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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-01-12

thinks is.a question with two sides.
/ always supposed their subterranean
workings to be only second in efficacy
to manual culture. and congratulated
myself upon having such a myriad
hosts OF tiny co-adjutors. TO be
sure, "such small deer" may some.
times disturb, or even destroy, very
young plants just coming up. but q
full grown man will thrive under
treatment fatal TO new born infant.
Trees in the forest, where there is
always a mulch, do not appear to
suffer materially from their injurious
operations, and the same causes that
foster and encourage these vermin,
supposing them harmful, would aleo
favor the increase of their enemies,
and preserve thesbalance of nature.
Under decaYing grass and wood are
the favorlte haunts Of earth worms
famous Renovated about which we
read that etfes are of great use !;
their multitudes Sontinually stirring
and ioosening tho soil, through which
they work Their way; and moles
pursuing them to feed on them, stir
ring and loosenipg it still more,
while worm east gradually accumu.
late on the suitace and torn layer
OF thevery finest soil, to which it is
supposed that the best old pastures
iu a great measure owe their high
value
The white asits are not particularly
troublesome in mulchedE,royes if the
collar be kept ssncovefed, indeed it
is otherwise Injurious to all trees to
heap anything abosltthe base OF their
stems.
Another ot the Doctors objections
to mulching is sthal the orange trees
being the child at L sunny cline, re,
quires all the war.Ath and actinic
rays of light tbs cS possibly be OBJ
tsinad I $50 ) ~. .-.sss : TIRE
palms, children Of sunny ciInIes, and
yet for all that, some species flourish
only in the shade, and could not en-.
dure the withering power of old Soils
beams III unmltlgate potency. Tx
perienced gardeners are well aware
that orange plants prefer the atmos-
phere of greenhouse rather than
that of a hot-house. They may en-.
dure degree OF summer heat above
shade temperature in Florida, but
can hardly be said to banker after it.
Anyone who has examined their foli-
age III outrageous situations, or on
the shady side OF a tree, and compare
its delicate texture and lively green
with the dull and leatnery leaves in
more exposed positions, must at once
have remarked the difference. There
is no doubt that very many trees are
damaged by undue suhiection to
our torrid sun while young and ten
der. Along the Mediterranean cool
and sheltered hooks are preferred for
orangeries, such as best ward off the
scorching siroccos of summer and the
hyperborean blasts of winter.
ITO be cOnti31ated.l
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-01-12
The Inauguration of the New
Governor.

The Legislature of this State con-
vened in Tallahassee on the 4th inst,
and it will be interesting 10 our
readers to read the following report
of our new Governors speech. The
Hon. w. D. Bloxham, for which we are
indebted to the Jacksonville Union:
SIN response to the summons of
the people as officially announced, |
have come to take the oath pre-
scribed by the Constitution, prepars-
tory to entering upon the duties ap-
pertaining to the position of Cover.
nor OF Florida.
Fully appreciating the impor-
tance OF these duties, ask the indul-
gence and seek the assistance of all
lovers OF the State in their proper
and faithful discharge.
Looking alone TO the interest,
welfare and prosperity Of our State
it will be my pleasure as well as my
duty to bend every energy to pro-
mote her future progress and growth.
That future rests, to large extent,
with her people. To secure its full
fruits to ourselves and our prosperity
we must invite healthy immigra.
tion, develop our internal resources
by securing proper transportation /;
and educate the risingA generation.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-01-12
About DeLand.
Americon Rural Home.

rFOHS NG <tWeTeCt1ft Ae1'1S %O"sO'
Here in Western New York the
name OF DeLand is associated with
large manufacturing interest, and It
is very widely associated throughout
the Middle and Western States with
the product of that interest-De-
Lands Chemical Saleratus. In
Florida, however, the name means
place OF residence-a place built up
largely by Mr.. H. A. DeLand, of
Fairport, in this county, whose cog
nomen it bears. II is comparatively
a new town, but it our friends will
read the advertisement concerning
it, in another column, they will learn
how prosperous it has been, and
what inducements are offered by it
to seekers after health and to such
as mediate removal 10 Florida.
Knowing Mr.. DeLaAd here so well
as we do, we should feel like credit
ing almost anything that any one
might say of the DeLand there, and
certainly whatever is said over H. A.
DeLand's name.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-01-12
Continued from page 265.l

Some of our people set their trees
widely apart, and then boast of the
size they will eventually attain, as if
that were a desideratum. An old
story is told of philosopher who
deemed pumpkins worthy to grow
on mighty oaks and the insignificant
acorn upon travelling vines, till the
fall OF Al acorn upon his nose made
him thank his stars it was not a
pumpkin. An orange falling from
the top of a lofty tree is apt to be-
come squash by the time it tetches
up, and TO gather .ruit, prune aud
fight insects at the height of thirty or
forty feet, one would need to be a
born acrobat, or too long tor the
wings OF dove. | prefer low com
pact trees, where / car begin to pick
on my knees, and finish from the top
OF ladder of moderate length, and if
an orange does drop, it still remains
an orange and salable one.
In hurricane the owner OF trees
with tops high and mighty must feel
like "a sailor overtaken by squall
in crank ship with flying kites and
stunsails set, while he whose trees
are snug and low voyages IN a well
ballasted craft under reeted topsails
and storm canvas.
Reduced size may be attained by
using bndded trees, planting closer
and shortening in the tops when they
run up more than desirable After
reaching a good bearing capacity,
they will increase slowly if at all, and
make fruit rather than wood If iudic-
iously fed with proper fertilizers. A
common objection TO budded trees is
that they are shorter lived than
seedlings, but when both are known
to live and bear for one or more hun
dred years in Europe, we may peril
nenily ask, how our growers, still IN
leading strings, have discovered SO
weighty truth Classical scholars
tell OF an old Greek simpleton, who,
hearing that the raven lived to the
remarkable age OF two hundred years,
bought bird forthwith to prove it
himself Perhaps some Of those who
are so wise as to the briet span OF
budded trees, like the old Greek,
know by personal experiment where.
OF they affirm. But l very much tear
we must leave it to posterity TO de-
eide this question. never saw a
budded tree die OF old age; in com
mon with seedlings, they sometimes
languish from neglect, but when
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-01-12
Some Points Ill Orange Culture.
Written for The Florida AgricuttatriSt By E. Il,
Hart Of Fts3eul Point, Fla.

Some Points Ill Orange Culture.
Writte1s for The Florida AgricuIturiSt 6y E. II.
Hart, Of Fesseu1 Point, Fla
Continued from page 265.)
A prominent California grower,
when asked how much water he used,
replied sail he could get" DR.. Ben
nett, in his "Winter and Spring In
the Mediterranean" speaks ofa grove
in SARDINIA, square mile in extent,
with stream running through its
middle, which stream is made use of
to put the entire orchard nnder water
every fortnight during the summer.
The dense shade keeps down all
grass, and no manure or other culti-
vation is given-nothing but water.
The trees, hundred years old, and
from one to three feet in diameter,
are set only eight or ten feet apart,
and the experience of centuries has
proved that this is the best way to
grow them. The seeding trees, just
after coming into bearing, are peculi-
arly liable to disease called seccO,
which dries up and destroys them,
a malady from which the budGed
trees are exempt.
Now here We find some points ut
terly at variance with the pet theories
OF our Florida growers. Closer
planting, I have lately become more
inclined to favor, from having OBJ
served that iruit in shady places
was apt to be brighter, smoother and
finer in texture than where unduly
exposed to sun and wind. | have
also read Of groves in South America,
Mexico and the Pacific islands, where
the interlacing boughs formed a
dense screen overhead; but there
may be too much OF a good thing,
aud the eight or ten feet OF the Sar-
dinian grove is probably nearer than
any Floridian would Recommend,
however ardent an advocate Of CLOSE
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-01-12

A friend has an autograph letter
of Horace Greeley's, written more
than forty years ago, when he was
struggling against poverty aud com.
petition to found the New York Iri.
b,ne. He says: ''It can keep soul
and body till spring hope to do
something" No great character,
work, or fortune is attained without
heroic endeavor, rising TO self sacri-
flee. The great millionaires of New
York, and other cities the founders
of the manufactures of New England,
and of the country at large, arose to
fortune and fame, through devoted
industry, trugality, and economy.
Those impatient of these humble
virtues will never attain wealth, place
or power; and will forfeit their pos
session, if Inherited Watch Io1oer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-11-05
PROJECTORS and Miners.
IDenvor Gazetts.l

There is vast difference between
mining and prospecting. A good
prospeetor is rarely good miner, and
a fiIst-class minor. one who under
stands all the details of his business.
Is seldom, if ever successful in search
ing for mines. The former, without
either capital or assistance, plunges
into the mountains and there in the
solitude Of the wildefdess, often ex-
posed TO deadly aud unexpected dam
ger, patiently and diligently seeks
Tor such eYIaance Of mineral wealth
Is nature in her great subterranean
laboratory may have drawn 10 the
surface. II be discovers the miner
develops. lie originates nothing; he
seeks Tor gold and silver. which, like
truth, j. always good, whenever and
by whatever means discovered. Blu
mining is an art, We often think by
t1e ignorance displayed Il lost ART. Ii
cannot be acquired IN month or
year, for as tie astronomer and scien-
tist watch the heavens, and by the
velocity and direction OF the wind, the
hues and FORMS ol the clouds, iell
when and where tie storm viii burst,
and tie sunshine sHile 50 the expe-
fieneed miner delYes in the depths OF
tao earth, studies Tie color, the for
nation and lhe texture Of the stone
which surrounds him. an from the 81
Int directions 10 unseen bOnanzas.
N every country tire matters Of pre-
ei,iye metal Aearing ore dillor. The
same rule viii almost universally
apply o different di tiieis, and when
thl, is considered, J., one may ea-ils im-
agine The great Experience required TO
estimate, with any degree Of correct
ness, the probable richness or extent
o. ore bodies. The pathway over
which he must pass 10 meet hIs high
est success Is as YET predetermined and
fai % uncertainty. ii j, study Of
IfIime, IN uhich the application is
hard, ubremitting physical hLor, in
w hlch no man OF ordinary mental fac
al les VIII ever arise pre-eminant.
Oar aDle-r mining mon were never
prOspeetars, aud " 10 the brave and
aardy pi0ne T Nc owe the great di~-
e9v1f.e wAiea lave na5e tbe Rocky
A0nn.ain resiaus Tia mineral treas-
ure hou G Of tue orli, and So his en-
er- Y. his coafsge AMI pressrvauee we
say, all bail
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-11-05

The following letter, written by a
wife to u drunken husband, appeared
in Virginia city paper in 1867, and
was yonched Tor b. the editor as be-
ing genuine. II ought to DC carefully
read by husbands who drink ana by
every single man who con.emplates
t4tatf4fannU
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-11-05
Looking Afler Government Timber.

The Commissioner OF the General
Land Oaice, in his annual report,
says: The number of agents now en-
gaped IN searching ont aud proseeu-
ting timber depredations is made
quate, and additional force is asked.
The results OF the ahors of those now
engaged have proved very gratifying,
netting large sum OF money 10 the
Government and greatly decreasing
this clsss OF frauds. The Commis
sioner states the necessity Tor in
creased clerical force is absolutely im-
peratiye. The records are behind,
and the business OF the Office serious
" crippled. lie also asks for better
SALARIES for the present force than is
paid. Altogether, about fifty di-
iional clerks of all classes are asked
for, the most important increase be-
ing Deputy Commissioner, at a sal
airy of So, 900. Three Inspectors OF
Surveyors General and District Land
officers are required, at a salary Of
s., 900 each.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-11-05

ora strangs lake, about the size OF
Tahoe, sunk TO a great depth, we have
the following account iroin the jack
sonville, Oregon, paper: Several Of
our citizens returned last week from
the Great Sunked Lake. situated in
the Cascade Mountains, about sew
eniy i've miles northeast from jack
sonVIlie. Tne lake rivals tho famous
valley of SinbaI the sailor. ii is
thoug III 70 average 1000 feet down TO
water al around. Tae depth OF the
WI or Is unknown, and lis surface is
smuoeh anu unruilled, as 10 Is SO
f1r below the surface of the mountains
chat air currents do not effect il. Its
length Is estimated At twelve or fifteen
miles, and lts widUl Ten or twelve.
T.ere IS noun ain in the ccntre
having trees upon il. II lies still, 81
lent, and mYsl oIious in the bosom Of
the everlasting hills Like hu-e we'll
scoopnd out ~ the hands OF the giant
genli Of tie mountains in the un-
enOwn ages gone 10y, and around it
IN the primetal forests watch and
ward are Neepins. The visiting party
fired rifle mo the water several
times at an angle OF forty i've degrees
and were able to noie several seconds
of time from the report OF the sun
until the BAH struck the water. Such
seems Incredible, but Is vouched ior
b. our most reliable citizens. TIE
lake is certainly remarkable cc-
riosiy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-11-05

The Grass Valley Things says That
.hig stone monuments are not need
ed in this age OF the world. Once,
when very few people could read, it
was necessary to pie up stones over
a grave, and To write on lab great
mans name. Now the printer puts
the name OF a hero on frai sheets Of
paper, and the name and the fame so
To the uttermost parts of the earh,
aud the sheets OF paper are bound up
between the covers of books, and The
name and hero reach down 90 remotest
postcrity; 10 the time OF the wreck OF
matter and the crash of worlds. The
stones that are reared do not tell tie
history, for very few people see e',n
the most famous monuments, but the
printed sheets, and copies of them, 20
to every house and home of the civ
ilized world, and these sheets speak
to all of the good deeds OF the depart
ed great"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-11-05

Owing to lower freights and COM
petition in trade, merchandise Is rom
10 TO 20 per cent. lower in Wood
River than it was last spring.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-11-05
WHITE PINE NEWS
Published every Saturday morning by
W. L. DAVIS,
Terms of Subscription:
. 0E.. RINTIEa q.

THE NEWS ofee i supplied with every
facility for executing all kifd DIS oi Job
Printing IN at manner and at living
rates. Any Job iio.n "A lads's visiting
card TO fuil-sha poster TUNED at shore
notice. Orders solicited.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-11-05
InatriIIlony 8:
NIRoINlA. ID. a2, -.

VIRGINIA, Feb. %, 1857.
Dear Charles Tor fJar days and
nights have ! in van waited lor the
sound Of your footsteps upon the
threshold OF our home; for lour long
ngnts have rendered u nightly pet
iuOn 10 Almight God tnae you would
come IL zee her Who loves, chefishcs
and respects you ABOVE ID ln,n-s on
earth; Ior four times twenty 9-iour
hours have l pecn oesiesea NI,n anx-
Ious fears THAI YOU had becOae lne
victim Of your onis VI =, intelnper-
auce, hIch you 20 50 eauH5y sHore
To me should neyeragan b. Y gur be-
settling sIu. JO-nlanI, Is t..o clock
ssruek t~clYe, yOa we're asst lea 40
your home anu IN via. = condition
Alas >oi.en the barah Mord a /
would ~ drunk yes, nIsefaby
drunk. | eausei yoa 90 DC placed n
your bed, ren neerei you esers assist-
anee 1Hat You needed; then pgaked
..od 10 ald iae Ia Ills, nay sIe.s. lsfitf:
for You hDoae hOw are a4e4 lila lear.
fai iall OF Your uanaOod, i0f ha1
sMOrn "a, Aoa knew la4I .se4It LAT
AOhA nc AI W Tic tbH #0lE ~ N
druhkard, AID Dod neil PIN me vii!
kee., mat oalh. e0uId have given
you 10 death, without Il strasg.e. an
Deen reai : Iiuu 10 tue Wi % iiIal Wao
aoctn al hinss WI. Yes, an
/ could have stood beside YOU.
seen tAe death shadows creep
over your dear face, watched he pnr-
pie nues of dissolution stain Your
eyelids, seen the gathering films load
the blue of your dear es -, clasp lhe
hand tuat grew coid 10 my warm
grasp, telt the ialtering pulse a il,
famed 10 perfee. stiffness, and alter
Is htnl n,ekenng had been sillied
forever, have VIII these hands
shrouded your loved form for the
grave, could have Il tn q 10 the 10 "
toliins bell, SAY you len. III d.a.n.
heAru tDe fali oi cioas of upon sour
collin; ali, nj. cold I have borne
and looked fsr peaet. be1 on The grave
but 10 see the bloate1 cauntcnanee,
the hlnared eye, the toter.ng form, TO
hear the Idiode laaeh, the blasRne-
NOUS curse, The mandliu >oicc, these
were worse 10 me than death. God
help yoD, Charley. May you do bet
ter; be better; aud may you be hap
py, Is the only prayer OF her Who,
leaving you, loves you better than
life, but - ho eannot-no, viii not
be drunkard' wife. MARY ---
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
Ahead on the Home Stretch.

The Barnums give the people the worth of their money. The clothiers, Chatham Square, New York, do 1t as successfully as the snowman. The long experience of the Barnums has familiarized them with the wants of the public. They have twelve immense salesrooms. A perfect forest of Ready Made Clothing of the very best styles, designs, cut and pattern, to suit the smallest boy or the largest man. Their latest attraction is the great purchase of all the best patterns and fabrics of our own mills, beautifully made up in into stylish suits, and sell astonishingly cheap; also full assortment of cloth ing made of the finest foreign fabrics. Money saved, time saved, trouble saved, ny going direct to Barnum's for winter outfits and good fits; the best and the cheapest and the largest assortment ip the United States. 194, 196, 198 and 200 Chatham Square, New York. Just at the central point of the Elevated k .ilroai, where passengers are trans terced from the Third to Second avenue CATS. --a.--
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
A Smile of Satisfaction.

This from the Cleveland (Ohio) Penny Press, carr1es its own suggestion: Re- gently meeting MT. H. G. Keller, treas urer of the Uevela'ad Herald, our representative imputed of that gentle man, after stating his mission, if he personally knew anything about the Great German Remedy, St. Jacobs Oil. A smile played across MT. Refers ex. pressive face and his eyes twinkled merrily as he replied in the affirmative. I will not refuse to state my experience with it, and you may use it as you think best. Four years ago sprained one of my ankles, an accident which, as you are aware, entails much suffering, and sometimes leaves the limb in condition to remind one frequently of the cd hurt. Unfortunately this result en- sued. Whenever the weather became damp or my system absorbed the slight est cold my ankles psined me. This went on at intervals for over three years. and I could not obtain relief. Last win. ter applied the St. Jacobs Ol and it completely cured me. have not since felt return of the pain.
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
St. Nicholas and St. Kasian.

The duty of helping and befriending the unfortunate is sometimes taught in these parables at the expense of the good character of certain of the saints. Thus, in one of the stories, a peasant is driving along heavy road one autumn day, when his cart sticks fast in the mire. Just then St. Kasian comes by.
 "Help me, brother, to get my cart out of the mud" says the peasant.
 "Get along with you !" replies St. Kasian. s'Do you suppose I've got leisure to be dawdling here with you ?"
 Presently St. Nicholas comes that way. The peasant addresses the same request to him; and he stops and gives the required assistance.
 When the two saints arrive in heaven, the Lord asks them where they have been.
 s:I have been on eartb," replies St. Kasian "end happened to pass by a mouiik whose cart had stuck in the mud. He cried out to me, saying {: Help me to get my cart out r But I was not going to spoil my heavenly apparel" .......... .. "I have been on the earth," says St. Nicholas, whose clothes were all GOV cred with mud. CT went along the same road, and I helped the moujik to get his cart free"
 Then the Lord says: "Listen, Kasian !! Because thou did not assist the moujik, therefore shall men honor thee by thanksgiving only once every four years. But to thee, Nicholas, be- cause thou did assist the moujik to set free his cart, shall men twice every year offer up thanksgiving"
 'Ever since that time," says the story, Git has been customary to offer prayers and thanksgiving to Nicholas twice a year, but to Kasian only once every leap-year."