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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-11
PREVAILING RAINS
WROUGHT DAMAGE
Farming, Mining and Manufac-
turing Industries Crippled.
WATER IN PHOSPHATE PITS


Said 10 Reach q Depth Of Fifteen Fee
In Some Instances, and Mining il
Temporarily at = stsndstilI--Wood'
Overlooked. Preventing Work.
While the rains have been severe
throughout this entire section Of the
State for the past few weeks, and the
damage 70 agriculture and horticul.
ture has been crest, causing the lose
OF thousands Of dollars, II appears that
thlS branch OF Ind ustry 10 not she only
one which has suffered, a. phosI hate,
ssWmill and naval stores Interests
have been badly crippled.
Private Information tom Holder,
Citrus county, which isA great pho'.
plate center. bears informal Ion that
che rains have been terrific and dISAS.
tFous In that section, In many IN.
stances the phosphate pits copia n OK
q depth Of fitesnIieet Of water, which
ran the miners from the pits and stop.
ped progress. This means loss Of
many thousand dollars day. In the
aggregate, and the idleness Of several
hundred men employed In phosphate
mining.
Other repoFtslaTe 10 the effect that
the woods throughout = vast area
where naval stores and sawmIlling In.
teresls ATE the prInCipAl industry, are
flooded TO such: AnleI ten, that In many
instances II hAs.bScome necessary 20
entirely abandon operations, This
also means q great financial loss.
In. reference 20 the immediate
Gainesville section, the greatest dam.
ags has been done TO the melon and
trucking crops, which have fallen 80
role far short OF what was anticipated
In o yield. The standard or staple
arops, while damaged TO some extent,
promise 70 produce fair yield, corn
and sweet potatoes being especially
eneouEAsiDR,
The successive rains which have pre-
vailed are SAld by old settlers TO be- ~
severe 90 they have ever seen, The
woods In many sections are 90 over.
lowed that the forage for cattle 10
temporarily ruined, and the roads are
almost impossible In some portions OF
The county.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-11
4 DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR.
Mr. and Mrs, Wlleox and Family en-
tsrtaln Friends 81 a Pieaie.

Mr. and Mrs, Wlleox and Family en-
tsrlaln Friends 81 Picnic,
party consisting Of Mr., and Mrs
Bell. Mr.. aud Mo-, Strange, Mr.. Till
men 81 BoardmAn, and MsssrS. Glover
and Doae, Went To- Wilcox Friday fore.
noon In The "psrloF car special" o.
running between that place and Tren.
ton, aud were met by tFAlnS cent out
By Mr.. Wilcox aud driven 10 FAnnin. =
beautiful and picturesque apo, near
lhS banka OF the old SuwAnnss,
where . delightful picnic was held.
Mp, Wilcox, wish her charming
daughter, Mlss Mamie, are here from
gainesville visiIinR Mt WILCOX and
sors, who are In business here.
EvsrythinR had been arranged with
. view 10 comfort. A nice ,snt wac
up for tot protection from showers.
bu. 4, vas nol needed except for Nv
Belle gFaphophone, which entertained
she crowd with excellent selections
from popular singers and iamou,
hands
There were comfortable chairs aud
new magazines, plenty OF lemonade
and delicious watsrmelcns
About one O'Clock . sump,uous din.
het which wond have tempted the
most fas,idious, vas spread aud done
full justice FrSsh hsh steaming no,
snd nice eoase vac prepared on The
grounds
In the afternoon deliehtful boat
s1dss on the grand Old RIVER WeFv On.
ioyed by oil Who card ~ So
The dag paced 80 quickly aud pleas.
antly that Ihe Sun "a, very loo hstors
ne realized tia, ne dsy ga, asarly
goHs,
The lable ua sPsvAd agu,n anS Ne
had sOppe', and ,hcash thefv wvrv not
twelve hasAet' fal nk-n 40 A. IN Ihs
miracle, there wA1 plenty eft
We came home u.Ih a. happy COO.
seriousness o, AsvisE attended a. leas,
one perfectly ,dss Viepic. tAank. %
M and Go WiISoI aud tssn charm.
lag family A GyGsv
Trenton Jolly 10
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-11
A Novel Window Display.

One ot the moot novel ideas IN win
dow dressing seen here in acme time
vas originated by q. NJ White, a clev.
~ Ale'mAn In the clothing store Of
Phiier \ Morris. and has attracted
considerable attention.
Mr. White conceived az idea from the
wsll.knoWn song. Everybody Works
But Father" Accordingly he secured
two adult and tWo kid dummies. at
tired the male dummy IN a swell suit
with PanAms hat, the "old lady" in .
working costume, and the "kids" in
ovenll,. Placing them eide by side in
the big window he tackled on the leg.
end. Everybody WORK. Hut Father 4"
This arrangement made hit-And =
good one, too
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-11

We kAv- . Rumesr Of sopsss Of
Bur'S' CITY Directory toe sale 90 rAs
san otse~ IL 70 q handy rVssrvues
eSNok Ger business and professional
men, 81, ns the sanss Of residents.
With sirsss asd asne~f. PREV -Re1Ss-
e1 10 o.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-11

Tie rvealAt weekly meeting Il
GAinssVlle Lodge No. a.. AAN
will bs held 81 Nssonie Hall iau sven
iug Beginning 81 so'slock There w,ll
~ Wots IN ,As a~, dswrv~ A fuil
attendance i~sr~d. Asd v,s,t,aR brotA.
sts vii rrce,Je . traistnai weieom~
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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-11
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pFess is AstASrsspt ~ away tAs r%por,
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danshssf ~ AasassaaOg Rsia 70 Via
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= Sk~S ~MsAvtnResA socxa Nure2xAahA
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-11

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$500 AZ r~s t1snst s,~.n~ a,
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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-11

Exe@llenI ptsiaE Car sevvtee on All
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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-11

Rs,t N,Ciasa,S, SECRETARY
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-11

No and No. w Hot between Gainesville Sunday
j. b. CUTLER esa1 suP't l. Z. BARKER rnme MR'
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

Zach day we drove through the deep
and, the horse just walking; but it
', as lovely, lazing along after this fash
Ion, through pine woods, tall straight
trees with sheaf of leaves at the top,
and always the gray moss swinging
gracefully in the breeze.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

a leasing bill which will give some pro-
lection to the oyercrowded grazing
lands and at the same time afford the
honest settler an advantage at ali times
to establish a home, is considered to be
a dubious question. Chairman Lacey's
leasing bin does not seem TO be much
of an improvement upon the measures
previously brought before Congress.
Unless the small stockman and the
homesteader, with 20 or so head of
cattle or a band of 100 or 200 sheep,
feels that he is to be protected, and not
driven out Of business by the big out
fits, he will kill this bill as he has
killed all such previous bills which
have been presented.
Viewed from a broader standpoint
the danger to the country lies in tying
up under lease large areas of fertile
country which are suitable for home
making under their present natural
condition without irrigation, and which
are gradually settled as further know
ledge is gained of them, and better
methods Of farming them are intro
dueed
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30
4 Fair Patent Attorney.

Miss Florence II. King Of Chicago en-
joys the distinction of being one of the
few women patent attorneys registered
In the Patent Office at Washington.
Fifteen years ago Miss King, then an
ignorant country girl, earning her Nv
ing as domestic, CHANGED to over
hear quarrel between two families
which was taken to court for settle
ment. Miss King was subp0enead, as a
witness, and among other undreamed
of things which dawned upon her in
the course of the trial the occupation
of the court stenogTapher was the most
interesting. After court adjourned she
questioned the court stenographer on
what he had been doing and his ans
wers settled the vexing question Of a
profession for herself. She was not
satisfied to remain a domestic; the
more genteel employment of school
teacher, which her family had suggest
ed, did not appeal to her. Il will be-
come a court stenographer," she said.
At this point in the story of her life
Miss King said with smile: Having
become court stenographer l wanted
to become the court"
In May, 1895, Miss King was admit
ted to practice at the bar Of Illinois.
She specialized on patents, and soon
relinquished court reporting to devote
herself to her practice.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

OF the river-22 feet wide-just the
Width OF the steamer, and the scraping
and scratching of the branches on
either side awoke me. We stepped out
on deck, and saw the most wonderful
sight of all, ''The Gates" as it is called.
Here the stream is so narrow that the
branches Of the great cypress meet
overhead, and the gray Spanish moss
hangs down like a long delicate veil.
1t all seemed very uncanny, as if the
witches were after us, with gurgling
water and the disturbed birds scream.
ing and crying like lost children.
The next morning when we left the
Oklawaha and passed into the Silver
Spring, the water suddenly became as
clear as If cut off with a knife. I'm
mense gar-fsh and catfish swan about
II shoals. A large hawk perched on an
old dead trunk, and a great blue heron
winged his stately way, slowly over
our heads, We soon landed and with
regret babe goodbye to our pleasant
FELLOW travellers. We reached Eustis at
half past five for it had taken all day
to make 10 miles.
At Btistis we spent nearly two weeks.
surrounded by lakes and pine woods.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

CONTINUED on page 81.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

tive measures as suggested themselves
to himself and his son, DR.. Perry A.
Terhune.
After ii time Doctor Dick found
that he could no longer retain food,
and gave up eating. For five weeks
nothing except water, and now and
then a little medicine passed his lips.
One Sunday night several physicians
dropped in to see him, and he took the
opportunity to enlarge upon his nom
starvation theory.
"You see" he began with a smile,
ct cannot retain anything but water,
yet am strong and able to move free
ly about in bed. | am proving my old
theory that no one ever really dies of
hunger. So-called death from hunger
is simply due to terror, if there is
plenty of water to be had.
i Il will call your attention to the
case of a young girl that came under
my own observation. She was i'll with
a disease which was pronounced in
durable by skilled physicians. That
girl did not eat anything for forty
eight days except about half a soda
cracker a day.ADid she die? Not bit of
it. On the contrary she got entirely
well, and in the forty-eight days when
she did not eat, she pursued the even
tenor of her ways, went to parties and
danced, too"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30
STARVATION SELDOM OCCURS.
Doctor Proves Theory That Terror
More Frequently Causes Death.

DR.. Richard A. Terhune, dean of the
physicians of Passaie, N. Y, by whom
he was always spoken of affectionately
as doctor Dick" died at his home re-
Gently of intestinal cancer. He had not
eaten anything for over a month, and
70 the last bantered his brother prac-
.titioHers on the fact that he was a liv-
ing example of his pet theory that no
one would die of starvation if he had
plenty of water to drink.
The aged physician, who was a stall
wart man, became i'll about seven
months ago. He speedily diagnosed his
ailment as intestinal cancer,and gave
out fatal prognosis of his own case.
All the Passaic physicians and scores
more from the neighboring town and
cities called on him in the months Of
his illness, with many suggestions as
to treatment, but he turned a deaf ear
to all and only employed such pallia-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30
LEASING PUBLIC LANDS.
DANGER TO TIE HOMESTEAD IN
ATTEMPTS 10 PROVIDE LIVE
STOCK GRAZING.

Measures Pending IN Congress to
Allow Stockmen TO Fence and
Graze-Difiicul. Lies ia Protect
ing Rights of Settlers.
There is a strong movement afoot,
and several bills have been introduced
in this Congress to provide a system
Of renting or leasing the public graz
ing lands of the West at a small charge
of from one to five cents per acre.
There are some 300,00O,OO0 acres OF
western public lands which come under
the general classification Of Grazing
Lands" some of which are extremely
barren in haracter-almost desert
and are capable of sustaining live
stock at the rate of only about one
head of cattle to 80 or 40 acres; other
lands where there is more rainfall are
much better for grazing purposes, ana
some of the best of them are capable
OF sustaining a steer on probably 2, 8
or acres. Many Of the latter class are,
however, suitable for homesteads.
The difficulty has always been, as it
is today, to provide a rental plan which
will give stock rRisgrs sufficient con-
troll of the land to warrant them in
fencing it and improving its grazing
capacity, at the same time leaving the
conditions such that the settler and
prospective home-steader will at all
times have free access thereto,
Under the improved methods of farm
ing advocated by the Department of
Agriculture, and the new drought re-
sisting crops which are being intro
duced by that Department, large tracts
considered fit for nothing but
are being constantly brought
under the head of agricultural land.
The climatic conditions of the inter-
mountain region are extremely varied,
and the settler (where he is not him
dered by stock growing interests which
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

Zach day we drove through the deer
and, the horse just walking; but II
Vas lovely, lazing along after this fash
Ion, through pine woods, tall straight
trees with sheaf of leaves at the top
and always the gray moss swinging
gracefully in the breeze.
Mattresses Of Moss.
This Florida moss, by the way, Is
not moss at all, but kind Of minute
pineapple, and it seems that both it
end the pineapple are true air plants.
There is no underbrush in these Flori-
da pine woods except now and then
patches of scrub palmetto, which looks
like the ordinary ornamental fan palm
that we cultivate for ornament In the
north, except that it never grows high
nor has any trunk.
Coming over a little rise we would
perhaps look down on a pretty lake, It's
banks lined with orange groves. Every
drive we took showed us several new
lakes so that this seems well named
the Lake Region of the state.
Colonel t. has a beautiful home
among the pines, and there | plucked
my first orange and grape fruit, my
first lime and lemon. There, also, saw
the fragrant blossom, the green orange
and the ripe, yellow fruit, all growing
on one tree. One of the finest groves
we visited contained 1000 trees, cover
ed with oranges. while many of the
trees were full of bloom. These brides
flowers look like white wax stars
among the rich, dark, vanished leaves,
and the trees met overhead, forming
arches under which we drove-one of
the most attractive sights imaginable.
We pulled all the fruit and blossoms
we wanted It is a fascinating expert
ence TO stand under a large orange or
grapefruit tree. and look up through
the branches, the leaves so rich and
green, with golden globes hanging
from them, their weight sometimes
bending the branches to the ground,
and all this wealth of vendure grow
ing out OF white sand.
PirnicinR Among The 0rangea.
On the first day Of March we drove
to the young grove in which my hus-
band and son were Interested, there
picnicing In the pine woods along
side and sucking oranges by the dozen. |
This reminds me that when oranges
are ripe--and the season Is six months
long--you never take a water bottle |
with you when you go driving through
Florida.
The mornings and evenings have |
been cool enough for little fire, but |
the days are like those of our northern |
June. We saw bananas growing, and |
the long purplish blossom is very odd.
The fruit grows exactly upside down.
Eustis Park is pretty place; just
a dniva through pine woods almost
clotht4 in Spanish moss. They bury
this moss in the sand to rot off the out
side, the inside fiber making a good
substitute for hair which Is used In the
manufacture of mattresses. There are
several factories, | am told, In the
State which make fine mattresses out
OF this moss. In the Park the gray
squirrels chase each other up and
down the branches, and we counted
IA in less than two minutes. The blue
herons fly continually back and forth,
and the little ponds through the park
are full Of white water lilies. Next
week will tell you about a real south
ern darby baptism. G. g. g.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

An ancient gentleman telling of Alex
andrla IN Washingtons day, announced
that breeehee were hung on hooks and
the wearer donned them by going up
three steps apn then letting his person
down into them from above. Such
breeches hooks can be seen at the pres
ent time in the Rotterdam home in
Al9xandria.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

In the new uniform recently adopted
by the Chinese army the only badge
distinguishing a general from private
Is one OF three gold buttons on q sleeve.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

IN old lady has recalled that the
first boots for women's wear came in
fashion in 1928. They were laced at
the sides and CATERS and boots both
Ind fringes at the top.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

Permanganate Of potash Is being
successfully used in India as an anti.
dots for the bite and venom Of the
dreaded cobra.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

are naturally against any settling and
development of their regions), is con.
stantly eflcroaching upon their graz
| ing domain and finding new localities
here and there, of a very great aggre,
gate extent, where he can acquire a
successful foothold to carry On agri-
cultural operations.
The lacey Leasing Bill.
One bill In particular has been intro.
duced by Chairman Lacey of the Public
Lands Committee of the House, and is
apparently intended to protect small
stockmen as we'll as to prevent any re-
|strictions against the settler. In the
first place ii provides that no corpora
ton can lease government land. "a
man who had q homestead or owns
a piece Of land; may lease as much as
$500 acres, which In most grazing 10.
ealities would not be an excessive
amount. The measure provides that
such leases shall not be transferred,
and that where they include watering
places there shall be left open fright
of way for other stockmen to pass
through the land and to use the water
for their stock. 1t also leaves the
leased land open at all times to home
stead entry by actual settlers.
On the face OF It this looks equitable,
and as though 1t might be administered
so as not to work to the detriment of
settlement and of the small stock
holder. On the other hand 1t seems
apparent that 1t would be exceedingly
difficult to prevent a big cattle corpor-
alton from hiring a dozen cowboys to-
take up homesteads in their own names
erecting thereupon shanty residences,
as has been done In thousands of cases
in the West. and simply to hold their
claims and their $500 acres each, of
leased land, for the benefit of their
employers; so that q single cattle bar
on might easily acquire the use of 30l
or 40 thousand acres.
Hard for the liomesteader.
1t Is also not at all certain that once
holding lease to the land end with = !
fence around ii, the cowboy might not
bulldoze intending settlers into passing
on to some less hostile region. mol
unless he be made of ex-
ceedingly stern stuff, cares to attempt
d home In The face Of Win
chester or of threats that if he at
tempts a settlement, his fence wires
will be cut. his grass all eaten off and
The place be made so hot for him that
he will wish that he had never gone
Into the COW country. This course has
been pursued by the st0cfrnen with
great success In many western sections.
sven where the settler was trying to
make home upon free public land.
where the cattlemen had no shadow Of
egal right to fence or hold 1t. That
he legal lease-right to fence the land
Ind keep other stoclxmen of would be
INVOKED to repei settlement goes with
tut saying.
Whether 1t viii be possible to frame
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-30

Gold eeins usually remain Ia circu,
iation twice as long as copper ones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-10
EDITORIAL

from the surplus {nrds IA the Treas
ury, instead Of from the proceeds Of
the loan for public Improvements.
And for the improvements Of the
above mentioned dock, one hundred
thousand dollars will be spent.
This is what has been provided
for and adopted in the substitute bill
to bill number one introduced by
Mr.. Feuille.
The attitude of the House of De-
legates, as was generally known,
was hostile to the bill in its original
form.
No other course was possible in
the face OF public opinion. which
showed unmistakably its attitude IN
the matter.
To have consummated the vast plan
and scheme Of monopolizing the
docks, in the face of opinion so well
known and fearlessly expressed, ),
would have been an act of insensate
madness.
The government on this occasion
has been swayed by the instinct of
self preservation, Influenced no doubt
by the sane example which is now
being offered by President Roosevelt
in his sympathetic and just campa-
ign against the naonopolies Of the
trusts.
Our fears are now for the future.
AS the redemptionist project is
bound to come up again at some
other time, the natural rejoicing over
the successful check placed on the
high handed acts of Our tutors is
somewhat lessened
The failed project Of ofmonopolizing
the docks will now become night
mare, an obsessi0n, mania with
those who, waking and sleeping, are
filed with the scheme, and this will
be a veritable Sword of Damocles
suspended above our heads.
N order to escape the sinistre and
disastrous effects, il is necessary
that We live continually on our guard
and be prepared always to combat
the slightest attack which may be
made, no matter how cleYerly cone
ealed.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-10

con los hoy Heterogeneous elementos
que "a constituyen, no serla possible a
Alemania prestarle auzilio alguno,
dada la ciccunstancia especial de que
Russia, llegado ell naomento no perma-
neceria indiferente y las tendencias de
esta potencia irian por camjno distinto
del que Alemania asp1rara seguir.
Las relaciones 1e Italia con Ingla-
terra Y Ftancia Sc han modihcado
venta josamente de modo sensible
Para ell gobierno del Rey Victor Ma
nuel SON elias, hey por hoy, de mas
interes valia cue las del Kaiser: Ia
actitud de los plenipotenciarios italia
nos'en Algeciras, 10 demostr6 asi
FL viaje de Guillermo II Viena fue
por este respeto, mas espectacular que
provechoso De modo que 81 ocurriese
ell case. en- que Sc hiciera precise poner
prueba los qpilats dc temple de Ia
triple alianza, nadie sorprenderfa yer
que Alemania ba venido edihcando
iltimamente sobre clmiento de arena
el edifcio de 81 seGuridad pare el
porvenir, 81 e. que tan solo va ( con-
tar con ell apoyo lie sps dos plat6ni-
cos aliados,
Asi 10 comprenaen los polfticos en-
Europa, y por tai motive no han dado
al asunto Importance mayor