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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-23
81 per Annunl, in advance

five to the stump. About 20 per cent are
on the stump, from one TO three inches
from the ground, the balance are from
close up to twelve inches from the
stump, those farther off I cut down.
The tallest sprouts are on the stumps.
The mulch and fertilizer made an i'm
mense crop of grass last year, not half
as much this year. never saw sprouts
grow like they have this season. The
decaying mulching and buried oranges
have fed them nicely Last year was
"blue' and did not add any mulching,
next winter | shall try and put on sew
eral tons. prefer to bud in March for
the buds get the start of the insects and
harden before winter. | paid a big
price for Boon's Early, but part of them
were poor and immature. If l had
thrown 25 per cent Of them away it
would have been "money in my pocket.
The lest of them are from four to seven
feet high with several branches. I did
not bud any of the large sweet seedlings
and only put in one bud to the stump; if
the bud does not do we'll through the
winter l shall let them grow as seed
lings. Next March | shall probably
bud three or four sprouts to a stump of
the sour seedlings IN the house grove
and if we have favorable winter | shall
try and spread little "Simon Pure. l
let the grass and small weeds grow, ex-
cept sand spurs.
To sum up after sixteen years expert
ence, l keep the trees free from insects,
do not plow, cover the ground thick
with oak or other leaves and use all the
fertilizer that can be afforded.
J. WETHERBEE
Fruitland. Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-23
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Fruitland. Fla.

For the Florida Agriculturist.
Peaches and Pineapples in South Florida.
1 have for the past few years been
watching carefully for an index pointing
to the quickest crops of our fruit pro-
ducts in south Florida, on which we can
the most safely depend for livelihood,
at most reasonable cost of labor and
means And on my own experience for
nearly forty years in the state; and from
much valuable information gathered
from your interesting columns as we'll
as from those of other agricultural
sheets, have settled down on the opin-
ion that peaches and pineapples will fill
the bill as money crops. But to attem pt
to theorize by way of argument in de
fence would not be wise here-space in
your valuable sheet would be largey in
truded on simply in repea ting what has
been SO fully set forth by anxious con-
tributors in facts and figures unmis-
taxable, and, as undoubtable as common
sense and reason could demand.
Yes, sir, peaches and pineappley, "if
were but young again, ;" and new be-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-23
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Pineapple Controversy.

Pineapple Controversy.
In recent issue of your valuable
paper I see that Mr.. G. S. Van Houten
has seen fit to inaugurate direct and
rather spiteful attack upon me person
ally as sort of humbug, whose persist
ent imposition upon a credulous read
ing public has at last excited his wrath
full indignation. Now I have never had
the honor of Mr.. Van Houten's ac-
quaintance, nor did know that he had
ever had reason to know anything about
me or my personal affairs. judge
therefore that in some way [ have un-
Willingly stepped upon his financial
skirts, and that he has taken this method
of throwing mud at me. | am not
aware that have ever placed my per-
sonal experience and personal theories
dogmatically in print, as many writers
do; have always made it a point to be
very careful, and in making statements
consulted the concensus of opinions
and experience of the maj oritv of the
growers in my section of the state. This
have been enabled to do very readily,
as for the past zen or eleven years my
business has called me to make house
to house canvass of the entire pineapple
growing district from Melbourne to Hy-
poluxo. at least three times per annum,
and often as high as six or eight times
in certain sections. You will recollect
meeting me on your first visit to this
region, in the height of the mosquito
season of '03 think, and our tramping
together from Jensen to Ellen, fighting
the Insects for our lives every inch of
the way, and stopping at every planta-
tiol, where the proprietor Invariably
showed US his field, and told us all his
experience with this plant, and that
fertilizer, and asked how his neighbor
five miles below had succeeded in the
same matters. have been making these
trips in the interests of my nursery and
fertilizer business, since '86 and have
always tried to make my writings on
the subjects discussed voice as far as
possible the concensus of experience of
the majority of growers in this section.
do not undertake to say anything
about the condition of the Smooth
Cayenne in Mr.. Van Houten's section, l
merely stated in answer to direct in
quiry from you what was the general
verdict of experience among the growers
here. l can state exceptions, which go
as the saying is ''to prove the rule" but
I assert that what said of the Cayenne
is what found to be the state of affairs
here, in the majority of instances. L
have no interest in falsifying the mat
ter, as l have now nothing of my own to
sell of any sort in the pineapple line.
The Cayenne has by our largest growers
been considered rather more susceptible
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-23
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Making and Re-Making a Grove.

Making and Re-Making a Grove.
NV groves are on No. l pine land, set
in 1882. I followed clean culture at
first but stopped plowino several years
ago, and covered the ground within q
foot of the (tree) trunk with oak leaves
(mostly) and pine straw. In 1893 be-
gan to use "Simon Pure" fertilizer, put
ting it oa in May and Novem Der, also
keeping the groves we'll sprayed. The
last week in October 1894 | put on one
half ton Of fertilizer to the acre; the
trees were all healthy and full of fruit.
Just before the December freeze some OF
the trees had started a new growth Gt
being warm). After the February freeze
cut them back to olive wood" which
varied from one to six feet from the
ground; two months later they were
dead within three inches of the ground,
except four buds. One of those has
four branches which started three feet
from the ground. The bark on the bud
side narrows and eight inches below the
bud it was but three -fourths of an inch
wide. | expected every day that it
would die. 1 tied it up, and now the
bark is one inch wide and over half an
inch in thickness. Two of the branches
have sent out shoots two feet long, the
other two branches have several nice
looking oranges. What wonderful te
nacity an orange tree has; one that I
have tried to kill is sending up sprouts
the fourth time.
Last week | measured few sweet
Seeding sprouts that are from eleven to
fifteen feet high and from seven to nine
feet IN circumference. banked the
sprouts in the house grove from ten to
fifteen inches high, just before the
freeze last December, digging holes be-
tween every four or five rows of trees
for the material. About rs per cent of
the sour seedlings from two to six feet
high were killed to the ground last De-
cember, but not over a dozen sweet seed
lings; few were killed down to the top
of the banking.
In the second grove the trees were
sawed to the ground in July '95. In De-
cember the sprouts were from three to
seven feet high, the freeze killed every
one. Ninetyfour per cent were sour,
(set in 1881. banked them with mate.
rial from the surface one day after the
freeze. A few young seedlings not
banked came out all right. Probably
they started earlier and ''got hardened.
Now the sprouts are from four to seven
feet high. They grow their own sweet
way, for am not able to bud or care
for them. Shall be obliged to sell it.
Sprouts not injured last December in
the house grove are from six to fifteen
feet high, the new ones are from four to
even feet, having from ten to twenty
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DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, September 23, 1896.

to disease than the Abbakka, anu we
have found that the imported plants did
not have the vigor, nor sucker-producing
power of the home grown plants. Then
with us we find that the Cayenne sell
dom produces slips, and that it does not
produce nearly as large an increase of
plants to the fruiting plant, slips, suck
ers, rattoons and all as does the Abbakka,
which naturally tends to make it more
scarce, ard higher priced. I do not
sta tnis of Mr.. Van Houten's section
where the reverse may be true for all |
know to the contrary. Mr.. Van Houten
asks or implies the query as to whether
have been growing pines or not. L
will answer that l have never gone into
the growing of common pines myself on
any scale at all except for homo use.r In
'89 however think that had a larger
field of fancy pines than any grower on
| this coast with two or three exceptions.
[ have not enlarged my field much since
then, as / found it more profitable to
sell plants than to plant and increase
the production Of fruit. But have
been in the business from '86 until '95
and since that freeze have sold my
plants and gone out of it.
Had 1 merely written from my own
personal experience in the matters, my
reports would have been very one sided;
and would have said that the Queen
was the only apple to make money on,
and that the Cayenne was more subject
to the Red Spider than any other sort;
that the Abbakka was most delicious of
all and pretty early and hardy, more so
than even the common. But the rea-
son that my Cayennes were so badly af-
fected was because they were in a
thirsty spot, and the reason my Queens
paid so we'll was because I bought them
when they were scarce, yet in no demand
and cheap, and sold when they were
bringing their highest prices, and had
good luck with my shipments Of fruit.
But did not copy my own experience
and set it down as general rule. Other
peoples Cayennes were not all ruined by
the spider, and other peoples Queens
were, and so were other peoples Abbak-
kas. So only published the result of
what gathered as the general truth,
from my observation and conversation
on my trips. My name is the only one
mentioned by Mr.. Van Houten, so l
naturally infer that what he says in his
article is all aimed at me. Now /
should be deeply indebted to- Mr.. Van
Houten, or any one else who can. if they
will tell me by what act 1 called forth
such an attack that may avoid any
such unpleasantness in the future. And
trust that the local papers who copied
this article from your columns will, in
Justice to me, also publish this reply.
JOHN B. BEACH.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-14
WESTERN LEAGUE

Columbus. Ohio, September 1S.-Gen-
ms nsalOnal fielding az short and
Bumpus Jones pitching were the lea-
lures of the game today. Attendance
/ 800. Score:
Columbus. 310OOOO4O-S y 3
Kansas C'y 02OOO0011- 9 3
Ba.aries. Jones and Keaoe; Carney
and B8uf0rd
Grand Rapids, September 13.-Setley,
sent up here from Deacon Ellis New
Jersey club. tried to pitch TWO games
today and did we'll until the sixth in
ming Of the second game, when he
weakened. apparently tired ont. His
error los, the first game. Score:
C.. Rapids % 0001 o. 0 % S 8
Minneapolis % 2OO2 100 50 O
SeIey. Hodge and Donovan; Parker
and Schriver.
Second game:
G. Rapids .OOOOOO11-2 4 .
Minneapolis $1,000 > eli Il >
Se.ley. Luther and Donovan; Baker
and oc1r.ver.
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A SERIOUS SITUATION.

= White 'Inu's Effort to Quiet q Profanc
Noaro 9 Cads - % threatening Uprising.
blythe. Ca. September 13.-On Sat
mr. ay night at this pace twenty-five
miles from Augusta. Ga. A. ". Clarke,
q merchant shot a negro named Steve
Roland. The latter was using profane
language in the presence Of ladies.
The population Of the place is about
TWO hundred the majority negroes.
They became greatly !ncensed at the
shooting. and today threatened TO burn
the buildings OF the whites.
The whites autographed for assistance
a- once A special train was despatch
Ell with twelve reliable men accompan-
led by the sherif and his deputies
When The train arrived at Blythe the
,co,o.ed people dispersed q, once.
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Speclal 70 the Register.

Special 10 the Register
Sistersyiue, w. Va, September 10
A very sensational shooting array offc-
Cured last night about 1889, in which
a very prominent physician came near
losing his life.
The facts as CLEANED by he Register
representative are as follows:
Ross Dul.n, in whose house the shoo,-
ing occurred, says ne got q tip and that
be went home. Cutting the screen Cuc
of The kitchen window ne crawied in.
Going INFO the sitting room he found Dr..
c. p. Sellers and his wife lying on The
lounge.
Sellers drew his gun and fired two
Shots. Dulin then drew his and sIC,
six timss.TLe Doctor eadeayored TO get
out of,he front door, Blu, found il
locked.
He then turned and ran out the ki-ch-
en- door, taking screen and all with him.
Dulir followed, leading his revolver as
he ran. A50u- MALT way up Main stree,
,Dul.n fired his last sho-. DR. Sellers
left his coat, vest and hat in the house.
Mrs. Duiin says that she and Sellers
were sitting in the room playing cards
and that Dulin rushed into the room
saying. Now have caught You and
drew his gun and commenced shooting.
One bullet took effect in the Doctors
arm and the other in the abdomen.
The last shot went through only going
about an inch under the skin. The
Doctor was taken 10 the Olsten Hotel,
where his wounds were dressed.
lie is very reicen, and has but little
to say. lis wounds are not critical.
Mrs. Dulin went south on The SPA
train this morning
Upon examination eight bullets were
found imbedded in the walls of the
room. 1t is a very sad affair, and bur
very little has been said about il owing
to the prominence of the people.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-14

Vancouver B. c.. September 80
AT eleven o'clock this morning Ii Hung
Chang arrived at Vancouver. Crowds
lined the approach to the depot and
wharf, and masses Of people crowded
az the em.nences around the harbor.
The Chinese residents had erected a
very handsome and artistic arch on the
bridge leading to the wharf and a long
line of Cinnamon in rich robes Of blue,
green, plum color olive ana orange
stood in line before the arch, waiting TO
receive the great viceroy. The bridge
was carpetei for some yards on either
side OF the arcn and on this carpet stood
a carved ebony table on which incense
OF sandal wood was kept constantly
burning in q richly carved bronze
burner.
Ine Chinese band that sounded like
bag-ppes played Chinese music as Ear.
Ii a!ignteu from "a train. A carriage
drawn by four white horses and arap-d
with the Union Jack waited 10 convey
him The snort distance from The rain 10
tle steamer. When the procession
started The coach Was preceded by his
celebrated scarlet chair, carried emp y
by four men. and several bands. a d.
vision OF marines from The warships IN
me LaI0Or Tell into lins behind the wee
roy, followed by a long deputation OF
Cinnamon in their picturesque robes.
The viceroy seemed delighted with the
demonstration in his hOnCr,and especial
~ with the homage Of his country 4en,
VINO fell on one knee and raised ciasped
hands 10 him as he passed. The sang
plank CT the Empress OF China W2s car
peted as for royalty, with scarlet tni
ropes were bound with yellow and dIap-
ed with flags As he was carried up TIE
plank in his scarlet char, the Chinese
dragon flag was run TO the main mast
and a salute of nine guns was hr-d from
II. NJ. s. "Comus."
The absence of cheering was noticeable
and gave Oriental soicmnity to the pro-
ceedings. All the ships in the harbor
were gaily decorated with flags and bunt-
ing and many OF the rofs around display
cd kodak tends. Many prominent ciu-
zcns had cards of admission TO the En-
press and crowded her decSs TO catch "a
glimpse Of the Earl as he was carried
aboard.
For this one day the usual social order
was subverted and Cinnamon everywhere
took precedence of their white brethren
I'm The good uaturcd thronEs that lined
the wharf. 1t was emphaucally China
,,,.r,f- .f4.-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-14

Boulcgne, September 15.-Tynan, the
notorious Number One" has been ar
rested here on a Scotland Yard warrant
which was issued in 1882.
lyman arrived in Europe by Landing
in Genoa in August. He proceeded
from there to Paris. where he remain
ed for some days cOnsorting with
number of the members of the dynamite
faction of the Irish party.
He had been travelling under the name
Of George Gordon, and other aliases,
when he arrived in Bouiogne on Friday
evening and put up at the Hotel Folke-
stone, where he did not hesitate to OK
pound his Feu.an views in the bar OF
the hotel
His movements had been watched
from the time he had arrived in French
territory. The local commissaIy Of PC
lice, together with an English detective,
burst into lis room at O'c.OCh n the
morning. The detective held loaded
revolver to his head and threatened 10
shoot him If ha resisted. lyman was
secured anu admitted his identity.
discriminating papers and large sum
oc money were found in as possession.
The prisoner was lodged in a cell in
the BculOgne police station and he Will
be arraigned in the morning with q view
of mis- extrad.tion to England.
The warrant on which the arrest IS
made charges hat the prisoner was con-
cerned in the murders of Lord Freder-
lex C3vendisl. chief secretary, and Mr..
Burke, under secretary, in PAosniX
Park. adjoining the vice regal lodge IN
Dublin. on Nav 6, 1882, and with the
manufacture OF dynamite bombs for use
in England.
Detective Inspector Walsh has arriv-
ed here from Scotland Yard to conduct
Sle cas-. He said that there would be
some connection between Tynan's arrest
and the arrest Of q man named Bel yes
terday al Glasgow. and o. j. Wallace, at
Rotterdam.
London. September 1S.-The Bell
mentioned in a despatch from Boulogno
20 The Associated Press as having been
arres. d on Saturday at Glasgow in con-
nection with lyman arrest in Boulogne,
is charged with being concerned IN q
dynamite outrage. Bairs age IS about
thirty. He arrived from the United
States early in the week.
Adespatch 10 the Times from Bouioghe
says:
lyman was in company with Bell IN
Paris and it was expected that Oo,h
would cross 10 England, but lyman ap-
pears 20 have h5s-tated.
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THE OTHER SIDE.
Cuban Insurgents as Cruel and Inhu-
man as Their Spanish 0pprassOr8.
Experiences Of a ScOtchmal.

Omaha. Neb.. September 13.-Arthur
Mcpherson, q native OF Scotland, has
reuGu 4 TO Omaha after having spent
a mos, ey5nful TWO years OF his lie
among ,he Cubaus. He was sent 10 Gu
ba 10 pm. up some machinery by Glas-
cow firm. and taken prisoner by the in
surg5ntS. He and his companions were
charged with being Spanish spies. Thu
accusation had q touch of the ridiculous
about it. as not one OF them could speak
a word Of Spanish. The party was CIV
en- sort o. cour,-m3r,ial and given the
option Of death or serving in the Cuban
army. They could do nothing bu5 ac-
cent The situation. For the next 5iSh,-
EN- months Mcpherson saw a whole lo.
OF the Cubans.
.Phev say that every once In q While
the Standards take out batch of insur-
gent prisoners and shoot them down i'm
their tracks. This is undoubtedly true.
Rut have Witnessed deeds of cruelty on
the part of the insurgents that fully
eouqUcd that. have seen them frequent
~ turn over the women, and particularly
the young girls found i'm the houses that
y,er. railcd To the negro soldiers IN the
army who were allowed 10 do wth them
os they pleased The wsole island Is
wrecked and ruined. There are no planta-
tions and no ranches. Everything has
been destroyed.
Mcpherson and his companions event
ually escaped 10y Selling a naphth1 launcn
which had landed some Spanish officers
from a warship and We're picked up low
H..N
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-14

MADRID, September l3.-T
lister, Mr. Taylor. has l,.
Spanish government THAT
states is most favorably Gls.
Spain. but that. owing % tho ...
United States coast lire She
prevent the departure oil 4u
the island OF Cuba.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-14
TBEHOMdNS HUSBAND CANE
While the Doctor Was There, and a
Shooting ARRAY Followed.

Dr.. @. P. Sellers Shot Twice by Ross
Dulin, in the Latters House, at
Sistersville-The Revolver Emp
tied Twice, While the Doctor
Fled From the Scene-Eight Bull
let's Found mbedded in the Walls
Of the Room-Dulin Says They
Were Lying on the Lounge; the
Vile Says They Were Playing
Cards, and the Doctor is Reticent.
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TWO PESS0NS KILLED
AID Ten Injured in California Kailroaa
Accident.

San Francisco. September 13.-The
Chronicles Eureka. Calf, special says:
4 train on the Mad RIVER & ArcaJa
road wen through the Mad River br,ds
to-day. SIX cars loaded with passen-
gers dropped thirty feet in,o the dry bed
of the river. Annie Hoi. and Sandy
Cameron were killed and ten o,h5rs ser
lousy injured. The accident was caus-
ed by the giving away Of the span over
which The train was passing.
I.ATER-Four persons in an We're killed.
In addition to those already named Miss
Kirk. of Riverside and an unknown child
were taken from The wreck. some were
fatally injured.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-14
AAIArEIR NOTES

The Beab0uc Bas ball Club offers a
Challenge to any club IN the city. bar
ring no enc. the c. II. Hennings prefer
red: game to- be played next Sunday on
the tunnel green.
The Beab3uts shut on, the Fair Plays
5rIly by a score Of 10 TO 0. Hits,
IA ana IS: errors, o ana Z: 8 base hits w.
Nau aad Picks-one; > base hit, Slill5r;
struck ont. by Mas Q. by Powell g.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-14
GOOD BYE, Il HUNG CHANG.
The Famous Chinaman Departs From
This Continent To-Day,

Gorgeous Display at Vancouver,
E. c., in Honor Of His Arrival
Received by Hundreds Of Brilli-
antly ROBBED Cinnamon Carried
Aboard the Steamer and Put TO
Bed After Receiving Deputations
of His Countrymen-British War
ships Honor Him.
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lyman moi" UNDLR ARREST
He Was Found in BOulogne and Is
Wanted in England,

On the Charge of Having Taken
Part in the Murder Of Oavendish
and Burke, in Phoenix Park, Dub
lin-SeveraI Other Arrests Made
in the Same Connection - Tho
Warrant for the Famous mo. l"
Was Issued in 1882, and Detect
ives Have Been Hunting Him
Since.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-14
CHANGE or C0lI,I...

LONDON. September l3-r.
Sir John Cmmanney Iopa.
has been appointed 90 succ... s.-.
Culme-Seymour, *. G.. H.. 81.
in-chiel VI the Mediterrau,u
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-14
.ABlE II THREE STRAIGHT.
The Toledo Team Wins Another Game
From the WheeliuglteS.

-t was q Pretty Contest, However,
and Up TO the sixth IuniaS 1T
Looked as Though Wheeling
Would be Sure TO Wn-In That
Inning the Complexion Of the
Game Changed, ana Toledo Be
qan 10 Do Bu=iness-Shaw. $
Great Throwing was One OF the
Features of the Game.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-14

MANILA, Philippine Islands
13.-The leaders of the coa
the Spanish government .
Of Calite have been shot,
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TIE SULTAN Is STILL 3.r0
Continued From ri-.t D.

are concentrating at Fore.
only % miles from the Derg
kerma. where the Desy...
concentrating reinforceuo
as though with The iHtoutil.
stand against the British