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business has increased, why should he
complain? Should he not rather uphold
and encourage an organization that tends
to increase his business? WewOuld quote
the gentleman's own words, and inform
him that ''there are certain fixed princi-
pies in business that must always live,
and the man who bucks against them will
get Fundamentally or otherwise; and
one of these principles is to uphold and
foster those things which increase and
benefit his business, and not decry and
denounce them, as Mr.. Kiely has done an
agency which he virtually admits has in
creased his business and his profits. We
would further remind Mr. Kiely that the
organization of the Union and the forma-
ton of the Fruit Exchange was for the
correction of one of the evils mentioned
by him-the iniudicious acts of growers
who consigned their fruits in a manner
not consistent with their interests.-ED.
FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
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Iron Fence Post.
Editor Florida A griculturiSt:
aImetto, Florida

Editor Florida A ericulturist:
| think [ remember seeing some time
ago an article in your paper about iron
posts for fencing groves. Canyon with
out too much trouble say how they are
found to work, what they cost, and
where they can be obtained? L.
The iron fence posts mentioned above
are manufactured by II. e. C. Brinly,
Louisville, KY, and are the best and
most durable post that can be used, and
in the long run are the cheapest, for they
will last forever. We have had the posts
in use on our place for four years, and
they are as good now as the day they
were put in the ground, and will be in the
same condition a quarter OF century
hence The posts complete with base
and brace, cost about forty cents each
f. O. b. at Louisville. For further infor-
nation address Il. E. C. Brinly, care OF
Brinly, Miles 4 Hardy Plow Company.
Louisville, KY.
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The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, and Off Skin Eruptions, and posi-
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is guaranteed to give perfectsatisfactio
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box For sale by both the drugstores.
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MAKE YOUR Own FERTILIzER.-Send for
sample, price, etc, of our kilncured, dis
integrated, screened Humus for compost
ing with chemicals, cotton seed meal
ashes, or stable manure. Address, HICKS
& CLARK, Fort Mason, Fla,
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ditional tax of 10 per cent. on the bust
ness, which you must pay. The commits
sion mans profit is of course carefully
figured on, whether buying at auction or
through other agents, and that is at least
10 per cent Then the expense of attend
ing an auction, whether in New York,
Boston, Chicago, ST. Louis or Jackson
Vile, must come out of the fruit, as a mo-
ment's reflection will show. Therefore 10
to 20 per cent. at the very lowest is alb
sorbed in getting the fruit into the hands
of the commission merchant, the very
party you are striving to avoid, for all
wholesale orange dealers are commission
merchants. You will, therefore, perceive
that they after all must distribute the
| fruit, or place it before the consumers.
1t is clear enough to any thoughtful per-
son that only one person should stand
between the grower and the consumer,
and you cannot get out of the business
what it is capable of yielding until you
avoid all the expenses of reaching con-
sumers through any othersource or meth
cd, or through additional agencies.
By the old method of doing business
directly with responsible merchants it
cost you 10 per cent. to get the crop into
the hands of consumers. Through the
glittering route marked out for you by
your new benefactors / have shown that
it costs you about % per cent. There is
some food for reflection here.
The writer has never been in the State
of Florida, nor has he ever sent a man
into theState, although some local agents
occasionally interest themselves in his be-
| half | have had more fruit sent to me
this season on commission than in any
former year, and | can set at my desk
and command MOI ef fruit in this way than
[ can do justice to, and [ have no doubt
every large city has plenty of merchants
who can do the same thing. 1t is the re-
suit of protecting the shipper at all times
as far as possible, and at the least ex
pense - esta blishing a confidence that
should always exist. There are hundreds
of shippers doing business in this way,
and would not relinquish the practice for
any new style that could be proposed.
There is absolutely no tax imposed on
the fruit in this way beyond the 10 per
cent. for selling, and that much, in addi-
ton to the freight charges, is all that the
fruit is properly able to bear.
The subject is too large and important
to be reviewed in one letter, but as this
communication is long enough at this
time, will refer to other features of the
business later on. P. M. KELLY.
ST. Louis, Missouri.
I'VE willingly give room to the above
not because it embOdies our ideas If any
particular but because we wish to have
this subject fully and thoroughly dis
cussed from every standpoint. The ar
guments advanced by Mr.. Kelly have been
met and answered time and again in our
columns He holds that the additional
handling of the fruit after leaving the
hands Of the Exchange imposes an extra
tax upon the fruit. This may all be true;
but if the fruit is additionally taxed after
leaving the hands of the Fruit Exchange,
it is no concern of the shipper or prOdu-
Ger, as the fruit is no longer their prop
| ertv and the additional tax must be
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For THE FLORIDA AGRIo ULTURIsT.
Another Commission Mans Ideas.

/ have read with good deal OF interest
the many articles contributed to your
and other journals relative to the dlspos-
al OF the orange crop. have noticed
that many of the writer's regard the com
mission man us the arch enemy OF the or
ange growers and shippers, and largely
the cause OF all their woes, and he should
be downed at all hazards. Presuming
that the great storm has spent it's force,
and that the question has been, in a
measure, satisfactorily disposed of, since
have not seen one word in opposition,
| hope it is not too late to offer few re-
marks covering, to some extent, the other
side of the case.
Irealize that the subject is a very i'm
portant one, and worthy of ADLER pens
than mine; yet [ venture few thoughts
that cannot fail to interest your readers.
To begin with do not wish to be I'M
derstood as defending any OF the men
who have treated their patrons unfairly,
or defrauded them in any way. There is
no defense for this class, and it must be
admitted that there are comparatively
few of them. Every avenue of trade is in
vaded by a few adventures and irrespon-
sible rascals, and no doubt always Will
be, and our business is not freefrOm them
any more than others, but question the
proprietY or justice of denouncing all for
the dishOnorable acts of few. | have
seen the exposure of several OF such
firms in the Southern journals the past
season, and, to the credit of this city, it
must be said that none OF them did any
business here. An Investigation will prove
that our market is remarkably free from
this class. In fact, the greatest influence
that has heretofore contributed to the
breaking down of our market has been
the injudicious acts of the growers who
have consigned their fruit here to cotton
firms, grain men and hide houses-parties
who happened to be friends or relatives
Of the shippers. Oranges in the hands OF
such parties invariably precipitate a de-
cline in prices.
do not question the intentions of the
many organizations now in your State
who are organized expressly to ship your
fruit, or tell you what to do with it, but
| propose to show that the existence
of these many associations, which, by thu
way, are not pulling together, becomes {
big tax that should not be imposed OF
the business, since the fruit, or it's owners
must pay for ali.
There are certain fixed principles il
business that must always live, and TIN
man who bucks against them will ge
hurt, financially or otherwise. The com
mission, or middle man, may be regarded
as a necessary evil, yet he is necessary
The distributors services cannot posi-
bly, be disposed of, and his Interest,"
and the growers are mutual, and NJ
lack of confidence should exist be
tween them. To suppose you have dis
pensed with the services of the commits
sion man by selling yourfruit at auction
or through the agents of the Exchange O.
any other body isa'grave delusiOn. If tn
commission man or regular dealer doe
not patronize either, your business in {
measure falls to the ground, or is serious
II, ;pono;rod Voorc Of oyDoripncn onahl
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DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

Four men we're killed and several others
badly in Djured by the premature explosion OF
u blast at a camp, near Johnson City, Ten
nesser.
Misses Lou ASbury aud L;zz;e Bowles, VIII.
liam Rose and Daniel Asbury were drowned
while boIting in a lake about fourteen miles
from Clnni, Illinois.
j. ii. Murphy, n hom;steader near F!h-
vieau, forty miles fran Chippewa Falls, WIS
consin, was froz.n to death. He is supposed
10 have been drunk.
Henry and Martin R.imus, section hands
on tho .nsylvania Ralroai were run down
byuy IT locomotive near Wheeler station,
India /, and were instantly killed
Prof. Charles A. Clark, Principle OF the
AIbio Academy, OF Milton, w. IS omain, died
ut what is believed to bavo been hyiro2bo'
bia He was bitten by n cat in March iast.
Tho boiler of steam shovel usel by tbs
Pittsburg AMI Lake Il 10 Company in excn-
vat.ug at f ,llst) )n, Pcnna. burst, injurinS il
men, one Of VIII )m, Wesley Francis, 1 Pits
| urg, died Oh the way TO the hospital.
Several cars of n train on tho Wyoming
Division of the Union Paciii; Railroad were
thrown down All cmbnnkmeut at Hampton,
sixty miles cast OF Evanston, u ah, and
eleven persons were injured; mono fatally
The breaking Of IA wheel On one of the cars
of an empty cJai train on the N1w Jersey
Central Railroad caused u wreck ut the Il ant
Avenu, Station in Plainiield. Twenty cars
were wrecked and thirty 9th rs badly dam
! aged.
A freight train on the Philadelphia an |
| Reading X R,ilroad ran into the rear o.
another freight train at Snydertown. Con-
| ductor John Dsifenderfer was killed and sew
eral OF the crew injured, and tn, locomotive
| and ten cars were wrecked.
| Mrs Jane McDermo.t- of Pittston- Ronnes.
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MARKETS..

BALTIMORE -Flour-City Mills. extra. $40
ss4. so, Wheat Southern Fultz. 7SaeO:
Corn-Southern White, 26l2S cts, Yellow
3Sa4Oc. Oats s--Southern and Pennsylvania
2Sa3lcts : Rye-Maryland & Pennsylvania
56a5Scts. Hay-Maryland and Pennsylvania
ssss ssasss - iossps essssa
:. [;heese- Eastern Fancy Cream. 1924
I0a@o ', o,, >Westafp, l9al6t5 cts; E2gs-li
az az Tobocco i.eaf-lnferior, las2:oJ, Gooo
ai', i,n,,n,on 3 OOa$4 90, Middling, $5aIoo Gooa
~ t;mn red ,sa$9; Fancy, 1Oasl3.
W NV YORK K-Flour-Southern Common 10
,oir extra, S350a$2S5: Wheat-No Wmoe
t,asIos7 Kye--State. 57a6): Corn--SouthnsHrani !
V.lhioy 0i5 5a39X Oats w hite, State2e>sa.o2s
n,s Bu,ter--State. l5a2 cts. CheeSe- 7o'a"'
St1 G%,ioit cts. Eggs-24a24L cts.
iPuI, ipELPHIA = Flour - PennsyiVanla
sonny 4. 25a4 IS: Wheat-Penusylvania and
Southern Red 81 11aS2; Rye--pennsyil,vsaan, ", "a
| SSaI;1c: Corn Southern Yellow, o'Isao, Gus
| 0ots-2Sl Y Ia2SL cts. :Butter--State %3asoc
| Cheese-S. Y. Factory, 9a9I5 cts. Eggs
| State. l5.l5I3 cts. .r,
B,LrrMoRE-i,eef, 4 5jai -; Sheep-s3
| MS IS Hogs-Sl 15a5 % e.,. g, =
| hrw YORK -Beef-S3 JOa1 -; Sheep- -
aG %; llogs-S3. 7O24 ~ ,.,r,. s,ean-
| "E ,Sr LIBERTY -Beef-$4 25ai %; SheeP-
s5 OOa5 20; Hogs-s3 75a3 %.
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A TRAGEDY IN GEORGIA.
Mr.. Dc Forest AIIgoOd Killed by Dr.
j. IL. -. Holmes at Rome, GR.

j. ID. -. Holmes at Rome, Ga.
Dc Forest Ailgoo !, president of Iron Fac
tory, ono Of tho wealthiest institution OF
North Georgia, was shot an instantiy killed
mt o'c!c OK the other ev n ns by DR. j. b. y.
Holmes. his brother in law, and ono Of the
most prominent and popular OF Georgia ply
sioians. bIr. AIIsood had long cherished ILL
will towards DR.. Holmes for some business
matters between them and had frequently
threatened his life. DR.. Holmes had avoided
Mr.. Allgood for years and won't out OF town
to nv Did meeting him to day.
MIR. Allgood came down from Trion Fac.
tory to II )mo on an evening tram and waited
for DR. Holmes in his oiics door. DIR. Homes,
who had vague warning, sought to reach
his otlic, by the back streets.
When the party drew up in front OF the
cflice Mr.. Allgood advanced with drawn ps-
tol on DR.. Homes. Tne latter shot Mr.. All.
10 ,ded with Lird shot. both shots taking el-
feet, tn, first cutting the carotid artery and
the ju uar vein, and the second breaking the
neck completely.
Mr. All .Coi fell at tho first shot, then half
rose, still trying to draw his pistol When he
rece.vel tho second shot he lell on his face
nnd III tantly expired.
DIR, Holmes exclaimed: 81 was forced to do
il toslye my own life. l am sorry, 50 sorry,
Lut h, hunted mo down, ana iOr the SAKE ot
nv wife and my son had To KIN him." ID :.
uolnrs Immediately surrendered to officers
and is resting III his own apartments In
charge of deputy sherii.
The general sentiment agrees that the Kill
| ing was cicar.y IN s.If.defcncc, and although
! both men were exc redng'y popular, the cur
, rent OF sympathy is stron ;ly WITH Dr.. Holmes
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WILD ANIMALS AT LARGE.
a Reign Of Terror in Hancock Co.,
IIi.-Thc Theories Advanced.

a Rr:i; Of Terror in Hancock Co.,
Iu.-Thc Theories Advanced.
The farmers in Southern Hancock county
and many i, siding in the northern portion
OF Adams, Illinois, were terrified almost
nightly by the screams OF some wild beasts
about three weeks ago. AT first it wa'
thought that some woman or child was In
Il stress and search was made. but no Cne
was found. "a few mornings after the occur
reno, ono farmer residing near the Hancock
county line found "a cow and her young calf
living in the ,rn. lot dead and their todirs
Inangled terribly. Bloody trails led from
the barn to tho pig-pcn OF another farmer,
and here five goats were found with their
thronts cut. The discovery aroused the
farmers, and it. was the opinion Of all that
panther or somo other wild animal was urk
ing III the neiGhborhooj. Eor'y tho next
day Abraham Johns went TO his barn and
saw the straw and fodder moving. Just then
n hugo animal bounded out with a horril
sssssM aaa asarssaEsa Apso ths sa'sSsr'
The excitement now spread through the
neighbcrhood, and n band of men was organ
izeI. a two days search with dogs was
made, but no trace of the animal could bs
found The body of a fine horse was next
found in pasture u few miles above Quincy
Tho animal was not dead, butts entrails ha l
boon tCrn out. The people are thoroughly
alarmed and many OF them will not venture
from their homes at night. a band of de-
tcrmined men is now being organized. and
they have resolved to capture the beast at all
/ hazards. There can be little doubt that ono
or two panthers have had their biding- place
in Adams and Hancock counties for several
years. There are some people who profess
to believe that animals more dangerous than
panthcrS are loose.
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NUMBER 5.
Railroad and Telegraph Communtca.
ti0n Hntrrruptcu

ti0n Hntrrrnptcd.
The snow blockade in the West aud North
wtst is one of the most complets on record.
Not only has travel become an impossibiiity
on tue western divisions OF tho Central ard
Northern Pacific, but the ts.o. graph comp,-
MICS are ,qu,l sufferers, anl every through
wire is down on both these routes. The only
means OF Geographic communication with
the Pacific coast now Is by the indirect route
OF the Southern Pacific, and the volume OF
business transacted is necessarily limited
ashinS ton and Oreson are shut of from
communication with the entire world, with
the exception of on, iittls ziS z,g wirs that
still ticks 1eehly between San Francisco and
Portland. When this wire & oes do " n these two
Ncr hwestern states will te further away from
New York tn Chinn, so far telsX Xraphc
communication is concerned, as the trains arS
not running and the snow blockade renders
1t impossible for the telegraph force to reach
the scene OF the break. Tho Western Union
repairers are showed up at a ilt dozsn points
in the West, and there Is lite prospect on
renewed communications until ths railroads
bavo mastered the elements. The snow block
ode OH the Central Pacific Road is at Emi-
grant Ghp, near the sum nit Of the Serras.
Eight westt ound trains nro showed in, aud
the rIo pect Of the rca being opened in the
next forty eight hours Is poor, ns the snow
plows ctnnpt work through thu freezing ice,
and the fore, o. ShovcIers is in III, Iatc.
There are $50 men Mt work, but as the snow
Is seven f. cC deep Oh the level and fatbomless
in tho cuts, the work Of c.carn, the track
while tho snow falls is trem:n .ous Labor.
The Southern Pacific Roid has been badly
injured IN tho rehach .pi Mountains by wash
outs, and beyond l. IS Angel, the floods buvs
done niue damage. The only unobstructed
road now is the Atlantic nni P,citic, but as
this d. ponds on tn, SouIhcI II Pac fic counec.
tion between tbs Mohave Desert and San
Franc SEQ and on tho washe oat Southern
Pacific line between Los Angeles nnd San
E..nn frn vnl b t,ny ,t'S a tial
rd ut any moment, as it has been ratnin
heavily in Southern California for days past,
while It Ia showing in tue north.
Snow Is s;iit failing throu ;hout the West,
lliaf ~
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FATAL ELECTRIC CURRENT.
SngGing wires Communicate IL TO ~"
Awning-POst with Deadly Encc'.

SagciuE wires Communicate II to Ru
Awning.POst with Deadly EHccf.
At about nine o'clock the other morning,
n man stopped his horse in front OF If. w.
Parsons shoo store, in Newburg, N ", tied
the animal to an awniD post and went away.
a few minutes later tho horse touched his
noss TO an iron post and fell into the gutter
like a log. Thomas Dawson ran to hep the
horse, but no sooner did he place his hands
on the animal than no Dawson) fell dean.
Thomas Siltz, who saw D-wyoh D-w~S ho,J 81 him
cued- 70 his assistance and look nO.u Oh Dun
TO lift him up, but roceived terrible shock,
nd he, too, dropped to tue ground as II deal
An electric light wire had sagged and lay
upon an iron rod extending from an awning
| post to the building, aud the ful force or
| the el, ctric current was passing down the
| iron post into tho ground. The insulating
| material had become thoroughly saturated
/ by rain. MIR. Saltz was only stu med. He
| got up, brushed his Clothes and walked away.
| Neither was the horse killed. IL vas Cut
10 so from the post, lifted to us le't aho
| driven OF.
1t seems that Dawson in assisting the horse
took hold of tho head gear aud at once iel
forward, his head striking against Tue roI
awning. post. An examination OF the pooy
disclosed the fact that tho deadly curren'
was received on the left side OF inc heao
which had rested against tno awning posi-
J Tue neck was blistered, the hair sinSed anl
| the ear baiiIy burned. Drs. virgins ahe
HowoI sui s Quenriy made thorough exani
nation OF tn who.e body. The maLS eye
were open Ills face bore no evidence tina
he had suffered any pain.
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uIA MIN HhNuEU:s
A Sextuple Execution at Fort
Smith, Arkansas.
Tho Grimes which Resulted I'm tho
Tragedy Were All Of the Most
Brutal Kind.

Harris Austin, John Billy, Sam Coin, jam
ison BurrtsJ, Thomas Willis and Jamison
Jones were hanged ut noon at Fort Smith
Ark, !or murders committed in the Indian
Territory.
After religious services the culpits were
handcuffeJ, and ut 20 minutes before 12
O'Clock they began the march TO the gallows.
a great crowd bad gathered, but no one was
allowed to witness the execution except re-
porters, guards and physicians
The doomed men marched flrmly, and were
steady and quiet on the scat fold wh lie the de-
Tails were being arranged. As the nooSes
were adjusted all CT them confessed their
crimes, acknowledged the justice OF their
punishment and said they were ready to die
The black caps were then drawn. ON I just
as the Clock struck ~ the trap was sprung
asd tho six men shot down and rebounded
Violently. a deep groan, two or three con-
Vulsions and oil was still. Every neck had
been broken
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UNION g; AAs; y;

:. The life have saved will be my
blessing. even eun.o the day of my
death, I oil willing! Without it, my
own existeace would he worthless; with
it, l ha a heart for aay fate" a.
His voice, his earnest manner, i'm
res ;cd her as Always before, with
'mething like sense Of fate. And
st II she struggled, and would not sub
nit.
"It il better that it should not be so.
You VIII not believe me; but tell you
that Won will be happier without me.
Go your way; for:e me, while pray
for tho richest blessings of life to be
with YOU"
She spoke against the swelling
pro ouptings Of her heart; tears that she
could not hide filed her eyes.
Cnce more the music of Randall Eel
monl's voice, tho elo Juence of his
words, were eycrted upon her. Again
ho drew glowing picture of tho fu-
turo that awaited her rs his wife; of
the beautiful city home, and all the at
fractions that surrounded it. He i'm
plored her, now that every possible OBJ
stacle had been removed by the death
of hcr father, no longer to thwart the
happiness of both of them.
tremLled; she was irresolute; her eyes
avoided Is; she would have fled from
II m. but he held her there.
IL am weak yet" she said. "Iou
overcome me; l know not what to say.
Let me so back 10 my room"
"But an answer / must have"
"You shall have it,"
~ hemp
Sbo w,s s;lont Watching her faca
with intense anxiety, he saw she was
struggling with an intense emotion
powerful enough to siiile her speech.
Was sho about 30 yield?
Ills hopes soarel ioyously up; he
yielded her hands, that she might vol
| UNFAIRLY restore them. -.
He was cruelty disappointed.
"You sh.ll know-I will tell you,
! she murmured.
"But when?"
morrow"
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LATEST KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
Dr. Oldham Nearly Kills Victor Bond
in u Family Quarrel.

in u Family Quarrel.
Two country doctors, q county judge, his
pretty daughter, his son-in-law and nephew
OF one OF the doctors are the actors In what
may prove tragedy at Newcastle, Ky.
Victor Bond, son-in-!aw Of Judge $. Bruce.
is lying at the point of death from blow
dealt toy Mac Oldham. who was for years
Judge Bruce's family phy ysiciau. Oldham and
Bruce quarrelcd some years ago. for soms
reason which cannot be learned, and Oldham
has opposed Bruce politically. but the young
p, ople have been friends.
Lust Thursday Mss Bertie Bruce left not
with her brother-in-law QBond for Mac y d.
ham, This note was not delivered, but fell
into Julge Bruce's hands. Mac Oldham hy
tn S MISE meeting thr, Q young ladies whom
he was to drive to a party in tn. ncighhor-
hood among whom was Bruce. lie net Bond
or the street soon after, and. after fe"
words, struck him heavy blow with a sur
ricul instrument. Bond was taken home
almost lifcless and Oldham has fed.