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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03
in the first place, being trenched to
the Depth Of two feet and made very

IN the first place, being trenched to
the depth Of two feet and made very
muchlike a sandwich, with alterna-
tiYeylayers of manure and earth. In
this my plants rooted capitallv and
they throw up every year strong
shoots from the bottom, For ex-
ample, ] measured some from CHARLES
Lefebfe, which were more than nine
feet in height. About the middle
part nj august have the greater
part Of the, old wood cut out, in Or
der that the young rods may have
plenty of light and air to enable them
to ripen properly, and from this
wood l get my show blooms tor the
following year. In November give
my plants-a good dressing OF thor
oughly rotted COW manure, which l
have dug in at once. In march, after
the pruning is complete, the ground
is lightly forked and after that occa
slonly hoed up to time OF blooming.
AS. soon as the bloom buds are
formed give the plants plenty OF
liquid manure, composted of sheep
droppings, SCOT and little guano,
and sometimes in a wet season like
the present SOW little guano, but
much prefer the liquid manure. The
bushes are carefully disbudded, no
stem is allowed to carry more than
one flower and only limited number
1on each plant. AS the bloom buds
are approaching maturity they ale
shaded both from the scorching rays
of the sun and also from rain"
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An Ostrich Farm.
\. Mosely, Challenger Notes.

H. N. Mosely, Challenger Notes
Mr., Mcclellan, who was most
kindly hospitable, has an ostrich
farm, but his flock of birds was not
very large at the time OF our visit,
he having had bad luck at first i'll
breeding. 5}fi3oa ...t
He owns the actual Cape of Good
Hope and a long stretch OF the moor
land adjoining, and has thrown wire
fence right across the peninsula SO as
to give his ostrches the run OF "a
large tract, stretching right down to
the Cape itself. One old hen ostrich
was pet about the house, but used
to do sad damage in the farm yard
eating the young goslings, swallow
ing them like oysters.
1t is amusing to go with MIR. Nc
Kellar into one OF his breeding pad
docks; here pair OF ostriches were
brooding on a nest of eggs, dividing,
as usual, the t6r-bctween them.
The cock was ye'y savage and at
tackled all lntfuders, so his master
had a long pole with a fork at the
end of it. and when the ostrich ran at
the party he caught its neck in the
fork. The ostrich was excessively
enraged, but soon had to give in.
"A kick from an ostrich is well
known as very dangerous. The only
thing to do when attacked without
means OF defense, Mr.. Mcclellan said,
is to lie down and let the bird walk
on you till he is tired. l was aston
ishcd at the brightness OF the red
coloripg developed on the front of
the legs Of the cock bird during the
breeding season. The ornamental
appearance OF the bird is greatly en-
HANGED by it.
A narrow but strong and high pen
is provided TOR pluckingthe birds in.
They are driven into ittand held fast.
1t is found better to pluck the teath-
ers out than TO cut Them off. The
stumps, If lett in, are apt to cause
trouble. d
Young ostriches, when first from
the egg, have curious horny plates at
the tips OF Their feathers, like those
in the feather OF one Of the Indian
Jungle fowl and some other birds
not in the least related to one another.
Q The Cape peninsula becomes very
narrow towards its termination, and
ends an Two capes, Cape Point, son
Which is the lighthouse. Sand the Cape
Rood Hope. The Cape OF Good
Hope itself Is mass ofTrock, termi-
mating in Perpendicular cliffs toward
the sea, but with lodges here and
there, on which numbers OF cormo-
rarts (Phdiacocorir cdpe1aSis) nest.
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Scab in Sheep.
From the Country Gentleman.

From the Country Gentleman.
l have flock OF thirty ewes which
came in the yard in the fore part OF
December, in fine condition. The
yard is well drained, with sheds for
shelter. Their feed has been clover
hay only, and they had all the fresh
water they wanted, and salt when
they needed, that is, several times a
week. The sheep have all been
raised on this farm; are OF various
ages-trom ore to ten years old, and
have always been healthy until they
had been up two or three weeks,
when four OF them began pulling the
wool from their sides, and now have
bare spots behind their fore legs. If
they are not relieved, they will soon
have it all off. The barred spots are
red, but otherwise the skin looks
healthy; not scabbed. is the COM
plant contagious "A. II. c., New
burgh. The symptoms described
indicate That the disease is scab. Ii
so, probablystlses Whole flock has been
injected by ibis enisD Some one OF
the .afseni6aI solutions aapted to
thee purposes. should be- poured
through theFwool OF ali the sheep.
The bare spots should be rubbed,
in addition, with a. sulphur, or sui.
phur and oil of tar ointment. Some
of the carbolic acid preparations are
also good for this latter purpose.
After ,tne@sheep are shorn in the
spring, ii. any indications OF headis-
ease appear, the whole flock should
be thoroughly dipped, etfecting thus
a permanent cureI A n
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ameter, he thinks that we. can safely
assume that st extended two feet
deeper, which would make it eight
feet 10 length just the height Of the
the tree. = He then dug down in
another place;to the depth Of eigh-
teen inches, when he encountered a
lateral root which he traced to the
distance of eleven feet from the tree.
and on the other side of the same
tree he found, at about the same
depth, a similar root extending
twelve feet in the opposite direction.
These Investigations not only show
the fallacy of the statement that
where surface irrigation is practiced,
the roots are ali near the top OF the
ground and do not grow to the depth
which nature intended they should"
but also proves the expediency OF
planting deciduous fruits and vines
among our orange trees.
When we consider the fact that
trees experimental upon have only
been planted three years, l think we
should be we'll satisfied with this re-
markable showing Of the growth OF
our orange trees.
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How to Tel a Horses Age.

The editor of the Southern Planter
says: "'rhe other day we met a
gentleman from Alabama who gave
us piece OF information as to ascer.
tanning the age OF horse after it has
passed the ninth year, which was
quite new to us, and will be, we are
sure, to most OF our readers. 1t is
this: Alter the horse is nine years
old a wrinkle comes In the eyelld, at
the upper corner OF the lower lid
and every year thereafter he has one
we'll defined wrinkle Tor each year of
bis age over nine. If, for instance, a
horse has three wrinkles, he is twelve;
if tour, thirteen. Add the number
of wrinkles to nine and you will al.
ways get at it. So says the gentle
man, and he is confident it will never
fail. -. wf~ f-g Ell
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1'aDiOca.

Lindley. Wood and Bochee
"a starch used for food, prepared
chiefly from the root OF the manioc
or mandioc plant Jat,0pha paanihot
of Iinaeus, aaauiISot attlhsima or la,
mipha naaniItot, by expressing the
juice, which is poisonous, and care.
fully washing and drying the fecula :;
called by the Indians OF South
America nad1eioc. -
The manioc plant is cultivated for
FOOD all over the tropical parts of the
world. There are two varieties OF it
distinguished by the names of sweet
and bitter. "The latter, if eaten in
the raw state is highly poisonous
from its containing hydrocganic
(prussic) acid. The root weighing as
much as 30 pounds is reduced into a
pulp, which, having been washed and
subjected TO pressure and heat to
free it from the poison, the residum
is cassava. The expressed juice de.
posts starch in the form of a DOW.
der which is repeatedly washed in
cold water and dried by exposure to
heat. The rupture OF a part OF the
starch granules makes them adherent
and thus produces the characteristic
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Singular Property of Tomato
Leaves.

From California Paper. 5rsrr
Il planted peach orchard" writes
Mr.. Siroy, Of the Society of Horii-
culture, Valparaiso, land the trees
grew we'll and strongly. They had
but just commenced TO bud when
they were invaded by the curculio
(putgooal, which insects were followed,
as frequently happens, by ants. Hav
ing cut some tomatoes, the idea oc-
cured to me that by placing some OF
the leaves around the trunks and
branches OF the peach trees | might
reserve them from the rays OF the
sun, which were very powerful. My
surprise was great upon the follow
ing day to find the trees entirely free
from their enemies, not one remain,
ing, except here and there where
curled Leaf prevented the tomato
from exercising its influence. These
leaves l carefully unrolled, placing
them upon fresh ones from the to-
mato vine, with the result OF banish-
ing the last insect, and enabling the
trees to grow in luxpriance. Wish
ing to carry still further my expert
ment, l stepped in water some fresh
leaves Of the tomato, and sprinkled
with this infusion other plants, roses
and oranges. In two days these were
also free from the ginnumerable in
sects which covered them, and teltI
sure that, had | used the same means
with my melon patch, | should have
met with the same result l there
tore deem it a duty owe TO The So
ciety of horticulture to make known
this singular and useful property of
tomato Ieaves, which discovered by
the merest accident.
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Growth Of Orange Roots.
Dom i'm Riyerside ICal.l Press.

DUH III hIVeIsIlIt IOaI.l Press.
Mr.. George Crawtord,ot this place,
has been conducting series OF inter
esting Investigations to determine the
depth to which the roots OF our or
ange trees have penetrated the soil.
Commencing at distance OF three
feet from the tree, he sank trench
in diagonal direction towards the
tree, until at depth OF six feet he
struck the tap root. From the sur
lace to the bottom OF the trench ne
found the ground filed with a net.
work OF roots which extended in all
directions, AS the tap root, at a
depth OF six feet, was an inch in di-
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How to Produce Exhibition
Roses.

The following extracts from the
Garden, leading horticultural
weekly OF England, will show our
rose, growers how ina deqpate ispt6e
supply OF manure which-most of them
use, and also what large number of
plants must be grown, in order to
exhibit line roses Z 81 ~ BaFI,R 3
MIR. Baker arrows a very large
number OF roses, many thousands.
Last autumn he budded 3,700 roses
in order that heAmight Successfully
compete for the challenged cup; he
had whole rows of Duke Of Edin.
burgh, La France, Charles Letebre,
Marie Baumann and others, with
IRON. fifty to one hundred plants in
each. MIR. Baker does not keep his
plants very long (though he prefers
cutbacks TO maidens), a couple of
years used to be his limit, but the fine
flowers he showed this year were cut
from tive.year-old plants. AS to cul-
tivation, he feeds his plants tremen-
dously; the amount OF the very
strongest manures that rose trees
will assimilate is something remark
able. | have seen some beds with
nearly foot OF manure on them, and
yel they only seemed to rejoice the
more 1or their very liberal supply.
MIR. Baker himself states: My rose
ground was very carefully prepared
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irst arrival they were nearly all will:
ing to work regularly. ? andI were
mostly honest. But now, net one in
ten will engag in ocoppationsrequir.
ing steady and continued hard work.
Indeed, they never could be- de-
pended upon when left by themselYes.
AS a farmer, a man of acknowledged
humane instincts, gfaphicallS and
truthfully said: "a gang of them
in field requires leader and a
driver, as much as a six:horse team.n
While the Irish O.. German emigrants,
under precisely the same conditions,
have in nine cases in ten not only,
made living, but have become we'll
TODD, the negro has degenerated, and
to-day it is doubtful ii the negro lab
orer in Illinois is worth as much as it
costs to keep him, though the negro
woman, by her industry and superb
GRITTY, saves enough, and perhaps
more than enough, to balance the ac-
count. ~ " q 'O
If, with all the advantages Of SYM
pathy for them and their misfortunes,
they have not been able TO make
their way, when their numbers are
few, and when there is demand tor.
their, labor, how will it fare with them
when ten or a hundred crowd in
where there is ore now? 1t does
not require great flight Of the i'm
agination to anticipate the time, when,
feeling the error OF their ways, adj
vised by their friends, and perhaps
assisted to homes by the state and
the national government, the negro
exodus will turn back on itself, and
possess and people the still vast un-
occupied and uncultivated lands of
the Gotten states.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-07-08
d o 9 1e tie 3.

INDIAN CHATTER. No. n, r. A., meets on
on the First and Third Tuesdays in every month,
at O'Clock P. NJ. in the Masonic Hall IroDton.
STAR OF THE WEST LODGE No. 1873, A. F. & A..
NJ. meets in Masonic Hall, Ironton. on the Satur-
day Of or preceding the full moon In each month.
Mosaic LODGE No. 351, A. +. q A. NJ, meets
in the Masonic Hall, Cross Roads, on the Satur-
day Of or preceding the full moon in each month
IRoNroN ENCAMPMENr No. %, l. q. q. F.,
meets in the Odd Fellows Hall, Ironton, on the
First and Third Thursdays Of every month.
IRON LODGE No. 1O7. 1. O. o. F. meets every
Monday evening, at its Hall, in Ironton.
PHGBE LODGE No. $50, ]. o. O.F., meets every
Thursday evening, in Masonic Hall, Cross Roads.
IRoNroN LODGE No. 6. I. .. G. T., meets ev-
cry Friday evening, at its Hall, IrontoD.
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Churches.

MASS every Sunday At o'clock A. NJ. in the
Chapel Of the Arcadia College. Evening instruc-
tion, followed by Benediction Of the Blessed Sac
Church Mass is celebrated every Sunday morning
At 10 o. clock.
M. e. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and Mountain
Streets, Ironton. NJ BELL, Pastor. Residence: !:
Ironton, Mo. Services, Second and Fourth Sum
days in each month. Sabbath School every Sum
day morning, at O'Clock. Prayer Meeting every
Thursda evening, at 6 O'Clock.
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CIRCUIT CouRr is held on the Fourth Mon
day In October and April.
COUNTY CoUKT conveDes on the First Mon
day OF March, June, September and December.
In February May, August and November.
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Washington. with headqual ters q
Governors Island, New York city.
HIS pERSONAT. AppEA n NCE


Governors Island, New York city.
HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
Hancock, In personal appearance, Is
tall, well-formed and very handsome;
and his height cannot be less than six
feet two inches, and he weighs fully
240 pounds. He would make the finest
looking President who ever sat in the
White House, except, perhaps, George
Washington. His form towers above
other men, and he attracts attention
by his looks wherever he goes. His
eyes are blue and have . benignant
and mild expression when in repose,
but inspiring when in danger; and his
manner is dignified and knightly, and
he is courtesy itself. Is always mag
netic, and draws men to him by his
kindness and gentle interest In their
affairs. His sympathies are easily
aroused and he becomes intensely con-
cerned for the sorrows and misfortunes
of others, striving in every way to
relieve them, as though their troubles
were his own. Hancock's kindness
to his subordinates always won not
only their love, but also their conf
dence, and caused them to rely on him
as friend as well as commander. He
gave . man . good opinion of him
self, and made each one feel he was
Of more importance than he ever be-
fore suspected. 1t was this which
caused him to have such power over
his officers and men in battle, and
made them prefer rather to die than
forfeit the good opinion of their lead
er.
General Hancock had two children,
Hancock and Ada Elizabeth
The latter died i'm New
York, of typhoid fever, when eighteen
years of age. she was a young lady
Of great promise. Russell Hancock,
the Generals only son, is living and is
a planter in Mississippi.
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UNOEh 0HANTs
Hancock did not recover from his
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FRANZ DJNGER,
ATTORNEY at Law and Notary Public,

Real Estate Agent,
And Agent for the Mutual Life, and Home
Fire Insurance Companies of New York,
and the Etna Insurance Company.
OFrIcE--One door mort Of the Ironton House
IRONCON. MO-.
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VOLUME XIII.
Omc1al Directory.

LowNDKs b. DAVIS, n. c., Fourth District,
Cape Grsrdeau.
BERNARD ZwARr, Commissioner U. 8. Cir
cult Court, rronton.
Louis T. DINNINa. Judge 26th Circuit,
Potost.
WILL r. EDGAR, Prosecuting Attorney,
lronton.
J. w. BERRYMAN Representative, Arcadia.
FRANZ DINGBR, Presiding Judge. Ironfon; !;
JosEIH L.. SrErHENs, Belleview, and JOHN KEN
PER, Des Arc, Associate Judges.
Court, trouton.
JAMES BuFoRD, Sheriff and Collector, Iron
ton.
JOSEPH HUFF. Clerk Circuit Court, Ironton.
q. B. NALL, Clerk County Court, Ironton.
! g. WHITwoRrH, Treasurer, 1r0nton.
WIN. E. BELL, Assessor, Belleview.
JACOB 7. AXE, Public Administrator, Iron
ton.
DIR. N. c. GRIrr1rH. Coroner. Ironton.
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TT ~ 0HIN WI
Ill them to call on me.o
A Harsh RetOrt.

During the last political cam
paign in Michigan, a well-known
lawyer of that State was address
ing an audience composed princi-
pally of farmers. In Gratiot coun-
ty. In order to win the confidence
of his hearers, he said, "My
friends, my sympathies have al
ways been with the tillers OF the
soil. My father was q practical
farmer, and so was my grandfath-
errbefore him. was myself rear
ed on a farm, and was, SO to speak
born between two rows of corn.v
Here the speaker was rudely in
terrupted by some one in the au-
dience, who exclaimed, "a punk
hin, dy lingo !'-EDIToR's DRAW
ER, in Harper's Magazine far Au-
gust.
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MARTINSBURG INDEPENDENT

ed the public mind, both North
and South.
Our civilization demands a new
party, dedicated to the pursuits OF
peace, and which will not allow
the war issues ever to be reopen
ed, and will render the military
strictly subservient TO the civil
power. The war is over, and the
sweet voice of peace, long neglect
ed, calls us TO worship at her al
tars. Let US crown her temples
with willing votaries. Let us
have free ballot, fair count and
equal rights for all classes-for the
laboring man in the Northern
manufactures, mines and work
shops, and Tor the struggling poor,
both black and white, in the cot
ton-fields Of the South.
| most earnestly and solemuly
invoke the united action OF all the
industrial classes, irrespective of
party, that we may make a man
ly struggle for the Independence
of labor, aud to re-estabiish in the
administration of public affairs
the old-time Democracy of Jeffer-
son and Jackson, and the pure Re-
publicanism of Abraham Loncoln
and Thaddeus Stevens. In conse-
quence of the great avenues to
public opinion-the press, the bar
and the pulpit-being mainly un-
der the control of the enemies of
our movement, our Convention
thought proper to request its can
didates to- visit the various Sec
tions of the Union and talk to the
people. It is my intention to
comply with this request to the
extent of my ability.
And now,a escheWing all VOL
ence and tumult as unworthy the
cause we represent, and relying
upon Divine Providence and the
justice of our cause, let us go forth
in the great struggle for human
rights. With high regard, am
your obedient servant,
@ iU lf j. B. WEAVER.
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BAFFLED CURIOSITY. Miss j
was on the way South to spend
the winter with some relatives.
Her friends Mr.. aud Mrs. H
were her travelling companions
as far as Goldsborough, where they
separated, Miss J---having about
a hundred miles more of railroad
ing to do alone, as telegram re-
ceived at Goldborough stated that
her expected escort could not meet
her there. AS usual, the passen-
gers on the branch road were few,
and Miss Twas the only lady
on the train.
The conductor was an ex.Con-
federate captain--a peculiar char
acteristic of Southern roads. He
was native of the town TO which
Miss J-was ticketed, was very
anxious to find out who his fair
passenger was. His rather ofiicious
offers TO assist her in finding her
friends when she should reach her
destination were rather coldly re-
fused. He finally got desperate,
and appealed TO an ancient gentle
man in the car Ia friend of his) to
assist him. Presently the old gen.
tleman crossed the car, took a seat
Immediately behind our fair trav-
elles, and addressing her very po-
litely, said: my friend Captain
P-is very anxious to know
who you are.'
Looking up from the pages of
her novel, Miss J-said: "You
didn't tell him, did you ?n
He was SO thoroughly taken
abaek that 1t was some moments
before he recovered himself suffi-
GENTLY to stammer, "N.no."
THANK YOU" said Miss j.,
gratefully, and coolly resumed her
reading. 2A ~
The crest-fallen old "Mercuryn
retired to the smoking-car. and
our traveller was annoyed no
more. - EDITORS DRAWER, in
Hdrper's Magazine for august.
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PATE.NT

#. A. Lehman, Solicitor Of A~egsgaSr'
and Foreign patents, Washin gto1, D. G.
whether before the Patenl Office, or ths
Courts, promptly attended to. No chavgs
made unless patent is secured Send sE-1'
circular. oct25tE