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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-09-20
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-09-20
DUBLIC SALE
VALUABLE DAIRY FARM.

The undersigned will sell at public sale, on
the premises, II miles west of Hampstead and
miles east of Westminster, on the road lead
ing from Hampstead to Westminster, lis
convenient to churches, schools and R. r. on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1907,
at l O'Clock p. M, a farm containing
80 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
The improvements thereon consist of large
brick dwelling house, with 10
&zaSA-,G rooms and basement kitchen,
. ~ and 2 cellars; large bank barn.
eI 4azzk with wagon shed and corn crib
attached; hog house. large stone dairy, car
riage house, poultry house, ice house, wagon
sheds, and all other necessary buildings, all
in first class condition and well painted.
This property is well located and one of the
most desirable country homes in the neigh
borhood. Fine country roads center on it
and it has 2 R. F. deliveries. There is never
failing running water from spring to dairy,
summer house and cooling milk house at
barn; also to the house.
This property is WELL suited for dairying
and convenient to churches, schools and rail
roads,
Terms made known on day of sale.
augS0 is NJ. S. BRILLIANT.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03

had to be sown and cost of labor and
fertilizer renewed or all was lost.
So, on the same basis, our agri-
cultural professor would bemoan the
fact that lettuce and cabbage are too
tender to be commercially grown in
Florida in winter. Yet right hard by
the graveyard of those dead California
creamhead lettuces living stalks of
green Harris Choice bananas are
waving their banners fifteen to eigh-
teen feet in the air Neither the dead
pineapple orange trees, the dead let
tuce or the living Harris Choice ba-
mas had any artificial protection of
any kind
I believe now when the require
ments are fully complied with a maxi
mum crop of bananas, punches and
fingers of the largest size and fruit of
the finest quality, will be produced.
These requirements so fortify the
stock against cold, at no expense, as
to make banana culture commercial
ly profitable, when the parasitical con-
ditions that beset it are removed.
In another article I may show the
opportunities and possibilities that the
banana presents to the agriculturist
of Florida.
Orlando, Fla, March rs, 1907.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03

and is an excellent eating grape. The
black and purple are better for jam
and for wine.
South Garden-So called because it
lies between the cottage and the south
orchard, has commingling of the
useful and the beautiful, of fruits and
flowers There are two pomegranates,
bearing fruit; six large and 10 Surf
nam cherries, the former fruiting size;
two olives; six single varieties of cit
rus trees; two anonas (sour sops),
one green feshed guava, one large
mulberry tree that gives us our first
fresh berries in March, followed close
by the Surinam cherries and wild
huckleberries one Japan persimmon;
one tallow tree. Then as for flowers,
there are cannas, roses, geranlums,
honeysuckles, allamands, Grape myr-
ties, o1eanders, hibiscus, lantanas, CEN
fury plants, umbrella trees, so that,
from her kitchen window the good
angel Of the house looks out across a
green lawn upon a garden fair to view
and restful to weary eyes.
Continued next week.)
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03

process of inversion" whereas honey
goes on to the intestines without fur
ther elaboration. This explains why a
person suffering from diabetes must
abstain from eating sugar, and yet may
eat honey with impunity.
Some are afraid to buy honey, fear
ing they will get something which has
been adulterated. Whatever may have
been the case formerly, this is not the
case now, though there is still some
adulteration practiced, particularly in
states without pure-food laws.
Honey in the comb is always pure,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03
Value of Honey.

The California Cultivator thinks that
the value of honey as food is not under
stood by farmers generally. Bees are
the only live stock which can be kept
without expense for feed. This is not
true of bees in the northern states
where they require to be fed during
the winter. But in Florida, there is
no need of this, as there are very few
weeks when they cannot gather honey
as there are always some flowers in
bloom.
Some fear the honey they will buy
may be adulterated; others think honey
is not good food-s'it is too heating y
or some other dictum. There are
signs, however, that honey will soon
come into it's own again, and rank at
the top of the foods adapted by nature
to the use of mankind.
Among Psychologists honey is regard
ed as predigested food the same as
milk and eggs. Not many persons
are aware of this. But bees really pre-
pare honey they do not gather it.
Bees consume the nectar Of flowers
and produce therefrom a food for
themselves and their young, which we
call honey. It is really, then, predi-
gested, requiring no further prepare
ton to make it a perfect food This
explains why it was so popular with
the ancient doctors. We now know
that careful attention to diet and good
hygiene form more than half the bat
tie in nourishing the sick. Honey also
possesses medicinal value probably
due to the presence of minute quaint
ties Of the essence Of flowers. There
fore the value of honey in medicine de-
ponds on the source of the nectar from
which it was made. Eastwood honey is
supposed by many to be good for
those suffering from consumption
Onion honey is said to be useful in
colds. Be this as it may, we are alb
solutely sure honey is very fine food
and where there is craving for sweets
in childhood honey forms undoubtedly
the best means of satisfying this natur-
al longing
Honey is supposed to be fattening
but it is different from sugar in thi.
respect for sugar when injected into
the human stomach has TO undergo a
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03
Bordeaux Mixture for
Mangos and Avocados.

CONTINUED from first page.)
have been selling bananas by the
wagon load in the Orlando market,
missing the year 1905. In this con-
nection I would like to quote from a
letter to the Packer, under date of
March 4th, 1907:
"The writer has just returned from
an extended tour Of the southern por-
ton of the state, taking in the Winter
Garden and Orlando section, going as
far south as Wauchula, returning via
west coast
The orange trees generally over the
state have recovered from the disas-
trous cold and drought; the only por-
ton of the state where oranges are
greatly injured is the section between
Lakeland and Fl. Meade; large seed
ling trees are in some instances killed
to the ground or are only alive on one
side, few sick1y green sprouts shoot
ing up on some of the trees"
Now as to the cold in the immediate
vicinity On the same section of land
on which the Bearhead banana fields
are located there is an orange grove
in which is block of young orange
trees two years planted and we'll car
ed for, budded on sour stock Two
thirds of those buds are dead, as are
also many of the roots or stock, kill
ed by the Christmas freeze. Accord
ing to the Agricultural College pro-
fessor, it is a pity that orange trees
freeze down so often as to not be
commercially profitable, as all those
dead trees must be replaced My ba-
nanas, if tops are dead, do not need
to be rep1anted, as suckers will come,
SO there is no expense for trees and
planting, and no long waiting.
But my bananas are not dead. In
fact, I will have one-third to three
fourths of crop, depending on how
we'll I have complied with the re-
quirements of banana culture. In some
of my blocks I will actually have to
trim out living stalks eight to twelve
feet high, as the living this year fruit
bearing stalks are too thick to produce
punches of the largest size. My ba--
mana fields are on muck beds.
Now, on account Of inability to get
crates quite block of lettuce ready
to ship was ruined by the freeze this
winter, and block of cabbage plants
were frozen to the ground New seed
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03

and if one likes this kind of honey, it
is perfectly easy to be always certain
that it is absolutely pure. Our modern
scientists are very able and clever, but
none has been able to initiate even
approximately the exquisite handiwork
OF the bees and we are sure they never
will
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-05
Green. and Cs7Ecr Appeal 70 U1itei
States Gu1re-.o Court.

Washington, special-BeRjaEnin ID.
Greene and John f. Gayror. .-bo en-
bezzled nearly s6o0,000 of United
State funds at Savannah. GA, kass
petitioncd the Supreme Court for .
writ of eertiorari in their ease, raj
ing some international questions Up
"a which they hope to be released
from prison. They are now under
sentence Of four years. Imprisonment.
and fine of $4,000 each, and this
appeal to the United States Suprems
Court is the last straw Of hope THAI
remains to them.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-05
Illinois Congressman Dead.

Murphysboro, ILL.,, Special.-Coa
gresham George ". Smith, of tls
18th illinois district, died at his houz
here Of typhoid tever. He had been
sick two weeks bnt his condition was
not considered critical until Fridas
night, when he became suddenly
worse. He was Republican aui
was serving his twentieth year Il
Congress.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-05
THE PRESIDENTS ANNUAL MESSAGE
Leading Problems Confronting Our Government
Ably Discussed By the Executive
CURRENCY REFORM PLAN

The Regulation of Public Service
Corporations is Necessary, But
They Must Have Fair Treatment
Integrity of Administration of
Public Affairs Duty That Ap-
plies to All.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-05
fIight Riders en- Trial.

Nashville, Tenn, speciaI.-Janles
Gross. DR.. S. c. Haskins and George
Sanders, alleged night riders, are OF
trial at Clafksville. Tenn, charged
with destroying tobacco plant beds.
The jury in the case has been con-
pleted. Owing to the prominence OF
the defendants, the trial is attracting
much attention.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-05
Eight-Hour Law.

The Congress should consider the
extension of the eight-hour law. The
constitutionality of the present law
has recently been called into question
and the Supreme Court has decided
that the existing legislation is un-
questionably within the powers of
Congress. The principle of the eight
hour day should as rapidly and as
far as practicable be extended to the
entire work carried on by the Gov
ernment; and the present law should
be amended TO embrace contracts on
those public works which the presens
wording Of the act has been con-
strued to exclude. The general intro
duction Of the eight-hour day sho
be the goal toward which we should
steadily tend, and the Government
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-05
The Public Health.

There is a constantly growing in
terest in this country in the question
Of the public health. At last thu
public mind is awake to the fact that
many dieases, notably tuberculosis,
arr National scourges. The work OF
the State and city boards of health
should be supplemented by a con-
stantly increasing interest on the
part of the National Government.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-05

] again recommend that the rights
Of citizenship be conferred upon the
people of Porto Rico. A bureau of
mines should be created under the
control and direction Of the Secre-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-19
59TA CONGRESS.
Senate Passes Bill For
Relief Of Jamaica.
Also Agrees to Resolution For
Investigating Lumber Trust.
House Votes to Increase Congress.
si0nai Salaries Next March.

Washington. Jan. 1S-The Senate to-
day deferred further action on tho
Brownsville matter until Monday. 1t
passed bill authorizing relief for
earthquake-srnitten Jamaica and
agreed to Il resolution directing an in
vestigation Of the lumber trust and
passed a bill increasing the artillery
corps Of the army.
An address was made by Senator
White of Maryland in protest against
an encroachmen- by the federal gov
eminent on the powers Of the states.
Senator kittrcdge spoke regarding
the Lumber trust. declaring there
was combination completely control
ling the lumber industry and detail
ing its methods.
The session adjourned at sos o'clock
until Monday.
The Senate passed the Warren bill,
increasing the artillery corps of the
army. The total increase, which is to
reach its maximum in five years, is
G. 1877 officers and men, which, with the
increase in certain salaries of men in
special grades, such as electricians,
machinists, etc, will amount to s2i3,324
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-19
CAPITAL JOTTlNGS.

BY vote of e. to 50. the remainder
tees and pairs. the House of the Tex
as Legislature Friday evening adopted
the Kennedy substitutes to the Duncan
resolution looking to an investigation
of United States Senator Bailey and
his connection and association with the
Watcrs-Pierce Oil Co.
The board of supervising inspectors
OF steam vessels now holding its an
nual session at Washington will. On
the 30th instant, take up the question
of the merits of the various metals to
be used for marine fittings coming
under the jurisdiction of the service,
particularly cast steel, cast malleabIc
iron.
Representative DeArmond of Missou-
ri has introduced bill in the House
authorizing the President to retire any
Judge of the United States when he
thinks the retirement Of such a judge
would promote the public welfare. and
giving the President power by and with
the ADVICE of the Senate, to fill the va
cancy thus created. When asked today
If the provisions Of his bill extend tC
the supreme court of the United States
Mr.. DcArmond replied that in his opin-
ion they do. Mr.. DcArmond says public
sentiment would prevent any abuse OF
the retirement power.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Noble Mailman. u years Of age. vas
cut in two by saw at PlummcrS
mills. Lebonon. y. H.. where he was
employed Friday. Mailman was feeding
the saw when he lost his footing and
fell across the implement which cut
through his chest and slowly killed
him. TIE victim Of the accident went
there several months ago from Nova
Scotia, here his parents now reside.
Ralph PERFUME. about IS years old. of
Arontomese was shot and killed Friday,
the bullet passing through his heart,
lust after leaving the factory of the
National Folding Box & Paper Co, at
New Haven, Conn. where he was en-
pioycd. The person who did the shoot
ing is said to be Constorino De Lucia
a farm hand. also about % years of age
After the shooting De Lucia made his
escare. No cause for the deer is known
The adjustment Of Fast day as
legal holiday in New Hampshire and
the substitution therefor of the 18th Of
April. to be known at Patriots day. is
asked for in a petition to the Legisla-
ture. Among those who have signed
the petition are President William j.
Tucker of Dartmouth College. Presi
dent William ID. Gibbs OF the New
Hampshire State College, and many
other educators and more than hum
dred clergymen of 10 denominations
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-19
The Friends Of Buttons.

Hhda was in the kitchen cooking
Buttons dinner.
Buttons was a beautiful black cat
with lustrous golden eyes and a tiny
cash of white upon his breast. A very
DAINTY puss was he, and in the matter
vi eallng sadly spoiled. He would
eat hcthlng but liver and canned sal
inon-l1ver one day, salmon the next.
Ihis was his day for liver, and he sat
III front Of the stove, patiently waiting
TILL it was done to just the turn that
suited his catship. Hilda opened the
oven door anxiously.
Dear me. this fire is so Slow" she
sighed. Buttons, you're the sweet
est little kitty-boy in the whole world
OF kltty-boys. but 1 do wish you could
cook your own meat"
Just then Buttons saw a fly. His
whiskers quivercd. A fly in January
was an unexpected luxury. Buttons
Sprang after it, followed it across the
loom, from chair to a table from the
table 10 shelf. and from the shelf
with flying leap, to the top of the
open pantry door. There he perched
and waited the fly crawling just out of
reach upon the ceiling.
Upon the table was a large kettle OF
| molasses. Hilda looked at it affec-
| tionatcly. Her sister Ruth was going
to have n candy-pull that evening.
well have lots of fun tonight, But
tons said Hilda
Buttons cleaning eyes We're fas-
tened upon the fly. Suddenly a siZ-
cling sound came from the oven.
THE liver is burning. The liver is
burning"
In her headlong rush for the stove
she Knocked over a chair which fell
with thump against the pantry door
Buttons lost his balance, slipped from
mis- narrow seat clawed wildly at the
shelf. turned an agitated somersauIt,
and fell-oh. poor. poor Buttons,-
right into the kettle of molasses!
Hilda's shrieks brought the entire
family to the kitchen as Buttons, his
heavy fur soaked through and through
with molasses. lcaped from the kettle
and whirled madly round the room.
leaving sticky footprints everywhere.
''Oh, he's spoiled. He's spoiled"
walled Hilda.
Before Id have such a looking cat,''
jcered brother Ned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-19
IN THE HOUSE.
Only "a Rise for Roll Call on Bill It
Increase Salaries.

Washington. Jan. 1S.-By a rising vote
Of 133 to %, the House today adopted an
amendment to the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, which
was taken from the Speakers table with
Senate amendment increasing the salary
of the Vice President. the Speaker and
members of the cabinet t. $4,000 per year
ard those of senators and representatives,
delegates from territories and the resi-
dent commissioner from Porto Rico to
$50 per year, the increases to take eff
feet March 4, 1907.
Effort was made to have a roll call but
only 81 members rose. which was not Il
sufficient number so that the House was
relieved of the necessity of going on
the record.
IN urgent deficiency bill. the largest
item of which is for the equipment of new
naval vessels. was passed, carrying 4 to-
tai of S344,650.
The House then went into committee OF
the whole to consider bills on the pri-
vate calendar reported from the commit
tee on claims. Fifty such bills were
passed and two were laid on the table.
The, House at $40 p. NJ. adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-19
Verdict for DR.. Pierce
AGAINST THE
Ladies' Home Journal.

Sending truth after q lie. It is an old
maxim that "a lie will travel seven
leagues while truth Is getting its boots
en,' and no doubt hundreds of thousands
Of good people read the unwarranted and
malicious attack upon Dr.. r. v. Pierce
and his Favorite Prescription published
IN the May (190D number of the Ladies'
Home Journal, with its great black dis
play headings, who never saw the hum
bic, groveling retraction, with its incon-
spicuous heading, published two months
later. It ives boldly charged in the sland-
erous and libelous article that DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, for the cure of
woman's weaknesses and ailments, con-
tanned alcohol and other harmful ingredi-
ents. DR.. Pierce promptly brought suit
against the publishers Of the Ladies'
Home Journal, for 500, 10000 damages.
DR.. Pierce alleged that Mr.. Box, the
editor, maliciously published the article
containing such false ard defamatory
matter witty the intent Of injuring his
business Furthermore. that no alcohol, or
other Injurious. or habit-forming, drugs
are. or 1Fer were, contained in his "Fa-
vorite HesSfiption that said medicine
Il madg f16m native medicinal roots and
contaH/no harmful ingredients what
eveTafd that Mr.. Bok's malicious state
me(Y were wholly and absolutely false.
1.-The retractionp riuied BY said Journal
they were forced 70 acknoMlcdge that tleY
bad Qbtained ANALYSES Of --EaY0rIte Pre-
ecription,n from eminent chemists. al Of
Whom certified Lhat ID did lnl contain al
cQhQI QtalY Lthe alleged harmful drugs!
These facts were also proven in the tflal Of
the action in the Supreme Court. But the
business Of Dr. Pierce was greatly injured by
the publication Of the libelous article with
thousands who read the wickedly dcfamatory
article never saw the humble groveling re-
traction. set in small type and made as incon-
spicuous as possible The matter was. how
ever brought before jury IN the Supreme
Court of New York Stale which promptly
rendered a verdict in the Doctors favor.
Thus his traducers come TO grief and theiI
base ISLANDERS were refuted.