The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-01-01
Domestic Science Lessons.

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Edna Wllurqgrs. Gee whiz! But
there'll be fun and music in the woods
in the year of our Lord 1904-Lake
City Index.
John Easterin, the alleged muir.
derer of Tom Clark, has been spirited
away from the Gainesville Jail, by the
sheriff, and Is now confined in one Of
the other jails within the state. This
was done on account of the feeling
against him, and the fear of lynch
ing.
Mrs. G. w. Jacocks of Orlando, who
grows what are probably the finest
peCans in America, recently shipped
to the Texas Pee IN Seed Company at
FIT. Worth, Ten, sack of pecans
weighing l0j pounds. For 100 pounds
Of these she received 81 per pound,
and for five pounds she received 80
per pound, making a total of $ll5 for
the shipment. Beat that who can.
John Neel in his paper, the West
vile Advocate. has this to say of his
recently incorporated town and its
police officer: "Well, yes, it looks
like we we're Incorporated, You
ought to see the policeman marching
around with tin star on the lapel of
his coat and a homemade club swung
around his arm. My. don't he look
vic. us. Wish some one would fight
just to see what he would do"
A young fellow arrived in Miami
last week, registered at the hotel as
u. w. Beckham, Frankfort, KY"
and masqderaded as the governor of
Kentucky. He gave whisky parties,
delighted the town, and was the re-
cipient of various kind offices by those
who queer" the mighty. A day or
two later it developed that Governor
Beckham was still in Kentucky and
the masgueradOr was arrested.
Following the lead of the Florida
East Coast railway, the Seaboard Air
Line, on Christmas day, announced
that the passenger rate had also been
reduced to 3 cents a mile The At.
lantic Coast line is now the only large
road in the state charging more than
thought that the Railroad Commits
sion will direct a 3-cent rate on this
road and the Southern unless they
voluntarily grant the rate already
.given by the F. +. c. and s. a. l..
roads. /
BIG POTATO CROP. =
1t is estimated that the spring crop
of Irish potatoes raised in ST. Johns
county this year will approximate co.
will bring laid down at the railroad
g. h ha he
will receive will exceed the net re-
turns for the orange crop Of St. Johns
county in it's palmiest days.
TOM SAWYER PROBLEMS.
Three men start out to become gov
ernor of Florida. Fral': Harri, leaves
Ocala at o'clock Saturday morning,
walking at the rate of IL miles per
day; Bob Davis starts the night before
from Palatka, going IA miles day or
so long as the walking is good, and
Duncan Fletcher starts out from Jack
sonville Sunday morning after break
fast, riding a bicycle which slipped a
cog before he got to Baldwin, how
long will it take these men to reach
Tallahassee, and what horse power
will each develop in the expression of
his individual feelings should they find
Billy Sheats already in possession?
This is rather difficult sum for be.
ginners and should not be undertaken
on full stOmach.)
Three women attended meeting
Of the Ladies' Aid Society. Mrs. J.
has working capacity of 81 words
per minute: Mrs. s. 90s per minute
and Mrs. w. III words. How many
words will all three perpetrate in the
hour and quarter of the meeting if
all talk at once, and how far will the
good cause be advanced?
If the governor of Florida travelled
Il, 900 miles during the first half of |
his term, and was absent from his Of
fee $50 days, how far will he be oblig. |
ed to travel to reach the U. S. Senate,
with John Stockton and Jim Talia. |
ferro crossing his track every half |
hour? This sum is done by the rule of |
three.