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(PRICE 5 CENTS.
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neTand yousia County Florida Wednesday, May 81 1882.

In this latter analysis, of the l4.70
per cent. of potash obtained, 1910
per cent. was soluble in water. The
remainder was soluble in strong acid.
The phosphoric acid is always in the
insoluble form in all ashes. These
are results obtained of the ashes OBJ
tanned from the furnaces, where cot.
ton seed hulls are mainly used as
fuel. Of course these ashes, as large
amount of silica present indicates,
are not the pure ash of the hulls.
Theoretically, they contain larger
percentage of both of these valuable
ingredients than are found here.
These ashes showed that they were
mixed with sand, charcoal, wood
ashes, etc.
From these analyses we may as
sumo without much error, that the
ashes from cotton seed hulls, as OBJ
tanned from the furnace, contain of
Phosphoric Acid 10per cent.
Potash 10 per cent.
Of the potash present 10 per cent.
may also be assumed as being readily
soluble in water and therefore avail
able to plants. We have no way in
Alabama to determine the CONNER
ciai value of a fertilizer, as we have
no laws to regulate the price, quality
or sale OF commercial fertilizers, and
therefore, hive to go out OF the State
to find talltt by which to estimate
the value of'a ton of ashes Of cotton
seed hulls. NThe Commissioner OF
Agriculture 9f Georgia, assigns no
value to insdluble phosphorIc acid,
saying in hisl report: "Insoluble
| phosphoric aciA is not available as a
plant food, espk kcially if derived from
phosphate rockA but if .dAriyed tInm
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which grow short and stout. 1t is
useless to say anything OF the old vel
low yam. Its quality tor the table
are unsurpassed and rarely equaled;
and since the introduction OF other
more prolific varieties, our lands seem
to refuse to~yield satisfactory crops,
and we have discarded all but the
St. Domingo and Providence. We
generally plant about two acres to
the mule, and on thin soils tertlIlze
with about 200 pounds ofammonlated
ouano to the acre, and on which we
could not expect more than 3 bushels
of wheat, 6 or s CT oats, and about
s of corn, we generally gather Ut sea,
sons are suitable) from 100 to lou
bushels of fine potatoes to the acre.
These are housed in banks containing
from 80 to sc bushels, covered with
nine straw q thickness OF several
inches, and then 3-feet boards new
ones are bestl and stood on end all
around the hill, and joints broken as
particularly as we would the root OF
a house, and on which we throw
dirt to the depth Of II OF 10 inches,
and doing up close to top OF the hill,
leaving open small air.hole Tor only
a few days
| feed milk COWS, oxen, horses and
mules, sheep, hogs and our family
tblack and white) on potatoes feed
ing horses, when not at work, two
feeds day if at work, one teed
with corn, oats or peas for the othel
meals, and / have come to the con
clusion, that for all these purposes
our land can not be planted IN any
thing that will make SO certain am
as great amount Of food per acre, q
the sweet potato; and ! would sa
that it will treble in value Gin ~
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Sweet Potatoes.

Geo. W. C. Munro, in Southern World.
will not undertake to tell in
what country the sweet potato
was first discovered, or when it orig
mated, as that question is too @sthet,
ic for my present consideration. |
will however, remark that the first |
ever saw was on Daufuskee Island.
about the year 1926, when ! was
about eighteen inches high, more or
less.
But whether they originated in
Asia. Africa, Europe, the islands OF
the Pacific, Atlantic or Indian Ocean,
or America, it sufices for our present
nurnoses to affirm that it is thing
Of huge proportions and immense
magnitude, especially as food Tor
man and beast /; but of all the crops
our soil is capable OF producing there
IS none that is less appreciated or
that deserves greater consideration.
NV earliest recollections Of the man-
ner of Its cultivation was by running
off three feet rows and throwing up
high ridges with turning plows and,
as the height of the rows were cons
sidered the acme of perfection IN
preparation Tor successful cultivation,
the hoe was then used to draw up
the ridges. which were made as high
as possible. The plants were then
set from eight to twelve inches apart
and from this ridge - which was
kent intact throughout, as much az
possible. and cultivated mostly witt
the hoe-was generally gathered. il
the fall, lot Of long, stringY pota
toes, entirely different from those
raised at the present day. VIII
this expensive method of cultivation
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All grades of Hammock lands, with anu
,vitho,7t wild groves, on the Coast, by the acre
from 10 < 600 acres in body, cut to suit pur-
chaser Lands cleared and groves set.
Agents for the "DIssToN LANDS" in Volusia
and Brevard counties.
voLUsIA AND BREvARD COUNTIES.
NO4
40 acres near Saulsville, pine land; so large
bearing trees; 140 will soon bear; lmes,
lemons, grapes bearing; 10 acres cleared and
fertilized; good house, rooms, good Wen'
Price 5000 cash. voc
% acres hammock land; 700 largest orange
trees and best favored fruit in the country;
SOl more not bearing yet; 900 p1neapples
and other fruit; good Whalf and large packing
house, with car ana TACK 70 tne warenoT1SS S ar
spring, salt, medicinal; large smell mound; /;
i mile Lake Monroe fronts beautiful park OF OF
magnolia, live oak and palmetto trees; one OF
the best locations tor q very large dotel In the
State. Price $4,000:
30 acres Lake Ashby front; part hammock;
wild sour grove, Price @ 80 $500.
Xxx acres more than half hammock, 3 miles
from Enterprise; 2 sulphur springs, small sour
grove. Price $4,000.
a. acres mile from Enterprise, acres
fenced 200 orange trees in grove form; bear
ing; kinds of grapes with other fruit, Price
@A''0O NO14
so acres 81 miles from Enterprise; Z acres
fenced and cultivated; log house and barn;
some peach and orange trees; 20 acres good
hammock land. Price $500 cash.
NO l5
7acres of light and heavy hammock 1t miles
from Enterprise, mile from good steamboat
landing on Lake Monroe. Price $3.50 cash.
NO I6
One lot and house on Main street in Enter
prise 2 stories high, rooms, kitchen laundry,
dining ROOM servants house; 65 orange trees,
lemon and mulberry trees; good place for a
large hotel with fronts; is used now as a
boarding house and has good reputation.
Price $4,000. ~o,o
so acres pine land miles from Enterprise;
acres cleared; 100 trees; small house; rails to
fence 1 acre. Price for improvements 500;
for title prlce $500.
l43 acres II miles from Enterprise; 2acres
high hammock; lS6 spruce pine scrub eacres
improved, IL under fence; trees bearing; 40O
vounp trees in grove form; - lemons, 6 bear
ing: Scitrons, guavas, 16 Japan Persimmons
Japan pIums ana large variety of other
fruit 1000 nursery trees; 1000 budded; house
l6x25, porch Sx25;2 rooms, good well; II mile
from school, church and post-otfice. Price
$500.
100 acres high pine land miles from Enter.
prise; acres improved 1876 orange trees
years old; grapes, bananas, flower garden ETC..
house 1Sx20; good well; to steamboat landing
miles, Price 81, 100 cash.
NO22
30 acresn near Lake Ashby, pine land; 10 acres
improved; 200 orange trees, so of them bearing
lemons, lines, grapes, bananas; 2-story house
l5x22, and shed rooms good we'll; to Lake
Harney 6miles. Price 81, 200 cash.
NO25
100 acres fronting on Lake Ash by (havine
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E1oII pc01KVK13 z7IE0 - D9VzE1- 49, " y =
place of considerable Importance
.PaZotkc0 Her0l6.

place Of considerable Importance -
.PulotEd Hsr0l6.
Mr.. E. Bean is making prepara-
tions to enter at once extensively in
to the business OF shipping lemons,
and expects during the next two
weeks to ship from this city between
700 and 300 boxes. The lemons are
allowed to remain upon the trees un-
til they reach a certain size. They are
then picked green and shipped to the
city where they undergo ripening
or turning" process, and when ready
for shipment are equal in every re-
spect to any imported fruits of the
same variety. MI. Bean says that the
reason that Florida, lemons do not
find better market North, is that
heretofore they have been allowed to
remain upon the trees until they ris
pen, when the skin becomes thick and
rough. Under his process the fruit
is perfect in appearance, flavor aud
every other respect. He is now set-
ting out and budding grove OF fifty
acres OF lemons near Nashua. He pro-
poses to classify and ship the best
fruit and utilize the inferior In the
manufacture of citric acid.- Union.
We sauntered through the narrow
streets of our quiet little city In
search of local news, and CHANGED to
find our way into S. B. Valps pres
serve and marmalade canning estab~
iishment, on Charlotte street, corner
of Cuna. We observed large piles
of lines ready for manipulation, rows
of kettles, full to the edge, of preser.
we'd figs, also other delicacies beyond
our reach. The figs are excellent; the
only trouble is that Mr.. Walls cannot
get enough of this fine fruit to sup-
Div the demand. Lately, during the
heighth of the fig season, he has put
up about so bushels daily. The result
has been that there are no figs in the
city to be had. We are informed that
he has Just received about 6. 900 lines.
This number will probably keep him
busy for day or SO. Mr.. Walls is an
old, experienced hand at this business,
and the productions of fruit preser-
we'd by his process will keep in any
climate, and never fails to give en>
tire satisfaction. This industry could
be doubled in capacity, and still be
insufficient to supply the constantly
increasing demand.-St. Augustine
Press.
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clean sand shores nd clear water; plenty of the
best fish,; 10 acres low hammock; $50 pine land; /;
35 acres IMPROVED (cow-pe and cultivated;
100 orange trees y in bloom; 80 pine-apples
and other fruit fDuse 4Ox50, rooms, good
we'll barn and sft He; to steamboat landing s
miles; (75 heads ps Nlogs, Is turkeys, % hens for
5000. Price of all ,Af cash.
ATLANT aAsT LANDS.
S#3E5
1.5OO acres near b & Iill, nearly all ham,
mock land; several 7 orange groves, can be
cleared for $40 per e " spayment down, bal
ance on time to Nuit the purchaser at s per
oen'' : 80 S'' No7s
121 acres near Pd.rt Orange on Spruce Creek,
hammock land; bukdded wild trees 800; bear
ing IOO thousandsAOf nursery stock. Price
0A'OOo S'''-- NO 80
4Oacres-4 acres trst-class hammock; lem
ons guayas and other fruit; bearing orange
trees several hundred not bearing, mile
from post-office school and church; mile
from Indian River. Price 81 900.
tNO SO
16O acres 10 acres high hammock, 40 acres
heavy hammock, cd acres high pine, 20 acres
improved 40 orange trees, bore 5000 this year
likely to bear 10 900 next year, 479 trees in grove
form, grape vine Mouse 15xlS, 2 rooms, good
WE'LL to Port Orange, miles; school and
church mile. PRICE lcash) S2oOO'
Hotel. New Smvrna, S4 feet long by SO deep,
stories high containing "a bed rooms 2 par
lors dining rooms, pantry, kitchen, servants
rooms, store house, lneat- house, smoke-house,
stable and other out kuildings over 100 orange
trees in grove FORM 80 bearing several hun
dred sweet seedlings from 2 to years old, q
well of good water apd cistern which holds
about 5000 gallons. "a the yard are hgs, lines,
citrons and guavas about acres, with house
and it will be left ABOUT half turD1sned. Price
$500.
60 acres near Oak Hill, pine land. 10 acres
improved 1850 bearing orange trees, bore this
year 10000, ought to bear 100000 next year;
225 young trees in grove form: house 20x2O,
good well; to Oak Hill pOstroffice, school and
church p miles. Price $1,000.
NO SO
1928 acres on Indian, River; 10 acres high
hammock, 100 low hammock, Is acres pine
land, acres improved; % trees In grove form;
| large number of sour wild trees; house 1Sx2S,
8 rooms, good well to Indian River mile /;
| to post-ofice, school and church miles. Price
Il down, balance within years, with interest, s
per cent? 81 900.
ORANGE COUNTY LAND.
NO 200
S15 acres the miranda Grant" on the
| Wekiva River; good steamboat landing
on the place; mostly high pine balance
hammock. Price $4,000.
40 acres near Geneva, pine and scrub; 2
| acres fenced and improved; house rooms
16x18; log barn; to Prevatt's landing 4
miles; to p0st-ofice, school, store and
| church mile; bearing orange trees, o
lemons, 6 citr0ns, 8 guayas, 400 pineapple
| plants, IL grape vines and some mulberry
Price 5000.
100 acres near Geneva-all high pine
land, 2 miles to Prevatts Is landing; to post
| Office, school and church mile; unlm-
| proved. Price $500 cash.
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Cinchona Cultivation d Jamaica,

From an Exchange.
The Government ~ Jamaica ap-
pear to be very desir9ps Of encour-
aging the cultivation If cnchona, and
they have made arrangements for
the grant, under certain conditions,
of limited extent Of land, at a nom
inal price, to any person tho may be
prepared to embark Ia tHb undertak-
ing. Further particulars gf the prog-
ress Of cultivation haRe bsen received
since those already prined in this
Journal. The demal9 4 seeds and
plants is said to cont3 RP increase
largely, as the new zSy brings
into productiveness Alns, which
in many cases, were \ sled for cot
fee or provisions, apEk Afch were q
burden on the owneF W. d. Nor
Iris. the Direstor Of klIf Gardens,
writes il hiSfast regY As inajg 8
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the following whereas if a larger
area is opened, and nurseries estab
lished on the spot, the relative cost
will be considerably less. Also
when the plantation is opened from
a neighboring plantation, the cost OF
suoerintendence will be much re-
duced.
Detailed statement of expendit'
ure on a Cinchona plantation in Ja>
maica for planting 5 to 30 acres OF
"Cinchona Oficinalis," 3ax39 feet,
with $500 plants to the acre
6 s d
l. Prime cost of land Us per acre, ac-
cording to terms offered by Govern
ment), and incidental expenses for
surveyors fees, etc. U
3 Cutting down forest, burning anu
clearing ready for planting( contracts
according to nature of forest and To-
and Some as high at 95, say 10 0
g. Lining, Ss per acre; pegs (3s per thou
for isi. Ss i5s 4lS 6
4 Plants pT SS' S'SOo to the acre; if raised in
nurseries on the plantauon itself,
about 25s or 30S per thousand; IL
bought, probably 40s to 45s per tnou.
J sand. Cost say for an acre OF 3,oOO :
A
| 5. Planting by day labor, shading, etc., 3 0 0
| g. Stalking, wedding and supplying to
/ end of first year
7. share of superlntendence 0
| 5. Barracks, house for headman, roads
and field paths, wedding and supply
/ ing up to the end of the fourth or
fifth year, when plantation begins
/ to yield, say D ~ .
Total outlay on plantations up to the
i fourth or fifth year $50 Y
| AS to the returns from The planta-
tion, the earliest crop Of bark may be
yielded by trimmings or uprooting OF
weakly trees at the end OF the fourth
year. Taking these at twenty>iv
per cent. for trees planted, and yield
ing six ounces Of bark per tree, we
have, say, ssN AuuQo lof bark at three
ssh;lp;,sos .ezlazAlless 10d pei
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fed after they are dag- they should
have at the same tine either peas,
ground peas, chutas, corn, or aorons,
which are nearly as Aluable as corn,
and which / contrlve 70 have conven
lent to every lara potato patch.
Potatoes are laxative acrons binding
the two together Ike the best OF
fat producing food. kgenerally raise
1000 pounds OF poFR to the plow,
and it is sattened pl4stipally on po>
tatoes, with acrons, elkapings OF pea
fields and few glpand peas. My
artichokes | give to my stock hogs
after potato patches ne rooted out,
Fed to horses or paales they are
worth as much as coin, and never
have yet seen eithe{ made sick by
eating them.
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FNTERPRISE. FI4zK..I n

ana Sell Real Estate per Commission Transact Business
Connected with References on Application
Raan Is partial properties sazl March 1882
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Al, ,,ades Of Hammock lands, with and
,vitho17t wild groves, on the Coast, by the acre
sn1,1 to K 600 acres in body, cut to suit pur-
chaser. Lands cleared and groves set.
Agents for the "DIssToN LANDS" in Volusia
and Brevard counties.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-12
Strange Smiles.

What strange SMILES people do make
use Of, to be sure! They say that thing
is as black as the ace Of spades, when
their comparison would be much strong
er did they say as black as the ten
spades, which is ten times blacker than
the ace. A man tells you that he has
been working all day like dog, when
you know and he knows that dog
doesn't work at ALL He tells you that
the sky last evening was black as ink,
leaving your mind in state of uncer-
tainty whether the sky was blue or red,
either Of which it might have been ac-
cording to his smile, Then he tells
you that Soandso is as mad as halter,
as though hatters were more prone to
anger than the average human. When
he says that somebody has been acting
like sixty, however. you know that he is
only speaking fguratively and Of course
nobody can take exception to that. -
Boston Transcript.
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The Journalist,

There is no profession in which man
stands more supremacy on his merits
than in that of journalism. In many
others promotion is more question Of
influence, of good fortune, or of time.
than of actual working capacity. In
journalism, influence goes for little or
nothing, unless there be on the part Of
the aspirant real efficiency to perform
the work that has to be done. There
never was greater competition in the
press than there is at the present day,
and that composition is more likely to
become keener than to diminish. 1t is
becoming more and more n question of
the survival of the tittest aud special
emiuence is ever more difficult to attain.
The incompetent and inexperienced,
therefore, must inevitably 60 to the
wall. - Chambers Journal.
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ing the delighted beholder in doubt as to
which sensation he is most susceptible to.
W. II. Murdoch, as Cloudy Mornington,
divided the honors with Miss Katie, and
his rendition of the character indicated his
appreciation of it in every particular. Mr..
Murdoch is decidedly handsome and grace
full upon the stage, and made decided i'm
preston, especially upon the female portion
of the audience. The company is good
one, and we shall take. occasion to speak
more at length of them in the morning
Tonight Miss Putnam appears in the dual
roles of the Warehouses and Little Nell in
"The Old Curiosity Shop" in which her
peculiar talent will be fully developed. She
deserves good house on this occasion, and
will undoubtedly bepleased 10 that respect.
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STAGES OF THE RIVER.

The river marked by the gauge last
evening at this port, 10 feet and
8 inches and falling.
Pittsburgh, Dec. l1-6p. m-River 4 feet
inches and rising.
Cincinnati, Dec. 1l-8p. m.-River IL
feet inches and rising.
Louisville. Dec. 11-6 p. m.-River 8
feet 10 inches and rising.
Nashville, Dec. 11--6p.m.-River 4 feet
s inches and rising.
st. Louis, Dec. II g p.m.-River feet
2 inches and falling
RIVER ITEMS.
The Jas. w. Gaff for Memphis is due
here tomorrow from Cincinnati.
The w. P. Halliday is loading for New
Orleans, and will leave here Wednesday
evening.
The Golden Rule from Cincinnati leaves
here early this morning for New Orleans.
She arrived here last evening with big
trip.
The Cons Millar from Memphis is due
to-day for Cincinnati. W. F. Lambdin,
passenger agent, will furnish tickets at
reasonable rates
The Mississippi is still full of running
ice, but from the present temperature it
looks as if navigation would soon open.
The Gus Fowler is the regular packet to.
day from Paducah, connecting with trains
here going to all points Of the compass. She
leaves promptly at 5 p. m. for Paducah
The Henry A. Tyler leaves here this
evening for Osceola. Capt W. ]. Turner,
master, and Lem Hill, clerk. The Tyler
was built especially for the Cairo and o.
ceola trade and should be favored by the
business men of Cairo.
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KATIE PUTNAM.

The above named popular and charming
little actress, another of Cairos own de.
butants, and her company of performers
held forth at the Opera House last night,
in the play of LENA the Madcap," written
expressly tor Miss Putnam The audience,
which had gathered to see the performance,
was proof that the friends of Miss Putnam
here are as numerous as they ever were.
1t was a good-sized audience, distributed
about evenly in the parquet, dress circle
and gallery, and it would have compared
favorably in point of character with any
that has eyer gathered there. The play
was a pleasant little drama, in which the
plot and the various characters were such
as would hold the interest of an intelligent
audience throughout its performance, and
leave all in happy state of mind in the
end. and, if we may judge from the many
hearty expressions of approval given by the
audience, there has probably not been q
betterp leased congregation Of people in the
Opera House since its opening.
Miss Putnam was particularly the
audiences favorite, as she has been almost
everywhere else. There seems to be some
thing about her which captivates all who
sec and hear her, and prejudices them in
her favor forever after. The reason of this
can only find explanation in her talent on
the stage; the completeness with which sho
loses herself in the part she impersonates,
her graceful actions, slight girlish figure
and naturally attractive ways both on and
off the stage. But her company supports
her WE'LL the play last night was
rendered in an excellent manner through.
out, and was thoroughly appreciated by
tho audience.
Miss Putnam demonstrated last night
that she retains the power TO please and
delight an audience to degree equal to
Lolita or Maggie Mitchell. The singular
mixture of fun, pathos and general devilish-
ness is so happily blenished that tears and
smiles follow In provoking succession, lesv.
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CHURCHES.

CAlRO BAPTI ST Corner Tenth and Poplar
u streets; preaching fret and third sundays 10
each month, IL q IN. and 1880 p. N. prayer meet
Ing Thursday, ;30p, M. ; sunday school s:3o am
Rev. A. j. HESS Pastor
CHURCH OF THE REDEEAER%EPise92ps
| Fourteenth street; sundsy 700 m, holy
Eucharist; 80 g. m, Sunday school u 'OO a 10,
Morning Prayers; 500 p. m, Evening Prayers r.
p Davenport, 5. r. b. Rector.
INlRsT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CauRCh
Z Preaching at 10 30 s. H., p. m, ana Ioo p. IN
'aboath school at 1880 p. IN Rev T. d. shotes'
~ t0r
IIHEKAN Thirteenth street; services sao
l. bath 80 a, IN. Sunday school 2p m rev
hrappe, pastor.
AiETHODlsT--Co Eighth and Walnut streets
vi Preaching sabbath ili0O a. N. and :6o p IN
sunday school at 900 p, m Rev D. A. scaf'et''
esiOr.
DREsBYTERIAN- Eighth street; preaching on
4 Sabbath AZ II 90 g. m. and 1870 p. m; pfaye,
meeting Wednesday at 1880 p, m; Sunday school
at8p m Rev b. Y George, pastor
CT. Joseph S., Roman Catholic) Corner Cross
> and Walnut streets; services Sabbath l0;S g.
D; Sunday School At2p. m; VesPers 8 p m. ser
noes every day at a. IN. Rev. O'Harh, Priest
OF PATRICK'S-(Romsn Cstholicl Corner Ninth
y street and Washington avenue; services SAD,
oath 3 and 10 a. m; Vespers p. m; sunday schooi
sp. IN. services every day at g. m. Rev. Aastersoh
Drteet