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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-17
Quality of Fruits.

1t is asomewha common notion that
the trees of the finest favored varie-
ties of fruits are unhardy, weak in
growth, and unproductive, that the
fruit itself is of small size, and that
these qualities are necessarily associ-
ated.
1t is true that some very fine fruits
grow upon trees deficient in natural
the finest varieties for eating purposes
are small. But there is no necessary
relation between the quality of the
fruit and it's size or the hardness of
it's tree.
Many fine dessert fruits are large,
and their trees hardy and produce
tive; and not all small fruits are of
good quality. Many seedlings are
small and of poor flavor, and therefore
do not often appear in fruit lists.
Facts show that high quality and
small size do not necessarily go to-
gether. And the fact that all the
small-sized, unhardy, and unproduc-
tive varieties listed by nurserymen are
of superb quality, merely shows that
small or weak variety is not introduce
ed unless it's fruit is of such excep-
tionally fine quality as to warrant it's
cultivation, Notwithstanding it's deli
cate constitution John w T1Ovd in
Farm, Field and Fireside
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-17
New Fruit and Tobacco Company.

The Ideal Fruit and Tobacco Com
pany, of Orlando, with d. Mclean, for
himself and as trustee; George I'll.
Wright, William H. Jewell, Mahlon
Gore and others as stockholders, has
been organized, with capital stock
of $4,000 in 1900 shares of $40 each,
$4,000 fully paid up and represented
by the actual assets of the company
The assets consist of 100000 pineapple
plants recently set and covered with
shed, and about 10000 stools for prop
agating plants. The paid-up shares
represent the actual present outlay.
The company will proceed to incor,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-17

timated that over one million of these
Electric Churns will be required to fill
the demand. It is low. priced. simple, in
The Electric Churn is a Godsend to far
mers' wives and daughters who, when
churning is done by hand dread the
coming of the week. y churniIng, which
Experienced canvassers state they never
saw anything sell like the Electric
Churn. They can easily make from SIS
to $500 per week. Any of our subscribers
who wish to get. the Churn for. them
selves, or who wish to canvass for the
fast selling standard article, can get
started in the business by aaaddressing the
st. Louis, Mo-, as there will be an i'm
mense demand for the Electric Churn
this fall when the COWS come in fresh
Everyone will want one and q great deal
Agents easily make from SIS to $50 a
week and find it the easiest thing in the
world to SELL The churn is such a won
der and surprises everybody with it's mi
raculous quickness. Agents say there is
no trouble to sell it at all. The company
is composed of we'll known business men
and any of our readers will be fortunate
to secure a position with them.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-17

Dorate at once. Mr.. Mclean, who has
been organized, with a capital stock
the Hawaiian Islands for years, esti-
mates that within year the old
stools of the company will produce
100000 more plants, some of which
will be sold and others retained for
planting by the company. Only the
Smooth Cayenne variety will be hand
led. Mr.. Mclean will be general man.
agerof the enterprise. Orlando cor. I.
q. and Citizen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-17
Alaska Gold Nuggets Made at Home
by Using the Electric Churn.
GOLDEN BUTTER BRINGS GOLDEN
COIN.

COIN.
We recommend to our readers consid-
Grafton the Electric Churn which embod-
les in construction and results the long
felt requirements of the dairying world.
That churning can be done in one minute
seems almost incredible until we are in
formed that electricity is the active
agent in doing the work. A slight cur
rent, just sufficient to separate the but
ter globules from the other solids con-
tanned in the cream is. generated by
rapidly revolving the dasher which con-
sists Of a circular armature attached to
a permanently magnetized axle: HOW
CAN YOU CHURN so QUICKLY? The
scientific principles involved in the pro-
cess we shall not attempt to explain in
this article, as it would require too much
space. By turning the crank, shown in
the cut, at a natural speed, it will re-
volve the armature, or dasher, two thou
sand revolutions per minute; the velocity
thus attained produces a remarkable agi-
tation of the cream, disseminating the
electrified air throughout the entire
cream, and separating them from the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-17

liquids, and COM
bining about fifty
per cent. of the
solids in the form
o f b u t t r. [ t
makes more but
ter-better butter
and the butter
brings a b e t t e r
pri C e. Wherever
the machine has
been seen it has
created the great
est e Xc i t e ment,
and it is easily eS-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24

The city of Santa Fe., n. NJ, was
founded by the Spaniards in 1893 under
the name of Santa Fe, on the site of
Tigeux or Tigua, one of the celebrated
Seven Cities at the founding of the
Aztec Confederacy, in 1926. Its streets,
museums, and private collections OF
curlos absolutely TEEN with relics and
records of stirring history, and in
clude famous pictures of saint or shrine,
painted on elk and puma skins, sabre
thrusts where they had been used as
banners during the march of Coronado
in 1541, others with arrow holes from
attacks by Indians on the line of march
up the valley Of the Rio Grande. There
are quaint maps in Latin and French,
showing three cities OF note on the con-
tinent, and giving California as an isl
and of the Pacific.
The palace has become the home Of
the choicest collection of Mexican and
Spanish pictures in the Southwest, and
in its historical rooms are priceless
treasures of record or relic. Around it,
too, fingers much Of the romance Of
the city. For 300 years 1t has been the
home of its rulers seventy-siy Mexican
and Spanish and seventeen American
governors having held sway within Its
walls. In its early days 1t lay under
the shadow Of the dread inquisition,
and within its walls, In later times.
/ Ben Hur' first saw the light under the
pen of General Lew Wallace.
From its windows could be heard the
ring of steel and the din of warriors In
the plaza when Onate set up his camp
In 1862, and when the Pueblo Indians
conquered the city in 1880, burning the
archives and sacred vessels, while
twelve years later, In 1902, the same
plaza witnessed the triumphal entry of
Diego de Vargas, after his VOW and the
victory which followed it. which again
placed the city under Spanish rule.
! Here General Kearney elevated the
Stars and Stripes In 1916, and here,
also. surrounded by living memories
and fond regrets amid beautiful foil
age Is monument to the soldiers who
fell at duty's call at Valverde and
Apache Canyon.
In Santa Fe are the military head
quarters for New Mexico, it being also
the oldest military establishment In
America. created by the Spamards in
1902, and in almost continuous occupa-
ton ever since. Here, 100, Is the oldest
house in the United States, In which
Coronado is said to have lodged IN 1910,
and. perhaps, even NOR. interesting,
here is the Oldest church, san Miguel,
built about 1913, partially destroyed in
1850, wholly restored in 171o. the res
torers leaving intact all Inat was posi-
bic of the old roof, liewn by Indians
under the guidance Of the fatLcls
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24
Improving.

A celebrated German physician was
once called upon to treat an aristocratc
lady the sole cause of whose complaint
was high living and lack of exercise.
But 1t would have never done to tell
her so: so his medical iF'ce ran thus:
Arise at o'clock. take walk In the
park Tor one hout, then drink n cup Of
tea, then walk another hour, and take
cup OF chocolate. Take breakfast at
O'Clock"
Fer condition improved vislbisi upfa
one fine morning the carriage OF ,h9
Baroness was seen to approach the pay
siclans residence at lightning speed.
The patient dashed up to the Doctors
house, and. On his appearing on The
scene. she gasped oul
''Oh, Doctor, took the chocolate
first"
Then drive homo as fast as you
can" directed the astute disciple OIL
Aesculaplus, rapidly writing prescrlp'
ton, land take this emetic. The ted
must be underneath"
The grateful patient complied. sne
Is still improving
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24
THE oAsHOusE MURDER.
Tramp's Report the Best of Modern
Newspaper Work.

Charles A. Dana once said that the
description Of the chariot race in ben
IIur" was the finest specimen of repor-
torial work in the English language.
Ii would be more difficult TO pick out
the finest specimen of reportorial work
in modern journalism, of course, but
competent judges have agreed that the
description of ''the gashouse murder,
printed several years ago In the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, deserves to live as
the best instance of reportorlal work
that ever graced a modern newspaper
The circumstances under which that
wonderful story was written are inter-
esting
1t was red-hot night for news. One
after another all the star members OF
the staff had been sent out on assign
ments until the city room was practic-
ally vacant \ rough, uncouth, queer
looking tramp sauntered in and asked
for job. The city editor told him
there was nothing for him and turned
to answer the telephone. Over the
wire came the information that evil
dences of a murder had been discover
ed at the city gas works The caller
was just shutting out of the room when
the city editor hung up the receiver
and called out: Wait Il minute. Go
out to the city gas works and see what's
the matter there. Come back as soon
as you can"
81, l. oil In,
an hour. ITS MURDER" he said, and
went into the reporters room. A half
hour later, when the city editor entered
the room, he found the new reporter
lying full length upon the top Of Il
long table, while the blank paper was
held close to his face because of an
affection of the eyes which prevented
the eyeballs from turning in their sock
cts. Picking up a few pages of the
manuscript, which was beautifully
written and had the fineness of cop
per-plate, the editor read 1t carefully
and then laid his hand gently upon
the writer's head This instantly ellie
tied s3arl like that of wild beast.
Its ail right" remarked the editor.
Keep your temper You may give us
all of that stuff you can write
The stranger continued to write I'M
til long after midnight, and his matter
filled three columns. 1t gave all the
details Of one of the most horrible muir
ders in the history of modern crime
the killing of an official Of the gas com
pany by an empioye. who dismembered
his victims body and eremated the
fragments in coke furnace.
The description of this crime had all
the fascination of Edgar Allan Poe's
grewsome tales, and the story of the
''gashouse murder became repor-
torial classic. The unknown who wrote
it never had been heard from before
that time, though his name afterward
became well known to lovers of Amer
lean literature. 1t was the initial APP
pearance in newspaper work of Laf-
cadio Hearn.-Chlcago Times-Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24

In this church Is the great bell, almos,
solid, cast in 1856, and having an in
scriptlon in Spanish ronnd 1t as band
the letters and figures being still well
raised in the solid casting. THIS bell
was brought over from Spain and hung
In the tower, but finally, being thought
too heavy for the tower, It was removed
to a substantial timber support in the
entrance to the church. In the cathe-
dral and other churches are remarkable
reredoses, paintings and vestments,
many of them of considerable M tluui-
ty. all inviting the visitor to linger In
this home Of the past.
But the city is also city Ct the pres
ent, and a very pleasant present IL Is.
An equable climate and delightful sun.
slime hover over streets In which the
houses have enough of the ,ane fifty OF
age TO infnse restful spir,t Ia the air.
Fruitful orchards and fertile lands lie
round about the city, which IT. at once
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24
A CLAY IDOL.

1t was universally conceded that BIZ
Klngerty was the toughest character
In Lone Rock. The stage driver told
me as much before we had gone three
miles from the station on our fiftymile
drive to the camp.
''roughf' he said. u should say yes
Always plays In great luck. drinks lots
OF whisky, spends a bushel OF money
and Is mighty handy with his gun.
Whatever you do, tenderfoot, don't run
up against Bill Kingerty."
l told him didn't intend to run up
against anyone least of all a man who
was handy with his gun.
We arrived at Lone Rock the next
morning. and | must confess the town
did not make very favorable impress
sion on my English senslblllties.
The largest building In town was the
Inter Ocean saloon, long, low build
Ing Of rough boards, thrown together II
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24

sailors may see auroras. the strange
Northern Lights" the cause of which
is even now little more than guessed
at; they may be surrounded by water
spouts, which are not entirely explain
ed ms yet; they may meet "tIdal' dbat
49, earthquake) waves, that rise from
thiity to sixty feet, or even moro
above the surface; they may be amazed
by st. Eimo's fire." the sparkling
names that play about masts and rig.
glhg; they may behold lightning In
giobe-form. sheet flashes. or forkod
bolts; they are sure to sail through tho
phosphorescence that has but lately
peen traced to animal life. Then foo
storms and Gains, fogs and moonl,gbt
bring strange sighta. Altogether t.,s
ocean Is wonderland that has new
marveis every day; the very color of
The sea Is hardly twice the so,ne--
Mirrors Of Air." st. Nicholas
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24
this camp, and that, drunkard, MUIR
derer and a gambler.

this camp, and that, drunkard, Il MUIR
derer and gambler.
We sat in silence. kingerty's sad
dreary eyes were fixed on space and 1t
seemed could see a teardrop glisten-
ing on his rugged cheek. He turned to
me. and laying hand on my shoulder
as father continued: boy. go home.
Work ut anything il needs be to gain
your end, and don't sever yourself from
good influences, from an early training
and from Christian home"
rose and grasped his hand, too much
overcome by my emotions for words
AS started for the door he said:
No, my boy, don't go up to the hotel.
1t might not be safe. Bunk in here
with me-"
lay awake far into the night. Sud.
denly riches seemed to me of little val
Tie now, when associated with constant
temptation. l had just money enough
to get back. would 60 tomorrow.
must have been asleep several hours
when | was awakened by shot.
leaped from my bunk. The sun was
just peeping over the mountains. A
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24

The extent to which it Is necessary to
dog the footsteps of a European mon
arch in order to ensure his personal
safety is Illustrated by curious incl
dent which took place during the Rus
sian Tsar's recent sojourn in Western
Europe.
The tsar, whose mother was Danish
where he passed much time when
young. Moreover, In that country. he
runs so little danger of ASA ssination
that he goes about with almost as much
freedom as "A private person habitually
enjoys.
The tsar rides the bicycle. and during
his sojourn at the court of the Danish
king occasionally went TO ride unat-
tended on his wheel in one of the royal
forests. On one of these rides the tsar
lost his way. and meeting a wheelman
in the woods. asked, In Danish. to be
directed on the course he wished to fol-
low.
To his surprise, the man responded in
Russian instead of in Danish. The
tsar asked:
How does It happen that you speak
Russian?'
Because, sire" the man answered,
Il am one of the Russian detectives
charged with the duty OF guarding
your majesty's person"
He, with other detectives, had been
wheeling about the roads, keeping the
tsar In sight, while the monarch him
self was enjoying the pleasing and un-
accustomed sense of being unattended.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24
Paid In His Own Con.

The obsequlous European person who
seeks fees from travellers by pretend
ing to take them for members of the
nobility occasionally meets an Ameri-
can tourist who fails TO fall into his
trap.
An American gentleman of somewhat
imposing personal appearance had a
door opened for him ut the Paris opera.
house by an ouvreur, or usher, who
bowed low and said:
The door is open. princev'
The American glanced with an ex.
preston of great affability at the en-,
ploye, and without extending the ex.
pected fee, simply said;
Thank you very much, viscount!'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24
N. E. PHILLIPS,

lures helped to hide great spaces that
would otherwise have been staring
blanks
Besides, men understood very little
about the strange happenings in the
world around them, and invented fairy
tales to explain these mysteries. 1t is
not remarkable, then. that so late as
Columbus time his sailors did not at
all like to think of sailing westward
into the unknown ocean full of fabu-
lous creatures and magic happenings.
Even with all that wise and stndious
men haye learned since. there is
enough to be met with in long ocean
voyage to excite wonder and alarm.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24

Fhlllips went to the present site Of
Chicago In 1882. 1t was dismal place
theh, with nothing but the old struc-
ttlre known as Fort Dearborn and q
rev wretched log novels where the In
dlans did some trading. There was no
habitat1on for a white man except in
the fort. Phillips almost Immediately
set to work building a house for Mark
beaubien, which when completed was
opened as a hotel. 1t had only four
nving rooms, but was regarded as
model. Long John Wentworth was the
first guest. Phillips fought in the Black
Hawk war, but went to Texas about
~ years ago and has since lived there.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24

cowboy stood few rods from the door,
smoking Winchester In his hands
Bill Kingerty lay across the doorstep,
dead.
laid hlu out myself for decent
burial. Suspended from his neck By 4
slight golilen chain was locket The
bullet that had pierced his breast bad
broken 1t open. Inside. clothed with
Bill Ki1setty's lifeblood, was Lock o..
fiaxen hair.-Utlca Globe.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24
Maryels of the Ocean.

The makers of ancient maps were
accustomed to introduce pictures free
ly. In deserts there would be draw
ings of lions. and along rivers they
made "river-horses'' which is the
meaning of the Greek words that were
put together to make up 'hippopota-
mus" AS for the oceans, they were
filled up with any queer monsters that
came to hand. OF course, these pie
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24
LADY ARTHUR BUTLER,
nee Stager.
BUILT cHicAoo's FIRST HOUSE.
1t Was Hotel and the Builder Now
Lives In Texas.

In the village of Rockport, Tex, lives
man who saw Chicago ere Chicago
was, who fought Indians on the spot
where now stands its palaces of indus.
try and commerce, who built the first
house ever inhabited by a white man
In this western metropolis, and who
has lived while city of nearly 1000.
900 inhabitants has risen on the
swamps which, in his youth, he de-
serted. That man Is N. E. Phillips
who is now 81 years of age.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24
Swallows.

One of the traditions which the cary
Romans cherished as to swallows was
that they were the spirits of dead cn''-
dren revisiting their homes, and there
fore the birds were treated with low
and reverence. The swallow Is stu, ! ,
not sacred, at least an honored piru
In different parts Of the world. IL 70
the bird of consolation" In the Norlp,
They style it In the South tine p'lu
Of the happy beak." 1t Is greeted 10
the bird of the hearth In the west
and, when It flies to the East the ~.
vent Of the ''bird Of God" IL announces
Pausas, Of Slcyon, was the ihVen'o'
of caustc painting, n method OF pa'A
ing colors into wood or Ivory.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24
THE ANT.

Hove to watch the little ant,
TO see him strive away
Upon his mound of sand, and note
Its growth from day to day.
He never letters in the shade,
Nor sits upon the fence:
He never halts before a task,
No matter how immense.
But that which | admire most
About the restless ant
Is that he wins without a bit
OF buster or of cant.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24

a monument TO the spirit of the past
and the activity, beauty and progress of
the present day.-New York Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-02-24
There are eleven professors In tho
echOOl Of pedagogy opened by the Phil

adelphIa Board of Education IN 1891,
and only one student. who stands at the
head of his class and takes first honors
In everything.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
Absentminded.

It is said that the extempore playing
of the great Beethoven was marvellous,
but he was entirely without the GOODNESS
and self possession required by per-
former who wishes to render written
compositions with accuracy and finish.
The same fault was found with his
conducting the orchestra; even before
his deafness he often confused the play
ers by his sudden gestures.
At one time he was playing one OF his
own beautiful concertos for piano and
orchestra. During long passage by the
orchestra, while the piano was silent,
he forgot his position and fancying him.
self conductor for the moment he threw
ont his arms at a certain chord, knock
ing both the candles off the piano.
They were picked up, but when the
passage was repeated and the loud chord
required he forgot himself again, and the
accident happened for the second time.
The audience, in spite OF their great
admiration and respect for the master
musician, were convulsed with merri-
ment, which so disguised Beethoven
that several strings of the unoffending
piano suffered the consequences OF his
irritation, which expended itself IN a
prodigious humping OF the keys
Youth y Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
D;n,culties of Carnation Culture.

Luck is not a reliable factor in the
difficult problem of carnation culture. 1t
demands exhaustive knowledge OF the
habits, requirements and diseases OF the
plant, unceasing watchfulness and unre-
hitting labor the year through. Even
when all is done that seems possible to
merit success. the grower is liable to the
evaporation of finding that particular
varieties, upon which he may have based
his most sanguine expectations, oostl-
nately refuse to flourish under his care.
Almost every carnation culturist knows
varieties that he "simply cannot raise
and neither he, nor anybody else, can
tell the reason why. OF course. there
must be something lacking, in soil, wa
ter. air or treatment, which they re-
ouire. but it seems as if they were ca
pable of taking offense at him, or his
surroundings, and preferring DEATH or
at least unproductive life, to endurance
Of the association. -Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
Lord EIienborough's wig.

Lady Peterborough, renowned beau
ty, Oh one occasion accompanied the
Judge Oh circuit, on the distinct under
standing that she should not incumber
the carriage with bandboxes-his alb
horrence. During the first day s journey
Lord Ellenborough, stretching his legs,
CHANGED to strike his foot against some
thing under the seat. 1t was bandbox.
Down went the window and out it flew.
The coachman, thinking the box had
fallen out, at once pulled up, but his
master furiously roared out the order to
"drive on. F" On reaching the next assize
town, Lord Peterborough proceeded to
equip himself for the bench. Now, "
said he, "where is my wig?" My
lord,'' replied the attendant, sit was
thrown out of the carriage window. y
Temple Bar.