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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22

Plow up the potatoes and the cotton
is worked, and we have made 1000
pounds per acre. Plant cotton after
English peas the same way. Plow up
the vines and the cotton is worked;
we have gathered over 1900 pounds
per acre on this deal. Repeat it; leave
the stalks next year for the pea sticks.
Bean land will make the turnip land
in the fall if properly plowed and
worked after the beans are harvested.
Onion land can raise fall beans, and
fall potatoes, etc. Dat stubble and
English pea land are nice to set out
sweet potato vines on; cut in short
pieces, three joints just barely leave
one out. Set as late as August first.
On forty acres of land we'll worked
sixty acres of crops can be made in or
binary farming. In truck farming for
ty acres are equal to seventy acres if
properly managed. Here on the coast
of South Texas we do it thus, or do:
Plant cabbage, onions and beets in
October. About April 1, sell beets and
onions, Seed the land to sage peas,
cotton or sweet potatoes, cushaws and
late melons April 20. Cut off; plant
cotton, sage, peas, etc. All the above
come off in July. Then break the land
and let it lie until October and plant
cabbage, onions and beets again. Jam
uary 1, plant early peas; sell same
March 25 April 1, plant to early corn.
May 1, lay corn by, planting stock
peas in the middle of each row. When
the corn is stiff dough, the best stage
to cut any grain, I cut and shock. Let
peas grow until the last of July; cut
put fall Irish potatoes in; gather in
December. Plant same to peas, or po-
tatoes or corn, according as taste and
circumstances dictate, and later put in
pea patch. [ have sometimes set to
sweet potatoes. Plant beans on it the
last of January, or perhaps cante>
Il
mention many more that are fresh in
my mind but forbear, as this is enough
for a starter. What I state in this I
have practiced satisfactorily. All cot
ton; all corn; all sheep; all hogs; all
horses; make the business balance.
AS in music, several instruments are
more effective than the one fiddle of
old. The more girders the stronger
the bridge. The finer the shot the
surer the game, as they scatter over
a larger space than one or a dozen
bullets.
A great many men are not fit for
this kind of work, as many are not fit
to own Jersey COW or other fine
stock. Farm education, farm study,
are needed to lead to success.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22
AgriCulturiSt Exchange.

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they
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22
Farm and Garden.

spring garden, seem not to realize
that vegetables grown in the fall are
just as valuable an addition to the bill
of fare that goes upon the table in fall
and early winter as if grown in the
spring. We are glad to know how
ever, that the value of fall gardens is
being considered by greater number
of people than in past years. We
know of number of farmers who are
preparing to plant both Irish potatoes
and cabbage, not only to supply their
own tables, but to supply their neigh
bors who are too busy growing cotton
to take any time in producing COM
mon vegetables. Many are Indifferent
because they have long while been
accustomed to. look upon fall gardens
as of little value, costing more than
they come to. In the face of this the
fact remains that fall garden may
be made most prof table economic
feature of every farm; provided the
farmer will give some of his valuable
time to preparation planting and cul,
tivation. What to plant is an import
ant question, which we shall not at
tempt to answer from the market gar
dener's point of view, but will give a
few items as to what farmer may
plant for his home table. With a
great majority turnips are the one
leading garden crop, and it deserves
to receive much considerable on ac-
count of it's easy cultivation, large
yield and value, both for table and
also as food ration for stock, both
horses and cattle. Previous prepara-
ton is very important. Land should
be in good filth, and liberal appli-
some time before sowing. Manure
from the barnyard and hennery will
be found to supply the needed plant
food. AS to varieties, we think for
early fall use the old standard sorts,
Purple Top Flat Dutch and White
Egg, are equal to anything sown. For
the later maturing crop, Landreth's
Snow White Globe, Amber Globe and
Purple Top Globe will be equal to any
so far as our personal experience goes.
Cabbage is a fall crop easily grown.
The greatest difficulty is in producing
crop of plants. If a plant bed is
made convenient to water and then
shaded partially from the scorching
rays of the August sun, plants may be
had ready to set by the early part of
September, and if early maturing
sorts like Jersey Wakefield, Burpee's
Allhead Early, or Early Flat Dutch,
they will mature before severe wealth
er next winter. Snap beans are easily
grown. Planted from the 18th to the
Goth of August, they will give an ex-
cellent supply of delicious beans from
the middle of October to the middle
of November, and frequently till De-
cember We have had them that late
more than once.
English peas may be planted in Sep
TENDER as soon as cool nights enable
them to go through the day without
whiting, though the early sorts may
be planted as late as the middle of Oc-
tober, and if there is sufficient rain,
will give "a supply of fresh peas to go
Tho ;c+,, t177.1ynv Wn have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
DESERTED BY NEW WORKERS
800 POstOffice Clerks Leave the Old
Association for the New.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Over three hun
dred clerks connected with the postal serv-
ice in this city met at Webster Hall to-day
and, after three hours elaboration, formed
a permanent organization. which will be
the New York branch of the United Post
office Clerks Association, which is rival
of the National Association of Postoffice
Clerks On Nov. % there was conference
of postal clerks at Pittsburg. 1t was at
tended by representatives of the postoffices
in that city. Philadelphia Baltimore and
New York They decided TO withdraw from
the Ma, ional Association and to form the
new organization, known as the United
Postoffice Clerks Association. The reason
for the secession was the alleged apathy of
the National Association of Postoffice Clerks
in pushing a bill through Congress, and
also because of the defect in the bill intro
duced at the instance of the National Post
office Clerks Association in that ii made
no provision for classification of service
as Sunset" Cox obtained for the letter car
riers. Ii is said that the pcstoffice clerks
in this country contributed over $4,000 to
the National Association as fund for the
furtherance of the bill. but the slow prog
ress and the unpromising prospect disheart-
ened many members of the old association
and they decided on more vigorous policy
The success of the Letter Carriers Associa-
ton has stirred the postOffice clerks to i'm
mediate action. A new bill has been pre-
pared and was Endorsed at the meeting to-
day, which Will be introduced with few
notifications. In the present Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
Publishers, Notes.

The Macmillan Company announce the
publication of the fourth volume of 1.-THE
History of the Decline and Fall of the Ro-
man Empire" by Edward Gibbon. With
introductions. notes. appendices and index.
by ]. b. Bury, NJ. A, professor of modern
history in Dublin University.
The new edition of Mr.. Gilbert Parker
novels published by D. Appleton & Co. in
cludes thus far The Trespasser" and The
Trail of the Sword" which uniform
with 1.-The Seats of the Mighty" The
Translation of a Savage" which will be
materially enlarged, and Mrs. Falchon,' .
will shortly be added to the uniform edition.
The Harpers are to publish on Dec. IA
Spanish john, story of adventure, by
William McLennan; THE Rock of the
Lion" an exciting tale for young people. by
Molly Elliott Seawell; "Jimty, and Others, I"
a collection of short stories, by Margaret
Sutton Briscoe; Picturesque Sicily an in
teresting record of travel, by William Ag-
new Patton and Secretary to Bayne, M.
p" a romance, by w. PETIT Ridge.
Messrs. Dodd. Mead & Co announce that
they have in press for immediate publica-
ton, a new book of childrens stories, by
the late DIR. Henry Drummond. The book
will bear the somewhat curious title of
THE Monkey that Would Not KILL" The
same house also has In press for immediate
publication work hitherto unpublished,
from the pen of the late Dr. Drummond. 1t
bears the title. Address on Christianity"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13

better than vile sewers, and so obstructeo
with filth that they become stagnant pools
Again, where unhindered, the naked little
darkies frolic in them like ducks. Naked
children not rare sight ana, let IL
be remembered of the Haitian peasantry,
their children are not strangers 10 clean-
illness. Thy are clean, as the women uni
formly are in person and dress, no matter
what may be the condition of their caplns
The poorest of the young men are fond or
dress as a rule. To see some or them
emerge from the huts they live in. late at
morning their serene leisure supportd by
a wife or mother, who : goes out washing,
knee-deep in the river, is to take in char
acteristic feature of life in Haiti.
1t is seven years since the writer was IN
Port-au- Prince. Then the trail of the reVo-
lutionist was over it all, but deeper than
the havoc made by cannon balls was, the
impress of the race who were sole rulers OF
the island Our republic can never be
oyerthrown by an outside power" said a
wealthy young Haitian, one of Hippolytes
retaners. IF the invader comes we can
hide in the mountains; the climate and
yellow jack will defeat him with little ex-
ertion on our part
Haitians pretend to believe-at least they
would like to make the few white soJourn-
ers in their capital think that they do
that there is gold hidden in the bosom OF
the island. and other minerals of great
value. There may be, but the negro can
hardly be counted upon to dig for 1t: The
white man will surely not be permitted to
DO so at present, and the future of the
black republic-who can tell?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13

This is story told by Sam T. Glover, a
Chicago newspaper man, about seventeen
year-old high school boy who wanted to be
a newspaper reporter and who took trip
around the world by way of getting little
preliminary experience. He left Chicago
with $50 and a pass to Pueblo in his pocket;
after his funds were exhausted, which hap
pened while he was yet in Colorado, he
worked his way TO San Francisco from
there to Australia, from Australia to Lon
don, and from London TO New York. How
he did this is told in detail and forms a
narrative that is full of interest, not only
for boys. but for older readers as well. He
encounters many difficulties, braves some
dangers, and does not find the tour plain
sailing by any means, but he enjoys and
profits by his adventures and experience,
and when he returns to Chicago in fifteen
months with as much money as when he
left he is considered to be better qualified
for the work of reporting than If he had
had a college training without the expe-
rience and is promised position by a news
paper friend at once. 1t is told in bright,
crisp, readable style and will no doubt be a
favorite with the readers for whom it is in
tended. Way & Williams, publishers, Chi
CaRO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13

Captain A. 7. Mahan of the navy, has
long been valuable contributor to the fund
of knowledge relating to naval history and
the Importance of the sea power to nations.
During the past few years he has contrib
uted eight articles to the magazines which
he has now embraced in book entitled
'"The Interest of America in Sea Power"
One of these articles, Hawaii and Our Flu
ture Sea Power" has especial interest at
the present time, because annexation is a
pending question. This article was written
nearly five years ago. Captain Mahan
urged the importance of the control of the
Sandwich islands at that time because of
"a geographical and military Importance
unrivaled by that of any other position in
the north Pacific" All naval officers hold
the same views. The latest of Captain
Mahans papers is entitled Strategic Feat
ures of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of
Mexico" which was published in Harper's
Magazine for October. The author believes
in preparedness for naval war and if any
person has doubts of it's Importance or
necessity he should read the book. Pub
lished by Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
Greek Independence.

Greece has attracted so much attention
the past few months that there is a call
for information in regard to that country
and people i'm the past. THE War of Greek
independence" by w. Allison Phillips, of
Oxford University, is a book which will
have more readers now than it would have
had year ago. The revolution lasted from
1921 TO 1888. This struggle of twelve years
ives against Ottoman oppression. During
that period Greece had much assistance,
though no government espoused its cause,
but Russia. the defender of the Greek
Church was finally involved in war with
Turkey. and the defeat of the latter ended
the revolution in favor of the Greeks The
dissensions of leaders made it necessary TO
select a foreigner for King. The story of
the twelve years conflict vindcates the ma
tional spirit and valor of the people, the
fruits of whose sacrifices were often lost
by the dissenscns of leaders Published
by Charles Scribner's Sons. New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
The Page and the Tip-Giving Woman

washington TUSt.
A bright little boy-one of the pages of
the Senate-sat at one of the Senate en-
frances the other day, when a lady APP
preached him with visiting card in her
hand. .
she said.
II cannot" replied the boy, ''for all cards
must be taken to the east lobby"
The woman was inclined to be angry and
went away muttering. Then thought
struck her, and taking out her .pocketbook
she found a 25-cent piece. With it in her
hand she went back to the boy.
Here my lad" she said, in a coaxing
tone, here is a quarter to take my card
in"
Madame" said the body, without a mo-
ments hesitation II am paid larger sal
airy than that to keep cards out"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
Bird Lore.

Love of nature is we'll nigh universal,
and the interpreter of nature should al
ways be a welcome companion. The lover
of birds will find a sympathetic exposition
of bird nature in Sketches of Some Com
mon Birds, by p. NJ. Silloway. The author
seems to have made a like study of birds,
and shows thorough acquaintance with the
common birds of the central West and with
some that are not SO common He treats
them under the classification of meadow
birds, orchard birds, hedgerow birds, birds
of the bushes, river bank and swamp lake
birds, etc The book is written in a plain
style entirely free from technicalities and
is full of interesting information concern
ing our feathered friends. Cincinnati: The
Editor Publishing Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
A Colonial Witch.

Mr.. Frank S. Child. author of 1.-THE
Colonial Parson of New England" and
other works showing a knowledge of
colonial history, has written a story of that
period. "A Colonial Witch" besides being
a clever story, is keen and sympathetic
study of the social conditions which pre-
vailed in Connecticut between the years
i640 and 1860. At that time the black art
was tragic reality in the opinion of a
great many people. not only in the colonies
bat elsewhere. The colony of Connecticut
was not exceptional. In portraying a re-
markable phase of life in this early period
of American history the author has en-
deavored TO incite an interest that shall
prove charitable towards the Connecticut
colonsts who believed in witchcraft, while
taking at the same time an intelligent sur
vey of the subject, The authors treatment
of the subject takes the form of a WELL
sustained and readable narrative, in which
interest is divided between the story and
the quaint pictures of colonial life and char
acters. New York: The Baker & Taylor
Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
Christian Science ON a Horse.

Town Topics.
Madame is popular in social and char
liable circles generally and particularly
where Christian science is preferred to the
science of medicine. Madame one day last
week ordered her coachman to be ready at
a certain hour with the carriage and horses
to take her to reception. The coachman
replied with respectful apologies that it
would be impossible without great risk, one
of the horses being i'll. Madame smiled
graciously and said that she herself would
cure the horse in time to take her to the
reception. She donned a dress suitable for
the stables took seat in the boX-stall and
for an hour gave the horse fervent and
silent treatment. Then she ordered the
coachman to harness both horses and drive
to the house The horses came up in fine
style and madame, congratulating, herself
on her faith and successful doctrine
stepped into the brOugham.
Two blocks from the house the faith-cured
horse dropped dead
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
Uranfa.

Camille Flammarion is celebrated for his
boldly imaginative style of treating heaven
ly and astronomical themes. "Urania,' the
heroine of a story to which she gives her
name, is a heavenly Muse-''that one of
nine Muses." says the author who pre-
sided over astronomy and whose celestial
glance inspired and drenched the chorus of
the spheres" At first she was a beautiful
statue but she becomes imbued with life
and conducts. her lover through infinite
space and around the. circuit of planets and
fixed stars while they discourse of things
heavenly, spiritual and scientific. The work
is a singular mixture of imagination and
science. and some of it's suggestions and
conclusions are startling. New York: F.
Tennyson Neeley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
The story of an Untold Love.

Mr.. Paul Leicester Ford has resorted to
the old-fashioned device of putting a mod
ern love story in the form OF a diary kept
by the hero. This detracts somewhat from
the interest of the tale to the matter-of-fact
reader who is forced TO doubt whether, in
this end of the century, any man, however
sentimental retrospective. would keep
such daily record of his innermost
thoughts Perhaps a man like this hero
would as he is somewhat of a weakling.
Although he has a high sense of honor in
ore direction. and makes many sacrifices to
sustain it, 1t is somewhat oyerstrained, and
the sacrifices go TO a length that suggests
a certain lack Of manly force and moral
strength. In his anxiety to earn money to
pay a debt that clouds his fathers memory
and his own name he writes essays, and
even a book, to which, for a liberal remu
neration, he allows another man TO attach
his signature. Nor does he consider this
transaction reprehensible, save on the part
of the other man. A little more virile
ergy and straightforwardness would have
cleared away the miStS at an early stage of
the proceedings-but this would have left
no material for the tale. But, apart from
the tinge of morbidness on the part of the
traits belonging to him, the story has much
to commend it. 1t is written in clear and
simple style, the narrative flows smoothly
and swiftly along, and at the end the hero
and heroine marry and live happily ever
after in the old-fashioned way-a termina-
fiction as to be refreshing. The story was
first published as a serial in the Atlantic
Monthly, and is now published by Hough-
ton, Mitfiin q Co., Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
Anarchisnl.

The fact that G. p. Putnam's Sons, New
York, have published +. V. Zenker's AN
archism a Criticism and History of the
Anarchist Theory" is ground for the as
sumption that it's author is entitled to
credence. even when he says that all those
who have written and talked about An
archism in recent years do not know what
1t is. This ignorance has led Mr.. Zenker to
write this book to the end that it's readers
may no longer be ignorant. The author has
ransacked the libraries of the world and
consulted those whom he regards as its liv-
ing eXpOunderS to prove to that the
theory of anarchism set forth by its
pioneers does not mean lawlessnesS and can
be- criticised simply because ii is imprac-
teal. All this may be true; doubtless it is
true; but the real flesh and blood anarchists
of to-day Ere not mere dre4merS, but the
positive fO,s Of society as at present con-
stituted. They have no theory of reform
that does not involve destruction of exist
ing conditions. The dreamer has gone, but
the bomb-thrOwer and the assassin have
taken his name. Anarchy means, in it's
ideal sense, says the author, the per-
feet unfettered seIf-government of the in
dividual, and consequently. the absence of
any kind of external government" No one
could object because men believe in such
a theory, but when they band together to
take life, they did in Chicago few
years ago, or are inspired by it TO assas-
sinate rulers or to throw bombs into a leg
islative body, theoretical anarchism has a
terror which Mr.. Zenker does not remove
by his efforts to inform.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
A Matron of the Revolution.

General Philip Schuyler, of New York,
was one of the most celebrated soldiers and
statesmen of the revolutionary period and
the years following. His wife, admirably
qualified to adorn a high position, was
equally notable among the matrons of the
revolutionary period The story of her life
told by Mary G.. Humphreys under the sim
pie title Catherine Schuyler" is an inter-
esting one In itself and is rendered doubly
so by the introduction of many historical
episodes, incidents and personages. The
book is more than a biography of a notable
woman; it is an interesting contribution to
history. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
A hook of Verse.

A collection of poems by Ohio F. Pearre
who died at his home in Pontiac, ILL.,, a few
months ago, is published by his wife. The
author seems to have been a student and
lover Of nature in all her phases and he
treats them in very appreciative and sym
pathetic way. He also writes well on com
mon, homely themes The poems are il
good literary form, full of true feeling, an6
much more readable and enjoyable than
those of some more pretentious writers
The volume is brought out in good form
and can be ordered of Pearre Bros, Pom
tiac. Ill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13

1.-THE New Man. a Chronicle of the Mod
ern Time" by DR.. Ellis 2. Oberholtzer, is
announced to be scientific love story writ
ten in contravention of the novel entitled
1.-The New Woman" The author defends
man as opposed to woman, sometimes se-
riously, sometimes plainly. and again in n
spirit of ralllery. The author claims to have
poDularized the sciences of biology and So
GEOLOGY, and TO have made 1t clear that any
other social arrangements than those which
lissed by the Levytype Company, Phila-
dnlphia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
The First Christmas Tree.

Charles Scribners Sons have issued a
handsome holiday edition of Henry Van
Dykes beautiful little story of the first
Christmas tree 1t is a legend of the plant
ing of the cross in the land of the Thurin-
the of tbe event by the gbne
up of a young fir tree. The book is finely
illustrated with four photographers from
is hordered with a design of oak leaves ard
acOrnS