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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08
sEDGwICK COUNTY INVENTOR
S, II. Webb Makes . Ten Strike With q
Cattle Yoke.

S. F. Webb. a Sedgw:ck county boy
who used 70 live near Maize but who
nov makes Pond Creek his home, has
invented a cattle yoke that is making
hiE, rich. The construction Of the yoke
is very simple, consisting Of quarter
inch wire with hook extension botn
above and below the neck, and a twist
spring led that runs in joints around
the head and clasping N the nose SO
that when either end OF the yoke catches
against anything it comes against the
nose. 1. is Sd arranged. however. that
it hangs loose unless under pressure of
this kind. and thus obvia;es the diff
Guilty OF stf yokes.
The invention IS quite recent, but
Mr.. Webb now employs five men In his
shop at I'LL East Douglas avenue. who
are engaged exclusively in making these
Jokes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
AT THE BIG TENT.

The Vivian De Monte company gave
It's usually bright entertainment last
night. This afternoon al o'clock free
matinee to everybody. Ladies will saw
wood again tonight and an exceptionally
enjoyable program is promised.
EVENTS
There will be ful, caste and chorus
rehearsal Of the Doctor OF Alcartara" at
the opera house this evening at O'Clock
sharp. All participants are urged TO be
present as the time for its production is
near,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08

FURNISHED by the Wichita Abstract
and Land Company. II. NJ. Dubois. alb
| stractor)
| Bruce NJ. Priddy, qcd, tract in ne
or Of I-27-1e.. -.....$ SO
y r Adams. sd. lots I 20 odd and
even, Baldwin's add: 300x30o com
80 W and go ne cor sw q: 1927
lie $50. $3.50. .-................... 21I5
S. W. Cooper. sd. NV or 7-2s-2e. one
A. tract com 11i7 " ne cor sec 2s-
27-le; lot sec IS. lot 8. sec 1877
lie: lot 4. sec 13 and lot all is.
No. 3 II. sw or sec e4-271w; lots
IS TO 40 even Wabash avenue. In
Deam's add: tract com. 80 sw
cor. Hot e. Butler and Fishers add
tract AZ 6-10xl50 com. 175 2-i0 north
and 200 " Sc cor sec 2o-27-ls tract
115x1f0 36S 5 Sc cor .ot s. Main 81
FitZgerali's add .. - 1l25
Elizabeth II. rown wd.. lots 81 20 IL.
odd Byers ave 50 10 20 even Grant
ave. Tracy & Byers add 70 city
OF Clearwater .......... $1,000.
Grant s. Hopkins. wd. ind. $3.50
INT DIX keystone SUD o. ne or -
ZI-le ..... $500. $500. -....... 900
JONI O'Brie1. to-. surplus +ox14o
Fern avenue Lswrence's 7:h add II
". VI. Sutton. wd-. lot Mead ave
Stover's add. .. 80
c. VI. Condor. nv ar sec. s5-25-ie. IS
Catharine FreicheI. I'd. lot Is Fifth
ave. Muellsr's add go. .. 9
s. W. Cooper. qcd-. lots S. :. and
2 Douglas ave Minneapolis add:
lot 1908 Jackson, ave. GrelTen-
STEMS 5th ADJ: .: 19i Market ~
city. tract 5ox140 com 100 ne cor
lot IA Iosiey ave. east Wichita.
lots % S even Topeka ave. Wells
AID $780, $3.50. $500. .-.. 81
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OREGON AND THE DRY DOCK
Sensational Story Alleging q Piece of
Scamp Work.

Scamp Work.
/ Seattle, Wash, May THE battleshir
Oregon will probably leave the Por. Or
| chard dock at high tide Saturday
night. 1t may be two months before the
repairs can be made TO the ship and the
authorities determined that it would be
better for the Oregon to be in the water
| meantime, owing to the strain the ship
would be subjected TO during so long a
stay in dock.
San Francisco. May IA dispatch
from Tacoma to the effect that the new
Port Orchard dry dock, recently con-
structed at cost of 81 900, 900. was in
state OF collapse, and that. as a re-
suit of the docking OF the battleship Or
egon, the basin had settled IN an
alarming manner, making it necessary
70 float the war vessel out again in a
hurry, created sensation in naval cir
Giles yesterday. The telegram also stated
that the foundation of the dock was laid
on slippery quicksahd. that the whole
country is a bed Of quicksand. and filed
with subterranean springs, which makes
the ground soft and treacherous, and
that the selection of the site was brought
about by a private corporation compos-
ed OF real estate men, who had cleared
half million dollars by the whole trans
action.
Commander ]. c. Morony, United
States navy. who resides in this city, was
in charge Of TIE Port Orchard station be-
fore the dry dock was built, and stayed
in command there til after the United
States steamer Monterey had been float
ed in and out again. He had general
supervision Of the whole construction.
making weekly reports 20 his govern
men,. supplemented by official photo
graphs taken a. every stage OF the work.
When seen ne denied ensphaticalIy tina.
there was any truth in The report con-
corning the docks condition and gave
the reasons. for his beiief. He said:
'Inthe f-st place. /: Is always Gus
toTary. after the docking of q large ship
70 run the levels ot The basin and make
8 report TO the bureau The statement,
therefore. that report concerning the
condition Of the dock is on SIS way 70
Washington = probably true donI be-
ilsve for momen: that there Is the
slightest truth in any par; OF eae story.
Il an quite coahdsn: that the dock
was built to specifications and honest
" construcsad by the eontracsor-hoa-
estly, If only for the reason that our gov
eminent inspectors took good care that
Z, should. be.
LAS for the statement tha, there has
been sinking OF the cradle after The
docking Of every war vessel. I. myself
had me levels rul over the bottom after
The docking ot tie Monterey. and .hsre
was "a; : flaw Of any character found
IN The work. cannot believe that there
IS word Of truth IN he s,ory."
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iANTI-SCALPER BILL
FAIR COULDN'T HAVE SIGNED
Because the Blanks Were Not Printed Till
After His Death

San Francisco, Cal, May 7.-Evidence
respecting blank notarial certificates,
has occupied the attention of the judge
and jury n the Craven case during the
whole Of the present week. Evidence has
been introduced to show that the blank
certificates of acknowledgement filled in
and signed by Notary Cooney and at
tached by him to the Craven deeds were
not in existence until sixteen months af-
ter the purported execution OF the deeds.
thirteen months after Senator Fairs
death. James d. Wh.tesides and Fred
Daniels were on the stand today, and
their evidence was corroborative Of that
of the other printers to this effect.
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DUO D'AUMALE DEAD
Result OF tho Shock on Healing OF the
Duchess d'AIencon's Death.

Paris, May THE Due d'Auma!e died
yesterday at yucca, Sicily. Of the shock
he experienced upon hearing of the death
Of the Duchesse d'Alencon. The rela-
tionship Of the Duchesse d'Alencon and
the Due d 'Aumale was that OF uncle and
niece by marriage, the Due d'Alencon
having been the second sor Of the Due
de Nemours. brother of the Due d'Au-
mae. The attack which caused mis- death
lasted but few moments and he expi,>
ed without suffering. The Princess
Clementine Of Orleans, wife Of Prince
Auguste OF Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and
sister Of the Due dAumale, at whose
villa at Zucco she has been staying for
come time past, is very III. The princess
is so years of age ard the shock caused
by the sudden death Of her brother, fol-
lowing closely upon the tragic death of
the Duchesse d'Alencon, may prove fatal.
Paris. May Upon hearing OF the
death of the Due d'Aumale President
Faure sent an aide-de-camp to inscribe
his name at the residence Of the late Due
D'Auma.e and the Due D'A.encon.
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PARIS FIRE VICTIMS BURIED
Fears EatertaineA for the Safety Of Twt
Americans.

Paris, May Twenty victims Of the
fire Of Tuesday last at the charity ba-
zaar on the Rue de Goujon were buried
today The churches where the funeral
ceremonies took place and the routes
traversed by the corteges were thronged
with people The crowds displayed the
deepest sympathy for the re.atives Of the
victims.
Paris, May THE funeral Of the
Comtesse De Holenstein, sister-,n-law OF
the Duchesse Dues, took place today
from the church Of st. Clothilde. The
Russian ard German ambassadors were
present at the services and delegations
from all the charities supported by the
comtesse followed the coffin. The de-
ceased was one Of the victims Of the cnar
ity bazaar fire.
Easton, Pa, May THE officials OF the
National Switch and Signal company,
whose works are here, are alarmed for
The safety of President Oakleigh Thorre
and Mrs. Thorne, who have been in Eu-
rope for some time. They were due at
Paris on Monday and We're to have Wis
tied the charity bazaar. No word has
been received from them since the holo-
caust. and their friends here fear that
they were in the Inflated building.
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Beware Of the fraudulent imitation
Of the original Postum Cereal Grain
coffee. Insist on Postum.
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OVERTURES TO BUY
Oh OTHERWISE SOLVE PEACEFULLY
THE CUBAN PROBLEM.

Sherman. De LONE and Estrada Palma Said
to be Fieuring on . Deaf. Which b thu
Topic Discussed in Every Ciab In Ba.
vaua Reformist Organ In havana
Sounds Spain . Warning That She Must
Not Expect Cuba to Pay the Bilis-Revo
luton In Ecuador = Foreign News In
General.
New York, May IA special 70 the
Journal from Havana says: Your cores
pendent is able upon high authority to
confirm the Journals recent Washington
reports as to negotiations pending there
between Secretary OF State Sherman,
Minister Dupuy De LONE and General
Estrada Palma, looking to a peaceful So
luton, by purchase or otherwise. Of the
Cuban question. The story is the topic
Of conversation in all the clubs.
FL Diario de Lamina, the Refornist or.
gan here. in an editorial, sounds an ON
nous not Of warning by intimating that
the so-called reforms that Premier Can
ovas has offered to the island will be lit
tie more than farce should Cuba be left
to pay the cost Of the war. Spain must
pay 1t, Ell Diario declares. Otherwise.
the paper adds, she cannot hope to keep
the colony ard continue to monopo.ize
its trade. g.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-08

five years. How shall we arrest this
downward tendency and improve the
conditions of our farming commune
ties? This is the great question of the
day. Among the remedies to be used
are more and better schools, a more
rational system of religious work, and
better roads and public improvements
of every kind. How shall we get these
things? 1t takes men and money to
make such improvements, and men
are required first; the money has to
be earned by them. 1t appears, there
fore, that the greatest material need
of the South is more men and women
of the right sort-a healthy immigra-
ton of people who will assimilate
with the people in that section now.
Our best chance for this is to secure
the overflow from the Eastern and
Northern States, originally populated
by the same races that settled the
South The work of getting these peo-
pie to come to us must be done by the
farmers, State authorities, railroad
managers and business men of the
South, all working together.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-08
AN ESSENTIAL MATTER.

A writer in the Southern States
Magazine says that the salvation of
the South, and in fact of the whole
country, depends upon the improve
ment of country life. If we in Amer
.ca, with all our superb natural ad-
vantages, cannot make our country
people prosperous, happy and content
ed no people ever will. Ominous in
deed is the outlook for the future If
we fail to maintain high standard of
civilization in our rural communities.
The country people are the founda-
ton of our prosperity and peace, and
if we permit them to become poor and
degraded there will be no hope left for
the towns and cities, and the nation
will rot in corruption, as. have all 9th
er nations that neglected or debased
their rural population.
Country life in the South has I'M
questionably become less attractive
and improving during the last twenty
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when these efforts would be most APP
preciated. We would be pleased to
hear from them on the subject.
While asparagus culture from a
commercial standpoint may prove I'M
profitable, we think that every home
owner providing he likes the vegeta-
BILE, should have small bed for fam
lily use. The shoots may not be of
size or color that would make them
command a profitable price in the
market, but their flavor is all right,
and a small bed well fertihzed will
yield an astonishing number of mess
es. While the first cost of preparing
the bed is considerable the expense
and trouble of subsequent cultivation
and fertilization is comparatively in
significant.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-08
FLORIDA'S OPPORTUNITY.

If Florida is not great State, it is
either the fault of her people, or be-
cause there is nothing in the State to
make it great. The situation and the
climate of the State is such that peo>
pie are attracted here during the win
ter season. They come to enjoy them
selves and to see. For this reason the
State has a great chance to show to
the world what it contains. If it's pro-
ducts are exhibited in an attractive
manner; if the people interest them
selves to impress strangers with the
advantages of the State there should
certainly be many good returns.
We have an opportunity not excell-
ed by any other state, and if we do
not profit by it it is our own fault.
The trouble has been heretofore
that our people have rather ignored
the tourist and winter visitors. They
have looked upon them merely as
pleasure seekers, and not as possible
investors and prospective citizens
There should be change in this pol
icy. We should make it point to in
terest those who come to spend por-
ton of the year. We should endeavor
to impress them with the advantages
the State offered to those who desired
homes in mild climate. We should
devote some of our time to showing
them the products of the State. In
other words we should make immigra-
ton agents of ourselves, and do our
best to increase the population of the
State by inducing others to settle
here. Population is what we need.
At present our thousands of acres of
untitled and unused land are drain
upon us. When these acres are occu-
pied by thrifty people, the prosperity
of the country will increase-and not
to any very great extent until then.
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ASPARAGUS.

In a publica ton several months ago
the State Experiment Station express
ed the opinion that asparagus could
not be proftably grown in Florida, Oh
account of the sameness of the sea-
sons. The roots want to grow and
send up shoots all the time, and as
consequence while many shoots are
sent up by the roots during the year
few if any of them are of any size.
Experiments have proven that the
conclusions of the Experiment Station
are correct. Asparagus does not thrive
even with the best of care and atten-
ton in Florida as in other sections of
the South where the ''growing season"
is not so prolonged. 1t may be that
some of our readers who have expert
mented with cassava have discovered
a method of cultivating or fertilizing
that will induce the roots to remain
dormant during portion of the year,
and only put forth their best efforts
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Bourne, Mass.
Association Meeting.

Secretary Thos. j. Laud-Brown OF
the State Tobacco Growers Associa-
ton, writing of the annual meeting
at Green Cove, January 18th, 10Th,
says:
We have decided on making the ex-
hibition the main feature of our
meeting, and I will be glad if you Will
urge on every grower the Importance
of at once sending along 10 pounds at
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WEDNESDAY,, DEC. s, 1897.
Table of Contents.

FARM, GROVE & GARDEN-Some ~
Needs of Southern Agriculture 10y
Manufacture of Syrup from Sugar
Cane ~ ~ 49,. 49,. III
The Scnnnernong. ~ 49,. 772
The Cassava Interest; An Old Su-
gar Mill; Wealth in Horticulture. "a
TOBACCO-Advice to Tobacco Grow
ers; The Florida Cigar; Tobacco in
the FlatWoods. -. go. .... go. 80. PC
FLORAL-Indoor Use Of Ivies; Orna-
mental Asparagus; Talk About -
EDITORIAL = Asparagus; Florida's
Opportunity; Profitable Egg Plants; .-c
An Essential Matter. ................. 30
HOUSEHOLD-Init Pin Money,
Bobbin Lace, etc.; Too Many kltch-
en- Tools; The Invalid's Bed; EN-
broidered Linen.... lle
POULTRY-Florida Poultry; Hatch
ing Early Broilers; The Poultry of
One State; Mating Barred Ply
mouth Rocks. 80. .... "a
LITERARY-An Electrical Slip........ 79(
With the Jokers. Observation-Disclosures. ~
F1Orldlana.... l9t
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PROFITABLE EGG PLANTS.

The Tropical Sun speaking of the
egg plant crop of a gardener on the
Indian river says:
''Two or three times during the past
season The Sun has mentioned some
shipments of egg plant from a small
patch in the house garden of Geo. A.
Mr.. Gale has given The Sun the fol-
lowing figures:
The garden is a piece of muck land
and the egg plant patch was ninety
feet long and sixty-five feet wide, and
was worked and fortified along with
the rest of the garden, so he can not
tell exactly the cost of this particular
piece in the way of work and fertili-
yer.
AS soon as the eggs" were big
enough to eat they began to use them
themselves, and having more than
they wanted for their own use they
sold quite a number to parties on the
Lake at good prices, of which no ac-
count was kept.
The eggs soon became too nu-
merous to dispose of in this way, and
then he began to ship to the Northern
markets, shipping in all ffty-three
crates, for which he received $139.5O,
from which he netted about $40 after
deducting expenses for crates, pick
ing, packing, freight, etc.
Outside of those sold they gave
quite a number away to neighbors,
and when prices became too low to
pay for shipping any more North he
began feeding them to the chickens
and pigs.
When the value of what was sold
on the Lake and what was fed to the
fowl and stock is taken into consid-
GRAFTON it is probable that this would
pay for all labor and fertilizer put on
the patch, leaving the net returns
from what was sold North as clear
profit, to say nothing about those
used at home and given to neighbors.
AS the piece contained "a little over
one-seventh of an acre this would give
an average of nearly $500 an acre.
These facts and figures were given us
bv Mr.. Gale himself, and he is ready
and willing to give any further infor-
nation desired.
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Thoroughly Read.

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
Change the address on my copy of
The Agriculturist from Bourne, Mass,
to Pasadena, Pasco Co., Fla. 1t is one
of the most thoroughly read papers
that come to my table.
Yours truly,
w. ", D. D.
Bourne. Mass.
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DIVERSIFIED FARMING.

The question often presents itself to
any observing person, is there an
over-production of shiftless farmers?
There is certainly an over-production
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of one crop. Now, why this should be
so, is surprising to any intelligent in
dividual, when we take into account
the fact of our long seasons and the
diversity of crops which can be made
during that season; for there is no
part of the habitable globe more suit
able for diversified farming than the
State of Florida. Any thoughtful per-
son would be averse to risk his all in
any single enterprise or investment of
any kind. And this rule ought to
hold good with our farmers all the
time. The seasons do not always just
turn up to suit any one particular
crop, but how many of our farmers
never think of having more strings
than one to their bow, and if that one
fails, why it is just their luck, they
think, and let the opportunity slip to
by trying another kind of a crop.
Aside altogether from the, value of di
versity in crops to keep up the fer
tility of the soil, it suits to have quite
a variety in what the farm produces;
and now that this year is coming to
close soon, [ wish our farmers would
plan for next year to have their crops
planted in rotation so as to have di-
versity of products at the end of an
other year. The most prosperous and
contented of our Southern farmers
are those who follow out these lines
and carry on what is generally known
as mixed farming.
When I came to Florida upwards of
ten years ago I was repeatedly told 1
could neither grow enough of forage
nor get enough pasture to run dairy
both of which assertions I have prov
ed to be entirely wrong. [ can and
do grow all the forage and rough feed
for my stock that [ want, and as for
pasture, any one can have it that
sets about making it. For the first
few years / had difficulty in being
able to feed green feed to my milcn
COWS all the year round. This prob
lem [ have also solved very satisfac-
torily, and there is not single day i'll
the whole year but my COWS have
green feed in their rations. In fact,
there's almost no limit to the variety
of feed of all kinds, both for man and
beast, that the Florida farmer can
produce if he sets his mind on it and
makes it his business to do it.
Just now, when the influx Of set
tiers is likely to be larger than usual,
our farmers should bestir themselves,
and prove to all newcomers that we
have something here to be proud OF,
and show by ocular demonstration
what our State can produces; and II
there is any other State in the whole
of Uncle Sans wide domain that can
show a larger diversity of products
than Florida, [ have yet to hear OF 1t.
&C. X. NJ, in Citizen.
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