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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17
When to Hand Tobacco.

We contend, and know from actual
experience, that the right and proper
time to put tobacco in hands is just
as soon as the end of the tobacco
stem leaf is dry, (no matter how
green the stem may be,) then is the
time to strip it off and commence
handing up and packing down.
Waiting until October or November
is wrong. The tobacco loses too
much weight if allowed to hang on
the stick that long, besides there is
no earthly necessity for such a
method of treatment. Last year we
let our crop hang and hang, and
never saw it in good case in October
or November, besides it made it toe
light and chaffy. 1t should have
been in boxes undergoing a swea,
instead Of hanging on the poles.
Tobacco when laid on the assert
ing table that has a kind of creeping
motion about it as if it were alive
and refuses to lay in piles, is in prime
condition, and it should be packed
away without moments delay.
Tobacco put in case by artificial
means will do very we'll when it is t.
be manufactured soon thereafter, bu1
otherwise it is not best to doctor il
in any way, shape Or form.
Strip, hand and box the same
morning, but be careful that thu
main stem of the leaf is we'll cured
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

An old lady born and reared on a
farm down Connecticut way was Wis.
iting friends in the city lately. A
very dudish young man was a mem
Der of the family where she was
stopping, and the sensible old dame
began to wax tired of his cityfied
airs. One morning at breakfast he
was extolliug milk az one of the most
healthful and palatable drinks to be
found, but lamented that in the city
a fellow could never get all he wanted
of it. oval, swun," observed the
old lady, ''you shan't never, have to
say that again you just come down
and visit US in the spring when we're
feeding up the calves. There's a
spell then when we don't make NO
butter, so you can just go long with
the rest Of the calves, and we'll SET
you'll have all the milk you can
drink"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

part, cannot determine the strength
of the cigar unless it is very dark and
heavy, and the filler Of the lightest
tobacco. Light colors are growing
scarcer every day, and every means
should be used to dispel from the
mind of the customer the idea that a
light .coiored wrapper is a sure sign
of mild cigar. That cigar with a
light wrapper is not always mild
cigar is a new idea to many smokers.
This is made apparent to us by the
way our articles on light colored
wrappers have been copied by the
press throughout the country, for we
have seen them in many of the largest
of our daily papers. We are glad of
this, for they have been read by
many persons-the consumers whom
we wish to enlighten on this subject
and remove from their minds 'fad"
which is very harmful to the trade
Tobacco Leaf.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

"The tobacco is packed when ready
for market in pine board boxes,
called cases. These cases are gener-
ally about four feet long and three
feet wide and high for broad leaf,
and for Havana Seed three feet two
inches to three feet six inches in
length, width and heighth, same as
for broad leaf. Into them the hands
of tobacco to the average weight Of
1926 to $50 pounds are carefully
placed lengthwise, the butts at the
ends of the cases, and solidly pressed
down. Wrappers, binders and filters
are separately packed"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

From Southern Cutivator.
Grow large fall crops.
Use labor saving implements.
Stay more on your farm.
Trust not to chance.
The year is passing away.
Fall is coming with steady steps.
Let US take the step towards indie
pendence, and get out of debt.
Some young men dream until their
fathers shake them.
If you are out of the rut help some
body else out.
Poor farm stock will bring the
farm into debt just as surely as
wasted time makes wasted money.
The more l garden the more i'm
portant find manure to be, and any
one wishing to grow profitable crops
must use it literally every year.
l know that there is but one step
between us and independence, and
that is to GET OUT OF DEBT.
Until this step is taken, shall con-
tend that the farmers are on danger
GUS ground.
A farmer who puts twenty-five
dollars in an OK for a pillow team loses
far more money in the long run than
his neighbor who invests one hundred
and twenty-five dollars in good
mule.
A mechanic, working at one dollar
per day and using dull tools, will
not make the Roadway in work OF
money that his neighbor does who
receives seventy-fiue cents day and
uses good tools.
Nanny people have an idea that
hay cannot be grown in California
and Florida to any extent, yet, such
is not the case. Thrifty farmers in
both states make fine hay ooops and
sell them at q profit.
When i farmer begins tosswoTk foi
merchant and quits him it is ma.
tural for the merchant to be disap.
pointed. A farmer cannot serve
two merchants; he will either hate
the one and despise the other, or pay
neither the one or the other.
A writer has we'll said that "man.
ure is the key that unlocks the earth
and lets loose the dormant forces OF
plant life, and then pushes them for
ward, and he who can manage to
have plenty of manure is sure Of per
manent success in farming with a
right use of this key" This is fact
and nowhere will it apply better
than to the garden.
What difference will it make to q
farmer if the tariff is reformed to
absolute free trade, if he relies on q
very slow going OK to do his blowing
and therr brings no products to
mar hlch ne can purchase
cheaA
Whe.r4 nto boxes be sure
that the VI hands are evenly
distributed.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

A wise and good man says: s'Dop,t
make your minds sponges, saturated
with the putrid waters of the goose
pond of gossip. Hear as little as Won
can to the prejudice of others; be-
lieve nothing of the kind unless You
are forced to believe it; never circu.
late or approve Of those who circu-
late loose reports; moderate, as far
as you can, the censure of Others.
always believe that if the other side
was heard very different account
would be given of the matter.-Ip.
terror.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17
Tobacco Growers.

This page of the FLoR1D1AN from
week to week will tell you many
truths about growing tobacco. 1t
will endeavor to enlighten you upon
the cultivation and curing as told by
growers with many years experience
and personal observations by the
editor.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

Capt w. A. Abbott, who has long been
with Messrs. Perceval and Hatton, Real
Estate and Insurance Brokers, Des MONIES
Iowa, and is one OF the best known and
respected business men in that city says
Il can testify to the good qualities of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Having
used it in my family for the past eight
years I can safely say it has no equal for
either colds or Group" IS and 80 cent
bottles for sale by M. Lively.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

A man or woman who is fondest
ofpicking flaws in other people, is SO
because he or she has a larger pro-
portion of them, and is kept busy in
this way in trying to apologize for
them.-W. c.. GRAY.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

A few days ago we found oursel1
at this pleasant spot for the first
time. Although we have been a res.
ident of the same precinct for nearly
four years, this is our first visit to
his particular locality, and we must
say he has a farm worth looking at
and soil that produces the best Of
corn and tobacco.
This is his first season in tobacco,
and for time it looked decidedly
discouraging. He set out 1000
plants as starter, and they all died
from the extreme drought during the
early part of the season. Such dis
aster as this would have caused
many a farmer to retire from the
tobacco business; not 80 with him.
He had plenty of fine plants 10 the
bed and he turned around twice and
secured the able services of George
Shelter of Gadsden county. Cotton
and corn fields already planted and
up were plowed under and the fresh
plants took their places. 1t was very
late in the season, but the rains de-
scended, and on his eight acres in
cultivation he has grown many box
full of as fine tobacco as we ever saw
anywhere. Then Carpenter Fish
was brought to the farm with host
of carpenters and two barns 32x6O
in size were erected in short metre
and the lumber is on the ground for
the third one Of the same size which
he will soon erect on the boss piece
of land he has nearer Lake Jackson.
In his employ he has several men
who have worked considerably on
the Georgia tobacco farms this sea-
son.
When We met him he was engaged
in spearing the tail end of his sucker
crop and he was glad he could see
the end and the last of the horned
worm for this season.
He had large number Of dressed
pine boxes made, the top attached
with hinges and hasp so that they
may be locked. They are 38x25, 81
inches high, and will hold about $50
pounds of tobacco. They can be
locked in transit to the buyer, to be
returned when empty. We found
the tobacco in them in good case,
neatly handed down and undergoing
a sweat that when once pefected will
tickle the eye of any experienced
buyer.
Mr.. Shelter made regular visits to
this tobacco crop and gave Mr.. Pope
many important lessons which he
will always remember. Mr. Shelter
is very favorably impressed with
Leon county's soil for tobacco pur-
poses; actual experience has taught
him that it is superior to many por-
tions of the county in which he
lives, and he thinks seriously Of
raising a crop with us in 1898.
We were pleasantly entertained
during our stay under Mr.. Pope's
hospitable roof, for all of which be
has our thanks.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

I'll write about grass in Florida
till Florida grass-fed beeves and
Florida butter and cheese and Flor.
ida hay are quoted in the markets OF
the country, and no more Texas
grass-fed steers will be slaughtered
in Chicago and sent here in the shape
of canned roast and canned and dried
beef and sold to US at a price which
makes us "poor indeed" In these
talks about grass we have the help
of our venerable grandfather, "Back.
woods Cracker" &C. w. CAMPBELL
SR., in Florida Fruit Grower.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

cit only remains for our farmers to
use the utmost caution and care in
raising tobacco in this country to
compete with that which is raised in
Sumatra, and to drive it out of the
market. It is fact that even now
tobacco is pretty much entirely cut
off from being imported into this
country by the wise provisions of
the Mckinley tariff bill. The duty
has we'll nigh proved prohibitory in
its workings as against the importa-
ton of foreign leaf. The probability
is that in the near future but very
small quantity of foreign leaf from
North British Borneo and the island
of Sumatra will be imported into this
country, for the very reason that the
crop for the last two years has been
growing less and less, while the
quality has been deteriorating, 80
much so that much of it is thick,
dark and heavy, and is not suitable
for the American market. Besides,
the importation is cut off very large
ly from the fact that we are produc-
ing now, and probably will produce
in years to come finer and better
and more superior leaf than has here
tofore been raised in the United
States. All this goes to show that
foreign leaf from the islands which I
have named is doomed, for the reasons
l have given.-Tobacco Leaf.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

Take lessons with whoever you
can in reference to curing. Spend
some money TO learn how; it will
pay every grower to find out how to
cure his tobacco, and it is poor econ
omy to save q dollar or 80, and, at
the close, be out from $40 to $50 all
on account of improper cnring.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

A systematic, uniform cure, is
what every grower should strive for.
By getting good cure it generates
pride and a desire to do better and
learn more about tobacco.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

AT the State Agricultural College
seventv-two text books are used, and
only two can be found in the whole
list that really are practical agricul.
tural works. No wonder that agri-
culture is at a low ebb there.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

AS far as stripping is concerned,
the grower can commence to gather
leaves in seventy days from the time
he set out the plants, if the season
is favorable.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

LII. May & Co., St. Paul, Mimi:
All of your seeds came duly to hand
and are receiving the tests desired,
Che new tomato still growing) and
we will publish the results when all
have matured.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

One of Orlando's (Fla.) cigar fac
tories will soon be removed to Ybor
City.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

Additional samples, with all the latest
styles of fashion attached to them, just re-
ceved bv John Burkhardt.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17
1T TAKES
"NERVE"
AND
"SHOVE"

To grow tobacco 10 Leon county. One
with experience desires to take charge Of q
crop for 1898, in this county. Call at this
office for further information.
hbh
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

The advice Of Horace Greeley,
generally speaking, was most ex-
cellent; and his predictions hardly
ever failed to come true. Once he
said: "Florida one day would be the
richest state IN the Union" When we
read OF a company spending $4,000.
900, to make a sugar plantation in
our state to raise enough sugar tc
supply the whole of North America
it looks as though Horace's statemen,
was about to come true. Florida
gets its name from Kanunas dc
Flores, meaning a Feast of Flowers
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

When thoroughly cured the tobac-
CO Is taken from the laths at any time
ite condition and weather are favor
able, and the leaves are pulled off
from the stalks of the plants-which
is called stripping-and made into
hands containing about q dozen leaves
These hands are then bulked down
having been assorted into wrap
pers, binders and fillers-in piles, the
leaves tapping from eight to ten in
ches, the butt ends outside. Assert
ing is done both by growers and
packers, but chiefly by packers, who
desire to make their own assortings
in order to be able to guarantee their
goods by regular inspection samples.
The Herald Office is adorned with
another of the unexcelled productions
of Gadsden county. 1t is stalk of
tobacco presented by Mr.. D. A. Nc
Dougal. It measurers about six feet
in height, and has stalk that might
serve as a weaver's beam, or do for
the captain of watch. 1t has en-
ough fine looking leaves attached to
it to make box of fine cigars. Be-
hold the transmutation going on! A
little plant nourished by the warm
and balmy air and generous soils OF
Western Florida, may furnish ar
after-dinner smoke at Fifth avenue
club or perhaps in the barracks Of
Calcutta.-Herald, Quincy.
Why has California surpassed
Florida in the fruit and vegetable
business? The latter is nearer ,
market, has @ more favorable climate
and 10 much easier of access. Pro
baby the chief reason is that in Cal
ifornia irrigation has been we'll de-
yeloped and constant supply o
water has enabled farmers to grow
larger and diversity of products
Florida must foster irrigation befor
she can compete with California. I
10 coming, rs the Florida Agricultul
ist says:
We do not know what system {
irrigation will ultimately be sdopte
in the state, but for the present, q
least, individual gardeners, farmer
and orange growers will have to do
pend upon plants erected by them
selves; in tie course OF time, howeve
we think that the thickly settled POI
tions of the state will be watere
from large stations erected by CAY
italists who will soon find out tbs
water is essential, and they kno,
that what the people must have the
are willing to pay for. The capita
lists will see an opportunity to max
hoar.d cash earn good interest an
they will not be slow to inves
When this day arrives, the questio
Of living more at home will no longt
be disturbing our people. Wat'
will make our state the most pre-
ductive of a great variety Of croE
under the sun. With the assistant
of water our soil, though apparent
poor, will yield every thing needle
BY man.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

If a farmer follows the pillow only
to get little money 80 that he can
move to the village and set up a cor.
ner grocery, depend upon it he
will never be successful farmer.
His heart is not in the business. He
has other aims in life and will not
give the attention to the business
necessary to success. The man who
follows farming or any other business
and makes success of il, must pu,
his whole heart and soul into TT
E. Burpee.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

If the reader intends to try the
sweating process keep the room to
80 degrees for The first two months,
afterwards run it up to 100 degrees.
Turn the boxes over every two
weeks 80 that each side will have
been uppermost. This method in
sures evenness in the fermentation
process. If the air in the room is
too dry cover the boxes with wet
cloths.
To Capt. Jno. M. Estes, Worlds
Fair Tobacco Commissioner, and at
his request, I'VE have sent the names of
many Leon and other county tobacco
growers. He wants samples and will
have ga few words with you'' ere
long. He is a gentleman and what
ever promises he makes will be ad-
hered to. Comply with his requests
and it will be to your advantage.
J. NJ. T., Crawfordville - No
apology needed on your part. Your
question is sensible one and when
we answer it, as we cheerfully do,
perhaps it will enlighten others. The
tariff on tobacco under the old and
new law was and is as follows:
OLD LAW.
Not stemmed, Is cents per pound;
stemmed, $l.OO per pound.
NEW LAW.
Tobacco Stemmed $2.75 per pound;
tobacco unstemmed 5000 per pound.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

EVERY TOBACCO GROWER LIN
Florida is invited to be present, Leon
county will have on exhibition many
fine specimens. To this end we ask an
growers to send to the FLoRIDIAN Once
good-sized specimens of their best wrap
pers, binders and filters, and We will take
them TO Pensacola aud exhibit them
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17

in the quality of strength in q cigar.
Let US make two cigars, in one of
which the filler is of light tobacco
containing say three per cent. of the
nicotine in the whole cigar, and the
dark wrapper seven per cent, while
ie the other the: filler, being dark,
contained seven per cent, and the
light filler three per cent. Would
not both cigars be of equal strength?
But there would be much difference
between two cigars whose wrappers
were both of light tobacco, having
say two per cent. of nicotine, and
the filters and binders of one having
two per cent, and the other eight
per cent, and clearly showing that
the amount of nicotine in the filler
and binder-they being 90 per cent.
of the whole-is what forms the
strength of the cigar.
In selling cigars the dealer cannot
be expected to 60 into detail as to
the relationship the wrapper bears to
the rest of the cigar, but he can draw
the attention of the customer to the
small part the wrapper plays in the
making up of the cigar. In q few
words be can explain to the customer
that the wrapper, being so small Q
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-25
A LUCKY CAPTURE.
The Police Department Catches
a Burglar With His Plumber.


The police department made an i'm
portant capture yesterday and recovered
large amount of stolen property. Yes
terday morning Inspectors Howard and
Doyle and Patrolman Stavalo arrested a
man who gave his name as William
Firth, and in doing so, in all probability
caught one of the leaders of the gang
of burglars which has succeeded in
making life miserable for merchants
during the past month. Patrolman
Stavalo located suspicious looking
load Of goods i'll aroom in the new block
at Ills Washington avenue south and
with the detectives made thorough in
vestigation. They effected an entrance
to the room and found Firth in bed,
while OH every side were piles of coats
and other articles of mems wearing ap-
parel. The goods were examined and
found to be a portion of that stolen from
A. g. Peterson's store on Twentieth
avenue north last Sunday night. The
whole outfit, including Firth, was
brought to the central station and the
latter locked up. Shortly afterward H.
spector Hoy recovered the plush cloaks
and jewelry stolen from Krogstad &
EllingsOn's store on Washington avenue
north.
The committee of gentlemen appoint
ed by the North Minneapolis merchants
to confer with the superintendent of po-
lice because of the above mentioned
robberieS, to request better police pro-
lection and the removal of certain
officers from the present beats, called at
police headquarters and had the felicity
of comforting with the little chief. They
were elated at beholding the recovered
property. They preferred no charges,
but merely requested that certain
changes be made in their locality, which
the superintendent will no doubt make.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-25

bookkeeper about it and told him to
look it up. He looked back
and could find nothing. We
were very busy just at that
time, and he had not time to go back
more than few months. A few days
after the bank examiner came and be-
gan an examination. told him about
this matter of the warrants just as I
have told you. He went through the
books and checked up everything.
Nothing out of the way was found with
the exception of the matter of these
three warrants. [ had told Aud
iitor Ledgerwood that l would pay
this sum out of my pocket under
protest so that could recover if we
could afterward find any trace of that
money. l also went to see Kenyon, the
bank examiner, about it. He told me
animation, found nothing wrong with
the exception of the item have men,
toned, and that, of course. had to re-
port it. Kenyon was satisfied that
everything was all right with the ex-
ception of that, and my explanation
seemed to satisfy him as to that. He
said he would say nothing about it
through the papers, as 1t had all come
out right.
"There is one thing in connection
with Monroe, the former bookkeeper.
that puzzles me. In January received
two letters from him asking me to send
me his bond to be cancelled. His bond
could do him no good and it could do
me no good. 1t was nothing but waste
paper to either of us. l cannot under
stand why he was so anxious to have
the bond returned under the circum-
StanceS''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-25
ADJUSTMENTS.

1.-THE Power Of the Press'' has made
an excellent impression upon local
theater-gOers, the performances each
night calling out storms of applause for
the principal members OF the company.
There will be but three more perform
Rnces.
The seat sale for Stuart Robso'ns en-
gagement the first three nights of next
week opens at the Grand this morning.
"She Stops to Conquer" will be given
Monday ana Tuesday and 1.-The Hen
rietta" at Wednesday matinee and
evening performances.
The sale of seats for the Milton No
bles engagement the coming week is
announced as being of a very flattering
order. Mr.. Mobiles is quite local IA
Vorite, as he has been seen here before
in his numerous productions. 'From
Sire to Son." his latest and best sue
cess, is said to present drama of pow
ertul interest.
Only three more performances of the
"Danger Signal" will be given at the
Bijou. The engagement thus far has
been very successful. A ladies' and
children's matinee performance will be
given tomorrow at 2:30.