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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24
What I Saw and Heard About
Christmas.

CuIlSGIuGS.
Are our readers tired of hearing about
Christmas? This week we seem to know
and hear Of nothing else The shops and
stores are crowded with eager buyers Of
gifts from those elegant screens and
paintings in the show windows OF the Col
lege Book store, down to the little 10
cent tin horn which | confess to have
bought for three-year-old scapegrace Of
my acquaintance. "Do have mercy on
his mothers ears, said my friend at my
side. He shall have it just the same"
replied, 'iShe must make up her mind to
put up with several extra toots on Christ
mas ii don't mistake the live, rOllicking
small boy that he is
We are all privileged characters now,
and can pass through these crowded
stores and gaze with admiration on the
multitudinous novelties and delights,
which meet the eye, and not feel like in
truders. These children's toys make us
feel young again. | bought a small fiat
iron simply because in my childhood days
| so we'll remember having envied a little
girl the possession Of such q treasure.
And yet from all which tempts the eye
and the modest purse it is hard to make
q selection for the wiser ones" "If ever
anybody wants a full purse and good
judgement it is noW," said my friend, as
she looked with something like envy at
the luxurious gift books and costly brio
a-brac. eyes indeed" | replied, sit is
hard to make aselection orthese well to
do people, they already have every hing
heart can wish. Nothing is luxury to
them. They know 10 Iuxuries. Well
send them handsome Christmas card
Bless the accommodating little things!'
cit is the hardest work in the world to
make o present to man." | overheard
one lady say to another. From the tone
| supposed the man" was her husband,
but not quite sure. "Then let him go
presenteee, ;" said her friend. "but don't
for mercy's sake give him q crOcheted
IoCK-Ule, OF All over Q0COTdleu lounge plI-
low, or any tissue-paper affairs, they vi be
nowhere in week" See here, she said
Gust step over theway to SINNERS, and
get paper cutter, a cane made of verti-
BILE orange woOd-the men are crazy after
such things you know" AS she went out
shestumbled over acouple ofyoungsters,
one with a toy wagon piled with Christmas
goodiee-the other with pail and shovel
ready for business. For a moment a
howl went UP but was quickly silenced by
a small addition to the already top
heavy load. The boy was happy
We inquired for some Florida curiosi-
ties for our little Northern friends. Spec
tally did we want some pretty little fans
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24
For THE HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.
Millinery Magic.


Do the impecunious girl readers of the
HOUSEHOLD (and what girl is not more or
less impecunious in proportion to b err de-
siIesO know, | wonder, the magic that
lies in the bottom ola tin pail, a package
of Diamond dyes, bottle OF shoe polish,
and their own bright minds and def fin
gers, to tranform an old-fashioned high
crowned, narrow brimmed hat, into a
thing of style, if not beauty and COM
fort for a season?
The most popular old straw headgear
may be ripped at the height you wish the
crown to be when finished, broken there
and ripped entirely apart to the top. Ii
the top is large enough it may be sewn
directly to the crown; if not it may be
easily enlarged by adding more straw un-
til the required size is reached Then you
can broaden the brim by sewing to it the
surplus straw. Ii there is not enough to
make it the required size, rescue another
wreck from oblivion and utilize that; if of
a different braid 10 matter, fashion is
very liberal at present. Dampen your
hat we'll, at this stage OF the proceedings,
and shape the crown over the bottom of
a tin pail, allowing it to remain until dry.
Dampen the brim and press into shape
with a warm iron. Then, if it is black,
all it needs is good application Of shoe
polish, which may have to be repeated
several times. If your hat is light and
you wish it any color but black, invest
10 cents in a packge of Diamond dyes,
and follow the directions for coloring
WOOlen-tirst administering a merciless
scrubbing with strong soap suds. After
pressing and dyeing, cover with several
coats ofclear varnisb, allowing it to hang
in a good breeze for several days to re-
move the odOr. Felt is even more easily
manipulated than straw, as when wet it
can be stretched and pressed into any
shape the fancy may dictate-confdence
in ones self bring the main element of sue
cess in millinery as in every thing else.
Half a yard OF good velveteen, costing
so cents, makes the most becoming back
ground for either plain or pretty face.
Lay the velvet on the table face down
ward, place the hat on it and make
chalk mark around the edge, cut the vel
vet outside of the line and neatly blind
stitch to the hat, cutting out the piece in
the crown and lining with black cambria.
In buying trimming, it is the most reck-
less extravaganza to get cheap things
especially plumes and ribbons. II they
survive the first season they exist only to
torment their owner-bejng almost too
good to throw away and altogether too
bad to use. Money put into few good
plumes and piece Of rich ribbon, is
lasting and solid investment, that knows
no shrinkage as long as a thread remains.
The writer is the happy possessor Of a
long, beautiful, creamy ostrich feather,
bought many years ago, but today as
fresh and lovely as the moment it left the
hand Of the milliner. 1t cost q good
many dollars and good many
twinges Of conscience, but has paid for it.
self many times over, and has in its day
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-14
Review.

Notwithstanding the fact that La
GRIPPE prevented about half of the
efficient corps of editors of the Wake
Farest Student from doing their &C
customel W ork on the February num-
Der, it is full, of good contributions.
editorials and college news. The edl-
tors pro tampore showed remarkable
skill and good iudment.
The Student is credit to both stud
ents and College, and they have just
reasons 10 be proud of it.
Let US congratulate you, Mr.. editor
of the Exchange department, on your
comment on the TRINITY ARCHIvE.
Nothing could havo been more
apropos,
We think we recognize Carl Lee
in his poem, "SHEwAwA," which we
read with delight. Carl. behind whose
gray eyes turks the fire of hidden genius.
is not one of those DAISIES ''born to
blush unseen and waste its fragrance on
the Desert air. Ink flows down his
pen like water down precipice-though
not quite so ponderously.
We recommend the Student to all
lovers of good reading Issued month
| ly at 81 so per year.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-14

Several towns in South Carolina
and Georgia have boycotted Post
Master Gen'l. Wannamaker. One Of
these towns, Athens, Ga, has about
10000 inhabitants, and whose dry
goods merchants dealt very extern
sively with the SUNDAY SCHOOL
teacher.
Ofcouse Mr.. WaDnamaker is too
wealthy man to feel that he will
have to make an assignment because
of this; nevertheless, he is too great
a lover of the 'almighty dollar not
to feel. with some degree of regret,
the reduction of his profits.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-14

The recent Meat ACt PaSSco ~ |
the Virginia Legislature is very IN
FEW.
Judge Brooke, of the Norfolk Cor'
poration Court, has appointed MAJOR
Chas. Pickett and Mr.. Fl. l. Smith
the inspectors, each of whom will re-
ceive for his services the neat sum
of$23, 600 per annum. Quite FAT
office! Who would not like to be
BEEF INSPECTOR just to draw this
little salary to say nothing Of the dig
nifty of the office?
1t may be drought our short-sight-
edness, but we nevertheless tail TO
see what good can come out of such a
law. 1t does not atall comport with
Democratic Tariff Reform. 1t lsjust
the same as paving duty OH imported
goods-indeed, it is nothing else but
that, and aids monopolies besides.
The only people who will be bene-
flied by this law will be few cattle
brokers. in whose interest it was franz
ed and passed.
The price Object will advance and
who will have to pay this $4,000,
half OF WHICH GOES INTO THE PoCK-
FITS OF ONLY TWO MEN? 1t will be
the COSSUMER-the man who works
ten hours to get dollar and a half,
and who has half a dozen little ones at
home to whom the very sight OF beet
makes their little mouths water.
1t is he who must pay this ninety
three thousand aod six hundred do
lars to swell the pockets of the mo-
nopoIists end the Beef inspectors.
Bu1 their pockets can hold it. ano
they won't grumble at the weight
either.
Again, all this meat is inspected II
Chicago both before and after it /:
killed, and it comes here fresh anc
pure. while much OF that shipped alive
and butchered here not intrequentI,
is SO bruised and fevered by the long
: transportation that, were it not butch
cred at the time it arrives, 1t would dl'
in spite ofall that could be done. |
is against such meat as this that tn
people need protection
This law has already been tried II
eight different States, and on being
tested in the courts was proved to b.
unconstitutional; yet in the face of TIN
fac the Virginia Legislature passe
the Identical law, and on a motion t
= repeal it says with emphasis that sh
| will not,
Isit possible that body of me
who represent the great Democrat
principles instituted by Jefferson an
carried out by Cleveland could haV
made such law, and that too at tn
very he; ryh stone Of the Father {
our Constitu ion Thou secre
shades of the departed Jefferson, rls
g tr ON thy sepoIchral tomb and spea
e to thy erring sons!
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-14

The News and Observer comes to
us in new dress, having just entered
upon lis twentieth year. tits live
go-a-hcad paper and one of the best
dailies IN North Carolina. 1t has
done valiant service for Democracy.
May it continue to prosper.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-14

We hail with eagerness the first
issue of the Daily State Chronicle.
1t is a paper such as all the people
of North Carolina know its most
worthy and talented editor can and
ought to have edited long ago. The
good people of the State have long
Ielt the need of just such paper as
the Daily Chronicle bids fair to be
indeed, is already.
With the material prosperity OF
our good State let the intellectual
advance hand-in-h hand. Hardley a
week passes that we do not hear OF
some new indstry. There are val
liable beds of MAGNETIC ore in Mitch
ell. Mcdowell and Burk; iron ore in
GuIford, Auson, Cleveland, Neck
lenburg and Rutherford; in CherO
kee are granite and marble quarrles
almost inexhautible. The rapid
building of the three "C's." railroad
in Virginia, Tennessee and this
State will soon give cheap coal and
coke to every furnace along the line.
Besides all this, there are hun
dreds of mills being TUNED by her
ample water power, and factories
are bobbing up like cork out OF
water.
The time will soon be when every
county seat will be reached by a
railroad carrying prosperity, com
fort and intelligence to every door.
From the distant peaks of the Blue
Ridge to the blue waves of the At
lantic the hum of industry already
fills the ear, and the dawn Of a pros
DerOus future ilIumenS the horizon
and casts ray of gladnesS into the
hearts of her loyal citizens.
I'VE are living. we are dwelling,
Ia grand ard awful time,
In an age, on ages telling,
To be living Is sublime.
We, the sons of Carolina, are
Justly proud of our noble State. We
revert with honest pride to The
part she took i'll the struggle tO1
Indipendence, and remember will
fearful smiles many a boy. who
clearing himself from the fond EN-
brace of loving mother, the tendc
smiles of a gentle sister, the watch
full care of a doing father, shoulder
ed his musket and marched forth
battle for the land of his birth, hi
own dear Sunny South!
1t makes us glad to feel tina
thert is another able exponent {
southern principals and homes
Democratic views to take the tiel
against RadicaliSm and Mother
sectional hate!
Mr.. Daniel, though young mat
is old and experienced in his protes
sion, of sound, pracClcal knoWledg
and staunch Democratic views.
With congratulations from ever
fort of the State, and from men {
all professions; with its pages sparl
ling with wit and convincing wit
logic; with honesty Of purpose an
conviction of principles. what ca
await the Daily State Chronicle, tt
offspring of the genius of RANDoLF
A. SHoTwELL and under the gui
ance of no lesa a person thu
Josephus Daniels, but success!
The News and Observer comes
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-14

Delivered at doors OF city subscribers, as
soon as from press, by carriers, without extra
charge.
No name entered without payment. and no
PAPER sent after the pirat1on OF time pald TOT.
The Editor disclaims all responsibility Tor the
views statements of correspondents--and re-
serves the right at all times to revise or REJECT
any article he may think proper
Best Advertising Medium in the Dstr1ct.
Rates very moderate--Special Rates on Long
Contracts
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-14

We acknowledge your very generous
patronage in the past and hope to merit
a continuation of the same.
We have no new inducements t offer
you; we can't afford to buy our Ship
pers or give them a commission, but we
have every facility to handle your fish
to the very best advantage and will do
SO and remit as soon as sold.
We request our shippers to ice their
fish we'll and not put too many Roe Shad
III a box.
Stencils and Stationery furnished on
application.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-23
Strict Economy.

Science brings about economy, and IN
these davs of varied manufactures, ami
porfect facilities for carrying them ON.
there is very little waste material in amy
branch Of trade. The Sunday Calm de'
scribing the slaughter of cattle az New
ark. \. j.. says that no part of steer
is lost save its dying breath
Nothing is wasted from the tip q the
tongue TO the brush on the end OF the
tail. The blood is caught and sold TO
make albumem Tor sugar reiineries and
other manufactures, or 20 form cheaI
substitute for the hard rubber and other
plastic material used in the manufacture
If buttons When the meat Is dressed
the contents Of the stomach are removed
dried and baled as manure, ard the siom'
ach itself is prepared as tripe.
The hide goes 10 the tanner, the head
is skinned and dcnuded Of flesh for the
sausage maker, the horns so to the
comb maker. who knocks out the pith
and sells it 70 the glue manufacturer
who is ever ready TO take all the refuse
from any part of the steer The horn,
coverings Of the hoofs arc almost as use
ful as horn for making buttons and sim
liar articles, and the feet can be used ioi
oh and glue.
The shinbones make the finest OF bone
handles. and all the rest Of the bon,
structure, which the butcher Is unable
to sell whit the meat. finds its way event
uallv To the manufacturer of bone tertil
izer and bose black.
A few of the tails are utilized. in colo
weather. in the manufacture OF oXtai
s0up. but usually 1.-THE tail goes with tn.
hidr and becomes spoiled for domcsli
ose while lying about in the tannery
Every scrap Of the animals skin' e'el
the pate. as the skin Of the head as called
i, used. in enc way or another ana I'D
refuse of the tanneries becomes an ini
nortant part o. the income Of thos
establishments.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-23
FLOOR or PEN

Of the trough Is flooded ere they can
quench their thirst or appease their hun
GER All this crowding and unequal
feeding may be regulated. says a cor
respondent in Rural New Yorker, by the
simple appliance shown in Fig. I.
A trough, A, is located beside fence
or division in the pen, board, c. about
foot and a half wide is hinged 10 the
portion at b. When feeding is to be done
pull ON the handle G. when the position
indicated by the dotted lines n assumed;
You can then pour in the swill or coarser
feed and distribute it evenly in the trough.
The handle @ is released and the occu.
pants simultaneously commence eating.
The plan shown of Fig. is intended
10 prevent crOwding. The top Of the
trough is divided i'm separate apartments
by clcats. as shown. They should be made
of hard wood with rounded edges and
firmly nailed not more than one foot
apart The plan shown at Fig. /, whilo
more expensive, is well worth the extra
outlay.
The following summary Of results as
obtained by Professor Hunt, Of the Hi
nois College farm, in his experiments,
can hardly fail to be Of interest:
Itrequired 1889 pounds of skim milk TO
produce one pound of pork when fed with
corn meal, ratio IL to fattening hogs.
Il required on an average Al pounds Of
shelled corn to produce q pound Of pork
during an average period Of four weeks,
or one bushel produced 1871 pounds.
1t required A. pounds Of corn meal 10
produce one pound Of pork, or one bushel
Of corn made into meal and fed will pro-
duco l2i pounds Of pork.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-23
DIETARY HINTS.

10 not wash down each morsel Ct food
with a swallow Of water; drink what you
want M the conclusion OF the meal and not
while it is progress
Fat slowly. and masticato your food thor
oughlv. Mr.. Gladstone, it is said' gives
tbirtv-two bites o. each piece of meat thar
he puts into his mouth
Remembcr that meat bHths contain lttlo
or no nutrtive properties; they are simply
MILD stimulanis With the addition OF Ne5e-
..blas bread or boiled rice, however, they
become valuable foods.
Mix should not be drunk in copious
draurhts. but in sips, so that 10 VIII 'o"5"'
loto I'm small Jumps or lakes and thus n'
,,,,,o easily digestcd. lt is best eaten WIN Il
sooon i'm the formof bread and mix.
10 mot overload the stomach; it is best
,lvavs 10 leave the table with the ieeiin7
,hot Won could eat a little more. Inc proper
onontitv Of food eaten at each meal "ii'
strengthen the stomach, by eating TOO n'u''
Won distend and weaken 1t.
Never eat when very tired or when "oI-
ried or excited. and never Work lniih'ui"''''
after a meal Exhaustion ana Worry pre-
clude a normal appetite and prevent u's''
tom as does labor too soon after e"l' l,.
Rest for twenty or thirty minutes AFTER
meals.
nv swallowing your food without chewing
3. ~, cheat your palate as well as your BODY.
y Van 59' fail 10 prepare the meat for the action
NJ the gastric juice, ana you 40 no' -
III tbo ' sollyary juices to mix with the siarel
- sNS -, - nrenare them for further elaDora
ton and assimilation.
During the spring months, after living al
- e., meats and stale vegetables, Inc
s -, needs radical change Of diet Al
-, ONE should eat fresh fruits an'
'a,cceleot vegetables for their effect on 'n'
So ,hc bowels and the blood. Oranges
~'s. rhubarb. lettuce and radishes green
49, ~ lions E,nds including dandelion' are al
N.ttftfo 'OmllulOu.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-23

The term Hcptasoph is derived from the
Greek Hepta-soven, and sophos-Wise, and
now adopted because Of the higher excellence
lmprc,.ed upon the order by the HELENE
mind hence the name Of Seven Niso Men.
The order is booming in Ohio, Louisiana ana
California. From the circular OF the grand
officers the following extracts Will explain
tine workings OF the order: "Ihe Order OF
Seven Wise Men was introduced into tho
United states at New Orleans on the 9th day
Of April. lsJ2. In June OF the same year inc
grand conclave Of Louisiana was organized.
In 1854 that boiy was chartered by the ies's-
lattre Of that state. The order attained
healthy growth in several Of the western ana
southern states; the supreme conclaNe OF the
United States was organized In 1877, ana neld
It's arst communication In the city Of New
Orleans ili the same year"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-23

The following items are gleanings from
American Bee journal:

The following items are gleanings from
American Bee journal:
Beginners in the extracted honey bust
ness had better go slow and learn the
business or they may produce bad re-
suits and get discouraged.
DO not put too many sections at one
time on a colony; too many has tend
ency to discourage rather than oncour-
age.
Colonies worked for comb honey should
not swarm 10 exceed 10 per cent; and if
for extracted, not more than per cent.
A smoke pole is quite handy 10 keep
two or more swarms from settling to-
gcther. You can prevent the others from
settling by the use OF the smoke.
To hive "a swarm, shake the bees of on
pole, to which q Gagged queen is faston-
Ell. An old sack tied around the end of
the pole gives the bees better surface
TO cling 10.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-23


A New Jersey poulterer makes a plea
In American Agriculturist for market
poultry obtained by proper crossing.
lie saws: For market the desired points
are am increased production Of eggs and
improvement for the table. These are
the legitimate grounds which justify
cross breeding. In crosses we combine
quality with size, as, for example, hou-
dan on Cochin OF Brahma, or Cochin on
Dorking. The latter cross Is after the
English fashion. They take a good
2-vear-old Cochin cock and mate with
six GOOD Dorking hens Of q year old.
The pullets Of the cross are next season
mated with game, and their produce is
then marketed. Thus they gain sizo
from tine Cochin, and quality from tho
Dorking. by the game cross very little
i'm size is sacrificed, while another first
rate cross, in point of quality, is added.
An Englishman, referring to tins cross
once said: "The flesh is white as snow,
and as savory as any aldermanic gour-
mand could desire" 1t must be under
stood. however, that nothing Is gained
bv mating the progeny. Cross bred
birds should never be mated together
When we make the cross we have the
ideal of our experiment; beyond that
There is q downward tendency. We do
not believe any great success can be OBJ
tanned in mating for increased egg pro-
duction. That is, 10 cross can be Sc
cured that will give higher egg record
than that which some Of our noted
strains now have. 1t IS principally for
an improvement of table quality that we
recommend interbreeding.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-23

The year 1889 win long beremcmberel
as the most disastrous to the cattle trade
that has ever been witnessed The great
est depression was in the best cattle. Tn
1883 the best cattle never went lower than
s.; in 1889 the best cattle often sold for
less than S. And this in year when
there was heavier export trade than in
any former year. The number Of range
cattle received at Chicago was less than
in 1883 by 80. 300 head Had not the re-
ceipt of Texans been increased the falling
off would have been greater. OF what
are classed as "westerns" there was "a
falling of of 100000. the Texans increas-
ell G0.1O0 The outlook for this year Is
certainly brightorthan twa5a year ago,
but growers must not expect great ad-
vance in prices, says The Montana Stock
journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-23

This disease is caused by Indigestion,
which produces congestion of the brain
with apparent loss Of sightandof general
nervous power, so that the pigs stagger
about and run against obstacles which
may be in their way, as if blind. Very
soon they fall over and become c0n-
vulscd Overlooking is the cause, and
this fault is quite common. for, as pigs
are greedy and are usually given all they
from Indigestion, with One result ABOVE
mentioned Treatment is generally use
less when the brain is affected 4 prob
able remedy is to give aa active purea-
tive. as two ounces OF iinseed oil with
one scruple of calomcl. and abstain from
feeding for two or three days; then give
very little food until the animal is fully
recovered