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The evening times., 1895-10-21
Fmmopx Cooct,,pc Harvard

Boston, Oct. 21.-Robert W. Emmons,
who was captain OF the Harvard College
football eleven last year. assumed charge
to-day OF the coaching of the Harvard team.
He will have full control OF the campaign up
to the time of fthe-Harvard-P 7 rinceton game
on November 9.
The evening times., 1895-10-21
PoP ANsoN HURT.
Had bad Fail From a Bicycle. and
wuS IyucurSctOuS

Chicago, Oct. 21.-A. c. Anson. of the
Chicago baseball team, had a bad fan from
a bicycle while riding on Michigan avenue
yesterday, receiving several painful cuts
about the face and head.
He was picked up unconscious and borne
to drug store. where he was revived and
taken home In carriage. His injuries
are not serious.
The evening times., 1895-10-21

A scoop" is news published ex-
deals largely In "scoOps:''
The evening times., 1895-10-21
NOTES ABOUT THE BoXERs.

The charge that Tom O'Rourke is show
Ing the white feather in refusing TO match
George Dixon against Kid Lavignc is
hardly fair one. Dixon can fight at a
weight away below anything that La
yigne can reach. and why should he be
asked 10 handicap himself?
Leslie Pearcc ard Jerome QuigIey have
been matched to box twenty rounds at
l35 pounds at Sea Isle City on Novem-
Der IL.
e The easymanner IN which Jimmy Handler
disposed OF Jack Handy the other Right
has probably taken some OF the cODccit
out of the latter. When Handy boxed
Frank Wongo here he went away all
puffed up. vowing his willingness to fight
any man In the world of his pounds. Hand
Ter has recently shown himself not to be
in ii with high-c'ass boxer, and Handy
Is not In 1t with Handler.
The evening times., 1895-10-21
STEAMSHIP COLLISION.
One Badly Twisted, the Other Beach

One Badly Twisted, the Other Beached
to Prevent Sinking.
Sydney, N. s. W., Oct. 2I.-The British
steamer Indrani came into collision yester-
day with the American ship Alameda, just
arrived here from Vancouver, at the en-
trance 10 this harbor. The stem of the In
drani was badly twisted and she was docked
for repairs. The Alameda was cut down
several feet below the water line and She
was run aground to prevent her sinking.
The evening times., 1895-10-21

Col. Fleischmann, the wealthy Cincinnati
running-horse owner, who has one of the
most valuable stables in the country, an
nounces that he will do 10 more racing in
the West. He says that neither he nor his
horses have been treated fairly by West
ern racing associations, and that right at
his own home. Latonia and Oakley, he has
been dealt with the worst, and that hereafter
he will confine his racing operations To the
East,
The evening times., 1895-10-21

The University of Virginia boys were a
sorely disappointed lot after the game with
Pennsylvania on Saturday. just how the
Virginians could figure that they stood the
ghost of a chance TO beat old Pennsy Is be-
yod finding out, but they had the notion
they would defeat them, and one en,husi-
astic student, the son of New Orleans
millionaire, Is said to have lost more than
81 900 by the result.
The evening times., 1895-10-21

The action of President Freedman in vol
unfairly increasing the salaries OF nearly
all OF the old players who Will be with the
New York team again next year is being
met by much pleasant comment by many
who have heretofore had no kind word for
the New York magnatc. Some of the
players, however, are still holding off for
better thing. Among these are Rusic,
Meesin, Farrell, and Van Haltren.
The evening times., 1895-10-21
England's chan

England's champion four-nared crew Sc
lected to row for International honors at
Austin, Tex, next month arrived in New
York on Saturday. The quartet consists
of William Haines, William Barry, George
Bubear, and John WiDgate. They brought
along seven boatsiD all, including fnur single
shells, two paIr-Oared shells, and four
cared shell. The regatta Mt which the for
eigners viii row will be held at Austin on
November 4, 8, and 6.
The evening times., 1895-10-21

The Annapolis naval cadets have arranged
game of football with the Dartmouth
College boys for November 23. The ca
diets are said to be strong team this year.
The evening times., 1895-10-21

Richard Croker will ship Rey del Car.
reres and Sir Excess to England to-day. He
is confident the former will make great
showing against the English horses next
year.
The evening times., 1895-10-21

The bowling enthusiasts VIII hold meet
ing shortly, 1t IL said, to complete arrange
ments for the bowling league OF 1895
1896. The Washington Athletic Club,
Young Mems Catholic Club, Carroll Insti-
tute, Buena Vista, all Of the organizations
of last year viii be in the league this year,
with the exception of the Columbia Athletic
Club, and several other clubs are expected
to join it.
The evening times., 1895-10-21

Again there is a rumor that there is to IN
another big baseball League. This tim
1t comes from Philadelphia, and Chris Vol
der Abe apparently has nothing to do witt
1t. The report is that IL is to be six
club organization, with one in Philadelphia
one In New York, one in Boston and tn
other three cities yet TO be decided upon
1t is said that the rumor is giving the Ma
tional League a good deal of concern, anC
that an effort will be made 10 smothe
the movement before 1t gets too far along
The evening times., 1895-10-21

Fox hunting Is now one of the at
tractive features OF sport III the country
districts of Maryland and Virginia. On
Saturday great hunt took place at Eilicott
City, and another one at Elk Ridge, Md.
Both were largely attended and the sport
was of the hair raising kind.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-03
Sanford, Fla

Capt. r. J. Adams showed us a few
days ago curious and interesting relic
of our late war, it being a schedule of
maximum prices for impressment of
army supplies fixed by the Commission
ers of Florida, dated January 1st, 1865.
Out of long list of articles and prices
enumerated we select few to show the
rates allowed at that time by the Con-
federate government: Bacon 1925 per
per pound; flour $65 per barrel; lard So
per 1und; molasses 81 per gallon, sugar
1896 per pound; salt $40 per bushel;
soap 81 per pound; horses 81, 200 each;
whisky $3.50 per gallon; brandy $40 per
go gsllon.-Palatka Advertiser.
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So per Annunl, in advance

mie and yet fail to supply the $500, ,OOO,-
manufacturers will use as soon as they
candepend upon regular supply. There
is no guess work about this. The
English government has stated that such
an amount in value will be required.
You must remember that China has hith-
erto supplied the world practically. but
the English, French and Austrian fac
tories are unable to get it as required
With Mr.. Allison's machine in general
use, the Chinese cannot compete in
amount, quality or price. The best
ramie known grows in the Southern
Gulf States"
Trials of ramle machines were given
at the Louisiana experiment station,
near New Orleans, In October and De-
cember, 1894. Two machines were rep
resented. The Allison and another of
English invention and manufacture At
these trials the United States depart
ment of Agriculture was represented by
the Hon. Chas Richard Dodge, chief of
the Bureau of Fibre Investigations, who
was also one of a committee of three to
decide and report on the experiment.
The work performed was reported as
being highly satisfactory. In letter to
the writer subsequent to these trials,
Mr.. Dodge says: II strongly urge the
farmers of Florida to commence cult
vation of ramie, not wholly for profit at
first, but to make themselves familiar
with the cultivation of the plant and to
secure roots for more extended opera
tiOnS.
With all these facts before US, it
would seem that there would be no
further delay In taking up the cultiva-
tion of this plant. The time was Ger
tainlY never more opportune than the
present. In connection with the great
variety of crops our soil and climate are
capable Of producing, the cultivation of
ramie should make the South Florida
farmer the happiest and most indep"E-
dent of all the lords of creation; and
with 30 acres of ramie he need never
have any fears of he "wolf at the door"
no matter how often the icy blasts of
winter come swooping down upon us
from the frigid north.
@. M. PARsON.
Sanford, Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-03
Vol. xxi. No. 27 Whole No. S7l,
For TIE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Ramie as a Florida Crop.

Ramie as Florida Crop.
The want of paying-cash crops and a
greater diversifcation of industries in
the orange growing districts of Florida
was never more apparent than at the
present time, and these questions are
now receiving grave consideration and
discussion, suggested by the disastrous
experiences Of the past winter.
There is probably no crop that can be
produced IN Florida soil tnat can be
made more remunerative and with less
cost of labor and anxiety than ramie.
In point of labor it is the most inexpen-
sive of all crops to produce, one planting
lasting for a long series of years, and
with proper cultivation and suitable re-
turns made to the soil it would be prac
tically inexhaustible. The climate Of
South Florida is pre- eminently suited
to the cultivation Of this plant, the re
quirem MS being warm. humid eli
mate To inSur.. the m 49, SttSfact Try r,-
suas Ram'e will grow in II gre 1T VA
ria:y of soils, from our high pine to
ham mock, and in all rich alluvial saw
grass and muck lands that are suscepti-
BILE to thorough drainage.
The propagation of the plant Can be
easily accom- plished. This is done by
seed. by cuttings, by layering and by
division of the roots, the most practical
method being by division of the roots
of old matured plants.
The cultivation of ramie is simple and
easy after preliminary measures of
planting are accomplished, occasional
plowings as with corn or cotton being all
that is necessary thereafter.
The average yield of the entire plant,
leaves, stalks, ETC., has been found to
average about fourteen tons to the acre
per year, the leaves amounting to about
so per cent In Louisiana, opposite
New Orleans, $4,000 pounds per acre
have been obtained in year. In Cali
fornia as much as 10000 pounds have
been produced In an experimental way
IN one year. LII Is pI1Au UAdU SuOA CuOI-
NOUS yields of any crop, without some
substantial aid to the soil, must prove
very exhaustive. A very small per
centage of the crop is fibre, and after
this is extracted the entire amount of
offal, leaves, stalks, ETC., Can be returned
to the soil, and, if understandingly pre-
pared, would furnish nearly or quite the
necessary fertilization required.
Ramie, when fully grown, attains a
height of four to six feet. The fibre is
found in the bank surrounding the stalk
which has pithy centre. The plant
grows rapidly and produces several crops
year, the number depending upon the
climate. When cultivated in South
Florida below the 90 degrees of latitude,
three crops a year can always be relied
upon; and in some years, with exceed
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ingly mild winters, four and five crops
could be obtained. 1t is plant that is
not seriously affected by drouth, stand
ing prolonged dry seasons far better than
many of the staple crops of the South
cotton for instance. So far as / know
ramie has no obstructive en- my to prey
upon it, such as worms, parasites and
insect life
Much has been said and written re-
garding ramie, and the fact IS generally
we'll understood that the chief impedi-
ment that has been in the way Of the
profit-outside of China and JApan-has
been the want OF decorticators and pro-
cesses for producing the fibre in a fin
ished condition ready for the spinner at
minimum cost. DecorticatiOn with
ramie means the separation of the bark
in which the fibre lies from the woody
portion of the stalks. The decorticated
ramie in this State is termed ribbons,
which must undergo another process
III It known as degumming-befo the
fibre is really for conversion into tex
tiles. More than one hundred ramie de-
corticators have been invented during
the past twenty years While many
have shown merit, and progress has been
noted each year towards the solution of
the problem, it is only in the past twelve
months that complete and successful
process, both mechanical and of degum-
ming, has been perfected. This has
been done by Capt. Samuel B. Allison,
of New Orleans, a gentleman who has
given this question his almost constant
study for long series of years-and he
now claims and has already demon
strated in numerous public trials, being
ready to again prove it to the most skep-
tical that he can produce ramie fibre in
a perfect finished condition, at a less
cost than sea island cotton can be pro-
duced for.
From time immemorial ramie has
been cultivated in China, the fibre being
produced by hand labor. The largest
amount of fibre a Chinese laborer can
produce is three pounds a day. The
natives of that country and Japan have
sent out into the world many beautiful
textiles, such as Japanese and Chinese
silks, handkerchiefs, etc., also the deli
cate fabric known as Chinese grass
cloth. These are all manufactured from
ramie fibre. In France, England, Aus
tria and Germany are now many facto-
ries manufacturing goods from ramie
fibre, their supply being obtained from
China in semi decorticated state.
Foreign governments, corporations and
private individuals have in recent years
offered large prizes for the invention of
successful processes for producing this
wonderful fibre. The French govern
ment has offered prize of 300, 900 and
the Indian government 1926, 900 for the
solution of the problem. This simply
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DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, July 3, 1895.

goes to show the great esteem in which
the fibre is now held throughout the
world.
The fibre from ramie is beautiful
long, silky and strong, closely resem
bling silk in lustre and strength. 1t Car
be used as an adulterant or be entirely
substituted for 1t in the manufacture ol
fine textiles. Goods like worsted are
made from it, and it forms an excellent
adjunct to wool in the manufacture O1
fine cassi meres and woolens, improving
the strength and appearance of these
goods. Tablecloths, napkins, ETC., are
made from it that excel IN lustre the
best of Irish linen; also delicate laces
velvets, damasks and brocades of bril-
liancy and finish unsurpassed by any
other material exceptit be silk. In fac>
there is NO end apparently of the uses tC
which this fibre can be put. 1t has
three times the strength of Russian f1a1
and double that of Holland, Belgian OF
Irish.
There are imported annually into this
country $50, 100000 worth of fibres, anc
it is now estimated $50 900, 900 worstedS
and much more of wool and wooler
goods, as we'll as Sl9,OOO,OOO worth OF
silk, are tine yearly importatiOns Into
the United States. Ramie fibre thai
can take the place of most of this, and
largely with our products of wool and
silk, equal or excel much of it in dura
biity and finish.
Recent quotations show that it now
costs to lay down Russian flax in New
York $235 per ton, while the Holland
Belgian and Irish varieties are worth
more than double that amount in Liver.
pool They would cost in this country
duties paid, very close to 30 cents pei
pound. The U. S. consular report fol
July, 1894, mentions flax as selling in
Holland at G1OO per ton, or little more
than % cents per pound. The same re-
port also places the actual costs of pro
ducing flax of all grades the world over
to average Is cents per pound.
Ramie fibre is far superior to fax in
every respect, and is capable of being
converted into all classes Of goods that
are now made from flax. 1t is the opin-
ion of those who are qualified to express
themselves understandingly on this
question, that when ramie fibre can be
produced in sufficient quantities it will
entirely supplant flax and stop it's cult
walton. There never need be any fear
in the way of over production with
ramie, as with perishable fruits and
many other commodities.
A gentleman who recently visited New
Orleans in the interest of northern cap
ltal, to investigate Captain Allison's in
ventions, expressed himself regarding
the question of over production in the
New Orleans Picayune as follows: GAS
to the market for ramie fibre, you may
turn your entire cotton acreage into ra-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1895-07-30
Additional Local.
Would die for such as she.

Mrs Hopkins, of Orange Lake,
is shopping in Ocala today.
Rev Robert Lowell of Apopka
filled the pulpit of the Ocala Bap.
fist church very acceptably last
Sunday.
The building and loan men all
seem to be doing a good business.
These institutions are the salvation
of the country and the poor man
during close seasons in money
matters.
c. NJ. Alderman. president of
the Florida National Building and
Loan association, leaves for the
south on the O'Clock train, where
he will spend a few days in the in
terests of his company. Mr.. Ack-
erman told, a STAR reporter this
morning that the Florida National
was doing heavy business and is
today the soundest institution of
its kind in the state.
Love doesn't go poklng around,
looking into closets and behind
doors for dust and cobwebs. Love
never goes chasing around. talking
about the neighbors and telling
idle tales that have no foundation
outside of fancy. and the reason of
it is that love does not think evil.
We have tattling tongues because
we have tattling hearts. Our
Savior taught that the sin must
exist in thought before it can have
being in deed. Let US keep our
thoughts pure and our lives will be
pure.
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BLUES.

The blues make the person suf-
fering from their presence ex-
tremely uncomfortable, and her
discomfort in a subtle way acts
upon others, so that nobody is
quite cheerful in her neighborhood.
People who are .blue" are quite
often cross as well, and are unable
to accept pleasantly the ups and
downs of every day. Now. when
you think of it, you must admit
that It is very humiliating expert
ence to be cross, for cross people
are disagTeeable, and none of US
wishes to be that.
The best way TO get rid of the
blues is not TO own that they have
you. Pub on your hat and go for
q walk. Call on a friend and take
her the piece of music you are to
try together, or the book you have
just finished, which you would like
to lend her. Do something kind
for somebody and stop thinking
about yourself. The greatest
waste of time in this world, dears.
is TO think too much about ones
self. Mrs. Browning gives the
right idea in her poem. MY Kate, "
where she says,
Twas her thinking Of others made You think of
her"
Don't laugh at me. girls. when I
tel you that half the low spirits
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Take The Star and be happy.
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one hears of spring from a very
prosaic source. That pound of
chocolates, that rich pudding, that
piece of frosted cake, all of them
very delicious, but all very indi-
gestible, are to blame, in most in
stances, for young girls depres-
sion. Try what Emerson called
"plain living and high thinking. .
and see how CHEEKY life will
become.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1895-07-30
PLANT SYSTEM FOR BOSTON.
TRIENNIAL CoNCLAvE, KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR.

1EA1PLAN.
On Aug. 20 and 81, will sell to
Boston via Savannah and steam.
ship, round trip S38.25.
On Aug. 70. "a and IS, will sell
via all rail to Boston and return,
SIS rs, and with variable routes be-
You'd New York as follows: Rail to
New York and beyond New York,
rail in one direction and sound in
the other, S3o.13. Rail to New
York and beyond New York, one
rail route going and another re-
turning, S3e.o3. Rail to New
York and beyond New York, one
sound going and another returning.
S3834- All tickets good to return
until Sept. 80, 1896.
For further information, tickets,
etc. call on c. +. FARES,
City Ticket Agent, Ocala house
office, or f. HUBER,
Ticket Agent, Passenger Station.
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TO ST. PETERSBURG
Via Plant System.

On August 5 will sell round trip
tickets to ST. Petersburg and re-
turn for only 81 So, good until Au-
gust 8, giving three days at the
finest fishing grounds on the gulf.
Train leaves Ocala SIS pm, Au-
gust S. Don't forget the date.
For tickets and further informa-
ton call on G. F. FARES,
City Ticket Agt., Ocala house,
F. ] HUBER,
Ticket Agt., Fla. SO. Depot.
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Is Cents.
ATTENTION, TAXPAYERS

The tax book for 1894 will close
the Ist of September and property
will be advertised for sale first
Monday in October next
Come and pay your taxes and
save expenses. F. D. Poser,
Tax Collector Marion county, Fla.
July 80, 1896.
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a. E. HOLLAND,

Local Agent of the American
Detective Agency of, indianapolis,
Ind, undertakes the recovery of
lost or stolen property, investiga-
ton of crime. Collecting a spe-
cialty.
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EXCURSION RATES
To Denver, Colorado. via Plant
System.

To Denver, Colorado, via Plant
System.
On account of American Phar-
maceutical association, on August
10 and II, will sell round trip
tickets to Colorado Springs, Mani
tou, and Denver, at one fare for
the round trip.
Tickets good until August %.
Stop-overs will be allowed at
points mentioned above.
Usual diverse routes. allowed
west Of St. Louis and Kansas
City.
For the quickest time and best
route call on c. F. FARES,
City Ticket Agt.. Ocala house.
F. J. HUBER,
Ticket Agt., Fla. So. Depot.
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BUcKBoARD BUGGY,

nearly new, which has been used
very little. It is a nice vehicle for
a truck farmer or dairyman.
The blackboard is at Mr.. King
mans wagon works, and Mr.. Percy
Williams will take pleasure in
showing it TO any one desiring to
purchase. For further information
apply at this office, or to Room 8,
Frederick House. corner of Broad
way and Pine streets. Ocala, Fla.
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THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS.

She sought her rights
Robbed by some cruel chance of life's delights,
With dissatisfied and restless soul,
With half logic, which she counted whole;
Earnest. no doubt. and honest; not unsexed.
But hungerine and qnerulons and vexed;
With starving instincts in a fruitless frame,
And with an itching for the sort of fame
Which comes from the mere printing eff name,
She clamored for her rights; SHOWED solemn craft;
And men
Brute mem
They only laughed
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She did not seek her rights"
She dreamed not of some path to mannish heights
But followed natures way and deemed it good,
And bloomed from flower to fruit of womanhood
She loved the ''tyrant; bore her noble part
In life with him. and thought with all her heart
She had her rights.
She held that something men and women meant
To be unlike, but each supplement
Unto the other twas her gentle within
He was not more to her than she to him.
And little children gathered at her knee.
And men
Brute men
Would die for such as she.
Selected.
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For Sale Cheap for Cash.

A horse five years old, well
broken to both double and single
harness, would make good saddle
nag if properly trained. She is
medium sized, light chestnut color
and has no white spots except one
on her forehead. Also