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1 the fruit is affected in flavor BY the
stock on which it grows. It's invari-
ably larger and in appearance cons
sequently finer, and having some-
what thicker rind like the Seeding
oranges, will stand shipment to a
greater Edlstance with comparative
safety. The Navel orange grows with
such vigor on this stock that the pro-
tuberance which gives it its name is
much larger than on the fruit grown
on the orange stock, and if this pros
tuberance is at all Objectionable that
variety had better not be budded
to it. All other varieties of the orange
may be grown on the China lemon
Seeding stock, and will give better
results and finer fruit every time than
if grown on the orange stock, both
stocks to receive the same culture.
1t is said that the China lemon will
not live so long as the orange. This
may or may not be true. / have been
in Australia amid the orange groves
around Sidney, where the China lem.
on is chiefly used as stock for the
orange, and l have never heard of
the trees dying from age. Of course it
was reasonable to conclude that trees
raised upon the China lemon cutting
will not live so long; they are liable
to many vicissitudes. In the first
place, e,they have no tap ot,trees rails
ed from cuttings never have any tap
root, to give them long life and sta
bility, hence they frequently blow over
during strong wind, which is de-
cided objection to them. Cutting of
the China lemon should never be used.
There may be some who have used the
Seeding besides myself, butt have not
heard OF anyone in the county using
it. had no water for the first three
years on my place, having been dis4
appointed in getting supply, so had
to use the China lemon seed in pref.
erence to the orange. Since that time
a deep rooted prejudice has arisen
against the China lemon, owing, I
believe, chiefly to the fact that the
cutting had been used instead of the
seeding as astock. Iregard the seed
ling China lemon in the citrus family
as | regard the crab of the apple
group, the hardy, vigorous ancestors
OF the family to which it belongs, and
on that account it is less liable to dis
ease and will survive vicissitudesth
would overwhelm the less vigorous
species of the same group. l doubt
if anyone has seen a China lemon seed
ling die with old age.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-06-21

Of a stock law and law in relation
tn fires. I wish every county, yes,
eyery precinct, I'd scores of "Myr>
ties to give theiIexperience on these
subjects throughyour columns. We
would soon have change in our
laws, and no man would get elected
to our legislat0Fe who was not
pledged 10 do bis utmost to bring
This CHANCE aboA Now it is not be.
cause eyery section OF our country
hos not those who have had similar
experience, but because they fail to
write it. A few days since one of our
most progressing fruit growers con
oratnIated the writer on his letters
and trusted be would keep the ball
rolling. | asked him why he did not
write; he said be did not know how;
bnt had a phonoRrapher been on hand
TO have written Every word as fast as
thee z5 from hi8 lips you would nave
had a four column letter filed with
unansw cradle arguments In tavor OF
a stock law. Now write as you talk,
or in other words talk to the AGRI =
CULTURIsT on paper. One thing is
certain as "Death and taxes" if we
ever expect to fill up this State with
live and energetic settlers we must
| have less s'cussedhess," I" and more pro-
gress in laws. The people want ii
| and as this is a POLITICAL off year, lei
| us demand q change now. Yes
HMyrtle," you hfe right, husband il
| the word every time and no other
( When Iregistcr al a hotel it is -
| and wife; others may register 49,
and lady, but lave to much love
and respect for IN wife TO place he
in such 4 ansst 4 j lg Nlle relation, -h.s has
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-06-21

If a man wishes to know, who has
never tested it, how full the roots ol
sugar cane will fill the earth up to
the very surface, let him hoe and har.
row the land until the stalks begin to
mix blades in the centre of the alleys
and then attempt to plow it. And
if he will plow it at that stage, under
such circumstances, and his cane does
not fire and change the hue of its dress
to a dingy yellow, we would like to
know his experience. Cane needs
nothing else, and should have nothing
more, than light hoeing in its culti-
vation, if you wish it to grow hastily
to maturity, and do all that it is cap
able Of The hoeing should always
be done just as the young vegetation
shows on the surface. One third of
the ordinary labor will be saved by
this plan, and earlier maturity and a
better yield the result. Do you ask
bow this can be, readers? Well,
from the simple fact that your culti-
vation is so shallow that you will
hardly sever root in your patch ;
vegetation is kept entirely down and
the roots will spread all through the
earth from one side of the row to the
other, though six feet wide, coming
to the very surface and collecting
every particle OF nourishment neces-
sary from each particle of your soil
and appropriate it in due time. No
check is levied upon it by plow-
ing up and tearing out the roots,
which will be done more or less by
the lightest plow or sweep. A root
broken must bleed for several hours,
so that life Is drained out instead OF
being taken in. The root must heal
up after the bleeding stops, and then
throw out other rootlets before the
nourishment in that locality will again
be taken up and conveyed to the
stalk. This reasoning will hold as
good in corn and cotton cultivation,
and much other growth. Some have
this to learn yet, IN tearing out the
surface roots of orange and other
trees. But to the statements Of the
above named gentleman. A brother
of mine told me not long since that
loss OF all his horses by CHAMBERS, in
crop time, caused him to have to re.
sort to hoe culture entirely in the
last working of his cotton and corn.
"We flat-weeded every inch of it,"
said he, "and / never made better
crop of corn or cotton, on my place,
if as good" This was clay land in
North Mississippi. A Sensible old
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-06-21

LILO EOOI Mdu , ~ dIhulS0.
T. D. Wright, DeLGnd Fla, IN Harmer and Fruit
GTo1UeT.
In your issue of JULY 18th find
the following editorial:
"The Florida fever is breaking out
in this portion OF illinois,, and we fear
it will become epidemic. If man has
money to start with we DO not blame
him for going to Florida, for there is
money to be made there by persons
who can afford to owalt fof the increase
in valuations. The poof man has no
business in Florida, unless he is will
ing to put up with hardshdps and work
hard.n
Now, Mr.. Editor, let ap old brother
quilltdriver of over 40 years experts
ence, correct some of the errors of the
above paragraph. But first, l must
say. have no land here for sale, nor
can possibly be accused of overesti-
mating the advantages of Florida
over Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana or
Illinois, in all of which States ] have
printed papers. came here for my
health, and am entirely free Of the
rheumatism, which, this time last year,
1 was suffering with in Indiana. With
the exception of the printing business,
l find the wages paid here to mechan-
les and day laborers greater than the
average paid in any Of the above
States.
You possibly can not tknow to cer-
tainty, but / do know that you should
"not blame any man for going to
Florida !" for here he will, nine times
in ten, better his condition. If he
comes to escape the rigors OF ellis
mate too severe for his constitution,
he acts wisely. If he has money, here
he can, as elswhere, make more than
the man without money. But your
last sentence / must object to--the
reference to the poor man. Why,
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found in most minerals and cons
prises one-third of the earth.
While the variety of vegetable
growth is due to its taking up OF
mineral substances from the soil such
as potash, soda, lime, silica, etc, and
which can be found again in its ashes
by burning, it finds its principal
nourlshment in carbonlc acid, ammo
MA, and combination of nitrogen and
hydrogen, formed by the decay Of
animal and vegetable matter and wa
ter, the three great universal ele>
ments of plant food which Provi-
dence has so bountitully supplied In
the surrounding atmosphere. SO
then we see th&J there is a never
ceasing interchange of matter bes
tween the animal and vegetable cre>
alton.
In respiration oxygen is inhaled
which is consumed in the lungs ana
exhaled in the fora Of carbonie acid.
which is also produced by the slow
decay of animal and vegetable matter
ammonia being likewise formed IL
the latter manner witd water and dis
tributed through the atmosphere
These substances are gathered 6A
growing vegetation and thereby pro-
duces, while constantly exhaling o.
parting with oxygen under the actor
of the sun, two varieties OF food, th'
one rich in carbon and hydrogen, th'
other in nitrogen. The first kim
undergoes combustion in man ant
animals by the process of respiration
and supplies animal heat, the other
utilized in building the body. Plan
life is nourished principally by tn
substances il gathers from the q
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-06-21
th a variety os vegetables
J, aw Mills. 4t few groceries are need

5, ~ J is no d0y 971 ti1eyeQT Cnal
~ rs Pa may not be gathered from
no Hp-I. No heavy tax for heavy
clotS Z, no depletion of the purse for
coal or wood, no running for the doc
tor to cure the thousand ills that arise
from sudden and severe climatic
changes in your section of the "bat-
tie ground of the elements" Here
the weather will permit him to work
out in cottonade pants the year round
and he can put IN more time here
than he can in any Northern State.
No, Mr.. Editor, you were never
more mistaken in your conceptions
than when you assert that Florida is
no place tor a poor man. 1t IS has
paradise, if there is one on earth, and
no part of it is more pleasant than in
and around DeLand.
rive have no reason to doubt the
above concerning Florida, coming,
as it does, froman editor, for we know
they never have lands to sell. We
stand corrected, brother Wright.
We based our assertions on what we
had cleaned from various sources
Ed. farm and Fruit Groacer.
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A FIOridian ON his Travels.
s,itor of The Florida AgYdculturiSt.

Editor of The Florida AgricaItuTiSt:
You have headed the letter l have
written, "a Floridian on his Trav>
els" l do not travel much, but have
stayed here with SOL, helping on the
farm. / must say that think farm
lite in Minnesota has many pleasant
aspects. 1 like the square. built, ma~
iestic short-horns, the hazel-eyed,
meek>looking Jerseys; in fact, all the
improved breeds of cattle are very
desirable. But the common cattle
are no better, If as good, as our Flor.
ida cattle, and heap more work to
take care of them.
We were very busy for near three
weeks, cutting and curing grass for
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From A HilISbOrO County Cor
RESPONDENT.
Editor of The Florida Agriculturist:

Editor of The Florida A0ricultarist:
wish to give your readers some
description of the place from which 1
am writing, the Johns Pass Settle-
ment. Well, if you take the map of
our State to hand, you will find east
of Tampa, on the Gulf of Mexico,
the name of Clear Water. This is
an old settlement; there was fort
here once, and it is quite busy and
enterprising little place. From about
Eve to nine miles south Of il, on the
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tie winds driitgit nv ,AeaS d -. :.
The whole, give me ny FlorioS ~
am half inclined to II one wintet
The descriptions ! hear pflthe SHOWS
and blows and blizzards are some.
thing of temptation tot try win
ter, just for fun, you know. | use to
hear great deal about t be nutritious
grasses OF the West. There is not a
grass here that is so itch and pro.
ductive as our common crab grass,
and l wonder that we dio not make
more use of it than we do.
ELIHU RRIDEAUx.
Leon, Mias'a., Aug. 5,I1882.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-09-20
A Fashionable Parisienne's Bath. Room.

Correspondence Of the New York world.]
The bath room is round, and the
walls and ceiling are quilted everywhere
with black satin, relieved by yellow but
tons; there is no window either in the
wallis or ceiling. The light comes from
pink lustres borne by nymphs in
white marble. The sofa, low and broad,
is in quilted satin. The pier-glass is
framed with flying cupids. The bath,
in black marble, shaped like Roman
car, is half buried in flowers. The gilt
linen basket hangs over a brazier, burn.
ing perfumes. The carpet is black bear
skin. The bath mixture is com pounded
latter the recipe of a learned chemist) of
almond juice, benzoin, Constantinople
rosewater, cocoaDutm milk, and palm leaves.
1t should be hot as possible, warm wat
er having, like cold, the effect of closing
the pores ef the skin. The bath may
last an hour, though most people would
be glad to get out of this mixture as soon
as possible, and after that another hour
may probably be employed in polishing
the feet and hands. But the whole time
Is not necessarily lost to the mind, for
ladies may "meditate on combinations
in toilets, while they are on the simmer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-09-20
Sneak: uD.

A very small boy, with a pitiful lot of
pinched features, looking afraid to go
home and afraid to be away from home,
crept up to a large gentleman with an
aggressive stomach and an obtrusive
atch-chain, and said: "Please, sir, buy
a penny paper?"
The big gentleman was lolling in "a big
chair titled back against the front of a
big hotel. He glowered at the little boy,
and grabbed him by the arm:
"Look here, you little rascal, what do
you speak in that kittenish way for?
That won't sell papers. That won't sell
anything. Why don't you speak right
up and sing out, Here's your Penn,
Paper! Yell it. Then people will
think you've got something. Your
sneaking little please sir won't catcl.
on in this loud world. Perhaps you are
half starved at home. May be you a,e
kicked. But don't bring that out int,
the streets. 1t won't help you any. Be
brave and cheerful. Bustle round, TT.
tie fellow, and chirp it bold, and sou,e-
time you will be man with she r.
farm or silver mine, or strike it in c,n
gress. Here, how many have you got :?
Three Ell? Well, here's half-dollar for
'em; and don't you ever NEW round any
more. Mewing don't catch MICE"
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A Bat in the Bad i:

Z, 20 =
Some girls aren't afraid; others like to
think they are afraid; while others pre-.
tend they aren't afraid when they are.
These three OF o kind = were at
Mackinaw this summer. One said it's
silly to be afraid of a bat; another said
they scared her almost to death; third
said nothing. Onen night bat appeared
on the bed. The girl who wasn't afraid
stuck her head under the bed clothes;
the girl who was afraid got up and
walked the girl who said nothing. She
came over and rolled the bat up in wad
inside the blanket. They took the
blanket to window, unrolled it SO 80 to
let the bat fy ont, and found that they
had been frighteu.,! BY q black stripe on
the blanket. Then they all tucked their
heads uuder the sheets and went 10
sleep again. Il. ....
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IF one thief can be meaner than all
other thieves probably he is the one in
Wheatland, Cal.. who, having gone to a
camp-meeting, requested the Rev. Mr..
Stroball to come and pray for him and
his family, and upon the clergyman &C.
companying him short distance from
the camp for the purpose, compelled
him, at the muzzle of pistol, to deliver
over his watch and chain and the little
money he had about him. Unfortunate
~, the fellow escaped with his plumber.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-09-20
TIE BURIAL OF the OLD FLAG.
BY MARY A. BARR.

" 81 stS
70 the s which he
There is not in all tho north countrie,
MOE yet on the Humber line,
town with prouder record than
., stle-upon-the-Tyne
Roman eagles have kept it's walls;
Saxon, and Dane, and Scot
Have left the glamour of noble deeds,
With their names on this fair spot.
From the reign of william Rufus,
The monarchs Of every line
Had grace for loyal Newcastle,
The city upon the Tyne.
by the Nuns Gate. and up Pilgrim Street,
What pageants have held their way!
But In seventeen hundred and sixty-three,
One lovely morn in May,
There was sight in bonnie NewcastleI
Oh, that had been there!
To hear the call of the trumpeters
Thrilling the clear spring air,
To hear the roar OF the cannon,
And the drummers gathering beat,
And the eager hum of the multitudes
Waiting upon the street.
Just at noon was tender hush,
And funeral march was heard:
With arms reversed and oolors tied,
Came the men of the Twenty-third.
And Lennox. their noble leader, bore
The shreds Of . faded flag,
The battle-dag Of the regiment,
Shot to glorious rag;
Shot into shreds upon its staff,
Torn in q hundred fights,
From the torrid plains Of India
To the cold Canadian heights.
There was not an inch Of bunting left:
How could it float again
Over the faithful regiment
It never had led IN vain?
And oh, the hands that had carried i'll
1t was not cloth and wood:
1t stood for centurys heroes,
Aud was crimson with their blood
1t stood Tor century's comrades.
They could not cast it away,
And SO with soldiers honors
They were hury1ng it that day.
In the famous old North Humber fort,
Where the Roman legiops trod,
With the roar of cannon and the roll of drums
They laid it under the sod.
But 1t wasn't tattered nag alone
They buried with tender pride;
It was every faithful companion
That under the dag had died.
was honor, courage and loyalty
That thrilled that mighty throng
Standing bare-headed and silent ~
The old nag passed along.
SO when the grasses had covered it,
There was Joyful strain;
And the soldiers, stirred to noble thought,
Marched proudly home again.
The citizens went to their shops once more,
The collier went to his mine:
The shepherd went to the hroSmy hills,
And the sailor to the Tyne;
But men and women End children felt
That it had been well to be
just tor an hour or two face to face
With homer and loyalty.
-Harper's Young People.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-09-20

following day of vital Importance, which
could not possibly be postponed, and my
companions authorizations seemed only
too probable. 81 hope" I eaid hest
tatingly, II hope you have not been en-
gagged in any transaction of question
able nature?"
"Oh, as to that" returned my COM
panion, II will tell you frankly the
whole truth about this painful case. You
are gentleman and man of honor, and
will not betray me. I am an officer in
the army: cannot now enter into par
ticulars, but my Northumberland was
q scoundrel, villain of the deepest dye.
challenged him I horsewhipped him;
the coward bore his disgrace. But his
time came. He brought most inbound
ed charges against me, which, were Ger
tain officers in England, would easily
rebuff. In their absence am ruined. I
sent off two expresses to Canada and
Bengal yesterday, but until they return
1 must conceal myself. But 1 weary
YOU"
"Far from it, exclaimed. "Pray
60 on.
81 have little more to say, he resum-
w. AVN AAOw WY n.y. l. Will lcA
you who am. My name is Lionel Ger
aid de Mortimer-have you an army
list about You ?" ~
I mechanically clapped my hands up
on my waistcoat pockets, as if to be
quite certain on the matter, and regret
fully said, "No, I have not"
It's of little consequence" resumed
the officer. 81 should merely have
shown you that the Honorable Lionel
Gerald de Mortimer'ssn name is in no pie
bian corps. Ny fathers, the baron,
name lis, Of course, familiar to you.'
murmured that it was, and. Samuel,
the telegraph clerk, also murmured that
it was familiar to him.
May I confds in you?" said the
fugitive. -s.ss :
S $ You cam" Il exclaimed. = You
can, echoed Samuel, the telegraph clerk,
and then we all shook hands. The off,
Ger stopped to his va1ise again, and tue
clerk hurriedly whispered
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GENTLENEss WITH HORSES

A horse cannot be screamed at
and cursed without becoming less
valuable in every particular. TO
reach the highest degree of value
the animal should be gentle and al
WAYS reliable, but if it expects
every moment that it is IN har-
ness to be jswed at and struck, it
will be in constant state OF
nervousness, and in it's excitement
is liable, through fear, to do some
thing which is not expected, as to
go along doing what you started it
to do.
Is it possible to train horse to
be governed by word of mouth, al
most as completely as it is to train
q child, and in such training the
horse reaches it's highest value.
When a horse is soothed by the gen.
tie words of his driver-and we
have seen him calmed down from
great excitement by no other means
it may be fairly concluded that
be is q valuable animal for all prac-
tical purposes, and it may be GER
tainly concluded that the man who
has such a power over him is a
humane man, and a sensible one.
But all this simply means that
the man must secure the animals
confidence. Only in exceptional
instances is he stubborn or vicious.
IF he understands his surroundings
and what is required Of him, he
gives no trouble. As almost every
reader must know, if the animal
when frightened can be brought up
TO the object he will become calm.
The reason is he understands that
there is nothing to fear. So he
must be taught to have confidence
in the man who handles him, and
then this powerful animal, which
usually no man could handle if it
were disposed to be vicious, will
give no trouble.
The very best rule, therefore,
which We would lay down for the
management of the horse, is gen
tleness and good sense on the part
of the driver. Bad drivers make
bad horses usually.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-03-30
JOHN d. PENNINGTON, Proprietor
EMPLOYMENT
FOR ALL.
TOSELL A HOUSEHOLD ARTICLE,

oS7HE poor Us well as the ri. the old as
well rs the young, the VIE as well rs
the husband, the young maiden as well rs
the young man, the girl rs we'll as the boy,
may just as well earn I lew dollars in hon.
est employment, as to sit around the l. >use
and wait for others to earn it for them. We
can give you employment, all the time, or
during your spare hours only; travelling, or
III your own neighborhood, among your
friends and acquaintances. Ii you do not
care for employment. we can impart ralua-
Bile information 10 you tree of cost. 1t will
cost you only one cent for Postal card TO
write for our Prospectus, and It may be the
means of making you a good many dollars.
Do not neglect this opportunity. You do
not have TO invGsta large sum of money,
and run great risk OF losing it. You will
readily see that it will be an easy matter to
make from $40 to 500 week, and establish
lucrative, and independent business, hon
orable, straightforward and profitable. At.
tend to this matter NOW. for there is MONEY
IN IT for all who engage with US. We will
surprise You and you will wonder why you
never wrote to US before. WE SEND FULL
PARTICULARS FREE. Address
BUCKEYE M'F'G CO.,
(Name this papcr) MARION, OHIO.
Sep 81, 3S -Slu.