davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily camera., 1899-02-03
Not Full WeiRht.

Littleton-It's strange you didn't
weigh more than $50. Was that your
full weight?
Singleton-Oh, no; was sober at the
time,-Iarlem Life
Daily camera., 1899-02-03
A Clear Definition,

Teacher-What is salt, Thomas; can
yoN tell me?
Thomas-Please, sir, it's what spoils
the potatoes if you don't put it in to
boil with them-Brooklyn Life.
Daily camera., 1899-02-03
ChHnC0.

II wondah, now. where l got those
seven single cents, doncher know" said
Goslin. as he drew forth some small
cash from his pocket.
You must have changed your mind,
suggested Dolly Harper's Bazaar.
Daily camera., 1899-02-03
The Earth Earthly,
smoking

Their honeymoon continued till
OF gold there was a iearth--
Eclipsed, like any other moon,
BY the shadow of the earth.
-Puck
Daily camera., 1899-02-03
Milking Progress.

Maude-Have you brought Will to
your feet yet?
Miriam-No; but I've got as far as
his knees.-Yonkers Statesman.
Daily camera., 1899-02-03
Buck,.n.s Arn,c. s.lv..

THE BEST SALVE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises. Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum.
Fever Sores. letter. Chappfd Hands.
Chilblains, Corns. and all Skin Erup.
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price IS cents per box. For sale by
Drug Store.
Daily camera., 1899-02-03
L.at.rie. III Montrea,.

Police detectives in Montreal esti-
mate that the people Of that city spend
over So, 100000 year on lotteries. The
number Of policy tickets bought an
nuallv 4 sstimatNd at 6. 6.OoO, 600,
Daily camera., 1899-02-03
A Sharp Pointer.

Say, Bessie, dear. couldn't you quiet
ly induce your father to get his shoes
in style?"
Why?"
80 that the next time Pm invited out
that way it won't be with a razor toe
Detroit Free Press.
Daily camera., 1899-02-03

Whats your son doing now?'
"Oh. living like a locomotive
What do you mean?'
"Oh, running around all day and
ST, Louis Republic.
Daily camera., 1899-02-03
PECULIAR ANALYSIS

dDpontaneous Separation Of Products Gem
posing Gunpowder.)
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH s, 1899.
Company.

It is frequently said that misery
loves company and while we do not
think any sane person could take
pleasure in seeing others suffer De-
cause he suffers, or get satisfaction
from the knowledge that others have
lost property because he has lost part
of his earthly belongings, yet there is
a little satisfaction in knowing that
he is not the only unfortunate.
The cold wave that swept over Flor
ida and left a blighted and withered
trail visited equally if not worse ca
lamities on other states through which
it passed. In Louisiana, where IN
'94-'95 the orange trees were only cut
back and one crop lost, this time they
were cut to the ground, and nursery
men are getting orders for young
trees for June delivery. We learn that
the peach trees Of Missouri and Mich
ican are killed to the ground, and in
some cases apple orchards are also de-
stroyed. The peach crop OF Georgia
is practically wiped out, and it IS
feared that there will be fruit famine
this year, over a large part of the
country. We therefore console our
selves that Florida, after ALL is not the
most unfortunate State in the United
States. In fact, where can one go and
escape floods, tornadoes, freezes and
fires, where everything goes along on
an even keel and no reverses take
Mace, but all is lovely? Let this place
he discovered and there will not De
standing room" While we have been
hard hit. and felled to the ground. we
must get up and use our best efforts
to take our place in the onward march
We must gather lessons from the past
that will help us in the future, ana en-
able us to surmount the dlfhcultles
that have caused us so much pain ana
loss.
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plenty or orange blooms attached
thereto Many trees have not dropped
a leaf, and soon the air will be per-
fumed with the delicate perfumes Of
the orange blossoms.
We look for a good crop Of fruit
this coming season. Our orange grow
ers rejoice again that they are as ia
vorably located. under the wonderful
protection of our large springfield lakes.
Come and see for Yourself.
G.. I. PAGE.
Auburndale.
Editor Agriculturist:
My orange grove on south SIDE OF
Lake AurOria at Auburndale, Fla, was
not injured by the cold of February
18th and 18th; did not lose leaves or
fruit, and is now in bloom for 1899.
GEORGE G. TEAL.
Auburndale.
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Cabbage.
Auburndale.

SdOOdSC.
In ordering seeds for the garden
about the first in order is cabbage.
Cabbage is good raw, boiled, picked,
| in cold slaw or sauer-kraut and in va
rious other ways Of preparation famil-
| lar to the good housewife or hotel
cook. 1t is one of the substantials Of
| the German and is a cOndiment of the
epicure and in some method of prepa-
ration is generally enjoyed by all good
livers. 1t grows profusely in all tenn
perate and semi-tropical climates and
is equally enjoyed by the inhabitants
of either. Every family with rod Of
earth in the home lot should have u
plot of cabbage and suggestions how
to successfully grow it will be accepta-
BILE to large or small growers Of tue
Ruralist family and the following iu-
structions from Mr.. McQuarrie in the
Farmer and Fruit Grower will be
helpful. The writer says Of prepara-
ton:
eve don't work the soil enough be.
fore planting our crops. Another mis-
take we make is in not applying our
fertilizers long enough ahead of plant
ing time to be Immediately available
when wanted by the young plants.
Soil intended for a cabbage crop
should be the very best on the farm.
Where possible, scotland that has been
couple of years lying idle is the best;
failing that, land that has been in Il
root crop and has been well fertiliZed
comes next.
The cabbage crop is a gross feeder
and will require heavy Fertilization to
do we'll; better have a small patch
thoroughly fortified than large area
poorly fortified. On our ordinary
southern soils fifteen hundred pounds
per acre is the medium quantity to get
anything like a fair crop, and if the
soil is we'll filed with humus and gen
orally in a good physical cOn04,ion,
ton can be applied with profitable re-
suits. If we could get on the market
fertilizer with the following analysis
| it would be Just what the cabbage
crop wants, that is to say: ten per cent
| of potash, seven per cent phOsphOric
acid and two to three per cent of nitro
gen. In this case you would have to
apply little nitrate of soda to each
hill when the plants get to growing
good, but that is an advantage, in that
there is absolutely no loss Of nitrogen.
| It is sheer folly to spend time and
take up land in attempting to grow a
crop of it, improperly fortified; and
it is also quite useless to try to make
proper heads without a properly bal
anced fertilizer. While lOw-grade
fertilizer showed fairly good results
during the growing period, when it
came to harvesting, the heads were not
there, nothing but a mass of leaves,
whereas, in the adjoining patch, with
the same variety of cabbage. set out
at the same time, and treated exactly
in the same way as to cultivation, etc.
and having the high-grade fertilizer on
them, every single plant headed hard
enough to make cannon balls of. This
spring was certainly of the nature to
test any kind of crop, owing to the ex-
cessive long drouth We had, and all
the crops of every variety showed the
results of having liberal quantity of
potash salts in the fertilizer.
A great deal depends on the way in
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Some Encouraging Words.
or Agriculturist:

Editor Agriculturist:
Dear Sir-Wish you could come
down and see the beautiful groves of
our Highland Lake region now. We
can show you things of beauty and
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A Trip Out.

anxious to know just what the effects
of the cold have been, and we are in
hopes of being able to give this infor
nation by personal visits to different
sections of the State. Last week we
visited Orlando and were agreeably
surprised to see so many trees growing
on which but little wood would be
lost. Young buds suffered badly as
in other sections, and were killed to
the banks, but the Seeding trees seem
to be in fair shape and many are look.
ing for bloom. Mr.. VIM. Odiorne's
grove is showing considerable new
growth and even the small twigs are
bursting forth. He has several grape
fruit trees that are also growing nice
ly. The grapefruit trees that are in
the best condition stand in a Bermuda
sod, and it has been a question in our
mind whether or not this did not have
something to do with their apparent
ability to stand the cold better than
those in the grove.
The pineries around Orlando were
caught unawareS and only a few acres
were saved, although in most cases
preparations had been mode to protect
the plants from a freeze. Several had
cloth covers to spread over the Stats,
butu when they went to cover their
1ot1 hot r
could not be unrolled until the next
day. Others had cloth covers on, but
the severe winds carried them away
and they were found in the tree tops
in adjacent timber. Mr.. Thornton
saved part of his pinery almost per-
fectly. He had cloth stretched on
wires under the Stats, thus having it
protected from wind an dby the use of
a few fires gave the pineapples abso-
lutte protection. 1t was a pleasing
sight to see pineapples in fruit and
bloom standing unhurt after such a
cold, when acres and acres outside
were wilted and apparently lifeless
10 the ground.
In our "Protection Edition" we will
give full particulars as to how this
pinery was covered and how it will be
possible to save pineapples against an
outside temperature of zero.
When one passes the station Of AL
tamonte Springs he gets but faint
idea of the beautiful lakes, and the
handsome winter residences that are
located one-half mile from the track.
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Frost of Boston, in
their delightful cottage. Mr.. Frost is
not related to Jack Frost, notwith-
standing the latter paid him an I'M
welcome visit last month, but he feels
quite elated over the fact that his Or
ange trees are coming out in good
shape, everything considered. He fired
his grove and in some cases the trees
still have on some green leaves. His
trees had made a very remarkable
growth since the '95 freeze and it was
considered one of the best groves in
that section.
Mr.. Whittier showed us the trunk of
a grapefruit tree from which he had
gathered 21 boxes of fruit before the
'94 freeze that had again put on a
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Articles relating to any topic within the
scope of this paper are solicited.
We cannot promise to return rejected
manuscript unless stamps are enclosed.
All communications for intended publ
name, as a guarantee of good faith. No
anonymous contribution will be regarded.
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ahead with their groves and hope soon
to have the golden apples hanging in
all their old time glo"y.
The Cold at Lotus.

the late freeze, and as | found them
Fla, writes us as follows under date
of March 9th:
Seeing letters in your paper from
other parts of the State in regard to
the late freeze, anda [ found them
interesting, I thought maybe your
readers would like to hear from Mer-
ritt's Island, Well it was pretty cool
down here, and in spite of our great
water protection (the Indian RIVER
from one to six miles in width, every
thing in the way of vegetables was
wiped out.
Pineapples in the open will have to
come from the ground if they come at
all. Those under shed will have some
fruit; the bloom is showing now. No
one used any kind of fires here for
protection that have heard of. The
bananas lost all the leaves. l had a
large crop Of fruit in sight but Of
course lost every bunch. Some of the
banana plants are showing green
leaves now, but all the large plants
even if they come out will amount to
nothing so far as fruit is concerned.
l had about so cocoanut trees in my
front yard some ten feet high. All
their leaves were killed but the stems
are green and most of them will come
out. They were right on the bank
of the river. Now as to orange trees;
all the groves here that were within
800 feet of the river were not hurt at
all; none of them shed their leaves and
but little of the new growth was
hurt. They are all in full bloom now
and promise a large crop Of fruit.
Trees on the east side of the island
were hurt in spite of the fact that
Banana river is four miles wide at this
point. So it seems we must have the
water protection on the west and
north, and be very close to it at that.
Now the freeze showed me one thing
and was very sorry to find out; that
is, they will lnOt stand any more cold
when in growth than a lemon, as l
had bearing trees of grapefruit and
lemon within thirty feet of each other
and the grapefruit, if anything, was
hurt more than the lemon, but had
more new growth on it, which, Of
course, makes some difference in the
degree of cold tree will stand. Had
a few seeding grapefruit that bore a
little last year that only lost the leaves
on the top half OIL the tree, but all
the new growth was killed. l set out
this winter several hundred grapefruit
trees and some lines. These trees
were back from the river, but as they
were dormant were not hurt in the
least. The condition of the tree has
lots to do with it's power to resist
cold. Some of these trees were set
out as early as the LIST Of December.
| think no one need be afraid of win
ter planting and trees do much better
than when set late in the spring. Ev-
cry one here planted their beans over
again. They are all up and looking
finely. AS to the orange itself some
of them were frozen but those very
close to the river were not. Oranges
are being sold to the tourists from
Rockledge and some are being shipped
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. insure insertion, all advertisements
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Subscribers when writing to have the the
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Mr. Painter will be pleased to see any OF
service in Jacksonville, drop us line TO
..-Ne address.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-22
THE QUININE TREE.
How II Is Cultivated and How the
Eark Is Gathered and Prepared
for the Markets.

The quinine plantations, or quinales,
as they are called, which have been
started in this country by the Germans,
are usually found on rough and broken
mountain sides and at attitudes of 5000
or 1000 feet above the sea. The trees
will grow as high up as 5000 feet, but
they flourish best at an elevation of
about 1000, for they require great
deal of sun, rain and wind to reach per-
fection.
Most of the groves have been raised
from the seed, which is gathered in the
early summer months and planted in
hothouses. When the plants are about
six inches high they are transplanted
upon the hillsides, which have been
cleared of underbrush and plowed up
beforehand, so that the young roots can
secure the benefit of all the moisture
and plant food in the soil and the heat
of the sun. For shelter they are par
TALLY covered with twigs, straw or
other light stuff, which also serves to
keep the moisture and heat in the
ground. After about two years this
shelter is raked off, the plants are care
fully inspected and those which are not
promising are replaced by new ones.
The ground around them is kept clear
of weeds and the young trees are care
fully trimmed twice year. In five or
six years the tree will have reached the
height of 12 or IA feet and its trunk
will be straight and slender, with a
diameter of about six inches. 1t re-
sembles the orange tree in size and
shape and the peculiar gloss of its
leaves.
Two or three times a year three OF
four strips of bark about two inches
wide and from two to eight feet long
are cut from the trunk and thrown
upon paved yard to dry, where as the
moisture evaporates they curl up like
cinnamon. Within year or so nature
replaces the bark that has thus beer
stripped off and the tree is stripped
again in other places. AS it grows old
er smaller strips can be taken from the
stronger branches, and mature tres
will produce an annual average of about
four pounds of bark.
The bark dries in few days and j:
packed for shipment in rawhide bales
The most of it is shipped from Aric;
and Mollendo.-Bolivia Letter in Chi
cago Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-22
distance to the Pole star.

AS to the distance of the present pole
star from the earth, it may be mem
toned that its light requires about 44.o
wears to reach the earth, notwithstand-
ing the fact that light dashes along
with&suck inconceiyable speed that it
will cover 1S5, ,oOo miles per second. The
light from Vega, the>next pole star, re-
quiresa1S years to traverse the distance
between it and the earth AS aconse-
uuence, we do not see the present pole
star as it is at the present time, but as
it was' 44.6 years ago. Indeed, if the
pole star were blotted out from exist
ence to-day, it would still continue to
shineFo as vividty as ever for 44.6
years. SO it is With an other stars ac-
cording to their distances.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-22
ElectricIty and Foliage.

An extraordinary phenomenon has
been noticed with regard TO the chest
nut trees in the Avenue Louise, Brus,
sells, since the installation of the cleo
trical trans. Their foliage begins 10
turn brown and drop early in August,
to bud, and even TO blossom, again in
October. The trees on the opposite
side of the tramway behave like ordi'
nary trees, for they lose their foliage
in the late autumn and do not put
forth fresh blossoms until the spring
Botanists are inclined to believe thai
the cause of this singular state Of
things is due to the electrical current
which passed underground acting upor
the roots of the trees. which are other
wise quite healthy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-22

Milford, now of some soldiers home in
the east, just where is not known.
Prince was miner himself at one
time, and after years of hard work, in
which he had many disappointments
after digging for gold, it occurred to
him that if an instrument could be in
vented which would do away with the
necessity of so much hard labor on a
blind chance it would mean fortune to
him. He accordingly set to work.
But in order to develop this invention
and perfect its workings, Prince had to
have money, and Mrs. James Costello
came to his rescue.
The instrument, which it is said
works on the principle of the N-ray,
was completed and patented.
Mrs. Costello made the following
statement with reference to the history
of the instruments:
"This machine was to have been ready
for our party last fall-that is, the
party that intended going to Alaska
But unfortunately it was not completed
until short time ago.
1.-TWO barrels packed full of ashes were
arranged one on top of the other, with
the X-ray placed over them. A golden
wire was placed at the bottom of the
lower barrel, and could be plainly seen.
"Objects were seen through three
floors and two 16-inch brick wallis
Detroit Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-22

pond In Washington park on Christmas
day and had more fun for two hours than
I've had in six months. My ankles were
rather weak and fell down twice, FORUM
ately without any serious damage to my
self or the ice, but managed to get around
and before left skated with a smashing
pretty girl. Well, Sid 1 have you to thank.
never would have ventured on skates
again IL II had not been for the beautiful
pair which you sent me. l was little
stiff yesterday, but this morning l went
out again and had dandy time. l owe the
renewal OF my youth to you. Thank you
many times, and believe me to be, as aver,
your affectonate brother,
WILLIAM"
II.
"Chicago, Ill, Dec. 26.-Dear Brother:
The secret is out! I suspected 1t all the
time. 1t Is needless for you to offer denial
Sometimes when you have acted the cynic
have almost believed that you were sim
cere until / have observed in you some-
thing which told me that underneath your
assumed indifference there was genial
current of the romantic sentiment of the
youth and the lover. How can 1 be in
doubt after receiving your little book-a
love story?
"I knew, Sidney dear, that you would re-
member me at Christmas. You have al
ways been the soul of thoughtfulness, es-
peciauy to those of us who understood you.
you to do the deadly conventional thing
and send me something heavy and serious.
knew 1t would be a book. All of my
friends send me books. That comes OF
being president of literary club. But
you are the only one, Sidney, who had the
rare and kindly judgment to appeal to the
woman and not to the club president. Be-
cause 1 am interested in a serious literary
movement it need not follow that l want
my whole life to be overshadowed by the
giants of the literary kingdom Although
1 would not dare confess it to Mrs. Peabody
or Mrs. Hutchens, there are times when
like to spend an afternoon with an old
fashioned love story.
you are a bachelor Sidney, and have
long since ceased to flush at the casual
mention of old maid 1t was not for us
to know the bitter-sweet experiences OF
courtship and marriage, and you will re-
member that we have sometimes pitied the
| infatuation of sweethearts and have felt
/ rather superior in our freedom. And yet
Sidney, If we chose to be perfectly candid
with each other, / dare say that both OF
us would confess to having known some
thing about that which men call love.
We might confess that we had felt its
| subtle influence. We might even admit
| that sometimes we pause in our lonely
| lives and wonder what might have been
| and whether it would not have been better,
after all. 1 am afraid that l am writing
| like a sentimental schoolgirl, but you must
know that have been reading your charm
| ing little book, and it has come to me as a
message from you. Is it not really con-
fession, Sidney?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-22
wHEELBARRow FOR MINERS.

TO the surface up narrow shafts. One
great advantage claimed for the ar
rangement is that it can be applied as
readily to wooden as to metallic han
dies. 1t is also absolutely automatic
in action, the handles being readily un-
folded and locked in position. The con-
struction being simple, it is inexpensive
and efficient, and may be applied to any
existing handles by cutting them of
near the body and attaching them again
by means of the special hinge.-Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune.