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TIES FROM Haw.!E AND JAPAN
Railroad u.OoAs Far Ahead ami Far AwAy
for q Future supply.

-When an American railroad mpan
looks so far ahead and so far away az to pro
vide for its future supply Of cross ties from
forests in lands across sea and at the ends
Of the earth" said a lumber operator, the
seriousness OF the railroad tie problem may
he imagined. This is what the AtchisOn.
Topeka and Sante Fe is doing.
Some time ago this company sent f.. o
Faulkner. the head of its tie and timber de
partncnt, to investigate the statements that
had been made about a timber growing on
the Hawaiian Islands known as ohia wood
and which Is being cut away rapidly to clear
up land for sugar plantations.
-The wood was found by him to answer
so well all the requirements OF u good and
lasting tie that he signed a contract with a
Hawaiian lumber company for the cutting
and del2ery at San Francisco OF 5OO.OOO
ohia wood ties a year for FIVE years. besides
SOD sets OF switch ties each year for ths
same period.
Mr.. Faulkner went also to japan. where
he made arrangements to secure several
millions Of ties to he delivered as called for
These will be made from an oak that grows
%abundantly In That country and which has
all the qualities which made our white oak
so valuable for railroad ties.
Further providing for contingencies in
the supply of ties, the Sante Re has pur-
chased several thousands of acres of forest
land in Australia, the possibilities OF which
for furnishing ties are said 20 he virtually
unlimited"
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ODeyAnE fathers Dying Request. son TAKE rs
Boulder From Maine Ia Illinois.

Bloomington COrTFsDOndence chicago NCrs.
In compliance with the dying request Or
his father DR.. Walter q, Blaisdell. Jr.. of
Punxsuta whey. Pa. iOurneyed all the way
from central Illinois 10 Augusta. Me. after
q huge boulder which lay on the old farm
where his father had spent the happy days
Of his bOyhOOd. The great mass Of red
granite was loaded upon a Nat ear and then
shipped l 500 miles to McDOnOugh count ..
this state. and placed upon the grave.
The elder Blaisdell was taken III n few
weeks ago and his son was from
his home in Pennsylvania. Mhen it was
seen that the end was near the sOn asked
his father II there was not some laH desire
that he might wish gratifed. The parent
thought a few moments and then replied
in the Affirmative. lie recalled particularly
a boulder which stood near the old home
stead and which was the centre Of his pla y 70
ground. With voice shaken with emotion
he asked his son TO place that boulder upon
his grave. He declared that he could secure
no monument 80 satisfying as that rough
pile Of stone around which such pleasant
memories associated.
The son found the boulder just where his
father said that IL lay and II was shipped
tn the Nest. Carved upon its ninty aide Is
the VOC -Blaisdell."
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-hnd encountered the Game diAioulties ens
trials. several we're never heard from After
leaving the home port.
Those that we're 20 fortunate 40 60 arrive
at their destination we're compelled 10 call
at every principal port on the way for coa''
water. provisions and repairs 70 the yes
sci. and IN many cases were detained ny
the illnesso Of the crew from fever contracted
in the warm climate. 10 It vas not a"
pleasure that was their portion.
The expense for repairs and detentIon
at the man ports on the voyage to san
Francisco Of these light built vessels wAs
90 great that il dSterred owners from Asnd-
ing any more of that class Of vessels under
their W steam. Ain 1852 three or more
large river steamboats, we're butlt at New
York. taken apart and shipped with their
machinery to San Francisco. where thsV
were sScreted and completed for services IN
the waters of California.
BY this time there lad been TIRES steam
ship lines notwithstanding vessels more
adapted for the service and having lines ON
the Atlantic side that connected across
the Isthmus with lines on the Pacific side
running to California, and these were now
able to accommodate the passenger travel
and handle the freight offered for the
Pacific. Besides. the large clipper ships "
that period began now to enter the trade.
and they o showed their worth ina quick
delivery at their destination.
The transportation business etwee
the two oceans by water now began TO set
tie down to a normal condition after 90
much hustle and haste to get on the scene
Of business activity. Since then not a few
comparatively small steam vessels have
been sent from the Atlantic to the Pscia1
coast. but they rave been well built vessels
and sufficient time was taken to prepare
them properly for the voyage.
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what Looked Lake q Coed working Ar.
rnnEean hna llnaei hx cirnuumsa.n...

what Looked Like q Coed wsrhInw Ar.
raUgesDent Upset ny circumstance.
This having n overcoat for two men. {"
said a mar OF limited ~pecuniary resources.
isn't what it's cracked up to be.
As long as Tom wOrked nights and I
worked days IL was all right. We are
Just about the same size, md the ovsrcoat
hts one OF rs as well a. IL does the other.
When he came home in the morning to 10
to bed put fhe OvsrCoat on n went out
to work, andthen when came home at uisht
why. Tom would taA, the overcoat and
get out on his work; and you couldn't imax-
inc any nicer arrangement than that, GOULD
you? And | thought We were going Ia
get through the winter very comfortably
With that one overcoat bet ns.
But now all Of a sudden Tom hal. hsar
changed from the night shift to the dsx
shit. and that puts us up against IL. O,s
overcoat for two men In ali right enonvh
for two men when thsy don't Nth -sret,
a. the same time; but when they DO ~
that. o know. 10 q different propositicr
and 1 guess our dream OF getting thron.S
about over " 49,
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Reason fer Rews riding % as More interest
ting Than That Of tine sonnet.


The limerick" said the old professor.
while not a stately vehicle OF poetical ex-
precision. is interesting TO the student Of
metTical construction
You can read abou limericks IN you will
get the books OF them and concerning them.
Surely the limerick il poetry. for didn't
Browning write at least one limerick?
The limerick. like the sonnet. has ito
recognized forms. In he matter Of tho
arrangement Of the rhyming lines it is less
elastic than the sonnet; in respect Of di-
versity Of metre il is far more elastic.
IF you will turn to the sonnets OF Shake
speare yOu will find all OF them nearly
perfect in rhythmic adherence to his favored
mode The departures OF other writer's Of
sonnets from this form are few.
The limerick. while il invariably con-
sists Of five lines, as the some always
consists Of fourteen, affords its authors an
interesting choice Of metres.
-In the limerick the first, second and
fifth lines rhyme with one another and tho
third and fourth ines rhyme with each
other. But the lines vary metricslly with
the varying moods and the various topics
Of the authors, and | have found consid-
cradle amusement in studying IImericks
with the view OF attempt ing to designate
them in accordance with rules OF prosody.
The limerick has a peculiar distinction
in English verse. IL is said that iive-sixths
Of the entire volume Of English poetry 10
written in acme form Of iambic measure:
hut there probably has never beer COM
posed an iambic limerick.
One OF the most entertaining functions
OF limericks in the English tongue IL "a
display by means Of the rhyming words
the vaRaries Of pronunciation or OF spelling.
whichever o choose to call them. Many
of the limericks Of this order deal with
proper names. l have in mind one which
runs as follows:
There was once a young fellow named TAliAferrS
And his hrst name, Ike young Twists. was AliaierTo:
He was hungry for more,
SO ne went to the store
AID there purchased two buns and a balIs terrO.
The rules for determining quantity are
perhaps a little less definite in English than
they are in Greek. In Greek quantity
rules metre: in English verse accent or stress
mounts TO far more than the quantity OF
syliables. although the most exact writer's
OF English poetry endeavOr to make guam
tity and accent coincide so far as possible.
Writers OF limericks, however, nave not
stTiven for this nicely OF construction. and
their sea inning il by accent.
Applying this method of analysis, the
limerick quoted Just now may be described
in the terms employed for denominating
Greek poetry as anapestic. The first,
second and fifth lines are anapestic tetram-
eter catalectic in syllabam. and the third
and fourth lines are anapestic dipOdiea
acatalectic. The entire strOphe IL COM
posed OF iaochrOnous feet. barring the
catalectiCism in the tetrametric lines.
Nov. in the range Of compositions on
the models Of the limericks. with their
many variations, perhaps every one can
be described with equal accuracy by the
Use OF terms of prosody. The form / have
endaayored 20 describe is one frequently
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-15
EVANS ON THE CRUISE.

II is not permitted TO Admiral Evans TO
discuss the purposes Of the Oyage but as a
side light TO what the experts and those in
authority have said about il, the words Of
the Admiral may be quoted. Al the recent
Inner given in his ono by the LotOs Club
he said that whether he and his ships we're
going to "a feast or a frolic or a fight" they
would give a good account Of themselves
and would acquit themselves like men and
with honor.
No one doubt IL. none at least on the six
teen ships. The officers and men are de-
scribed az being enthusiastic for the cruise
The Connecticut left the Brooklyn navy
yard without one man missing.
There will be almost no desertioDs on The
way. for ports in South America are not
very hOspitable TO deserving American
sailors or TO Americans generally. Punta
Arenas is far from the Bowerv and it takes
a long time and hard ~scTabbliDg TO work
ones way home.
Admiral Evans will arrive at san Fran
cisco with fewer men missing probably than
any Admiral of the American navy ever had
on reaching a home port with a large num-
Der Of ships.
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I Various estimates have been printed Of the
amount OF supplies needed for the cruise.
None OF hem IN OficiaB.
The PaymasteV-General of the Navy.
who looks after the purchases in bulk.
alone could supply these figures. and il is
not his busine TO proclaim them to the
world. These items seem to he as nearly
correct as any hat have been published:
Flour, 1900 OO pounds; beef. all kinds,
i,OOO.OOO pounds; ham. aOO. 900 pounds; salt
pork. 100000 pounds; timed meats, 2OO.OOO
pounds; sausage. $1,000 pounds; fowl,
$4,000 pounds; mutton, $4,000 pounds; lard.
$1,000 pounds. pOtatOes. 100, 900 pounds;
butter. $50, 600 pounds; fruits. dried and
preserved, 0 1000 pounds; coffee. 10000
pounds; tea. 5000 pounds; fresh eggs, 24.OOO
dozen; timed vegetables, A5O OOO pounds;
onions. 5000 pounds; rice. 5000 pounds:
soap. $1,000 pounds.
OF course there are dozens OF other items,
but these constitute the main ones. In
each port supplies. largely in the way Of
fresh fruits. win be rsnewed.
1t is" probable that large supplies Of
tobacco will be laid in In the West Indies.
Trinidad il not far from Havana. especially
when the matter Of duty on goods is con-
sidered, and many q wardTOOm mess will
get a gOOdly supply of cigars in that port.
The officers on one ship have ordered
Sno Tess h $4,000 cigars for personal use
TO be put on board there. That supply will
last fully a year.
Uncle Sam no longer allows the sailors
30 much for their food and permits them
TO buy their own supplies. He now pays
for everything snd feeds them mighty we'll.
Even the menus OF all the messes Of the
Jack Tars are submitted to the Admiral.
He sees to il hat the best Of wholesome
food is provided for the men on all the boats
The officers get a small allowance, about
30 cents a day. for their food. They take
that sum and hen provide their own eats-
bles. The expense Of the various messes
of officers is divided pro rata each week.
A very fine table il set, and being on the
communal basis il is comparatively cheap.
There will he little omance Of the sea in
this cruise. The old days Of waTships
with sails had hat in plenty. The advent
Of steam and the development Of electricity
have changed it all.
A warship nowadays is strictly a business
institution, 1t is at once The most com
pick and the most delicate ~OYeatiOn Of the
human mind. IL is a floating bundle OF
nerves.
Even The days OF the winsome chanty are
over. There are no sails To he furled and
uDfurled .sand the work alOft has to do with
drills in topmasts. great saucerlike things
which hold machine gums for the marines
to operate in a battle. Jimmy Legs. the
master-at-arms is still aboard. and so is the
sky pilot. but with the advent Of the new
order Of things most OF the old time terms
Of work and play. the sailors slang. have
passed away.
And yet there will he men on the cruise
who remember all these things. and some
lonely evening. when a group Of Jack Tars
assemble to smoke and while away the
time. some OF the most interesting OF the
yarns they will spin will relate 10 the old
days.
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wAY TN SHIPS WILL SAN.

While The ships will proceed for moss
~ the way 10 what might he called Indian
ale. 10 use Q land term. they sil dot be
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rRE ELEMENTS or GRANDEUR.

Although the cruise will probably not
take on anything of The spectacu lar, because
OF the need OF making every pound Of coal
count for pulling power. it will have what
q writer on naval matters has lately called
certain dement's Of grandeur" The de-
stTuctiVe power Of such a feet can hardly
he put down in figures, and analogy can
scarcely indicate its extent.
Every one NJ these ships represents in a
peculiar degree the idea OF sOvereig nty. and
with il there goes an impressive vista of the
strength oH the United States az a nation.
Six miles OF waTships on a o "a months
cruise is an unparalleled sight in the Vest
ern Hemisphere.
The calculation IL mad easily. There
will be twenty ships AT intervals OF 400
yards. Each ship is practically 1925 yards
long. There will be 5000 yards OF interval
and $500 yards OF ships. or u. 800 yards in
all. This makes 81 500 feet. and with $3.50
feet 10 the mile makes the line almost ex-
sctly six land miles long. .
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18

more business in Floral City alone
since the freeze than in the whole of
Citrus county before that time.
Before the freeze not many orange
growers raised feed for their horses,
and some had no horses to feed. Corn,
oats and hay were bought for the
stock. Those who had no horses
hired their grove work done.
The raising of grain and hay was
considered almost impracticable, and
it was not necessary, being thought
improbable as a side line to the Or
ange culture which was SO remunera-
tive.
Farmers now raise corn, oats and
hay for home use, and also for mar
ket. One acre of land highly fertil-
lied produces more corn than six or
seven acres without fertilizer, and
some find that it pays to cultivate corn
on this scale.
The velvet bean was first planted
for the shade Of it's foliage and the
beauty Of it's flowers. But the magic
wand of experience soon touched this
ornament and it became thing Of
use-of commercial value. In some
parts Of the state the beans are re-
garded as the best money crop. They
are excellent feed for stock. The vine
makes fine hay.
For building up old land the velvet
bean has no equal.
Since the freeze there have been
three churches built here and a school
house that would grace a city.-Floral
City correspondent Inverness Chron-
ic1e.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
No Savings Bank
Is Equal to
Good Real Estate.
Florida Farming Pays.

AS a class the negro 1aborers are
very improvident Hundreds OF them
never get a dollar ahead, and many
of them will not work more than half
Of the time if their wages will give
them enough to live on the rest of
the week. It is said that there are
exceptions to all rules, and the follow
ing item from the Bradford Telegraph
shows that there is at least one ex-
ception to this general rule:
A. D. Andrews, Of Ralford, who
was in town a few days ago, told a
reporter for The Telegraph Of the
splendid results obtained this year by
Of his tenants or "ha1f-croppers." )"
The man, he said, has already deliver
ed to the gins 5000 worth of cotton,
and would have at least 5000 worth
more before the picking season ended.
From his cotton alone, the "half-crop-
per" would make for himself 5000.
This is equal to a salary Of $50 per
month, but the man has made other
crops, so that this years work will
net him something like 5000, or SIS
per month. This is more than the
average salary paid to bright young
men employed III OIIlCeS anu StOIeo,
and the man who made the crop could
not have made above $50 per month
working for wages. He is a negro
and could have found employment on
1y as a common labOrer.
This incident gives some idea of the
possibilities Of farming in Florida; and
if many of the young men who are
eking out an existence in the towns
of this and other states would settle
I'D our idle lands and become pro-
ducers, they would be much better
off.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
A Texan in Florida.

But I am in love with Florida.
Things are happening here all the
time, and it's growing so fast you
have to look ahead Of it to see it at
all, for if you look straight at it, it
gets past you before you can see it..
The citrus fruits are beginning to
come in and the cool Of the year has
arrived, and the fish are biting, and
the woods are full of game, and the
barns are bursting with plenty, and
the Thanksgiving turkeys beard is
trailing the earth while the Bob-Whife
whistles at your very door. It's Gods
country. Yam potatoes are running
mo1asses, and the sugar canes grind
ing will soon be heard throughout
the land The voice of the turtle dove
and the splash Of the turtle are equal
ly ubiquitous. [ saw the wind blow a
rainbow across the spray Of cool
water falling on the mown lawn just
a moment ago.
Man, the persimmons are ripe, the
possums fat, and the country nigger's
face is greasy to his ears. The corn
is gathered, and smile as soft as
a Texas spring is on the face Of all
nature. why don't you get wise ana
come to Florida? You can glide
down pe11ucid streams to where the
Gulf is studded with the pa1m-covered
isles, and you can breathe an air as
pure as that kissing the mountain tops
of Carolina or permeating the plains
of Texas. Italy is the Florida Of Eu-
rope, Cey1on is the Florida Of the
Orient, and Florida is the Florida of
the world. Come over and get happy.
Rev c. c. Carroll, in Baptist STAN
dard.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
Great is Florida.

If Florida should continue to grow
for the next ten years as she has for
the last half decade, she will become
even greater state, and great
population will be within her borders.
Capital is rapidly developing the hid
den treasures of the land of perpetual
sunshine, her agricultural and horti-
cultural development is exceeding the
most sanguine expectations, and it
does seem that the states future is
aglow with bright prospects. A great
er part Of the people are out Of debt,
Our mercantile establishments are do
ing nice business, the banking in
stitutions are fourishing, the farmer
is doing we'll. All in all, Our people
are happy, content and prosperous
Lakeland Sun.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
Prosperous Florida.

We commend the following to our
readers as an example Of the general
prosperity over the state It is signi-
hcant that when our resources were
taken away by the freeze, Our state
did not fail us and we discovered
what country we have The freeze
might almost be said to have been a
blessing in DISGUISE. However, we
hope another "b1essing" will not come
verv soon.
While the freeze of 1896 swept away
the wealth Of the orange grove, it
brought in its wake rich compensa-
tion Tor the loss. There is said to be
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18

The month Of November witnessed
the greatest amount of cotton export
ed through Pensacola in the history
Of that port Five steamers, all carry
ing full cargoes for foreign ports, left
there during the month with total
Of 45,6I7 square bales, valued at S.
100000.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18

FORTY ORANGE GROVES-Must be sold
quick for cash. These groves are in good loca-
tions and splendid condition. Will be sold at
BARGAINS. either at wholesale or retail Write to
M. F. ROBINSON. Sanford, Fla, for descrip-
tive catalogue and prices.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18


terms We may
askng n
ing
m sell of It and
with
Pile who will make % our
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18

o that
are bargain 1nqurea
to refer to lem y
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT.
SOME GENUINE BARGAINS IN FLORIDA PROPERTY
OUR INTEREST IS The PURCHASERS INTEREST


opportunities that areb grecive lmot
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-09

Feed vegetables. apples and sof,
corn with the grain ration.
Teach the colts to walk fast The
walking gait 10 the best gait.
Be sure that the pigs have clean
dry beds In their sleeping places.
II pigs are obliged to sleep In damn
beds. especially a. the cool nights
come. they will not thrive.
II II is not already done, separate
the fattsning pigs into different feed.
ing lots. according to size and age.
Do not keep swine on one pasture
until IL is eaten bare. Change as
soon as eaten down and allow a fresh
start.
The dairyman who is careful in the
treatment Of his cattle will be a com.
petent manager In other respects. and
you will not hear him complaining of
bad luck"
Arrange the fodder so that Il can
be handled economically during the
winter. The coarse should be fed with
fine to keep up a balance Of the RI.
ton.
1t takes much patience TO teach a
horse seven or eight years old TO do
new kinds OF work. But let patience
have her perfect work; the horse "a
not SO much to blame after all.
Provide some succulent foods for
the winter. Store the roots safely
TO preserve them for winter uae-
Farm Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-09
CORN SMUT.
Pss& A. N. Teneyek Explains Why Il
10 Useless to Treat the Seed.

smut In corn IL not reproduced from
year to year by spores which adhere
- the corn kernels, as is the case with
wheat and other small grains. The
oorn plant is infected with smut above
tAs ground by means of spores or
spoSidia, which are brought In con-
tact with the young growing parts of
Ne plant by the aid OF the wind. rain
AID dew. These sporidia are devel-
eped upon decaying organic matter in
TIE soil Of the field. growing some
what after the manner OF the yeast
fungus. The infection with smut may
take place quite early In the season:
forming mass Of spores which ap-
pear as the smut balls on the corn.
stalks and leaves. These quickly dry
ana the spores, blowing about, pro-
aoce new infections, causing a second
powth and fruitage OF the fungus. II
aDpears that bruises on the stalks.
sscA a. occur BY dstasseling, favor the
affection with smut
Hou viii thus see that Il 10 useless
- treat the seed. There IL practically
- remedy for this disease other than
- pick the smut balls and burn them.
80 this viii not prevent the occur.
49, u smut in any field. since the
s0ores may be carried by the wind
frsD surrounding fields. However. Il
nay se possible to reduce the attacks
a smut to some extent BY picking and
ssrnins the smut balls. since II little
smut 10 present in the soil where the
e'svn is planted the opportunity for In
festion Is Iessened. 1t Is stated. also,
nat manure favors the developms emit
q smut. since 1t offers an abundance
a favorable material upon which the
smut may grow and develop the spor-
Ida which cause the first infection
Ct the corn plants.