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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-12-07
Notices.

The Southern World is new
semi monthly agricultural paper
published at Atlanta, Ca, price, 81.
per annum. 1t is well worthy of
support. Send for a copy.
Guide to Jacksonville.
Messrs. Griswold & Co. have pub
lished neat little guide to Jackson.
vile, price 25 cts. Address Girls
void & Co., Jacksonville, Fla.
We return thanks to Professor G..
Henry Comstock for his entomologi-
cal report for 1881. It is valuable
work to the agriculturist and horti.
culturist.
California Oranges VS.. Florida.
The Chicago Tribune says: "Mr
Washington Potter, of the we'll
known fruit importing firm of Porter
Brothers Of this city, has spent the
past six months in California. where
the firm have vast amounts invested
in fruit in vineyards and orchards.
The gentleman returned day or two
ago, and last evening Tribune re-
porter had a very interesting talk
with him on the fruit question. AS
only the matter OF oranges interest us
we give the extract on that subject
"How about the orange crop?"
"That industry, too, is in its jntan>
cy, but promises we'll and opens up
wide field of profit. The orange
country seems to lie in the southern
portion OF the State, and at present
mainly about Los Angeles. trav>
eled through this country just before
l LETT, and there was a promise of a
fair crop of oranges, lemons, and
imes."
How do the California oranges
compare IN flavor with those OF Lou
siana and Florida?"
1.-THE California oranges come in
is the others 60 out. We are get
ing oranges now that are not quite
'ipe, and they are consequently sour.
These come from Jamaica. Later |
IN we get the Louisiana and Florida
ruit. The California comes last, but
is flavor is not as fine as that of the
ruit raised in Florida, and the
orange itself is net SO large The
California orange would be extern
lively sold here if the railroads would
make treights low enough SO that
hey could compete with those from
other places, such as Louisiana and
Florida. But that will have TO come
in time"
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WANTED a Foreman tor this
Office. He must know how to work
a. Hoe Press. Apply at once.
Sunnter county.

We have received an interesting
and instructive pam @ulet that has
been compiled by the Sumter County
Agricultural Society, t" furnish in-
structions 10 those who wish to know
about that County. They are dis
trIbuted gratis. Apply 10 Col j.
G. Lapier, Leesburg Fla, for a copy.
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THE FLORIDA AGlICULTURIsT.
HOnlesteadS.

The Hon. +. A. Barnes, Register
at the u S Land Office at Gsinos'
Vile writes US: Il will say to you
that the decisions of this Office gives
the right to the Homesteader to com
mute at any time, provided there is
no adverse claim. He can do it even
after a contest is commenced"
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The Grange Crop.

We regret to give very gloomy
prospects Tor the orange crop, much
worse than we gave sometime ago.
About two months back the fruit be.
~-ogan splitting, and alter the rains COM
menced it became serious, those
oranges could not be shipped. With
in the past two or three weeks the
fruit is dropping off the trees before
they are fully ripe in alarming num-
bers; not so per cent. of the fruit
will come to tull perfection; conse.
euently vast amount OF immatured
Fruit is being pushed into the north.
ern markets, and yet bring GOOD
.prices. The small amount OF real
IsoSd fruit LETT on the uees WIN give
such returns that the orange grow
o.ers never saw before. II they are
Wis. in marketing them, we oel'eVe
I'D I,,,re demand alone viii taSe 'p
.,,,,iy a, ader lheholj1a9s,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-12-07
lawn Grass.
'itor Florida Agrcunurfst.


Have you any knowledge of "Tex'
as Musquett Early Grass as to
whether it will grow in Florida to be
used as lawn grass. / am DESTROYS
of obtaining suitable grass for my
front yard for lawn. Thought OF
Burmuda, but my Florida neighbors
say it will not do; and when once in
troduced on place takes everything,
orange groves aud all, and 1t is al
most next to impossible 10 get rid
OF it. 1t yoa could suggest lawn
grass, or perhaps some of your Tex>
as subscribers conld post Us IN the
matter, and il any OF them would
favor me with seed pr plants, l
would ne glad to reciprocate the
favor.
WIZ. a. MORRISON.
Will some of our Texas saoScri-
bers plea c suswer.
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LouisYiIIeIKy.l Items.

The people Of Florida themselves
are probably notlaware how much
interest is taken i their sunny eli.
mate and it is SURPRISING to see how
many intelligent aba well to>do peo
pie of this city are investigating the
merits of the orange State with "a
view of investmeat and making it
their future home Unlike the major
lty OF new countries there is scarcely
any person comuetent to form an
intelligent opinion but who, having
been there, does not return with a
favorable report. There are many
families here, whose thoughts this
coming Christmas will be in Florida
with the friends who have preceded
them. No one, however, could pos
sibly want a better authority on all
points relating to the land of fruit and
flowers, than those TO be derived
from MIR. G. M. Barb.ur's work on
Florida, which work has already re-
ceived many complimentary notices
from the press.
The Old CONFERENCE.-The looking
up; business throughout the State is
good, both the Wholesale aud retail
merchants Of Louisville are encour>
aged by its healthy toue. The stores
are assuming their annual Santa
Claus appearance, and during the
past few days of bright and sunny
weather, which we have been enjoys
ing, 4th street has been crowded
with the fairest of Kentucky's daugh.
tiers elegantly dressed, and exhibiting
the most costly fashions OF the sea,
son.
The places of amusement are also
literally supported, although there
is nothing of special interest to re-
port in the dramatic world, with the
exception perhaps
OF THE OLD "MET,"
which seems destined 30 be theat
rical tombstone. AS all your. readers
may not have the pleasure OF an ac~
quaintance with the Met | may
add, it is the Metropolitan Variety
Theatre on Third ST., whose history
Of late has consisted principally OF
amounts OF the manner in
which its managers have ''jumped9
the town, leaving only unpaid actors
and items Tor reporters for The daily
papers. After a succession OF these
leats, bar-keeper with no experience
and little money, taking an example
from the soap makers, who, when
they found their old brand wearing
down started again with new name,
so this gentleman gave it the euphon,
ioussname OF Theatre Comique' and
spread the report abroad that he In
tended to make it permanent and
substantial institati s4i%ith first class
talent aud guaranteed an absence OF
stuffed legs, so q few weeks ago ii
under the auspices OF flaming
posters, and an tadless variety OF
chair WARMERS, nd all appeared to
he running smoothly until last Suns
day, when the Lessee pocketed the
proceeds, and gaze ont that ne had
TO te.tify in case in Liiz4bethtown
and it is supposed that he is still tes-
tifying'
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-30
Frank Leslie's Popular MONTHLY.


The May Number presents an excellent
display of Articles, Stories, Sketches, Poems,
etc, etc. The contents are exceedingly va
ried, and will be found most entertaining
and instructive. The leading article is by
George Alfred Townsend, entitled "Presi-
dent Garfield and his Cabinet" with eleven
excellent illustrations. Among the other
profnsely illustrated articles are The Last
Conquest of Peru" an original sketch of
travel by August Locher, entitled 'The
Fat-tailed or Broad-tailed Sheep" Hang
ing Highways" descriptive of primitive and
modern suspension bridges, by Arthur V.
Abbott; Optical Illusions by Conrad W.
Cooke-etc., etc. In the department of fc-
ton are continuation Of Bcnedicts great
serial, "a Late Remorse;" remarkable
tale of Old Japan, entitled Covetousness
is the Fountain Of Death )" and short stories
by popular writer's. Mr.. Thomas Powell,
Louise Chandler Monlton. John Sheehan
and others contribute s"me admirable
poems. The miscellany embraces all sorts
of Notwithstanding. amusing and in
structive. There are l2s quarto pages rep
resenting every department Of literature,
and with embellishments in the best style
Of art. The subscription is $3 year a sim
gle copy Is cents. sent postpaid. Address.
Frank Leslie's Publishing House, :,3, % and
y Park Place, New York.
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German Emigration.

A newspaper correspondent writing
from Berlin says: Despite all the eff
forts of the German government to check
emigration from the agricultural dis
tricts of East and West Prussia, Pomlera-
MIA and Friesland, the outflow of Wend
ish and German peasantry this Spring
has assumed the character, especially in
West Prussia, of popular exodus. Off
cial reports reaching Berlin from the
Rosenberg district state that many large
estates therein have been completely
abandoned by the tllers of the soil. One
hundred and eleven families have quilted
the parish of Schwentel1, in tile Grandenz
District, for America and cuttings pom
similar scale have either already taken
place or are in course of preparation in
various parts of the province. At Ma
renwerder relays of gendarmes perlna-
nently occupy the railway station, with
orders to arrest any laboring folks about
to depart thence ''on cmigrating thoughts
intent, upon written requisl'ion, duly
endorsed by the police authorities, pre-
sented by any employer of labor who has
suffered breach of agreement from the
would be emigrants: and to convey such
contract breakers, by force if need be, to
the place from which they may have
come, there to fulfil their engagements
according to law or custom. It appears,
however, that the persons for whose re-
straint these severe measures have been
adopted, display considerable and sue
cessful ingenuity in eva''ing the vigilance
of the Prussian executive, and that the
flower of Northern Germany's population
is transferring itself, with all convenient
speed, to Transatlantic countries where
compulsory military service does not
| nrevail
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For the CHIEF.
A RETROSPECT.
BY DUNDEE.
It's oh for bonnie Ericht,
And oh for the anld Huegh Wall,
And oh for the days when l ran about the
WI my young companions all.
RaDgin' the shades o. Craig Robin
For the nests Of the Cushat Doc,
And the green braes around bonnie Craig
Ha,
Whar the nests Of the Hazel grew.
Doom thro' the haughs of the Walton,
And round by seggy Loch Bogg,
Syne up to the craws in the auld dark
faas,
And hame in the gloamin' fog.
We kent WHARF the linty biggit,
And we learned the throt ties tune,
And we kent a the bykes O. the todle1
tykes .....
Tween knockie and bonnie Glasclune.
Lyin .amang the gowans,
Watchin' wi dreamy ce
The clouds ga'cn by in the summer sky
Like ships upon the sea.
At rest amang the shadows
BY the bnrnic in the glen,
'Mang the fruits and flowers o. the hidlin
bowers
That only laildies ken
Dreanin' o the golden future
By that bnrnie in the glen,
Till thoughts wad crowd and big hopes
bud,
And we wished that we were men.
ALI, little kent We in our dreamiu'
OF after care and sin,
Of rash vows spoke and fond hopes broke
In ille world that men lived in.
We Hanged to try the battle,
And we wished our schule days dune,
But alas for life, wi its stoor and strife,
They ended a. oure soon.
It's oh for bonnie Ericht,
And oh for the auld Huegh Wall,
And oh for the days when ran about the
Wi my young companions all.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-30
NUMBER 81.
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Foreign.
Peru is having u war Of races.

! IOrelgn.
| Peru is having u war Of races.
Smallpox is still raging at Honolulu.
The plague in Mesopotamia is increas-
ing.
The victims of the Chic earthquake
are estimated at 5000.
The King of Abyssinia fell in a battle
fought with Assaimeraiks.
Fears are entertained that Victoria's
assassination will be attempted.
Gen. Kanfflmann, Governor of Turkes-
tan has had an attack Of paralysis.
The city of Durango, in Mexico, has q
hill in its vicinity that is almost pure
iron.
One OF China's Enpresses regent, we'll
known as the Eastern Empress, has died
suddenly.
| The Abbott of the Austrian Benedictne
Monastery has been appointed Arch
bishop Of Vienna.
special guard of troops will be formed
for the purpose of protecting the Car
wherever lie resides.
| An old lazzarone has inst died at N,-
pies who had been married thirteen times
and reared 128 children.
| woman attempted to smngsle four
teen pounds Of fine German sausage into
Milan, disguised as baby.
Thirty women attacked a process server
| and escort at Leitrim, Ireland, and sew
eral of the police were seriously injured.
The University Of Zurich has conferred
on the Hungarian Countess Wilhelmine
Hnguay the title of Doctor of Medicine.
No male Rnssialis between the ages of
10 and Is years will be allowed to go
abroad without the permission of tho
government.
The dispatches of foreign newspapers
to Russia have been limited to persons
specially privileged and provided with
police permits.
A monument consisting Of three pyra-
,ntls of granite is to be erected on tho
spot where Macmillan, Miramol, and
Mejia were executed
Nicholas Paez, the notorious bandit,
attempted a few days ago to murder
Senior Carlos Quagda, Governor of tho
State or Morelos, Mexico.
Two natives at Foochow, China, were
stepped up to their necks in 1nickline,
for connterfeiting "casl," tho smallest
OF Chinese coins. Both speedily died.
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THE POOR MANS PENNY.

THE POOR MANS PENNY.
rich man walked abroad one day,
And poor man walked the selfsame way,
When u pale and starving face came by,
With pallid cheek and hopeless eye,
And the pallid face presumed to stand
And ask for bread from the rich mans hand
The rich man sullenly turned askancc,
With gathering frown and doubtful
glance:
1--WE nothing" he said. to give to you,
Or any such rogue Of Il gathering crew;
Get to work-get to work know too vel
The whining lies that yon beggars can tell.
So lie fastened his pocket and ON lie went,
Now, this great owner of golden store
Had built u church not long before,
AS lordly fame as a man conld raise,
And the world had given him thanks and
rraise,
And all who beheld it lavislcd fame
On his god1y gift and Christian name.
The poor man passed, and the white lips
TO ask Of him if mite could be spared
TIC stood IL moment, but not to pause
On the truth Of the tale, or the charity laws
He was seeking to give, though it was small
For pcnny-a single penny was all.
Yet he gave it with kindly wo,I,
And the warmest pulse in his heart wat
Twas a tiny seed his charity shed,
Bnt the white lips got a taste of bread,
And the beggar's blessing hallOwed the crust
That came like spring in the desert dust.
The rich man and the poor man died
las all Of us must), and were tried
Before the judgment seat above
For their thought of evil and deeds of love
The balance Of Justice there was true.
Rightly bcstowing what rightly was due.
And the two new cOmers through Heavens
gate
Stood there to hear their eternal fate.
The recording angel told Of all the things
That fitted them both with kindred winga,
But as they stood in the crystal light.
The plnmes Of the rich man grew less bright
The angels knew by that shadowy sign
That the poor mans work had been mos,
So they brought the unerring scales to see
Where the rich mans falling off might be,
Full many deed did the angels weigh,
But the balance kept an even sway.
At length the church endowment fund was
laid
With its thousands promised and its thou
sands paid.
and it weighed so much that the angels
stood
To see how the poor man could balance
such good;
When 10 Il cherub came and took his place
By the empty scale with radiunt grace;
And lie dropped the penny that had fed
Poor starving lips with a crust of bread
The church endowment went up with a
beam.
And the whisper of the Great Supreme,
As he heckoned the poor man to his throne
Was heard in this immortal tone:
Blessed ald holy is he who from great gain
May give his thousands with a reasoning
brain,
But l,o]ier far shall be his part
Who gives one penny with pitying heart.
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BE Wise and Happy.

you will stop all your extrasagant and
wrong notions in 'loctoring yourself and fam
lily with expensive or humbus cure-alls that
do harm always. and use only natures sim
PIE remedies for all your aiments-you will
be wise, we'll and happy, and save great e2
pense. The greatest remedy for this. the
great. wise and good will tell you, is Hop
Nitttrs-relv on it, Sec another column.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-30
Domestic.

Minden, La, has kleptomaniac.
Fred. Grant has resigned his Iicutcn-
ancy.
An Arkansas l,aiIstorm did damage to
the amount of $4,000
A crazy mother at Camden, Ark, mnr-
dered her five children.
A man was tarred and feathered by
some women at Newfel.l, Me.
A young woman at Detroit lived fifteen
days with bullet in her BRAIN
A theological student was killed while,
attempting t" commit burglary.
Louisville, Meridian, Miss, and Anna,
ILL.,, have each had $500 1000 fires.
MIR. James Gordon Bennett is n sr,itor
for the hand of Princes. Beatrice.
A Protestant minister of North Caro-
lima has joined the Catholic Chnrch.
A young man III Indiana killed his
father on account of marital infidelity.
Mr.. Hayes is reported to be engaged in
writing a history of his administration.
man at San Antonio, Texas, drank
half a glass Of raw ammonia and ia sill
alive.
In the neighborhood of Savannah oys-
ters grow into bunches weighing 100
pounds.
woman ut McComb CITY, Miss. had
a fight with two burglars, and came off
| victorious
negro at Butler, Ga, being sentenced
to the penitentiary, pnt his eyes ont in a
fit of rage.
The Jubilee Singers were driven off
the stage at Atlanta, Ga, by shower of
spoiled eggs.
runaway girl disgnised as a hoy did
mans work for several months on a
Michigan E.rm
Philadelphia man has invented 4.
method of supplying beacon lights will.
compressed gas.
| The leading business men Of Vicksburo
and New Orleans held conversation bv
telephone April H.
| dead horse was allowed to STAY three
days III front Of store i'll upper Tenth
avenne, New York.
| A North Carolina legislator ran off
with another mans wife and a larp.
amount Of his money.
| One Of the most strrin. Methodist ex-
llerters in Massachusetts has zone +, tho
/ penitentiary for stealing Il bag of corn.
| Anna Dickinson broke her Pl.iiad.Iobi.
engagement because. she vas not satisfied
! with the physique Of the actress cast for
the heroine parts.
The steamer Wheelcss. aud the wharf
and warehouse at Sa v;,iii,ail. Ga. caneht
| ilre and were a total loss Three schoou-
ers and several lu.yers were badly dam
aged.
The latest idea in the tunncIng liu.. il
| to lay tubes along the bed Of the Atlantic
So that :, Fontainc engine can sp tratu
tins country to Ircard in about sixty
/ hours.
During recent tornado in Drew
County, Ark, II eo!or.el wom.u W.,
blown into y tree top. where She v,<
found dead, with her baby in IIrr arm.
uninjuretl
f,.,r /, az II
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-30

At the previous session, held at Nor
gan City, March %, all the members
were present excepting Messrs. Norwood
Of Avoytiles and Duperrier Of IBERIA
The State Engineers were all in at
tendance and submitted an estimate OF
the levee work necessary to be done in
the district and the probable cost there
of.
As the Morgan City Rerier says, ''Ti,e
! Board held two meetings anI attempted
to agree upon the tax that ought to be
| levied, but failed. Votes were taken on
fonr propositions, ranging from two to
tive mills, the river parishes favuring /.
high tax and the interior Il low one" No
agreement being reached, the Board all
jourped.
Auditor Jumel declined to assume the
responsibility of fixing the tax, rs the
law authorizes him to do i'll case the
Levee Commissioners fail to agree, hence
the Governor again convened the Board
at the time and place stated i'll the fore
going proceedings.
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Transient advertisements 81 per square
ar.t insertion each subsequent insertion,
IS cents per square.
Official advertisements 81 per squarefi first
insertion; each subsequent publication 50
cents per square.
Editorial notices, first insertion, 90 0cents
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Brief communications upon SUBJECTS OF
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No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is notrcsponsibic torthc views
IF correspondents.
Address; CH4gF, Don al lifsonville. La.
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HENRY b. RICHARDSON.
Chief State Engineer.
SIDNEY +. LEWIS,
H. e. BROWN,

ASA"b"i uitAsN " AAi. "iA ltli. StCIbneitu
by Mr.. Hill, that Il tax of five mills be
levied. An amendment was offered by
Mr.. Howell, seconded by Mr.. McColI.tm,
that u tax of three and one half mills be
levied, Oh which the vote stood:
Ycas-Howell, Foster, McColIum, DE-
Clouct, Duperrer.
Nays-Gordpn, Norwood, Glynn, Hill,
Gay, Mccall.
Lost.
MI. Glynn, seconded BY Mr.. Hill, Of
fered resolution that the tax be as
sessed at tonr mills Judge Howell of
mills. After argument by Judge Howell
and Mr.. Glynn and others, Sir. GIvnn
withdrew his motion for four mills and
moved his original motion for five mills,
Hpon which the vote stood as follows;
Ieas-Gordon, Norwood, Glynn, Hill,
Gay, Mccall.
Nays-Pngh, Howell, Foster, McCol-
linn, DtClouet, Dnperrier
Lost
The following resolution was offered:
Resotred, That a tax of 3! mills lie now
| assessed, with the understanding that if
urgent necessity requires an additional
| tax, another meeting will he called.
The vote stood:
lcas-Pngh, Howell, Foster, McCo!-
lam, DeClouet, Duperrcr, Glyn,, Nc
Call.
| Nays-Gordon, Norwood, Hill, Gay.
| Resolution adopted.
1t was resolved that vote of thanks
be rendered to Mr. Montan for his uni
form kindness aud attention to nic,ubers
during their stay ut Port Alien
| The Board adjourned sine die.
HENRY MCCALL,
| ANDREW ri. CAY, President.
| Secretary.