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into the next with two other girls, both smaller
than myself. There was no one else In the
room with us. When we hrst went IN one o.
the ladies in the end room was holding a bunch
of flowers TO throw when the King came. but
her husband took It away from her. because IT
forbidden TO throw mowers WASH II
lucky for her or else they would have taken
her to prison on account of throwing her mowers.
We were very pleased with our place Tor
there was room for all three of us on the bal
cony and as had to wait a great many hours
OF course we looked at everything. Down below
there was q dear little baby boy, about four
years DID, beautifully dressed-such a darling!
we never got tired OF looking at him, and his
mother pretty. too On another balcony,
exactly below ours there We're some gentlemen.
They were very lively, and before the process
sion came one climbed up and sat with his legs
dangling over-at least so 1t seemed 10 us, but
we didn't notice him very much then, for
all getting very excited and impatient to
the Queen.
The next balcony to ours on the top floor had
only one gentleman in ii. We noticed him
great deal. First thought it was so extreme
~ odd of him TO keep the whole balcony to him
self, when the beyond was full OF ladies,
and hs could so easily have invited some of
them TO come to his room. Then. we looked
at him. expecting to some of his friends
rive, all noticed that he held his hands in
a very funny way, always below the top of the
balcony, and generally behind his back But,
as the balcony was decorated, could not
his hands, when he had them in front of
him. SO decided that he must have got a
bunch Of flowers to throw. IN spite of the pro-
hibition and that he was afraid of having them
seen. We had to wait very long time, for
got there seven and the procession didn't
come till eleven later, had plenty of
time to look about and thought he was a
very odd person we kept on noticing him. The
ladies in the other balcony must have seen him.
too, of course but they were all talking A great
deal. perhaps that why he did not at
tract their attention much ours. We were
laughing at him to ourselves about hiding his
flowers so carefully and looking so funny with
his hands always out Of sight.
At last the procession began to come by. and
Of course we forgot all about the man in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
Tells How Brave Alphonso
Was After the Elk
plosion.

ne following account Of the throwing OF the
bomb at the Spanish royal wedding is translated
verbatim from a description given to the writer
BY a little girl OF thirteen. who was at NO. %
Gale Mayor The narrative is the more telling
<ron The simplicity Of the diction. 1t will be
noted that no grown person was on the balcony
,,-i,b the three little girls. Had adult been
&c close 70 the assassin as they were. suspicious
could hardly fail 10 have been aroused, and the
,7,urderous attempt might have been frustrated.
was the only girl in college who had an
invftation TO see the procession from such a good
r,osirion as the Gale Mayor. and thought
was very lucky TO get II. II was friend OF my
mothers who took me, and she told me she was
"a have a balcony in a fiat which a friend OF
hers had rented for the day. When we got 10
The Gale Mayor although IL was only a M
we thought we should have 10 stay IN the street
for there was such 4 crowd we Ielt as IL We
couId never push through. But one after an
other made q little way for us. and then nice,
kind soldier encouraged US ana helped us ana
Al last we got 10 the door Of NO .. III was
1srvica6 ed with plauks Of wood. 10 prevent peo-
-le getting into the house. and only had lltte
snace left open at the bottom. SO we had 10
g., dow, on oar hands and knees 70 get under
re T,larks II we had STAYED there outside we
sbouId have been killed. The soldier who was
e. nc - rs was killed The bomb fell quite
close 10 him and that was where we had made
,1n our minds to stand. if he had not helped us
We Rad 70 60 70 the top Of the house, and the
Co. z-ss divided into four little rooms. each
with is own balcony. The lazy was with
,Dent into the end one that you see IN tne PIC
-,Ires. with her grown up friends. and / went
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next balcony. We didn't know who most OF the
people IN the carriages were, but we saw the
Mother, and the mother of the bride. though we
could hardly look at them. were all thinking
much OF the Queen
Then the shouting got louder and louder, and
everybody was gay and happy, and We were
staring hard at the King and Queen, when IL
seemed TO me something dark fell just along
side of me, and there awful noise and
all at once everything was hidden in clouds
1 thought 10 myself. ut is the end Of the
world. God waited for the King TO come. and
this is the end of the world"
don't know how long II was before l guessed
what had really happened Everything seemed
quite silent for long time. II was so strange
to hear a great silence suddenly in the midst
of all that shouting. Then l heard mother
cry out, mi hijo, mi hijo!' ('My son. my sonD
called out very loud. I think he called first,
Bring UP the empty carriage, (coche de re-
him say equally loud I'VE are not hurt" and
cannot remember which he said first. 1 only re-
member how clear and brave his voice sounded.
Then the smoke cleared away. and | saw the
King helping the Queen out of the carriage. She
looked rather white and frightened, not very,
and she not crying or fainting; she was
holding her dress up all in a heap, and two gen.
temen were helping her TO hold it, the train
was so very long. L saw some spots of blood
it, 7 told sfterward that the blood was
the blood of one of the grooms who was killed
close 10 the steps of the carriage. / him
lying dead by the steps in a heap. just looked
down long | could, for I did want to
see the new Queen. but I such dreadful
sights that 1 could not stop at the balcony. 1
came inside and was deadly sick. One of the
little girls with tainted, and the other had
her face covered with blood from the broken
glass in windows.
We were all very frightened but in a minute
or two we felt a little better. and we went back
to the balcony again to look at the Queen. The
King was giving orders to everybody, IT seemed
to me. I never any brave as he was.
When the Queen stepped down from the car
rage he took her hand and presented her to
the people, and L think it was then that he said,
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY OCTOBER a. Il

1--WE are not hurt" l can't remember that part
clearly.
think we were forgotten Some of the ladies
tainted and my friend was taken Ill from the
fright | shall never forget what dreadful
sights we saw when we looked out again NO
BODY noticed at first that the assassin had dis
anpeared from his balcony. he must nave
slipped downstairs and scrambled out under the
nlanks nj the street door, and there were civil
guards inside the door so IL seems strange ne
was not caught. But l think the clViI suaiuS
had run out TO help, and don't tnlhk any one
knew lust at first exactly where the Dohno zen
from Perhaps they did not even guess 1t was
thrown from window till they saw All the poor
people dead and wounded In the paiCohIes OF
our house. -, -.
away. and that young man I told you OF who
had climbed up the rails OF MS oaico9y jus
under ours was hanging there quite deau' heau
downward And the soldier who helped us to
get through the crowd was dead -,
forgot to tell you that as soon as tne hIns
called out I'VE are not hurt there was sucn
a roar of shouting that the cries and groans OF
those injured were drowned Ihey snou Ie.1;
Viva los Reyes" "Cowardsi Cowards! kii
the assassins!'' and Long live the brave King!
and altogether made a tremendous noise Close
to the carriage 1 saw some strange SOLDIERS aii9
those were the English Lancers, somebody salu
afterward, but 1 didn't think about anythlns
but the Queen at first. The King seemed 10 oe
trying to keep the crowd qutet-he was giving
orders. Everybody crowded round. for they
afraid the Queen was hurt. Ihey We're
quickly covering the faces of the dead with
pocket handkerChiefs when she got out OF the
carriage. I saw the coachman fall off the box;
He was not wounded, but I told afterward
that he died from tho shock 1t was dreadful
sight--all those beautiful horses streaming with
blood, and the poor groohls wounded or killed.
wish some one besides had noticed the
funny way the assassin kept his hands behind
him, but of never thought of there
being anything wrong. We would have liked
we supposed he wanted to do-Cornhill Maya
zine.
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tor was the first Of our rulers TO submit naval
estimates TO Parliament. Unlike Mr. Robertson;
was content TO begin with $4,000 In spite Of its
modcst cost his feet was by no means desperate:
for IL Included fifty large vessels of the line
The fleet which annhilated Van Tromp IN 1905
consisted Of over hundred men-of-war, carried
3S1S guns and 1929 men. James II and William
III developed the navy Cromwellian principles.
and. except for brief interval II was never
thenceforth allowed to 90 back either In ships or
IN nen.-Dundee Advertiser.
THE FINEST CORN
A territory exchange says: Oklahoma has them
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CONTEMPT OF COURT.
A man reported dead at coronsr's fnor..,
turned up alive last week. This comes rennarfaSes
near contempt OF court-Punch.
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Z4. so for very attractive lot
of Bergamo and An
tique Anatolian Rugs. These are
all real antiques and have the
soft Oriental colorings-nothing
like these in the country-aver-
age size 3.1Ox5-worth UP to $50.
India Rugs.
One-third to a fourth less than
regularly.
9xl2 soft Rose Rugs, StEO. 90
H,5Hll;s Soft Blue Rugs. 5000
lo.-Xl" Red 4 Green Rugs 1880
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Mediterranean Service.
REHABILITATION LIVE.

Twin Screw Passenger Service.
.r.ysI5iI-TI5- C-EIERBOCRG- HANBL Ro'.
1.,-.s-SI..,5 ...... oct j.. 4. ~
-, oct 90 80 A n.
Ar-eriza. .. ..---..- &c -
Erefurla -.-.-.--.-- $500 -
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CROMWECL'S NAVY.

Mr. Edmund Robertson, in submitting the naval
estimates 10 the House of Commons Friday.
might have claimed Cromwell as his great fore
rIn Ter SAYS the Daily Chronicle. for the Protec-
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Meggtsr TSIean SCI lt'--
- ''lfai'A I -. = % ..NFo7fEe Ian. p
$500 - - - IEl .rarrsrhland FEB. :
. ..5al7 - : F|art5rg Fen. 80
- $500 - - t4sr-rU~r 49, Mar. -
sEas t1r-F Room and gymnasium NED
stsrrs1esn and orient cruise, - days
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Extra selected Nous
souls. very silky, soft,
Persian colors, averag-
ing SO to ia feet;
some remarkable de-
signs amongst them
best ever seen in New
York.
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Doubbreased trebutton cuawav Of blue green and
paS Coat so inches long velvet collar Plated skirts
Blouse Eon of broadcoth jacket foundation Of velvet
embellshed with braid and embroidery Killed skirts.
Black broadcoth suits for mourning Goats 50 inches long
half fitted French back. Finished with delicate acery embo
cry and braid Cluster plated skirts
Broadcoth Coat 40 inches long shawl collar back f
front Brang down the whole length Fancy plated skirts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

all beat when II comes to corn The cro1 q, "a
ana missouri IS not nearly good as II fs va.
ana even IN northern Oklahoma and Southern Ks-
sdS II VIII not compare with the croo IN This -
tion, speaking about corn, ". n. Hgday brosigS,
halr dozen ears TO this Office last week thar -
truly remarkable The largest was rs inches 800
and the six. placed end 70 erd, measured rss,',,
inches. E-ach ear was we'll filed and "a good 49,
nal. ~ Jour-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-03

pays the railroads much higher rate
for carrying the mails than the rail-
roads charge the express companies
for carrying the same weight of goods
Moreover the railroads own the cars
i'm which the mails are carried and it
is commonly charged that the govern
ment is paying a yearly rental for
these cars that is equal to the first
cost of the cars. If these unjust over
charges were corrected a large saving
would result which would go long
WAYS toward reducing the deficiency.
IT is possible that i'm a few cases
the express companies would still get
some packages to carry if we had
parcels post, but we do not think
there would be very many. AS to the
express getting all the short distance
packages. there are thousands of
where there are no express offices.
AS for the postOffice deficiencies the
people are not complaining of that.
Anything that is so manifeStly for the
general good of the community is
approved without any grumbling.
How do you stand Oh this question?
If you are in favor of a parcels post
law, how does the member of the
house of representatives from your
district stand? What about the sen
ators from your state? If you are all
right, let them know it by mail and be
about it
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Books Received.

We have Just received, from the
publisher, Mr.. George r. Howard.
Washington. ID. c., two books, Pocket
Money Poultry. and The Feathers
Practiced Pigeon Book. They are
both paper-bOund books, the first con-
tains 167 and the second 16S pages,
price of each 80 cents by mail post
paid The poultry book covers the
It's most valuable feature, to us was
the fine portraits of different breeds.
They are only black and white, but
the picture of a Plymouth Rock male
on page 9 has never been equaled by
any other that we ever have seen.
The others are good but none are quite
equal to one first named.
Why is it that more pigeons are
not kept in this state? There has been
much booming of the squad business,
i'm poultry papers, within the last year
or two While we think that the
profits have frequently been exagge-
rated. still we are sure that they are
easily kept. are beautiful pets for the
children. and will furnish considerable
food at small cost. If you have any
desire to try them, you will find all
the necessary information about start
ing and keeping up the business in
the book we are talking about.
If YOU send for the two it will be
only one dollar and we feel sure
that you will say that it was dollar
well invested.
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gone bv. whenever we had a dry and
cool fall. oranges would keep indefi-
niteIy and would carry to any part of
the United States. On one occasion
oranges were on exhibition in this city,
for over three months and not per
cent wasted in that time. Seasons like
this we doubt if they would keep
month unless very carefully handled.
With weather like we are having now,
oranges should be gathered and kept
in Il westinghouse at least three days
before being shipped, so that any
fruit that may have been bruised will
have time to show the bruised spots.
After three days time every orange
that has been bruised can be picked
out and thrown away. The keeping
qualities of the oranges would also be
greatly improved if they were washed
in germicide, which will kill any
fungus germs that may have become
attached to the rind.
Fruit cars in which bananas have
been shipped should never be used
before first being fumigated, for the
reason that the fungus germs of the
decaying fruit can be found in the
car, and when the right temperature
is reached the fungus will spread to
the fruit.
Carload lots of fruit have been sent
out of the state, that were in perfect
shape when they left, but when they
arrived they showed a large percent
age of decay. The trouble was not
with the grower or his packing, but
with the cars which contained the
live fungus which preyed on the fruit
en- route. Too much care cannot be
used in putting up fruit under our
present weather conditions.
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Garry a Knife.
about it.

The last number of Farm and Home
contains an item with this heading.
1t recommends that every farmer,
farmers boy and hired man should
carry good sized two-bladed jack
knife 1t says that is is the handieSt
tool on the farm and will save it's cost
every month. Get one that is brass
lined so that it will not rust. Buy
the pockets; one with square ends
will soon wear hole through the
pocket and be lost. A good knife of
this kind will cost 10 cents to 81 90 but
will last for years, if not lost. A
light chain can be attached to it the
same as to key ring and fastened
to the clothes which will prevent los
ing it, All of this we heartily endorse,
and to impress it's importance Oh our
readers will relate an incident that
occurred within our own knowledge
a farmer went away from home with
out knife in his pocket. He tied his
horse to a post with rope. Some
thing happened to scare the horse
and it threw itself i'm such a way
as to cause the rope to draw tight
about its throat. As he was alone he
could not lift up the horse to loosen
the rope, as he had no knife he could
not cut it and so the horse Strangled
to death. The loss would have kept
him in pocket knives all his life.
Moral carry Il good knife. Make a
rule to close it and put it into your
pocket when you stop using it even.
for a moment. Watch your pockets
and have them mended as soon as
they get thin, before the hole comes,
then you can keep your knife until
it is worn out.
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The Florida Fence Laws.

Editor Florida AgricuIturtst:
To be a law-abiding citizen is
commendable character in any man,
but there are times when a good citi-
zen will feel like disObeying some of
the laws of Florida. The ''stOck law"
of our state is decidedly unfair in
not protecting all it's citizens alike.
A man may own fifteen or twenty
head of cattle and that may be all of
the taxable property he has, and he
may he the only stock owner in that
part of the county, but the law OBJ
liges every other tax payer in the
county who may own hundred
acres of crops to fence at any expense
it may take, all his crops by lawful
fence so as to give this one stock owner
the privilege of pasturing all the vacant
land i'm that vicinity. Yet the stock
man may not pay one cent of taxes
where the crop owner pays dollars.
My picture may not be true one
in every instance but it fully Illus
trates the unfairness of the Florida
law that protects the one man with
a few dollars worth of stock as
against the energetic citizen who
clears up the land, beauties it with
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-03
WEDNESDAY JAN. 3, 1906.
New Year.

January 1st will be past before this
reaches our readers. but we wish each
one of you a Happy New Year all
through 1906.
Not only a happy but also a pros
porous one.
The happiness will depend upon our
selves. not upon our surroundings
There are many who are happy under
the most adverse circumstances, while
others are discontinued in the midst
of abundance and with, seemingly,
everything that heart can wish.
Such disposition is a very unhap-
DIV one. therefore try to cultivate a
spirit of cOntentment. "Be content
with such things as We have
4 selfish person is seldom happy.
The best way to secure happiness for
ourselves is by trying to make some
one else happy.
We also hope that the coming year
will bring each of you great prospe-
rity.
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ton last spring. If there are 1900
acres planted this year, and they yield
only fair crop the total will exceed
that of last year. If they have good
crop. it will be very much larger.
From all accounts, the potato crop at
the North is very short this year and
probably prices will be good.
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Editor Florida AgricuIturiSt:

would like to know if lima beans
and navey beans can be successfully
raised as a mature crop On high pine
land such as you doubtless know we
have at Gambler. How can 1 obtain
positive information about it? If it
can be done successfully l want to do
it. If an experiment l have not got
the time to make it. Who can tell me
what | want to know? G. G. A.
Gambler, Fla.
We doubt if you can make success
of lima and navey beans on high pine
land but they can be raised on low land
where there is plenty of moisture.
There may be seasons during which
a crop of lima or navey beans would
do well, but as certainly pine land
can't be depended upon without If
rigatiOn.
If any of our subscribers have had
experience along these lines we would
like to hear from them.
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Answer to Correspondents.
Editor Florida Agr'iculturist:

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
| have received the following clip
ping from party who is interested
i'm the shipping of oranges, and asked
me to investigate the matter and find
the cause of the rotting.
New York, Dec S.-There must be
something the matter with the eli
matte conditions in Florida or the soil,
judging from the awful condition in
which oranges have been coming the
last two weeks. The decay is such
as to make them almost unsuitable
and i'm some shipments it reaches 30
per cent. For this reason trade is
unsatisfactory. One dealer said a
Florida orange this season reminded
him of SNOWFALL, because it melted
away so quick. None of the fruit is
fit to offer unless it is repacked and
after the repacking much of it will
not hold up "a hours and just be re
packed again. Such conditions cause
a great waste and the Florida orange
deal is extremely bad.
+
The trade is puzzled over the con-
ditiOn and does not know whether to
attribute it to hot weather. the cold
weather of IL year ago or too much rain.
1t simply knows that the fruit will
not stand up and buyers are afraid
of it, Early in the week the prices
were extremely low, but towards the
close there was good demand for
thoroughly sound fruit
Knowing that you have had con
siderable experience i'm the handling of
oranges | would he glad if Won would
give your opinion AS to the cause of
this trouble and if you have any
remedy to suggest. c. NJ. c..
Lake City, Fla.
Whenever we have wet and warm
fall fruit carries badly to market eX-
cept where unusual care is exercised
in handling and packing. In the years
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Parcels Post.

Last week correspondent express
ed himself as being i'm favor of our
keeping up the fight for parcels post
law until the desired end is gained.
We had no idea of becoming dis
cOuraged, but are very glad to find
that even one of our readers is awake
to the Importance of this proposed
postal reform. This week we give
considerable matter on the subject.
The postmaster general opposes the
measure. We should not think of at
tributing unworthy motives to the
gentleman, but he has certainly eX-
posed his ignorance of the facts in
the case.
In the first place it is a matter of
record that the pOstoffice department