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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-31
A Good Mayonnaise.

The following recipe for salad Dress
ing is excellent, the dressing if we'll
corked in a cool place will keep for
years.
We make up a supply at this season,
when eggs are plentiful, keeping it on
hand for the emergency salad, whether
it be of vegetables, fowl or fish, fresh
or canned, and sometimes serve it with
cold sliced meat.
Rub the yolks of two hard boiled
eggs to a smooth paste, then mix with
one teaspoonful of dry mustard, one of
salt dash of cayenne, one table
spoonful olive oil and two raw we'll
beaten eggs, then add last, pouring
very slowly, one-half cup of vinegar
Those who like sweetened dressing
may add one tablespoonful of powder
ed sugar.
Shake before using.
A very nice cream salad dressing
for immediate use is made of the yolks
of two hardboiled eggs, one teaspoon
full made mustard, one-haf of salt, the
same of powdered sugar, little cay
enne or peprika and one tablespoonful
of melted butter, all to be rubbed
smooth, then add a tablespoonful of
vinegar, and last half teacupful of
sweet cream, and beat all with an egg
beater. A. B. w.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-31
Fashions in Flowers.

The latest additions to the list of
fashionable flowers are hydrangea and
azalea blooms magnified wall TO vers,
particularly favored in Bordeaux tints,
primrOSes of all colors, both Chinese
and garden varieties, and large, fiat
roses with few petals, nicknamed
wheel roses" while all the flowers
mentioned in former letters are main
tanned in vogue. Lilacs, violets, cow
slips and hyacinths are essentially
spring flowers.
wheel bows owe their name TO the
copy of the great Chicago wheel now
in full working order near the Champ
de Mars; they are made of ribbon told
ed double and then plated into cir
Gle Taffeta ribbon serves the purpose
as we'll as gauze.
Wood violet is certainly the most
fashionable dark shade; blue is seldom
required deeper than the medium. Bor-
deaux is often mixed with pink, pavot
with black. A red straw hat of this
one has a black Chantilly veil draped
about the edge of it's fiat brim, the ex-
tremities of which are fastened in
front by being drawn through a jet
buckle. It's trimming further consists
of crimson taffeta ribbon gathered into
a close resemblance to the open pet
ais of a huge poppy about group of
black stanens. Two of these fanciful
flowers are set against the high crown,
a close resemblance. to the open pet
and a third under the .brim behind the
left ear. The petal-Ike effect is en-
HANGED by bordering of very fine che
mile on the upper edge of the ribbon.
This model is also very stylish car
ried out in golden straw and ribbon
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-31
A HELPFUL CORNER.
Shirt Waists.

There are very few Wardrobes with
out number of shirt waists of vari-
GUS materials ranging from the finest
materials to percales and ginghams.
The coIors are dainty and pretty
enough to suit the most fastidious, and
they may be made severely plain or
trimmed with bands of Insertion and
tucks The cuffs are usually of the
same material as the waist and sewed
to the sleeves, while many of the col
lars are of white linen. All collars are
detachable, which is quite an advan
tage for the collar is usually soiled be-
fore any other part of the waist, and
may be replaced by clean one when
ever you like. The ties are sometims
of the waist material.
Especial care should be taken in
washing shirt waists, for if the work
is carelessly done, they are soon faded
and their beauty gone. Heat the wa
ter until it is a little warmer than new
milk and add a little boraX to it. Wash
the waists quickly, using as little soap
as possible to get them clean, and rub
bling lightly. Then rinse through two
waters and dip in thin boiled starch, or
a little starch may be added to the last
rinse water if preferred. Hang them
in the shade to dry. The borax softens
the water so that very little SOAP is
needed and the dirt is easily removed
without injury to the color. The same
treatment is excellent for any other
garment that is likely to fade. A little
boraX dissolved in water and added to
the starch, gives them a beautiful
gloss. Wash your white waists in the
same way and they will be pretty as
long as they last. Collars and cuffs
Should be dipped in cold starch before
ironing. e. J. G..
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-31

one hour in hot oven. Basic quite Of
ten after it begins to brown. The on
ion or sage can be omitted if not liked,
and amy kind of other favoring for
meats added. This is very nice hot for
dinner, or Sliced cold for lunch.
Spinach Salad.-Ingredients: One
peck spinach, one head lettuce, two
hard cooked eggs, French dressing,
mayonnaise. Wash and pick over the
spinach until free from grit; put to
cook with one-half cup of water and
cook until tender; drain and chop very
fine; add the chopped white of one egg
and the French dressing, made as fol-
lows: Two tablespoonful olive Oil,
four tablespoonfuls vinegar one-half
tablespoonful salt, one-quarter tea
spoonful white pepper; mix the oil, salt
and pepper together; add the vinegar
slowly; when blended mix with the
chopped spinach; cut the other egg in
to thin slices; mould in Individual
moDds, with slice of egg in, the bot
tom of each; set in a cold place to get
Thoroughly cold. Wash and crisp the
lettuce; arrange as garnish. Dress sal
ad with mayonnaise and serve.
Chocolate Carmel Cake.-Heated
part: One-half cup chocolate, mix with
one-half cup milk, yolk of one egg and
one cup milk, yolk of one egg and one
and chocolate are we'll dissolved; add
one teaspoonful of vanilla; let it cool
while mixing the cake part. Cake
part: One cup sugar, onehaf cup but
ter, one-half cup milk, two eggs, two
cups flour, two teaspOOnfuls baking
powder. When we'll mixed add heated
part. Beat whites of eggs alone, and
put in last. Bake in layers and ice.
Chocolate icing: Two cups A sugar,
two squares chocolate, one-half cup
water, one teaspoonful vanilla; boil un-
til thick, and place the pan in cold wa
ter, and stir until cool. Spread be-
tween the layers of the cake and on
top. Before the icing is dry put choc-
Olate candies on top.
Pineapple Pie.-Pee1 and CRATE one
large or two small pineapples, two
cups sugar, yolks of three eggs, two
tablespoonfuls -four, one and One-half
cups cold water; bake with one crust.
Use remaining white of eggs with q
dash of powdered sugar for meringue.
This is sufficient for two pies.-Ex.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-31

and black lace. Sunfowers are also
made by focking pieces of ribbon
around a black velvet button.
Although milIiners make up mock
flowers in this way they are lavish
with Tourists productions Millinery
Trade Review.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-31

GOLD is of NO value when health
is in danger. What's of more value?
Pratt's up-to-date Tablets. Will break
up a cold in one day, and for Consti-
patton and Biliousness and all mala-
rial troubles, has no equal. BY mail
prepaid for Csc. Pratt Medicine Co.,
Station B. Chicago, Ill. Send for sam
pie.
Mention this paper when you write.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-31
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.

Address all communications to Household
Department Agriculturist, peLand, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-31
~OLOR and flavor OF fruits,
Il size, quality and ap-
pearance of vegetables,
weight and plumpness of grain.
are all produced by Potash.
Potash,

properly combined with Phos-
phoric Acid and Nitrogen, and
literally applied, will improve
every soil and increase yield
and quality of any crop.
Write and get Free our pamphlets, which
tell how to buy and use fertilizers with
greatest economy and profit.
CERTAIN KALI WORKS,
o. Nassau St., New York.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-10
Late Cabbage.

Keep the soil between the rows loose
and free from weeds by use of the
horse hoe or the corn plow Imme-
diately around the plants the hand hoe
should occasionally be used to keep the
ground loose and porous. A handful or
more of sUperphosphate of lime hoed
in around each plant when about one
third grown or little earlier will have
strikingly beneficial effect on the
thriftlness of the plants.
This keeping Of the plants in healthy
condition by heavy manuring and good
tillage is mentioned in w. Atlee Bur
PEGS little manual on growing cabbage
as the best remedy against cabbage
lice, which during long dry spells In
many seasons cause great damage to
the cabbage crop. Some salt strewn on
the cabbage has also a good effect for
keeping off destructive vermin, and SO
have ashes thrown upon the cabbages.
large grain of salt dropped In the
center of the leaves when the plants
are of proper size for beginning to head
is said to induce a disposition for head
ing in plants that seem indisposed to
form heads. 1t might be worth trying.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-10
NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIONS.

LOW RATE VACATION TRIPS VIA P. R. R.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has selected the following dates for its
popular ten-day excursions to Niagara
Falls from Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington: July ~, August 10 and "a
September and 81, and October and 10
An experienced tourist agent and chaperOn
will accompany each excursion.
Excursion tickets, good for return pas
sage on any regular train. exclusive OF
limited express trains, within ten days,will
be sold at $40 90 from Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington, and all points on the
Delaware Division $l1 IS from Atlantic
City; SO so from Lancaster !; S. SO from
Altoona and Harrisburg So 80 from Sun
bury and WiIkesbarre; SIS rs from Will
Transport and at proportionate rates from
other points. A stop-over will be allowed
at Buffalo, Rochester, Canandaigua, and
Watkins within the limit returning.
special train of Pullman parlor cars
and day coaches will be run with each
excursion. An extra charge will be made
for parlor car seats.
Tickets for side trip TO the Thousand
Islands Alexandria Bay will be sold from
Rochester in connection with excursions of
July ~, August 10 and a. September z
and q, good to return to Rochester or to
Canandaigna via Syracuse within Eve days
at rate of $3.50
Tickets Tor q side trip to Toronto will bo
sold at Niagara Fails for 81 90 on July 20,
August ~ and 70, and September g. In
connection with excursion Of September Z.
tickets will be sold to Toronto and return
at reduced rates, account Toronto Fair.
For time of connecting trains and further
information apply to nearest ticket agent,
or address Geo. w. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia. 7e:9a7ls.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-10
His Anvil a aonument.


Yolrath Moehle sleeps under his old
anvil at Walnut Hill cemetery in Belle
vile.
Moehle was village blacksmith. For
over 80 years lie had toiled at the same
anvil which had been given to him by
the old blacksmith to whom he was
bound OUT at Pilot Knob, Mo.
He bccamc attached to the old anvil,
and many times expressed wish that
he should not be separated from it in
death. but that it should be his monu-
ment.
The blacksmith was never sick until
ais blood was poisoned by the use of an
unclean instrument by chiropodist.
The only hope for his life was in an
operation, but his condition would not
admit Of an anaesthetic being used.
His leg was taken off while he was
fully conscious. He stood the shock
well. but died few days later.
Dying. he repeated his request that
his anvil should be his tombstone. In
accordance with his wish the old anvil
was coated with enamel, topped with
large horseshoe and set in a base Of
solid granite, A few Sundays after his
death the monument was raised with
ceremony, and Hon. |. Nick Perrin de-
livered a eulogy.
The odd monument is one Of the
sights Of the cemetery, and TO every
stranger who pauses before it the story
Of the village blacksmith is told. st.
Louis Post Dispatch:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-10

There are still many bees in old
fashioned box hives that are of little
value. If transferred to a modern
hive, they would become source of
profit and would be under easy control,
according to The New England Home
stead. Transferring them is very
simple thing when the method is IN
derstood. and this is the season TO do it.
Select any modern frame hive and
place near the old hive a common
table. Move the old hive a few feet
from where it stood, placing the new
hive in its place. with sheet in front of
it, Now pry off one side of the old
hive, carefully remove the comb, brush
ing the bees on to the sheet Then lay
the comb on a soft cloth on the table
and, placing the frame over 1t, cut the
comb so it will fit inside the frame. cut
ting out all drone comb and filling in
pieces of worker comb until the frame
is filled. Now place thin pieces of
wood on each side of the frame, or
wind the same with string and set the
frame in the new hive. Repeat this
until all combs have been fitted In the
frames and placed in the new hive and
all the bees brushed on TO the sheet
and into the new hive. Then remove
all the honey and the old hive TO pre-
vent robbing. In two or three days
open the hive and remove the sticks or
string from the frames if the combs
are fastened in securely, and the trans
fer is complete. Always choose warm
day, so as not to chill the young brood.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-10


BY virtue of writ Of fieri faclas, to me di-
rected, issued out of the Gloucester County
Common Pleas Court of Che State of New Jersey,
will be exposed at Public Sale, ON
Monday, the llth Day Of September, aezt,
between the hours of II and o'clock, to-wit. at
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day, at the
Gloucester, and State of New jersey, all the fol
lowing described Real Estate, that Is TO say;
All that certain lot of land situate at Clarks-
borO, in the Township of East Greenwich, In the
County of Gloucester and State of New jersey
and designated as lot No 20 ON plan of lots
provement Co. and filed 10 the Clerks Office Of
said County at Woodbury., N. j and bounded as
follows:
Beginning at a station in the middle OF Somers
Ave-, corner TO lot No. Is distance eighty five
feet southeasterly from a stone at the intersec-
ton Of Academy Street and said Somers Avenue
and thence running along the miedle of the lat
ter ~ south thirfy-five degrees and ffty-seyen
minutes east, sixty feet TO corner of lot No. o.
thence by line OF the latter (2) south ffty-four
degrees and thirteen minutes west one hundred
and Htty-two and dve-tenths ieet 10 corner of
lots Nos. 81 and 49, thence by the latter 90 north
thirty -hye degrees and forty seven minutes
west sixty feet TO a corner Of lot No. is aiore-
said and thence running by said lot No Is north
hfty-fOur degrees and thirteen minutes east one
hundred and fifty-two and fifty hundredths
feet to the place of beginning.
Containing within sail bounds $3.50 square
feet of land
Seized as the property Of William K DuffieId,
defendant and taken in execution at the suit of
Frank b. Sitley, trad ng. &c. as Sitley d Son,
plaintiff, and TO be sold by
David o. Watkins Attorney Sheriff
Dated August /, 1899. Prs. fees, $50
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-10
l. A w MEET. BOSTON.

REDUCED RATES VIA PENNSYLVANIA R.
For the annual Meet OF the League of
American Wheelmen at Boston, August ID
to 10, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell excursion tickets, from all points
on its line. TO Boston at rate of single fare
for the rOand trip. Tickets will be sold on
August 2 to IA, good to return August 4
to 20 when properly executed before agent
of initial line from Boston. Upon deposit
ing ticket with city ticket agent of initial
line from Boston. not later than August 10,
and the payment of fifty cents, tickets may
be extended to leave Boston not later than
August 81.
Bicycles carried free when not accom-
panied by other baggage. Special arrange.
ments for clubs travelling as body.
1879 2ts
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-10

htkc. LEi1a NUM- bll.0OOE - VI n Eli i've
BAND.
ionabIe portrait painters and had like
nesses taken by "a la Silhouette" The
political nickname has chung to the
profile portraits with which the mobiles
of King Louis court tried to belittle
his minister.
Despite the ridicule attached to the
name, silhouettes became quite popu-
lar throughout France, and there are
many fine collections of these simple
but often artistic old portraits still ex-
tant.
A few years before the beginning of
the war of the Revolution silhouettes
became very popular in this country,
and this form of portraits were seen
everywhere Some of these have been
preserved and are valuable relies of
that period In those days we were
very kindly disposed toward the
French and adopted with alacrity
French customs and fads. ana no
doubt the penchant for silhouettes
came from our early love of France.
The greatest genius of the black art
in portraiture' was doubtless Etielne
Edouart, Frenchman who had serY-
ed as a soldier under Napoleon and
who became famous as a profilist in
England as well as in France. One
day when in England he was shown
some silhouettes. His friends. who
proudly exhibited these pictures OF
themselves, were vexed with the scorn
he expressed of them. Edouart took a
pair of scissors and vowed that he
could do better and the result proved
that he could. This was the beginning
of his career as a profile artist. He
possessed the true instinct of likeness,
and his silhouettes, elaborate, minute
and full of character. rise almost to
the dignity of fine art.
Among the silhouettists who have at
tained celebrity was Mrs. Leigh Hunt.
wife of the English poet, essayist and
editor, who frequently cut in profile
the portraits of her husbands most in
innate friends Byron, Moore, Lamb,
Shelley and Keats. Some Of these por-
traits are still preserved.
The art of silhouette cutting is not
extremely difficult to acquire. though it
takes patience and some skill. The
primitive process was to trace the out
line of the subject from shadow cast
by candle on sheet Of white paper.
This shadow outline is then reduced or
enlarged by the use Of pantograph to
any size the operator desires. From
the model thus acquired the silhouette
is cut from black paper or paper of any
uniform dark tint and mounted on
white cardboard or cut from white
paper and placed on black surface.
The true silhouettist. however, does not
resort to these devices, but depends
only on an artistic eye and deft fingers.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-10
MATRON AND MAID.

Mrs. CelestiDa Nigro of Philadelphia
celebrated her 109th birthday by dancing
shree values.
Major General Otis wife receives a
fablegram from her husband regularly on
the LIST and 10Th of each month.
Miss Marie Williams Of Wichita has
organized a society of women who will
marry none but men who fought With
Funston.
In the second week of June Miss Helen
Gould received 600 begging letters, in
which the total amount asked for was
over 100000.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis is spending the
summer near Montpelier. Vt. and, It Is
said, intends TO take up her permanent
residence in that city.
Miss Florence NJ. Lyon, fellow in bot
ony at the University of Chicago, has
received an appointment as instructor of
botany at Smith college.
DIR. Margaret Stanton Of Syracuse has
recently been elected to the office Of pres
ident of the Onondaga County Medical
college. 1t is the first time in the history
of the country that woman has been
chosen to fill such q position.
The wife of General Miles is niece
of the late General Sherman and sister
OF Mrs. Don Cameron. An expert horse
woman, it is said that in some of her
husbands Indian fights she has been
near enough to hear the shots on both
sides.
Mrs Florence Hall Harris recently
completed her 40 years connection with
the Sunday school OF the First Reformed
church of Jamaica. n. ". as scholar and
teacher, most Of the time as teacher. For
the last 20 years she has taught the Bible
class. which position she now holds.
Peggy Pendergrass Of Admission. Ala.
who was baptized by immersion in the
Oxanya Baptist church the other day. is
1903 years old and has been bedridden for
some time. She was placed in a chair
for the ceremony and immersed Id that
way. She stood II we'll and as yet shows
no iii efFeets-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-10
Gro,ring Endiye.


AS endive is used mostly in the fall
months, the main sowings are made in
June and July, from which paintings
are formed, at one foot apart each way,
In August and September. 1t requires
no special soil or manure, and after
planting the plot should be kept clear
OF weeds until the plants have attained
full size, when the process of blanching
begins. This is effected by gathering
up the leaves and tying them by their
tips in a conical form. This excludes
the light and air from the inner leaves,
which in the course of three to six
weeks, according to the temperature at
the time, become blanched. Another
and simpler method consists in cover
ing up the plants as they grow with
Stats or boards. which serves the same
purpose, by excluding the light, as the
Jing up.-Up to Date Farming.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-10
The Cost of spraying Potatoes.


DR.. B. T. Galloway says that with
suitable apparatus and labor at $1.50
per day potatoes may be sprayed six
times for about So per acre. This esti-
mate is based upon experiments ex-
tending over several years and includes
the cost of chemicals as well as labor.
The cost Of treating scab is mainly in
the labor involved in dipping and dry
ing the seed and seldom exceeds 10
cents per acre Much attention has
been given to the effects of bordeaux
mixture on the growth and yield of
potatoes aside from its value in keep
ing parasitic foes In check 1t has been
shown conclusively that it pays to ap-
ply this preparation If for no other pur-
pose than to induce a more vigorous
growth. Three or four applications of
the mixture have in many cases in
creased the yield Of potatoes so per
cent, so that no matter where the crop
is grown or whether diseases are pres
ent or not DIR. Galloway feels warrant
ed in recommending the application of
the mixture on the ground that its use
viii yield a handsome return.