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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-14
Mulching VS.. Cultivation.

Mulching is one form of cultivation.
There are many who advise mulching
heavily as soon as the trees are plant
ed. This is far better than to allow
the weeds to grow and choke the
trees, but my experience has been
that thorough cultivation during the
growing season is as much better
than mulching as mulching is better
than no cultivation at all; and that
trees thoroughly cultivated will make
better growth and withstand drouth
better than those that are mulched.
1t is a good plan, however, just be-
fore the ground freezes, to mulch to
the depth of five or six inches for
distance of three or four feet around
the tree The object of this is to keep
the ground from chacking and drying
out the roots of the newly planted
tree. The same result is obtained by
stirring the surface of the ground to
the depth of two or three inches. If
mulching is used in the fall it should
be spread over the ground and plow-
ed under the following spring, and
the trees cultivated with pillow and
hoe as before The preparation OF
the soil may be all that may be desir-
ed the very best trees properly plant
ed but unless given the necessary
care after planting the result will not
be what it should, and if any part Of
the season be short of moisture seri-
GUS loss will follow. The orchard
should be planted to some crop that
requires frequent cultivation, but
never to small grain of any sort, as
that allows the ground to crust and
crack and materially lessons the
growth of the trees. The cultivation
should be kept up until the trees COM
mence bearing, which they should do
the fifth or sixth year if proper varie-
ties are planted, after which the land
NAV be seeded to clover and the trees
heavily mulched. Blue grass, timothy
or any grass that forms a sod should
never be sown in the orchard, as the
sod prevents the rain from penetrat-
ing the ground readily, and the trees
suffer from lack of moisture, which
results in smaller fruit, poorer quail
ity, and tendency to fall from the
tree before it is matured.-A. j.
Brown in Savannah News.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-14
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-13

Mr.. j. d. Murphy, Asheyille's we'll
known lawyer, arrived this morning,
and is al the Metropolitan. / am told
that the new Asheyille morning daily
viii have a special Washington cor
respondent.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-13

representative Skinner has intro
..ed a Joint resolution to provide for
the commemoration of the landing Of
Sir Walter Raleighs colony at Roam
olxe Island, July 4, 1884. 1t appro-
priates for the purpose 1000 and pro,
yides for proper ceremonies IN laying
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-13
rHE DISCOVERY SAVED his LIFE

Mr.. G. Caillouette, druggist, Beavers
Vile, Ind, says. ITO Or. Kings New
Discovery / owe my life. Was taken
La Grippe, and tried all the physicians
was given up and i'd / could not live.
Having DR. Kings New Discovery in
my store, ] cent for bottle and began
is use, and from the first dose began to
get better, and after using three bot
ties was up and about again 1t ~
worth its weight in gold. We don't
keep store or house without it." Get
fere trial bottle at John y. MacRae's
drug sire.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-13

and going at a very moderate pace. l
started to turn out for a big mail
wagon that was coming the other way.
just then a man on another bicycle
came up from behind and ran into me.
/ don't remember what happened af-
ter that, but / am sure / could identify
the man if / saw him. He was big and
heavy, and was riding pretty fast"
Garden is a bookkeeper for the Ma
tional Plant Food Company, and was
on his way to the offices of the compa-
NY, in the Bliss Building, when the ac-
cident happened. His aunt spent the
night at his bedside The doctors are
satisfied with the result of the opera
ton, and have strong hopes Of saving
the young mans life.
The Senate Committee on Coast De-
lenses will recommend an appropria.
ton Of eighty-seyen million dollars.
The cities named in the bill for
which provision is made are New York
San Francisco, Boston, the lake ports,
Hampton Roads, New Orleans, Phila-
delphia, Washington, Baltimore, Port
land, Me-, Rhode Island ports in Mar
ragansett bay. Key West, Charleston,
Mobile. New London. Savannah, Port
land. Ore, Pensacola, Wilmington, N
G.. Portsmouth. NJ H., defenses of
Cumberland sound at Fort Clineh, de-
lenses of ports OF the kennebec river
at Fort Popham, New Bedford, dee
lenses OF ports ON the Penobacot river,
Maine, at Fort Knox and New Havcn,
Puget sound and other such ports aa,
in the Judgment OF the chief Of enc
gineers and the Secretary Of War, may
require permanent works Of fortiiica-
tions.
". T. CHRISTIAN,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-13
TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets,
All druggists refund the money If IL
fails to cure 25c.

The Maxton schools are arranging
for an entertainment for the Vance
monument fund the 9Th. Maj. II. j.
Hale, the talented editor of the Fay
etteyille Observer and one Of the
pioneers Of the movement, has been
invited to deliver an address, and Rev.
Mr.. Craig, Of Rowland, to recite, says
the Robesonian,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-13

Write for catalogues, terms, and dis
counts.
~ IF you have school books OF law
books on band that You cannot use send
us a list and We will make you liberal
offer on such as we can handle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28

TO understand that vast benefits would
come to them through the Big Cotton
wood enterprise he states what every
body knows to be a fad. This
benefit is not to come so soon as
was expected IL this contract goes into
effect. The streets should be lighted
at much less cost where the power
used fer generating the electricity is
water and not steam. There is much
reason in what the mayor says about
giving fair and full consideration to
all bids. If the citizens interests are
to be considered at all this must be
the case. But these bids should come
from parties or corporations that are
prepared to furnish the light right
away and not from persons or COM
panies who will be prepared to furn-
ish light some months or year hence.
If there is to be an inspector of lights
he should not be the chief of the fire
department His duties are such that
his whole time should be devoted to
them. The fourth point, that sealed
bids for street lighting should be asked
for. based upon full specifications, is
well taken. There should be no fric-
ton between the mayor and the coun-
ell over this vsto, and there will be
none if public interests alone are con-
Sidered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28
THE DELEGATES TO CHICAGO.

Conventions Tor the election of dele
gates to the Democratic state conyen-
ton haze been held in various coun.
lies. All that have adopted any reso-
lutions whatever have recognized the
fact that the financial issue is the
paramount one this year. They have
also declared for the free ara indie
pendent coinage Of silver at the ratio
Of is to ]. Other county conventions
yet to be held will make suhstart3ailv
resolutions.
II IS VERY Important that the dele
sNes to the state convention sense
true situation, and from the ac-
ei''os 81 the county conventions 1t Is
very evident that they do, for upon
lhein Will fall the responsibility of seA
iecung six delegates, and Six alter
nsSes, to go to the Chicago convention.
nat the convention will select six
good, stalwart silver men to GO there
Is little doubt. But there must be no
doubt: nothing must be assumed as
10 how these men stand Oh the silver
question, but everything must be pos
itively known It would not be amiss
to have every delegate elected make
an explicit p,edge to the convention.
The DEMOCRATS of Utah must not for
get how the Democrats of Michigan
were cheated OF their delegation by
the administration machine. but profit
by their example. 1t should be borne
constantly in mind that what has been
done once car be done again.
When the delegation arrives in Chi
cage all the arts and Establishments
known to the most accomplished poll
ticians viii be used upon its members
to seoace them from determined adj
here ace to a free silver platform and
free silver candidate. And the per-
s1Iasive powers of such politicians
should not be moderated. If the dele
cation never for an instant lose sight
of the fact that there is but one issue,
that issue free silver. and that the
people of Utah and the west demand
1t and viii be satisfied with nothing
less. there can be no danger of any
forsaking of the peoples and the
country's interest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28
fHE SALT LAKE HERALD THURSDAY MAY rs 1895.

trical energy Is transformed into light.
Toithe eye the light is pure white, re-
ssn1eliiag bright sunlight. 1t has none
Of thr moonlight effect The spectre
scope shows, however that there is
plenty of red in it, and it is therefore
normal light. He further says he
can make the new lamps OF any size
and the efficiency Of the X ray appar-
atus ear be made very high.
There is considerable jealousy as well
as rivalry between Tesla and Edison,
as the following incident will show.
Edison had heard of Tesla's new light
and what.a wonder II is. He said if it
is such wonderful light why does he
not show to the world by action rather
than words that the lamp is a reality
and not a theory Tesla was shown
Edisons statements, and in reply he
said Il entirely agree with Mr.. Edison
that it is much better to act than to
talk. l do, however, desire to say this:
over the head OF my bed in the Gilsey
house hangs an incandescent lamp. !
use 81 every night before 1 go to sleep,
for I have the bad habit of reading az
ter ! have retired. have never yet
turned the current from this lamp w.th-
out meytally expressing my gratitude
to the man who made that method of
lighting possible"
That was a thrust that even Mr.. Edi-
son would be compelled to admit went
clear home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28
NEW LIGHTS.

The las: half of the last decade of
the nineteenth century promises to be
one Of the most brilliant periods in a
century remarkable for its scientific
discoveries.
The latest announcement is of the
discovery Of new liahts by the two
greatest electricians of the age, Nicola
Tesla and Thomas A Edison.
Tesla's light is an electric light with
our wires, being produced in a vacuum
tube 1t is viDratory 1t is said to be
"a soft white light Ike sunlight and IL
Eliminates far more perfectly than the
present electric light In the present
electric light only about five per cent
OF tie electrical energy is converted
into light. the rest being heat. In the
new vacuum light the loss by heat is
reduced some FIVE or more per cent.
while the light is increased that
amount. Tesla thinks he viii yet be
able to transform into light some forty
per cent of the electrical energy that
is now converted into heat
Edison's new light appears to be a
conversion of the X nays into visible
light He says that instead Of gener-
ating the X rays and throwing them
Off into space he has turned them into
a pure white light of high refrangibifity.
1t seems as If practically all the cleo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28
The Roy Who Threw Eggs.

Milwaukee dispatch to the Chicago
Record says many ludicrous incidents are
growing out Of the strike of the Milwau-
kee street car men and the boycott which
their friends and the public have placed
on the company. Thursday while a car
was bowling along one of the streets a
flying egg came in contact with the side
time to move second egg splattered it
self against his back and a third went
whizzing by his face, accompanied by an
PROCLAMATION of disappointment from a
small boy who stood on the sidewalk An
officer had witnessed the boys act and
promptly arrested him. FRIDAY he was
taken into court and the following COLO
guy between him and the justice was had:
Johnny, did you throw those eggs?'
Yes, sir
Didn't you know it was wrong?'
mo. sir
why didn't your
well, that feller is er 'scab. y
Where did you get the eggs?'
My pa gave me Two cents to buy him a
paper, and l was in front of the grocery
when | saw the car coming. There was
a big basket of eggs and asked the gro
ceryman how many | could get for two
cents, an he said three, an l bought EN-,
Thet's how"
Ibid you hit the conductor?,
You bet said the boy, growing enthu-
siastic, and then remembering the one bad
throw, he added: Only just missed him
onct"
''Will you do it again?''
= Johnny dropped his eyes and thought
earnestly for a full minute. Then he said
slowly:
You may CO." said the court ana
everybody snickered out loud
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28
TALES OF THE DAY.
Everybody shouid HIVE "A GeneoIogy
and Expense Must Not stand in the

Everybody Shouid HIVE GeneoIogy
and Expense Must Not Stand in the
Way.
John said Mrs. Croesus thoughtfully,
everybody in society seems TO InIng an
awful lot of genealogy these days"
Jennie what?' exclaimed John looking
up from his evening paper.
'Genealogy, repeated Mrs. Croesus.
Whats that?''
Il don't exactly know" replied Mrs.
Croesus, but l think it's a tree of some
kind. AT least l heard some ladies refer
to it as a family tree"
well, what OF it?' he asked
ny, it seems TO be sort of fad, you
know, and everyone who is any one has to
have one"
Buy one, Their he said, irritabIy. Buy
the best one in town. and have the bill
sent to me, but don't bother me with the
details of the affair Get one and stick
it up in the conservatory, if you want one,
and if it isn't too large
But l don't know anything about
them.
''t1nd out, and if it's too big for the con-
servatory, stick it up on the lawn and, if
that amt big enough, I'll buy the next
lot in order TO make room. There can't
any of them fly any higher than we can,
and, If 1t comes to a question of trees, I'll
buy a whole orchard for YOU
Still she hesitated.
THE fact is, john" she confessed at
last I don't know where to go for any
thing in that line. Where do they keep
family trees and all such things?"
hat do you suppose l know about
it, he exclaimed. You're running the
don't want to be bothered with it, If the
florist can't tell you anything about it,
hunt up a first class nurseryman ana place
your order with him. Chicago Post
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28

representative Sherman, of New
York, has introduced in the house a
bill to repeal the Imprisonment penalty
clause of the interstate commerce act.
Representatives of commercial and
transportation interests have appeared
before the house committee on COM
merce TO oppose the bill That pro-
vision should not be repealed. One
great objection to the Interstate com
merce law has been that it has not
been enforced, and that railroads have
defied its provisions and almost
laughed it to scorn. 1t was stated to
the committee that since the decision
in the Brown case, which holds that
either party to an illegal transaction
can be compelled to testify, the law
has been much better maintained.
This is good news. Heretofore when
it was desired to evade the provisions
of the law all that was necessary for
the purpose was to enter into an ille-
sal contract and then set up the plea,
by the parties to it. that they re-
fused to testify because they might
criminate themselves. None of the pro-
visions for the punishment of the VIC
lation of the law should be repealed.
If not violated there can be no danger
of Imprisonment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28
TIE BEER TAX.

When the filed cheese bill came ur
in the Senate Tuesday, Senator Dubois
offered an amendment to it placing an
additional tax of rs cents per barrel
upon beer
In supporting his amendment, Mr..
Dubois said it offered an opportunity
to Mr.. Sherman to execute the patri-
otto purpose he recently expressed of
relieving the treasury without resort
ing to the Dingley tariff bill, which he
characterized an unjust and unsatis-
factory sectional bill, which was trap.
He further stated that the proposed
amendment would yield $25,Oo0,OO0 adj
ddtional revenue. Then he gave pratt
ms, posing, political patriots we'll
merited slap when ne said that SEN
ators could accept this or else quit
posing before the country as the only
patriots
1t was not to be expected that SEN
ator Sherman would remain quiet u..-
der this. and he did not He replied
that tie whole thing was a move II
cripple the cheese bill. Thirty millions
of revenue was already raised from
beer, he said, and he thought the con-
sumers of it paid enough for it. He
moved to table the beer amendment.
but the amendment was lost, eighteen
Republicans and seven Democrats vct-
ing to table and seven Republicans,
eighteen Demociuts and Ave Populist.s
voting against tabiing. 1t is a genuine
pleasure TO no1e the fact that Senators
Brown and Cannon, of Utah, voted
against tabling.
Here IS one of the easiest ways in
the world of raising $4,000, 600 of reve-
nue., at time, too, when the govern
mer. needs it If gentlemen who have
professed so much desire to raise need
ed revenue are sincere, here is a chance
for them to show their sincerity. 1t is
also going to a source of revenue that
has been largely abandoned in order to
build w the system of protection.
There is ample time for congress to
pass a genuine revenue bill drawn on
these lines before the great conventions
meet.
VIII the house accept this amend
ment of Senator Dubois? 1t is to be
hoped that it will.
We congratulate Senator Dubois on
his amendment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28
GENERAL HORACE PORTER.

was born in Huntingdon, Pa, April 10,
1887; was educated in his native state,
and afterwards entered the Lawrence
Scientific school at Harvard, and
While there was appointed to the Uni
ted States Military school and grad
uated in 1850
He served throughout the civil war
on General Grants staff through the
Wilderness campaign.
He was brevetted brigadier-general
United States army for gallant services
during the war 7ii
He is now connected with the Pull
man Palace Car company, and is also
the author of book on West Point
Life"
General Porter is regarded as a vice
presidential possibility
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28
THE Los ANGELES ROAD.

The Omaha Bee of Monday has an
California. It says that while there
are six transcontinental lines, and
while there is no demand for new Pa
cific roads. and will rot be until the
country west of the Rockies has at
least quadrupled in population, there
are gaps to be filled which will ma
tcrially shorten distances and help
build UP sections now wanting railroad
facilities. lone of the most promising
projects, it says, sis the proposed
new line from Salt Lake City to Los
Angeles. The construction of this line
viii prove of incalculable advantage
not only to Salt Lake City, but to
every trade center between Chicago
and the Utah capital
Among the advantages of this pro-
posed road is that it will place Los An
geles and southern California much
nearer Omaha and Chicago than San
Francisco and Portland are now by
existing routes. This is true. An
other thing. It would build up south
ern California as we'll as Utah.
If harbor is established at
San Pedro much world carry
ing trade should come over this line
1t would give an advantage to the
fruit growing regions of California
that would be incalculable 1t would
also furnish California with cheap fuel,
a great desideratum in that state.
Every interest of Utah, California and
the west requires that the road be
built. There is no more inviting rail-
road project anywhere.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28
THE sERENADER.

saw youthful cavalier.
IN raiment rich and rare,
! With gems Arranging from his cloak
And twinkling in his hair
They glittered as he swept along
million sparks CT flame,
And then methought / heard his voice
A-singing as he came.
He lightly thrummed a mandolin,
Its tones right cheerily rang.
Like raindrops pattering on the caves
And this is what he sang:
''Heigho! Demoiselle Daisy,
Loosen your wimple white,
He:gho, Violent, darling,
Open your blue eyes bright
Heighol Come, pretty Mayflower,
You are the shyest of all.
Heyday, come, Pussy Willow,
Wrapped in your hood of fur,
Heyday, come Daffodilly.
Prthee, arouse and stir
Heyday, gone are the snowdrifts,
Gone is the biting blast
Heydfy, wake, pretty maidens,
Summer is coming at last
A hundred pretty heads peeped out
To hear the gentle sound;
A hundred pretty heads peeped out
Above the frozen ground.
He flung his jewels DER them all,
A crown of heatless flames;
a fascinating cavalier.
To wake a hundred danes.
"Who are you sir?' | anxious cried,
II fam would learn your power"
The serenader laughed and said,
MY name is April shower"
Youths Companion
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28
CONDITIONED ONES.

l sing of the toiling masses, of the hands
that never cease
From their labor and wretched living
till the soul wings home in peace;
For the name of the poor is legion, where
the name of the rich is score,
And the hearts of the poor are trampled
by the things which the rich adore
In drear, sad lanes of cities, in the
crowded haunts of men,
Dwell those whose very laughter makes
sigh in unison;
AS a strata are they, imbedded, meath
peace and comfort and ease;
Like an atlas, bearing society, on
shoulder, and Bonded knees
AS of old. they live unheeded, as of old
they die, unsung,
Yet their deeds are true as any, while
their woes appal the tongue;
And theirs is a valley of shadows a vail
of mcil and tears,
Where the river of love seems less to
flow with the roll of the ceaseless
years.
Theodore Dresser in May Every Month.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-28
MACHINE FOR scRuBBING FLOORS

An ingenius machine for scrubbing
floors is in use in England, which is
something like a lawn mower. 1t runs
upon four wheels, and above the two
front wheels is tank which contains
clean water which may, of f0urse, be
heated if desired. The water IS sup
piled to rotary brushes at the bottom
of the machine, and these, rotating in
an opposite direction to the motion of
the machine itself, scrub the floor. AT
the back of these brushes 9nd over the
two back wheels is another tank in
which the dirt and water are carried.
The wiping apparatus consists of an
endless band of absorbing material
made especially for the purpose. This
band is pressed upon the floor by ro-
tary brushes so that the cloth accom-
modates itself to the inequalities of
the floor. The cloth is rinsed out me-
chanically as it leaves the floor and
passes through the tank at the back.
1t is not necessary to sweep the floor
before scrubbing. ~