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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07
Feathered Policemen.

The description given by The London
Globe of the cariamas or soriemas, To-
Gated in the eastern aviary of the Zoolog-
ical gardens, will amuse everybody
while it should not surprise any one.
That there should be among birds a
species which is fitted to perform among
its kind the duties undertaken among
men by policemen is fact for which all
ought to he prepared. Why should not
each variety of created things have in its
midst the same sort of functions and
functionaries. modified according to cir
cumstances and habit? More than one
pictorial attist-as, for instance. c. II.
Bennett in this country-has shown us
what marvellous resembiauCes birds and
animals can be made to bear and actually
do bear to man, and il humanity finds il
necessary to have policemen, why should
not the "feathcred tribes" he similarly
impelled.
The cariama seems particularly well
fitted for the post OF public guardian. He
peraInbul1'es his cage with all tbe rcgu-
larity and hautcm of his human proto-
type on his "beat, and if at intervals he
emits piercing shriells which seem I'M
called for, he only the more Faithfully
carried out the analogy, This. no doubt,
is his way Of blowing the whistle, and
when he does it in his cage it is probably
from instinct or from immemorial Gus
tom. He has already been acclimatized
in the poultry yard where he faithfully
performs his duty as the preserver of
order If two young cocks assault or
batter each other he steps in between
them and stops the combat "by a series
of pecks divided impartially at the heads
of both.
Impartiality, of course, is an excellent
quality in a policeman, whether he be
bird or man; would there We're more OF
it, The origin of the cariama is. it seems,
lost in obscurity; but it is admittedly
ancient, and possibly he may be lineaI
descendant OF the judge birds Of ornitho.
logical antiquity.-Denver Republican
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07

Before the battle Of Waterloo, no one
was probably more uneasy than Lord
Uxbridge. who, if Wellington should be
killed, would he called upon to succeed
him in command, and who knew nothing
whatever about the dukes plans.
Il am in a very difficult position, 3" he
said to friend. ''If any accident hap
pens to the duke, | shall find myself COM
mander-in-chief. would give anything
in the world to know the dukes projects,
and yet dare not ask him what | ought
to do"
After some consultation on the subject,
they went together to Wellington and
frankly told Linn the difficulty in hand
The duke listened without impatience,
and at the end of Lord Uxbridges speech,
he said, calmly; "Who will attack the
first tomorrow, or Bonaparte:'
"Bonaparte,' replied Lord UXbrdge.
"Well," continued the duke, Bona
parte has not given me any idea of his
projects, and. rs my plans will depend
upon his, how can you expect me to tell
you what mine are:'
L0fd ONDfldSe bowed ana MADE no
reply The duke rose, and continued,
touching him in friendly way on the
shoulder.
"There is one thing certain, Uxbridge
that is, that whatever happens, you
and l will do our duty
He then shook his hand warmly, and
they separated, Lord UXbridge no wiser
than before, yet feeling that Wellington
had trusted him exactly as far as his
reticent nature would allow.
Yet the great duke did depend in a
great measure upon the application of
common sense to the needs of the mo-
ment When he was once asked how he
succeeded in conquering Napoleon's mar
shals, one after another, he replied:
"They planned their campaigns just
as you might make a splendid set of har-
ness. 1t looks very well and answers
very well until it gets broken, and then
you are done for. Now, I make my
campaign Of ropes. If anything went
wrong, l tied knot and went on
Exchange
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07

A marriage celebration in Algeria is
an interesting relic of ancient customs.
The bridegroom goes to bring a bride,
and the guests assembled outside the
house will wait for his coming. Soon the
sound of pipe is heard coming from the
summit of some neighboring hill, and
the marriage procession approaches the
bridegroom's house.
The pipers always come first in the
procession, then the bride muftied up in
veil, riding mule led by her lover.
Then comes a bevy of gorgeously dressed
damsels, sparkling with silver orna-
ments, after which the friends of the
bride follow.
The procession stops in front of the
bridegroom's house, and the girls friends
line both sides of the pathway. The
pipers march off on one side, while the
bridegroom lifts the girl from the mule
and holds her in his arms. The girls
friends thereupon throw earth at the
bridegroom when he hurries forward
and carries her over the threshold of his
house. Those about the door beat him
with olive branches, amid much laugh
ter,
In the evening, OH some occasions, the
pipers and drummers are called in, and
the women dance, two at a time, facing
each other; nor does couple desist
until, painting and exhausted, they step
aside to make room for another. The
dance has great energy of movement,
though the steps are small and changes
of position slight, the dancers only cir
cling round occasionally.
But they swing their bodies about with
an astonishing energy and suppleness.
AS leaves futter before the gale, so do
they vibrate to the music; they shake;
they shiver and trembie; they extend
quivering arms, wave wells, and their
minds seem lost in the abandon and
frenzy of the dance, while the other wo-
men, looking on, encourage by their
high, piercing, trilling cries, which add
to the noise of the pipes and drums
New York Journal
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07

NELLIE AND HER NEW YORK RECEPTION
From there she went to Paris, and thence
through Venice to Brindis. From Brin-
disi she set sail on the Mediterranean and
passing through the Suez canal, crossed
the Indian ocean to Penang, China. From
Penang she went to Singapore, and thence
through the China sea to Hong Kong.
Then came Yokohama, from which
place she crossed the Pacific ocean to
San Francisco There she took a special
train and reached New York i'll 72 days
hours and IL minutes from the time
she started She was met at the depot
in Jersey City by hosts of admiring
friends, and The World Office, on her ar
rival there, was full of bouquets for her.
The trip makes Nellie BLY, as widely, If
not better, known than any other jour
nalist in the world, except Stanley, who
may no longer be called journalist in
harness.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07


The old Tcutonic and Saxon term,
Goods Acre, as applied to the last rest
ing place of the human body, Longfel-
low made the thene OF one of his most
touching and beautiful poems it is an
emiuently suggestive term. The acre or
field of God contains the seed hidden in
the ground for wlHle, to ripen into n
glorious harvest and just as we write
the labels in the spring time for seed we
put in the ground, that we may remem'
Der what beautiful flower is to sprin6
from the little gray atom, so we put a
stone at the head of the grave OF our
dead. The name Cemetery" also signi-
iies merely the place where one may lie,
slumbering for awhile, till the dawn
shall come and the trumpet sound.-St.
Louis Republic.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07
A Public Service.

DIR. G. w. Dulles, of Philadelphia, has
done public service for which he de-
serves thanks. A narrowing dispatch
was sent from western town telling
how q young girl had been buried alive,
every one supposing her to be dead. DIR.
Dulles took the trouble to write to re-
sponsiblc people in the town named, and
learned that there was not n word Of
truth in the story. More recently an
other similar story was sent from Spring
field, o.. and the doctor Investigated
that also. 10 proved to be lie ike the
other The probabilities are that every
such story would prove to be equally de-
void OF the fact if 10 was Investigated.
And the same might be said ol the stories
about snakes i'm poople'sstomachs.-Now
York Tribune
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07
FOLK soNe-THe MOTHER.
] was a mother, and | weep;

was a mother, and weep;
The Night is come-the Day is sped
The Night of Woe profound, for oh!
My little golden son is dead
The pretty rose that bloomed anon
Upon my mother breast, they stole;
They let the dove nursed with love
Fly far away-so sped my soul
That falcon Death swooped down upon
Ny sweet voiced turtle us he sung;
'I'is hushed and dark where scared the lark
And so, and so my heart is wrung!
Before my eyes they sent the hail
Upon my green pomegranate tree
Upon the bough where but just now
A rosy apple bent to me-
They shook my beauteous almond tree,
Beating its glorious bloom TO death
They strewed it round upon the ground
And mocked its fragrant dying breath.
was mother and | weep;
seek the rose where nestleth none
No more is heard the singing bird
have no little golden son!
So fall the shadows over me,
The blighted garden, lonely nest;
Reach down in love, o God above,
And fold my darling to thy 1reast'
Eugene Field.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07
rnnch Oh zulu Chicr..

The old chiefs in South Africa know
nothing about rekking, and on several
occasions became so impatient that they
started Off on foot ahead of the wagons.
One day they had to walk thirty-seven
miles before reaching water, and then
had to wait two days on scant ratious
before we came up with them. One of
these men is 10 years old, but the tough
old Zulu Che Matabele rulers are of Zulu
origin was none the worse for the esca-
pade.
On another occasion, in spite of our
warnings. they left us, armed only with
assegais. in the worst part OF the lion
country. When we followed a few hours
afterward we saw to our horror that
their footprints in the sand had been
partially obliterated by the spoor of a
lion. Fortunately, however, he had fol-
lowed them only for some hundred
yards, and then, probab'ynot being hun
CRY, he wandered or toward q pool Of
water.
Such yarario We're lo ms % source OF
constant anxiety, for how could we face
the King without bringing ucs his ln-
diau: Our oWu ilrr would not have
been safr We should have been pro-
claimed as muos or aear.al OF
witchcmlJ
However we ei t1 divert their
minds and keep tham employed at the
wagons bv shooting .wsu.ysiN gray
mon -r,- r.r. I....f IH. skins uf this
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07
A DISCOURAGED PRoHIBITIoNIsT.
His Attempt to slay Bishop Whitaker at
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.
The attempt on the life of Bishop
Whitaker at Philadelphia on recent
Sunday evening was Il strange thing.
Here is brief recapitulation of the facts
for those who DO not recall them:
David Alexander, of Philadelphia,
grew discouraged lately over the slow
progress of prohibition sentiments and
decided To try to shoot the rum
power" out of existence. His first at
tempt was on the Right Rev. OH w.
Whitaker. Protestant bishop of eastern
Pennsylvania, and taking "a seat near the
altar he fired at tine bishop while the lat
ter was opeuiss the evening service. lie
missed Wu, arr sted and gave as his
reason ,uau ..e bishop was au advocate
OF high license WIKI all ,g. seriousness
in the world hargla.aJ how .d he felt
WHOM Dee found taa-ouu
lie n.u decided 90 write e. t"rto the
l,suop. 90 tae effect tha, with Christ as
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07
THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.
Cuvious Variation of Dates and Very Gu
riOus Ceremonies.

FlOUb OeItIHOHIVhs
The Caucasian has but one New Years;
the MoNgolian has many-in a sense.
There is, first, the real New Year, the
first day of the Chinese calendar Then
there is the dSy on which the reigning
emperor began his reign, and that is a
patriotic New Years. Finally, there is
the great Devil Drive" about the first
of October.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07

A Bcilare (Mich.) tailor has made
pair of pants out OF 800 diliereu. kinds
of cloth for fortune hunting youth,
who wants 10 create the impression that
he is the ulost economical man on earth
The pants cost 500.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-01
crate here what we have SO often before

crate here what we have so often before
said.
We think by organized Efforts, by CO.
operation, our orange growers will be en-
abled to reduce to the lowest possible
minimum competition among themselves,
and in the course OF time be in position
to dictate prices and play thepart of the
autocrat, which, unfortunately, hereto
fore has been the exclusive province of
the consumer.
Therefore we advise the orange growers
to stand by the Union and the Fruit Ex-
chage Fulfill the pledges you have made
to the letter, and we have every reason
to believe that you will never regret it.
In advising shipments through the
Fruit Exchange it is not because we do
not think there are honest commission
men who will guard we'll and faithfully
the interests of their customers, for we
know that there are hundreds of such,
but because by shipping through one
channel controlled by the shipper) we
reduce competition and have an Oppor-
tunity for cooperation, and in these ad,
vanced days CO. operation is theleyer that
moves the world
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-01
THE ALLIANCE EXPOSITION.

Expositions in Florida have had two
fold beneficial effect upon the develop
ment of the State.
First an attractive display of the pro-
ducts has enlightened the visitor to the
State upon the vast resources of Florida
and caused many to cast their lots with
us. And again our producers by attend
ing the exposition have themselves be-
come more thoroughly posted as to the
productive possibilities of Florida, and
stimulated them to greater exertiOns.
The Farmers Alliance of Florida has
made arrangements to hold one of the
grandest expositions the State has ever
known at Ocala, commencing December
LIST of this year on the occasion of the
meeting of the national convention of
the Farmers Alliance.
The Director has issued a circular on
the subject which we reproduce below:
"The Director OF each county is expected
to thoroughly systematic the work of
getting up exhibits in their respective
counties, and, in order to render all pos
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-01
ORANGE PROSPECTS.

The New York Fruit Trade Journal of
September Goth, which is considered good
authority upon all subjects touching the
fruit interests, says in reference to the
outlook for the coming orange crop Of
Florida:
The outlook for the coming season is remark
ably good, and very satisfactory prices ought to
be in the various markets, because there will
be very little competition by fruits of this country.
Apples will notbe over one-eghth of crop, grapes
short, and there are few late peare and as all
these fruits will probably sell high. they cannot
interfere to any extent whatever with the Florida
oranges
AS to foreign oranges, the Valencia fruit, which
comes to this country largely during December
and January in the past, has probably nterfered
more with the Floridas than has the Sicily fruit,
and now that tits known that the duty on the Val
encia orange has been raised 100 per cent it is not
likely that receipts will be as large as they have
been in the past. The Administrative Bill, which
passed both Houses of Congress- was signed by
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-01
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1890.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CORRESP ONDENCE--ProtectingO Our Forests;
The NOisett Strawberry .......................54
Had Rather Learn in the School of Expert
ence; Objects to the Gregory Method; Sims
Summer Orange; Planting PalmettOes;
The Grammar of 1t; Bananas $50
English VS.. Latin and Greek Botany ...551
SELECTED-Florida' Real Friends ........549
Six Years Experience; Hawks Park......552
FLORAL-Editoria Notes; Some Familiar
Names; Likes and Dslikes; The Cherokee
Rose; Banskia Rose-An Inquiry ...........553
EDTTORIAI-Edtorial Chat; Shipping Or
anges: ReciprOcity The Alliance EXPOSE
ton; Orange PrOspect5..... 554
Answers to CorrespOndents.........
TO Settlers and Home-Seekers. $50
HOUSEHOLD Young Folk Number)-What
Boys Are Wanted The Girl at the Foot;
Wedding in the Nursery; Some Candy
Recipes; Reasons Enough.
POULTRY-Chicken Mites; Increase in the Egg
Yield; Poultry and Eggs Cash; Ship
ping CoOps; Cheap Disinfectant; Con-
fnement and Foraging. ..............557
LITERARY-StOry, "tThe Yellow Spring. .55S
IHe fuZZle..
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-01

TAXES are about the only certain thing
in this country with the exception OF death, and
it is human nature to dread both OF the necessary
certainties. We can dodge neither of them, but
in the one case we should SO conduct ourselves
that we will be prepared for one of the monsters
when it claims the earthly tabernacle, and in the
other-well, we must 'grin and bear it" but we
should do every thing in our power to make it's
choking fingers press as lightly as possible upon
the throat of our prosperity. Economy in the
affairs of the government is what we need most
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-01

seek settlement and not by immigration from
abroad, for do not think they will go that way,
but by the internal immigration from our own
country, it is to become in time prosperous as
any other section of the country, and as prosper
GUS by purely American development.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-01
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-01
SHIPPING ORANGES.

upon us, and as it comes but once a year
| it should find us prepared for it. The
wise orange grower (who expects to ship
instead of selling on the ee-although
we do not mean to say that he is wise on
that accounD has everything in readi-
ness for the work OF picking, packing and
shipping when the proper time arrives.
His boxes have been well seasoned in the
packing houe; they have been ''madeup,"
his clippers, sacks, ladders, stencils,
brushes ETC., are in good order and ready
for use when needed.
"When is the proper timer
That is the great question. And with
out hesitation we reply
"When the fruit is ripe"
For. the past seventeen years it has
been the custom of the AGRICULTUEIsT to
warn our orange growers against the
practice of shipping green fruit to market.
This warning becomes more and more
necessary each succeeding year as the
yield increases and as our people appear
to be more animated by the greed for
temporary profit at the expense of per-
manent prosperity. Every box OF green
fruit shipped into the markets detracts q
certain per cent. from the value of each
subsequent box shipped, ripe or green.
And while the shipper may obtain a good
price for afew boxes ofgreen fruit shipped
while the market is bare of fruit, he will
eventually pay dearly for it, for every
box OF green oranges discounts q thOus-
and boxes of ripe ones.
"WhyW
Because it is upon the quality of the
first fruit shipped that the reputation of
the entire crop is based.
Because when the consumer has
tested the "sample' sent him, he will nat
urally smack his puckered mouth, expec-
! torate the unripe acid and exclaim:
"By the great horn spoon, if that is a
sample of your Florida oranges [ want
no more OF them, or at least not until
am ready to part with the enamel OF my
teeth or to pickle my tongue" And he
governs himself accordingly, and buys
no more Florida oranges except in cases
of necessity, and even then he kicks on
paying a fair price for them on theground
that "they are Inferior"
For this reason we say forego the op-
portunity of obtaining a good price for
few boxes of green fruit, and wait until
the oranges are good ripe and ''itting
food for the gods"
Even when they are full ripe we should
be careful to maintain our reputation,
not only for raising the finest oranges,
but also for honesty. When you have a
box of russets, label them ''russets," not
golden russets," fancy" or "choice
brights,'' but simply russets. Honesty is
the best policy, and will pay you as we'll
in orange packing as in anything else.
We have preached cooperation for SO
long time that our readers must GER
tainly fully understand our position on
| the subject, and it is unnecessary to reit.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-01
EDITORIAL CHAT.


have set up and are running Engelberg rice
huer, and are prepared to mill rice as nicely as
it can be done anywhere. They also report that
the daily rains for the past two weeks have great
ly interfered with their harvesting.
x*
''TRAIN a child in the way it should
go ETC. " is an old and good maxim. If q grovehas
been properly cared for until it is five years old,
and at the end of that time shows that it has re-
sponded generously to the treatment, is it not
proof conclusive that the system by which it was
raised is good one, even though the trees should
require different treatment as they grow older.
x*x
In a communication published else
where in this issue, Mr.. B. Sutton expresses the
opinion that it is the best policy to learn from
the expensive school Of experience rather than to
depend upon the advice given by the old settlers.
Unquestionably he is right, in a certain sense.
knowledge acquired by experience is undoubtedly
more thorough and practical, but the trouble
is it is so expensive that few can afford it.
**
THE South, says Chauncey DepeW, is the
bonanza OF the future. We have developed all the
great and sudden opportunities for wealth-or
most of them-in the Northwestern States and on
the Pacific Slope, but here is q vast country with
the best climate in the world, with conditions of
health which absolutely unparalleled
vast forests untouched, with enormous veins of
coal and iron which yet have not known any
thing hey ond their original conditions, with soil
that, under proper cultivation for little capital
con support a tremendous population; with con-
ditions in the atmosphere for comfortable living
winter and summer which exist nowhere else in
the country and that is to be the attraction for
the young men who go out from the farms to
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-01
RECIPROCITY.

Hon. Jas. G. Blaine, the Secretary of
State, has our, thanks for public docu-
ments anent the proposed reciprocity
treaties with the Latin-American States.
However much many of the people may
differ with Mr.. Blaine's political ideas,
they must admit that as statesman he
hasfew equals. Itshould be the province of
the United States to supply the republics
of South and Central America with the
greater portion of such articles as are not
produced within their borders, and the
reciprocity treaties suggested by Mr..
Blaine are for the purpose OF establishing
more intimate commercial relations be-
tween the Latin-American Republics and
our own. The tariff of most of the South
and Central American States Qevied as q
retaliatOry measure) on exports from
the United States, are so high at present
as to amount almost to prohibition.
Here are few of the items: