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6 UP THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER. A GOSSIPY MELANGE FROM THE LAND OF THE ORANGE. Tlic Steamer Fred de Barr and Her Officers— Florida in Springtime— River Observations—Minor Topics —General aud Personal—lmprove ments at Sanford and Maitland— Tlie Soutb Florida Railroad and Its Branches—Death ol Capt. Dick Smart—Final Paragraphs. On Steamer Fred de Bary, May 4.—Much has been written and said in praise of the beau ty and splendid appointments of this new and magnificent river steamer, in many respects the finest boat that ever rode the waters of the noble St. John’s river. But I doubt if the most Battering praise has done full justice to her merits, as I have seen them unfolded to view during a most delightful trip to Sanford and back. The traveling public owe a deep debt of gratitude to Mr. Fred de Bary for his munifi cent contribution to their comfort while on the St. John’s river. All the boats of his “Mer chants’ Line” are noted for speed and com fort, and are commanded by popular and ex perienced Captains. His extensive invest ments at Enterprise, where he has a charming winter home in the midst of a thrifty orange grove, have done much to induce other gen tlemen of wealth to put some of their surplus cash into the development of Florida. But his best investment, both for himself and the public, Is the elegant steamer that bears his honored name, and in the general super vision of which his accomplished son, Mr. Adolphe de Bary, is winning high honors as a young man of thorough and systematic busi ness habits. Associated with him as the General Manager of the line is that veteran steamboat man, Commodore Wm. B. WatsoD, whose pleasant face is as familiar to Florida visitors as household words. With his head quarters at Jacksonville, he supervises and controls all the movements of the boats of the line with promptness and efficiency. He is not only perfectly familiar with all the most intri cate details of steamboat management, but is a gentleman of refined and courteous manners, which make him universally popular with the traveling public, and commands for him the highest respect from all his associates. The officers of the steamer Fred, de Bary are among the most popular and best known on the river, and were selected for this palace of floating beauty because of their eminent fit ness for the various positions filled by them. Os Captain W. A. Shaw I have said so many good things that nothing remains to be added, except to note his constantly growing popu larity with his new boat, which always carries a full load of passengers and freight. Savan nah may well be proud of the high reputation which he has won in his adopted State. The acting purser, Captain Chas. B. Fenwick, seems to have been born for the position, and no matter how crowded the steamer may be with passengers, he finds away to provide for all and make everybody fee! comfortable and happy. His smiling face and cheerful voice have an inspiration in them, and he never fails to make himself popular with the patrons of the boat. He is as brave and fearless.|as he is polite and affable, and under all circum stances is always the right man in the light place, whether acting as purser or in his posi tion of General Passenger Agent of the line. Chief Engineer F. W. Ellis has been on the river a long time, and I have never met a more trusty and efficient engineer or agreeable gen tleman. His assistant, Mr. John Piatt, and second officer. Geo. J. Mercier, complete the list, and give the De Bary the best complement of officers of any steamer on the river. FLORIDA IN SPRINGTIME. Ido not propose to give a detailed and con nected account of my trip up the river and back again, but simply to note some of the most interesting points of observation. Part of the way was traveled in the night, and con sequently I could not take observations. For this season of the year the weather has been delightfully coo!, and the breezes on the river and lakes rather too strong lor a visitor (like myself) afflicted witii rheumatism. Al though the great bulk of Northern and West ern visitors have gone homo, there is a large river travel yet, mostly composed of people who live here. 1 am forced to believe that the summers In Florida are not oppressively hot, and that the residents for “all the year round” really enjoy themselves quite as well as they would in the so-called colder sections of the couul ry. The train to and from Maitland was filled with home people traveling about, and they looked healthy and happy, aud talked cheerfully of summer work and weather. During the middle of the day the heat is rather oppressive, but the rest of the day is cool aud pleasant. While Florida may satisfy tho resident popu lation in summer. Xdo not think many winter visitors like to tarry very far into the spring. After the rich perfume of orange blossoms fades away from the air, and the trees are robbed of their red ripe fruit, much of the at tract “Land of Flowers” is lost to ‘<i*v warm days wiirAjaare to how.i, 5 sppaiiward an:,; ,i jjfW9S>t tipig •¥§ ■BKSnTbuilding thoSEBgKK HL WEgpK; ail bough exp isJH ' lid) Bs-' ,r not appear to min.T' eo(ir?J*ezo over them from ihe\ p* W hero so many lakes and rivers abouud, lranß ed on one tide ny the Gulf aud on the other by the ocean, laborers out of ’doors manage to make themselves comfortable during the greater portion of the dav„ New settlers, I should imagine. Would not find it desirable to start their improvements in the summer A winter spent in Florida will better fit them to get successfully through their summer of out door work. X anticipate that an immense amount of work will be laid out by new settlers next winter and carried through during the summer. RIVER OBSERVATIONS. At Cabbage Bluff I noticed that tho hand some Gothic building erected for DeLand v ity occupied a conspicuous place on tlie wharf’ having been removed from the former landing some half mile above. The St. John’s and Lake Eustis Railroad Company has built a fine wharf, and erected a neat depot just above and opposite Volusia In due time 1 think a little town will spring up around it. A substantial steam saw mill is being built at Green Cove Spring, and will no doubt give a new impetus to the building boom that has started this season. At Alexander’s Landing, on Lake Beresford, I also noticed a steam saw mill iu full operation, and every indica! ion that lumber was in lively demand tor building pur poses. I was surprised to see a large three-masted schooner at the wharf in Palatka, and. was in formed that it was loaded with iron for the railroad to Gainesville Although I have visit ed Florida for a number of winters, 1 never be fore saw a large vessel so far up the river. The heavy freight, and freight in great quantities, is carried by tlie Charleston and .Savannah steameis as a general thing, although some of it comes to Jacksonville hy sailing vessels and is there transferred to river steameis. Senator Delano, of Vohi in county, was on the steamer Fred de Bary, and 1 found him quite enthusiastic over his grand railroad pro ject. He is President of a company that pro poses to construct a railroad from tlie Indian River country to Palatka, with various branches. Being apr ctieal railroader and a gentleman of great energy of character and marked intelligence, it is safe to predict that Senator Delano will pu9h his enterprise to as speedy a consummation as possible. The sec tion of country through which the road will run is rapidly settling up with a class of thrifty and intelligent people, and they will soon need railroad facilities for market purposes. MINOR TOPICS. The “Merchan s’ Line” of steamers now car ry the mails between Palatka and Enterprise, and I was more than pleased to meet again ray old friend George L. Fox, who is mail agent oh the Fred de Bary. Some six yoars ago I had a delightful trip with him from Jacksonville to Palatka, and I now find him as young looking and as lively as ever. He still asserts that Hogarth’s Landing is the most beautiful spot on tlie river. Between Lake George and Lake Monroe the St. John’s river is so crooked in many places that the steamer De Bary finds it difficult to turn the bends wi'hout hugging the shore. There are also several long stretches through the marsh lands where two s'earners going the same way appear to be headed in opposite di rections. Owing to these numerous curves a steamer is compelled to go over some twenty miles to make ten mi'es on a straight line. Insane people travel about in Florida with the same freedom that exists in some parts of Georgia. Soon after the steamer De Bary left the wharf at Green Cove .Spring an insane young man. in his shirt sleeves, was ditcover ed drumming on the piano in the cabin. He had slipped on board, got a good supper, tile- n possession of a gentleman’s state room, an t then seated himse.f at the piano. He was put ashore at Picolata and afterwards made his way to Palatka, where he is no w in j ail. There is one good regulation on the Merchants’ line of steamers. The shooting of alligators, birds and turtles is prohibited, and in conse quence game is becoming more plentiful on the river. The indiscriminate slaughter tar ried on for several years by tlie passengers on the various steamers had driven away the handsomest birds and the largest alligators thus tebbing an up river trip of more than half its pleasure and nearly all its excitement. A visit to Florida without seeiog several big alligators is considered a very dull affair. Some five years ago I wrote a letter from Florida, one of my “Land of Flowers” series, in which I described nearly a dozen railroad and canal enterprises Ihen being generally discussed. I did not speak very encouragingly cf some of those projects, as money was not then being liberally invested in internal im provements in anv part of the coun try. Now, however, I find several of these projected railroads partially completed and open for business, while others are either un der contract or about to be commenced. There has been quite a lively railroad boom here during tho past year, and if the country es-‘ capes a general financial panic during the summer, as I hope it may, Flori'g will have several new railroads opened for travel next winter. SANFORD AND MAITLAND. At this season of the year Sanford does not present a very lively appearance. The hotel is closed for tho season, and the streets deserted by winter visitors. There are, however, many signs of improvement about the place, and everything indicates a future full of promise. A lready the town seems to have absorbed its older rival, Mellonville, which presents a very lonely appearance. Capt. M. J. Doyle, its mer chant prince, is now doing business at San ford. The South Florida Railroad brings a marked increase in trade to the Sanford merchants. The train out on Thursday night carried a large number of passengers, who were well loaded down with purchases made during the day. People from Orlando and along the line of the road can come to Sanford on the morn ing train, attend to their business, make their purchases, and get back to their homes before supper time. Such a schedule as this brings a small crowd of visitors to town every morning. I found the railroad in excellent order, and the run to Maitland was made in such a short time that I could hardly realize the fact. Long wood is at present the most important town between Sanford and Maitland, and I noticed a good deal of building goittg on, including a neat little Episcopal Church edifice. A large amount of freight was put off there, as well as at Snow’s Station. But it is evident that twelve months hence there will be a half dozen or more new and growing towns scattered over this territory, and adding very much to the passenger travel and freight business of the road. Maitland has grown very much since my last visit, aud is now quite a pretentious place. The elegant Fluvanna House and the substan tial Park Hotel have drawn thither a great crowd of visitors during the past winter, and it frequently happened that both hotels and all the boarding houses were full, and no accom modations could be found. This has led to the preparation of plans for a new and larger hotel for next season. With an ice factory and a market house, there is no reason why Mait land could not support two more good hotels. There is no more quiet and attractive winter resort in Florida, and a constant increase in the number of visitors each succeeding winter shows how well pleased such guests are with that beautiful region of charming little lakes. New winter homes are also being established in and around Maitland, which causes many addi tions to the business portion of the town. DEATH OF CAI-T. STUART. As the De Bary steamed away from Alexan der's Landing, on Lake Beresford, the second officer ran the flags up to half mast, and an nounced that Capt. Richard H. Stuart, the veteran steamboat commander, had died at his home, near there, early Monday morning. Few men were better known to the travel ing public in Florida. Long before the war he was on the old steamboat Carolina, with Capt. Coxetter, and commanded the Florida before Capt. T. E. Shaw (father of Capt. W. A. Shaw) took charge of that steamer. He became quite prominent as a commander, when many of the present steamboat captains were youths, and not a few were infants of tender years. Since the war Capt. Stuart had been con nected with the Brock Line of steamers, and had commanded some of the best boats on the river. A few years ago he superintended the reconstruction of the steamer George M. Bird, which he commanded for a time, and was suc ceeded by Capt. Wm. A. Shaw. Lately, how ever, he had spent much time at his orange grove on Lake Beresford, a sufferer from rheumatism. He was a frank, open-hearted, blunt man, and his death will be deeply re gretted by a wide circle of friends and ac quaintances, who will sympathize with his afflicted family. FINAL PARAGRAPHS. I have never seen so few really good oranges as during the past winter, either in Atlanta or Florida. It may be that I have had bad luck in selecting them, but I hear the same com plaint from other persons, who ask, “What has become of the good oranges?” Imagine my surprise to find Monday’s Savannah Morning News on sale at Palatka the same afternoon at five o’clock. I could scarcely believe it, and when I brought the paper on board the De Bary, it created a sen sation that would have done Barnum’s heart good. Look out for a big increase in the circu lation of the News in Florida from this date under the fast schedule. The only grove in which I have seen any ripe oranges on the trees, during my present visit, is that of Captain Fenwick, acting purser of this steamer. He has a twenty thousand dollar place at Welaka, on a high bluff, over looking the river, and several thousand oranges still remain on the trees, which shows that the frost did not injure the crop. He has sold about twenty-five hundred dollars worth of oranges the present season, and will gather another lot this week. I tried some of his or anges to-day, and have tasted none better in Florida. He considers his grove a regular “big bonanza.” Chatham. LETTER FRO3I ATLANTA. All Quiet Along tlie Lines Tlie Speculative Fever Subsides The Railroad Commission and tlie Railroads—Promised Benefits front Mr. Wadlcy’s .iepiubl nations—Real Estate in Georgia Looking Up. Atlanta, May 4 — Editor Morning News: Unusual-serenity prevails at the capital. Trade channels have lapsed into the quiet naturally to be exppeted at this season, and the brain of enterprisj is engaged in working up new schemes of profit. The echoing sound of the hammer and the musical clink of the stone cutter’s pick is heard all around the city, indi cating that the work of architectural im is {♦ting steadily forward and like ||3ke rapid headway ere the short days fcjtV weather again return to check the Hn ■ apt theJbuilder. . _»»» - •icgoiTb - c in tin state, BEFVing si>eetlianoiWlF , '?Wu->s, seems to SggKlled into a general feeling of satisfac- HKat the honor and welfare of our people aniMprate seaports will be preserved, with a growing disposition to give due credit to the Central Railroad officials for the vigorous manner, skillfully executed, in producing these brilliant results. The effect will be seen in a more cordial and fraternal sentiment between formerly rival interests in the several communities of our State, and in a tendency to more closely unite people who for years have been inc’ined to watch each other with jaundiced and jealous eyes. Nothing now remains to bring about a perfect and intelligent under standing between the thinking body of our citizens and the great carrier lines upon the continued prosperity of which the livelihood of so many depends, but the modification of the features of the Com mission, which, as it now operates, is an anomalous and incongruous institution in a re publican government, as has been so per sistently and abiy urged by the Nev.’s and other journals. The leading paper of this city,among influential members of the press, seems to stand pretty much alone in insisting on the continuation of the arbitrary characteristics of a triumvirate installed inaspirit of classlegis latiou if not malevolence that has blinded mauy good people to the reactionary and despotic phases of tho law. That the rail roads should have prospered in spite of it is owing entirely to the extraordinary crops and consequent enormous value of business flowing from them, but the fact of this exceptional prosperity does not make the law, as it stands, more just, nor close the eyes of the reflecting to the danger of the principle involved, and the probable collapse of this property on tho first failure in crops, saying nothing of the effect in making capital cautions in putting it self under a domination that- tends to cripple its investments and refuses full authority in their management to those immediately inter ested. Another tendency of the recent success of Mr. Wadley will be to attract more marked at tention to our section from monied quarters, for it shows a vigor of resolution that inspires confidence in our future. Georgia is the cen tral figure in the Southern group of States, as viewed by Northern ob servers, and faith in her prospects is grow ing stronger every hour. Constant accessions are being made now to the enterprising part of cur population by the removal here of men of means ami pluck from the North and West. One firm of extensive connections. Nelson, Barker & Co., who for years have been lendiug money on property in lowa, have transferred their office to this city within the past few months, and are making loans freely on long time upon every description of sound real oropsrty offered them. Their supply of capi tal, furnished by rich men North who value their judgment and long experience, appears to be unarm :ed. These gentlemen express them selves as delighted with our State, which they never visited before last fall, and emphatically announce that they have come to stay, and to cast their fortunes with us, not doubting, as they assure us, that we shall ere long see a de cided looming np in our real estate market. They are much interested in Mr. Fontaine’s movements towards stimulating immigration, and have had long and suggestive conferences with him upon tlie subject. Our land owners then should not despond, but renew the hope of a better day soon dawning. It will refresh their patriotism to discover that the great vir tues of our mother State are being practically recognized by worthy and discriminating peo ple from distant lands in deciding to make their homes permanently upon our soil. *r* * _ The advantage of living in a country so vast that no crop can be a failure in all parts of it is illustrated by late re ports from the wheat fields. Cool head ed men in Minnesota are predicting a large yield of the best quality, owing to the reserves ot moisture stored in the soil at an unusual depth, while from Ohio word comes that the crop of 1881, contrary to premature reports, is likely to be above the average and may be the largest ever harvested in the State. With these comfortable promises to lean on, it is not worth while to des-pond over the news from Kansas. The Leavenworth Times frankly admits that the wheat crop of that State will undoubtedly fall very much below the average. According to that journal there has been no little un warranted boasting of an enormous yield, but it is more honest and a better policy to face the disagreeable fact. The prospects were never better for a great crop than on March Ist, but that month has a habit of upsetting many fair hopes, and has done its worst by hundreds of wheat fields. Food for the Brain and Nerves that will invigorate the body’ without Intoxicating is what we need in these days of ru:-h and worry. Parker’s Ginger Tonic restores the vital energies, soothes the nerves and brings good health quicker than anything you can us--.— Tribune. S:e other column. m, 7-wlm NOTES OF FLORIDA TRAVEL. A Kusli of Homeward Travel—Way* cross Short Line—Elegance and Comfort—A Beliglitful Picnic- South Florida Railroad—Rush ol New Settlers—Personal Mention- Final Paragraphs. On Waycross Train, May 4. —We came down to Jacksonville yesterday morning to take the Waycross Fast Line to Savannah, but found no train ready to leave until night. As I wished to see the new road in the day time, and also ride on the new train, we concluded to wait over until this morning. Fortunately the St. James Hotel was still open to special friends, and some thirty de layed passengers found a comfortable resting place there. Mr. J. R. Campbell, the genial and attentive host, ordered out his buggy and scoured the city for fresh supplies, which ena bled him to entertain us all in fine style. It was well that we remained over until to-day, as the train leaving last night was uncomfort ably crowded with passengers bound North and West. The Fred de Bary came down the river with a big load of homeward bound yisitors, cots being placed in the cabin for a large num ber, so crowded was the steamer. Most of the passengers left Jacksonville on the night train, and filled four sleeping cars. After an early but excellent breakfast at the St. James Hotel we boarded the fast train, where we were cordially greeted by that prince of polite and popular conductors, Capt. J. D. Meynardie, who promptly attended to the comfort of our entire party (some fifteen), giv ing, as usual, his especial attention to the ia dies and children traveling without any male companion. Although the train was well filled the Captain managed to give every passenger “the best seat on the shady side” of the cars, which is always a very difficult task. But such a train! Taken as a whole I think it beats anything of the kind I ever saw in the South. The light native woods and darker trimmings of tlie cars attracted universal comment of the most complimentary charac ter. In fact, all the appointments of the train are elegant, substantial and comfortable. The smoking car, with its revolving easy chairs, card tables and tapestry carpet, misled a party of ladies and gentlemen from the St. James Hotel, who quietly seated themselves and be gan to admire their comfortable quarters, when Capt. Meynardie came in and told them, much to their surprise, that the “Parlor Car” was in the rear of the train. As the gifted pen of the sity editor of the Morning News, B. H. Richardson, Esq., has given a graphic, and interesting sketch of this new and already popular route, I need only indorse all the good things he has said about it. Most of this letter is written while the train is in motion, yet I think your printers will find it rather more legible than my epis tles generally are. This fact will prove that the road bed is remarkably even ana solid, and the trains run with great steadiness. Already this route (or root, as many pronounce it,) has become the most famous for its speed and comfort, and without such an efficient, handsome and gen tlemanly representative in Jacksonville as Mr. John 11. Griffin, it would draw to its patronage nearly the entire travel by rail from Florida. Col. H. S. Haines has won the lasting gratitude of the traveling public for this last and noblest monument to his energy, ability and liberality as a railroad manager of the highest charac ter. A DELIGHTFUL PICNIC. About ten years ago Mr. William Beasley settled at what is now called Maitland, select ing the most charming spot in Florida for his residence. At that time he did not have a dollar in cash, but was full of energy and pluck. To-day he owns a place worth twenty thousand dollars, the result of honest industry and the companionship and co-operation of a wife noted for her rare domestic virtues. As Mr. Beasley was the first settler, and has on his place a beautiful and shady gi ove near the margin of the lake, the annual picnic of the Union Sunday school of Maitland is held on his grounds. This year the Ist day of May came on Sunday, so the picnic was held on last Saturday, which happened to be a very cool and pleasant day. Your correspondent, hav ing received an official invitation from Captain J. A. Richardson, the accomplished Superin tendent of the school, and formerly a promi nent citizen of Atlanta, concluded to attend and enjoy the happy occasion. Following a suspicious looking basket which our charming hostess, Mrs. Swoope, had sent ahead by a colored boy. we (my v. ife and I) rode from her pretty lake-side villa, on Lake Minnehaha, through the town to the picnic srounds.5 rounds. Just as w e reached the gate Captain . 0. Eaton, (formerly of the United States Navy) the children’s patron saint, was seen coming up the street iu advance of two large wagons profusely shaded and decorated with moss, flowers and evergreens, in which were gathered the smaller children of the school, whose happy faces, bright eyes and white dresses showed that they were out for a day of real pleasure. Captain Eaton and his assistants had given them a fine start, and every countenance beamed with joyous expec tation of a continuance of the programme in like manner to the close of the day. Nor were the children disappointed in any respect. The crowd had hardly taken possession of the grove when tae announcement was made that the Mdy Queen was a jftroaching. Marching slower down-,the slope the royal proces- AlisiSKda Lewis, of Ken- Jjf jflPaHJicf Mrs. Begley, being ;< scorted u*»* ‘i-’Srby Her gatggrTtrrrkhfs and Maids of llonoF. Ike Rev. J. J.HeSfry, of Canada, acting sA Gtend Marshal witlf great dignity. On reaching the handsome)? decorated throne, Mr. Jozies, in one of his eloquent and classical speeches, addressed the lovely and queenly lady’ who had been chosen "Queen of /the May,” and taking from the bright-eyed crown bearer, Master Volney Taliaferro, of Atlanta, the'floral crown, grace fully placed it upon her head, while ail the people present paid homage to their lovely sov ereign. After this ceremony came the basket dinner, which gave everybody a chance to have a free and easy lunch. Judging from the cakes, pies, nuts, raisins and candy that I saw scattered about, lam sura the children were well looked after by their teachers and friends I am told there are very few servants in Mait land, which may account for the rare excab leace of the eatables. The ladies do their own cooking. The crowning of the Queen was interesting and the dinner good, but an intellectual feast was next given, and surpassed in attractive ness all that had preceded it. Capt. Richard son, in a few appropriate remarks, introduced Rev. C. W. Ward (son of the la'e Admiral Ward), rector of the Episcopal Church, who first read with much tenderness and pathos Tennyson’s familiar poem of the “May Queen,” and then gave a most excellent rendition of “Biddy McGinnis at tho Photographer's.” The piece is long and difficult, ’out Mr. Ward main tained the “rich Irish brogue” to tho end, and won hearty applause. I never heard a bet ter rendition from any professional reader on the stage. Major Sidney Herbert, in response to a call for the Morning News, made a few scattering remarks, after which Lewis Law ronce, Esq, a venerable and philanthropic capitalist from Utica, N. Y„ gave the people a stirring talk. lie was enthusiastic in his praise of Maitland, and his words of com mendation follow several large investments in and arcuml the town. He lias proved his faith in Maitland by his good works. At the close of Mr. Lawrence’s lively speech Captain Richard son told the children they could spend the rest of thß afternoon in their own way. This was the signal for lots of fun, and with Captain Eaton and Rev. Mr. Ward to help them, the young folks bad a merry time indeed. Your correspondent sat p round under the shade of massive oaks enjoying the strong, refreshing breeze from across Lake Maitland, and watching Mr. James Bear, the handsome and gallant Virginian, rowing the ladies around the lake,while Capt. Eaton was equally attentive to the children. I have seldom en joyed such a delightfully cooi and pleasant May day, and the meeting of old friends made the occasion more enjoyable. First on the list was Rev. W. G. F. Wallace, son of the late Rev. J. A. Wallace, D. D., of Clayton, Alabama, who is now preaching for the Presbyterian church at Apopka, at Orlando and Maitland. He is a young man of fine abilities and I was glad to find him in such a desirable field of labor. I a’so met Mr James M. Lewis, form erly a printer in Clayton, Ala., and later a compositor in the Morning News office, but now residing at Maitland. These gentlemen and Messrs. Beasley, Richardson, Heard, Ven trers, Mayo, Taliaferro and Veers, he pedme to pass a very delightful afternoon on the beautiful and breezy banks of Lake Maitland, around which are scattered so many charming lake-side villas and attractive winter homes. SOUTH FLORIDA RAILROAD. Last season this new railroad enterprise was being pushed ahead from Sanford to Orlando, but tlie first trains did not go through until about the Ist of June. Os course there has been a great rush of travel durirg the past winter, and the road has made money under Superintendent B. R. Swoopa’s efficient man agement. But I was not prepared to see such costly and substantial wharf improvements at the Sanford terminus. The track runs to the river, where a large and strongly built wharf, which can accommodate five or six steamers at the same time, is being finished off in superior style and with an eye to future wants. A depot building is provided for the river freight, but another one will soon be needed to meet the constantly increasing business. ’J he rapid development of tlie country along the line of the road has created many new en terprises, and thereby nearly doubled the amount of freight daily carried out from San ford in years past. A glance at these wharf and depot facilities will convince any person that the South Flori da Railroad is to be something more than a mere local road to Orlando. It must soon stretch away toward the distant coast and open up to easy and quick transportation a large and rich section of the State that is new sadly in ueed of such facilities. Nor will this be all. I think it more than probable that seveial important franchises will yet spring out from the main line. A iarge committee from Apopka and Altamonte was at Sanford on Thursday in cons .Ration with the officers of the road in regard to a branch from near Snow’s station to their neigh borhood. r i hi 3 will no doubt be the first branch constructed and will add largely to the present business of the road. Other branches will follow as fast as they can be constructed and put in operation. In view of an extension of the road and the building of branches, as well as to meet the requirements of the rapidly increased traffic, tlie present rails are to be taken up and relaid with heavier iron, and numerous other im provements made in the track and motive power of the road. There are some seven or eight steam saw mills along the line, and these require the turning of log trains. Heavier rails and stronger locomotives are needed for this kind of business. The first engine uur chased for the road has already been succeeded by a larger one. and that in turn will soon give place to a still stronger ergine. All these THE SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS, SATURDAY. MAY 14, 1881. changes and improvements show that the road was not built any too soqu for the demands of the country. RUSH OP NEW SETTLERS. The completion of the railroad has given a new impetus to the growth of Maitland and vicinity, and large lots of land are being cut up into smaller sections and sold to new set tlers, while more extensive investments are changing hands. General S. G. French, of Columbus, Ga„ has just purchased a valuable grove on Lake Vir ginia, and other parties are also negotiating for lands in that desirable locality, some of which are owned by Mr. B R. Snioope, and which will be quite attractive when properly improved. Judge Dennis F. Hammond, a prominent lawyer of Atlanta, has recently purchased an orange grove on Lake Jesup and a building lot at Orlando, where he will probably open a law office next fall, having formed a partner ship with John C. .Ton- s, Esq., of Maitland. He will be a valuable addition to the Orange coun ty bar. Mr. Benny Taliaferro, of Atlanta, has pur chased several valuable lots in front of his residence, which he has fenced and improved so as to add to the attractions of the business portion of the town. New stores and residences are springing up all about the neighborhood, and the building boom promises to keep up the year round. Dr. J. P, Logan, of Atlanta, with Captain Grant and Dr. Stanford, owns a large and valuable tract of land running from Lake Minnehaha to the business portion of Maitland, and whenever he consents to sell off building lots there will be a rapid and desira ble development at that end of the town. No man is better posted in regard to the growth and development of Orange county than Mr. B. R. Swoope, who, for years past, has been closely identified with the" growth of that section of the State. In addition to his own groves and lands for sale, he has had charge of the investments of men of capital, who have been attracted to Florida. Capt. Swoope is now in negotiation with wealthy parties who propose to make some large pur chases near Maitland, and he predicts a big real estate boom this fall. As an expe rienced railroad manager, he is putting the South Florida Railroad into such shape that it can meet the demands upon it incident to such a boom. What is true of Orange county can be . ; aid of many other portions of Florida. There is and will continue to be an immense and steady in crease of settlers and land purchasers. It is in view of this fact that Commodore Wm. B. Watson, in charge of the Merchants’ Line of steamers, is urging Mr. de Bary to build a com panion steamer to the elegant Fred de Bary. Already the need of such a boat is felt, and the people are calling for its speedy construc tion. PERSONAL MENTION. Capt. J. A. Richardson, formerly a promi nent educator of Atlanta, and at one time can didate for Mayor of the city, has a One school for boys and girls at Maitland. He is also Jus tice of the Peace for criminal business. John C. Jones, Esq., who came from Atlanta to Maitland a few weeks ago and opened a law office, made his maiden Florida speech in court last week, and his first effort was quite a suc cess in all respects. Mr. E. Van Deman, who was purser of the steamer Geo. M. Bird last season, is now local agent at Sanford for the Merchants’ Line of steamers owned by Mr. Fred de Bary. As this is a daily line and does a large freight business, it requires an act ive and experienced manager. Bishop Whipple has arranged to erect a handsome church edifice at Maitland as a memorial to his deceased son, who formerly resided here. The services of the Protestant Episcopal Church are now held id the Town Hall, and are conducted by Rev. C. W. Ward, a taleuted preacher and amiable pastor. J. M. Willcox, Esq., of Philadelphia, who has some large investments in real estate and has made many valuable improvements at Maitland, proposes to build a handsome chu'-ch edifice for the Roman Catholic residents of that vicinity. This will attract a desirable class of settlers that would otherwise go else where. Lewis Lawrence, Esq., of Utica, N. Y., who has a very fine fancy orange grove,iwat-the Park Hotel, has laid out a small settlement for industrious and worthy colored people, which he thinks wi 1 help to supply Maitland fam.lies with good help. Comfortable houses will be provided and a neat church buildirg erected. FINAL PARAGRAIHS. The train from Jacksonville last night car ried away the remains of two consumptives, and also two who will scarcely live to reach their homes. One was a young lady, traveling alone to far off Kansas City, Mo., who said to my wife: “I do not expect to reach there alive.” And yet such hopeless cases conn ‘to Florida every winter to die there, or worss, to die on the cars homeward bound. It is hard, however, to convince consumptives that hey are beyond the reach of relief or cure. - —L. _ I had the pleasure of meeting on the trainjjiis morning Col. Hugh Dempsey, the well knbwn and übiquitous Division Superintendent oi the Southern Express Company. He exprisses himself both surprised and pleased at the opening up of so many and sucii desirable rail road lines in Florida. The Express Comjany has heretofore done a large business in carry ing fruit and early vegetables, but the Vay cross Line and the narrow gauge i&ads up the river will largely increase this brjnch of business, With his usual foresight and en ergy, he is preparing to fully meejaft' increased demands in that direction.^^^aß Jacksonville loses her steam ship.iijßSßßßaaK York, and the opening of the Ferns tßgfiig l ine lias also taken away some of MM steamers to Savannah, as they no Fernandina. But the city■gai’m*sgj||SMlp rnads what •-<)>«.JoaMjHfjMMPJ?... cross all. Arv, • speedy iiimV. from Jacksonviin&igS an extension of the see no good reason, therefore, B 9 villo should not be satisfied wilh'^SßH make her a great railroad ce;itn',{oljßMffi lively steamboat city. tH|ippßMßi FROM J>RADFORD + COUNwi The Production ol Lime— Deisils tile Late Terrific Holler Explosh at Temple’s Mills—Fair of the R Men—Tlie Early Fruit autl Ve*> table Huslncss—Execrable road Schedule. -jf’/Y m Temple’s Mills, Fla., May 2.-Agg3HKSHk tiuues to develop her untried resoqriS. again, as usual, quite successful./ Mr. Thompson, mentioned in a former letter\Si having come from Pennsylvania to test '/f-isS capacity of cur rock for producing succeeded fully in proving 1 quality of that material can Florida lime stone. lie has Arredondo, and will shortly pie’s Mills. The explosion at Temple’s Mills -rSfeA ult, a short sketch < f which Went you.Y«~. one of the most terrible in appearance that has ever been seen in this part of the State, 1 and the wreck leads one to wonder how any person near by could have escaped alive Mr. Temple uses three large cylinder boilers. On the day mentioned, at about half past one p. m., the hands were all at their posts ready for the mill to start, when a small escape of steam was noticed. It rapidly increased in volume, and instant y, as it were, the largest boiler—the one nearest the mid—ex ploded with terrific force; &, ontp end of the boiler—nearly half—forclsßßß| way through au old boiler and through the slab-pit almost to the smith shop, distant nearly two hundred jjjH The other end of the boiler was buried filtSBS feet among slabs and sawdust. The Jpoiltili home was completely demolished, some of the timbers having been thrown several hundred feet. The other boilers were thrown some dis tance from their piece. Among the injured Mr. Leonard White and Mr. McCarl received several severe bruises, but both are now able to be up and will soon be at work again. Be fore the debris had ceased falling, Mr. Hall, the gentlemanly' clerk of Mr. Temple, dispatched a messenger for Dr. Gaskins, of Starke, to at tend the wounded, which at that time were supposed to be numerous. Fortunately, how ever, the supposition proved to be unfounded. Among the many miraculous escapes was that of Mr. Meacliam, the lumoer inspector. When he came out of the wreck he was only known by his voice, so completely was he cov ered by smoke, dust and mud. Mr. Temple was absent at the time at Fer nandina, and did not get back uutil-the next day, when he at once went to work to remove the wreck, and expects to be again at work in a few days. The theories as to the origin of the explosion are many and different, but Mr. Temple’s is that it was caused by excessive steam. The last fair of the Red Men of Starke proved quite a success as usual, and the tribe have now advertised for sealed proposals for build ing their wigwam. Among thsejiiany dona tions to the fair was a magnificent pair of bed spreads from Mohr Brothers, of J-our city. Our market gardeners at Kingsley are now shipping early vegetables and realizing good prices. Mr. Miller, who is among the fore most, after many set backs, caused by the late cold spring, has succeeded well, and will ship more thau usual. Buell a man as Mr. Miller is a valuable acquisition to any locality. He will soon have ripe peaches, having had some in March that, by* actual measurement, were four inches in circumference. The Transit Railroad has now one of the most execrable time schedules for its freight trains that couid be conceived, as far as the convenience of the people along ihe line of the road is concerned, as the largest portion of the road i 3 passed over after night. We hope this will soon be changed, for, no doubt, the able executive ability of Col. Maxwell will enable him to provide for a more convenient arrangement. Professer F. Seeger, Ph. D., M. D., of New York city, Physician and Surgeon in Chief of the New York State Infirmary for Diseases of the Throat,Chest and Heart,llon orary Member Imperial Medical Societies of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Athens, Greece, etc., etc., gives the sanction of his name to the Liebig Co.’s Coca Beef Tonic. Dr. Seeger counts amoDg his patients such people of note as Prince Nicolas Tsherbatov, Count de Sivera, Sir William Mac Arthur (the present Lord Mayor of London), and other eminent foreigners who, while in America, availed themselves of his professional aid.. It may therefore be readily understood that the Liebig Co.’s Coca Beef Tonic possesses real meiit, and is an honest preparation, or Dr. Seeger would not permit his name to be used in connection with it. — Editorial iu Scientific Simplement of El Ranchero . FROM TALLAHASSEE. Decoration Day—Tolu Rock and Rye no Medicine-The Peach Crop —A Small Farm Movement—Warm Weather— Miscellaneous Matter, Tallahassee, Fla., May s. —“ Decoration Day ’ passed by quietly and solemnly, and as our city papers have already given full ac counts of the manner in which it was observed it is useless for me to do so. The Attonery General has decided that “Tolu, Rock and Rye” does come under the head of alcoholic compounds and cannot be sold without a liquor license. So it is “Good bye John” with it, unless the barkeepers take hold of it, and, as it is more popular as a bev erage than as medicine, I guess they will. I have been inquiring into the condition of the peach crop this week, and find that the trees are loaded down with fruit, and that there is no sign of worms on them at ali. Old farmers say that they will have the finest peach crop this year that w as ever raised in Leon county. There is a new move on foot among our land owners. They propose cutting up their land into small forty-acre farms, and selling every alternate lot to settlers at a very small price, so as to encourage live young farmers to come here, thus increasing the population and, likewise, the value of the other lots. We have been having our share, if not more, of warm weather for the past week, and I think that last Friday must have been the most uncomfortable day felt here for years. The thermometer registered 88 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade, with nipt a breath of air stirring. It is still warm, but is moderated considerably by the delightful Gulf breeze to-day. Bream, trout, perch and other toothsome, sweet and juicy lake fish are becoming plen tiful. o 9? r .barrooms, etc., are all kept open on the Sabbath, both night and day, and transact even more business on this day than through the week. If our city government would copy some after the Jacksonville officials, it would help our city, morally, more than anything else. I hope they will begin to follow suit at an early day. The roseola, which very near every one here has had during the past month, has about died out for want of material to work on. There is general dissatisfaction among our business men on account of the new schedule which goes into effect to day on the Jackson ville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad. The mails have been arriving heretofore at 8:25 a. m. and leaving at 5:15 p. m., thus allowing plenty of time to answer letters on the day of arrival. Now, by the new schedule, the mails will leave early in the morning and get in about half-past eight at night, and as we have such a slow set of officials, Postmaster, clerks and all combined—(why. it actually takes them over an hour to open the little handful of mail which we receive daily), it will make it too late to answer let ters at night, and the train will leave in the morning before more than one or two could be written, so you see we will be somewhere between twenty-four and forty-eight hours be hind with our mail, unless we sit up half the night to write, which would go mightily against the grain these short nights. Another bad feature of it is that there will be no Sun day train. I don’t see how they are to do this though, for if lam rightly informed, the rail road company have a regular contract with the Post Office Department to can v the mails every day. ' Disco. SURIYEN COURT. Damages Against Ike Central Rail road—General tlie Coun ty—lts Financial Condition, Etc. Editor Morning News: Last week the writer made a visit to Scriven to attend court, and talk with the people. The most important case before the Superior Court, and one that ex cited some interest, was the case of Hon. Wm. M. Henderson vs. the Central Railroad, suing the road for fifty thousand dollars damages on account of a serious hurt he received at No. 5)6 Station. The points were these: Mr. Henderson lived at or near No. 5)6; he was at the time he received his hurt a member of the Georgia Legislature. October 17, 1879. There was at NdT»)6 an old dry well, about fear feet deep, left open, as one witness testified, at the request of Mr. H.. as he thought of making a bathing place of it. He, however, did not use it. In time the place grew up in bushes in and around about the well. During Mr. H.’s at tendance upon the Legislature the road cut away the bushes so as to have a clean opening, cutting off the tops of the bushes that grew iu the well, leaving the stumps with sharp points on a level with the ground. L Mr Henderson, in returning home, took the I night train and requested the conductor to put him off at 5)6 At No. 6 the conductor awoke Mr. H. and told him he would soon be at No. 5)6, and did put him off there. It being dark, and the appearance of the place changed from the clearing away of the bushes, Mr. H. walked into the dry well, or rather fell, and one.of the sharp pointed sticks,one and a quar- MSPPfa'S thick, ran into himJiniis and, a Juali fine health, man agnt and walk to a npgio house not HMHBWierson was laid up four and a half he could leave his house, and from the effects of his wound. !gj£> J there was cor flictingtestimony as to to blame, or whether the accident Hffould be simply put down as an accident and who one was to-blame, and that it was a misfor tune, and should so be considered. The jury, however, gave Mr. 11. $13,000 damages. The case will be carried to the Supreme Court by the attorneys, Messrs. Lawton, of Savannah, with Messrs. Singleton & Wade, of Syivania, for the road; and Messrs. Black, Dell, and Oli ver for Mr. Henderson. The corn crop is small, but looking well; cott >n looking well, but a good deal as yet un | planted; spring oats good. The v inter freeze L£urt the fall oats. From the bad seasons la t year farmers who never bought corn, are now compelled to buy, not only corn, but meat, and many are buying hay, something never before bought by them. •The farmers of the country will in time learn Wan important and pseful !e-son; and that is, Pchat the first great principle of true domestic economy is to be sure to make enough provi -1 sions. no matter what may be the season. 1 hat I nothing short of a three or four months (drought, or a flood such as Noah experienced, could rob them of a provision crop. The farm er must live at home, and experience will so teach him in time, against all theories and cotton calculations, to the contrary notwith standing. More fertitgers have been bought than ever if they are put on the corn in t .e end, but nut otherwise. J&R HKSS ; . people are distressed, and will have their hands lull, and taxed to tlie utmost.lto help tt.e this some seem to have money for we a good deal < f building was That speaks well for tlie dotelup ggy ru of t he county in general. Bkhere is a very good school at Syivania, tin ier the management of Mr. Titos. M. Hazle- Eurst, and ho reports some sixty-five scholars. B’wo very neat and pretty little churches are ■a the place-Methodist and Baptist. ■ The peach crop from what we saw, will be Siilly half if not more. A fine county for fruit Ks the people will only give the subject atten tion and cultivation, and, we believe, they are Spraying tume attention to fruit culture, as we saw an agent of a Norm Carolina nursery taking orders for the sand pear and other fruit trees. We cannot too pointedly urge upon the farmers of Georgia, in every section, the abso lute importance and necessity of liviDg at ,homo and buying only such articles of con sumption as they cannot raise; as to corn uf.h meat, that should be the first great con sideration and all calculations based first upon a full larder at home and cotton as clear money. Calculate arcl work as tlie New Eng land farmer does. aDd we will be the richest people in the world in twenty years. R. M. O. Tea Culture in South Carolina. The pet tea growing scheme of the Commissioner of Agricultnre i§ now in a fairway of fruition unless the official axe sends the official head into the basket in the meantime. A venerable gentle man named Henry A. Middleton, living about twenty miles from Charleston, S. C., believes with the Commissioner that the tea plant can be suc cessfully cultivated in the United States. No money has been appropriated for the purchase of land on which to establish a tea farm, but Mr. Middleton has leased to the Commissioner a tract of two hundred acres on his estate for twenty years, in consideration of the small sum of one dollar. Appropriate buildings for carrying out the experi ment will be constructed, and John .Jackson, who has been engaged in the tea culture in India for sixteen years, will have charge of the plantation. About 17,500 tea plants will be set this spring, and the Commissioner avers that in three years’ time he will have as fine a crop of lea as ever was raised in the world. It is well understood in Washington that Mahone is afraid of Conkling, and he truckles to the New York Senator in such an obvious way as to be very notice able. Conkling, who usually only con descends to address his conversation to the older and more pretentious Senators, is flattered by the diminutive Virginian, and he sometimes permits a shake of the hands, and occasionally, but very seldom, a confidential chat. —Baltimore Gazette. A Safe and-Sure means of restoring the youthful color of the hair Is furnished by Parker’s Hair Balsam, which is deservedly popular from its superior cleanliness. layT-wlm THE FIELD, FARM AND GARDEN. We cordially solicit articles for this de partment, and will always eladly receive and publish all communications from our friends on the subject of agriculture as are likely to prove of interest and in struction to those of our readers specially interested therein. To Destroy Slack Ants. Mr. D. W. Langdon, of Mobile, with abundant experience, recommends strong tobacco water or soapsuds to destroy the small black ants which so often take possession of and nest around the roots of our plants. In the garden it will thus destroy vegetables, and in the flower gar den it delights in a bed of handsome pinks. In these various situations, care must be taken to sprinkle and drown out the ants, not the vegetables or flowers. The nest may be pierced all over with a stick, or dragged down and scattered, when myriads of the little ants will ap pear bristling in high dudgeon prepared for war. If tobacco water and soap suds prove inefficient weapons you may try a solution of carbolic acid in the same way, with the same caution, and if this fails there is a third application that never fails. Claw them out from beneath the roots and scald with hot water. If they remain they will kill the plant, per haps others also, and it is practicable with a little patience and perseverance to work them out and save the plant. Es pecially would we work patiently to save a fine bed of pinks or verbenas. Tomato Vines. For the best and most continuous bear ing, as well as for the best preservation of the fruit against shade and damp rot, the vines should be trellised or supported against their habit of falling and spread ing out upon the ground. Well sup ported, they can and should be mulched against dry hot weather, after first stir ing the soil as deep as practicable with out injury to their roots. Onions. Keep the surface well stirrechmd clean off all grass and weeds, removing the earth from above the bulbs as they begin to be about half grown. If dry, water them, and if not well fertilized, water with the drain from the compost heap. If you have no such drain, throw the compost (cow or horse lot) into a barrel placed above ground on boards and pour in water, old ash hopper fashion. Cucumbers. A single cucumber vine can be forced to yield fruit enough for a family, but it must have an abundance, say a barrel or two of rich compost, deeply imbedded in the soil, in a porous or open state, and abundant water. The vine may also be made to climb. It can be easily man aged if planted in a barrel. Plant Lice. Mr. Lawless, of Florida, writes us that he recently destroyed the black aphis from his scuppernong grape vines by dusting them with lime. This is an easy way to get at them, and those who see their fruit trees black with them in the eajjy spring should keep this simple, remedy in mind. t 4 Strawberries. V In our warm climate we are satisfied that strawberries should be heavily mulched, both for vigor of growth and bearing, and for prevention of sand or dust on the fruit. Without mulch, after a heavy shower of rain, the berries are. not marketable. Pear Blight. Mr. A. M. Purdy, in the- Fruit Re corder, recommends common salt, scat tered five or six feet broad around the trees, as a preventive of pear blight. This is an easy application to make, can do no harm and should be tested by all pear growers. Chloride of Lime. A French journal says insects will not be found where chloride of lime.is spread on the ground, and that a solu tion of it sprinkled over trees will destroy the insect plague. Corn Forage. It is still not too late to sow or drill for corn forage. The prevailing forage famine should be a lesson to farmers and warn them to “make hay while the sun shines.” Earth Worms Are often annoying in the flower pots and boxes. A writer in Vick's Monthly says put ten drops of carbolic acid to a pint ot water and use for watering. Ashes and Rone Dust Are always valuable for the orchard, and for many of the vegetables. Spread and* work in lightly. For grape vines leaf mould, nothing is better. Rust On plants, like lice on cattle, are gen- result of debility. The main tenancipf health and vigor will gener ally prevent both. bait for Plum Trees. A writer in the fruit RecorderJtej uven atqd a blighted plum orchard»by the use of salt well sprinkled and worked into the soil. Loss oi Manorial Value in Cotton Seed from Sprouting. In planting cotton by hand, from three to five bushels of seed are used to the acre, while the actual stand requires a peck or one half bushel at most; the rest are chopped down. Do you know whether all the manurial qualities of the seed are lost by allowing them to sprout, or what part of them is so destroyed ? R. 11. 8. , Columbus, Miss., March, 1881. Answer. —ln the germination of the seed some of its carbon is lost, but its nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potasn and other mineral ingredients are ali retained in the body of the resulting seedling. If the latter was promptly buried in the earth in proper position for the plants left to appropriate the products of its de composition, nothing would be lost. Un fortunately the plants chopped out are drawn into the middles and left on the surface where its nitrogen may be lost. The root' part left in position suffers no loss, neither are the mineral elements of the tops lost, hut being on the surface in the middies, they may not be appro priated by the crops till late in the sea son, or possibly not at all, though subse quent crops may get the benefit of them. —Southern Cultivator. Disinfectants. Professor Beilstein, who has recently studied the various substances used for disinfection, arrives, in a communica- tion made to the St. Petersburg Techni cal Society, at the following conclusions: Sulphuric acid would be the best disin ’ • fectant if it did not destroy the sides of the tanks; the use of lime and of salts of e . lime ought to be completely renounced, as they but temporarily destroy bacteria, and under some circumstances may con -11 tribute to their development; nor does :e sulphate of iron, even in a solution of 15 i- per cent., ultimately destroy bacteria, as they revive when put into a conve y nient medium. Therefore, Professor Beilstein recommends sulphate of alumi num, which is used in paper and printed cotton manufactures. The best means h for providing it is to make a mixture of red clay with 4 per cent, of sulphuric ,g acid, and to add to this mixture some ie carbolic acid for destroying the smell of :e the matter which is to be disinfected, ts is The Insect Population. r . In 1849 Alexander von Humboldt esti mated the number of species of insects 1(3 preserved in collections to be between .e 150,000 and 170,000, Europe alone being it represented by more than three times as g many species of insects as of phaneroga mous plants. Ten years ago Dr. Ger a stacker estimated the number of species i, of insects to be 225,000, five times as j- many as the known species of all the j other classes of animals together. If we assume that there exist in the whole 3 ' world only three times as many insects y as there are phanerogamous plants—the e latest estimation of which approaches 225,000—we arrive at the startling sum of about 750,000. Bewildering as this d estimate appears, it is probably too low. h The oak alone gives shelter and support f to 150 species of insects, and the pine to more than 200, and one moth alone has thirty-five different species of parasites. .6 - C A Good Cure for Hams. i- For 100 pounds of meat take 7 pounds 0 of good salt, 24 pounds of brown sugar (or one quart of molasses), 2 ounces of saltpetre, 1 ounce of cayenne pepper, and 2± ounces of cloves; 2 ounces of black pepper may also be used, if it is r not distasteful to those who are to eat the hams. Pepper is used merely to prevent attacks of flies. Boil all the in ’ gredients in sufficient water to cover the d meat when closely packed in the cask. 1- Skim and cool before pouring over the meat. The same ingredients can be used for rubbing the hams, if this mode d is preferred to a pickle. For rubbing, r- however, it is better to add another i- pound of salt and half a pound of sugar to the above ingredient. This pickle is equally good for hams, shoul ders, bacon, corned beef and dried beef. n Cotton Seed Meal for Manure. ie J. T.: Cotton-seed is a very rich fer n tilizer. It contains 4 per cent, of nitro gen, equal to eighty pounds to the ton, r ' and worth S2O at the current rate of Jr nitrogen in artificial fertilizers. It con i. tains also 2 per cent, of potash (worth ie $2 40 to the ton) and 3 per cent, of phosphoric acid (worth $6 to the ton.) el The meal from the hulled seed, after ir pressing out the oil, contains 7 per cent, of nitrogen, which is as much as mo3t of the best guanos now contain. The meal would be an excellent mixture for Southern rock phosphates, either raw or made into superphosphates, or for com it posting with swamp muck. If bone q dust be added the compost would be a ", perfect fertilizer, and very active and a valuable. d ie Cement for Rubber. j. Powdered shellac is softened in ten times its weight ot strong water of am monia, whereby a transparent mass is obtained, which becomes fluid after keeping some little time without the use it of hot water. In three or four weeks a the mixture is perfectly liquid, and, when applied, it will be found to soften y the rubber. As soon as the ammonia y evaporates the rubber hardens again—it c is said quite firmly—and thus becomes impervious both to gases aud to liquids. For cementing sheet rubber, or rubber \ material in any shape, to glass, is*highly refcoinmuSWlaw * Nitrate of Silver lbr Worms. “ Dr. M. P. Green sword (Medical Sum y mary) was accidental 1 y led to regard d nitrate of silver as a remedy for worms. r Furthertise of this drug has convinced _ him that it is one of the most potent * agents we have for the destruction and c expulsion of worms. lie gives a tea spoonful three times a day, of a solution of five grains of nitrate silver in six ounces of rain water. Western Agricultural Prospects. From seven columns of telegraphic re e ports from the great cereal-growing ;. States of Illinois," Indiana, Ohio, Mis- Q souri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, . Kansas and Kentucky, which represent all parts of the Western winter wheat region, the Chicago Times draws the following conclusion* “While an immense amount of damage was done to the crop by the . severity of the past season, there is not ' the slightest danger of a general s failure of the harvest on that ac i- count, and while the information y is that the crop is in a backward condition, the. reports do not intimate a total failure anywhere. The fact of the large harvests and high prices of the past two or three years has encouraged r the planting of such a largely increased e acreage in most localities as to offset, to a great extent, the injury suffered. In a 3 great many sections the heavy snows of e the winter furnished an invaluable pro tection against the intense cold, and the lateness of the spring has continued the defense through the critical period cs the al -9 ternate thaws and frosts of March. On y the whole, it appears that unless disas a trous late frosts or other unfavorable conditions materially impair the present prospects, the yield is likely to be not much less than that of last year. The farmers of Illinois and Indiana, in some d sections, seem to have suffered more se el* verely than those of other States.” Ex tended reports from the Western fruit sections show that the peach or chards of a portion of Illinois are so badly damaged that little or no fruit ean be expected, while in L . other parts of the State the yield will be only fair. The Michigan “peach belt” has suffered severely. In some places there is a total ruin of the buds. The same is true of Ohio, and as far South as Alabama and Texas the peach trees have suffered from the winter’s severity. Re ports from the bee keepers show that the honey crop has been disastrously affect e ed by the exceptionally long and cold > winter. Wiieie Gold Dollars Go To. Director of the Mint Burchard, who has lately returned from an official visit to New Orleans and St. Louis, reports 3 the mint in good shape at New Orleans, 3 and the coinage is at the rate of 600,000 1 silver dollars per month. This is assiga -1 ed as their share of the $2,000,000, ac [ cording to -their facilities. The Phila -3 delphia mint is exclusively at work on ’ gold at the rate of $5,000,000 a month. ' There are some inquiries as to where this • money goes to. Every month now $5,- 3 000,000 of $5 and $lO gold pieces are ’ being coined, and there is more than * enough bullion on hand to keep •J the mint going a year as it has been kept [ up for some months. Thi3 coin is paid 3 out to bullion owners, who bring their 3 gold for coinage, and then disappears. Very little finds its way to the banks and r the increase in Treasury stock is not 3 rapid. Mr. Burchard is inclined to the 3 opinion that it is absorbed by the work • ing classes, who hoard small sums of 3 hard cash rather than place it in the sav -1 ings banks, as they would do were they 3 only able to secure possession of the - perishable paper. Ass or $lO gold piece - put away once a month by a large pr.o --' portion of artisans and laborers would ■ readily account for its mysterious disap pearance, provided this is the true theory. .. ■ Canvassers make from $25 t 0.550 per week ’ selling goods for E. G. 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