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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-08

The story that has come out about
the origin of Ballington Booths quarrel
with his father will, if verified, have an
i'll effect upon American confidence in
Salvation Army methods. 1t is charged
that General Booth demanded that a
large amount of money. raised in this
country and set aside for the relit of
sick or superannuated soldiers of the
American corps, be sent to London for
Booth would not agree to the transfer
and the attempt to remove him followed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-08

A ST. PAUL jury has fixed the market
price OF kisses at $1.75 each, whereas in
Massach usetts, it is understood, kisses
are going begging at a premium for
purchasers Is the Interstate commerce
law operating to Offset the law OF supply
and demand?
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Oranges
(Cltrus trifohiata.)

DUT your buds in this stock and be prepared
Il for freeze Has endured Is degrees below
zero under the seYerest conditions.
Hea1thiest, Hardest Stock Known.
Is now being used largely for budding in the
localities injured by cold the past winter.
Wehave large stock in the finest condition;
can book your orders now and reserve stock
until wanted. Any size. one to five feet Grown
on pine land.
PRICE: $3.50 per 100, $40 per 1000 OBJ.
cash with order. If wanted held for later plant,
ing, One-thrd cash with ORDER balance when
shipped.
We also have large stock of choice Shi ubs,
Plants. Bulbs, etc., specially valuable for Florida
planting, all at the lowest prices; one-third to
one-half less than others. Beautifully illustrated
catalogue f5ree
PIKE & ELLSWORTH,
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The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20

gregating AZ, 466 tons, were built prior 10
1880 two being built in 1869, and may,
therefore, be elassed as back-numbe bers. OF
the remaining seven armored ships of
81. .432 tons, only two have been launched
since $780, The armor-piercing guns of
these seven ships consists of sixteen II
inch and twelve 12H-inch guns. The
larger caliber, weighing 100 to los tons,
have penetration OF 80 to 81 inches OF
iron at the muzzle, while the 13-inch gun
in our navy, weighing only 601z tons, will
penetrate go inches of iron. Monster guns
are no longer built in any country for use
on board ships, and the tendency is to re-
duce the cal1bers to II inches and less,
and all the 17-inch guns in the Italian
navy are to be replaced with 10-inch rifles.
When the question of coast-defense YES
sells is. considered, the United States is
better off than any of the other naval
powers. In the Puritan, Monterey and
four of the Monadnock class England has
nothing to compare with these monitors.
The coast-defense fleet of Great Britain is
chiefly com posed of antiquated ironclads
no longer seaworthy, and there are at least
thirteen carried on the list of battle-ships
whose proper place is in the so-called
coast-defense class, while such armored
cruisers as the Warrior, Black Prince,
Minotaur, Achilles, Agincourt and North
um berland, built between 1860 and 1886.
have long outlived their usefulness and
should be classed as coast-defenders with
the other old iron.
The coast-defense vessels of France are
likewise a sorry lot with most formidable
The al uossaIS IS 4c00
500 tons are limitations of the American
monitor, to which have been added
enormous superstructures, while the
smaller craft are only armored gunboats.
Russia's coast defense appears to be
composed of failures relegated to retire
ment in the Black Sea. As for Germany,
her coast-defense feet consists entirely of
small armored gunboats built between
1876 and 1881.
With modern guns the eight monitors
of the Camanche class and five of the Pas
sale class could ably defend our harbors
against attacks from the most formidable
sea-going batrle-ships.
In protected cruisers, it will be noted,
the United States comes ahead of Russia
and Germany, and in unprotected cruisers
we Iedu Russia anu 1taly. IN Tor IpedO-
vessels the United States is sadly deficient,
and signally so in torpedo-boat destroyers
and torpedo-boats. OF the two latter
types a small beginning is now being
made, but it will take many years, unless
a war scare comes up. before our list will
compare approximately in number with
those abroad.
And still navy building is brisk all over
the world, as will be seen from the follow
ing table OF the several classes of ships un-
der construction:
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20

This apparent naval superiority of
Germany and Italy over the United States
is more imaginary than real, as an an
alysis of the individual armored fleets
will show. The battle-ships and armored
cruisers of the United States are of quite
the newest build, the oldest only four
years in the water, and they are at least
equal to similar ships of other navies of
recent build. In the German navy nine
of the twenty-oae battle-ships were built
prior to 1880 and are obsolete in design
and deficient IN armor and armament.
The twelve comparatively new ships
range from 3440 to 1874 tons and aggre-
gate only 68, 728 tons, an average of 5727
tons, against the average of our ships of
S772 tons. The heaviest guns on the Ger
man armored ships are only II inches,
while our battle-ships carry Is and II inch
guns. Being smaller, the German ships
have of necessity thinner armoT and less
coal-carrying capacity, which, coupled
with lighter guns, would place them at a
disadvantage with the American feet.
As for Italy, six of the battle-ships, ag.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20
Gold and Its Uses.

II the average reader or thinker will
devote few minutes to the. subject of
gold and it's uses, and how much of it an
nuaily disappears by wear, leaving no
possible trace, he will find himself in
volved in some extremely interesting CAL
cuIations. Ii some genius would only in
vent power strong enough to attract to it
tine millions OF invisible particles that
have and are constantly being worn off
the various articles composed of that
m etal what an immense amount would be
recovered
Where do these particles go2 Here,
there, everywhere, in your house, on the
streets, in the banks, business houses,
stores and wherever man goes. As an
instance of this the following is cited:
There is at present veritable gold mine
being worked in an old watch-case factory
in Brooklyn. 1t occurred to the new
purchasers of this property that during
the long years OF manufacturing of gold
watch cases that took place there, large
quantity of gold particles must have been
absorbed by the flooring, walls, furnace
chimney, etc. So they went Carefully to
work and tore the old building down bit
by bit. and burnt and crushed the material.
afterward assaying the ashes. So far
something like $50 900 has been recovered.
Say an ounce OF this lost gold were re.
covered. II we melted it down and gilded
fine silver wire it would extend more
than 1900 miles; or, if nineteen ounces
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20

wraps, and moving about disturbing one
another. But up here in the top gallery
the trance is not broken. There is yet the
epilogue to be spoken, and when at last it
all ends happily, and when the hard old
man has repented and given his consent
to the union of hero and heroine, and the
low comedy man has uttered his last gag,
the expression of supreme happiness and
contentment that settles down upon the
faces of my friends in the top gallery, is
something far more pleasing to me than
even the foiling of the villain. 1 have
passed an enhancing evening, have wit
messed play that not everybody takes the
trouble to see. and l know that my friends,
the gallery gods, are the better citizens.
the truer men and women, for the chords
that have been struck upon emotions and
sentiments that work-s-day world soon
dulls and extinguishes.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20

were recovered (Which in the form of q
cube would be, about one and quarter
inches square, il would gid a wire long
enough to compass the whole earth like q
hoop.
If you pick up goldleaf. such as is used
for gliding purposes, il becomes curiosity
in your eyes when you realize that seventy
five square inches of it weigh only one
grain. Now the thousandth part of line
or inch is easily visible through common
pocEet-glass. Hence it follows that when
gold is reduced to the thinness of gold
leaf, 1-50, 100 900 of grain of gold may be
distinguished by the eye. But it is claimed
that 1-14o, 600, 600 of grain of gold may be
rendered visible.
Large quantities of gold are used In
gliding portions of exteriors of public and
private buildings. For instance. if we
take the Church of st. Isaac at st. Peters
burg, we find that it required the use of
247 pounds OF gold TO gid its five crosses.
They can be seen glittering at distance
of twenty-seven mIles.-Harper's Round
Table.
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only the sentiment OF the play be right
and there is enough acting to satisfy
the somewhat critical taste of the true
connoisseurs of the melodrama. OF course
the villain must be ioiled at last, or the
top gallery, Sc rule, viii thin out before
the week Is over. And there must be
nothing mawkish about the sentimental
scenes in the play, for those who sit in the
top gallery may turn from gods TO de-
mons, and long, low hiss from the gallery
is as effective as from any other part Of
the house. The pathos must be measured
carefully, and must be of an intensely
human kind, or else instead of tears there
is liable to be laughter in the gallery.
What pleases most of these gallery gods
is the old Milton Noble or Dion Bouci-
cault five-act drama, with a sure enough
villain always on the trail Of the fair hero
inc and the brave and gallant hero until
the last scene in the last act. You do
the gallery god an injustice, however, if
YOU think he revels only in vulgar gore
and low comedy. His only demand is that
the play be one of genuine human inter
est and that the language be outspoken
and clear. He hates paradoxes and has
no stomach Tor the subtleties ofexpression
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20

The srmored tonnage in course nf con-
struction in the several countries is as
follows: England. 169 050; France. So, ,019 |;
Russia, 139. 63s; Germany. 34,010; Italy,
5S, $50; United States, S0.560.
The only weak spot of our naval defense
is in the lack of guns, and especially
ouick-hring of 6-inch caliber and down
ward. In foreign navies The quick-frer is
being rapidly installed. thus incre asing
the efficiency of the vessels at least three
times 1t takes apparently as much time
to build the guns as it does 10 construct
the ships, and Congress should make LID
eral appropriations for armaments.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20

II CAN'T see anything in them new
tangled plays, said the old man, but
Il he sat quite still and watched every
move the villain made, nevertheless, just
as though he were taxing a great deal
of interest in it
But there were others in the gallery that
night, and so far as could see the old
mans face wore the only mmobile, ex pres
sionless look in the entire family circle.
If you want to catch glimpse of unadul-
terated human nature, see it swayed
hither and thither, backward and forward,
as it were. throughout the entire gamut
of human emotions, spend an evening
with the gallery gods when there is an
old-school melodrama on the boards.
1t is hard to tell which is the unreal
world, whether the stage or the gallery.
Indeed they work in entire harmony and
sympathy throughout the entire play, if
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20
Standing Of Worlds Naval Powers

lYR[I ICCORDING to Parliamentary re-
HkAS turn by the British Admiralty on
1f<1y navies of the world, the standing
OF the naval powers was, last July, as
follows: England, France, Russia, Ger
many, Italy and United States.
The order of precedence is evidently
based on the mum Der of sea-going armored
ships, without regard to their compare
tive efficiency, and on this basis the
United States must be content to remain
at the bottom OF the list few years more.
ARMoRED SHIPS
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20

A doctor in the Highlands of Scotland,
whose patients are scattered over a whole
district. takes carrier-pigeons with him on
his rounds and sends his prescriptions by
them to the apothecary. He leaves
pigeons, too, with distant families. to Be
let loose when his services are needed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20
TORPEDO CRAFT.

The number of ships aud tonnage, ex-
elusive of torpedo boats, is thus sum-
married:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-01
SUBURBAN NEWS
BROOKLAND.

Among the boys Of Brcokland who left with the
High School Cadets for Richmond, Va, Sam
Gaines, Elliott Herfman and Bradley Mccormick
Miss Sydney Small the recent guest OF Miss
Elizabeth Tyler In Washington.
beautiful home wedding celebrated at the
residence of Mr.. George p. Schwier, Frankfort
street. East Brookland, last evening, when his
daughter, Miss Lille v Schwier, was married ia
Mr.. Ernest p. Weeks Of Kansas. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Robert II. West, pastor OF
the Queenstown Baptist Church, where Miss
Schwier was regular member. The house was
beautifully decorated with La France roses, ferns
potted plants and cut bowers. The brides gown
was a crvan-colored satin-stripped nuns yelling.
Iayishly trimmed with lace and ribbon. The trav-
Mr. and Mrs Weeks received the hearty congratua-
items Of those present. Later In the evening the
company WAS served to pleasant repast. The
table was prettily dressed with flowers and ferns.
silver pieces and useful household articles. Mr..
and Mrs Weeks left Immediately for Washington.
Where home was already prepared for the bride.
The wedding was very quiet, only the immediate
family and friends being present.
quite a number of Rrookland people enjoyed a
moonlight trip TO Marshall Hall Molday with Co
Mrs j. W. HOrner of Brandy Station, Va, is
making a short visit with Col. and Mrs. Juan
Lewis.
At the recent contest between the Brookland
Station and Soldiers Home base ball teams the
score was . TO in favor of the Brooklands.
Brookiand has suffered severe loss in the death
or one OF IT'S pioneer citizens, Mr. Geo. W. Will
hanson, who was buried from his home In Washing
ton Monday. Mr. Williamson came to BroOkland
soon after IL subdi,ided and erected a large
number of the first houses. and foremost =
funeral was largely attended by those who keeny
felt the loss of genial and kindly friend. The
services were conducted by Rev. Mr.. Williams of
the Metropolitan Baptist Church, assisted by Rev.
r r West of BroOkland
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EVANSVILLE.

Golden Rule Lodge, No. 45, I. o. NJ, met last
night at Mechanics Hall and elected the following
Onit ers for the ensuing six months: Win. ". Ma
lcney, worthy master; Robt. L. Payne, Junior
master; Geo. n. Walker, chaplain; J. E. Gray,
conductor. This lodge will pay fraternal visit to
Lafayette Lodge of Washington Thursday evening.
There was pleasant gathering Of little folks at
the residence Of Mr.. A. H. Jacobs Saturday night
to celebrate the eighth birthday Of his youngest
daughter, Regina. The lawn was decorated with
Chinese lanterns and the guests enjoyed themselves
with various games. Among those present were the
Misses Enid Holden, Fredrika Smith, Gertie and
Ruth Gibbons, Adelaide Llwrenson, Marie MalOney
and the Misses Melville, Messrs Melville, MendeZ
Jat obs, Maloney, LawrensOn and others. A number
of beautiful Iemembrances received by the
young hostess. Refreshments were served, and at
o O'Clock the Young people returned hOme, wishing
many happy returns of the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Sanders have gone to Vir-
ginia to speId the summer.
Considerable excitement caused Monday night
about O'Clock by the hall in the Of the hand
some dwelling Of Maj NJ. V. Tierney, at Ravens
the town fire engine quickly made it's appearance,
but the fire had gained such little headway that II
extinsuished shortly before the arrival of the
engine. The damage was very slight The fire
caused by the explosion OF q coal oil lamp In
an Incubator In the back part of the house.
Fritz Damback met with an accident while out
driving n short time since. The horse ran away,
uIsetting the buggy and throwing the occupant
heavily upon the ground. Dambnck was badly
bruised about the face and body. The horse was
caught q short distance up the road
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elected councilmen will qualify and the council be
organized for the ensuing year.
Crescent Council, Junior y. U. A. NJ at its
meeting last night elected the following officers for
the ensuing term, viz. Junior Past Councillor r.
F. Rorebeck; councillor, E NJ. Ball; vice coun-
cii!0r, Geo. A Drummer; recording secretary, ]. H.
Garretson; assistant secretary, Curtis Rorebeck :
financial secretary, A. D. Swift; treasurer W. II.
Veitch; conductor. ]. G. Wilson; warden c. W.
MOreland: inside sentinel T. W. Hibbs; outside
sentinel. Upton Galleher; trustee Geo A. Drummer
A. y Mankn was elected to represent the council
in the Grand Lodge.
At the meeting Of Kemper Lodge of MaSons Fri
day night, recently organized here, Messrs. J. A.
Alexander and John Fisher of Alexandria and DR.
Ii. W. Sumnley Of Washington were present After
the session OF the lodge refre: hmens were served
by Miss Addie SpOfford at the residence of Mr. NJ
Church.
The following lave been summoned to serve as
United States jurors at the Alexandria term of the
United States court. which meets in Alexandria
next week. viz: Metsrs. J. NJ. Thornc, W. T.
Sprankle. Peter Mabin, ]. A. Poole. ]. II. Car
retson V. f. Kerr, DIR. ]. B. Could DR.. G. B.
Fadely 3nd E. A. kimball.
Miss Persis Proudht Of Washington is spending
Mr.. Willis F. Croker Of Lewinsville has dis
posed Of his store property to Phebe Sipperly
Miss Maud Hotlgkin, who has been spending a
week visiting Miss Bessie Jackson in baltimore
returned Monday.
Capt. NJ. S. Roberts of West End and Mr. G. W.
Poole of East End have improved their residences
with a coat of paint.
DIR. S. s. LuttrelI united with the ME. Church
Sunday morning.
Mr. George g. Hineh has returned home from
Pennsylvania, and will remain here.
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WASHINGTON GROVE.

The first meeting OF the Sundly school board wa
held Tuesday evening at O'Clock, in the Ioun::
Peoples Hall committee appointed, con
sistins of Nettie Rearck. Grace Welsh, Alice
Merriam, Melville u. Lindsay. Montifax HoIgh-
ton and Donald 4. Tracy TO solicit membership for
the scl'ol- This committee proposes to make n
thorough CauvaSS of the grounds and extend
an invitation TO adults Well to children. 1t
Is also proposed by the hoard to organize an Or
ohcslr, 10 Lad tie singing, there n number
OF musicians residing the Grove. The trustees
OF The association to be requested 10 donate
100 singing books for the of the school.
Various improvements being made 10y the
property owners. notably by Mr.. Robert Cohen AMI
MI JCtn Z. Ath"y, the trustees of Trinity NJ. E.
Church, and the removal by the trustees of the
association of the unsiShtly fence which sur
rounded the old lumber yard ard the clearing uI
OF that portion Of the grounds has caused many
favorable commen.s-
MI Il H. Stinemtfz end family are now occu
PyIn= fh..ir cottage On Grove avenue.
Miss Est Gordon Ia visiting her grandpar
srts for Il few days.
Mrs Harry Bowling. who has been quite i'll, is
in much bettr health.
Mrs NJ :. Jackson and daughters have depart I'd
for FairhaNcn, Md, for this visit 10 tbs
sc;ishor..
MI = G. Price of AnicoStia has moved into the
cottage of Mrs Et:rr. the circle
Mis- = W Layton is the E1Icst of Mrs. FloreEc
Schv. 5tI avrnlc.
Mr. Gilbert Ritter uf Corr ell University has re-
turned 10 his hGln2 for the summer vacation
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DUNcANsoN BROS, AUcr1oNEERs.

TRUSTEES, s. SALE OF IMPROVED REAL ESTATE
NO. 800 ACKER STREET NORTHEAST
By virtue of decd of trust, duly recorded In
1iber No. 206S, at folio 3O7 ct seq. one of the
land records for the District Of Columbia and ut
the request of the party secured thereby, We, the
undersigned trustees, Will sell, public auction
in front Of the premises. on WEDNESDAY. THE
FIRST DAY OF JULY, 1885, AT HALF-PAST
FOUR CLOCK PM the following described land
and premises. in the city Of Washington and Dis
trict Of Columbia, namely: The west sixteen tIe)
feet front on Acker street. and extending back
with that width the full depth thereof of lot num-
be red eighty-one 3d. in Nicholas Acker's subdi-
vision 9s Of square numbered eight hundred and sixty
folio 49, Of the records of the office OF the sryeyo
IF tn. District of Columbia, together with the
improvements rights &c, and subject to incum-
brances existing at the time of the execution and
recording OF said deed Of trust, which have NOT
been satisied and discharged, the amount Of which
will be stated at time Of sale.
Terms: All cash, deposit of 500 will be re-
quired Of tn, purchaser at the time of sale th.
balance Of the purchase nor--y lover and above
the membranes named t. be paid within ten
days thereafter; All conveyancing and recording
at the cost of the purchaser II terms of sale are
not complied with the trustees reserve the right
to resell the property at the risk and cost OF The
defaulting purchaser.
JOS. K. McCAMMON
CHARLES I. SPARE,
1elo-uNos Trustees.
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AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, 4.
Today.


O. g. Sloan 4 Co.. Aucts., 1907 st. nw.-c st.
ne, dwelling No. 706 Sale Wednesday, July I,
at O'Clock pm. Louis Kettler and Cornelius
Eckhardt, trustees.
Duncanson Bres., Aucts, 9th and D sts. NV
Aeker st. me-. dwelling No. zoe. Sale Wednesday.
July 1, at $3.50 O'Clock pm. Jas. X. McCammOn
and Charles r. Spare, trustees.
T. Il. Sloan & Co., Aucts., 14O7 G st. n.w.-1st
st. n-e., dwelling No. 821. Sale Wednesday, July
l. at 4:30 O'Clock pm. Geo. L. Ready trustee.
c. G. Sloan Co.. Aucts, 1907 G st. n.w.-Sale
Of collection Of books, Wednesday, July I, at
1880 O'Clock pm.
Tomorrow.
Magrath & Kennedy, Aucts., 211 18th st. NV
Sale Of horses, carriages and harness Thursday,
July 2, at 10 o'clock am.
s. Bensnger, Auct., $40 La ave. nw.-Regular
sale Of horses, vehicles and harness. on Thursday,
July 2. at 10 o'clock am.
c. c. Sloan & Co., Aucts., 1907 G st. nw.-P st.
NV, dwellings Nos. "a and 49, Sale Thursday,
July z, at o'clock pm. Charles B. Maury and
Oscar Luckett trustees.
DuncansOn Bros, Aucts 9th and d SITS. NV
18th st. Sc. between and G sts., three dwellings
Sale Thursday. July 2, at O'Clock pm. Isaac L.
Johnson and Alexander Abraham, trustees.
Duncan con Bros., Aucts., 9th and D SITS. NV
ST. between 18th ard 14th SITS. ne. north side),
building lot. Sale Thursday. July 2, at 615 O'Clock
pm. Charles F. Benjamin and VIM. II. Duncanson
trustees
Capitol Auction House, 6s7 La. ave. n.w-Sale
of household furniture, planes, &C., at auction
rooms above number Thursday, July 2, Mt IL
o clock am.
Radcliffe. Sutton Co., Aucts., $40 Pa. ave. NV.
Sole of stock of gents furnishings and dry goods,
in auction rooms on Thursday, July 2 at 10
O'Clock am.