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New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
LOCAL BrSINESS COMPLICATIONS.

Deputy Sheriff Butler yesterday received an exc
ertion aralnst the Saafeld Publishing Company
music publishers at No. 10 East Fourteenth-st
Tor A.727 in favor of Elizabeth T. Saaihcld. for
money lent TO the company at various tunes De-
tween August /. 1894, and March l. 1896 Ihe suit
vas begun against the company last March, pu'
Judgment not taken until yesterday. In the
last six months judgments aggrcsafing ABOUT
300 have been obtained against the company.
Some Of these subsequently satisfied MI.
saalneld started the business twenty years ago
he became embarrassed In 1893. and the present
company formed at the suggestion OF some
creditors. who took stock In payment OF the'r
claims with a capital Of $4,000. 1t had no rating
at Bradstreets The business was moved from
10: 7si Tenth-ave. 10 No. 10 East Fourteenth-st;
ln March, 1885, when the entire building was leased
Ior fourteen years and extensive alterations made;
"a April, 1896. the company was chattel-mortgaged
Ior 10000 10 j. A. and r. w. Bacon as trustees.
which mortgage has recently been foreciosed ,
schedules OF La Nadia Bros. g. i. Andreoi.
t.aiian bankers formerly at No. ia Mulberryast.;
NO 2Z4 Fifst-avc. and In Philadelphia. were nled
yesterday by John NJ. Gardner the assignee. Ihey
snow liabilities Of SiA,0Si. nominal assets Sll4SI,
actual assets $s0c Schedules Of La MAZDA Bros q
e.; who were In the Jewelry business at the same
actresses In this city and Philadelphia, show Ia
tM'es Dnai'es OF N477S nominal assets $1,000 and ac-
1usi ri assets $43s consisting OF Jewelry on hand
c me balance OF assets consists OF accounts which
cannot be collected.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY OFFICEkS.

The following newly elected officers OF the 81
Nicholas Society were installed on Thursday even
ing: President. Edward King. first vicc-pies'd"h'
c Franklin Stanton: second vice president Fred
eric de Pcvstcr Foster: third vice president Suy-
vesan. Fish: treasurer. Charles Augustus Scher-
rnerhorn: secretary. Charles lsham
Frederic j. de Pcys,er. in speaking OF the IN
s,aua,ion of the new Board OF Officers. said: IT
g. oulv natural that the members OF the 81 NIch-
olas Society should feel pride in the organization
7, WAS founded by some OF the best men IN -''"-
York sixty-two years ago: lis membership h"S AZ
WAYS been restricted to good and representative
New Workers. and II is recognized as the Only as
tinctively New-York organization 1hc otnrf O., .,
,I.nizations like 81. Andrews. St Patrick $, ~
Gcnrr,'s or the New England Will" thcy coilinand
our respect. are not essentiaiy " ,n.,,,,, ,,d
lions and even the Holland society ma li'''H t'"
L ,man,hcrs who live beyond the limits OF Man,
haitian Al the meeting which took piate ~ iS"', ,
continued Mr.. de Peyster ana ~ wirn nn,',a'"' 80,
Sjnodgood presided and Washington IRVING 10 yea
rs secretary # voted to form u N"w-n o'k 80 90
81, ~ ~, az" +, baS = mcmbcrshp OF about six hundred
ava fifty II st!ll remains New oiK society III III"
., ric,esi acceptance Of the term r 49,. III,
~, ornral 1inncr Of the 81. Nicholas Society VIII
he held next Monday. Dec"mb@r l. at iSenoiV1 I, m r.
,r,c eocond meeting OF the society was heiu OF. 'c
tar Il 1s,G and from that time December '" mas
S"n the chosen date for each sicc"cdiiiS ihe',IIs
n," a. Dnrcrnber q falls on Sunday ihis year
AZ H,do,, g. 70 he the day for the festivities Ar
ranrenents for the dinner arc III the hanns VI wv
stewards of The sodley wsosc William Car
n.ndcr Henry {. Swords. B. Aymar Shlna , n,n
Stanley W D6xc II is Seen 'y
nd /, is expected that 300 will be present. n, new
feature this year will be spec.ay hn trst ,i6
W., Monday. Edward King president oi a,s inc So
ciety will preside and the SPEAKER h ill 81 tsk are
Miin sonws st Nicholas DR. David H. Grrer Gree Ui
ttw Mayor Strong: The Army Genera iiuRd'
,,The NaVy pepeW; "0nr Country. Thcodore
Roosevelt: Founders OF Nc"-Ahs'e''"" '''''''
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

eating houses and stables Will be built on Iano
south Of the Southern Boulevard.
In the grounds about the buildings trees VIII oe
planted with regard to decorative effect ana tnere
will he no attempt scientific classification, Ine
details will have to be worked out after the ouiIo-
ings are erected and the roads and paths are con-
structed. -
In the report already submitted to the Board OF
Managers Il is recommended that the southwestern
portion Of the Garden tract be- devoted 10 col-
lection of conferous trees About thirty acres are
Included in tie In the seventy acres east
of tho Bronx harwood trees will be planted Inc
boggy lands west OF the Bronx VIII be devoted 70
the planting OF shrubs. Of which about 80 can oe
cultivated there. - A..
Two lakes will be provided In depressions IN the
grounds near the museum site. and there Will %
ponds in other parts OF the Garden
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
vor uP PANDOLPH, THE PUBLISHER.

A. D. r Randolph. the publisher o ',o' ."
80 , u.as alleged to have been injured at the
-, 7 T. Uorrrnan of Tompknsvile. staten
Is,ord ON Thursday. for taking quarter from
desr was seen by a Tribune reporter yesterday
~ at,crnoon at his place Of business lie expressed
@urnrIsc that any one should use his name anu
,ou, ro,hing whatever about the anair
saiu ne NJ, n.ino said Mr.. Randolph Il was sur
prl"cd to read that had been cs bro.c for
uet". ,,"r,nr' cannot imagine VINO the person
SPOKEN Of can be- ana would mcn Xxx IKE Sc 'o s"me
,,e nv " az uvscf but IL is Impossible mar ne @ cur
~. The one ana moi given 10 Gons INTO grocery
sforcs and asking tor sAhu"lcn'9'
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
PROnINENT IISITORS TO THE CITY,.

General Charles II. Grosyenor. Member of Congress
from Ohio. came 70 town ycs.erda". Shorty after
ward I, reported that General Grosvencr had
declared auihorl;atively that no Ohio maa would go
ino the Cabinet, The General said In response 20 In
quires hl4 remark had been simply that he knew
OF ONO man who cunning for Cabinet po-
slilon adding. with 4 twinkle In his eye You know
an OhlD man never refuses anything" General Gros-
yenor saw Major Mckinley only few days ago.
but -,ouily AYERS that he knows nothing about the
Cahine; Referring TO tho reports about M Hanna
and the post OF Secretary OF the Treasury. he re-
marked. Il have not Mr. Hanna sine" 81. Louis.
bu; / am of the opinion tha; he would gain no pEc.-
s Se n5 Gy IGnS iS onea O 9rSsyeno said that
in' legislation AT the coming session OF Congress
would probably be- confined 10 passing the appLopria-
ton bits He declared that he in favor Of hay
ing new tariff bill prepared and ready 70 bc bf9ugni
in by the time extra session could be called, ana
emphaucally registered his opposition 10 me pISlry
bill. Just before he lcft the litte group WIN whoni
he was talking tn" General added: on by-thr-nye,
you may have secn that report that was candidate
to succeed Mr Reed a. speakc!' Ih1t Is arran, mon
have already denied Il. hui VIII ada that
a fool and whoever started that story must
have though; was
Bearing upon the subject Of Ohio in the cab-
net General Giosv"nor tod story about Garfield.
lie said that after Garfield elected he wen, up
Mentor 10 urge the appointment ~ eX-COvcrnor
Foster as Postmaster-Gcneral Il was one of the
electors and agreed to ask Garfield TO appoin: an
OHIO man in his Cabinet" said General Grosvenor
Foster was selected and was delegated to go on
the mission j was fafner DickWdru III tVlIilB my
mission bu; finally told him what wanted. Gar
Held got up in his Old familiar way and put his arm
arounl my shoulder and said gently:
Charlie don't you think Ohio has enough?
Enough stammered. What have We got?'
Why he said In all genteness. IL has me
Il don't know how got out. but ! did. and Ohio
got nothing. have always been inclined TO believe
Ina, had Foster been appointed there might have been
GuIteau"
Colonel A. T. Conger. who was formerly National
Committeeman from Ohio. was with Genera. Gros-
venor lie IL opposed to extra session OF Congress-
saving: II do not thnk that the people wish to have
the tariff agitation extended over the summer by
snccal session. IL hurts business. i am manufact-
urer and know what am talking about. and mink
that sonnet hing ought 10 be done this session"
Ex-Governor D. Russell Brown. of Rhode Island,
VINO loomcd up at st. Louis for shor, tim" "A
Vice candidate Is in the city. ana i said
10 be quietly nursing aspirations FOR Cabinet honors
The cx cx-Covernor. who is here business trip II
siayng n the Windsor. He says that business IL
pirking up In New England. and that there seems TO
be a gradual and healthy growth OF activity
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
prns DErJiVCE TO ANTHONY CONS70Ch.

Montague X. Ieverson. the lawyer ",o - o"t
,oor,,ed him in the railroad sation at
,Iharv as "a notorious blackmaier who never
carned an honest collar in his life" fled an an
swer to Comstock's complaint yesterday IN wnich
no eovs he did use the words conpiain"u OF, put
his action the answer adds. The delendaht ~il,
I'm ehI' that the reputation OF SAID 'omHl0ck hhn
snow e,,'. nc ye,rs been that of revengeiul. un-
Truthful malignant backmaer ara na' NJ mrs ,pry pir
saon, sa,o' the utterancc OF said words.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
4 BPOOKLYN MANS STRANGE ILLNESS.

Jacob i. Barstow old and well-known resi-
den, OF, Brooklyn found unconscious on the SIDE
walk at Elghy-seyen,h-st. and Plrk-ave on Thurs'
dsy night Re was removed to the Presbyterian Hos
p,al where cards were found In his possession which
established his identity. His case puzzled the hos
p,ta authorities. who were unable to say what his
illness was slr Barstow has been in business In
brooklyn .or a number Of years. His home Is at
tho Hotel ST. George where re lives with his wife and
two children Mr. Bars,ow discharged from the
hospital yesterday. and when seen on the subject Of
his strange Illness said: II had not been drinking
was Simply overworxcd. have been to see my fam
iv ard an, anxious to any friends who may caf
10 learn when l am to be buried. ] nave scareo ny
family before by these spells.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
p4Ry UJPPOPOTAHtS BORN IN THE P1Rh.

Great excitement prevailed among the animals
I, the lion house yesterday morning. especiaiy
,b,t part OF 1t par,tioncd of for the Use OF the
b,npopotami. The occasion OF the unu'na' com
n,otion was the arrival Of n baby hippo which
. ,. ha,ore mon was born TO Mrs. Murphy In the
.,o,or NJ the tank The father Of the fat. bomnc-
ns baby Of several hundred pSunas Is has sb bn
come c,. the father within year ral,nn IS s,,e III.
mother Of his other chid cyrSp rwcomer II Unknown
on March G. The sex OF the he"'o"'' -
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
DIR. e. J. LiFFIN GOES HOME.

DR.. G. J. Latin. Of No. 1.5i2 Madison-ave.. who
had been under observation in the pavilion for
the insane at Bellevue Hospital since Sunday. was
discharged yesterday. and went 10 his home. He
denied that he had ever maltreated his wife.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

pHTSE\TME\T HANDED I ! i't-' i.Ni.is>' '''
rrcTs N THE EAINEs Law REsPoN-
sIEI.E FOR ITS EvAsIoN-PARK-
HURST SOCIETY OUT. TOO.
The Grand Jury for he November term closed its
,ohors Yesterday by handing up rreseniment
unon tho difficulty Of enforcing the Raines Liquor
Tox law in this city. The presentment declared
,ho, gross .vasons OF the law were common be-
,usc NJ defects In g. Most OF the difficulty arises
,,o,o tho lack OF proper definitions OF hotels.
.r,oaie' and guests In the law. On that account
,hr Grand Jury has been compelled TO dismiss al
,nos, ali complaints against the liquor dealers VINO
',, ,ho Raines law hotels and sell liquor on sun
AVS and All nigh, under the pretcnce OF furnishing
,m:ais to guests with the liquor. The Grand jury
mroscntment declares that the incoming lcsisiaiure
Phn,,ld amcnd the law to make the proper en-
fnrre,ncnt OF the law possible; =, ,. r.. -,
n,a rxccutiyc Committee of the Society Tor ire
r,ara,,Ion of Crime yesterday sent to the Polic"
,rarL 20 The Health Board TO the Superlntendent
and &c George W. Iiilliard. the Special
=, -, a'ornmss Toner OF Excise In this city. letters
:. ppanorstrancc against the wholesale evasion or
~. Iiouor-Tax law In the Raines law hotels. me
decIs red that since II was apparent that the
ran,ietors i CT the bogus hotels we're making only
protence ~ OF complying with the law, while th"y
Die vioIatius IL openly. there should be concerted
ction by the authorities TO stop the illegal SAFE OF
ii,uor al prohibited hours In such places
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

Of the Mercantile Trust Company on December ~:
ON and after that date the Trust Company VIII
receive deposits OF the notes subject TO the terms
OF the plan and agreement and VIII issue It's tenn
porary receipt5 therefore, cxchangcabe In due time
for engraved receipts TO be listed on the Stock Ex-
ch
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

When Colonel Waring opened the bids for the
annual snow and ice removal contract yesterday
he found that his favorite contractor Herbert
Tate had been underbld q. VI. Furmar offered to
do the work for {, cents a cubic yard cX-Dock
Commissioner Andrew j. White bid 43 cents and
Tate wanted 20 cents Tate had the contract last
year at - cents per cubic yard The Board of Esi-
mate will award the contract next week
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
LOCAL GOTERNIENT AFFAIRS.

Colonel David T. Austen. Receiver Of Taxes IN
the Finance Department. reported 10 Controller
Fitch yesterday that his collections OF taxes for 1895
exceed the collections for last year by nearly four
and a quarter millions OF dollars.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
WALL STREET AND THE EXCHANGES

The syndicate which was organized In August
last by j. Pierpont Morgan to furnish the foreign
exchange required by tho market and to protect
the gold reserve in tho United States Treasury ex-
plrod by limitation on December |. fact known 10
few outside of the syndicate. The syndicate
ca He'd uDon provide only 81 900 in exchange
When II had sold this much the exchange market
broke and gold began to pour In from Europe. Be
fore the formation OF the syndicate the banks Of
Newly ork Boston. Philadelphia and Chicago con-
trIbuted 81. In gold to the Treasury In
change for grecnbacks. but II was soon drawn out
again.
Telcgra phic transfers of currency TO New Orleans
Yesterday through the New-York Sub-Treasury
were sjOOO0 In addition there a transfer of
20 900 silver dollars. The Sub-Treasury gained
SIsj 900 In gold by Clearing House operations and
by gold deposits
No new details were furnished yesterday OF the
ARRANGEMENT OF the city gas companies for dlvI
sion OF territory Consolidated Gas stock closed
the Stock Exchange AT 162is. the same as the day
IS and for the common stock 4ii2 Standard was
sGs bid and Equitable sold at 2lJ.
There was n fall yesterday on the NewYork
producc Exchange of ~ cents bushel on Decem-
her wheat (whsat deliverable this month";. and 2%
cents I'm May wheat. The chief dealings were In
Nav wheat. Corn and oats were rather weak.
Al the request OF Il large proportion Of the holders
OF the Union Pacific Railway Company'sG q per cent
collateral trust notes. John G.. Moore. James W.
Alexander and Edwin +. Atkins have undertaken
TO act as a committee for the purpose Of devising
plan and formulating agreement OF reorganiza-
ton. copies OF which be obtained at the Office
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

When Chief Clerk Bion l.. Burrows, Of the
Mayors office got TO the city Hall early yesterday
morning. n found mother ard eight small chill
dren waiting for him. The woman was Mrs. Annie
Hcyman Of No l65 Orchard-st. She was holding
the Youngest of the eight in her arms. and pite
ously pleaded with Mr. Burrows that her husbands
license as IN auctioncer should be restored 10 him
before she AMI his children starved The father Is
Solomon Ileyman. auctiOneer. whose license
was revoked by the Mayor on Thursday because
he had sold goods for Samuel Goldberg which be-
longed (iOldbcrg's creditors. with alleged intent
10 defraud. The woman and her children wanted
TO see the Mayor but he was too busy.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

The Board OF Estimate gave a public hearing
yesterday to IIaremites and North Sders who
wished 70 protest against the new Harlem bridge.
as proposed and in course OF erection. Ex-Assist
ant CORPORATION Counsel Charles Blandy. who said
he appeared for about sS,c0,Goo Of equity on the
south side OF the proposed bridge argued that the
act OF 1892. which ordered the bridge. made II
mandatory that the south side of Thir1-ave., In
the Twcnty-third Ward should be connected By
the bridge with the north side Of Third-ave.. in the
Twelfth Ward. and that Third-ave. should he kept
an open highway the river. In building the
present structure therefore. tho Board OF Estimate
in each step il taking violating the law.
Speeches to the same effect were delivered by Jor
dan l.. Mott. eX-Judge Henry l.. McGowan. William
D. Peck of the Harlem club; William a. Martin,
Henry &. Robinson. William X. Beal and w. ".
PAYNE After the hearing the Mayor said lie
in 5ugh, the protests were well grounded and he
would see what remedy could be applied.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
THE GRAND JURY SPEAKS PLAINLY.

TIC Invrstigaiing committee will probably not
,cein sitting at Buffalo until next Wednesday.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

SPITE and venom are not always bur-
led with the dead, and for this reason
censor of gravestones is employed in
big London cemetery. He has had to
stop many gross libels on the living that
people proposed to put on the stones.
Not long since the wife and friends of
tolerably we'll known Jockey wanted to
have the dead mans saddle, whip and
cap laid in a cover over his grave, and
on the grave of man killed in an acct
dent the relations gravely contested his
right to stop an inscription which said,
Murdered by His Masters" Some
times, at their own wish, OF course those
who pay for gravestones and monuments
induce the stone cutter they employ to
endeavor to smuggle inscri ptions thro',
but he exercises the most rigid scrutiny.
Cases have been known where sunk let
tiers have been filled with putty Or
cement, with view to this being quietly
picked out afterward, when the letters
would, of course, show. One OF the cool.
est proposals was that made by the heir
of manufacturer of sweets. The de-
ceased man, it seemed, made special
kind of "butter SCOTCH" and the heir
proposed that small packets OF this
should be placed On the grave daily for
the rejection of visitors to the cemetery.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

A CAT belonging to resident Of Cam
eron, Mo-, is nursing litter of wild rab-
bits and caring for them with motberly
solicitude. Several kittens we're born to
the cat a week or so ago, but they all
died. neighbor found a nest OF very
young wild rabbits about the same time,
and they were put in charge OF the cat,
with the happy result told.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

The Monthly Bulletin, issued bv the
State Department OF Agriculture, gives
the following general averages, stands,
etc., of Florida crops: Acreage-Up-
land cotton, Ill; sea island cotton, 116;
corn, 100; oats, 90; sugar cane, 1O2;
rye, 81; rice, SO; sweet potatoes, 1902;
field peas, 90; cabbage, 1O1; Irish po-
tatoes, 100; tomatoes, 105; cucumbers,
81; English peas, 81 beans, 1O5; egg,
plants, SO; peanuts, 100; hay, 113; to-
bacco, ITO; pineaprles, 1874; Strawberries,
1O7. Stand-Upland cotton, SO; sea is
land cotton, 88; corn, 90; oats, So;
sugar cane, 90; rye, 8S; rice, 90; sweet
potatoes, Sc; field peas, 90; cabbage,
90; Irish potatoes, 81; tomatoes, So;
cucumbers, 81; English peas, 90; beans,
81 eggplants, SO; peanuts, 90; hay, 95,
tobacco, IS; pineapples, 1903; straw
berries, 1O3. Fruit Conditions-Guavas,
1874 pears, 76; peaches, 81; bananas,
131; orange ire 1927; lemon trees, 1l9;
ime trees, 1874; grapefruit trees. 131.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

require legs. These remarks apply to
hind legs; the fore legs OF whales are rep
resented by their f1ippers. The ancestors
of all marine mammals were land ami
mails. The intermediate condition may
be observed in the seals, which live on
land to some extent. The porpoise is
legless but has rudimeptary hip bones.
The ancestors OF modern snakes had
legs and walked. The boa constructor
possesses rudimentary hind legs.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

IT IS suggested that the drying of fruit.
which requires great care and certain
regulation of temperature, offers prom
Using field for electric heating. Fuel for
heating by steam is often expensive, but
fruit districts usually have abundant
water power that could be used for driv-
ing dynamos. The electric current would
prove servicable in variety of ways in
addition to heating.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

Who cares about Cuba, anyway? II
Congress wants to win everlasting pop
ularity, it should induce Mr.. Fitzsim-
mons to grant belligerent rights to Mr..
Corbett.
CLAY county, Kansas, man was fined
$35 for pounding his mule, and the next
day be was fined 50 for beating his wife.
Kansas brutes can save money by SELL
ing their mules and getting married.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

The sleeping car magnates are giving
in just little to the people. The Chi
cago and Great Western has given notice
to the chairman OF the Western Passenger
Association that on date to be an
nounced later it will accept second-class
tickets il first. class Pullman sleeping
cars. The competition OF tourist sleeping
cars on other roads compelled this cOnces-
sion. 1t is to be sincerely hoped that
there will be more tourist sleeping.car
competition.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

A Cork town councillor is credited
with having thus spoken: "There can
be no doubt of the virulence of this cpl
demic, for I know of people lying dead
from it who never died before" The
same gentleman thus chivalrously de-
Tended colleague: II strongly protest
against this attack on my absent friend,
for surely it is not right to hang man
behind his back"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

PROFESSOR RoENTGEN is somewhat
annoyed at his sudden fame. He is Of
course great worker, but his discovery
has entailed upon him new duties that
he finds irksome. From all parts OF the
world he receives letters from people
who ''want to know, you know" AS
the Professor is a very kindly and C our
teous man he finds his CORES pondence
tremendous burden at present.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

A FRENCH medical paper prints what
is believed to be the oldest-known med
ical recipe. 1t is for tonic for the hair
and it's GATE is 1000 B. G.. 1t was pre-
pared for an Egyptian queen, end re-
quired dogs paws and asses hoofs to be
boiled with dates in oil.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

The botanic gardens of the Jardin des
Plantes, Paris, includes about seventy
acres. The plants are all labeled with
red labels, medicinal; green for aliment
airy; yellow, for ornamental purposes (;
blue, for art, and black, for poisonous
plants.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

OUT IN Colorado the other day stock
in the Blue Jay mine sold for 81 cents a
share in the morning and for $27.5O at
night. Early investors regard that mine
as a "bird," but there may be some very
blue Jays around it later ON.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

THE largest damned body of water in
the world will be secured by the building
OF a dam at Clovuet, .Mipn., on the ST
Louis River, 900 feet long and eighty
feet high, by which back water will be
extended sixty miles.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24

The more remote ancestors of whales
undoubtedly had legs. The sperm
whale possesses a rudimentary thigh
bone and tibia. There seems to be no
question that the progenitors Of modern
whales were land animals, but their de-
scendants took to the sea and ceased to