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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

OouCS Oh CnlS line was never settled, but
occasional frosts seemed to be driving it
further south until in $50 it was drowned
| in Florida Bay, at least it was hoped so.
Vain hope! for in '94-'95 the frigid blast
drove this much diputed line down to
Cuba and into the Caribbean Sea.
Even after this chilling blast voices
have been raised that "their section"
was unhurt, and affidavits to that effect
were made. These were received with
great deal of misgiving, and we decided
that if ''seeing was believing" we would
know the truth.
On Wednesday, March 6, in company
with Mr.. J. P. Mace, of Lake Helen, and
Mr.. N. E. Blake, of Arlington, Mass, we
started for the ffostless region. Mr.
Blake took along IS by glasses" to find it,
Mr.. Mace foot rule, to measure it. and
the writer took pen and pencil to make
notes of its whereabouts.
From DeLand to Barlow there was a
great similarity in the looks of the
orange trees, but from Barlow Junction
to Barlow the vegetable growers were
busy with their third planting of vege-
tables, the most of which were Just
coming up.
From Barlow to Punta Gorda the
groves all had that peculiar brown look
which indicated that the frost line had
passed thai wav in It's travels south
we ri NOf
see till we arrived at Punta aorda. A
few orange trees around the hotel were
putting out new leaves and blossoms.
Mr.. Mace plucked one and exhibited it
with the enthusiasm of boy with new
toy, while Mr.. Blake took two half
grown leaves and sent them home as
evidence that something green had been
found.
We tried to find so me one about the
hotel that could give some information
as to the extent of damage done to the
orange groves about there, but the only
topic that was interesting to the hotel
people was fish stories and hunting ex-
peditions. They cared not where the
frost line passed as long as their line held
tarpon or other huge fish from which
they could weave a tale more wonderful
than their neighbours The only one
possessed of ''orange knowledge" was
the genial manager, Mr.. Swan, who told
us that he had heard that some one had
said that the groves on Alligator Creek,
six miles back, had not been hurt
A council was held and all agreed that
we must go still further south, and there
fore left word at the hotel. office toLbe
called at six o'clock to take the seven
o'clock boat for Fort Myers. In due
course of time the hotel porter's gentle
knock Was heard, the breakfast () hur-
riedly eaten, BILL paid and rush for the
steamer made, and as soon as we stepped
aboard the whistle footed, the captain
sang out "all aboard" and soon the
majestic" Clara was blowing the beau
tiful waters of Charlotte harbor on her
way south. The boat was due at Fort
Myers at $3.50 p m. but it was nearer
seven when we arrived as head wind and
tide were against us all day. What the
Stoa NOR Clara 1aCkpH in o1ooonco onG
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

The news from different sections of
the State in reference to the condition Of the
orange trees is someW hat encouraging. While it
is generally admitted that the young trees are
killed to the roots. the old trees are putting out
shoots up in the larger branches, and the next
orange crop is not so far of as was at first
feared,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

WE devote large share of our space
this week to q paper read before the New York
Farmers Institute the effects of cultivation
on plant life. The paper was prepared by a
Florida man, Mr.. Berlin 81. Wright.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

WITH the Florida orange crop de-
stroyed by freeze and the Mediterranean fruit
damaged. and the crop cut short by a storm
California has everything her own way this sea
and if the people of that State fail to get rich
it will be a wonder.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

lanta Exposition have a communication in an
other column of this issue, which shows that
Florida is not going to be downed by freezes or
anything else.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20
ADVERTISING RATES

Rates for advertising furnished on application
by letter or in person.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20
EDITORIAL CHAT.

WE would caution our people against
talking "hard times" The more you talk of
hard times the harder times will seem.
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TERMS.

One year, single subscriptions. 90
Six months, single iption.............. 100
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-04-13
Henry Kingsley and HIS Dog.

None can fail to notice that in al
most all of Henry Kingsley's novels
there is a dog-a dog of dogs-and how
wonderfully does he linn them! till
they almost become human-dear per-
sonal friends, at least, to the reader,
as we'll as their masters. And little
wonder, for Henry Kingsley was a
past master in dogs and dog lore. His
special favorite at Eversley vas Vic,
q beautiful and valuable black-and-tan
rat terrier.
Many was the private confab be-
tween those two-she always sitting
with right paw up, head on n side,
and one ear cooked, the other pointed
toward his misunderstanding, doubt.
less, most of his talk, and fully SYM
pathizing with what she could not
understand. When the talk grew too
much for her she would get ~exasperat-
ed and make a wild rush for his face,
soldering him all over, and barking
in veXation at her own want Of knowl-
edge.-The Book Buyer.
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At the annual charity ball in New
York Thursday night an amusing Incl.
dent happened. Just as Gov. Morton
and Mrs. Chester Griswold, who open
ed the ball, appeared upon the floor,
a large black cat made it's appearance.
The frightened animal made a dash
In the direction Of the governor, and
there wal Immediately a roar of laugh
ter from all assembled. This frightened
the poor thing still more, and, changing
his direction, he made for the mem
bers Of the floor committee, who We're
Solemnly marching in four abreast. O1
course these dignitaries were not afraid
of a little thing like a cat, but they
did not want to be made too ridiculous,
and so they broke ranks and stepped
aside. The cat hid under some chairs,
and hen society in general amused
itself by watching ole member of the
committee attempt to catch the in
truder under Il borrowed high hat. 1t
was fully five minutes before the cat
was removed. Another amusing incl
dent Of the ball was the failure of the
man who gave out hat checks, just
inside the doorway. to recognize he
governor. AS the latter came in he
was accosted by the official and in
formed hat he was required to get a
hat check, and must pay his 80 cents
for ii. The governor started fishing in
his overcoat pocket for some change,
when his identity was disclosed to the
jealous official. The latter was greatly
chagrined.-Troy Times.
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BRANDING A CLAIM FALSE.
worlds Fair omcials Expose a Pre-
fender tn nm Award.


tender to nm Award.
A most d%iscreditable result of the
late Chicago Worlds Fair is the frau
dulent advertising of awards never
received, by a Chicago baking powder
firm. Officials of the Exposition are
much incensed, and have notified the
offending parties that the mis- state
ments must cease. They are defed,
however, by the Chicago concern, who
continue to advertise the false state
ment that they received the highest
award for strength, purity and excel
lence. Mr.. Thatcher, chief of Agricul-
tural Awards. shows in his letter that
the awards granted were "for an ex-
hibit Of baking POWDER" merely, not
for superiority; while the Judge Of
Awards on Baking Powders writes a
letter saying that mo such award was
given to the Chicago company" as the
company claims and advertises.
Another fact in connection with the
baking powder business at the Chica-
go Fair has come to light. The iden-
tical baking powder made by the Chi
cago concern, and so brazenly adver-
tised ms having received the highest
award for purity and excellence, 1t
now appears was found by the analy-
SITS who made the tests at the Fair to
contain traces Of ammonia and sui
pilates.
The officials believe that though they
may be powerless to stoI, the mislcad-
Ing publications Of which they conn
plain, the quick wit of the people VIII
doubtless detect the spurious claims
and be able to apply the proper rene
dv
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-04-13
4. G.. WilIfstOn.

what a cosy home you have" said
his bachelor friend as he entered Mr..
Nuwed's house for the first time.
Eyes, indeed" said Mr.. Nuwed, &C.
statically. Il never knew the real COM
forts of life until l married. Now if
you'll just sit down Il moment I'll 60
down and fill the furnace, split Il little
kindling-wood, bring up some Goa for
the CRATE fire, set out the milk pitcher,
mend the kitchen stove. put up a cur.
tain pole, attend to Il few other do
nestle duties and then We'll sit down
and have a real nice time."-Chicasc
Record
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to-and he replied .Ah! Mac, I was a
fool in those days, and I'm afraid I'm
not much better now I've never seen
him since.
"Yes," said the old major, with a gray
mustache, "there are strangely impro-
bable meetings between people who
have met before, in both war and
peace. I can tell you a queer story IL
Illustrating that same narrowness.
"In 1864, 1 was in Arkansas, where
the war was carried on In about as
rough and ready a way as war could
be. Scarcely a day passed for some
weeks that 1 was not shot at by some
scamp skulking in a hiding place, and
I suspected most Of them would have
shot about as promptly if l had worn
the gray, and been obliged to go about
as I did. They were Ishmaelitish to
the last degree, many of these fellows.
zone day 1 started with another Of
fcer and a large sum Of government
money. to 60 from Little Rock to De-
walls Bluff. on White River, between
which points there was a crazy rail-
way, the sole line of communication
and supply for Gen. Steele's' frontier
division. The train was one of emp
ties going for supplies. MY compan-
ion and I stacked up Jul personal be-
longings and the money, the latter in
one of those ridiculous little iron boxes
used by government disbursing Off
GERS in a box car, and took possession
1t was frightfully hot, and after we
had passed out from the cypress
swamp on to the open prairie we climb
cd out on to the top Of the car for air.
presently as we approached a
guarded station, we discovered there
was fighting going on there, and soon
realized that General Joe Shelby and
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a large force of his rough riders had
broken in on the line Of communica-
ton captured a post and We're tear
ing up the road. We had un~wittingly
nearly run into their clutches. The
train was stopped, we transferred
the money to the cab of the engine,
put it in charge of u clerks, and in
structing them if they saw capture
inevitable to open the boxes and throw
the half million into the furnace-their
testimony to the facts before a con-
gressional committee being probably
good, and ours certainly not worth a
cent-we climbed back into our car,
and the train began the ticklish opera
tion-on such a track-of backing out
of danger.
"A couple of miles or more behind
us was a'spur,' or switch track. with
only one end connected with the line,
and General Joe had already sent q
considerable detachment of his caval-
ry galoping across the prairie toward
that. If they reached it first and open
ed the switch we We're last. A few of
the swiftest riders rode straight for
that end. while the others-a hundred
or ~more-veered toward the train and
opened fire. We didn't dare to run
very fast. and they had no difficulty
in keeping ever with us for a mile
and a half or more, though strung out
and soon beginning to lose.
sit vas q close and thrilling race.
though. Some of the horsemen reach
ed the spur before the train, but for
some reason they could not throw the
switch, and sometime afterward we
clattered over it, to our immense re-
lief, and got away to a neighboring
post whence We DON brought a re-
lleying force, but after the mischief
was done.
Throughout the race there was a
running fight between the train guard
and fine horsemen galloping along with
In twenty yards of us, but there was
too much motion for aim and very few
were hurt. My companion and I stood
In the side door Of the car returning
the fire of the horsemen. In the midst
Of the fulisade he turned back into the
car to reload, and at once CALCULATED:
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-04-13
WHO WINS THE S3Oo9

A novel way to obtain a suitable
name for their great, yes, wonderful
new oats, has been adopted by the
John A. Salzer Seed Co. They offer
$500 for a name for their new oats;
their catalogue tells all ab6ut 1t. Farm.
ers are enthusiastic over the oat,
claiming 200 bushels can be grown per
acre right along. You will want it.
Farmers report six tons Of hay from
Salzer's Meadow Mixtures; liz bushels
corn per acre in a dry season, and 1,16l
bushels potatoes from two acres.
If You Will Gut This Out and send It
with 1oc postage to the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis you
get free their mammoth catalogue and
q package of above $500 Prize .wnu
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-04-13

by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
even after the disease has progressed so
far as to induce repeated bleedings from
the lungs, severe lingering cough with
copious e~xpectoration (including tubercu-
lar m%atter), great loss of flesh and extreme
enlaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases
reported to us as cured by Golden Med
ical Discovery" were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal disease? You need not take
our word for it. They have, i'll nearly every
instance, been so pronounced by the best
and most experienced home physicians,
who have no interest whatever III mis-
representing them, and who were often
strongly ~prejudiced and advised against
a trial of Golden Medical Discovery"
but who have been forced to confess that
1t surpasses, i'll curative power over this
fatal lnalady, all other medicines with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod
liver oil and its filthy "emulsions" and
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these
cases and had either utterly failed to bene-
fit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for
a short time. Extract of malt, wliiskey,
and various preparations of the hypophos-
phites had also been faithfully tried i'll vain.
The photographs of a large number of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
catarrh and kindred maladies, lave been
skillfully reproduced in a book of $50
pages which will be mailed to you, on re-
ceipt of address and six cents i'll stamps.
You can then write those cured and learn
their experience. AddressWORLD'S DIsPEN-
sARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo. NY.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-04-13
A DUEL ON THE RAIL.
OLD SOLDIERS EYES WILL GLIS-
TEN RECALLING PAST DAYS.
Fun For the Rough Rfders-Years
Afterward One of the Union Men
Saved One of His Assai1ants From
Bankruptcy.

"What a narrow world this Is after
ALL" said a mirddle-aged gentleman,
as he contemplatively pulled at his CT
gar, In a party Of half a dozen old
Grand Army men who had been swap
ping army stories at a post camp fire
not long ago. II was a captain in a
New England regiment" continued the
speaker, sat the capture Of Roanoke
Island, and almost the first man I saw
among the Confederate prisoners vas
q 1.-THE, slender, fiery little fellow,
who, four or FIVE years before had been
q classmate Of mine in a New York
college. He didn't see me till l clap
ped him on the shoulder and asked
him If he could shoot better than when
he tried to shoot me one night in a Sc
cret society meeting. His eyes filled
as he grasped my hand-we had been
good friends after the trouble alluded
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Good Lord! Major, look at that! I
turned, and on the other side Of our
pile of traps was a little fat-bullet-
headed, hook-nosed cotton trader, CURL
ed up on the floor, with the traps beS
tween him and the fying-bullets. My
companion; a Swapping ~six-footer, sud
denly seized the frightened fellow,
shouting: Get up here, and keep the
bullets off met With this he passed a
staiwart arm around his body, and,
holding the skulker up before him,
stood in the car door, firing his revol-
yer with the other hand. The scared
cotton stealer kicked and clawed the
air wildly, and yelled like a %lunatic,
but his captor held on while the rebel
horsemen laughed till they nearly fell
off their horses, till, as the last onc
dropped behind. the fellows captor
flung him on the floor with an oath of
disgust, and he scuttled, snarling and
shivering behind the baggage again.
though the bullets had ceased flying.
1t was a ludicrous performance
throughout, and we had many a laugh
telling the story afterward.
"Ten years later l was bank cashier
in a western town. A man came there
and went into bugness. He was O
good, honest but careless. fellow, and
soon fell behind in his business. He
came to me for aid, and though rath-
err strained authority to do so, / was
moved by an unaccountable impulse
to help him, though taking consider
able risk. I often asked myself why I
did for this particular depositor what
I would not have done for any other,
but was never able to evolve any sat
isfactory answer out Of my inner con-
sciousness' or anywhere else.
"One day he came in to see me. l
was talking to another gentleman to
whom, for some reason l can't recall.
I had just begun to tell the incident,
1 have just told you. l nodded to the
newcomer, and asked him to wait. He
sat down indifferently, but soon be-
gan to manifest lively interest In my
story. He laid down his hat and be-
gan to draw closer. His eyes sparkled
his color came and went swiftly, and
perspiration started out all ove his
face. AS the story ended with a laugh
from my other auditor at it's ludicrous
features, this man grasped my shoulder
with tense, nervous fingers, and said
almost under his breath:
"Why Major; was that you there
that day?"
1T certainly was L replied. But
how do you happen to know anything
about it,"
" Great jerusalem he answered
with something between a gasp ant
a laugh. 4 shot at you more'n twenty
times that day, l reckon just because
you had on such blamed good clothes
" You were one of Shelby's men
then
Eyes; I was one of Joe's boys. I die
my best to kill you, till that big feIov
held up that little one, and then
laughed so ] couldn't have hit the sid
OF a barn with a shot gun. And jus
think he said, with a curious hal
musing air, while his hand clutched m,
shoulder closer and his eyes filed witt
unshed tears, if I'd "a done what
tried DAMNED hard to do that day
Id been ~teetotally bankrupt this day
0, Lord forgive me, Major, I'll neve
shoot at another man l don't know
war or no war;
"And with this queer remark he turn
ed and walked out of the bank with a
unsteady tread. postponing his bus.
ness to another day"
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The Roosts and Warmth.

1t is generally supposed that fowls
do not have cold feet, but they never
theless often become frosted on the
feet and lose some of their toes. When
on the roost they settle down upon the
feet and keep them warm during the
night, while the head is tucked under
the wing to protect the comb and
wattles. If the roosts are too narrow
or shaky, the bird must keep its head
out in order to balance itself. The
roosts should therefore be solid and
firm, low to the ground and broad
enough to permit the bird to sit COM
fortably upon it without being in dan
ger Of falling off, and the result will
be fewer of frosted combs, wattles and
feet.
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The manufacture Of artificial limbs
has reached a point where an armless
or legless man can do almost as many
things as he could do If he were fully
equipped by nature says the New York
World. This is the case with Mr.. j..
Cooper-C Chadwick Of England, both Of
whose hands were blown off by the ac-
cidental explosion of a gun, but who
has been SO well supplied with artif-
cial limbs that he writes, smokes, but
tons his clothes and shaves with as
much facility as he did before the ac-
cident happened.
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ion. 1t did not take long for a man Of
his attachments to get into the national
body and for five years past he has
been one Of the most prominent in
league work, his oratorical powers and
commanding presence making an i'm
preston on all who have met him that
is not readily forgotten. He was last
year chosen first vice president. In Il
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-04-13

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions n financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, O. WALDINa, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
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Decidedly Not.

Kate-I want to tell Aunt Susan
about my engagement, but 1 don't
know whether I can trust her or not.
I don't want it to get out just yet.
Edith-Trust her? Of rs you can't.
You know she makes no secret OF her
age, and a oma who will tell her
age will tell anything!-Boston Trans
cript.
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finally devised an elaborate apparatus
which enables Mi. Cooper-Chadwick to
get along almost as well as he did be-
fore the accident occurred.
One of the first things he did when
The new limbs were finished was to
write a book. This was called ''rhreo
Years with Lobengula," and 1t con-
sisted Of upward of 80 pages CT letter.
press. All of the manuscript was writ
ten by Mr.. Cooper-C Chadwick with his
artificial hand. which held a pen. He
now says he is able to write as rapidly
as when he used his own hand, and his
handwriting does not differ much from
what it was formerly. There Is no
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Has tastes incidentally, in keening with
other luxuries. A remedy must be pleas
antly acceptable in form, purely whole
some In composition. truly beneficial in
effect and entirely free from every objec.
tionable quality. If really i'll he consults
a physician; If constipated he uses the gen.
tie laxative. Syrup Of Figs.
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Thrown over"
The rural lover e. 1ed at the now
darkened windows Of the old red
schoolhouse and wept aloud.
"Parted forever by m small world"
He remembered her ~beseeching
glance, but how was he to know
where the "h" came in "Phthisic?
Anyway, there'll be no more spellin'
bees this winter, an il she kin stand
1t l kim"
Summoning his fortitude, he walked
AWAY.
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Journalistic Enterprises.

Friend from Gross the bridge
Pushing your baby carriage, old man,
I see. Got a new baby since you
moved over here, Ell?
De Ruyter newspaper man late of
New York)-Yep; had to get out a
Brooklyn edition, you know.
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UD to Old Tricks.

Ontume-I remember when I used to
got thrashed for going fishing, and
then lying about it.
Mrs. Ontume-It didn't do you much
good, apparently.
Ontume-Why not?
Mrs. Ontume-YoI do it yet.