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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26
For Diversivolent Floridians.

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
1t is a pleasing symptom of returning
faith in Florida's possibilities. which
Dame Nature has so lavishly spread out
before us. to know that the industries
within the reach of willing hands are
actually without number. Among these,
fibre plants can be mentioned, nearl \
every variety of them thriving wonder
fully in our soils.
Without attempting to make anything
like an enumeration of them, or offer
ing an exhaustive summary of uses to
which they may be put, a few facts are
given for the general inform alton of the
reader.
China grass, or ramie, is favorite.
1t has been acclimated, and is defined
as being the material from which is
manufactured the beautiful grass-cloth,
rivalllng French cambria in softness
and fineness of texture"
During the past decade China grass
h IS been cultivated in Leon county, and
probably in oth.r portions of the State,
and the product manufac tured into fab
RIGS Of various qualities. Some samples
shown the writer were equal in appear
ance to the finest silk and could not
have been detected from silk by the
sense of touch. China grass fibre Is
utilized for every purpose into which
cotton can enter. 1t can be produced
more cheaply than cotton and is superior
in character.
No further experiments need be made
as TO its value or adaptability, to test its
desirabillty as an untalling source of in.
come for both grower or manufacturer.
Il grows like weed-in fact it Is weed
and its other name is Chinese Thistle
Common fax is valu.. be fibre plant
native of Egypt, where the cloth made
from it was us to wrap EN- balmed bod
les in thousands of years ago. 1t is cul
Jivated extensively in Belgium, where il
sells at from $500 to 5000 per ton, for the
manufacture of the famous Brussels lace
New Zealand fax yields valuable ibrt
which differs materially from the com
mon flax. tits obtained from the leaf o
an indigenous, instead of the stem o
an exogenous plant, and is perennial
It's leaves resemble those of an Iris, ar
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26
Editor Florida AgricuIturist:

Editor Florida AgriculturiSt:
You told last week how on saved the guavas
and still I'm not happy. You must he athletes.
regular 'Sandow's," IL your bushes are like mine.
Think see myself bending down bushes four to
six inches through and a dozen feet high We're
they frozen down the previous year? How old
and large are they, and what kind Perhaps
yours are "Catley's," or don't get time or
strength to grow like mine. L. FL. G.
Merritt, Fla.
No they are not Catleys. The bushes
had not reached the proportion of trees,
but they we're ten to fifteen feet high
with limbs three to four inches through.
They are four years old and with one
exception have been buried every win
ter. We do not pretend to be in the
guava section or business, but we find
by taking q days time in the fall and
another in the spring with the use of a
little fertilizer, we can raise all we want
for our own use and do not have to pay
tribute to the express company to bring
them from below the frost line. "
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

(NORELL'S & UNRUH HORSE EXCHANGE,
~ DeLand. Fla. Main Barn, Indiana Avenue.
Annex South east corner Boulevard and VOorhis
Avenue Office between the Postof1ce and Bank
AT all times Horses and Mules for Sale and Ex-
change; all kinds and Prices 80
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

NOR SALE-All kind of orange and lemon
Il trees buds and CRAFTS. Delivered by express
or mail prepaid. Buds SIS per Thousand: gratis
at 81 per thousand, free from scale and all pests
Send NJ Oney order or registered letter. Address
G. F. TAYLOR, Redlands. Cal San Bernardo Co,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

4 FEW Jamaica Sorrel plants lie t. at Coo dos
n to make room. Tropical Pawpaw, fine
plants, 15c each, 81 so doz Canphor trees 81. so
and $500 doZ, Tea Plants same price, by mail
postpaid. Send for price list. TROPICAL
NURSERIES,. Fl. g. Burnett, Supt. Avon Park
Fla %
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W7ANTED-An under gardener to work in
w ga den and orchard. Must have exception
al recommendations as to morality and industry
Wages $50 month Position permanent to
the right person. Apply to P. Fl. ROLLS, Lake
City, Fla. 20
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Editor Florida ARrieulturist:


From what you wrote me some months ago,
aud from your writings in AGRICULTURIsT, l In
ferred you did not believe in much cultivation In
an orange grove. A friend now tells me that
you have changed your mind in regard to this
matter you are now satisfied that you made amis-
take in not cultiVating more and viii in the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

A CHANCE of a lifetime-To make room for
N Youngsters. will sell our breeding
stock at a sacrifice Golden WyandOttes, Ply
mouth Rocks, White and brown Leghorns,
Indian Games, Langshans and Pekin Ducks. II
YOU are interested, write for particulars to E.
W. AMSDEN. OrmOnd Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

Il OR SAtE-Good beaut ful place-l5 acres
4 fenced haf improved nice 7-rOom house, also
GU buildings Gulf in view food .fishirg and
oyster'ng near rr $500, worth $1,000. Ad-
dr.. So. N R. PRIEMER. Port Rchey. Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

THE ORIENT or China md Pear bears
Il regular crons. Excellent for sauce, pies etc.
Adaoted to the orange belt of Florida. Buds BY
mail, 35 CENTS per dozen; SLIGO per hundred
Budding solicited. W H. II HASKELL, DeLand,
Fla. %
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

VIRGINIA furm of oil acres; good improve
ments. For sale exchange for Florida
property. For particulars address, WIN. NUlTY-
COMBE, Rio, Albemarle Co., Va. c6
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

FLORIST and Gardener Wanted-One who has
had perience with sem-tropicaI fruirs and
vegetables and can produce first class references
as to sobriety honesty and efficiency Address,
stating age and wages ex pected Romeo Grove,
New Smyrna, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

y UDWOOD from healthy. bearing Tardiff,
- Dancy Tangerine and Jaffa trees that have
never had white fly red scale. Guaranteed
1rst-cass in every respect. CYRUS W. BUTLER.
st, Petersburg, Fla. 26
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

A experienced Pennsylvania and Florida
"a farmer, orange grower, tobacco grower, gar
dener and trucker wishes a situation. Address
Ii ode DIXIE, Gabrielle. Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

FOR SALE-Budding wood of best Florida
oranges, Ho!nosassa, Mag. Bonum, OH Vini.
Early OblOng, Med, Sweet and Centennial. Price
100 per OHO o. b. Send your orders to W. F
REED, DraytOn island, Fla. 80
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

Editor Florida AgriculturiSt:
Why don't you have correspondents postoffice
specified? Can't you get some correspondents
from the hill country in Pasco and fernando
counties to write up their advantages, heslthful,
ness. etc, cost of land both improved and wild.
Is there any cool water there?
A. e. FENTREss.
Bumpus Mills, Tenn.
The post Office is left off by some cor
respondents because they have not the
time to answer numerous letters that
would be sent them. Others are omitted
because overlooked by the writer
or editor. Correspondents in the above
named counties can give the informa
tion desired through the columns of the
AGR1CULTURIsT. There are no wells or
springs in Florida to our knowledge,
having water colder than rs degrees.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

w ANTED-Town property in DeLand in ex
w cham e for real estate and securities in the
North Box 80 Brookllne, Mass. 26
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w ANTE Destination by murred man. age 80.
w Good gardener and florist. Would take
charg' Of genteman's estate. Good references.
G. STANLEY, Windsor, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26
Editor Florida Agricuiturist:

Editor Florida AgricuituriSt:
1 would be glad to have you tell me ia your
next paper what will make pear trees bear. pos
sible. have few trees but they will not bear.
1 heard that il you put ashes or potash around
them it would make them bloom stay on, but
want to know what will make the bloom. My
trees are fearfully hearty but do not bear.
Crescent City, Fla. K. p.
We would like to give the desired in
formation but cannot. We have pear
rees that are beauties in appearance
but do not give us peck of pears
Next fall we shall thoroughly try the
potash remedy and hope for the best.
If any one in South Florida has made
their pear trees bear we would be glad
to hear from them.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

EOR SALE-2O0 thrifty growing Sweet Seeding
n orange trees Nursery protected through the
freezes by tall shrubbery and ep lake, Box
743 Della d, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

JAMAICA SORREL.-JUs tice to our customers
- who have been nquiring for Sorrel leads us to
this communication. For some unknown reason
we did not get the seed of this plant as ordered,
and growing vigorously. Those who wish plants
see advertisement in Cheap Column this
paper. kEASONER BROS, Oneco. Fla, June
18th. 81
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

DRICES REDUCED - Pure Brown LeghOrn
eggs for Matching. 13for 70 cents; rs for 81 rs;
40 for $l.S5; - per 100. YOUNG G. LEE, st.
Petersburg, Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26
Editor Florida ARricuIturist'

Editor Florida ARricUIturist'
We would like to have your opinion in regard
to cutting back our trees at this time of the
summer. Do you think 1T makes any difference
about the stage Of the season? or course il one
don't cut in to the live wood it can't hurt any
thing. but can you easily tell just how far back
they are killed? What have you done to yours?
What do they charge per tree for cutting back
and taking timber out of grove. J.A.H.
We can see nc objection to cutting off
the dead trees at this time of the year,
except that it will be somewhat diff cult
where the trees have made much of a
start. 1t costs from five to fifteen cents
per tree for cutting down and about So
per acre for cleaning and burning up
the brush.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

This department is de voted to answering such
questions as may be asked by our subs cribers
which may be of general interest. Inquiries of a
personal character that require answer by mail
should always have e. amp enclosed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

II ING OR Angela limited number of buds of
IN d choice strain of King orange for sale at
81 so per hundred. c. F. A. BIELBY, DeLand.
Fla. 26tf
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

JAMAICA SORREL Plants; 6 for 25 cents; IS
e for so cents. Post free Ready June 25th
aud af er. REASONER BROS, Oneco, Fla "
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26

(IOLIC IN HORSES.-T have a sure cure and
~ will send postpaid enough for ten cases for
81. Easily given. F. WALDRON, Welaka, Fla.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-16
RICE TWO CENTS.


avenue bridge. IT, is situated near Bush
street. The bridge has been the stopping
place for the strikers and the company
fears that if they attempted to run
car across it the men would open the
bridge.
At ten o'clock this morning President
Norton of the Atlantic Avenue Company.
announced that hereafter he would run
cars every twenty minutes out of the
stables at Fifth avenue and Twenty-third
street. AT that hour four regular cars
and one mail were out. The cars, Mr..
Norton said. would run from Twenty
sixth street to the Bridge.
Car 26. one of the regulars, ran into
a wagon owned by merchant of the
name OF Hetweller, at Fifth avenue and
Twenty street. The motor box was
badly smashed. The driver of the wagon
was knocked down and was badly cut
and sustained internal injuries.
The strikers who stood about picked
the injured man up and begged him to
have the motorman, a non-union man,
arrested. He promised to do SO during
the day.
The motornan ON car No. 20 was Lewis
Martini an inexperienced hand from New
| ark
An hour after this collision car No. rs,
| also of the Fifth avenue line, run by a
green motorman, was coming up to Fifth
avenue and Thirteenth street At the
same time a patrol wagon came hurry
ing along Thirteneth street, filled with
policemen to reinforce the guard at the
Fifth avenue and Swenty-third street
barns. The car struck the wagon just
as it bounded over the tracks and knock
ed it endways. All the policemen were
thrown to the ground. Host were bruis-
ed, but they went an afoot. The horses
were not- injured, but the wagon had TO
be q ldoned The motor box was
81 ned badly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-16
GAMBLING ORIENTAL RACES.

There appears to be. three races of men
the Chinese, the Malays and the natives
of Manila-to whom in every grade and
under all conditions of life gambling in
some form or other is as breath of their
nostrils. The love of it is inborn; they
seem unable to live contented lives with
out the pleasurable excitement that is
to be found in games of mingled chance
and skill, but among Cinnamon generally
and certainly among Cinnamon abroad,
ing ing to the .ENineteenth Century .''' 49, -
+ In most cities where there is consider
able alien Chinese population to be dealt
with the necessity for licnsing and regu-
lating or at least winking at the exist
ence of, their gaming-houses is recog-
nized. 1t is the one pastime in a life of
continuous toll, the denial of which
would be intorable and practically i'm
possible. But the evil never assumes
proportions of any seriousness SO long as
the authorities confinethe gaems strictly
to the Chinese themselves course fol-
lowed in such cities as Calcutta and
Sydney. 1t is only when the riff-raff of
other races are allowed tcs"take hand"
and banks for the qualification of their
own gambling propensities that anything
like widespread mischief is wrought
s;h Chinaman \ n, may "a In rare instances
countryman; but if this result does hap
pen he goes next day contentedly back
to work, and is not, like most ruined
gamblers of European stock, perman-
emily ineapacitated for honest toll.
If white men lose money I'M a Chinese
gambling house they are at once illogi-
cal, dishonest and contemptible in de-
nouncing the Chinese as the cause of
their misfortune. The brush workers in
weigh against their Chinese competitors
for their habit of gambling, yet 1t Is no.
torious that the shearers' and the roust-
abouts' huts on the sheep stations are
frequently. scenes where men are, in
colonial phraseology, "lambed down. and
feeced of all their seasons earnings by
quasi-professional gamblers, who fnb
the evening game at cards far more
profitable and to their taste than the
days work on or around the shearing
board. Similarity in the cities the poor
Chinaman is denounced for his fondness
for fan tan or pakapu played for cop
pers; while the very men who throw the
store openly frequent race coures and
20 rd olI1l1c
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-16
EFFECT IN LONDON.
Ru Gable to the United Press.

LONDON, Jan. 16, 1884 Cabinet
Council was held at noon today Sir
William Harcourt Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, presided, Lord Rosebery being
absent owing to the death of his nephew,
son of Lord Leconfield.
The Stock Exchange opened weak un-
der the influence of the resignation of
M. Casimir-Perier and the general situa-
tion in France. International stocks and
English consols have fallen one-sixteenth,
French rentes one-half, italian securi-
ties nine-sixteenths, Spanish securities
three-eighths, and Egyptian, Russian and
Turkish shares one-quarter; German
threes are unchanged.
The Pail Mall Gazette says France
is now in the throes of her most menac-
ing crisis since the downfall of the Sec
ond Empire. We do not blame M Cast
mir-Perier. The Republic has proved
sterile and futile. 1t has produced only
administrative fabbiness. France would
prefer an effective autocracy, but where
is the pretender? The Napoleons are
invisible, the Count de Paris is dead
and the Due d'Orleans is very youngAan
deplorably discreet"
The Globe" says:-'Possibly NJ. Perier
saw M. Brissons influence gaining, and
forced crisis in order to secure re-elec-
ton, thus enabling him to give a Wig
orous check to M. Brissons AMBITION
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-16
COLONEL STEVENS RESIGNATION
Said to Faave Left the TIilitfa to Pur-
sue General Plume Further.

Colonel Edwin A. Stevens, late Com
mander of the old Second Regiment, who
was retired with the rank Of Brigadier
General, upon the disbandment of the
regiment, has resigned his retired rank
and Governor Werts has accepted the
resignation. Colonel Stevens expressed
his reason for wishing to sever his con-
neetion with the National Guard in this
languages-"I no longer care to be con
nected with the militia service of New
Jersey"
Colonel Stevens, together with rank and
file of his old regiment, has been dis
satisfied ever, since they were made a
part of the Fourth Regiment by the re-
organization orders of General Plume
a few years ago. The men were particu-
larly incensed at General Plume and ac-
cused him of discriminating against them
The regiment refused in a body to join
the Fourth and was disbanded. Charles
Er.enkoetter, who was Lieutenant Col
onel of the Second was a member of the
having an investigation of General
Plume's conduct. This has been recent
ly completed, and resulted in vindica-
ton for General Plume. AS member
of the militia, Colonel Stevens would
now have to let the matter drop, but as
a private citizen he will be at liberty
to resort to the courts or other means to
persue the case further, which is what
it is said he proposes to do.
It is also rumored that he will be asked
to take command of the Naval Reserves
now being formed in this State.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-16
RAILWAY MALL In CITIES.
Just as Easy to Esta 5Hs9l as Amy
other Lines ON Wheels.

a
other Zines ON Wheels.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 49, 1895.-It is the
intention of the Post Office Department
to eventually establish in all the larger
cities railway mail routes on the Nari-
Gus street systems for the faster and
more satisfactory delivery of mail mat
ter, not only in the heart OF these cities,
but among the suburban places along
the line of these roads. Department Off
cals say that this can be done as read
lily as the transportation of the mails by
steam railways.
In some of the larger cities routes
have been established on surface roads
which have proven a benefit to citizens
and the department, as soon as practical
BILE, will establish others, the expenses
of which will be met by the fund used
for railway transportation. 1t is the
wish of Second Assistant Postmaster
General Nelson, who has charge of this
branch of the service, to perfect the
system by placing on these cars an en-
ploye OF the postal service who Will dis
tribute the mail as it is deposited, drop
ping it off at stations nearest destination,
where another emDloye will be, stationed
to take care of it, and so on along the
line where there is a sufficient num-
Der of Inhabitants to justify it. Inter-
secting lines will have postal men at the
tend to it's transfer along the different
routes, thus making a complete city
and suburban system for the benefit of
the citizens as well as the postal service.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-16
GEORGE P. HENRY BURIED.
Impressive Funeral Services in ST.
Nsary:s Church.

A solemn requiem mass for the late
George P. Henry, former City Editor of
1.-THE Jersey City News" was sung this
mdrning in St. Marys Church, Hobo
KEN by the Rev. Father Fitzpatrick.
Previous >to the services in the church
the body was exposed at the home of
The dead mans father, No. 1892 Willow
avenue and all the morning a steady
stream of sorrowinS friends filed by the
coffin and looked for the last time upon
the face of the dead. The coffin was
strewn with flowers and floral pieces.
among them being beautiful designs from
Mrs. C. P. Fisher of New York, Miss
NJ. o. Benson and the staff of THE Jer-
sey City News
AT ten O'Clock the coffin was closed and
conveyed to the church. The funeral
party arrived while the gospel was be-
ing chanted. The pail bearers,
Martin Cook, VIM. Lahey, John Fitzpat-
rick, VIM. Kerrigan, John Cassidy and
Michael Clines bore the coffin up the
aisle and placed it upon a catafalque
in front of the altar. where it remained
during the services. with candelabra
of many branches at the head and at
the feet.
The service was most impressive. Fa-
ther Fitzpatrick has a rich baritone
voice and sang the mass beautifully.
! The choir, under the direction of Mr..
y. L. Schreiner, the organist, exquisitely
rendered the music of the service.
During the offertory Mr.. Nat. Hicks
sang Wiegand's 30 Salutaris Eostia" in
a singularly sweet and Impressive man
ner. Mrs. Focht, the soprano, also
sang a solo.
At the conclusion of the mass Father
Fitzpatrick retired to the vestry and in
8 short time reappeared, > preced-
ed by the cross. thurifers land
acolytes, bearing lighted tapers. pro-
( cseded to the catafalque. There,
while the boys gathered about the
coffin. the priest recited the Office for the
Dead.
The body, accompanied by the rela-
tives and friends Of the deceased, was
borne to ST Peters Cemetery on the
Heights, where the interment took place.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-16
INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS.
The london Club Denies All the Cur.
rent Newspaper Stories.
BIZ Cable to the United Press.


LONDON, JAN 16, 1855. K Holman,
Honorary Secretary of the London Atha
letic Club, has written a letter to the
Times in which he absolutely denies
the truth of the cablegrams under New
York dates of January II and 10, sent out
by the Reuters Telegraph Company, re-
garding the International Athletic Con-
test Mr.. Holman in his letter says
II beg to state that the extraordinary
rumors and surnises in connection with
the contest are absolutely incorrect.
The challenge from the New York
Club has been accepted, under certain
conditions. by my committee, but no
details whatever have as yet been ar
ranged. In due course I shall be happy
to publish an authoritative statement
concerning the matter
The despatch under date of January
IL, states that the London Club desires
to strengthen it's team by drafting men
from other English clubs and recites
the events which are to be included in
the programme. 1t also states that the
New York Club offers to bear the ex-
penses of the contest.
The cablegram of the 18th summarizes
what is claimed to be an interview with
an official of the London Club, published
in New York on January u.