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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-02-05

By that time the shells are very brittle
and can be broken with mallet and the
nutmeg removed.
In some localities nutmegs are dipped
in the milk of lime when dry to keep
insects from them and also TO destroy
their power of terminating. To pre-
serve them more perfectly they can
be exported in their shells, but this
increases the cost Of transportation.
Usually they are exported in tight casks
which have been thoroughly smoked,
and the interior of the cask is coated
with lime wash
Nutmeg is sometimes used, or it was
in former times, as stimulant, and
also as one Ingredient in some kind of
plasters. When thus used the nutmeg
is heated to paste and the oil pressed
out by exposing them to steam between
two heated plates. The solid fat thus
obtained-known as the Expressed oil
of nutmeg" "butter of Nutmeg" or
coil of mace" obtained from mace in
similar manner-is imported in cubes,
the size and shape of a brick; 1t is or
ange colored and firm, and has the odor
of nutmegs from the volatile oil it con-
tains.
But the chief use Of nutmegs is as
flavoring in cooking, particularly for
custards, buildings, pies or cakes. In
Germany it is used on cabbage and caul-
iflower to promote digestion. For med
ical purposes it is classed with aromatic
stimulants, and in large doses has great
narcotic power. Two drachms have
been known to produce drowsiness fol-
lowed by stupor and insenslbility. In
mild forms of diarrhea it is thought a
good substitute for opium. May
flower.
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The Mistake of Forest Destruction.

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
l have been well pleased with your
paper. You are so devoted to Florida
and her interests and, as view it hon
estly and truthfully, you do not put the
glitter of gold on everything so common
in jourD alism.
fear your people are making the
same sad mistake that we of Indiana
have made, in destroying your fine for
ests which are the preservers of your
climate and defenders against frost and
heat.
Thirty-fve and forty years ago we had
peaches and other tender fruit. Five
years out of six, now one year in ten.
Our forests are gone, the cold north
winds sweep over us and destroy every
tender fruit and plant We have opened
the door of the plains to the great North
west and to the burning hot winds and
desert conditions of New Mexico and our
once mild pleasant climate is gone.
"Woodman spare the tree" it is your
best friend. l have never helped fall
one of those fine large monarchs of the
froest without feeling of regret. See
what fine production of Nature. It
has taken hundreds of years to perfect
it and the vandal hand of man destroys
it in a day.
With us it is too late, you can benefit
by our mistakes if you will only stop
and think. LOUIS P. DETURK.
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build glass lighthouses to raise Red Span
ish, which Mr.. Wright says bring from
to cents a.. They raise the Smooth
Cayenne because they are very large
pine, and more profitable, and they have
them under perfect control In respect to
heat and moisture, so that they can
make them fruit just when they desire.
Under their intensive culture for years,
they have learned how to produce the
largest apples possible. too, as well as
Mr.. Wright, believe in raising the best
varieties, and believe in improving them
to the highest point possible, or should
not have spent several thousand dollars
in the finer varieties. l have raised
them, and am still raising them, and
from my experience tell the facts as
they have occurred Mr.. Wright, too
evidently. has had no personal expert
ence with them, and has built up his
arguments on friends statement who
raises pines in the tropics, and from
what he appears to suppose takes place
in the Azore Islands. These are "the
facts" he addresses.
can hardly believe Mr.. Wright in
tended to make me say "there are plenty
of pink (green) plants to be had in Flor
ida" That is what is printed at least,
as coming from his letter. l said:
"there are lots of Smooth Cayenne plants
to be attained of native growth, right
here in Florida, in the very pink (green)
of condition, and much cheaper than st.
Michael or Honolulu plants, after the
freights are paid on so long haul"
l am pleased to state, Mr.. Editor, that
it was no fancy of my brain when l
stated that "there were plenty of native
grown plants of the Smooth Cayenne
right here in Florida" l have or shall
have thousands of them for sale this
season, and I am booking orders for
them, so also is Mr. E. G. B. Tyndall, of
Waveland, Messrs. Julius Tyler & Son,
of Fort Pierce, Mr.. Mathams, of Palm
Beach, and others I can name. I would
invite Mr.. Wright to take trip down
the East Coast and see what is going on
among the pineapple growers there. l
still think we can supply all the Smooth
Cayennes desired.
CHAs. HI. ROWLAND.
New Haven, Conn.
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More About the Smooth Cayenne
ditor Florida Agriculturist:


was glad to see Mr.. Geo. Fl. Wright
reply to my letter. The more light the
5 better on the enchanting business of
pineapple growing. He seems deter
mined to have the Smooth Cayenne
more generally introduced; and l am
glad of 1t for they are certainly beau.
tiful and luscious pine.
Mr.. Wright says "Facts are what
the average Floridian wants today"
He then proceeds to give us "facts"
to prove his position, as they exist, not
in Florida, but in Honolulu and in the
Azores.
The Hawaiian Islands are situated in
the tropics, in about twenty degrees
North latitude. The growers there are
able to bring their plants to fruit at the
season best suited to their interest," and
that would naturally be in the season
when they can best stand shipping, or
during the cooler months of the year
The grower in Florida has, as yet, no con-
troll over the season of ripening; and we
find the Smooth Cayenne ripening dur
ing the months of July and August, the
hottest months of the year. doubt
very much if Mr.. Wright can send from
Florida to his friend in Honolulu, a
Smooth Cayenne pine during the season
Of ripening here, and have it reach
Honolulu, in the same condition that
one reached him, sent in December.
Mr.. Wright's deductions from the
shipping of pineapple from Honolulu
in December does not convince me that
the Smooth Cayenne is the "best ship
per" for Florida. If we could ship our
pines in the cooler months, they would
reach London, even, with safety.
have shipped the Red Spanish to Co.
vent Garden, London, during the latter
part of June, with very good success,
even though they were fourteen days on
the way. The Smooth Cayenne is in.
deed a fairly good shipper, under the
best conditions, but still maintain that
it will not compare with the Red Span
ish. Further trials may convince me
that the Smooth Cayenne is ''the best
shipper" have sent them to Washing.
ton, New York, New Haven and Boston,
but not with the same degree of success
as the Red Spanish.
To prove that the Smooth Cayenne
can stand more cold than the other vari-
cites Mr.. Wright cites the growing of
the Smooth Cayenne in the AzOre ISL
ands. These islands, as we all know,
are situated in about latitude thirty
five degrees, about on parallel with the
Southern boundry of North Carolina.
That is pretty far North to grow pines.
cat these islands," Mr.. Wright says
"the weather is so cold that artificial
cover is necessary" / should infer
from this statement that, for this is the
only argument he uses to prove that the
Smooth Cayenne can endure more cold
than the other varieties-that they are
grown there under ''artifcial cover"
similar to that used in Florida, at
Winter Park, Orlando and other places,
and were able to endure the cold and
grow there under similar circumstances.
From all l can learn from those who
have been there, and have seen sew
eral-ine apples are grown, mainly on
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bark is smooth, of gray color, and full
of yellowish juice. The leaves are
aromatic, dark, glossy green above and
whitish beneath.
The blossom is pale yellow, almost
white, and very fragrant, coming in
clusters of from three to five. In pic
lures the flowers look very much like
the huckleberry and Blackberry. But
then these berry leaves are very similar
to the lily of the valley, but larger and
more fleshy.
The nutmeg is the seed of the fruit,
and mace is the thin covering over the
seed. The fruit Is about the size of a
peach. When ripe it breaks open and
the little nut, or nutmeg is seen inside.
Nutmeg trees will bear fruit for from
seventy to eighty years, and have ripe
fruit on them at all seasons of the year.
A fine tree IN Jamaica has over four
thousand nutmegs on it yearly.
The exterior portion or f1eshy part of
the fruit, is about half an inch thick, of
a yellowish brown color and has an as
tringent juice. In collecting the crop
when fully ripe, the juice is thrown
away as useless, but when young it
is often made into sweetmeat with
brandy and sugar. Within the cover
ing, or husk, is the seed or nutmeg sur
rounded by deshy, much divided,
bright scarlet arillus-a growth which
starts from the little shell which sup
ports the ovule, and increases as that
ripens, and at maturity envelopes the
whole seed so completely that there are
but few apertures through which the
seed is visible. In drying it looses it's
scarlet color, becomes yellowish brown,
horny and brittle. This is what is
known as mace.
The seed, or nut, within the mace has
hard, dark brown shell inclosing the
kernel which is the true nutmeg of COM
merce. When the shell is removed the
nutmeg is pale brown and smooth, but
by drying it wrinkles up and becomes
hard.
The nutmeg is, like the Glove, native
of the Moluccas, and in that group
known as the Banda Islands the Dutch
brought it to great perfection. The
plants come into bearing in about eight
years from the seed, and reach full pro-
ductiveness in fifteen, bearing constantly
until seventy or eighty years old.
The nutmeg tree has ripe fruit on 1t
at all seasons Of the year, but there are
three seasons of harvesting: July and
August, when the fruit is most abundant
but the mace is thinner than at other
periods; November is the second har-
vest, when the nuts are smaller but the
mace thicker; and March and early
April is the third harvest, when both
nuts and mace are in the greatest perfec-
ton, but as in these months the season
is dry the harvest is not then abundant.
Five pounds OF nutmegs and one and
a quarter of mace is the average pro-
duction of each tree. The fruit is gath
cred by means of barb at the end of q
long stick. The outer husk is removed
and the mace carefully taken off, by
means of a knife, then dried in the sun,
or in wet weather by artificial heat.
Some fatten out the mace with the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-02-05


quarter of mace is the average pro-
duction of each tree. The fruit is gath
cred by means of barb at the end of a
long stick. The outer husk is removed
and the mace carefully taken off, by
means of knife, then dried in the sun,
or in wet weather by artificial heat.
Some f1atten out the mace with the
hand, so as to dry it in a single layer,
while others dry it IN double blades.
When it becomes golden brown color,
which it has when perfectly dried, it is
sprinkled with salt which aids to IRE.
serve it, and then packed in sacks for
exploration.
The fruit, or nutmegs are placed on
gratings over a slow fre. and dried at a
heat not exceeding 40 degrees F., until
the nut rattles freely in its shell, which
| operation requires about two months.
Evening journal., 1896-08-03
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr. aud Mrs j H. Cough, OF Bsor,
Tsturned home 10 day from Camden
camp whore they spent Sunday
Frank Gardner, Of Royal Oak, Md.
Miss Sallie Shaw and Miss Buzlne. Of
Wilmington, are being entsrtaiaed by
Mr. and Mrs A. q Brown
Rev. V. s. Collins Lhas returned home
from Wye camp, which Is being con
ducted near Centreville. Md by Rsv J.
N Essley Rev Edwin Gardner is in
charge Of the music
Hugh Smith, Jr, has returned
home from Kird wood where he has been
visiting his nocie
Msg MsrJ Janvlsr has returned home
from TRIP to Wyoming aud Camden
camp
Thomas D. Wise, relief operator, has
been assigned 10 FArnhurst this week to
relieve Station AGENT Gamer, lwho has
been indiaposed for several days
Colonel Harry Rogers has returned
home from his tip TO Ocean Grove and
Asbury Park considerably iDprovsd In
health.
Miss Hsttle Smith returned homo on
Sa'utday evening. accompanied by MrF.
Alexander Proudhf wife OF Rsv DR.
Proudhr, nov IL charge OF a large Prsa-
hyteriGn Church In the West
Nc aud Mrs d Longland will spend
several days Ia New Castle as the gusts
Of DR.. and Mrs, stewart
Mrs Abram Rothrock OF Wilmington,
returned home on Saturday night from a
visit to New Castle relatives.
Mrs Buckley, Of Philadelphia is visit
Ing the family OF Henry Rsiney.
Mrs ]. NJ Saunders IS entertaining &
Elmer +. Hawke, OF Toledo, o and Miss
Hawke, Of Philadelphia.
Mlss Marie Kanyrle, Of Phlladelpbls,
Misses Lydie Wright aud Maggie Neil
OF WILMINGTON. we're yesterday the
guests OF Mr aud Mrs. Robert w
Wright
Mrs Milton Woolsou aud Mrs w
Rash have returned home from Atlantic
CITY
Rev V s. Collins, together with Mrs
Collins. who have been spsnding ths
Summer doWn The Poninsula, left fol
Osean Grove to day At 945 and wer,
accom- pauied By james 4. Challenger
Mr Challenger, though stid weak 1,
rapidly recovering from his serious
illIess
MN Nicholson, Lewis Brown aud Mlsl
Brown, Of Pnilkdvlphis, hsvs been walt
ug Mr. and Mrs. w. A. yleksry.
De e Il. MsCsbs returned home from
L9n,wood camp meeting Ia saaAsi
county TO day
Mr.. aud Mrs T w. Hanf havl
returned home from THAR wedding tril
90 Atlantic City
Evening journal., 1896-08-03
ROW IN 7Hg BACK ROW"
Joseph saurisky Severely rjsros a Fei-
low Oountrvmsn an with Beer Bottle.

Joseph saurisky Severely Fajsros Fei-
low Oountrvmsn with Beer Bottle.
The Back row. in Dobbinsville was
the scene, st midnight, OF a dlsgraceful
fight According to accounts obtained
t6ls morning, the whole trouble arose
over an accident and FIVE minutes there
after empty beer bottles and brckbats
were being battered against houses and
people.
Audy Churelo, OF No 725 Clymer
street, was sitting in bis front room
drinking with a hiend, ard tossed an
empty beer bottle out OK the window
Jos,ph SAurisky. OF No 7l3 Cymtr
street, WAS passing at the time and
caught ihs bottle on the end of bis nose
Ia fearful indignation SAurlsky grabbed
the bottle and frei It with all his
strength At Churelo The bottle struos
the latter with full force on the fore
head. ley ing open his head and knocking
him senseloss. This brought on fight
which soon bsoame general.
Dr. W. II. Kuntz Is attending Churele
aud this morning said the wound vas not
serious. Sauriskey was arrested by
Policeman Morgan end lodged IN jail et
10 o'clock this merning
Evening journal., 1896-08-03
NEW CASTLE NEWS NOTES.

W S Walls OF Nv Castle saw the
baseball esue ~ Kirkwood on Saturday.
q whloh Kirk Woa0 defeated GAssoW By
soore OF % to 8
The Philadelphia wheelmen we're beaten
At Dover In baseball game on Saturday
by q score OF 90 Go 3 and svidoptly tried
drown their rsmorse all the way back
q DelaWar. rail- osd train, leaving New
Osstle at 8 A.
A dlsgraceful Rlter0a'i, between
20 well-knswu families over a LicJ Gle
,c,urred on Saturday night near the
'snsl bridge and several made themselves
liable TO arrest.
John Fitzgerald, the Ford candida q
or delegate from the Wess Ead, Is no y
Dspsctor OF tbs West district
Albert Holschumsker Is covering from
juries sustained by bsing kicked Oy =
lorse
Depression in the A. @ rat ks bas
sused even the small boy to give uI
'aseball and game Is seldom seeI
on
Sp ciAl OFF ier William d. Bradley has
threatened TO proceed against three boy
vho trespsssed on the Battery Puf
grounds on Saturday aud stole pieces Of
,snvas
Local h.rsemeu are getllng ready for q
rot st Hare's Corner on Thursday anS
'oe at Stanton on Saturday.
A back purity from WILMINGTON cam
'ver on visit 70 the families OF Jseo
'opklss aud ). Fisher. OF DJbbinsville.
Anorher Important business deal con
'erlinE a transfer Of much property 1
ep,r, ed to be under way.
The Democratic Hundred Executive
j1wInittee OF New Castle will meet to
ight.
Claude Burnhsm Is very Ill a. his hom
n DobbInsville.
Rev. E. L Brady conducted tse semi
monthly services In New Castle jail.
Evening journal., 1896-08-03

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novel bertha which gives 1t pointed
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They sre fioely gathered into the arm
sizs aud ught-ftling from wrist to
elbow. The dainty pointed CUTS srs
trimmed with insertion to CORE
spond with bsrths. THIS bertha may.
be entirely omitted IL q palmer garment
is desired or 1t may bs trimmed in various
ways to suit the tsste. This design is
adapted to either slender or stout figures.
Chailis. flannel, silk cashmere. cham bray,
eipgbam, percale or dimity are all suit
able for its development.
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vide, % yards c6 Inches wide or " yards
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27 Inches wide. Cut In wen sizes, 80,
"a, SO. 3s. 40. 40 and Al inches bust
measure.
Evening journal., 1896-08-03
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Evening journal., 1896-08-03
SOME PLANS ALREADY MADE.
Fias Brick House TO he Erected at the
Gas House

Fias Brick House TO BE Erected at the
Gas House.
It Is now generally admitted by taose
concerned ia the recent transfer II gas
stock from Stephen P. Nj Tasker TO j
Edward AddNks that amonk the 6rst ak
perimsnts to b. tried will be the produc
tion Of water gas. With th- Improvements
discovered IN It's manufsctuTe duiing the
past year
But probsbly the frst In provemt Mt to
be d,cldsd upon will be the cor strucdoE
OF modern dwelling house OF brick and
all the new things In bonse building, for
the uss OF the gas works forSmau. a de
sirsble plot of ground, vi b a deep water
~harf and Hue sbhde trees contiguous to
its plant 10 Dog owned by TIE company
It Is said that work upon this house will
be commenced AZ once
Evening journal., 1896-08-03
AFFAlRs Id FARNHuRsT.

FLAX on the Aim,house Lawn Is Kept
waving Long g-New BuiIdlnx Ready for
the Roof.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
fARNHURsT. Aug 3 TOE doe new
Uoited y ates hag recently raised a. he
county Almshouse 60 II from the tail d z
pole recently erected on its lawn Is one
OF sac ''long- may she wsve' hind, for 1t
has never missed a half day, except the
Stormy oHe. since Il was raised isst Tues
dsy a. waves every dsy while the
Sia'e Hospita hig only appears on board
dAve sud holiday occasions
Professor DeBsrry snd WiImineton
sseoclafe gave an sOteri siLiug tWC-hou
performance Of veutril, Ism ard slight
OF hand AZ the state hos pi.al bltdlng
TIE Trustees Of Delaware State
Hospital 81 Farnhurst will hold their
res ulsr meeting next Thursday and by
chat time AL TIE walls OF the new $50. ..
600 .npsx vii have been completed and
the bullaIng .i be ready 10 be rooted.
The 0slls are waiting j4st now for the
/ finishing touches
Evening journal., 1896-08-03
NEVS OF NEV CASTLE.
BURIAL OF HARRY L. WEBER.
Many visitors at the Funeral Of This
Popular Young Chrlstiaua hdan-- SER
Vices in the Presbs terIao OH S,ob.

Many Visitors at tho Funeral Of This
Popular Young Chrlstiana fdan-- SER
Vices In the Presb1 terlao ohS,oh.
Oae OF the largest country fArerals Of
the year wac that OF the late Al srry l.
Webber, Of ChrlstlanR He wAs laid ut
rest In the 2. esby eiian burylna ground
there on Saturday afterneonA The
remains were irst reviewed at the lhouse
b. vast number OF visitors and Chris
tlal n Castle, X q E
At the church the ferRl offerings were
removed and the cAskst vas again
opened. Revs Mason, OF the Presby ter.
ian Church, and Conowas, OF the NJ K
Church, conducted the church services
Miss Mason, daughter OF the minister
sang the soprano solo, Sleep, Ny Be-
loved. Sleep
Rsv Mason. the deceRsed's pastor,
made the address, speaking principally
on the subj act Of what is promised IN the
land to colne he told OF Mr. Webbei 3
early acknowledgements Of ths cause OF
Christ and his subseqU Uent desire to be OF
some service In doing some religious
coed 70 bis fellow townsmen and hls
friends. The pail besrers were nil NeN
Jsreey relatives OF the deceased. They
wore. Edward Brick, Eowsrd Green,
Henry o Webbar Henry Green, Henry
Webbsr and Edward Austin.
Other New Jersey people In attsudRnce
l al the funeral were Osrf PettiL and
wife. Mrs. Rd ward Au,tlr, William Sun
merall and wife. Lewis Green, Mrs
Edward Buick, Miss J@nls Gsesn. Miss
| Florencs Roberts. Mrs Joseph Green
and Mrs B4ward Grsen aud others.
Mr. Wobbar wps junior msmber OF the
I firm Of A q Wsobsr & Bro, and 4
graduate Of DslawAre Olllege
Evening journal., 1896-08-03
Two Men Accused Of murder.


WEST CHEsTER, Aug. John g.
Carver, near oxford, Is in the Chester
county prison here charged with the
murder Of Mrs. Granville Richards, near
Rising Sun, Maryland, In 1891, aud will
bs taken TO Maryland for irlSl as soon IS
the 7, uisili,n papers can be secured.
The srrest was made on the strength OF
statement made by D f. Jordan to
Magistrate thomas Hudson. OF Oxford.
Jord IN visited the Office OF the maeis-
trste aud made the statement voiun
tsrily ''Is Is secret which has
troubled me Tor several yeSrs, be
explain ed ''O0 the uight OF the murder
net John q. Carver sni James
Adsms on the road near the
home OF the Riehsrcs. They seemed
81 be excil.d and ssked them what
the trouble VAS They then confessed
to me that ttey had gone to the bone
Of the aged c,upl. TO rob them Of
money supposed TO be concealed about
tine hose WLe0 they eutsred the
bedroom Of the couple Mrs Richards
e,esmed for hslp and they shot hsi
dad .
Carver vas arrest, d and sent here "a
prison by the ms gistrste james Adams
Is now doing time ~ the Lancaster
prison for larceny Tue murder was 4
cold blooded one, and here is reward
Of 81 900 for tue arrest OF the murder
ers."
Evening journal., 1896-08-03
nnsg WIN a oovernment Job.

About 100 men, engineers and b ssss
are nos engaged In the government
work OF making forblheations for the
disappearing carriage guns at the bAt
terry on New Jersey 8 shore opposite Fort
Delaware. where numb-r OF New
Castle men sre at work In employ ing
the wolkmsn preference 10 given to ali
Jersey men who srplY. Delaware coming
uex'. The pay the Ia government standard
% 3 80 for shob day OF eight hours
Work begins at 8 N aud ends at p.
m with All bour for noon