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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
Want Of PunctuaIity.

1t is astonishing how many people
there are who neglect punctuality.
Thousands have tailed in life from
this cause alone. 1t is not only a
serious offence in itself, but it is the
fruitful parent of numerous vices, so
that he who becomes the victim of
it gets involved in the coils from
which it is impossible to escape. 1t
makes the merchant wasteful of time,
it saps the business, the hopes and
reputation of the lawyer, and it in
jures the prospect of the mechanic.
In a word there is not profession,
nor a station in life, which is not liza.
BILE TO the canker of the destructive
habit. Many and many time has
the failure of one man to meet his
.obiqatiops hro,aght On the rAip of q,
score of others. THOUSANDS remain
poor all their lives, who, if the.
were more faithful TO their word
would secure a large run of custom
and make their fortunes. Be punct
ual if you would succeed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
How he Became Engaged.

From the Chicago Tribune.
One of the most prominent young
members of the Board of Trade, on
account of his being red.headed, and
has for two remarkable hot seasons
staggered under the burden OF sup
plying with ce-cream a lovely West
Side girl, recently resolved to learn
just how much margin he had in the
deal, and accordingly, one soft sum
mer night after he had cooled out
his idol with frozen corn starch at an
expence of 45 cents, asked her if she
would be his. With far-away, West
Washington street look in her eyes
she said it couldn't be done, but
when pressed for an explanation only
wept HISTORICALLY and asked to be
taken home. This reasonable reques
was at once complied with, attel
which the young Spectator wen
away sorrowing, for he had Away
\ supposed Beatrice was, as he fluent.
4 expressed it, "a little gone Oh him,
and the industry displayed by he
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
CONFESSION.

From Sunday Magazine.
With his little soft hand in mine,
And the light on his golden halr,
Nfv baby after his day of play
Kneels down for his evening prayer;
His ewes gaZed into the unknown land,
As he whispers each solemn word, :.
And he speaks of "dying before he Wakes"
With the look of a startled bird.
Then he tells with quivering lip,
of the deeds he has done to-day
How butterfly stopped at a rose TO SIP,
And he killed it in his play.
Meier to q murderous soul
Comes anguish and fear,
In stronger tide than sweeps tonight
Ger the soul of my baby dear.
But l soothe the little trembler,
And hold him in my arms,
And give him the comforts that mothers
know
His grief to sooth and charm.
Till he whispers, raising his soft, blue eyes,
Where the tears still shining lie
81 dess the butterfly has dood time,
In de roses in de skyp'
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
The Nearness of Death.

When we walk near the powerful
machinery we know that one single
misstep and those mighty engines
would tear us to pieces with their fly
ing wheels, or grind us to powder
in their ponderous jaws. 80 when
we are laundering across the land IN
rail car, and there is nothing but
halt an inch fiange to hold us upon
the track. So, when We are IN snip
at sea, and there is nothing but the
thickness OF a plank between us and
eternity. We imagine then that we
see how close we are to the cage OF
the precipice. But we do uot see It,
Whether on sea or land the partition
that divides us from eternity is some
thing thinner than an oak plank or
halt an inch OF iron tiange. The ma
chinery OF life and death are within
us. The tissues that hold these beat
ing powers in their place are otter
not thicker than piece OF paper, and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
New England Election Cake.

Two cupfuls of sweet milk (warm),
one small cuptul OF yeast, and two
heaping cupfuls Of sitted flour; let it
rise in a warm place over night. and
in the morning add two cupiuls of
sugar, one of butter, two eggs, and a
heaping cupful of sitted flour. Let
1t rise again when light, stir in one
quarter teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in little water; three more heaping
cupfuls Of flour, two cupfuls of raisins,
a little grated nutmeg, with a very
little Glove and cinnamon. Let 1t
rise twenty inches in the pan.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
Ginger Beer Powders.

Ginger, bruised, half an ounce;
cream of tartar, lhree-fourths ounce;
essence of lemon, four drops. Mix.
Some sugar may be added, if thought
desirable, to make the packet look
bigger. For use, this powder it to
be added to a gallon of boiling water
in which dissolve one pound OF lump
sugar, and when the mixture is nearly
cool, two or three tablespoontuls OF
Yeast are to be added. The mixture
should be set aside to work tor tour
days, when it may be strained and
bottled.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01

without you" Finding the vixen
immovable, the unhappy mldshlpmen
cast lots, and Wat:y drew the 1atal
slip. The lady procured a license
and the knot was tied; after which
she babe. them, husband included,
goodbye, intimating that she did
not want to see him again, the mar
riage lines being all she wanted a, and
these were in her possession. The
ship sailed, the middles keeping
their strange doings at the Point a
strict secret, as they had sworn to do
before drawing lots. Twelve months
later, when the ship was at Jamaica,
baton OF English papers reached. the
midshipmen's berth. CHANGING over
them, Watty was attracted by an ac-
count of a.robbery and murder at
Portsmouth, and the execution OF
the culprits. uSuddenly leaping to
his feet, he waved the welcome news
paper aboydA head, shouting:
THANK sheavek, my wlfe's hanged !"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
How Watty the MILDLY Got Mar
ried.
From Chambers Journal.

From, Chambers Journal.
A MILDLY in the royal navy, he
went ashore at Portsmouth with
some messmates, and there made
merry until the funds were exhausted
and a long bill run up at tavern at
the Point. The signal was made Tor
all hands on board, but when the
careless middies would have obeyed
it. the landlady interviewed, vowing
they should not leave until the reck.
oning was paid, and called in a balllft
and his men to show she was IN
earnest. The youngsters threatened
and entreated all to no purpose. Inc
obdurate woman reminded them that
they would be irretrievably ruined If
the fleet sailed without them, and
pronounced her ultimatum. SAID
She to her Mortified debtors: II
will give you all a chance. l am SO
circnmstanced here that l cannot
very we'll carry on my business as a
single woman, and | must contrlve
somehow to get a husband, or at al
events, be able to produce marriage
certificate. Now the only terms
upon which l will set you tree arr
that one of you marries me. don
care snap which it is; but one o
YOU | will have tor husband or els
10 iail you all go and your ship sail
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01

-, ,AsatsosA. -lhis--faaeeA.
flushed, his hair wet, and his general
look one OF goneness.
"Biiah, did you ever see such a
schorcher?" he family inquired, as he
tanned himself with his hat.
This ere weather" replied the old
ianitor, as he stood his broom in the
corner, sis freezing compared to some
that | experienced in Mexico. Why,
Judge. I've seen it so hot in Santa
Fe that ink boiled in the inkstand
while | was trying to write letter
to nv mother. I was sunstruck
seven times in one day while driving
an ice wagon"
'Mr. JOY" said his honor, as ne
rose ~ and moved to his desk, ~
was in hopes your late illness would
be taken by you as solemn warn
ing, and l am grieved to find you
still treading that same old path"
WASN'T / ever in Mexico ?" de-
manded the old man, as his face grew
red
1--WE won. argue the case. l am
sorry TOR you"
A bootblack behind the stove here
began to grin. Bijah walked ove1
and seized his hair, and give him a
lit in the world and whispered II
, his ear:
"Boy, I want you to understand
= that Eve been in more Mexlcoe
than you've got hairs on your scalp
t and any more grins around here vii
p lose you the top Of your head !!
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01

the bed of a neighboring cliff, and
again many of the large bones were
scattered far and wide, probably by
the gigantic sharks that infested the
seas at that time. Many of the reptiles
were allied to the crocodiIes OF the
present day, and were won't to feed
upon the banks of the great shallow
seas. The thigh bone of one OF these,
the Atlantosaurus, Is calculated to
arouse the credulity of the most scep-
teal. 1t is over six feet in length,
and looks more like huge column
for support than to assist locomotion.
The largest living crocodile OF to-day
rarely exceeds seventeen feet, how
long would one be whose thigh bone
exceeded six feet The reader can
easily surmise that the creature must
have been of enormous dimensions.
and scientific men have placed their
length at over two hundred feet.
Imagine an alligator of that length
But this is not the largest. We will
place this estimate at one hundred
feet, and since the discovery of the
Atlantosaurus another huge form has
been found which possesses a thigh
over twelve feet in length, and, al
though it would be obviously incor
rect to take such a proportion to Diet
termine the physical increase, Il
points to ar attainment OF size tina
dwarfs the heroic.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
AGRICULTURIST.

if that thin partition were ruptured,
it would be just the same to us as if
a cannon ball struck us. Death is
inseparably bound up with life in the
very structure of our bodies. Strug-
gle as we will to widen this space,
no man can at any time go further
from death than the thickness of
sheet of paper.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
Monsters of the CretaceOus Period

During the period when the Dover
Cliffs of England and the green sand
mari were deposited, the great plains
of the West were the bottoms OF a
vast sea that found it's eastern shore
near the present site of Fort Riley,
Kansas, and beat upon the unknown
sands far to the north, south and
west. The animals found in this era
had arrived at the maximum of
physical growth in all time, and the
entire age is characterized by the
enormous growth of its dependents.
All OF the species thus far discovered
in the sands of Kansas and Colorado
and there are over fifty-hav been
referred to the reptiles and fishes,
and are of the most gigantic proper
ton. The largest specimens have
been found near Canon City, and are
known to science as the Clidastes,
Camarasaurus, AmphicGlias, etc.
The first named was veritable sea
serpent of those ancient seas, and the
huge bones and almost incredible
number of vertebre show it 10 have
attained length OF nearly 200 feet.
Professor Nudge states that while
riding through the Manvaise Terres
of Colorado he saw from his horse
the remains of no less than ten OF
these monsters strewn upon the PLAIN,
their whltened bones bleached in the
suns OF centuries and their gasping
jaws armed with ferocious teeth, tell
ing wonderful tale Of their power
when alive. Some of the remains
were found only partly weathered
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
E@@s for Breakfast.

Take four or five eggs, boil them
three and half minutes then take
them out of the shell and beat them
up in basin with pieces of butter the
size of a quarter, salt and pepper to
taste. After we'll beating, spread the
mixture on hot buttered toast; place
in a hot oven for about five minutes,
and serve hot.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
Ventilation of Dwellings, and Sleep.
ing Rooms.

From the Sdi'itGrian,
Here we have the solution of the
whole mystery; it is moi in the ex-
terual atmosphere we must look for
the greatest Impurities, but in our
houses. Why is it that the city is so
much mora unhealthy than the
country? 1t is not because the air
in the street is so much more impure,
but because tiae houses are so close
together that We air has not the same
chance to purify. A family living in
the filthiest streets in the city, would,
if they had sufficient supply Of
fresh air, be more healthy than if they
spent their winters in the finest resi-
dence in theKcity with alright
rooms. The poor man as well as
the rich should feel that he has DO
more valuable friend than fresh air.
The frequent recommendations to
avoid night airaare simply advices to
smother ourselves, because the foul,
poisonous exhalations from our lungs
cannot be removed from our cham
bers without being replaced by night,
as there is no other fresh air at night
but night air.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
HOUSEHOLD KNOWLEDGE.
Rice Pie.

10 a pint of boiled rice, add
pint of rich cream, two eggs, salt
and little mace. Let these ingred'
tents be we'll mixed, spread half the
quantity in a deep baking dish. lay
pieces of chicken upon it, and cover
them with the remainder of the rice,
and bake it in hot oven.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
4 Bic Scare.

Mark Twain says the following
story was told him by a fellow pas.
senger, who said he never had been
scared since the time he loaded an
old Queen Anne musket for his
father
You see the old man was trying to
teach me how to shoot blackbirds,
and beasts that tore up the young
corn, and such things, so that l
could be of some use about the farm,
because 1 wasn't big enough to do
much.
My gun was singleharrel shot
gun and the old man carried an old
Queen musket that weighed about a
ton, make a report like thunder
clap, and kicking like a mule. The
old man wanted me to shoot the
musket sometimes, but l was afraid.
One day, though, l got her down,
and taking her to the hired man
asked him to load her, because the
old man was out in the field. Hiram
said
"Do you see them marks on the
stock, and X and V! Well-that
means ten balls and five slugs-that's
her load"
So l loaded her up in that way,
and it was an awful CHARGE started
out. leveled her on a good many
birds, but every time / attempted to
pull the TRIGGER my heart failed me /;
i I was afraid Of her kick. Toward
q shutdown fetched up at the nous
y and there was the old man resting G
e the porch. -
9 "Been out hunting have yon :"
q Eyes, sir, said l."
4 "What did you kill ?"
y didn't kill anything, sir-didr
!, shoot her of, was afraid she
O kick"
=. "Gimmus that gum" roared tt
i, old man, mad as sin. "Do you S
n that sapling ?"
!, l saw it and began to drop ba
=, ont of danger. The next moment
" heard an earthquake, and saw t
w Queen Anne whirled end over Ell
~ in the air, and the old man spinnil
st. round on one heel, with both han
s. $ on his jaw, and bark flying from t
If sapling.
f. + The old mans shoulder was
~ back four inches, and his jaw turn
II black and blue, and he had to lay
ID for three days. l have not be
70 scared since.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
His Honor and Bljah.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The morning sun was dancing
over the floor in double shuffies as his
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-02
Electricity In Milling.

Two Yale college students have patent
eG a machine for boiling -four, which
will it is said, revolutionize the milling
business. The inventor is young fell
low named Smith, who had to leave col
lege on account of bad eyes. Recently
the machine was exhibited before all the
Yale magnates at New Haven, and the
operation of it is thus described: GIN
the boiling machines now in use the
bran is separated from the flour by O
powerful mir blast, which blows off the
lighter bran. Considerable steam power
is needed, the work must be done in an
enclosed chamber on account of the dust,
and there is q great waste, because the
air current carries off with the bran the
finer particles of -four. In the new in
vention electricity is designed to take the
place of the air blast. just over the wire
boiling cloth, which has rapid recipro-
cal motion, are a number of hard rubber
cylinders, slowly revolving. As they
turn they rub against strips Of sheepskin,
which ore made to press down upon
them, thus generating electricity. As
the middlings are sieved by the re-
ciprocal motion the lighter bran comes
to the top of the moving middlings and
is attracted to the rollers. To these it
clings, as do pieces Of paper to stick OF
sealing wax when it has been smartly
rubbed, until certain quantity is thus
attracted, when it drops into receiving
cloths, whence by simple mechanical
arrangement the bran is brushed out Of
the side of the purifier into receptacles.
At the same time the bolted -four ispour-
ing out of the other side of the machine,
while the tailings' drop out at the end
opposite the hopper.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-02
A Mysterious Bravo.

Considerable excitement has been
aroused within the last few days at
Strasburg by the extraordinary proceed
ings of mysterious stranger, who makes
his appearance regularly Mt nightfan in
one or other of the less frequented thor
oughfares, armed with q sharp double
edged poinard, and as soon as he per-
ceives an unprotected female" saun-
tiers up to her in leisurely way aud
strikes her ON the right breast with his
weapon, nficting slight wound of from
half to three-quarters of an inch deep.
Since the 18th ult. he has succeeded in
stabbing no fewer than fifteen women
and girls in this manner, upon each occa-
sion taking to fight as soon as he had
made his coup, and before his panic
stricken victims had sufficiently recov-
cred from their terror to raise an alarm.
The imperial police authorities have
made search for this eccentric INSIDE
meanant-described by those who have
felt the point of the dagger as young,
slight in build, and well dressed-in the
hotels, inns, and lodging houses of the
venerable cathedral city, but as yet to no
purpose. They have placarded the
town with official warnings addressed to
heads of families, urging them not topper
init their wives and daughters to traverse
the streets alone after dark, and exhort.
ing the male population of Strasburg to
assist tho police in discovering and ar
resting this dangerous malefactor. The
placards in question were published early
on n recent Sunday. Three hours later
two young girls were stabbed, both in the
right breast. while returning homeward
from vespers through streets by nomean
void of pedestrians at the time the re-
spective assaults were committed. A
large reward is now offered by the gov
ernor for the seizure of the dexterous
bravo who has rendered the cleaning 80
terrible to Strasburg's fair daughters.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-02
Ashes For Apple Trees.
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When apple or pear trees become
diseased from being planted in unfavor-
able or il-prepared soil, or from a lack
of food, they are very certain to be at
tackled by insects, which, if they are in a
healthy position, would probably be I'M
known. Certain washes, such as I've Ga
solution of potash have been applied
with success in destroying these insects
and restoring these trees to health. But
for our own practice we have for the last
two years applied amuch simpler remedy,
with more success, as it causes the old
dead bark, the chosen hiding-places of
insects, to cleave off, leaving in its place
a smooth, healthy surface. This is
simply, after a rain, and while the bark
is wet, to throw on some dry wood
ashes until the capacity of retention is
full. If rain soon follows, the strength
of the ashes is carried into every Granny
of the bark, and the effect is working
cleanliness ON the trees. If there is no
rain, the ashes will remain and be
working their good effects, and be ready
for action when the rain does come. The
operation of sowing on the ashes is easily
and quickly performed; so, if the tree is
in bad condition, it is easily repeated
until the insects are all destroyed, and q
new healthy bark covers the tree. To
remedy existing evils, SOW ON the ashes
between now and the leafing out, after
the first rain, if possible; for they can be
scattered over the bark now with less
waste than when intercepted with leaves,
AMI placed more equally where they are
needed. AS preventive of future de-
predarions, SOW them on in summer,
when the insects deposit thei: eggs,
which will never hatch under the in
huence of the ashes. Two objects are
gained by this operation: The ashes, or
I've they produce, furnishes food for the
trees, as well as destroying its enemies,
and imparts cleanliness to the tree.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-02
Renovating Old Lands.

Glover growing is almost universally
acknowledged to be the best and cheapest
method of renovating our WORKOUT lands.
Many farms in this very town have
been restored to high state of fertility
almost wholly through the use Of clover
and plaster. Barn-yard manure is
always good for the land, while of the
commercial fertilizers any of them may
in special cases prove of no benefit. By
using the former we return to the soil the
refuse of the same vegetation previously
removed from it; while through the use
of the latter we may perchance restore
some ingredient in which the soil is de-
ficient, or, on the other hand, we may
fail to add anything actually required by
the land.
For the general purpose of reclaiming
worn-out lands, we must admit that barn.
yard manure stands at the head of the
list; but its supply is necessarily limited.
Aside from the unreliability of some
commercial Fertilizers, their use in large
quantities is too expensive for average
farmers. The cheapest method available
to all is the practice of green-manuring.
have usually resorted to clover as the
best crop to raise for this purpose. OF
late, however, clover-growing has been
rather uncertain, leading me to 10 ipyest-