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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03

handsome fruit, much larger than the
Queen and little more tart. The White
Pool is very choice variety, it's fruit
being large and showy. There are sew
eral variegated varieties suitable for or
namenting grounds, and in the large citis
thefruit is in great demand for ornament
ing banquet tables. There are many
other varieties which / have not time to
the most desirable for all purposes.
The pineapple in cultivation is propa-
gated entirely by crown shoots and suck
ers. In a state of high cultivation perfect
seed is seldom produced. The pine is a
native of tropical America. In the enorth-
eastern portion of South America it is
found growing wild in sandy, maratime
places. 1t has been greatly changed by
cultivation. 1t has been gradually scat
tered over tropical and sub-trop1cal coun-
tries; not always as a cultivated plant.
1t is fully naturalized in many parts of
Asia and Africa. 1t thrives best i'll
moist climate. IT does not succeed well
in the dry climate of South Italy, although
the warmth of that region is favorable.
The fruit was first grown in hot: houses
in Holland. 1t was introduced into Eng
land toward the end of the 18th century,
and it's cultivation soon became general
in the gardens of the wealthy. In some
countries a fine liquor, called pineapple
rum, is made from the juice of the fruit;
and fine quality of silk is made from the
fiber of the leaf. In the Sandwich Islands
this manufacture is quite an industry.
The plants require hoeing often enough
to keep down the weeds, and [ think it
advisable to mulch during the summer
and when the plants are first set. They
are plants that will survive almost any
amount of neglect. Yet they appreciate
good care, and will reward ones Efforts
with satisfactory results. If you will
come to my place at any time | will be
pleased to show my plants and give you
all the benefit of my experience.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Cassava Planting.

Let me say, in answer to DR.. Hale, of
Enterprise, that cassava does not need
to be planted every year. have
patch in it's third year, from which the
roots have been removed from time to
time, leaving only the stubbs, and the
last year the roots were as fine, perhaps
better, than before. 1t is plain to me, in
the light of my experience, that cassava
no more needs annual planting than does
cane, since the roots may be removed
without disturbing the plant seriously.
However, more time may be needed to
show what is really the best way. take
the more pleasure in answering these in
quiries, since DR.. Hale kindly gave me
cassava seed when was a newcomer in
Florida. ID. r. PLsBRY.
Sanford, Florida.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
How Can Sulphur be Dissolved?

Will your correspondent, ''Viticus,"
kindly give details of how to dissove sui
phur in potash? In his articlein the AGR1-
CULTURIsT of March Goth he says ''he will
inform yourreaders that they can dissolve
sulphur in potash, when dissolved how
to use it. Perhaps some of them can,
and like some other things, it may be
easy enough when you "know how" but
there may be others like myself who in
this case don't exactly ''know how" We
would be greatly obliged for the modus
operandi. b. l.. ii.
Churchill, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
APRIL 8, 1889.
Pineapple Culture.

Wilson read the following paper on the
subject before a recent meeting of the
Orlando Farmers and Fruit Growers
Association.
Pineapples are easily cultivated. They
require no great amount of either mental
or physical labor. Any person can make
a success of their culture if they only pro-
cure plants of the proper varieties, and
give them one-quarter of the attention
and fertilizing necessary to make truck
growing a success. Ladies can succeed,
and gentlemen may even do nearly as
well. But as a rule, gentlemen do not
think them of Importance enough for
them to worry with. They will work
hard to raise fine cabbage or turnip
that will sell for twenty-five cents, when
the same amount of worry, care and toll
would produce several fine pineapples
that would sell at an average value of
one dollar each. Besides being profitable,
they are thing of beauty and Joy to the
purchaser.
A shed is necessary, for while the pine is
q tropical plant, it thrives best in partial
shade [ learn that in their native cline
they are partially shaded by the trees. To
build shed 4Ox1O0 feet would require
about seventy five dollars worth of lum
ber. One man will put it up in a week.
Allow for his wages q dollar and a quar-
ter per day, and the expense reaches
$S2.5O Set the plants four feet apart,
and such q shed will accommodate two
hundred and fifty plants AS to soil, any
of our good Florida sand will do, if it is
level and not too wet and heavy. The
ground should be prepared by clearing
and plowing, then harrow in plenty OF
good stable manure. If this is done first
and the shed erected afterward by the
time the shed is completed the ground
well be ready for setting the plants. If |
had the pleasure OF furnishing the plants,
I would recommend first the Abbakachie,
large fruit with delicious flavor, and q
prolific bearer of both fruit and young
plants. 1t is quite hardy, and seems to
stand FROST better than any other plant
nave. TOf S0COuu CIOlCC WOulu SuS-
gest the Smooth Cayenne, which, when
ripe, has a marked and strong vinOus
flavor. The leaves are free from spines.
After one has handled pineapple plants
for time they will appreciate this pecu
liarity Next (and especially for home
use) comes the little Queen. You who
have tasted them will remember their
good qualities. Too much can never be
said in their favor. | have heard that
there are as many as thirty five varieties
of the Queen. They are all desirable.
The Black jamaica, like most precious
articles, is done up in small packages. 1t
is regarded as extra fine, but not so profit
able as q market fruit as some of the 9th
ers The Trinidad [ consider q good deal
of Col. Sellers The plant is fine and
handsome, and it grows large and
snowy apple that arOuses great eXpecta-
tions which are never realized. To tell
the truth, however much they promise,
the million" don't materialize. They
throw out but few shoots, SO that propa-
cation is slow, and the fruit brings no
more than other large varieties. Still, no
shed is complete without a few plants of
this ariatv Tho Princn 1hnrt and Char
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03

Newcomers cannot afford to be with
out the FLORIDA AGMCULTURlsT. Only
81 per year.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-17

There is no State in the Union that
has more stringent laws on the subject
of divorce than New York, yet IN that
State the Flack divorce was decreed
without the knowledge or consent OF
the plaintiff, on behalf of and for the
benefit of the defendant, without hear
ing, without the taking of evidence or
the appearance of counsel. 1t goes
without saying that this could not have
been done if the law had been observed.
In New York only one cause for divorce
is recognized they must not be OBJ
tanned by COLLISION the cause for
divorce cannot be established by ad-
mission, but must be affirmatively
proved j.; the guilty party cannot even
take advantage of the divorce, but is in
effect bound, while the innocent party
goes free. These details are mentioned
only to show what wholesale violation
of all the principles of New York's di
vorce laws was committed when a de-
cree in the Flack case was made. Its
annulment puts the parties back in their
old position, but this is not enough to
satisfy justice, though it is to be OBJ
served that two of the conspirators have
lost their political standing on account
of it, one of them his place, and others
are getting punished by loss of reputa-
ton, independent OF any action the
Court and the bar may take.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-17
EFFECTS OF THE ELIXIR.
A Warning From DIR. Hammond-FwO Sue
cessful Experiments-The Effect Upon a
Confirmed Morphine Eater.

WASHINGTON, d. c., August 12.-Dr.
Hammond says that unless great care is
exercised in the preparation of the new
remedy discovered by DR.. Brown So
guard its administration will be attended
with fatal results. The preparation of
the remedy should be speedily followed
BY the simultaneous injection. Speaking
on this point DIR. Hammond said he pre-
pared some of the tonic on Saturday, and
the time occupied from the killing of the
animal to the injection into the patient
OF the fluid prepared from the organs Of
the carcass was not over 30 minutes. A
small portion of the fluid was left in the
mortar, and the following morning it was
found to be putrid. Great care" said
the Doctor, must also be taken to kill
any bacteria there may be in the fluid
and other precautions as to the absolute
cleanliness of the syringe and mortar.
which are washed with carbelic acid and
distilled water before using, otherwise
poison might be injected into the veins
and cause death. Theses conditions pre-
clude the manufacture of the fluid TO,
sale. If it is stale and putrid it will
cause blood poisoning and death, and l
cannot be usei by fool by any means
Experimenters who do not UNDERSTAND
the subject had better look out, or the,
may have sad results from their work
This reminds me of letter | have re
ceived from man who offers to he my
agent in the sale of the fluid. Such a
proposition is the most absurd thing il
the world. The subject is one that is OF
will be known to the entire medical pro
fession, and have never limited at an,
exclusive right to use the fluid. What
ever my experiments develop will be al
the disposal of the whole profession. An,
other course would be quackery. What
ever benefit there is in the discovery o.
DR.. Brown S2quard will be for the use %
any ona. There is no elixir for sale b,
me and never will be"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-17

diamonds. Here and there little stalac-
titles hung from the ceiling. The lime
formation resembled lace and frieze work
of wondrous beauty. The cave had a de-
scent of about twenty degrees and they
found rooms and chambers grand beyond
description. They had entered about 200
feet when they found flint axe. A lit
tie further was pool of fresh water. and
a strong current of fresh Air was felt.
Further on a chamber was discovered
covered wiah brownish muck that was
sticky. Gilfllan, who was in the lead,
suddenly stopped, and said: There sits
boy" Sure enough there sat human
form. The head was resting on the kuees
and the arms were drawn around the legs
Indian fashion. A stone bowl and axe
we're found beside the figure. The body
was we'll preserved. but in trying 70 lift
it one arm broke off it. Other bodies in
different attitudes were found in the
chamber, but when disturbed they crum
bled. One stone man was brought out
with loss of arms and feet. The discov-
cry has caused great excitement in AS
pen, as the bodies do not seem to be
those of Indians.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-17
The Progress of Civilization.

Governor Lowrey, of Mississippi i.
resolved that he will discharge his duty
and deliver to the courts an offender
who aagrantly defed the laws which he
is sworn to enforce. In pursuance o.
his demand, Sullivan the pugilist was
surrendered and brought to Jackson
the capital of Mississippi. His journey
and arrival had the air of a triumph
An immense crowd received him at the
station, and he was escorted to the
hotel, where the pressure of the mob to
see him was so great and persistent that
Colonel Hamilton" at last introduced
him to the crowd from "the grand stair
way" and the hero was received with
reclamation, and "shook hands with
hundreds" until he found that it would
be impossible personally to greet all
his admirers, and so withdrew.
After bathing, and then dining in the
private rooms of the hotel, the distin-
guished guest of the State, at the lnvl-
tation of the Governor, repaired to the
Jail, where he was suitably accommo
dated. HIS trial will be apparently a
general festival and should he be in
solently sentenced to any penalty, it
will be probably regarded by the Jack
son mob as persecution emitting him
to their deeper reverence.
The renown of the hero will be evil
IDENTITY augmented by the endeavor $ of
the Governor to enforce the laws and
to maintain the honor of his State. If
convicted of breach of the law, no
discredit will attach to him. The only
result will be the proof that the law
outruns public opinion. No recent
event in the country has aroused such
profound and universal interest. 1t has
been proved that the question of the
Behring Sea, OF the rules of the House,
of prohibition, of Congressional cleo
ton law. of the Canadian fisheries, are
totally unimportant to the multi;udes
that hang upon the bulletin boards,
compared with that of the ability OF
Sullivan to mash Kilrain to jelly be-
fore KIlrain could mash Sullivan.-Hay-
tiers Weekly.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-17
TREASURER'S NOTICE

TN pursuance OF an Act of Assembly passed at
i the January session. 1885, Chapter $40, the I'M
dersigned treasurer OF Cecil county. hereby gives
notice that for the purpose of receiving the State
County and Dog Taxes in said county for the yeal
1889, he will sit in the several Election Districts
as follows:
August 5th and 9th at Patrick Ander-
sons, Cecilton, First District.
August 9TH and Sth at NJ E & G.. E.
Kinks, North East, Fifth District.
August 9th and 10th at f. P. Brickley's,
Port Deposit, Seventh District.
August 18th and 9Th at Henry Hess,
Fair Hill, Fourth District.
August 18th and 18th at the County
Commissioners Office in Elkton, Third
District.
August 10th and 18TH at T. B. Hopper S
Drug Store. Chesap eake City, Second
District.
August 10TH and goth at J. Harvey
Clark's, Calvert, Ninth District.
August 2Ist and 22d at Woodrow's
Hotel. Conowingo, Eighth District.
August 23d and 24th at Grason's Ho-
tel, Rising Sun, Sixth District
Between the hours Of a. m and p. M As
the law provides, discount OF per cent. will be
allowed on all State and County taxes paid before
September LIST. Taxpayers will please take notice
that taxes are due and payable on Septeu. Der
LIST and that on all bills unpaid on January list
interest will be charged and collected from Sep
TENDER LIST. Alter January list delinquents will
be warned that unless settlement in full be made
before April LIST the claims against them will be
placed in the hands of the sheriff " OF the
county who shall proceed to seize their property
and dispose of the same to pay the taxes due with
the charges thereon and all costs OF sale.
Dogs and slutS whose owners have no other
property, unless tax is paid will be killed. The
treasurer would, therefore, respectfully urge all
taxpayers to pay promptly and, if possible, in
time to obtain the benefit VI the discount.
L. B. HOPPER,
July2O-5t Treasurer
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-17
The Primaries.

We publish to-day the call for the
Republican primary elections and we
desire to add word by way of impress
ing upon Republican voters the impor-
lance of full attendance at these elec-
tons.
The times are ripe in Maryland for
the final overthrow of the Democratic
party. The doctrine that "a public
Office is private snap" which for the
last decade, at least, has seemed to be
the controlling doctrine among Demo-
cratic leaders, has had its day.
The people are tired of the sausage
eaters and of sausage-ea eating principles.
They want return to business methods
IN the administration of their public at
fairs and they have lost faith, at last, in
obtaining such methods at the hands
of the Democratic party.
The simple truth is that the Demo-
cratic party in Maryland and, notably,
in Cecil County, is in its dotage, in the
last stages of senility. This was, con-
spicuously, illustrated by the ticket
placed in the field by the recent Demo-
cratic Convention of the county.
A deader ticket never was delivered
and, after more than months examl-
nation of its condition, the universal
verdict is that it is time to bury 1t. 1t
is beyond the hope of resuscltation, un-
less the Republican Convention turns
fool and gives birth to more ghastly
corpse.
Even the Democratic organs OF the
county have had scarcely one word OF
commentator for the poor weakling
that came as the result of the combined
wisdom of the controlling elements of
Cecil Democracy. The Democrat re-
ceived it with a sneer and, in private,
dismissed it with something worse. The
.Nevs, in state of mental bewilder-
ment. tossed the candidates after the
fashion Of a juggler, printed their names,
virtually, upside down and cried out,
dolefully. "this ticket is not as strong as
it ought to have BEEN" Later on, still
wrestling, in state of intellectual OBJ
iuscation, with the knotty situation, it
screwed its courage up to the point of
saying that the nominees, with one or
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-17

which you desire to use it,
with the price you wish to pay,
and we will promptly place in
your hands samples of the best
we can supply at the price.
That should mean the best
anywhere, for the Wanamaker
stock of Dress Goods is the
largest and best selected we
know of in the world. If you
do not know the technical name
of the goods, no matter: tell
us how they look to your eyes,
or how you suppose they look,
and we will find them.
Just SO of anything else, set
tie on what you want, as near
as may be, and write for it.
Sporting things,
Fishing tackle,
Furnishing goods,
Toilet articles,
Millinery fxings,
Books of every sort,
and the thousand other things
for home Use or wear or house
decorating that we have a store
full of.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets,
and ty-haii square.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-17

1t would be safe to wager that no,
one third of the Democratic voters in
Cecil to-day could name the candidates
on the Democratic ticket without REFER
ring to the columns of one of their
party journals, and, even then, it
wouldn't be safe to refer to the first is
sue of The Mews after the convention.
The trouble IS that it is ticket Of un.
knowns,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-17
AFIND IN A COLORADO MINE,

Remains of Human Beings who may Have
Belonged to q Prehistoric Race.
DENVER, Col. Aug. ~ A most re
markabIe story has reached here from
Aspen, COL. regarding an unexpected
find in one of the principal mines in the
Aspen Mountains. Last Thursday night
as the story goes, the night shift in the
Minnie Mine-Messrs. Donnelly, Mackey
Taylor and Gilfillan-put in two 80 inch
holes in the breast of 500 foot level and
fred the blast JUS before leaving for the
surface. On returning to the mine it
was found that the two shots had broken
into cave, the extent of which they pro-
ceeded to explore. Going in lew feet
they found the walls covered with crys.
tallized lime and lead that glittered like
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-17
THE WORLDS FAIR.
What Senator Hawley Thinks of the Pre-
posed Exposition in 1892.

What Senator Hawley Thinks of the Pre-
posed Exposition in 1899.
NEW YORK, Aug. Ex-senator Hawley
of Connecticut, ex-President of the Gen.
tennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1875
was in town to night. He was greatly
interested in the proposed Worlds Fair
in 1892, and talked freely about its incep-
ton and promised success. He believed
New York City was the place to hold
the greatest exhibition that the world
had ever seen, and all that was necessary
was right start.
II must say that the committees just
appointed by your Mayor" he continued
''are of a character to give universal con
fidence. They are composed of men Of
known ability, and another equally able
body of the same number would be hard
to select in the United States. So far it
is WE'LL and 1t will not do to make any
mistakes at the outset. Once get the
mighty affair started right, all subse-
quent errors can be remedit d."
Referring to the probability of the Elk
position being direct paying Investment
to subscribers. the Senator said: II should
any such idea. The expenses of such an
ohoiA oiC Cuolt houos dbu LILO POooloii
OF earning enough to repay subscription
is slim, in my judgment"
Il used to tell all persons who SUBJ
scribed through me in Philadelphia that
they had better consider their subscrip
ton as gift. If they received anything
back, just be thankful for it and say
nothing. think that is the way you
had better look at it here, too.
cat the very beginning OF the Centen
NAL Exposition expenses commenced, and
until the preliminary stage was passed
private individuals put their hands in
their pockets and paid them. When the
Finance Committee was organized and
incorporated, whose duty it was to raise
the funds and provide for expenses, cap.
ital was subscribed to the. amount of
$2,3ls, $50. OF this $489, 749 was subse
9uently paid back to the stockholders.
"The city of Philadelphia appropriated
81 500. 600, the State of Pennsylvania 81
0OO, 600, the United States advanced 81
SOC, 600 as loan, which was paid back,
and the income acc, unit arising from
gifts, sales of privileges, and gate receipts
and sales of old buildings, amounted to
"a, 1921. 325.7S, total of 81, l81, 900.
New York will prot ably require more
than that, for IT'S ifeas are even more
grand and elaborate than the Philadel-
phia plans"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-17
Looking for a Lost Lover.

READING, Pa, Aug. 13.-Miss Lizzie
P. Speyerer, aged twenty six, was taken
Is the Harrisburg Hospital for the Insane
yesterday. Her case is a sad one, Her
insanity is hereditary, but the predispo-
sing cause was disappointment in love.
Some two weeks ago she rose in the night
and with a pair of scissors cut all the
closhing she possessed, including some
handsome dresses and wraps, into strips.
The next day she was removed to st.
Joseph's Hospital, it being hoped that
her dementia was only temporary. Three
days after that she escaped at night, and
wandered barefooted and almost naked
over Penn's Mountain in search of water
to drown herself. When found, her feet
were badly lacerated from climbing the
rocks. She imagines that her lover has
been cut to pieces, and she wants to end
her life 80 as to meet him in the next
world. She made a number of attempts
to end her life, and while being taken to
Harrisburg attempted to jump from the
cars while crossing the Lebanon Valley
bridge.