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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24
CHRISTMAS GREETING.

Comes again tomorrow the day OBJ
served by Christians and Christian Ma
lions above all days. The one day of all
the year on which there should be nothing
to mar urhappiness a day on which we
should be happy ourselves by making
others happy. Tt is Christmas, and to
one and all of our readers we extend a
. ''Merry Christmas" and an earnest Good
: speed" to the good deeds with which we
are certain they will commemorate the
coming of Christ their Saviour.
Bear in mind the divine sacrifice made
for us, and willingly and cheerfulIy sacri-
flee portion of your own comfort and
pleasure, if necessary, for those not so
fortunate as yourself. BY so doing you
will sacrifice none of your happiness, but
rather add to it and at the same time
brighten, perhaps, thepathway of Others
who have need of Christmas charity and
help.
For the seventeenth time the FLORIDA
AGRIcULTURIsT wishes it's readers happy
and
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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CATALOGUES AND PAMPHLETS

WE have received another of the valu-
able bulletins of the New Jersey Experimental
Station. This bulletin is No. IS, and is devoted
to ms ecticides, and how to apply them. 1t con-
tains much information for Florida gardeners
and fruit growers and later on we will publish
some extracts from it.
SENATOR PAsCo will accept thanks for
a copy of the Statistical Abstract of the United
States.
WE have received the annual catalogue
of vegetable, field and flower seed, from the old
and well-known establishment of D. Landreth &
Sons Philadelphia. This firm has been in the
seed business for 107years
WE have received the quarterly whole
sale price list of tested seeds from Messrs John
son & Stokes, Philadelphia.
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est thatis rapidly being developed there,
rice culture is assuming considerable pro-
portions. A company has opened up a
large tract of land to be devoted exclu-
sively to the cultivation OF rice, and will
shortly commence the erection OF a mill
on the line OF the railroad and on the
banks of Lake Tohopekoliga, which will
thus be connected with the thousands of
acres of land admirably suited to rice
culture.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER "a, 1890.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FARM GARDEN AND GROVE-Cassava...".4
Saving and Planting Cassava.................742
Water Sprouts, Suckers, Etc A Slight
Error Corrected.
The Use of Raw Phosphate.
Selection OF the Vineyards Vegetable Bust,
ness of Florida When Is the Bee at Her
Best. 40
Laying out Of Gardens A Celebrative
orse; Success in Selling Honey; Squash
Scraps About Strawberries. ...................749
FLORAL-Tpomea; Florida Bouquet; An
Old-Time Petunia; Cure for the Red
Spider; Where They Came From
Christmas Greeting; Editorial
Chat; Five Hundred Thousand; Rice in
Florida; Marketing Oranges; Arbor Day...74S
HOUSEHOLD-WhatI Saw and Heard About
Christmas; Millinery Magic; Some Christ
mas Recipes; Bits of Culinary Wisdom......75O
POULTRY - Notes. How Many Hens;
The Menu of laying Hen; Around the
Poultry
LITERARY-Story, "The Danvers Jewels ...752
The Puzzle ......... ..........................754
FLORIDIANA..
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line OF reasoning may not be very logical,
but at least it has the virtue of sincerity
and is practical, and in our opinion, our
only salvation.
The trouble all along has been that we
compete with each other. Each shipper
ships his fruit separately and it goes into
the same markets as the fruit Of his CO.
laborer and completes with it. We de-
lieye this competition may be stopped
by shipping through the Exchange.
Another plan that is, at present, very
popularwith our orange growers, and one
that we have labored for, for years is the
selling of fruit on the trees. This plan
has many good points: Thegrower gets
his money when the fruit is taken from
the grove; he takes no chances of glutted
markets, freeze, decay and loss during
transit. 1t has but one bad feature:
The fruit sold on the trees to commission
merchants is shipped to the Northern
markets and completes with fruit sent to
the same places by individual shippers,
the Exchange and other forwarding
agencies.
The Florida Vegetable and "A uction
Company at Jacksonville, is another
method inauguratel for the benefit of
growers, with the object OF giving them
a market for thel, fruit nearhome.
But whatever plan of marketing
is followed their are a few primary and
essential points that should be carefully
watched by the shipper. In the first
place the fruit should be ripe when ship
ped, for every box Of green fruit sent to
the market early in the season detracts a
certain per cent from the value of sub
sequent shipments, ripe orgreen, because
it lowers the reputation of the fruit and
disappoints and disgusts the purchaser.
The fruit should be carefully picked and
neatly and we'll packed, and lastly it
should be truthfully labeled; if brights
they should be marked brights, and if
russets they should be marked russets,
not clancy brights. "-Honesty is the
best policy, and will pay in orange pack
ing as well as in anything else.
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We are pleased to announce that the
people of Jacksonville have rallied to the support
of the Sub-Tropical Exposition like ''little men,"
and that the Exposition will open January 18TH
Secretary Adams says he has received numerous
applications for space, and that the show prom
Uses to be success. % 49,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24

The steamer Brixham of the Fruit Ex-
change cline made the run from Jacksonville to
New York in four days. II is matter of regret
that the patronage given this boat will not JUS
tify it's continuance
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A LETTER from the Ocalo Farmers AL
lance Exposition contained the following sug-
gestive paragraph This hay corn, cotton, su-
gar cane. rice tobacco, millet, and these sweet
potatoes peanuts cabbages, beets, onions, tur-
nips, cucumbers, watermelons and ripe tomatoes
that on see displaye here in such large quanti-
ties are specimens of the field and garden crops
OF Florida They were all gathered from the field
in the last few days, to this handsome ear OF
green corn.
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TO CORRESP ONDENTS,

Articles relating to any topic within the scope
Of this paper solicited.
We cannot promise to return rejected manu-
script unless stamps enclosed.
Ali communications intended for publication
must be accompanied with real name, as guar
antee of good faith. Names will not be published
If objection is made. No anonymous contribu
tions will be regarded.
R1-Money should be sent by Draft, Postoffice
Money Order on DeLand, or Registered Letter,
therwse the publisher will not be responsible in
ase of loss. When personal checks are used ex-
change must be added. Only1- and 2-cent stamps
taken where change cannot be had.
RA-To insure insertion, all advertisements for
this paper must be received by 10 O'Clock Monday
morning of each week.
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EDITORIAL CHAT.

Col. D. III. ELLIOTT, Of Florida, secre-
tary of the Florida Press Association, was made
secretary Of the Interstate immigration Con-
vention which met in Ashville, N. G. last week.
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MARKETING ORANGES.

''How can [ obtain the best prices for
my oranges?" is constantly recurring
question to the orange grower.
The time was when there was appar-
pity but enc answer to this question.
To pack thefruit heller SHELTER into boxes
and ship it to a commission mer-
chant Unfortunately for the shippers
and the honest commission men, there
were a great many so-called commission
men, who had only their interest in view
and did as they pleased in reference to
making remittances. Thatit was unfortu-
nate for the orange grower is q self-evi-
dent fact, and it was likewise unfortunate
for the honest commission merchants
land there are scores of them) because
it engendered feeling Of distrust in the
entire class and they suffered for the mis-
deeds of others.
understanding the injury done the
reputation of the commission men as a
class, by the disreputable dealers, there are
still large number of orange growers in
the State who consign the entire product
of their groves to commission dealers
who they have weighed in the balance
and found not wanting. ------~--- -
81, Thepeople had becomeIsogd isheartened
by the consignment. plapand SO Disguised
with the returnsrfronA the above men
toned disreputable commission men,
that they greeted with feeling of relief
the organization of the Florida Fruit
Exchange, an association OF the orange
growers, by the orange growers and for
the orange growers. The object OF this
association was two-fold. 1. To protect
the shipper from commission sharks. 2.
To reduce competition. That the
organization has accomplished it's object
can not, be doubted, and we think that
in the future it will yield to the orange
growers greater amount of good than
it has in the past, for the reason that the
fruit handled by it is rapidly increasing
in volume, and we hope the day is not
far distant when it will handle every box
OF oranges grown in the State. We do
not wish to be catalogued as an antago-
mist to the honest, reliable commission
men of the country, for We are not such,
but we believe that when the oranges are
handled by one concern the competition
will be reduced to a minimum, and the
orange growers will be in position to
say to the consumers Through their au-
thorized agent, the Exchange-"Buy our
oranges at our prices, or do without"
Yes, we know that this smack of mo-
nOpolies and trusts, against which, as the
mouth piece OF the tillers of the soil, we
have declared eternal warfare, but the
old adage that self protection is the first
law of nature holds very good in this
case; and so does another one in refer
ence to fighting the devil with fire.
When capitalists controlling transporta-
ton lines form pools and advance the
freight 33h per cent, we are justified in
pooling our issues and advancing the price
OF our fruit. When manufacturers of
agricultural implements form pools and
advance the price of the tools with which
we cultivate our groves, how are we to
pay their prices unless by. pooling and
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RICE IN FLORIDA.

The Kissimmee valley country is one Of
the most romising sections OF our State.
In addition to the immense sugar inter-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24

THE man who is SO ANTICIPATED as to
think that all farmers hay seed in their hair
should have attended the National Alliance con-
ton at Ocala and seen the hundreds of husband
men wearing silk hats, Prince Albert coats and
kid gloves and listened to their eloquence. This
is the age of progress-and the farmers II ove-
ment has given two-forty time back seat
Floridian. Yes, and the agricultural press of the
country has done more than all other agencies
combined to elevate the farmer to his present
high standard.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Rates for a6vertising furnished on application,
by letter or in person.
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THE Orlando Reporter of last week
says: Mr. H. C. Odiorne has recently received a
letter from Dr. j. c. Neal, who is connected with
the horticultural department OF the Agricultural
Bureau at Washington, in. which he states that he
will very soon visit Florida to investigate re-
ported cases of foot rot among orange trees.
There are many careful orange growers who de-
sire Information concerning this disease, which
has proven so annoying in many parts of the
Old World where oranges are grown. Thus far
no one seems to know exactly what causes or
what will prevent it. Even in Italy they are as
much in the dark concerning it as they in
New Jersey, and yet it has prevailed there for
centuries If DR.. Neal or the Department can
solve the vexed question, great service will be
rendered to the world
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-23

The Chicago Ncws OF December says
"ln many respects Lizzie Evans Is a
second edition Of Lotta. There is this
difference, however, that Miss Evans Is
capable Of finished acting, .eyen in the
serious business OF her uniformly rol
licking play. AS . soubret,e Of the
hoydenish style Miss Evans patterns
closely upon methods which have
brought fame and fortune to other MIN.
b!e.heelcd ac,reases. She is more re-
tined, however, iu many OF the details
that Distinguish the true stage artist
than most Of her competitors.
Mics Evans is the Christmas attraction
at the Opera uouse, appearing as Marl
Jane in 1.-THE Buckeye" in the after.
noon, and as Chip in her newly revised
comedy "Fogg's Ferry" at the nigh,
performance. Seats on sale without ex
ira charge, at G. a. Houses music store
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WHO DOUBTS NOW.
Where Notable Specialists Of Europe
Fall DIS. Copeland & Bell
Score q Success.
Proof Upon Proof of u Nature that
May DO Easily Verified and Can.
not bc Hcfutcd Should Con.
vince tho Most Skcwical.

Master David W. Jenkinp, who lives
In Martins Ferry, Ohio, and Is EN-.
ployed at the Aitna Mills, Ia q bright
young man OF IL years. In recent in.
terview with the writer he told how
half of bis short life has been spent In
misery aud euilcring and Of his recent
notable recovery under the treatment oil
Drs Copeland 4 Bell.
Using Master jenkins own words, he
said: MY trouble had existed seven or
eight years, four OF which ! spent in the
old country under the treatment. oil
different notable specialists, but never
received any permanent benefit. My
Symphonic were about as follows: Head
and nose constantly stopped up, 80 ]
could not breathe through my nose al
all, sharp decorating pains over the cycs
and through the temples.
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Tho Gauge OF 1t.

The Democratic suggestion tina. the
proposed, and Eow seemingly disposed
national election law, was the cause o!
therecent financial furry, must no. be
brushed aside with breath by Repub-
icans.
It is altogether reasonable to suppose
that the discussion OF the bill aforesaid
disturbed the placid current OF affairs in
the Argentine Republic, which disturb.
ance shook the house Of Barring, whose
troubles ratified Europe, whose state Of
mind found sympathetic response in
Wall street and enabled Mr.. Gould to
relieve some people OF certain railroad
properties which they could no longer
carry and he very much desired. 1t is
all plain enough when you figure it out.
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Porsouulion OF Jews In Kussln,

It is useless for the Russian govern.
ment and its champions to deny the per.
secution OF tho Jews in that hall barbar.
Gus empire. The testimony on the
other side is conclusive.
The Jews in Russia are baited at every
point-iorbidden to cultivate the soil
and forced to herd in cities aud towns
from which again they arc forbidden to
remove: forbidden to practice the rites
OF their religion without paying for n
special license; denied the right to edu-
cate their children save under circum
stances the most a3Ferse, at the beet
leaving u large percentage who have no
educational facilities whatever; taxed
twice as much as any other subjects,
with much less hall the chance to
earn n livelihood.
Russia does not ike 10 have her pol.
icy criticised by the outside world. All
the came every word OF criticism, every
word OF sympathy Cor the irigh:iully op.
pressed is a help. 1t all goes to make
strong tho protesting voice OF the civil.
lied world, which Russia must hear,
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Sninhln Amunement Eynnt.

II 10 safe to predict the most brilliant
amusement event ofthe season, and the
most notable performance OF farce
comedy ever witnessed in this city, mex,
Monday night, when the world famous
organization known as Russell's Come
dams will appear at the Opera House in
the presentation OF tho latest auccessful
humorous creation, scientifically ell
titled, "Aliss McGlnty, or the Star Of the
Conodin FIancaise," with the brillian,
artistic Fay Templelon in the title role
and the greatest aggregation OF disting
ished comedians In the cast ever appear
Ing in u play OF this class. Principa
among ths prominent names may be
mentioned Charley Reed, Daniel DAILY
Charles V. Ssamon, William F. Mack
John W. Ransom, Fay Templeton, Jenni,
yalterlee, josie Ladder, Toma lIanlor
and list oio.hers. Every attention Il
detail will no given the performance il
this city that has made 1t the iurore o
tho season in all the principal cities o
this country.
Seats go on sale Friday morning
prices az per advertisement.
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THEY SOON MINED.
An Amusing story In Which Seminary Girls
and College lIoys Figure

hh hnuhiHE Sthty W '"'h Su"'hNtl "h'u
land College l.oys Figure.
A dispatch from Bridgeport, Connec.
ticut, says: Train DispatcherJohn Carr,
OF the lIousatonic Railroad system, has
just returned from State Line, Mas,
and tells an amusing story in connGc.
ton with tho forwarding Of four Pull.
man coaches Of Yale College students to
Chicago and points West. At State
Line four Pullman coachea from the
Boston & Albany road filed with girls
were sidetrackel. The girls were from
Summaries near Boston, Harrington and
other points, where there are young
ladies' finishing schools, all on tleir way
home for the holidays. After waiting
until . o'clock ut night the girls In.
CURED the cause OF the detention and
were told their train was to be coupled
with the special from New Haven,
shortly due, and filled with stu.
dents. Dispatcher Carr says the girls
gave n wild yell OF delight and
began singing and dancing. They
were aware OF tho approach OF the stu.
dents, but the latter did not know that
II train load OF girls were waiting for
them until their train drew up along.
side OF the seminary special. Then"
continued Dispatcher Carr, you never
did see such WORK. The girls sung and
waved their handkerchieis, and the stu.
dents tumbled out OF their train Just too
quick. The porters could not get the
doors locked and the students swarme,l
into the seminary coaches. They
climbed over the roofs and into the
windows, and when both trains were
coupled together the girls and boys had
distributed themselves through the
eight Pullman cars, all singing and in n
high state fenjoyment. You couldn',
tell which was the Yale special aud
which was the seminary train. Every.
thing was all mixed up like 4 picnic"
Dispatcher Carr comically added
"What nervy swells those students are
and yet the girls we're not 30 slow
either"
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They Lisc 1t and Do It Well.

Tho good women who do at least part
OF Santa Claus shopping for him do not
think they enjoy the tack, but they do.
They like 10 make tho tour OF the shops,
TO price and look over the wares. to have
the wagons roll up with such things US
they cannot s:uT away in those capac-
ious bags they carry nowadays. (.
They thoroughly enjoy the conf
aences Of it, the awful mystery, tho
comparing Of purchases with other good
souls who think they don'S like II,
the wondering whether "this will be
what ho wants. aud whether "she
would rather have something else"
Tho Christmas shopping time is great
outing Tor The women iolk, perhaps be.
cause they know they do it we'll.
Since it is no longer fashionable to
give a man worked slippers and the
sweet privilege OF having them lnade
up, a woman rarely makes mistake in
her Christmas purchase. She knows in.
tuitively jus. Whist will aui..
A man doesn't understand the bust
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TABLE GU lLERY.
flARD OF THANKS.

The committee OF tho City Hospital Assocla.
Ton, having In charge the "Kirmess," desires to
ttank most heartily All those who IN any way
contributed to the success OF the entertainment,
| slowed. tIrpl
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ness, doesn't like It and rarely makes n
success OF It.,


Young man, II you desire to be quite
cafe Gu loii or pomme de terc at naturtl
you must give over come things which
somebody has made you believe 10 be
the proper cOper.
An English clubmun now in thia
country ia amazed to find our young
iashionables wearing embroidered shirts
and waistcoate for full evening dress, and
no cannot imagine what a man can bl
thinking Of to flourish black sick hand
kerchici.
Our visitor regards oil these things AT
decidedly lel!.handed, and doubts
whether they would BIO admitted to
first class club in London. A hint tc
the wise, when this said hint Gomez
from England, should DO sufficient.
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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of,.e system. Send for
testimonials, free. NJ
+. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, Q.
Gsl Sold by Druggists, rs cepts. DAw
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St. matthew's Cake Sale.

The Ladies' Missionary Society OF st
Matthew's ?. E. Church will hold bi:
cake sale this afternoon at the reeidenc.
OF Mrs. George L. Caldwell, on Sixteenth
street. The hours will be from . till .
o'clock, and, aside from the sale OF cakes
which will come in handy for Christmas
pleasant social time is anticipated
This ia novel aud attractive way ,c
raise money Tor = good cause, aud ma,
be expected to 80 well patronized.
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NOTICE.
M AsoNIO FUNERAL NOTICE.

M ASUNIU FUNERAL NOTIUE.
The members OF ohio Lodge No. ], A. +. K A.
~, nn hereby summoned to meet at Masonic
linll. Wheeling ". Va. on Tuesday afternoon,
December q, lsJ, At i:20 O'Clock, for the pur.
pose Of attending tho funeral u our deceased
trothor ill!am 4. Turner. Members OF Sister
lodSesa'e itAtefnaliy Invited to attend.
4. H. COLLIER, Secretary.
ALEX u, NANWEE y. NJ lvJl
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~ could ieel the matter dropping back into
my throat which kept me always hawking and
raising to clear II. The passage from my nose
down into my throat was one continuous sur.
tace o! ulcers. which naturally caused me great
misery. There was antvcF.ceAsiuc noise In my
cais. feEemblng the sO1nd OF esCann. steam.
| A troublesome cough set IN, with sh ,rp. shoot.
ing pains like tie sab Of M knife through the
chest and under MY shoulder blades AZ my
trouble advanced one OF the ulcers ata entirely
through the wall OF my nose, thea they AZ.
pcarcd In different plnCcS on my face. ! could
! not sleeH at night and got up In the morning
all worn ont.
"Uader Drp. Copeland 1. Belts treatment I
! began TO improve almost from tho start My
| symptoms rapidly Disappeared. breathe with
The dropping in my throat has ceased. The
pains in my head and chest passed away. D1s.
Copeland II Bell tave performed wonders In my
gave me any relief. lamlikc a different person
aud shall be glad 10 verify the above 10 Any one
either IN person or By letter."