The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-14
SAFE GLLEIKGs

The board would have me stare lahe
vigorous action. also the United states
department u agriculture. ~ bring
lng The shipment ~ green fruit within
The scope 0f the pure food laws, II
possible. ~ would have state law
parsed requiring the labelling Of al
packages containing such fruit IN a
manner 70 indicate that u Is green.
The ceremonies in connection with
the induction into Office Of Coy. Gil
christ on January ] promise 10 be the
most brilliant that Tallahassee has
ever seen. The Tallahassee board Of
trade has made preparations Tor this
I Inauguration On the way Of appointing
/ committees, and intends that Il shall
I be one worthy " a state growing so
4 FsDldly IN population and wealth as
I FLORIDA is The states metropolis
should be wOrthily represented In
/ these exercises. Jacksonville's grow
I ing importance and her relations 10
I the rest a the state call upon her TO
I take a prominent part In the Inaugural
( lion Of the governor for which II and
Duval county pOlled so large a vote.
As the Tallahassee True Democrat Of
october p put It.
Aeronautics, che American maya
zine u aerial navigation, for October,
has this item Of news concerning a
well-knOwn winter resident Of FlOri-
da. "Mr. Hugh L. Willoughby, a prom
inent member Of the Aero club Of
America. will shortly start work upon
an aeroplane az his winter home Of
gewall's Point. florida. This work
will BE- bsged partly upon a model
which be constructed I'm 1888 and part
y from observations made IN the IN
teTvening years"
The music festival 10 be held in the
auditorium II StetsOn university, al
DeI~aDd, February 1912, will be the
greatest event that has occurred IN
she art history q Florida. With two
great OyatoTiOg. The Messiah" and
Elsjzh" rendered By four goloists of
vide reputation and well trained To- |
cal chorus q some hundred voices, |
accompanied By The large organ Of the |
university and a good orchestra, il |
Is al event 20 which many music loy- |
erg q the state viii look forward with |
O. pleasure
A meteor was seen 10 descend in |
bread daylight some time ago b. a
party In a launch On the Coast Line |
canal, near Palm Beach. IL apparently |
reached earth about half mile north /
of east from Juno. II was apparently |
about four or FIVE times as large as
the largest ball from a Roman candle,
Such sight is very unusual and that
party was very fortunate in observ-
ing II.
Surveyor ]. w. Patton of Gaines
Vile has completed a report on the
pine tree on which he has been az |
work for three years. He finds from |
observation that a pine will grow only |
one-twelfth OF an inch in thickness af |
ter the first FIVE years and that II |
takes FiXtytwo years for the pine for |
ests TO produce saw timber.
How little is known of the mineral |
wealth OF Florida is shown by the re- |
ported discovery by "a citizen of |
Gainesville of agate on the banks of |
the Suwannee river I'm the western |
part Of the county. Alachua. Like the |
recent discovery Of marble near Tam |
pa, Il was unexpected. The specimens |
OF agate, II Is said, will compare ia |
vorably with those found In Colorado, |
and large quantities can be found in |
AhaN lNbiphs Abdbct ohgAB NhdANNubh9t |
carneian, sand, chrysOprase and many |
others are but varieties differing only |
I'm external form and appearance from |
each other, OF the one family quartz, |
says the American Encyclopedia. The |
same authority states that agates are |
from the other varieties |
by the veins OF different shades Of /
color which traverse the stone In par
allel, concentric layers. often go thin
as TO number fifty or more 10 an inch.
When these stripes alternate. an
Opaque band with one transparent, the
stone forms the material OF the true
cameo. One OF the most beautiful and
striking forms OF this stone is the
moss agate, but there are several 9th.
or named varieties OF the agate, all