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 ". '." < ; w/r uv{j** Jitter: i.: VT3 favorable,;bafcod,nigHts have caused .May'iV the.:-most':unpleasant month;:ofand

 ',_; >>-'. :o'eradtth,.., 'portionswhich_ nave: the ,of its .,
 .., ; : lice ,on cotton.r-WJt[l1 Vatsqn,* I year by.reason dry ness .
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 :,.tTif. ..:. ,'J'.j";'}i; :. z': "__..I -t;C......t., lial.r 1:" ... iM areJHe..ut\. 1.:" :!.te.. eatly. "inneeidrpr :showers;; fineweather being :harvested;j' the yield has ;not

 ....:J'. "_.ot_.:' :_' -.' .:.r'fr -. .'.r Laed' \.II-* .i.If9.-! '*''.?Hof k- *ifff-j';aI, ";;&'-iap. ? 'for'harvestingpats-andkilling' : been'as vgopd._us'usual ;f the tree world ,..
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 '<:TM:- ;:; .' "' t t.--:'. eget' ; 1; (he1Irish'pptaiocr6pisYaifj; well tilled trees ,are putting on large growth; Shortest Quickest, Most :A.tfrattiY8ROU''X' .

 ;\ '? ;'. ,: -.' hai enabled. .farmers to rom'is:growing+ 'rrapidly.=Thos.. Mc guavas,'and ;citrus family are puttingon

 : '*t..:-: '.." :0'i.; ",. '. pat !al\'cfop\ "in -fine.condition' ,.' solar- MillanT good!'growth.=1tr,M;: .'Gardner.A. .

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 .. ,r kom'-gras cern BETWEENFLORIDA
 d. 'od A 'J Lake; H2iL Every day diiring the J, MITCHELL POINTS AND ..THE'NOITHTHB
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 y.....- do .. ', "- '( .have: failed; to'germinate: -due: to' dryweather1 > corn'aad'eottoB ave-failed.to. corne which 'Christian' Ax, the'wealthy tobacconist NEW THROUGH' ROUTES.New .
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 ; '. a Ji9fl 1 Wy. l : r{la d and cotton.on .good .Jan4.1 looks: well, .,!Jy W. Paiheis. .yice-president! Florida Pennsylvania B.'to.Wash, '
 : ; tooisture Been teed t i andNorthern ,
 bas ;
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 \ Southern.Baflway
 failure.-rWi. Bl: Radfohfc !
 everything else and,
 I'manager, own. very valuableprop' Columbia, Florida Central &
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 No',rain for'the,last railroad: Two.years.ago the'compaiaybegan .
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 : ./poitfcrB! \datrict't noj'rain 1 ;has/ fa1l ,{ ingjtoly!{ }wejlj' ]melon crop.not much: ; 000. Before' the* work i is completed of Florida: }ette,Florida,Southern Central 11.* Ito& Peninsular Brer-

 .l --; ;.. 'during thepwf JO t } IJ 1i.,3,i. grapeS looking. fine;; snap beans >formarket' it"wi1trequir expenditure ;something Limited.. to important, Florida.
 $100,000'more but they points.
 < oft t and sweet', potatoes 1eing'p1 near ; .
 A .c .. : lfall} crops-art suffering ',Sections have' far ; the Kansas City, Fort 8oott.,4;
 ..:; St.'.Johns county t .had ;ood rain during .: M d. -Abt1er.tRaint' ". gone enough to grasp Kantai and City .Memph1I1R.lttoK: HC1tr.,
 ; =: 'winds success:of the .enterprise. Recently to ll'I111DZha1.t.uth.rn i'1
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 'Oitlcio" ; Turnbull, secretary\of the company, St..Loui3 t<? JftBksenTilfe by
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 ,; : The cool;;ni'1 ui# i (I fresh' to' :blk'i :sidering the .dry' weather people have,been)in this city; andit, is said'a' Holly, Sp'gsBoute... IlllnoiaCentraItQBollyp'gs: ,
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 .:. ':1 *which is beginning;to show: through doing' ; except :pears apples

 : ,/ ..' ; '_ '- f cootie* of ceatral dnstrkt.Through] ,they,have theblight.;: =MCoates.t to! put in.a sugar plantation on an' Sioux sonrille City..111.&,Chicago Cent tor.to Belly Jack-

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 0 1 -- -_.:._ .r Ftdry; ,1 cool"4eetllori..''and'; cut-;wor nis again; weather too1tool l,I for-aoj : todo large raeans'\yhich' has1' been;made Jn, Lowi'l11e &Na h'l1Ie to Bivo '
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 ..,. ; ;:; ::' :peach. cropsfcort / .Or .))1gei. ire# sTprtt gpn/;; sometobaceoneaily' ready to have experience i if the as deal. well is, brains J andmoneyand Jacksonville. .I Jacksonville.The between New. Orleans and.

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 : '- '4A,=:: s u tt short in Lak6 ;' some on %ees Jhis: year: Florida running through the

 ..:.;.:' ':': : cQulstr. ,...:ora.... it f finem;: ons inTurCd." q and prospect; for; .more' l'extf-W: .C.' ted 'the largest industry'.'ever5: put ,on ',Tobacco" .Stock, Mt&Kmtf Farming* edid Dam ileelieK;
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 : .r' : "..-.t-U..h"j: !: ; Steeled: foot by"a single? concern iIrt :Peaea and LaN4e,
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 : ,. : : iibune.Mr. Orange,Banana and Ei Country,
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 r ,,-r .>,<.. ,,:JIrpening'; !! vegetable., and' melonship'- week!have dried the top of.the ground; of.Pennsylvania, with his wifeandter ., Reaches th .Noted Ri.AtnQroun4.,. fl

 ',::.'.. ;. .meatTactive., '' '' Bas the best lands for tffla&e, greatest variety ..
 > melon .{ market :E.: 'E. ; cafe tbcal Dr. "
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 ,r' -- '''' Pratt. RicBmonds family. ,He found the : '
 :\ : .U cREMAR1GS.BYCORRESYOhDENTS. : Rorieover'', the Central Rldgeland.

 .,;,...--f"'.:'":-":;".,.:_.-<..:'J 3JsDt1' -. ; l'.r sMcIntpsh; Weather:has ,been unseasonably -' D'octor.ioiling.in his,.cornfield,.\but'as Where Itlg High 'atid'He thy.'
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 ", "-' .,-;'" L :;cool!,.Tetardmg growth.arid they ,were ,both in love with fanning the Prosperous belt'freight facilities.toywygro4uoeto
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 .>- .:-_ 'Crol1. ; == ei'dunes dry';. raaturing tomatoes and cucumbers r they 'were :soon acquainted. The the Northern markets. / \
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 or- 1\\""" :;:_''':1'riiteJ.''- : rnna-:B 1'" <d jainj' early.osts UttJUg..U I'r.i -' corn-. '!prospect, splendid.=John. H. ;o.oct r.r isef.t;the yellow Cuba corn"toperfecUpn ) and,note the towns on i4s route.'OJUoDOHBLL.G.P.J..
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 \..<."l. &:- 'Y. ( / well. .filledpears; doing.well;: growing it.onhisbeggar- ,"\
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 ;; 7ao.bligt.here.W: : H:jCi man; DUB ; ; Jtnvil4h ltd.JheFIaent .
 # --ne :heavy rains. o q 4ih' Weed land without fertilizer. It has -"
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 :; .J" / ;.U&1 and followed notlbeen. touched weevil and is;
 ijjth were by stiff,northeast -* by' : ;as < '
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 ...,.. ., .... '..,-..;. *corn-,to- bersmkwad.tnuob> ; ..complaint, Tcyived!great deal;; motet in would missioner has taken. hall ;a. 'dozen Offersto shipp_...: tI
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 .: ,:....'.':,.'..,-fi.. <'...-.",.\- '. a,.-' aIKl.Vmes-..very,:. .v backward' .T .... '..1 good, :ijd ripening i fast;.some: highIan4cornnwas ed together .which" ;he will ,hang in' jB> TWEEN1LORIDA '
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 :;.p. : \ Grearvill 1= of 'the A1 D'ALLq ,.I1(
 \. 0it'; ?a o Jit rain'tamci-Proetor. specimen.of what ''Florida soil will

 ,:. .' 'c Oetmiett: 'and 'uriseasocable;'"cool l dQ: ,in, an' 'exceptionally''dry summer .THE ;UST A1S'D...'".....'.
 "i' ;' 1FeathEC'all.crope.aredall'aiad 9 thkvcaWd .SOUTHERN> ,.DlSTRIpr., With.Improved Ventilated Cars;tUl 00Ii-
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 -. and 'without fertilizer.V.. ;wantPelinsylvanians pl.n1'1I'better. equipped than ever 9ns tohandle
 ( <,,- :.;, .-" -afp.ftH ee'> bttt-fer: : two-dayj I Edea -Very' :seaspnabie weather ; to .understand.that the Orange and 'Vegetable reft.--aM

 '. -),.. .t-BOW, !we.have;ha4.. .beautiful, .woatherasd for" )ines; which. ''are ..ripening and Florida ,can grow' something besides. insure to all Baetern close connections and Western and JrarhiI.9fONt ds..a.ok:

 : ..' '}; .all yeg Ution:stems to havetak-.I moving _\to: inarket r.;: quite freely; theto oranges: 'If,yellow Cuba 'com' will Through cam to deetfnatleg"P .

 ,. ;, ,j'l1! ,on new life;;'the\ .oat cropis: ;; Ysgibeeiciient. ; I cloudy,- Warn"weathet: is favorable to thrive with;.less" fertilizer- and remainall web irelgh ;i$1kwe'''&1' wire- .a4

 -.x"- ?..\ .:-J.V.Hamm.ly.! ; ; -i; growth ;tnot very' ho;not:enough'for the.year' )intact against'weevil without thlpptl'l> 'I4tW ed time j......
 E Ids No rain since tfijcprai a good'aop of will tion points and arrival=='. .
 e'J3 ship
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 .. looks. .wdUr also somecettokvOflethird i ntn8 heavily the.toming'w eekT.JupztLe.Favorable : M1utte4.
 ".' J wb1.,. .' . farmers generally: growing ilVe -
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