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AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. The Field, Farm and Garden. We soi:-i‘ articles for this department. The ua " writer .should iceonipany Uie letter o. .n ;,i it-, not neve >nrily for pub lication, i ut a s an evidence of good faith. Bananas for Profit. Mr. Baugh, of Orauge comity, Fla., some time ago gave the Orlando Reporter an ac count of his success with bananas. He said: There is no particular secret about the mat ter. I take care of my plants, feed them well and it pays me. Now, you can set out the common horse banana and let it grow pretty much as it pleases. Near the place where this fruit was grown is a clump of horse bananas which ■ havo been growing and fruiting on the same ground for fifteen years, and the only attention they ever re ceived was when someone came along and cut the heads. But with the Cavendish va riety it is different; it requires constant cultivation and good treatment. Being of decidedly “noble blood,” it is more fastidi ous than other kinds, but it well repays all care bestowed upon it. The Cavendish is the very king of the banana species and I prefer it to all others for eating and for marketing. My plants are on hammock land, which was cleared four years ago. It had a very heavy growth of palm and oak trees on it, and in clearing it I did not burn the stuff but piled it in windrows 30 feet apart. That has all rotted dowu and has been spread over the ground. I put the plants about eight feet apart, but considering the way they spread and the nutriment they draw from the soil, I should now place them at least ten feet apart. For fertilizer I used bright cotton-seed meal and have found nothing better. Bone meal woD’t do. The banana is a quick growing plant and needs Stimulation. The Cavendish being of dwarf habit, does not reacii a height of more than six or seven feet before it begins to bear. In the summer the fruit should begin to ripen within three months from the time of blooming, but as autumn advances the time is lengthened to four months. Were it not for the frosts there would be no end to the banana season and ripe fruit could be cut frbm the plantation every day in the year. If that were the case the banana business here would overshadow everything else. As it is, there is money in it. A plantation of Cavendish bananas, when given the best care and cultivation, on suit able soil, w-ith proper climate, ought toyeld an annual income of SI,OOO per acre. That might be considered the best figure, but a plantation in South Florida ought to pro duce 1,000 heads to the acre, which would bring an average of 50, . apiece. Care of Eorses’ Shoulders. The New York Star, in an interesting and valuable article on the “Care of Horses’ Slioa! l*n,” says that there is no more dis graceful sight, whether at work iu the fields or wagouiug on the roads, than to see horses with their collars swathed in bandages, an almost invariable sign that the poor beasts are suffering from galled shoulders. It is, as a rule, caused by the grossest negligence and carelessness on the part of their owners and an utter indifference to the comfort of the poor animals who happen to be so un fortunate as to be placed under his control. This clumsy attempt to remedy an evil, or rather to enable the animal, who has been mutilated by careless handling, to do his work, is not infrequently the cause of still further extending the evil, for although the pressure is to a great extent relieved from the affected parts,the uneven pressure caused thereby on other parts of the shoulder fre quently rubs them into sores also. The commonest humanity, as well as the inter est of the farmer, should prompt him to take the measures necessary to prevent the collars and other parts of the harness from galling. Many a good horse has been spoiled by having a sore shoulder arid become a con firmed balker; for, having acquired an in disposition to pull on the affected part, the habit frequently clings to him after a cure lias been effected. The prevention of galls is very simple. In the first place, see that the collar fits well, that it is neither too tight nor loose, and, secondly, the shoulders of the auimal should be well washed every night when he is unhitched; and last, but by no means least, the collar should he thoroughly freed from the encrustation cf perspiration, dust and hair which is to be found invariably on the inside, and which will most assuredly, if left to get bard, rub the shoulder into sores A few drops of oil rubbed . on the collar will keep the leather pliable, and not only add to the comfort of the animal but cause the collar to last much longer, keeping the leather from cracking end the stitches from starting. An excel lent mode of treating galls is to wash the affected parts with pure water and castile soap; and the application of a little olive oil will not only assist the healing process, but will prevent the hair, if the injury is not of too long standing, growing in white patches over the wound. Deterioration in Small Fruits. In a paper read before the American Po xnological Society, on the subject of deteri oration in small fruits, Mr. J. M. Smith disputes the necessity for deterioration. The wild strawberry of the woods is proba bly not worse than it was 2.000 years ago. Wild fruits do not deteriorate or become extinct. The tendency of an improved sfrawberry is to revert to its original type; this can be prevented, however, by holding up its Character by highest cultivation, etc. The fancy berries, petted under highest cul ture, give good results, but fail in the hands of the common cultivator. The Wilson flhed to be the queen of strawberries. Now it is failing in many sections. Why? Ail improved varieties, in order to succeed, should have th > same conditions under which they originated. The Wilson needs good soil and frequent renewal. Changes of soil may be needed also. These condi tions are absolutely necessary. Plants have to be sold Jtoo cheap; hence are often poorly grown and poorly racked. Poor plants, set in poor and poorly cared for soil, unpro tected, struggle along for a few years, but finally result in almost utter failure. The runners of these poor, sickly, starved plants are planted again. This has been going on fcr about thirty years and everybody cries: “The Wilson is no longer a success!” Un der the circumstances it is a wonder only that it has stood so long. Our ignoranoe, our carelessness, our stupidity and neglect have caused its deterioration. Now let us try another treatment. Take young, vig orous runners from healthy plants, pick off the first blossoms, give highest cultivation, gather one crop and replant on some other place. Under this treatment the Wilson does not “run out,” but seems to improve, (five each variety of small fruits such soil, food, core and protection as it requires or suffer the consequences. The Kelaey Plum. In the Gardener's Monthly there is an in ; teresting article on the Kelsey plum from the pen of Prof. H. E. Van Daman, United States Pomologist Ha says: I have seen the Kelsey plum treos growing in the South ern part of the United States and have seen and eaten the fruit, and have specimens of it iu my office here at this time. If there is a difference between P. ehieasa aud P. Americana, then there is a difference be tween P. domestic* and the species to which the Kelsey belongs, although there is doubt as to its name. The flowers of all these species are not widely different, but their other characteristics are enough so to make many species. And so it is with the Kel sey, for the leaves, bark, fruit and form of the tree are decidedly peculiar. It has been my privilege to frequently alk about Japanese plums with Mr. Ta niari, who is a thoaough student of botany and practical horticulture, and a native of Japan; and he stated plainly that this plum is a variety of a native species, and that it did not belong to P. domesuca, but to a species which he thought should be called P. hattan or hadan. He said it was hardy only in Southern Japan, and we know that it has repeatedly winter-killed even in Northern Texas and similar latitudes in the United States. Mr. Tamari told me of other species of Prunus only native of Japan, to which va rieties belong that arg not only scientific ally distinct, but bearing fruit of sweet and de licious flavor. One such variety has been this year fruited by Luther Burbank, at Santa Rosa, Cal., which is red to the stone. All the varieties of P. mume are only fit for pickling and, as is well known, we have native species here of this genus that are equally bad. Saving Sweet Potato Vines. A Mississippi farmer, writing to the Southern Lire Stock Journal, says: I no ticed in your last issue an article headed “Use of Sweet Potato Vines and Leaves.” I have used sweet potato vines for several years and the main trouble I had in saving it was to get it in some place where my mules and cattle couldn’t break into it and consume it faster than I wished to give it to them; for indeed it makes most excellent hay. I have saved it in two ways. First, I pulled the vines off the ground w-ith a bull-tongue plow, hauled them up and hung them on poles, under shelter, being careful not to get them in too large a bulk. In a short while they w-ouid be perfectly dry. Of course, as they are under shelter there is no danger of spoiling. The next w-ay is, though only a little different from the first, I think the best way. Pull them off, as in the first case, spread them out in thesun;ths oau be done before they are carried from the field. Let them sun about one day; this is sufficient to cure them. Then I put them away as I do any other hay. I noticed this difference: While those under an open shelter would get very dry and stay so, those in a barn or loft all bulked together seem to retain just enough moisture to make them easily masticated and digested, while in the first case they get so dry and hard it makes them hard to masticate. It is well to shake off the dirt that adheres to the vines while pulling them off beforo putting away. Never let the frost fall on them before pulling. My ex perience is that as food for milch cows the potato vine parallels the most of our grasses Bran on the Farm. Prof. Brown, of the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, Can , says the Herald, recently summed up the usefulness of bran to farmers, after having carefully consid ered its chemical composition: 1. Bran is a concentrated food which, though variable in composition, possesses high nutritive value. 2. .Holier process bran is, on the average, richer than old process bran. 3. Its excess of ash or mineral matters eminently fits it for bone building in grow ing animals aud for supplementing the lack of mineral matters in roots. 4. Its chemical composition points to the conclusion that it is somewhat better adapt ed to the formation of fat and production of heat than to the formation of muscle or milk. 5. Both its chemical composition and its physical form adapt it admirably to the supplementary food to be used in connection with poor aud bulky fodder, such as straw and roots. Tobacco in Florida. A writer in the Florida Disj>atch says he firmly believes that in spite of all opposi tion tobacco culture will becomo in Florida what it has become in every other tobacco growing section where the soil was adapted for its cultivation, the most profitable pro duct ever raised in that or any other State. Not only is the soil in many sections of the State particularly well adapted for the cul tivation of the finer grades of tobacco, but the people enjoy other advantages of equal if not greater importance. He has seen whole crops of tobacco destroyed in one single day by frost and hail storms in the Northern States, two of the most formida ble enemies to the plant, which the farmers of Florida need never fear to encounter. Considering the short time that Florida farmers have been engaged in the cultiva tion of tobacco, they have demonstrated very positively that the soil will produce a superior article to any other State, and that they can improve the plant by experience. Household. Corn Fritters.—Take two cups of canned corn, add three eggs well beaten, a tablespoonful of milk, enough flour to make the batter just drop from a spoon, then fry in boiling lard. Creole Orange Cookies.—lnto two ta blespoonfuls of butter rub one large cup of brown sugar and two quarts of flour. Sea son with a great deal of orange peel, well grated and mix with molasses enough to roll thin. Cut in fancy shapes aud bake in quick oven. Meat Salad. —Chop fine oue or two pounds of corned beef, then take two-thirds of a cup ei vinegar, oue tablespoonful of sugar aud one egg. Beat all together and pour into the frying pan and lot boi', then pour into a dish to mold. Serve in slices when cold. Poverty Cake.—Put one-half teacup of warm lard in the pan with one-and-a-balf cup of sugar, one half cup of water, a little flour, stir well or until the sugar is dis solved, add one-half cup of water, two eggs, a little nutmeg or essence of lemon, baking powder one teaspoon ful and flour enough to suit, stir well; this will make drop cases if flour enough is added, and sheet cake if left thin. Woodford Pudding.—Three eggs, one teacup sugar, one-half teacup butter, one half teacup flour, oue teacup jam or pre serves, scant teaspoon soda dissolved in throe teaspoons sour milk, mix well and bake slowly. Sauce: One egg, one large cup sugar, one small cup butter, mix well; put on stove and stir until melted, add ta blespoon wine, brandy or whisky, and pour on immediately. Canadian Apple .Pudding.—One pint THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. DECEMBER Ilf, 1387. flour; a cupful milk; one egg; three table spoonfuls butter; one tablespoonful baking powder; one cupful sugar; half a cupful water; two quarts pared and quartered ap ples; half a tea,spoonful salt. Put the pared and quartered apples with the sugar—except two tablespoonfuls—into a deep pudding dish. Grate a little nutmeg over tneni and set in a moderate oven for twenty minutes. Sieve the flour, baking powder, salt and the two tables|ioo!ifuls sugar. Add the milk and beaten eggs, and stir with a spoon into a smooth dough; then add the butter, melt ed. Take the dish out of the oveu and spread the dough over the top of the upples. Return to the oven and bake twenty min utes, increasing the beat. Serve the pud ding in the dish it was baked in, or turn out the crust on a flat dish, w-ith the apples on top. Lemon or nutmeg sugar sauce cau be added. Farm and Stock Notes. Wheat straw, cut flue aud moistened with water slightly salted, then sprinkled with ccrn-meal, will lie eaten by sheep, and will answer for them if they be also fed liberally on grain. Parsnips and salsify (oyster plant) are perfectly hardy, so that only enough for a winter supply need be dug up and housed in the fall. Those left iu the ground will come out fresh and sound in the spring. A good full stock of bees, say 20,000, should have at least 20 pounds of good honey and plenty of good dry combs to insure suc cessful wintering, and be placed in a dark, dry cellar or some other properly arranged place for them. Dry sleeping places are indispensable to sheep. If compelled to remain on damp locations the wool wfll dry very slowly and the animals will often contract lung trou bles. Sheep are liable to more diseases than any other class of farm stock, aud for that reason should be more carefully protected. Horse troughs should be thoroughly washed with warm water occasionally, as there is more or less food left over, w hich in time will become filthy. Shotil 1 moist ened ground food remain in the trough and the weather become somewhat warm it will partially ferment, and in that manner ren der other food nn wholesome. The government experiments this year in making sugar from sorghum are said to be very successful On fair soil the yield of cane was an average of twelve tons. The average yield of sugar per aci-e was about 1,500 pounds and of syrup 130 gallons. It is claimed that at this rate, even at the present low prioe of sugar, the business of making sugar from sorghum will be very profitable. A good way of wintering cabbage is to pull it up by the roots on a dry day, wrap up the outside leavos cai efully and snugly around the heads and place them in a row, roots up. Then cover with soil lightly at first , adding more as the season advances. In order to secure free access to the supply in midwinter the ridges may be protected from freezing solid by some litter being thrown over it. The value of stable dung, says Prof. W yatt, must not be estimated upon actual richness in ammonia or phosphoric acid within a short period of its production, but must be calculated on its wonderful physi cal and chemical action on the elements of the soil and the air, and upon its merits as a vehicle or conductor into which complet ing quantities of outside substances can be introduced, decomposed aud rapidly made available. The wastes of the garden will be highly enjoyed by the porkers. Cabbage leaves and stalks, with the small sweet potatoes and other things not valuable for family use and that cannot be stored for the pigs in the cold days, had better be fed to them now than allowed to decay. Ordinarily these things are not considered of much value, but when vegetation is scarce, as it is now it is well to make use of what we often look upon as trifles. The value of barley meal as a feed for hogs is not half appreciated. Trials at the Wisconsin experiment station show that 589 pounds of uncooked barley meal were re quired to produce 100 pounds of pork, live weight, while of qorn meal 403 pounds were required, of corn meal and shorts half and half 574 pounds, and of whole corn and shorts halt and half 434 pounds were re quired. This is not a very striking show ing in favor of barley meal, but it demon strates most conclusively that pork can be profitably produced on barley in Northern regions where corn cannot he grown at a profit. It is important no w to see that good drain age is provided, especially with newly set trees or plants. It will not answer to allow the water to stand around the roots to freeze and thaw. If a good tile drain should be laid between each row of fruit trees, this, of course, would be the best. But wherd this cannot be done good surface drainage can be made to answer, provided care lie taken to do the work properly. Usually whatever mulching is needed in the straw berry bod should be applied at least by the latter part of this mouth. See that what ever material may be used will be spread evenly between the rows. Iu discussing ways and means for the im provement of highways it should never be lost sight of that the roadbed can never be satisfactory as long as it is not thoroughly drained. In a majority of cases this cau lie done by grading up—i-utting ditches along the sides. But the tendency is toward the hollowing out of the centre of the grade; and, as the ground is somewhat compacted water lahcld for some time to the great in jury of the road bed. Every few weeks, when the weather will permit, the grade should be dressed, filling up the depressed paths made by the animals. When thor ough drainage cannot bo secured in a ,y other way, underdrain. The same princi ples apply as in the draining of laud for crops, Popular Science. The fact is noted by the Metal Worker that a house hidden by trees is too often in a reservoir of damp stagnant air (as may be shown with a wet and dry bulb ther mometer)—a condition anything but favor able to health. An English writer urges the importance of thoroughly airing rooms and flushing all waste-pipes on the return of a family after a considerable absence from home. The shut-up house is often filled with noisoe gas, through the evaporation of he water which keeps the sewer-traps operative, and this is not necessarily revealed by an odor. Many cases of sore thro it have been traced to a neglect of the precautions mentioned. The common raising faint ng persons to a sitting or upright position is olten sufficient to destroy tne spark of life which remains. The death of au eminent English statesman a short time ago gave opportunity to the coroner for emphasizing tins fact, and of pointing out how much more reasonable and aouna it is to keep such persons in the prone position while restora tives and local means are adopted to enuble them, if possible, to regain consciousness. A sure way to test the quality of silk is to take ten fibres of the filling in any silk, and if, on breaking, they shall show a feathery, dry and lack-lustre condition, discoloring the fingers in handling, you may at once be sure of the presence of dye aud artificial weighting; or take a portion of the fi I ires between the thmnbuud forefinger, and very gentiy roll them over and over, and you will soon detect the gum, mineral, soap and other ingredients in the one, and the ab sence of them in the other. A simple but effective test of purity is to burn a small quantity of the fibres; pure silk will in stantly crisp, leaving only a pure charcoal; heavily dyed silk will smolder, leaving a yellow, greasy ash. If. on the contrary, you cannot break the ten strands, and they are of a natural lustre and brilliancy, and fail to discolor the fingers at the point of contact, you may lie well gssured that you have a pure silk that is honest in its make and durable in its wear. Hick and billious headache, and all de rangements of stomach and bowels, cured by Dr. Pierce’s “Pellets”—or anti bilious granules. 35 cents a viaL No cheap boxes to allow waste of virtues. By druggists. THE BIG METAL BOOM. Wild Gambling in Copper That Is At tracting Attention. New York, Dec. 17.—The wild gambling in copper in New York and London is at tracting more and more attention as the price mounts higher and higher under the manipulations of the French clique, com posed partly of I’aris bankers, who control the situation. Ingot copper usual sells at 10 to 12c. a pound, hut it is now 17; a c., a rise of $l4O a ton, bringing the price up to $350 a tou. A year ago copper was worth in Loudon a little less than s2ooa ton, now it commands $305. The principal bull point on the market is that the consumption has overtaken and now exceeds the production. It Was on this point that a French syndicate, said to represent the capital of $50,000,000, took hold of the market. The tire last spring in the Calumet and Hecla mine in the Lake Superior region, hail a very im portant bearing on the speculation for the reason that it is the largest copper mine in the country and this accident reduced the supply. The mine is capitalized at $2,500,- o<Hl, has 100,000 shares of the [tar value of $25, but the stock sells at about, $190: at different periods it has assess,'(l the stock holders $1,200,000, but has put in dividends within some twenty-five years of existence $29,350,000, the last dividend being $5 a share, last July, It is a pet stock in Boston, that hot lied of copper stock gamblers, but New Yorkers seldom meddle with it. The Frenchmen have rubbed their hands with satisfaction at the repeated fires and acci dents at the Calumet mine within the past year, for the reason that they seem to leave them a clearer field for their campaign acainst the bears in London and New York. Yet the Michigan mines, nevertheless, make a very good exhibit of production for the year, and it is worth while to note a few lacts which it is needless to say the corner makers would like to have kept as quiet as possible. Tle Calumet and Hecla mine in the eleven months of this year produced 27,048 tons of ore—7s per cent, copper— which shows a decrease compared with the same period last year of only 2,000 tons, and is less thau 000 tons behind the same period in 1885. The production of the seven principal mines of , Michigan, the chief source of supply, for eleven months of this year was 41,4:50 tons, or only 1,300 tons less than for the same period last year and act ually nearly 4,000 tons more thuu in the same period two years ago. EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO BRING IN OUT SIDERS, and Wall street operators and people in Boston and elsewhere in New England are interested in the speculation. The syndicate have a littie Frenchman here uajrted Men del, who is primed to the eyes with bull points, acts as their broker, discourses volu bly iu bad English of the merits of the situation, aud of course denies that there is any corner. It recalls the fact that P. D. Armour never knew anything about a corner, even when he was squeezing the shorts till their tongues ran out. There was simply a “good demand for the stuff.” The rise in copper threatens to have a very serious effect on manufacturing interests. Manufacturers have slopped the manufac ture of many useful articles composed of that metal. It is one of the most useful that we have, as well as one of the oldest, deriving its name from Cyprus, where it was first obtained by the Greeks. It is pro duced very largely in Chili, and iu London the standurd quotation is for Chili bars. It is also found to some extent iu Cuba and Australia, but their production does not in fluence the markets. It is abundant in the Lake Superior region and in some places the vein is 2 feet in thickness. It is of interest to ol serve that the mines of that region were worked long before the arrival of Europeans on this continent, as scientists have discovered, but in dern operations there were not begun till about forty years ago. A BROKKRIN SPEAKING OF THE EFFECT of the rise in copper on manufactures, said: “There will I e no sugar pans made for the refineries at these prices, no whisky stills or boilers and the effect in the manufacture of other articles will be quite as marked. An other thiug, the manufacturers have lieen caught in a trap. W hen copper began to rise so rapidly they thought they would be smart and sell out their surplus supply at the Metal Exchange, and trust te the re sumption of full operations at the Calumet mine to secure all tiiey wanted at lower prices. They have unloaded, the price keeps going up and they are caught." Perhaps even more important is the big advance in pig tin which within a short time has risen 14c. a pound. Early in the present, year the price was $550 a ton in London. Now it is SBSO all owingto the thimble rig ging of the same French clique which con trols copper and which in this case also pro ceeds on ihe point that the production has lagged behind the consumption, The tin supply of the world is derived mostly from Malacca in the Malayan peninsula aud Cornwall, Eng., where the mines have been known to traders from remote ages. Ptneni ician navigators took tin from Cornwall to Tyre and tSidon, the Loudon and New York ol the ancient trading world. Australia also has largo mines and in the far west a little seems to have been found, though it counts for noihing as a factor in the mar kets. The effect of the rise in pig tin on vurious manufactures is be inning to be se riously felt. The manufacturers of Britan nia wait are now doing nothing and are calling in their drummers. They cannot afford to pay the present prices. The can nars of lruits, meats and vegetables are likely to feel tue pinch later on. One of the largest consumers of tin iu the West is Philip D. Armour, who is said to use an nually nearly 100,000 boxes of tin plate, weighing from 112 to 406 pounds to each box. The tin is used in his business in can ned meats, and he bus a broker in New Yortc who attends to all his buying. Tin plate has not r.sen so markedly as the pig tin, of which it is largely composed. Still a rise of 50c. a box within a short time is an item important enough to have a serious effect. the standard oil monopoly uses considerable tin plate and is likely to get a little of its favorite medicine, before the deal is over, though Charles Pratt, a prominent member of the Standard corpo ration is quite a large importer of tin plute to be used in the canning of the netroieum which is exported from New York to Eu rope, Asia and Africa. The largest impor ters, however, are the historic house of Phelps, Dodge & Cos., all (he members of which are many times millionaires. The fortunes of tho house wore laid early in the present century, when it secured practically a monopoly oi tho trade in Russia sheet iron, u-sed so extensively for stove pipes, and which is manufactured by a process kept a profound secret iu Russia. The late Wil liam E. Dodge was President of the Cham ber of Commerce and his statue stauds in Thirty-third street squa:e. Another son was in Congress. Their importations of the plute this year have exceeded halt a million boxes. It comes from England and Wales. One of the effects of the rise in pig tin was the recent failure of tiie Gl.yn works in Wales. The proprietor had sold tin plate for future delivery and the big advuuce iu the block tiucompel! si them to till their co itraebs at a loss, which ruined them. Al ready the Britannia manufacturers of this country have lost very heavily. Home time a;o they took large orders for the holiday trade, and they have been obliged to pay the sharp advance in pig tin and execute their orders at a serious loss. The manu facturers of solder have also felt the pinch of the tigot boot of the speculative inquisi tion, as also have the manuuicturers of bab bitt-metal, which is used extensively in ma chinery aud iu axle and car bearings on the railroads. THE FRENCH SYNDICATE LIKE AN enormous octopus has stretched its wide i reaching tentacles and grasped lead, zinc, ; antimony, and even it is said quicksilver, i Patti it up the price of lead affects the manufacture of shot, type metal, pewter, Britannia metal aud paiiivs. Considerable lead is produced in lii.uois and Mis ouri, aud Hpain furnishes a largo supply. An ad- vanco in zinc effects the braes manufacture and a rise in antimony tends to raise the cost of type metal, Britannia, pewter and bells which become stronger and more musical with the alloy of anti mony. The recent marked advance in quicksilver may be due solely to the manipulations by the Rothschilds who own or control all the Hpanish mines— including the famous Almoda, which was worked IKK! years before the opening of the Christian era—but it is attributed largely to the schemes of the French clique. It is used extensively in smelting gold and silver ores, in manufacturing mirrors, scientific instniments, in dentistry, in mercurials, in medical practice aud in the making of ver milion paint. Surely the your 1887 has beeu a year of speculative booms, among which the metal boom is by no means the least. OSCAK W ILI.OUOHBY RIOOS. SHE CHARMS REPUBLICANS. Mrs. Cleveland’s Recent Visit to Phila delphia Results in Winning 'iheir Support For Her Husband. FYom the New York Graph ir. Philadelphia, Nov. 80.—Democratic Cleveland the choice of Republican Phila delphia) ■" “Society” lias said so, and what society says not only goes, but is usually more than three-quarters right, and is generally u win ner. And why does society say so) The reason is obvious. Society has been captured and taken into camp by clever Mrs. Cleveland. Willing captives enough to be sure, because there was something so winsome, so magnetic, so taking, in u double sense, in tins fair captor, that so ciety held out all its hands, and submitted eagerly to the silken bonds, and there are more hands waiting. Politicians of the Republican party are already beginning to view with alarm, even in this Republican stronghold, the rare piece of strategy accomplished by the wife of the President, and to tell the truth they are only beginning to see it after the mis chief is done. Imprimis —When Mrs. Cleveland visited the country seat of Mr. Childsat Woo ton and met there a host of buds aunfull blown sov cietv flowers, she impressed each aud all of them with her charming manner, her clear good sense and her attractive face. Pretty women are apt to be jealous of pretty women, and a mutual hauteur prevents any thing approaching familiarity, but with Mrs. Cleveland there was such a snontanicty of cordial feeling, such a womanly magnet ism for women, that society went into ecstasies over her. At the following recep tion at the house of a fashionable family in Germantown the impression first made was deepened and society was simply wild. What a delightful tiling, thought society, it would lie to visit this lovely woman at the White House! Aud then, just for the novelty of the thing, society began to think. Husbands, brothers and sweethearts were consulted. Husbands, brothers and sweethearts said that it was just possible that he wouldn’t go back to Washington. Of course, they said if Philadelphia should go Democratic then his chances would be very good—in fact, the old and untruthful axiom, “As Pennsyl vania goes so goes the Union,” was quoted at regular intervals. Instantly and without parley the feminine portion of the F. F. P.’s decreed that Penn sylvania should go Democratic! The majority was not settled upon, although the fair tyrants wanted it largo enough to insure victory beyond periul venture. “But,'’ said husbands, brothers and sweet hearts. “No ifs or bnts: up and be doing.” And the mandate was obeyed. Thus it comes that even the stanchest of Republicans, if he happen to tie classed as a society man, has been cleverly captured. Ho must maintain his position. His wife ami daughters must not be put in the back ground. If Mrs. So-and-so is to be a guest at the White House, and so come in contact with the best people in the national capital, surely he is not going to let the two girls be mortified to death. Surely, his politics can have nothing to do with the hapniness of his children! This from inater-familias. But the Republican candidate may have a beautiful and accomplished wife, and in that event — Nonsense! A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush! Didn’t Mrs. Cleveland take especial notice of the girls and ask them to call? If papa is any kind or a man at all and loves his wife he will order that Mr. Cleveland be elected. Oh, papa! In every instance recorded up to this time he lias gone back on his political faith and will work for Mrs. Cleveland’s husband. Secretary Faiuti-ild gave dinner to gen tlemen friends on Saturday evening. CUTICURA REM EDIKS. A CHILD S LIFE SAVED! AI7HEjJ six months old his left hand began ▼ f to swell and had every appearance of a large boil. We poulticed it, but all to no purpose. About five months after it became a running sore. Soon other,sores formed. He then had two of them on each hand, and as bis blood became more and more impure it took less t ime lor them td_> break out. A sore came on the chin, beneath the under lip, w hich was very offensive. His head was one solid scab, discharging a great deal. This was bis condi tion at twenty-two months old, when 1 under took the care of him, his mother having died when lie was a little more than a year old, of consumption (scrofula <f course). He could walk a little, hut could not get up if he fell down, and could not move when in ned, having no use of nis hands. 1 immediately commenced with the Ccticcra Remedies, using the Cun oiTßA and CuTicrßA Soap freely, and when he had taken one bottle of the CtmcintA Resol vent, his head was completely cured, and he was improved in every way. We were very much encouraged, and continued the use of the remedies for a year and a half. One sore after another healed, a bony matter forming in each one of these five deep ones just before healing, which would finally grow loose and wen? taken out ; then they would heal rapidly. One of these ugly* hone formations I preserved. After taking a dozen andii half bottles be was completely cured, and is now, at the age of six years, a strong and healthy child. The scars on his huuds must always remain; his hands are strong, though we once f*nred he would never lie able to use them. All that physicians did for him did him no good All who saw the child before lining the CJcticuiia Remedies and see the child now consider it a wonderful cure. If the above facts are of any use to you, you are at lilierty to use them. MRS. E. 8. D RIGGS, May 0, IKK'. 612 E. Clay St., Bloomington, 111. The child was iraliy in a worse condition t han he appeared to hi., grandmother, w ho, being with him every day, became accustomed to the disease. MAGGIE HOPPING. Cunct RA. the great skin cure, and CmcuftA Soap, prepared trom it, externally, and Ctrri ci ha Resolvent, the new blood purifier, inter nally, arc a positive cure for every form of skin and blood duMnuie from pimples to scrofftla. Sold everywhere. Price, CirrirußA. 50c.; Soap, 25c.; Resolvent. 81. Prepared by the Potter Haro and Chemical Ca, Poston. Mass. for “How to Cure Skin Diseases," 64 pages, 50 ii Just rations, and 100 testimonials. I) A ffV’O Skltj and S-alp preserved and beautl- HAll l . ra [Df( ; EVERY MUSCLE ACRES. AwZm y Sharp Aches, Dull Pains, Strains and Weakness relieved in one minute I by the CVthuia Anti -Pa in Planter. perfect antidote to pain and weak ness. The Tirst and only pain-killing plaster. 25c. FRUIT AND GROCERIES. O (v Eg. Fine Florida Oranges for Christmas pres ents shipped to any i>art of the country. Cocoanuts, Lemons, Apples, Turnips, Onions, Potatoes, Cabbaqe, Mal aga Grapes, Cow Peas. bushel* CLAY PEAS. 800 bushels RED RIP PERK, *X>bush"l* WHIPPOORWILLS. ‘ BLACK EYE aud BLACK. ZEEay <Sc G-x*a±n. Usual close figures on large lots. W. D. SIMKINS & CO., XOO BAY. MEDICAL. f SIMMONS] fREGUjiATORj A Valuable Resource for the Sick. Among the many resources which medical skill has made available for the sick and de bllitated, none rank higher than Simmons Liver Regulator, a comprehensive remedy for Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Constipation, Chills and Fever, Debility, Nervousness, Sick Headache, and other ailments attributed to Biliousness. PURELY VEGETABLE. It relaxes the boweln without griping, purifies a bilious breath and completely relieves the many indescribable symptoms which torment sufferers from Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint and Kidney troubles. It also effectually removes those nervous symptoms felt when bile is im perfectly secreted or is misdirected. I vr"Demand the GENUINE, which has our Z Trade Mark in red on front of Wrapper. J. H. ZKILIN & CO., Solo Proprietors. Philadelphia, Pa. CUREaDEAF OECK’S PATENT IMPROVED CUSHIONED I EAR DRUMS perfectly restore the hearing and perform the work of the natural dram. In visible, comfortable and always In position, all conversation and even whisjiers heard distinct ly. Send for illustrated hook with testimonials FREE. Address or call on F. HIiSCOX, 853 Broadway, New- York. Mention this paper. BUNTS INJECTION. HYGIENIC, INFALLIBLE & PRESERVATIVE. Cum promptly, without additional treatment, all recent or chronic diecharrea of the Urinary omruL J- Ferre.(aucceepor to Brou). Fh*rmarien, Faria. Bold by druftf lata throughout the United Htatea. GRO( ER Ud. O. DA Via. M. A DAVIS. <l. DAVIS <te SON, WHOLESALE GROCERS, Provisions, (rrain nncl Hay. \I,SO, FEED STUFF. Rif'E FLOUR, WHEAT BRAN, BLACK COW PEAS, BLACK-EYE rEAH, GEORGIA CROWDERS. CLAY BANK PEAS, VIRGINIA and GEORGIA PEANUTS. 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The Official Organ of Farmers’ Alliance. 11 -E have a Georgia Department, edited by TV Joe M. Massey, Organizer of the National Alliance, Boston. Ga. This iiniier should bo in every one’s house hold. The FARMERS’ ALLIANCE is the grandest and strongest reform movement of t he age, and all who are Interested in the wclfure and prosperity of our country should read the FLORIDA FARMERS’ ALLIANCE. Every department of farm life will lie well and faithfully represented ilaviSg • wide and rapidly increasing circulation, it offers one of ttie tiest advertising mediums in the South. Subscription $1 per year. Sample copies free. THIS IS THE BEST AND CHEAPEST WEEK LY IN THE SOUTH. OSWALD WILSON. Editor and Business Manager, Marianna, Fla. A Box of Fine Cigars Free! A BOX of 25 Choice ’‘Havanas” (Cuban hand made) FREE postpaid to -very new sub scriber, remitting for subscrintion for IHSB be fore March Ist. SEND IN YOURS AT ONCE. The Daily Key. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE SB PER ANNUM, STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Remit by post ofllce money order, registered letter or draft on the ‘‘John White Bank’ 1 of this city. GEO. EUGENE BRYSON, Manager. Key West. Fla. |3|t- Mention paper in which you read this ad vertisement. HOLIDAY GOODS. Proclamation! I have Established My Head quarters at LINDSAY & MOR GAN’S, as there I find the best assortment of CHRISTMAS PRESENTS in the City, which are both useful and ornamental, Read Over the List: Bedroom Suits. Parlor Suits, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Sideboards, Hat Racks, Writing Desks, Music Cabinets Rockers in Plush, Rockers in Leather. Rockers of Rattan. Reception Chairs. Easy Chairs, Hall Chairs, and many others, all of which can be found in all the latest designs and coverings. For the children can be had Bicycles and Tricycles, Veloci pedes, Doll Carriages, Wagons, Etc. NUF SAID, RUM IN AND SEE US. lifaj i Morgan. ASIMIALT PAVEMENT. Warren-Schart* Asphalt Paving Ca, 114 JOHN STREET. *EW YORK. CONSTRUCT Genuine Trinidad Asphalt PAVEMENTS. This Pavement has been thor oughly tested in actual ser vice and is found to possess the following points of su periority: Ist. Cheaper than stone blocks equally well laid. 3d. Durability; the company guarantees It for a period of years. 3d. Almost noiseless under traffic. 41 h. Tbe cleanest pavement made. stb A iierfect sanitary pavement. Being im pervious to water and filth, it cannot exhale in fectious gases. 6th. Easily and perfectly repaired when opened to lay pitas, etc. 7th. Saves wear and tear of horses and vehicles. (e b. Being smoother, less power is required to haul over it than any other pavement. flth. It enhances the value of übuttlng prop erty more than any other pavement. )oth. It is therefore, all things considered, the best and most economical pavement that can be laid on any street, whether the traffic is light or heavy. STOVES. VICTORS OVER ALL COMPETITfiRS —AT THE— ATLANTA EXPOSITION. epHE first, premium awarded to our GRAND J TIMES COOK BROADWAY and FOR TUNE RANGE. Call and see the prize winners. The best goods and c st less than any offered in this market. The 1 orgeat stock and twit se lections of Cook and Heating Stoves in this city. Cornwell & Chipman, PAINTS AND OlLs. JOHN g. butler; WHITE LEADS, COLORS, OILS, GLASS, V\ VARNISH, ETC’E READY MIXED PAINTS; RAILROAD, STEAMER AND MILL SUPPLIES, SASHES. DOORS, BLINDS AND BUILDERS’ HARDWARE Sole Agent for GEORGIA LIME. CALCINED PLASTER. CE MENT, HAIR and LAND PLASTER. 6 Whitaker Street, Savannah. Georgia. IKON PIPE. ~ RUSTLESS IRON PIPE. EQUAL TO GALVANIZED PIPE, AT MUCH LiaS PRICE. J. D. WEED & CO: 5