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Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-04

Sags, Miss Williams, Miss Krug, Miss Bal
combe. Miss McClintock, Mrs. Thomas Orr,
Mrs. Jewett. Miss Jewett, Miss Henry viii
Doane, Arthur Guiou, DIR. Henderson, Mrs.
Louis Reed Mrs. James Chambers, and j.
w HOdpman
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-04
American Section, T. g.

W. Q. Judge, general secretary American
Section, L. S., will lectnre Sunday afternoon
at in room 205 Shelley block. ...
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-04
Nebraska City Society.

John w. Stinehart has returned from q
trip to fSew York.
Mrs. L. b. Hawley, of Edgar, was in tho
city the past week visiting her parents.
Miss Emma WalSeley, of Omaha, was tn o
guest of Misses Fannie and Ella Wilcox tn o
past week.
Mayor Ralfe has returned from an OK.
tended visit ia New York. Mrs. Ralfe will
not return until fall.
Colonel S. N. Stewart now of Leaven-
worth, Kan, was in the city the past week
on business and pleasure.
Mr. and Mrs. A. f.. Mallring and daughter,
Miss Cora, have gone to Broken Bow To at
tend the wedding of Mr.. Ed Mallring.
Captain S. II. Morrison has been in Chica-
go the past few days, on business connected
with the national G. A. II. encampment.
General Van Wyck and wife returned
home from Washington on Thursday. Mrs.
Van Wyck has about recovered from her ill
ness
DIR. c. c. Clark and bride, formerly Miss
Mary Slavers, arrived here from York and
are visiting Rev. and Mrs. Slavens. The
eloping couple have been forgiven, and a
host of friends extend congratulations.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-04

old home in New York They were accom-
panied on their returRSt their son Edwin
Barnard, Jr., who has been at Berlin, Ger.
many, the past year attenaing school
Miss Mounie Higgins, e6 Omaha, ia in the
city, guest of MIR. aud Mrs II. III. Pratt.
Thursday evening the lntter gave q party at
their residence IN honor ef Miss Higgins aud
Lieutenant Sydenham. "A goodly number Of
young society people were, present and great
ly enjoyed the occasion.
Tuesday afternoon tAe members OF the
Ladies' Charity club gave picnic at the
Assembly grounds in hohbr of Mrs l.. u.
Vose, who has been an active member of the
club since its origin andr ~ prominent mem
ber of Fremont societylfor many years. The
demonstration was suggested by the fact
that she departs shortly Tor Chicago, where
quarters. The picnic was thoroughly en-
joyable event and was attended by about
forty of her friends
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-13

=
tive hours. The damage to, citrus trees
generally was not as great as at first ap-
pretended. OF course the northern par
ishes in our citrus belt suffered severely
In Placquemines parish the citrus trees
Jared better. The injury there consisted
in the killing back of new succulent growth
to two-year wood, and complete defolia-
ton; sickly trees all perished.
'"The true orange belt in Louisiana is
found in Lower Placquemines. This
favored parish, iutting out peninsula-like
into the Gulf, is the Ell Dorado of the or
ange grower. Here are combined all the
advantages of latitude, soil and climate.
Oranges grown in this section are ready
for market from four to six weeks in ad-
vance OF the crop from Northern and Mid
die Florida, while the California article
crosses the continent in February and
March. Thus it will be seen that Louisi-
ana stands the peer of allcompetitors, as
regards earliness. The soil is an alluvial
deposit from the Mississippi river, and
richer by far than the banks of hefamous
Nile
"The entire Louisiana crop is sold on
the trees, an immense advantage over the
other orange producing sections of the
United States. Oftener than not the
years crop of oranges is sold for cash in
the bloom, in the spring. Cropsare some
times purchased Oh speculation three
years ahead A hundred-acre orange
grove on the lowercoa last year had it's
prospective crop for the year sold for
$50, 900 last winter, before bud or bios
som had appeared on the trees.
"Thus the lower coast of the Mississippi
river is the most advantageous locality
for orange growing in theworld; it raises
more to the acre than any part of North
America, and it gets better price
for it's products directly ou the trees, with
out one CENTS cost of gathering or har-
vesting, and without one cent to pay for
freight, commissions, insurance and a
half dozen other charges, which form a
heavy tribute to be paid by the orange
growers of less favored localities and
regions"
Prof. j. P. Stelle, of Mobile, at the re-
quest of the committee, sends the follow
ing for the coast region of Alabama:
ga good deal of interest is being taken
in the LeConte pear and it's near relative,
the Keiffer, but thiscovers about all there
is to report. A considerable acreage is
being put in these pears, and though in
; terest in these fruits is of recent origin,
there are nevertheless some orchards in
bearing, and these are showing well and
giving quite general satisfaction.
"Other common tree fruits are culti-
] waited here and doing well under intelli-
! gent management, as thepeach, the Bart
lett and some other pears, and several
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-13
Sub Tropical Fruits.
FRUITS RECOMMENDED AND DISCUSSED BY
THE sUB-TRoPICAL COMMITTEE OF THE
AMERICAN POAfOLoGICAL SOCIETY.

At the last meeting of the American
Pathological Society held in Ocala, the
Committee on Sub Tropical Fruits sub
mitted the following report:
To the President and Mem bers of the American
Pomological Society:
At our last meeting, in Boston, two
new committees were constituted-the
Sub-Tropi; ;al Committee and the Florida
Fruit Committee-the former standing
tee, appointed because the the next meet
ing of the society was to be held IN this
State. Owing to unavoidable circum-
stances, the b-Tropical Committee s re-
port at this meeting must be confined
largely to Florida The work of these
two committees necessarily covers to a
great extent the same ground, and as it
is an initial report for both, they desire,
with the consent of the society, to sub
NIT joint report.
In announcing the appointment OF the
Sub Tropical Committee President Berck-
mans says:
"This committee was added to the
working plan OF the society, the import
ance of the production of the sub-tropical
fruits in the United States having need Of
such recognition, and | am sure that
through the faithful labors of that COM
mittee much progress will be made in the
cultivation of those fruits
The reports OF the California members
of the uh-TropicaI Committee, and of
other gentlemen who have, in response to
our request, prepared matter for our re-
port for the sub-tropical region west of
the Mississippi river, have not arrived.
We have received a partial report for the
Gulf States, from Louisiana eastward to
Florida.
Edgar L. st. Ceran, member of the Sub
Tropical Committee for Louisiana, refer
ring entirely to citrus fruits, writes as fol
lows:
''Small groves of oranges are scattered
all over lower Louisiana. The infallible
orange region extends for about fifty
miles along the Mississippi river, ending
at the jump, five miles below Fort Jack
son. From the great grove on Governor
Warmoth's famous sugar plantation,
Magnolia, there is acontinuousg growth, a
literal forest OF orange trees, lining the
banks of the Mississippi river for a dis
tance of thirty miles.
"The freeze of january, 1886, was un-
precedentedly severe, the thermometer
dancing between 16 degrees and 20 de-
grees above zero for thirty-six consecu-
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-13
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, March 13, 1889.

varieties of the plum, ounce, most of the
early apples, and SO on.
'The peach can be made a grand sue
cess here. but we have learned from sad
experience that our success cannot be at
tanned with the usual popular named va
rieties grown at the North. Years ago
this region was famed for it's great album
dance of fair quality peaches. but later,
when progressive pomology had at
tempted to give us better fruit by intro
dueing the fine Northern varieties and
working out the old seedlings, our peach
culture speedily ran down to decided un-
proftabIeness. Now we are falling back
to the old sorts, and these, with a few
kinds introduced from warm countries
abroad, are beginning to give us peaches
once more. As yet few people among us
are attempting to wpeachesfor profit
on scale that could be considered even
reasonably large, hHbsiHce there are per-
sons now interesting themselves in seek
ing out and propagating the best varie-
ties of the old-time sorts, there is a good
reason compromising ourselves that peach
culture Will ere long receive such fresh
make peaches, even first-class peaches,
take rank as among our most prominent
products.
"The fig grows to perfection here and
yields enormously. At present it is re-
ceiving d good deal OF attention.
ga few years back, before the winter of
the great freeze, orange culture was en-
gaging the earnest attention of many
along our Immediate Gulf coast, but the
freeze destroyed all the groves, and at.
the same time seemed to freeze out all the
interest in the industry. The production
of no other strictly sub-tropical fruit has
ever been attempted here for profit.
IA few of the common small fruits do
well in the coast belt of Alabama. The
Black-cap raspberry gives fair satisfac-
tion under good management, and all
the finer blackberries are a splendid sue
cess, although not extensively grown.
Strawberries are perfection itself. The
crop is produced on large scale by our
market gardeners, and mainly put upon
the early Northern markets.
"Many varieties Of ths grape succeed
well throughout the coast belt. The
.Scuppernong is more extensively culti-
waited than any other; perhaps it is the
only grape employed as yet in the pro-
duction Of wine. OF the bunch grapes,
the Concord seems to be receiving more
attention than any other variety"
Within the limits Of the State Of Flor
ida the changing conditions Of soil and
climate as we proceed southwark, giving
a wide range Of productions, embracing
many of the hardy fruits and ANIMALS Of
the Northern States in the northern tier
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-13
$2 per Anlunl, in advance.

of counties, but becoming purely tropical
in the extreme south. 1t will be eonve-
nient in treating of the genealogical re-
sources of Florida to divide the State into
three geographical sections, producing
respectively hardy, semi-tropical and
tropical fruits. gs er.
THE NORTHERN FRUIT DISTRICT.
North of a line drawn across the State
from Cedar Keys to the bend of the ST.
Mary's river, soil and climate approx
mate closely those of the coast line Of
Georgia, Mississippi and portions of
Southern Texas. Here great progress has
been made in thecultivat1on of the reach,
pear and plum. Some Of the lands of this
section, especially those with clay sub
soil, have proved the veritable home of
the peach, but the standard Northern
varieties have been largely discarded;-in
favor of the Oriental strains, and new
and improved varieties and crosses. be-
tween the Peen-to and Honey are being
rapidly produced and propagated Some
of the old native varieties have been res
cued from the neglect into which they had
fallen, and promise to substantially re-
ward the attention bestowed upon them
The apricot, but not the nectarine, is
recommended for further trial j.
The newly introduced Oriental plums,
of which the Kelsey is the first represen-
tative in this country, are believed to
have great value for this State; the Kel-
sey has already proved So the Botan,
Blood plum OF Satguma and Others
promise as well or better, but have not
been long enough in cultivation to give
assured results.
The LeConte and Keiffer pears are as
successfully cultivated here as in othef
parts OF the Gulf coast, and extensive
orchards have been planted. o
In grape culture the experience Of surplus.
past few years bids fair to removS4 743 n
prejudice against the American 5'olSSS ois s.
grown IN the Northern States, early e94 4
periments with most OF which proved fail %
ures. Certain varieties, among which the
Delaware is prominently mentioned, are
now grown with success at various points
in the northern counties $50
The Scuppernong, which reaches its
southern limit only in the tropical por-
tions of the State, is much more .exten-
siyely grown than formerly, and it's value
as a wine producing grape is fully ySrecog-
nized. The progress OF this industry has
already passed out OF the domestic stage
and attained a commercial Importance.
the rapid growth Of which seems assured.
OF small fruits, only the strawberry is
cultivated for market. It's cultivation is
on the increase under the impetus Of Bet
ter transportation facilities, and partic-
ularly the business enterprise Of certain
Eastern dealers in this fruit, who are pro-
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-13

of counties, but becoming purely tropical
in the extreme south. 1t will be conve-
nient in treating of tllejpomological re-
sources OF Florida to ividethe State into
three geographical sections, producing
respectively hardy, serni-tropical and
tropical fruits. m er
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-11
Decoration AntedateS and Accom-
panieS Dress.
Simple Styles in Gown Making, Ribbon
Extravaganza. Desirable Tour
nure Devices-MrS. McKee's
Calling Dress-BIOuses
and WaiStcOatS.
HcmIletcS for the Home Intended to Benefit
Children, Invalids, Parents and Nurses.
An Ingathering of Fashion and
Cooking Recipes

Some learned man, it may have been
Herbert spencer, said: decoration
Preceded dress, - and instanced the fact
that sayages tattooed themselves long
before they felt the necessity of clothes.
These tattooers lived in hot climates and
Ea'niture Us. garments was an easy case.
Alecallette costume in India ink or Per-
san blue had much to recommend it,
and the civilization that made fashion
journals necessity may not have been
y much true missionary work as the
Nle,.euth century enthusiasts are prone
~ declare. Whatever may have been the
--'antaCes of the day of pristine decOTa-
.el, women of these latter decorative
-@sS know that yards of ribbon and
'@ie pieces of material with braid, en-
',.4e'Y, beads and flowers are the re-
y-s.t4s Of the decoration that follows
1.-ss, and when Miss Flora McFlimsey
s-'ls 10 the mountains, the springs or
ZIG seashoTe it takes more than pigments
supply her necessities. She
PACKS her big Saratoga; no,
SIG ooeSB I do that any more,
'as takes instead two or three medium
s1sI trunks stored with jackets, sun
Wy Tea gowns, diverse and the
many accessories that distinguish her
nom her dusky sisters of the spicy
Sc who only fills the rim of
AT ears of gold and the car
.-se of her nose with rings when in
All dress. 1t is true Miss Flora has
-~-0eHts and paints, but she has Pear IS
swap as well, and her education embraces
. 1e>Ee for cleanliness and freshness
.-"t is conspicuously absent in the prim-
ave decoration that preceded dress.
q, 'st as the ships 90 down to Tarshish
-.E bring fine gold, and it is spun
~'o the slender threads that is
well adapted TO decorate the
.--ge Of my lady's robe, and deft fin
- are busy on rare and quaint designs
ordering the rich garments, or it is
o..l-ht by cunning workmen into zone
r r. uara for waist and queenly head.
:, rom present indications it would seem
,-a' ,he age of gold had returned; no
,-seF IS the glittering ornamentatiou
,'IAhet to evening dress and witchiug
n gown, but finds its place in tailor
r.~ue costumes that are seen on the
r.o!.nenade, although here silver also is
..t''-ously used. The trim jacket of
r ny morning shopper Is held in
race by a silver cincture curiously
ought with squares of hammered sis
81 and squares of heavily brocaded sill +
iSN3<gray,silk A belt of silk or Eelvet
&c &c lis silver clasp, and these are5also
1I n.ld with loops of silk and ribbon
"lobon! Yes, that reminds. Ribbon
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-11
flounoe, to which is often added a frin

fiounce, to which is often added a frill
lace or embroidery.
Young girls at Newport and Bar Har-
Dor affect the "sweet-simplicity' style
of wearing the hair, which takes the
shape of braided knot in the nape of
the neck. With evening toilet the head
is sometimes ornamented with a fillet of
ribbon, a wreath or band of gold.
For very young ladies are fichus COM
posed of extra wide sash ribbon. These
are joined diagonally at the middle of the
back, crossed in front with a few pleats
to conform them to the figure, and knot
ted at the waist behind. This is style
revived from one popular the latter part
of the last century.
White Victoria lawn blouses extend
below the waist line and are snugly belt
ed with an old fashioned belt ribbon fas-
tened by one of the new silver buckles.
These waists are prettiest when made
very full on the shoulders, with full
mutton-leg sleeves. turned-over pleat-
ed collar pointed low at the throat, and
q pleating turned back from the wrists.
A very stylish accessory to a costume is
the foulard or crepe chemisette. The ia
Vote is of white foulard and tiny blue
bouquets, the yoke is very finely plated,
with pulled sleeves, turned-dOwn oollhr
and craYat. A sash of similar material
is tied loosely over the hips. More ele-
CANT than the "Jayotte'' is the ''Jua-
nita' chemisette, of pompapour crepe,
over which is worn a black lace Bolero
jacket; the trimming on the sleeves is of
black lace
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-11
Household.

Theorizing has to bear share of ridi-
Guile, but people continue to theorize,
partly because it is a pleasant oceupa-
ton, easier than practice, and partly be-
cause it does not come to all the oppor-
tunity to put theory into practice. Hence
the proverb, ''Bachelors' wives and old
maids children are perfection. -
Granted, then bachelors and old maids
get the cream, for with ideal wives and
children, failure in marriage is an i'm
possibility.
The question that asserts itself is,
could not creatures of flesh and blood,
particularly children, more nearly ap-
proach the pinnicle where the ideals sit
in the blissful state of perfectness?
In proper degree it is right that child
hood be not defrauded of its privileges,
that home and its recollections should
remain ever dear; but there certainly is
discipline that enters into early life that
makes it sweeter, and fits for the future
in way that cannot be attained if this
training is omitted, a thought that par
ents and guardians would do well to pom
der, for upon US rests responsibility
that no amount Of sarcasm can remove.
There is no doubt children of to-day
are just as lovable as those who peep out
at us from Joshua Reynolds bewItching
portraits, but possibly we derange them
somewhat, as they grow. Home should
be made more attractive TO them than
any other spot on earth. We should re-
member that they have a sort of exuber-
ance which must and will find vent some
where ''TraIning' children does not,
of necessity, mean a stern lack of inter
est in their projects, troubles ana amuse-
ments; yet it does mean something;
and while this interest in them seems to
have died out in great part, the system
of moral suasion has apparently gone out
of fashion too. Let children do as they
please for the first ten years of their
lives, so long as they fail to annoy you,
and what can you expect Of them after
wardg
We send our girls to gymnasiums, TO
make them straight, because we hare al
lowed them to grow up limp ana crooked.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-01-20
The manly Art.

Lovers Of the ''mnnly mt" mny justly
congratulate themselves on tho good
fortune which has befailen them in the
selection Of place and time for tho Sulli-
vau-Kilmiu battle. This grent event is
to occur OH the Sth day Of July within
200 miles of New Oilcans. Anywhere
within eco miles Of New Orleans the
weather on the 9Th day Of July is very
likely to be rs Incorporate As Mr.. Sulli-
van himself. This probability affords
ground for a faiut expectation Of warm
work i'll tue ring. There Is, Indeed.
some reason TO hope that the tompcr-
ature may DO no CALLING that the two
men may become irritable and quarrel.
A quarrel between them when they nrc
within reach Of one onother might
possibl. result in an exchange Of blows.
-~!Exuminer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-01-20
Fearful, disaster.

A special to the Examiner dated
Reading, Penn, Jan. Q, says:
This was tue saldest night in the
history Of Reading. A hundred house
holds are in mourning, as the result Of
one Of the greatest cal..mitiss ever
known in Pennsylvania.
a cyclone swep! over the northern
section of the city this afternoon and
laid waste everything within its roach,
cansing II terrible loss Of life. The
most reliable computation of the num-
Der of the dead aud ~injirol NJ II O'Clock
tonight il that not fever than sixty
persons have been killed outright aud
one hundred injured.
II Ind been raining very hard all the
morning. Toward noon the rain ceased
almost entirely. aud by 4 o'clock there
was every Indication that th, re would
be mn entire cessation of the storm.
Half an hour afterwards the sun made
MI effort to penetrate the clouds. Tiuts
of rainbow were seen in the east.
There was u clear sky overhead. This
continued for half IN hour longer.
Then the scene changed with n sudden
ness that was appalling The lercy
cloudn gave way to ominous signs Of
the coming storm. Dark heavy banks
Of clouds mnrshaled themselves toward
town ind n deep gloom settled over
the city. Then the wind cnulc in with
II roar. III the western sky the lorna 10
WIS distinctly seen approaching. The
swuth it cut was narrow, but its effect
wns terrible.
Persons residing along the track of
the storm say they snS the first signs OF
danger in II funuvl-shnpcd cloud which
seemed to gtthcr up everything within
its reach mud cast it right and 10 t Out
in the country, honscs and barns were
unroofed, farm buildings overturned,
crops rooted up and destruction spread
i'll every direction. The track of the
cyclone II not moro than 200 feet
wide. 1t came from the west ami
passed along the northern border Of
Reading.
The greatest destruction was caused
Mt the Reading SILK Mills where about
l75 girls were working. The building
was 800 feet long, 100 feet wide and
four stoiies high. The fnnncl-shaped
storm-cloud struck tie building directly
i'll the centre OH the broadcast side,
which iaced west. 1t fell 10 pieces nS
il composed of so many building blocks.
Nearly 2OU human brings went do wn in
the awful wreck. The walls gave why
and the floors fell down, one on top OF
tho other, and carried the great mass #
human beings to the bottom. Bricks
were pilad mp in the greatest confusion,
while above tie whiStling and roaring
OF the wind, terrible cries for help were
heard. Girls with hlickencd fuces,
bruised and broken limbs, their cloth
ing tntterel anl torn. dragged them
selves from tho ruins. Probably soveu-
ty.fivc or one hundred escaped or were
dragged out by their friends.
Up to 1880 O'Clock tonight probably
the bodies OF . dorm deal had been
taken out, while the greater portion Of
the remainder were still under the ruins.
The work Of Rescue will 10 pushed all
night, but it mny DO far into tomorrow
before all the bodies arc taken out.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-01-20
The Eclipse at l.nndy.

The eclipse came to pass according to
the programme, says tho Homer Index.
The sky was cloud!css and nll condi.
tiOns favorable for smoked glass OBJ
ScrvutiOns. Whom the san was noarly
obscured the ragged crags about us u.s.
sumol n weird and corpsy aspect II IL
snow>lidc anil earthquake could have
Clipped in abont that time it would
hnTo been n scsno OF unparalleled aw-
ulness. As it was OF the top OF Mount
Gilcrest glistcned i'll tie uncnnuy glow
like the polished scalp Of q lochorous
old dutTor at n model artist show.