Georgia Historic Newspapers

    Good Eoadg.
The spirit of road improvement b
abroad in she land, and it is too ag
gresaive to tolerate the old state ol
things much longer. Ith&s been fasten
ed by several causes. First, it is a nat¬
ural offspring from our p regressive
age; second, she prevailing cheapness
of horse flesh makes savipg of it less
ne.eisary to farmers, so that faster
driving and heavier loads are the or
der of the day; third, She bicycle
“fills a long-felt want,” and has
"come to stay.” These, and sundry
other conditions call for better roads.
Our state is as yet too thinly set¬
tled to afford any really good roads;
but fairly good roads, vastly superior
to most of those now existing, can be
had at a comparatively small outlay,
if knowledge on the subject is em¬
ployed and natural resources under¬
stood and taken advantage of. It is
the writer’s object in itlhis and follow¬
ing articles to impart some practical
information on She subject for the
benefit of the general public as well
as those in charge of road work.
Form of the Road Bed.
The form or shape—cross section—
of the road is one of its principal
features.
If a plow runs too deep we move
the backhand farther back, or we
shorten it, or we shorten the traces.
Any one of these processes will cause
the plow to run shallower because
the horse lifts a greater portion of it
that he did before. It is equivalent
to making the horse higher. If a
man pulls a wagon by the ends of the
shafts, he has harder work to move
it than if he grasps the shafts farther
back, because in Ohe latter cose the
wagon is partly lifted, so that the re
sis tenee of the wheels tigainst the
ground is lessened. From this it is
evident that a horse's work is lighter
on a road tha' is higher in the cen¬
ter, where he travels, than at the
si ties, where the wheels run. Simply
as far as esise of draft is concerned,
it is plain that the softer and more
resisting the road is, the higher
should be the middle, until a certain
limit is reached. As both single and
double teams, horses of different
heights, and vehicles of different
kinds and construction travel over
the road, it would be useless to lay
down any rule lor the precise rise of
the middle line above the sides at a
certain distance from it; about seven
inches above the sides six feet away
will probably suit all couditions the
best, on a level road, while it should
be more on a sloping road.
Wagons and buggies used in Flor¬
ida are in most oases made in other
states, where the average horse is
larger than ours. For this reason we
see a small horse draw a buggy
whose whiffletree is so high up
that the trac re ° n a ^ eVe *’
case t^Sht>r»e_cfta^t_mt
of the loud, which increases
in resistance when the horse track is
lower than the wheel tracks, as is too
often the case. If a higher horse was
substituted, the traces would no
longer be horizontal, but sloping to¬
ward the buggy, and this meant that
the animal lifted the vehicle slightly
out of the sand, and thus had lees
resistance to overcome. Or if we
made the horse track a few inches
higher than the wheel tracks, the
small horse would have the same ad¬
vantage.
But a convex cross section of the
road lied is necessary also for another
reason. When the middle is the high¬
est part of the road, and tihe sides
slope away from it evenly, the rain
water will run off laterally into the
ditches as soon as it comes down, and
in many tiny streams, each too small
to w-ash away earth, and the road is
kept dry and firm. Where the middle
is the lowest part, as it usually is,
the water will gather there and run
down thill in a conceittrated, damag¬
ing stream, washing the old gullies
deeper and channeling out new ones.
The high, unworn places are left in¬
tact, but the hollows increased in size
and depth. The more the road slopes,
the greater the damage done.
The road should be made as safe as
possible at all times. If it is properly
rounded and the track kept in the
center, there is no danger of running
into the ditches on dark nights, for
-s soon as the vehicle leaves its prop
»r -rack the driver will feel it, and
its inclination he knows how to
guide it back. And when two drivers,
bearing this in mind, meet in a pitch
dark night, they will not collide; for
the horses come straight toward each
other and will slack up in time to
warn the drivers.
Yet another point should not be
omitted. In dry weather and high
winds many wagon loads of soil are
carried off each mile of road daily.
On a fiat road this waste is greater
because the surface is exposed to the
wind ali Bhe time; is it uneven, the
soil in the hollows is the loosest and
first blown away, making the track
rougher than before. But if the road
is properly graded up and even, ael
om more than one-half of it is ex¬
posed to the full fury of the wind at
a time, ami there being no obstruc¬
tions to resist the wind, comparative¬
ly little soil is lost.
The best theoretical cross section
for any road is that of a pa.renBhesis
[(] convex side up, the curve
ning in the bottom at the dit-ch or
gutter on one side and ending in that
on thrt other side. This shape is nee
essary for the streets in a town,
make them more roomy and safe. Bat
a d ioad van tag*- is. that the sterile sub
so: : exposed along tfle sides has Uttle
aohsokm sad is ncapsbte to soon
ressH wish p si m i M It
tether, and ia thus easily crumbled
>v wheels and washed by rains.
xmntry roads, where the travel is re¬
stricted, only th« oeutral two-third*
need be eosnsa; an almost level
shoulder may be left on stds,
wish she origiaai turf undisturbed,
and she vmUe of the ditehee steep.
These shoulders, when smoothed off,
make good tranks for wheelmen end
pedeexri&ne, and She grassroots help
to solidify the raed.
Where the road makes a sharp
bend, the outside of the bed should
be elevated a few inches. This is nec¬
essary on a railroad and s race track,
but mot so on a common road; yet It
is desirable, for the road should be
constructed for fast as well as slow
’ravel. If in a curve the road surface
is flat, a rapidly running horse’s feel
strike the ground with the edges oi
one side only, and he is liable to slip
If he draws a vehicle, its weight will
come more or less on the inside
wheels (or wheel) only, while the
outside ones sometimes do not touch
the ground at all. This is hard on
rood, horse and vehicle, and for that
reason the outside should be raised
more or less, depending on the sharp
ness of the curve, to give a solid
track far every wheel and hoof. And
articles in a wugon that is driven fast
around the curve will then remain in
place instead of trying to “fly off at
tangent.” H. E. Lagergren.
Starke. Pla.
Cheap Poik for the South.
A southern correspondent ocf She
Ilural New Yorker asks as follows:
Are artichokes, ehufas and other
comparatively new crops more profit¬
able for the southern hog raiaer than
corn, sweet potatoes, jieanuta and
the other well-known southern crops?
What is the cheapest way to make
pork in the Gulf states?—Texas.
The following replies were received
from the director of the experimental
Italians of Mississippi and Louisiana:
No one crop will moke “the cheap¬
est hog food” for the south, though
half a dozen ones may be the cheap¬
est at different times of the year. For
Marly spring, 1 prefer turf oats, vetch¬
's and alfalfa, the latter lasting well
through the summer. For early fall
feed, sorghum is the cheapest., and a
:i title later, sweet potatoes and peanuts
will make more pork in proportion to
their cast titan will any other crops
we grow. On suitable soil, such as
may be found on almost every farm,
from 200 to 100 bushels of sweet pota¬
toes oan be grown per acre, and the
hogs do all the harvesting. Peanuts
ire grown almos/t as easily, and
hough the yield is not half so large,
they are worth, acre for acre, fully as
much as the sweet pottartoe*. These
last until l)ooem>b©r, v\^hen «urti
' W tr Ay, HU t ' .ig ' gf ppl.v
ot green food, all of which is
ed by the hog’s themwelvea, 143 keprt,
un/til omits aud alfalfa OtPe ready again,
I have tried St-achys, chufaa and wev
enal other similar crops, buit -have
found none which gives as good re¬
sults as those named above.—8. M.
I’racy, Mississippi Experiment Sta¬
tion.
We have had exrteiiBive experience
fli the growing of whait might be call¬
'd the forage crops for hog and stock
purpose*, and upon such soils as -we
have in Louisiana, neither the arti¬
choke nor the chufa is as profitable
to grow as many other crops bliat. we
c-ouId substitute in tlheir place. We are
growing very successfully in several
j>arte of this state, hogs upon a most
economical scale, by adopting Bhe
following policy: In Bhe fall of Bhe
year, rusit-proof oats are sown, which
ripen early in May. Upon these oats,
the hogs are turned (small areas at a
time), and as soon as the oaits are de
stroyed, a crop of sweet corn is p
proaehing maturity in an adjoining
lot. Upon this the hogs are turned,
and so abtra<“tive is the corn that, at
: Ji is stage, they will devour each
its Ik, ear and all. From the corn field
iiey are turned into an adjacent lot
>f early sorghum, where they demol¬
ish the stalk in the same way. From
his they are turned inito an adjoin¬
ing lot. of Spanish peanuts. From
liis they are turned into a corn field
filled with early Whip-poor-will pens
Of course, if ia needless to sat that
hey will greedily devour all of these
plants. From the corn field, they are
turned into sweet potaito patch**
which last until late in Bhe fall, when
the hogs are ripe for the shambles,
fn this way, Bhe hog is made to gath¬
er hi* own crop, feed himself, and by
i rotation of crops, a small area will
be able to furnish a large amount of
forage. There is one farmer in this
sca-te who, last year, raised 07 hogs,
weighing over 250 pounds apiece,
upon less than 10 acres of ground
sown and harrested in the above
itanner and the only absolute money
■ost to him was the labor in cultivat¬
ing the crops, which was very small.
! regard the sweet potatoes and Span
-»h peanuts as being, perhaps, the
most profitable feed we can grow. I
may say further, tha>t by the addition
of an alfalfa pateh, which is ready
for the hogs in early winter if sown
in October, we can carry hogs the
whole year through upon fresh fields
ind pastures new, all of which will be
ntoritiou* and fattening, a«id in
t:h ’ s vra - v - ' ru> ? nairing can be corned
" >n in ^ ***** of Louisiana
' lan * n an - v portion of
“ estimated that
’* fanners are. by tbia premess,
rai *ing bogs a* a net cost of less than
one-half cent a pound —Wm, C.
^tobbs. Louisiana Expsrtmao* 9*s-
Ayer's (j
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Cherry
Pectoral 'i
k ^
i
costs more than other inedi
' cines. But then it cures more S
» than other medicines.
i Most of the cheap cough <i
ii medicines merely palliute; «
i> they afford local aud tempo- >
i> rary relief. Ayer's Cherry <j <
r Pectoral does not patch up or v
palliate. It cures.
Asthma, Brouchitis, Croup,
"Whooping Cough,—aud every
other cough, will, when other 5
■ remedies fail, yield to
j Ayer’s .
ii Cherry Pectoral
It has a record of SO v
S year* ot cures. j
Send lor the ‘‘Ourebook’* <
—free. <j
ll /' J. C. Ayer Co., Bo well, Mass. ; 1
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AROIND 1 11il WORLD, __________
Important Happenings In Ail Parts
of the World.
•Hurt Stories Told bf (he nkmft
About EvtrrtblM root * 00 -
where— Storms, Tr»l» le Merles,
Bte., Kte. tttc.
PAYING HIS BROTHER’S DEBTS,
A Danville, Vo., special to the IMs
natch says: John W. Holland has filed
a deed of assignmenlt to Berryman
Green, trustee, to secure notes and
debts on which he was endorsed for
his brother, the late C. O. Holland, to
an amount aggregating *148,100. The
assets consist principally of valuable
real estate in the business portion of
the city, an Interest iu the tobacco
Inuniiesa and bank stock, and per
sonallty of every description.
creditor* are principally bunks In
I>anville, Lynchburg, Richmond, Ro¬
anoke, Norfolk, Baltimore, Chatham,
Stuart, and other points, which hold
notes of C. G. Holland, endorsed by J.
VV. Holland. The assessed valuation
by the latest assessment of the prop¬
erty conveyed is *170,000, aud con¬
servative buslneas men are of the
opinion that it will pay every dollar
of 'the ^ISTSa
signiter owe.s not & dollar of
aJl ithe indebtedne>»s being In*
eurred as endoreer or wecurlty for the
late C. G. Holland,
A GEORGIA TRAGEDY.
Charles VV. Wilscm was killed at
WaycrottM, Go., toy Warren H. Wil¬
liams, and th« lartter was adjudged
guilty of murder toy the coroner’,
jury. Tlie tragedy occurred In the
lobby of the Southern hotel. Four
shots were fired, two toy Wilson and
two by Williams. Hr. William* sur¬
rendered to the sheriff, aud to the
coroner’s jury he made hi* statement.
Mr. Williams is manager of ths hotel,
having 00 me to Way cross -two
months ago from GrainesviHe, Ga.,
where he was manager of the Arling¬
ton. He graduated from Emery Col¬
lege. He is proprietor of the Hart¬
well (Ga.) Bun. He is well connected
in North Georgia. Mrs. William*, hi*
young wife, is pretty and accom¬
plished. She arrived only « week or
two ago from Atlanta, where she was
ill for two month* from typhoid fever
in St. Joseph’s Infirmary. Mr. Wilson
was about 25, and a handsome man.
His father, Ooloncl I. (1. Wilson, re¬
sides at Demopolis, Ala. Mr. Wilson
was a nephew of J. C. 8. Timberlake
of Hotel St. Simmon* Island fame,
and was prominent in society in Geor¬
gia and Alatxuna. He was popular,
and a Chesterfield in manner*.
For hoarseness, loss of voice, and
all affection* of the vocal organs, the
favorite remedy with many clergy¬
men, singers, actors, auctioneers, snd
public speakers is Ayerr’s Cherry Pec¬
toral. Am an anodyne-expectorant, its
tw-neficlal effect* are promptly real¬
ized.
McCULLAGH’S DEATH.
Joseph B. McCullagh, editor of
St. I*>uis Globe-Democrat, and one ot
the best-known newspaper men in the
country, i» dead, a* a result of a fad
of twenty-five feet from the window
of his apartment* at tlie residence ot
hi* sister-in-law. Mr*. Kate Manion.
,vt 3837 West ifine Boulevard. Th,.
body, wfliich was cold In death and
r-iad only in a night robe, was dlscov
-■ red iry Mrs, Manion’s colored man
-ervsret abcait 7 o’clock a. m. Wa*
ers, the colored servant, upon seeing
the body, ran frightened into the
bouse, where be told the cook of the
discovery. He immediately called Mrs.
M ar! ion, wh had not yet arisen, and
hrr that yf r . MeUiillagh had
-• fallen out of hts window and killed
himself.” Mrs. Manion dlspa'ched
: ,,, r eoachman to summon Dr. C. H
j{, 1( fhes. w#io resides in the neighbor
hofK j ^ n<j who wfLM Mr McCallagV-i
■ physician durmg his la«t illm-s*. He
hastened to Bhe bouse, and. after ex
am jning the body, ordered it rsnssved
housa
Dr 1-tgW M'Mtai that M«
eallagli had comtuititeu a id*, but
the coroner’s jury returnedA. verdict
of accidental death.
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A Yellow Croons
A ilah man living life oU of .tut
suburbs of Hew York bas soaner-ed
crocus bulbs all over his lawn. In
the early spring the love.;- bowers
blooxn in profusion, tonsact in Beds
near the south piazza, as* peeping
through the grass in thexpeoted
places and lighting up with rich col¬
ons—purple, gold and vhFte- -the
broad of turf.
Only the intimate trienfis of the
owner of these crocus tielo under¬
stand his devotion to this beautiful
spring flower. They know what he
means when in an tkb$4kvminJded
way he says thait he owes «d Ids suc¬
cess in life to s yellow eroeu.
A young Englishman, hi nan** to
America with a few hundred dollars,
his mother’s savings, in s; inch of a
career. The time* were ll 1 and he
was disappointed in not lj ding cm
ploy meant. Vicious oornp lone led
him astray. Dissipate ; \;i| I followed
by card-playiug mekfl [log. He
went mU vulily down'^jH ,;|||
The crisis of his to on
a Sunday afternoon in J spring,
Par a month he had tieeiA® g lieav
ily at cards and he warn :||| end of
his resources.
Two gamblers, wfiioaejl o!. ick hod
been as bud as his own, e*i to in
traduce him to a gang oounter
feiters, whose operations sflne mark
edly successful. ■
In s tit of desperation ugreedjjf, onjthe prerl
night he hud join the
eoimter/eiiters aiui to a? thpii
agent in putting their ulent pa¬
per money into circulate” le was to
meet the leaders of the ig at five
il1 t ' hv afternoon, a few miles .'torn
Wl< -' city, in the bar room o‘ u country
tavern.
Having a tong walk befi* him he
had made an early start id was
sauntering along at an U.sy pace.
(teaching the limit of city pavements
),<. had followed an old country road
which reminded him at h<i home in
ru , rlu ] England.
He stopped in front of * (tidy farm
house to draw a Inicket. of* iter at a
w ,.n As he stalled over o lift, the
bucket upon the vlwlf, b oaught
nigh* (r f a yellow crocus growing close
, () urell-oiirb.
j( J 1 irH mother’s favorite flower,
v round Ulie doorstep of'the farm
house in Englaml wlmre he hod been
born she liad pfamuai or^cua bulbs,
and cvrv spring till ere a bright,
oheirry l.laze of color in which she
and her cih/ildreu revelle.l,
He looked at the floe Vr .n.l iisaiU
ed the errand U(xw .Vlinh he nad
»tar<«L He knocked atilihe farm
doou and artke<I If have
Hie crocus. a—
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g<ssl "it moUu'.r reminds iuYH i^^ ‘of my
With the eroot the®^c' * ..UTtat bon-hole
he strolled to ami;. sMted up
and .town tlie mod. The\"i5* went
liis hack eageriueas bo town, on-;iking to escape in 1 ptabtou; , run In
_
and on Bhe wtay resolved t u abandon
his criminal aNsociaies
Tii* inoidwnl, allows Ui«t a brifle
may restore a lost link In n"neglected
memory or a broken tiopA To Bhe
rescued presligal his yellow -Kower be
cam* God’s token and he has good
reason to love its company -Youth's
Oompanion. Jk
Growing Castor Beam •
Tlie cultivation of cantor l**ns does
not differ materially fnom that of
corn. In a country where U)‘ e seasons
are short the richest, ground,* 8 BOB d**"
sirable ius it ha* a beudeuicj f*> moke
too mnull stalk; therefore on gxiod,
rich soil, where there is i ° ' ea -r of
cliinch bugs, it is not tlie je*x*t desir
abte crop. But upon light w ,, *i> where
fertility in tint be f osier er 1 . W- is a
splendid crop to raise, mA- H wiith
Htanri* dry weather and 1x-f- r 't at all
disturbed by chinch bugs. After the
ground has become ward Jn Bhe
spring, as early a* possible! •*> avoid
all danger of frost, after flh* beans
have sprouted, plaint »nd cil*t* v *1c In
hills same a* corn. When tihe first
pods have matured, select try piece
of ground, thirty to sixty 1 square,
according to ttiie size iff tiie^p'°P, ’here ful
ly exposed to the sun, nd no
water will sitand in any - von Scrape
H po-rfaut ly lorei and ba-e of I grass
(fr iseotis. Su: irt wi th]
iinoffic < ung to
k«*jp i ts- beau* from pop|*T V "to, of
the enclosure, Tins favorite way to
cut is to have a one-home si xi with a
'""X thereon as large a* will rtide ire
tween the row* w1 1 ere the titaUflS are
nort too high. A two-borse wagon Im
sometime* used, a* in gathe i iag corn,
Eh* teem * are cut as tilie po¬ ia mature
and are flrat piled upon She yard un
til they have dried and oornrr teneed to
pop; Bhey are then spread th inly over
the ground, If “here is res, n on th<
yard they • may l>e spread art. once,
where they are ailowci to ,ay uati ‘
they have fully popjmd. 'jFhcy are
then scraped up and clooneo wiBli an
ordinary fanning mill. They p°P vrith
<*mKid**raebke forr*, a»nd butt tor Bhe
enclosure a great many won I J be lo»t
When -the weaAber is fine t? <ty must
l»e cut every seoood or ti drd day.
When they are first piled ^f»n ^ the
yard rain doe* not injure t.l **m, but
after they have popped rain blockons
them and injure* their sale,
IV«rvi* or tarpaulins im <*t be at
hand, and in She event of a i *ki they
must, be swept in plies -*nd covered,
and when the ground has di ^ *«/
may be respread. Ord or J 'hey
yield from tmtUva to #gb*ser -.usbsls
per acre. After a heavy frost, while
there will be a good many yet uncut,
they are of little value. Very little
c&pi’tttJ, or in-HLuit inwry l with coixsituMit
easy work is required, and the crop
numerou* advantages tn
many loos fit tee.—Prairie Farmer.
Fatfnmm Grande.
This is a good old plant that la not
cultivated to half the extent that it
deserves. Its beauty and ease of cul¬
ture should recommend it to all, yet
it is seldom seen in the collections of
imateurs. This can be accounted for
very readily by the fact that it is
listed in comparatively few of the
many catalogues extant ; and in these
few it is given little -pice But why
this exclusion or reticence on the
part of the florists—that is a mystery.
The aBtractiveness of the planit lies
wholly in its foliage, the flowers be¬
ing very insignificant. The leaves
arise upon foot-stalks, six to twelve
inches in height, and are of circular
form, aix or eight inches, or more, in
diiuneter. They are of a leat'lvery text
“re. -kirk green in color, thickly spot
usi with cream or very light yellow,
from which the common name of
plaint ia derived. The toll
igv looks a* if voradahed, ami the
older rt becomes live greater number
and more pronounced tihe spots will
be.
The cultivation i» very simple. It
likes shade, or at least (>art'ial shade,
and a good deal of water; and like
any other plant that Is grown for to
,mge aud not flowers, it should be
supplied with rich soil and s large
pot, for such are conducive to a lux¬
uriant growth. The Farfugiuin es¬
pecially demands room us it has ex¬
tensive lx Hit s.
It ia just the tilling for a window
that receives little or no sunlight, the
tough mature of the foliage enable* it
to resist to a marked degree varia¬
tion of temperature. It. can endure
more tx*ld than most bouse phunts,
for indeed it is almost hai-dy; conse¬
quently if one’s heating upjmra/lus is
not up to dale, and the lire sometimes
goes down ail night, the Farfugiuin
will give much better satisfaction
titan the usual run of plants, for it
will thrive under circumstances to
which tender ones will succumb.
It can be kept free from dust by
vaulting with u sponge or soft cloth,
without fear of injury. It has no In
sect enemies, or if it has 1 have never
seen any sign of them. If one husu’t
room for it. in the house it may be
wintered in the cellar, ana will grow
ill the lxrtU“r ufter its rent. The
plant is increased by division.—Muy
,lower.
Tobacco Growing.
The people of Florida are waking
up to Bhe importance of tobaooo cul¬
ture. There in no quemtion of the
fact that better toibacco can be grown
in Florida than.in any other state in
the Unlion and those Who ought to
knxsw Bay Bliat a leaf equal to .the Ha¬
vana wrupper can be produced In tlie
start*.
Toflwiieoo culture thus for several
yoara received a <rin«idiirai>le amount
of attention in Florida, tout it, has not
been general. It has been mositly con¬
fined to Uudsdcn county and it has
made tflinil county one of the most
pnsqrerolls in the State, giving new
life to traxle as well u« affording the
fanners a profitable industry. The
C'ntoan war and the wsuxflty of wrap
|K>,r tobaetto of liigli griule resulting
from it i* tilie cause of itlie wiil.-sprsad
attention that is now being given to
the lnduHtry. 'IDie farmers of Florida
can supf.ly a pnsluot that wtll take
bhe place of tihe Havana leaf Mini lias
lieen so largely imported lie.relofore,
and the prowpcoi now is t/liat tlicy will
supply it to u cons'i.leral.le extent.
The war in Cuba drugs along and
no one can tell when It will end
Those wflio plant totsuoo in Florida
will have at least one year of freedom
from Cuiban competition and may
have more. At any rate American
tobooeo is protected and this will give
our grower an advantage, Wliertiher
just or unjust even after the Cuban
war ends. If as experts say our state
can produce as gissl tobacco as Mint
grown iu Cuba the growers will al¬
ways find a rcod.v markot ami gissl
price*.
In bhe pasb bhe agricultural classes
of Florida have paid too tnuoli atten¬
tion to a very few crops, ThiH ml*
take is now lieiog rocbilled. The freeze
taught our |ssq>le diversified agricul¬
ture and though it ami the state a
vast amount at the time there is
every prospect tth.vt it will ultimately
prove a blessing. 'Hie farmers of Flor¬
ida iiave not givan to tobacco culture
the afbtemtfon it, dewervnrl. Tlliey ae*m
to ie- at last waking up to the oppor¬
tunity Uiey might have gr<ui|md long
ago, and though late tlie interest in
the subject like all rrtiher lieneficial
nivnement* is bet/ter coming late than
c/m jing never.
The diversity nliat agriculture in
Florida i* cajiable of is remarkable.'
Nowhere else in tihe Unon can it be
found. . Tlie Eton . da i of , the - past . paid ,,
HtUU-nt'uni U* ontriff**H, and
th<* fv-HtiJt w:m nrark^U* and
low prices The Florid, of the future
bid r fair to distribute ita attention
among almost all the product* of
the tropics am) Blie teiujatrate zone,
and Its . producU . . few . if ..
atmmg many
any will lie more profit aide than to
banco. This diversity Which is so
§ for the ., future, . . .. It realized .
promising
as it shreild be. will pirt an end to She
e-rii of over-supply so far a* the peo¬
ple of ithis state are <■ouceraed snd
make Florida Hhe nctet jevwperous
state in the t.'nion. JscksonrlUe
Ibmoc Tk t.
5 UUUU MLLlUAlOH SKINS WANTED.
MtMMMttMMWtmUW
W ill pH\ \ Oil fOT , HHllJil ^ VtJI 4 l** O 20 CCD t8J 5 to b iti
40 t-entn; 6 to 7 ft., t>0 cents; 7 ft. and ap, 86 cents.
Actual nwasumnemt and prompt returns. We also buy tor the highest
market price cow hides, deer skim, wool, beeswax, furs, site. Otters a
specialty. Try us with a shipment and we will convince yon. Send tie
carc j for quotations,
W.R.NAKINSQN COMPANY, KISSIMMEE FI*.
JsuKsoDvms » now tlutsi sro-nruu!
Hotel Geneva,
(kirtM't • or my til wild «v«»»* Mt., J«rh ««*«• vll«(HcI«
Completed In 1895. Modern improvements, baths, etc., on every ls#r.
Gaa and electric lights, passenger elevator. Artistically and elegantly fur
nlshed. Rates per day from *2.00 to $3.00. Weekly rates on application.
Ed. L. Owens. Proprietor
IS" MACRO DEAD?
\ special from Havana Says Re
ports that Macro is alive are coining
MllstAlUly frolll the ticUi, and all tend
to show thait he is recuperating rap
idly. betters received in Havana from
^ medica , a , t1< , n d«„ta explain the
|m(uro (>f |)ia womH | s Mld infirm
previous reports of the character of
saine lx>|) ,^ t the Btory of Zer
tuclva’a treachery.
They say that Maceo, with his staff,
were wounded, managed tio escape and
of truce, and that Clrujeda unit) his
forces were nmbushed As soon a-.
Maceo appeared the Spumianls opened
fire. Maceo, being In front, fell from
hie horse. Gome/ also fell at Ills aide.
The rest of the stall', some of whom
wer wounded, managed to escape ouil
reached Baldoniere Acosta's camp,
who Instantly gathered nil Us auv.vU
Poroe anil rushed to the assistance
They made a desperate tight and
covered the 1 km lien and carried the ap
[►arently dead Maceo with them.
He remained nmxmacious four days
and tlvx' nights, and when prcjwirtsl
for burial it was found that he was
still alive. An anil aa lie was able to
be transported lie was oa rifled, with
the greatest cure and under strong es¬
cort, to the Cienega hospital, though
others say to Sguainea.
It appear* that the (irojecl of the
CuI nui*, n« soon as Mucea Is aide to
move, Is to send him to the United
.State*, and a steamer lias already
been ordered for |He purpose, and
thus |M*racmally prove Mint he is alive.
Urealt exeitement prevails in llavamt
over tlie news. It. is widely discussed,
and even the Spaniards are talking of
the posslbill'ty of his Itelng nlivc. A
ineinber of (lie produce exchange cre¬
ated a senwitloai, Hie other day, when
he announced the fact, and a commo
■tiun followed.
Tito Spotted Hal lit.
It is a gem us n summer plant, and
Pur pots or garden ll bus few rivals
Huiiullfitl, aleiin, free-growing, and
what one plant- oitn
com blue more kyxjkI quail ties? it in
utterly im.|>o»Hil>le lt> way too much iu
its praise.
'Hie Spotted ( allift never grown to
I,he size attained by the vv inter bloom
iug ( alia, and for that reason il can
1 m* ukisI for decorative purposes where
a plant of larger growth would be
objectionable. I’’he Ica-ves are narraw
er and poinbsl than in tihe common
variety, while the i^niits at tihe l»asc
of the leaf u-re longer makitig tilie loaf
(juitv aiTo>w di ii|Msi. Tin* (lowers, also,
are smailer, not t^n> large for |H‘rHon
nl decoration if one desires.
Tin- S|K>tted ('allu bulb, when plant
id, i* ready for immediate growing
and can Im* 00 1 dirwitly in the sun
liglit. In this rei|s-< l, blM-y arc vastly
Hiipiiiflor 1 to most IiiiHih plantnl for in
iIimu' Irlooiriiliig, for there mud lie
wiiH-itvg wliilc the ronth lire forming
in some dark closet. Soon after plant
iiig a Htth- trUisit will up|K-ar, than Bhe
l*- 0 f will unfold and the peculiar
iMMiiit.y of nil.- plant will In- revealed.
I n color the l<-rives are a lirlgli*
Mjwi^lilly «tccii wl/tli wliifc umrkjiigH.
Beware
Of Mercury!
Mr. Henry Roth, of 1848 South 9th
fltreet, St, Louis, wa* given tlie usual
mercu rial treatment for contagious
blood poison, fie was twice pronounc¬
'd cured, but the disease returned each
time, he was seized with rheumatic
pains, and red lumps and ered sores Ids body. cov
“
“I was in a
■mw says, .!‘* aim . ,!’.
more treat
ment I receiv
crj. I Ill* u, wns rI i
4-fa : a. V seemed to pet.
* A New York
-4 specialist sal
,
ft he COI-ld Cure
' m me, blit
tre-ltmen ,|i Ilia ,1
rue no good
whatever. 1 was stiff
pain*, my left arm was useless so
that I was unable to do even the
lightest work. This was my condition
when 1 beg..n to take H. 8. H., and a
f C vv bolt!- . ixmvin- - d me tli.it I v..is
being benefitted. I continued the
u:u\r, nuA one dozen DOttD s ( urc«
mc „ mln a and well My system and wa* I
un def the effect* of mercury
would hooii have been a complete
^laran^.ur.ly re 7 e(«We)
^only cure SSS
for real blood dis
eases. The mer
curia! treatment
f>f <he df>ctoril a |.
ways doe* more
harm than good. Beware of mercury!
Book ii on the dmciiw: aoa it» treat
ment miiua frec t0 any a ddre»» bj
g w ;ft Specific Co., Atlanta. Ga.
PISO’S CURE FOR 25
la iiB-q i~ -1 Sr tniasa. 1 CTS
The white is not a dot set at regular
intervals, but dashes of white that
give tfhe plant the appearance of hav¬
ing lieen visited by a host of hungry
insects. I'lKni closer investigation
rlie delusion is still greater, for the
white seems thinner t.liun Bite aur
muiullng ffi'wn, though the sur
fart* of tihe U*a»f had lieen eaiten away,
e.vjiosing' tin* Inner substance.
The .S[K>tted Onlla delights In. a
deeji, rich, mellow soil with plenty of
moisture. Indeed, it should never be
allowed to become dry. Shade, partial
or entire, is utao a very neeetS3ary
condition, while fmjuervt applicu-tioais
of liquid tiUMiure art* advisable.
While visiting’ a neig'lrbonng city 1
was very much pleased with the Spot¬
ted (’.alias in the public park. They
had tin* right conditions in regard to
soil, situation aud (attention, and they
developed into |w*rl’eiet s|K,‘iiiien*. So
perl felly grand was eaoli individual
plant that id would he almost imjKwi
alble to say which was the tincat,
those showing blossoms or those with
otihly kmaves.
1 have in my mind an Ideal flower
and I hope to live to realize It. I
will m l a Star of 'll! Cumin alternate
" iUl “ ►’I'wence Vaugiht (Juana, and
a Spotted Cal la flietiween the (annus,
Hvftt I would have ftrst a yellow
* aIInit and a white lily, they a red
U-amwi mud ii while lily. One eould
iiuiltiipl.y .fills arrangetnent ae many
as was possible or desirable ami
M>« , ' llv< ' 1 Vl ' r .v pleasing.—
Nettle VV ilikmna, Michigan, iu May
flower.
M. N. HAl-nttMAN, ('oiirlur-Jouriittl, PresMont or ihoip--)»t tarn*,
vlllo miivm :
Dn. WrNTBBMMiTH sir: 1 wulvn » rule r I tisv«
otMurvud tor many yuars, tlio vuIuh of . your rein.
9 <ly prompting m - to say If rnnal two i’iimom »)
” 1 1 111 ,t to my family rtf U! i man. other i>*m*Mlieg
tool fatted l do not hesitate to expreaa my l»e*
lief Unit . (H.m |s a valoaltle N|N*eifl(i,
aud performs nwportfullf. nil that you proinlMe for it.
Very W. N, IIai.i.kma*.
i%] \i'
Why not Adorn your homo
Wintunwid' 1 Sill r’retticit pKr
titrt« In roion
,-hh Trloduud ftVPr piuounit^l
tru« B<*Um «m to our friends
lit merits »ui<l , iO Don ‘t f«»f 1 to
(1<*V« r t h 11* to | fut oin*. Nfc
•arc. l ake no 3 riilvt rtU'- dour.
•ubMtitiih*- I FREE on it.
W
WintersmithS
(hillTomic
Anyone Who CHILLS How to Oot 0n«
liaw ever rtuf- FEVER Mill tin- ftuul
'"J^ 1 ■ around IU.- ol tii* every Im*
[ 1!V ,. r , malaria, MALARIA bottle Winter
ot«., freayln* ■ irilth'n Toille.
f) t.iiniiTiguptlm f) « III I II U 10, with your port
next, b> aehes racked (rom CURED ofltoe ,fc ti, Arthur Co., address, Louis¬ Peter
1( , B( j t „ TO STAY ville, Ky., sud
knuw« wliat tt tin- picture will
til lured w**n. (f HIIM TO tU »tay \Hi i CURED mailed lei promptly yon
j (Fur chilli, fevsr, n*S»'.
(Vlntsrsmlth’s |U'<
Chill Tonic 1 j Typrt kui-.Iii or mi lofin pi** of mid mnli*rtn. every
Mold by nil DruRidHtM. AOo.Hiid H
fllRTH'JR P r TEB & CO., Whni#»«u A a #«tt
1 o 14 f
E : uc-t.o . i
Body,
Mind,
Morals.
FREE TUITION.
Tl»®
L lorida
Afirrleiiltura.1
ta anpportsd hv vranta from 'ha katlnoa) Oov
,rn | ( ,.|, I, sllt'llthm tot- to all -1 ti flail ta from
Vuirms, Oisa fn« i to ami** nnd (Fm* W nlDIB
bosM *iii» •I N In town. M«u bonr<t at Cut*
b ai M. aa tail tor I ll par a.oi.'h A moat hs Ithy
lot.lloi, I Ollasa a O'saoB nttaliSa all »f dattta
fra* of i h»r*a Ml ItMry "larlcll-.a aiotar * srnds
*' ot Wrat Point* Konr eoooaaof fna'ructlona,
AsrtcO'tnrftl Math tibnl. taitlo. MclrSliB- asd
W ,:„,. ti'a Miiimrlor a<|nl|,mant |„ l.aboratortaa.
(lira. aa*ra«a ol H S »„if A. H. Huai .raa eoitra.
*tvin* Iraa luat- Octlou In ca.ui., ablp, bookkasp
UHf, l.oainaaa l.w, ahoribsiKl, ly, writ In* ao-i
ta'»«r Iihy Vail term o ana Moodsv. 0--t. &th.
1M«I. Por forthar Inform, t on audraaa
0. CLUTE, Pretufent,
Late Crty, Fla
THE
Pierponl MTt Co..
MANUEACTURERS OF
Orange Ritxes,
Pineapple Crates,
Banana Crate**,
Tomato Carriers
And Vegefab'e Crat»s of all kinds
of Superior Quality.
CPESCtWT CUT, FU
5 D 0 f arms for Sa,e aRd Trade.
Swad ft »;•*«im (a for 1st %n <1 tmrma fn
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