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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-18
Desperate Battle win Rohh.r.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. lS.-A desperate
our took place between n band OF
roboers, who were trying to cross from the
fersians frontier into Russia. and tho
customs guards, assisted by 800 inhabit.
sn's o. a small Persian village. Thirty
fcfsians were killed and wounded as a no.
suit OF the fighting.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-18

tNHt1sNsTowN. Mass, Nov. IL
Thomas Crnc. ascd Dycars. committee
suicide b. Jumping into tho pond n, ,ha
ho>ion ilnisinng c'mpaDy's dam. do
- H~sak-nlindsd aud ~dcspondens.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-18
Specie Movements.

NEv YORK, Nov. iS.-Thc exports OF
specie from the port Of New York last
week amounted 10 sa.37J.G00 In gold and
tlVb9H In silver. The imports were,
Soid, <i4s,U4t; silver, eS3, III.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-18

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. IS.-As a result
Of the conference between the minister of
flnance and Russian bankers. the ImperiaI
bank has reduced its discount. rate by baIf
of pcr cent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-18
brother "a B.l..

SOFIA, Nov. ia son ha. bcen born 20
Prince Ferdinand. ruler of Is. lgnria. aud
his wife, Princess Marie Loui. OF Bul.
garia.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-18
Toward IA. pa,d,o.us.

MARsxrLLEs. Nov. iS.-The l.. :. cruIser
San Francisco sailed Saturday evening
according TO program Sr tho Turkish
waters.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-18

and Commercial Frintv done 10 short no,i..
81 News Job once. " south Water street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-18
BRIEF NEWS ABOUT BICYCLING.

a big bicycle meet Is talked of to take
place within the boundaries of tho Atlanta
exposition grounds during the first week
In December.
Zimmerman, the champion bicycle rider
OF the world, has arrived at Melbourne,
Australia, and has gone into active train
ing for the races which viii begin In tho
latter part of November.
John S. johnson is willing to meet
Michael, the little wclshman, in n series
Of paced races-one, five and ten miles
for a purse Of ~, 900. Efforts will be made
TO have Michael come to this country.
The Oldest member o. tho League OF
American Whcelmon is VI. NJ. Carter OF
Hyde Park, Mass. Ho was 80 years old
last month and has been nm enthusiastic
ridcr for nine wears.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-18
Tho Cardinals Hat.

DIR. RokeT, Mgr. .Satolli's secretary,
was asked IL the result OF Mgr. Satolli's
elevation To cardinal would bc his recall tc
Rome.
"Most assurcdly," he replied. "When
tho barrett is conferred upon him, 10 will
then bo prodclogatc, or noting as delegate
until another Is appointed. Ho will be re-
called 20 Rome TO receive tho card,aal's
hat at the consistory following tho one AZ
which nc is created q cardinal. Then his
duties will bo such rs tho pope may dcsig-
natc. He may never havo another thing
60 do with the affairs of the church In this
country In hat case"
by tho way, ;" / said, please describe a
cardinals hat
rr. Rocker smiled. WELL he replied,
"a cardinals hat Is something no mai
could ever wear. It Is about = feet in III.
afnoter, with n Cat brim, and tho crown Is
about : inches In diameter. In Rome,
where 70 u imposed by tho pope, hc holds
10 above tho hcii Of Tho newly created car
dinal. do not know whit course will 10
followed at Baltimorc. but tire ahlcgato
VIII make az address In Latin, / believe.
and probably Mgr. Satoli Will reply -
New York Herald
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-18
No Doubt

Francis Seymour Stevenson, NJ. p,
president of the Anglo-American associa.
ton, In an Interview, says: "Thc sultan
has lately developed symptoms OF a mono
mania hardly distinguishable from insan.
Ivy, and it is not unlikely that he will
meet with the same fate that overlook his
brother, Murad, the former sultan. and
Illus simplify the task Of Europe. -
The Chronicles correspondent saws m M
he can obtain no Trustworthy cyiden,e
throwing any light upon any improve.
ment In the mental condition Of Abdul
Aamid II.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-18
THE WHEAT HARVEST.
The Shortage This Year VIII Not Affect
Prices For Some Time.

The Shortage This Year VIII Not Affect
Prices For Some Time.
Now that the worlds grain harvests
have been gathered and are accommodating
in warehouses and other places where they
are available for immediate use and dis
tribution, a review of tho results and value
OF their most important item, wheat, is
OF !ntcrcst, especially to the American
farmer.
For many seasons back tho production
Of wheat has outrun consumption, and the
surplus each year has been large. This
year, however, the account Of stock shows
that the worlds wheat reserves bave been
heavily depleted. The ssuation on Oct. /,
with its comparisons in former years, Ia
thus presented by Becrbohm, the Liverpool
expert. The estimates are in bushels:
Oct. ], oct. l.. Oct. 1,
1896. 1894. 1893.
America. ...,... e4,o0O.CoO ll. 1900 IS, 200, 900
Other countries. IS, liz, 200 Y, SOC, 900 81, 4il, 600
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
Just the One.

"If this church fair is to be a sue
cess" said the deacon to the Sunday
school superintendent, 1--WE must have
a woman who can pull the money out
of people without their expecting any
return-a woman who never loses sight
of dollar"
81 think l have just the one," said
the superintendent, with quiet, conf
dent smile.
"Who is she?" said the deacon,
eagerly.
'She attends our church," replied
the superintendent, and for the past
two years she has been running a serv-
ant girls agency. "-Broollyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
Very Sharp.

1.-THE ladies are all going to work
and earn all they can to help pay off
the church debt"
Mrs. Flaunt-How are you going to
get yours?
IN get Rob to pay me quarter
every time his meals don't please him"
"Well, for my part, 1 don't see any
use of the others doing anything."-
Dallas (Tex.) Times-Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
HOW to XIII a End.

Fogee-This bloomer business among
female bicycle riders makes me tired.
1 wish l could hit upon some scheme to
kill it in this town.
Hardhed-Humph, that's easy! Just
get one of your newspaper friends to
slip in an item saying that the costume
makes the wearer's feet look three
sizes larger than they really are.-Buf-
falo Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

Mrs. Highstyle lat a fashionable
party)-O, oh, oh! That horribly vulgar
Miss Psyche is here.
Mrs. Finestyle-I do not know her.
Mrs. Highstyle-You need not want
TO- The coarse creature shamelessly
says that she is going to marry for
love. N Y Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
A Recommendation.

She-I am afraid you won't like my
father.
He-Why, pray?
She-Well, because Of his unsocial
disposition. Most people consider him
very distant.
He-That's recommendation. 1t has
been my experience to find most men
in his class altogether too contiguous.
Richmond Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

Domestic Oh, please, mum, what
shall do? Half the soup is split, and
the boardcrs is ut the table.
Mrs. Slimdiet (frmly) - Empty the
box Of red pepper into what's left.
There will be enough them. Y.
Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
An ElabOrnte-H mt.

"Have you heard of the latest inven-
ton in clocbs?" she asked sweetly.
mo" replied Mr.. Slogo.
1T is very ingenious. 1t has phono-
graph attached which calls off the
hours"
Wonderfully clever"
"Yes; and at a quarter of eleven it
says good night"
lie glanced at his watch, which told
of half-past ten, and in few minutes
had fled into the darkness. Washing
ton Star.
The Duke of Mari borough ate beef
He said on one occasion: No soldier
can fight unless he is properly fed on
beef and beer"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
An Authority.

Football, sir, is brutal. 1t is based
largely upon the exercise of brute
force, and the opportunities of unfair
tactics are such"
"Oh, say-hold on. Have you ever
seen a game of football?"
''No; but l hold clinics in three hos
pitfalls in a college town!"-Chicago
Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
Then He was BETTER Pleased.

What authors have to put up with:
Minor Poet-Well, have you read my
new book?
Candid Friend--Read 1t? My dear
fellow, I've read it twice.
Minor Poet (gushing)-How good OF
you!
Candid Friend-Not at all. was
only trying to make out what you
were driving at.-London Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
EQUAL to the Occasion.

Old Beau-How you have grown since
I saw you year ago, Miss Winifredl
Bright-Eyed Damsel - I'm not the
smallest fraction of an inch taller, Mr..
Gayman. got my growth three years
ago.
Old Beau-O, but you've grown ever
so much in my estimation!-Chicag
Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

Uncle Wayback-I JUS tell you, tn
city is an awful place. Skin ych alive
there.
Farmer Observation-Disclosures so.
''Eh? Did yeh meet some grcen-goods
men while you was in tn clty?"
NO, but my wife met some dry-goods
mem IN. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

"What your story needs" said the
critic, sis more atmosphere"
"Well, that goes to show that there
no pleasing everybody" said the dis
contented author. THE editor who
read it last says that it's too breezy"
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
Tribune.

"Blif5ens is in critical condition,
pie wagon ran over him yesterday and
broke both his legs above the knees"
you don't say?-and there's Sniff
kins suffering terribly from the same
cause"
what, was he run down, too?'
"No; he ate one of the pies.
caCo Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

what do you think of these living
pictures, any way?"
II think should prefer that most OF
them were dea brooklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

Amsterdam-You told me an awful
lie yesterday.
Mr.. Henpeck-What was that?
You told me you were going to
sleep, and afterwards saw you going
into the theater."
Il know it. but, holy smoke! where
else can a poor married man get little
sleep?"-Texas Siftings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

Plumson-I'll be mighty glad when
we get through with the nineteenth
century.
Rayson-Why?
Plumson-By that time writers will
be obliged to give "tn de steele" q
much-needed and well-earned rest
South Boston News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

Is young Jimkins improving in his
violin playing?"
II dunno. Either he's lmprovin' or
we're gettia' used to it."-Answers-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
After tho Sermon.

II tell you, that was a meaty dis
course"
ut was. 1t gave me much food for
tn ought. Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

"What did you do to get here?" in
ouired the visitor at the workhouse.
Nothing" replied the sad-eyed in
mate. II am doing time for vagrancy."
st. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

One history of costumes gives 1877
different styles of head-dresses for
women.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
WHAT HE DID.

first battle OF Bull cooneiF
low
do that the lost?
CoIoNE do Why
the bull Il Frank
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-13
About Thinning Peaches.

At the last meeting of the Southern
Pathological Society an interesting
paper was read byJ. w. Mills, foreman
of the State University experiment
station at Pomona. On the subject of
thinning out peaches the speaker said:
1.-THE question is, How far apart on
the linn shall we leave-peaches, for IN
stance? Six or eight inches, l should
say, is close enough. 1t takes courage
to do this if you have not seen the result
of such thinning.
"You start out with firm resolution
to thin to eight inches and wind up
with an average of four or five inches.
This will not do, 1t will pay you better
to hire man who has grudge against
you to do your thinning. Let those who are
doubtful try an experiment on row of
stress. Count the number of linear feet of
fruit bearing limbs on tree and calcu-
late twelve 3-pound peaches to overweight
feet. thing you will conclude you are
getting your share. OF course, rule that
will apply to one orchard may not apply
to another; the rule you follow for one
tree may not do for the next one in the
same row."
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-13
Jacksonville, Florida.
Results of the Freeze.

One certain result of the freeze is the
raising in value Of old bearing groves,
and another equally certain is the en-
HANGING the price per box of the next
crop of oranges, both the results of less
competition. So many young trees have
been destroyed by the freeze and so
many groves beginning to bear have
been, for time at least, relegated to
non bearing, that the production, in
stead of being largely increased, will be
largely reduced for at least two or three
and possibly more years.
Another reason why the value of bear
ing groves will be increased is that the
making of groves, owing to the frequent
freezes, has become matter of great
difficulty and attended with many risks.
Trees from the age of one to even six
years do not endure the freezing but are
almost, or entirely, destroyed by such
degree Of cold as does not injure older
age when 1t will withstand the cold has
become much more valuable than it was
formerly considered, when young groves
could be readily established and quickly
brought into bearing. The owners of
old groves, therefore, while suffering
the loss of crop have had their property
and prospective crops appreciated in
value. The owners of young groves are
they who suffer most, next to them the
aborers.-Daytona Journal.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-13

planes answer the purpose of heating by
the addition of steam coil or otherwise.
We are, therefore. of the opinion that this
invention deserves the most earnest con-
sideration ON the part of the fruit growers,
transportation companies, and all interested
in the fruit industry since it appears to offer
a simple and las com pared with the ice re-
frigerating process) inexpensive solution of
the problem both of cheaper transportation
and of better conservation of fresh fruit for
the Eastern and perhaps the European mar
ketS.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-13
Frozen Oranges.

The following letter has been received
from a correspondents: "Will you please
be kind enough to advise me upon the
following points: During the late freeze
my entire crop of oranges was frozen,
and they have fallen upon the ground.
Will it be necessary for me to remove
them from the field, or can [ allow them
to rot where they have fallen? suspect
that the oranges contain a good deal of
fertilizer material, and | would like for
the soil to have the benefit of it if posi-
BILE, in order that [ may not have to buy
so much commercial fertilizer the COM
ing season to enrich my grove. [ fear
that if the oranges are allowed to decay
where they are, the acids formed during
decay will exercise an injurious effect
on dress of nitrate of soda which |
have only recently applied to the soil.
If you can give me information upon
these points, [ shall be greatly obliged,
and such information will also doubtless
be Of value to many other farmers in
Florida who have had the same expert
ence with their oranges this year that
have had"
A certain amount of injury may re-
suit from allowing large crop of oranges
to decay on the surface of the soil in
grove because of the formation, during
their decay, of certain injurious organic
acids that would tend to accumulate in
it, This writer is not sure but that
allowing them to decompose under such
circumstances would, at least, retard
the activity Of growth of the orange
trees. It should be remembered that
plants, like animals, are very particular
in regard to the condition of the food
they receive. If oranges are allowed to
decompose on the soil, during their
decomposition certain sour, injurious
organic acids, such as citric and acetic.
are produced, and if these acids are al
lowed to remain unneutralized they will
serve to sour the soil, thus rendering it
less adapted to promote healthy growth
of vegetation. In the case of old and
hardy trees such sourness of the soil
would naturally not prove so disastrous
as would be the case if the trees were
young and growing rapidly. A safer
plan would probably be to pile the or
anges together into heaps and mix with
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-13
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

them, at intervals, light layers of lime.
The lime would serve to neutraliZe
the acids that would constantly be pro-
duced during the fermentation within
the heap resulting in the decay of the
oranges. By thus correcting the acids
of the oranges, the injury that would
otherwise have resulted to the soil is
avoided, and the decomposed fruit will
then be in good condition to yield it's
several constituents of plant food to the
soil in desirable state. If this method
is pursued, it would also be desirable to
spread over the heap where the oranges
are decompOsing a covering Of loose
earth Tor gvpsum), in order to retain the
from the heap during decomposition.
Still another plan might also be fol-
lowed, which would consist in burying
the oranges in burrows, or trenches, in
the middles between the rows Of trees
and allowing them to decompose there,
where the plant food they would furnish
would be in reach of the roots of the
trees. If this plan is followed, lime
should also be freely sprinkled in the
rows along with the oranges before they
are covered up and left to decompose.
In this way the acids of the oranges, as
in the previous case, would be corrected
by the lime, and the plant food fur
nished by the decay of the oranges will
then be in a thoroughly palatable state
and ready to be digested by the plants.
Chemical analyses nave shown that a
crop of oranges of 10000 pounds per
acre removes from the soil about forty
five pounds of potash, thirty-five pounds
of nitrogen, and twenty pounds of phos-
phoric acid. 1t will be seen, therefore,
that a considerable saving in the way of
plant food would result by following
some economical method of preserving
and appropriating the plant food that is
locked up in the oranges which have
been ruined by the late freeze. Farmers
should take special notice of the points
referred to IN this letter and strive to
economic accordingly. Such methods
as have been proposed would likely re-
suit in the saving of as much as SIS or So
worth of fertilizer to each acre on an
orange grove.
The acids resulting from the decay of
oranges are not likely to result in any
injury added to the nitrate of soda
already in the soil. 1t is probable that
almost all of it has already been dis
solved, and if not appropriated in
growth, leached out of the soil. But if
any still remains it will not be hurt by
the acids that are produced in the earth
by the decay of the oranges, since the
soda would prefer to remain combined
with nitrogen rather than assume new
forms of combination with the newly
formed acetic acld.-The Citizen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-13
The Perkins Preserving Process.

1uG 6Ih1uS Z T6S6IV1uS ITOCSSSs
AS some attention is now being given
to the question of fruit storage, the fol-
lowing report of committee appointed
by the California Horticultural Society
to Investigate what is known as the
Perkins method of preserving fruit,
may prove interesting. The committees
report is as follows.
The process embraces two main points, to
wit:
First The longer preservation of the fruit
by the effect of slow current of air having
minimum temperature of IS degrees to
IS degrees Fair. passing continually over it.
Second-The maintenance of this temper
allure at all times in the hot desert as we'll as
in cold winters by appropriate means not
involving the use of ice, the refrigeration
being accomplished by the expansion of
compressed air.
The committee have not bad the oppor-
t,lnity of witnessing the process in opera
ton, and as regards the results must rely
upon the statements of DR.. PEI kns (the cor,
rectness of which they have no reason to
doubt) and the testimony of one Of their
number Professor, Smith. The efficacy of
current of reasonably dry air in promoting
the conservation Of fruit so as to assure its
arrival in good condition, even after con-
siderably longer transit than now commonly
occurs, seems thus to be placed beyond
doubt Fruit thus conserved has the addi-
tional advantage that upon arrival at desti-
nation, it will not, under the influence of
moist air, become covered with condensed
moisture, as inevitably happens when it has
during transportation been maintained at
low temperature by refrigeration with ice.
That such believing of the fruit is highly in
furious to its keeping quality is we'll known.
The Perkins property apparently obviates
this difficulty and leaves the fruit to arrive
ana remain perfectly dry. 1t is but reason
able to suppose that its life will thus be
materially heightened while in the hands of
the dealer and consumer an advantage
which it is difficult to overestimate, espec.
tally it, as is claimed; fruit to be thus treated
may be more fully matured at the time of
shipment.
AS regards the second point, viz, the
maintenance of the air current at the uni
form temperature of say s. degrees to go de-
grees without the aid of ice, even in the hot
desert air, there is no question that it can
be accomplished py the means claimed, viz;
the compression of air by means of a pump.
Then, after giving it time to cool down to
the outside temperature-say 12O degrees at
most allowing it to expand under proper
conditions. reducing it's temperature and
therefore that of the air current, to 55 de
grees or less. The proposition is theoretic
ally sound, and it seems possible to make it
.Gactically feasible with perhaps only
slight addition to the weight of an ordinary
car in the way of reservoirs, and minor ap'
planes. the exact arrangement size and
form of which must be determined by ex-
perience. AS regards the maintenance OF
the same temperature in wintre, there can
ben difficulty about making the same APP
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-12-28
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