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CHESAPEAKE
OHIO RAILWAY

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1895.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. BROAD
STREET STATION.
$50 A. NJ, Daily. with chalr-car for
Norfolk, Portsmouth, OLD
Point. Newport News. AMI
local stations. Connects daily
with ola Dominion steamship
for New York.
g.35 p. NJ, Daily. with Pullman. FOR
local stations, Newport News
Old Point. Norfolk, and Ports
mouth.
IONA NJ. Local train with Parlor-Car.
except Sunday. for W. clifton
Forge. Connects at Gofdons-
vile for orange. culpepei.
Calverton. Manassas. AleAan-
dra and Washington, at
Union station. Charlottesyllle.
for Lyuchburg, at Basic l1t
HagerstoWn; at stanton lol
a15 p NJ. Ga sHSH' With Pullmans to. Gin
cinati Louisville, ana ~
Louis Stops only at important
stations. Connects a Cotlns-
ton. for Va. Hot SPRINGS.
Meals served on Dinins-Cats.
No. Z. Local Train. except
Sunday. follows above tram
from Gordonsville TO- Goshen.
$50 p NJ. Aeeommodsati9Iooii ,s eTd,glPt sun
n F. " v f Rais for to C Ss9as5ea y1
and Touisville. Meals served
ON Dlning-Cars. Connects az
Covington, Va daily. for Hot
rpAtNs LEAVE EIGHTH-sTREEr
STATION.
On Al Daily. for Lynchburg, LeNins-
o." - 49, ION. Va. and Clifton Forge.
connects at Brem0, except
Sunday. FOR Rosncy, az lynch-
burg daily, with y. ana W. h.
r.. and the Southern railway
Tor Southwest and south at
Bessemer. except sunday fnr
craig City, and at W. Cutton
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DANCING SCHOOL

will reopenN her classes in dancing sA-
TilRDAY october Cd. at Belvldere Han.
saturdays from TO 6 i. NJ, and We'd
nesdays from 1890 TO s Z. Nj. for young
ladies and children.
For any information apply at No; :
south Third street. sc -s-ot
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CHE So. GAL ESK X
Personal.

HAVING QUALIFIED AS EXECuToR
of the estate Of JOSEPliENE hANN, de-
ceased, 1 hereby notify all parties who
have claims against said estate 10 pre-
sent them 10 me. properly proven. Also,
ali parties Indebted TO said estate Will
please come forward and settle same With
the undersigned. "
"a 29-2is h.Nso'ifor.
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100 and l2i ". Franklin ST.. Baltimore, Nd
EDGEN ORTH BOARDING AND DAY
SCHOOL

FOR Young LADIES. WILL REOPEN
THIiRsDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ith. Thirty
fourth year. Mrs. II. y. LEFEBNRh'
PRINCIPAL. au I-odN w oIl
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WILL, REOPEN HER SCHOOL At No.
gOi west Main street on THURSDAY. Oc-
tober list. All the public-school text
books used. Sc --f-tfo1NCC
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DOCK AND JOB WORK NEATLY
ID EYEcJrKD ATras DisPAr0A rxiNH
INIAoUsS
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The trip by this steamer AFFORDS most
sninvable sail on the James river and
Chesaueake Bay. passing Dutch Gap, Ber-
muda Hundred city Point. Newport
News Hampton. and Old Point, and
through Hampton Roads. The service Of
fsrei Is unsurpassed in every particular
large and luxuriantly furnished saloons
and state-rooms. heated by steam. aid
lighted by electricity.
Tickets sold TO ali points North. East.
and West, and baggage checked 10 destl-
nation. State-rooms reserved upon appli-
cation in person at the companys ONCE,
No S36 east Main street or on board
steamer. For further information apply
"a Fl. NJ. BOYKIN.
ty30 General Agent,
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MISS ,LICE III. BLAIR

OCTOBER !, 1886,
II north Fourth street. For terms
. annlu 10 above nmmLnr. Sc ~ ~
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MISS EVANS.

WITH HER ASSISTANT, MISS
WEISIGER.
will reopen her
KINDERGARTEN AND
URINARY SCHOOL
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THURsDAY. AND sATUR.
MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, AND FRI

Iv New York b. * 0. II. RI. II 80 A NJ.
Nv. New York. P. r.; r. ,;..i4,;,.. uao 4. NJ.
Lv Philadelphia %; o. r. RI. 1898 7. u.
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TRAINS
600 A. NJ
$40 T. NJ,
$40 4 NJ
FREIGHT
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-06

Florida summer climate need not be feared
for new conner to expose himself to the
direct rays Of the semi tropic sun during
the dog days. if he could prevent it. Still
we have known people to move to Florida
from the extreme north west of the United
States and work in the groves and fields
during the entire summer without incon-
venience. We certainly would not advise
this, because we think discretion the better
part of valor, at the same time we know it
has been done.
We think on the whole, that the sum-
mer is the best time for the new settler to
move to Florida. for several reasons. In
the tirst place he will see and feel what is
considered the most trying season of the
year, and can guage his abilities to stand.
or Withstand the effects CT the summer.
Aside from this summer is the growing
season, and the new conner will have an
opportunity of acquiring considerable
information about crops and the cultiva-
ton of the same, and will be prepared to
make an early start the next season.
The all the year-round citizen of the
state often surprises the casual winter
visitor with the statement that the summer
is the pleasanteet season of the year. AS a
rule the visitor doubts the statement, and
when he feels the first warm days of Feb
ruary or March (which are decidedly more
uncomfortable for the short time they
last than the steady, warm weather of July
or August) he sets the old settler down as
prevaricator, packs his duds and goes
home.
Florida climate, taking it the year round,
is all that could be desired, and the settler
need have no fear of ''noving in" at any
time but we would recommend the sum.
msr by all means.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-06

The casual visitors to Florida are famous
for their smart sayings" most of which
contain slurs about the state. A popular
and musty saying of these people at one
time was that Florida climate was worth a
hundred dollars per acre and the land
nothing; that the climate was sold and the
land thrown in for good measure. We
have demonstrated that the land is worth
considerable, but at the same time we do
not wish to question the Marks statement
about the value of the climate.
There is. however. great misapprehen.
sion in the minds of many about the sum-
mer climate of the state, and we often hear
of intending settlers who intend to locate
here but are waiting for winter. 'as they
do not dare to move to Florida in the sum-
mer season." We wish to say in this con-
nection that their fears are groundless.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-06

products of the soil the output is controlled
and handled with some intelligence. With
the fruit grower this is not so. The sue
cessful fruit grower is one who is able to
market his fruit for remunerative prices.
A successful fruit dealer and speculator is
one who is able to buy his fruit at low fig
ures and by creating a demand, sell at
high prices. The fruit growers success de-
ponds on his getting all that he possibly
can and the fruit dealers success depends
on his getting all that he possibly can and
the fruit dealers success depends on his
getting it as cheap as he can.
The immense quantity of fruit shipped
from the South to the North. from the Pa
cihc to the Atlantic, from the center to the
coast. gives to the transportation companies
great volume of business. The trans
portation lines find it necessary to have
their associations adjust rates and avoid
needless competition. The fruit growers
of the United States, in like association
of the whole will be enabled to better ex-
listing conditions IN transportation matters
and to mutually assist each section in cor
recting unjust determinations on the part
OF common carrier.
In behalf of the many fruit unions
throughout the country and for the better
success of the fruit marketing associations
and the protection of the fruit growers,
a meeting of representatives of the fruit
growers unions and associations of the
United States; will be held at the Palmer
House, Chicago; ILL.,, on Wednesday, May
20, 1896. for the purpose of organizing the
National Fruit Growers Union, and for the
putting into execution of such plans as the
members present may deem wise.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-06
NEW INDUSTRIES.

We find the following in recent issue
of that spicy little paper, Florida Facts,
published at St. Francis:
Non-residents who get their impressions
of Florida from the newspapers alone, are
apt to think that Floridians, like the Athe-
mans of old, "spend their time IN nothing
else but either to tell or to hear some new
thing"
The average Floridian does seem to be
always chasing some new idea, always
seeking to promote some new industry, no
matter how impracticable it may be, and
never content to develop the ideas and
promote the industries which have alraady
been proven to be both practical and pro-
ftable.
We have recently noticed in our ex-
changes labored articles showing how
profitable the cultivation Of camphor trees
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-06
NATIONAL FRUIT UNION.

There has been in years past heavy
losses among the fruit growers all over the
Union on account of glutted markets,
caused by too heavy shipment to one
point while other markets were at the same
time comparatively bare, the grower being
ignorant of the conditions of either market
There is an effort on foot to remedy this
evil by organizing a National Fruit
Growers Association. The object of this
association will be to keep the growers be-
longing to the union. posted as to the con
dition of the markets all over the country.
The promoters Of this organization claim
that the existence of such union would
Immediately strengthen all of our many
fruit associations in the United States In
stead of each section being in the dark as
to the shipments of competing sections,
we could easily perfect system by which
each section would keep every other Sec
ton, (using the same markets at the same
time) fully advised as to the quantity and
kinds of fruit enroute to all markets, there
by enabling competing sections to SO direct
their shipments as to not only prevent the
disastrous gluts now SO frequent. but it
would make more equal distribution of the
fruits in the many fruit distributing cities.
It would enable US to secure fair and hon
est treatment through agents to whom we
trust the disposal of our fruit. When we
have shipments of peaches from Colorado
| to the far east at the same time that ship
ments Of peaches are made from Georgia
to the Missouri river, we see the great ne
cessity of system as is outlined above
Such union would enable the fruit grove.
to intelligently plant the most prohtablre
| fruit for his section and to know the de-
mand for and the supply of the different
fruits. Overproduction of certain kinds
of fruit is something to be feared equally
as over-production or surplus manufacture
of any commodity. In all other lines OF
business, both in manufacture and other
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-06
WEDNESDAY. MAY 6, 1896
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FARM GROVE AND GARDEN-The Sweet
Potato Crop; Five Acre Plot of Pineap-
pies IN Florida; Cultivation OF Tobacco. pol
MANAGEMENT OF the Peanut Crop; The
Value of Yellow Pine INSTRUMENTATION. 293
Vegetable and Fruit Canneries; The Flea
Beetle or Tobacco Fly: Hay Growing in
Mssssippi Ripening Bananas; Simple
Irrigating Device: Orange County Letter
The Fawpaw Tree. ................"........... 294
Cow Peas for Hay: Gardeners Making
Money. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
Sachaline: How Plants Feed and What
They Require; Value OF Cotton Seed New
Money Making Invention. 296
The Relation of Birds to Crops. SOL
FLORAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES About
the Home; May Flowers in New Orleans. 297
EDITORIAL-Coming to Florida in Summer;
National Fruit Union ............ 2sS
Training and Budding Sprouts; Protect.
ing 299
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENTAL Our Best
Treasures Spring Dishes; Southern
Sweet Potatoes. 300
POULTRY Observation-Disclosures and
Egg Eating; General-Purpose Fowl
Which Breed: Poultry for the Hotels
Green SOl
LITERATURE-A Plea for the Children; A
PUZZLER. .................... 304
FLORID1ANA. Observation-Disclosures. 3O5
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-06
Protecting Pines
Editor Florida Agriculturist:

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
notice in the issue of your esteemed
journal of April %, that friend of
mine has given away to you, my new
process for covering pines and veg
etables.
Well it is all right only want all to
understand that the idea originated
with the owner of the Silver Lake fruit
farm here at Frostproof, Fla. l
did not wish to have the plan published
till it was beyond the theoretical stage,
which as yet it Is not, as I only have
the ground broken and part of the
material on the ground to test the plan,
both for pines and vegetables.
1t is most useless to say that the great
freeze aided by the RACES of the summer
sun has been the prime mover in the
evolution of this new plan or theory.
In the first place the old wooden shed
for pines was too expensive for most
mortals to think of and then it lasted
but short time and was not altogether
satisfactory at times, all Of which my
new process is intended to remedy. The
new plan alluded to, is to cover pines
and vegetables with wire netting or in
case this is still too expensive to use
fine steel wire, galvanized. The wire
for pines to be put about three or four
inches apart and stretched from post to
post. Both this and the wire netting to
rest on steel wire supports the latter to
be drawn taut and secured firmly at
each post. When intended for pines l
propose to cover the wire or netting as
the case may be with the long Spanish
moss.
The netting if preferred to the fine
wire, Il should in case of pines prefer it)
can be of any width the owner may
desire, and spaces can be left open,
say four inches between each roll of
netting. The party alluded to in the
beginning of my article seems to think
after much study on the subject, that
two feet wide wire netting with four
inch space between each roll, will be
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-06

India rubber trees, cork trees and licorlce
root might be in Florida, and yet we ven
ture to say that if any one of the writer's of
such articles had given the matter but a
slight investigation he would have seen
how utterly absurd it would be for any
one to cultivate the trees or the root re-
ferred to with view to profit in COM
mercial way.
But a short time ago the castor oil bean
seemed to take the lead as new industry,
and just now the canaigre plant is being
rushed to the front, regardless of the fact
that thousands of acres of saw palmetto
roots, rich in tannic acid, may be had for
the mere labor of harvesting the crop.
Not to be behind the times. we devote
another column to canaigre, but utterly
fail to see why this plant should be i'm
ported and cultivated as an experiment
while the saw palmetto which grows wild
and in abundance all over the state, is
allowed to 60 to waste. and, in fact, an &C
tual expense to agriculturists instead of
source of profit.
If Floridians will utilize the means right
at their hands there will be but little
occasion to seek for new sources of income,
or to experiment in the way of new indus
tries. The culture of cotton, tobacco and
sugar cane is not experimental. but has
been proven to be profitable, and yet how
little attention is given to these crops. not
withstanding that they are money crops
which may be disposed of for cash imme-
diately. or be kept on hand indefinitely if
higher market price is looked for.
Producers of cotton. tobacco, syrup and
sugar are not at the mercy of the commits
sion men and do not suffer at the hands of
the transportation companies, and it will
be bright day for Florida when more at
tention is given to these staple products of
Florida SOIL The same may be said of
turpentine and rosin although the produc
ton of these articles must necessarily be
limited.
Too little attention is given to honey,
although the disposition to profit without
labor might naturally lead one to encour-
age the Busy Bee" to work for SO valuable
an output. The raising of poultry has
been mentioned too often to require more
than passing notice now. and yet how
little attention is given to the chicken yard
which should be constant source of pro-
fit; and then the much abused razorback,
why should he not be domesticated and
put to work in a muck pen? Instead of
being a nuisance razorbacks and Florida
cattle may with but little effort be made
source of an abundant profit for all we'll
directed labor in demonstrating and caring
or them.
Is it not time that we turn our attention
to those things which, having been tried.
are not found wanting in good results,
rather than be ever and eternally on the
hunt for some new thing?
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-06
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-27
Everett News.

Everett, March Is. - Special. - Editor
Frame. of the Democrat, won his cow
suit before a Jury In Justice Schuyier's
court this week. after a hatiy contested
trial. The cow was run in by Poundmas-
ter Sandy Fraser last fall. and after being
duly advertised was sold. Mr.. lie Gros bid
ding the animal In for a ran named Todd.
from whom lie Gros aftcrward bought her.
Frame brought suit to recover the cow by
repievin. II appeared In evidence that he
was driving the COW to pasture, but had
been temporarily called away TO listen 10
the complaint OF subscriber who had
failed 90 receive his paper. II was at this
iuneture that the ubiquitous SANDY" hove
in sight and captured the COW. The fury
decided that Frame was entitled 20 the ami
nal and $40 costs. Mr.. lie eros viii have
his remedy from the city.
The city also caught II In another case
brought by ex-Marshai Brewer. 20 recover
SO the discount OF 10 per cent. held back
on his salary. This case was tried with a
Jury before Justice Porte.. and resulted In
a verdict for Brewer The case involves
the legality of the action OF the council in
resortine TO the expediency Of establishing
tho Expense fund.- in June last. when the
limit OF expenditure on the general fund
had been reached. The defense OF the city
I'm the case In point was that II was optional
with the officer 20 accept an order on the
general fund at full value. or on the ex-
pense fund at 30 per cent OF the amount
due him and that in accepting the latter
he was debarred from bringing suit. Sew
erai other rases are pending. In Brewers
case the reduction amounted 70 $40 a month
for seven months.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-27
Financial.


London. March A--siiver. skd. Con-
soss. las lila
New York. March &-The Evening
Posts London financial eaolexram says:
The stock markets xere irregular today.
the principal features seisx the firmness
in Kaflrs. on the latest political news
from the rrarsvxal. ard the growing sc-
tivity and strength OF the West Australian
mines. consols have been weak. but
closed strong. Americans were good. clos
Ing ut the best. A few buyers, attracted
by the low prices OF Americans are picking
them up. hut at present the movement in
that direction il insignificant. The. only
feature Of the Bank OF Enxland's weekly
return 10 the indication that the govern
mens il dishurssng cash for navy and other
purposes This Is shown by the decrease
In public deposits and the fall OF s4l,.opo
in coin and bullion. while only ESo,eso net
was exported for the week.
The Paris market WAS irregular to crm.
and the Berlin firm A Chinese loan . ex-
pected In London or Berlin tomorrow.
BreadStufA and Grains.
Liverpool. March e-wheat-Spot. dull:
demand. poor: No. red winter. rs Sd: No.
! hard Manitohs. SIS Siad. No. California.
Sc SID. Futures closed duh. Nd lower.
March. - fAd. April. SIS 4i.d, May. June
and July. S. 4a.d; August IS "a.
Corn-Spct. duii American mixed. p
llsSd- Futures. dull: March. IS ifAd; April.
Is Iis.d; May. IS Nd: June. IS Id; July. IS
I'D; August. b nd.
Fiour-.First bakers Minneapolis. lis Cd.
Hops.
Hops-At London. Pacific coast, 81 LIS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-27
Washington ] and Decision

Washington City. March 25.-Speciai.-
Acting Secretary ~ the Interior Reynolds
has rendered the following decision:
have considered the questions raised by
the appeal Of the Northern Pacific Rail
road COMPANY from the commissioners de-
eIsion. wherein IL affirmed the action OF the
local officers at Vancouver. Wash. in al
lowing the entries Of certain parties and
canceIsnx the compsnys selections thereof.
on the ground that the tracts. being with
In the asty-rniie indemnity limits. were APP
nronrtstcd at the dates Of the attempted
se,ecffons. and have affirmed the commits
sioner's decision.
The entries and selections are as follows:
Homestead entry Of Everett Durham
made February u. $50. selected ~ the
company February 2. iss5.
Presumption cash entry or william Kes.
made December H. $40. and m honezfs at
entry OF J. W Damage. made February
~ issa. selected by the company February
,, ISIS.
prA-ernptIor cash entry Of James o.
prier. dating from declarstory statement
az a. r. Wood. made May u. Is3. selected
hx. the corrnauy February -. issi-
Prescription cash entry Of G. W, Hart
man made March II. isSs. based on mis- de-
qtar.tory statement Of May -. IssS. select
"A NV the company December 81. isss.
Presentation cash entry Of W. siafFeral.
made March -, issf. 'sssei IN his cellars
,ory staternen; u May II. iss3 selected by
We company December 81. lsst