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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-07-15
CIRCLING THE GLOBE
CONCISE HISTORY OF SEVEN
DAYS DoINGS.

SnfelliRence by Electric Wire from
Every Quarter of the Civilized
World, Embracing Foreign Affairs
and Home HappeniuEs.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-07-15

vast or limited experience, to add some
thing to the efforts of the best educators
to insinuate rather than force knowledge
into the minds of the young.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-10-21


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would remedy all these troubles.
"Bc ye hot as a horse or mule TO
bit and Bride"
He reiterated the aXom that
che exclusive producer or creator
Of "a thing is its rightful owner.
But nowadays it was trusts and
combines who enjoyed the incre-
mentS.
He said the reason wheat was
a dollar 4 bushei and all southern
products SO low, especially cotton,
was because Of the love the yam
kee bore the ''nigger.
That talk Of supply and de-
mand with no money in your
pocket was ridiculous. To Illus
trate: Fruit stand, which was
supply; little boy begging mann
ma for bananas, demand; but no
money in pocket to take the de-
mand was the distressing part of
it.
He then turned his attention
to horse swapping professionally,
when some one cried out every
thing goes" which created great
laughter. He said Job was the
biggest horse snapper of his age
If you don't believe it, read his
history. The horse snapper has
not changed since he has been
coming down the ages; ''He de-
voureth the earth in his rage"
The first horse swapping con-
vention was believed TO be held
at Dan, though others insisted it
was at Tyre, others Phillip. He
thought the latter, as Phillip
was only / miles from Dan, for
history says: The snorting OF
the horses could be heard from
Dam" According to 2 Kings, 81
chapter, Josiah was also keen on
q horse swap, for does it not say
he did it SO successfully, he didn t
leave the haltcrs Of the King in
his iSnominious beat. But Solo
mon was the prince Of horse
!swappers and made fortuc at it.
He was the most considerate te
horse snapper, for he didn't dc
up his own people, but went fol
the Egyptians and beat them
stone blind-that he was justly
entitled TO the name OF prince ot
horse swapper. need only men,
ton he had 4,000 stables anG
10000 stalls. lie just swept the
field, in evidence Of which reaC
Revelations. He referred to The
array Of horse swappers that
figured in the cruSadCs and thai
1000, 900 Of them perlSheG
but the seed never died out. They
are here to-day. The most unfor
tunate horse snapper on recorC
is Baalam, who traded until he
got down TO 4 poor mule. II,
said Baalam WIS a ma agician ant
vcntriloquist, probably the frs
on record, for my version is it wa:
Baalam talking through the mul
to tie angel and not the animal
Great laughter.
Horse swapping even figures il
literature and through it got
classical turn, for did not Bryal
say III his great poem "Nageppa'
Trot out his horse, 10 say nothlT;
Of the words Shakespeare puts il
King Richards mouth, "M
horse, ny horse, my kingdom 70
a horse" He cid not forget t
mention the writings Of Homer
Tic siid AChilie was not mad a
Hector for stealing the fair Hclcu
bat because lie was beat on
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-10-21

IIOiu 10 o1o pOIcS, tuc largest
amount, the production Of j. A.
Giles, all of which product came
to his curing house in green
state and was bought by him. The
best lot was grown by Wiggins,
1876 poles.
Mr.. Madero remarked many
more poles were grown than those
mentioned, and pole cured by the
Havana Tobacco Curing House
and others, demonstrating to
him that the industry had passed
the experimental stage. He di-
vidcd his subject into heads. The
seed bed he said should be start
ed in a hammock because Of the
{ richness Of the soil, proper mois-
| ture and the absence Of weeds.
Referring to the ground in
which to set plants, he said you
could not prepare it too thor
oughly. His advice was to plow
and harroW-if need be dozen
times-until the soil was literally
pulverized. Land should be well
drained, sandy soil. He said you
could not plant tobacco every day
of the year. The stand depended
largely on correct planting, mois-
ture of soil and atmospheric con-
ditions. He spoke Of two crops
in q season-the preferred one q
good one-and it resolved itself
into opportunity. burrows should
be p to or i feet apart accord
ing to quality Of the soil-plants
l6 inches apart. Referring to
fertilizers, he said stable manure
and Peruvian guanO were the
best, but thought the natural
soil of Florida was rich enough
without and was good for t or 5
years yield without fertilizers,
but if used he would recommend
600 pounds of stable manure and
900 pounds Of Peruvian guano to
the acre.
Mr.. Medero had three plants
on the sta ge, in various stages Of
growth, one showing when the
plant was ready to top, when it
had II leaves, say of 40 days
growth, one Of six leaves, all
beautifully developed and perfect,
the stalk thirty inches in length;
the third stalk was fully four feet
feet in height, was left to grow at
will, and had on it about twenty
leaves and to all appearances
: looked as fine as the stalk that
had perfect training, but he said
, the leaves OF that stalk had no
value-werc worthless, because
the plant had been neglected. So
: it was not quantity, but quality
that told, for the perfectly cured
, plant was worth S1.5O a pole.
Ten thousand plants would
? grow on an acre. Well cared fol
tobacco would average one third
wrappers. Suckers must be
taken off promptly as they ab.
: sorb the strength of the plant
) Some confound the sun or root
/ sucker Of the plant with the lea
: sucker. The sun or root sucker
produces the second crop anC
} makes the most valuable cigar
S filler. He said since he had beer
4 IN the business IN OcaIa no one
had yet brought him any SUI
t., leaves, which were worth 40 tt
SO per cent Of the crop. Worms
: must be thoroughly looked after
e foi' hole in a wrapper deprecia
: ted it's value so per cent and cias
: sed it as filters. People in worm
= ing looked for them on the sur
{ face, when they should look insid
Il and under then-also to be Cer
r tain to kill the eggs.
g To cutting tobacco a persol
must know when it is IN condition
o Much tobacco was ruined becaus
e it grew too old on the stalk. |
t was really difficult to tell when
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-10-21
MARION COUNTY DAY
IT WAS SUCCESSFUL FROM ALL
STANDPOINTS
THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE
Share Ocala's Hospitality a bay Of
Amusement and instruction.
Beth Bodies and Minds
Refreshed

Refreshed
The Tuesdays rain and lower
ing clouds that preceded the
Farmers & Horse Swappers Con-
vCntion, BODIED unpropitus wealth
er for that occasion, out the
gloom of the morning gradually
faded away and with it the un-
pleasant apprehensions Of those
who had taken such a deep inter-
est in the success of the day,
/ knowing the state Of the atmos-
phcre would have everything to
do to crown the goth day of Oc-
tOber with well rounded success,
and thus it triumphantly ended.
The crowd was estimated from
$500 to 1000 persons. The lat
ter number is known to have par
taken to their entire satisfaction
Of the well prepared meats
in the Gary grove. Every por-
tion Of the county was represen-
ted andthc mode Of transportation
was Of home supply, few coming
by rail. The crowd began to as
semble early and continued COM
ing until noon.
Like everything G.. H. Camp
bell, the promoter of this Gala
Day, has to do with, the program
was carried out to the letter, and
promptly at half past ten those
interested III tobacco culture were
asked to assemble in the opera
house, so that In case old PluviuS
should change his mind and pre-
pare to do the sprinkllng act
some more, he could not interrupt
Mr.. Medcro in his suggestive and
valuable talk on this all impor-
tant subject.
The band played several pieces,
when Mr.. Zewadski, master Of
ceremonies, in few well chosen
and appropriate remarks intro
duced Mr.. Medero, the tobacco
expert, who devoted an hour to
telling how he proceeded to grow
tobacco successfully. lie was
listened to most attentivcly, de-
monStratinS that hundreds OF our
people deemed the occasion a rare
privilege, improved it and if they
will follow the advice given there
is no reason they cannot grow
tobacco with success and pecun-
iary reward.
AS Grant Cowen, the steno-
grapher, took down Mr. Medero's S
talk and it will be published il
full later on, we shalt simply in
dicate what he said. That the
tobacco plant was Indigenous to
this Countrywide SpaniardE
found it on the island Of Cuba II
1892.
He said the capital employed
material used, ages paid, etc.
in making cigars today rep
resented 129 million dollars-ther,
were 141, factories, that employ
ed 11t,21, men and that So 600,
900 went up annually IN smoke.
Cuba commanded the larges
share of this trade because 0
climate and soil and thej
thorough manner Of cultivatjn;
the weed.
''People say I can grow Tobacco
but can't cure it. But the troubl
is, the process Of curing doesn'
make good tobacco out Cf poo
quality. People must learn tn
art of cultivating tobacco TO sue
ceed."
He said last year three person
had experimental in growing to
baCco around Ocala and who's
crop consisted Of 229 poles Of %
leaves each. These were Giles
Munroe and Wiggins. Tlis sea
son forty-one persons aroun
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-10-21

duJ Oilc Can eIC" tOUdSIo ana
find ready sale for it in green
state. But above all grow quail
ty not quantity. If quantity is
desired, then go to Kentucky,
Tennessee, Virginia and North
Carolina. where the bulk of tobac-
CO is sod for ? to cents pound.
He reiterated his opinion that
Florida had the soil and climate
to grow leaf tobacco fully equal
to that grown in Cuba, and if
this industry is given proper at
te0tio1, its value and profit will
far out run that Of orange grow
ing in its palmiest days. Mr..
Medero was given the closest at
tention, and his talk, as was in
tended by the projectors Of the
day, was deemed one Of its most
desirable and valuable features;
in fact, the feature.
Mr.. Zewadski then announced
that Carl Elschner, the Ocala
chemist. would analyze Marion
county soil free, TO those who
wished to know it's desirable pro-
perties for growing tobacco.
Meeting then adjourned to the
Gary grove to listen to the orator
of the day, Col. 7. P. Lloyd of
Inverness, who delivered an ad-
dress that was indeed feast of
reason, abounding in wit, humor
and wisdom and information,
that could not have been equalled
had 100 Of the most gifted speak
ers of the state been asked to ad-
dress the immense audience, so
appropriate and opportune to the
occasion were his remarks. Mr..
ZeWadski introduced Col. Lloyd
! by saying he would tell OF the
first horse trader who grew rich
and died IL q palace and Of him
who gave to boot in a trade and
died in the poor house. His open
ing remarks referred to material
conditions Of today-that no man
could talk % minutes without
talking politics and said this meet
ing grew out of q political idea.
He believed in action not in po-
litical diplomacy, which only de-
ceived and did not 90. He vCu'd
rather be Thos. Hughes, who
threw the first chest OF tea into
Boston Harbor, than Thos. JET
ferson, who wrote the declaration
of independence.
He said the opera house was
too cOntractcd-SaTOred tC0 much
OF trusts, combines and syndi-
Gates, and this was why lie came
out into the sunlight and under
the enpyrcan glare Of heaven.
that he could feel the touch and
influence Of the people. He de
MED that times were better now
than a few years ago. What l.
@. G.. Lamar said when he made
that famous trip through The
South and spoke Of its prosperity
was untrue; for he had not slept
in the lofts and looked through
the riffs IL the roofs Of the houses
, Of The people CT Florida, ant
broken corn bread with them, a!
, he had done.
He spoke OF the key lha
, Hughes had used to unlock tt,
! matches to get out the tea, which
, was preserved in the department
5 Of state in Massachusetts,, as ev
idence OF the highest testimonial
: Of patriotism-that acts told; no
: talk. He said the wrongs tha
the people iabored over, unles
: rectifed, would create i revolu
: ton, to which that of Franc
: would be as school boys play
He said Congress could no NOR
l rectify these wrongs than he Coul
lift himself and the box he was Of
e TO heaven.
t He said the working mon ant
/ the yeomanry Of tie land los
&; u. {. rr Ii. ln,.ic- IL, :, - .-ct;.,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-16
CHEAP GRAVEL ROADS.


in some sections of the country, nota-
bly, in the western states, are counties
in which the character Of the soil and
absence of suitable road materials
make road improvement a very diff
cult problem. Besides much level coun-
try there are frequent hills, many small
creeks and rivulets that only run after
Gus bridges need to be maintained, and
the soil becomes mud under slight
provocation. Such conditions obtain
in Scott county, Ia, where an attempt
has been made to build roads at a mod
crate cost that viii stand traffic and the
strain Of breaking up of winter
The methods employed by the super
Yisors have been to first grade, fill and
gutter the road selected, and in particu-
larly wet places lay drain tiles with
good fall and free outlet. Then such
stones as can be had are laid as fiat as
possible to depth of about six inches.
The spaces are filled up with small
broken stone, and d smooth surface is
secured of the contour desired. On this
is laid four inches of gravel, and q
three-ton roller gives it a surface, regu-
lar travel doing the rest. 1t packs well,
becomes smooth and hard and improves
with use. The small broken stone used
is a limestone that is found in the coun-
ty, which is not hard enough for surface
use, and the gravel is obtained in an
adjoining county. With a 16-foot road
way as a rule, and a 12-foot on the
sleeper grades, the first cost was about
$1,000 per mile.
In the numerous bridges required for
small streams, old mill boilers. about
four feet in diameter and over 20 feet
long, have been used in some II cases.
Their walls are of tive-eighth inch steel,
and capable of carrying any amount of
filling and traffic over them. The ex-
pense has been comparatively small.
The few repairs that are required on
these gravel roads are made by the in
mates of the county poorhouse, on
whom the moral effect is excellent
Good Roads.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-16
KILLED HIS KEEPER.
How an Elephant i'm India WINS Pun
iShed for the Crime.

Did you ever see an elephant
whipped? l don't suppose ycu would
ever forget it if you did. They fire.
quentIy do it in India, because ele-
plants are very cbstreperous at times.
Recently an elephant, Abdul, was
convicted by court-martial for killing
his keeper, and sentenced to so Iashes
and two years Imprisonment.
Two elephants led Abdul TO an open
space, and in the presence of the whole
battery the punishment began. The
culprit trumpeted in fear, and made
an unearthly noise.
There were IA elephants on one side,
and the officers and men of the battery
on the other three. In the center of this
hollow square stood Lalla (No. y, the
fogger, and the prisoner. The latter
was chained by the four legs TO as many
heavy iron pegs, and could not move.
Fastened to Lalla's trunk was an i'm
mense cable chain. When al was ready
the major gave the word, and down
came the chain with resounding
whack. Abdul roared for all he was
worth. Fifty times was the operation
repeated, and then Abdul was taken to
Q compound, where he was to remain
a prisoner for two years.-Answers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-16
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Don't prune your apple trees in the
fall. The best time is when in bloom
or Just before.
Most of the roses do better if given
protection in the winter, though great
many of them will survive without it.
Dahla tubers keep best if put in a
box or dry sand and kept in a cool place
where they will not freeze. They will
not keep well in a damp cellar.
Sweet potatoes may be kept in a cellar
that is frost proof, by being laid down
on dry sand in such a manner that the
tubers do not touch each other.
Put good coat of manure on the
truck patch and pillow it this fall. If
this is done it will be in condition to
work in the spring and will not be neg
lected from a press of other work.
With berries, as with every other crop,
he who grows the best makes the most
money, and as it requires but little
effort to make an average crop large
one it is worth while to do the extra
work.
While for general purposes the Con-
cord grape has no rival, there is con-
slant demand for new varieties, and the
originator of a promising one is always
well paid for any trouble it may have
cost him.-Western Plowman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-16
SPUR PRUNING.

young canes tied to the lower wires ana
c and D cut to two eyes. In this way
one season canes are grown for the next
years fruiting, which are then cut back,
to be succeeded by canes of the same
years growth. The whole vine about
the lower wire is thus kept entirely of
young wood, care being taken not to
allow the shoots to become too numer-
Gus, and any gnarled stump being cut
out and renewed with a fresh shoot.
The original Guyot plan, shown in No.
l. was to keep the one horizontal branch,
E, awhile to spur on, and shorten up and
spur alternately the upright branch
at Farm and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
SAVING GOOD ROADS.



Probably every discerning rider has
seen with indignation the rapidity with
which good macadam roads are cut into
ruts by the narrow-wheeled vehicles
which pass over them. From the fancy
buggy with its inch tires to the heavy
farm wagon or truck with tires two or,
possibly, Pc inches wide, every vehicle
cuts and unnecessarily wears the road.
Dirt roads are rendered impossible;
stone roads are made rough by such sys-
tematic destruction.
Under the influence of the L. A. W.,
multitudes have been educated to want
good roads" and many miles have been
built. Does eve want good roads mean
that we want them for few weeks or
months; that we want them built to be
as quickly as possible destroyed?
In our campaigns for good roads we
have been wonderfully successful, not
only in getting many, but in showing
their economic value. Yet how much
more we might have done. If I'VE want
good roads" had been clearly under
stood TO include caring for them in
diligently as well as building them, we
would not now have so many stony
wrecks to ride over. Having done as
much as we have, does not the obliga-
ton rest upon us to take the next log
ical step? Having created, must we not
care for our creation?
Can we not, then, every time we have
opportunity, preach good care of roads?
And, to be very definite, can we not sys-
tematically and constantly preach wide
tires? Pictures Of rutted roads can be
shown with the legend: result of mar
row tires" Local consuls, when they
put up signs or advertisements, can add
to I'VE want good roads" some such
phrase as land wide tires to keep them
good" Education in these and kindred
ways will rapidly bear fruit, and only
d little thoughtfulness is necessary to
make every citizen an advocate of wider
tires.
1t would seem that only improvement
would follow such change. Wide
tires are said to draw as easily as mar
row, and, in many cases, more easily.
1 liz. y lOAI llC OdNl luSNtdu VI CulllIl8 II,
Now we have ton or more drawn on
wheels which track, and have tires, say
two inches wide, thus making two
sharp cutting surfaces. We're tires for
such loads gagged at, say, three inches
and tracking forbidden, there would be
two rolling surfaces of six inches each
This would make road, not destroy it,
On our dirt roads such rolling would
soon produce astonishing results, sc
that neighborhoods which really can.
not afford the expenses of stone roads
because of insufficient traffic, would
soon have greatly improved roads
which would be in excellent condition
the greater part of the year.
Let us not only want good roads, but
strive to keep them after we get them
E. S. Campbell, in L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-16
A MASTER KEY.
Concealed in Seal Ring, But 1t Unlocks
MANY Locks.


A Cincinnatian but lately returned
from England tells of rather novel
innovation in the way of locks and
keys, or, to speak more correctly, key.
At a country place he visited he was
surprised to see his host unlock the
gateway of the place with a small key,
that in some mysterious way was pro-
duced from a large seal ring he wore.
Yet the ring was not large enough to
be conspicuous by reason of its size or
style. AS he expressed some surprise
in the matter, his host said
This is master key. You see it
slides under the set in the ring and &C.
cupies no space whatever. 1t will un-
lock every lock about the place, even
my dressing bag, my trunk, bond box
and wine cellar"
He was asked as to the arrangement
in general, whether one key, say of the
butler, would unlock the front door.
Not at all, he replied. The locks
are all arranged in suites. The butler
can unlock all the doors that are in his
department, and the housekeeper can
unlock the linen closets and other
doors under her supervision, but she
cannot get into the buffers domain.
And in every other department about
the place from end to end every one
has his or her key, but l have only the
master key. All of the doors open tc
me. My valet can open my dressing
case and closets, but he cannot get q
bottle of wine. OF course the arrange
ment in seal ring is novel, but it is
very handy for me, In the first place
l cannot lose it, and in the SECOND
place everything opens to me without
asking a question"
No doubt Yankee ingenuity will pro
vide the same arrangement, but as ye
no mention has been made of such al
article in this country. Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-16
Ordering Nursery stock.

To make sure that an order can be
filled it should be sent in at as early 4
date as possible. 1t is best 10 order for
spring delivery now. The order will
be filled, and the rule in all nurseries
is first come first served. In the north
all nurserymen take up their out of
door stock early, and hill itin so as TO be
able to fill orders from the south during
the winter season. This is really much
better than taking stock from nursery
rows. When the trees are killed in and
properly protected from frost their
roots will begin to start before winter
is over, and they can be planted much
more safely than stock recently dug
American Cultivator.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-16
Profitable Pumpkin Crops.

The time has gone by when the pump
kin was only planted among potato or
corn as a catch crop, with the hope, us
we have often heard farmers say, that
the corn would be SO vigorous as to keep
the pumpkin crop in the background.
Grown by themselves, on land that did
not produce pumpkins the previous
year, the pumpkin crop is as profitable
as mos1grown on the farm. The crop
should never be grown twice in success
sion on the same land. 1t will be i'm,
possible to keep it free from the stink
ing pumpkin bug that will eat out a
plant very quickly if given the chance.