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Youths Department.
lfRS. sTRAWBERRY JAN


"De0r ma,' SAID Mrs. strawberry Jam,
A-gruwing very red.
What most unfortunate creature am;
can scarce hold up my head.
To think that ! should live to see
An insult Oh Il like this to me!
Tint should b placed on the very same shelf
(Oh dear! | hardly know MYSELF
By the side of that cd q a Blackberry jam
That vulgar common Blackberry JamV'
So she fumed and fretted, hour by hour
Growing less and less contented.
Till her temper became so thoroughly sour
That she NJ last fern nted;
While Mr.. blackberry Jam kept still.
And let her have her say
Kept quiet heart, rs backbcrries will,
And grew sweeter every day.
One morn there stopped mt Dame SmHher's
fence
The parson-to say that he might,
BY the kind permission of Providence,
Take tea with her that night.
And the good old lady, blessing her lot,
fastened to open her strawberry pot
"Oh, what horrible mess? Dear-dearl
Not berry MT to eat is here.
After ALL, putt ng it down with slam,
Nothing will keep like good Blackberry Jam,
Honest reliable, Blackberry jam"
Mrs. Strawberry J. went into the pail;
Oh my-what a dire disgrace!
And the pig ate her up, with a twitch of his
And Il troubled expression of face.
While Blackberry j. in n lovely glass dish,
Sat along with the bread and honey,
And thought, while happy as heart could WISH
We'll, things turn out very funny"
st Nicholas.
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Is n Positive Cure
Tor al ano.e r ana ,a


for all those Painful Complai and w eRlnesses
socommon to our best female population.
1t will entirely tho worst form of Female Com
paints all ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Ucers
tion Falling and Displacements, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness, and is particularly adapted to the
Change of Life.
1t will dissolve and eIpel tumors from the uterus In
early stage OF development. The tendency to can
humors checked very speedily by Its
It faintness natulency destroysa all craving
for stimuants and relieves weakness OF the stomach
1t cures Boatfng, Headaches, Nervous Prostitution,
General Debility, sleepessness, Depression and lndi
gestion.
That feeling OF bearing down, causing pain, weight
and backnche is always permanently cured by its
1t will at all times and under all circumstances act in
harmony with the laws that the female syste
For the of Kidney Complaints Of either this
Compounds unsurpassed.
LYDIA Il. PINKHAM's VEGETABLE COM
POUNDS prepared at 2SS and 1856 Western Avenue,
Lynn, Mass Price 91 Six bottles for S. Sent by mail
In the form OF pills. also in the form of lozenges,
receipt of price, 81 per box for either Mrs PinkhAm
freely all letters OF inquiry Send for pAmph
let. Address above. Mention THE Paper.
No family should be without LYDIA e. PINKHAMS
LIVER FILLS They constipation, bliousness
and torpidfty of the liver IS cents per box
RJ- sold nv NIL Druggists. ia
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Young Daniel Webster's Table Manners

When Daniel Webster father found
that his son was not robust enough to
make q successful farmer he sent him to
Exeter to prepare for college, and found
home for him, among number of
other students, in the family Of cold
Squire Clifford, as we of a younger gen.
GRAFTON have always heard him called.
Daniel had up to this time led only the
secular life of a country farmers boy,
and though the New Hampshire farmers
have sent out many heroes, as firm and
true as the granite rocks in the pasture,
there cannot be among the hard and
homely work which such life implies,
the little tinenesses of manner which
good society demands. Daniel was one
of these diamonds of the first water, but
was still in the rough and needed some
cutting and polishing to fit him to shine
in the great world in which he was to
figure so cOnspicuously.
None saw this more clearly than the
sensible old Squire. The boy had one
habit at table of which the Squire saw
it would be a kindness to cure him.
When not using his knife and fork he
was accustomed to hold them upright in
his fists, ON either side of his plate
Daniel was a bashful boy of very deli
cate feelings, and the Squire feared to
wound him by speaking to him directly
on the subject. So he called aside one
of the other students with whom he had
been longer acquainted, and told him
his dilemma. Now" said he, Il
want you this noon at the table to hold
up your knife and fork as Daniel does.
! | tn oh
! see if the boy does not take hint for
| himself"
The young man consented to be the
scape-goat for his fellow-student, and
several times during the meal planted
his fists ON the table, with his knife and
fork as straight as if he had received or
ders to present arms. The Squire drew
his attention to his position, courteously
begged his pardon for speaking of the
matter, and added few kind words on
the importance of Young men correcting
such little habits before going out into
the world. The student thanked him
for his interest and advice, and prom
ised reform, and Daniel knife and fork
were never from that day seen elevated
at table.
When, after vacation, Daniels IA
Their brought the lad for a second term
TO Exeter, he put in his saddle-bags d
good fat turkey from the Franklin farm
which he gave to the Squire as an ex,
preston of his gratitude for Daniel:
improved manners. We have never
heard further particulars, but we hope
the self-sacrificing student got tho
".lucky bone When the fowl wa!
served. -Mory Gordon, IN ChicagO Id
rance.
He who reigns within himself ant
rules passions, desires and fearF, is NOR
than q King. Milton.
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PERILS OF THE DEEP.

During my trip down the River Tag1rs. in
Spain" said Captain Boyton to a representative
of this journal in a recent conversation by the
sea shore. II had to shoot los waterfalls the
largest being about eighty five feet, and innumer-
able rapids. Crossing the Straits of Messina
had three ribs broken in fight with sharks; and
coming down the SomAne river in France
received charge of shot from an excited and
startled huntsman. Although this was not very
pleasant and might be termed dangerous, l fear
nothing more ON my trip than intense cold for
as long as my limbs are free and easy and not
cramped or benumbed am all right. OF late
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sum, as advised above, for prevention
and to the swelling oil of turpentine, or
carbolic acid in oil q to 10Y may give
good results. Prof. James Lar. IN NJ
Y Tribune.
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"A Californian gave a poor family
$500 worth of provisions and fuel, and
then, dressing up as a beggar, he went
around to the house and asked for y
bite to eat. He was promptly kicks
of the steps. Detroit Free PresS.
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carry stock of ST. JACOBS OIL in my little boat
1.-THE Captain calls it "Baby Nine" and has stored
therein signal rockets thermometer, compass
provisions, etc. land l have but little trouble.
the article, and its action upon the muscles is
wonderful. From constant exposure am some
what subject to rheumatic pains, and nothing
would ever benefit me until ! got hold of this
have met people who had been suffering with
rheumatism for years; by my advice they used
without food for days than be without this rem
edy for one hour. In fact would not attempt
trip without it." The Captain became very EN-
thusiastic on the subject of ST. JACOBS OIL and
when we left him he was still citing instances OF
the curative qualities of the Great German Rem.
edy to a party around him.
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He who reigns within himself and
rules passions, desires and fearr, is more
than King. - Million.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

There appears to be trouble in the
camp of the Illinois stalwsrts, and seri-
Gus results may follow. 1t is alleged that
Senator Logan not only claims the abso-
lutte right to dispose of all the valuable
Federal patronage in the State, hnt that
the President recognizes the claim. Two
of the best Offices in the State-the As
sistant Treasurer at Chicago and the Col
lector of the port-haye lately been be-
slowed upon persons selected exclusively
by General Logan. In the case of the
Collector another person was strongly
pressed by the Congressman representing
the Chicago districts, but without avail
This gentleman is a stalwart of the
strongest type, heretofore a warm sup
porter of General Logan, and an ardent
Grant man, which latter he is still sup
posed to be. He is connected with the
Chicago Inter Ocean, one of the leading
stalwart organs of the country. The
Inter Ocean has come out savagely against
General Logan for "going back" on his
friends, and the indications are that the
stalwarts of Illinois will hereafter con-
front the enemy with divided counsels.
Outside of the personal and faction fights
which this matter may engender, and
which are of Importance only to those
concerned, the fact to be deplored Is
the temperance of senatorial dictation
as to appointments. One of the exceed
ingly few things for which the Hayes sd-
ministration was to be commended was
its refusal to bow to the senatorial cabal
which had for years usurped SO largely
the constitutional prerogatives of the
President in the matter of appointments
to office, and President Arthur is not do
ing wisely in departing from the example
thus set him.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

Abill has been reported from the commit
tee on post-ofices and post-roads to the
House providing for the establishment of
postal savings banks. As the bill is likely to
pass Congress, we give its provisions for
the benefit of our readers The first Sec
ton provides that, in order to make the
post-ofice- department available for the
protection of small savings, and to facili-
tate the deposit and withdrawal of the
same, there shall be established at the
seat of government a branch of the post
Office department to be known as the
central depository" and the Postmaster
General shall be authorized to create such
sub-depositories as IN his judgment are
advisable. The bill provides that any
person above the age of II years may be-
come depositor, by depositing So or q
multiple thereof, and may thereafter de
post 81 or multiple thereof, at any such
depository. The bill provides that no
depositor shall deposit more than 800
during 80 days, or have to his credit
more than $500 at any one time; that all
deposits and Withdrawals of deposits shall
be free of expense to the depositor, and
that he shall be allowed interest on sums
of % or multiplies thereof, at the rate of
per cent per annum that such interest
shall be computed for each full calendar
month, and that Withdrawals of deposits
shall be made by withdrawal checks. 1t
is further provided that at each deposi-
tory there shall be kept for sale
stamps of the denomination of 10 cents
each, to be known as a "postal savings
stamp" and that to each purchaser Of
such stamps the postmaster at that de-
pository shall furnish card, to be known
as the "postal savings card" upon which
he may afix such stamps, and, when these
stamps reach the value of 50, he may de-
post the card, with the stamps affixed,
and be entitled to the same benefit as if
he had deposited 50 in cash; that all
moneys received at these repositories
shall be deemed public moneys and
moneys in the United States Treasury,
and that the Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to receive all such moneys and
invest them in Understanding securities
of the United States, or securities guar
anteed by the United States, and, if such
securities are not obtainable except at .
loss to the government, then he is au-
thorized to invest the same in interest
bearing State securities. The bill further
provides for the necessary machinery to
introduce the system into practical work
ing order.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

TO begin - psopess - sha1 Aoss - ID
e immigration nov, vhen We have only
so,ooo. 600 people % 7.s7o,ooo square
miles Of land snrface, i the reEnement Of
pessimisp-
Our immigration yearly from Earops
now reaches Tie, 900.
In consequences of the enormous pres
sure Of militarism in Central Europe, We
are obtaining about 25o, 600 Germans =
year, the most excellent of our immi-
grants, every man worth thousand dol
lars to this country the moment he sets
foot on It The Germans have done 60
much for the prosperity of ST. Louis that
IL is astonishing that the Missouri Repssb-
ican should dream of stopping the in
come. IF there Is any sound reason for
objecting to the influx of foreign labor, it
must be something other than fear Of ina
bility to feed them IF II is . political
reason, then we have ceased to own the
best political institutions on the earth.
If we need to close our doors because we
cannot assimilate humanity, our national
stomach requires tonic treatment. The
old Emperor of Germany has not taken
the right course to stay the food of emf
grafton His kingly rescript is like the
speech of Rehoboam: al will add 10
your yoke" But we have no yoke, ex.
cept the yoke of the law, which is lighter
on the necks of our people than on those
of any European nation
1t will be time enough for MS to say
that We have suf6cien. population when
we are able to cultivate larger fraction
of our arabic land, and manufacture q
larger fraction of our clothing. Just al
present we badly need all the immigra-
ton we can get, so long as it is honest
peaceable and industrious IF the West
is not in a mood to welcome it, the South
certainly Is.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

Missionary work among the heather
has made rapid progress IN the last eighty
years. At the beginning Of the present
century there were but 700 missionary
converts from heathenism; now there are
I,650,OO0. At the close of the last cen
fury there were but seven missionary So
cieties, and now there are seventy IN
Europe and America, and many more IN
other parts of the world In 1880 about
ITO men were engaged in missionary
work. Now there are $500 ordained
American and European missionaries,
many hundreds of native preachers, and
Is, 900 native helpers, catechsts, etc.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

49, r.~v.-& corrrs,oua-~s
# Oh. ph;,.aalrh;. Z.,xa~~ wr;..s. "a
5.v o. two .vo N. &c ~.. sn,eunced
.h.. IN. sss.lw.r,, r,...g.~s here had
fo~u.Y,x s.s-~u;..a =. at ex-Ssn.sor
CopkI;ny IN training "a tbs ReDubliu.n
..ra;s.t. f,~ f,cxs~,or ,.x1 F.n nd
,hst N, Co,ky;,1 h;nsrlf Ike Bsrkiz.
... w,llin,, hv.s .l.o iu.imsssa sh.x
the prcceediuR had. nasursIIy, disturhing
Influences ON the nerves Of the half
breeds Who were puzzled 20 know ex-
.ctIv how 70 deal With IL Within The
~ twsusv-four hourx- Moreover. Ixm IN
formed there have becn conferences and
cancellations among their leading mana
gers and mapipulators. iustifying the con-
c,..;on ,h.. thew have agreed upon
ral;cv and ore that If IA il adhered 20.
r;lI nrob.b,v make the next State Goa
vention an exceptionally lively body.
Th.. ,ol;cv in word n 70 make Col
l...or Robert.on the h.lfbreed eandi
date in order that the issues. N between
,hs two s.cs;on. NAV he suuarelv Joined
Inaoa Robertson am assured. IA not
nnw;ll;,g th.. the contest should take
tb;. tnrn thouOb. of course. he talks On
AZ. l., -;.h .h.-.-..-;s,;. -.usia.
u;. fr;a,a. ,h;,l :, woula he . fn.I;tv Of
Copklino and Couklippism in this State,
h-;,o sho., ,b.. ronsum-
..;o ,har cn;+s .onfaapt thas he
:. -.nsraa 90 .ons;as- q, ,ha nrorer time
=. f-o-, IN. col
l.c.or.h;n sc ,he no-t Ther. !. hut one
,-o,hl.so,,. f.c,or :, the c,se and thai
= l.,s,. do,bt ahout President Arthur.
nos;,;on Tn tho even, IF CoukIing'. can
d;aacv the onast;on il how tar would he
ha ;ncl;rsd 20 hack him mp Under mr.
L. ,;;-.rns,.nes. .hsrs wonld he n
ao,bt tbs, he would sunnort him A. zeal.
~ 5;a :. an. L., S~;n~
TDs 49,
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TIE LATE ASSESSMENT IN VIRGNIA.-
From the report Of the Auditor of Public
Accounts in Virginia to Governor Holi-
day the annexed interesting summary is
CLEANED: Value of real estate In 1880,
$25l ,242, 500; do. in 1870, $24s, 455, 1913 !;
increase in 1880, s2,7se,5 500. Value of
personal property in 1880, $7o,3sI.ols;
do. in 1910, S67 49,, 476 !; increase in 1880,
o., $780, 42. Value of incomes in 1880,
%, 1926, $50; do in 1879, s2,94s,l5o in
crease in 1880, $s7s,s1l. Value of real
estate, incomes and personal property in
1880, 1924, 1855, $50; do. in 1879. $sl9,-
s9s, $50 increase in 1880, $500, 42o.
The white capitation in 1880 was $751;
1se, and the colored STA, ls3; total capi-
tation tax, sso1, $3.50; amount Of insolvent
capitatiOn, white, ss7.4ls. colored do,
s45,I5s. The delinquent tax on hand
foots up 81, $50.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

The first piece of gold found in Califor-
mia was worth fifty cents, and the second
five dollars. Since that time one nugget
has been found worth $40 900, two $2I,-
900, one SO, 900 two q, 900, one %, 500,
four $4,000. Twelve worth from g., 900
to 1000, and eighteen worth from 81 900
to $4,000 have been found and recorded
in the history of the State In addition
to the above, numberless nuggets worth
from 500 to $500 are mentioned in the
annals of California gold-mining during
the last thirty years From the date of
the discovery of gold in California to the
present time the yield has been about
$1,000, O0O,O 900; therefore it is very easy
easy to see the small figure that nuggets
cut in the gold yield. Big nuggets are
very fine things to show, but, after all, it
is the fine gold, the dust, that shows up.
Although ten years younger than Cali
fornia, and producer of less precious
metal, Nevada has yielded in good solid
silver bars S275, O0e, 900.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

"At what point" inquiries the Missouri
Republican, shall we shnt down the
gates upon the infowing tide from the
old world, and declare that it shall flow
upon US no longer?" Certainly, at no
point.
What for ?. asks the New Orleans
Picdyuee. Without counting Alaska, we
have an area of I,s4o, 1884, 900 acres. As
Stunning that food enough can be raised
on one acre to sustain one person one
year-a fact capable of demonstration =
we can support population of 2,oO0,-
OOO. 900 men, women and children. As
Stunning that the earth has multiplied in
six thousand years from one pair to l.
4sl, 42s, 500. (which is the estimated popu-
lation Of the globe at present, according
to Benin and Wagner's "Die Bewoel-
kerung der Erde,' sixth edition. it viii
be 5000 years old before the populations
reach the above aggregate, and there ID
no great probability that they win al
come TO uG
If the whole population of Europe could
remove into the United States this year,
We would number les than SIS, ZOO, 900
That woald be (exeluding Alaska and
also rejecting all water surfaoesl l2e per
sons TO the square mile Of our land area
Belgium supports above 4so % the square
mile, Crest Britain and Ireland above 7es
Itaiy shove als, the Netherlands abov'
2s1, Japan above "a, Germany sbov'
s01, Anssria-H Hungary above I5s, Den
marx shove ISL, France shove lea, Britial
Indis sbovs 200, Swisssriand abovs ter
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

"A table in the Bulletin de StGtisgsss
of the French Ministry of France exhibits
the value of q tobacco monopoly 1t Is
exercised by the French government, and
yielded in 1915 . net profit of "a, 4O0, 900.
The revenue increased yearly, and In Is45
had risen to SIG, 400, 900; but this gain
had only been obtained in thirty years;
the next increase of tl0, O0O, 900 was real
lied in 1850, or in fifteen years; IN 1857
further gain of slO,OOO,OOO was OBJ
tanned. The Franco-German war checked
the progression after this; but in seven
years a fourth gain of $4,000, 900 was
announced, and by the close of 1880 the
rate of increase had been so maintained
that the total profit on the sale Of to-
bacco stood at &56, 500, 900.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

The total number Of domestic and
foreign money orders issued 1t the New
York post-of6ce during the year ending
December 81, was "a ,2ss, and the money
valne of the orders was l,sse, s0s-s7-
The fees thereon was 41A.s70 * n-~A-
were paid on letter Of credit accounts 20
the amount of sl0,255, ss2.O5. The do
nestle and foreign orders paid and repaid
amounted to, ss,ss2, so1.o2. There were
s62, 632 international orders received and
certified to Europe for ss,l7s,7ls7s,
which, with other items, makes the total
business of the year s5s, Ss2, 1881, N
increase over 1880 Of t7,7sl, ols.77.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

TEE WAT1O SAVE Ia C0UUH-La
Northern people - Sos1h y - ww1z
and S0utheEn peopks ec2s Eurzh n -
summer, and let ths y0rlg q go 80
tons faL IN lsxe wi<h enak o<h@ and dea
little marrying, and whem Garrherz -
Southern grzndD0ehen C frzsslEng b@sk
and f0r1h % viziE ehs hnhlsg - -
naturally eous upo1 - sss1e, go ~
md al ssstiond 7-fszlizE- Er@ -
sonal obsergEEi8a ws Esesullend pzzy
e intsrsss1s mnrrARz ~ ths nzn -
ye1rz, and ths es1zuy III bs So
MzzusgmkSs 6lsG
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

COTTON SEED.-The New Orleans Dem
ocrGt says: From all portions of the coun-
try comes the information that the amount
of seed to the staple is unprecedented in
the history of cotton The average to
Mississippi, this season, is reported to be
1000 pounds of seed to bale of lint,
whereas, in other years, it rarely exceeds
1900 pounds. The result win be, if the
same average holds good for the entire
country, heavy excess of production in
cotton seed The receipts of cotton seed
at this port would seem to indicate this.
We have received to date 27l ISL sacks
of cotton seed, as against l75,OOo last
year, an increase of "a per cent. Our
cotton receipts for the same period have
been increased but slightly, less than 8
per cent.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28


Go aslA a - m q hnkEla ~ los
&c WIZ 4 b elzloG to&n9;
IsFthe yenE1 - -, - - Ysars coma IA.
HaRzrAinns q tAnae uho na7 Ioae O. win
ofthoss whe ~ wsrk Or play.
Ana ~ troops mareA steadily On, my hoy.
To ne army euna before
Yea nay hnmr Che nomnA Of fallen fsef
0oing down @ the river where the two worlds
meek,
Thsy 90 TO rssurn no more.
Thersis room for ron In the ranks. NV how.
And dufy, too, assigned;
step into he mont with eheerfnI xr.ce-
Be quick, Or ano1hef nay take your plaee
And yCa may be lea behind
Temptation Win wit By The way. nv boy.
Temptations without and within.
And spirits Of evf1, I'm robes a fair
n the holiest angels In Heaven wear
WIN mre you TO deadly ain.
TAen put On the afmor Of God, INV how.
In the beautiful days OF youth:
Put on the helmet, breastpin IN shield
And the sword that the feeble arm NAV WELD
In the cause Of right and truth.
And 20 to the battle Of life, my boy.
With the peace of the gospel shod
And before high Heaven do the best Won can
For the great reward, for the good OF man.
For the kingdom and crown of God.
-HsBss LIFE in Song.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

John billiard, President Of the Ne
chanics' and Laborers' Bank Of jersey
City, New Jersey, which suspended No
vember I'd, 1878, has been convicted Of
conspiracy to dsfr.nd deposItors, and Is
been sentenced 70 eighteen months IN tAe
States prison James Donnellsn, Sscrs-
tazy, and Dr.. Thomas O'CsIlahxn, dirse-
ter, were sentenced TO pay . fne Of $50
each Sentence was suspended On Adam
J. Dittmar, Jeremiah Sweeney, Patrick
She&ron, and others Of the ooayietsd g
rsctors. The court vs. crowded with -
positors- billiards sentences w.s -
planded he broke down and his vie
tainted.