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Telegram-herald., 1890-06-20

EvEnY little while some Democratic
paper. with more zeal than information,
ssts 40 a howl about the eXtravagance
ot state expenses and appropriations
unaer Republican management. The
increasing rates of taxation are their
especial subject OF agitation. and yet
it.sa an ndisputable fact that the high
est rate OF state taxation IN Michigan
was m the good old days OF Democratic
economy and reform in lS4S, when the
rate amounted 10 over one half of one
rer cent. The highest rate during the
mast ten years has been but twO-hfths
cf that amount, and the average less
than One-third. The rate from lS4S TO
1852 inclusive, under Democratic rule,
was more than double the rate during
tae past hvc years, and yet all our
great public institutions have been built
ua sacs 1S5,. and n war debt OF
100000 has been paid. There is
nothing IKE @ few Republican facts %
knock outa multitude of Democratic
flr-.H1ods
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-20

Ths foiloeias - Asl 81 tas marriage
iceas iss4 q s4es l.sl g---ia a--sl. "li- iAe
usg-s. rss.lsa.. .slsl s-ls.4s s-s cltg aa4
as ol tas parties Asls
Leonard talPro1yea Jul4 Wander Ae1-
-ts
Arlll- T. Narl. I-l4 Jonsoa. -i--l
Jos-p1 osIereLcA. Myoml4si Lalue
Juha sga. hlaGlFfi.c 80 B..
lobe anl-18a Bgls Ia &au lKaEe l1--
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-20

OFFICIAL PAPER or THE CITY,
Illy white Eious

Made by NalRy CITY Milling Co, Grand
Rapids. IS family iAyOcte. Try 70.
Flora A Jones' .'Bush OF Roses Is
tne finest OF toilet articles. Fog sale by
Peck Bros
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-20


PLAIs truths may So alHavs Il s.
eeptAbls, b1t honest mea take 10 on
fe1ss ag J1sm- lie FlFm esd Ffates
las fss words q say a1olt az cal-
tlral depression Ilsy ars 4lso apps e-
able ~ men ID o,Lsr walks u Lee Ig
says
A1cL has been sutten about the
causes ot AL relDe1 rs Lor ar llJ1Eal
9srE1ss.1l. 1ug the fae. =, says q sub
s-r.pcr H.tl rlalf, c0L1llol - 81 .fs.
tat lleEe would he Mucl less cause
Tor srlulD-llg about lar8 -Eles among
farmers x they Lad Kept 0ut ol 4sJl-
4 ne pas yol-gC pan 03alQ have
AepL tleul free, independent and c0D-
tented, al1 free fEOu beng g.l1-b--ag
slaves o. de1E.
since over 50 per ceat- Of the men
who - - business fall, . 5 llJle Won
der tlAt - many farmers do not
realize Whas they expected from tne
Investment OK borrowed cap IA. Wnere
tea men invest oOrEU8e money and
succeed, ninety men f8.l. And the
ninety who Ia.l aye the ones VINO ru,L
reckl -ssly IN debt, and afterwards
g-umh.e N what WAS brought abolt by
glelr Own lack OF foresight And business
capacity Crawl out from under that
mortgage, and then keep out"
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-20

SAYS the Nussegon N7os From
Republican source the announcement
comes that the totalappropuations for
pensions made by thc present House of
Representatives aggregate Sl87, ,4l9.73I.
Thsrs more than twice the amount
ua.d for military pensions by all other
countries fn the civilized world, and d
more than the great German army,
VIII ,b holds all Europe i1 check costs
rer lnnum. It's more than the total
cost of the Fedora government during
any year preceding the civa war; Au
of which Isl p source of great annoy
s0ce to Democratic papers, but we
never s7v 0ucyct, toat was in Che .eost
c0-cemcd because it was n Democratic
rebellion tnGt made the pensioners end
0rurcratc bullets that mctated
trrn. The utmat0n OK sucn thing
would he m .Ds1'tt0 Che $3.50. a south,
srt Northern Democrats dare not peep.
Under Republican f0lDcai and
Industrial policies the United states
csn pay these SUMS. Under DEM
orrarc sdun'straro the govern
~ont h1I t7 borrow money IN pay
It's running expenses.
PrArvr las been represented "a hsv-
r~z opposed the free sugar provisions
~ -r4 Mckinley b,L In reply BE-
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-20
FOR RENT HOUSES.
FOR REYT-BUsBEss PLAcBs.


EOR RLNI-1toIe 1t 81 West Brdce-sf. .
stock of dry goods in store that VIII Iu-
voice sl.roi or 500; Will sell OF trade stock
toT city property reason ~ selling poor
health. G. ". Jl0eriT. ltl NCs Lr4Ee-st i-t
FOR KENT-Two stores and rooms 81 table
for Offices o. Light Housekeeping in Porter
Block. corner OF Monroe ard DiVis'Cu-sfs q
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-20

T0R REBT-R0OXS.
EOR kENI-IuiD shed rooms. suitable 9 e
two gentlemen. Inquire g. Ransom So.
ll. o.
E0R RENT-Iurn and unfurulshed
= rooms az the Brunswick. g. South DiSlsl "a
ST.. steam heated. Mrs. Nc9ee. Il-tf
Tor RENT-Two stores and rooms fu Porter
block corner of Monroe aud DiNlslon-st.
James Cox. agent. 1871
EOR RENI-Iwo rooms. second foor. vita
steady power 20 No. Pear -. Inquire T.
&. IhWlu.. Phone iOE. lttt
DOR RENT - Furnished and unfurnlshe1
= rooms. steam heated. st PARK Place. Mrs.
s. l.. Smith. 53.fi
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-20
SITUATIONS wAsrED-xALE.

NEANIED-An experienced bookhecper and
" sh piping clera wants a situation al mod.
crate wa-es; good references. Address j. %.
box as. city I4
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-20

SSE- SNENT ROLL f0r grading gravefI0c
4 and paving The cutters of Canal street
from Last Bridge streetto East Leonard street
NFffrE nT CrI lrFfb.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-09
Kamr Corn.

Kaffr' coin, recently imported from
Africa grows and heads out well here,
and will produce two crops year.
Planted in February or March it may
be cut and fed green for several weeks,
and then allowed to head-form the
grain-after removing the matured heads,
another crop will be produced, but not
so large and heavy as. the first. The
grain is good for stock of all kinds, and
also for poultry.
Prepare the land as for common corn,
make the seed,furrows with a scooter
three feet apart drop the seed along at
intervals of two or, three inches, and
cover with two light burrows. # the
crop is for grain, the plant should be
thinned to one foot in the row after the
first blowing, but if for green-soi1fng, let
them remain close. The yield farexceeds
that Of Indian corn oh lands of the same
quality, and the plant seems well adapted
to sandy SOIL Guinea corn is somewhat
similar to Kaffir in appearance and mode
OF cultivation, and, like the Kaffir and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-09
UNPARALLELED OFFER.
Ten Packets of Vegetable Seeds, Post
Paid, for Thirty Cents. :

In view OF the general freeze out ofall
vegetable gardens we have decided to Of
fer ten packets of st'els suitable forspring
planting for 30 cents, thus enabling cv-
cry family garden to be re-planted for al
most nothing. The. seeds are 1889 crop,
Northern grown, OF high vitality; and
superior to any offered in the State: Give
ourseeds a trial now ~ -
Yellow Summer Crookncck Squash,
= Cuban Queen Watermelon. II. .,.,p.4sq
q Rattlesnake. Watermelon. = 2.e>s astt
Ponce de Leon:MuSkmelon.
Extra Early Hackensack.
Beauty Tomatoes. t
Emerald Green Cucumber
Golden Wax Beans. ssf@ ~ a,,3
Everbearing Peas.
Stowell's Evergreen Corn
H. G.. HASTINGS & Co.
Interlachen, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-09

Dhoura, s,non-saccharinea The Dhoura
isknown by several other "hames; but it
may be said in general TERMS that all
kinds oflnillets succeed wellhere, whether
cultivated for the grain or for greenasoil-
ing.
Teosinte has proven. to lie atsgood for
age plant to use in the green state, but
it's extreme, spcculenee will. always pre-
vent it's being cured and fed as. hay. y.
The different.varieties of.Chinesesugar-
cane, though well adapted to nour soil
and climate are not growns for ,manufac-
ture into. syrup ar, sugar; sathet regular
sugar-cane of the tropics being ineom-
parably superior for that purpose. The
saccharine properties. however, of the
Chinese plant (Sorghum) render, it, valu-
able for green-soiling. Stock Of all kinds
are fond of it. 400 ~ @e -
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-09
Notice to the Public

1t appearing that the method pre-
scribed blythe law for tie distribution of
the official printed matter prepared by
the Bureau of Agriculture is not we'll un..s
derstood, this is to advise all persons in
the State desiring to receive such printed
matter that the same, as it appears leg-
ularly: in the successive numbers of THE
MONTHLY BULLETIN, published by the
Bureau of immigration, car be procured
by applying to the County Judges Of the
respective counties, to whom packages
for free distribution are sent as provided
by law: Respectfully,
Il. b. WoMBwELL,i
Commissioner of Agriculture
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-09
The Cut Worms.

AS the growing season opens, CON-
plants come of the ravages of .sthe. cut
worm,' . with inquiries as to their treat
ment, beginning with cultivators at the
South, and coming from farther North
as the season advances. We are so gen.
orally asked about "the cut-worm" that
it is evidently the popular idea that
there is but one insect deserving this
name, while in fact, there are half-a-dozen
or more, all larvae Of different species of
moths. Practically they. might be re-
garded as one, did not some of them
ascend trees, shrubs, and other plants in
their destructive work, while most Of
them confine their operations to the
surface, and work their mischief by cut
ting off young and tender plants even
with the ground. Their work is done at
night, and as daylight approaches they
hide themselves in holes in the ground.
Cabbage, when first set out, and lettuce,
and other plants of the garden, up jo
squashes, and other plants of the farm
are attacked by them. Growing musk
melons and watermelons for Northern,
markets is now an important Industry in
the Southern States, especially within
easy reach of the shipping-ports, some
hundreds of acres being occupied! i; by;
watermelons alone. The grower Of melt
ons, as we'll as of cabbages, ETC., finds
that his greatest obstacle to success id
the cut-worm. Various devices have been
proposed to. ward. off their attacks, but
among these none appears to be SO SEN
sible or SO effective ais that devised by
DR.. Oemler, author of ''Truck Farming
for the South" Dr. Oemler kills off the
cut-wOrms before the plants appear
Upon his watermelOn-feldh he sets poison
traps about fifteen fl ct apart each way.
These traps" are cabbage or turnip
leaves, which have been moistened on the
concave side and then busted with mix
ture Of Paris-green with twenty parts of
-four. These leaves are placed over the
fields, poisoned side down, at the distance
above stated, before the plants appear.
What follows? The doctor facetiously
says: 1.-TWO such applications, par
ticularly in cloudy weather, at interralss
of three orfour days, will suffice to allow
the cut worms TO make away with them
selves, which they generally do with per-
feet success '-American Agriculturist
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-09

UuluS .tHdc dAfOOuJ wants, GNU Al OuA
opinion she'll do it. And then our folks
will begin tosget their eyes open, and to
conclude that irrigation is not SO bad a
thing, after all, especially where nature
has made it SO easy OF accomplishment
as she has i'll many portions of our coast
country. They are considerable for imi-
SAFE side, and hence we, expect them to
finally begin patterning after progressive
Florida. though we can't hope for much
until Florida has got everything into
ship shape, and is SUI plying about all OF
North America, with Florida products.
And yet we may be. mistaken in this.
Somereckless individual, like the man at
st. Augustine, might happen to pop to
the surface at a time when he was least
expected = who knows! That reckless
man would do the work for us--he d run
irrigation head-over-heelsi into popularity
no doubt of that
If such an individual should be thinking
of coming to the rescue, and making a
good thing for himself at the same time
by going into irrigation right, we'd like
TO direct his attention to a point where
he can see at a glance how easy an extern
sive irrigation plant might be put into
operation. Go to Oak Grove station, on
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, where d
dam has been thrown across creek to
make a pond and boom for a sawmlll
Such dam as that, on any of our me,
dunn sized creeks, would turn into
trenches water enough to properly irri-
gate hundreds of acres of our bestsecond-
bottom lands. Most of our large creeks
have in their valleys immense bodies of
good lands, lying above any need of I'M
der drainage, and SO situated that water
from smaller streams rising in the ad-
jacent hills might be easily carried over
every acre of them.
Under a proper system of irrigation
you'd begin to find out how valuable for
agricultural purposes our pine lands are,
sure enough Ihey WOuldn call Tor hall
the fertilizers now used, and the dry hot
weather of the latter portion of summer
would not interest the man cultivating
them, in the least. -
Near all the North is now discussing
the subject OF irrigation, but no other
character of country presents such adj
vantages for it as does our long-leaf pine
country, owing to the fact that We have
the water supply convenient, and no un-
derdrainage would be at all necessary.
Most clay soils would call for underdrain-
age in irrigation, but the porous charac-
ter of our soils and subsoils would give
them all the drainage necessary.-Mobile
Register.
Kof1 G0rn 80
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-09
Florida Under Water


getting their water-works ready. 1t is
no more than we predicted for Florida
two or three years ago.
Those Florida pt o pie are q sensible lot
and highly progressive. Proposea thing
to them, and got them to understand
that it is right, and they go ahead for it
as one man. They have great faith in
their Stale In their opinion there is no
better State in the Union than Florida,
and in all cases where it does not show
up that way theysat once jump to the
conclusion that the fault lies in some
kind of nismanagement, and not in the
country.
For some time California has been
worrying Florida. She has been pulling
caps with Florida as a competitor i'll Or
ange production. Florida wanted the
orange all to herself Finally California
added insult to injury by shipping all the
way across and down, for Florida con-
sumption, various other fruits, etc, that
Florida could not produce. The Florida
people couldn't think Of standing that,
so they took q good look over across the
Rockies, to see what was the matter.
And they discovered the secret. Califor-
MIA irrigates in her farming operations,
not due to more wisdom on the part of
Californians than is enjoyed by Florid-
ans, but because she could not help it.
She could not raise anything to speak Of
without irrigation, on account of climatic
imperfections, but irrigation got her
there all the same.
And when they had made this discovery
some of the leaders in Florida progress
began to hustle little. That excellent
paper, the FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT, got
out special irrigation edition, and scat
tered the papers broadcast over the
State. The masses looked surprised,
and winked at one another, a lit
tie like they do about Mobile
when something running wide OF the old
ruts has been suggested. Irrigation was
all right for California, they said, but they
well knew it would not pay in Florida.
And thus the thing hung fire for
time, and itlooked asst it was alto even
tuaIly end as the proverbial iniudicious
scatteration of pearls; but finally one
very reckless soul at St. Augustine, get
ting a touch of the irrigation fever, bored
an artesian-well and went atit Mirabile
dictu? A year later found hosts Of
people standing round looking, with eyes
bulged out, at his one mile of succulent
and f1ourishing onions, at a season when
everybody else's onions were dried up and
gone, also at his mile or so Of turnips
and cabbages, and califoWers, and celery
and notwithstanding out of sea-
son, and everything doing the very best
that anything of it's kind had ever been
known to do. Those prying fellows
the newspaper reporters, got there, of
course, and then all Floridians and the
rest OF mankind heard about it,. And
they came on pilgrimages hundreds of
miles to see the sight-it was worth al
most as much as Christopher Columbus
worlds fair to st. Augustine;. rumor
says it came near forcing her to build an
additional hotel to accommodate the pill
gpims. go:
EIor;do MO conCuorod ond nou, nvorv
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-09
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

Maud Howe advises young ladies to make
their engagements as brief as possible.
Mrs. Lizzie Weaver, Of Bridgeton, n. j.,
has, after forty-seven years Of labor, finished
a crazy quilt Of 5000 patches
Mrs. c. F. Huntington, the wife Of therail-
road millionaire, for good luck wears pair
Of yellow carriers buckled with fine topaz set
with diamonds.
Mrs. Mutsu, wife Of the japanese minister
at Washington, dresses handsomely in cos
TUNES Of occidental make, She has entirely
abandoned her native style of dress
Abby Burgess, now Mrs Grant, has had
Charge Of the Matinicus light, north Of tho
Penobscot river, for twenty-eight years-at
first as assistant, but was given full chargein
1896.
Mrs Wyndham, the wife Of the comedian,
is cordial, though by nature quiet She is a
tine English gentlewoman in the fun prime
OF life, aud as is the case with her country
women, looking younger as the years glide
on. Her cheeks are rosy, her figure plump
and healthful, her eyes bright, and her man
ner at once womanly and most becoming
Mrs. Ward McAlhster Gevotes the greater
part Of her time TO literature. She is re-
markably well read woman, subscriber
20 hosts Of magazines and periodicals Of
all descriptions, and is an encyclopedia
on a great many subjects. She has large
and well chosen library. 20 which she is con-
stantly adding. She is regarded as an au-
thority on American genealogy.
Lady Londonderry, whose exquisite rose
and white loveliness time has not the heart
70 despoil, attributes her youthful freshness
70 the practice Of spending one out Of every
ten days in bed. She sleeps until she wakens
naturally, takes warm bath, and goes back
to bed again, where she partakcs Of light
breakfast, remaining IN bed resting until
in the evening, while her maid reads 20 her
a light novel
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-09

sic Of thirty-hve degrees to the general di-
rection OF the pen. the oblique position IN
which pen is ordinarily held suggesting the
change Later there were "luuar' pens, SO
called, in which the under surface was large
and ccucaye, so MS 70 hold q good deal Of ink.
Yankee ingenuity has improved on this de-
vice IN various ways, and 10 is now possible
for q man 90 write several minutes without
the frequently annoying resort TO tho Ink
stand Several years ago the three niobed
pen was a favorite, especially Of shorthand
writers, aud Dennis Murphy, the chief Of the
United States senate staff Of official report
ers, used no others.
The stub pen, by reason Of It's adaptability
70 various styles Of writing, has Of late also
become popular with both sexes, and II one
is not particular as to beauty Of outline, it
answers equally well Tor an invitation %
dinner or an inscription on q bundle of dry
goods Stool. brass. iron india ruhber COM
position. glass and gold, have all been made
% contribute % the public taste IN the en-
deavor 10 perfect these little embiems uf
wisdom; but steel and gold thus far head the
race.
The fountain pen and stylograph, with
their reservoirs OF ink, readiness for instant
Use and capacity for prolonged work. arc
esoluti0ns 2f "a want long feit by journalists,
shorthand writers and thousands of others 10
whomev even the fractions of a second ere valu-
able, and the former have doubtless "come to
stay Twenty-Five years ago they We're
loaded or tiliei by means Of a syringe con-
trivance that sucked the ink into the BARREL
and the delivery was comparatively imper-
feet. Today. glass dropper with an india
rubber cap, pressure upon which serves 10 in
jet the contents into the reservoir Of the
pen, answers the purpose, and, instead Of pay
ing five dollars, one may obtain an effective
apparatus FOR ffty cents. What is known as
the diamond pointed gold pen was invented
about the year is2S.
the modern pencil has kept pace with the
pen and began ITS career about the same
time. Tho first successful attempt 20 COM
hine plumbago or black lead with other ma
terials and c0l0rs and run the mixture In the
little wooden cases with which We are all
familiar, was made by Nicholas Jacques
Conie, an ingenious lrenchman, between
1876 pnd 800. Since then the lead pencil
has become the pocket companion ~ every
man, woman and child. There is lhs dat
rel p5acl. % the carpenter, tue famous
"blue pencilH Of tbs editor. the peacil lfad
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-09
Tnr rREss GALLERY.

respondent is also the correspondent Of an
American paper, and the foreign work be I'M
deriakes merely as a side issue TO enlarge his
income "The gallery, as 10 is termed, is in
two parts. One part overlooks the house Of
Representatives, while the other is perched
over the senate chamber, but both are under
the same control. and that is in the hands Of
the newspaper men themselves. Newspaper
correspondents In Washington are more near
~ their own bosses than the newspaper work
ers who remain al the offices OF publication.
They are thrown largely on their response
bilitv. and hence the necessity Of having here
men Of large experience and good judgment
Visitors % the house or senate see perched
above the head Of the presiding officer num-
her Of men writing 40 the long desks with
which that gallery is filled. II the day be e
dull one. there may be but half dozen men
in the gallery; but let a row break loose on
the Hoor or an important bill come up for
passage, and in twinkling the press gallery
is filed 70 overlooking Where the men come
from, how they asseWbo 50 quickly, is one Of
the mysteries which spectators are unable to
solve.
Onlookers from the floor OF from the public
hulltiic1 r't but - 'Ait ~ 'H' lt'7' N"'t~' =
Back Of the seats and desks which overlook
the legislative floor is a long lobby, the cor
respondents retreat Here newspaper men
enjoy an the Injuries and convenience which
their colleagues Of the house and senate pos
scss in their cloak rooms
There are tables for writing, well supplied
with all kinds Of stationery, from the large
tablets Of smooth paper for newspaper use TO
pretty linen paper and envelopes for private
correspondence There are paper and ink
and ell the accessories of well ordered work
desk. Congressional directories, Congress
sionai Records, calendars Of the house and
senate, copies Of late bills and resolutions are
kept on file. Near by is a telegraph Office at
which copy may be filed by the hands Of
messenger without lifting pen from paper If
n correspondent is rushing copy to an after