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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-03-08
Manure for Fruit Trees.
From the Rural Messenger.

From the Rural Messenger.
An English writer gives the fol-
lowing sensible suggestions Tor en>
riching the soil about fruit trees
"There are certain principles, easy of
recognition, which should always gov.
ern the application of solid manures
to fruit trees. So long as tree is
making fair average annual growth,
according to the variety-and there
is much variation in the vigor of diff
ferent kiuds-rich solid manures
would be burttul. This need not, of
course, prevent help being given at
times VIII en- it is urgently required in
the shape of sprinkling of guano or
other artificial manure, to be atter>
ward watered in or it may be given
with good effect in liquid state.
The best time to give quick acting
stimuiants, is in summer, when the
trees are carrying good crop of fruit,
and seem to require help speedily.
The best time for using solid manures,
is doubtless in autumn; they should
be applied just beneath the surface,
but not necessarily in Immediate con.
tact with the roots. AN inch or two
OF the surface soil may be removed,
the manure spread over, and the soil
scattered over again. In the case of
very old, exhausted trees, whose roots
are for the most part deep in the earth
the manure may be buried deeper,
nearer to them, to be the more easily
available, and it should be given in
greater quantities. Many of the
scrubbY old apple and pear trees that
seem past redemption, might b.
brought back to health and useful
ness, if treated in the manner sug-
gested. The wonder is that it sell,
dom occurs to people to help them
in this way. Year after year, what
fruit The trees bear is gathered
and taken away the leaves, too, TALL
and are blown by the wind to the
nearest dyke, and 10 part of the load
the trees have carried, is given back
to them again to help support them.
Small wonder is it. then, that, after
certain period, their yigor fails. Iu
good fertile land and the struggle is,
OF conrce, a protractsd one but in the
best land, after the first flush OF youth
Is over, trees that are bearing heavy
crops oftruit need support, aud when
they cease to make reasonable
growth annually it is time tor rein
vlgorating measure to be taken in
hand, and there is no plan so good as
the application Of rich top dressings.
The way in which the roots of trees
seem to find their food, even if placed
at distance from them is very re-
markable; and as it is certain they
have this power of discovery, by plac
Ing their food near the surface they
are brought within the influence OF
air, ETC."
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-03-08
Soil Analysis.
The Neac York World.

From The Neao York World.
Professor E. w. Hilgard, writing
on the OBJ jects and interpretations of
soil analysis in the Journal Of Science,
accepts as correct the principle that,
other things being equal, productive>
hess is or should be sensibly propor-
toned to the amount OF available
plant food within reach of the roots
during the period OF the plants de-
velopment, provided that such supS
ply does not exceed the maximum of
that which the plant can utilize when
the surplus supply remains inert. To
find the exact value of the soil from
analysis it is necessary therefore not
| so much to discover the actual
amounts of the constituents in the
soil as to find the amounts which are
accessible to and assimilated by the
plants. The problem becomes then
to find solvent that shall as nearly
as possible represent the action of the
plant itself.
Professor Hilgard's methon of ana.
lysis starts from the observation Of
the productive qualities of the soil as
indicated by the native growth.
Next, he endeavors to ascertain the
peculiarities of the soil that form this
sort OF growth as distinguished from
other growth on other soils. Me-
cbanical conditions, it appears, must
always be taken into account. AS q
rule soil exhibiting a high percent
age OF plant food is fertile, but soil
having a low percentage is not, on
the other hand, necessarily poor. A
loose soil, by charging The sphere of
expansion OF the roots, may enable
them to reach as large quantities of
food more widely scattered as they
can find in highly charged but more
compact and less penetrable soil.
The evidence from the analyses so
far instituted is unquesJionable in re-
gard to the present productiveness of
soil being measurably dependent
on the presence OF certain minimum
quantity OF lime. After the presence
OF lime the proportion of phosphor
ic acid appears to be the most impor-
tant factor in the productiveness Of
soils. A certain percentage OF pot-
ash is required, but it is present in
most soils. Prof. Hilgard inters, as
a rule, that potash manures are not
among the first 10 be sought for at-
ter the soils have become exhausted.
Iron in the shape of terric hydrate
finely dltfused appears to be an inns
porlant ingrediant, valuable on ac-
count OF its physical and partly on
account of its chemical qualities. 1t
has a highly absorptive power for
gases, and soils in which it occurs re
sist drought better than others; and
the universal preference given by
farmers to red lands, shows the res
suits OF experience in this respect.
The efficacy OF the hydrate depends
upon the state OF fine division; and
when merely incrusting the sand
grains or aggregated into bogore
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Draining the Upper st. Johns
River.
From the Dispatch.

|TOW NE DiIJdCH.
There seems to be food for thought
Ill this matter. IL is said that the dit.
ference III elevation between the ST..
Johns and Indian river is fourteen
feet. Fsom a bayou making out from
Lake POiiIsett which is as deep as the
lake and liN er, TO the Indian river at
Rock L, dye, is only three miles. A
Tail OF fourteen feet in three miles
would create rapid current, and
quickly drain any 'a-2e body OF water.
The 81. lohns wv e, south of Lake
harney To Lahe Po'usett, is some-
what similar 10 tho apler Ocklawaha,
i'll the prairie region, some difference
beng III lie body OF wafer, which is
~ eater in he ST. johns, the channel
OF the ST. JOHNS having no well de-
fned n Qd banks, but very crooked
stream Ine0udering through grass and
the mar / from five 10 ten miles wide.
The [ chlaW aha has well defined
mad banks, is very crooked, and the
marsh from one>halt to two miles
WIDE. Many years since, an effort
was made % straig hten the channel OF
tie Ock'a~a ha, by digging canals or
sholt cuts across long curves. The
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-03-08
THE FLORIDA AGRIC ULTURIST.

grains it exerts little, or no influence,
although analysis may show high
percentage. On the other hand ,terrn-
ginous soils are the first liable to dam
age from imperfect drainage, over
flows and the like.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-03-08

Mr.. Horace Sevvill, of Altoona, Pa,
says: ''My wife and 1 are upward of
seventy years Of age. Of late we both
have begun to feel the the infirmities of
old age. Nothing seems to revive, ex>
hilarate, and strengthen us, as does
Browns Iron Bltters. We would not do
without it for ten times its cost"
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Do You Want a Bargain !?

Twenty one acres 'of first-class pine
land three-fourths of mile from De
Land. Apply to J.B.
1861 P. .. Box 5, DeLand, Fla.
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FOR SALE.

An improved place of 100 acres,
near Spring Garden Center, in Volu-
STA county; 400 trees in grove, 40 or
so to bear next year; also 400 seeds
lings in nursery. Bananas, guavas,
peaches, etc on the place. Price
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office of the FLORIDA AGRICULTNt
lsT, DeLand, Florida. ISL t4
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For sale, % acres of land, nine acres fenced,
300 trees in grove, beginning to bear, budded.
1000 nursery trees budded, equidistant, q
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2 rooms and kitchen, aud stable. All in good
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-20
DRIFT or OPINION.
Opuht 10 Mal,c dur GLASS, n ,Ioue.

VuUHI W HHHc VuFUtHWW NJ KtNIHt.
Pittsburgh Commercial. Gazette. S n
We have the skill and dill the materials
for making glass, and there Is no reason
why all the glass CONSUMED here should not
be the direct product OF ourown mines and
factories. The only way 10 accomplish this
result Is to coun.eruct the cheaper labor Of
Europe by duties which will compensate
for tho better wages paid 10 our own work.
ingnen, and decomposition among home
manufacturers reduce the prices Of the
articles produced 10 the minimum. 4.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-20
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

The number OF aborigines in Alaska is
variously estimated at from 10000 to 10000.
Z a family in Frankiord, suburb Of Phil.
adelphia, has lost five children by diph.
iberia.
Venus di Medici had twenty.iour inch
waist. 4 modern woman oifasEion ''haies"
to let herself out to more than twenty.
The New York Herald complains that
blood money and government indiAer-
ence have abolished the American sailor.
4 motion was entered by the defendant
in i court in indianapolis, Ind, last week,
10 require the plaintiff to furnish "legible
complaint" NJ s5S
The Philadelphia Press suggests that the
twelfth term Of Congressman William D.
Kelley be marked, by rendering him q
public banquet.
A celebrated Russian painter is going on
n sketchins tour to India, but q press Of
other matter prevents the publication Of
his name in tue ample pages OF the Chicogo
Tribune. u ,Es,. 4 f Il i L. 4,
The gas companies Of New York city
annually collect s3,5e2,S4s, for which the
public receives no return in the shape / OF
light. This ia hall the sum received from
CONSUMERS, who waste half their gas BY
\ using bad burners. e. d S
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PERSONAL.
Senator Window thinks he has a dead.
sure thing OF his reelection.

Senator Window thinks he has dead.
sure thing Of his reelection.
Mrs. Lanytry dimes ut G-chiehy on tie
criticisms OF the morning pupers.
Iteration Seymour's health is improv-
ing. lie doesn't bother himself much
about politics nowadays.
General Grant will help to hold up
Washington society this winter. He talks
more than he used to, and suokesas much.
Buffalo Bill is going abroad to show the
Engligh how VIC raise scalps in this coun-
try. William, twill be remembered, gained
his hoaored name scalping bullaloes.
General James G. Clarke, Il well known
Mary!auder, formerly President Of the
Chesapeake 4 Ohio Canal, and now Presi-
dent and General Manager Of the New Or
leans road OF the Illinois. Central Railroad
system, it is understood, will shortly be-
come President OF both roads.
Ex-Governor Leland Stanford, Of Cali
fornia, has leased William II. Vanderbilt's
old residence OH Fifth avenue, New York
city, for the winter, at rental Of 81, 600 per
month. 1t is understood that the Caliior.
MIA millionaire will signalize his advent
bya series OF brilliant receptions and en-
tertlinments during the winter.
Captain Gill, who was recently killed by
the Belouin Arabs was one OF those curl
Gus examples Of men who, by rendering y
kindness to strangers, reap rich reward.
One day he saved IN old gentleman in the
streets from an accident, and in grateful re-
turn for tue service Captain Gill received 4
legacy Of very large an ount-sullicient to
make him nj once n wcaltcy man.,
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Nervous Debility

When NIL other remedies fail Dr.. FRAzlEn's
Loss Of Appetite, Dyspepsia, and all diseases
arising from Disorde5ed Stomach, Liver
and Kidneys. 55.. i...-' vi =
"For several months have been afflicted
with Fever and Asue. For weeks at a time
was confined 10 tho house. my suffering
was intense. Il could find no relief until
heard Of your Root Bittcrs. I have taken
the Root Bitters for two weeks md they hive
restored nc to my former health.
JouS ROLAND, Cleveland, O. Il
or sale by J. l.. Shirk, also Chas Moenke.
moeller, Wheeling. and.R X McConahey,
Bridgeport. a. ,l. 'it-F p 81 pSw. =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-20

That West Virginia Senatorial syndicate
which met at I,arnum's Hotel, Baltimore,
to save the Legislature the mental anguish
and expense OF cltoosinga successor 10 the
lion. Henry G. Davis, Inns attracted a,ten.
ton md called ont some very able.bodied
expressions Of opinion. A few Of the
State press comments we print, Just 10
show how the thing has "caught on" '
There seems 10 DO an impression TINT
several moro or less astute politicians, not
unknown 10 fame In 4 somewhat circum.
scrited way, are wasting themselves in an
n.lan,ean effort to mold up the State, when
they might easily have agood deal Of help
from the chosen representatives OF nearly
seven hundred thousand people. We OBJ
serve, not altogether without satisfaction,
that there Is disposition to volunteer Il
little valuable but uuaskcd for aid in this
matter Of public Importance.
Aud when the gentlemen Of the syndi.
cate came 10 turn 1t all oyer in their
minds, witha little Of the electric light OF
public opinion thrown on it, it is not en-.
tirely improbable that they will be glad
for the people, through their representa-.
tiycs, 10 relieve them Of ut least part OF
the labor Of turning out a neatly finished
Senator OF the United States.
There is still another, by no means the
least important, view Of the matter. In
this day and in the present state Of the
public mind, politicians cannot meet as
they did in Baltimore, on the mission
which brought them together, without at
once stirring up indignation and active
opposition. I. has the appearance Of Il
desire to ioresl all public opinion, outma-
n@uvre the people and carry of as spoils
M honor and dignity which the people
think they llayea right to bestow. This
sort OF thing has been named bossism, and
we are free to say that it was just this
sort Of thing which the people rebuked Oh
the It'll OF November when they swept the
Republican party out OF its stronsholds.
II bosssm is bad for one State, under
one party, i. is not better for another State
under another party. It is an evil net
bounded by State limits nor restricted
by party lines. II is RINK and monstrous
thing wherever it exists, and no commu.
nity can tolerate 1t without shame and loss
OF manhood.
Does anybody desire 10 boss the State OF
West Virginia? Doubtless the able gentle
men who have, perhaps unthinkipsly,
brought themselves under the popular dis.
pleasure, would be the last to admit, even
to themselves, that they contemplate put
ting upon the State SO great stigma. Pcs.
sibly they hive drawn some lessons from
the November elections and resolved to
retire in as good order rs may be from
active participation in boss politics.
Senator Davis gives notice that after the
expiration Of his term he will couine
himself to business, which is more agree
able to him than politics. II may be that
the other members OF the syndicate will
follow him in his good resolution. There
is plenty Of work TO be done in West tir.
ginia, and good name is rather to be
chosen than hos, tactics.
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Ncnd Half u i.oaf to y. J.Tii.lcn.
Sew York Tribune.
The dead Gun get along without honors
better than the living without bread.
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

The next seetdh begins SEPTEMBER e,h 49,
TEN FkrARArE SCHOOLS, including scHoUiI 4, ny nv
s s9ry sna sSn"ol o. gh Full cGnTSs i. a Inv!
Enlarged facilities Tor suiy Of Ihvs,rsTIr tSsoa
aud scienslIlc. Agileultur compIstpIS ," Si.tvT
chemical labfniory. Thorough r0un", i, 'NIilltI
ana Sodsn, agnases aud lietaue Trs itIsSeR Rs!
@ mi nISs sxRsS,Ss 70! over STA r,
aus Mnr,.n', nsiIGnt,
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Demanding civil hcrvicc Reform.
Philadelphia lrcss. al
Almost as countless as the leaves OF the
forest are the candidates Tor places under
Democratic administration in pennsyl.
yania. --a
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Pulling Down Democratic MnjOritjes.
Cincinnati Gazette
The Mormons IRE making 4 good many
converts in the Southern States.
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SYNDICATE SAYS SENATE

Wayne Advocate.
The question for Hon. John L. Kenna
to decide is, whether he will 80 to tho Sem
ate or be be Speaker OF the House OF Rep.
resentatiyea. ~. -
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II Would, For n Fact,

II Would, For u Fact.
Cincinnati Commercial. ~
The election OF Mr.. Hard would signify
that the Democracy are really in earnest in
their purpose to make radical changes in
tariff rates. Et .,s
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-20
A Daniel Come to.JuJgmcnt,

Buffalo Courier. -
In spite OF tho st. Louis and Cincinnati
platforms, three Democratic Houses Of
Representatives liaye failed to initiate any
important measure OF relief and reform.
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ArlNr OF the finest Ink for families or
I schools can be made from ten.ccnt package
Of Diamond Dye. Try them. Mwrsw.
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Tint Damaged Democratic Optic.
Chicago Times. ROT Gt
It is now said that Zen Butler has his
eye on u United States Senatorslip. Isn't
Ben's eye q good deal oyerworked?
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And offer them at fairly rcmuncr.
atiyc prices. In the selection Of
this stock We confined ourselves to
the best known manufactures ami
tho better grades, and feel that all
the goods VIZ 0iltr III this line are
worthy Of our Recommendation,
both as to quality and shape. The
shape of our Sacqucs this season
differs somewhat from that OF for.
MGR years, md We consider the
change all improvement. We shall
10 glad to show our Seal Sacqucs
to atl who may call, whether they
wish to buy or not.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-27
THs RATIONAL VIEW.

When the Taxpayers Association was
about to organize it was alleged as motive
for forming such body, that it was i'm
possible to know the truth about the city
finances, because so many different stories
were told. We nov desire to call atten-
ton TO the fact that the result Of careful
inquiry by business men into the question
has been to establish every position taken
by the RECORD UNION concerning it, from
the commencement of the controversy. If
our readers will turn back to our files of
year ago they will find in our editorial
columns full statements of the actual stu
alton, precisely as last weeks inquiry
showed it to be. We have always asserted
neither more nor less than what these bust
ness men have now found to be true. We
have told them that the payment of the
city debt could not be escaped :;
that reputation. whether by direc
ton or indireotion, was alike shame.
full and impossible: that the existing
law bound as to raise certain tax annu.
ally, and to devote it to certain purposes ::
that we could not evade the exactfulfllment
OF this law II I. was demanded by our cred.
itors that we could not expect always to
bug up the bonds for a song; that as our
solvency increased, so our deb. would ac-
uUire greater value TO the creditors that
it was better that this should be so than
that we should injure the standing and
reputation Of the city, shut out capital
from investment, and impovsrish ourselves,
in order to keep the value Of the bonds
low that in the nature of the case, being
Obviously capable Of paying our debt, we
should have to pay it, and that refusing or
delaying to meet the interest charge could
only increase the outstanding liabilities.
All this we have from time to time set
forth, and all this the Committee of the
Taxpayers Protective Association has now
found to be exactly and literally true. A
correspondent III another column shows the
folly of the dishones. argument by pre-.
tending to favor the EXTREMIST conclusions
of that side. The desire OF all thinking
business men must of course be to build
up Sacramento as steadily, strongly and
quickly as possible. In order to that
end it is necessary that outside
capital should be afforded every
possible incentive to embark here. All
such capital operates at once as relief to
the general taxpayer, AMI as fresh guar.
antee agains. future dangers. In order
to cheaper tue bonds, however, the repu.
diators propose to wreck the credit Of the
city and invite the reality of insolvency
for the sake Of cheating our creditors with
the appearance OF it. This is neither
sound policy, good morals, nor practicable
business. No such course is possible even
were it defensibe or advisable. We have
as a community pledged ourselves to I'M
dertakings which We cannot now draw
back from. We owe this debt, and we
shall have to pay it, and the only sensible
and honest way is to follow the methods
which Mayor Blown and his colleagues
have been pursuing thus far. And this is
the judgment of the business men who
have just examined the situation. 1t
should be final.
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all good workmanship. His superiority to

all good workmanship. His superiority to
Bryant, his contemporary, consists chiefly
in the predominance in his poems of the
human element. Bryant possessed less sym
pathy with the race. Longfellow has all
Bryant's descriptive power, and much
beside which the other lacked. He has
what ought to, and as we think must, Sc
cure for him the indefinite survival
which is called Immortality in literature.
And it will assuredly be in his case the
survival of the fittest. For he was at one
and the same time a faithful exponent of
human longings, yearnings, regrets and
aspirations; a lofty and pure. minded
scholar; singer of 50 true an ear that all
his verses abound with melody brilliant
painter; dramatic story-teller; and a
complete master OF Pathos. These attri-
butes are sufficient to keep his memory
green, and to hand down to remote pos
terity the works which have delighted and
sustained and elevated the generation
which he called his own.