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The New York herald., 1878-09-26

IT WILL BE SEEN from our Boston letter that
the fall intellectual bill of fare of the pub
fishers of that city is, taken all in all, pretty
GOOD one
The New York herald., 1878-09-26
tt MPLE A. pAREER

Temple A. Parkcr, member Of Assembly from the
econd Chotauqua district, oiod at Frowsburg, Y,
at one O'Clock yesterday morning. The funeral will
tage place Friday at noon. Mr. Parker was on the
10Th iust. nominated Tor re- election.
The New York herald., 1878-09-26

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was quiet and dull. Gold was steady all
day Mt 1OO3s. Government bonds were steady,
States dull and railroads firm. Money on call
was easy at l II 2 per cent, with few loans
as high as 3 per cent
The New York herald., 1878-09-26

The BOARD OF EDUCATION see no chance to
economze anywhere. For the next fiscal year
the estimates the handsome sum of three
millions five hundred and eighty -four thousand
doll
The New York herald., 1878-09-26
GU ADRUPLE SHEET
NEW YoEk. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1878

The probabilities are Mat the ,cealte,' IN Ne,o
York and its ricinity to-day riA be acarm and
partly cloudy, possibly Nth brisk 10 high arinds
from the sostumest and lglu rdins. Tomorrow
il ~iH be cloudy, possibly ,riM rain IN The morn
ing, foilo,ced By clearing ,ccaMer.
The New York herald., 1878-09-26
SETH y. MARSH.

seth Il Marsh. president OF The Board OF watss
Commissioners Of Hartford, Conn died In that city
yesterday. lie was C,vii Engineer and supcrtntcud-
ont Of CONSTRUCTION OF the Conn ectieut Valley Raj.
road, aud was q prominent ofhciai IN the Masonie
The New York herald., 1878-09-26
MRe. ut;ru SHAW.

hrs Ruth Shaw. the oldest inhsbitant OF Borden
town, j., died yesterday, aged ninety-one yeara
The New York herald., 1878-09-26
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


STANDARD nEATRE-FALsS TITLE.
FIFTH AVENUE THEArRE-RoMEo AND JULIET.
N1BLo'S GARDEN-M'LISs.
NEW YORK AoUARIUM-HmRxAsx
PARK TIlEATRE-IIUREicAsEs
BROADWAY THEATRE a WOMAN PEOPLE
LyCEUM THEATRE-JosuUA wHIrcoMB
BOOTHS THEATRE IlEsRY WIN.
wALLACK's THEATRE-scHooL FoR SCANDAL
GERMANIA THEATRE-BuNxELrRrzs.
6ILMOREs GAKDEN-rHoMAs CoNcERrs.
BOwEkY THkArRE-THE ROBBERS.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE MOTHER AND Son.
srEINwAY HALL-ynuRLsJ.
HAYMARKEr THEATRK-vARIErx
sT JAMES THEATEE-vARrxrY.
THEATRE BRIGhToN-VlRIKrY
THEATRE COMIQUE-yARlKrY
TIvOLI EATRE-vARrErY.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE VARIETY.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsrRELs.
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BROAD ST. THEATRE, Phil.del phia-RonrRr HELLER
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-06-12
Contents of this Number.

Page 3S--The Japan Plum-Loquat; The
''reat Lake Region Jacksonville Jottings.
Page 34-Av Little Wife and l. poetry
The FrOggie's Party, poetry; Sanscript En-
tertains the Pastor: Loves Young Dream
The Matrimonial Lottery; Snbterranean
Water Courses; Recipes. etc.
Page 35-Alkekeagi; How TO Dislodge
kugs; Water for Straw berries Women as
Farmers: Rain Gauges: Advertisements.
NAge S6-Editeeials Communications
t.9:als, etc, etc.
Fage 7-FIorsdiana: The Dreaded Tar.
saItula; Market Report; Advertisements.
Page S-Hiats ON Transplautin1, Home
Sources of Manure; Bees; Cotton Picker;
Peas as a Green Manure; Sand Pear vs..
oranges; Save Your Soapsuds; How To
apply Manure to Trees: Roup Remedy
Legal Notices.
Page SS-Across the Ocean: Adv'mts.
Page photographic; Adv'mts.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-06-12

stirred. Rabbits are sery fond of
brousing the leaves snd nipping off
the tops of the young plants which
must be guarded agains;, as il seems
to poison and often kin Chem i. {. the
tree. To sum up, the Japan plum is
really adelicious ftuit,of rapid grow tn,
early and abundant beasing, highly
ornamental as tree, and when it be.
comes more generally known, and
has been improved in siSe and flavor
by the intellgena labor 81 horticnltur
lists, it will undoubtedly, from its ex.
cellent carrying qualities become q
notable article ofexpors to Northern
markets, where coming IS it does, the
first of the spring fruits, it cannot fail
to be particularly acceptable.
Ell. HART.
Federal Point, June Ist, 1873.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-06-12
THE GREAT LAKE REGION.
federal Point, june lst, 1878.
LAKE EUsrIs, RKAR PnNDRYvrL1r. .
ORANGE Co., Fla. May 96. 1878.

Oi~ArSfs SV's x isss, V1rN 20. 1913.
Coz. G. CoDRMGToE We con.
gratulate you on yonr resumption of
the editorial char, and We are greatly
gratified to know that We are to have
the Florida AGEIcULrURIsrpu published
once more and to be under Your edi-
torial charge The fact is cur great
Peninsular State considering herrapid
progress, heradvantageons geograph-
ical situation and superb climate, her
great and varied resources and her
vast interests involved, cannot do
without paper specially devoted to
her agricultural and horticultural af-
fairs. 1t is true the Ss,ai. Tropicat
sfs9aais4 iraGss. y. - .
= : ~ ---ssss
high reputation, replete with literary
and bucolic excellence and well sus-
tanning the industrial interests Of our
State, it should be pafronised by all
able TO do so; but there is general
demand for aceekly publication. a
first class agricultural paper al a
cheap rate-such we are glad 20 learn
your paper is to be.
The Great Lake Region during the
past winter and spring has received
comparatively few socessions to its
population, but meantine our citizens
have evinced unabased energy, for
considerable progress hereabouts has
been made in fruit culture Especially
of the orange) aud general improve
ments, and sedulous care is almost
universally manifested in the manage
ment of affairs, provident and antici-
patory of a bright future. Though
our region is not at present becoming
popuIous as fast rs We would desire,
we arc patiently waiting for that
better day coming when thousands
will make happy homes among us and
enjoy thefruitions Of our favored land,
but are deferred now from 80 doing
from the stringency Of the times.
Within the last six or eight months
it has been several times published
that work was to be Immediately com
menced FOX the finishing of the Lake
George and Lake Eustis railroad
these were but mere rumors; the
directors of this company have now
made arrangements on such basis
that we can soon confidently announce
it as a real fact that in all probability
the road will be finished during the
present year. Having several weekly
steamers regularly plying the Ockla-
waha and our lakes, we can well abide
the time for the finishing of this rail.
road. And as the Lake Apopka and
Lake Dora canal company-naviga-
ton is already open into the latter
will very likely soon open navigation
into Apopka, another link will have
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-06-12
Jacksonville Jottings.
May 23, 1878.

May %, 1873.
Nix. CoDR1NGToN, Dear Sir "A
copv of the meso Florida AGRICUL-
rURIsr, No. 1, came into my hands
yesterday, and it affords me pleasure,
as a personal friend, and one who
desires the prosperity of a sheet ad-
vocating the agricultural interests OF
the State, as you propose to do, to
communicate, from time to time, to
your columns, such thoughts as may
come to me. At the time of the
suspension of the old Agriculturist,
/ had been in the city, as a new
conner from Massachusetts, only =
few weeks, but long enough to be-
come thoroughly convinced that the
paper filed vacuum that its publica-
ton fully supplied, and its temporary
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-06-12

been forged in the grand chain Of
Improvements, without mentioning
Others sure to follow, which will make
the western portion Of Olange county,
taken ali in all, the most desirable in
all South Florida. This we assert
advisedly and disinterestedly and not
in derogation to any other section,
for all have their advantageous as
we'll as undesirable characteristics.
Yet if an elevated country of extreme
healthfulness, good lands, navigation
conveniently accessible, railroad i'm
provements certain in the near future,
good society and unequalled climate
are any attractions to the immigrant,
he will surely find them here.
In this connection we will call the
attention OF some good physician seek
ing location; here he will find q
very fair opening, though as We say
| ours is a section Of extreme salubri-
BUSINESS, owing to the extensive range
Of his practice will compensate in
some degree for his lack OF patients
in a more circumscribed territory.
And any one desirous of engaging in
the mercantile or saw mill business
will find an excellent opportunity to
do we'll here, as we are but meagrely
supplied As yet, with these conven-
fences.
En- p0SSGWt, We beg to enter our
demurrer against the people of the
Santa Fe lake country in trying to
rob or filch from us our we'll known
title, in. presuming to call theirs the
Great Lake Region. Now the truth
lis, 61gs the RumherlegSs.y lakes sra
DOMAIN, there are sIake regiohs" al
over the State; but this section oi
country has been known for years
past by the distinction and proper
appellation ofthe Great Lake Region,
in contradistinction to all others. For
our five large lakes, viz: Apopka,
Dora, Eustis, Harris and Griffin, from
their size (Apopka being next to
Okeechobee, the largest in the State, }
and almost immediate proximity and
connections, their beauty and mag
nificence, form constellation incoln-
parable with any within, and with
but few out OF our State. So we re-
spectfully request the Santa Feans to
no longer persist in trying to ''rob us
Of our good name" This to some
may seem a matter of small import
a mere bubble, but to the stranger
and immigrant it might prove well
worthy of consideration.
Mr.. Editor, We would be pleased
to have an expression of yOur views,
and that of some Of your readers, in
regard to Mr.. l.. w. Moore's articles
on the causes OF rust of the orange,
recently published. Ell NJ.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-06-12
THE JAPAN PtuM--luuuai,

The Japan plum, Hesps5us Joponscu
is begianing to attract reach attention
in Florida, both on account of its ex-
cellent fruit and its fac appearance
as aR ornamental tree. A person
seem. one for the first time usually
stops to gaze with admiration upon
its Symmetrical shape, its magnificent
lanceolate leaves-otten upward of a
foot in length, of the deepest. darkest,
graeB B-and its sturdy curved branch
rs each tipped with the lighter and
nlore delicately tinted foliage of the
new growth. Most brees put ON their
floral robes in spring, and quickly
takeShem off again, but this, with the
;nsaal contrariness OF everything anti
peflean, begins to bloom in Septem-
ber, and continues gay and fragrant
sor nearly three months. The small
Z s. ,1r.,s
@m .large racemes atsthe end OF every
twi9 and branch fill the air with de.
lieious perfume. ghe fruit, which
yipcns in March and April, a period
when fresh fruits are scarce, is about
she size of pigeons egg, resembling
IN shape and color g yellow crab ap-
pie, and grows in clusters of five to
thirty like punches of amber grapes.
Jt is Elelting to thetaste with racy
bleuGing Of sweet and sour, like the
jntcrraingling of tart cherry with a
Juicy apple and contains from one to
tour.or FIVE seeds. When first ripe it
has.asAarp acid and ia this state might
be best for culinary uses, but in day
~ two it becomes milder and more
palateable and if left Epon the tree the
.kin slightly shrivels and becomes
dry and perfectly sweet. This ten
2ency to shrivel and become mild and
.1ry instead of decaying as soon as
vine, rs .is usual with similar fruits,
makes it it.capable of bearing transpor-
tation to u distant market without in
jury. f,carefully gathered and kept
.,ool and dry it may be preserved for
several weeks in perfect condition.
The Japan plum grows wild OH the
nonniain slope of central Asia. 1t
has been cultivated in Japan from
time immemorial, and was brought
into southern Europe at very early
period, indeed mention is made of it
by ancient Roman writer's 1t was
first disseminatedin the United States
by Commodore Perry on his return
from the Japan expedition. The fact
that 80 excellent a fruit should have
been so long known in Europe aud
vet so lately naturalized among us,
should lead to perseverance in pro-
curing and testing other foreign trees
and plants, as many may yet be found
which will flourish here and prove
very desirable and valuable. In
lower Louisiana it is being quite ex-
tensively grown for the sake of its
truit. which is there held in high es-
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-07

In our history. Had these expec-
tions been realized, "What Will
We Do With It?n would have been
the next question. But as it is we
shall have barley enough and to
spare. We shall be able to fatten
innumerable hogs and cattle on
the surplus above our needs and
have a good deal for export. After
all the lamentations of injury to
the wheat, we shall nevertheless
have good deal of that staple
cereal and first-class steam mill
to grind it into flour. The corn
crop will be simply the largest ever
known in Los Angeles county, and
as we produce more corn than all
the rest OF California put together
this is very important item. AS
the demand for Los Angeles wines
and brandies is steadily increasing,
and As the prices are also advanc.
ing, all these facts, with our un-
surpassed orange and other fruit
prospects, and our flourishing
sheep and cattle interests, should
N AXE the outlook very encourag-
ing one to sensible men. To cap
all, we have two years feed in sight
on the plains in the shape of the
cured grasses and the nutricious
alfi.erillo seed.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-07

needless alarm here, though there
are few troops here and further
North. (Signed)
WHEATON.
VANCOUVER, July 9th. - The
news from the Indian war creates
great excitement aud stir here. AT
4 O'clock every available man was
under orders to move at $3.50 to-
night. Major j. A. Kress left In
the steamer Welcome with 25 men,
one Gatling gun and howitzer,
having volunteered to serve as q
river patrol near Wallula. Gov,
Ferry arrived tonight aud went up
on the same boat with 200 stand OF
arms for the citizens.
WALLA WALLA, July 5tb.-A
letter ireceived by Gen. Wheaton
from Major Throckmorton at PEN
dleton reports everything quiet
there.
The following is an extract from
letter from K. E. Turk:
CANYON CITY, July lst.-I have
just returned from carrying dis
patches to Col. Growers command.
Everything is disorganized and In.
dians all around US. We have been
fighting for the last threedays;can't
tell how many are killed; we know
of eleven of our men. We want
help. L have been in in the saddle
for three nights. All business
houses are closed.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-07
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
CurOns Contest Over an Estate at Sacra.
mento.

A case that has excited a great
deal of interest has just been de-
cided in the Probate Court at Sac
ramento, being contest over the
estate Of the late John A. Mason,
formerly Supervisor of that city.
The petitioners were lady and
two daughters, who claimed to
have been the wife and daughters
of deceased. The widow claimed
to have married John A. Mason in
Buffalo, New York, in 1S41, and
after residing in Illinois for q time
he started for California, across the
plains, in 1850. In 1858 she ceased
to hear from him, and had been in
suspense in regard to his fate until
informed of the death of ex. Super
visor Mason. The case of peti.
TONERS was very strong, the widow
and several witnesses swearing
with much assurance that the pho
tograph of deceased was that of
John A. Mason, who left Illinois
for California in 1850. There was
also a remarkable similarity be-
btyyeSsgg, Sg, the handwriting exhibited
band and that Of that of her hus-
equally remarkable eGu. u.;doaea E.ner
were presented in the cfaoiJenoes &C T
position to the petit ''''
numerous relatives ,e'
including two sons. pa
that deceased was married IN
Boston, and that he did not leave
for California until 1858, when he
came by the Isthmus, and not
across the plains. Judge Clark, in
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-07

CALIFORNIA horses which are
taken to the Eastern race courses
seem to have sorry experience.
Mollie Mccarthy is the last in
stance in point. On a little refiec-
tion, however, her failure Is not
much to be wondered at. Taken in
the heat Of Sum mer from q State
where the climate is stimulating
to the last degree, and where the
nights are always cool, and plunged
into the debilitating heat of an in
land State, the result should have
been foreseen. Although we have
not yet succeeded in achieving
very satisfactory results in our con-
tests with Eastern turfmen, these
latter all admit that the California
horse 10 destined to attain great
speed. The Eastern horse improves
on arriving here. just the reverse
Of the process undergone by the
California horse on being taken to
the Eastern States. The little
mare will probably be retired from
the turf as . result of the strain
which has been put upon her and
the Indications are that the
horse will. follow suit. A severe ex.
perience on the track with running
horses very frequently results in
such retirement, Of late years. The
delicate tendons which accomplish
such miracles Of speed are specially
sensitive to the slightest shock.
The owners of California studs
wnnld show wisdom, hereafter, in
only suhjecting their flyers to the
severe ordeal Of training on Pacific
tracks.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-07

ENGLAND under Disraeli's prem
iership seem to have gone far to.
wards recovering the command
ing position she occupied under
both the Pitts. Her influence in
the Berlin Congress has been rec.
ognized by repeated concessions to
her interests and even prejudices.
Lord Beaconsfield has been accord
ed an almost dominating influence
in mo.ding the action of the Con-
gress thus far, and the personal
weight of Bismarck himself has
scarcely received more unqualified
recognition than has been conceded
to the English premier. There is
something almost theatrical in the
presence of four statesmen of such
note as Bismarck, Beaconsfield,
Gortchakoff and Andrassy around
the Council Board at one time.
The world may wait for long
while before such u diplomatic
spectacle is again witnessed.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-07

deciding the case, said that not
withstanding the apparent identi-
fication by the claimants witness
es Of the Photographic likeness,
1t was evident that the Illinois
Mason to be the same person as the
Boston Mason had to be in that
State continuously between 184l
and 1S47, engaged there in busi-
ness and in raising his family and
in the i'm mediate vicinity OF his
own blood relations. The testi-
mony, however, placed 1t beyond
question that during the interval
Of time the Boston Mason was in
that city engaged in learning his
trade, and there surrounded by his
own parents and other near rela-
tives, and during this interval 1t
was that the Boston Mason mar
ried Sarah Ann Lovett, and the
children, Daniel and John, were
born. Then, again. during the Pc
riod OF three years, between 1850
and 1851, that the Illinois Mason
was in California, the Boston Ma.
son was not here, nor did he arrive
here before the beginning of the
year 1854. 1t would also seem i'm
possible that the Illinois Mason
could have been seen at Sacra
mento during 1S5o-1-2 or 3, as h is
letters showed that he was engaged
in mining during those years in
Tuolumne, Placer and Yuba coun.
ties. He said he did not doubt but
what the claimant married a John
A. Mason, and lived with him be.
tween 1S41 and 1850 In Illinois, and
that he came to California in 1850,
and became lost to her, and per.
haps to everybody, in 1858. He,
however, In deciding the case in
favor of the Mason boys, said he
could not for a moment doubt that
Supervisor Mason was a different
person from the person she welded.
The petition was therefore denied.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-07
The Suffering Women.
New York Times. !


Women suffer even more tha n
men from the tyranny of this afro
cious custom Of surf-bathing. For
a woman to enter the surf involves
long and abstruse process OF un.
dressing and redressing, which is q
terrible strain upon her strength
and temper. Moreover, the art of
bathing makes pitiless revelations
concerning the female form. 1t is
estima ated that at least eleven
thousand young men annually re-
turn from Long Branch with the
conviction that woman is wholly
false, with the exception of a rude
framework, intOlerable to the es-
thetic eye. True, there are ex-
ceptions. Every summer at our
Atlantic watering places there
are seen two or three ladies
whose beauty even the surf cannot
wash away, and it is creditably as.
serted that few years ago there
was Boston lady who entered the
surf at Nahant, and who, on emerg.
ing, could be distinctly seen, even
when her edges were presented to
the spectator. Neverth elesa, as a
rule, woman becomes not merely
impossible, but absolutely un-
thinkable, when the sea has re-
morselessly analyzed her. Para
doxical as 1T may seem, it is this
very fact which dives thousands
of miserable women into the surf.
The woman who does not bathe is
instantly credited with a fear Of
exciting comparison between her.
self and the women who do bathe,
and is thereby suspected OF unpar-
alleled excesses in point Of bones.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-07

In a provincial theatre, where
Macbeth was recently played by a
clever man, who was also a great
favorite with the audience, in the
banquet scene he had delivered
his words to the ghost of Banquo:
"Hence! hence! hence!" when he
dropped on his knee, covering his
face with his robe and shuddering
convulsively. Just as the applause
was over, a youth in the gallery,
carried away by the intensity or
the acting, cried out: "Ips all
right now, Smith; he's gone"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-07

BY this time we ought to hay Q
got through all our grumbling.
What are the facts which face us
from an agricultural standpoint?
In the first place we shall have q
large barley crop. 1t Is true that
IT. is by no means as large as we
expected. If our harvest had
proved to be utterly without draw
backs we should have had yield
altogether beyond precedent-t"o
or three times as large as any c'op