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The Florida agriculturist., 1884-07-23
THE FLORIDA AGR1cULrURIsT.

homes but after this remedy was tried
we never lost case of over 200 we took
in hand. We passed through it with i'm
punity, the only precaution we took be-
ing piece OF camphor in the mouth and
smoking cigar. Wehave known 100
grains of calomel giyento one patient be-
fore it took effect and every case that
was taken in time was cured by this
method When at its worst people died
in an hour or two after being attacked 1t
was estimated that $1,000 died in pop
ulation Of 4O0, 900 but of these only about
20 were white. twas just as fatal in
the cool mountains as in the hot plains.
If it should ever reach here we should
bear in mind that cleanliness sis the
greatest safeguard Aa VA -esA. ss4
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Fabrics from Wild Plants.

In a shop window in New York city is
displayed variety OF hanks of thread,
some course, some fine, some dark col
ored, some light, some vari-colored.
Some of the thread has the softness of
the finest silk, some is rough and rasp-
ing like hemp. 1t is a curious assort-
ment, and attracts the attention of many
passer-by. A visit to the inside of the
shop is revelation of a coming revolu-
ton in certain agricultural products OF
the United States hitherto considered
useless. In rear room, about 10 by 20
feet, were three or four heavy, but APP
parently simple machines operated by
small steam engine. The room was half
| filed with many kinds Of weeds, weed
stems and leaves, while in one corner
We're seen barrels OF crude asbestos One
machine was being fed by young man,
who gave it bundle after bundle OF the
/ dry brittle weed, while another was
| greedily devouring asbestos, crushing
i Jumps weighing three or four pounds,
| and swallowing them with groan. The
| dry, trash-like stuff fed to the first ma
chine, was converted in short time in
to the coarse, brown thread seen in the
window, while the rough asbestos quick
ly changed its mineral hardness and be-
came a fiber as fine as silk ready to be
spun and woven. The common cotton
stalk, which the planter pulls up and
burns after the years picking, was made
into coarse thread, equal, in every re-
spect to the jute of India, which the
United States buys to the extent of &c.
100000, annually. Flax straw, which
grows in many States OF the Union,
which is cultivated by hundreds of thous-
ands OF acres for the seed alone, and is
l ,o1 I,NfA @n 10 al
converted into fibre which made an ex-
cellent and coarse linen, and which,
when mixed with wool in the process of
, manufacture, made an excellent substi-
; tute for cotton. Other plants, of which
| the great number were discovered to be
weeds of the commonest variety, were
shown to contain valuable fibre. Among
J them were bear grass, Spanish bayonet
(needle), okra, nettle, rannie, pita, baur-
Dor, wild coffee, the cotton plant and
jute. Most of these plants grow wild.
Little or no attention has been paid 10
their culture. From these various fbres,
many Of which, by actual experiment,
will dye beautifully and perfectly, end
without injury, can be made ba2ying.
mats, mating sacks for grain, rope, cord
age, twine, packing thread, paper stocks
of the finest quality, costly fabrics for
wear, substantial fabrics Tor everyday
use, and material for upholstering pur-
poses. From the fibrous mineral asbes-
tos can be made fre-proof curtains and
hangings for halls and theaters, fire-proof
ropes, carpets and ground work for oil
cloths, and many other articles of luxu-
ry and necessity. Ramie and Sisal hemp
fiber may be mixed with silk in manu-
facture, and common American grasses
are turned into fibre fine and strong
enough for wigs and false hair Even
the hard she'll Of the cocoanut is discov-
cred to contain fibre which closely re-
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that Letters Tes-
tamentary upon the estate of Jeremy II
Anderson, deceased. late of DeLand, VO-
lusia county. Florida, have been granted
TO the undersigned, Ezra 8. Gosney, by
tIe County Court of VOlusia county.
aforesaid. bearing date the ninth day Of
June. A. D. 1884, sl.1FE. 1f
All creditors, legatees, and persons en-
titled to distribution. or having any
claims Whatsoever against said estate are
requested to exhibit them to me for allow
aDce, within two wears of the date of this
notice or they will be forever barred.
I his 10Th day of July, 1854,
EZRA S, GOSNEY,
Executor of Jeremy H. Anderson decd.
S22-525
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Notice to Tax Payers.

The County Commissioners of Volusia
County will convene as a Board of Equaliza-
tion at the Court House at Enterprise, on
main in session four days, or longer if neces-
sary, to complete the work of equalizing the
taxes of the county. The Board recommends
and earnestly requests every citizen and tax
that time and have such grievance adjusted.
The Board would suggest to every tax payer
TO see either in person or by proxy that their
property is correctly described on the tax
books. The County commissioners desire to do
justice TO every tax payer of the county. This
can be done with more certainty by the tax
payers giving them a correct description and
fair valuation. If not already given to the
Assessor. j. II. BODINE,
322-2i Chairman I'D. Co. CoIn'rs VolusIa Co.
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No 10. Three-fourths of lot No. l, block u,
on Howry Ave. small Oh story house with
two rooms. 70 orange trees about three years
old. Price, $500.
No. IL. Two-story store-house On the Bou-
levard; 25x52 with two-story warehouse at
tached in rear 16x24. (Can be rented for $40
permonth.) Price, $1,000.
No. IL. A beautiful cottage and lot on New
York Avenue, opposite the DeLand Grove
House. rooms and kitchen, good cistern
in first-class condition. Price, $4,000.
ton: Is acres orange grove; 500 budded trees;
400 bearing trees present crop estimated at
$4,000. Centrally located. A beautiful eleva-
half mile from corporation limits of DeI.and.
Price $4,000. One-third cash, balance on
time.
No. I3. Orange grove of 249 bearing trees
l54 soon to bear IS lemon trees and Is bearing,
II mulberry trees; Japan plums, lines; 3
kinds of grapes, 20 acres with 459 trees in all
500 nursery stock.i Price $1,000.
No. a. 10 acres of land in the new town of
Centerville midway between DeLand and
Orange City, Beautiful high pine land on 2
lakes of clear water, 3 acres in lake and bal,
7 acres, lying beautifully for building and
grove. This is good offer. Pricei 500 per
acre.
No. 10 IL Acres miles from town, fenced,
section line on the W. Il n, good land. Price,
$l05O
No. 1G. 6 acres grove miles from DeLand
with 20acres, good neighborhood $50 bearing
trees, small house. Price, $500, ~ ~Q :.
No, II. 1Oacre grove with 90 acres, 800 bear
ing trees, two miles from DeLand, one mile
from Highland naturalization. Price, ,$l5 600.
No. Is. 80 acres at Beresford; 5 acre grove.
Price, $500
No. 19. One acre lot, fronting on two SITS,
Fine location near the First Baptist Church.
and one of the choicest building sites in
and offered low down for the next 80 tiays,
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No. l. New two story house and acres Of
elegant land situated on Blue Lake; 1t mile
from town. One acre in grove There are
rooms, bay windows all around, porches on
two sides and front and back, folding doors,
chain pump in porch, $50 barrel cistern, fire
stable, barn, and dock on lake for boats. The
owner died before the house was completed,
SO the place is offered at less than cost to settle
the est estate Pgce $1,000 the ahove on The
north; 6t in grove, with fine house ana stable.
Price, $4,000,
No g. Forty acres on the Boulevard, mile
from corporation, ten acres cleared ana fenc-
ed, with never-failing sprfng-overlooking
a beautiful lake. Fine chance fof investment
Write for terms ~
No. ). 10 acres set to groyein town limits,
20 trees bearing three years, 475 three year
buds size from i to 2k inches House ana
Improvements with one acres will be sold.
Price for the whole, s. 800,
No. 4. 8 acres, lis bearing trees, 500 trees IN
nursery, grounds very elevated, II story
house with 4rooms. .--in town limits. bar
gain at $3,50O. ~ ~
No. s. 20 acres on lake Winnemissett; ele-
CANT situation for house and grove, very fine
view of the lake, soil a rich loam. Two or
more acres cleared. One quarter of a mile of
church school house and postof1ce. viii be
divided in lots to suit. VIII be sold tlow,
down. as the owner is pressed for money "A
rich chance for good investment. Apply
No. 8. 20 acres fine land, all deadened, two
miles north of town; joins o. p. Terry and
Dr. Griffith The owner will clear it all for
&12.5O per acre. Price, $65 per acre.
No I. House and lot, rooms, a well of
water Situated on Boulevard and Voorhis
Ave. Force pump in kitchen. A big bargain
at $1,50O
No. s. Nice residence and lot on Indiana
Ave. Near postoffice. Price $1,000
No. 9. 40 acres of high pine land near or
ange city. Situated on the southwest of the
southeast of sec. Z, town Is, range 81 east. 1t
| lies near the celebrated Baugh grove. Will
| be sold at a sacrifice. offered for 80 days
| only, till owner goes North, at $6 per acre. ;
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Don't Scrape Your Trees.

The Americdn Garden expresses the
opinion that the common practice OF
scraping the bark of trees, and especially
fruit trees, isvery often carried TO excess
A healthy, vigorous tree does not require
to be scraped at all; it needs all its natu-
raj bark for protection against the cold,
drying winds of winter, and against the
parching sun of summer, as much SO rs
birds need their feathers and wild beasts
their fur The superfuous, scaly part OF
the healthy tree is continually thrown
off by its own expansion.
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sembles hair. 1t will not "pack," and
is equal to curled hair for upholsters' use.
Indeed, there are few of our native pro-
ducts which do not contain some quality
of fibre, and recent experiments have
demonstrated that the United States
pays annually for products which may be
'obtainable at home, the large sum OF
BIG 0OA 600 -Nelr YoEk TcibMne. -AA-
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Cholera.

AS this rapidly fatal disease is now rag
lug in France, the experience OF those
who have gone through it may help to
do soma good if it should ever reach this
country again, and get among the negro |
population of the South.
On our way from England to the Island
of Jamaica in 1850, on arrival of the
steamer at St. Thomas the passengers
were informed that cholera vas raging
in Jamaica and that passengers for that
Island had the option of remaining over
if desired, but our large interest there
made it absolutely necessary that we
should get there as soon as possible and
we went On arriving at Kingston we
found the city of about $1,000 inhabi-
tants in a perfect gloom, hundreds OF
people dying every day, and the dead
carts were running all day long carrying
the dead, to be dumped into large trench
es and then covered with lime. Very
few white people were attacked, the dis
ease seeming to pick out the colored
whose residences were kept in dirty
condition and their personal clothing the
same. Our property laid about go miles
east of Kingston and on our way home
we saw numbers of negro villages COM
pletely deserted, not soul to be found
in any house, the people either having
died or run away. The disease had not
vet reached where our property was sit
uated and we tried by forming Gordon
| to keep it out and did so for short time
but was brought in by negro who work
| ed in the infected part, who died a few
hours after he returned home on prop
| erty we had in the mountains that was
considered most healthy. In two weeks
/ time the village of about 100 inhabitant:
lost 7Oof them and the whole district wal
infested, the people dying so fast tina
ecfins could not be made and the bodies
| vHe Hx ln the ground wrapped in tn
il $aSetSas IN which they died. Numerou
aEs NNh bkRa w3bA 90 gsod result
I 6g and quacx doctprs reSbed Crane
II hayvesA When the ct,nleFs was at it
heixhk 1Aotch doctor attending the sicl
at Port Royal tried the effects OF Gallo
mel and met with such success that
was soon taken up and the mortality a
once checked. The treatment was a
follows: When the purging and vomit
ing commenced strong salt and wate
was given, as much as the patient coulC
drink, and repeated as fast as thrown VI
until the mucus had ceased, then tel
grain calomel pill made up with com
mon brown soap was given and repeated
every half hour until the diarhea wai
checked and then castor oil was given
one or two doses. Bottles of hot water
and hot bricks were placed around the
natient until the cramps ceased. If the
\ natient could be salivated he was cured
If cholera. We attended the sick from
the first, in hospital and at their own
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WEDNESDAY, JULY %, 1884.
Correspondence.

Communications from all parts of Flor
ida, tending to its building up, and ,rela-
tive to the agriculture OF the State and
other matters OF interest to farmers and
fruit growers, will always be readily IN
serted in our columns. We specially IN
vite such correspondence.
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NOTICE

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notes thaFE Eoursub- ~ scription has expired.
vi5u vou Sai wish I the paper n Continued, for this
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TEN
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WIN. H. MESSIMER.
DENTIST,

All operations in hisline promptly and care
fully attended 10. The preservation OF the
natural teeth specially.
Office Indiana Avenue, three doors east of
Boulevard, north side. 3G9-2Gl
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IMPROVED PROPERTY a SPECIALLY.

See Partial List Below, and write for Particulars.
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CHEAP COLUMN.

DOR SALE.-A Florida pony, heavy and
II strong, Ross wagon, Il top buggy, and
harness, for sale cheap,-party going north; no tn
Inquire at this office. 3zl-5z3
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II HAVE $50 acres of fine timber land in
Il Kentucky worth S. per acre, to trade for
a small place. Address, KENTUCKY,
32I-23 Care AGRICULTURIST.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-26
La Plata, Missouri.

TIE WEATHER--WHAT AN EDITOR
SAYS or 1.-THE New DOMINION"
LA PLATA Mo-, Jan. 14--The far
mers are not done gathering corn yet,
The weather has been too cold to per-
init such work. The thermometer
has been ms low as 81 below zero.
The oldest inhabitants say this Is the
coolest winter in twenty years.
We have splendid sleighing here
now with fine prospect Of its contin
uance.
/ lately gave Mr.. ]. b. Thompson,
the editor Of the Komc Press two pa
pers from Morgantown. This is his
remark: "Tbe New DOMINION is very
neat aud well gotten up paper, both
in matter and appearance, the other
one with its wide columns, is a hun
drcd years behind the times
Holidays were dull here except In
sleighing.
Hauling wood is the chief occupa.
ton here and the man who hauls the
largest load is the champion. Mr.. j..
T. Bates has two horses that weigh
!, 100 and $50 lbs. He hauls cord
Of green jack oak at load, dis
lance of six miles over not very
level country.
The mercury stands now Is de-
grees below zero.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-26

LAUREL PorNT, Jan -Sleighine
is good. When the young folks 60
ont sleighing, the ladies drive and
the gentlemen hold them from falling
out
Miss Annie Conn is much better
of diphtheria.
The railroad surveyors stopped in
our village two nights last week while
Surveying the Dents run route.
Daniel Jones, OF Illinois, son Of
VIM. Nj. Jones is visiting his many
friends here. He is hooking we'll and
tips the beam at 275 lbs.
Joseph and Sanford Cole were here
few days ago.
George Wilson aud family lately
paid a visit to T.. w. Taylor at Ar
nettsville.
John Potter and wife spent last
Sunday visiting in the Bend"
Henry Thompson and his mother
came down yesterday and will spend
few days with us.
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haIleck Happenings.

HALLEcK, Jan. 2l.-Therc has been
the incest Shedding snow the past two
weeks for years.
The people Of IIalleck are talking
OF taking stock la the new r. r. up
the river.
Miss Belle Jacobs of Pleasant Val.
ley, was visiting friends in this com
munity for a few days recently. Also
Misses Nelia and Fannie Bennett, OF
Bobtown.
Some hunters killed very large
wild cat on the upper waters oil
Booths creek recently.
The Mountain Literary Society at
our school house, Friday night was
Of unusual interest. There was good
music, large crowd aud good dcbat-
ing. Question Resolved, "That pri-
vate life is more enjoyable than pro
fessional life"
The treat at the Brown school
house Saturday night, by their teach
err, Mr.. King, was success Short
addresses were given by several
young men of the district, viz: Nc
Gowan, King, Jollitf and others.
Rev. Stevens preached at tho
Smith church yesterday. He begins
protracted meeting at South Point
this week.
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Cheat Neck.

CHEAT NECK, Jan. 22.-The jingling
of the sleighbels has been almost
incessant for some time.
Miss Hattie Glover, Of Preston
county, has been visiting friends in
this place.
Mr.. F. P. Lyons and wife have re-
turned to Mowyer. Pa, after short
visit here.
Mr.. j. Donaldson, of ELEPHANTS
Furnace paid the Neck flying visit
on the goth.
Mr.. w. NJ. Warman and Miss A.
L. Baker were married last Sunday
by ReY. w. J. Shapes. They de-
parted yesterday for Wauken, Iowa
where they intend they intend to
make their future home. Success to
them.
Rev. VIM. J. Shapes preached to
large congregation last Sunday at
Calvary The protracted meeting is
still in progress at that place under
Rev. Mr.. Young.
G. Il. is ready to give the whoep
to the boys on the wrong side.
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Hymeneal.

Married Jan. 10, 1884, in Morgan
town, by Rev. VIM. j. Shapes, Mr..
James C. Warman and Miss Emma
F. Hunter, all of Monongalia county,
W. Va. One Of the most enjoyable
surprise parties we have ever had
the pleasure of attending. May love,
happiness and prosperity ever attend
their footsteps through life's trial
some journey, until the golden shore
is reached and the blessed mantle OF
eternal life has fallen upon their i'm
mortal nature. -
Married, Jan. 20, 1884, not far from
Cheat Neck, Mr.. VIM. M. Warman
and Miss Anna L. Baker, all of Mon
ongalia county w. Va, Rev. VIM, j.
Sharpes officiating. All was pleas
ant and enjoyable. The sleighing
was fine and merrier crowd never
assembled below the oak tree, land
things look % If other parties might
assemble there or some other place
soon). The happy pair Is probably
now on their way to the west where
they will seek their fortunes. May
they obtain it with LIES richest bles-
sings and finally the christians home
in the better land. -
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cassvIIIe.

CAssvILLE, Jan. PIT is quite
lively here now as there is good sleigh
ing and the people make good use
Of it,
Mrs. "Bob" Millikin who has been
very sick for some weeks past, we
are glad to say, is about well again.
Died, at her home near Cassyille,
Jan. Z, 1884, Of consumption, Miss
Victor Lawlis, aged about % years.
The community was much grieved
At her death. She was loved by all
who knew her. She leaves large
circle Of friends to mourn her loss.
Miss Lizzie Davis, Of MoundsviIle,
il visiting at her uncle, "Bob" Mil
likin's, in this place. Miss Lizzie is
an accomplished young lady, and is
making many friends while here.
Reuben Layton and Jacob Bar
hickman will start for Steubenville,
Ohio, on the 23rd to see DR.. c. H.
McI.ane who we learn is quite jill,
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NOTICE TO LIEN HOLDERS.

To. all persons holding liens hy judy
fnent or otherwise IN the real estate or
any part thereof Of Ralph i. Berkshire:
in pursuance Of il decree OF the Cir
cult Court Of Monongalla County, made
the real estate Of the said Ralph L. Bcrk-
shire to the satisfaction of the liens there
on, you are hereby required to present
all claims held BY YOU and cnch Of you
against the said Ralph Il. Berkshire,
which are liens on his real estate crany
part of it, for adjudication to me, at my
office, IN Morgnntown. Monongalia
County. w. Va on or before the
10th dey Of February, 1864.
Given under MY hnnd this 10th day
Of Jauary, 1854. JoIlN ] !. BROWN,
Commissioner,
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The SEND Orr THE STATE JoCR-
NAL GAVE DIR. j. p Finch AND WIFE.
The following notice of DR.. PUN
mer Fitch's marriage written by Matt
Hughes appeared in late issue Of
the Parkersburg Journal. For some
time past Miss Annie !. johnson,
one of Morgantown's favorite daugh-
ters, has been visiting her uncle, Mr.
j. B. Woodward, of our city. During
her sojourn she has made many warm
friends, and has found among the
sterner sex many admirers. Last
Monday brought to the city DR.. j.
Plnmmer Fitch, likewise from the
Athens of West Virginia, nephew
OF Mr.. j. B. Woodward's. Weines-
day our Local. with the parties
above mentioned, and small compa-
nv of friends, departed for Marietta
After an elegant supper at tue Ma
tional House, a sleigh in waiting bore
the party, now augmented by several
Marietta friends, to the Episcopal
Rectory. where Rev. DR.. Boyd Joined
Miss johnson and DR.. Fitch in the
holy bonds of matrimony, using the
beautiful Episcopal service.
Miss Annie L. Johnson, the bride,
is daughter of Geo. W. johnson, of
Morgantown, and is charming and
accomplished young lady. The Doc
tor is to be congratulated that he has
drawn such prize in the matrimo-
NAL lottery.
DIR. j. Plummer Fitch is one of the
rising young physicians OF our State,
Already he has attained degree of
eminence in his profession seldom en-
joyed by one SO Young in years. His
future is full of promise.
The happy pair departed Friday
morning for their future home at Nor
gantown, and they bear with them
the congratulations and best wishes
of the State Journal, which, figura-
lively speaking, filings after them the
traditional slipper.