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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-08-15
A Lesson in Health

A Lesson in Health
is this: Keep the blood pure and
free of waste matter. Keeping
the blood in good order means
keeping the Kidneys clear and
helping them, when necessary,
to remove the waste. The Kid
neys are strainers and likely to
become clogged.
Buker's Kidney Pills
prevent diseases arising from
impure blood by toning and
stimulating the Kidneys and re-
storing them, when derangcd,to
their natural functions. Drug
gists sell the pills for 50 cents. A
book about health. and how to
keep the blood clear, sent free.
Bukey PHI Co.. Bangor, Me.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-27
81 per Annum, in advance

writer once said of it, Overwhelming"
cline will return, and prosperity must
follow every we'll directed effort l am
not much of believer in this colds be-
ing ga blessing in disguise" as has been
preached from the pulpit since it came;
but it may be that, if our people would
vary their planting and not have it all
oranges, as / have ever believed is too
much the case now, but raise more hay
and corn, more potatoes and cabbage,
and plant peaches, pears and grapes.
So if one crop should fail the other may
not When we do this our section will
be much more self-sustaining, and our
planters be very much better off.
JAMES MOTT.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-27
For the FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
The Beautiful in Jackson County.
JAMES MORT.
"The snow; the snow,
The beautiful snow"

The beautiful snow
After many days of w.gaTeule English
so metime es call "beastly weather" snow
began to fall on Thursday afternoon,
| 18th of February. 1t came down lightly
at first, almost mist but soon it fell in
great flakes and continued for fiye or
six hours. OF course the youngsters were
in high glee at the novel sight, and di-
rectly the streets were alive with boys
and girls snowballing each other as we'll
as every passer-by. 1t cannot be accu
rately estimated how much fell, as at
first it melted so rapidly, but a farmer
says he measured in his open yard with
no drift about the spot and there were
seven inches on the ground at 10 o'clock
on Thursday night The house tops
were four inches deep in crusted snow
up to Saturday night, and though the
sun was out bright and clear all dav
Sunday, on the north side of my own
house there was no sign of roofing
shingles to be seen early this (Monday)
morning Every place is slushy and the
roads are shockingly bad. The oat crops
had been killed long before. IN fact the
crops had been killed twice, so that the
snow has done no particular harm ex-
cept to our pockets in the way of buy
ing fuel. The Liherian movement may
interfere with our farmers somewhat,
in the way of securing labOrers. but if
we have fewer to work we shall have
double the fewer to feed. There is
nothing so bad but it might be worse"
is IN old and true saying.
We are truly and heartily in sympa-
thy with our orange and other fruit
growing citizens, and yet we know that
"the Lord reigns." and that all He
does is wiSesr and best. We do not yet
know how the unprecedented winter will
affect our own section, but the farmers
think if there is no further disaster this
will be a famous crop year for all field
crops, also for peaches, pears, p.nms
and blackberries.
OF course our gardens will be late.
Our soil is not quite so sandy as yours
and the water will keep it cold longer,
so that we cannot replant as early as you
can. The night of the 7th of this month
the thermometer went down to 7degrees
at two O'Clock but was up to II at sunrise
How will that do for cold in sunny
Florida ? 1t might have been worse, as
the newspapers tell of great suffrril
elsewhere. 1t is too cold to write legi-
bly, even by the fire, but l wanted you
to know you did not have all the cold
over on your side of Florida 4. b. q.
Mariana Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-27
For The FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Growing Corn.

Growing Corn.
There is no grain that is grown over a
larger territory of the world than corn,
and none which thrives under as many
different conditions. 1t has been the
"main stay" for man and beast on many
an occasion and 1t may be that it will
prove to be big lever to help the Flor
ida growers over the hard times that are
visible in the future.
There will undoubtedly be more corn
planted in Florida this year than in any
previous year of it's history and we
doubt if there is any field crop that will
be more of help. When it is made, it
does not ha 7e to be rushed to market and
will lrnish fodder for stock and meal
for the able.
With corn, as with everything else;
there is best way to plant it, especially
is this so on the pine lands of FloriG IA
where there is not generally an abun-
dance of moisture during the growing
season. There has been many q crop
made that yielded but eight to twelve
bushels of corn to the acre when it
could have been doubled and trebled had
a iudicious use of fertilizer been made
and the cultivation followed that was
best adapted to the land under cultiva-
tion. AS the larger part of the corn that
will be planted this year will be on pine
land, this article will be devoted to what
has proved to be the best method so far
followed.
If the land to be planted is covered
with a growth of grass and weeds, so
much the better. 1t should be turned
under just as soon as possible and the
plow should he allowed to go "down'.
No "skimming" should be practiced
where good corn is wanted. Let the
land lay until such time as danger of
frost is passed, then lay off the land with
a shovel plow so that the rows are four
feet apart. The shovel should not be a
small one rs the furrow should be opened
at least four inches below the surface of
the ground. After this is done the corn
should be planted in the bottom OF the
furrow and covered as usual. A little
commercial fertilizer should be put
under the hill before the seed is planted.
This can be done by dropping it in the
burrows where the hills are to be, ard as
the planter comes along he can mix the
fertilizer with the soil with his hoe be-
fore the seed is planted. or bull tongue
can be run down the furrow and the fer
tilizer and soil mixed together IL that
way. The latter is the quickest and
possibly the best. The amount OF fer
tilizer to be applied depends on the quail
ity. From a tablespoonful of a high
grade to a handful of the cheap goods.
The advantage of the deep furrow plant
ing is that In case of drouth the roots OF
the corn are below the surface and in
case of small rain all the water that
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-27
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, February q, 1896

falls within the border of the burrows
rolls to the corn and thus it is able to
stand a drouth that otherwise would
finish it.
When the corn is ready for it's first
working, run cultivator one way be-
tween the rows. This will stir up the
soil and little will roll to the corn and
thus you commence to chill it up" Cul-
tivation is kept up in this way until the
corn is laid, by when, instead of having
your hill of corn on top of a ridge to
shed all the rain from the roots, the
ground is about level AS the furrow is
filled the corn will put out brace
roots and be able to stand the storms
without being blown down. 1t is fire.
quently advisable to fertilizethe second :,
and if the land is very poor, the third
time. This can be very easily done by
putting the fertilizer On each side Of the
hill (not close to the hilD just before the
cultivator is run over it.
Corn very quickly shows the effect of
an application of fertilizer and it is no
hard job to tell whether it needs more
or whether it is doing we'll.
The bud w orm is great drawback to
corn growing, but this trouble can be
overcome by planting early. If the bud
worm does get start, take a baking
powder can and punch the top full Of
holes to resemble pepper box. Fill
the can with flowers of sulphur and then
sprinkle a little of it in the bud of each
corn stalk. This looks like a big job but
it can be done nearly as fast as a man
can walk up and down the rows. This
will drive out the bud worm. Dry, fine
sand will also help drive them out but
is not nearly so effective as the sulphur.
Another advantage of the level culture
is that beggar wee d can be grown for
hay latter the corn is taken off, by having
it properly seeded. 1t would be very
hard work to sow field where the corn
was "hilled."
L
gar weed has been grown; it is great
renovator of the soil. In some parts of
Florida corn has been planted on the
same ground for fifteen years in success
sion and the only fertilizer used was the
growth of beggar weed which furnished
a pasture for the stock on the farm. II
all the grain and fodder which is con-
sumed by the animals owned by orange
growers can be made in the State by the
growers it will mean a saving of thous-
ands of dollars, or,to say the least,S9 per
month for each head of stock.
How to get good crop of corn can be
summed up get good seed, fertilize
we'll and cultivate much. J. r. S.
Orange County.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-27
For the Florida Agriculturist.
The Mistaken Idea.

For the Florida Agricuturist.
The Mistaken Idea.
So much is being said about Florida
for the past few week, and Florida is in
such great trouble just now, am think
ing friendly word of what it is, what
it has been and what we may expect
again is not out of place.
Many of our people try to make them
selves believe that Florida ought to be a
tropical climate. People who come to
us from other sections more often
come to the Gland of flowers,
with no other idea than that it is never
cold here.
Word is sent out from every corner Of
the land by the land agent and little
newspaper writer, oh, no, we never have
frost here-pertect sunshine all the year.
''Yet northward still the stories go.
/ Thai here no ntly blasts we know,
Some trifing frosts we have, OF course
just nipping leaves; but nothing worse.
All men are liars, saith the psalm,
But David never heard hold.
Such devilish lies now are told
Guy Rivers in Barlow Courier Informant
And now since the severe cold of Dec.
Goth has dropped down on us, doing so
much injury 10 our orange trees, leav-
ing it's blighting touch on the iessamine
and the rose, how terribly our Florida is
blamed for it. People who are here to
partake of our hospitality and enjoy the
beauties of our climate, at this little
touch of cold seem to lose their head,
and can see Dothing good here, but back
they fly to Northern home, to more than
likely run into the blockades of snow
that for the past week the dispatches
tell us of in all the states north Of us,
even the whole south is one mantle Of
snow, often where it is hardly ever seen
and the severe cold that has followed,
being "a terror to man and beast"
Word comes to us from across the seas
of unheard # snowfalls and cold, from
Italy and Spain comes the news Of de-
struction to their oranges as bad, perhaps,
as with us.
True, we are In a very bad plight
from this disaster that has overtaken US,
and it is also true that man is in trouble,
go where he may. These trials are with
us, and l can not but believe can stand
up under them here as we'll, or better,
than in any other cline.
These conditions that have brought
these great disturbances / shall never
expect to see again. Florida is not a
tropical country and never has been,
and when our neighbors of the North
are tried as they are now being tried,
not only in some particular section, not
only from Gulf to sea, but from sea to
sea, we can but expect to suffer alike in
proportion.
When these harsh winds have once
gone by, our health giving, and as some
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-27

At Milton, recently, Asa Bailey, a
white boy, fell into the fire during fit,
and was so badly burned that he will
probably die.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11
TWO LEAPS.
Ono Wss For Liberty and the Other Was
For u Life.

Ono N'as For Liberty and the Other Was
For Life.
Gin passing by tho criminal court
building the other day" said Luther
Latin Mills, II recalled, among my
memories somehow connected with it,
that of n remarkable leap for liberty.
About 10 years ago prosecuted
young follow for the crime of burglary
Bio was convicted and sentenced to pris-
ON for term Of six years After SEN
tence, as he was being conveyed by
deputy sheriff from the courtroom to
the Jail. across the passage connecting
the two buildings, which 1 have often
regarded us Bridge of Sighs,' tho
young burglar suddenly sprang over the
low hand railing, which was then the
only protection of the bridge, landed on
his feet 4j feet below, and, recovering
himself, made bold dash for liberty.
He started on IA run north on Dearborn
avenue, pursued by deputy sheriffs and
policemen, and was finally rccapturcd
i'll barn not far from Lincoln park.
When they brought him back, his face
flushed, his eyes flashing. his shirt col
lar thrown open. he looked like n young
hero of rumance- A few days later he
was taken to states prison. where he
served his term.
Passing over the Clark street bridge
there REQUIRED to me the memory Of an
other lcap-ono for life. One evening
about five years ago on approaching that
bridge l found it open and crowd of
about l, 800 men and women III state
of excitement y policeman informed
me that woman had fallen into the
river. What's being done to save her?'
I demanded Before the officer had a
chance to reply Z young fellow rushed
through the crowd, threw off his coat
and vest, put his hands together and
shot into the water. He caught the
woman as she was going down the third
time, struck out FOR the shore, and both
he and she Were landed IL safety
II heard q man say 10 the rcscuer.
What's your name I have no name
in which the public is Interested he
replied But you're 81 hero urged the
man, and your name deserves to be
made known. The young man shook
his head and pcrcmptorily refused to di-
vulge his name l happened to get Il
good look at the fellow, and there came
TO me sudden flash Of recognition. He
was the same one who had made the
leap for liberty from the Bridge of Signs.
Things went better with the Young
fellow after that, continued Mr. Mills.
He got on and prospered and is now
q we'll to do commercial traveller -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11

Dutch was brown retriever of adj
vancel years Curly was reputed to be
a Scotch terrier, but his appearance sug-
gestcd some uncertainty III his descent.
Dutch was chained to her kennel, and
Curly, who enjoyed his liberty. evinced
his friendship by frequently taking
bones and other canine delicacies to his
less fortunate friend One morning
Curly presented himself ut the house,
evincing unmistakable signs of grief by
his demeanor and his whines A visit
to the kennel, where poor Dutch was
found lying dead, showed the occasion
Of Curly's unhappiness We buried
Dutch decorously under vine in the
garden and supposed that Curly would
forget the incident, but we were touch
ed to see him in the capacity of faithful
mourner often revisit the spot where
his old friend was laid. taking with
him. by way of offering. choice bones,
which he carefully buried by the grave
This practice Curly continued for two
years, when we left tho house Cor.
London Spectator
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11
New York,s River Tunnel.

There is IA big hole under North river.
Some day it will he u tunnel connect
ing this city and Hoboken No work
has been done for four years, but tho
owners of the hole are now trying to
raise money in London to complete their
tunnel before Il bridge can be built over
North river. Only / $3.50 feet remain 10
connect the two holes bored from either
shore, each Of which is now full of wa
Ger. This water has simply soaked
through since work was abandoned ON
the death of the principal hacker. So
far $4,000, coo has been poured into the
hole, and only $500, 600 will be required
to complete it>-Ncw York Letter
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11
Make Clothing For Dogs.

1t is well known that there are den
fists iii London and III Paris whose
specially it is TO fit lapdogS With set of
false teeth. 1t now appears from Pa
rls'an monthly magazine of fashions
that there are tailorS and fashion plates
for dogs. The list OF garments includes
mackintoshes, Jaeger vests, comforters
aud respirators. side pockets with lace
handkerchief inside, fur collars, small
SILK umbrellas. which dogs ere taught to
carry over the head, Chicago Tribune.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11
WE ARE GREAT tiTiesnTs.
More Civil Lawsuits Here Than In Amy
Other Country In the World.

Otncr In the WOrlU.
e. man of ingenious mind and appar
emily ample leisure has gone to the
trouble of figuring out the number of
lawsuits brought III each country in u
year, and he has reached the conclusion
that the United States is better coun-
try for attorneys aud counsclors than any
other civilized land under the sun He
figures as lawsuits civil actions only,
taking into no account proceedings of
criminal character brought by the pub
lie authorities against individuals. He
has ascertaincd that, taking the figures
for the last ten years ms fair average,
there are 1850, 600 lawsuits brought in
England every year, 100, 900 in France,
l,400, 900 in Italy, $500, 900 III Ger
many and $500, 900 III the United
States.
1t is not TO be inferred from this that
the people of one country are much more
prone to litigation than are the people
of another, but the explanation is to be
found i'll the fact that the conditions of
litigation vary exceedingly. Going to
law i'll England is very expensive bust
ness, for it entails OUTLAWS in the form
of costs and expenses so large that many
of the courts are practically closed to
persons Of modest means, and long
litigation unsuccessfully pursued ends
often i'll bankruptcy. In Franco the
number of lawsuits is kept down through
the general practice of 'nrbitration, p"
as many as 100, 600 cases in year,
especially those arising from disputes
over wages, being settled by this agency
without oncrous cost TO either party. In
Germany II great majority of cases are
petty ones, involving small amount of
money and due, many of them, to Gus
toms or usages which are not sufficiently
defined to be, in all cases, similarly I'M
derstood by both parties TO IN agree
ment. This is especially tho case In the
farming districts of Germany, and there
are many legal disputes in the manu-
featuring districts too.
The number of cases credited to the
United States seems enormous. but it
is probably accurate There are, for ex-
ample, l district courts for tho disposal
Of civil Gases III New York city. In enc
OF these courts, by recent report, the
number of actions brought in year
was shown to DO 9,100. These courts
have before them each year, ON the
average, 80, 900 cases The cases brought
i'll the state courts of New York amount
i'll 4 year to about 100000, and of those
brought in the federal courts New York
furnishes I. very large number. Taking
the whole country through. it is seen
that the average number Of cases per
thousand OF population is in the neigh
borhood Of 10 to So. The number of
lawyers i'll the United States is material
~ larger than III any other country in
the world, and tho amounts in dispute
here are much greater than elsewhere
New York Sun
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11
HISTORICAL BILL NYE
The ONLY AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.

He Refers FeelinSiy to the Way Victor
Hugo Has Used Ills Own Language "A
Few Facts About the Great wellington
and What He Got as Reward.
ICopyrie!t, 1895, by Edgar W. Nyc
Colonel Pee Wee Veritas, Mount Ster-
ling, Ky, writes: "Will you kindly an
swer i'll your justly celebrated column
several questions regarding the battle Of
Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington.
Butcher and the island of St Helena?
| have been greatly interested III what
you have said about Napoleon and thor
oughly surprised that such valuable in
formation should emanato from such Il
repulsive locking man.
Thanks
Waterloo is Il village of about 5000
people on the Brussels road in Bel
GUM. The name has become classic,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11
GLADNess.

a warmth of gold. all summer stored,
The goldenrod gives up.
And filled from springtime's scantier hoard
Shines the sweet buttcrcup,
And from the singing of the breeze
And low, sweet sound of rain.
The little brook learns melodies
To sing them back again. -
Forgotten all the cloudy sky y.
or dark days overcast;
For flower hearts let gloom 90 by, 4
But hold the sunshine fast.
And all year long the little burn,
Though wintry boughs be wet,
Picks out the happy days to learn
Tho snd ones to forget.
Charles B. Going in st. Nicholas
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11
BUENOS AYRES.
Arsentinc's Capital Is the Queen OF the
Southern Hemisphere.

Southern Hemisphere.
The omniscient Whitaker, under the
heading british Possessions In Aus
tralasia," states that Melbourne, with
its suburbs, contained On Dec. 81, 1894,
an estimated population of 444 ,S32 in
habitants, being the most populous
city in the southern hemisphere. " We
have always understood Rio de Janeirp
and Bucnos Ayrcs to be also In tho
southern hemisphere, and, oddly enough,
Whitaker himself gives larger figures
for both of these cities than for Mel
bourne. The remark is probably one
that has been at some time true and has
been carried on from year to year
III any case, the results of the census
establish incuntestably the claim of
BuenOs Ayrrs to be the greatest city OF
South America and Of the southern
hemisphere With allowance for imper-
fections i'll the execution of the census,
inseparable from the way in which it
was carried out, the figure Cos, GSS may
be taken rs practically correct, and no
other city III this half of the world can
lay claim to possessing within 100, 600
OF this number Of inhabitants
The population of Buenos Ayres Is
thus larger than that of any city of tho
United Kingdom. except London and
Glasgow. 1t is considerably larger than
that of Liverpool or Birmingham. and
it is only about $4,000 less than the
combined populations of Manchester and
Stafford. OF the great cities of Europe
only Paris, Berlin, Vienna, St Peters
I,,,r l..
pass Bucnos Ayrcs, and in North Amer
lea only New York, Brooklyn. Chicago
and Philadelphia Our city is tho second
city Of the Latin world. surprising Mad
rid. Naples and Rome il Europe and
Rio Janeiro, Santiago, Lima and Mex
leo i'll the new world The rate Of
growth is no less remarkable than the
actual size, for il the last eight years
Bncnos AyrcS has increased about 80
pcr cent.-Buencs Ayres Review.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11
PhotographIna the Growth of Plants.

Photographing has lately been applied
to record the movements Of growing
plants, and it is not necessary to add
that some curious results have been OBJ
tanned. A photograph of growing hop
vine, taken at intervals of GO seconds,
shows that the movements Of the Young
stems consist Of succession Of irregu-
lar circular and elliptical curves, which
vary every minute, even as to direction.
Photography has also proved. contrary
to the old accepted idea, that plants
grow continuously and unintcrruptedly,
even when asleep. St Louis Republic.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11
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Clerical wit.

The witty bishop of Oxford was once
waited on by IA clergyman who came to
lodge complaint against brother
cleric, whom he accused of ritualistic
practices. "For instance" said the
aggrieved clergyman, "docs your lord
ship consider it right fora priest to kiss
stolc:" Well, replied DR.. Stubs
very gravoly, II think there would be
better ground for complaint if he stole
a kiss. -
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11
A Gallant Inquiry

Shc-I was i'll Cleveland for week
once and didn't see a single attractive
thing during the whole time.
He (soulfully pcrsonal-How could
that be:--Don't they have mirrors in
Cleveland Detroit Free Press.