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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-11-26
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.


~ signed have organized themselves into an
association for the purpose of forming a corpora
tion under the laws OF the State of lorda, to be
called
THE DELAND WATERWORKS COMPANY,
and whose principal place of bsinoss shall be in
the city OF DeLand, VOOunty, Fla.
The general nature of the business to be trans
acted is the construction OF q system OF water
works for the purpose OF supplying the city OF
DeLand, and the surrounding country, and the
inhabitants thereof with water for public and do
nestle purposes.
The amount of capital stock authorized is
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25, 000), paid in
full
The date of the commencement of the corpora
ton was the 18th day of August, A. d. 1900 and
it's existence shall terminate in ninety-nne years
from said date, unless the same shall be legally
extended
The business of the corporation will be conduct
ed by board of three directors, who will be
elected on the third Tuesday of August of each
and every year.
The highest amount of Indebtedness to which
this company subject itself at any one time is
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000)
GEORGE W FISHER,
SILAS B. WRIGHT,
ISAAC A. STEWART.
DeLand, Fla, August IS, 1890.
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The Florida Agriculturist Book and
Job Office is row prepared to do all kinds
Of job printing, from q visiting card to a
5O0-pagt4 book, on short notice and at the
lowest living prices. It will pay you to
get our prices before ordering elsewhere.
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tween the brothers, however, In spite or
so much to estrange them, a certain
kindness of feeling seemed to exist
which was hardly to have been expected
under the circumstances.
The rehearsal now began, and Sir
George Danvers, who had remained be-
hind to put by the jewels, and lock them
up in his strong box among his papers,
came and sat down by me, again thank
ing me for taking charge of them, though
I assured him it had been very little
trouble.
''Not much trouble, perhaps, but a
great responsibility he said courte-
ously.
"a soldier, Sir George, I replied, with
slight smile, becomes early Injured to
the gravest responsibility. It is the air
we breathe; it is taken as q matter Of
course"
He looked keenly at me, and was 81
lent, as if considering something-per-
haps what had said.
I was delighted to find the play was
one of those which had seen acted dur
ing our passage home. There is nothing I
like so much as knowing a play before
hand, because then one can always
whisper to ones companion what is
coming next. The stage, with all its
adjustments, had been carefully ar
ranged, the footlights were lighted, the
piece began. All went we'll till nearly
the end of the first act, when thore was
cry behind the scenes of, ''Mt. Denis!''
Mr.. Denis should have rushed on, but
Mr.. Denis did not rush on. The play
stopped. Mr.. Denis was not in the Ii
brary, the improvised greenroom; Mr..
Denis did not appear when his name
was called in stentorian tones by Ralph,
or in pathetic falsetto by Charles. In
short, Mr.. Denis was not forthcoming.
A rush upstairs on the part Of most of
the young men brought to light the aw-
full fact that Mr.. Denis had retired to
his chamber prey to sudden and acute
indisposition.
Dear me-" said Charles to Lady Mary,
with dismal shake Of his head, chow
precarious is life! Here today and in
bed tomorrow. Support your Aunt
Mary, my dear Evelyn. She wishes to
retire to rest. Indeed we may as we'll
all go to bed for there will be no more
acting tonight without poor Denis.
only trust he may be spared to us till to-
morrow, and that he may be we'll enough
to die by my hand tomorrow evening"
We all dispersed for the night in some
anxiety. The play could not proceed
without Mr.. Denis, who took an impor-
tant part; and Sir George ruefully in
formed me that all the neighboring
houses had been filed for these theatre
calls, and that great numbers of people
were expected. There was to be dane
ing afterward, but the principal feature
of the entertainment was the play. We
all retired to rest, fervently hoping that
the health of Mr.. Denis might be re-
stored by the following morning.
ETo BE CONTINUED
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time Of the pupils is corrcspond1ngIy
shorter. In short, the prolongation OF
the working hours takes place for the
most part at the cost OF the time for
sleep.-Professor Axel Key in Popular
Science.
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An Excellont Reason WHY.

Miss Rose-How dreadfu1ly stuck up
that Miss Paiste is.
Jack Rounder-Well, she ought to be.
Her father owns one Of the largest glue
factories in the country.-Epoch.
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LADIES

LADIES
Needing q tonic, or children that want building
up, should take
BROWNS YRON BITTERS.
It is pleasant to take cures Malaria, 1ndiges-
ton, and Biliousness. All dealers keep it.
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MONEY IN A HOLE.
PECULIAR POSITION OF A HEAVY DE.
POST IN A CHICAGO BANK.

Ex-Alderman Whelan, Who Was Murdered,
Put 1t There-He is Accused of Wanting
to Bribe Councilmen-O,Vners Are in
Demand.
CHICAGO, November IA short time
ago ex-Alderman Whelan was shot and
killed by man named Hathaway. 1t was
a matter of common notoriet1 in political
circles that Whelan was the go-between or
clearing house for bribe MONEY passing be-
tween corporations wanting franchises and
purchasable members of the City Council.
An afternoon paper says that, shortly be-
fore his death, WheIan deposited $50, 900 in
bank in this city, as a step toward its
transfer from a certain elevated railroad in
need of franchise, certain Aldermen being
desirous OF realizing the financial value of
their votes in granting it The paper points
out that Whelan's death leaves this tidy
sum in a peculiar situation. Though in
Whelan's name, it does not belong 10 his
estate; the railroad people dare not take
action to recover it, and the Aldermen have
no claim on it, and would moi enforce it if
they had.
In connection with this the paper pub
fishes an interesting interview with M. C.
Mcdonald, one Of the proprietors of the
Lake street elevated railroad, in which he
saws: This is a paper of mine for $780, 600;
L think it is in Whelan's safe. This is for
money payable to me. Perhaps some mis-
apprehension about this may have given
rise to the yarn. But at any rate 1
don't believe the story is true. Billy
was not in fact as wealthy a
man as people gave him credit for
being. 1 heard his will when probated
showed him to be worth only about $50, 600.
If he made any winning or had some un-
known source of income that brings IN $780,
900 more, why that is good thing for his
heirs-at-law. 1 have nothing further to say
in the matter"
Several Aldermen interviewed in regard to
this matter declared that they knew nothing
of it and did not believe TIE story to be
true.
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phia; Rev. II. R; Bender, Altoona; j. Il.
Stauff, Pittsburg; Rev. E. NJ. Green, Eas-
ton; DR.. W. II. McMillen, Allegheny; Rev.
A. M. f. Fisher, Barren Hill, and Rev d.:
f. Shupe, Braddock; Secretary, j. Howard
Breed, Philadelphia; Treasurer, Ross W..
Drum, Pittsburg.
The evening exercises were opened with
devotional exercises and a few words OF
thanks by the newly elected President. The
Secretary reported that 800 members had
registered, representing % denominations
Among other resolutions adopted was one
denouncing the managers of the Columbia
Exhibition in 1893 for deciding to keep the
exhibition open on Sunday.
The closing address was delivered by Rev.
D. D. Francis E. Clark, OF Boston, Presi-
dent of the United Society Of Christian En-
deavor. He took for his theme Large
Things for Christ" He s1id that he be-
lieved God had put His indet finger on cer-
tain new lines of church work. Among other
things that the Christian Endeavor Society
needed was larger conception of the truth;
larger conception Of their duty and the
power of a great compelling motive. He
appealed to his hearers to pGrsevere IN the
work of their various societies. DR.. Clark
is comparatively young man and the
founder OF the Christian End.avor Society.
The convention, after religious services,
adjourned to meet next year at Williams
port.
After the afternoon session yesterday,
Prof. Harper, whose address On Bible study
was SO well received, met with lew friends
who are maturing plans for establishing
courses of Bible study in Ffttsburg and
Allegheny during the present winter. The
work will be carried on under the auspices
of the American Institute of Sacred Liter
ature,
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THE CELESTIAL VENDETTA,
One Notories Highbinder Shot and Killed
by Another as Bad.

One Notories Highbinder Shot and Killed
by Another as Bad.
SAN FRANCISCO, November IA mother
Chinese highbinder rolled upon the floor at
the Washington Street Theater last even
ing with two bullets in his body. AT the
moment there were nearly 1000 Chinese in
the place of amusement, and the shooting
created the greatest excitement. The spec
tators ran over and trampled each other
down during the confusion. They rushed
for the door and wildly into the street.
Finally the wounded man was picked up
and conveyed to the Receiving Hospital,
where il was found that he had been
wounded in the left hip. another bullet
struck him at the base of the breastbone.
Wong Fook is the name OF the man who
was shot. He is member of the Hop Sing
Tong Society The shooter is named Tick
Ah Ting, who is a member of the Suey On
Tong Society. Both are highbinders of the
worst character, and the trouble arose in
consequence OF a blackmailing scheme.
which had been attempted by both societies.
Ting escaped from the theater during the
confusion and could not be found, though
Sergeant Spillan and Officer Riley rushed
from Ross allev and were on the scene in an
instant All Ting is said to be a notorious
desperate, who, on last Christmas, shot a
couple of his feIlow-countrymen and es-
capped. Since that time nothing has been
known OF his whereabouts until this shoot
ing.
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BY actual survey there are in the anthra-
cite region of Pennsylvania 472 square
miles of coal. The amount of coal mined to
the acre is about 60, 900 tons, but the vast
age is so great that well-informed owners
and scientific miners assert that With care
ful methods of mining, the product to the
acre could be increased one-half-that is to
$4,000 TONS On the basis of $4,000 tons to
the acre, an easy calculation will show that
an annual average of $4,000, 900 tons, about
the amount mined in 1885, and making al
lowance for what has already been taken
out In the past 80 years, the coal Of this an
thracite region will last GIG years.
According to the latest reports it is esti-
mated that the total area of the coal fields
OF Great Britain is Z, S76 square miles, which
are estimated to contain In round numbers
145, 200, 000 900 tons of available coal, a
quantity at the present rate of consumption
sufficient to last 900 years. All this coal is
at depth of less than 1000 feet from the
surface. Below that depth it is thought
that mining must stop.
The production of coal in England and
Wales amounts to considerably more than
one-third of the total output of the world.
The richest coal field in England is at New
castle, where the current thickness of the
seams is from to feet. The total product
of all kinds of commercial coal IN the
United States in 1888 was 142, 037, ,735 short
tons, valued at 500, 222, 100.
Coal is found now on all continents and
in nearly all countries. In the United
States it Is found in 80 different States and
Territories, also in Alaska, in which latter
place large quantities of good quality coal
are said to exist. The principal mines of
Africa are in the South African Republic,
while extensive supplies are found in the
region of Mozambique, on the east coast.
There are large bodies of undeyeloped coal
territory in the Netherlands, Switzerland,
Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Bohemia,
Siberia and Hanover, while in European
Russia there are said to be coal deposits
covering from 13 900 to 16, 900 square miles.
In the island of Formosa there are 5000
square miles of coal, while in China, accord
ing to the recent report of German statis-
tician, there are coal fields extending over
nearly 100000 square miles. This state
ment, however, must be taken for what it
may be worth. Certain it is that very val
liable deposits have been found near Pekin,
some seams of which are from 80 to 95 feet
thick. In 1887 one Chinese colliery pro-
duced 270, 900 tons of coal. The japanese
have for many years obtained large supplies
of coal from collery on the island OF Taxa
sima. The annual production of coal In
Japan is over 2,OO0 900 tons.
Germany is the largest coal producing
country OF continental Europe, the amount
of the production for 1887 being 81, 1868, eli
tons.
The total extent of coal territory through
out the world is estimated at 10000 square
miles. Notwithstanding the tremendous
annual drain on this resource, it is calcu-
lated that it will take over $500 years at
the present rate of output to exhaust the
supply.
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seventies, and on his return told many
wonderful stories of his experiences, The
most remarkable was that he visited the
House of Parliament and wanted to sit on
the throne, but was told by his guide that
Queen Victoria had reserved that seat for
her own use. The guide in question was no
less person than Hon. w. E. Gladstone,
according to Smiths story, and when the
American miser said goodby to him he left
a quarter on table close at hand as fee to
the Grand Old Man for his services.
Among Smiths efiects when sent to the
asylum were a number of papers OF curious
interest. One was a mass of elaborate cal
culations showing how many square miles
of land his wealth would buy at the end OF
a thousand years if properly invested. The
figures reached into thousands of billions.
But the most remarkable document was
some verses in Smiths own handwriting,
written over thirty years before he was sent
to the asylum. In utter fiendish heartlessness
they picture the miser's heart and show the
maniac's spirit even more graphically than
many more widely known poems on similar
themes by persons of undoubted sanity. The
document read as follows:
The following lines was written by me in
1852, called
THE MISER's PRAYER.
Oh! that my Barnes ware mountains size
And fild with Grain and Hay,
Ny famished neighbours almost starved,
And winter last till May!
Then l would take the poor's last dime
Thade lade upon the Shelf
And see thear children starve to death,
Then feast upon the pelph.
The widows prayers and orphans tears
l would dis-dain to heed.
But kiss the Gold rde rung from them,
Which caused thear heart to bleed.
Thear plaintiye cries would please my ear,
Thear tears Tde drink as milk:
rde smile to see them clothed in Rags
While l'de be dressed in silk.
And should find them at my Gate
A-crying loud for Bread.
Thayed ne'er obtain a crumb from me
Until my Dogs ware fed
Should wounds appear from head to foot
That bleed at every poore,
would not even allow my dogs
To lick thear burning sores.
Such facts convinced the jury that Mr..
Smith had been insane for many years, and
it declared the will invalid after less than
half an hours delIberation. Yet, notwith-
standing all his vagaries, it was reiterated
many times on the witness stand that no
one was ever known TO get the better of
him in any financial transaction. The old
mlser was insane, yet it did not destroy his
business cunning, but rather sharpened IT,
BY the findings OF the Court his three daugh-
tiers will now get their respective shares of
the old miser's fortune instead of allowing
1t 20 accumulate 40 years and fall to their
children, as the will directed.
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Zone man may steal horse. while another
may not look over the wall"

"One man may steal horse, while another
may not look over the wall"
1 have always considered this the truest of
proverbs, perhaps because have so often in
my own person exemplifed its truth-con.s
pulsTily, for "I'm sure it was no wish of
mine iver," as Mrs. Tulliver said of her
lying awake at nights thinking of her scat
tered china and linen. 1t may be an edIfy-
ing but it is rarely an agreeable thing to be
singled out by fate to point some proverbs
wretched wisdom. 1t is especially Far from
agreeable if, in the case of the one quoted
above, you serve for a striking illustration
of the truth of the second half; and still
less pleasant it is if, after the manner of the
stern editorial dictum, to this rule there is
no exception. 1 never knew any person,
however loyal to the wisdom of proverbs,
that relished testifYing practically to the
truth of this adage if thrust into the oner-
Gus position of Another, no matter how
great the spiritual sustenance to be derived
from the parallel between Zone" and the
bay-tree. In these days of pictorial adver-
tisements there is tacit and general senti-
ment that resemblance to the hourishing
bay-tree confers great temporal compensa-
tions.
NV elder brother Jack from childhood up
to manhood played Ono to my Another.
We never by any chance exchanged parts:
still L can truthfully affirm that this monot-
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survey nv Strengthening arena" as Jack
termed l. and L was hattered again by
a question he deigned to put concerning my
prospects Perhaps, distrusting the purity
of his brotherly zeal, painted them in more
subdued tints than were actually needful.
"Ah," said he, ''you'r not the fellow to
push your way, and L don't seem
much of place. You must marry for
tune, BOb-that's the only course 1 can see
for either of US door devils. Hal thou
blenchestI Someone in the wind?"
''Nonsense JackH' cried, annoyed, try
ing to avert my gaze from a certain large
gray house standing alone near the cliff and
quite away from the town.
Jacks bold gray eve at once darted
thither. 'The only house that looks prom
ising in the place!' quoth he. "Who lives
there? Come, Bob, unbosom thyself to a
tender brother who always sought thy
interest before his own. She lives in
yon solitary mansion? She is rich and
scornful? Thy hangdog looks betray theer'
"Not scornfulP' L hurriedly answered,
CAT least-that is-no, feel sure-it I
could only
Eloquent and-lucid," interpolated
Jack; and, though had determined to say
nothing to him on the subject, in three
minutes he had dragged all from me.
An old lady lived in that large gray house,
and with her young and, L felt sure, beau
tiful granddaughter, vino was guarded ieaI-
ou>ly from all approaches OF men by her
formidable relative. The girl was an
heiress, and Mrs. Neville, grim
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NO TAX ON OUR CATTLE.

Mexico Denies the Report That She Had
Imposed an Import Duty.
WASHINGTON, November IA state
ment having appeared recently to the effect
that the Mexican Government mad placed
an import duty on cattle from the United
States, the Secretary OF Agriculture imme-
diately called the attention of the Department
of State to this matter, with request that
the real facts be ascertained. He is now in
receipt of a communication from the De-
partment o. State enclosing telegram from
the Consul General at Neueva Laredo in re-
ply to one from the State Department, in
structing him to make inquiries on the SUBJ
ject in which that official states that no such
duty has to his knowledge been imposed bv
the Mexican Government, but that that Gov
ernment is now preparing tariff bill, none
OF the details of which have been so far
made public.
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THE CYCLORAMA GOING.

To be Sold at Auction in the Chamber of
Commerce.
The Cyclorama Battle OF Gettysburg will
close up business the 1st of Jaduary unless
someone purchases 1t and runs it alter that
time. The company now running the ex-
hibition will put it up at public auction at
the Chamber of Commerce on November q.
and it positively will be sold. Possession
will then be given on January l.
f. c. Menlzer said yesterday that the sale
will include the building, the furnishings
and the picture, and the company then
doesn't care what becomes of it, He said
that the business is paving, but the owners
haven't the time to attend to it in coppec-
ton with their other affairs, and therefor.
1t is not as successful as it might be- Every
day several hundred people visit the ex.
libitlon
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CAREER OF CRIME.
Confession of a California Burglar Which
Astounds the Police.

Astounds the Police.
SACRAMENTO, November 7.-George
Shinn, who with Charles Dorsey, alias
Thorn, escaped from San Quentin three
years ago and was recently captured in Chi
cago by Detective ]. B. Hume, has made a
confession which has paralyzed the author
tiles.
Shinn confessed that they retured to Cali
fornia early in 1859 and camped on Ameri-
can river, about three miles outside of this
city. This was their rendezvous, to which
they always returned after their raids He
admits that on the 31st of July, 1889, they
stopped the stage from Milton to
Sonora and robbed the passengers of $50.
They blew open Wells, Fargo & Co. s
strong box with giant powder, but found it
empty. On the 10th of Septemb Der of the
same year they stopped the stage between
Quincy ard Oroville and took a gold bar
worth $500 from the Wells, Fargo & Co.
box. In April of this wear they held up
the Forest Hill stage in Placer county, and
robbed the passengers. Besides these Shinn
confesses to burglaries, garrotings and rob-
berries committed by him and Dorsey, which
would fill book. They returned to Chi
cago MAY 80 of this year, and he says that
between that time and the date of capture,
they committed something like % robberies
and burglaries in the State of Illinois.
Their rendezvous has been found by Chief
Of Police Drew. Of this city, who hunted for
1t four weeks before it was found. He saws
it is an ideal robbers roost, and that robbers
could never be dIslodged from it.
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INDIAN STATESMAN GONE.
Death of an Ex-Governor of the Choctaw
Nation, Near Fort Smith.

Nation, Near Fort Smith.
FORT SMITH, ARK, November Tx
Governor Edmund McCurtain, of the Choc-
taw Nation, died suddenly yesterday, at the
house of friend in Scullyville, 16 miles
from this city. Late in the afternoon he
started home in carriage. He stopped at
Scullyville with a friend and yesterday
morning, while getting up preparatory to
continuing his journey, he suddenly fell
over on the bed and expired.
McCurtain was one of the mDst noted men
in the Indian country-a leader among his
people, feared by his enemies and loved by
his friends, yet respected by all because OF
his honor and integrity. He served his ma
tion two consecutive terms as Governor. He
has frequently been a delegate to Washing
ton City and during his life has held every
Office of Importance in the gift of his people.
He was progressive and intelligent man
and his death is public calamity in the
Choctaw Nation. His brother, Green
McCurtain, present treasurer of the nation,
is the last of noted family of five brothers.