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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-07-31
PATENTS

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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-07-31
LEMONS.
Whence They Come and What
They Sell for,


There is one class of indiVidu-
ais in Philadelphia who welcomed the
recent shot wave with considerable
effusiveness. This was the fruit i'm
porters who count the juicy lemon
amongthe other classes of fruit which
90 to make up their business. While
perspiriug humanity is breathing NAL
edictions against old sol, the whole
sale dealer sits serenely in his count
ing house and breathes an inward
hope that the red-hot visitors's stay
may be indefinitely prolonged. And
we'll he may, for every succeeding
day brings no little addition to the
fruitierier's exchcquor.
While the hot spell is upon US lem
ons will probably advance fifty cents
per diem fer box OF $50. At least
they have daily advanced to that ex-
1ent for the past week -Four weeks
ago the price OF the best Messina
lemons was $3.50 and Sc per box.
Two weeks ago they stood at 81,
while yesterday quotatio MS were at
$3.50 and sl2. BY this day week, if
the wave prolongs its stay, $15 boxes
of lemons will be at premium. At
least so opine the importers
Not less than 1000 boxes of lem
ons are weekly distributed from
Philadelphia. Of these about 600 are
consumed in the city. The remain
der go to all parts Of the State.
There is no direct line between the
Mediterranean and Philadelphia, and
so all the local supply arrives by way
OF New York, a couple of steam
ers weekly arrive in Gotham, with q
total cargo of from $4,000 to 10000
which are generally disposed of by
auction.
About four fifths Of the quantity
consumed in the United States comes
from Messina and Palermo, in the is
land of Sicily. a lew come from
Naples and smaller quantity from
Mentono, the fashionable French wa
tering place. Malaga also contributes
to the general demand. The pres
ent supply comes from clcliy tnOse
from Mentono are due in August
while the Malaga fruit arrives from
October to November The French
lemons are known as the "winter cut
tings," and are generally housed till
the Spring OF the following year.
They generally remain in good con-
dition until the middle Of July, when
if not disposed of they begin to rot.
THE cold weather which prevailed in
71Ii5 z l..s;ssso SaSieusly ! eff
fected the trade, and thousands of
lemons were thrown into the river
in a damaged condition. The lemons
that are now selling at $12 box
would not fetch more than Sl.5O in
the winter months.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-07-31
FOR RENT OR SALE.

At Picolata, st. Johns RiycY. A faIn,
containing 50 acres, good House, Barn. Cis-
tern, Well and Wind Mill. Orange Grove
Plups, For further Information apply to
Ma IANES HALE,
Pjoo]AtA Fla.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

"The Uery man OF all others who has the
deepest interest in a sound currency, and
aoho suffers most By mischieuous legislation in
money matters, is the man aoho earns his dai-
ty bread By his daily toll. a deprecated cur i.
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper money
failing betaoeen morning and noon, and fal.
Ting still lo,oer between noon and night, these
things constitute the uery harvest time Of spec
atators, and Of the ,uhole race Of those ,oho are
at once idle and crafty. a disor-
dered currency is one of the greatest political
ecils. Nundermines the uirtues necessary for
the support Of the social system, and encour-
ages propensities destructive to its happiness.
1t aodrs against industry, trugality and econ
omy, and 1t fosters the evil spirits Of ertrao-
dgance and speculation. Of all the contri-
cdnceS for cheating the laboring classes Of
monkind, none has been more efectual than
that a0hich deEudes them with paper money.
Ihss Is the most efectual Of inuentions to fer
tataze the rich man fields By the s,oeat of the
poor mans bro,o. Ordinary tyranny, oppres-
SION, e1ceSsice tdrati0n, these bear lightly up
on the mass OF the community, compared with
fraudulent currencies and the robberies COM
matted by deprecated er."-Daniel
Webster
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

SOUND sense from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter: 1t is significant fact that all the
while that the cry of distress has reverber-
ated through the land there has been steady
increase in the aggregate of wealth. Year by
year the gain in actual property has been
considerable. From the 30th June, 1876, to
the 30th June, 1878, it has been exception
ally large, owing to the wonderful fertility of
the soil. Yet we have had during the whole
period continual succession of failures, and
even solvent people engaged in trade have,
as a rule, made comparatively little money.
This seems rather paradoxical at first glance,
but it is easy to account for it. The profits
the epoch of war and paper money were in
great measure fictitious. They were made
very much as the Frenchman used to increase
his store, when times were hard and business
dull. He marked up bis goods, and was just
so much the richer for it-on paper. People
have been marking down their goods ever
since the panic began, and are none the
poorer for it-in fact. 1t makes vast differ
ence in the figures, but not in the substance
of things, whether mems possessions are
counted at double or half what they are
worth, except that they are apt to be prodigal
when they place an inflated estimate on their
estates. There was much larger per capita
expenditure for living in 1873, when the
mercantile community lowered on the brink
and were finally swept into the vortex of
insolvency, than there hsss been during the
most fruitfal of the succeeding years of con-
vaescence and recuperation. The most Law
ish indulgence in superfpous luxuries and
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13
sOLON CHASE ON SPECIE PAY
MENTS.

"With this sum specie payments can be
resumed at cnce, aud the premise that is
written ON the face of the greenback TO pay
the dollar, made good. This would give
Bill good dollar for his work, and the
wounded veteran good money for his PEN
sion, which is only justice and fair play 10
Bill and the veteran; that is, Bill not only
would work for gold wages rs he
does now, but wcuid buy his goods
mt gold prices, and thereby save
another large item of the $25434 thai
is pressed out of him annually
SPECEE PAYMENTS is THE ONE
THING NEEDFUL I'm OUR PRESENT
CONDITION, AND WILL CURE Us OF
MANY FINANCIALI His. The moment
you have got specie pnymenfs, Pendleton's
and Bufier's theory OF paying the bonds i'm
greenbacks, which means neither more or
less than more and meansr money, be-
comfs obsolete. If Congress in It's blun-
derings, did not agree 10 pay the principal
of the bonds i'm gold, il ought to have
agreed TO, and specie payments Will make
the agreement what il ought to be. The wit
of man cannot devise amy scheme that will
bring abeut specie payments other shan
deeming greenbaclxs with gold; that is, let
somebody else have some good money be-
sides the bondh slders.-SOLON CHASE'S
"POOR MANS TRACT OF 1877.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13
TN BANKRUPTCY.-Di District Court of the

TN BANKRUPTCY.-D Court of the
Il United States. District Of Maine. In the matter
of Andrew j. Chase, Bankrupt.
This is to give notice that petition has been pre-
sented to the Court, this sixth day of August by An
drew j. Chase, of Portland Bankrupt, praying that
he may be decreed to have full discharge from all
his debts provable under the Bankrupt Act, and
upon reading said Petition,
1t is ordered by the. Court that a hearing be had
upon the same, on the Seventh day of October. A.
D88 before the Court in Portland in said District
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, and that the second meeting of
the creditors of said Bankrupt be held before James
D. Fessenden Register on the thirty day of Au-
gust 1878, at 10 O'Clock A. M, and the third meeting
of the same the Third day of October, 1s78 10
O'Clock A. NJ and that notice thereof be published
in the Portland Advertiser and the Portland Press
newspapers printed in said District once week tor
three scccessive weeks, and once in the weekly Ad-
vertiser and Press the last publication to be thirty
days at least before the day of hearing and that all
creditors who have proved their debts and other
persons in interest," may appear at said time and
place., and show cause, if any they have, why the
prayer of said Petition shoald not be granted
--7 .tz VIM. P. PREBLE,
Clerk of District Court. for said District.
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The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

AS a very important source of strength
and security, cherish public credit One
method of preserving il is to nse it as
sparingly as possible; avoiding occasions
Of expense by cultivating peace, but re.
membering also that timely disbursements
10 prepare for danger frequently prevent
much greater disbursements TO repel il !;
avoiding likewise the accumulation Of
debt, mot only by stunning occasions of
expense, but by vigorous exertions in time
of peace TO discharge the debts which un-
nvoidable wars may have occasioned, NOT
unsenerousiy throwing upon posterity the
burden which we ourselves Ought 10 bear.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13
TN BANKRUPTCx.-District Court of the

EN BANKRUPTCY.-Dis Court of the
n United States, District of Maine. In the matter
of Samuel B. A. Lufkin, Bankrupt.
This is to give notice that petition has been pre-
sented to the Court. this fifth day of August by
Samuel b. A. Lufkin, of Portland, Bankrupt,
praying that he may be decreed to have full dis
charge from all his debts provable under the Bank
rupt Act, aud upon reading said Petition,
upon the same, on the seventh day OF October, A.
d. 1878, before the Court in Portland, in said Dis
published in the Portland Advertiser and the Port
land Press, newspapers printed in said District once
week for three successive weeks, and once in the
be thirty days at least before the day of hearing and
that all creditors who have proved their debts and
Dther persons in interest may appear at said time
and place, and show cause, if any they have, why
the prayer of said Petition should not be granted
VIM. P. PREBLE,
Clerk of District Court, for said District
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The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13
"7ne loss aohich America has sustained since

"The loss aohich Anaerica has sustained, since
the peace, from the pestilential effects of ire
deenable paper money, on the necessary conf
dence betaceen men, on the necessary confidence IN
thepubtic councils, on the industry and morals of
the people and on the character of republican qov-
erneent, constitute an enormous debt against the
States chafgeable acith this atnadUased measure,
aohach ma remain aasatisfed, or rather 1t is an
accumulation ofguilt aohich can be erpiated no
otheraciSe than By a voluntary sacrifice on the al
ar of justice of the pooer Dhich has been the To-
Strunaent cf it.-Jdmes Madison.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

BEAR in mind that within a year from
August 1877 to August 1878. the public debt
has been reduced s24,OOO,OOO by a Republican
administration. When the Greenbackers
tell you that the debt has increased, show
them the official figures. Here they are:
The total debt, less cash in the Treasury was
on August, 1877, s2,O59, 1886, ,31s.42; on Au-
gust 1, 1878 it was 81, ,O35, $50, O,524.sO. These
figures are taken from the Treasury report.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

A return to specie payments at the earli-
ess possible period compatible with due re-
gard 10 all Interests concerned, should ever
be kept in view. Fluctuations in the value
OF currency are always injurious, and to
reduce these fluctuations to the lowest pos
sibie point will always be a leading pur-
pose in wise iexisiation. Conversibility,
prompt and certain convertibilify into
coin Is acknowledged TO be the best and
suresr safeguard against them.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

A NEW orator has arisen. L. r. Campbell
is, it seems, second Demosthenes. Mr.. A.
w. Gowan writes to the Neu Era from Cen
ter Montville, after listening to one of Camp
bells speeches: ''My thoughts went back as
l sat and listened to the young orator, to the
days long ago, when Demosthenes the great
est orator of antiquity reused his country
men from their incidence by his eloquence,
which is too we'll known in the pages of his
tory to rehearse the tale" The fact is, the
countrymen of Demosthenes didn't rouse
worth cent, but that should not be told,
for it would spoil Mr.. Gowan's eloquence.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

costly living which was ever practiced in the
New World was widely prevalent in our cities
and populous towns while the war was in
progress, and that was the very time of all
others when the country was being most
cruelty impoverished, through the destruction
that was then going on. We were jubilant
when we had the least reason to be so, and
are depressed when there are abundant
causes of elatioD
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

TN BANKRUPTCY.-Dist Court of the
4 United States, District of Maine In the matter
of Hiram A. Dow, Bankrupt
This is to give notice that petition has been pre-
sented to the Court this twenty day of July,
by Hiram A. Dow, of Portland, a Bankrupt, PRAYING
that he may be decreed to have iu discharge from
all his debts provable nnder the Bankrupt Act, and
upon reading said Petition,
1t is ordered by the Court that hearing be had
upon the same on the seventh day of October, A.
D. 1873 before the Court in Portland in said District
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ and that notice thereof be pub
ished in the Portland Advertiser and the Portland
Press, newspapers printed in said District, once
week for three successive weeks, and once in the
weekly Advertiser and Press, the last publication to
that all creditors who have proved their debts and
other persons in interest," may appear at said TIM e
the prayer of said Petition should not be granted.
VIM. P. PREBLE,
Clerk of District Court for said District.
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The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13
THE OFFxOuAL AUTHORITIES.

Face gears ago [1S61] the bank note circulation
OF the country amounted to not much more than
t'co hundred million dollars; nooo the circulation,
bank and national, exceeds seven hundred nal
aons.-PREs. JoHNsoN's ANNUAL MESSAGE TO
CONGRESS, DEC. 1866.
WitaoM sncta,ding Seye,s and three tenth notes,
many OF the small denominations of aohich acre
IN @carcuEation as money and all Of achich tend IN
some measure to saoeU the initiation, the paper
money OF the country amounted, Oct. 31st, 1866,
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13
THE MAINE STATE PRESS

Ia published every THURSDAY MORNING at $3.50 a
year, II paid in advance at $500 a year.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13
The Decrease of the Debt.

The following figures from the financial re-
ports of 1866 and 1878 show how much the
Republican party has reduced the national
debt, and refute the statement made by the
Greenbackers that the interest-bearing debt
has increased between those years. In both
statements, that of Secretary McCulloch in
1865, and that of Secretary Sherman in
March, 1878, the Pacific railroad bonds and
the cash on hand are omitted. The compari-
son shows reduction of about six hundred
millions in the interest-bearing debt. eighty
millions in the non-interest bearing debt and
fifty-seven millions in the annual interest.
Oct 81, 1855. Debt Annual INT
Debt bearing Int. S2,552. .957, All 8l49, ,421 ,361
Debt bearing no Int. 455,591 1858
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

LISTEN to the prophecy of Shuckers:
"The party. Democratic or Republican, or
whatever its name, which forces resumption
of sp ecie payments prior to the extinction Of
the national debt, whet her that be in ten
years or thirty, will be trampled to death
under the feet of the people," That is, the
boy shall not go into the water. until he has
learned to swim. BY the way who is "Shuck.
ers,,p
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

&. 1t (paper money! tends to aggrauate the
inequality of fortunes; TO make the rich richer
and the poor poorer, to multiply nabobs and
pdupers, and to deepen and ,oiden the gulf
anhioh separated Dives from Lazarus -Thom-
as ". Benton.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13
JAMES BUCHANAN.

''Such medium lirredeemable paper mon
ey,) has always been liable to fuctuation. Its
value is constantly changing; and these
changes, often great and sudden, expose in.
divlduals to great loss, are the source of ruin
GUS speculations, and destroy all confidence
between man and man."-Chief Justice Nor
shall,
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13
IN BANKRUPTCY.
TN BANKRUPTCY.-Di Court of tn,
Il United States, District of Maine. In the matter

TN BANKRUPTCY.-Di Court of the
L United States, District of Maine. In the matter
Of Henry 1. Morse, Bankrupt
This is to give notice that petition has been pre-
sented to the Court, this twenty day of July
by Henry /. Morse, of Portland, Bankrupt, praying
that he may be decreed to have full discharge from
all his debts, provable under the Bankrupt Act and
upon reading said Petition,
IL is ordered by the Court that hearing be had
upon the same on the seventh day of October, A. d.
1878. before the Court in Portland in said District,
at 10 o'clock A. M, and that notice thereof be pub
Press, newspapers printed in said District, once
week for three successive weeks, and once in the
be thirty days at least before the day of hearing and
that all creditors who have proved their debts an
other persons in interest, may appear at said time
and place. and show cause, if any they have, why
the prayer of said Petition should not be granted.
VIM. P. PREBLE,
Clerk OF District Court, for said District.
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The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13
7ERMs $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE

to the sum of $734, ,21S, ,O3S.-SEc. McCULLocH's
REPORT, DEC. 1866
Not more than fee per cent Of the legal tender
in circulation as currency
CLARK CURRENCY REPORT, DEC. 1865.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

Rrredeemabie paper money "converts the
business OF society into mere lottery; and
when the collapse comes, as come il must,
it casts labOrers cut of employment. crush
es manufacturers and merchants and
rains thousands of honest, industrious
citizens.o
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

We do not read anonymous letters and commuri
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
acases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
municadons that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

DENNIS KEARNEY has been making an
other speech in the course of which he de-
nounced Cinnamon because they wear their
shirts outside their trowsers. Well, the
shirts are clean, and that is more than can
always be said Of KearneY's.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

a paper currency is a great curse to any
people and a particular curse to the laborer
Of any country, for its depreciation al,oays
falls upon the labOrer.-Andre,u Jackson,
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13
STATE QUARTERLY CONVENTION
OF THE
RLFORM CLUBS OF MAINE.

The quarterly Convention of the Reform Clubs of
Maine will be held at
Bangor, Wednesday and Thursday, Sent
4th and 9Th.
The several Conventions holden under the auspices
Of the Reform Clubs of this State have been exceed
ingy beneficial in their results, and we trust that
this one which is to convene in the Queen city
OF the East may not only awaken a new interest in
the temperance work in the old county of Penobscot
but may be instrumental in forwarding the grand
mission Of retaining men throughout the length
and breadth of the Pine Tree State. With this OBJ
Ject in view, we trust the various Reform Clubs in
this State will send full delegations to the Conven.
tion and thus aid in "rescuing the perishing' and
elevating humanity.
The following arrangements have been made with
the railroads and steamboats, for the round trip
One and one-ffth fare ON Maine Central and its
branches. One fare on Grand Trunk and branches
to Danville aud Yarmouth functions. One fare on
Portland & OgdensbuTg Portland 8 Rochester R. R,
and Bangor and Machias Steamboats,.
Delegates on M. c. and G. 7. R. r. will enquire for
reture tickets. The Secretary will furnish return
checks on the P. &. o. and P. & R.R.R.
Per order State Committee.
3. S. KELLY, Winthrop, President.
g. w. MURCH, Portland, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-13

paper emissions by the government are
of "A nature SO liable to abuse, 1 may say
so certain to be abused, that the wisdom of
the government will be shown by never
trusting itseif w fh so sed ducing and dan
gerous power.o
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.