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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-01
Vol XIII, No. ID. Whole No. 9lO.
Grapes in West Florida.

QIdp6S Ill w oSI L 1UI1Ud
Ihave just finished pruning and trim
ming my grape vines, and perhaps few
items of past experiences and observa-
tions will be appreciated by some of
your readers.
find in the matter of pruning that
there is no hard and fast line that can be
drawn to guide one as to the mode Of
procedure. The hortinulturist meets
with more variations in the growth of
the grapevine than any other Of his
many varieties of the fruit family, and
he has got to be guided a good deal by
common sense and learn by experience
as the years roll around.
In the matter of training the vine
there are great many different opin-
ions. Some prefer to train the vine to
one stake, cutting it back severely every
year at pruning time. don't like
that system at all, as have noticed
that in strong-growing varieties, such
as the Niagara, 1T will make 500 much
wood at the expense of the fruit, and
what fruit vines trained in this way will
set, will be irregular in size and quality
because the sap will all the time flow to
the highest point and the highest
punches will always be very much supe-
rior to those lower down; therefore I
prefer to trellis my vines.
My vineyard is planted 8x1O, that is,
ten feet between rows and eight feet be-
tween the vines in the row. I set regular
fence posts between every three vines
and stretch two strings of No. IL gal
vanlzed wire, the lowest one three feet
from the ground and the second one two
feet above the first. Vines trained on
trellis in this way will set more fruit
than the other way, and the punches
will be nearly uniform in size and
quality, because the flow of the sap is
nearly always on the horizontal, and
every one knows that sap flows always
strongest to the highest point Another
point in favor of the trellis is, that at
pruning time person has got more to
work upon, as the spurs and laterals are
more uniform and better divided up.
In pruning I always like to make
sure of leaving enough live buds to give
me pick and choice of healthy wood
to make that years fruit. 1t is far
easier to 60 over the vines after they
start to grow and set the blossom and
pinch off all doubtful growth than to
run the risk of having no chance by too
severe pruning at first. The vines
should always be gone over, at any rate,
after the fruit has set, and all the non
bearing canes cut out then, except one
on each spur for next years growth.
By doing this great deal of unnecessary
growth is avoided and is thrown towards
improving the quality of the fruit, as
well as strengthening the cane for the
following year. In this way summer
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-01

rhubarb, growing during the moist
weather of the Southwestern fall and
winter, and throwing up a seed stalk
three feet high, bearing pink flowers,
which change to purple. The valuable
part is the tuberous roots, which resem-
BILE cluster of sweet potatoes. These
Jubers are the permanent part of the
plant, making their growth before the
hot, dry summer, which kills ali the
plant above ground. The roots continue
to grow and increase in tannin for m any
years. The tannic acid in the green
root increases from per cent in the
young ROOT to 10 per cent in the old.
The tannin in the air dried root varies
from Is per cent in the young root to 35
per cent in the old. The leaves and
stems contain l per cent Of tannin when
green and 4 per cent when dry. One
year-old tubers, when air-dried, are
about one-fourth tannin.
A moist, sandy soil is preferred by the
canaigre, but it also grows on the mesas
and other nigh land So many of the
wild roots have already been gathered
that the supply of canaigre within
profita BILE distance Of the railways is
already limited. The plant, however,
bears cultivation well, and the expert
ment stations at Tucson, Arizona, and
at Las Cruces, New Mexico, have tested
various methods Of it's culture and ir-
rigaton. The soil is prepared as 1t
would be for potatoes or other root crops.
being mellowed as deeply as possible.
AS the crop does not grow during the
summer, 1t is best planted in the fall.
though a complete seasons growth is
not gained thereby,as the spring planted
canaigre will make some growth before
becoming dormant for the summer.
The plant produces as little mature seed
as the common potato does, and the
delicate seedlings are much more tender
than rhubarO seedlings. Hence canaigre
is propagated from tubers, as the COM
mon potato is, with this advantage, that
the seed tuber for the canaigre crop
does not decay or die, but increases it's
content Of the valuable tannin, so that
the ton Of whold tubers needed to plant
an acre is of itself safe and profitable
investment. Though the roots NAV be
cut up very small for seed, there is thus
little advantage in such treatment.
Canaigre is so tenacious of life that the
tubers in the ground will not die from
neglect or drouth, but it's yield increases
in proportion to the amount of rainfall
moisture, or irrigation, the wedding.
and the cultiv alton it receives during
the fall and spring. The treatment and
cost per acre is about the same as for
potatoes, though 1t should have an extra
fall irrigation, which the potatoes do
not, of course, receive
The canaigre crop may be harvested
at any time, though the largest yield is
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DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, April l, 1896.

is considerable especially in Orange
county. Our people will be at disad.
vantage this year in the matter of Guilt
vation, but if their efforts prove salts
factory, aud the product can be mar
keted at fair profit, canaigre culture
will be quite an industry here in the
future. The following article on the
cultivation Of the pIaht we reproduce
from the colum ms OF the American Agri-
culturist:
In the rainless regions of the South.
west, the Aztecs, Zunis, Pueblos, and
later the Mexlcans, have for centuries
been tanning hides with the roots of
sour dock or wild rhubarb, Rumex
hymenosepalus, called by the early mis-
sionaries sour cane, "Cana agria,"
which was finally pronounced cah-na-
gre and spelled canaigre. With the ad-
vent of the Anglo Saxon and the railway,
the plant was utilized in the local tan
neries, and recently stock companies
were organized to gather, slice, and sun
dry large quantities of the roots of the
wild plant, and many carloads have
been prepared and shipped to American
and European tanneries. A canaigre
tanning extract is also made, which is
very similar to the gambler tanning ex-
tract, derived from the leaves and young
twigs of an East Indian tree. The
United States imports gambler to the
ext ent of 81, 100000 annually, and also
sends abroad for hemlock bark and
other tanning materials to the value of
81, 100000 more. The worlds yearly
crop of gambler is valued at 100000
and 1early all Of it is shipped from India
to Great Britain, and is thence exported
to the other European nations, and to
America, being wholesaled at from 4 to
5 cents per pound. Canaigre finds It's
strongest competitor in gambler, as the
tanning properties of the two substances
are very similar.
Leather acquires from canaigre a
clearer, brighter orange color than from
any other tanning material. The use
OF even a small quantity gives brighter
yellow tint to the leather, and 1t is the
very best material for retaining poorly
tanned hides. The great value of canal
gre lies in the fact that it tans quickly,
colors deeply, and seems to give strength
to the soft, durable, impervious leather
which is very tough and pliable. 1t is
especially adapted to the tanning of
fancy leather, uppers, saddlery, and the
finer kinds Of sole leather, as the pro-
duct is of a pleasing color, and neither
shrinks nor swells. AS it is the first to
act on the hide, a small amount of cana
igre, used with pine or other barks,
causes the latter to tan the leather more
rapidly and uniformly, Hence there is
already an increasing demand for this
new American tanning material. Cana
igre is dock-like plant or rnarrow.leaved
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-01
Cultivation of Oanaigre.

A few sections of Florida have en-
gagged in the cultivation of canaigre this
season. The planting, of course, is ex-
perlmental this season, but the acreage
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-09-18
0LNEY AND SALISBURY.
Both Are Working Toward Inter
national Arbitration.
Although at Present They Are Widely at
Variance Upon the Forms OF the
Plan, Their Negotiations win
Terminate In Success.

The published correspondence be-
tween the United States and the British
governments regarding arbitration
shows what progress has been made and
what are the obstacles in the way of sat-
isfactory results.
The correspondence, says the Youths
Companion, relates both to the Eenezu-
ella boundary, and to arrangements for
treaty of general arbitration. In both
instances the two governments differ as
to what shall be included in plans Of
arbitration.
AS to Venezuela, Lord Salisbury in
sists that occupied territory, by which
he means territory that was occupied in
good faith by British subjects January
1, 1887, shall not be subject to the de-
cision of tribunal arbitration.
The British proposal is that there
shall be a commission of four - two
British subjects and two citizens of the
United States-which shall investigate
and report upon all questions of fact
concerning the rights of Spain and of
the Netherlands, respectively, at the
time that Great Britain acquired Brit
ish Guiana. If the governmental Of Great
Britain and Venezuela, on the basis Of
this report, are not able to agree upon
a boundary line, each Of them is to nom
mate an arbitrator and these two a
third, and the three are to constitute a
tribunal of arbitration. The boundary
line drawn by this tribunal is to be
binding upon both countries, with the
important proviso already mentioned,
that 1t shall not give to Venezuela any
part of the territory which has been set
tied by British subjects.
Secretary Olney points out three OBJ
jections to this proposal: First, that
the commission of four might be equal
ly divided in its opinions; second, that
no provision is suggested for determin-
ing the existence and good faith of Brit
ish settlements in the disputed terri
tory; and, third, that under the pro-
posed reservations, if the tribunal
should award certain territory to Vene-
zuela, it would depend upon the caprice
of Great Britain whether or not she got
it.
There are other difficulties. What
questions shall go before the proposed
tribunal? And shall the awards of the
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tribunal be in all cases binding? To
these questions Lord Salisbury and Sec
rotary Olney give different answers.
Both agree that a tribunal shall be
constituted by the appointment of ar
bitrators through judicial officers Of
each nation, the arbitrator thus chosen
to select an umpire to settle disagree
ments; and that certain classes of
questions, such as complaints of one
pecuniary claims for small amounts.
diplomatic and consular privileges, and
rights of fishery, access, navigation or
commercial privilege shall be submit
ted to arbitration, and that the results
shall be binding.
But with reference to more impor-
tant questions, and especially those
which involve territorial claims, there
is q wide difference of opinion. Secre-
tary Olney's view is that ali questions
should be submitted to arbitration, I'M
less expressly withdrawn by the action
of our congress or of the British parlia-
ment; and that, when once submitted,
the awards should be binding upon both
parties.
Lord Salisbury cannot agree that the
awards of the tribunal in cases of ter
ritorial claims shall be binding without
appeal. He would make it possible for
the defeated litigant to appeal to Sec
ond tribunal, constituted of three SUI
preme court judges of each nation, and
the award of the tribunal should be
binding only if made by vote of five
to one. Or he would have the award of
the first tribunal subject to rejection by
either power within three months.
The situation which the correspond
ence discloses is that of two nations
working in good temper toward plan
of arbitration, but widely at variance
upon the form of plan. The differ
ences are serious, but they do not ap-
pear to be hopeless.
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peculiar to her sex. If women could only be
made to understand that there is positive,
safe and speedy cure for all these ills the
world would be infinitely brighter than it is
to-day. For thirty years DR.. R. V. Pierce,
chief consulting phys;ciaa Of the Izvalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo
N. Y, has made speciality of the diseases
OF women. He is regularly graduated,
experienced and successful physician and
his Favorite Prescription has cured
more women than all the dHA1rs The
story of the "Favorite Pres . ption" is
told in thousands of testimonials similar
to the one of ]. r. Beverly, Esq, of Goliad,
Goliad Co., Texas, who writes:
MY wife suffered from cold feet and fainting
spells, heavineSS and soreness in the lower part
of the stomach also heart trouble, loss of appe-
tite, tired feelings rest broken-could not sleep.
tried five doctors in one county and two in an
1--WE years She was heipIess-could not walk from
the bed to the fireplace. The last doctor pro-
nounced the complaint Inflammation Of the ute
rus and after fiye visits claimed that it was
peculiar case, and said that if ] desired. could
consult some other physician. So I wrote to DR..
R. V. Pierce, and after receiving an answer from
DR.. Pierce did as he directed My wife used
two bottles of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
one bottle of Dr. Pierce's Pellets, and used the
local home-treatment he advised Before nv
wife had used the first bottle of the medicine she
felt the good effect and said one hcltle would be
enough insisted on her using two bottles and
she did So Now she Is sound and well, and 1
can praise your medicine to the extreme"
BILIoUsNEsS is sign of serious condition Of
the digestive organs It is caused by constipation
frOE1 which springs nine-tenths Of all human ILL.,
nesses- Constipation can be permanently and
positively cured by only one thing, and that Is
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They assist Ma
ture. They are easy and pleasant in their &C
ton. They cause no unplessantness, no grip
ing. You do not become a slave to their use.
One Pellet" is 2 gentle laxative, and two
mild cathartic. If the druggist tries to sell you
something else, leave his store and don't go
there again-he Is not q safe man to trade with.
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Sheep-Receipts. 1890 shipped yesterday
l,1Oo The market was generally steady. The
following are representative sales:
4s9 w lbs:... 81 1886 I2l4 w. lbs ..IOi &245
Ils han Sh.. 20 22S 1877 W. weth. .IO3 23i
Horses--Receipts, 226: shipped yesterday. a.
The weeks auction sales began this morning
with fair attendance. but the demand was
only moderate on certain grades The south
ern demand is increasing some and prices are
generally steady.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, Sept IS -Cattle-Receipts, 5000:
market steady for natives, no choice cattle of
fered, rangers lrc lower. fair to best beeyes,
500 'SaOO. stockers and feeders. s24O as;
mixed cows and bulls. 81. 25G2 so; Texas, G.. 4Oa
800
Hogs-Receipts, 1900 light shade lower,
others steady TO SC higher; light. S2OO9a 40;
rough packing, $3.50 a. 20 mixed and butchers,
$3.50 1885; heavy packing and shipping, a.. IS
u 8 25 pigs, s2OOG23O
sheep Receipts. 6,00 market steady: native,
sL71vSOO western, - 20 80: lambs, s1501
Am
st. Louis Live Stock.
ST. LOUIS, Sept I5.-Cattle-ReceiptS, 5000:
market lower; Texas steers, g. % 30; native
steers, s3 SO0345.
Hogs-Receipts, 1000: market SC lower: light,
sa0O1 80; mixed, $3.50 "a 20; heavy, e. eOA32a
Sheep-Receipts, 5000; market slow
Chicago Grain and Produce.
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st. Louis Grain.
Kansas City Produce.

KANSAS CITY, Sept l5.-Butter-Creamery
extra fancy separator, 13c: firSts, lee; dairy,
fancy, 111l2c; fair, Il0c; store packed, fresh,
&C. packing stock, &c.
Eggs-Strictly candled stock, 101Ic per doz.
Poultry-Hens, 5hc. ROSTERS, I2hc each;
spring. 6nc per ID; turkeys, hens. Sc; COB
blers &c: spring ducks, &c; old. sc; spring geese
&c: pigeons, 756S5c per doz
Fruits-Peaches, shipped stock, e bu- boxes,
fancy, soc; clings, 4Oc; inferior, DOC: 4-bas-
ket crates, Soc; inferior, 40c; 6-basket crates,
o. 3; clings, o0D75c; home grown stock, fancy,
freestones, 4O05Oc a peck; good to choice
30140c: seedlings, zoe a peck; sc a hall
bu; Michigan stock, 20c basket Apples
Choice eating stock sells from 4od60c q bu
inferior, 30635c bu.; cooking stock, l0GS5c;
shippers are paying for Northern Spy sl.00 a
Dbl. in car lots; for fancy fall and winter va
rieties, sl.009L25 a Dbl; Jonathans, $3.50 a
Dbl for fancy and 75c4sI00 for No 2 stock;
Maiden Blush are out OF market. Grapes, Con-
cord, choice, 17hc a peck basket; inferior. l5c;
fancy Werdens, l7hc; white grapes for jelly
purposes, l5c per peck: Ohio Concords, Glib.
baskets, jobbing, l5c: small way. l6c; Salem
2Oc; Delaware, zoe; New York Concords, I5c
a basket.
Potatoes-The market was steady at 2Oc per
bu. in a small way. in round lots, 1920: car
lots, l7hc. Sweet potatoes, new stock, SOC
nor IN
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-09-18
lola
MD
ALLEN COUNTY.
The Center Of the Kansas Natural Gas
Field, and the Most Attractive Place
in the West for the Location Of
Manufacturing Enterprises.

lola, the county seat Of Allen
county, situated at the:erossing of the
A. T. & s. F. and the Mo. Pac. Rail-
ways, and one mile from the NeoshO
River. is city of 1000 people, and the
exact center of the Natural Gas region
in Southeastern Kansas. Its facilities
for the maintenance of manufs ctOries
of all kinds are unequaled anywhere.
The gas is free from both sulphur and
phosphorus, and is therefore unObjec-
tionsble 10 workers in iron and steel,
while the extent and capacity of the
field is such that no fears need be en-
tertainsd for the permaneDcy of any
mandatory that may be established
here. The field has been developed
east and west to the extent of five
miles. The smaller wells lie on the
western edge, the force of the gas
gradually increasing as the drilling
extends eastward; and as the gas
bearing rock is still rising, it seems
certain that the center of the field is
not yet reached, and that another
stretch of five miles will fail to find
the eastern limit. OF the ten wells
drilled in this field eight are prOduc-
ing wells-a greater percentage in the
opening than in any other field
known. Another feature of this field,
and one that argues strongly for its
permanence, is that the longer a well
is open, the stronger becomes the flow
of gas, a fact which cOntradicfs all
previous experience, as in all other
fields yet developed the output of the
first twenty-fOur hours is largely in
excess of any other day i'm the life Of
q well. There are eight gas wells
drilled, closed in and packed, ready
for use, having q capacity as follows:
Two wells having capacity of $780,
600 cubic feet each daily, one well Of
7,0l4 900 cubic feet daily, three wells
of 100000 cubic feet daily, one well
of 1900, 900 cubic feet daily, and one
we'll of 100000 cubic feet daily,
making grand total of $4,000, 900 Gu
bic feet of gas per day, and having .
rock pressure of 315 pounds to the
square inch. When it is remembered
that careful scientific tests show that
Il, 900 cubic feet of natural gas is the
equivalent in heat units to one ton Of
the best bituminOus coal, it will be seen
that the present capacity of the lola
Natural Gas Field is equivalent to the
daily consumption of 1000 tons of coal
This capacity could be extended in
80 days TO not less than 10000 tons Of
coal daily, and indefinitely thereafter
as might be demanded. AS an evil
dence of the faith that practical men
have in the volume and permanence
of the lola Gas Wells, it may be men,
toned that the firm of Robert Ian
yOn's Sons are now establishing here
a Zinc Smelter which will require
fuel equivalent to 120 tons of coal
daily, and they expect that one well
will furnish an abundant supply.
Correspondence with a view to the
location of factories is solicited, and
should be addressed to to
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB,
lola, KANSAS
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Fabrication Notice.
First published II Sept. 1896

First published II Sept 1861
In the District Court, within and for Allen
County. in the Seventh Judicial District Of
Kansas.
Mary E Northrup, Frank Al
Northrup, Lewis L North
rup and Delmer North
rup, plaintiffs.
VS.
Jonas L King and John Gil
den, defendants
0AID defendants Jonas L King and John
A. Gilden viii take notice that they have
been sued in the above named court the
same being an action to quiet the title in the
plaintiffs in and to the following described
lands situate in Allen county, state of Kansas
to-wit All the west half CS) Of section number
H. also the east halt "a of the southeast quar-
Yer "a and the southeast quarter % Of the
northeast quarter % of section number "A all
township number "A, range number 90 east Of
9th p m. and for decree that the plaintiffs arc
the absolute owners IN fee simple Of said lands,
and every part thereof; and q decree barring
the defendants and each of them, of and from
all right, title. interest. claims, or demand IN
or TO the same or any part therein; and eniOin-
ing them or either Of them, or any one claiming
by or through them Or either of them from as
sorting any right, title, interest claim, property
or demand in or TO said lands or any part Of
same; and you must answer the petition filed
therein by said plaintiffs on or before the TWEEN
ty-sixth Of October 1896, or said petition viii be
taken as true and judgment and decree for
plaintiffs in said action, In petition is prayed
for, and as above set forth, viii be rendered
accordingly.
ATTEST: FRANK L. TRAVIS
lseall Clerk of the Court
(S By Lutte P. Slower Deputy Clerk.
Oscar FOust & Son. Atty for pPtfE
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-09-18
Reliable Remedy.
m, a word with you.

TON, word with you"
'Be quick, then; I'm in hurry"
what did you give your sick horse
t'other day?"
"a pint of turpentine."
John hurries home and administers
the same dose to favorite charger,
which, strange to say, dies in half an
hour. His opinion of Toms veterinary
ability is somewhat staggered. He
meets him the next day.
well, Tom, 1 gave my horse a pint of
turpentine and it killed him"
$50 it did mine "-Tit-Bits.
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Not Guilty.

Superior Officer-You are accused of
sleeping on your watch.
Sentinel-ImpOssible, sir.
impossible? What do you mean?"
my watch has been at the pawn
brokers' for six months. "-Washington
Times.
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Notice of Appointment.
First published Sept IL, 1881

First published Sept IL, 1861
STATE OF KANSAS1
ALLEN COUNTY. %
In the matter of the estate of Jacob ShuIfz,
deceased, late of Allen county, Kansas.
AYOTICE is hereby given. that on the 18th
IN day of August, A D. 1896, the undersigned
was by the Probate Court OF Allen county
Kansas, duly appointed and qualified as Exeeu-
tor of the estate of Jacob ShulIz late of Allen
county deceased. All parties interested in said
estate will take notice and govern themselves
accordingly. JACOB SHULTZ.
GEO. A. SHULTZ,
Executors
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spect for character may not be able TO
counterfeit or subdue. The appetite
started under the parental roof has
been secretly gaining strength, and
now comes out from its c0ncealment
too powerful to be destroyed by those
who called it into being. 1.-THE young
are to be saved, there must be a cru
sade against the drinking usages.