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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04

card for Admiral Goldsborough, u
N, inscribed E. p. in the corner, and
on meeting the Admiral, he said: Z" /
hope you got my card" "Oh yes;
but what was the meaning of the E.
P. on it?" "Oh! en- person'ae." Soon
after the diplomatist received the Ad-
miral's card, inscribed S. B. N, and
in turn was asked for the interpreted
ton. "Sent by Niger" explained
the Admiral.
"No man shall kiss me except my
future husband" she said, as he was
about leaving her at the gate. Sup
pose l agree to be your future"
s Why then, III kiss YOU" she re-
piled eagerly, and she did. Her
mother was informed that he had
proposed, and the old lady called
rould the next day to tasten matters,
and before he knew it, he was eter-
nally booked. 1t was a mean advan-
tage, but bird in the hand is worth
two on the front gate.-Binghanato'a
Republican.
Two lrishmen one sultry night, i'm
mediately after their arrival in India,
took refuge underneath the bed
clothes from skirmishlng party Of
mosquitoes. AT last, one OF them,
gasping from heat, ventured to peep
beyond the bulwarks, and by chance
eSpied a FREELY which had strayed
into the room. Accusing his COM
panion with a punch, he said, Fer
gus Fergus, it's no USE Ye might
as we'll come out Here's one of the
craythers sarchin' for us wild a Ian
tern"
The Rec. Philip Brooks beautiful
ly illustrates "Radiated Blessings :"
as the sunlight falling upon clod,
and that clod drinks it in, is warmed
by itself, but lies as black as ever,
and sheds no light. But the sun
touches the diamond, and the dia-
mond almost chills itself as it sheds
out in radiance on every side. the
light that has fallen on it. So God
helps one man TO bear his pain, and
no one but that one man is a whit the
richer. God comes to another sui
ferer, reverent. unselfish, humble, and
the lame leap, and the dumb speak,
and the wretched all around are COM
forted by the radiated comfort of
| that happy SOUL
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04
VARIETIES.

Many a man has spent moderate
fortune in coloring his nose red.
A pair of ears that go on ahead OF
Observation-Disclosures and frontiers.
The way to be righted YOURSELF is
to be careful not to wrong others.
A western editor, in response to a
subscriber who grumbles that his pa
per Is intolerably damp, says it is
'because there is so much due on it,"
"Pa,what does the printer live off
OF. :? Why do you ask?" "Oh,
because you haven't paid the sub
scription for two years"
Why don't men swear when they
are alone ?" asks DIR. Talmage. Did
Talmage ever lay around fence cor
ners and see lone farmer pick up a
bumble.b What did that farmer
say
"Jane" said he, 81 think if you
lifted your feet away from the fire,
we might have some heat in the
room" And they hadn't been mar
ried two years, either.-Bosto,a Jour-
nal.
The Warrenton Clipper says ::
1.-TWO men started out on wager to
see which could tell the biggest lie.
No. l commenced: A rich country
editor whereupon No. 2 stopped
him right there and paid the forfeit.
"Look pleasant" said the photog-
rapher to Charles Francis Adams,
smile little" Mr.. Adams slowly
and frigidly smiled. Mother of
Pluto !" howled the artist, cry cry
little That'll help your express
sion some"
Let your object be pure, noble, lof
ty. Let it be the inspiration of your
soul. Let it be so noble and grand,
that you will feel it thrilling your
whole being with the consciousness of
its heavenly birth. and that the smile
OF our Heavenly Father rests upon
your endeavors.
There is no greater every day vir-
tue than cheertulness. This quality
in man among men is like sunshine to
the day, or gentle renewing moisture
to parched herbs. The light of a
cheerful face, difuses itself, and COM
municates the happy spirit that in
spires it. The sourest temper must
sweeten in the atmosphere Of contin-
nous good humor.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04
A Mothers Influence.

The lite of Hon. T. III. Benton con-
tains the following beautiful testimony
to his mothers Influence over both i'll
childhood and manhood. Mark it
well, all we whom it may concern
my mother asked me never to use
tobacco; | have never touched it
from that time TO the present day.
She asked me rot to gamble, and |
have never gambled | cannot tell
who is loosing the games that are be-
ing played. She admonished me too,
against hard drinking, ami whatever
capacity OF endurance | have at pres
ent, and whatever usefulness | have
attained through life, attribute to
having complied with her pious and
correct wishes. When | was seven
years old she asked me not to drink,
and then made resolution of total
abstinence; and that [ have adhered
to it all the time, | owe to my moth
er."-Bable Banner.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04
Playing Monkey.

Some persons while they hold it
to be entirely wrong to defraud, yet
contend that it is no harm to "play
the monkey" Nows perhaps all OF
our young friends do hot know what
"playing the monkey" is, and | do
not know as it will add much to their
morality for me to tell them, espec-
tally if they take for granted that |
hold out the example Of the monkey
tor them to immitate. Monkeys are
not the things for us to initiate, but
the good example Of good men.
Well, now for the monkey narrative
On a certain asion cook
called up domestic monkey and
gave him two birds to pick. The
monkey, selling upon the birds,
sprung into an open window of the
cook-house, and industriously began
his work. Having picked the feath-
ers off one bird he laid it down on
the side Of the window, and while he
was briskly taking the Gathers off
the other, something in shape of a
bird suddenly pounced upon the
picked bird and carried it off.
Poor monkey now expected
scolding if nos punishment for losing
the bird But, determined to try
what luck might do for him, as soon
as the other bird was neatly picked
he laid it in the same place the other
was stolen from, and kept bright
lookout with uplifted paw. And
sure enough after a short time, down
came the same rogue on the. other;
but the monkey was too smart to be
cheated the second time, and as quick
as thought had his paw on the spar
row-hawk that was trying to steal
his second bird. And very quickly
he had him undrsssed Of all his fine
plumage, and, With considerable
degree OF satisfaction returned the
two birds to the cook Now, it a
person is not caught in his first at
tempt to thieve or cheat, or In com
mltting some other wrong trick,
he may be caught at subsequent eff
forts, and may be stripped Of all his
plumage OF honor, if not find his
way to the prison or gallows.
But some people think it quite
smart to "play monkey" So that
when they are actually cheated out
of something valuable, they will go
on quietly, with a bright lookout,
and upllfted paw,sready to get back
something as valgh pile rom the man
who cheated the lSsptney can do
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,0,sN4k tay)g4ed with ~ Rat has been
called '|heaven's best gift to man." do
not always appreciate it as we should.
We are not wont to realize its value
till touched by sickness or death.
GA handy thing" indeed, is a worthy
wife. But recall the word. | will
not characterize so great boon as a
thing" Solomon does not charact-
erie it, though he is so represented
in our version of the Scriptures.
What he does say is this =" Whose
fndeth wife, findeth good" The
word thing" is not in the original.
And a " good" wife indeed is. Sol
oman says that " her price is above
rubies." And he furthermore says of
her: "The heart of her husband
doth safely trust in her. She will do
him good, and not evil, all the days
Of life, She openeth her mouth with
wisdom, and on her tongue is the
law of kindness. She looketh well
to the ways of her household, and
eateth not the bread Of idleness."
Such wife is indeed a blessing in
the house. How much do we de-
pend on her for our comfort How
many are the things that she does for
US? 1t would take a long time to
specify them all. 1t would take
a long time to speak of all the
things, the lesser and the greater,
that she does for us even in single
day. They are numberless, almost;
and then these are to be repeated,
day after day all the year round.
There is no end to her work, no place
where she can sit down and say
-" / have now done up my work, |
have now reached stopping place
where / can rest" Rest There is
no rest for her till she finds it in the
grave. The moment that one thing
is done, another claims her attention
and she is hurried on and on, till at
length, worn out with her tolls and
cares, she rests in premature grave.
She is ever working, and work is
ever making for her.
Before the washing of one Monday
is completed, clothes are being soiled
for the next Mondays washing. No
sooner is a room swept, and put in
order for the day, than its dust and
dirt have began to accumulate for to-
morrow's sweeping. No sooner are
the husbands and children's clothes
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04
Ventilation of Sleeping Rooms.

The London Lancet says: If a
man were to deliberately shut him
self for six or eight hours daily, in a
stuffy room, with closed doors or
windows 1.-THE doors not being opened
to change the air during the period
Of incarceration), and were then to
complain of headache and debility,
he would be justly told that his own
want of intelligent foresight was the
cause of his sutferings. Nevertheless
this is what the great mass of peo-
pie do, every night of their lives,
with no thought of their imprudence.
There are few bedrooms in which it
is perfectly safe to pass the night
without something more than ordlna-
ry precautions to secure an inflow of
fresh air. Every sleeping apartment
should, of course, have a fireplace
with an open chimney, and in cold
weather it is we'll if the CRATE con.
tains a small fire, at least enough to
create an upcast current and carry off
the initiated air of the room. In all
such cases, however, when fire is
used, it is necessary to see that the
air drawn into the room, comes from
the outside Of the house. BY an easy
mistake, it is possible to place the
occupant of a bedroom with fire, in
a closed house, in direct current of
foul air drawn from all parts OF the
establishment. Summer and Winter
with or without fires, it is well to
have free egress for. pure air. This
should be the ventilators first concern.
Foul air will find an exit if pure air
is admitted in sufficient quantity, but
it is not certain, pure air will be
drawn in if the impure is Drawn
away. So far as sleeping rooms are
concerned, it is wise to let in air from
without. The aim must he to accom-
plish the object without causing
great fall of temperature, or
draught. The windows may be
drawn down an inch or two at the
top with advantage, and fold Of
muslin will form "ventllator to
take off the feeling of draught.
This, with an open fireplace, will
generally suffice and produce no un-
pleasant consequences, even when
the weather is cold. 1t is, however,
essential that the air outside should
be pure. Little is likely to be gained
by letting in fog or town mist.
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04
Difference in Time Between the
Two Continents.

The difference in time between
New York and London is a curious
feature in ocean telegraphy. The
London banker is in the full swell OF
traffic when the New York agent is
first thinking of getting up" At
noon the London markets are cabled
to this city, where they arrive at Z
o'clock in the morning of the same
day. The London agent OF the New
York press telegraphs the most I'M
portant news issued in the London
Times at 6 o'clock in the morning.
1t reaches here at l O'Clock the same
morning, just in time to be inserted
in the New York journals, whose
readers have the same matter that
the Londoner digests with his break
fast.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04
"a Handy Thing -

Happening to call at the house of a
neighbor whose better half was i'll, a
few mornings since, l found him bus
led about domestic affairs, doing his
best to get breakfast for himself and
family. / had been there but few
moment, when, with an emphasis
that led me to think that he had
made some great discovery, second
only to the telegraph or the telephone,
he said:-
"I have found out one thing!"
WE'LL" said |, with not a little
curiosity, "and what is it?"
Il have found" said he, "that a
wife is a very handy thing to have
abop tthe house." M
I thought that man who had been
blessed with as good wife as he had
for forty years ought to have found
out this a little sooner. Nor do !
doubt that he had; but just then he
had found it out anew, and it came
a u = -. Z. .....lrzaoss If a 20
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A Sudden Conversion.

l gave her a rose and gave her a
ring, and l asked her to marry me
then, but she sent them all back, the
insensible thing, and said she'd no
notion of men. told her l had
oceans of money and goods, tried to
brighten her bad with growl, but
she answered she wasn't brought up
in the woods, to be scared by the
screech OF an owl. / called her a
baggage and everything bad, l slight
ed her features and form, till at
length | succeeded in getting her mad
and she ragged like the sea in a storm.
And then in moment / turned and
smiled, and called her my angel and
all she fell in my arms like a wearl.
some child, and exclaimed, We will
marry this Fail"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04
Seven Good Rules.

Professor Wilkinson, in his admir-
able lecture at Round Lake, on ''How
to Teach,'' laid down the following
rules
1. Never tell pupil what you can
get the pupil to tell you.
2. Connect what you do tell your
pupil with something which he al
ready knows.
3. Never undertake to teach when
your pupil is rot paying attention.
4. Thoroughly master your subject.
5, Never consider you know a
thing until you can say it more than
one way.
6. Remember that you teach by
what you are.
7. Teach under Divine inspiration.
-BdptiSt Church..
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04
Advice to a New Choir Singer.

Dear HISS This is an important
epock into your life. The 1st thing
to make a good quire singer Is to
giggle little.
Put up your hair in Girl papers
every Friday mite soze to have it in
good shape Sunday morning. If
your daddy is rich you can buy some
store hair. If he is very rich buy
some more and build it up high onto
your head then get a high-priced
bunnet that runs up very high, at the
high part of it, and git the milliner
to plant some high grown artafshels
onto the highest part of it. This
will help you to sing high, as soprah-
no is the highest part. When the
tune is Civ out don't pay attention to
it, and then giggle. Giggle Il good
eel.
Whisper to the girl next to you
that En-. Jones, which sets on the I'd
sect from the front on the left hand
side, has her bunnet with the same
color exact she had last year, and
then put up your book to your face
and giggle.
Object to every tune unless there IS
a solow into 1t for the soprahno. Cotf
and ham a great eel before you begin
to sing.
When you sing a solow shake the
artafishels off your bunnit, and when
you come TO high tone brace your
self back little, twist your he'd to
one side and open yonr mouth the
widest on that side, shet the eye On
the same side, jest triple, and then
put in for dear life.
When the preacher gifts under he'd
wey with his preachin, write a note
onto the blank Leaf into the fore part
OF your notebook. That's what the
blank loaf was made for. Git some
body to pass the note to somebody
else, and you watch them while they
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04
IN EARLY SPRING.

The lily snowdrifts melting fast;
The breath of south wind floating past;
The crimson in the maple shoots;
The golden crocus at the roots;
The yellow on the willow wands;
The green of grass along the ponds;
> The swelling bud; the bluebirds note
The dandeliOn on the moat;
The earthly color of the stream;
The warmer flush of sunrise CLEAN;
The dampness of the upland mould;
The new life in the open void;
The song of bird the hum of bee;
The dawn of woodside melody;
The brighter glitter on the hills
The rapid rush of little rills;
The morning hOar-frost on the hedge;
The MONDAY drops upon the sedge;
The changing color on the vine;
The fresher hue of mountain pine
Are things tell to eye and ear
That Summer days are drawing near.
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Corn Cake for Breakfast Beat to-
gether one egg, two tablespoons of SUI
gar, two OF melted butter. one-half tea
spoonful salt, two tea cups OF corn meal,
one tablespoon flour, one teaspoon cream
of tartar, mixed with the dry meal and
flour, half teaspoon soda and two tt a
cups sweet milH. Dissolve the soda in
the milk and add last Bake in shat.
low tin pan about fifteen minutes in a
welI-heatad oven.
10 Pickle Beans. the beans
when young remove che strings and
boil until tender Put into stone lar
with a small piece of alum; boil the
vinegar with mace, ginger and whole
pepper, and pour it boiling on to the
beans, covering closely to prevent the
escape of steam.
FdUoYite Meat Pie.-Take cold roast
beef, or cold meat of any kind, slice it
thin, cut it rather small and lay it wet
with gravy. and sufficiently peppered
and sailed, in a meat pie dish. If liked
small onion may be chopped fine and
sprinkled over it. Upon this pour a cup
fnl of can tomatoes, little more pepper
and thick layer of mashed potatoes.
Bake slowly in moderate oven till the
top is light brown 1t is very good.
and q great favorite with those who do
not usually like meat pies.
Rice and SOrrel ,SOmp.-Boil some
rice in water when half done drain off
all the water, and finish cooking the rice
in some clear stock; then add, accord
ing to taste, more or less sorrel finely
shredded. boiled in sailed water until
done, and strained.
YelloaO Pickle.-Cut and quarter the
cabbages, pour strong boiling brine
over them, and let stand twelve hours.
Then take out, holding them a second
to drip, and put them on table in the
sun where they must remain four days.
After this put them in jar of half vim
egar and water, for two weeks. Prepare
one gallon of vinegar, one pound of
horse radish, scraped and dried one
pound of ginger, one-half pound tuner
ic, one ounce each of canary seed, nut
meg, black pepper and mace four oun-
ces of cinnamon and cloves, two ounces
of ali-spice four ounces mustard. Mix
these ingredients we'll and pour over the
cabbage.
To Make SSlUeT plate Bright Silver
plate. Jewelry and door plates can be
beautifully cleaned and made to look
like new, by dipping a soft cloth or
chamois skin in weak preparation of
ammonia water, and rubbing the articles
with it.
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THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.

mended and put to rights than they
begin to be out Of sorts again. And
thus it ever is. And a wonder is
that the worn and weary women does
not get all out OF patience and give
up in despair. But she ever girds
herself anew for her work, and tolls
on hopefully and cheerfully to the
end. Surely, whetherit be so or not
her children ought to rise up and call
her blessed, and her husband, he
ought to praise Greenfield Ga
Gette.
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DON'T STOP.

Don't stop to fret DER the crosses
You find as you journey along;
But tune your heart to life's music,
AS the lark her voice to its song.
Don't look for the shadows which culver
Like phantoms across on your track;
But seek for the flashes OF sunshine,
And walk without once glancing back.
This world is as fair and as lovely
A picture as eye ever saw;
Twas painted by Artist and Master,
And Love was it's centre and law.
Or weep in the night watches slow;
But tune your life's harp to sweet music,
And set to il songs as you go.
MARIE OLIVER.
-Plymouth Old Colony Memorial.
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CongregallOn anu inc preaCHer takes
notis Of it, that's a good chants for
you to giggle, and you ought to gig
gle great eel. The preacher dar-
sent say anything to YOU bekaus you
are in the quire, and he can't run the
meetin'-house at both ends without
the quire. If you had a DO before
you went into the quire, give him the
mitten-you ought to have somebody
better now.
P. S-Dont forget to giggle.-
Josh Billings.
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tate. We had Ntter suffer wrong
than do wrong. Ii you detraud
another the sin lies on you, but if an
other defrauds you the sin lies on him.
l. is always the better plan to be OF.
the safest side Uncle Jesse M Rst-
raj Messenger.
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12
small Farms.

The Union City Chronicle sug-
gests to the land owners of West
Tennessee the feasibility of cutting
up their lands into small farms con.
tanning from 30 to 100 acres each,
and putting theron neat and con-
venient dwellings. Ii thinks that
if they will do this and place the
farms in the market on reasonable
terms. that end Of the State will be-
gin to attract an industrious and
thrifty class of farmers who will add
immeasurably to the prosperity of
Tennessee. 1t is to the interest of
every class of business in the com,
munity 10 fill the country up with
permanent and thrifty settlers who
will acquire property and become
good citizens. Many more and a
better class of farmers would come
from the other States to
Tennessee if they were properly en-
cOuraged. by the land owners to do
so.
There are many large farms in
Obion and other counties that might
be cut up and sold out in this way
with profit to the owners, and evil
dent advantage to the community.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12
III. M. AGREE.
D E N T Z S Tz i,
Office Cor. Sd and Franklin ST., next
door to @. C. Atkinson's Fur
nitUre Store,

Charges reduced to prices of 1880, which Is
a greaf reduction on former charges. II
YOU want your teeth saved look to your
interest and come to see me. All work
warranted.
ADtil q, S79-3m
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12
An ola AnnIc Troo.

An apple tree standing In Mr..
Delos Hotchkiss's dOOr-yard, In the
northwestern part of the town Of
Chesire, Conn, is thought to be the
largest i'm the United States. It's
age can be traced by a family tradi-
ton l40 years at least, and Il may
be 20 or % years older. II IS at the
present time Of symmetrical shape,
and the trunk Is nearly round,
without a scar or blemish ON il.
There are eight large branches; five
of these, Mr.. Hotchkiss says, have
been i'm the habit of bearing one
year, and the remaining three tho
next; but when the Centennial year
came, the old tree, which must have
attained the prime of ordinary apple
tree life before the nation was born,
expanded its blossoms into a CONS
plete crown of glory, and bore fruit
all over the tree. Mr.. HOtchkiss
has had a crop of 85 bushels Of fruit
in one year from the five branches,
and his predecessors have harvested
a crop Ofl19 bushels from the same
five branches. The dimensions Of
the tree are: Girth, II feet inches;
height, GO feet, and the spread OF
the branches six rods.