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The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23
Fruit Growing at Homestead.

Mr.. Nj. E. Spencer, a prominent citi-
zen and property owner Of the East
Side, is in receipt of a letter from
his brother, Mr.. F. NJ. Spencer, who
OWNS valuable property and a fruit
farm near Homestead, the present
terminus of the Florida East Coast
Railway. which tells of the prosper
ity of the fruit business in that sec
ton.
Mr.. Spencer speaks especially of
one paw-paw tree which is now seven
feet high with Il spread of leaves
extending eight feet. The tree is
bearing fruit which is 23 inches in
circumference and ten inches in
length, with no signs yet of ripening.
Mr. Spencer says that there are forty
five paw-paws OH the tree.
This is but another instance of
what is being done in Dade county
i'm the way of fruit growing, and
shows that this section of Florida is
destined not many years hence, to
take the lead in citrus fruits.-TrOpic-
al Sun.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23
Another New Orange Box.

Hawks Park, Florida, correspondent
Chicago Packer: An experiment with
a new carrier for oranges was made
recently by w. S. Hart of this place.
About the first of March Mr..
Hart made a shipment in the new
carrier TO Berlin, Germany. The car
rier, or box, is recent invention for
the safer packing of oranges, grape
frequently kept very badly in transit.
The box looks like a tail cheeSe-bOX
with small pastebOard partitions very
similar to the separate compartments
i'm egg cases. The oranges are thus
not allowed to come in contact with
one another and from the fact that
they don't require wrappers the eX-
pense of the partition in the crate
makes the cost slightly, if any more,
expense than the one now in general
use.
The shipment referred to above,
was i'm all 3:} days in transit, and
when it arrived in Germany, only
eight oranges We're spoiled, while the
others were positively in no way i'm
perfect.
This was at the time when so many
oranges were coming from Florida
in bad shape due to the wet weather
i'm that state.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23

but as soon as the novelty wore off
he began to get tired easily, and by
the end of the first month he was of
little use. Having no other help and
not being able to find any, l kept him
for about two weeks more, when he
was sent away. He went to the vii
lage, did odd jobs for awhile, and final
ly took up his quarters in a saloon,
where he worked for his board and
drink. This went on until July. In
the meantime he had been busy. He
had used my name and established a
small credit on it. He got some
clothes and other merchandise on the
strength of it, and finally wound up
by forging some checks and running
away, taking with him a fine young
girl, daughter of well-tO-dO parents.
He took an excursion train for New
York, and when last seen he and the
girl were at COney Island. Officers
of the law were sent after him, but
he succeeded i'm eluding them, and |
have not heard that he has been taken.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23
Gold in Florida Sand.

The editor of the Courier Informant
expresses the opinion that there is
gold in Florida sand. Of course there
is, and our people are digging for it,
usually with good success. The phOs-
phate, kaOlin and other mines are no
doubt profitable, but, in the long run,
the most profitable mine is farm well
TILED. Florida sand has made many
fortune when farmed on up-tO-date
lines, and will continue to do so for
many years to come The item from
the COurier-InfOrmant is as follows:
There is gold in Florida sand. 1t
produces the finest citrus fruits in
the world, and almost every other
fruit known to temperate and tropical
regions, though not perhaps in as great
perfection. There is scarcely a known
vegetable that it will not produce.
Out of it grows the palmetto and the
pine, both great gold producers. I'm
der and in it, lie beds of phosphate
and kaOlin as valuable as genuine gold
mines. And now as the chief ingre-
dient in the manufacture of sand
lime brick and cement blocks, it is
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23

furnishing the cheapest and best build
and climate like OURS
1t will not be many years before
the handsomest buildings and finest
pavements in the cities and towns
throughout the state, will stand as
enduring monuments to the virtues
and uses of Florida sand. Almost
every day new uses are being found
for it, and it would not be surprising
if, when the final development is
reached, it should be found that plain
Florida sand has more wealth prOduc-
ing capacity than the richest prairie
lands of the West, or the famous delta
of the Nile.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23
Curing California Prunes.

Ouf1nS Ca11O Orn1a FruneS.
The Packer publishes an account of
the method of curing prunes, in Cali
fOrnia, which may be interesting to
our readers. If we could grow the
fruit here it could be dried i'm evapOr-
atOrs and still be profitable. Has any
one ever tried to grow prunes in this
state? We do not see why they could
not be raised if they could be protect
ed from the curculio.
A veteran grower tells how they
cure the 100000, 900 pounds of Califor-
mia prunes that are annually put on
the market:
"The method of curing prunes in
California is very simple and inexpen-
sive. When the fruit begins to ripen
the trees are slightly shaken or the
trunk Jared and the ripe fruit falls to
the ground which has been previously
prepared by raking away any clods or
Jumps of earth that the clOd maSher
has not pulverized.' This is repeated
twice more at intervals at the same
time removing the immature wind
falls of three Or four days that are
always to be found under the trees.
The fruit is gathered in tin pals and
emptied into boxer which are hauled
TO the drying yard. They are now
emptied into boxes which are hauled
into boiling water in which Il small
quantity of lye has been dissolved.
They remain about ten seconds or un-
til the skin begins to break. They are
then dipped into clear cold. water and
rinsed and placed on trays to dry in
the sun. All that is now required 8
to shake the trays little as the fruit
shrinks to expose the under side to the
sun and dry evenly. In five or six
days. or owing to the weather. the
fruit is ready to sack. If it could be
turned over to the distributor all
would be well.
If the grower could realize 8 cents IL
pound for his prunes bone dry, he
might live OH easy street, ride in his
surrey and send his children to the
university. but the jObber steps in,
weighs the fruit, stores and grades it
at his leisure and dips it in boiling
glucose. increasing the weight nearly
half. which insures to his benefit, and
tells the grower there Is no market,
charging for storage and interest on
any money advanced. The grower
never sees his fruit graded and is en-
tirely at the mercy of the jObber. In
three or four months there may be a
settlement and the grower is lucky if
he realizes One-half to two cents per
pound for his fruit.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23
Objects to Florida.

The editor of the Indiana Farmer
spent some time in Florida the past
winter, most of it in or near Tampa.
He wrote several quite interesting
letters to his paper about what he
saw and heard. Most of his comments
were favorable. AS a result of these
letter one of his subscribers has writ
ten letter Objecting to Florida.
We give all that the editor printed
of the letter and his remark We will
comment on it on the editorial page
this week.
Mr.. J. Rupert, a subscriber in De-
Kalb Co, has spent year or two in
Florida, and was not pleased. He
sends us quite a lengthy letter telling
us his experiences there, and his OBJ
jections to the country. We cannot
spare the room for his entire letter
but make Il few extracts. He says:
Most of the Northern people have
read a great deal of what the South
ern real estate and the railroad agents
have to say about their country being
such a good place to make money, but
to lose your money. They claim that
You can live cheaper in the South than
in the North. How about it? / will
give you Il few prices on things. Com
pare them with the same things in
the NOrth''
He then gives long list of articles.
with prices, among which are butter
40 cents, lard 10 cents, beans 10 cents.
dried peaches 20 cents. etc, to show
the greater cost of living there than
here. But most of the articles he
quotes are such as the farmer ought to
produce, and the higher the price the
better for him. He says that corn,
hay, Irish potatoes and several other
crops do not succeed in that sandy
soil; it is too dry, and there is no good
pasture for stock.
He warns our readers against taking
cattle there, and denies the healthful-
ness of the climate, telling of a family
from Kansas who lost their children
after removing to Florida He also
cites case where a farmer from the
North lost a number of fine horses he
had taken there, and he himself lost
team, by changing their feed and
climate
He covers the entire ground of OBJ
Jectlons of the country, but we do not
think that our readers would be inter
ested in the subject at this season of
the year, and we certainly have not
the space to spare for SO long a letter
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23
Experience With City Helpers.

Sometime ago we quoted, from the
Rural New Yorker, two articles giving
the experience of a farmer who tried
to get help from the city. The result
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23

trouble in getting satisfactory hired
help.
| notice your article on page 33S
in reference to farm help from mis-
siOns and bureaus in the city. l have
had some practical experience for two
years. In 1904 l cOrrespOnded with
IA labor bureau in New York City in
reference to farm help, stating l
English and a good milker. In a few
days l received reply, stating the
terms, and that they could furnish me
with competent help, but l would have
to advance some money to bear eX-
penses from New York to Lancaster,
Pa, my nearest railroad station. This
[ did, and in a few days they wrote
me they had sent a man. | went to
depot several times, but man or bag
gage did not appear l wrote again,
and they said they would send an
other. Finally, in about a week,
man came. a Hungarian, who could
neither speak English nor any lam
guage that we could understand, and
he had never worked on a farm; had
always lived i'm the city He had just
come from abroad about six weeks
previous. A Russian who lived in
Lancaster, Pa, happened to be at our
house, peddling, and fortunately for
the foreigner and ourselves, he could
speak to this stranger. He said the
bureau had charged him a fee, be-
sides the one / paid them in advance,
and misrepresented the situation TO
him. We could not use the man.
There was but one thing to do; he had
no money to buy a ticket to return to
New York. so we gave him sufficient
to buy a ticket from Lancaster. Pa,
to New York, and lost in the little eX-
perience about SO and some annoy
ance. The next attempt of this kind
was in 1905. / wrote for a young man
who had lived in the city, but had at
tended school year at the Baron de
Hirsch school in New Jersey. This
man was to be able to do farm work
in general, and be a good milker But
what a failure! He virtually knew
nothing about practical farm life, and
could not milk four cows in one hour.
He stayed a few weeks, then went
to his home for a few days, promised
to return, but / have not seen him
since neither do l care to. l would
of this kind alone The game is not
worth the powder
Experience With a Dead Beat.-I
noticed the request that readers who
have tried farm help from the various
missions and bureaus i'm New York
would give a fair statement of the
outcome. L want to give you my eX-
perience, both because it contains Il
lesson, and because It will correct an
account of it that l sent you some
thing over a year ago. Last year l
had great difficulty in getting help.
In my strait, l went to the BOwery
Mission. There | looked over a num-
ber of men and picked out one who
had been brought up on farm not
far from Troy. He had come to the
city to make a fortune. and had not
al A,,I a.
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Tuesday evening in the old Clark
hui ling gsand q large number Of. young
paorle enjoyed this pleasant and
healthful pastime.
The Parker Mfg. Co.. have opened
up headquarters i'd the, old butter ana
egg house and are Misunderstanding the
ATMOSPHERIC Washers. More partic.
ulars regarding this new company
latter.
The committees appointed to SECURE
gifts for the, officers Of the Republican
central committees selected and pre-
seDted thetn asfpQllpws; to J.J. Mur-
ply, chairman, solid silver table ret.
kniye.a forks. teaspoons and table,
spoons, butter knife, sugar she'll and
berly spoon, to j.. w. Parsons, secre-
tary, cut glass water ,tankard, tumblers
and plateau; to Geo. Nelson, treasurer,
solid gold fountain pen.. Every repnb.
lican in the county Is glad to see these
gentlemen thus rewarded and espec-
tally chairman Murphy who wQIked
SO INCREASINGLY. Turner was one 81
the few coun,ies Ia this state 70 slect
her entire republican ticket.
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- 80 !, ~, 65tss3fs4Ssfs Z. sS
Sheriff elect shanks spent Sunday in
the city. S;.s,
VIM. Pier is clerkiDx for the Wipl
Drug Co.
r. G. Robertson has moved his pool
hall into his building which wss re-
Gently vacated by Chas. Fowler. Fur
fow's meat market will OCCUPY the
building vacated by Mr.. Robertson.
Jas. Hogan, Mr.. and Mrs. La voy,
and Misses Agnes and Mayme Hogan
were Parker visitors r., On n Monday.
Miss Gross of .Yanktpn has accepted
position as stenorrapheN in the Office
Of E. Z. Browne.
From Press-Eeadef. AZ,
Word was received here; Saturday
mofning Of the death snt Mrs. Chae.
Marks. sister Of Mrs. Arthur Howdle
at Mosiort, Wis.,, Friday night
The roller skating rink opened
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Situations Wanted-hale.

WANTED-By young man. experienced
upholsterer. position ". SMITH 404 X St
NV II
"ANTED-By young colored man. place as
porter IN private Family. hotel. or store.
l64S New Jersey ave NY my15-3t
WANTED-POsitfon. piano player, waiter.
clerk. summer hotel: good appearance: So
Der; small salary JOSEPH LISDWOOD,
General Delivery. Washington. D. c.
nyl5-2t
WANTED-By a boy, %. position as meat
cutter or grocery clerk best references. Ad-
dress BOX as. Times Office rnyI3-st
WANTED-BY an experienced meat cutter
and grocery clerk. position as meat cutter,
clerk. or manager. Address BOX 4l4. Zines
cttice- myI3-St
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Help Wanted
Male and Female,

WANTED-You can learn the Syllable system
OF shorthand in Is hours: attain speed OF
20 10 100 words in $50 hours and we win pro-
cure a position for you. We teach also Pit
man, Graham. Gregg. and Barnes systems
typewriting. and Spanish. SrENOGRAPHIC
Nlz2 rny4-SOt
$50. COOK and wife, Pennsylvania: % wait
ers. SO. Atlantic City: kitchen men; all col
ored PHILLIPS AGENCY, S29 7th ST. NV
WANTED-Solicitor. Apply before am.
COLUMBIA GARDENING Co s23 r st. II
WANTBD-A woman. cook: bar porter Ap-
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WANTED-Tailors and girls 10 help on mems
coats SCHWARTZ, 22O4 18th 81. NV. II
WANTED-SiN reliable young oolored men
and women for insurance business; good sal
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WANTED-Picture agents: ladies and gen
tlemen; good money made. 20s 7th St sw
TnyI2-30t
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For SaIe-MisceIIareous.
CASH REGISTERS,

CASH REGISTERS.
NEW NATIONALS FROM Sz5 Up.
HALLWOOD REGISTERS AT A SACRIFICE
Several slightly used NATIONALS. FULLY
GUARANTEED; exceptional bargains and on
EASY PAYMENTS We sell Second hand
Cash Registers Of al kinds cheaper and IN
THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO..
5I7 NINTH STREET " W
Inylo-sot
FOR sALE-Hardy shrubbery, bulbs. seed
plants OF every description. and al guar
anteed 20 grow no pay az ARAMER'S,
eis F 81 myls-lt
LOHR WRECKING AND CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY-SO0 O00, 90 secood- hand bricks and
all kinds OF building material 10 lst ST
sw. -11zs--o-
FOR SALE Upright pianos at unusually low
figures. II viii pay YOU to see Us before de-
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sacrifice; one upright. 500; squares Low as
s. CIyAS- 81 ST1EFF. 52I Nth st. NV
]. c. -CoNLIFF. Manager. mh2s-Tf
2ss FOR SANITARY, crop-side couches;
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room suites, 81 per week See goods. RED
MoND' 5. 81 and SO 9TH st NV feI5-tf
FOR sALE-You can buy high-grade Piano
for very little rtoney during this sale OF
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500 stief. s2zS: 500 Weber Gllxe new). $3.50;
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S275 Stodard, Sis; $3.50 Chickering 500; and
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FOR SALE-Good quality Opaque shades. nt-
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call with samples KLEEBLATTS 1lth and
H sts- ne Phone East 25-R Ja2O-tf
FOR SALE-CASH REGISTERS; Nationals
and Hallwoods. Is TO 90 per cent reduction.
Small total adders for soda fountains. etc
HALLWOOD CASH REGISTER AGENCY.
So1 So. NV. 1ayI-E
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For Rent
Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms.

FOR RENT-Three unfurnIshed rooms; light
housekeeping: use OF bath and illuminating
gas. rent So ASS Z St sw. myis-St
FOR RENTING front rooms, furnished or
unfurnished; water and gas. $50 ST. NV.
my14-2t
FOR RENT-One or two rooms. furnished
or unfurnished; cheap; convenient 20 cars
S25 . ST. Sc my14-2t
FOR RENT-492 Main ave. sw.. large, bright
furnished and Unfurnished rooms, near eth
St: reasonable. mylS-5t
FOR RENT-Furnished or unfurnished
rooms for light housekeeping IL desired. 622
L st. NV. nlyl3-St
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Loefler's Famous Sausare

Has established and maintained 4 stand
ard Of excellence for thirty years. Hon
eStly MADE. 100 per cent pure. easily df-
gested, il is the most apDetizine bTaal--
Iast food on the market. The a. Loefier
Co products can be obtained at an
markets and from all leading grocers.
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NORTHWEST.

GOIDFNFFRG,s. TIN and K sts- NV
e. KANV. SONS & CO.. sth and Market space
ERVIN'S CIGAR STORE. 18th and Fla ave-
ERVIN's CIGAR STORE. lslz 18th 81 NV
". Z. McNULTY. Cigar store. l4th and NV
ROBERT T PETZOLD, The Harvard FhAE-
macy. 18th and harvard Ets- NV
A III. DANIELS. cor. 18th and atA- NV
l. FRENCH SIMPSON, cor. 7th S.. Rhode
Island ave. and Il st. NV
GHAS. - HORNUNG, ChrIstiani Pharmacy.
sw. IIh and II SIS. NV.
DOM 4 SANFORD. new -G0rk ave. Snd
North Capitol -.
X a NEITCH. goth and 81 SITS NV
W. d BRACE. cor. S0th and II SITS. NV
QCIGLEY' > PHARMACY. Zlst and q SITS. NV.
GILLETTE * CO.. 18th and L ats. NV.
.. II. WAGNER i CO.. lst and Il sts- NV
IL 7. BUTTS, cor. 9th and Mass ave. NV
l. t. TAYLOE,. cor. sth and p sts. NV.
EUGENE X NICHOLS. IsOI Pa ave. NV
.. .. COBAENTz. Fla, ave. and n. Cap. a.
NORTHEAST.
cHAs. H. BLUMER. n. Cap. and r sts. ne.
GeCHESNEX * JOACAIAI. cor u and L CTS.
ns.
SOUTHEAST.
A. E. POWELL. 4th and East Capitol sts.
y DONNELL DRUG CO.. sth and G Ets-
-. &. FEALY. NV. cor. nth and Pa. ave. Sc.
SOUTHWEST.
=. HUGO EIsENBEISs. 7th and B sta EW.l
ANACOSTIA.
eURYs PHARMACY. corner Monroe and
SGderBon Ets.
BR0oKLAND, D. C.
ARTHUR II +. LUERssEN. Drug Store
ALEXANDRIA, VA
r. L CARNE & CO.. 7o3 King st
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LOCAL MENTION.
Hotel Johnson Cafes.

Noon lunch. table d-hote dinner and
service Ia carte Lots Of seafOod on all
meals and - order
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No Need of an Ambulance.

Use Zch's Invalid Coach; cost little;
attracts no attention Wash. Livery
Stables, AIS Sth St NV.
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Wilson & Mayors, Auctioneers.
Sell anything. 1927 and 1923 G st
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We Store and Sell Furniture.
Brown & ToIson. Aucts., 14O9 H st. NV.
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When You Get "ROyaI Pilsenp

you get fun value for your money. Ex-
pensively brewed but sold at the rrice 81
ordinary light beer. Abner Drury Brew. Co
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Dancing.

PRIVATE DANCING LESSONS 75c: g7IaT-
anteed waltz. two-step. five lessons: class 81
month, special rates club: piano, 25c; quick
mod method Address, with stamped en-
yelope. BOX o.. Times ONCE. my14-6t
LARGEST AND COOLEST HALL IN
THE CITY. ELECTRIC FANS.
OpEN ALL SUMNER
THE ORDNA1S. 431 11th St N W-Fyery
Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday even
ing; beginners class. 7:s0; advanced. s:2o.
Lady assistants: six lessons. 81 So Private
Lessons by appointment. Hall for rent
apl9-30t PROF CHAS- NJ wYNDHAM.
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"99" Has Cured Thousands of Colds

and Grippe; IT WILL CURE YOT-Rs.
Guaranteed remedy. Sold by all drug
gists, % cents
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Musical.

WANTED-The addresses Of those interested
in piano OF violin instruction. Address BOX
ESQ. Times Office. <aay11-st
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Miscellaneous.

OLD carpets woven into handsome rever-
sible rugs Telephone East 55l M NON
PAREIL, 123 9Th St Sc. ny14-3t
THE ELITE CHINESE CAFE, 4Os 18th 81
NV. New management. with great improve
ment Drop In: you viii find the best
service; also private room for ladies' Open
from u -. TO $50 am. Phone 4544-M
my12-7t
A-OLD CARPETS WOVEN INTO hna art
rugs. only weaving concern here. WASH
INGTON RUG CO.. Ss1 5th st. NV. Phone
SssS ars -
LET Us ESTIMATE on cleaning and point
ing up your stone and brick work: make
your house look bran new. Call phone or
write. PULLMAN. DAVITT CO. In3 G st.
NV. rnv9-7t
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Chris. xanders Pride of Virginia POI

especially recommended for GONZALES
cents from typhoid 15c qt- ONLY at 900 7th 81
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FOR SALE-Ice box. suitable for grocery
hotel. OF lunchroom; made by c. Y Htll:
slightly used See HOPWOOD. Sth and x