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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21

"Yes," said low voice which emanated
from full set of rank whiskers near by,
"but you are mistaken about the name of
the maker of that tree It was made by the
Columbia Iron Works of this place"
1 now decided to abandon the tree and ad-
mire something else.
UNoBTRUSIvELY FATAL.
The Platte river is queer stream. 1t has
a very large circulation, but has very little
influence. 1t covers good deal of ground,
but it is not deep. In some places it IS a
mile wide and three-quarters of an inch
deep. 1t has bed of quicksand which as
sists it very much in drowning people The
Platte makes very little fuss about it, but
succeeds in being quite fatal. You might
cross the river without even getting your
hose wet, and then again you might find in
crossing the stream you had struck an en-
tirely new country from whose bourne no
traveller returns.
Nebraska is bounded on the north by
Dakota, on the east by Iowa, on the south
by Kansas and on the west by Colorado and
Wyoming. The chief productions are
ruits, including Usage orange and lima
bean. Cereals of all kinds abound here, in
| cluding maize or Indian corn in great pro-
| fusion, broom corn, sorghum and Percheron
horses. The chief industries include agri-
culture, running for the Legislature and
ship building.
Nebraska is a very rich State, with re-
sources on every hand, which as yet have
hardly been tried or fairly started. Coal
infests the bowels of the EARTH Boundless
areas of rich farming lands await only the
agriculturist humoris., who is supposed
to tickle them with the hoe (the westward
ho) in order to make them laugh forth
heartily with abundant harvests. The air
| is pure and whisky is abundant. Hostile
Indians are now quite scarce, it being al
most impossible to get enough for a mess.
| Wild geese, water cress, piZen weed, poll
tlcians and the Salvation Army thrive well
here.
Farms in Nebraska are very valuable, es-
pecially those on Farnam street IN the city
ofOmaha.
Omaha was founded by Fred Nye at the
close of the war. Nye, who is Spaniard
by birth, with rich CASTLE blood in his
veins, discovered the site of Omaha by acci-
dent, and Immediately started paper there
which was followed by the arrival of several
thousand people, who came there to sub
scribe for the paper.
FOUNDER OF THE NYE FAMILYr.
After founding the paper and building a
court house, Mr.. Nye became the head of
what is known all over the civilized world
as the Nye family. From Omaha this
hardy and energetic race moved Eastward,
and with its refinement and cultivation
soon made itself felt in Boston and Show
hegan, Maine. Everywhere the name be-
came the synonym for remarkable strength
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
Only SO

For cravon portraits, life size. Tregano-
vans Picture Store, 152 Wylie ave., Pitts
burg. TuFsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
The Eiur's Adviser.

Bangkok is the first Eastern city I have
visited which has not large foreign colony.
There are thousands of men and women
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
PLACID POLITICS.

Nebraska was organized as a Territory
May %, 1854, and she figured prominently
in the great Kansas-N ehraska bill intro
duced by Stephen A. Douglass, the fight
over which was undoubtedly the skirniish
in the early gray of the morning of that day,
which at its close found the negro Of
America free man, but out of job; a
citizen with ballot, but dull market for
it; sovereign with no possessions; a
prattling infant suddenly requested by the
law to be full-grown man.
Slavery does not exist In the State of Ne
braska to-day, and politics is said to be very
pure. l gather this FROM the papers. The
Republican press admits the purity of the
Republican party in Nebraska, and tacitly
the Democratic papers refer to the chastity
of the ballot in that party. am glad to
know this at a time when corruption seems
to creep into politics elsewhere and embitter
the lives of the many. even driving out of
public life many who would otherwise be
willing and almost glad to mix up with it.
1 may truly say that it is really the ameni-
ties of public life which have kept me out
Of it. dread opposition and vituperation
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21

strive to do it, but he will never succeed.
How beautiful, how wonderful, are the
works of the Maker
eyes" said low voice which emanated
from a full set of rank whiskers near by,
''but you are mistaken about the name Of
the maker of that tree. It was made by the
Columbia Iron Works of this place.
1 now decided to abandon the tree and ad-
mire something else
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21

ConsuIs in China.
As to the consuls in China, they are all
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-25

The Louisiana grass does we'll on our
high compact lands, better on our low
compact lands, but not so well on our
light scrub oak lands. Nevertheless it
will succeed better there than any grass |
know, and would nodoubt make excellent
pasture with moderate tefertilizing. But of
course it will pay to moderately fertilize
the grass in any pine soil. Possibly we
can compare soil in this way: Bermuda
on the best pine land here is absolutely
worthless unless fertiliZed.
The Louisiana grass, here is, on the
natural soil when it seeds about TX feet
high; blades from base four to nine
inches high
| should think that now, in Lake Co.,
would be proper time to SOW seed, as
other grasses are not growing at this
time. For the same reason the sets could
be best set during the winter AS it is
a perennial it will be injured by frost.
In regard to how well the seed germi-
nate cannot say The grass is slow to
start, but once started spreads very fast
Sets placed 2x2 would no doubt cover
the ground in one year. This would re-
quire about 13 900 to tie acre. Sets 2x3
about 5000 to acre.
forgot to mention that the grass
makes very fine lawn, and grows well
in moderate shade. This grass is. entire
ly different from the Texas blue grass
The Texas blue grass is purely a winter
grass. PRENTICE BAILEY.
Glen ST. Mary, Baker county, Fla.
In another letter dated a few days later
Mr.. Bailey adds that the grass is not at
all troublesome in cultiva ted ground, as
one blowing is sufficient to kill it. Par
ties who wish to give this apparently very
desirable grass trial, can probably OBJ
tain seeds or sets by addressing Mr..
Bailey.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-25
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Intensive Cultivation Paws.

The American Agriculturist about a
year ago, offered prize of $500 for the
largest yield of corn to one acre in the
United States. The Agricultural Depart
ment of the State of South Carolina Of
fered like amount, provided the Ameri-
can Agriculturist's prize was captured by
any citizen of South Carolina. Mr.. Drake,
of Marlboro county, S. c., gives only
seven pounds short of 225 bushels of
shelled corn on a single acre. South
Carolina retains the world s record, which
she has held for full thirty years-of 200
bushels made by DR.. Parker. believe
South Carolina also holds the record of
having made 1877 bushels of oats on a
single acre and 1 300 bushels of sweet po-
tatoes on single acre. Mr.. Drake re-
ceives 81 900 in prizes for his acre ofcorn,
and the greater worth in satisfaction for
getting more corn by fifty-fve bushels
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-25
The Eruitlapd Grape
OSCAR KRAUsE.
Manatee, Fla.
his is described as follows:

This is described as follows:
The grape is large and almt st black,
grows in short, thick clusters, is full of
juice and has the flavor of Muscadine
The vine is a prolific grower and the
grapes ripen fn October, just when there
is scarcity of fruit f.
The wine is of a peculiarpink in color,
and Mr.. Tully says these grapes will
make five or six gallons of wine to the
bushel.
A Floridian showed samples of the
grapes to Mr.. Earnest, an expert, who
says they are of the black scuppernong
seeding variety and are the finest grapes
in the world.-Ex
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-25
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
No Market For The Sweet Potato.

NO market For 1no sweet FOCaCO.
In your last number you say: eff our
people will devote their attention to the
matter of finding a market for the sweet
tubers (potatoes) we are confident that
they will find the business of raising
them very profitable.
Now, two years ago had about four
acres in potatoes, made $50 bushels
in all, but l could find no market up
north and west. shipped to Hobson &
Co., Philadelphia, thirty-one barrels, re-
ceived $26.70 in February; six barrels to
Pancoast & Griffith, Philadelphia, re-
ceived 40 cents in stamps in March;
twelve barrels to g. L. Palmer New
York, received about three dollars in
April; six barrels to Woodward & Co.,
Baltimore, in April. and received def
cheney bill for 81 98.
The potatoes l shipped were of the
Early Golden and Key West yam Zone
half of each). All first-class potatoes
raised on high hammock.
The next year | tried again. l wrote
all over the United States to find mar
ket, most of the commission merchants
wrote back it would not pay farmer in
Florida to raise sweet potatoes for Nor
thern markets, as the market is fully
supplied all the year round except per-
haps May and June, and then you can't
ship a first-class potato. (One-half of the
potatoes will be sound, the other light
and hollow.) In Virginia whole counties
raise nothing but sweet potatoes for
Northern markets, and so in the Carroll
mas and Georgia, and their potatoes
always sell from one-third to one-half
higher than Florida sweets.
OSCAR .KRAUsE.
Manatee Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-25

nevertheless the field is now covered
with a close continuous turf of this grass.
The same Transformation is taking place
in turned out patch of scrub oak soil.
3. know that it forms as close turf
as Bermuda for | see the two side by side.
In the same way notice that it stands
more tramping and grazing.
f. On poor land it furnishes much more
pasturage than Bermuda. see the two
here growing side by side. In fact the
Bermuda will do nothing here unless fer
tilted.
5 | see that it stands drought better
than Bermuda, and l notice that it is not
killed by floods unless the water stands
over it for some time.
6. 1t seeds very abundantly and | in
fer that the seeds germinate fairly well at
least, from the fact that isolated spots,
where the native grass has been destroy
ed quickly become covered with it.
Z. 1t spreads fast by runners; hence a
stand can be obtained by the sets as well
as the seed.
8. AS it propagates itself both by seeds
and by runners, as it stands all illimita-
BILE amount of grazing and trampling, as
it is unaffected by food or drought as it
takes possession of the ground to the ex-
clusion of other plants and as the spots
that were covered when | came here are
more thickly covered now, l must con-
clude that it has abundant staying quail
ties.
8. 1t is an evergreen. By this [ do not
mean to say that it grows vigorously
through the winter, for it furnishes very
little grazing through December and
January in this portion of the State; but
the tops are not entirely killed in our
coldest weather and it grows some dur
ing the warm days of these months. 1t
furnishes very early grazing and very late
and possibly if it were allowed an after
math in the fall it would furnish grazing
all the winter.
Nowin order thaty you may be able to COM
pare your land with ours, in order to find
out how much my information is worth to
you, | will tell you something about the
quality OF the land here.
| suppose our pine lands here are about
an average of the. pine lands throughout
the State as far as natural fertility is
concerned. The lands here will produce
scarcely anything without fertilizer but
respond very readily to a little of that.
Our lands along the river and branches
are rolling; out some distance fat; clay
sub-soil generally two feet down; scrub
oak lands, (about one-fourth of country
light sandy, but not so loose | think as a
great deal of the more southern pine
woods. The greater portion of ourlands
though are rather close and compact, but
poor nevertheless.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-25
FoR THE FLORIDA AeRIcuLruR1sr.
The Louisiana Grass.

1n0 Louisiana UraSS.
Inreply to aletter written by Mrs Mary
E. Wilson in reference to the adaptability
of the Louisiana grass" to our soil and
climate, Mr.. Prentice Bailey, of Glen
ST. Mary, responds in the following per-
sonal letter, which we are kindly permitted
to publish.
Mrs. Mary e. Wilson:
Your gracious letter of the 10Th is re-
ceived. Although you do not ask
personal letter, l take pleasure in giving
you some additional information on the
Louisiana grass" AS you SO truly say,
Florida's great prosperity awaits a good
grass.
Nutritious pasture grasses that will
succeed well on our common pine lands
will in time make Florida the most pros
porous State in the Union. fully under
stand that it is the one great need, and
for the last seven years have been con-
stantly seeking something to supply it.
During that time / have been closely OBJ
serving the Louisiana grass, but nOtuntil
lately did think that | knew enough of
it's qualities to recommend it, | have
never cultivated it for the same reason
that | have not heretofore recommended
it to the public, and for the same reasons
that now feel myself qualified to recon-
mend will now cultivate it. | think [
have had much better opportunities for
observing the grass than if had import
ed it and placed it upon the limited area
of my own farm 1t is here and there in
spots through the neghborhood, and
hence am able to observe it under very
varied conditions:
L. Judge that it will stand almost
any amount OF tramping for the follow
ing reasons: In any road that has been
used long enough to destroy the wire
grass, and which is not very sandy, there
will be formed two long ridges, between
the horse path and the ruts, sodded with
the grass In front of the hotel here, in a
place which is being constantly tramped
upon by horses, vehicles and persons, q
close sod OF the grass mas SgraduallV IOrm-
ed. There is no path leading out from
my front gate, but there is a close turf
of the Louisiana grass.
2. For the following reasons [ infer
that it will stand excessive grazing:
In an old field north and adjoining me
four years ago / noticed some OF the
Louisiana grass This field was subject
ed to incessant tramping and grazing by
a large number of COWS and goats. which
came each morning from a gate opening
on this field. The Louisiana grass when
itstarted was kept closely nipped and well
tramped because it was the best grass in
the field; and from that day to this ithas
beenkept ptconstantly grazed to theground;
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-25

from a single acre than has heretofore
been grown. "There is more in the man
than in the land" Intensive cultivation
pays. LYMAN PHELPS.
Sanford, Orange County, Fla.
Mohave County miner., 1889-02-23
TIME SCHEDULE,

Trains on the Atlantic and Pacific Rail
road are run on Mountain or Standard Time.
Mohave County miner., 1889-02-23
Deer and Pork Convention.

Gov. Humphry, Of Kansas, has selected
81. Louis as the place and March 18th az
the time, for the holding Of the interstate
convention to investigate the alleged beef
and pork combine. The convention will
be composed Of joint committees of sem
ators and five representatives from the
legislatures OF Nebraska, Missouri, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Minnesota, Arkansas, Texas, Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona and Wyoming.
Several Of the states have already been
heard from favorably, and there Is little
doubt but that all OF them will be repre-
sented. The governor OF Pennsylvania
has expressed desire to have that state
represented, although Pennsylvania was
not invited to join the movement.
Mohave County miner., 1889-02-23
News reaches us that several members

News reaches us that several members
Of Geronomo's band Of Apaches have
been sent back to the Mescallero Apache
reservation, and that Geronimo and his
fellow murderers are to be sent back to
their old homes in Arizona and turned
loose upon the settlers to renew their
murders. When we remember that New
Mexico has never paid her militia for their
services in one campaign against the red
devils, and that Cleveland has sent them
back 10 again repeat the outrages Of the
past, il does look as though there was q
conspiracy between Cleveland, the New
Mexico legislature and the society OF
friends OF the Indians to cause the murder
and final determination OF the white
settlers IN southern New Mexico and Ari-
zona. The only recource seems to be for
the white settlers to rise en- masse and
kill every red devil OF them and send
their bodies to Grover Cleveland, TO be
by him forwarded to the society OF New
England cranks who are largely respon-
sible for the outrages OF the past COM
mitted by the Apaches. News
Register.
Mohave County miner., 1889-02-23
2 Y a III ID s.

= Z n III ~ =
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is the greatest invention ever made in
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volving thereon; thus tho strings wind
round the pins. After the strings are prop.
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of tune, the rest plank being of steel il not
affected by extremes of climate. This will
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country. IL will stand twenty years with.
ont tuning and is good for 100. No other
piano has this improvement.
Great strength and durability Is another
advantage. iRsether pianos holes are bored
in wocden boards and tuning pins inserted.
The pins turn round in this board and caE
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totally and entirely worthless as a musical
instrument. Our steel tuning diyice IS in
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tune. they are always In tune and the ex-
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alone il worth millions and makes our
pianos the greatest In the world. Prices
are no higher than other pianos. Buying
direct from as, tho largest manufacturers,
you save $lc0 or S200-dealers' profits.
Don't mind the omffaons growiings Of deal.
ers and agents, who see their chances Of
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slipping away-pity them.
We guarantee our pianos ten yea 8. 100
styles. We have put our prices at lowest
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Cabinet Grands, with stool and rubber
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not as represented money returned. We
occa si0Aally have good second hand pianos
made over at 800 to $500, which we take
in part payment for our own. Write or
call for catalogue, free.
T. III. ANTIsELL PIANO CO..
Office Il Warerooms. Odd Fellows Hall,
som. Shotwcll & 18th Sts., San francisco,
California. agents wanted.)
ance with the prayer Of Plaintiffs com.
plant and costs AID disbursements in this
behalf expended.
Mohave County miner., 1889-02-23
WEEKLY EXAMINER

The coming year promises to be crowded
with stirring events.
In the United Staten the entrance of new
issues into the political arena has been fol.
lowed by change Of Administration. Bu,
the great economic question on which the
campaign turned is still unsettled, and its
solution is nov committed to Congress
almost equally divided between tho two
great parties.
Europe is vast camp. Army corps pa.
troll tho frontiers, and millions of men
await the signal for the most titanic wa,
the world has ever seen.
The ExAMrNgR's news-g athsring nachin.
cry is unequalled. Its correspondents dot
the Eabitable globe. Nothing can escape
their vigilance, and NO expense iB spared in
spreading the results OF their efforts before
the ExAMIsEl's readers. ~.
The most noted writer's Of fiction in the
world contribute TO the WEEKLY EXAM.
INER. Jules Verne, author of "A Trip IN
the Moon" etc Robert Louis Stevenson,
author of Treasure Island" etc.; Rider
HapRard, author Of ''She," ETC.; Anna
Katharine Green, author of "The Leayen-
worth Case" etc.; have ell written stories
for the WEEKLY EXAEINER. and will do
80 in the future.
THE WEEKLY EXAMINER has estab.
lished an Agricultural Department, in
charge of a practical aRricllturist. who ia
the best writer in the United States on agri.
cultural subjects. This department will
contain sensible discussions OF leading
topics Of interest to yineyardlst, orcha I'd.
lists and farm ers generally.
THE EXAMINERS Commercial News
is compiled by experienced men who care.
fully guard the producers interests in all
market reports.
Mohave County miner., 1889-02-23
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
County on MouAyp

Notice is hereby given that unless the
Delinquent Taxes, together with the cost
and percentage thereon, as published in
the foregoing list, are paid, /, the Under
signed, Tax Collector OF said Mohayc
county, viii apply TO the District Court
held in and for said county at the next
ensuing term thereof, to-wit, at the April
term, to be held in said county on the
first Monday in April, A. ID. 1889, for a
judgment against the lands and real estate
and personal property described i'm the
foregoing Delinquent List Of Taxes for the
taxes set forth in said list, and for costs
and interest, and for an order to sell the
same for the satisfaction thereof, and also
that on the Monday next. succeeding the
day fixed by law for the commencement OF
such term Of the District Court, all the
lands and real estate and personal prop
erty for the sale Of which an order shall
be made will be exposed to public sale at
the building where the District Cou< is
held, in said county, for the amount of
said taxes, interest and costs due thereon.
Dated January 18th, 1880.
L. J. LASSELL,
Treasurer and Ex-O -OfIicio Tax Collector.