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resembling fresh beet, to the pom.
pano, more deliuate than the sbad
Any one with small boat who has
intelligence enough to dart a bar.
poon or throw 8scast.net can
FEAsFoN FISH
at pleasure, while halt an acre will
produce all the elasweet potatoes and
tomatoes that iamily can use the
year round. H&Rinsists that three
quarters of the Spulation here are
poor, don't hanQlJ ten dollars in a
year, sand don# they live?" Yes,
they liye' but Trey don't progress a
particle TheYt don't better their
condition, they cont work, they have
plenty Of leisE'le, but they don't get
on wen, this faan says, they don't
want to, theN are contented and
happy now, Suppose they lived in
the north, at hard labor from ten to
twelve hours a day hanging on the
ragged edge F starvation, would
they be in Any better condition ? 1
cannot dispute this mans facts, and
if one can liye onsfsh, clans, oysters
and sweet potatoes and tomatoes, and
beshappy, his logic is impregnable.
But I can't dSit / have to possess
wheat flour, and some form of the
hog, coffee, k9ms plain clothes to
wear, and igslb literature, or life is a
frauds thiIis at through the chufa
a sufficient. oxd.Dlus of the hog can
be obtainedstofuy or barter for the
others. That point gained, fair
subsisIance is assured. AS the coun- !
Try fllM up thsre is demand for
abor, and this demand is now quite
constant. WhS person can at
luy time sell l5alabor tor Is cents
Z $l;0Q per a4S down the
z tJs II
be the case after this Winter.-J.
Lancaster an ~. " Tribune.
Nanatee County.
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Convention of Northern People

Editor Florid0 Agricuiurist:
Please publish in the AGRIoULTU-
RIsT, the accompanying Resolution
of the Convention Of Northern set.
tiers in the South, recently held in
Charlotte, N. G. l would respect
fully suggest, that action be taken
thereon, that Florida may not only
be represented at the convention at
Charlotte on the 4th Of July next,
but an elaborate report, setting forth
climate, resources, and wide range of
production, be forwarded to Major
Dumont, President of the conven-
tion. This is an excellent opportu-
nifty to bring the claims of Florida
to favorable notice, which I trust will
not be lost.
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Children'S Stories.
Florida Aqricu1taxriat

Adstor Florida Aqricunplr;st.
travelling about from place to
place I frequently hear incidents 10
lated that are not only interesting
out are rendered doubly so, because
authentic. submit the followino
endorsed by the clergyman present
on the occasion, who related tho
touching scene.
a lady who had suffered long final
ly died of consumption, LEAVING
child one year old. The lonely one
did not thrive, but dropped like a
tender bud, rudely severed from the
parent tree. When about eighteen
months had passed the pining child
grew suddenly i'll. The father
friends and minister were grouped
about the cradle of the suffer,ng
babe, expecting each moment to
catch the last sigh of feeble human
lty whose breath grew softer, lighter.
and seemed to have ceased when
suddenly the thin, white hands
were stretched upward, the eyes
opened, looked intently toward
heaven, and the sweet lips uttered
the holy name it never yet had spo-
ken,-" Mother" and closed its inno-
cent life here. Who shall say the
sanity spirit Of the mother, wholly
redeemed, had not been permitted to
return to claim and bear to home
Of upchanging bliss that morsel of a
former life, left for a time to suffer
for another's unrepented sin?
Another: Kate and Frances were
sisters. Like ) 9ftbfr ii fgs,sp pAei9l9s.cn, Ae99cn, thev
! I. FTss' -. a. q.
Kate seemed to be especially cross
and out of humor with little Frances,
who was younger than herself. On
that fact Kate occasionally gave her.
self airs. The mothers attention
being attracted, finally, toward the
children by their loud voices imme-
diately interfered. Being assured of
the aggressive party she repremand-
ed Kate saying: "my dear child if
you quarrel with your sister YOU will
be wicked girl and such conduct
will displease your Heavenly Father"
Kate quickly replied Well, never
mind. mamma. I'll put on my new
blue dress some day and go to see
Him."
Two little girls, aged respectively
six and eight, were looking from the
dressing room window when they
saw approaching couple Of school
mates The elder exclaimed ooh,
there comes Mary Jones How I do
hate her." The younger replied
Why, Anna, that's wicked. You
must not hate her but you must hate
her bad actions" Dear little jean
ME, it was given her to utter many
words of heavenly wisdom, though
very soon after this incident her
Savior claimed her pure spirit to
adorn His Heavenly Kingdom.
JEANNETTE G.. ANDERSON.
Halifax River.
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A. J. CURTIS
Delegate from Florida.

Resolution At Convention of
Northern Settlers in the South, held
in Charlotte, North Carolina, Janua-
ry, 18th, 1879, it was unanimously
resolved That Northern born resi-
dents of the South, and ex-members
of the Federal army, resident in the
Southern states, meet in convention
at the county seats of their respect
i've counties, on the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1879, to consider upon the
preparation for publication, through
the press of the United States and
otherwise, OF a paper, setting forth
the soil: climate, prices, ease Of max
ing living, and social treatment OF
the individual Northern man in the
Southern States that these conven-
tions be held regardless of party pol
itics, and that the same be excluded,
as well as all vexed questions; that
the reports of their proceedings be
signed by the members attending,
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My Second Year in Florida.

With us 1877 was very wet. From
June to October ! should say that loo
inches OF water fell, and everything
was swimming. Three days marked
80 deg. of heat, and SO deg. was the
coldest of the year. The Summer
averaged 2 deg. colder than 1876.
My statements of year ago, as to
healthful1ess, were as unfavorable as
the facts will warrant. The absence
OF complaints common to the North
should be put to the credit of this
region. | have had no Hbad colds D
since got here, which fully compen-
safes me for all the malaria I have
suffered. This is usual experience.
l must still insist that poor man
with no money, when he gets here,
will have hard STRUGGLED but some
men it seems though poor. are still
rich. A 3eighbor with Scotch and
irish 4, "a I in m bis Ssins, and no mon c.
~ 'issR "a usE sSnm5 sl1e 1TsS e;sr oH'
his land, and declares that, it is the
easiest country to live IN that he ever
found. He has bought and paid for
40 acres, and is for the first time Gin
sight Of a home" as he terms it.
The country is fast filling up.
The past year we have attained to
the felicity of post-office, with a
weekly mail, very excellent school,
church, with service each Sunday
and combined grocery and dry
goods store, with other appliances OF
social condition.
We are building bridges, and lay
ing out and working roads and drain
ing land. A woodenware factory is
in operation, and will soon be en-
larged. have been going very slow
ly. Finding no one who knew what
was best to do, and not knowing my
self, I have been feeling my way ex
perimentally. My vegetable expe
rience has been bad, except in swee
potatoes and tomatoes, which were
successful I am better informed OF
THE EARTH ALMOND.
OF chufa, than anything else. l wa
after something to fatten the hogs up
on, and appears to be found. Plant
ed on all the varieties of land I own
with no fertilizer whatever, the chuf
Yields from 55 to 1875 bushels, to tn
acre of nuts, while the tops are e..
cellent forage. One bushel of chufa
will make as many pounds of porl
as two of corn. The hogs turned o.
to the land, forage for themselves
the work of getting the nuts keep
them busy all the time without SUI
felt. The pork is not large, 200 ID
being an average. The fat is NOR
oily than corn fed, does not max
good bacon, but for bulk meat. hams
shoulders, and for use fresh, it is Ger
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The following unique epistle was
picked up in the streets of Sharpville,
Mich. "Dear Bill The reason I did
not laff wen you latt at me in the
Post offs yesterday was becaws 1 hev
a bile on my Ease, and kant laff. If /
laff she'll bust But 1 luv yu Bill, bile
or no bile, laff or no latf. Yure luving
Kate, till deth."
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tainly very superior. It's sweet and
tender to a far greater degree, than
corn fed pork. The lard is very su
perior.
A flock of chickens in chufa patch
presents scene of busy industry.
They soon get as fat as it is possible
for fowls to become, and to wish for
better eating than they make, is to be
unreasonable. have heard of COW
penned land east of here, producing
400 bushels of chufas to the acre. I
do not vouch forit, but the pounds
OF pork which can be raised from one
acre Of my one dollar per acre land,
Will equal that produced from the
best Shopper acre land, in the Wa
bash Valley, and with less labor after
the land is once cleared. My land
was cleared with the grubbing hoe.
at a cost of $50 per acre. My iudg-
ment is, that were the scrub cut and
burned, team of six yoke of oxen
and large plow, would break up two
acres per day of it, and this is the
next thing in order for trial. NV
next success was with
UPLAND RICE,
which turned out IS bushels of rough
rice to the acre. Planted last Janu.
ary, have harvested three mature
crops from part of 1t, each crop less
than the other. When cut off, the
stubble shoots up forthwith into new
heads. The first crop made the
above quantity. This rice appears to
make excellent food for horses, cat
tie, hogs and poultry, as they eat it
greedy. In appearance, it is good,
merchantable rice, but on that point
! am not experienced. I bought, a
year age last DecemEe. : 9, i
after half days exposure to the sun
and dry air with the roots perfectly
clean and uncovered. l pronounced
them dead as a herring" The nur-
seryman differed from me and |
planted them. The leaves all
dropped off and I offered them at
one cent apiece; no takers. Along
in February some of them showed
signs of life and from then till July
they one after another started to
grow until now they look well, ex-
cept half dozen dead ones. The
exposure would have killed a north
ern fruit tree decidedly, and this first
experience has so
COMPLETELY SURPRISED
and deceived me, that / hasten to
confess my ignorance of the orange
tree. A neighbor has one tree, SIX
years from the seed with four hun
dred splendid large oranges, and all
evidence goes to show that this
region is favorable to the growth of
that fruit, with no danger from frost
A gentleman who has been residing
here for ten years, for the sake of the
climate, and who has a supporting
income from property in the north,
insists that the logical faculty of a
northern man needs reconstructing
before he can rightly comprehend
Florida. He declares this to be the
iery paradise of a poor man. Half
| an hours work any time at low tide
willsget 100 fat CLAIMS, making strong,
palatable food. The fishers in front
Of my house are, at this writing,
taking at each haul of the sein, from
1000 to 5000 mullet, averaging II
pounds each when cleaned. They
are at work night and day and selling
them promptly in Havana market at
five cents pound in gold. The wa
ters swarm with fish from tarpum
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tainly very superior. tbs sweet and
tender to far greater degree, than
corn fed pork. The lard is very su-
perior.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-06
GLEN Jaelson's bests wOaL Nayy TobaecO
.Thc FURRY n Stocl.s"

Alwaysmeans an opportunity for slmesllrewd
and lively operator TO make Ghandsonle profit.
Messrs lawrenca 4 Co., Bankers, N. y, have
established tic new combination system for
operating In stocks, W that capital In any
amount from Is to $4,000 can be used profit
ably Mt any time that inay suit the customer.
by pooling the orders Of Thousands Of patrons
Into one immense sum, and operating them
as mighty whole: under the most expert.
enced skill, vastproats are made, which could
be gained In no other way, These are divided
MO ruM among SllarchOlIlcn-mOnthlY. An
Investment Of $40 returns So, or . per cent on
the stock, 500 pays $3.50, and 80 ON, accord
Ing TO the market J. N. Lyon, ST. Louis,
made over three hundred per cent on IN In.
vcstlncnt IN October by the combination
method. MesSr Lawrence & Co.'s new cir.
cular tmailed frcel has "two unerring rules
for success, and full information so that any
one Gun operate with profit. Stocks and
bonds wanted. Government bonds supplied.
Apply to Lawrence 4 CO., Bankers, 81 Tx.
change Place, n. y, City.
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River News.

River II feet and falling. with consider.
able slush ice still running. Weather
cloudy and cool. Streets and pavements
covered with slush from Tuesday nights
snow. .s.4 H-
The Ragon left for Parkersburg at lOl
o'clock. - ''i- y
The Thanhouser did not arrive from
Matamoras until about o'clock, and goi
away about p. ".
The Telegram and Della were on time,
but the Plaeton again failed to put in an
appearance.
The Buckeye State, from Pittsburgh,
passed down last night.
The 0'Neal will leave for Pittsburgh
this morning at o'clock.
The Courier will be tho Parkersburp
packet at 10Y o'clock.
The Stockdale, from Cincinnati, will
pass up to-day.
lBY Telegraph
EVANSVILLE, February 5.-River rising;
81 feet on gauge. Weather cloudy.
PrTTsDuRoH, February 5.-River @ feet 4
INCHES and falling. Weather cloudy and
mild.
NASHVILLE, February 5.-River station.
airy with y feet OH the shoals. Arrived:
Anderson, Cairo. :
CINCINNATI, February 5.-Riyer "a feet
and falling. Weather cool and cloudy.
Departed:J. D. Parker, Memphis.
NEW ORLEANS, February 5.-Arriyed;
Charles ?. Chateau, Memphis. a light
shower this morning; thermometer G5S.
MEarnIs, February 5.-Riyer statiopa.
ry, Departed-Miller, Cincinnati; Gold.
DUST Brown and Centennial, New Or.
leans.
ST. LOUIS, Fcbruury 5.-Riyer fallen 4
INCHES; about 81 feet to Cairo. No arr.
Tals. Departed Maude aud Rhoads.
Weather cloudyi cold and freezing 10.
N,ckspyRc, February 5.-Riyer risen s
inches. Weather cloudy; Thermometer
evening. ''
LouIsvILl,E, February 5.-weatller cool.
Arrived; Y. 2. Schenck, Cincinnati. De.
parted: Alice and L. H. burfee. ST. Ionis
River falling with Is feet 6 inches in The
CAlRo, February 5.-Arrived: James W
Gail, Cincinnati; City Of Vicksburp, Vicks.
burg. Departed: CAT, Memphis: City Of
.lcksDurg, St Louis. River 81 feet and
rising Weather cloudy; Thermometer
04.
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.Itnhinr nlIo. ;,

Symptoms OF which are moisture, like per
splration, intense itching, particularly wilur
undressing. or after getting warm in bed, In
creased n.y. scratching might think pin worm.
times shows itself around The private parts
A pleasant aud safe cure In every case |.
"S%ayne'S Ointment" lfaIlowed to continue
very serious results may follow.
I WAS A GREAT SUFFERER PROM ITCHING PfLRs
Symptoms were moisture, intense itching
particularly at night, increased by scratching
soreness, etc. "Swayne's Ointment made 1
perfect cure. ]. W. CIRIsr, 34iNorth Sec
ond street, Philadelphia.
Reader, II you arc suffering from this dis
treSSing complaint, or letter, my crtisty
scaly Skin Disease, use "Swayne's Ointment
and be cured. III
Sent by mail to any address, on receipt Of
price, 50 cents box, or three for 81 Is, BY Dr.
swayne & Son. $50 North Sixth street, lihila.
delph!a. Sold by all Heading druggists.
TIs&W
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PALM FINE CoAr4xy.-The Secretary
Of State yesterday issued Il certificate Of in,
corporation 10 corporation by the name
Of the Palm Fibre Company, Of Washing.
ton, u. c., for the purpose Of the purchase
and sale Of patents relating to The manu-.
facturc Of palm fibre, ut Washington City,
which corporation will keep its principal
office or place Of business in the city oil
Washington, and Is to expire on tho first
day Of January, lS0S. For the purpose Of
forming said company, the sum OF $780,.
600 has been subscribed to the capital
stock, and paid in full, with the privilege
Of increasing said capital by sales Of al.
ditional shares from tiMuto time to 81 ,OOO,.
900 in all. The capital SO subscribed is di.
yiled into shares Of 500 eaell, whipl arc
held by the following gentlemen! Silas l..
Loomis, . 200 shares; ". n. Lawrence, d.
7. Jones, Charles a. Metcalf, L. J. Pattee,
200 shares each.
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MIcKEY ,AioCkpsxY.-AIike McClusky, a
gentleman from Cork, who formerly fig
ured rather extensively in our police court
records, on Tuesday turned up In this city
after an absence OF year or more In "fur.
rim parts" Mike celebrated ihis arrival
by getting gloriously full, and started out
yesterday afternoon for little excitement.
lIo went to BARLEY Maloy's place, on
Alley II, and found IIartlRy and the Mrs.
in high state OF hilarty, and rip0 for a
row OF any kind. Mickey hadn't been
in the house long before lie undertook
to externinatc the Maloys. He took
hold OF poker aud beat Maloy
and his vito until he got tired, and
then sought green6r fields and pastures
new. lie next went to No. % Nineteenth
street, next door to Kate MONEYS, and
assaulted ind beat the woman OF the
house, whose name We did not learn.
Shortly aGterwardS he was making his way
down street and ran plumb into the arms
Of 0ilIcor MGCully, WHO had started out to
look after him. McCully had Adam Cole:
man In tow on golnn petty charge, and re.
leased his hold OF Adam and got q gtlp on
McClusky that landed him safely IN tho
lookup. Coleman followed behind q couple
of blocks, when he turned corner and
struck out for liberty. aaa
Later IN the evening Maloy and lis
amiabie spousa ware brought in by the
police, and locked mp tor q ilOarinu. The
former was found 10 have been beaten
up pretty badly about the head and face,
while Mrs, AIaloy showed several ugly
cuts and bruises.
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TEMPERANCE NorE.-The temperance
people Of the pitY will hold their second
anniversary meeting, at Washington Hall,
next Wednesday evening. MI, GraCrafi
and others will address tile meeting,
There was a large temperance meeting
Inst night, Of the Workingnen's Christian
Temperance Union, ut Outs Hall, which
was addressed by Messrs: John p. Little,
Q. Cline aud J. ". McSasll. There will DC
a meeting at the same hall on next Sun.
day evening, 10 be addressed by prom
ippnt speakers, Allare welcome. ~
At l'arkors' Hall, last night, a meeting
was was addressed g, BY Mossrs CT AtkiRsoh
Rev. Il. w, Ryan, Of Grafton, win de,
llycra temperance lecture at Mozart Hall
this evening. stfs '-'i
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A Monarch OF the Aga.

raInsot every kind can he stopped almost
PanaSea,n sale and l. marvellous ' remey oi
great reputC, which Is taken internally and
applied externally, Prices 95cand Soc per bot.
tie
MH wlnslow's Soothing Syrup Is mcrci.
lul boon to children teething. Price % cents.
Guard against couiterieitS and WORTHLESS imi-
aF1'gEIsts TfSaeow
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WEDDING OF TnR SourH SIpE.-Tlert
WIS q quiet but pleasant wedding on the
South Side yesterday afternoon. Tho CON
tracing parties were Mr.. Wat. II. Tyler
OF Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana
and Miss Julia 4. Hubbard, daughter Of
Hon. Q. D. Hubbard, OF tits city. The
marriage was solelnnlzed ut 2 O'clock D,
~, at the residence Of tho brides parents
No. 2l'IO Chapline street, BY Rev. ". Il,
White, Of the Chaplinc Street NJ. T.
Church, in the presence OF small circle
Of tho relatives and friends OF the couple,
There were no attendants. Mr.. and Mrs,
Tyler left ON tho evening train on the p.
". & Ky, Road for the husbands home in
louisiana, taking with them tho best
Wishes OF many warm personal friends.
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Cutting DowN Nux!rIrAL SALARIES
The joint standing Committee on Salaries
Of the City Council held meeting at tle
city building last night, 10 consider liz
propriety Of quitting down the salaries 81
municipal officers oloCtod by the neople,
After some discussion tho cortmlttac
agreed to recommend o reduction of tan
per cent on all salaries exceeding Sl,O0O
per annnm. This will alteut only the Civ
Clerk, City Sergeant, Superintendent n
Water Works md Street Commissioner,
The committee will submit their renori
recommending the reduction proposed, at
the regular meeting Of Council next Tues.
day evening. h ,iS
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''PcScu Loxo" AGAIS.-Yestertlay al.
tornoon Sheriff Tinglc received dispatch
from Cambridge, Ohio, stating that d man
answering the description given Of "pancll
Long" the escaped burglar, had been ar.
rested there on suspicion, and would DO
Virginia officers for Identification. The
description given Of the prisoner
did not fully answer for Long, but
Sheriff Tingle determined on making
flying trip to Cambridge to satisfy him.
self as to tho prisoners identity. He az.
corlingly left at 4:05 i, ", for Cambridge,
expecting to return on the first train,
whiclLwill arrive here at 5;45 this morn
ing.
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TIRnE can be no better evidence OF the
great value OF The new review Of our laws
than the letter below:
IhavereceivCdthe first volume the Re.
viscd Statutes Of West Virginia, annotated
hy John 7. Kelly, and am much pleased
with 1t. II will save much labor To the bar
Of this State and prove Of great advantage
10 every county officer who has to admin.
lister the law, ~. q. Snyder, atty at Low
iSburg.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-06

LAYER 10 K.Es.-'lhe Liver is the imperial
organ Of the whole human system, as Il con-
trolls the life, health aud happiness OF man.
When II Is disturbed In It's proper action, ali
kinds Of ailments are the natural result. The
digestion OF food, Tho WoyemeNtS Of Tho heart
aid blood, the aGsion al the 6Saiiil and nervous
system, src all Immediately connected with
tue workings Of tho Liver. " has hGon sue.
ceSsillly proved that Green's August Flower
Is unequalel in curingall persons afflicted with
Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint, and all the nu.
nler0Is symptoms that result from an un-
healthy condition Of the Liver and Stomach.
Sample bottles to try, 10 oeniy. NsIlYeiy sold
in all toVgs On the Western Continent, fhree
doses will prove that It is Just what you want.
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