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Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-14
DRESS GOODS.

DRESS GOODS.
 Fair Bargains assume bigger proportions every day. Seems to be no end to them.
 An armful or two out of the heap:
 About 300 yards of 36 inch Wool Brocades, that were 29o, now Sc the yard.
 All wool 45 inch Granite Suiting in tan colors for 19c the yard.
 Black Goods follow in like order:
 42 inch Wool Grenadine in Fine Mesh and Satin Stripes, usual value $1.00, for 62c the yard.
 Five hundred yards of all wool French Armures, solid Cloths and other odds and ends in the dollar quality for 59c the yard i; 42 inch widths.
 All kinds of Challis bargains, not one or two patterns, but a whole lot in dark and light grounds.
 A 30 inch Challis, in as pretty designs as we ever had at Sc.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-14
WHITE GOODS.

Checks and Stripes at 6Ac and Ioc are in great demand at these prices.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-16

as would fill two or three boxe, are &C.
sroyed in this way on single tree. If
any one thinks these statements are ex-
aggerated, they can be verified by plenty
of eye witnesses +. Rigdon in Ameri-
can Agriculturist.
THE writer might have added that it
is no unusual occurrence 10 see an old SOW
sitting in The shade of tree with whet-
stone in her hand (?) and a little pig in
her lap, industriously grinding the hoof
of the pig to point, or spike shape, SO
that he can easily climb fruit trees and
gather sufficient quantity for the en-
tire family ED.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-16
Razor-Back Pigs in Florida.

notice in recent issue OF the Ameri-
can Agriculturist an account of the
Tennessee razor-back, his sagacity and
propensity for getting into mischief. |
think our Florida variety of the razor
back can beat his Tennessee brother in
cunning and saga9ity, and is no whit be-
hind in lawlessness. The Florida hogs
go in herds. When rail fence stands in
their way, one OF the animals stands up
against it while another mounts his back
and goes over He then turns round and
thrusts his srout under his side of the
fence, while big fellow of the herd joins
him from the other, and the two lift the
fence, while the rest march under When
once inside Of an inclOsurP, t is exceeding
ly difficult to get them out, for they will
run past an open gate or a gap in the
fence hundred times without seeing it,
if they do not wantte get out.
Our orange. groves offer u constant
temptation to them, and stimulant to
their predatory ingenuity. They enter
them only at night, going / trough, over,
or under any Kind of fence. When they
have helped themselves to all the oranges
they can. reach from the ground, one of
the pigs climbs to his mothers back. and
from this standpoint picks and drops
for the rest of the herd. Then a smaller
pig mounts the back of the first one, and
clears the oranges from still higher
limbs. In some cases as many oranges
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-16
UNPARALLELED OFFER.
Ten Packets of Vegetable Seeds, Post
Paid, for Thirty Cents.

In view Of the general freeze out of all
vegetable gardens we have decided to OF
fer ten packets of seeds suitable forspring
planting for 30 cents, thus enabling ev-
cry family garden to be re-planted for al
most nothing. The seeds are 1889 crop,
Northern grown, of high vitality, and
superior to any offered in the State. Give
our seeds q trial now.
Yellow Summer Crookneck Squash.
Cuban Queen Watermelon.
Rattlesnake Watermelon.
Ponce de Leon Muskmelon.
Extra Early Hackensack
Beauty Tomatoes.
Emerald Green Cucumber.
Golden Wax Beams
Everbearing Peas.
Stovell's Evergreen Corn
H. G. HASTINGS & Co.
Interlachen, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-16

then realize profit on his product in
two ways.
| would not advise farmers to pack
corn. The labor and expense attached
to packing this article is SO much that
they could not compete with Western
packers. 1t requires expensive machin-
cry for silking and removing the corn
from the cob and as the Western packers
have every facility and pack nothing else
to any extent, there would not be as
much money in it, as there would be in
utilizing the same acreage for tomat oes
or other vegetables.
Now, we will take the profit on one
acre of tomatoes grown for canning pur-
poses. In the first place the plant can
be put out after all danger of frost is
passed. The farmer can now obtain
seed that will yield him from 800 to 700
bushels per acre: for an average we will
say $50 bushels. He disposes of his pro-
duet, either by packing it in cans himself
or by sellingi it to his neighbor at 20
cents per bushel. Thus he realizes 500
Per acre, runs no risk from early plant
ing and he is sure of getting his money
quite different from the present mode of
disposing of his produce, sometimes he
does and again don't but more often
finds himself in debt. Even so, he can
ship as long as hefnds Improbable, then
when it does not pay to ship the surplus,
it can be packed.
AS to the capital one has to have in or
der to undertake the canning business [
will say that the cost is in thecans, not the
outfit. We will figure on the amount
necessary for one to have:
Cost of outfit $50 90
Freight (abOve Observation-Disclosures. 500
BRICK WORK ana ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
$4,000 labels to start.... minimum. As. 90
Total 1858. 90
The cans can be purchased On six
months time, where parties can close
accounts with approved paper bearing
6 per cent, interest. This allows one to
dispose of his entire pack and pay his
note without any Inconvenience what
ever. / know of no business, where so
small an investment will yield such sat
isfactory results.
Hyour people wish. information as to
outfit, they can address me and will
turn letter over to the manufacturers in
person.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-16
The Canning Question.


as an economical factor in our develop
ment. We do not pretend to say (al-
though such might be the case) that it
would he remunerative to grow fruit and
vegetables especially for canning. but we
do hold that when the frnit or vegetables
have been grown for market and
there is surplus, or when the markets
are so crowded that it no longer pays to
ship it is better to save the produce
by canning, even though the profit be
small, than to allow it to waste in the
field, orchard or garden. On this subject
Mr.. J. H. Calhoun, OF Baltimore writes
an interesting etterto the Ocala Banner.
He submits estimates of cost of outfit
and the necessary articles OF machinery
for canning 1000 three p und, or 1850
two pound cans per day. To be used in
connection with steam or set in brick, as
follows:
Process kettle, exhaust kettle, two fire
pots, crane fixture, three sets ofgrate bars,
or three coils in place if operated by steam;
three furnace doors, two Gaping ma
chimes, two Gaping coppers, two tipping
coppers two scalding baskets, one f)rging
handle, two process crates, two exhaust
crates, one scalding kettle, ore forging
stake, one wise, one forging hammer, two
files, two pair can tongs.
This outfit can be purchased in Balti-
more for $780, F. O. B. The purchaser
can by instructions sent with outfit, put
up and operate it without the aid OF
skilled help.
1t would require fifteen hands to sue
cessfully operate it as follows:
One professor.
One capper.
One Upper.
Twelve peelers and packers.
The latter could be done by women,
boysand girls.
In Maryland professors, cappers and
tippers receive from So to 81. so per day
Peelers and packers ST. per day, but often
farmers do their own processing, which
could be done in this case Thus the
farmer could supervise over the capper
and Upper. This labor being simple it
could be had for ST per day.
Thus the labor necessary for packing
the above number Of cans would consist
of as follows:
One capper and tipper.. 200
Twelve hands Up p)..........................6 600
We will now figure on raw material,
cans, cases, labels, required for packing
1000 three pound cans perday. To
matoes will be taken for example.
One hundred bushels will berequired
to fill these 1000 cans. Below is the
cost.
100 bushels tomatoes a 2Gc".........".....$2 800 60
Z,UOO cans 45.VO
Labor in packing. 1880
Labels solder 400
Cases containing "a Observation-Disclosures. 1892
Total ................... .$S7 AZ
Now, $S7.42 is what it costs to pack
1000 three pound cans of tomatoes per
day, also 500 is included for his raw
material, $3.50 per day is included for
the farmer. Wenow market these 9, 900
cans consisting of 50 cases, and receive
81 .65 per case, the presentrmarket price
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-16


Cutting, Bunching and Shipping AS
paragus
AS the green part, or that which grows
| above ground, is all that is eaten of as
paragus, the more green there is the bet
terprice it will command in market For
the South and early cuttings it may lie
cut when two to three inches above
ground. But for nearby and later, it
should have from four to six inches of
green stem, and be cut low enough to
leave some white on, as the white part of
the stalks will not shrink or draw up and
loosen the bunch. The lunches should
be from eight to nine inches long, and
four anda half across the butts. The as.
paragus should be sorted or culled leav-
ing all broken and small sprouts, which
can be punched by themselves and sold
as culls. The heads should be all placed
evenly at the top, and the butts cut off
squarely, usin : great care in handling
not to bruise nor injure the heads, which
soon ferment and decay. The heads
should be kept dry, as moisture causes
| decay.
Good, strong Japan Raffia is the best
to tie with; and it is necessary to use a
box or y punching machine, SO that the
punches may all be of uniform size, and
lied SO tightly that they will not fall to
pieces in handling The best knife for
cutting is a carpenter thin frmer gouge,
one and half inches wide, nearly fiat,
and the thinest that can be obtained,
ground on theconvex sideo back about
one inch from the end, which should be
rounded off on the Inside to prevent them
from injuring sprouts near by. Take the
sprout between the fingers Of one hand
and run the knife close to the sprout, the
concave side next to it. Tip the handle
away to give it the proper slant; shove
down until the cut is made, and then pull
the sprout. After cutting and sorting,
take a convenient number OF sprouts by
the upper ends, and rinse the bottoms
in clean water to free them from dirt,
taking care not to wet. nor. bruise the
heads. Then put them in the buncher,
keeping he heads all upcven against the
stop. Lay them straight, and when
there are the required number to make a
bunch, press down ghtly, but not hard
enough to crush them Put around
them three inches from the top, and an
other four inches below that, making the
knots secure. With a sharp knife cut the
butts square and even. To keep them un-
til ready for shipping, set on wet grass or
moss, in the shade
Crates for shipping should have two
ends and a middlepiece, each tWelveinches
wide, eighteen inches long, and about
three-quarters OF an inch thick. The bot
toms, sides and Stats are twenty-ei 1ht
inches long. Nail on the bottom boards
close together; have ideboards siXirrhes
wide, and put Stats on the rest OF sides
and top, leaving broad interstices be-
tween them for ventilation. Put in
enough wet grass OF. moss to pack down
two inches thick stand fine lunches butts
down on the moss tightly. eaving the
| heads about one inch below the Stats
When the crate is full, crowd some wet
moss all around, to prevent shifting dur
ing tation.-American Agricult-
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Now, $Sl.42 is what 1T costs to pack
1000 three pound cans of tomatoes per
day, also 500 is included for his raw
material, $3.50 per day is included for
the farmer. Wenow market these 1000
cans consisting of 83 cases, and receive
Sligo per case, the present,market price.
Thus we have $135.95 or a profit of
$49.53, a pretty good showing for one
days work. Where one has to furnish
all labor and buy his raw material, wood
and coal, ETC., would reduce these figures,
but a profit OF $40 per day can be count
ed on.
would advise farmers to plant their
own crop and not depend entirely on his
neighbors for his canning supply, he can
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30
MYSTERIES Of Amber.

Amber has only recently come to be
understood. The ancien:s regarded it
as altogether mysterious aud even msgi-
cal, says the Washington Star. They
found that it vas rendered electrical by
friction so as to attract light substances,
and our word electricity" comes from
the Greek name for amber, which was
"electron." A favorite puzzle with them
was how the insects SO frequently found
lnclosed in amber came to be so situated.
| have myself seen a chunk of very
transparent amber in whichea small liz
ard with five legs was encased, looking
"a if it might have been alive yesterday,
though doubtless it had been dead FOR
thousands of years. The mystery of this
sort Of phenomenon is easily enough ex-
planned when it is understood that an-
Der is actually the fossil gum OF an ex-
tlnct kind Of one bearing tree. In the
process Of hardening it imprisoned the
flies and other creatures preserved in tae
chunks of it that are found TO-DAY.
The finest specimen Of amber in Eu-
rope Is q cup made Of that material, now
al the Brighton Museum, England. Am
Der now Is worth from 81 to $50 8
pound, according 10 its quality. The
most important uses made OF it il for
meerschaum and other pipes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30
An Eccentric Lord in Colorado.

The familiar form Of Lord Ogilvie has
1ot been seer this week in the vicinity
If the Victoria Hotel, where he makes
his headquarters during recent visits to
The city. According to report Lord
Ogilvie Is spending a brief vacation at
Los Vegas, \. NJ, to test the benefit of
:he mud baths and to get rid of the de-
oilitating effects of the races. In speak
no of this remarkable character, for all
who know Lord Ogilvie Will agree that
le has capacities of a high order, a gen
:leman said yesterday: II have never
known Ogilvie to 90 to bed while paving
ais periodical visits to this city. Thirty
minutes sleep in a chair each twenty-four
aours is about all his system seems to re-
luire and he awakens apparently as re-
'reshed as if he had slept all night. He
$ only twenty-eight years of age and first
dropped into Denver about ten years ago
IN a visit to the mountains with his
:ather. Tie elder Ogilyie took sick ut
1t the Windsor Hotel, and died after a
brief illness. The remains were sent to
Scotland for burial in the old family
vault. Ogllvle IS remarkably well read
lpon sub lects, and when at home on his
.anch, near Greeley, he spends the main
part of his time porting over books. He
5 peculiar, one Of his peculiauties being
ais manner of dress and the odd looking
plaid vest by which he is recognized all
over the West, That vest, said he to
ne one day, is patented, and no other
nan in the world can wear a vest lust
ike min have a contract, duly signed
with the firm in England manufacturing
The material, that it is never to be dupli-
Gated except at my order The vest is
IF immense dimensions, and when
stretched at full length extends nearly
70 the knees of the wearer. Its only or
lament IS a huge steel watch chain, which
IS also made upon a pattern peculiar to
Itself. OgllTle dresses plainly, but always
wears q flannel shirt with high collar.
'tarched perfectly stiff and fortified by a
nigh cravat Of pongee silk.
II have visited him at his ranch."con
:lnued the narrator, land it would be
iitficult to imagine a more roval welcome
han IS accorded by Ogllvie to his friends.
lie lives IN the enjoyment Of all the good
things that might be desired, and takes
special pride in his herds OF blooded
horses and cattle. l was surprised at the
extent Of MS wardrobe. He showed me
4 least fifteen trunks full Of clothing, all
asdc by Poole, the London tailor, and
aot one sn't IN the lot has Oyilvie ever
worn. LII venture to say that he has $50
$500
hin all IN all, he is the strongest con.
-loneration 81 oddities to he found in
he State Of Colorado. "-Dearer 1Nens.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30

The Turning point
in woman's life brings peculiar
weaknesses sud ailments. Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
brings relief and cure. 1t u a
powerful, invigorating, restorative
tonic and nervine. 1t imparts
strength 70 the whole system in
general, and to the uterine organs
and appendages in particular.
"Run-down," debilitated and deli
cate women need it. It's a legiti-
mate medicine = purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless. It's guaranteed
to give satisfaction in every case, or
money refunded. Nothing else does
as much. You only pay for the
good. you get. Can You ask moreT
AS a regulator and promoter Of
functional action, at that critical
period Of change from girlhood to
womanhood, "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" is a perfectly safe remedial
agent, and can produce only good
results. 1t is equally ~effcacious and
valuable in its effects when taken
for those disorders and derange-
merits incident to that later and
most critical period, known as "The
Change of Life"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30
When Big Trousers Were the Rage.

The old Saxon settlers OF England de
lighted in vivid c%olors, and the Scandi.
navian invaders, who came soberly suited
IN black, learned TO surpass them in
eaiety of apparel. The NormaA in
their turn, were remarkable for she vari-
city and splendor of their costumes. In
the reign of Henry Ill, ioppery reached
its height, and men half ruined them
selves to be clothed in the Iagaiticent
and costly stuff called cloth of the Bald
erklns. In the reign of James l., men
wore breeches Of enormous breadth, and at
an earlier date that fashion was even more
extravagantly INDUCED. over the seats
IN the Parliament House." says one au-
thorlty, .there were certain holes, some
two inches square, in the walls, in which
were placed posts to uphold a scatfoii
ound about the house within. for them
to sit upon who used the wearing of
great breeches stuffed with hair like wool
sacks, which fashion being left the eighth
year of Elizabeth, the scatfolds were
taken down, and newell since put up"
But, As we have seen, the fashion re-
turned, end ever since] men have alter
mated between loose and tight trousers.
-Asw Orleans Picayune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30

you pTucK from me garuen IS no. soIrem aEa
far and beautiful. Tired of Jesuss As well
get weary Of the spring morning and the
voices Of the mountain runnel, and the quiet
Of your own home, and the gladness Of. your
own children. Jesus is bread. and the ao-
petite for that Is never obliterated.
Do not talk to me about q man being
not doubtful to me at all. Bread is bread,
and | know it the moment | see it. had .
cornfeld which l cultured with my own
hand. | did not ask once in all the summer
is this corn" did not hunt up the Agri-
cutturtst to get a pi@ re OF corn. I was born
II. When these Israelites came to Canaan
and looked off upon the fields the cry was:
Corn! corn" And If a man has once tasted
Of this heavenly bread be knows 1t right
away. He can tell this corn Of the gospel
Canaan from the chaff which the wind
driveth away" / bless God 50 many have
found this Gospel corn. 1t is the bread ct
which, if a man eat. he shall never hunger
| set the gladness Of your soul to the tunes of
Ariel and Antioch" ring the wedding
bells, for Christ and your soul are married,
and there is no power on earth or in hell to
get out letters Of enforcement.
But alas for the famine struck! Enough
corn, yet it seems you have no sickle TO cut
it, no mill to grind it, NO fire to bake It, no
dppettc 10 eat IL CUI wing 10 O06LQ WQ9n
the plain is golden with a magnificent bar.
VeSti
Irode some thirteen miles to see the Alex
ander. a large steamship that was beachej
near Southampton, L. I. 1t was a splendid
vessel. walked up aud down the decks
and in the cabins ! said: "Wnat a pity that
this vessel should go to pieces, or be lying
here idle" The coast wreckers had spent
$4,000 trying to get her of, and they suo-
ceeded once; but she came back again
TO the old place. While I was walk
ing on deck every part Of the vessel
trembled with the beating of the surf on
one side. Since then heard that that YES
sci, which was worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars, was! sold for $500, and knocke<-
to pieces. They had gwen up the idea Of
getting her to sell again. How suggestive
all that is to me! There are those here who
are aground in religious things. Once you
started for heaven, but you are now aground.
Several times it was thought you had started
again heavenward, but you soon got back to
the old place, and there is not much prospect
you will ever reach the harbor of the blessed.
Gods wreckers, Ifear, will pronounce you 8
hopeless case. Beached for eternity And
then it will be written in heaven concerning
some one Of your size, and complexion, and
age, and name, that he was invited to be
saved, but refused the offer, and starved 10
death within sight OF the fields and granariee
full Of the old corn of Canaan.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30

The Argentine Republic has an area a.
great as all Central and Western Europe
combined about 1920, 600 sQuare miles
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30

a Californian is extracting. by distil-
%lation, the oil and water of orange bios
SONS. The oil is worth 81 an ounce, and
the water is a valuable product.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30

W. II. Griffin. Jackson, Michigan. writes
Suffered with Calarrh for fifteen years
Hal s Catarrh Cure curei ne Sold by
Druggists. 15c.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30

Deafness cured. Send for description OF
simple remedy free. a. ERRoID,
90 Clinton Place, New York.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30

FITS stopped free ~ NR KLI>R's GREA
NERVE RESToRER. M Fits after first day.
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise ap1 81 tria
hot tie free. Dt. Kline .T3i Arch ST. Phila. Pa
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30

Beecham's Pills cure Bilious and Nervous His
The toIer's motto il tive ar To rhy
bat be EMPLOYS two .t's
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30
A Russian sigh->>iheria.

The Indianapolis. Ind RAMS Horn,
wonderful paper. on trial TO jan. ]. for - cents
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30

A mnu itkr> To have ku,~l ,e!p htor- ~n.
20 must love his naiphtsr 10 ltimaeif
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30

The man who 's ri.ht Is s-lio" left