FLORIDA FARMER AND FRUIT GROWER. APRIL 20, 1887. '~~~ ~ ~ -* .' *' ; !, : i *t L'S .i i **s ,* i i i *: ; : *' State News in Brief. The footing of the oranges sent front Palatka during the past season show 69,079 boxes. SSeven thousand seedling orange trees have just been shipped from Sumter county to California. The people of Brevard county will ask the Legislature to pass an act protecting the fishes, oysters, etc., of the Indian River. The Ocala lime works are now turn ing out forty barrels per day, This new industry is an important one for Marion county. Through cars will soon be run over the South Florida and Midland roads from Sanford to Apopka. The connec- tion'between the two roads is made at Longwood. The cattlemen ot Volusia and Orange county are taking steps to petition the Legislature to make certain amendatory laws. in regard to the killing of cattle Sand the damage thereof by railroads. A company, composed of various citi- zens of Apalachicola, is -now being or ganized with a capital stock of $10,00( to ,engage in the canning of fish ano oysters. Some $2,000 have already beer subscribed. A heavy hail-storm occurred at Spring Garden on Thursday between the hours of 1 and 2 p. m. lasting forty minutes. Hail stones two inches in circumference are reported to have fallen, yet nc serious damage has-been sustained. - The^Gainesville city council has- pass- ed an ordinance allowing the construc- tion of a street railway from the F. R'. & N. .depot to the square, anid from thence'to the east boundary of the city, and which will be built to Newuians' TLake. There are five churches in Kissimmee, one bank with a' capital of $50,000,which commenced operations November. 80, 1885, an opera house, and the printing office of the Kissimmee Leader, and some forty-six business establishments. Captain S. C. Tucker, Register at the United States Land Office at Gainesville, says that 88,000 acres of land in the Ar- redondo grant has just been placed on the market by the Government. The land lies principal in Columbia county and north from Lake City. .Fifteen thousand acres ofthe land is open to homestead entries. .. About two years ago, says the Sumter- ville- Times, Mr. H. E.' Staunard pur- chased four acres'of land on thd lake, near Panasoffkee, and planted out an acre or more in strawberries and from this crop alone hei has realized .enough to support his family comfortably and spentsi months of the year 'in the North. Farmers in the Okahumka,Center Hill, Webster, Massacre, Bushnell, Wildwood, Rutland,, Oxford, Adamsville, and SSuimtervlle neighborhoods, 'Sumter county,are planting corn, potatoes, sugar ane,,peanuts, etc., to a greater extent this season than heretofore, and paying good'attention to their hogs and cattle. .7 Six'hundred bales of cotton valued at $89,000,were shipped from Waldo during the past season. -There were shipped-dur- ing the past season nearly 20,000 crates of oranges, valued at $50,000. -Vege- tables, grapes, strawberries, Peen-To peaches and other fruits- will amount to about $80,000 if. no disaster befalls the present crop, The transplanting of tobacco in Co- lumbia county is progressing rapidly since the rain, and the prospects are good for a considerable acreage, though niot.quite so large as at first hoped, through the failure of a portion of the plant beds. Some are resowing oven now, however, and will thus be able to secure a good late crop. It Is reported that the S.,F. and W. Railway Co. will build a line directly from Branford or Fbrt White to Pem- berton's Ferry, on an air line, to con- nect their two systems of roads, and give a direct outlet from Southern Florida over their lines. This route will cross, the F. R. and N. at -or near Bronson, and will open up one of the finest sections of ag- riculture, timber ,and orange lands in the7State. The line of the AlabamaFlorida and Atlantic Railroad now being surveyed by a corps. of engineers under County Surveyor Fries, of Orange, crosses the Sanford and Lake Enstis road on the west end of Mr. J. C. Young's home- stead. From there it runs down close : to the mill at Indian Spring, and the surveyors will continue north via Lake Joanna. 'It is said' that the new road will cross over the Sanford and Lake Eustis on a trestle work. Lieuetnant Pillsbury, United States Navy, on surveying steamer Blake, has been in Key West during the past week. SDuring his last trip between Cape San Antonio and the Yucatan coast, he -suc- ceeded in anchoring in 1.150 fathoms of water. This is the deepest water in which'any vessel has ever been anchor- ed. When the survey of the currents' of the Golf are finished, the survey will be extended through the Carribean Sea and among the Windward Islands. Last month fifty seven vessels, having an aggregate tonage of 41,885, entered Pensacola; of'these forty-one were from foreign ports and seventy-two cleared with-a tonnage of 45,768 ; of these fifty- eight were from foreign ports. Shipped to foreign ports 98,830 cubic feet hewn timber, 13,525,000 superficial feet sawn timber, 138,679,000 feet of lumber, 14,168 cubic feet of cedar, and 1,260 white oak staves, valued at $819,889. Also to American ports 4,898,000 feet of lumber valued'at $88,000. The following are Fernandina ship- ments by the New York steamers last week: Per Mallory line steamship San Antonio, 192,424 feet lumber, 1,700 pounds fresh fish, 218 cases cedar, 78 bar rels oil, 50 cans shrimp, 50 packages merchandise, 72 passengers. Per Clyde line steamship Delaware, 133 packages sundries, 690 boxes oranges, 500 crates vegetables, 92 crates berries, 105 -cases cedar, 200 cedar logs, 75,000 feet lumber. Per Clyde line steamship City of Atlanta S105 packages sundries, 815 boxes oranges '521 crates vegetables, 58 bagscotton, 42,- 000 feet lumber. Two capitalists are in Gainesville to r cousult with the citizens in relation- to the establishment of water-works. They propose to erect water-works and put in S75 fire plugs at $75 each, and 75 private 9 plugs at $18, the contract to extend for S25 years' duration.. The city is to have the privilege of buying at any time after - the expriation at $100,000 or by arbitra- v ted advance on cost.. The stock is to be * taken in shares of $100 each and the citi- zens of Gainesville to take 200 shares, r and they guarantee to complete the s work within one year from date and also Agree to provide a pressure of 40 pounds t to the square inch. SPostmaster Woodward, of this place,is e a genius of no small order, as evidenced e by the several useful inventions which Shave emanated from his active, working Brain. His contrivance for running street cars by springs, instead of horse or steam power, and the camera that he Shas just succeeded in perfecting, display 0 a talent that is attracting attention at home as well as abroad. He is now at work on a stereoscope, which is arrang- ed to work with springs; aud. will dis- play one thousand pictures. It is made of Florida wood, and is so highly polish- s ed and artistically constructed that it Should adorn any of the fine parlors of the country.-Sumterville Times. Two excursions by prominent citizens have been had 'the past few' days to what is known as the Eight Mile Post o 6n the St. Joseph- road. These excursions Were composed of gentlemen of means who have in view the location of a pop- Sular summer resort on the bay some- where." The bathing facilities at this Point are described as excellent, and the location one of great natural beauty. The i entlemen who have the matter in hand , propose (if they finally conclude to oc- Scupy this point) to run an electric railway 1 eight miles in length from the resort to Apalachicola. By this means transpor- ftation will be rapid and nominal in cost. -Apalachicola Times. After an extended tour of some three i months, during which the yacht Sans SPeur has visited almost every bay and estuary from Key West to Pensacola, - the Duke of Sutherland and party hqve Returned to 'Perinandina, to rejoin the yacht and prepare for the "run home." . It appears that our State proved so in- terestingthat the Duke's contemplated trip to MWexico has been postponed, till next year; when we shallthave the plea- sure of welcoming the Sans Pour, and possibly some of her sister craft to our Sweaters, as the most convenient rendez- vous on the Southern coast for' yachts of deep draught of water. The yacht will leave this day for. Bermuda and the Azores,. arriving in England early in Miay.-FernandnmaMirror. ' r The prospect now is one of a most pro- r lific season of fruit in the vicinity of b Archer, with the Peen-To and Honey Speeches half grown, the natives bending their limbs, the Kelsey plum for the first time, and the luscious Hamburg, Mala- ga Sweetwater and other California va- rieties of sub-tropical grapes, oceans of blackberries and native plums to be had for the mere gathering, the LeConte pear coming into liberal patronage, and strawberries, Japan plums filling the in- itial dish along with one of the very best p ie fruits, the Scotch mulberry to be fol- owed later by the melons, huckleberries and oranges, which are blooming liber- ally and holding their fruit with won- derful tenacity. Truly the prospect is very bright for good eating, and along with an increased acreage of corn and cotton incident to the failure of the early vegetable crop, our people ought to be able to make both ends. meet.- Gainesville Advocate. 9 The Proportion of Useful Plants Of more than 120,000 species of plants known to botanists only about 250 have been utilized for the wants of the human race yet this proportion is much greater than in the animal world from which only 200 species have been selected, while the animal kingdom, reckons mil- lions of species. De Candolle names 247 useful cultivated plants, of which 44 ap- pear to have been cultivated for more than 4,000 years, and 67 for less than 2,000 years. The plants of modern adoption are chiefly artificial fodders, 'and .within the last 2,000 years men have com- menced the cultivation of not a single species which can rival maize, rice, the sweet potato, the potato, the bread-fruit, the date, cereals, millets, sorghums, the banana, or soy. The ancients enjoyed the use of these-8,000, 4,000 or 5,000 years, perhaps even in some cases, 6,000 years ago A remarkable fact is that more than three-fourths of' the plants which have been cultivated for more than 4,000 years are still found wild in identical form.-Ex. C Home-Made Foreign Goods. As illustrative of the extent to which 'the American people fight shy of the goods manufactured by their own fellow citizens and ape the manners of for- eign people, the Orange County Farmer says : Russia leather is made in Connecticut; Bordeaux wine is manufactured on Kel- ly's Island, Ohio ; French lace is woven in New York ; Italian marble is dug in Kentucky ; English cashmere is made in New Hampshire; Parisian art work comes from a shop in Boston ; Spanish mackerel are caught on the New Jersey coast ; and Havana cigars are rolled by the million in Detroit. These indicate a tendency to ape foreign snobbery-a desire to patronize any industry but that of home. This is not creditable,it is not patriotic, it is not 'wise nor, economic. Encourage rather local industries, with the genuine stamp of the American maker thereon. The best goods in the world are now made in this country. These. are, no doubt, the variety -that Fean gr Pen cing.in. -"v. :In tha "''Iocauity "b1the -,, no ...,,.. ,=,= were cultivatedin that locality y the Or Fencing in. aborigines. In the .vicinity of 'Brick The much agitated fence question is House cove on the west channel of the thus discussed by a correspondent of Hillsborough river, 'th .oysters 'atre of a the Ocala Banner: : different appearance,l, bin shorter and Among the live questions of the pres- deeper, with heavr shells. Many of the ent day is the law in relation to fencing. beet are procured in deeper water than We know what the law has been and is' that on which the coon'oyster abounds, now on this question. If a person has and in that locality they are generally his crops destroyed by his neighbor's found on a hard bottom. stock, horses, hogs or cattle, he has no As to the method. of opening the redress, except he has a legal fence, and oyster, from the presence of pieces of a legal fence in this State is good enough pottery, it is evident that a- form of to warrant the belief that the stockmen basket, work was made, which was dictated the framing of the law. plastered on the inside with clay, and Twenty-five years ago, I think, the then burnt until suitable for heating idea was embodied In the statutes of water, in which the oysters were dipped every State, that it was a man's business until they would open. The absence of who. was farming to fence against his broken edges on the shells as found, neighbor's stock. On what principle of would warrant this conclusion. justice this was predicated, I believe no Several varieties of conch shells are one can tell. I do not know on what often found, which invariably are broken moral ground my neighbor should be near the apex for the purpose of remov- compelled to protect his crops with a ing the contents. An occasional pocket fence against "the depredations of my of the shells of the periwinkle or small cattle any more than against my child- sea clam are sometimes found, which ren, and if the idea has no better moral indicates that their value as a material foundation, the law is an outrage on hu- for soup was known to the natives as man .rights. well as to those of ud -who appreciate But though theoretically unjust, it is something good at the present day. : easy., to imagine conditions where some- In relation to the banks of clam shells, thing iike the present law would be prac- they are composed of broken shells to a tically wise and work for the general great extent, and there are indications good. Where all were more in- that the clams were more plentiful than terested in stock than in crops, and at present.' Clams are generally found could easier fence in the land they culti- at -the head of small creeks running vated than to' protect their crops from through the marshes, and in limited their own stock in any other way, we quantities only. Whether the clam will could not, say the law was evil. And pay to cultivate is a matter of conjecture,' this condition has been substantially asit is slightly roving in its nature, tiue of many parts of the country, in- From all that can be learned from the eluding the most, if not hll of this State. shell banks it is very probable that the But it is now reversed in many parts cultivation of the oyster on the mud fiat of the country, till most of the np-p e would be profitable, and that the small would be greatly benefittect in a prac-ical oysters which can readily be broken way by squaring the law with the ab- from theclustersof coon oysters would stract principles of right.. furaish the material. to start with, and It has been tested in several States, thus in a short time situations of no and has been found to work better and practical value at present coulidbe utiliz- give more general satisfaction than even ed for the profitable production of oysters its sanguine supporters imagined. Ne- for domestic and 'foreign consumption. braska took the lead, and the innovation There are thousands of acres of over- has added thousands and thousands to flowed lands that could be utilized for the emigrants thither and added corres- this purpose, and it only awaits the pondingly to her wealth, increasing her coming of capital and labor to develop importance in ten years more than could an industry that will be second to none have been done under the old law in in the country. thirty. The agricultural portions of the Time only is required to open up the States of North and South Carolina have resources of the locality adjacent to made a trial of it more recently, and Musquito Inlet. 'Now that railway corn- though it called out intense e r-rposition munication has been completed with the at first, resulting in many cases of vio- outside world, the travelling public may lence' and bloodshed, it now finds its seb for themselves the unbounded op- warmest supporters in those who were its poi;tunities for profitable investment most bitter opponents. that are afforded by few other localities I was told by an intelligent represen- in Florida. tative man that the present plan of NEW SMYRNA, Volusia Co., Fla. everyone caring for his own stock and keeping it out of mischief is. popular Muck From Lake Bottoms. with all thrifty land owners, and none would go back except negroes and shift- A correspondent of the Times-Union, less whites who never expected to get writing from Putnam county, gives the ahead enough to 'buy real estate, but following interesting account of two hoped they might prosper enough to en- methods there employed for extracting abe them to own a hog or a cow, and muck from the bottoms of lakes and thought it would be nice to'tcompel their ponds: more thrifty neighbors to fence against In walking around a day or two since, them. your correspondent noticed two methods I believe the time has come of obtaining muck from the deposits, of when this question has assumed which a description may be of interest to a practical aspect in this State, many of your readers. Muck is consid- and that its importance ought to be ered a valuable component in fertilizers, pressed upon the Legislature at its next and many think it valuable in that di- meeting. I think it should be referred reaction by itself. One of the methods of to each county to adopt or reject the RELICS OF THE RED-MEN.- The Shell Mounds'of the Halifax Sand Hillsb.orough Rivers. BY JOHN Y. DETWILER. - From thq head of the Halifax to In- dian river- the shores are covered with vast numbers of oyster'shells, from a few inches deep to many feet. These de- posits of shells are the reminiscences of an age and generation that have long since passed away. In Some localities clam shells predominate, showing con- clusively that the storehouse of Nature provided bountifully for the necessities of the inhabitants. Who they were, whence they came, or where they have gone, are questions that are unanswer- able in this generation. That they exist- ed is evident from the enormous deposits of shells scattered all along the shores of the rivers and reeks. The fragments of pottery and an occasional bone are satisfactory proof that they are the re- sult of human agency instead of the ac- tion of the ocean, as is claimed .by some. As we examine the vast piles of shells, the questions arise, Where did they come from? Why are oysters not so plentiful at the present. time in this locality as formerly? The greater part of the oysters are what' are termed "Coon Oysters," which grow in bunches or clusters along the margins of the rivers and in the creeks adjacent. A careful examination of the shell banks show that the shells are separate and single, and that the edges are intact to a .great extent. As to size, the shells are long and narrow, indicating that the con- tents were of good size. It may be possible that we of the pre- sent generation can learn something of oyster culture from a careful study of these monuments of a past generation, and by analogy arrive at something which will benefit us in our present situation. . From the size, shape and general ap. pearance of the shells the conclusion is arrived at that they cultivated a variety of the "Coon Oyster" of the present day. On a hard or shell bottom the oyster grows short and thick, and in the majority of cases independent of the cluster, especially'in dbep water. In the case of the "Coon Oyster" it is generally found on pauddy bottom& where sediment is forming to a greater or less extent, which causes the oyster when separated from the cluster to grow long and nar- row in order 'to prevent being covered with mud. '" What are now mangrove islands,' at that date were, no doubt, sand bars or mud fiats, which would be suited.for the propagation of the oyster. In the vicinity of Turtle Mouud i& the largest deposit of oyster shells on the east coast. Shells six to eight -inches long are found there. obtaining muck practiced by Mr; C. W1 Joiner, who is from Illinois, engaged in orange culture here, is to extract it from the bottom of .lakes, where, it can be found in suitable condition and quantity with an implement, like a post-hole dig- ger, but with long handles. A person who understands the use of this imple- ment goes out on the lakewith a boot made for the purpose, raises the muck from the bottom with the digger, and heaps it on the deck of the boat. When the boat is loaded it is moved to the shore and the muck transferred -to a wagon and hauled to the place where it Is to be used or thrown out on the shore where it can be removed at any time. Mr. Joiner, who is a very practical man, and usually asks, in undertaking an' en- terprise, the important question, "Will it pay ?" seems to be well pleased with the operation of this method, and while I believe he is the first person who used this method of obtaining muck, he does not claim the exclusive right to use it, The other method referred to above was invented by Mr. Howard Roop, from Missouri, who is now a citizen of this place and hard at work to develop and increase the prosperity of Florida in making himself a valuable orange grove and nursery of fruit trees. This method is on a much more extensive scale, and consists essentially in moving by a simple horse power an endless rope, which travels from the shore to the deposit of muck and poUt to shore again, to which rope is attached or detached at pleasure readily steel scoops for the purpose of-re- moving the muck to the dry land, somewhat thus: The horse starts around in his circle, the endless rope moves from the machine or horse power to the muck bed, carrying with it empty scoops, When the empty scoops reach their des- tination, they are quickly detached from the in-going rope and attached to the o-t-going rope, and the attendant directs the scoops so that they load themselvess with muck while traveling to the shore. When the point is reached where the muck pile is to -be made, another atten- dant then raises the handles of the scoop, and after it empties itself, detaches it from the out-going rope and attaches it to the in-going rope while in motion. Thus, you see, there is a continual mov- ing of empty scoops going in and loaded scoops coming out. Muck can be re- moved very rapidly by this machine. It is very simple, while itis very efficient. I learn that a patent covers this apparatus. In explaining the meaning of the words, out-going and in-going, I would say in- going means going into the deposit of muck, out-going means going out to' the shore. ..... ': Muck, which is very abundant in al most every section of this State, is be- jieved to be able to ,olve :the question; "How to make barren lands produc- tive'?" - Ladies' Purchasing Agency. ,A New York lady -of experience and taste, enjoying the best' facilities for shopping under 'advantageous condi- tions, offers her services to ladies desir- ing-to secure any kind of wearing ap- pareltoilet articles or household goods, at New York prices. Send for circular. Address MRs. S. S. Jones, * 179 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. :. .. $* S Seed Irish' Potatoes. SThei best potatoes for planting ,in this State are" those brought from extreme Eastern points. ,Acting on this belief, we imported last-year from ., : NOVA SCOTIA large. quantities, of Early Rose, Chili Red, Beauty of Hebrom and other varied ties, and the potatoes raised from this seed, were the finest we have ever seen here. We will receive, in a few days another cargo of the same potatoes, which we will sell at the following prices: Chili Red........per barrel 3$8.50. Early Rse.;............. $3.00. Beauty of Hebron.......$.. .$.00. Every barrel-guaranteed as represented. Remit with order, and we will ship the potatoes promptly. CHURCH ANDERSON & CO. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 5th, 1887T 5* "We Know by Experience." For three years we have used Brad-. ley's Vegetable" Fertilizer. After test- ing along with other high grade fertil- izers, we pronounce it better than any sold in Florida. We shall use it again this year. We do not hesitate to say to the vege- table growers of Florida that they can- not use anything so good as Bradley's Florida Vegetable Fertilizer. We know by experience" what we say regarding this fertilizer. WOFFORD & WILDER. Ft. Mason, Fla. Groves where Williams, Clark & Co's Orange Tree Fertilizer has been used are looking finely. WILLIAMS, CLARK & Co. JACKSONVILLE MARKETS. Wholesale. JACKSONVILLE, April 12,1887. Provisions. The provision market is flrm with advanc- ing tendency. Short ribs show an advance of 50c per 100 in Chicago during the past two days. MEATS-D. B. short ribs boxed, 9 25; D. S. long clear sides $925; D. S. bellies $920; smoked short ribs 9 75; smoked bellies 9 75; S C. hams, canvassed 'fancy, 13; S. C. break fast bacon, uncanvassed, lUc; S. C. shoul- ders canvassed, 9c; California or pic- nic hams, 9%c. Lard-riflned tiercess 7%c; Mess beef-barrels$1050, half barrels $575; mess porkt1750. These quotations are for round tots from first hands- whole cattle 7T; dressed hogs 8 c; sheep 8%c, pork sausage 9c; loinalOc; long ologna 7c; head cheese 6%c; Frankfort sausage 10 c; rounds 8c. BUTTER-Best table 228c per pound, cooking 15@20c per pound. Grain, Flour, Hlay, Feed, Hides, Etc. GRAtN-Corn-The market quiet but firm. The following figures represent to-day's values: We quote white corn, Job lots, 61c... per bushel;...caf-load lots 59c per ushel, mixed corn, Job lots, 60c"Der bushel; car load lots 58c per bushel. Oais quiet and firm at the following figures: mixed. in job lots, 48c, car load lot,. .,A2c; white oats are 8cr higher all round, Bran steady and hlglher,,20 4o 621 per ton. -. . HAY-The market is firm and better de- mand for".good grades.? .Western choice, small boles, 618@...per toft tload lots $17 00 to 817 50 pero.Eastern per-ton. PEARL GaITS ANn MEAt-S 00 per carrel. FLour--Firminer best patents $5 50@15 60;, good family 5 O&510; commpn ( 25.. PEAS-Black Eye 61 60 pek'bus el. BOvnTzf-Fito er tonht24-to $25. CorFrx-Green Rio 1 6@20c per pound. Java, roasted, 50@83c; Mocas, roasted, 80@88c; Red, roasted, 28@25c. COTTON SEED MIAL-Scarce and higher. Sea island or dark meal $20 per ton, bright or short cotton meal 62150@2250 per ton. I measure for itself. Several counties, in- cluding Marion, ought to be ripe for the change. .. Destroying the Curculio.- A correspondent of the Fruit Recorder says: "I raised a good many grapes (in a small way) which were sometimes troubled with mildew, one vine ,especi- ally, which I had trained ,up 'a plum tree. I dusted: the foliage with. sulphur, but when I came.to the one on the-plum I could not get at it conveniently, but happened to:think of. having some sul- phur and assafoetida with water in a vessel which I had kept for giving to miy hogs occasionally. I tried syringing the vine, tree and all, with the ,mixture, which had stood '" -long as to turn black. The odor was not pleasant, 'but the :curoculio didnot'puncture a plum on that tree, 'and it was loaded with large blue plums. Other 'experiments have been' equally- successful. I commenee using the syringe .as- soon :as -the tree blooms, and continues often as washed off oy the rains, until the plums are nearly full size." "Are cigarettes injurious? "- demands an excited exchange. '%As the cigarette is: fast wiping out the dude population, we are inclined to believe that .they: are' not.-New Haven News. ., APRIL WEATHER. The following table, compiled from. the records of the Jack-onville Signa Station by Sergt. J. W. Smith, repreSents ,the temperature, condition of weather, rainfall and di-ec0ion of wind for the month of April, as observed at the Jack- sonville station during the past 15 years: , 128 rEAP. WKATEL. VEARS. j I 1872 90 56,68 -8,- 156 7 2.48 NE 89 52 69.1 14 10 6 56 SW 1874' 91 4270 11 I2 7 1 60 5W 1875. 86 -4467 18 7 5 2. K SW 1876 -88 4768 18 13 4 7.89 NE S1877 85 4568 9 i8 3 01 SE 1875 87 5071 11 9 :" 5..8 NE 1879 88 8968 17 8 5 2.97 NE q M -91 4271 '10 14 6 1.0 SW. .- 181 88 3767 16 9 5 4.57 SW. 188i2 8, 5671 ;12 12 6 5.23 NE" 1883 88 .5 70 5 20 6 4.48 NE'" S1834 88 '769 14' 11 5 2.82 SW 1885 88 4768 11 17 2 1.24NE 188 86 4486 14 10 6 8.08 NE S--ToBAcco STMS-Market quiet but firm 9 ': 8I 00 to $1400 per ton. , Lxm--Eastern, job lots, 8100 perbarrel, Ala- bana lime $115. Cement-American $200, English $475 per barrel. '. -" ..Z.- RIcF-The quotations vary, according to quantity from'S3j6yc per pound. SALT-Liverpo6l, per sack, 1 00; per car toad, 85@90c. . HinEs-Dry flint, cow, per sound, first class, li acn.; asd country dry salted lJ@ Llyrc; butchersdry salted 9a9'cn Skius-Deer . dl at, 17c; salted 10@i12c. Frc-O4)ltter, winter, each 2c'S.i4; raccoon 10,'5j2e; wild cai 10@"20c. fox l0-,k2c, Beeswax, per pound. 18e; wool free from.burl, '2,_-,ic; burry, 10@Ilrc; goat- " slIns4i-10@26i.apiece. . fotry Produce. . CEESr1- FiW Creamery 16c per pound. " LIVE POULm. L1Rn'ied supply and good demand foUows: hens3ic; mixed 3c; half- grown .2k.. . Eods--DiVal.-County 16 per dozen with "' a lilalted dlenand and'good supply. it.Si-PoVhko's-Nortbern potatoes 82 50 " per barrel; Early Rose32.0; Chdili Reds 276. ON [iblqs-New York, S 6. Flor'ida.cabbage, 3 00 per barrel. NEw YoMBEBE'S-Oood supply at 82 50 per barrel :: - NEW BEETS-Florida, per crate, 2 25 " CAUrLirFIOWBS---Per barrel, d$3 00, and $175 ' per crate. " TOxATOzS-Florida, per crate, 63 50 to 6400. . NORTHERN TURNIPS-Good supply at $22 - per barrel. ... 2 GREEN PEAS-Per box $3 00. Cucu-BEEs-Per crate, 6. " SqUASH-Per crate, $2 7-. '- SNAP BEAKs-Per crate, $2 50:. a NEW Porwj.zS-Per barrel, 165. Sij'o i-g ind Domestic Fralts. PauNxs-French, 12c. PINK APPLES-S-I 75 to 6200 per dozen. " LEMONs-MessInas, 64 00 pet box.A . APPLES-New York 550 to 6 00 per barrel- .FIGS-lInlayers 13c. .----. DATES--Persilan-Boxes 9c; Fralls 7c. " GRAPEs--Malagas, 6500 per keg. - SORANoES-iiorida-Per box 8300 to10 500. B&NA.NAS--Qod supply; from 75c to $200 ' per bunch. . NuT--Almondk' 180; Brazils 12c; Filberts (Sicily) 12c; English walnuts, Grenobles, I ; arbors, 15c; Pecans 12c; Peanuts. . Cocoanuls 4 50 per hundred. ---' _ RAISINS-London layers, $275 per bx "'.... - CBAN:BErBs---276 per crate; 1000 per ", barrel. y BuTE=rxs-Creamery 20c; Extra Dalry 6 I1c6 Dairy 15, CHEi S--Half skim M0c, cream '13c per pound. B o Retail. *.z The following quotations are carefully r , vised for Wednesday's and Saturday's paper from quotations furnished by dealers in the - City Market. - Carrots wholesale at $3 00 per barrel, an d' retail at 50 cents per peck. . Green Onions wholesale at O0 cents per hundred, and retail 5 cents per bunch. Florida Cabbage. wholesale 82 00 per barrel and retail at 5 to 10 cents. SQuail wholesale at 10 cents each and retail %t 15 cents, or two for a quarter. Oranges wholesale at $2 50 per box, and re- " tail at two and three for 5 cents. Spinage wholesales at 75c per bushel and retails at four quarts for 25 cents. Sweet Potatoes wholesale at 60 cents per bushel, and retail at 5 cents per quart. Lettuce wholesales at 16@20 cents per dozen - heads, and retail at 5 cents per head. Parsnips wholesale at $2 75 per barrel and retail at four and five for 10 cents. Robins wholesale at 6 cents each and retail at 10 center. Celery wholesales at 50 to 60 cents per dozen and retails at three to four stalks for 25 cents, according to size. Eggs are in fair demand. Duval county eggs are quoted at wholesale at 16 cents per dozen, and retail at 23 cents. Boston marrowfat squashes wholesale ats 62 50 per barrel, retail at 5, 10 and 15 cents,. each. - New York Irish potatoes wholesale at$2 40 to $2 50 per barrel and retail at 10 cents per quart.. or two quarts for 15 cents. Northern beets are worth wholesale 6255S per barrel, and retail at 10 cents per quart, or two quarts for 15 cent,. Radishes bring at wholesale 15 to 20 cents, per dozen bunches of seven radishes each,-. They retail at 5 cents per bunch, or thre6- bunches for 10 cents. Live poultry-chickens, wholesale, from 85 to 40 cents each; retail 40 to 50 cents each. >, Dressed poultry,per pound-chickens retail, '1 18 to 20 cents. Turkeys, wholesale, 1.00 to U '$1.75 each, and retail at20 cents per pound. .- Northern meats retail as follows: Chicago ; beef from 18 to 25 cents per pound; Florida beef 6 to 15 cents per pound; veal 20 to 25 cents; pork 12 to 15 cent4; mutton 10 to 2) cants; . venison 25 cents; sausage 15 cents; corned beef 10 cents. ,'. Nassau tomatoes wholesale at 50 cents per box and retail at 15 to 20 cents'per quart-" LEAF TOBACCO MARKET. NEW YORK, April 16.-The Weten leaf market is dull, owing to .tle light de- - mand. The New York leaf is quiet, while the Havana leaf is in active demand.' New .i York Pennsylvania and Western sell at from A $4 to 415 per 100 pounds. Havana 60 cents to' - $1.05 per pound. Sumatra, $1.20 to 61.60 per..- poundi -, ST. LOUIS, April 16.-The demand for leaf is light, but Improving, and the outlook is rather encouraging. LOUISVILLE. April 16.-There is a good . demand, especially for the better grades of ' which there is a scarcity. "-' BALTIMORE, April 16.-The market Is dull, very little desirable stock being on sale. Maryland leaf is quoted at from $5 to $15 per. 100 pounds. RICHMOND, April 16.-The market Is improving with favorable weather for ship- ping. The better grades df stemming leal sell rapidly at from 9 to 13 cents per ound.e Bright wrappers for plugs command from 18 to 20 cents. . DANVILLE April 16.-.Business Is fi-. proving rapidly and prices have an. upward.. ndency. There Is a bettr feeling, amo. planters, manufacturers and business q. generally. .. .. -~~ ~ ! /-- -.-_ *- * I Abbotiftly Pure. powder never varies. A marvel cl purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds and cannot be sold In competition with the multitude ofj-low test, short weight alum or phospphate. powders.,JWy onlf n;Cans BARING POWDER Co. w 108 Wall St New York. J. W. SMITH, , Sergt. Signal Corps, U. S. A. 0 3