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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-17


king of Servia. Neither is barely more
than 10, but each wants rich Ameri-
can wife.
The Duchess of Manchester has an
nounced her intention of spending the
season at Newport, and the society Cos.
sips on both sides of the water have
agreed that her purpose is to find her
son wife and perhaps for herself a
husband. My, but won't Dame Grundy's
tongue wag when she arrives, for ever
since William K. Vanderbilt was di-
vorced from his wife, who is now Mrs
o. Ell. P. Belmont, it has been rumored
that he was about to console himself by
marrying the duchess, whom he has
long admired.
The duchess herself is the widow of
the late Duke Of Manchester, that noto-
rious rake whose i'll spent life was more
fruitful Of scandals than that of any
other peer of the British realm. Her
maiden name was Consuela Yznaga,
and she was the daughter of rich Gu
ban who lived in New York But little
is known of the young duke. He has not
been long out Of Elton and is hardly old
enough to show whether Or not he will
develop that fondness for concert hall
singers that distinguished and disgraced
his father. The duchess stands higher in
favor at the English court than any 9TH
er American woman in London She is
special favorite of the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales and is always a welcome
guest at Sandringham. Her sons wife
would be we'll received in London soci-
ETY..
The other sutton, King Alexander, al
though he has the nobler title, is not
nearly so good a "catch." According to
all accounts, he has been chasing all
over Europe after a bride who could
ally him with some powerful house and
at the same time fill his empty purse.
He made desperate attempt to marry
into the royal family of Russia paying
court to the Grand Duchess Xenia and
to the youngest daughter of Grand Duke
Vladimir. Both Of these treated his pro-
posal with scorn. Then he was rejected
in turn by Princess Sybil of Hesse, by
Fedora, sister Of the German empress,
and by number of other young prin-
cesses, including even the young ex-
Queen Mercedes of Spain.
A few months ago it was thought
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-17
A Hint to Bean Growers.

A Virginia correspondent drops this
hint in the columns of The American
Agriculturist:
Plow deeply, make the soil rich and
plant as early as possible to snap beans,
in rows two feet apart. At the second
hoeing plant lima beans between the
rows, so as to make the hills four feet
apart each way. By the tine the snap
beans have yielded two pickings the
limas will want all the ground. Then
pull the snap beans and use them, with
all the weeds. as mulch for the limas.
This will insure the latter against the
bad effects of drought, and also bving the
limas into the latest market when they
fetch the highest price, besides getting
double service from the land. Limas
grown by this system yielded more and
better berries the past year than when
grown alone with equally good culture.
In raising CHER crops it will be posi-
BILE to grow an early crop for market,
and also as mulch.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-17


bu1ent of any in all Europe. Fully half
of his subjects are plotting to seat one
of the three or more pretenders to the
throne, and the rest are loyal only
through their self interest Neither can
Alexander boast Of blue blood. His
grandfather was common swine
herd. He has been king since his father
abdicated in his favor seven years ago.
Personally King "Sasha," as he has
been nicknamed, is far from attractive.
He is described as one of the most Of
fensive and displeasing youths that
could be found anywhere. If any Amer
lean girl is so foolish as to marry him,
she will not only have profigate and
shameless father-in-law to contend with,
but capricious mother-in-1aw, who
thinks that her uncouth son is the per.
lection Of all that is good and noble.
Tomatoes Profitable Crop.
Tomatoes are a profitable crop, re-
quiring neither rich land nor high fer
tilizing. Good cotton land dressed with
900 to 800 pounds Of cottonseed meal per
acre will be rich enough. If not near
canning factory, neighbors can unite and
for 500 get canning outfit that will
turn out 1000 cans per day, which can
be sold to home merchants at a good
profit. The foregoing is from a South
Carolina station bulletin, as is the fol-
lowing:
Plant by feet, cultivate like corn,
gathering and burning all rotting or
wormy fruits every few days. Spraying
with bordeaux mixture and paris green
prevents rot and kills worms. Cuttings
from bearing plants rooted late in July
give a good late crop. They begin to
bear as soon as they begin to grow, are
stocky, upright and produce larger,
smoother fruit than their parents.
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the charter members and the 1irst COM
mander Ct w. l. Brown post, 81, and
he has served two terms as president OF
the New Hampshire Veterans associa-
tion. He has also taken prominent
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
SCORES KILLED.
Frightful Loss of Life and Property
In Texas Cyclone.
At sherman Between 90 and so Are Dead,
While the injured Number I50-Iany
Were Killed at 6rIbbIs Springs,
Justin and Howe.

SHERMAN, Tex, May I6 6-Just few
minutes before five yesterday after
noon a. cyclone, not exceeding two
blocks in width. but carrying wide
spread destruction and death IN its
wake, swept through the western half
of the city, travelling almost directly
north The approach Of the terrific
whirlwind was announced by deep
rumbling noise not unlike reverberat-
ing thunder. A fierce and driving rain
accompanied it. Late last night it was
reported that 40 people had been killed
south Of town in addition to the city's
death list. The number of persons
wounded will reach not less than 100
and il will be several days before the
exact number of fatalities can be
given, as many persons, and especially
children, are missing, and many of the
injured arc in such critical shape that
q score may die.
A vacant store room on the north
side of Court plaza and another on the
south side and the court room were
transformed into impromptu morgpes
and hospitals for the wounded down
town, while every residence left stand
ing in Fairview Is filed with wounded.
From the point where it seems to
have first descended TO where It sud-
denly arose from the ground just north
of the city, it left terrific marks of its
passage, not a house in its pathway
escaping, not a tree or shrub left stand
ing. all fences are gone. The iron
bridge on Houston street is completely
wrecked away, Notwithstanding its
hundreds of thousands of pounds OF
steel and material.
The greatest mum Der of fatalities are
reported from the colored settlement
along Post, Oakland and Lincoln
streets, between Curry and Lost streets,
where several people were killed out
right. Very few of the persons in the
demolished houses are able to tell just
how the storm burst upon them and
only In one or two instances were
parties able to get out of its deadly
path
A waterspout accompanied the cy-
clone and the creeks are all out of
their banks Several objects, thought
to be human bodies, were seen in the
water, but could not be reached. The
officers are making every preparation
possible to dredge all the creeks in the
vicinity to-day. It is a remarlza BILE in
cident that in every case where there
were deaths the bodies from the houses
destroyed were found from 100 to $50
yards from the building, in direction
opposite TO that in which the. storm
was moving. The storm was moving
northward, and in every instance the
bodies were found to the southwark.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
REsoRTED TO HABEAs co oRPUs.

The Peculiar Act of a Lawyer Results In
ProlOnging the Lives of Two Murderers.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 16.-The
hanging of Foster Pollard and Frank
Harris, which was to have taken place
to-day, was stayed by writ of habeas
corpus issued by Judge Dobson of the
circuit court The writ charges that
the indictment Of murder against Pol.
lard and Harris is faulty. The writ
viii be argued before Judge Dobson
tomorrow morning and, If the writ be
sustained, Pollard and Harris will be
discharged from custody and will be alb
solutely free and cannot be tried Sec
ond time for the murder. If the writ
be not sustained, and all lawyers ex-
pect IL will not be, il will be the duty
Of Judge Wofford of the criminal court
to resentence the men. The law for
bids death sentence to be executed
in less than four weeks after it is pro-
nounced, SO in any event the two ne
groes will not be hanged for month.
Gov. Stone yesterday afternoon
granted a respite until May 90 to Pol
lard aad Harris, the negroes who were
to have been hanged yesterday, but
who were not executed on account of
the habeas corpus proceedings referred
IN m hove
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
The storm East of Denlson.

DENIsoN, Tex, May II. = Reports
continue to arrive here relative to the
storm east of Denison and confirm the
story of loss of property along the Red
River belt which will foot up thou
sands of dollars. The cyclone passed
northeast from Sherman to point six
miles east of Denison, where it separ-
ated, part following the course of
Choctaw creek and crossing Red river,
where its force was spent The main
fork of the tornado continued due
north some distance above the earth,
but descended at Carpenters Bluff,
eight miles east of here, tearing every
thing from its path. Houses and barns
were scattered over the prairies, men,
women and children blown in every
direction, many SO badly injured that
fatalities may result. Stock was
killed and the dead bodies carried for
hundreds of yards in mid air.
On Renold's prairie, IL miles north
west from here, seven houses were
blown down. Several occupants were
seriously hurt.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
Prthian sick Renoats.

Nashville, May 15.-The grand lodge
of Tennessee, knights of Pythias, con-
cluded its session today. The most in
teresting feature of the morning session
was the reversal of the grand chancellor
in an appeal on the question of sick
benefits. Tho rule of the subordinate
lodge was that mem bers paying their
dues in advance should be entitled to
sick benefits amounting to S. week;
members who did not pay dues ia ad-
vance were allowed but 81 a week. a
member in good standing who had not
paid his dues in advance fell sick, and
the lodge allowed him but 81 a week.
He appealed to the grand chancellor,
and the grand chancellor sustained the
subordinate lodge. The case then came
to tho grand lodge and the grand lodge
reversed the grand chancellor and the
subordinate lodge, taking the ground
that any member in good standing was
entitled to the same benefits as any
other member in good standing. and
that only suspension could affect these
rights The grand chancellor was re-
quested to visit every lodge in the State,
or have some one else visit during the
coming year. The finance committee re-
ported favorably on the proposition to
appropriate one thousand dollars to the
Pythian building at the Centennial and
the grand lodge approved its action. A
number of amendments to the constitu-
tion go over 1til next year.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
The Storm BIored ovcr.

It would seem like everybody got rat
ted and went to pieces that night
everybody exceptin Bud Newton. The
family records will show that Bud was
born in the dead Of winter. lie was born
cool. The higher the storm rises the
cooler you will find Bud Newton. he
takes things as they come and go, and
Jest naturally don't give a durn."
When it come Buds time to give in his
opinions in regards to what had come
to pass he lowed he didn't give durn."
Tie didn't go over there that night TO
git married and he never did ask Miss
Mandy TO have him, but if the game
lad to stand where il was and "the gal
was willin," it didn't make a continen-
fial durn bit of difference with him.
The parson said he was mighty sorry
that he made the bad break, but the
knot was then tied hard and fast and
nothin but death or the chancery court
could cut IL in two He couldn't spile
out and start over, but he could proceed
with the proceedins, tie another knot
and make Rams and Miss Temple man
and wife II they was still in the notion.
Naturally of course Rams and Miss
Temple was still in the motion, and the
larson then pnt in and spoke his little
cut~and-dried piece TO them. which
made two souls happy and tsp hearts
glad
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
CONGRESSIONAL.
Condensed Report Of the Past Weeks Pro-
ceedIngN.


Tbs animated contest I'm the senate over a
deep water harbor on the southern coast OF
California was brought TO a close on the 18th
by a compromise between the conflicting inter
ests-a commission being agreed on TO determine
between Santa Monica and San Pedro. .... The
house debated the contested election case OF
Rinaker VS. Downing. from the Sixteenth Illi-
uois district, but adjourned before finishing It.
THE river and harbor bill was passed by the
senate on the 18th It makes direct approprt-
ations Of 12.20o,0OJ and authorizes continuing
contracts Of f64.0)0.0o0. an aggregate of about
s76,000.0 600. being the largest sum for n river
and harbor bill in the history Of the govern
ment. The Indian territory and O number OF
house bills on the calendar were also passed,
including the bill requiring years residence
in any territory as a requisite 20 DIVORCE.
The house, after a hard fought battle lasting
until nine o'clock at night, recommitted the
eection contest case OF Rinaker VS. Downing.
from the Sixteenth Illinois district. with in
structionS TO recount the ballots In dispute.
IL the senate on the 18th bill proposing
additional restrictions on immigration was de-
bated Mr. Gibson severely arragned the A
?. A in his speech against the bill, declaring
that the bill was inspired by the order, Mr..
Nelson denying that the A. P. A. had any hand
In the bill The Delaware election case was
afterwards taken up, Mr.. Platt supporting Mr.
Dupont's claim to a seat. The house devoted
much OF the day to private pension bills, dis
posing OF about one every five minutes, 5e In all
bcAuk ldfOIaDAy dCbSu On DGlOEo dulOuEuuuone.
While tho pension bills were being considered
the committee of the whole rose informally
and disagreed to the senate amendments to
the river and harbor bill and sent IL to confer
ence.
THE senate by vote OF 81 to 90 on the 18th
decided that henry A. Dupont was not en-
titled to seat in that body from the state of
Delaware. A resolution was agreed to for an
inquiry into the competition CT Oriental pro-
ducts. Mr.. Gallinger, introduced resolution
that the revision of the tariff law was de-
manded so as to produce more revenue. Mr..
Cullom introduced the conference agreement
the Legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priatiou bill, but action on it was deferred.
Mr.. Morgan presented a resolution concerning
the Americans now under sentence in Cuba
The house decided the election contest from
the Sixth Virginia district in favor of Otey,
the democrat Representative Morse (Mass.),
reported favorably bill TO prohibit the sale OF
intoxicating liquors in the capitol build
ing. Private pension bills were then consid-
rad-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
Montvale sprInr. Hotel purned.

The famous Montvale Springs Hotel,
Mt Montvale Springs, Blount county.
was Destroyed by fire last week. The
place was one of the most prominent
summer resorts in the South until vis-
tied by an epidemic of yellow fever sew
eral years ago. The hotel had been
recently improved at q cost of SIS. 600
and had prepared to entertain large
party of visitors this season. The
property was owned by Robert Homer,
Of New York, and other Eastern capi-
talists. and was valued at $50, 600, with
$4,000 insurance,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
REVIEW OF TRADE.
A DfsInclInatIon to Produce Much Reyoud
Orders-FaiIures for the Week


Orders-Failures for the Week.
NEW YORK, May 16-R- g. Dun &
Co. IS Weekly Review of Trade says:
II f. now the middle of May. too late for bus
iness change materially until the prospects Of
the coming crops are assured and definite
shape has been given TO the presidential con-
test by the conventions. Until the future is
more clear there is prudent dlsinclination to
produce much beyond orders, or to order be-
yond immediate and certain needs II this
waiting spirit prevails two months longer 1t
will crowd into the last half OF the year an
enormous business IL the outlook is then good.
For the present there is less business on the
whole than q year ago, though in some branches
more, and the delay following months of de-
preston is to many trying and causes numer-
Gus failures.
The most fortunate Of the chief industries at
present Is the boot and shoe manufacturer,
who is not only shipping to customers within
six per cent of the largest number Of cases OF
the first half OF May, but is getting many
orders, and there are many urgent requests to
anticipate orders for June and July delivery,
indicating that distribution to consumers has
much outrun expectations The iron and steel
industry, on the other hand. is pronounced as
dull as it ever has been in its whole history at
Pittsburgh. Failures for the week have been
PEA in the United States against 2Il last year,
and 80 in Canada against 81 last year.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
SUBSCRIPTION: sl.OO Per Year.


Now IN them days it also come IN
pass-in less time than week after the
storm at Reed Level church-that they
had the most gonebyest weddin smash
up and scandalation ever heard tell
of or read about, do reckon.
The news had been goin about for =
long time to the general extent that
Tim Logan and Miss Babe skinner
would soon jine their right hands and
work out the sum wherein you add two
together and it don't make but one.
If people in general thought as much
of men as they do of horses-if they
would put up large reward for tho
best man at the next state fair, would
enter Tim Logan for first money and
land the pile as smooth and easy az
piclxin it mp in the big road. TIM
stands six feet two inches in his socks
and pulls up the beam at $50 pounds,
risin weight. But, at the same time, he
is straight and round and smooth as
the butt cut from hickory tree. His
hair is black and curly. his eyes are
blue and bright and his skin as white
as milk. To anybody that don't know
Tim Logan it is a thousand wonders
that he didn't git married long ago.
But to them that know him the where
fores and the whenceness thereof stands
out as plain as painted HORSEBACK in
three acres of burnt woods. He is the
weakest and most scarryest man have
ever saw in regards to girls and women.
lie never could stand the very shadow
of any livin female human thing.
n, &c ND laaf
little have picked up around amongst
the neighbors, it would seem like tho
weddin match which had been worked
up between Tim Logan and Miss Babe
went on as nice and smooth as batter
cakes and molasses up to the very last
pinch of time, and then bless the
heavens if the mainest man didn't come
up missin. The news was first brung to-
me on the lips of a white man by the
name of Lucas-Andy Lucas-and cam
tell it to you as it was give unto me.
what makes the smashup so Internal
hard and hurtin on me, you understand,
Rufe," says Andy, 81 had put my own
finger right tolerable deep into the
weddin pie ] had went in like the
blasted idiot, which am, and worked
Things up 10 the StlcklQ plDts as -
thought, between Tim and Miss Babe
"Now as you know, Rufe, whilst do
love to see the earth multiply and re-
plenish, for a common thing / don't
blow in any precious time to speak of
to bring on wcddin matches for other
people. But / knowed and everybody
knowed that Tim was dead gone, heels
over appetite in love with Miss Babe.
He never had told her so, he never had
told me so and he never had told any
body so. Hit was also plain as daylight
that Miss Babe had some tender spring
like feelins for Tim. If Miss Mandy
Singleton was willin over at Red Level
the other night, you understand, Rufe,
Miss Babe was more than willin. So I
went to work end got up two or three
picknics and moonlight parties and let
down the fences between Tim and Miss
Babe, as it were, and then by doin a
whole lot of the courtin myself l got
things to swingin right"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
BOLD DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
Masked Men Bind n Bank Cashier and Get
$1,000 In Cash.

Masked Men Bind N Bank Cashier and Get
$1,000 In Cash.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 15.-The most
daring bank robbery which has ever
occurred in this part of Illinois was
perpetrated yesterday at Buffalo, 13
miles east of this city, the cashier be-
ing bound and gagged and $11, 900 car
ried off by the robbers. At noon two
masked men entered the bank j st as
Carl Kloppenburg, the cashier, was
locking up the safe preparatory TO go
ing to his dinner. Kloppenburg was
the only person in the bank at the
time. The robbers seized him from
behind, bound and gagged him and
then took all the money in the bank,
amounting to $1,000. William P.
Dawson, who entered the bank some
time later, saw Kloppen burg lying on
the floor, bound, and released him.
Kloppenburg could give but meager
description of the robbers. 1t is
thought they are experts at the busi-
ness. The country has been secured
by mounted men without success
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
Rnt the Hnmatrlnr lroke.

1--WE didn't go IL. for no stayin big
church weddin, with music and flowers
ond fancy trimmirs," Andy went on.
Il knowed blame we'll that Tim couldn't
stand anything like that, and / didn't
want him to pull on the bits right at
the start. So we fixed it up to have a
quiet little family weddin, with nobody
there but me and the preacher and few
If the kinnery on both sides. And then
thinks l to myself if the hamstriDg
holds and the traces don't break and
lhe breechin don't fly up there will be
lappy times and plenty of good piclsin
over at the Skinner place when that
weddin day comes.
$50 after supper last night mounted
my horse and rid on over to the Skinner
place to shove up the chunks and see
the thing we'll done. Everything was
ready and waitin. Miss Babe she was
dressed out of sight and loolein so fresh
and sweet till by gatlins it made my
mouth water to look at her. Presently
the preacher rid up and come in, and
then every body was there but the main
est man. Tim Logan come up missin.
We waited and waited till itwant no use
tn wait. Miss Babe she cried, the
preacher led in prayer, and got soi
foamin mad till went out on the back
porch and helt private cussin match
sIl alone with myself.
FINALLY at last I couldn't stand IL no
longer. / then got on my horse and
rid over across the creek to see what in
the thunderations had went with the
Inainest man. I felt so creese fallen
and furious till II had met Tim Logan
in the road that night have no doubts
but what a second-class funeral would
be goin on right now. But when got
to the Logan place and dismounted and
went in Tim he was piled up in bed
shaldn and tremblin from head TO foot,
with his eyes buIged out till dadburned
if you couldn't of took stick and
raked EN- off. Skeercd? Man, sir, he
was skeered in an inch of his life, and
sweatin great drops of cold perspira~,
ton as big as your fist
AT first l put right in to give Tim
my private opinions I'm rale strong
United States language, but when 4
spoke the words Miss Babe" and "wed-
din he jumped under the cover, and
blamed if II didn't look like he would
shake the house down and die with the
spasn1s. To start with / lad some
hopes that mought maybe rally him
around the old flag oncst more, but ID
was all pluperfect vanity. Rufe. he jest
naturally couldn't come TO the scratch.
''Tim Logan never win live TO git mar
ried, and If he does 1t viii kill him.
AS to Miss Babe, reckon the right man
will come along some Of these days,
and do hope she will be happy hence
forwards and forevermore. But in the
main time, Rufe, there is one man in the
settlement that has forever retired
from the weddin business, you under
stand. and his full name Is Andy jack
son Lucas" RUgCs SANDERS
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