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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-02-10
Helen Keller Ill,

WRENTHAM. Mass, Feb. lO.--Miss
Helen Keller, who has been III here is
reported MS slightly improved. The
young woman has no disease, but was
suffering from exhaustion. Miss KEEL
ler's condition Is not serious.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-02-10
Clearance Sale
--OF--
SHOES!

Owing TO the mild winter we have a large quan.
tity OF winter shoes Of all kinds which we must DISPOSE
OF at once in order to make for Spring Goods
This we shall do at a great reduction OF prices.
Never has there been such opportunity to stcule
new and up-to-date goods at such rdiculousy low
prices This is first year in the shoe business con-
sequently we have old goods to dispose Of Every
thing was bought and fresh for this season. from
the leading manufacturers in the country and repre- sent
nothing but the latest styles of the best makes.
Everyone should take advantage of this sale as
never again will such values be offered for he money
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-02-10

welcoms 70 The fr, view d 1906
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-02-10

Attic Baptist church sunday morn
log Rev & + Van Schaick, new field
worker for tue Baptist State Conyeu
ton and Publication Society will be-
the preacher. Miss Williams viii have
charge Of the Bible school at u m. In
the evening the pastor, Rev Frank II
Morris will speak on Abraham
Lincoln and tits Temperance PriLci
Piles, a Model for All" Come and do
honor TO "the FIRST American
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-02-10

Niss o. fhff siI isal sac 4l'et p.
seriil : a. iisa Hresfs rntsfrssiiai
1tsfFh i9ea.ifuv rtrfi sfs.au'f .aCt
ftis ISL g. &C., ices si ID
a $50 .iiiis hoas RlrFs rtfsssa
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The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-27
Bananas.

A subscriber would like to see some
thing in the Agriculturist about bana-
mas. We should be glad to accOmO-
date him. but the fact is that they are
the United States. Consequently but
little is known about their culture,
practically. by the writer's for any pa
per in this country.
1t is true that bananas are grown to
some extent in this state and we have
no doubt that few are sold by the
growers, but almost all in local mar
kets, very few, if any, are shipped to
a distant market. If any of our read
ers are growing bananas. we shall be
glad to have them give us statement
of their methods.
We know that they require moist
rich soil, the richer the better. Also
that it is usually about II to 1S mouth
from the setting of the plants before
they will ripen a crop. But the proper
distance between plants and the proper
cultivation are not sufficiently familiar
for us to speak with any certainty.
We hope that some one who has had
experience will give some directions
which will enable Il beginner to grow
them for family Use if not for market
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-27

foreign laws do not tolerate the put
es, for human food. If you need any
beef extract. be sure and call for the
foreign, Lebig's. 1t seems very strange
that people are SO reckless of rheir
health. or tlrit of their neighbOrs.
In this state we have Il law tiiat re-
quireS all fertilizers to state. on Il tag,
exactly what they are. More than
that we also have Il law which reJlLr-
eS that every sack of stock food shall
be labeled and that the label shall tell
the exact truth about the contents of
the sack. Why are our legislators so
much more concerned for the stock Of
the state. than they are for the fami-
lies of their constituents? A private
letter from Capt Il. f. Rose, the state
chemist, says that there is no pure
food law in this state but that there
is great need of one and means to en-
ject to such Il law? All that any one
asks is simply that the labels shall tell
the truth, and tell it so plainly that
there shall be no deception. The Pat
ent medicine men are opposing the
pure food law. in congress, because it
requires them to give the formula on
the label of each bottle or package
We ought to he allowed to decide
whether we want medicines. cocaine,
Or such drugs us are found in many of
the patent medicines which are in COM
mon Use. If you feel that this is just
and proper thing to enact into law,
write to your congressman and tell
him so as emphatically aS you can, a
postal card will do. no need for many
words. put it plainly and clearly so
that he will have no doubt where you
: and on this question.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-27
Inquiries for Pecan Orchards.
Edit0r Florida Agriculturist.

Quite frequently have inquiries for
pecan orchards. These are wanted in
size varying from ten to two hundred
acres. 1t seems to me that if we had
them for ourselves or for sale. it would
be Il good thing.
The latest want of this kind comes
from st. Paul capitalists \ company
there, wishes to invest largely in the
business of nut growing. They wish
to invest $4,000 or more Such an in
vestment would add largely to our cir
cuating medium, and use some of our
idle lands. Not finding such orchards
here, this company has gone to another
state
People owning good land, preferably
hammock, possibly could not enhance its
value faster than by planting from one
hundred to one thousand or more of
these famous nut trees.
Those who have lands on which
there are plenty of young hickories.
viii find it as easy to make bearing
pecan orchard as it was to change a
wild orange grove into valuable
grove of sweet oranges.
| have such hickory trees that were
grated six years ago. which have
borne three crops of the finest nuts in
the county. Among large lot of
CRAFTS put in. in February of this
year, there is a tree having twenty
i've nuts on it, though only grated
about three months. | do not expect
these nuts to ma ture
Crafts put into large stocks will
bear about as soon as the orange under
similar conditions The cost of trans
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-27

it to paSS the raX-free DenattIred AlcO-
hOl bill SO promptly when it WAS sup
posed to be buried in committee The
power of public opinion was never
more clearly shown. If you favor a
he sure that there is no mistake about
it The following paragraph from the
Farm and Ranch puts the case in Il
nut shell:
Having settled the question Of the
parcels post in your own mind. the
next thing to be done is to settle the
greSSman. He has his ear to the
ground and is listening.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-27
Pure Food.

The House of Representatives still
holds UP the pure food law. Not only
so, but it has also amended all the vi
tality out of the meat inspection law
Usually it is the other way. it is gen
orally the senate which shows its sub
Serviancy to the trusts.
The papers have seen so full of the
great scandal, no not scandal but
revelation, about the meat packing
business that there is little need of
saying much more concerning it. But
there is one item revealed, which has
not been made prominent. Many peo-
pie who have used canned beef, have in
case of sickness used beef extract. yet
an employee of one of these establish
mentS says that this American made
beef extract is not fit for a dog, not to
say a human stomach. That the very
worst of spoiled meat goes into the
beef extract which is intended for sick
people. Since we read this statement,
We have cOngra tulated ourselves that
We never bought but one jar of Ameri-
can made beef extract, we have al
ways called for Lebig's, which is a for
eign production and we all know that
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-27
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Articles relating to any topic within the
scope of this paper solicited.
We cannot promise to return rejected manu-
script unless stamps are enclosed
All communications for intended publication
must be accompanied with real name, as a
guarantee Of good faith. No anonymous con-
uibutions will be regarded.
Money should be sent by Draft, Postofice
Money Order on DeLand, or Registered Let
Ter. otherwise the publisher will not be re-
sponsible in of loss. When personal
checks are used, exchange must be added.
Only 1 and cent stamps taken when change
cannot be had.
To insure insertion, all advertisements for
this paper. must be received by 10 o'clock
Monday morning of each week.
Subscribers when writing to have the ad-
dress of their paper changed MUST give the
old as well as the new address.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-27
WEDNESDAY,. JUNE p, 1906.
A Mistake.

The article on MangOes by Prof. L.
II. Rolls, which appeared on the first
page of the AgriculturiSt of June 6,
was read by Prof. Rolls, at the meet
ing of the Florida State Horticultural
Society, as his report on Pineapple
and other tropical fruits.
ed at the head of the article and it was
the intention to have done so, but in
getting it into the paper it was left off
by mistake.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-27
A Parcels Post.

A prominent business man telling
of the hec-ret of success said. that it
was due to advertising and keeping
everlaStingly at it. If we seem tedious
with our perSiStant efforts to arouse
your interests in parcels post, it is
because we feel sure that there is no
other question, before the people which
is of more. vital importance to the far
mer, of course we except the pure food
low. Probably you do not realize how
You are being robbed by the express
companies, robbed is the proper word.
to order aynthing that you need with
in certain limit of weight and
is. Neither do you realize what an ac-
cOmmOdatiOn a parcels post would be.
People have become so accustomed TO
the present conditions that they do not
know what they are losing. If the
country merchants. and those in small
towns as well, really understood what
It would do for them, instead of oppos-
ing it, they would be its most hearty
supporters.
Think what it would mean to be able
to order anything that you need, and
having it delivered to you by mail at
a reasonable price, instead of having
to pay the express companies more
than the article is worth for charges.
There are so many such things that
are wanted, by families in the country.
which no small stOrekeeper ever thinks
of keeping in stock
Do you want parcels post? If so.
have you told your congressman or the
senators from your state? If not why
not? You had better do so at once, be
fore you forget it again. A postal card
to each one will cost you only three
cents and will take but a few minutes
Of your time. 1t is the general opinion
that it was the OfiGd of postal cards
poured upon the senate which induced
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-27

forming hickory trees to pecan trees
is about as follows. grafting SO per
100. scfOns of the best varieties from
81 to $4 per hundred.
w. H. HASKELL.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-27
Legumes as Fertilizers.
w. H. HASKELL.

declares tnat all tne OU1eFS eire HIS
taken. The first sentence of an article
from the California CultivatOr, needs
some modification, instead of ''well
known and accepted fact say rather
generally accepted"
The fOrma ton of nitrogen by bac-
terra i'm the nOdules on the roots of the
known and accepted fact that any as
sertiOn to the contrary is rather alarm
ing
Mr.. Thomas JamisOn, director of re-
search for Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
has dropped a bOmbshell on the tuber-
Gle and nitrogen theory we have hfther-
to accepted as gospel. His annual re
port is just published, and the Cultiva-
tor, always desirOus of presenting the
latest intelligence in the agricultural
world, gives the following brief re-
sumo of his conclusions and leaves its
readers to digest the statements made.
These statements are considerably at
variance with the conclusions of our
government experts
1. The legume tubercle theory is
untenable
2. Nitrogen of the air is directly
utilized by the plants.'
In support of the first, he says:
''In the first place, there is the ac-
cepted fact that vigorous legumes may
be grown without bearing tubercles,
IL fact which as legumes always ac-
quire nitrogen, goes far to show that
the tubercles have nothing to do with
the fiXatiOn of nitrogen.
There is the other fact that the tu-
bercles contain a fungus, which is
sufficient to account for all the fea-
lures shown by the tubercle, and as
the weight of evidence in regard to
the fungi goes to show that fungi do
not absorb nitrogen, it may be accept
ed that the fungss has nothing to do
with the fxation of nitrogen by
legumes.
Further, we have seen that there is
ing tubercles, for fungi cause similar
tubercles on many plants. Even the
large number and frequently of these
tubercles on legumes need cause no
is the natural result on a
plant of a nitrogenOus-
seeking fungus, just as turnips are
ruinOusly attacked by a fungus that
causes club-rOot disease
1.-The absence of bacteria in the tu-
bercles being practically proved, or at
least the assumed evidence of their
presence being reduced to nothing.
th idea that bacteria fix the nitrogen
comes to naught.
1T follows that the idea of sympiO-
tic mutual help action has also to be
set aside
In support of the second conclusion.
he says that by chemical regeants he
has found that the hairs, glands and
leaves with thin skins are the great
agents in fixing nitrogen and his ex-
periments with the illustrations pub
ished, would seem to prove the truth
IF his assertions.
Mr.. JamiSOn has not produced sllffi-
.ient proof tO S11nnOrt hic occu,,n+;.-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-20

Francisco To carry out private com
missions: TO deliver money. letter or
parcels from Honolulu people to their
san Francisco friends and relatives.
undertaking this work for the reason
that the postofiice system OF San
Francisco Is probably at this time de.
moralized and is likely to be so for
some little time. and II Is also likely
to be some time before perfect cable
service Is resumed.
w. A. Bryan leaves for San Fran.
cisco on the Ventura and will under.
take to execute private commissions
there for Honolulu people Anything
to be sent by him can be left here
with Trent n Co.
Ed, u. Miller. of Thee. Davies & Co..
will also go up on the Ventura and
will deliver anything that people here
may want to send to friends In or
about San Francisco. He will have
large placards printed. bearing the
names of people in San Francisco to
whom letters or parcels are directed.
These placards will be placed promi
pcntly about the ruined city, 30 that
consignees may learn that some mes
gagc awaits them from Hawaii.
While the great suspense under which
Honolulu has been labOring for near
~ two days Is somewhat relieved by
the cable message from san FranCiEcO
this morning. anxiety has but llUlr
abated The relief comes In the roal'.
zation of the fact that there Is sOuS
limit to the catastrophe: that san
Francisco has not been swallowed up.
as some may have imagined. Then
there Is relief in news of the fact that
there Is apparently no further natural
disturbance threatened and that ne
fire which followed the earthquake H.
pretty well under control.
Nothing has thus far been said about
the shipping nj San Francisco and II
Is impossible to say whether the So
mona and the Mongolia, big Pacific
ocean liners. have been destroyed by
the lire or otherwise. or whether they
In some way managed to escape.
II the SOnOmn escaped and is In Il
condition to make the voyage To Homo
lulu on schedule. and II she Ii not held
back levcn though she be mharmcdl,
she will no doubt bring here people
who can tell Of their own personal cN-
porienCcs In the great catastrophe. but
she can bring no newspapers contain
ing details Of the wreck and ruin. for
all the newspaper plants. according 10
the message Of Cable Superintendent
MCKcnna, have been wiped out
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-20
FREI6hTER ARRIVES

With q load of assorted freight. the
All. $. 5. Ncbraskan arrived from
San Francisco at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and was tied up To the Rail
way wharf. She left san Francisco
April IL. and the first news Of the
earthquake was learned by those on
board after they arrived here. The
three passengers on board the NcbraS-
kan were Chas. Bellina. G. A. Hartwcll
and Mr. Underwood.
The Nebrnskan had on board num-
Der of domestic animals. There were
- head Of cows. horses and mules and
800 hogs. besides number OF other
animals, including poultry. The load
on the Nebraskan was smaller than
usual. The Nebraskan will take ON
some sugar here and will depart for
Kahului at y. m. Sunday evening.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-20
JOHNSON MUST HANG.


ll:29 a. M, when the jury was sent
out To deliberate on It's verdict.
At 1889, the Jury returned 10 the
court room. While Il had been out for
ten minutes, II had spent actually only
four minutes In the jury room. Just
time enough to take the first ballot
which was unanimous and conclusive.
Your Honor. we have arrived at n
unanimous verdict" reported Fore.
man 7. II, Petric. handing the verdict
to the clerk.
Clerk NJ. 7. SlmOnton unfoldcd the
paper and read II alond:
I'VE, the Jurors In the above entitled
cause. find defendant guilty as charg
al In the Indictment.
"(Signcd } T. II. PETRIE,
Foreman"
Judge Robinson asked Harrison II he
wished to have the jury pollcd. lilo
answered In the Affirmative. Simon.
ton then asked the jurors: us that
your verdict?" SimontOn addressed
each juror Individually, and each con.
frmed the verdict with a "Yes."
Harrison then noted exceptions to
va N'i''' 10 H'lllE A'lN'lh w Wv
law and the evidence. These were
allowed. The Court then thanked tho
Jury for its work and discharged Il .
He set the sentencing of the defend.
ant for next Tuesday at Q n. IN.
During this entire scene Johnson
stood up, as did the rest Of the people
In the court room, but he showed 20
special sign of distress at hearing that
his fate was just scaled. lie wore iua
tho same anxious and bewildercd look
that has been stamped on his face Tor
many days past, and no particular
change was noticeable.
The jury which returned the verdict
was as follows:
W. NJ, buchanan, John Coffee, l.. G.
King, Julian |. Ilarries, Chas. ]. Lud,
wigsen, Harry Lyman, A. NJ. Mollis,
T. II Pctrie, w. II. Soper, s. A. Wal
ker. JnO. Warehouse and T.. o. White
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-20
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.
FOR SALE.

On easy monthly payments, large mod
ern Cottage, 1918 Matlock Ave; 4
bedr., block from 2 car lines, small
cash payment, bal. 80.
A few choice Lots at Puunul Ave. Bar
gain. Easy terms.
2.2O acres tract on Nuuanu Ave. Plen.
ty water. Close TO car line,
FOR RENT.
Fur iRhed 3 +. Cottage, Manoa Val
ley ideal Summer home, good bath
ing. Mountain air, Stable. Near ear
line, Only $l5 y, m.
House, newly painted, bedr kuakini
~. Sl2.
House, . bedr. Reach Road, $40
=. Il. Il. STRAUCH,
Wally Building. "A S, King st,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-20
PASSPORTS TO
STATES ARE SOLD
Sargent Recommends
Re-RegiStration
Of Chinese

Washington. April Reconnaissance
General Sargent of the immigration
service was heard today by the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs relative
to the proposed amendments to the
Chinese exclusion act. The Commits
sloncr reviewed at length the difIlcul-
ties In the way of enforcing the pres
pnt law
The greatest cause of complaint
arose. In his opinion. from the fact
that what are known us section six
certificates" which are in reality pass
ports of Chinese privileged to land In
this country, were made out In blank
by United States Consular officers in
China and were sold for a consderd-
tion. The remedy he suggested, was
to have officers In China who should
investigate the certificate issued to
every Chinese and who should send
with the steamship in which he sailed
proper papers to the immigration au-
thorities nj the port Of destination. the
means Of readily Identifying the Chine
ese and the certificate.
Sargent declared that today Mexico
Is flooded with Chinese who are school,
ing themselves for fraudulent entry
into the United States. The situation
as to Canada Is very much better than
II was several years ago. because of an
agreement with the Canadian railroads.
Sargent also advocated an amend
ment to the present law requiring all
Chinese In this country to be rc-regis-
tered. He said the country Is full of
Chinese who are here In violation of
the law. After the Reorganization, he
would then send ont Of the country
all Chinese who did not have proper
certificates.
The difficulty Of enforcing the Chi
nese exclusion act. Sargent said is he
cause of the dishonesty of American
attorneys. The Chinese Six Companies
In san Francisco. us well as other inter
estcd parties, he said are the interests
now actively engaged In efforts to get
the law broken down by lax amend
ments.
lie denied that the immigration Bu.
reau was responsible for the Chinese
boycott. The committee had before II
the Foster bill. but Sargent did moi
agree that this was the proper remedy
San Francisco Call
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-20
TREASURER MANDAMUyD

S. YamamOto has filed another petit
ton for an alternative writ of man
damus to compel Treasurer Campbell
TO issue him a license as pharmacist
or show cause why he should not. va
mamOt0 shows that Campbell refuses
TO grant his application although he
Rad had the experience and had the ref
crences required by law, The writ wac
issued by Judge Robinson and made re-
turnable for April 80.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-20
GkElT EXCITEMENT


fire. the damage amounting AT least to
St50. 900. 900.
Dynamite was used to blow up Sec.
lions to make gaps TO check the con.
Migration which had started In many
places. simultaneously.
The water system was paralyzed.
All the business section and half the
residence district has been destroyed
by Gre. At present the fire Is pretty
well under control, though still burn.
ing The first shock endured for
about minute. The newspaper build.
ngs are wiped out The cable com.
pany cant do any business and there
Is nc use In their accepting II. The
chic; disturbance seemed, To the man
sending the message, to be confined To
the peninsula.
SEVERAL TOWNS DESTROYED.
by way of Bremen, Germany. to
Hackfeld 4 Co, here a cable this
morning tells of the California towns
of Santa Cruz. Monterey, Gilroy, Hol,
lister and Santa Rosa having been de-
stroycd and many lives lost. Tho San
Francisco reports Oakland and
Piedmont as all right: that
the shake was not so bad there
and there was no fire. The cable by
way Of Bremen. Germany. on tho 9TH
or hand, reports that Oakland has
been seriously damaged, suffering
greatly from the earthquake. This
M seaRa also reports more earthquake
shu,Fr 'ls,arday aud concludes with
the .lar.m.uJ ira' The Spreckcls su'
gar .Gur. va. aoru destroyed. The
grup AinJy ~ u,at the Bremen die
patch D., Gag Grated IN It's reference
to Outsiir towns.
LATEST IMPORTATION.
The san Francisco message - the
story OF the cable opcrator-is the
latest information. Cable Superinten.
den. McKcnna. of course, could report
only what came within his observa'
ton. A man might be In n building
with terror all around him and not
realize q fraction of what had occur
red. on the other hand, not knowing
everything that was going on around
him, he might gel an exaggerated idea
Of occurrences.
After nearly forty.eight hours of
terrible suspense, Honolulu this morn
Ing learned something definite OF the
fearful earthquake In California.
with the first brief announcement
of the catastrophe on "Wednesday this
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-20

The nitrate industry Of Chile yields
the Government the enormous annual
sum of $25 cocoon in gold from the ex-
purt duty
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-20

The Weekly Edition of the Evening
Bulletin gives complete summary OF
the news of the day. For 81 a year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06

in the wrd Don't that the OF this conference
must take place in under the most solemn
spces2 The idea Of keeping such an ercss in the attic
81 believe" said Sabna slowly and codly ,at Mr. Rookie
fellers income is"
"Oh blow Mr. Rockefeller his ncome cried the indignant
younger sister.
"Katlcncr pleaded the mother tearuy
CHAPTER ILL.,