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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05
Progress in the South.

The industrial progress of sthe south
is one great incentive that should actu-
ate the people in the development and
utilization OF it's immense resources.
These are virtually thus far only parti-
ally unearthed. Yet under the impetus
thus given in utilizing it's ores, coal beds,
oil wells and other resources, giant
strides have been taken toward future
of unequaled wealth, power and great
ness. Yet the efforts thus far made are
but as the zephyrs of the morn as COM
pared with thesproportions of trade winds
that will send the ship Of advancement
spinning forward toward the eventual
harbor of full development, where it
will reap the profits Of a successful voy-
age.
Already the mighty forces are at
work bringing into prominence the I'M
rlvaled advantages. the unlimited re-
sources, the salubrity of climate, and
the golden fertility Of the soil of this
magnificent section that is the garden
spot of the world in its undeveloped
mines of wealth that will eventually ri
val all the massive treasures dug from
the bowels of the earth. The con-
struction of railways has brought to
light the silent wastes that have been
untouched by the hand of labor and in
dustry. With these there are flowing
into this modern Eden of America cap
ital and population. Under the in
spiration of their presence the land is
beginning to pulsate with new life. The
whir of the cotton spindle, the blasts OF
furnaces, the hum and clatter of factor
les and industries of all kinds, are
awakening the solitudes and disturbing
the silent forests and busy marts with
the buzz of machinery.
Steadily the cotton mills are travelling
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

P. A. Ross is building a large silo for
John w. Lawton in Eustis. The one
that he built for Prof. w. K. Pendleton
proved SO satisfactory that many Of the
farmers airs planning to have one them
selves. The silo is said to effect say
ing of at least one-half in the feed bill.
Stock thrive we'll on the ensilage, and
will leave other feed for il.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

T HAVE some of the finest Orange Groves and
i Wild Land Large or Small properties-Some
in the Indian River section. Send for circular.
G. p. WILLIAMS, OviedO, Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

EOHN L. NUCKOLS, dealer In Improved and
- Unimproved Real Estate. DeLand, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

. EST BARGAINS ever given in orange groves
- houses, city lots, improved and unimproved
lands. Call on or address Fl. A. DeLand, De-
Land, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05
Real Estate Directory.

Any one contemplating the purchase Of rsas
estate tn Florida should zOv1te to the parties
beloaV is aOAateOer section they gyisA to Aocatee
TITS Mee0ortof the Ae,iestltasrist to haze NON.
bat first class firms rebreSeasted in this colstnsne
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

j.. felt.a sense of exhilaration and pride such
ASH never experienced before nor since.
Then came the desire to see what we
really could do. 1t seemed to me as if 1
would almost burst. saw that every
condition was favorable to wonderful
run, and had good excuse for it, for we
were a little behind time.
"a little more pressure and the engine
Jumped forward as if it were alive. The
rush of wind outside the cab was so like
a gale that 1 felt we must be in storm.
one hundred and five, six, seven, eight,
then nine and ten miles. l began to won
der where on earth we were going to,
whether we ever could find limit, and l
was SO intoxicated with the success that
we had achieved that made up my mind
to do all that was possible.
g 'sAt last there came moment when l
knew we were dong all that we could and
Iscan't tell low sorry it made me feel to
find that limit. We were running at the
rate of liz miles an hour and my heart
sank when after about five miles we had
to slow down to the hundred rate; but
odd as 1t may seem l did not realize what
chad been done until we came to dead
stop in Buffalo, and then it all came over
me. Say, 1 was as weak as cat. That
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

danger. He has no time to feel at all I'M
der such circumstances.
One of the old-timers of the Pennsyl-
vania is Ned Perkins, who, in addition to
his other virtues, Acknowledges having
been IN an accident. Il guess that nine
tenths of all the railroad men in the coun-
try have been mixed up in some sort of an
accident in the course of their expe-
rience," said he. 81 had one once which
took me as near death as / care to go until
the actual end comes. I was running a
local out of Philad elphia on the western
division and had a good fireman. but
poor engine. She was a cranky machine
if ever there was one, and the men in the
roundhouse were always joking me about
the mule, as she was called.
81 had been pretty lucky and was con-
graduating myself upon avoiding acci-
dents, when one day my turn came. l
was a little behind time and had just got
fairly started on my run. l was going
along at forty mile speed when we came
in sight of side track. / had been over
that switch hundreds OF times and gave it
no thought, until suddenly the engine
gave jump and began to pitch and toss
and tears thing up generally.
''In a second l knew we were off the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

rather than break any ice cakes which may
come within the sweep.
Marine engineers and explorers alike
are watching the construction of this
unique craft with no little interest. Many
opinions have been advanced regarding
the possibilities OF this vessel. The in
ventor, however, is confident that he has
at last reached a solution of that most
puzzling problem which has occupied the
attention OF scientists and navigators for
centuries.
1t is considered by all odds the most
novel method of reaching the pole that
was ever originated. NJ. G. L. Pesce,
French civil engineer, has conceived the
idea of reaching the Mecca of Arctic ex-
plorers by means of submarine boat,
which lie would have travel $50 feet be-
meath the surface OF the sea. Most per-
sons, however, would prefer to travel on
top OF the water, and that is why Mr..
Baden Powell's idea is considered worthy
of consideration and not chimerical.
1t is not among the lmpossibilities that
al the proper season in 1897 this strange
craft may journey north yard. Who will
man her, under whose guidance she will
go, is something for the future to decide.
1t is quite likely that if she does go she
will float the American flag.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
i CRHFT OF WHIRLING BLTDES
10 Clea7e It's Way Through Ice Barriers to
the North Pole

full. fully 1900 horsepower. The latest
principle in the way of fuel will be fol-
lowed, and the flame which heats tae boil
ers will have as its source petroleum.
Well forward in the bow is placed the
powerful engine which runs the ice-crush-
ing screw saw. Huge electric motors and
powerful gearing are the characteristics of
this engine. which will only be used when
1t is necessary to cut a channel through
the ice. TIE electricity is supplied by an
immense dynamo, which is driven by the
main shaft. Below and all round the
electric engine-room are the steel tanks in
which the petroleum is stored. These ex-
tend well under the cabin and living quar-
tiers of the crew.
In the after section of the hull, about
third of the way from the stem, is located
the engine which runs the propeller. The
boiler-room is just in front. Storerooms
in which can be carried provisions for
three years and half and petroleum
tanks occupy the after portion OF the ship.
The living quarters of the crew and
members of the party who accompany
the expedition are amidships, partly above
and partly below water. Here are store
rooms for delicate scientific instruments,
medicines and articles required for con-
slant daily use. The turret or deckhouse
and quarters are thoroughly piped from
the boilers, and thus any degree of warmth
can be maintained regardless of the
weather outside. A constant supply of
fresh air is obtained in the boiler and en-
CINE rooms, down in the body of the ship,
below the waters surface. by means Of
forced draft, which sends the air down
two large ventilators on either side of the
smokestack.
The steering apparatus of the boat will
be the very best that ingenuity can devise
and money purchase. 1t will be so ar
ranged at the vessel can be steered from
any section of the cabin. Still another
popularity of the craft is the odd con-
struction and position of the propeller.
1t is set, not at the extreme stern. but a
little forward and beneath sort of pro-
lection which. however, is all below the
surface. The idea of this is to protect the
rudder and propeller as much as possible
from icelams, and to further add to this
the blades OF the propeller are thicker
than is ordinarily the case and sharper on
the edges in order that they may cut
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

PEELED by power that is tremendous when
the size of the craft is considered. Then
1t will saw and bore its way through the
pack or foe. throwing the ice upward ano
backward. 1t might be thought that the
flying ice and snow would iDjure or bur-
den the vessel, and TO avoid anything of
this nature a shield has been constructed
which will answer the dual purpose OF
withstanding the heavy shocks of the
waves and the bonn bardment of flying ice.
This shield is curved affair, running
from point just forward from the deck
house backward at an angle of forty-fiYe
degrees. 1t is made of heavy boiler iron,
sheets of which are riveted together.
While only built for moderate speed
this craft is especially designed for batter
ing and ramming ice, and its pro-
polling engines. which will be COM
pound triple expansion ones, are to
be correspondingly heavy and power
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

is how it feels to ride at the rate of 112
miles an hour
The night run of the Empire State Ex-
press from New York to Albany is one of
the best known and most trying runs out
OF New YORK City. This is the star tram
of the New York Central. Nothing must
be permitted TO interfere with its progress.
1t must be on time. All these things the
engineer has TO face when he pulls the
throttle at Forty-second street, and the
run toward the Harlem River begins. He
knows he must make from ffty-three to
sixty-fve miles an hour, and that accident
is to be avoided under any and all circum-
stances. William Marley makes this run
three times one week and four another.
Nerve z" said he, when he talked OF the
task thathe accomplished so often. "Why
l haven't got any at all, if you mean the
force that makes you tremble. l guess I
have got some of the other 1nd or |
wouldn't be running this engine son't
mind telling you that man in this puss.
ness wants to forget all about the fact
that he's got nerves. They would only
interfere with his work. On the run like
the one have, all a man has to do is to
watch his engine and go ahead on time.
When a man is in the cab of his engine
he has eyes for only one thing, and that
is possible danger. l know that am al
ways on the lookout for it. and I always
would be, whether was running the En-
pire State Express or a local one only
three miles out.
There is sense of responsibility felt
by locomotive engineers unlike that which
rests upon man in any other business.
The fact that one man is responsible for
the lives of hundreds is enough to make
him careful. On fast train like 1 run
the engineer always has that sense OF get
ting somewhere quickly and 1 can tell you
how satisfactory it is. Then be always
has the feeling OF power. Somehow it
just comes to him from the big powerful
engine that doesn't stop Tor anything.
"When l am running an engine 1 sell
dom think of what may be on the track
ahead of me. Why, if l should see my
own mother on the rails in front of my
engine, within a trains length OF me. 1
would know that no power but that of God
Almighty could save her. Once anything
that lives gets within a certain distance
before the engine it simply means instant
death for whatever it may be. l am sure
that a train going at the rate of sixty
miles an hour could never be stopped
within its length unless it was much
longer train than the Empire State Ex-
press. never think OF the possibility of
an accident when l am on a run. You
see they are not pleasant things to have in
your mind anyway, these possible disas-
tiers, and l always figure there is time
enough to think about them when they
come, if come they must.
when a man sees what seems certain
death staring him in the face as he sits
on his seat il the engine cab he doesn't
feel at all. He merely realizes everything
and just does all he can to avert the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

This happened near Montclair, Colo,
very near to Denver, on plain where the
wind had full sweep. The wind always
blows in Denver, and when it decides to
take an extra squirt it's wind worth
thinking about. 1t was a wind like this
that was blowing the day Barrows went
out to break the record. If that wind blew
in most States east OF Kansas it would be
considered very respectable hurricane,
but in Colorado it is known as a plains
zephyr. Mr.. Barrows has taken the
trouble to relate his experience on this oc-
casion and to tell why he made the effort.
This is his story. in his own language, just
as it was written and signed by himself:
"To the Editor: On the 9th of las.
March l rode straightaway mile in 1 81.
A few minutes after 1 made the ride M.
O. Dennis rooe a mile over the same
course in 1 IL 3-5. Ever since then have
been awaiting favorable opportunity to
lower the record made by Dennis. On
September % heavy windstorm came
down from the mountains west of here
and / secured timers and witnesses and
went out TO the course. which Is situated
on a course six miles from Denver. Owing
to the poor condition of the roads ! was
unable to try for the mile. but succeeded
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

A new plan for reaching the north pole
has just been conceived. That point sur
rounded by mystery is to be reached by
means of an electric ice-destroyer,. at
tached to the PROV of steam vessel $50
feet long. The originator of the idea is
Mr.. Warrington Baden-Powell, elder
brother of Sir George Baden-Powell, M. P,
and Major Baden Powell, who led the
pioneers IN the late Ashantee expedition.
An expedition is now being planned, but
whether it will travel under British or
American auspices has not been decided.
The peculiar craft by which it is be-
Iieved the success for which millions of
money have been spent and many lives
sacrificed will be achieved is TO b.
like nothing ever constructed, IN its
entirety. 1t resembles in a degree the
ocean whaleback. The deck covering is of
steel, studded with heavy rivets, the
whole specially drawn and welded with
the idea of withstanding extreme tenn
perature, the sort that is naturally ex.
pected to exist in the vicinity of>the pole.
This is about the only resemb lance, so far
as any striking feature is concerned, to any
other craft which was ever planned. In
lacI, II is nOtlceaple ior Tue many IauiCai
changes and departures from all previous
theories of marine architecture.
At the apex of the bow is curious
screw, not unlike series of circular saws.
This ice-destroyer, for that is what it
really is, constitutes the means for forcing
passage through ice foes which never
could be accomplished continuously and
successfully except by some such means.
AS the ship lies in the water this screw
saw is observed as projecting several feet
and partially out of the water. In appear
ance this curious contrivance resembles
more than anything else huge screw.
As stated, it has teeth like saw cut in
the edges of its thread. The shaft or CEN
ter of this screw is a massive affair OF
steel, pointed at one end so that it may
be operated as ram. 1t is the idea OF the
inventor to seBd the craft ahead at an ice
pack or foe under a full head of steam,
with the propeller at the stern and the
screw at the bow, both working together,
although one receives its power from an
electric engine, while the power of the
other comes from an engine driven by
steam.
The rapidly revolving screw and ram
combined will first crash into the ice i'm
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
HEROES OF THE ENGINE GLIB.
fHoW It Feels to Hold the Throttle at 112
Miles an Hour.

!. Thisis the story of how it feels to drive
an engine at its utmost spe d. gathered
O.. from the lips of the drivers. Various
. persons have from time to time related
their sensations while on board a railway
train travelling at the rate of mile a
minute, but much more interesting are
:: the facts as 10 the sensations of the men
: IN the cab OF the engine, who face death
ana danger, to whom peril is an everyday
companion, and who turn their backs on
Fear:
:: ltis one thing to sit in a parlor car and
: gage at the landscape flying by as if it
- were panorama instead of nature itself.
:Ltls saitogether different matter to look
out: the window of an engine cab far ahead
- down the cleaning rails, not knowing at
wEfat minute something of tremendous
simPertance may happen, knowing that a
=, broken rail may turn the great, living
Breathing machine into total wreck
within thirty seconds.
For this reason, it is of more than pass
ing: interest to know what the engineer
thinks how he feels, and whether he really
is. made different from other men by a life
:,that. combines danger and monotony, a
;, LIE: that makes it necessary that nerves
should. be forgotten, while at the same
time nerve is prerequisite. The sooty face
(which looks out a you from the engine cab
. :as you watch the train slowly glide iuto
the: station and alongside OF the platform
=: .on which you stand may give no sign OF
fhe Fact that not more than ten minutes
! bFfQre, death, sudden and awful, has
i9oksd into il. 1t is very apt to he the
cass; however, but the engineer becomes
iii time as passive as the great boiler seems
Qanger he expects. and death and danger
always go hand in hand. A splendid nerve
.is:f. prime equipment for an engineer.
:: Think OF travelling at the rate of 112
.. mi les an hour! Only once in the entire
6isrory of railroads has the feat ever been
accom- pIished The bearers of this record
axe Engine S99. that most famous of Ameri-
3. gan. locomotives, and lis driver, John
:H@g9ar. 1t ali happened on the tracks OF
I: the New York Central, between Syracuse
ana Buffalo. This IS what Engineer
9 HoEan says:
=: To travel along the rails at the rate OF
az. miles an hour is as neaI like flving as
anything l can think OF. When we got
outside of Syracuse and began to crowd
ON steam we shook Just as if we had been
=. al sea. 1 tell you 1 felt excited as we
gradually put on steam, and I knew we
We're. getting closer and closer to point
OF speed that had never been passed by
+ any. engine. Faster and faster we went
ing: heart beating like a trip-hammer.
: Ihe country and the towns on each side
::oT. the track don't seem like anything but
; :Streaks. 1t seemed to me as if everything
:: had gone out of my head but Just the
= pqwer to watch that steam gauge and to
): keep track of that speed. When we
:. ..Ieaeked the 100 mile-an-hour pace l knew
= AL records had been broken. Old 999 and
:. John Hogan had gone faster than any
!: engine and engineer had ever travelled.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Manu- Still Speak Gaelic.

A new appointment has been made from
Waterford to the chair of professor OF
Gaelic in Maynooth College, Ireland. The
new appointee is member of the Gaelic
League of Dublin. and was the first editor
OF the Archaeological Journal of Water
ford. The opinion is very general that
Gaelic is an extinct language, or one
nearly extinct, and the labors of the
Gaelic Society in New York to revive Its
use have lent some color to that opinion
Nevertheless. as figures show, the Gaelic
tongue is very tenacious, and, according
to the last reports, is spoken, though not
exclusively, by 100000 persons in the
British Isles-600 900 in Ireland, $50, 900 in
Wales, and 100000 in Scotland.
Though English is the official language
of all these countries, the popularity of
English increases slowly despite the dis
advantage under which those who use
Gaelic labor, that of having no established
grammar and no recognition in an official
way. Gaelic fultills the colloquial require
ments of the farmers and fishermen in the
counties remote from the large cities
somewhat as the Basque language con-
tinues to be popular in the northern PROV
inces of Spain.
In this country Gaelic has made little
Roadway, though many patriotic Irish
men have by various methods endeavored
to acquainu others less patriotic with its
advantages. While the use of most Euro
pean languages has about doubled in
seventy-tive years, five times as many per-
sons speak English as did in 1920.
London's population increases by 10000
each year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Battle With a Royal Buck.

William NJ. Slower, one of the lessees
the DOYLE mine at Horseshoe Bend, on
the Stanislaus River, was an unwilling
participant in a thrilling adventure last
week. The Sonora Democratic Banner
says that he shot at large buck which
was standing in bold relief on the crest of
a hill. The bullet went straight, and the
deer plunged forward and fell. Mr.. Slower
laid his rifle down and FASTENED to his
fallen game for the purpose of cutting its
throat. Just as he reached the deer and
leaned over to apply the knife the animal
leaped to his feet and glared at Mr.. Slower.
Instantly the man seized the beast by
the horns. That action terrified the buck.
He made plunge and down the steep
sides OF Devils Canyon he vent, carrying
the man with him. The deer was madly
frightened, and Mr.. Slower was more
scared than the deer. He could not turn
loose, and away went man and animal
over rocks, bushes and briers. When
near the bottom of the CANYON the deer
fell against a tree, ana before he could get
up, being nearly exhausted by his terrible
run, Mr.. Slower grabbed large piece Of
quartz rock ana killed the animal by beat
ing 1t on the head.
Mr.. Slower had his clothes badly torn.
and his face and hands were scratched
by the bushes like unto the results of
scrimmage with cats. He is unable to tell
how he escaped serious injury while going
down the side of the rough hill at break.
neck SD eed. The deer took him on the
Jump every foot of the way. After the deer
was dead an examination showed that
the bullet had struck him square upon
the horns near the head, which caused
him to fall over in stunned condition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Tie bicycle has just proved itself speed
Ter than hurricane. Stanley NJ. Barrows,
a young Denver rider, is the cyclist who
travelled the fastest mile that any wheel
man over rode-5S 3-5 seconds. A mile in
less than a minute. That is record which
few limited express trains equal Yet it
was proved to be correct by competent
witnesses. It is not often that wheel
man has gale or a hurricane act as pace
maker, but that was young Barrows' ex-
perience. and, odd though it may seem. he
left the pace-maker behind him from start
to finish.