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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-10

Supt. Russllng of the Citizens Electric
Light company left last night for ST Joe,
where he accepts position Win the REQ
pies st. Rv., Electric Light ana Power
company.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-10

The Young Peoples society O. fhe Wss.
SIDE PrestTtsriAn chufc5 VII hold an
OYSTER supper IL the f-utsryTiss ol.cS- ses-
Ter O. Maple aud -snses s.reela t;-ls cyst
ing. Cone ard gst g9a1 a-sl = 5TsssEs
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-10

NJ. John r Litt@Il left yesterday fc-
For. Recovery, O., via TIE Missouri Pa
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-10

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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-10

Rev. E. a. Hoyt leaves this morning Tor
Topelza to attend the state camp meeting
He will spend day or two IN kansas City
before his return.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-10
w1cHITATNAsT. LOUIS PAPER.

The s. Louis Post-D4s2atch OF Sunday
morning contains full page write-op Of
Wichita. by a special correspondent, illus
trated with su outline map, cuts OF the
two packing houses. and FIVE other piet-
tres Of blocks and public buildings The
cuts Of the packing houses DO nos really
afford 81 a6equats idea o. tie magnitude
q these two immense institutions, but
the pictures Of the Y. n {. a building,
he Carey hotel, The Garfield university,
the Zimnerly block and the board q
trade building are quite comprehensive,
and fair II detail The SIX or seven col
uInns Of matter ara quite attractive and
c5utain beside much valuable statistics
Il : such paper as might be very pro6is-
big sent ont. especially 70 friends desiring
concise information Of the many wonders
of Wichita. samuel Winch. CT the news
stand and book store On Nzia STREE IS
prepared to furnish any aE-aoe- q extra
copies
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-10
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Your oleGirnc servant,

>. II CAMPBELL
The judiciary committee reported faYor-
ably en- allowing a claim of 50 70 Mercer
& Haaiba! for injuries sustained TO 4 horse
by falling into tie sewer.
On motion an ordinance was ordered
drawn 10 conclude tGe purchase Of the lot
corner Of Fourth and Thirteenth for hose
house for Sl.000-
On motion Of Mr.. Downing It was de-
cided 10 pave the alley from Main TO Mar
kat between First and Douglas
\ communication was read from the
Ahren fire engine company enclosing
blank contract and the same was made a
report OF the special committee on the
subiec,. As the committee had power 10
act nothing remained but for the mayor TO
sirn the contract, provided it was in order;
lie price being $500. The matter Of
s~sles for the West side came up but
gctiou was deferred until the next regular
meeting.
THE CITY engineer recommended the
following route from Douglas 70
The Wichita university for the
street car extension snd the cost OF grad
ing was estimated at s2o. From Douglas
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-10

Mr.. J. ". Davis of Greensburg is in the
city.
Mr.. ". J. Ford Of Jackson, Mich. was
in the city yesterday.
W. D. Mccormick is again about after
an attack of malaria.
W J. Speer. ESD, editor Augusta jour
nal. was in the city last evening.
Mrs Cor,vin Hunt of Los Angeles, is
vi-itipa, ner sister, Mrs. J. Giles Smith.
Tndge Foster returned last evening from
Topeks at 1856, in time TO mold d night ses-
sion.
Mrs. p Rossner has returned home
from Eldorado Springs, where sne mas
been spending the summer.
Pev F A. Hovt leaves this morning for
rJ,oral-a ro attend the state camp meeting.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-11-13

soil each year what it abstracted the
year before.
But must draw to a close. II clean
culture has not exhausted the soil of
large portion of the orange section, the
discussion OF the subject has probably
had that effect on the patience of many
of your readers. It's followers are Joined
to their idols, and, as long as their money
and groves last, will doubtless continue
to worship them. As it's practice on a
large scale will, in all probability, effectu-
ally solve the vexed problem of over-pro-
duction, perhaps it is not, after all, ad-
visable to discontinue it.
N DE " HOWARD.
Clarcona, Orange County, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-11-13
Celery Culture.

Land for celery should be moist, butnot
with stagnant water. 1t can hardly be
too rich. If unfermented manure is used,
the celery must be kept well watered, or
the heating of the manure will dry it up,
and prevent it doing the crop any good.
The trench plan of setting has the disad-
vantage that when heavy rains come the
trenches are filled with water and the
plants are then injured. 1t is better to
plant nearly level, or only an inch or two
below the surrounding surface, and then
throw soil around the plants as they grow
and require it. ket the plants get nearly
full growth before trying to blanch them.
1t requires care to keep dirt from getting
between the leaves, which will cause them
to rust.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-11-13
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Clean Culture May Solve the Over
Production Problem.

In the observations of a Newcomer"
in your issue of 10Th inst Mr.. S. B. Mann,
of Volusia, invites criticism on his state
ments and conclusions in regard to ''the
question OF green VS.. clean culture of or
anges."
He seems especially in doubt as to the
soils need of humus and as to the fitness
of crab grass for it's production. On the
first point it would appear easy to salts
fy an intelligent man. If he could, by a
simple process, convert the soil of his
grove into garden mould, would he not
think it desirable thing to do? Yet the
Chief | might say the only, difference be-
tween garden mould and ordinary soil
consists in the former containing a larger
proportion of humus.
Now, let's see what humus is, and of
what it is composed. The name is ap
piled in a general way to a complete sub
stance which exists, in varying proper
tions, in all soils worthy of the name, and
which can be extracted from them by
chemical means. To the eye it ap-
pears as a 'fne, brown, light pow
DER" which, when subjected to analy-
sis, is found to be mixture of several
compounds, the principal of which
are humin, ulmin and according to some
authorities) gein, with humic, ulmic,
crenic and hypo-crenic acids. These are
naturally produced by the eremacausis Of
cellulose; that is by the gradual decom-
position of the cellular tissue or frame
work of plants.
Chemically, pure humus-humus in the
abstract, SO to speak-is composed of
only three elements, carbon, hydrogen
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-11-13

and cover the whole bed when cold wealth
er visits you. Have it SO arranged as to
be taken off to allow cultivation, air and
sun. Ii these plants are not wanted, sell
them CORRESPONDENT.
Montverde, Lake County, Fla.
**
NOTE.-As to varieties of tomatoes to
plant, nearly all the varieties sent out by
Northern seedsmen are sold and used here.
But [ will state that in my Judgment the
tomato for Florida, first, should be ear
ly; second, should be smooth; third,
should be large and free from cracks.
Vines should stand up well, have heavy
foliage to protect fruit, a prolific bearer,
a good shipper, a fine color vines strong
and stout to hold fruit from the ground,
and one that will hold out to produce
fruit of good, large size until the last of
the season. Small fruit is of but little ac-
count. Large, fine fruit always sells well
in the market, while small and inferior
fruit brings low prices. Therefore in
choosing seed try to get a variety that
will fill most of these qualities.
The Acme is a nice tomato and has a
fine appearance, but the vines are slender
and thefruit bears the vines to the ground,
where it is apt to rot.
The Improved Acme is being planted
quite extensively around Clermont and
Minniola, but ain not posted as to it's
quality. am inclined to believe that I
would rather risk Livingston varieties,
take them altogether, as any. | think he
stands at the head, as nearly all the best
varieties were originated and grown by
him but | consider him high in prices, in
fact the highest of all.
l planted Livingston's Perfection last
year, and found it to fill morepoints than
any tomato | had planted. | will name
some of the varieties most priced now by
growers here: Livingston's Beauty, Per
lection and Improved; the Octopus, Par
agon and Antocent. Buist, also, has a
fine tomato, but it is hard to tell which
is best. Cor.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-11-13

into the composition of ce.lulose. 1t can
be obtained i'll the laboratory from the
action of an acid upon sugar, both sugar
and acid containing only these elements.
In practice, however, as found in the soil,
it contains, in addition, more or less nit
rogen, together with lime, magnesia,
soda, potash, etc., which are found to a
greater or less extent in all soils, and
which enter into combination with it's
acids forming humates, inmates, etc.
Some of these compounds are dissolved
by the soil water and absorbed by the
roots of plants. Some, in the process of
cultivation, by which air is admitted in
to the soil, are decomposed giving off
carbonic acid gas carbon and oxygen).
Plants obtain most of their carbon
through their lungs-the leaves-and,
were it not for this decomposition of the
inmates and humates, by which this in
dispensable element is furnished to their
roots, it is probable that when stripped
of their leaves they would soon perish.
|. at least 95 per cent. consists of carbon,
hydrogen and OXygen-the elements of hu-
mus-which exist in boundless profusiOn
in the air and water; only from two to five
per cent. being gcomposed of mineral mat
ter. The decay of the tons of grass, -four
and one-haIf feet long and as thick as
mat," from an acre of ground, must thus
result in the formation of an immense
amount of humus. OF the nine mineral
elements of this grass potash and phos-
phoric acid are the only ones that, enter
ing into the composition of commercial
fertilizers, are at all costly. That it is
not, to any extent, dependent upon the
former, is shown by the fact thatit grows
spontaneously on sandy land, in which
deficiency. Crab grass then borrows
from the applied fertilizer asmallpercent-
age of phosphOric acid, with, perhaps, a
little potash. and not only, when returned
to the soil, discharges the debt in full but
pays on it interest at the rate of, at the
very least, 5000 per cent. in the form of
decayed vegetable matter or humus. Not
bad sort of a debtor 1t also absorbs
the nitrogen which would otherwise be
wasted. 1t must be borne in mind that
ammonia, which is composed of nitrogen
and hydrogen, the most expensive ingre-
dient of fertilizers, is often rapidly dissi-
pated when applied to the soil, especially
in dry weather, and all that is not soon
appropriated by the tree, is forever lost.
Ii crab grass did no more than shade the
ground and preserve and store up for fu-
ture use this one element, it would be in
valuable to the cultivator of the orange.
1t does much more. Prof Gunner, whose
dissertation on ''soils'' is both lucid and
interesting, says: clay down piece of
land to grass, and, after the lapse of
years, the surface soil-originally, per-
haps, of the stiffest clay-is found to
become a rich, light vegetable mould,
bearing a thick sward of nourish-
ing grasses, almost literally different
from those which naturally grew upon it
when first converted into pasture"
AS to Mr. Mann's claim that it is a
''strong root-feeder," | must submit,
x,;+b ~ 1ofononoO ~ b;o 0r1,;o,, +ho4 H.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-11-13


not properly buried, as it easily can be,
nor does the principle of green culture
rest any the less upon the secure founda-
ton of scientific truth.
He states that ''those groves where
grass has been allowed to grow to be
plowed under three or four times during
the summer, have made little or no
growth and have yellow color not at all
pleasing" to him. think that very likely
indeed. In my opinion the plowing in of
green grass three or four times during the
summer, especially in the the rainy sea-
son, would, if persisted in, ruin any grove
in the State. Thegrass should be allowed
to shade the ground during the hot
weather, and should not be turned under
until it has ripened it's seed.
MI. NJ, while not prepared to commit
himself squarely to the clean culture
heresy, adduces in it's favor the fact that
it is necessary in the growing of corn.
| trust he will allow me to suggest that
the conditions are too different to
admit of comparison or analogy. While
the growth of the orange is long
and slow, that of the corn plant is short
and rapid. Corn is almost immeas-
urably smaller than the mature tree and,
when young, approaches much more
nearly in size to the grass and weeds
which surround it than even the newly
transplanted nursery tree. The grass
would consume the plant foodmuch more
rapidly than the corn possibly could and
would effectually dwarf it's growth. If
an orange seed was planted instead of a
grain of corn the same result would, of
course, ensue.
The system ofgreen culture may be, and
has often been, successfully applied to the
Improvement of corn land, but it must
be done before, not during, the growth of
the corn; otherwise, long before thegrass
could be returned to the ground and, by
it's decomposition, restore the food it had
stolen, the corn would be dead The
principle is sound, but there is not suffi-
cient time to admit of it's application. In
medical parlance the treatment is all
right, but the patient would die before
he could avail himself of it.
There is one stage, and but one, in the
growth of the orange tree at which, from
the standpoint of the cultivator, any
analogy can be fairly drawn between it
and the corn plant, and that is during
the first few months following thegermin-
alton of the seed. | do not think that the
most enthusiastic of it's advocates can be
accused of recommending green culture
at this early period of the growth of our
staple fruit.
Probably in nine case out of ten the
failure OF this method of cultivation to
produce satisfactory results is directly
attributable to parsimony in the use of
fertilizers. If, for example, using general
terms and not, by any means, giving the
proper relative proportions, it be found
that on given piece OF ground one ton
of fertilizer is required to produce luxu
RANT growth of grass, and that on anoth-
er piece of the same size and character
the same quantity is barely capable of
keeping orange trees in good condition,
it is clear that where both are grown on
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-08-07
How ChameIeOns Fight.
IErom the Philadalnhia Tinaas i

As soon as they catch sight of each other
they remain perfectly still for moment.
Then they nod their heads up and down
three or four times. as If to work themselves
up to the right pitch for fight. Owe seen
chickens do the same thing many time.)
Then they swell out their dewlap, or throat
pouch, until 1t becomes beautiful light
scarlet. All this while their color Is con-
stantly changing in manner marvellous to
behold. Before they saw each other both
wore gay golden-green coat and O. white
shirt bosom tinted with green, but in an in-
slant this holiday attire vanishes and they
don their fighting suits one after another,
dark brown, light brown, olive green, slate
color, some plain, some spotted, but the
putting out of the dewlap is the last of these
preliminaries, and now, like flash, the tus-
sic begins. And such a tussle IL Is, to be
surel No fun or play about 1t, only deadly
earnest. have watched these Lilliputian
combats more than once; one especially re-
call between two unusually fine specimens,
regular anolis dudes, and fair lady Il sus-
poet she was at the tl,s.J bStte@ Of the tronble
eoo) aaa on - ss-bs, to greet the victor with
The antagonists seized each other by the
jaws-their teeth are very tiny, Just big
enough to feel rough to ones finger-but
they managed to hold on to each other, and
then their heads moved to and fro, their
long tails dashed, they advanced and retreat-
ed up and down the stem of the evening jes-
samine, which they had selected as their bat
tic ground, and for ten minutes they kept
hard at 1t, their dewlaps swellsd like beauti-
ful scarlet balls, their hues constantly chang
ing, their whole aspect instinct with rage
and determination.
At the end of that time one Of them had
lost half OF his tail, but he fought bravsly
on until another sharp jerk deprived him Of
the remaining half. That was the ''drop too
much" he did not "turn tail and run" sim
ply because he had none to turn, bat he did
run as fast az he could 60, leaving the victor
to swallow the writhing stump Of his tail,
which he did with evident enjoyment. The
conquered hero escaped the same fate only
by flight, for 1t is the fashion among the an
oils tribes to devour their conquered enemy.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-08-07
PERSONAL JOTTINGs

About New Haven People and Others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dockendorf are summering
in the Catskill Mountains.
Mrs. w. D. Peck of Howard avenue, ia
summering in the Catskills.
Mayor Peck who went to New York on
private business returns tomorrow.
Attorney P. w. Chase and wife have gone
@. J. Parrot, of the firm of J. Wolcutt &
Co., is spending few weeks in the Catskills.
Selectman Sternberg and family are occu-
plying the Thompson cottage at Norris Cove.
Miss julie Riegler, of Brooklyn, E. D., is
spending her vacation in this city at Mrs.
R. Sattig's, on Webster street.
DR.. B. L. Lambert and family, DR.. w. s.
Horton and family and George A. Treat and
family, will spend the month of August at
Merwins Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adler, Misses Flora and Mir
lam Adler, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Herr, Miss
Bertha Herr, Mr.. and Mrs. Rogowski and
Miss Della Zunder, left yesterday morning
for Saratoga to remain two weeks. They
will stop at Congress Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. h. B. Plant have arrived in
Branford from their visit to Paris. At the
Paris exposition Mr.. Plant was appointed
juror in the representation of American rail-
way appliances, and q gold badge In evidence
of the appointments was presented by Presi-
dent Carnot to Mrs. Plant.
Clarence E. Thompson, who ID extensively
engaged in the business Of western farm
loans, left Monday night on an extended
western trip in the interests of his patrons.
He is accompanied by DR.. H. J. Stevens, the
well-known dentist. They stop day or two
in Washington, D. O., before going west, and
will spend most of the time while absent from
Now Haven In Kansas, Southern California
and Colorado. They win probably return in
about Eve weeks.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-08-07
VETERAN ODD FELLOWS

Enjoy Their Annual summer outing
DINNER at HIPS Homestead, Savin
Rock-A Good Attendance OF Frisky
Vets.
Among those present at the Veteran Odd
Fellows reunion at Savin Rock yesterday
were Chief Veteran T. G. Hollis, Secretary
F. Botsford, ex-Grand Master Philip Pond,
George r. Mott, DR.. II. NJ. Bishop, j. A.
Peck, E. H. Sperry, 8. D. Fairchild, @.
P. Jordan, w. w. White, L. s. Hotchkiss,
a. H. Bromley, Benjamin Jepson, o. Il.
Whitney, Charles Smith, A. S. Lyon,
w. A. Beckwith, J. R. Bradley, J. E.
Northrop, O. n. Sherman, A. w. Francis,
Calvin Russell, William b. Cox, J. L. Hun
Qerford, Grand Master James Bishop, John
Lego, David R. Adams and 81. II. Foote, all
of New Haven; Hiram Francis and William
Mix of Meriden, William B. Judd of Water
bury, Captain David johnson, William Bris-
toll, Vice Veteran R. R. Wood, W. R. Mott
and J. Holbrook of Ansonia, and Abraham
Gladden. of Hartford.
The veterans sat down at 2 O'Clock to din
ner at Hills Homestead and attacked the
feast with vigor, but as course after course
| appeared they finally one by one dropped
knife and fork and admitted that they had
| enough, that the Hills brothers had carried
the day. Brothers Fred Botsford and Sperry
1t was reported had secret conelave alone
I by themselves. They were discovered eating
| in separate building away from the others.
Another report was that they had got up a
corner on soft crabs. All these reports were
oroundless. There was no other way
to provide for them at the same
tables with the rest Of the crowd,
unless the end or side of the dinner room
was taken down to enlarge the quarters.
The attack on the dinner closed at 8 o'clock.
All spoke in high praise of the dinner
After dinner there were social times on the
grapevine-shaded piazzas of the Homestead
among the veterans, and cigars were lit or
all sides. Afterwards many of the veterans
strolled about into the grove or went NJ
stairs into the big octagon building ane
listened to the proceedings of the grangeri
| there. Others watched the dancing In thu
grove, and one or two OF the old fellows
grew animated and owned they'd like tt
"shake foot" with some OF the pretty, cap
tivating granger girls who we're dancing in
set by themselves. Others strolied along tne
sea-girt shore and beheld the nymph
and mermaids disporting away the sad gel
waves and renewed their youth at the sigh
of youngsters who excelled in diving ant
swimming under water. One now membe
was added. This was Hon. John M. Lines
of Woodbridge, who has been 80 years al
Odd Fellow. He signed roll yesterday, ant
!; was warmly welcomed into the ranks. Tn
|, reunion was a gratifying success and all en-
joyed it.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-08-07

Real estate business is proverbially dull in
midsummer but there are more sales this
season than usual. Among those just re-
corded are the following:
Fifth street, lot fronting northerly, so
by 100 feet, Massena Clark to Henry H.
Richards.
Hazel street, lot fronting southerly, so by
149 feet, with buildings, Bernard MoManus
to Annie v. Marshall.
Whalley avenue, lot fronting northerly, 40
by 100 feet, Joseph X. and Nicholas w. HUI
binger to Oscar II. Steiner
Lines street, lot fronting southwesterly,
80 by 206 feet. Charles Mitchell to Ann Far
ley.
Blatchlsy avenue, lot fronting easterly, 30
by 100 feet, William II. H. Hewitt to Patrick
J. Wrinn.
Pine street, lot fronting southerly, 81 by
ITO feet, with buildings, William and Mary
Jane Beach to Orilla A. Ives.
Washington street, lot fronting southeast
erly, with buildings, Thomas and Ann Lake
to John Rebel.
Admiral street. lot fronting northerly, 40
by 100 feet, George L. Austin to James w.
Barrows.
Fillmore street, lot fronting easterly, SO by
100 feet, with buildings, Yale National bank
to Andrew Millegrist.
Davenport avenue, lot fronting southerly,
% by 103 feet, with buildings, Joseph q. Keefe
to Henry Gauley.
Wallace street, lot fronting easterly, So by
135 feet, with buildings, Michael Kay to John
Edward Gaffney.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-08-07

Or. j. @. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by NIL Drusglsts and Dealers in Medicine.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-08-07
In INVESTIGATING
The Collision Facts-Thc Repairs OF
the Derby Extension.

The Collision Facts-Thc Repairs on
the Derby Extension.
Deputy Coroner Pond has made a partial
inquiry into the facts pertaining to the death
of Engineer Henry W. Byington. Among
those who were questioned was Conductor
Phillips of the freight and Brakemen Havey
and Gaffney, also Engineer Ounce. Foreman
Powers and Brakeman Hart. Their testimo-
ny was relative to the accident and how 1t
occurred. Mr.. Pond intended to take the
testimony of Superintendent Hopson and
Conductor Holbrook, but they were away su-
perintending the repair of damages on the
Derby extension caused by the recent floods.
he will interview them to-day probably.
The engines on the Derby are draped In
mourning In memory of the deceased engi.
neer.