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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-30

spent years OH In that secluded spot,
developing the possibilities of the most
beautiful section of Polk county, and
which l believe is the safest place to
grow citrus fruits and pines within a
radius of 100 miles; and ii they did
not blow their own horn, the world
would remain in ignorance of that
magnificent portion of our country.
No one man has all the best things
within his enclosure, although some
may think that they have. There are
those in Polk county, l under stand,
who believe that the world is fiat.
We have no time to argue the 4ues-
ton with them. We regard them in
the same light as we do the man who
thinks that all good things in Polk
county, are to be found in his neigh
borhOOd. l haven't a penny's interest
in FrOstprOOf. Whatever ] have
grown is located from Is to 80 miles
from there; therefore what | say about
FrostproOf can hardly be charged to
prejudice or neighborhOod pride.
Some sections of our country are bet
ter for some things, and others are
better for others.
| spent several days recently in COM
pany with our State Commissioner to
the Omaha Exposition. searching over
the county for exhibits of our citrus
fruits. Where did we find them? At
FrOstprOOf, in great abundance; and
no where else. In the Carson Broth
ers' grove, where the grape fruit were
obtained. [ saw fruit on a single row
oil grapefruit trees across a six acre
amount to from 400 to $500 at last win,
ter's prices. | have been around Polk
county a good deal, and If there is a
section of the county where the citrus
fruit trees have survived the calami-
tOus winters that we have been visited
With of late years, have never dis
covered the fact,
Mr.. Simmons, of Midland, thinks
that he has dealt FrOstproof q finish
ing blow, by reminding Mr.. Hampton
that he hauls his hay % miles; while
at the same time he says that Midland
ought to have moving machine; and
that if there was one in the neighbOr>
hood, enough hay could be secured to
pay for it in one season. IN this he
admits the Midlandites to be as back
ward as the Frostproofites in the art
of hay making.
1t is no fault of the country that
FrOstproOf doesn't produce it's own
hay. The fault is simply with the peO>
pie, as it is with those of Midland.
They simply don't know how L could
take Mr.. HamptOns little ten-acre
grove, or that of the Carson Brothers,
and secure sufficient hay each year to
feed four or five head of horses the
year around. These people have been
studying the art of horticulture, and
they have made wonderful progress in
that direction; but they haven't learn
ed how to make hay in Florida. 1t is
simply a question of knowing how,
and then possession of sufficient ener-
gy to do the right thing at the right
time.
Now I imagine that both Illinois and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-30

when VIII quite likely be running on
the day our inquiring friends read this
issue of the G. l., and am fully expect
ing to put up 30 tons of hay this sea-
son.. oh, but Il mustn't tell what l ex-
pect to do. What is crabgrass hay
good for? l have sold several tons,
the buyers coming and taking il at my
farm at $40 per ton. l don't say cit is
worth that" or that I~expect to sell it at
that price, l say 1 have sold it at that
price. That indicates something near
what it is worth. 1 have already con-
tracted to deliver hay in the field when
cured, the present season, at the rate
| OF $50 per ton, the buyers coming and
| taking it there.
Why do the people pay such prices
here? Simply, because, like our
friends at Midland and FrostproOf,
they have never learned how to make
hay in this country. While Mr.. Sim
mons pleads for one moving machine
for Midland, promising that it would
pay for itself by it's use for the COM
munity in one season, am using two
in my own work, and have found that
each more than paid for itself in each
year
Midland is as far behind the times
in hay-making as is Frostproof; in fact
it is nearly as far behind in that as in
the art of making poems. In it's eff
forts in the one direction it seems to
have neglected the other altogether.
Midland has much to learn in the art
of making hay, and now that 1t has
perfected itself in the art of pOetizing,
l would advise it to turn it's attention
to the art of making hay, for assure
them that they can easily produce
from one to two tons of good hay per
acre. But they make their money too
teasily at Midland, growing cattle to
think of making hay very seriously.
But while they are boasting of the
thousands of dollars they get for their
cattle as against the fruit of Frost
proof they should not forget, for the
rest of us do not, that they go up into
the country around FrOstprOof every
spring to round up their cattle, where
they have been put out to Craze dur
ing the winter.
One of the beauties of this hay-mak-
ing business is that it is made after
some other crop has been taken off.
What crop? Well, in one case, L got
about ten tons of hay after a crop Of
tomatoes, which was sufficiently
heavy so that 1 had to pay the rail-
roads about $1,000 for hauling it to
market, from which you see it could
not have been very light crop. In
another case, l produced first, crop
of Irish potatoes I followed this with
crop of Cuban tobacco, which was
very fine, and was worth at low es-
innate, 500 per acre, above the eX-
pense of growing it, and then came
this crop of hay, which, in this case,
made about two tons to the acre which
sold at 500 per ton-all these crops
began and finished between January
LIST and September LIST.
This year my hay crop is in part fol
lowing a corn crop of 30 acres. The
| 80 ci Il HI oil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
Low Rates to the East.

Your attention is directed to the ex-
ceptionally low rates in effect this COM
ing season to nearly every prominent
point in the east
Never before has such an excellent
vacation tour. or for visiting friends in
the east We mention below a few of
the places TO which greatly reduced
rates have been made The Union Pa
cific is the line that will give you the
best service to any of these points
Columbus, Ohio, June SO. Rate-One
fare, plus 90, for the round trip.
St Paul, Mimi June 9-13. Rat@One
fare and One-third for the round trip
on certificate plan
Buffalo. n Y, June 14-15- Rate-One
fare, plus. $500. for the round trip.
Chicago, III, June 14-15- Rat@One
fare and one-third for the round trip,
on certificate plan.
Milwaukee, Wis. June 14-16. Rate
One fare and one-third for the round
trip, on certificate plan
St Louis. No, June 1923 Rate-One
fare. plus, $500. for the round trip.
Detroit, Mich, July $40. Rat@One
flare, plus $500. for the round trip.
Richmond. Va, July 1916. Rate-One
fare. plus 81 co. for the round trip
Indianapolis, Ind. July 2O-23 Rate
One fare. plus $500. for the round trip
For full information as to dates of
sale and limits on tickets. time of trains,
etc call on F. A Lewis, city ticket
agent. or J. c. Fulton, depot agent.
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Reporters Funeral Emblem.

IFrom the Century Magazine
Mr. Jacob A Riis tells an amusing
auecdOte of q reporter detailed to police
headquarters by a well known uewspa-
per His special forte was fires He
knew the history of every house in
town that ran any risk of being burn
ed knew every fireman, and could tell
what was the value of the goods stored
in any building in the dry goods dis
trict- and for how much they were in
Sured- II he couldn't he did ANYHOW
and his gueSSes often came near the
fact, as shown in the final adjustment
he shifted a firebug from afarand knew
without asking how much salvage there
was in a bale Of cotton after being "A
hours in the fire
He is dead. poor fellow. In life he
was fond of a joke, anu IN death the
joke chung to him in a way wholly IN
foreseen- The firernen in the next
block. with whom he made his head
quarters when off duty. so that he
might always be within hearing of the
gong, wished to give some tangible evil
dence of their regard for the old re-
porter. but, being in a hurry. left it to
the florist. who knew him we'll to
choose the design He hit upon
floral fire badge as the proper thing
and thus il was that when the company
of mOurners was assem- bled and the
funeral service in progress, there ar
rived and was set upon the coffin in
the view OF all that triumph of the
florists art, a shield of white roses
immortelles: Admit within fire lines
only" It was shocking. but irresisti-
BILE It brought down even the house Of
mourning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
WAR HELPED AMERICA.
Did Much to Advertise Us Abroad,
Says John Jacob Astor.

New York. May 22--JOhn Jacob As
tor came back to the United States as
quietly as any poor tourist might re-
turn Said Col. Aston The war did
more 10 advertise the United States
among the continental nations than
anything else could have done. I had
lots Of people tell me that until We
" whipped the Spaniaris their idea of the
United States was that Of q WaHed-in-
country, so to speak. with no influence
abroad. either politically or Industrial
ly-
American manufacturers Of electri-
cal and mechanical devices. machinery.
and the like are going to be overrun
with orders from the continent Every
where 1 went I was asked about the &C
cOmplishments of the United States in
the line Of invention and develop
ment"
Accompanying Col Astor on the
steamship St Louis were Mrs. Astor
and their son. W P Aston
The colonel was fauItIessly dressed
He brought with him a new style in
trousers The bottoms were about twice
as large as the latest cut in this cOun-
try They fell straight from the knees.
but had only the slightest trace of a
crease
Mrs Aston looked handsome and
happy I am feeling we'll" she said
We had a pleasant winter. travelling
about wherever the spirit moved US. I
am glad 10 get back home. That is the
pleasantest feature Of going abroad, to
my mind"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

G. T Mcconnell and wife to Charles
6. Mcconnell. s25. lot 225 and the south
half Of lot 223. Bingham avenue,
Bringham's addition
Alfred L Ware and wife to F NJ.
Neal. 81. 600. lot 6o4 and the south half
of lot 6O2, Buchanan street, Edwards
tract
Michael Heery and wife to Seward y.
Peck. $500. lots 151- 153, 155, 15I and 1oS'
Grattan street, Heery's subdivision
z. s Thompson and wife TO c H
Norton $3.50 lot IS, Madison street,
Cranes addition
b NJ Davies TO P 3. Tinkham- S12,-
OG0. west "a feet. lot los Sixth avenue
east
J H Guse and wife to Addison Os-
born $500 lots 699 and north half 101
Van Buren, street, Walnut Grove sub
division
c Z. Freeman to Jacob NJ Price and
wife 800. block L Center street, Cob
bells addition
To Mary Hurley south half lot lO1
Van Buren, street, Walnut Grove add
ton
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AFTER COLORED MINERS.
Territory Operators Prefer the Ne
groes to White Men

Leavenw worth. Kan. May 22-W. F.
Kelly, = representative of the Missouri
and Kansas Coal company, is in Leav-
enwOrth today securing colored miners
to work in shafts in southern Kansas
and the Indian Territory Mr. Kelly
said that the men are not wanted to
take the place Of striking miners. It is
learned. however. that they have been
promised protection.
Mr. Kelly offers the men Soc q ton.
mine run, and company employees g. %
A day He offers TO pay the way OF the
men who go with him, and later on TO
send for their families
Nearly half the miners in Leayen-
worth are coIOred. and it is expected
he will be able TO get from 40 to so to
go with him. They Will leave tomor-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
SPRUCE GUM HUNTERS.

(Frorn the New York Tribune-1
-pepsin and Special digestion aiisIcan be
procured at every city corner from the
penny slot machines. nothing has ever
taken the place of the genuine spruce. and
II still sells at a high price 1t cannot be
which IS anything ike il some Of the
druggists in eastern Maine have contracts
dollars Some of them have '-staked-' gum
hunters and sent them into the woods
Most Of the Maine gum finds its way TO
the city markets that demand for con-
sumption the round. red Jumps that gieam
with inner dra like the bLoodstone- This
wholesalers At 50 per pound.
rubber cutting in the tropics. the men
burytng themselves in the wiIds for
months The expenses of the hunter are
almost nothing. and receipts from his
quest are likely TO be in the nature Of
few bushels OF beans some coffee. -four
and fat meat with the game he kills.
furnish him bodily fuel for the season.
while he viii frequently in a single day
secure gum that viii net him 80 IN the
market He IS independently too with his
canoe his suOwshoes and his gun His
canoe viii be laid up during the win
bring down his winters md He is not
likely however. to work any too industri-
ousIy n gum nuntlns- out rather to make
short days and FISH and hunt the rest of
the time few days hard work viii
turnlsh him coy shack in the deep for
est near the bank of A stream. and with
Wood unlin1jSed and sharp ak he is not
IkeIy 70 surfer and when a storm Is
ne does not leave his comfOrta BILE camp.
The solitude OF the thing would drive
many men mad put the northern woods
man is different from most men He car
rtes pack with him at all times. even
across an old gum scar he can take adj
vantage Of 1t without making another
civilization, tough. rugged and a. hard as
seasoned oak. and he may have a pack
q gum 70 the value Of several hundred
dollars but long, long before the next
season the money is all gone. and prob
aoIy someone will have to "grub-stake''
MIN II ne is to go for gum again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
VIENNA POLITICS BAD.
Marx Tvain's Opinion After Fighter
Months Residence-His
New Book

Vienna May 22-Samuel L Clemens
Mark Twain)and his family will term
mate their Is months visit here on
Wednesday, They will go TO Dresden.
Berlin and London. and will spend the
summer in the Scottish-Hig hlands- In
the autumn they will go to Florida
Mr. Clemens describes the book which
he has been engaged in writing as a
portrait gallery of the remarkable peO-
pie he has met from his childhood. rang
ing from mOnarchs TO desperadOes- He
adds that Vienna has been a treasure
mine of literary material for him. but
the political corruption of the city is
the worst possible. ecIipsing anything
in the United States
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Travellers and Home Seekers Going
Northwest to Montana and
Washington

After March 18th can take through
tourist sIsepers every Tuesday and
Thursday at Kansas or ST Joseuh
via the Burlington Route. for the entire
tourney through to Butte. Spokane Sc
attic. Puget Sound and intermediate
destinations on the Northern Pacific
Railway.
These through sleepers are the real
thing" and are carried on the BurIIng-
tons Montana Express. leaving Kansas
CITY 1910 a m. St Joseph 1910 D m
via its Northwest Main Line. the Bill
Itugs Roulette short line and the time
saver to the entire Northwest
These are the only through sleeping
cars for first or second class passengers
from Kansas City or ST. Joseph to Mon
taua and Washington
Also first class through sleeping car
service every day from these cities to
Butte. Anaconda, Montana, commence
ing March 18th
Write US about these things
J c BRAMHAII.
TraT. Passenger Agent
St Joseph, No.
L. w WAKELEY,
Gen1 Passenger Agent.
St Louis. No.
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Meade has Trouble.

Washington. May 22--Quartermaste
General LudingtOn today received the
following cablegram from Quartern1as-
ter Swobe at Ponce. regarding the re-
turn of the transport Meade. which has
the Nineteenth infantry aboard Ponce
May 22.-After leaving Ponce another
leak developed Not large but too ser
iOuS to proceed Returned here to re-
pair. Will take four or five days
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Piano Purchasers

viii be pleased 10 call and show the
merits and extremely low prices on
twelve makes Of standard pianos I
can save you money on the hest pianos
Amade- bargains in second hand pianos
and organs Call or address H W Nc
Daniel. $50 West Eighth street Topeka
Kan representing The T J. Waskburn
Piano House. St Joseph, No.
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FINDS HIS LOST MOTHER.
Ohio Man Discovers Her by Accident
Had Lived Near Each Other
Twenty-seven Years

Toledo. O., May 22-Andrew Hink-
Hngs. a business man of Locust Point
today found his mother, whom he had
not seen for p years He heard his
name accidentally mentioned on the
streets Of Genoa. and this led TO the
reunion They have lived within %
miles of each other AL the time
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smueeler of Millions worth

Niagara Falls. N Y May 22-Thos-
Emerson. who is said to be a wealthy
iobber in Iaces of New York. was ar
rested here by United States treasury
agents today and taken to New York
Customs officers here say he has snug
gIed millions Of dollars worth Of lace
over the border in the last ten years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
GARFIELD PARK ! EYE ETEEBR HJeE Ess, a.e
COMMENCING TUESDAY. MAY 23d-
The O1iver-Co1by Co.

OLIVER SISTERS - FLORA AND
GOLDI@Sing myers. Dancers and Premier
Sketch Artists
THE COLBY CHILDREN Master
Frank. age 6-BOE Hum0risC. and Baoy
Byrle. age MEDLEY Dancer and Cake
Walker
MR. GUY IVER-Baritoue Vocalist
and VEhI$tifug Phenomenon
JAMES o AND EE1NA DIV ER-Frern-
Der E0calfs-s and Refined Sketch Artists
IA PETITE WOODS-Sl niger ~ FOpu-
lar Coon Songs and Expert Cake Walker
THE MUSICAL COLBY I'LL AND
eric Eth their Original creation.
The German Baker and the Musical
Serving Maid Beau5ilLt and eltiicIas
music upon most wonderful musical IN
. ztrumenrs Greatest Novelty N Earth
CHANGE OF PROGRAM NIGHTLY
ADMISSION 10 CENTS Reserved
seats in ud--oriun 10 cents extra Any
lady admitted free Tuesday Il accompa-
MED bv one paid reserved seat ticket
Band Concert oy our Novelty Band. Il -45
q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
Logan Gong to Cuba

Youngstown. O.. May 2z-Major John
a Logan who resigned an adjutant
generalship in the army. has returned
hame and will leave shortly for Cuba
where he will represent a large party
of capitalists in developing the sugar
and mineral resources of the island
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JOHN BROWNS SISTER.
Last Surviving Member of the Family
Visits Nevada, Mo

Nevada. No, May 2Z-Mrs- Martha
Brown Davis of St. Johns. Mich, ar
rived here today on visit TO Mr. and
Mrs B n Bailey. Mrs Davis is a sis
ter Of the late John Brown of Harper s
Ferry fame and who fought in this sec
ton during the border war before the
civil war.
She is the last surviving member OF
the family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22

The Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co. have
opened a job department on their sec
ond floor where they keep all the soiIed
stained or otherwise damaged goods to
be found in their entire eSCa bliShment-
Whenever they advertise any OF this
class Of goods il Is ALWAYS under Job
Department heading Remember this.
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WHAT ONE CHURCH DID.
Result of Efforts to Assist the Cole
man Family.

The following is the report OF the
Church Of the Good Spirit and list Of sub
scriptions in the case of Mrs Coleman, as
solicited by James E Burgett=
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4 New Fog Signal Expected Soon.

London May 22--The early announce
ment is expected Of the invention of an
arrangement whereby vessel ap-
preaching rocks upon which a light
house IS situated may be warned auto
maticaIIy OF its danger in spite Of fog
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S2SS5. S2S IS.

The Union Pacific mas made the great
" reduced rate of SIS. IS to Portland an.i
other Puget Sound points. also to Hell
ena and Montana points, Salt Lake
City and Utah points
FOR tickets and full Information call
on F. A Lewis, city ticket agent, or
J. c Fulton, depot agent
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FOR sALE-REA1 ESTATE

FOR SALE
5 room house, cemented cellar, cisteru.
shade. H. lots. large barn. s.. 900.
9 room house, lots, large barn. cistern,
81 0e0-
room cottage. cistern, fruit. lots, on
3 east front lots fine location. $3.50
lots corner 10th and Clay. s1-700, or
will sell 2 lots
room house. I lot
room house. 11a lots. barn, $3.50; $50
cash balance monthly.
room house, l lot. eistern, well, $500;
500 cash. balance monthly.
SCOTT & CO. SIS Kansas ave.
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The Peerless Steam Laundry has put
on the latest device for smoothing the
edges Of collars and cuffs
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Rest Aad Health to Mother and Child

MRS. wINsLOWs SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
By MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
SElLDREN WHILE TEETHENG. with
RERFEC SUCCESS It SOOTHES the
Child SOFTENS the GUNS AL
Il - AL PAIN CURES WIND COLIC
snd is the best remedy for DIARRH A.
sold oy Druggists in every part OF the
world Be sure ard ask for Mrs wiz
slows Soothing Syrup and take 10 other
kind Twenty-Five cents Z bcttIe-
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Ia, ia, razor-edge collars. We put
on smooth edge Peerless Steam LauD-
dry. 1I2 and ia West sth-
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Save Your Neck

And wear collars that have no rough
edges We do them American Steam
Laundry, Tel 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22

we mend and sew on buttons free.
American Steam Laundry. TeIe- 81.
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When You Are Down Town

shopping take your dinner at the Hotel |
Oxford and Restaurant-onIy z5c. !
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FREsco WORK


W W GILLESPIE. Fresco Painter. De-
signs and estimates furnished On all
classes Of work 1714 West Fifteenth To-
peka kan Refers to his work in State
Journal building.
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ROUDEBUsH.

FOR sAL-REAL ESTATE.
Handsome new or S room residence
just completed reception room with fine
plum bing, nicely polished hard pine wood
IL lots, one-haIf block from new pave
In 70 go down on Huntoon- Price
Modern cottage Of i'G rod I'M PofS St. IL
lots, blocks from pavement. attic foored
and good FOR two more rooms. water.
Slsoo; part cash. part payments
sss9; can sell lots with enIs house
EMMETT z ROUDEBUSH.
115 West 9Th Phone 2sz-
FOR sALETwo residences. s23 and So
Tyler St Call at premises or s B.
FOR sALEOn monthly payments, 4 or
5th St, bringing II per cent on the invest
ment- VIII be at old court house We'd
nesday. the 24th inst
Several good properties on monthly pay
msn's Wa NJ s FdR fazs P 1i8 Vs. sth ave
a FEW RARE BARGAINS FOR ONE
WEEK
room dwelling and Ia lots on Topeka
\ room dwelling and Ia lots on Van
lots and room dwelling on Lane, $500.
room cottage and III lots, Western
ave- close IN q lub-
room dwelling and barn, lots. 800
room e 5Ta3n and IL lots T cslIIq 1s
ciStern, barn. bath room. 81 100.
RODGERS. DAVIS & CO.
10 West 9Th.
FOR SALE
A fine modern house in Potwin Place at
". N FORBES. 1Is W. sth ave
FOR SALE
A very desirable business property. very
W NJ FORBES, 11s ". sth ave
FOR SALE
lots with room cottage. on Buchanan
St, for 500
W NJ FORBES Is W. sth ave
LOST AND FOUND
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LOST-Mfss' red winter jacket. black
braid. white buttons Return to 1I30
Western ave. Bennett fats; suitable re-
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