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loan money at less than current
rates. to build railroads and haul
produce at less than cost, aud very
likely we shall be startled with .
demand for cheap produce that shall
be raised by the government. III
this sort of business is to continue
much longer we shall have to alter
a famous declaration and call this II
people of the government, for the
government and by the govern
ment, instead of "a government OF
the people, by the people and for
the people.u
, 1890-12-25
LJCENTIOUy MUSIC.

LltFN LLcttD Lh pi'A -
Because Slsnor Liberati, at his
concert Wednesday night, inter-
pelIated few bars of n rollicking,
popular air into a medley styled
'"The Wild West" one of his hear
ers became mortally offended ana
laid his indignant protest before the
public. That was extraordinary
prudery, and the REVIEW quite
properly exclaimed, "Honi soft qui
NAL y pense."
Since then we have gone to some
pains to learn more about the words
that originally accompanied the air.
There Is absolutely nothing In them
that minister might not read from
his pulpit without shocking his con-
gregation, although If he were to do
80 those present might properly
question his sanity. Since the orig
inal publication of the words and
music, 1t seems, some debased mind
has adjusted lot of vile doggerel to
the air, and the hoodlums and
toughs around the cities took the
matter to themselves.
This the critic has seen flt to style
"licentious music" In reality 1t Is
nothing of the sort, though there Is
liccntious music, entirely aside from
the vile verses that low minds may
prepare. There Is dcmoralizing
influence about sensuous strains
which tend to hypnotize the moral
nature of man and fan the flame OF
his passions. The delicious, dreamy
waltzes of Johann Strauss are open
to a suspicion of these licentious in
fluences, because they lull the senti-
nels of virtue and morality, and in
stinctively bear the hearcr upon the
pinions of the imagination to the
carnal paradlses Of the Orient Have
we not all felt the influence OF such
strains, sweeping along with "a
rhythm that suggests the swaying OF
houris i'm Aidenu or the dreamy
sensualism of the harem? That Is
liceutious music, rs full of hidden
fire and danger us champagne, and
in comparison with the influence of
such strains the idiotic movement
of airs like johnnie, Get Your Gun"
become as harmless as cold tea or
lemonade.
Music is ennobling or debasing
aside from the lofty or vile nature
of the words which may be set to It's
movement. Airs there are that
would put wnrlike spirit into the
heart of old Jack Falstati, were he
alive today, and others that would
make hermit dream of love and
sensualism. Again there are move
ments that speak Of innocent JOY,
and wholesome strains of victory,
and others that naturally carry the
imagination to the tomb.
This seems to be a distinc ction en-
tirely too delicate for the mind Of
the critic who broke for home when
Johnnie Got His Gun" at the con-
cert Wednesday night. However,
there are plenty of people in Spo-
kane Falls who thoroughly compre.
hend the point.
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METAL QUOTATIONS.
HON. u. NJ ADAMS.

BY the death of Hon. j. Nj.
Adams the state of Washington
loses a man of strong intellectually
and of powerful convictions-the
only class of men who accomplish
anything in life. Mr.. Adams won
his way to the front from an
apprenticeship in n printing office,
and at the time of his death was
one of the most widely known and
respected men in the state. His
decisions in important land cases
were noted for their clearness and
soundness, while his work in the
broad field Of journalism at once
commanded attention and admira-
ton. For nearly year he was
editor Of the REVIEW, a position
which he held under the most
trying circumstances, filling at
the same time the Office OF
register of the United States land
office In this city. Overwork COM
PEELED him to resign his place as
editor of this paper. Since his re-
tirement from the land office his
health has been sadly shattered,
and tho most of his time has been
passed at his home In Yakima coun-
ty, where his first services were
given to the territory.
Much of the success attained by
the REVIEW has been due to the
work of Mr.. Adams. The sympathy
of all the employees who knew him
goes out to the afflicted family in
their hour of bereavement,
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platform, and tho San Francis.
Examiner Is hoping that the repuS
licans will get In and relieve Mr
Cleveland's embarrassment.
Oh, yes, the democratic party ia.
unit for free coinage. Ask the Ar.
drew Jackson, antediluvlan grannv
of Spokane that ladies out smaij
doses of Quay-Reed-McKinley mol
let's Warranted 100 doses for slI y
that is not correct.
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WHY THIS HASTE?

The legislature may we'll pause
before 1t pluuges the state into a
vortex of extravagant display at
the worlds fair. 1t Is easy enough
to vote away half q million dollars,
but that money, the last dollar of it,
must be earned by the hard work.
ing people of Washington. Let us
get down to the bedrock OF public
sentiment ere we spend this enor-
nous sum for a horse that is certain
to die upon our hands, leaving us
not even so much rs the hide as n
souvenir Of mad whirl Of extrav-
agance.
In this connection entirely too
much is being taken for granted.
The boomers rush from one state to
another and seek to arouse the
vanity of each by grandiloquent
tales of what its neighbors are doing.
We are told that California will
give 81 900, 600, and Oregon $3.50, 900,
while those states are fed upon eX-
travagant stories of what Washing
ton will do. Altogether the scheme
Is very shrewd game of jack
screwing.
Gigantic displays like the pro-
posed worlds fair are frequently
similar to Dead sea apples-fair to
the eye and promising rich pleasures,
but when the show is over and the
lights are out, and we stand alone
with the ghost of departed millions,
and in the grim presence OF feuds
and petty rivalries. of scandals and
possible thefts, things assume n
very different aspect.
The REVIEW saw that there was
danger of this scheme being rushed
through the Legislature before the
people had time to enter n protest,
and ere these brilliant promises of
neighboring states had begun to
materialize., That it was not the
only paper that held n level head
and refused to join in the grand OH
slaught upon the public treasury,
time has clearly demonstrated. The
press of Eastern Washington is
coming to the defense most man
fully. Within the past week nearly
a dozen journals have come out in
opposition to the appropriation of a
quarter of million dollars, while,
50 far as the REVIEW can learn,
only two or three support the propo-
sition outright.
Let the legislature take heed. This
is not matter of political theoriz-
ing. 1t Is a cold.blooded proposition
of dollars and cents, and the voice OF
the taxpayers should be needed. If
they want to contribute half u mill
ion or so for fiddling and feastiny at
Chicago in 1893, why well and good.
The money is theirs, and they
have right to do with it as they
please; but an organized band o.
boomers have no right to rush In
and speak for the great producing
classes. Suppose the state appropr-
ates quarter of million dollars,
and commits itself to an appropria-
tion OF another installment as large
or larger; then suppose that needed
public works should require that
money, and the era of economy
would have to come when 1t should
not; orsuppose that u scandal should
arise in the expenditure of this
gigantic sum; who would suffer?
The people and the legislators who
voted away their money.
Let us go slow in this matter. Let
us first see the silks of our neighbors
before we spend our own money for
"A Hia,,l.x,
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THE RESULT AZ BOISE.

Yesterdays sudden solution of the
unique senatorial fight in Idaho
could have been reached several
days ago, had Mr. Clagett taken the
toga upon the terms that Mr.. Me-
Connell will now wear 1t. The re
suit is the outcome of q tripartite
agreement between the three men
who have been elected, an alliance
that Mr.. Clagett and his friends saw
fit to refuse. Mr.. Mcconnell want
ed TO be senator with stronger de-
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How PASSING strange that tle country
hears no more uproar about the new
Mckinley tariff law since the recent
elections. In all frankness was there
ever time in The history OF the country
when tho uecessaries OF life were
cheaper? Go to the clothing stores oil
Spokane, and learn how ,ov nre inc
prices of WOODEN goods. Underclothing
stockings overcoats-eyerything VI
American manufactured cheaper
than ever before. Why because
home manufacture has been stimulated
and encouraged; because tho averaee
American citizen can get all ho wants
of home production. lfthc dainty anu
the wealthy want imported rairnent, let
them pay tribute to the govern nient'
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TINS state has need for all It's re-
sources. II can not afford to send
quarter of n million dollars, with
of u call being made ior
as much more, to the distant East. lho
people know this very we'll II tho
were submitted to vote Oh
the taxpayers it would be rejected ny
an overwhelming vote.
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THE Atlanta Constitution, favors
wild financial proposition for a return
to state banks of issue, on the grouhu
",hat 1t might DO we'll enough ior '"0
states to resume some OF their preroaa-
tives." This ought to convince the mos'
slanttc,l
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THE Spokane stores that advertise
generally sell tho most goods, as they
have al ways fresh stocks on account VI
the constant demand. They have 'ne
newest and most reliable goods ana
should be the most generously patron
ized
, 1890-12-25

The turkey that weathcrcd the soynN
OF Thanksgiving has now win wv
goose, to gaze upon the Ohary bd's "
Christmas.
, 1890-12-25

SITTING BULL and his followers VINO
have passed to the unhappy hunthg
grounds can now indulge in real gno''
dance.
, 1890-12-25
TRAIN ARRIVAL AND DEPRTURE'

Union Pacific Railway Company-For
Portland and all points cast, leave a, *"
A. n: arrive at spok anc Falls at $ 20 T. NJ
For the Cnur d'Alenes-Leayo snosane
Falls at s:i5 A. NJ. arrive at 900 u ~; ,>,
Northern pecihc--No l. wost'bounu, iot
Tacoma, seattle and Portland, arrives ato!oo
A. NJ; departs at 600 A. Nj. No, y essi
hound, for Minneapolis, y. PAU ana nng
cago, arrives at i2;i5 A. Mi departs AZ ZIG"
A. nj. .o a,
spokane & Paiouse-Arrivcs at ioiso A. Nj
leaves at 2 A. p. NJ. .
Cnur d Aiene Railway aud Navigation,
west.bound arrives at l0;5O A. NJ; eastbouhu
spokano branch OF the n. r.. formerly the
Seattle, Lake shore & Eastern-A mixed
train will leave the Northern Paciho depo.
on Tuesdays Thursdays and saturday. az
1850 A. M, returning the same days NJ o'So
Pm
Central Washington RailwHy-spokane
ms, onger leaves for Davenport, Wilbur ana
Aimira at $50 =. NJ. /; arrives at lL25 A. NJ.
Spokane Falls q Northern Leaves uaily
excepting sunday at 7;0o A. NJ. arrives at
$40 p NJ.
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The Silo for Florida.

We devote considerablespacet this week
to the discussion of the subject of silos
and ensilage in Florida.
This is done for the reason that after
giving the matter thorough investiga-
ton, so far as such an investigation was
possible with the meager material at
hand, we have come to the conclusion
that the silo must sooner or later become
an important factor in the prosperity of
our State, and the sooner the people of
Florida awake to the necessity of pro-
ducing their forage at home the better
it will be for them.
The production of forage crops in Flor
ida has long claimed the attention of our
ablest agriculturists, and as the solution
of the question is apparently at hand, it
behooves us to devise ways and means Of
utilizing and preserving the forage when
grown.
With this object in view we have made
the Investigations referred to above, and
present elsewhere in this issue the expert
ence of those who have been successful
with the silo in Florida.
1t is the aim of the AGRICULTURIsT to
look to the interest OF the farmers and
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fruit growers of Florida, and with this
object in view several years ago it COM
menced the agitation of the subject of ir-
rigation, and that the suggestions and
advice it gave were timely is demonstra-
ted by the numerous irrigating plants
that have been and are now being erected
in different sections OF the State.
If our silo agitation meets with such
fattering returns, we will be amply re-
paid for our labors in behalf of the farm
ers, gardeners and fruit growers of
Florida.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1890.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SILOS AND Observation-Disclosures of Fo-
Plans of Silos and Methods of Curing En-
CORRESPONDENCE-Pe on Hammock
Land, Common Names .................... 379
Not Theories Now, But Facts Hold for 50
per
SELECTED-Sowing Peas. ............ .379
FLORAL-The Royal Ponciana at Eustis; The
Rose; The Wild Rose; The Honeysuckle;
Nicotiana; Boquet Making; Eustis Flow
3Sl
EDITORIAL-The Silo for Florida; Keep To-
gether; Down the Orange Belt Railroad .3S2
HOUSEHOLD-Going Up Together; Shall We
Take an Outing; Some Pretty Crib Quilts;
Picked Up Scraps; Some Nice Pudding
POULTRY-Pounded Glass for Poultry; The
First Week with Young Chicks; Turkeys in
Market; Buying Old Hens; The Number of
Males; The Leghornsfor Market; Excellent
Results; A Safe Tonic for Fowls; Douglass
Mixture Cut off the Feathers ................3 1856
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
LITERARY-Story, "The Yellow Spring" 1856
The Puzzler .3S7
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Keep Together.

.
The committees appointed by the Flor
ida Fruit Exchange and the Florida Or
ange Growers Union met in Orlando
Tuesday of last week for the purpose Of
investigating the chargesbrought agains
the officers of the Exchange by Mr.. Nc
Kibben, president OF the Orange Growers
Union. These charges we're: Bad faith
selling fruit outside OF the Exchange, dis
continuing the literary bureau, manipula.
ting the stock for the election of officers
and incompetency in business manage
ment
After hearing considerable evidence
(swOrn) the committee decided that
''while they believed that Mr. McKibben
acted in good faith and with the best in.
terests of the orange growers at heart
the charges have not been sustained .
The committee further recommends that
the two organizationscontinu their bus
mess relations and proceed in peace and
harmony"
This last suggestion we earnestly hope
will be followed. The Orange Growers
Union may have the greatest power; ii
may be able to cripple, ifnot crush, the Elk
change by withdrawing from it, but thati1
SO doing it would do itself no good but
an infinite degree of harm cannot be CUES.
toned. The orange growers are neal Ell
together now than they have ever been
before, and the good resulting from this
cooperation was clearly shown the past
season when, Notwithstanding thelargest
crop OF oranges ever produced in the
State, they received at least Is per cent.
more for their fruit than any previous
year since the industry has grown to any
thing like it's present magnitude.
1t is of the utmost Importance to the
people OF Florida that the orange grow
ers get together and keep together, and it
is to be hoped that no trivial charge will
be allowed to make a breach within the
ranks.
To President McKibben more than to
any one man is due the credit for the
splendid organization of the orange
growers, and that he considers himself
aggrieved by the officers of the Fruit Elk.
change is a matter of serious regret
However,, we feel safe in saying that
whatever Mr.. McKibben's grievance it
was not of a personal nature, and that
in preferring charges against the officers
of the Fruit Exchange he was actuated
only by the purest of motives and follow.
ing what he considered line of duty
that would rebound to the benefit OF his
constituents-the orange growers of the
State.
Now that peace has been restored, we
trust that the Ratchet will be forever
buried, and that each and every member
of the Union will labor INCREASINGLY for the
advancemento of the cause, which can best
be done by extending and increasing the
membership of the Union until the name
OF every orange grower in the State is or
the roll of membership.
SECRETARY of Agriculture j. NJ Rusk
has our thanks for copy Of the "Report
IS 4bo 10 &c +,,ro Co., 600
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Il
ant places existed so close at home where
one could be vastly more comfortable
than at many of the Northern summer
resorts. Governor Stafford told us that
after trial of three years, summering
| North he had found that he could be more
comfortable right at home.
The following morning we visited
| magnificent Tarpon residence, where
parlor and halls were finished in native
| woods, seventy in number. The mantels
werevery novel and handsome, and GER
tainly there is not another like it in this
State, or any other.
We visited Governor Safford's young
fig grove and, although many Of
the trees exhibited the leaf blight,
they were in a thriving condition
and good crop of fruit set. We
will watch the results of this ex-
pertinent with a great deal of interest,
and, as the Governor is a reliable man,
we can expect the whole truth.
The para grass pasture of Governor
producing an abundance of fodder. The
stock grazing on it were in good condi-
| ton and seemed to enjoy it.
The orange groves about Tarpon
| Springs showed no signs of the March
freeze and the mangoes and alligator
pears we're growing finely. After ride
| about town we enjoyed sail down the
bay. The sail was enjoyable and much
appreciated by us.
One of tie beautiful features Of Tarpon
| Springs is the plank walk all around the
| bayou which is called ''lovers' walk"
Here the young couples, or old ones eth
er, can promenade for a mile or more.
| Around this bayou are a number of cot
tages that persons from the interior
could rent at a low figure and give them
! selves and family change of scenery.
| In company with Mr.. Whitcomb, editor
OF the Tarpon Truth, we visited Dunedin
and we feel indebted to him for his kind
ness. We first called at the grove and
nursery of the Milwaukee Florida Orange
Grove Co. The grove trees were putting
on splendid new growth, and for the
time they had been set out, compared ia
vorably with any we have seen. The nur-
sery trees looked vigorous and are put
ting on heavy new growth. We were
pleased to note the absence Ofscale on all
trees we examined, which proves that
Mr.. A. l.. Duncan, the manager, takes
proper care of his trees. One of the great
pleasures of our trip was to go into Mr..
Duncan's barn. We asked him if he cured
hay orfodder and he replied "all we use."
Taking us up stairs he showed us consid-
cradle hay of last years cutting, also
oats, rice and pea vines. He has large
racks put up on the second floor and the
hay ETC., is spread out on them when it is
impossible to thoroughly cure out doors.
After it is dried sufficiently it is stored in
the loft. Mr.. Duncan has from four to
six head of horses to feed, and they Ger
tainly look as we'll as any fed on North
ern hay. We here ate our first guava,
which indicates that Dunedin was not
struck very forcibly by the March freeze
We were very glad when night came that
we could lie down and rest, famed by the
breezes from the Gulf. The next morn
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Down the Orange Belt Railroad.

| OOAA W.
With the above in mind last Wednesday
| we concluded to take little recreation
| from office work and go over the Orange
Belt Railroad and visit points along the
way.
Leaving Monroe about one o'clock the
train was soon whirling us past thriving
/ and poor groves and a few deserted ones.
The latter were young groves recently
set out which were demoralized by the
March freeze. At Oakland we stopped
fifteen minutes for dinner This is pref
| tily located town, but it has the mistOr
tune of being in advance OF itself, as the
rows of empty SURROUNDINGS imply. 1t
is backed up by rich vegetable land, from
which large quantities OF truck are ship
| ped annually. From Oakland the land
gradually changes to a deep chocolate
color and is very rolling, causing steep
grades and deep cuts. No railroad in
Florida has as many deep cuts and heavy
fills as the Orange Belt. AtMinneola the
scenery is magnificent for Florida. The
glistening lake, with the neat homes and
orange groves dotting it's shores, with
background of hills covered with the
graceful pines, broke the monotony OF
the proverbial Florida landscapes.
Our next stopping place was at Chipco,
and the train left us just as the sun was
sinking, casting it's last rays on the tops
of the pine trees In vain we looked for
the vehicle ''that never came" that was
to take us to Jessamine, two miles dis
tant. Calling at the post Office we found
that the letter posted by us, two days
previous, had Just arrived on the same
train. We saw two men here, one the
postmaster and the other summer
widower," but neither knew the way to
Jessamine The latter directed us to
neighbor, and that neighbor in turn to
another neighbor, until we found Mr..
Hack. On making our situation
known, he at once brought from his
stable a horse and bidding us to
mount, piloted us to the door OF Mr..
Walter N. Pike, our floral editor AS we
rode through the pine forests and oak
thickets, following indistinct paths and
part of the time no paths at all, we real
lied how near we came to passing night
in the woods, with the song of the mos
quito to keep us company.
We found Mr.. Pike very busy filling or
ders for aquatic plants. One of the pref
test sights we have seen in long time
was his propagating bed of water hya-
cinths. The flower spikes, with their bea-
tiful tints swaying in the morning breezes,
certainly was a sight that lovers of flow
ers would greatly enjoy. Here we saw
the American and Egyptian Lotus, tie
Zanzibar lilies and other rare and beau
tiful aquatic plants. Mr.. Pike is great
enthusiast and lover of Towering plants,
and is surrounded by many rare and
beautiful species.
The country about Jessamine, Chipco.
Blanton, Lenard and San Antonio is re-
markedly good pine land with some very
rich hammock We were on farms on
which the owners had lived and made their
orange groves without a pound of COM
mercial fertilizer. Between Jessamine and
Dade City there are numerous bearing or
ange groves which were kept up by
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SECRETARY of Agriculture ]. NJ Rusk
has our thanks for a copy Of the "Report
of the Secretary OF Agriculture for 1885,"
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