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The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18
THE MAN AND THE LAND


A rich soil is the gift of nature, to be
accepted with due gratitude. Is a poor
soil misfortune? Prof. E. w. Hilgard.
a close student of American soils for
forty-fve years, says: IN no case las
any natural virgin soil showing high
plant food percentages been found
otherwise than highly productive, un-
der favorable physical conditions =
but the reverse is not true, viz, that
low plant food percentages indicate low
prOductiYeneSs."
The richest soils of the black calcar-
eous prairies or the richest ''dobie''
flats of California may contain as high
as 9.2O per cent. of plant food, includ-
ing humus, phOsphOric acid, sulphuric
acid, lime, iron and potash. They will
produce sixty to eighty bushels of corn
per acre after they have become well
reduced and seasoned. There is a wide
range of soils in FlOriua that contain
under analysis less than half of 1 per
cent. of plant food; yet after they have
been cleansed Of their sourness and, one
or two crops of cOwpeas plOwed under
Cthe cowpeas produced by these same
soils) they will yield corn far out of
their proportion to their chemical soil
formula
A director Of the Florida Experiment
Station once pointed out to the writer
field Of corn on piece of f1atwoods,
and said: Il have been going by thai
field on the cars for seventeen ears,
and every year it has been in corn. lC
has never received any plant food ex-
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18
CHAIRES ITEMS.

Chaires, October 16.-Mr. Banner
man our school superintendent, spen.
the night here last Monday He is
visiting the various schools in this vi
cinity, and he expressed himself as be-
ing pleased with the commencement of
the school here. Tn children say he
does not inspire fear by his presence
Auditor McCrea was in the village
Monday, checking in the agent of the
S. A. l..
Miss Lila Smith, .le young teacher
of the Spring Hill scnOOl, is at home,
having had to suspend her school for
while on account of scarlet fever.
Mrs. George Earnest, with her two
children, departed for Jacksonville on
Mondays excursion.
Mrs. Snipes is not yet able to be up.
Her recuperative powers are weakened
since her recent severe heart attack
She says everybody seems to vie with
each other in kind attentions and even
the little boys and girls call to INQUIRE
about her.
Miss Annie Chaires left on the west
bound train Tuesday afternoon for a
couple of weeks visit to relatives and
friends in Tallahassee. Her father,
Capt. G. A. Chaires, has improved
somewhat
Mr.. Sam Smith, of Lloyd, wa :;
guest in the village Sunday.
The juvenile society are looking fur-
ward with keen enjoyment to Saturday.
They have been invited to Master (. 3.
BOylstOn's birthday party.
Miss Fannie English will hp the
guest Of Miss Clarentine Boyleston this
week.
A comfortable house belonging to
Mr.. Chaires and occupied by colOred
people was destroyed by fire early
Tuesday morning. They claim it was
the work of an incendiary.
The Baptists of Gainesville have
services regularly now in their com
modious building. They have called
the Rev. Mr. Crockett, of Madison. to
be PASTOR the former one aHng
ing moved to Atlanta
Mrs. S. A. Cox and Miss Lila Smith
went on a shopping expedition to the
capital city Monday. -
The ladies' prayer meeting of the
Methodist Church has good weekly
attendance, also the general prdyec
meeting, though not as well as it
should have.
have had both their large gins running
sometimes into the night, theirs be-
ing the only gins near here, and hav-
ing stores to furnish their employees
with what they need. These gentlemen
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18
STREAM MEASUREMENTS.

One of the departments of the work
OF the United States Geological Sur
vey which has particularly practical
bearing on manufacturing and other
business interests is the accurate
measurement of flow of the country's
streams. It's utility lies in the fact
that it reduces to a matter of actual
knowledge the amount of water pass
ing through them at all seasons of the
year, which important factor has prob
ably been the subject of more guess
work than any other one thing in this
branch of engineering. More especially
is this true of the low water stages
on which really depend the effective
worth of the streams, so that many
mills and factories which have been
built in expectation Of being operated
entirely by water power, have had to
be furnished with auxiliary steam
power to help out in times Of a def
cient and Unexpectedly low water sup
ply. Perhaps this is the chief reason,
this general distrust Of the reliability
of the estimates of flow, that the really
magnificent power possibilities Of
many streams, both in the eastern anu
western mountain sections of the coun-
try, have not been more fully develop,
ed. The trouble has not been that the
streams cannot be relied upon to fur
nish power, but that the power which
can reasonably be expected of them
has been over estimated. The accurate
gaging of streams requires much time
and accurate knowledge: 1t involves
daily observation OF their rise and fall,
extending over a number of years, FIRE
Quent measurements Of their flow by
delicate instruments, and careful OBJ
servations of diversions by dams or
power plants already in operation.
When applied to the whole country
this work becomes of such wide scope
as to be beyond the efforts of any but
the general government, and, as a
matter Of fact, few of the States, to say
nothing of individuals, have made any
systematic effort to undertake it. The
Survey has taken up and developed the
work because it needed to be done,
and no one was doing il, and now has
large number of stations scattered
among many Of the important rivers
Of the country. On these rivers in
formation is being collected which will
be absolutely necessary to further de-
velopments of their power Since the
Improvement in the transmission Of
electricity to long distances, water
power streams have assumed a new
value and will be more and more
sought as means of cheap power This
gives to the work Of the Survey in its
river gagings and measurements an
even greater Importance and necessity
as furnishing indispensable informa-
ton which can be obtained from no
other source
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18
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could easily take trip to the Pan
American and board at the finest hO-
tel while there.
For the past several days smoke has
been curling up from the various
chimneys and wraps are comfortable.
Some say slight indications Of frOst
have been seen. Gardens around here
are suffering for rain. Observer.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18
MR.. BALKCOM TO WE'D.
n rrominent Young Lady of Macon,
Georgia.

accompanying splendid picture OF
1oth the young people, the Atlanta
Cournal-ef the 18th inst, contained the
IOlIowlng notice of the approaching
nuptlals of Mr.. V. F. BalkcOm, of this
clCy' TO Miss Thomas, a prominent
young lady of Macon, Ga:
Mr.. and Mrs. Thaddeus Murphy, nf
MACON, announce the engagement o,
|helr cousin, Miss Elizabeth Thomas,
and Mr.. Frank Balkcom, the Wedding
10 take place on the morning Of No
VemDer 14th, at he residence of Nr. and
Mrs. Murphy.
MISS Lois Cabaniss, of Forsyth, will
be the maid of honor.
The bride will be married in a hand
some travelling gown, and after the
ceremony the two will leave for a we'd
ding Journey to Palm Beach.
Tne announcement of this engage
ment Is of great interest to the many
friends of the two young peopl.
Miss Thomas is a charming girl,
DrAght and pretty, with manners which
win friends at once and a nature that
holds fast such friendship. She is a
daughter of the late Mrs. Dorothy
Thomas, of Forsyth, and only recently
moved to Macon, where she has made
her home with her cousins, Mr. and
Mrs. Murphy.
In Atlanta, Miss Thomas has fire.
quently been an admired visitor, and
has just returned home from a visit
here with Mrs. A. E. Turner, on Court
land street.
Mr.. BalkcOm is a leading young
druggist of Tallahassee, and is young
man of fine qualities and deserveu pop
ularity. He will introduce his bride to
warm circle of frienus in TalIahas-
see.
lie marriage will be the consumma-
tiOn of romantic lOVe-affair The ac-
quaintance began through a mutual
friend, a correspondence ~eVelOpinG be-
fore the two had ever seen each other.
When they finally met, CUPID formed
one of the party, and the wedding No
vember 14th is the natural conclusion
of the matter
Hearty congratulations attend the
young couple.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18
PEOPLE BELIEVE IN 1T.

1t has been cynisally said that any
thing can be sold by advertising now
adays. This is not so. Manyliniments
have been advertised but oily one
Perry Davis Painkiller-has stood the
test of sixty years use. To-day its pop
ularity is greater than ever and is not
based upon what anybody says but
upon what the remedy does. There is
but one Painkiller, Perry Davis
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18
PERHAPS YOU WONDER

if the tOrmenting cold that made last
winter one long misery will be as bad
this year. Certainly not, if you take AL
lens Lung Balsam when tickling and
rawness in the throat announce the
presence of the old enemy. Do not ex-
pect the cold to wear itself out. Take
the right remedy in time. Aliens Lung
BaIsam is free from opium.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18

When you have no appetite, do not
relish your food and feel dull after
eating you may know that you need a
dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Price, 25 cents. Sam
pies free at Wight & Bro. s drug store.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18
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slant relief. even in the worst cases Il cures IN m
all else ia Is. "u1a
The Rev C. F WELLS, of Villa Ritsa n,
says: Your trial bottle of AsthInalenc receiIo5
good condition. l cannot tell you how thanIf,IM
ieel for the good derived from it, | was = s1
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The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18

cept the crabgrass and dry cOrnstalks
which it produced itself and which
we're pastured by the cattle a few
months each year. Yet that field mas
produced a fair crop Of corn every
year-fair for piney woods soil-say,
fifteen bushels per acre"
If the fiatWOOdS soil, with the halI
of l per cent of plant food, produces
fifteen bushels, the rich, black calcar-
eous prairie, with 8 per cent, ought
to produce eighteen times as much, or
27O bushels of corn to the acre.
For corn-growing purposes this fiat
woods is worth only fourth or fifth
as much as the black prairie. Yet in
trinscally and commercially it may be
easily worth three times as much, be-
cause with the application annually OF
a reasonable amount of fertilizer, viii
the added elements of climate and mar
ket, it will produce crops worth ten
times as much per acre as the black
prairie does.
Corn is not the only standard Of val
ues in the agricultural world; neither
is wheat. For 1000 years probably our
In anaemia and most wOmen's all
ments the digestion is weak, the max
ing of color, flesh and strength out OF
food, is imperfect, so that the pa
tient is weak, wan, nervous and dyS-
peptic. This condition can be corrected
by taking a course of HERBINE.
Price, so cents. All druggists.
race has had a prOverb: LAS good as
old wheat" But in England the farm
er sets large store by the turnip,
which Johnston calls ''the sheet-anchOr
of British husbandry." To our Florida
farmer, descended from a far ancestry
of meat and bread-makers, it may seem
a bitter degradation to swear by
cucumber. But if his money is there,
let him honestly uphold the Succulent
cucumber, until it shall become pro-
Verbed with a grandSire phrase.
Meantime, let MIN cast an anchor to
windward by plOwing down every year
Happiness depends very much upon
the condition Of the liver and kidneys.
The ills of life make but little i'm
preston on those whose digestion is
good. You can regulate your liver and
kidneys with HERBINE and enjoy
health and buOyancy of spirits. Price
30 cents. All druggists.
a crop of legumeS, which will increase
the cOrn-bearing capacity of the soil
at least a buShel per acre yearly. A
soil which will produce thirty bushels
here is as valuable as a siXty-buSheI
soil in Iowa, because it will yield a
sweet potato crop after the corn, and
the Iowa soil will nOt-Times- Union
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18
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Dr.. TAFT Bros MEDICINE Co:
Gentlemen: I was troubled W
they have all failed. l ran IL, rOes:
liel at once. have since puchai
of iOur -hildrcn, and tor SIX years
doing BUSHES every day his Il
Home address, 2:S5 RiVingtQ
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18
Rev. DIR. Morris WechsIer
Rabbi of the Cong. Bnai Isra,l
NEW YORK, Jan. ;. I9O1

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After having it carefully analysed We. can st,t,
that ASthmalene contains opium murpbira
ch OrOform or ether. Very truly yOurS
Rev DR.. MORRIS WECHsLER.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-18
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once. addressing DIR. TAFT BROS. MEDICINE co
.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-27
WISE ano ~ "
~ ~ Otherwise.


Harvest Home picnics will soon be
on tap.
Wouldn't IL be nice to be police
man, so people couldn't call you bad
names?
A rubber combine which did not in
clude Akron wouldn't amount to
much.
How it tickles the youngsters to re-
fleet that school begins in about five
weeks.
Good many hired men are signing
for the time when the Harvest Days
Are Over"
Mr.. Barber was very frank in telling
those Englisbmen just what he would
do with them.
p 4 =
Thugs and tramps need make no
grand rush to Akron this season. The
new jail will not be completed for a
year.
1t is quite likely that, hereafter,
Mcssrs. Young and Wanamaker will
consult the assignment book with
more regularity.
Maybe they remembered a century
and Il quarter back when your Uncle
ZIP Barber said, 1--WE will lick you
out of your boots"
II is regarded as great show OF
dislnterestednesS in each other for a
family not to hold Mt least one reunion
during the summer.
The applicants should be careful
NlcGarry may be persuaded that II
| the job Is such "A good thing he woull
better hold on to It.
4 4 4
The fad Of rolled up sleeves--like g
good many others Of its class-is being
overdone The end will be swift-ani
certain. Now young men-base iml
tators s--are going about with sleeves
not exactly rolled Up, but tucked ur
inside--it amounts to the same thing
I cannot say that approve. I woulC
rs no less deplore the appearance Of
| the callow youths IN shirts cut low
| at the neck. Because men do not have
pretty arms, to begin with, and be
cause there is something dlsagreeablt
in seeing a lot of bare-armed mer
about. We expect to see such things
when we so among men at work-ever
In Offices. And we can admire thell
show Of muscle; but when they ap
pear in public, and presume to b'
properly dressed when in that attire
I-object, Beautiful women are al
the more beautiful for the barring o
pretty necks and shoulders, but
imagine n lot of men in such riggin,
at a fashionable dinner or evening
function! What monsters what per
feet ogres they would appear!
| INA TELLER.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-27
THICK.
Scum of Humanity at
Ashtabula.
Tramps Threaten to Capture the
Entire City.

Ashtabula, O., July 27.-Ashtabula
is the rendezvous of horde of tramps
and the police are having all they
can attend to to prevent them from
sacking the city. Other cities have
been driving them out and as a result
they gather at the point Of least re-
sistence. At Ashtabula' Harbor there
are known to be more than 200 of the
hoboes. Friday there were four fights
in progress among them and officers
at the same time in different parts
of the city. But for timely help
Officer John Hummer would have
been killed by them, Several shots
were exchanged before arrests were
made. Special officer Peck was at
tackled by one big fellow and was
getting the worst Of it until he drew
his revolver and shot the man through
the groin. They are a desperate gang
and the police department. is consid-
ering heroic measures to rid the city
Of their presence.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-27
BY LETTER.
Picnic Committee Will
Make Claim.
Met a D. & c. Co. Representative
Friday Night.

The difference between the Hard
ware, stove and lumber dealers of the
city and the ID. Il G. Navigation Co.,
will be reduced to writing and submit.
ted to the company as soon ms possible.
This was decided ut IA meeting of the
committee who had the picnic In
charge, and q. u. Honodle and II. r..
Mason, city passenger agent for the
ID. Il G, at Cleveland.
The matter of the overlooking of
the steamer State of Ohio, and the
leaving of many of the picnickers be-
hind at Put-in.Bay was fully discuss.
ed, and II was finally decided to put
the claim of the committee into writ
ing and submit the same to the COM
pany's general manager, at Detroit.
Mr.. Mason expressed his opinion that
the company would act justly In the
matter and that by letter would be
the most direct way OF getting TO n
settlement.
Lust yeNr plcnic was NOT Il nnah'
clal success, but 1t ls expected that a
small sum viii be cleared this year.
Whatever remains, when the settle,
mcnts have been completed will be
given the Mary Day Nursery. This
was determined ut the meeting last
night.
The commltte who had Tvs picnic in
charge Were: A. w. Hawkins, chair.
man OF the day,
Committee of six, for arrangements
A. &. Rohrbacher, Geo. Hawkins, w.
r. Maniz, g, II. Morgan, Crannel Nor
gan and W, w. wohlwend. OF the
latter committee the first three named
were selected to the active work OF
the day.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-27

and studied law there, and afterward
In the Office of G. s. Cobbs, ESQ, in
Akron, having come to this city ori-
ginally to be employed in the freight
office OF the N. \. p. a. o. railroad.
Afterward and while still pursuing
his law studies, he was employed in
the collections department of Aultman,
Miller &c Co. In due time he was adj
mitted to the bar. Mr.. Wells gained
a wide general knowledge Of the law
and valuable experience while with
Aultman, Miller L. Co. and afterward
as manager Of the collections depart
ment of the j. Il. Seiberling & Co.
which position he still holds. 1t is
Mr.. Wells. intention to open an office
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-27

strength and mental buoyancy to meet
the trial of motherhood, and makes the
baby's advent practically painless
NJ will be very glad to say few words for
Or. Pieree's Favorita Prescription writes Mrs
p. 8. Douglas, of Mansonville Bronze Co. Que.
HDuring the first four mouths whea looked
to becoming mother I suffered very much
from nausea and vomiting, aud felt 50 terribly
hated all kiuds Of food Al this tiips wrete to
DR.. Pierce and he told nc TO get his 'rsvorite
Prescription aud bottle Of 'oeideu Medical
had taken them a few days felt much better,
and when had taken hardly three parts OF
each bottle felt we'll and could cat as we'll as
any one, and could do my work without any
trouble II could not do anything bcfore): feel
very thank to Dr. Pierce for his medicine, and
tell all who tell they are aick TO get these
medicines or write to DR. Pierce"
DR.. Pierca's Pleasant Pellets regulate
the bowels.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-27

DIR. Geo. Ewing, a practicing ply.
sician Of Smiths Grove, Ky. for over
thirty years, writes his personal ex,
perlence with Foley's Kidney Cure.
For years have been greatly bother.
ed with kidney trouble and enlarged
postrate gland. used everything
known to the profession without re.
lief, until ! was induced to use Foley's
Kidney Cure. After using three bot
ties was entirely relieved and cured,
l prescribe now daily In my practice
and heartily recommend its use to
all physicians for such troubles, for I
can honestly state ! have prescribed
1t hundreds OF cases with perfect
success"
A. Warner J. NJ. LATER and ].
Lamparter g. Co.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-27

wife in this con-
dition, she needs
help. In t h ose
early days when
the 6 h a d o W of
m maternity first
begins to fall
upon the woman
she Is often nerv-
ous, 81 e eple IS,
without appetite,
and full OF vague
fears.
The help need
ed by women at
this crisis Is fully
furnished by DR..
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t
nouris S b es the
nerves and SO
guiets them. II
restores the appe-
tite and induces
refreshing sleep.
IL gives Dllysica1
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-27

The Ohio state Board of Arbltra-
tion is going TO settle the steel strike
at least It is telling the newspapers
that this Is what II intends TO do
There is soon TO be another session OF
the Legislature, and 1t is necessary
for the members of the Board to
make some show of earning their
salaries. But Judging from the re.
suits actually accomplished by the
Arbitration Boards generally, their
appointment seems to be more oon.
.yenient TO politicians having labor
friends to reward, than necessary to
the public good.