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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-07-31

before | learned that / would have to
know a great many things. In fact l
would have to become ascientist. found
out that / would have to study botany
and learn the functions of the stamens
and pistils-I supposed to keep the pistils
from going off and hurting something;
that | would have to study entomology
and become personally acquainted with
bugs and worms, though could never
see what the Lord made them for, except
in the case of crickets and redwOrms for
fish bait. / found out | would have to
study biology SO as to know what to buy;
chronology to know how to keep the
crows off astrology, to know when the
moon was in the right place for the seed;
geology, to know how to guide a mule;
and pathology, to know how to make the
business pay. crammed like sopho-
more trying to grease through COM
mencement examination.
During the time was going through
these scientific researches noticed every
day a poor man passing my place driving
dump cart, hauling manure He was
going to Truck Farm, as he vulgarly
called it. | was sorry for that man. He
was very poor, with large fanlily-six-
teen children, all boys, but fifteen.
thought it would be an act of Christian
charity in me to dissuade him. So one
day stopped him and said; John is it
not rather a hazardous business for you,
with your large family, to undertake q
scientific occupation like this? Why, my
dear fellow, you do not know the differ
ence between a rhynchopores (curculio
imperialis) and tribute of the early
Zoic era.' He said: ENoIdon't. But tell
you what does know. If you puts plenty
of manure on the ground and works it
right, it always brings truck OF course
| reasoned no longer with such gross ig-
nOrance.
''Well time flew on. had a world of
beautiful plants. April came at last. /
got regiment of negroes and put them
in the field-and such a field 1t was a
lovely, red, stiff clay, that might have
sprouted pea if the pea had not first
opened it's eye to see what kind of soil it
was in. Toward the last of pril | saw a
little yellow, sickly bloom. Istuck q stick
up by it and walked round and round it
every day, putting in my botany. Would
even go out at night to see if the "sweet
influence of the Pleiades'' was doing it
any good About the fourth night re-
mOrseless worm came up out of the earth
and it was no more. But the amount of
chronological satisfaction | had in dis
secting that worm fully repaid me. A
drouth came on in May. The plants got
sick; so did /. By the middle of July |
was through with the crop, or rather it
was through with me. Formy six months
labor realized the magnificent sum of
SLIGO.
"ln that day of tribulation found out
there was one Ology | had not studied,
but which | needed more than any-that
was theology. If my wife had not been
Methodist | would have ''cussed."
heard that many did ''cuss," but it was
mostly me, for all had followed my ad-
vice and example. There was one man
who did not know the difference between
a rhynchOpOres (curculiO imperialis) and
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-07-31


subsided and the sun came out hot, they
got sick SO did ]. When | gathered and
shipped the crop balanced my book and
found | had lost 5000. But had anO tn
er years experience. | was getting a
little shaky, but / determined to try
again. l dared not quit I stood ap-
palIed before the storm of ridicule which
| saw gathering in the eyes of the ungodly
testers. If | failed again | would have
more time to prepare to skip the town. [
made another entry in my memorandum.
1t was this: Make garden OfyOur land !;
drain well; treat as you would a garden
and plant many things
'"The third year moved as cautiously
as kitten in paper shoes. | put one
acre in tomatoes, about the same in GU
cumbers, a smaller area i'll beams. canta-
loupes, Irish potatoes, radishes spinach,
etc. succeeded beyond my expectations.
| found money in every crop. The GU
cumbers brought about $3.50 to the acre; !;
the cantaloupes at the rate of $3.50; the
beans about $13O, and from the one acre
in tomatoes / sold over$90O gross. They
were shipped mostly to Chicago and Min
neapolis. was satisfied now [ need not
fly to the frontiers as an exile. had
saved my reputation, and demonstrated
the fact that there was money i'll dude
farming. ."-Southern Planter.
We reprint the above as an amusing
caricature of pretended sciencein farming.
But we add paper which shows what
books and newspapers have done for
farmers].
AGRICULTURAL READING.
Many of our practical farmers think
that time spent in reading newspapers is
lost. Even papers devoted to the special
work of the farmer are considered oflittle
avail. "Book-farming," if not as much
decrided as formerly, is still neglected,
and many men still think that it takes
little education and intelligence to make
a farmer. A successful farmer cannot be
made by the education of the schools
alone, but it will also take long time
and much crude thinking to make sue
cessful farmer without education, reading
and books. To make a thorough, well
informed, skillful successful farmer re-
quires as much brains and study as the
most technical trade or highest prOfes-
sion. The world is full of ignorant, slip
shod actors in all occupations, from the
pulpit to the field, and each has it's share
of pretenders and shysters. When, from
want of ability or opportunity to get
early and systematic agricultural train
ing, the farmer feels, as he ought, his de-
fciency, the newspaper, and especially
the agricultural paper, offers thecheapest
and most successful means of securing
sufficient agricultural information for a
sensible farmer to secure fair success in
his business. Continual and careful
reading of current agricultural literature
and sound thinking and thorough xami-
nation of what is read, will enable a rea-
sonable intelligent farmer togather much
of the scientific and practical relating to
his farm and crops. The editors of agri-
cultural papers will collect, examine and
prepare for their less educated readers all
that is absolutely necessary to under
stand about the land, crops and stock of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-28
NAME ANOTHER WEEK OF
SPECIAL PRICES.


JIM dun season wo prove caIo'lly i'r hel'"s
Goods ur.fer vslue that IL couuterbalaured Joy
..,,,..,.,.s,.alo.
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ln' .V'' n''' 49, ,in ,tn r.,urfa,f,ir.r-.
dealing here i- ii.' "l'n ..c ,,.,
ON ths Ccntre Souner [oar Of isi' &. ",, ~ H'i,
ne i3...'' ,I ,..,,,t,.,. -.h o- In ia Linen.
luliH Lawns fa'l N"'-' i'ai'e,' i., "' me-
Sg'lV7, o t-,, ,., ,,..,'r.r,.. f,.Is ,,oes
pfi,r y ,l'.r,'i i.s ,,l sold for
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eHrct Al rrcg>,ctt ,vrl-rs AND NARSFILFS
,r pisln Fignred pInids. aui C.rls-Hu the
qnanue, from l' To '''' "'' '' '.'''' ''' '0'
"tNNrFIAcr YpKfNG g.. from iqr
Az ~. ln1' i,'N ,, ~ ,tI,,rt GOODS will be
sod a. closing price. ,.. ,,,,,~,.. DAvAsSY
-,,,ii, '1 A.,,hnr T.. n tne-nol fringe
Hl DkAb - \oh TON tL aa.t li 'bIliI%EK nap
. a." .. ,,- - -, ~ g.. a. h.
nj 'Nr' was w.. ~. -,ti,. pamask TABLE
LNEN fot ~ NAY w. ,.or,3 Au.Iinen Da-
IN Inniflrs ertn .olorri border.
Thrce cont, a yard ion white OF co.ors Of MOS
of,tt, Nrr
III rit,s 7oWRt, win he S.. from l2tc.
Temnant- of nnc nHSu LINENS VIII be
..il..t DI,t ~ sbnui ouclaf
An.fra & Alf fTDf y iNtrN Will te placed on
,,S c,rt,, t.'inters ana sold al prices that ruu
.o,ret.,nr after tnI- order:
ma sf,.. .....npri.es UlkItTOlRE ani 40-loch
,raiI ,ar..t- 1raIue- IN B.atk, White.
r,.'.,. .',,t ,oi.r-
r,tpr..rntpt tttANVIrIY that wns 1898 will
.,
r,tl., 't.ftfr ,uANrITIY from s2.Qto3l50:
J., i,'i''i. ,., CIlt%ilIIY nom sos TO
$50
o, ~. ,, ,..,,,,,i,o,l,, Of Venice aud Haud-
RIr from gte. Z, $3.50.
hN',.' M, ~ ,.,t va os..
tho WUlTF rIOI NClNGS 20 the same way.
mo LACE COUNTERS Will 20 spread with
odds and cnis-ttousands of remnants livery
titnr an our way Will DO sod for some price 10
cioar stock
Narrow NALkNClkNNES LANf TOT ~ u"~oh
fror, &c.,. from Qs-. 20 5ic. dozen;
s-fn.h BLACK SILK GUlpUkE LACE, Exc
from 9lc.
80. ,i...t con, misses everything The lace world
eau produce.
a.. a dozen for EMhhOi'&Lnl ~ IN Nc
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-28
READ " HAT
CENTS
WILL BUY AT
Held &ThaIhinl8PS 4

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-28
LINEN GOODS.
noV,T Mss TuEsE sEBlRGA1Ns.

lot kil-Linen Table Damask-i5 Inches vide
az &c, redo "a from 81, ~;
LOT 4 .l-LInen Table Bamnrk-H Inches Wloe-
nt Bic. reduced from 5U'.:
lot Satn-Blearh Table Damask-d) inches
wide az 49,, reduced from iJc. az our Grc al
Cl-Hrinr-OJt sale;
Hot Turkey Rrd Damask- 80 inches wide Barns
lrv uamaK-a. 22r. oIucc1 from BE. flr
our Great Clearing-Out sale:
l.t TuIkey-Eed Douios-gsoi siHcs-at 3lc
dozer-24c apieco-have been reduced from
Hc n dozen.
Linen lowo,s from DC. upwards. Goods At your
own prlrr-
lot Hcufrcws Turkcy-Red Damask-length 2
90 ytrle. quality will 90 a. our Great
CIoBrlu. Ont aie al BE.
Pure Linen T0wclling AZ j<c yard;
Twill Cotton TowcllinR 4c "A yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-28

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,..........,.. .. ....., soil Tor Gle t,is
,
...,.f,r,,.N heavy SHIRTS and DRAW
v,.. ,..,...,-.e, .lt,l have como TO us
,,.....,, ts..u f.r s9. Hottor bay now than
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-28
DIE. E.nITTELDORFER.
81 BROAD STREET.
jy @Ssu. .Tu6Thl


The partnership that has cKls,eI between ".
r. ANDERSON aud ". O.. NEWMAN under the
nrm-name " ANDERSON & NEWMAN. doiag
business ~ the southeast Garner o. sixth aud
CAV streets. b. this DAY dissOlgeG. hr. v. +.
kSDEkS ~ VIII conduct Tho business hereafter
under the nrn-name ot v. T. ANDkkSON &
GO. All parties having deots agsinst the Old
firm will piea,e prescUt for srttiemcnL All
debts due the old cOncera will DO collected by
W. p. ANDERSON & 90. y 2t3t
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-28
SHEETINGS AND QUILTS
At ArcTION PkICEs

II NII IIVN 7 MI -
case io-4 81 eting-extra dne-stl loc., reduced
from &c.
/ cas- To-; standard Shooting at sic-. reduced
from 2,4c.:
10 pieces - Bleach Pill0W-Case Cotton NJ lUHc''
reduced from l21c:
80 Friuged- End Quits At 3o'., reduced from Mc
81 Crochet l0-f Quilts 81 sc.. re1uced from .l.lo'
4J Nar-oiles III Quilts a. ~, reduced from
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-28
ry,HE BRADSTREET COMPANY,
i CHARLES \. CLARK, President
ERA DSTRRETS RICHMOND OFFICE
DO. lSos EAST MAIN srRkkL
Telephone NOAH
au. WHlTTY. superlnlsndsn.-

The Richmond ONCE aas moro than kept pacs
with Ine rapid grOath Of The city aud develop
Inent OF tho territory tributary 10 H. IL Offers 70
The merraatle community OF 1hie section all tns
advantages OF system the superiority Of whion
N recognized in every trade eenIe OF the civil
ized world. InaE iI 70 Ia a special sonse prepared
10 guard the inyeresto OF its local patrons ID a.
sssssd by tho fact that Il has now . Iaresy sumkv
a<ankasrfksrs Ass sns sthw E<rssn<8 sssH~s
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-28
Cwt Stock Hru4t Be Reauced.
VERY MUCH MORE
BEFORE INVENTORY.

LOOKING roug PREPARING for this occaSion find MANY tots that
them They must DosU be sold
before iuren0y dan 60n6 prices these 6O0dRLDICC-
LOW PRICESthat u sell them ont quc We are GOING to
dpay floor many Of these baySanS and all through our
conspicuous figures iprtinG attention to the
different piles and little lots displayed for
DT71
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-28
ANDKERCHIEFS.
NOTICE THE LOW PRICES. BBAT ALL PRE-
yIOCs PRICES AND ALL CONPE-
TITION.

Bought q Frciieuhoim trustee sale, on
Broad street. entreI uuc 81 Imported hmbroi-
derel On Fancy Rud Nhlfc1 Handkerchieis-
sheer ard Gne-whirh We will clear out at
sacriace.
SPECIAL LADIES' BALBElGdAN VESTS AT
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-20
HARRISON COMPROMISES.

Mr.. Harrison has apparently bent the
knee to the Republican Senatorial com.
binatiof, and the fact has created NO
little gossip. 1t has of course been well
known for some time past that a number
of more or less prominent Republican
Senators were aggrieved because of real
or fancied sights they had received from
the administration, and many people pre-
dicted open hostilities between Harrison
and the Senate next winter.
A number of Republican Senators, in
Guiding Allison, Cullom, Chandler and
Dolph and Ingalls,, consulted over this
and other matters, and decided to hold a
caucus Of Republican Senators in the
near future. They called on the Presi-
dent in order, as they expressed, it TO
know where he Stood" They were sur
prised to find that he stood" just where
they did; believing that no important
move or appointment should be made
without consultation with the party
leaders, and that their wishes should be
consulted in all appointments in their
respective sections. Senator Cullom ex-
pressed great pleasure at what he con-
sidered the Presidents change of heart.
Some people may accuse Mr.. Harrison
Of weakness, but others think he was
very shrewd to make up" with the
Senator's.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-20
WOMEN OF THE WORLD.

The London "Star" says that Miss Mary
Anderson is living almost incog IN the out
skirts OF Hampstead.
Mrs. Amelie Rives Chanler, it is authori-
tatively announced, will remain abroad for
several years.
Mrs. Garfield, widow OF the late president,
ia making arrangements to spend next win
ter in Washington.
Queen Victoria entered upon the fifty
third year OF her reign June 20, having
succeeded to the throne the goth of June,
1887.
At the recent closing exercises OF the Au.
burn, Me-, high school, Miss Blanche Stanley
read q composition entitled 1.-The Horse
Trot of the Future"
Nine. W%addington, wife of the French
ambassador to England, has declared her
intention OF striking off her visiting list all
the Londoners who offend the susceptible
tiles of the republic by entertaining Gen.
Boulanger.
From Bar Harbor comes the news that
the craze for collecting autographs and
locks of hair has given place to a mania
for fragments of the cast.off wardrObes Of
men OF note, which the ladies work into
| '.cosies'' and fancy articles.
Mrs. John Gehan, a stout woman Of Ma
honey city, Pa, spanked grocer Goodman
| with her shoe because she thought he had
overcharged her boy for pot herbs. The
churt fined her 6 cents in addition to the
$50 cost.
The emancipated slave women of Brazi
are evidently seeking happiness in persona
| adornment-a free woman's way always
| At all events, since the late abolition o.
slavery in that country the merchants
there have sent to Paris heavy orders fol
corsets and dress goods.
Mrs. Anna Clafin, widow OF the late Reu'
/ ben Buchanan Clafin of New York, mother
of Lady Cook and Mrs. Victoria Woodruff
| Martin, died on the 10th ultimo, in bel
| eighty fifth year, at Doughty house, Rich
mond, the residence of her son-in-law, Sil
| Francis Cook.
The mother OF Stuart Robson, Mrs. Alicia
Ann Stuart, died in New York Tuesday al
the age of SO. She was a grandniece o.
| Charles Thompson of Maryland, one OF the
s~igners, and her mothers father, Henry
| Johnson, was q Senator OF Maryland and q
bosom friend of Charles Carroll of Car
rOlltOn,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-20

lot OF such children ID pitiable, for they are
deprived oil the fun and irolic which they
arg emitted to. Children-boys and girls
must lave exercise to keep them healthy.
Deprive them Of it, and they win fade
away like flowers without sunshine. Rum
ming, racing, skipping, c~limbing-these are
the things that strengthen the muscles,
expand the chest and build MP the nerves.
The mild dose Of exercise taken in
the nursery with caIisthenics or gym.
nastics will not i~nvigorate the system
like q good romp in the open air.
Better the laughing, rosy-cheeked, romp-
ing girl than the pale, lily-faced nj who is
lcalled every inch q lady, The latter rarely
breaks things or tear her dresses, or tires
her her mothers patience as the former
does; but, after all, what does the tearing
and breaking amount TOT It is not q wise
policy to put an old head on young should
ers, Childhood is the time for childish
pranks and ylays. The girl will grow into
womanhood soon enough. Let them be
children az long as they can. Give them
plenty of. fresh air and sunlight, and let
them run and romp az much as they please.
By all means give rs hearty, healthy,
romping girls rather han pale-faced little
ladies, condemned from their very cradles
to nervousness, headache and similar all.
ments.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-20

obtainins money with which to pay off his
vorkmen. After securing this he left the
oitv about Z O'Clock in the evening.
On his way home he overlook two men
who rode with him some time. Finally
one Of the men produced a bottle OF whisky
and asked Whidden to take a drink, which
he did. After riding some distance farther
the other pulled a revolver and ordered him
To dismount. Whidden complied after some
'narleyinQ. Oneof the robbers struck him
with q stuffed club and then proceeded to
rife his pockets, taking about $500. They
did not take his watch or any papers on
his person, evidently fearing detection.
After securing the money they forced him
70 drink from o bottle containing
arsenic. remarking that he would not
cave there very soon." The robbers then
rode off.
Whidden managed to mount his horse
and started home in the hopes OF getMng
there in time to secure aid. de
soon became too weak to pro-
coed and lay down by ths [oau-
side, where he remained till IL O'Clock MOI
day, having commissions every few
He would probably have died in q lew more
hours had not q workman passing that way
found and carried him to a ranch, where he
vas cared for until a physician could be
summoned from this city. Although in a
very precarious condition he will probably
recover. ~
Suspicion rests on certain parties. but as
vet no arrests have been made.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-20
Il NEW
The Geological Gardens to Be Open Free
of Charge on Week Days.

The Geological Gardens to Be Open Free
of Charge on Week Days.
Beginning with yesterday the Geological
gardens will be open to the public free OF
charge every day, excepting Sundays
and picnic days. Private parties and So
cial organizations can have the exclusive
use OF the grounds by applying to the man.
ayers, who will also furnish such music as
may be desired. The gardens will now be-
come more popular than ever. and doubt
lessly many families will avail themselves
OF the new order to escape from the noise,
heat and confusion and spend a day de-.
.lightfully and pleasantly in one of the most
beautiful and picturesque spots in the
west, where shady hooks, comfortable
seats and pleasant walks abound, and
where the rippling waters of running brooks
coolt the summer air. The hotel with it's
tables, cosy waiting rooms and
cool varandas, will be open constantly,
at the service of the patrons OF the
gardens. where the best meal in the terri
tory will be served at reasonable rates.
Hereafter the admission to the gardens
Sundays will be 25 cents only and the
motor will carry passengers round trips for
the same amount.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-20
MEN OF MARK.

Robert Browning makes an income oi
$1,000 a year from his literary work.
The great sheep raiser, Mr.. Mitchell, oil
Elko, New, will have d wool.clip OF 500 O
pounds this season. -s -.
Lord Tennyson is to receive 81. 900 for
the poem he is now writing His first &C.
cepted poem brought him the muniicent
sum OF 10 shillings.
A fine crayon portrait OF the Rev. DR.. 8.
F. Smith, author of my Country, tits oil
Thee, has been placed in the library OF
Colby university.
Gen. ]. w. Singleton, once q leader OF the
Illinois Democrats, has retired altogether
from politics, and spends most Of his time
among his books.
The postmaster general OF Siam is named
Somdetch Phra Chow Nong va Thor Chow
Fa Bhauuyauqsi ~Swanguvuqse Kooma
Phrs Observation-Disclosures Vavadey.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British minis
ter, will soon sail for England. to be absent
months. He denies that he has
any intention Of purchasing q farm near
the national capital.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-20

THE AGE OF SEARCH AND REALISM
The iconoclast is still abroad in thu
land. The popular ictions Of william
Tell and the apple, Of Washington and
the Ratchet, Of Columbus as the discov.
erer Of America, of the naming Of this
land in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, have
within a few years been thrust among
the rubbish Of WORKOUT nursery myths.
And still the work of the image-breaker
goes on apace. %. 90.
A recent dispatch from Paris says that
the celebrated Kong mountains of Africa
are about to follow the mountains of the
Moon and other mythical features of At
rican geography which have been ex-
plunged from the maps. These noun
tains are a legacy from the g~eographers
Of the last century, and for many years
they have been a conspicuous feature of
the maps, stretching across Africa for
ten degrees of longitude about 200 miles
north Of the Gulf of Guinea. Last year
DR.. Supan Of Gotha, in his review of Az
rican exploration in this century, K
pressed doubts as to the existence of these
Capt. Binger, who has now returned
from nearly two years. explorations in
the almost unknown region north of the
Gulf Of Guinea. justiaes the scepticism
Of Dr., supan, He says there is no such
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-20
The Silver Chest Mine.

From the Phillipsburg "Mail": The Sill.
yer Chest company is the centre OF at.
traction in mining circles in this section at
present. About twenty men are employed
on the grounds, some in the tunnel, more
in the shaft, and Others doing outside
work, such as framing timbers and putting
up buildings. The machinery is all on the
ground, and d vast amount Of lumber and
heavy timber is being hauled to the prop,
erty every day. A new boarding house is
now under way of construction, and will
be opened up in a few days. From all indi-
cations at present the Tower properties
will add considerably to the Life of this
district the coming winter. The Silver
Chest will be in good condition for success
full exploration in a short time, and many
other prospects are being developed in that
vicinity,