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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01

The August number 81 this standard eIsfe-e1
tative Of the Southern farmer enmes 10 h-na
several days ahead q time. and - greatly 50
rinr to any agricultural publication tlai 80
came under onr nolice The Atlanta ten@sa-
ti0H says of that paper that ~eveTy page hezrs
evidence of careful and able hasEncss manA4~
menL" II Is q matter q e0ugraiulaliou IA -
have in the Soulh ~ last joarnal ior ne z-fl'-
ers and their families equal 81 fhe very hzsa -
the whole country While i sh0uld he lar
duty Of every farmer b pairnnize and laers-3
sustain IL ~ the sane time the pleAsnrH p.
profit Of having once q month such a spienaia
magazine il incalculable-
In this number We ind among Other 49,
Thoughts far the Noah" BY DR. Jones -
whom there Is No superior Agricultural Srla
for the Southern Stats: history 81 ne cus1oA
seed industry; an article BY Peter HenaersA1.
the most famous gardener IN the state 81 -
York a bioxraphicnl skeich and porfrA1 81 y.
Geo. B LorinR. United STATES Commisslanef .
Agriculture. = picture o. makers II maple 80
Al work: q fine article On Ensilaze. enc 81 =.
Arms b~sf letter.; q full Inquiry Dcparf1se1l
in which DR. Jones ansWers many perTiexl1s
queries propoundrd By the fzrmess . -
number OF SPECIAL coufribulious rDm ne =
ers: fine lecture by Dr.. Curry On edncAlhsn =
the South. ACCOMPLISHED with his pnrirziI, a =
ticle on The stale q A6nins IN E1gpA va -.
trait of L0rinR Pnsha- lsf C0afsdeEale n.neJ
his Egyptian unifnrm: n ilusiraze1 Ariieis =
the seed cogton cIenner: . fun page pnr.r.A
the poet Lunxfellows n ulusEzlea 60
department. and ofher things u r1cn 49,.
In fact. bow can hrner o. wiln1at n -
when Messrs. Jna r HAu'aon = Co. Ne 80
lishern, Atlanta, Ga. only ank 80 q ysA
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01

The Columbus Eaquirer-S,sa, speak
ing of the projected Chattanooga, Co
lumbus and Florida Railroad, says: eve
have said but little in reference to the
project of the construction of the Chat
tanooga, Columbus and Florida Road
recently, from the fact that nothing new
has yet come to light that we feel JUS
tilted in making public. To use the re-
marks of one who knows what he is talk
ing, about, Unless men are false and all
signs fail, there will be something de-
veloped after a little that will cause the
public to understand that the road is a
certainty This will be hailed with much
qualification by the citizens of this city,
as it traverses a rich and fertile country,
passing through Muscogee; Chattahoo-
chez, Stewart, Randolph, Calhoun, Early,
Miller and Decatur counties in this State.
In 1869 Mr.. r. B. Gunby, of this city,
made survey and located the line from
Columbus via Lumpkin, Cuthbert, Col
quit and cambridge, to Tallahassee,
Florida We had chat with him yes
terday, and during the conversation he
said that there are only six bridges along
the entire route from Columbus to Balm
bridge, including the one across the Flint
at cambridge There is only one, ex-
cepting the Flint, between Cuthbert and
cambridge. Mr.. Gunby was not in the
construction, hence he did not know how
many miles were graded ready to receive
the ties and iron, nor could he tell US the
number of consecutive miles graded.
Our information is, however, that the
road is graded for seventy miles and the
work is continuous, with an exception of
about ten miles between Colquitt and
Cuthbert. The skip was on account OF
the light work. A gentleman who has
recently been over the greater part of the
road states that it is in fine condition,
and has washed but little The distance
from Columbus to the Florida line is 100
miles, and the work of construction will
be comparatively light the entire distance.
This will be valuable road to Columbus,
and our citizens naturally take much in
terest in the project. AS soon as we are
able to do so, we will lay before them
the facts which lead us to believe that il
Will nj. hf, t8elxe mouths before the cars
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01
A Cabbage Challenge.

FERNANDINA, FLA, July 22-Editor M0rnin0
Neaos: In recent issue of the Neaos-in an edi-
torial on the vegetable interest of Chatham
cOunty-yOu asserted that Chatham could pro-
duce finer cabbage than could be raised in Flor
ida. presume you are sincere in this assertion,
and are willing to back your judgment on Chat
ham, You give big odds-Chatham county
with its few hundred square miles against the
largest Stale east of the Mississippi river take
the assertion as a challenge, and will lay you
V. or an X on Florida, making size, s0lioitg of
head and acetgM as the standard of excellence,
and extend the time of the contest to April 18th
next, reputable witnesses aff1xiDg affidavits to
their testimony before properly qualified officers
10 be accepted. Yours, PERT.
Our correspondent is singulary inaccurate in
his statement of what we said in the article he
refers to. We stated only that :" the Georgia and
Carolina coast region is better adapted to cab
bages than any part of Florida Nevertheless,
the Morning Ne'cs will accept his wager of ten
dollars for the victor in the contest he proposes,
the time to be extended to the LIST OF May, or
such time as the spring cabbages are mature in
this locality-tbe victor also to have all the cab
bages entered. -SdUqnnah Necs, July &C.
Here is a chance for the vegetable-growers of
Middle Florida TO demonstrate what this section
is capable of producing in the cabbage line, and
for some one of them TO win handsome prize.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01

The Wilmington Star says that re,
fleeing people will not be in hurry to
demand the abolition of the Internal Rev
enue system as long as there is a war tar
if to bleed the people at every pore. The
repeal OF all Internal Revenue taxes with
out readjusting and reducing the tariff
would plumber millions for the benefit of
thousands. The Richmond Dispatch
thinks that, on platform calling for the
immediate abolition of all Internal Reve-
nue. taxes, the Democracy could win with
ease in 1884. In our opinion, says the
Ne,os G Courier, and we agree with it,
they would not have ghost of chance
of winning. The abolition of the Inter-
nal Revenue taxes would compel the con-
tinuance of the present tariff. What
chance would the Democrats have, on the
stump. when assemblages of farmers and
workingmen were told that, in order that
they might get cheap whiskey and cheap
tobacco, they must continue to pay rs
cents tax on every pair of shoes, $3.50 on
every three-dollar dress, and taxation at
the same rate on iron, sugar, clothing and
a thousand other necessaries ?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01

If there is any doubt in the mind of the
FLoRIDIAN as to the authenticity of the resOlu-
tons of the Democratic Convention, as published
in the Economist the following facts will proba-
bly, sOothe its anxiety. Through the courtesy
of Captain Bowen, of the FLORIDIAN. repre-
sentative of this paper was furnished a copy of
those resolutions, taken from the FLORIDIAN' s
own manuscript-after it had been sent into the
composing roOms.-EconOmist
The representative of the Economist
was handed the original resolution, and it
was from the original that the said repre-
sentative made a copy-Mr. Bowen hav-
ing nothing to do with it. The fact re-
mains all the same that the resolution was
incorrectly printed in the Economist.
The Interpolation of word made bad
English of a sentence and changed its
meaning.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01
Florida Agriculturist, July 2s.I
Middle FIOrida Hnduseries.

On our last meeting with Governor Bloxham
he Informed us that the planters of Middle Flor
ida are turning their attention to the raising of
blood cattle and horses, and that many valuable
ones had been introduced for breeding purposes
Corn-fodder was easily grown, but owing to the
difficulty of curing it the people were building
siOs for that purpose. That part of the State has
now taken good start and is prospecting The
lands are so good that many people have made
money by vegetable-growing, which is becoming
promising industry. The LeConte pears which
were being planted out are considered equally as
profitable as orange-culture in East Florida, If
not more so, as the pears come into bearing in a
much shorter time than it takes the orange We
were pleased to hear such promising accounts of
this portion Of the State and it has our best
wishes for its prosperity
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01

TIE RAvAGEs o. EIs DRKAD przn.-
HOPE ABANDONED, AND KFFokTs DTrnr---
ONLY TO ALLEyTATnNe gUFpKRrNa-~w- -
DRAWING NEAR
WASHINGTON July g. An Atlant. e..
says: In modern annals there hns NJ. -
death 80 full Of horrors ~ HAT which BeuI~--.-
Harvey Hill IS now suffering. nor has thr -
nation and Christian philosophy exhibited -
excelled. Slowly dying OF one Of IA. -
loathesome Of diseases, be Is vel cberrs-l -
tient and resigned The patieui Is pul 4 -
every night n 3 O'Clock with hypodrrmie -
ti0ns OF morphine. and does not awake 49, :,
O'Clock the following morning Three rr-i.. -
morphine are administered daily. Inc 49,.
never being allowed 10 c0me fhoruuvhlr -. -.
under lis influence. His food consists ~ -
into which the yOlks OF eggs have hem -
and little whiskey added About three -,
OF this mixture IS passed into the nalsenls -
ach every day through tube, no portion 81 IN.
fluid touching his palzie The cancer. ar s,.rs !,
has BEEN acknowledge 10 be BY all but ih,... -
have not mad any connection with the Co. -
destroyed all the Tissues OF his throat and n.,,,1
on the lett side As well as the lower law az -
maxiliary bone. The opening is 50 large -,
two OF three fingers can pass freely I'D inso ~
mouth from below, and the palate can h. -
when the patient Is lying down and one -.
proaches him from the feet. The outer carn,,s
artery IS exposed, aud its pulsafi0n i plaiul~
seen. The sofi OF connective tissue has -
eaten away. and only such tough elastic -.
stances compose the walls Of the artery Ar, -
intact What Is lefi OF the tongue i attaches 81
the right side by very slender hgamenf. ~
constant fear IS felt that Il viii becume ~islch.s
and fall into the patients thruat when asl.v,,
and thus end his suffering. while vet sufscie1i
strength exists Tor q further continuance 81 AZ.
contest with the dread destroyer HIS noun !.
kept filed with absorbent and aniisepiic e,ntta,
which Is frequently changed, i The trrs~inr
ON the outside. No internal remedy Is now given
nor has any been administered since the at.n
dnnment Of the French cancer cure. which e.
sisted in The injection into the blood Of purifrS
carbolic acid. the tsbleci hcing - destroy tie
cancenaus germs IN the hlood- The final chanrr
il is now ihought. viii cnme iram sheer e.
haustiOH- II the morphine treatment Was sus-
pended he would ssron sink iron the eaecl. al
pain. Now all thai can be done d Alleviate
suffering and Trolong the few DAYS which. N
spite ct his condition, be- seems o. prize mgr.
than those in which be gained his glory
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01

building As the dwelling Of its permanent
representative, and for the transaction of
its own business, leaving the great central
building as the scene of the greatest
worlds fair ever known; place of per-
manent exhibit for the whole United
States, of every resource and production
peculiar to each its agricultural, mineral,
natural and acquired features, with COM
plete maps Of the topography of every
foot of land in all the States" The idea
is not bad one.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01
The Midsummer Southern MusfcaI
ImmrmRl.

The contents and music of the July number
are unusually good, especially the articles on The
Ice Berg's ih-place," The Fourth of July
and " kissing Made Easy" The music, The
Unforgotten Song" and "Jumbos Marcel"
pleases us much. The Sos Premium Sewing
Machine was won July LIST, on ticket No. I78
by the.edtUr Of the Roanoke Nescs, Weldon, n &.
The next premium, for the third Quarterly
Drawing, October LIST, 1882. Is "a splendid Silver
plated Tea Sci, cash price $75. The set is not
poor thing priced high. but Is of the newest up
right style, and best triple plate, made by the
celebrated Meriden Silver Plate Company. Hus-
bands who wish to see their wives faces reflected
in silver at the iea-table will send n dollar and
subscribe for the journal al once Those wives
whose husbands are stingy will send the dnllAr
all the same. Those expecting 10 keep house
should do likewise. Remember The Offer One
dollar secures the Journal for q whole year, with
ticket in the Silver Tea Set Drawing. speci-
men copies mailed free TO all. Address Ludden
q Bates, Savannah, Ga
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01

The National Farmer makes an ap-
peal for a continental jubilee" to be
held at Washington in 1892, commemo-
rative of the four hundredth anniversary
of the discovery of America Its plan is
to purchase the land adjacent to the Sol
dier's Home, one thousand, perhaps two
thousand acres, for national park, to be
cultivated, stocked with fish ponds, planted
and pruned. Then to construct such build
ings as worlds fair, to be held ten years
hence-in 1892, and representing one
hundred millions of people, would require.
Following so far the plan Of the Centsn.
NAL, let every State erect its own peculiar
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01

Will the CrawfOrdvlle journal send US the
autograph of Maurice Thompson? The Flo
RIDIAN is in possession of the hand-write of
the person who wrote " A Tallahassee Girl" and
would like to make comparison The book
bears internal evidence of being from the pen of
MIR Jones, but if he is not the author, some other
person made liberal use of sketch over Mr.
Us sign manual printed in New York monthly,
which Is copied almost Cerbdtim into the Girl"
The FLoRIDIAN would be glad TO read Mr.
ThompSon's Witchery of Archery" but il is
not TO be had Observation-Disclosures FZOridian.
The editor Of the FLoRIDIAN can see Maurice
Thompsons autograph by referring to the regis
ter of the City Hotel during March, 1881 The
" Witchery of Archery" was published by Chas
Scribner's Sons, from which house copy can
probably be had.-CrdwtOrdcilIe (Ind) Journal
July 15
The FLORIDIAN is satisfied of its mis-
take in attributing the authorship of
" A Tallahassee Girl to Mr.. Barton D.
Jones. We have ascribed to the gentle
man credit to which he is not entitled
and which he does not claim. His
SKETCH" of which reference is made
above, was published in the February No.
of LiRpincOtt's Magazine for 1882, while
Mr.. Thompson had himself published
minute description of the "volcano - in
the Chicago Times in April, 1881, nearly
a year before. We have other evidence,
besides Mr.. Thompson's photograph"
which convinces us that he is the author
of the clever book in question.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01

The Cincinnati Enquirer opens the
eyes of its Northwestern contemporaries
by asking them, apropos of the dismissal
of Flipper and Whitaker from the army,
this very awkward question: eff the
every flower of the negro race, under
circumstances so exceptionally favor
sable, lack the virtue and honor which
"are required in the maintenance of civil
" society, what shall we predicate of the
"untaught, the tempted, the sodden mass
Gin those districts where they constitute
"the great majority of the population !?
" And what must be the condition of the
"property and jeopardy of life in State
"where all the powers of government are
" turned over to them? Yet this is pre-
"cisely the entertainment the Republican
"party invites a large portion of the
"white people to, and processes surprise
sand Indignation when the banquet of
&C waste, license and anarchy is declined.
"Of course the negroes will not be per-
emitted to rule any community in the
"United States. The whites will find the
"means to protect themselves, and at the
"same time the negroes, from the utter
"political incapacity of the blacks and
"the fanatical folly of their distant pre-
"tended friends, and in this will ultimately
shave the approval of the American peo-
"ple." The Enquirer understands the sit
natinn
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01


As some excitement has been caused in
this city by the report that q severe type
Of fever prevailed at Cedar Key, we pub
fish the following report from the health
officer of that town to the Board OF
Health:
To the Hon. Board Of Health Of JacksOnOilIe:
GENTLEMEN-I have to report TO your honor
able body that dengue has made its appearance
and is now an epidemic
Since the 18th inst there has appeared in my
practice thirty-two cases, and am informed by
DR.. Churchill that he has ten cases under treat
ment. have no deaths to report.
have one case of typhoid fever under treat
merit on Atsena Otie, which is the only case
know of AS to the cause of dengue, as ii has
appeared here, have not yet fully investigated
as | have had an attack myself
Very respectfully,
r. Y H. THOMAS,
Health Officer, Town of CEDAR Key.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01
ThOmasVille Items.

Times, July ~
Miss Eliza Bird, of Tallahassee, is visiting Miss
Josie Rushing.
Miss Florrie, daughter of ex Governor Walker
is spending some time with her aunt, Mrs. Car
rie Reid. Miss Florrie has many friends and ad
mirers who are always delighted to welcome her
to Townsville.
LeCOnte pears are still being shipped in large
quantities. II is thought there will be one
thousand crates shipped from Townsville.
There is no calculating how many will be
shipped in a few years.
OF the artesian well the Times says: Wednes-
day-Bored 10 feet through a red clay soil
Thursday-Bored 86 feet through red clay soil
until depth of SO feet was reached, when quick
sand was struck.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01
Tampa Tribune, July 2O.I
Poisoned Gulf Water Again.

We learn from Capt. VIM. jackson, of the
steamer Lizzie Henderson, that on his trip from
Cedar Key Tuesday, he encountered streak of
poisoned water covered with all varieties of dead
fish of more than mile in extent, of Indian pass
between Clear Water and Egmont light. The
Captain says that very offensive smell arose
from It, and that good many bottom fish, such
a. eels, were floating dead on the surface. We
opine that this fact upsets the theory Of some as
70 this poisoned water being fresh water from
overflow on the main land impregnated with
poisoned vegetable matter - there are no streams
Of any size flowing into the Gulf near where
these fsh were found.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01

The River and Harbor Bill, as amended by the
last committee of conference and finally passed
by both Houses of Congress, approp iates 49,
1855.
The appropriations in which Florida is inter
esled are as follows:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-31

Daniel Webster resigned his seat in the
United States Senate on july %. 1850.
His desk is still in the Senate Chamber,
but which one, where it sits, and who is
the lucky Senator that has it, are secrets
10 all the world except Captain Bassett
Whom Mr.. Webster brought here when a
mere boy, and put him in position as a
page eighteen years before he resigned
saptain Bassett has held place in the
senate from that day until the present.
being Acting Assistant Sergeant at-Arms
AoW But to the story of the desk. AS
ABOVE stated, the pOssessor of it or its
number is as profound secret to the Sen.
afor who sits in it as it is to an EGYPTIAN
mummy. CAPTAIN Bassett's reason for
Hecping all knowledge of the numbers of
Mr.. Wcbster's, Mr.. Clay's, Mr.. Calhoun's
seats a secret is that, knowing and under
staining the desire Of the American citi-
zen, both male and female, for relies, he
Tears to give the secret away lest the desk
would be Clipped away by 'peacemeal by
he curious who throng the capitol everv
lay. There has been no change in these
desks from the day they were brought in
20 the capitol until now, other than the
annual cost OF varnish. CAPITA in Bassett
has a memorandum record of their num-
bers and places which he keeps under
lock and key, and will, when he comes to
shuttle off this mortal coil, furnish to the
proper person all the information relative
10 these desks, in order that their history
may be carefully preserved and handed
Town to future generations as mementoes
Of Webster and his associates in the Sen
ate. There are three other desks in the
Senate chamber which curiosity-hunters
would like to be able to see and know
hat they are the right ones. These are
the desks of Jefferson Davis, of Missis-
sippi; Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois.
and Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts,
MIR. Davis desk occupied the same post
ion in the chamber that Mr. Beck's does
now, but it is not known to any one ex-
ccpt Captain Bassett whether or not it is
the same one. Mr.. Douglas was in the
same place as that occupied by Mr.. Pen
dleton, and Mr.. Sumner was in the place
now occupied by Mr.. Dawes. In 1862.
when the New York Zouavcs were in the
city, about twenty Of them went into the
Senate chamber early in the morning to
destroy the chair and desk that had been
occupied by Jefferson Davis. Just as
they were in the act, Captain Bassett put
IN his appearance, and asked them what
they were about. They quickly told him
that they were going to destroy the seat
and desk because they were the ones used
by Jeff. Davis. Captain Bassett suggest
ed to them that their mission in Wash
ington was to protect public property,
and not destroy it. They saw the point,
and Captain Bassett proceeded to change
the numbers of the desks so as to be able
to say to all who might inquire that the
desks that were used by the Senators
were not now in the same places, as they
had been changed around for the express
purpose OF preventing them from being
mutilated by relic and curiosity hun.
tiers.