The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-17


may heal; the scar Of it will remain.
Sdddi.
Faith builds bridge across the
gulf of death, to break the shock
blind Nature cannot shun, and lands
thought smoothly on the further
Shore Young.
Remarks by a Texas maiden to
her perfdious lover; II amt got no
brother, and dads too old to fight,
but If you will just take one of these
here pistols and step off ten PAGES,
III jine in the duet, and misses
won't count.
Sun-warmed water is regarded as
a fruitful source of cholera, diarrhna
and other diseases in chickens. Be
this as it may, cool, fresh water
should always be supplied. Stag
nant water, containing organic life,
is especially to be avoided.
A person who has tried it saws that
a handful of tobacco stems placed in
the box in which the dog sleeps will
entirely rid him of f1eas, and that a
leaf or two of the same weed put in
setting hens nest keeps vermin at
a respectful distance. These are two
more good things tobacco is good
for.
A Frenchman, living in Louisiana.
whose wife deserted him, amused his
neighbors by telling how he got her
back without trouble. did I run
after her and ask her to come back ?"
he dramatically asked. "No, 1 did
not run after her. zhust publish
in the papaire Eat I have drawn fifty
thousand dollaire in re lottery, and
she was back much quicker Fan in no
time"
And old Scotch lady was told that
her minister used notes, but would
not believe it. Said one, "Gang in.
to the gallery and see." She did so.
and saw the written sermon. After
the luckless preacher had concluded
his reading OH the last page, he said,
"But, | will not enlarge" The old
woman called out from her lofty.
position, Eye Gamma, we Gamma, for
your papers give out"
An eminent Englishman affirms
that the worst case of smallpox can
be cured in .1hree-daus-S ss.saz1 II BY =,
the use of cream tarter. One ounce
OF cream of tarter, dissolved in pint
of water, drank at intervals when
cold, he says, is a certain remedy.
1t has cured thousands; never leaves
mark; never causes blindness. and
avoids tedious lingering.
A Wealthy man who lived in
Chesterfield, Va, had two sons. Tom
and Jack both fond of playing poker,
but Jack was very sharp at the game
and Tom very flat. When the old
man died he left Tom 100000 and
Jack only $1,000, but he explained
at the foot of his will that $1,000
was just stake enough for Jack to
win every thing that Tom had, and
1t was wise provision, for so it turn.
ed out.
A woman who had buried four
husbands was sadly contemplating
their pictures. Your poor father IS
IN heaven, | hope" she said to her
little tive-year-old. (Which one,
mamma :" inquired the little limo.
cent. "Why, your own, own dear
.ather." "And are the others all
burned up?" The mother didn't an.
swer the conundrum.
The Gnefss was Nice.
AS hand in hand the happy pair
About the garden walk,
She looks engrossed entire in his
Learned geologic talk.
And this" says he lis hornblende. love:
OF mica, here's slice,
And that. great boulder where We'll sit
Is granite, dear, or gneiss."
They sit them down; his arms enfoId
| As tightly as a wise
Her slender waist Dear john" saws she
This rock is kind o'nice."
Boston Transcript
Experiments in deep lake near
Berlin have shown the practicability
of new and ingenious plan for rails
ing sunken vessels and other heavy
objects lost In the water. The in.
yention is that of an Austrian engin-
eer. and consists of an uninfiated
balloon, containing a bottle of sulphu-
ric acid packed in salt, which, when
exposed to the action of the acid,
generates corbonic acid gas. The
balloon is taken under water by a
diver and fastened to the object that
is to be raised. Then screw is
turned that liberates the acid, gas is
formed, the balloon expands and rises,
and it is only a question of the
size of the balloon, the strength II