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The Florida agriculturist., 1885-05-06
Homemade Yeast.

Put six good, mealy potatoes into a
quart of water. Take off the skins before
boiling, but pare as thin as possible. Put
large handful of hops into little bag,
a tablespoon of sugar and one of salt !;
put these into the water with the pota-
toes and cook until the potatoes are soft
enough to mash. Then take them out
and mash very smooth; mix a pint of
flour with the dry mashed potatoes so
thoroughly that there will not be lump
left. Put it into clean tin pan and set
it on the stove. Take the bag of hops
from the still boiling water and pour the
water, little at time, over the pota-
toes, stirring it all the time. If the water
in which the potatoes and hops are boil
ed has so far boiled away that there is
is not enough to make a quart add
what is needed from the teakettle,
which should be kept boiling in case of
such necessity. Stir all very thorough
ly while cooking. When done it should
be as thick as good boiled custard. There
should be nearly two quarts of it when
done. Put in a large-mouthed jar, not a
jug. 1t will be ready for use in day or
two. Keep it closely covered in cool
cellar
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-05-06
Another Big Sale.

Big sales now multiply one upon an
other. No sooner had Mr.. Eichelberger
parted with his beautiful Hyde Park
place near town, than a syndicate was
formed to purchase his three valuable
groves on the beautiful Panasoflkee Lake
known as Idlewild, Wautula and Hacien-
da, the price paid being 100000. Per-
sons familiar with these groves say that
they are cheap at the price, and are the
most valuable property of the kind in
the State. Protected by river and lake
the most tender plants are never touched
by frosts, and because of which it has
been appropriately termed the Tropical
Center" of Florida. Lemons, lines, qua
vas, tomato vines, and a hundred other
tender plants grow there all winter long,
escaping all visitations of frosts. Mr..
Eichelberger, the most genial and gener-
Gus of men, is the father of the orange
industry in this section of the State, and
has multitude of friends all over the
State who will be glad to hear of his good
fortune. He has large property left and
will still devote his time and talents to
booming the varied industries of our
State.-OcdIa Banner.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-05-06
Fig Growing in MARYLAND.


Mr.. VIM. Fowler, of Clifton Park Gar
dens, the late John Hopkins estate, in
Baltimore county, states that he has
cultivated figs for the past twenty-five
years with success, and in that time has
never failed in securing crop. The
method of treatment used by him he
gives as follows: From the 10th to the
10th OF November we dig a trench
around the bushes, cutting away about
hall the roots they have made the late
season, when the, bushes are growing
vigorously, and less when they are not
so robust, bending down the branches
to the ground in the form of cross and
covering them with the earth from the
trenches from three to four inches in
thickness, and in spring uncovering
them from the 1st to the 10th of April.
They bear fruit abundantly, ripening
about the 1st of July, and continuing to
bear until November, and later if not
destroyed by frost. OF about twenty
four fig bushes, each covering eighteen
feet in diameter, we have in one year
sold over twenty bushels of fruit, besides
supplying the table of my employer,
John Hopkins. The following kinds
have done best: Brown Turkey, Brown
Hamburg, White Marseilles, Nerii and
Castle Kennedy. With these kinds we
have been able in some seasons to keep
up continual succession of ripe fruit.
The. soil here is poor, gravelly loan
with clay subsoil, but requires no ma
nure for figs. So far as / know, the fig
is exempt from disease and insects in
outside culture. -Cdt0nsUiUe argus.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-05-06
The Decline of a Great Industry.

The Tampa Tribune reports that large
numbers OF cattle have died the past
winter in South Florida, and are still dy-
ing at fearful rate. In some sections of
Manatee county the stencil is so great
that people are compelled to burn the
carcasses. Ziba King, one of thelargest
cattle owners of that region, reports his
loss at over two thousand head. Pneu-
monia seems to be the disease that has
played such wholesale havoc among the
herds. Heretofore bunch of cattle in
South Florida was good for sixteen dol
lars per head, but now, in addition to
the loss from disease and death, the Gu
ban market has collapsed, which has de-
pressed and almost destroyed the cattle
industry, for long time the most profit
table in the State. This, of course has
made money very tight with .our South
ern neighbors. s.-OcaIa Banner.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-05-06
Fruits we Raise in Florida.

Inc orange crop having now all gone
to market, other products are coming
forward. We were surprised to find that
raising Strawberries had already become
quite prominent and successful indus
try IN Alachua and Marion counties.
One producer in the neighborhood of
Ocala has fourteen acres in cultivation,
and expects to make ten thousand dol
lars from the present crop. Another
party has gathered and shipped 650
quarts from half an acre of land and is
not quite through. They net in northern
markets about fifty or sixty cents, which
gives large profit. They are picked by
women and children, at cost of from
one to two cents per quart. Thus, one
by one, Florida is ascertaining her ca
pacity and advantages in every depart
ment of production. Next to the straw
berry will come the varieties of Chinese
peaches, now being propagated to con-
siderable extent. The Peen-to and
Honey peach, both delicious peaches,
small size, fine flavor and very attrac-
tive. We can place these early peaches
in market about as soon as the blooms
appear on Northern peach trees, and
their fine flavor and delicacy insure
good price.
We are not aware that any effort has
yet been made in the direction of the
cultivated blackberry and raspberry.
There is no question but that both will
succeed and be remunerative. Grape
culture has not reached a point much
beyond home consumption for fruit and
wine, but the experiment has been suffi-
GENTLY tried to demonstrate that the
establishing of vineyards will be very
profitable industry. We can place our
fine grapes in market far ahead of any
other section of the United States, and
in consequence obtain high prices before
the markets become supplied from the
Northern States. The grape will be fol-
lowed by the lie Conte pear, which, it
has been shown, will produce abundant
ly in all the northern portion of Florida.
With all these varied industries be-
longing to the domain of horticulture, we
have field for enterprise and industry
which will occupy the attention of large
numbers of people who cannot we'll en-
gage exclusively in raising oranges or
early vegetables. -FernandinG Mirror.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-05-06
Some Sheep.

There is probablyspo class OF all the
domestic animals that exhibits so wide
a difference in ther anatomical construc-
ton as the sheep. There is the bold and
pugilistic ram, and the mild and gentle
little lamb, that Mary had, with all the
variations. But the funniest OF all are
the very eccentric sheep that are found
in India, China, and Barbary, and are
abundant in the colony of the Cape of
Good Hope, and are known as the broad
or f1at-tailed sheep. 1t is of rather me-
dunn size, with short soft wool, it's pecu-
liar characteristic being the enormous
development of the tail, which appen-
dage has been known to weigh 20 or so
pounds. This is caused by great masses
of fat accumulating on both sides of the
tail. 1t is highly esteemed as delicacy,
and the shepherds frequently attach a
board to the tail to protect it from being
injured by dragging on the ground
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-05-06

No. 21,-Twelve and half acres, two
miles southeast from DeLand; all cleared
and acres in grove; $50 budded trees, 100
bearing Price $1,000.
No. 22.-Twelve and half acres. two
miles southeast from DeLand; $50 trees,
with 200 bearing. Price $1,000.
No. 23.-Seventeen and half acres with
fair house on a fine summit, 24 miles
southeast of DeLand: 200 budded orange
trees; 100 budded lemon tree, about $50
bearing; also guavas, mulberries, and
other fruit and Ornamen Jal trees. The
grove is now paying exp enses of cultiva-
tion and Will soon pay we'll on the invest
ment with good care. Price $1,000; or all
three, Nos, 21, %, and %. for $4,000.
No. 29.-Twenty acres, south half of
northwest quarter of northwest quarter
of section 10, township II, range so east :
ten acres under cultivation; 546 orange
trees in grove, 100 bearing, 81 lemons, also
variety OF grapes, Japan Plums, pine
apples, Avocado pears, lines, citrons ba-
nanas, &c,; house 20x40. one and half
Stery with L; one mile east of post office,
DeLand. Desirable location. Price S., 500.
No. 52.-10 acres, l mile east of post
office, fronting New York avenue, with
p acres cleared and all fenced. A new
one story dwelling of 4 rooms. lathed but
not plastered; a good well; about 1000
trees i'll nursery, and 1000 more seedlings
planted. Price. $4,000.
No. 55--House of rooms on Indiana
Ave.. DeLand. and acre lot. West half
of lot block 4. Tenant house OH rear
lot; cleared, fenced, and set to orange
trees two years. Place rents for $3.50 per
year. Price, north half, $4,000; south
half, 81 800.
No. 56--New cottage of three rooms and
attic, one acre lot, corner VOcrhis
RnIIl laxyO OrH AVxHh 1 In fwp
business center of DeLand. Lot fenced
and partly set with orange trees. Rents
for $50 per year. Price, Sl,S0O.
No. $40 acres in of W / of e
of sec. 80, township IL, range 80 east, on
the Boulevard II miles north of city limits
Of DeLand. 5 acres cleared, 2 acres fenced
and planted with budded orange trees
nearly two years. Price, 81 200.
No. 59.-Choice of lots 4 or 5, Block Is,
one hundred feet front by two hundred
and fifty-fve feet deep. 200 rods north.
east OF business center of DeLand. $4OO.
No. 60.-Several fine residence lots in
Blocks 8, IL, IL and %; one acre or less
each, at prices varying from S400 to $500
per acre.
No. CLIO acres. The southwest of
the southeast of the southeast / OF Sec.
80, Township H., Range 30 East. First
quality high pine land, excellent for
orange grove and residence; one mile
southeast from Deerfoot Landing on Lake
Beresford. Price $420.
No 63.-S one and one>quarter acre lots,
II miles west of DeLand, in quantities to
suit. First quality high pine land, good
for orange grove and resIdence-Otfered
for short time to actual settlers at $125
per acre.
No. 64.-l60 acres first quality high roll
ing pine land one mile south of city limits
DeLand. Will be sold in separate forties
if desired at $25 to s35 per acre.
No.65-20 acres choice high pine land on
N. I. Avenue, west II miles from business
fenced. A comfortable house and stable,
224 orange trees in grove, II years plant
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-05-06
Sea-Weed as a Manure.

In the shore towns and in the districts
penetrated by tide-water streams and
coves, sea-weeds of various kinds are
much used for fertilizing the land. There
is great difference in the character and
value of this marine vegetation, the most
valuable coming from rocky shores and
deep waters, and the less valuable from
the flats and bays, where fresh water
mingles with the tides. The Eel-grass
(ZoStcrG D,drind), which is not a true all
ga, or sea-wrack, grows abundantly both
in shoal, brackish water and i'll the sea,
but is the least valuable OF sea-weeds.
The Rock-weed (Fucus cesiculosus) takes
its common name from it's strong attach
ment to the rocks and boulders that are
found on many parts of the coast. The
Ribbon-weed (Ldmindrid), also called
Kelp, and the "mosses," so beautifully
colored, grow in much deeper water, and
are considered the best of all for dress
ing the land. These weeds are torn up
from the bottom by the storms in winter
and spring, and borne by the tides and
winds in immense quantities to the
shores, where they are stranded within
reach of the farmers teams.
The value set upon this fertilizer diff
fers very much in the localities where it
is Wltnm easy feach. In some places
the beaches are leased, and the wrack is
carefully gathered and removed season.
ably to the yards, or to the fields where
it is to be plowed in. In other districts
all that lodges below high-water mark is
free to the first conner, and is removed
in boats and scows. 1t just pays for
gathering. Large quantities of it are
taken from the shores Of islands, and
sold in the neighboring parts, at from
one to two dollars ton. The analysis
of the ash of these weeds shows large
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-05-06
CONSUmPTlON UURED.

An old physician, retired from practice hav.
ing placed in his hands by an East India mis-
sionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of
Consumption. Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma
and all throat and Lung Affections, also a
and all Nervous Complaints, after having
tested its wonderful curative powers in thous-
ands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it
this motive and desire to relieve human
suffering, will send free of charge, to all
who desire it, this recipe, in German, French
or English, with full directions for preparing
and using. Sent by mail by addressing with
stamp, naming this paper. w. A. MOVES,
SS5'Ss6 li9 Po,oer's Block, Rochester N. Y.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-05-06
Canned Banana.

The Scientific american says: "To
make canned banana, the fruit is prepared
separately land allowed to absorb as much
sugar as possible from a strong syrup,
then it is dipped from time to time into
a concentrated syrup made from crystal
lied sugar, and afterward dried on wire
screen. The dipping is continued until
equalization is satisfactory"
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23

["Glenarrril' is the tide q? Lord Lyt-
tons new poem. From what lean learn
of it, the public may expect Il great liter
airy treat. Lord Lylton in many respects
equals Byron. And ! man say that in
his flights from grave to gay, from sun
shine 10 shadow, and in dashcs from the
humorous to the serious he has no equal.
The following lines selected from the pa
thetic part of the poem shows how deep
Is he draws from the fountain of human
naturcl:
lhcr' pe '"r'' h''''re' "l'''r''' WHY'S
ans. more
vi speAh'i'S' pu' "i weeping ohly one
And that one way the wide world DER
ana DER
BE known by all though II Is taught
py none
No man Is master OF TINS ancient lore
Ana no man pupil Every slhpletoh
Can weep as well as every sage. The man
Does II no better than the infant can
Tho fr.t tb;,r III ma, l,,,, !. hou "a
.,oal.
VT unIau.,.,I u,.. ,,aL a.,an,.
'V' uii''s' S''''' ''''l '"''' o''i'' >
speech;
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23

husbands house in q litter, seated
between the bridegroom and his
triend-the best man. In Rome
two boys led the bride, but her at
tendant was married woman
whose duty it was 10 lead the newly
married pair TO the altar Of the
family gods. In the time Of the
Anglo-Saxons the bride was led by
a matron, and followed by a compa-
ny Of young girls, who were called
the bridesmaids, From them the
custom has descended to us.
From D,mores's Monthly for {,nr.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23
CLIO HING

II. ady-made, the best to be
found: We have taken
special pains to get up an
attractive assortment Of
STYLISH SUITS for Men
Youths, Boys and Children
AS we make much of our
Clothing, we buy Cassi-
meres from the mills, cut
and make them under or
own supervision. We
know what we have to
offer our customers. beside
Offering thu be t for tn"
least money. We give
with every So rcady-made
Suit, sold for Cash,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23

All trust is dangerous, if it il nat
entire; we ought on most occasions
to speak all or conceal all, We have
already too much disclosed our Sc
crcts to man from whom we think
any one single circumstance is to lc
concealed.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23
Employ the Children.

Herbert Spencer says that the
spreading recognition OF drawing
as an clement Of education is one
among many signs the more views
of mental culture now be.innin., to
prevail" This is high authority,
and no one who has watched the de-
velopment Of childs mind will
question the truth of the assertion.
4 child will accept pencil and piper
or pencil and slate, and cndrayor to
reproduce the pictures it secs IN its
own mind; for at first a rhild does
not attempt to reproduce an OBJECT
in sight; but before it reaches ills
AEGEAN observing parent will discover
that it is color, and not outline, that
attracts attention, How eagerly it
will grasp at the red tic at its
mothers neck, or stretch forward to
catch a book or bright color, how
intently it will gaze at any bright
object in the room If child is to
be educated according to hemethod
of nature color should prccede out
line, and II wise parent will place in
the hands of child brush and
box of paints before the pencil
How many busy mothers would
save themselves hours of time and
an immense amount of irritation if
they would provide beforehand
means OF amusement for the little
one who follow them about constant
ly with the cry, what can | do
now, mammal" or, "What Shall
do next, mammal Or, if this de-
sire for employment is not out
spoken, it will be found in some
pieces of mischief, which proper em-
ploymcnt would have avoided
Hours of time and an immense
waste of energy and nerve force can
be saved for the busy mother by the
exercise of a little !orcthought and
ingenuity, Cut from 4 newspaper
the picture OF a horse, or cat, or dog,
or any animal or object with which
the child is familiar; give it the
paint box and brush and tell it to
paint. OF course, the colors will be
wrong; the mothers province is 10
develop the child's powers of obser-
Walton by showing it that it has not
painted the object in the proper
color; but let the little one expert
mcnt until it discovers which is the
right color to use on the object it is
painting
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23

If q man elects to mount the
rounds of the worlds ladder, he
must have what Charles Lamb de-
dominates as grit" The man who
expects that quality Of nature must
become a pugilist, knocking the ~
out Of ifs" 1t is the chief element
in the body-politic Of every success
full man a man low down you
cannot keep low down if he wants
to rise Men rise from cutters to
rule in palaces of kings, and to com
mand the men content to remain
in bondage.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23
DING SOUTH.
Daily Except sunday


SUNDAY TRAINS. GOING NORTH.
Train leaves Wilmington sos, M Dupont SIS,
thadd's Ford Jc SIl, Lenape S5S, COatesyillO $40,
Mayncsburg Jc. lO.lG, Springfield 1896 BlTdsbOrO
HOS, Reading ll.42
Train leaves st Peters at 100 p IN, Warwick 30,
Springfield i.i0, BlrdsbOrO 5.2l, arr Reading b.j5
GOING SOUTH.
Train leaves Reading at 23l pm BlrdsborO 3OS,
Springfield 50, Waynesburg J0 3. I, COatesyillc
i.3l Lcnnpe b,L9, Chahd's Ford JIG 52j, Dupont
5.IS, arrive Mt Wilmington 500
Train leaves Reading at $50, BiTdshOTO gO4,
Springfield 94u, Warwick $50, arr st Peters 1900
For connection, at Wilmington, Chadd's Ford
Junction, Lenape, Coatesyille, Waynesburg juno.
tiOn, BirdsborO, and Reading see timetables ut
all stations l.. A. BOWER, Genl. Pass. Agent
A. G. MCFARLAND, Supt.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23
NORTH.

Trains marked with run daily.
\ Baltimore Passenger train leaves
Philadelphia daily at ll:O7 p m, and
reaches Newark at 1918 night and Bal
timore at 2:O5 a. m. This train stops to
take on or let off passcngcrson giving
notice to conductor or agent
\ New York and Washington Express
also leaves Philadelphia at 4:02 Il. NJ,
arriving at Newark at 5:23 p. NJ, which
stops to take or leave passengers on
giving notice to the conductor or agent.
j. r. Wood General Passenger Agent.
j. G. Shivlcr, Agent at New ak.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23

Iced tea is a nice as well as
fashionable drink for summer meals
but it is not stepped in hot water.
just try STEPPING it for a few hour
in cold water, using a little more
tea than for the hot beverage and
having it strong enough to be weak
cncdwith icc-watcr when it is served
the flavor and effect are much bet
ter than by the hot water method.
And, by the way, the plan is com
ing TO be recognized as the best for
the preparation ofmany of the herb
teas used for medical purposca, o4.
pccially such as thorough-wort
lboncscD and others, which, stepped
in hot water, produces an unplcas.
ant and undesirable nausea. This
effect is obviatcd 10y stepping in
cold water, and the tea can bcmadc
much stronger and used To- b. tier
advantage.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23

A cheerful mind is never without
company
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23
A WATCH AND CHAIN

as an extra inducemcnt for
you to tt! us We gave
the boys watches last sea-
son, but now we extend
the offer to men as well.
We do this to extend
orr business, which has
been growing ever sine
we started. and We know
it is bound 10 continu" to
incrcas when our ma ner
Of doing business is known
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23

] know many good people who
think it a great sin to dance, and
who would rather bury their child
rem than see them enter the dance
hall. This feeling presume has
grown out ofthc abuses and temp
tations which attend this amusc-
mcmt. Dancing in itself is harm
less and enjoyable, yet like all other
pleasures may be abused, The
earliest sacred and profane records
make mention of dancing, and in
most of the ancient nations it was
constituent part of religious rites
and ceremonies The Jewish re-
cords make abundant reference to
this amusement, and it is certain
that the primative Christmas danced
at their religious meetings. The
Greeks made the art of dancing
into a system expressive Of all the
different passions. Spartans had
law obliging parents to cNercise
their children in dancing from the
age Of five. As an entertainment
in private society, dancing was per-
formed in ancient times mostly by
professional dancers, and not by
the company themselves. In Egypt
there are, at the present day, dane
ing and singing girls called Alme,
who improvisc verse as in Italy
and all over India may be found
the wcll-known nautch-girls, or bay
adcrcs, who dance at festivals and
feasts.-Mmyon's Illustrated World.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-23

Among thorns grow roses.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29
JAMESTOWN OAK. HURsDAY JANUARY % 1885

rial supreme court. Hnt suppose the
present legislature should, BY a two thirds
vote, remove the capital from bismarck
to Pierre and The supreme court OF the
United States should decide the removal
from Yankton TO have been invalid and
void, whcIc would the legal capital he
With such decision tho same complica.
tions would exist If the Legislature and
gov .rnor should JOIN IN removing the
capital to any point in the territory other
tl.an Yankton. If that portion CT the
capital removal bill Of two years ago
which invests the commissioners with
power to re- c-lOcatc the capital is uncOn
stl,utional and y old that part repeating
the law establishing the capital at Iank-
ton must fall with it else il would leave
the territory without a capital which
would be so unreasonable that it would
be inherently void The bill now before
the legislature neither rcpeals the capital
removal act OF two years ago nor tlIat nn-
dcI which the seat Of governn'c cnt was cs
s""'S"C" ~ ""No". 1H!Ih'cu'N Ioh
ccdcs that the scat OF government is now
legally at Bismarck by providing that it
is ''hcrcby removed from the city Of Bis
marck," etc IL the supreme conrt should
decide that The capital has not been re.
moved to Bismarck u would take the
substance all ont of this bin which is
founded on The presumption that such
removal has been made