The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-08

Ths or,sf talk WHICH IL goisg On ausopg
s;ss Ketyvosscaps n d1scnsssvY The sssS
p-essdsusiai gssugslou sfsss tnf3jsss Sec
setary Eusg among TIE p'sst''1lislsh-
g's.srs IL 40 9out9 stsef Uncle jerry hss
snasas elements u popularity, sfsS ssagsgh
lac sseyaffivssy aays be w3H pos b. csfsssl
dsts before ftas convention eDo that tss y
k,gSsy aud sod for Harrison, his stsspgt1
will ss1e 1srspers makes htfa G strong pos
s9pglssy f5(s ssarsy hDnssty soSlse ~;
Eea5 70 tbs raopies sra tbs sso-sss 90 bls
tevipg worked NJ o cooper at - ssf1
b t,srrsI. Of his haviay driven tea1fl
and esrse1 dsr1 foy tie tT al13Dg u rs1i~
Rad aud Of has ss1gs~1rfvEny exferlsDcss,
xosl.a bring btrn -1gnt a9wn - tbs tssp,ssss
1fsS yixe IlIfn Something 81 the same p,s1fS
t:aas President Lincoln gDi ftoTa b5s fs.l|
splitting. speaking n SECRETARY kyss
sbaTs~er7ssng j bsssS fss~ sbses 1af@
n5Kfst wbsen illustrates bar 2sck ~ sfsfl-
45gs1nese ans q. che saEDe time gres 81 sea
Of tbs poiisiess foresight. il was when
II tse Jerry " ~ rpnD5nr aor congress aila
lis 0tsyarept xax D fIau xf1 ta1 FaaIs
forfrfse Ia IusBter. sns orss 81 tbs enssges
sna1e agGiDs. h1rn by speaker q: Josf't
oefa.e war that be ~as nothing bsf AoF"
roaler snc the people wanted eoFoestsng
better than 3uubermsr 20 represent
ftssfD Ia congress. beerstsry kusks OPP
possft followed. en6 be essc y was true
Ia Lad been q Iog-rOiIsf. but he hae rolled
logs bv proxy. He Lac hired Others " 90
bis work for him, End he, IA fact, never
wosEss &c . leuo-rmxn. bu1, be
went on. ION the other hand. look a. tie
otasr candidate Jerry Enss is . stage,
driver. lie owns 9 stags Ens ane pasf % tls
LIE Aas been s,~rs IL hsu1sag men from
one place 60 another Think what KING
Of suen staes~1riyets are and y0g Wa sse
tina; tog-soalsag is qpits a. Respectable ~
the driving 81 stage. And ar ] sslo. j
did Dot roll logs myself. bps onfy e.,
others 70 roll them for me.
While this mau wa speaking bpfle
Jerry had arrived, aud he war SITTING be-
hind him Oh tie stage as he closes bs
hunted up 70 kls feet aud walked out 10
fte front u tie ristforHa aud sad sssI',
fsesnen, ray opponent X sestns. ls ashamed
81 Icing charged with being { iaDoref, sla
ia iis nlce arleJocratae way ns tossis LAT
sss fkas Lad others 70 do ais work tor n1xn.
lie SAYS that owB 4 stage hne. and
watt ~ say 10 rou right here tAat be tells
TIE truth. aad that ] am proud Vi ~
uos only oHn 3as. tut have driven the
stages myself, and ] drove them
well. and 80 man WHO went With uae ever
rot lsft aDd thin is what want 70 tell you
concerning this congressional csnfas. 1f
yDu get INTO NY rtage you VII De - safe
quarters, sssd ] viii get yon Tosrs every
gl,.se . &c General Eusk said this there
was shout Of applause. lie got the sup
fsor. Of that county aud y; The polls few
days later he Was elected ~ al over
wiaelmlng majority.
Speaking of Secretary KusE, ] had
chat With bin the other Jay about the
wonderful work that Is going on ia re-
claiming the swamp lends % Florida.
BY means of canals .eDx Of THOUSANDS 81
acres Of the richest u soil bas been re-
claimed, and Mr.. Disston. the millionaire
Of PailadsIphia, has vast drainags canal
works IN process VI constructor NisAen
viii bring under cultivation millions Of
acres Of the mos. valuable land ~ ihe
world.
large part Of lower Florida is suseep-
titss Of easy drainage The land 81 its
highest point is only seyenfy-two feet
above The sea, aud IL ID cut up by such q
set Of lakes and streams that sfnajl
amount Of dredging viii give the water
natural outlet. and vast tracts can be re-
claimed AZ q small expense. The richness
Of this land can hardly be conceived. II
SURPRISES in its fertility the valley u the
Nile, and the soil lie . JET black or brown
muck, which lie from three % sixteen teet
deep and which 10 mixed with 3 natural
phosphate. 90 that when cultivated II pro-
duoes most wonderful crops General
Eusk tells rae tie soil looks Ike peat, and
u IL made ~ the rotten vegetable meter
Of ages. IL contains 90 much fertllszlng
msaeslal that some u il would sell for SO
q ton. could The nitrogen Ia il be brought
10 the market some u the land has been
csItsssssd. and there are several taoasano
scyes Ia sugar cane and about 600 acres
81 il in nee. II Is very valuable for the
raising Of vegetables. and among those
who are making fortunes by working
il are two Young friends 81 4leck
Mcclure, the editor Of the Pbuadelfhia
7Saaes. These BOYS had gone West and
lad failed there il business They came
To- e., lef. al ~
Mcclure bad these lands. He told the
boys he would give them the lands il they
would cultivate them. They accepted the
gift and went South and began raising
tomatoes. They made last year, an
tod, something like $4,000 of their 10
naato crop. and they are getting rich.
asksd General kask how these lands
plow3ng We done by mules that wore
snowshoes or mudshoes 10 Keep them
from sinking into the muck. These
shoes are round thin steel disks. each
eighteen inches ia diameter. which are
fastened 20 the hoofs u the mules. and
which work exactly ike snowshos. The
mules do not like them 81 first. bat they
5000 get used To them, and IL in found thai
the blowing can be done IA this way.
Genera RosS tells the that there are
large phosphate beds ia Florida, and that
there is u strip of these beds which il
twenty miles ssde aud $50 miles long. snd
this IL MAie3 with the most valuable Of
ihospAEtss. The field Il not definitely
fnaFpe6 out as yet and new pbosphases are
being f0und These IN connection Hish
shs muck lands promise 70 make Florida
ore 81 tie richest states IN the Union. and
English capitalists are making large IN
sestfsss8ts 10 the phosphate lands, and
ssB tod tbgt they Will have a monopoly Of
thea 4 Americans sre not careful The
ts..
muck lsn6s are said - be good, sad Pro
fasS9F Wiley. who has just returned from
FLORIDA. predicts that E1ss VIII tse the "a sr-
kes garden o. lhs United STATES lie tells
rss iasl sas dredging and reclamation OF
new lands l. TOsag steadily onward, aud
be gives rosy report Of the success % the
sugar experiment station Of The srrieult-
0rAl department
u lneAe Jerry ever should be president
% tie 1 nstss3 states hs Viii be the second
Iresktefa, who has risen from the ots8ee Of
eher2e ~ TIE highest position ia our land
The story - bow be got this Office is inter.
sstEnE. IL Nas shortly after lie had come
20 y lse0asiE and q alss be Is living ca his
fsFn IN tie country that uSD drove ufs
10 la ho9ss 10 buggy which was pslied
10 s.ngis horss wAach looked pretty Heil
tsgxe8. be Easn seemed uneasy na6 h..
tod Cnels Terry thsG be had been riding
sery f&si. sad that he h2d started cut 80
t@fas tA1&A fss aa0 h@s tt@S Sti4E 70 Ee& nts
brvAKi&st, sad he asked Ter something
90 esS lie s&s gwen 3 ulezl and
he drove away rapidly. A few hours
after Ills ths county officers cane
uR SBd s&49 they were hunting 4
horse thlei, snc troGn their description
lace Jerry lad no 8oubg bat that the
MAT q Saoln they we're speaking Was the
ons y Ao tad passed oa IL the tnorniUg
k0ws near 6F. Busk'S house tie Yossis
fQrsS2 aHa 30 oss Anes which road the
horse thief bad taken. TIE Officers de-
elAes % 20 one aav Aad Atler tasn IL