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The Rainy Season.

The "Climate and Crop Service" of
the Florida Weather bureau for July
discussed the subject Of the rainy sea-
son. In this article Mr.. Mitchell, the
director of the Florida Section says
that he is often asked to give approx
imately the dates Of the beginning
and ending of the rainy season in
Florida He says the matter is one
of no little Importance to many en-
gagged in agriculture and kindred pur-
suits. but from the data at hand it is
not possible to give definite answer.
''There isl he says, mo accepted
period denoting the beginning Of the
rainy season other than the fact that
it is known what months are usually
attended by copious rains. AS gen
eral thing rain fall is dependent, more
or less upon prevailing wind direc-
tion However, it is not infrequent
that there is great irregularity in the
monthly rainfall, with no more uni
IOfmlIy III dHHudl dluOuHCs' liz 1Oo
son that winter months are compare
lively dry, is due to prevailing north
erly, or non-rain bearing winds. In
summer the winds are more sOuther-
ly, and~come from those sections
gulf and ocean-which are the sourc
es of all rainfall. Ascensional cur
rents, resulting from heat conditions,
Argument the annual amount of pre-
cipitation, as indicated in the heavy
rainfall of thunder storms.
The annual precipitation of the
State, says Mr.. Mitchell, is about fif-
ty-eight inches. 1t is generally heav-
Ter along the coast than over interior
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WEDNESDAY, AUG, Is, 1897.
Table of Contents.

FARM. GROVE & GARDEN Excitement
Over Sugar; Legumes in Orchards; The
Chufa Culture; Cassava Bread; The Vege-
table Garden; Lake City Experiments;
Merits of Florida Glover
Florida's Recuperative Qualiti es; Red
Spiders; Good Things
August Work for Strawberries; EvapOra-
ton of Water Through Plants.
Small Amount of SOlublePOtaSh in Soils;
The Mexican Strawberry. fundamentally
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT-Big Profits in
the Weed; Florida's Tobacco Very Fine;
Tobacco Output; Curing TObacco.--.-.,--.--.518
FLORAL DEPARTMENT. Seed Sowing;
Double Petunias; Spider Lilies; In Defense
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT - Castor
Beans; The Seasons Crop; Rainy Season. $50
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT Summer
Drinks; Good Things. .--.....--... ......... .522
POULTRY DEPARTMENT Blunder of
Beginners; The End in View; Black East
LITERATURE - Requisition No. 81, 731 524
THE JOKER.... ............ 526
FLORIDIANAi 527
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Preserving the Forests.

In recent years many able argu-
ments have been presented by pub
lie men in trying to convince the peo-
pie that there was great necessity
in preserving the forests of the
United States. Hon. Carl Schurtz
has found time from his other pro-
fessional duties to write an article in
Harper's Weekly on the subject.
Among other things he says that very
slowly it is dawning upon the public
mind that the loss of our forests
without adequate restoration, will be
the deadliest imaginable blow to our
future progress and prosperity. And
yet there is no more invariable lesson
taught by the history of countries and
nations. What has become of those
'fow with milk and honey?" which
among their then forest clad noun
tains, and on their hills covered with
vineyards and fig groves, and on their
plains waving with grainfelds, nour-
ished, teaming and prosperous popu-
lations, which reared great cities and
astonishing monuments of the civil
izations of their time? Wherever their
forests disappeared, their mountain
sides were denuden of soil, their
springs dried up, their warehouses;
disappeared at one season, and were
raging torrents at another inundat-
ing the valleys and covering them
with gravel and loose rock swept
down from the mountains.
Their vineyards and orchards wilt
ed and died from want of nourish-
ment; their plants became parched
and barren, and for many centuries
they have been desolate deserts,
roamed over by wild beasts and no
madic tribes little better than rob-
bers, poor, miserable, degraded and
relapsed into barbarism. What is the
lesson taught by the history of Spain;
in ancient times one of the most lux
uriant spots in the world, the gran
airy of the Roman Empire?
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The noble forests which still ex-
listed in the times of the Moors were
ruthlessly swept away, and it is not
without good reasons that learned
historians ascribe the economic as
we'll as the political decadence OF
Spain in great measure to the evils
which the destruction of her forests
brought with it. Examples of minor
consequence may profitably be studied
in some parts of Italy and of southern
France.
We may congratulate ourselves
upon the fact that the warnings with
regard to this subject. which so long
were uttered in vain, are at last be-
ginning to command attention, of. the
people at large. Earnest efforts are
being made in New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wiscon-
sin and in several New England states
to preserve large stretches of forest,
in most cases with a view to protect
ing against denunciat the head
waters of the principal rivers. Pres
ident Harrison set apart by execu-
tive orders about 100000 acres as
forest reserves in the far western
states and territories, and President
Cleveland in the same manner reserv-
ed various districts aggregating about
100000 acres, all for the same pur-
pose. Thus a fair start has been made
in a policy designed to avert the
most disastrous consequence OF our
recklessness; and there is no doubt
that these movements and measures
have the hearty sympathy of every
intelligent man in the country whose
Judgment is not warped by private
interests. But we must not indulge in
the delusion that mere popular sym
pathy will be sufficient for the attain
ment of the object. x x
1t may sound an exaggeration to
say that as to the future prosperity of
the country, the matter of forest pre-
servation and renewal is far more i'm
portant than the tariff or the cur
rency. But it is the sober truth.-Wis.
Agriculturist.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-11
wolcott Said to Have Won France.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-The German
bimetallic leaders assert that United
States Senator Wolcott, who recently
visited Europe in the interests of BIZ
metallism, obtained an understanding
with France that that government
would take part in an international
monetary conference. It's understood
at Berlin that Mr.. Wolcott's negotia-
lions with the British officials in Lon
don concerned the reopening Of the
Indian mints, the holding in the Bank
of Englands issue department Of the
full amount of silver authorized by the
bank act, and the raising Of the legal
tender standard of silver to e1O.
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UNPARALLELED RAINFALL.


bnt SSiiti"i ''""'N''
CHICAGO, March 6.--The storm which
ragged throughout the middle west on
Thursday night stands unparalleled
not only for the great extent OF terri
tory over which it ranged, but for the
amount of water precipitated. AtCin-
cinnati the rainfall reported by the
weather bureau amounted to 5,Ss
inches, and floods are reported from
almost every Geographic station from
Pittsburgh on the east to Kansas City
ON the west and from the lakes to the
northern boundary of Tennessee. In
some instances the wind reached the
velocity of hurricane, and much dam
are to dwellings, barns, fences, or
chards and forests has been reported
from various points throughout the
district. At Cairo, H., several build
ings were unroofed and one dwelling
was blown down, causing the death
of an infant inmate. Throughout
southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
the damage to railroad property in the
form of washouts, making traffic i'm
possible, and in the wrecks caused by
the softening of the roadbed, is i'm
mense. A not inconsiderable loss to
the people, as whole, will be caused
by the washing away of bridges and
roadways, which have been built up in
the rural districts at cost OF millions
of dollars, and which in many cases
have heen totally destroyed Owing
to the decentralization of railway
traffic, the mails local to the deluged
districts have been greatly delayed
while the through service over the
trunk lines, east and west and north
and south, has been badly crippled
greatly to the annoyance of the vas'
business interests involved
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Cl0pxQLH1. 1896. sy TINT Avnca.

found the visitors taking frigid leave
Of Mrs. Higgins. He went into the store
as they came out the tavern door. and
not finding 'Lisbeth went to the kitchen
in search Of her. He found her sitting
at the kitchen table, her head resting
on her outstretched arms, and she was
sobbing. He went to her in surprise,
and resting his hand on her shoulders
asked anxiously:
whats the matter?'
go way said 'Lisbeth brokenly,
and be took step back. She raised hel
head and wiped away the tears, and at
last controlling herself by a great effort
told him what had happened. Since he
knew her own views and previous In
tentions he could not help smiling. The
moment he smiled she perceived her in
consistency, aud smiled family too But
she Immediately rose as If to dismiss
the subject, opened the oven door and
closed it with q slam, and set to worI
to get supper.
"You re all used up, and you ought
to take a vacation" said Alec.
"How can II" she inquired little
shortly.
II think we ought to have girl"
"Should we starve to pay for herr"
But Alec ignored her irritability, and
said he thought she might easily BIZ
made to earn her way.
IT we could get some boarders, per
haps we might, she said more mildly
at last. II am used up. shouldn't act
90 like a heather il I weren't.
That very evening three men came in
to the store and applied to Alec FOL
board. They were lumbermen attached
to the steam sawmill that had been ae
up in the neighborhood, and naturally
came to the tavern to find board. They
said they would pay $3.50 a week il
they could each have room. Similal
applications had been made to Joe Hig
gins in years past, but he had refused
them because he wanted to spare Lis
beth, and the idea Of having a hired
girl had not occurred to him.
Alec was delighted and went at once
to tell 'Lisbeth. She came to see them.
They were clean looking fellows and
said they had travelled with the sawmil
for three years. After half an hours
parley they were taken in, and Alec
Immediately wrote to Maud, asking il
she would come and work for ~ week
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GREECE STANDS FIRM.
King George Reassures a Cretan Delega-
tiOn-TroOps Being Concentrated.

King George Reassures a Cretan Delega-
tion-TroOps Being Concentrated.
ATHENS, March An. Dinosios, the
archbishop of Belimo, accompanied by
three Cretan deputies, has presented to
the king memorial urging the union
of Crete with Greece and begging him
to persist in his patriotic attitude, de-
spite the pressure of powers. The Gre.
tans, the memorial pointed out, are un-
willing to lay down their arms be-
fore their desire for union should
be accomplished. King George re-
piled that he was not deviating by
hairs breadth from the original policy
announced. 1t is officially stated that
the Greek troops concentrated on the
frontier number 10000 men.
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But while Alec was attending to this
matter Mrs. Higgins and 'Lisbeth we're
receiving dsputation Of ladies', mem
bers Of the Women's Temperance ALI
ance. 1t was notorious that Joe Higgins
had always kept stock Of cider and
whisky and beer, though it was entirely
against the law. He said it was for city
visitors, but the cider was certainly con-
sumed by the townspeople. There had
been much talk about the matter. The
minister had come to argue with him,
and some Of the deacons too. The ladies'
Of tho Women's Temperance alliance
had visited him more than once, and
collectively and individually scolded
him for hours together. But 1t was his
custom to bring out glass Of cider or q
bottle Of beer and offer it all around, OF
course to be Indignantly refused, and
then to drink it himself IN their pres
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FATALLY BURNED.
A Little Boy in Kansas City Sets
His Clothes On Fire.
NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH By A MOB.
Three More Men Likely to Die from the
Boston Gas Explosion-Trouble with
the Chinese-An Alabama
Murderer Hanged.

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, March Gin a
frightful form death visited the home
of James phelan, 104l East Third
street. yesterday. A little, golden
haired, blue-eycd, four-year-old boy
wa, the victim. He was fatally burned
while at play. The child was playing
about the kitchen shortly before noon.
Mrs. Phelan mad gone to the grocery
store a block away for few moments,
and had left Willie in the charge OF a
girl several years older. The girl
stepped out in the yard moment and
the little boy set aholt burning some
newspapers IN the stove. They caught
fire before he could close the stove
door, and in trying to keep the blazing
mass from falling on the floor the child
got his dress on fire and in an instant
was enveloped in flames
NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH BY A MOB.
AUSTIN, Tex, March g. News
reached the city yesterday that mob
on Thursday night had attacked and
literally riddlod with bullets negro
at Elgin, a small town near here. Two
negroes were arrested Thursday night
for burglary. About midnight one
negro was taken out of the calaboose
to an adjoining store for the purpose OF
"peaching" as to how the work was
done. While there man rushed in
and informed the sheriff that mob
was storming the Jail to capture the
other negro. The sheriff rushed to the
rescue Just as three masked men en-
tered the store and literally riddled
the negro with bullets.
THE BOSTON GAS EXPLOSION.
BosToN, March G.-Three more deaths
are likely to result from the subway
explosion at fremont and Boydon
streets Thursday. They are B. Il. sar-
gent. street car driver, whose skull
| is fractured; William Maybour, hotel
waiter, also suffering from a fracture
of the skull, and Paul Hackett, a street
car conductor, both of whose legs are
broken and who sustained internal in
iuries in addition. Hacketts. case is
the most hopeful of the three.
TROUBLE WITH THE CHINESE.
SAN Francisco, March 6.-The long
standing trouble between the Sam Yup
and See Yup societies in Chinatown is
about to become an international ques-
ton. Secretary Of State Sherman Will
soon be called upon to exercise his in
fluence with the Chinese government
to secure the release Of four native
sons of California, born of Chinese par
ents and at one time registered voters,
who are now imprisoned in a Chinese
dungeon.
ALABAMA MURDERER HANGED.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March Colin
Daugdrill was hanged in the Jail at
Gasden yesterday afternoon at one
o'clock for murder. He died game
There were only two dozen people adj
mitted to see the hanging. He killed
]. l. Bates, drummer, Christmas eve
1896 His neck was broken by the fal
and death resulted in five minutes,
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A College Badge for Mckinley.

WASHINGTON, March Am interest
ing ceremony took place yesterday
in the parlors of the Ebbitt house by
which President-elect Mckinley was
made the recipient of beautiful dia-
mond set badge, the official emblem of
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
President-elect Mckinley is a member
Of this Greek letter college fraternity
and still takes great interest in it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-11
STATE INCOME TAX LAW.
South Carolina Legislature Passes MEAS
ure Aimed at Men of Means.

South Carolina Legislature Passes Meas
ure Aimed at Men of Means.
CHARLESTON, S. c., March 4.-Ihe
house income tax bill was passed by
the senate yesterday and is now ready
for the governor. 1t provides that all
incomes of 81, 200 to $1,000 derived from
any kind of property. dividends
profits or salary shall be taxed one
per cent. Between $4,000 and $1,000
the tax is to be 4 per cent, increas-
ing until an income of SIS, OOOis reached,
when the tax on that amount and all
above it is to be three per cent. County
officers are to do the assessing and
heavy penalties are imposed for at
tenpts to evade the tax.
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Ell Reno, Ok, March 4.-The news OF
the appointment of allotting agents for
the Wichita country was received here
to-day with great pleasure. The Wich-
tia country contains about 10000 acres
of fine timber and prairie land, border
ing on the Rock Island line. Ell Reno
is practically the only railroad town
near There are but 900 Indians, who
take quarter section each.
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LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, March 4.-Ex-
Gov. E. N. Morrill, has exchanged S44,-
900 of his stock in the First national
bank, of Leavenworth, for the SO0-acre
farm of ex-United States Senator Cald-
well, situated in Wyandotte county.
After the transfer meeting OF the di-
rectors of the bank was held and Mr..
Caldwell was chosen president of the
institution to succeed Gov. Morrill,,
who retired after holding the position
for nine years. The First national
bank is the oldest national bank west
of the Mississippi river.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
MAUD COMES AFOOT.

The deputation Of temperance ladies
did not again make their appearance, and
the matter was not referred to. No liz
uor was sold at the store, though the
small stock was not poured on the ground
in the back yard. One fellow insinuat-
ingly asked Alec II he couldn't get a
drop of something, you know" and
when Alec referred the matter to Lis
beth she said there was nothing on hand
that was for sale.
Two days after the posting Of the let
ter to Maud, Alec looked for reply.
But none came. He waited another day
in vain and began to think that nothing
would come Of his plan and he had bet
ter advertise, But near evening on the
fourth day figure appeared in the door
way of the store. The sun was setting,
and the bright light from behind her
made it impossible for Alec to see who
it was as he stood alone behind the coun-
ter. But he noticed that the girls shoes
were very dusty, and her skirts, that
scarcely came below the ankles, were
dusty too. Moreover, she had remark
ably graceful figure that was finely out
lined against the bright sky beyond.
She paused a moment and looked at
Alec, and he stared back with sunset
blinded eyes. AT last she took a steI
forward and said in low, almost faint,
voice:
II am here"
"Why, Maudl' he exclaimed and
was Immediately embarrassed to thinl
he had called her by her first name, but
she took it as a matter Of course.
81 didn't recognize you against thu
bright light. How did you Gomez sud
denly thinking that there was at thl
hour no coach or even train to the near
cst railway station from which sh'
might have walked five miles.
II walked"
"Whatl All the way?"
Eyes. I've run away. 1t was the onl,
way I could come, and | was bound t.
,ome. showed your letter to father
and he said couldn't go. It was use
less to talk about it. So didn't spea
to mother. but this morning early
came away"
"You ran away" queried Alec i
astonishment so manifest that Mau
shrank back as II she thought he wer
oondemning her.
won't they follow your
"They don't know where I've gont
| didn't tell them where you were worl
ing"
He noticed that her lips were quivel
ing and tears stood in her eyes. She ha
pictured a very different reception fror
this cold, quizzical one Alec under
stood in moment how heartless b
! had seemed.
r "You must be tired and hungry. Blu
! I'm glad you've come.
7 He held out his hand, and she place
0 hers within it. He gave it warm an
: cordial pressure that made her fac
| brighten immediately.
Q "We'll take good care Of you, )" b
added kindly, and she even smilet
"Come out in the kitchen and 'Lisbet
) will give you something to eat and sho'
1 you to your ROOM"
( She followed him meekly, and
soon Is be had presented her to 'Lisbet
Q Alao made hsr ut dswn. Not till The
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CHICAGO, March 4-John Corwine,
United States navy paymaster who a
few days ago suddenly left Newport,
r. l., accused of being an embezzler OF
government funds, was arrested in this
city yesterday. When arrested he con-
fessed to the police of having robbed
the government of $4,000 during
the time that he held the position OF
paymaster. He could offer no excuse
for his populations.
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ARufuF WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS MARCH TwEE PAGES

umns OF smoke rose straight up to
heaven. and the whistle Of engines was
clearly heard. But all the gorgeous hues
Of October had faded and the rich white.
ness Of the snow had not yet come
ITO BE CONTINUED
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ToRREoN. Mex. March AT Dur
ango yesterday the first bull that en-
tered the arena gored one of the fight
ers to death. Another man was killed
by a second bull and third killed two
more men in quick succession
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sherman Resigns and Hanna Appointed.

COLUMBUS, O., March 4.-Gov. Bush
nell presented to National Chairman
Hanna at Washington to-day the COM
mission and certificate which will
make him a senator of the United States
from the state of Ohio to succeed Sena-
tor Sherman, who rendered his resigna-
ton to-day.
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WASHINGTON, March 5.-The total
coinage at all the minis for February
was s11,757 ,SsS.01. OF this amount
$40, 15o, 900 was in gold, s1,5l9, 1886 sill.
yer and $50, 0s9.S6 minor coin.
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Now It Is Marshal Crenshaw.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 5.-The
1000 bond of United States Marshal
Crenshaw was approved by Judge Phil
fps yesterday. Mrs. Crenshaw received
his commission this morning and has
taken active control of his office.