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The Springdale news., 1889-07-12
PEDUNCUSS WOOiNG.
A Commercial Tourists Broken Heart and
 His Quick Recovery.

with a long fishing over his shoul- der sneaked down toward the mill dam, and the frisky bee buzzed noisily sistant librarian at Sunday-school picnic, the June sun, on one of those rare occasions when he forgot himself and condescended to shine lit up the interior of the store of Markup & Comedown, dealers in dry goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, notions, gro- ceries drugs, medicines, queensware, paints, oils, wallpaper and window blinds. In one corner of the room was the village post-office, occupying a space six feet square, and behind curtain partition in the rear was a mllliner s shop
 It was the witching hour of noon. Spoonville was at dinner. A pleasant odor of fried ham, mingled with sug- gestions of boiled cabbage and the rich aroma of the seductive onion, pervaded the dreamy atm sphere.
 On the counter of the store of Mark up & Comedown were spread the samples that J. Harry Peduncle, com mercial traveller, had just taken from his iron-bound, baggageman-p proof trunk for the inspection of the young woman with the blue eyes and golden hair. who acted as head clerk, chief milliner and assistant postmaster.
 Il came at this time of day, Miss Winnie,' said the young man, leaning eontidentially over the counter, "be- cause was sure of finding you alone There's no hurry about making any selections from this line of goods. Mr. Markup doesn't come back from his dinner till half-past twelve, and old Comedown always takes nap at noon. I've got both of them down fine, you see. I haven't been coming to Spoonvile for the last three years for nothing. And now tell me, you dear girl, how you've been-'
 '.Ary letters yere fur the Markleys UT the Gorums?"
 The fair young assistant postmaster shook her head.
 OI blc ulllS Us.
 No ;"
 .Nur the Jacobys, nur the Butlerspn
 No. Wait a moment. Are you going home past the Beerces2o
 ''Yas.
 Well here's letter for Mr. Kelso, that's visiting them. >
 If that boy has gone, Winnie" said the drummer moment later, .I want to tell you something. I've got tired of this thing of having just twelve half-days of happiness i'll the year. The route 1 have to go over brings ne here only once in thirty days, and l can't shorten it to save my life. l am going to quit the road. l have saved up something and in- tend to go into business for myself. Then 1 shall build little home in the suburbs of -
 I'd like to git about five cents wuth of plug tobacker,o piped lank. bill ious-looking customer who had just dropped in. Miss Winnie waited on him and he went out again.
 And you know, Winnie." resumed young Peduncle, ''whom l am go- ing to ask to share that home with me -"
 Got any eggsp' called out shrill voice as little girl with faded sun-bonnet, who had slipped into the store unobserved, stepped up to the counter.
 I've have"
 .sFresh?"
 ssYes.
 Don't want them If they ain't fresh. Gimme dozen.
 The drummer wated patiently few
The Springdale news., 1889-07-12

Over 43,ooo,o0o copies of the Moody and sapkey gospel hymn books have been issued in this coun- try and England. This almost equals the record of Webster's spelling book.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
No. 434.-A Charade.

Silence is golden, yet am not gold,
But rather silvery hue have, I'm told
live but month, yet rapidly grow,
And reflect in a manner that often throw
Upon subjects beneath me beautiful light,
And am steady although often out late at night
As Of all the things said of that is the worst
You surely can guess what mean by my first
My second is used in all buildings, ween,
And likewise on steamboats,, in action, I'm seen.
The yachtsmen discourse of my breadth in a way
That is apt to lead dwelers on land quite astray.
I'm found in the foreAt. I'm seen on the seas,
And likewise am sought for inside of tall trees
My whole a something transcendently light;
hide from the sun to appear in the night,
No chemist can weigh me- scoff at his scales
Now all try and guess me, and notice who fails.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
A Catch for the Unwarx.

"Why does pail of water with a live fish
In it weigh no more than the same pail Of
water without the fishg' This perplexing
problem is said to have puzzled that august
body the Roman senate, long years ago, and
many were the ways in which it's members
accounted, each to his perfect satisfaction,
for the singular circumstance, until one,
wiser than the rest, weighed pail of water
with and without the fish, and it is needless
to mention the result
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
No. 4se. Geographical Pyramid.
o o o
O O o o o
o o O O o o o
o O o o o o o O O

The single ring represents the initial letter
of a sea port in Georgia. The row Of three,
a cape at the southern extremity of New Jer
sey The row of five a bay in Florida. The
row of seven, the capital city of Ontario,
The row OF nine, the Dutch name of the
island on which New York city is located
The central vertical of five, geographical
name which is just now figuring extensively
in the newspapers
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
No. 43s. Enigma.

I'm more than one thing, that is very certain;
Sometimes I'm chafed at by the rising tide
Then I'm a cozy room from behind curtain,
And then place where criminals are tried;
Then, on an oaken door. or garden gate,
Planted. give intruding rogues checkmate
Such AIN I7-add but d TO my short name.
Then starts poet up. his eyes ahame;
Or if simple to me you add,
I'm what you'd be if you'd lost all you had.
Give me but k and will cross the sea,
Or n, and a place of store will be-
With m | help the brewer of the beer
pick up on, and find myself a peer
Would you know more? With ter sell and buy
With ge carry GOALS then who am 2
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29

0l A laborious occupation and a heavy
weight.
Cey To the name of the king who died ON
Flodden Field add kind of bonnet.
d What topper said when half glass was
given him,
(g) The sage of Monticello.
Oh, The Christian name of the author of the
Marble Faun, and the imperial color Of the
ancient Mexicans.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
FIG. LA HOME MADE HAND ROLLER.

FIG. IA HOME MADE HAND ROLLER.
1t is made of a piece of stove pipe, say
three feet long and from five to eight
inches in diameter. Circular pieces Of
wood, the heavier the better. are fitted
in both ends, and the pipe is filed with
sand or old pieces of lead and dirt well
rammed down to keep it solid. The
handle is heavy oak or hickory sapling,
split up far enough to make the bow as
shown in the cut An axle may be made
Of an iron rod running through the
blocks in the ends of the pipe and COM
pletely through the cylinder, or they may
be screw bolts running into the blocks.
The block should be put in one end of
the pipe and securely nailed; then the
pipe should be filed with sand, or other
heavy matter, and then the block should
be put in the other end, and this should
also be well nailed.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
No. 4se. Unlucky Turks.

Half ships crew, consisting of thirty per-
sons-Christians and Turks in equal numbers
were to be thrown overheard during gale.
They consented to being placed in row, and
that every ninth person should be sacrificed,
the count to begin with the first and con-
tinue round and round again The captain
desired to so place them that the unlucky vic
Tins should all be Turks How was this &C.
cOmpliShed9
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
cancer

is form OF blood poison which is not
understood by the medical profession as
to its real nature and character, but 1t
is evidently hereditary in its nature. 1t
may accidently develop itself without
any predisposition or evidence of such
existing poison. The knife or caustic
salves have heretofore been the so-caled
remedies for it, but all honest practl-
TONERS will tell you that this treatment
fails to cure, and only hastens fatal re-
suits. Thousands of cases of epithe-
Iona (skin) cancers, and great many
cases of scirrhus cancers, have been en-
tirely cured by the use of Swift's Spec
ific It forces the poison out through
the cancer itself, and the pores of the
skin.
MY father had cancer; my husband
also had cancer, in fact died with it. In
1875 lump came on my nose, which
steadily increased in size, and alarmed
me. I used various remedies = salves
and other applications, and finally tried
TO burn il out, but the sore returned
worse than ever, growing larger and more
angry, until / determined to try Swift's
Specific. / took the medicine, and it
soon made a complete cure. / know
that s. S. S. cured me because discard
ed all other remedies. This was several
years ago, and / have had no sign of a
return of the cancer.
Mrs. M. T. MABEN,
April 9TH, 1889. Woodbury., Texas.
Treatise on Cancer mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
FIG. "a HOME MADE HAND ROLLER,

FIG. "a HOME MADE HAND ROLLER.
An old piece of stove pipe, the larger
in diameter the better, a hickory sap
ling. say eight feet long, rod or bolts
for the axle, and couple of round
blocks of the same size as the pipe, and
an hours time, will make as good a hand
roller as can be bought for 81 or So at
the hardware store The roller may be
put in framework made of. old boards,
and an old lawn roller handle used in
stead of sapling. Fig. l shows the
way the handle is made with a sapling,
in which is the sapling divided at 2
with three cornered piece, g. Fig. 9
shows handle made of frame Of
boards.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
Key to the PuzzIer.

No 425 The Unfair Divisions The land
lord would lose z l-5 bushels by such an ar
rangement, as the rent would entitle him to
2-5 of the Is The tenant should give him Is
bushels from his own share after the division
is completed, otherwise the landlord would re-
ceive but 81 of the first 63 bushels.
No 426 "A Concealed Proverb: AS mer-
ry as the day is long.
No 427 Letter Refuses: (aJ Blunder)-
ing, IbD Ctover)t, (c) Cton) junction.
No 1873 Small Diamonds:
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29

what are you doing now. Brown?
"I'm a silver chaser at present, Quinn
by"
''That's new business for you, isn't
It?''
mo: I'm merely looking for man
with quarter to lend. Do you happen
20 have oneY"
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
No. 44O. historic Americans.

a small inclosure for animals.
(bl A king of England in whose reign the
Bible was translated, and capital city of
the United States.
tcl The author of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and strait of North America.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29

No 4S3. -Conundrums Cal Because he is
used to the grip" (b) Because he is let out
at night and taken In in the morning c) A
step father jfarther. tu Invisible green. u
Because it is insane lin seina g after
your
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
FLORIDIANA.


Jay.
Floral City has new paper called the
smes.
Work is rapidly progressing on the Key
West Custom house.
Polk county truck grower has shipped
5000 crates of vegetables.
The vegetable crop in the vicinity ofOcoee
has been damaged so per cent by drouth.
E. w. Dusenberry, of Lake Como has
shipped 500 barrels of Irish POTATOES this
year
Hon. Chas. Swayne has been appointed
U. s. Judge for the Northern District of
Florida.
There is no yellow fever in Florida, and it
is the prevailing opinion that there will be
none this summer.
Fires throughout the State, owing to the
exceedingly dry condition of every thing,
are quite numerous.
The Gainesville Board of Trade offers
$1,000 bonus to anyone who will erect
$4,000 cannery at that place.
Last week three Florida postoffices were
Crawford, Nassau county and Esmeralda,
Lake county.
In deaths from consumption Florida
stands lowest of all States, the number being
fifty eight to 1000 from all causes, while
Maine is the highest with 258, and Massa
chusetts has 199 Ninety-nine per cent of
those that die in Florida are affected before
coming to the State.
An exchange says that the management
of the GeOrg,A Southern aid Florida Rail
road have resolved to establish on the line
of their road, a model farm, which will show
to the orld the value of the lands along
their llneas farming lands
The PaIatka Herald says that a gentle
man recently purchased $4,000 acres of land
/ on the other side of the river, and has made
all arrangements to establish large colony
of Ohio people on the same. This enterprise
will be great boon to Palatka.
The Florida Moss Hair Company, of
Gainesville, is new firm. organized for the
purpose of cleaning long moss in new and
! improved manner, and preparing it for
market The process is not entirely new,
but puts it into infinitely better shape and
commands much better price than the old
way. The factory is just getting fairly
started but enough has been done to satisfy
those connected that if not bonanza, they
have good thing Palatka News.
x The Times Union says That Florida is
destined to become one of the greatest to-
bacco growing States Of the Union we think
there is little doubt. 1t is new experiment
only to the extent that it is new with those
who are now beginning to cultivateit. half
century ago tobacco was cultivated in Flor
ida and Southern Georgia with great success,
) and then, as now, the Florida leaf was fam
Gus for it's fragrance and the soil and climate
n ~lorida held in high esteem for both the
.k ng and curing of tobacco.
he owners of the st. Cloud sugar farm
lear Klssimmee estimated their crop last
4r at 1900, 900 pounds of sugar. On ac-
Mt of incessant rains and high water, the
: production was only 100000 pounds and 80
600 gallons of molasses. For the sugar, 8
cents per pound was realized. Now there
are no further fears of loss in the crop by
high water and the company expects an I'M
mense crop this year. Levees have been
erected all around the farm where any
danger was apprehended and pumping
' 4o+;opS established so that it is next to an
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29
No. 4s7.-An Hour Glass.

/, a large temple or edifce, Q, to cut; 8,
frequently, A, letter, 5. a lyric poem; 6,
visitant. Z, brave. Centrals, an unbeliever.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-29

not be slow in grasping this idea. The finest
cane can be grown in Orange county and its
culture should not be neglected any longer.
Orlando Sentinel.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02

rink proprietors were growing in wealth
and influence. Eventually. the people be-
came tired of this sort of amusement. and
the result was. that the manufacturers
stopped making the skates; the Kinks clused.
and doubt very much if you will now tiud
rOller-rink in Operal on i'll any part OF the
country. There was no longer a demand
and the supply immediately stopped. If
every man who has experienced the evil
effects of whisky would quit drinking to-
day, all the brewerieS and diStlllerleS in the
country would be idle within one month.
Whisky not only leads men to prison.
but it also brings many to all untimely
death. The winter just passed was not Il
severe one. still we found occasionally in
the newspapers short paragraph about a
man leaving a saloon and being found in
the road next mornii, ,g-frozen. Yes. he
left the saloon. but the denouement showed
that he carried off as much of its wares as
his stomach and quart bottle would hold
But, to come to the point. If we are dead
to the world, day comes when we may
arise again. If we are slaves. Il day comes
when Freedoms trumpet announces our
emancipation.
We have seen the cony ct Ter the prison.
now we are to see the MAN enter the world
again. The masters last order is given:
the slave is told to thllW aside the emblem
of his disgrace and doI the dress of free
man. How quickly the wan cheek gIoWS
with the mantle of health. The heavy care
less step becomes light and spr.ngy. The
liStleSS cOuntenance assumes ati air of re-
sponsbility, and the sluggish blood now flows
freely through every vein. The soul which
responded SO unwilingly to the commands
Of Others now reflects the JOY of its liberty
in the intelligent light that sparkleS in the
eyes. We are men once mOre-the world
is before us. Those who have been indus
trious and studOus While here, may now
put into practice the knowledge they have
acquired. We have not all been able to
make as good use of our time as we would
wish, but each one of us has learned that
the humblest life in the bright sunshine is
preferable to the miseries of prison.
Whatever has been the cause of our fall
in the past. we should now avoid. If
whisky has been our unlucky star, the path
we should now follow is plain. II we are
sincerely interested in the suppression Of
the liquor traffic. the way to prove it is by
not buying it for ours elves or others. We
are now free agents. and it rests solely in
our own hands whether we remain such, or
return again to the slavery we have just
passed through. RoNDA.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02
Money as a KalsOmIner.

After perusing the able article. Money
and the Criminal" by C. NJ. Nj. in our last
ISSUE it occurred to me that there are other
and quite notorious phases of this money
question. In innumerabe cases brought
before the courts in this country, take
money away" and there would be quite a
number of deserving recruits sent to the
pententiaries.
1t is a we'll known fact that freedom can
be bought for the filthy lucre, but all those
who are financially embarrassed, and are
about to go through the judicial mill. have
very little chance of getting out of the eX-
cruciating ordeal unscathed and unpunished
whether innocent or guilty.
Money works wonders. There are many
disreputable and contemplate scoundrels
walking the streets to-day, who, if money
had not been freely used, would be wearing
the stripes-men who are virtually daylight
robbers of the deepest dye, who. simply be-
cause they are in the municipal ring, or
stand we'll with the police. are allowed to
breathe the air of freedom. Society is aware
OF the fact. but seems to overlook, or does
not wish to recognize the delnquenceS or
misdemeanOrs of the flush men, who put
themselves up as models of the upper
crust.
How many of the inmates at present
here could have evaded punishment if they
had had well filled wallet? Quite num-
ber, have no doubt.
The first question asked man when in
need of legal advice is, "How much money
have you gOt?" If the answer is, ''none, :"
money is plentiful, no end of twisting is the
result; piles upon piles of technicalities are
brought to light. The lawyer will remark,
II can get you out of this scrape for one,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02
A Letter Written by Adam to Eve.

In Josh Billings Cook Book and Picto-
rial Receipts, the following interesting letter
is found:
EdOnia. Dec. year two.
Dear Eve.-I have been OH the rampage
now one month. prospecting for our new
home, and have seen some ranches that
will do pretty we'll. but none of them just
suits my ticket. The old garden is hard to
beat, but we have lost that and are turned
out now to root-hog or die. We will fight
it out now on this line if it takes all sum-
mer. Eating that apple was great blunder.
but, my dear girl, bygones are bygones;
there's hope for us yet. Just as soon as L
strike good claim will come back you.
Watch over Cain closely. he's brick. The
weather Is raw and cold; feel that l am
too thinly clad. No more news from your
loving.
ADAM.
P. S.-Has Cain cut another tooth yet?
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02
Repair Your Own Dwelling First

Hepalr our ONVn DWelllnS FlfSts
For some time back certain writers tor
THE MIRROR have been attacking the
''black Sheep of this place in general; they
speak of them as curse to society both
here and elsewhere. They denounce them
as being the cause of distrust between the
convict and officer. and the obstruction to all
reformation. My brother writer's. are you
not aware that to irritate does but make a
bad matter worse? Society is composed of
many classes. and in all may be found the
wolf in sleeps clothing; and just so long as,
evil is permitted to predOminate. just so.
long will these evils exist. If you wish to.
destroy evil. you must first kill the source
And since that is impossible (fOr Satan is.
the source of all evil, and his fall-death is,
not yet due) you must do the next best: re-
form yourself in the spirit of Christ, then
you may attempt the reformation of these
''black sheep" Do not trample on them
when they are down; but help them up with
kind words. The following few lines by
j. G.. Whittier give beautiful illustrations:
Revile him not, the tempter hath snare for all.
And plying tears not wrath befit his falt
III. l..
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02
Modern Slavery.
A. Is. NJ.

Have you ever seen the convict enter
prison? If you have, would ask again,
have you ever seen the MAN depart from
sight to see the same person come in and
leave again after serving a sentence.
The shackled felon as he is marched in,
with a downcast, sOrrOwful cOuntenance
and leaden eye, is indeed picture Of mis-
cry and woe. The locks and bars as they
clang behind him are like the clods of earth
falling on the tomb which is to shut him
out from all that is worth living for in this
life. The formal washing and change of
garments OH entering the prison are striking
smiles of the last offices usually paid to
the dead. He is dead to the law; and if
without friends, he is also dead to the
world. He has voluntarily sold himself
into slavery. and hereafter must run at the
beck and call of others. His very soul is
no longer his own. What is hardest of all
to bear is the tantaliZing fact that he knew
all along this serfdOnl, would in all prOba-
bility be the outcome OF his criminal or
careless mode of living.
We are ever ready to charge our down.
fall to some indirect cause The saloon
and the gaming table come in for portion
of our spleen; but in our inmOst heart we
know that our own weakness is the real
cause. The saloon is without doubt a
prime factor in leading us into evil. Its
slaves are found in every Jail and prison
the world over. Material for its ever
grinding mill is found in all climes. Its
victims are drawn from the palace and the
cabin; from the Office and the workshop;
from the bustling city and the quiet ham,
let. Whisky. or its equivalent. is found in
every nation, civilized or uncivilized. 1t
has money, power and influence behind it,
and from all appearances has come to stay.
Are we to wait until this giant temptation
is swept away, before we assert our man.
hood? If so, fear that our great grand
children. in their day, will be in as sorry
plight as we are at present.
1t is right and proper to do what we can
to retard the progress of such ali evil, but
you may rest assured, that words without
acts will not avail much. The slaves of
whisky have as tyrannical ruler as the
Russian peasants; and. like the latter,
though they have right and power on their
side. will not make the one bold stroke that
would forever free them.
There is only one vulnerable spot in the
liquor question. It, like every other traffic,
is governed by the law of supply and de-
mand. We all remember. that few years
ago roller skating was very popular. Every
village of any pretentiOns had its rOllerrink.
The manufacturers of the skates and the