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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-07-05
Savannah, Florida ll Western
RAILWAY.

GExEzGL MAxIsER's OFFICE
h.4s asa RAvkEzAn. June -. ISL
ON and aner SUNDAY. 1nne g. lisa, Passenger
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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-07-05

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in consequence the people. generally are
more dependent than at any time for
several years.-The present exceedingly
hot and dry weather has causei the death
Ola large aumberi Of Young araaga trees
in the various groves in ahisv vicinity 4r7S
the vegetable growers Of this section the
present fI4so sasi dieS3t q " s t,i,s
They xssssi a.ip j ostSn ysas Rsir
6Bst and aeSaRa PlapAipga ha frqstawbich
delayed Slmstaring lof'athsiEaprops 1t
least one month, thereby throwing them
in direct competition with the truck
salIs s-s1le9sxB'saEh!s l|'slliila6ef
e,shls growers pf a ~ pns, a tsp Reen
revealed b. retnrns from commissiOn
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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-07-05

the 18th Of June, 70 consider the question
Of what Is best 70 be done 10 prevent loss
to the shippers Of early vegetables. The
market in New York was glutted about
that time 70 such an extent thai aboat
5000 packages remained unclaimed by
the consignees. The only remedy pro
posSd swat ~ tbncert lSf ihkiiosf between
the SesIefs nj Ne4 YdFR and me pro,
duesi, ts isis Tx II s5iisk. p d
may Be notifedI i4ime ofsths copdAiopI
Of Affairs, 20 that they may, 1t least, save
the cost Of transportation, Il they can do
z. = SllE'l ! s.s.fIIhalES.
nies heEe dPqs yshiys 4 shais Ppses
% sid shd enc6ursss this business, but
-MOa 1Iss - ~
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
About Butter.

Butter is mentioned several times in
the Old Testament, but it is now gene.
rally believed by the best authorities
that the article there alluded to was moi
butter in our sense of the word, but only
cream or sour milk. 1t is highly prob
able that butter was not known in that
early age of the world. The oldest men
tion of real butter is by Herodotus.
Plutarch tells a story of two noble
ladies, one IF whom smelled SO strongly
ofsweet ointment and the other of but
ter that they could not endure each
others presence! 1t is said that butter
was scarcely known to the Greeks and
Romans during the second century.
The Greeks learned its use from Thrace,
Scythia and some of the regions OF Asia
Minor. The Romans obtained their
knowledge of it from the Germans.
PIiny and others say that the Germans
used great deal OF milk, and also made
it into butter and cheese. Butter was
used, however, among the Romans
more as medicinal ointment than as an
article of food. They used olive oil
more as we use butter, and this is still
largely the case in the countries OF
Southern Europe.
In our own day the manufacture of
butter has become thriving industry
in many countries, and bIsy dairieg
with their golden products girdle the
world. AS general thing butter is
made from cows milk, though the milk
of sheep, goats and asses is used in some
countries. That obtained from cows
milk is considered the best, and that
from asses milk the poorest. The but
ter-making capacity of milk varies, in
asmuch as some cows give a richer
article than Others, and even the milk of
any given COW will vary in excellence
from time to time according to the sea-
son and food. The total amount of but
ter made in the United States in 1870
was somewhat in excess of 257 ,0CO tons.
Of this amount New York State made
more than one-filth-a much larger
quantity than any other State in the
Union. The six largest butter -produc-
ing States in the year above mentioned
were as follows: New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Michi-
gan, Troy Tines.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
ITEMS or INTEREST.

The cost OF freight Car is $525, and
the average cost of a passenger car is
SIS 500.
The man who is asked to guess at n
lady's age and doesn't guess several
years less than he believes TO be exact,
is making an enemy and doing truth no
good.-IFree Press.
We are progressing as nation toward
refinement. The wheelbarrow is now
called the unicycle. But it is just as
hard to run with big trunk on it as it
was under the old name Boston Post.
A Columbus, Ohio. merchant sus-
pected the boy of stealing. and set
small mink trap in the money drawer
to catch him. In about thirty minutes
he forgot all about it, ran to the drawer
in great haste, thrust in his hand and
walled and walled and walled, to the
intense delight of the boy. Moral:
Virtue is its own reward.- BurdeDe.
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The COunirI Boy.

The true, genuine, unadulterated
country boy is an article that = man,
even with the learning of a hotel clerk,
could find great room to study. He is
just about the same, so far as appear
ance goes, from Florida to Washington
Territory, but bis capacity to invent
and carry out plans for doing mischefiJ
something wonderful. The genuine
country boy always has the end of his
nose ornamentcd with n good healthy
blister in summer time. and it is always s
about the color OF blue bottle in a
drug store window in winter. Nobony
ever remembers seeing a country boys
pants supported by more than one sus-
pender, and the pants are generally
about nine inches too short II is inn
possible for him TO be happy without a
stone bruise on his heel or splinter
under his finger nail. He generally car.
ries his head hung over at an angle of
about forty-fve degrees, and whistles at
all times and under all circumstances.
Whenever you hear his mother get
out on the front gallery and yell, Now,
John Henry, ii you run off and 20 in
swimming this evening, I'll thrash you
till you can't sit down for week" you
will be perfectly safe in betting your
last red cent that he will be down in the
mill'pond in less than two hours. H.
is always the posse sor of sling and
bow'n arrer," and when he can asrire
to the honor of al old single-barrel shot.
gun, with the lock tied on with buck
skin string, he is suprcmely happy. He
then makes raids around the edge of the
corn ield for lngins." But Lis great.
est pride is in yellow bobtail dog, with
a ascalded place on his back, and he and
the dog are inseparable friends and fight
it out on the same line. He has perfect
confidence in all the gho7t stories he
ever hears, and invariably sees a ghost
whenever he goes out after dark.
He can ask 3S2 questions to the min
ute off-hand, and a good many more
when he stu dies right hard, and gener
ally makes point of inlicting them on
some citified chap that had rather have
the seven-year itch with year the
start. He is as honest as the day is
long, aud will take a thrashing any time
rather than do real mean act, but will
tie two old tom.cats' tails together and
string them over a clothes line when the
folks are all away from home without
ever thinking how rough it is on the
cats. He will afterward reflect on the
error of his ways, and stuff an old wool
hat in the gable end ofhis pants before
the old folks get back home. But he
finally grows up to be man, goes to
see the girls, gets married, and perhaps
sorle day will be elected constable, or
may possibly become an NJ C.-HouSton
NJ
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
Words OF Wisdom,

A weak mind is like a microscope
which magnifes triAing things but can
not receive great ones.
How narrow our soul becomes when
absorbed in any present good or i'll! 1t
is only the thought of the future that
makes them great.
Spite is a little word, but it represents
as strange a jumble of feelings and COM
pound of discords as any polysyllable in
the language.
The roses Of pleasure seldom last long
enough to adorn the brow of him that
plucks them, and they are the only roses
which do not retain their sweetness after
they have lost their beauty.
In the mind of God there are but two
women who can be concerned in the life
OF each man for his good, his mother
and the mother of his children. Out
side Of these two legitimate loves, away
from these two sacred beings, there are
only vain agitations, sorrowiul and
ridiculous illusions.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
Lessons in WOOdcralt.

AOSSOua III 'OOuOluite
The following hints, given by Forest
and &reODl, may be found useful by
those WHO occasionally spend few days
in the woods:
l. Notes of the barred owl and loon
indicate rain within twelve hours. In
the fall wet weather follows the cry OF
the tree-frog.
2. Bark grows thickest on the north
side of trees. Girdle tree if you wish
to tell which is north.
8. The center of rotten stumps affords
dry stuff for kindling fire in drenching
rain.
4. A torch which will last many
hours is made from half-inch strips Of
cedar bark bound together in faggots
two feetdcng or more.
s. To hold boat in swift current.
set the pole, oar or paddle on the bottom
at an oblique sl-EiP with the side of the
boat resting against it. Very little
strength will be required.
We Az lhVuu ullCli OduOc Cub pflCu
of bark large enough to cover the frac-
ture; sew it Oh with an awl and stout
cord or hemlock roots; then apply a
piece of natural spruce gum to the seams
or joints with glowing brand used as
q soldering-iron is used.
7. To carry fish Of two pounds
weight and upward, place it between
hemlock boughs Of 1.-THE proper length, tied
together at both ends and in the middle,
with bark, roots, or cord. 1t will keep
fresh and sweet long time,. is easily
cured, and will not soil what it touches.
8. To mend broken oar or paddle,
bevel the fractured parts so as to make
neat joint, pass wooden plug through
both, and serve neatly with twine 10
cover the joint. Or, having made a
joint, as above, bore two giInlet holes
two inches apart; double four feet OF
wire so that the ends will pass through
the holes in the same direction; then
whip or serve neatly with the wire, and
finish with service OF twine.
0. For night shooting, chalk the gum
barrels lengthwise from breech to muz-
zle; or, make foresight by lashing "
shaped stick to the muzzle. BY bring
ing the object within the V, good bead
can be drawn.
10. When tree brushes OF wisps OF
hay from load, the hay falls on that
side Of the tree toward which the cart
is going. In summer hay is carted from
the field to the barn, unless stacked
when cut. In winter it is carted out
from the barn to stock employed in cut
ting logs, wood, etc. Salt or wild hay is
most generally stacked. IT can be dis
tinguished from field hay by the taste
nd smell.
IL. An excellent moccasin, nearly
waterproof. is made from the hind leg
of moose, cut above and below the
hook, the hook forming the heel. 1t is
wholly without seam, except where
sewed up at the toe. If tanned with
the hair on it, is very warm when worn
in dry snow.
10. A table is easily constructed by
taking n turn with rope around each
trunk Of three or more trees or saplings
conveniently near together; haul taut,
make fast. and lay boards on top.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
The Royal Family OF China.

The present royal family of China
embraces the tIilling number of some
forty thousand souls. Of course this is
easily accounted for, if it be recollected
that most Chinese emperors have wives
by the scorl and consequently the num-
Der of aunG, uncles, cousins, and
cousins ever so many times removed
owned by each emperor, make up a
rather startling figure. But of course
nobody could be exp cted to love forty
thousand cousins; so by Chinese law
(or Gus om) all claim on the emperor's
attention closes somewhere about the
existing generation of first cousins.
Still, as the odd thirty-nine thousand
seven hundred an1 xty are undoubt-
edly of royal blood, a large proportion
OF them receive about a dollar month
from the public treasury, and if within
a certa n degree of relationship, are
entitled to wear yellow girdle. This,
however does not in the least interfere
with their honestly earning their bread,
and he mess co )ly in the British Legal
tion at Pekin in 1863 was q yellow
girdled cousin" entitled, moreover, to
wear l don't know what bu ton on the
top of his very dilapidated old hat All
members OF this imperial can, however,
if they get very little ia the way Of pen
sion, have one great advHtage-thcy
cannot be tried before an ordinary court.
A special tribunal exists to try them,
and it was stated in a recent Pekin
Gazette that Its members got terrible
wigging for letting off some of the en-
perors relations for some offense they
had committed. So much for royal
cousins in China. But the ladies of the
palace afford the most curious paradox
to foreigners, who forget that the Chi
nese are not the only people who make
great distinction between profession
and practice. An ordinary Chinaman,
in China proper, will tell you that
women are decidedly inferior beings
and rs to their having souls, pooh
poohs the idea outright. But if you re.
mark that the whole government of the
country has for the last eighteen years
with short intervaD been carried on
by two ladies emperor's mother
and the empress dowager, two of the
cleverest women now alive in China or
any other country--he calmly remarks
that perhaps they are different from
other folk, and he will not at all admit
that the average Chinawoman can posi-
bly, possess brains or sense. 1t is of no
use pointing out to him that Chinese
history abounds with heroines, and that
cases of female pluck, ability and virtue
are constantly recorded in imperial
documents even at the present day. lie
changes the subject.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
TrichlnR.

A New York newspaper says: boo
tor +. S. Billings has recently written
highly interesting paper on trichina
in hogs and in eeman. From this 1t
would seem that this disease, which
most Americans consider as peculiar TO
Germany, is in reality much more pre-.
valent in this country than elsewhere.
For example, from an examin alton of
several thousand hogs sent frum vari.
Gus parts of the West, Doctor Billings
found that on an average one in eighteen
ofthem was diseased in this way while
out ofnearly two million hogs examined
in Germany in 1876, eight hundred only
were found trichinous. That this dis
case is not oftener communicated to man
in this country, is wholly due TO the fact
that pork is rare y eaten here until it is
cooked. If we were in the habit of eat
ing uncooked smoked pork. in ham or
sausage, as it is commonly eaten in
Germany, the number OF deaths that
would be caused by trichine would be
alarmingly large. The parasites are SO
small that their presence can only be
detected by a microscope, and it is esti-
mated that in eating what would be the
ordinary meal of man, of diseased
pork, it would be easy tc take into the
stomach not less than one million
triahin@. Doctor Thudichum, in re-
porting to the English privy council,
describes the symptoms of trichiniasis
in man as folio VS.: Sudden swelling
of the face, particularly the eyelids,
after the patient has for some days felt
PROSTATE and has lost his appetite (this
swelling causes feeling of tension, but
no pain); fever, with quick pulse and
copious perspiration; the muscles are
swelled and give great pain when moved
or touched. In worse cases the entire
bodyis immovable and sensitive; there
is diarrhea, with a red, somewhat
covered tongue, inclining to dryness.
When the swelling in the face has SUBJ
sided @dema of the feet, legs, and
thighs come on; shortly after anasarca,
swelling over the trunk, makes its ap-
pearance." Although these are the
phenomina the disease itself exhibits,
1t is the opinion of experts that the
muscles of many people, in numbers in
sufficient to produce material trouble.
Certain it is that in several surgical
cases OF late their presence has been dis
covered. Doctor Billings asserts that
the surest way to prevent them is to
have the pork before being cooked, cut
in relatively thin slices. Frying and
boiling are tie most effective means of
destroying them; roasting comes next.
Boiling coagulates the albumen on the
outer surface, and allows the heat to
penetrate less readily, and for this rea-
'on large pieces of meat should be boiled
for at least Two hours
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
A MIne.OMner,s End.

In the spring or summer of 1878 the
brothers John and Richard Dillon, with
another man named Finnerty, went
with thousands of others to the Black
Hills in search of silver. They lived
and worked together, and prospected on
the hills around Leadville for several
months without finding any signs of the
precious metals and were about to give
up when the lucky discovery of the
Little Pittsburg" mine startled all
Leadyille, and Richard Dillon was
Shrewd enough on learning of the dis
covery of the mine to stake out claim
close by it. He and his two com
panions Immediately began digging and
in a few days came upon indications
which assured them that the mine
was Of great value. Gar italists soon
made them an offer and the deeds of
the mine, which was called "Little
Chiei," were sold for $500, 900, the pur.
chasers issuing stock for $1,000, 900.
The mine soon repaid the purchasers
their investment three-fold. The Dill
Ions on receiving their money went on
permanent spree. Richard Dillon was
q confirmed gambler, and before long
the faro-dealers of Leadville had most
Of his share of the 100000. He became
n lounger arou nd the Leadville bar
rooms, One night recently Dillon en-.
tered faro den and demanded stack
of chips on credit. The dealer, a man
named John Crowdei, refused, and
Dillon drew pistol. Before he could
use 1t Crowder produced his own re.
volver and shot him dead.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
A Great Spectators Gratitude.

1t happened twenty years ago, when
people had an idea that gratitude was
ready to bubble up in the human heart
at a moments notice. A stock specula-
tor was waiting at the corner of Broad
way and Vesey street for an omnibus.
Whether he fell into a reverie over the
graves just over the fence, or was won
dering if Lake Shore would advance
another peg, matters not. A runaway
horse took the sidewalk just below him,
and 30 deep was the speculator's reverie
that he would have been run down and
perhaps killed had not friendly hand
clutched and dragged him aside.
MY friend, you have saved my life"
gasped the rescued man, as he realized
his escape.
perhaps so, but don't mention it.
I'm glad to have been of service 10
you"
"What is your name"
"John Smith"
Wei, MIR. Smith, I'm man who
can return a favor. My gratitude Is
more than words can express. What
can ! do for youp"
ooh! nothing, l guess"
"But / shall. / speculate in stocks.
1 shall tomorrow buy $40, 900 worth of
Lime Ledge canal stock for you, hold it
as your broker, and turn you over the
profits for a year. Such heroic conduct
as yours must not go unrewarded.
Good night, my dear Smith"
Tradition has it that one year from
that date John Smith sat in his Office.
A boy appeared and handed him letter.
He opened it to find that it was from
the man whose life he had saved. He
also found that the $4,000 had been
invested as promised, but that Lime
Ledge stock had kept falling little all
the time, until $4OO out of the $4,000
had been lost. Inclosed was statement
and a bill for this deficiency, which he
was asked to remit by bearer!
Since that date John Smith has had
of chances TO save human life
on our crowded streets, but he has re-
fused to extend hand in eacL and
every case. 1t would make poor man
Of him in less Vhan six months. Wall
Street NeWS.
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my poor WalterT she said, kneeling
beside him, and covering her face with
her hands.
" 1t is ell true, thene" Whispered he.
"Yes," she sobbed. "You have been
very sick. We were both very near to
death Walter"
"You know that / did not intend to
close my weakness and failure with a
crime" he said, earnestly. 81 thought,
Primrose, that was on my way 10 you
and home. / was mad with hunger
and hardship"
81 know-I know" she sobbed. al
have learned all the sorrowful story. /
had not heard from you for so long
that / feared something had befallen
you. / came to the city to see you. All
day had searched for you in vain. 1t
was the act of Providence that / saw
you at nightfall on your way to the river.
Your tattered clothes, your poor, pale
face and wild manner told me all.
hurried after you but did not reach you
until you had fallen into the water. l
knew / could hold you up if aid came
speedily. 1t did come, Walter, at the
last moment, and you were saved"
With misty eyes he looked down at
her
You were willing to sacrifice your dear
life for one so worthless as mine," he
said, chokingly. "Why did you do
itP"
II loved you, Walter" she replied,
simply.
For my foolish pride and ambition I
have been heavily punished" he said,
solemnly. Had l but known it, here
was the goal at which a nobler man
than l might have rested thankfully.
You have saved my life, Primrose; it is
yours. 1t shall be the effort of my future
to be worthy of your love. Will you
trust meP"
For answer she merely looked up at
him with eyes in which there was
neither doubt nor distrust.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
Blood Poisoning.

Two singular cases Of blood poisoning
are reported One is at Ottawa, Canada,
whore man was inoculated with epi.
zootic from horse, and is 80 poisoned
thpt his life is probably lost. In New
York man is i'll with glanders, taken
from q horse he wns grooming. The
danger has been known, but these cases
are better authenticated than most.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
Thy VIII BE Done.

What time tie latest flower hath bloomod,
The latest bird hath southwark down:
When silence weaves DER gsruercl shcaves
Sweet idyls in our North, IN zone;
When ed children Test be,i!o
The hearth, and ho'd the mothers hanl-
Then rolls Ihnnksgivins's ample tide.
OF fervent pruis, aci oss the hnl.
And though the autumn Stiffness broods
WLers spring was glad with song and stir,
Though summers gmce leave little tpce
On fields that smiled at sight oi her,
Still glOws the sunsets hllar-HIe
With crimsol fame ana heart Of gold,
And faith uplilts, with strong dosiro
And deep content, :he hymns OF old.
We bless our God for wondfous wealth,
Through all tie bright benignaut year;
For shower and rain, i,r iip,n. gain;
For gift and guerdon, far and near.
We bless the useless Providence
That watched us through the reacciul days
That led us lone, or brou. lt US thence,
hhu hNl'I ub III our Nullous ways,
And il tic hand so much that gave
Hath something taken lrm our store,
ii caught from sight, to heavens pure light
Some precious on,s ave here no more,
We still adore the Friend above,
Who, while earths road grows steep and
dim,
Yet comforts us, in tender love,
And holds our darlings close to Him.
Thanks, then, oh, God! from sea to sea
Let every wind an anthem bear!
And hearts be rife, through toll and strife,
With joyful praise and grateful prayer.
Our fathers God, their children sing
The grace they sought through storm and
sun;
Our harvest tribute here we bring,
And end it with, "Thy will be done!"
-MwcGrd +. SaRgsler,
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MAN.


He is wise man who always knows
what TO do next.-Poverb.
A mans collective dispositions con-
Btitute his character. .--AtsOdter.
The more we study human nature the
less we think Of men-the more of man.
--Titton.
No man ever became great and good,
except through many and great mis-
takes. Gladstone.
When man has no design but to
speak plain truth, he isn't apt TO be talk
alive. Geo. d. Prentice.
He must be a strong man who can
conceal his inclination. Emerson.
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Transient advertisements always payable
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