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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-11-25
The Japanese Morning Glory.


There seems to have been consider
able inquiry during the past year for
Japanese Morning Glory seeds, or
properly called Convolvulus, and it is
not surprising to those who have
seen the flowers at their best. [ sup
pose you know the japanese do not
like training them on poles Or trellis
work ten or fifteen feet high as we
do, but to have them in pots where
they can place them on level with
their eyes as they sit on their heels
on the ground. They, Therefore, con-
stantly nip off the terminals, and
will only have two or three flowers
at time to each pot, and from first
to last, perhaps not more than TWEEN
tv. On the other hand, we have had
three nurseries full of them growing
on bamboo canes, eight feet high
and rampant, so that we found it
impossible to keep each color distinct
so as to avoid mixing the seeds. We
gave it up, and it is the general opln-
ion of the numerous visitors who
came to see them that they should
be sown at random, and not in rows
of one variety. STILL in order to have
the flowers six inches, or nearly so,
in diameter, as many Of ours were,
they should be pinched back, es-
pecially at the foot in the side
branches near the ground. (Of
course, if quantity is preferred to
size this is unnecessarily The ground
should be richly and we'll MANFRED
in order to have the best results.
A word about sports. One is con-
stantly meeting with surprises. New
colors and varieties every year from
the previous seasons seeds. Not in
frequently double ones, but no seeds
from these have been known to ma
terialize. They occasionally degen-
crate, and [ have come across white
mowers OIL Un0 l1OSU y appear
ance from the same root as the most
beautiful pure white large crimped
flower one could imagine.
[ commenced to have various col
ored tags of wool tied to the pretti-
est in order to assert the seed, but
there were so many beautiful ones
that I gave it up in despair.
1t is simply impossible to describe
the colors, though 1 have seen it at
tempted. The most usual to our
eyes is probably the chocolate color.
The japanese prize these, which are
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-11-25
The Jehu Mill Company of Wewa-

The Jehu Mill Company of Wewa-
hitchka, has made arrangements for
long-cotton gin. It will be running
in thirty days. The people are very
much encouraged with long cotton.
The acreage will be so per cent
greater next season that last. Or
ange sprouts are growing we'll. At
Jockey Lake grove they will aver
age ten feet high; at Evans Field
grove, Lake Como grove and Lake
grove the same.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-11-25
Ornamental Planting.

The subject given me for this re-
port, "Ornamentals," so far as it
means the culture of desirable trees,
shrubs and flowers, the making of
fine lawns, or the surrounding of our
homes with rural beauty, should re-
ceive far more attention by hOrticul-
turists that has often been given it.
The beauty of any rural home de-
ponds, to a large extent, on the num-
Der and arrangement of shade and
ornamental trees.
It is not my province to give
lengthy dissertation on landscape
gardening, or instructions on the
preparation of the soil, and the prop
er methods of transplanting trees,
but let me say that whatever is
worth doing in the preparation and
transplanting of trees, shrubs, or
plants, is worth doing WE'LL SO that
they may make a good healthy start
from the beginning. Though this is
a timbered country, how few there
are that build in the midst of ham
mock, or take advantage of the orig
inal trees-as Friend Bacon of No. 9
did-selecting and retaining such as
are pleasing to the eye, and conven-
lent for shade? AS most of our
homes are on high pine lands, we
are as privileged to select location
for the variety of the trees we plant,
as though we were in a prairie coun-
try. Persons with small places, or
with limited means should not at
tempt too much. Attempt only the
simple and the natural, and the sure
wav to secure this is by employing
as leading features only trees and
grass. A few forest or ornamental
trees, we'll grouped and so arranged
as to leave the most pleasing views
unobstructed, but hiding anything
unsightly-not too much crowded, as
most new beginners are apt to get
them, give universal pleasure. They
contain in themselves the basis of all
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-11-25
NOTICE.

WANT every man and woman in the United
States interested in the Opium and Whisky
habits to have one of my books on these dis,
eases. Address b. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ca,
Box SS2, and one will be sent you free.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-11-25
FLORAL DEPARTMENT.

Address all communications to Floral Depart
ment AGRICULTURIsT. DeLand, File.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-11-25
How's This7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. j. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business tranactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Tobacco dust can be had for $1.25
per 100 Tbs by addressing E. o. Pain
ter & Co. DeLand.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
AN OLD SUIT REVIVED.
Action of the Tyler Mining Company
Has Been Twice Around the
Legal Circle.

The Tyler Mining Company of Oregon.
plaintiffs in an action to recover 5000, 900
from Charles Sweeney, Frank R. Moore
Last Chance Mining Company, Idaho
Mining Company and Republican Mining
Company, filed a writ of error in the
United States Court of Appeals yesterday
asking for rehearing of their cause.
The plaintiffs claim they own what is
known as the Tyler lode, situated in the
Yreka district of Shoshone County, Idaho.
In 1890 the defendants named herein, ac-
cording to the complaint, took possession
OF the property, taking out ore to the value
OF $500, 900.
The defendants set up the claim that
the lode had its top or apex within their
surface lines, which contention was sus-
tanned by the Circuit Court of Idaho. The
suit was then carried to the Court of Ap-
peals for this district and the decision of
the lower court upheld. The action was
then taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States and new trial ordered.
The case was accordingly heard second
time in the Circuit Court of Idaho, ending
in the same manner as the first Not sat
isfed with this defeat the plaintiffs again
appear before the Court of Appeals, a1leg-
ing that the lower tribunal erred in forty
three instances. In spite of this formid-
able array it is thought the Circuit Court
of Idaho will be sustained, in which event
there will be no further appeal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
It Is Healing Surface Inflam'
nation and Assuaging
Pain.
THE CASE OF CHINESE ANNIE
She Is Experiencing Wonderful Relief
and Is Sanguine of Complete
Recovery.

The great Goto cure for leprosy,
which was imported recently, has laid its
healing finger on the sufferings of the lit
tie band OF outcasts at the Pesthouse, is
checking the progress of their loathsome
sickness and is alleviating their pain.
Scarcely month has elapsed since this
remedy was introduced as an experiment
among the fifteen or twenty patients
housed in the damp and draughty habita.
tions of the leper colony. Nevertheless,
within this short interval three of the most
virulent cases are showing signs of i'm
provement
According to the statement of the super
intending physician, All Kim, the China
man, who suffered from an extreme case
of tubercular leprosy. has beeen remark
ably benefited. His hands and his face
which, at the beginning of the treatment
were in an inflamed and painful condition,
are slowly healing. The burning pain in
his arms and legs has almost entirely dis
appeared. The swelling in his face is also
going down.
He is very happy at the improvement in
his condition and says that he will surely
get well.
ease in virulent form, says he is conf
dent of getting completely well. An ex-
trenely stubborn growth in the roof of
his mouth has healed wholly and he ex-
presses himself as feeling more buoyant
in body and spirit than he has for years.
Chinese Annie" whose face was in a
terrible condition, swollen and covered
with nodules, is vastly improved. The
nodules are going down and she is very
hopeful and believes she will get well.
On the patients not suffering from the
virulent forms of the disease the steps
toward recovery are not so clearly dis
cernible, although in their cases no ad-
vance of symptoms has been observed.
The experimenting physician said:
"There is no question as to the efficacy
of the medicine. 1t has palliative effects
and stays the progress of the disease. Its
efficacy, however, cannot be so easily
demonstrated in those who have not
liberated tubercular forms of the disease.
OF the fifteen lepers who suffer from the
disease only three have it in its virulent
stage.
THE remedy, though, goes like an angel
of the Lord into those dreary walls and
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
SARAH JENKS' WILL.
1t L. Contested by Her Son, Walter
jerks, Who Claims His Mother
Was Insane.


Walter jerks through his attorneys has
fled a coatest to the will of his mother,
Sarah jerks, who died June %, 1896, leav-
ing an estate worth $3.50. The property
of deceased consisted principally of real
estate situated in Vallejo, and was left by
will to B. F. Buhr, who is named as execu-
tor of the will; to George M. Frisbee, a
nephew of the deceased; to St. Vincent's g
Church of Vallejo; to Moses Frisbee. a
brother of testatrix, and to H. j. Webster.
To the contestant, who is the only son of
Mrs jerks, but $50 was bequsathed.
Walter jerks at present resides in Lon
don, England, and contests his mother s
will on the ground that the principal part
of her property was left to Buhr, who is no
relative of hers, while he, her only son, is
practically cut off.
1t is claimed that the will was not ex-
ecuted or attested as required by law, and
that Mrs. jerks, who at the time the will
was drawn was suffering from a fbrous
tumor, an operation to re move which was
in prospect, was not of sound mind.
It is also alleged that B. T. Buhr, the
executor named in the will and the princi-
pal legatee, is professional gam bier, W no
eighteen months prior to the death of Mrs.
jerks resided in her house and obtaine ed
such undue influence and control over her
as to exclude from her natural affections
the petitioner.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
An Early NJ Nlorning Blaze.

The Pacific Refinery and Roofing Com
pany's works on Illinois street, were damaged
by fire yesterday morning to the extent oil
$500. The alarm was turned in about 4 A. NJ
and after an hours hard work, the department
succeeded In e4ungulsnlng the flames. The
several sheds where oils and other combus.
tibles were stored. The origin OF the confia.
grafton is not known. No one, so far as can
be ascertained, has been near the premises
since Saturday night. Marshal Towe is instr
tuting searching investigation with a view
of determining if it was the work of incen-
diaries The owners of the building think.
However, that the cause of the blaze was spon.
taneous combustion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
To Transfer Big Bonds.

P. G. Jones, man-of-affairs at Homo
lulu and Minister of Finance under the
Provisional Government, came up from
the islands Sunday and will leave for
the East to-day or tomorrow Mr.. Jones
is going to New York and 10 other money
centers for the purpose of inducing Amer
lean capital to take hold of Hawaiian
Government bonds to the amount of
So. 900, 000 The idea is to have these bonds
transferred from London to the United
States, TO obtain, if possible, lower rate
of interest.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
The Divorce Courts.

Lizzie NOEL yesterday obtained divorce
from Ransom A. Noell. Judge Hunt granted
the decree because of the defendants deser-
ton.
Desertion was the ground on which George
c. Burnham secured a divorce from Allan F.
Burnham. Judge Hunt granted the decree
William O'ConneI was granted divorce
from Sarah OConnell because of the latter's
habitual intemperance. The custody of the
minor child was awarded to the plaintiff by
Judge Hunt.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
Ayers Hair VigOr.

brings to all of the sufferers sanguine
belief of recovery.
"An interesting feature in the less viru-
lent cases is found in the stay of prorress
OF the disease in the two Bendt boys.
There have been no skin LESSONS in their
cases or alterations
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
8. O. Alexander,s Estate.

The accounts of Coda Alexander, exccutrfx
of the will of S. o. Alexander, have been set
tied and the order for final distribution made.
The executrix under the will is sole legatee
and inherits $44 ,289 20 in cash, the property
at the southeast corner of Powell and o. Farrell
streets and 20S0 acres OF land in Merced Coun-
ty The latter, however, is ncum bered by a
claim of the San Francisco Savings Union for
S25. 600
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
Food and Game Fish.

Captain ]. J. Brice, the United States Fish
Commissioner, was present at meeting of the
California Fish Commissioners yesterday. An
interesting discussion and exchange OF ideas
relative TO the establishment of stations and
hatcheries took place, and the State and
United States officials assured each other of q
hearty cooperation in the work of propagating
food and game fish in this State.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
AICTION sALES

BY CHAs LEVY q Co.-This day (Tuesdayl
Furniture saIesroom, 1lS5 Market street, at 10
clock.
By INDIANA AUCTION Co.-This day Tuesday,
Furniture, etc, at 1857 Market ST., at IL o'clock
BY FRANK W. BUTrERFTELD = This day
CTuesday), Fur niture at 1920 California street,
at II o clock.
BY EAsToN & ELDRIDGE.-Tuesday. August 8
u o'clock.
BY EAsToN & ELDRIDeE.-Saturday, August
%, Real Estate, at Mountain View, Santa Clara
Co., at l O'clock
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
JEFFRIEs AMP VAN BUsK1RK.

Articles Signed for Contest Early in
September.
Jeffries and Van Buskirk signed articles
Sunday evening for contest to take place
September 2. Jeffries has gone into train
ing at Seal Rocks. Van Buskirk will be
looked after by Walter Watson, the
Olympic Club boxing instructor. and the
admirers of the Olympic Clubs favorite
expect him to be in condition to put up
the fight of his life. 1t will be ten-round
match, and will come off at Colma.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
ADJUSTMENTS.

BALDWIN THEATER.-"The Masqueraders-"
CALIFORNIA THEATER."The Irish Artist"
COLUMBIA THEATER-"The Great Unknown"
MoRosCos CFERA-h oUsE-"The Two Orphans"
TTvoLI oPERA-HoUsE-"The Bohemian Girl"
oRPHEUM-E Glass Vaudeville.
sUTRo BATHs-Bathing and performances
SHOOT THE CHUTEs-Dafly at Haight street.
one block east of the Park
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
Trunks Moved e5 Cents.

Commercial Transfer Co., 43 Sutter street
Telephone Main 40. Keep your checks for u.s.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11

NEW To-LAY-AMUsEMENrs.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-10
THE
KS e k@ zaA
PACIFIC COMPANY.

Commencing Saturday Nov 24.is9
leave Reno as follows: 1928 Il. IN
Daily Atlantic Express. realms fOi
WinnemUcca Battle tEountaiu. Fails
ade. Ggden,and East. Carries only frs
class passengers through AMI l0ca!
ssinin. car 30 Ogden.
4.30 o. III. -laiiy- Pacific Expires.
train for Truckee, Sacramento Ben.
ecia and san francisco. arriving al
6:ij a, III. Connecting at
at 10 pa a. m. with the New Orleans
IN press for Fra@m1. Santa Barbara
Los angeles. @tu Diego. also at s:EG
p. us.forW WOODLAND aud ssniShts land
ing.
9:0S y. ri. Daiiy-Atiautic TxUres.
for 81 iHrnenimcca, Battle Eouneaig
E~'aiisaae. 3t@Gan and Fast. carrie
first and @r~osd class passengers
IecaE and AruusA.
S-e5 p. Hi. DaiFs-nac7@r rxpve~,
train for k~sGseyiEie, .aEAeyEgs.. &aara.
mento. and ~an FEan"a"co VIA Een
ecia arriving at O. u. ia. ~touaect.
at arranaenfo with train ieavins
at 1925 "A. III. for Stockton. Gathrcp
San Jose. san Francisco. Fresno. Eoa
| Angeles San Diego: and East. via New
Orleans: a, 1859 II. Hs. far Williams
for ssed Bluff aud at 1850 y re-. 70
T2aryayii9e, CIiro. ~EsetdsnG, s'oEstan:
and Puget >Suud roin:s.
The record-union., 1896-07-04

lows: Pears-Bartlett, 50 o5G2 so. Apri.
cots-Royal, 5ou60c Peaches-Alexan-
der, 81 4o@1 60. Plums-Clyman, 81 80
Abundance, 81 So; Royal Hative. 81 10
Prunes-Traged 81 50Q3.
CHICAGO, July 3.-Porter Brothers
Company sold to-day at open auction
Pears-Bartletts (small and green), 81 &
az per box Shipped in ventilated carl
Apricots-Royal, 90c per half-crate.
CHICAGO, July 3.-The Earl Fruit
Company sold California fruit in the
Union auction to-day, realizing the fol
lowing prices: Prunes-Tragedy, 81 20Q
2 25 per half-crate; Simoni (rotten), 81 90
Plums-Burbank, 81 S0@1 90 per half
crate; Mikado, 81 80; Abundance, 81 40
Royal Hative, 81 35. Pears-Bartlett, 81 sc
a 80 per box. Peaches-St John, 81 Il
a. Is per box; Alexander, 81 40; Hale's
Early, 9oc@$1 40. Apricots-Royal, 40e
@$1 per half-crate.
ST. PAUL, July 3.-The Producers
Fruit Company sold California fruit in
consolidated auction-room to-day as fol-
lows: Peaches-Hale's, 90c@$1; some ripe
65c Plums-Kelsey Japan, 81. Pears
Bartletts, 81 70. Plums-Clyman, 81 so
Royal Native, 81 35@I 40. Prunes-
MINNEAPOLIS, July 3.-Porter Broth
ers Company sold to-day at open auction
Plums-70c@$1 IS per half-crate. Peaches
-75cQ$1 % per box.
The record-union., 1896-07-04

Peppers. 1219Q15c per ID; Green Okra, zoe
per 10.
FRESH FRUIT-Apples-Sm Small boxes,
20435c; large boxes, 50QSoc. ApricotS-
Royal, 35050c for small boxes; 4oQ60c in
crates and 25@40c per basket; in bulk,
$15025 per ton.
BERRIES Strawberries, s3G4 per chest
for Longworth and S2Q3 per chest for
large berries; RaspberrieS, 1904 per chest;
Blackberries. 81 50Q2 80 per chest Cher
ries-S1Q1 80 per box. Currants-S204 per
chest. Figs-Black, 25q3oc per box for
single layers and 50u65c Off double layers.
Grapes-Seedless from Yuma, 81 I5G2 per
crate Peache-50M75c per obx, and &c
6I65c in baskets. Plums-Crates, 50q6Oc,
and 351f50c in boxes.
CITRUS FRUIT-Mexican Lines. So sc
az per box; California Lemons, 81 2541 7J
for common, s2Q2 80 per box for good to
choice. and 81 5o9S for fancy Iy Califor-
Navels, 81 5od3 30 per box; Mediterran-
can Sweets, S2at3.
TROPICAL FRUIT..-Bananas S1Q2 PEI
bunch; Pineapples, 81 5014 per dozen;
Persian Dates, 51@lI6c per ID.
DRIED FRUITS-F'ollowin are the
prices furnished by the San francisco
carload lots: Apricots-Fancy Moorpark
loQ11c; choice, do, 10c; fancy, &c; choice
SC; standard, nc; prime. G12G7c. Apples
Evaporated. 4g4l4c; sundried, &c. Peaches
Fancy &c; choice. DC; standard 3Ac
prime, 2s4c; peeled, in boxes, lie. Pears
Fancy, halves, &c; quarters, 6l4c; choice
&c; standard, 4c; prime, BIC. Plums-
Pitted, 312c; unpitted, 11a02c. Prunes-
Four sizes. 3g34c. Nectarines-t'a
size; choice, SC; standard, &c; prime, 31ac
Figs-White, choice, &c; Black, 2l3c. Rails
ins-In carload lots. FOB. Fresno ir
sacks or 50-fb boxes: 4-crown loose. C
3-crown. &c; 2-crown, 21ac; seedless Sui
tanas, &c; seedless MuScatels, 1Ac: dried
grapes, C; 3-crown London Layers, TOO
! per box in 2o-lb boxes: Clusters, 81 20
| Dehesa clusters, 81; Imperial clusters
| 81 80; 4-crown loose, 8; 4-crown loose
| faced, $ per box.
OVERWHELMINGLY 14la115c
| special brands, higher; seconds, 13I2Q14c
Dairy-Fancy, 1311312; good to choice
! I2IaG13c: lower grades. 11Q12c
| CHEESE-Fancy mid new, 61ac; fair Il
| good, 5l2u6c; Young America 7QSc
| Eastern. 12af3c per 10.
EGGS-10q11c per dozen for store; 12G
! 15c for ranch.
POULTRY-Live Turkeys-Gobblers, l.
M16c: Hens, 14G16c per fb, dressed, -,
per II; BOOSTERS. $444 30 for old and s,
az 30 for young; Broilers, 81 50l52 fo
small go 50M3 for large; F'ryers s303 so
Hens. So 50at4 %; Ducks, S3Q3 30 for old
IS 500J for young; Geese. 90cMS1 pei
pair; Goslings, 9ocuS1 per pair; Pigeons
81 25Q1 80 per dozen for old and 81 25Qi
l 80 per dozen for young.
The record-union., 1896-07-04
METZ ORS REACH THE EARTH
Are the Same as the "ShOOting
Stars" Seen at Night.

All of you have been out of doors
on cloudless evening, and have seen
star apparently fall from it's place in
the sky and glide in long line of light
toward the horizon. Perhaps you have
wondered, as | used to do, how long
it would be before the stars would all
be gone from the sky, since one fell so
often did not then know what have
learned since. that shooting stars" are
not true stars at all, but only bodies
which appear for an instant, and then
disappear forever. Let US call them
meteors, and thus avoid confounding
them with real stars; for the real stars
are as enduring as anything in the uni
verse.
In common speech, however the term
meteors is largely confined to those
shooting stars which are very large and
bright and are seen only now and then.
Since they do not, however, differ from
the shooting stars in any important re-
spect, SO far as we know, most Of the
learned scholars who make study of
such objects consider them the same.
| Now, If meteors never came any
nearer the earth than do those which we
so often see, we should know nothing
more about them than what we could
| learn from their light, and that would
be very little. But it sometimes hap
pens that one Of them can be seen to
come directly down to the earth. 1t
makes bright light as it falls, some
times so intense as to outshine the sun,
when that is in the sky. Sometimes the
meteor carries with it q cloud Of smoke
and falls with q kissing, spluttering
noise. throwing out showers of sparks
as it descends. Usually, too, loud re-
ports are heard as it passes through the
air. as If aerial armies were cannonad-
ing one another, and as the sound Of the
conflict passes away long rolls of echo
| ing thunder shake the earth.
| When the astonished people there
about have recovered from their fright
and hasten to the spot where the meteor
struck the earth, they sometimes find
buried in the soil-if the soil has any
depth-a piece of stone or metal, often
no larger than a hens egg, but some
times big enough to be Of several hum
dred pounds weight.
1t is usually still hot if picked up
very soon after it's fall, and its surface
will be found to be covered with thin
crust, or varnish, made by the melting
and flowing of it's outside This crust on
the stones Is usually black, while the
interior is light gray in color; on the
pieces OF metal 1t is of a rusty brown
color, and the interior of the mass
nickel white. The surface of these
bodies can be seen, too, to be indented
by little pits or hollows which look for
all the world as If the mass had once
been soft as piece of putty, and some
one had pressed it with his thumb in
many places.-O. c. harrington, in St.
Nicholas.