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rounded body we'll set out by the pol ished oalzen door, and her bright face turned up to him with an expression which bolder man might have almost construed as an invitation, George felt that he would have given the value of all the buildings that he ever hoped to plan, to tell her how much he thought of her.
 He was somewhat surprised at her sudden movement, or as much so as he ever permitted himself to be at any of her actions, which were generally un- accountable from masculine stand point He only thought that if she were going to appear in the character of a jailer, he could stand a life sen tence with considerable equanimity.
 Now, before you go, George" !" said Rose, with her hand still on the knob, ''l want to ask you one question. You are not thinking of making Christ mas present to me this year, are you?"
 George owned that he had taken the matter into serious consideration.
 'sAnd you are determined to persist in doing so in spite of my disap- proval2" she asked, with smile that must have warned him that her disap- proval would not be of serious na- ture, for he had the fine presence of mind to signify firmly that he was not only adamant in that respect but even iridium.
 ''Well, like determined man, :" ad- mitted Rose, with an admiring glance at his sufficiently assertive chin; land if you are determined, want to ask you to allow me to choose my own present.
 with p1easurel' exclaimed George.
 "That is awfully nice of you" said Rose; ''but be sure to remember not to get anything until you hear from me. I will let you know in good time. Must you really go now?" she asked; for George, with the fortuitous absent mindedness of truly bashful man, had placed his hand over hers on the knob of the door. Good night, then" she said, as it yielded to their united efforts, and George found himself standing outside on the steps. He raised his hat as the door closed gen. tly, as if it were reluctanu to shut him out from her presence.
 That night George drew some pre- hminary sketches of the Spanish chateau, that were full of detail as to the chatelaine, but hazy as to the stairways. r....
 After that, he saw Rose quite often before it was time for the green wreaths to hang in the parlor win dows; but she always said that she was not ready to tell him what kind of q present she wanted. It was not un- til Christmas Eve that he received a
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of her. He left the rest to fate, and contented himself with drawing the designs for magnificent and glittering castles in Spain.
 When George went to call on Rose that evening, he tried to be as cheery and animated as usual, but his nervous and absorbed manner must have given her some hint of the heavy load of anxiety he was carrying; for, as he stood drawing on his overcoat in the hall, after the last good nights had been said, she threw herself across the outside door, and barred his egress.
 As she stood with her gracefully
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REMEMBER TIE CHILDREN.

Let the Domestic Spirit of the ChristmAa
 Time Pervnde the Whole Year.
 Christmas is preeminently a day of domestic pleasure. And 1t is to be re- gretted that the cheerfulness, good will and domesticity of Christmas do not pervade the entire year. Christ mas is about the only season when busy American fathers take time to realize that children are che poetry of the world, the fountains of love, the flowers of home, the incarnations of the smile of God and benedictions from Heaven.
 A father-who usually left home be- fore the children had gone to bed coming out of his house one morning found his little boy. playing in the gut ter and boxed his ears. When his mother asked him what was the mat ter he replied. "A man hit me.s "What man?a "The man that stays here Sundays" The busiest man should find at least few moments every day to give to his children. 4 father never seema 60 interesting as when during the Christmastide he be- comes a boy again and helps the chil- dren in their sports and games. Your children have the inalienable right to expect happiness at your hands. Weave yourself with the memories of your children. Make the days of child hood happy. Richer than millions is the heritage that parents give of happy childhood, with tender mem ories of father and mother. If we could send the Christmas domestic love in all its purifying power through the year it would bind all hearts into one bundle of life, breathe music into the voice, take the sting from disap- pointment, put lightness into the foot step, make home the plnce of which we could never tire, and be to us sweet full taste of the eternal Christmas day in Heaven when there will be family reunion without son or daughter ab- sent and when our Heavenly Father shall have all His children with Him in glory. Madison c. Peters, in Chicago Mail.
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ChrIntnaas PIuma.

Christmas week makes weak pocket books.
 It is sad to note that the average Christmas stocking is longer than most purses.
 If you must give the boy drum. give him drum of figs; he will make hole in 1t quicker.
 The old saying that hanging is too good for them" is never understood to apply to the Christmas stockings.- Good Housekeeping.
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bare existence. And itspealOs volumes for the generosity of our wealthy classes and the heroic work done by our charit- able organizations, that in no other nation on the globe are those who live in poverty and want so we'll re- membered on Christmas as are the poor classes of America. But there is a class which is not reached by the donations of the wealthy, or by the work of charitable organizations. There are in this country thousands of homes into which reverses of fortune come each year, where death or busi- ness failure causes the keenest heart anguish and the severest self-denial, These homes contain sensitive natures which shrink from the outstretched hand of charity. Poor and proud is the name the world has for them. Perhaps; but let me tell you, my friend, it is not easy to receive charity when all your life you have dispensed it. A reversal of fortune is the hardest thing in this world to bear. The poor know not it's tortures. It is the keenest kind of poverty, Into such homes would direct, at Christmas-tide, some loving kindness. In this country where one is up to-day and down tomorrow, there is not one of us but who, in his or her acquaintance, knows of an i'm stance of reversed fortunes. Let some thing from you go into such home. The born poor will be remembered by others; the newly-made poor may be forgotten. The world thinks, oft times, of only the extremes, forgetful of the smothered anguish which lies between them, but does not cry for help-Ladies' Home Journal
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put back brown tress which had strayed across her face. "Oh, I nearly forgot to tell you about my Christmas. Frankly, would you mind giving a ring to me?"
 Georges face fell, as he returned: "What kind of ring? You have so many of them; and I wanted to give you something original"
 "A ring would be very original, from yOu;" and she smiled demurely; land fancy plain turquoise would be the proper thing, now. Here, you may measure my finger; the third, please" And drawing of her glove, she slipped
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Rose stood close to George, looking far out over the fields and woods and groups of cottages, and gazing with thoughtful eyes on the sound, where the snow-covered ice-cakes glistened in the morning sun.
 The strong wind rushed through the trees, and pressed her closer to him; he steadied her, with unsteady hands.
 What a wreck am, " she said, as she
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One Gift Came Early.

Jaysmith-I received one Christmas present before the day was an hour old.
 Chinner-Ah2
 Jaysmith-Yes; I got home about one a. m. and my wife gave me a piece of her mind.-Judge.
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Timely AdmonitIon.

|. 'How cold it isr' shivered a young and inexperienced turkey.
 Be happy while you are well off, '" was the rebuke of a veteran gobbler. Christmas will be here soon, and you may have occasion to complain of get ting a oast."-Detroit Free Press.
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It's nothin' like It uat to be, When me an Hank an Poke an Jake Id whet our teeth on sorghum cake- The kind that mother ust to make, Until our very jaws Id ache; An stand around the pot O. lard That she lad hung out in the yard, An watch the doughnuta bilin' hard An lookin' fat an crisp an brown, As they wus bobbin' upfan' down. With dirty faces, greasy paws An happy hearth we watted cause Wo knoWed them things meant Santa Claus. Ther' Aint 10 Chris s'mas-No, sireel 1t'snCthip' like 1t ust to be. uOn't speak O pies, sir-mercy sakel Thor nothin' like aha ust to bake Fer mo m Hank an Poke m Jake Thef'D Doc an Sam most fergot-- An we "a eat 'enn sizxlin' hot, An cough m choke; the tears Id rise An burn an smart our hungry eyeG, Fer eatin' them 'ero hot mince pteR An Chris'mas eve that stingy Doc 'Ld nlluz aim to hang his sock Hight underneath the wooden cioclI Am in the center O the row; HIo thought he hnd . potter ShoN Tor santa Claus to zee 1t there Don't npeAH O Chris'magl decla1e Tho tinasU haa changed: it's plS1p Co sco They're nothin' like they mt 70 Do. Don't mention fun, tiri That 'ere Hank WAo up to 9V,fy o0Fe q prank. { Ho dnarly lovOd to teAao thAt lAnlE. Impatient nery-temporod Poke Whn didn't somehow like joke \ bit moro'n CAt hlEes omo1Ee So Hank ed ray: sPolte'O such pig, He thinks hin socks ain't hardly big Enough to hold his sheer O things, That Santa Clan1 It ChriBfInAS brings: Well havo 10 take Dome straps m StringD An tte ,em 'roun0 hio trouDcrB lcgB An hang 'em on tho hick'Ey pegs Whore pap hangs up the pouch en' gun ' An' thon they tuSsoll WY tho fun or noW.a-dayU-you'l all agTee- Ain't nothin' like it ust 70 be. An Santa ClausI ain't no doubt You people don't know nothin' bout Tho time We had a.nndin' out Who santy rely was; fer pap 'I1d rub his ghiug m strotCh an gap As if hc'n goin' to take nap A-thlnkin' up sorne clever trap To git us youngstor1o0 10 bed Am when we'd g0nc he'd up and spread Tho aAlou on tts hearth. n tread Arncug som till you'd ros1y BWoar That aanfy Ead heon Wa1xin' there; An ocFatch tlc nut oll oG tho nue To GhoW n where 10 a WiEgled through No, TIT. theE' ainst 10 tinaoG likes We- But p'FAps tho change iu jeot in me, Am I amt tke nat b dsl
 s. q Enpiu h Olio Farmer
 r
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All silvery sounds are mingling, This merry, merry day With many fieecy feather, The snowlakes dance togothers Here comes Kriss Kringle'a weather, In good Kriss Kringle's way. Kriss Kringle's measures tripping kriss KrinEle's sweetness slipping, The while his gifts we're clipping From brave Kriss Kringle's tree We set the candies burning, Like stars and planets turning. And every dream and yearnipg There satisfied we see Alone and solitary, Aloof from elf and fairy, It grew in forests airy
 Through many season dim TO reach ita day of glory When winter woods were hoary, To hear Kriss Kringie's story,
 And dear Krisa Kringle's hymn O tree that weariea peveri O tree that charms us everi o tree that lives foreveri
 The blessed Christmas tree Who're love and kindness blending Round up the years fair ending. There heavens own beauty lending, Behold Krisa Kringle'n tree.
 --Harporp Young People.
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the neighborhood; and, after the horses were brought around to the door, they set out together through the bright, frosty air. They rode half way up the hill and then dismounted and, leaving their horses tied to a bar post, ,followeda a foot-path to the summit.
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him much, for it was only small mat ter in connection with his business. He was 8 young architect grappling with his first large order, the erection of a thirteen-story office building
 In one corner of the lot which the structure was to occupy troublesome bit of quicksand had been discovered; but he knew several ways of overcom, ing quicksand, and it only remained for him to choose the best of them.
 The other question was more impor- tant and difficult.
 What sort of Christmas present should he give to a girl who had always had everything she wanted from her cradle up?
 He could estimate exactly the tensile strength of any species of building ma terial, or the humber of pounds weight that steel truss would have to sus- tain, but he knew no formula that would help him in such case as this.
 The trouble $eemed to be that while George could l6ok at the building from . coldly professional standpoint, he could take nolsuch view of anything which concerned Rose's happiness.
 He was not ih love with the gigantic mass of brick and iron; but he was violently, and,l so far as he knew, hopelessly in love with her.
 He was willing to give her anything that would please her, but he doubted the good taste of too lavish expen- diture. No; it must be some elegant trifle that she had never seen before, and that would move her irresistibly totsLove the Giver." Something that would give her a hhnt of the condition of his heart, and prepare her for the words he hoped to utter, some day.
 Rose Wyckoh was the daughter of a man who valued the substantial fruits of the harvest above the pink and white budA Of the springtime.
 Most of Georges prospects were still in tho bud. When that big building was really finished, and one or two more that he hoped to get the orders for nnder way, It would be soon enough to approach Ithe old gentleman.
 Although George lhad q very clear idea of what Mir. Wyclxon would say if he spoke now, he could gain no idea o1 what Rose would 4say; but he was grimly determineoS 10 try to be worthy
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a warm, little left hand into his. "The third !! Why. that is the engage ment fingerl'' exclaimed George, as the air assumed for him the balmy mild ness of an Indian summer.
 "You said 1t yourself, George Schuyler!' she cried, with brave at
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THE NEwLY-MApE POOR.
A Glass of People Too Apt to Re For
 gotten at Christmas Time.

There is tendency at each Christ mastide for writers to urge too strong ly, think, the beauty of Christmas giving, by donation or distribution,
 among the lowly and very poor. No charity can be more beautiful, more typical of the Christ spirit than, at Christmas-tide, for those who can afford to do so to send a glimmer of light into the lives of thousands in our great cities who can only ele out a
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little note hastily scrubbed on the back of a visiting card:

"DEAR GEORGE: find that have neglected to give you the information promised. But it doesn't matter. We have gone to the country for our winter outing, and mother wants me to ask you to join us for as many days as you can spare from business hope you will come and give me chance to keep my promise Sin cerely yours, RosE""
 George accepted this invitation with alacrity. He put an Out of Town" sign on his office door, and left the big building to its own devices.
 h On NewoYear's morning, Rose sug- gested ride to Sunset Hill, one of the widest and most picturesque spots in
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tempt to be saucy; but her voice was tinid and choked, as she rested her delicate head lightly against his shaggy coat; ''and, now, you can never tell anyone proposed to you, even if even if this is L-Leap year. Harry Romaine, in Puck.
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Onnn Was Enonrln.

Brown-Well, my little man, what is itP
 Little Johnny--f you feel stingy this Christmas, and haven't bought me much, don't play any April fool OF me by filling my stocking up with broken candy.-Judge.
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ONE of the popular Christmas saluta- tions will of course be the mistletoe bough.-Inter Ocean.
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Thn nnn al,n Prnfnrn

Mabel--What a graceful bow Mir. Dolley hasl
 Amy--Yes; but like the mistletoes bough better.-Detroit Free Press.
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His Christmna Sorrow. whnt are hy-Rone days to mel As think of the ending year With its past never again shall soo-- It's the buy-come days fear
 ...# Detroit Free prcaa
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-13
Making Orange Marmalade.

M dA1uE vi dig q 1A dA IA 6A0UC'
One large concern in London is de-
scribed by writ in an English paper
as follows:
"The factory alone employs 131 clerks,
46 travellers, 1900 hands, and turns out
annually just 10000 tons of jams, mar
malades, pepper and confectionery-to
say nothing of thousands of other articles
in similar proportions.
The making Of marmalade is a pretty
own bitter oranges direct from Seville,
and into their factory are brought enough
oranges to build an ediice as big as st.
Paul's. Let us follow the course of an
orange. 1t is unrolled from it's paper
capsule and carefully inspected to see
that it is perfectly sound. 1t is then put
in box which finds it's way to another
department where the small black spot
is removed. If perfectly clean it is
dropped into one basket, if dirty into an
other, which goes to q new departm ent
to be washed. 1t then comes under the
care of gi1l whose sole occupation is to
cut in half and drop in basket, which
is placed before woman who sits in
front of little wooden cupboard, in
which spins, at the rate of 1 500 revolu-
tons minute, wooden rose, and in a
second the pulp and juice have disap-
peared, and nothing but a clean cap of
peel remains in the opera tors hand.
This is put in basket with hundreds
OF others. They are folded in tours so
as to resemble half blown Indian rub
Der ball, and thrust into hopper in an
other machine, where sharp circular
knives spin round and cut them into in
Vulnerable rings which drop into draw
er beneath. While this is going on, the
pulp and juice have been put into another
machine which throws off the pips and
pulp and sends the boiled juice into
large vat. The thin slit rings of peel
are eam-boiled in tubs and added with
sugar to the syrup, which is wheeled off
to the boiling room, and in some seven
minutes ton and half of marmalade
is being emptied by strong arms and big
cans into thousands of pots, tumblers,
teapots, custard glasses, butter dishes,
jelly moulds and some fifty other fancy
forms in which the middle-class house
keeper likes 10 be served. These are
fitted into trays which are piled on lor-
ries, and are sent by lift to the next floor
where they are fnished-that is to say,
have the little brandy dipped heading
putin the neck, the vegetable parchment
cover tied round the top, and the labels
stuck on. When all this has been done
by several hands, any spare marmalade
which has been spilled is washed off the
jars, and they are wrapped and sealed
in covers and sent away across the
bridge on trollies to be packed in the
ware houses. "-O7iedo Chronicle.
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hundreds and thousands Of men would
have been led into the industry and her
manufacturing plants would have been
increased hundred fold. AS it is Cali
fornia will probably advertise extensively
and easily distance us in the race.
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The Taro.

AS some OF our people have been devotN
ing much time and atten ton to the cul-
tivation of the Caladium Esculentum,
notably among them Professor E. Gale,
of Lake Worth, who has, through these
columns, expressed himself several times
on the subject, we append the following
excerpts from recent number of Demo-
rests Magazine, which may prove of in
terest to planters of the Taro in this Sec
tiOn.
The Taro, or Tanier, as it is generally
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SEPTEMBER 13 1893.

the BOARD or trade there by j ID. Culp or
Gilroy, who says that there is no county
in California in which tobacco of good
quality cannot be grown. He is himself
the largest producer of the plant in Cali
fornia, and he says that all the tobacco
exhibited from that State has been rated
in the East as superior to any grown in
other parts of the United States. He
read letter from the president OF the to-
bacco board of trade in New York, in
which the opinion was given that the
California tobacco is the best substitute
for the Havana product.
1t appears from the statements made
by Mr. Culp that the culture OF tobacco
has passed it's experime ltal stage in
California, as is illustrated by his say
ing that one grower has contract
this season for the sale of sixty thousand
pounds at so cents pound. The same
authority says that two crops of tobacco
year in California are certainty, and
that "the average yield" in California
is from 900 to l 500 pounds of the cured
leaf per acre-,o the single crop, his
meaning seems to be. At as low rates
as 20 or 25 cents a pound the average
crop is worth from 5000 to $500 an acre.
The chief objection made to California
tobacco is that it is too strong. out Mr..
Culp says this objection may be removed
by proper culture.
Now California along with the rest of
the world. has no adequate conception
of the extent and the value Of the to-
bacco interest in Florida or of their al
most limitless possibilities. On the fore
noon of Thursday, July q, Col. K. D.
Chandler at his farm in Duval county
cut and housed matured tobacco and in
the afternoon he was driving his Bemis
plAnter--planting out his fall crop. No
other climate or place, save Florida,
will permit harvesting a spring and
planting fall tobacco crop on the same
day. Hence, if our people will master
the details of tobacco growing and cur
ing, we can lead the world with this
luxurious weed. The colonel says that
he will plant ard cut tobacco until
Christmas, and much of this crop is
eight feet high, with about fifty leaves
to the stalk-a ton to the acre-largely
made from cremator ashes.
A Quincy manufacturer recently told
DIR. G. F. Center of this city that large
leaf tobacco was worth at Quincy, Fla,
IA cents pound for filters and binders,
and that good seven, eight and nine
and up to twelve inch wrappers were
worth from $3.50 to $3.50 per pound,
and if extra fine in color, even more.
Florida can compete either with Cuba or
with the States of the North and West.
She can grow almost any kind OF variety
OF tobacco for any and all purposes.
But the industry requires the mastering
of detailsand advertising. We may pro-
duce tobacco and cigars superior to those
of all the rest of the wide world, but the
world will never know it unless wegO out
and tell it. Right here is where CallEor-
MIA will edo us up" She can raise only
the large leaved varieties of tobacco COM
mon in Connecticut, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin. But she will paralyze all be-
holders of the magnificent exhibit that 1
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