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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-15
Gleanings.
Orange Co.

Use as pretty dishes on the everyday
table as you can afford. Thanks to
modern methods of decoration pretty
table ware costs no more than the COM
mon white wear we used to buy and now
that it is no longer essential everything
should match and be in ''sets," it is CON-
paratively easy to keep ones cupboard
filled by buying piece at a time.
Kitchen mineral soap or pumice stone
may be used freely on all dishes. 1t will
remove the stain from white knife handles
the brown substance that adheres to
'earthen or tin baking dishes and the SCOT
which collects on pans and kettles used
over a wood or kerosene fire.
If one wants to peel an orange without
soiling the hands, all that is necessary to
be done is to cut with a knife a very small
circle round the stem end, and then mark
dividing lines from the stem to the sum-
mit-at points on the surface of the or
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Buffalo IN. W Orange Market.

Buffalo has about 100000 population
and 100, 900 to $50, 900 tributary popu-
lation, and therefore is one of the larg.
est consumers of Florida oranges in the
United States. 1t is also conceded and
can be proved by ample numbers of
most reliable covers in Florida that
Buffalo gives some of the best results
for oranges of any northern market.
Your railroad agent will post you fully
with regards to freight and other gen
eral facilities, which are fully equal to
those of any market, either New York
or Chicago. Wire us freely at cur ex-
pense whenever you dee m it prudent
to do so. We sell oranges promptly
and remit forthwith. In fact it is utterly
impossible to do more than We can
do for shippers of good, reliable fruit.
We are amply responsible and ample
experience has taught US how to do
this business as it should be done.
Please write or wire us for further in
structions, etc. PATTERSON & Co..
Buffalo, n. Y.
Refer R. g. Dun & Co. Established
in 1868, "A years experience.
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DR.. E. c. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
TREATMENT, a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness,
Fits, Neuralgia. He dache. Nervous PrOstratiOn
caused by alcohol or tobacco Wakefulress, Men
tai Depression, Softenng of Brain, causing in
sanity, misery, decay. death, Premature Old ge.
Barrenness, Loss OF Power Of her sex, ImpO-
tency LeucOrrh9a and all Female Weakness, in
voluntary, Losses, SperamatOrr@a caused by
Over-eXertiOn of brain, Self-abuse, over indulg-
ence A month 8 treatment, 81, 6 for 49, by mail.
We Guarantee six boxes to cure Each order
for boxes, with S. will send written guarantee
to refund if not cured. Guarantees issued by
Monopoly drug store, sole agents, Ocala, Fla
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Improving N ails.
old Departments:

Editor Household Departments:
Referring to remedy for above in the
AGRIcULTURIsT of % inst. The remedy
used by me since boyhood and taught
by my mother is, every time the toe
nails are cut, after washing the feet, is to
gently scrape with the knife or a bit {
glass the back of the great toe nail. A
little perseverance will cure the worst case
permanently. In bad case scrape from
point to root on the back of the nail
until quite thin. P.
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A HELPFUL CORNER.
For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
VOICES FROM FLORIDA.

From aland of ice and snow,
From land afar,
Thou came and shed thy radiance
Like bright and lovely star.
For awhile thou wandered,
In thy grace and beauty rare.
Mid our groves and flowers,
Mid our lilies fair.
But sickness came and suffering,
And dimmed the beaming eye;
And hearts that fOndly loved thee
Did heaVe weary sigh.
And the flowers bloomed less brightly
Near where thou hast lain;
And the birds sang less sweetly
Till the brightness came again.
We wish our soft and balmy air
Could infuse new life and gladness,
Kiss the pain from brow and cheek,
And take away all sadness.
That this sunny Southern cline,
This land of beauty and of song,
Could Undue thee with fresh vigor,
And make thee well and strong.
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ange. This skin can be drawn off just as
easily as one may draw finger from a
glove. Or it may be peeled as an apple
leaving a thick coating OF the inner peel
and sliced half in two and eaten without
any juice soiling the fingers.
~
'TIs true indeed, as someone has said,
chat there is a strong tendency in most
women to keep and hoard old dresses
too good to give away outside wraps,
pieces of dresses, and even of silesia, cam
brio and bits of braid and trimmings.
hoping that they will come into use at
that very indefinite time known as some
day No doubt that this is an excellent
plan when it is not carried too far, but
not few houses are fairly numbered up
with savings Of this sort, including old
draperies, furniture coverings, hats and
bonnets, which the economical house
keeper hopes will yet serve some useful
purpose; but meanwhile they cumber the
attic or storeroom, and are of no pos
sible use except to attract and nourish
buffalo-bugs and moths. The annual
spring cleaning ought to be clearing
out of old rubbish, and sorting out and
cleansing OF the few things which the
housekeeper really needs to save" And
does it not depend universally, upon the
ability OF that woman to turn her hand
to those hidden, articles and put them
to some use? Numbers of just such
class, after boarding up certain articles
for years and years, when the time comes
will deliberately proceed to the store for
it thinking all the time they are using
the very best economy. 1t mostcertainly
depends on the woman who"t ucks away"
articles, whether it is carried too far or
not. Out with all such rubbish now
while you are doingyour spring cleaning.
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For THE HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.
Our Floors.

Our Floors.
Passing along thes not long since
l overheard two friends chatting most
earnestly over their spring overhauling,
and comparing items. One, Judge must
have been new conner, AS she was very anx
ious to know what to do with her, as yet,
bare floors. She remarked that she had
heavy carpets but she had almost conclud-
ed they would not do for this country so
she was in dilemma, and as had gone
through the very same ordeal thought
l might reach that troubled person, not
being personally acquainted with her
and besides think it may prove helpful
to others, by giving your department a
differentiation.
To begin with, when first came here,
six years ago, my very first resolve was
that no heavy carpets would go on my
floors. Why? Simply because there
we're other light coverings so much more
appropriate. OF course where wealth
abounds carpets must be found, butl am
talking to those OF our every day women
who have to use economy and discretion
in the furnishings OF the home. Shortly
after coming here I called at Florida
home and among the oddities that at
racted my eye was the bare foor-that is
no carpets-beautifully polished with
bright rugs here and there. This then
was an experiment with me but found
that there were many more days that it
did not look pretty, necessitating a wash
before it did look well so, concluded that
oiled and polished floors were only suit
able for room not in use every day.
My next experiment was with mating,
and have found it excellent. 1t is not
like carpet-no wear out to it-but by
the time you have grown tired of it and
it is we'll worn,you feel it has paid for it.
self and you can purchase new one. l
have one on my dining room which has
been in constant use for two years and
it appears good and sound yet. Then a
big item of cost, you know, figures con-
spicuously with us. And we are:indoors
so little-we live on the porches nearly
all the time and why can we not put the
comforts in some other more enjoyable
way than under foot. A we'll Intensified
kitchen consider quite a treat and
would put my carpet money in it and a
nicely filed sideboard with pretty ware
and oddities. often wonder why oil
cloth is not used here in summer especi-
ally. l find itso hard to get our merchants
to keep it, or order it. Why is it? Can
any one tell? What do our sisters use on
their floors anyway?I should like to hear
through your pages from some of them.
MRS. D.
Orange Co.
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"Aren't you going to marry that hand
some man who calls for you nearly every
day."
eyes, dear,' she replied, "but with us
nothing will ever go wrong. He says so
himself"
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Scalds and Burns.

1uU
Every housekeeper will find the follow
ing remedies worthy place in her scrap
book. They are taken from the popular
writer, Elizabeth R. ScoviPs works on
nursing:
"When an accident happens THERE'S too
often valuable time lost in frantic rushing
hither and thither orin hasty application
OF unsuitable remedies that do more harm
than good. A little self possession and
the exercise OF a certain amount of com
mon sense will enable one to be of the
greatest use at such times, and perhaps
even the means of saving life itself.
Every household should have a store
OF simple remedies, and also antidotes
for some of the more common kinds of
poisons. They should be kept where they
are easily accessible-not in locked
closet, of which the key is sure 10 be lost
at the very moment when it is most
needed-and in a place we'll known to
each member of the family.
In very severe cases OF burns and scalds
the nervous system is so Frustrated by
the shock there lis often less suffering
than when the injury is slighter. The
pulse will be small and quick, and slim
ulant should be administered without
waiting for the doctor. A teaspoonful
of raw brandy, or tablespoonful in an
equal quantity OF water, may be given.
The whole theory of dressing is to ex-
clude the air. The more effectually this
is done the greater will be the relief af-
fOrded. When only a small surface is in
jured, an artificial skin may be formed
with flexible c0Ilodion; or if that is not
at hand common mucilage or gum arabic
dissolved in warm water will answer. AS
one layer dries another should be painted
over it.
An excellent remedy for burns and
scalds is mixture of lime-water and
sweet or linseed oil in equal parts. An
other excellent oneis bicarbonate of soda.
The common kind used for cooking pur
poses may be employed. A thick layer
should be spread over the part and COW
red with light wet bandage, keeping
it moist and renewing it when necessary.
When the clothing takes fire it is we'll if
the victim has presence of mind to
stand perfectly still motion fans the flame
and causes it to burn more quickly. He
NAV throw himsolf on tho floor and rO1I
over and over, but never move from
place to place seeking help. A WOODEN
shawl, piece OF carpet, or rug may be
wrapped tightly around the person, not
covering the face, and if there is time to
wet it so much the better, but there is
not an instant to lose, particularly if
the clothing is of cotton. The great OBJ
ject is to prevent the flames from getting
down the throatand the chest from being
burned.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-30
COLOR AND LIGHT.


Why the Under Parts Of the Finny Tribe
Are White.
There is no phenomenon of nature
that escapes the investigating eye of
science, says the Waverly Magazine.
In England they have lately been ex-
perimcnting with founders in order to
determine whether the whiteness of
the undorsides of those fish is due to
the exclusion of light and the presence
of color upon their upper sides to ex-
posure to light.
They have kept the fish experiment.
ed upon living in q glass tank, having
a mirror placed beneath so as to reflect
light upon the under sides of the fish,
One of these prisoners has survived
for three years under conditions SO
strangely different from it's ordinary
habits of life and all of them have ex-
hibited the devevelopment of spots of
pigment on their lower surfaces.
The experimenters have concluded
that it is exposure to light that causes
the coloration of the upper parts of
the bodies not only of founders but of
other fish, and, conversely, that it is
to the comparative absence of light
that the whiteness of the under sides
of fish is due. They extend the same
principle to explain the colorless con-
dition of the skins of many animals
that pass all their lives in caves.
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pecndence OF pntcnes.

Do you ever notice how few patches
people are wearing? 1t is because
clothing is SO much cheaper now than
it used to be, that it is not worth while
pulling old garments together. When
they arc worn out, they go into the rag
bag or are given to tramps and new
ones ordered of the custom tailors, or
more often are bought outright at the
nearest hand-me-down shop. A pair of
coloniaf boots, recently shown in a
shoemaller's window, was almost
covered with homemade patches.
such exhaustive el1ing out. Of old boots
is not IN vogue nowadays 1T is cheaper
and better to get new goods.
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Terrible Tides.

Statistics regarding the tides in the
Bay of Fundy are SO startling as to
seem almost incredible. At Grand
Manan the fall is from twelve to if
teen feet, at Lubec and Eastport
twenty feet, at st. John from twenty
four to thirty feet, at Moncton, on the
bend of the Petitcodiae, seventy feet,
while the distance between high and
low water mark on the Cobeqpid river
is twelve miles, the river actually be-
ing twelve miles longer at high than
at low water. Vessels can be run up
so far on the food in this river and in
the Avon that the ebb will leave them
high and dry for sixteen hours, SO that
they can be repaired between tides.
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Going oct yith ,;y,er,cl,or.

An interesting case of 1.-THE ruling
passion strong IN death" is described
by the Toronto 5!ail 4 humorist in
Japan who jcstcd eli his life told his
friends when I've WIS dying that his
body was not 70 be washed after death.
but was to be taken at once to the
family temple 10 be cicaated. When
he died his instructions.wcre followed.
and the chief priest took the body TO
the cremation ground. AS soon Us -
wa set on fire the inourrcIU wns as
'ton:shed by several LOUD explosions
AZ first they were ineiiHed t. take TO
their heels, but curiosity cot tho bet
ter of fea4, and carcful inspection
showed that the hunorist had slowed
away large number of frecrackcrs
about his person before his death.
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lie Wogs oE IoeLANp.
Things Seem to BE Going from Bad to
Woree There.

l
| The accounts which have Just
reached Europe from that most dis
treesful island in the Arctic seas give
us little reason to hope that anything
can be done to remedy the woes of Ice
land essentially. Like most of the re-
nainder OF the world, that remote lit
tie country has enjoyed this year an
almost unprecedented wealth of sun
light and heat, says the London Satur-
day Review. The brief Icelandic sum-
mcr can have rare beauty of its own
and that. of 1893 has been enchanting.
Steady drought in June, rains in July,
and warm, dry weather again in
August, brought on the hay to great
tcrs speak of the harvest as unusually
promising, Almost everywhere along
the coast the fisheries have been ex-
cellently successful. 1t is plain, there
fore, that for once Iceland has had a
chance from the weather, which has
Of late years been it's most cruel
enemy.
II q succession of good seasons like
the present had occurred dozen years
ago Iceland might have been saved.
Bat especially since the political agita-
tons OF 1885, which disturbed and dis
couraged the population, things have
been going materially from bad to
worse. We are occasionally called
upon to listen to jcremiads about Ice
landio starvation from those whose
sentiment for the Icelanders is more
active than their information is exact,
and the English public has become
suspicious of cries of Wolff" But the
present season, with its excellent
weather and good supplies of food, has
not shown any reaction against the
draining away of the people. This
summer no fewer than six hundred
persons emigrated to America, bring
ing the population below that limit OF
seventy thousand to which it had al
ready dwindled. The island now con,
tains, it is believed, fewer Inhabitants
than it did in 1870, before the tenn
porary rise in Icclandic prosperity.
The eniGrants are largely of the farm
-aborcr class, and there is growing
complaint that portions of the country
ire going out of cultivation because
here IS no one TO work on the land.
The great geyser has been very
sluggish this'year, and it is believed
hat weather which is excellent for
reps acts in a dcplorable way upon
his class Of phenomena. 1t is by her
extraordinary sights and by the visit
'r5 drawn to see them that Iceland
aust hope to live.
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vi.AF.Yilg FOR yOu.

Jcs a-wearyin' for you
All the time a-feelin' blue;
Wishin' for you-wonderin' when
You'n be comm home agen
Restless, don't know what to do
Jes' a-wearyin' for you'll
Rooms so lonesome with your chair
Empty by the fireplace there,
Jes' can't stand the sight of It'll
Go out doors an roam bit;
But the woods is lonesome, too
Jes' a-wcaryin' for you'll
Comes the wind With soft caress,
Like the rustlin' of your dress;
Blossoms faliin' 10 the ground
Softly, like your footstep sound:
Violets like your eyes so blue
Jes' a-wearyin' for you'll
Mornin' comes: the birds awake;
Use to sing 50 for your sake
But there's sauncss in the notes
That come thrillin' from their throats;
Seem to feel your absence, too
Jes' a-wearyin' for you'll
Evenin' comes; miss you more
When the dark glooms in the door:
Seems ies' like you orter be
There 10 open it for mel
Latch goes tinl.iin': thrills me through
Sets me wearyin' for you'll
Jes a-wearyiu' for you
All the time a-feclin' blue:
WiShin fer you-wonderin' when
You'll he comm home agen;
Restless, don't know what to do
Jes' n-weaf-vin' for vouI
ink L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
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RUNS ON THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
The Famous Bank Has Suspended Many
Times and Has Been Accorded Favors.

The Famous Bank Has Suspended Many
Times and Has Been Accorded Favors.
The Bank of England. has never
failed, though, according to the ST.
Louis Globc-Democrat, it has more
than once suspended payment and sew
eral tunes has come very near to fail
ing. In 1896, two years aftei it began
business, the bank was compelled to
suspend payment, its notes being at a
discount of twenty pei cent. In 1915,
on account of the invasion of Prince
Charles Stewart, the Young Pretender,
there was u run on the bank, which
was met by paying drafts and notes in
shillings and siypcnces. In 1877 there
was another run on the bank, which
Mr.. Pitt and Mr.. Dundas feared that it
might not be able to meet, so on Sun
day, February 90, an order in council
was issued forbidding the bank to pay
cash, and this order was approved by
parliament. On May 1, 1928, The bank
again paid its notes in com In Decern-
Der, 1926, in the middle of another
panic q run on the bank began Tho
bank would probably have gone under
had not number of one-pound notes
been discovered in a box. These were
paid out and the panic and run sub
sided. Peefs act of 1874 allowed the
bank to issue notes to the amount of
fifteen million pounds, based on gov
eminent securities, but Tor every note
issued in excess of that amount re-
CURED actual gold to be kept in re-
serve. In 1917 the bank was in trouble |
again, and Lord John Russell, the pre-
mier, relaxed" the bank act SO as to |
permit t.le bark to issue notes rnse-
cured by gold, but the relaxation was
not availed CT. In 1857, during the
panic, the act was relaxed second
time. and two million pounds of notes
were issued unsecured by Fold; and
third time, in 1865, the act was sus-
pend = although Q further issue of
notes as found unnecessary.
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ITALIAN HEALTH RULES.
Precipitation Is Either Sought or Care
full Avoided.

CAbRAA oeAOA 40 11tbhCi oOuBAt OT OhTc
full Avoided.
The health code of the average Itai
ian may be summed up n two maxims
"Seek perspiration when ILL.," anc
avoid perspiration when we'll" Nc
matter whether the ailnent be grove
or slight, prompt measures are taken
to induce profuse perspiration, The
usual recourse being to hot teas made
fromuvarious healing helbs In o-di-
nary health an 1T, lie takes every pre-
caution against getting into a perspira-
ton. Perhaps this feeling. mole than
the lethargy resulting from a warm
climate, may be held responsible TO,
the lack of active outdoor sports in
Italy. Roller-skating and bicycling
are growing in favor, shooting CALLER
. les and quiet boating have always
been popular, but cricket, baseball,
tennis and similar games are hardly
known, even in their mildest form.
Although resisting their long, hot
summers without detriment to health,
Italians prespire freely when taking
most moderate exercise. In recogni-
ton of this treacherous. fact, both
gentleman and laborer move through
life very quietly, never hurrying ex-
cept in a case of dire necessity. As IL
illustrative of their horror of perspirinr.
a writer in Kate Fields Washington
gives an incident that occurred a few
weeks ago in Florence. An English
lady was walking down the lung
'Arno, when she missed. her
purse. The suspicious movements of
man in front made her hasten her
footsteps and boldly demand the stolen
property. Too amazed to refuse, the
thief actually handed over the purse.
before starting off at good, round |
pace. Indignant at such broad-dav
robbery, the lady stopped an elegantly |
dressed gentleman and, in excited |
tones, began to pour out her grievance. |
Merely waiting to hear 'sthat man |
stole my purse" the gallant Italia,l |
rushed aftel the thief, who promptly |
took to his heels. AS cross streets are |
scarce on the Lung 'Arno, they had
good run ere the thief could dodge his
pursuer. The afternoon sun of q late
spring day did not help the polite
Florentine to keep cool, so, red-faced
and out of breath, he slowly turned
back to meet the English lady with
profuse apologies:
MADAM, I am very, very sorry.
did my BEST but your purse is gone"
"Oh, nol' she replied sweetly, 81
have my purse. I got it back from the
man"
Got your purse back Per Baccol
What did you want, then?''
Want! Why, 1 want justice"
1t was too much, even for proverbial
italian urbanity, and, almost choking
With sudden wrath, he gasped out:
'Justicel To think should have run
nysef into perspiration for justicei''
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his own pony and made those fellows
go ahead, one OF EN- leading the pony
the wounded man was riding. 1t took
Billy thirty hours to get them out over
the range, and he never took eyes off
of em until it was done. But he did it
and got the rewards And ten days
after he got EN- in Laramie lot of
their gang held up the town and took
'em out. Yes, sir, they did"
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what She Was Thinking About.

The young woman had married and
there was great array of wedding
presents. She didn't seem to care
about them, however
my dear" expostulated her mother,
who had made the match, Just see
these lovely presents; aren't you inter
ested in them?"
Not much" replied the bride, 'it's
the future I'm thinking about"
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under his own nose, as it were
without the faintest suspicion that he
was being vietimized. 1t may be
wrong, perhaps, but-I can't help feeling
the profoundest admiration for the
man who had brains enough to concoct
such scheme and sufficient audacity
to carry it OUT
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-Oregon's salmon fisheries produce
about 6o0,U00 cases a year, and its wool
clip exceeds 10000, 900 pounds. There
are %, COO square miles of pine forests,
and the annual gold yield exceeds ST.
600, 900.