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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-06-07
California's Organization.

Editor Florida 4 gricuHUriSt:
[ endorse herewith clipping from the
Los Angeles Times, giving the plan Of or
ganization of California orange grower in
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-06-07

TO be determined at the close of the sea
son. The same percentage to be deducted
from the total delivery made by each
member. For corresponding varieties
of fruit, and final settlement made with
each member by the pound for each va
riety as the total receipts may show.
The books and correspondence Of each
association shall be in the name of the
association and in connection with the
brand Shall be the property of the asso-
citation.
Each member OF said association shall
have access to any of said books or cor
rcSpondcncc at any and all times. For
cause detrimental to the WHOLE or in any
case of damage to any crop, the mem bers
of any of said associations may, by a two
thirds vote, exclude such orchards in
whole or in part from participation in
said association upon the community
basis for the current season. And the
said association shall handle the same
for the separate and sole account of the
owner, each member hereby agreeing
that any fruit 50 damaged or set apart
shall be marketed under tn" control or
direction of said association.
The proceeds Of sales of fruit to be dis
trlbutcd pro rata from time to time as
the management of each association may
direct.
ne SelllIl9 shall DC zone uhoef SyS-
tenn Oh orokcraSe' when snail noteNcced
y Genus per ooN lor all NdrletleS Oh run,
SAID brokerage 10 apply only TO [. O. b.
SAFES. oranges snail be pro-raled among
lle aSSoclalloliS 50 Il" 10 keep lhe lf'llG
moving pfoportlohat'ly.
10 lhlS ehd central ONCE snail be eS-
taDllShcd III each district, where all tele-
grams ana correspondence shall be de
llNefed' ana where the SAID managers III
each district Shall meet daily and trans
act the necessary business, 1T being UNI
dcrStood that each shall have access to
all telegrams and correspondence.
AN executive committee Tor Southern
Call10rnIa Shall be composed OF one mem
Der from each district, which Shall have
charge OF allaifairS in general, and estab-
liSh pro-rate among the districts, recon-
mend the amount Of fruit to be moved
from time to time and CqualiYe the prices
Il. Ii. Il. Chamblin, Of Riverside,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
WELL-PREsERveD OLD MEN.

How Fhcy Endenvor to Conceal the
steady Eacroachmont of Tirlc.
One of the most common conceits of
old gentlemen past fifty is to claim that
they are "just as young as they ever
were, never felt so well in my life"
Just as vigorous as ever" ''princ of
life, SIR full of intellectual vigor."
Some of these elderly persons will wink
and look wise and boast Of their uniin-
paired vigor. But the San Francisco
Argonaut points out that they do not
ride horseback any more; '.havc lost
their taste for such vigorous exercise"
They do not go over the mountains for
quail any more; they shoot duck from a
punt hid in 4 tule blind. They do not
dance, nor go up two steps at a time,
nor jump upon IL car while it is in mo-
ton. just see one of these wcll-prc-
served old gentlemen get ont of buggy
or walk up hill; hear him pant and
wheczc; sec him avoid draft from Il
crack in door or window; see him
throw his handkerchief over his bald
head when lie goes to sleep in church.
This elderly gentleman carries Il sub
stantial cane, wears thick untlcrclothes,
= bucll5iin over his chest, corscts, ftoo
fat, and liver pad. His hair gets thin,
his legs get weak, he gets irritable,
thinks this generation not so good as
the last, thinks the world is growing
dishonest, and the country is going to
the devil If he is lawyer, he has be-
como an old fogy and The boys worry
him with sharp practice. If lie is a
doctor, he regards all young men as
quaclIs and all progress in medicine as
empiricism. If he is banker, he looks
wise and continues to look wiser, till at
the age of fifty the countcnancc is rigid
with frozen sagacity.
Women never get to be fifty; that is,
not by the regular process of gradually
growing old. The dentist, the hair
dresser, the corset maker, the millincr.
the importer of French bonncts, form
bodyguard around the advancing
female, and when, finally, she cannot
dodge old age any longer, she just
sliips, with n bound, from thirty-fivc to
seventy, throws up the sponge and
turns pious.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
Mrs. Kings Two stnte..

gentleman who remembers the
family of cx-Gov. King in Bath tells
the Portland Express n story which il
Illustrates the folly Of Judging from ap-
pcaranccs. A gentleman, stranger in
Bath, called at the house and inquired
for Gov. King. Mrs. King, who an
swered the knock at the door, was in
the midst of her mornings work, and
did not present very progressing APP
pearancc. The governor was not in
and the gentleman asked if he could see
Mrs. King. II am Mrs. King"
If the caller had charged her
in SO many words with telling a
falsehood he could not have told her
more plainly that he did not believe
her. With smile and pleasant word
about the weather he turned about and
went down town. There he found Gov.
King, who invited him to dinner. He
accepted. The condition of his mind
when the governor introduced him to
Mrs. King can be better imagined than
described
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
THE CHOLERA SPREADING
The Russian Government ConceaIing an
Alarming Condition.

The Russian Government ConceaIinc nm
Alarming Condition.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 3O.-Cholera
has made its appearance again in this
city and it is known that fatal cases are
of daily occurrence, although the
authorities have not resumed their
policy of last year of making regular
daily announcement OF now cases and
deaths. At present the authorities are
pursuing the policy of suppression, and
withhold from the pubic all informa.
ton as to tho spread OF tho disease.
Very disquieting rumors have been re.
ceived from the interior of Russia and
the ministry of tho interior is taking
action which indicates that the govern.
ment must possess special infor1na ton
of the grayest character.
The ministry has ordered the re-.
opening OF tho Medico Sanitary stations
in the Volga provinces, where tho
cholera carried off many thousands last
year; and special steamers with sanitary
stalls will cruise in the river, stopping
along the Volaa to pick up any cholera
patients or any dead from cholera
stricken vessels plying on that stream.
The government is also causing to be
formed sanitary commissions which
Will look after the health Of people at a
point to be reached through the railway
system OF Russia.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
DOWN IN A SALT MINE.
Perilous Descent and How 1t Is Accoa
plishei,


Perilous Descent aud How 1t In Accom-
piished.
Our exploration OF tho salt mino
was not one of unalloyed pleasure and
we do not know that we should care to
repeat it. No matter, we had enlisted
for the campaign, therefore we pushed
on and soon reached n point where our
leather aprons were brought into use."
says an exchange. First, however. we
think we came to the lake, which, sur
rounded by row of dull lamps, ap-
pearcd to be an acre or so in extent.
ana entering boat we were rowcd
across it. 1t looked black and tasted
very salty. Everything here looked
black except the dim lamplight, which
served only to make darkness visible.
We will not say that we thought we
were in the internal regions, but we
viii admit that Il sort of shudder came
over us, lest as out of q deep sleep we
might be in some such place! From
this landing we now prepared to de-
sccnd into vast pit, seventy feet deep
from the top of our heads-the distance
from where we stood to the bottom be-
ing forty or fifty feet. A large, smooth
piece of timber, with a rope for n guard,
extended ut about the inclination of an
ordinary staircasc-if anything little
steepcr-to the bottom, and this was to
serve as our carriageway
Each gentleman now being fur
nishcd with Il thick leather hand shoe
to protect his right hand in grasping
the rope, our guide seated himself
astridc this beam and slid down few
feet, bracing himself to allow us 10 fol
low suit This, with lamps in our left
hands, we did at once, the ladies being
sandwiched between and holding
TO the shoulders of the gentle
man who clasped the rope. The
word was given and off we shot into the
darkness below. Our guide managed
in some way to check our fall so that
no bones were fractured, but, although
TINS may DC Il very good way to prove
the utility of leather aprons, especially
when worn behind, we are not prepared
to recommend the performance, either
for healthy exercise or amusement. Ex-
tending from the bottom of this nit
there is Shaft in which the miners de-
sccnd five hundred feet farther into tho
bowels of the earth, but having no de-
sire to explore regions so far inland we
did not ask to enter. After collecting
some specimens of rock salt, which Law
here in heaps, ascending by Il steep
flight of stairs, we all mounted astridc
wooden horse, eandwiched, as before.
and by our own momentum were car
ried swiftly down the rail into day
light, perfectly content with our first
experience of salt mines and inclined
planes"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
THE COTTON MILL.
Roanoke Has Advantages Over Points Fur.
tlIer South.


The proposition of the projectors of
the cotton mill is being received with
favor By the citizens. and from the
expressions of opinion there ia little
doubt that the laboring classes will re-
ceive this additional means Of earning
livelihood.
The proposition of Greeneville, s. c.,
to locate the plant there on account of
It's being the receiving point of a cotton
growing territory can be dissected.
Greeneville, while being the depot Of
raw material, pays local South ern rates,
where this city uses through system
OF traffic rates to Norfolk, which covers
any advantage Greenevillo has over
Southwestern Virginia.
Whatis Greenville going to do with
out ectional traffic rates? Roanoke
here scores an advantage, for the rates
on cotton piece goods manufactured
articles) from Greonville to Now York
IS sixty cents per hundred, while this
city is satisfied with carrying a manu-
featured article of that class at twenty
eight cents, which is clear gain of
thirty two cents on each one hundred
pounds OF manufactured product.
Now comes the question of expense
no great mathematician to solve the
problem. Roanoke is the nearer TO the
manufacturing machinery centers of
this country, and the worry mechanism
which will operate tho plant will be
warmed into life by coal which costs
Sl.35 per ton less to light the fire than
that which can feed mill in Piedmont
or Greeneville at the present traffic
rates.
Expert labor dislikes the heat
of tho cotton growing territory,
while Roanoke with its low rates on
raw and manufactured products, its
climate and unequaled homo facilities,
stands high in this section Of the
country.
The location of the mill will be set
tied on Saturday, and as was said at
the meeting on Monday night the fur
thering and fostering of this industry
will be o criterion of good citizenship.
Weldon, N. c., has asked Capt j. c.
Henry and II. Il. Woodruff to visit that
city with view to locating cotton
mill there.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
Produce and Nqeroband,se

New York, March 3O.-Flour STEADY
Winter wheat low grades. 2.1O62 *.
fair to fancy, 255@3.65; patents, 1850
425; MiDnesotaclear,2 500 g. so; patents.
4.25@4.9O. Southern flour dull, steady:
common to fair extra, 1908. 10: GOOD
tochoice do, 3.15@425. Wheatstronger
fairly active for export; No. 2 red, store
and elevator 744@74H. afloat 75%:
options opened weak, closed steady
%@1 over yesterday, with trading
greatly active; April, 74]4; May. 1914.
Corn dull; No. 9, 50H@5OX elevator,
SIX aGoat; ungraded mixed, 5O@5i;
steamer mixed, 49A@404; options ad /.
vanced NO Is, declined q on realizing,
closed dull but steady and unchanged to
q down; April, 40%; May, 49s4; Juno,
asa. Oats firmer. quiet: options dull,
steady, unchanged to Il up; April, SO 4;
May. a519; No. 3, 37A@3715; No white,
4o3@ 41; mixed Western, 37@39; white
do' a9@4S16. Wool dull, firm; ON estic
neece, 27@32; pulled, 26@37. Beef
steady, quiet; family. II. CO(p 10. SO; extra
mess 75o@5.5o; beef hams dull, easy
az 90; tierced beef quies. easy; city
extra India mess, Is Oc@ls.5O. Cut
meats quiet, easy; picked bellies, 100
"a shoulders, 8; picked hau 12H@
1O16. M ~
Lard quiet, lower; Western steam
closed at 1920; city, OK bid; options
none; refined quiet, lower; continent,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

II. IS; South America, 11.5O; compound,
sA@sss. Pork dull, easy; old mess,
1s.5o@1s.75; new mess, 1s.75@19.OO;
extra primo nominal. Cotton. seed oil
quiet, steady; crude, 45; yellow, 5o@oe.
Petroleum quiet, firm. Rosin dull,
weak; strained, common to good, 1850
1875. Turpentine quiet, weak, 334@
33H. Rice firm, fair demand; domestic,
fair to extra, 3ss@6; Japan, 1905.
Molasses, foreign nominal New Or
leans open kettle, good to choice, firm,
fairly active, 3O@3S.
Peanuts firmer; fancy ha nd picked,
X; coffee options closed steady, un.
changed to down; April, 16.,O@I6 SIS;
June, 1G 80; August, 1920; October,
l6.15; spot Rio dull. nominal; No. z,
!79S. Sugar raw. firmer, fair demand;
fair refining, as; centrifugals 96 test
9-l6@3M; standard A. 1906;
graduated, 4 13-16@4T. Freights Liver
pool weak, quiet; cotton, I. Cad; grain,
I'D bid; Id asked.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.
From the Engineering Record.

FROM the Engineering Record.
CHEAT ELECTRIC LIGHTS. The COM
paratiyely high cost of electric lights
when first introduced has in great
measure placed that means of illumina.
tion, as ordinarily considered, among
tho luxuries of life as far as house light
ing IS concerned. Yet its safety, sim
plc'ty and and freedom from vitiating
effects on the atmosphere made it most
admirably adopted to the purpose of
lighting the dwellings of the moro in
telligent OF the da y-laboring portion OF
city's population, and the better class
OF tonements. If It's cost could be
brought down within tho reach of these
people, electric lighting would DO made
to assume tho phase OF most philan-
thropical application Of science to com.
mon life. At first sight this would seem
to be almost Utopian, but some English
experiences indicate tho early real;Za-
ton of such plans. According to the
Engineer, tho eminent electrician, Mr..
w. IL. Preecs, states that at Newcastle,
where gass is only As cents per thousand,
the electric light is produced so cheaply
that ut successfully completes with gas
at cost per lamp of Sl.56 per year.
AZ bradford the cost per year is So 80.
Inc electric lamps at these prices lead
to small saving as compared with the
cost of gas.
PROGRESS IN NAVAL WoRK.-The
great progress made in shipbuilding in
the United States during the past de.
cade may be fiaingly summarized In the
state ment of ex Secretary Tracy, made
at the WELCOME home" dinner in Brook
Ign, n. Y. He said that when the ships
now in course of construction are com.
pleted, the United States will rank as
the fifth naval power, surpassed only
by England. France, Russia and Italy.
The progress is achieved in power and
efficiency, rather than in mum bers, and
has been marked by the creation OF
modern shipbuilding and marine engi-
neering plants, and the development of
an armor plate which has demonstrated
It's superiority in repeated tests.
REDUCTION OF PRICE FOR ELECTRIC
ENERGY.-Thc Westminster Electric
Supply Corporation, Limited, of London,
has given notice that from March 81 the
standard charge for electric energy will
be reduced to Cd. per board of trade unit.
q sliding scale Of rebate to clubs and
other large consumers. For current
supply for lifts and other motor power
the charge is sd. per unit.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
ACCUSED OF A SERIOUS oFTENcE.
Red beverly Charged by Cordelia Jones
With Fclonious Assault.

Red beverly Charged by Cordelia Jones
With Fclonious Assault.
Ned Beverly, a mean looking negro,
was arrested Wednesday evening for
raising disturbance at 1Ol2 Gainesbor-
ough avenue. An officer went and ar.
rested the negro. He was arraigned
Yesterday morning before Justice
Turner and fined $40 for carry ing a con-
cealed weapon. A young girl named
Cordoba Jones, aged about Is years,
was standing in tho court room and
asked if they were going to let Beverly
off with fine after his brutal treat.
meDt to her. She then swore out a
warrant before Justice Turner in viii n
she accused the said Beverly of assault.
ing her at the point of pistol on Satur.
day and Monday AMI gave corroborative
and circumstantial evidence to that
effect
Chief Of Police Terry made an in
vestigation and found her statement
borne out. The case will como up this
morning. An examination made by DR..
Norman corroborates the girls state.
ment.
Beverly has been employed for sew
eral years at the Virginia brick yards.
Tho accused stated to a TIMES reporter
that tho story was a trumped up
affair to injure him by the girl and her
friends.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
Tho Big minstrel Show is Coming.


Lew Dockstader and his famous
organization of burnt cork fun. makers
will be the attract IN at tho Academy of
Music on Tuesday, April g. No doubt
this announcement will be hailed with
delight by the thousands of admirers
of this popular form of American
amusement. MIR. Dockstader always
strives to present pure, clean and
pleasing programme, and the most
particular man is safe in taking His
best girl, his wife, his daughter or his
m ,ther, as there ia never the least thing
In DockStader's entertainments that
can possibly offend the most fastidious.
iho ever alert and enterprising Lew has
gathered together this season a small
army of minstrel celebrities which he
declares is stronger, larger and better
than any com pany he has lever boon con-
noc.ed with. One very important en-
gagoment is that of Frank Dumont,
who Is referred to as the minstrel
Shakespeare. Mr.. Dumont has been
for several years tho stage direc or and
producer at the principal minstrel
sheaters OF New York and Philadelphia
and it was only an exceedingly large
salary which tempted him to put in one
year on the road. Among the produc.
tions of Mr.. Dumont's with Dockstader
Will DO many bright satrical sketches on
the issues of the day. In the present
programme which the company are doing
as an original sketches by Dumont
entitled Tho Cake Walk" It is said
to be brimful of fun and embellished
with lively, tuneful music.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
An ODD Rock.

a curious book, the text of which is
neither written nor printed, but woven,
has lately been published in Lyons. 1t
Is made of silk and was published iii
twenty-five parts. Each part consists
of two leaves, SO that the entire volume
only contains City leaves, inscribed
with one service of the mass and several
prayers. Both the letters and ('c bor-
ders are in black silk on white back
grouxd.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
TOR SALE.

Capt. Henri DAWN offers for sale his
splendid residence, 422 Church street,
containing ii rooms, all modern i'm.
provements, gas, hot and cold water.
nne cellar, thoroughly built, with stable
lor four horses and carriages This
property runs through to Fourth avenue,
ana is one OF the most convenient and
attractive IN Roanoke. For terms apply
10 the residence or address CAPT.
HENRI DAWN, P. o. Box IS. Roanoke
Va. Change of residence the reason for
selling. s1Oim
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

The Baltimore Conference South. at
ITS recent session in Front Royal, cleo.
ted Prof. w. w. Robertson, principal of
the Staunton city public schools, to sue
coed DR.. w. A. Harris as principal of
the Wesleyan Female Seminary at
otaunton. The Wesleyan will be open.
ed In Septem Der with full faculty.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

The Norfolk agent of the joint Caro-.
lima and Baltimore steamboat lines was
lined $50 for working on Sunday and the
case appealed to the corporation court.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
NANCE AND COMMERCE.
New York Stool. market.


8 New YORK, March 3O.-The course Of
lie stock market to-day was eurprise
ID the majority of traders. The temper
ii. speculation was strong almost from
Mart to finish and when certain stocks
sf're hammered by the bear contingent
q; hers were rapidly brought to the
&ont by bulls, who placed sufficient
4 ying orders to prevent any pro
@ounced reaction. The volume OF bust.
8ess showed Q material increase and
33alings were also better distributed
Haan OF lato. Railways as we'll as In.
Austrials wore conspicuous at intervals,
HUT the strength Of the former was con.
4,dered by far the most important
3saturc.
Il The Eastern and Western trunk line
Enares improved q to 211 per cent.
illinois Central, Union Pacific and Cen
Eral Pacific also moved up. Pittsburp
Ind Western preferred sold up AZ to
b9T, Chesapeake and Ohio Ia to 25x
End Atchison and Canana Southern, X
|o 34B and 551 respectively. Lacka-
l5anna rose rs to 1863. Jersey Cen
aral and Delaware and Hudson rose
5bout point, but Reading barely held
rs own. Industrial pools displayed
Ienewcd activity, especially American
augar, which sold up from lO2A to 1861
l]istilling aud Cattle Feeding which
Roso from 80 to 33 and National Cordage
B'hich advanced from Ok to 6l]6.
In few instances final quotations
anowed reaction OF IS to e from the
ighest The change in the current of
continent is perhaps best indicated by
me apparent indifference to rates for
aonoy. Although tho market was
fubject to violent fluctuations, bor-
lowers having paid all the way from
I've to twenty five per cant. for accom-.
faodations, the demand for stock con-
Flnued right up to the close. The
|narket closed strong on an advance.
tales OF listed stocks, 24l 1000; unlisted,
!. 900. Sub'treasury balances: Coin,
3,ool 1000; currency, SEQ, 900.
ClQelnu hid
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

NOTICE. ALL TRAN.
~ silent advertising must be
paid cash In advance, to save
cost of booking and collecting.
Advertisements In the one.
cent-a-word column are one
cent for each of the first two
insertions and half a cent a
word for each subsequent In.
sertlon.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
CHEAP COTTAGE.

New 4-room cottage on Sixth avenue
n. O., $1,000; SOS cash, balance, S1S per
month.
j. f. WINGFIELD,
No. 210 Commerce Street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

THE contracting business formerly
conducted under the firm name of Sims
Il Skinker will after this date be done
by Sims & Dyer.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

pine DRIVING AND SADDLE
4 horses for ssle--A pair of deep sor-
reis' fine drivers, single and double.
Also dapple bay. an extra saddler,
goes freely, every gait. very stylish and
good size. MRS. DR.. a. II KOINER.
Roanoke, Va. aan4t"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

NICE delicious OK tongues.
Roanoke Cold Storage Co,
Stall 5, City Market.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

James nj. Garnett, commander of the
John Bowie Strange Camp, Confederate
Veterans, Charlottesville, has appointed
q committee &c make all necessary
arrangements and appoint such sub.
committees as may be requisite for the
proper celebration of the unwilling OF
the monument to the Confederate
soldiers, which will take place at the
University of Virginia on June 9.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
yoR SALH.

EOR SALE, LoW-oNE coon
II double-seated surry. Has been used
6y private family only three months.
HUFF, ANDREWS &, THOMAS.
33i Ivy