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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-07-17
Cold Storage.

Ii a way could be found to keep fruits,
berries, melons and vegetables fresh for
an indefinite time, the fortunes of Florida
producers would be assured. The cold
storage system has been in a state of ev-
Olution for several years. and in the
course of time it will no doubt be perfect
ed so that all perishable things can be
kept for long time in the cold storage
houses, which are the nearest thing to
the accomplishment of this much desired
object.
These warehouses, says New York News,
are fitted up with huge boilers and great
pumps for forcing brine and ammonia
through the pipes that enter the air tight
COMPARTMENTS The mixture of brine
and ammonia turns SO cold that snow
and ice form thick and solid on the out
side of the pipes The currents can be
so regulated by system of gauges that
any temperature below zero can be pro-
duced without difficulty
This system can be utilized to ad-
vantage in preserving all things not af-
fected by frosts In New York city at
millions of dollars worth of good things
stored away in those places to be drawn
out from time to time as the dealer re-
quires them for his trade.
In one great storage house there is esti-
mated to be at all times from 81 600. 900
to $4,000. 900 worth of property. in
which. however, is included all cOnceiv-
able sorts of expensive eatables and valu-
able skins and furs
VI = -,
keep the expensive skins from year to
year There is one thing that moths
cannot stand, and that is low tempera-
ture. Such temperature will also keep
skins from hardening and furs from
rusting to the end of time.
AS for poultry. there is no telling how
long it can be kept in prime eating con-
dition Mr.. F. W. Conklin, of the firm
of F c. Linde & Co.. of the Hudson
River stores, told reporter that they
have few thousand dollars worth of
poultry which has been in their keeping
for more than two years. This particu-
lar consignment became the subject of
litigation shortly after it was placed
there, and there it must remain until it
becomes settled who is the owner.
Eggs are also kept for an indefinite
period in these storage warehouses by
lowering the temperature of the room to
a few degrees above freezing. 1t is
claimed that they can be kept in this
way just as fresh as when they are first
laid. but this is a matter which admits
of some doubt; at least, most every body,
including the keepers of "cold storages," {"
would prefer their eggs direct from the
coop.
The hardest things to keep are water
melons, strawberries-in fact all berries
and peaches. The storages are seldom
called upon to hold these things more
than day or two at time Strawber-
ries, however, have been kept for over
six weeks after their season ended. Mr.
Conklin had lot for more than a month,
and he has expressed the opinion that If
they could be placed one by one upon a,
rack in an even temperature, SO that a
current of air could always circle around
them, they could be preserved an entire
year. =
The same method, he thinks, would be
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-07-17

The I'd, 4th, 9th and 9Th spouts project upon
the opposite side and do not show in the cut.
California by leading orange growers and packers.
Will size from to boxes of oranges a minute in
the most approved manner. Absolutely free of
any clogging the slightest injury to the fruit
So easily operated tat lady fter little practice
can keep three men cOnstan tly busy. Send for
circular, with testimonials. JOHN A. JONES,
York, Pa.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-07-17
Asparagus.
METHOD OF CULTURE RE-PREPARATIoN OF
THE LAND, ETC.

associates 1t comes in when no other
vegetable can be had, and affords us one
of the richest dishes known Scarcely has
the sun warmed the earth few degrees
above the freezing point, when, to our
surprise, the asparagus pops up, as it
were, in one night.
It's culture is very ancient; it is older
than the Christian era. While it is still
comparatively unknown with our South
ern people, it is nevertheless much appre-
ciated as far as it has been introduced.
It's culture is most peculiar. There is
no vegetable which could be cultivated
similar to that of asparagus; many other
vegetables could be grouped and culti-
waited alike, for instance Cucumbers,
canteloupes, squashes, carrots, parsnips
satisfy, but when we get to the aspara-
gus it stands isolated.
To raise good asparagus, and that is
all that should be raised (for poor is
worthless) select a soil that is moderately
light; it should never be heavy. Perhaps
the best rule is land that will not bake or
clod. If this kind of land cannot be had,
it should be made so by adding leaf
mould, sand or other substances that will
reduce it to the above condition. While
this can be done on small scale, it would
be too expensive on a large one.
The next important step is drainage.
Land for asparagus should have sufficient
drainage, so that all surplus water can
flow off freely as deep as the soil has been
prepared. / use hillside which is ter
raced fifteen to twenty feet wide, making
the surface perfectly level. This affords
the very best of drainage.
1t is advisable that where a small bed
is to be constructed, to put all kinds OF
rubbish at the bottom of the bed, such as
small rocks, old shoes, bones and other
litter, which will facilitate both natural
and artificial drainage.
The land on which asparagus is to be
grown should not be worked less than
eighteen inches deep, but it will prove
profitable to go as deep as two feet or
more; the firmer the soil the deeper
should be the preparation. If for field cult
ure, heavy turning pillow, followed sew
eral times in the same furrow by a sub
soil plow and a cross breaking in SINH
lar manner, is all the better. When this
is done and the land has been brought to
a uniform surface, it is ready to receive
the man uring. Ii the land is not already
rich it should be made SC by manuring;
say seventy five tons of good stable ma
nure to the acre, and planted in some
crop and the succeeding year this manur
ing repeated.
1t is recommended by some writer's that
the manure should be worked down to
even two feet deep. This is not correct,
as the manure in that condition would
have but a mechanical effect on the land,
and would not be available to the plant;
the manure should not GO below the free
access of the air.
After the manure has been turned un-
der not more than ten inches deep, and
the surface brought to fine pulverized
level, lay off rows three and half feet
wide by running two burrows on the same
line, making trench ten inches deep by
fifteen inches wide: then take hoe or
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-07-17

and rake must be substituted on small
beds where plow cannot be used; in this
case, the rows are but eighteen inches
apart, and to every three rows three
foot walk; the walks are prepared as the
bed. If the roots thus planted have been
very strong and vigorous, and we find
the shoots the second season after plant
ing are coming up very strong, we may
cut few, but it is best that it be deferred
till the third season.
Our market requires asparagus grown
by two systems; one by the bleaching and
the other the common green method.
There are some of our hotels who would
not use any bleached asparagus, while
others think the green not fit to use. To
grow the green, the soil is removed from
over the asparagus rows early in the
spring (after heavy frosts are over) down
to one inch above the roots, and as soon
as the shoots are of the proper height,
cut above the ground.
In growing asparagus by the bleaching
process, the roots are generally planted
eight to ten inches below the surface. I
however, plant all the same depth. After
/ have removed the soil from over the
rows as stated above, or as low as posi-
BILE without iniuring the roots, place in
this open furrow a ridge of some light
material, usually leaf mold, about six
inches high, then replace the dirt SO that
the asparagus row is under a ridge of dirt
eight to ten inches deep. Now, as soon
as the shoots appear above the ridge, |
reach down with a long knife and cut six
to eight inches of white bleached aspara-
gus shoots. AS soon as the cutting sea-
son is over, those ridges are worked to a
level
In order to make good asparagus (the
rule applies as well to all other vegeta-
bles), we must produce quick, luxuriant
growth. This can be done by heavy ma
nuring and frequent working. 1t is rec
commended to manure early in the spring
just before the plants commence growing
/ say that is too late. The asparagus,
as the strawberry plant, does not take
the substance from which it forms it's
product out OF the soil, but from the sur
plus the plant has been storing for that
purpose the previous year. Does the oak
or hickory in spring, when it first buds
out and makes growth of several feet in
a few days, draw it's substance from the
soil? In order that the manuring may
have the best effect, manure asparagus as
soon as the bearing season is over, and
continue working as long as the growth
will permit
How long is the bearing season? When
the asparagus bed is young, it should be
cut but for a short season, but as it gets
older the seasons may be prolonged as
long as the shoots do not decline in vigor
but it is always best to discontinue a lit
tie too soon than prolong the season too
long. In fall, as soon as the frost has
destroyed lite in the stalk, the beds should
be cleared off and burned, as the aspara-
gus bed is good place where all garden
insects take up their winter quarters, and
by burning this litter many are destroyed.
Forcing asparagus may be done by re-
moving old plants, and especially where
n bod 10 +.>I Io JiCoOD+;nuoI DIooo -
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-13
4 sound Legal Opinion.

+. Bainbr;dze Munjay, Esquire,
County Attorney, Clay Co, Texas,
SAYS: Have used Electric Biiters
with most happy results. NV brother
also as very low with Malarial Fe.
yer and JauDdice, but was cured by
neIy uac Of this medicine. Am sat.
istied Electric Bitters saved his life"
Mr.. d. /. wilCoxson, Of Horse
Cave. Ky. adds like testimony, say
ing: He positively believes he would
have died, had il not been for Elec>
trio BIiters.
This great remedy will ward of.
n we'll A. cure oil Malaria Diseases.
and Cor all Kidnev, Liver and Stom~
aeh disorders stands unequaled.
Price so cents and 81 at X. Black.
nall L sons. DIV
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-13
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and
ne 'ghbcrs talking about IT, You may
yourself be one Of the many who
know from personal experience just
how cool a thing il Is. Ifyou have
ever tried IL. you are one OF IT,
staunoh friends, because the wonderful
thing about il Is, that when once
given trial, DR.. Kings New Dis
coyery ever after holds Il place in the
house. IL You have never used II
and should he afflicted with with q
cough. cold or any Throat, Lung OF
Chest trouble, secure q bottle at once
aud give Il q fair trial. II is guaran.
teed evsry time. or money refunded.
Trial Bottles Free Of Il. Blacknall 4
Sons drug store. d&w
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-13
A Warning.

The modes Of deaths approach are
various. and statistics show eonclu>
sively that more persons die from
diseases of the Throat and Lungs
than from any other. II is probable
that every one, without exemption,
receives vast numbers Of Tubercle
Germs into the system and where
these germs fall upon suitable soil
they start into life and develop, at
first slowly and is shown by q slight
tickling sensation in the throat and
IL allowed 10 continue their ravsges
they extend 10 their lungs producing
Consumption and 10 the head, caus.
ing Catarrh. Now all this Is dap.
gerous and II allowed to proceed will
in time cause death. At the onset
you must mel with promptness; al
lowing q cold 10 20 without attention
il dangerous and may loose you your
life. AZ soon as you feel that some
thing il wrong with your Throat,
Lungs or Nostrils, obtain o bottle of
Boschpe's German Syrup. ID will
give you immediate relief.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-13
LADIES, IN FEEBLE HEALTH
SROM ANY CAUE ~.

Send at once for bottle Of Fly's
Nerve Tonic Pills, as this REMEDY is
guaranteed tocure on, as ii has been
prescribed by leading physicians of
ths United States for more than a
quarter of a century. but as on space
Is limited, we can name only q few Of
the many diseases for which 1t has
been successfully used, among which
are Headache, Neuralgia, CONFUSION
ar Fits, CONSTIPATION, Kidney trous
bles, Corea Men algia OF the Stomach
md Bowels, and is specific for Ncu-
ralgia II the Womb and its append
ages and all diseases resulting from a
want Of sufficient nerve force, thor
oughly regulating all the functions OF
4 o. b. And more especially the
reproductive organs Of both sexes,
enabling young girls to safely pass
the critical change from girlhood to
womanhood. Correcting all men.
struaI irregularities and many dIss
placements of the womb, thereby
G. nducting her through the import
ant period OF child bearing. relieving
her Of many of the pains audanxiety
incident thereto--through the men,
epause or "change of liie," to a hale.
healthy, vigorous aud enjoyable old
age. IL relieves the sickness OF preg-
nancy and promotes q speedy recov~
cry from confinement. II purifes
he blood. builds up the system and
imparts Wig as il by magic to the
shole body, cle4rins the skin OF dark
n brown blotches on the faces Of
ADDE'S ~ fisring from some form OF
menstrual enlargement.
Ii il not only a most invaluable
.rCmedy for female diseases, as above
ia.ed, but is peculiarly adaptrd 70
sume diseases of men, such as Sper.
mato hoCa, lcss of nerve power, pre-
mature If Cd age, and want of nerve
vIgor peculiar TO professional men.
Caa he taken with benefit and per.
'ect safety At any and oil times
Each BEETLE contains one months
treatment. Pnce 81 90 por bottle.
sent BIZ mail on receipt ofpriee. Ad.
,lress C. b. Fly, Sole Proprietor,
Memphis, Tenn.
!eb.G Cm.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-13
SITUATION WANTED.

By native Of Southside, Va, who
IL unmarried and As years old. He
prefers a grocery store, but AIRY res
paeialT-e work would be accepted,
provided II he within doors. Beet of
reference as 10 character given. Ad-
dress, J. l.. +.
Haliyda'e, p. o., Lupenburg Co.,
Vi. f,b q.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-13
Now. In the spring of the Year.

MOVIE lhihs spring Ol tue letlr.
During winter, Ntture wisely ar.
rauges tia. We should live on foods
containing uuclI fat, or, n they are
known, Hydrocarbons, for the purpose
Of Supplying heat 10 the body; the
chemical operation necessary 10
tRrsforEn Fl. into beat Is the eKclu.
siye work 1t the liver, aai during
the time .iaied Il Is constantly con.
gestcd.
With tie approach If warm wealth.
er our diet changes to muscle. prodnc.
ing food, snd the work Of The liver Is
much lesseusd In the majority of
cases, however, IL Il ssyv unable %
completely throw of the excess Of
bile, but miins congested, causing
that - lazy, tired feeling which
many nave ii The spring months,
when the weather becomes warm.
sa'- This il evidence Of an m.
healthy condition, and though PEG.
pie appreciate the necessity 81 an
Alternative II this period, tho curn~
mon iiea is To take drastic pills and
produc' caihar ic sifsci, only 20
make matters Bsc- worse. n be liver
must he unIonded. aud IL proper ac-
ton restored before bot weather. II
you si.h o. G y preserve health. aud
IL this distinct cal u nature u un.
Needed serious results will occur.
~ The blo0d will become loaded
with bile aud lilhic acid. and a.
sny~ every drop Of vital iluid passes
through tie kidu,is to be purIlis d.
they suon break down aud are un
able 10 carry out The deadly poison.
Manners Safe Cure and Warner
Safe pills have not only ~" speci.
&c action ~ the Kidneys, but on the
sRy-liveI also. F*#s& .@"
ssr They hin The thickned bic %
that II will pass out through its ducts
enable the glands 10 unload them
selves, oct rs n solvent on al hillary
acids ard in . word. sgg" fit these
great organs for the seasons's work
rSg~ preventing blood poisoning. IN
finmma ion, abscesa, and All affect
toni 20 which they are 30 liable.
~ As you value the blessings d
health, do not allow the summer u
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-13


II is with genuine pleasure that
the Gold Lear notes the growing
successof the Henderson, Tobacco
Company (Messrs r. II. Danger
Geld. and RI I. Jenkins, proprie-
tors). While their popular
brands Of smoking tobacco are
having nnextensivesal through
out the South and, Southwest;
the proprietors are perfecting
plans to introduce them more
fully in the Northand Northwest.
Their leading brands are "Clear
the Track, I" Gold Leaf, " Sold.
en- Hub" &c, and they also put
up several special brands for Gus.
tom trade. They manufacture
the cheapest goods on the mar
ket for the money. The high
quality is attested by the large
sales tl.ey are meeting with. Con.
tinued success to the Henderson
robacco Company.--GoM Leaf
Dental Chewing Tobacco. 81
We are reliably informed that
the manufacture OF a new and
palatable brand Of the seductive
tweed" is in contemplation by q
company Of enterprising tobacco
nists. This is the Dental Chew
ing Tobacco, the formula and
brand for which were patented
some time since by DR.. II. W Nor
gan and Mr.. WilbnrL. Norman,
OF this city. Tobacco manufac-
tured by this formula would have
its natural preventative proper
ties, with respect to the teeth,
much increased and would doubt
less have a big run II put on the
market.
The same parties are the pat
entees Of the Dental, Snuff, now
manufactured so extensively and
profitably by Messrs. Iyey, Owen
4 Co, and Also Of the Dental
Chewing Gum, the manufacture
of which promises todevelopinto
an important aud paying indus
try.
The Dental Snuff has a wide
market in the Southern States.
and bids fair to lead all competi
tors. One day this week a ear
load Of il. so We are informed,
was shipped TO a single point in
the Southwest. afact whichshows
more strongly than words the
proportion to which the business
has been developed by the push
and enterprise Of the manufac-
turers.
There i equally as good a field
for Dental Chewing Tobacco as
for the snuff; and, rs tobacco
men are quick to see and seize d
good opening in their line, We
shall not be surprised 10 hear
shortly Of the organization OF a
company to handle this new
Misunderstanding Tngiuian.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-13

approach without giving yoar system
a general houscscleaning," in the
matter we have indicated.
- ITO be forewarned is to be
forearmed"
Evening journal., 1889-03-27
What They Wear.


For half mourning, gray and purple
are again in vogue.
Pink and black is stiV q favorite and
stylish combination.
Plaids Of rather pronounced charac-
ter are still worn by young women and
girls
a A satin slipper, with bow of highly
polished cut steel is a favorite dancing
shoe.
The violet is the favorite flower for
day just as white or pale blossoms are
preferred for night wear.
More velvet, both black and colored,
has been sold, bought and worn this
season than for ten years pass.
Good black gimp in wide open patterns
remains favorite trimming for both
black and colored silks.
Woolens for spring and summer are
very sleazily woven, with straight
threads'or else in canvas patterns.
Black butterflies perched on the extre-
NEST tip of the trimming, will be "a fay-
orite ornament for spring bonnets.
The genuine lego mutton sleeve, full
several inches below the elbow, will be a
feature of new spring gowns.
A new garniture for black velvet bon
nets is a carnation bud showing the bar
est tip of white, pink or scarlet.
Evening journal., 1889-03-27
ATTACKED BY TRAMPS.
An Old Man Brutally Beaten
and Robbed.
LEFT TO DIE ON THE ROADSIDE.

The Shocking stcry Told by Seventy eight
Year Old Frederick STorlook TO the
Newark Poiicc-His Injuries Likely to
Cause His Death.
NEWARK, N J., March 81 Frederick Nor
lock oiled like a dying man when he tot
tered into police headquarters yesterday
afternoon He is 7S years old. Blood had
streamed from his face, and his clothes were
smearei with It. The bridge of his nose was
broken and the ri ht nostril was split from
the organ and hung by thread Morloclx
had TO rest while before he could explain
his condition, and hen he tod his story
through German Interpreter.
81 left Newark on Monday afternoon he
said, "to visit some friends in Elizabeth. 1t
was somewhere about o'clock when
reached Wayerly As l passed the hotel
near the fair grounds l saw two tramrs, as
supposed sitting by the roadside little dis
tance ahead. As was passing them they
jumped up and one OF them seized my staff.
The other fellow demanded my money
begged them to let me goand said they surely
would not rob an old man. The man who
had my stick cursed me and hit me twice
with it, The first blow closed my right eye
and the second broke my nose and that
knocked me helpless. While l was lying
on the ground they rihed my pockets and
took out my pipe and tobacco, Sl50, all the
money had, and evt rythng else in my pock-
cts. They started to go away, but one Of
them came back and roughly pulled my over
coat off me- After that they left me and l
lay all night shivering and suffering and wish
ing that / would die couldn't move and
couldn't sleep, and l thought daylight would
never come. No one passed that way until
morning, when farmer came along. He
drove me to the city line and then walked
to tho German hospital, but they told me
must come here first and report the matter. p"
MorlOck was taken TO the German hosp la, ,
where IL is thought he will die of his injuries
and the shock and exposure. Hs has lived in
Newark twenty-six years, and, until age un-
fitted hun for work, he was an industrious
man. Before his wife and son died he lived
on Cha. lton street, and since that time he
hes been lodging on Broome street He said
that he had one daughter and two step
daughters living in Newark, but that none Of
them would give him a crust of bread. How
he has managed to exist he declined to say,
though it is supposed that some charitable
people have been supplying his needs, as he
was neatly dressed in a decent suit of clothes
aud good shoes The police have little hope
of capturing his assailants, as he was unable
to give any better description OF them than
that they we're young men and looked like
tramps. The only clew to work on is the old
mans overcoat, which the murderous high
waymen took.