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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

In a recent article in the "Amerlcan
Gardening, on Glow Fruits are shown
attne Worlds Fair, occurs the following
"Thc pineapple is propagated by setting
ont the off shoots that stand defenslvelY
around the ripened fruits. Each
plant is good for three pines, one the first
wear and two the second and last year OF
it's existence" The errors evidently I'M
intentional in the proceedings are, first as
to time of first bearing, which is in the
second year, and second in the statement
as to it's length Of existence. The pine
apple reproduces itself for six or eight
wears and even longer, for there is now
on the east coast of Florida plantation
over ten years old. 1t is simply ques-
ton of care in cultivation and use OF Ter
tilizers as to how long pineapple plan
tation will continue to bear. we nave
asked the American Garden to correct
this statement us it's belief will deter
many from setting out plantations as
they would not pay if so short lived.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

cular Red Scale (Aspidiotus ficus and is
found only in Florida. 1t multplies
very rapidly and should be kept down by
spraying the tree occasionally with kero-
sene emulsion. Many of the insects had
Matched while in transit and were very
active. 1t is better to pay considerable
attention to trees that have il on than to
let it get spread over the grove.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06
ADDRESSES WANTED.

We would like to have the postoffice
address of the FLOWING named persons
O iing groves in the State. We have
" alters of interest to communicate to
them. We will thank anyone who
can furnish the AGRICULTEIsT with any
of the addresses.
Fl. NJ. & r. Firth WIN. Dick
G. A. Miner Nelson Bros.
J. II. Thomas G. E. White
Mrs l. Starke G. II. Baker
III. w. Mitchell J. H. Mccall
W. S. Jordan w. Clever
Jas. Rumby G. Emerald
JOS. Forks 5. b. Reid
A. S. Babcock II. d. Harrison
W. F, Glynn Mrs. E. t. Banhister
FL. J. Richie J. p. COburn
w. Salisbury g. E. Smith
S. M. Stephens l.. j. Tilden
NJ T. Hall G. II. Tilden
j. G. Speer. j. H. Sader
Bishop & Carrier Staply ton Co.
Greedy Rollins & Chas. R. Converse
Morgan G. W. Mcleod
!. J. Patrick A. V. A. Winans
G. e. Puybus E. Jeffords
VIM. Cain Fl. g. l. Estrange
Williams & Hubbard DR.. Noodle
C. c. Shooter NJ. A. Monroe
c. +. Hockstein c. W. johnson
w. H. McShare j. W. Strange
H. X. Fuller X. r. Butler
Green & Thomas
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vegetable grower with
w some means to buy half interest in i'm
The best farm in the lake section, ample protec-
ton from frost. $500 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, 1893-09-06

A T sacrifice, to make room for 1000 chicks
Awe will offer our breeding stock at bargain:
pen, T. Black Langshan hens 1 cock; pen, 9.
each. White Leghorns, hens cock; pen Brown
Leghorns. hens cock; pen, 5, Silver Spangledi
Hamburgs, hens 1 cock; pens, each, Imperial
Pekin ducks l drake. Send for price list, with
full particulars, to E. W. AMSDEN, Ormond.
Fla. tt
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

ISLAND POULTRY YARDS, Fernaudina Fla.
Z c. II. Jacques, Prop, breeder OF White and
Brown Langshans. Brown Minorcas and White
Leghorns. Agent for Smith & Romaines Boiled
Beet and Bone for poultry. Fifty pounds $1,1O
f. o. b. Circular. 80
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

A GENTLEMAN HAVINGA property near
"A Tampa worth for practical purposes $4,000
will give an undivided half interest to party
supplying capital to develop same on ioiAt &C
count. Address, B ONAFIDE, Lock Box F, Tam pa,
Fla. f.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

FENHAT FINE HONEY at the South Florida
4 Fair at Orlando. have have three barrels,
thirteen 120-pound cases 1.-TWO cans) thirty dozen
2-pound jars and 500 1-pound section. same quail
ty. w. j. DRUMRIGHT, Sarasota, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06
S25 900 in premiums.

Offered by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., OF st.
Louis Mo- The one guessing nearest the number
ofpeople who will attend the Worlds Fair gets
81, OGO the second 81, 900, ETC. Ten Star Tobacco
particulars or md or particulars.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

TTOR SALE-Carney Lemons, Dancy Tanger-
4 inc, Grapefruit. Carney and Parson Brown
Orange and OF her citrus trees all on sour stock
and staked. Write for prices J, H. TURNKEY,
Excelsior Nurseries, Lake Weir, Fla. 1874
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

u OR 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, 1893-09-06

400 to SEQ grape fruit seedlings or budded
fOO trees wanted, IL to pinch stocks,f. O. b.
nearest railroad station. FRED WAITE, Belle
view. Fla. 33
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

NASSAVA SEED CANE-100 feet or more, 81 90
~ per hundred. 500 feet or more 80 cents per
hundred, Address, PRENTICE BAILEY, Glen
st. Mary. Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

WANTED 1, OO0 young rough lemon seedlings.
w State age, size and price. For Sale--very
cheap-two fine Jersey bulls. Address. P. o. BOX
g. Saint Leo, Fla. 81
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

SO 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, 1893-09-06

WANTED-Grap and rough lemon seed
W lings in quantities above 500 Address,
stating full particulars, IRVINGTON PARK
NURSERY CO, Auburndale. Fla, 80
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

NUTTINGS-Woodf for grating and vines OF
~ forty varieties of foreign grapes. For Cata-
lOgue address FL. Won LUTTICHAU, carleton,
No
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

M ANTED-300 Parson Brown, Boone's Early
w OrMatese oval orange trees on sour stocks
Describe. S. c. WARNER, Palatka. Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

RATES-Twenty words, name and address one
week, % cts; three weeks, so cts.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

A RARE CHANCE.-1OO head gentle hefers
~ and COWS, from three to five years old, for
sale. C. M. DRAKE. Lake Helen. Fla.
The Lamar register., 1893-09-09
The soLoMoN ISLANDS.


They Arc the Headquarters OF the Cam
nibais and Belong to sngiand.
The cable has brought the intclli-
genee that England has annexed the
solomon islands The British have
been lingering about the solomon
islands very parentauy in late years
and several times have landed and
chastisei the inhabitants In 1850 u
number of attacks on visiting ships
We're made by the natives, captlins
and crews being wantonly mastered.
In 1856 trouble broke ont once more.
A schooner was wrecked on the coast
The savages boarded the ship and the
captain aud men were all killed, except
one, In lsS9 a flock of natives de-
coyed an Euglishnan named Nelson
and three boys TO one of their villages
and then murdered them The bodies
Z OF the victims were devoured by their
murderers.
In fact. clnnibalism is the popular
/ fad on the solomon islands. which
have come to be known as the head
quarters of the cannibals. The Solo
I mon group Of islands is the largest
and as vet least known of any in the
I Pacific ocean, though among the very
I first to be dis covered. There arg seven
or eight large mountainous Islands,
varying In length from seventy TO 100
miles, and a great number Of smaller
island, ranging down to the tiny coral
. isict only half mile across Every
chief hns his butcher
When captive is taken u war he is
/ handed over TO this ofie ri and prompt
. Is dispatched Tae body is then cut up
and thn joints are hu1c upon a tree
. reserved for that Parp1ss in the viii
luEe and the people are invited to
come and bay. II mans vs. e mis-
behave he is at liberty to kill her and
invite his friends to feast upon her
flsh. Head-huatipg is stiu carried
l on TO some extent in counection with
cauuibalsm. In case OF thn death II
q chief head nust be provided, and
( the launching ota q lew war canoe or
| the completion OF ta-uboo house
must be si-nll5zcl in the same way.
I Within the raiius OF the held-huntiug
/ forays no native can hc s4id TO enjoy
( security of lie. for q single dag.
The Lamar register., 1893-09-09
luxe LRoN cRowN.
y Terrible Node OF I,uatshvncnt Used in
the aIld..Ie A,-...

y Terrible Node OF I,uatshncnt Used in
the aIIdlIe Ages.
One OF the most a wfui modes OF pm
ishment indicted by the law-investad
barbarians of olaen tunes was that
jocuiarly referred to by the Old in
quisitors as .'Lusze's iron crown. I
can only find reco-1 of one country
Hungary-where It became the recog-
nizea mode of killing criminals CON
victsd of enormous crimes aad there
it was only used on regjc,desl bat
several other governments are known
TO have used it in aggravated casss.
This mode of punishment with an
apostolic name consisted Of p 'aciHg Il
crown of red-hos iron upou the head
and leaving it there nnta the sizzi ing
flesh an / bone b1rneI way and al
lowed TIE very braia OF the writing
wretch to b. fFisd to crisp before lie
had entirety left the body. Could
even hoofed and horned spike tailed
devil, fresh from the internal regions
devise 4 more sinhumtn IN ,thot Of in
tiicting the death peaaltF?
Tie term '.LuSe's iron crown was
applied to this method OF legal killing
because it was FIRST US a in ridding
Luke and his brother George headed
revolt aad the former allowed him.
self to Be crowned king by his fol-
overs. When finally taken BY the
government they made ths crown
business too hot for him'-au ex-
ample to future would-be kings
The Lamar register., 1893-09-09
creo.es.

A creole, strictly Speaking, is any
person born in this country or the
West Indies of European ancestors:
also any person born in or near the
tropics and this is the sense in which
the word is usually employed The
use Of the word, however, has been by
some restricted first to children of
foreign parents born in Louisiana, and
second, to children of Spanish or
French parents born in Louisiana, and
then IN the North the word has been
perverted SO that it is believed to imply
some strain of negro blood in a person
to whom it is applied. 1t does not
Imply anything of the sort.
The Lamar register., 1893-09-09
I.eatI,,g ), I.reach of prnlnI.c srIt-

The following story OF a SUIT for
breach OF promise. tried some Years
ago, was recently told by a relative Of
tie defendant: The case began to look
very much Us if it should be won by
the fair plaintiff when one morning
as the friend came down street he OBJ
served the attorney for the defense
waving his hat and wearing happy
expression of countenance. As he
came near the attorney exclaimed:
We've beaten them. We've beaten
them How - queried the rcla-
tive, wondering what new phase the
case could haze assumed '.She died
last night.' joyfully replied the at
torney.
The Lamar register., 1893-09-09
A RAFTING TIME.
Given stick and Picket Fence the
BOY Is Hound to Have 1t

Given y SUCK ana Rlrket Feuce the
Boy Is Hound to Have 1t
Every, 'middle-aged man of sound
memor ~hvho was brought up IN town"
sai-l Mir Gratebar, Twill recall the fact
n when he was boy he found
'Yeat delight in rafting a stick along
the PICKET fence.
This amusement of childhood. like
many Others of that period of life, ap-
pears to have been transmitted from
generation to generation without ma
terial change The strings OF spools
and the soldier hats and 50 on of the
children of to day are substantially
like those of their forefathers. But it
might seem to some that this success
sion is in danger OF being broken.
''ln many suburban towns ana viii
lages there is now no pic'lee fence.
The modern spirit says lawns. and 50
there are many places where the
houses are as if in parks. and whore the
younger children might not know a
picket fence if they should see one
Il have two children, for instance,
who l am quite sure have never en-
jpyed the felicity of rattling hard
stick against the resounding piczetS
1t might indeed seem, under such cir
cumstances, that this is one of the en-
joyments of ch ildhooi which in some
famiiiss might be lost altog srher; that
one could seareely expect the children
of these children wh5 have never
rattiel picAess u thiaS OK it them
selves; but l cannot believe this.
al believe, RI thsr, thar il ia their
youth the children ot these ehildrcl
should come upon town whe~c
picket fences still remained they
would pick up the han iiest stick and
go quite naturally and very gieefully
rafting it along the picl1ets; for can
not believe that a habit grounded for
centuries in the human RAGS cua be
utterly lost by its lapse in a single
generation.
The Lamar register., 1893-09-09
alI.plaeed ..L.lttls nrornhs..r -

Bret Harte IS SO frequently eompli.
mented as the author of Little
breeches' that heais almost as sorry IT
was ever written as is oolonel John
Hay, who would prefer his fame to
rest on more ambitious work. a gush-
ing lady, who pr.ded herself upon her
literary tastes. said to him once: ..Mv
dear Mr.. Hartc. | am so delighted to
meet YOU ] have read everything you
ever wrote; but, of ali your dialect
verse there is none that compares to
your Little Breeches.'" Il quite
agree with you, madam" said Mr..
Harte; but you have put the little
breeehes on the wrong man. The
honor belongs to my friend Hay.
The Lamar register., 1893-09-09
ABOUT LIGHTNING.
How to Tell the Distance mt which a
Thnndnr-s.o IN L. KaeIng.

How to Tell the Distance Mt which a
Thuuder-sso m 1, Raging.
Although lightning and thunder oc-
cur always simultaneously. an inter.
val Of shorter or longer duration Is
usually observed between these two
phenouena. which is due to the fact
that sound travels only at the rute OF
l., 100 fest per second, while the pass
age of light is almost instantaneous.
Based upon this IA t, it is an easy
matt to tell at least approximately.
how many miles thunderstorm is
away. \ normal pulse w III beat oout
one stroke TO the second H.! By cadnt-
ING the pulse beats during he interval
Of the lightning and the thunder the
lapse OF seconds is arrived at and con-
se4uent!y tha number OF feet, which
can be reduced to miles
For example; If thirty seconds
elapse between the Hash OF the light
ming and the crash or thunder. the
storm center is at distance of 80. 600
feet, or about six and half miles.
An almost accurate calculation can be
made by using watch with minute
dial.
The Lamar register., 1893-09-09
snow of uiner.ar coi,r..

The pure white color Of snow. as
we were all taughta at school, is due to
the fact that all the elementary colors
of light are blended together in the
radiance thrown off from the in n
merae ole CRYSTALS. OF which it is com
posed. But.au snow is not white. and
exactly why it is not is a puzzle to the
meteoro'ogists- At the head Of Holy
Cross Creek, Colorado, and at several
Places on Mouut Shasta, Cal. blood
red snow is found. At Carniola.
Germany, in 1s1s, five feet Of red
snow fell and was followed by about
an inch Of fine blue hail, Pling mem
tions snow black yellow. red and
green.
The Lamar register., 1893-09-09
rlsow FoR ENGLISH PARKS.
British Landowners Are rryiuE to Raise
Them at Home.

isrtt4sH Landowner Arc Trying to Raise
Them at Home.
II is, unfortunately, very question
ub e If the experiment os Keeping and
breeding the buffalo to the plains in
English parks will DC attended with
any success, The bison on rs native
piains l., accustomed to great heat in
summer and extreme cold in winter.
Hut for all that the climate IS con-
stan, one, and the change 70 thu ygria-
hii.ts. the fog and the damp OF Eng-
land will be grea;. Ialtci. wasu
We looi; at the condition OF
the bsou's European relations.
the aur1chs we may Ivsll
douIt Il the genus bison will long re-
main an iuAab.taut Of the cas.a Ii
may be many years bet5re We o., it,
for renresr9 r9;at.ves will probably lin
ger for d tnpagltive'y long period
preserved tn pagSs, just as the au- lent
viii British cattle ungsr now. Bat,
rs in the case Of the lattsr, the want
of fresh b-o5d aud the coassqueut
close interviewing will tell in time
and result in constantly dimiuis shing
fertility, until in the course OF years
the last representative Of the race
will die ana the world know them no
more. We mav safely say the eNJiuc-
tim will not happen in our time. or
even in that OF the next few genera
tious, but it is feared that come it
surely will
The Lamar register., 1893-09-09
NOTICE. FOR puRIIcArloN.
LAxD os1rcE At LANsR, CoIo.
Arf-.t-f a f-la

LAND OsIrcE At LAMsR, Conc.
Auf-t=t 9. lssi
NOTICE Il hereby given that Hiram X; I1lhti
~ has flied notice Of inteutiou 20 make final
rr,sof i,eforc the Ergister or Receiver At ttelf
ofi,.s ia Lamar. Colorado. On SATURDAY tiia itih
ipy uT S..nteri bsr 1885, on timber culture apiii
cation No. 5s'4, for the sit psA and ~ nwA oi
section = IN township - suuth, range - west
Kri,Fer. Winchester House and G, L. Mcphcrsou,
au.is -scpI6 G. D. FoEn, REGISTER.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-05-11
SCULPTURE az tho EaIr.

One of the first delightful surprises
of the fair is the immense population
of inhabitants whose flesh is plaster.
whose sinews are fax, and whose
bones are iron; "a population as va
ried as the history, traditions, arts,
virtues, and passions Of mankind.
Ii recalls the days OF Greece, when
men thought in marble, and be-
queathed materialized luncies to all
the after-time Of the world These
imposing Columbian people will not
all Outliye the days of today, al
though some of them are almost
beautiful enough TO deserve eternity.
, Certainly no one could help wishing
that the great statue Of the Republic.
modelled by Mr.. French-a maiestic
woman, who stands against the col
umned peristyle looking over the sea
could live forever, and give to the
future Of America national ideal Of
purity, simplicity, and greatness.
But whatever else these plaster gods
are or are not, they are too many
too many for even the lavish bounty
of "a dream. They cluster in porches,
they stand m long professions along
the lengthy facades, doing their dec
orative part with dignity serious
ness; they pose upon pedestals, they
crouch in architectural corners, or
gayly greet you from cornices and
other coigns OF vantage; or they are
ilattened into bass-relief, like skins of
statues stretched upon some rare
plain surface. In truth, all the big
ness of the buildings is needed to re-
press and keep them in nsubordination.
Gigantic inhabitants of a city OF q
dream, they people it so abundantly
that the element is almost an imper-
| tinence, or, at most, something un-
noticeable in the grand company of
its own creation.-Harper's Maga-
| zine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-05-11

have often heard il said of this or
that girl, who had more beauty than
brains, that she would be a lovely
woman were she TO keep her mouth
closed. Ii was brought TO my mind
recently in an Office building. ! was
high up on the brick and stone pile,
and had TO wait for the elevator to
come up. 1t was slow in starting
and slow in nprriving, so that / had a
good opportunity to enjoy the beau
ty of young woman at work in a
small office not many feet from the
elevator shaft. The door OF the room
was ajar. She sat bending over the
table engrossed in something she was
writing on it, Her face, as It's profile
showed, was a dream of soft cheeks,
thoughtful forehead and rounded
chin. Her work kept her intently oc-
cupied and made her charming. l
was idealizing her when she finished.
Her bowed head rose and the pretty
Jaws began champing what must
have been n large "hunk" Of tolu.
1t was as though Rosalind had asked
for chrS of tobacco or Marguerite
called for beer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-05-11

| saw the old man sitting with bowed
head in the palms of his horny hands.
He did not look up at my approach
and pausing beside him, | spoke to
him gently, although my voice
trembled from an unknown fear.
Evidently he had heard my foot
steps and knew of my approach, as
he raised his head slowly and shook
it solemnly, while his aged eyes were
heavy with woe and his wrinkled face
haggard beyond description.
| looked hastily about the mcager-
ly furnished room. "Maggie?" !
whispered hoarsely. For answer, the
old man raised one hand and pointed
one finger outward, toward the wat
ers of the Forth that washed against
the not far distant shore.
Following the direction indicated,
with one bound, | was Fastening
down the steep hillside.
Lying near the rocks at its foot,
with the bright glare Of the noOn-day
sun shining full upon the fair, up
turned face. was sweet Maggie kerne,
cold in death.
Her garments were drenched as
though having recently come from
the water. The beautiful face was
haggard with lines of pain, and her
little brown hands lay tightly clinch-
ed together. Failing upon my knees
beside the inanimate form, ! pressed
passionate kisses upon her pallid lips
and, lifting the golden crowned head
to my breast, poured into the sense
less ears my weight of woe and love,
and then rising, / carried the silent
form to the little cot.
How it happened none ever knew,
for old Donald had "gone clean daft"
wit his loss and could tell Us moth
ing.
Was she out in the boat alone, did
it capsize, or as the thought haunted
me, from the heart-ache stamped up
on the dead young face, thinking her
self deserted, did she tire of her life
and end it by suicide?
We buried her among the flowers
of her native heath, and heart-brok-
en-, | returned to my native land,
America.
You asked why l have never mar
ried-I, Harold Denmore, the only
son and child of wealthy parents
and why l live alone amid all this
splendor. have answered you by
tell ng this story.
The memory of that white, upturn-
ed face and the little grave among
the heather is too sacred tomel She
was "almost" my wife, that little
Scotch lassie o mine," and as in
dreams l catch the glints of that
golden hair, | know
There never vet was salmon shone so fair
Above the stakes o Dee"
The Voice.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-05-11

"THE GOOSE HANGS HIGH"-The
expression is said to have originated
among thecontestants at the goose
pullings" common in the southern
states thirty years ago or more. A
live goose, it's neck plucked and well
CREASED, was fastened by the feet to
the bough of a tree, several feet from
the ground. The contestants in turn
would ride past and try to catch the
bird by the neck, a much more diff
cult feat than it seems from the de-
scription. This seems to be the best
explanation. But it is said that the
expression should be "All is lovely
and the goose honks high" the al
lusion being to the "honk, honk" of
the wild goose in its tlightsouthward
at the approach of winter. Another
version gives the expression the form
of proverb: For all is lovely when
the goose honks high" the honking
of the goose being Indicative of fine
weather.