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Graduating Cane Grass.
Of rhe Florida Agriculturist !:

Editor of The Florida Agrculturist
By your request and for the benefit OF
''Novice" who, in your issue OF Novem-
Der 10, asks for some method tor effect
ually DISCRIMINATING cane grass or
maiden cane" from groves, / cheerfully
give my experience, the remedy for
which, if followed under the same cir
cumstanc; ,, guarantee to be sure cure
for the worst case of cane grass IN
existence, and if it but helps to explode
the popular fallacy that cane grass is
invincible or mitigates in the slightest
degree the terror of this great bugbear
! shall be we'll paid.
Last year, in August, two tons of cane
grass hay were made in my grove of four
acres, the grass standing from twelve to
thirty inches high. In Oct )ber LIST, 1
began blowing. following the pillow with
my help, picking up all the roots
exposed and throwing them to the trees
in passing. making q good mulching and
fertilizer for them. The blowing was
done in the usual way-one row of trees
at time. This plan I followed at in
tervals .of about six weeks till May,
last, five plowings in all, ] think, since
which time have simply cultivated
four times, going over the ground one
way each time. used the diamond
pointed tooth cultivator, made by J. D.
Ross. of Orange City, Ohis county,
which is peculiarly adapted to this work.
Will add, pine stumps and their sur
face roots should be removed previous to
commencing, as, if left in, they would
be both an obstruction to pillow and cul.
tivator and form hiding place for the
cane roots. j. F. ALLEN.
DeLdad, FZd., November, %, 1879.
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Scale Insects Again.
Editor of The Florida Agriculturist;

Editor OF The Florida Agriculturist;
The eggs of the scale insect in my
grove are Matching now. I was so for
tunate, day or two since, as to find one
fellow just breaking through the shell,
and watched him until he walked abroad
in the hey-day of his youth. then I sac
rifced him. 30 am able to verify my
observation of the 18th of October, Gin
your paper) the Description there is cor
rect, and the minute and exceedingly &C
tive little fellow mentioned was undoubt-
eddy a parasite. The egg enlarges at
one end as Matching time approaches,
grows darker, and at this end the insect
breaks through, the other end OF the egg
being fastened to the scale, SO enabling
the insect easier to pull himself out.
Undoubtedly now is the best time to
wash the trees, and am about finishing
eight hundred trees, large and small,
and a painfully tedious job it is too. I
use the preparation of whale-oil soap,
kerosene, and carbolic acid recommended
by. DIR. Mason in previous issue of
your paper. Find il good. There
looms up before the orange grower a
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Italian Colonists for Florida.

Some years ago General Sanford
brought number of Swedes, and To-
Gated them on his large tract of land
in Orange county. Many of them
have done well and accumulated
property, valued from So, 900 up. The
same gentlemau is now engaged in
inducing a colony of Italians to locate
here. If he gets the right class OF
people, viz, the p, 'asautry from the
agricultural districts of Italy, they
will no doubt do W, ell, in growing
olives, figs and grapes, etc. On this
subject we clip the fol lowing from
the New York EUe,asng I. Vail:
The idea of forming col, my OF ltal-
lans at Vineland, New Jerse y, occurred
to Mr.. G. F. S. DeCasali, editor OF
DEco d'Itaka, about six ye, ars ago,
and the undertaking has met wi tn sucn
success that he is now taking the lniua-
tory steps for establishing assecont col
o!ny of his eountrymen in a fertile re, ZION
In Florida. For the purpose of sci, ct
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The Steamer st. Johns.

This fine steamer leaves Charleston
every Tuesdays and Saturdays, and
Palatka on Sunday night, and Thurs.
days, 8 a. m. Connecting with New
York steamers and Atlantic Coast
line Steamers leaving Oh Thursday
go by the way ST Savannah and those
leaving Sunday go direct to Charles
ton. Visitors to Florida cannot do
better than to take their passage by
this line, the steamer st. Johns hav-
ing, elegant accommodations and
making quick passage. - St
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Homestead Final Proof.

To save time and expense to home
steaders, who wish to make final
proof, and who must first publish no.
tice of their intention thereof, we
would state, that we are authorized
by the proper officials of the United
States Land office at Gainesville, to
receive on deposit, the amount re-
quired. four dollars, ($4) to cover the
expense OF such publication; and we
will be pleased to give all the aid
and information in our power, to ex-
pedite the busine SIS.
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large amount of work in this annual
dosing of trees. Isee no way of escape
from It if we are to have healthy groves.
Mr.. Bidwell, of Jacksonville, uses bar
rel, force pump and hose, fills the bar
rel with whale-oil soap-suds, and drives
around his grove spring and autumn
and thoroughly sprinkles the branches
His trees are certainly in fine condition.
Such a method seems to reduce this
washing business to a minimum. l find
lately on some of my trees black spots,
fungoid, which I have never before OBJ
served. They seem to be multiplying,
and are from a sixteenth to an eighth Of
an inch in diameter. The microscope
shows no signs of life on those ex-
amined. ,.
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Oranges in Duval County.

A correspondent of the Jackson
vile Union furnishes that paper with
the following account OF the orange
trees planted in Duval county:
Twenty-Five thousand orange trees are
set out in groves between this point and
the Mandarin post-office, an area Vt
some four miles 500 of these trees are
in bearing, some of which we're 40 years
old at the time OF the 1885 freeze They
Were frozen. to lie ground the2a but
never injured SING Is. QUO oranges have
been picked in one season from one of
said trees, and there are hundreds of
trees in the number that produce annu-
ally 900 oranges each. One grove OF
115 trees is good for 100000 oranges per
year; one grove of 80, trees, II
years old, pans out on yearly average
$4,000 golden spheres. One grove OF
nine-year-old sweet Seeding trees, 40 IN
number, will fruit to the tune Of $4,000
this fall. There are others worthy OF
mention, but enough has been cited to
show the unbelieVer that we can and DO
grow oranges successfully, within forty
minutes ride of the metropolis OF our
State. I will add that it is quite certain.
that at least 5000 of the non-bearers
will bloom next spring. have not in
cl1ded in these figures ary OF the large
groves south Of Mandarin post. office,
or those upon the bank OF Ju!ington
Creek, nor any of those north OF here.
It's safe estimate to make, that were
their numbers added to the above, the
total would go far beyond $4,000 trees:
And now another little item and LII
leave you on the frost line orange, ques-
tion.k 1 have not known, Of bearing tree
or It's fruit injured by any Of the cold
winters during the past six years in this
community, and we raise the. choicest
Northern grapes successfully read our
dailies on the day of publication; have
great faith in the raging canawl, and
the glorious future Of our peninsula
home. and invite the honest immigrant
to a few more high and dry eligible sites,
that await his push, purse and person.
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Work for December.

This is usually our coolest m onth
and rainy. During this month,
winds blowing from the south or east
or from any direction between these
points are found 10 be the winds
most likely to be followed by rain
Winds blowing from the northwest
or southwest or from any direction
between these points, are found to be
the winds least likely to be followed
by rain.
All kinds of fruit trees can be
planted out this month with adyan.
tage, 1t is good time to set out roses,
as they grow all winter and get firmly
rooted before the hot weather catches
them. The end of the month is the
best for planting Irish potatoes, give
them plenty OF ashes and fertilizer.
Transplant cabbages and sow pease
lettuce, radishes, cabbages, turnips,
beets, etc. Your strawberry vines
should now be in condition to
mulch. If your cassava tops have
not yet been injured by the frost, cut
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Land and Home.

This is the title of new weekly
paper, started at New York, by Mr..
E. II. Libby, formerly of the Scie,,ti.
tic Farmer, and later with the Inner
ac0'a AgricuLtawiSt. The first num-
bers we have received and are unus-
uallY good, and give promise for a
large circulation. 1t is a sixteen
page weekly, price 50 per annum. 2
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Agricultural Societies.

Florida Fruit Growers Association.-Dr,
j. C. Kenworthy, pres, Jacksonville; D.
H. Elliot sec Live Oak; d. s, Place, cor.
Sec, Waldo.
New Smyrna Agricultural and Fruit
Growers Society.-Dr. j. M. Hawks. pres;
NJ. B. Rolf and III. Lewis, vice-pres'ts.; w.
S. Hart. sec. and treas.
Orange Ridge Agricultural and Immi-
grafton Society.-Dr. B. B. Bennett, ples.;.
John Canon, Sec; N. R:ScOvel, cor. sec.
DeLand. VOlusia Co. Weekly meetings
Lake George Fruit Growers Associa-
tion.-H. w. Peters. NJ. D.. pres, .DraytOn
Georgetown; w. P. Wright, Esq, vice
pres, Drayton Island: w, H: Lente, ESQ.,,
Vice-pres., Seville; A. H. Manville, ESQ.,,
Sec, Lake Georges Rev. L. Hind, cor. sec..
Georgetown; S. U. Hammond. ESQ.,, treas;
Fort Gates.
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Orange Culture.

In January next we shall commence
series of articles from the pen of a
practical orange grower, who has
been many years engaged in the bus
mess and made success Of it. He
is a fluent writer, and his experience
will be found invaluable to those now
interested in the business. Sub
scribe in time. so as not to lose a
number.
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Madrid on the 23ds inst..,ns-~-~@sa~ee
The reported deficiency in the &C.
counts of the New York state treas
urer has been made all right. IL
Anthony Gibbs & Sons have re-
ceived kilograms from Valparaiso
announcing that a decisive victory
has been gained by the Chilians over
the Peruvians and Bolivians near
Iquique. The defeat of the allied
forces is described as crushing.
The news by the steamer Newbern,
from Mazatlan, indicates an impend-
ing revolution in Mexico. General
Jesus Ramiraz has pronounced, and
some of his forces have been at Ro-
saria, Cancordia and Capola, sixty
miles from Mazatlan, Another small
force has pronounced at Cosala, in
the state of Snialoa. The insurgents
have also pronounced at Topaz,
where about two hundred and fifty
men took possession of the town,
seized all the arms which were Access
sible and LETT for the interior.
The statement furnished by the
bureau of statistics shows that the
total excess of exports over imports
of merchandise during the months
September and October, 1879, was
$6l.278,0O0, as against the excess
during the corresponding period of
last year, of $4e, 100000. The value
of exports for the month of October,
1879, was greater than during any
previous month in the history of the
country. The excess of imports
over exports OF gold and silver from
July 1st to November %, amounted
TO more than s65,000,00O.
A correspondent of the Daily
Neecs, at 81. Petersburg, says: The
Gotos publishes a leading editorial
article showing marked change of
feeling here toward Persia. Evil
IDENTIFY the relations between the two
countries are not now on cordial or
friendly footing. The tone of the
Golos' article seems to confm the
recent intelligence of an understand.
ing between England and Persia, and
of the tendency of the latter to
throw in her lot with England rather
than with Russia.
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ing suitable lands, Mr.. DeCasali e1-
poets to visit Florida next month, IN
company with the late Minister to Bel
GUM, General II. s. Sanford, who is
large landowner in that State and VINO
proposes to sell lands to the colony upon
easy conditions. Attention will be given
by the Italian settlers in Florida chiefly
to the culture of oranges, lemons, grapes,
ii1gs and almonds. Mr.. DeCasall has
begun correspondence with the prlncl-
pal Agricultural societies of Italy, in Or
der to secure their counsel and cooper
alton in the new enterprise. aa.
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Married.

LEAVITT-FRENCH.-I Orange City, Fla,
November 9th 1879, by Rev. ]. T. Lewton, VIM. +.
Levitt to Miss Hattie French, daughter of Hon. Seth
French
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LATEST GENERAL NEWS.

John Thaddeus Delane, late editor
of the London Times is dead. Aged
81. ..J9 . sHAssfA ia
The Countess de Montijo, mother
of the Empress Eugene, died in
Madrid on the 23d inst. .s-a.s
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Important Notice.

groom, and hoa0 prepared.
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A correspondent OF the Jackson
vile Union furnishes that paper with
the following account OF the orange
trees planted in Duval county:
The New York herald., 1879-07-15
EATEN by SHARKS.

Mr.. A. Irwin Booth. of southold, l.. l.. on Friday
last found the Sound beach. about one and three
quarter miles west of Horizons Point Light the
skeleton of u man from whom nearly all the flesh
hal been removed. probably by fish, There was
some iosh upon the back, and the hair which re-.
manned on the back OF tho head was let black.
straight and cut quite short The mans height was
abou. hve feet three inches, and his age was Judged
TO have been about thirty or thrty.G The teeth
were regular, though somewhat discoiored, aud one
was missing from the lert side of the lower
jaw. The LETT foot and the lower part
of the leg were entire. having a cotton sock and
light caliskin pegged boot. No. or 4, with the
slightest sign OF wear On II. The leg OF the boot
was badly cut by sharks teeth On the wrists were
the Wristbands OF what seemed to have been a flannel
shirt and Oh the legs the remnants of cotton draw
ers or trousers lining. The skull and other bones
bore marks violence. The remains werc
brought to the village in charge an un,,ertaker
Justice y. W. Case. acting as coroner, summoned
jury which returned verdict OF death from some
unknown cause.
The body Was buried In tho cemetery of the First
Church. Thc boot and shirt button will be pre-
served as the only possible means OF Identification
The New York herald., 1879-07-15
A wAIF SEEKING REFUGE.

A ragged little boy. barcheaded and unkempt.
wandered about the the jefferson Market P.-
lice Court yesterday, and eazed longingy inside
where the Justice dscharging his nnagisteral
duty. Driven away once twice by the blue
coated custodians OF the court the small ragamuf
still stuck to his purpose and held to
doorstep. Counsellor Godey asked the fearful waif
what he wanted. and was surprised to him raise
his three skin and bone to the fullest
height and say:
IL want to give myself up.
lie told part his story to his interrogator, and
by him brought to the Justices desk. The lat
ter called the little fellow beside Liiu cd
why hc came there.
80 give myself up" the child repeated. ~ want
go some place where can learn"
WHAT place do you want t. 20 tor
"Anywhere you send me will do"
"But where are your father aud motherY
They are both DEAL. said the boy. and with that
he began to sob bitterly that the Justice rcirained
from questioning him further tor time. lie then
found that the little fellow. whose name was Thomas
McEvoy, was twelve years of age. Ou the aeath of
his parents an aunt had taken him to live with her
constantly drinking. ANA i'll her moments OF
intoxicaton treated him brutally that
lite had become burden to him. Yes
terday morning she illed the measure OF her un-
Kindness by driving him out or doors and telling
him never to return. In this strait with nothing 10
eat and lodging at hand, the boy had turned his
face to the Police Court. The young wait was quite
intelligent and spoke with such feeling "a his de-
I. .rted friends that the listeners not little
moved.
The Justice will recommend his to the CON-
missicuers of Charities and Correction.
The New York herald., 1879-07-15
sTORMING OF STONY POINT.

THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY TO BE CELE-
DRAFTED by A SHAM BATTLE TOMORROW.
The one hundredth anniversary OF the storming of
Stony Point is to be celebrated at that his
toric spot on the Hudson. Newburg. As the
event to be commemorst-d among the most i'm
portant of the Revolution this celebration will be
one of little interest The several departments of
the government will operate with the managers
in carrying out the programme Among the
relics Of the battle to be exhibited are the
original instructions from Washington to General
Wayne touching the plan OF attack; also a. letter
from General Wayne written just before the assault
be no more" The old lne-of- battle ship Minnesota
and q battery from West Point have been ordered
by the Secretary of War to anchor opposite the
Point. Other vessels viii be added To the number.
Mr. +. A. Sunern. OF Ro kland county. will deliver
he sorcss OF welcome. after which national hymn
will be sung by the Gee Club ot the Putnam Pha-
lanx, OF Connecticut. Ex-Governor Hawley. OF
will deliver the Grafton. sham
battle will follow. with all the preliminaries and
spectacular features of real engagement. and tho
original plan OF battle will be carried out. The
American troops to be represented by the Put
nam Phalanx, and tho second battalion N.G.S.N.J.
La febiger. United States Army "a de-
scendant of Colonel Pebiger. who led the right wing
n century agol, Will occupy the same position.
The British garrison will he represented by the
Twenty-hrst regiment. N.G.SN.Y. While the pris-
onrrs being marched to the rear fremen will
follow aud the bands will play. courier will bring
Wayne the battle. and Lieutenant Febieer will
read letters written the field by his ancestor
after the surrender. STEAMERS will leave
the foot Cortlandt at TA5 o'clock and from
: 80 in the morning. reaching stony Point about
eleven O'Clock.
The New York herald., 1879-07-15
RESCUED FROM SUFFOCATION.

kerosene lamp exploded early yesterday morn.
ing in the second story of the three story and attic
tenement No. 52s Broome street. Twenty-Five per-
were asleep in the house. An alarm was
sounded. and fremen rushing into the house awak-
ened the inmates and hurried them out. The dense
smoke from the fire choked up the halls that 1t
was with diihcuity the police made their way up to
aroom ON the third hoor time To get out All
Italian family who occupy the back rooms. A
mother anu her crippled daughter live in the front.
They were seized With terror and would have been
sunocsted had not their heads been held of the
window by the police while the hrencn were at
work on the flames.
The New York herald., 1879-07-15
THE STATEN ISLAND TRAGEDY.

The inquest on the body of George sisk who
killed by Richard Rawlinson. at Tompkinsvie.
Staten Island. the morning of the Fourth was
sumed at the Edgewatcr Village Hall last night. There
were no Witnesses present to be examined, and
Coroner Ganney adjourned the inquest until
next Thursday. when it Will. doubt,
be concluded. There was not such large attendance
present as ut the last hearing. The widow OF Sisk
was in court, dressed in deep mourning and accom-
panied by reverai friends. She appeared much
calmer, and displayed less feeling when awiinson
was brought into the room. The squad OF officers
under the command OF Captain kyau was smaller all
talk of lynching having died out
The New York herald., 1879-07-15
DIED OF HIS WOUND.

Information was received at Brooklyn Police Head
quarters early yesterday morning from the city
Hospital that Michael Travis. the longshoreman,
who was stabbed in the breast the day previously by
Paul shirley had died. Coroner Simms directed DR..
a. W. shepard ~ make a post-nortem examination
OF the body. Shirley, who claims that he first
insulted and then assaulted by Travis, who in
toxicated was taken before Justice Walsh yesterday
morning, when he was to await The action
OF the Coroner The prisoner ~ about twenty three
years of age Travis was an unmarried man. about
thirty years OF age, and Is said to have possessed
quarrelsoine disposition when intoxicated.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-01

THE OPERA THROUGH THE TELEPHONE
Very many persons among the opera au-
diences at the Academy OF Music last week
noticed curious little box on the stage,
Immediately beside the prompter's box,
with tin tunnel opening toward the sing
ers, but probably very few had the slightest
idea of what it was or what were Its uses.
In reality it was scientific marvel, and
played quite important part in an expert
ment that was cnsnDetely successful. The
instrument was Blake's battery transmit
ter, made very much like an ordinary Bell
telephone, but having, in place OF the per-
manent magnet, Rhumkof coil and one
cell of battery attached. It's. usual function
on O telephone line is to increase the volume
of sound by the action OF an Induced cur
rent, but at the Academy it was employed
to gather In the music OF the opera and
convey it to distant residences. A private
wire led from it to the office OF DR.. Alan I.
Smith, and to the homes Of MIR. A. G.:
Davis, No. 400 Madison avenue, and a.
Wilson, Jr., 162 Mosher street, connecting
to .teephones at each place. Listeners nt
these houses placed an ear to the telephone,
and heard ali the music Of the opera almost
las distinctly as il seated in the auditorium
| OF the Academy, The voices and the or
chestral music were transmitted perfectly.
Ryeu the words of the ipromptef were audi
Bile, as well as the applause from the sront
OF the houseI The test was most interest
ing ,one, and was perfectly successful
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