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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-07
Germany to Tax Trading Houses.

DR.. Miguel, the German Minister
OF Finance, proposes graduated
tax on large trading houses
Houses whose business yields less
than 1,5OO marks yearly will be ex-
empt from taxation. All others
will be divided into four classes,
according to the amount of business
done each year, viz: First class,
from 1,500 to 5000 marks; second,
from 1000 to 10000 marks; third,
from 10000 to $4,000 marks, and
fourth, from 10000 marks upward.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27
A Large Stock

OF harness, just received, made fl om
best oak stock and all hand We rk.
Sold at rock bottom prices. Come in
and see. II. F. THOMPSON.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27
ThankfuIneSS.

Thank God for lifei Life is not sweet always
Hands may be heavy leaden, hearts careful
UnwelcOme nights follow unwelcome days.
And dreams divine end in awakening dull.
Still it is life, and life is cause for praise;
This ache, this restlessneSs, the quicken1nS
sting,
Prove me no torpid and inanimate thing;
Prove me of Him who is of life the spring.
l am alive, and that is beautiful.
Thank God for love: though love may hur
and wound,
Though set with sharpest thorns its rose may
be;
Roses are not of winter, all attuned
Must be the earth filled with soft air anC
free,
And warm ere dawns the rose upon the tree
Fresh currents through my frozen pulses run
My heart has tasted summer, tasted sun:
And thank thee, Lord, although not one
OF the many roses bloom for me.
Thank God for death; bright thing with dreamy
name;
We wrong with mournful flowers her pure
still brow.
We heap her with reproaches and with blame
Her sweetness and her fitness disalOw,
Questioning bitterly on the why and how;
But calmly mid our clamOr and surmise
She touches each in turn, and each grows
wise,
Taught by the light in her mysterious eyes.
i shall be glad, and am thankful now.
Susan Coolidge.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27
Big Timber in the Northwest.

Capt. E. Farnham. the pioneer lum-
herman, speaking of big timber, said:
Il think the biggest stick of timber
out at the Port Gamble mill ten wears
ago. 1t was 40 feet in length and Sc
x30 inches square. 1t was shipped to
China, where it was cut up into spans
for bridges. l was on board the vessel
on which it was shipped The timber
protruded over both the bow and
sstern."
What was the idea in shipping such
a stick?"
Just simply to have the name of
cutting the largest stick ever got out
on Puget Sound
What is the largest stick of tim Der
that you have ever seen?"
That one was. At the Worlds Fair
in London l had dinner in house
made from the bark of a redwood tree,
which was cut in California. The house
was two stories in height, and was
eighteen feet in diameter in the up
per story"
''How large a stick do you think
could be cut on Puget Sound?n
Il think that it might be possible to
get out one perhaps $50 feet long and
30X30 inches square at the small end.
Such stick could not be found near
the coast, however. One would have
to go into the interior for it. A great
deal of care would have to be exercised
in cutting it, to prevent its breaking
when it fell. If such stick were cut
have no doubt it would be the largest
stick of timber ever cut in the world. y
The largest tree in the world is in
Mariposa, California. 1t is called the
Father of the Forest, and is 450 feet in
height. 1t is fallen monarch, how
ever, and it would be impossible to cut
stick of timber $50 feet in length
from it, as it is partially decayed.-
Seattle Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27
A Colorado Wonder.

The petrifed forest at Florissant is
located in green valley mile and a
half from the station, says the Color
do Springs Gazette. Everywhere along
the road may be found little chips of
wood, either dropped there by curl
osity-hunters OF scattered from the re-
mains of some stump in the immediate
vicinity.
After going up and down through
several little valleys the road descends
rather steep grade to the valley
where the forest" is located. The
valley is broader here than elsewhere,
and here and there, scattered over
the bottom and on the lower slopes
of the surrounding hills, are little
mounds of white petrified chips
marking the spots where the tops
of the stumps reach the surface. Only
one of the stumps has as yet been en-
tirely uncovered and to this most of
the visitors 90 first. 1t is on the edge
of a small grove of pine on the west
side of the valley Over it is rough
scaffolding from which are suspended
several saws, still deeply imbedded in
the stump. Several years ago when
the Midland was first opened some
one conceived the idea of transplant
ing the stump to Manitou, but it was
found that it could not pass through
the tunnels on the road. He then
commenced TO saw it into vertical
slabs, which he thought could be put
together afterward. The saws sunk
easily in the top of the stump for about
two feet, when they encountered hard
silica, to which the outside air had not
vet penetratated, and there they stuck.
The stump is about forty-five feet in
circumference and twelve feet high. Its
shape is perfect; the buttressed roots,
the knots, and the irregularities of the
bark are all there as distinct as those
on any of the pine trees close at hand.
The wood varies greatly. While all
of it shows distinctly the grain and pc
culiarities of pine wood there are
some pieces which are as hard as flint
and white as marble, while others are
soft and almost like natural wood. BY
pulling off pieces of the petritied wood
here and there are found little tibers
which the silica did not for some rea-
son reach, but these crumble to dust
when touched. The tree has been
identified as belonging to the same
family as the giant trees of California.
Across the valley from the large
stump is another one almost as pecu-
liar. 1t is large blush black stone
which is made of thousands of pieces
petrifed charcoal, conglomerated in a
solid mass. None of the pieces are
over an inch in length, and how they
became thus knit together is likely to
remain geological mystery.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27
WHY LITTLE HENRY CRIED.
Twas Hard for Him to Find a Reason.
bat He Succeeded.

A little mite of chap, hardly big
enough to have got out of the skirts of
his baby estate, but who had on pair
of ridiculous little trousers that made
him look like Dutch doll, trotted at
his mothers side in Sixth avenue yes
terday Just where the throng was
greatest and the sun was hottest, says
the n. Y EUening jSaIn. He was very
hot and very moist and very tired and
very cross, and, since, as we have said
before, he was very tiny-not big
enough to swear, you know-nothing
else occurred to him but to cry. And
cry he did, in the heartiest, most un.
contained and uproarious manner un-
til the tears furrowed big,white streaks
down his smudgy face and turned all
that had been ridiculous in the little
figure into pure pathos. For there is
only one sight in the world more
pathetic than crying child, and that
is a smudgy-faced child crying. The
dirt seems somehow to intensity the
pitifulness of it, though one could
scarcely tell why. But it does. And
so half dozen persons stopped to eye
this woeful little figure, and to ask his
broad-faced mother what calamity
could have happened to the child. In
vain the stout matron begged him to
tell what the matter was. He only
shook his head and roared the louder.
''Hen'y, bist du sick?" she asked, anx
iously. No, Hen'y wasn't sick.
Den Wy you so cry?' But Hen'y
didn't say. He was only hot and tired
and cross, and just why that should
make him want to cry ne didn't know,
so he didn't try to tell. But he trusted
to his bellowings to speak his defence.
Then the soul of his mother was stirred
to its placid German depths. She bent
over and shook the little figure vigor-
ously. Now, Hen'y," she insisted,
you tell me Wy you cry, order ven
you get home l vip you und you know
w you cry" and She struck her hands
together with resounding blows that
nothing might be left to the imagina-
ton of the miserable entity at her
side. Hen'y perceived, even in the
oblivion of his grief, that decisive
moment had come. How should he
meet it?
His fat little fists were working
themselves deeper and deeper into his
eyes. Pm GYM" he sobbed out.
What was he crying for, anyway?
I'm GYM" he started again. His
mother gave him an admonitory shake.
Pm GYM" In its wauderings his
pudgy hand struck his nondescript lit
tie nose. 1t was pure inspiration.
I'm c'yin',n he bawled out, confident
ly; Pm GYM cause my nose sticks
outr'
And bigger persons than Hen'y do
that very thing too, sometimes, don't
they?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27

At the new "Ravenna Livery and
Feed Stable" on West Main Street,
nearly opposite the Shannon House,
you will find everything new and first
class, and can be furnished with con-
veyances, both single and double, at
reasonable prices.
The building is commodious and
well ventilated, the drainage excellent,
making it one of the finest Feeding
Stables in the county.
MRS. S r. Poe,
GEORGE F. NICHOLS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27

The personnel of the Imperial Opera
House in Vienna is little village conn
munity of itself. 1t consists of All
persons-the director, twenty-one MAKE
solo singers, twelve female solo singers.
q chorus director, fifty chorus men and
s1xty-seven chorus girls, ten male solo
dancers, sixteen female solo dancers,
twenty-five male chorus dancers, sew
enty-five ballet girls, three directors of
the orchestra, one director of the bal
let, LOG members of the orchestra. one
stage musical director, and twenty-five
stage musicians.
A New York Judge delivered a Sc
we're lesson the other day to a plumber
whose wife sought divorce. He saids
You abuse your wife both when YOU
are drunk and when you are sober.
She wants you to stay away FROM her.
You make plenty of money. When
plumbers burn a few Jumps of charcoal
they charge for a peck; when they use
one bar of solder they charge for six.
When they use 10 cents worth of resin
they charge 81. When they spend ten
minutes on job they charge for full
day. When plumber and helper are
sent on job the boss sends in bill
for two men. Half the time you talk
with the servant girls and the other
half you sleep and eat the good things
in the kitchen. Now, you pay your
wife $5 a week.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27
The Last Slave Voyage.

During the embarkatiOn l was en-
gagged separating those negroes who
did not appear robust, or who had re-
ceived some trifiing injury in getting
on deck, and sending them to an inn
provised hospital made by bulk-head-
ing a space in the rear of the forecastle.
The others, as they arrived, were
slowed away by the Spanish mate; so
that when all were aboard there was
just room for each to lie upon one side.
As no one knew what proportion the
men were, all were herded together.
The next morning the separation took
place; the women and girls were all
sent on deck, and numbered about.four
hundred. Then close bulkhead was
built across the ship and other hunks
constructed. The women were then
sent below, and enough men sent up to
enable the carpenter to have room to
construct additional hunks. A more
docile and easily managed lot of Great
ures cannot be imagined. No violence
of any kind was necessary; it was some
times difficult to make them understand
what was wanted; but as soon as they
comprehended immediate compliance
followed.
The negroes were now sent on deck
in groups of eight and squatted around
large wooden platter, heaping-full of
cooked rice, beans, aid pork cut into
small cubes. The platters were made
by cutting off the head of flour or other
barrels, leaving about four inches of
the slaves. Each negro was given
wooden spoon, which all on board had
amused themselves in making during
the forty-day trip. Barrel slaves were
sawed into lengths of eight inches, split
into other pieces one and half inches
wide, and then shaped into a spoon
with our pocket-knives. 1t was sur
prising what good spoons could be
made in that manner. A piece of rope
yarn tied to spoon and hung around
the neck was the way in which every
individual retained his property. There
not being room on deck for the entire
cargo to feed at one time, platters were
sent between decks, so that all ate at
one hour. three TIM ) daily. Casks of
water were placed in convenient places,
and an abundant supply furnished day
and night.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27
Homeseekers, Excursions

Will leave Chicago and Milwaukee via the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st Paul Railway for points
in Northern Iowa. Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota including the great Sioux Res
ervation), Montana, Colorado, Kansas and Ne
braska. on September 9th and 23d. and October
14th, 1880.
Rates for these Excursions will be about one
fare for the round trip. and tickets will be good
for return within thirty days from date of sale.
For further information. apply to any Coupon
A. v. FL. Carpenter. General Passenger Agent,
Chicago. Ill, or to w. A. McWhinney. TRAY.
Pass. Ag't G NJ. & 8. P R'y, Cleveland, o
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27
Dust to Dust.

A thousand years hence-so says a
member of the Academy of Sciences
nearly all the stone buildings now
standing in Europe will have crumbled
to dust. So perishable is the material
of which they are constructed that the
process of decay is already evident in
many conspicuous editices. The same
thing is going on in this country.
Neither marble nor our favorite brown
stone can withstand the action of the
elements. Even the capitol at Wash
ington is undergoing disintegration.
1t may not be important that an
ordinary dwelling house should last a
thousand years. For sanitary reasons
it is perhaps just as well that people
should have to build their houses over
again once every two or three CEN
turies. But it is not agreeable to
think that the capitol and all the great
churches in the country will have dis
appeared by the year of grace 289o.-
~ T. Ledger.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27

Just received, a supply of the Late
Improved Standard and Domestic
Sewing Machines, in walnut and an
tique oak furniture are fine. Call and
examine at IT. F. Thompsnn's.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27

A woman in San Francisco threw
her 14-year-old step-son at an officer
who had come to arrest her.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27
Good Shooting.

Capt. j. R. McCollum of Newman.
Ga, went out bird hunting recently,
and had the remarkable luck to bring
down nine partridges at one shot.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-08-27
Notice to Contractors.

EALED PROPOSALS will be receiv-
y ed by the Commissioners Of Portage Comfy
up to 12 m. of Tuesday, Septen ber 2d, 1890, for
material and constructing an arch
bridge over Sand Creek near Woodworth in
township. in said county of Portage.
in accordance with the plans and specifications
on file with the County Auditor. on and after
August 1st, 1860. Good and sufficient bond
will be required. The Commissioners reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
By order of the Commissioners.
S. r. FREEMAN,
County Auditor.
RAyENNA, O., July 29th, 1890. 1l44-4w
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-05

The most potent remedies for the cure
of disease have been discovered by accl-
dent. The first dose of DR.. Shallenber-
gers Antidote for Malaria was given, as
an experiment, to an old lady almost
dying from the effects of malaria, On
whom quinine acted as poison. One
dose cured her; and a single dose has
cured thousands since. 1t is the only
known antidote for the poison of malaria.
Sold by Druggists.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-05
The New Dis covery.

You have heard your friends and
neighbors talking about it. You may
yourself be one of the many who know
from personal experience just how good
thing it is. If you have ever tried it,
you are one of its staunch friends, be-
cause the wonderful thing about it is
that when once given trial DR.. Kings
New Discovery ever after holds place
in the house. If you have never used it
and should be afflicted with a cough,
cold or any throat, lung or chest
trouble, secure bottle at once and give
it fair trial. 1t is guaranteed every
time, or money refunded. Trial Bottles
free at any drug store.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-05
Notice to Creditors:

All persons having claims against the estate
fed 10 present the same, duly authenticated,
within thet ime limited by law, to the under
signed administrator lie bOnis non of the es-
& Stewart, his attorneys, at their Office in De-
Land, or payment OF the same will be barred.
JAMES D. STA IKE,
Administrator de bonis non of estate Thomas
StArko
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-05
Discharge Notice.

Notice is hereby given that six months after
date hereof, to-wit: on the 18th day of April, A.
d 1890, being the third Thursday of said month,
the undersigned administrator of the estate Sidd
Platt, late of Louisville, Kentucky, will present
his final account and vouchers to Hon. Isaac
Stone. County Judge in and for Volusia County
Florida, and ask for a discharge from such ad-
ministratiOn
GEORGE A. DREKA, administrator
DeLand, Fla, October 16, 1882
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-05
DISCHARGE Notice.

Notice is hereby given that six months after
D. 1890, being the fourth Thursday of said month,
the undersigned, administrative OF the estate of
James P. Kelley, late of Cambridge Mass, will
Isaac Stone, County Judge in and for Volusia
county, Florida, and ask for discharge from
such administration. MARY L. KELLEY,
Administrative.
DeT,ad. Fla. October 23 1889.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-05

LAND OFFICE AT GAINESVILLE, FLA.,l
December 18th, 1889
Notice is hereby given that the following-named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before j. B. JORDAN, clerk
Circuit Court, at DeLand, Fla, on February 6th
1890, viz:
EUGENE A. SMITH,
of Winnemissett, Fla, homestead entry No. 1924,
for the northeast "a of the northwest "a and west
u of the northeast N of Section II, Township II
south Range 80 east
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land, viz: G. f. Pollard, of Winnemissett,
Fla: George F. Jacobs, of Winnemissett, Fla;
Joe Smith, of Lake Helen, Fla; c. j. B. Jackson,
of DeLand, Fla. ALEXANDER LYNCH,
Publishers fees paid. Register.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-05
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that have been appoint
ed administrator of the estate of Alfaretta B
Helman, deceased late of Emporium, Pennsyl-
vania All persons having claims against said
estate are required to present the same to me,
duly authenticated at the Volusia County Bank,
leland, Florida, within the time limited by law,
or the same will be barred, under the statutes.
SILAS B. WRIGHT,
Administrator.
DeLand, Fla, October 80, 1885,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-05
N Office to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that have been appoint
ed administrator of the estate of N. Sidd Platt,
deceased, late of Louisville Kentucky. All per-
sons having claims against said estate are re-
quired to present the same to me, duly authenti-
Gated, at my place of business in DeLand. Volusia
county, Florida within the time allowed by law,
or the same will be barred under lhe statute
GEORGE A. DREKA Administrator.
DeLand. Fla October Is, 1889.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-05
FLORID1ANA.

PNAANAAO~ -
Florida.
Loquats are ripening in many sections
of the State.
The shipment of shad from Sanford is
now immense, the average being about
Is barrels per day, with ITO to 12O shad
to the barrel.
AS a rule the farmers of Madison
county are in better condition than for
long time, many of them having money
to pay for what they need and some to
spare.
Dave Lutley has a grape vine on his
place near Madison which measures seven
inches in diameter. The runners of the
vine cover an area Of ground ffty-three
steps across.
The managers of the experimental sta
ton are planting sixty acres of different
varieties of oats on the farm of VIM. M.
Duke, about one mile nOrth-east of Lake
City.
The enterprising citizens of Manatee
have agreed to donate forty acres of land
to any company who will put up cigar
factory in that town. Parties are ex-
pected down in a few days to look over
the field.
The Pensacola News says that large
quantities of fruit trees are being received
now by the railroad and express COM
panies for parties in this section and at
st. Andrews Bay and other poin is along
the west coast. The present Indications
are that within a few years, the fruit
shipments from this section will assume
immense proportions.
Madison Recorder-When it comes to
growing large turnips and potatoes, the
Hon. TheO. Randall is hard to beat.
Last Saturday he brought and presented
to us four rutabagas which weighed
thirty-fve pounds aggregated larg
est one weighing ten pounds. He put in
five or six old fashioned 'nigger killer"
potatoes just to complete his buggy load,
which also fell to our lot and for which he
has our thanks.
The man who fails to make living in
Florida with it's advantages OF climate
and SOIL should not apply elsewhere: for
there is no ''green oasis" on this great
sterling globe for him. More money can
be made here with less labor and capital
in given time than anywhere else lii the
wide world; and yet Florida wants no
settler who is afraid of work. This, like
all other countries is no place for lazy
manufacturing Commercial.
The Arcadia Phosphate Company at
Arcadia, De Soto county, has an order
for 14O tons of phosphate per day for
800 days. This company is putting in
machinery that will hoist from the bed
of the river 500 tons per day; they have
a capacity of drying 100 tons per day;
this capacity will be increased. This is
one OF the largest phosphate companies
ia the State, and owns and is operating
some of the finest, highest grade deposits
in the State.
Macclenny Sentinel.-Mr. Address says
Mrs. Judge Towards cassava starch lis
attracting considerable attention at the
Sinh Tp0Oical NORTH mon can h ordlU
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-05
Notice Of Dissolution.

Notice is hereby given that the DeLand Manu-
featuring Company has been dissolved by mutua
consent w w. Parce will continue the fertilizer
business in his own name, and Cairnes & Pearson
will continue their cabinet business.
WILLIAM w. PARCE,
JOHN Il. CAIRNEs,
WILLIAM j. PEARSON.
January Z, 1890.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-05
Homestead Notice.

LAND OFFICE AT GAINESVILLE, FLA, /
December 18th, 1889