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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-26
Hints to Truckers,

Bulletin No. ~ of the Louisiana ex-
pertinent stations describes the results
of horticultural experiments made in
1895 and the present outlook for truck
ing in Louisiana. The following re-
marks are of general application:
Truck farming means intensive, high
farming. Lands dedicated to truck
must be heavily fe"tilized, not with COM
mercial fertilizers only, but with such
home made manures as will insure large
supplies of organic matter. The fire.
quent incorporation of vegetable matter
by the growing and turning under of
some leguminous crop-preferably cow
peas-addiJioned by mineral manures,
will in few years render these soils
well adapted to truck growing.
If stable manures beused, they should
first be thoroughly composted and sew
eral times piled and cut down, in order
to bring it into q most available con-
dition as plant food. A compost of
stable manure, cotton seed, acid phos-
phate and kainit, mixed IN such pro-
portions as will suit the crop to be grown,
will be found very effective fertilizer,
perhaps superior to any other mixture.
When the supply Of home manures is
inadequate for the demands # your
crop, these may be supplemented by
cotton seed meal, acid phosphate and
kainit, mixed to suit the kind of yege-
table grown.
Proper rotation must be observed in
truck growing as in general farming, if
the fertility of the soil be maintained
and maximum results desired. A
slight knowledge of botany, yea even of
the character of the vegetables grown,
will greatly assist the farmer in deter
mining the rotation to he adopted
Melons, cucumbers aud squashes belong
to one family and should not succeed
each other. Egg plants, tomatoes and
Irish potatoes form another, and beans
and peas another.
Always follow a crop by another Of a
different family. Expressed in a sim
pier manner, roots should not follow
roots. A top-rooted plant will follow
we'll fibrous rooted one. After heavy
manuring, cabbages, onions, Irish pota-
toes and egg plants should be planted,
since these require excessive fertility
for best results. Follow these crops
with tomatoes, squashes, ETC., and these
in turn by beans, peas, etc. A farmer
will soon have suitable rotation of both
crops and fertilizers.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-26

Buckingham's Dye for the whiskers
does it's work thoroughly, coloring a
Uniform brown or black, which, when
dry will neither rub, wash off, nor soil
linen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-26
$50
The Sugar Beet.


lence, more different var cites of vegeta
ton, than any like area on the face O
the earth. The cedar of the far north
and the luxurlant foliage of the equato
will flourish side by side. Almost ever,
known vegetable and fruit can be grow
in greatest profusion, and nOtwithstand
ing the thousands of tons of these com
modities annually shipped from tn
state to all quarters Of the world, only
comparatively small proportion of Flor
ida's wonderful soil is now under Guilt
walton. If the same acreage were util
lied in this state as in some Of the cen
trail and eastern states, Florida's yearly
returns of agricultural products would
be something enormous.
There is small doubt that the Cultiva
ton of the sugar beet will soon become
an important industry in many sections
of the country, even as it now is IL
Europe. California has already com
menced to spread out in this particular
branch of agriculture, and the prospects
are that the Pacific slope will soOn coun
this as one Of it's most important indus
tries. Claus Spreckels, the sugar king
just back from Europe, said in a recent
interview:
You may say that my trip has deter
mined me in my purpose to build beet
70 oh oil ho
struction at once, and bv this time next
year. | expect it to be in full operation,
employing 500 to 600 men directly in the
refinery and giving an impetus to the
growing of sugar beets all over the state.
1t will be big thing for the farmers,
giving them ready market for profit
able product. My plans contemplate a
refinery that will consume no less thar
5000 tons of beets per day. At 81 tor
the farmers of the state, the round sun
of $4,000 a day. The journey wa
taken almost solely with the purpose O
studying the beet sugar industry at it,
best development at its home in Europe
visited many of the biggest and mos
modern refnerles in the world wher'
they are to be found in France, Germany
and Austria. l became convinced tina
it is the thing for California. | have
purchased a mum Der of patents on thu
beet processes and am ready to get int
the manufacture on large scale.
In the thickly settled districts O.
France, Germany and Austria the sugar
beet constitutes one Of the most profit
able crops that can be raised, and thu
industry is rapidly developing in Aus
Lralia and South Africa. Hitherto thu
production has been parativ ely un
important, but now it would seem tina
the early future will place it among thu
first rank Of agricultural commodities
If the sugar beet can be successful.
raised in California, it is very probable
that the success of it's culture would b.
even more marked i Florida. If enough
were grown, capital would soon be founC
to erect factory for their consumption
and if such enterprises prove profitabl
elsewhere, they would prove profitabl
in this state, so near to the great mar
kets OF the country.
Florida farmers have awakene to tn
necessity for diverslfication of crops
but they have yet to learn the value o
converting raw material into manufac
tured product at home. Build up small
m onncnpoo tho onPn1Ui
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-26
Potash

is a necessary and important
ingredient of complete fer
filters. Crops of all kinds
require a properly balanced
manure.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-26
The Best
Fertilizers
contain a high percentage
of Potash.

All about Potash the results of its use
by actual experiment on the best farms in
the United States-is told in a little book
which we publish and will gladly mail free
to any farmer in America who will write
for it.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
90 Nassau ST., New York.
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Real Estate Directory.

ID EST BARGAINS ever given In orange groves
40 houses, city lots, improved and unimprOved
lands. Call on or address Ii. A. DeLand, De-
Land. Fla.
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TOHN l.. NUCKOLS, dealer In Improved and
- Unimproved Real Estate. DeLand Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-26

l. Wild Land, Large or Small properties-SOme
in the Indian River section. Send for circular.
G. 2. WILLIAMS, Oviedo Fla.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
Abuses of the Mails,

The postmaster general in his annual
report to congress certainly makes out
n strong case against the present post
age rate of one cent pound on bogus
periodicals which usuro the second
class mail privilege. Last year. as he
shows, the mails carried $4,000, ,OCO
pounds of secOnd-class matter. Its net
receipts for transporting this was Gis
mills a pound. or 1885,, ,4O3: the cost to
It of the transportation was cents a
pound. or s27. .92O,c 600: and the difference
is loss Of nearly s25.OOO,OOO.
The profits accruing from first-class
postage-for it is estimated that third
and fourth-class matter Is just about
self-sustaining-reduc the net deficit
of the postofIlce department to sS.127 ,OsS.
which sum has TO be made up by con-
gress by special appropriation. Thus
it appears that abuse Of the second
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
The Mckinley Programme.


Mr.. William L. Curtis, formerly
secretary of the bureau of South
American republics and now Wash
ington correspondent of the Chi
cago Record, has codifed the
political probabilities of the early part
of the Mckinley administration. Mr.
Curtis has visited Canton. Is in close
touch with the real Republican leaders
in Washington and his forecast may be
accepted as authentic so far as any
programme can yet be definitely ar
ranged.
There is no doubt" says he, "of an
extra session of the LVth congress, to
be called Immediately after the inaug-
uration of President Mckinley. There
is no doubt that Mr.. Dingley. at the
suggestion of the president-elect, will
begin at once the preparation of a tar
iff bill, to be submitted to the house
of representatives Immediately upon
the organization of that body at the
special session. There is no doubt of
an understanding between Mr. Dingley
and the presdent-elect that the exec
utive branch of the government will
not attempt to prevent the reelection
of Mr.. Reed as speaker of the house of
representatives and the retention of
Mr.. Dingley at the head of the commit
tee on ways and means. with practical
ly the saEle members that now compose
ha mo 10, nf hot
is no doubt that the president -elect
and Mr. Dingley concur in the opinion
that low duties should prevail so far as
is possible, and that the rates imposed
by the existing law will be generally
preserved. with the exception of woods.
woolens, lumber. coal and some forms
of agricultural produce. There is no
doubt that the same understanding in
cludes a general reciprocity provision.
under which the president will be au-
thorized to negotiate with countries
whose products are admitted free or at
low rates of duty into the United States
for similar concessions i'm favor of the
exports from the United States There
beer. nor of any duty on tea or coffee.
except for reciprocity purposes. There
is no doubt that specific duties will be
provided In place of the ad valorem
duties now imposed by the existing law
wherever it is possible. There is no
doubt that Representative Dingley will
have the new bill ready to submit to
the president-elect before the inaugu-
ration. There is no doubt that the next
president will be very slow in making
appointments to office until the new
tariff bill has been disposed Of"
In every particular the foregoing
programme seems likely TO prove sat
isfactory to the conservative sentiment
of the country.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
Better Go Slow.

The Introduction in congress this
week of a number of resolutions calling
for the immediate recognition by this
government of the independence of the
republic of Cuba has no doubt been
impelled by the most praiseworthy mo-
sympathy which in itself does credit
to American manhood. and for that rea-
son one can the more readily trust
that when such a step as is contem-
plated in these resolutions shall be TAX
en-, 1t can be defended. not only by
might if necessary but also by indisput
able considerations Of right, which
will appeal to the calm judgment Of the
civilized world.
If we were to recognize at this time
the independence of the republic of Gu
la we should. unless apparently trust
worthy testimony is utterly false. pro-
nounce as fact that which Is as yet
only an iridescent fiction. We do not
know what better authority American
-
to command upon "A subject of this char
acter than the American department
of state. Both the president and the
state secretary have testified that there
ment in the so-called republic Of Cuba.
The presidents words on this point are
fresh in the public's memory; here is
what Secretary Olney says on the sub
ject:
So far as our information shows, there
Is not only no effective local government
by the insurgents in the territories they
overrun, but there Is not even tangible
pretelse to establish administration any
where. Their organization, confined to
the shifting exigencies Of the military
operations of the hour. Is nOmadic, with
out definite centers and lacking the most
elementary features of municipal govern
ment. There nowhere appears the nu-
cleus of statehood. The machinery for ex-
ercislng the legitimate rights and powers
of sovereignty and responding to the obli-
cations which de facto sovereignty entails
in the face Of equal rights of other states
is conspicuously lacking. 1t Is not possl-
BILE to discern homogeneous political en-
tity. possessing and exercising the func-
tions OF administration and capable, If left
TO itself. of maintaining normal relations
with the external family of governments.
Under these circumstances, how can
the United States with proDriety give
official recognition to a dream? If IL
were simply question of measuring
strength with Spain. we might do this
or do anything else which fancy might
suggest and trust to our superior re-
sources to enforce our action. But
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11

Professor Coles. in Wilkes-Barre Leader.
1t is high time that the press, the pulpit
and the public in general begin to crush
out this damnabe hypnotic monster that
will soon bring shame and disgrace upon
our fair land. if left to roam at will. Out
with this monster. We believe that If 1t
is allow I'd to go unmolested it will prove
Il greater curse to the 10th century, than
all the immoralities combined have to this
present century. Let legislatures pass
laws that shall both fine and confine any
and all persons who dare attempt the aw-
full practice. And. let the public despise
and shun 1t as they would a venomous rep
tile.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
Explanatory.

The Tribune regrets an error on this
page in yesterdays issue whereby Mr..
Scharer's name was used in place of
Mr.. Schriefer's as that of one of the
controllers who voted against the ad-
mission. as part of Superintendent
Howells statement of the evidence in
the Booth secret investigation. The
error arose through confusion of the
names. Mr.. Schriefer was willing to
give the superintendent fair hearing,
but wanted the reading of the testi-
mony postponed until tonight. Fortu-
nately the error was corrected in our
local report.
Concerning tonight's hearing, The
Tribune will not retail filth; but in
justice to Superintendent Howell. who
was publicly attacked for unpleasant
duty courageously performed, 1t will
print in tomorrow's issue as much of
the essential evidence as can be ad-
mitted to the columns of q respectable
paper without violence to it's readers.
Duty to the public now demands that
this whole case shall go before the
public for its fair and open judgment,
with malice toward none and charity
for all.
We cannot agree with the Truth that
the desire Of Superintendent Howell
for complete public hearing in re-
sponse to premedtated and impas-
stoned pablo arraignment of himself
by subordinate involves any spirit of
vindictivene,s. As We view it, it in
wolves nothing more nor less than JUS
tiCe. His character is not less valu-
able to him, his professional reputa-
ton is not less of a resource to him
and to his farIily than are the charac-
ter and r,2utation of his accuser to
her. Justice knows no sex.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
LUZERNE PHILOSOPHY,

Professor Coles. in Storms and Signs.
Knowledge Is power; but very few mor
know how to use II.
Progress is the child of struggle, and
struggle is the child of difficulty.
The majority of the farmers only make
just about enough money in the days to
get the hay fever
Many young children are brought w.
on a bottle while many older children are
brought DOWN by the bottle.
Hoathen parents throw their children to
the crockodiles. And many civilized par
ents let theirs go to the devil.
Some men are troubled with impcdi-
ments in their speech, but the most nj
men are troubled with impediments In
their thoughts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
HIS WISH.

The foot ball riayer was struggling over
his examination paper. He passed. hia
hand over his brow and gaze. 1t the cell
iig:
II wish" he sai | mourn 'niiy. a. ia" Pc,
dropped from MS hands.
What do you wish?" inquired the pro-
fessor, who happened to be passing.
II wish," was the answer In tones OF
dull-hlue melancholy, that my memory
were as long as my air."-Washlnston
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
Col. Alexander rlcClure.

The completion this week by Colonel
Alexander Mcclure of fifty years of ac-
| tive service in journalism was tittingly
seized upon by his professional asso-
ciates as an occasion for hOnoring him.
The Fluctuations voiced on that occa-
sion are cordially reiterated by the
larger circle of Colonel McClures ad-
mirers which was not present in per-
son at the dinner given in Philadel-
phia in his honor. Men of the younger
generation are but dimly acquainted
with those activities of this veteran
editor which won for him his chief
measure of distinction. In court or
camp, during ante-bellum, wartime
and reconstruction days. he was maxi
or and wielder of men. and only in
late years has he rested to some extent
from those stirring intrigues and fas
cinating adjustments which. when
properly dressed w, make history.
The one who. however, cursorily
studies the character and achievements
of this foremost of Pennsylvania jour-
nalsts. will find much to admire. He
will find a master satirist, IA convincing
controversialist, a wit of high degree.
an orator armed with well-nigh all the
gifts of eloquence. a politician adroit
in the Management of men, a thinker
intellectually equipped for the weight
lest mental engagements, and phil
osopher saved from dryness by an unc-
tuOus humor. He will find courtliness
and polish and bon hommie, and, above
all. a striking cXemplitication of the
magnetic quality, which somehow
nearly always differentiates great from
commonplace men. If one were mind
ed one might also doubtless point out
fauts-the inevitable and recOnciling
shortcomings which characterize all
men of strength and character.
One does not, however. feel called
upon at such a time to play .he Gen.
sor, even if one had the license to do so;
consequently this brief annexation on
the characteristics of an eminent con-
close with the admission that, whatever
the colonel's failings, his service for
journalism, in giving it breadth and IN.
dependence and vigor; and above all
in lifting it up to a plane where it can,
when wisely directed. be of maximum
usefulness to the public, entities him
to the unbounded respect. not only of
the craft, but also of that large area
of miscellaneous humanity to which
American journalism daily ministers.
-<o---
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
TOLD BY THE STARS,
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus
The Tribune AstrOlOger.
Astroiabe cast: l.4i a. M, for Friday, Dec.
II, 1896.

&T { 81
A child born on this day will wonder
what the dear pupils think Of the school
board now.
The editor whose efforts bring in un-
pleasant callers has one consolation. The
man with club is indisputable evidence
that some one is reading the paper.
1t begins to look as though the fellow
who remarks '.ls 1t hot enough for yOu"''
will be in town before the arrival Of Sam
ia Claus.
Speaking of hypnotism. there seems no
reason why Mr.. WOrmser should not make
some of the other school controllers pick
cherries from the air ut any time.
The school board muddle. like sauer-
kraut, appears to gather strength with
age
Ajacchus' Advice.
Never put off until tomorrow that which
can ba done next week
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
SCRANTON, DECEMBER II. 1896.

We've got great many school chill
dren and others to think of besides the
parties Immediately interested said
School Controller Wormser Wednesday
night, in relation to the Booth-Howell
matter. 1t is too bad this wise thought
did not appear to strike the school
board earlier in the game.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
REAL ART.

"Pa, what is dramatic abilty?"
dramatic ability? Well. 1t is type
writer girls gift of looking sorry when
she hears that her employer Will nave
to stay at home a week with bad cold =
Chicago Record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11

Professor Coles. the ordinarily ami
able philosopher of Kingston, has de-
clared grim war on hypnotism. He pro-
nounces it the crowning curse of the
century and wants legislatures to pass
laws that shall both fine and confine
any and all persons who shall dare at
tempt the awful practice" We shall
pass the right of defense along to Pri-
vate Secretary Beamish.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
STRONG RECOMMENDATION.

a Glasgow grocer had to dismiss His
message boy for being lazy. Among the
applicants for the vacant post was the dis.
charged boys twin brother. When the
latter called at the shop to import his
application the grocer said. =! SHOULD be
afraid to take you ON unless yoi ,urn out
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11

class privilege Is the one thing which
now stands in WA of one-cent letter
postage. The latter could be adopted
with comparative confidence If there
We're not this continual and growing
deficit in the second-class column.
1t is clearly proper for legitimate
periodicals with bona fide subscription
lists to receive the benefits of mail
rate of one cent a pound. These bene-
fits in the main diffuse among the peo-
pie and to their existence no objection
is entered by the postal authorities. At
one cent pound it is believed that
the mail carriage of Most newspapers
and magazines would be, If not self-sus-
tanning, at least so nearly so as to i'm
pose small burden on the department.
The trouble all arises from fake eli
braries" whereby under the nominal
claim of periodical issuance, books.
catalogues and a vast mass of other
bulky printed matter are thrown as
dead weight on the postal system.
1t Is time this evil were remedied by
congress.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11

The written endorsement of Senator
Penrose by majority of the members
of the legislature from Philadelphia
would seell to dispose of the claim that
Mr. Penrose is persona non grata to
the city of his birth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11

another like your, brother. You're twins,
you see.''
Yes" replied the boy. but though we
are twins. I'm mar active than my BIRTH
er for wis born first" Er got the post.
-Sgattish NIGHTS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11

1t will not perhaps be in the nature
of a surprise to know that Hon. Chris
Magee does not subscribe to all the
propositions in Senator Quay's reply to
.lnaa
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11

Senator Mills proposition that Uncle
Sam sieze Cuba and hold it against
Spain until the Cubans themselves or
ganize and establish a stable govern
ment of their own Is virile, at least.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
THEIR MOTIVE.

From the Chicago Times-Heraih
The Philadelphia papers ar" unit IN
recognizing Uncle John Waramakers al
vertising fitness for any office to when nc
may aspire.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11

Whether Maceo has been killed or
not, Cuba's cause will win, for 1t is
just, and justice is not dependent on
any one man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11
A HORRIBLE EXAMPLE.

Thou, too, sail en-. oh. shin Of state.
Our hope when troubles veN US.
But, pryt'iee. 90 not emu'a.".
The manners of the Texas.
Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11

Senator Cullom's argument for Gu
ban Independence Is unanswerable on
moral grounds. but it still remains true
that the United States cannot recog-
nize a republic in Cuba until one exists
.bora