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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-06-23
Communicated. NO. |.
or of the FLOriola Aqricultus-ist !.

Editor Of the Florida Agricultu-ist
That the mistakes, in any given bus
mess, of any one should serve, when
they become public, as beacon lights
to others engaged in the same business
is a truism that at once appeals to
common sense tor confirmation and
as orange culture in the hands of be-
ginners is attended by more or less
mistakes, some OF them serious and
others Of minor Importance, pro.
pose to relate a few of mine, trusting
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-06-23
JUNE %
VARIETIES.

II women are angels, why don't
they fly over fence instead OF
making such tearfully awkward
job OF climbing
One fifth, OF one million acres of the
VINEYARDS of France will be unpro.
ductive this year. This means loss
ofeighty million dollars.
"John, we won't have potatoes
enough for dinner with so much COM.
pany !; what shall we do ?" "Tell
them we have lost our potato masher,
and the girl had to jump on them.
They won't ask for any," said John.
An Irish drummer who now and
then INDUCED in noggin of poteen
was accosted by the reviewing gen
eral: "Wh makes your nose so
reu?" "Plaze your honor" replied
Pat, 81 always blush when l spake 10
d gineral officer"
"Tom, where is that ten dollar
counterfeit bill you mad while ago."
well Massa, | never was positive
about dat ar bill. Some days | tink
it war a good bill; some oder day |
tink it war bad BILL one o'dem days
when I link it war a good bill jes'
dun gone and passed it.
AS a rule we should prune young
trees mere and old trees less than
uas formerly been the practice. III
pruning old trees it is very damag.
ing to the longevity OF the trees TO
cut out large branches. The superiu-
GUS branches should have been cut
out when the trees were young.
1T is said that the male wasp does
not sting" But as male aud female
wasp wear the same kind OF polo
nalse, and look as much alike as twins
the only way to distinguish their sex
is to catch one. II it stings you it is
a female; if not, it is a gentleman
wasp.
An old gentleman once said, in
speaking of bad consequences Of dis
parity OF tortune-especially on the
wife's side in marriage-that when he
married he had 20 cents, and his wife
rs, and that she was throwing out
that extra cents to him ever after
wards.
The wind is unseen, but it cools
" a. he iexsres lone. sweet
studded with tail coIIfNAs OF OrIcK
mason-work, which supports the
frame work of the root. This is in
winter covered with boards. and the
vertical openings between The col
umns are closed with glass. AT
some points, as in the neighborhood
of the town of Limone, these gardens
are SO extensive as to give smost
peculiar effect to the shore
And thus the people OF some parts
of Italy raise lemons tor export:
We do not think it will ever be
found necessary to build a crystal
palace" in San Diego to facilitate the
culture of lemons. The winter just
closed was the coolest known in the
recorded observations OF thirty.seyen
years, and the damage was so lrifling,
on the whole, as hardly to be taken
into account. But we do want H.
telligent, patient care of our lemon
orchards-care extending to the
gathering of the fruit and packing of
it for market. With this, l conf
IDENTIFY believe we need not fear the
competition of all the world.
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Miss TOWner's Chickens.
rom the Neau YORK. Times.

From the NeaD York Times.
Miss Towner was one Of the school
teaching species. She went to North
Carolina soon after the civil war,
and took charge of the Jonesville
district school. She was between
forty and fifty, and her reputation
Tor tearlessness and decision of char,
acter in connection with the kitchen
poker made her a terror to tramps
and evil-doers generally. The pleas
ant little cottage in which Miss
Towner lived alone without even a
servant, had small yard attached
to it which seemed eminently
adapted to chicken culture. Miss
Towner had made several attempts
to keep chickens, but the magnetism
of the colored element was altogether
too strong, and she had definitely
abandoned the undertaking when
she read OF the Massachusetts mans
trap. 1t was clear to her that what
ever could be done by a goodfo
nothing man could be done far bet
ter by an intelligent woman, and &C
cordinglY she resolved to stock the
empty chicken house, and to get a
new, original trap. After much
thought, she hit upon the plan of a
moose trap. She procured long
rope, which she passed through a
pulley placed on the limb Of tree
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bananas, pine apples, guavas, and
many other semi tropical fruits, also
various kinds of vegetables. The in.
creased yield ofthe orange for the
last FIVE or six years has been ascer-
tanned by statistics to be about
twenty-five per cent. per annum.
The Lake George Fruit Growers
Association, of Putnam county, Of
which have the honor to be Presi-
dent, appointed Committee on
Statistics tor the county, dividing
the county into districts, and allot.
ting one committeeman to each dis
trict, who made a thorough canvass
of the county; every orange-grower
was visited and his trees and crop
counted, which involved a great
amount oflabor The returns made
show the following results, to-wit:
Number bearing trees. SS,OS5
Number blooming trees other than
bearing -..---------.- 29,080
Number coming into bloom. 1856
Number small trees in grove. 2O3, 44O
Number nursery trees ---------.. 702, $50
Yield of oranges in 1879. ,461 ,038
We can readily see from these
statistics tiat the yield promises to
be very much increased for many
years TO come.
The facts here presented, with ref
erence to Putnam. county, will APP
ply With equal force to several other
counties, and there are probably more
trees planted IN Orange than any
other county in the State. Volusia
is also in the orange belt, and will
compare favorably with any other
county.
At a convention recently held in
Fernandina by the managers OF the
different lines of transportation, it
was ascertained that during the win
ter OF 1S79.S0 there was shipped from
Florida tour hundred and fifty
thousand boxes of oranges; each box
will average one hundred and twenty
eight oranges, and weighs eighty
pounds; that would be 56,60O,00U
oranges, weighing $4,000, 900 pounds.
A car will carry 200 boxes of
oranges, weighing 10000 pounds /;
that makes $3.50 car loads.
The same convention referred to at
Fernandina, also reports that during
the season of 1879, 100000 crates Of
vegetables were, shipped from the
Transit railroad. They had no data
by which they could estimate cor.
rectly the crop from the st. Johns
river, but we have good reason to
believe that it was fully one-third of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-06-23
A Hugging Academy.

From The San Francisco Post
Il say" inquired one Of the blonde
conductors on the California street
road, as Post attache stepped on
his car the other day, "what would
you fellows charge for a nice dis
play ad., of new enterprise ?"
lie was informed, and the nature
OF the business asked.
"Well: you see" said the conduc-
tor, bending over the dummy seat
and sinking his Voice TO confden-
tlal whisper, you see I've bout
made up my mind to open hug.
glng school after hours"
"A WHAT inquired the journalist.
"Why, an academy devoted to the
beautiful art OF manual construction,
as it were"
Indeed !" said the passenger,
much amazed.
Eyes, sir, there are professors to
teach all kinds ri polite accomplish.
ments. Why not hugging? Real,
good, scieAti Sc hugging is one OF the
fine arts, my Bar sir.
lis, Ell 7"
eyes, sir. Now, why are conduc-
tors as rule, so much more success
tul With the fair sex than other men ?
Why is it, in fact, that they make
more 'mashes' than their tellow-men?"
Dunno"
"Why, simply on account of the
manner in which they help lady on
and off car It's the way the goods
are handled, as a drummer would
say. A conductor who really throws
his whole soul into his business can
get more real square toed, selt.satis-
tying hugging out Of lady's waist,
between the " car step and the
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-15
Pennsylvania Puddlers,
Seven Thousand Iron-workerl
Out Of Employment.
An Important Strike Inaugu.
rated To-day.

National Associated Press to the Star.
HARRISBURG, Pa, March 15.-The pud-
dlers employed at the Lochiel. Paxton,
Baileys Fairview & Central Iron Works in
this city and at tie Western Furnace at
Duncannon, have struck for an advance in
their wages Of from five to six dollars per
ton.
The proprietors offer $5 80. but their Of.
fer is refused. This strike is the result Of
an agreement among the puddlers.
A conference of puddlers from all the
mills was held at Duncannon on Saturday,
at which the demands were agreed upon.
The puddlers in the mills from Johnstown
to Columbia, about forty establishments
in all, are on strike.
In this vicinity about six hundred work.
men, puddlers and helpers, are idle, but a
protracted strike will throw an immense
number of others out Of employment who
are working on manufactured iron.
1t is said that altogether there are I, 000
men idle between Jnhnstown and Colum.
bia. There is no disturbance, and every
thing is quiet thus far.
The mill owners say that they can moi
afford to give more than IS so for pudding
owing to the risky condition of the irol
market crash in prices being momentari
ly expected.
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NEwooMB-coLE CONFERENCES.
TO.DAY'S LEGISLATURE.
Senatorial Solons Not in Session,

Special to the Star.
COLUMBUS, O., March 15.-A fair quota OF
members of the House listened to pray er
by Rev. P. F. Meartyn.
The usual number Of local option peti-
tions were presented.
Mr.. Green offered a joint resolution for
the appointment of commission of three
to inquire into the causes Of hereditary dis
eases.
Senator Hartshorn's bill to allow the
Trustees of the Chiidren's Home to sci
apart funds and dep sit the same was re
ported by the Committee Of Judiciary ant
indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Dempsy introduced bill to allow
the Sheriff to havexi the i2nd sales, ant
providing for 4 per cent # the fees nov
received by Master Commissioners. Th,
bill applies to~Iamilton, Lucas, FrankliI
and Cuyahoga Counties.
Mr.. Croom's bill to allow the Commits
sioners of Franklin County to levy ta1
for building Broad street bridge was passed
by a vote OF 81 10 1.as
His bill to allow the Buckeye Mutual Ait
Association to move their Office from Hill
iards to Columbus was also passed.
Mr.. Green's bill to establish O polio,
force in x enia was passed.
The House then adjourned.
The Senate was not in session this morn
ing.
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LECTURE BY BEN. BUTLER.

LECTURE BY BEN. BUTLER.
National Associated Press to the Star.
New YoRK, March 15.--General Butler
lectured last evening at, Steinway Hall be-
fore an audience "f about thousand per-
sons, for the benefit OF the suffering poor in
Ireland. Charles A. Dana presided and in
troduced the lecturer. About $500 clear Of
expense was made by the lecture.
THE SWEET BY-AND-BY."
At the conclusion Of the meeting, and
while the Army" was leaving, the orches-
ira struck up "Sweet By.and-by." A sea
captain who was sitting DIP in front now
gave the leader of the Band five.dolar
bill and requested him to play 1t over again.
The request was complied with.
IN AID OF IRELAND.
The benefits at the theaters and other
places of amusement on st. Patrick's day
for the poor of Ireland will be very numer-
Gus and most attractive in this city and
vicinity, ard many thousand dollars will
be raised for the famine fund. Every day
some detail of fresh interest is added to the
programme OF performances already ar
ranged, the newest being the assignment by
General Schofeld of the famous band Of
West Point to participate in Glmore's Great
Anvil Chorus at Madison Square Garden.
SALVATION ARMY OPEN THE CAMPAIGN.
The announcement that the Salvation
Army would conduct services at Haverly's
Theater last evening attracted an immense
crowd, end long before the doors were
opened crowds lined the sidewalks for
blocks waiting to obtain admission. ATT
o'clock Commissioner Raillton with five ol
his female corps, mounted the stage and
opened services with prayer. The Com.
missioner was dressed in suit of blue with
gold lace around his coat His assistants
were also dressed in blue and wore long
sacques. They wore the regulation caps OF
the army with red bands and the words
salvation Army" around them.
The services throughout consisted oil
prayers and singing Of hymns The audi.
ence was unusually mixed one and con-
sisted Of business men and clerks, sporting
men and prize.fighters. Among the latter
were noticed Dooney Harris and Barney
Aaron. The theatrical profession was but
slimly represented, Pat Rooney being the on.
ly noticeable present. The Band refused ia
take money for their service, and no collec
| tion was taken up.
FAILURE OF AMERMAN 4 co.
The failure of J. w. Amerman & Co.,
stock brokers, Broad street, is announced
on the streets to-day. The firm were in
| terested in the celebrated Nashville
Chattanooga pool, and the break in.sllarel
last evening from 12S to SO, was the mali
cause of the suspension. Amount Of liza
bilities estimated at $50, 600.
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WORKING WORLD.
A GREAT STRIKE IMMINENT.
NAL Associated Press TO the STAR.


National Associated Press TO the Star
NEW YORK, March 15.--The carpenters,
bricklayers and several other trade union,
are now thoroughly ossanized, and gen.
eral move for an advance Of wages will be
made by the 1st of April. The furniture
makers, who have been on O strike for four
weeks are still confident of gaining the ad.
vance demanded, but it is probable that a
compromise will be made in that branch oi
the trade next Week. From the present
outlook it app ars almost certain that not
less than ten thousand work men will be
out on strike in this city within three OF
four days, and should the turniture-makers
fail tn effect q compromise at least two
thousand more will be added to that mum.
ber.
CLINTON STRIKING WEAvERs.
CLINTON, MASS, March 15.-The striking
weavers held meeting yesterday afternoon
and were addressed by speakers from Fal
River and other places.
OPERATIONS OUT AT WEBSTER.
WEBSTER, MASS, March 15.-Twelve hun
dred operatives at North Grosvenor Conn
four miles from here, have struck for ar
advance OF ten per cent. and decrease O
working hours from twelve and half L
eleven hours. The advance was granted
but the agent refused reduction vi hour
and the help remained out
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THE TWO MOTHERS.
HEUCK'S OPERA.HOUSE.

ATTRACTION EXTRAORDINARY!
MONDAY EVENING, March 15, 1880, engage.
ment for one week only, the
Q. L. GRAVES COMBINATION,
FACE. together with J. H. ROWE and power
full dramatic company, in the Greatest OF all Plays
the beautiful and romantic military drama, in
four &C s, called THE SOLDIERS TRUST. Geo.
z. Boniface as Corporal Antoine" Admission
15c.. 25c and Soc Matinees Wednesday, Satur.
day, and Sunday. Reserved seats at Perry & Nor.
TONS 1852 Vine street
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MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 10. 1880

rastus Carey, an old bachelor of this place,
who has been seeking perpetual motion
for many years. died suddenly yesterday
afternoon, just as he thought the motion
was almost perfected.
SUNDAY HUNTER SHOT.
Guyon Fisher, a wealthy miller of Bat
tie Creek, was found dead in the woods in
Kalamazoo County yesterday. He acci
dentally shot himself while hunting.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
GRAND OPEkA-HOUSE.

THIS MONDAY EVENING, March 18th, THE
PEERLESS AMERICAN PRIMA DONNA,
ALICE OAT ES,
Supported by the Oates English Comic Opers
Compauy-35 ARTISTS S5-will appear for the
last night In the ever popular comic opera,
GIROFLE.GIltOFLA.
Tuesday evening, March 10th, PRETTY PER
FUMER.
Seats at Hawley's. or at Box Office Of the thea
ter
Monday, March 22d Kirslfys grand spectacular
play, ENCHANTMENT.
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Fourth Edition.
7 he LATEST
Rational Associated Press to the Star.

BATAVIA, March l6.-Thomas Phillips,
aged eighteen years, son of Squire Thomas
II. Phillips, near Nicholsville, was accident
ally killed on Saturday while hauling logs.
i NEW YoRK, March -15. During desper-
ate row among prominent Ward politicians
at H. yland's saloon, on Chatham street, last
night, Mr.. Burke was stabbed and shot
fourteen times, and Dennis Halloran re-
ceived seven cuts. Burke will probably
die.
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OF the salary of the President to $25, 900
per annum.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Mr. Davis, of
Illinois, presented q memorial from the
leading newspaper publishers OF Chicago.
asking that the tariff. on foreign unsized
paper and the material used in the manu-
facture of paper be removed.
Mr. Bayard reported favorably from the
Judiciary Committee bill for preventing
the arrest of election officers on election
days. MFR. Edmunds ssannounced that the
Committee was not unanimous
Mr.. Thurman from the same Committee
reported favorably the bill to make the
crime Of rape in the District of Columbia
punishable with death.
MT. Edmunds asked permission to make
q minority report.
The calendar was taken up and the con-
sideratlon Of the bill for the erection of q
public building at Denver, Colorado, was
resumed.
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GOALS OF FIRE,
And a Wife Who Heaped Them
on Her Husbands Head.
TERRIBLE CALAMITY ON
LAKE MICHIGAN.
Stabbing ARRAY Between Uncle
Sans Soldiers.
Specials to the star.

Specials to the star.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, March 16-Advice
from Morrilton states that yesterday ne.
gro man by the name of Tode Neeley be-
came exasperated at his wife upon the
question of bedding the children and she
threw shovelful of hot embers in his face.
A daughter was standing near with bar
low knife in her hand. The infuriated
man jerked the knife from her and thrust
it into his wife's side, killing her almost
instantly. Neeley escaped. -
SOLDIER MORTALITY STABBED.
GAINEsvILLE, NORTH Texas, March 15.-
Two U. S. soldiers one named Dorsey, a
native of Virginia, got in quarrel yester-
day and Dorsey was stabbed mortally
three times, twice in the abdomen and once
in the small OF the back.
TEAR DOWN CHURCH TROUBLES.
Dies Mo1EEs, a., March 15-Two of the
How're family, belonging to the Tear Down
Church vendetta in Warren County, were
arrested yesterday. Wheeler arrested a
few days ago for shooting Reuben Westfall,
made long confession. in which he stated
the Howries hired him to kill Westfall.
The old feuds have again broken out, and
there is trouble ahead.
TO BE HANGED IN MAY.
DALLAS, TEXAS, March 15.-Isham Capps,
the negro convicted of rape on Mrs. Thorn
ton, at Fort Worth, was sentenced Satur-
day to be hanged the 7th of May.
SUICIDE SUSPECTED.
VAHDALIA, I'LL, March 15.-The body Of
Henry Kumpt, German, was found yes
terday afternoon about one mile east Of
this place, by the side of the road in pond
Of water. Suicide Is suspected.
LIZZIE BARTON AGAIN.
CANTON, ILL.,, March 15.-Lizzie Barton
who was arrested on Wednesday In Bloom
ington for theft, and who is well known In
this county as horse. thief. tried to make
her escape fir nj Jail last evening. She wa.
put in the cell for the insane for safe keep
ing.
FEMALE TRAMP FATALLY BURNED.
WASHINGTON, IND, March 15.-A woman
named Baker, a tramp, who had campeG
with her paramour near here, at O'CLOCK
this morning came screaming to the dool
W. Pennington, where she was admitted
Every stitch of her clothing was burned
off. and she was one mass # burned flesh
Her clothing caught fire from the camp
fire. She had parted from her husband a
Wheatland last fall, and was travelling will
- -
out. The woman will die from her in
juries
A vINCENNEs VICTIM.
VINcENNEs IND. March 15.-At the houst
of G. N. Allen, Jr., to-day at noon Dich
Greenhow, in fit of delirium, cut hi!
throat. The wound is probably not fatal
Mrs. G. N. Baker died at 4 a. m. to-day
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Chung How's Head all Right.
Associated Press to the Star.

SHANGHAI March ia dispatch from
Pekin states that the annou ncement of the
beheading Of Chung How, Ahe ex-Chinese
Ambassador to Russia, was unauthorized
and premature. He still lies in prison and
his case is yet under advisement by the
Government
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Died.

OMOHUNDRO-At9: 9:25 D. M. Thursday, March
11th, 1850, at her sidence, No. 65 hallagher st
Allegi eny City, Pa, OF brain fever. Clarinda
fedient wife u Sidney Omohundro formerly Of
Cincinnati.
lnterment Tomorrow March 10th. 1880, in
Spring G owe Cemetery. 1T 8 O'Clock p. m. Car
riageswill leave the office of Estep h Meyer, un.
dertakers, No. 2i1 West Seventh street, at l:S0
p. m,
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GLINTS FROM GOTHAM.
Stopped By q Whale... ..Ben. Butler...
Salvation Army...Sweet Bye
and Bye, Etc.
THERE SHE sPoUrs.

Special t6 the Star.
NEW YoRK, March 15.-The steamer Isaac
Bell, while on her passage yesterday from
Norfolk, Va, to New York, was obliged to
come to full stop to get out of tie wav O:
a large whale, which Jay directly across the
vessels bows. He did not evince the slight
est alarm, but lay like huge log OH the
water, with forty feet Of his back exposed.