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How to Utilize the One Talent.

Rev. G. H. Peeke, says: This is one
talent world. Hardly one man Of ten
talents is born in century, and when
born is apt to be 50 badly born that he
becomes a practical failure. The man
of genius is apt to be badly rounded,
unspherical, untractable, impractical, un-
til his talent fails to reach anything WOr-
thy Of his gifts. His work and thought
abide for common workers to utilize. It
is the one-talent souls who do the worlds
great work, ara its great benefactOrs.
These lay the foundations of the worlds
greatness, and rear its grandest temples
of industry and fame.
Still the soul with one talent is apt to
look out and compare, and fall back from
life's great work discouraged. There IS
so much work to be done, and one talent
can do so little.
Therefore the need Of an absolute
view of our talent. I am not RESPONSE
BILE for my neighbor's ten talents. I am
for my one. Would I like to be the
possessor of ten? All love to be great,
to have their names sounded across the
oceans and continents. Still my one
talent NAV be great when linked with
Gods almightiness.
LlhN6 i Dlk 0llC LdAGA9A " AbA e4Ae+e S-4@
talent I am a worker together with God,
and both one and ten are as nothing
eomparatively when working with Om-
impotence. Our true greatness is keep
ing step with Gods great movements
harnessing on talents to God'scar Of pro
gress.
Luther did not wish to break with the
church of Rome, and enter upon the re-
formation. but he soon forgot self, looked
souarely at duty, and 10 the reformation
was born.
To forget SELF to seek our personal
work, to do it as if we were the only
workers, is the true spirit. The difficult
ties about US are ours, but come to rs
under Gods providence. It is ours to
feel with Jesus.
81 must be about my fathers business"
Under this personal feeling every talent
win be utilized, every soul blessed.
Our sense Of duty should be despot.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26

If We die to day, the sun will shine
as brightly, and the birds will sing as
sweetly, tomorrow. Business will not
be suspended a moment, and the great
mass viii not bestow thought upon our
memories. "Is he deadP will bc the
solemn inquiry of few, as they pass to
their work. No one will miss us except
our immediate connections, and in a
short time they will forget and laugh as
merrily as when we sat beside them.
Thus shall we all, now active in life, pass
away. Our children crowd close behind
us, and they will soon be gone. In a few
years, not living being can say, 81 re-
member him." We lived in another
lce. and did business with those who
sl1nber in the tomb. Thus is lifel
How rapidly It passesP
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-20
nowhar' longside. nv a kim word an
an honest heart.
Dress well.

UrtSS WELL
From Frank Leslie's Ladys journal.
It was Nine. de Giradin, we think,
who used to say that she could read
a woman through her dress, and even
tell her character, tastes and thoughts
by a single glance at her tollet.
''Nor have / been once deceived,
she states. Every article OF dress
reveals a thought, and the most trlv'
ial detail has its language, which they
like" Another equally celebrated
modern French author says. that we
may know woman from the hem OF
their skirts to the flower in their halr
in fact, there is not stitch IN their
dress that does not tell its tale. 1t a
woman is careless of her appearance,
be sure she is unhappy and unloved;
for she never neglects her person
whilst there are fond eyes to look
upon her. tits only when these have
ceased to smile for her that she grows
needless OF her looks, and too often
sinks into a dowdy. No woman,
however, with any sense OF self-re-
spect, should allow herself to sink
| into a dowdy; but whatever be her
trials, vexations and disappointments,
she should strive to dress as well as
her position will allow. Do not i'm
aoine that we are advocating extrav-
agance; on the contrary, simplicity is
our motto, which, if united to coed
taste, will be found more effective in
the eyes of husband, father, brother,
friend, than the most costly attire
which the milliner's art can invent.
A simple bow in the hair may look
quite as coquettish and fascinating as
diamond aigrette;and cotton dress,
If fresh and prettlly made, may DE as
becoming as silk; indeed, we have
often seen cotton eclipse a silk. We
mention this to illustrate fact that
riches are little compared to taste, and
that every woman may dress we'll if
she chooses-that, in fact, it is her
duty to herself and thQxe around her
to dTess as we1r- ~ y ssrres-vr.s.s
allow. Those who accuse us who
write OF the fashions, and you who
read of the frivolity and triviality,
forget that it is just as easy to dress
we'll as it is to dress badly; and that
to dress out Of the tashson requires
as much expenditure Of thought and
care as to dress in it. To dress
we'll and fifty is an accomplishment
requiring good sense and good taste,
with an eye for color.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-20
THE FLORIDA AGRIeULTURIST.

steady boiling. The cook picked the
animal out with long two-pronged
fork and after more than one at
tempt sliced off a piece from the up
per part of the leg. Chopping 1t IN
pieces, he handed one to the nearest
diner. Placing it between his teeth
he chewed and chewed and chewed
in vain, and then brought it fourth
from his mouth, and holding it for a
moment in his hand, cast it on the
ground with the single remark;
"Gum boots" The monkey returned
to the boiler at once, where he re-
NAMED for another sixty minutes,
and the second tasting brought him
out tender and juicy-that is, tender
and Juicy for a monkeY-and by
dint OF active mastication and lively
imagination he passed as delicate
side dish. Several more attempts, anu
little more practice and experience
in monkey cuisine developed the fact
that, with the meat chopped fine and
stewed with flour thickening, a
palatable Brazilian-Irish stew could
be manufactured out of the ingre-
dients at hand. Flushed with this
first success in the experimental Gull
nary line, parrots were next tried, and
after repeated attempts at roasting,
boiling and stewing, were found to be
edible, although somewhat strong In
flavor. With monkey, parrot, the
company's provender and plenty OF
large fish, which was caught by spear
ing or shooting barbed arrows with
cord attached, the settlers are en-
abled to exist in comparative com
fort, working and eating being about
the only amusement they have.
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1O6
Mother watch the little Feet.


Mother! watch the little feet,
Climbing DER the garden wall,
Bounding through the busy street,
Ranging cellar, shed and hall;
Never count the moments lost,
Never mind the time it cost:
Little feet will go astray,
Guide them, mother, while yen may.
Mother! watch the little hand,
Picking berries by the way,
Making houses in the sand,
Tossing up the fragrant hay.
Never dare the question ask.
"Why to me this weary task
These same little hands may prove,
Messengers of light and love.
Mother! watch the little tongue,
Prattling eloquence and wild,
What is said and what is sung,
By the happy, joyous child,
Catch the word while yet unspoken,
Stop the vow before tits broken;
The same tongue may yet proclaim
Blessing in a Sayior's name.
MOtherl watch the little heart,
Beating soft and warm for you.
Wholesome lessons now impart;
Keep, o keep that yonng heart true
Extricating every weed,
Sowing good and precious seed,
Harvest rich you then may see,
Ripening for eternity.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-20
Plain Rice Pudding.

Three pints of milk, three ounces
rice, six ounces of pulverlzed sugar,
one ounce butter, dessert.spoonful
of vanilla essence, and light tea
spoonful of salt; wash the rice care
fully in three waters, put it in pan
or dish, with the salt, and half the
milk; put it back on the stove where
it will simmer slowly for two hours,
stirring occasionally to prevent the
rice settling; in half an hour begin
to add the rest Of the milk slowly. so
as not to stop the simmering just be-
fore taking it from the stove add the
butter, sugar, and vanilla; serve in
the pan in which it is cooked; ten
minutes in moderate oven will
brown it nicely; it can - served
either hot or cold. 1t is sufficient for
six persons, and costs 20 cents.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-20
Stuffed Eggplant.

Do not peel, but cut, the eggplant,
fairly large one, in two, and boil
until it is soft. Then remove the
eggplant from the fire, and, when
cool, with spoon remove almost all
the cooked substance, leaving the
rind. Drain this substance thoroughly
using some pressure. Take an onion,
cut it up fine, and add to it chopped
parsley, salt and pepper, and, with a
piece OF butter, stir them thoroughly.
Then add the cooked inside of the
eggplant, at the end adding the
yolks of two eggs and some grated
nutmeg. When this is thoroughly
cooked introduce it into the rind of
the eggplant. Take a piece OF
string, tie up the halves. and bake
thoroughly.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-20

the BATH tub was the river Ganges'
and that he had to baptize Johnney
in it. Charley, Of course, dld not
know that he ought not to hold the
child under the water for two mlnutes'
so that he was resuscitated with the
greatest difficulty; but he did know
that it was not right to persuade
Billy Muldoon, on the very same day
to get into the bath-tub and pretend
he was an alligator, and then to stab
him with the kitchen skewer. l tell
you, Ellen, if you bring the boy up
in this way, he will turn out badly
II hope not"
$50 do ]; but he has no reverence
for sacred things even now. Why
did he take our poll-parrot to church
on Sunday morning and let 1t fly as
soon as service began p? He must
have intended to make trouble. The
parrot, Of course, began TO interrupt
the minister with repeated and per-
sistent demand for crackers. Ellen
l think the bird said Polly wants a
cracker at least two hundred times
in fifteen minutes; and then Deacon
Thompson undertook to put it out
AS he chased it, the bird flew to the
pulpit, then it alighted on old Mrs
Dunwoody's bonnet, and she was
carried out in Mysteries then it flew
up and sat on the:stove-pipe near the
ceiling, and when the deacon hit at
it with the brush handle, he knocked
the stove-pipe down, and created such
hullaDaloo that DR.. Knox had to
dismiss the congregation"
II scolded Charley for that" said
Mrs. Bangs.
"But you should train him so that
he will not have a desire TO do such
things; and-and-halloa What's
that? Why, Ellen, there comes
Charley down the street with our
COW He has watermelon on each
of her horns, and pair Of my trous-
ers on her forelegs. III 60 for that
boyl"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-20
Boiled Monkey for Dinner.

A member of the Philadelphia
company which is now engaged in
railroad building on the Amazon
river has returned, and relates some
incidents of life in that region. He
says that when not engaged at rail-
road labor, the principal business of
the population is hunting up the del
icacies OF the season in the way of
food. The company furnishes the
solids, such as -four and salt beef,
but fruit being luxury which de-
mands higher prices than is charged
in Philadelphia the epicures have
been compelled TO venture on the live
stock that the forest provides. firing
of bread and beef as steady diet,
one of the laborers, urged on by
stomach strongly appealing for a
change, made bold break one day
from the regular bill Of fare and an.
nounced that he was going to have
boiled monkey as the choice dish of
his menu just once anyhow. An ac-
curate shot brought q plump young
"monk," tumbling to the ground, and
sent score or two more chattering
and squealing into the depth of the
forest. Quick skinned and cleaned,
the dispute arose as I'd how long the
game should be cooked, which ques-
ton was finally settled by an agree
inent to put the monksy into the pot
and let him boil away fntil it was de-
cided by test that he fas done. The
first test was made otter an hours
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-20
Orange snow.

The juice of four large oranges and
one lemon; the grated rind of an or
ange, and half lemon. Soak pack
age Of gelatine in a coffee cup of cold
water; when dissolved add the Juice.
and grated rind and a coffee cup of
white sugar. Cover and let stand an
hour; then pour on two and half
coffee cups Of boiling water; strain
through flannel; when cold whip in
the beaten whites of three eggs; turn
into a mold and set on ice.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-20
n-eAsAer Gardner's Lime-Kiln

CHuW.
From the Detroit Free Press.
"Gen'lem, if you see pusson
rushin roun' de wourld enveloped in
dimund pin an an ulster, am dat
any sign dat he pays taxes, rents a
church pew an brings his chill'en up
in de way de should go?n
Brother Gardner looked down
upon the sixty-tour faces in the or
chestra chairs, but not voice re-
sponded.
"When you see pusson seated in
a sky-blue cutter, pushin' de lines
over fast boss an lookin' outer his
left eye as eff he had de bulge on all
de corner lots in town, am dat any
sign dat a single grocer would trus
him for box of sardines or peck
OF carrots ?"
The elder Toots heaved deep
sigh, and Huckleberry Jones silently
scratched his off leg just below the
knee.
"When a man takes up TO- seats in
de kyar, pushes folks aroun' on de
market, elbows aroun' de city hall,
an gifts de tust place at de stamp
window in de post Office, am dat any
sign dat when he came to de pull
he'd give half dollars worth OF
wood to keep an orfun asylum from
freezin' to death? Doan' you blacktolks
git dust in yer eyes ? Oars heap OF
sand and saw-dust in dis wourld dat
passes for sugar to de man walkin'
by, but when you come to de pinch
de sugar amt dar. De saw-dust
bulges up an de sand creeps out, an
you am dis'pinted and Disguised. It's
kinder hard to have to eat cold tur-
nip when YOU know that de family
next door am luxuriatin' on sweet
cake an turkey, but if turnip am paid
for you needn't fear for yer diges-
ton. spect dat de h'arfter am de
biggest fms emmy of us hev got to
work fur, an l told you, brudders,
dat big seal rings, an pants cut
TWENTY-FIVE inches across the hull are
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-20
Il Els


Take three pints of -four, in
which put a teaspoonful Of salt and a
teaspoonful OF lard, and mix it thor
oughly then moisten it gradually
with half a pint of water, then work
it for half an hour, until the dough
becomes perfectly smooth, then mold
it in balls as big as a walnut, fatten
'cileu. --sel, -viss..ll 4 laabl
a fork, and bake in a quick oven
about twenty minutes.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-20
Mrs. Bangs Boy.

OO llOb M1Su 0DCah
Ellen" said Mr.. Bangs, to his wife,
"but | must say that your treatment
of Charley is calculated to spoil the
boy. saw him yesterday going
about with a sheet-iron stew-pan
sewed upon his hinder portion of his
trousers, and when l expressed sur
prise, he told me that you put it there
SO he could comfortably slide down
board. Now, Ellen, let me point
out to you that, apart from the sin
gularity of such an arrangement be-
ing calculated to expose the child to
unfriendly criticism, l have grave
doubts of giving Charley an idea that
he is to be iron clad on that portion
of the body where I commonly pun
ish him."
'But he seemed so much pleased
with the arrangement" said Mrs.
Bangs.
"Of course; it is big thing for
Charley. But you remember how
happy he was when You gave him
that section of stove-pipe on the 4th
--Uf--'1uiy Tor cannon Charley
didn't know that the powder would
shoot out of the hind end; Charley
didn't know that the wad would
strike Billy Muldoon in the stomach
and curl him up so that his mother
would threaten me with prosecution;
and he was equally ignorant that the
stove.pipe would go whooping over
the fence and nearly brain the man
who was picking potato bugs at De-
Haven's But his mother might have |
forseen such results. She ought to
looked more carefully ahead" |
"But Charley wasn't hurt" said
Mrs. Bangs.
"He was demoralized though
thoroughly. demoralized; and it is
our duty to guard against this. 1t
seemed to be harmless thing to buy
Charley dozen sky-rockets on the
4th but instead of using them to re-
joice over his country's independence,
what did he do with them ? 8 He col
lected all the cats in the neighbor-
hood, tied them to the sticks, and
sent them whizzing up toward the
side-real system. l am told that
Mrs. McGann's tom cat came down in
New Jersey with not hair on him,
and that scientists over there are still
impressed with the belief that he was
shot from some portion of the milky
way. 1t is terrible, Ellen, to think
of son of ours leading learned sci
entifc men astray."
But you have said, yourself, that
there were too many cats in this
neighborhood."
"To be sure but better have SUI
per1uity of cats than TO learn Charley
cruelty. He has disposition to do
so, Ellen, 1 fear, and all because of
your indulgence. 1t seemed to you
no harm to let him play with Johnny
Widener in our bathroom, But you
know how, when you were down
stairs, he pretended that he was a
missionary, and that Johnny was
oo,,-o.to "a boo+boY ood ho,,, bo ,,lovad
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-20


for good W. e. Gladstone.
Girls, if you want to encourage
young men get an album. It's the
first thing bashful young man grabs
when he enters strange house where
there are girls. We've seen them
look through one until they knew
every picture by heart, from page
one to General Grant in the back
part. It's wonderful what interest
a bashful man will take in a girls
grandmother and pug.nosed uncle
at the first visit, but it's always so.
Get 'em, girls. It's the best thing in
the world to occupy fellows's hands,
and it's sure cure Tor bashfulness.
"Shirely Dare" dares to write
thusly 81 wish American ladies
and gentlemen would take to the
fashion Of wearing hand knit thread.
wool and silk stockings" She adds
that such stockings can be bought for
81 per pair. 1t is probably on ac-
count OF their cheapness that editors
don't wear them. Newspaper men
have become SO accustomed to wear
ing stockings costing $40 and SIS a
pair that they will not take kindly to
the suggestion to discard them for
cheaper and inferior article.-Norris-
toao1e Herald
"If the angels had wings, what did
they want ladder for to climb into
heaven ?" This was puzzler for
the Bishop. He cleared his throat
several times, grew red in the face
and hesitated; but at last bright
thought struck him. Turning to-
ward the school, he said: GAS one
little child has asked this ques-
ton, perhaps some other little child
can answer 1t. Now, can any one
tell me why the angels wanted a
LADDER" Back came the answer from
remote corner OF the room: "Be-
cause they were moulting, sir" The
good. Bishop sat down.