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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-12-25

I'll wait and acc the lady," said Sam.
The divil fly away wild ye for a stub
born pig" said McGinness, shaking his
grimy fist at him. 81 hope she'll be af-
ther havin' ye arristel for stalin' it.
With which friendly wish he went back
TO his cart again and drove away
Sam strolled about the strcets-hc was
too nervous to go home-until the two
hours had passed, and then he once more
presented himself at Mrs Vandcrdcck's =
door. The servant received him little
more graciously this time, and ushere,l
HIM at once into the presence of a hand
some, middle-aged lady, who WAS sitting
before table on which her breakfast was
laid, slipping chocolate from the daintiest
cup he had ever seen
You want to nee me, my boy ?" she
said in pleasant voice.
Yes, ma'am," replied Sam, his cheeks
growing red. 81 found a bracelet" tax
ing it from his pocket, ain an old trunk
it wasn't very old, though-that l
bought from The man that takes away
your ashes, and the trunk came from this
house, and the bracelets got " on it,
and 80 supposed it was yours"
"Dear me how strange" said the lady,
as she took it from his hand. 81 lost that
bracelet fifteen years ago And Pm sure
that that trunk was thoroughly searched
for it. Whereabouts III it did you find
it 20
Sam told her, and then somehow or
sprained wrist, and Flppy's cut hand, and
IL
the situation he lost, and the temptation
to keep the bracelet The lady listened
with the greatest interest, asking ques-
ton now and then, and when Sam had
finished sho said " You are good boy,
and your mother ought to be proud of
you," and ringing a little bell that stood
at her right hand, the servant man ap
pcarcd again and showed him to the
door.
Well" said Sam, when he found him
self III the street once more, She didn't
give me even cent That McGinncss
must be right about rich folks mcanness
and she seemed real nice lady, too.
But he wasn't right about what he
wanted me to do with the bracelet oh,
no indeed To have done that would
have been stealing, and rve never stolen
anything yet, and don't intend to begin
now. And Pm glad the old bracelets
where it belongs, and glad again that
didn't say anything to mommy about it,
But now that it's all over I'll go home
and tell her the whole story"
Sam was wrong. McGinncse ,nox,4t
fright" when he declared that all the
rich people were mean. Some of them
may be, but certainly the Vanderdecks
were not. For Christmas morning early
came hamper filled with choice grocer
les and huge turkey for Widow Magill,
a basket of toys and candies for Flippy
and Sallie Magill, a new dress for Mary
Augusta Magill, and a note for Master
Sam Magill, which read As follows
MASTER SAM MAGiLL: have good
situation in my office for just such 4 boy
as you are. Call at my house to morrow
at ten A. M. And accept the incloscd as
a Christmas gift.
"CHARLEs A. VANbERnEck"
The inclosed" was a hundrel-dollar
bill. And 80, as you may well imagine,
the Magills, big and little, had a Merry
Christmas after ALL
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-12-25

Again, and yet again, Christmas {" re-
turns with the revolving year." and, as it
has been for so many centuries, will be
again celebrated with the advent of frost
and ice amid the depths of winter-at
least in the northern half of the world !;
for i'll the southern hemisphere Christmas
comes hand in hand with midsummer,
and is welcomed, not by blazing logs, but
with picnics under the cool shade Of
trees, though even here the old associa-
tions hold their sway and roast beef and
Christmas puddings appear upon the
board.
TO the poets Christmas has always been
dear, and has been celebrated by them in
some of the finest poetry in our language.
One of the finest Christmas carols ever
written is that of Milton, which was
written when he was very young. 1t is
descriptive of the first Christmas day,
when there was can universal peace
through sea and land"
Nor war nor batte's sound
Was heard the world around
The idle spear and shield were high uphung
The hooked chariot stood
Unstaned with battle blood
The trumpet spake not to the armed thrOng
And kings sat still with awful eye,
Al if they surely knew their sovran Lord WAS nigh
Leigh Hunt, in strain Of most pleas
ant banter, writes of Christmas as the
Glorious time of great Too Much,
Too much fire and too much noise
Too much babblement of boys;
Too much eating, too much drinking,
Too much ev'rythng but thinking;
Solely bent to laugh and stuff,
And trample upon base Enough.
This is truly seasonable poetic license
running over, as it were, of animal
spirits, which was characteristic of the
man, even under the most severe depres-
sion For no one advocated more strongly
than he did the restriction of enjoyment
of what he here terms "base Enough" I"
and the distribution of the surplus of the
great Too Much amongst those who un-
fortunately are innocent of all familiarity
with Enough.
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CHRISTMAS.

Hark throughout Chrstcndom JOY bells are ring
ing;
From mountain and valley, o'er land DER sea,
Sweet choral melodies pealing and thrilling,
Echoes Of ages from far Gsalilee;
Christmas is here,
Merry old Christmas,
Gift bearing, heart touching, joy-bringing Christ
mas,
Day of grand memories, king of the year
In volume majestic deep anthems pealing,
Harmonies heavenly swell on the air;
Lofty and lowy in brotherhood kneeling,
Peasant and prince mingle praises and prayer;
Christmas is here
Sanctifed Christmas
Christ-bearing, life-givng, soul-saving Christmas
Day of fond memories, king Of the year.
Tender rcmcmbHnccs seftly are stealing
Over the souls OF the weary and worn;
Mists of the past, full of balm and of healing
Soothing the sorrow of sad and forlorn
Christmas is here
Many voiced Christmas
Griefsoothing, heart-cheering, hOpebearing Christ
Day of sweet memories, king of the year
Day OF the poor, bringing Jesus the lOwly,
bearer of burdens and giver of rest,
Comforter, Savior Redcemor most holy;
.Christianity's birth time, eternallY blest
Christians is here,
Mcrcifu Christmas,
Faith-raisng, love hearing, all blessing Christmas
Sweetest and holicst day of the year
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NOTICE
10 Purchasers of Lands, Railroad
/ Companies and Others.

kT>O SECURE PARTIES FROM PURCHASING
IL worthless lands, the undersigned, who first
itrctched chain on the public domain of Florida
ghiry-four years ago. will visit, inspect, survey,
geographically sketch any parcel of land in the
$sate and make report on the same as to its quail
IL. Cfoath. &c.
itWi attend to the selecting and mapping of lands
III RailroaI Companies and Others. Will engage
e most reliable real estate agents and the best IN,
H,fDI,st attorneys in matters pertaining to land
s3aats, stiles and land matters generally. Will eX-
fa,in* the complications in the public land surveys
did Held notes. viii make estimates, surveys and
ftcatidns of proposed railroads at short notice. and
will make surveys of small unsurveyed parcels and
lsla1ds OF L. : lands according to the instructions
II tho L =. Surveyor General
8 H. s. DUVAL, Tallahassee, Fla
~ Office At the Capitol. State Engineer for the
Hoard of Internal Improvement
Y HIlcffaiI.r
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Tho sun uses it's power Of brightness
to shine the violet on the bank uses it's
power of fragrance to breathe it forth;
and all things are using their powers up
to their highest capacities. All but man
man alone is guilty of what may be
called the great sin of unused power.
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Mobile Register.l
IRISH POTATOES.

Last saeason the Ohio Agricultural EN-
pertinent station made some interesting
and instructive experiments with different
fertilizlng agents AZ a top dressing for the
Irish potato. Plots were accurately
measured, and, so far AZ possible, each
fertilizer was applied 80 that its effect nr
non-ctfect could bc readily determined
Some of the materials tried seemed to
subserve no good purpose, but were a
positive injury. The fertilizers tried weia
hardwood ashes, coal ashes, lime, gyrt
sum, salt, hen manure, and mixture oi
ashes and plaster, and one of ashes and
lime. They were applied May 20th,
when the potatoes were were about two
inches above the ground
1t was a rough test-tried upon crop
that was planted without special refer
ence to experimental work the main oh.
ject in view being to learn something OF
the deficiencies and needs of the grounds.
The application was rigorous, and the
following Indications are among the clear,
est and most obvious l. Good hard wood
ashes are one of the best fertilizers that
can be applied to the potato. 1t gave an
increase over the natural yield of the land
SuCu as W Hltkc IlS uSC, dI LIlC ldLo oE
seventy five Bushels to the acre, at TWEEN
ty-tive cents bushel, profitable. .. a
mixture OF ashes and plaster-ten parts
by weight of the former to one Of the lat
ter-gave about the same results, while
plaster alone had no effect. 3. No ad-
vantage whatever was derived from the
use of lime, which seems to Indicate tina,
there is already sutficicncy of that ma
terial in the soil. (. Salt must be used.
with caution; anything over five bushels.
per acre did more harm than good up.
to this amount its use will generally be-
attended with profit. 5. Coal-ashcs had
"A most marked beneficial effect. Spread
thickly between the rows and thoroughly.
incorporated with the soil, their mcchan.
cal effect was greater than the chemical:
effect of any of the fertilizers tried q.
manure, made fine and scattered
freely close To the rows, gave excellent
results also. 1t appeard to be about the
same value As wood ashes. The follow
lng result is given:
Earl, Ohio~ wood ashes .. 10 hushel- per acre
hen manure Isl "
Snow FLAX" wood ishc, AI d"
hen manure G<5
The object of these bret notes is To-
induce careful observation and to ncitc
experiment.
The fertilizers named above can be ca
silly and cheaply obtained in many parts
OF the country; that theyic..n generally
be used with profit we believe. Every
farmer should give them fair, careful
trial and await the result If they seem
to do no good, do not at once condemn,
but vary the time and methods of appi
cation and try again. If good results do
not then follow, it may reasonably be con
cluded that for your soil and climate they
are not the fertilizers needed Whatever
the results of individual experiments may
be- it will still be true that in many locali-
ties wood ashes, lime, gypsum, and salt
(somc one or more of these) are among
the best and cheapest fertilizers known.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-12-25
Leigh Hunt, in strain of most plea.
ant banter, writes of Christmas as the

"A Philadelphia lawyer, too proud to
allow his friends to suppose that he prac-
tices in tho divorce courts, advertises
" Misft marriages speciality"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-12-25
|, BALL & LONG,
real ESTATE DEALERS AND AGENTS.
J. TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA.

EsS" iarge and smal tracts of improved and unim-
s}royss lands in Leon and Wakua counties,-satable
aYr staple farm crops fruits, truck farming, dairying,
itnd General stock raising, especially sheep,
~ in1 prices and on easy terms.
, feF Some specially desirable locations Lakes Jack
n Lafayette and Bradford, in Leon county and the
iSh hammock shores Of the Wakulla and st Marks rv
ffs, ia Wakulla county within few miles Of the Gulf
with abundance of fish, oysters and game.
kE Both State and Government lands selected and
fntnred for parties upon application.
!. eTr Maps plats and descriptions furnished
We have complete Abstract Of Titles every of
jAd In Leon county carefully compiled from County Re-
tnrds Probate Office.
Iaf,rWation OF Middle Florida its lands climate soil
irts;sons and cheerfuly furnished and
tees,obls.nCe solicited March II, lSs2-ly
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FARM FOR RENT.

&N - week made at home by the industrious.
~ AL Best business now before the public. Capital
MI nut needed. We win start y0u. Men, women.
WA II boys and girls wanted everywhere TO work for
nrt MeM s the time. Yon work In spare time, or
gs yOut whole time TO the busness. No other busness
WIG payFyOu nearly well. No one can fail TO make
endNe0 pay, by engaging At once. Costly oafnt and
teetM ffk9. Money made fast, easily, and hon0rAby
AdAteas wRuE d Co., Augusta, Maine. SS-1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
Speaking of the bonanza kings, &C

Speaking of the bonanza kings a cor
respondent of the ST. Louis Globe Demo-
crat says: Flood, Fair. and Mackey are
brawny, full blooded men, with good
color, heightened by good living and
drinking, They dress carelessly and have
all the California characteristics and
easy in address, hail fellows we'll met with
all their friends. Sharon, on the contrary,
could sit for picture of good Connect
cut deacon. He is thin, angular, under
sized, fiat chested with straight iank hair.
whitened BY age. comted down smooth
over his small head; pallid face almost
destitute of expression, and moustache
that adds nothing to the countenance
When he looks at you. however, you
notice q pair of eyes as sharp as those of
weasel, and the quiet gestures show that
the small body has good deal of nervous
energy. He always dresses in plain, black
broadcloth, of ministerial cut, and this
with his white necktie and silk hat, adds
to his clerical appearance. He is one of
the best poker players on the Pacific
coast"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

Great preparations have been going On
for some time past for the ball to be given
by Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Vanderbilt this
evening. Two thousand invitations have
been issued. Arrangements for the floral
decorations have been made on very large
scale, and it is anticipated that the scene
tonight will be one of the most brilliant
ever seen in New York The twin houses
are. to be thrown open so as to appear as
one large building, the spacious vestibule
which separates them being filled with
tropical plants, amid which the spray of a
perfamed fountain will glisten.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

Mr.. John Bundy, Galatia, H., says: 81
used Browns Iron Bitters for general de
bility and found relief"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

The incendiaries who have been KEEP
ing the city of Milwaukee in state of
nervous excitement have been at last dis
covered and captured. They consist of a
gang of four little boys, who, Inspired by
reading the "Cow Boy" Buffalo Bill
and "Peck's San" class of swashy litera-
ture, formed themselves into a band of
thieves and robbers One of them con-
fesses that they have within a month set
seventeen fires in one ward alone, in the
meantime committing all manner of petty
thefts
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
Phenomena of a Tornado.
From the Little Rock Gazette.

Appalling aec0mpaniments of the cy-
clone were perhaps never more complete
ly illustrated than IN lizard county last
week. The course of the storm was from
southwest to southeast, and commencing
one and Il half miles southwest of Mel
bourne. The swath cut through the
countryi is fifteen miles in length The
width of its track varies from 200 yards
to three quarters of mile. Eight or ten
miles away the cloud accompanying the
tornado was observed to be of an inky
black color, boiling" and almost inces-
sanity Illuminated by flashes of electri-
city. Five miles distant the same char
acter of boiling black cloud was seen to
be followed by a long pillar of intense
white cloud. Nearer at hand the white
cloud, apparently driving the whirling
black one before it, defined itself as pill
lar of fire.
In the midst of the storm the survivors
viewed the cone Of the tornado as a huge
ball of fire rolling GlOng the ground. Mr..
B. B. Toler, of Lacrosse, whose house the
tornado also destroyed, and being in its
very midst, details that the condition of
the center of the cyclone was that of
system of fiery balls as large as ones
thumb, their magnitude greater than any
human being could conceive, and in that
state of apparant ignition HURTING
through the air The experience or hal
lucnation of Mr.. Toler is shared by Others
who were in its midst, and almost every
one wrecked in the storm at Lacrosse is
tattoed with bruises the size Of a quarter
and half dollar, which must have been
done either by mass Of pebblesAeated to
redness or by small bodies OF some kind
having sufficient force to brulse but not
to penetrate the skin
At the distance of eight and ten miles
the flashes of electricity were so incessant
and the commotion Of wind and thunder,
and possibly falling timber, as to almost
paralyze one with terror. Nearer at hand
the sounds were magnitied ten fold, with
also an additional accompaniment for the
ears of those who were first beyond the
edge of the storm of millions of exploding
bombs and torpedoes.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
The Old Ticket.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.

The political tide is in favor of the de
mocracy, and the development OF many
presidential qualifications within the party
is one of the promising signs of much
needed change in control of the govern
ment. Ohio. Indiana, Pennsylvania and
New York abound in statemanship fit for
the consideration of the next democratic
national convention and other states, less
conspicuous in recent political encounters,
have material which will be ready on
short notice
1t does't require moment Of reflection
to make dozen democrats pre- eminent in
the thoughts of the people-men who
have been tried, and any one of whom
would command the united support of
the democracy of the union. But it is
fact. lmpressively illustrating the de
mand of the American people for fair
play, that no ticket has been suggested
which appeals more earnestly to the de-
mocratic sense of justice, and which meets
with greater enthusiasm, than the old
ticket of 1875, Tilden and Hendricks.
The "old ticket movement has a spon-
taneous strength which is almost marvel
Gus and the time is past for treating it
lightly or putting it down with sneers.
No organization in its behalf is visible,
but still it has power with the people.
With the brilliant prospect of democratic
victory next year comes the renewal of the
disposition to vindlcate the men who were
elected in 1876, but were cheated out of
their offices. While the question of the
democratic nomination for the presidency
is, of course, still an epen one, the move
ment toward the sage of Greystone and
the favorite son of Indiana has acquired
such strength that the knowing politicians
have quit shaking their heads and saying
that 1880 was the time for vindicating
Tilden and Hendricks, and, that time
having passed, they can hope for nothing
The fraud still rankles in the breasts of
the people The failure t6 elect the dem
ocratic candidate in 1880, by a narrow
margin, did not help to soften the
democratic heart to the national rascality
of four years before. The told ticket" ap-
pears to be stronger now than it was seven
months before the democratic nation
al convention of 1880. The most out
ldSCUuS bliA hUSuIu 1CpOAbS hS W luE
physical condition of Mr.. Tilden have
failed to lessen his following; and even if
the worst reports as to his health could be
justified, there are thousands of democrats
| who would rather have an invalid execu-
tive than permit the presidential election
to pass without placing the seal of con-
| demnation, with the greatest emphasis
possible, on the greatest outrage on popu-
lar elections in the history of republican
governments.
Mr.. Tilden is a statesman and reformer
of official achievements in the empire state
of the union, and party leader of great
power Mr. Hendricks is a representative
democrat of a state which is of towering
consequence in a presidential election.
Tilden and Hendricks, in addition to being
men of statesmaDlike proportions and
giants of democracy, have the fraud
issue before them, and it is livelier than it
was four years ago. These considerations
will weigh powerfully with the national
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NOTICE.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

FOR SALE-Old papers for sale in any quaint
at this office, cheap.
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convention, unless an unaccountable
revolution in public sentiment takes place
within the next half year.
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CIIE DAILY Argus.

Only Democratic Daily IN the Eleventh Con-
gressional District
j W. POTTER. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, who will be re-
membered as formerly Methodist pastor
in Chicago, and who subsequently be
came Congregational pastor in Brooklyn,
was recently examined by the New YoIk
Presbytery, before being installed as
pastor Of the First Union Presbyterian
church. If Mr.. Craft keeps on he will
earn the title of the great theological
hopper.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
HARNESS MANUFACTURERS.
8auerman. John, 219 seventeenth street
HARDWARE.
Stewart Il Montgomery, 1900 second avenue.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
Wendt, II. 1902 second avel1Ee
EWS DEALERS,
Wimans, j. NJ, Post Office Block
NEWSPAPERS.
The Rock Island DAILY ARGUS; published ever
evening, Sunday eXCepted) in Argus block op
posite Postotfice Best advertising medium in TIL
city.
The Rock island WEEKLY Argus; publishe,
every Friday. fine job department in connec
ton with the establishment
RESTAURANTS AND CoNFECTIONERs.
Krell, Fred, 1919 second avenue
Eyers, Fred, 1611 second avenue.
STATIoNEFs'
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SALOONS.
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Wolff, CHI, Market Square.
Westphal, John, 1872 second avenue
WATcn MAKERS,
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Chicago Market,

CHICAGO. Dee. 12.
LIVE STOCK.
HOGS-Estimated receipts to-day, are 43 0Hl
light 81 s015 30; mixed packing, 81 70Q5 80;
choice heavy, S. 3005 IA, car lots
WHEAT-S0 s8 Jan 50 98E Feb: 81 o5sf MAY
C0RN-G0ss JAN; 595s Feb; 62ss May.
OATS-35 Jan. ash Feb: 391s May.
P0RK-S14 30 JAM; $14 60 Feb.
LARD-Ss go Jan S9 2 Feb. 50 81 May.
RIBs-S7 % Jan. !; So 40 Feb
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Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Dec. II.
Wheat-Unsettled and.easier; cash, $3.50,
January, 97%c; February, 9S1kc; NAV.
81 061s Corn-Easier; No 2, 5Sc asked.
Oats-Scarce; No 2, nominally 36c Rye
Stronger; No /, 57&c. Barley-Firmer: No.
2, 6317@64e, February, 65115 @66c; extra. soc
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terest solicited from every town in Rock Island
and adjoining counties. Letters must reach the
oiiee not later than Wednesdayto insure insertion
lhe came week in the Weekly. All news of spec
ial importance should be sent as soon az received
BY special dispatch or by telephone