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ticle of commerce being used in the preparation
OF cloth and leathe, and for oiling machinery :;
also tor adulteratins more expensive oils, and as
a substitute for lard To obtain it the seeds are
deprived of their sheds ground and transferred 10
srosg woolen bags which are enclosed bv
coarse bags of horse hair. and subjected to a
pressure OF at least 90 pounds to the square inch
for 20 minutes. Cold pressure produces a very
good salad oil, but IN This country warm pressure
is generally preferred. The crude oil has dirty,
yellow color, which may be removed by boil
ing with water. and taen heating it with weak
solution Of caustic potash. One thousand pounds
of seed yield 135 pounds of OIL
And the oil OF palnetto may be utilized. Its
reputation as a REMEDY for lung troubles ind
Gates some medicna, property which deserves
investigation, and would perhaps, give il com
merCial value. But, besides this, it might be
used in the manufacture of soaps, and give rise
70 an industry of considerable magnitude A
palmetto oil soap would, doubtless be an excel
lent substitute for CASTLE soap First from a pot
ash soap hy heating solution of l part of po-
tassa in 6 parts of waier with ) parts of palmetto
nifty. solution is formed add to this, with con-
slant stirring. sauraed solution of II parts of
chloride of sodium (canmon salt and, when cool.
allow the rrecipitatet soaps-now changed to a
soda S0ap-tO subSide for day. The soap af.
ter removal from the sJlution of chloride of DO
| tassium aud surplus If uccombined alkali is
cat 'nt0 pieces of suitable size anu Iaiu aside 10
dfy. nese are the directions recommended by
MT lteyimann for making castor-oil SOAP in
which we have substituted I'll, oil of palmetto.
The importance Of manufacturing these oils
IN Florida has. no doubt, Often impressed itself
on the mind OF the reader
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From the Boston Glohe.l


The chief dandy at Cape May changes
his suits five or six times day. Early
in the morning he puts on corduroy
coat and knee breeches, or knickerbockers,
such as bicycle riders wear, and in which
be takes a walk On his return he dresses
for breakfast in suit notable for wide
checks and loud yellow. At bathing
time he saunters down to the beach In 8
pajama-that is to say, loose sack and
wide trousers made of light-colored stusf,
girlshly trimmed, and normally worn ia
cues bcu-Ivou4. gyisSs si.-aas on the aanOs,
in such a rig astounds those who have
not become accustomed to him, and
alarms them a little, too, because they
get the idea at first that he is lunati'
1t might be expected that he would he
still more remarkable when attired fer
the water, but here appears disappoin.
ment. He appears in plain and con-
ventional bathing-suit of loose flannel, be-
cause he knows that his attenuated form
could not stand a comparison with those.
robust fellows who bathe in scant tights.
In the afternoon he exhibits himself, for
lounging or driving, in costume Of
white, and in the evening he squeezes
himself into seemingly impossible black
frock coat and dark trousers. "The former
is conceivable" says the writer, elf he
wears corsets, as they say he does, but
how he gets his pantaoons on is a prob
lem. His legs are small enough for the
purpose. But do his feet screw off and
on, or has he discovered way of donning
them skirt fashion over his dear little
baoJ ~
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1t was twenty-five minutes past :. The
buggy was at the door to take him to the
train. His hand was on the knob
Goodbye" he called out There came
from somewhere upstairs, through the
half-open door, feminine voice, 'FGood-
bye" then he had gone out into the glad
spring air, odorous with the foretoken of
coming life and musical with the songs
of the nest-builders But there was no
song in his heart, no spring hope and
light in his life as he took the reins out Of
his groom's hand and spoke to his impa-
tient horse sharp "Get on" And as
he rode through the royal avenue that
led up to his house, this is what he
thought
II had been a guest, Martha would
have been up and dressed. She would
have had a spray of fresh flowers at nv
plate. She would have sat at the table
and seen that my coffee was good, and
my eggs hot, and my toast Drowned. And
should have at least parting shake of
the hand, and hope expressed that
would come again, and perhaps wave of
the handkerchief from the balcony. And
| should have carried away with me that
smile that is brighter than the sunshine,
as the last gift of her gracious hospitality.
1t is chance if she would Ut even have
proposed to ride to the station with me
to see me off. For she knows, if ever
woman did, how to welcome the coming
and speed the parting guest.
But am only her husband; and | can
eat my breakfast alone as if / were
bachelor; and get my coffee muddy or
clear, hot or cold, as Bridget happens to
make it; and take eggs hard or soft, and
toast burnt or soggv, as it chances to
come from careless cook. And nobody
cares. And when 60, "Good bye'' is
flung after me like dry bone after an i'll
cared-for cur. Heigho. What's the use
OF being married, anyhow?
And this is what she thought as she
put the last touches to her hair before the
glass, and tried hard to keep the tears
back from her eyes before she went down
to see that the family breakfast was
ready:
81 wonder if Hugh really cares any
thing for me any more. When we were
first married he never would have gone
off IN this way, with careless "good-
bye " tossed up stairs as he might toss a
well-cleansed bone to hungry dog. He
would have found time to run up and kiss
me goodbye, and tell me that he missed
me at his breakfast, and ask was l sick.
He is gracious 10 his friends; perfect
gentleman to every one but his wife. l
believe he is tired of me- wish l could
let him go. 1t would be hard for me, but
1t would be better for him. Well we'll.
| mustn't think such things as these. Per-
haps he does love me after ALL But-but
it is coming to be hard to believe it."
And so with heavy heart she went to
heI work Aud The April sun laughed in
at the open windows, and the birds
chirped cheer to her all day, and the
flowers waved their most graceful beck
onings to her in vain; all for want of
that farewell kiss.
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a TWO MINUTE SERMON 10
YOUNG LADIES'.

Ladies--caged birds Of beautiful plum
age, but sickly looks pale pets of the
parlor, who vegetate il unhealthy atmos-
Phcre, like the potato terminating in a
dark cellar-why do you not go into the
open air and warm sunshine, and add
luStrc to your eyes, boom to your cheeks,
elasticity to your steps, and vigor to
your frames Take exercise: run up a
hill on wager, and down again for fun
roam the fields, ciml the fences, leap the
bitches, wade the brooks, and after day
OF eNhllaratng exercise and unrestrained
liberty 60 home with an appetite acquired
by healthful enjoyment. The beautiful
and blooming young lady-rosycheeked
aud bright-eyed-who can darn a stock
ing, mend her own frocks, command q
regiment of pots and kettles, be lady
when required, is a girl that young men
are in quest OF for wife. But You pin
ing, screwed-up, wasp-waisted, dol
dressed, mption-mortga novel
devouring, music-murdering daughters
OF fashion and idlencss, you are no more
lit for matrimonv than pullet is TO look
after brood of IA chickens.
The truth is, my dear girls, you want
less fashionable restraints and more lib
erty of action; more lltchen and less
parlor; more trankness and less mock
modesty. Loosen your waist-strings and
breathe more atmosphere, and become
something as good and beautiful as ma
ture designed.
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II lIIt { uICAgO Eye.
THE EVE.

The eye shows character. The eyes of
great warriors have almost always been
gray, their brows lowering like thunder
clouds. Inventors have large eyes, very
full. Philosophers, the most illustrious,
have had large and deep set eyes, The
poets'all have large, full eyes and musi
clans eyes are large and lustrous Buf-
ton considers that the most beautiful eyes
are the black and blue. We think we
have seen black and blue eyes that were
far from beautiful Byron says the ga
zelle will weep at the sound of music.
The gazelle's eyes have been called the
most beautiful in the world, and the
greatest compliment an Arab can pay his
mistress is to compare her eyes to ga
zelle's. Cleopatra had black eyes. Mary
Queen of Scots had liquid gray eyes.
Dark eyes show power, light eyes gentle
ness and grey eyes sweetness. There is
great magic power in the eyes of several
of the lower animals. The lions, the
tigers and the serpent's eyes are all mag
netic. 1t is well known the serpent will
charm birds that are flying above it, until
in great circles they will sweep down to
the destruction that awaits them. A
friend of the writer, a doctor, was one
day walking in the fields, when he saw
an adder lying on a rock. He drew near
to examine it, and presently looked at its
eyes. He was attracted by their great
beauty, and involuntarily stepped for
ward two or three steps. Beautiful light
flowed from them, and seemed to bathe
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A suit Of armor that originally be-
longed to King Francis l. of France, has
had strange history in modern times.
1t was bought, says correspondent OF
81. James Gazette, by the late Sir An
thony Rothschild for flOO, and sold
by him to the late Lord Ashburnham for
$1,000. Some years afteward it was sold
by Lord Ashburnham for $4,000 to a
dealer in curiosities, who resold it within
twenty-four hours to wealthy customer
for no lees a sum than f17,e0O The
subsequent history of the armor is even
more remarkable. It was deposited by
the purchaser in the Belgrave Square
Pantechnicon, and when that unfortunate
building was destroyed by fire the armor
was buried beneath the ruins. Dug out
of the debris, it was sold for few pounds
as old iron. 1t survived, however, even
this degradation; for, after undergoing a
process of renovation, it was subsequently
sold for $4,000 to M. Splitter, OF Paris,
where it is said to be now on sale for f2o,-
900.
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YOU ARE A LIAR.

Uncle Hank Allen was perhaps the
smoOthest and most accomplished liar in
Central New York. Why, the old mans
lies were SO smooth, so artistic, that while
listening to them you imagined you were
listening to Elder Clcveland's Bible sto
ries. One day we were talking about
potato-bugs in Uncle Hanks grocery
store which was sort of village farmers
club. Old Hank scratched his head
thoughtfully and remarked
Gentlemen, you don't any of you ap-
pear to know anything about the raven
Gus nature of them potater bugs. You
may call me liar, but Ive had potater
bugs to walk right into my kitchen and
yank red-hot potaters right out of the
oven. Waiting around the potater patch
for the second crop" exclaimed Old
Hank, with a sneer. Waiting? Why
confound your eyes, was up at Town.
sends store yesterday, and saw potater
bugs up there looking over Townsend
books to see who had bought seed pota
ters for next year.. | did, by gosh"
The whole grocery was still when
Uncle Hank finished You could have
heard pin drop Finally a long, lean
man from Woodman's Pond raised him
self up near the door. He was evidently
a newcomer and not acquainted with Mr..
Allen. Pointing his long finger at Uncle
Hank, he exclaimed:
You are liar 20
Uncle Hank looked over his glasses at
the stranger long and earnestly. Then
holding out his hand he inquired, with a
puzzled look?
" When did you get acquainted with
me %
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RooT PROPORTION. = Primers, vine
yarders especially, should keep in MUD
when pruning, that good, strong, robust
roots cannot be produced without cores
ponding branches and foliage Plants
develop above ground in proportion 20
their strength and vigor under ground
In young vineyard this must be we'll
understood, or great mischief may be
done. Young vines should not be pruned
the first year at all, but left with all their
foliage for root development Then the
second year pruning should be moderate
only, not exhaustive. And when the
roots have grown old the pruner must
still be able to approximate the root
power of each vine in order to know how
to prune to the best advantage. Many
large and vigorous roots are reduced and
diseased or killed slowly by depriving
them of too much foliage in the growing
season. They are thus often sacrificed
to the production of fruit, and the latter
no doubt rendered also inferior from the
same cause.
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An old colored preacher at Atlan;a
was lecturing youth of his fold about
the sin of dancing, when the latter pre-
tested that the Bible plainly said s'These
is a time to Dance" eyes, dar am q
time to Dance" said the dark divine.
"and it's when boy gifts whippin' for
goin' to ball."
When you fret and fume at the petty
ills of life, remember that the wheels
which go round without creaking last
longest. =:
1t is claimed that free use of parsnips
as feed for milch cows has contributed
largely to making the superior milk and
butter qualities Of the Channel Island
cows.
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HAVE FAITH.

A swallow in the spring
Came to our granary and meath the caves
Essayed to make a nest. and there did bring
Wet mnd and straw and leaves
Day after day she toed
With patient art: but, ere her work was
crown'd
Some sad mishap the tiny fabric spoiled
And dashed it to the ground
She found the ruin wrought;
But, not cast down, forth from the place She
few
And with her mate fresh earth and grasse-
brought
And built her nest anew
But scarcely had she placed
The last feather on its ample floor
When wicked hand or chance again laid waste
And wrought the ruin DER
But still her heart she kept
And toiled again-and last night, hearing calls
| looked, and 10 three little swallows slept
Within its earth made walls.
" hat truth is here o man
Hath hope been smitten in its early dawn
have clouds o'ercast thy purpose, trust or plan
Have faith and struggle on
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the very coils of the serpent. Gradually
he drew closer, until, just as he was almoss
within the reptiles reach, he fell, feeling,
as he said afterward, as though he had
been struck by stone. When he be-
came conscious his head was in friends
lap. His first words were: Who struck
me 90 "No one struck you, doctor. i
saw you were charmed by the snake, and
| struck it with stone" He had struck
the snake and the doctor had felt the
blow
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set tree; and they have less power to
throw out new roots than smaller or
younger trees. The smaller the tree is,
provided it is in thrifty condition, the
more easily the roots are taken up with
it, and the quicker it recovers from any
check. 1t needs no extra stiffening
against the wind Country Gentleman
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From the Baltimore Day.l

Pennsylvania mourns Judge Blaci.
dead; but during his life she never con-
ferred on him the honors he best deserved
and utterly failed to win for herself the
honor and glory of such representation
as the ablest man she ever produced
could have given her. But it has ever
been so for Thomas Haywood, way back
in 1885, recorded no new truth when he
declared that
Seven cities ward for Homer being dead;
Who living had no roofe to shroud his head.
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TRANsPLANTING.-T are two prin-
cipal parts in the operation of transplant
ing trees, namely: |, digging them up,
and ,, setting them out again. If both
are well performed the trees will live and
flourish; if either is badly done they may
or may not survive. There is no neces-
sty in losing a tree in ten thousand f;
many think they are quite successful if
they do not lose one in fifty. A neigh
ber, who understood his business, pro-
cured one spring seventeen hundred pear
trees, standards and dwarfs, of a careful
nurseryrian who was always particular
to give good roots. He lost five in the
seventeen hundred, or one in three hun
dred and forty but this loss was five too
many. A year or two later he tried
again, and purchased thousand stand
ard pear trees at the same nursery. Every
one lived and grew vigorously = there
was not feeble tree in the new orchard.
All the trees were good, and the work
we'll done throughout. Many trees are
lost from too eager desire to plant out
large ones. Such trees have large and
long roots, and nearly all these roots are
left in the ground in digging them.
They are severely checked in growth /;
they are more liable to be worked about
in the ground by the wind, one of the
worst things that can happen to newly
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a BLOOMING DUDELET.

\ Chicago reporter was enscOnced in
street-car in that city the other dav when
in tripped young lady, a pure type Of
the genus dudelet. Men folded up their
newspapers, women stopped talking and
stared with open eyes and mouth at the
bewltching figure, who seated herself
about the center of the box-car She
wore SO much hustle, or tournure, as
modistes say, that she was obliged to
balance herself on the very edge of the
seat 10 begin at the top and 90 down,
She wore her hair, which was dyed tatfy
yellow color, at the nape of the neck
rolled in two doughnut shapes. \
Langtry bang, which had been cured to
perfection, was pulled out and up into
little pillows, giving her face parallelo-
gram shape Between the bangs at the
top of her head and the doughnuts at the
base was perched little black silk skull
cap, which nobody but woman could
ever have pinned on. Her eyes were a
beautiful dark, warm hazel, with dark
lashes and brows that had been strength
ened with frankincense and mastic-that
priceless mixture, proof against perspira-
ton. The roses i'll her cheeks came from
the rouge pot, but with that fidelity to
nature which could not escape admiration.
Near the left temple was rectangular
piece of court plaster. Her black jersey
vas faultless, and, draping a black silk
skirt, she wore long and perfectly plain
overdress of fine black cashmere. Her
feet were generous in both sections,
though she made no secret of them, and
showed to advantage a pair of long but
ton boots tipped with bits of patent
leather. A high clergyman's collar was
closed with a large gold button, beneath
which rested grasshopper, large as life
and twice at natural, made of gold. In
her ears were diamond rings, a Jewel ofthe
same kind was set in narrow bracelet,
while from the other hung and ratified and
jingled about $50 worth of gold coins.
These gewgaws were worn over a pair of
black kid gloves pulled over her wrists in
studied wrinkles, and her left hand en-
gagged silk umbrella with forked han
die Of natural wood But the glory of
the whole outfit was monstrous bunch
OF yellow satin roses, pinned midway be-
tween belt and throat, and quite conceal
ing the whole front Of the jersey She
yawned frequently, and-always covered
her pretty mouth with small kangaroo
skin pocketbook, on which was large
silver X.
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Miscellaneous Advertisements
Oh,MyBack!

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Whatever the cause. don't
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BROwN's Iron BITTERs, and
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Leading physicians and
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ADVERTISEMENT.

TlIOs. J. PERKINS. JOHN DAY PERKINS.
HAVING ARRANGED TO SELL COTTON IN
L l. Savannah we will make liberal advances on
shipments to that point. Prompt attention will
always be given to business entrusted to us, and
we hope to receive A liberal share of patronage
fsOEI our friends.
THOS. j. PERKINS Il SON.
TALLAHASSEE FLA, July 10, lSs3-tf
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Fixed Oils OfFIOrida

J. Dabney Palmer, NJ. A. NJ. D in Monticello con-ritr
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-06-02
Furniture, Furniture.

T HAVE on hand line of Bedsteads and
i Chairs, wood-seat and split-bottom; arm
and single rockers, wood, split-bottom and
cane-seat; also a genteel Chamber Set COM
plete-all of which VIII sell at very low fig
ures TO close out. Call early and see.
J. s. MELVIN, Duffields.
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opS A MONTH AND BOARD for three live
C1OO young men or ladies in each county.
Address, =, w. Ziegler * Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-06-02

CoMpLIMENTARY.-It is evident from the
improved condition OF the Seven Springs
Iron and Alum Mass, man fractured by
Landrum II Litchiield, Abingdon, Va,
that they have proited by their long ex-
perience in its manIfaotjrc, as is attested
by the steady increasing demand for that
most excellent mineral water remedy. 1t
never tails TO cure Indigestion, Sick Head
ache, Nervousness, etc. Price 30 cents
and ~ 4 bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
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Prof. Doreuus On Porous Plasters.


TIE COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF New YORK, J
Con. LEN. AVE. and 23D ST,
New York, April 81, 1882.
Messrs. Seahury & Observation-Disclosures
your request | have obtained IN open market
samples of BENsoN's CAPCINE Porous PLAs-
TIERS and Allcock's Porous Plssters and have
submitted them TO chemical analysis to deter
niue their comparative merits as external rem
edies.
find in Bensou's Capcine Plasters valuable
medicinal ingredients. which do not exist in ALL
cocks Porous Plssters; hence in my opinion
they are superior to those OF Alcock's.
Yours, Tesr'v.
r. OGDEN DOREMUS, NJ. D., LII d.
Prof. of Chemistry and Physics in the College
of the City of New York, and Prof. of Chemistry
and Toxlcology at Bellevue Hospital Medical
College.