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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-09-14
A Horse Poisoned by Eating Ole
andprS.
From the Rural N6eO YOri

From the Rural NesO Yorker,
By reference to the RuraI Neao
Yorker Of 1877 it will be seen that
we warned our readers against the
oleander as being deadly poisonous,
and though beautiful in flo wer and
leaf as house plant, yet it ought
never be permitted to grow where
children may touch it. The follow
ing is going the rounds of the press
without credit Prot. James Law
writes "a case that occurred re-
Gently under my notice may be re.
corded as warning of the dangerous
qualities of tavorite house plant. A
fine, healthy mare ate single tuft of
leaves from branch Of an oleander
temporarily set by the door; then
went on a journey OF six miles, ap-
pearing playful and we'll, but on re,
turning refused her feed. Next
morning she stIllrefused to eat, looked
dull and haggard, and had partially
lost control OF her hind limbs. The
mare died before assistance could be
obtained, and on opening the body
the darkNred congested stomach
showed the action of an acrid poison,
and inqUiring brought the account Of
the cropping Of the oleander, OF the
injurious qualities ofwhich the owner
was entirely ignorant. AS this ignor.
ance is very Widespread it may be
well to say that all parts of the plant
are deadly. A very small quantity
Of the leaves is fatal to the horse, as
we have justseen. The flowers have
produced death in those who care
lessly picked and ate them. The
branches, Invested of their bark and
used as skewers, have poisoned the
meat roasted on them, and killed
seven OF the twelve people who
partook of it.
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in the centre, and water conveyed
by underground Pipes from number
of springs several hundred feet dis
tant The dam is constructed in the
best manner, being planked up On the
inside by the best heart pine lumber,
with clay backing,on which is planted
Bermuda grass Inside the pond,
near one corner, is dry well, eight
feet in diameter and ten feet deep,
octagon shaped, 81 the bottom OF
which is a hydraulic engine, OF ram,
that forces water through PIPES all
over the residence of Mr.. Wright,
where it is used for the various pur-
poses needed, Kitchen, bath room
etc, keeping up aconstant flow OF
water without the use of tanks and
reservoirs, having the same pressure
of an elevated tank thirty feet high ,
and also keeping beautiful fountain
continually playing seven. jets OF
water fifteen feet high. Around the
top of the dry we'll is strainer or
seive of wire cloth made to order in
New York, through which the waste
water escapes from the pond, thereby
preventing the escape OF the smallest
carp, thence from the bottom through
awater pipe which conveys all surplus
water and waste from the pon6 and
rain. Two large weeping willows
stand in the centre on two islands
built octagon shape, and sodded with
blue grass.
The willows are the largest and
handsomest in the county and are ex-
ceedingly ornamental. Around the
pond, on the dam, are other weeping
willows, which make the place look
cool and pleasant. On the upper
side are planted a row Of magnolias
and weeping willows, and in the pond
spread on the surface, blooms the
beautiful yellow lilies, yellow lotus
curcutiau recurrata, caladium, escul>
antums, and variety of other orna
mental aquatic plants. In the depths
of the pond swim the largest anc
finest carp in the State, ranging il
size from the tiny ones to those 2:
aud "a inches in length. Of all sizes
there are a million OF carp in the
pond, and in them a very handsome
profit tor Mr.. WRIGHT.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-09-14
q Timely Warming, or the Expert
e1nce OF a NliNtgters

enCo OK N1lNk5GSEs
If you suffer from general debility,
brought on by too close application to
business and excessive brain work; or
from increasing prostration and sinking
spells. that even q rest or removal of
the cause wall not relieve, make haste
to do az did reverend friend Of ours.
He secured from his druggist bottle of
Browns Iron Bitters, having heard Of
its merit from physician, who told him
net to take any other Bitters or Tonic,
for with the exception of Browns Iron
Bitters, they all contained alcohol, and
had failed to give his patients lasting
relief: nor should he take any other
preparation of Iron for with the excep>
ton OF Browns Iron Bitters. They all
blackened the teeth, and often gave
headache, which Browns Iron Bitters
never did, but in fact cured headache.
The effect was most satisfactory; he i'm
mediately realized wonderful results.
His old energy returned, his natural
force came back, and he felt himself al~
together q new man, full of health,
strength and vigor, and he has contin-
ued to remain SO ever since. Now he
recommends Browns Iron Bitters to all
his friends which we unhesitatingly do
to all our readers.-GIObe.
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their untimely squeaking, Have
solid iron bedsteads, with sheets
and blankets that will take care OF
the perspiration, Or, rather, prevent
it, and keep the body at the most
comfortable temperature. Rule your
own house, and have set time ior
going to bed, the sooner after nine
o'clock the better, when every mem
Der Of the household shall be ready
for the main business Of the night, no
matter what is going on at the lodge,
the hall, the ball, the temperance dis
cussion, or the prayer meeting"
"Wbat is going to become of our
duties to society,"" inquired Mr..
Spooner.
GA mans first duty to society is to
take care OF his body" responded the
Doctor. "'Thou shalt not KILL is a
part OF the decaiogue, and neither
man or woman owes any duty to so>
ciety that is not compatible with a
sound mind and a sound body. Sleep
is tie one thing needful, if We would
have either. What is man worth
to society with shattered health ?
Cultivate sleep, and be worth some
thing while you are awake"
4 am glad you are so orthodox on
sleep" interrupted Deacon Smith.
"But | am afraid Doctor, ii Hooker
town adopts your views. you would
soon be without patients. | have
followed your theory for thirty years,
and nave hardly had doctor in my
house."
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Orange MarmaIade.
From an Exchange.

From an EIchange.
The best known preserve of this
kind is the celebrated orange mar
malade of Scotland. Bitter Dundee
marmalade, though made of an ex-
otto fruit, is purely a national dish in
that land.
The following is the recipe Of an
excellent Scottish housewife: Take
as many bitter or Seville oranges as
you please and press the juice out of
them. Then put the oranges into a
jelly pan with good quantity OF
water and boil till quite soft, adding
water as it bolls down. :. When well
boiled pour tie oranges and water
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-09-14

A seedy specimen of a country
darkey, who looked like the ragged
end of creation worn to Array, raped
at the front door of Monroe street
residence few days since and asked,
plaintively: "Does yer want'er hire a
gentleman to visit on the table? The
last we saw of the gentleman" he
was making tracks rapidly with the
heel toward the door.-L0oo6 ofFIoao-
erS.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-09-14
The Grease Tree of China.

On From the Pacific Rural Press
Mention has been made in these
columns of the value of the grease
tree of China as a. lubricant. 1t is
said that large forests of this vege''
table lubricant are TO be found there,
and they form the source of a CON.
siderable local traffic. This tree not
very long ago was imported into In
dia, and it is said that the experiment
Of cultivatlng it there has proved
quite successful. In the Punjaub and
northwestern provinces generally, it
grows as rapidly and vigorously as
IN the native soil, and there are al.
ready thousands of trees on the gov
eminent plantations yielding tons of
seeds, admirably adaptedto a variety
of commercial purposes. DIR. Jane.
son, chemist in the PuDjaub. has
prepared quantity of grease from
this tree, and has forwarded on trial
a portion of it to the Punjaub rail-
way to have its qualities tested in a
practical manner as lubricating matter
for those parts Of the machinery con.
stantIy exposed to friction. The
grease thus obtained forms an ex
cellent, tallow, burning with clear,
brilliant and, what is infinitely mere
to the purpose, a white light, and at
the same time emitting not trace
of any unpleasant odor or of the or
binary dlsagreeable accompanim ents
of combustion.
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NOTICE.
u, S. LAND OFFICE, at

~ HAND OtFICE, at
Gaines vile, Fla, Aug. 20, 1881.
Complaint having been entered at {this
office by Chas. FL. Mansfield against Will
liam A. Stockton for abandoning his
Homestead Entry No. 1864, dated Nov. /,
Lot No. l, section 90, township ID south
range S3 east,tin Yolusia county, Florida
with vi ew to the cancellation of said
entry; the said parties are hereby sum
moned to appear at this Office on the 10Th
day OF October, 1881, at 2 o'clock p. NJ. to
RESPOND and furnish Testimony concern
ing said alleged abandonment.
JNo. +. ROLLINS,
liz lI5 Receiver.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-09-14
There is rEore Strength

restoring power in so cent bottle
Of Parker's Ginger Tonic than in a
bushel Of malt or gallon Of milk.
AS an appetizer, blood purifier and
kidney corrector, there is nothing
like it, and inval'ds find it d wond er,
ful invigorant for mind and body.
See other column.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-09-14
Wbv Cotton Roots Rust ans the
Plants. Die. IS

why C0GtjH AAV""A
Plants Die.
From al, ErchGnge.
From the investigation OF 't'>e'F'
ers and the result OF analysis we
might safely conclude than soip4a'e
OF iron istho proximate or immediate
cause of tap rooted plants OF many
kinds diving in our soil. al oUr soil
is impregnated with ss6i-soIFd'o OF
iron in a pulyerulent form, 1e'"5 'he
same, when in mass, thai W oali
"foops gold," Or pyrites. ..i " hen tae
air and sun teaches or oXydIzes 'his
powdered pyrites,git is copperas or bl'
sulpbate of iron. This soluble salt
is washed down by the rains to the
CLAWS below,sor. fingers among the
shales or sands.
When the dry weather forces The
roots to decend after she moisture
into the region OF this lodgment OF
the sulphate, the tender cap'ilarles
thus foraging for support meet with
conditions incompatible with lite and
BEGIN to die from failure TO approN
pirate moisture from the poisonous
solution. They become affected
with the copperas and begin to die
at their extremitiea, and thus the
blight ascends until all the roots are
DESTROYED to the surface 81 the
ground. Remedies addressed to this
cause uniformly succeed.
l. Amy mulching OF watering
which keeps the roots supplied with
moisture near the surface, is remedy.
2. A good under draining, which
will carry the soluable salt off and
prevent a Judgement in reach of the
capillaries, remedies the evil.
8. Anyalkalior alkaline earth which
will decompose the sulphate ana neu-
tralize it, as potash and lime, obviates
the mischief.
A farmer told us that he dug a
ditch eighteen inches deep In his bot.
tom field and conveyed earth from a
place where cotton did not rot and
filled up the ditch, and planted one
row thus and not stalk of cotton
died. On each side of this row it
died badly. He attributed it to res
moval of the poison earth, but We 70
the under draining. The roots had
moisture enough in tie new earth
Ashes prevent apple trees, cotton
or any tap rooted plant from taking
this root blight. In new ground this
blight seldom makes It's appearance,
because the vegetable mould is SO
retentiye OF moisture.
Dig ditch two feet wide and two
feet deep; then in the bottom OF this
dig a trench OF the width and depth
OF the spade. Lay two poles in the
bottom vi the trench, aud third on
those two. Throw back and fill up
with the same dirt, This is a sure
preventive OF the evil which has so
annoyed all farmers and iruil growers
III our country SO long.
The above is u perlco. remedy to
th9 evil, and subsidiary to this is the
application OF some lime and ashes to
the surface, which will neutralize the
copperas as it forms and the alkalies
will be gradually carried down to
affect the salt lying below.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-09-14
Isit nossSble

That q remedy made Of such common,
simple plants as Hops, Buchu, Mand-
rake, Dandelion, etc., make SO many
and such marvellous and wonderful cures
ga Hop Bitters do! 1t must be, for when
old and young, rich and poor, Pastor
and Doctor, Lawyer and Editor, all tests
tify to having been cured by them, we
must believe and doubt no longer. Post.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-09-14
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
Land Ofica at

Gainesville, Fla, Aug, II, 1881 :
NOTICE is hereby given that the follow
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be made
before Clerk Circuit Court, at Enterprise, Fla,
on Monday, Oct. Sd, 1881, viz: Annie d. Lun-
Northwest of Section SO, Township IA South
OF Range % East. She names the following
witnesses to prove her continuous residence
upon, aic cultivation OF, said lana , VIZ: y. j.
Nc Bride, VIM. z. Baker. Niles 7. pierscn,
and Malcolm L. Baker, all of Volusia, Fla.
l.. A. BARNES.
I'i 10 Register.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-09-14
A Southern Fish P0nd.-A Mil
lion Carp in an Acre Of Water.

1lOA OdIp Iii ttA ACAo VI " dUOI'
From tie Griffin Neocs.
One of the most lovely places in
Spalding County, Ga, is the carp
pond of Mr.. A. A, Wright in North
Griffin Those of our readers who
have never visited it Can form little
idea of It's beauty. Mr.. Wright, who
is genius in everything, has devoted
to the improvement of this place his
best skill and energies. We must
confess to some neglect in not giving
more prominence to an enterprise
that has attracted so much attention
and favorable comm ent in Georgia,
and which has even filed columns In
influential Western papers.
The tond covers an area OF nearly
an aci c, and is supplied with water
by large, cold spring that boiis up
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SEPT. Il.
mothers ! nro1hers,! motlers!!!

Are you disturbed at night and broken Of
your rest by a sick child suffering and CRYING
with the eXcruciating pain Of cutting teeth? II
so, go at once and get a bottle OF NJ RS. W IN"
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP. IT viii relieve
the poor little sufferer neutrality-suspicious.
upon it there is no mistake about. There is
nomother on earth who has ever used it, who
will not tell you at once that it viii regulate
the bowels, and give rest to the mother, and re-
lief and health to the child, operating like
magic. 1t is perfectly safe to use in Ill cases,
and pleasant TO the taste, and is the perscrip-
ton OF one of the Oldest and best female phy-
sicians and nurses In the United States, Sold
everywhere. 25cents q bottle. 129tf
3 Cough Cola or Sore Z EarOaE
should bestOpped. NegIecU frequently results
is an Incurable Lung Disease or Consumption.
Eel OWNS Bronchial T'rOcIaes are certain
to give relief in Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs,
Catarrh, Consumptive and Throat Diseases.
For thirty years the Troches have been recon-
mended by physicians, and always give per
feet satisfaction. They are not new or untried
but have been tested by wide and constant
use for nearly an entire generation, they have
attained well merited rank among the few
staple remedies of the age. Public speakers
and Singers use them to clear and strengthen
he Voice. Sold at 70 cents a box everywhere.
129H
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-03-04

How Some Famous Authors Worked
The fluent and graceful literature the
world admires was by no means as easy
to make a. it is TO read. Pope is at
firmed to have kept his manuscript
year or two for study and alteration,
/ aud even then his printers proofs were
80 full of alterations that on one occa-
sion, Dodsley, his publisher, thought it
better to have the whole recomposed
than to make the necessary corrections.
Goldsmith considered four lines day
good work, and was seven years in beat
ing out the pure gold of the Deserted
Village" Hume wrote his History of
England on sofa, but he went quietly
on correcting every edition till his death.
Robertson used to write out his SEN
fences on small slips Of paper and,
after rounding them and polishing them
to his satisfaction, he entered them in
book, which, in its turn, underwent con-
siderable revision.
Burke had all his principal works
printed two or three times Mt private
press before submitting them to his pub
Usher. Akenside and Gray were indie
fatigable correctors, laboring every line |;
and so was our prolix and more imag-
native poet, Thomson. On comparing
the first and latest editions Of the
Seasons" there will be found scarcely
page which does not bear evidence OF
his taste and industry. johnson thinks
the poems lost mu.h of their raciness
under this severe regimen, but they
were much improved in fancy and deli
cacy.
johnson and Gibbon were the least
laborious in arranging their copy for
the press. Gibbon sent the first and
only Ms. of his stupendous work (the
" Decline and Fall') to his printer !;
and Johnson's high-sounding sentences
were written almost without an effort.
Both, however, lived and moved, as it
were, in the world of letters, thinking
or caring of little else-one in the heart
of busy London, which he dearly loved.
and the other in his silent retreat ut
Lausanne. Dryden wrote hurriedly, to
provide for the day. st. Pierre copied
his "Paul and Virginia nine times.
Rousseau was very coxcomb in these
matters; he wrote on fine gilt-edged
card-paper when he could get it. Sheri-
dan watched long and anxiously for
bright thoughts, as the MS of his
"School for Scandal" in its various
stages, proves. Burns composed in the
open air, the SUMMER the better; but he
labored hard, and with almost-unerring
taste and judgment, in correcting.
Lord Byron was a rapid compose,
but made abundant use of the pruning
knife. Sir Walter Scott evinced his
love of literary labor by undertaking
the revision of the whole of the "Wav-
erly Novels" The works Of Wordsworth,
Southey, Coleridge and Moore, and the
occasional variations in their different
editions, mark their love of re-
touching. Southey was unwearied
after his kind "a true author of
the old school. The bright thoughts of
Campbell, which sparkle like polished
lances, were manufactured with almost
equal care.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-03-04

Here is one way. For few moments
this morning my ingenuity was put to
the test, as dear child of six summers
stood before me. saying, won't you
help me on with my sacque / am going
to the barn now?' She is her fathers al
most.constant companion on the farm.
But it was raining hard and would be
too damp for her at the barn. / said,
I" Don't go out now, darling; it rains.
Play here with Your things, and get
dinner for the dollies." No: she did
not wish to do that. / then said, Don't
you want to havepaste, and pastepctures
in "a book?' This proposal pleased her
and the paste was made. From among
her own playthings she found book and
pictures. 1 showed how to cut them
and paste them nicely, and then for two
hours or more she sat by the table work.
ing Mt her book and pictures. The book
she pasted them III was only bright
colored almanac, and the pictures were
cut from old advertisements OF different
things. Almost any mother could find
rs much to amuse her child. Dear
mothers, don't say too often to the little
ones when they ask for something to do,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-03-04
Dangers Of Childhood.

Childhood is the period during which
the foundations of the physical structure
are laid. 1t ends, at the age of about
Is, with the completion of the permanent
teeth. 1t is characterized by almost alb
solute dependence on the parents, and
therefore the responsibility rests upon
them whether the foundations of the
superstructure shall be good or bad !;
and, indeed, whether there shall be any
superstructure.
born die within this period, while multi
tudes of adults find, when it is too late,
fatal defects in the very groundwork of
their constitutions, is fearful witness
against the competency of most parents
for the care of children. What farmer
would employ hand that let one-half of
all his calves, colts and lambs die?
In the matter of food, if milk fails the
mother, how few mothers know what to
give the child How few know that
many of the compounds sold as :" in
| fants' food" contain almost no food
whatever and that cows milk, harmful
when taken alone, is generally safe with
certain proportion of lime water !!
How few mothers know that good wet
Nurse would save almost any babe nursed
by hand, and that is nearly as certain to
die of cholera infantum How many
know that too-protracted nursing will
result in "rickets?" That overlooking
all through childhood is a prolific source
of disease? and that, in case of most
bowel complaints, spare diet for few
days Is better than all medicine?
LII our climate, where the mercury
ranges through 140 deg, and often
varies between the extremes suddenly
and violently, how little do mothers
realize the importance of aiding nature,
with clothing and food, so that the in
ternal temperature is held steadily at
90 deg. Do you know that change of
half dozen degrees of the internal
temperature, either way, is almost sure
death ?
The great mortality of children in
summer il due mainly to heat. An
abundance of wooden clothing clone can
guard against the effects of the violent
changes in the climate of autumn, and
winter, and spring.
How few are aware that the infectious
diseases which SO ravage childhood are
caused by careless exposure to the con-
taglon, or, If aware, act accordingly -
Youths Communion
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-03-04
A SagaciOus Bear.

The Captain of Greenland whaler,
being anxious to procure bear without
damaging the skin, made trial of the
stratagem of laying down the moose of q
rope in the snow and placing piece of
meat within it. A bear was soon enticed
to the spot by the smell of the meat.
He saw the bait, approached and seized
it in his mouth, but his foot at the same
time, by jerk of the rope, got entan-
gled in the moose he pushed it off his
paw and retired. After having eaten
the piece of meat, which he carried
away with him, he returned. The moose,
with another bait, had been replaced
he pushed the rope aside and again
walked off. A third time the moose was
laid, but, excited to more caution by the
evident observation of the BEAR, the
sailors buried the rope beneath the snow
and laid the meat in q deep hole in the
center. Once more the bear approached,
and the sailors were hopeful of their
success but bruin, more sagacious than
they expected, after snufling about the
place for a few moments, scraped the
snow away with his paw, threw the rope
aside, and again escaped with his prize.
Sunday School Advocate.
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Plano Ornaments.

A correspondent of London paper
says: cit is often seen that, when q
small piano is turned in the room, a
table covered with pretty knick-knacks,
and perhaps a vase with everergreens or
flowers, is pushed against it, and little
valance is fixed to the piano back above
the table, on which small pictures, minia-
lures, ETC., are arranged. Underneath
the table is either a low jardmiere filled
with miniature evergreens, or some or
namental waste-paper basket or box. l
have seen Japanese hand screens ar
ranged in slanting positions. Little cur
tains of velvet or satin looped back with
large bows to show alternate founces of
satin and coffee-colored coarse lace
underneath the table, attached to the
piano back, have pretty effect, and so
has mirror fitted to the back of apiano,
with an ornamental frame, and a jardin.
eirc containing flowers at the base"