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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-11-13
Good Culture Requisite.

Soils vary in different localities
from light sand to compact CLAW,
and require peculiar treatment in or.
der to develop fully their capacity OF
production. No soil will support
vegetation unless it contains the nee.
essary elements which form the plants
10 be grown, and even then it will
not support such vegetation unless
the SOIL is in condition to impart free.
~ those elements of nutrition there
lore we cultivate our soils. a soil
may be filled with plant food and
still be unproductive, owing to its me
chanlcal condition being such that it
cannot impart, or the plants cannot
appropriate the plant food. ANY
soil, to demonstrate its full capacity
for production, needs to be finely pui-
verified to a good depth, and we'll
mixed. No soil will show it's full
capacity by merely scratching its sur
face.
The laws which govern vegetation
and growth are the same in every va.
rlety OF soil, whatever the practices
OF farming and culture. The first
requisite is always perfect seed, and
as no plant can perfect itself without
suitable soil, this would appear as the
second essential. Any one Of, these
essentials being deficient, vegetation
ana growth will be a partial or total
failure. Such being the universal
laws L.; of plant growth, it will be read
NV seen what an important part in
telllgent, thorough culture bears in
the pro duction of good crops.-W.
ID. White IN Country Gentleman.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-11-13

A bachelor paragrapher asks: "What
shall we do with our girls?" Marry one,
and shake the rest of them, young man;
you'll find it cheaper 10 the long run.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
Ruffalo Bulls Protecting q Calf.

The buffalo COW seems to have little
maternal instinct, differing in this re-
spect greatly from the domestic COW.
When frightened, a buffalo COW will
abandon her calf, and running away,
leave it to be protected by the bulls, who,
to their honor, seldom forsake their
charge. An army surgeon once saw an
admirable illustration Of this maternal
care.
One evening, as he was returning
from days hunt, his attention was at-
trncted by the curious behavior of six or
eight buffaloes. Approaching them he
saw that they were all bulls. They
stood in a close circle with their head
downward. At some twelve or fifteen
PAGES distant sat, in an eccentric circle,
q dozen large gray wolves, licking their
chops, as if impatiently Waiting for
supper. :,
In a few minutes the circle of bulls
broke mp, but keeping in a compact
BODY, walked Oft toward. the maiu herd
half mile of. 70 his amazement, the
doctor saw in the centre OF the guardian
bulls little feeble calf, newly-born, and
hardly able to walk. After going hun
dred PAGES, the calf lay down, and the
bulls again formed protecting circle
about it. The wolves, who had followed
on each side, sat down. and licked their
chops.
The doctor did not wait to see the
end, it being late and the fort distant;
but he had no doubt the bulls brought
the calf, abandoned by it's mother, safely
to the herd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
Fashien Hints.

The Carrick capes introduced early in
the season have become very popular,
and are seen on bourette dresses, on
cloth, and on the richest brocades. They
are made in the plainest manner, being
three capes merely doubled or else piped
on the edges, and are seen ora variety
sof garments -polonaises, basques, and
jackets. .u3
The last importations Of. French
wraps have gray cloth jackets with a
single Carrick cape of black fur. These
are similar to the stoles of fur that are
worn in Paris instead of boas F.; the stoles,
however, have long fronts like the fur
capes worn few years ago. Very
dressy stoles are of silver gray fox fur,
or else of gray marabout feathers edged
with white Spanish lace, and tied with
pale blue strings. These are worn In
the carriage or with evening dresses,
and are removed or carried on the arm
when entering the house.
Costumes with short skirts are gradu-
ally coming into favor. The materials
used are ladies' cloth, basket-woven
stuff, and rich twilled goods, such as
cameps hair and imperial serge; solid
colors are preferred, such as navy blue,
gray, myrtle green, maroon or seal
brown. Worth has also made these
suits in the green and blue Highland
plaid. For the street, cut-away jacket
of the material is made and lined with
silk and an interlining of flannel. This
is masculine-looking wrap, shaped
precisely like the English morning coats
worn by gentlemen.
Chinchilla bands are used for trim
ming gray or black suits, and the bonnet
to match is of gray felt, merely crown,
with broad coronet band of chinchiila
fur: A bow of six loops of gray satin
ribbon is at the end of the crown be-
hind; and the gray satin strings are tied
in q long-looped bow just below the
right ear. The front is softened by a
face trimming of a single row OF gath
cred lace; a slender gray wing is IN the
left side.
The clair de t,tne and jet trimmings
are considered suitable with black silk
dresses for ladies Of any age. There are
also old gold or modore beads that are
used alone or else combined with clair
de lune beads. Transparent. beaded
lace sleeves. beaded plastrons, or beaded
vests are used for very dressy black silk
toilettes. The corsage bouquet is never
omitted. There is a special fancy for
large yellow buds Of the Marshal Neil
rose sometimes these are used alone,
sometimes with pale pink roses, and at
others with dark damask red roses.
White rose clusters or else violets are
used by ladies in light mourning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
Glass Types.

An English paper says: The useful
ness of, toughened glass bids fair to be
greater and more serious than was first
supposed. Some experiments are re-
ported to have been made in France with
view to showing whether this sub.
stance can be pressed into the printers
service and substituted for the metal
composition of which types are made.
The metal does not at first sight strike
the observer as the best that could be
found. It is bright enough when the
letters first come from the foundry, and
before they have seen any service; but o
few days wear gives them very much
more dingy appearance, and before they
are finally returned to the melting pot
they have degenerated into very
saualid form, looking dirty in their
bodies as we'll as battered in their faces.
The idea now is to discard these long
proved but unattractive servants and fill
&eir places with glittering types OF glass.
The advantages in point OF cleanliness
alone would, it is alleged, be not lnslg-
nifcant. But the Patrie points out that
there are other and more solid improve
ments involved in the new system. The
toughened glass, which is not to be
made in quite the same way as that used
for tumblers and wine glasses, and need
not. of course, be quite 80 transparent,
is naturally much harder than the old
metal, and can hardly be crushed out OF
shape by those little accidents which so
shorten the life and spoil the beauty of
the only type we now employ. 1t is also
capable of being cast into more delicate
shapes, SO that the difference, for in
stance, between the thin and the thick
strokes can be more clearly defined.
Finally, it is now found that the new
material can be cast in exactly the same
moulds as the old, and that therefore
there need be no expense incurred in al
tering the machines and implements
used in the manufacture Of type. If the
Potrie has been we'll informed the ex-
periments have been completely success
full, and the adaptability of toughened
glass to printing and to numerous other
purposes is likely ere long to be fully
established.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
Injurlousness of High. .Heeled Shoes.

DR.. Carbally says: SIN descending
stairs or deep declivities while wearing
high-heeled shoes, which throws the
weight of the body upon the front part
of the foot, the extra effort made for the
purpose of retaining the body within
the centre of gravity produces direct
strain upon these tendons, causing rup-
ture or stretching of the annular liga-
ment sufficient to allow them to be dis
placed. It is no wonder, then, that
fashionable women waddle in most un-
graceful manner when they attempt to
walk. They destroy their comfort to
follow ridiculous fashion, and acquire
an ambling and undignifed movement.
People do things to follow fashion that
their good sense would cause them to be
ashamed of under any other circum-
stances. Ladies' wearing such shoes are
often obliged for safety, to go down
stairs backward; and they can be seen
every day descending the steps Of our
fashionable residences in this manner,
making pretence Of talking to some
imaginary person in the front door as an
excuse to hide their awkward move
ments."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
A PerilOus Position.

About as tight a place as ever go
into. said Constock miner, was some
years ago at the old Empire shaft, Gold
Hill. Myself and another man were
down in the shaft for the purpose OF
trimming it up, as the swelling ground
was squeezing in the sides and it was a
good deal out OF sha. e.
We were not on a cage, but simply a
platform made of planks with ropes
going up from the corners to the main
cable, which was of hemp. When we
reached tight place in the shaft we
stopped and trimmed out the guides,
and then went on till another such place
was reached. At one point, having given
the signal to lower, we went down some
distance, when we finally stuck. We
reached for the bell-rope in order to
give the signal to stop, but we had found
that it wound round nail some dis
tance above and we could not use it.
The engineer knew nothing OF our
trouble and continued to lower away.
There was no station near, and on all
sides rose the smooth walls of the shaft,
leaving US suspended over the horrible
chasm.
Down upon us came the heavy cable.
We feared every moment that the plat
form would turn over or would be
pressed through the tight place and
drop from under US. ALI we could do
was to get hold of the cable and keep
the coils of it under cur feet as it came
down. Should the platform turn over
or drop from under us we might be able
to save our lives by hanging on to the
cable. We shouted up the shaft till we
were hoarse. but no one heard our cries,
and steadily down came the cable, caus-
ng us great trouble to keep on top Of
it's coils. We felt that the great weight
must soon start the platform, when both
would most likely be hurled to the bot
tom OF the shaft,
Finally, to our great relief, the cable
ceased to descend. For long time we
waited in suspense, not knowing what
would be the nexs move of those above.
At last, however, we heard the voice of
man shouting down to us from the
nearest station above. We explained
our perllOuS pOsltlOu LII low WOIus, auu
at length the grest cable began to crawl
slowly up the shaft again. Still being
afraid the platform would give way, we
were obliged to Keep hold of the rope
and dance about on the coils as they
unwound. i
It was tedious business, and was all
the time a matter of the toss of a
penny whether We got out alive or went
to the bottom, but at last the platform
frightened up under us aud we began to
ascend. Our work was over then and
we felt safe. 49,
On arriving at the surface we found
that the engineer had concluded that
we were going to far, and, without halt
ing or stopping his engine. had sent q
mau down to the station to find out if
anything had gone wrong.
T may have been in more dangerous
places in the mines, but was never in a
place where the danger lasted 80 long
aud NIL the time up to fever heat. 1t
was too long time for any mans hair
to stand on end Virginia city (Nev.)
EynferD,.;ee
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
The Last Picture of Lincoln.

Mr.. Noah Brooke All intimate friend
of Lincoln, writes as follows in the
"Midwinter .Scribner about the last
photograph Of the President, drawing
of which by Wyatt Eaton has been en-
graved by Cole as frontispiece to the
same number of the magazine:
On Saturday night, the President
asked me if T had any objection to ac-
companying him to photographers on
Sunday. He said that it was impossible
for him to 60 on any other day, and he
would like to have me see him "set.
Next day, we went together, and as he
was leaving the house he stopped and
said, "Hold on, I have forgotten Ever
EFT p Stepping hastily back, he brought
with him a folded paper, which he ex-
planned was printed copy OF the Grafton
that Mr.. Everett was to deliver, in few
lays, at Gettysburg. It occupied near
ly the whole of two pages of the Boston
Journal, and looked very formidable in.
deed. AS we walked away from the
house, Lincoln said: "It was very kind
in Mr.. Everett to send me this. I sup
pose he was afraid I should say some
thing that he wanted to say. he needn't
llave been alarmed My speech isn't
long"
$50 it is written, is it, thena" I
asked.
"Well, no." was the reply. "It is
not exactly written. It is not finished,
anyway. I have written it over, two or
three times, and I shall have to give it
another lick before am satisfied. But
it is short, short, short.
T found, afterward, that the Gettys-
burg speech was actually written, and
rewritten a great many times. The
several draughts and interlineations OF
that famous address, if in existence,
would be an invaluable memento OF its
great author. Lincoln took the copy of
Everett's Grafton with him to the photo
grapher's, thinking that he might have
time to look it over while waiting for
the operator. But he chatted 80 con-
stantly, and asked 80 many questions
about the art of photography, that he
scarcely opened it. The folded paper
is seen lying on the table, near the
President, in the picture which was
made that day.
So far as know, this was the last
time Lincoln ever sat for his photo
graph. Unfortunately, the negative
plate was broken after few impress
sions had been printed from it, and
though Lincoln promised to give the
photographer another sitting, he never
found time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
Lost Treasures.

BY ELIZABETH AkERo.
II some kind power, when our youth is ended,
And lifes first freshness lost in languid
noon.
Should stay awhile the doom by Fate intended,
And grant US generously one precious boon
Saving, "with thwartings, bitterness and
trial,
Your toisome o.,s thus far have been op-
pr ssed;
Choose n5w some blessing, fearing TO denial,
To light, and charm, and beautify the rest
What should We ask the prize Of young
ambition?
Fame, power, wealth, and gifts Of priceless
cost?
Ah, ro-our souls would utter the petition:
"Give us-oh, only give us back our lost "
No vs oned bliss, no pleasure new and splen-
did,
No lofty joy by longing never crossed,
No new delight undreamed OF, heaven
descended,
ONLY our own-the treasures we have lost
For, wearied out with strife, and glare and
clamor,
Grown wiser with our years, and clearer
eyed,
No more beguiled by dreams, nor charmed by
glamor,
We dread the new, and prize the known, the
tried.
All, what a crowd Of joys would gather round
us,
Could we but have our vanished back again
The heart unspoiled, the strength and hope
which crowned US,
The bounteous life, the ignorance OF pain
The innocence, the ready faith in others.
The sweet spontaneous earnestness and
truth,
The trust of friends, the tender eyes Of
mothers,
And all the rich inheritance of youth
The plans for noble lives, that earth thereafter
Might be more pure; the touch Of loves
warm lip
And saving hand; the sound Of childish
laughter,
The peace OF home, the JOY Of comradeship-
We had them all and now that they have left
Us,
We count them carefully, and see their worth,
And feel that time and fortune have bereft us
OF all the best and dearest things on earth.
Ah. yes! when on our hearts the years are
pressing;
And all our fower-plats are touched with
frost,
We ask no more some new untasted blessing
But only sigh, ooh, give US back our lost !"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
Remarkable Marksmanship.

Captain Bogardus, a well known
marksman, recently accomplished, IN
New York, the remarkable fest OF break, az
ing 5000 glass balls inside Of 5oo
minutes, the missiles being shot from a
double. harreled gun. The balls were
thrown up from spring traps md md were
shattered in the air. The feat was
accomplished with a margin Of nineteen nj asa
minutes and twenty-five seconds to spare.
It is stated that the weapon, weighing
ten pounds, was lifted and aimed $500
times, which work is equivalent to slS
foot pounds per. minute, accomplished
by the arms alone and continued for
over eight hours. This must be added
to the brain work involved in aiming the
gun, in order to perceive the nature Of
the remarkable skill and endurance Of
the mark, man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
An Alleged Remedy for Dipbtheria.

DR.. Field, an English physician, waen
visiting his patients afflicted with dlph-
liberia, took nothing with him but a
quill and powdered sulphur. he put a
teaspoonful of the sulphur in VINE
glass of water, and stirred it with his
finger until thoroughly mixed. He then
used it as gargle, and in ten minutes
his patient was out OF danger. The gar
gle was also swallowed, not spit out;
When the disease was so far advanced
that the patient could not use the gargie,
he blew some dry sulphur through the
quill into the throat, and when the fun
gus had shrunk, used the gargle; or,
previous to using the gargle, he put
some sulphur on a live coal, and made
the patient inhale the vapor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
A White Rat.

People are used to the sight of white
mice, says recent issue of Utica IN.
Y. paper, but it is doubtful if any of
our readers ever saw O white rat That
such thing Of Life " exists there is no
doubt, however. A gentleman living in
Marcy caught veritable white rat in a
trap on Monday. He will bring his curl
osity and exhibit it in this city as soon
as it recovers from the effects Of inter-
viewing the trap-a broken leg. It's
cars are somewhat shorter than the regu-
lar run Of these pests. But it differs
from tham, with the exception of its
color, in no other apparent point.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
AdulteratiOn OF Silk.

There is a great outcry in England
about the adulteration of silk. Not only
are silk manufacturers charged with
having invented and carried to great
perfection a method of mixing gelati-
nous and weight-giving substances with
the dye, but the presence OF iute is often
more than suspected. Manufacturers
and dealers do not deny, in their letters
the newspapers, these imputations,
but endeavor to shift the blame from
shoulder to shoulder. 1t is very often
so difficult to tell an adulterate. silk
that even experts are foiled.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
A Model Tramp,

On one of the coolest days last winter
q German man called at a house in the
Fourth ward and asked for something to
eat, saying he had just come from Kan
kakee and his feet were frozen. The lady
gave him something to eat, medicine for
his feet and pair of socks. He went
away and nothing was seen of him
until yesterday. when he returned and
wanted to pay for the things he had re-
ceived last wintel. He would not leave
until the lady ha taken fifty cents with
the promise that she would feed the next
poor fellow who came along. He then
went away satisfied. Lafayette Una.
CO,frier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13
Web ter and Benton.

Daniel Webster and Thomas b. Ben
ton sat for many years in the United
States Senate together, without speak
ing to or noticing each other in any
way. Webster was leader of the Wings,
and Benton of the Democrats; and to
their political rivalry was added strong
mutual personal hostility.
A very striking event, which happened
to Benton, suddenly changed their rela-
tions to each other. In the year 184l, a
newly invented gun was to be tested on
the national steamer Princeton. on the
Potomac river, not far from Washing
ton. The President and his cabinet
went on board and many of the distin-
guished statesmen of the time were
present, curious to see the experiment
tried. -
just before the gun was touched of
a crowd of cabinet officers, Senators and
other notable men gathered around it,
to observe the effect from near point
of view. Among these were Colonel
Benton.
Just before the gun was fred, some
one touched him on the shoulder, and
reuuestsd to speak with him for mo-
nent. Benton left his place in the
group, which was taken by Mr.. Gilmer,
the secretary of the navy. The gun
was touched off, burst and killed num-
Der of persons, among whom was Mr..
Gilmer; while Mr.. Benton, who had
withdrawn from its close vicinity, was
but slightly injured.
This narrow escape affected the great
Missourian most profoundly. cit
seemed to me-" he said afterward, "as
if that touch on my shoulder was the
hand of the Almighty, stretched down
here, drawing me away from instantan-
eous death"
From that time he was changed man.
He resolved to become reconciled to his
old enemies; and one of the first things
he did was to 60 to Webster and ask him
to "bury the hatchet" and be good
friends again. Webster gladly and
warmly grasped his hands; and from
that hour till Webster's death, there
were no two Senators more cordially de-
- 4 l.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13

Laughter It's the poor mans plaster,
Covering up each sad disaster. E.
. Laughing, be forgets his troubles,
Which, though real, seem but bubbles.
Laughter It's seal Of nature
Stamped upon the human creature.
Laughter, whether loud or mute,
Tells the human kind from brute.
Laughter tbs Hopes living voice
Bidding us to make our choice,
And to Gull from thorny bowers,
{hnrro md "a kin1 H0wara
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-09-19
Keep Your Head Up.

Doiriul and muru~c p"o IT, can h" de
t"ct"d ON the street from their manner
of carrying the head. II is Inclined for
ward and has a disjointcd, swinging mo.
ton. The face j. carried "a If anxious
to get thar" in advance Of the toes.
looks II ful mournful, and is generally
ri Killed.; the nasal organ has "A mourn-
iul druOp, AMI appears rs ii ths blood
was not allowed Ia run frccl, Il wn the
back Of their nrchI, which seemingly
gives the nose such AN cry,iprlatous
colUriny, that it is mi taken for an
indication of anti-bIur ribbon indulgon-
CcS.
Look up when on the streets. Ii dis
posed to do otherwise, force the habit
ON yourselves of carrying the head
erect, the eyes exalted, and bent On
things above the sidewalks aud cutters.
Their" is nothing cheering I" bc found
in studying paNcmcnts and G bible
stones. Glance at the trec-tops. ut the
sunshine. Light on the eye always has
u tendency to cheer the min because
the brain CONNECTS directly with the OPP
tic nerves, and u pleasing effect on
them touches the thought and enlivens
it accordingly.
Is sides. to carry ones nose high is
alleged by ~phrcnologiSts to be an cvi-
dence of sclf-coniidcnce and independ-
nee If spirit. As happy rs /. COW.
boy" is frequently quoted. These bare.
footed urchins almost invariably go
along with their heads aloft eyes bent
ON the horizon, and n notable charac-
t~eriStic is their propensity for whis,ling.
The latter is mother cheerful habit,
Whistle Justify; whistle on all proper
occasions. II is m exceptional case Of
n man who cannot whistle, however
poor his musical education may be-.
The habit expands the lungs, gives the
! mind an agreeable sensation, and keeps
one from brooding over troubles. \
lady of considerable fame has paid
whistlers aculogy 10y asserting tina, she
never fears u man who whistles, be-
cause evil thoughts find No room in the
heart of the one who is fond Of such
pleasing exercise.