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Ei:ls and Dalcs on the Ocaan.

We have all been taught TO believ.
That the ocean, after allowing for tide
waves ard wind waves, has level sur
ace; That there arc no hills or valleys
)n the waters. NJ. bouquet dc In Grye
las disputed this; has, in fact. demon
itra-cd it's fallacy. If we take n u
.haped tube with distilled water Of
'qual temperature OF both sides. the
Two surfaces will be perfestlv level
gut u one side contains n liquid that l.
ienser than on the other, more of the
lighter liquid is required TO balance the
heavier, and Therefore the lighter will
stand at higher level. If fresh wa.
ter rs on one side and salt on the other
equilibrium can ooly be established bv
the fresh water Standing q little higher
than the salt. The like must happep
1t we have q uniform liquid. as regards
composition, but Of UNEQUAL tempera.
turc. Such variations occur In Tho
oceans. Where rivers are pouripo
largo quantities Of fresh water into fbo
sea, and where icebergs arc rapidly
melting, The salinity is proporiionaseIy
lower than the other parts. The tom
peraturc also varies. and. therefore
ON equilibrium can only be attained bv
variations Of level the lighter water
must stand higher than the densor
whether the difference be due 10 tenn.
Perature or saliuity. Thus in cross
ing The warm Gulf Stream, ship sails
uphill ON entering, proceeds thus 10
somewhere about tho middle, and then
descends. In this respect IL resen.
Dies n flowing river, which Is similarly
rested toward the middle of the
itream; it ia also like n river IN being
higher at its source than 81 its embon.
1hure, as ITS temperature gradually do.
Zines IN the course Of It's northward
PmRross.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25
n PAIl4 AND GARDEN.
nilAxrixc CELERY.

Slcn, planting celery, have In mind
'e fact Tint it is plant that needs q
seat Zeal Of moisture. Consequently
hooSfa piece OF low land which is natu-
ai|y somewhat damp. II there Is no
appliances for watering, such as tanks,
hose, ETC.. good location may be found
beside an open ditch, or small run from
which water may be easily taken by means
Of a pump. Very good ones, such as arc
sold for spraying trees, may be had for a
few dollars, which, with hundred feet
Of inch hose, win do duty over n consider
able extent Of ground.--American Agri-
culturist.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25
FAnM AND eARprN Norrs.


1t Is highly extravagant 70 use low.
priced mower oil.
The Wyandotte fowls arc highly
priced as winter layers.
Now weed your strawberry bed and up.
ply dressing Of decomposed manure.
Better feed the inferior fruit and vege.
tables to the hogs than send them To
market.
Cut the timothy and clover when the
clover Is prime. Do not wait 70 e
timothy.
Use the cultivator as often and as long
as you can. Every time you do It you
kill weeds.
Provide place Of shelter for fowls
where they can be kept dry during hard
rain-storms.
The care that win raise good crop OF
cabbages viii raise q crop of delicious
caulihowers.
Many practical fruit growers favor
pruning in midsummer, as the wounds
then heal most rapidly.
Little pigs thrive wonderfully on oats
fed whole. Let them have a separate run
where they can cat them.
With the present standard of popular
taste, the very highest price may be OBJ
tanned for ensilage butter.
The character of the milk is largely in
the pasture field. II the COW eats badly
favored weeds, she will give badly fla.
vored milk.
The weeds can be kept down much
easier If crop is kept growing than il
the land is left unoccupied. Put in the
second crop.
Ensilage in connection with grain feed
will make the cheapest butter, and butter
which may obtain more than the highest
market price.
Pigs can be reared so as to have seven.
ty-five per cent. of lean meat in them by
feeding bran and middlings. Skim milk
may also be fed.
| None too much rain for weeds, because
If one kind find the condition unfavor.
able, dozen other kinds have exactly
what they require.
Peter Henderson thinks every farme,
should have few acres of root crops on
his farm md he will find them invalu.
able for feeding stock during the win.
| ter.
Parsnips are very nutritious, and in
the islands of Jersey and Guernsey are
considered excellent -oots for dairy
cows ard gre extensively grown for that
purpose.
p. III. Jacobs affirms in Rural Mem
Yorker, that poultry droppings applied to
tho cOIl f1n pnorlu = Al.
are estimated. He also disapproves of
the common advice to keep them dry,
and says they are rendered more avail
able as plant food by keeping them wet.
According to A. w. Cheever the best
time for cutting grass with machine is
after o'clock in the afternoon. ANY
single-team farmer can cut all the grass
after 4 o'clock that he can handle the
next day before that hour, and all hay
should go into the barn by that time
every afternoon.
A Florida orange grower claims that
If the tap root of the tree is cut off and
rock Is laid Immediately under the
centre of the tree in planting, there will
be no real tap root again, and that the
lime water which kills the tap root in
limestone hammock will not affect the
lateral roots nearly so severely.
Not half enough is attempted in the
way of ornamental gardening with fruit,
says Country Gentleman correspondent.
With the strictest unitarian management
few things in the country landscape arc
prettier than the blossoming or fruiting
orchards, and little taste and skill in
arrangement will make the fruits de-
cided adjunct of the pleasure grounds
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25
GOOGd Maps Of each State and Territory IN the United States.
Also Maps Of every Country In the World

The letter gives the miles Of each State time of
settlement population chief cities average salary
of officials and the principal postmascrs the State number of
farms with their productions and the value thereof different
manufactures and number of employees Also the
of each Foreign Country form Of government population prn
cpal products and their money value Of trade religion
of army miles Of railroad telegraph number of horses
cattle sheep and information valuable all
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25
MAKING HAY.

The value ofhay depends to a large ex-
tent upon the time when the grass or
clover is cut, os well rs upon the manner
of the curing. The following table gives
the feeding value of hay cut and cured
OF the different stages of the plants, and
1t is we'll worth the careful study of oil
concerned:
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25

the finest butter Is produced from young
heritage Of all kinds, and that when the
feeding grows late considerable help
from corn meal and cotton seed mca
Is required to MAINTAIN the product in
both quantity and quality. In soiling
close succession of fresh crops produced
by weekly planting is therefore indispens.
able for the most satisfactory results
american A1riculturist.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25

Joseph Conkling, aged So, and Niles
Maria kdwmds. aQed 73, were mar ed
10 Fort Jarvis, ~ ~, Che other da.
Fifty years ago they wanted % we'd
no tbe parents Of tho girl interfored
because Mr. ConklinQ was not we'll IN
in worldly goods. Mr Conklinp ia now
'Wcli fixed, and there is no doubt HE
abiiity % provide ONE for his bride.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25
EVERY NEWSPAPER READER SHOULD HAVE ON}.

All newspaper readers constantly needing Atlas for
reference in order to inteigeny understand the article they
persing 1t is surprising how much information
away in the memory, and how becomes familiar
the chief points concerning ell the Nations Of the World
POSTPAID TOR c5 GENTS
BOOB PUB HOUSE, 1aA Leonard ST., New york city.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25

What I'm the world is the use NJ s,,,ino
around waiting for something 10 turn up'
fon might just rs well sit down In the mc,1low
mn wait TOR tho COW to come up to DC mfIkcd
Get up and shake yourself AMI make up vour
MIND TO turn up something. IL you have moth
ing definite IN your mind, then write to IL. r.
johnson u Co, Richmond, Va, and they will
jump for Joy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25

Five cents save.i on soap: Eve daiiars lost ON
rottod clothes. Is fisd, ccOHomv9 Tcrc a not
. cents difference between the cost OF n bar OF
the poorest snap made and the best, which Is as
all know. Dobbins's Eiecti..
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25

:, For Constipation or Sick Headache. use DIR.
i'iercc's Pellets. Purely Vegetable. Oos dose.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25

Mr.. Bayard's wedding TO Miss Clymer has
been postponed till August S.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25
Oar Glrta.

Oar Girls.
Kitty Is witty.
Netfie - pretty.
Lutte IL cute and small.
ircnc f. n queen.
Annette a pet
Nell Is the bclle OF n q bail.
piantha Is wealthy,
Bertha Is healthy
And health Is tho best OF all.
Perfect acal;h Ecers her rosy and radiant
beautlful AID blooming. sensible and 50 Get.
lt - secured By wholesome habits aud the uss
OF DIR. Picrce's Favorit, Prescription. Bertha
takes IL. and sho also takes the cake Tho
only guaranteed cure for those distressing all
mcnts peculiar 20 women. Satisfaction OF
your money returned.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25
Good Advice ia a Nu,shn,l.

In France they have applied electricity to
he playing OF organs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25
ANNALS OF TASGLET0N.
JUNIPER PLACE. June 90. 1850.

10 tho pubHck: Be-
sides tho Methodists
an Baptists an sum
independent, scat.
term outsiders, we
he'd a good menny
Catholic peopul, an
among EN- was quite
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25

Punch" Sc. Cigar.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25

bronchitis Is cured by frequent small doses
OF Piso's Cure for Consumption.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25

A typewriting machine that will use
script type is promised before long.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25

WESTERN RESERVE SEMINARY AND NORMAL.
w COLLEGE, w. Pennington, q. GO years Both
soxoS Seven departments. Board and Tuition 800
per year. NV. T. d. WEUSTEn A. n, Prosident.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25

ny oz5 nflnIs NJ ono stop further. n
saysl 60 forth into tho mount and fefob olioe
pIancno2, and Pine branches, and mvrflq
thick trccs. Now, you know vorv v,eil fj,et
DOotn 81 nrDor made Of slight broucbo-
would not stand The lrst bla9t Of ~ Conn.
pest would prosirato GO. So chen fro hooft
o. eTDor must haze four stout poles 10 hold
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05
For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Lilies in Florida.

Lilies may certainly be grown here, pro-
viding they are grown under certain con-
ditiOns, and care be exercised to select
such species and varieties as are adapted
to our peculiar soil and climate. Many
of the species that succeed in the more
northern States prove utter failures here,
while others seem perfectly at home, and
it is only by trying all OF them that Sc
lection can finally be made.
Nearly all the species from Japan seem
to thrive here, and among them are some
of the most beautiful and ornamental of
dubious plants. Their variously colored
flowers Tin many cases most highly and
exquisitely perfumed) render them almost
indispensable among our summer flower
ing plants. Among them we have sue
ceeded with an L. Auratum, L. Pracox,
L. Rubrum and L. Tigrinum and it's vari-
eties. Many others might be named as
sure to succeed with the above.
All lilies prefer partially shaded situa-
tion, and here under our ardent sun it is
particularly essential.
Tt is best to construct framework suf-
fciently high to walk under, and cover
with lath nailed one and a half inches
apart. The soil should be well enriched
by digging in plenty of well rotted ma
nure and ground bone to the depth of
foot or more, and the situation should be
high enough to give it itthorough drainage.
Plenty Of water 10 essential during the
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05

The interesting and instructive papers
on Lily culture, by our correspondents,
Mrs Jennie S. Perkins and Mr.. r. D.
Hoyt, will prove particularly valuable to
such of our readers as contemplate culti-
waiting this queenly plant in Florida soil.
Few varieties of Lilies are low priced,
while many come rather dear, so that few
can afford to experiment where the re-
suits are very doubtful. Therefore the
experience of those who have been
Through the mill" is doubly valuable.
We hope to be able to hear from Others
concerning either their successes or failures
in growing and blooming this class of
plants.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05

ETERNAL vigilance at this season OF the
year is the price of not only flowers, but,
in fact the life even of many plants in the
ground which havenot become thorough
ly established by at least a years growth.
Week after week of burning sunshine
without one drop of RAINFALL drying out
our sandy soil like ashes to depth of
three or four inches, cannot be but trying
to old and deeply rooted plants, but how
much more so to those which have been
set out but few weeks or months. Wa
ter mist besupplied literally and as often
as needed. A scant amount of water ap-
piled often does not give as good results
as thorough watering at greater inter-
walls. Drawing the soil away from around
the plant, thus forming a saucer or fun
mel, filing up with water as fast as it dis
appears until the earth has become thor
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05
The Lonicera, or Honeysuckle.

Lonicera is the generic name of the
class of plants popularity known as Honey
suckles. The name was conferred in honor
of Adam Lonicer, or Lonitzer, German
botanist who died in 1886. The genus is
an extensive one, about eighty species
having been enumerated. These ara hardy
or half hardy, erect or twining, decidu-
Gus or evergreen shrubs, natives of the
temperate and sub-tropical regions of the
Northern hemisphere, and rarely seen in
the tropics. Many of them possess deli
ciously sweet scented as well as beautiful
flowers, and the tall growing varieties
are particularly desirable and appropri-
ate for covering wallis arbors, trel,ises,
stumps, etc.
One writer has truly said: Certain it
is that the associations connected with
the fragrant Honeysuckle will make them
always popular. Among flowers none are
more classic infower-lore. For real home
vines, to be near you, clambering over
your windows and doorways, there is
nothing prettier or more desirable than
fine, sweet-scented Honeysuckles; the foil
age is pretty, neat and clean, the flowers
almost continuous and their fragrance
delicious.
Lonicera sempervirens, the Red Coral
Honeysuckle or Woodbine of our Florida
swamps and hammocks, is, in England,
considered ''the most handsome of all
thecultivated Honeysuckles, y it being as
signed place in the greenhouse and
trained up the rafters. 1t is beautiful in
it's native haunts but doubly so in culti-
vation. Planted at the foot Of stout
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05
Wonderful Cures.
Bradford County

w. D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Retail
Druggists of Rome, Ga, say: We have been
selling DR.. Kings New Discovery Electric Bit
ters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for four
years. Have never handled remedies that
sell as we'll. or give sucn universal satisfac-
ton There have been some wonderful
cures effected by these medicines in this city.
Several cases of pronounced Consumption
have been entirely cured by use of few
bottles of DR.. Kings New Discovery, taken
in connection with Electric Bitters. We
guarantee them always. Sold by w. A.
Allen q Co.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05

growing season, but it mustnot stagnate
or sour the ground, or the bulbs will rot
March or April are perhaps the best
months to plant, although bulbs may be
kept dry until August and then started
for fall bloom 1t issometimes difficult to
save bulbs here, as the summer rains rot
them after they are done blooming. If
they can be properly dried off and packed
away in dry sand or saw dust they will
keep long time. r. d. HoYT.
Bay View, Florida.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05
Moss Roses a Failure.

Editor Floral Department
! would like to tell Emma V. PASCAL
that her experience with Moss Roses is
the usual one in Florida. Where anyone
has succeeded it has been the exception,
not the rule. They generally do well one
season, or perhaps two, but they gradu-
ally lose their moss, become evergreens
and cease to bloom. E. K. T.
Bradford County
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05

stake, or an old stump, it soon developes in
to an object of great beauty, which every
passing year only serves to enhance. Old
specimens grown in this manner are
among the most beautiful objects we re-
member to have ever seen; great foun-
tains of living green, scarlet and gold.
We have plants growing finely which were
transplanted from the hammock butlittle
over year ago.
L. Japonica var. Hallii, popularly
known as Honeysuckle Halliana, is one of
the best species, and does finely here 1t
is most rapid grower, attaining a great
height, is an evergreen and blooms pro-
fusely for months at time The flowers,
which are very fragrant, are pure white
when they first open, but soon turn to
creamy yellow
L. Flexuosa aurea areticulata-the Gold
en- Leaved Honeysuckle, usually cata-
logued as H. aurea reticulata,-is a spe-
cies with beautifully variegated foliage;
the leaves, which are small, being netted
and veined with clear yellow, this color
predominating flowers yellow and fra
grant. Under the ardent sun of Florida
our two small plants, set out but little
more than year, have lost the greater
part of their beautiful variegation. BUTT
may return after the plants have become
thOrOuoh1v established. 81 we will not
condemn them yet awhile.
The Tartarian Honeysuckle I. Tar
tarica) is a fine, erect sort, with rose col
Ored flowers. The Chinese Evergreen
blooms nearly all the season, bearing de-
liciously fragrant buff-yellow and white
flowers
The Belgian, or Monthly Fragrant, is
one of the very finest sorts. A constant
bloomer. flowers large and very sweet,
white, yellow and red.
L. Flava, the Yellow Trumpet Honey
suckle. with yellow, fragrant flowers, is
native of the upper districts of Georgia
and South Carolina, while L. Grata, with
purple and white flowers changing to vel
low, and L. Parvifora, with yellow and
purplish flowers, are found in the mount
aims of North Carolina and northward.
This is but an abridged list of the desira-
BILE species and varieties All are readily
propagated by layers or cuttings kept
constantly moist.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05
THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.
BY MRS. CHARLOTTE E. FISHER.

Blooming, blooming everywhere,
In country and in town;
Blooming for the good and wise,
Looking out in rare surprise,
Laughing with tender look,
Nodding from some cozy nook,
Dreaming by some idle brook
Every flower an open book,
Every one precious prize.
Smiling through the varied dyes
Scarlet and gold and brown
Gods sweet thoughts of gracious care.
Blooming, blooming everywhere,
Where quiet reigns, or strife;
Lifting faces fair as day,
Happy greeting on our way,
Blooming where the children play,
Blooming where fond lovers stray,
Blooming in the hush of night,
Trailing robes of crystal light
Ger the gardens green and gold;
Blooming for the young and old,
Blooming for the wasted hand,
Blooming free in all the land
Fringing the world so noiselessly,
Lent to us most bountifully;
Frail blossoms full of life,
Gods sweet thoughts of gracious care.
Blooming, blooming everywhere,
In haunts of woe and sin;
Still their mission they fulfill,
Born to do our Fathers will
Little tokens from above,
Little fragments of His love,
Who can tell what soul shall take
Some new courage for their sake,
Bearing midst the sun and showers
Increase from these fragile flowers?
Thus, the blossoms soul shall abide,
When the gates above swing wide,
And he bears with him the while,
Mem'ry of the bright flowers smile
AS the pilgrim enters in
Gods sweet thoughts of gracious care.
Selected
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05

oughly saturated beyond the extent of
the roots, and then replacing the upper
soil, no further attention will be required
for week or more We have been prac-
ticing plan which we likevery much and
recommend it to our readers. 1t is to
dig a circle, some six or more inches in
depth, around the plants and at dis
tance of six or eight inches or more from
the plants fill up with pine needles, small
oak roots, ETC., and fill in the soil, form
ing a circular ridge or reservoir, into
which the water is poured and quickly dis
appears. OF course the soil is carried
down among the pine needles and roots,
and from being constantly moist these
latter soon decay and furnish food for
the plants. But the chief value of the
plan is that the ground once prepared is
always ready whenever there is mo-
ment to spare to watering; but morep par
ticularly because it so readily absorbs
sOapy wash water, which every one knows
soon forms an impervious glazing over
the ground where it is poured. This same
dirty wash water is grand fertilizer for
plants and it is desirable that it and it's
contents be gotten down beneath the
surface of the soil where the roots of
the plant may appropriate it. We
keep a pail sitting beside the wash
stand on the back porch, in which, is saved
all the water used for washing the hands
and face, and as often as it becomes filled
it is poured around the plants. 1t is as
tonishing howrapidly a spot will improve
in fertility where such water, and wash
water, is poured, and aside from this we
think the plan a vast Improvement over
the foul, ill-smelling ''slop-hole' so COM
mon at the entrance of back stoops or
porches. Another excellent manner of
watering plants is to take tin cans, punch
holes in the bottoms and sink one, or
more, close to the plant and two or three
inches deep. In this manner any amount
of water can be applied by filing up the
cans as fast as it sOaks away, without
wasting drop. Most beneficial results
are also obtained if the cans are filled one
half or two-thirds full of we'll decayed ma
nure.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05

In our article on the Vegetable Sponge,
published last week, we omitted to state
that in Japan the fruit, when small, is
sometimes used for food, "either boiled
or picked in brine as relish to eat with
rice" Have any of our readers ever tried
the experiment?
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05

THIS CUT represents my NINE.GRADE STZER.
i The I'd, 4th, 9th and sth spouts project upon
the opposite side and do not show in the cut.
Thoroughly tested the past season in Florida and
California by leading orange growers and packers.
Will size from to boxes of oranges minute in
the most approved manner. Absolutely free of
any clogging the slightest injury to the fruit
So easily operated that lady fter little practice
can keep three men constan tly busy. Send for
circular, with testimonials. JOHN A. JONES,
York, Pa
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-05

To whom all correspondence relating to this de-
partment should be addressed.