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The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

The Philadelphia Public Ledger
raises n timely protest against the ne
fariOus operations of the tree pruner,
whose annual arboreal butchery is now
in full headway all over the country.
Armed with chisel and saw, it is his
delight to mutilate the trees. The
graceful elm, the tender maple, and
other shade trees are chopped and
Topped without mercy until the natural
habit of the tree is utterly changed, and
it's waving crown of vendure made to
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

King Khama's visit to England last
summer, when he obtained promises
that his subjects would be fairly treat
ed and not piled with liquor by the
British traders, has probably been rem
dered useless by the discovery of rich
beds of coal in his country. The coal
lies only seventy feet below the surface
and is close to the line of the railroad
to Buluwayo.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19
A Balloon Railroad.

During the coming summer a new
kind of mountain railway is to be tried
in Germany. The motive power is to
be furnished by balloon attached by
cable to a rail running up the face Of
the HOhenstaufen Mountain, near
Reichenhall, which attains a height Of
about 5000 feet. The excursionists will
ride in small car running on rails, and
dra wn by the upward pull of the bal
loon
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

Not long since a bolt of lightning
struck barrel of water in front of
Kentucky colonel's residence, tearing
1t all to pieces and knocking the in
mates of the house senseless. Now a
court martial has been called by all
the other cOlOnels in the neighborhood
and a thorough investigation will be
made as to why there was water in the
L.,
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

The Washington Times says: eve
shall know all about everything in
day or two" There's an editor who
evidently has received an invitation to
attend an afternoon session of a sew
ing circle
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19
A Suu1estiOu.

If every farmer in the great West
were to cut his tillable land in two,
grazing one-half and cropping the
other, for a series Of five years, 1 be-
Iieve that agriculture would be bene-
fitted thereby. Some farmers could
grow on one-half the land they are
farming as much grain as they now
grow on the whole of it. This sugges-
ton comes from the Iowa Homestead.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19
Something New i'm Soap.

1t is said that a French chemist has
made a blue soap which will render
unnecessary the bluing in the laundry.
In ordinary soap be Incorporates So
ution of aniline green in strong acetc
acid. The alkali of the soap converts
the green into blue.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

1t appears that an American girl has
captured the son of Lord Tweedmouth,
Archibald John Marjoribanks. 1t is to
be hoped that if the young woman ex-
poets to be called Mrs. Marshbanks"
after marriage she will teach her hus-
band how to spell his name
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

The Massachusetts Cremation Socie-
ty has decided to advertise in all the
daily papers of the New England sec
tion. Hard times seem to have affect
ed the urning capacity of that concern
like all others.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

We see nothing whatsoever to hinder
the New York paper which shelled Ha-
vana with American gunbOats from
sinking the whole island of Cuba now
whenever ii chooses TO do so.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

New York woman is advocating
the establishment in that city of
genteel matrimonial bureau. The in
ference is, we suppose, that the per
sOnar columns of the New York news
papers are no longer strictly au fait
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19
Polite NeiOhbors

Our new neighbors are very polite, u
said Mrs. Perkasie to her husband when
he came home at night.
Are they?"
"Yes; l sent to borrow their steplad.
der and they told me they hadn't one,
but if I'd wait while they'd send and
buy me one."-Harper's Bazar
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

The Baltimore American calls atten-
ton TO the peculiar fact that Indians
never are bald. 1t is also a peculiar
fact that they sometimes evince a de-
sire TO raise the hair of white men.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

The Bicycle Club of Bakersfield is
circulating petition to the Super
visors asking permission to remove the
cobblestones in the streets of the Kern
county metropolis.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

The waters of Lytle creek in San
Bernardino county, have been fled
upon for electric power purposes by
W. A. Campbell of st. Paul, Mimi.
The company has nominal capital
stock of $500, 900, and it is claimed
1, 500 to 1000 horsepower can be de-
yeloped.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19
What the Co1o-R,.,d Ca.

A writer i'll Science says that in ordin.
ary cases of partial r-blindness the
color sensations that remain are blue
and yellow, not blue and red, or blue
and green, as is generally assumed and
stated in textbooks.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

1t is announced that the Crown
Prince of Corea has been kidnapped.
This is the first intimation we have
had that the young man has had any
designs on comic opera.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

Some of the kindly attention shown
young men for what they may he.
should be extended to the poor old men
for what they have been.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

A Chicago preacher has just deliver
ed a sermon on coal. This is as near
TO heat as many of the clergy of our
day allow themselves to approach.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

A st. Louis paper jubilantly ex-
claims: "Three dozen fresh eggs for %
cents in open market nowadays; what
more do you want?" The % cents.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19
Not So in America

When you buy few yards of cloth
in Japan the merchant always unrolls
the whole piece and cuts off the inside
end, in order that you may not have
to take that part that is faded and shop
worm
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

Isn't it queer that brutal prize fight
In Nevada becomes scientific athletic
exhibition just as soon as it reaches
New York?
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

Some very harsh things have been
said of the sin of loafng, but no one
can successfully dispute that loafing is
very pleasant.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

We are all looking for appreciation,
though few Of us deserve it.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19
Cost of Wheat Raising

1t is said that it costs S23.S2 an acre
to raise wheat In Massa chusetts.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-19

Among the mistakes of this world are
dudeS
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-15
Tariff on Cuban Tobacco.

Major Link, special agent of the
treasury department with headquar-
ters at Tampa, returned from New
York and Washington last night. He
and j. T. Park both attended the re-
cent meeting of customs appraisers
and tobacco examiners in New York,
Mr.. Park, acting appraiser and exam
liner having returned last Friday
night.
The purpose of the meeting was to
secure uniformity in the classifca-
ton and appraisment of imported leaf
tobacco at the several ports of entry
in the United States and all import
ant ports were represented in the New
York conference.
The outcome of the meeting as ex-
planned to Times man this morning
is not quite SO favorable as our man
ufacturers would have liked it to have
been, but the fight is not yet over.
Following is the effect of the agree
ment reached:
Twelve hands or three carats of to-
bacco are to be taken from bale of
tobacco and if upon examination it is
ascertained that less than Is per cent
of the tobacco thus examined is
wrapper whatever per cent thus de-
termined must pay wrapper duty, but
if more than Is per cent is determined
to be wrapper then the entire bale
must be classed as wrapper tobacco
and pay the wrapper duty of $1.85 per
pound Heretofore the ruling has
been that less than Is per cent OF
wrapper in bale classed the whole
bale as filler and it was admitted at
filler rates.
The present status of the situation
is that no per cent of wrapper tobac-
co is to be admitted in the future
without paying the full wrapper duty.
The importers, however, are making
a vigorous fight against the Is per
cent construction as ruled by the as
sistant secretary of the treasury. Mr..
Park confirms the report that Col. E.
R. Gunby, of Tampa, has been engag-
ed by the importers to represent their
interests and that he is making Wig
orous fight for his clients.-Tampa
Times.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-15
Tobacco on Tehuantepec.

The Jaltipan tobacco is one of the
best of Mexican tobaccos, having a
very fine silky tissue, elastic and with
small veins of same color as rest of
the leaf which is of medium size, cool
orado claro" and of exquisite aroma
though mild. This tobacco is in great
demand as ''capa" wrapper, bringing
a high price. Some very fine was re-
Gently sold as high as So per pound
silver. To enter the states such to-
bacco pays $50 gold per.pound, duty
under new tariff The above also ap-
plies to tobacco grown on the best
suitable lands on the northern side of
the Isthmus (no tobacco is planted
on the Pacific side) to any great ex-
tent, though very little, if any land
gives as fine and delicate a leaf. A
very small per cent. of all the land
will produce marketable or fine
class of tobacco. AS an example, the
Jaltipan lands comprising some
56,25O acres in all only contain about
$500 acres of tobacco land, or about
four and a half per cent. The best
tobacco soil here is deep, black sandy
loan. A slightly red sandy loan is
also good, but soils mixed to any great
extent with clays or with too much
calcareous properties produce rank,
white veined, coarse favored tobacco.
That first class quality of tobacco
can be raised without the use of
pillow or modern agricultural methods
of tilling the soil and that as good a
crop can be obtained from land that
has been extensively planted for more
than fifty years without any artificial
addition to the soil, may seem strange
and improbable to your readers, but
such is the fact in this town and on
the writer's own land where crop at
present is being planted. AS a rule,
however, only one-half of the land is
yearly planted in tobacco, remainder
lying over to second year, and thus
from the rapid growth of our tropi-
cal vegetation and rapid disintegra-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-15

it. But Captain-General Weyler's
edict, forbidding the further exporta-
ton of tobacco from Cuba will force
the Florida Cuban seed leaf on it's
own merits. This will prove to be a
very fortunate edict, as the prejudice
created against Florida tobacco by
the injudicious course pursued by so
many spectators hitherto will now
react in our favor-Moodie's Bulletin.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-15
Peculiarities of Sumatra Tobacco.


liar, differing more widely from other
varieties than any other cigar leaf.
The imported seed [ had sown on the
10th of February, a month later than
the Cuban seed. They all terminated
and came up we'll, and looked very
promising, but the first chilly night
when the thermometer dropped to
thirty-eight degrees, they turned vel
low; all succumbeu to the cold, al
though there was no frost. On part
of the same seed bed Sumatra seed
that had been grown in Florida the
preceding year were not affected 10y
the cold being somewhat acclimated.
When it is considered that the is
land of Sumatra is situated nearly on
the equator, the tropical nature of the
plant will be understood. Even in
North Florida it is not safe to sow the
imported Sumatra seed before the
middle of March, at which time other
varieties may be ready to transplant.
But it is under favorable conditions, a
rapid grower, and within forty to
fifty days will attain the remarkable
height of six to eight feet. It has
been found by experiment that it is
best not to top the plant at all; and if
at all, not until about four-ffths of
the leaves have been harvested, which
must be done by breaking them off
Cor "priming'') as fast as they
''speck' Let it be noted that the word
''speck'' is here used for ripe" In
deed, this variety of tobacco leaf must
not be allowed to ripen fully, as it's
texture and toughness, and it's popu
lar and delicate pea-greenis1 hue will
be spoiled by deepening into the
brown and sere, which is not so valu-
able as wrapper only because not so
fashionable.
If the leaves are allowed to ripen
fully they make a fairly good filler
after being well fermented or be-
tuned; better still, after one or more
years reproduction in Florida. This
fact is another important feature of
the Florida grown Sumatra seed leaf
for the imported article is not at all
fit for filler, being void Of any quail
ty of aroma. Still another advantage
it has in Florida is that it grows
splendidly in old lands of sandy soil,
whereas on the island it is only
grown on the new land.
And still another and more impor-
tant advantage over the Vuelto Abajo
is the more abundant yield per acre.
The average yield as per census re-
ports of Cuban seed leaf in Gadsden
county, where it was most extensively
planted, was 395 pounds per acre.
Now since the advent of Sumatra the
yield on some lands is estimated at
five hundred to twelve hundred, and
some few even claim from twelve hun
dred to fifteen hundred pounds on
new hammock lana; but it is con-
servative to estimate that the yield is
about seventy-ive per cent. more than
the Vuelta Abajo, and it is not at all
surprising when it is considered that
the plants will average on land prop
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-15

is a great advantage in gathering the
crop leaf by leaf, giving an opportuni-
ty to inspect every leaf in the har-
vesting, and again in the stringing
process in the barn. This is accom-
plished in the rainy season. This sea-
son comes in Florida in the harvest
time, from June to September, about
ninety to one hundred days, and this
is another great advantage in Florida,
for if the harvest were to come in
dry season, as in Cuba, artificial
means would be necessary for the
proper curing or air drying of the
leaf All tobacco growers know that
the drying season should be slow, and
in a humid atmosphere; for it is con-
coded now that cigar leaf, especially
wrappers, should not be allowed to
get very dry more than once; and as
soon as the green has disappeared
from the mid-rib it should be bulled
and completely sweated in the first
heat by it's own inherent moisture or
sap which is really it's very life blood,
and should be thus conserved, and not
allowed to evaporate on the poles and
thus waste it's fragrance on a desert
air. To illustrate this fact, any good
cook knows that a loaf of bread,
potato or a roast of meat would be
unfit to eat after being half cooked
and allowed to get cold, then fnishe-.
with another fire. So it is with the
curing or fermenting process of to-
bacco. The first process should COM
plete it, and that should be done soon
as possible and in large bull1s in a.
close apartment with a temperature
from 90 to 100 degrees. Yet if it is
packed in large boxes closely and in
high case (soft), and the boxes stored
in a close, warm compartment, the
leaf being thin it will generally come
out all right in the course of forty to
sixty days, and be ready for use by
the casing, which all manufacturers
give it in the process of de-stemming
and booking, or if it is taken out of
the bulk at the proper time and baled
under press, it will be ready for the
table when it reaches the factory, in
say so to 100 days. [ have seen of the
'96 crop hundreds of thousands of
pounds that will run seventy-five per
cent. wrapper, and as fine in every
respect, to all appearance, as the i'm
ported! And yet they say it would
be too bold if the truth and nothing
but the truth be told. Well the ''fin-
ishing touch is to pass it through
ports of the Amsterdam Dutch, and so
pass it off for imported Sumatra. But
the time will come when Amsterdam
and Bremen Dutch, and other foreign
leaf dealers will come back to Florida
as in ante-bellum days, to buy fine
speckled wrappers, and for which
they invented or discovered Sumatra
as a substitute after the ports of Flor
ida were blockaded in 1861, and they
could not get Florida leaf. But there
is no doubt that some of the soils of
Florida and the climatic conditions
are superior to those of Sumatra and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-15
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.
Address all communications to Tobacco
Department, Agriculturist, DeLand, Fla.

The Florida Agriculturist was adopted
as the official organ of the Florida State
Tobacco Growers Association at the
Quincy convention, March 10, 1897.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-15

ton from climatic causes, and lastly,
but principally from great fertility of
the soil, the production is the same in
quantity and quality now as when the
writer first became acquainted with
the isthmus in 1SS3.-Ex.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-09
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TRAvELEHx' GUIDE. ~ Il, NJ
ha Old Dominion STEAMSHIP.
Es C0nDQlI
b FOR NEW YORK

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MS,hi;p},SEsipSSxsS 'T TR1ffspAYYss sp AAkNGb
p !,,a m: Passenger accommodations 1ns Vi.
Fare are, Including meals ana state
Ears. round trip. limited to thirty %
r5 SSs a 5IskSts ana reservation s,sts s.
FoR feCfFp! 0f X b 8 ghqrf. ,eoy.
aFs5hiTi pss ct Hie s9 ,hs neS lae5nins
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Sunday Leave con ras a WhGrf sxNse og2.
FOR OLD polNr-At $50 and HIS a.
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,vrreiGnt for Mathews. Back. Poquosn,
ware. severn. York nd Nansemond riv.
rreigEt for WI shinEton, N. c., and land.
ms on inr, I>RInlro and PMngo rivers re-
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~ schcdu:cs subject to change without
M. u. CROMWELL. Agent.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-09
4 | OWN {. }. Of SUFFOLK
EUROPEAN INTERFERENCE.
(WaShfngton Star,) t -

tlsaro OF Paris is epeculaIting as to
whether Europe should Fellow the
United States to drive Spain out of
Cuba This Is founded on the weyler-
ian contention that the United States
IS phe originator and fosterer OF the waa'
In Cuba. and that 1t is playing for pos
session Of the island. This Is utterly
lalse. and whenever and wherever re-
peated Ut should be SO denounced
Spadn feels that she must make some
excuse TO her neighbors for her failure,
ana she makes this excuse But 1t will
TOT pear examination, and If She presses
phe point far enough she will simply add
TO her Humiliation before the world. AS
matters now stand she appears only as
helpless; after a formal Inquiry by out
S.ue powers into her complaint that the
odIted States is the author of her woes
IN CUBA she would appear as q humbug
For 1t is a nEaitter of fact, easily suscep-
Hlple or proof. itlrat She herself Is the
author or her own woes that rhey grow
exclusively out of her abominaiSle MS
government of Cuba; that she might at
any hme between 1878, when the ten
years war closed, and 1894 when the
present war began--a period OF sixteen
years-haVe done for Cuba what would
nave made her authority there respected
FOR many years; that, dlsregardine all
'eous requirements of the present, she
mas taken not only the wrong, but a
cruel course, and THAT She is row paying
just penalty for both her shortslglpte.d-
ness ana her crimes. The United States
mas had no part or Let in her undoing.
Inc Right of the United States to in
teriere in This matter is TOO plain to re-
CURE any argument. 1t ds the delay
ABOUT " nhOt seems to many to call for
a N ,I1f
ness are so connected With our own THAT
an dnjury to one is necessarily an dniury
TO the either. SO, IN speaking up for a
termination of hosI@iE,tias in Cuba, we
are speaking ait the same time for a ter
mnatson OF a state of Things which has
cost the United States pretty dearly.
Austria IL merIalcned as a probable
ally of Spain If matters become astrte,
and Germany, TIT is suggested, might
have a word ito say for Spain Bn what
are their interests in Cuba? They have
none. Austria has an affection for the
Queen RegeTI.. who ds an Austrian prin-
cess by birth. but where does Germany
come In at all? Is the reliance solely
on the impression that Emperor Will
liam. who is fond of putting i'm his oar.
could not restrain himself If an oppcr-
tunJty presented itself in this case?
Maybe he could. and would He Is not
as free TO hunt a row as some people
suppose.
But, putting aside all speculation COM
ing from Paris, which may be literally
Tor specula1!cn-a!l the Cuban bonds for
The cost of the ten years war are held
IN France-and coming down TO the
factS familiar to all on this side of the
waiter, nothing is palmer than THE course
OF the administration, as understood
here at home, is the proper one and
has the endorsement of Ithe people 1t
has been entered upon deliberately. and
what Austria or Germany may think
about dt Is not materially to the point
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