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Washing Dishes.

Dish-washing is the housekeeper's
bugbear. What woman does not at
times become tired of this constantly re-
curing duty? There is no other work of
the household from which there is so
little rest. The housekeeper breathes q
sigh of relief as she lays away the wash
ing and ironing for the week, and thinks
that for six days she can have rest from
that work. The weekly cleaning and
hopping is sufficient to keep the home
free from dust and dirt. Food enough
can be baked at one time to last two or
three days, so there is comparative rest
from cooking between baking days
When the beds are once made and the
house put in order in the morning, it is
not to be done again during the day.
But dish-washing. There is no rest
from it. And one of the worst features
of the work is, that the time when it
must be done is when the housekeeper is
already tired with other duties. But
however tedious and difficult any work
may be, there is always some way Of
performing it to rendar it easier. And
SO it is with washing dishes.
] always dreaded this work more than
any of the household until adopted my
present way of doing it. The first ne
cessity is to have avery large dish-pan,
and the second necessity is to have a
kettle of boiling water in readiness. /
always see that the water is on heating
before sitting down to the table. As
gather the dishes from the table, they
are scraped free from all leavings, and
placed in the pan in the following order
In the center of the pan all the plates
are placed, the largest at the bottom.
Around them, Systematically arranged
are cups, saucers, meat dishes-everv-
thing used at the table except knives,
glass and silverware
The kettle OF boiling water is then
poured over the dishes until they are
covered. In pouring the water, move
the kettle so that the stream will flow on
all. The force of the falling water will
almost do the washing. The dishes are
then left to stand few minutes. then
wash them and place them in large
draining pan, and the heat in them is
sufficient to dry them. / rarely vine a
dish, and they are always clean and
bright after being washed in the boiling
water.
An old lady was once visiting us, and
when she saw ourway of washing dishes
she held up her hands in surprise, and
said: "Why, you'll ruin your dishes.
1t cracks them and turns them yellow
to- put them in boiling water. | ALWAYS
told my daughters never to have their
dish-water more than blood warm.'' /
do not agree with the old lady. A poor,
cheap quality of ware may be somewhat
injured by hot water, but good, heavy
grade is not at all hurt; and good china
is so cheap now that no housekeeper
need be annoyed by using an inferior
4uality.-Nellie Burns, IN Country CEN
tlemdn.
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New Orleans Exposition.

Ii the people of this part Of the State
intend to send anything TO the New Or
leans Exhibit, they have no time to lose.
Our citizens appear to take little or no
interest in it, and while other parts OF
the State will be represented, this will
be left out Let us meet at klapp's
Hall next Friday afternoon at three
O'Clock, and take some steps to reform
the Orange Ridge Agricultural Associa-
ton, and talk over what shall he done
in getting up specimens of our products
to send on.
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LADIES DEPARTMENT.
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Orange Marlnalade.

Take twelve oranges, peel them and
extract the juice from half OF them. Use
the pulp and juice of the other half, be-
ing careful to remove all the tough white
parts. Boil the peel of four oranges UNI
til quite soft, changing water frequently
in order to extract the bitter taste. Drain
the peel on sieve or soft cloth and
when well drained cut it into small bits.
Take equal parts of the pulp and juice,
and their weight in sugar. Boil the juice
first with the sugar, until it begins to
thicken; then add the pulp and rind,
and the Juice of four medium sized LEM
ons. Boil together until of the required
thickness. If sour oranges are used the
lemons are not required. Great care
should be taken or the mixture will
scorch after the pulp and peel are added.
Mrs. Z. f. CosNER.
Orange City, Noe. Z, 1854.
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THE FLORIDA AeR1oULTURIsT.

they have given $4,000 toward gather
ing the exhibit. 1t will consist ofall the
products, and Will contain cloths, dress
es, hammocks, ropes, boats, hats, IN
manufactured goods. There will be also
800 specimens of native woods, showing
fifty varieties, articles of native hus-
bandry, very interesting ANTIQUITIES, ca
rib curiosities, oils, medicinal herbs,
liquors, gums, birds, animals, plants,
shells, corals, etc.
The display will be most curious, and
will surprise those unacquainted with
the remarkable wealth of productions OF
Honduras.
Gov. Goldsworthy will arrive in this
city Just before the opening day OF the
Exposition, and take part in the ceremo-
MES of that occasion.
Mr.. Phillips, in speaking of the inter
est taken in the Exposition by the resi-
dents of Honduras, relates an incident
of the visit of an Indian chief from the
interior. This chief has given the peo-
pie much trouble heretofore, and has led
his men in wars against the whites, but
now he is at peace with all. Mr.. Phil
lips showed him a large number OF arti--
cles intended for the Exposition, and
1liIOuSl an lipCi prefer eN pldlllou W Ainii
their destination. The chief merely
glanced at them, as a child would at
what did not interest him, and moved
on. Then Mr. Phillips brought out the
large autographs OF the Exposition
grounds and buildings. The chief ex-
amined them attentively, but they did
not seem to impress him until glass of
whiskey was given him. This produced
the desired effect, for he rubbed his
stomach, smiled pleasantly and said,
"Good, good" He took number OF
the pictures to the mountains with him,
where they now doubtless decorate ma
tive huts.
Mr.. Philips is gentleman Of wide
experience and observation, and has
been untiring in his efforts to further the
success of the Exposition.-Times-Dem Dem
0crdt, Sept. 80.
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Notes for the Kitchen.

The following paragraphs are taken
IRON an article in the New York Ecening
Post:
.Arrow-root sauce for bread or rice pud-
ding is made of two teaspoofuls of arrow
root, the juice of one lemon, a little nut
meg, half a pint OF water, and sugar to
the taste. Wet the arrow-root with the
water, stir it until it is smooth, add the
other ingredients, and let it all come to
a boil. A little wine is an agreeable adj
dition.
Lemon buns are made of one-quarter
of a pound of butter, half pound of SUI
gar, one pound of flour, four eggs, half a
teacupful of sweet milk, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, add lemon extract
to your taste; currants, also, il YOU
choose. Bake in moderate oven.
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To Prevent Scratching Matches on
Paint,

The ladies will find the following very
valuable, especially where boarders are
kept:
"a correspondent in Florida, of Ne~
Remedies. speaking of the DETACHMENT of
paint by the inadvertent or needless
scratching of matches, says that he has
observed that when one mark has been
made others follow rapidly. To effectu-
ally prevent this, rub the spot with fian-
mel saturated with any liquid vaseline.
After that people may try to strike their
matches there as much as they like,
they will neither get light nor injure
the paint, and most singular, the pc
troleum causes the existing mark to soon
disappear, at least when it occurs on
dark paint"
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A Visit from Hon. j. H. Phillips, Of
Honduras.

Monday evening the Times Democrat
had the pleasure OF call from Hon. j.
III. Phillips, member of the Legislative
Council OF British Honduras, and also
commissioner to the Worlds Exposition
here.
Mr.. Phillips is most interesting con-
versationalist, and his account OF the
preparations going on in Honduras for
it's exhibit shows how much interest is
taken in the display He states that the
population OF the colony is 2T,000, most
of whom are Indians and natives, yet
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Wildwood Correspondent.

Editor Florida 1griculturist:
have been a resident of Florida less
than one year; am reader of your pa
per, and must say am greatly surprised
at the seeming negligence of your read
ers to write and report what they are
doing | perfectly agree with j. II.
Foster, OF Tangerine, that eve ought all
of us to try as many experiments as we
can afford, and report results TO the va
rious papers in the State"
Now, as ] have before said, have not
been here long, but / will tell what |
think have learned about hay-making.
thing that our common rice, If sown
on the hammock, will be all that one
could wish in the production of hay. |
sowed one peck on a small plat of ground
failed to get a good STAND" but what
did come grew full six feet high ] cut
just after it headed, and Judging its mer-
its by the way stock eat it, | would say
it was inferior to none.
Now, Mr.. Editor, | have told all |
know l will proceed to worry you or
some of your subscribers with some
questions. First, / would like to know
who has tried hedging for fence, and
with what success? And where one can
get cuttings. And here is question for
the editor: What kind of land is best
adapted to the growing of almonds? l
have some land that think is too low
for oranges, and would like to turn it to
the best advantage. l shall set it to figs,
grapes, bananas, &C., and would like to
know if almonds would grow on such
land. Perhaps some of your readers
are as verdant as myself, therefore you
will please tell us something of the al
mond, its profitableness, time it requires
to come to bearing, and where we can
get seed, &C., &c.
And now, Mr.. Editor, let me make my
bow, and when | learn something which
me again. Yours, &c.
JOIN V. :.
Uiidpood, Sumter Co.., Fio., 1884
REMARKS.
Almonds have not proved success as
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County Officers.

All aspirants for Office in Nolusia
county would do well to bring their de-
sires before the public prior to the Pri-
mary meetings, that the people may
know who to support. We will publish
them for So each. The officers to be
elected are, County Judge, Sheriff, Sur
veyors, Treasurer Tax Assessor, Col
lector, Superintendent of Schools, and
five County Commissioners.
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yet in Florida. They have been tried
repeatedly in different parts of the State,
and none have become profitable. There
are several varieties of almonds, how
ever, and one may yet be found to an
wer There are several plants that will
do for hedges. We will give an article
on them at another time.
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5, 1854
Correspondence.

Communication 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
vte such correspondence.
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ER-Money should be sent by draft, post
office money order on DeLand.. or reg
istered letter, otherwise the publishers will
not be responsible in case of loss. 4N
EETo insure insertion, all articles or
advertisements for this paper, must be sent
in by. or before 10 O'Clock Monday morning
of each week.
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We cannot promise to return rejected
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NOR SALE-40 acres of land 10 of which are
ID cleared, acres in grove of choice trees,
This is part of the Broome tracr, which is
considered the best land near DeLand, and Is
within one and one-half miles of the city.
Price q, 900.
Twenty acres on Spring Garden Ave-, half
mile from railroad and one mile from town
Three lots on New York ave-, fenced and
set in orange trees.
The above will be on the market for short
time. T. C. BRINIY.
Information regarding this property will be
given at this office. N2
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CHEAP COLUMN.

r ATES-Twenty words, name and address
one week. 25 cts: three weeks. 90 cts.
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uNOOMS furnished and unfinished. to
II, rent. Apply to Miss Henrietta Richard
son, Indiana Ave, near PaIceland Hotei,
DeIand, Fla. or
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UTARTs CHOICE BANANA Hardest, earli-
III est, strongest grower, best bearer and
most delicious of them all. Plantsby
337-342 f. II. HART, Federal Point, Fla.
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r1OR SALE in the grove--A small crop of
very fine oranges Inquire at this ofiice
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VDECENr FIRES Admonfsh all TO have
ID good slate roof, proof against sparks.
Price Sc to 81 per square. r. NJ SHOUSE,
342 345 Agt. Pennsylvania Slate Roofing co.
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nOOMS TO RENT.-A number of large
II, pleasant rooms, either furnished or I'M
furnished, at Voorhis villa, two squares sontn
house 340.a42
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DoMEGRANATE PLANTS WANTED
Highest market price will be paid for 100
or more, one to two year old BOX 49,"
u 9Sstf Crescent City, Fla.
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4 OST-Two cows. One a light yellow COW
4 with white face; part Guinea marked,
crop split i'll one ear and upper and under bit
in the other, no brand. The other is light
colored cow with fine black spots all over her,
marked, crop split in each ear and branded
G and E. A suitable reward will be paid
to any one sending me information as to
where they can be found. II. II. CLOUGH,
342 lake Helen. Fla.
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"ILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.-If you wish
II to purchase an Orange Grove, CT good
land in which TO plant one in the best part of
Florida, address, with stamp, ''The Tampa
Land Agency, Tampa, Florida" 327
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ARANGES.-25O boxes of Oranges for sale in
~ grove, mile of steamboat landings.
Call upon or address the undersigned ut Beres-
ford Volusia Co., Fla,
:,37-339 SAMUEL LOWRIE.
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nOCKAWAY AND HARNESS. good
Id, leather top Rockaway ana ~, harness 5sS ,cnSnp
33G-tf MhS MANI IL DA'<AiNH'
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Nor SALE.-At Aurantia Grove, on the
4 Indian River, Titusville, Brevard county.
8 lots superior hammock land, 125 feet each by
30 feet; 7lots TO an acre; situated in block 81,
lots No. %, b. 36, IS, 40, AZ. AZ and 46 fronting
upon Maple and Palmetto streets.
MRS. L. A. DIES BRISAY,
A Hollis 81, Halifax, n. s.; Canada.
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INFANT to sell or exchange for property
w in or near DeLand, ten acres of nice
land suitable both for oranges and gardening,
in good neighborhood, near school house and
lake; five miles from DeLand, fronting on
county road. Apply for terms to. Miss Nj. c,
Meyers, al the residence of MI. W. w. Cleve-
land, DeLand, Fla. 3l2.345
, 1884-05-31

lEFunsNllle ArRuAl
Did you ever hear of those men who have
a mania for reading symbolic writing, secret
signs and the ikef' said a journalist to US the
other day.
"Are you onef' we asked.
81 am. To me a hieroglyphical ad. In a
newspaper is like a glass Of whisky to a
chronic %drunknrd. l cannot rest until
have deciphered it."
"And do you often succeedl"
Generally, but the other day l got hold Of
a poser. Coming down from the office l
picked up a letter, the contents OF which
ran:
Dear Nettie: The order is K 5, o, n, o, k 3,
o, n, purl l, n, purl l, n, purl l, N, o, K, 8, o,
K, 2, o, n, purl l.-EliEa.
"This puzzled my brain 1 can tell you. 1t
was evidently something criminal. Written
by a woman, too. Hour after hour l sat
over the thing till its mystic figures were
burned into my brain. 1 trnnsposed them
into every shape of vowel and consonant.
The strange signs danced before my eyes
until my head reeled and ached."
did you tlnd it out at lastf'
-LAst night my wife was turning out my
vest pockets for loose change. why, Will,'
she said, where on earth did you get this
direction for n pattern OF lace insertion !
1t must be very prettyF l tell you it was
rough. Didn't think l could have been
been such a soft-headed fool tn tar
, 1884-05-31

. A CoLoRED gentleman, extravagant-
ly rugged out in shiny broadcloth and
carefully brushed plug hat and wearing a
massive diamond pin whose e~ffulgence
shamed the feeble glare of the electric
light, dropped into the Republican head
quarters in Chicago yesterday. He Incl
dentally remarked that his name was
Peasants and that he was the advance
guard of the Malone delegation. The
most obsequeous attention was immedi-
ately paid him by the lieutenants of the
various presidential aspirants, The entire
Pacific hotel was placed at his disposal
and for awhile he fairly wallowed in Yer
zany, Mumm's extra dry, Clicquot and
other celebrated decoctions that fondly
and deliberately cheer and inebriate. The
colored man enjoyed his high living until
late in the afternoon. He was lolling on
n crimson divan in the best parlor, with
No. II CATERS on center table and a 50
cigar in his mouth when a telegram ar
rived from Washington stating that the
Malone delegation, including Peasants,
was still at Washington. Being informed
of this matter the colored man left with
out the formality of bidding painful
adieus. He probably ate enough, how
/, ever, tolasthim through convention week.
, 1884-05-31

Now Haven Register.l
The latest sensation at West Haven Is a
kite. Its owners are among the more sub
stantial and scientific residents Of the Dor
ough. They call themselves the West Haven
Aerial association. Their kite is a monster,
twelve feet wide and fifteen feet high. 1t is
made of red cambria, twenty-seven yards OF
the stuff being required to cover its immense
ribs. The 200 feet OF manila cord which
will be used to connect this flyer with the
earth is run from a great reel about tho size
of the steering wheel Of a steamer. 1t re.
quires two men to turn the cranks Of this
reel. The reel will bear two tons pressure.
An attempt was made to fly the kite last
week, but the wind was SO Light that only
260 feet OF the rope could be let out. As soon
as a fairly strong northwest wind springs up,
the association will send its flaming meSsen.
ger TO the clouds.
, 1884-05-31
JNo r. oAnRoLL,....~....-..Ealt Editor.

The Philadelphia Record has discov-
cred that there are 97l ,s57 more males
than females in the country. In Phila-
delphia, however, there are sc 1000 more
females than males, while the same gen
eral rule of the preponderance of the fe-
males will hold good throughout almost
the entire East. In the West, of course,
the rule is reversed. There is a prepon-
derance of males in Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Dakota, Delaware,
Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon,
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington
Territory, West Virginia, Wis
consin and Wyoming. The
females preponderate in Alabama,
Connecticut, District of Columbia.
Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts,, New Hampshire, New
jersey, New York, North Carolina, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
1ciiiSSSSc anu HBuuGh- In NlOnlalla tne
proportion of males over females is three
to one, in Idaho more than two to one,
in Nevada two to one, in Wyoming over
two to one, and in Colorado about the
same. Under these circumstances the
average young man in this country should
be swamped under the heavy load of debt
contracted in buying red lemonade on cir
Gus days and at the season when ice cream
becomes epidemic financial failures on the
part Of the youth should be as frequent
as crashes in Wall street on a lively day.
Strange to say, even though girls are at a
premium here, this is not the case.
Amidst all the lurking dangers of ice
cream matinees, the overshadowing pres
ence of the strawberry festival and the
baleful influence of the solitary yet ex-
pensiye oyster, they have been known to
enjoy life and gradually amass a compe-
tence. This state of affairs is no doubt
due principally to the utter repugnance
with which the young ladies hereabouts
look upon ice cream, but whatever the
cause the fact is apparent and we merely
echo the popular sentiment when We say
that this is not a bad place for young men
to live after all.
, 1884-05-31

THE superf nous Greenbackcrs, in their
national convention, beautifully hedged
on the tariff question and made an effort
to sink a grave problem into petty insig-
niicancc. The Greenbackers are so en-
wrapped in considering the money ques-
ton that they can only obtain a smoked
glass insight into other questions of live
and impending importance. Even on
their pet hobby of finance the idea is
generally prevalent that they are suffering
from an obfuscation of intellect. Con-
sidering all the circumstances, the Green
hackers as a party seem to be an unneces-
sarY LUXURY.
, 1884-05-31

THE California delegation to the Chi
cago convention are creating a great hub
bub along the line of their route. At
every way side town where the train stops
to take on passengers one ofthe over-will-
ing delegates, loaded to the muzzle with
language, stands upon the platform to
make a speech, If the time is not too
limited several speeches are made and
Blaine and Victory" whom the Cali
~fornians now think form such a close and
inseparable alliance, are whooped up with
~pertinacious enthusiasm. Just now,
pampered as they are with high living
and efferyescent drinks, they do not even
take into. consideration the possibility of
being compelled to fall back upon a second
choice. They only know that the Coast
people want Blaine and in their fevered
imaginations they conceive that as Cali
fornia goes, 50 goes the world. Elsewhere,
other sections of the country hold the
same peculiar notions with relation to
themselves, so that it is barely possible
the Californians may eventually return
home, each bearing a cheap medal in his
waistcoat pocket as the only evidence of a
hard fight in a lost cause. Such strange
things have occasionally happened in the
history Of politics.
, 1884-05-31

TIE blushing honors fall thickly upon
Ex-Governor Ben Butler. As nominee of
two political parties for President and at
the same time a delegate to the National
convention of an utterly distinct political
organization he would seem to be the
cock of the walk in the political barn yard
at this moment, The aristocratic Bos-
t%onians, who have pursued Butler with
such bitter and relentless hatred, must be
suffering acutely from envy just now.