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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28
DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES
The Chicago sextet Preparing for
Meeting
An Attempt VIII be Made 10 Arrange
the Differences Existing
Between Them.

An adjourned meeting OF the six gentle
men chosen to represent the District de-
mocracy at the national convention in
July, and the six others elected as alter
mates, will be held tonight at the Office OF
Mr.. John Boyle Of the United Press, who
has been chosen temporary chairman of
the delegation. The chief purpose of the
meeting is announced to be the reception
and consideration of he report OF the COM
mittee on transportation, but it is expect
ed that vigorous efforts will be made to
harmonic the differences which now ex-
list among the members of it. When The
Evening Star published some time ago the
proceedings of the secret meeting held by
the democratic delegates at the Metropol-
itan Hotel it was declared 10y local DEM
Gcrats who had every right TO speak au-
thorltatively tnat 1--WE of the delegates
could be easily brought to agree on some
definite course to he followed now and
at Chicago, but that Mr.. George Killeen
declined to enter into any agreement seek
ing 10 control his individual action as d
delegate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28
STORY OF THE STORM.
Greatest Damage Was Within q
Three-MiIe Strip Along the river.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, May 2S.-When the sun
rose on ST. Louis and vicinity this morning
1t showed scene of terrible ruin and dis
in a mission of destruction. The damage
and destruction Of property will aggregate
many millions of dollars, but the exact
amount cannot be even estimated with any
degree of certainty. The terrible tornado
that caused this destruction struck the
city yesterday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28
FALLING OF A WALL.
A LabOrer at the Site of the Recent
Fire Injured

Steve Washington, colored laborer,
Whlle working In the ruins of the Louis
lana avenue fire, was badly injured this
afternoon by the failing Of a WALL which
had been weakened by the fire The la
borer was struck on the back by the fall
ing bricks. and partly buried beneath the
debris. He was taken out and carried
to the Emergency Hospital, where his in
juries were attended to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28

Saul's plant sale. Williams & Co.'S auc-
ton rooms corner 10th and Penna. ave-, to-
morrow, II am. and p.m.-Advt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28
A Law without His Signature.

The act granting an increase of pension
to Mrs. Helen NJ. Carroll has become a law
without the Presidents signature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28
Contractor WarflcId Fined

Contractor Warfeld was fined So In the
Police Court this afternoon for obstructing
South Capitol street with garbage carts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28
Fun Poked at the Five.

Since this announcement was made men,
bers of the Jeffersonian party here have
been polling a great deal of fun at the
five gentlemen who were thrown into such
pertrbcd state by the alleged stand
taken by Mr.. Killeen. They have been
asked many questions about their opinions
On such things as the democratic prin-
ciple of majority rules. and other direct
interrogatories have been leycled at them
until their lives have become somewhat Of
a burden. \ great deal of influence is be
ing brought to bear upon the members of
the delegation to settle upon the course
to be followed at Chicago, and the pre-
ponderance of democratic opinion seems to
be in favor OF having the delegation de-
eide that in case but two votes were al
lowed the District of Columbia by the con-
yention that each of the six delegates shall
cast one-third of one vote.
Effect of Continued DickerIng.
1t is said that an agreement of this kind
at this time would assure at least the ad-
mission to the convention of all six of the
delegates, while continued pickering might
cause The national committee to select two
of the delegation for places on the COM
mittee on credentials ard then influence
that committee and the convention itself
to coafine the representation from the Dis
trict TO the two thus selected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28

DIR. Frost of Dartmouth Dead.
DR.. c. P. Frost, dean of Dartmouth Med
ical College, Is dead
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28

others who are anxiousy inuu,ing for
news from the stricken city
senator vest was seen by a Star re-
porter. and said that he was in complete
,shoiance except from what he had seen
IN the newspapers He was endeayorinp "a
hard as possible to get soma news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28

We close at 1 O'Clock Decoration dayl
At the Candy Dept. tomorrow you can
buy 25c. Chocolates (all favorsl for lac.
pound.
At the Soda FCuntain-Crushed Straw
berries with Ice CIeam Soda. for Sc.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1896-02-10

nOCTCRA G. DE ARRAoTIA q
ruian0 4. rrieta, ha traeIadado su Cficiua
- bot 30, 10 a la Gale de San Sebaetiar
n1mero 46, altos. 16-3
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1896-02-10
Ano VI. II i'll. 1895
MARTlRES DEL ASMA!

odos los que afran dc tan penosa eneredad recoeno
la 1ectura del sig1ieAte tcstronlo:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04

ing the grain Kaffir corn to have the
same coefficients Of digestibillty as the
plant-lt certainly must be higher-we
would get from an l,752.8 pounds of di-
gestible organic matter. With an aver
age yield of twenty-five bushels of corn
(maize) per acre. we have: Water, 22l 2
pounds: fat. 54.7 pounds; fibre, 221
pounds; carbohydrates, 943 pounds; pro-
tein, IA pounds; ash. 14.7 pounds;
total product, for the acre, of 1,4OO
pounds, excluding the fodder produced.
Each ton of well-cured corn fodder
(stover) contains 868 pounds of digesti-
BILE organic matter. If we add to the
dlgestible fodder of an acre the digesti-
BILE corn produced, we have total of di-
gestible matter of 1,7528 pounds. Then
by comparing results we get in digesti-
BILE matter for the acre of Kaffir corn
grain and fodder-1,7 1928 pounds, as
against 842 pounds digestible corn and
fodder included with the corn--count-
ing one ton well-cured fodder per acre
Il, 71O pounds.
From the nature of the case, these
figures represent ations only.
Average yields nave been assumed, and
while the exact coefficients Of digesti-
bility for corn and corn fodder have
been taken, the digestibility of Kafir
corn grain, the most i'm portant consid-
GRAFTON, had to be assumed. Aside
from these peculiar conditions, some
conception Of the relative value of the
two crops may be gained from these CAL
culations.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04
Some Florida Products.

In speaking of the success of the Car
rabelle fair the Reporter after giving a
list of the diplomas awarded adds that
the following articles were shown:
''Corn in great variety, hay, fodder,
oats, rye, rice, broom corn, sorghum,
sugar cane, millet, sunfower seeds, nu-
merous kinds OF peas, beans, peanuts,
chufas, squash, Irish potatoes, beets,
carrots. turnips, rutabagas, radishes,
cAssava, onions. lettuce, mustard, cab
oage, caullti ,wer, celery, tomatoes. egg
plants, strawberries and peppers.
''Ehese were not scrawny specimens,
put in to fill up the list, but good, well
grown and merchantable produce, all
grown on pine land.
1.-The display Of canned fruits and veg
eta bles was fine and would do credit to
any section. These products, so varied,
abundant and fine. taken in connection
with the general display of Florida farm
and garden products, leave little else TO
be desired.
1.-THE freeze gave the people of this
section as severe blow as any people of
the State, as they were up to that time,
almost exclusively engaged in orange
culture. Nothing daunted by disaster,
they have faced the ficulty bravely
and are more than conquerors.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04
Shaping Orange Trees.

A correspondent of the Orlando Re-
porter makes the following suggestions
in reference to the important matter of
shaping orange trees. He says:
"The present seems a very important
lime for shaping the top of the coming
orange tree. If the shoots have come
nearer the ground from the body OF the
partially dead tree, or, as is often the
cas-, from the roots of the tree, and
are allowed to grow ram pant. the top
Will be too high from the ground, afford
ing a great purchase for heavy wind
storms always liable to occur.
When the nurseryman plants out
= y ung tree he always cuts the top back
TO the point where he wishes the limbs
to come out which are to make per-
manent comely top. Now the young
growth of the past season is essentially
the same AS u recently transp' anted tree,
and unless the tree is to be shaped by
the budding process, in the opinion Of
the writer these rank growths should be
severely cut back.
''The season of growth has already
arrived, and the cutting back should be
done that nothing be lost in the efforts
of nature to rehabiitate new and
shapely tree. In The opinion of many
intelligent and thinking people with
whom have conversed, the new growth
is likely to fruit as soon as though
budded again, and unless the character
of the fruit is to be changed, budding or
grating will be unnecessary.
1.-THE writer offers these suggestions
in spirit of inquiry, not as an oracle,
for orange growers in these parts are
seeking the right way out of the maze
in which all grove men find themselves.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04
Oranges Have Stomachs.

A mysterious disease which has at
tackled many orange trees in Florida has
been discovered to be indigestion. The
department of agriculture in it's Year
Book" pays special attention to dyspep-
tic oranges and describes the disease and
it's cure The cause is the same as tina t
which so often brings on dyspepsia in
human beings-overfeedin Excessive
cultivation and too much heterogeneous
manure affect the orange tree just as
too much table d'hote dinners affect Il
man. Instead Of looking pale and TAX
ing pepsin tablets, however, the orange
tree turns very dark green and a red
dish brown sap exudes from the twigs.
The tips turn up and shape themselves
into S-!ike curves. The fruit turns a
lemon yellow color before 1t is half ripe
and has very thick rind AS iC ripens,
the fruit splits open and becomes worth
less. The reddish. brown resin gets on
the fruit before it gets ripe and renders
it unstable.
Most of the diseases Of the orange trees
are due to lack of cultivation, and it. was
thought that tree would not Take more
nutrlment from the soil than it required.
This is not so, for the tree takes up all
it Can get and then, like small boy
who has eaten too m UGH plum pudding,
becomes sick. The dark green color
which the foliage assumes is very hand
some, but it means no oranges, or at
least none that are any good. The dis
ease is known as ''dieback," because the
twigs begin to die at the tips and then
gradually die back to the branches. To
cure the disease all that is required is to
withhold the fertilizer, but when the
disease has gone too far and gum peck
cts begin to form on the bark there is
no cure for it-New York World.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04

and thin to three feet at the second work
ing.
Plant the crop three times, from
February 90 to March 90. The object of
this is to have more chances as to the
best season. The earlier may encounter
drought in June, which might prevent
caring, and the later planting will have
the rains to further the development of
the crop.
After dropping the seed, throw on two
light burrows. In about ten days harrow
the field. If some of the spears are torn
up or covered, there is plenty left. This
narrowing will clean the ground, if done
when it is dry. This will put the crop
we'll ahead of the grass, etc. Later work
ing may be with a cultivator or even a
one-horse Acme harrow. Aim to work
the soil four inches deep at first, going
shallower afterwards, so as not to injure
the roots at any time.
The dryer the weather during a
drouth the oftener you should work
your corn crop, and then it will not suf-
fer There is always plenty of moisture
| in the soil if we do not allow it to escape
by evaporation.
| The Yellow Western is the earlier, but
the White Florida is the HEAVIER cropper.
There is an improved double caring
white variety offered by one of our Flor
ida seedsmen that is ahead of the com
mon white.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04

Journal, and will be of interest to nur
serymen and fruit growers generally:
From my own past experience | be-
lieve you are right. | have used for
years one inch root and five inch scion
for root grating, and strange to say in
an experiment ten years ago to test the
matter, I used one inch roots and five
inch scions. and from the same lot of
roots and scions some three inch root and
three inch scions. In the long rows thus
under test could see no difference zap
pie and pear) in the stand, but in the
case Of pears the shorter roots produced
the largest and best trees. Apples nearly
alike. l usually cut back very heavily,
but so far have not practiced such heroic
treatment as you suggest but as said
before, think you are right, and shall test
it here. If 1t is true, what grand result
your studies have led up to, and in any
case can only result 10 good"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04
Value of Kamr Corn.

Prot George L. Hotter, chemist to the
Oklahoma Experiment Station, writes;
mot very much has been done with
Kaffir corn to determine it's value as ID
food product. Analyses made from the
whole plant, sampled at the time the
crop was harvested, give the following
results: Water, 1918 per cent; fat, O78
per cent; fibre. 616 per cent; carbohy-
drates, 11.96 per cent; protein, 3 % per
cent; ash, It's per cent. Given total
yield Of five and half tons per acre,
we should get: Water, 8,3743 pounds;
fat. IS pounds; dbre, 677.6 pounds;car-
bohydrates, 1855 pounds; protein,
3542; ash, 1925. This, of course, is
calculated from the green fodder as a
basis.
1.-THE value of food product is not
determined by the number of pounds
yielded per acre, but the amount of di-
gestible material produced. Assum-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04
Corn Culture in Florida.

A correspondent of the Times Union
says:
Heavier crops, of course, can be raised
on first.class land than on poor, sandy
soils. But even on the light soil, where
there can be considerable growth of
grass and weeds plowed under early in
the season, a fair crop OF corn can be
raised. Don't despair if your land is
high, dry pine land, but turn under a
good coating of vegetable growth and
work the crop often, and you can raise
your own corn crop.
plow all the ground before laying out
to plant Then it all becomes solid and
the matter plowed under is in state to
feed the crop also harrow the ground,
then lay off with one-horse pillow, if to
be planted by hand, the rows to be four
feet apart, and only one stalk in place
about three feet apart. Drop or drill
the seed about twice as thick as this,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04
Something About Root Grating.

Mr.. FL. M. Stringfellow, of Galveston,
Texas, a we'll known fruit grower of that
section, advocates using very short roots
in root grating and wrote to that effect
to Mr.. Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa,
Cal. The following is Mr.. Burbank's
reply as rlnted in the Golden, Ills }
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04

Spot the Or0akers.
Just at this time there is perhaps no
section of the State of Florida that is not
overrun with croakers-that delightful
class of people who would if they could
remove the ruler of the universe because
each individual of them had not been
consulted as to the exact time the sun
was to rise and set, and just what tunes
the birds were to sing in the morning,
at noon and night. Florida has had and
is having most satisfactory immigra-
tion within her borders, and there are
among her population number of
croakers, scattered so as to put few in
every community, and they are as in
dustrious as bee in a tar bucket, and
the burden of their song is the predic-
tlon of failure for the new corners to the
State. Failures themselves, they can see
no possibility for the success of others.
If they were half as industrious in their
efforts to build up the State they would
win monuments of stone and statues of
brass. But alas, they are not built that
way!
Let us hope that those new corners to
the State when accosted by the profess
sional croakers go right on in the even
tenor Of their way, paying 90 attention
to such rubbish. The soil in Florida is
productive, and his fact has been dem
onstrated thousands of times. What is
needed in Florida to make not only 8
good living, but something to put away,
is energy and determination to over
come whatever difficulties may arise.
All of which is necessary in any country.
florida has thousands of inducements
to offer the people in the cold and bleak
North and West 1t has productive lands.
1t has good ciimate-one in which a
man can do outdoor work 800 days in
the year and ~ miss gong tr church ID
sing e Sunday. H c.u grow as great a
vArletN OF crops her" as III any State
in tie uui n. h d as uUch 10 the acre as
m),t 1T tn m. and when tie average is
go ten at II will be 10 the credit Of
Florida.
The Spring regrets the necessity of
this plain talk. Oar neople ought to be
ashamed to dlscredit the State of their
nativity or adoption in the way some Of
them have. We are here, all of us, to
make a living in the best and easiest
way possible. Let our energies be turned
in that direction and leave off chickering's
and efforts to dlssatisfy those who come
to make their home among us. Let us
defend our country with our money,
our time and our best energies. If the
people but do their duty, Florida's soil
will respond in a way that will give to all
q handsome living and good surplus.
Few states are doing better.-Green Cove
Spring.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-24
The Cause Of Rhoumatism

The cause OF rheumatism Is tactic acid in
he blood. To this acid are due the aches
and pains, the swollen joints, the sharp,
ogoniIing twingcs. Rheumatism affects
Is limbs, arms, back and hips, causing
misery day and night; stiffness Of the
Joints, lameness, swellings, agony. Rheu-
matism an be cured only by purifying the
blood. Don waste time and money on
liniments OF . her applications. Do not
daily with unknown medicines. Cure
rheumatism at once, surely, safely,
promptly, permanently, by purifying
The blood with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Thousands of cures of this and other
blood diseases conclmively prove
that Hoods Sarsaparilla has wonderful
curative power. The great merit of Hoods
6arsaparilla has given It the first place
among medicines. It is the reason for its
wonderful cures. It Is the explanation of
It's enormous sales. Hoods Sarsaparilla
stands not only upon its record of cures in
the past, though this Is unequalled by any
cher medicine, but 1t is today curing
thousands of cases OF catarrh, rheumatism,
acrofnla, dyspepsia and many other blood
diseases. II 70 today the medicine which
the people take to give them health,
strength, pure blood, good appetite and
digestive power.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-24
A Market for Toads in ENGLAND

"A Market TOT VOaOS IN England.
Toads are sold In London and IN
many other parts of England at six.
pence dozen.
OF all the means Of Kidding an in
tested garden Of slugs and other pests
there Is nothing to touch judicious
regiment of toads. They will keep the
worst garden clear of insect ene,7.cs
for any length Of time; and, in view
Of this, the toad trade has sprung up.
At evening the toad catchers set out;
and along the banks of streams and
under hedgegrows they find the little
brown slug killers, walking solemnly
In straight lines, on the prowl for
worms and beetles. The willy catcher
lifts them one by one, and slows them
in his sack; and. II he knows anything
Of the ways Of wild things. he will FIJI
all his receptacles in an hour. Three
or four dozen may be taken in an even
:ag almost anywhere-even on Hamp-
stead Heath. Florists and private peo-
pie with large gardens buy the toads
at sixpence a dozen.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-24
TRAGIC WINTER.
Memories Of the Terrible Storm I.
South Dakota Six teen Years Ago.

Memories Of the Terrible Storm 1,
eouth Dakota Sixteen Years Ago.
According to certain, weather wise.
acres In the Northwest the coming
winter viii be an unusually severe one
in that region. It IL to be hoped. how.
ever. that no such winter as that of
1880 In South Dakota will ever again
visit that State. The story Of that
time is full Of interest. especially to
those unfamiliar with It's details.
Wednesday, Oct. IL, 1880. was in
Southern Dakota q typical northwest.
ern fall day. Rain fell during the
day. The next day the weather was
rather pleasant. but threatening. Fri.
day. the 10Th, change occurred, and
snow began to fall. This continued
almost steadily until the following Sun
day night when 1t cleared Oh. Mon
day snow again fell, and from that
time on snow storms were of frequent
occurrence during the whole winter.
On Nov. 10 the Ice which had been
running for some time in the Missouri
river suddenly formed an ice bridge,
and became 20 solid during the night
that crossings could be made With
safety the following day. As the re.
suit Of the almost constant fall OF
snow and high winds huge drifts were
formed, some Of them from 20 to 30
feet deep. In many places fences and
trees were buried completely out Of
sight and only the tops Of telegraph
poles were visible. This necessitated
In some instances the propping up OF
the wires to keep them out Of the snow
In the new portions Of the territory
there were few herds Of cattle, but In
the southern counties thousands OF
animals persisted. Along the Mis-
souri, river hundreds Of deer. antelope
and other wild game became foun
dered in the vast drifts, and were kill
ed, clubs in many Instances being thu
instruments Of destruction. All the
railroads were blockaded and some OF
them did not begin operations agaiL
until the following June.
So great was the quantity Of snow
and moisture that fell during the win
ter that every lake bed was filled t.
the brim. The result was that crops
for several seasons following vert
enormous. But the hardships expert
enced by the settlers on the prairie
and the Inhabitants of the prairie
towns was Insignificant compared with
the disasters which befell the resi-
dents Of the towns along the Mis-
souri, river when the foods came the
following spring. Since the spring of
1SG2 the spring 'break up" of the
Missouri river had not been attended
with any disaster save in isola ted
cases, and 1t was therefore not strange
that the settlers on the bottoms had
been lulled into false sense of secur.
ity. and regarded the stories handed
down In regard to great foundations
OF the past as the mere vaporings OF
chronic exaggerators. But it was a
terrible awakening, and for ten days
the Missouri river valley for hundreds
Of miles was covered with q seeth-
ing torrent OF water and ice which
brought ruin to thousands and death
to scores.