ar>. me'hods: "Jewrlrymaker. A in town. Whifky-boy. Xo. 17 A'- >b-» I:fhome. P?mw rhis card to jinr'Vchajnan. Our shop is Vest and obliging worker that has eriryb«dy known and har-lag art-c!fs genSlSe" J"pe :e?a Crystals ard all kinds rt C«r"r*. GHd or s : ?rer ::i <»WtrnT»l;»»<* or pl*!n mevding. Carving in work own name or monograms or eny according to orders we can work how much dif\ir\\'t Job with lowest p:\ces insure, jji'esee try. ores try. P-n'f fr.rg*>; ".-.r!i> V."!i r :kv!" —fh'cajo Chron'clc.