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St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29
The Run of the News.

Martin De Voc, q telegraph messenger
while ell route to deliver message on Mo.
hawk avenue yesterday forenoon, attempted
to jump onto the rear end OF loaded dray
but missed his hold, his foot becoming en-
tangled in one of the wheels. The lad was
unable to walk and it was thought that the
bones OF his leg were broken. The Injuries
proved to be nothing more serious than
severe sprain. He was taken to his home
at 400 Acker street.
Wentworth avenue yesterday afternoon, and
the fact that the dog wasn't mad, but simply
engaged in frenzied search for Its master,
cut no figure with the people in the vicinity.
who scampered in all directions as the anil
NAL approached. A muscular hero IN blue
overails succeeded in Draining the unfortu-
nate animal with club just as its owner ar
rived on the scene.
Kate Murphy, who became violently insane
yesterday, and was taken to the county jail,
is one more victim added to the already long
list Of those unfortunateS who have become
crazed as a result OF religious excitement.
The unfortunate woman has been for some
time past deeply engroSsed In the rav1ngS
and antics of the Salvation Army, and to this
is ascribed her misfortune.
Sunday evening at the Clinton Avenue M.
E. church will be devoted to temperance
work, in which the congregations of various
churches of the ward will unite. Among the
wellknown divines who will deliver ad-
dresses on the subject of temperance are
Revs. j. B. Drew, J. F. Stout and V. A.
Sage. The Union choir have arranged 2
musical programme for the occasion.
A man named Perry Daniels employed on
street work, was overcome by the heat yes
terday afternoon on Hall avenue and was re-
moved to his home at North st. Paul. he
was in semi-uncOnsciOus condlt1on Tor
some hours, and upon arriving at home In
charge of friends, he became delirlous. the
attack is due to former attack OF sunstroke.
A grand rattle and dance is announced to
take place this evening at JOrdans nall 1Z3
Dakota avenue. Articles to the value OF
about 800 will be raff1ed for, the raf11Dg to
commence at 9 p. m. Excellent music has
been secured for the occasion, and large at
tendance is expected.
A good deal of activity Is noticeable In am
eateur base ball circles OF the West end. The
disappearing edict of the preachers regard
ing Sunday ball has apparently whetted the
youthful appetite for the forbidden, and the
impromptu diamonds on the fats Will all be
occupied tomorrow.
Everything was quiet in police circles on
the West side yesterday, the heat being prop
ably too great for any pronounced activity on
the part of those frequent gentry, the vags.
The Social club held pleasant hop last
evening at Shanley's hall. The hall was COM
fortably filed and the fun was enjoyed to the
utmost.
Lodge "a, O.D. h. s., have arranged for a
basket picnic to be held at Lake Johanna
on Sunday. July 81.
The Sunday school scholars Of the Strangers
church held an enjoyable picnic yesterday at
Inver Grove
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29

DAILY AND SUNDAY.
I VT in advanceS10 90 3 mos. in adv. - oO
Il m in advance 5 90 ) weeks i'll adv. w
One month 800.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29
Window Awards a Contract.

Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON. D. c., June 2S.-Win-
dom TODAY awarded contract for the
wiring of the Minneapolis public build
ing to the Northwestern Electric and
Construction company, st. Paul, its bid
MINNEAPOLIS bidders,
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29

Trotting at Charter Oak.
HARTFORD. Conn.,, June 2S.-Closing
day at Charter Oak Park.
2:37 class race, trotters-May Bee won,
Stephanle second. Best time. 2:25.
2:19 class race, trot-Gene Smith won,
ThornIess second. Best time, 2:l6M.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29
THIS Is PROTECTION.

The ADMINISTRATOR Buys BF1ckS
in England.
WASHINGTON, June 2S.-Complaint
has been made that the government has
contracted for the purchase of $4,000
enameled bricks made in England for
use in the construction of the Congress
sional library building. Gen. Casey,
chief of engineers, who has charge of
the work, said that he had bought those
bricks because they were the cheapest
and best. He said he had advertised
extensively for bids for these bricks and
that not single American manufact-
urer had put in a proposal.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29

Spain's Regent Makes an Ascent.
MADRID, June 2S.-Queen Christina
ascended 1000 feet in an army balloon
to-day. 1t was her first ascent. The
balloon was christened Maria Chris
tina -
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29

Rejected communications cannot De pre-, e
served address all letters and telegrams 10
THE GLOBE. st. Paul, Mimi.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29

THE coal barons are a merciess set
on the average. A local paper from
Illinois mentions that the miners of
that locality have just contracted with
the Chicago & Alton railroad to supply
it with coal for the year just beginning
for 65 cents ton. To accomplish this
it states that the barons will be forced
to use iron men with electricity as the
motive power, or cut the wages of the
miners down to the starvation figure of
45 cents ton. 1t is always the work.
men, not the barons, that take the
pinch.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29

WEEKLY ST. PAUL GLOBE.
One Year. 81 Six Mo. 6oc Three Mo. SOC
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29

The president wants it to be under
stood that when delegations come to
him to urge the claims of any man for
Office, they bore him and don't do their
friend any good. He told lot of busi-
ness men from Baltimore the other day
that he would not be likely to remember
that they had called, and they had bet
ter hand in their recommendation in
writing. 1t was little different last
year, when the delegations thronged to
indianapolis to tell how they were
whooping it up for him.
THE politicians seem to all want to
go to Alaska this summer. ALGER and
PLATT are moving in that direction,
and Senator HoAR's committee to look
after relations with Canada wants to
take observations up among the seals.
Senator DAWES Indian commission will
cruise in a government vessel about the
Alaskan waters, looking for the un-
tutored. Some hundDeds of others long
to be officials up there. The New York
Sun notes that since it was reported
that Senator JONES had regained his
lost fortune by investment in an Alaska
gold mine the thirst for information
about Alaska has been unquenchable.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29
BY LEWIS BAKER.

ST. PAUL GLOBE SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
DAILY (NoT INCLUDING SuNpAYo ,o
l VT in adyanceSS 90 3m. in ADVANCES W W
& NJ i'll advance 90 weeks III aos' wv
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St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-29

THE Republican politicians are con-
graduating themselves that they have
knocked out prohibition, so that it will
not trouble them any more in the fut-
ure, and the voters who have wandered
off on that line will all come back to the
party. That is not quite the view taken
by the chairman OF the Prohibition
movement in Pennsylvania and NEAL
Dow. The latter says there are hum
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-11-13

1t has been but few years since the
Florida farmers turned their attention to
cultivating vegetables as a field crop
The early settlers from the Northern
States were nearly all carried away with
orange culture, and but little else was
considered worth raising in the semi-trOp
ical climate of Florida. But little else
was talked or thought of. The Northern
settler came to this State to raise the cit
rus fruits, and he considered the soil too
poor to think of raising anything else,
and it would befolly to leave the rich and
fertile lands of the North and West to
think of raising such crops as he could
grow oil over the Northern States. So for
several years the capital, labor and
energy were nearly all expended in raising
citrus fruits.
Speculation on the enormous profits
ran high, land went up to fabulous prices
and still Florida doomed. But some few
settlers, who we're cramped for means to
live while their orange trees were growing,
experimental on the raising of vegetables
and Strawberries, and some also expert
mented with the cultivation of small
fruits Owing to their ignorance of the
right varieties to use, and also the lack
of experience of the climate and manage
ment of the soil, but little progress was
made to a successful termination of these
experiments. Some gave up in disgust,
declaring it could not be done, while 9th
ers of more determination found out that
trees and plants, as we'll as seeds, from
other warm climates could be grown in
Florida. And the fact was finally estab-
lished that trees and plants from China
would thrive in this State.
But still the orange was king, and no
one but those who had to earn living
by some other means, while their orange
and lemon trees were growing, would
spend money and time cultivating any
thing else. But the time came at last
when the great orange boom was crushed
and paralyzed by the big freeze. Price for
lands came to a stand-still. Spectators
became shy, and false reports got into
the Northern papers, and other sec
tions, jealous of Florida's long season of
prosperity, exaggerated these reports un-
til it seemed that Florida was doomed
But after six months, when the orange
trees had put on a new growth, in most
places it was found that but little or no
damage was done to the orange trees,
and that they could stand much severer
weather than they had previously been
given credit for. confidence was estab-
lished far greater than before. But when
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-11-13

On the 25th we had fine rain, and |
venture to assert that two hundred acres
will be planted by the first of November.
"AhF' you say, "wil not the frost catch
you and kill down the vines?" | answer
that the altitude of the lands protects
them from frost, and it is very seldom
the vines are killed, but if they are we
will plant again, for if ours are killed so
will others he also, and we stand as good
a chance as any section in Florida. And,
besides, we prepare a seed-bed to get
draws from in case of need, which is COW
cred up.
PREPARING THE GROUND,
is very simple when you once learn
and you have the nerve to work in conf
dence Clear the land we'll from all roots
and stumps; break it up at least one
month previous to preparing for plant
ing, harrow the ground thoroughly or
better yet, work it with good two-horse
cultivator. Having procured your seed,
mark off your ground with small shovel
pillow both ways three and one half orfour
feet apart each way; three and one-half
feet is wide enough if your ground is not
stumpy or rOoty; then haul your fertili-
zer into the field and distribute it where
wanted. Then proceed to drop one table
spoonful at the corner of each check and
cover lightly with hoe. Now the ground
is ready for the seed. But do not attempt
to plant unless the ground is i'll good con-
dition to receive the seed, and be ready
to take advantage of the efirst rain to put
the seed in the ground. If the seed is
good and fresh four to six seeds are
enough to put in a hill, then cover with
hoe from one and a half to two inches
and press down the hill with the hoe, to
smooth the surface SO that the little plants
can be worked as soon as they are up.
Run the cultivatOr through the rows,
taking care not to cover up the young
plants and work both ways, which leaves
but little for the hoe to do. Work the
land once a week until the plants are five
to six inches high; then go through and
thin out to two plants to the hill. When
the plants are twelve to fifteen inches high.
thin out to one plant to a hill. Take
small straight shovel or bull-tongue
pillow and run as close to the rows or
plants as possible on each side of therow:
then dropin one Tablespoonful OF fertilizer
on each side of the plants, follow up with
the plow and cover up the fertilizer and
run sweep or cultivator through the
centres.
Be sure and keep all grass and weeds
down, and follow with four tablespoon
fuls of fertilizer every four weeks at least,
if not oftener, until the vines begin to
fruit, then run nothing but thesweep and
that very fat and shallow in the centre
of the rows. Never work directly after
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-11-13

the citizens looked forward to the coming
of settlers the following year to start up
our industry anew, the yellow fever ap-
peared among us and we were again dis
appointed in pushing on the good work.
Our people must live, must do something.
Many of them got into debt. They could
sell no land, only occasionally could a
good sale be made. So in many sections
the farmers turned their attention to
raising
VEGETABLES
as field crop and many failures we're
made, owing to inexperience and a prop
er knowledge of the different kinds of
crops. | now propose to take up one
of the crops and give to the public
the benefit of what experience [ may have
gained in three years.
FIELD CULTURE OF THE TOMATO.
1t is supposed by many that the toma-
to could only be cultivated in the first
months of the year successfully, or rather
the spring months. When first came to
Florida, sixteen years ago, did not at
tempt to plant tomato seed until N
March, and that one crop was all that |
could expect to raise in one year. Now l
can confidently assert that they can be
successfully raised the whole year round,
with very little protection in the latter
part of November, December and part of
January To be sure there is occasional
ly a year when we have very severe
weather, when plants will be killed, no
matter how carefully they may be protec-
ted.
And again, when l first came to Flori-
da had no idea that our poor, common
pine land would ever be worth $5 per
acre to raise any crops on except COW
peas, cotton or sweet potatoes. Now
am ready to assert that the finest crops
of tomatoes are raised on the poorest
pine land in Florida with the use of 500
pounds of good commercial fertilizer per
acre. If any one doubts my word, and
will come to Montverde, 1 will take my
team and carry him t0't1o highest eleva-
tiOn of the Apopka mountains and show
him acres upon acres of land that are
cleared and plowed and now planted in
tomatoes, and there will be thousands
of crates raised and sent to market
this season if a kind providence permits.
And they have proved it who have tried
it for the past three years that they beat
the best hammock lands in raising the
tomato.
Some farmers have as high as fifty acres
planted, or to be planted, in tomatoes,
for the dry weather has prevented many
from planting. About two weeks ago we
had slight shower, and those who had
ground ready planted, and the plants are
now up; but most of the farmers haveyet
to plant.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-11-13
DeLand Fla. Wednesday. November 13, 1889.
$2 per Annunl, in advance.

shower, as all dirt thrown against the
vines while wet, if the weather is hot, will
scald them. If the vines look yellow, con-
tinue to sprinkle two more tablespoon
fuls of fertilizer around each plant, not
too close, and work it in with hoe or
garden rake. Upon no occasion put over
two tablespoonfuls at one application
but if the ground is very poor you can
put it on once in two weeks, not oftener.
Now comes
HARVESTING.
The tomato, when full grown, will turn
nearly white, and thetop will turn green
ish yellow. Sometimes a tomato will turn
areddish tint. Then most of shippers be-
gin to 60 over their vines and pick, but
have observed the first tomatoes to ripen
will stand to be shipped ripper than later
in the season. AS the vine gets older che
tomato natures quicker as the weather
gets warmer. Then pick and pack as
soon as they begin to turn very little.
and make two grades Mark them cor
re't first and second quality, and put
your name on the box and your reputa-
tion is established. Deal fair and then
demand your rights.
Ii you get a good yield, from fifty to one
hundred crates can be expected per acre.
Keep out all imperfect and wormy fruit,
and wrap and pack close in good neat
boxes, and if you strike good market
you are lucky, and with improved ship
ping arrangements and fair market you
will get good pay.
SEED-BEDS.
AS mention was made above of a seed
bed to raise plants to fill any vacancy oc-
casioned by freeze, willgive the plans
adopted by the farmers in this section
Select q good rich spot of ground and
spade or plow it up deep. Then, if OBJ
tainable, put to each square rod one
horse wagon-load of good welI-rotted sta
BILE manure (if the manure is not to be
had SOW thin with fertilizer ten days be-
fore seeding) and fork it in with a garden
fork, so that the manure is wellw0rked in
and mixed with the soil Then mark the
ground off in rows fifteen inches apart
with a marker; log chain drawn over
the bed. if the ground is well worked with
a garden rake, will make a good mark
and deep enough to plant seed in; one
fourth pound of seed is sufficient to SOW
to the square rod, or in other words six
teen and One-half square feet. Do not SOW
the seed too thick, or the plants will be
spindling. Give plenty OF room to get
good stockX plants. When the seed is
sown drive pieces of inch boards three
inches wide down for stakes; on top of
these stakes lay long strips of boards,
such as are used on buildings to nail shin
giles to. Then procure sand-fy netting
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-11-13
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Tomato Culture for Market.

WHAT TO PLANT AND HOW TO PLANT IT
SEED BEDS, ETC.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
Control of the Next House.

a Tribune correspondent says that
reports are again in circulation which
indicate that the Democrats have not
yet abandoned all hope of controlling
the organization of the next House.
A recent utterance of General Clark,
clerk of the House, is regarded as
rather significant. Regarding the
Tennessee case, in which the State
Supreme Court has decided that it
cannot restrain the Governor from
issuing a certificate to Evans, the Re-
publican candidate, General Clark
said it would not be proper for him
to express an opinion as to the effect
of the decision, as the case might
come before him for decision between
two sets of certificates. Assuming
that Evans will receive a sufficient
certificate the clerk figures that the
Republicans will have 164 and the
Democrats 159 members at the Or
ganizatiOn of the next House, not
counting the West Virginia members.
Should these seats go to the Demo-
Gratis, it will leave the Republicans
with majority of three. Read be-
tween the lines this statement shows
that the Democrats have not given
up the idea of seating Bates, of the
lid Tennessee District, by virtue of
the bogus certificate issued to him
by the Secretary of State, Mr.. Alli-
son, before the case was decided by
the supreme Court of Tennessee
in favor of Evans, the successful Re-
publican candidate.
1t is not probable that the Republi-
cans will submit to any attempted
usurpation of power by the Demo-
cratic Clerk of the House, such as
would be the foisting of Bates name
upon the roll of member-elect. If it
should be done, however, and Mr..
Laird of Nebraska should be unable
to attend the House would be unable
to organize, the Republicans number
ing 162 and the Democrats having
the same number. The Democrats
are said to have received private adj
vices from West Virginia to the effect
that the Governor will issue certif-
Gates to Anderson and Jackson, the
defeated Democratic candidates in
the third and fourth districts respect
fully. If so, of course, their names
will be placed on the roll by the clerk
of the House. He has received the
certificates of 80 Representatives.
elect. Among the missing certifi-
Gates are those for the third Ten
nessee and fourth West Virginia
districts.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
Rebellion War Record.

In April, '61, | was in Lowell,
Mass, at work in the Lowell Machine
Shop, where were employed some six
or seven hundred men. My family
was in Vermont on a farm on Lowell
mountain. At that time | was in the
habit of working the farm in summer
and going to the city and working at
my trade (machinist) in winter. We
all had been reading the news of the
commotion in the south with much
interest, and when the news came of
the bombardment of Sumpter, we
were wild. Then came the call of the
governor of Massachusetts,. The
bald head of old Ben. was seen flying
round in Lowell and Boston to a
great rate. Many of my comrades in
the shop joined the two first regi-
ments | was wild to 60 with them,
when | came to see them start from
the depot and see the amount of cry
ing, hugging and kissing between
parents and children, husbands and
wives, lovers and sweethearts, / made
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
The Divorce Question.

Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner
of labor, has submitted to Congress
his special report on the statistics of
the laws relating to marriage and di-
vorce in the United States, from 1867
to 1886. The statistics of marriage
in this report cover only sc per cent
of all the counties in the country,
but those relating to divorce cover
over 90 per cent of the population.
The figures for the whole country
show steady growth from year to
year that must be highly gratifying
to the legal fraternity. In 1897 the
number of divorces was tritie less
than ten thousand, while in 1886 it
was 25,537; and the total for the
twenty years was 328, ,716-represent-
ing a vast army of 657 ,432 men and
women who found marriage a failure
in these twenty years. Of the $685.
716 divorces, 215, ,739 or 60 per cent
of the whole were granted to wives,
and 111,983 were granted to hus-
bands. The cause for which the
greatest number of divorces was
granted is that of desertiom, being
126,557, or SO per cent of the whole
number.
Vermont can point with modest
pride to the activity of her operations
in the divorce field. During the
twenty years she has had 3238 di-
vorces, which is really doing finely
for a State no larger than ours. But
on the other hand the number is de-
creasing yearly. and whereas in 1870
we had one divorce for every $50
married couples, in 1880 the proper
ton had diminished to one in 445.
Whether this proportion is to large
or not, depends on whether you take
the civil or the ecclesiastical view of
the subject. From the former stand
point, the proportion seems surpris-
ingly small. From the ecclesiastical
point of view, which is taken by most
of the divorce reformers, it seems
like surprisingly large proportion.
But from a practical standpoint, you
can't do much with divorce except by
making marriage more difficult; and
when you make marriage more diff
cult you encourage and put premi-
um on immortality, So the whole
thing comes right around in circle.