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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-16


at the present time. He actually stated
that it was so cold there that nothing
but the Smooth Cayenne would grow.
What statement for pineapple
grower to make. He should know that
the temperature varies but few de-
grees between summer and winter, the
islanders say 65 degrees in winter and
IS degrees in summer, and of course
frost is never known. To say the least
he is not very observing for man who
has visited the islands several times. I
wonder if he did not lose his bearings
and land in country further north for
as he says it was so cold there.
Although did not connect Mr..
Wright's name with it, the importation
of plants it seems to be sore subject
with him. In fact it seems to haunt
him so that he cannot refrain from re-
ferring to it. would therefore like the
privilege of saying a few words regard
ing it, How ridiculous to suppose that
which are alive today, would have the
effect OF cutting the price of good home
grown plants in two. Why not state the
case as it is and say that it is the quality
not the price that has been cut in two.
The only effect that the importation has
had has been to show the superiority of
good, fresh home grown sucker over a
partly decayed foreign plant. Notwlth-
standing the efforts Of some dealers to
gain small part Of the trade by intro.
ducing inferior planes at a reduced fig
ure the price OF good Smooth Cayenne
sucker of standard size and quality COM
mands as high price as it did just pre-
vious to the freeze and they are sold as
fast as they are produced. The price is
regulated as it always has been and al
ways will be by the supply and demand.
1 have on several occasions been called
upon to furnish plants to replace these
died out foreign plants. If they were
always sold for just what they are it
would not be so bad but here is an in
stance. One party writes that he
bought some plants of a dealer Il will
not mention his name) and he guaran-
teed them to be home grown but they
afterwards proved to be foreign grown
and one half of them soon died and the
dealer refused to replace them. After
ordering some plants to supply the de-
fciency he again wrote me that man
who sold me those plants and who does
so much writing for free advertising
ought to be kicked out of the business.
Thus it will be seen that the surviving
plants cost twice the advertised price
and more than a home grown sucker.
This is one way of reducing the price
most people would say the quality of
plants-a fine transaction for man who
processes to be reputable dealer.
There is another way of "cutting the
price in two," or rather the quality.
We see advertisements such as ''Cheap
pineapple plants" most strictly 81 pine
apple plants or an advertisement simply
stating the price, an apparently low one.
I have seen three plants taken from the
parent plant when only six TO eight
inches long and of course very imma-
ture and they are offered as frst-class
plants at greatly reduced rate. It is
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-16
The Potash Question.

The better the of Potash understood the better
the results of farming Crop failures be prevented by
using fertilizers containing large percentage of Potash;
plant grow without Potash.
We have little
like eanda
Nassau New York.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03
INSULT TO INJURY.
Rejected Lover Was Afraid It Was to Be
 Added.

Added.
 q prize your friendship very highly. MT. Spoonamore,' the young woman said, with profound compassion in her manner, according to Titbits, ''but I have examined my own heart and it grieves me to have to say that any closer tie between us is impossible. It can never be. If you could know the pain it causes me to-"
 'The pain it causes you!" he echoed. "What do you know of pain, Miss Me Ginnis? Listen! Asleep or awake, for five long weeks your image has been constantly before me. You have oc- cupied all my thoughts, filled my heart and destroyed my appetite! I have ceased to take interest ill the ordinary affairs of life. Devotion like mine would move the heart of a cast-iron statue; it eXcites orly your pity. And you tell me that it can never be- Friends" he exclaimed with increasing bitterness. Friends! Will friendship restore to his normal condition a wretched being whose flesh has wasted away till even his washerwoman doesn't know him 2"
 T am sorry Mr. Spoonamore," re- sponded the young woman, gently, her fingers straying in a mechanical way over the piano, but it is all I can offer you. And if"
 Maud McGinnis!" he gasped, wild light dilating his eyes, TT can bear the pain of your refusal, but do not, do not add insult to injury; do not spurn me from your presence to the tune of Get Your Hair Cut"
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03
HYPNOTlZED AND BURIED.
Morbid Londoners Are Witnesses Of z
 Most Revolting Spectacle.

Morbid sentiment has apparently reached it's height in England in a recent hypnotic exhibition at the Royal aqua- rum, at which the subject was liter ally buried alive and allowed to remain so for six days, declares the New York World. The hypnotized man was sealed up in a stout casket, and, in the pres ence of the spectators, lowered into a grave nine feet deep.
 The lid of the casket was furnished with an aperture, and this connected with the shaft which led to the surface, making respiration possible, and also enabling spectators to view the face of the buried man.
 At least seven feet of earth were shov- eled on top of the coffin, and for the period of six days it was not dis turbed.
 On the seventh day the casket was dug up in the presence of large crowd. The man when awakened was apparent ly none the worse for his experience.
 The London Lancet, which prints the account of the distressing spectacle, comments on it, saying:
 Ut is difficult to imagine more re- volting experiment than this. Even granting that these frances have any use whatever-which we ourselves fail to admit-there can be no possible ex- cuse for making them more horrible than they already are by burying the man.
 "Any experiment it was desired to perform could have been done equally well by sealing the man up in the bo>; without going through the details of burying him and digging him up again. Moreover, under such circumstances, it is impossible to give him aid quickly should he need it, and, although acci- dents may be rare in hypnotism, their possibility is by no means to be neg lected"
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03
CELTIC CivILITY.
It Is Manifested in the Most Ordinary
 Conversations.

It Is Manifested in the Most Ordinary
 Conversations.
 The gift of the Irish peasant for making expressive and humorous phrases is not by any means fiction of literature. The use of "pat" phrases is natural to him.
 A clerical traveller in Cavan not long ago asked peasant how far it was to a certain village and was answered.: "Two miles.
 ''What! Only two miles?" said the traveller, who had before traversed the distance and found it a long road.
 ''Well, your reverence" answered the peasant, Sit is two miles shtrong and rich, so to spake!
 A somewhat similar story is told by one of Lord Zetiand's party, who were making inquiries into the condition of a distressed district. They were cross ing a lake; gale was blowing and waves were flashing over the boat.
 The gentleman referred to had been assured that an Irish peasant, if treated well, will always agree with what is said to him rather than appear disagree able. It struck the gentleman that here was good chance to put the assertion to the proof.
 "There is very little wind, Pat," he said to one of the boatmen.
 The answer came through the howl ing of the elements:
 ''Very little, indade, yer honor, but fwhat there is is moighty shtrongl"
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03

EOR sAIE-A first-class imported percheron
 H stallion, pedigree to be seen at our office
 Also several young draft horses ranging in weight. twelve to fourteen hundred pounds, as well, several young driving horses, fine stock bargains can be had if take at once.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03
Notice of Hearing Petition.

In the Probate Court of the County of Mari copa, Territory of Arizona.
 In the matter of the estate of Henry Garfias, deceased. Notice of hearing petition. Notice is hereby given that J. L. Redon- do has filed in this court his petition praying for the proof and probate of the will of said deceased and the issuance thereon of Letters of Administration with the will an nexed and that the same will be heard on Saturday. the sixth day of May, A. D., 1896, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day at the courtroom of said court. in Phoenix, County of Maricopa Territory of Arizona, and all persons interested ln said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted. Dated May 26 1896.
 c. w. GROUSE
 Clerk. [Date offrst publication May P. 1S96.l
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03

TYR. D. M. PURMAN-Ofhce Cor. Adams and u Center Sts. Office hours to 10 g. m ., and to and 7to 8 p. m. Diseases of women. Night calls left at DeWitt's hack stand will receive prompt attention.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03
OOOCIrY LOTS. 5Oxl371a feet, five minutes sOlWl walk from court house, no street car

OOOCIrY LOTS. 5oxla7a feet, five minutes CUU walk from court house. no street car req uired. First-class streets and avenues. Every lot elegantly situated and perfect. no ravines or broken lands, and each covered with a luxuriant growth of alfalfa, (meadow) are now in our hands at prices that simply defy competition and can never be duplicated in Phoenix, viz: At, from s60 to slOO each OF the installment plan, monthly payments of $10 each. We address ourselves particularly to people paying rent, exhorbitant rents, for poor Accommodations both in houses and rooms, every dollar of which is that of a practical waste when paid by the permanent settler. This offer cannot last long. Hence, to the renter of houses and rooms we say-COME AND SEE US you are now wasting from SIP to s20 per month in rent, buy family tent and live on your own property until you decide later on to build or sell your lot at big ad- vance. thus saving not only money. but owning 8 lovely home for what, otherwise woIld go 10 a landlord This information isan ''angePs visit" to the saving wife ana pointer to the indns- trious young man and lady working for a monthly wage. Send this paper to your east ern friends. It's good thiro.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03

DR.TF. CHILDs-Physician and Surgeon U Present location, 20 North Second Ave Office hours, 10 to 12 a. m. ? to and to D. m. All diseases treated scientifically Diagnosis a specially. Prompt attention to night calls.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03
SueZ Canal Profits.

The Suez canal represents at present a clear profit income of over z e1,600,000 q year, and this, too, means saving to the commerce between east and west of over e2,000,000 year. Its political and military value is somewhat problemat- ical, since the sinking of a single ship or dredger would render it impossible.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03

TYR. ANGEL MARTIN, diseases of eye, ear, Offce-S. E. cor. Adams and Center Sts
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03

TYR. VIM. DUFtIELD- Graduate of the Uni. u versity of Pennsylvania. General practice. Special methods and apparatus for diseases of throat and lungs. Pneumatic differentiation, steam creosote, etc etc. Office and residence, 2S s. Second Ave-
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03

DR. PHILP-Ofice and residence, 2S s Sec u ond avenue. Speciality: n-surgical
 treatment diseases of women. Hours to Il m 2 to 4 D. m. and D. m
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03

TT s. Government lands and information ill
 U. detail governing the same. Golden Op- portunities to secure 3l0 acres or less Of the finest lands in the word two crops each year) at cost not to exceed s15 per acres with per petual water rights. This can last but few months at most when prices will advance over those at the present. time asked by canal com panies which is s20 per acre.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03
AL

TYR. A. w. COTTRELL-Oficea and residence
 U IAN. Center St., over Chamber of Com merce and M. & P R. R., office. Day or night Office hours g to 12 a. m., to and 6 to ID. m. No. 12S.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03

Lots in Montgomery Addition $50 and upward Lots in Capitol Addition $2OO and upward.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-03

MRs. A. J. sMITH-Clsirvoyan medium IM and magnetic healer. Tells past, present and future. Locates mines Letters answered. Will hold seances or give treatments at homes. Card reading, 5Cc. "A South Third street.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-18
INVASION BY JAPAN.

The San Francisco Journal of Com- merce says editorially: It looks as if the Japanese were going to get a strong hold in this country, to mako the United States the chief outlet for their products.
 The tea that we used to get from Japan was excellent; but Americans in America wanted more fer their money. and American shippers in Japan have lowered the cost. They had to take poor tea, weight it with gypsum or stone powder, color it with Prllssian Blue to "beautify it'-which makes poor tea even worse.
 In this way inlna ense profits have been made at the expense Of the Amer ican public, and likewise, at the ex- pense Of the Japanese producer. whose interest it is to have tine best tea con- sumed, because people will like it, and so want more. Good tea increases the consumption of tea, wilFia poor tea, weighted and colored, tends to decrease the consumption.
 The American shippers stand be- tween the interest of American con- sumers and the Japanese growers. The Japanese government seems to be quite aware of this, and, at the Worlds Fair spent thousands of dollars showing America that we were not (and are notl using real Japanese tea at all.
 We shall watch the proceedings with interest; for it will be good thing for the country to use good tea, and great thing for San Francisco. which, because of climate, harbor and trade facilities, is the natural tea-port of the United States
Arizona republican., 1896-06-18
PARK THEATER.

Lady Audleys Secret" is drawing big houses at the park theater, the company is working smoothly together and is giving a good performance of the play. The specialties by members of the company at the end of the play are much appreciated and gain much applause. Tonight will be given the third of the social dances given here. They are we'll attended and much en- joyed. Next Monday Evans & Hoyes' great success, "A Parlor Match" will be produced, with a number of new speeialties, will be introduced.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-18
INTRODUCTORY SESSION.
The Convention Was Slow in Conlins
 to Order.

ST. LOUIS, June 17.-Temporary Chairman Fairbanks was obliged to hammer vigorously when twenty min utes before eleven he attempted to quell the tumut into work and order.
 On the platform at his left stood Mark Hanna, the focus of every eye; beside him with friendly hand on his shoulder and pouring condolences into Hanna's ear, was Carter of Montana, the retiring chairman of the National committee.
 For five minutes Fairbanks rested on his oars, while the ushers perspired in futile attempts to persuade or compel compliance with the chai1nan's re- quest. Then in a voice which hardly projected itself to the center of the pit, Fairbanks said: 'FThe convention will be in order"
 The convention was in comparative good order upon the introduction of Dr. Wilbur Williams, pastor of the Union M. D. church of St. Louis, who
Arizona republican., 1896-06-18

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Arizona republican., 1896-06-18
Two Hundred and Fifty
 Lost.
A Collision Off the Coast of
 France.
Only Two Survivors Have Thus Far Been Recovered From
 the Sea.

BREST, France, June i7.-The Brit ish steamer Drummond Castle, Cap tain N. M. Pierie, from Cape Town, for London, collided at midnight with an unknown steamer and sank three min utes later with IA passengers and 103 officers and crew on board.
 Two men were picked up floating on small wreckage by fishermen of Ush- ant, at which point the steamer went down. V
 It is hoped some of the passengers and crew escaped in boats.
 The Drummond Castle belonged to the famous Castle line of steamers running between South Africa and London.
 The fate of the other steamer Is un- known,
Arizona republican., 1896-06-18

BIRD TRAGEDY.
Startling Accidentally Collides with and
 Kills a Rock Tn Rs;dafr.

Startling Accidentally CoEfde5 with ana
 Kills Rock Tn hs;dair.
 James Carter, of Masham, Iorks, Eng land, reports Q happening 10 the London Field the like of which seldom CT never was observed before. In over 25 vol umes of well-known sportesmen's newspaper a similar incident has not been reported.
 The Field says that "a starling, fly ing swiftly from it's nest, collided with a passing rock, and the starling's beak penetrated the head of the rock, causing instant death.' Hawks, of course, often strike their game in midair and kill it, but in that case the collision is inten- tional. During the migrating periods birds are often killed and maimed by flying against unseen obstacles at night, as telegraph wires or high waterfalls. Many ducks and geese fly up stream into the Niagara falls every year, but the like of this incident is not recorded.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-18

employed in picking and preparing the fruit for market and business has been kept from stagnating in many cases by the activity in fruit.
 s. B. Stoner and family will leave on the next excursion to the coast to spend the heated season in Los An geles and the contiguous resorts.
 Mrs. H. A. Hammels left last week for Cincinnati, Ohio, to spend the sum- mer
 W. s. Baldwin received the sad in- telligence last week that his father was in a very critical condition and not eX- pected to live. He will start for Chi cago as soon as he can settle his af- fairs. He has leased his place to A. Humphrey.
 Bee men in this section are making more honey in pound sections this year than heretofore, the market for that style appearing more promising than for the extracted.
 Mrs. c. T. Hirst expects to leave on the next coast excursion to spend the summer at her old home.
 Washington lodge No. 16, l. o. o. F., held it's regular meeting last night. This lodge is increasing in member ship steadily.
 Road Overseer Hammels has begun strawing the avenue beyond Water melon Smiths. He expects to do a great deal of this work this summer if enough volunteers offer their services. Don't burn your straw. Put in on the roads. It will mean dollars for you.
 UUCERNE.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-18
IS FOR GOLD Platform Of the Repub-
 lican Party. Report of the Committee on
 Resolutions. Thurston Chosen Per- manent Chairman. His Speech Has Not a SiIvery
 Jingle, Skirmishin9 over Minor Matters for the Selection of Mckinley Is Now without a Doubt.
His Speech Has Not a SiIvery
 Jingle,

SOUTHERN HOTEL, ST. LOUIS, June 17.-(Special Dispatch to The Re publican 1.-The campaign will assured ly be battle of the money metals-a gold standard versus a silver standard. When after much careful consideration the Mckinley managers decided to in sert gold in the platform and make a definite declaration rsl congratulated themselves that they had at the same time deftly cut the ground from under the proposed coalition of the gold and the silver extremists to introduce ob- structive tactics in the convention. It is safe to say that this threatened CO., alition was the prime cause for the formal, though late decision to make the platform definitely favorable to the gold standard. As for Marcus Aurelius Hanna, at first he would and then he wouldn't, or like the coy maiden of historic renown, saying he wouldn't consent, consented. This concession on the part of Hanna did not come, however, until McKinley's western friends had insisted upon mak- ing the platform a gold one. These friends were H. H. Kohlsaat of Chi cago, ex-Governor Merriam of Minne- sota, Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland, and several others, and even this re- suit was planned by Hanna, who inti- mated that the action would come with better grace from the western adher- ents than from the eastern ones and look less like concession to Wall street. Hanna did not give his formal consent until the following day, Sat urday, after Senator Foraker, Gov ernor Bushnell and General Grosvenor of Ohio, had canvassed and approved the gold platform. These are the ex- act facts of the platform situation as told by members of both conferences to Manning and Bennett, of the Man hattan," New York, who have been closer to the inside sources of informa- tion than any other correspondents.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-18
THURSTON'S SPEECH.
How the Permanent Chairman Accent
 ed the Honor.

Permanent Chairman John M. Thurs ton was cheered heartily as he took the chair He said, in part:
 "Gentlemen of the convention. this happy memory of your kindness and confidence will abide in my grateful memory forever. My sole ambition is to meet your expectations, and I pledge myself to exercise the important pow CTS of this high office with absolute fmpartiality. Eight years ago had the distinguished honor to preside over the convention which nominated the last Republican president of the United States. Today I have the further dis tinguished honor ito preside over the convention which is to nominate the next president of the United States. This generation has its object lesson and the doom of the Democracy is al ready pronounced. The American peo- pie will return the Republican party to power because they know what it's ad- ministration will mean. The suprem- acy of the constitution of the United States, maintenance of the law, the protection of the American citizen in his right to live, labor and vote, wig orous foreign policy, the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine, restoration of our merchant marine, safety under the stars and stripes of every sea and in every port, revenue adequate for all government expenditures and the grad ual eXtinguishment of the National debt, currency as sound as the gov ernment and as untarnished as it's honor, whose dollars, whether of gold. silver or paper, shall have equal pur- chasing and debt paying power, and will be the best dollars of the civil ized world, protective tariff which protects, coupled with reciprocity which reciprocates by securing the