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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Kelsey Plums, Figs, Etc.

NCAoCy AuAA0, AS GUO,
While awaiting Mr.. Adams responset to
my request to give us his plan of making
all orange grove, will report, for the en-
couragement of others, my partial sue
cess with the Kelsey plum and figs.
Two or three years ago grated some
common native plums to the Kelsey, and
they all grew finely and bloomed heavily
every season butno fruit held on to ripen
till this year. have one that matured
about fifty fine large plums about the
size OF ordinary northern Crawford
peaches, and few scattering ones on
other smaller trees.
had quite q variety Of figs, including
White Adriatc, Celeste, Genoa Ischia,
Smyrna, Lemon, etc, and they had just be-
gun to bear but the March 18th freeze so
injured them that most Of them gradual
ly died back so that | decided to make a
clean start and cut them all close to the
ground.
| then watched them and pulled off all
but one good thrifty sprout, soon after
starting, and pruned that when needed
to give it a nice clean trunk of foot or
or more. The result is, now have afne
lot OF handsome, shapeiy trees some OF
them over seven feet high and six inches
in circumference at base, and most of
them fruited. One has over sixty figs
started Zone at the aXil of each leaf) and
the first one ripe. So much for the COM
pensating forces of nature and the pro-
ductivepowers of our ordinary pine land.
We are having splendid rains and or
ange trees that have had half chance
for life are responding bravely and MAX
ing q fine growth. But, strange as it
may seem to the anti-culturists, there is
q great difference in favor Of those groves
that have been we'll worked with pillow,
harrow and hoe, over those where weeds,
grass and all manner of wild growth have
been allowed full sway and have hence
appropriated most OF the nutritive ma
teriaI which would otherwise have nour-
ished the trees.
Some time ago you modestly suggest
ed that orange growers try mulching,
which was some years ago more extern
sively written and talked about.
| want to Second the motion" and
say that have been trying it SO far as
utilizing the vegetable growth about the
trees and in the middles, and find the re-
suits very satisfactory indeed. | think
there IS no other way by which we can SO
cheaply supply the soil with the much
needed humus and that too of the very
best quality and in the most available
shape But there is one evil to guard
against which should not be forgotten or
overlooked or undervalued. And that is
allowing heavy mass of mulching to
lie too long and become compacted and
begin to rot upon the bottom without
being stirred or incorporated in the SOIL
In that case the orange roots will pene-
trate it and remify all through it, even
though they go q foot above the level of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20
FIRE, LIFE
~ ACCIDENT.
Having had long experiece, we confidently rec
ommend the companies here named.
II OR PROTECTION AGAINST
FIRE AND LIGHTNING

The "4Etna" of Hartford stands at the head of
all American companies, having much the largest
surplus and the fairest record for honorable deal
ing.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20

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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02
HAVE a RIGHTTo PROTECTION.

The Lathrop crusaders are being sued
for destroying men property. The women
had a good deal of fun for awhile. but the
fun Is likely To be- very expensive. some
body must pay the fddler.-LeayenwOTt
sun.
And so they should. If the women Of
Lathrop have the right 10 destroy the
property OF liquor dealers by force be-
cause the quor dealers had become ob-
noxious to them, the women Of that
town, or any town, have a right to pIllage
any mans house, In any town, and de-
stToy his property If he does not conduct
his business IN such a way as % please
the mob. \ mob Of excited and tauatl-
cal women Tor men either, for that mat
ter Is not the best and safest Jury before
which citizens should be- trIed. their lives
leopardized or their property destroyed
Women who pretend e. think 50 much If
home as too deem II necessary % l1in
bowling mob against the home or bust
ness OF any citizen should stop a moment
and consider that they are thus breaking
down one Of tine strongest buiwark- oi
safety 20 this home. In ali probability
the liquor dealers Of I.athrOp violated the
laws. bat TepaTatIOn Wis not made when
the women If the place violated other
laws. Every citizen. however humble
or mean. has right 10 the fullest pro-
lection. both III person and property.
until he shall b. aIudgcd guilty by Judge
or Jury after far and impartial trial
Topeka Republican.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

homa men, will acquit Adams, the muir
derer OF Captain Couch. OH the ground Of
insanity \ man who thinks that leo
acres OF land in Oklahoma Is worth SIS
600 should not be allowed 10 run at large
IN any community.
The people on Hog creek met some time
since and voted a herd law Notwith-
standing the fact that the herd law advo-
Gates are largely in the majority, still
there are some who bitterly oppose the
adoption of the law. The fight has been
growing warm for some time and Culmiu-
ated a few days since ia a probably fatal
cutting atfray between a man by the name
of Carter and a man by the name Of Har-
per- both citizens of that neighborhOOd.
Carter cut Harper with knife in several
places. from the effects of which he Is nCt
expected to live. Carter Immediately left
for parts unknown and has not been heard
of since. 1t was bloody fight and the
friends of Harper entertain little hope of
his recovery.
Information from Downs says that the
heavy rains of last Thursday flooded the
saw mill on Campbells creek and over
flowed the main channel of the Cotton
wood. Sod houses and dugoutS were
many of them made almost unhabitable.
The sod roof and walls Of Mr. Charles
Lees house fell in upon him and his wife
while sleeping and badly bruised and
crushed them They were unable 20 move
and lay all night in the wet and cold until
daylight when they sent their little girl 20
neighbOrs. Saturday morning Lee died
and was buried he following evening on
his own claim His wife had "A leg broken
and Is otherwise seriously injured
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02
LOSS OF LIFE AT THEATER FIRES.

Chief Bonner of the New York Fire
department and Captain Shaw of the
London fire brigade have been collecting
theater statistics from all over the world.
which seem to prove that the agitation
over the dangers of theaters from fires
has not been without good results. They
Ind that in 1889 twenty-eight theaters
were burned. Of which fifteen were to-
tally destroyed. The number of deaths
was nineteen, and the number Of the in
Jured ninety-one. In 1888 twenty-five
theaters took fire. with a loss of 125
lives; In 1887 seventeen theaters were
burned and 22S persons persisted; and in
1886 seventeen theaters We're burned,
with loss Of los lives.
The figures show that in 1889, when a
greater number of theaterS were on fire
than in any of the three years under
consideration, there was far less loss of
life. 1t is expected by Chiefs Bonner
and Shaw that this favorable condition
OF affairs is not temporary, and that the
present year Will make a still better
showing, IN view of the increasing pre-
cautions taken against such calamitieS.
They do not believe the occurrence of
theater fires will be entirely obviated by
any number Of precautions and safe
guards, but consider it probable that
their prompt suppression viii be greatly
assisted by care and watchfulneSS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02
TEE LARGEST STANDING ARMY.
To the Editor of the Eagle.

To the Editor OF the Eagle
What nation has the largest standing
army? Please answer through your
columns. q. & H
UNION CITY, Ok, April 90, 1890
According to the latest data at hand
Russia has the largest standing army.
The organized military strength of the
leading nations of the world is: Russia
7S0.081, Italy 80, 765, France 523, 633,
Germany 489, 547, China 30O, 600, Austria
Hungary 284 OIL, British India 10000,
Great Britain 1S1, 81, Spain 1872, 805,
Turkey $50, All, Switzerland III, 800. On
the western hemisphere the United
States head the list with &c, 3S3. Mexico
has %, $50, Brazil Is, 01S, and the Argen-
tine republic 1918. In naval strength
France takes the lead with 507 vessels.
Russia comes next with 373 vessels; then
Great Britain with 246, Italy 176, Ger
many 134, Sweden 1873, China 126, Spain
124, The Netherlands 100, United
States o.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

To successfully steal the biggest half
of a fortune of something like $50. co.,
600, and to do the Job with apparent
ease and success. would seem to require
not only a superlative degree of cunning,
but also the highest order OF nerve. And
of course the man who possesses these
qualities TO such a degree. likewise has
the temeritv TO defend his actions under
any and all circumstances. Hence II Is
no surprise that Judge Hilton should in
stitute proceedings against the New
York World for libel for publishing such
alleged actions on the part Of the Judge
in the matter of the A. T. Stewart case.
In view Of the personal attributes refer
red to above as possessed by the libal-
liant. and the further circumstance that
some such allusion was made in these
columns a short time ago, we make
haste to give the accused the benefit Of
the foregoing disclaimer as far as this
paper Is concerned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02
CATCHING THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS.

Senior IgnaziO Diaz, a merchant from
the City of Mexico, who is in New
York on business and pleasure, was in
terviewed by Star reporter, and among
other made the following statements
that viii be read with general interest:
There is a change" he said, going
on in our part of the world. to which
little or no attention is being paid by
foreign nations. and that is the opening
Of great provinces in southern Mexico,
and especially Yucatan. Corporations,
European and American, have obtained
huge concessions, and have already be-
gun to bring settlers over to our borders.
The result Is that roads, both ordinary
and steam, are being rapidly built, and
every sign of prosperity is visible.
''Yucatan," he continued, turns out
to be a surprise even to us. The general
belief that it is a malarial and fever
stricken territory is true only In regard
to a small portion of the coast. The in
terror is high ground, rolling, and often
mountainous. Its climate is that of
southern California, with the difference
that it has a very heavy rainfall. 1t
contains the ruins of many cities, already
one hundred having been mapped by
our authorities, but they do not show
the high civilization ascribed to them by
so many enthusiastic explorers. There
Is, on the contrary, about as much in
telligence displayed in their construction
as in the curious works of the Alaska
Indians"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02
A CATHOLIC LAYMAN SPEAKS.

| ga voice from the Roman Catholic
Laity. The parochial school question
/ An open letter to Bishop keane, rector of
/ the new Catholic university at Washing
ton, d. c., by an Irish Catholic Bayman"
Is the title Of thirty page pamphlet,
published by the Arnold publishing assO-
citation of Boston. This IS an appeal to
all classes, but especially to our Roman
Catholic fellowCitizens to make common
cause for the preservation intact of cur
public schools against all foreign inter
meddlmg." The author begins his ad-
dress to the bishop as follows; ''Sir. as a
Catholic American citizen, have some
criticism to offer 10 the public upon sew
eral points Of the lecture which YOU re-
Gently delivered in various cities in New
England on the school question He
saws. The church must put up with free
speech" and ne squarely takes the issue
with one of the injunctionS of the
last encvchcal Of Leo. XII, lssIted
at Rome. January Il. 1890, which says:
The actions of superiors ought not 10
be struck at with the sword of speech
even when they appear to merit a cen
sure" In answer 10 this dICtum Of the
pope. and addressing Bishop Keane. the
author saws: "This dictum of the
church would land US back IN the very
first stage of modern civilizations ap-
premiership. such as the dark ages knew
The car applies the gag IN Russia, but
the church cannot do il in America
This trouble about the schools has not
been Of the making Of the Catholic laitv:
it has been thrust upon them by their
ecclesiastical stperiOrs. 1t makes no
difference in this discussion who yOu ere
or who / aIn-so long as our relationship
To the subject Is known; you present the
Catholic church's Roman view, / the
Catholic American citizens. The pamph-
let charges the bishop with being the
spokesman Of the CoDgregatiO de Prop
aganda Eide at Rome, and SAYS the
proposition Is that every denomination
shall educate its own children IN separate
schools. at the expense OF the state. This
means the total extinction Of the public
schools. The pamphlet claims that the
porOchiai schools are not wanted By the
laity Of the church but are forced upon
them by the clergy a. the mandate Of the
pope. and II argues that American citi-
zens know better what they need n efiu-
cational institutions than an Italian pope.
II the author Is Catholic, he has the
true american view Of the pubic school
question aud has the courage Of his con-
vlctIors. He discusses the question
thorough and closes Dy saving God
bless our public schools, and God bless
America for establishing and maintain
Ing them. and make her ever uatcilfll
and wise and strong III their defense.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

! Downs has a church dedication today.
| Whatever became of the Reno City Eagle
/ and its editor?
Kiugisher and Guthrie have new road
/ between them.
Frisco had a May day picnic yesterday
with all its attendant festivities.
a hearing has been ordered in the Cher
okee-Orlando townsite case.
The women of Oklahoma City are not
slow. They have organized ". c. T. [.
A deputy marshal captured a whole car
load OF liquor consigned TO Oklahoma
City.
What has become Of the man in Okla
hOma who a year ago addressed you a.
stranger
Kingdsherand Guthrie are at present en-
gagged in flying huge chunks Of taffy al
each other.
A Lawrence. Kansas. woman writes 70
Oklahoma and asks II i = safe for a lady
TO live there.
Oklahoma City has a mystery, but it has
had them before and knows how % take
care Of them.
The BOYS Of Oklahoma have fshed about
long enough now 10 tell where al the good
fishing holes are
There are those who claim 70 know that
tomorrow the territorial bill VIII De signed
and the officers appointed.
II the Guthrie papers don't quit QusrreI-
ing. the habit viii grow on them and
they can't rid themselves Of a..
An Oklahoma historian Says thar every
nation on earth in represented Ia OElahO-
ma, excepting Japan, Turkey and siam.
BY some error in printing copies Of the
bill StiliWateyI j. not mentioned a. a county
seat. when the original bill provides ina.
II shall be one.
Judge Martin. formerly Of Ohio. hut
now 0f Oklahoma. viii u j. uuderstea1,
receive one OF the lUdEeships. At least
that IS what somebody says.
Chief AfayeS has called Tor On extra ses-
SION 81 the Cherokee counsel tn meet the
middle q Nay 70 resume consideration q
The sale Of the Cherokee outlet.
There Is only one Newspaper IN Okla
horua that makes q practice uf using
dashes for profaue words, and nobody
thinks il is smart but the mAn who write,
The Kansas City Times thinks Okla
honsa Il coming on too fAsr. .-eaaror
Pratt came near aznexfug Texas Okla
bona aucexes shoald be put On a. the
east end
AL the bT1c-e efs@t ~ the CITY have hses1
washed a7vav. and tEe p@opIe ea.t u the
city had been unable - Ess 70 town for
several days until YESTERDAY when a ferry
rEAs put y running orEter ; hail mlle east
u tosEa.
A Guthrie ex-judEe wa recently "a I'D
bur hr uaaszss-d % g4Ase a crowd ard sd
dress then through The bars q 81 rr5so1
He came - Cs4r raising a no tEas f1s
authnrs;ia- Aad - ~ him cur Give Z
Guthrie rraan hls E4O4IA, aid &c ALL take
care of himself
The Tawrvnce Journal thfnks thst ar
tury, even though u BE- eo1posed q Okla
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

Louisiana news indicates a subsistence
of the food, but shows that the damage
IN the overtiowed districts Is very. great
About Bayou Sara the condition Of the
population Is pitiable. There should be
no delay in making energetic efforts for
sending relief, which Is sorely needed
This may be objected to. and probably Is
by some. on the ground that 1t Is local
affair. FOR which the balance OF the Coun-
try Is ia no way responsible, or interested
except in q sympathetic way; but this Is
not strictly true. The waters that piled
up To food height. causing - much de
strUcbon, were the aggregated drainage
from the great central basin from the
AleEheney 10 the Rocky mountains. and
from the northern boundary To the gulf,
and the people Of the extreme limits.
while nos responsible for the occurrences
mentioned. yet there Is something Of a
moral Obligation resting upon them, and
II should Be cheerfuliy meg.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

Yesterdays dispatches from Washing
ton announced that it took Billy Meyers,
the ''Illinois cyclone" just twenty-four
minutes to pulverize Jack Hopper of
New York. As a great portion of the
people who read newspapers, west of the
Mississippi river, never heard of these
individuals and as the item was too
short to give them any acquaintance
with either, sufficient to create an interest
it is sur1nised the press agent at Wash
ington, who has been educated this way
by the congressional bouts, thinking
that the people expect something Of a
combative nature, every day, in the
absence Of any in the congressional halls,
inserted this in lieu of in. The fellow Is
conscientious. at least.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02
TOPEKA ARITHMETIC.

The Topeka Capital with solemn delib-
Grafton criticizes the EAGLES declaration
that towns whose names are not spelt
with seven or nine letters or some multi
pie of the grand divisors Of those num-
bers, never amount tOanything, and that
paper then cites Topeka, Boston, London,
Berlin, and Kansas as brilliant examples
10 the contrary. We beg pardon, but
we are not responsible for the Capitals
lack of common school education. To-
peka and all the towns named come I'M
der the rule as does Philadelphia and
San Francisco, Toronto, Quebec, Cleve-
land, Toledo, Denver, Dallas, etc. To
peka, therefore, still has some show, bnt
it would have better show were its
leading daily less thick-headed when it
comes to figures, which are so essential
to commerce and commercial cities. If
the Capital would cut lot Of those one
horse lawyers about the state house, who
are forever filling its columns with stale
opinions on the reach of the prohibition
law, and also dismiss its corps Of literary
tutors and contributors, and distribute
some copies Of some common school
arithmetic about its editorial and report
ers' rooms, the Capital might yet become
a factor in the future Of town in whose
greatness the whole state is profoundly
and directly interested.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02
UNITED STATES TREASURY VAULTS
From the Financier.

From the Financier.
/ There was a hastily convened meeting
of the appropriations committee of the
/ house the 18th inst. The meeting lasted
only few minutes, but in that time it
was agreed TO report favorably bill to
the house next day appropriating sutfi-
| Gent money to build new vaults in the
treasury building. This hasty action was
[ occasioned by a scare communication
from Treasurer Huston. He informed
the committee that the treasury vaults
were antiquated and subject to the as
sault Of any craftsman. He also fur
nished some statistics. When he as
sumed the treasurershIp he receipted for
ST1 ,000, 900 to his predecessor. At the
present time $3.50, 900, 600 in gold and
silver is stored in one vault, and over
800, 0Q0, 900 in silver in another vault,
while in a third vault $3.50 200, 900 in pa
per money is stored away.
Sometime ago Treasurer Huston caused
an experiment to be made. He secured
the services of man to commit ameteur
burglary. In II seconds the man drilled
a hole in the vault containing the $780,
600, 900 of paper money and IN exactly
IS minutes he had hole made large
enough to admit his body. This exhibit
scared the appropriations committee, and
in about five minutes a bill drafted by
Huston, making an appropriation for the
building of new vaults was approved.
No doubt the craCksmen throughout the
country. who have been labOring so long
and earnestly to penetrate fiTst-class
modern safety vaults, viii feel infinitely
disguised when they learn what a haul
they missed 10y hot tackling the national
treasury
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

An important change Is taking place
in the Japan cotton-spinning industry
and mills with large productive power
are being substituted for small establish
mentS. When the extensions and the
mills in course of erection are completed
the Japanese mill industry viii be repre-
sented by $4,000 spindles. Sixteen out
of twenty-six mills in operation are be-
ing worked the full twenty-four hours Of
the day, the electric light enabling them.
with double shifts, to keep the machin-
cry continually in use.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

Nobody seems tO know what the DEM
ocrabc state committee met IN Lcavcu-
worth for last week or what IL did. and
nobody seems 90 care. The Democratic
state committee Is q very harmless instI-
tuition -Emporia Republican.
The Democratic state committee met
ju this city to tell the resubmissi1nists
that they don't amount 90 much. ant
there are some fellows here who do
care. They are grievously disappointed.
-Le3venwOrth Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

TIE presidents veto bill making ap-
preparation $500, 900 for extension of a
public building seems to have opened the
eyesof congress to this species of reck-
less Extravaganza. It VIII have the eff
feet of calling a halt on that sort of log
rolling, elechoneering legislation. And
the country viii say amen!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

Congress, with a saloon under each
wing of the capital VIII Row be called
upon TO decide and prescribe how far
the interstate commerce law reaches in
the direction of original packages which
contain something TO drink. The several
states having lately gone back on prohi-
ton as temperance measure, may not
feel particularly concerned, but Iowa,
which has prohibition in her laws, and
Kansas, which has it In her constitution,
VIII be heard from
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

The Topeka Capital says that the SUI
preme court decision wipes out not only
prohibition but any revenues that might
be gained from high or low license. The
Capital is mad. Such talk is foolish.
That decision does not touch the police
power of a municipality. Topeka's city
council has the same power to fix an oc-
cupation tax that it ever had and can, if
its council sees proper, compel Major
Hudson to pay 500 per month for the
privilege of running his printing office
within the city. Topeka can just as
surely charge liquor dealer $1,000 per
year for his occupation as it can charge a
drayman S., or any other industry any
other sum.