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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29
Burying or Harvesting Vines.

Georgia station for two years to deter
mine the most economical disposition of
the pea crop. To this end three series
of plats were prepared and all of them
fortified alike with 200 pounds Of acid
phosphate per acre and planted in COW
peas, On the first series the vines were
permitted to ripen their peas and these
were removed and the dead vines turned
under in November. On another series
the vines were turned under when In
full luxuriance of growth. On the re-
naming series the vines were cut at the
proper stage and made into hay. Credit
was given for the peas picked and hay
removed The next year the entire plat
was put in cotton and treated alike and
the results of the cotton from each SER
les carefully and separately weighed and
and dead ones from which the
peas were picked, gave in their order
increased yields of cotton over the series
from which the vines were removed for
hay, yet the money value of the results,
including value Of peas and hay removed
were strongly in favor of the last SERIES
The following are the conclusions of the
director for the two years:
'"The two experiments agree with re-
markable closeness. and the results may
be accepted as conclusive. Therefore
the conclusions reached as the result
of the first experiment are confirmed
and adopted as follows:
81. That the best disposition of crop
of field peas is to convert the vines into
hay.
"2. The next best is to permit the
peas to ripen and gather them (or pas
ture them)
"3. Turning the pea vines under
green gave the poorest economic results.
Note-lt may be truly said that the
practice of turning under crop of cow
pea vines-ready for the mower, and in
a few days for the barn and for the cat
tle-has no more reason to sustain it than
WOulu LAC III dOC4OC VI UAL A4uS uuOCI d
crop Of wheat, oats, corn or cotton at it's
most vigorous stage Of growth. Nearly
every form of stock food would be
valuable and effective fertilizer if ap-
piled Immediately and directly to the
soil; but the farmer in an economic
sense, can no more afford to manure his
soil with a crop Of pea vines that are
ready to NOW, than he can to SOW good,
sound wheat brand on his land as a fer
tilizer."
Similar experiments have been made
at other stations with like conclusions.
1t may therefore be assumed that the
best economy suggests that where live
stock are present in sufficient numbers
to consume it, that the pea vines be
made into hay and fed, and the result
ant manures carefully returned to the
soil. Elsewhere will be found the high
feeding value Of both vines and peas,
both Of which are possessed of high di-
gestion coefficients. Experiments made
at the North Carolina station with pea
vines, established the following digestion
coeficients, viz: Dry matter 59,2 per
cent, protein 645 per cent, fats so per
cent, carbohydrates 70.7 per cent, fiber
42.9 per cent, ash 45.1 per cent, which
are, with the exception Of fiber much
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
Another San Francisco Man
Makes His Mark in
New York.
George Francis Train Says That
Sam Wall Understands
Him.
Many Californians on Manhattan
Island Seen Through the Eyes
of Bob Davis.

NEW YORK, n. Y, June 1, 1861
imagine that every resident of San Fran
CISCO who has ever met Frank A. Nanki-
veil, and also a great many who have
merely known him through his work as
an artist, will be delighted to know that
be mas been engaged by Puck, the leading
colored cartoon paper in America, to
make white and black pictures and col
ored cartoons and otherwise grace the
pages OF that paper with his versatile
pencil.
Up to within few weeks ago Mr.. Nan
kivell was an artist on The CALL, which
paper engaged him after the late lamented
Chic of San Francisco saw fit to expire
without leaving even a few last words.
His work while employed on THE CALL
was almost entirely refined caricature, not
of that variety that offends the subject,
but clean-cut, modified exaggeration that
is bound 10 attract attention and be the
foundation for comment.
For time, as deplorable as the state
ment may seem, one would have no
trouble in finding people who did not I'M
derstand his work, but it gradually dawned
upon the great mass that he was giving
them the real thing, the action, and the
person whose features was being set
down by his pencil. Slowly, but with a
certainty that is being heard all over New
York to-day, he built up vigorous style
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the work. Some says 1t was In Noah's
food, but scientists says them trees hain't
never saw water. DR.. Morse from Massa-
chusetts come here an was ies' Disguised
with himself coz he couldn't tell nothing
bout it. He brought all his instruments
so he could examine thorough, an when
he got through said he knowed bout ez
much ez when he come"
These fossil trees are in two tiers in q
parallelogram mile in extentfrom east to
west, and about quarter of mile from
north to south, the roots being invarisb bly,
toward the north. They lie at an angle of
from five to thirty-fiva degrees, the butts
being on the lower ground.
More than twenty years ago Swede
named Charles Evans was the first to dis
cover this remarkable collection of petri-
factions, and seeing its value "got his
sheepskin for the claim,' as our pioneer
guide worded it. Since then a small fee
has been charged for admittance.
Although petrifactions occur in various
places on this coast there is nowhere found
anything to compare with these in Sonoma.
One can only wonder and admire, being
assured of the fact that here are foundV vast
numbers OF primordial conifers, all giants
in size, which in some prehistoric age were
overthrown by volcanic force, and the
main body of the forest still lies under
masses of scoria and tufaceous mold.
NINETTA EAMEs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
THE REMARKABLE
PETR|FIED FOREST.
Sonoma's Wonderful Vege-
table Fossils of
Giant Size.
A Picturesque Array of Nam.
moth Redwoods Turned to
Solid Stone.
The Great Natural Curiosity That
Lies at the Base of Mount
st. Helena.

In the beautiful Sonoma foothills of the
Coast Range, at the base of Mount st.
Helena, is fossil forest of conifers which
might well be considered the Eighth Won
der of the World. The place, being off the
main lines of travel, has comparatively
few visitors, and of late years is not even
accessible by stage.
There is guide living at the entrance
of the forest. For a small fee he showed
US all its wonders and pointed out many
q beauty that we might not otherwise have
seen. Once inside we found ourselves in
the midst of gray lava outcroppings, and
climbed single file up smooth steps worn
in the slanting bed. The place is over
grown with gnarly trees and chaparral,
though we saw some unusually large ma
drones near the entrance.
Farther on he plunged US midway on q
sharp-angled scarp, where he paused to
smite with his Ratchet huge section of
redwood. aft sounds like pot metal, an Is
heavier than granite. Here's two red
woods side by side that's so brittle they've
broke o. their own weight. You see how
they all lay the same way, from north to
south, jes' as they fell when the 'ruption
from Helena struck 'em. This hull forest
of fifty acres was covered with lava sub
stance as was belched out, and it hez done
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"Coburn's Folly" and say that nobody
could live there if the place were opened in
the grandest style. The surroundings are
certainly bleak and desolate, except for
perhaps a few hours during the warm
days of summer.
The spot on which the hotel is built is
about as inviting as Point Bonita as
place of permanent. residence. Barren
rocks line the shore and the hills back of
the hotel are nothing but wild land. The
hotel is the only house for over mile.
The hotel building is really substantial
and tasteful structure. 1t is three stories
in height and contains over 200 rooms. A
wide veranda runs all around the first
floor, and the whole building is painted
pure white. The interior is quite preten-
tious. The halls are wide and the stair
ways are in hard wood. All of the rooms
and good-sized, well lighted and supplied
with pipes for hot and cold water. In
fact, there is nothing lacking about the
hotel to make it a modern caravansary.
1t is said to have cost $15G,000.
There is only one man in charge of the
big and empty hotel. His name is Pat,
and he says he is there to protect the
property from being set on fire. His
rooms are in the stables, but he patrols
through the building at night and keeps
sharp lookout. 1t must be most un-
pleasant job, for even in the daytime it
almost gives one the shivers to walk
through the echoing halls and hear the
wind bowling dismaiIy and the melan-
choly beating OF the waves on the beach.
Many of the windows on the ocean side of
the hotel have been broken by birds flying
through them, and afterward nailed up with
boards. This does not quite keep the
wind out, and it sweeps through the halls
and stirs up little eddies of dust. The
sound of it through the upper part of the
building is weird and ghostly, especially
when mingled with the cries of some Of
the flying creatures that have made their
| homes there.
1t would be sure death to battle on the
beach in front of the hotel as the swell i:
always very heavy, The beach is also
covered with jagged rocks that rise from
the sand only few feet apart But so thai
his guests could have the advantage OF sea
| bathing CoDurn built a dam across creek
| over q mile from the hotel. His idea was
to let it be filled when the tide came in
and then close the hoodgates, leaving q
| large lake that reaches far back into the
hills. The place really would be most de-
s'rable for bathing, and if the hotel had
been built near by there is no reason why
it would not have made most desirable
summer resort.
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1t is even wrapped up in the history OF
Pescadero. 1t seems that ever since the
place was first laid out the people of the
pretty little town nesting among the hills
have looked upon Pebble Beach as part OF
their possessions. The land was of no
use for agriculture, but the people made
many trips to the place during the warm
months of summer and got advantage OF
the sea breeze. San Mateo County sup
ported the road. to it and in due time the
citizens asked Congress to set Pebble Beach
aside as a National park. This was no
sooner done than Coburn stepped in and
said the land belonged to him, as he had
bought it many years ago as part of an old
Spanish grant. Of course there was big
lawsuit, but Coburn went ahead and built
his hotel, saying he was going to open it
at once and kill the little town back in the
hills. He won the suit against the Gov
eminent, but found that he could not close
the county road over the hills as it had
been a public highway for over twenty
years. That is, he could not close it un-
less the road should not be used by any
body during period of ten days.
The fight with the townspeople then
commenced, and is still being waged re-
lentlessly. A certain amount of all shore
line, unless occupied by buildings, is pub
lie property, so Coburn could not keep the
people off the pebble beach any more than
he could keep them from using the road
over the hills. He then built a road of his
own, much longer than the old one, and
invited the people to use it and let him
close the old one.
Mr.. Coburn was asked if he would give
the new road to the county if the people
would give up the old one. This he re-
fused to do, but said the people were well
come to use the new one as much as they
liked. The people, however, decided that
if Mr.. Coburn would close one road he was
likely to close another, and decided to
hold on to what they had.
The fight has been going on now for
nearly two years. Citizens of Pescadero
positively refused to even walk over the
new road. Each day Coburn's man closes
the old road, but somebody from town
goes out with an ak and cuts q passage
way through, so that it is kept open con-
stantly.
In the meantime Coburn is trying to get
the Supreme Court to close the old road.
So far he has failed, and declares he will
not open the motel until the people come
to their senses. Mr.. Coburn says the peo-
pie of Pescadero are obstinate fools and
the people say he wants to run the county.
The people along the coast who know
anything about the hotel have named it
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crazv l want them to think so. / fooled
them thirty-fve years and they don't I'M
derstand me yet. But will not submit to
their insults much longer. l wouldn't
use the White House for dog-kennel, but
I've got to go there and straighten things
out"
A little girl elm bed up in his lap and
the man who used to make the bulls Of
Wall street tremble when he went into
finance stroked the child's head, kissed
her on the cheek and was soon quietly and
logically quoting long passages from
"Taine's Ancient Regime"
One can still see plenty of Californians
here Just think what changes time
makes. w. T. Manning, who used to run
the Mission Star in San Francisco, is here
bristllng with Pacific Coast energy. He
has started weekly paper called the Man
haitian and the town is plastered with
half-tone pictures of himself reading his
own paper. For a time he ran a column
on politics in the Recorder called MAN
ning's column" but now he is at his own
helm and it is not unusual that one finds
Billy fitting around Republican head
quarters gathering up the sure things.
Charley Schroeder, who will be remem-
bered as the treasurer of the old California
Theater, is now managing the Madison
Square Roof Garden. He drops every
thing but the combination to his safe
when San Franciscan looms up through
the palms.
While Coney Island, Brighton, Florida
and other pleasure resorts, to say nothing
of the Catskili Mountains. are offering in
lducements to the perspiring New Yorker,
California is not altogether neglected. Mr..
and Mrs. George Croker left yesterday for
Castle Craigs in her private car. carrying
private French chef. They win spend the
summer in California.
j. H. Flickinger, the Santa Clara fruit
packer, is at the imperial Hotel waiting
for his son, A. f., who is on the way from
California. Flickinger, pere, is keeping an
eve on the fruit market here, knowing full
well that California fruits can always find
market here.
1 met Billy Carnes coming out of the ST.
Cloud Hotel the other day. 1t looked
strange to see him without Ross johnson,
his San Francisco side partner. Billy is
here on a visit to his relatives-Franklin
Bartlett, one of New York's leading law
yers. and Conrad N, Jordan, the United
States Sub Treasurer i'll this village. He
saws that all the time he handled Mumm's
champagnes on the Pacific Coast he never
ran across such bad red liquor as they sell
here in New York.
w. G. Ralston. the ex-secretary OF the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07

other day. He was sitting when I ap-
proached him, among his devoted young
sters. They don't happen to belong to
Train, but most OF them love him just as
much anyhow. As soon as he learned l
was acquainted with San Francisco he
gave the children each peanut or a bit of
candy and sent them scurrying in all
directions, with instructions not to return
for fifteen minutes. And his word is law
with them.
TELL me-" said he, fixing his intense
eyes on me, "do you know Shortridge, the
editor of THE CALF"
"I do"
Twill you do something for me? /
don't want to borrow cent from you. l
don't want you to go to any unusual
trouble, nor do want you to put yourself
out in the least bit. What 1 want you to
do is to write to Shortridge and tell him
that the best account of my trip around
the world that ever appeared Oh a news
paper page appeared in THE CALL. Now
wait minute. Don't get excited. l will
show it to you. Do you know Sam
WALTZ
VERY we'll"
"Good," answered Train, unfolding an
enormous sheet MANILA paper upon
which was pasted page from THE CALL.
Now look at that. Wall wrote it. We
went around the world together and beat
the fastest time ever made. Wallis
great writer. He has a good memory.
Shortridge does well to keep him. Do
you catch onP"
Train leaned over nearer and beckoned
me to listen with attention. He put his
hand to his bronzed face and whispered:
"Wall understands me. He says 1 will
some day be the chief. I will. l have
worn my pants out sitting here watching
the pillagers wreck Nation on the in
stallment plan. 1 know more than any
twelve men living or dead. l have lived
$50 years and in six months my white
hair will be black and l will be young
again" The trembling voice rose to a
commanding tone and the steel-gray eyes
quivered as he poured ont his impreca-
tions on the heads of the wreckers at
Washington. The words came quick and
sharp and his eyes fairly blazed as he
shook his hand and continued:
"They can't keep me out of it. They
must have me. l fight against it all the
time, but IT. s COMMISSIONING just as sure
as the grass grows and the birds sing.
Mark you-yes, mark you'll will be the
next President of the United States"
He burst out into laugh and crushing
peanut with his thumb exclaimed between
fits of merriment: Now, go and tell the
people I'm crazy. Yes, tell them I'm
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07

Physicians;
his success
isastoniSh-
ing.
We have
n ard of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07

and technique that at once attracted the
illustrators of the East and moreover re-
suited in his coming here, where he went
Immediately to work on the World. His
operations there were short lived, and after
making startling picture of Senator Frank
]. Cannon of Utah and Governor Morton OF
this State he was Immediately engaged by
the Journal, where he remained until Mr..
Gibson, the editor, and Mr.. Swartzmann,
the owner of Puck, offered him the situa-
ton which he has accepted and which Is
considered here as the highest position
cartoonist and caricaturist can be compli-
mented with.
may perhaps be permitted to say that
Mr. Nankivell's future in not only
America but abroad is assured, and that
his salary is one of the best paid in this
CITY. AS matter of fact he has bounded
from a newspaper artist into the higher
fields at pace that will astonish his warm
est admirers.
To-day New York City is strewD with
his first poster, fair maid dressed IN
sailor clothes Tipping the hornpipe in the
midst of a field of red. 1t was designed
for the Journal, being one of series, and
is already known as ''NankivelPs Dancing
Sailor Girl" While the reproduction
from the original is not done in the high
est style of the art it shows that the artist
has wonderful capacity for putting start
ling motion into his pictures.
R.H. Russell & Co., the publishers OF
Charles Dana Gibson book, and also 1.-The
Quest of the Holy Grail" illustrated by
Edwin A. Abbey, have engaged this prom
Using genius to make the cover plate for a
book soon to be issued which bears the
title, "Posters in Miniature" and which
will contain $50 reproductions from the
best posters yet produced in France, Eng
land, Germany, Italy and America.
"Nankey," as he is famiiarly called, has
concluded to settle down in New York
with his wife and family and make it his
permanent home, with an occasional trip
abroad for the purpose of further perfect
ing himself in his work.
In so far as have for the last two years
had the pleasure of standing off the same
landlord and breathing tae same air as
this artistic youth, the reader will perhaps
be willing to admit that know whereof l
speak.
In San Francisco he was for time
among the strugglers, but here in New
York he stands, still filled with mbition.
at the head of his profession. He has
promised himself to go on, to improve and
to some day stand alone. Hereafter these
things will be well to remember.
had a long talk with George Francis
Train, the sage of Madison Square, the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
coBURN's WHITE ELEPHANT.
A Big Hotel on Pebble Beach That Is
TeBanted by Rats.

One of the largest and best appointed
hotels ever built in California was put up
by L. Coburn on Pebble Beach about two
miles from Pescadero in San Mateo. That
was over three years ago and the structure
has not yet been thrown open to the pub
lie, but is standing alone in desolate gran
deur, the home Of bats and owls.
The reason the hotel has not been opened
is due to combination of circumstances
capable OF many different interpretations.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
A BELL-sHAPgD MOUNTAIN.
Strange Freaks of Nature in Finlan.
sons Canal Near Alaska.

The following picture is drawn from a
sketch by Colonel w. II. Bell, U. s. A. 1t
represents mountain over thousand
feet high that occupies the center of a pas
sageway through Finlanson's canal on
the route to Alaska. Steamers can pass
on one side of it, but the shores are then
so near that they can be almost touched
from the vessels deck. The shape of this
mountain is so symmetrical that it has the
exact appearance of a gigantic bell placed
in the center of the channel
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-09-07
The Silver Cure For Hard Times.

St. Louis Globe Democrat (Rep J.: "The free silverites contend that the adoption of their policy would put an end to hard times and bring back our former condition of general and unex- ampled prosperity. It is easy to make glittering assertions of this sort, but they count for nothing in the absence of sound and practical reasons for ex- pecting such results under such circum- stances. When we talk about good times we mean activity in all kinds of busi- ness, the inauguration of new enter prises, increased expenditures for public improvements and demand for every form of labor Unsatisfactory prices This implies as a first necessity the invest ment of large amounts of capital, the loaning of money ill abundance on notes and mortgages. There cannot be res toration of prosperity without the will ingness of those who have money to let it be used for business purposes. They cannot be compelled to invest it or to loan it, and it is idle to suppose they will voluntarily do so under confused and uncertain conditions such as would surely prevail in the event of a change to the silver standard. The proverbial timidity of capital would cause it to lie idle, and the means could not be ob- tained to enlarge the operations of com merce and industry y