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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-07
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
How Would It Effect Oranges.

In q recent issue OF the AGRICULTURIsT
Mr.. d. w. Adams writes as follows:
''Say, Mr.. Lyman, have you forgotten
that when English manufacturers had a
monopoly of the steel rail business they
made our manufacturers pay from $11O
to $3.50 per ton for them, and they could
beboughtforn less? Have you forgotten
that? Don't you know that when Con-
gress laid tariff of $27 per ton on them
the American manufactures sprang up?
The English monopoly was broken and
the price went down to $2S per ton and
don't you know that the average price
for years has been below $25 per ton?
Do you banker for a return to the $110
affairs under English monopoly"
Mr.. Adams admits that an increased
tariff on steel rails caused the price to
fall from $3.50 to 1913 per ton Hewants
an increased tariff on oranges. Might
not this increased tariff reduce the price
of the fruit in the same manner and pro-
portion as did the increase on steel rails
reduce the price of that article? "Con-
sistency, thou art a jewell
j. S. WALDERMAN.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-07

time q man builds a rough, battened
house for tenement purposes or chicken
house or COW stall, but we stick to credit
able and nice dwelling houses or pubic
buildings. Three neat cottages and one
store are now under process OF erection.
Mariana is to have an addition to the
present large and creditable school build
ing. The new building will be 3Ox6Ofeet,
two stories high. This is in anticipation
of the large increase Of patronage prom
ised. Last scholastic year the number
of names enrolled was 1O3, and it is
thought there will be at least 5Oper cent.
more pupils when the school opens again
in October Prof. Stewart, the principal,
is an East Florida man.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-07
The Cork Oak.
j. S. WALDERMAN.

Editor Florida AgriculturiSt:
A recent issue OF your paper contained
the following:
"What do you and your readers know
of any specimens of cork oak (Mercus
Suber) that may be growing any where
sin the State or South? r. E. P"
| suppose the ''devil' is responsible for
the mistake, and the gentleman meant to
inquire about Quercus Suber. If he will
inquire in Tallahassee he will find the
Cork oak in the lot of Mrs. Mondee, in
the eastern parallel street to Monroe, at
the corner of the street which passes be-
tween Mr. Perkins place and the Catholic
church. The tree was there for ten years,
and | presume is there now, as Mrs Mon
dee knew it was the Quercus Suber. Char
ley Mondee has been postmaster at Tai
lahassee, and | am sure there will be no
difficulty in finding the place.
Paola, Fla. A. PICHARD.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-07
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
West Florida Items.

Melons on ice are a common luxury at
ten cents each in Marianna.
The black walnut, hickory nut and
pecan crops are abundant.
1t is hot weather in the sun, but plea
SAINT in the shade most of the day
and night.
Chipley was well advertised if not an
nexed, by the last annexation meeting.
Chipley is a very wonderful infant city.
Peaches of immense size and fine flavor
are grown about Greenwood and Camp
bellton, two island villages in jackson
county.
The new Chipola Hotel in Marianna has
been leased by Mr.. A. j. Sweetser, of Da.
kota, and will be opened the first of Sep
tember.
Beautiful ''St. Andrews-by-the-S Sea" is
receiving it's usual influx of summer visi-
tors. Oh, for railroad from Marianna
to st. Andrews.
De Funiak Springs, alone, has in it's
vicinity 800 acres set to pear trees.
When they all come into bearing, togeth-
er with those OF other portions of West
Florida, what will be done with them?
Mr. S. S. Alderman, of Calhoun county,
shipped during the present season, seven
thousand gallons of extracted honey. 1t
nets him eighty cents per gallon. Mr..
Alderman is one of the foremost orange
growers of West Florida, also.
There is no special boom and not many
houses going up in this quiet town of
Marianna, but some good work is going
on all the time. We do not count every
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-07
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Why the LeConte Does Not Bear.

Your Lake Helen correspondent says in
the last number of the AGRICULTURIsT,
that "most of the LeConte pear trees in
Lake Helen have the pear blight, and
none are old enough to bear" suspect
they are of mixed blood. For many years
it has been said that the LeConte could
not be successfully worked upon any other
took, but must be grown from cuttings,
which is now universally done.
This section of Florida is full of Le-
COntes that have been grated; some
find upon the ounce, Others on pear
stocks and even upon the common Euro
pean apple. In all cases, so far as my OBJ
servatiOn has been, trouble has come, as
we so often see in other ill-assOrted
unions. Worked upon the ounce seems
the poorest; | do not remember to have
ever seen one nfruit. Upon the common
seeding, or French pear 1--WE call it), they
do some better, often setting some fruit
when quite young, but never a crop.
Usually there is more or less blight trOu-
bic. | wish your informant, if it is not too
much trouble, would be kind enough to
examine the trees mentioned and see if
there is not Seeding pear orapple sprouts
coming about the collar OF the tree. If
they are on ounce stock all he will find is
a little sickly tree, top full of black,
dead limbs. Both the LeConte and
Kieffer are fruiting finely in some sections
of Orange and Lake counties and | must
believe the blight on the young trees
mentioned comes from the causes | have
named. JAMES MOTT.
Orlando, Florida.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-07
A Valuable Pamphlet.

We have several hundred copies OF a
pamphlet containing the proceedings of
the Florida Fruit Growers Association.
held at Jacksonville January 20, 1875.
This is a valuable pamphlet to fruit
growers, as itcontains many valuable pa
pers read by the members of the society
and ALSO discussions on subjects of gen
eral interest to the people.
We will mail copy to anyone desiring
il. for % cents.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-07

MigueD and | remember having seen it's
fruit.
Mr.. Editor, kindly allow me sugges-
ton. Is it not possible that some of your
correspondents could suggest, through
the columns of your paper every month,
list of garden seeds (vegetable) that
could be sown. Itseems to me thatft would
be very useful calander. A. PICHARD.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-07

lector," is on this continent played out,
as far as the tax collector goes anyway.
| suppose for the reason that collectors
are so numerous many people have got
to like being taxed. Perhaps they have
relations among the collectors who divide
with them in some way. To us who have
no friend or relative in the army of col
lectors it is hard. VITICUs.
Leesburg, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-07
''Rats." "
'r Florida AgricuIturist:.

Editor Florida A AgricuIturist
Ii }. S. 2. will get half dozen one
pound paper sacks, five cents worth of
arsenic and pound of wheat flour, and
follow the following modus operandi he
(or she) can get rid of the rats: Mix the
poison with the -four and put in the sacks
and tie. Put the sacks in various places
and corners where the rodents conere-
gate. The rats will find the sacks neatly
tied up and, as usual, proceed to tear
them open and sample the contents. The
remedy is good and will only cost ten
cents. OsRoRN
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-07

/ am almost certain that the pepper
will grow in this zone of Florida. form
my opinion from the fact that before the
war q mean from 1855 to 1863 in the
front yard OF N. r. Jennings, Esq, clerk
of the district court of New Orleans, there
was pepper tree of the variety OF Pepper
Longum Chavicc oficinarum Of
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-07
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
The Other Side.

O-'~N~'
The Other Side.
The other day held a very fine peach
in my hand with the beautiful red side
outward, and asked friend who was
present if he did not consider it very
fine specimen. His answer was: "Well,
yes but what is the other side like?''
And when Ishowedit to him he said it was
a very fine peach. And SO it is with a
good many of us in political economy
we examine only the outside-the mere
skin-like my friend did the peach. But
Mr.. Dudley w. Adams is not one of these
surface gentlemen; he goes way through
the skin into the flesh and even further,
for he breaks open the stone and ex-
amihes the very kernel. Or [ should say,
to be correct, that Mr.. F. W. Lyman has
gone to the kernel of this high tariff
question when he says that the tariff on
steel rails makes freight high, and so it is
with every other highly taxed thing we
consume. The evil does not stop with
the articles so taxed.
In regard to Mr.. Adams and his ''don' t
you know that when the English had a
monopoly in steel rails we had to pay
from $11O to $3.50 per tom And again,
his "don't you know when Congress,
etc." To all this beg most respectfully
to inform Mr.. Adams that but for the
tariff we could lay down steel rails in
New York very much below the price we
are at present paying, for the reason
that there is no longer monopoly IN
England, and the Belgium can compete
successfully with the English manufac-
tories And again, at present you can
buy in either England or Belgium steel
rails for less money than you could buy
the commonest pigiron at the time one
firm in England had the monopoly in
steel rails and charged $11O to $3.50 per
ton. So, Mr.. Adams, please get clear
through the skin of your peach.
Iwould like to close, but cannot re-
frain from saying a word about this
noble, [ may say glorious, idea that
others than Mr.. Adams muse in their
minds-this idea about America fol-
the Americans. The trouble about the
thing is, it is rather antiquated, as it
originated in China some six or seven
thousand years ago. We're not the Chi
nese far ahead of all other nations, even
later than six thousand years ago
Where are they now, and where would
America be in 6, 900 years were she to give
up her trade with the outer world? If
may Judge by the disfguration of New
York and other Northern cities with ele-
waited railroads and telegraph poles in
their principal streets, [ should say we
donot have sufficient intercourse with the
outer world.
| don't belong to the party which taxes
our nails, our hammers, ou1 steel rails,
in short erything but what would btne-
fit us and give us trusts upon trusts, un-
til we can't move without meeting some
one who has the power to tax us. 1t has
come to this, that is, that the old saying
about "dreading death and the tax col
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-14
CLASSIFYING OIL EXCHANGES.

A. -,..,nr ~ the Board OF Managers OF the Con-
solIdAted stock and Petroleum Exchange yes'eruss' ~
uo resolved TO approve the recommendation maze ~
~, Conference Of oil exchanges held At bFsntofu'
Pam on Wednesday last, when II was proposea 10
amend the constitution Of tho conference Oh Oh ca
changes BY so classifying the exchanges Nh'on arc
rr.r,hers OF the conference TO mako the Young
mower Of each exchange in proportion TO the amount
q, ,ts business transactions in petroleum
Tn, recommendation, which was toie9rspneo u
pr,srd.n, Wilson by C. l.. wheeler. president OF the
c,,t.rcnc. provides for tho Reconsideration on the
,o,Iowpv basis: Exchanges whose coarsnces FOR he
thru. months preceding June !. 1882 shail amount
% 10 100 600 barrels shall be rated hrstcIssS All"
M entitled 10 three representatives In tho conference
all other exchanges maintaining clearing nouse'
who's. eIearances equal 3,Ooo, 900 barrels per month
o., tho samc period shall be rated Second-cass ana
M entitled to two representatives IN the conference
and all other petroleum exchanges may Be repreSenu
by one delegate the deliberations OF the
INT shall not be entitled 10 vote.'
The amendment also provides that the president
NAV change the class Of any exchange, In aceoruN'
With the Hucniation in the amount Of its oasihoS
This action was taken by the conference Z" ieu"oo
tho voting mower OF small exchanges when mao e"Su'
i,tsrests in the conference, with view 10 inc P~s
.sse AZ a resolution authorizing tho trading 10 on
on3tona which was proposed at tho confcrouIo noiu
short time ago In PttSbuTg. when Ine vi SnS
n.gatiynd by the representatives OF the lltusS ST.,
"tSer minor exchanges The prOposinon VIII psooaois
~ discussed again at conference TO be cAled a. AZ
carly date when IL is expec nd that trsdnx III opS
will adopted.
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WESTCHESTER COrNTY-

WHITE Pl.AlNS.-lnspcctOr Byrnes vas on the
stand much Of the umo yesterday al
the trial Of Henry Cassidy fol
setting fire 10 tho Catholic Proicctoy buildings, IN
westoheSter. HIS testimony relative 10 the boys
comics aon accusing bis father Of nslEatiug him Il
FRO tho buildings, was coFTobOrated TO tmn, place
en- by Brother LeOntne tbs protectory engineer and
Others. Tho trial will DO continued to-day. .
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church ledieS will
have their lawn party rainbow festival lighted up
with electric lights on the evening Of Juno 49, The
White Plains brass band Will furnish tho music.
Tho Board Of Trustees vnl have HAmihon-Ave
wdcned from tho brook Sprngst. Scst TO LeXing
ton-a1e The public school graduates al
former years will have q reception IN lafayette Hal
on Wednesday evening, Juno Oh
MOUNT YERNoN-Tho llth serAran Company
is preparing for great military trrai TO the people
Of mis- town, when tho cornerstone OF It's Ar1n0rJ
will be laid at p. m. on Juno 90.
SING SING.--Ihe Methodist Episcopal Church
IN Highland ave, sing Sing, dedicated YESTERDAY
with appropriate ceremonies by Bishops Foster, o
Boston, and Il @. Andrews Resident Bishop OF TIL
Conference,
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MANY C1ry rvprOYEs DISCHARGED.

The new Jersey City Street and Water Comm
began yesterday the work Of cleaning out thor Depart
ment 1t was customary, under the old system, Tor
committees or individual members OF tho Board OF
Works 10 put men to work their own responsibility
and there was no record Of . mans appointment eN.
cept on the pay-rols. The Board yesterday hop'ed
a resolution dismsSing every employe OF the depart
ment who had not been appointed at regular meeting
OF the Board by a majority vote. This VIII aheot ~
least 100 at the Belleville pumpingstauon' the
high-servce station, and in the extensions and ais
t1butions department Such help as Is needed VIII
hereafter be appointed by the Board
A commune alton received from superintendent
Crawford asking for a greater water supply for fire
purposos at the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
shops on the lIackensack meadows. 4 committee
was appointed 10 confer with the superintendent ana
masterlmecbano. None Of the other boards OF the
nov city government held moSunes The oia A.
sossop who had refused 10 give up the tax Doors,
were threatened yesterday With proceedings iof con.
tempt OF court and finally consented TO SURRENDER
thu hooks,
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Jersey CITY.

Some children found a package OF railroad TOR
pedoes yesterday afternoon and decided to have some
fun with thom. The package was laid on tho 500
walk, and about a dozen boys and girls gathoFeo
around Katie Dunn. age ten, Of No. 1s7 Bay-st
ntcked up a Piece OF broken and dropped It on
tho package. There was q terrific explosion. bev
eraI OF tho children slightly injured but KATE
Dunn Jared badly. Fragments Of the toTpedOoS
struck her on the face arms and logs, and toro the
hes4h away She carried homo On an unconscious
condition. but her injuries arc not thought fataL
District, Attorney Winfield has decided TO enter a
nolle pros the remaining indictments against Free
holder Hennessy for forgery, and the indictments
against Public Works Commissioners Kern, Tumuity
Cannon and Watt for awarding the streetcleaninG
contract 10 man who not the lowest responsible
bidder. Tho Dlstr1cAtt1rney is convinced that the
indictments cannot DO successfully prosecuted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-14
VARIOUS NEW. JERSEY TOWNS.

NEwB RUNSwICK-The preparatory school OF
Rutgers College held its commencement last evening
There were twenty-five graduates. Charles Craw'
ford was lodged In Jail yesterday. He had dispute
with q school trustee at Deans Station, got drunk.
and in revenge went TO the school, held pistol 10
the window. and fred into the crowded room. The
bullet lodged In the wall over the teachers head
WEST HoBoKEN.-Tho defalcation OF eICollector
Anderson has been compromised Andenon's bonds
men paid 500 In cash. Anderson himself turned over
se 500 IN money and property, and 2,oo2 II, Ono to
the Collector for back salary Is retained by the town.
making q total Of &c. 22 II. The defalcanon was
the result Of faulty bookkeeping. and there was no
suspicion Of dishonesty.
LIEwELLYN PARK.-A lawn fete was given on
tho grounds Of Thomas A. Edison, in uewelyn Park,
yestnday Afternoon, under tho auspices OF the Womans
christian TEN perance Union. II was brilliant
soens tho grounds night being Lit with incandescsnt
lights.
EIIzABETH-The school census for 1850 Just
completed shows 9,I7< children Of school ago IN
the city. as against 9o5l in 1885.
LINDEN.-Ths work Of erecting stables and other
buildings on the grounds Of the Linden Park Blood
Horse Association was begun yesterday. The grad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-14
NEWS FROM THE SUBERBS.
A NEW ANNUAL FAIR.
IHE OPENING AT HUNTINGTON, L. L., YEsTER
-n1C,,11 u ND unp er- 10 Acra

TaE OPENING AT HUNTINGTON, L. L, YESTER
DAY-BICYCLE AND HORSE RACES.
The first annual summer exhibition OF the Lons
Island Live Stock Fair Association opened yesterday
at Huntington There were about 1000 persons pres
ent. The association Is member OF tho National
Trottng Association, and all contests on its race
course ere governed by the rules of the National or
ganization The club house Of tho Queens and suf
folk County Club within the grounds and the piaEEas
cety.
The first contest bicycle race, half mile dash,
won by f. G. Brown, OF the New-Jersey Athletic Club.
In tho onemilo bicycle handicap, F. G. Brown, twenty
yards was first The two-mile bicycle handicap was
won by william Murphy. one-mile bicycle scratch
was won by f. G. Brown.
The horse races next occupied the attention OF tho
spectators. Tho trotting competitions were spirited
throughout. The first race mile for the AS
class for purse OF $685. best three In five heats.
David Jones won three successive heats in 3S "a,
:3s and :36 II. Maggie NJ. took second money ana
Eoltpse third. The next was the Same distance
for the 37 class for purse Of 1878, best threo IN
Eve heats. Mischief won three straight heats. Tho
next contest was an exhibition Of buggy horses.
Tho nrtze handsome silver bronZed cup, was awarded
TO Hancock, IL being decided that he possessca INC
Greatest nlmbsr OF points. The last contest was a
running race for saddle horses distance one milo iOr
A Durss OF $50. There were only two starters. VII
lsge Boy won easily In :57 L. ,-,.. ,--,,A
The officers OF the association we're wen pfeasoa
the opening day, which, they said, was aeSin p
success The exhibition win continue to-day, ana tns
morning several of the borses which appeared on tne
track Yesterday will be sold At aucton
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GATHERED ABOUT THE TOWN.


The VIII OF John o'Mahony was offered ior prooa t
yesterday. Among the charitable oequesn woIo
81 900 each 70 the Cathedral of the Immaculate Con
ception, tho Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, me
Rouse OF the Good Shepherd. home Tor destitute 70
children, to be established and So johns Conego W
found FREQ scholarship; and $500 each TO the LLtuo
Sisters OF tho Poor St. Peters Hospital the sisters
of Mercy. ST. MaryS Hospital and the Church OF inc
Sacred Heart.
Henry H. Wans, Of No. COG oakland.st. foreman
Of buchanan LyaI's tobacco factory. was arraigned
before POLICE Justice Tghe yesterday, ON charge
OF embezEng by inserting fictitious names In the pay
roll He was released In 81 800 ball. 1t Is alleged
that he has drawn from S1o TO SIS week from tho
arm By bogus names on the payroll for long time,
and IL is supposed that he has secured several thou
sands of dollars. His salary was Sl,o4o year. On
Saturday he offered his resignation
Captain David Goodwin. OF No. lo7 Winlanrst,
whose son Charles fifteen, stole 1880 on Sunday
and ran away with two other boys, received $500 by
mail from cstshn NJ Y, on Tuesday, and going to
that place found tho boys They had only spent
81 SO Of the money, and Captain Goodwin recovered
tho rest The boys taken homo yesterday.
Each armed with huge revolver
Mayor Chaplin yesterday appointed George W. Weeks
and James Seanlan dog-catcheB.
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rgMpLENAS, THE psTEcrrVE, sENTRS oED.

FRANK Templemau, the private detective who en-
,..vored to persuade companion 20 swear falsely In
an attempt 10 show that DstrtctAttorney FELLOWS
and Inspector Byrnes were interested in the payment
~ bill to q private detective by tho city. was
arragued before Judge MARITIME yesterday for sentence
His counsel made u motion for new trial. which was
denied Judge MARITIME said that Toupiemh hah ocen
ngared in dAstardy attempt blacken the character
~ two prominent officials. An attempt was made by
friends Of Tomploman TO have him sent 10 Ehnira
Reformatory but he has passed the age allowed for
admission to that institution. Judge MARITIME SEN
fenced Templeman TO imprisonment IN tho State Prison
for three years and nine months
BENJAMIN steinhardt, on behalf OF TemplemAn, OBJ
tanned q stay Of proceedings pending appeal from
Justice Andrews 10 the supreme Court, Chambers,
yesterday afternoon. Argument on motion 10 make
tho stay permanent will be heard on Monday.