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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01

culiar shape and design and spe-
cial plans and work are necessary.
Moreover, permission has to be
gotten from the agent of the com
pany selling these craft. This
boat will be 20 feet long and when
in motion the faster it goes the
less resistance there is to the
water and finally the boat just
skins across the waves and hence
its name. A speed of from thirty
to forty miles an hour can be OBJ
tanned, There will be nothing that
can touch this craft when it is
completed.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01
The Fakirs Are Coming.

Florida Christian Advocate:-It
will soon be time for the short.
haired women and long-haired men
to start South. Some will have
lectures on Nebuchadnezzar's i'm
age or Ezekiel's wheels. They
will come to the parsonage first.
Some of them are harmless, some
of them are trying to see the coun-
try at our expense, some are in
apostolic succession with Judas
Iscariot. The most contemplate
out of the penitentiary
is the one who uses the church ms
an advertising medium to perpe-
trate a fraud. Lake City Index
Gee whiz! But if u secular paper
had said that it would have re-
ceived a lemon. It's the truth
though alice samee.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01

smoked more than those for inn
mediate use. Fish prepared by
this recipe will keep for months in
a cool, dry place in the north, but
in this climate, perhaps more salt
would be required.
Smoked fish that is too salt can
be easily freshened by pouring
boiling water over it.
This peninsula should yet be-
come famous to the epicures of the
nation, through its smoked mullet,
canned mullet and canned soup
favored with the Incompatible
mullet gizzards.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01
ACTUAL OPERATIONS
Begun for the Building of the
Town Dock.

A large force went down the
bay for piIing, monday morning,
and so Punta Gorda's public dock
has started. 1t took three boats
to carry the grub and camping
OUTFIT Mr.. Gibbs and his son
furnished two and also went them
selves. Mr.. Crouch took a load of
men.
The following colored citizens
went: Lem jackson, e. Ward, ii.
Lewis, l.. Zanders, G., Ii. Smith
and Ben Anderson. The follow
ing furnished substitutes: A. b.
Coleman, o, Il. Armstrong, 0. X.
Hampton, John Davis, II. Dorsey.
The following white citizens
went: DR.. Newman, Clayton Por-
ter, Jess Sandlin, Warren and
Gallagher. Tuesday morning the
balance of the force went in Capt.
Johnson's launch; Capt. John
son, Frank Cooper, +. A. Whit
ney and Major Driscoll, the en-
gineer, who started the East Coast
by. extension.
Several more colored citizens
also went with the last load, whose
names are not available, but it is
worthy of comment that Geo.
Brown, of Cleveland, completely
equipped two men and sent them
up.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01
fern LEAVES VALUABLE
AS a Preservative OF all Food
Stuifs.

Washington, d. O., Sept. 10
Fern leaves excel all other agents
for packing articles of food, ao-
cording to Consul General Gun
ther, at Frankfort. He has for
warded an article to the state de-
partment, of which the following
is a summary:
"People who have lived in Eng
land know that the English have
used fem leaves successfully for
many years. Valuable fruit, fresh
butter, etc., are no longer seen in
the English markets packed in
grapevine leaves, but almost al
ways in fresh fern leaves, which
keep the articles excellently.
"This is done where grapevine
leaves are to be had in abundance.
Every one posted well in botany
knows the high preservative pow
or of fern leaves with reference to
vegetable and animal substances.
Son the Isle of Man, herrings
are packed in ferns and arrive on
the market in as fresh u condition
as when they were shipped. Po-
tatoes packed in ferns keep many
months longer than others packed
only in straw.
Experiments made with both
straw and fern leaves in the same
cellar showed surprising results
in favor of ferns. While the pc.
tatoes packed in straw mostly
showed signs of rotting in the
spring,those in ferns we're as fresh
as if they had just been dug.
Fresh meal is also well preserved
by fern leaves.
ut would seem as if the pre-.
sentative qualities Of fern leaves
are due to their high percentage
OF salt. No larvae, maggot, etc.,
approach ferns, as the strong
odor keep them away"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01

Florida Times Union:--It is
hardly practicable for Florida to
furnish from her rather sparse
population so large a body of
men as will he needed to man
the new battlcship to be named for
this state, rs Editor Jordan sug-
gests. The idea that steps should
be taken ut once to organize a
naval reserve and men be put in
training for their duties on the
battleship would bea good one if
ii were not that it is not the basic
idea of the naval reserve to pre-
pare men for such duties as we
understand it. 1t is rather we be-
lieve to prepare a body of men to
man the forts to teach them to
handle the heavy guns, in order
that in time of war the regular ar
tillerymen may be transferred from
the forts to the ships. Otherwise,
the PUNTA GoRDA HERALD edito-
rial is inspired by a measure of
state pride and enthusiasm to be
expected from its brilliant editor.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01
USES OF Pine OIL.
A Waste Product That is Very
Valuable.

Washington, Sept. pa strik-
ing example Of seemingly use
less product of the forest
which has developed into q mar
ketable commodity of no small
importance is what is known as
pine oil. The crude wood tur-
pentine obtained from the steam
distillation Of certain species of
pine must be refined with consid-
cradle care before it can be sold
in competition with gum spirits,
the true turpentine of commerce.
BY rehabilitation with steam this
caude product is usually separated
into two substances, The first,
which is the larger fraction, con-
sists almost entirely of the pro-
duct known technically as spin
ene," This closely resembles gum
turpentine except for barely per-
ceptible difference in odor. The
other fraction is a product some.
what thicker and heavier than tur-
pentine, with a yellow color and II
very pleasant odor. This is
known as 'pine oil. "
Formerly this by-product had
no market and was either burned
or sold for almost nothing in or.
der to get rid of it. 1t was realiz-
ed however, that it was extremely |
poor business to waste three or
more gallons of oil for every cord
Of wood without knowing certain
ly whether the oil was Of value,
and it was clearly up to the chem
ist to find uses for pine oil, and to
the salesman to create market.
Pine oil is now sold in tank car
lots to manufacturers Of roofing,
paints and varnishes. Considera-
bic quantities are consumed in the
of insulating materi-
ais, metal polishes, and cheap per-
fume. 1t has been found to yield |
very cheaply "terpene hydrate," a
drug which at present is manufac'
tured by somewhat costly meth.
DDS. Pine oil has also been sug-
gested as an excellent solvent for
varnish gums for the production
of light colored varnishes. Fur
Their investigation may even lead
TO its use as u raw material in the
production of artificial campbor.
Thus, from a worthless product,
pine oil has so much increased in
value that refined grades may now
be sold for from 40 to 90 cents a
gallon. The very lowest grade
sells for about 10 cents a gallon.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01

Times Union Short Talks
Miss jefferson Bell of the PEN
sion department in the comp
troller's Office is given as
authority for the statement that
the Florida Confederate pension
roll has decreased by deaths in the
past year from 1900 to 600.
This loss of 500 out of so small a
roll as 1920 indicates how rapidly
the old soldiers are disappearing
and the statement is interesting in
view of the approaching reunion
of the veterans at Tampa.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01

Editor Jolley in last weeks
Daytona Halifax Journal makes
an attack on the English sparrow
of which he says among other
things: "Our personal knowledge
of English sparrows in the north
extended through many years,
and there as they increased, the
common birds, our real 5enefac-
tors, decreased until they were al
most entirely driven out of the
cities. In Florida we have lived
nigh twenty years, but it is only in
the past five years that the En-
glish sparrow has invaded our
city, but the result will inevitably
be the same, and the sparrows will
multiply more rapidly here than
in the colder climate of the
north" 1t is the fact that they
may be expected to increase very
rapidly in this warmer climate and
that as they increase the numbers
of our song and insectivorous
birds will decrease that calls for
an early and general movement
against the English sparrow.
Times-Union.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01

St. Petersburg Times:--Dr. j.
w. Key and George FRESHMAN
are planning to build a hydro
plane boat. This boat has a pc
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01
A FLORIDA DELICACY.
The Incompatible Mullet and its
GIzzard.


the mullet, second only, perhaps
TO the shad in popular esteem,
that 1t seems strange that the emf
nent virtues of the mullet gizzard
has been overlooked and no his
torian has been found to chant its
praises. 1t is a regrettable fact
that there is so large an aggrega-
ton of persons in this world who
are wholly ignorant of the impor-
tant gastronomic fact that the
mullet has any gizzard at all.
Those who are well versed in fish
ology claim it is the only fish, so
far as known that is so endowed,
The 6sh-man will tell you, "They
say it is part bird" Certainly,
its gizzard would seem to betray
its relationship with gizzards Of
the bird tribe, both in looks and
flavor.
There is another commendable
quality about the mullet gizzard
that alone would establish It's sa-
poriority over the gizzard of the
Florida chicken in the eyes of Il
housekeeper, and that is, it is
more easily cleaned; and the sac
containing the contents is tough
like that of II northern fowl, and
does not easily tear BY holding
it between the thumb and finger,
and pinching it forcibly in II way
known to experts, the sac contain
ing the contents may be squeezed
out intact and without the use Of a
knife. Veteran Pinellas PENN
sular epicures pronounce soup fla
vored with mullet gizzards to be
finer and richer in flavor and SUI
perior to any other soups they
ever tasted in their lives.
The mulIet gizzard has the fla
vor of that of u fowl, but is richer,
jucier and more delicate in texture
and flavor. 1t is not fish at all,
but fowl. Too much attention
cannot be given to the propaga-
ton and protection of this rare
and ssvory fish in our waters,
whose flesh is both fish and fowl.
1t seems as though some way
should be provided for bringing
the fish in alive and keeping them
in tanks in a seaport town until
used. Fish deteriorate so quickly
that are kept on ice. Also, there
should be more acceptable and
hygienic ways of preserving fish
when it is scarce than by holding
it long in cold storage. House
keepers object tofsh or meat that
'is 50 very dead"
Salt fish is always good. Some
housekeepers have custom of pre-
serving spiced fish in glass cans.
This makes a pleasing and accept
able change from the ordinary
ways of serving it, and it is also
convenient, as it is always ready
to use. Smoked mullet is incom-
parably fine in flavor, and should
be found in every market in the
State. As it is now prepared, it
is seldom cured enough for ship
ment or long keeping.
The following time-hOnored reci-
pc for curing herring in the man
ner so famous among the Dutch
along the Hudson river has long
been in use among them: To one
bushel of fish allow a generous
pint of molasses and large pint
of salt. The fish are left in this
pickle for two or three days, when
they are ready to smoke. Those
intended for long keeping are
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-10-01
WHITE FLY CONTROL.
Valuable Directions as to the
Use Of Fungus.

The following bulletin, prerared
by Prof. Il. W. Berger, of tho
Florida Experiment Station,
should be read carefully by all
orange growers throughout tho
State:
There is still time during Sep
TENDER in which to introduce fun
gus. The earlier this is done, tho
better. For introducing fungus
use the method of spraying tho
spores (germs) Of the fungus mix
ed in water against the under sur
faces of the whitehy-infested
leaves. Several trees treated with
the red Aschersonia by this meth
cd at Deland on April 81 and %,
1908, had nearly half of the white
lily larvae on them infected and
dead by the middle of the follow
ing June. Other trees treated In
the same way and with the samo
fungus at New Smyrna on Nov.
20, 1907, showed similar results
by the twenty-frst of August of
this year. Other experiments
have net been equally successful.
In some instances the causes of
failure are not we'll understood;
in others it was doubtless due to
the extreme drouth. There are,
however, only one or two instaD.
ces in which the writer failed to
get any growth Of fungus at all,
when good fresh material was
used between the dates Of April
81 and November 30.
1t is at those times when tho
larvae are young first, second,
and third STAGE and abundant,
that the fungus can be most read
lily started. For some time past
young larvae Of the first, second,
and third stages have been abund-
ant in whitehy-infested trees, and
they will continue to be more or
less abundant until about the end
of November. 1t should, there
fore, be an easy matter to start o
growth of fungus now. Fungus
can be introduced at any time
from about April till November;
except perhaps duringa briefperi-
cd in May or June, just before tho
issuing of the second brood Of
adult whitehies. At that period
so many of the larvae would be in
the fourth and fifth stages, when
they appear to be immune TO in
lection by fungus, that little sue
cess might be attained. Deem
Der, January, February and
March are not favorable for tho
introduction of fungus, probably
because the larvae of the whitefy
are then almost all in the fourth
or fifth stages.
Use fungus which is well ma
tured. This should be either of
bright red or a bright lemon yell
low color, according as it is the
red or the yellow species which Is
taken. Since much of the SUM
mer's growth of fungus frequent
ly beco mes weathered or drops
from the trees before the follow
ing spring, it is believed to be best
to use plenty of it now, and if itIs
still available, to introduce moro
next spring. Rains Immediately
followidg introduction of fungus
appear TO be conducive towards
getting good growth; but it is
not necessary to wait for rain
when spraying.
Cut down the chinaberry, UNI
brella tree, and other food plants
Of the whitehy (see Bulletin $50
Continued on page 81
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-11
CARNEGIE ADDS 81, o00, 900
TO FUND FOR PROFESSORS

New York, April 4.-Announcement
was made last night that Andrew Car
negie would add $5,000,00 to the fund
of the Carnegie foundation or what
ever sum might be necessary to in
clude as pension beneficiaries eligible
professors of state universities.
No provision was made for this class
of educators In the original gift for the
reason stated by Mr.. Carnegie at the
time, that the donor thought It possible
that such institutions might prefer
that their relations should continue ex-
clusively with the state, from which
their chief support was derived. The
additional donation will be in 5 per
cent bonds providing an added annual
income of $250,oo0 and total yearly
disbursement Of $4,000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-11
COMPLAIN BECAUSE EXPRESS
COMPANIES REJECT LIQUOR

: Washington, d. c., April 4. -Refusal
Of express companies to accept ship
ments of beer and other liquors de-
stined to points in the prohibition
states has resulted in a complaint to
the interstate commerce commission.
The Triple Brewing Company of Kan
sas City has instituted complaint
against the Adams, American, Pacific,
United States and Wells-Fargo Express
Companies on the ground that they
refuse to accept shipments of beer at
Kansas City to points in Kansas, Iowa
and Oklahoma. The complaint says
that it has been sending for thirty
years consignments Of malt liquors
into these states marked &C. o. D."
Now the complainant alleges the ex-
press companies refuse to carry all So
called Intoxicating liquors" with the
understanding that the purchase price
is to be paid on delivery. The COM
plainant maintains that this action of
the express companies is in violation
of the interstate commerce law.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-11
MoRMoNs FOR PROHIBITION.
President Joseph Smith Says They
Must Aid in Movement.


Salt Lake, April by the utter
ances of it's leaders the Mormon
church has been enlisted in cam
paign for local option and ultimate
prohibition. President Joseph Smith
in opening the seventy-eighth seminar
nual conference used these words:
There is a movement throughout
the land for local option, and I hold
that every Latter Day Saint will CO.
operate with the movement, that we
may curtail this monster intemper-
ance. We think and feel that the peo-
pie should be permitted to say If they
will have drunkenness, riot, murder
and kindred crimes, which too often
come from the use of strong drink" "
Other church authorities spoke in
the same vein. Politicians of all par
ties admit that the policy of the church
will lead to the early enactment of a
local option law, something this state
has never had. Idaho, Wyoming and
other states in which the percentage
of Mormon vote is large may see the
effect of Mr. Smiths announcement.
Coming at such a time and place, his
utterance will be received by the
church as an inspired command.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-11
NEW EMPLOYERS LIABILITY
BILL Is PASSED BY HOUSE

Washington, April 7-Beyond fore
ing roll calls on the approval of the
journal and on adjournment, the Dem
ocrats of the house yesterday offered
no obstruction to the orderly transac-
ton of business. Several important
bills were put through by practically
unanimous vote. Among these was
the Sterling employers liability bill,
only one vote being recorded against
it, that of Mr.. Littlefield of Maine, and
the bill establishing naval station at
Pearl harbor, Hawaii, against which
Mr.. Sherwood of Ohio stood alone.
The bill carries an appropriation of
$3.50, 900.
When the house took up for consid-
Grafton and passage the Sterling en-
ployers' liability bill, the Democrats
broke out into loud applause and hand
clapping.
Mr.. Sterling of Illonois explained
the provisions of the bill, the main
features of which have been published.
Mr.. Sterling stated that the bill would
be applicable to interurban car lines
between states and street railroad
lines in the territories and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The Democrats applauded Mr.. Henry
of Texas when he said the bill was
meritorious and constitutional one,
and that not a Democratic vote would
be recorded against it. :
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-11
Leech for Public Printer.

Washington, April John s. Leech
of Illinois, now public printer In the
Philippines, has been appointed pub
lie printer by President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Leech Is a legal resident OF
Bloomington, ILL.,, although he served
respectively as compositor, proofread-
er and foreman in the government
printing office here from 1889 to 1901,
at which time he was selected as pub
lie printer for the Philippines. He
has made for himself most enviable
record as an administrative officer
there, according to reports in the pos
session of the insular bureau.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-11
MORE MONEY FOR SOUND
IN FORTIFlCATIONS BILL

Washington, April TN the forti-
fications appropriation bill reported to
the senate yesterday amendments ag-
gregating $1,750,0OO have been includ-
ed for the fertilization of Puget sound.
This amount, added to the house ap-
preparation, makes a total of $500, 900
which will be expended in protecting
the sound
The senate committee amendments
include an increase in every division
of the fertilization bill Senators
Piles and Ankeny short time ago ap-
peared before the senate committee to
urge liberal increase for mortar bat
teries, mines and emplacements.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-11
Cheap Convention Rate.

Chicago, April 4.-The Western Pas
senger Association, at special meet
ing yesterday to consider reduced
rates to the national republican con-
vention to be held here in June, au-
thorized the railroads within its juris-
diction to make similar rates to those
announced for the Denver convention.
The roads will base their rates on a
charge of 1 IL cents per mile, the sell
ing dates to be from June IL to 16,
with June II for final going date and
June 30 for the return limit. Stop
over privileges will be announced by
individual roads later.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-11
FIVE SPECIAL GUESTS FOR
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE

indianapolis, Ind, April 4.-John
Mitchell, ex-president of the miners
of the country, is one of the five Amer
leans selected by President Roosevelt
to be special guests of the big confer
ence of state and territory governors
to be held in Washington May 13. This
conference. which will last three days
and the sessions of which will be held
in the east room of the White House.
will be presided over by President
Roosevelt.
It will be the first meeting In the
history of the country of federal, state
and territorial executives.
The five special guests will be Gro
yer Cleveland, w. ]. Bryan, James J..
Hill. Andrew Carnegie and John Mitch
ell.