The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-01

a horse treadmill grinding sugar cane
and pro s,ng out the juice Tor sale 10 passer-
| by il an odd feature Of the wayside ia Tam
pa and one or two other Southern cities
! the .iquid sells for a nickle glass, and
many people like 10. 10 tastes insipid aad
sickish sweet 10 a Northern palate.
The policemen OF savannah carry rey0l-
yers strapped TO their belts in plain sight
/ they are armed with short clubs as well
I They cannot unlimbor their shooting-irous
any quicker than a New York policeman.
who usually carries his in his hip pocket.
can do 10; but most of the offenders with
whom the savannah officer has 10 deal are
darkles, and the sight OF "A weapon in
Itself has asalu'aTy effect on many Of them.
Orange trees in full bearing are as mum
erOus as ordinary shade trees in the streets
Of some inland Florida cities and towns.
IL Is "a common sight just now 10 see the
sidewalks lined with trees well loaded with
the golden fruit, which nobody takes the
trouble TO pluck. The oranges seem to be-
as large and me as any which command 81
per box ia the orchards. The real reason
why the fruit is neglected is that it is most
Of II sour and often bitter Oranges which
grow wild and which aFcnOt carefully cared
for by "A cultNatOr are poor fruit. and
Florida people don't think il worth while
tO take them Of the trees. But no sight
could De more attractive 10 Northern eyes
than that OF the public walks shaded by
the deep, green foliage Ut the orange trees,
in which the ripe fruit glistens like apples
OF gold.
A Florida county Jail Is a den wherein
confinement " uld Dee 10 most men fate
wOfse than death. That at Ocala is said %
bee no worse than The average. IL consists
of biz iron cage set i'm "A room about twenty
q. faf a fft 40
made of ilat bars az itOn about three inches
wide which run i'm both directions, while the
spaces between them are no wider than the
width of the bars. The whole cage is about
fifteen feet square and seven feet high. Il
Is divided Oh into little compartments. each
less than thirty inches wide. and half The
depth OF the cage. Each compartment
holds two prisoners. Two iron shelves, one
above the other, which at night are Sis
pended from the top Of the cage in each
compartment, serve as beds. When the
beds are hung, OF course, they practically
oil the entire compartment.
The telephone Is quito a new use in the
great hotel 40 Tampa. which Millionaire
Plan has just built 10 rival those Of Million
dire Flaglcra an -. Augustine. Instead fan
electric press button every room viii have a
telephone connected with the Office. Guests
Will be able t0 communicate not only with
the office, hut with their friends in other
room, at viii. The great 0rchestrion lich
was one OF the marycls # the Paris exhibit
ton Is 10 he placed in the large music-rOom
OF the hotel. IL has been arranged that any
guest in his room can, boy merely telephone
ing % the office, be connected with the
orchestri0n and have the music transmitted
90 him in foil volume. In fact. he can put in
actual practice one of the most wonderful
Of Beilamy's conceptions. and every night. !
it be likes go 20 sleep listening 10 the finest |
OF hdrmOnlcs.