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Our people are gradually learn
ing the value Of good ripe fruit as a
preventative of health. and yearly the
supply increases. A few years ago
it was impossible to buy good bunch
grapes, now they are abundant; peach
es are generally plentiful, melons last
until late in the winter, oranges six
months of the year, while figs, pom
egranates, etc, give variety. Good,
well ripened fruit is benefcial.-Re.
porter.
There is grave evil under the
sun in this st. Johns country, it is,
that nearly every new conner wants
more land than he viii eve be able
to cul tivate well. 1t used to be that
q man who could boast of one hun
dred bearing orange trees was con
sidered fortunate. But now, the rage
is large groves Of oranges, say from
one to ten thousand. Yes, all this
looks large, and promises great prof
its in figures. To be safe, it is bet
ter to invest in q few acres and set
out two or three hundred young or
ange trees, take good care of them,
and wait.-PalGtkd Herald.
Two commercial travellers, who
arrived in this city on Sunday, say
that they were afraid to come to Tai
lahassee, as it was reported to them
in Quincy that the yellow fever was
here, We can only believe that their
own questions, betraying unusual anx-
iety, invited the gratuitous informa-
ton by waggishly inclined Quincy
ite. Tallahassee has no cases of yell
low fever, and it is now in perfect
health, save the trivial ailments incl
dent to every locality at this season.
There is not serious case of sickness
within its environs, aud we cannot
but look on the fright of the drum
mers as sickly joke. -FIoriaian.
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ORANGE ORCHARDING.

When at Riverside last Spring 1
had the pleasure of getting acquaint-
ed with that enthusiastic nurseryman,
Tom Cover. The clear, practical
sense which make his talk SO inter.
esting was proved to be wisdom by
the admirable results he had to show
in trees.
In all my rulings about southern
California l have observed no nurs-
cry stock ahead OF his in size and
thriftiness. The following notes of
the method he pursues are almost
word for word as he gave them:
fyou want to make a grand sue
cess, be particular about the sBRD.
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For the first few years OF lite,
the parent is to the child, with hard
ly any qualification, in the place of
God. The home is the first temple
in which man worships. The parent
is the impersonation Of perfection.
And if, in striving after that perfec.
ton as the child will do almost before
he can speak, he is guarded by no
melodious harmony of parental love,
embracing his parents and uniting in
himself, his whole nature, intellectual
as well as moral, may from the first
be stunted.-Peter Bayne
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THE STATE FAIR.

A meeting of the committee APP
pointed at Gainesville last April to
make the necessary arrangements for
holding the next State Fair, met yes
terday at the residence of Col, c. J.
Kcnworthy. DR.. Kenworthy was
chosen chairman in the absence of
Mr. Codrington, and d. S. Place act
ed as secretary. Six members Of the
committee were present, Messrs. G..
J. Kenworthy Of Dual, D. S. Place,
of Bradford, B. A. Coachnnan, Of
Levy, G. A. Parcell, Of Hillsborough,
c. A. Finley Of Columbia and A. I.
Bidwell, Of Duval
1t having been announced that the
committee was ready to receive prop
ositions from the different counties,
the resolution adopted at Gainesville
by the convention appointing the
committee was read. II provides
that the next State Fair shall com
mence on the third Tuesday in Feb
ruary, 1879, and continue four days !;
that the fair be held in the county Of.
fering the greatest inducements, in.
Guiding a cash contribution Of not
less than $4,000, and that the com
mittee have power to make all the
necessary arrangements for holding
the fair.
ID. Greenleaf, Of Jacksonville, stated
to the committee that he, with Messrs.
0. L. Keene and J. f. Hart, had can
vaased this city last spring, and was
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IN AND AFTER SUNDAY. NAV
" 9th, Passenger Train on this road viii
rnn as follows: '-'' va" Ia
NIGHT EXPRESS.
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He was saying; GAS the pearly
column Of smoke in a winters atmos-
phere rises unbroken heavenward, so
my heart rises to thee. AS the sun
flower follows the cruel sun which
gives it life, SO my heart follows
thine. As the blue brook runs its
unhindered course to the sea, so nv
soul, in slavery, goes to thee.'' Said
she, " Henry, now that we're engaged,
viii your nail-blade cut corns I?
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You don't want to take what has
come from seed that was plucked he
fore it was ripe; and you don't want
any halfgrown, shrivled seeds. Use
only p1aeanao seeds from mature fruit.
Set these in your seed beds at dis
tances Of three and six inches apart.
Give space enough from the very out
set. Don't crowd.
Early next Spring, as soon as the
frosts are over, move the plants to
the nursery, setting them in rows
about four feet apart, and Is inches in
the row.
After transplanting and watering,
while the trees are too small to hoe,
use garden rake freely about theij
roots after each watering and cutiva-
ton, until they are large enough to
be hoed to advantage. Use iudg-
ment.
Stock treated thus, will in three
years equal that ofsix years by the
common method.
Mr.. Cover advises transplanting
the trees at two years of age, rather
than later, to the place where they
are to stand for life, because YOU then
get almost as much root as you ever
get with the tree, and you do not
mangle the tree nor root.
From four to six weeks before
transplanting trim as much as ap-
pears necessary. Do this in order to
allow time to heal. And mark each
tree before it is taken up, say bya
slight blaze in the bark on the north
side, so as to reset it in the same po-
sition relative to the points of the
compass. Attention to all these lit
tie matters saves the young plant
from needless and violent shocks.
SEEDLINGS.
If the tree is to be left to be a
seeding, after it is eighteen months
old choose the most thrifty shoot and
cut away from it all the old stock
and other shoots. This shoot being
tender, the sap flows freely up and
DEVELOPS the young tree rapidly.
Then develope the trunk by trim
ming from the ground up gradually
using judgment. Under this com
mon sense motlsod trees of six. year!
old attain girth OF twelve or four
teen inches at the ground, las I saw
Marth Goth, 1881 a height of ten
feet or more, and q top spread of
eight or ten feet.
TREATMENT OF BUDDED STOCK.
Transplant stock raised as above
when two years old from nursery
to where it is to stay After the
young tree has got used to its new po-
sition (acclimated,) which may take
about a year, put in the bud. When
the bud has started transfer the sap
gradually, trimming little by little,
until you can finally take off the old
stock altogether. This will usually
require from one to two months &C.
cordingto the briskness of the growth.
To develope the bud Mama6-pr7me
the side shoots as they appear, and
let the top shoot run up until you get
it as high as you want it, then let it
form its top.
Hoping these lines will help semi
tropical orchardists.-N. E. BoYDE,
in Southern California Hog.t;c,llt,r;sf
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DIE o.

LAWRENCE-,A, SsprIog Garden, Satnr
day August Is h, 1873. lnflnt Sun Of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Lawrence.
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Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.
General Superintendent's Office.
Atlantic Il Gulf Railroad,
SAVANNAH, May 9th. 1878.

SAVANNAH, May 9th, 1878.
N AND AFTER SUNDAY. NAV
9th, Passenger Train on this road viii
rnn as follows: -OA" " -~t
NIGHT EXPRESS.
Leave savannah daily at 30 d III
Arr!Ve AZ ;agtsstp daily at 50 D M
Arr!Ve at IhOmasville daily ut s 9O'a M
Arrive at cambridge daily ats To- n,
Arrive at Albany daily at. son M
Arrive at Lave Oak daily 30sD l
arrive AT tallahassee daily at. s. 80 D ma
Arrive, at Jacksonville daily at 20 90 a IA
Leave Tallahassee daily Ats 90 p In
Leave Jacksonville daily at. 45nIs
Leave LIVE Oak daily ut. .......9 40p M
Leave Albany. daily at. 3Of ia
Leave Baln bridge daily at M
Leave Thomasville daily al. = 90 y u,
Leave Jesnp daily at Sam
Arrive at savannah daily at ..8 90 an
No change of cars between Savannah md
Jacksonville and Savannah and ALBANY.
Sleeping cars run through TO and from
Savannah and Albany.
Passengers from Savannah for FerDaIt-
dina. GAINESVILLE and Cedar Keys take this
train.
Passengers leaving Macon at $50 n IA.
daily except Sunday, connect as Jes1Ip
with this train for Florida.
PASSENGERS from Florida by this traia
connect at JesuD with train arriving il.
Macon at ~ J m, daily except Sunday.
Passengers from Savannah for Bruins
wick and Darien take this train, arriving
ut Brunswick 8 IS Z IN.
=, Passengers from brunswick arrive ut
Savannah 10 I'm
No change of cars between MONTGOMERY
and Jacksonville.
Pullman Palace sleeping cars ruN
through to and from Savannah and Jack
sonvillc; also through sleepers between
Montgomery, Ala. and Jackson vile, Fla.
Connect at Albany with passenger trains
both ways on Southwestern Railroad to
3nd from Macon, Eufaula Montgomery.
Mobile, New Orleans, etc.
Mail steamer leaves cambridge for Apa-
laehlcola every Monday Mt CO I'm.
Close connection at Jacksonville daily,
Sundays excepted, for Green Cove Springs.
st. Augustine, Palatka, Enterprise, DeIand
and all landings on the st. Johns River
Trains on d. and A. II. X. Leave june
ton, going west, Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday at II Il a IN. and for Brunswick
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Mt 4:40p III
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS-EAsTERN
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VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE,
STAJTNTON VIRGINIA

DIAUN lUNI VIhOIN1A.
Rev. II. II. PHILLIPS, Rector, assisted by
a full corps of experienced officers The34th
annual session will commence Sept. IL, 1878.
Building spacious, with gas and hot and cold
water. Heated by steam. Grounds extern
first class. Terms reduced. Seven churches
within 3 minutes walk. For catalogue adj
dress the rector. - 1G
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TROPICAL FRUITS.

All orders for Tropical Fruit Plants. left
at Capt. Jordan's store, DeLand, will he
promptly filed by the undersigned. at very
reasonable prices.
J. BENZ. THOMPSON,
II SO 10 Jacksonville, Fla.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-12
The Conversation of Women.

There can be no doubt that, as rule,
the readiness of women in conversation
is much greater than that of men. II
is when they have nothing to say that
women show their immense superiority
in saying it. They can create CONVEX
sation, which is the great social diff
Guilty. Give a man a subject that he
knows anything about, and unless he
is really a fool or morbidly reticent, he
can talk about it SO as to make him
self fairly Ineligible, and perhaps in.
teresting, to those for whom the sub
ject has any interest. But the power
of conversation in some women, and
not always those of remarkable ability,
is the very art Of making bricks without
straw. They will talk to one by the
hour about nothing-that is. on no par
ticular subject and with no particular
object-and talk coherently and not
foolishly, and very pleasantly all the
time. It would be very difficult, per-
haps, for the listener to carry away
with him any mental notes of what has
been said; he may not be conscious Of
having had his old ones much enlarged
but he will rise and 80 his way as one
after light and wholesome meal SEN
sibly cheere1 and refreshed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-12
Street Life in Pekin.


II is scarcely possible to imagine
without having witnessed IT. the scene
which the commercial streets ~ Peklu
exhibit every day The tusy. ba.tline
crowd, the bors.s, mules. carriages,
hand larrovs, and sedan chairs, ali
mixed in inextricab.e confusion, and
among them the itinerapt dealers. some
With hampers, containing the stock in
trade suspended round their necks,
others standing before portable stoves
IN which they cook tie viands they
vend. These ami nAny Others arc %
be seen in the streets, not silently
TO attract the attention Of possible buy.
ers by shrill ear-piercing cries and
loudly Wanting the Low price and
superior quality of the commodities.
The barber with his little bell sum
mons AL Who have not performed their
toilets to be shaved in the open air
He motions his customers to low seat,
with one turn Of the hand fathers his
head, and dexterously performs with
his triangular razor he then paints his
eye-br '~s, and adjusts his queue,
small fee, sends him away satisfied.
OF en- u crowd collects to listen to q
story -teller. or a singer, to watch the
tricks Of q conjuror, or to hear OF the
marvellous properties possessed by Ger.
tain drugs and remedies sold by q
loquacioAs quack, but suddenly there
is = stir among the assemblage, which
hurriedly disperses or draws to one
side, leaving room for the passage OF
some grandee, who, seated In his chair.
and surrounded by numerous cOrie9e,
expects all interiors t. make way at his
presence.
Guards of soldiers are stationed day
and night in the principal thorough
fares, with strict orders to lay their
whips upon all without distinction,
who are disorderly, or betray the
slightest inclination to quarrel be-
side this, every street is divided into
sections of ten houses, which are each
under the surveillance of one of the
inhabitants deputed by the authorities
to fill the Office of tithing.man.
As soon as night falls, each house
holder, be he rich or poor, mandarin
or mechanic, M st light the lantern
which stands at his door. At both ends
Of each street there is wooden barrier,
which is closed at dark, and sentries
posted at these barriers will permit of
neither ingress or egress, unless the
applicant carries q lantern and can
show good cause for his absence from
home. Watchmen patrol the streets
during the w ole night, who, instead
of crying the hour, show their vigi-
lance by striking q tube of bamboo
every few minutes, causing dull,
hollow sound, which it takes Euro
peans some time to become accustomed
to and sleep through.
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Long Life.

DO. !,st woman in the uoYll il
.-l to le MARY B-nton. nov
.. q Elton. IN tie county Of
3D.. EngiAui. Size a. bora on
.l,f February. Isl, ard l.. 81
iu her lisih war. So 4, IN
-,->i1n ii sll Ter f-caliI"s. PER
nor, uaSLes AMI iTons. IN the
..ui.y aiVocaiIuEs threads her
and sevs without sp,c;a
I..-a n alter az STATISTICAL fart that
.. ll-trict of Gee z.sh. GLlch in
.'4e pyramids and I,oPal.iion Of
.....s.. there arr COZ persons over 100
-..-- e.. a.. ct oEe IN every 3sS.
\ aus ,i,s CayAn. a native of Benz a..
ia. died at the Incredible age o.
--.t ,.r-. He possessed graf mem
-- .s,a t. has death. OF other aged
. --,.,, Nc Sht mention Mr. Dubsoa,
Ia. 81 H.diieli. England. far.
- hIs diet ~as principally fish,
ED, vegetables. mIlk and cider
Nj, one children and grandchildren
....ul,-i biz laneral.
J.hu lie Ia Sonnet. Of Virginia. Is 1870
var oli.
OH Thomas Parr Of Wilmington,
-rlp,hirc. England, lived H. the age
. ~ wears. He was first married at
-, aud second time a; l20. He was
.-.s,rl. from head to foot all over
sl,h a thick cover II hair.
Hrury jenkins lived TO the extraor-
i.uArs age Of l69 years. At the age Of
10. hr walked "a Journey to London to
- kIug Charles II. The King intro
lucci jenkins to his queen. WHO took
much interest in him, putting hume
roas questions to the patriarch, among
which she asked: well, my good
man. may ask of You what you have
done. daring the long period Of life
granted To you, more than any other
man Of shorter longevity The old
man looking the queen in the face with
bow. naivcly replied: Indeed
madam. know Of nothing greater than
becoming father when was over a
hundred years old" He replied to
the King, that temperance and sObriety
of living had been the means, by the
blessing of God, of frightening his
days beyond the usual time.
Edward Drinker, aged 103, of Phila-
delphia. rarely ate any supper.
Valentine Catchy, aged 116. Of Pres
ton, near Hull England. His diet for
the last twenty years was milk and
biscuit. His intellect was perfect until
within two days of his death. There
died in 1910, at Kingston upon Thames,
Surry, a Mr.. Warrell, aged 100 years.
S. Louis Post.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-12

A, al English dinner every guest has
his assigned seat, AM plan u the hall,
submitted 20 his inspection in tie
ante room, enables the dulicst to end
his place without too much hunting.
The arrangement IL often purely ar
bitrzry and gives you queer neighbors,
but il is better than none. II you are
planted between tvo strAngers, and
their names on their cards in front Of
the plates tell you nothing. you are at
liberty 10 suuse yourself by guessing
at their identity or revealing your ovn ;
or not revealing 1t. Il you prefer. /
have seldom found toe Engiishmsn
thus thrown into contact with for
eigners, 30 silent or 50 savage - the
Continental European believes him 10
be. He ~ill sometimes impArs his
opinions 10 you with . quite s~tonish-
ing freedom. No English public dinner
is complete without q toAst-master. q
functionary who bears to . grand
bang net about the same relation that .
drum-major hears to brass band. i
might reverse the comparison. and
liken the toast mast to the band. The
drum-insjor is only the cause Of noise
in others the POSTMASTER has the
lungs Of Stentor, and uses them. He
is . human trombone. He appears to
have q kind Of authority over the
walters and the company. When he
cries Pray, silence my lords and
gentlemen for your chairman" the
clstter Of plates and voices is hushed.
When the chairman has risen, and the
toast master roars out ch-a-a-a-i-ir,"
the boldest holds his breath for time.
There is O routine which is never
broken into. The Queen, the Prince
and Princess OF Wales, and the rest Of
the royal family are invariably toasted ;
sometimes with speeches, sometimes
without. II the chairman happens to
be . particularly incapable orator, he
is sure to run into discourse ON the
domestic virtues of Her Majesty" I
heard such an one lately in London.
He could not get from one end Of a
sentence to another without losing his
way, and his substantives and verbs
were seldom on good terms with each
other. So he rambled on endlessly,
where q clever man would have been
content with, "The Queen, God bless
her. "-Mr. Sn,allev. IN the Tribune.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-12
Only a Child.

What parent who has ever been called
to lay cherished child in The OZARK
and narrow house." con read the fol-
lowing without tho tenderest emotion ?
1t was suggested to the writer by hear
ing the remark of one who, passing q
graveyard, was arrested for moment
by funeral. "Tls only child" said
he, and passed on:
"Oh! had you ever been o mother
had you nightly pillowed that little
velvet head upon your breast-had you
waited for the first intelligent glance
from those blue eyes-had you watched
its slumbers, traced the features of him
who stole your eirlish heart away
had you wept q widows tears over it's
unconscious head-had your desolate,
timid heart gained courage from that
piping voice, to wrestle with the jostling
crowd for daily bread-had its loving
smiles and prattling words been sweet
recompense for sad exposure-had the
lonely future been frightened by the
hope OF that young arm to lean upon,
that bright eye for your guiding star
had you never framed plan, or known
hope or fear, of which that child was
not part. II there is naught elsc on
earth left for you to love-if disease
came, and it's eyes grew dim; and food,
and rest. and sleep were forgotten, in
your anxious fears-if you paced the
hoor hour by hour with that fragile
burden, when your very touch seemed
TO give comfort and healing to that lit.
tie quiyering frame had the star OF
hope set at last-then, had you hung
over its dying pillow, when the strong
breast you should have wept on was in
the grave, where your child was hastent
lng-had you caught alone, its last
faint cry for the help you ccnld nc
give-had its last fluttering Sigh
breathed out on your breast-ohi could
You have said, ""Tis only q child?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-12

A prude seems 10 me 10 be . coquette
gone 90 seel.
Truth liz sed 10 be stranger than
fckshun IL liz to most pholks.
Flattery liz nothing more than Icing,
and ii il The most nbi.kt kind too.
Advice liz very cheap in market Just
nov the supply hAz killed the demand.
A mans he'd il hiz citadel, and hiz
heart IL the worss enemy he haz 10 fear.
The only difference in the vanity ov
nen IL this-sum hav got more than
others.
have seen men whom the only
safety IN dealing With vss 10 implicitly
trust.
Thare amt a more thankless task ia
this world than trieing to help the
imProvident.
When q wise man undertakes 20 do q
cunning thing, allmost sllwuss makes a
miserable failure ov it.
Men ov strong pasbuns are less dan
geroas than men ov weak ones il liz
the milksoEs that need the most watch
ing.
would as soon think Of pulling the
terfere with the innosent vanity ov .
man.
Luv liz a difiikult sensashun to define,
about all we kan say about it liz. its
wilkins feel phoolish and akt phoolish
too.
Yung man, don't hunt after perfek-
shun, but go for q helthy average; yu
will strike this every now and then and
learn to praze yure good LUX.
have seen men whom thought wax
striktly honest, but honesty il so rare .
quality, that should want large odds,
even il was going to bet on miself.
Yung man, don't never put yure hand
in the lions mouth, if yu happen to
eskape it only proves that the lion just
at that time waz looking for bigger
job.
Yu kan find more people in this
world who kan tell yu what kind ov q
day the next 4th ov july il a going to
be than kan tell yu what day before
yesterday waz.
We hear a good deal sed about the
dignity ov intelleckt, the force ov rea-
ION, and the discriminashun ov Judge.
ment, but man liz more remarkable for
hiz whims than emmy thing else kno
ov.
The man who is determined to write
sumthing new haz little hopes Ov win
ming, but he who liz willing to repoint
q moral, or sharpen both ends ov an
old truth, SO that 1t will stick in both
ways, may possibly suckceed.