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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
. OUR MEN IN CUBA HEALTHY.
Major Havard Suggests That Native
Troops Would Do Well.

WASHINGTON. D. c. (specIaD.-surgeon'
General Sternberg has received personal
letter from Major Valery Havard, Chief
Surgeon OF the Department Of Santiago
and Puerto Principe, In which he gives de-
tails OF an extended trip through the two
provinces with General Wood. He says
they have number OF posts on the north
coast, and he has been surprised to see
how healthy they are, the percentage OF
sick seldom exceeding i've, the trouble be-
ing mostly malarial.
The men In camps are doing we'll, espe-
cIaly In view Of the "moral and military
relaxation which prevails in this enervat.
ing climate. Our soldiers are usually we'll
cared for. They ara kept away from the
sun, do no fatigue work and drill but lit.
tie. The question Of taking care Of
American troops In this climate will al
ways be serious one and difficult OF solu.
tion. I believe we should reduce our
troops to the minimum number possible
and organize native regiments, partly OF.
ncered by Americans. My knowledge OF
the Cubans leads me to think this would
be very successful. =,
"Yellow fever has long ceased to trouble
US officers and enlisted men. simply be-
cause We put ourselves out OF its reach"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25

large house there is ''aoor boy, "
whose duty it is to keep all the beau
tiful hardwood floors in clean and
shiny condition, and this is the way
he does it: The dust is first carefully
brushed up with hemp arrangement
which in its effects is cross between
a feather duster and q hearth brush.
This is merely a preliminary to the
act of polishing, work of art which
has been developed on original lines.
Two large, soft cloths are laid on the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
GODS MESSAGE TO MANI
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

TroubleE That Do Not Como - The Lord
Cares for His Own-Learning to Give
Thanks-A Prayer for Charity-Build
Again. but Higher-Kefuge In God. =
OF the hard and heavy loads
Meath which we bend and fall,
The troubles that do not come. ,
Are the heaviest ones Of all
For grief that cuts like knife
There's oil Of comfort and cure,
And the hand which binds the weight
Brings strength and grace to endure.
But to phautoms of pain and woe
The lips ofPity ure dumb,
And there's never oil or wine
For troubles that do not come.
There's a song to tighten the toll.
And staff for climbing the height,
But never IN Alpine stock
For the hills that are out OF sight
There are bitter herbs enough
In the brlmming cup Of today,
Without the sprlg OF rue
From tomorrow's unknown way.
Then take the meal that Is spread,
And go with a song on thy way,
And let not the morrow shade
The sunshine and Joy OF today.
Lettie 8. Bigelow In lions Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Ministers Are Long. Lived

Clergymen have long been regarded
by insurance men as much more de-
sirable "risks" than are members of
other professions. In the accompany
ing diagrams comparison has been
made of the average age at the time
of death of clergymen, farmers, teach
ers and physicians.
Out of the hundred in these classes
it is shown that forty-two clergymen,
forty farmers, thirty-four teachers and
twenty-four doctors live the "three
score and ten years" prescribed by
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
The Labor World.

Dayton, Ohio, has union soap factory.
Japan now has eleven cooperative so.
cietes with a monthly turnover OF about
$4,000.
The plastersrs unions OF Brooklyn re-
mort that all their members are in employ
mont.
Over ninety thousand women are em.
Moved In the cotton mills OF the United
States.
Niagara Falls On. " hackmen have or
panIzed an association that starts on With
thrty-nlne members.
TIE bicycle workers and kindred crafts
of Muncle, Iud., have formed local or.
eanlzation OF the trade,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Taken From a Sinking Ship.

The American liner Rhynland, which
arrived few days ago at Philadelphia
from Liverpool, had on board the captain
and seven OF the crew OF the British brig
Ida Maud, from Chatham, N. B., for New
York. At the time the Rhynland fell In
with the Ida Maud the brig was in sink
ing condition. She had encountered a
severe storm, which washed her decklond
of1umber overheard and opened her seams
to such an extent that had not assistance
arrived ut the time 1t did the captain and
his men would have lost their lives. They
were taken In charge by the British Con.
sui, who sent them home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25

which is rather hard for the foreigner
to get accustomed to is the presence
of the great number of lizards which
crawl around the ceilings ..and walls of
the rooms at night. They are harm
less, but the thought that they may
occasionally lose their grip and drop
down in ones face is not calculated to
make them welcome members of the
household. There are many scorpions
about, but they keep exclusively in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25

seen on the street at any hour of the
day, even at noontime, when the
poorest native prefers siesta to the
most lucrative employment.
No "American" or "United States"
express vans are to be seen rattling
about the streets of Manila; the coolie
in bulk represents the only express
company there. Trunks, boxes and
all sorts of merchandise, furniture
from easy chairs and refrigerators to
pianos are carried by the capable
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
A Prayer for Charity.

Great art thou, o Lord, and heaven and
earth are the witness Of thy power and the
work OF thy hands. Yet thou hast made the
least as we'll as the greatest, the drop as
we'll as the ocean, the grain OF sand as we'll
as the rolling earth. Cure us Of all con-
tempt for little things, for petty sins Of every
day, for little opportunities of kindness, for
slight suggestions Of thy presence and thy
all social life that we may live with others
as Christ would have US, in all charity and
kindly affection. Keep US from careless
offences and small misunderstandings.
Make us swift to bear, slow to speak, slow
to wrath, guarding US from easy sins OF an
ungoverned tongue. And may we always do
thy will in patient humility and obedient
love. For Jesus sake. Amen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Build Again, but Higher.

Make that stern disappointment m austere
John the Baptist to bring you to the Christ.
II you pull down the nest OF the sparrow.
it will build again in the same place; but IL
you pull 1t down severaftimes. 1t will seek
a home elsewhere. Human beings are not
80 wise; they go on building habitations fol
happiness and hope In this poor world OF
ours, and they see them pulled down and
scattered to the winds score of times, and
each time, after brief interval Of slghs
and tears, begin building again. Initiate
the bird that. when its nest Is destroyed,
builds again, but higher. Open your mind
to The utter vanity OF seeking for your heart
home below the heavens. and bid the stern
experience welcome that sends you to the
Highest A. Gordon, D. d.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
KILLED BY INFATUATED BOY.
Fourteen-Year-O Old Girl Shot While WALL
tnp Home From Church.

Fourteen-Year-OldG Girl Shot While Walk
Ing Home From Church.
WORCESTER, Mass. Especially. ).-Mlss Myr'
tia NJ. Leonard, fourteen years OF age, the
adopted daughter OF Gustave Dudley, was
shot and killed at Douglass by Alexis
Holdensworth, eighteen years OF age. The
man had been employed US farm hand
by the father OF the girl for about two
months, and had shown the girl some at
tentiop.
:Hhe shooting took place while the Girl
was walking home from church with John
Reedette, OF Lonsdale, R. I. Three shots
were fired. two OF which struck the girl.
The third and fatal bullet entered her right
breast, and she died In few moments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Dangerous Counterfeit $40 Note

The Secret Service Bureau ut Washing
ton has received notice OF new and dan
gerous counterielt $40 silver certificate
series OF 1881, letter B, Tilman Register and
Morgan Treasurer, portrait OF Hendricks.
The ncte Is photo. mechanical reproduc-
tlon. Th, note Is on soft paper, probably
two pieces Of Japanese paper pasted to-
gethsr, and thesIIk lines OF the genuine
paper are reproduced with care.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
A Sign of the Times.

A pretentious sign on q Hamilton
avenue, Brooklyn, establishment de
clares that the proprietor is "Physi'
ognomical Tousorialist. Closer in.
vestigation, however, shows that he
is really barber, who shaves for ten
cents and cuts hair for fifteen cents
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Died at Arc OF 10S.

Thomas B. Allen, a veteran OF three wars
and the oldest citizen in West Virginia,
died near Flemington few days ago, aged
1Os years and Ave months: ME- Allen'a
father reached the age OF 100. Allen, who
was born in England, claimed to have been
at Waterloo. aud that he knew Napoleon
personally. He came to America in 1850.
and served in the Union army, having en-
listed at the uge OF seventy. He was never
married.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Seeking Refuge in God.

The little hermit crab, with its soft body,
feeling unable to cope with its enemies, finds
itself a shelter in some empty shell, where IL
is safe in case Of attack. So we, with our
own weakness and fearing the dangers to
which we are exposed, should find our re-
fuge in God. With His arms about US, We
are ever secure. From under His protect
ing care, we can steadfastly face our foes.
whether they charge US from without or In
sdiously attack us from within ourselves.
II we mako Gods cause ours, we can rest In
peace, in the assurance that God will make
our cause His.-Presbyterian
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
A Closer Walk With Christ.

Does it not also suggest tho privilege
which every Christian has Of entering into
as close and tender q personal intimacy
with Jesus as that which John enjoyed, un-
like his only In the fact that to US our Lord
is invisible? But to those Of US who are con-
scious OF his reality as living, loving be-
ing, pronounced attachment to others need
not interfere in the least with his sus-
tanning similarly true md tender special
regard for ourselves if we seek to deserve
and retain it, there is comfort and strength
and IN Indictment to ever-increasiHg devo-
tion to Him in the thought. Congregation
alist
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
wa,hipaton Volunteers Return,

The transport Pennsylvania arrived q
few days ago at San Francisco with ths
First Washington Infantry and the Third
Artillery, consisting OF forty-three officers
and 7S4 enlisted men. Besides these were
several re-enisted and discharged men.
The vessel had rough weather after leav-
ing Manila, but there was no sickness on
hoard
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25

Agoncillo to Try For Spanish Recognition
Aguinaldo has given Agonclllo, the Fill
pino Envoy who was recently in the Unitet
States, full power to negotiate with the
Spuntsh Government for che rslease OF tho
Spanish prisoners held by the Fillplnos.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25

1t is needless for any human being to ask,
"What will my future be2" Every soul feels
Within itself the conviction of its own place
and part In the life that lies beyond the
present. character" as Emerson says,
sis destiny"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
ell-mouthed to a little below the

~ bell-mouthed to little below the
elbow.
The Filipino may be said to work
in driblets. Concentration for any
length of time is not national charac.
teristic, there must be plenty OF in
termissions, and the work must never
be of such character as to preclude
the smoking of the favorite cigarette.
In house work it takes one native ser
want to accomplish each task of diff
ferent character. For instance. in a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Infantry for the Philippines.

The War Department, at Washington, has
decided to send three regiments OF infantry
to Manila by way OF New York City and
the Suez Canal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
ExpedItIon Against the Khalifa.

General Lord Kitchener will lead an ex.
pedItlou OF 5000 men against the Khalifa
in the soudan. No English troops will be
employed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25

The fact is, that. in order to do anything
In this world worth doing. We must not
stand shivering on the bank, thinking Of tho
cold and danger. but jump in and scramble
through as well rs we can.-Syduey Smith
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
E1natinS Dnck Sold.

The Spanish Government has sold the
floating dock at Havana, Cuba, for 5000, ,0ot
to d syndicate OF Vera Cruz merchants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
DRAINAGE OF ROADS.

Their Durability Depends on the Speedy
Removal of Water.
In road building the chief effort
should be toward securing the best
drainage, as water and dirt are bound
to make mud. A dry road is usually
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25

Great Brltain's Coal Fields.
Enelaud's coal fields still cover an araa
Of 5400 square miles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25

A HIGH-BoRN FILIPINA WEARING UPPER
GARMENT OF COSTLY PIMA TEXTURE
OF PINEAPPLE LEAF, AS CHOICE AS
THE FINEST LACE.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-22

pretty sights in MI Shooters shed
was a clump of banana plants. The
shed had protected the leaves so that
they had not been whipped to pieces
as is the case when in the open, and
the leaves hung gracefully with their
unshattered breadth drinking in the
sunshine as it came to them thrOugh
the cracks above. They were the pret
tiest banana plants the writer has
ever seen. Mr. Shooter seemed san
guine over the results and prospects OF
his sheds.
Cut No. gives another view in Mr..
Shooters shed, the tree in the fore
ground being an orange tree and those
on each side peach trees.
PROTECTION AT CITRA.
Citra, at one time, was the banner
shipping point for Florida oranges,
and her fame was known far and
near. To go there to-day one could
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-22
81 per Annum, in Advance

Grove" The cut shows how the frame
work is put up. The covering is to be
the veneered cypress without any
openings This will be rolled out on
the approach of cold weather and left
on during the dangerous period. The
frame work is made strong enough so
that men can walk on top in safety.
The interests Of Mr.. StetSOn are look
ed after by MI. HI. B. Stevens, former
ly of Citra who has made orange cul
ture in all it's phases a careful study.
1t is believed that the same success
that has crowned his work elsewhere
will show itself here.
SHEDS AT WALDO.
The writer had often heard Of the
success of the shed at Waldo, owned
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1896 DeLand. Fla, Wednesday, November y, 1897

where the strips are four inches apart.
This covering is to remain on the year
around. This shed was not entirely
completed when the cold waves came
down so that many of the trees We're
badly cut back. Those that were close
to the north and west walls, however,
Jared a great deal better and to-day
are handsome trees, as can be seen by
the illustration, and it is hoped will
bear considerable fruit next year
Cut No. 2 shows another form of GOV
ering, known as the Stevens patent.
This consists of large panels hung be-
tween supports, so that when closed
the covering is complete. On the ap-
proach of cold, men with poles walk
through the grove and push up these
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-22

showed that it was necessary to have
all sides closed in so that all heat that
was generated by fires could be held
where wanted. Profiting by last years
experience MI Stetson now has all
sides of his sheds closed up.
MI Stetson is trying different meth
DDS of covering so that in the course
of few years he will be able to fur
nish considerable data as to the best
method of overhead covering. Our
cut No. 1 gives view of Mr. Stet-
sons Pet grove, consisting OF five
acres. This is now enclosed by four
outside walls and covered with cy-
press veneering. This covering is made
by the Pierpont Manufacturing Com
pany at Crescent City. Strips of cy-
press veneer four inches wide are WOW
en- together with wire. The dark
streaks show here the strips are woven
close together and the light streaks
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-22
ORANGE GROVE PROTECTION.
Different Plans That Are Being Tried
by Our Growers.

When the two great freezes Of '94
and 80 killed to the ground 95 per
cent. Of the bearing orange trees of
the State, one Of the greatest indus
tries of the South received a check
that set it back for a good many years
These two freezes, however, only acted
as check for the then prevailing idea
that these blizzards were only knOWn
at long intervals and that it would be
safe to again build n grove. The three
winters following helped to bear out
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-22

panels, which are caught and held III
place by simple latch of wood. In
this cut can be seen the cast iron sala
manders that will be used for heating
the she'd These salamanders hold
sufficient coke to last from twelve to
thirty-siX hours, according to how hot
a fire is wanted. From experiments
made it is estimated that six of these
salamanders will heat an acre. The
cost of these heaters is about $11 each.
They consist Of a series of interlap-
ping rings and a~base piece in which
there is a CRATE. The first ring has
three ventilator holes in the sides, but
all the other rings are solid. The size
of the salamander is regulated by the
number of rings used. They can be
two feet tall or just as high as the
user wishes to stack up the rings.
Cut No 3 shows another of Mr..
Stetson's groves called the Home
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-22
SHEDDED GROVES.

The writer has visited nearly all of
the shielded groves in the State and
our various illustrations, together with
our descriptions, will enable the grow
er to understand about how they are
THE STETSON SHEDS.
The largest orange shed in the State.
by all means, is that of Mr.. j. B. Stet-
son of DeLand, where he has thirty
seven acres covered. This work was
begun two years ago, and last year the
sheds were built with the east and
south sides open, as it was thought
that protection from the north, west
and overhead was all that would be
required Last winters cold, however,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-22

killed by cold. The high price Of or
anges has greatly increased the desire
to have the trees protected and at the
present rate Of progress it is very GER
tain that it will not be long before this
will be accomplished. The Agricultur-
list has been hard at work on this sub
iect for over year, and originally in
tended to get out an edition devoted
to protection, early in the season, but
it seemed impossible to get any infor-
nation as to cost and efficiency, AS
only two or three small coverings had
been made, and in most cases these
were not completed, so that what
might have been said would have been
largely in the way of guess work. We
hope that the information gathered
for this issue will help all those who
contemplate protection, to start ON
right lines so that the expense they go
to will not be wasted.
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by MI. ii. SnOOCeI,
but it seemed al
incredulous that
with a temperature
at 6 above outside
that the orange
and banana trees
could be unharmed
on the inside. We
visited Mr.. Shoot
er's place q short
time ago and found
that the trees were
in all their vigOr
and the bananas
frniting,
Cut No. 1 gives
some idea of the
size of the orange
and peach trees as
we saw them. A
few oranges were
found on the tree,
a Il d looked very
t e m p t n g. Mr..
Shooters plan of a
shed and method of
covering is describ-
ed in his letter else.
where in this issue.
One of the very
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-22

this idea and grove
culture was again
assuming consider
a b | e proportions
when the most ter
rible of all blizZards
swept down on our
State on February
13 and II, 1899, a
date at which ev-
cry one had sup
posed all danger
was passed, and
again killed to the
ground nearly all Of
the orange trees in
the middle and
northern portion Of
the orange belt and
seriously damaged
those in the south
ern part. These re-
peated disasters
h a V e naturally
turned the atten-
ton of the growers
to devising some
method of protec-
ton which will i'll
sure the orange
tree against being
Arizona republican., 1899-11-16
A QUIET TOWN
whore One Man Has The G8Ch on
Al the Good Things.

There are some men in this world
who have everything that money can
buy. There are others who WELD an
enormous power in politics, there are
social lions, men who bull and bear
Wall street, and men who seem TO be
able to fill two or three offices at once
and get in on every pay roll. But there
is one man in Arizona who holds with
in his grasp every official position in
the community in which he lives, even
to that of social lion. He does not
preach, but if any preaching were
necessary in that exemplary COM
munity it is a safe bet that he could do
it. That is, it would be if it were not
wrong to bet on a sermon.
The subject of this story, who is the
station agent at Arizola, is unmistak-
ably it if he may be described By
such a pronoun, and if not, the idea
might be more vulgarly expressed by
saying he is the whole cheese" a
cream cheese at that and in great de-
mand by the populace.
zola the other morning on business and
saw at once that this man was station
agent. When the train pulled out he OBJ
served that the same man was tele-
graph operator. A moment later he
wrote a money order in his capacity as
express agent, and as postmaster went
through the mail bags. About that
time a disturbance was noted outside,
and as mayor and town marshal he re-
stored order. Several other incidents
of the same kind followed, when the
PhOenician tried him on as a policeman
and intelligence Office. 1t was o'clock
a. m. and the stranger felt hungry, so
he asked the way to the hotel. He re-
joiced on being directed across the
street, in the thought that there was
one institution in the village outside
the influence of this human monopoly.
But that is where the visitor erred.
The Octopus told him that breakfast
could be had as late as O'Clock, but
advised him to go over at once and eat
at the first table with the family. 1T
is a little early said the Phoenix man
and I'll wait
At o'clock he went over to breakfast
and found that every one in town had
eaten except himself, the agent, who
came moment later, and a charming
young lady school teacher who had
( just seated herself at the table. 1t was
all clear then and the visitor predicts
that at no distant day the manage
meEt of the hotel Will be absorbed by
the ruling power, and stranger things
: have happened than a school house and
/ hotel under one rCof1