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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Staggers in Horses.

Quite a number of horses about Sat
suma have lately died with what is
known as staggers. Those who have
been watching the matter say that
it is not the blind staggers that
has at times carried off horses further
north. Some half dozen have died
there, and all of them have been out on
grass. So far as the peope there know
not horse that has been kept up has
taken the disease. There nave teen
some cases of the malady previous to
this summer, and an occasional horse
has recovered but he is worth nothing
afterwards. So certain are the people
there that the disease will ruin the
horse that they have saying that the
best remedy is 38 cartridge. 1t is
thought that the horses should be kept
up through the heat of the day and dur
ing the night.
No horses have been known to take
the disease except those that grazed. 1t
would also be we'll to keep the doors of
the stable open so that horses could
have plenty of air. This disease IS
doubtless much the same as sunstroke
In man. Cor.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, August 19, 1896.

chants could furnish goods just as cheap
as you can get it from the north, why
don't they do it?
When we pay our merchant over 300
per cent profit on pepper, and on other
articles that could mention, from 100
to 200 per cent, don't We pay him sufi-
cient profit to run all those little risks
he mentions and for the short time he
has not the use of some Of his money? :?
Bacon, he saws, IS cheap. Who, that
has been used TO good living. wants to
come to Florida to merely exist on mig
ger food
Mr.. Sutton asks if every one would
follow my plan-close the stores sup
pose he means-what the merchants
would do Granted that the stores
would be closed. They would have to do
precisely as hundreds and thousands of
shoemakers and others have done when
they lost their occupation and useful
ness-1o the te't they could.
When the northern canning factory
only pays the farmer Sc per ton for to-
matoes, Mr.. Sutton thinks there is not
much profit in them when sold at eight
cents per can. Well, perhaps not.
Mr.. Sutton says he enjoyed the ''dis-
tinction" of being a merchant, and can
speak from experience. BY "distinc-
tion" [ would suppose he means that
he enj eyed eminence; superiority; ele-
vation of rank in society, etc. Quite
different from merchants" experience.
who says it is a dogs life.
Well, if distinction and experience
add any weight or tiavoring to the con-
troversy, | will have to confess that
have been many years farmer, dealer
in lumber, hardware, groceries and pig
iron on pretty large scale, and last and
least an orange grower.
My friend Merchant" l was well
aware that the freight on groceries was
not 30 per cent on original cost of goods,
but ever since have been in this state,
nearly 10 years, l have heard the cry by
our merchants, that they could not sell
goods lower on account of the high
freight charges, and did not want to
knock all their props away at once, but
YOU have left the cat out Of the bag.
Yes, "Merchant, am tired of in
action, and if responsible man will
guarantee nae Is per cent profit will
start for the north or west tomorrow and
90 into business. Ihave no doubt at all,
as you say, many of the merchants have
a dogs life Of it, and get along poor
enough, but that is not my fault nor
yours. If locate farm on sand bank
where will not be able to grow half
crop, see no reason why you as mer-
chant should pay me double price for
my products. have always encouraged
home industries, not only by ncorrag-
ing words, but with funds whenever |
was able; have given some money to the
poor freely, but do not want o man to
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Prices Here and Elsewhere.


Prices Here and Elsewhere.
AS Mr.. O. B. Sutton and "Merchant," {"
have made some criticisms on my letter
published in the AGRIcULTURIsT July Is,
il appears to me desirable that should
say few words in reply. And [ do
this the more readily because think
that they have misunderstood both the
sense and tone of it. At least hal no
idea when [ wrote it of closing all the
stores at once and forever.
| have lived many years near two
large cities, in locality where many
people dwelt largely in those cities, and
still we had mAny retail stores around
us that were doing a good paying busi-
ness, and they do business yet, and [
have no doubt that that will always be
the case here, at least as long as the
farmers and orange growers have any
money.
When give my location, and write
for local or home paper, cannot see
how can have reference to the whole
state when [ say ''our merchants here
do so and So"
When | mentioned the barrel OF flour
/ though merely used it as an illustra-
tion and not as AN actual fact, as knew
very well at the time that -four was not
selling tsix dollars per barrel, not even
at Gabrielle. I am aware that made
blunder in not being more explicit. [
thank Merchant for giving the cost of
-four, etc., and if have done any one an
injury feel sorry for It and will cheer
fully make all the reparation I can, as I
can find plenty of facts to write about
without touching on fiction.
Mr.. Sutton asks whether I would send
to New York for few pounds of butter
or an ounce of pepper. No, would
not. Nor is it necessary for we'll man
aging family to send to New York or any
other port for few pounds Of butter, an
ounce of pepper, few pounds of flour,
and perhaps half a piece of soap. But
I certainly would send to New York,
Baltimore or Boston, for my butter or
pepper when I can get the best quality
of butter delivered at our railroad sta
ton, within half mile from the
house, for less money than have to pay
our local merchants for the poorest, or
grease that is not butter, and 10 cents
for one quarter of a pound pepper
when can get pound delivered here
from New York for less than 10 cents
per pound. Now there is no hction
about this. I asked one of our principal
merchants yesterday, one swho sells
strictly for casl, the prices of certain
articles, and he told me that he sold his
pepper at 10 cents per quarter or 40
cents per pound. This pepper costs in
northern cities six, seven and eight
cents per pound. Now you can take
merchants" own figures and reckon
the freight and you, no doubt, will be
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19

able to see that it costs delivered here
less than 10 cents per pound, giving
this merchant, who sells strictly for
cash, about 800 per cent profit. Now if
that is the way Mr.. Sutton proposes to
build up the state would rather be ex-
cused from being one of the builders.
Before the freeze | had occasion to
employ lawyer on account of defect
i've title to some property. The exam
ination took only few hours of his pre-
cious time yet his fee was $25. When |
protested against paying such an un-
reasonable fee he replied, in not very
elegant or polite language, that there
was so many lawyers in the town and
they all had so little to do that they had
to che rye like HI whenever they got
the chance. 1t was no doubt an honest
confession, but think very poor logic.
That some Of our grocers are in the
same predicament is likely, as we are
not, as tMr. Sutton insinuates, located
in some way off corner, but have within
easy reach of us some twenty odd stores,
sufficient almost to supply the whole of
middle Florida. But as our population
is limited, and as there never was such a
thing as an over production of lawyers,
doctors and merchants, they all look to
the few people located here for their
support, and as is most always the case
the bulk of the burden falls upon the
farmer.
It really seems that it does not matter
how many professional men, and mer
chants we haYe they can always manage
in some way to hold up and fix their
own prices, but when farmer has any
thing to sell his price is fixed for him, or
he takes what he can get. II he takes,
butter, eggs or any other product to the
store he cannot say this or that has cost
him so much, and want so much for it,
No, the merchant attends to that. If he
goes to blacksmith shop to have his
WOSOA ACPNAACOs OAAO N10SASAAAOA WILL
soon tell him what it COSTS If his har-
ness needs mending and he takes them
to the harness shop he pays what the
saddler demands. And so 1t is in al
most every instance as regards farm
ers' repairs or supplies.
1t is admitted by everyone who knows
anything about the situation of the
country at the present time, that the
farmers, not only in Florida, but all
over the United States are more sorely
pressed from a financial point of view
than the persons engaged in any other
industrial occupation. Yet Mr.. Sutton
says pay your home merchant, when
you can save it, from 10 to 300 per cent
profit on his goods and help build up the
country. ] have now reference to our
own stores. If the merchants at his ''cor-
ner" sell him goods very cheap he can
be thankful and keep on building up the
country.
II, as Mr.. Sutton says, our home mer-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19

Miami entertained 800 excursionists
last week. Proprietor S. Graham had
expected large crowd, and the Hotel
Miami was duly decorated. The Office
and dining room presented a tropical ap-
pearance, as palms, palmetto, and or
anges hung from all of the arches.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11

ind ed. a near relative to it. There IS
an intense nervous strain and the patient
rlinches her teeth. After doing this re-
peajedly she becomes weak in these mus
cles. the teeth close spasmodically and
remain tightly shu, until ne muscular
s9asm has passed away. This must b.
treated al once or it becomes an incon,
venient and serious disease.
There IS no real reason for the bicycle
mouth any NOR than there is for the
hump-backed rider, but the trouble IS
tha. one does not know ones faults until
they become so pronounced that friends
sneak of them. The bicycle mouth can
be relaxed with chewing gum and hard
candies and treated by massage and
soothing powders and he mouth OF the
man or woman who rides can be as beau
tiful as before. Yes, and still more beau
uful. for the lips come redder from ne
exercise and a full expression is given
the mouth, while the skin glows with
health.
HARRY GERMAINE.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11

face it is as pretty a mouth as one would
want. but this style of beauty and this
mouth seldom meet. You se5 all sorts
of faces defaced with the sci, rigid
mouth.
The mouth that is not affected is the
full. non-nervous mouth. This permits
the lips to meet over the teeth or to draw
back from them. There is a constant
change and no wrinkles result. The,
mouth preserves its cupid bow. OF all
the riders. about one percentage only
have this lucky mouth. Ii shows a lack
of nerves and a great presence OF mind
and assurance. II is the mouth you ma
in the uuister walks OF life and some
times upon stage women.
MOUTH OF SCORCHER.
The scorching mouth is one Of Which
men complain. The muscles become seq
around the mouth and the skin drawn
and white. For th-m there is massage
as for the women. But with The Trin-
kleri bicycle mouth both men and women
must suffer if once afflicted.
The physician who has had most OF
these case says h. would advise all
cyclists to preserve the same use or me
mouth upon the wheel as when walking
or reading. Notice If the corners OF the
mouth are naturally drawn down ann
then notice them upon the wheel. IT
YOU find YOU are affecting an unnatural
expression change at once before II 10
too late.
One Of the case that caused considera-
bic ANNOYANCE was Of q girl who laugh
ed constantly when riding. Hsr own
awkvardness. The remarks of pefes-
trians. the sights of the streets and the
loveliness of life awheel affected her Ike
a farce comedy. and she laughed and
laughed Pretty soon there came deep
wrinkles in the cheeks. and the dimples
that were sunk into hOllOws. She los, a
little flesh. and this accen-u9ted the lines
fin theface. Shecannot control That laugh
ter habit and to-day that girl is wreck
80 rar as physical beauty is concerned.
Il is claimed that there is a great deal
of character TO be read in The INES OF
the bicycle mouth. Nervous, irritable
dispositions ara invariably shown. and
those easy 10 get along with can BE-
read from the calm expression OF the
mouth under trying circumstances. The
best mouth is rhe ona that keeps ITS Gu
pid's curve and is not injured as to the
teeth
Another very distressing form OF hi,
cycle mouth is that of muscular tension.
This feels and looks like lockjaw. and IS,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11

shot will penetrate with ease, IL IS sa-d'
the armor of any vessel now anoa'' a. 81
distance of at least three miles.
The muzzle velocity Of The SHOT, WIN
q maximum pressure Of $4,000 pounds per
square inch. would be $500 feet par sec
ond and could readily, ACCORDING 10 me
second bv allowing a pressure OF 6O'Ooo
mounds psr square incl. which yeIoc-ty
far exceeds ANYTHING ever obtained from
any 1O-inch gun in the world. The PEN
orration thus Obtained, in wrought iron,
would he y inches, and in steel =
inches. Tn Sc figures apply 10 a gun
prescribed by the Board Of Ordnance ana
ortifcati0n.
WHAT A SEGMENTAL GUN IS.
The Brown Segmental Gun Company
has been making experiments since April
1890 with a gun composed Of sub-di-
vided inner case in longitudinal seq
Dpents. Tnesa segmehts are wound With
wire. Most wire guns have failed for
want of longitudinal strength, in conse-
quence Of the fact that the wiz jacket
has no longitudinal strength whatever.
and the amount of solid metal in the case
is only about One-half Of That Of solid
gun. In the Brown guns, however, lt Is
claimed that, while the amount OF soId
metal is the same as in other wire guns,
the strength Of the metal is double, and
will. therefore, equal The "built-up gun
in longitudinal Strength.
When this new ten-inch gun IS built il
will be the largest ever completed under
Brown patents. The largest gun COM
pleted and experimental wl.n previous
TO this time was a five-inch gun, weigh
ing 9,400 pounds and experimental with
at Hampton Quarry, near Birdsb0rOugh,
Pa Should NE construction OF this new
ten-inch gun be authorized of the dimsn-
s,Ons now considered practical abroad,
and which may be readily handled on the
Gordon and CroZier disappearing gun
carriages. a gun can be constructed
which Will give a muZZla velocity o. 1000
feep per second, which is equivalent to a
muzzle energy Of $500 foo, tons. This
enormous engine of war would penetrate,
IL is figured. forty inches Of wrought
iron, about thirty-two inches of nicke!
steel. or about twenty-five inches OF Har-
veyized plate: IL would have nearly d0u-
bic the efficiency Of the thirteen-inch
naval gun, with its present service
charge. and its striking energy would he
four times that now Obtained from the
Krupp or the Armstrong guns OF the
same calibre with their present surface
charges.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11

Physicians ana dentists are complain
ing of the peculiar nature Of the mouths
THAI ara brcIg1. % taem as cases reQuir-
ing treatment For some dme -hese
have baHled their efforts. But Che rea-
son for he trouble has been discovered,
and hence the cure made easier.
These mouths that have been disturb
ING specialists are now known as "the
bicycle mouth Peculiar forms ions o..
the tee.h and lips and of the lines
around them talk. place MS he result o.,
ridine the whte.. and t1ese are so pro-
nounced as 20 1ea menace To- g0ci looks.
and fin some CASES menace % he3itl.
There are din r.r. forms OF .re trouble.
an COMING under the name OF the bicycle
mouth.
one OF .he uoy peculiar Of them all is
tse one that is crmmorcs-. This is tho
bfcvcls omen mou.a. The patient when
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11

After repeated efforts during the last
siv wears the Brown Segmental Wire
Gun Company has succe ded in obtain
ing a contract from the Board Of Ord
nance and Fortifca,oin Of the War De-
Darfment for the purpose of building for
S33. 600 a rifle under he Brown system.
This gun is TO be Of ten-inch calibre,
and viii weigh 80 -ons. and be capable Of
resisting a power pressure OF 10000
pounds per square inch without over
siraining. The length Of the new gun
will be A. fee. and the chamber will ex-
tend back 37i2 feet. With a suitable
charge of pCyder This new gun will
throw shot Weighing 900 pounds a dis,
lance Of twelve miles and over, and this
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11
FLANNEL DEPARTMENT.

lob rolls heavy Au-wool Country Flannels.
25c srade OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lie
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5000 yds Shifting Flaune,ette....... 3f3c
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11
THE BICYCLE MOUTH
1 BEAUTY DESTROYER.
Distressing and UnbeCOnil8 Mdady That Is Affecting De-
Vt30S Of the Wheel
The CRUMBLED TEETH OF NERVOUS RIDERS
Anxious Ones Overlap Their Set Teeth and Almost Give
Themselves LOckjaW
LUNGS AFFECTED BY HABITUAL OPEN MOUTH.
The Easiest Type to Treat the Determined Straight One Of
The SCOrCheE
CAREFUL RIDER GETS NERADCABE WRINKLES AT SIDES OF MOUTH
AFFECTED BY HABITUAL OPEN MOUTH.
.SieSt Type to Treat Is the Determined ST
The SCOTCh0T.
CAREFUL RIDER GETS MERlDIClBLE WRINKLES At SIDES OF MOI

come 10 him of a woman WHO complain
ed or cons auc ,oothache. investigations
proved ev ry tooth in her head 20 be-
sound. SUN she complained OF woeiu!
pain in The jaws.
The dentist. who was a very clever
practitioner. suspected The cause. Are
YOU ntrv0us?" ne asked
yes. 20 responded the patient
Then -hr trouble is is with the mus
cles and nerves OF the face
An examination brought on, that thl
woman was riding the wheel vita her
teeth lightly SET. Sc rig.dly did hey
overlap each C.ber that a pain resulted
from ,he ccnpr ssiOn This continued
until there developed muscular trouble
OF The nerves OF tle face, hence the pain.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11
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quality to finest imported.
30 rolls strictly Atwood two ply Car
pets ......... ..........'. '''-''..'''' ""'
100 rolls heaviest two ply All-Nool ingram
Carpets. Credit store prices for same
quality is 75c. our price............ 43c
A thousand rolls Brussels Carpets
30c, 49c, 59c and G9c
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11
MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF CHILDREN NEW FALL JACKETS
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100 pcs. 2i-in. wide Snkalines. 12is and lie
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1000 prs. Lace Curtains, SIC yds long, $l.25
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11
% FIRE TWELVE NILES.
A Rife to Be the Most Powerful in
the World.

A Ten.Inch Brown Gun to Be Made
for the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in
Strength, Velocity and Penetra-
ton Promised-Tests With Two
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Has Stood a Pressure of 49, $50
Pounds to the Square Inch.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11
soc DRAPERY SILKS, BIC.

The remedy for this was docOrlng Oh
The nerves and the wearing of something
hard i'm the mouth. The patient res0-
mtely ate hardened lic0r.cs drops, suck
ed lemon drops and kept her teeth apart
while wheel riding until cured.
4 case that travels frequently to the
danlis- is one Of crUmbied teeth. This
is The case where nervousness has caused
the teeth to be ground together while
cycling. The Effort IN the limbs mas
caused a reac,ive effort upon the other
muscles travelling upward 10 the te5th,
which were ground and gritted with each
recurring muscular eXertiOn. The
worst cases of crumblsd front te5,h have
resulted from .his. Filling and the re-
fined arts of dentistry are called in 10
make the teeth right again. The perma-
nent cure is hard 10 find. The chewing
of gum is abou, the best hing. if the pa
tent can be KEEP, resolutely at il. A
different texture and flavor Of gum keeps
the chewing gum taste alive and ones
gum appetite up.
WRINKLED MOUTHS.
SPECIALISTS who keep the complexion
and face good are the ones who complain
the most bitterly OF the bicycle mouth.
There CONS people to them that they
would Willingly pay TO stay away. These
are the cases Of persons who pay beauty
specialists for .heir work and who hold
hem responsible for wrinkles and de-
Placements.
The bicycle wrinkles are the hardest
things in the world to fight. They come
in an evening and stay forever. They
are caused by anxiety, and are upon the
mouths of those who dread car tracks
and stand i'm terror Of brewery wagons.
The mouth is drawn downward as for
cry. and a little batch Of wrinkles appear
close to~ether. They are worse than
crows fse.. which come gradually, but
they mark q careful rider. This mouth
is found upon men as well as women,
perhaps more frequently Upon men, b.
cause nearly every man cyclist has a We
man 10 worry about as well as himself.
The mou q of the feminine scorcher is
funny thing She dc not bring il 70
a doctor Tor Urea ment, but apparently
glCries I'm E. You see il everywhere.
The characteristics are compressed lips,
set. corners. a s.rai gh.-lned mouth and
nostrils slightly dilaIed. This is he
mouth of The girl VINO rides hard and
fast. and who keeps her wind well. This
mcu.h upon q Re g1,ar face is too severe;
uDCn q round foco it is unbecCming. bat
upon 4 certain Japanese style Of piquant
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11
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