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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-03-28
THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.

into the tender shooting leaf, and
lays its eggs there, to be Matched
into grubs which will eat their way
In all directions, another will bore
round holes into the stem itself and
live there; rats climb up and make
their nests in the hollows OF the
branching fronds, and eat the cab
bage itself or feast upon the young
kernels. The common flying fox, sor
rousette, (Pteropus) gnaws round
holes through husk and shell OF the
mature cocoanut, and will attack the
young cocoanut, biting away large
pieces from the tender part under
the capsule, and, burying its head in
tie nut, will revel in the sweets with.
In. The flying squirrel (Pteronays)
will also make his abode in some co..
coanut tops near woods or forest
trees, and at nightiall attack the nuts,
and two or three dozen may be pick
ed up every morning with the marks
OF his teeth upon them, or partly de-
stroyed. The common striped palm
squirrel is also sometimes found deA
str lying the nuts and blossoms
while red ants and parrots attack the
blossoms only. The most effective
method OF obviating these evils is to
shoot the flying foxes and sqirrels by
moonlight, to use arsenic with grated
cocoanut pulp, or pounded glass, OIL,
and black sugar mixed in cocoanut
shells, LETT in the tree tops. In one
plantation of about $4,000 trees, six
to seven hundred rats were taken
month after month in trap falls. The
red ants nest should be sought out
and destroyed. A large wasp will
attack the very small nut, taking it
for the material of its nest. Besides
using ashes sprinkled often with salt
between the fronds, some natives
place onions, garlic, or even asafetida
and fenugreek there, thinking the
scent will keep off beetles and grubs.
When the spathe is cut for drawing
toddy, the frequent visits OF the men
will tend to keep other lntruders
away, but the smell of the toddy is
said to invite rats and wild cats. Ii |
any of the extracted juice falls from
The receiving vessel on to the young
spike or leaf, it is said 10 cause it to |
iecay by attracting insects to bore
nto the fronds. Grass should be
Kept down by feeding off with goats
md cattle. In narshy lands cattle
re apt 10 make deep tracts and |
freak down The margins Of the ter
aces, hence goats CIR calves only are
lowed ana the undergrowth is to
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A Cheap Substitute for Meat.
Farm and Garden.

Farm and Garden.
Go to the nearest slaughter house
and get good, fresh bullock's blood.
Mix it with enough -four to thicken
it a little more, and then place it in a
bag and sew or tieit together, and put
the bag into pot and let it boil until
themass is well cooked. When done
release the contents from tie bag and
expose them 20 sulphur fumes, which
will preserve them This is done by
placing the blood On dish, the dish
to be put in box ali neaIair tight as
possible Now set lire to spoor foil
of sulphur, and when Ahe fumes begin
to come off briskly, close the box and
let it remain closed for an hour.
Next take out the blood. let it dry
thoroughly, and grl1d it to powder,
and you will then bOVe substitute
tor meat that will kp year, aud
will be much cheapea and more ser.
viceable in every resp ect, as blood is
Itch in albumen, which the hen most.
ly needs for forming She white Of the
egg.
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in the proportion Of six barrels Of
the former and twelve Of the latter,
to be well mixed together, adding
during the mixing twelve buckets Of
water and one barrel OF gypsum or
plaster When the German chlorides
are employed ID place Of the ashes
the compost may be extended with
humus. He has used the Charleston
phosphate nodnIes ground fine with
considerable success, in place OF
ground bone. Marshall p. Wilder,
who approved of DIR Nichols paper
believed the combination of VOID
ashes and powdered bones OF great
value.
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COcOanut Plantations.
S'"'n'ond's Tropical agriculture.
(C'O72ti2lated from q100e 2o0 \


CONTINUED from page S9O.)
On dry soils the plants ought to
be watered twice day for the first
month; once day will suffice for the
next five, or until the monsoon show.
ers come on, and once every two or
three days during the dry seasons OF
three following years, according to
circumstances. On hill sides it is
usual to water during the hot wealth.
er, even till the first buds appear;
and on sandy plains on the sea>coast,
when the trees are in full bearing,
eight or ten feet of bamboo with
the divisions at the joints broken to
form the pipe) is often driven down
by the side of the cocoanut tree, and
cool water from weed.covered tanks
is poured down to refresh the roots
and lower soil. The soil round The
young plant is often kept damp by a
bed OF leaves, particularly such as
will not be eaten by white ants. If
the soil is naturally poor or of hun.
CRY nature, salt, ashes, paddy husks,
goats dung, end dry manure may be
applied for the first year, but in after
seasons, fresh ashes, decayed fish,
carrlon, or other refuse, is preferable,
also oil cake.
If the soil at the foot become too
rich, the larva OF beetle, a large
grub with reddish brown head, soon
finds its way to the roots and into
the stem, hence though the foot of
the tree may enlarge, the stem does
not develop itself, the new leaf spike
at the crown becomes yellow, fades,
and is not replaced, nor does it open
oot into the usual frond, ana 10 two
or three months, sometimes a little
longer, the whole tree top is affected
and drops down piecemeal to the
ground. 1t would appear that fear
of this evil is the reason why ashes
alone are recommended by so many
cultivators.
AS soon as the new tronds have
divided into the long side leaflets or |
lost their connected form, which is
at the end of the first year, the soil |
should be dug up and ashes applied
about once month. When the tree
is two years old, and hencetorward
at the commencement OF every mon
soon in May and June, the whole oil
the soil, yard or two around the
stem, must be opened out and ashes
with dry aknure applied and left
open to the al and in October, when
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earth should be replaced and leyeled.
AS the tree gets older and the de-
preston at the foot is gradually filed
up, it may not in after years be ne-
cessary to dig so deep as for the ear
lier growths. IT the opening out OF
the roots and manuring be thus an
nually attended to, the tendency to
form sort of bulb on the surface
and throw roots above the soil will
be checked; the old worn~out root
let's are cut away, strong roots from
other trees and all weeds are remoy,
ed, and the process acts both as "a
wlntering and pruning" as recon-
mended by scientific gardeners in
Europe to productions of their own
gardens. Cattle are most destrnct.
i've the first two years, in eating off
the ends of the fronds and stripping
the leaflets; il the plants suffer often
in this way, the growth is entirely
stopped; sometimes the new -4eaic
spike is pulled out, and the tree dies.
Should the heart OF the stem and top
not he injured, the tree will still re.
main an unsightly object, and often
entirely profitless and barren.
From the time that the leaflets be-.
come fully developed and distinct
from each other, till the period that
the spathes (or covers to the flower)
make their appearance, the fronds
should be shaken and weighed or
pressed downwards each month, so
as to keep them from each other and
make them spread, and careful exn
animation should be made lest rats,
beetles, or worms have made
nests upon the head, or bored into
the cabbage heart of the palm, and
this often. Some planters sprinkle
ashes and salt about the spike shoots
to keep insects away. The dried
tronds, old spathes, fruit and blosA
som stalks, and ragged fibres should
be removed at stated periods OF per-
haps month, or as often as the nuts
may hereafter be gathered. The
application OF salt and ashes to the
tree tops is usual at least in March
and October to keep off the swarm
OF insects, particularly red ants, which
live upon the juices of the tree and
render them truitless.
The cocoanut tree Is al all periods
of its life endangered by the attacks
OF enemies. While one beetle bores
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~" Evil dispositions are early
shown" Evil tendencies in our systems
are to be watched and guarded against.
If you find yourself getting bilious,
head heavy. mouth foul. eyes yellow,
kidneys disorderad. symptoms of piles
tormentipg you. take at once few doses
of Kidney Wort It is natures great
assistant. Use itas an advance guard
don't wait to get down sick. Read advt.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
THE
NATIONAL MONTHLY

sixth year of publication, published at Wash
1ngton, ID. g., IS centsa year together with
Twelve beautiful premiums. Agents wanted
cents for Agents outfit Noc0pies given away.
sample sent TO any address for cents. Adj
dress THE NATIONAL PRINTING Co., p. .. Box
66l, Washington d. g.
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Lemon Iest.

Rub loafsugar over the surface of
lemons. The friction brakes the oils
ducks and the sugar absords the oil.
Put into fruit jars in the lump or
pound fine. Keep tightly corked.
This is very fine for fiayoring GUS
tards, creams, etc.
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Invigorating Food

For the brain and nerve is what we need
in these days of rush and worry. Par
kers Ginger Tonic restores the vital
energies and brings good health and
joyous spirits quicker than anything
yo1 can use.-Iribauae.
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THE
ARCHER NURSERIES
Cultivate and keep on sale large
amount of
Fruit Trees,

suited to Florida and other Southern
States, with Shade and Ornamental Trees.
Vines, etc, consisting of about 100000
orange trees, sweet and sour seed lings.
and BUDS on both sweet and sour stocks,
of best and most approved varieties, in
GLIDING the new Satsuma-a large aud
fine stock of LeConte Pear, and other
new sorts of excellence. with the Peen-To
Peach, and other early and later varieties,
Japanese Persimmon, j Japan Plum, Ounce,
Nectarine, Almond, Fig, Lemon, Shaddock,
Grapefruit, POmegranite. Guavas, etc.
Send for price list and other particulars
LIPSEY & CHRISTIE,
mile south east of railroad station.
to7tf Archer. Alachua Co., Fla.
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PATENTS.
NOTICE T0 INVENTORS.

NOTICE TO INVENTORS,
For all kinds OF information concerning
American and foreign patents, you should
correspond with, or consult affirm who under
stand their business and who pay personal at
tentlon to the same. To all who wish such
knowledge let them write to or call upon GEO.
Z. GOFF, ATTORNEY-AT-IAw. 1924 N. Y Ave-
nue., Washington, d. q. Send for circulars.
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for building up siren "a and toning no
the system. was tro9 bled with costive-
ness, headache and yant Of appetite.
My ailments are non all gone. have
a yearly contract with doctor to look
after the health Of myself and family,
but / need him not ndw.
s. dILLILAND.
Peoples 4dUocatel Pittsburg, Pa.
July rs. 1878.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-13
fSecial to the Times Democrat. I


VICKsBURG, Jan. 7-At - o'clock
last night Miss Leila Florence, of
Monroe, La, WIS found on the street,
opposite the principal hotel in the city,
alone and weeping bitterly. 1t was
soon ascertained that white man,
registering himself as II. NJ. Jones, of
Monroe, La, who accompanied the
girl to the hotel from Delta that even
ing, had attempted to effect her ruin.
Miss Florence was originally from
Alabama. Her father and mother died
last summer in Monroe with mialarial
fever, and she determined to return to
he relatives in Alabama. She was
introduced to II. NJ. Jones at Delta,
La. He said he was en- route to Ala
bama, and would see her safely to her
destination. She accepted his proffers
of kindness. Jones registered them at
the hotel as man and wife, and both
having been assigned to the same
room, the result was as above stated.
Thefend was arrested this morning and
is now in the county Jail. lie will &c
about six years in the penitcntiary.
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HOTEL AT MILWAUKEE. BURNED.

MILWAUKEE, WIS, Jan. 10.-The
Newhall House, a six story brick
building, on the corner of Michigan
street and Broadway, was burned to
the ground this morning. The fire
was discovered at am, and in less
than half an hour the whole building,
long designated as death trap, was
enveloped in flames Scenes of the ut
most terror prevailed. The inmates
of the doomed building jumped by the
dozen from the upper stories, covering
the stone sidewalk with lifeless bodies.
The shrieks of the unfortunates filled
the air in a heart-rending manner. The
people below were unable to render
any aid. Quite number OF terrified
guests and employees Of the hotel ap-
peared at the windows and seeing the
distance to the ground fell back te per-
ish in the flames. The employees of
the hotel, which accommodated eight
hundred guests, number eighty.si
and mostly lodge in the sixth story.
Exit by way of the roof was cut off by
the fire, and two stand-pipes with fire
ladders were not available for some
reason. Very few were saved by fall
ing on canvass,
the hotel registered were burned, and
the exact loss of life is not determined
but will reach fifty to sixty dead, and
from twenty to thirty wounded. So
far twenty-three bodies are in the
morgue, nine more in places near the
ruin.
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THE SIXTH DISTRICT.

BATON ROUGE. jan G.-The Demo-
cratic Convention was called to to-day,
at 1880 am, Judge Duncan in the
chair. On Il call of the roll all the
parishes were found to be present. The
reading of the minutes was dispensed
with.
Mr.. Herman placed in nomination
Hon. Thos. Il. Lyons, of East Feliciana,
and balloting commenced.
The 25th ballot stood; Lewis %,
Sample 10, Edwards -, and Lyons 6.
On the 2Sth ballot Lewis received 80,
Sample +, Edwards G, Lyons 10.
The nomination of Hon. Edward r..
Lewis was made unanimous.
Mr.. Lewis, being called on to address
the convention, spoke at some length
expressing thanks for the honor con-
ferrcd upon him, which he did not
expect.
Addresses were made by Gov. r. c.
Wickliffc, Senator Charles Parlange,
Hon. II. b. Lyons, Hon. Bolivar Ed
wards, Hon. +. w. Robertson, Hon. r.
J. Herman, Gen. Leon Jastremski, Gen.
Allen Thomas. Col. Theorpc, Hon, Mr..
Sample and Judge Duncan.
a vote of thanks was rendered the
chair, secretary and reporter, after
which the convention adjourned sine
die.
Gen. Lewis, Gen. Jastrcmski and
others dinct With Gov. McEucry
this evening.
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Col. Marsh II. Polk, the defaul!ins
Treasurer of Tennessee has been recap
tured. lie was first arrested at San
Antonio on the the Sth inst. but releas-
ed by the authorities for want of
authorization to hold him. Credit for
his recapture belongs TO Deputy Mar
shall Joe Shelly, of Laredo and Pull
man Palace Car Conductor Alfred
Cook. The story of his capture by the
conductor is rather improbable, but
there is no doubt as to his arrest. Polk
got away with Tennessee for about
100000.
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MONROE, La, January 10, 1888.

MONROE, la, January 10, 1888.
This is to certify that held an In.
quest on the body of G. Mccullough,
found dead in the city of Monroe, La,
on this 10th day of January, 1883. |
found upon examination thas he had
been shot though the head, the ball of
large size entering his right eye and
going through the brain, coming out of
the back part of his head. This was
the cause of his death, such wound
being necessarily and Immediately
fatal. From thi evidence the shot was
fired by l.. ID. MciIain.
Signed :. G. MURrIIN,
Coroner.
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TOADS AND FROGS.

clearly in the Spring the marshes
resound with vocal noises, which many
of you have doubtless been told were
made by frogs. L tell you, however,
said Prof. BickmOre, to his attentive
audience of school teachers at the
Museum of Natural History, recently,
"that these sounds most always come
from the Threats of toads, not frogs"
Only the male toad sings, and, when
visitors to the country seat themselves
on door-steps in the pleasant evenings
OF May and June to listen to the singing
of the frogs in a neighboring mill-pond,
they are in reality listening to the sing
ing Of male toads. This interesting
fact was eagerly noted down by the
score or moro of young lady teachers,
! with notebooks.
One of the peculiar features of Prof.
Bickmore's series Of lectures, just closed,
has been the pcrsistency with which
the note-takers have piled their pencils,
! even though tho lecture-rOom was
| most of the time as dark as pocket.
| in consequence Of the display OF stereo-
scopic views. The curious. process of
natural development in frogs and toads
was fully described and illustrated by
Prof Bickmore. Toads lay their eggs
on the leves of tress or plants that grow
in the water or by the edge of ponds.
When rains come the eggs are washed
into the water, and there they undergo
successive changes, until from little
black balls they take on the form of
small animate objects something the
shape Of a tadpole. The development
then rapidly continues until full
growth is attained. At first toads and
frogs live on animal food, but as they
approach their normal condition they
cvince fondness for vegetable food as
we'll. Animal feeders have very simple
and straight ailmentary canals, while
in vegetable feeders the ailmentary
| canals assume a complicated form.
Not only are the changes in form among
| frogs and toads very curiouss but some
times they grow smaller after arriving
at full growth. Most of the toads
have tongues, but not all of them. The
tongues are attached to the anterior
part of the mouth and point down the
throat. a toad takes its food into the
mouth by quick motion of the tongue.
somewhat resembling the swapping of
whip. y frogs skin, the lecturer OK
planned, is always smooth and soft,
while Il toad's skin is covered with
disagrccable looking excrescences.
These eNcrescenccS are filled with an
acrid fluid OF whitish color, which in a
! measure protect the toads from the
storks and other birds and beasts that
prey upon the frogs. Snakes are the
toad's worst enemies. \ small snake
can swallow Il very large toad.
Prof. Bickmore called attention to a
singular kind Of toad that was found
in the northern part of South America.
When the female lays her eggs the
male toad takes them in his hand, one
by one, and places them carefully
upon the mothers back. \ soft g1uti.
nous secretion in the skin causes the
eggs to firmly adhere, and gradually
they sink into the females back and
are covered over by thin skin. In
due time the heads and arms of young
toads make their way through this thin
skin, and complete birth soon follows.
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THE TENNESSEE DEFALCATION.
Especial to Times DemOcrat.l

Especial TO lllllcS-DcNlOcfat.
NASHVILLE, Jan. 1T is reported
tonight, on seemingly good authority,
that NJ. T. Polk, the defaulting State
Treasurer, had been heard of in Texas,
and the presumption is, that he is
making for San Antonio. The COM
mittee are using the best endeavors to
discover his whereabouts, being in tel
egraphic communication with the au-
thorities Of different points through
which he may pass. The committee
will submit report to the General AS
sembly tomorrow showing the result
of their labors so far. 1t is rumored
that the committee have discovered
that Polk loaned money at various
times to numerous friends, who, for
real or promised services, secured
loans when they desired. The commit
tee are silent on this point, however,
and nothing definite can be learned
until they report. There is II strong
probability their report will contain
revelations that will seriously damage
several prominent gentlemen.
In an interview to-day, Representa-
tive Milliken, Of the investigating COM
mittee, says the deficit in the treasu-
rer's accounts is over $500, 900, includ-
ing five United States thousand dollar
bonds that have been on hand a year,
but cannot be found. The defalcation
began five years ago, and increased
rapidly after the passage of the 1908
funding bill.
Testimony shows many speculations
in New York. 1t also shows that Re-
preventative Duncan Cooper's orders
on the Treasury were always paid, the
clerk being instructed by Polk to pay
them. The orders were all in an en-
velope. directed to Polk until few
days ago, and the superstition is that
Polk took them with him. Testi-
mony shows that the late Major
O'Connor, killed at Knoxville last
November, owed Polk $4,000 and
gave his due bill, which Polk took
with him.
Polk paid the States money for ex-
change on San Francisco with which
to pay for his silver mine in Mexico.
The checks were found in a safe, with
no evidence that they had passed the
hands Of the comptroller. The books
show that the Mechanics bank, of
Knoxville, owes the State $25, 900; but
the bank claims to have paid the
money to O'Connor for Polk.
The missing United States bonds
were seven-thirties, and were the last
of the school fund.
Polk was interested with O'Connor
in the Gadsden ore banks, but the
stock was in O'Conner's name,
though $4,000 of it was paid
out Of the State treasury. Thousands
of dollars of the checks show they We're
drawn by NJ. Il. Polk, treasurer, and
payable to M. II. Polk and not cOun-
tcrsigncd by the comptroller.
New ORLEANS, Jan. lO.-A Times
Democrat San Antonio special says
"United States Marshal Goslan left
Laredo at 10 am. with special train
for San Antonio, with Marsh II. Polk,
the defaulting Tennessee Treasurer,
and Cameron, the detective charged
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We tho Jury would render our vcr-
dict that the deceased, c. W. McCul-
Tough, came to his death by a pistol
shot, in hand of l.. ID. McLain.
Signed: II. G. ABH,
{. G. MADDEN,
w. T.. MITCHELL,
WIN. MILLER,
G. Il. MURPHY.
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A bad sign-A forgery.
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Who would not have a generous

Who would not have generous
fathcr-in-law? The Atlanta (Ga.)
Constitution says: "T he handsomest
Christmas present of the season was
check for $50, 600 on the Park National
Bank, sent by Mr.. James Jackson, of
New Orleans, to his son-iu-law, Mr..
Willis Reagan, of this city. The check
arrived on Friday, aud was surprise
to popular Albanian, who richly
deserved, though he did not need it.
1t is needless to remark that Mr.. Jack
son is a model father-in-law, and sets
an example richly worthy of imita-
tiou.'
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How can people learn to he free
that has not learned to be just.
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Flattery, like sugar plumns, is very
sweet but not remarkably nourishiug.
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New ORLEANS, Jan. l0.-A Times
Democrat San Antonio special says !:
"tnited States Marshal G0slan left
Laredo at 10 am. with a special train
for San Antonio, with Marsh II. Polk
the dcfaulting Tennessee Treasurer,
and Cameron, the detective charged
with helping Polk to escape. They
arrived in San Antonio tonight. i1 is
not known yet whether the prisoners
will be held here or taken to Austin
till transferred to the Tennessee author
tiles. Treasurer Polk so far refuses to
be interviewed, and maintains sullen
silence. His conduct clearly indicates
that he believes his game is up. Van
Polk, his nephew, who called himself
NanLccr, and an Italian servant sue
cceded in making their escape into
Mexico. NauIeer has Il good portion
of the money with him.