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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-08
As Good as IA Failure.

about marriage vas failure?"
go way, Isaac! You vas too young on
tirely to know sumed' '''s nhnut marriage,
mein SON"
But, faddcr, vas a bryg poy now, und
want to keep posted.
"VelI, ind vat vas il must dell you"
Vas marriage trooly failure, fddder?"
well, tell you," said the father, i'm
pressiycIv. "UG you marry Il real, real
rich vomans marriage was sometimes as
goot as a failure. "-BostOn Beacon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-08
GIVEN AWAY FREEI

Guide Il San Antonio, given away free
a. the LIGHT Office. Call and get one. 80
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-08
who's to Blame?

Wife-IIorrOrS! Our daughter has eloped
with your typewrjtinE young man.
Husband-Well, you wouldn't let me
hire young woman.-New York Weekly.
\ New Idea About Sap.
A keen observer and ingenious expert
mentali,t N;s been writing book on Sap;
Does il Rise from the Roots" a question
which fc proceeds to answer with de-
cided neg i've. To those who merely run
and read" tn" whole question and answer
may appcgr ~ u very slight matter indeed.
In reality, however, the right answer to the
question il OF great moment to US all. A
negative reply simply means the ruthless
upsettinG a. all our preconceived ideas, the
reversal Of what has been taught in schools
for ages.
Now, If al this theorizing is proved TO
be wrong, We shall not only have to alter
our school teaching, but largely modify
our agricultural practice. Clearly, if the
roots suck mp, absorb, or otherwise collect
moisture, and the organic and inorganic
constituents of sap from the soil, then the
soil will quickly become exhausted and re-
quire constant feeding, while the leafy
parts of the plants must be cut and pruned
down. This Is the present practice. And
it is certainly worthy Of remark that our
best misunderstanding to the theories
of the day-or"hards and gardens are those
that snfier lost readily from blight and
disease gCneraiiy.-London Globe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-08
Fine Work with Platinum.

Platinum and silver can each be drawn
into wire many times smaller than a hu-
man hair. The former metal has been
drawn into wire so fine that twenty-seven
of them twisted together could have been
inserted into the hollow of hair-that is,
If human being or a human made ma
chine could he found minute and precise
enough for such a delicate undertaking.
st. Louis Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-08
One Old Cat.

The age OF the Belfast cat has been quite
accurately defined. AlonZo Bcckwith,
who lives at the Head Of the Tide, had a
cat which recently died that was - years
aud & months old. The kitten Was ,
months old when Mr.. BeckNith obtained
it, and the cat was in the family until it
went of and, us is supposed, died.-Bel-
fast AGE
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-08
Worlds Consumption Of Tea.

The tea consumption of the principal
nations of the world annually is as follows;
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-08

The origin of the phrase Il can't see it"
is traced to Lord Nelson, who, At the battle
Of Copenhagen, was told that a signal was
given to cease firing and the direction
pointed out to him. Selling telescope he
applied it to his blind eye and exclaimed,
~ can't See il ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-08
4 Moman,s Argument.

Conductor-This is lead quarter
you gave me, mum.
Mrs. Beete-I couldn't have given it
to you, for 1 am certain 1 passed it
where l bought these oes.-Puck.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-26

stalk are worth e1O, or $46 American
currency. Every one is talking Of the
bright prospects for the near future in
store for he people of these islands, as
soon as a sufficient area has been brought
under cultivation. This is being done as
fast as circumstances will admit.
The plant is a native here, and has
grown wild for ages probably, it's worth
being unknown until recently. They used
to try and kill it as a worthless weed.
After it once gets fair start it requires
no more attention, and will yield it's pro-
duct from ten tol fifteen years, then
new plants have to be planted, as the old
ones die out The planter that has few
hundred acres under cultivation can
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-26
An Old Farmers Method With Up
land Rice,

Mr. W. 2. Horne, short time before
his death, gave his experience with upland
rice in Florida, as follows, in one of our
State exchanges:
I haveb been asked by some Of yourread-
ers if know anything about raising rice
in Florida; if so, to tell them how to raise
it on high land, giving the yield, etc. To
make rice without much work plant it
on new land, before the crab grass comes
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-26

There is no grain that we can plant
here that would pay us as well. Tt is fine
food for man, and all kinds of stock are
fond of it. For fowls it beats anything
they can be fed to make them lay eggs.
Let me say to our poultry raisers, by all
means plant rice. If you want your hens
to just lay themselves away and all turn
to eggs, feed them on rough rice.
So, my friends, plant lots of rice this
year There will be rice mills put up if
you will raise the rice, and it will be worth
dollar per bushel in the rough. There
is agentlemanin Marion county who will
put up rice mill next summer if he can
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-26
So per Annunl, in advance.

good manure in the burrows Any kind
of fertilizer will answer, but [ generally
use cotton seed meal or cotton seed COM
post with lot manure. If the cotton seed
meal is used. put on 400 or 500 pounds
per acre. Then bed in the furrow, max
ing a bed over the fertilizers with four fur
rows, which will plow out all the middles,
then open the bed with the same shovel
plOw. Sow half bushel Of rice per acre.
Cover it with small harrow Or cotton
board. If the land should be very rough,
cover it with rake an inch Or two deep.
When the rice is up four or five inches
high plow it closely with small plow,
and run the hoe over it to take out any
grass or weeds that might come up. Plow
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-26
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday. March 26. 1890

ties here would not receive it all, prefer
ring to have it at interest"
!. T. CoONLEY.
Nassau, New Providence
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-26

gather the leaves, turn them into cash,
collect his royalty from the government,
and be as happy as a liberal income, a
superb climate, and other favorable sur
roundings can make him.
"To give an idea of the magnitude this
industry is assuming, will state that a
gentleman, an Englishman, arrived here
a few weeks since and has bought $4,000
acres of land, on three islands OF this
group, and proposes putting it all into
the cultivation of this plant. He pays
81 an acre, $4,000 down and the bal
ance to remain at interest. He wanted
to pay for it all at once, but the authori-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-26

on it. But if planted on old land where
there is plenty of grass seed, it is very
troublesome to cultivate, as the rice and
grass all come up together, and to keep
it. clear of grass will give somebody the
backache.
So | would advise your readers to
choose new land, before the crab grass
gets there, and then they can grow rice
with very little work and make much
better crop, as new land seems to suit it
better My plan of planting is to break
new land up twice, harrow it smooth,
run the rows off two feet apart, with a
small shovel plow, then scatter some
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-26
The Sisal Plant at Nassau, n. P.

We publish below O letter written from
New Providence to the Scientific Ameli-
can, in reference to the Sisal plant and
it's boom at that place. 1t seems odd,
and it is really too bad that the people
of Florida are so apathetic to this fiberin-
dustry. Undoubtedly they have the same
opportunity and facilities for making the
industry a profitable one as the people of
the Bahamas, Except, of course, govern
ment encouragement in the form of a
bounty) Thousands of plantshav been
taken from the Florida Keys, (where they
are indigenous) to the Bahamas, where in
a short time they will yield the enterpris-
ing growers u princely revenues. The
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-26

again when the rice is knee high,
with a cotton sweep If possible, SO
as to plowvery shallow and not cut
the roots. This plowing generally
finishes the making OF it.
But to be sure that you will get
all you have made, we generally
have to have a little war with the
rice birds, and sometimes the black
birds also will want their share. |
find that the best and only plan to
keep the birds from destroying the
crop is to get a bag of bird shot
and adouble barreled shotgun and
put it into them. The rice birds at
tack the rice when it is in the milk
state, and if not kept out a small
flock of birds will quickly ruin sew
eral acres.
Rice planted this way and fertil-
lied will yield from twenty-five to
fifty bushels per acre. When not
mandred our pine lands make fif-
tea to twenty bushels, therefore it
pays to fertilize it well, and make
on one acre what you would make
without fertilizing on two. Every
farmer in Florida should make his
own ricefor homepurposes at least.
1t will pay much better to raise it
for market than cotton. There are
low, fiat lands enough in Florida
to raise rice for the United States,
and our farmers should raise a great
doal m ORC Of Il than thou do
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-26

AAAE9 S3AO "NAO ~ PAAhONIJ N'OAON
letter in the Scientific American is
us follows:
81 send you phct ,graph of the
Sisal plant, which is now ere lting
a sensation in this region, from
the reason of it's being in great de-
mand for the manufacture of cord
age and rope of a fine quality. 1t
is said to besuperior to that grown
in Yucatan, and equal to the best
MANILA. The English government
pays q royalty on every pound
raised in this colony to encourage
it's production on an extensive
scale, and almost every one is eth
er embarking in the enterprise or
is already in it. Many strangers
from the United States are trying
their hand at it, and more are COM
ing by every steamer. Machinery
for separating the fiber from the
pulp has been put in operation and
run by steam, facilitating it's prep
aration greatly. In the beginning
it was beaten by hand, making tia
slow and expensive way of prepar-
ing it. In a year or two things will
be booming all through this land
of the cocoanut and pineapple, and
the natives will leave the wreck
ing business to cultivate the sisal
plant, which will pay them better.
"The photograph shows the eplant
as it looks when ready to cut the
outside leaves oruse, also the plant
gone to seed.
"I am told by Captain Lightburl
whose plantation these pictures
made, that seedlings on this tree
*As an indication of the interest taken
Sisal plant we publish the following, which
shows that other countries are looking to
da for their supply.
TRINIDAD, Mar'
Editor Florida AgricuIturist:
The government of Trinidad is desirous
PRODUCING the true Sisal Hemp (Agave sise
into the colony, and would be glad to pI
from Florida plants or bulbels in quaint
should be glad to hear whether you can
this service, and the terms. We offer cash
oh Y1O II r.,
The National tribune., 1890-06-19

struck heavily l2s times by heavy shot-glancng
shot left no recOrd-thrcc having broken her iron,
ana but one penetrated, and that at distance of n
few feet from rihed 6S-pounder, delivered by tho
ram Arkansas
In answer to this dispatch Commodore Por-
ter received the following which shows the
high esteem in which he was held at the time
by the Department, and the value of his serv
ices:
NAVY DEPARTMENT Aug. 90, 1862.
SIR: Your dispatch of the 9th instant announcing
the destruction of the rebel ironclad ram Arkansas
by the Essex, under your command, is received,
and TO yourself your officers and crew. desire 10
express the thanks Of the Department and OF the
country, for the hcroism displayed and the serv-
Ices rendered on that occasion 1t was a daring
achievement, well and faithfully executed.
am respectfully, your obedcnt servant
GIDEON WEILEs.
il must he remembered that the Mississippi
was bristlng with forts aud batteries and that
Commodore Porter had one long, hard line of
continual fighting from the start. but his in
trepld spirit never once quailed or knew the
word fail.
At Fort Henry, Feb. 6, 1862, his Aid, S. y.
Britain, jr, was instantly killed whilc stand
ing, convcrsing by his side. cannon-ball cut
ting his head clean from his body. At this
ume lie was nearly scaldcd TO death and only
saved his life by Crowding a comforter, that
was around his throat, into his mouth, showing
great presence of mind. escaping from being
euAOSdtSu bg the Missing steam, 4 cahnOl-DaIi
having penetrated The boiler of the ship.
lie claimed the founding of the lighthouse
system then in vogue, and was the designer of
the lronclads Essex, Fort Henry and Choctaw;
and in 81 accomplished one of the most re-
markable icats of the war, in building up, in
90 days. with little material. most formidable
squadron on the Mississippi River. Among
tins fleet was the famous Essex and Queen of
West.
If ever there was n good, brave man and
dashing officer, Commodore William David
Porter was that man, and his deeds deserve
iull credit, his yalOr 10 be upheld and his
memory kept fresh and sacred in the minds of
all true patriots 10 can well toe said that he
was the bravest OF the Porters and yetal were
brave men, doing credit TO their name and
country.
Enough has been aGduccd to distinguish
William David Porter from his brother, the
Admiral, and 20 give him proper place and
prominence IN helping 10 sustain the Union
TO save 1t from disntegration in its hour of
danger
The writer has the honor TO be acquainted
with Sue G. Porter Carpenter, from whom
these facts have been cleaned, and herein en-
bodied at her earnest solicitation, because Of
the difficulty she has had in this State in estab-
fishing her identity; even the GAR. being
confused regarding tho two brothcrs-her
father, William ID. Porter, and his brother, ID.
ID. Porter.-A FRIEND san Jose. Cal.
Mrs. Carpenter is in destitute circumstances,
aud should be helped by the old boys, and
unless something is done soon she will become
a charge upon the County. Her address is 206
South First street, San Jose, Cal.-EDIToR
NATIONAL TRIBUNEl
The National tribune., 1890-06-19
"Gipr of whisky.


Sergeant Major Martin, of the Park Commits
sion, tells story OF an Irish Captain of his,
Captain O'Flaherty, that would have told we'll
of Horace Greeley. The Captain had risen
from the ranks during the civil war; he was
q deyOut Catholic, military martinez and a
rigid temperance man but he was weak in his
spelling. Some drunkenness occurring in the
regiment, the Captain ordered the grog stopped
OF course this created discomfort among the
men and finally one Of them appealed for per-
mission to buy liquor on the ground of illness
Is it sick ye are2' said the Captain suspic-
iously. Sure, whuskey'n only make ye
wor-r-rse."
''No, Captain" the applicant replied with
ali possible Difference. When Pm affected
this way little whisky relieves me at once"
~ little, is ~ said the Captain, well, We
shall have little" and he accordingly wrote
this order:
Give Private Jones, of Company A, gil of
The sutler looked at the order and then at
the soldier. "What have you got to hold your
gsllonp said he. Private Jones was quick
witted. That's So" said he, scratching his
head refectively. Cant you lend me a DEM
iohn2" Not john, my boy" said the sut-
Ter. Hold on, then, till borrow some can
teens" Back he came in few minutes and
got his gallon, good measure. in his own and
his comrades canteeus. That evening the
tents of Company A were the scene of wild
hilarity and next morning Captain O'FIaherty
was in a great rage about additional cases of
drunkenness. Furiously he rushed TO the
sutler. WHO authorized you to furnish that
liquor 2" he demanded. "Iobeyed your ORDER"
said the sutler, calmly, exhibiting the docu-
ment. My order" repeated the Captain.
That was for gill-g-i-l." What's a gill ?"
asked the sutler, with supreme contempt II
never heard of gill of whisky" The Cap
tain overlooked the drunkenness and never
wrote any more inscriptions
The National tribune., 1890-06-19
NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON G. THURSDAY JUNE 49, 1890

village, with orders to stand to horses heads all
night. .pisaaa
Lieut.. Bell, commanding my company, sug-
gested to me- as it was u bitter cold night to go
into some barn in tho village and get little
rest. l induced the letter.carrier Il. A. Peck,
and Sadler Asa Balloufto accompany me- We
went TO q barn that seemed built we'll up from
the ground, with an inclined driveway to
reach the floor. The large NOW that extended
to the ground level was entirely empty, but
tho opposite one was half full of hay. Tying
our horses to the girder, we gave them liberal
supplies of hay, and working ourselves deep
into the partly-filed NOV, in about ono York
minute were fast asleep. Reveille awakened
us. and sliding to the barn floor we found but
two horses. Opening door, with tho adj
ditional light VIC found that Balous horse had
climbed over the girder and got down into the
empty NOW.
Now here was an interesting dilemma. How
to get the blamed horse out Of tho NOW with
out taking oil the siding was the question to
solve. Balou was detected. Several plans were
proposed. At length. as the horse seemed
quito lively and none tho worse for his marvel
Gus acrobatc descent of nine or ten feet, it
occurred TO me, he being such remarkable
horse, possibly he might he induced to 20 up by
the same route he came down. My comrades
took TO the idea. and driving him to n place
where projection in the stone wall seemed To
offer footing, we gave him encouragement
with no very gentle words and profuso belabor-
ing with sticks; when the beast made the
supreme effort Of his life. and in some way
scaled the wall, wrigged over tho grdcr and
regained.the barn floor.
The horse showed damage from his adj
venture, carried his rider back to Winchester,
and the next March went around Richmond.
Now If any comradc can tell more hossy"
story, I'll take off my hat to him.--H. T..
EATON, Quartcrmaster-Serge Co. Ii, Cd N.
Y. Cav, Eaton, N. Y.
The National tribune., 1890-06-19
How Does This Road for rofree.CooIors ;

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In reading in
the Century Magazine (war series, / find the
losses in the Army of the Potomac during the
last ii months of the war, rs per Gen. Grants
official reports to be as follows: From the 9th
Of May, 1864. the date the battle of the Wilder
ness commenced 90 the grand roundup, when
Gen. Lee surrendered his army of Northern
Virginia, ON the 9th of April, 1866, covering
space of IL month and four days
From the 9Th of May, 1864 10 the 18th of
June, the date when the Army Of the Potomac
reached the James River, IS days. there were
Killed, To2Oi wounded. Js,5i2; captured or
missing, S,967-a total OF 5i.92g. From the
18th OF June 10 the 3lst Of December, six
months and 10 days, the losses were, killed,
1,099; wounded, 2i,S19; captured or missing
E,51G-a total of 1851. From the 3lst OF
December, 1864 10 the 9th of April 1865, three
months and nine days there were, killed, PA
wounded, 7,il3; captured or missing, !, 62s-or
a total Of l0,5l5. Making grand total Of
1889 men killed, wounded, captured or miss.
ing. That is 10 say. the killed alone in that
IL months of marching and fighting amounted
10 l3,9D3 or over l,20O month. There were
wounded IN the same time 1864 or over G,400
month. And the captured and missing dur.
ing the same time were s,3Gs, or over $500
month. Can history show such unparalleled
losses as that grand old but battered aud bruised
Army oil the Potomac sustained in those terri
bic battles from the Wilderness 10 Appopattox2
soldier-hatcFs and soldicr.hating papers, you
know not what you say. In God name, have
charity for the old veterans. Bear in mind that
the expenses of the last year OF tho war was
over 100000 day, or over 8I,0O0000,00O
year.
see that tho Pension Committee ia Congress
have called for SOS, 900 for pensions for tho
next year. mere bagatelle in comparison
TO what the war cost in money, leaving out of
the account the appalling slaughter rs shown
in the above reports.-M ii. CoRBTy, 5Gth
Mass, Webster, Mass
The National tribune., 1890-06-19
A CLIMBING HORSE.
How Cavalry Horse Got Into and Out OF a
NOV.

"A
NOV.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: once heard
a conundrum, why is horse like an ele,
phantf" Answer" Because he can't climb a
tree" / saw horse climb barn in the Shen.
andoah Valley in 1864. AS tho story may seem
rather large" 10 some of your readers, | will
premise by asserting it is entirely true; like
Old Cy Prime, IL can prove it, too" and NV
Witnesses, unlike Old Cys are both alive. We
belonged TO Co. Ii, I'd N. Y. Cav. {" Harris
Lights J, First Brigade, Casters (ThiTd) Diyis-
ion.
Late in December We were ordered from
Winchester up the Valley to look after Old
Jubal" Everything went lovely until tho
morning Of the second day, when suddenly
Rosser's and Paynes Brigades of Confederate
cavalry dashed into us before daylight. No
member Of Clusters Division will ever forget
that affair at Lacys Springs which came 20
near being complete surprise that there was
no fun in it; nor will they ever forget the
terrible sutferings VIC endured from the in
clement weather the next two days, on our re.
treat.
We reached Woodstock the next night. and
to guard against another possible surprise. onr
regiment was stationed just to the south Of the
The National tribune., 1890-06-19
The Hanging Of Capt. Wehster.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: While | have
no desire to como to the front, still / feel like
Comrade Bolton, Of Battery NJ, lgt H. l.. A.
i think all the facts should be told. | wrote
some months ago in reference to the hanging
Of Capt. Chas Webster, and elected response
from Comrade Goodheart, Of Knoxville Tenn
which gave q fair account of Wcbster's con-
nection with the Loudoun Rangers. | subse-
qnently received letter from most reliable
Southern source, which gives authentic infor-
nation Of his trial and execution at Camp Lee.
and which was verified by what saw myself
and at the same time gave credit 10 the Captain
for his bravery and fearlcssness In TuF Ma
TIosAL TRIBUNE Of May IS, Comrade Byrne.
OF Parsons, Kan, charges him with deserting
10 the rebs, etc. This certainly cannot be true
as he was taken in hot fight, paroed, and
credited by bis captors with great bravery.
His subsequent violation Of parole shows that
he was not joining the rebs," aud his speech
from the scatIold relutes the charge, AZ he
stated IN the presence Of thousands of prison.
ers that if they got home again, they could
say he died true and loyal Union soldier. The
writer has the only authentic account Of the
execution, which the Captains relatives can
have on application. Docs any comrade re.
member the hanging Of one Timothy Webster
as Union spy while acting in the capacity of
clerk in the War Department at Richmond?
Was hc ViTglnian UniOnist or q Yank. or a
relative Of the Captain they hung later ou2
Who knows2-LEwIs III. MILLER, baltimore.
Md ~