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


Of this county, and that he raised fifteen
bushels on patch 40x4O feet. You
then asked "Who can beat that?'
Now, admit he did well, for that is
far above the average, but still think il
not at all out Of the way, as [ have on a
piece of pine land 30x40 feet raised
twenty bushels of fine, large onions, and
realized somewhere about $40 for them,
as got $225 per bushel right here fol
what | sold that way; but good many
were sold in 5 and 10 cent punches a:
green onions, but as | kept an accurate
account of everything, L found the tota'
about S40 | moved to Sanford and sc
the book has been mislaid and just now
I can not find it, so can not be certain OF
the exact amount, but [ know it was
only little under the amount stated.
had just twenty-five rows the long way.
fourteen inches apart, which would just
be twenty-five feet. But / measured
the whole space, and it was thirty by
forty feet. | planted the seed in Sep
TENDER and after they got few inches
high a dry spell came and [ did not
touch them or water them, as [ had
made up my mind they were not worth
it, but h ,yfor med little solid button!
about the siza of hickory nuts and there
they stood until my business got slack
and then pla ced two kerosene oil bar
rels about an equal distance from both
ends, and during the day filed them
with water (and strong soap suds often)
[ then stirred in hen manure and let il
stand till after shutdown when [ took 6
dipper and threw it over the whole bed
When they began to grow threw plenty
Of water between the rows during the
day, besides what had in the barrels tc
use at night, so kept them soaking wei
all the time. Then they began to grow
rapidly until about two feet high, wher
they started to burst. So neighbol
(Mr. Bartow) said they would all go tt
seed and not amount to anything. and Sc
thought all who saw them, myself m
Guided, but | did not know what to do
so made up my mind to continue tn
liquid fertilizer, and did so till all hat
burst apart into three, four and f1v'
parts, some of which made a nice onior
almost as round as if grown singly.
rolled them down with an empty floul
barrel, but in the morning all had thell
old position almost. so [ then went dowr
on my knees and bent every one by hand
but good many broke off, but in day
the center had grown enough to show
one it was no use to try to stop then
from growing that way, so after that
let them 'go it," and never thinneC
them out or did anything else, but as
kept pulling away the ones on top the
others kept growing and more seed
would start, until the young ones forced
some of the others five and six inches
clear off the ground with their roots
about those below, so when they all got
good tair size began selling those on
top, and that gave the late ones a chance
to grow, and they did grow as never
saw onions do before. All the neighbors
came to look at them, and there are
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Trucking on the East Coast.

Trucking on the East Coast
A St.Augustine correspondent of the
Citiz IN after giving the numberof pack
ages of vegetables shipped during the
past season from the different stations
on the east coast railroad says:
The total number of crates hauled by
freight by the railroad does not repre-
sent one-half of the total number shipped
as 1T is estimated that more than one
half goes forward by express. Those
competent to judge say that fully 1OO,OOO
crates of vegetables has been shipped by
freight and express from stations along
the east coast to market during the six
months ended April 80, and that good
prices have been obtained throughout
the season. The bulk of the increase
over corresponding time for last year,
is from the lower end of the line, where
new country is being rapidly put in cul
tivation, but the increase noted Is very
small compared to what's expected next
CCdoOus D0U hAC UWCI pOIeIOA VI Vic
east coast is not the only locality that is
making progress in the raising of early
vegetables. A careful canvas made
around Hastings Station, thriving set
Element eighteen miles southeast of this
city, on the way to Palatka shows that
the farmers and truckmen there are not
permitting the grass to grow under their
feet since the frost robbed them of their
oranges.
In the table furnished by Captain Jar
Wis, Hastings is credited with shipping
956 Gro ties of vegetables by freight. The
station agent, however, says tEat a
great deal more than half the product
went forward by express.
AS Hastings shows a fair average of
the increase in vegetable growing of the
dfferf Mt points along the Florida East
Coast Railway, a detailed account of
what has been produced there will give
a fair idea of what other localities are
doing. A careful prepared table gives
the output Of the Settlement for the sea-
sons of 995 and 1896 as follows.
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remember 1t as a sight worth looking at.
Besides being on top of each other, one
had to hunt carefully for a place to put
his foot between the rows, but as no
weeds bothered and I could throw the
water over them, did not have to go
often into the center, but as l said be-
fore to pour water between the rows in
the day time and not wet the tops.
Now, Mr.. Editor, have answered
your question by telling you just what
haye done, and l claim to have beat
Mr.. Smith by five bushels on a spot just
ten by forty less than his-or thirty by
forty instead of forty by forty. Now 1
should like to hear from some one else
who has done even better, for I do be-
lieve can raise twenty-five bushels on
the same spot if had used manure, and
also way to give them all the water
they needed, not just fresh from cold
we'll, but that with the temperature of
the cir, for have tried both and know
The cold bath is not as good for them as
the doctors claim it to be for us animals.
I really do not know how many onions 1t
would be possible to raise on a small
plot, if one could only give them all the
food and water they could use. for they
Hight be sown pretty thick and lett that
way, as they would surely crowd each
other up or sideways and keep on grow
ing Just the same, and the only thing
would happen is that they would not be
so round of form, as they would natur-
ally flatten each other.
Now, am in the business of writing,
let me add just few more words to
this short note. l want to say that do
not think it possible TO have piece OF
land rich enough when the seed is
planted to carry them through to ma
turity, for believe that where there are
so great a number OF roots in so small a
space, that they would soon use up all
available food in their reach, so one
would have to supply 1t daily as you
would TO young chicks or anything of
that kind. Tnen again, you will always
find in the animal or vegetable kingdom
some one or more in every lot which by
some means gets the start first, and will
soon out grow and dwarf those around
them. Ii in the animal kingdom by the
extra strength they obtain, they will
crowd away from the food the weaker
ones, and so keep getting more ahead of
the rest each day, and if In the vegeta-
BILE kingdom the same thing occurs only
in way less easily understood, for the
strong plant must have roots in proper
tion to it's body above ground, and so
sends out roots faster and ahead of those
weaker ones, and in that way uses up
the food in it's reach while the others
starve; and if they live at all it is only as
a dwarf in either case; so | say it is nee
essary to supply often more than the
strong can appropriate to their use in
order that the slower growing or weaker
may get it as fast as it can use it. II
this is done the result is likely to be a
race Of giants in their line, compared
with those which are left to fight it out,
each one for self and the ''devil take the
hindmost. "-R. ]. Reid in Orlando SEN
final.
The Avon Park Idea notes g. number
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-09-11
RIGHT THE REVERSE.

If a man for a moment imagines that all
the Republicans of Nevada have TUNED
Democrats he should visit the State and
have the erroneous impression removed
from his mind. During our recent visit
10 our home in Genoa there we found
many who frankly said that they would
not swallow BRYAN and the anarchist plat
form he is running on. Stewart aroused
the ire of a large number when he said that
there was not a dozen Republicans left III
the State. The knowledge that he is a
corporation lawyer will make it extremely
difficult for him to convince the dear peo-
pie that he is solstitous of there welfare
only. In other words the Nevadans are be-
coming tired OF Californians representing
them in Congress and many would like to
see home talent given a chance.-W Wood
land Mail.
The above clipping taken from the
Woodland Mail is one of misrepresentation
The Republican voters of Nevada, COM
prising the masser, will to a man vote for
Bryan. The Republican corporation and
ex-deCrepit Republican mint employees
will support Mckinley. But thank God
the latter are but few. Nevada, be it said
to her credit, will not pool over $50 votes
for Hanna and his man Friday, this elect
ion they propose to vote for their bread
and butter. The Mails only argument, and
il is not argument, that should Mr.. Bryan
be elected the country will be in the hands
of anarchists. The editor of the Mail is
a Nevada raised boy and up to the time of
the denomination of silver he witnessed
prosperous times. Nevada from that time
began to slowly decline, adversely had tax
en- the wheel of prosperity and in a short
space of time the ship of State with her
entire population was cast up by the break
ers of Re publicanism on the rocks of des-
truCtion. The editor of the Mail. like the
o unfortunate, was forced to seek past
ures anew that the frail, emaCiated bod,
might procure the sustenance which il re.
quired to place it in as healthy a condition
as Formerly. Inc MAN advocates tlc lc
tirement of SenMor Bill Stewart. Why
Because there is a certain individual in the
confines of the s~agebrush State who would
like to, as a gulobug, represent the "dea
people" in the national Legislature, but whc
cannot prevail on any journal in that Stat,
to start a move to retire Stewart, and i
compelled to use a California Republican
paper to "stir up the rumpus.' But it will
not work, the loyal people of good old Ne
desire no change in their Senator; the,
nave worked faithfully for their Constitu
ents only salvation-free silver. Senator
Stdwart and Jones are good enough 70
the people know where they stand and wi
continue them in office. The Mail has it
hands full in trying to hoodwinh the vo1
ers of its district in supporting Legislator
who will favor a gold man for the Unite
States Senate from this State without die
Eating to the people of Nevada what the
shall and shall not do. Can a native son c
Nevada "be true to his colors" who advC
Gates the election of Mark Hanna? NJ
never Examiner.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-09-11
THE ELKO CONVENTION.

The course persu-d by tie Silver |
party at Elko 10 their treatment of the
Democratic Ell, rtur- already
agreed upon 10y the united Democracy |
Of Nevada, was a wise ui,e aud recon-
mends itself to every true silver mar
in the State OF Nevada. The f-ar that
the Silver party migit in suune way
be Cast in the shade if the Democratic
electors were one more than the Silver
electors, IA not entertained by the
Convention although an a t,empt was
made by u few to create such a feeling
The Convention stood almost unani-
meus'for the fusion and the holding Of
the olive branch of peace to the Silver
Democrats. Every silver element in
the State is thus united against the
cOmmo , enemy. The broad and gener-
ous feeling that prevailed in the Con-
ventlon was that no friend OF silver
could knock at its DOR and be refused
Ambulance. The proposition Of split
ting hairs on local issues and uncon-
%sequentigl details was struck out Of
sight in the desire Tor a complete I'M
ifcation OF silver forces against the
gold. Every effort was made to induce
the Pepulists to also come in line, but
in spite Of an invitation given them
in good faith to he present, none were
there and SO the electoral ticket will go
before the people with two Democrats
and one Silver man. The Populists
however were not blamed for hot beiug
at Elko as it was we'll known that the
Reno Convention was held out from
fusion by ID few self constituted lead
ers who are trying to make merchan-
disc Of the Populist vote and the rank
and file hold them in the most sublime
contempt. The ticket put before the
State is a winning n from head to foot
aud will poll every silver vote IL Ne
vada.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-09-11
Political Announcements.

All announcements under this head ere
S. cash in advance
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Police Court Record.

Six cases of drunkenness paid So
and 81 costs each. Tomato plead
not guilty to the charge of drunk
enness. Found guilty and SEN
fenced to pay fine of So and
81 10 costs.
All Tuck plead guilty to the
charge of malicious injury and
mischief by damaging the bicycle
of James A. Thompson to the ex-
tent of $15. Sentenced suspended
until moved on by the prosecution.
Tai Hong was found guilty of
assault on Chew and sentenced to
pay a fine of $25 and costs. Tai
Hong is the Chinaman who tied
All Chew by his queue to a fence
and then bound his hands for pre-
Stunning to insist upon the payment
OF his wages.
All Tai withdrew his plea of not
guilty entered March I'd, to the
charge of being the possessor of
che ia tickets, and plead guilty.
Sentenced to pay a fine of SIS and
costs.
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in four times. It may be that a
foreign or Chinese gunboat sudden
ly appears upon the scene. 1t may
be that the Junk they are after goes
past their rendezvous with a Eu-
ropean steamer or river launch, or
mayhap the prospective victim is
delayed by adverse winds and
tides, and so does not appear at
the time and place figured upon.
When they do make capture they
are not so brutal and cruel as in
the old years. For the rest, any
one who knows China and the
Chinese will not need to be told
that the booty is easily disposed of
without risks or questions asked
Pail Mall Gazette.
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PIRACY STILL EXISTS.
In the Chinese Seas the Old Trade
Has Many Followers.

In the Malay Peninsula piracy
has declined considerably since the
expedition of twenty years ago, but
Perak, Salangore and Ranhow still
distinguish themselves now and
again by little undisguised bust
ness of this kind. In China the
two great hotbeds of buccaneers are
the places which have been cele-
brated in this direction for CEN
turtles Annoy and Canton.
The Annoy people proper, who
speak the Annoy dialect and live in
the walled city, are very quiet,
peaceable and orderly and have a
pronounced antipathy for fighting,
whether on sea or shore. But back
of Annoy is the mountainous dis
trict of Tongan. 1t is connected
with the ocean by many arms of
the sea. It's soil is sterile and its
resources are very few; its people,
like all mountaineers, are thin,
muscular, brave and resolute. Even
today they preserve semi-inde-
pendence of a military nature.
These are the gentlemen who
make their living by piracy. They
and the men of Canton have learn
ed wisdom by experience. They no
longer cruise the wide seas, attack
ing any craft that may come along.
There are too many gunboats pa
trolling the coast-too many rifed
guns and too many yardarms. Law
and order, in the past half century,
have shot, hanged, drowned, blown
up or burned at least 100000 fol-
lowers of the BLACK flag" Today
the work is done upon a smaller,
but far shrewder and safer, basis.
They keep spies at various places
in their neighborhood, who report
TO headquarters whenever some
Junk is about to leave that has
rich cargo or carries large amount
of money. Along with this goes
the information of who commands
the boat, how large crew it carries
and how it is armed. The pirates
then plan to intercept the craft in
some river or arm of the sea, or
else in some shoal water near the
coast, where there is no chance of
meeting gunboat, and where, after
the robbery, they will have safe
of escape.
Their calculations are carefully
made, but come out right only Ont 81
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The steamer James Makee sailed
again yesterday for Kappa.
The steamer Iwalani will sail to-
day for Lahaina and Hawaii.
The steamer Kinau is due today
from Maui and Hawaii ports.
The steamer w. G. Hall will sail
on her usual route at 10 am. today.
The steamer Claudine will sail
on her usual Maui route at 5 pm.
today.
The steamer Ke Au Hou arrived
from Kauai last night with cargo
of sugar.
The bark H. Hackfeld hauled in
alongside the Nuuanu-street wharf
yesterday afternoon.
Purser Kibling is again on the
Claudine and Dickie Davis has re-
turned to the Likelike.
The U. S. S. Adams has shifted
her position and is now where the
U. S. S. Bennington used to be.
The bark Martha Davis, Soule
master, sailed yesterday for San
Francisco with cargo of sugar.
The steamer Likelike sailed yes
terday afternoon with 384 Japan
csc for Mahukona, Paauhau, Lau-
pahoehoe and Waiakea.
The barkentine G. G. Funk, Chal-
lesion master, arrived yesterday
morning, 10 days San Francisco,
into which port she put in distress
not long since.
The schooner Kaulilua arrived
yesterday morning with cargo of
80 cords of lehua wood from Kona.
A rough voyage was experienced
by the little schooner.
The steamer Chiyoda Maru haul
ed over to the fshmarket wharf
yesterday morning and began tax
ing on 300 tons of ballast prepare
tory to departure for Japan. This
work will be finished today and
the steamer will sail for Yokohama
tODcOrrOw
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Administrators Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN
appointed administrator of the estate of
William Dean, late of Honolulu, Oahu, de-
ceased, by order of the Honorable A. Per
~, Circuit JUDGE of the First Circuit,
hereby notifies all persons having claims
against said estate, to present the same
with the vouchers. duly authenticated, to
him, at his Office, on Merchant street, Ho-
noIulu, within six months from the date
hereof, or such claims will be forever
barred.
All persons indebted to the said estate
are also notified and directed to pay such
debt to the administrator only
Dated Honolulu, March 10, 1896.
WILLIAM r. CASTLE,
Administrator of the Estate of William
Dean 4246 147O 4w
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VESSELS LEAVING TODAY.

Stmr w q Hall. SImerson. for M.,ui and
Hawaii at 10 m.
Stmr Iwalani. Smythe, for Lahaina
Kukuihaee and Honokaa at IN.
Stmr Claudine, Cameron, for Maui at
5 m.
Bktne N Castle, Hubbard, for San
Francisco.
Stmr A Cummins, Nelson, for Oahu
ports.
Stmr Mikahala, Haglund. for Kauai
at 5 p m.
tmr Kaena, Galway, for Oahu ports at
9 m.
Smr Mokolii, McGregor, for Molokai and
Lanai at p m
Stmr LikeIike. Weir. for avail at IN
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Push 1t Along.

The popularity of the Pabst beer
is due to the fact that it has no
trace of resinous matter that is
usually found in beer. Pabst is
absolutely free from any deleteri-
Gus matter and may be taken with
as much safety and beneficial re-
suits as medicine prescribed by a
physician.
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Attention, Company A.

n Arniory a Company, n. G. h.
a March 9th. 1886.
a Every member of this Command
is hereby ordered to appear at the
Drill Shed and renort THIS TUESDAY,
EVENING, March 10th at O'Clock, for
Battalion Drill. White trousers and
leggings. No excuse except sickness.
PAUL SMITH,
4046-1t Captain Commanding.
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Lost or Loaned.

VOLUME 16-BOUND, JULY TO De
cember, 1886, Magazine of American
History" If the finder or borrower Will
be good enough to return the same to the
Hawaiian Gazette Company's office, he
will receive the grateful thanks of the
owner. 4246-tf
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Book Notice.

IF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO TOOK
the volume of "Laws-!S5S to 1867 from
the office. of w. r Castle will speedily re-
turn the same, he will greatly oblige the
long suffering owner.
1Od6
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The HAWAIIAN GAZETTE semi
weekly, will be issued today.
Copies in wrappers at newsdealers
and publication Office, ready for
mailing.
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Administrators Notice.

HAVING BEEN APPOINTED ADMIN
istrator of the Estate of Thomas
Wright Everett, deceased, late of
Waikapu, Maui request all persons
who are indebted to the said estate
to make immediate payment TO me at
Spreckelsvile. Maui. And 1 also hereby
notify all persons having claims against
sa,d Estate, to present such claims, in due
form, within six months from date hereof,
or the same will be forever barred.
DAVID CENTER.
Administrator of the Estate of Thomas
Wright Everett 4233-3w
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DEPARTURES.

MONDAY, March
Stmr James Makee, Peterson, tor
Kauai.
Blk Martha Davis. soule. for San Fran
cisco.
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Attention, Company

p Armory Company B, First Regi-
= ment, n. q. H. March 8, 1895
- Every member OF this Command
IS hereby ordered to appear at the
Drill Shed. THIS (Tuesday) EVENING,
March 10, 1896 at O'CLOCK, for batta-
lion Drill. Blue blouse, white trousers and
leggings. No excuse except for sickness.
Z. .. WHITE,
4246-lt CAPTAIN CnmmanCiuc
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Advertisements unaccompanied by
specific instructions inseted till or
dered out.
Advertisements discontinued before
expiration of specified period will be
charged as if continued for full term.
Liberal allowance on yearly and half
yearly contracts.
All persons desiring their advertise
ments discontinued must send writ
ten order to that effect.
Where cuts are inserted they must
be ALL METAL, not mounted on wood.
otherwise we assume no risk Of their
preservation.
G. G. BALLENTYNE,
Business Manager.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Office, Court House, King street.
President, w. d. Alexander.
Secretary, ]. F. Scott.
Inspector of Schools, II. s. Townsend.
POLICE COURT.
PoSAce Station Building, Merchant St
Geo. de la Vergne, Magistrate.
William Cuelho, Clerk.
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FOREIGN VESSELS EXPECTED
ARRIVALS.

MONDAY, March g.
Bktne G Funk, Charleston, from San
Francisco.
Stmr Ike Au Hou, Thompson, from
Kauai.
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TO LET.

A CONVENIENTLY LOCATED COT
tage on Miller street, consisting of a mos
quito proof parlor, dining room, bed room
and small kitchen: suitable for a small
family. Can be rented partially furnished
Enquire of N. F. Burgess, on the DIR.
Trousseau premises. 424l-tf
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DIAMOND HEAD, March 9, 10 P. NJ.
Weather. cloudy; wind, fresh
NE.
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PROPOSED TIME TABLE
Canadian Australian Steamship
Company.
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FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE.

Steamships will leave for and arrive
from San Francisco on the following
dates, till the close of 1896: