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Middletown transcript., 1897-03-13
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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, maren 8, 1871.
Black PRIEsTLY's black goods
Dress the term stands for
Goodo pre-eminent goodness of
NO0u0 fabric and color. Styles
may come and go, but the wearer
of black will need dress of Priest
ley goods.
New arrivals of standbys+
Silk-warp Henriettas, 81 to ST.
Silk-warp MeIrose, 81 to 81.
SiIk-warp Crepe Cloth, $1.10 to So.
Silk-warp Drap d'Alma, $1.10 to 50.
Silk-warp Clairette, 75c to S1.50.
Silk-warp TamiSe, 85e to S1.50.
Silk-warp Nuns Yelling orveils), 75c to
S.
Atwood CamePs-hair, 75c to $1.50.
All-wool Surah Twill, 75c to $1.25.
All-wool Whipcord, 81 and SIPS.
All-wool Venetian Crepe, 81 and SIPS.
Atwood Soliel, 75c to S1.50.
AIl-wooI Lizard Cloth, $1.25 and S1.50
All-wool Chevoits, SIPS and S1.5O.
Atwood Examines, 81 to So.
All-wool Figured Armures, T5c to Sl.50.
BLACK Wells
PrieStly's Mourning Wells, silk-and-wool;
woven border, $3.50 to SIP.
Lyons Mourning Wells, all silk, woven
border, SIS to So. With hemstitehed
border at same prices. -
All silk Veiling bordered, So to S.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26

Although the day lily is practically
independent, it responds quickly to
horticultural efforts. In this case a
phenomenal growth resulted, the
symmetrical pile measuring seven feet
and two inches in diameter. About
forty flower stalks appeared, averag-
ing from twenty to thirty flowers
each, and continued in bloom until
October 6.
The accepted theory that but one
flower opens each day on stalk and
lasts but that length of time, doubt
less gave rise to it's popular name.
However in September 1 carefully in
vestigated the subject. Possibly my
plant is exceptional, for my nocturnal
visits, lamp in hand, disclosed differ
ent state of affairs. All daytime
splendor paled before it. No sleeping
beauties met my gaze; the whole
plant seemed alive with snowy cups
held erect and open, pouring their
exquisite fragrance on the dewy air.
| counted four such blossoms on sew
eral stalks; two perhaps would close
about eight or nine o'clock the fol-
lowing morning; buds with petals
open at night opened slowly in the
early dawn and many blossoms re-
manned ajar from two to four days.
American Agriculturist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26

The camel is a beast of great
strength and endurance. Nothing
hurts it until the proverbial "last
straw is added to it's burden. The
human digestive system is very much
like camel. 1t is really astonishing
how much abuse it will stand. Some
times, however, something worse than
usual will be eaten, and will go
through the stomach into the bowels,
and there it will stick-that's consti-
patton. Nine-tenths of all human
sickness is due to constipation. Some
of the simplest symptoms are coated
tongue and foul breath, dizziness,
heartburn, fatulence, sallowness, dis
tress after eating, headaches and las
situde. A little thing will cause con-
stipation, and little thing will re-
lieve it. DR.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets
are a certain cure for constipation.
They are tiny, sugar-coated granules,
mild and natural in their action.
There is nothing injurious about
them. Sold by druggists.
Address with 81 cents in one-cent
stamps, to cover cost of mailing only,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, Buffalo, N. Y, and get a free
copy of the peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26

specimens of the Grevillea Robusta
around here, immense trees they
were, now, alas, no more!
The mulberry tree, though perhaps
not generally recognized for shading
trees, nevertheless performs double
office; furnishing plenty of luscious
berries, as we'll as making handsome
tree. Being deciduous, it is, of course,
bare during part of the winter
months, but, while summer holds it's
sway, it makes a good shade tree.
A few more lines and I shall be
through.
Palms of all sorts make handsome
additions to any garden. Oak trees if
properly trimmed may be made very
acceptable.
Royal Poincianas, Oleanders, Rose
Apples, etc., all help to enliven the
surroundings and furnish restful
shade to refresh the eye, and give the
premises a generally artistic finish
which might otherwise be lacking.
Pedagogue.
South Florida
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26
The White Day Lily.

For an all-round lawn plant Funl<ia
subcordata, our common day lily, has
no peer. A well set plant is capable
of making itself thing of beauty
with little or no care, save in cold
climates the essential winter prortc-
ton of leaves, boards or evergreens.
The tuberous roots, if undisturbed,
eventually form a hollow circle,
hence an attractive stage in leaf
growth is the unique ring of delicate
ly tinted leaves which deepen in coloc
as natural luxuriance fills the space,
The foliage, at any time from May
until late autumn, is sufficient COM
pensation for it's existence. The leaves
are beautiful in shape and veining,
free from insect depredations, of ex-
quisite color and finish. Flower stalks
are due early in August and blossoms
quickly follow.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26
South Florida.

H. c. Curtis, industrial agent of the
Florida Central and Peninsular agent
of the Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad was transacting business at
Ocala Wednesday. He is greatly in
terested in the development of tobac-
co throughout the state, and particu-
larly along the line of his road. He
has been all over the tobacco growing
sections of Marion county, and esti-
mates the crop this year at over 500
acres. He thinks the total acreage Of
the state will be over ten thousand
acres.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26
Shade Trees.


On this page Pedagogue gives few
interesting notes on shade trees. We
can indorse all he says of the cam
phor tree and might add that we be-
heve this tree will soon be source
of revenue in furnishing gum cam
phOr. If it will serve the double pur-
pose of shade and profit it is surely
worthy of planting. The umbrella
tree will remain green much longer in
the fall if it is fortified. We have a
magnificent specimen in our yard
where it has an opportunity of steal
ing fertilizer given to flowers and
plants that require some shade. This
all others have lost their foliage, and
is the first to put out in the spring,
so that there is but short time that
the tree is bare of foliage. The beauty
of this tree depends in great meas
ure on the training and pruning it
gets while small. 1t should be pruned
to four branches about four feet from
the ground, and these branches in
turn thinned out so as not to let the
center get too crowded in the start.
If this is properly done the tree will
grow in a beautiful symmetrical form
and it. really looks like a huge UNI
brella. Alas for the Grevillea Robusta
they have gone the way of several
other tender plants, and while they
may do well in the southern part of
the state it is hardly worth while to
plant them for shade trees in middle
or north Florida.
Of the mulberry trees, the Down
ing is far the best. It is generally
called an ever bearing, as it bears
fruit much longer than the other vari
cites and is very good for domestic
make betCer shade tree for the poul-
try yard or barn lot than about the
house, as the ground covered with de-
caying fruit is not attractive. We re-
Gently saw a tree of this variety that
had spread of over 60 feet, and to
use the expression of a child chad a
wagon load of berries on it"
The grandest of all our shade trees
the oak-Mr. Pedagogue touches
very lightly and says may be made
very acceptable" There is no tree
that has given the general satisfaction
as an all-round shade tree as the
oak quercus aquaticus hybrid. Give
it fair show and it will soon extend
it's branches to protect your head
from the MONDAY sun, and be a joy to
yourself and the passer by.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26
For the Floral Department.
Shade Notes.

The idea of these notes is to help
those who have only recently come to
this state and who want to know
what to plant for shading and orna-
mental purposes. The latter is entire
ly too broad a subject to enter upon
here for I might mention the names
of dozen or two favorites and still
leave out some very desirable ones, so
1 will discuss shade plants only.
The shade tree, par excellence, for
| Florida, is, in my opinion, the cam
phor tree. My admiration for this
evergreen knows no bounds, and [
think it stands without peer as an
ornamental and shade tree. 1t is per-
fectly hardy in our climate and grows
luXuriantly and eventually attains
very large size upon the ordinary pine
land upon which the average Florida
home is situated. To render this tree
more useful for shading purposes, the
lower branches should be trimmed off,
otherwise the tree has tendency to
assume a conical shape, which is not
so desirable.
The umbrella tree may be seen
around many home in Florida. The
only fault | have to find with it is,
that it is deciduous, very much so in
fact, as it sheds it's foliage earlier
than do most deciduous plants,
though it is among the first to assume
fresh garb in spring.
Take it in the summer and it is per-
feet. Rarely branching below five feet
from the ground, (and oftener higher
than this,) it's limbs shoot upwards at
steep angle forming the ribs of the
umbrella, while the top or outer foil
age is, almost always, uniformly
round.
No list of shade trees would be COM
plete without including the Grevillea
Robusta or Australian Oak. This is
very graceful tree, with fern-like
leaves, glossy underneath and a beau
tiful rich green above. Though this
plant is not susceptible to the Ordi-
nary cold weather we have, still, such
freezes as those of 1895 will kill
them root and all. Before that disas-
trous cold spell, there were some fine
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26

$25 to $50 per week EASY. You work
right around home. brand new thing;
Write to us quick. You will be surprised
at how easy it can be done. Send us your
address anyway. 1t will be to your inter-
est to investigate. Write today. Address
"People's" 3941 Market St., Philadelphia.
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Wins First Gold Medal.
Via Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Paris, May 18th. 1897.

Paris, May 10Th, 1897.
At the trials of American Imple-
ments just held at Bourges, the only
French Government trials held this
year, S. L. Allen & Co., manufacturers
of agricultural implements in Phila-
delphia, obtained first prize (gold
medaD on their Planet Jr. Horse Hoes
and Cultivators, after complete dyna-
mometer tests, eight competitors be-
ing in the field.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26
FLORAL DEPARTMENT..

Address all ommunications to Floral Depart
ment AGRICULTURIsT, .DeLand, File.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-24
pUBLnrTr THE REMEDY

Tho failure of another state deposi-
tory bank last week, carrying with it
state funds In excess of the alnount
covered by it's bond, calls attention anew
to the reckless management OF the states
finances under the hartley regime, and
to the fact that the vicious treasury
methods introduced by BARLEY have not
yet been entirely repudated ana dis
carded
The doctrine that the state funds are
to be used as physic for sick banks is
not to be countcnanCcd for a moment.
There are plenty Of strong and healthy
banks in Nebraska for the safekccping
Of all the money in the treasury The
mere fact that bond has been filed for
the purpose Of making n bank II state
depository entails no legal or moral
obligation on the treasurer to place pub.
lie money at its disposal contrary to his
best Judgment, and the fact that a
bank had been unable or unwilling to
produce the cash when Bartley tried
to turn over ought to have given ample
excuse for promptly Withdrawing the
states deposits.
While all of the depository banks now
on the list, with few exceptions. are
said to be in sound condition, and the
prospects are that the end of the bank
failures has about been reached there
is still Il demand for further reform OF
the states finances. None of the in
stances in which state money has been
tied up in broken banks can Justly be
laid at the doors of the depository laws.
but are to be ascribed rather TO a viola
ton Of their plain provisions and II
flagrant disregard of the rules of safe
banking. If full publicity were given to
all our treasury transactions no state
treasurer would be able to keep money
in any depository in excess of the sum
guaranteed by its bond without Il vgor-
Gus protest from the taxpayers. There
is no valid reason whatever why the
public should not be taken into the con
fdence Of the state treasurer and kept
Informed of the disposition of the public
money. SO long as undcr-the-hat bank
ing Of state funds is permitted, so long
will the taxpayers run the risk of being
in the dark.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-24
POINTERS ON PERTINENT TOPICS

Hastings Tribune: Nebraska is standing
up for herself this year, and prosperity will
come in spite of the calamity howlers.
Lincoln News: The friends of Judge Key
sor of Douglas county should, by all means.
be engineering a spontaneous booming as a
candidate for supreme judge He has the
rare felicity, in the Bee World Herald case.
of having given decision that satisfies both
parties to the suit and which each has
proven incontestably is in its favor
Grand Island Independent: The officials Of
Omaha, who have been knocked out by the
new charter, that is, the old members of
tho council and the old Board of Fire and
Police commissioners, and the old mayor
who was defeated in the election. have APP
piled to the supreme court, hoping to oust
the new officers, who as a general thing
seem to be better men than the old ones
We're. The Old councilmen and fire and po-
lice commissioners are troubled with ten
der law scruples about the validity of the
new charter that suddenly and unceremoni-
ously ended their official existence and
robbed the city of Omaha of their valuable
services. And Mayor Broatch experiences
violent qualms of conscience over the er-
rors of the Omaha voters. whose majority
defeated him and elected a man who, ac-
cordng to Broa tchs idea was not eligible,
though the council the fire and police board
and Judge Keysor recognized him as mayor.
They hope now for relief from their troubles
through the prescription of the supreme
court
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-24
THE SEN ATE AND CUBA.

Indianapolis Journal How seriously in
dustry and commerce have been affected was
made clear in the business mems memorial.
presented to the government the other day
Conditions might arise which would make
direct Intervention justifable. But even then
1t would have to be decided whether such
a policy would be wise from the American
point OF view.
indianapolis Journal: 1t is due the Cleye-
land administration to say that the official
documents read in the senate by Senator For
aker showed that more than a year ago
the secretary OF state wrote long letter to
the Spanish government rendering the good
Offices OF the United States in the direc-
tiOn OF securing a cessation of hOstilities, and
that the offer was promptly declined.
Chicago Post; Here. then, is the situation
The senate is done with the Cuban question
for the present while the house is prepar-
ing to shelye or defeat the &iligeTency reso-
luton. The president will not be con-
fronted with any uncomfortable dilemma
and he will have nothing more to fear from
the pestiferous jingoes, AS for the senate
1t will have its hands full and its atten-
tion engaged by the tariff.
Minneapolis Tribune II transplres that
the position OF Spain as regards accepting
the good Offices OF the United States to bring
about peace Is in no wise altered. 1t is as
firmly determined as ever TO suppress the
rebellion and TO permit no interference from
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-24
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

The modern maid Of Athens pays little heet
to the pleadngs of the poet just now. The
pressure Of the Turk gives her greater con
cern.
At the coming democratic primaries in
Ohio no one will be permitted to vote who
did not support the Chicago platform in Its
entirety.
The committee on ways and means of the
Massachusetts house of representatives
recommends the appropriation of $4,000 for
statue of General Banks.
One OF the reasons why the lower house OF
congress IS not as anxious for a brush with
Spain as the senate Is that most Of the mem
bers are under the maximum military age.
A clew to the senate's haste In fomenting
war may be found in the announced depar-
tuge of Erasmus EbeneZer Ephraim McJinsey
of Kansas for Washington in search Of office.
Momentous results oft spring from triies.
General Benjamin Prertiss, the hero of
Shiloh" who refused to accept any Office
from President Harrison but the postmaster
ship at Bethany, Mo, position which he has
filled for many years, Is said to be In meager
circumstances. He was at one time one OF
the wealthiest men in Illinois.
The late A. j. Davis OF Butte, over whose
millions his heirs have been fighting for sew
eral years past, must have been great
favorte with the women during life. The
number of his alleged wives discovered since
his death threatens to cast a shadow over the
pre-emnence OF Brigham Young.
Tie universities Of Gottingen and Jena are
In c,cse competition for the doubtful honor
OF being the center OF German student duel
ing. In GUttingen not day passes that a
duel Is not fought Not long since twelve
duels with more or less serious results were
fought there within twenty-four hours; the
record at Jena is twenty-one within the same
length of time.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-24
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Journal: The wild rose OF
Iowa had the misfortune to get into the
hands OF poet the first week OF it's official
existence as state flower. The poor rose is
almost extinct anyway.
Des Mones Leader: The railroads of Ne
braska grant TO the Nebraska state fair a
fiat rate OF IS from any part Of the state. In
view Of the fact that The Iowa mileage 70
Des Moines Is not as great as the pos
sible mileage to Omaha Or Lincoln. and in
view OF tho further fact that Iowa Is much
moro thickly settled, the request of the Iowa
fair management for a 81 fiat rate Is in
comparison not unreasonable
Waterloo Courier: The Dubuque Tele-
graph Is pretty near the whole thing when
II comes to q mouthpiece for the free silver
democracy of the stale, and II the Telegraph
has its way the gold democrats of last fall
will be for all time aiLIess hopeless wan
derers on the face Of the earth, They are
not even worthy tn buckle the shoes OF the
silverites, and, unlike the yiest sinner they
may not return cen though they come
clothed In sackcloth and slvery ashes a foot
thick, But for all this It Is hardly believed
the gold democrats are worrying to any grea
extent,
Sioux City Tribune: There are not enough
republican silver men in Iowa to crowd one
polling place, and yet in the meeting OF
fusion bosses at Des Moines they have had
one-thiTd to say about who shall constitute
the democratic ticket and what shall con
stitute democratlc principles II should be
remembered in this connection that the only
excuse silver republican" has for keeping
his name is that he favors a Mckinley
tarif. II he agrees with the body of demo
Gratis on the tarif issue then he has no right
to masquerade as republican, white or yell
low, silver or gold, by afiliating with them.
The democratic bosses at present in charge
evidently entertain the thought that they
viii make democrats OF these protectiOnists.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-24
ENCOURAGING SUGAR BEET CULTURE.

ENCOURAGING SUGAR BEET CULTURE.
The state of New York will give n
bonus of $4,000 year to manufactur-
crs of beet sugar. the purpose being to
! encourage the proc rtion of the sugar
/ beet in that state I he farmers of New
York are manifesting Il great deal of in
tcrest in the matter and there is reason
| to believe that the cultivation of sugar
! bects will in the near future become an
! important industry there, to the material
| benefit of the farmers. 1t is said that
! the soil of the western portion of New
York is well adapted to beet raising
and If this is the case there is likely
to be Il large production within the next
few years and the establishment of
number of factories.
The Philadelphia Ledger suggests that
there seems to be no good reason why
the individual states should not en-
courage manufacturers and producers
by Offering cash bonuses and in other
ways. instead of depending on the ma
tonal government FOR everything of the
kind. There can be no doubt that 1t
would be good policy for the states in
which the sugar beet can be successfully
cultivated to encourage their cultivation
and it is highly probable that the exam
pie of New York in this matter will be
extensively followed. There is no longer
Il question that the United States can
produce all the sugar consumed here
and thus Keep in the country the cnor
nous sum of money annually paid to
foreign sugar producers. Such being
the case there is no conceivable reason
why this industry should not be fos
tered and extended as rapidly as prac
ticnble. The distribution of more than
S10O,OOO,0OO a year among our agricul-
tural producers and to tie labor that
would be employed in manufacturing
sugar would be n most material benefit
to Il very large number of our people
Indeed all the people would be bene
fitted for when we should be independent
Of other countries for our sugar supply
and there was unrestricted competition
in the manufacture of sugar. that article
would be permanently cheapened TO
tho consumer.
With reasonable protection to sugar
in the tariff. supplemented by some such
encouragement to its production as New
York has given, in a Few years Amcri-
can beet sugar would suGplant the for
cign product in our market and in tho
course of no very long time we should
be in Il position to export sugar. The
upbuilding of the sugar industry of the
United States is Il duty of the highest
Importance. Every consideration of self
interest demands it.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-24
TARIFF BILL CONSIDERATION

The tariff bill will be taken ND for
consideration in the senate tomorrow.
the democrats having decided in caucus
not TO make any opposition to imme-
diatcly proceeding with its discussion.
1t also appears that they are not dis
posed to unnecessarily prolong debate,
being content, according to Senator Cor
man, with Il fair discussion of the meas
ure. 1t is impossible to say what the
democrats will regard as fair. but they
are certainly manifesting Il better dis
position than had been expected If
they continue in this mood it ought to
be possible to get Il vote on the bill
within thirty days and it seems probable
that this will be done
The democrats will vigorously antagO-
nizc the proposed increased tax on beer,
tobacco and cigars on the ground that
it is not necessary and that the burdens
on those articles should not be Increased.
Tho real motive of this opposition, how
ever, is political. The democrats see
in the increased tax on beer especially
'''' 't'l''i ''ii''! w iii'ht poiit'N"i 'al'lIuI
with the brewing interest and of course
they will improve it. The probability
is, therefore, that the proposed increase
in internal revenue taxes will not be
made, since there are some republicans
who are not favorable to it. The demo
cratic senators are to be commended for
their recognition Of the fact that the
business interests of the country are
anxious to have the tariff hill speedily
disposed of and it is TO be hoped those
senators will keep this fact constantly in
mind
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-24

Good Londonrrs are said to be being
terribly annoyed and incOnvenienced by
the preparations in progress for the
queens diamond jubilee. But Il jubilee
would not be worth mentioning without
the host of foreign visitors in attend
ancp on the fetes. The experience of all
great cities is that celebrations that at
tract large crowds always call forth
complaints from people who think their
rights have been invaded, but as ii rule
and as a whole they are worth all that is
spent on entertaining guests.