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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-07-20
Fourth OF July Grafton.

We extract the following descrip-
ton of the national growth from the
speech Of j. E. etillmau, Esq, de-
livered at Orange City, on the 4th
inst:
Witness the growth, and stand
III admiration OF our institutions and
our nation. From a population of
100000 we have grown to 10000.
600, and with our present rate of in>
crease in another decade will more
than double the population of Great
Britain and Ireland, and equal that of
the largest nation of Continental Eu.
rope. IN agricultural products we
far excel and transcend any nation on
the earth. Who can comprehend the
figures in the agricultural reports
given by the Bureau at Washington,
the capital OF our nation? The an.
nual yield OF corn for the year 1878,
1--WE have not at hand later repolt),
was l,388,2lS,OOO bushels, being an
increase OF 45,000,000 over the wear
1871 Making an allowance for de.
crease and increase, the crop of 1881
would not fall below the enormous
amount of 2,OOO,OOO,O0O bushels. On
the same estimate the wheat crop of
1881 would reach the STARTLING
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-07-20
Gin the Name of the Prophet,
Figs"


Editor of The Florida AgricuI,uist
A recent traveller through Southern
Florida makes mention of veritable
India rubber Tree, there found in
largenumbers, and in contemporary
paper makes known the discovery as
one emanating from himself, and in
which he attaches an Importance
probably as yet too premature.
Thanks to Bartram and other nat
uralists, botauists. have long known
of the existence OF juice yielding trees
and shrubs in Florida, and it is, there.
fore, no new discovery as far as the
plant is concerned, still the subject is
traught with much interest, and now
that attention is drawn to it, it would
be good thing for experts to dem~
oustrate to what purpose the raw ma
terial may be applied, and the pro-
ducer in the vicinity where the trees
are to be found, TO what extent the
supply can be maintained and aug~
mented by cultivation or otherwise.
The tree alluded to is the wild fig
OF Florida, (EScetS aUea) also called
gum tfee-a large tree tull of milky
Juice which forms kind OF India
rubber. The order Of the Vegetable
Kingdom to which the fig belongs
-MOrncoe-consists OF trees and
shrubs with rough leaves and some
times with climbing stems, having a
milky juice, valuable for the caou.
tchouc obtained from it. The fruit
Of some are edible, more noteably the
fig and mulberry. The Fustic, Usage
orange and Contrayerva also belong
to this order.
The cultivated flo is native of the
East, and is commonly met with in
gardens in warmer countries and
even naturalized there. 1t is found
growing in an apparently natural
state in isolated parts of Florida, but in
surroundings that seem to point to it
being an escape from cultivation or
in places where cultivation has form
erly been carried on. Quite variety
is cultivated in French and Italian
nurseries-one list embracing forty
we'll marked kinds. The paucity OF
varieties grown in Florida is matter
of remark by foreigners who are con-
yersant with the dissimilarity of
kinds, their period Of ripening and
the purpose to which they are ap-
Piled, that countries in the south OF
Europe and Asia enjoy in this most
estimable fruit. A good fig is the
exception and not the rule in Florida,
and there is no reason why kinds
known to produce good fruit in other
countries should not be grown in
Florida to the exclusion of the mon-
grel forms too often met with.
Plants OF all kinds of figs properly
named can be obtained In France for
12d cents each, and choice can be
had from forty kinds AS rule as
=
yet, the nurserymen ill the United
States, have no variety from which a
purchaser can select from, the fact of
20 one making the culture special
tv; and the few kinds that figure in
most lists are probably more suited
to the exigencies of pot and house
culture in the North than suited to
the mercantile business we seek
TO pursue in the South in growing
them with profit. Figs are of easy
growth and stand the climate well.
and there is no reason that
with the application and selecting
kinds TO be planted, attending to
/ their wants in like manner to the cul'
Iivation of the orange a successful
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among the latter as the statue of
Buddha himself The leaves ara
heart shaped with klone attennated
points. Skeleton leaves of this beap.
titully decorated are common objects
of sale in India. Tie juice contains
caoutchouc and is used by the women
as baudoline. The fruit not much
larger than a cherry and although
edible is not OF much value.
The Banyan, Eicua dadica is re-
markable for its vast Footing branches.
These branches senE shoots down.
wards, which, when they become
rooted, become stems, the tree in
this manner spreading over a large
surface, and enduring Tor ages. One
has been described as having no
fewer than $50 stems equal to large
oaks and more than 5000 smaller
ones covering a spice sufficient 10
contain 1000 persons. The writer
possessed some Banyan trees each OF
! which covered a space extending
over an acre OF ground, and he has
seen multitudes OF them infinitely
larger. Monkeys eat, both fruit and
leaves. The seeds aredeposited by
birds on the stems ofpalms and send
down roots WHICH eventually
embrace and kill the palm.
One OF the most Ornamental and
useful OF the genus, commonly cult
waited by narserymeu iqr sale, grow1
in pots and used for home decoration
is the true Irdian rpbbefss Escu.
eIastica. In the immerse jungles O
Assam this tree assuEDas Elaximun
! proportions, ana the iorests of thi
tree are now highly Valuable ant
every means taken to extend them
Freely as it grows n confinement in
pots, it is particular, in its native
land and there it can only be success
fully habituated. Dllfel ent species
OF figs are becoming fashionable il
choice collection of plants in conser
vatories, and grown for sale in pots
by nurserymen. FIcuS ataacropIylIu
the Australian Banyan has mos
majestic appearance, the leaves being
OF immense size and of different tint
according to their developments
FscuS na5n5an0 is a adiminutive creepe
and FicatS Stepalata climber tha
oVerruns the largest tree or building
like ivy. J. B. S.
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business cannot be inaugurated and
maintained in Florida.
As regards the wild fig of Florida,
Fscas Aured, the question at issue
depends not so much on the existence
of the tree but whether the milky
juice produced would be applicable
to the purpose Of manufacture, or
that it could be obtained in quantity
and quality as cheaply as from the
present source OF supply,
Fig trees in a wild state, and in
great variety form CONSPICUOUS lea,
ture Of the vegetation of tropical
countries. Over 100 species exist,
some as large outrageous trees,
others climbing over the largest trees
of the forest with the tenacity Of ivy,
and others again as shrubs. The
milky juice of some species is bland
and abundant as ofTScua SduSS,sredaa,
! and has therefore been ranked among
cow-trees. In other species the milky
juice is very acrid. That Of the cul-
tivated fig produces burning sensa'
tion on the tongue. That OF Ticus
tocicdri0 is used for poisoning arrows.
Besides the common fig many species
yield edible fruit, although none of
them are nearly equal to it in value.
The leaves OF EicuS politori0 are so
rough that they are used for polishe
ing wood and ivory. The JUICE of
the fruit of Eic'tS tinctori0 is used
for dyeing, while the bark supplies
cordage, from which fishing nets are
made in Tahiti is gathered from
some OF the species.
The Sycamore OF the Bible is sup
posed to 6e a species OF fig-EScuS
sycanaoretS abundant in Egypt and in
Palestine; it is planted near villages
for the sake of It's shade, its wide
spreading head sometimes covering a
space of forty yards in diameter. 1t
is supposed but disputed that the
cases of Egyptian Mummies are made
from the wood of this tree. The figs
are top shaped, grow in clustered
racemes on the stem and large
branches. They are sweet, well
favored and aromatic.
The Peepul, Fscus religioSo is
Known as the sacred fig of India and
the Bo tree Of Ceylon. The Hindoos
consider it sacred because their god
Feshnu is said to have been born
under it. The Bo tree of The sacred
city OF Anarajapora is IN ali probab>
ility the oldest tree in the world OF
which the age can be obtained bv
historical evidence. 1t was planted
in the year 288 before Christ and is,
therefore, now 2,169 years old. Sir
James Emmerson Tennant in his work
on Ceylon gives reasons for believing
the tree is really of this wonderful
age and refers TO historic documents
in which it is mentioned at different
dates as 1872, A. D., 223, A. D., and so
on TO the present day. This tree is
invested in the estimation OF the
Buddhists with wonderful sanctity.
TO it kings have even dedicated
their dominions in testimony of their
belief that it is branch OF the iden.
tical fig tree under which Gotoma
Buddha reclined when he underwent
his Apotheosis. Its leaves are carried
away as treasures by Pilgrims, but
it is too sacred to be touched by a
knife and therefore they are only
gathered when they fall. 1t is planted
near temples and religious devotees
pass the whole OF their lives
under their own particular
tree. II is held sacred by the
Hinioos and Buddhists alike, at
tracing almost as much veneration
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22
'snc More Friend them Benedict
Arnold Mad.
TAX Payers Organ.1

! Etienne Grellet. a French youth of.no-
sole hloou who tied from France at the be-
1tgYpninS OF the first French Revolution.
si.c9, first to French Guiana and. then 10
sAew York, relates the following incident
Nm his autobiography: Passing through
yParis, he heard that there was am Ameri-
Ica OF some.listinction stopping at !, GER
stain hotel. Wishing to come to America.
sand to get away rs soon and az secretly "a
ipossible. he sought out the unknown
american in order TO beg from him note
l0t introduction 10 some Of lliscoumtrvmen.
Gle found the stranger, after considerable
alililcuity. Ills appearance and .lemeanor
astruck HIM, young Grellet, us singular in
sthe extreme. There vas a wild, hageard.
srcstless look ahout him, nervous shrink
slng and trcmor. as if in apprehension of
so'ng pursued or suffering from the hor-
srorS OF guilty conscience. The American
demanded Of the Intruder his business,
saMd why he was disturbed. Young Grel.
| et, almost trembling in his turn, briefly
Explained his GRAND and closed by asking
lior note of introduction to- some friend
If the stranger. in America. ..Frieud.,
Exclaimed the mysterious parsonage, whose
'ame was not yet known to the Young
'isitor, "friend, haven't a friend in ali
america, and am probably the only per-
'on living who can say haven't friend
II this world. My name is Benedict Ar
iold. " Having uttered these words in
lone Of almost choking ferocity. he waved
The young man from his presence, and
s'lrank back, like a wild beast, into his
lair; and Grsllet hurried away, feeling as
he had almost escaped from some say
ssage bandit.
Gnlteau has one more friend than Ar
'nl'l had. He has one, and that one is his
lister, the wife of a lawyernamed scovilie,
wing IN Chicago, who has undertaken.
u me instance of that sister. the defense
| II the wretch. ScoyiIle saws he didn't in
end to have anything to do with the case,
MT the opportunities OF his wife have
hanged his mind. 1t is woman-like, and
t is high tribute to the sex.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22
Money and lis aISes-What ,r;,is
Country Needs.
ICity Item.


There was a time in the history of ina
World when metallic money was a condil
ION precedent to commercial intercourse I
Nlthont it transactions would have to he
ondneted through the clumsy expedients
I i barter, involving net only great imnr
enlellre, but great waste Of time. Rnt
n these old times it was not the imana
ND snerscrlrtion on the face OF the coin.
'atiler Its recognized metallic value that
ave 1t currency, and this value was an.
'reciated even where local or retaliatorv
avs prohibited the circulation of foreion
ON. Sometimes royal necessities or cor.
upton led to the debasement of coin. Int
ms was eventually found ont, and in pro-
ortlon to such debasement its purchas-
lig power decreased.
AS convenient and necessary ~ coin
fas, ere public confidence had organized
commercial credit as a medium of ex.
mango, there wer always certain ,lrtw.
acks attendant upon its use. One,nf
hese was the cost of coming and recoin-
iIg +; for, by handling, coin soon diminish
IS IN weight and ceases topass at its nom.
A London paper declares that ssforty nor,
ent OF English gold coins are so light 10
be no longer legal tender. Tie Bank
81 England sends gold coin to The mint for
coming at the rate Of about el.OOO. Oldl
year." ID eight Or ten years Of usage
'0verlgis become too light, and mnst he
'eeolned to give them their standard val
'e. And what is true Of English pold
;oins equally true of those coined in
his country. Hence tho popular prefer
nee Tor a reliable paper CURRENCY. which
'erves all the uses of coin without parti-
pating in its disadvantages. Where
transactions amounting to millions fake
,lace daily, the cumbersome character of
metallic money is brought into ,distinc-
i've prominence. At the late Bankers
convention Controller Knox stated flat
the Assistant Treasurer pays to the backs
ally ton and i'halt of rnia, witch .forraa-
II payment is q relic Of baI'barism fEat
ould easily be reinedied by legislation
authorizing the Issue Of a 4 sufficient
amount OF certificates receivable for ems
TOMS" Il =. - U.s.
The world is too far advanced now to
''lrsue the barharic methods which oh.
famed centuries ago when commerce and
nance We're still ii. their sswaldling
lothes. Gold, which our mono nletaIlists
o worship, has become practically USE
ess except as q treasury or bank reserve
md it is to- local or State paper. currency,
hat has proved its sufliciency and Dr.csfc-
Il worthlessness. Through It's nse> 6un.
ereds of millions in value were lost by The
ieople OF the last generation, and those
yho survive have DO fancy for having
uch experiences again repeated in this,
For general circulation and the con .eni-l
T noes Of our internal traffic there Ii no cur
Srency 50 acceptable as United States
Treasury notes, and for fhe small trans.
lotions of everyday life, none SO con-
3senientas silver eoin. Nor can any sat.
sfactory SYSTEM OF finance be established
ior this country which does not recognize,
hese great underlying facts aud princiE
: Hos 81 n
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NO. 81
OUR MISTAKE res.
[Bossier Banner.l

l Although agriculture is the main sour
aoi all prosperity to every nation, yet it
III well authenticated fact that no roult!
/ ofa purely agricultural character depel
tent alone uponsthe raising of raw mai
rial for its rapid 1eEeopucnt, ever ri.,,.
. 70 any very great Importance among til
Nations OF the earth: In the HottGcr
PORTION of the United States we have bee
guilty Of the grossest errors in this ~
'ect. We have committed the great m's
lake of being content with our reputa;io
Is feeder. We raise an abundance, 10
instance of the great staples-cot,on Ar
tobacco-which, if applied legitlmately
would make us the greatest section of tn
earth.
1t will appear, on investigation, to b
supreme folly for us to continue the oil
custom of merely furnishing the materi;4
tor others to tatten on. What We nee,
and lst-earry out ii we want to prosper
is a system of converting into manuiac
tured fabrics the products Of our toll. Th'
course which has heretofore been purs,les
by us is a suicidal one. There is no prac
teal or even common SENSE in the pole,
of sending to other countries or othe
States our raw material only to be return
ed and purchased by us at an enormou
profit. II we want or expect to becomt
a sustaining people and to build up GU
waste places, we must prepare to reap al
the profits to be gotten out OF the raw ma
tcrial we raise. We have but to glance a
the map of the great Northwest to be con
WINGED Of the great advantages to be gain
! ed from self-reliance. Although that sec
1tion is the great grain raising portion OF
the Union, and agriculture is promnen
feature OF the people, yet every town an'
Village is alive with the busy hum OF
manufactures. The great Northwest l.
last becoming u manufacturing section
and, as they advance in mechanical ill
lustries, they continue to develope il
wealth and population.
Now that the Atlanta Exposition is a,
hand we hope our people from the differ
mt parts of the South will take this para
mount question into serious consideration
We must keep up with the spirit OF TIL
ige i'll this. respect if we expect to eqna
our Northern and Western commonwealth
~ progress and Influence.
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what Shall we do With II.

There are millions of acres all over thu
South, fertils as hearts can desire, whicl
ire unproductive ofreyenue to their own
rs and q constant source Of anxiety AM
Expense. Very little Of this land can b,
sold at q price to meet the views Of hold
.rs, and the great question to bic solved is
1sWhat shall we do with itW It lsa hug.
elephant, eating up our substance, and re
harding material prosperity.
The hope that immigration will reliey.
US Of this incubus will prove groundless
unless we can induce class who are no.
.'hewers of wood and drawers of wator,
to come among us. True it is, that if WI
have plentiful supply Of reliable Labor
some portion of this surplus land may b.
made productive, but it is not reasonable
to expect that the demand for labor t.
supply present deficiencies will be file
for a long time to come. During Thu
waiting the landowner becomes more ant
more crippled every year.
The policy which large land owners
pursued in the West in the earlier day,
proved successful in settling up the wilder.
ness, enhancing values, ana increasing
prosperity. Grants Of immense tracts OF
Hand which were made to railroads were
Surveyed and divided and subdivided. anu
then offered on the easiest terms to bona
tide settlers in alternate sections. The
rush for these lands was very great, and
their owners are now reaping the reward
of their wise foresight.
What has been done in the West can BE-
done in the South. 1t should be done.
and without unnecessary delay. Alternate.
sections Of forty, fifty, or one hundret'
acres should be sold, on easy terms, to
Inen who have some means, and the desire
and the ability to build themselves homes
among as. Aconcert Of action is necessa
~ in the matter, and we suggest that
county OF parish organisations be perfect
ei ct once for this purpose.
4 planter with one hundred or one
Thousand acres Of idle lands, selling one
half Of it at nominal price, win soon find
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IN. O. Tilncs.1

In the excitement attendant upon Presi
lent Gartield's wounding and tragic death
|it was almost forgotten that elections
we're to be held this fall in thirteen States
:iz: Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, Massa
husetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebras
"A, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Penn
,ylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
The election in Colorado is for local OF
ices and to decide upon the location o
he State capital.
1t is held Tuesday November 9Th.
Maryland also holds it's election OF
Tuesday, November oth. Half of the Sen
tie and all the House of delegates are to b.
hosen, and constitutional amendment
changing the tim, Of electing the Distric
md Supreme judges is to be voted on.
Massachusetts also elects full ticket o
state officers, beginning with governor
md legislature.
Minnesota is also a November State
md on the Sth the full board Of State oi
lcers will be chosen, and three constitu
ional amendments voted on; (the first pro
libiting special legislation. the secon'
providing for equal taxation, and tn
third fixing the pay of members Of the leg
.sture ut five dollars per day, and not 1
.Aceed four handred and fifty dollars 10
,gular, and two hundred for special ses
lons.> The legislature ofMinnesota elect
United senator this winter. Mississip
ii, November 9Th, elects all its States OF
icers and q legislature, which chooses
United States senator next February.
Nebraska holds State election. Noveni
DER 9Th, to elect a Judge OF the Supreme
court, two regents Of the State Universe
~, and also votes on q constitutions
amendment giving women suffrage.
New Jersey elects half its senate and ful
rouse of representatives on Novembe
9Th. The Senators elected this fall vii
vote for McPherson's successor in the Uni
ted States senate in 1883.
New York on the same day, will choos
d secretary Of State, comptroller, attor
hey general, treasurer, an associate jus
Sice Of the Court of Appeals, the state en-
,ineer and surveyor, an entire Legislature
and congressman in the ninth, eleventh
and twenty-seventh dis
|tricts.
Pennsylvania elects State treasure
and county officers November 9Th, and OF
the same day Virginia elects State officers
beginning with governor, aud it's legisla
lure. Wisconsin on Tuesday NOvembe
5th, chooses q full board Of State officer
half its State senate and all the assembly
lit also votes upon a constitutional amend
aent providing for biennial sessions 0
The legislature.
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J. JONES JOHNSON
TEN BROCK,
Livery and Feed Stable,

Keeps good supply of the best Harness
and Saddle horses, which will be hired at
reasonable rates. Always on hand to meet
Sthe wants of travellers horses, fine supply
1of provender. Also good shelter for vehicles.
The office of the Stage line, carrying the U,
3. Mail, is located at this point where pas
sage can be secured for all points from Nat
chltOches to Shreveport, or Alexandria.
sept. "a, silly.
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Z ~ z IN IL

/. hat the remaining portion is in demand
.s't remnNerat!vA price. The advent of
s'nel' a class Of immigrants improves rem
!. raj society, all trades ana professions he.
ONE .pr'p"rtion"Ily prosperous. general
4 'ducaton becomes more lilfused. crimes
J 'ecomeS OF rare oeclTrcnco, and material
! ycalth is rapidly developed
q Individual effort may accomplish much
4 n this direction. hut in concert of action
yes the greatest measure of success
When the fact becomes known that de-
! rahlc lands are offered as we have sny-
! F@sted purchasers will not be wanting.
4 Planters ,jou;paI,
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.sDsa't kasv M sheir valus.,,

"Thsy cured me Of Ague, Billioasnes,
and Kidney Complaint, ~ recommended.
b had . half bottle left which | used 70,
my two little girls. who the doctors and
|neighbots said could not be cured.
would have Lost both Of them one night
ffl had not given them Hop Bitters.
They did them % much good ] continued
khsir ne until they wcro cured. That il
why / Ay yondo not know halt tho value
|DfHop bitteta and do not recommend
kAsn high enough. : b Rochester. n. 7.
|lnNjQoe Dur6y He@e.
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!. Connected with this Office il y Az So,
ffJob Department, where all kinds of ~
will be executed with n"atness and dismal,
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Har1a1 Hotel.

TINS rInsT.CLAss sstsh,khmsat Il !
NJ spplicest fer public favers. The House
nevH fAniSAed ffum tsp 70 boet6n.
n tAblo y ~ very hest that The markets
! IL u61ehitoeAes ard New Ofleens can afford,
anA e. attsutioa 70 guests II TIE true Soath.
salDaYitssle styls.
Don't forget HarriS Hotel.
Conn1n 0RCOND Z TxuD1AUx GrREETs.
xATCHIT0CHEA IA.
~ lily.