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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-29
A Young Subscriber Talks.

n 1OuuS OUUScT1U0r xa1kS.
Editor Florida AgTiculturist:
Although | am a new subscriber to
your paper would like to be enlightened
on several subjects [ minterested in, one
is sweet potatoes. [ read the communi-
cation in your issue ofDecember 25, 1889,
from Oscar Krause, in which he states his
experience, which is not very encOurag-
ing. Is this the fate of all your readers
who have tried it? Ii so [ do not think
much of the taste of my fellow men in the
North.
Eight years ago | was in Florida about
several months; before going there [
thought had tasted sweet potatoes, but
theywere nothing cOmparedt to the Florida
product Il suppose thelOnger season they
have to grow is one reason of their supe-
rior favor) which is morelike fruit than
vegetable-it is so sweet and good, the
only thing that can be said is, there must
be something lamentably deficient in the
taste OF the average Mort herner.
HOI6 IS CbuOUHOI UHILS udNO CuOuSuU
about and do not remember seeing in
any article on oranges, that is, instead of
having all the different varieties put in
the same box, as is generally the custom,
although they may mature at different
seasons, is to have the varieties kept sep
arate, and when ripe have the names of the
variety properly stamped on the box,
which, [ think. would have the effect Of
keeping the price of oranges at a rate
that would admit of the owner Of grove
making a fair profit. Also would like to
know would it not be better for person
to plant such varieties as Mediterranean
Sweet, Jaffa, etc, which are thOrnless,
rather than the natives Gall other things
be equaD such as Homosassa, Nonpariel
and Magnum Bonum, which are very
thorny? My impression is that in the
latter case there would be great loss
from the thorned fruit; also the difficulty
of picking. Cannot see why the groves
do not support the Fruit Exchange,
should imagine this seasons experience
would open their eyes to the widest eX-
tent Gf not their pocket book), as it
shows the indescriminate way we act in
the race for wealth.
YOUNG SUBSCRIBER.
We are inclined to think that Mr..
Krause looks on the dark side of potato
culture, certainly others report better luck
than himself. Read the article on the
possibilities of the sweet potato in the
South on page SO, last issue.
If packing different varieties separate
enhances their value and consequently in
creases the price it should he done by all
means, but we don't think it would pay.
10 the average consumer a Florida or
ange is Florida orange and one is as
good as another, if ripe.
Muck Analyses.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-29

MAKE Your OWN FERTILIzER.-Send for
sample, price, ETC., of our kilncured, dis
integrated, screened Humus for compost
ing with chemicals, cotton seed meal,
ashes, or stable manure. Address, Hicks
& CLARK, Fort Mason, Fla.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12
A Disguised Congressman.

"A DiSgusted Congressman.
Congressman Peters, OF Kansas.
advances some pretty g%oodreasons
why he should prefer to retire at the
end of his present term. He says
that he has to pay $50 month for
an ordinary room at the National
hotel, o very ordinary room. Then
it costs him 800 a month to hire a
stenographer and clerk to attend
correspondence and documents.
Postage costs him 81 a day. He has
to pay out from $50 to $40 a month
for carriages, hansoms and Herdics,
riding around on errands. His dis
trict is @ very large one, and he has.
to hire an expert looking up land
cases, paying as fees not less than
$5Oa month. Then he says that
$50 a month is a low estimate for
incidentals, fog. money loaned to i'm
pecunious persons who represent
themselves as his constituents, etc.
As Mr.. Peters figures it, his'expenses
average about $45Oa month, or $50
more than his salary. He has been
in congress four terms, and he says
that his ambition is not only satisfi-
ed put positively glutted. He looks
forward longingly to the time when
he can earn a good living by attend
ing strictly to his own business.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12
MABEL'S GRANDPA.
"The world 10 even - we take it.
And life, dear child, IL what we make IT,"

This is sense, even if it is not Shakes
pearean. Indeed, it is the opening stanza
OF an anonymous poem. 1t was the senti-
ment Of an old lady to her grandchild
Mabel. And many a Mabel has found it
to be true, and she has made her life a very
happy n because she has taken care Of
her health. She keeps on hand a supply Of
DR.. Piercs's Favorite Prescription, and so
is not troubled with those wasting diseases,
weaknesses, "dragging down" sensations
and functional irregularities that so many
women endure. 1t Is the only medicine for
women, sold by druggists, under a positive
guarantee from the manufacturers, that
it will give satisfaction in every case, or
money will be refunded. This guarantee
has been printed on the bottle wrappers,
and faithfully carried out for many years.
"Favorite Prescription" is q legitimate
medicine, not a beverage. Contains no
derange digestion. As peculiar in its rene
dial results as in its composition.
AS a powerful, invigorating tonic, it
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12

He did rise, for they saw Him after He had
risen. H he did not rise how did so armed
s0ldiers let Him get away? Surely go living
soldiers ought TO be able to keep one dead
man! Blessed be Godi He did get away.
After his resurrection Mary Magdalene saw
an upper room ut Jerusalem saw Him. On
q mountain the IL saw Him. Five hum
dred at once saw Him. Prof Ernest Renan,
who did not see Him, will excuse us for tax
ing the testimony of the $50 who did see
Him. Yes, yes; He got away. And that
makes me sure that our departed loved ones
and We ourselves h Q get away. Freed
Himsel from the shackles Of clod, He
JIG not going to leave us and ours in
the lurch. There will be no door-knob on
the inside Of our family sepulchre. for
we cannot come out, OF ourselves; but
there is q door-knob on the outside, and that
Jesus shalllay hold Of, and opening, will say:
enoughl Arisel AriseI' And then what
futter OF wings, and what flashing of rekind.
led eyes and what. gladstone rushing across
the family lot, with cries Of Father, is that
your Mother is that your" shy darling
is that your "How you all have changed
The cough gone. the Group gone, the con-
sumption gone, the paralysis gone, the
weariness gone. Come, let us ascend togeth-
erl The older ones FIRST, the younger ones
next! quick now, get into line! The skyward
procession has already started Steer now
by that embankment of cloud for the nearest
gate!' And we ascend. on n side the earth
gets smaller until it is no.. larger than q
mountain, and smaller until it is no larger
than q palace. and smaller until it is no
smaller than q ship, and smaller until it is
no larger than q wheel, and smaller until it
is no larger than a speck. Farewell, dis.
solving earth! But on the other side, as we
rise, heaven at first appears no larger than
OF, aud nearer it looks like q throne, and
nearer it looks like q star. and neareritiook
like a sun, and nearer it looks like a Universe.
Hail, scepters that shall always wavel Hail,
anthems that shall always ROLL Hail, com.
partnerships never again to be broken, and
resurrection day will do for all the cemeteries
and graveyards from the Machpslah that
was opened by Father Abraham in Hebron
to the Machpelah consecrated.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12
Scaled" BY an Avalanche.

1.-THE man who has never witnessed
one of those avalanches Of NOW
which sweep q mining town out Of
sight and existence can have but a
faint idea Of their awful power" said
the man on the seat ahead as he laid
down his paper and turned around.
"You have een one, then?"
II have, sir. have not only e
one but been through the mill.
Would you like to hear about it?"
"Most certainly"
"Well, twas in q Nevada mining
town called Last Stop, and the date
was three years ago. Twas employed
as engineer of the mine, and lived in
a comfortable shanty on the noun
tain sids above the opening. We we're
right at the foot of q mountain near
~ a mile high, the side running up at
an angle offorty-fve degrees andcov-
cred with small pine. A great deal of
snow fell that winter, and there were
several slides or avalanches to the
right and left of us. The prospects
Of our getting one was f~irst-class, but
it wouldn't be called business to sit
around and wait for one
ut had come along to the night of
the 9th OF February" continued the
man, the foreman of the crush
ers came up to my cabin to q game
of draw poker. We got down to bus
mess without loss of time and inside
of an hour I had $500 of his money.
/ got every dollar of it by clear bluff.
too, as he seemed to have no
sand. After about an hour,
however, he changed his demeanor
and braced up and from that
time ON / steadily lost: About
II o'clock he had won all his money
back and had $3.50 OF mine stacked
up at his elbow. It wasn't in gold,
but in new $40 bills of a Denver ma
tional bank. I was pretty we'll bust
ed when I got three aces and drew
one more and king. Only one 9th
er hand could beat it and T worked
the overseer for all I was worth.
When I had all my cash, my watch,
my ring, and a months advance
wages into the game l called him.
He was about to show his hand,
when we heard a rumble like distant
thunder"
"The avalanche had started, eh;"
"The noise increased, the shanty
began to tremble; and as we rushed
for the door the whole outfit was
picked up and turned end over end
and carried down the valley. WhenI
came to it was three hours later and
I had a broken leg. Some men dug
me out, and it was two miles from
where we started. Next day they
found the overseer's dead body"
dead, was he?"
"Aye, sir, all smashed to pieces"
"And the money!"
"We couldn't find a shilling of it,
and that's where I always felt hurt.
We had about 5000 up and it all
went. We found the overseer's hand,
however,"
-Four kings?"
"Not much! He had three of a
kind and was blufing me. I'd have
raked the board and had him wash
ing my shirt and backing my boots
for three months to come. Yes, ava
lanches are very destructive things;
also productive of much sadness in
the human heart."-New York Sun,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12
Her Heart Besieged.

Two young men were waiting on
Miss Maggie Duncan, a pretty 10.
year-old orphan girl, who lived with
her grandmother, Mrs. Smith, three
miles south OF Greenfield. The girl
favored Mr.. Asa Mckinley, while her
uncles and aunts favored the suit OF
Mr.. John Curry. Miss Duncan and
her choice had made arrangements
to be married. but the fact becoming
known, plans were laid to Illustrate
their intentions.
Miss Duncan was invited to the
house of her aunt, Mrs. Joshua Bar.
rett, and soon afterward another I'm.
Gle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Archey, with their favored sutton,
John Curry, made their appearance.
The company then undertook to per-
suade Miss Maggie to marry Curry.
Believing. that their pleas would be
successful, they had obtained the
services of the Rev. D. A. Evans, of
the M. E. church of this city, who
came prepared to tie the knot.
Young Mckinley appeared on the
scene at this time and pleaded ear.
nestly with the girl to stand by him.
He had a paper, which he wished her
to sign, swearing eternal fealty to
him, but, while so promising, she was
unable to sigh the paper, because
young Curry threw q buggy rope
around her and held her arms down.
Mckinley, relying on her faithfulness
left, and the work on the faithful girl
began. The preacher, in the mean
while, retired, but, unable to with
stand the persuasion of so many,
Mis- Duncan, at 3o'clock in the morn
ing, finally consented to wed Curry.
The license was soon obtained from
the county clerk, who was aroused
from his peaceful slumbers, and at
the breaking of the day Maggie Dun
can became Mrs. John Curry.-ID-
dianapolis Journal.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12
Astonlshed at Ice.

The natives Of tropical countries
are seldom 10 much astonished as
when they are first introduced to
SNOW and ice. The congealing. Of
water is a phenomenon they are slow
to comprehend. A few months ago
Sir William Macgregor enticed sew
eral Of the New Guinea natives to the
hitherto unscaled summit of Mount
Owen Stanley, the Hottest peak in
British Australasia. On it's barren
summit, nearly q thousand feet above
the zone of vegetation, big icicles
were found, greatly to the amaze
ment of the natives, who were much
startled when they touched them,
and insisted that their fingers had
been burned.
A year ago, when MI. Ehlers as
cended Mount ilma-Niaro, in Africa,
his native porters, who had lived all
their lives near the base of the great
mountain, pulled off the boots with
which they had been provided as
they approached the snow line, and
plunged merrily into the snow with
their bare feet. They lost no time in
plunging out again, and lay with
ing on the ground, insisting that
their feet had been severely burned.
Some of the central African natives
who have been introduced into Ger
many mistook the first snow-storm
they saw for a fight of white butter
flies. Lieut.. Won Francois says the
mistake was q very natural one. One
day when he was ascending a uribu-
tary of the Congo, he saw for the
first time the air filled with q great
swarm of white butterflies, and he
says the spectacle closely resembled
q gentle fall OF snow.-Montreal
Star.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12
Did You EVer2
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
One of the Seventh Avenue cars
stopped at Twenty-frst Street, the
other day, to let a sharp-featured,
snappy-eyed woman get aboard.
When the conductor cameforwardt to
collect her fare she gave him a 5O-cent
piece. After giving her the change he
had turned to go to the platform,
when she stopped him by saying:
"Oh, conductor, you have not given
me the right change"
The conductor said, politely: IL
think you must be mistaken, lady.
gave you four 10-cent pieces and q
MCKEE"
"Butyou didn't" ccntradicted the
sharp-featured woman. "You gave
me only four 10-cent piecesl"
The conductor counted his change
and said:
"You certainly must be mistaken,
for the change. in my pocket is oil
right" /,
"Did you ever?" remarked the now
thoroughly excited woman, appeal
ing to q fat man opposite. The
stout man did not signify whether
he ever did or not, and she began on
the conductor again.
II never make a mistake" said she.
"When I know O thing I know it."
"Bnt / certainly gave you the
right change"
She turned to the lady in the corner
and asked: Ibid you ever?" The
lady was non-committal, which fore
ed the sharp-featured woman to APP
peal to an old man who was reading
The Sun. Whether he ever did ornot
was, however, left shroudedin gloom.
The conductor counted over his
change again. Then an. idea occur
ed to him.
Wont you get up, lady, and sec
whether that nickel is not in your
clothing somewhere?" he asked.
She fairly gasped for breath as she
remarked: ibid You ever?" to tho
whole car.
Then the conductor gave up the
fight and drew forth a fve-cent piece
HUI LIE pOCheO, WHICH, 6u0 plAc0u IN
her purse. Az the car approached
Thirty-fOurth Street snesignalled the
conductor that she wanted togetoff.
Six very much interested passengers
watched her rise to leave thecar, and
there was q general sigh ofsatisfac-
ton, and an air Of I-told-you-so On.
every ones face when the missing
nickle dropped from q fold il her
dress and roleld on the floor. The
conductor called her attention to il.
but the only satisfaction he gotforik
was the remark she made, as she
looked back at the shining coin on
the floor: "You ought to know
enough to make the right change.
and not make such q fuss about it,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12

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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12
A Nice Bluff.

Life insurance agent-"Come, can't
[ place some insurance on your life?
We're all liable to die at any mo-
ment, you know"
Citizen (who has had three other
agents in to see him since reaching his
ofice)-"That's SO. Life is uncertain,
and it is especially SO with me. My
physician says I am liable to drop
off at any moment with heart dis
ease. He gives me only a couple of
months to live"
"Life insurance agent-"Oh! Elk
cuse me. There is no need of pursu-
ing the subject further. Sorry to
have troubled you. Good morning"
Citizen-"By Jove! That idea of
minel works like a charm" Boston
Courier.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12
"A Cows Foot IN His Pocket.

a Cows Foot in His Pocket.
Davenport Democrat.
John Kane, Of Muscatine, found
himself in rather unpleasant and
uncomfortable predicament recently.
He was milking his COW when the
animal kicked at him, it's foot catch
lug in his coat pocket. In trying to
extricateG it the COW managedto draw
John beneath her and then began
kicking and squirming. It was
some time before he was able to get
untangled and get the animals foot
out of his pocket. As a result of his
experience he carries his left hand tied
up and suffers very badly from
bruises about the arm and body.
Jonn. will hereafter milk with his
coat on.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12

THERE is q great deal of talk in
Washington on the proposition to
build a new residence for the presi-
dent. There seems to be general
agreement on this proposition, that
the present white-house would do
very we'll for the executive mansion
or for a private residence for the
president, but that it is entirely in
adequate for both purposes.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12
New and Horrible Epidemic.

A mysterious epidemic has ap-
peared at Sclayonisch Eszek and
Freyberg, near Dresden. Tires
deaths have taken place ii two days
At Eszek and two atFreyberg. Those
who have been attacked retired 70
bed in good spiribs, and sleptinson1s
cases 90 to Ms hours. All efforts tn.
awaken the patients were unaYailing
and their bodies appearedt to havedD-
compOeedsduring sleep. Great feaEO
aro entertained that the malady II
contagious.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12
Salt for Calomel,
From Gle Arkansaw Trayeler.

"A yellow-looking fellow. that had
spent nearly al HIS life shaking with
chills ID the Mississippi river bot
toms, came to the city, and, while
eating dinner at restaurant, shook
ont q handful Of salt and swallowed
it. "You must bs behind On salt, z
said 4 waiter that stood near.
sstThat,sa fact" answered the guest,
ls1nacking his mouth, ut Id salt. /
never seed II ground up sof ne before.
Ihave allus seed salt grains about
big asshoss con. No, didn,tknow
this here was salt, OIL Wouldn'ta
tuck 30 much. lowed II was Gallo
mo.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12
"Why need it BET" we say, and sigh
When loving mothers fade and die,
And leave the little ones whose feet

They hoped to guide in pathways sweet.
1t need not he in many cases. All about
have been saved. 1t seems to be q wide.
spread opinion that when O woman is slowly
fading away with the diseases which grow
out of female weaknesses and Irregularities
that there is no help for her. She is doomed
to death. But this is not true, DR.. Picrce's
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case, or money paid for it will be refunded.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12

SOHSUTHplIoH surely cured.
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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12

For washing ~fannels, Dobbins' Electric
Soap is marvellous. Blankets and woolens
washed with it look like new, and there is
absolutely no shrinking. No other SOAP in
the world will do such perfect work. Give it
q trial now. ~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12

The state treasurer of the canton Of
Tfcino, Switzerland, has been arrested on
the charge of smbezzling 1000, 900 fr ancs.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12

As the result Of a dispute in a restaurant
at Debreezin, Hungary, forty challenges to
duels have been issued.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12

TIE THROAT. - .BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs" act directly on the organs of the
voice. They have an extra ordinary effect in
all disorders of the throat.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, the original and only
Little Liver Pills; as cents a vial; one q dose.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12

Apocket mirror free to smokers of 'Tan.
sill's Punch" SC. Cigar.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-12

Horace Smiler, New York printer, shot
and killed his vie because she refused to live
with him.