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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-02-12

OF Arithmetic ana eluCludteu ui6 WI
in a clear and concise manner.
Essay: "The Great responsibilities
of PARENTS" by Mrs. Mary Goodwin.
Song, by Mr.. Willie Calhoun.
Music, by the band.
Recitation, by Miss Alice Gill.
Recitation, by Miss Carrie Farris.
Recitation, by Miss A. Farris.
Recitation, by Miss Lula Pringle.
Recitation, by Miss Madella Willis.
Recitation, by Master Moses Mallett.
Recitation, by Master A. Penninger.
Recitation, by Master G. Penninger.
Recitation, by Miss Anna Erwin.
Recitation, Mr.. o. N. 0. Watts.
Recitation, Miss Stella Goodwin.
| Recitation, 1.-THE School Teacher" by
Miss Elma Goodwin.
The following resolutions were unan-
imously adopted:
Resolved, That we, the teachers Of
this Institute, heartily thank the citizens
of Babbs Bridge and vicinity for the
hospitality shown us, and that we shall
ever recollect with grateful pleasure the
courtesies extended to us and the many
: marks of kindness shown to us by the
generous hearted citizens of Babbs
Bridge.
Resolved, That the thanks of this In
stitute are due to Capt. Long, our Parish
Superintendent of Education, for his i'm
partial and Jealous duties during this
Institute.
!, Resolved, That the thanks of this In
stitute be rendered to Capt. G. J. Du
Frocq for the proficient manner in which
he discharged his duties as Secretary o
this Institute.
And further, be it
h Resolved that copy Of these proceed
:, ings be sent to the Alexandria Town TALL
and Democrat for publication.
;, Capt. c. J. DuFrocq delivered tn
closing address, and after few brie
words from Superintendent Long tn
Institute was declared closed sine die.
H. F. LONG,
o Superintendent and Manager
, CHAs. J. DuFRocQ, Secretary.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-15

Establishment of an efficient State Board
of Health with plenary powers, whose
services during the past year have fully
demonstrated the wisdom of the law as
well as the selection of the Board, have
restored confidence within the State and
elsewhere, and given us reasonable as
surance OF the protection from epidemic
disease in the future.
The above statement of facts is given
as some basis for the opinion that at no
time in the past has the prospect of the
great and rapid development of the
State, and the increase in wealth and
population been brighter, than the prom
Use with which the new year opens.
Our resources are so great and SO varied
that disaster to any particular industry
would not seriously retard our prospect
ty. FRANCIS P. FLEMING, Governor.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-15
Winter Potato House.

Some one of your subscribers wants a
plan for potato house. If he is really in
earnest | propose to give him the best
and cheapest plan for potato house he
could ever get; and not only to him, but
to all potato growers throughout the
South. have used it for several years
and find the plan perfectly safe from rot
or damage. got it from an old farmer
of forty years experience, who says he
never lost forty bushels during the whole
forty years. [ have given it to the farm
ers in Alabama, who have tried the plan
with perfect success. With several years
experience | find no plan to equal it, al
though it is so incredulous to inexperi-
enced farmers that few will try it. Never
theess, will give it, and if farmers lose
their fine crop of potatoes now on hand
they will be to blame if they fail to adopt
it,
Bank up in the old-fashioned way,
using pine straw and leaves next to the
potatoes, and then cover over with corn
stalks SO as to turn water. Cover the
whole with earth six inches deep, running
the hill up to sharp point, having no
ventilation at the top or elsewhere. Do
this as soon as dug out of the ground, or
the same day; cover with nothing in the
way OF a shed covering, not even plank
on the top. Let them take the weather
as it comes, and if you don't have pota-
toes as long as they last, we'll preserved
and sound until used up, you will have a
different experience from mine and many
others who have tried the experiment.
The nature of sweet potatoes is to live
excluded from the atmosphere, or else
they would have grown upon the earth in
stead OF in it. Going through SWEET is
necessary to sweetness and does not dam
age the potatoes. [ have written thus
plainly that | may be understood by
farmers who have fine crops of potatoes.
IS. G. Robertson, in Southern Cultiva-
tor.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-15
Okra Culture.


The wonderful possibilities of hefavor-
lite Southern vegetable, the okra, have
been discovered by W. E. Sudlow, an Eng
lish engineer, now OfCOlumbia. He has
had large experience with textiles. For
two years he has been looking into the
Okra fibre question and reached the con-
clusion that it can be cheaply produced,
and that the okra stalk is essentially diff
ferent from the jute, cotton and ramie in
this, that the wood surrounds the fibre,
while in the others it is mixed with it, and
this is the key of the problem of cheap
production. His experiments last summer
and fall prove that the okra fibre and
wood are naturally separated. The mix
ing of the fibre with the wood of jute,
ramie and cotton makes it necessary to
employ manual labor chiefly to decorti-
cate, and this is so costly that only in In
dia and China, where labor is excessively
cheap, is it possible to produce the fibre
at low prices.
The okra, on the contrary, can be sep
arated by machinery. Mr.. Sudlow de-
clares that he can make a machine which
will not cost more than an. ordinary cot
ton gin, which can be employed as gins
are employed on each large farm or in
each neighbour God. and that by it's use
planters can turn out their fibre and sell
it as they do cotton for so much a pound.
Into this machine the Okra stalks will be
fed butts forward, and it will cut the wood
from the fibre. The gluten will beremoved
from the fibre by simple process, and
the fibre is ready.
Some beautiful samples have been ex-
hibited. The fibre is long, exceedingly
strong, between straw color and white,
and with a silken gloss. The okra plant
grows in this State almost without cult
walton to perfection. A farmer in Edge
field says he can now prepare the fibre at
a cost of cent a pound, and factory
has applied for all he can make at agood
price. The fibre can be subdivided so
that cloth as we'll asrOpe and bagging can
be made from it. Secretary Rusk says
that it is very fine fibre, and asks for
the process of making it. 1t promises to
become an important industry and to far
surpass either cotton, iute or pine straw
as bagging for cotton.-New Y ork Herald
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-15
"The world grows weary OF praising men,
And wearied grows of being praised
But never Wearied grows the pen
Which writaS the trI1thS that have q m q.

But never wearied grows the pen
Which writes the truths that have amazed
the thousands who have been given up by
their physicians and who have been re-
stored to complete health by using that
safest of all remedies for functional irreg-
ularities and weaknesses, which are the
bane of womankind We refer, of course,
to DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, the
only guaranteed cure for all those chronic
ailments peculiar to women. Read the
guarantee on the bottle-wraper.
To regulate the stomach, liver and
bowels, DR.. Pierce's Pellet excel. One a
dose.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-15
Prosperous Florida.

nor Francis P. Fleming OF Florida.
To the Editor of the World:
In the -bellum days the only in
dustries of any Importance in Florida
were cotton and lumber, and the latter
had not assumed such magnitude as to
be a source of great revenue to the State.
The revolution of labor caused by eman-
cipation rendered the cultivation ofcotton
Improbable, and almost every one who
engaged in it extensively soon after the
war failed. 1t is now raised, however, in
considerable quantity and with profit.
The unsettled condition of affairs in :
cident to the reconstruction period
seriously initiated against the prosperity
of the State But even during that time
considerable success was attained in the
cultivation of the orange and other cit
rus fruits, and this became and has con-
tinued to be most profitable industry,
increasing every year, and has now as
sumed proportions of great magnitude,
the Florida orange having no successful
rival in the market.
Within the past ten years theextension
of the railroad system of Florida from
497 miles to 2, 1926 miles has greatly de-
veloped the resources of the State, rend-
ering accessible to market vast quanti-
ties of the best yellow pine timber. AS a
consequence the lumber business has
greatly increased. The principal ports
of shipment are Pensacola, on the Gulf
and Fernandina, on the Atlantic.
Early maturity, resulting from the
climatic advantages of Florida, has made
the cultivation of the strawberry and
other fruits and vegetables a source Of
great profit and built up a large trade
therein. And so, too, the cultivation of
the pineapple and cocoanut in the south
ern portion of the peninsula has reached
large proportions.
The successful growing of the finest
grades of Cuba and Sumatra tobacco has
developed the industry from almost
nothing, three years ago, to yield of
about two and quarter million pounds
the present year, the great bulk of which
is grown in Gadsden county, though it
is successfully raised in other portions of
the State. The extensive manufacture
of cigars in Key West, Tampa and else
where in the State is an industry ofgreat
magnitude and profit The drainage and
reclamation of large submerged area
in the southern portion OF the peninsula
has developed the best sugar lands in
the world, and the cultivation of cane
thereon and manufacture of SUGARS also
a large and profitable industry.
Probably nothing, however, promises
a greater source of wealth to the Staten
the near future than the recent discovery
of rich phosphate deposits in apparent
ly inexhaustible quantities in the western
andcentral portions ofthe peninsula, and
within the past month several millions
have been invested therein. The above
are the prominent Industries of the State.
There are many others of lesser magni-
tude Our unrivalIed climate, with the
best hotel accommodations in the world,
bring to the State every winter many
thousand tourists in pursuit OF health or
pleasure, who contribute to the prospect
ty of the State, and make many invest
I L = - I'll
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-15
A SAFE INVESTMENT.
len per cent. per annum insured on your
investment in an Orange Grove, with
reasonable assurance of 20 per
cent. in the near future.
Location, DeLAND.

(Than which there is not a llore pleasant or
healthfu city in Florida) Bearing orange groves
for $4,000 The owner will give reliable bonds in
surfing the purchaser net return of 10 per cent
on the Investment. Other grove properties out
side city limits to amount of $35 600 will be sold un-
der similar guarantees. TERMS CASH Object
is to turn the mOney at once into improving other
Florida properties Address the owner (BEST
ALWAYS TO BUY OF OWNERS DIRECT) at
DELAND, FLA, from December to MAY; and from
May to December at Mt. CARROLL SEMINARY. CAR
ROLL Co., ILL. F. A. w. SINNER
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-29
A MAD ELEPHANT IN TOWN,
One of McMRhon's Big Brutes Cots Loose
and Causes n Panic In Seattle.
Portland Oregonian.l

One of McMshOn'. Big Brutes Gets Loose
and Causes Panic In Seattle.
Portland oregonian.]
When McMahon's circus was about to
embark at Seattle last week the big ele-
plants Queen and Midget made break for
liberty. Midget was soon captured, but
Queen took in the town. The mad beast
ran around the warehouses on the wharf
thrice, and then started up Yesler avenue
There was another rush Of frightened people,
and some one in the rear rank closed the
gate on the wharf to shut Queen in, but she
walked right through it, carrying the frame
all away. Queen then pranced into Yes
ler's lumber yard. Here another attempt
was made to capture the big brute. Fifty
men armed with clubs surrounded her and
tried to beat her into submission, but she
only grew more enraged.
While running through the yard she up
set pile of lumber, burying TOUR men in
the debris. Queen then ran out of the yard
and into West street again. Up that street
she ran, followed by fully $50 men and bows.
But the crowd had now grown discreet, and
they kept at respectful distance, and when
ever Queen would stop every body would re-
treat. Out West street the elephant chase
continued. When the business limits were
passed and the residence portion was reached
the excitement reached its height. House.
wives would appear at the door to see what
was going on, and there would be veil.
and the door would close with bang.
The race continued till Queen Ann town
was reached. Queen took to the woods
badly winded. but when cornered showed
fight. A chain was finally gotten aronnd
one of her forelegs and then around the
other, and Queen was a captive.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-29

THERE are many athletic contests in and about
the city to-day.
ANTHONY BURKE wants to fight anybody at 135
pounds for a big stake.
THE Colts are enterprising. They are not con-
tent with single figures.
THE Power Hall team want to arrange game
with the Meyran Avenue Stars on Decoration
Day.
THE whiskys defeated a picked nine by to
clubs.
1ENER did well yesterday, but what's the mat
ter with the ''gang?'' Are they getting their
salary?
THE Acme club want to play any young team.
Address II. E. Bright, 22S Spring Garden avenue,
Allegheny.
THERE was a change yesterday. We lost three
means progress.
1T is said that Bufinton was better liked as the
manager of the Philadelphia Brotherhood club
than Jim Fogarty.
CAPTAIN ANsoN don't allow any of his players
to lottsr about. He hurries them on and off the
field and keeps them constantly on the move.
1T is said that John I: Rogers and Al Reach, of
son. Elliott and Wagner, of the Brotherhood in
Philadelphia few days ago.
PITCHER COUGHING, of the Chicagos has
very deceptive outcurve. 1t Is SO much SO, In
fact that Catcher kittridge often miscaIc ulates
how far the ball is going from the plate.
lenges Patrick Lamb to a fight, with large
gloves for points to a finish, the battle to take
place ut any point settled upon, for fun or
purse
MORE than $50 students from the Washington
and Jefferson College Will attend the inter-col-
on Decoration Day. special train will be run
from Washington, Pa.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-29
ATTRACTION OF THE SUN.
Without ir the Earth Would Fly or at a
Tangent In Short Order.

Without it the Earth Would Fly OF at a
Tangent in Short Order.
Good Words.l
It would almost seem as if our globe were
always trying to escape from the thraldom
of the sun. who, knowing how fatal to
us such an escape would be, necessarily
interferes to prevent it. If only the
sun were to withhold that at
tractive power by which the earth is
maintained in the course at present fol-
lowed, dire calamity must result. This globe
of ours is now hurrying along at pace of
IS miles second, and if the suns attraction
no longer restrained US we should not con-
tinue to revoIve in a circle, but would at
once start off in a straight line through
space. Every minute would take US more
than 900 miles, and by the time 100 days
had elapsed we should be twice as far from
the sun as we are at present.
His light and his heat would be reduced
to one-iourth part of what we now enjoy.
With every successive minute the suns in
fuence would still further abate, and 1t is
almost needless to add that all known forms
of life must vanish from the globe. 1t is,
therefore, satisfactory to know that we pos
sess every security that the suns attraction
will never decline from what it is at the
present moment. and therefore there is no
ground for any apprehension that life shall
be chased from the globe by dissolution
of the bond of attraction between the earth
and sun.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-29
CODY IN ITALY AND SPAIN.
How the Romans Tried to Ride His
Bronchos-Money in Barcelona.

How the Romans Tried to Ride His
Bronchos-Money in Barcelona.
Verona Letter in New York Times
Colonel Cody, when questioned about the
Italian tour, said: 1T has been much
greater success than we had hoped for. The
Italians were delighted with the show.
They said they had not had so great an ex
citement in Rome since the days of Titus.
The Romans brought their fiery horses from
the Campagna to us-wild beasts that
had never been conquered-and my cow
boys rode Them By gosh, they didn't
know what to make of it. Some Of their
professional jockeys tried to ride our
bronchos for wager. They first strap a
bed on the horses back and then put on q
saddle like Roman tower which reaches
up to their armpits. Then they stick long
iron down the horses throat, which pre-
vents him from getting his head down.
They nearly killed two of our horses in this
way and after all failed to ride them.
SIN Spain we did not do we'll, for we
were there during the influenza, and who
could have done business then? The
Italians are Door, but they are nothing to
the Spaniards Countries where little bit
of coin like this centime, fifth of our
cent? in circulation must be poor countries.
In the West our smallest is %
cents, or 125 times one of
these, and we call ours a Bit What
would the boys call this? We like the
Italians of the upper classes, who are very
polite, but the lower classes are mean and
not to be trusted. Of course one has to e1-
cuse great deal, as they have not much
education. Yes, we did have a good deal Of
counterfeit money passed on us in BARGE
Iona, but it didn't make much difference,
for in Spain the banks trade in counterfeit
money, and we took ours to banker and
sold itP'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-29
Trotting. $40 class; purse, 800.
Racing nj Lnfonia.

CINCINNATI, May 2S-The races were con.
tinued here to-day. The track was good:
First race, mile and seventy yards-Happiness
first, Germanic second, Silver King third. Time,
I:49.
Second race five furlongs-Corienne ne first Carroll
Reid second. Harry Ray third. Time I:o34,
Third race, one mile-Hydy first, King Regal
second. Eugiene third. Time 1:4314.
Fourth race, mile and three-sixtcenthsLG LGlock-
ner first, Cecil B second. New Castle third Time
2:02S.
first, PaIisade second, outbound third. Time.
1:46k.
Entries and weights for the races tomorrow:
First race, selling, one and one-sixteenth of q
mile-SilTer Lake 80, Happiness 90 sunny Brook
80. Sanardo 80, Mamie Fonso 10i, Drookfui IO7
Second race. selling, one mile-Harry Weldon
95. Pompey 1O3, Walker Ill, MorefeId iii
Third race. handicap, one mile and a half
Lillian Lindsay 9S, Sena 95, Osborne o. PeIl Nell
1o3 Elyton IS, Tenacity l06 Busines; 90 Alta
90, Ed Hopper loo.
-Four tn race fve-elghths OF a mile-Iabold o.
Bramble Bush S. Lancelot 9S, Mayor Thornton
9S The Bookey 9S. Tom Rogers 9S Roseland I02
Sir Planet l02, Woodrord TO2, Ed leonard l02
Kingman 1C2 Jay Jay Gee 102, Warplot IOa
Fifth race, hve-eighths OF mileECorinne Kin.
ney Ito, Ida Pickwick 12o. Caprice los, Carrie
Buckingham los Ethel los, Annie Elizabeth los
Park Ridge ld6 Sister Linda l08 slelenie Il0 Lady
Washington IL Matte Allen l0S.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-29

Buffalo, 11-PhiIndelphin, 5.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2S-The Buffalo Play
ers' League batsmen took very kindly to Buf.
fnton's pitching to-day, and won handily from
the local players. Attendance l,0Sl. Score:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-29

Youngstown, 19-Akrou. 4.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsrArcH.l
YOUNGSTOWN, May 2S-Through the loose
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-29
YESTERDAYS ATTENDANCE.
s 3O4 Totals


PHILADELPHIA, May 2S.-The Pitts
burgs and Phillies were advertised for two
games at the Philadelphia Ball Park this
afternoon. This fact drew 2,6O6 cranks.
They saw the home team win both games.
The first game was won by the close score
of u to 10 in favor of the Phillies. The
game was exciting and of the see-saw order
from start to finish. The Pittsburgs out
batted their opponents by long odds. made
but one more error aud still they lost the
game. This was due more to the fact that
the Smoky City lads could not hit the bail at
the right time than to misplaying. Dave
Anderson pitched for the Phillies and was
hit hard. La Rogue, Berger, Hines and
Roat led in the batting for their team. His
support was far from being good, Clements
and McCauley being away off in their
playing. The Phillies were lucky enough
to hat thesball at time that meant runs.
Up to the seventh inning everyone looked
upon the Pittsburgs as sure winners, but
when the Phillies went to bat in their half
of the eighth they started in and did not
stop until thev had scored three runs.
Neither side scored after this.
The batteries in the second game were
Vickery and Schriver for Philadelphia,
and Jones and Berger for Pittsburg.
Jones proved pretty effective, but one
earned run being secured from his superb
delivery, but Vickeryswas still more effec-
tive, holding the visitors down to two little
singles. There were four errors made be-
hind each, but those made behind Jones,
the Pittsburg twirler, we're the more costly.
Young Gray, the e1-Highland club catcher,
PLAYED left field. He did good work with
the stick. Burke in center caught two
difficult flies, and Myers on second and
Allen at short accepted all the chances
given them. Sunday in right field and
Berger behind the bat did the best work for
Pittsburg. The scores:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-29
WALTERS KNOCKED OUT.
Ike Farrell Wins RnttIlng Battle of
Twenty One Rounds.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPATcH.1
BUFFALO, May B-Peter Walters was
knocked out by Ike Farrell last night before
the Travellers Club. Twenty-one rounds were
fought, first one man having the advantage and
then the other. At times both men were very
groggy, and a little punch would have sent
either to the land of Morpheus. Farrell. how
ever, proved the best general, and won after
desperate battle. i:
Walters defeat is by no means a discredit to
him, it being his first appearance in the magic
ring. Both men were badly punished. Wal
tiers played for Farrell's wind while the latter
devoted his attention to his opponents neck,
face and jaw, evidently working for a knock
out. Walters also sent home several sledge
hammer blows on Farrelrs nose. chin and ear,
and several times had Farrell groggy. but failed
to follow up his advantage, thus allowing his
opponent to recover himself. When Farrell
had the advantage, however, he sailed right in
to do his man, but Walters could stand pun
ishment and managed to hold out till the sound
of the gong.
Jim Glyn. of Brooklyn. and Paddy Brennan
seconded Farrell, while Jack Hanly and Dan
Graham oficiated in like capacity for Wal
ters. Jerry Donavan was chosen referee. Far
rel fought in the old time way, playing to blind
and wind his opponent. He gained first blood
in the second and knocked Walters out in the
twenty-irst round. Walters was in bad shape
when the fight ended. His nose was broken,
both eyes closed and his mouth enlarged. Far
rel had black eye. . .--.