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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-28

with kindness and smile In the long nara
tives perhaps this genial note Is missing. But
in his long narratives Is Mr. Aldrich at his best
We think not The saltwater Tragedy" Is "A
capable piece of work. and Prudence Palfrey
has similar merits: both are ambitious produc-
tous in which the aim Of the author is achieved
with credit If not with distinction. But put
either Of them beside unassuming a little tale
nc "GolIath" and the effect Is disastrous TO the
bigger work II is not that Mr. Aldrich cannot
be serious. He has grave moments in which he
IS convincing. But they are only moments.
The sustained flight of the serious novelist Is
beyond him, ana il he must be copIouS AT all II
IS better to find him so in u sketch like that Of
MY Cousin the Colonel" than through the
three hundred and more octave pages Of "Thc
Saltwater Tragedy" Brcvity is Mr.. Aldrcha
safeguard; nay it is his whole reason for being.
The natural trend Of his gifts would seem to be
In the direction Of short. highly polished writings.
TO begin with. the artistic instinct with him is
not only strong but imperative Even Goliath"
farcical little yarn that 1t is, has the qualities
If a much more ambitious work. That is to say.
Il is written 10 compact English; it contains few.
II any. superGuous words. and half it's charm
comes from the manner in which 1t is set forth
When he IS writing in this vein, when he is
thinking Of what he has to say and of how he
Is to say it, and has allowed himself reason
ably short time in which 90 say II, Mr.. Aldrch
is sure of himself and his confidence is com
rnuncated to the reader Then, we repeat. he
can be serious if he chooses. and we turn from
LAUGHING over Goliath that little, painting,
tremu!ous wad Of somethlng-not more than two
handfils 1t most" which had been chivying
the narrator around the lawn with the authority
Of a mastin to something like tearfulness in
the presence Of quite So"
The reader Of the last mentioned story Is in
dubitaaiy brought into the presence OF the hero
who gives II its name. II do not think ! could
write definitely Of John Bladburn,' says Mr..
ASdrch, If l were to call him anything but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-28

for the danes Of the Hudson. II might be
wished that she also spoke for herself in terms
abrasive to the general public. but 1t must
be confessed that Miss Humphreys has been
hard put To II 10 persuade her readers or her-
self that Catherine Schuyler was woman
worth knowing for her own sake. Unlike her
chief prcdcC 'ssOrs in this series. she WAS
woman who could show courage ana certain
other attractive traits to her contemporaries.
but had not enough Individuality To be OF any
great Significance for postcrty. AS the Wlie oil
Philip Schuyler she had position and influence,
both gained through life of duty well per
formed but even in this character she fails TO
touch The IMAGINATION. She is Of importance
only as an Illustration Of the Kind OF housewife
who presided over the social happenings in
Albany Z hundred years ago. Perusal Of her
biography leaves sweet Kitty v r." as she
was called before her marriage, very much in
the background, with the habits Of her family
and neghbors conspicuously in the front
They were curious habits. for they belonged
To a period IF transition in which the staid in
habltaats Of Albany were variously opposing or
encouraging the rising tide Of British and
French llbcrality in all that pertains to the art
OF living Prior to the arrival Of the English
in the early nftics. their way To the scene
OF the troubles about Lake George. social in
t.rcourse among the most distinguished of the
old Dutch families was not only decOrouS but
dull The British soldiers seem To have brought
about "A change. Miss Humphreys tells how
party of officers gave theatrical performance
I'm an Albany barn and raised a hornets nest
about their ears. Up to that time New-fork
had been the only town on the Hudson in which
such wicked things were done The burghers
which Is to say the elderly and passionately
respectable members of the cOmmunlty-pro-
tested vigorously. and one clergyman. the Rev
Theodore Frclinghuyscn, made himself eSpe-
caly obnoxious to the young jewellers. They
promptly snubbcd him. Aunt Schuyler" who
appears to have been the social arbiter OF her
day returned to Albany about this time and
though she tried to pacify the clergyman. her
sympathies were bound to be with the young
people Frelnghuysen went back to Holland,
and the people Of Albany went as he would
have put It, from bad to worse. To our mod
crn eyes It seems as If they did nothing more
than enjoy themselves in more rational man
ner than before. They continued TO have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-28
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH.
SOME NOTES ON THE COLLECTED Ed
TON OF HIS WORKS.

TIE y gh or vo THOMAS 6c BALE vsu Ae
LII Poems Volumes IIl-VIII. Prose Works
HCuEhton Miiin e CO.
This Is not the first time tina. MI AlGrich has
bad his writings published in collected FORM
but presumably the present edition Is an I'M
prov cmeut upon its predecessor in the mint ana
ru.nrn!n cf editing, and it has purely material
character which ~ more thar q JusHfca'ioh'
The volumes handsomely printed and hahd-
eomely bound. and what with the TWO new por-
traits printed as froniisp;eces the SCI mas
completeness which no adnirer OF the poet ana
storv-tellcr can resist Can the enl'reiy dislh-
tcreste1 critic resist il? The question Is tempt
inc I, is ODDS that TO one could help weighing
anew the contents Cf these volumes as he turns
over Their pages ard dips into THE saltwater
Traredy" or prudence Pdlfrey," or Marjorie
Daw" or the poems. 1t is an amusement frauEht
with disturbing cCncluGoI9. Take the purely
accidental ARRANGEMENT above Of a handful OF
Nr Aldr.eh's productions. Were the latter
Cuually valuable there would be nothing dlScoh-
certing In giving precedence to The saltwater
TRAGEDY" but. as it happens. the taste OF the
reader irl,ilcdatcy rcvolts at such DISPOSE
ton of t. titles in question. Perhaps Mr.. Al
drich fcIesaU the revolt At any rate MARJORIE
Dav" opcrs The first Of his six Volumes of prose
MI. Ald.ich dlscloses in Marjorie Daw" very
ncarly the full measure Of his gift as a narrator
in fact, h. reveals in that story soT' of the
best qualities Of his verse The temper Of Mar
jorie DaW," It's Gcborair and deicately humor-
Gus tone, may be discerned in the authors best
work. whether in prose on verse He has never
been, in the strict sense, humorist, but he has
always Lent t. his work that warmth and quiet.
supple charm which we feel must spring straight
from the emotions Of a who looks on life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-28
CATHERINE SCHUYLER.
THE LIFE OF A MAT1ON OF ALBANY.
CATHERINE SCHUYLER. BY Mary Gay
Humphreys With Portrait. Duodecino PIP:

Humphreys Win POrtrAIt. DuodeCIMU, PIP
XII 2. (Womcn CT Colonial and Revolutionary
Timcs) Charles Scribner's Sons.
In the series which this volume brings to
close there have appeared monographs on Mar
garet Winthrop and Dolly Madison, Mercy War
rem. Eliza Pnckney and Martha Washington
The subjects well chosen. affordns With
In the brief space Of six volumes fairly COM
prehensive view OF our earlier social life at the
important points OF our geographical develop
ment Margaret Winthrop stood admirably Tor
the woman of w-England. Martha Washing
ton was delightfully."- typical of the South, ana
now Catherine Schuyler speaks interestingly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-28

TrIC WRITINGS OF THOMAS BAILEY AL
DEIt'YL In Eight Volumes. Octave. Volumes
LII Poems Volumes iII-VIII, Prose Works.
IiOlChtOn Miiiin e. co.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-07
81 per Annum, ii Advance

practical farmers show that thew are
making money out of it and the ex-
cltement will grow. Conditions have
reversed since you first commenced
grinding cane. Then the yield was
small and price large, now the yield
is large and the price small. We ex-
pect to see revival of the sugar in
terests in Florida, but believe there
is more money for our people in MAX
ing and putting up high grade syr-
up, and shipping it north. Florida
syrup has a distinctive characteristic
of it's own which will create demand
for it wherever known. OF course the
syrup must be we'll made and nicely
put up.-Ed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-07
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Camphor Trees,

Ii not too great tax on your valu-
BILE space, permit me to reply to the
questions and explanations asked,
through your columns.
To commence, / will say that the
former article was written in good
faith and not for advertising or specu-
lative purposes, as [ am not in a posi-
tion to deal in this, Or any product.
At various times, when attention
has been called to the effects of the
freezes of the winter of '94-95 [ have
determined to write an article regard
ing these trees, but have been deterr-
ed from doing so. Directly after the
last freeze of the series and before
learning of the effects upon camphor
trees in other localities, [ wrote an ar
ticle for the st. Andrews Bouy, telling
how they withstood the freezes and
advising the planting of them as orna-
mentals.
I do not know why so little thought
was given to the one that was frozen,
unless it was lack of interest Ger
tainly the idea of varieties did not oc-
cur to me then; I supposed a camphor
tree was camphor tree.
After this I read an article descrip-
tive of camphor tree with beautiful
red berries,' while the fruit on mine
was black, which further emphasized
the fact of varieties.
Application for seed having been
made from the two trees described as
hardy, shows that fact which was
intended to have been made plain had
been overlooked, iz,that but one of
these bears fruit.
Permit me to say to your readers
that the berries are near the stage
when the greatest amount of camphor
is contained and I would be pleased to
send some to person interested and
capable of testing their utility, if de-
sired. This being before seed is
formed, would be valueless to others.
The real object of experiment and
discussion should be to eliminate, if
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-07
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, July 1897.

ward of gold and silver that annually
goes out to stay. Just think of it,
in one decade at even one million an
nually, taking from us $1,OOO,OOO,OOO
in gold and silver. No wonder Cali
fornia is stirred up to big calculations,
especially when "Uncle Claus" has al
ready started a plant costing several
million, and requiring about 5000
acres more or less in beets to supply
his esta ablishment. His factory, ac-
cording to Mr.. w. G. Waters measure
ment will cover floor space of 100
acres including all necessary build
ings.
[ wish we had two such uncles now
ready to invest in the muck lands of
Florida. But, you say to the 1900
pound man, that this output person
will insure $50 per acre and that this
is a. handsome profit. But why not
1000 pounds, and 500 per acre? I am
sure this would give equal satisfac-
tion, if not upwards
But" says some one, 'why be SO
extravaganza" That sounds like a
fish story. Very we'll, my friend.
Suppose [ remind you that the St.
Cloud chemist reported 6,O14 pounds
per acre three years ago toward the
close of the campaign. [ think that
this stands on record in several Of
fees in Florida. This gives us $3.50
per acre. Mr.. Editor can you not re-
produce this? Why then, not allow
that 1000 pounds per acre might be a
safe average, giving $1OO per acre
Besides this, the st. Cloud reporter
gave good encouragement to pine land
farms when he told us that the sand
hills yielded two per cent in quantity
over that of the muck land, and finer
quality.
I think, Mr.. Editor, that we should
get up an excitement ON the sugar
subject, by doing like the fellow did
who loved pudding so well. AS the
story goes, one man said to another,
che puts pudding into everything he
talks about. You go down and COM
mence talking about his axe and see
if he does not get pudding into it,
The man went and speaking to him
said:
''Well, that must be splendid axe
that you have from the way it cuts. :"
eyes, it is, and I wish I had a pud-
ding as large as I could cut in two
with it.'
So, Mr.. Editc-, think we ought to
put sugar j. % everything we talk
about unit, everybody gets excited
about it, minus excitement to begin
with we never do much that is any ac-
count at best. S. W. Carson.
Fr)stproof, Fla.
TIf the writer wants to start an ex-
citement on cane growing, let some
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-07
V0'. XIV, No 27 Whole Ne 574
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Excited Over Sugar.


With an experience based on nearly
forty years observa tion of Florida
crop productions, I feel free ito say
that sweet cane as a continuous pay
ing crop has no equal in the state.
My reasons for saying so, however,
cannot be introduced in one article;
but permit me to say here, that [ can
retrace an experience and observation
Of almost forty years, reaching back
to the days of the old wooden roller
mill drawn by one horse, sometimes
two, or by a yoke of oxen, with but
very slight exceptions.
Those using steam power were
scarcely one to one hundred, thirty
years ago. When the small two and
three-ro1l iron mills came into use
about the same draft power contin
ued, while the evapora ton was done
in wasteful manner open kettles be-
ing used to evaporate and some old
cast-off tin pan punched with a nail
for skinner.
we depended on such, means to make
money Even when one-third of the
crop was thrown away in the bagass,
yet the saying was quite a proverb,
'My little cane patch pays better than
any crop I raise"
'How much do you make per acre"
I often asked.
''Oh about ten barrels of sugar
weighing about 200 pounds to the bar
rel, or if syrup, twelve or fourteen
barrels
"Don't you see," they would say,
rubbing the mashed canes between
the fingers as they came through the
rollers, chow dry this bagass is? I
tell you my mill is doing fine"
"Why, yes I see," I would answer,
and I knew just as much about it as
any of them, while none of us knew
anything about it as to the real facts
in the case. IF some stranger had
come along, who did know and said to
us: 'Why don't you get your sugar
out? You are throwing away a third
of your crop in the bagass," and had
explained just why, he would have
been put on the hill as humbug.
Some cane was grown on hammock,
some on low pine woods and some on
high pine soil, but all seemed to do
fairly if cowpenned, even to the poor
est. All yielded about the same and
all of good quality as far as the farm.
er seemed to know and it was the rar-
est thing in the world to hear farm
er report a sorry cane crop, much less
a failure. It was remarkable to know
how well satisfied every fellow seemed
to be with his profits on his cane crop.
The first grinding ever did ON
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two roller wooden mill [ thought the
yield was large, as the mill was new
and well managed.
[ was forcibly struck with the est1-
mate of that gentleman's report OF
1000 pounds who inquired of you
about the capacity and price of the
sample sent you. It occurred to me
that there are honest, hardworking
farmers who are yet ignorant of the
shocking waste of sugar by the con-
stant use Of one-horse mills, and I con-
cluded that nothing ordinarily would
create such a surprise and stimulate
such a forward movement in the sug-
ar interest in Florida as for all of our
cane growers to be put in possession
of the facts of the enormous waste of
the crop through the use of the ordin-
ary mill. And [ wish that all could
see what have seen in the past five
years on this subject in the "Planter,' -
published in New Orleans. 1t was
therein that learned to my surprise
and regret that all the ordinary sugar
producers in both Florida and Louis
lana were losing about one-third Of
their hard earned sugar crop for the
want of first class mills. This being
the case it must continue so just as
long as the ordinary machinery is in
use. We now know that the machin-
cry of late inventors will save this
loss-will get the sugar all out-and
the country is suffering a shameful
loss for the establishment of hun
dred central plants in order to develop
the grandest paying crop in the state,
especially the southern portion, then,
should not every enterprising man in
the state put his shoulder to the wheel
and do all in his power to interest
men of capital and brains to take hold
of the helm and establish central
mills in the better localities through
out the state with enterprising farm
ers around them to supply the cane.
Small farmers, though they might,
by thousands, cultivate cane and man
ufacture sugar on their own places,
can never so develop the characteris'
tic capabilities in our soil and climate
so as to make a creditable showing
in the yet latent wealth of our state.
One hundred mills after the pattern
of the one at ST. Cloud wisely located
in the state would do good in more
important respect than to save the ex-
penditure of $125,OOO,OOO for foreign
sugar annually as it would afford di-
rect and respectable labor to the
thousands of our population to fur
nish cane for them to operate their
mills.
California is threatening today with
no small degree of assurance to cap
ture it at no very distant day, that one
hundred and twenty million, and up
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-08-13
Washington. wife.

SO much has been said about the
father OF his country that the Buffalo
News Is moved by the gallant purpose
to give Mrs. Washington some recog-
milton. II remarks that. being a wo-
man, OF course. II Ia taken for granted
that Martha Washington never had
birthdays to celebrate. 80 Il Is no moro
than fair to give her just a bit OF at
tcntlon.
II Is said that Martha Washington,
like all good women, possessed a mind
OF her own and was capable OF COM
handing her household and, OCCASION
ally. her husband. guest at Mt. Yer
non once heard her distinguished host
ess giving George a piece OF her mind
after they had retired for the night.
IIo listened In profound silence and
when she had said her say. he answer
ed. pleasantly;
Now, good sleep to you, my DEAR
II Is interesting to know that she
wore upon her marriage with Col
Washington wedding dress OF heavy
corded white SILK interviewer with sill
yer threads. It was elegantly trimmed
with heavy white satin ribbon bro
caded with silver leaves. The dress
oroned over u white satin quilted
oyerskirt, She wore white satin. high
heeled shoes OF the period. with dia'
mond buckles, ruilles OF point lace and
an exquisite suite OF pearls. necklace
earrings and bracelets. She was at
tended by three bridesmaids.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-08-13

From the Philadelphia Press: Glou-
cester dispatch: John Van Der werf.
about 30 years old. bartender In this
city. was found buried up to his neck
In mud In marsh near Newtown
Creek bridge. this city. early this morn
Ing. by Edward Carey. Carey was
walking along the tracks. when a small
dog came rushing toward him. whining
In a plteous manner. II then rushed
toward the marsh. and finally Carey
concluded TO investigate the cause OF
the dogs actions. and started for the
marsh.
When within few yards OF the
marsh Carey was startled 20 hear
means. Carey aroused Patrick Mea.
ley. his son. Timothy Mealoy: Daniel
Kane, and Frederick Emmlnson, who
all reside within a short distance OF the
marsh. The searching party soon dis.
covered the cause OF the small dogs
strange actions. when Van Der Vert
was found buried up TO his neck In tho
mud He was eXtricated. Had tho
resculng party been much longer In dis.
covering the mans position he would
have probably disappeared below tho
surface OF the soft mud.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-08-13

lie never met his match but once
and that was In the person OF Col.
Frank wolford. a quaint Kentucky
mountalnocr who afterward came to
congress from an old-fashloned secs.
sion district. The adyersaries arranged
for a Joint debate before a gathering
of lumbermen and moonshlners. and
Frye. who was invited to speak FIRST.
drew upon his fund OF pathetic olo.
quence 20 describe the magnanlmity
with which the republicans had treated
the confcderatos after the war. VOL.
ford followed him with the declaration
that the republicans had no right to
talk about magnanimity when they
had hung Jcfi Davis the day after the
surrender"
"who hanged Jcfl DayIs?" demanded
Frye.
Grant did. wolford roared back
ITS an Internal ller' shouted Frye
"You know better than that"
"Oh. do. do t?' rotorted wolford
Here. John" 'beckoning to a gaant
broad-shouldered. heavy-browed bush
waoker who stood near. "You get NJ
on this platform ana tell The folk
what Grant did 20 Jon Davis"
Up jumped John.
"He atrlngod him mp. lie didn't Civ,
him no chance to say his pra'aro.
wuz thar mselt an l seen IT,"
Tho audience looked little puzzled
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-08-13

One OF the most dangerous lnhabl-
tants OF the tropical forests Is the pun
adder. II is about five feet In length.
and often as thick as the calf OF a
mans leg. This snake. II seen in a
natural history museum, would appear
so conspicuous by reason OF It's bril-
liant oolorlng OF black. green and yell
low stripes, that one would fancy there
would be no danger OF any animal
coming upon II unawares. But take IL
In its true home. where II lies half
hidden In the background OF leaves
green and brown and ycllow-ln It's for
est environment. and you will at once
see that its stripes are Just so many
mlmetlc designs meant TO conceal II
from observation. The pun adder
strikes backwards. So II a touch dis
turbs II on any part OF It's long body
as It lies resting, It Immediately raises
It's head and strikes In the direction
Of the disturbance. And there Is only
one result-death.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-08-13

II Ia stated that there are 100000
blind people in the world. or one to
every l 800 inhabitants. Latest reports
show $4,000 blind persons in Great
Britain. or $40 for each million in
habitants. Blind infants Of fewer
than five years. 1876 for each million;
between Eve and fifteen, 2sS; between
twenty and twenty-five 422; between
forty-fye and sixty. 1925. and above
slxty-fye years. 1000 for each million.
Russia and Egypt are the countries
where the blind constitute the largest
proportlonate number OF the total pop
ulatlon, In Russia on account OF tho
lack oi experienced medical attention.
andsin Egypt because OF ophthalmla
due to Irritation caused by the move
ment Of the sand by the wind. There
are nearly 100000 blind persons In Eu-
ropean Russia.