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Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-23

Perfectly WeIN
FILLMORE, Dubuque Co., IA, Sept, 1889
Miss K. Finnigan writes: My mother and sister
used Pastor Koen1gs Nerve Tonic for neuralgia.
They are both perfectly well now and never tired
praising the Tonic.
Several Cases Cured.
PITTsBURa, PA, May, 1889.
The wellknown Rev. Pastor A. j. a., who will
readily give his name request, writes us: An
orphan under my care suffered from epilepsy for
four years, which had advanced very far, but
three bottles Of Pastor Koenigs Nerve Tonic
cured him entirely.
Another boy suffered from cramps in such q
degree, that he became violent at times and en-,
dangered his own life. Treatment in several
hospitals by competent physicians gave only
temporary relief, but after using several bottles
of Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic he was cured en-
tirely, and has been well and healthy ever since.
Our Pamphlet for sufferers OF nervous di-
seases will be sent free to any address, and
poor patients can also obtain this medicine
free of charge from us.
This remedy has been prepared by the Reverend
Pastor Kenig, of Fort Wayne Ind for the past
ten years, and is now prepared under his drec-
KoENIo MEDICINE CO.,
80 West Madison, cor. Clinton st., CHICAGO, ILL,
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS.
Price 81 per Bottle. 6 Bottles for So.
c. F. HEINZEMAN, Druggist and Chemist,
222 North Main street, Los Angeles, CAL
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-11-19
Orange Culture Abroad.
HOW THE FRUIT IS PICKED, PACKED AND
CURED-HoW THE GROVES ARE FERTI-
LIED AND PRUNED, ETC.
NUMBER 1.

The United States Department of State
has just issued a book OF remarkable in
terest to the orange growers OF Florida.
1t contains the special reports OF the
United States consuls in foreign coun-
tries, and a very large portion OF the
book is devoted to subject near to the
hearts and still nearer to the pocket
books of our peOple-orange culture.
The cultivation of the orange and 9th
er citrus fruits in Florida has been mat
ter of experiment-We have had no pre-
cedent to guide us-but Notwithstanding
this we believe no one will claim that the
experiment has been else than successful.
Still we have much to learn, and it
strikes us that there is no better source
from which we can acquire knowledge
than the experience of those who have
been engaged in the business for genera
tiOns. For that reason we have made
the following digest of the principal sub
ects treated in the consular reports, be-
leving that from it our people may de-
rive some beneficial information.
PICKING, PACKING AND CURING.
just at this time the subject Of picking,
packing and curing our fruit is OF the
most vital Importance. Thosewho have
been engaged in the business ten times as
long as we have, should certainly know
more about the proper methods than
those who as yet have had but few
short years to study the situation.
In Morocco the fruit is not allowed to
ripen on the tree, but is gathered as soon
as it begins to change from green to yel-
low.
LOWER CALIFORNIA.-Thef fruit is picked
just as it begins to ripen. 1t is cured by
burying the oranges separately under
four Or six inches of very dry sand, in a
shaded or ventilated place for a month
or two; after that they can be taken out,
will look oportionately fresh, and will
keep in that condition for six months.
When packed for export the oranges are
wrapped in paper and packed in special
boxes. This appears to be a most re-
markable statement. 1t seemsincredible
that fruit should be or appear fresh after
having been from the tree for eight
months.-ED.
EcUADoR.-1he oranges for export are
picked when about half ripe.
BERMUDA.-The consulreports that the
picking is done at any time when the
fruit is full ripe-if the negroes do not
steal them before.
ASIA MINOR. The fruit is carefully
picked when ripe, and is cured by wrap
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ping in tissue paper. When shipped the
fruit is assorted and rewrapped and care
fully packed in small boxes.
PALEsTINE.-The fruit is picked both
ripe and green. depending upon the dis
tance it is to be transported to market.
After being picked it is left two or three
days in store rooms for the skins to dry;
they are then wrapped in tissue paper
and packed in boxes containing from 14O
to 200.
SYRA.-Fruitforex ispicked green,
wrapped in paper and packed in boxes.
MERs'NA.-About one inch of stem is
taken from the tree with the orange.
TRIPoLI.-Oranges are picked perfectly
green for export, then wrapped and
packed the same as done in Florida.
INDA.-When oranges are picked green
for exporG they are cured by packing with
fine hay and kept close in a box for few
days.
AUsTRALA-The plan is to leave the
oranges on the trees until ripe, or nearly
so. The most experienced growers cut
them from the stems instead of pulling
them, although the latter method is
mostly pursued. Care is taken not to
pick the fruit in damp or wet weather and
not to put them in boxes until they are
free from moisture. Fruit exported to
London arrived in fairly good condition.
1t was wrapped in tissue paper, put in
boxes OF uniform size and subjected to
but little pressure in mailing on thecovers.
The RIVIERA (France) oranges are
picked first when they begin to turn yell
low-in October-for distant shipments; !;
next in December, for a nearer shipment,
when half yellow, and finally in the spring
when fully ripe for the home market.
The best are packed in grey paper and
exported in boxes; the poorer quality are
shipped in bulk to interior markets.
MEssINA.-During the shipping season
large firms in Messind employ as
many as three hundred women and
girls, paying them from 20 to 25
cents @ daytime hours work. The
women select and wrap up the fruit Men
are employed to pack the fruit and
handle the boxes they get from 40 to
so cents day. The stevedores handle
the boxes with great care. The steamers
give all possible ventilation to the fruit
during the voyage. Fruit possessing the
greatest keeping qualities is sent in sail
ing vessels to the United States. The
duties paid on oranges and lemons enter
ing the United States are as follows: On
oranges in boxes, capacity not exceeding
two and one-half cubic feet, 25 cents per
box; half boxes, capacity not exceeding
one and one-fourth cubic feet, 13 cents
per half box; bulk, SLIGO per thousand; :;
barrels, capacity not exceeding that OF
the 1876 pound -four barrel, 55 cents per
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left longer on the trees it would injure the
new crop.
Fruit grown on light, sandy soil is
small and of pale yellow, and is OF com
paratively short keeping. That grown
on clay soil is large; it keeps we'll and
is Of ,eddish brown. Trees on clay soil
resist drouth much better than those
on sandy soil. The groves to the south
west Of the Palermo district produce
much more highly priced fruit than those
on the northwest, the sole difference be-
tween them being their clay and sandy
soils. Asin the heneighborhood of Palermo,
so in other districts of the province, even
where the climatic differences are great.
Fruit in Sicily is known as 'mountain
fruit and ''sea-coast' fruit. Merchants
further classify the fruit according to the
soil on which it grows. Fruit grown on
clay soil brings 30 per cent. more than
fruit produced on a sandy soil MouL-
tain fruit is tirmer and keeps better; it's
superiority is attributed to the nature of
the soil and not to the influence of the
climate. Fruit produced in the plain of
Portfolio, the soil OF which is clay. brings
the same as that grown on the heights
of MOnreale.
Thefne large oranges that bring high
price in Palermo in summer are allowed
to remain on the trees until the end of
May, when they are stored in subterra-
mean .grottoes. They are produced on
clay soil abounding in alkalies and we'll
decomposed organic matter In the sides
of the mountains, near Palermo, are
many grottoes that are cool and well
ventilated, in which oranges keep nicely
during the summer; they are spread two
layers deep upon large mats, placed at
convenient distances one above the 9th
er. Every day or two the fruit is turned
over and all detective oranges are re-
moved. This fruit finds home market.
SICILY.-Oranges are picked little
green, but acquire their natural color
after being wrapped in tissue paper and
boxed for shipment. The fruit is picked
with care, the stem is cut with a sharp
round-bladed knife and left to the eye to
prevent decay.
PoRTUGAL.-Fruit carefully picked and
wrapped in corn leaves.
PRUNING.
This is an important subject, and one
upon which there appears to be in Flori-
ida as many plans and theories as there
are cultivate ors.
BERMUDA.-But little pruning is done
to bearing tree, in fact nothing at all
except removing dead branches The
trees are trimmed to the proper shape
when young. EThe report fails to en-
Tighten US upon the subject OF shape, l. e.
which is the proper shape. "-ED.]
Observation-Disclosures the same as in
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DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, November 19. 1890.

barrel; packages not especially enumer-
ated or provided for, 20 per cent; on
lemons in boxes, 80 cents per box; on
half boxes, 16 cents; in bulk, $2 per
thousand; in packages, 20 per cent.
Exporters frequently buy thefruit on the
trees. Below is given the cost Of prepar-
ing and shipping q box of oranges or
lemons:
Cutting, selecting and packingin the groves $O.15
Box, paper, nails and hopping g............. 80
Transportation to Messina (average) .......... 20
Repacking, shipping charges, store rent and
brokerage IA
Freight, per box, by steamer to New York.. 80
Total ...............................$1.O 90
A few firms export fruit to the United
States on Joint account Fruit is gener-
ally shipped on consignment. COnsignees'
commission and auction fees are per
cent.
Years ago oranges were preserved in
sand for from four to five months, merely
for family use. This practice no longer
prevails; it would not pay on large scale,
such enormous warehouses would be re-
quired and so great would be the expense
of handling the fruit. Preserving or
anges in bran has been tried; it proved
too heating. | have heard of successful
shipment OF oranges packed in beech
sawdust. The vessel carrying the cargo
left Messina in December and reached ST.
Petersburg in May. Spanish grapes
packed in cork tree sawdust keep from
September to March. Preserving oranges
by the fumes of sulphur has never been
attempted here, lest the fumes might
cause the fruit to dry up.
The maturing of oranges and lemons
is affected by the altitude, latitude, ex-
cessive heat in certain localities, irregu-
lar rainfall, and the nature of the soil.
Sicily is mountainous in character, and
is sagronOmically divided into three zones:
/. Marine zone in which fruit ripens
earliest.
2. Middle zone, extending from 800
to 5000 feet above the sea level.
3. Mountain zone, where the tempera-
ture is too low and the climate too damp
for citrus culture.
The soil has great influence upon the
maturing and keeping qualities OF the
citrus. The fruit ripens earlier on light,
sandy soil than on clay soilA Fruit
grown on light, sandy soil can not be left
long on the trees without it's deteriora-
ting in quality = becoming dry and
spongy-whereas on stiff clay it can re-
main with impunity until theend ofApril.
The latest fruit to ripen is that produced
on the upper limit of the middle zone
the trees growing in stiff clay soil-which
can remain on the trees until the end of
June without it's drying up orits skin be-
coming hard and spongY; it must, how
ever, be gathered in July, for should it be
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-02
MRS. PARTINGTON.
ura ADVENTURE WITH A HAMMOCK
AND A NEWSPAPER MAN.
Interviewed BY the Press-what she Said
70 tho Icporser--she Attends .
Fete ut the Governors, ETC.
,wh,tsn for the Dispatch aud Copyrighted By
p. r. shiilabor
CHAPTER vi.

IN. candles we're brought in early the
r;,ht after her arrival, the brief twilight
having faded away, about which round
tmbulsr screenSof glass were placed. with
a nair of long snuffers adapted To trimming
the wick. As they all sat enjoying the de:
licious breeze that swayed the curtains and
brought to their ears the SOUND OF whis-
pering leaves Mrs. Darlington was attract
ed by the incessant ticking upon the glass
shield around the lights.
ali sounds" said she. as il the glass
WINS being infracted by tho heat"
"a ia The oockles.b replied Mrs. Halls
ford. "a small beetle that flies BY night
and is attracted by the blaze. They are
but I think" said the dame. they
must be anonymous sometimes. coming in
with such obstruseness. nave great
dislike for bugs but Ia as yEa SAY they are
1--WE don't mind them at all )" said May /:
"their striking upon tho glass we think
quite musical" .,
"Ah." said Mrs. Partington. with gush
of enthusiasm, "of all the insect music I
ever heard compare me with singing of bull
frogs in our marshes. You would be de-
lighted with their superhuous malady."'
Then followed conversation about many
matters relating TO Americn, during which
the Dame &prehu ucIseil Win hot SuSto-
mary lucidity. while Ike was investigating
the cookies with pin.
The hour for retiring having arrived,
Mrs. Partington was informed that she
need not retire, as she was To occupy the
great roomy hall for sleeping apartment.
A servant was called in to suspend hahn
mock from beam overheard. she being
informed that all slept thus in the tropics.
The hammock was formidable affair.
several yards wide. of a olosely-woven una
terial. upon which Mrs. Darlington looked
with a half dread.
How shall surmount il? ?" she inquired.
Nothing can be easier.", she was in
formed. at may be little strange at
first, but you will soon get used TO it."
Ike was consigned to some place con-
tiguous, and Mrs Darlington was left to
her resotrces. She sat in the American
rocker contemplating the situation until
she grew sleepy. and then, disroblng her
self, She blew out the candle, the window
being previously closed, and approached
her fate. She opened the mass that hung
beneath the beam and tried TO sink into it,
longitudinally. II evsdod her touch, and
she fell with dull thud" upon the floor.
shaking the house. She sat sguarely down.
but averred as she rose to her feet that
she really believed she had knocked her
brains out. She made one other'efoTt, and
was pitched out on the other side, then
getting little vexed she threw herself
across the hammock. where she was
doubled up like a jack-knife. and, on at
tempting to recover herself, received
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shovt The people steale anything ccmes
nesys Them. yea are so prnctized IN tnn az sa1
~ AZ ionke cling in or face they would WE
thc;r foot between their toes ccnyey :
chizell knife, peices OF any indineLts ~
LIGHT: web having once convcveu sncy
hold il m injury TO take the same ron
them. They are naturally given 20 trecn-
erv. howbet We could not fnde IL N 81
trsvelI up the river, but rather moss
KIND and loving people. Tho eaSInce
Tobacco to tho Sum fayre picture or
barmofull thing. az sword or Peeos
also. the sprincIc some into. the water VA
tho morning before they wash. they nay
MANY wives, to whome as nesre as couiu
p,rceiye they Keep constant tho greas
King Powhatah hsd most wives.
The women are very Clearly in msx'pg
their bread and preparing meat. Itonna
they account after death to zoe INTO M
other world pointing eastward q the e,e
meut 4 when they saw us at prayer .ney
observed us With great silence and respect;
especially those 10 whome had impaired
the NEAR ming of or reverence. TO conclude
they are very witty and ingenIus peoPio'
apt both TO understand and speake or iau-
e1lage. SO that hope in God as ne main
Iniraculously preserved us hither troui ~.
dancers both of sea and land q their iury
SO he will make US authors OF his holy VIII
in converting them 20 or true cnr.s. 'I
faith by his owne inspirolng grsce ano
knowledge of his duty.
[EndorsedI Cdptsn Nsnpors o. pu9'"'"S
Discovery Virgtnids II J,'re, loo''
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prepared for the event. Dress-makers
were employed, and when the garments
were completed and tried Solomon in all
his glory wouldn't have held candle to
her had he wanted to-.
at is an exceptionable case" she said.
with smile. land wouldn't endure its
eXtenuation."
How do / look, Isaac ?" said she, when
arrayed for the party, as he was standing
or his head upon the sofa.
Stunning" said he, rolling of upon
the floor
She beamed on him with tender eI-
preston. and then dreaming, perhaps, OF
conquest, rolled away in a hired chariot.
Mrs. Darlington was not a devotee OF
fashion. her world was wider than a band
box, and, by adopting fashion of her
own, was the leader and embodiment OF
that fashion. She was wont to say that
when at home she didn't care how she
looked because everybody knew her, and
when away she didn't care. because nobody
did. Always neat, prim. and perpendicu-
lar, she pleased herself and was satisfied,
wearing no ornament bnt large cameo
scarf-pin. momentum" rs she told
people, of her "deciduous Paul" This or
nament graced her person on the present
occasion.
"Mns. PArTERTor yelled the black
usher, as she reached the entrance 10 the
great hall, where Sir John was receiving
his guests. He was conversing with a
planters wife. with O dress containing
several barrels of sugar and head gear OF
inordinate pattern. Sir John left his COM
panlon without apology, and coming for
ward. took Mrs. Darlington by the hand.
Madam" said he, am delighted to
welcome a lady who has done SO much to
embellish our common language-one
whose fame embraces two continents and
has extended to the islands OF the sea. /
extend to Won hearty welcome"
He coughed slightly and put his hand up
to his mouth.
My dear sir" she replied. with BEAM
ing smile. your reception Is very compul-
sorry. and am grateful for your compile
mentary effusiveness. usually have O
reluctance TO be introduced TO those / am
not acquainted with. but your maleyolent
invitation made me wish to see the execu-
TONER of the laws of this delightful county.
whose vermicular is the same as my own"
Sir John laughed, and, repeating the
cough. assured her that the honors lay
with him.
II hope that is not broncritical affecta-
ton" said Mrs. Darlington, who, ever alive
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fror tho Dispatch.l

IFOr tDd blspeNnI
"a Thing OF Beauty Is q Joy Forever
--Ksafs
Tho dewdrop glistenins in tho sun.
The snowflake gam boiling 10 i,s isii'
The pencilicd tints ere days peguA
That fringe nights sable pail.
The spray that wraps the catarscs'
The daisy on the heather;
The bow IN at spans the rifted cloud:
With promise OF fair weather.
Tho foam upon the crested wave,
Moonshine upon the waters:
The eyes that dance and smiles that glanc
OF Mother Ewes fair daughters
Each Is thing Of beauty,
All radiant and sll bright,
The little while IL fingers
Within the Geld OF sight.
But, oh, how evanescent,
How fieetng and now frail,
How soon on mortal vision
All mortal beauties pale
But yet there Is beauty
That passeth ne'er away:
That Crowns the path Of duty
With everlasting day.
That with its bloom dispels the gloom
That shroJds the new-made ssd,
Tho beauty OF holy life
That's hid with Christ In God.
All through that life the shadow
OF toll and pain and loss
Grows bright before the halo
That circles Calyary's cross.
And DER the cnssm streaming
That marks the edge OF time,
Come through all darkness cleaning,
Rays OF the light sublime.
That floods the everlasting shore
Where form Ia lost 10 sight;
Where want and woe are known no more,
And where there is no night
The beauty Of that holy life
Can never fade-nO never;
Such holy life here and beyond
Must he a 10y forever b. X. w.
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! her husband This fAbepAtien has been
| exploded 8 good many times, but, like
Banquo's ghost. u "wil not down." Mrs.
Grant Is on the most arnicabls terms
w ~,sS Of tho love and respect Of her
brawnv sons. who are all doing well In
| bus,ness now. and their future seems Sc
cure. II Is possible that Mrs. Grant may
| 90 abroad in the spring for visit to her
son. Minister Grant, at Vienna, but that
depends on her health. Her present object
In life, a. above stated, n TO SEQ the COM
pletion Of the Grant national monument.
II that should take place before the mil
lenium.
REV. MORGAN Drx AND Mrs WORK.
II there be any buster man in New York
than Rev. Morgan Dix, OF Trinity corpora
ton, he would do well TO step up and DO
,denti6ed. Besides attending TO the vast
routin,, business Of the Trinity corpora
uon, with its $4,000. 900 900 invested,
pseaShg segu'asTy marrying peGRs d y,slI
he is called upon by men and wo-
men of every walk in life for advice
on al sorts Of questions. No matter how
early you 60 TO his Office in the morn
ing Won win find q dozen or twenty peo-
pie ahead Of you. They all want to see the
distinguished rector Of old Trinity in per-
son and explain, to him their various
waited two hours in his Office the other
day for an opportunity to get word with
him on a matter of private business.
When at last the crowd had gone and We
were eIone expressed some surprise at the
number of the callers.
Yes" said DR.. Dix. lit sometimes
seems TO me that | will never get through
nv DAYS work. People come TO me on all
80 o,,h,acfo al uon1y bQnauga 4 at
the head of the Trinity corporation. when
they could get the same advice from al
most any businessman of their acquaint-
nnce. / get letters from oil over the world
on the Queerest topics imaginable, and II
do not at once reply to them am bored to
death until do"
ABUsY MAN.
Al that very moment DR.. Dix's desk WAS
Uttered with letters n foot high. There
was request from magazine for an arti-
Gle OH the question: Is the world getting
better or worsel" q subject that DIR. DIX
explained would take up so much OF his
time TO answer properly that he dare not
even attempt it. There were invitations
to dinner. requests from this ana tnat par
ish for financial aid, letters from mothers
asking the good Doctor to find employment
for their sons, one from widow who asked
il DIR. Dix considered it crime for her TO
marry her cousin, and so on. The great
preacher goes through them all carefully.
Opposite him sits q private secretary. who
answers them all as the occasion may re-
quire.
In personal appearance DR.. Dix is one
of tho most striking men in New York.
and he always attracts great deal OF
attention. He is strong preacher,
deep thinker, and bis voice has lost none
OF the charm that made him famous as
preacher. While not exactly the fashions
bic preacher. he is called upon by society
to officiate at wedding, that are unusually
profitable His personal income is enor-
nous, and he has q comfortable fortune.
He gives away great deal of money. and
the world than any preacher of the day.
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another tumble, which settled the matter,
when the daughter came in with light
and showed her how the thing was man.
aged. This was by lifting up the farther
side of the hammock, bearing the form
against it. and then, letting go the. feet,
swing away the body in q diagonal posi-
ton. This. after several harmless efforts,
succeeded.
"Im sure I am under deep obiurgation
to YOU for your Kindness" said Mrs. Par
tington, painting from the exertions, and
don't know what should have done had
you not come to my resistance. Good
night, dear"
She slept like top in the new con-
yenience, and affirmed to the domestic
who handed her cup of black coffee next
morning, that it was quite "hallucina-
ton" to her.
The domestic grinned and said "Yes,
Missis."
1t may seem to the impatient reader
that all this should have been told III the
preceding chapter, but who is writing
thisl 1t is no ones business whether the
cart is put before the horse or not. This
is not conventional story, with plot and
sequence. but it conforms to the highest
ideals of art which are independent of arbi-
trary dictatlon, and soar away into ineffa-
bic possibilities.
When the -" Dondenblot" funny man
came ashore at Iegnan, he made tracks at