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The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Keep a Diary.

Some of Our agricultural exchanges
advise the keeping Of accounts by ev-
cry farmer with each field and each
crop. We believe the advice to be
good, and that it will be a great !ad-
vantage to the farmer to be able to
know exactly what any crop is pay
ing. While we think we'll of the idea
and recommend it to Our readers,
there is something else which we
know from actual personal experience
to be good thing to do, and that is
to keep diary, daily record of the
work done. 1t should include the
date at wllrch the land is prepared
for each crop, the time of planting
the seed or setting the plants, the time
at which the first of the crop was
gathered. In fact many similar par
ticulars will suggest themselves as
we'll to be recorded. AS we said be-
fore, we know from personal expert
ence the value Of such diary. After
two or three years you will be sur
prised to find how often the diary
will be referred to for dates, etc. Try
it. Get good sized blank book, one
with pages the size of a letter, (not
note) paper is most convenient. Be
faithful At first you will find it diff
cult to remember to make the entries,
but little perseverance will soon fix
the habit It should be done each
night, while the items are fresh in
your mind 1t takes but few mo-
ments if attended to daily.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Riddles, Problems and Conundrums.

Riddles, Problems and Conundruns.
No. I.
Why are wooden boats las compared
with iron -clads) of the female sex?
No. g.
At what time of life may a man be
said to belong to the vegetable king
dom?
No. 3.
Which are the lightest men-Irish,
Scotch, or Englishmen?
No. H.
Which are the two hottest letters in
the alphabet?
No. S.
Why is cutting off an elephants head
different from cutting off any other
head?
thing before him?
No. 7.
Which are the two kings who reign
in America?
I'm a creature most useful and active
and known
Of any that daily progress through the
town.
Take from me one letter. and yet my
good name
In spite of this loss, will continue the
same.
Take from me two letters. and still
you will see
That precisely the same as before I
shall be-
take more,
Yet still [ continue the same as before
Nay. rob me of every letter I've got
NV name you'll not alter nor shorten
one iot.
No. g.
What is pretty and useful in various
ways,
Tho it tempts some poor mortals to
shorten their days.
Take one letter from it, and then will
appear
What youngsters admire every day in
the year.
Take two letters from it, and then,
without doubt,
You will be what it is if you don't find
it out.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Courage.

By Frank Walcott Hutt.
The poorest boy is passing rich,
The humblest has the best,
Who, of the will to try again,
Cannot be dispossessed,
But tolls as bravely as he may,
And leaves to heaven the rest.
The present hour is all his own
To build, and delve, and strive,
And greet all duties, great or small,
AS fast as they arrive,
And, like a busy bee, to rouse
The drones within the hive.
The boy who has his way to make
Has many foe to face;
But friends at every turning, too,
Will help him win his place;
And all the world will wish him wei
Who halts not in the race.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
The Grafton Improved
Flying Machine.
By Chas. B. Hulett.
CONTINUED from last week.)

Continued from last week.
Just ten days after the completion
of the Flying Machine, Billie and [
stepped off a Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul R. R. train at the beautiful
little village of Lake City, Minnesota,
situated on Lake Pipen which is in
and forms a beautiful sheet of water
some twerty-three miles long and three
miles wide, with lovely little bays,
points, and wooded capes, projecting in
to the placid water. The little city
is surrounded by high bluhs and the
roads from the farming country around
it wind through beautiful coves and
form many attractive and interesting
places for picnics and sightseeing.
There are many points Of interest and
of romance. There is "Sugar Loaf" so
called because of it's resemblance to a
1oof Of maple sugar; then there is
"Bridal Rock" where in years past a
happy couple were made one,. and last
but not least, on the Wisconsin side
of the river, is 'Maiden Rock" where.
according to the legend, beautiful
Indian maiden ran some ten miles, and
then up an almost perpendicular bluff
of about four hundred feet. to escape
an irate father who insisted on her
marrying a wealthy brave who owned
two ponies and stock in the First Ma
tional Bank in Lake CITY, while the
maiden wanted to marry the brave out
cast with only one le0oing and bust
ed reputation. AS she gently ambled
m TO the too of this high rock, she
was pursued by her father with a gail
inc GUN make of gun not stately, and
her father being somewhat hampered
bv his artillery and the yells OF his
followers. did not make speed enou0h
to overtake his wayward daughter. He
arrived at the top just in time to hear
her give a wild yell and jump eight
hundred feet straight out and then fall
four hundred feet down into the placid
flowing Mississippi. Only few bubbles
remained to mark the spot land the
writer knows it's true because he has
seen the bubbles).
Well. it was at this picturesque spot
that Billie, after much time, money and
trouble. erected his platform and put to-
gether his flying machine.
We boarded at the Lyon house IN
Lake City, and would take the ferry
over to Maiden Rock every morning
with gang of men. It was through
the kindly assistance of druggist in
Lake City, by the name of Martin
Collins, who knew all the various paths
to the top of the rock, that we were
able to ever get the machine up there
at ALL But "Mart," as he is familiarly
called by his hosts of friends, stayed
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Answers to Last Weeks Riddles
Problems and ConundrunS.

No. IA, because it makes her hear.
No. 2-February, because it is the
shortest.
No. 3-Into his fortieth year.
No. 1.-The Elder-tree.
No. 5-Pepper and salt.
No. 6-Because they practice their
profession.
No. 7-One ties his ropes, the other
pitches his tent.
No. 9-216 miles.
No. o-Ten and one-ha1f years the
man, thirtyone and one-ha1f the wo-
man.
No. 1876 oxen.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
YOUNG PEOPLES DEPARTMENT
Uncle Charles Proverbs.
Edited by JUNGLE CHARLES. -

'tMake hay while the sun shines,'' is
a good proverb; but don't make hay
when the sun shines and grab the
other fellows after dark.
''Time and tide waits for no man; "
neither does the measles.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Good Names.

A worthy couple who were presented
with fine twin boys last week, were
asked what they were going to name
them, when the doting father replied,
''Pete and Repete.'
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
A True Storv.

A clergyman visiting the slums of
New York heard little boy cussing
in a terrible manner and said to him:
Johnnie, you should not cuss in that
way, as God hears you and is every
where" The boys eyes grew large
with astonishment as he asked, cts he
everywhere? Is he right here? ?" eyes, %
the clergyman replied, che is right here. %
''Is he in my yard ?" eyes, he is in your
yard" ''Is he in Johnny Smiths back
vard?" eyes, he is in Johnny Smiths
back yard" "Oh; go-wan wild ye, now I
knows you's hbbing, because Johnny
Smith haint got no back yard''
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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-10-28
TONIGHT WILL BE CLIMAX
OF CAMPAIGN FOR NY. REPUBS

New York. Oct. 27.-Regardiess of
atmospheric conditions. the Republican
county organization has planned to
make Fifth Avenue outshine Broadway
tomorrow night.
Buildings from seth Street to 18th
street will be electrically lighted. The
Union and Union League Clubs will be
illuminated and flashlights from sky
scrapers and steeples will help. In
terspersed with marching clubs from
thirty-hve assembly districts. will be
fifty bands OF music. Red fire will be
burned all about the Worth monument,
which will face the stand from which
Saturdays parade will be reviewed.
While tomorrow night will not be the
last by several for meetings and rail-
lies. II will be, Chairman Hitchcock
said today. the climax of the CAM
paign. i.
Some slight changes have been made
in the list of speakers at Madison
Square Garden. Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, has been substituted for
Senator Smith of Michigan. who Is not
able to be here. Two or more other
orators will fill in the time until the
arrival of Governor Hughes. who will
be followed by Mr.. Taft The Presi-
Dental candidate will close the meet
ing.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-10-28
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
Target And Battle Practice of Cru

Target And Battle Practice of Cruia-
ers And GunbOats.
Manila, Oct. 27-While the scores
and figures of the cruiser ana gun
battle practice. which has just been
concluded. will not be made public
until they arrive at the navy depart
ment at Washington. 1t has been an
nounced that all previous records have
been broken. The Rainbow led in the
gunboat's squadron, exceeding all the
scores made by the Wilmington, pres
emit holder of the trophy
In day and battle practice. all the
warships improved the shooting made
last year in spite of the fact that con-
ditions were much more difficult and
that the cruise knew nothing of the
government conditions until sealed
orders from Washington were opened
on the practice grounds.
The Helena, Galveston and Rainbow
accomplished remarkable results in
night firing. some of the records ex-
ceeding by 900 per cent anything ever
before accomplished.
The order of excellence establish
ed according to scores made in day
practice is as follows:
Galveston. Denver. Chattanooga.
Cleveland, Wilmington, Concord, and
Helena. In night firing the order
stands as follows:
Galveston, Chattanooga, Denver,
Cleveland, Rainbow, Helena, Will
mington and Concord.
At the conclusion of the practice
after the scores had been tabulated,
Rear Admiral HARDER, commanding the
squadron, warmly congratulated the
ordnance officer and commanders OF
the various vessels on the remarkable
efficiency attained
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-10-28

When first gave notice TO the world early In July that
cessful practical Cotton Picking machine was mne-
datey overwhelmed with storm of letters not only
s globe int udi IN the production of cotton
From that day to this have been literally buried IN
mail Hundreds Of people have called at my iac.oFy 70
been men who have devoted their lives 30 raising and
marketing cotton. They have in every case without
ing Machine an absolute success. have sold many ma
chimes, and the prospective orders make 1t aosotu'eV
Ths rcas 20 sh is pain After tying for century and al
failing inventors had practically gwen up tne l9ea
machine has BEEN known that the man who did finally
conquer would accomplish more for the Word progress
than the who would discover the North Pole, and
would do much for the cotton grower as the harvester
did for the wheat CROP The clumsy useless ana unsuc
cessful machines which heretofore have been called
ton pickers have done anything towards sowing
this problem Of quickly, clearly and eheapy harvesting
cotton.
Having been born and brought up in the South my at
tention many years ago called to the necessity OF
such machine and the possibilities should succeed
Therefore, after ten years of splendid success in building
portable stationary and other houseeeanlng machinery
turned my attention to the cotton picking problem by
the application of the principles OF mechanics used In my
other machinery and with my knowledge OF ConpFesseQ
Air and Vacuum have been able to do exactly what
said had done when first announced my vacuum Cot
The difficulty with the impossible machinery hereto
fore called cotton pckers has been that they have been
designed by either lacking in sclenhhe or
cotton product the field 1t natural therefore that
cotton growers anxious to be shown by actual dem
onstration that my machine would do the work The
tests given have absolutely demonstrated its perfect eff
Cheney It has proven that the statements made in my
6rg announcement that I will save millions TO the cot
tor rroTsra of the world and 1T have solved the cot
embarrassing problem" are true.
The result has been to compel to seek greater fac
tory Facilities could not at the present rate of manu-
facfure f the prospective orders in years there
fore hooking for site for plant which will cost IN
the neghborhood Of 100000 and which must be erected
OFFICE AND FACTORY.
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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-10-28
Cotton Picking; The Problem and
!. How II Has Been Solved.
No. I.
oPPORTU M ITX-

and IN working order in the next six months. want to
the cottongrowing sections am already in receipt of
number OF propositions from Southern cities deslrous OF
securing this plant
cotton production In 1907 that required
people to harv est it. AS my smallest machine viii do the
100000 marhine propose to manufacture these at the
rate of 200 month In my plant 1t would therefore,
cHs OV ~ 04aS Sa cn c " of 1o If the S in
the United States Government Bulletin are correct
The possibilities therefore, in the practically unlimited
market for this machine make investment In the COM
pany which have organized for its manufacture about
the safest thing that has been presented anyone
I have organized the Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine
q capital Of 100000 Of this sum 100000 Is com
mon SOCK en- ana MA Osn+ ornna dv
dend guaranteed expect to sell enough OF the preferred
stock at par to build the plant which have mentioned
viii give with every two shares OF preferred STOCK one
share of common 80 that the holder Of preferred stock
may participate in the management Of the company as
voting stockholder and secure such additional dividends
as the common stock VIII earn.
prefer that this stock shah be held by the individual
investor in every part Of the country am frank to say
that the people interested stockholders and as
participants in the profits of the company the more In
erest there will be aroused in the machine its sales and
its wider introduction; hence the greater success.
When started 10 place my housekeeping machinery
ON the market compelled to fight infringement at
stage in the have Won own sne '0 S1
and Vacuum Machinery Company with business which
is may say gratifying m it's profits 1t is not therefore
machine on a "shoestrng' have a solid, substantial
business back Of every statement make,
want to build this new plant this winter. want to
build the machine with which the cotton production Of
this country viii be revouton5ed at th1s new plant
need $5O0OO at once with which to carry out this plan
and because need it going to give the people an OPP
portunity to secure this stock.
Write to-day for Prospectus and further informatiOA
Watch this paper Tomorrow for more interesting
information abOut the VacuuEa COtto Ck1ng Machine
JOHN s. TSsUFHRAN, President,
Waonsssssa Cotton PSCaxsnu Machine Co
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-10-28
GRAVES IN ATLANTA.
fndependant Vice Presidential Candi-
date Addresses Fellow Towns
people.


Atlanta, Ca. Oct 27.--Bryan and
Kern. and their political history were
the topics discussed tonight by John
Temple Graves, candidate for vice pres
ident on the Independence ticket in a
speech before hfs fellow townspeople
In this city. Mr.. Graves said in part:
Il have always been true to that
Democratic principle which my faith
er's cherished and helped to express
In the earlier Democratic party.
have always followed the principle
rather than the Individual politician
In time past had hoped that a
leadership in which l wholly believed
and trusted might bring back the or
ganization to its real mission and it's
earlier faith. For eight years my
faith was pinned to William J. Bryan
as the hope of Democratic reform.
I am sorry with all my heart that
my idol has shown its feet of clay. 1t
would be, simply wanton to say this
II did not give good reasons for my
lost faith in the peerless leader
Well. then, to begin: Mr.. Bryan
is now the Democratic party. He has
absorbed 1t. The Denver convention
was the plaything of his will. The
platform Is all his own.
For ten years, Mr.. Bryan has de-
nounced Grover Cleveland INCREASINGLY
as 'bunco steerer who stabbed his
party after betrayng it, and yet at
Denver, facing an election before the
people, he prepares or supervises or
directs resolution which pays tribute
to Grover Cleveland In unmeasured
eulogy."
In conclusion Mr. Graves said:
And IL the Independent party should
iall In It's faith. l shall just as I'M
nesitatingly turn my back upon 1t as
nave done the Democratic party"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-10-28
THE ITINERARY
OF President ROoseyeit's Farmers Up
lift Commission In Announced.


ithaca, N. Y. oct 27.-The itinerary
of the first trip of President Roose-
veit's farmers uplift commission was
announced today by Chairman Liberty
Hyde Bailey. who has been planning
for the investigation of farmers life
In this country
This commission will hold its FIRST
hearing at the Agricultural College of
Maryland on Nov. 6. The party will
then go south and the ten days will
be spent on hearings in the states
south of Washington and east of the
Mississippi River During this period.
the commission wifi separate in order
to cover the territory more fully. The
hearings will be one days duration,
and reports are to be made UP of the
proceedings after the comm isslon has
left the different places, and sent to
the commission.
Some 100000 circular letters have al
ready been sent out from Washington
To various parts of the country, anu
about 1000 replies are being received
daily, enabling the commission to get
in close touch with all enterprises for
rural betterment. Chairman Bailey
announced today that President Roose-
welt will appoint two more members
of the commission, making a total of
seven.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-10-28
HUNDRED COTTAGES
BURN AT A RESORT

Salisbury, Mass, Oct. 27-The great
er portion of the Thickly house Sum
mer Colony at Salisbury Beach was
wiped out early today by fire which
destroyed more than 100 cottages situ-
ated along the beach front, north OF
the mouth Of the Merrimac river.
Practically all OF the houses had
been abandoned for the season ana
the damage was estimated at $780,
900.
After the flames had ragged for three
hours the combined fire fighting
forces of Amesbury. Salisbury and
Newburyport together with that OF
the dozen life savers from the Sails
bury Beach station and little band
of volunteers. pulled down several
cottages standing between the burn
ing area and the larger hotels and
dance halls, and in this way prevented
the fire from reaching that section.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-10-28

General Branch Secretary - Miss
Rhena H. Mosher. New York, re-
elected.
Loyal Temperance League Branch
Miss Margaret Wintringer, Illinois. re-
elected.
Thanking the convention for the con-
fidence shown in her by her re-elect-
ion. President Stevens said:
IT will bear the torch of the W. C.
T. u, since you have chosen me It's
the torch of God-given truth and I will
try TO keep II burning so brightly and
hold 1t so high that the w. c. T. u.
will be high over everything.
This afternoon. the recording secre-
tary. Mrs Eliza beth Preston Anderson,
re-appoirfted Mrs. Sarah. II Hoge, OF
Lincoln. Va, assistant recording secre-
tary.
At the afternoon session. Mrs. Ella
H Thatcher. at the end of her address
on Work Among Soldiers and Sail
ors,'' offered the following resolution
which was adopted:
Believing that Notwithstanding all
the feting and feasting which our
sailors have been rendered on their
found drawer. truer mother hearts than
those of their motherland,
Resolved that the members of tho
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
prepare a proper welcome for these
sailors on their return in recognition
of their service to our country"
Just before the adjournment of the
session, the following resolution, intro
duced by the Sunday School Depart
ment. was adopted:
Whereas, the International Sunday
School Convention has instructed the
newly elected International Sunday
School Committee to provide graded
course of lessons apart from the reg
ular International Sunday School Les
son service, and inasmueh as the plans
of work recommended by the Interna-
tional Sunday School Association and
printed in their leaflet entitled. 'Prin-
clples and Methods of County Sunday
School Association Work, includes the
careful teaching of the quarterly tenn
perance lesson in I'll grades and de-
partments of the Sunday School, there
fore,
Resolved, that this convention ex-
press its confident expectation that the
Temperance Committee. of the Inter
national Sunday School Association will
secure regular and specific temperance
lessons in the Forthcoming graded Sc
ries of lessons and to this end we
pledge our cooperation"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-10-28
HARRisON,s MoNUMENT UNVEILED.
Memory of Indiama's DistinEulshed son
Honored In Indianapolis.

Memory of Indiama's DtstinEuished son
Honored In Indianapolis.
Indianapolis. Oct. 27.-The tribute OF
his home was paid to Gen. Benjamin
Harrison today.
The memory of Indianas distinguish
ed son soldier. statesman and President
of the United States was honored IN
a way 70 be remembered by the thous-
ands of citizens who gathered despite
the cold, to witness the unveiling or the
striking bronze likeness of their for
mer fellow townsman. Vice-President
Charles w. Fairbanks. who Is Presi-
dent of the General Harrison Memorial
Association in a few remarks, pre-
sentedl the monument to the people.
parade. participated in by the 10th
United States infantry from Fort Ben
jamin Harrison one regiment of the
Indiana National Guard, and 700 Civil
War veterans, including many mem
bers of the 10th regiment, of which
former President Harrison was colo
mel, preceded the unwilling exercises.
While. the great silent throng looked
on, little Miss Elizabeth Harrison left
the side of her mother, in the review
ing stand opposite the monument, and
made her, way past the seats of the
hundreds of her fathers army COM
rades and up the steps, till she stood
before the draped figure of the man
whose last picture was taken with her
In his arms. She reached out and
tugged at a cord that hung loose from
the flags that formed the draping.
The flags. released, opened out and
revealed the bronze figure. The little
girl then lifted an American flag from
the base of the monument. uncovering
an immense laurel wreath sent by
President Roosevelt. Carrying this.
she returned as she had come. to pre-
sent 1t to her mother.
Following Vice President Fairbanks
presentation speech. James Whitcomb
Riley read the poem he had written
for this event, THE Tribute of His
Home -"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-10-28
NO FREEDOM YET.



rem, the Russian Refugee.
New York, Oct. 27.-An. effort to
secure freedom without the formality
OF further hearing for Jan Janoff Pou-
rem. the Russian refugee. accused of
various crimes and under detention
pending decision upon the Russian
Governments application for his ex-
tradition, came to naught today
through decision by Judge Holt in
the United States Court here.
Congressman Herbert Parsons. coun-
sci for Pouren. asked the court yes
terday to vacate the second warrant
OF arrest secured by counsel for the
Russian Government, which was serv-
ed upon Pouren Immediately upon
the receipt here of an order from
Washington releasing him from Gus
tody under the first warrant The
ground of the applicat ton was that no
certificate had been issued by the Sec.
rotary OF State to the Russian repre-.
sentatfves as provided In the treaty.
with Russia covering cases of the kind
The court held that the issuance of
such certificate in the first proceed-
ings were sufficient
Judge Holt referred the Pouren mat
ter to Samuel NJ. Hitchcock, United
States Commissioner IN extradition
proceedings. instructing Commissioner
Hitchcock "to proceed with the hear
ing and take what further action is
necessary in the case"