The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-08-19

''Jo'y - A<foutcuont-STOv0fuOk was
5l,4ss. while yours was only 5o,2i7."
Yes. but you forget" retorted tha Gov
ernor," {" that l gave you the SC, 900, and
you got the l,4ss votes."-Nss York
World.
-Houghton Hall, the home of the Wal
poles for 400 years. which 10 situated in q
favorite part of Norfolk, Eng, was sold
at auction for $l,5oO,oO0 on July 20.
The purchaser got the grounds and sur
rounding woods, including four entire viii
lagos, thirteen farms with residences, and
several church livings. Sir J. Ellis is the
new lord of the ancient seat.
-Tavares is to have an opera house.
1t keeps one busy to follow the rapid
march ofimprovementi in Florida. There In
force of thirty men at work on the Ia
wares opera house at present. The hpild-
ing will be large one. It will be 90
feet and inches deep on the east and
l2l feet on the west, and 70 feet in width.
The material will be brick, and style of
architecture Moorish, with large pillars,
capitals and arches. It will be complet-
ed January lst, and will be known as
st. Clair-Abrams theatre" We sdmire
the pluck and enterprise of Capt. Abrams
and hope the Investment will prove a
profitable one to him. Capt Abrams is
equal to fifty ordinary men in the way
OF enterprise Palatka Daily Nescs.
Judge Thurman's judgment of Presi-
dent Cleveland is that of patriotic and
impartial men everywhere. The Presl-
dent has, indeed, as Mr.. Thurman SAYS.
demonstrated to the satisfaction of
everybody that he is an honest, ooura-
geous man, who intends to do as nearly
right as he knows how. There is no
doubt of his sincerity and his courage.
People admire courage and they appre-
ciate honesty. Knowing Mr.. Cleveland to
possess both, they can overlook minor
defects" There is nothing of the sulk
or the sorehead about the old Buckeye
Roman.-Boston Herald.
Every year increases the acreage of
fall plowing, says the Charlotte Home
Democrat, because every year farmers re-
ceive evidence of the value of it. In the
first place the conditions for plowing in
the fall are all favorable. The horses are
at their best, the soil is in good condition,
the weather is pleasant, the crops are
harvested or out of the way, and there is
ample time for doing the work leisurelv
and we'll. 1t has grown into proverb that
frequent tillage is manure. This means
that the earth Is great absorbent, and
| if thrown up and exposed to the air it
will gather in the fertilizing elements
which the atmosphere carries. Fall plow-
ing, viewed from any standpoint, pays,
as farmers will see after it has been thor
oughly tested.
The american Aqriculturist saws:
"Modern experience tends to favor the
shallow and superficial culture of corn,
rather than deep blowing. After the
corn has been planted plow should not
be used in the corn field, but the cultiva-
tor only. The surface alone needs TO be
stirred, and the Oftener it is mellowed
and loOsened the better for the crop.
The writer has grown several crops of
over one hundred bushels to the acre, and
in every case in which this unusual produc-
tion was reached, it was when the ground
was worked with the horse hoe every
week until the corn was in tassel. When,
unavoidably this frequent cultivation was
missed, the yield fell sometimes as low as
seventy or eighty bushels per acre, show
ing-all other treatment being the same
that the frequent working of the soil
has a most useful result"
The large profits that have accrued
to Mrs. Grant from the publication and
sale of General Grants Memoirs form an
era in book-making apart from the phe-
nomenal nature of the sales. The lowest
subscription price of the Memoirs is $3.50.
The cost of manufacturing IS cents per
volume. The contract bids ran from SO
to IS cents per volume. The cost of dis
tribution is just double that amount, or
$50 per volume. These figures make
the cost of manufacturing and selling the
two volumes just $3.50, or e2.2s per vol
lume. Of the remaining $s Mrs. Grant
receives seventy and the publishers thirty
per cent. Considering the nature of the
work done, its quality and character, this
is an equitable adjustment. OF the sets
already sold. $780, 900 are of this general
edition. The account ut present will
stand very nearly in this wise: Received
for eoo, 900 volumes, y, ESQ, 600; paid for
manufacturing, $45o.OOo; paid for distrib-
uting and sale, soOO.o 900; cost Of publica-
tion, 81 $50, 600. This leaves sooO, 600
for Mrs. Grant and the Publishing firm,
divided as follows: Mrs Grant at 92.l0
royalty per set, $3.50, 600; the publishers
at 90 cents for profits, $27o, 900. The
foreign and future sales are estimated at
another loO, 900. The cost Of translation
into several tongues must be accounted
for. 1t will be safe only TO count the
gross returns at the same rate - that
given for the larger number This esti.
| mate will give: For msuufacturinc. eIko. i.