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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-06-28

All entries close at II o'clock
noon on Thursday, June Odd, 1898,
at the office Of the Secretary, and
all entrance fees are 10 per cent,
unless otherwise specified.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-06-28

All races to be run or trotted
under the rules of the Association,
and all horses are expected TO start
unless drawn by II o'clock noon
Monday, July 3rd, 1898.
L. M. vETTLESEN,
1922 SacratorX,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-17

inch of the bottom of the bottle, and then
with piece of iron and a Ratchet or block
of wood, knocks in the bottom. In sinking,
the neck of the bottle is filled with sand,
and prevents rapid running away of the
Water, poured into the upturned bottle.
The water slowly perColates among the
roots of the roses making in small way
good system of sub-irrigation.
This would be very good use to make
of old tin cans. Punch hole or two in
the bottom and sink them near the roses,
plants or vegetables you wish to irrigate,
and fill with water. A still better way
would be to fill the bottle or can with good
rich COW or stable manure, or commercial
fertilizer, and to sub-irrigation you have a
process of liquid manuring.
GEO. w. HASTINGS,
Interlachen, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-17
Grated Roses.

Grated or budded roses have frequently
been recommended in these columns and
the good points of the Cherokee Rose as
stock set forth. Mr. Louis Bosanquet of
Fruitland Park Fla, writes to the Farm
and Fruit Grower that he finds the Nc
Cartney and Cherokee Roses first-class
stocks on which to bud the finer kinds. He
has LaMarque Rose grated on Chero-
kee, only one year old, which has had
twenty shoots more than six feet long AS
climbing rose for the South, he believes
that one of the very best is the Duchess de
Brabant, of which he has bush seven feet
and nearly as much across. Mr.. Bosan-
quet's plan of propagating roses is to tie
the cuttings up into punches and bury them
about foot deep in the ground for few
weeks, after which they are taken up and
planted in the regular way Each cutting
starts at once into, growth, and failure is
rare.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-17
Something to Remember,

if you're weak or ailing woman-that
there's only one medicine so sure to
help you that it can be guaranteed. Ir's
DIR. Pierce's Favo1ite Prescri pton. In
building up overworked, feeble, delicate
women, or in any "female complaint or
weakness" if it ever fails to benefit or
cure, you have your money back. It's
an invigorating, restorative tonic, a
soothing and strengthening nervine, and
8 safe and certain remedy for woman g
ills and ailments. 1t regulates and pro-
mOtes all the proper functions,
improves digestion, enriches the blood,
dispels aches and pains, brings re-
freshing sleep, and restores health
and strength.
Nothing else can be so cheap. With
this, you pay only for the good you get.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-17
That Unsightly Pond.

Alas! What an eyesore is that unsightly
pond of our fair State, so dingy and grass
grown, that even duck of low degree
would scorn to paddle in it; and yet these
same ponds could be converted into things
of beauty. Some people sigh for the artl-
fetal lakes that they read about, with beau
tiful Lilies lying calmly on the surface, the
fair sky mirrored in the water, and dear
knows what all; and yet those very people
have ponds on their property. not fit for
anything, of course, but mud hole, they
wish it would dry up-and why? Surely a
small pond is a very desirable thing in a
garden; the soil bordering on a pond, or
pool of any kind, is always moist and rich,
and many handsome tropical looking plants
will flourish there when they wouldn't any
where else; and Florida has SO many beau
tiful wild plants and shrubs that little or
no expense need be incurred; and what if a
few black snakes-Or moccasins for instance
should HE them to your pond? They
will get there anyway-and you might as
we'll make the spot attractive for them!
'The fair blue sky is mirrored thee;
The pale proud moon sails slowly by,
And lovely Lilies-surpassing pure and fair.
Uphold their faces to the watching Eye"
First clean your pond of all trash, stumps
and roots, then clean the ground around it,
and rake it smooth. Plant a clump of
Bananas at the head of the pond, and at
the foot a plant or two of the Yucca.
Plant seed of the Castor Bean all along the
side, about four feet from the edge-to al
low for path; and leave an open space
bn each side of the pond for paths leading
to it. Procure the roots of our native Pond
Lilies, the double yellow and the large
double white, put them in the pond along
with some Water Hyacinths-they are an
class of plants, bloom very freely
and spread rapidly. If you feel able-and
willing -to spend little money, get some
roots of the handsome colored lilies, the
water peoples and the lotus; little of the
WdlCL 1ClluCS AOuuC1 TIC 81. IOuuS IAlVcI
will help out your collection. Now get a
quanty of Candium Esculentum, Cannas
and the wild Azalia, and plant them along
the edge of the pond, clump or two Of
bull rushes and cat-tails must not be for
gotten. Slips of Coleus and Poinsettia
can be stuck in the ground and they will
flourish in wonderful manner; a few
plants of each of your ANIMALS, and all
plants that are crowded out Of the garden
will do we'll here. Between the rows Of
Castor Beans add an occasional Elder,
acacia, Oleander and Grape Myrtle. Cover
our patch thickly with coquina rock or
'yster shells, and when you have placed
n inviting bench beneath the Bananas
hade, you can sit down at sunset and gaze
over your lake, the creation of
our own brain, and say:
"'Tis we'll done!"
North Florida AIDA.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-17

One is not true lover of plants who
does not lay down floral catalogue with a
sigh. The many wonderful beauties that
might be ours did time and money permit
Mind, there is difference between liking
flowers and plants. All do the former but
to take plant, study its needs, and care
for it, is as different as saying what a
very pretty group of children" and adopt
ing one into your family and heart When
once you have adopted plant and given
it good mothering, its leaf, bud and bios
som gladden. the heart like the face of an
old friend-no, more like child
will not weary you with my failures
which have been the greater part
Maurandya vines are so lovely and
hardy after once established. They come
quickly from seed and five cent paper
gives variety. l found the young plants
tender and sowed in box l find this is
an easier way with all plants to keep moist
ure and temperature right. I transplanted
after a rain but the young plants would
soon get dry and wither till l transplanted
into tin cans When firmly established
these we're sunken in the ground. The
can held the moisture when watered
which before seemed like pouring into a
sieve SO quickly did it dry The roots
pushed through the rusty tin and over, and
the top was magnificent One vine grew
to the top of tall post, then branched and
covered a space more than ten feet square
Morning Glories l raised in a sunken tub
giving them pailful of water daily. A
little gold colored bug got the lower leaves.
but got the flowers with their fairy cups,
I busted them with insect powder.
The Thunbergias covered ground and
fence with yellow and black and took care
of themselves
Madeira vines are very pretty. One
makes beautiful screen on the north side
of the kitchen, but will not reward any
coaxing on the south side. Honeysuckles
are SO sweet and pretty and care for them
selves. The yellow Jessamine is beyond
description. pity anyone who has not
seen its wealth of golden bells.
An old washtub sunken and filled with
Water Hyacinths was joy for all summer.
had Hoya Carnosa with variegated
leaf, some with white edges, others pink all
over. A slip gave to a neighbor covered
a large space on the house from window to
window and fall of blooms. Mine died
and the frost cut hers back.
Geraniums cacti and gloxinias do we'll
in boxes and pots. The gloxinia is easy to
care for after you get bulbs, and a large
one has many blooms. The velvet leaf is
handsome and the flower is the most ele-
CANT of all flowers. 1t has no perfume, so
no soul.
From one single white Chinese Prim-
rose got three plants. One in box in a
north window has seven open flowers, and
buds l cannot count. I would like that
north window full of all colors. The leaf
of the Primrose is SO pretty, with the fra
GRANGE of the woods clinging to its velvety
folds. Why did not my moonfower seed
grow the second year?
MRS. E. C, BURRELL,
Oxford, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-17
Horticulture in the Far South.

Under the above title the following valu-
able hints are given in American Garden
ing for May, by Dixie Suna, Duval Co.,
Fla:
"Ordinary directions for the culture of
flowers and shrubs in the far South are
seldom satisfactory to Florida growers and
those of the other gulf States who have a
temperature and climate peculiarly their
own. A great part of this section is sand,
which is utterly useless in its natural state.
Manure from the stable, the hen-house,
the pig-pen, and the pen-the last
always preferred-ground bone and cotton
seed, seem natural fertilizers to the soil,
while guano and commercial fertilizers are
poisonous. Manure from the hen-house
and pig-pen is very strong, and must be
used cautiously. 1t is best around Violets,
Pansies, Dallas, Gladioluses, Pinks, Marri
colds, etc. There is nothing superior to
cotton seed, which is best whole, unless
the pure ground meal can be obtained.
The soil must be made by mixing in muck,
lodI-HlOlQ clay anu manure. he manure
will need to be put on every fall, muck
every third year, and leaf-mold at any
time, as it is not only rich, but harmless
September is the proper time to apply the
leaf-mold for then the ground is ready to re-
ceive the plants and seeds. Through til
summer the leaf-mold, SCOT and small guam
titles of liquid manure will keep the flowers
in fine condition until September, when they
should have the extra attention needed. AL
though clay is necessity, it should be used
sparingly and broken into very small pieces.
In a very sandy region where the summer is
hot and dry and water carries the fertility
down with it, the flower beds may be dug
out and solid clay bottom put in. Then
fill up with a thoroughly mixed soil of half
muck and half sand, with some manure and
pounded clay added. Some flowers, like the
Petunia, Coleus, Geraniums, etc., need
greater proportion of sand, and for these
special beds should be prepared. Each gar
dener knows his own needs best. Thick
clay soil should have an admixture of sand
and manure. Low rich lands also need sand
for draining. Hammock land requires only
a little rotted manure every second year to
bring forth flowers and fruits in plenty.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-17
A Good Use for Tin Cans and Old
Bottles.

A neighbor of mine gathers up the old
bottles, that are unsightly things anyhow,
sinks them. neck down, in the earth, on
each side of his rose bushes, to within an
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-17

To whom all CORES pondence relating to this de-
p Lrtment should be addressed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-17

NLORIDA'S advantages for small Investments,
Il see "Real Estate Journal Arcadia, Fla,
$1,OO per year; sample, with State map, 10 cents.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-17
FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
j cBHA MIN &c,

EDITED BY WALTER N. PIKE,
fsHAMlNE. PAsCO co.. FLA
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-08
THE LITERAL-MlNDED MAN.
How Nj. Depew Was Caught In a Plain
Prevarication.

How Nj. Depew Was Caught In Plain
Prevarication.
The most curious person in the audi
rncc of story-te Her is the literal
minded man, said Chauncey M. Depew.
When General Dix ran for governor
there was great discussion as to his age.
1t was one of the controversies of the
cunvass. His opponents claimed that
he was too old to fulfill the functions of
the office. Singularly enough. the BIZ
ographical dictionaries differed about
ten years. was making speech at
Wutertown to very big audience. l was
running at that time as a Liberal Re-
publican for lieutenant governor upon
the same ticket with Francis Herman. 1t
was an immense outdoor audience.
In front of me stood man who
watched me during the three hours of
that speech for the purpose of catching
me on some material point. finally
took up the question of General Dix's
age, gave the dates of the various bio.
graphical dictionaries and encyclope.
dias, and based theory of how old he
must have been in the wer of 1872,
where he was lieutenant, and finally
said that the only real authentic data
had been revealed by some recent re-
searches in the colonial records of Mas
sachusetts 1t had been discovered that
when the Pilgrim Fathers landed on
Plymouth Rock they found General Dix
standing on that historic spot and shout
ing that unless they made him justice
he would go over and join the Indians;
the point of which was that the general
had changed his politics several times,
and every time he got an office.
MY critical friend saw his opportunity
and grasped it at once. He sprang up
with shout that could be heard to the
Canadian border: Mr.. Depew, that is
q iep
Il looked at him moment to see
whether he had swallowed the bait, and
found that he had taken it in hook and
line, bob and sinker, hole and all Then
stepped to the front of the platform
and said, with great emphasis.
Sir, have told that historic anec-
dote from Montauk Point to Niagara
Falls to hundreds of thousands of the
intelligent and educated people of this
great Commonwealth, and you are the
only man who ever had the audacity to
deny it.
"'It amt true. Mr.. Depew," he re-
piled, because that happened more
than two hundred and fifty years ago.
Il was told when in Watertown last
fall that, although this happened in
1872, that man had never been able to
come into town since.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-08
CORRESPONDENTS.
A Plea for Celibacy.
To the MINING JOURNAL.

Judging by generally expressed
opinions, modern newspaper stories,
and the twaddle of rising ftmirinity,
one might he led to think that the
noblcst, best-yea, only aim cf life is
marriage. Marry" demands the pub
lie; they married." concludes the
magazine story; ''marry! marry :
MARRY" echo tn" schoolgirl, the wild
ow, and the spinster.
notwithstanding love-sick maidens,
namby pamby literature aud spinsteis =
grown desperate by hope deferred to
the contrary, your correspondent thinks
that even single blessedness has q GER
tain degree of use and sense in it. 1t
requires a peculiar state of mind to
properly appreciate the condition of
'the man with the clog" and to envy
his state. The author of paradise
Lost did not, Dickens did not. Lord
Byron did not, Carlyle did not, and
evidently the ma jority of great poets,
authors and literary men did not enjoy
much of the vaunted domestic ft-
licity," or 'connubial bliss" We
might go farther and cite similar eases
among statesmen, Jurists and even
clergymen.
Now, If so many cases are known
are historical, how many more there
must exist that never come to light.
OF course, not one-tenth of such cases
of domestic infelicity comes to the
light of day. but when a paper ill Q
the New York Tribune devotes whole
pages to the alarming frequency of di-
vorces there must certainly be- "some-
thing in it,"
The reason that the lot of the avera &c
''old maid" is not a happy one" is mere
ly because she cannot restrain that
vague unrest aud nameless longing
for a man-for anything clad in bifur-
Gated garments. Once this insane
longing after the unattainable is sup
pressed, let her compare her condition
with that of her ''enslaved sisters and
she will see that she has reason to be
thankful that no one was ever 70
enough to PROFOUND the momentous
"wlt thou p and give her chance to
wilt.
Men who have arrived at the age of
discretion and have escaped the pit
falls of matrimony. are, as compared
with unmarried ladies of uncertain age,
much happier, because instead of kick
ing against the good, they are single
from choice.
Douglas Jerrold's advice to those
about to marry waS-'dOnt." b,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-08
A Short Fable for Men.

Once there was widower, left with
three children, who concluded instead
of rewiving to take bachelor brother
to superintend his house and be as far as
he could house parent to the little ones.
If you come to me, says widower
John, Il will do as we'll by you as I did
by Mary. You shall reign supreme in
my home, and I will lay my fortune at
your feet.
Fortune; where is it?" says innocent
bachelor William. will you make it
over to me in writing?"
Il mean" says John, explaining.
that will provide the table literally,
dress you handsomely, get you meer-
schaums and canes, and generally do
my best to make you happy"
But that wouldn't do, says bachelor
William. II have never been consid-
cred extravagant in my habits, but I
can imagine desires to arise which
neither meerschaums, canes, nor unlim-
tied credit at my tailor's would wholly
cover"
"Oh, don't be afraid!' says the wild
over, kindly. If you learn how to coax
as we'll as Mary did, you will get no end
of odd change to spend in your little
vanities. You are my youngest brother,
and I have always been fond of you.
just lay your sweet hands in mine and
trust to me"
1T wouldn't do," says William; 1T
would kill my self-respect. [ would
rather have fifty dollars month at my
own disposal than five hundred dribble'
out to me for the asking"
Il am disappointed in you, brother,
said the kind widower. Il had thought
that there was such beautiful frater-
nal relation between US that you would
be above caring which of us held til, d,
money. Mary didn't mind"
"Are you so sure of that?" said the
bachelor brother, thoughtfully.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-08
Tho Cocoanut Crab.

The cocoanut crab inhabits the isl.
ands of the Indian ocean and seems to
be in his element when sitting astrids
limb high up in a coooanut tree.
An average sized specimen of the
species fills four gallon jar to over
flowing, the overflow being the alco.
hol necessary to the preservation Of
such things. He is powerful looking
crustacean and seems we'll adapted to
his trade, which chiefly consists Of
plucking cocoanuts, husking them
with his enormous claws. and digging
the meat out through the "eyes, "
which you have often noticed situated
near the small end of the nut. Cocoa.
nuts are originally inclosed in three
cornered covering or husk, which con-
sists of a woody fiber of coarse texture
and brownish yellow color. This
fiber surrounds each nut in q layer
from one to two and one.half inches
in thickness.
Tim cocoanut crab collects largo
quantities of this fiber and constructs
large, dome-shaped "house" or nest,
in which he can always be found when
not out in quest of juicy nuts. Th1
natives of most of the islands whicl;
this crab inhabits call it by O
name which signifies "the bird of God, -
and they will not eat its flesh, even
though suffering the pangs of extreme
hunger. On certain days of each year
they kill cocoarut crabs for tho fat
which accumulates in the region Of the
tail. This fat is used in sacrificial and
other ceremonial rights.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-08
MONKEYS PRACTICAL JOKES.
Amusing Tricks Played By Lively Simi"
on Demure Companions.

Amusing Tricks Played By Lively Simi"ns
on Demure Companions.
That simians have deep sense Of
humor no one will deny who is familiar
with their conduct and motives. l havo
witnessed in many instances, writes
Mr.. Garner, practical jokes worthy of
human beings.
In large cage in the Philadelphia
garden were kept at one time about
twenty monkeys. Among them were
two Entellus monkeys. which species
is quiet, sedate, rather wise looking,
with gray beard and hair, and the mein
of stole. He has very long, straight
tail, and habit of sitting high up from
the ground and allowing his long tail
to hang at full length. In the same
cage were three or four brown Cebus
monkeys who devote much of their
time to exercise and fun. While an
Entellus monkey would cling to the
side of the cage or sit on perch some
ten or twelve feet from the ground, one
of these little brown monkeys would
stealthily creep up to him, and sud-
denly grasp the end Of the long tail
and swing with all his might. OF
course, the Entellus monkey could not
lift his tail because Of the weight of the
little monkey clinging to it, nor could
he reach it. The only thing that he
could do was to climb down the side Of
the cage with his unweildy caudal bur-
den until he could reach the floor.
During this operation the brown
monkey kept swinging until his own
tail touched the floor, at which instant
he would release his hold and spring
for life to the top of the cage, followed
by the Entellus monkey amid the
screams of the others. By the time he
would reach point where he could at
tack his little tormentor, who would
show some signs of resistance and
cause him to pause for moment, an
other brown monkey would seize hold
of the long tail and swing like prize
boy at Sunday school picnic.
have watched this game for an hour
at time, and been as much amused as
the little monks themselves. observed
that they took their turn in catching
the tail with almost the same regularity
as base ball players take their turn at
the bat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-08
GENERAL ITEMS.
He Got Them Snappy.

The editor of the Journal Of Free,lom
had all his railroad passes. He also
had relatives in Chicago and bona tide
invitation.
His editorials were set up, together
with the SmithJones wedding, the
death of Uncle ST Beamis and the
pound party given the minister. This.
with the patent outside left the
paper made up with the exception OF
the usual 'Local Laconics."
"Tll leave this to you, my boy," he
said to the Devil. ''Just pick up what
local items there are flying around,
stick the type and lock up the forms.
Jim keesy, who sweeps out the tavern,
will come over and turn the press for
you and you can run her off as usual,
Wednesday
''Now here is your chance in life.
See how snappy you can get your
Local Laconics' and l won't forget
YOU"
Then the editor took his grip and
departed.
In due time he received Johnny's
number of the Journal Of Freedom.
Johnny had taken the Freedom literal
ly with the "Local Laconics:"
Old Colorel Whoof Kotfcutter's family
have sent him to the Keely Institute.
Judge Titus A. Brick, the wel-known dead
beat from Sang Run, dropped into the Journal
office yesterday. expecting to get crack ut
the editors private stock and have his name
put in the paper.
1t is rumored that select tar and feather
party will visit the school teacher some dark
night this week. Let the good work go on
The new minister doesn't care for fried
chicken. He is u dude and wants them broil-
ed.
The old maids that call themselves ",The
Daughters of Bethel have gotten up what
they call an Oyster Supper, and are robbng
the people once again in Moat's Opera House.
A smart Aleck from SmithviIe had the tar
knocked out OF him by Jim keesy in the
journal office two hours before we went to
press. Jim is a loola.
Then the editor lost interest in the
Fair and returned home. Johnny is
driving Hank Smiths milk wagon
now, and the Journal Of Freedom is in
the hands of II receiver.-Roy l.. Nc
Cardell in Worlds Fair Puck,