davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1890-03-13

V,AEJS uP--At my place two and hR,f
j miles Cnst oi Spokuuo, one roam col {
with white face aud one white hind loot
about 10 mouths o'd owner can have sNW'
hy cMlliug and paying expense MIR E u
LAIRD. lihb
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-01
Horses in Dark Stalls.

A recent number of Field and Fireside
says
The pupil Of horses eye is enlarged
by being kept in a dark stable; he has
harness put on him and is suddenly
brought out into glaring sunlight, which
contracts the pupil so suddenly as to
cause extreme pain. By persevering in
this very foolish and injudicious, as we'll
as cruel, practice, the nerve of the eye
becomes impaired, and if continued long
enough loss of sight will ensue. To see
how painful it is to face bright light
after having been in the dark, take a
walk some dark night for short time
till the eyes become used to the darkness,
then drop suddenly into some we'll light
ed room, and you will scarcely be able to
see a few moments in the sudden light.
You know how painful it is to yourself,
then why have your horses repeatedly
bear such unnecessary pain?
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-01

really very low. That is (the scupper-
nong family one bushel OF grapes will
yield two gallons of wine, and on pressing
will yield two more gallons of second quail
ity, but made into afne drinking wine by
gallizing, or can be manufactured into
brandy or vinegar. | consider vine
yard of this class of grapes certainty.
Cassava, from which is manufactured
the tapioca of commerce, grows readily
and yields abundantly. The same with
arrowroot; both of the products await
capital to manufacture them. The cost
of such mandatory is but small and can
be associated with some other prOduc-
lions to fill up the seasons. To manufac-
ture up sugar cane necessarily requires
large outlay, and soil that is adapted to
it's peculiar requirements; therefore we will
only consider this as suited to large cap
italists or company who only can make
it pay. The same may be said of fibre
plants. The industries | refer to are those
that can be established in our cities and
be supplied by the growers who are in a
neighbOrhOOd that iscOnvenient to trans
pOrtatiOn.
That the manufacture of furniture, ag-
ricultural and domestic implements can
be made profitable there is no doubt.
Many skilled workmen would be glad to
change the Northern and Western homes
for our congenial cline, were such fac
tories established The woods are here,
the oak, hickory, cedar, gum and mag
nolia in abundance, in company with
the giant pines.
Fertilizers. Yearly the State pays
out enormous sums for these necessaries
buys and pays for thousands of tons
that can be manufactured in the State.
What do the light soils want? Humus.
Millions upon millions of tons lay dor
mant for want of kilns to dry and press
them, adding such ingredients that are
necessary to assist their decomposition.
These vast beds of humus are rich in
potash and organic matter for vegeta-
ton. Just consider the quantities of
fish that abound around the coast
useless fish, the shark and his kindred
could be made available as a fertilizer,
oyster shells ground up fine and used
on land devoid of lime. Is there any
reason why salt can not be manufactured
on a large scale? Perfumes are now be-
ing manufactured, also bedding from the
moss so plentiful in the forests.
Factories are being established to man.
ufacture orange boxes and vegetable
crates. Really there is no end to the an
ticipated enterprises that will develop in
a few years.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-01
Manufactures.

Mr.. S. Sanders Neck, in his book, '"The
Present and Future Productions of Flor
ida," has the following chapter on the
subject of manufactures:
At the close of the vegetable shipments
large quantities of tomatoes, beans, peas
and cucumbers are wasted for want OF
factories to convert them into canned
goods, sauces or pickles; the vinegar for
the latter can be manufactured from the
surplus peaches, plums and grapes, that
must follow the result of the large acreage
now planted in the last named fruits.
Florida imports large quantities Ofcanned
food for the reason at certain seasons OF
the year they are convenient to use. The
grower may at all seasons have fruit of
some kind.
These manufactures would stimulate
the growers and develop more fruit or
chards The same may be said of grapes.
How many growers are able or skillfdl
enough to make up wines, jelles or vine
gar from the grape, and yet grapes can
be produced at cost per bushel that is
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-01
A Safe Investment.

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case offail-
ure a return of purchase price. On this
safe plan you can buy from our advertised
Druggists bottle OF DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. tits guaranteed
to bring relief in any case, when used for
any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest,
such as Consumption, inflammation of
Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping
Cough, Group, etc., etc. 1t is pleasant
and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and
can always be depended upon.
Trial bottles free at any Drugstore.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-01
Foot Rot in Sheep.

On the subject of foot rot in sheep, an
exchange has the following to say
About the symptoms of foot rot we
need not say much: these are unmjstaka-
BILE. There is speedy loss of condition,
due both to constitutional disturbance
and to inability to walk in search OF
food. No time ought to be lost in at
tending to the animal who exhibits any
sign of lameness. however slight
The remedies for foot rot are very
varied, and there are dozens of agents,
either alone or in the combination, that
are Wanted as cures. and no doubt cor
rectly So The selection of remedy is
not so difficult as to get it properly APP
piled They resolve themselves into two
classes: astringents and caustics and
generally too free use is made of the lat
ter as well as of the pairing knife 1t is
most essential that diseased structure,
such as loose horn, should be cut away,
and also that free vent should be given
to pus. but no more of the sensitive
structure of the foot should be exposed
than is absolutely necessary, because
there are sure to be fungus growths
springing from parts denuded of horn,
and the free use of the knife thus gives
rise to the necessity for the free use of
caustics or the actual cautery
Removal to higher, dryer and barer
pasture is most useful step. or. if this
is not practicable, the worst cases should
be put on dry straw in sheds or yards.
In some instances a poultice, either OF
bran or boiled mashed turnips or carrots,
proves most useful Taken all round"
says a leading English veterinary sur
geon, "there is no better remedy than
sulphate of copper-common blue stone
or blue vitrioP-and most dressings are
largely composed of this agent. In mild
cases saturated solution of the sulphates
of copper and zinc poured into the af-
fected parts is most efficient. Equal
parts of butyr of antimony and COM
pound tincture of myrrh also make a
good dressing when applied with feath-
er or brush to the diseased parts. In Sc
we're cases the strong mineral acids are
used, especially the nitric. with quick
silver dissolved in it. .
On farms where the disease is preva-
lent the sheep are periodically driven
through shallow troughs containing a
solution of arsenic and soda, and if the
feet are carefully pared and the atten-
ton is constant, this is one of the best
methods of prevention yet devised; but
where the disease is already established
the Individual method of treatment Of
fers the best prospect of success. We
may sum up the treatment thus: Get
the sheep under shelter or in a dry pas
ture Pare the feet judiciously and
apply liquid dressing varying in
strength with the progress the disease
has made and the necessity for remov-
ing fungus granulation. Follow this up
by using an ointment every day COM
posed of one part boric acid and seven
parts of lard, and adopt every possible
means for keeping the feet clean and
dry, which is very much more easily
sa4d than done.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-01
Paint! Paint!

The Avern Paint is the best. Ready for use
Guaranteed to outWear all others. Write to Seely
Bros, 80 Burling Slip. N Y, for beautiful sample
card References: John Clark, Jacksonville; Gus
tave Stark, Fernandina; j. Dodd. Sanford; j. M.
Bourland Pine Level; e. F. Gates, Manatee; W.
l.. Door, Federal Point; j. o. Neal Warrington.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-01

placed
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to n
GEO. w. MOVERS, Longwood, F
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27
SINGLE TAX DEPARTMENT.
WHAT WE WANT.

AL nah the dawn Of new day breaking.
men strong armed nation shall take awav
Tue weary burdens from backs that are achina
WIN maximum labor and minimum pay:
"nen no man is honored who boards his mill.
ions; M ''''''
Wnen no man feasts on another's toll.
and Gods poor suffering, starving billions
chau share His riches OF sun and soil
mere IS gold for all In the eartf's broad bosom.
Ihcre Is food for all In the lands great store.
Enough Ii provided, IL rightly divided:
Let each man take what he needs--no more.
shame on the miscr with unused riches.
who robs the toiler 10 swell his hoard.
no beats down the wage Of the digger of
bitches
And steals tina bread from the poor mans
board.
shame on the owner OF mines, whose cruel
Ana selfish measures have brought him
wealth,
"hfie the ragged wrctches who dig his fuel
Are robbed OF comfort and hope and health
ename on the ruler who rides in his carriage
Bought with the labor of hnffpaid men
men who are shut out of home and marriage
And are herdcd like sheep in q howell PEN
Let the clarion voice of the nation wake him
10 broader vision and fairer play,
Or let the hand of just law shake him
TN the ill-gained dollars shall roll away.
Let no man dwell under a mountain Of plumber
Let no man suffer with want and cold:
we wapt right living. not mcrs aims giving
we want just dividing of labor and gold.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in N. Y World
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

When you feel chilly and feverish. take
warning. An ounce of preventive is worth
q pound OF cure. A dose or two of Smiths
TONIC Syrup, made by DR.. John Bull, of
Louisville, KY, taken at this time may ward
on dangerous or probably fatal illness. 1t
has an immediate beneficial effect upon the
mucous membrane and circnlatory system.
ITS timely use will frequently ward OF an
attack OF pneumonia A slight cold win be
gone in the morning IL a dose Of this remedy
IS taken at night It is truly q household
necessity and no family can afford to be
without it. 1t tastes good and children win
ask for it 1t is in fact a great discovery,
having all the good effects of quinine and
none Of its evil qualities. 1t is harmless to
che most delicate invalid and will not de-
range the system. 1t is a certain cure for
chills and fever, colds, influenza, la grippe
and all other effects of malarial influence.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27
A GOPHER TRAP.

deep, which IL dug around the land to
be protected. Thed must, of course,
be wider than the cans. Gophers travel
at night, and, on trying to come into
the Enclosure, tumble into the ditch and
run along until they drop into the cans.
A smoker" or sulphur gun" is some
times used. This is sort of rude
pump made of two pieces of stovepipe,
for forcing the fumes of sulphur into
the gopher's hole. Bisulphide of carbon
is also used. A piece of cotton half the
size of ones fist is saturated with the
liquid and thrust into the burrow as
far as possible, the opening being care
fully stopped. This should be done
when the ground is damp. We are also
told of an ingenious trap for catching
jack rabbits. A piece of ground about
fifteen feet square in locality infested
by rabbits, is surrounded by a board
fence high enough to prevent their
jumping over. On one side a plank
runs from the ground, with an easy
slope, 70 the top of the pen, and pro-
jects foot over the Enclosure. Above
the projecting end, and just far enough
in front OF 1t to cause the animal to
reach, lose his balance, and fall int the
pen, is hung some tempting bait A
little bait is scattered along outside the
pen and along the plank to attract the
,abbitS
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

Mr.. r. L. Washburn. the entomolo-
gist OF the Oregon experiment station,
writes to the Rural New Yorker that
the trap shown herewith has proved very
successful in catching gophers in
California. In the last bulletin issued
from the Oregon station good deal is
said about killing gorhers. The pie.
ture needs no explanation. The trap is
set at the bottom Of the gopher's hole.
1t is doubtful If he knows ''what struck
him" after the trap springs Another
method is to sink five-gallon oil cans
about one hundred feet apart in ditch
spade wide and about sixteen inches
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

The Halifax Herald says that we
ought to adopt another name, as it
thinks the United States of America is
ABOUT equal to no name at all. IF our
cousins" it remarks, without even the
suggestion of smile. REALLY intend to
perpetuate the mistake they made q
century ago in separating themselves
from their kinsmen of the Anglo-Saxon
race they should try and give them
serves name BETTING their ancestry
ana the land which British prowess
won for them"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27
FARM AND GARDEN,
DAIRY MISTAKES.

!
soms Things That Dairymen Ought Not
The disheartening prices of 1890 for
outter and cheese will very likely
nave demoralizing effect upon farm
srs engaged in this branch of farming.
Let me urge you all. says a writer in
me Ohio Farmer, not to show the
white feather for moment or lose your
grip at all. 1t will be better business
in the near future. Now is the time to
review the work and see where mis-
takes have been made. Twill point you
20 one or more things to consider.
think it is very bad policy to let a
veal calf suck dairy cow five or six
weeks and have ali the milk in April or
May, tc make three to four dollar
veal carcass. You might just as well
make from seventy-fve cents to one dol
lar per week of butter from the same
milk and feed the skim milk to the
calf, slightly warmed. and when eight to
ten weeks old it will then bring more
money than the veal calf does at from
four to six weeks old, and you come out
from five to eight dollars per head
better, for the reason that cows will
give more milk right along if the
calves are never allowed to suck them
at all after the milk is good.
This advantage, together with the ex.
ira butter made, will amount to fully
that sum. Farmers that send milk to
cheese factories are the most apt to
commit this blunder. If butter COM
uands the very low price it does to-day
eight cents per pound-and am buy.
ing hundreds of pounds of it from mer-
chants at that price this week-it is far
better for the farmer to buy some good,
large, clean, pork barrels and fill them
with a good strong brine about one
third full, and as fast as they make the
butter not let it be exposed to the air
at all, but make it into rolls and wrap
1t in thin, cheap cotton cloth, SO the
rolls will not stick together and put
them into this brine and keep a fol-
lower with stone weights on to press
1t down under the brine all the time,
Snd your butter will keep in the best
condition from early spring to winter. |
Packlng In crooks or wooden tubs can |
never be made to do as we'll as the above |!
plan. You can then hold your butter |
safely until the hot weather prices are
over and get more money for it later
on. If it is ever made fit to eat it will |
be good for many months. These bar
reis should be placed in some good. cool
place and as free as possible from any
unnecessary stinks. The butter will
not absorb any too much salt from tn.
brine. This reform is possible for every
family to observe, and especially where
they keep only one or two cows; If they
will manage the business as above
stated they can keep up their own sup
ply OF butter and not feel forced to sell
heap in hot weather and pay dear for
{ in winter months.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

The following method of filling an
nail holes in wood is not only simple,
but said to be effectuaf. Take fine saw
dust and mix into thick paste with
glue, pound it into the hole, ana when
dry 1t will make the wood as good as
new. Frank Christian, Jr., in Stove
and Hardware, says he has followed
this plan for thirty years with unvary-
ing success in repairing bellows, which
is the most severe test known Often
by frequent attachment of new leather
to old bellows frames, the wood be-
comes SO perforated that there is no
space to drive the nails, and even If
there was, the remaining holes would
allow the air to escape. Glua and saw
dust paste do the work. while lead,
putty and other remedies often fail.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27
High Rent Prevents Marriage.

A correspondent writing to the Even
ing World gives his opinion as to WHY
our young men do not marry. He lays
1t to the fact that 'sWages are too low
and rent too high" Read what he saws,
and then ask yourself If he does not
come near to the true reason WHY our
young men are inclining more each wear
to celibacy:
Working steadily at my trade 1 can
earn SIG week, but can obtain no moro
than nine months work year. This
sum is not sufficient to support a vito
and pay the positive expenses of a home,
to say nothing of the unexpected bills.
To begin with, no respectfully located
tenement can DO had for less than SIS
month and from that upward. When
the items OF provisions, clothing, fuel.
sundries and the simplest demands OF
church and society are taken into con-
sideration, the sum is all too small. Yet
Sls week is fair average salary for a
workingman. Granting that the young
woman will be equal to the emergency
and make lido, there is the furnishing OF
the home. No man of self-respect wants
to start married life in boarding house.
Heaven forbid! 1t takes long time to
save money enough to furnish even three
rooms comfortably out of small wages.
l have been hustling for two years to
it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

Too long
deluded = the unhappy victim Of
catarrh in the head. He's been
told that it can't be cured. Don't
you believe it.. It can be, and it
is-no matter how bad or of how
long standing. 1t has been done
for thousands-by DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy. Other so called
remedies may f,aR;ase for a time !;
this cures for all time. BY its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, it conquers the worst
cases. Its makers offer, in good
faith, a reward of $500 for a case
of catarrh which they cannot cure.
They are able to pay it. Are you
able to take it?
The symptoms of catarrh are,
headache, obstruction of nose, dis
charges falling into throat, some
times profuse, watery, and scrid, at
others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody, putrid and often
sive; eyes weak, ringing in ears,
deafness; offensive breath; smell
and taste impaired, and general
debility. Only few of these
symptoms likely to be present at
once. Thousands of cases termi-
nate in Consumption and end in the
grave, without ever having mani
tested all these symptoms. Dr..
Sage's Remedy cures the worst
cases. SO cents, by druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

GREAT mistakes are often made in irving
TO economics. 1t is a safe rule to follow that
the best Is always the chcdpest. A cheap ply
sician may cost you your life. If you have
Malaria in your system, you win not only
be miserable, but Unfit to work. Lost time
is money lost One dollar spent for Shallen-
berger's Antidote will cure you in twenty
four hours. Sold by Druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

TIE man who keeps getting deeper and
deeper In debt Is naturally = person OF more
owes tendencies.- w ashinRton Post
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

IT Is easy, says Galen Wilson. to pre-.
vent cabbage worms from injuring the
plants. Just keep the crowns filed
with soil The earth does no harm to
tie cabbagss. a. the heads grow up from
ths bottom and throw Of the earth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

900 will be spent on the srructore, ana
it is intended to make it the finest hoteI
in the country. Work in clearing of
the ground was begun last week
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

May be safely pooh-poohed He is seldom
actiye. Look out for him, though, when
ne has used Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters Tor while, for ten chances to one
that beneficent restorative will make him
wei enough to como down upon You like
thousand OF bricks when you least ex-
Kidney complaints and malarial maladies are
among the bodily Affections completely
knocked out" by tho Bitters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

Halls CArARRH CURE is q LIQUID and In
taken internally. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

The favorable impression produced on the
first appearance OF the agreeable liquid fruit
remedy Syrup Of Figs few years ago has
been more than confirmed by the pleasant
success of the proprietors and manufacture
ers the California Fig Syrup Company.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

The reason that the tide Is 50 slightly fell
In the Mediterranean Is that the ebb and
How are checked by the Gibraltar strait and
the Sicilian ridge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

HAVE you ever tried Dobbins' Electric
Soapi It don't cost much for YOU to oct one
bar OF your grocer, and see for yourself WHY
1t Is praised by so many, after n years steady
sale; Be sure to get no imitation There
are lots Of them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

SMITHS Tonic Syrup gives perfect salts
faction wherever tried.-J. W. Cochran,
R0ssoRle, Ind.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

A CHICAGO doctor says railroad conduct
oos are laoie 70 an affection Of the spinal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

1tUN and an enraged bull help to make .
farmer run through his landrapidly.-Texas
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

THOSE who wish to practice econom,
should buy Carter's Little Liver Pills
Forty pills in vial; only one pill dose.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

THE man who finds music in clarionet il
doubtless Of the opinion that Apollo was
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

THAT bright and lively little boy used to
be sickly and delicate before his mother
gave him DR.. Bulls Worm Destroyers. He
calls them ''good candies"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

GREAT BRITAIN has q court officer called
Keeper of Seals" Could we borrow him
and send him up to Behring seal-AIbany
Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
aoses q Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27

We sneer at the Siamese for worshipius
the elephant; but think of the money ths1
Y paid here annually just to zee if-The