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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-19
WEDNESDAY,, APRIL 10, 1899.
Fine Orange Crops.

Mr.. E. \. Richards visited the Gan
dy grove on Monday just before start
ing North and was surprised beyond
expression to find it in such excellent
condition and so full of fruit.
There are IT'S bearing trees and from
the way the fruit has already formed
and set ten boxes to the tree is in Mr..
Richards opinion a reasonable eXpec-
tatiOn. This would make 1,75O boxes
and at So a box the income would be
$500. Should the grove yield as 1T
looks now that it would this one crop
will be worth more to the owners than
a half dozen crops before the freezes.
While the Candy grove is such am
excellent one the reports from all the
groves in the county that were fired
are of the same tenor and in the lake
region where no fires were needed the
crop of fruit will be excellent, as to
quantity and quality.
We still hold to our oft repeated as
sertiOn that this years orange crop
will be much larger than last years
and that means that it will bring many
thousands of dollars to our growers
Barlow Courier Informant.
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New Food Plant.

Espanosa is new food plant that
is attracting no little attention among
the farmers in some sections or the
State.
1t is a Mexican shrub. 1t makes a
good farm crop, easy of cultivation,
and there is a fair yield ON ordinary
land, even without the use of fertiliz-
ers. w. L. Van Duzor Of Kissimmee
is interested in the plant and an enter
prising citizen of Eustis wrote him IN
relation to the possibilities. He states
he will contract to pay one and Is half
cents a pound for the product and will
furnish seed for planting.
At Barlow they have planted $50
acres of espanosa this season and if it
proves a success will next year put
in 1000 acres.-Eustis Lake Region.
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A Good Forage Crop.

II settled on q farm in the northwest
part of this (Marion) county, and in
my field with other crops I planted a
patch of pinders, and in the fall, when
I turned my horses in the field to eat
peas, etc, discovered that they would
paw the pinders out of the ground and
eat them, and 1 determined to try them
on some dried, and 1 dug up two or
three wagon loads and let them remain
in the field two days and hauled them
in and put them in the loft as I would
hay, and [ fed them to my horses at
different times through the winter with
other feeds, and found that my horses
would quit any other feed that would
give them to eat the pindars.
"The next spring 1 planted fifteen
acres and that fall 1 gathered thirty
rackloads off of five acres and filled all
the house-room had, and did not dig
the other ten acres because I had no
shedroom to put them in. The follow
1uS spring \dLUcI Leou1HS LILY AOAoOO
and COWS, four head, ON pindars all
winter, saw that I would have more
than [ would need to feed ON, and [
picked off 100 bushels and sold them
for rs cents per bushel, and every year
since then [ and my neighbors have
planted pinders for stock feed. [ for
got to say that after gathering all you
can you will not be likely to- have
hogs enough to eat what is left in the
ground. Off of fifteen acres this year,
[ have filled four barn lofts, ONE shed
ON side of barn, have one stack in the
field in which I know there is a hun
dred bushels, and have one hundred
and fifty bushels that had picked Off
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grapefruit trees. The fruit on these
trees during the season just closed 1
sold for $500 cash on the trees. 1 also
have small bearing orange grove of
between five and six acres that rails
ed from the seed. I sold the fruit this
season for $2 100 on the trees and have
every reason to hope for a much larg-
er crop next season. My fruit was not
injured in the least by the freeze.
am thinking seriously of selling my
place at Palmetto to go to Cuba with
a number of friends. Tampa Trib-
une.
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are in a great many cases destroyed
by the laws requiring sixty days as
the minimum time i'm which, any
change in rates can be made effective.
They ask that the law should more
fully define the powers of the Commits
sion i'm requiring railroads to build de-
pots for the accommodation of the
public.
Operators or managers Of steam
boats deny the powers of the Commits
aioners over their lines, and as the law
is not considered clear, the Commits
sioners deem it advisable, before litiga-
ton enSues, to leave no doubts as to
their powers to make rates and sched-
ules governing freight and passenger
traffic ON and over such lines.
The Commissioners also ask for an
addition to the law as follows:
''The law should be SO amended as
to require all railroads and express
companies doing business in the State
to establish and maintain general offices
in the State. This provision is abso-
lutely essential in order that the Com
mission may make such examinations
as the law contemplates. The general
officers of a number of the companies
are without the State, and beyond our
jurisdiction"
The work of the Commission with
the railroad and express companies i'm
connection with the regulation of
freight rates in and beyond the limits
of the State, the questions of passen-
ger rates, and claims for Overcharges,
ETC., ETC., are fully set forth in the an
nual reports and need not be discussed
here. This being the first session of
the Legislature since the adoption of
the law, the report of the Commission
ers will necessarily receive your care
full and intelligent consideration.
They express the belief "that the
Commission, as ripens in experience,
will ultima tely become of great bene-
fit to the interests affected"
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Money should be sent by Draft, Post
office Money Order on DeLand, or Regis
tered Letter, otherwise the publisher will
not be responsible in case of loss. When
personal checks are used exchange must
be added. Only l and cent stamps taken
when change cannot be had.
10 insure insertion, all advertisements
for this paper must be received by 10
o'clock Monday morning of each week:
address Of their paper changed MUST
.,,c ,l.e old as we'll as the new address.
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the ground, thus protecting not only
the stalk but the fruit. From these
vines large shipments of fruit are be-
ing made. Some of the growers who
had smaller plants covered them with
earth-these escaped injury; while in
some localities the vines were hardly
touched, and are bearing full crop.
Planters Immediately replanted, and
as rule the new vines are coming on
rapidly and making most vigorous
growth. In case this new planting
comes in time for good prices, the net
receipts of the truckers, from the to-
mato crop, will be fully as large as
though there had been no cold. Egg
plant, as a rule, did not suffer as much
as tomatoes. Where the leaves were
cut back by the cold, the plants have
put on a new growth, and in most cas-
es are full of bloom and young fruit
No permanent damage was done to the
Irish potato crop.
Orange, lemon, lime and grapefruit
trees were i'm full bloom, and covered
with a most luxurious and tender
growth. In fact, Their has never been
cold severe enough to injure citrus
trees in this section.
The prospect for large crop of trop-
ical fruits was never better.
The general result of the cold win
be to stimulate the planter to diversity
his crops, which will be a great advan-
tage.
Next season there will be a much
larger acreage in Irish potatoes plant
ed than this year. Up to this time the
growing Of Irish potatoes has been
along the experimental line. The re-
suits thus far obtained have been such
that the farmers are assured that there
is no section of the State that has
lands superior for growing this crop.
The same is also true of cabbage. The
farmers, as a rule, have been growing
cabbage only in sufficient quantities to
supply the home market and the needs
of the family Next season there will
be a large acreage planted for market.
Those that have experimental in grow
ing tobacco will plant more largely
this season.
The future prospect for the truckers
was never better. Each year they prof
it by the experiences Of the past, and,
with a more diversified planting, great
er successes are in store for them in
the future than in the past.-Home-
seeker.
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The Railroad Commission.

In his message to the legislature,
speaking of the railroad commission,
Governor Bloxham says:
The Legislature in May, 1897 passed
an act creating Railroad Commits
sion, and the Commissioners organized
under said act, on July list, of the
same year.
To formulate and put into operation
the many delicate and responsible du-
ties devolving upon the Commissioners
under the law, necessarily required de-
liberation, and careful consideration.
Before oblterating existing conditions,
which had been interviewer with the
growth and management of great en-
terprises in the State, Justice and pub
lie policy demanded that all interests
be heard, and the formulation of new
conditions be accompanied with such
an adherence to business principles, as
to render practical and permanent
whatever action was taken.
These embarrassments necessarily
mission upon which is devolved such
intricate and important work. AS the
work progresses, and laws are amend
ed and judicially interpreted, the vari-
Gus interests are gradually adjusted to
meet proper requirements, and the full
fruittion of Intelligent and considerate
action secured.
The official life of the Commission
being less than two years. must there
fore be taken into consideration when
estimating results; especially when NO
session of the Legislature has inter
vened to correct any de1ects.
The report of the Commissioners is
divided under five general heads:
Amendments recommended to the
Railroad Commission Law; regulations
of freight rates in and out of the State;
Jurisdiction or control of charges by
Express Companies in and beyond the
limits of the State; passenger rates,
and Department of Claims.
The recommendations that claim
your direct attention are those that
ask amendments to the law. The Com
missioners consider that certain bene-
fits which the people should receive
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We now have an office in. Jacksonville,
Mr.. Painter will be pleased to see any of
our subscribers. Any time we can be of
service in Jacksonville, drop us line TO
ll.Ne address.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Articles relating to any topic within the
scope of this paper are solicited.
We cannot promise to return rejected
manuscript unless stamps are enclosed.
All communications for intended publ
cation must be accompanied with real
name, as guarantee of good faith. No
anonymous contribution will be regarded.
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Effects of the Cold in Dade County

1t is yet too early to determine the
results of the cold wave that visi ed
this section ON the morning of Febru-
airy 10.
The only damage was to the vescta-
BILE crop, and this was confined large
" TO tomatoes. The damage is esti-
mated at about fifty per cent of the
old crop of tomatoes. The vines suf
fering most were those that were stalk
ed and pruned The older vines, that
had been left to grow at will, covered
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-10
MUCH MORE COLD
Greatest Strike of Yellow
Metal Yet Known.
Seems TO Surpass the kIondike.
Many Millions In Sight

DENVER cob, Jan. 29.--The re-
cent strike Of the Isabella, at Cripple
Creek, has rendered the Colorado min
ing world speeches. with amazement
and the rest of the world interested in
the production OF gold is likely to be
stricken the same way as soon as the
facts OF the discovery are learned. It
Is stated by committee OF newspaper
men who visited the property to-day
that half the wonders Of the mine can
not be told, for the ore is of such a
character as not to be believed unless
seen and subjected to severe tests.
The strike began with a streak Of syl-
vanite eighteen inches wide, overlaid
with a seam of stun that was almost
pure gold of the same width. The lat
ter could be whitfield with a jack
knife into shreds like lead, and many
of the miners employed in the work
ings, who had experience in the IA
nous silver mines of Aspen, where
silver was taken out in almost pure
state by the medium of saws and CHS
els, say this display Of gold surpasses
that stuff as dross compares to preci-
GUS metal.
Since Saturday the same have Opeo-
ed out until now there is a display OF
gold twenty feet long and six feet wide
with three inches thick Of solid gold
metal that will not require any treat
ment before selling to the Mint This
stuff will run at the rate OF 10000
to a ton, and with the streak widen
ing and lengthening 1t is estimated
that there is $5,00OOO in sight. The
ore will run 80 per cent. pure gold
This Is heralded as the greatest strike
OF gold in the history OF the world
as the best metallurgists cannot recall
anything OF similar nature in all
their readings or experiences.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-10

Chinese New Year.
This will be the big Konohi night.
Hama Plantation, sl975 bid; si9s7
asked,
Sugar is 5-I6 an advance of one,
sixteenth.
Hawaiian Commercial $3.50 bid;
$G6.75 asked.
Hutchinson Plantation. sSiCO bid,
s3i.2 20 asked.
Mr. and Mrs. w n, Lose go 10 Cal
iforia this month.
w. ID. Alexander. Jr., will go 20 Cal
ifornia next month
sam Widdifeld is confined in the
hospital at Manila.
Both transports have a big mall for
the soldier boys at Manila.
Tom Gay is on the island OF Kahoo-
lave looking after his Interests.
Special meeting of Hawaiian Lodge
No. q, this evening, Friday, at 1880.
The Klondike cleanup for the COM
ing season is estimated at $50,0O0, 900.
Inspector General of Schools Town
| Scuu WdS SDH' W haudl cu du oiltiti
trip.
Contractor Kerr is building a beau
tiful residence for Robert Levers at
| Waikiki.
Paul lsenberg received FIVE well-bred
horses from San Francisco on the G.
d. Bryant.
| The Senator and Ohio are carrying
about 5000 tons of Government stores
to Manila.
The Board of Health may request the
use Of the Iroquois for the next of'icia
trip to Molokai.
Colonel and Mrs. Macfarlane will
leave for San Francisco on the City OF
Picking next week.
James Campbell and T.. S. Cunha vii
visit San Francisco in April. accompa.
MED by their families
The Hawaiian Fruit and Packing Co
has changed Its name TO the Apokda
Sugar Company, Limited.
John Dow has left Wailuku planta.
ton and Is now head luna at Kehie
Maui, under W. +. POgte.
II is reported that John ID. Spreckeli
Is interested in some of the vessels
lately seeking Hawaiian register.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Philips, OF SaI
Francisco are staying at the Hawaiian
hotel. Mrs. Phillips was formerly Mrs
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-10
New OrDAsln Block With Stores
and Rooms.
II IS cHAs. s. Oesktys LATEST
Two Stories grick vsnser-is TO be
Finished In n Rush-in
Front OF Thsater.

The excavation work on Chas. ).
Deskyis new orpheum block, on Fort.
just above Beretania, is now under way
and within sixty days must the con-
tractors complete the building
The Orpheum block will be two
story veneer brick. IL will have a
frontage on Fort street OF 100 feet
with a depth Of go feet. There is no
especial or typical style or design to
the general building II has very wide
projecting cornices and has a center
pediment, in which is inscribed Or
pheum Block. 1899"
The store fronts on the main floor
have been patterned after the modern
Eastern fronts, with very large plate
glass. The doors set back about Ave
feet from the walk and immense plate
glass side-lights give them a very at
tractive and metropolitan appearance.
The entrance ways overhead are arts
tically panelled
There are five stores, each nineteen
feet wide. In the center is an entrance
way-l4 feet-leading to the theater
which sets back 10 feet from the side.
walk. The store way adjoining the en-.
trance is designed for a restaurant
On the makai and mauka sides are
passageways Leading from the exits o.
the theater.
The second story will be divided NJ
into rooms for lodging purposes. These
rooms will be modernly arranged, with
closets and baths. Large corridors
have been provided for on the upper
floor and three skylights will give am
pie light to the inside rooms. There
will be twenty-nine rooms in all or
the second floor. The ventilation
throughout will be excellent: particu
lar attention having been given thi'
point by the architects.
The theater Is already erected ant
has a seating capacity Of about 1000
The Orpheum block will be the frs
brick veneer building to be erected II
Honolulu. II. L. Kerr & Company arr
the architects and builders.
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Their Excuse Valid.

II is learned that 1t was incorrect
and unjust on the part of the Adyertis-
er to say that the German officers on a
ship of their country az Rio were in
any way dlscourteous to the officers of
the American navy aboard the Oregon
or Iowa. 1t happened as Is now well
settled, that the day on which the Ger
mans sent regrets instead OF attending
a function on the day, was a German
holy day. The incident OF the cheer
ing was an affair entirely between the
Brit!shers and Americans.
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MILES IN DANGER.

NEW YORK. Feb. IA special to
the Sun from Washington says: The
reiteration by Msjor- General Miles In
a statement given out for publication
in New York last night that the beef
served to the soldiers in the war with
Spain had been poisoned by chemicals
and was UNFIT to eat, may have a de-
cided bearing on the official future OF
the Major-General commanding the
Army. Up to this time General Miles
has been protected from being called
to account for his criticism of the
Administration through the promise
OF immunity from prosecution to wit
nesses testifying before the War In
vestigating Commission and because
he declined to acknowledge response
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-10
RACE WAR THREATENED.
Shots Exchanged Between Mexican
Penitentes and Americans.

Penltentes ana Americans.
SANTA FEE IN. NJ, Feb Word
has been received here that twenty
shots were exchanged two nights ago
in Taos Plaza between the native Mex
lean penitentes and the American ele-
ment. Owing to wretched marksman-
ship no one was hit, but the condition
OF things up there Is so tense that 1t
only needs the shooting Of a Mexican
or an American to start the entire
county in blaze and drench 1t with
blood.
The Americans are ready to move
their families away on short notice.
The members of the Legislature from
that section, for purposes of protec-
ton, will urge the speedy organization
OF the New Mexican Rangers Company
A member OF the Legislature says 1t Is
only a question Of a short time before
one side or the other will wipe its OPP
ponent off the face OF the earth.
Taos county has been the seat oil
every insurrection in New Mexico
both national and local, Indian and
Mexican. since the Territory was coded
by Mexico,
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4 SONORA ABOARD.

One of the passengers aboard
the U. s. Transport steamship
Morgan City was a lovely mat
ron OF the perfect, highest, Cas-
lillian type. She had the deity
chiselled features. the bewilder-
ing wealth of hair, the deep
black soul windows beneath
arched. brows. delicate as thistle
down, the lips of the aristocrat,
the teeth of an Oriental queen
and all the elegance and grace
; OF bearing that could well be
imagined. She was all that one
would picture the darling OF a
select household of Old Madrid.
: Hers was such a personality as
fete visions conjure. Sonora
; was of Spain. She is the wife
: of an officer in the American
. navy and Journeys to join her
: husband in the service of his
3 country in the Philippines.
! What her thoughts are, what
: experiences are in store for her
: might be materialized into
: romance with much shading Of
: sadness. From the expression
. OF her features, unconsciously
: betraying a pride OF family and
: race, nothing could be guessed.
: Sonora was unruffled on the
: ship. 1t is fancied that II would
: be difficult to disturb her equll-
ibrium. She travelled before
{ her marriage to the American
5 continent and has lived in the
8 United States about five years,
: being prominent in the society
: circles OF one OF the large cities.
: Sonora exhibits no sentiment.
: There is the deepest regard for
+ her on the ship. As a diver
sion she has organized class
in Spanish. There are recita-
lions twice a day and the Ian
guage is used as much as pos
sible.
K X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X n
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-10

This company reserves the right to
make changes in the time OF departure
and arrival of its steamers without
notice and IL will not be responsible
for any consequences arising there.
from.
Consignees must he at the Landings
to receive their Freight; this Company
will not hold itself responsible for
freight after IL has been landed
Live Stock received only at owners
risk.
This Company will not be responsible
for Money or Valuables of passengers
unless placed in the care of Pursers.
Passengers are requested to purchase
tickets before embarking. Those fail
ing to do SO will be subject to IN ad-
ditional charge OF twenty-five per cent.
The Company will not be liable for
loss OF, nor injury to, nor delay in. the
delivery OF baggage or personal effects
OF the passenger beyond the amount OF
$4,000. unless the value of tho same
be declared, at or before the issue of
the ticket. and freight Is paid thereon.
All employees OF the Company are
forbidden to receive freight without de-
livering shipping receipt therefor in
the form prescribed by the Company
and which may be seen by shippers M
on application to the pursers OF the
Company's steamers.
Shippers are notified that II freight ia
shipped without such receipt, 1t will
be solely at the risk OF the shipper
c. l.. WIGHT, President,
s. b. ROSE. Secretary.
CAPT. ]. A. KING, Port Supt.