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Earliest Onions Pay.

There's q market gardener in Mime
sofa. He is prosperous, makes his money
on earliest vegetables, gets his seeds
from Salzer, follows Salzer's instructions
how to grow 1000 bushels per acre and
sells Salzer's King of Earliest onion al
ready in July and gets $3.50 per bushel
Catalogue tells all about it and of lots of
other seed for garden and farm! 35 pack
ages earliest vegetables $l.0O.
If you will cut this out and send 1t
with IL cents in stamps to John A. Sal
ger, La Crosse, Wis, you will get free his
catalogue and package of yellow water
melon sensation.
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RUDWOOD FORiSALE, Drake Point Grove
~ Now is the time to order and be ready for
the first flow OF sap. Get it from budded. bearing
trees fifteen to EIGHTEEN years old. The following
varieties on hand: Parson Brown. Harris, Gun.
ningham, Phares, Sanford's Mediterranean,
Riverside Navel, Drake Star, Jaffa. We also have
limited supply of large Grape Fruit buds. Price
OF above varieties. So per 1000, 75c per 100, de-
| We ed Address, DRAKE POINT GROVE,
Yalaha. Lake County. Fla. 5-12-96
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Hicksisn.
Editor Florida Agriculturist:


lam glad you did not weaken under
the onslough upon your criticism of
weather prophets. 1t is an inspiration to
see man stand up and be counted upon
the side of everlasting truth and right.
But had supposed that the old con-
tention of wheat turning to cheat, signs
Of the moon, weather predictions and
other like nonsense, had been argued
to finality; when 10 the old guard
springs forth with a challenge to thresh
the same straw over again At such a
gait when shall we ever get out of the
woods
The character of the weather depends
on where the wind comes from, and this
is indicated by the proverb, "Uncertain
as the wind" And if human reason
stands for anything, then it is the
merest pretense, indeed it is brazen i'm
pudence, to pretend that any human
being, alive or dead, can or ever could
foretell,'' weeks in advance, what the
weather would be.
I'm not denying but that men may
guess correctly now and then, but a
guess is one thing and information quite
another.
Take broad strip of territory across
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and for crops
suited to the latitude, year in and year
out. what glorious field 1t is. But for
winter climate none excells it for gen.
eral cussedness, and any guess predicted
upon measures of badness is apt to be
verified. And taking the country at
large one can hardly predict a thing so
absurd as not TO be approached in some
part. But let him honestly consult his
own consciousness, and he must realize
that the pretense is on line with for
tune telling and frauds of that ilk.
When the winds blow from the tropics
we have summer temperature in mid
winter, and vegetation springs forth at
once; but If they come bowling down
from the northwest we are presented
with young billiards. instead of orange
blossoms, and who knows, or can know,
which it is to be until they have started
on the wayY Or, indeed, which Is to
master if they meet?
Let us forget the stupid nonsense en-
tailed by the exuberant credulity of a
heathenlsh ancestry, and devote the
time and energy to some tangible pur-
pose, knowing that II we provide ma
nure and water, and the blessed sun
shine will but vouchsafe warmth, we
shall reap ample harvests, whatever
Projectors may predict.
u. N. MELLETTE, M. D.
DeLand. Florida.
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WHAT 1 wrote last year about my Seeding
w Sweet Potato brought me a large cor.
respondence. Another year confirms my opinion
of its productiveness and fine quality. so now
offer it to the public at One Dollar crate. DUD-
LEY w. ADAMS, Tangerne. Fla. 8
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GRAPE FRUIT SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
VI VARYING from 10 inches to tw o feet high. In
good healthy condition and plenty large enough
to bud. Trees will be sold at a bargain to any
one with the cash. Address, E. o. PAINTER.
DeLand Fla.
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DUD WOOD - From 80 varieties of bearing
- Orange Lemons and Grape Fruit trees. Also
Rough Lemon, and Sour Orange Seedlings for
SALE Nursery trees budded to order nov for
future delivery at low prices. Address, w. K.
TRIMBLE, Braidentown. Manatee Co., Fla
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GEE Article on Trop zeal Yam. a perfect substi
~ tute for the Irish potato; zoe. per doz post
paid. Five hundred Loquats-6 to inch, So PER
100; to IA inch, % per 100. express. TROPICAL
NURSERY, Avon Park. Fla. 3-1S
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FOR SALE-Two-year.old Hart's Late Trees
on Rough. Lemon. Strong Rough Lemon,
cheap. Will bud to order RICHARD KLEMM,
Winter Haven, Fla.
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RUDWOOD-All leading varieties of Orange,
- Lemon and Pomelo. Write and state num-
Der and variety you wish, and get prices for
sDring delivery. Sour Seedlings for sale. J. W.
& +. D. WAITE. MAGNOLIA NURSERIES
Belleview, Fla.
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WANTED-Several thousand buds of Beach's
w No. orange for spring delivery. Address
with price and reference to THOMAS C.WAUGH
Amelia, p. O., Pasco Co., Fla.
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ALBERT FRIES. st. Nichol.s, Fla, keeps IF.
IN ten varieties of pure-bred fowls. Eggs for
Matching hooked now. Stock for ga g. Also
Texas Umbrella trees and seed
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TX AFFIR CORN sEED.-I will furnish enough.
IN seed for planting three acres for 81; every
seed will grow; none broken N. S. HAZEN,
Highland Park, VOlusia Co., Fla. IL
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GRAPE FRUIT BUDS. Villa Franka Lemon
W Buds and all varieties of Citrus Trees for
sale at reasonable prices. Address JNO. E.
PACKARD, Pomona, CAL
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GTEAM LAUNCH for sale at Nashu q, Fla; 20
~ feet over all, h. p. steam engine. For par
ticulars, write W. l.. BAILEY, Reading. Mass.
Box So. 10
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SHELLS WANTED: river CLANS or river mus
~ sci shells from South Florida and Georgia
lakes and streams. Write for prices paid and
particulars. BERLIN 81. WRIGHT, Penn Yam,
N Y.
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GRAPE FRUIT BUDS. Villa Franka Lemon
W buds and all varieties OF Citrus Trees for
sale at reasonable prices. Address, JOHN F.
PACKARD, Pomona, California. 25
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HOT AIR ENGINE, e-inch, Rider, for sale:
AA fine condition; 800 cash I, O. b. Conant
Lake Co., Fla. JOHN FABYAN. 3-11
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FOR SALE-Pineapple Plantation ON Indian
= River least side), 8 acres partly cleared.
Good surf bathing at ocean, Address, Box 100.
Reading, Mass. II
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= cMn for free circulars OF EXCELSIOR SPRAY
'JrVU ING OUTFITS, or &c. for treaties on
praying. WIN. STALL, QUINCY, ILL
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NITRUS NURSERY TREES and BUDwOOD.
" -Satsuma. ParsOn Brown, Stark's Seedless.
Homosassa, Jaffa. Tangerines, King TardiH.
Crane Fruit, villa Franco Lemon and other va
rieti such as Majorca st. Mic! cal, Maltese
Blood, Centennial and Nonpariel Address A.
l.. DUNCAN. Mgr, Milwaukee Grove and Nur-
series Dunedin, Fla
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IF " u wan the genuine Carney PsrsOO Brown
IL buds, now is the time to order them: Also
lO.0oI dormant buds OF G. -. Brown, HartF Tar
diff, ancy Tan9erine. Walter & Marsh Seed
less PomelO and Carney Sicily emon. Address
M. & y TURNI Ely. Excelsior Nursery. Lake
Weir Fla.
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FOR SALE-Cassava Seed Cane, one cent per
II foot. Time to plant as soon as danger of
frost IN past. GEO. M. LONG. Lowell. Fla.
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PRONE TURKEYS. Indian Games and Lang.
- shans. Game and Langshan eggs 81 per
doz. MRS. W. 81. MANN, rannvile, Fla. 1886
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EOR SALE-Two thousand Harris Tardif
\ Sprig Buds. CYRUS W. BUTLER, St.
Petersburg, Fla IA
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EDOINTER PUPS. best strain, only o. apiece
- DIR. HI, G. FISH, Georgiana. Fla. IL
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CHEAP COLUMN.

RATES-Twenty words name and address ont
week, % cts: three weeks, so cts.
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GRIM for catalogue of Metal Wagon Wheels
OLWU Empire Manufacturing Co., Quincy, III
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ZINE TOMATO LANrS, Livingston's Beauty
n at 81 per 1000 I. b. C. RICHARD KLEMM
Winter Haven, Fla. 10.
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| WANTED-A few Nansemond or jersey Sweet
w Potatoes for seed. Address. stating pr ce.
A. +. LANE, Auntington, Fla.
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HOUSES TO RENT at Lake Helel
IL UEL CURRIER.
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CATHEDRAL.
Thought by Many to BE ssthe Nobiest
Church In the World"

Thought by Many to BE 'tho Nob1est
Church In the World"
Monreale, by many deemed s'the no
blest church in the world" together
with the vast Benedictine abbey and
cloister-ssa monastic Alharnbra" (now,
alas! falling 70 ruin)-was created .
cathedral in 1882 b. Pope Lucius III,
who, locking On the work, exclaimed.
1.-THE like Of this church hath not been
constructed BIZ any king, even from an
cicnt times, and it iaust compel all raen
to admiratica!"
II, ezterI ally, il the first view OF
Mcn-ealc disappointment awaits one.
that RAY be because Oh the way theirs
ones eyes have grown too accustomed
to tea.ty. For that same morning !
may have seen the sun rise from the
iviei chapel behind Santa Maria de
Gessi, locked thence down upon tic
mountain girdied plain and white domed
city Of Palermo curying round the .zEre
bay, Or, climbing Monte .Pelegriac,
fianked By its sheer precip;ces 1900
feet, you may have heard tho Moor All
bEAAS UNAA 14Otse skJ NttAtt IiC-i XII d4Gi
mos towers Then, as the sEi.beanls be-
gin to slant, the ride up from the valley
Of the Coilct.a Do'ro, Under tho blossom
starred borghs Of almond and Grange
trees, past the old convent Of San Mar
tino-gray hermit, cowled Ill pincs--Er
and up to Monrc;ie.
IT the dome appears small ard the
towers plain the eastern portal conpen-
safes for ill. Great richness is produced
By the mode Of its ornamentations, the
interlaced arches, upheld by slender pill
lars, being formed Of alternate blocks Of
black and white marble, the panels Gi-
versified with mul.icolcred mosaics.
The three beautiful doors are Of bronze
elaborately adorned with ~Scriptaral de-
signs and arabesques, the largest one
executed by the architect Of Pisa's lean
ing tower.
Within the blending of different
styles is remarkable. It is il form. accord
ing to the founder wish, q Latin cross.
It's columns are borrowed from Roman
temples, their capitals Greek. The By
Zantine mosaics, in which Monreale is
the richest Of all medieval churches,
wrought upon a gold ground, time has
mellowed into a delicious purple haze
of glory. The nave is ample, and the
arches slightly pointed. Narrow win
dows cast q tempered radiance over the
fiat. gorgeously embellished roof. There
is q single aisle. The east end consists
of three apses, the largest one terminal
ing in the high altar.
Above it, unique in design, is the ia
nous fresco. q half length figure Of
Christ, so colossal that the whole ed;-
fee seems q mantle thrown about it.
The right hand is outstretched in bene-
diction; tie left holds an open book
wherein is written, II am the light Of
the world. Ave Maria.
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BIRD AND ANIMAL EYES.
Made ArtifciaIly In Great Variety and
For Macy Uses.

Artificial eyes iii imitation Of the ewes
OF birds and animals are made in great
variety. They are used in mounting
birds and animals as specimens. Birds
eyes are used in mounting birds for mil
linery trimmings. Animals eyes are
used for the heads III fur rugs, and both
bird and animal eyes are used for many
other Durrnses-for example, for eyes il
cane and umbrella heads made iii imi-
tation Of animals, for many kinds Of
toys and SO on. Artificial eyes are also
made for some living animals. It is not
uncommon for horses to have glass eyes
and dogs are sometimes provided with
them. In at least one case d calf has
been supplied with one, but most artih-
cial eyes are for usc in mounting nat
ural specimens and in the manufactur-
ing uses above referred to.
The eyes are made, Of course, in imi.
tation Of nature, and many Of them are
beautiful. The stock that the manufac-
turer o. dealer keeps always on hand il
wonderful III its variety. There is nc
eye that could not be supplied. Here
are humming birds eyes and alligators'
eyes, tigers eyes and swans eyes and
eyes fer owls, and for eagles, and fol
birds Of all kinds ana sizes; eyes 10,
mounted fishes, eyes for the bear, the
lion, the panther, the fox, the squirrel,
the dog, and the wolf and for other an.
imals to be mounted, and eyes for imi.
tation pigs and dogs, sheep and cats,
and SO on.
Artificial eyes for birds and animals
are sold chiefly to taxidermists, to fur.
riers and to the various manufactur.
ers. They are sold in pairs. The mum.
Der sold in the aggregate is very large.
The busiest season is the fall and win.
ter.-New York Sun.
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No Kick Coming.

One day when q coupe driven along
Broadway at the rate OF ten miles an
hour had come within q hairbreadth
Of running me down ! followed it up fol
three Or four blocks until it came to q
halt beside the curbstone.
do you know" ! said to the driver,
who grinned as he saw me approach,
THAT yon nearly ran me down ten min
utes ago:"
Eyes, sir" he promptly replied.
"You had me in between your car.
riage and q cable car, and it was q close
call"
"Yes, it was. sir"
"You didn't even try to pull up your
horse" / persisted.
mo, sir"
"Iien you didn't care whether you
ran rle down or not?"
"No, sir"
"Well, that's cooli Are you in the
habit Of killing people who may BE-
crossing tho street az you come along?''
Not u the habit, no. sir. You see,
it was this way. A gent picks me up at
the Fifth Avenue and wants to git down
TO the Star theater in five minutes.
can't git him there in five, but I can In
eight it there isn't a block and the
wheels stay on, and I does it and gets Sc
zen extra"
"Bat where do / come IMP"
afon? Why. You escaped with YOU
life. and there's no kick coming TO YOU.
Wait till You are run down and killed
and then let the wildly do the kickin. =
Detroit Free Press.
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GWbooanf 5rntinrl.
LINES TO a BlOTTlNG PAD

Thou kindly porous plaster for the ills
Oceasioned by the ink a poet spills,
Absorb unto myself his many faults
And sponge his verse where rhyme or rhythm
haltsi
Yet lest ~perchance thy too retentive touch
Appropriate III passing oTertauei,
Pray leave a trace OF what &c would imply
We're thought but free and ink allowed to dry,
In former times they spri,kled out the sand
To sweep i: oil aad let the writing stand,
While nowadays q lina is hardly writ
Ere we regret and seek to alter it
And spend in einendation 50 much pains
That scarcc an inkling Of the trath remains.
So for the nonce let my roer pen run free
And leave recorded whctso'er it be.
Grant it expression for q final line,
And all that went before il gladly thine.
Then viii this postscript ger suGsc,s to show.
"Ilu love sweet Alice lon. as i.a Shall dow.'
IS. D. EIiwanger Ii Eooxrnaa.
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To Re Expected.

There was recently q public sale Of
the elects Of . deceased artist who,
though he never had any money and
was always at the end Of his resources,
had managed 10 accumulate a consider
able amount Of bric-a-brac, chiefly fur
use in his trade.
All these things were sold for the
benefit Of his needy widow.
Among the items q the published
catalogue was the following eloquent
III
One money box, decorated, quite
unused. Youths Companion.
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SLAVE RAIDS M AFRICA.
Moro Than . Hundred Villages Destroyed
n One Canpaixn.

More Thar . Hundred Villages destroyed
In Ono Campaign.
AZ 70 approached the falls we saw
that tEer river banks had been depopulat-
al and the villages were in ashes. We
passed dead bodies floating IN the river.
Canoes yyerc standing on end like hot-
lowed columns; crowds OF fuRltlves
were aloat and hiding among the reodJ
islands. These were all signs OF a gen
e.al terror, but we could get no infor-
nation Of its character. Vague ideas oI
an invasion from some savage tribe
came 60 cur minds! and now and thei
We had q misgiving that there must be
Arab giavers in the neighbcrhood.
Continuing orr ascent, on the thlro
day We came in sight Of q huge Arab
camp Oh the right bank, and before long
we discovered that the Arabs OF Nysn-
gwe (Livingstone's sarthest point, hav-
ing heard the most exaggerated reports
Of d successful descent OF the kongo
il 1877, had FASTENED after Us to reap a
harvest of ivory and slaves They had
been too successful Over lis villages
had been destroyed below Stanley falls
alone, q rich plumber Of ivory was I'D
their camp, and several hundred slaves.
old and young. were herded like goats
and heavily fettered in the slave Pen. 1t
then appeared that while we had been
negotiating with the negro chiefs along
tho river, making roads, building sta
lions and hauling steamers overland,
the ARABS Of Nyangwe had been coming
down the river, laying the country
waste. We had at last met, about 30
miles below the falls. "A glance at the
scenes of the camp was sufficient to re-
veal what a future awaited the Kongd
valley had we not conceived the project
Of opening the river to civilizing inhu-
ences. There was not q moment to lose.
We had no authority to open fire on the
niscresnts. They were subjects Of the
Prince Of Zanzibar, who was q protegc
Of England, and to plunge into HOSTILE
ties with them might possibly involve
us in serious complications. But while
we dared not use force we believed that
By continuing the same system we had
found SO successful with the native
chiefs we could check the audacity Of
the slavers by our mere presence among
them. After some days spent ncautiors
and friendly negotiations with the
Arabs we we're permitted to establish q
station at the falls. and after seeing it
well advanced we turned the prows Of
our steamers down river toward Leo
poldville.-Henry n. Stanley il Cen
fury.
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Il Burglary o Science?4

The modern burglar is q scientist and
inventor in his way. Recently a new
era in safe breaking and other branches
of the craeksman's art has opened, and
the famous jimmy. SO long rampant on
the successful burglars coat Of arms, is
to be superseded by more convenient la
Dor saving tools.
In Marseilles the other Gay a gang Of
ingenious cracksmen entered a bankers
Office armed with a steel saw Of the
newest construction and q handy little
gas engine. There was no need for the
exercise Of muscle, nor was there any
necessity for q good strong wrist at the
saw as there was at one time in the
annals Of famous robberies.
The little engine was started, the
saw put in the proper place and the
connections made. Seating themselves
serenely upon a couple Of chairs near at
hand, these modern burglars watched
the true and rapid work Of their appli-
ances.
The big safe might have resisted for
hours the force Of human hands, but
the saw, impelled by the engine, itcould
not stand against. The stout iron safe
promptly yielded up its contents Of
over 5000 worth Of gold and bonds, and
in a quarter Of the time it would have
taken to have committed the robbery
under the old conditions the burglars
were well out Of the building with their
boOty.-PearSGn's Weekly.
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At 9 recent wedding in an English
town the officiating minister asked how
tie nam Of one Of the witnesses was
spelled, 70 which he received the reply,
'MeIdugh." The minister then in
CURED how it was that the witness
spelled his name in that way when his
sister SPELLED hers "McCue," to which
the witness responded, PLEASE, sir.
my sister and ne didn't 60 to the same
school,
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A Prescription.

The young woman who takes music
lessons and practices scales had an
nounced to her friends that she was
going away.
Isn't it rather a sudden determine
tion?''
Eyes. It's the doctors orders"
why, you don't LOOK the least bit
ILL.,
"Oh, I'm perfectly well. Auntie is
the u who is SICK. "-Washington
Star.