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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
Farm Forestry.

Wherever the planter has chosen his
trees with intelligence and so succeed
ed in producing a useful plantation,
there has been the real spirit of for
estry.
| In the spruce lands of the northeast,
| for example, many lumbermen have
come to see that by leaving the small
| trees standing they can return for
second crop earlier than would other
wise be possible and that this plan
pays. In many cases they are leaving
the spruce which measures less than
| 10 inches in diameter and in others
that which measures less than u
| inches, because the trees under these
sizes can be harvested with greater
profit if they are left a few years to
gain a larger growth. Similar work
| has been done in other sections of the
United States, as, for instance, in the
southern pine belt, where repeated
crops of long leaf pine have been cut
| from the same tract.
| By far the greater amount OF such
work has, however, been done by
farmers and other owners of small
tracts of woodland. Very many farm
ers have made a practice OF thinning
their wood lots with care, first remov-
ing the dead, dying or unprOmlslng
trees and then letting the remainder
stand in order to utilize the growth of
the trees and to obtain continually
from the wood lot frewood and other
material for the farm and occasionally
crop of larger trees for the market.
Other farmers, again, devote a number
of acres to the production of hard
wood sprouts for fuel. They cut over
the land every % or 30 years and cal
culate that from one-half to one cord
of wood is produced annually by this
system of forestry.
Tree planting on waste places on
the farm is yet another kind of forest
ry which has been practiced. Work of
this character is now widespread, and
much of it has been accomplished. In
New England there are numerous in
stances of planting white pine on
waste places with excellent results,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

Beggar Weed Hay-Farmers have
been busy the past two weeks saving
the immense crop Of beggar weed
which grows so luXuriantly here, and
makes a hay far superior to anything
else known in this State. AS the
years roll by the people Of this Sec
ton are learning to depend more and
more on their own farm products, and
they have found that there is a vast
difference between paying 500 per ton
for Northern baled hay and having it in
your own barn grown and gathered on
your own premises.-Orlando Report
err.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

hOOfS, horns, ETC., which tOgethe
would constitute more than half of tn,
entire marketable value Besides, there
is to be derived from the mature fe
males during much of their lives a big
value in milk for market or house
hold uses or for conversion into the
most salable varieties of cheese, sucl
as the ROQuefOrt, Mont Dor, lie SaS
senage and Levroux Of France ant
Switzerland. So fully is the goa
available as a dairy animal when bre(
to that object that in Europe it is sen
tentiously called "the poor mans
cow" because of the combination OF
value with economy of keeping
| The total number of goats in the
United States is only about 100000
and One-half of these are in Texas
One-half of the total number, also are
Of AngOra f1eece-bearing stock, confin
ed chiefly to Texas, Oregon, New Next
co, California, Colorado and Nevada
are raised for their skins.
The cost of keeping goats is less
than for any other animal. They
Craze upon coarse herbs that are not
eaten by any other stock, such as
irOnweed, dock, mullen, briars, buds
and broken sprouts. The wool Of the
Angora variety possesses the highest
telling qualities. The average feeces
from mature Americanized Angora
bucks weigh from six to seven pounds
and those from the ewes from three to
four pounds. The flesh of the crosses
is accounted superior to mutton.
The ease with which all breeds of
goats can be kept fits them for many
mountainous portions of our country
where sheep cannot be sustained to ad
vantage, while their ability and dispo
sitiOn to defend themselves against
dogs give to them another great adj
vantage over sheep. They are free
from all diseases to which sheep are
liable, are hardy and prolific, and eX
perience has proven that they are
adaptable to all parts of the United
States. The feed of one cow will keeI
twelve goats. Cows must have certain
food or they will not thrive. Goats
will eat anything, almost, and still dc
we'll, and they have this great advan
tage also, that their milk is not in any
way affected by their diet.
The goat is a reliable and lifelong
botanical scavenger, and can be de
pended upon to destroy the many I'm
desirable products of cultivated anC
fallow landslide abundant and persis
tent weedy vegetation, which so inces
sanity besets the cultivated crops
Other Illuminating domestic animals
prefer the cereals and grasses that de
pend upon the labor of the farmer
What these reject goats prefer, anC
cheerfully pass by growing grass ant
grain for a constant dessert of WllC
carrot, burdock, mullen, thistle Of
cactus. Goats thus voluntarily clear
fields of their vegetative refuse before
it ripens and scatters it's seed, and 81
thoroughly is this done that the laten
seeds of valuable grasses, improving
the chance thus given them to sprou
and thrive, often follow the second o.
third year of goat pasturage with
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
Crops and Products.

Ripe Tomatoes.-It is generally ac-
copied opinion that tomatoes cannot be
successfully grown in this section Of
Florida during the latter part OF the
summer. That such is an error is
proven by the fine specimens of toma-
toes which are offered at A. q. Smiths.
They were grown by Mr.. Gray, living
east of the city.-Eustis Lake Region.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
VII Hangs
| On.

If it was only health, we
might let it cling.
But it is a cough. One cold
no sooner passes off before
another comes. But it's the
same old cough all the time.
And it's the same old story,
too. There is first the cold,
then the cough, then pneu-
monia or consumption with. the
long sickness, and life tremb-
ling in the balance.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

First Orange Shipment first
orange shipments of the season went
North from here, on the steamer st.
Lucie, on Monday and Wednesday.
The first lot consisted of 81 boxes
brought down by the Anah G. from La
belle; the second lot was brought
down from the O'Neill grove at Ft.
Denaud and consisted of 102 boxes,
which went out yesterday morning on
the st. Lucie. Walker 4 HingSOn are
shipping this fruit, and would have
sent out solid car by each steamer,
but rains interfered with the gather
ing of the fruit Shipments will con-
tinue regularly by every steamer from
now on until the crop is marketed
IT. Myers Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24
To Train Diplomats.

The need of trained diplomats to
to be more keenly felt in the future
than in the past. We have not always
had smooth sailing in our foreign re-
lations. to be sure, and it is true that
the emergency has generally found the
American representative abroad ready
to meet it, but it has been luck and
pluck rather than that mastery of the
diplomatic art which is safer and surer
in the long run. American wit and
nerve are generally equal TO the occa-
sion, but the feeling has steadily been
gaining ground that we, as we'll as for
eign nations, would do better, to make
diplomacy a profession, and build up a
diplomatic corps by training young
men for the consular service and pro-
noting them to higher grades as they
develop experience and skill.
To meet this need, the University of
Pennsylvania proposes to open a school
of diplomacy among its postgraduate
departments, and it is understood that
the other leading universities of the
country are likely to do the same. The
thoughtful men of the country
will hail this Departure with pleas
ure and wish it all success. Here
tofore our diplomats have been chosen
from the ranks of lawyers and edi-
tors. with or without congressional or
executive experience. and though as a
rule they have served remarkably well,
no one can deny that they could have
served better and been better prepared
for emergencies if they had had spe-
cial Training in diplomacy, commerce
and international law.
In connection with it's new course
the University of Pennsylvania an
nounces that the subjects of the study
during the first year will be American
diplomacy, constitutional law, modern
legislative problems. political economy,
American commerce and commercial
relations. practical finance and foreign
exchange, race traits and distribution,
economic resources of Europe and the
United States and English. In the Sec
ond year the student will study the re-
cent diplomatic history of Europe. in
dternational law, jurisprudence, govern
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24
Railroads and Steamboats,,

Daily service except Sundays, commence
Ing Monday, June -, 1888.
Steamer Della Collins Will leave Au-
gusta daily, except Sunday at 100. Hal
lowell +. NJ, connecting with steamers
which leave Gardiner daily, EXCEPT Sun
day, for Boston at 3.35 +. NJ, Richmond
40 Bath 6 and Popham Beach p. NJ.
Returning, Leave Boston every evening
except Sunday at 6 O'Clock, for all land
!ngS on the KennebeC river arriving in
season to connect with early morning
steam and electric cars.
Fare between Augusta, Hallowell, Gar
diner, and Boston, SIS or 800 round
trip. Richmond $780, round trip $3.50, Bait.
and Popham Beach 81 2j. round trip, $40
Commencing July 6, 1899, the new
steamer LINCOLN will leave Wiscassct
on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 T.. NJ
and Boothbay IiarbOr at G.30 y. VI. for
Boston. On Sunday she Will leave Wis
casset at +. NJ, Boothbay Harbor $780,
Bath at and POpham Beach at +. n
for Boston. Returning will leave Boston
Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings
at 100 for BOOthbay Harbor and Wiscas-
set direct arriving In season 10 connect
with early morning trains on Maine Cen
trail and WiscasSet a. Quebec X. X. Fare
from Wiscasset and BOothbay HarbOr
sl.50. round trip $3.50.
JAMES Il. DRAKE, President.
ALLEN PARTRIDGE. Agt., Augusta.
aur1l DIFF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24

Tammany, like burly highwayman,
has Greater New York by the throat,
but it's influence outside of the NUM-
cipal limits IS really much less than is
generally supposed. The idea that it
dominates the Democratic party in the
matter of selecting presidential candi-
dates and that the professed friendship
of Croker helps Bryan's cause is poor
ly founded. The Brooklyn Eagle has
been looking over the record of the
past In 1868, it finds. Tammany was
for Judge Sanford f. Church for the
presidency; the Democratic national
convention nominated Horatio Sey-
mour. In &c Tammany wanted Hen
bricks; the convention took Tilden. In
80 FTammany was bowling for Sam
Randall, but the convention preferred
Hancock. In "a Hendricks was again
Tammany's choice, but Grover Cleye-
land was the conventions. In 'S8 and
'92 Tammany rooted for David Il.
misunderstanding. Three years ago
Tammany stood out against BRYAN at
Chicago, and it's opposition only made
the Western and Southern delegates
the more resolute in their purpose. For
over 30 years." remarks the BROOKLYN
contemporary, "Tammany has never
gone to national convention sup
porting man who obtained a presi-
Dental nomination" Notwithstanding
the complimentary things sometimes
said OF Tammany by visiting politi-
clans invited to take part in its
Fourth-of-July festivities. it is prob
ably the fact to be that the Democratic
voters OF the farmhouses-West and
SOUTH as well as in New England
uistrust1 1T, dislike it, and are heartily
ashamed Of it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24
A Mother Tells How She Saved Her Little
Daughters Lie.


I am the mother of eight children
and have had a great deal Of expert
ence with medicines. Last summer my
little daughter had the dysentery in it's
worst form. We thought she would
die. I tried everything 1 could think
of, but nothing seemed to do her any
good. 1 saw by an, advertisement in
our paper that Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was
highly recommended and sent and got
a bottle at once. 1t proved to be one
of the very best medicines we ever had
in the house. 1t saved my little daugh-
ters life. 1 am anxious for every
mother to know what an excellent
medicine it is. Had l known it at first
it would have saved me a great deal of
anxiety and my little daughter much
suffering. Yours truly, Mrs. Geo. +.
Burdick, Liberty, r. I. For sale by
Jno. Coughln. III Water ST., druggist.
tn. tn, sat.tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24
Railroads and Steamboats, :
MAINE CENTRAL R. R.
In Effect June 40, 1900.
Trains leave Augusta as followss n
THROUGH TRAINS.

Trains leave Augusta as followsa n
THROUGH TRAINS.
GOING WEST-s35 A. M. for Iav,.,..
Ia arlington. Rangeley, Rockland, PORT
iah9 Boston, Quebec and Montreal: eSz
a. NJ and lao 600 Sundays only fer
Lewiston, Pennington, Phillips. RanSe,,
ley, kockIand. Portland and Bo.;en.
ana Ian9g5s ier w ~ It Mountain points.
BBrunswick, Bath. Rockland, Lewiston
Portland, Boston, Montreal and or
cago; 'lO.5 =. VI. might Pullman). ey.
cry night for Lewiston, Bath, Portland
ana Boston; '225 A. NJ. Portland and
GOING EAsT-.125 A NJ. 1nIxb. a..
pTessl, for Skowhegan, Belfast, Bangor.
Moosehead Lake and Aroostook county'
st ste e. s A Ard x: r.. VanceboTo. St.
madam Pacific and Aroostook and WASH
lngton counties; $50 A. NJ, Bangor ana
Bar Harbor; 9.07 A. NJ, for WatervilIe
Belfast and Skownegan; -Z.35 Z. NJ, ex.
press daily for Bangor, Bucksport and
6ar Harbor; 5.35 Z. NJ, for Watervllle.
hogan. Belfast, BangO,, C.d Town ana
Mattawamkeag; 72S =. NJ, for Water
VILE; yl5 \; NJ, Sundays only, for Water
vile, Bar Harbor and Bangor.
Train leaving Augusta at 3O8 p NJ m
ing West runs daily, Sundays Included
TO Lewiston, Portland and Boston.
The night Pullman train gong East a.,
l3o A NJ, going West at 1875 +. NJ, runs
every night, Sundays included, connect
ing for and from Lewiston, but not 10
Skowhegan on Monday mornings, or 10
EeIiast, Dexter or beyond Bangor, lex
cepting TO Ear Harbor), Sunday morn
lngs.
'Daily for main line points.
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS.
South Gardiner to Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24
1.-The Sons Of Somebody"

| tWC CVWS W SV"SuVuy'
When the war with Spain began
there were number of young men
given commissions by the general gov
eminent whose strongest recommends
| ton was the fact that they were the
sons of distinguished fathers. Most of
them had no military experience, and
| their appointment gave the critics or
| the administration a rare opportunity
| The great 'Dooley'' made the matter
the text of one of his most sarcastic
outbreaks. But as the war continued
! it was noticed that these sohs vi
| somebody We're somebodies them
selves. They showed themselves
heroes in battle and in the camp, ana
displayed unexpected qualities Oh ie"o-
ership and of obedience. 1t was
case where blood told, and the critics
| and humorists We're soon siieiiceu.
Not one of the sons of somebody but
showed himself worthy ms UNIFORM
ana his commission. Some laid down
| their lives for the flag and all were
willing to.
The baltimore American takes the
| case of two of these sons of some
body" whose names are now brought
| prominently to the public attention by
| their faithful service. Major Bradlee
| Strong is the son of eX-Mayor Strong
of New York. Without special Osten
tation he was given captains COM
mission and sent to the Philippines
early in the war with Spain. He was
one of the sons of Somebody" yet he
has made Il good officer. He has been
attentive active, faithful and brave,
and he caught up with Mauser bullet
on the firing line. By pure merit he
won his promotion as major, and the
President has just appointed him a
major in one of the ten regiments or
dered to be recruited last week. That
the fact that he is 'son of somebody
will not render him less faithful or
capable is attested by his past record.
Russell Il. Harrison. son of eX-Presi-
dent Harrison, is another 'son of
somebody" The sport the press had
with him while his father was Presi-
dent was recalled when he entered the
army. and the fact that he had made
failure as a newspaper publisher in
Montana and as a street railway mag
nate in Indiana was extensively dwelt
upon. Nothing good was predicted as
the result of his army service. He
was made a major and assigned to
staff duty with the Seventh Corps.
General Lee made him provost mar
shall, and at Tampa and Savannah he
rigidly enforced the CAMP rules and
regulations. AS a esult of his efforts,
the health of the Seventh was better
than any other corps in the army. He
went with the first expedition to Ha-
vana, and Immediately set about bet
tering sanitary conditions there. His
work was so good that he was sent to
Santiago to help General Leonard
Wood. To-day h. lies in hospital,
stricken with yellow fever. If he dies
he will die hero in a good cause, and
with full knowledge that he has vim
dicated his title of son of some
body"
These two examples are typical of
the work that has been, and is being,
done by sons of eomebodies," and,
with them before us. it cannot be gain
said that, because a man is a 'Son of
somebody" it is no reason to argue
that he will amount to nothing as a
soldier. They become somebodies
themselves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24

A recent convention of colored men
in Chicago passed resolutions con-
demning Booker r. Washington. 1t is
unfortunate that any body of colored
men should be so blind to the welfare
of their unfortunate race as to fail to
recognize the good work that Mr.
Washington is doing for it. He may
not be a Moses for the entire race, but
he is at least the wiscst leader that
has yet come into prominence, and he
has the great advantage of possessing
the confidence of the whites, both in
the North and in the South. He re
fuses to mingle in politics but urges the
negroes to go To work and be law
abiding citizens. Instead of inviting Il
race war by denouncing the frequent
lynchings in the South. he is trying to
educate the negroes, and by making
them intelligent and Industrious there
by remove the conditions which cause
Iynchings. Mr.. Washington is on the
right track. and deserves the hearty
support of every friend of the negro
race,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24

Whatever runs up against the New
York Sun is sure to get shaking up,
whether it be a Democratic cOntem-
porary or the National Typographical
Union. This latter organization tried
to run things in the Sun office with a
high hand, and not succeeding to it's
satisfaction it ordered out all the
printers, typesetting machine opera
tors and others in the establishment
over whom it had any authority. This
was done late one night, but the Sun
was not to be left in the lurch and
the next mornings issue appeared as
usual. and every days edition has
come out on time, breezy and newsy as
ever. Now the Sun has some 200 new
employees to take the place of the
strikers, all free men with no al
legiance to the Union, and is fully sat
isfied with it's new force. The Sun is
famed for being a good paper to work
for and the strikers have succeeded
nicely in Biting off their own noses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24

In IAN article in the latest Atlantic
Monthly, President Charles Kendall
Adams of Wisconsin University, makes
a startling statement, in fact, rather
more startling a sta tement than he in
tended to make. In speaking of the
advances of modern civilization, he
says that there are cities in which in
the past % years the death-rate has
been reduced 800. so or even a 100 per
cent" We should like to know the
location of the places where the death
rate has declined 100 per cent. They
must be the kind of health resorts that
lots of people are looking for. The
college president, and the magazine
editor as well, ought to have been
more careful in dealing with the
mathematical fundamentals
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24
Maine Gossip.
The Watcher.

The gray town stopped To meet the sea,
The sea rose up to meet the town.
| saw the full sails. red and brown,
Pass round the sheer point silently,
And then, n : quiet as sleep may be,
Chill twilight settled down.
There came a murmnr' from the street,
The women talked, the needles flew.
The faint south weSttr softly blew,
The qua y-side wafer throbbed and beat.
Then neared a sound of running feet,
And on the cliff waikthere Were TWO.
She bent above the l6anihg wall.
And seaward set her iashing gaze:
Her hands We're locked as one VIII
prays, - 'd 500
| saw her bosom rise aud fall;
And by these signs She told me all
The secret of her nights and days.
| left the cliffs, | left the sea,
| paced on slowly through the town:
Far off the full sails, red and brown,
Swept outward ever silently:
But that sole watcher stirred not, she
Saw black night scDtle down.
-7Boston Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24
AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK.
ORGANIZED 1Sts
Banking Rooms 236 Water
Street

nj, ItRusTEES.J II. Marley, L. G. Car.
Treby johnson. Tarrott,
Deposits are placed on interest tbe Ar,
Der. anu Novem-
interest paid or credited ON ,o,o
gust. "'iy ana Au-
deposits are exempt by law from or
tial uctiy confiden-
especial privileges afforded to Exs.,,
ties , Administrators. Guardians. Trus-
EnWM ~ 4,1q minors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24

ment of colonies and dependencies,
European commerce and commercial
relations. economics, public finance ana
economic resources of tropical coun-
tries. In the place of Jurisprudence the
student may study money and banking.
one of the reasons given for estab-
fishing this course is that the govern
ment will need trained corps of eX-
perts to deal with its new possessions,
and that there is good reason to be-
lieve that If our schools prepare men
for consular service the government
cannot refuse to give preference TO
those who have been specially trained
in making foreign appointments. The
other reason for establishing the spe-
cial course is that the extension of
American trade to new markets calls
for young men specially trained to
serve as commercial representatives.