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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-15
Money Crops.

proven to be an unreliable dependence
for q certain money producing business,
the problem with the grove owner and
small farmer has been as to what they
should turn their attention to that would
prove reliable crop and would bring in
the needed cash to pay taxes, store bills,
etc. Vegetables, it was known, could
be produced abundant ly, but rarely mar
keted at q profit. He could easily grow
corn, Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes,
and all garden vegetables for his own
use, but how could he acquire the
needed cash? True poultry and eggs
would hold to pay for clothing, groceries
and flour, but there was always need
of cash to pay taxes and other necessary
expenses, and usually little cash on hand
when pay day arrived, and the puzzling
question that worried him, and we'll it
might, was what he could produce that
would take the place of the orange and
lemon upon which he had depended.
There is crop that Can be. grown
upon almost all our lands, surely upon
all that would grow orange trees and
abundantly upon all low hammock and
good fat pine land, that will yearly pro-
duce more cash per acre than the av-
erage orange grove without freezes, and
that is grass. With hay at $4,000 per
ton and the certainty that much of our
land will produce several tons of crab
grass or beggar weed hay per acre, there
is surely one source of revenue that can
be depended upon. Hay can be cut
and cured here as it is in most other
states, by using proper prudence in the
time of cutting, and hay caps to protect
the hay against our heavy dews and
frequent showers until it is fully cured.
The dew of the night is as injurious as
an ordinary shower and grass cut and
wilted should always be put in cocks
and protected by caps against it.
Tobacco, it has been proven, of most
excellent quality can be produced in
many sections of the State at good
profit and it is certaln.sof market. Why
shall not our Halifax lands be tested
and this product added to our farms if
found to succeed? Florida cotton is
bringing three or four cents more per
pound in the markets than the best
Georgia. Cannot this be successfully
produced and become another source of
income for farmers that can be relied
upon7
The raising of COWS, pigs and poultry
would 60 far toward making our farm
ers self-supporting and Independent,
providing the milk, butter, meat, etc.,
for the family, and fertilizer for the
farms, thus cutting off much OF the
outlay. Horses of course must be kept
and these will help to consume the pro-
ductions grown upon the farm. No
farmer North could or has expected to
derive support from his farm without
utilizing these sources of production and
self support. and the marketing of the
surplus hay, grain, meat, butter, eggs,
etc.-Daytona Journal.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

"He sat down by the wheel and
seemed to think it over, then he took
mother run forward and up the shrouds,
He came down right away and walked
aft; and then he tried it again. That
seemed to satisfy him that he could
do it all right, and he gave it up for that
night, but he carried his tail straighter
up in the air after that.
"He learned an awful lot, that cat.
He noticed everything, and bimeby
got to wonderin' what made the skipper
and the mates look at the compass
and then swear at the man at the wheel.
He larned to do that, too. He'd Jump
up on the pinnacle and reach his neck
over SOS he could see the compass;
then he'd make faces at the man at the
wheel and growl. It was all in fun,
though, he never meant nothin' by it.
We called him quartermaster for that.
Zone evenin' it looked mighty squat
ly over to the eastward, and the old man
ordered everything taken in down to
the main to gallan' sal. We cleaned up
and started aloft to tie the canvas up.
Quartermaster was feelin' specially
good that night, and had been racin'
up and down the fore riggin'-he seemed
to know he belonged to the mates
watch, and wouldn't go near the main
or mizzen-so when we passed him in
the riggin' we tried to coax him with
us. He came along and got into the
top all right; but the top mast riggin'
was new to him, and he yowled as
though askin' us to wait. Course we
couldn't wait, but went on up; and
Quartermaster thought it over. He
didn't know the way-she was wire
rugged aloft; he had to hunt around
for the running riggin' that he could
dig his claws into. But he got up to
'gallan' yard bout the time we'd fin
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
OUR OWN FIRESIDE.

The world to it's pleasures invites us
Where mirth and good fellowship tighten
the way
And pleasant it is round the bright festal
board
To mingle with those that are merry
and gay!
The hand of true friendship we grasp with
delight,
For dear to the heart is the friend we
have tried.
But life's crown of bliss is to shine In the
sight
OF those that we love round our own fire.
side.
Oh! it's our own Preside! Our own fireside!
The comfort and the peace of our own
The world has no joy that so dear will
abide
AS the wellspring of love at our own fire.
side!
'Tis sweet. when the day with its toll and
cares done.
To HE to our homes, where the loving
ones wait
To welcome our coming and hasten us on.
With faces that beam from the doorway
and gate;
The tender embrace. the endearing fond
smiles.
AS round us they cling in affectionate
pride;
Oh! who would forego for the worlds hol-
low wiles
The love which encircles our own fire.
side?
When winter is raging and stormy winds
blow,
The aspect of nature bare. gloomy and
drear,
How joyous TO sit in the fires CHEEKY glow,
With those that the bosom holds precious
and dear
What more TO this life can we ask to be
given
Than Providence doth in His goodness
provide
Than earth's purest joy and foretaste
of Heaven
That tighten and haIlow our own fireside?
ALFRED Lavington, in Chicago Record.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

Now is the time to visit the South and in
vestigate for yourself its vast resources and
it's glorious climate. There is no doubt but
what the tide has turned Southwark. The
Mobile and Ohio Railroad always in the van
to encourage good movement, will give
you special Land and Home Seekers Ex-
cursions to points in Kentucky, Tennessee,
Mississippi and Alabama on April 7th and
21st, and May 5th, 1896, tickets being one
fare for the round trip good for 30 days
from date of SALE Stop-overs allowed on
going trip free. On payment OF 81. 90 at des-
tination additional stOp-overs will be al
lowed on return trip.
Excursion trains leave st. Louis Union
Station both morning and evening on the
dates mentioned on arrival of trains Of
other roads,
Low one way rate for actual settlers and
their household goods and stock are given.
For information concerning land address
the Alabama Land Development Company,
Henry Fonde, President, Mobile, Ala.
Ticket Agents of connecting lines in the
North, East and West sell round trip
tickets over the Mobile and Ohio road, so
call on your nearest ticket agent for par
ticulars, or address G. RUDOLPH, D. P. A.,
800 Marquette Big, Chicago, H., or e. E.
PosEY. G.. P. A, Mobile, Ala.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

wouldn't do, and yet we didn't like to
discourage him workin'; he was real
help on the yard. So the mate got file
from the carpenter, and filed his claws
blunt, but he filed OF too much, and next
time Quartermaster started to go aloft
he only got about six ratlines up. He
couldn't hang on.
HE tried it again, but it warn't no
use; he had to give it up and went right
aft and below. He stayed down whole
day, and then came up and walked
round lookin' SO pitiful and discouraged
like that we felt sorry for him.
There wasn't man of us who
wouldn't ha' been willin' to mend that
sail in his watch below just as fast as
that cat could tear holes in it, if we
could have him aloft with us again, and
the mate was : willin' to file the
stumps sharp again, but Quartermaster
wouldn't let him. The poor critter knew
what the trouble was, and wouldn't
never go near the mate again; but he'd
sojer round among us, and whine and
hold up his paw, SOS we could see what
kept him on deck when he was needed
aloft.
I'VE hoped they would grow sharp
again. and perhaps they would in time;
but Quartermaster wouldn't wait for
that. He felt himself disgraced and no
use aboard at all; and he moped round
and got thin, and one mornin' we found
him curled up under the wheel-box dead.
He just died of broken heart, nothin'
else.
1--WE buried him that day like a sailor.
I tell you, we all felt bad, and the mate
cried. The old man swore that if that
cat had lived he'd have put him on the
articles next voyage and rated him able
seaman"
AS old Johnson finished, a long, trem-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
Schools Under the First Empire.

The pupils of the primary schools felt
quasi-dependence on the emperor;
those of the lyceums were the very chill
dren of patronage, for the cheapness of
their education, combined with their
semi-military uniforms and habits, i'm
pressed on them and their families the
immanence of the empire at every turn.
They entered by government examina-
tions; all their letters passed through
the head masters hands; they were
put under threefold system of es-
pionage eliminating in the grand mas
ter; the $50 scholarships and bourses
in each were paid by the state; the pun
ishments were, like those of soldiers,
arrest and Imprisonment. With the
acquisition of military habits theyoung
lyceen could look forward to military
promotion, for $50 of the most select
were sent every year to the military
schools, where they lived at the emper-
or's expense, expecting professional adj
vancement by the emperor's patronage.
Others of less merit were detached for
the civil service, and in that also their
careers were at the imperial mercy.
They were daily and hourly reminded
OF Napoleon's greatness, for 2,400 for
eigners from the vassal states of the
empire were scattered among these in
situations, where they were turned into
Frenchmen and docile subjects at the
emperor's expense, while being virtual
ly held as hostages for tie good be-
havior of their parents.-Prof Sloane,
in Century.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
HOw's This 1?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY q Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimo malls
Free
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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ished with the royal and came down to
it, and sat down in the sings to watch
us. He seemed to know just what we
were doin', and when we got done he
come down with us.
goin' aloft on the fore he'd go long.
too, and KNOWN the way now, he'd
always beat us up, and we'd find him
sittin' in the sings of the to- gallant
yard, waitin' for us. But he'd never GO
above that yard; he'd no use for the
royal at all, and if he found the to- gal
lam sal wasn't clewed up to be furled
when he got up, we'd always meet him
comm down, lool1in' kinder sheepish
like. Bimeby he got SO he knew the
ropes bit, and could tell if we were
Chewing up the royal or the top gallan'
sal; or else he understood the mates
orders, for he didn't make no more
mistakes like that.
"After he'd watched us tie up the
to- gallan' sal few times, he took
the notion O. helpin' us. He'd brace
himself and dig his claws into the
sail, and hang on to what we'd pulled
up. Course he couldn't hold much of
the sail in his grip, but he did his best,
and he seemed so proud of it, too; we'd
always pat him on the head and encour-
age him all we could.
Zone time four of us and quarter
master had rolled up the to- gallan'
crowd below had tied reef in the
| topsail and were bowsin' it up, and we
all jumped on the haulin' part O. the
halliards and rode down with it.
"Quartermaster was puzzled, and
didn't know just what to do himself;
but finally he made up his mind to ride
down the halliards, too; SO he jumped
onto the rope. It was great fun for
| him; but he waited too long, and the
| top sail was up before Quartermaster
got down, and it left him hangin' on
to that single rope, way out from all
the other ropes-and it was mighty
| hard work for him to scramble down
on one rope. He seemed kinder hurt
about it, as though he thought there
was some trick in it, We tried to ex-
plain to him, and encourage him to try
it again, and next time to jump on
sooner. But he wouldn't; leastways
not on the fall.
''But he'd jump onto the other parts
of the tackle and ride them down,
KNOWN that if his ride stopped before
he got down there were plenty of ropes
close to him to climb down on. One
time, though, he warn't loolsin' out fol
his tail, and it got dragged into the
lower block. He let out an awful
screech, and we Stacked away till he got
his tail clear; but he'd never ride down
halliards after that, though he'd still
help us on the yard.
"Bimeby, as he got bigger. he got too
strong and ambitious, and his claws
| made little holes In the sail. That
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
Reading"

said Lord Bacon. ''maketh full man." That
is, man of knowledge. knowledge is
power. Do you want to be POWERFUL!
Textbooks in school furnish knowledge,
but they can give only the skeleton. The
flesh must be put on by the teacher Tor by
readng), in the way of illustration. To get
this additional information one must read
many special books, which are not to be
found outside of big libraries. Each month
the Burlington Route issues a printed sheet
containing articles of thirty to forty lines,
compact, reliable and interesting, on geo.
graphical, scientific and historical subjects.
Ii you send your name and address to w.
j. G. Kenyon, G.. F. and P. A., st. Paul.
Mimi, one of these sheets will be sent to
you every month during 1896.
N.B.-The Burlington Route is the best
line from ST. Paul and Minneapolis to Chi
cago or st. Louis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
Perfect Lemonade.

Perfect lemonade is made as follows:
For quart, take the juice of three
lemons, using the rind of one of them.
Carefully peel the rind very thin, get
ting just the yellow outside; cut this
into pieces and put with the juice and
powdered sugar, of which use two
ounces to the quart, in jug or jar with
a cover. When the water is just at
the boiling point. pour it over the
lemon and sugar, cover at once and let
get cold. Try this way once and see
if it is not delicious.-Health Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
A lofty mind always thinks nobly

"A lofty mind always thinks nobly.
it easily creates vivid, agreeable and
natural fancies, places them in their
best light, clothes them with all appro-
pirate adornments, studies others
tastes, and clears away from its own
thoughts all that is useless and disa-
ble.-Rochefoucauld.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
New and Quick Train Service to the Pacific
Coast

NeW ana QUICK Irain SerVIce TO the Pacific
Coast.
April the Great Northern railway short
ened running time on it's transcontinental
route. Train leaves st. Paul at 300 D. M,
and makes quick time to Fargo, Grand
Forks, Helena, Butte, Spokane and Seattle.
Through cars to Portland, Oregon, reach
ing there in two days and nineteen hours
Buffet Library Car Service resumed, and
meals served in Dining Car on a la Cal tie
plan--patrons paving for what they order
These in connection with Palace Sleeping
Cars, Family Tourist Cars, High Back Seat
ed Coaches, and Smoking Cars, make up
the finest train running across the CONT
nent. Traverses the scenic portions of the
Rocky and Cascade Mountains. Single and
round trip tickets to all points. For printed
matter and information about rates, address
F. l. Whitney, G. P. & T. A, st. Paul, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
The Rack, the rhumbscrew and the Boo,

The Rack, the Thumbscrew and the Boot
Were old fashioned instruments of torture
long since abandoned, but there is tor
mentor who still continues to agonize the
joints, muscles and nerves of many of us.
The rheum atism, that inveterate foe to daily
and nightly comfort, may be conquered by
the timely and steady use of Hostetter 8
Stomach Bitters, which likewise eradicates
neuralgia, bilious, malarial, bowel, stomach
and nerve complaints.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
The Modern Beauty

Thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty of exercise in the open air. Her
form CLOVIS with health and her face blooms
with its beauty. Ii her system needs the
cleansing action of a laxative remedy, she
uses the gentle and pleasant Syrup of Figs.
Made by the California Fig Syrup Company.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

That you need good spring medicine is
almost certain. Ninety per cent. of all
the people need to take Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla to purify their blood at this season.
The warmer weather finds them great
ly debilitated, ane it is well known that
disease is most likely to attack those who
are "all run down" If you
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

ulous snore arose from the other end of
the forecastle, and reaching out his
head, he peered around and growled:
BLAST 'em, there all asleep
MORGAN A. ROBERTSON.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
In the

Selection Of spring medicine bear in
mind the fact that what you need is
good blood purifier, and the best, in medi-
cine, should always Se your aim. The
great cures Of blood diseases by Hoods
Sarsaparilla have made it known as the
One True Blood Purifier. 1t is therefore
the best medicine for you to take in the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

BoB-"Say, amt you going to stand treat?
1 thought you had money to burn" Dick
81 should have if you would furnish the
draft. Boston Transcript. =.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

is man who rips things to pieces without
knowing how to put them together again."
Chicago Record
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

To dream that policeman has you
in charge is sign that you will escape
from some impending evil.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

WHEN man gets to thinking thai ne can
do it all, the only way to bring him to his
senses is to let him try it.-Hartford Herald
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

FITS stopped free by DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and So trial bot
tie free. DIR. Kline, 93l Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

FLATTERY is often traffic of mutual
meanness, where, although parties intend
deception, neither is DISQUALIFICATION.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

WERE it not better for a man in a fair
room to set up one great light, or branch
ing candlestick of lights, than to go about
with rushlight into every dark corner
Bacon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

In sleep, when fancy is let loose to play
our dreams repeat the wishes of the day.
ClalldilIS
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! axe

Hoods Sarsaparilla now, it will purify
and enrich you, blood, give you good
appetite, prevent and cure that tired,
languid feeling, which is so prevalent in
the Spring, and in this way it will build
you up and prevent sickness later in the
year. Remember
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-06
The pur,tanical Sunday.

From early childhood we were per.
picked with doubts about the things
which might or might not be lawfully
done on Sunday, and were hemmed in
by rules of the ''touch- not -taste-no
handle mott order, at variance with
many healthy instincts. quite uncon.
nected with any morality except that
Of implicit obedience, and not COM
manding rational assent.
When l speak of Puritanical Sum
day, I am not using the term as one Of
disparagement, but simply as presenting
. historical fact recognize the Puritan
creed as one that has influenced many
powerful and noble minds and has con-
tributed most valuable elements to our
composite English character. Even the
Puritan Sunday, mistaken though I
think it, and of strictness too narrow
and exaggerated for ordinary human
nature to bear, has 40 excellent side
to it, and has been 80 closely bound up
with customs and habits Of great social
value, with definite times for general
rest and definite times for general wor-
ship, that I always think and speak
with great respect of its supporters. I
only blame those Of them-now think
few in number-who load with epithets
intended to excite odium, other men
who are striving to make the use Of
Sunday more beneficial and more adapt
ed to varieties Of human character and
conditions Westminster Review.
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NEW MARKET.

August 4, 1896.
Miss Grace Van Winkle will leave,
this week, to visit friends at New Vienna.
Lewis Pence and family, Of Danville,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Pence's sister.
Will McReynolds has returned to this
place after several months absence in
Illinois.
The many friends OF Miss Margaret
Barrere, of Hillsboro, were panied to
receive the news of her death.
Miss Viola Eyler has returned home
from the six weeks term at the Hills.
boro Normal.
The social given by the young ladies
Of the Baptist Church, Saturday night,
was not very largely attended on account
of the inclemency Of the weather. Not
withstanding, they cleared about $500.
The six months old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Robinson was inferred in
the Presbyterian cemetery, Wednesday.
The cause of it's death was cholera in.
fantum.
Quite large number from our vicin.
ity attended the s. s. Convention at
Hoagland's Crossing, Sunday afternoon.
Also, the childrens' exercises, at Mt.
Zion, Sunday night.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-06
Russian Methods.

Georg Brandes, the Danish critic, re-
lates an amusing incident of his recent
travels through Russia in his "Indtryk
Fra Pollen" Impressions In Poland"), },
published at Copenhagen. Passing the
German frontier, he relates, the first
thing which attracted the attention of the
Muscovite custom house officer was two
numbers Of the Paris Nouvelle Revue
What is this!" asked the official in
German. "A French monthly. "What
are its contents?" "It's impossible to
give them. in minute. 4" VERY we'll,
then, it will 60 to the censor general at
Warsaw. /" lis this review prohibited?'
Prohibited is everything that do not
understand. - replied the Russian, and
AL Danish books Of Herr Brandes, even
his Chinese French dictionary, were
consequently confiscated