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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09
Florida's Opportunity.

! and waits for Dame Fortune to empty
her cornucopia of prosperity into his out
stretched hand, is, to say the least, a
poor citizen, and adds but an ininitesi-
NAL atom to the material prosperity oi
his State.
On the other hand, those who are ever
ready to grasp an opportunity to further
the interests of the State, and to show
off her varied attractions and advantages
in the best light to visitors and settlers,
are the ones whose names will be written
on the brightest page of Florida's his
tory as those who developed the resour-
ces of the State, and made the wilderness
to blossom as the rose.
In this connection we would call the at
tention of our fruit-grOwers and in fact
every one who takes an interest in the
welfare of the State, to an opportunity,
the like of which was never before offered
them, of showing to the outside world, or
at least it's chosen representatives, what
Florida can do in the way of producing
a superior quality of fruit
AS before stated in these columns, the
twenty y-secOnd biennial session of the
American Pathological Society will be
held in Ocala on the Goth, Dist and 22d
of next month. This society is composed
OF the foremost tpomologists of the United
States and the British Provinces, and
their report are eagerly read in every
portion of the English-speaking world,
and the fruit-growers everywhere look
to this society for practical and reliable
information on all subjects pertaining to
their business. In fact the meetings of
pOrtance and interest that the Associated
Press telegraphs daily reports of it's pro-
ceedings to it's subscribers in every part
of the country, and millions of people will
read the opinion of the American Pomo-
logical Society on Floridas capabilities
as a fruit-producing State
This being the case, it behooves our
people to make as favorable an impress
sion as possible upon the the members of
the society, SO that their reports will re-
dOund to our advantage In order to do
this it is necessary that a good display
OF the different fruits raised in the State
be made in Ocala during the session of
the society Every variety of fruit should
be exhibited, and only the best of these
varieties. 1t is not necessary that the
collections be large, but they should be
complete. The fruit should be selected.
classified and arranged with the greatest
care by experienced hands, and every
thing.rejected that does not reach a high
plane of perfection.
Every section of the State should com
mence at once to make arrangements for
these collections. Meetings should be
held and committees, consisting of the
best men in the communities, be appoint
ed to take hold of the matter at once
These committees, when appointed
should bear in mind that variety and
quality, not quantity, is what will count
the most.
The American Pathological Society has
been in existence for many years, but this
will be the firstmeeting heldin the South
and it is to be hoped that our people will
bestir themselves and reap all of the ben
efts that can be obtained from it.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09
TERMS.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Rates for advertising furnished on application
by letter in person.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09

SOMEONE has suggested that as the
rust on the orange is generally admitted
to be, and undoubtedly is, an insect that
has it's origin and ascends from the
ground, it would be a good idea to keep
the ground beneath the trees we'll sprin-
kled with sulphur or some other insecti-
eide This, it is claimed, would prevent
the insects from reaching the fruit and
obviate the necessity OF spraying.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09

EVERY man who wants to settle in
Florida should come and see the State
for himself before making his final ar
rangements. He should not act upon
anyone's advice, or purchase property in
any section of the State without seeing
it beforehand. The advice given may be
honest and the property or location rec
commended may seem in every way de-
sirable to the one who recommends it,
but what may suit one man will not
another, and the safest and most satis-
factory plan is to come and make your
own selection, then if you are not satis-
fed you will have yourself only to blame.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
Haymaking in Finland.

A curious way of making hay is very
generally adopted by the Firms, says the
Mark Lane Express. Poor men who own
no meadows have long been accustomed
to cut what grass they can find in the
forest glades and other waste lands.
Owing to the lack of roads and farm
steads the hay was stuffed among the
branches of neighboring trees to await the
winter frosts and snow, when 1t could
easily be carried off by sledges. After a
wet season some farmers noticed that this
was actually better in quality than that
which they themselves had made from
much better grass. The wild crop, so to
call it, had dried much better in the
tree branches exposed to a free circula-
ton of air than the rich heritage which
had lain long on the sodden ground.
Hence it occurred to them to make tenn
porary trees upon which their own crops
might be dried
This experiment was attended with
such success that the plan has been widely
initiated and bids fair entirely to supplant
the old -fashioned methods. After the
moving is done a number of poles about
ten feet in length and provided with long
transverse pegs are set up at intervals and
the grass is loosely heaped upon them.
The result is said to be excellent. Even
in wet weather only a small portion form
ing the outside of the pile is discolored,
while the inner portions, exposed to the
air beneath and protected from the rain
above, are dried in perfect condition.
Moving can be carried on in spite of
wind and rain, and when once the grass
is placed upon the drying poles it may be
left without fear of serious damage until
the weather changes.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
A Pioneer Woman,s Reroism.

Great heroism was shown by Mrs.
John Bush, who in 1871 lived in the
8Iuskingum valley, Ohio. Two of her
children-there were always a large flock
Of them around the cabins of these
frontier people-had been sent away
early in the morning to drive up the
cattle. Hearing their screams Mr.. Bush
started out, when he was met at the door
by an Indian who snatched away his
gun and shot him with it. Bush fell
acrost the threshold and the redsllin
drew his knife to scalp him when Mrs.
Bush ran to the assistance of her hus-
band and with an axe struck the savage
with such force that the axe fastened it
self in his shoulder and was pulled off
the handle when he jumped back. She
then dragged her husband into the house
and closed the door. By this time other
Indians had come up, and after endeavor-
ing in vain to force open the door they
began shooting through it, but the
woman remained uninjured, though
eleven bullets passed through her cloth
ing and some grazed her skin, until
neighbors came and drove the Indians
away, but could not save the two chill
dren.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
The Yenezuelan Paper PInnt.

! An American company has the eXel9s
sive right to manufacture paper in the
Republic of Venezuela for a term O.
twenty-five years. This Is valuable, ai
there Is a heavy tariff on all sorts O
paper and stationery, the ordinary stray
wrapping paper, which in the Unite
! States Is worth from 4 TO 6 cents, cost
from 2 to Is cents there.
Their paper is made from the fibre
the species of the cactus known as Il
Yucca plant It grows in large Ieavesi
thick as a mans body, and concealedL
the pulp IS a fine, glossy, tough ib.
which Is used extensively in France a
Switzerland for the adulteration of silk
It is, in fact, the only adulterating maj
ter that can be successfully used in n
manufacture of six, and immense quar-
titles are annually exported. It groy
wild everywhere, like burdocks or Ca
ada thistles in the United States. b
when cultivated the fibre is much II
proved. The only use it is nut to
South America Is in the manufacture
fine hammocks and Panama hats. I
large leaves are first pounded or crusb
by being passed through heavy rollers :
the juice IS squeezed out, when it is hu6
over line or pole and whipped until
fibre IS separated from the pulp.
more it is whipped the finer the fila
comes, for it can be parted into
of almost infnitesimal fineness ~
the use of machinery sucn ~ S-py
the paper company the thu rs re-
duced to the size Of the bsr,-1
Chicago Nelss.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
The Worlds Fire Clay Mart.

st. Louis leads the world in the prepa-
ration of ire-clay and has for twenty
years or more, though there has never
been any blow or buster over the fact.
In the extreme southwestern part of the
city are large deposits of this clay which
seem inexhaustible, and it IS to the quail
ty OF this clay that St. Louis owes its su-
premacy in the commodity. The clay is
prepared with the utmost care, and the
visitor who wishes to observe the process
of preparing it for the market must take
of his shoes and stockings, and enter the
works almost as carefully as Turkoman
does mosque. This precaution is taken
to prevent the accidental mixture of the
smallest foreign substance with the clay,
because a grain of limestone in the clay
might result in a flaw in the valuable re-
tort. st. Louis completes with the clay
producing parts of Europe in the manu-
facture of this clay, and the product of
the Future Great is tine standard by
which all other clays are judged.-S.
Louis Star Sayings.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
rHouanr III ~ roRM ro s,rrLr.

An amusing tale is told of the dron
English actor, Sothern, playing Lord
Dundreary before a provincial audience,
which prided itself on It's aristocratic be-
havior. Some of its members, who had
visited London, brought back word that
it was not fashionable 10 laugh or ap-
plaud at the theatre. The hint was
passed around and carefully observed.
Sothern played the first act amid silence.
He could not understand II, but he called
the company together before the curtain
was again raised and implored all hands
to ''pitch in and wake 'em up" They did
''pitch in, - but the desired waking up
did not result, and the curtain fell with
out hand Southern in utter despond-
ency, sought his dressing room. There
the local manager soon joined him con-
graduating him on his success and as
sured him that the audience was delight
ed. but" objected Southern, ''they
don't laugh" The manager drew him
self up proudly, and replied, Laugh, sir,
I should hope not. There was one man
snickered and we put him out n'-Nel0
YORK. Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
WORDS OF WISDOM.

There Is no influence Of more value
than the individual sense Of existence.
The man who lives without work can
prove that right does not always prevail.
Custom is the shell Of ignorance that
progress must break through by picking
at the shell, the same as chickens come to
light.
The man VINO can determine what good
training is does not need it, and the man
who cannot, does not know enough to be
trained
People become educated according to
their ability to throw off the influence OF
their training and learn something by exs
perience.
If a baby is not weaned before it is
twenty-one years old, It is more than
probable that 1t Will never develop into
manhood
All men are s.queer' that dare to act
themselves. but those who hope to be
mistaken for Others, by acting ike them,
are foolish
Ability does not depend upon the voli
ume of requirements one may possess,
but, instead it depends upon an honesty
of purpose and courage, derived from
ones common sense.
Trained persons becomes more and
more dependent upon what was taught
them, for confidence in their own wit viii
in like degree disappear.
A person who takes the trouble to slam
der another, unconsciously exposes the
effort to advertise their own virtue, for
vice needs no pointing out, neither does
virtue need to be advertised
Depravity must first be taught, for Q
man untaught has no knowledge othe'
-thal bis instinct CONSCIOUSNESS
is as innocent Of wrong as a stone roIl1h,
down hill. Hence the educated only are
responsible for wickedness.- Sturdy OAK.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
FASHION NOTES.

Eel green, lie
latest.
The newest red is dull shade called
Eiffel rouge
Yokes are much employed for the waists
of thin dresses.
Toques grow smaller, and are more
worn than ever.
Black silk stockings are in good taste
with any kind of dress
Ribbon bandeaux and metal fillets for
the couture are much worn.
The Sir Joshua fchu grows in popu-
larity and in fashionable favor.
Large, loose bishop sleeves of lace are
frequently seen on silk bodices.
Pale blue is fashionably combined with
dark green, and pale green with dark
blue.
The popular hat of midsummer was the
light sailor hat of straw, in any color pre-
ferred.
The dressiest hats are made of tulle,
lace, and silk gauzes over very slight wire
frames.
Epaulettes and shoulder Knots grow
more and more fashionable as the season
advances.
A tea gown of pale coral silk yelled
with black lace is one of the sweetest
creations.
Fancy handkerchiefs are twisted up by
dressmakers into short sleeves for even
ing gowns
White Iaces are restored to fashionable
favor, but black and colored ones are
also in vogue.
The floral decorations for a dinner table
should be all one color, or two at the
most generally one class of flowers is
adhered to.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
PITH AND POINT.


Some Of the upper crust looks soft
enough to be dough
Very few persons can hold their own
on their first sea voyage.
The clam stands the summer weriG
better than the oyster. In fact =
clam is full of grit.
Jokes about the iceman do not 90 in
Greenland; the ice there Is 5000 feet
thick-delivered at the door free.
Two such blind men as Milton and
Homer rather "down" the venerable pro-
verb that "out of sight is out of mind"
You naughty boy, come tell me how
You got your eyes all black and yellowg''
cause, ma, - he said, with troubled brow.
Il couldn't lick the other fellow"
MISERY weather, isn't it," growled
old Xylo. ''Wby!n asked his friend.
Because it is so close and grasping. -
YaHkes Blade
Ted-''Has one always to ask De
Jinks to pay back borrowed moneyl'
Ned-''Worse than that. You never get
it."-Nao Korb Sun.
Mother to her little sonj-'' Johnny,
90 to the butchers and see if he has any
pigs feet" Johnny ION his return)-
Mamma, he had big boots on and I
couldn't see his feet
There was once a charming young Nine,
Who had never been told about Anne,
At the serpent and Eve
She laughed in her sleeve
And said: "Oh, the poor creature, hme."
Laurence american.
First Gamin-'say, III bet nickel
I've more money in my pockets than YOU
have Second Gamin-''Go yer once
After money is put up: First Gamin-
GLOW much money have you got in my
pocket" -Tims.
Lady to gentleman who has been
thrown from his horse)-'I am so sorry
for you" Gentleman-''It isn't so bad,
madam, as it seems. I assure YOU I am
much more comfortable now than I was
in the saddle H-Flisgsnao Blaettr.
The young lady now conjugates the
verb: Ice cream, thou screamest, he
screams. The third person singular en-
bodies the solid truth, especially when
the young man is like the moon in one of
its phases: on his last quarter.-Times-
Democrat.
There is naught that viii make a man much
madden.
And very few things viii mk,e him sadder,
Than to get caught in the rain,
With only his cauf.
When he's wearing a brand-hew tile.
And a white duck suit,
And he has to scOot
Through the storm for about q mile,
-Go0dGirs Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
A1ovE-IoRN FEMA1E uER,LIr.

A hermit has Just been discovered
living on the banks of the Raritan River,
but few miles from New Brunswick, n.
]. The hermit is a woman, upward of
eighty years of age, and lives ell,tes,5, 9TH
an old servant in a secluded sein
the woods. She is reported to - very
wealthy, and although most Of the rooms
in the house are never used, they are
handsomely furnished.
The hermit keeps to her room and has
not looked on a human face but that of
the old servant for thirty years. Thirty
three years ago she was disappointed in
love, and although a reigning belle and
heiress, she withdrew from all society.
Her meals are served to her on gold
and silver dishes and she still possesses
the fine dresses and jewelry of bygone
days. She has never slept in a bed since
her disappointment in love. The old
woman spends her time in reading the
thousands of old musty volumes in the
book cases in herroom. She has twenty
eight cats, fifteen dogs and a goat, which
she feeds on the choicest yiands, and
Wnen any OF her petS ulei she ordefs lhaJ
they be buried in expensive collins by an
undertaken, and her wishes are faithfully
carried out by the old servant.
Her jewels are kept in curious iron
bound box in her room. Her estate is
also large, and is looked after by prom
inent lawyer, who transacts all her bust
ness with the servant only, who is as
great a mystery as her mistress. The
place is thought to be haunted by the
ignorant, who shun it. There are peo-
pie, however, who say that they have
seen the old servant digging the woods at
night by the light of lantern and this
fact has given rise to the ghost stories. A
large amount of money and valuables are
said to be buried in the woods surround
ing the old house. The hermit's name
is Merritt.-Nelo York Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
acERRY AS A ,1ARRIAeE BE11.

was having luncheon in a cafe on
Fifth avenue, writes a New York CORES
pondent to the Chicago Herald, when a
somewhat unusual company of people en-
tered the almost deserted room and ar
ranged themselves about a table which
had been specially set for them. There
we're eight men and one young woman in
the group. recognized the occasion as
a wedding breakfast of persons that were
scarcely Of the fashionable sort. The
girl was pretty enough, but she was
quite awkward, while the men hardly
knew what to do with their hands, and
their conversation did not scintillate, as
it were, with wit or repartee. The re
past was nervously gone through, two
bottles of claret and two of champagne
being disposed Of When the waiter
brought IN the coffee he was accompanied
by an assistant who bore on a tray before
him what appeared to be a bird pie, the
crust brown and tempting, and the silver
plate on which it rested garnished about
with green. When this was placed be-
fore the bride she looked at her husband
in surprise, but apparently did not dare
suggest that this was rather substantial
dish to bring on at such a late moment.
All the faces of the men were twitching
with excitement, with the exception Of
the husbands, which expressed blank
amazement at what seemed a serious
breach of correct form. The waiter
handed a knife and fork to the bride.
''Will madam cut the pie Just heIe?"
he asked, indicating the outer rim of the
top crust.
The bride took the knife tremblinqly
in her hand, and, with the aid of the
waiter, succeeded in lifting the entire top
crust away from the lower part of the pie.
Then she gave little CRY of astonish-
ment, for white dove lifted up its head
from the interior Of the pie and cooed.
Around the doves neck was very beau
tiful little diamond bracelet. It was a
gift from the men who were present.
The episode was certainly not consis-
tent with the customs of good society,
but it was SO thoroughly enjoyed, and
brought that little awkward party so
close together, that it appeared quite
proper and was undoubtedly very pretty.
The coffee was drank amid the best of
good fellowship, and everything went as
merry as the proverbial marriage bell |
all because of a white doves coo.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
A sLUMBER SONG.

There's a cradle rocking, rocking;
There a song in measures low,
And the echoes sweet come hocldng
From the land where the dream-fowerS
blow,
Sleep and rest the murmurs flow.
There's aface in rapture bending
Der her baby's happy rest;
Sweetest gift Of all Gods sending
Child Of love, a symbol bless,
Sleeping on the mothers breast.
There her mystical pure treasure
Into a soft unconscious power,
Fills the heart with untold pleasure,
Nesting warmer hour by hour.
Dimpled, dainty, snow white flower,
There's a song that comes flowing. flowing
From the dim shore far away. *
And the baby listens knowing
All the words the angels say,
Al the songs the harpers play.
Though the mothers eyes are smiling.
Though her kisses weave a thran,
Though her arms are Iove-beguiling
And her tears entreating fan,
Still he listens TO the call.
o what love beyond all other
In that tender voice must be n
When the baby from its mother
Turns to that she may not see,
Turns, o Love Divine, to theei
Laura F. HinSiale, IN Picaylue.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25

According to the Buffalo Commercial
Adrertiser, a Paris dressmaker thus ex-
planned the system on which goods are
sold to Americans; s'Ze Boston lady,
OH she is very easy; we sell her re thing
that re English ladies have bought Ze
New York lady we sell her re thing that
re English ladies have not bought, and
which we offer to re lady from Lyons,
from Marseilles, what viii you2 Or to
some New York ladies we sell re fanciful
thing, as dress for re chateau, and zey
call it re street dress, figure that to your
self But to re Chicago lady we sell re
thing Eat re English lady will not looks
alright, and at which &c New York lady
scream. All, we know ZEN all"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25

A slab-sided, mud-covered Westerner,
entered Broadway clock store about
dusk the other evening, and, with pc
culiar look, asked:
''8lister, is this where man kin git q
clock2"
'.Yes, sir, said the clerk.
''Well, said the granger. ''what be
that ticker worth, " pointing to an ornate
and intricate piece of time-recording
mechanism on the shelf.
"That, sir, said the clerk, sis a Won
derful time-piece. It Is worth 5000 and
will run three years without winding"
"Great Scottl" gasped the granger,
'three years without winding Say, mis-
ter, how long would the thing run if she
was wound upl"-Nelo York Mercury.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
scYrHE SONG.
e DT1

Mowers weary and brown and blithe,
What is the word methinks 20 know,
Endless over-word that the Scythe
Sings to the blades of the grass belows
scythes that swing in the grass and clover,
Something, still, they say as they pass;
What is the word that over and over.
Sings the Scyths to the flowers and grass
Hush, ali hnshlthe Scythes are saying,
Hush, and heed not, and fall asleep;
Hush, they say TO the grasses swaying,
Hush, they sing to the clover deepl
Hush-'tis the lullaby Time is singing
Hush, and heed not. for all things pass,
Hush, ali hushl and the Scythes are swing
ing
Over the clover, over the grassi
--Andrelo Lang.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25
&c rEErH NErpEn aR1NnNa.

"Here, young lady," said gentle
man in a local restaurant, ''this steak is
tougher than bootleather.n
Land sakes, should think it would
be; you have got one of them air dull
knives. There, sir; try this one; its
sharper, and you viii find the steak is
much tenderer."
Eyes, but confounG it, my teeth won
be any sharper, will theyl'-Prouidenee
IeIeqram.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-25

Tourist-''It must have been a terrible
cyclone that wrecked this church so com
pletely"
Kansasan with his arm in a sling
'Twa'r'nt no cyclone. You see, 1t hap
pened on Sunday, an was preachin' on
the folly o see1in' riches, when some one
hollered in through the window that there
was three pussy-loollin' capitalists in town
lookin' fer land, an the congregation riz
up as one man an busted the walls right
out tryin' to git out first"
Tourist-'But you seem to have re
ceived personal injuries"
Kansasan-''Yes, got my arm broke,
but 1 was sort o. recouciIed. 1 reached
the capitalist in time to sell my corner
lot over on Prospect an Wall streets. -
st. Louis Hum0rist.