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The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-13

cultivation for strawberries and could
not today be bought for 5000. These
people cvlaim that their strawberry
crops never fail, and they have raised
each year an average of $50 crates of
berries to the acre, representing a
net profit, all expenses off, of $IIo
per acre.
Of course, all of this is scientific
farming, but it is the best kind of
farming They take as much care of
their plants, and more, than the aver
age housewife does of her window
garden.
While they have an annual rainfall
of nearly 90 inches, or about five
inches per month, one man is so en-
terprising and sees such possibilities
in the development of his place that
lie has erected, at large cost, sy5-
tcrn of overhead pipes which, supplied
from a tank and pumping station.
spray his beds at regular Intervals
and the scheme is so uniqueiv devised
that the same tank and pipes serve for
spraying liquid fertilizer.
To the man in the North, where the
long winter has already set in, all OF
this may sound too good to be true,
and, as the people of Wilmington just
ly say, the statements that they make
are turposely mild, because they real
ize that the simple truth if stated ac-
curately would be regarded as a
fai11 story.
Whether the average farmer wants
to consider or not the hard work that
is necessitated by trucking, (for, of
course, it is hard work., it is mighty
tempting to have such large profits
assured from a business" which is,
unfortunately, in many sections not
profitable, and to realize that a few
years spent in this territory will al
most certainly give one something for
the proverbial rainy day. 1t is ques-
ton which each man must decide for
himself. AS a city man, knowing the
cares and perplexities of business life,
[ must confess to a yearning for a
farm which yields such assured profits
and with the conditions for working
the most favorable that nature could
devise. How muCf more attractive
it must be to the experienced farmer
who understands, almost from intui-
ton, the possibilities of soil of all
grades, climatic influences and what
he has been accustomed to earn from
his labor.
The soil in this section is very large
ly what the government terms "Nor-
folk sandy loan" and Norfolk fine
sandy loam," which consists of a me-
dunn or fine sandy loan, grading into
yellow sandy clay of IL to 20 inches,
underlaid by stiff, tenacious yellow
clay. On account of the light, sandy
nature of these surface soils they are
the first to warm up in the spring, and
consequently produce the earliest
yields. The clay subsoil acts as a
self-irrigating reservoir, supplying
moisture to the plants as needed, while
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-13

great a barrier to any such move as
to make it next to impossible. Your
stock law alone is sufficient to deter
every intelligent person from entering
our borders as a permanent resident.
When J. F. settled this place in 1860
his nearest neighbor was five miles
away, and when an old acquaintance,
an Old-time resident of the state, ar
rived to move into one of our unoc-
cupied shanties with his family he
was hailed with open arms. Well,
he brought a pig and J. r. had
little garden patch that he had tend
ed with maternal care, getting 1t into
prime condition, when to his d1smay
he say one morning the tail OF that
pig just sticking out of a hole he had
made in digging our crop We 1mme-
diately informed our friend of the fact
and requested him to put his pig IN
a pen. Our friend replied: Fix your
fence" Now, we didn't have time to
build hog-tight fences and the pig
destroyed our garden. Not long at
ter Our friend invited us over to help
slaughter the pig, which we gladly
AGRl - 3 -
did, congratulating ourself that that
trouble was ended, but in less than
week our friend brought in two pigs
and turned loose That was the last
straw and our friend was ordered Oft
our premises, pigs and all, and these
two pigs have been the last ones to
run at large in this community that
were owned by our people. According
to our laws, our friend had legal
right to turn as many hogs loose upon
us as he pleased, and that is the case
all over the State-a statute well
enough in the early days, but as great
a curse to the present conditions OF
affairs as can possibly be enacted;
statute that favorS enc industry at the
expense of all others; and yet our IN
telligent legislators would all die in
fits if an act should be presented to
them to modify that law. AT the same
time they can cry for immigration!
They require better pasturage tor
their COWS and pigs-in their ne1gh-
boris field, | suppose
To conclude, Florida is in no COLI
dition to invite foreign immigration,
and won't be for many years to come.
What immigration the state has re-
ceived has been from the Western
states, and it is only of late years that
they were favorably received. The
few points | have named regarding
the matter are only few of the ad-
verse conditions the immigrant meets
on his arrival here. Get the state
ready and then ask people to come
if you would be successful.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-13

The heart of the farmer here, as 1t
is very generally the case in the South
Just now, is made glad, not so much
by the air, because farmers are a pref
ty healthy lot and have not time to
bother about their breathing appara-
tus, but on account of the fact that the
land they own is yielding an income
and a net profit that no other safe bus
mess would show. They tell great
tales about what the farmers along
the eastern coast are making off their
crops, and every word of it is true.
| talked with one man who had
less than 20 acres under cultivation in
lettuce, and he has been offered in the
past few days by commission house
$4,000 for his crop i'll the field. He
is holding it for $4,000. Of course,
this is an exceptional case, but lands
are selling there a. high as $3.50 an
acre (and good land can be bought
as low as $40 and $50 an acre), and,
as far as l am able to judge, there
must be something or other valuable
about farming land worth that price
The Wilmington district is already a
great trucking center. Twenty
hundred carloads of strawberries
(mind you not crates, but carloads)
were shipped from here last year
They are bringing in farmers from
Northern Italy, and Greeks from the
Island of Crete, and sturdy Americans
from Illinois and Iowa are going there
in increasing numbers to try how it
goes to raise two or three crops
year.
Speaking of the Island of Crete, an
enterprising land agent persuaded a
prince of royal blood to come to Will
mington and try his hand at tilling
the soil His success is already as
sured, helped, it is true, by the fact
that the Greeks that accompanied him
are still his devoted followers and do
a large part of his work without pay,
besides tilling their own patches. That
is something of "cinch" that most of
us have not been able to bring about
in our own affairs.
They have demonstration farms
there and experimental stations to
show those not accustomed to truck
ing just how the best results may be
obtained, and they cite you almost
numberless instances of men that are
now working 2o-acre farms and put
ting by in the bank $4,000 to $4,000
every year, besides getting living.
The state department of agriculture
published an estimate in 1901 show
ing the average net profits per acre OF
vegetables grown in the Wilmington
district, and although there are no re-
ports on file showing the average pro-
fit per acre of lettuce and strawberries,
the following will be interesting:
Asparagus, So3-o3
Beets, sos
Cabbage, $II3.6I.
Cucumbers, $I75.
Irish potatoes, $IoI.6o.
Sweet potatoes, $Io65o.
Tomatoes, $o472.
| could write from now until to-
morrow, and maybe longer, about the
way these figures are borne out, and
more in the actual profits that are be
ing realized. One typical instance will
suffice. A man bought farm of 90
acres in 1902 for $4,000. He had no
free cash capital to start with, al
though the farm was under cultivation
when he bought it and was provided
with mules, farming implements, etc.
He bought it on credit. At the end
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-08

The faith which Uncle James Hobbs
had always kept in the accuracy of IL
Illustrations in his favorite magazine
was sadly shaken after his visit to the
botanical gardens.
When Mrs. Hobbs called his atten-
ton to u picture OF Cuban village In
the next issue of the magazine he look
ed at it doubtfully.
More than likely 1t doesn't look thar
way at ALL he said, detection plainly
written nil over his dropping figure.
~ never told ye about my disapp'lnt-
laent sitting under one o. those pam
trees III the gardens. Why, the pic
lures in the magazine gave such a
shade to them Arabs underneath I'd
always wanted to sit under a PAIN
tree. But tell ye. after trying it that
blistering hct day I'd jest as soon
think of cxpee ing a ladder to shade
mo MS a PAIN tree, and I don't know
hut sooner, II twas one where the
rungs weren't too fer apart. wouldn't
lay my calculations on Cuby's looking
too much like that picture If was IL
your place, Maria"
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rI,n arnrIner.s Ynrn.

Down in the docks one day they We're
talking about n schooner which had
been struck by lightning, when the re
porter singled out an old mariner and
Captain H.. it seems to me I've
read or heard of your vessel being
strucls?"
yes. she was" answered the old
yarn spinner.
where was it?"
"On Point aux Barques, about fif-
teen years ago. Very strange case
that, probably the only one Of the
kind ever heard Of"
Give us the particulars"
We'll we were jogging along down
when Il thunderstorm overlook US, and
the very FIRST flash of lightning struck
the deck amtdshps and bored hotc
as big MS my leg right down through
the bottom of the vessel"
And she foundered. of courseY
no. sir Tie water began rushing
in and she would have fouudered, but
there came a second flash and bolt
struck my fore-to gallant mast. 1t was
cut OF near the top. turned bottom
end up. and as it came down it entered
The hole and plugged it up as tight as
Il drum. When we got down to dry
dock we simple sawed or either end
ana left the plug in the planks."-St.
Louis Republic
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Big Show

Mr.. viii N. Gray, the prelinlin-
airy agent of Chas. II. Yale,s
s'Devil's Auction Company, arrived
in the city today on business npper-
tanning to the early announcements
of the forthcoming engagement OF
that famous spectacle at the Traders
Grand opera house. Manager Yale
announces that the present season
marks the 9th edition of this
phenomenal show-piece, and that II
is better. larger and more entertain,
ing than ever. The date has not
ben decidd dfinitcly, but it IS an an
assured fact that Clarksbarg , ",
see this big show very soon. Inns
is only one Of the large attract'ons
that Manager Robinson has secured
for this season.
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Fiduciary Notice

The accounts of the following
named fidueiaries are before ME for
settlements:
Edith B. Schmick, administrators
of G. +. SchHick, decreased.
Mary a. Rome, ad1ninistratriX OF
Edward Rome, deceased.
John II. Musser, administrator
with the will annexed, OF james no
mine, deceased.
Harvey W. Hammer, administers
tor dc bonus non, with the will an
nexed of Wellington Martin, de-
ceased.
Harvey w. Hammer, adIninistra-
tor Of G. ID. Ogden, deceased.
Given under my hnnd August
s1st, 1908.
JAMES N. DAVID,
Commissioner of Accounts Tor Ear
rison County, West Yirginla.
aug3 1-sept8
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q SLY RATH.
II II = fsofssnf Iga.efoF n the cure 81
Any Disease.

II n = Potent Factor In the Cure 81
Any u4sesses
There Is no disInfectant made by
n.sn thar can compare with the suns
rags in effectiveness.
A sun bath IS "a most potent factor.
in the cure OF any disease After ones
gki;I becomes accust0nted to the direct
rays OF tie sun one may lie IN the sun
shire for hours ut time with great
benefit. hut at first the exposure should
he or only a few minutes duration at
one time. Three short periods. how
ever. may be repeated several times u
1av. The be4t results nre obtained by
exposing tie bare skin OF the whole
body except tie he:iflp to the direct
rays OF tic sun. Consequently a cot
placed in the bow window of an upper
chamber is M ideal place for a sum
bath, provided that the mir in the cham
Der is absolutely fresh and pure.
TO sit on the porch in the sun Is very
beneficial. even n one must be so
warmly wrapped up as TO make 1t diff
Ecult for the SIMS rays to penetrate to
the skin.
10 lie on tue grass In tie sun IS bet
ter stiIl-ou the grass with only bla4-
ket between tlic Invalid AMI the heal
ing powers of mother earth.
The patients head should not be eH-
posed to the direct rays or ;.te sun ia
any case. aud q sun hatiI Should be
followed by a cool sponge Ldth when
possible.-8Iaxweil's Taii.'I.:Sa.
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raft ~. 4 Nv ~ ID fi5a iiIIe fi5se he
lem i ed Oh tlit sliilIi faced child.
Nov gus what I li5ld behind ~ y
5adisp 6iie beeEns = TFnSn.t that the
beeinnfng2 Aud itsende1 withs eEre
just got--n kiss for you She hest
tntct Slightly over tie last sentence,
The baIr conscious 1--we W'o-tmnSton
hnd re.t for her always famed into
life Looking up, Sic caught the eS-
T,iess.on IN his eyes, and her oEyn heart
Ie4pel. Then her color faded, lehv'ne
Ecr white and frightened looking
sGhaie,r he said softiy, "yOur mem-
ory has not failed youT
''You-you mustn't call me thai
now" she said. ITS different
eDlRereut? How"
"Oh,-and her voice was almost
sob-'don't you see. you great big
y7t1tpI b1yg'' The words had come
back to ner. cit wouldn't be proper:
I'm engaged" And she extended her
hdnd to him with the circiet Of dia-
rnonds.
After minute, wl'cn WorthingtoD
bad swallowed some hard things that
rose in his throat, he said, half ques-
donmgly:
'sYou ycT1 nre hpppy?"
She glanced at him shyly from under
her I,n;= L; Eos. Tile hand which Wore
the circle tre.lbled. II suppose so,
she sud II am doing my duty. Isn't
that .ihe surest road to bhpplness?"
The swistfulness of her appeal made
him hold. .sTien yOu do not love the
NAM lie asked.
-ssO.,, no." size said abruptly. The re-
ply had escaped before she realized It
It had hca.i tai;en so much for granted
this fact that she did not love the
comt-that tie words were involun-
tary.
..Fathcr wished IT. she Went on.
nv Count RinaldI or tho son of my old
friend Worthlngton.' he said. They
were the only ones who were good TO
him in his trouble"
At the mention OF his name light
broke through the cloud which Worth
i1,gtoa had watched fold about him
while she spoke.
Miss HurIburt," he whispered eager
Is, edo you remember my name
Robert worthinSton7y
ae stood back to watch the effect 1t
produced- Wonder. delight. sorrow,
resignation. followed each other In
quick succession. Then she looked
him squarely in the eyes, telling him
more .plalnly than words that she IN
derstood.
Il am glad you are here" she said.
holding out her hand to him. 1T was
nice 20 see you again. must go now"
..But-I may see your
Robert worthington Is welcome"
she said, and was gone.
WGrthlngton saw the girl occasional,
ly, but it was only short time until
he learned that she would never break
a plfShted troth. And yet-yes. he felt
that her heart was slipping into his
keeping. At last, for both their sakes,
ne remained away from her.
One morning, when he was finding II
particularly difficult to keep his reso-
luton, paragraph in the foreign
news caught his eye. Count Leonardo
RinaIdI, charse d'anaIres of the lega-
tion at n, died suddenly this morning.
His engagement to Miss Dorothy Hurl-
burt, a beautiful American girl, was
recently announced''-
He read no further, but took the
paper to his mother, his heart beating
wildly, his eyes glowing with the light
OF love.
..Niother,- he cried, look! Grille is
free, and now the great, big, stupid
boy will have his innings"
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Examination

The third and last examination
for teachers, under the uniform sys-
tenn this year, will be held at
Clarksburg, Friday and Saturday
Sept. Is and 10, 1905, beginning
promptly at Z o'clock a. m. on dates
mentioned.
l.. WAYAIAN OGDEN;
ang23td. County Superintendent
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CERTIFICATE RE-EXTENDIHG
CHARTER
Treasury Department, Office of
Comptroller of the Currency.
Washington, D. e.,
TIL OK 1O0S

July SOs 1OOOs
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence.
presented to the undersigned, it has
been made to appear that The Mer-
chants National Bank of West Vir-
-ginia. at Clarksburg, located in the
town of Clarksburg, in the County
of Harrison, and State of West Viz
ginia. has complied with all the pro-
visions of tie Act of Congress, Nto
enable National Banking Associa7
tions to extend their corporate eSls-
tence, and for other purposes, APP
proved July 10, 1882, as amended
~ the Act, approved April II, 1907,
Now, therefore, I, Thomas
Kane, Deputy and Acting Comp
troller of the Currency, do hereby
certify that The Merchants National
Bank of West Virginia at Clarks-
burg, located in the town OF Clarks-
burg, in the County of Harrison
and State of West Virginia, Is ar-
thorized to have succession for the
period specified in it's amended az,
ticles of association, namely, nntll
close of business on July %, 1923;
In testimony whereof wit.
ness my hand and seal OF
TsEAI this office, this s5th day OF
July, 1905.
Deputy and Acting Comptroller OF
the Currency.
Extension No. oil.
Charter No. 1880.
Tho advanced fall shipment Of
ladies fine skirts has arrived at
IIynch,s 29aug4t.
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Have a slightly used upright
piano viii sen cheap Must be sold
i5liin 30 days Address o." care
Telsaram. septstf,
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First Student s;i..; r
ing law for 4f S.0ti s-eT.'. .a.l'l 20 i'i',
tice 1t? SecouI SuiGaat-3h. l''l -.
ing in for politics. ~: / wish - know
tie weak points OF the law.-Tom Wat
sons Magazine.
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One night is al the time neees-

One night IS all the Time neces-
sary to pro,a Eat Pinelles is the
best rcmcdy in tie world for back
ache and all kidney and btadder
troubles. re YOU have rheumatism
or anv oEher blood disease single
dose will give relief. Sold by Stone
& Mercer.
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Pine salve acts like a poultiee.
Best thing in the world for boils.
burns, cracked hands, letter, etc.
Sold by Stone 8 Mercer
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Miss Wilson, milliner for T. J.
Lynch s. Co., is now in the east at
tending the millinery openings. She
will return here soon. 29aug4t'
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EEEIeIEe "a FuNERALs.
A Cartons custom That We Follow
ed In the olGep Days.

ed In the OIGe1 Days.
At the funerals of great personages,
the old chronicles tell us. his lively
effigy,'' dressed to initiate lac, was car
ried In a chariot before tie corpse to
the grave, then there set up under
..hearse'' or a temporary movement In
the church. Such ehigies were often
left In glass case standing over the
vault where the intermcnt had taken
place. Some statues were Of wood
with heads of plaster. but the more
modern ones We're of wax. IL The old
en- days mandatory poems or epitnphS
were alike, with pins or wax to these
"hearses'' and were even thrown into
graves ON tie coffins IN similar man
ner to our modern custom of flowers
at a burial. When SkeIton. poet lau
reate to IIepry VIII, took sanctuary
mt Westminster to escape the disPIeas-
ures of the then all powerful Cardinal
Wolsoy it Is said that he subsisted on
what he Gained by writing epItaphs for
use ut funerals In the abbey. Ben
Jonson's well known epitaph to the
Countess of Pembroke
Underneath this sable hearse
Lies 80 s;iojact OF all verse,
Sta, srFaf nffs
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except Sunday arrive 6:15 a. m.
No. Fleetwood & Morgantowns
daily except Sunday, arrive 2 p. m.
leave 4:10 p. m.
No. fleetwood g. Clarksburg,
daily except Sunday; arrive 7:1S
No. s9-weston 6 FairmOnt,
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Fer.iIizers AT your own prsee at D 4
Reed s Co.'s aPFP"
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Sunday only: arrive 7::2o p. m.
EAST BOUND.

EAST BOUND.
No. s-Clarksburg & RichwSod,
daily except Sunday, leave 6 200 am.
a. M. leace II 20 a. m
No 2-Morgantown & Redwood,
daily except Sunday; arrive $3.50
No. 6-Fairmont and Pickens,
daily; arrive 4 200 p. M; leace 10
No. 4-Pittsburg & Weston, daily
p M
except Sunday; arrive II 10 p. m
No. GG-Fairmont & Weston,
Sunday only; arrive 9:35 a. m;
leave 10 :35 a. m
WEST VIRGINIA SHORT LINE.
WEST BOUND.
No. 7-Clarksburg & New Mar
tinsville. daily; leave $50 a. m.
No. 59-Clarksburg & New Mar
tinsville, daily except Sunday leave
. 80 P. m.
EAST BOUND.
No. 56-New Martinsyiile &
Clarksourg, daily except Sunday I;
arrive 11:1s a. M
No. 5s-New Martinsville q
Clarksburg, daily; arrive s 10 a. m.
D. B. MARrIN, NJ. P. T.,
Baltimore, Md.
@. W. BAssErT, G. p A.,
Baltimore, Md
j. Moe. MARTIN, T. 2. A.,
Parkersburg, W. Va.
@. Il. TowLns, 9. T. A.,
ClaTksburg, W. Va.
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Extra fine ice cream served q
Hotel Waldo eacG- day from moor
until midnight iune1sdH
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WEST VIRan, IA AND FTrTsBURa
DIVISION.
WEST ROUND.
No. 1-Pickens and Fairmont
daily: arrive 8 40 a. m. leave 10 $50
3. m.
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- BAL 7,MngF 3 0mo
Rt.lROAG.

ES.38OAnS.
Taking eff,et Sunday, May p, 1903
WEST BOUND.
No. 1--Express, daily; arrive
No. Accommodation, daily
No. 8-Express, daily; arrive
No. 15-Acoommodation, daily
No. 55-Expross, daily; arriv
EAST BOUND.
No. 2-Express, daily; arrive
No. 14-Accommodation, daily
lrrive 10 :22 a. m.
No. 12-Express, daily; arrive
) 40 p. m.
No. Accommodation, daily
lrrive 6 :5s p. m.
No. -Express, daily: arrive
9:35 p. m.
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National Building Psburgh Pflsb Best Flour
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was evidently thus attached to her
..hearse. ''-Gentlenan's Magazine
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The advanced fall shipment Of
ladies fine skirts has arrived a.
Lynch's 2gaug4t,
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BALTIMORR s OHIO r.. r.

BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R.
Special bow Rates to the
LEWIS & CLARK EXPOSITION
Portland, Oregon.
a splendid opportunity to visit
CALIFORNIA
and the
PACIFIC COAST,
Yellowstone National Park. Sho-
shonc FAILS. Fhe Yosemite
Tickets now on sale from all station
For rates, routes and full details
address b. s. o. Ticket Agents or
@. w. Bassett, G.P.A.,
D. b. Martin, M.P.T.,
Baltimore, Md.
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of Pembroke

Underneath this sable hearse
Lies 80 ssiojact OF all verse,
c.I.I........ ..i.A..n-