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The times., 1899-05-21
Vol Pleased With Dewey.

The session OF the Reformed Presby-
terian Church in New York on Friday was
devoted 10 discussion of expansion Elder
William Dearness. of Cincinnati. took oc-
cssion to refer 10 Admiral Dewey. saying
that any man who approved of his doings
or those OF his heet should learn some
thing about the FIRST principles OF Chris
tianity. Uniformed men, he continued.
are disgrace TO any Christian country.
and It is time we learned to civilize people
without killing them"
Coming from man prominent in Church
affairs. and as expressive of the peace
sentiment which is alleged to prevail
throughout the world. these remarks must
be regarded with proper degree of tolera-
tion. II is difficul, TO view them, how
ever, In that light II uniformed men are
a disgrace TO any Christian country. then
Dewey is a disgrace TO America. for be
wears the American uniform. and this is
Christian country. How many people
siiI coincide with this presentation of the
The times., 1899-05-21
America and War.
From the chicago Tribune.


In America. as in the countries OF Europe, we
may find every graduation OF opinion regarding
war, irom the New York Post to the New
York Journal from the Quaker who condemns
war OF all kinds to the ingo with chip on his
shoulder, who would have fight Germany be-
cause she refuses to admit beef, from
Bishop spalding of 1899, who would have us re-
tire from the Philippines, TO the Bishop Spald-
ing OF 1895, who would have had us fight another
Christian nation for much less reason than was
offered by Aguinaldo's attack our troops.
America however history shows, is a peace
loving nation The great mass OF the Ameri-
can people favor war only for the gravest OF
causes and when honorable peace is impossible.
And Americas spirit in this respect is permeat
ing the world That she viii cast her entire
weight on the side Of peace and good win among
nations at The Hague conference may be taken
for granted America has now become factor
in world Affairs whose influence may be decisive,
and No onc doubts that it will make Tor freedom
and humanity.
The times., 1899-05-21
False Theories.
lE,om tbr Hartford conrant

From the Hartford Courant)
Optimists sit calmly bs and put their faith
in the comforting assurance that when things
get bad enough they will right themselves. 1t
is the pleasante,t excuse for neglect OF duty that
can be invented by either lazy victims. but
it i. thin and shabby aud is really invitation
TO wrong doing. II things not to improve till
after they are worse. then the worse You make
them the better and those who behave best are
the obstacles 10 the general welfare The motion
is absurd, yet the doctrine is often seriously
expressed The real trouble is through the gen
eral indifference Of the public to their duties as
citizens The excuse that they are poweress
any way is nonsense. Their neglect is the oppor-
tunity of the personal politician and the jobber
in affairs. There is nothing the corrupt dread so
much as that the public may rouse itself Their
day is over when that happens.
The times., 1899-05-21
yh. Conference at The Hague.
(From the indianapolis News.l

tIom '"e '"''''''t'' '''
lie would be pessimistie indeed who should
exprcss the opinion that no practical good Is TO
come out of this elaborate congress. 1t may be,
indeed is hard to point out Just where the good
will come, what form it will take; but it is to
be needlessly blind, to shut our eyes to the fact
that all nations recognize the truth OF the Cars
statement that increased arnaments are becom-
ing a burden too heavy for the people to bear
and that there is universal desire for some
way out of this wasteful and wicked expenditure
pistrust BY nation of nation may prevent the
conference from obtaining the best results, but
that some great benencent good that shall leave
a permanent mark on the history of the world
will be accomplished, we have no doubt.
The times., 1899-05-21
Loyalty to Republics.

(Ffom The Nlirago JhfoWCIe.l
The test OF loyalty in the Republic is not sup
port under all circumstances Of particular chief
magistrate The highest loyalty may consist in
full and free criticism Of that executive and his
tendencies For the preservation OF the Republic
it may be desirable that executive shall b.
denied a reelection OF the desrability OF free
discussion there ought to be no question in a
republic Free speech and free press are the
very breath OF its nostrils, an essential to its
heaIthful and vigorous growth
The times., 1899-05-21
Worthy of IA Trial.
lFrom the Philadelphia Reeorl.l }

Since ii has been practically demonstrated
that consumption is Il preventabe disease. why
should not all the nations agree TO make system
attic efforts to extirpate ii! 1t is than
doubtful whether the International Peace Congress
now in session at The Hague viii be able to agree
upon the means OF preventing war. But the great
powers have enemy quite as worthy of their
steel in this scOurge o; Chrstendom, and there
are no ambitions or iealousies which should pre-
vent agreement in a combined effort to rid the
world Of
The times., 1899-05-21
rich MEMS Donations.

From the BrookIyh E.Tle.)
A thousand dollars invested in books pictures,
scientific collections. school OF college endow-
ments u park or public garden, bed for a
hospital a recreation pier, is sum that pays
back a large interest in health and healtifu!
pleasure, and lasts for centuries. The money
paid to beggars weaklings or dreamers is little
likely to yield any other result than to make
its recipients mor1 helpless and Impractical.
The times., 1899-05-21
GENERAL LEES WORK IN CUBA.
The Province of Pinar del Rio Di-
vided Into Two Districts.

NBneu INTO TWO Dtstffcts
The War Department has received from
Brig Gen. Fitzhugh Lee the information
that he has established three military
stations in the provinces of Havana and
Pinar del Rio. They are known as Camp
Egbert, at Pinar del Rio City; Camp Co
lumbia. in the province of Havana. and
Camp Young, at Guanajay City. The prov
ince of Pinar del Rio is, for the purpose of
military supervision, divided into two dis
tricts consisting of the judicial districts
Of Pinar del Rio, San Cristobal, and Guane.
with headquarters at Camp Egbert. The
remainder of the province has headquarters
at Camp Young.
General Lee has ordered that the COM
manding officers of Camps Egbert and
Young are to act as district commanders,
supervise matters relating to civil admin
istration, direct the distribution of rations
to indigents, assist the authorized Red
Cross agents in the discharge OF their
duties and generally supervise affairs in
their respective districts. The order says:
Civil laws will he administered by civil officials.
with whom there h,.ild be no interference except
in cases OF emergency, and in all such cases i'm
mediate report embodying all facts, should be
submitted through the proper channels TO these
headquarters.
General Lee has begun arrangements for
the construction of target ranges at all
OF the principal camps in his department.
with a view of having the troops enter
into target practice as soon as possible.
Officers have been asked to submit esti-
mates and report upon suitable grounds for
target instruction. He has announced the
following assignments OF troops in the
provinces of Havana and Pinar del Rio
Headquarters and Troops A, B, d, F. II.
X. l., and NJ, Seventh United States Cav
airy. and Light Batteries and F, Sec
ond United States Artillery, Camp Colum-
bia; headquarters and eight companies of
First United States Infantry and Troops
e. 1, C, and G. Seventh United States Cav
airy. Camp Egbert; Major William E.
Dougherty and four companies of First
United States Infantry. Camp Young.
The times., 1899-05-21
blessings Brighten rs They Fly.

IT T'7tT wv .fFE3II777T' ''IV'7VfJ
For some time we have been missing some
thing out OF life; some old familiar feature and
didn't discover until recently what il is II is
the girl clocutouist. What has become of her
and her gestures? Girls who can sing have
crowded her out and she has become as rare a.
orchid. Now that she is rare, we prize her
more highly
The times., 1899-05-21
Culiun Honor.

From the Harrisburg Patriot)
They are not too proud to accept three million
dollars, or ten million. if they could get it. But
when the Government asks them 10 bring back
the guns useless to them for any legitimate
purpose. the suggestion wounds their nice sense
Of honor.
The times., 1899-05-21
The Difference.

CFrom the Kansas City Starl
The difference between the American and Eng.
lish reading public is that the former wants TO
know what is going on Sunday the same as any
other day in the week, and the latter does not
The Sunday newspaper has proved failure
in London
The times., 1899-05-21
CIRCULATION STATEMENT

The Ai4er,isc-s Guarantee Company, OF CHI
rago hereby certihes that it has. by its expert
examiners, proven and attested the circulation Of
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Everage PAID circulation for The month OF March,
Is93. o,iss copies
This Is GUARANTEED 10 the advertisers Of the
TountIy by bond Of So. 600 in the Fidelity and
Deposit Company Of Maryland. deposited with the
Northwestern National Bank. Of Chicago
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY.
By J. II. MASON. President
The times., 1899-05-21

Readers Of THE TINES who may at any time be
unable TO procure copies of it al any newsstand or
raiirs,ad station railroad trains, viii confer
, favor upon the management by sending TO this
pfAce Information of the fact.
The times., 1899-05-21

Communications intended for publication in
THE TINES must be iersely and plainly written.
and nsust in all cases be accompanied by the
same ard address OF the writer Rejected conf
nunicitions will not be preserved and only man
lscripts ci obvious importance will be returned
% their authors
The times., 1899-05-21

THE TINES in all its editions, Morning, Even
ing and Sunday. will be mailed to one address
or FIFTY CENTS per MONTH Addresses changed
Is often desired
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

age more than one-fourth of the phos-
form; as rule the finer and softer the
bone the greater the degree Of avail
ability.
Even after it has been definitely set
tied that bone phosphate contains no
phosphoric acid available to the
plants originally experimental with in
pot cultures, such as were used in
Germany under the artificial condi-
tons, it will still remain a question to
be solved as to whether the phosphoric
acid is not available to the pineapple
plants under the conditions of our
fields. The fact that pineapple plants
will flourish in soil which from a
chemical standpoint is deficient in all
the elements which go to make up a
fertile soil and i'll a soil that is "a lii
cally different from other fertile soils
in physical constitution throws us
into an entirely new field of investi-
cation.
We have here a plant which in
creases in size and weight during the
season of greatest drought, when there
may be no rains for six, eight, and at
times ten weeks, in a soil containing
''99.44 per cent. Of insOluble residue"
During the dry season dews are
usually heavy, giving the plant con-
siderable moisture, which is conducted
to the root system by it's peculiarly
shaped leaves. Dew formed on living
plants has been shown to contain a
very considerable amount OF caruonic
acid in solution. This water which
contains carbonic acid in solution is d
much better solvent Of tricalcium
phosphate than pure water. Is it not
possible that we have here q partial
explanation of the strange fact that
this plant may so flourish in soil SO
nearly sterile?
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
Broom Corn Seed.

Every housewife is supposed to
know how to handle a broom, but it is
safe to say that not one in ten has any
clear idea of what her sweeping utensil
is made of, or how it is made, or where
the material came from. BrOOms are
made from the heads or bushes of the
broom corn And in this connection is
told a very pleasant little fairy story
concerning Benjamin Franklin. Poor
Richard" by the way, seems to have
been about the biggest jack-of-all
trades that ever helped the United
States to become the richest and most
powerful nation of the world. If this
story is true, he is the patron saint OF
the housewife and the broommaker as
we'll as kite flyer, lightning catcher,
printer, publisher, editor, author, phi
losopher statesman, and other things
F'tOO numerous to mention"
Broom corn first grew in India. From
there it was carried to Europe. The
story goes that DR.. Franklin was exam
lining a Whisk broom that had been
brought over from England in the
days before we had any broom corn of
our own. He found a single seed on
the broom, picked it off, planted it and
raised a stalk of corn from which is
descended, so to speak, all OF the
broom corn Of the United States. How
ever this may be, broom corn grows
much like it's first cousin, our maize,
which originated here. The head is larg-
err however, and the seeds grow on the
head. instead of in ears. The heads
are cut off, leaving about six inches of
stalk and the seeds are scraped Off by
machine which does clean job and
does not injure the broom. The seeds
are valuable in a way. They are fed
to horses and poultry, and ground into
meal for cattle. In the making of the
brooms the corn is put around handle
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

WANTED Several bright and hon
est lersCns to represent us us manag
CTS Of this and close by counties Sal
airy 500 year and expenses. Straight
b0na-ti1e, no mere, no less salary. 1o-
tank in any town. 1t is mainly Office
work conducted at home. Reference
Enclose self addressed stamped enve-
lope. THE DOMINION COMPANY,
Dept. 3, Chicago.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

Approved May 10, $780, makes it unlawful for
any person to sell or offer for sale any arden,
Melon or Vegetable Seed unless the same are
in packages bearing on the outside in plain
and by whom the seed were grown.
Penalty not less than $25, nor more than
$10O fine
]. B. Sutton, Scotsman, Ocaa, Fla, sells
seed under his trademark, as above, bearing
the certificate required by law; besides all
seeds are tested and the certificate bears date
of test and percentage of termination. Send
to him for price list Wholesale and retail.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co., Colum bus, o.:
"Gentlemen-I have used Pe-ru-na for
a short time and can cheerfully recon-
mend it as being all you represent and
wish every man who is suffering with
catarrh could know Of its great value.
Should at any future time have occa-
sion to recommend treatment of your
kind, rest assured that yours will be the
one. James Lewis
Wherever the catarrh is, there is sure
to be waste of mucus. The mucus is
as precious as blood. 1t is blood, in fact.
1t is blood plasma-blood with the cor.
puscles removed. To stop this waste,
you must stop this catarrh. A course of
treatment with Pe-ru-na never fails to
do this.
Send for free catarrh book. Address
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co.,
Column us, o.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

of Eastwood or soft maple turned in a
lathe. Each layer is wound tight with
Irvine or wire until the desired size is
attained. The broom is then pressed
out fiat and sewed to keep it in shape.
Whisk broOms are made in the same
way.-Buffalo Express.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

of the hardest winds, thus giving the
tree the anchorage of it's roots against
a storm. For instance, if the hardest
winds come from the northwest, the
roots should be cut on the northeast
and southwest sides.-Times- Union
and Citizen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
Covering Guavas With Earth.

lu0fCIdl DE1oI SCdC0u1CuC CudC LII. =.
w. Butler covered some guava bushes
last winter and saved them, we wrote
asking him to give further particulars.
In response, the doctor wrote a witty
and humorous letter, of which he per-
mits us to use the essential facts. He
says:
"The guavas referred to are the
common, tender variety-large, with
white or pink meat. We covered only
four bushes. They were seven or eight
feet high, and large in proportion. 1t
was, however, only one years growth,
the bushes having been killed to he
ground the winter before. The
branches were gathered together and
the entire lot bent or pushed over as
near the ground as possible, and
while so held, earth was put on until
the entire bush was covered to a
depth of six inches or more. After
the cold wave passed, they were un~
covered and easily uprighted. This
was done at the time of each cold
wave of last winter, the bushes re-
naming covered no longer than three
or four days at a time. Two of them
were thus covered twice, February
and 49, The other two were covered
three times, but the last time unneces-
sarily.
''In the spring the bushes put out
promptly, but died back right sharply,
and were rather slow in blooming and
fruiting Two of the bushes bore but
slightly. The other two did fairly
well. We gathered in all from the
four bushes, from four to five pecks
Of fruit, of good quality and size.
'The top leaves were lost from the
effect of the cold snap in December, so
that two feet or more of the top
branches were practically free of
leaves at the time they were covered
which made them more liable to be
bruised and parked in the uncOvering.
This may account for the dying back
\ neighbOr covered three bushes in
the same way, and one of them did not
die back at all, and bore very salts
factoriIy. He seems to think that
great care must be exercised in un-
covering to prevent damage to the
branches
"AnOther of our citizens had guava
bushes covered with earth during the
entire winter, with apparently unsatis-
factory results
We would suggest that if the bushes
were first covered with burlaps or
something similar before the earth is
laid on they could then be uncovered
with less damage to the tender .tWigs.
In the Northern States peach trees
have repeatedly been laid down in the
fall and covered with straw or leaves
and then with earth and kept so all
winter. In the spring they are right
ed up, and they have generally bios
somed and borne fairly well. It is
customary to sever the roots close to
the trees on two opposite sides, to ia
cilitate the bending down. In fact,
when the roots are cut the trunk can
be inclined so that there is very little
bending to do. When it is raised up
in the spring the tree would require
-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
Pineapple Fertilizer-Bon Meal.


es at length the various fertilizing ma
terials used on pineapples. Under the
head of bone meal, he says:
In making the application Of bone
meal it was considered that there
would be per cent. Of available phos-
Dhoric acid. and the amount applied
was gagged accordingly The origin
of the bone meal is probably familiar
to every pineapple grower. Bones in
various degrees of decomposition from
those of the animal just slaughtered to
bones that have been bleaching in the
sun for considerable time are placed
in the mills and ground. This mate
rial is then put upon the market as
bone meal. 1t is reduced to various
degrees of fineness. Sometimes the
finer forms are known AS bone flour,
bone dust. ETC. Some of the cOarser
forms are sometimes spoken vf as
ground bone or broken bone. The
more finely divided the bone the better
particles being incorporated into the
soil and the roots coming in contact
with these the process of absorption
begins.
Bone meal has been used for fertil-
izer for many years. In the European
countries no bones are allowed to go
to waste OF be destroyed, but they are
carefully gathered and either broken
into pieces or ground and then applied
rs fertilizer. In America the industry.
has been limited to within the last
decade or two. 1t has not been many
wears since the great number Of buf-
falo bones wasting on the prairies have
been collected and utilized.
It has been difficult to establish what
portion of bone phosphate in ground
bones is really available to plants. He
Gently some chemists in Germany have
been investigating this matter and de-
clare that bone phosphate is not avail
able as plant food, substantiatinS then
position by a great number OF eApen"
ments. continued through many years.
Later come equally positive statements
that seem to be founded on good eV!~
dence that a certain amount OF the
bone phosphate is available to certain
plants. We are not in position,
therefore. at the present time to say
definitely that the value of bone meal
exceeds that Of the ammonia contained
in if, or say about $12 pei ton The
experiments reported in this bulletin
have not been continued a sufficient
length of time to allow any definite
conclusion on this to be drawn. After
the work shall have been continued
for q period Of five or ten years on the
same plots. the phosphoric acid origin
allv in the soil would doubtless be en-
tirely exhausted, and some interesting
conclusions may be possible. At the
present time. however, the indications
are that bone meal for some reason OF
other has a value as fertilizer beyond
that expressed in the nitrogen it con-
tains. That is, those plots fertiliZed
with bone meal show decided advan-
tage over those being fortified with
otherwise identical material, but want
ing bone meal. In this connection it
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tat
let's. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure e. w. Groves sigma
ture on every box, 25c 1.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-06-01
Gortleeung.)

(Sort'eEun9.)
aber meun ni6t Nrmutb, 10 iinp
piellei6t anoere Yeiben sic llria6e oeS
,Samilienun9liideS? - Nu6 oaS lit
nidt Ser S0Q. Naeroin9s liuo Der
geioen uiele, pom benen cine Samilie
b%etroIien werben fam. Sier febrt bic
&rantbeit ein ulo wirit elm tberreS
Wit9lieb beS 6auleS alfS Sdmers
Senslaser nieoer; sort bolt Ser SOB
ieine Seute uno seritort Die iiiBeiten
6%oiinun9en, Die man ii6 iiir bic 3us
tunit 9ema6t. Cine onbere Namilie
bat wieoerum Sl leiOen inter Ser gil
tigeu i3ungc bes SerleumoerS, inter
ben &erIol9un9en booboiter WtenI6cn
II. /. 10. uber ale biele lriibiole, 10
l6merSli6 lie audi lein mO9en, lino
an uno iiir ii6 nod ni6t i'm Stonoe,
cine Sonilie wirtli6 un9lilfli9 81
MAIDEN. Seben mir BOD and picle
6umilien, wel9e Sen Sel6 Der yeioeu
bis oui bic Nei9e triuten muBten mn
oenno6 ben Wtutb ni6t perlieren, nidt
mIrren uno tla9en, lonoern rlbig uno
;uirieoen limb. Menn mir bclt;uta9e
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-06-01
NcrciuS.Nacbricbte

5 en- ser pom bodw. 6errn q. :.
@0bel paitorirten ct. Seinrt6s Sc
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betbeiliseu werbeu, %erl6ieoene quite
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baltuns wirb be items seIorst leir. Sit
'Semobner Don Ferbam unp llm9e9ent
befinoen iid in Ser better StimmHn(
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nit Hedt, berm man l6reibt uns, bal
oalelbit oas Getreioe ausgeSeldne
ltebt unb bic Nusiidten iigr cine gut
Grnte ME beller waren.
5 Der &ir6en6or Der Ct. Gloul
II. T.. Giemeinbe ypitnitte" am @rd
berl6miltun9stase beim Fleal liant Sate
no SEER Sobn Sdmibt, ein %eretts
mitslieo, einen an9enebnen Semmer
AuientbaltSort bat. Die Ginger I'M
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