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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-12-26

as heavy, and many OF them do numer-
Gus lniscel aneous errands and mis-
-sions." ........, ... .....r~,
: Suddenly in: the spring 3of 1904 5con7
gress cut off this passenger an parcels
business, and to compensate the car
riers for their consequent losses in
creased their mail pay. The present
law restricts the free rural post wagon
to city foot post traffic, to the handl-
ing OF letters, newspapers, magazines,
and four pound parcels of merchandise
at sixteen cents pound, rates so high
and weights so small that it is i'm
possible for the farmer to use the post
wagon for the transport of parcels.
For a carrier to offer farmer a
seat beside him would endanger his
head The carrier is even forbidden to
transport library books to and fro
The result is that the average business
OF each Of the we'll nigh $4,000 men,
horses and wagons on our rural routes,
amounts to hardly 20 pounds per day
mail collected and delivered. On his
trip of 45 miles visiting 125 families,
the average carrier picks up less than
two pounds, Receiving a trife over
$500 per day for himself and his team
starvation wages-the carrier brings
in to the government a revenue Of
less than Il cents per day The net
loss to the government is $3.50 per
day per wagon-on the entire outfit,
over So, 900 day, upwards of $1S,-
100000 a year In the meantime the
teams of the 100000 families who
live on the rural routes are forced
to keep up their irregular trips to
town, carrying off their produce and
bringing back their supplies. If the
cost Of this irregular service is but
$l.O 90 per week per family, it amounts
in the aggregate to over 100000, 900
a year. And yet Our rural population
might be easily relieved from the
greater part of this expenditure, and
the rural service at the same time be
placed upon paying basis, by so ex-
tending the present rural service as to
include a local parcels and passenger
post that would cover the entire trans
port business on the rural routes. The
service might also be arranged to car
ry the children Of the rural routes to
and from to the village school.
[ therefore suggest that the present
rural service be extended to cover a
local parcels and passenger post with
a house to house collection and de-
livery, limited to the different rura,
routes, with all local mail matter in
one class and with rates as follows:
Parcels.
Parcels up to ID. in weight or to
! at. III bulk So. lie
Parcels over qt> or up to a peck
or IL lbs. &c
Parcels over / peck to half bushel
or, 80 lbs, northumberland. doc
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opportunity be given to the press Of
the country and to the people Of the
. country. who are, unfamiliar; with, the
circumstances and the facts of the case,
to cry out against the administration
on the postoffice department, and OH
to cry out against the administration
against it's deficit? We should have d
new method OF bookkeeping.
Whatever objection is made to a
general system of parcels post there
can be none to local system from the
towns and villages where rural free
delivery routes Start over such routes.
Of course, we are in favor of a general
parcels post system, and expect to con-
tinue the fight until that end is attain
ed, But on the principle that "Half
loaf is better than no bread" we
hope that this measure for local par
GELS post will be adopted by the present
session Of congress- What is intended
and wanted in that line is clearly set
forth in an article in the Farmers
Call, as follows:
1ued2sntha R. c45gtlg2alunhalG sc1Pt
A Cheap Local and Parcels Passen-
ger Post on the Free Rural Routes
Public Necessity.-A cheap local par
cells and passenger post would seem to
be the logical outcome of the establish
inent Of the free rural service 1t is the
one thing wanted to eliminate the post
al deficiency, and to answer the needs
OF the rural public
The wagon that formerly transport
ed the farmers mail to the distant viii
lage post office, carried also the farm
ef himself, and a child or two per-
Granddaughter with load OF butter,
eggs, or other produce. The same
wagon brought home it's load of pas
sengers and supplies as we'll as the
mail
When Congress substituted a regu-
lar public service for this irregular
individual service they manifestly as
sumed for the new public post wagon
the entire business of the old individ-
ual post wogan.
Up to the spring of 1904, indeed,
not few of the rural carriers pro-
vlded a regular post coach service on
their routes, this to their own profit
as well as to that of the post office.
and Of the public. Receiving all the
revenues from their passenger and ex-
press business, these carriers were able
to Transport the mails at a very low
cost to the Government, while they did
the regular transport business on the
rural routes at sorrespondingly low
cost to the rural population
In February, 1908, leading New
England postmaster wrote me as to the
rural carriers in his neighborhood:
- Many of them provide inestimab1e
accommodation and convenience to the
people Of the rural districts. I have
known them to transport barrels Of
-four, bags OF grain, and other things
~ - II
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A "Short Talk on Pecans," by Fred
S. Dawson, Starke, Fla. It IS Free
Write postal card for it.
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Budded and Grated
Mulgoba Mangoes.

Imported from India: absolutely free frsm
fibre. ot-grown. $3.50 each. Largest as
sortment of Citrons in the United States.
Also Citrus stock Address
JOHN w. BEACH.
West Palm Beach. Fla.
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UerlFn.. Economy FInts-

ne good part of BerliR-that Is. in
oROIDS the most desirable locatious-one
can - fiat for anything from $50 to
$50 month that coGld not be had in
Kew York for less than $3.50 il 1t could
be found ut all have such an apeErt-
tnent In mind. and it is only one among
thousands in Berlin. 1t Is on the third
floor, and German lighthouses are sell
dom more than four or six stories high.
1t does not lie in n straight unbeautiful
line along Il narrow. dark hallway, but
Is built around big square entrance
that might nc used for reception room
II It were needed. The rooms are e1lor-
nous and each has outside windows.
The bathroom is as large as an or
binary ..lnSIde'' bedroom. as we know
betr7,oms and 1t is fitted UP with every
modern luxury conceivable. including
spIendff shower. The Sitchen is too
nice. - lee true. says writer in I-e<sile's
weekly. 1t is Ililed halfway up with
beautiful blue aud white tiles. It has
u white tile door. aud Its gas range is
made of blue and whitc tile to match
the walls II has, 81 blue and white tile
Refrigerator IilIilt in the wall. and there
are rows or White porcelain jars upon
white tilcs.!riyc3S to keep things in It
would beabsolutely Impossible for such
IL Kitchen to be ;tiEty.
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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.

Notice is hereby given that the
Following named person has fled
his application and petition for
license to sell at retail spirituous
wines, liquors, ale, beer and drinks
of like nature in the city of Clarks-
burg, for the residue of the year be-
ginning May LIST, 1906:
ANTHONY NJ. D0NAHUE, L.
NJ. Patton building, 752 West
Pike street, Clarksburg, West
Virginia.
And notice is also hereby given
that the said application and petit
ton for license aforesaid will be
heard by the council of the City of
CIarksburg, at a regular session to
BE held on the 10Th day of October,
1906.
Given under by hand this 18th
day of September, 1906.
Clerk of the City of Clarksburg.
25s3Ot.
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&c An.frlnn NationaI IL.


The Austrian national anthem Is one
of tlrc most beautiful of Haydn's melo-
dies and of national hymns. The words
Of the .sEmperor's Hymn were writ
ten by the Jesuit priest L. I. Haschka
and vera set 70 music by Haydn On
Jan. IS. 1877. Count Won Saurau, gov
ernor of Vienna, issued a decree that
"Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser should
be the Austrian national hymn, and on
Feb. 10 It was by order sung IN all
the tIleaters Of Vienna. In England
It Is familiar as the hymn tune Aus
tria., It Is often sung to Newton.s
lines. @GIorious things Of thee are
spoken and sometimes also to Kemp
thorne's '-Pruise the Lord. ye heavens,
adore him,
Haydn's afection for this beautiful
melody IS well known. He afterward
employed it for the variations In the
..Kafserquartet. op. 90. No. 8, and
when he was near death and too weak
to stand he was carried across the
room to the cIavfer and solemnly play
ed the tune three times, according to
Herr Pohl, as his farewell to art. VIII
Ham Gardiner, the Lelcestershire stock
ing maker and musical amateur, sent
Haydn six pairs OF stockings woven
with the air of Colt erhalte' and 9TH
er melodies.
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NOTICE TO BRIDGE CON
TRACTORS.

Pursuant to an order, made and
entered by the County Court on
the 18th day of September, 1905,
Notice is hereby given that there
win be special session of said
Court on the 18th day of October,
1906, for the purpose of receiv-
ing bids and awarding the contract
for the sub-structure and super
structure Of bridge across the
West Fork River, near the town
of Meadowbrook, according to
plans and Specifications made by
D. d. Britt, Engineer, which are
now on file IN Office of Clerk of
County Court of Harrison County.
Bids for sub-structure will be re-
ceived for both concrete and stone.
Sealed bids will be received by
Charles F. Holden, Clerk, until
12 o'clock a. m. Oct. 16, 1906.
The Court reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
S. S. FAIRS, Pres.
F. HOLDEN,
Clerk.
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me PfoIrwicIe Papers.

In 1886 William Hall OF the London
firm of Chapman s. Hall, publishers.
had In mind an idea for a new monthly
publication In which were to be pro-
duced some humorous cOckney spOrt-
ing plates by Robert Seymour, an. art
list then in much repute. Hall called
upon Dickens to talk the matter over
ana suggested that the latter should
supply the letterpress; recountihg the
comic adventures and misadVentures
of the imaginary NimrOd club. As
Dickens knew nothing of sport, he felt
such scheme would hamper him too
much to allow Of his doing Justice
either to himself OF his publisher. To
secure the unshnekled freedom which
he desired for his pen he said It would
be better II the plates were to arise
out of the text. This view being
agreed to. Dickens says. Il thought OF
Mr.. Pfekwick and wrote the first NUM-
Der OF the series now eomprehensIye8y
llnowR as The PicswfelS Papers.
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nr I'ren. pthIl ~.
.i1s t-t
a
lro' - o .lsli, efel n
H ds
6ff - rs him
ftl a cent and then lost
On reeoEeFine cons he
writes. I Round my IL l6 -
two enrYes "a the walls q tlls sl.sa.
the convex srrfdces df y ticl narrow
"a sufficiently 70 Hold me 65 een the
breast ana back NY left arm was
bent over my breast ana had prevents
ed me from faIline fhroGgh the neck
of tie funnel Beneath vas 4 greqt
cavern IA which I could move my legs
ped three feet farther to the rieht Z
SHOULD have dropped IA depths mn
fhth6ma6Ie
The darkness was intense. but far
above me shone q faint halo Of blue
with rays Of light that came part way
along a face OF black. CLASSY fee. This
told me where the men were, They
asked how deep Z had fallen. I shout
ed that / was about 100 feet down, for
50 Il seemed to me Just then heard
an awful sound IA the crevasse. Il
appeared to come from below Ny
hrst thought was that q pack Of dogs
had fallen IN with me. Soon the noise
turned into articuiate speech, and /
learned that Steward Spencer, who
had tried to save me, had fallen IN too.
At last I saw abofe me the end ef
4 rope. which gradually neared NY
right arm was free, and at last the
precious line was In my hand pain
FULLY made a bOwline In the end Of the
rope. the fingers Of my left hand being
Fortunately free. Slipping the moose
over my right foot, called to those
above to haul away. Icalled to them
to move the rope TO the right and then
to lower me,e and after considerable
dImcuIty IN the dens darkness DIS
covered the steward but could not
rescue him on aecoun Of 2 proleet1on
Of ice that interfered told him Il
would be best for the men to haul me
MP and then send the rope down again
for him. to which he agreed. was
drawn to the surface Just In time
tainted on reaching the top. The
steward was hauled up next. No bones
were broken. but a cut on the stew
ards face required stitching.
On measuring the rope Seaman Dutfy
found we had fallen to the depth OF
seventy feet Into the creyasse, PROV
idential escape, for IL we had fallen
short distance farther to the north,
where the crevasse widened. we
should hive descended beyond the
reach Of help.
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The following Is the story of how
the famous missionary hymn, from
Greenlnnd's ley Mountains" came to
be written, Us related by Heber's hloG-
rapher. George Smith: ut was Whit
sunday in tsle year 1919. His father
in-laTv, the dean oE st. Asaph, was
vicar OF NYRexham and arranged 10
preach the missionary sermon on the
day appointed. On the Saturday,
when preparing fOE the services, the
dean asked his son-In-law TO write
something for them to sing In the
morning. The almost Immediate result
was the composition, as u by an In
SEPARATION, of what is stu the grentest
hymn In the chief missionary language
Of the race Retiring to n corner of
the room, Heber at once wrote down
the first three verses. beginning From
Greenland's icy mountains when the
dean called out, What have you writ
temp Heber read over the lines, when
the dean exclaimed, There. there; that
viii do very we'll No. replied the
poet: the sense Is not complete and
added the fourth verse. He would
have gone ON with a fifth, but the
dean was inexornbIe to his request.
Let me add another-oh, let me add
anotherr And the hymn was sung
next morning in Wrexhnm Church
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Notice of Transfer

Notice is hereby given that the
following named person has filed
his application and petition for
transfer of license to sell at retail
spirituous wines, liquors, ale, beer
and drinks of like nature in the
City of Clarksburg, for the residue
of the year beginning May LIST, 1906.
MICHAEL D. SHERIDAN, trans
fer Of license of Lloyd Duff. Met
ropolitan Hotel, Hornor building,
324-325 West Pike street, Clarks-
burg, West Virginia.
And notice is also hereby given
that the said application and peti-
lion for transfer aforesaid will be
heard by the Council of the City of
Clarksburg, at a regular session to
be held on the 10Th day of October
1906.
2Sth day of September, 1906:
WILL II. COLE,
Clerk of the City of Clarksburg.
2SepDt2Ot
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There w;tss elected IN the city council
OF Chicago auec politician Of local
note by reason of his frank and abb
solute c3nicisn1. frequently expressed.
with reverence TO reform IN politics.
For reforIneFs as class the S;yt.lesli
ChIcagOen had only couterlE t;lo-s a1itt
good natu-ed lest. It Is said taft ~
the occasion OF the Retirement % n
federal ofticeholdsr. an Illinois man
who had long FED at the public crib,
some one had observed 20 the council
man that the ohicehoItIer In question
was reported to lilve resigned FOR the
reason Tint lie had tired OF nolltizs5 and
Of oficc '..Aft.sr M, {, said tie frlead.
t.BInnk's Il pretty arie SORT Great
chufch lncmIr- lie says thRt ho VIII
devote thr remainder Of bis iife to I! do
ing good"
THAT so2' la1lly asked the council
man. who's this fellow Good e
SWEET 1rRLopX FLOUR
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Notice

As provided IN Section 6 OF
Chapter 8 of the Code Of West Vir-
ginia, Notice is hereby given that
at d regular session of the County
Court for Harrison County, West
Virginia, held on the 18th day OF
July, 1906, the following changes
were made in the voting precincts OF
Simpson district:
It appearing to the satisfaction OF
the Court that the voting precincts
Of Simpson District work great
Inconvenience to a large number OF
the voters of Precince No. 2 Of said
district, it is ordered that the
boundary lines of Precincts Nos. I
and Q of said Simpson district shall
be, and the same are hereby chang
ed and established as follows:
Precinct No. 1, beginning at the
mouth of Jack Run near the resi-
.dence of Henry McCord on the line
dividing Simpson district and Coal
district, thence following the pres
ent line between Precincts Nos. 1
and 8 to the Clay district line;
thence with said Simpson district
line TO the county road crossing the
line between said district and Bar
bour county to the hill about one
half mile southeast of the dwelling
house of T. w. Lawson; thence with
said road to its intersection with the
county road connecting Glade Run
and Pig Tail Run south of the resi-
>dence of T. w. Lawson; thence in
a straight line in a northwesterly de
rection to the Coplin Run road at
the end of the lane from the resi-
.dence of John Tyson; thence near
" west to the county road Just
south of the residence of M. d.
Long; thence in a northwesterly di-
,rection to the Northwestern Turn
pike to a cornor of the lands of p.
NJ Corpening heirs and John L.
Stout on the north side of said
pike: thence with said Northwestern
Turnpike to the line dividing
Simpson and Coal districts; thence
with the line of said Simpson dis
trict to the place of beginning.
Voting place at Depot Store |
House, Three Booths.
Precinct No. 2, beginning at the
corner of the lands Of q. NJ. Cor
pening heirs and John R. Stout on
The north side of the Northwestern
and thence west with said
turnpike to the line dividing Simp-
son and Clark districts; thence with
the line of Simpson district to the
Barbour comfy line; thence with
the line between Simpson district
and Barbour county to the line OF
Precinct No. / on the hill about one !
half mile southeast of the residence
of r. w. Lawson; thence with line
of Precinct No. to the place OF
voting place at Grasselli School
House, Three Booths.
A Copy, Attest: .
CHARLES F. HOLDEN,
2Ss3td4tw. N4erh'
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nuring tI,c FIRST twelve centuries OF
the Christian ezra ue sword varied
littla Ia the essential features from
the lines. of the broadsword. The
blade was lengthened, it is true, and
less curved. but the crosspieces Of
tbs hiIt we're usually straight, and the
simple. worlzmaniilSe look was preserv-
ed. The change to the elaborate hits
of several centuries later was made
gradually. There We're slight changes
ii the crosspleces from time to time
the stifr straight lines, little by little
began to curve gently toward the
blade. The knob at the end OF the
handle. usually simple disk or ball
of metal, was varied into Il trefoiL a
flutinl, or "a small Maltese cross. Blades
and scal,mrds were engraved with In
scrfptfons. practice which had In
deed hesn found IN Danish barrows
caring mril.stGisable RunIc chGrac-
t,.rs cut liz thc bronze blades. The
cross hiited SWORD the crusaders car
ried on tncl- l,ious GRAND 70 the
holy Lnnd not increGpentT displayed
he sacred luonopram either carved or
imIrfa
The race question and the CON
cealed weapon question seem to be
quite closely associated.
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The quantity of turquolses that lie
hidden in jewelry. combined with 9TH
or stones and with gold or by them
selves, Is SO extensive In the cities OF
castern Europe That It is believed that
more or them are bought by gem mer-
chants ia this way than are ut present
secured from the principal mines.
This Is not strange. however, for not
only turquoIses, but other precious
stones, are known to exist in remark
ably large collections In Constantinople
as wei as In cities In Turkestan, Per-
ala ana communities of southeastern
Europe They are\ hidden away In gins
ger Jars, rugs, old boxes and other re-
ceptacles OF the household, where the
owner believes there Is little pTospect
OF search being made for them. Gem
collectors who have searched for stones
in this part Of the world say that no
ono can tell how many and what valu-
able specimens are thus hidden away.
only to be brought to Hight when tho
owner is absolutely forced to part With
them through dire necessity. Undoubt-
edIy many gem brought from the fe-
nous mines of India, Egypt md Per
sin has been thus secreted. People's.
Magazine,
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PUBLIC SALE.

1 will sell at public sale at my
home on the bridgeport rond, near
the tinplate MILL on the 18th day
Of October, 1906. the following
property, to-wit:
z stacks of hay. the hay in two
mows, two acres Of corn in shock,
rs bushels of white potatoes, 5 milk
COWS, two of them will soon be
fresh. two two-year-old heifers, one
vearling heifer, one yearlipg steer,
ono slider mill, one hillside pillow,
one shovel pillow, three hoes, three
forks, one one-horse wagon, one
mule and other property.
SIMON KUPFNER.
21s3tw&oct10d,
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hnd n44
ai refeh
flie time ~ iie
vdirie siri a. lillig
her sreiit n = oFoyi ntili t1tEl
which he ftller ds enc
dag news came that Louis nqpoien
intended passing through qtd would
spend one night IN the town nay
OF Nine. FennIst fdther had - az
range the dei1ils of the reception ana
festivals to be given IN the efnperor
honor. while It V5ls agreed that his
ql1et at the bail 70 be given m tlle even,
ing
Father and daughter were pleaeed
enough; but one person II the mayor
household suffered acuteiy Line. FeIlil-
let's mother was an ardent royalist-
and % her the new imperial 5lynnstJ
appeared an Noticeable usuEpa tion
According to her daughter, the M
ENGAGEMENTS for Napoleon's arrival
pulled her two ways. She was pleased
that her daughter should have been
chosen for prominence. anxious that
her BAH dress should be the most be-
coming POSSIBLE, proud In her maternal
instincts and at the sumo time e1as-
perated, reluctant furi0us q royal re-
ceptIon should be giVenat aIlsto a man
she considered an upstart and an adl-
venturer. The day came. and the tu-
ture Nine Beuulet, with string OF
other young girls dressed in9vvllite. was
placed along the line OF procession.
When 1t passed eYerybo shouted and
-. nv
the excitement on every Side OF her,
did the same. suddenly she felt a
burning, singing sensation upon one
cheek, and before she could realize
what Ind happened she was being
dragged back out OF the crowd by her
mother, whose face was crimson AND
whose eyes were blazing with anger.
Then the girl understood Unable to
bear her own daughter joining the en-
envy and cryfna, out Long live Napo-
leonr' she had publicly and furIously
boxed her cars and was now dragging
her ignominiOusIY home like a child In
disgrace.
The girl spent the afternoon on her
bed sobbing with the shock and the
shame of, what had Unopened. The
great big bouquet for the evening
stood IN jug and perfmed her little
DedEOOmS ueE SNOWY UuAA- @AEEkSS 4%AJ
spread over chair. She dressed final
IL, feeling the SAVIOR gone ont of life,
but when from under IN arch Of how-
ers in the bah room she made her little
speech and presented her bouquet ex-
element returned to her. Louis Napo-
leon took them, she thought somewhat
coIdIy, and. being very pretty as wen
as seventeen. the girl felt chilled and
little inclined to go over to the political
views of her mother. But the next
morning as louis Napoleon was step
ping into his carriage to leave he asked
TINT she might he sent for. When she
came he thanked her again for the
beautiful bouquet OF bright flowers she
had given him the evening before
though they had not been more bright
than the lovely eyes above them-and
in return he begged her to accept
small remembrance OF his pleasure and
gratitude The carriage left. and the
girl opened the little case he had put
in her hands n beautiful diamond or
nament lay ON 4 surface OF white vel
vet-Paris AnnaIes-