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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-27
Horticulture and Development.

In horticulture, in the raising of garden
vegetables, of fruits, of trees and flowers,
we may secure the best, the most natural,
most appropriate physical exercise in
the open air. Not necessarily excessive
exercise, such as tends to stiffen the
muscles and break down the system, but
a gentle exercise, such as strengthens
and enlarges every part of the physical
man. There may be some exercises in
Horticulture that are a little trying to
some of the muscles, such as wedding,
that may stiffen somewhat the musclesof
the back, but such obstacles but serve to
stimulate the inventive faculties which
devise implements to facilitate operation.
Horticulture does not exact SO severe ex-
ercise as does agriculture, hence it's effects
upon the physical system. are more salu-
tary.
When we come to the development of
the mental powers, what vocation can we
mention so well calculated to educate the
senses, to excite reflection, reason and
awaken high resolve as tilling the earth,
from whence we came, planting seeds, the
germs of plants watching their germina-
ton, observing the best conditions for
their termination, watching theirg growth,
the conditions that best promote their
growth, the obstacles to be overcome, de-
vising the best means of overcoming OBJ
.stacles and then observing the infores-
cence and the development and maturing
of the fruit. 9fe
Then we think there is much in the pur-
suit of horticulture that has a tendency
to expand the moral nature. Familiari-
ty with the laws of evolution gives him
exalted conceptions of the creative force
working through those laws and of the
bene6cent ends towards which the activi-
ties of the universe are tending. Thefruits
of his own labors harm no one, but nour-
ish and bless mankind. His moral and
spiritual nature is enlarged by his daily
occupations Therefore, we say let the
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-27
Ruclklen,s Arnlca SaIve.

Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter. .Chapped Hands, Chilblaines,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by w. A. Allen & Co.. DeLand.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-27
Some Curious Plants.
Manatee County, Fla.

One OF the most curious members of the
plant family, very common in jamaica,
we are told, is called the Life Plant, or
Leaf OF Life, because it is almo impos-
sible to xii. ..the leaves. You may cut one
off, and hang it up by thread, where any
ordinary leaf would be discouraged and
dry up. 1t will send out long white
thread-like roots, and set about growing
new leaves. You may cut off half leaf,
and throw it into a tight box, where it
can get neither light nor moisture, but
the spirited little plant puts out it's deli
cate roots all the same. Even pressed
and packed away in a botanist's herba-
rum itwill keep up it's work, throw out
ROOTS and actually grow out of it's covers.
1t is said that botanists who want to dry
this pertinacious vegetable are obliged to
kill il with a hot iron or boiling water.
A curious feature of the creeks and
lagoons of Northern Queensland is called
floating grass" 1t grows on the sur
face of the water, putting forth stems and
roots, which become SO densely interwov-
en- that, even with twenty feet of water
underneath, horses have been known to
cross on the mats thus formed.
A popularity of the Tartarican steppes
is the gigantic size of some of hehumblest
plants, such as milfoil and worlnwood
which grow to a height of several feet
The mullen, called 'steppe lights, is a
gigantic plant; and the thistle shelters
the novels of thewilderness like the groves
of other lands.
In autumn, when clump of thistles
dries into light dome of interlaced
branches, it is lifted up by the wind, and
then earns it's name of ''wind witch by a
performance in the air, described by Prof
Schleiden, who witnessed it, as follows:
Numbers of such balls often fly at once
over the plains, with such rapidity that
no horseman coulp oyertake them; now
hopping with short, quick springs along
the ground, now wheeling in great circles
around each other, rolling onward in 8
spirit-like dance overthe turf now, caught
by an eddy, rising suddenly hundred
feet into the air. Often, one wind witch
hooks on to another, twenty more join
the company, and the whole gigantic yet
airy mass rolls away before the piping
east wind.
This revolving mass is said to be un-
doubtedly the "wheef' or trolling thing
mentioned in Psalms lXxxiii, 13, as it is
an image familiar to the natives of q
country where eimmense thistles are acom-
mon weed.
The giant trees ofCalifornia are gener-
ally regarded as the most gigantic speci-
mems OF vegetable growth known toman,
but such is not the case. There is a sub.
marine plant growing int theNorth Pacific
ocean, which, according to Prof. Reinsch,
dwarfs all others in it's vast proportions
The Macrocystis pyrifeea, one OF the
Melamospermoe has been known to grow
to such an extent as to cover vast areas
of the ocean bed. One specimen, by actual
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-27

Editor Floral Department:
| must say am very much interested
in the Floral Department of the AGRI-
CULTURIsT. am working on suggestions
and information gained from correspond
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-27
FOR THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
PANSIES.

The pansies. the pansies, their colors behold!
Who gave to their velvet such wonderful dives {?
AS black as the midnight as yellow as gold
AS fair lily, as blue as the skies,
AS glowing as sunset, as bright as a gem
The fabrics of Lyons are paltry to them
The pansis, the panses l love them as when
In childhood Isought for the earliest bloom,
And they smiled up at me from hilltop and glen
With their gold and their purple to brighten the
gloom.
Whether grown in the forest or fostered by art
The beautiful panses are dear to my heart.
Mrs. Jennie s. Perkins,
Crown Point, Fla
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-27

man about to choose vocation for his
son. or let young man about to choose
a vocation for himself, consider the adj
vantages OF horticulture.-P.C G. Reynolds,
in Rural Home.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-27

The PalO de Vaca or COW tree alluded
to in Some Curious Plants is, botan-
ically, the Galactodendron utile, first de-
scribed by Humboldt In Venezuela, it's
native country, it forms large forests and
attains height of upwards OF 100 feet,
with a smooth trunk six to eight feet in
diameter. The Travellers Tree is Raven
ala Madagascariensis, and must be re-
markably beautiful and imposing. 1t is
described as being, when full grown, from
tw nty to thirty feet high, with a palm
like trunk crested with tWo-ranked
banana-like leaves. The description of
the wind WITCH reminds us of the won
derful Resurrection Plant, or Rose OF
Jericho, Anastatica HierOchuntiana 1t
is small plant, growing about six inches
high, native of Syria, from whence it
was introduced in 1897. After Towering
the leaves fall off, the plant rolls up in a
ball, is lOosed from the ground by the
wind and sent rolling over the country.
1t may be kept in a dry state for years
and then placed in water and it will grad
ually open out its branches as though
alive. 1T is also supposed by some COM
mentators to be the Trolling thing before
the whirlwlnd" mentioned in Isaiah. 1t
should not beconfounded with the Resur-
rection Moss, Selaginella lepidophylla, of
Mexico, which is frequently exposed for
sale as a vegetable curiosity. 1t appears
like BALLOT dead, curled up stems, but
on being placed in a saucer OF water
gradually unrolls into a beautiful green
rosette. The experiment may be repeated
indefinitely. In it's nauve soil it expands
when it rains and closes when the sun
Shines
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To whom all correspondence relating to this de-
nartment should be addressed.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-27
FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
JEssAMINE,

EDITED BY WALTER N. PIKE,
JEssANIINE, PAsco CO., FLA,
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-27
,Belford's Magazine,
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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
nIEACUI0Us Escape
Three Men Aimo., ..., n..,,,

ne" ALMOST Meet Death.
saturday afternoon between 3 and a
O'Clock, while constructing a new iron
railroad bridge across the Humboldt
river about seven miles west Of Pail
SADIE, +. j. Roberts, John johnson
and l.. j.. Sparks arrowly escaped in
slant death. Tie bridge which is
entirely Of iron, was being built in
place oil the old wooden structure
which spans the river at the above
named place. The workmen had lust
put in place what is known as the
a lotter rods, when the bridge was
struck by a sudden and heavy wind
which capsized it, and, the men not
having time to get off, were pre-
cipitated along with the bridge to the
water some 60 or more feet. In an
interview n Of the men told an In
dependent reporter hat he can in no
way conceive how any Of them es-
capped being killed.
All three men were conveyed here
on No. ! for medical treatment, and
although being more or less severely
bruised not n in the party had
any bones broken.
Sparks and Roberts left yesterday
morning to join the crew at Palisade
where they expect within a few days
TO be able to 20 to work, and Johnson,
who is hurt the worst, was taken to
hospital at Sacramento.-Elko
independent,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24

Items OF Interest Clipped from shs
white pine News of Aur. N.

Items OF Interest Clipped from ths
white Pine News 81 Aug. ~.
The thermometer touched l05 here
last Wednesday, being the highest
point reached this year.
Andrew McQutty has leased Tom
O'Neils livery stable in Ely and will
conduct the business hereafter.
x-Governor Adams has contracted
to buy a band Of 400 cattle, more or
less, from Thomas Freehill Of Duck
Creek. The price agreed upon, We
learn, is $40 per head, with this years
calves thrown in.
We learn that Salt Lake men are
in Cherry Creek, exporting on the
old Exchequer mine, with a view to
purchasing. The Exchequer's past
record is certainly an inducement to
capitalists to go below the water line.
Joe Mattos, of the Nevada Stage
Line, made his monthly trip along his
line this week. Mr.. Mottos always
see to it personally that everything
goes right along his lines. He is CIV
ing the people OF this section the best
and most regular mail service they
ever had.
Mrs. L. n. Robinson, accompanied
by Eugene Howell, came in from Sell
lyman Sunday. The lady's mission
here was to have the Will OF her late
husband admitted to probate. We
interviewed MIR. Howell regarding the
future prospects OF Seligman. He
thinks nothing will be done there UNI
til all matters pertaining to the estate
of the late Mr.. Robinson are wound
mn
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
OF for Butte. Montana.

The Virginia Enterprise has the
following article regarding an old
time Base Range miner: Last even
ing Billy Sprague. the man who
reefed the halyards on Mount David
sons seventy. foot iag-pole on the
Fourth Of July, left for Butte City,
Montana, where he is promised more
permanent employment than he has
had on the Comstock for some months
past. Billy is a first-class miner,
as a string, a good fellow
generally and esteemed by all who
know him. He has had many ups
and downs in life-at one time being
a prosperous merchant and at another
hunting for work with the pick. He
possesses the qualities Of pluck and
perseverance, however, above all
others, and he says that II things
should come his way at Butte we
may expect to hear OF him climbing
higher than the top Of Mount
Davidson's flag pole.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
HaYA Left III.

Mr.. Herman Levy and his brother,
Gus, OF the dry goods firm Of Morris
& Levy, left Eureka on Wednesday
mornings train for jacksonville, Cal.
The firm having closed out business at
this place, Herman will open q branch
store ut jacksonville. We regret to
see an old reliable house like 1t pull
up stakes and leave US, but owing to
the dull times here at present 1t was
deemed q necessity. We are also
sorry to lose our friend Herman, whose
courteous manner and gentlemanly
bearing have made him hosts OF
friends while he has resided among us.
The SENTINEL hopes wherever Mr..
Levy may wander that prosperity may
follow him.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
A Hutton Romance.

He was about to say adieu, was
thinking OF some word to %fiatter, when
from his overcoat there flew a button,
with q dismal clatter. lie blushed,
but she, with woman's tact, as if she
saw a good joke in it, cried laughingly,
"There, now, I'll act your ~tailor's part
for just a minute" He dotted his coat
and watched her thread the needle,
with her head low bending, "Now,
do you know" he softly said, AZ have
an awful lot OF mending? A bachelor,
we'll say, like me, is at the mercy Of
his tailor, and then there's something
else, you see lat this he turned q tribe
paler), my heart needs mending much,
| fear. Do you suppose that you could
do it?" "Well, ! don't know" she
unused, "but, dear, I'll give my whole
attention to It,"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
Distriet Court.

On Thursday, last Hon. A. L. Fitz-
gerald rendered the following decision
in the Ease OF E. Boomhower vs.. the
st. Peters Consolidated Mining Com.
pany ct al: Judgment for plaintiff for
The ~undisputed land, and $50 per
month damages for its use and oc-
cupation from September, 1888, to the
date OF Judgment, and 81 damages for
plaintiff for all water described in the
complaint as having been diverted by
defendant, and judgment for the de-
PENDANT for the possession OF the north
east quarter Of the southeast quarter
the land in dispute.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
An Exciting Rcenc.

An italian toy balloon vender at a
picnic near Chicago accidentally let
go Of a string which held a number OF
the buoyant globes. The string got
twisted about the left arm of Sophie
Schawb, a two-year-old child, and
took her heavenward. The balloons
swept close 10 q large oak tree, a
branch Of which the child caught and
checked her fight. Her strength
gave way, however, and the balloons
drifted out over the lake taking the
child along. One Koch. a sharp
shooter, who was attending the picnic,
took his repeating rife, jumped into a
skif and rowed into the range Of the
balloons, several Of which he pierced
with a bullet causing them to descend
with their precious burden. A boat
was at the.spot and little Sophie was
taken aboard without even getting her
feet wet
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
And sim They Come.

The typos OF the SENTINEL are again
in luck. Thursday afternoon, Brem-
enkampf & Regli's brewery wagon
halted in front OF the office and the
driver thereof, shouldering a key of
beer, marched into the office.
4" What's upnow?" was asked. "Hold
on till l set it down and I'll tell you,"
replied Bob Jenkins. Having placed
the barrel in position, he said; "a
young daughter has arrived at the
house Of Mr.. Thomas Trainor, aud
she sends her compliments" Well,
to make a long story short, We all
fell in line, the word was given to
I" March" and We took Fort Gam
brinus without a struggle, and in
foamy bumpers drank the health
and long life of the newly-arrived
miss.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
ru...rora Dyuamite Case.

Clarence Buck, has commenced
suit in the District Court of Elko
county, against W. c. Price, G. w.
Peltier, G. w. Baker, and G. W.
sherman, for sl5,O 00 damages for
malicious prosecution. The Free Press
saws the suit is the outcome OF the I'M
warranted arrest OF Clarence Buck for
the alleged blowing up OF the resi-
dences Of Price and Peltier at Tus-
carora. Baker was the attorney for
Price and Peltier, and sherman is the
detective who worked up the case
1t is hoped that the matter VIII now
be sifted to the bottom.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24

David Maggie, who killed Judge Terry,
lived in Eureka for a short time in the
seventies. He then enjoyed the
reputation Of being a man whom it
would not do to fool with. His
reputation as a fighter is no doubt the
thing that secured him the position OF
body-guard to Judge Field. The
Fields are rich and no doubt will pay
him we'll for the job. but We should
not care to kill a mar under similar
circumstances. Nor would we care to
carry Judge Fields conscience around
with us for the rest OF our days-that
is if the great Justice has such an
article.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24

"Speakin' Of twins" said old
man Chumpins, there was two boys
raised in our neighborhood that
looked just alike to their dyin' day.
Lem didn't have any teeth and his
brother did, but they looked precisely
alike all the same. The only way you
could tell 'em apart was to put your
finger into LENS mouth and il he bit
yer twas Dave. Lewiston Journal.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
A Mania for Fire.

The step-daughter Of Mrs. Gasking
of Oroville, Cal, was visiting in
Marysville when the residences OF
Fred Westerfield and John PETER
were burned. Suspicion pointed to
the girl at the time, and
when she returned to Oroville
her fathers house was burned
within ten minutes after her arrival.
A physician who has examined her
saws she has a mania for fires.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24

Alta: 1t is curious how the name
David rum through the principal in
cidents in the life of the late ex-
Judge Terry. He was named David,
and he killed David q. Broderick in a
duel. One OF Broderick's seconds was
David ID. Cotton, and the duel was
witnessed by David j. Brewer, United
States Circuit Judge Of the Eighth
Judicial District OF Illinois. Terry was
killed by David Maggie, and Justice
Fields father and one Of his brothers
were baptized David.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24

We learn OF a dollar a day reduction
in the wages Of all employees at the
Carson Mint. The Watehmen who
received "a a day under the Cleveland
Administration have been cut down
to SO dollars a day under the Harrison
Administration. A similar all-around
cut has been made in all the Depart
ments, so we are informed. How is
this, anyhow We thought the Re.
publican party was to be the party OF
high wages. Has the g. o. p, no re-
gard whatever for its ante-election
promises? Don't all explain at once.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
Question. AnsMered.

The Reno Journal propounds the
following: When will Frank New
lands build his new home?
Where is Tom Fitch?
Who is to put up for the new $780,
600 hotel?
When will the Southern Pacific
commence ON the new depot? The
Carson Appeal says the above will
eventuate when the second Christ ap-
pears.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
Acquitted.

In Judge Wallace's Court in San
Francisco on Aug. 16, Assistant Dis
triot Attorney Hosmer, under in
structions from his superior, believing
that another conviction of DR.. j. Mil
ton Bowers for the murder OF his wife
was a moral impossibility, moved that
the prisoner be discharged from Gus
tody, and the Judge ~thereupon or
dered his release. This ends one OF
the most remarkable murder trials OF
San Francisco.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
90 to McKim's

Harness and shoe store, where you
can get the best shoes for ladies,
misses, gents, boys and children, for
less money than anywhere else. For
spot cash you can get the full value of
your money every time. Don't for
get the place, next door to the Post
office, Eureka, Nevada.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24

Sullivan, the slogser, who was con-
victed OF prize fighting in Marion
county, Mississippi, and sentenced to
one years Imprisonment in the county
iail, has been admitted to bail in the
sum OF 81 900 to await the decision Of
the Supreme Court to which his case
has been appealed.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
The Meaning OF the word.

How many know the meaning OF the
word limited" often seen in pa
renthesis after the title OF corporationsH
II mean that the property OF the
corporation only is subject to the
debts and liabilities incurred and that
the individual property Of the members
can not be taken for the debts OF the
corporation.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
A Prisoner Rscaps.

Milton A. Sharp, the Black Bart"
OF Nevada. who stood up stages and
walked off with Wells. Fargo & Co.'s
treasury box for years in Esmeralda
county, and who was finally captured,
convicted and sent to the p~enitentiary,
took advantage of the confidence re-
posed in him as a trusty and on Aug.
is took leg bail. A reward OF $500
will be paid to any person who may
deliver the escaped convict to the
Warden of the State Prison at Carson.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
A Big Rain. bat No Damage Dol

Last Saturday evening the long, dry
hot spell was broken by a small
shower. There was a drizzling rain
all that night and at times during the
next day ii poured down quite heavily.
Great dark demonstrating clouds
hung over Prospect Mountain, the
lightning flashed wildly and the thun-
der loudly ratified. Not a few people
became alarmed at the threatening
appearance Of the clouds. On Spring
and Buel streets, we are told, parties
had begun packing their trunks, fear
ing that a food would surely take
place. Although considerable water
came rushing down O'Neil Avenue,
Goodwin and New York Canyons, the
big ditch found room for ii. The rain
was truly a God-send, as 1t sluiced the
ditch completely, the stencil from
which previous TO the rainfall was we'll
nigh unbearable. And right here we
would suggest that parties living along
the line OF the ditch refrain as much
as possible from throwing garbage
therein. II Ia pretty well cleaned out
now and let us try and keep 1t so.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24

The Reno Journal says the State
Board OF Education held a meeting on
the I'd instant and recommended the
use oil Eggleston's history in place OF
Ridpath's adopted Whites system oil
drawing and Wentworth's geometry.
Greek and Latin have been dropped
from the text books.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-24
Apro,u,.,aw outlook.

The Phoebe Record says: Now that
we are almost assured Of a line Of rail-
way, inquiries for good prospects are
becoming frequent. There is no
doubt but that scores Of mining claims
in this locality, which now lie idle,
will become valuable ore producers us
soon as facilities for the transportation
OF low grade ores are furnished.