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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23
Drying and Packing Figs.

we eACrajC the following on drying
and pr cking figs from an address deliv
cred before the California Hortic ultura
Society by Mr.. d. Sherman.
Previous to this season, we followed
the advice of growers generally in hand
picking the fruit. Our ideal fig is one
picked from the tree as soon as it is
ready to drop by a jar or when it has
ceased to derive any nourishment from
the tree, the fig being in shrivele6
state. In practice it is yet to be proved
the best method. We have been graft
fed with this seasons result, viz, about
one-half gathered from tree. the other
half picked from the ground. If all the
fruit would drop of its own accord with
in Il seasonable time, we would not pick
fig from the tree; but as many hang
until they become worthless, it appears
to be necessary to hand-pick them.
The fruit from the ground is rich in
sugar and flavor, though inclined tc
toughness this, however, is overcome
by manipulation.
The fallen fruit may be put into bas
kets of any depth; not SO that from the
tree, as more care must be used, lest il
be injured.
After spreading on trays, which Can
be done rapidly, we subject to d sulphur
bath for a few minutes only. Too much
sulphur destroys the richness and sweet
ness. From the sulphur-house the trays
are to be taken to the hottest corner of
the ranch, inclining them toward the
sun. Later in the season Il concentration
of the suns rays applied to the fruit
may be pr ctical. After remaining in
the sun from two to four hours, we turn
them by placing an empty tray over the
figs, having a man at each end, who
quickly invert them. The pressing OF
the two trays together prevents the fruit
from rolling A second turning may be
desirable, though we have not considered
it essential
When sufficiently dry, place in sweat
boxes which should be carefully watched
lest some Of the fruit may have been
taken up too soon, ever bearing in mind
that the less drying the better, provided
they are in condition to keep.
After the sweating stage, they Can be
be at once processed, or dipped in boil
ing water, to kill all insect germs, and
stored for months if desirable. Covered
boxes or bins may be used.
However, the sooner they can be
placed on the market the better, so that
they may start the trade before the new
Asiatic crop arrives and supplies the
holiday trade.
The processing and packing appear tC
be another industry apart from the
growing, but quite within the province
of the producer.
Take the figs from bins or boxes; dir
into boiling, very thin syrup (made o.
water, little white sugar, and glycer
ine), or in salt, boiling water. We are
using the former solution. Our aim is
not to match the Smyrna product, but
to place on the market our fig in such
package and under such trea 'ment as the
public prefer; hence we await the verdict
of the people. We sometimes before he
syruping run the figs through rubber
rollers, which helps in reducing the
toughness, apparently thinning the skin
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

THEAP PRINTING - 100 good quality, Ct
~ white envelopes printed with your name and
address, mailed postage paid for 25 cents silver
STORRS, THE PRINTER, DeFuniak Springs
Fla. 2
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

IIANDBILLS for the sale of Grapefruit Opy-
l1rights-1OO 25 CENTS 500, SO cents, 1000 ST. so,
post included Can be ordered from AdOlph Rel
del, 1918 Collington Av., Baltimore, Md. Better
YOur returns; try it.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23
CULTURE.

Our Texas Soft Shell the Best, so pro
nounced by Chief PomO ogist Washington. ID. CT
Very thin shell, fine quality, four times the size o
or mary varieties and bear in six years We
will positively pay 800 for sample of q better
nut than ours. All who have read the AGRICUL-
TURIsT understand the Importance of Pecan cul-
Uure but send your address for descriptive circu-
lars telling all about our famous Pecans. We
sell the trees cheaper than any other nursery and
guarantee the best satisfaction. Samples Zoe.
extra if wanted with circu ars. All who order be
fore Dec. Il will rec i've handsome pre- eDt
which will please any farmer.
Address CAROLINA SEED & PECAN CO.,
Ivanhoe, N. G..
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

IMPERIAL Seedess Grape Fruit trees, Is cent
l. each LAKE REGION NURSERY CO., Au-
burndale, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

THO reduce stock, for 30 days, will sell 2-year
l. budded orange trees for $1S per hundred;
1-year old buds $l4 per hundred. Address &. l..
MICHAEL. Star Hill Nursery, Glen Ethel. Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

A II a Great Bargain. Abearing grove, very.
IN fine, 2tO years old, Orange and Lemon
buds. fine vegetable land. Send for descrip tiOn
and price. j. l.. DerieuX, Lakeland, Polk Co.,
Fla. g. 49, 95.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

E~OR SALE-At greatly reduced prices full
line of one and twO-year orange, lemon and
grape fruit buds on sour stocks. Very handsome,
straight trees. Send for price list. Address, w.
+. REED, East Fla Nurseries, DraytOn Island,
Fla feb 5-95
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

rVNO MAKE HENS LAY-There is nothing like
l. Bowker's Animal Meal. Hundreds of testi
For particulars write e. W. AMSDEN, Orm ond,
Fla. 3m
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

w ANTED-TO sell or exchange Niagara grape
w vines for orange trees. Il. S. HICkOK,
Hastings, Florida,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

FOR sALE-Orange grove, nine years old, five
II acres, one half rDiie from Lake Helen, fenced
in; grove in first. class condition; $3.50 cash. d.
A FRADENBURGH, Camden, New York. 4
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

ORANGE, LEMON AND GRAPE FRUIT trees
~ on orange and rough lemon stocks.
Exceptionally thrifty. Write for prices to A. L.
DUNCAN, Mgr Milwaukee Nurseries, Dunedin,
Fla. If
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

SnIRECF FROM MAKER TO WEARER"-
~ Ladies fine. soft DOngola button or lace
boots ALL SOLID leather, all sizes from to
and widths c.. ID. E. end e. L. sent to any adj
dress on receipt of $3.50. We pay postage or
express charges. SHALLIES SHOE CO., l49
Congress st Boston, Mass.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

LNANCY POULTRY-Albert Fries, st. Nicholas
Il keeps fit en- varieties of pure bred fowls
Eggs for Matching booked now. Agent for the
Hamm OntOn Incubator and brOoder.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

NOR SALE On Rough Lemon Tardiff, Ruby
II Blood and Grape Fruit, strong, we'll grown
buds. Address RICHARD KLEMM, Winter
Haven, Fla. 3
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

II FURNISHED HOUSES TO LET - Two fur
Il nished houses to let at Lake Helen, Fla. Id
quire of |. w. BLAKE, Lake Helen, Fla. 6
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(NORELL'S ii ORSE EXCHANGE, DeLand Fla
" Main Barn, Indiana Avenue. Annex South
east corner BO>levard and VOOrhis Avenue
Office between the PostOfice and Bank. AT al
times orses and Mules for Sale and Exchanges
all kinds and Prices. 81
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

NOR SALE on the tree, at Duke, st. Johns Co.
II Fla, about .O00 boxes fine bright oranges.
from the DR.. Greeley grove. Address, e. ID
WOODBURY., Cheshire, Conn.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

no RENT-A piano In good condition. Apply
Il at MRS. NUCKOLS, Boulevard.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

IOLIC IN HORSES.-I have sure cure and
~ will send postpaid enough for ten cases for
81. Easily given. +. WALDRON, Welaka Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

NOR SALE-A fine lot of seedess grape fruit
II and Tahiti lines, all on grape fruit stock.
Price very reasonable. S. M. STEPHENS, Lake
land Polk Co., Fla. IL
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

NOR EXCH ANGE-ImprOved Kansas Farms,
IL for orange property. For Particula 4, adj
iress MRS. S. 7. DOUBLEDAY, Sherman
Heights, Tenn, IS
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

- Earring GROVE-"I have been offered one
- ON Indian River-fOr So q tree" Times
Union 18th. Undersigned would like to buy
grove of 1000 or 1900 ire at that pri e,sor
it. Address. GROVE BUYER, care AGRICULT-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

RATES-TWenty words, name and address one
week, IS cts. three weeks. so cts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
CRIME.

George Maechel killed Theo. KIrkham
at Bean Lake. a Kansas City, Mo. re-
sort. Maechel afterward committed
suicide.
Cora Pace (coIored). Mary Huntley
inc Lewis Stewart. confined in the Ows-
ley County. KY, Jail for immortality.
were taken out by a mob and given 100
lashes each.
r. Jennyss. her husband, and VIII
Wilkinson were held for trial at Ashe-
vile. N c., for the killing of Mrs.
Jennyss.
c. b.. Henderson. who killed a China
town guide at San Francisco, is not
known at Rochester, n. Y, where he
was said to come from.
Fire from spontaneous CONFUSION de-
stroyed the Sioux City linseed oil works
of the National Linseed oil trust. Loss,
SIS. 900 fully insured.
John Venie and Charles Davis. both
colored, were arrested at Milwaukee,
upon a charge of holding up and rob
bling John Schroeder on Cedar street.
Richard 4. Nerney. alias Little
Dick" an expert horse thief. was cap
tured by the police of Milwaukee. He
is 50 years old.
Charles. alias kip" Murray, Of Chi
cago, was taken from the steamer Vir-
ginia at Milwaukee. charged with hay
ing robbed a passenger.
Denton Odell and his brother-in-law.
Paul J~efTries, fought a duel at Culla-
honia, Miss, over the possession of val
liable papers and both were killed.
Mrs. Lucinda E. Young, II years old,
hanged herself at Morristown, Ind.
Chung Woy was mysteriously shot at
san Francisco, and a h~ighbinders' war
is feared.
Isaac Edwards. the Hooking County
murderer. under sentence to be hanged
next Friday, was denied a pardon by the
Ohio State Board of Pardons.
]. K. Hudson, editor of the Topeka
Capitol. was arrested a second time,
charged with ~criminally libellng Judge
Foster, OF the United States District
Court.
Laura May Herschey, the ~12-year-old
daughter OF John Herschey. of Orrville,
O.. who was kidnapped by a Jockey, was
found in a hotel at Canton. where she
had been deserted.
Aldermen Finkler and Martin of Chi
eago were indicted by the grand jury of
that city for soliciting brides.
The Stillwell murder case at Hanni-
bal, Mo, has been reopened and evil
dence showing DR.. Hearne, who has
since married StillwelTs widow, to be
the murderer. has been discovered.
Wulff, Clausen & Co.'S Touring mill
at Neenah. Wis. was destroyed by fire.
Loss $25, 900; insurance sl3.500.
Postmaster Gray OF Lowville, Pa,
was arrested IN a charge of tampering
with a neignbor's letters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
FOREIGN.

Prince Francis Of Teck. a brother-in-
law of the Prince of Wales. lost f10, 900
on the Curragh races. Lord Ardilaun
offered to pay his debts, Prince Francis
being we'll night a pauper, but the
Queen %interposed and paid them.
Prince Francis has been ordered to go
to India.
An Australian parachutist named
Campbell was fatally hurt at Horsham.
Sussex. He vas ascending in his bal
loon and had risen to the height of
fifty feet. when the car attached to the
balloon struck a chimney. Campbell
was thrown out and fell to the ground.
Spain has agreed to pay the Mora
claim Immediately.
The steamship Assaye brought to
Montreal part of the crew of the steam
err Mexico. which went ashore on the ex-
treme north of Newfoundland July Z.
The Mexico will be a total loss and wa
valued at $4,000.
You will find the King v Cigar a
cool sweet SmoEa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
Tracks Washed Out.

FL Paso. Texas. July f5.-The rainfall
the last few days has been unprece-
dented in this part of the country.
Santa Fe trains arrived three days late
owing to washouts. The Texas & Pa
cific tracks for ten miles near Big
Springs were under water yesterday.
The roads are all Strengthened out to-
day. There is a flood in the Rio Grande.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18

Winston, n c.. July 1.-THE jury in
the case Of Baxter Sheemwell. on trial
for the murder of DR.. r. L. Payne, in
Lexington. last February, returned a
verdict of not guilty. The verdict
caused general surprise. as the attorney
for the defendant expected either a mis-
trial or a verdict of manslaughter.
Sheemwen was set free as soon as the
verdict was rendered.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
For InternatIona Monetary Conference

Berlin. July 1.-Two representatives
of the French Bimetallic league have
been in Berlin several days in confer
ence with f%inanciers relative to the call
ing of an international monetary con
ference. The result of their visit. it is
said, will appear soon in a call for such
a conference. The English. French and
German leagues are already pledged to
send delegates.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
Great strlke for Mlchigan.

Milwaukee. July ia special from
Ishpeming, Mich. says the miners of
Ishpeming and Negaunee held a mass
meeting this morning at Union park,
midway between the two cities, and de-
cided to strike for increased wages.
Delegations Of striking miners headed
by brass bands. visited the various
mines to influence the men. Five thou
sand men will be out and the strike
may spread to other districts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
Dividend for Creditors.

Washington, July 15.-The comptrol-
Ter of the currency has declared a 10 per
cent dividend in favor of the creditors
of the insolvent Evanston Ill.) Nation
al Bank. Also a 10 per cent dividend to
creditors of the Oregon National Bank
of Portland. Oregon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18

Vienna, July ia party of five Eng
lish tourists ascending the Ortler
mountain, in the Tyrol, without a guide
a few days ago. We're thrown from a
precipice and all were injured, two of
them dangerously.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18

You will find the King V Cigar a
cool sweet smoke.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
Checks Forest Fires.

Midland, Mich, July ia soaking
rain visited this section of the state last
night, checking h forest fires. The
settlers at Hubbard are out of danger
Cor the time being.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18

A competenta and responsible girl
for general housework. Must be a
good cook. Good wages for the right
person. Inquire at McKee's restaur-
ant, Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
Wanted:

King V Cigars are for judges
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-10-19
LATER.

| JOHN FLAHERTY, a notorious burglar,
jumped from an Erie train near Port
Jervis, n. ", on the 18th. Flaherty
was being taken to the Albany pen.
Although the train was running at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hour, Con-
stable Carr, who had Flaherty in
charge, jumped from the cars and
caught Flaherty before he had gone a
great distance.
| The secretary of state has received
a telegram from Minister DENLY dated
Peking, October II. as follows: ''Sev-
enteen criminals will be executed at
Ku Cheng. The yamen (board of for
eign affairs) agrees that all leaders
shall be executed, all participants sem
fenced to imprisonment and all impli-
Gated tried. "
DR. A. L. BLACK. prominent physi-
clan of McKeesport, Pa. dropped dead
on the night of the 14th Immediately
after dismounting from his bicycle.
Heart disease was the immediate cause
| of death.
| For the first half month of October
the receipts of the treasury have been
$13, ,236, ,332, and the expenditures $22,
721 900, making the net deficit for the
half month 50, 4S4,6GS The deficit for
the fiscal year to date is $40, ,S69,32
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and his fam
| lily have returned to Washington from
Gray Gables.
THE lasters' strike in the Thomas G.
Plant Companys shoe factory at Lynn,
Mass, which has been on since August
20, has been settled. The company con-
ceded about Go per cent. of the increase
of wages demanded.
RAILROADS entering Chicago were
dealt severe blow on the 18th by the
decision of the state board of ware
house and railroad commissioners that
charges for handling freight at the
Union Stock Yards are illegal.
A BOILER of a steamship lying in the
harbor of Spezzia, Italy, exploded on
the 18th, killing four stolkers and badly
injuring one of the engineers.
THE Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Company has declared quarterly divi-
dend of II per cent. on the preferred
stock, payable November Is.
The supreme court of Nebraska has
decided that the free silver democrats
could not bring an injunction suit to
prevent the hard money democratic
candidates from appearing on the Off
Icial ballot. Justice Post intimated that
mandamus proceedings would be the
proper course, the supreme court not
being court of original Jurisdiction,
Action was thereupon begun in the dis
ltrict court
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-10-19
FOREIGN.

In the hurricane which swept over
La Paz, Mexico, 1S4 houses were de-
stroyed, four lives lost and twenty-one
persons were wounded. Nineteen
craft, including an American schooner,
were beached.
HAVANA advices say that the rebel
to death, and LieInbal, another in
surgent chief, to penal servitude for
life
A WOMAN was arrested at Aderno,
Italy, on the charge of poisoning chill
dren. After her arrest she confessed
that she had poisoned twenty-three
children, and led the officers to the
graves of ten of them.
IT was stated that the total number
of killed, wounded and missing Ar
menians up to date as result of the
recent uprising was over 700.
Ross c. VAN BoKKELEN, who embez-
zled $4,000 in gold from the Mer-
chants Loan &c Trust company of
Chicago was captured in Mexico and
would be brought back.
To PREVENT her pilferings from be-
ing discovered by her parents, IA
year-old girl, the daughter of laborer
in Santander, Colombia, murdered her
three little brothers.
II was reported that the sea coast
town of Baracoa had been blown up
by Cuban rebels.
Four persons were fatally burned
near Winnipeg, Man, while fighting
prairie fires.
GEN. ERASMUS ID. KEYEs, who was a
volunteer brigadier general in the
war of the rebellion, died at Nice,
France, aged So years.
AT Chatham, Ont, the banking
house of S. Barfoot was closed, with
liabilities of 100000.
The German steamer Emma collided
with the French bark Pacifque off
Spurn Head and twelve persons were
drowned.
AS A result of the British consuls in
terview with him the viceroy of China
agreed to execute eighteen more per-
sons accused of numbering mission
aries.
IT was reported that an armed col
umn of British soldiers was passing
across Brazilian territory on the way
to Venezuela to maintain British
claims as to disputed boundary lines.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-10-19
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

MRS SARAH Il. V. EMERY, the we'll
known lecturer and writer on woman
suffrage, died at Lansing, Mich.
j. j. BROOKS, ex-chief of the United
States secret service, passed away at
his home in Pittsburgh, Pa.
JUDGE CYRUS H. Cook, the republican
candidate for congress in the Eight
eeuth Illinois district, who was nomi.
mated to succeed the late Congressman
Remain, died in Chicago of heart dis
ease.
GEN. WILLIAM j. LANDRAM. of Lam
caster, KY, veteran of the Mexican
and civil wars and a personal friend of
Gen. Grant, died in his 6sth year.
ELISHA p. FERRY, governor of Wash.
ington territory from 1869 to 1875 and
the first governor of the new state of
Washington, died in Seattle, aged 20
years.
THE republicans of the Eighteenth
Illinois district nominated w. f. l..
Hadley, OF Edwardsville, for congress.
CLARA DoTY BATES, a well-known
authoress and writer of childrens
stories, died in Chicago, aged 81 years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-10-19
FOX AND NAPOLEON.
Tho English Statesman Fascinated by the
First Cnnanl.

lho cthtetnHn py
First Consul.
During the summer of 1909 Fox Jour-
neyed to Paris, where he was presented
TO Bonaparte early in September. The
English statesman was fascinated and,
although the first consul said nothing
definite or precise, his visitor departed
convinced that his host desired nothing
but peace with liberal policy, both
domestic and foreign, as far as was
consistent with safety. But the attacks
of the English press became none the
less virulent in consequence of Fox's
favorable report, or of his brilliant de-
fense of France from his place in par
lament. Toward the close of January
Talleyrand demonstrated with Whit
worth, this time giving point to his re-
monstrance by plump demand as to
what England intended to do about
Malta. Whitworth replied that he was
without instructions, and made an eva
sive answer, limiting that the kings
opinion of the changes which had taken
place in Europe since the treaty might
be of Importance in determining him
as to the disposal of the island This
was the first intimation that England
did not intend to keep her promise.
A few days later Sebastiani returned
from the east, and on January 80, 1903,
the Moniteur published his thorough
and careful report. 1t was long doc
ument, fully explaining every source
of English weakness in the orient, and
setting forth the possibilities of re-
establishing French colonies in Egypt
and the Levant. There was only one
menacing phrase, but it expressed an
unpalatable truth. that six Thousand
French troops could now conquer
Egypt" The publication in England
of this paper raised a tremendous pop
ular storm, and it has pleased many
historians to regard Bonaparte's course
as virtual declaration of war. In
reality it was merely French Roland
for an English Oliver. If England in
tended to keep Malta, let her beware
of her prestige in the east. Had Bona
plrte intended to act on Sebastiani's
report, he certainly would not have
published it. OF course the English
populace utterly failed to grasp so nice
a point, and the incident so strained
the relations of France and England
that all Europe saw the impending
crisis-one or the other, or both, must
consent to modification of the treaty
in respect to Malta, or there would be
war.-Prof. William NJ. Sloane, in Cen
tury.