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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-10

tal amount MAS distributed AS follows:
TIC educational institutions. Sa2.4?2. $40.
10 charities. $l9.S .615. TO religious or
CARNATIONS. $5,443.475: To museums. art
galleries ami public improvements. slS.-
$40, 100; and t" libraries. Sl,I0+.6l'.
Carnegie Loads on.
AS usuaI. AndroW Carnegie * the
most conspicuous figure in this di;stri-
button. His donations for various pur-
poses amour, 80 $ll .Os4. 900. which is
81, SEA. 200 less than those of last year
1$l9. 95s, 7OOD. He has provided buildings
for seventeen libraries AT a cost of $2l3.-
600, AS compared with fifteen libraries,
~ u cost of $685.. 900 last Year, and has
given 81. 16T. 800 To forty-four small col
lcges. as compared with 81. I5o. 100 To IA
colleges last wear. His gifts OF organs
to churches as reported are slo.925. AZ
compared With 81. S25 in 1906. The list
of his principal donations is AS fol
lows:
G.fts or organs to ,hurches .......s 1895
Ndditionnl gif' for library 10
For John Hay library. Brown un
vcrSitN .......+..... l.".so
FOR library o. sMar,hmar" c"llse" 500"
public library ~. .......-....... lt1.t'n
TO Amherst colleE" ...-........... .b.Wb
70 Lake Forest univcrSiiN.......... io.GG"
To Illinois college. ........ l.antiss'
For Fin. Art building. New York l."rtcs"
TO Woman's college. Bal more.
Md. ........ $500
To I.ehiyl college ... lu,.,p'
~" nv ,,,t;n'. >n, vi mu
To library Of 81. Andrews college.
Scotland 5".W
To Dunde, university. Scotland i2.Jr
To church o.tr
To library ~ Baltimore, Md. ...-... .rr.sr
10 Carnegie institute ...-.......... 10000"
To seventeen libraries ...,....... 2,;.n1
10 forty-four small colleges ..-.... l.l61.5"
TO athlrt IS %"
70 Collcg" OF Phvsic ans. Phiia-
delph.a. Pa. .......... .......... l""'",
John II. Rockefeller falls behind IN tn"
race with Carnegie. his contributions
amounting 10 only S1.ll,.pD. az cou.Dared
With an can 90 last ve.r Theso coutrjl,-
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-27

The soil of the human body, in it's
relationship to diseased conditions, is
similar. In any epidemic of any par
ticular disease it is observed that
some are immune, although exposed
the same as others, who are not i'm
r1une. In other words, the soil must
be in receptive condition to take
On disease.
Another thought and we will close
this paper. It is found that the con-
dition of the soil and the growth
of the plants have each a modifying
effect one on the other, hence there
arises, in this evolution of nature,
changes in plant life that the practical
agriculturist can either retard or as
sist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-27
Smoking Lamps.

To prevent lamp from smoking
soak new lamp wick two or three
hours in vinegar Dry we'll before
using. If you follow this recipe your
trouble with your lamps will cease
Lamp wicks in lanterns or carriage
lamps that are not in daily use should
be treated in this way.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-27

isn't anything left worth hauling away
in an COX cart" let alone an "auto-
mobile"
If California growers ever enter
tains fears as to Florida oranges they
will surely mot need to fear serious
competition from Florida" after read
ing this dismal description from the
Commissioner"
We opine that the gentleman, who
is no doubt very clever manipula-
tor of noxious poisons never intended
to poison anybody against the Flor
ida orange industry, but like many
another tenderfoot has merely let off
an immature opinion, and that after
he has been in the state little longer
and runs up against something on
wheels faster than an OK cart he will
deliver a second epistle containing
the fact that the fire guards do not
materially injure the flavor of the
fruit and that Florida groves are not
punched together in localities as Riv-
erside, Redlands and Los Angeles,
and are all the better for it when
attacked by insect enemies Also, that
even north of Orlando" the small
per cent. of fruit unmarketed after
the cold is being shipped to market at
better prices than before the Deem
Der cold and that the highest esti-
mate Of injury to oranges in upper
Volusia county is eight per cent.
whilst south of that it ranges down
to a per cent.
He will also say that he was mis-
taken in any small budded trees be-
ing killed, that anything Of real good
bearing size is as good as ever and
he may acknowledge that if he can
help us in the matter Of the white
fly the orange industry instead OF
being 'anything but bright as to the
outlook" never before held out such
good prospects.
But before coming to these conclu-
sions he will have to travel north
and particularly south, east and west
of Orlando in any one of the forty
five automobiles owned by Our citi-
zens, for if he confined himself to
the COX cart" used by the back woods
| native to some extent he would not
get around soon enough to make such
a report in a generation.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-27

1t is better for pupil to know the
composition of food for growing stock
than to be able to name the battles of
the Revolution 1t is better for him
to know the meaning of protein and
nutritive ratio than to know what is
meant by the least common multi
p1e-C. K Davis.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-27
MR.. STRONG HANDED
A FLORIDA LEMON

1t is very strange that California
papers SO persistently misrepresent
Florida.
We found, in the Orlando Reporter
Star, an article which is amusing, at
least the part taken from the Cali
fornia paper. The comments of the
editor of the Reporter-Star are very
mild, they might we'll have been
made much more forcible, to fit the
occasion.
Once in a while it becomes neces-
sary in the course of human events
to ''hand out a lemon"
We had rather pass out sweet or
anges to our friends, but when they
take no stock in Florida oranges, a
Florida lemon is more to the purpose.
The following clipping was sent us
by friend in California, who is by
birth Floridian, Of more than usual
intelligence and who knows condi-
tons in this state and while sojourn-
ing in California has his eyes open :
The article is real rich and deserves
careful reading as it has the stamp
of authority, coming from Com
missioner of Horticulture.
1t is printed in the Los Angeles
Times and is as follows:
horticultural CO m m S o e r
Strong, who is at Orlando, Florida,
conducting fumigating campaign
against the white fly, writes that Cali
fornia need not fear serious compe-
tition from Florida The fruit about
Orlando is very poor. There is no
method in its handling nor cultiva-
ton in it's production. Fire has gone
through some of the groves and killed
the trees. Most of them have fire
guards around them for protection
from stray fires. leaning in that
section is largely done with oxen, and
no automobiles are seen among the
growers. In other and more north
ern sections the late frost left an in
,delible mark upon the groves. In
fact, all the fruit north of Orlando
was ruined, and in exposed situa-
tons the trees are again killed. Al
together the outlook is anything but
bright for the Florida orange indus
try, and the recurrence of frost this
season has well-nigh discouraged the
growers throughout the state"
This article may not have beer
written verbatim and may have been
touched up by the paper in which
it was printed, but it strikes us as
being about as "Strong" as one coulc
expect from any ordinary 'fumigat
ing campaign" and there would seen
to be no sort of use to monkey with
the white fly nuisance, because with
the poor fruit" the want Of methoe
in handling and cultivation, the ode
structive fires" and the frost" there
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-27
SOILS.
CONTINUED from first page.)

Continued from first page.J
tons may suffice to render it fertile.
nures Before proceeding further
with this portion of our subject, it
will be as we'll for us to consider
briefly, and illustrate by examples,
the intimate relation observed in ma
ture between the kind of soil and the
class of plants that grow upon it;
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-27
DO YOU WANT TO BUY
The Best
Fruit and Truck Farm
in Florida
At a Great Sacrifice :?
Can be Made To Pay for
Itself in One Year.

Forty acres. cleared. fenced and drained. Four
acres sub-irrigated. on which can be produced
any vegetable that can be grown. Similar land at
Sanford. planted to celery. lettuce, etc.. yields
81, 800 to 81, 900 per acre.
Artesian we'll on premises, from which water is
piped over entire Enclosure.
Grapefruit. oranges and Tangerines. of super
ior varieties which should yield 900 to 800 boxes
this year. Also 100 fine pecans just coming into
bearing
House. outbuildings and all improvements
modern and up-to-date.
Transportation facilities the best. being located
near two lines of railroad and the ST. Johns river.
The manager of the Agriculturist is authorized
to furnish the address and give directions for
reaching the premises to anyone desiring to pur-
chase such place.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-27

likewise, how peculiar conditions, alb
normal-from the standpoint of utlli-
ty-and certain peculiar conditions Of
the soil are observed to exist in in
innate relation to each other in ma
ture. Peculiar abnormal conditions
are likewise observed in the human
body in connection with it's environ
ment.
We find clay soils are generally
acknowledged to be best adapted
for wheat; loamy soils for barley;
sandy loans for oats or barley; such
as are more sandy still for oats or
rye, and for almost pure sand rye
alone. In state of nature we find
special differences among the spon-
taneous product of the soil, which
are more or less readily traceable to
its chemical constitution in the spots
where the plants are seen to grow.
Thus, on ordinary sandy soils, le-
guminous plants are rare, and the
herbage is often scanty and void of
nourishment With the presence Of
clay or muck in such soils, the ma
tural growth of leguminous plants
increases On calcarious soils, again,
or such as abound in lime, the conch
grass is seldom seen, while the poppy,
vetch and other leguminous plants are
found to abound.
Both the soil and the vegetation it
willingly nourishes are seen in time
to undergo slow but natural changes
Lay down a piece Of land to grass,
and after the lapse Of years the sur
face soil-originally, perhaps, of the
stiffest clay-is found to become a
rich, light vegetable mould, bearing
thick sward Of nourisfing grasses,
almost totally different from those
that naturally grew there at first. So,
in a wider field, and on a larger scale,
the same slow changes are exhibited
in the vast natural forests that were
formerly known to cover the land.
In our own country, and in Our own
experience, we have witnessed these
changes as they have taken place.
When forest of pines has been cut,
oaks-mainly black-jacks-ha taken
their place When oaks were cut
pine succeeded. We have a piece OF
| muck land that was thickly covered
with large trees of the different va
rieties of bay. We cut these down.
cleared the land and raised cabbage
and other vegetables on the soil. Hav-
| ing abandoned the land on account
of its excessive fertility, and the diff
ficulty Of keeping down undesirable
vegetation, it is now a dense mass
| of selfplanted six-inch saplings. Ir
| the woods lady planted an orange
grove for a Northern friend, which
| having been abandoned afterward, is
at the present time a forest, self
planted, and is now being tapped fol
| turpentine Sometimes the old growth
will start again and overtake the new
growth, due to the fact that the
! sill is more favorable to it's develop.
! rent than to the other kind of trees
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-02
SNAKE BITE Is NO CANCER CURE
DIR. Surface Discredits Story of Eff
cacy of Rattlers' Venom-Ser-
IL pent Oil No Good.

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. State
Zoologist Surface, an authority on
the snakes indigenous to Pennsyl-
yania, discredits the story from Port
Jervis, N. Y, that woman living in
that town was cured of cancer by
being bitten on the leg by rattle
snake.
DIR. Surface says that while there
is a general belief in the medicinal
qualities of certain parts of snakes,
this belief Is founded on superstition,
and no part of any serpent has any
medicinal value. Many persons rec
ommend such remedies as the gall of
a snake for snake bite, its oil for
rheumatism badness, and deafness,
and its skin to be worn like the skin
of an eel for similar troubles.
In many parts of the country the
oil from snakes has a high CONNER
cial value for its supposed curative
qualities. 1t is thought to be a sure
cure for deafness, but DR.. Surface
says there is no reason why this is
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-02
Diplomatic Dancing.

Dancing is. in fact, an accomplish
ment which, in the old world, is in
to every monarch, to
every statesman, and to every diplo-
mat. The royal or imperial quadrille
with which most court balls are
opened on the other side of the At
lantic, are full-nedged official 'func-
tons, in which a cabinet minister or
an ambassador may be called upon
to take part at any time, and in
which he is required 10 aequit him
self with grace and skill.
A n envoy, who declined to- join in
a square dance of this kind on the
plea of ignorance. might very well
injuriously affect thereby the inter-
ests of the country which he repre-
sents, while poor old Emile Loubett,
when president of the French repub-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-02
Something in n Yawn.

We have noticed of late that there
has been an increase OF yawning
among the ladies'. At first thought
this seemed TO be lapse from good
form, but now we notice in a valued
contemporary. that yawnlng IS quite
fashionable and that It has back of
It scientific fashion, which is that it
Is healthy. There could be no bet
ter basis for a fashion than that 1t is
the practice of health. II may reveal
in a few cases some Irregularities of
teeth. but we'are all mortal, and the
teeth may not have been ones pride.
But the true soul does not observe
these discrepancies, but stands out
on the sunny slopes of the new
thought" and admires the yawn as
the self-assertion of lofty soul.
And when on the trolley yon see Au-
relia, across the way, opening wide
the portals of her fair face, remem
Der she is only adding another grace
to the beauty that nature has so
provided her-Ohio State
Journal.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-02
Durbin Invited To Conference.
The Big Map.

The biggest map that ever was
made, a map that will take genera
lions to complete, is to have material
additions made to II this summer.
1t is the topographic survey map OF
the United states being made by the
geological survey. and this year field
work is to be done in thirty-one
states and four territories.
The people who live in localities
that have already been completely
surveyed and who know about the
map find It an invaluable aid. 1t is
prepared in such detail that every
hamlet is shown and even every
house, except where the buildings are
closely crowded together In cities.
Every road and path, every stream
and ford and bridge. every hill and
every stage of elevation of every
hill are shown with precision.
The government manages to COM
ff'fN nbbuN o1fVNV litllfh VI
this map every year at a cost of
$3.50, 700, or about $40 a square
mile. 1t has finished with Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island, Connecticut and
New Jersey, and is almost done with
several other states. Altogether a
little over a third of the area of the
country has been covered. The states
that contribute to the work are get
ting the earliest benefit. Not only
do they have maps made on a larger
scale but they have thirteen addi-
'tional sheets completed or nearly
completed this summer. Even Alaska
IS coming in for benefit, and the most
important mining districts will soon
have maps on scale of about one
mile TO an inch
All the field work for this map Is
of course, done in the summer time
II is a pleasure to know that during
the silly season there is some useful
work going on in the world some
where.-Record-H Herald.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-02
THEATRICAL NOTES


santell the Great mt The kentucky.
Manager Hany G. Hinksen, of Bur
falo. " Y, will present the Great
Santell and all-star cultured vaude-
Vile company at The Kentucky for a
season of three nights and Saturia!
matinee. commencing Thursday
September ). The company consists
of 20 well known and popular per-
formers and will undoubtedly give
one of the strongest vaudeville shows
ever seen in Paducah. The manage
ment claims. that the show is unique,
novel and amusing, consisting Of all
the latest songs, dances, sketches and
pantomime extravaganza. Among
the company are such famous artists
as Santell, Holliston and Holmen,
Cameron and Toledo. Blanche Pearl,
Burton Sisters, DAILY and O'Brien,
Williams and Dale, Foy and john
son and Johnny Jones. II has been
decided by the management to play
this splendid attraction at popular
prices.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-02
The Pope's Boyhood.

There is a very interesting charac-
ter sketch of the pope in "The Bou-
doir," which is edited by Mrs Robert
Noble. The pope's father was beadle
Of the little village of Rise on slopes
OF the Venetian Alps, earning Sd. a
day salary, and owning a small cot
tage Of six rooms, and also the proud
pOssessor of three fields and cow.
His wife was for many years the vii
lage seamstress. OF the family of
ten, eight are living. The pope's
only brother is a postmaster near
Mantua, his sister Teresa keeps the
tiny inn which stands close 10 his
fathers home, another sister mar
rled the sacristan of salzano, third
sister tailor, whilst three others
Rose, Maria and Anna-who kept
house for the pope when he was
Patriarch of Venice, now live in re-
tirement not far from the vatican.
There was plenty of work for little
Joseph, running the errands and
looking after the family COW, until
he went to the village school. Then
the parish priest prevailed on the
boys father to give him a better edu-
cation than the village could afford,
and so IL became necessary for the
future pope to tramp five miles every
day to attend school at Castelfrance.
IT Is told that the lad often trudged
along barefooted. with his books
slung over his shoulder, and that his
lunch was a piece of bread which he
carried in his trousers pocket. The
pope has always been great worker
ITO work is to he happy" he says;
the soul is q fire which is fed only
By work"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-02

lie, was forced, sorely against his
viii. TO dance a few steps Of the royal
Quadrille with Queen Alexandra. AZ
the state ball, given IN his honor at
buckingham palace Gin spite OF his
pleas that nc had never danced be
fore in his life) lest the friendly re-
lations of England and France should
be impaired by tho circulation OF
some foolish story to the effect that
the president had refused to dance
with the queen. or that the latter had
declined to figure as the partner Of
the chief magistrate of the French
republic.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-02

Amy better than any other oil. He
has heard of the heart of rattle
snake being swallowed while fresh
for consumption. and the flesh and
blood are frequently recommended
for certain ills.
1T is generally believed" DIR. Sur
face says, mot only in America, but
in other parts of the earth, that II a
snake can be made to bite a second
time in the same place it will by so
doing cure the ills inflicted by its first
bite This is, of course, nonsense, as
are other superstitious beliefs and
quack remedies. No snake and no
part of any snake has any curative
or medicinal quality whatever, and
persons who trust in them are doing
SO at the peril OF their own welfare"
The Port Jervis story is that Mrs.
Wilhelmina I.odwig was bitten on the
leg by RATHER, and the leg began
swelling rapidly until It reached a
cancerous growth. When the doctor
arrived he gave the woman a sedative
and told her TO prepare for death.
Instead of dying. however, she be-
gan to improve, and slowly the swell
ing went down, and now the cancer
is disappearing.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-02

The Carl Hagenbeck and Grea,
Wallace Shows Combined which ex-
hibit at Paducah Monday, September
16, have the only great blue-faced.
red-nosed baboon in captivity. He is
giant in size and possessed of the
strength of a hundred men. He pre-
sents grotesque appearance with
his mixture of fantastic embellish-
ments and repulsive ferocity as he
grins at the startled thousands
degenerate man or a redeemed brute,
which is he
This giant mandril has passed
through the Carl Hagenbeck sehoo,
OF trained animals and has thrown
aside many antics of the brute crea-
ton and taken on many OF the lido
lsyncrasies, of the finite man.
He is at once a wonder and a mys-
terry. The colors Of the rainbow are
emblazoned on the creatures form,
but always in the very spots where
one would least expect to see them.
A bright azure glows. not in his eyes
of heavenly blue" but on each side
of his nose, where the snout IS wide
ly expanded and swollen into two
enormous masses. The surfaces OF
these curious and very unprepossess-
ing protection are bedizened with
the cerulean tint above mentioned.
Lines of brilliant scarlet and deep
purple alternate with the blue and
the extremity blazes with fiery red
The general color of the fur is an
olive brown tint fading into gray on
the under side of his limbs, and the
chin is decorated with small yellow
beard. The ears are small, devoid
Of fur, and OF a black color with a
tinge of blue.
His queer grimaces and wise ex-
preston provoke both smiles and
serious reflection. Does he think?
Is the CLEAN of intelligence which
occasionally flashes from his eye in
dicative of brain power? Or Is II
merely Imagination and should this
mandrill be treated as an animal of
the brute creation?
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-02
Former Governor Durbin Declares
That He was Offered a Huge Bride.

Grafton to the case outside Of his own
office.
State Senator Binkley, since dead,
was then asked to come to Clncn-
natl. He met a number OF Kenthek-
ians IN a hotel there hy appointment.
They tod him they were anxious 20
have Taylor returned 10 Kentucky
for trial, that there then remained a
total Of $685. in the 100000 ap-
Precipitation voted by the legislature.
All this. they said. would be cheer
fully paid to the Indiana executive n
he would surrender Taylor to the
Kentucky authorities. or make 1t pos
sible for them to get him across the
Ohio river into that state.
Trowns ON Proposal.
According TO Bnkley's report to
the governor they were not particu-
lar how the thing was accomplished
as long as they succeeded in gettlna
Taylor in custody. but they made
plain the entire $4,000 would be
paid for such a service.
Blnkley is said to have left the
room as soon as the proposition was
made. thereby indicating that he
would have nothing to do with It.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-02

lido you regard yourself as a
servant of the republic?"
ooh, yes" answered Senator Sor-
ghum; "but the fact that l am a SER
want Of the republic does not make
me forget that am the political
boss of my particular district. -
Washington Star.