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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

PAUL DUNBAR LIONIZED-Paul Dunbar, the
negro poet. who owes 10 w. d. Howells his intro
ducton TO the public is being lonized In London in
most fattering fashion The color line is drawn
In English society and the colored versifier, being
the latest literary novelty. IL much sought for for
receptions. garden parties and similar gatherings.
His readings OF his own verses have been highly
praised by the press. and criticisms OF the verses
themselves not less friendly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

GIrARANTORS AVERSE TO PAYlNG-Owins
% tho financial failure of the Berlin exposition or
1896 the committee recently announced that the %
per cent guarantee fund would have TO be sacri.
feed This resulted In large meeting OF
signers of the guarantee on Monday. The meeting
declared unanimously that It did not recognize the
right OF the committee 10 adopt such measure,
and a desperate effort will he made TO place the
financial responsibility upon the shoulders of the
committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

THE BIMETALLIC COMMISSIONS SUCCESS.
The forthcoming issue Of The National Review"
will contain long article upon the success Of the
American Bimetallic Commission. The article says:
1T is now generally recognized by all except os-
triches that Great Brtans chief contribution will
be the reopenng OF the Indian mints. which all
who appreciate the question must regard A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

AcRID COMMENTS on THE DlNGLEi BILL
Tho comments Of the German press upon 'ne D,'e
e,. tariff are extremely acrid. but great s"usao
lion is expressed at the fact that ARG qa.''
''o'' . code wore sent 10 the United States
.,,oo,,on ~ the event While wishing 70
,onco themselves upon the Americans, the mos.
rovinistic journals not blind to the fact INA.
reprisals on the part or GerHahy "'"'' '0''
proye boomeranRs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

SETBACK FOR A CRUSADE.-The crusade
against the frock coat and stovepipe hat for sum-
mer gatherings like the Goodwood races. has re-
celved a setback. This year the Prince OF Waes
and the men Of his party. instead OF appearing In
the low-crowned hat end morning coat. they
did last year. all wore black frock coats and high
hats
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

RIsMARCK'S HEALTH.-Prince Bismarck IL IN
oxcellent health On Wednesday he received Prince
Schocna ich- Carolath. the new COMMANDER OF ,te
UaIher9tadt Cuirassiers. or whlch regiment ''ie
Prince is honorary colonel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

EMPRESS EUGENE AT HOME.-The Empress
Eugene looking very well. has returned from n
Yachting trip. She spent two days here and ia
now al her residence Marlborough Hill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

THE LONDON SEASON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Fair" reviewing the season, congratulates the
country on its brancy and gives list OF the
seasons beauties. which IL says. no other country
can rival 1t adds that among the Americans girls
Miss Goeet and Miss Hay the Ambassador
daughter have been most successful because Of
personal charm and animation OF manner. In the
same issue appears a letter from English girl
with reference TO the newspaper agitation over the
decadence OF English society. The writer says:
"'The trouble lies in the unwillingness OF the poor
members OF the arstocracy to earn honest livings.
II is so dreadful for the men TO put themselves up
for sale TO the rich American girls, who love 10
come here TO excel English beauty and wealth. If
this goes on, all England will soon be owned by
Americans for they buying land as well as
men,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

THE PRINCE WILL SEE Ihh HH' ~,
r,a ar,n1 autumn military manpuvres at HON.
burg uiu begin on September 2, and Will continue
70 the 10Th. The Prince OF Wales Will be among
the guests of the Kaiser at the principal
He has modified his plans ana VIII taKt ,eod ~ at
Womhurg as hitherto This decision mas sre earc
H o,II" ~, :, townsfolks at Marlenbad and CORE,
eIIe denressed the Homburg people wiz
Spod come TO look upon his visit az an amman
fixture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

r,,r uupRESS VISITS MUNICH ne Emp "
,.a-,nd tho monotony of her stay at leser" So
h~ r visit to Munich She was accompanied "y ,S
oyc princes. visited all the sights ana ,a au' Wa,.
w,tb the Prince Regent. who proposed lisr "% W.
estys health saying b am o Her Majesty has
bee S good enough TO make me r Ges e5S oscar cee
pose Her Majesty's health; rrns1av At Tegern-
zee from which place the Er pDi' anu "
dron will return to-day from Ber'"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

HOME RULE PLANS.-It Is announced that
during the coming Parliamentary recess the Liberal
leaders will openly formulate plan for home rule
all around, In place OF Mr.. Gladstone's scheme.
They are counting on the Irish support Mr. John
Redmond, however, says: Il opposed the motion
for home rule all around In 1895. and would oppose
Il again now IL would satisfy Irish National
asprations Besides II is mere dodge evade
the main question. The scheme In Itself IS out
hone now IL to move boldly for a National Parla-
ment free from all outside control, as Parne
coz
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-27
Road Construction Nv.

Over sandy land.-We now come to
the worst land over which to make
road "A farmer or trucker going to
town with a load of produce, say
five miles, may have a tOlerably good
track over fiat woods and swamps
nine-tenths of the way, and a load of
five barrels of potatoes or pears
would not tax his horses endurance.
But he has to cross half mile OF
blackjack ridge or scrub land, and
must, to save his animal from over
work, be satisfied with only four bar
rels-he must load for that piece of
sand as if the whole distance was
sand. Returning home with a load
of guanO or manure he must put on
but four-ifths the load that the
horse can easily draw on the hard
road to enable him to get over the
deep sand And so on ad infinitum
From the splendid streets of Or
lando and West Palm Beach. can be
seen what clay on the one hand and
oyster shells on the other can do on
such land in the way of roads. But
in the sparsely settled country dis
tricts such expensive pavements arc
out of the question and we can only
look about us for means to anchor
ate the present condition of the
''possible thoroughfares,' as these
sandhill roads have been defined.
When a road is to be carried over
dry sandy land it should not have
greater width than really necessary
80 feet is more than enough. The
difficulty Of finding surfacing materi-
ais compels the track to be narrow
in the first place; then, the trees
standing along the sides can more
completely shade the road when close
together Shade keeps the sand
more moist and compact, as well as
cooler, and is comforting to man and
beast. The roots make firm founda-
ton and leaves and acorns that drop
help to support wheel and hoof.
Therefore no tree not dangerous
should be removed from the road
side, but given all possible encour-
agement to grow. If the road can,
without too much deviation, be led
through groves and thickets, it is
better to do so, although the first
cost is greater. AS this road is easily
departed from at nights on account
of absence of side bitches and the
ground and road being of the same
color, dab of whitewash put ''fore
and aft" on the trees lining the road
will often save the belated traveller
from perplexity, especially on moon
light nights.
Whenever good sods can be had
they make the best natural surfacing
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-27
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Sweet Potato Culture.


The number of enquiries that |
have received from my letter to the
Agriculturist concerning sweet pota-
toes tends to the conclusion that the
Agriculturist is carefully read by an
extensive cliantage With that view
of the case [ undertake to answer
through the Agriculturist some of
the important points that have been
raised.
There is no doubt as to the demand
for all the sweet potatoes that car
be raised in Florida suitable for
northern market. To this end Flor
ida growers should be prepared with
desirable goods when the market is
bare--that is during March, April,
May, June and July. This can be
done by starting seed beds or drills
early in January, thus securing
draws or vines in March and April,
from which, with good culture, a
crop can be harvested in June or
July and shipped directly from the
field From vines of this crop the
second crop can be started and har-
vested in October or November and
held over for March and April trade.
When [ speak of sweet potatoes J.
don't mean all the varieties of yams
that are commonly called sweet pO-
tatoes. for there is as great a differ
ence between the two as between y
choice melon and coarse squash. The
northern retailer demands a fairly
grained, not too dry and not soft,
and salvy sweet potato, with a fine
tough skin. A potato that will stand
handling and stand off we'll while on
sale
While the Virginia. Maryland and
Jersey crop are on sale it is no use
to ship from Florida, for the market
is then cOngested and with excessive
freight against us Florida sweets
stand no show. Northern grown
sweets do not keep we'll and are prac-
tically out of market from February
to August and here is where our
chance comes in, for we can plant
earlier than growers farther north
and with desirable goods can secure
fancy prices.
Florida and southeastern Georgia,
either from peculiar quality of soil
or climatic conditions, produce sweet
potatoes that keep better than any
where else that I know of
During the past four years I have
experimental with every kind of
sweet potato and yam that I could
hear of, and tested theories without
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-27
DeLand Fla, Wednesday, January ~, 1897.

material for the road, and a little,
carefully disposed, goes long way
Next in effectiveness comes coarse
swamp muck. Florida has been call
ed the estate of muck and sand"
and the muck pond is seldom far
from the sand hill. Coarse muck
felts together, and if put on thick
enough will keep moist and firm
from one rain to another And 1t
absorbs the suns rays, which alone
is a blessing for the traveller across
glaring white sand ridges. Clay is
not good unless when in a layer so
heavy that it will not be pulverize
by travel. Then we have the leaves,
pine straw, moss, ETC., found under
the trees, also soft brush, palmetto
leaves and grass.
Where good sods can be had, but
not in a sufficient quantity to cover
the whole track, we might proceed
thus Make two parallel shallow
| trenches about eighteen inches wide
along the middle of the road The
distance from center to center Of the
trenches to be the same as between
the wheels of a cart. Fill these
trenches with sods, grass down. II
the sods can be cut a foot or more
square, all the better, for piece OF
that size is in all road work several
times as effective as one only half
as big. Pack the sand well along the
edges of the turfs and see that they
lie steady. Midway between the two
rows make another in the same man
ner. Such a track answers very well
for single teams and the horses sOOn
learn to keep the sod line. Clay dis
posed in this manner is as good /
not better This process was invent
ed and tried by the writer many
years ago, with excellent results, and
at the time described by him in Flor
ida papers; and latest in the Orlando
Reporter in 1898.
There are tracts of scrub land in
the state, especially along the east
coast, where any of the above mate
ria1s are scarce About as cheap as
any other way-at least when the
item of transportation is considered
for paving road over such land,
and in the writer's opinion better
than many others, is to use the wire
netting made for fencing chicken
yards. Eight feet wide netting un-
rolled along the slightly rounded and
smoothed road and fastened down by
stiff wires, bent like hair pins, along
the selvage, would make sufficient
ly wide and firm track. A covering
of sand two inches thick would
make it more homogeneous, but
muck, containing no grit to cut it,
packing firmly and hiding the glar-
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as good again. The writer tried this
on piece of road so miry that every
thing else failed and with much sat-
isfaction, for which reason he here
recommends it for trial. One ac
quainted with mechanics can under
stand why it should fill the bill, and
any reader who has a roll of the net
ting can spread it out on soft ground
and pull wagon over it for his own
satisfaction. Wire, partly excluded
from the air, is very long-lived, and
where horses are light and unshOd.
as they commonly are in this state,
there is little chance of the wire be-
ing cut up. This is the iron age. Re-
try this pavement could probably get
some netting gratis from manufac-
turers through their local agents,
with view to future sales. Of
course, for road purposes, the fence
netting could be greatly improved.
Pineapple growers along Indian
river and Lake Worth can improve
their sandy roads in places by filing
three trenches (as described above)
with small roots gotten in clearing
land, or with marsh muck, or both.
little ingenuity pressed into ser
vice in the cause will reveal many
resources of value anywhere. Pal
metto fronds. brush, pineapple
leaves corn stalks, cotton stalks,
shavings, chips from the wood pile
all will help to solidify the road, on
the same principle that a man will
not sink so deep in soft ground when
he has his shoes on as when bare
footed. The came principle also ap-
plies to wagon wheels-those with
broad tires are the best.
On many farms are found huge
heaps of cane bagasse accumulated
for years around the sugar mills.
This, containing much carbon and
silica, rots slowly. 1t is soft and
pliable and makes good road surfac-
ing that pays to use. When large
sugar estates on reclaimed muck
land become more common perhaps
this now useless baggassee will be
an important by-product for road
purposes.
Palmetto webs have been tried ON
the sandy and heavily trafficed
streets of Jacksonville, with success.
But they are not to be had in large
quantities. Several more accessible
substances, just enumerated here,
are fully as good. When the ball of
road improvement begins to roll in
earnest, it is portable that long
shavings or coarse excelsior of pine,
that can be highly compressed for
baling, or other cheap materials, will
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-27

come within easy reach of all sec
tions. HI. E. Lagergren.
Starke, Fla.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07

Thursday night. Nov. I. 1897. the
Rev. Edward Bradley, curate at st. Agnes'sC Chapel
ana father of the Rev. Edward A. Bradley, d. u.
Funeral services at st, Agnes's Chapel. West 92d st.,
on Sunday, Nov. 7. at $3.50 O'Clock.
Nov. 8. Fanny johnson. wife OF
Frederick w. Britain, and daughter Of the late
John Evans Johnson OF Richmond. Va. at her res
idence. rs East 4bth st.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
KuRK.-At Glen Cove. L. l.. Nov. 0. 1897. Hannah
T. Kirk. widow Of Joshua Kirk. in her S6th year.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral
Monday. 1880 p. NJ. at the residence OF her son.
BENJAMIN C. Kirk. Carriages will be In waiting
on arrival OF IL A. n. train from Long Island
City. Glen Cove. new station.
AT the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J.
r, Lake, ~ Downing st., Brooklyn. on Nov. o.
Anna Leah Seaman, widow of Gilbert sayres, in
her 7Ath year.
Services at Grace Church. Jamaica. at 4 p. NJ. on
Sunday. Friends will be received at her lato resi-
denoe, Union Hall st., Jamaica, after O'Clock on
Sunday.
sTARR.- On Friday. Nov, 8, =, Santa Barbara, Cal,
Caroline Ii. starr. dearly beloved wife OF Theo'
dore B. Starr OF this city and eldest daughter Of
the late Lewis IL Morris, Esq. OF this city.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
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SHALL SANTA CLAUS GO?
oHURCH FOLK VINO WANT has
REALM STRICTLY DEFINHD.

Dr. John Hall OF Those Who DO =.
Making tho Santa cinns ." ,.or.u,,n
Csr'sinns T'me-tho ~. .,,sny school.
would ReieEate IL to she ' -~-
Inc heeV. Dr. Jonn nan % - into the
Presbyterian Church has been drawn 'n %S,,rcS
Economist he was quoted yesSo,u syorv dsy is
n Lords Doy. and that Christmas, though Of
~, ~ ~ sadoa s,uni6cancc OF tho
Nativity, should not necessarily DO made a spo-
cial celebration In the Sunday school. Our own
sunday school exercises al A"' -, Tho
%yariably take place in the lecture y ~ the
santa oleus iaea rs nos .,ponair dwelt upon.
oIhor manu-, ID knVki'ine .av ar, crle.
We make the children feel that .noy Af fo,t yr
- ~ oorof,I ,rrsno.ment 4, of the simplest
OF our ceretui arrangement low
Tbe Rev. DIR. David ]. Mcmillan, Secretary OK
tho preshvtorian Roard Of Home Missions. says
that while Santa Claus may properly hold way
in tho Sunday school room at the proper time.
YET In the onuroh proper e@h'S o
dissertation. He said: A..
inc mater Oh hsVins NM - the old law.
ish laws respecting polygnmy and the marrying
Of a brother's wife at his death. Neither of
th.s. i.us ma, ho ,,,d ~ h. directlv of Christ,
ses' eu ,swS " asd 10 tradition rs1i 10 = made them seem a
part of tho accepted religion. Santa Claus In
,o,h,,.s. a naoan myth Init tbrouph many
oouotiess " pagan mJln' ou' e.-.n,.
generations he has COME to be an indispensapi
factor in most Christmas CELEBRATIONS Of the
Sunday school. All this is brought ABOUT oy the
desire of parents and friends TO bring tno
mythical nursery here into pubic exercises tor
the sake Of the children's unalloyed pleasure.
santa Claus has evidently come 70 stay, anu
We will find it q Sisypheen task to dislodSe him hin
from so many faithful, little breasts, we can
a%rbitrate with Santa Claus in his sunday scnooi
: relations. not by banishing him omtfign, - ar thn
! religious exercises, put oy relegatinR nun ~ .nS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07

ages, They are not tightly swathed. % some
the skin Is hne linen. Then comes soft cotton
batting, and then the upper part OF tho body
goes into a. jacket Of blrdseyo linen and tho
lower part. is tucked into the Same material,
which Is FOLDED over 80 hat tho whole OUTFIT
looks a. II II might be q candy box. The d.
minutivc sleeves are tied around with ribbon,
pink for the girls and blue for the boys, an i'm
ported distinotion contrary to our own cua'
tom; Inc babies sleep most of tho time.
Iheir existence 80 far, at Toast since they on
terod the incubators, has been untroubled save
Tor an occasional hiccough. which fills the. by.
SANDERS with wonder. Agnes was half
starved, when she arrived, and as the feeding
had to be done very gradually to n point where
IL was satisfactory TO Agnes herself she emit
TED howis which were phenomenal under THO
circumstances; However, when Agnes had
got 70 the point where a square meal became
her bi'hourly portion she entered upon, q period
OF seraphio slumber which she Is still enjoy
II think, said . big young man, with a dep.
day II think she's the ~prcttiest one"
was stepping in where angels, ~ they were Of
tho masculine gender, would hesitate to tread.
But he was right. Agnes is the best looking
In one way. She Is whittier. But Mime. Mar
con shakes her head over that very Item; she
likes the rich mahogany red OF M. ,Capdevlie
better. Agnes's pal,or betokens lack of vitali-
ty. M. Cnpdcvino's rich complexion means
a touch of jaundice; that's ALL. However, the
attendants assure you that all three OF the ba-
hies will live: live to bless OF curse the incuba'
tor. But that's another question.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
GArEMAN,s STRANGE MIsHAP.
Crushed by Part or a CoaiCart That Was struck
by u Passing Train.

Crushed by Part OF a CoalCart That Was struck
by u Passing Train.
Thomas Boyde, q negro, living at 1887 Am
sterdam avenue, has carried coal for Theodore
F. Tone for a year or more. His outfit consisted
of two mules and an ordinary coal cart. Tones
coal yard faces the Hudson River Railroad tracks
at the foot Of West 1881 street, and a set of bars
William Powers of GO Morris avenue had charge
of tho gates yesterday morning when Boyde
drove out of the yard with q ton of coal. The
gates were open. but when Boyde's mules had
reached the west track he saw a passenger train
bearing down on him rapidly. He tried to turn
the team of tho track. but the train was too
quick for the slow motion Of the mules, and the
locomotive struck the forward corner or the
coal cart as it stood diagonally on the track.
The wagon was reduced to kindling, WOOD.
wheels or the train. The other was thrown fully
twenty Il We feet and was injured so severely that
/ thad to be shot. Boyle was flung nearly ntty Ieet
through the open gates of Brennan,s coal yard
and landed on n pile of coal inside. Part OF the
coal was scattered about the Fort Lee ferry.
house, and the rest, along with the major part or
the wrecked wagon, bombarded Gatemnh
Powers, leaving him unconscious under the
debris.
His injuries include six scalp. wounds and
taken to the ]. Hood Wright Hospital, suffering
from conclusion of the brain. Boyde was taken
to the same hospital. His right shoulder ana
wrist are sprained and no received q number or
cuts and bruises. -
The train kept on its way. No ono knows
whether the accident was due to carelessness on
the part of the Fateman or not, but the railroad
officials are making an investigation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
WRECK OF THE SOCIAL.
Myatery About the Owner OF the Yacht ana
Her MIRsion Honce.

Myatery About tho Owner or tho Yacht ana
Her Minsion Hence.
The wreck of the schooner yacht Social on the
island of ST. Croix, West Indies, on Oct. %. was
reported here yesterday. The report stated that
all of the passengers and most OF tho crew were
lost. From the very meagre details. 1t seems that
the Social arrived at st. Thomas on the after
noon of Oct. 81, from Now York. The next day
she sailed for st. Kits. Thence she sailed for
st. Croix. During the afternoon of the Esd q
storm came up. and it is supposed that the
yacht was wrecked during that storm.
The Social was. until last June. the property
of Oscar B. Smith, a broker at 35 Broad street,
and who lives at Morristown. N. J. Mr.. Smith
sold tho yacht to Capt. Charles c. Terry of Al
Railroad avenue, Brooklyn. a dealer in scrap
iron. He bought her for junk. and sent her to
Port Jefferson, l.. l.. where che was dismantled.
The schooner, or what was left OF 1t, was, then
condemned. and she was hauled uD ON the bach
Some time In September man who said his
name was Lord and that Connecticut was his
on the beach. bought her for ! o Of Capt. Terry,
reftted her, and about q month ago sailed
away on y cruise in southern waters- with
him, 1t 10 said, went q crew or TWO men,.
The Social was originally the Sornelia: she
was built after the design Of r.. Fl b by j. Mo,
Garriok Of South brooklyn In ls73, her mrs!
| Club, ny Or. vardy she was sold to ex.Gov,
Lippitt Of Rhode Island. who christened he.
The Social. Three or four years ago Mr.. smith
purchased her. The Social was 1882 tons bur
den, 8S.6 feet long, and was schooner rugged.