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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-07
October Weather.

Observer A. J. Mitchell, Of the Jack
sonville station Of the weather bureau,
furnishes the following data, concerning
the weather during the month OF Octo-
Der, covering a period Of twenty five
years. This information has been COM
piled from the weather bureau records:
Temperature: Mean or normal tempe
nature, 10. The warmest month was
that of 1881, with an average of 76. The
coldesJ month was that Of 1876. with an
average of IS. The highest temperature
was 90 on October 4, 1883 and October 7,
1884. The lowest temperature was 40 on
October 81, 1887. Average date on which
first ''killing" frost occurred in autumn
December 3rd. Average date on which
last killing" frost occurred in spring
February 10th.
Precipitation: Average for the month;
$40 inches Average number of days
with .01 of an inch or more, 8 The
greatest monthly precipitation was %
inches in 1880. The least monthly pre-
cipitation was O10 inches in 1874. The
greatest amount of precipitation recorded
in any "a consecutive hours was 5. Is in
ches on October l, 1890
Clouds and weather: Average mum Der
of clear days, 13;'partly cloudy days, 10,
cloudy days, 8.
Wind: The prevailing winds have
been from the northeast. The highest
velocity of the wind was 81 miles from
the southeast on October 8, 1894.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-07

At a meeting of gold bugs in Pensacola
J. S. Leonard stated that he had re-
ceived letter from D. G. Amber. Of
Jacksonville, member of the national
committee for Florida, requesting that
the Pensacola club Immediately take
steps to organize the sound money dem
ocrats throughout west Florida for the
purpose OF beginning the campaign as
soon as the state election is over.
Everyone who comes along passing
through our town comments upon the
rapid growth the orange trees are max
ing in the section around Leesburg, and
predict that in couple of years we will
be shipping oranges right along and
haye one of the most prosperous little
towns. These remarks are 80 universal
there must be some truth in them. They
say we are far ahead of anything in the
state affected by the fredericksburg
Commercial.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-07
Culture of the Sponge.

The department of state has just re-
ceived, through the consular agent at
Mytiline, q communication from Chara-
lampos Chorphios, who calls himself
merchant and fisherman of sponges.
This Greek gentleman desires to obtain
a concession which shall enable him to
propagate spenges in the waters of Flor
ida. He understands the artificial cult
ure of these animals, and he proposes to
bring with him skilled men and special
machinery. Incidentally he is willing to
instruct American citizens ia the art of
pr0pagating sponges, which he believes
will be to the Developments of the public
richness" 1t is his opinion that the
waters Of Florida can he made to supply
the world with sponges. He offers to
pay into the treasury ten per cent of the
proceeds of his industry during twenty
years, and at the end of which time ne
will turn over to the government all his
machinery, boats, etc.
The sponge grounds cover an area Of
$500 square miles. They extend along
the south end of the state and up the
west shore to st. Marks and Apalachi
cola bay.-Hartford Times.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-07

while not so nutritious as the food made
from the fresh seeds, it is Of consider.
able value. The factories that express
the oil sell the seed at merely nominal
sum. In the poorer districts of India
and Europe, fair kind of bread is made
from sunflower seeds, and the natives
depend upon it for steady article of
diet. Their cattle are fed with the same
diet, only the seed and heads are chop
ped up together, and even the leaves are
fed to the animals. The stalks, when
stripped of their leaves and heads, are
dried and used for fuel. One acre of
sun6owers will yield great many cords
of good wood. The stalks are large,
tough, brittle and good burners. A few
acres of such fuel will last one winter.
There are many other uses for sunf1ow-
,ers that the Ingenuity of man has de.
vised, but the instances cited are suffi-
cient to show the sunflower has outlived
it's association with decadent aesthetic
philosophy, and become of practical
value If not of universal use.-Commer-
cial Journal.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-07
A New Money Crop.

Mescal buttons (Anhalonium Lewinii)
belongs to the cacti family. 1t grows in
portions of the valleys of the Rio Grande
and Pecos rivers in Texas and New Mex
leo in barren and rocky soil, and often
in places that can be reached only with
difficulty by those who gather it. The
plant reaches a height of about one inch
above the ground. The body Of the plant
is comparatively thick, surmounted by
a top which is composed mainly of the
blunt leaves of the plant. In the center
of this top is tuft of about one-half
inch to one inch in diameter, composed
of yellowish, white filaments or hairs.
Thes etops, when dried, constitute the
mescal buttons. 1t is found that these
so-called buttons possess important me-
dicinal principles. An elaborate paper
on the subject was read before the asso-
citation of American physicians by Drs.
Prentiss and Morgan, and was published
in the Medical Record. Extract of mes
cal buttons is gradually coming into gen,
eral use among physicians for variety
of purposes, and the collection, drying
and sale of these mescol buttons may
bring quite bit of money to those who
follow it. Preparations made from these
mescal buttons most not be confounded
with the intoxicating drink "mescal"
used by the Mexicans, which Is the fer
mented Juice of one or more of tie
species Of agave.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-07

T AIDES and gents to become members OF class
~ now forming for the purpose of teaching
Landscape and portrait painting under new Ital.
ian method. The course is completed in a series
of nine lessons by mail. Success guaranteed and
work furnished our graduates which eventually
gives you a steady income.-UNITEO ART
STUDIOS, Box 437. Lima. o.
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GMOOTH~ CAYENNE pineapple suckers from
y large fruting plants now growing at our
Modello Park pinery. Ready for delivery in
July, by the 100, 1000 or 10000. Also fine
Abbaka and Golden Queen suckers. Write for
prices. ORLANDO GRAPE & FRUIT COM
PANY, G. s. VanHouten, Orlando Fla.
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A GREAT BARGAIN in 5000 fine Tardiff buds.
IA to 6 feet on roguh lemon stock. These trees
staked and absolutely free from all insects,
Budwood from G. s. Burgess. Will close these
out at remarkably low prices. as we do not wish
to remain in the nursery business. ELOISE
FRUIT & VEGETABLE COMPANY. Winter
Haven Fla. At
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ENOR SALE-On account of advanced age.
n will sell 12O acres of my HOMESTEAD I'm Polk
county. for less than half it's value. Good vege-
table and farming land. Address, A. s. Newell,
Auburndale, Polk Co.. Fla. limo
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IF YOU want the genuine Carney Parson Brown
l. buds, now is the time to order them. Also
10. ECD dormant buds of G. p. Brown, Hart'e Tar
diff. Daucy Tangerine, Walter & Marsh Seed
less Pomelo and Carney Sicily Lemon. ADDRESS
III. 81 J. TURNKEY, Excelsior Nursery, Lake
Weir, Fla.
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TVHIRTY THOUSAND TREES for sale. Seed
Il lings and Budded Grape Fruit. Valencia
and Harris Late Eureka Lemons. Dancy Tan
fruit stock four and one-half years old. Write
us before buying BOWER 8 STEP HENS.
Lakeland, Fla. $685.
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CITRUS NURSERY TREES and BUDwOOD.
~ -Satsuma, Parson Brown, Stark's Seedless,
Homosassa, Jaffa. Tangerines, King. Tardif,
Grape Fruit Villa Franco Lemon and other va
rieties such as Maiorca. st. Micbeal. Maltese
Blood, Centennial and Nonpariel Address A.
l.. DUNCAN, Mgr, Milwaukee Grove and Muir.
series. Dunedin. Fla.
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MICA CRYSTAL GRIT. Best substitute for
AvA Hens teeth, only one dollar per sack OF 100
pounds. E. w. AMSDEN, Ormond. Fla. tt
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GMOOTH CAYENNE Abbaka, Enville City,
~ Golden Queen, Porto Rico, Egyptian Queen
and Sugar Loaf suckers and slips for sale; all
grown at my Indian River Pinery. Address.
CHAS. Ell. ROWLAND, 1882 Chapel ST., New
haven, Conn. 81
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A T THE MANATEE NURSERIES, 80 varieties
IA Citrus trees. Rough lemon and sour Seeding
budwood. King $40, best strain Tangeriue So.
most varieties SIS per 1000. Safe arrival guaran-
teed. A. j. PETTIGREW, Manatee, Fla. St
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WANTED Cash paid for the mussel shells of
w West sFlorida--from the Suwannee river
westward. Parties who collect these mussel
shells will receive full inform alton to price,
etc., by addressing q card to, BERLIN II,
WRIGH T. Penn Yam, n Y.
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- home; plenty fruit. Alabama, California
lands: sell or exchange. w. SHAW 241 Sixteenth
St., Brooklyn, N. Y. St
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NOR SALE.-Our home place at DeLand, Fla.
Il House has 10 rooms. pantry, bath room.
closets, etc. Plenty of water and large lot near
the Univ rsity grounds. Also one-half interest in
the Volusia County Abstract and Investment Co.
Address me at Lamar, Mo or call ON A. How.
ard, DeLand, Fla.-M. w. Sargent.
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DOWKERS ANIMAL MEAL, To make Hens
I'D lay and chicks grow. Our little book the Egg
tells all about it. E. W. AMSDEN, Ormond, Fla.
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WANTED five to fifty pounds fresh we'll ma
w tured camphor seeds, also ten pounds citrus
trifoliata seeds. Address G. w. FOX ,Fruitland
Park, Lake county, Fla.
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SHELLS WANTED D; river CLAIMS or river mus"
~ sci shells from South Florida and Georgia
lakes and streams: Write for prices paid and
particulars, BERLIN H. WRIGHT, Penn Yam,
N. Y.
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DUDWOOD.-Dr. d. O. Davies of Fernandina
ID offers budwood from his Lake county grove.
Fine oranges (Majorca). Good shippers. s. 90
per 1000 at grove or by express: 7.6O per 1000
by mail Or express prepaid. Supply inexhaust."
BILE. Address j. j. SILVA, Lisbon. Fla.
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pUDWOOD-Hart's tardiff. Jaffa. Malta blood,
I'D Dancy tangerines and Leonardy pomelo
Bearing trees. No white fly. Satisfaction Guar
snteed. Cyrus W. Butler, st. Petersburg, F la
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-07

NVHE MORGAN SPADING HARROW.-Prices
= redcued. BENZ. N. BRADT, General Agt.,
Huntington. Fla. ct
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TNOR SALE.-Tangerine BudwoOd at $40 per
10 1000. Address, q, BIELBY, DeLand, Fla.
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nor SALE-1,S00 pounds tobacco, now cut
Il and curing in the house. Facilities furnished
buyer to handle it, Address POSTMASTER,
Glen Ethel. Fla
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in orange grove work
w or garden. Have a family and prefer to
work on place. References given. Address F. A.
LYNCH Laffrev. Ella.
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| TOR SALE-300 pounds Vueta Abajo tobacco
n ready to box. Also LOCO Seeding grape fruit
trees one inch and less in diameter j. C. Tilson
| Raymond. Fla.
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CHEAP COLUMN.

RATES-Twenty words, name and address one
week, 25 cts: three weeks. so cts.
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RUDWOOD-Carney. Parson Brown, Boone,
O King, Ruby, Pineapple, Marsh's Seedless and
Triumph Grapefruit. Write for prices. stating
quantity wanted.-GEO +. SNOW, Eastlake, Fla.
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RUDW OOD-Fifty thousand fine well matured
~ Riverside navel buds from bearing trees G.
W. FOX. Fruitland Park, Fla.
r IME TREES WANTED. Tahiti and Persian:
- state price, age Of bud and what stock they
are budded on. N. p. Richardson, OcOee, Fla. 1
MCNEIL PEA BY mail so cents per pint, rs
AVA cents per quart; by express go cents per
quart, ten quarts and over so cents. II you
want them order early as the supply is limited.
W. III. MANN, Meanwhile, Fla. 35.tf
ACKNOWLEDGING, Parson Brown, Boone,
~ King, Ruby, Pineapple, Marshs Seedess and
Triumph Grapefruit. Write for prices. stating
quantity wanted.-GEO. Il. SNOW. Eastlake. Fla.
nor SALE-3OO pounds Vuelta Abajo tobacco
II ready to box. Also LOCO Seeding grape fruit
trees one inch and less in diameter. j. Tilson,
Raymond. Fla. 3
WANTED-.EmpIoym in orange grove work
w or garden. Have q family and prefer to
work on place. References given. Address F. A.
LYNCH, Jaffrey, Fla.
EOR SALE.-1,s0O pounds tobacco, now cut
Il and curing in the house. Facilities furnished
buyer to handle it. Address POSTMASTER,
Glen Ethel, Fla.
pUDWOOD-Hart's tardiff, Jaffa. Malta blood,
~ Dancy tangerines and Leonardy pOmelo.
Bearing trees No white fly. Satisfaction Guar
snteed. Cyrus W. Butler, st. Petersburg, Fla.
WANTED five to fifty pounds fresh well ma
w tured camphOr seeds, also ten pounds citrus
trifoliata seeds. Address G. w. FOX .Fruitland
Park, Lake county, Fla.
GHELLS WANTE D: river clans or river mus.
~ sci shells from South Florida and Georgia
lakes and streams. Write for prices paid and
particulars, BERLIN H. WRIGHT, Penn Van,
n. Y.
NOR SALE.-Comfortab Florida lake front
- home; plenty fruit. Alabama, California
lands: sell or exchange. w. SHAW 241 Sixteenth
St., Brooklyn, N. Y. St
A T THE MANATEE NURSERIES, 80 varieties
IA Citrus trees. Rough lemon and sour Seeding
budwood, King $40, best strain Tangeriue So,
most varieties SIS per 1000. Safe arrival guaran-
teed. A. j. PETTIGREW, Manatee Fla. St
WANTED Cash paid for the mussel shells of
w West sFlOrida--frOm the SuWannee river
shells will receive full information as to price,
ETC., by addressing @ card to, BERLIN Fl.
WRIGHT, Penn Yam, n Y.
SMOOTH CAYENNE Abbaka, Enville City,
~ Golden Queen. Porto Rico, Egyptian Queen
and Sugar Loaf suckers and slips for sale; all
grown at my Indian River Pinery. Address.
CHAS. EEL. ROWLAND, 1882 Chapel st., New
haven, Conn. 81
pOWKERS ANIMAL MEAL, To make Hens
I'D lay and chicks grow. Our little book the Egg
tells all about it. E. w. AMSDEN, Ormond, Fla.
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HOUSES TO RENT at Lake Helen, Fla. Also
IL cottages ON Coronado Beach. SAMUEL
CURRIER.
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MCNEIL PEA BY mail so cents per pint, rs
AVA cents per quart; by express go cents per
quart, ten quarts and over so cents. II you
want them order early as the supply is limited
W. III. MANN, Meanwhile, Fla. 35-tf
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pEGGARWEE seed for sale, price Is cents per
- peck, or So so per bushel, I. O. b. Huntington.
Benjamin n Bradt, Huntington, Fla.
The Monitor-register., 1896-05-29

The public school will close on June
5th..
Thos. Diamond and family, of Camden,
lave moved here.
Miss Sarah Myers, of Bridgeton, spent
Sunday here with her parents.
Miss Anna Hogate gave a party last
Saturday evening to a few of her friends.
Frank l.. Dorrell aud family, of Nun.
Gle, Ind,, have moved here for the sum.
mer.
DR.. N. s. Hires, of Cooper's Hospital.
spent Saturday and Sunday here with his
parents.
Mrs. Geo. 81. Robinson and daughter.
of Greenwich, spent Saturday and Sunday
here with Mrs. Mark Miller.
Miss Anna Hogate is making prepar-
tion to spend part of the summer with
| relatives in Danville, Ohio.
T. M. Birchmeier, who has finished
taking the census of the school children.
! reports 1876 boys and al girls.
Miss Lucy Harris, a student of the
Women's Medical College, of Philadel-
| phia, paid a visit here last week.
Subject of next Sundays sermon at
the Baptist Church are Morninp-"A
Soul in a Drought" Evsning"Sseven
Devils"
The Quinton Cornet Band cleared seo
on their festival last SATURDAY. EVENING
| The Salem Band rendered some fna
music for the occasion.
The Quinton M. E. Church was nackad
last Sunday evening. The Quinton Band
played a few selections, and the pastor
preached a most excellent sermon for the
| occasion.
The Ladies' Aid Society will hold their
regular monthly meeting at the residence
of Mrs. Martha j. Mowers next SATURDAY.
evening, on Main street. They will have
ice cream and cake on sale.
Rev. W. G. Meyer will preach at the
M. E. Church next Sunday morning on
"Naaman the Leper." In the evening
he will give ar object sermon, illustrated
by a large number of candles and various
other light-giving objects.
The Board of Education held a meeting
last Friday evening at Hires & Co.'s
office. The following teachers were elect
ed j. M. Thomas, principal; Miss Alice
Summerill for the intermediate, and Miss
Cornelia Thompson for the primary de-
partment. Miss Ella Davis for the Beas.
ley Neck school. The Harmony school
was left to a committee to hire a teacher.
Charles f, Smith, the eldest son of
Albert Smith, was married to Mrs. Sallie
e. Bell last Tuesday evening, May 10. Al
the parsonage of the M. E. Church bv
Rev. W. G.. Meyer. The bride was yerv
charmingly attired in steel silk and lace
The happy pal will make their home in
Qninton. We wish them many happy
years.
The Monitor-register., 1896-05-29

The will of the late Samuel String, of
Woodbury., was admitted to probate on
Tuesday and shows an estate estimated
from $12 1000 to $4,000. The requests
are divided as follows To the Woodbury.
and Clarksboro M. E. Churches, $1,000
each, and to tho Ssbbath-schools connect
ed with each, $500; the sum of $500 is
placed in charge of the Eglington Gene
terry Company, the interest therefrom to
be used for the purpose of keeping his lot
in good order; $1,000 is presented to the
Home for Feeble Minded Children at
Vineland, and $4,000 is left in trust for a
grandson, the amount to be divided at
his death as follows: For the NJ. E.
Home for Aged and Inirm Women at
Collingswood, $1,000; Cooper's Hospital,
$4,000, and the Red Bank Sanitarium
Association. $1,000, upon condition that
the association shall endow a room
in this Intuition in memory of lin. Mrs
Christiana Mooney, a niece, is left in
trust the sum of $4,000, at whose death
the following divisions shall be made &:
To the Clarksboro and Woodbury. Metho.
dist Churches, the sum of $1,000 each and
$500 additional to their respective Sunday
schools; the Vinelapd Home for Feeble
Minded Children. $1,000. His son, Joseph
String, is left 500 in cash.
The Monitor-register., 1896-05-29
Sporting NOfeS,

Go out and see the game to morrow
afternoon at 3 30.
A good seat can be secured in the grand
stand for Is cents.
Manager Guest is arranging a number
of games with first class clubs.
Stepler and Wildermuth will be the
battery to morrow afternoon.
The boys new suits consist of grey
trousers and shirts and garnet sap, stock
ings and belt. They look sporty.
Go and see the home club beat the
Stevens A. A, of Camden, to morrow
afternoon.
Vickery, well-known to many of our
readers, is pitching good ball for the
Hartford club of the Atlantic League.
Manager Guest thinks he has the max
ing of a good pitcher in HAIL eton.
Bicycle races will be held on the track
at the Ball Park tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock. Among the contests will be a
mile handicap for boys under 16 years,
mile handicap for riders over 16 years,
two-mile handicap. and a mile scratch
race. Those interested in this sport will
have a chance of seeing some good races,
as the riders have been practicing hard
for these events. Entries can be made
with d. W. G. White.
The Monitor-register., 1896-05-29


Judge Jones and wife, of Franklinville,
were guests of VIM. johnson over Sun
day.
Andrew Newkirk has gone to Lynn,
Mass, to look for employment at his trade
shoemaking.
Fred. johnson, in the employ of Hiram
Hitchner, was recently kicked by a horse
and severely injured about the head and
shoulders.
E. F. Pierce and William H. Pierce
have secured positions as conductors on
the Camden, Gloucester s. WOodb ury
trolley road.
During the months of June, July and
August the meetings of the W. G. T. U.
will be held the second and last Friday
evenings in each month.
10 Upper Pittsgrove the following
teachers have been elected: Wing Lane,
Altha Riddick; Centre, Alice Summerill.
Daretown, Elizabeth Sheppard and Mary
Garwood; Jefferson, Mary Sheets; Friend.
ship, Ruth Miller; New Freedom, Charles
White; Walnut Grove, Bessie Dilks; As.
sistant at Monroe, Myrtle Simkins. The
teachers at Shirley and Newkirk station,
and the principal at Monroe, are yet to be
elected.
The Quarterly Conference of the M. E.
Church has decided to go ahead with the
erection of a new church, and parsonage.
The church is to be of stone OF brick, and
will be 60x60 feet, with a tower and boil.
The new building is to be connected with
the present structure, which is to be
moved back and turned around, so that
the audience rooms can be thrown to.
gether when desired, having a seating
capacity of about $50 persons. The
improvements will cost from $12 600 to
$4,000. A big day is anticipated in the
church next Sunday. DR.. Hanlon will
preach in the morning, and Rev P. Cor
son, of Clayton, at night. In the after.
noon a Sunday school mass meeting will
be held. The work on the improvements
will be begun early next month. The
people are thoroughly in earnest with the
idea of building, and it looks as if the
money would be secured without d iffi.
Guilty. The church was never In better
spiritual condition.