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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-06-05

BROTHER, I have found root that will
surely cure that tobacco habit and indiges-
ton, let write you about it. c. H.
STOKES, Mohawk, Florida.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-06-05

NOW READY-Catalog of the Gainesville
Nurseries; Fruits and Flowers for the
Southland, Pecans and their Culture q
speciality. H. S. GRAVES, Gainesville
Fla. 2-27-O1
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24
SEEN FROM A BALLOON.

A new aspect of ballooning is re-
ferred to by Peter Rossegger. He says
that up about 1000 feet the beauty of
the earth's landscape disappears. The
earth seems simply a dark, dirty sur
face. The outlines of the mountains
are lost. and trees. houses. towns. all
look like toys. The beauties of Hum
ination disappear; there is nothing
near, nothing far; distance vanishes.
Only the ugly things that remain Wis
ible. the yellow fields. the roofs of
houses, the white strets. The land
scape is gone. The waters are dark
and lack individuality; the silence Of
death is upon everything Looking up.
il was the same. The balloon was
above the clouds; there was nothing
to see but space, sheer. hollow space,
without relief. THE Lord preserve us
from such way of travelling" con-
cludes Peter Rossegger; sit would be
a new age-wrinkle in the countenance
of mankind"
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24
KELVIN MINES
UNAFFECTED
By the Present Furry In
Copper
Development Work In the
Vicinity of Ray Goes On
Actively.

Ray. Ariz., Sept. 21.-(Special Core
spondence of The Kepublican)-It is
the intention of the management of the
Kelvin Calumet Copper Mining COM
pany TO begin the sinking of a deep
shaft on the Calumet mine which will
no doubt revolutionize matters in the
Mineral Creek mining district as this
property is known to have shipped
more than 100000 worth of ore from
the surface and the ore body is con-
tinuous
Shipments of high grade concentrates
thirty-five to forty per cent are made
regularly from the so-called. Big Lead
mill which is the property Of the KEEL
win Calumet Copper Mining company.
Arrangements are completed for pa
tenting ali the holdings of the Kelvin
Calumet Copper Mining company and
Engineer Clark of Tucson is expected
daily TO attend to the work.
The train which connects Madeline
shaft with the Kelvin Reduction mill is
completed and within the next few days
sixty tons of ore will be transported
10 the Kelvin Reduction mill which is
Il company holding.
The camp will soon be lighted by
electricity and the plant is now INSTALL
ed awaiting only the switchboard. This
plant is the only one in Pinal county
Supt. w. b. Twitchell is expecting
the arrival Of General Manager W. E.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24

Sharp and o. A. Turner. both of Phil
adelphia, whose presence in the camp
will mean the enlargement of the pres
ent camp.
The news that the Kelvin Reduction
mill is to run steadily will be received
with great pleasure by the residents
Of the Mineral Creek district.
During the week Mr.. and Mrs. Twit-
chell were the recipients OF more
beautiful wedding presents among
them being ebony chairs, silverware
and a valuable necklace for Mrs.
Twitchell.
Elias Fink is in camp today from
Spiel Kop with a pleasant smile and
his burros loaded with vegetables.
Elias is a rustler, a good prospector
and has the happy faculty of stick-to-
it-iveness.
Mrs. c. F. Ordermawt of Los Ange-
les is in camp the guest of her brother
Mr.. p. ]. Flores.
Miss Marguerite Fairholm who is to
teach school during the coming season
has arrived and will open school Mon
day morning, twenty-five pupils having
already been enrolled.
W. II. Marquis and family have re-
turned from the coast where they have
been spending the summer.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24

The world at large is especially in
terested at present in the awakening
To its possibilities Of that long sleeping
country. China. The Popular Maya
zine for September contains a story
by George Bronson-Howard. entitled
THE Door of the Double Dragon. -
which. in a way. presages this awaken
ing. and tells i'm an exceptionally in
terresting and dramatic fashion of Il
rebellion such as has never before been
recorded in history. in which the mas
ter spirit is an energetic American.
who holds Il commission as captain of
cavalry in the Chinese army. The
three serials, The Devils Pulpit" by
II. Il. Marriott Watson, The Man Who
Was Dead BY Arthur w. Marchmont.
and 'Zollenstein," by w. b. NJ. Fergu-
son. furnish in this number chapters
full enough of excitement to satisfy
the most eXacting. Besides the above,
the Popular for September contains
an admirable collection Of short stories
by such masters of fiction as Edward
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24
WINK EtMAN.

Rafael Garcia a gardener residing at
Winkelman was struck by lightning on
the fifteenth and instantly killed.
Garcia and two women employed by
him were working in the garden when
the storm came up and all ran for
the shelter OF a tent under a cotton
wood tree. The bolt struck Garcia but
did not harm the two women who were
only few few from him.
E. B. Zaohry arrived in camp from
a visit to the Copper Creek mining
district today. Mr.. Zachry visited the
Sibley. c. and A. and Mckenzie camps
and reports all the camps in a flourish
ing condition. The Sibley camp ex
poets to blow in smelter in the early
spring. the present price of copper is
not lettering work in the least Con-
ditions are also reported very lively at
the Mammoth.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24
THE RAISING OF CORN
IN SALT RIVER VAlLtY
A Mar Who Has Made a Success OF
II Tells How Everybody May Do So.

Between the profits on his crop and
the money he is winning in bets on II
Sam Rogers the auctioneer is finding
the raising of corn a paying business.
on Saturday night Mr.. Rogers was at
Surgeons butcher shop and the con-
versation turned on the subject of corn.
Mr. Rogers mentioned casually that he
has corn higher than the tops of the
screen doors which are about twelve
feet. An unbeliever wanted to bet that
there was no such corn in the valley
and purse Of $40 was put up.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Rogers
brought To the shop three stalks of
corn. one was thirteen feet~nine in
ches in height. another. thirteen feet,
ten and half inches and the third.
thirteen feet eleven inches. Mr.. Rog-
ers made the collection on Sunday and
he said that he had no doubt that he
could have found even taller corn, but
the field had been lately irrigated and
getting about in il was both difficult
and unpleasant.
This field of corn consists of ten
acres and is on the old Jake Miller
ranch. four miles west and a half mile
north of Six Points The ground is old
alfalfa land but Mr.. Rogers believes
that with a little care and work such
corn can be raised any where in the
valley.
The corn was planted on July Il and
so was only sixty days old yesterday.
The years have not yet had time to
form but there will be a heavy yield
for the stocks have beared from two to
five shoots. BY the time of cutting
which will be about the middle of Oc
tober the ears will have fully develop
ed.
This corn was planted Immediately
after a crop OF grain had been taken
from the same land and the corn will
~ removed in time for the planting of
another crop of grain this fall.
Mr.. Rogers has been offered $50 an
acre for the privilege of turning beef
cattle into it, he being given the priv
ilege of swapping" the field. that is.
taking off the ears of corn. He has
refused as he wants to save the corn
and fodder for his own stock.
Mr.. Rogers believes that better and
bigger corn can be raised in the Salt
River valley than in any of the So
called corn states. The trouble he
says. has been in the method of plant
ing, which has really been done with
out any method. If the same plan
We're followed in Iowa, Illinois. or
Kansas the crop would hardly be worth
the gathering.
The practice of planting here has
been as follows: The ground has been
carelessly plowed, Immediately after ir
rigating. when the ground was a muck.
The corn has been covered up in the
third row and after that has been left
TO its own devices, never cultivated or
receiving any other attention. The old
timers said that was the only way to
raise corn and they further said that
the cultivation of it would be worse
than useless.
Mr.. Rogers planted his field after
the manner which prevails In the corn
states. The ground was put into fair
shape and when the time came, a cul-
tivator was run through 1t. Said he:
81 found that the only thing that cul-
tivating hurts is the feelings of the
man who runs the cultivator but il is
the making of the corn
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
IN THE LfLEVItR CASE
The Application Based on Two Alleged
Defects in the Tucson Warrant.

The new warrant issued at Tucson
for the arrest of Yves G. Lelevier was
served on the young man at the sher-
ifs office yesterday. The warrant,
the same as in the case dismissed by
Commissioner tombstone on Saturday.
charges him with an offense against
the republic of Mexico by committing
larceny. 1t was thought that he would
be removed to Tucson last night but
i'm the afternoon Attorney Billiard APP
piled to judge Kent for writ of
habeas corpus which was granted and
the matter was set for hearing at two
o'clock this afternoon.
The application for the writ is bas-
ell on two grounds. one is that the
warrant brings the defendant before
United States Commissioner ]. r.
Dunseath of Tucson. while it is signed
by another commissioner. O. NJ.
Richey. The other ground is that the
warrant was applied for by the wrong
person. United States Attorney AL
exander, and not b. the Mexican gov
eminent or any representative of that
government.
The case of the defendants father
Gustave C. Lelevier. which had been
set for Yesterday morning. was con-
tinued until todav. Speaking OF the
persistent efforts which are being
made to eXtradite his son. Mr.. Lelevier
said it was the purpose Of the Mexi-
can government to wiring his heart and
to hold him as hostage that be him
self might be influenced in the utter
ances of his newspaper.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24
OLDEST CHURCH IN USE.

bingham, Mass, has the Oldest
church edifice now in use in America
the First Unitarian church. The
building is 225 years old. John b.
Lewis has been sexton and bell ringer
at the church for more than fifty
years.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24
FIFTY YEARS A CLERK.

Rudolph Timer. a clerk in the office
OF the adjutant general at Washington.
has just completed fifty years Of con-
tinuous service in the employ of the
He came to this country
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS

Mrs; Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
the child, softens the gums, allays all
pain. cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for Diarrhoea. Twenty-Five
cents a bottle.
Guaranteed under the food and drugs
act, June 30th, 1906. Serial number 109S.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24

Lucas White. c. T. Revere, Edward
Marshall. X. and Hesleth Prichard.
Il. NJ. Bower. +. jenkins Hams. Fran
els Whitlock, and Scott Campbell.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24
pAIRYMEN ATTENTION.

A place with good feed now ready,
near creameries and school. for rea-
sonable rental. Lincoln Fowler, Por
ter building.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24

In The Red Book Magazine for Sep
TENDER Louis V. DeFoe. writing from
London. tells Of the American plays
which have failed and succeeded in
England during the season just passed.
and WIN the did so. The article is
fully Illustrated.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-24

from his home. in Germany. when he
was years of age, and for short
time served as n drummer boy in the
army.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-01-18
Some johnson Definitions.

An exhibition of the relies of DIR.
Samuel Johnson in London recalled
some Of the remarkable definitions
that remarkable man inserted in his
dictionary, Among them not the
least curious was the one given for
network" which was defined as
anything retieulated or decussated
at equal distances, with interstices
between the intersections" Other
amusing definitions are: Cough
a CONFUSION Of the lungs yellicated
by some shar serosity." "Man-not
a woman, not a boy, not a beast"
"l'ension-an allowance made to
any one without an equivalent. Ir
England it is generally understood
to mean pay 10 a state hireling for
treason to his country"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-01-18
SERPENT POISON.
The Venom Of the Cobra Is Deadly ~.
most Beyond Belief.

1t was in the autumn of 1897
that Calmettc, while. acting as d.
rector of the meteorological ipsti-
tute Of Saigon, Cochin China, first
commenced his experiments on the
naturalization Of serpent venom in
the animal system. He had excep-
tional opportunities in the matter
Of serpent venom wherewith to car
ry out his Investigations, inasmuch
as a band of cobras had recently at
tackled a village in the vicinity Of
Baclieu, and by order OF the gov
ernor of the district no fewer than
ninety specimens Of the terrible Ma
ja tripudians, or cobra de capcllo,
were forwarded in a barrel to the
institute.
Forty Of the reptiles arrived
alive, and several were at once sac
rifccd to secure their venom glands.
Each gland, resembling both in size
and shape n shcllcd almond, con-
tains about thirty drops of venom,
and in this transparent limpid liquor
is embodied n toxin Of extraor-
binary strength. As is well known,
this cobra is the most dreaded Of
all scrpcnts, and it is widely dis
tributed over India, Burma, Suma-
ira, Java, Malacca and Cochin Chi
ma. Until Calmette, however, set
to work 20 Systematically study the
nature of this reptiles venom but
little precise or reliable informa-
ton had been obtained as to its
character. II was, of course, nec-
essary in the first instance to as
certain, within us narrow a limit as
possible, the exact degree of toxic
power inherent in the venom and 10
determine IL possible the precise
dose lcthal in respect Of each yarie-
ty Of animal experimental upon.
A correct calculation Of the guam
tity of venom required in every Ease
was, however, found TO DO quite inn
possible, for 50 virulcnt is the
that a single drop Of an
emulsion produced by pounding up
glands in 800 grams Of dis
titled water is sufficient. when in
PRODUCED into the vein ~ u rabbits
,ar, TO kill it In five minutes. All
mammals 10 which Cnlmettc nd.
ninistcrcd this cobra venom, such
Is monkeys. dogs, rabbits, guinea
,igs and rats, succumbcd moro or
quickly, according TO the size
u the Dose Westminster Gazette.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-01-18
Diplomatic.

"Mr. Gidsmorc," began the young
man, "when you proposed to your
wife, or TO the cstimablc lady who
is 10Y Mrs. Gidsmorc. did she tell
you TO ask her fathery"
"She did, my boy" aiTubly re-
piled Mr.. Gidsmore.
"And did you try to shirk tho
job3"
swell, come TO think Of il, | did.
II believe | tried TO get her to DO
the asking, pom my soul. IIn. hap
sand when you did ask him-of
course you had to speak to him
finally
"0f course ! did. or course"
sand when you did ask him did
your knees shake. and was your
tongue dry, and did you have stage
fright ~generally9"
81 was scared 10 DEATH"
swell, that's the way | feel. |
told Gladys ] knew ! could find
some mutual bond Of sympathy be.
tween us when | came 10 tell you
that sic has promised TO marry
me."-Life.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-01-18
Natural varnishes.

Fluid resins or oil from several
different trees are extensively used
in the Philippines us yarnishcs. One
Of them, called oil Of supa, is a pale
yellow liquid when fresh, but IL
becomes dark and yiscous after con-
tact with the air. Spread in a thin
layer IL dries slowly and forms a
hard yarnish. IL is also capable OF
Icing burned in a lamp. Another
natural yarnish is balao, also called
oil Of apitong. II is white when
fresh, but darkens after exposure
and makes a very tough varnish.
Oil Of panao is a third variety, in.
ferior TO the Others in its driving
properties, Chemical analysis has
shown hat all these wood oils con-
sist entirely of hydrocarbons known
as sesquiterpenes.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-01-18
JOKES OF ACTORS.
Franks IN Comrades That Are Played
Before the Audience.

Wv wv
Practical jokes right in front OF
the audience are not unknown
among experienced actors. Carr
has to be taken that the business
Of the scene is not interfered with,
or the stage manager would speedi-
ly be camping on the trail of the
too enterprising humorist.
"a rather cruel but at the same
time very amusing joke was played
upon an unpopular member of a
Shakespearean repertoire company
with which ! once toured" said a
veteran actor to the writer.
"The unpopular one was playing
the ghost in Hamlet on this par
ticular night, and the scene was
managed in the old fashioned way
the majesty of buried Denmark
rising through "A trap instead of
coming on from the wings, as mod
ern ghosts do. Two of the compa-
ny stationed themselves beneath the
stage, and as soon as the victims
head went up through the trap they
began 70 belabor his legs well with
a couple of stout canes.
"The winch raising the platform
on which the victim stood was turn
ed very slowly in order to impart
proper solemnity to the ghosts ap-
p%earance. Picture the efforts Of
the poor hummer to prevent the
anguish he suffered showing on his
face, which, of course, was in full
view of the audiencel"
Worse, far worse, was the fate Of
some unfortunate actors who in a
popular mclodrama had to drink a
toast in (stage) champagne. In the
ordinary way ginger ale does duty
on the boards for that e~vhilarating
wine, but on this occasion some
fend in human form had filled the
bottle with parafin oil. 1--WE dared
not leave the stage till the fall Of
the drop" said one Of those who
took part in this unusual fcstivity
to the writer a%fterward, but how
VIC finished that net not one Of us
knows"
In a once popular drama the
leading actress. who was also the
proprietress of the "show," dropped
dead las usuaD at the end of the
third net one night and lay there in
full view Of the audience waiting
for the fall Of the curtain. But the
man who controlled the curtain re-
fused TO lower il.
you'll haze TO stay dead" said
he in u low Voice, sunless YOU prom
Ise TO pay mo last months salary
from tonight's receipts, Move your
right hand II you agree. I've wit
1csses here"
The lady could not argue, but
he waited n full minute. The mu.
remained obdurate. Then
he actress right hand moved ever
slightly and-the curtain FELL
Answers.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-01-18
The Very sarl,ss, Coins.

No one knows exactly when or
where the original coin was
"struck" or what metal was used.
Certain passages in Homer would
lead 10 the inference that brass was
coined rs early rs the year 1854
IL, G, Tradition ailirms that the
Chinese had bronze coins rs early
rs the year ll2O Is. C., but lIerodo-
tus, the ACKNOWLEDGED father OF
history is Of the opinion that the
Lydians invented" coins some time
during the ninth century Il. G., One
OF the oldest COINS now known is
u gold daric. coined by the Pcrsians
during the reign Of Darius, On
II side Of this coin is a bust Of
Darius ana on the other side a
figure OF a kneeling archer.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-01-18
IMPROVING THE ATTIC.
Suggestions That viii Hsip In Making
II HabitabIe.


In addition to those familiar uses
OF attics which are so vivid When it
rains or when one is cynical or
moody or inclined to be witty at the
expense Of bedposts and warming
pans, there are improved uses an at
tic can be put to and still remain an
attic. The feeling Of attics-that
sense they give of a friendly aliena-
ton from the world below stairs
must not, of course, be lost. If one
desires no more than a place in
which to tell fairy tales at twilight
the lighting of a candle might
be change enough in the usual un-
plastered and left over space. But
that is too simple. Besides, the
taste for fairy tales is not universal,
and it is, moreover, a taste more
natural in the nursery than in the
attic. But a habitable attic must
be anything but dingy. A glass
trapdoor, such as one too often sees,
is not enough. There should be a
great dormer window, built low
enough for window seats, and ample
seats at that, large enough to
lounge in. There should be vide
stills, too, for flowers, for an attic
without flowers would be unimagina-
Bile. As for the body Of the room
the chief thing to do where there
are gables would be to insert a
wainscot all around Of, say, FIVE or
six feet in height. Along this could
be put shelves for books or odds
and ends Of whatever kind. A car
pet would be improper, for II is ira
ditional that an attic Is bare. In
expensive rugs and skins suggest
themselves mechanically. like easy
a work table and a lounge.
The fancy includes a piano, pic
lures, glorious andirons, sconces,
the Imagination leaps to ar
NOR and cabinets. Yet in a proper
the furniture should be a little
commonplace with a discarded look,
II you will, to be in keeping. Things
half broken down are ft for a
quaint utility there, and rs clothes
once decent on Sunday come to be
only OF Saturday and then on
and so on, so odds and ends
they grow familiar and worn in
other parts Of the house have n last
ise-as old companions in nm attic.
Wallace Stevens in Indoors and
)ut.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-01-18
Tssk Him Down q PEG.

The young doctor TO whom the
Asculapian oath was Greek looked
oontemptuously at the old woman
who had come TO the uptown hos
pital where he was an inferno 10 in
quire about her son.
"He has eerebro neurosis, ! told
you once" he said.
"0h. DEAR" said the woman. for
she was not as ornately educated rs
the young physician. sis it as bad as
that5 New-vhat do you call it?"
"Neurosis," said the surgeon.
"Don't ! talk plain enough for
your"
as it anything like pros
trationg" inquired the woman.
"You will pardon me, sir. My ed
.ueation was along literary rather
than scientific lines"
That's what some call IT," said
the young physician as he got ready
to make a run for the ambulance at
the door,-New York Telegram.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-01-18
liiah Priced DumbIeb,es.

Many years ago the farmers Of
Australia imported bumblcbccs from
England aud set them free in their
clover fields. Before the arrival Of
the bees clover did not flourish in
Australia, but after their coming
the farmers had mo- more difficulty
on that score. Mr.. Darwin had
shown that bumblcbecs we're the
only insects fond Of clover nectar
which possessed a proboscis suni-
GENTLY long 10 reach the bottom Of
the long, tubclikc flowers aud at
the same time n body heavy enough
10 bend down the clover head so
that the pollen would fall on the in.
sect's back aud thus be- carried of
To fertilize other flowers Of the
same species. The bnmblebees sent
10 Australia cost the farmers there
about half n dollar apiece. but they
proved 10 be- worth the price.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-01-18
IhIs Weapon.

In some parts Of Ireland il is a
custom among bank clerks TO speak
OF one another rs "oiliccrs" 60 the
bank, but little Jim Bender, the re-
Gently imported Coekney waiter in
u County Mayo hotel, was not aware
OF this custom.
"Hsye You seen any OF our officers
here this morning'" asked q lord
ly knight Of the quill Of Jim q few
days ago.
Jim glanced keenly at his interro-
gator.
"iussir," he answered promptly;
sit isn't three minutes ago since one
OF EN- went out with his sword be-
Ind is ar,"-LOndon Answers.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-01-18
|Muswump.

"Mugwump' was an old Algon-
quin word for a chief, which was
used IN a seventeenth century In
dian Bible 10 translate centurion"
captain" or duke" in the English
version. II was borrowed by the
New ~Englanders as a nickname for
most superior persons, very like the
English great panjandrum." and
first applied in its special political
sense to Republicans who deserted
their party on grounds Of principle
at the presidential election Of 1854.