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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-02-08
Blight of the Tomato.

From a bulletin on the diseases of
the tomato by P. H. Rolls of the State
Experiment Station, we extract the
following:
The work on this subject was begun
last year by putting a block of plants
on highly fertilized land and another
block adjoining this on land that had
not been fortified for the tomatoes.
The two blocks stood out in striking
contrast in regard to the growth of
tomato plants, but so far as the blight
was concerned no appreciable differ
ence could be noted. On healthy, Wig
orous growing plants the blight SEEM
ed to work a little more vigorously
than on small, stunted ones, but as all
plants on both lots succumbed to the
blight, we could not say that either
the fortified or the unfertilized plots
had any advantage. The unfertilized
plot matured no fruit, while the fer
tilted plot did mature a few tOma~
toes. This, of course, is AN important
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-02-08
A Woman's Face.
PLEASANT FEATURES ADD TO HER ATTRACTIONS
This Something all Women Can Have or Easily Acquire Some
Simple Rules to Observe.
From the Herald, New Hampton, Mo.

The look In o woman's face is expressive
of what she is. One can easily tell whether
she is healthy, wealthy, happy or sickly.
Nothing adds more to wOman's attractions
than pleasant face and this is something
all can have or easily acquire. It's simply
obtained by cleanliness, air, light, diet, exer-
else.
Many woman is continually cross, mo-
rose, weak, nervous, ailing; made so by the
exactions of household cares, or the condi-
ditions incident to her sex. But back of this
and the cause Of all the trouble, will be
found that the system is out of order the
blood needs toning up. When this is done
there follows, buoyancy of feeling, and a
merry household.
The preservation of a woman's graces and
charms requires care and common sense, but
no more than is bestowed upon her fine laces,
bric-a-brac, etc. The good wife keeps the
silver from tarnish, but neglects herself
Every woman desires to be "picture of
health" and she can be- for it is only mat
ter of health rather than regular features or
perfect proportions, for without the vitality
of good spirits which good health denotes, no
woman is charming.
Many woman is regretfully watching the
wrinkles, the thinness that becomes more
distressing every day. The best way to over
come this and acquire the pleasant look in
woman's face is expressed in the following
story told by Mrs. A. Fox, an esteemed resi-
dent of New Hampton, Mo.
Three years ago last April she says, II
had stomach trouble and afterwards female
troubles set in. [ had very little appetite.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-02-08

there seems to be "a chance for soil in
lection, so that the plants in the close
fields are much more likely to stake"
the disease from one another than
| they are in fields in which they are
planted some distance apart. IT,
therefore, we have a field which we
know is infested with diseased plants
and must plant it to ONE of these
crops, the plants should be set as far
apart as conditions will permit
Fungus Blight of the Tomato.-Thfs
disease of the tomato has been studied
for a number of years, and the specific
organism was discovered about six
years ago, but up to the present The
conditions surrounding it have been
such as do not permit it ito be classi-
fed and named scien ti1cally. AS this
is immaterial, so far as the economic
aspect of the disease is concerned, not
much time has been lost in discover
ing this point. 1t will, however, be re
membered that fungi belong to plants
of low ORDER many of them being no;
croscopic in size, though others grow
quite large, as in the case of toad
stools and mushrooms The tomato
blight fungus may live on decaying
vegetable matter and upon certain liv-
ing plants There seems to be MO spec
ial limit to the kind of decaying vege-
table matter upon which it can sub
sist, but there are only certain living
plants which are attacked by it. For
a list of these and a description of the
ATTACKS see pages 38-47 of the Annual
Report for 1896.
Appearance of the Disease.-When
a plant is affected by this disease a
single leaf may be dropping as for the
want of moisture This may become
distended again but will continue to
droop from day to day as the disease
becomes more severe until finally no
amount of watering will cause the
plant to take on other than a wilted
appearance. In severe cases the whole
plant may be affected in this way. In
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is still an important advance in Sc
for shipping and, at the same time, be
more or less resistant to the blight.
In this connection it may be inter-
esting to note that a hybrid between
the tomato plant and eggplant has
thus far been resistant to the blight,
while both of its parents are very sus-
ceptible to the disease Possibly by
the process of hybridizing between
the tomato plant and the hybrid men
toned above, plants may be originate
ed that will reproduce edible fruits
and at the same time maintain the
blight resisting qualities of the n.y.
brid.
From the nature of the disease, it is
manifestly useless to spray with fun
gicides with a view to protecting the
plants against these germs. In spite
of this, thorough work with Bordeaux
mixture was carried on last year with
the result that there was no apprecia-
BILE difference in the number of blight
plants in the sprayed plots and
the unsprayed ones. The insects
present were nearly all plant
bugs which obtained their food by in
sorting their beaks into the tissue of
the plant, SO that Paris green could
not be used in combating them, and
SO few were present THAT it seemed
useless to spray with insecticides that
killed by contact.
A considerable advantage may be
obtained by having the plants far
apart in the field. Where plants were
two feet apart the disease spread
more than four times as rapidly as on
plots where the plants were placed
four feet away. After the blight had
destroyed all the plants on the plots
planted two by two feet, more than
one-third of the plants were still alive
on the plots where the plants were
placed AKA feet. This, of course, is
easily accounted for when we remem>
Der that insects are the main carriers
of the disease to plants and also that
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-02-08

season. This will make smaller
growth of wood, but more blossoms
and fruiting. If fruit falls off to an
unusual extent it means that there
is probably not enough mineral plant
food available to develop it. Often
This means not lack of potash and
phosphate in the soil, but Lack of
water. to enable the roots to secure
them. Some falling off of blossoms
before they set or just after is in
evitable. Nature provides many more
blossoms than she can possibly per-
feet into fruit, and She also partially
Trims them, and if a very dry time
comes after fruit is set nature often
thins them 700 much.
An extremely wet season general
ly means large fruit crop, though
if much rain falls while the tree is
in blossom it washes off the pollen
from the blossom, and it either comes
to nothing or grows into gnarled and
distorted forms. This imperfect fruit
should be picked off as soon as dis
covered so that the sap may be con-
cen trated to perfect the best speci-
mems In all eases when thinning
fruit select the poorest, though ii
two peaches or pears are growing
too Closely together, and are both
equally good, one should be taken
off any way. Many Of these under
sized and defective fruits hang very
loosely on the stem, and would prob
ably drop before ripening. Nature
has already begun the process Of get
tirg rid of them. But so long as the
fruit adheres to the stem, it is get
ting some sap which would be best
given to perfect the best. Thus even
in vegetable life the rule holds good
that those making best use of oppor-
tunities secure most of natures faH-
Ors.
II the SOL is KNOW IL OI OtlIcN GU 10
be deficient in minera. fertilizers it
is mulch better to apply them early
in winter, so that SHOWS and rains
can dissolve them. The roots run
deeply, and thorough it is natural for
the heavy mineral fertilizers to sink
into the soil, they. will not go deep
enough to escape the roots which
large fruit trees are always sending
out in search of them. If you once
get an orchard in the habit of bear
ing every year it will he easy to keep
up this habit by using very little sta
bic or other heterogeneous manures,
and using literally potash and phos-
phate. This will give the material
for producing annual crops, and by
never allowing the trees to overbear
these may be made to come every
year.-,Southern Cultivator.
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difference when it comes to raising TO-
matoes for market, but the point Il
be settled here was simply to find on
whether there was any advantage il
fertilizing or not fertilizing as regards
the blight.
This year fourteen 100 acre plot:
were set aside and treated with var
Gus forms of fertilizers. Plots 1, 7,
and If were left unfertilized as checks
In plots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, II, ~ anC
- various formulas of fertilizers were
used Five different kinds of potash
llainit--low grade sulphate, high
grade sui phate, muriate and carbon
ate were used as sources of potash. By
July 22nd, three-fourths of the plants
in the whole field had blighted. The
census of the different plots was tax
Ell and as a result it was found that
no one form of potash had any per
ceptible advantage over any other
form. The fertilizer was applied very
literally, at the rate of about -four
tons to the acre, but as the season
was unusually dry, the material was
used up somewhat gradually, and
doubtless a large proportion of it i.
still in the soil unused.
AS a result of THE tests of various
fertilizers, it may be affirmed:
CD That no one form of potash is
perceptibly better than another.
GU That bone phosphate is no be-
ter than acid phosphate.
CD That one source of ammonia is
as good as another.
Ni) That a fertilizer which tends
to produce "a strong woody stem
should be used; ON the contrary ore
that produces rapid growth and sue
culent stem should be avoided.
During last years experiments with
blight on the Experiment Station
grounds, Red-held Beauty was used
and in only one case plant was not
ed that seemed to resist the blight
when all others about it had been de-
stroyed. Seed from this plant was
carefully saved and further work is
in progress in this particular line
This years seed of over fifty varieties
which was generously donated by A
w. LivingstOns Sons has been trie1
Beside these, as many varieties -;
could be obtained reasonably from
other seedsmen are also being used
Among the quantity of trial seeds tina
were sent to us by w. A. Burpee there
are three varieties that are esp ecially
blight resisting. Burbanl<'s Preserr
ing is a small tomato about the sizt
of "a large currant or a large cherry
\ second variety, Dwarf Golden Cham
pion, is also quite resistant to this dis
ease, but this also is a tomato which
cannot be recommended for CONNER
cial purposes, since the fruit is yel
low; "a third variety, Ford Hook Fan
cy is one that gives a great deal o:
promise in securing a blight proof va
riety. While the blight has swep
away all of Beauty, and various Other
varieties around, only one plant out o:
five Gully 2O) of Ford Hook Fancy
has been killed. The disease is pres
emit in many of the leaves but the
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09
CARS WRECKED.
And Six Persons Seriously Injured by
Trolley Collision at Cleveland

CLEVELAND. O., September S.--As
result of collision between two
electric street cars on Ontario street
early this morning, six persons were
seriously injured, as follows:
Chris. Seheupbaek. 13l Arlington
street, both legs crushed.
NJ. A. Weber. 141 Osborne street.
right arm injured.
Miss Nora Scanlon. Al scovill ave-
nue., right leg crushed.
George Schumann, 431 Woodland ave-
nue., legs injured.
Noble Hotchkiss. 1916 Slater avenue,
both legs crushed. a
J. w. Miller a2s Quincy street., right
leg fractured
A Woodland avenue car had stopped
to take on passengers when a jennings
avenue car came up rapidly behind II.
On account of wet rails the speed of
the latter could not be checked, and it
crushed into the Woodland avenue car
with terrific force. Both cars were
badly wrecked.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09

Archbold dealt at length with the
Matthews and Rice cases, which Mr..
Lockwood had instanced to show, as
he claimed, that the Standard COM
pany controlled the courts. Mr.. Arch
bold claimed in effect that these suits
had been bought to compel purchase.
he asserted that in the Rice case, Rice
had tried to induce him to buy his
plant at Marietta, O.. for $500 600, when
it was not worth $4,000. and had agreed
to see that prosecution in certain cases
was stopped in case the deal should be
made, claiming he had safEicient in
fluence to accomplish this result. He
expressed the opinion that Rice was
employed as an agitator by the enemies
of the Standard company. Mr.. Rice
was present in the court room. and it
is understood. win reply later.
The witness concluded with direct
statement in support of the Standard
Company. He took the position in this
statement that trusts are the neces-
sary, the irresistible result of our rapid
ly growing commerce. In adopting
them we are but following the example
of that greatest of all commercial ma
lions, England under whose CONNER
cial charters, capitalization and scope
are practically unlimited. Any legis-
lative restrictions imposed here would
operate alone to the benefit of foreign
commercial competitors, The claim
that such restriction would help the
weak and incompetent of our own
country as against the strong and ag-
gressive, is too puerile to call for SER
ious answer"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09
KENTUCKY Feeds.
Murders and Rumors of Murders From the
Dark and Bloody Ground


LONDON, KY, September 8.--seyeD
of the Griffin faction passed through
here, armed, to join a camp OF their fell
lows at Pittsburg. Three hours later
twenty-nine armed Philpots arrived
and delivered to Sheriff McHargue war;
rants for the arrest OF James and
Thomas Griffin on the charge OF MUIR
dering Deputy Sheriff G. w. Inaeker.
The sheriff managed TO decoy James
Griffin from his companions aud ar
rested him and put him in Jail. The
twenty-nine Phipots who are In
hotel here. want to take james Griffin
TO Manchester for trial County Judge
Stansbury has advised the sheriff 10
hold James Griffin here. The principal
apprehension here Is that the Griffin
faction viii attempt TO rescue James
Griffin tonight, which would preelpi-
tate a bloody fight with the Philpots.
News from Clay county. near the line
OF Leslie county, is that Henry Mar
cum was ambushed and murdered yes
terday and James Roberts suffered the
same fate to-day. The Marcum and
Roberts families accuse each other Of
these TWO murders.
LONDON. Ky, September s.--Trouble
in the Eyersole-French feud ID Perry
county, has broken out again. Tues-
day night. at Hazard, there was quite 40
gathering Of Eyersoles and McCombs
on one side, and Fields and Trenches
on the other. Bad feelings were fol-
lowed By shooting II soon became
general and Phil McComb aas killed BY
one OF the Fields. The side that did
the killing dispersed. Perry is two
counties further back Ia the mountains
than Clay.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09
TO TAX CHINESE.
Foreigners Must Register on Stamped
Paper-Aguinaldo Not Dictator.

Foreigners Must Register on Stamped
Paper-AguinaldoN Not Dictator.
MANILA, September s, $50 p. NJ
A Filipino who has arrived here from
Tarlac says an extraordinary session OF
the revolutionary congress took place
at Tarlac, August "a. Aguinaldo pre-
sided and chose Mabini as president Of
the supreme court, and Gonzega as at
torney general. They both represent
the most conservative and temperate
element. Mabini, who recently resign
ed the foreign secretaryship, is the
ablest man connected with the revolu-
ton. Gonzega was president of the last
peace commission.
The proceedings of the congress dis
proved the report that Aguinaldo had
declared himself distator.
A decree has been issued by the Fill
pinos compelling the registration of all
foreigners in Filipino territory. The
Chinese, who are large fraction of the
population, are considered foreigners,
including those born in the Philippine
Islands. Applications must be made on
stamped paper, which figures largely in
all the business of the insurrectionary
government. This seems to be largely
scheme to tax Chinese.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09
NO NV CASES.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, September s.
DR.. Horsey, assistant State health
officer. now at Miami, wires the State
roard of health here to-day that no
new cases of yellow fever have devel-
oped lhere and that the first case is do
ing VII; that there are fifteen new
cases ~ Key West and three that
should iaye been reported yesterday.
that one death occurred yesterday. The
patient Was named King.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09
DREYFUS 70 BE CONDEMNED.
That Was the General Opinion at
Rennes Yesterday Morning.

I. DEMANGE CONSUMED ALL OF
Yesterdays SESSION WITH
HIS ARGUMENT, AND WILL CON-
TINUE 1T TO-DAY-M. LABORI
WILL NOT MAKE AN ADDRESS
TO THE COURT-DEMANGE WAS
AT HIS BEST-A PERSUASIVE
ARGUMENT FOLLOWED BY DE-
NUNCIATION OF ESTERHAZY
AND THE SHAMEFUL WEAK
NESS OF THE PROSECUTION
GERMANY COMES TO THE
FRONT WITH A DECLARATION
OF INNOCENCE OF THE PRIS-
ONER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09
cOPPEgHEADs
Invaded the nnkhoass Three Eiisd By .
~ siirI

Invaded the mnkhouss Three Ruled BT .
Girl
FAIRM0NT. w. Va. September g.
At Broornaeld. this county. Miss sallis
Hun battled for several minutes with a
number OF copperhsad snakes. She
went TO the uYilkhouse. and presently
she heard a noise among the crooks.
The cellar being dark, she sent for
light. wanting the light more particul-
arly to see that she got the right crock
Of milk.
A bunch Of eoperhead snakes, AZ
least ten IN number. II IS said. caused
the noise. Miss sallie at once began
fighting them, killing three out Of the
bunch. The largest measured three
feet eight Inches, the smallest two feet
seven inches.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09
ANOTHER STORM

WASHINGTON. September s.-The wea-
Their bureau has issued the following special
storm bulletin:
n:lo a. m.-Hurricane signal displayed at
St kits, W. l. Storm central east Of that
island. apparently moving northwest.
WILLIS L. MOORE,
Chief of the Weather Bureau.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09

BERLIN, September S.-The Reich
zanzeiger this evening, in the official
portion of the paper, publishes the fol-
lowing statement: We are authorized
to repeat here the declarations which
the imperial government, while loyal
ly observing the reserve demanded in
regard to the internal matters of an
other country, has made concerning the
French captain, Dreyfus. For the
preservation of his own dignity and the
fulfllmenI of a duty to humanity,
Prince Won Munster after obtaining the
orders Of the Emperor, repeatedly made
III December, 1894, and in January, 1895.
TO NJ. Hanotaux, NJ Dupuy and NJ. CAST
mer-Perier, declarations to the erect
that the imperial embassy in France
never maintained, either directly or in
directly, any relations with Dreyfus.
Secretary OF State Won Beulow. in
the Reichstag January "a, 1898, made
the following statement:
declare in the most positive man
ner that no relations or connections of
any kind ever existed between the
French ex-Captain Dreyfus. now on
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09

RENNES, September 8.-That Capt.
Dreyfus will be condemned is the al
most universal opinion in Rennes to-
night. Hitherto there had always been
a divergence, but now both camps, the
Dreyfusards and the anti-Dreyfusards,
seem unanimous in the conviction that
the verdict will go against him.
Upon just what this is based and the
precise reason for the conclusion are a
mystery, but there is no Disgusting the
fact that from M Labori down to the
numerous Dreyfusards who crowd the
hotels and cafes and who last night
were still hopeful that Dreyfus would
be saved, all seem now TO agree that
his last chance is gone. The one
source of hope is NJ. Labori himself,
who said this evening to the CORE
spondent of the Associated Press:
1--WE fear that Captain Dreyfus will
be condemned, but we do not intend to
throw I'd the sponge We shall go on
fighting for him"
NJ. Jaures, the Socialist leader, and
other prominent Dreyfusards. expressed
a similar opinion. Excitement is at
fever heat and nothing is discussed but
the verdict of tomorrow. The military
precautions are of the most elaborate
character, and no attempt at disorder
is likely to have the slightest success.
Orders have been issued to repress the
first symptoms Of trouble with an iron
hand
A small anti-Semite meeting was held
here this evening. and the complete
calm that attended it is an indication Of
a quiet day tomorrow.
A strong force of gendarmes guarded
the approaches to the building where
the meeting was held and the orders
were to arrest the first man who raised
a sedicious cry. Nothing, however oc-
Cured. Indeed, the inhabitants of the
town seem Indifferent and the neigh
borhood of the Lycee and the prison is
deserted save for few gandarmes.
The news of the publication of Count
Won Beulows speech in the Reichsan-
zeiger reached Rennes tonight, and is
considered very important on the eve
of the verdict, which, in some quarters,
ii is thought, will be regarded as a
slight by Germany if it be a condem-
nation, as being tantamount to a pub
lie refusal to take the word of En-
peror William, as his minister is mere
ly his mnuth-piece
According to the latest report, the
verdict may be delivered between and
5 tomorrow afternoon, the court ad-
journing after NJ. Demange's speech
until o'clock. There is some criu-
cism of NJ. Labori's decision not to
speak, the friends of NJ. Demange
thinking it his object to escape his
share of the responsibility in the event
OF verdict Of condemnation. NJ. De-
mango having once seen Dreyfus con-
demned under his advocacy, would nat
urally like NJ. Labori to share the criti-
cism this time, especially as NJ Labori
has assumed such a prominent part i'll
the proceedings.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09

RENNES, September S.-The an
nouneement was made this afternoon
that the verdict of the courtmartial
will be rendered tomorrow.
Maitre Labori foregoes the right to
speak for the defense. lest by doing so
he irritate the judges and destroy the
good effect hoped for from the speech
of NJ Demange
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09
LESS NARLIKE N.LONDOv.
Cabinet Council Decided Against Sending
Ultimatum tn TranSvaal.

THE SITUATION MORE PACIFIC.
AFTER A SHORT COUNCIL THE
MINISTER'S CAME OUT LAUGH
ING AND CHATTING AS IF NO
CRISIS WERE AT HAND-ONE
MEMBER SAID THAT THE BRIT
ISH MUST HAVE PATIENCE.
THE BUTCHERS EXCITED OVER
MINERS REPLY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09
SPOKE BOLDLY.
The Vice President Of the Standard
Oil Company

BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL COM
MISSION AT WASHINGTON YES
TERDAY - DECLARED THAT
THOSE WHO ARE BADGERING
THE STANDARD ARE MEMBERS
OF TRUSTS AND ARE NETTLED
BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT
USE THE STANDARD TO THEIR
OWN PROFIT AND ADVANTAGE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09

CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
WASHINGTON, D. c., September s.
-To-day's statement of the condition
of the treasury shows: Available cash
balance, s2S0.s67.566; gold reserve,
s253, O55, 400.