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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-11

II Is esl.u a ei that at the present rate al
which Commissioner Rsum is Issuing pen
siors the number of pensioners ST tbs end
~ 1892 will ne 81 lesst 8 cnllIicn. Tbs Pres
,dsntisl election will take place about that
time. and million Sotes will add night J
10 ths possibility OF the election of the can
dids!e of the party that taxes the necessa-
,ies Of litei 10 o.der to raise the hundreds OF
u.ilions required to pas snch an immense
number of pensioners twenty-seven years
a Ter the close of The war. The government
ef this country, under radical republican
rale, has ceased to he Of. fer and By the peo-
pie, and is now conducted for the sole pre- III
Of republican leaders ard their hesless.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-11

TIE PEoTEOIIoNIsTs derive great pleas
u.e from TIE statement that the Mckinley
Hill ia the oause of great decrease In the
experts OF England. There Is no doubt
shgt tbs bill! referred to has diminished this
yas.'a lmporsstions from England, but the
decrease !s from those Of last year, when
the importstiors were enormously Increased
in ordsr to svoid the payment OF the 'n'
creased duty that would be collected when
Inc Mckinley bill went Into operation But
sven II otherwise, qualification at the de-
oiae Of British trade Is foolish, because LACE
og euplos mant In England means an H.
crease in the immigration OF English labor
% 10 this eountry, where the labo7 market
- slready ovegstooked.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-11

TaE National ProUisioaer, trade paper.
eays "the rev tariff will add ten million
collars to tbs cost of canned NESTS, lard,
milk, fruits, vegetables, etc." Who will pay
this immense SUE? Why the poor people,
who use canned goods Rlch people don't
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-11

REV. THOMAS DIXON of New York, who
transformed his pulpit into republican
stump during last fall'H campaign IN his city,
says ''the negro is better citizen than nine
out of ten of the steersge emigrsnts thst land
on the shores of America today" Few
northern mugwumps have any respect for
steesage immigrants. For cabin immigrants
thsv entertain tie highest regard
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-11

o. account OF thu per!lou5 position OF
Americans Ia China becauss Of the ,elisioue
riots there, three United State naval vessels.
the Charleston, Marion. and Alert, have re-
ceiyed orders from the Navy Department to
proceed to the Asiatic station.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24


A Brooklyn coal dealer who rode Tor
two miles on . street car with citizen
Of his neighborhood showed him fifteen
different weather prophet predictions
that the coming winter would be very
hard one. In addition, he said he had
been out in the country and noticed that
corn husks were unusually thick and
that the frogs were preparing to go down
to the bottom Of puddles not less than
six feet deep.
Eyes, expect it will be very hard
winter" replied the man after patiently
listening to everything
"Of course it will. and coal Is bound
to go up"
Looks that way"
"Orders ought to be given now"
eyes.
Don't you want to give me an order
for ten or twelve tons?"
"Me? Oh, no. Knowing what long,
cold winter it will be have arranged tC
take my family and go to FloridaT-
New York World.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

with q self binder, bat where peas alone
have been sown about, the only way to
harvest them IL with the scythe. II sown
on too rich soil the peas are liable TO
grow very rank and lodge where they will
mildew and not Gil we'll. When they are
' 'nil @atur rs pull them up and turn them
over, shaking the dirt off and let,them lie
until they are perfectly dry. Then pile
them In small piles in heap rows, and
drive the wagon along and load and haul
houses to pa, them in, make rail pens and
cover them with boards. That's the way
we do, piichfork is just splendid to load
and unload with, if good hand has hold
Of il. Be- sure not to neglect pulling them
up in due time-befOre the stems that
support the COOLERS have time to rot. The
best time to pull them up is just after a
rain, as they come up so easily then, and
very near everyone will come with the
vine.-Southern Cutivator.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

If the farmers have been unsuccessful in
their present method Of farming, and il
has brought them N debt, they should try
another plan-raise all of their home sup
plies such as corn, oats, peas and potatoes,
and be not afraid of an overprOduction OF
anything that man or beast can eat and
when this is done farm mortgages will
cease, and we shall once more become free
men and upencumbered, and then we can
count on the cotton crop being the moneyed
crop. There is no great ne,d of so much
money if bountiful support is made at
home. Cotton has been a curse to the
Southern farmer; not necessarily SO, but
in the quantities 1t is now raised. Diver
sified farming is the system for making
money, and there is certainly money 10 the
usiuess, tor it is the backbone OF the cOun-
try, and, where judiciously carried out.
will bring the farmers out more than con-
QuerOrs Use the brain in connection with
the body, and be economical in everything {;
waste nothing, for there is use Tor every
thing on the farm look to your interest
personally, for the lack of energy and la
illness has caused the failure OF many men.
1t is not the hardest ticks but the best di'
rtcted ones that accomplish most success.
1t does not depend so much on the great
est number of hours spent at work as the
manner in which they are spent. Agricul-
tural prosperity is the only criterion of the
fourishipg condition OF peOple.-E. T.
MOORE, in Southern CultvatOr.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

The chief waste of life on farm is in
false purposes, says Pres. Fairchild, of the
Kansas Agricultural College. The farm
should be looked upon, not as mere ma
chine for speculation, not as mere means
Of living, but as the home of generations.
where children and children's children may
find the truest development Of life. The
home acres should be deeper, rather than
broader. more land. more corn, more
hogs" leads nowhere but to greater hogglsh.
ness. Better land, better crops, better
stock insure better men and women, better
homes with each generation.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24
Horticultural and Horticultural
DEPARTMENT.
w. 81. LAwRENCH, Editor.
Lake view Farm. s Miles North Tallahassee.

One of the brightest departments in the
Southern Cultivator (all bright and truth
full for that mAtter) is the Young Farmers
club. and we are glad 10 know that Florida
outs quite figure in that department in
the person of Sidney Herbert of Lake
Maitland, the efficient secretary, without
knocking, he meets US at the front door
and opens it wide in this manner
Editor w. H. Lawrence, of the agricul-
tural department Of the FLoRfDIAN, at
Tallahassee. Fla, is practical and
successful farmer, as his beautiful Lake
view farm proves. Hereafter he may
consider himself an honored member of
our club. the principles of which he sets
forth 10 this concise and pungent sentence:
"Plant less, cultivate better, and keep
out of debt. BY 80 doing you will not be
required to spend one hour during the
year grumbling about hard times. You
may join all the alliances land granges)
this side of Halifax, and then the whole
combination could not help you unless
you help yourselves.
After we get our "crops" put away we
will try and give you some "lead pencil
slingings" from Middle Florida.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24
Deafness Can't be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portions Of the ear.
There is only one way to cu'e deafness and
that is by constitutional remedies. Deaf
ness is caused by an inhamed condition
of the mucous lining Of the Eustachian
Tube. When the tube gets inf1amed you
have rumbling sound or imperf' ct hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed deaf
ness is the result, and unless the inflam.
nation can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition hearing
will be destroyed forever. Nine cases
out of ten are caused by catarrh, which
is nothing but an intlamed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that we cannot cure by taking Halls Ca
tarrh Cure Send for circulars free.
81. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, IS cents.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

The true farmer: He who grows his
L own corn, fodder, peas, potatoes, hogs, ETC.,
as well a. cotton, and hires no help. he can,
buy a. much meat sugar, mOlasses,
kerosene, salt, shoes, cloth, etc., If not
more, with his pound Of cotton, as ever.
I have no doubt that variety more
desirable than the Wilson will come in
due, time, and when it does we shall have
plant that will yield from $50 to $50 or
perhaps 500 bushels per acre. l hope that
such q variety will come soon. and that /
may live to try it. /. N. SMITH.
Ground cannot be too rich for strawber
ries. Good, thoroughly rotten stable
manure, ashes, cotton seed meal, and acid
phosphate are what are needed. The best
varieties for home use are Wilson's,
Michel, Hoffman and Sharpless.
1t the farmers would raise more Of their
own supplies, and put a smaller acreage
in cotton, they could give better attention
to their cotton crop. They could raise a
better grade, prepare the cotton better for
market. and get it classified higher than
now.
1t costs about as much to raise this cheap
cotton as it does to raise good cotton.
About as much we say, but anything that
10 good will cost little more thought, en-
ergy and application.
The depression of industry throughout
the world tends still further to decrease
in the price of cotton below what is usually
considered profitable return for the labor.
: All great accumulations are made up of
little items. Money is counted and collect
ed by the mill by those who handle the
mOSt IF oil tho hucipocS mon of tho
towns who attain prosperity do it by close
calculating and economizing of fractions of
percentages. The farmer, when his har-
vest comes, finds nature so profuse and
generous that he is often wasteful of the
sudden abundance and supply.
Of course, the fellow that does not find
the shoe pinch need not grunt. A good
staple cotton, long lint, carefully and
conscientiously handled from start to finish,
l contend, will, if raised by a laboring man
and family, with an abundance of accesso-
ries secured, not an impossibility ordinarily,
make a good living and possibly money
for them raising TT. D. HENDERSON.
A dirty, filthy collection of leaves, bolls,
trash, dirt, and everything that can go to
make it almost unmarketable. 1t is rarely,
if ever summed, and when the gin under
takes TO make the mass into lint, it is cut
and gnarled, and in consequence cotton of
above description goes off at pretty fair
figures at eight cents, even to pay grub
bills, etc. Some people handling cotton
like above described are ignorant of or
incapable of realizing carelessness, or
negligence that results 80 dsastrously to
those who deserve to find fit recompense
for hard unremunerative toll, but who so
thoughtlessly or heedlessly fall short the
mark IF. d. HENDERSON.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

We want every mother to know that
Group can be prevented. True Group
never appears without warning. The
first symptom is hoarseness then the
child appears to have taken cold or a cold
may have accompanied the hoarseness
from the start. After that peculiar
rough cough is developed, which is fol-
lowed by the Group. The time to act is
when the child first becomes hoarse a
few doses Of Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy will prevent the attack. Even after
a rough cough has appeared, the disea. e
may be prevented by using this remedy
as directed. For sale by NJ. Lively,
druggist
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

Mr.. c. B. Jones, of Spring Hill, Iowa
says: II have used Chamberlain's Pain
Balm for severe and painful burns with
better effect than anything else have ever
tried. It relieves the pain instantly and
cures without leaving scar" Pain
Balm is one of the most useful medicines
that any family can be provided with, es-
pecially for rheumatism, lame back
sprains, bruises, tooth-ache, ear-ache and
like ailments. One application will re.
lieve the pain and fair trial insure q
cure. 80 cent bottles for sale by NJ
Lively, druggist.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

One acre of peavines contains am unit
equal to 900 pounds cotton-seed meal and
$40 pounds kainite, and oyer supply of
phosphoric acid by about pounds. (?)
One acre of pea roots contains of plant
food amount about equal to 12) pounds
cotton-seed meal and 100 pounds kalnite.
When both are returned TO the land there
is an amount of plant food equal to about
900 pounds cotton-seed meal and TO
pounds kanite. These speak for them
selves and show conclusively~ that the
planting of peas is necessary to reuOvate
our soil and should be considered as the
basis of all culture.-Times Democrat.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24
pEMOVF THE CAUsE.-It is no
hEMO IL doubt the correct thing to

treat the symptoms of disease, but this is
not effective unless the cause of the COM
p|aint is removed. For instance, a fever
may be treated with quinine, ETC., but I'M
lie the cause is removed the fever will
surely return. Again the sores and erup-
tions of Scrofula may be healed by mercury
and potash treatment, but unless the cause
of these symptoms is cleansed from the
system, they will return or attack some OF
the delicate internal organs. Swift's Spe-
cific strikes at the cause of the trouble, and
forces out the germs of disease, and the
poison through the pores of the skin. and
at the same time builds up the general
health of the sufferer. Swift's Specific is
purely vegetable remedy, and is harmless
TO the most delicate, yet it never fails to
eliminate the poison from the human body.
We will mail a valuable book to all who
will send for it.
cUIET CpEcIFIc 70 Atlanta Ga
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

We have just finished scratching GOO
bers" With them we made test of the
lime question. The seed was thoroughly
assorted and fire shovel full of Stacked
lime dropped in each hill. The result
shows us that those with lime are larger,
better filled and more to the hill than in
the rows where lime was not used. The
soil where the test was made was not rich
it being somewhat sandy with brown
clay for subsoil.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

Having tested the cow pea to our entire
satisfaction we are firm in the belief that
they are the cheapest manure known 10 the
Florida farmer. Next spring we intend to
grow the two crops variety between the
rows of all the fruit trees and around the
trees we will plant them unusually
thick, because they keep down the pesti-
ferrous weeds, make the soil pliable and
manure the same beyand the question of a
doubt. We advise our few readers to try
the plan.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

The proper way to SOW turnips so as not
Ito get them too thick is about as follows.
Put the amount you intend to sow in an
pen-mouthed vessel, start for the field
ADD before reaching the same climb fence
where there is clean spot below you, fall
Off then pick up all the 81 ed you can and
SOW them. By SO doing you will, see them
come up the proper distance apart
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

avs. is worth from 80 to 70 cents per
, 1und, and can be used for filters or wrap
oers In forty days.
King of the Atlanta Journal: chatted
With an old farmer the other dayl and:here
g part of what he said: .aS
"Holding on to cotton, sir,
Like all of US are dom,
It kinder seems to me like
We're hOldln' on to ruin.
So I've been thinkin' late
Bout changin' of my crop
Givin' up the old-time way
An let the cotton drop.
Folks are mostly agin It,
But / know its better pay,
And that's the only reason why
Pm going to change my way.
On that one acre out there,
planted out last spring.
Just to make test, you know,
And see what would bring.
I'm told two hundred dollars
l can count on pretty sure,
just LOT LndC tOUdCCuS
If only get cure.
An I'm told that curin's certain
1t it's done by Captain Snow,
An I kinder think I'll let him,
For it's what want to know.
I amt got much opinion
OF the moral Of the weed,
But that's pint on which
The folks ain'l all agreed.
I've always stuck to cotton, sir,
AS our fathers did OF old,
But not a cent is lett now,
Stead of silver an of gold.
So Pm turning to tobacco,
An dream of golden leaves,
An see the harvest comm
Which will bring us many sheaves.
There's demand from all the nations,
An think it can't be broke,
While the chewers must keep chewing,
An the smokers all mus smoke"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

Ex-Governor w. D. Hoard, of Wiscon-
sin. editor of Hoards Dairyman. says he
has been acquainted with many women
who carried on farming more or less ex-
tensively, and he never knew one to make
o failure OF it. They pay closer attention
TO details than men, he explains, and
make their way more cautiously. Such
is the case in this section among many OF
the colOred race and do believe If more of
the lords of creation would step down and
out better crops and more of them Ould
be raised.
The present tenant system in Middle
Florida is "deadener' on general pros
perity and the renter who dabbles with
the system and hugs old mortgage or old
take up to his bosom will pack lean pock-
ct book with him the longest day he lives.
We believe in diversilying, but there is q
reasonable limit beyond which wise far
mer should not 60.
{, Don't you know that somebody. some
where, 10 making money by raising the
pork you send your money to Chicago
for.
II we are to continue to raise eight-mil-
lion bale crops, there is nothing else for US
TO do except to raise 1t at less cost
Il It any matter of rejoicing to you thai
cattle and hogs are advancing in price and
wheat Is on the boom, while cotton is low
and you have all the rest TO buy?
l don't zee what fun there is 10 hauling
cotton 10 town and swapping it for some
thing to eat ZElva Peters.
Assistant Secretary Willis: ave wan
20 emphasize the necessity Of the scientific
fhrmers keeping 10 touch with the practi
cal farmers and making use of their ex.
perience."
Dcn't You know that you can raise al
4 hess things that you are buying, and max
proflt in doing 1t, and yet raise NOR
cotson on one acre than you can raise o
hreks
Bssin Of once 70 accumulate material o
~ sc0mppst heap. Keep the cotton zee
{ o. NE Aim, .unIess exchanged for MOI
lhan theaf eduiTalent In manuTial valu
nnd buy OnlY ph0ephates TO mix Wit
" theee home materials.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

We are all farmers, laborers, coun try
merchants and mill men, working with out
seeing in cash ten per cent. of what we
earn; all working for the capitalist, who
holds government bonds and draws money
from the government on the same basis,
doing 100000 business on $40, 900 capital
and with this leverage gathering the basis
of our currency (gold) into vaults and then
bearing down the price of our hard-earned
the price up at will.-Jef Welborn in
Farm and Home.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24
Xviii pay any farmer who thinks of

Xviii pay any farmer who thinks Of
glowing cassava next season to visit Dr.
Radfords' field. His crop is simply i'm.
mense. We were running race with him
but the canes we purchased were winter
killed and failed to materi4lize but the
Doctor resolved not to be outdone and Gun
{ beknownst" to us secured some fine plants
(which his field will show So we are not
IN the race
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

When Charley Ross is found and the
man who struck Billy Patterson, then, and
not until then will it be good financial
investment for Middle Florida farmers TO
grow such an everlasting lot of cotton. Cut
down the acreage and plant mixed crops in
the same next year Don't force the renter
to make himself ard yourselves any poorer.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

4 Alarge field of peas cannot be raised by
moat farmers on account Of 1t beng almost
amOwer ID used they will wind around the
sickle bar and pull out By the roots.
Where considerable oats have been sown
with them, they can sometimes ,be cut
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

We intent t. get closer to the farmer;
every day and II. axe these columns of 8
practical vilues to each aid every one O.
them.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

If people would take the advice of NJ
Lively, the druggist, they never would
tsart on journey without bottle OF
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhea Remedy. 1t can always be depended
upon and is pleasant to take.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24
A Mean Judge.

Judge-How old are you, madam?
Witness-Ive seen eighteen summers.
Judge-And eighteen winters-thirty-
six. Mr.. Clerk.-New York Press.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24
Accounted For.

White-This salad is very gritty today
Wonder what is the matter with it?
Mrs. Whte-Don't know Probably 1t
was dressed before it was washed.-Life
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24

When cabbage begins to head pull it
partly up and tilt it over slightly, this
method will give larger heads.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24
They Were There.

Angry Customer-You told me you
would have those trousers of mine today.
Tailor-Quite right. sir. | have them -
Clothier and Furnisher
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24
Not Wholly So,

"He is a Dublin man, isn't hep"
"Mostly.'
"Why MOSTLY"
"He has a Cork g."-Harper's Bazaar.