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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09
cutting of the stalks from an old one.
Country Gentleman.
Training Peach Trees.

To develop every thing on a large
scale is a natural American trait, and
large fruit trees are not an eXcep-
ton; but the modern drift is wiser.
In livestock, for instance, the best
breeders raise spring chickens, pig
pork, precocious beef. One of the
foremost peach-grOwers in Florida
once said at a meeting of the State
Horticultural Society that, in his
neigh borhood at least, if he could
grow peach-tree two years he could
get so good crop from it that he
could, without loss, pull it up and
throw it over the fence. Of course,
this is a somewhat extreme state
ment, but to wait for years for
crop of fruit, as our ancestors did,
is certainly not necessary. Peach
trees should be trained low, not only
to secure early fruiting, but also on
account of the high winds that come
up occasionally in autumn from the
tropics. The low lateral branches
have just as great tendency to
spread out as those of the apple or
plum. Our peachtrees should be
trained to low-headed, widespread
ing shape, instead of a straight-up
form. Many advantages are obtain
ed by this system. The fruit can be
i ,I,.
and limbs trimmed and pruned with
out the use of ladder. Many of our
best peaches now grow upon the top
most branches of the trees, where
they are difficult to reach. The
branches are not strong enough to
bear the weight of ladder, and I'M
less one has a long pole with a bag
attached to it, the peaches must be
shaken off and bruised. The system
is clumsy, at any rate.
The low, lateral branches should be
| encouraged in growth, no matter if
they are only a foot above the
ground. If these are not pruned off,
the strength of the growing tree will
90 into them and the main stem will
not shoot up so high and spindling.
In fact, with little practice in prun-
| ing we can train our peach trees to
| be as round and bushy as the apple,
plum, or ounce The trunk will be
short and stocky, and much less liza
BILE to be injured by wind and rain
storms. The branches will be thick
er and closer together, protecting
the top of the tree. When the tree is
Young, the head should be pruned
back instead of the lateral branches,
and in this way stocky tree can be
had. In order to do this, however,
| the trees should not be more than a
year old After that the head has
| formed so much that to trim to a
round head is not an easy task. With
one-year-old trees the system can be
applied rigidly; and not only will
they be harder and better shaped,
but they will have more room to bear
| fruit. AS a rule, the crop is larger
on round-headed trees and superior
in quality.-Ex.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09
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iota. If that were to happen, the dol
lar of silver would be as intrinsically
valuable as the dollar of gold is to-
day, therefore as dear, and, therefore,
1t would buy exactly as much wheat or
cotton or other products as the STAN
dard dollar we now have. Either the
standard of measuring debts and values
is to be changed by free-silver coinage,
or it is not. Mr.. Bryan says at one
time that it will be changed and at an
other time that it will not. But
whether it were changed or not the
free-silver promises of prosperity is a
delusive rainbow.
If the standard were changed so as
to raise prices only not values-and
that is what would happen-farmers,
planters and producers generally would
be cheated by the pitiful trick of giving
them twice as many dollars in number
worth only half as much apiece in
trinsically and in the power to buy
other things. If, per contra, the stan
dard were not changed at all, but
silver dollars became actually worth
100 cents in gold, then everybody who
expected to get more dollars for their
goods, and so pay debts more easily
and make profits faster, would be just
as badly cheated.
1t is quackery all the way through,
and, whichever way it came out, the
free-silver experiment would be bound
to cheat and rob the very people who
are expecting the largest gains from it.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
Tours TO the South via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

Two very attractive early Autumn
tours are offered by the Pennsylvania
Railroad, leaving New York and Phila-
delphia September 80 and October 1S.
After the experience of the past few
years it is hardly necessary to say that
these outings are planned with the ut
most care. Suffice it to say that all ar
rangements are so adjusted as to af-
ford the best possible means of visit
ing each place to the best advantage.
The tours each cover a period of ten
days, and include the battlefield Of
Gettysburg, picturesque Blue Noun
tain, Luray Caverns, Basic City, the
Natural Bridge, GrOttoes of the
Shenandoah, the cities of Richmond
and Washington, and Mt. Vernon.
The round-trip rate, including all
necessary expenses, $55 from New
York, $53 from Philadelphia, and pro-
portionate rates from other points.
Each tour will be in charge of one of
the company's Tourist Agents. He
will be assisted by an experienced lady
as Chaperon, whose especial charge
will be ladies unaccompanied by male
escort.
Special trains of parlOr cars are pro-
vided for the exclusive use of each
party, in which the entire round trip
from New York is made.
For detailed itinerary apply to Ticket
Agents or to Tourist Agent, 1886
Broadway, New York, or Room All,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30

Specials for Saturday. One
thousand yards Fruit of Loom
Muslin, &C per yard.
One thousand yards heavy
unbleached sheeting Muslin,
40 inches wide, &c. per yard
from Ioc.
A splendid and entirely
new line of Ladies' Jackets
and Capes are ready for sale.
They are in the new fall stuffs,
handsome and very effective.
The prices for the qualities
shown were never lower and
the goods are sure to please
you. Some rough and bou-
Gle effects are extremely styl-
ish. IS to $40.
Bleached Table linen, very
fine, soc. from 7sc.
Two hundred yards new
finish German double Damask
Table Linen at 81 per yard.
Looks and feels like satin. 2
yards wide.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
Big Crowds Do Not Always Mean a
Big Vote.

The Washington correspondent of the
the Philadelphia Ledger says:
The crowds that Mr.. Bryan drew in
Brooklyn, and which he has attracted
everywhere he has appeared, may de-
ceive him into thinking the country is
with him, but they do not deceive the
experienced compaign managers. They
know that big crowds do not neces-
sarily mean big vote. Two years ago
Senator Hill drew immense crowds in
his progress through New York State.
To judge from the size and enthusiasm
of his audiences one would have
thought he was sweeping everything
before him. But he was beaten by
10000 plurality. Horace Greedy drew
great crowds in his campaign tour in
1872, but he was one of the worst
beaten men who ever ran for President.
Blaine aroused the most intense en-
thusiasm wherever heappeared in 1884,
but he lost every doubtful State.
There never was in the history of New
York city such eagerness to hear any
man as there was to hear Bryan make
his speech at the recent Madison
Square Garden meeting, yet no intel
ligent observer doubts that he will fail
to carry New York by a margin of one
to two hundred thousand votes.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
THE MILLS AND THE MINTS.

Mayor Mckinley in addessing
delegation said: My fellow citizens. I
ventured few weeks ago to suggest
a public speech that 1 made that it
would be better to open the mills than
to open the mints. (Great cheering and
cries of '"That's rightrO I see that
some of our political adversaries criti-
else the statement, saying that it is
putting the cart before the horse. &"
They seem to think that the way up to
the woolen mills, for example, is to
start a~yard-stick factory. Great
laughter and applause.) They forget
that you must make cloth before YOU
can measure it (renewed laughter, J
and that the weaver must be employed
before the yard-stick is required. (Ap-
plause.)
But they say the yard-stick is too
long. [ answer if you make a ward
stick 10 inches instead of 36 inches, its
present length, you will not increase
the output of cloth or its value, or give
an additional days labor to the Ameri
can weaver. Great applause Nor
will 52-cent dollar increase our in
dustrial enterprises, add to the actual
earnings of anybody or enchance the
real value of anything. (Great applause
and cries of ''That's right. 'O 1t will
wrong labor and wreck values, and has
done so wherever it has been used.
(Great applause.)
More cloth might require more ward
sticks daughter but more yard-sticks
or shorter ones will not create a de-
mand for more cloth. (Renewed laugh
ter and cries of "GoOd! Goodp0 Nor
will short dollars, from wide-open
mlnts, free to all the world, increase
our factories. (Applause and cries of
'YOu are right'D
More factories at work will find work
for the good dollars now in their hid
lng-places, and find employment for
the good men now idle at their homes.
tremendous cheering.) Industry must
come first. Labor precedes all else.
1t is the foundation of wealth; it is the
creator of all wealth. applause It's
active employment puts money in cir
culation and sends it coursing through
every artery of trade (Great Applause )
The Mints don't distribute it in that
way. (Cries of ''YOu bet they don't. ~
TO MAKE THE MONEY MOVE.
Start the factories in full blast and
the money will flow from bank and
vault. The lender will seek the bor-
rover, not as now, the borrower the
lender. Great cheering and cries of
''That's right''.) Start the factories
and put American machinery in opera
ton, and there will not be an idle man
III the country who is willing and able
to work; there will not be an American
where hunger and want will not disap-
pear at once (great applause and cries
of ''That's right!"), and there will not
be farmer who will not be cheered and
benefited by his improved home markets
and by the better and steader prices
for his products. (Renewed applause.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
BRYAN'S DOOM MAKES BUSINESS
GOOD.

Says the ECery Erening: The GER
talnty that Bryan will not be elected
President of the United States is al
ready having good effect. Business is
revlvlng as result of the assurance
that the people are going to vote for
honest finances and against the fiftv-
cent dollar that Bryan and his fol-
lowers so blindly worship.
John Clafin, Williams S. Mersereau.
Mark Hoyt, and other prominent mer-
chants of New York City, have been
interviewed, and declare that business
unquestionably shows improvement as
a result of the growing conviction that
Bryan is doomed to defeat. Mr.. Clafin
says there has been an improvement
ever since the Vermont and Maine
elections.
A dispatch from New York says that
the money market is becoming dis
tinctly better both on account of the
gold imports and the brighter political
outlook. Two or three large banks
have purchased considerable amount
OF commercial paper, and the trust
companies are making some time loans.
There Is less of the sensitiveness that
existed a short time ago and rates are
trife easier. 1t is reported that
every avaible inch of freight room has
been engaged weeks in advance, which
is at once certain evidence of the large
foreign demand for our products and a
prophecy Of further gold imports.
Wheat is steadily advancing in price
as result of the foreign demand. Last
week it rose 81 cents, closing at the
best figures.
Instances multiply of the good bust
ness feeling induced by the certainty
that Bryan POpulism will be over
whelmingly defeated in November.
After the defeat is actually accom-
plished, the march towards general
prosperity will be steady and rapid.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
STATE ROADS, DEL, Sept. %, 1896.

STATE ROADS, DEL, Sept. 25, 1896.
Mr.. Editor:-A mistake has been
going the rounds of the papers in re-
gard to a fire in their neighbOrhOOd
last Saturday evening. The lightning
struck a straw stack on the farm Occu-
pied by Walter Biddle and it was con-
sumed, while another stack near by
was saved. 1t was not a hay rick or a
hay house and it was not on the farm
of Francis N. Buck at all. Mr.. Buck
had no misc hief done by lightning.
The damage of course was not very
serious. E. RITTENHoUsE.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
Resident Agent Wanted

THE Penny Magazine" New York, is
about to establish a permanent agency in
this locality. 1t is the latest success in pc
riodical literature, and is the only real
Magazine in the world that sells for 10 cents
year. A commission Of thirty per cent.
is allowed to agents, or three cents on
every subscription. Applicants for agen-
cies should indicate territory desired.
Every one who sees III Penny Magazinep
subscribes for it. SepsEri1. sample COPY.
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$50 Nass 4, New York City.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30

Mr.. Gladstone's letter to the Paris
Figaro on the subject of the Turkish
atrocities is in the nature of an appeal
to France to initiate a movement in
behalf of the Armenians; but it is
likely to produce a greater effect upon
his own countrymen. 1t is true that
the venerable ex-Premier has little
faith in a concert of the Powers to stay
the hand of the "Great Assassin. and
it is also true that the London jour
nails unanimously deprecate isolated
action by any power and strongly
urge unanimity of purpose; but it is
apparent that Mr.. GladstOne's letter
has opened the ball afresh, and his
declaration that ''the question whether
effect can be given to the national in
dignatiOn is now in the balance and
will probably be soon decided" will,
no doubt, prove ere long to have been
prophetic.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30

The National Democratic party of
New York at its State Convention in
Brooklyn nominated Daniel G. Griffin
of Watertown, for Governor; Frederick
w. Hinrichs, of Brooklyn, for Lieu
tenant Governor, and Spencer Clifton,
of Buffalo, for Judge of the Court OF
Appeals. Address to the people was
adopted.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30

Mrs. John Wesley Bateman, of near
Canterbury, was stricken with paraly-
sis Tuesday week while making pur-
chase at George w. Benn's store in
Dover. She was carried to the home
of Lon W. Rust, where she died We'd
nesday, aged 60 years. The remains
were taken to her late home.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30

A Dorchester county, Md, farmer,
who has a crop of about 6OOO bushels
of corn, has turned herd of 60 hogs
in upon it, believing that it will pay
him better in this way than by housing
it. Another farmer is offering his crop
in the field at 10 cents bushel.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30

Covington Reynolds was fined SO
by Squire Cooper Tuesday week for
cruelty to animals committed at the
Fair Grounds on Monday-the Bryan
day. In company with DIR. McKowan,
Reynolds caught pet coon belonging
to a side show at the Fair and cut the
coon's foot nearly of. Reynolds con-
fessed to having held the coon but ac-
cused McKown of doing the cutting.
w. d. Westlake, proprietor OF the
show, caused Reynolds arrest.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30

1t is not unusual for druggists to
recommend Chamberlain Cough Re-
medy to their customers. Many of
them have used it themselves, or in
their families and know from personal
experience its great value in the treat
ment of coughs, cOulds, and Group.
They know too that their customers
are their best friends and naturally
wish to give them the most reliable
medicine they have for those ailments.
Messrs. Daugherty Bros, promi-
nent druggists of Indiana, Pa, say,
''We sell more of Chamberlain Cough
Remedy than of any other cough
syrup, and always take pleasure in
recommending it to our customers. "
Mr.. H. NJ. Urey, the popular druggist
at FredOnia, Pa, who has sold Cham
berlains's Cough Remedy for several
years, says: 81 can truly say that it is
the best cough medicine in the market.
For sale at 25 and 80 cents per bottle
by Clifton & Raymond.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
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Smyrna times., 1896-09-30

The sixth annual convention of the
Kent County Sunday School Associa-
ton will be held in Dover on Wednes-
day, September 80.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30

Sneed and safety are the watch words of
the ACE. One Minute Cough Cure acts
speedily, safely and never fails. Asthma,
bronchitis, coughs are cured by it. Clifton
a RAYMOND
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30

They are so little you hardly know you
sre taking them. They cause no giping, yet
they act quickly and most thoroughly.
such are the famous little pills known as
DeWitt's Little leary Risers. Small in size,
great in results. Clifton 4 Raymond.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30

Some kinds of hose are sold by the
foot. and others for it.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
HARROWS.

These are beauties, and I'M
doubtedly the best in the mar
ket. We carry three favorites ::
The "Ajax," Thomas" and "Wi-
ard"
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
WIND MILLS.

Our celebrated "Ideal" still
stands unchallenged in the mar
ket. Wherever placed we have
fiattering comments and we can
please you also.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
DRIVE WELLS.

We are placing in lots of or
ders. Everywhere our work
gives satisfaction. Give your
orders in early and you will re-
ceive prompt attention.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
Farm
* THINK AWHILE!

politics and attention money
vital Importance in these times We have thought the at
cut down here and there through warehouses;
best goods the market and have concluded your
tereSt
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
DRILLS.

BickfOrd & Huffman celebra-
ted Farmers Favorite." You
would be surprised at the price
we are offering them to the trade.
Smyrna times., 1896-09-30
Lewis & Wheatman'S.

Every needs its line of Farming Implements Our
warehouse is stocked full of bargains
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-28
OUTSIDERS FAVORED
The K. of L. Say the local Men Are
Disseminated Against.
ESPECIALLY IN THE MINES
At the Recent Meeting Held In An
aconda Resolutio We're Adopt
ed Calling Attention to the
Condition OF Things.

Steps were taken at the annual con-
vention of District Assembly No. 9S,
* knights of Labor, which was held in
Anaconda last week, to secure for Mon
tana workingmen more Favorable con-
sideration at the hands of Montana
employers of labor to protect them
from encroachments of non-union labor
from outside of the state. Local work
fngmen claim that 1t is a great deal
easier for a newcomer to secure EN-
ployment I'm Butte and particularly in
the mines, than 1t is for men who have
lived here for years. They are unable
TO account for this strange condition of
things. but they assert that 1t exists,
and that the preference for new arriv-
ais Is continually becoming more appar-
emit. The theory of some of them Is
that the mining bosses have a preju-
dice against local miners who are out
of work, and that they prefer to try
new arrivals who are unknown to
Them. A concerted effort Is now to be
made by the labor unions throughout
the state TO secure for Montana work.
men the recognition to which they be-
lieve they are entitled. in pursuance of
the following resolutions, which were
adopted by the District Assembly K. of
l.. just previous TO adjournment on
Saturday evening:
Whereas, 1t is evident that many
local union worklngmen who have their
AetliiAI.NS anu HOlIlSS III AlDWLdud dilu
whose interests are closely connected
with those of the state do not receive
the recognition to which they are just
ly entitled; and,
Whereas. Through the misleading
representations of some of the local
press and the interested real estate
spectators, working people from out
side states are enormously led to be-
iieve that the demand for labor in Mon
tana exceeds the supply, and
Whereas, Such statement, If allowed
to go abroad uncon'tradicted, could but
result in attracting to Montana num-
bers of unemployed to glut still further
an overcrowded labor field and too ca
sly victims to credulfty find themselves
doomed to sore trial and disappoint-
ment, therefore, be It
Resolved, By District Assembly No.
9S, X. of L., in annual convention as
sembled, at Anaconda, this 25th day of
January, 1896, respectfully request the
trades and labor assemblies of Butte,
Anaconda Great Falls and Helena TO in
iter-vlew employers of labor in their re-
spectfve localities and to earnestly urge
the demand for the employment of I'M
ION labor in preference TO non-union
labor: and, be it
Resolved, That these resolutions be
given to the press for publication"
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CATS PLAY WITH A RAT.

But the Rodent Does Not Seem to Love
His Strange and eddy companion.
From the New York World.
In the show window of a saloon call
ed the Defender. on the north side of
Greenwich street, between Vesey and
Fulton streets, a very interesting per-
Torrance takes place every day, which
is free of charge 30 all such as can ell
bow their way into the curious crowd
that gathers on the pavement. The
performers are a big black cat, with
round, yellow eyes. white whiskers and
fluffy tail, and a fat white rat, with
small but bright eyes and tail like
a piece of whipcord.
white rat is a curiosity enough in
itself. but when seen in playful asso-
citation with a black cat IL offers an
unusually entertaining spectacle. The
cat has very good time, but the rat,
II is quite apparent, would rather be
somewhere else.
The performance consists of a series
OF graceful gambols, in which the cat
pats the rat with its soft paw, chases
II about the window, catches IL gently
in its mouth and otherwise disports it
self The rat. being unable to defend
itself is obliged TO submit, though with
n very bad grace. 1t is plain that IL
suffers more from terror than from
physical pain, for the cat works with
sheathed claws and is very gentle. The
rat knows by instinct that pussy has
something dangerous hidden away in
those padded claws, and that one
crunch with his teeth would make one
white rat less.
At times. when tormented TO the very
limit of desperation. the rat does the
only thing that a defenseless creature
can dot turns sullenly at bay, sits up
on its hind legs and makes a show OF
fighting. There are some who say they
have seen the rat chase the cot around
the window, but this is not very likely,
unless. indeed, the cat permitted il in
a spirit of fun.
1t is said that a cat will never harm
white Tor albino) rat, and win never
go further than TO play with Il. Two
different cats have been placed I'm the
window on Greenwich street. and
neither of them has done the rat any
injury.
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neck, short back, heavy quarters, and
rather short legs, powerfully muscled.
He trotted quarter early last spring
in 30 seconds, but was not trained, as
he was barred in all the 2-year-old
stakes on the coast The veteran
James Dustin, now working him, is
very enthusiastic over his wonderful
speed and gait. Adbell is eligible to the
Kentucky Futurity, and may be sent
over in charge of Salisbury to go for
the rich prize.