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The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
THE TOILET OF BIRDS.
Peculiarities OF reathered Creatures Re-
gardlng Their Rath.

Peculiarities OF Feathered Creatures Re-
gardlng Their Isath.
The feathered tribes have many Pc
culiar ways and fancies about the de-
tails OF their toilets. Some birds use
water only, some water and dust, while
others prefer dust and no water. Birds
are not only exceedingly nice in their
choice of bath water, says New York
Home, but also very particular about
the quality of their "toilet dust"
Wild ducks, though feeding by salt
water prefer to bathe in fresh water
land to running brooks and ponds,
where they precn and dress their
feathers in the early hours Of the
morning. Sparrows bathc often, both
in water and in dust. They are not SO
particular about the quality of the
water as about the quality of the dust.
They prefer clean water, but ] have
seen them take a dip in shallow pools
that were quite muddy. The city spar
row must take water bath where he
can get it-in the street or on the tops
of houses-but he is most careful in
his choice of his dust bath. Road dust,
the dryest and finest possible, suits
him best. / have noticed the city
sparrow taking his dust bath in the
street and invariably he chooses q
place where the dust is like powder.
Partridges prefer dry loan. They
like to scratch out the soil from under
the grass and fill their feathers with
cool earth. Most birds arc fond of
burnt ashes. Some morning early take
walk across field that has been
burnt over and see the number of
winged creatures that rise suddenly
from the ash heaps. A darting form,
q small cloud of ashes and the bathers
disappear.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
WHAT LOVE once c,DS
1t Drove This Man nem tho Footiishts
u woodcliopper's Sinaty.

1t Drove This Man frcn tho FootiiGhts 60
woodcEopper's si'naty.
Love made u ,recluse of II man who ;is
nov .thrce-quartefs of century old,
and who has avoided his fellows for
nearly thirty years. He calls himself
John Smith. and his hermitage is in the
mountai:,s not far from Erving, Mass,
says tho Brandon Rulnor.
lie was an actor and she was an
actress. They were engaged, quarreled,
and separated The lovers mind be-
came unbalanced, and while yet i'll the
prime of life he abandoned his pro-
fession and sought the semi-solitude
which has now grown to be habit
with him.
1t may be remarked that no one
knows his real name. That of John
Smith is an alias, and he frankly ac-
knowledgcs that he has taken every
precaution to conceal his identity. He
visits nobody, but during the past few
years many people have been to see
him. lie is a sort of local fad and the
folks thercabouts almost love him.
The old mans hair and beard are white
as snow. He delights to chat with
visitors, and on pleasant Sundays of
summer and autumn the grounds
around his little cottage are covered
with scores of teams and hundreds Of
visitors.
For the time being the grounds are
converted into a picnic grove, and the
old man shares the hospitality of his
visitors, tells them quaint stories, and
in return they give him the remnants
Of their feasts and little gratuities, and
purchase the photographs of himself
and his cats.
In the winter the old man isa genuine
hermit, so far as human beings are con.
cerned, but in and around his cabin he
has no less than dozen cats, to say
nothing of the wild cats that every lit
tie while are killed on the surrounding
hills. and he is as proud of Jim Fisk
and Lady Ann" as ever n fond mother
was of her first-born twins.
The house which he occupies was for
merly a woodchopper's shanty, and it is
little better now. The boards inside the
living room are covered with playbills
and pictorial printing.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
YRVSTEE'S MALE.
IIotchki>

whereas. HORACE MCNEIL. Of the County Of
Delta, state of Colorado, did by hisdecd Of tris,
9th ISL. IN Book ?. at Page 80 OF the records OF
Del. n County, Colorado. convey tO Frederick ".
pile rris,.c The h,iloMins described ,S rs,l &C.
to wit: The West half of the North cast quarter
aud the North la fof the Nor,li-west quarter Of
section 1hirty.thrcc. IN Township iineen soutli;
of Range Ninety one West Of the sixth PRINCIPAL
Meridian. containing iCo acres. together With the
Mcneil Ditch. and a water right Of f,nty inche,
OF water rom the Daisy Ditcn, and any AMI all
water rights used for or necessary TO the irriga-
li9n q aid land :, secure the Eaymep%, i % 81 hi;
boiiHr-. payable 10 the Older Of Alfred T. Bacon.
dated April 18th. 1891. and due and payable hNo
interest coupon n.tes for Thirty Two bollSts
each for further sccurin: the Interest on sai'l
every six month. aasr the date u AaId principal
note,
Whereas, 1t is provided In and by SID decd Of
trust that In default Of payment q aid princi-
pal note ~ any of the c-upnn nfes, or any iart
thereof nj the time tn" .sine shall become due
and payable. then and In iha, t!tSc. OF arrlice.
iion Of the legal holder Of said uut--. Il 81 all
he lawful for aid Trptro, or his snrcc.. In
trust. to advertise and ell 'aid !T,ni,es, AMI
Whereas, Default has been made Ia the pay
6stabsr Ss or lasrfs, ia SoSf 1hr as @ ss, ae os1 &
is9i. and such default s,Ill eoniiIur-. and
Whereas i, l. p oy dcd in sa.d deed Of trust
mo,Ri or absence, either Temporary or pvrna'
ncnt from the state OF Colorado. or Tcfisal or
failure inability Of .nid trustee TO art ih.n the
acting sheriff Of Delta Csnniy. Colorado. shHl 10
made successor In trust with like power aud nu-
th ,rity rs The said trustee. Hnd
Whereas. sad Trustee has failed. rcfu c'l and
is unable TO net.
Now. Therefore. at the reqre.t of the icf,~I
holder Of aid notes, !. Clarence T. Mower. Shrf-
~ AZ Delta cunty. Colorado. will ns successor In
trust n Aforesaid. on
THURSDAY. FEBRrABY :t,h. isns.
Al the bour Of ten ocioek a, m Of thai day ht
fr..fa aft tlR In fhR
and G. unity Of Delta State Of Colombo. cell 10
the highest aud best bidder fJr rash = the above
drscrihcd premises, and all right. and sguitic-.
Including all water rights and privileges con
nccicd IN any manner with sa!d land, fhr tho
purps.c nf paying the raid notcs. and nil inict-
ct thereon. tuse her with all espcr-es nf this
proceeding Hs ~ the terms Of ssl Id deed Of tIu,t
am authorized and empowered 10 d..
CLARENCE T. MOWER.
sheriff Of pelia County. Colorado, snd
Successor In Trtpt.
tfiui pub. Jan. q; las, Feb. "a iees-p
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13

sibi!ity OF a financial panic ana busi-
ness ruin. rs t!it direct consequences OF
legislation hostile to silver.
According to I'll past experience and
the testimony OF the highest anthori-
ties in finance and political economy,
present industrial conditions. protitlcss
prices, tie status of the labor market,
with millions OF willing workers facing
grim want. can only be accounted for
on the theory CT 4 dcarth of money.
There arc minor cooperating causes,
but thcy count for nothing as coin2ared
with the primal cause. Contraction
has given n moneyel conspiracy of
stupeadors proportions the power to
sap tie lie out of American farming
and couiscltc farm properly b. whole
sale. II American finance hal been
shaped in the interest Of the American
people for the past quarter of . century
and not t, enrich grasp,n! money
changers the tenant system would now
be practically unknown il American
agriculture and that industry would be
FREQ from the consuming blight of
mountains of iptercst-pay..ag debt.
BY shrinking the ayailib!e money an
era of destructiycly lJ~ prices WAS in
auguratcl, with the pafai!ing conse-
qucnce of placing producers ut the
mercy OF usurcr; and breeding and
multiplying human misery. Undue
contraction results in prices that leave
producers no margin, and that, contir-
ued, leads to Insolvency and ruin The
case is stated by the ableSt writer of
the century Oh thia subject, anl he but
reflects tho views OF every ao.inowl-
edged authority that precelcl him.
"If tho whole money in circulation was
douhlcd," says John Stuart Mill.
price wouli double. If it was only
increased fourth, prices would in
crease ouc-fourth."
The restoration of silver to its mint
arc rights involve; the very existence
of agriculture rs IL paying industry,
bccaus, of the relation of silver to the
money supply; and whatever injurious
ly affects agriculture strikes at the
roots of the general prosperity, and in
due time drags other lines of labor into
its calarlitous vortcx.--Dcnvcr News.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
A CHEMISTS DREAM.
.Roseate Visions of al Approaching Mi
Icnlal State.


.Roseato Visions of al Approaching Mil
Icnlal State.
NJ. Berthe1ot indulges in the rosiest
visions concerning the benefits which
chemistry will heap upon the human
race in the course of another century
or two, says the New York Post. In
nn address before the manufacturing
chemists of France delivered recently
in Paris he said that he looked to chem
istry for delivsrancc from present So
cial evils and for the possibility of re-
alizing the socialists drcams-that is,
If a spiritual chemistry could be dis
covered to change human nature as
deeply as chemical science could mod
ify the globe. This change, he de-
clared, will be greatly due to chcnis-
try utilizing the heat of the sun and
the central heat of the globe. The
latter can be obtained by shafts Of
three thousand or four thousand me-
ters in depth, which modern engineers
are equal to the task of sinking.
The water down SO deep will be hot
and able to keep all possible machinery
going. BY natural distillation it will
furnish fluid free from microbes, and
be an unlimited source of chemical and
electrical energy. This could be cv-
'crywhcrc developed, and thousands of
wears might pass without any notice
able diminution. With such source
Of heat all chemical transformation
would be easy. The production of ali
mcntary matter will be one consc-
quence. This production is resolved in
principle, and has been for forty years,
by the synthcses of grease and oils.
That Of -hydrates OF carbon is going on,
and that of nitrogenous Substances is
not far off.
When energy can be obtained thus
cheaply, food can be made from carbon
taken from carbonic acid, hydrogen
taken from water, and nitrogen from
the nir. What work the vegetables
have SO far done science will coon be
nble to do better, with far greater pro
fusion and independently of seasons or
then be no passion to own land, beasts
Aeed not be bred for slaughter, man
will be mildefand more moral, and bar
rem regions may become preferable to
fertile MS habitablc places, because
they will not be pestifcrous from ages
of manuring. The reign Of cf cf,rnistry
will bcnutify the planet. There will
then be no need to disfgurc itwith the
gcometrical works Of. the agricultural
1t, or with the CRIME of factories and
chlnneys It will recover its vcr.lure
md nOrn. The carsh will be vast
pIcn9usc garden and Chs human raec
will liSo in percc and plenty. SO we
nuht look 70 chemistry. 1t rppears, fer
the rasiicuaisi;n.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
1890 --7--'-7-'------------ ~ -
Lighting the Gns in VIRGINIA.

"Up in Richie, w. va.," said COM
mercial traveller, ''they use natural
gas. At the only hotel in town, where
stopped, the landlord had erected u
long gas pipe, with the end bending
over like hook, and coming within
about twelve feet OF the ground. The
end was where the gas was lighted.
Every evening the landlord used to
come out in front with box of
bluehead matches in his hand and
throw up to the end of the
pipe until the gas caught. One
windy evening he stood there and
lighted and threw away a whole box of
matches trying to light the gas. The
idea was new one to me and ] asked
him why he did not keep a ladder ut
hand. Why said he, the fact is !
never thought er that. But then he
added, complacently, i alters callate
ter hit her in one out er three"
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
,1cCLELLAN POST NO. zs
An l;nenn,,y cI.i.

One of the most fantastic birds is the
laughing owl OF Florida and some
other southern parts. He sits well up
in tree late at night and emits Sc
rics of loud, strange ha-has that sound
like half-human laughter. The sound
is sufficiently terrifying to a nervous
camper unncquintcd with the habit of
the bird, though less grucsomc' than
the uncnrthly call of the Chesapeake
loon. heard at all hours Of the night
ulong the shores of that baY.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
Comfy ONIcerS.

County Comm issioners-Frst district, l.. s
Coleman: second district George l.. Chles; third
district. Frank CuItiss.
Clerk and kecerder-Charles D. Johnson.
Jhsrih'-C. Z. Mower a
Treasurer-L L. Bigeow.
County Judge-W. Il. Robertson.
Surveyor. A. Curtis
Asscssor-J.S 5. Barton.
superintendent Of Schools-F. W. Robissn.
Coronsr-Dr. G. w. Dorsey.
Fruit inspectUr-W. J. Sawyer.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
PreabyterInn Church.
REV. JOSEPH LOWER, Pastor.

Services every Sunday at II A. m.. and 7:3O p. m.
: Sunday School at 10 a. m. Young Peoples
meeting at 7 p. IN. Prayer Meeting Wednesday
evening at f.30.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
CITY Officers.

Mayor. Luke MacLean; Town Clerk, H. H.
,Wolbert; Treasurer, David Bailey; trustees,
Fred Van Tuyl. W. S. Girardet. W. 4. Ferree, ID.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13

REV. J. II. GILiA fUstDr
Preaching every Sunday at II a. m. and 7:3O p. m.
Sunday School nt 2:30 p. m. Prayer Meeting
Wednesday evening ut 7:3G o'clock.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
TREEs!!
/ will sell strictly frst-class one year old p
frees, delivered in Delta, as follows:

PEAR TREES -
4 to 5 feet 80. II cents, or $50 PER lCG
NECTARINE TREES
5 to 6 feet 49,. .lo cents, or $50 per 1GC0.
APPLE TREES
4 to 5 feet 80. 10 cent?, or so per loco.
PEACH TREES
4 to 5 feet 49,. 10 cents, or so per 1000
PLUM TREES
GRAPE VINES 10 cents.
PRUNE TREES $50 per 1000
Five hundred lots samc rate as one :
thousand Will sell subject 10 examina-
tion to reliable parties.
Call or address,
v. NJ. HARPST,
Hotchki>s, So'oraoo'
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board of. Trade Of,icer..
Methodi.t Episcopel church.

President, r. D. Blair; VicePresident II. II
Smith Secretary Geo Stephan; TREASURER Geo.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
". G. T. U.

Meets every first and third Friday in each
month at 2:3O p. M. most cordial Invitation
Is extended to all ladies to attend.
MRS. WM. MATTERS, President.
Mrs. q. N. HASTINGS Secretary.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
Masonic.

"A Regular meetings of Delta Lodge No.
ALAr 81. A. F. & A. NJ. second & fourth Mon
NX day evenings Of each month. A. C..
BUTLER, w. NJ. L. L. KELLOGG, Sccy.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
Bapti.t Church Checker and 4th stJ
REV. A. STocKHAM, Pasto

REV. A. SToCkHAM, Pastor.
Services every Sunday at IL A.. NJ. and 40 r. NJ.
Covenant meeting on the Saturday before the
third Sunday of each month at 2:3O P. NJ. Pray
er meeting Thursday evening. Young Peoples
meeting Sunday evenings at O'Clock. All arc
cordially invited to these services.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
seventh nay Adventist Church.

ELDER GEO. y. STATES, Pastor.
Sabbath School every Sabbath at O'Clock pm
Preaching or bible reading at p. IN. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening ut 730 o'clock.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13

N DELTA LODGE NO. 1914
V&~9 X. OF H.
" ANA n Regular meetings first and third
W0XA Friday evenings of each month
Av@in in court room. W. R. GALE Die
W +. W. CnILps. Rep.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
Grand Me.n Lodge No. 81

; { ! 6: :
X. off.
Meets in Castle Hall first and third
Tuesday evenings of each month
w. Il. GALE, &C.
The Delta independent., 1895-02-13
.PoLlTICs---REPUBLICAN.

We prefer to have our subscribers pay in ad-
vance, but for n few months we will place names
on our mailing list. and send paper six months
: Fore r-es.n,ng bill. If paper is wanted send
- postal clrd. or come in and see Us.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-10
Beggarweed Preferred.

The Louisiana Experiment Station
tested number of forage crops with
the following results per acre; Large
African millet, 1929 pounds: pearl
millet, 21,228 pounds; yellow milo
maize. 29,O34 pounds: Egyption wheat,
1858 pounds, Kaffir corn, 9,782 pounes;
Jerusalem corn, 1852 pounds; Egyptian
rice corn, 1892 pounds; desmodium
MOLE (beggarweed) 1920 pounds; early
amber sorghum, 1.4OO pounds.
These all cure we'll and furnish an ex-
cellent fodder, particularly when cut up
with a machine into small pieces. Stock
are pa rticularly fond of the "beggar
weed" and ate it in preference to all
others. Many of the plants are also
valuable for the large quantity of seed
which they bear. These seeds. pro-
nounced the equal of corn by many,
were harvested here by the ubiquitous
English sparrow, and therefore no
record can be made of there value.
1t is not too late to SOW this yet IN
Florida.-Citizen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-10
A New Edible Grain.

A highly important discovery, the
final result of which is causing great
deal of speculation, has been made at
Plttsboro, Russell county, Ala says the
Columbu (Ga.) Herald.
The common swamp canes-the ones
used for fishing poles-are fairly loaded
down with grain, corresponding in shape
and taste to the oat. The grains are two
or three times as large as oat grain and
contain a germ or starchy substance
very pleasant to the taste. Horses eat
the grain in preference to corn or oats
Hogs fatten on it readily and chickens
devOur it with avidity.
Inquiry among the oldest inhabitants
shows that such thing as cane bearing
seed has never been known within their
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-10

There is one little spot in West Orange
upon which no rain of any consequence
has fallen for several weeks, while all
around it there has been an abundance
of it. Residents of the dry spot say
they must be very wicked, but they
look for better luck soon, as it is said
that the rain falleth upon the just and
the un just.-Orlando Reporter.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-10

been on exhibition in the window of
Capt. D. J. Hunts's office, ON Broad
street for some days, and anyone who
doubts what is written here can call
there and see it any day. A branch of
the stalk laden with the seed can also be
seen at the Herald office, and this article
is written with it before us.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-10

A CHANCE of lifetime-To make room for
"A our Youngsters we will sell our breeding
stock at a sacrifice Golden Wy andottes, PLY.
mouth Rocks, White and Brown Leghorns
Indian Games, Langshans and Pekin Ducks. II
you are interested, write for particulars to e.
w. AMSDEN, Ormond. Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-10

~ DeLand, Fla. Main Barn, Indiana Avenue
Annex South east corner Boulevard and Voorhig
Avenue Office between the Postoffce and Bank.
At all times FL Orses and Mules for Sale and Ex-
change; all kinds and Prices. 81
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-10

RUDWOOD from bearing Mandarns, Navels,
- Jaffas, Tardiffs and HOmOsassas 20 cts per
dOz. 81 so per loO by mail postage paid; $5 per
900 by express. Address w. ?. WOODWORTH,
Geniak, Fla. 70
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-10

exports large quantities of leather, sew
eral European countries depending
largely ON this country for their supply
this being ocCasloned by the scarcity Of
tanning materials in those countries
These materials, oak and hemlock bark,
are by no means as plentiful In this
country as few years ago and tanning
supplies are now obtained only in the
remote districts of the country, the
forests of Wisconsin and Michigan be-
ing the great source of supply.
The manufacture of leather is now
conducted on different lines from what
1T was few years ago by reason of this
scarcity of bark supplies. Instead of
the hides being taken to where the tan
ming barks are produced, the tannin is
extracted from them where grown and
reduced to highly concentrated form
and bought out to the hides at accesi-
BILE points for receiving them. 1t is a
notable fact that the manufacture of
leather is one of the most reliable, safest
and least fluctuating of any Of the great
industries of this country.
During the great depression that has
pervaded business of all descriptions
during the past two years, causing de-
cline in prices, leather has maintained
good prices and has been less in SYM
pathy with the general stagnation than
any other commodity. At present
prices of leather are high and very firm
and the growing scarcity of tanning
materials is mostly responsible for these
conditions. For the reasons we have
enumerated we believe Florida is about
to cut a prominent figure in the manu-
facture of the worlds leather and the
attention of capital interested in such
matters must soon be turned In this
direction.
The manufacture of upholstery fiber
from the leaves of the saw palmetto is
now being conducted in several places
in the State. Two factories are 10
operation at Titusville; another has just
had it's machinery put in place at Mel
bourne, and we learn another is about
to be established at St. Petersburg.
This fiber is used principally In making
mattresses and is becoming very popular
for this purpose. From a sanitary point
of view it is the healthiest and most
clearly of any material used IN making
beds and 1t is said vermin will not in
fest it. The process of manufacture is
in shreddlng the leaves to a proper con-
dition of fneness and while in green
state the fiber is cr;mped or curled and
dried in that condition, which imparts
to it spring or elasticity that is per-
manent and lasting. There is now a
large and increasing demand for this
fiber and there sroom for many more
factories in the State.
There are various other useful and
profitable purposes to which palmetto
is being utilized and it is soon destined
to become great source of revenue and
wealth to the Stately. Meade Pebble
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EOR SALE-GOOd, beautiful place-16 acres
L fenced half improved nice7-rOom house, also
Outbuidings. Gulf in view. Good fishing and
Oystering near. Fric' $500, worth $1,000. Ad-
Dress N. r. PRIEMER. Port Richey, Fla.