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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18
Our Tobacco Interests at the Worlds
Fair.

Is it possible, yea probable, that the to-
bacco growers. manufacturers and buy
ers Of Florida are going to sit idly By
and not allow this rev and great indus
try to be represented at me Worlds ex-
position? We >sk. in the nam of COM
mon ssnse. We ask IS this your feeling,
gentlemen?
You mus know that his great inter
ct is only partially known 70 the world:
here Is a chance of lifetime 70 make it
known. Your silence az Lad many TO
believe that you do not " at it 10 he
known. We ar on he other side Of the
fence in the matter: we do, emphatically
In May instances III this state til, re is
too much continued silence altogether.
Not enough: no, not half enough energy
is displayed.
Eome of our leacing men. we regret to
say, TO use sl.rg phrase. are IS SLOW as
the seven year itch, when it comes 20 do
ing something that will advertise and de-
yelop the state.
We urge Every grower TO commence at
setting out to develop several hands OF
tobacco to go to this exposition. Next
years crop will be too late. We must
and will have Flor.d. tobacco shown up
In great shape in Chicago in 1898 Raise
the samples, farmers. and the tTanspor-
tation will be cared fer in the future.
Soon a state tobacco convection viii
meet, probably at Tallahassee; then anC
there matters y i'll be put in shape in Ie-
gard to this mater. and then those wht
cannot attend will be properly notified o
the action to be taken. On to the Worli'
Fair with samples of all methods of t.
bacco grown in florida. We are prop
zgating Thirteen varieties for that pur
pose
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18


Rev. q. r. Bi1l,E, of Walpole, n. IL,
Who reostved ~ WIN hewhols estsEe d
Mis- Agnes PsAbody, Of Camhridge, hal
waived his claim for 90, 600.
Itis related fhat when BEN Butler; fn
1.-THE days Of his youth. was school teachel
ii q Maine village his pet '.swear word
was. by the great Gumphramagogr
Jerry Simpson has q small son who
has TO stand no end of teasing in his
school in Washington, where all the boys
call him 'sHayseed." He says, though,
that he doesn't mind it bit.
The original manuscript Of the Book
of Mormon" is now in one Of the banks
at Richmond, Ray county, Mo-, in Gus
tody of J. D. Whitner, q straight and
apparently nonpolygamous Mormon.
The Afford prize, offered by the vir-
ginia Military institute for the best es-
say on Thomas jefferson, was won by
Archibald Stuart, nephew of the Con
federate cavalry leader. General ]. E. B.
Stuart.
Senator Stanford contemplates giving
his Mob Hill residence in San Francisco
to the state to be converted into a free
public library, while his country house
near Palo Alto is to become the resi-
dence of the president of the Stanford
university.
Mr.. Paul Du Chaillu, the pioneer AZ
rican traveller, was born in louisiana:
his father was trader in the French
colony of Gambia, on the west African
coast. Young Du Chaillu went there as
a child and picked up the language and
studied the birds and beasts.
Won Moltke had a great antipathy to
the wearing of fine apparel It is re-
lated that once, when he attended a
meeting Of the Order of st. John, as the
servant helped him off with his overcoat
he was discovered to be in his shirt
sleeves. His dress coat hung forgotten
in his bedroom.
The new Chilean minister, Albert
Blest Cana, is not a stranger in Wash
ington. He represented Chill IN this
country in 1870. From Washington he
was transferred to Paris, where he
served as minister to France for seven
teen years. Senior Cana is about fifty
years of age.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18
Cultivate Your Corn Field Carefully.

Reports cone Ia rs ibst the corn crop o.
Illinois and other corn growing states il
seriously impaired on account OF wei
weather. It Is SO vet tina; they cannot
pillow TO plant corn ard the season for cer-
tain planting has passed The tempera-
ture is low and The land is cold AID wet.
Thousands of acres planted are under
water and rever will make crop. Again
we urge our farmers 10 care we'll for their
growing corn and grow lots of II. There
will be 8 demand for every bushel at
remnuerative prices.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Ihs educational -,
Colorado # the Worlds ~.
pscted to be exception.
That It may be inteIliv.....
pared, Dr. Snyder, Pres;ds,s
State Normal School, vho J.
thuslsstlc expert in expoeiee
has been engaged, by the 80. -.
TO visit teachers institn,ss =.
schools OF the state, from -
ten to college, and explain
wanted and it can best h 80.
He carries with him a mass = a.
men work with which he n,
his addresses. The result 5 ~
leaves both teachers and 49, -. &
changed from a state Of 49,
into one of understandings - 9
thusiasm, and prepared 10 -
fectually in gathering the $50
desired. sxah
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

To be positively certain that you are
to have a tirst-class crop of tobacco hoe
it at least three times. Most of this hoe
ing can be done with a good adjustable
cultivatoE Run the cultivator SO long as
you can get through the rows without
tearing the leaves. The. soil must be
kept loose by some process. The roots
of the Vuelta Abajo grow in a bunch.
consequently they will withstand later
cultivation than the Connecticut seed
leaf or Burnley.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Al! are boucd TO admit that the virgin
soil is the thing for first-class tobacco. 1t
double discounts any fertilizer ever made,
the vegetable mould therein contained is
old Natures fertilizer. 1t is found in all
new ground. plenty of it. and produces
the humus which is the life If all to-
bacco plants We know these things
from last years experience; but all farm
ers do not have the desired new ground,
consequently they can use what they have
then take the next best. "a steel-mixed;
then the mulatto land for third selec
ton. 1t is best to get land just as near
like new ground as can he obtained.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Use Paris green moderately; table
spoonful to every large water-oucketful
Of water, keeping it we'll >tirred duriDg
the sp:aying process. 1t is sure death to
every tobacco worm that partakes. Some
win CAIN that thy have conscienti' us
reasons for not using it, while others
are afraid of poisoning somebody. There
II no danger whatever during the rainy
seasoo Hundreds of times we have
sprayed cur, arts and goo-eberries with
the green when they were as large as
buck shot, and part4ken of the fruit OF
the Same without any serious results
Rain washes it all of.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

This old back Of mine hiss been doinu
service for sixty-tivc years, and some
times l would think it was getting a little
warped; but the last three Gays' exposure
TO The sun has warped i. back the other
way am so straight now thai l lean
back
Come up TO Lake View farm, friend
Campo II, and help lis set out i95acca
plants and pick strawberries, and about
the third night you will warp back the
other way Yes; more than that-you
viii be living representation of jack
knlte closing up. This is about the way
we have been ''acting up" of late.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

We firmly believe thai Cotton growing
in the past was sort OF a disease, an
.nsdi"us ma'aly so 10 speak ana where it
attacked the RIVER, lie he either white or
black, nd wneu i, fastened ON him it was IS
right as d7v DGt2bman'S hand on full
beer mug. The younger growers may over
come the disease, bu, they even, are apt 10
be mistaken. II will be Z rare case when
one OF the older ones becomes permanently
cured Of growing cotton tor eigh, cents n
p 'unG, When certain influences are thro xn
around them in The future they will take
to their old ways as kindly as duck does
10 water
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18
Bob EngerwoIe on Toh...

The whole world USES t0hacca-,ha, is
the civilized world. There is som.,hino in
the brain that calls for tobacco. and Son
have got To civisize people and WIN can
only civilize them by reacaing their W, MS.
You have got TO increase their wants h..
tore they will vet and before they viii be
c'.uae indus ious. You can civflize tho ssvs Ue
with Tobacco, and whisky. The moment
he gets \ drink Of whisky and : chsr. 4.
'"haccO he b willing u work lilre NJ, doc for 4.
8 me more. You s-nt him hsrco 80
you can g. I . darksy 10 HINT ,usk and "a
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

The eggs that produce TO horned
worm are laid on the underuide Of ths
leaf and only one in . place. They are
about the same color as the leaf. and moi
very easy to detect. They are about the
size of the head of very small pin and
should be looked after with as great care
as the worms, because they hatch in a
few days and commence eating holes
right off. The larger they grow the
faster they eat Examine each leaf care
fully for them.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Success most generally follows a vel
put in and we'll tended" crop.
A crop on poor soil from poor seed and
packed up (or down, rather by poor
management is the one that insects harm
the most.
Raise maximum crops at minimum cost.
When your butter bean reach the top OF
the pole nip OF the tops.
The fellow that is growing an overplus
of cotton this year is the one that the boss
or merchant wont let do otherwise.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

W. ale going to test 100 pounds Of t..
Baldwin tobacco grower OF Savannah. Ga.
on our 'ooacco crop. Ia the two acres Ne
have FIVE diffelent kinds OF SOL and on
each We in'eni in apply il aud repOil re-
sul's. We deem it advisable for others TO
make a sm..l test which viii enable them
TO use ii more extensively next asc1. ".
". McGrlff has it for sale.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Rounseyille Wildman
States consul at Sinoano-a 500
Settlements, has written - ~
Fearn chief of the foreign aff.; ! - =.
partment. that he hopes to ~. = -
of the best colonial exhibi,;on..'' -. -
sent out by the colony. His b;..' 80
the sultan of lahore. bas 49, !
his intention to take active -.
IN the representation to be MAJ s
the fair. ~
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Spraying did good work for us thi:
season. Over one year ago. we trans
planted several large wild plum trees fol
the purpose of grating and budding,
Just after the bloom fell this spring and
twice thereafter we sprayed them heavily
with Paris green, quarter of an ounce to
three gallon bucketful, and found the
fruit to be much larger and of finer
favor than those in the grove where they
came from Wherever one that we miss
ed and it became imperfect was found it
was picked and burned.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

During the month of June the little
tobacco plants are sensitive to the hot
rays of the sun, especially if the soil car
ries with it a crust, Stir that crust
lightly with some sort of a cultivator or
double shovel hooked up high.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18
manure.

Farmers. do you know ''what you are a
gro~in':' Under the Tankamine pro-
cess each bushel of corn you put in the
crib this year % quarts of alcohol is made
therefrom. This a!cohoi can be diluted
three times. IN king 66 quarts. When
you throw your chest against the average
bar and call for so lie good OH Burbon.
you " II then realize who is making a
monster profit off your labor.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18
Agricultural and Horticultural
DEPARTMENT.
W. q. LAWRENCE, Editor.
fake View Farm. s Miles North falhlasSeee.
A TRIP TO Gad.Aen County.

We visited the tobacco growers oil
Gadsden county this week and this page in
next weeks issue will be devoted exclusive
" to tobacco news.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

TALLAHASSEE Fla

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, June I. laa :
All white applicants TO teach n q. s..
lie schools Of Leon county mus - -.
themselves for examination At ihs ~
Academy on the 18th and 12,h a.. =
July, 1892, at 8 am. The coloc.S 49, q
cants for that purpose must present 49,
selves at the Colored Graded School 3 n
13tn and 14:h days of July, 1894 ~.
for examination. -
By order OF the Board of Pubic Ir.,..
top. n. W. Efrz
June ll-4t County Superiniesd,..
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Hoo. w. v. Lucas, ex-s:aie auditor OF
Iowa, says: Il have used Chamberlain
Cough Remedy 10 my family and have no
hesitafiOn IN sayirg IDat 10 IS an excsilen'
remedy. believe all that Is ciaimesi FIR
~ Persons afflicted by Cough Or cold
nm 6ud Il friend" There is no danger
fkuD whO0ping cough when this remedy
Sfresly given. SO cent bottles Tor sale by
- Lively, Druggist.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Put forth an effort to produce as per-
feet cigar leaf as possible. Why? Be-
cause last years crop in Middle Florida,
as well as in many other sections, caused
an oyer-production of poor stock. Owe
helped the cause.l Turn your attention
to producing quality instead of quantity.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Pluck every worm and egg from your
tobacco leaves. Commence at daylight
for that matter. This method viii give
you repu a;ion for growing fine wrap
pers. To say the least of it you will have
a reputation far better than your Pete
Tumbledown neighbor. with his worm
eaten field
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Keep these points in view and fore
most in your mind: 1t costs not whit
more to plough, plant, cultivate, cut,
place in barn, and sell go d Vuelta
Ahajo tobacco than poor. When one
counts the ''wad'' of money he receives
for his tobacco crop then he will readily
admit that the result is vastly different.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

This season we have fruited the Eunan.
Mobile and Hoffman strawberry that
measured II and as high as Il inches in
circumference. They We're brought to
this size with fertilizer we prepared
consisting of equal parts of COW manure,
burnt bone, mould. muck ard hen
manure
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

What profit means is this: the difference
between growing crop of corn, for in
stance, and the price you sell it for. but
how can you tell if you keep no cos, book:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

The alive and ''kickin'" firm of II. G..
Hastings & Co.. seedsmen, of Inter-
lachen. have sent us package of Turkish
tobacco, with a request: ''Try it, It's
in the ground-results in the future.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Aim 20 raise this crop of tobacco SO
that the buyer, when he comes around TO
your barn next fall. will say Of your
wrappers. when you hand him one Of
your cigars and match: You have
grown very good color. it burns Hell,
shows white ash, and has an excellent
flavor
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Whatever else you do be sure and Gull
tivate your tobacco field carefully. After
you have worked hard to gov the plants,
broken the ground in first class shape;
don't, whatever you do, grow weary in
well doinl. If the >un is hot keep up
the lick you started out with and you
will come out on top the day you Sc the
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Something ought to be done for the
cut worms; they caused us to bend our
back setting out plants too often for our
GOOD last summer.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18


She Was Bound He'd Go to School, but
He Didn't
Ma, kin stay home from school this
afternoon
Willie, no"
MA, kin stay, ma? I'll carry up coal
from the cellar, ma, an I'll tend the
baby, an I'll look after the clothes on the
roof. an III
Il said no."
Silence one minute.
MA, kin stay home from school, MAJ
Il said no, Willie"
MA, kin l stay, ma: I'll mop the
floor; run errands, ma; wash winders,
ma; help beat the carpets, ma; clean
| dishes, ma; polish the
"You heard me say no."
Silence one minute.
ma, If you let me stay home"-
willie, must spank your
"If you let me stay home, ma, PIP
"Willie. PIP
"Ma, if you let me stay home, ma, I'll
tell you what I'll do, ma, Tll"-
"Willie!'
"Tll sit in the winder all afternoon,
ma, an watch the furniture Vaughn as it
drives up to that cross eyed Mrs. Skrews'
across the street, ma, an tell you, honest,
everything she has bought for her new
house, so you kin tell, ma, whether she's
beatin you, ma, or you're beatin her.
| Come to my arms, my dear son; you
will be president some day."-New York
Recorder.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

To produce heavy leaf manure high.
An industrious farmer can save enough
prunings to pay for the outside labor
performed in the field where they grew.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

A hustler. familiar with the work of a
large farm, wants to engage as superin-
tendent of one for 1898. Address, G. D..
this Office.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

nv othef Kind % 0csk; ntly. -
fhinrs that 10 call vicos Afo tha kreS1 civil.
| sers Of the world. They Increase mans
wants. and then when men hAvs plAnty Il
increases their sociability You know Won
cannot 70 anywhere 70 be sociable without
having something to smoke. or something
to chew.
TobacSo, GROWING An West Rlorida.
CH1PLEY FLA.-Our people here are
very enthusiastic on tobacco growing.
The only thiog fear is that, most of the
growers being nOvices, some mistakes will
occnr: but we will have an expert with as
the greater portion of the time, and those
who don't "know too much" will readily
learn.
have just been among the growers of
Little Dutch in southern Ohio, and find
them hard pushed in white veins. Renters
are paying SIS dollars per acre rent.
and are using as much fertilizer as we
have 10, and yet get no more tobacco, and
sell that during February for 8 TO 10 cents
per pound, making an all-year crop at
poor pay.
ItOid themthat in Florida We could plant
March, cut in June, raise a good sucker
crop from the stump, and if a man was
not satisfied with that he could plant again
in August or September from the seed bed
and make crop before Frost making three
crops in the year and the product worth
SOC to 81 per pound. set them to think
ing, and quite number of them will come
to Chipley to investigate. and some to 10
cate and grow tobacco.
With cheap land and cheap labor there
is no excuse for not supplying a substitute
for Sumatra and packers may just as well
make up their minds that Florida-Hanana
must be the substitute, for there is not a
grower 10 The South friend to south
ern prosperity but the Mckinley tariff
Chpley has a growers association of so
mem bers.-A. G. Changlee in Tobacco
Leaf.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Subsequent TO the stoppage of on i,
We will sell for cash at EIlaville Poi. -
June 21st and until July Isl Co..
number of mules, a stock of genesl -
cbandise, and great quantity Of rcurh
and dressed lumber at very low uics
L. BUcU& &w
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

The Commercial Association OF
Oporto has decided to furnish money
for an exhibit from Portugal at the
Worlds Fair. About twenty-five
wine merchants have made arrange.
ments to send exhibits.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

We are heartily in favor of organizing
a National Tobacco Growers association,
with big n. We must protect our.
selves
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Bright people are the quickest to recog-
nize good thing and buy il. We sell lots
of bright people the Little Early Risers.
Ii you are not bright these pills will make
you So NJ LIVELY
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

To grow wrappers initiate the early
bird-catch the worm
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

There are people who seem to have an
idea that they attract attention in
heaven for their piety every time they
buy dish of ice cream at church fee-
6val.-Ram's Horn.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

A work horse wanted; not high-priced
one, or one from person who does moi
want to sell. Apply at this Office.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

lisuca thing could be that the law
making power could be Pare in our hands
Ior the smAll term OF twenty-:our hours, we
would make only one short law
ami that would be: Al taxes in prepor-
ton 10 the ability TO pay ana the wealthy
and The farmer 10 share equally all Of the
burdens, profits and pleasures of this life
Wouldea't such law, Mr. Reader, forever
put stop t. this hard time bowling?
One cent postage for the benefit Of the
RIGA man. mostly, aud no tree mail delivery
tor he farmer WON'T work Benefit al
alike ~ make 20 more laws 4, Washlog
tn.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18
Warning.

We hereby warn all persons from cutting 4 IN
ping timber on our lands in LibeTry ana pn,iH,
counties Florida and We also warn 81 -.
from buying such timber or naval stores ~
censes have been or viii be granted to nTas
Mt. Ira ". Sanboyn il authorized TO urooeeate n
offenders TO the full extent of the law.
MARGARET J POWER
WuLIAX H. POWER
CARRABELLE LAND s. LuNErRC0
Feb. 2. s2-1yr.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Late TO bed and early Ia rise will shor,
en- the road 10 your home in the skies"
But early 10 bed and Little Early RISER.
the pill that makes life longer aud better
and User. NJ. LIVELY
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

S. NJ. Stephen has shipped with in
the last seven weeks 5000 grape
fruit from Lakeland.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

To prevent your smoking tobacco from
getting too dry place half of q potato in the
pouch.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

Right mp every stalk Of tobacco after =
hard wind.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

l. is truth in metiicine that the small
est dose that performs The cure is the best
De Wits Little Early R'sers are the small
est pills. will perform the cure and are 'he
best III. LIVELY.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

An elegant assortment OF Nainsook and
Swiss embrolderies. at Miss Stophenson's
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

II is singular fact tina, large majority
of the Afro-Americans Flooding along on
Middle Florida rented land resis, change
in farm life, which really is progress, but
TOR all that the world moves right alo ag,
otherwise we would still live in the dark
ages as they are low doing. The further
south one goes the slower some people are
to adopt new things Why i: is few can
tell A gradual change is coming. We
hive seer more modern machinery on
arms this year than ever before ana a, the
front door OF the hardware houses it is
showing itself in fine shape
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

The tobacco you grow is for wrappers
See that there are no holes in it
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

There are men who tire themselves
almost to death looking for an easy
place.
1t Is seldom that anybody falls down
ON ice. Our hardest tumbles generally
come when we think we are safe.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-18

HE KNEW MAS WeAN rUNT.