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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

and a soft bed, have worn it away irregularly, conse-
quently in many places enormous stones rock like era
dies. One old i~nhabitant of Dartmoor remembers
seeing a stone about twenty feet by fifteen rocking in
a gale like a ship at sea.
la other places the rocks have worn 10 resemble
faces, and a stranger seeing these imagines them to be
the idols of the ancients, But none is artificial and
probably none has been worshipped, for each is sur
rounded by gigantic blocks of granite which would
have made the worshipper uncomfortable to say the
least.
There is one tor, a huge rocky pile standing upon
a hillside, which bears an extraordinary resemblance
TO the Sphinx, but there is no trace of human habita-
tiOn for miles around. And another which came
upon suddenly one afternoon has almost an alarming
effect, for the Bowerman's Nose, a core OF granite
forty feet high surrounded by masses of rock, really
has the power TO make you feel that you are in the
presence Of some god. There in a desolate and lonely
spot:
On the very edge
or the moorland, startling every eye,
A shape enormous rises! High il towers
Above the hills bold brow, and seen from far
Assumes the human form; a granite god
To whom in days long flown the supplant knee
IN trembling homage bowed.
l have often heard it said that Dartmoor is inhos-
pitable to those who try to cultivate it. And 1t is GER
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EVERY OLD THING MADE NEW

AN old chair with a small can OF L.
q Nj. Home Finish Vanish Sfain
any old furniture with a small can 81
L: q NJ. Home Finish Varnish a
kltcnen floor, porch floor. with a small
can OF l.. q NJ. Home Finish Floor
RANT Old kitchen chairs bencbes
any old small things with a pound ar
TWO or the l. & NJ. Home Finish Do.
mestc Paint. A carriage. a buggy.
Wild about a dollars worth OF n. q
NJ Home Finish Carriage Varpish
IAN Laln'. Poreh Furniture. lawn swings.
iron ratings, with a small can ~ n
& M. Home Finish Porch Enafel
RANT In all colors. An old Iaky roof
made tight with a can OF Eclipse Roof
and Bridge Paint. All old thInes
made new with these little cans on
l.. q NJ. HON Finish Paints. Cost Is
trihing. Be sure to get them fror,
Newer & MacKay. Agenst. ocala.
10 "a
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This institution, though a compar-
atively new one. is gaining a wide
patronage. A representative of the
0cala Banner, in his rounds Monday,
had occasion to pass by this estab-
lishment, and upon asking DR.. Guer-
rant how things were moving, was
shown through the place. There are
now on the sick list in various stages
OF improvement in the hospital about
ten horses, several of them very fine
animals.
DR.. Guerrant is the city meat and
milk inspector, and he has thoroughly
fitted up his laboratory for the pur-
pose. He has every imaginable de-
vice for testing milk and meat, and
since our ordinances have demanded
II he makes from one to two inspec-
lions week. DR.. Guerrant says that
the rigid test required by the city
has caused several people to discon-
tinue the milk vending business, but
those who continue in the traffic are
now conducting their places in the
most sanitary manner possible.
DR.. A Hill, who is attending the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Au-
burn, Alabama, taking a four-year
course in veterinary surgery, is spend
ing his vacation here and is assisting
DR.. Guerrant with his work at the
veterinary hospital.
Some of the stock upon which DR..
Guerrant is now operating is from
neighboring counties. s-15
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Mr. z. c. Chambliss, who takes a
great interest in farming himself, and
is well posted in the general farm
conditions of the county, says that
they are good; that the truckers gen.
orally have made money. He says
that even the cantaloupes turned out
better than they at one time promis-
ed. That on one of his own patches
he picked seven carloads after it was
thought the entire crop had been
gathered. He says the vines even
now are continuing to mature the
fruit that was at once thought gone,
and that the last crop is even finer
than the first yield. 1t is all sun
shine around Mr. Chambliss. When
ever the blues get you just engage
in a conversation with him and they
will take wings and fly away.
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a GENTLE REMINDER
Maize. Fla. June 10. 1905

Maize. Fla. June 10, 1909.
To the Editor Ocala Banner:
I nnd on investigation that the road
fund has not been equally distributed
throughout the county. For instance
Ne win single out the Oldtown road.
leading on 10 the Levy line and to
bennington. and we have not q foot
Of hard road to travel on unless we
cut across and strike the Blitchton
road at the Taylor place. This should
not be 50. for we furnish nearly one
third OF the road fund without the
benefits thereof. II is said that all
roads lead 10 Rome, and ! know ours
leads 10 ocala. for I have had the
pleasure Of following II there. ! have
been waiting on Mr.. r. w. Ferguson
fur a petition for the construction of
q hard road on the above mentioned
route. and still hope he viii come TO
<he front with a. We do not censure
IN commissioners for this oversight
m the matter. but we want this TO be
q gentle reminder for future action.
m some Of the commissioners will
come out the last Of any week and
see the travel and trade that goes
from our section OF the county then
you viii be convinced and act.
GEO. NJ. Bitch.
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THE TEXAS ONION

An interesting phase of agricultural
development in Texas is emphasized
in the following dispatch from New
York:
1.-THE rich soil and warm sun of
Texas have conspired to put the ia
nous onion-growing industry of Ber-
muda out of business. Sixty Portu-
gese and forty native Bermudians
have arrived here from Bermuda to
find employment All of them had
owned onion farms in Bermuda until
it was discovered that Texas could
grow larger, earlier and more lus-
cious onions than can be raised in
the Bermudas. A majority of the
newcomers will seek agricultural
openings in the west"
If these statements are accurate
and are not set afloat for the purpose
of influencing tariff legislation at
Washington, they reveal a situation
in Bermuda that has developed with
in less than ten years. George Copp,
an Englishman, probably familiar
with the raising of Spanish onions in
the Bermuda Islands, began the cul-
ture of them in 1900 in an experiment
tai way at Cotulla, Texas; but, though
the experiment was a success, 1t was
not until 1903 that 100 carloads were
shipped to market. The Texas pro-
duct Immediately found favor, and
the shipments had increased to 600
carloads in 1905. The next year 1000
carloads were shipped, and by 1908
the shipments had expanded to 24OO
carloads, and the Southern Texas
Truck Growers Association, compos-
ed of 500 onion-growers, has in a cou-
pie of years life demonstrated the
value of organization in handling the
product for market. The Bermuda
onions are raised in other parts of
the country to a comparatively small
extent, but those of Texas dominate
the markets, where they make their
first appearance usually at some time
between the first of March and the
last of that month. They are market
ed in practically every part of the
United States, and they even go into
Canada, and the annual value is
about 100000. They are raised
from seed imported from the Canary
Islands, and this year 14O0 pounds of
seed were purchased by the Texas
association. Laredo is the largest
shipping point for the onions, but
they are grown in considerable guam
titles in various parts of southwest
Texas They manifest but one of the
vast agricultural possibilities of the
south, although they contribute as
yet but a small portion to the $780,
600 900 Of early vegetables and fruits
which the south is called upon to sup
ply to the world each year.
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Hon. Monroe Brown, formerly of
Ocala, and a candidate for governor
in 1904, has opened campaign in be-
half OF removing the state capital
from Tallahassee to Jacksonville.
The capital may not be removed from
Tallahassee during the next ten years
but ere another quarter OF century
rolls around it will certainly be locat-
ed in a more central place, convenient
to the people of the state.-Gsines-
vile Sun.
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oUNNELLoN DETECTIVE KILLED
IN TENNESSEE

We have been told that a wire has
oeen received in this city from some
point In Tennessee. stating that De.
tective Young, who killed young John
son at Dunnellon. after several ron
oeries had been committed. was sho,
IN raid on some burglars and killed
or at least he was so badly wounded
that his injuries were pronounced "a.
tai. II is stated that before he was
wounded he succeeded In killing two
Of the burglars.
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-NAS NGNAN - ~ 10y SNS'SOAA - III
tilizer analyzing per cent. phos-
phorie acid, per cent. nitrogen and
4 per cent. potash should be used, and
where the soil is very sandy S-5
brand would perhaps suit better and
give more satisfactory results. The
1922 goods so common on the market
is not a well balanced plant food for
any crop on the farm, as it is def
cient in two important elements, nj
trogen and potash and excessive in
phosphoric acid. A fertilizer with
per cent. to z per cent. phosphOric
acid, per cent. to per cent. nitro
gen, and 5 per cent. potash comes
nearer a well balanced plant ration
for this crop than any other combina-
ton l know of.
The variety of corn will cut quite
an important figure also. The large
cob and thick long-stalked variety
will want liberal phosphoric acid ap-
plication and the large leaved and
short-stalked varieties will want more
nitrogen in proportion than the 9TH
er two, but all the varieties will want
liberal allowances of potash, because
this is the element that makes or
mars the crop. Without a sufficient
amount of potash in the fertilizer to
finish of what the other elements
have succeeded in producing, the
crop is apt to be faslure.
A brand with the foregoing analy-
sis cannot be had in the open mar
ket, but the farmer can compound it
to suit himself by buying the raw ma
terials and doing his own mixing. To
get a 81 goods he would require to
get 500 pounds of high grade cotton
seed meal, 200 pounds muriate of pot
ash and 1000 pounds IA per cent.
phosphate. An application of 600 to
500 pounds per acre broadcast and
fore planting will give good results if
after cultivation is shallow and fire.
quent so as to keep grass and weeds
under control and preserve the mois-
ture in the soil. On the combination
of the proper brand of fertilizer and
the judicious and timely cultivation
of the crop depend the success or
of the crop, but the born
crop being one of the most important
crops any farmer grows, particular
attention to these essentials is abso-
lutely necessary if he is going to
come out ahead at harvest time
l ought to say something regarding
varieties of corn, but lack of space
prevents me at this time. | will, how
ever, say this much in closing: AL
ways plant a variety that is suitable
to your soil and climate, and always
grade up so as to improve the seed
year after year. Every farmer ought
to grow a seed patch where he can
Gull out the unsuitable ears and
stalks and grow nothing but that is
Al, and it is along these lines in con-
junction with the proper brands of
fertilizer that we may expect to in
crease our average per acre from a
miserable eight bushels to four or
five times that amount.
c. K. M'QUARRIE.
DeFuniak Springs, Fla.
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that when Mr.. Aldrich or Mr.. Cannon
makes the proper passes before the
eyes of the democratic "sensitiyes
they go into frances and line up with
forces which would have excited
their horror and detestation al Den
YER A very interesting prenmenon
Is psychology and politics.-senator
LaFollette.
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WHO KILLED COCK RosIN9

Governor Gilchrist didn't fail to
make the most Of his opportunity in
vetoIng the advertising bill which
PASSED the legislature and went to
hin for approval
n would have been impossible to
enforce such a Law. and IL would have
Zen q dead letter from the begin
nlnE. Yet the governor made sure
90 . goodly portion OF publicity by
rubmittine the bill 90 the newspapers
before passing on a.
what the newspapers did for il was
enongh. and now the governor is re-
ceixing the thanks Of the gang with
Ernuf~cticns and smiles.-Mismi Me-
srupolis
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THE DUAL IN THE SOUTH

They used to spell it with an e.
but political dual practices are be-
coming as common in the south as in
the times of Jackson and Benton. The
facilities are not as yet as gr, at as
when the thing was done with pistols
rather than with votes, platforms
and speeches, but the victims may
possibly be bleeding inwardly. Time
and election will tell
Let us consider the interesting case
in dual personality of Senator t. M.
Simmons, whose address is r. F. d.
Trenton, S. c. Mr. Simmons, on or
binary occasions is a DR.. Jekyll DEM
ocrat, whose realization of the iniqui-
ties of the tariff is keen and sharp.
He is so well grounded in orthodox
views that last summer at Denver he
served on the committee on resolu-
lions which declared for a revenue
tariff and especially for free lumber.
He made no minority report. He was
willing to go before the nation on
free lumber and did his best to put
Mr.. Bryan in Office pledged to it.
But there is a protectionist mental
complex in the senator's brain-one
of those Mr.. Hyde streaks, which
give certain democrats so much trou-
BILE. Ordinarily he has it under con-
troll. He had it cowed to supineness
last summer at Denver when he re-
ported the free lumber plank. But
sometimes it gets the strangle-hold on
the normal Simmons and throws him.
No one can tell what it is that some
times gives the Mr.. Hyde personality
the power to triumph over the DR..
Jekyn character, but in the sad case
of Senator Simmons it is supposed to
be the odor of turpentine from the
pine forests of his state, or some eff
fiuvium emanating from Senator Al
drich's finance committee.
Whatever it was, it played havoc
with the continuity of the Simmons
purposes and views. The Hyde Sim.
mons threw the Jekyll Simmons out
of the senate window the other day.
took the floor and spoke for a duty
on lumber.
Of course, the senator is to be Dit.
led for his infirmity, rather than blam-
ed for perfidy or inconsistency. He
has the disease of discontinuous alter.
mating or multiple personality. What
Hyde does is not to be charged to
Jekyll. 1t is very sad. And saddest
Of all this is the thought that if Mr..
Bryan had been elected, the house
and senate would have been infested
with men, who, while DIR. Jekylls at
Denver, would have been Mr.. Hydes
in Washington.
For the disease is slowly spreading
through the democratic party, and
has already reached such prevalence
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CORN CULTURE In THE SOUTH
Deep Flowing is the Great Need for Big Yield

Corn is the one universal crop all
over this country, as both north and
south IL is the main crop on most
farms; but the low average yield per
acre, particularly in the southern
states. compared with the northern,
shows there must be something the
matter with the methods of culture
on the average farm. Soil and eli
mate cannot possibly cause the diff
ference between an eight and fifty
tour bushel crop. When one begins
the investigation of cultural meth
DDS ordinarily in use on most south
ern farms, the wonder is that the av-
erage is so high. The writer has
seen, though, as large, If not larger,
crops per acre grown in the south
than he has ever seen in northern
state: that goes to prove that the
methods of culture generally prac-
ticed are entirely responsible for the
low average yield per acre OF this
crop on the southern farm.
The average depth Of blowing as
GENERALLY practiced all over the south
is not more than four inches. Now,
70 expect a good crop Of any kind of
grain from this depth is quite out of
the question. Land for corn should
be plowed al least twelve to fourteen
inches deep. and this blowing should
be done in winter, so that the rains
of early spring will all the soil with
moisture. which is so necessary for a
GOOD corn crop. The nature Of this
blowing cuts quite figure along with
the depth. The soil should not be
turned over in sods, but pulverized,
and the top and bottom soils well
mixed together.
A disc pillow is the ideal tool for
this purpose, and failing this, several
workings Of cultivator and harrow,
after the blowing is done, is necessary
10 get best results.
Although the blowing and prepare
tion may be all that one can desire, If
the brand of fertilizer is not right, all
other work is simply thrown away,
and on no other crop on the farm is
the necessity for the proper grade of
fertilizer more urgent than on the
corn crop, for let the preparation of
the soil be ever so carefully made, If
TIE wrong ration of plant food be
used the result will be disappointing.
How Is the ordinary farmer to know
what brand Of fertilizer he ought to
useg This can be best learned by
consulting the experimental station
officials Of his state, who will gladly
help him with all such problems as
that They will tell him that the
corn crop requires a liberal supply of
nitrogen TO give the young plants a
successful start toward the goal for
which they were planted, also a hber-
al supply Of phosphoric acid, but not
90 much as there is in the common
brands on the market: a liberal sup
ply Of potash will be recommended to
inish on what the other two elements
have succeeded in producing.
OF course the nature of the soil will
have considerable influence on any
brand Of fertilizer used, but generally
speaking. on all the ordinary hardy
soils Of the south, and particularly
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Mrs. j. ]. Williams and her three
lovely children, Marie, Jermau and
Flora, came to Ocala Wednesday from
their home at Homosassa, and left on
the night train for Asheville, n. c.,
where they have taken cottage for
the summer. They were accompanied
by Mr.. Williamf sister, Miss Hattie
Williams, of Savannah, who has been
visiting them at Homosassa. Mr.. Will
liams accompanied his family as far
as this city.
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The board of county commissioners
of Orange county, at their last meet.
ing, ordered carload of crude oil, to
be applied on the hard roads of the
county for purposes of experiment.
This is certainly move in the right
direction, and we hope when the ex-
periments will have been made the
county commissioners of this county
will send a committee to Orlando for
the purpose of inspecting the same.
and If the experiments prove success
full that oil will be applied to the
hard roads of this county. The board
of aldermen of this city ought to get
busy also. Not only are our dusty
streets uncomfortable but there is a
growing impression that they are del
eterious to health.
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WANTED-A WIFE

l am colored man; was horn A,
west part OF Mraion county. lamar
10, 1868: l am a single man. ana ~
woman has a marriage Certificate IN
me. ANY good woman would 40 weIi
10 write me with matrimonial infen.
.ion. ! i've east OF Reddick and have
d good 4-acre block one mile easf m
heddick- Am also a business man ~
eood standing. A nice man aleo-
consequently ! live AZ home.
"io". +. W. WADE
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DR.. E. Lawrence Scott of Birming-
ham, Ala, who was recently in Ccala
on a visit to his parents here, will be
one of the groomsmen at the marriage
of Mr.. Lawtey Inglis of Birmingham,
Ala, and Miss Maud Collins of Allan
ia, Ga, which happy event will be
solemnized on Wednesday evening,
June 23rd. Mr.. Alec Inglis of Pock-
we'll, this county, will act as best
man.
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Mr.. T. E. Pritchard of Gambler has
placed this office under obligations to
him for two elegant baskets of peach
es. They are not as large and lus-
cious looking as the "Elberta,' but
when it comes to the eating the Geor-
gia peach is simply not in it. The
Gambler peach is very sweet and has
very rich flavor. We are glad to
note that the section of which Can
der is the center has Jared well this
season. 1t shipped a large quantity
Of melons and the prices obtained
were good, and the shipment of peach
es continues. Gambler and it's envi
ronments are all to the good. There
is scarcely a month in the year that
it is not shipping something.
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We understand that a resolution
was adopted by the council at the
meeting on June LIST that a certain
quantity of crude oil be purchased for
the purpose of sprinkling the streets
as an experiment When will the
oil be purchased and when will the
experiments begin?
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SORE NIPPLES

AAy mother who has had experiene.
with this distressing uilmenf viii -
pleased TO know that q cure .av -
erected by applying Chamberlala's
oaIve as soon an the child h do,s
nursing. Wipe Il on with a soft elofe
osIore allowing the babe 10 nurss
Many trained nurses uss this salvs
sItn pest results. For sale Nv an
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-06-18

Marshal Dinkins and Policeman
Baisden went on their official duties
Wednesday, and those who are IN po-
sition to know say they will make
good officials They have entered
upon the discharge of their duties
with this object in view.
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Mrs. D. E. McIver and family and
father, DR.. A. Mcintosh, have gone to
Lake Weir, where they will remain
until fall. Mr.. McIver will spend the
week-ends at the lake with his fam
ily.
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Mrs. E. Van Hood has gone to
Gainesville, Ca, where she will visit
her two daughters, Misses Bessye and
Marguerite Porter, for a short time.
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Mrs. Bowie and little daughter, who
have been visiting relatives and
friends ct Barlow, returned home yes
terday afternoon.
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II you win read Norman Mack's
National Democratic Monthly, you
will discover that there are still some
sound democrats in the land, and they
are not ashamed to extoll the princi-
pies Of the party.
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The friends of Mr.. Ben Rheinauer
regret to learn that he continues to
be quite i'll. We hope that he will
soon be able to be out again.
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Mr.. E. p Rentz has returned from
Seabreeze, where he has been visiting
his family.
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Mrs. c. c. Bryant and two children
of this city are visiting friends in
Jacksonville.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL

Mr.. E. P. Thagard is in Washington,
D. c., on business.
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The Tampa Times says that Tampa
10 q live wire.
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ocALA's VETERINARY HOSPITAL

DeFuniak Springs, Fla.