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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

RATES--Twenty words name and address one
week, 25 cts; three weeks. so cts.
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Wine Making for Florida.

The Barlow Courier-InfOrmant looks
very hopefully at the future wine indus
try in Florida. In a recent issue it says:
eve think one Of the great coming in
dustries of South Florida is grapegrow-
ing and making. And we would
hail with delight the time when America
gets to be wine drinking instead of a
whisky drinking nation. Better hearts
and better morals would follow.
eve had pleasant call few days
ago from Mr.. Holmes Erwin Of Pomona,
Fla, who is largely engaged in making
wines from his own vineyards. We
bought case Of Burgundy and find it to
be most excellent Iced and sugared it
is delightful drink; and for medicinal
purposes it has already proven it's great
value
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CHEAP cor UMN.
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RATES---Twenty words, name and address one
week. 25 cts; three weeks. so cts.
,OO BLACK MINORCAS-$5 per rio. Eggs
JUU $15O per 10 Spring Park Poultry Yards
Box is, Springs Park, Fla.
ENGLISHMAN. married. wants position Of
II trust of orange grove Fully com
petent. Address, A. H Oak Hill, Fla.
RARE CHANCE-loO he gentle htifers
~ and COWS, from three to five years old, for
sale. c. NJ. DRAKE, AXE Helen. Fla
NJ ANTED-3OO Parson Brown, B"oneH Early
w OrMatese oval orange TIRE es on so rstOrk6
Describe s. G. WARNER. Palatka Fla
NUTTINGS-Wood for grating and vines Of
~ forty varieties OF foreign grapes For Cata-
logue address Ii. Won LUTTICHAU, carleton,
Fla.
AOO to 81 o grape fruit seedlings or budded
NV trees wanted, Ia to pinch stOcks,f o. D.
nearest railroad station. FRED WAITE Belle
view, Fla. 50
n OR the best ventilated Fruit and Tomato
Il Crates, send for sample crates and prices to
the WARNELL LUMBER VENEER CO.,
Warnell. Fla
NASSAVA SEED CANE-lOO feet or more, $1.OO
" per hundred 500 feet more 80 cents per
! hundred, Address, PRENTICE BAILEY, Glen
| ST. Mary, Fla
| NJ ANTED-Grape.frui and rough lemon seed
w Engs in quantities abQye 500 Address,
stating full particulars, 1RVlNGTON PARk
NURSERY CO., Auburndale. Fla, 33
ORANGE SIZER-Ayers Perfected has no
~ springs to break or get out OF order Ad-
| dress, ALFRED AVER. Lake Weir, Fla, or
| FLORIDA FRUIT EXCHANGE, Jacksonville
| NOR SALE-Carney Lemons, Dancy Tanger-
| Il inc, Grapefruit, Carney and Parson Brown
| Orange and other citrus trees all on sour stock
and staked. Write for prices j, H. TURNKEY,
| Excelsior Nurseries, Lake Weir, Fla. 4-l9-4
A GENTLEMAN HAVINGA property near
n Tampa worth for practical purposes $4,000
will give an undivided half interest to party
supplying capital to develop same on jolt &C
count. Address, BONAFIDE, Lock Box f, Tampa,
Fla. tt
ISLAND POULTRY YARDS, Fernaudina, Fla.
Il G. H. Jacques, Prop, breeder of White and
Brown Langshans, Brown Minorcas and White
Leghorns. Agent for Smith & Romaines Boiled
Beef and Bone for poultry. Fifty pounds $l,lO
f. o. b. Circular. 30
A r q sacrifice, to make room for 1000 chicks.
Awe will offer our breeding stock at a bargain:
| 1 pen, 4, Black Langshan .hens l cock; pen, 9.
Barred Plyrl outh Rock hens 1 cock; pens, 10
each. White Leghorns hens 1 cock; pen. s. Brown
Leghorns, hens cock; pen, 5, Silver Spangled
Hamburgs hens cock; pens, each, llnperal
Pekin ducks, drake. Send for price list, with
| full particulars, to E. W. AMSDEN, OrmOnd,
Fla.
| Neutrality-suspicious. vegetable grower with
w some means to buy q half interest in I'M
proved farm in the lake region in Polk County.
ton from frost. $4,000 irrigating plant complete
| and in fine working order. Other business pre-
vents owner giving it attention. VIII not sell
more than half interest. None but experienced
vegetable grower need apply. j. W. BRADY.
Barlow, Fla. tt
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

The coal black tint of calcareo-humic
soils must not. however, be COMPOUNDED
with the brown one of peaty ulmic)
soils: which, however, becomes black
not only for naturalization, but for the
continual ton of that action which is so
we'll and effectively known in the case of
manure piles to favor the humificat0n
of the litter. In the arid regions the
only black soils are highly calcareous
ones. So far as the evidence goes lime
is entitled to be considered the cOnserva
tor Of humuS in natural soils.
1t is scarcely necessary for us to add,
says the Mobile Register, here that the
humus, as referred to by Professor Hill
gard, is simply decomposed vegetable
matter, and that sandy soil devoid of
lime, may be greatly improved by a lib
eral lime addition. Lime is very cheap
material, yet few sandy soil farmers
think of applying it to their lands
Professor Hilgard goes on to state that
taking as guide the evidence of the
natural growth, as well as that Of the re-
suits of cultivation, it becomes evident
that the amount of lime required to rem
der soil practically a 'calcareous' one
varies greatly according to the nature of
the soil. A broad statement may, how
ever, be made, to the effect that that
amount is very much greater in clayey
soils than in sandy ones, and may APP
proximately be said to vary directly as
the amount of clay in the soil. Thus. in
the very sandy soils of the gulf coast
sandy lands the presence Of as little as Is
per cent. of lime gives full sway to a
lime growth; if the lands are high and
naturally we'll drained, but on the low
"pine meadows of the same region a
very much higher per cent Of lime leaves
the land sour and sterile. On the other
hand, in the heavy clay soil of the int
riOr, 40 per cent. of lime does not suffice
to produce lime vegetation, but .48 per
cent. on a similar heavy soil shows the
characteristic crab apple and haw of
calcareOus prairie soils.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

TUTTINGS-WO for grating and vines OF
~ forty varieties of foreign grapes. For CatA-
logue address H. Won LUTTICHAU, carleton,
Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

NV ANTED-3OO ParsOn Brown BOOne'H Early
w OrMaltese oval orange trees on so rstOrk6.
Describe. s. Q. WARNER. Palatka Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

AOO to so grape fruit seedlings or budded
4OO trees wanted, IA to pinch stOcks,f. o. b.
nearest railroad station. FRED WAITE, Belle
view, Fla. 81
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$25, 900 in premiums.

Offered by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., of ST.
Louis, Mo. The one guessing nearest the number
OfpeOple who will attend the Orlds Fair gets
$1,000. the second 1000. etc. Ten Star Tobacco
particulars or snd or particulars.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

ISLAND POULTRY YARDS, Fernaudna, Fla.
Il c. H. Jacques, Prop, breeder of White and
Brown Langshans, Brown Mnorcas and White
Leghorns. Agent for Smith & Romaine's Boiled
Beef and Bone for poultry. Fifty pounds $1,lO
+. o. b. Circular. 80
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

IHOR the best ventilated Fruit and Tomato
Il Crates, send for sample crates and prices to
the WARNELL LUMBER & VENEER CO.,
Warnell. Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

INNGLISHMAN, married, wants position OF
II trust, care of orange grove. Fully COM
petent Address. A. II Oak HUI. Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

w ANTED-Grape.frut and rough lemon seed
w lings in quantities above 500 Address,
stating full particulars, IRVINGTON PARK
NURSERY CO, Auburndale. Fla, 33
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

A GENTLEMAN HAVINGA property near
n Tampa worth for practical purposes $25.OOO
will give an undivided half interest to party
supplying capital to develop same on Jolt &C
count Address, BONAFIDE, Lock Box F, Tampa,
Fla. -
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

NOR SALE-Carney Lemons, Dancy Tanger-
Il inc, Grapefruit. Carney and ParsOn Brown
Orange and her citrus trees, all sour stock
and staked. Write for prices. j. H. TURNKEY,
Excelsior Nurseries, Lake Weir, Fla. 1874
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

ORANGE SIZER-Ayer's Perfected has no
~ springs to break get out of order. Ad-
Dress ALFRED AVER. Lake Weir, Fla, or
FLORIDA FRUIT EXCHANGE, Jacksonville
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-08-09

NASSAVA SEED CANE-1OO feet or more, 81. 90
" per hundred 500 feet or more 80 cents per
hundred, Address, PRENTICE BAILEY, Glen
ST. Mary, Fla.
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,OO BLACK MINORCAS-$5 per rio. Eggs
JUU $3.50 per 10 Spring Park Poultry Yards
Box is, Springs Park, Fla.
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A RARE CHANCE.-lOO he gentle hpfers
~ and COWS, from three to five years Od Tor
sale. c.. NJ. DRAKE, ! axe Helen. Fla
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31

Aside from the singular interest con-
nected with its deeply cut and pendu-
lous flowers, it is particularly handsome
when in fruit, the berries being borne in
long clusters. tt is proper to add, says
Meehan in his Illustrated Monthly, that
the flowers are dimcius, and those who
buy plants have chance of getting a
form with sterile flowers, from which of
course no fruit results. Those who get
the most satisfactory results from the
fruit plant several in one large clump
together. 1t is said that occasionally
plants bear these beautiful clusters Of
purple fruit when entirely by themselves
"a long way from any neighbor-and
this would indicate that occasionally the
plant is hermaphrodite. Although this
is reported to be sometimes the case, Mr..
Meehan has never seen an instance.
Barry calls the fringe ga superb lawn
tree"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
with His Own Weapon.

I was with the Northern Pacific railroad
survey when it made it's way up the Yel-
lowstone valley. Dave Stone, young en-
gineer of our party, had made bitter en-
envy of Roper Jack, one Of the scouts and
Indian fighters, and as Jack had an ugly
record it was expected that trouble would
follow. Stone was fearless fellow, and
one of the best shots ever saw, therefore
he did not seem to care in the least for the
threats and black looks of the scout More
than once warned him to look out for the
Roper, but he only laughed at me, saying
he was able to take care of himself.
AS anticipated, the affair finally cul
minated. Hot words passed between the
two, and then Jack declared the engineer
was a coward. I was standing where /
could look Stone square in the face as
these words were uttered, and I saw him
turn very white through the coat of tan on
his countenance, while his jaws hardened
and his dark eyes glittered.
You are q liarp' he retorted icily. "And
to prove it Fll fight you and put bullet
through you!'
''Not much you won'ti" cried the scout.
81 don't know much about duels, but do
know Pm the one challenged, an reckon
that gives me the right of choosin weapons.
We won't fight with guns. but we'll use
the rope"
1.-THE roper"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
Helpful Hints.

Select damp, cloudy weather for trans
planting evergreens.
Give gladiolus proper support.
Lnysring Of roses and shrubs is in or
der.
Sow seeds of perennials, such as pan
sy, hollyhock, delphinium.. dianthus.
aquilegia, canterbury bells. dig1talis,
lyohnis, myosotis, perennial poppy, 10.
bella cardinals, antirrhinum and others.
If one does not mind a little tough
pulp and somewhat foxy aroma, he
should not be without the P0cklinst0n
grape.
The rivirAs are dwarf evergreen
shrubs, much admired for their small,
bright scarlet berries.
The IS called black Gala is of deep,
telvety purplish maroon, almost black
on the upper side and moss green under
neatl From the center of the flower
sprinks a long spike of glossy black
hue.
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sub,ecJ .u,ue exhausted.

They are two very clever newspaper
women, and one leisure day they went
together to buy rubber macintosh for
one of them, which was necessitated by
theexposure iii rainy weather consequent
upon her business.
Now, mackintoshes are rather hign
priced, and there was a good deal of hes
itation over the purchase.
ssWould it wear well?"
They were assured it would.
ssWould it pull in the seam?'
"Never."
"Was it absolutely waterproof"
sit would withstand q cloudburst of
rain"
The subject seemed exhausted Still
they hesitated.
s'Would it fade in the sun?"-Boston
Herald.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
FOR SALE,
ELMWOOD FARM.

ENORMERLY the residence of Col. Samuel
from Portland and one mile from the new and
thriving City of Westbrook; ten minutes car
rage drive from schools, churches, libraries
and steam and electric cars. This farm con-
tains about 80 acres of good land conveniently
divided into pasture. tillage and wood land.
The Sroudwater river forms the southern
boundary, and there Is an ample supply of hard
ings consist of two story frame dwelling
house with ell, stable and two barns all i'll
tolerable repair. On this same soil in former
times lived several successive generations of
the ancestors of the poet Longfellow. VIII be
sold to close an estate, For particulars call
upon or address F. M. RAY, 80 Exchange ST.,
Portland, Me. aug2dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
Leo XIII. on American Church ouarrels

Leo XIII. on American Church Quarre1s.
/ had never seen Leo XIII. before. l
was not overawed by his majesty, which
is great, but was rather won by his ev-
ident desire to show to me truly paternal
kindness / remained kneeling during
the interview, close to him, and leaning
with my hands on his chair. I was i'm
pressed with his dominant intellectuali-
ty, which seems to be accompanied with
equal vigor of will although he is very
thin and white, his face being nearly as
white as his hair and his cassock. |
thought him all mind and soul, in a
body that one might almost call trans
parent. 1t is matter of rejoicing for all
the people of the Church, and for all
right-minded men, who cannot but COM
mend the broad and liberal policies of
the aged Pontiff, that he seems to grow
in breadth and vigor as he ages. IL IS
matter of bitter regret that any of those
who hold high office by his favor and
who should be foremost in seconding
and promoting his benevolent desires,
should add to his cares and burdens by
their petty intrigues to thwart him.
They may take my word for it that
there was a resonance in his voice and a
flash in his eye in parts of his CONVERSE
tion with me that made it perfectly clear
that they cannot oppose his wishes except
at the greatest peril to themselves
DR.. Edward McGlynn in the Septem Der
Forum
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31

yep You git on your boss, an LII git
on mine. Well both have a lasso an be
stationed so rods apart. AT signal we'll
ride at each other, both with the idea of
ropin t'other critter from his horse. The
lucky man has the right to tow t'other ga
loot as fur as he dern pleases."
That meant the man who was lassoed
would be dragged over the plain until he
was dead, a mass of broken bones and
bleeding flesh at the end of the lariat.
Dave Stone hesitated for an instant, and
then he slowly said:
II never threw rope in my life"
"That hain't nothin to me,'' declared
Jack. Eight or take water"
'sUnder the circumstances" spoke the
engineer, 81 presume you will give me a
week in which to practice with lasso, so
may have some show in the game"
This did not suit the Roper at all, but
every one in the party declared it was no
more than fair, and knowing no man could
perfect himself in the use of the lasso in
such brief time jack finally agreed.
Stone procured q lariat, and from that
time on he was practicing with it every
spare moment he could obtain. But he
had little time for practice, and he did not
make rapid progress, for all of which he
was perfectly cool and determined to meet
the Roper on the day set for the strange duel.
The day before the duel was to come off,
we received orders to make camp early in
the afternoon. While the laborers were
looking after this matter Roper Jack
threw himself down on the grass and calm
ly went to sleep. 1t was thus we found
him, lying fiat on his back, with a big rat
tlesnake coiled on his broad breast. Our
cries of alarm awolze him, and he saw the
snake His eyes filed with horror, but he
dared not stir, for the serpent seemed an
CRY, and the scout knew it would strike at
the first motion.
Dave Stone carried his lasso at his waist.
In moment he had released it, and then
the moose circled round his head. Before
we realized what he contemplated doing
he made the cast. Through the air shot the
moose, dropping fairly over the uplifted
head of the RATHER, and the next instant the
snake was jerked squirming through the
air. In remarkably brief space of time
the serpent's head was crushed beneath
Stones boot heel, and the engineer was
calmly coiling his lasso. Every witness
stood astounded.
Roper Jack had leaped to his feet, and
he looked at Stone with an expression of
amazement and admiration growing on his
weatherbeaten face. At length he came
slowly forward.
II sw ar, that was slick thrown he said.
81 reckon you saved my life. pard, an right
hyar ask your pardon for calm ye cow
ard. You hain't none whatever. A man
as can handle rope like that can't be a
coward! If you insist on fightin, we'll have
it out. jest as we greed, but low hain't
q - l.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
CULTIVATION OF THE RASPBERRY.
The Notable Change Introduces An'o 'he
General management of This Piant.

The Notable Change Introduces A"'o inc
General management of This Plant.
The only pruning formerly gwen 70
the raspberry plant was con1neu 10 CUT
ting out the old stems which had rruited,
thinning out the young stems which
were to produce the new crop ana snort
ening them by Cutting OIL thelr Tops.
These would then be fastened 10 STAKE
or some similar support, and TINS com
pleted the pruning for the season. But
the more modern system obvlates tne ne
cessity of any kind Of support ana the
plants are managed so that they are able
to support themselves when full OF fruit.
This is accomplished by allowing the
first years growth of newly set out
plants to grow undisturbed. The second
year two or more shoots Will De pro-
duced, and when these have reached to a
height of about two feet their tops are
pinched off so as to stop their further up
right growth. They will then proceed
to push out side shoots or taterals on all
sides, balancing and supporting them
selves very efectually and appearing Ike
small evenly headed trees.
When growth has been completed Tor
the season and the leaves have fallen,
these side shoots are pruned back SO as
to leave them from 10 to 10 inches IN
length, according to their strength. This
pruning can be done quite rapidly with
pruning shears. At the same time, If
not before, all the old stems or canes
which have fruited are also removed, but
many cultivators prefer to remove these
old stems Immediately after the fruit has
been gathered, claiming that by so doing
the young canes have greater freedom OF
growth; also that by promptly remov-
ing the old canes many kinds OF insects
which lodge in the old wood and have
cocoons and nests upon it are thus de-
stroyed by burning all the prunings as
they are collected.
This system is continued annually. No
greater number of young shoots than is
required are allowed to grow, all others
being destroyed as they reach few
inches in height. The summer topping
is attended to as previously stated. AS
excellent authority as Mr.. William Saun-
ders Of the United States department. of
agriculture says that the result OF this
routine treatment is self supporting
plant and an improved fruit.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
He Lost Something.

Last year attended horse race in the
state of Maine. AS result of the free for
all, Lightfoot was an easy winner Penob-
scot coming in second, with Git Thar press
ing him hard. Away back on the track be-
yond the quarter post the skinniest old nag
I ever set eyes on was making a desperate
stagger to get around to the judges stand
before dark The old horse was called Dis
aster, and her appearance on the track had
occasioned any amount of ridicule.
noticed tall, Ianky country lad who
came down past where stood, looking all
around on the ground, a sad and Disguised
expression on his homely face.
Looking for anything?" I asked.
"Yep," he nodded.
"Lost something's"
He stopped, put his hands deep into the
pockets of his patched pantaloons, Topped
his long neck to the right and cooked his
left shoulder about three inches higher than
the other.
mister" said he, ''mebbe you know
some show Teller what is Iookin for a freak.
Eff yeou do, by gum! I kin show him the
blamedest gaul dern fool in seven caoun-
ties! I've bin workin all summer at odd
jobs to git enough to buy me spankin
suit of new store clothes, an | managed to
lay by S13. Today dad he said might come
to taown an git my rig. KEN daown with
the hull pile of that money right slap la my
britches pocket-walked all the way an
stopped seven times to get nip of cider
long on the road. When l got inter taown
was leetle twisted. an SO l brought up
here. See that gosh blamed old crow bait
of a boss back thar? Waul, when saw
her, 'membered haow in story read
once jest that kind of boss fooled 'em all
An got away with the tin. lowed Disas-
ter'd do that same thing, an I saw my
chaince tomake heap of money, so''----
"You don't mean to say you placed your
money on that horse?"
"Ev'ry honswoggled cent, by guml Lost
anythingl guess / havel I've got ter wear
these clothes another year. an Jed Bridg'
er'll have new rig sure. He's sartin to
cut me aout with MANDY Brooks! Am l
lookin fer anythingl Waul, Pm lookin fer
a big hard club. Pm goin aout there be-
hind the fence an thump my head few
Zines jest to see eff it sounds hollerp'
Then he slouched away, his hands still
deep in the pockets of his shabby pantar
looms, and his eyes on the ground, the very
picture Of despair.
WILLIAM G. PATTEN.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
Naine Wesleyan Seminary & Female College
Fall Term begins Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1893.

This Institution is located at Kents Hill. four
miles from Readfield station on the upper
Maine Central Railroad. Its situation upon the
crest of high hill surrounded BY a picturesque
country, is unique and most beautiful ms
educational facilities to young ladies and gent
lemen who desire to fit themselves for college.
teaching, mercantile pursuits, or general busl-
course to young ladies, and confers degrees
upon graduates. Its musical and art depart
ments are unsurpassed by any Institution III
address Prof. Henry E. Trefethen, Sec. kents
Hill, Me- CHAS. w. GALLAGHER, .. D.,
Pras Aug3tf