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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-10-06
How to Grow a Palm, and the Care
of If

Unless you have a large stock OF
patience, and fondness for expert
ment, [ would not advise any one to
try to grow palms from seed. 1 have
known the seeds of certain palms to
lie in the ground for more than year
before sprouting.
1t is far better to purchase a small
palm of the variety you admire, and
grow that to the desired size. l
bought one less than two feet high
from the florist and in three years
iently large for the house. Their Gull
ture is the simplest thing in the
world, and as they grow the year
round, it is sometimes necessary to
check or dwarf them to keep them
a nice size for the house. The varie-
ties most common for house culture
the Areca lutescens, Livistona sinen-
sis, or fan-palm, Raphia fabelliformis
and the several varieties Of the date
palm, of which latter family Phoenix
rupicola is rather the most graceful,
on account of it's long and finely pin
nate leaves, but 2. tennis and p. can
aviensis are handsome and more com>
monty grown than rupicola.
Having selected your palm and tax
en- it home; examine 1t, and if it needs
40 4 in, i0R
rous soil that contains plenty Of sand;
and pray do not commit that common
fault of the amateur of putting
two-foot palm in a pot the size of
small tub. [ think persons who COM
nit this error hope that by giving
plenty of room from the start they
will save themselves the trouble Of
reporting the plant for several years
to come. But the soil is apt to grow
sour or lose its strength from the fire.
quent waterings, and it is always
bad plan to have plant in pot too
large for it's needs. 1t is inharmoni-
Gus. Plants do not love a misfit any
better than human beings. Give youl
palms plenty of water. In India they
have a saying that the cocoanut-palm
will not live away from the sound OF
the sea-shore. The idea is POLITICALLY
beautiful, but [ think the water filter
ed through the sand is at the root of
the saying as well as al the roots of
the trees and without doubt accounts
for the milk in the cocoanut. Palms,
as we'll as all other potted plants
which require much water, are best
kept wet by putting plate under the
pot, which serves a double purpose,
keeping the water at the root of the
plant and off your carpet.
In winter palms will stand all the
sunshine they can get. In summer
put them outdoors, under tree il
possible, where the fiercest rays cam
not scorch them, but where light, rain
and air can do their perfect work.
Keep a plate under them when out
of doors, to prevent the tender root
lets seeking the ground, from whence
thew will have to be rudely torn in the
autumn, when they are brought into
the house, thereby checking and in
iuring the plant.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-10-06
FLORAL DEPAkTM MEN Il.

Address all communications to Floral De
partment. Agriculturist, DeLand, Fla.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10
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bOns, his long scarlet robe borne by
six boys also in red. They
were then ranged in Il semi-cir-
Gle around the throne of the cardinal,
and the altar. The mass of light and
color and the magnificent music made
"A pageant as gorgeous as grand op--
ent. There are two immense paintings
in the Cathedral, one "The Descent
from the Cross" painted by Baron
Pierre Narcisse Gierrin, of France.
andp resented by Louis, the eighteenth
King of France, to the archdiocese of
Baltimore. The other historic picture
represents 1.-THE Burial of Plague
Stricken Troops before Tunis A. D..
1870" and was the gift of the same
monarch.
On Mount Vernon Square, which is
one of the sacred precincts Of the Bal
timore 400, is a Washington monu-
ment, about $50 feet high. Ii is a
column with the statue of Father
George on top. The Peabody Instl>
tute, school of the fine arts, for wo-
men, is also near by.
shitPKhOIaww ekabitihOvadqkgti
Eutaw Place is another 400 neigh
bOrhOod. Druid Hill park was so ice
bound, that we had not the courage
to drive around with streaming nose
and freezing toes. 1t is said to be
very beautiful. Climb up little Chi
nese looking tower in Patterson park
and you will have a good view of the
Chesapeake and the shipping. Go
into the horticultural hall and breathe
the delicious tropic warmth and per-
fume and refresh yourself with the
beauty of palms and ferns and
"green things growing" Then plunge
out into the beautiful, beautiful
snow" once more. Never mind if you
do slip here and there, it's good mus
cular exercise and teaches equifi-
brium. When the playful breeze lifts
tuft of snow from n neiChboring
tree or house top and rains a wad
of ii into your ear don't mind a little
thing like that. it will make you so
deaf you can't hear the racket of the
city. Never mind If the unprotected
hand you are holding on to your hat
with, does freeze, the motions you go
through to thaw it out will invigOrate
you. Don't wear an unpleasant eX,
preston when you and the wind meet
UNEXPECTEDLY, and You go too rapidly
round a corner. Lots of fresh air is
healthy. you know. Don't growl when
the beautiful snow has sall turned to
nice thick. affectiOnately cliDging
black mud What could the poor snow
do when YOU trampled on it? Besides
mud is still used for pies. Don't lose
your temper just because it's 10 below
zero and you have waited for = car
fifteen minutes. The laws of hygiene
require you to I've a certain time i'm the
open air. Don't stay here at all. go
to Texas, get full of ozone and ia
males and explode with the country.
Happy New Year. IT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10
THE TRUE REMEDY.

w. NJ. Repine, editor Tiskilwa. ILL.,,
"Chief," says: I'VE won't keep house
without DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption Coughs, and Colds. Ex-
perimented with many others. but
never got the true remedy until we
used DR.. Kings New Discovery. No
other remedy can take it's place in our
home, as in it we have a certain and
sure cure for Coughs, Colds, WhoOp-
ing Cough. etc" 1t is idle to expe-
riment with other remedies. even if
they are urged on you as just as good
as DR.. Kinks New Discovery. They
are not as good. because this remedy
has a record of cures and besides is
guaranteed. 1t never fails to salts
~. Trial bottles ut F. KalteyPr &
Sons drug store.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

In order to wind up the affairs of
this estate, offer for sale at a bar
gain the following improved and IN
improved real estate in this city:
Lot, corner Hays and blackberry
streets 145x1SS feet. two dwellings on
same.
Cottage and two lots, Westfalls ave,
South Heights.
Cottage and two lots, Essex street,
South Heights.
Dwelling and large lot, Summit ave
and Howard street. Laurel Heights.
Six lots near Midway, West End,
unimproved.
Seven lots on Burnett and Blaine
streets, unimproyed. A bargain to
cash purchaser. J. J. PEETZ,
Administrator Of the estate Of Chas.
J. Langholz, decd, All Main plaza.
12-27-3Ot.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10
NEW YEARS LETTER.
beautiful Baltimore - Famous For
Lovely Women and Gallant Men.
Her University, Cathedral and
Baltimore, Jan. /, 1897

Her University, Cathedral and
Other Show places.
Baltimore, Jan. |, 1897.
"Beautiful women and gallant men,"
so has run the reputation of the peO-
pie of this old southern city, since the
days when the women tripped over
polished floors in ruinously high-heel-
ed slippers, and the men clanked
swords and powdered their hair.
Your humble correspondent, after a
flying holiday visit here, finds the rep
utatiOn still sustained in great de-
gree, even in these degenerate days.
when man does not appear to be max
ing any special study of the fine art
of politeness, especially in public, and
women do not find the nervous rush
of modern life conducive to beauty.
There is quiet LONELINESS about
Baltimore, there is an absence of os-
tentatiOn even on the most fashiOna-
bic streets. Nobody seems anxious to
break somebody's neck, or ribs, to ar
rive in time. 1t is not necessary here
to shrek an octave above your natu-
raj tones in order to be heard; even
the news boys voices are less ear
SlilNlihS. ht SUIT SbuNllCIh dNNNilb
is reality here, without being Il
drawl, it is mellow. Every city has
its own peculiar mental and physical
individuality, and its own character
istic attitude toward the rest of the
face and it's lines of a greatlaniHva
world. To study the face and it's lines
of a great city as interesting as to
study the Individual, generally more
so. Baltimore enjoys a milder climate
than the rest of her eastern sisters.
Though at Christians there were snow
and ice enough to produce sleigh rides
and n large crop of sprained ankles.
One of the sights of Baltimore is
the Johns Hopkins university and
hospital, one Of the finest of its kind
in this country. At the entrance to
| the rotunda stands a heroic marble
| figure of Christ, with outstretched
hands of invitation. The base of the
statute is inscribed, "Come unto me
all We that are weary and heavy Ia
den and l will give you rest" This
| statute is the gift of Mr.. Spence. of
| Baltimore. to the hospital. and has
only recently been unveiled. There
is fine reception room to the left as
you enter. the walls are adorned with
some very fine copies of the old mas
| tiers. The uniform of the attendant
nurses at Johns Hopkins lisp ure white
! This is the temple of surgical science.
| indeed. So noted is it for its opera
ton i'm every department of surgery.
that one hardly ever comes out with
! as many arms or legs or the same in
| ternal mechanism as on entering the
| hOsnital
| On Christmas dav we went to high
mass at the Cathedral. It was very
| imnosing ceremony. lasting two hours
and half. Fortunately we rot seats
| The crowds were so dense. It WAS al
| most impossible to get a glimnse Of
| the high altar. AS the choir and or
/ chestra began to plav. the long nro-
cesSion of acolvtps priests and altar
bows filed SLOWLY up the aisle. follow
ed by the venerable Cardinal Glib
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10
THE GRANDEST REMEDY.

Mr.. r. b. Greeve, merchant of Chill
movie, Va, certifies that he had con-
sumption. was given up to die, sought
all medical treatment that money
could procure tried all cough remedies
he could hear Of. but got no relief;
spent many nights sitting up in n
chair: was induced to try DR.. Kings
New Discovery, and was cured by use
Of two bottles. For the past three
wears he has been attending to bust
ness. and says DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is the grandest remedy ever
made, as it has done so much for him
and also for others in his community
Or. Kings New Discovery is guaran-
teed for Colds. Coughs and COnsump-
tiOn 1t don't fail. Trial bottles free
at L. Kalteyer & Son. 2
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10

One thing is certain: 1t will not do
to fool with a bad cold. No one can
tell what the end will be. PneumO-
MIA. catarrh, chrv.,ic bronchitis. if not
consumption, invariably result from
neglected cold. 1t is surprising too,
that bad colds are so often neglected
when one remembers how easily and
ut what = expense they may be
cured. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is always prompt and effectual, and
costs but trifie: % or so cents is a
trifle as compared with the disastrous
effects of n neglected cold. Mr. Alb
ner Mercer, of Dilworthtown, Ches-
ter county, Pa, in speaking of this
remedy, said: Sometime ago l had
cold and cough. l tried almost ev-
erything. Finally Mr.. Hunt, the drug
gist, recommended Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. and one so cent bottle
of it cured me entirely" For sale by
all druggists.
Kremis, Mercer County, Pa. We be-
lieve Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
to be the best remedy in use. We use
it in our own families. and il is a ia
vOrite among our customers. HeckeT
Bros. & Co.. % and 80 cent bottles for
sale by all druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10
FRINGED and HEMMED TOWI

Large Size Colored Border Fringed
Damask Towels, worth 125c,
sale price each ........... 80.
-16X34 Loom Bleached Fringed
Darnask Towels, worth 15c, sale
price each
Huck and Twilled Crash Towels,
worth 2Oc, sale price each. 49,. =.
20x36 Bleached Damask Bordered
and Plain Towels, knotted fringe
worth 25c, sale price each 49,.
Extra Heavy Bordered and FIRING
ed Huek Towels, worth soc, each
22x4S Bleached Damask Towels,
colored border and fringed, worth
25c, sale price each.
24x48 Heavy Bleached Damask
Towels, knotted fringe, coIored
borders, worth 40c, price each.
Unbleached Turkish Bath Towels
worth Zoe, sale price each .....
Extra Size Turkish Bath Towels
worth 35c, sale price each ......
Extra Size Bleached Turkish Bath
Towels, worth SOC, sale price ....
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

San Antonio, Texas, December &c, 1897
Notice is hereby given that 1 will
open the books of my Office for the
registration of all voters in the City
Of San Antonio, County Of BeSar, and
State of Texas, according to law, on
the first Tuesday in the month of jan
uary, A. D., 1897, the same being the
fifth day of said month of January,
at my Office in the city hall of this
city, on Military plaza, and that will
keep same open for twenty consecu-
tive days, Sundays excepted, from
eight 81 o'clock a. m, until eight 81
o'clock p. m. each day.
l hereby respectfully request those
desiring TO register to come prepared
to give not only their names and num-
bers of the street on which they re-
side, and the number of the ward in
which they live, also precinct, as by
so doing they avoid unnecessary delay
to themselves and others and thus
contribute to the despatch of the work
of registration. PHIL. SHARDEIN,
Registrar of voters of the City of San
Antonio, Texas. 12-26-20t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10
AT HALF COST

For sale: A pony cylinder press,
size of bed 19x21 inside bearers; speed
$500 per hour; is brand new; good in
vestment for a job Office, for book
headings. book work. circulars. etc, a
good press for printing a small pFner.
For particulars address 7. B. johnson.
Manager S. A. Light. 12-19-tf.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10
10 YOU WANT MONEY?

5000 dollars to loan in one lump on
gilt edge security. None but those
who are prepared to meet this re-
quirement need apply. Address "Bus-
mess" care San Antonio Daily Light,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15

to erect q homo, and soon afterward the plans
for 1t were drawn, under his direction, by a New
York firm of architects. His ideas were OF a
novel character, both in regard to the design Of
the building and to the material that should be
used in Its construction. He desired that tho
ediice should be octagonal or eight sided in
form, built Of concrete, and founded upon a
rock. The octngon house was the result of
much study as to the best model for a domestic
establishment, in which, rs he fondly believed,
his posterity would live for generations. Be-
tween four and dvc years were required for the
building Of it, under his own supervision; and
when it was completed he was greatly pleased
with its appearance. He lived In 1t with his
family for about ten years. after which It passed
as an academy, a boarding house; and an
abode for such tenants as might choose
iSvis fhiiy'r Upon it; he had kept it up at
for a multitude OF his friends. and tho
trees. gardens, and fruit lands around it consti-
tuted one of the finest spcctac!es in the valley
Of the Hudson. But circumstances interfered
with the realization OF his early hope that his
chill rem and his childr. MS children would dwell
there long after his death. He died ten years
ago. forty years after he Parchasel the estate
session OF another owner.
Prof. Fowler left behind him an elaborate and
Interesting hi history OF NE he 1 'rifa no OF TIE he 9 1G. ,s3G 81
1t came TO him and why he chose the material OF
which 1t was built. He reg rd"d the form for a
house as a matter OF prime importanc". and de.
might be so shaped as TO contain twice or even
thrice as much room as another OF q different
shape, and that room much better adapted to
household purposes.
How can /" he says. Enclose the most space
30 shaped that 1t can be partitioned oil in such a
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way az shall b. best adapted to family needs
In his history he points ont what he regards AZ
the wrongful methods employed In the design
ing OF most houses, referring moro especially to
fuiness Of these methods. After much study,
close computation, and many cxperime nts, he
came to the conclusion that tho octag-
onal form possesses advantages over all other
the square ." Since 4 circle" he says, "incloses
more space for its surface than any other form,
the more nearly spherical q house ls, the moro
inside room 1t has. Tho octaRonal form is the
and is most in consonance with the spherical
lines which predominate In nature. Fruits,
tubers, nuts, grains seeds, and treos, as
also eggs, are made spherical. in order
shall shall exist in the least compass Prof. Fowler
occupied, the octagonal form gives more avail
able room than any other, and that It IL more
artistic. and that II provides for partments that
are more,commodious and OF better arrangement
and more attractive.
II was under the prompting OF these ideas
that the Fowler dwelling took shape, whom its
designer was about 40 years old. II contained
in all eighty separate apartments, and the origl.
nal cost of 1t was $4,000. 1t had three stories
besides the basement and cupola. The piazzas
or vorand IS were OF wood,
Since the time at which the edilcc was erected
the octagonal form has been adopted for cot.
tages I'm many country places; and EVEN those
who speak OF "Fowler's Folly are ready TO
admit that these cottages are very pretty. Tho
author OF the system maintained that 1t was tho
best for churches and schoolhouscs, as well as
for private residences.
As for the material Of which the building was
constructed, 1t was a composition consisting OF
lime, mixed with gravel or sand. and. as has
been said, the walls were of extraordinary
strength and thickness. Prof. Fowler first learned
OF this material. In Wisconsin, where he saw a
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house built of II, and obtained information as to
its availability. He thought that the hardening
property OF this mixture of lime and sand caused
1t TO be peculiarly adapted for building purposes.
Formed into any shape we please. 1t pet.
rites and remains forever t. He says that
this material. In some form, abounds all over
ton OF the oarth's surface. Furnace cinders,
oyster shells, briCkbats, or anything hard will
answer the same purpose as stones or, pebbles;
all that is required Is something solid for the
erected it on, an oval knoll. the top Of which /
had to take down some six feet in order TO Oh
the top soil l found various layers OF
stone of various thickness, some so solid
as to require blasting, others full Of seams. easily
thin slate pieces. SO that | had all sorts and
descriptions OF stones. Now, here were thou
sands OF loads to be carted off at large expense,
but by using tho material for my building all
had TO do was to quarry the stones, then shovel
or wheel them directly into the mortar bells and
thence up TO the wall, so that ! had not even 10
or basement story. 9 feet high, Is inches Thick
scconl story. Il feet high. 10 inches thick; third
story, 10 feet high. IL inches thick; upper story.
log ;cet high. 10 inches thiCk.'
Prot. Fowler speaks of the Chcapness OF this
surprisingly useful material, which Is at every
mans service everywhere. He holds that II Is
superior to brick or stone for building purposes.
He dis!ikes al! wooden houses; they burn up or
rot. and are forever in neei OF repair: whereas n
complete house should be incombustible. endure
like time. and improve with age.
1t Il not necessary to quote any more passages
from this history OF the far-iamcd house OF the
gravel wall and Octanonal form. Ii endured
for nearly NIFTY years, or until tho all-festroEinR
Sun has information. the like of II does not ex-
list In the United States.
As for tn" thousands upon thousands OF fruit
flower gardens. they are not now TO be seen as
In other times.
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THE bride NOT WELCOMED.
she Therefore Packed Up ana Left Her 90
Year-OId Husband TO lis Family.

MOUNT SAVAGE Md, Aug. l4.-John Beaver,
a 65-year.old farmer, recently advertised for q
ing al Parsons. W. Va, answered. A corre-
spondence followed and n meeting was arranged
yesterday in Cumberland. The young woman
came down from the mountains and was met at
the train by her intended husband. They went
to the parsonage OF Presiding Elder Wheeler
and were married. Al 10 o'clock the bride and
groom took the Cumberland aud Pennsylvania
Railroad train for This place, where the farmer
had left bis children and grandchildren before
ceiving their blessings. Beaver and his bride
were shut out Of his house, They then went 10
the Varnum Hotel. whore they engaged a room
for the night, During the night they quarrelled
and the, bride OF only a few hours returned TO
Cumberland on an early morning train and left
for her home IN West Virginia.
Beaver followed her TO Cumberland on tho
next train. but while he was searching the city
for her she was on her way TO her home.