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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-05-04
TO PRESERVE INTEGRITY OF CHINA.
Agreement Made Between Great Britain
and Russia.

and Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 2.--The Anglo
Russian agreement with reference to
spheres of influence in China was not
in the form of a convention, but was
set forth in note, duplicates Of which
had been exchanged between the Rus
sian minister of foreign affairs, Count
Muravieff, and the British ambassador
to Russia, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles S.
Scott. The preamble stated that both
countries agreed to uphold the integrity
and independence Of the Chinese en-
pire.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-05-04
A Teacher Committed Suicide.

ALBANY, May 1.-Prof. Carl A.
Meyer, 80 years old. professor Of Ger
man language at the Albany High
school and assistant teacher of that
study at the Albany Female academy,
committed suicide,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-05-04
Condition of Hobart.

WASHINGTON, May 2.-There was no
material change in the condition Of
Vice President Habart. The patient
sat up as usual, but was still too weak
tn move ahnut
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-05-04

LONDON, May l,-Henry Charles Fitz-
roy Somerset, eighth Duke of Beaufort,
is dead. He was IN his 10Th wear.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-05-04
Labor Trouble Settled.

PROVIDENCE, May 2. - The labor
troubles which have existed for nearly
a month in the Pewtuzet valley, affect
ing chiefly tue Knight mills, are at an
end. ..---
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-05-04
A Bandit Executed.

SANTIAGO, May 2.-Juan Caballero, a
noted bandit, was executed at Mayari.
The rural guards of Holguin shot two
outlaws who were attempting to escape.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-05-04
Handsome Millinery

For Fair, the Most Stylish Trimmed Hats in
the Cty-See Our North WindoW-And at
Dry Goods Prices, no Fancy Prices Here.
Sailors Tomorrow, 25c, 4ec, 75c, CSC.
Flowers, per bunch, Sc, sc, SC, lOc, l5c.
200 Handsomely Trimmed Hats So to SIS.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-23

other purple; very large and double
Another pink Another full double;
white. 1, at one time, had ten varie-
ties, all distinct in color, and all good
boomers. Roses and Altheas are so
free and full blooming, when we'll fed
with barnyard manure, that | prefer
them to other flowers, yet we cannot
afford to be without our yard square
of Pansies and English violets; our
verbenas, petunas and phloX.
The Old Man Who Loves Flowers.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-23
Raising FIowes.

The following hint from Parks
Floral Magazine, may be useful to
some of our readers. The poultry net
ting is usually obtainable at reason
able prices and will last for many
years.
''To those Woodworking, flower-lov-
ing sisters who are debarred from cul-
tivating flowers on account of the raw
ages of poultry, let me say get enough
poultry wire netting as wide as can
be had, and enclose a suitable space
of ground. Plant all seeds in a small
hot bed or in boxes, and when of suit
able size transplant to the flower bed
l followed this course last year, and
the chickens walked around my flower
bed vainly seeking an entrance.
made the gate of lathS."
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-23

old, dilapidated fence, along the water
course, is metamorphosed into snow
drift. The touch of it's dainty fingers
adds grace and beauty to the decayed
stump that marks the spot where the
pride of the forest stood
MADEIRA VINE.
This is rapid-growing vine, which
gives satisfaction and beauty where
ever grown. If thrown aside it will
put forth it's best effort and come out
victorious.
Under a greenhouse bench tuber or
two were thrown and entirely forgot
ten. In short time they began to
grow, and they grew and grew, and
festOOned wire screen to their liking,
through which the sunlight flickered
ON shadow loving plants. And then
when the screen was draped with ra-
GENES of feathery blossoms, the scene
was enchanting. E. Florida.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-23
Vines.
CLEMATIS virgins Bower.)

CLEMATIS virgins BOwer.)
This genus of plants claims so many
beautiful species, each one having so
many attractions, that one desires to
claim them all.
Clematis FIammula grows TO ptrfec-
ton in Florida. 1t requires rich, damp
soil and then it will reach out in every
direction, covering all the trellis given
it, and signing for more.
In poisoning time, it's festoons of
spotless white blossoms so many and
so delicate, in tune with Natures
sweetest song, are deliciously fragrant.
Clematis Virginana-the Wild Vir-
gins Bowers found growing along
streams. It's feathery, white blossoms
borne in panicles, transform a vine
clad tree into bower of beauty. The
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-23
ANIMALS.
Editor Floral Department.

Editor Floral Department.
| think in this State we, as a rule,
overlook and underestimate the com.
mon flowers, ANNALS, that are grown
in the north. If we fertiliZe heavy
enough, we can have as handsome a
bed here as there. Petunias especial
ly are a success, if the ground is
spaded deep and plenty of well-rotted
manure put on, the small plants set
about two feet each way and shaded
until we'll established. If set in the
fall you will have a gay spot to show
your northern visitors. | have a few
plants still in bloom that went through
the freeze in the open ground last
spring. Morning GlOries are among
our finest growing plants. If we'll fer
tilted they will blossom all summer
OF all winter, according to the time of
setting out. provided we have no
frost-Ed) Bachelors Button, that
old flower that we all remember in
our childhood has done remarkably
well for me, and so also, do Asters,
Balsams, and that king of flowers, the
Pansy. The most trouble l find with
them is the termination of the seed
if they have been kept over through
the hot months they will not germl-
nate, but when fresh seed can be pro-
cured and you fertiliZe heavy enough
and give them plenty of water you
will have a bed to be proud of. But
the plants will not live over. Every
fall you must set new plants and they
do not seed WE'LL in fact, have never
seen but very few seed pods. Mas
turtiums are very handsome, there are
so many more cOlOrs than there used
to be, ranging from pale yellow to
a dark maroon. Iarigolds are very
easy of culture, as are also Zinn'aS,
and in fact most of our ANNALS. The
secret of success is plenty of fertilizer
and water. I think l never saw a
handsomer place than an orange grove
that had self sown year after year I'M
til it covered acres with it's brilliant
colored flowers every spring. 1t is
surely a thing of beauty. After all
Nature seems to know about how to
arrange the plants to make the best of
them. No human hand could have
improved on the arrangement. At
some other time l will talk of roses,
etc. X. X. X.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-23
Altheas.

Editor Floral Department.
Replying to yours of 9th, L have
seven distinct varieties of Altheas.
There is one open now, five inches
across; light red or magenta; semi
double; very profuse bloomer. An
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-23

Little Ba-Ba-''Say, aren't you a
sample of this dressed beef l hear so
much about?"
Miss Heifer- "Oh, dear, no! I'm
only q cow belle'-Life.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-23
"Watering Plants"

Editor Floral Department:
In you issue of July 10Th there is an
article headed as above, of which the
following are extracts {:
SIN our hot climate we often have
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-23
Native Plantsy.

with the blossoms of several varieties
of beautiful native plants. "
At the head of the list we will find
the wild Red Lily" Lilium Catesbaei,
the only true lily that is "a native of
Florida. 1t needs but little description
it's upright cup-shaped flowers, borne
singly at the top of a stalk from one
to three feet high, are rich scarlet,
the base of each petal is yellow, dotted
with purple. Next in shOWineSs comes
Sabbatia Cloroides, which has not
been introduced into cultivation on ac
count of being a biennial, not easily
found the first year and dying after
towering. It's large bright purple
flowers often two inches in diameter
are commonly found only one to a
plant, yet occasionally it branches,
and each branch bears u flower. II
watched carefully and the seed gath
cred and sown at home as soon as
ripe, it might become domesticated. 1t
is worthy of trial.
The RheXias furnish several shades
of coloring in the woods and sWamps
now. RheXia glabella is the largest
and most snowy. The plant grows
from two to four feet high. Each
stem bears cluster of flow
ers, each one from one and Il
half to two inches across,
bright lilac in color Each flower is
composed of only four petals and has
in the center, eight light yellow stam-
ems. The flower is followed by u GU
rious urn-shaped seed pod, which is it.
self SNOWY, glistening with sticky
hairs. The plant can easily be found
even late in the fall, by means of their
seed pods, as they remain until the
stem is finally broken down.
Ludwigia Virgata is rather past It's
prime now. 1t branches freely from
the ground up, and is profuse bloom
er. the season lasting several weeks;
flowers bright yellow, about one-lnch
in diameter. Flowers of four petals
and followed by a seed box strongly
fOur-angled.
The brilliant cardinal Flower LO-
bella Cardinals, is now to be found III
some swamps; it is not common, but
is we'll worth looking for. The flowers
are the brightest, most intense scarlet.
One individual flower would not be
very conspicuous, as they are not
large. But they are borne in such pro
fuse abundance as to attract lmmedl-
ate attention. 1t is quite commonly
grown at the North, being found wild
from Canada to Florida, and west to
Illinois.
This plant is offered by many North
ern florists. Saliva splendens, the scar
let species. is universally admired, but
it's coloring is dull when compared
with the cardinal Flower"
Most of these plants might be grown
in gardens, if care were exercised to
initiate the conditions in which they
grow naturally. A plant may be
found blooming freely in the full glare
of the Florida sun in August. But you
will find on looking closely at the
roots, that they grow in moist soil, and
the surface is shaded by mulch OF
wire grass" leaves, or something
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-23


a necessity.
early and continuous cultivation
saves the moisture to greater extent
than is commonly supposed. 1t has
been found that the loss of moisture
from unplowed ground may be in eX-
cess of that from cultivated soil to an
extent equal to an inch and three
quarters a week"
Thorough cultivation, say stirring
the soil properly soon after every rain,
will doubtless exert an immense infiu-
ence in retaining moisture. But in cul-
tivating fancy vegetables, such as
melons, water can be applied in such
way as to interfere, at most, but
very little with surface working, thus
enabling us to secure the benefit of
both plans-thorough cultivation and
watering.
The following article from the July
issue of Tri-State Farmer and Garden
er Chattanooga, Tenn.,) contains an
excellent plan for applying water. l
have tested it and found it to work
well:
Construct funnel out of a straight
handled gourd by cutting off the end
ton of the gourd opposite the handle,
thus making and aperture sufficiently
large to pour in water readily. Place
the lower end of the handle in the hill
few inches, say about four, from the
plant to be watered. Then push down
small tapering stick, brought to a
of the hill Then fill the funnel with
water and withdraw the stick grad
ually. Being tapering the water will
readily flow down the cavity to the
bottom of the hill. The plant can thus
be we'll watered without wetting the
surface and causing it to bake, which
is usually the case when the water is
applied to the surface.
The aperture in the end of the han
die should be a little larger than the
stick, thus permitting it to be pushed
down and withdrawn readily.
In placing the end of the handle it
should be pushed into the hill suffi-
GENTLY far to prevent the water, when
poured into the funnel from rising
to the surface, until the hill below has
been properly wet.
In order to save time, it may be well
to use two or three tunnels on as many
adjacent hills, pouring water first into
one and then another, until the hills
are properly watered, when the fun
nels should be removed to other hills,
and so on.
A thorough watering will usually
serve a week.
In order that the watering may be
regularly done, Saturday evening, af
ter the close of the days work, should
be set apart, and when the appointed
hour arrives be sure that the work is
done, unless a proper quantity Of rain
has fallen during the week, in which
case the watering should go over until
the next Saturday. A few minutes
thus devoted to melon, cucumber, to-
mato plants and so on, will pay we'll
Where there are any little folks in the
family tho work NAV be nut in their
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-23
FLORAL DEPARTMENT.

Address all communications to the
editor, w. @. Steele, Switzerland, Fla.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
Sundry Silly Bill.

1t is nearly time for some genius in
congress to invent new way Of raid
ing the treasury. The river and har-
Dor bill as a method of legislative
burglary is overworked. Included from
year to year in the ridiculous items
that make up the bulk of the measure
are always projects of genuine merit
and Importance. These projects are
passed along with the appropriations
for improving creeks and bays that
can never be Of commercial import
ance, and no great harm is done so
long as the whole steal is regarded
with the good-humored liberation
characteristic of the American people.
But the time will come when the
larceny will cease to be joke, and
then projects which have merit will
suffer the fate of those which have not.
There is still time to separate the
two functions of the river and harbor
bill and they should be divorced be-
fore it is too late. The legitimate de-
velopment Of internal waterways
should not be COMPOUNDED with appro-
priations which, under the polite fic-
ton of waterway improvements, are
contributions to the campaign funds of
ambitious congressman. The river and
harbor bill is already an object of sus-
picion. but if prompt steps are taken
1t can be saved as a useful and honest
means Of accomplishing great good.
A new disguise for the steals embraced
in the bill. as it is made up at present,
can readily be found by the gentlemen
familiar with the ways of Washington.
Such measure might be called the
"Sundry silly bill" When the constit-
uents of the honorable gentleman
from Idaho or Arkansas demand a few
millions of government money for their
private use and benefit, an appropria-
ton could be framed for the building
Of an airship station or constructing
Keely motor plant. This would an
swer the same purpose as an appro-
priation for turning two-dollar creek
into milliondollar river for the use
OF ten-cent commerce. and it would
not reflect upon serious improvements.
A sundry silly bilr' would answer
every purpose so long as the nation
cares to regard such steals as a humor-
Gus piece of legislative sharp practice.
and then when the farce is played ont
the whole practice could be abolished
without detriment or prejudice
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
Sons and Grandsons

That Is significant list of officers
commissioned in the volunteer seryice
during the Spanish war, which was
read by Congressman Berry, of Ken
lucky, in congress last Tuesday.
and which is reprinted, in part
elsewhere in The Globe to-
day. 1t is partial list of
officers who obtained their commits
sions through no merit Of their own.
but through pure nepotism and politi-
cal pull, and it is calculated to make
the ambitious Napoleon pause before
embarking upon a military career.
1t has always been a fond fiction in
this country that, in order to rise to
br1gadier generalship, it Is necessary
to spend four laborious years at West
Point and to emerge with a first lieu-
tenants shoulder straps and begin life
by fighting Indians A glance at Con-
pressman Berry's list will prove the
fallacy of that idea. If one have but
the luck to be the son of somebody,
he may start military life as a briga-
der general. The fact that he has
no fitness for such a rank weighs MOTH
ing, apparently, in time of war. The
sons and the grandsons and the neph
ews must be provided for, and those
who had graduated from West Point
though they have grown gray waiting
for promotion, may continue to wait.
They are used to it.
This country spends hundreds of
thousands of dollars every year to
maintain a military academy where
the art Of war is scientifically taught.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
DR.. Parkhurst After Reporters.

DIR. Parkhurst, of New York, Is pay
ing the price of prominence by serving
the metropolitan press as a football.
In the last number of the Independent
he cries out against the irresponsible
newspaper writer's who spin inter-
views with himself entirely from their
own inner consciousness and then
take refuge in the impersonality of @
great paper" 81 have not only seen
In print" he says, what purported to
be interviews with myself and which.
from first to last, were sheer inventions
of the reporter, but I have seen my
own name subscribed to such inter
views, and then, perhaps. the same
paper in its editorial page will charge
me with talking of things that I know
nothing about and taunt me with be-
Ing a blatherskite'
The doctors panacea for these jour-
nalistic evils is to have every reporto-
rial and editorial article signed by the
true name of the writer This, he
thinks, would fix this responsibility, do
away with "doctoring'' and restrain
the mendacious propensities of the
scandalmonger Only once does DR..
ton that some one besides the reporter
may be to blame for the disreputable
journalism which he describes. at
would be an injustice" he says, "to
saddle too much Of the blame Of these
things on the reporters because they
are many times driven to such tricks
by their superiors.
Half truth is often equal to a whole
lie. 1t is so in this case. To say that
too much bseme should not be saddled
upon the reporters by implication
places a great deal upon them, when.
as matter Of fact, they are, as a
class, not to blame at all.
DR.. Parkhurst wants newspaper ar
ticles signed SO that he may know
whom to shoot at. That would be an
unnecessary waste Of paper and ink.
Let him aim straight at the editor of
the offending journal. From him the
reporters take their orders, and their
stories must measure even with his
conscience or whim, signatures or no
signatures, and the men learn very
quickly what manner of "stuff' they
must supply If they wish to hold their
positions.
The character of the man at the
head of paper is always in evidence
from editorials to advertisements, and,
If DR.. Parkhurst wants to even ac-
counts with any one on the staff, he
should seek out the editor.
Get your gun, doctor, and go down
On Park row, any time between / and
4 in the afternoon, if you want to wing
the editors. Avoid the numerous lique-
fectories in and about the newspaper
offices Of that bustling center. and I'M
der no circumstances level your mus
ket at the reporters. Your game is the
modern New York editor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
WILL END IN MASSACRE.
What the Landing of Troops I'm the
Philippines VIII Result In.

To The st. Paul Globe:
At this time, when the air is full Of talk
of expansion, colonization, destiny, ETC., 1t
may be we'll for us to pause and ask ourselves
in calmness what the probable results to the
United States will be, and the effects IN the
future on our country, should we enter on
such a warfare of civilization or extermina-
ton as seems imminent In the Philippine
archipelago. The radical and one might
say, accidental departure from the time
honored policies of the greet republic In
making warfare ON q people, who, however
inferior Intellectually, certainly patriotic
and DESTROYS Of self-government. and who are
endeavoring to throw off the yoke of foreign
domination, is a step We should well ponder
on before taking Are not these people of the
Philippines struggling for the very same
rights, only against worse odds, that we
ourselves did in 1875? Are they not strug-
Cling against the same despotism and foreign
surveillance against which the Cubans fought
and suffered for the past twenty years or
more and on account of which the late war
with Spain was commenced; and, however
benevolent and ciyilizing our intentions may
be- the idea of sending large bodies of troops
can have no other effect on the inhabitants
of the Philippines than the landing of and
occupation of our large cities by horde OF
foreign troops would have upon us. 1t would
fire every man WIN q spark OF love OF c0un-
try to do his utmost to eXpell the invaders,
and why should not the Fiipinos look at
it in the same light.
No doubt we shall soon read Of the mass
acre of large numbers Of these people; being
moved down by our maxim guns in a manner
similar to that by which the so-called
glorious victory (sickening slaughter would
be fitter) of the British forces in the Soudan,
q deed which should leave a blot on the
Union Jack wherever lovers CT freedom are
to be found. And why are these things to
be permitted? From any wish to benefit the
natives? No, but merely for the most selfish
purposes and greed of conquest, and the de-
sire Of repacious syndicates to drain the
sources of the islands in exactly the same
manner the Spanish have done.
In conclusion it is my humble opinion that
the events of the year 1899 will decide the
attainment of the highest and most nobls
features of government republican
principles in our country or it
Living shall forfeit fair renown
And doubly dying. shall go down
To the vile depths from whence it sprung
Unwept, unhonored and unsung."
r. p Thomas.
ST. Paul, Mimi. Jan. 30, 1899.