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FOR sALE.-High class lodging and boarding
II house, twenty rooms, beautiful grounds,
central and high class location. guaranteed net
profit $1,000 year. =. o. STEPHENSON, Mgr.
Equity Loan & Real Estate Co., 457i Congress
ST. Room 3. ri
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WANTED-MALE DELI.

XVANTED-Tw carpenters at once. only
w union men need apply. ANDERSON, 10
Wilmot St. City. al
VVE DO NOT WANT boys or loafers to write
w us men of ability only. $500 to $500 per
month statesmen and general agents, salary or
commission, special inducements. RACINE
FIRE ENGINE & MOTOR CO., Racine WIS.
22-I
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" o LET-A rent Of four large finished rooms
4 under Golden Cross Hall. Peaks Island.
LIN SKILLINGs, 50 Commercial ST., Portland,
Me. 251
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WANTED First class man cook and wife,
w must bring best of references. Apply to
Q. T.. SMALL. 232 Federal Street. l5-1
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WE DO NOT WANT boys or loafers to
w write us. men OF ability only s2ao to $500
per month. Statesmen and general agents,
salary or commission. special inducements.
RACINE FIRE ENGINE & MOTOR co, RAJ
cinn WIS l5l
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EOR SALE Horse, harnesses three grocery
wagons, elegant butter refrigerator,
counter with display bins, safe. marble meat
table, chOppng block. platform and other
scales, all In perfect condition nj half price.
+. II. HARFORD. Assignee, 315 Congress ST.
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EOR SALE-FuIl blooded Great Dane pups,
choice breed, and finely marked For fur
Their particulars call between ~ and o'clock at
CTessey, Jones & Aliens Music Store and in
quire for A. L. BARBOUR. ISL
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WANT alesman for new advertising
w novelty. it is useful, attractive quick
seller; big money for salesman, is n popular
game and one given free to every house, Write
1t once forI particulars. G.. III. WILLARD,
somerYille. Mass. ISL
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HAIR ON LADIES' FACES.

The Zante Hair Destroyer, harmless liquid
only removes the hair perfectly clean IN fve
minutes but will. If applied every third day.
remove IL permanently. The length OF
time Il takes to entirely destroy it depends on
the strength of the hair. $3.50 express paid.
Send Tor circular.
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TO LET-Furnished or unfinished large
sunny front ROOM large closet. steam heat
and gas. Is GRAY ST, between state and
Park 1871
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n o LET-Downstairs rent OF 5 rooms. No. s6
Preble St; downstairs rent Of 7 rooms. No.
223 New High street; room furnished house,
No. II Wescott st, rent low for the winter. N.
S. GARDINER, So Exchange Street. ISL
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ITO LET-somc very desirable room suitable
II for manufacturing purposes. Price reason
able and includes heat aid power II desired.
SOUTHWORTH BROS, los Middle ST. 221
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ITO LET-On state street brick house Of ~
Il or more rooms with modern conyeniences,
all In good order, $40. A brick house OF 10
rooms with bath and furnace. central, 40.
House at Woodfords, room, modern, Szl
WATSON, IS Monument So. Gil
The Florida star., 1900-11-23
Cost of a Sugar Plant.
IN the Savannah News:

From the Savannah News:
To the minds of most persons, probably,
sugar making plant suggests the invest
ment of a very large sum of money, run
ming into the hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Ordinary estimates placed upon
the cost of such plant run from Sl25, 900
to $500, 1000. On this account it has been
difficult TO enlist Georgia and Florida
local capital in the sugar making business.
In circular recently issued, Colonel
WI Glessner, of Macon, asserts that any
such expensive sugar plant is not neces-
sary TO this section and that plants add
quate to the working up of two hundred
tons of cane per day can he erected at a
cost of not more than $4,000; to this
capital should be added 5000 as a
working fund-bringing the total neces-
sary capital up to S25, 900. These figures
were given Colonel Glessner by Prof
Stubbs, of the Louisiana sugar experiment
station, who is recognized as authority on
the question of sugar production.
Prof Stubhs estimates that Georgia and
Florida cane will Weld two hundred
pounds of sugar to the ton and it will
cost 81 per ton To manufacture In calcu-
ating the cost Of manufacturing, the
services of an expert chemist are includ-
ed. Ii is usual for the mill to pay the
grower one-Ealf the price of sugar. Say,
sugar is worth four cents, the grower
would receive two cents; and if one ton
of cane produces two hundred pounds of
sugar, the grower would receive 81 per
ton. In Georgia and Florida the yield
averages fifteen tons per acre; the return
10 the farmer would therefore be $50 per
acre. Cane is a. easily grown as corn and
can be cultivated on as large a scale.
The 500 900 plant, which Prof. Stubbs
suggests. would turn ont white granulated
sugar ready for the general market, where
il would always command the ruling,
market price. Understand, SAYS Colonel
Glessner, this product does not have To
90 through "A refinery, but is merchanta-
bile sugar" The plant, running thirty
DAYS each season, would work up the cane
from four hundred acres, and according
To this calculation, ought To make a net
profit of S4OO per day, running time. This
ought % he attractive enough |
to interest local capital. 1t would not be |
difficult to secure the planting of four !
hundred acres of cane within easy reach |
of each of several mills IN South Georgia |
and Florida.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23
coIer On Corruption.

Hon Bird s.Coler. comptroller Of
the city Of New York; the compeer
of David B.Hill, 50 far as executive
ability Is concerned; the youngest
and ablest gentleman who ever as
sumed control Of the financial af-
fairs of the wealthiest and most
populous city in the world, who
has, by bis conduct in Office, won
the admiration and the plaudits of
Democrats and Republicans alike,
and who will one day be governor
of the empire state. has the follow
ing to say of municipal corruption:
Municipal corruption will not
be confined to one administration,
one party or one faction alone,
while it remains a legalized under
taking, any more than the robbery
of private corporations will stop,
while it can be done without him
drance or detection. There is but
one safe and permanent remedy for
public and private corruption, and
that is: An aroused public opinion
that will compel proper laws and
the honest and fearless enforcement
of them. No public or private in
terest can long thrive on fraud.
Corruption in private business de-
stroys confidence and saps the vi
tahty ofthe commercial body. In
public affairs fraud discredits a
municipality, degrades its employ
ees and debases its citizenship"
A greater truth than this was
seldom uttered; "them's our senti-
ments."
The Florida star., 1900-11-23
Culture of the Banana.

John b. Beach in Florida Agriculturst:
The culture of the banana for the local
markets on the east coast is fairly profit
able, when freights are not too high, un-
esss there Is an overprOductiOn.
Some fourteen years ago w. \. Baugh
started plantation on some very fine
hammock land between Fort Pierce and
Indian River Narrows on the mainland.
At that time he had but little market for
them locally and used to boat them up to
ritusville in large sloop and take car
load over to Orlando, where he sold the
bulk of his crop. His plants were so much
damaged by light frusts nearly every
winter that in 1874 he abandoned the
undertaking. He tried orange culture:
but the die back was So bad-the Bor-
deauX mixture being then unknown-he
abandoned that, also.
have been raising bananas in upper
Dade county for some ten years; but ow-
ing to the cold waves since 1894, il has
not been very profitable; before that it
paid very well. The Cavendish i the
only banana that pays, owing To the fact
that it Is the only first class variety that
will fruit in nine to fifteen months; also
10 its dwarf habit, which enables il To be
mole easily protected from the wind
The richest hammock land should be
selected; it should be- three to six feet
only above water level and thoroughly
ditched.
The banana does best on land contain
ing plenty of humus. \ clay or mari sub
soil, while not essential, is preferable.
Plant the roots, bottom upward, about
fifteen inches deep, using little stable
manure or commercial fertilizer in the
hole to push its growth. If suckers are
planted they should not be more than
eighteen inches high, with large bulbs.
Clean culture is necessity. Set the roots
twelve feet apart, each way, or SKIS and
pillow and harrow from the start. Do not
plow vFy deep; centainly not more than
three iIRhes; and if you use horse hoe
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

and cultivator, which win stir the soil
well TO that depth, and 20 never let the
weeds get start viii be better still. My
soil is fully fifty per cent humus and does
not require any nitrogen; 50 all l use are
ashes and acid phosphate put on altern-
ately every three months. can grow q
very respectable bunch without any fer
tilizer; but after ten years culture on the
same land. l can produce a very much
finer bunch than when the land was new
by the application Of one thousand
pounds Of cotton seed hull ashes and
eight hundred pounds Of acid phosphate
per acre per annum. If the soil will not
produce a stalk eight feet high and ten
inches in diameter, at the ground, in
seven or eight months before blooming,
the cotton seed meal will be needed; but
if you do not need it and use it you will
find your fruit will not mature well and
is apt TO rot or ripen slowly. When cotton
seed hull ashes cannot be had, hardwood
ashes or lime, supplemented with enough
sulphate of potash to give one hundred
to one hundred and fifty pounds of actual
potash per acre, can be used instead. In
the latter case, use lime or ashes when
the plants are three or four feet high and
the potash and acid phosphate three
months later. No canstic alkali can be APP
Piled with acid phosphate without loss, ,as
it will make the latter insoluble.
During dry weather dam up drainage
bitches and thus keep the soil sufficiently
moist. Never allow more than three stalks
to the root: one with the fruit bunch, one
just ready to bloom, when the former
natures and third just starting. Under
these conditions, one can plant in Marcl
and have bunch containing 25O to 800
fingers ripe in December following.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23
HQRIlE'S POPULATION.

Interesting Comparisons Of Census Returns
BY Divisions and Counties.
George z. Fairbanks. in Times Union and
Citizen:
The recently published census returns
give US basis Of comparison of the in
crease of the population of Florida, as a
whole, and of the different portions oi
the state.
The population of the state, according
TO the United States census returns, was
in 1910, 81, 4,477; in 1850, 81, AS; in 1860,
lac, ,424; in 1870, 1S7, ,74S; in 1880, 269, ,493;
in 1890, 397, ,423; in 1900, 52S,-- The
increase has been ten-fold, since l came
TO this state, and the increase by decades
has been equal TO that of any other south
ern state. In view of the rapid develop
ment of our resources, the future increase
may be expected to be largely greater
than In the past. Penlnsulas have always
been the most densely populated and no
doubt Florida will not be an exception.
have compiled the following table of
the increase of population in the four di-
visions of the state-western, middle,
eastern and southern Florida-giving the
population in 1890 and 1900, and thea W
erage increase of each division. West
Florida embraces the counties west of the
Apalachicola river; middle Florida. the
counties between the Apalachicola and
Suwannee rivers; east Florida, the coun-
ties In the eastern and northern portions
OF the state; south Florida, those in the
southern portion:
West Florida, eight counties Calhoun,
Escambia, Franklin. Holmes, Jackson,
Santa Rosa, Walton and Washington
population in 1890, st, $50; in 1900 90, ,O67;
gain, 32,977; gain, fifty per cent.
Middle Florida, nine counties-Gadsden
Liberty, Madison, Leon, jefferson, Wa
kulla, Lafayette. Taylor and Hamilton
population in 1890, 1908; in 1900, IO2,-
764; gain "A, l6l; gain thirty-one per cent.
East Florida, thirteen counties-Alach-
ua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia,
Duval, Levy, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, St.
Johns, ,Suwannee and Nolusia-population
in 1890, l53, ,359; in 1900, l97, 800; gain,
fl ,30l; gain, about twenty-nine per cent
South Florida-fifteen counties.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

SINCE the death of &c. Anderson,
the honored sheriff of Orange coun-
ty, the candidates to fill the posi-
tion made vacant by his death are
very numerous. Six candidates
have announced themselves; but to
one who knows him, all are far
below the standard of Charles NJ.
Hand, of Sanford. Charlie ought to
have the place, and he could get it,
if he would give the race a little
laxed energy.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

\. I'll. Thurness, manager Wills Creek
Coal company, Buffalo, @. writes, Il have
been affected with kidney AMI bladder
trouble for years, passing gravel or stones,
accompanied Toy eXcruciating pains. Other
medicines only gave temporary relief
After taking Foley's Kidney Cure, the
result was surprising. \ few doses started
the brick dust, little, fine stones. etc, and
now have no pain across my kidneys
and feel like "A new man. FOley's Kidney
Cure has done me $1,000 worth of good. -
b. X. Wilson * Son.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23
JEWELRY
A STAPLE.

Look at the next ten people you meet and
see how much is worn of the so-called
jewelry. From $500 90 watch chain To
"A five cent stick rim Jewelry has come
Ia be a staple article Of dress.
You will buy more or less Of il: see that
you get what You pay for when you buy
You can be sure of this if you will buy of
J. b. Screvin, who has full assortment
of the W f. MAIN co. goods. Every
article of these goods Is fully warranted
To be exactly as represented. A printed
guaranty 10 this effect is given with each
article of these goods purchased at their
stOre
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

The Outraged" negro mas got
himself into print again. This time
it is a negro whom President Nc
Kinley, through" "hallowed impulses
of love, friendship and good will
toward the people of the south, "
had appointed to pOstoffice in
preference to some worthy white
Republican. The negro was arrest
ed for using cancelled postage
stamps and will likely spend a
few months in the government
prison in Mark Hanna's state. The
Mckinley stripes in the negro will
be covered with stripes of cloth
woven from the southern staple.
The insulted patrons of the post
office ought to have given him
stripe of another kind and he would
never have had any stamps to use.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23
" was recently suggested I

" was recently suggested that
the next international yacht races
be sailed off Newport, r. l., on
account of the September winds off
Sandy Hook being fitful and dis
appointing, whereas Newport wat
ers can generally be depended upon
for spanking breeze; but Sir
Thomas Upton has thrown cold
water upon the suggestion by ex-
pressing himself in favor of the old
Sandy Hook course. He wants to
lift" the cup over the same course
where it has been so often success
fully defended. That is looking at
the matter in a sportsmanlike way
but we believe the Newport course
would be more satisfactory to all
parties concerned.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

SUNDAY was the one-hundredth
anniversary of the first meeting OF
congress in Washington. 1t was the
second session of the sixth con-
gress; the first session was adjourn
ed in Philadelphia May IA, 1900,
after having decided that the next
session should be held in Wash
ingtOn, which had been selected as
the permanent seat of government.
a celebration of the centennial an
niversary of the transfer of the
government will be held in Wash
ingtOn on the 18th of next month,
congress having made provision
for the same two years ago.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

We have been told that the re-
Elections in this paper upon the
neglect of the public school and
the unclean condition of the
grounds, has set some of our city
fathers to thinking and there is
every indication that something
will be done at an early day to
eradicate the stigma.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23
FlOrida's Supreme Court.
Tampa Herald:

Tampa Herald:
Several states have a very effective way
of clearing their supreme court docket. In
one or two it is Incorporated in the CON
stitution, and In others as statutory law,
that judges of the court shall not be paid
their salaries until the docket of the term
has been cleared. We might try this ex-
pertinent in Florida, declares the Times
Union and Citizen, but under our system
the great-great grandchildren of the
grand sons of our justices would probably
have chance at the salary. Such law
would drive quite number of lawyers in
Florida tO-well, the plow; for, when you
want to shove thing off, hire a lawyer
to take the case mp TO the supreme court
and there you are for several years and it
is not the fault of the able and distin-
guished gentlemen who occupy the
bench, either; We need something in be-
tween
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

JACKSONVILLE will be teeming
with "rubber-necks," next week.
"Enjoy yourself" while young,
young people; the writer only wish
es he could be with you for the
nonce and rubber" some also.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

Total 80 1876. SD 1886 67Sg
Net gain. 81. 1877, or about 81 Der cent.
Recapitulation.-Wes Florida, s coun-
ties, gain, 29,977; about 30 per cent.
Middle Florida, Securities, gain, ~. .7S7;
about 80 per cent.
East Florida, Is counties, gain, II ,3Ol :;
about % per cent.
South Florida, - counties, gain, 81, l37:
about 81 per cent
About two-fifths of the population of
Florida lies west and three-fifths east and
south of the Suwannee river. The largest
gam Is in Hillsborough county; the next
largest, in Duval; Duval has the largest
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

population; HillsboIouRh next; Alachua
third. There is loss in four counties in
South Florida; the population of the
state is quite evenly distributed; but the
rapid increase in West Florida will be a
surprise to many.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

THE state of Florida and the
Democratic party has lost gentle
man whose value cannot be reason
ably estimated in the death of
Hon. Jonn III. McKinne, which oc-
CURED at his Mariana home last
Friday. He was states attorney of
the First judicial circuit for many
years, a recognized leader in Demo
cratic counsels and in 1896 was a
presidential elector. Governor Blox-
ham has appointed J. Walter Ke-
hoe, of Marianna, states attorney to
fill the unexpired term.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23
THE turkey gobbler has only I
few more days of grace.

THE"dismemberment of turkey"
is the popular theme of topical
conversation around the American
family fireside and at nearly every
dining table just now.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

The kidneys arc your
blood purifiers. they fiji
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood
II they are sick or out
Of order. they fail to do
their work. ,
Pains, achesandrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood. due to neglected
The Florida star., 1900-11-23
w. F. MAIN co.

Eastern Factory Cor Friendship and
Eddy Sts, Providence. K l.
Western Factory Largest Jewelry Fac
tory in the word, East Iowa City, Iowa.
over s., 600 feet Of floor space.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23
Oyer-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

hiOuCy uOuDic.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady,
heart beats. and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble. because the heart Is
over-working in pumping thick. kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
II used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were 10 be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their, begin
ming in kidney trouble.
II you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-ROot, the great kidney remedy Is
soon realized. II stands the highest for its
wonderful cures Of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits RDE
by all druggists in fifty SsIIzfS1 e ..s.:.==a
cent and one-dollar siz- : N 4 ss.:;,-
es. You may have =-5s=ssasls y 49, =
sample bottle by mail Home Of swAmpRoOt
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. 7.
The Florida star., 1900-11-23

and is sold on its merits
by all druggists in fifty
cent and one-dollar siz-
es. You may have a
N - - "A
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-02
ADMINISTRATORS Sale.

by virtue II o decree of the Cbancery
tou't mace on the Eth of April 1870. / will,
rs aJihinistr.tor of the Estate Of VIM. r.
ticn forcash n; The Court House door In the
~ nf Crenaai. On Monday June the lth
tDh the following land; North-s est quarter
~ >'.uth-.ast Quartei. and the north west
fpHr'rrW south west quarter. and SOUTH
na~i qunffcr ."f Southwest quarter. and
west hhif s.afl-west quarter ~ southeast
Iu"r'fr. all In section nineteen. township
~, nj. We. ian-e tive east; and dirty acres
90 ~fnih enc southeast qunrter II north
east gnnrier. section twenty-five. township
t"' hiNfMo. range four east. aliin Grenade
county. I win tnnycy such fifin AZ il in vested
IA fiV ~ said decr.e.
-. u. WINDaAM. Administrator
a Y, RoArE Attorney.
Nar .-tPyl-4t
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-02
THE FIRST BABY.
Ets Coming Is Looked Forward &c
With Both Joy and Fear and its
Safe Arrival Is Hailed With
Pride and Delight BY All.

The arrival Of the first baby In the
household is the happiest and most i'm,
portant event of married life. The young
wife who is TO become a mother delights
to think Of the happiness in store for her
when the lii lie one shall nestle upon her
breast and latterly che shall hear 1t lisp
the sweet and holy meme, mother. u
But her happy anticipation quickly van
ishes when ne realizes the terrible pain
and suffering through which she must
pass willis bringing the little one into
the world. An indescrihable fear Of the
danger attendant upon the ordeal soon
Gissipates her t~cyfulness.
Thousands of women have learned
by experienced that there is absolutely
no necessity for the suGerings which at
tend childbirth; they know that By
the use Of Mothers Friends scien-
tffic l~ininleut-for q few weeks before
the trying hour, "expectant mothers car
so prepare themselves for the final
hour that the pain and suffering OF the
dreaded event are entirely obviated and
it is safely passed through with COM
p~aratively little discomfort.
All women IRE interested, and es-
pecially expectant mothers who for TIL
first time have to undergo this trial, H.
such q remedy for they know the pain
and suffering, to ssy nothing Of the dan
ger, which is in store for them. "Moth-
er's Friend is woman's greatest bles-
sing, fer it takes h.sr safely through the
severest ordeal of her life. Every woman
should be glad t o reaf the little book
Before Baby is Born" which contains.
Information Of great value to all. II
will 20 sent free TO any one who send;
the. dress TO The BraGiieid hegu.
ia-or Co. Atlanta, GA.