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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17

TENT (ArEErIIIARS.--Is the foliage of
any Of Your fruit trees rddlcd as if Just
passed through combined hail-storm
! and cvclone? II so a thousand new col
"nics OF tent caterpillars have been added
t" the destroying hosts, preparing to at
tack yours and your neighbor's orchards
next year. They are the first caterpillars
t" appear in the spring, coming with the
first tender foliage, and the last to leave
II the summer, multiplying and spreading
A. long AS the foliage will serve their
voraci"nS stonachs They do great dam
age to trees by dcvourng their early TO
liagr, preventing fruit and cxhausting the
trees IN the effort to reproduce foliage to
cover their naked limbs \ wise farmer
viii pursue them to the death Don't de-
pend on the birds. No bird within our
knowledge ever attempts to eat the long
haired brisrling reptile. \ fire brand is
the only remedy after they hatch out
Tie it at the end of pole, reach up and
immotatc the monster in his wigwam.
p> Dn.-That pcnnyroyal distributed
Ia places frequcntcl by reaches will drive
them away; that Wild mint will keep rats
and mic" ont of Your house, and, it is
said, will also keep them from entering
corn stacks; that leaves of parsely, eaten
with a little vinegar, will prevent the dis
agreeable consequences Of tainted breath
by onions.
OEANDE RS.-Stir half 4 pound
of tl"ur t" halt an ounce of butter, add
the yolks OF two eggs and milk enough
to make a batter that will drop from a
spoon. Beat thoroughly and add halt a
salt spoonful of salt and the whites of
two eggs. Peel and cut oranges in thin
round slices, using Il very sharp knife.
Dip the slices in sugar and then in the but
ter. Pineapple trittcrs may be made in
the same way, cutting the slices Of pine
apple into triangular pieces and soaking
them in wine ii You wish.
Dr>r uN TKEEs-A very influential
agricultural journal argues from facts of
observation that so far from roadside dust
njuring fruit trees, it seems to benefit
them by keeping off insects which are
never found rs bad on trees near the pub
lie roads as on those at distance. We
are not able to say how much truth is con-
tanned in this observation, but if dust is
remedy for the insect evil pyrethrum
will soon be at discount.
The SHIRE IIoRsE.-The English draft
or Shire horse is black or bay, about II
hands high, 1900 pounds, short, blocky,
compact, heavy boned and muscled, back
short, shoulders and loins long and pow.
erful, legs large and firm; horse of in
telligence and docility, of even temper, a
ready and agreeable worker, Of prodigious
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17

Ned Dillon is one of the oldest brake
men running into New Orleans, and when
the boys noticed him knocking around
the street and apparently doing nothing,
they asked him what was the matter.
After blushng a great deal-and when a
brakeman bushes it is time to buy an
overcoat-he said: We'll, I'm laying
off for while, but guess I'll go to work
again in few days"
Have you been sick ?"
"Oh no. I'm all right, he replied,
blushing again, but You see Pve got TO
lay of: Pm going to hitch on to the
prettiest little trick that ever moved
She's dandy-a regular palace car with
mahogany lining and paper wheels, and
"a soon as preacher couples us together
Pm going to pull her down the road Of
life just as easy as | can. She is willing
to trust me AZ her engineer, and YOU can
bet your last cent that we will never have
a collision or jump the track if can help
it. Pve been thinking for long time
that the best thing could do was to get
married and Pm going to do it. You
see, for some time | have been running
wild with not a single brake Of any kind
set to check me, and stopping for moth
ing. This kind of thing will not do, be.
cause a man is liable at any moment to
strike an open switch, and that ends him.
| tell you what, Pve often run a whole
night without taking drop of water ip
my boiler, and the next morning | would
wake up with all my coppers hot and not
a chunk left in my tender to fire up
breakfast with. There is no sense in it,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17
ny has come TO decision as to its proper ac-

panv has come To 4 decision as ~ its proper ac-
tlon
1t rests in the voltion of the company as is
recognized in the General Instructions issued
from your Office, whether or not it will assert its
tile tn lands occupied under homestead and
other entries, after the survey OF its line which
III this case was in 1889.
The company lad heretofore decided Ia make
1ciinqmShmenls III tavcr OF actual settlement
prior to December l3, 1870, and To accept sub
s'ltutc lands, as was made known AT the time to
ihc Department. Subsequent To that date .lcrc
have been numerous additional entries
Nine hundred and forty-nn homestead entries
have been made on the line between Waldo and
Tampa bay SIX hundred and twentv-eisht of
which wer" made since the 18th OF December
lN,j, being tw"-ihird> of The whole This is a
Argr number and they cover eighty thousand
one hundred and thirty-nine acres of the first
choice 0t the granted land, which the company
il deprived OF.
On the other hand. NEST of these actual settlers
have made Improvements upon the lands they
occupy. some of them doubtless of much value
lh" company would, Of course, refuse to appro-
lrac 70 lis benefit the labor and outlay of the
settler which these Improvements represent, but
on the contrary would desire to sustain and slim
ulatc their efforts. The entries were innocently
made by Tho m in the reasonable belief that they
were acquiring lawful I'd unquesti0nable right
t" ~" l%"A :. !a:6 M, ,,"rtier Of them were
recent immigrants AMI ignorant 0t The fact that
these lands had been Withdrawn from market
many years back 10y your departments which
withdrawal had Indeed never been formally re
volcd
III due consideration of All the circumstances,
he company has decided to extend the relin-
4'Il>hmcnt or waiver heretofore made, tn all ac-
hib '~'"t ."" settlers who made Improvements
prior /" ih" sixteenth day of March, 1881 upon
which, day your instructions were issued to the
'ocai itud officers. The Department can accord
ln@ly apply This waiver or accomplishment in its
acton Up"n The cases of all such actual settlers
Nho Shall nave entitled themselves to patents
IN mixing this rclnIushmcnt, the company
't'-erN" "a" rlEhl to select under the act of June
-! lN't, equal quantities ot other lanl in lieu of
tracts embraced in such entries rs NAV be re-
i'"Y"d hereby. Very respectfully,
ID. H. IULEE, President
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17
= %T0IsN OF THE WAR.

"iiath " relates in the New York T'is
1u", how two supposed dead soldiers
met ami recalled IN incident of battle
The EN Confederate General Gordon
tolC m an interesting story about two
interviews te held with General Barlow.
At Sh.rpslurg Barlow was apparently
mortaI!T wounded and fell into Gordon's
han!>. G'"r'lon took a liking to him and
asked ii hr.coulI do something for Bar
low.
< ! tlink nat, general, said the Young
man. shall be buried here, no doubt
| 10 net expect to live. But YOU can do
one thing t'!r me. Here is a package Of
letters from my wife, which | wish YOU
To destroy before my eyes"
tlor Ion, who was then a young man
also, fo"k The letters and was about to
.'lrsnp: them, when Barlow, with bub-
bic at his throat, murmured Would
yot take III" trouble to read me one of
them first: Any one will do"
''"r'lon opened one of the letters and
read it t" the dying man-his last friendly
words, perhaps, from home Then the
letters were destroyed But the incident
Touched Gordon So hat he made a special
tNtllhH ~ nave lDdrloW sent through the
lines or to have his wife admitted to him.
liis being done the two armies fell apart
ANA these inen saw each other no more.
G'rdon considered Barlow to be dead.
harlow had also seen that a Gen. Gordon
had been killed somewhere. They met
again at Il friendly table in Washington,
bat did no, know each other, through the
changes ot. time
After somc lapse Gordon said "Gen-
eral Barl"H, are you a relative of that
Harlow who was killed at Antietam -
No., said the General, 81 am the same
n'an. -\r" y"u any relative" inquired
Barlow, il turn, ""f that General Gordon
III" va" hilr,l ON the IOnIeder-
ale sid = That was nv cousin; am
John Gordon" Then at the request
Of the persons WHO overheard, Bar low
tod the tale, amid tears and emotion on
every side
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17
An ELEPHANTS REASONING
ROHVERS

An elephant belonging to an engineer
had a disease i'll his eyes, and had for
three days been completely blind. His
owner asked DR.. Webb, physician, if he
could do anything for the relief of the
poor animal DIR. Webb replied that he
was willing to try on one ofthe eyes the ef-
feet of nitrate of silver, which was a rem
edy commonly used for similar diseases
of the human eve The animal was ac-
cortlngly made to lie down, and when
the nltrat" of silver was applied uttered
terrific roar AZ the acute pain which it
occasuncd. But the effect was wonder
itl, Tor til" eye was in a great degree re-
stored, and the elephant could partially
see. The doctor was in consequence
really to operate similarly on the other
eye on the following day, and the animal
when he vas brought out and heard the
doctors voice, lay down of himself, placed
his head quietly on one side, curled up
his trunk, drew in his breath like hu-
man beng about To endure a painful op-
eration, gave a sigh of relief when it was
oyer, and then, by motions of his trunk
and other gestures, gave evident signs
OF wishing to express his gratitude Here
we plainly see in the elephant memory,
understanding an,l reasoning from one
thing to another. The animal remem-
bered tn" benefit that he had felt from the
application To one eye, and when he was
brought to the same place on the follow
ing day and heard the operators voice
he conclndcd that a like service was to be
done to his other eve.
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Florida Mirror. !
III Homestead Settlers ON Railroad
Lands

The article in the LrcSburo Nc,rS- ID
rance, OF 9Th of juno, seems 10 have been
written for the pnrpoS" Of creating The
impression that the PeninSular and rrop-
ical Florida Railroads intend t" li>roS
se>> persons who hav" madr actual sit l.-
ment under homestead entries upon rail
road lands prior To March Ii l~~i.
The writer of the article "~-ulnc> tia,
the present managers of hrcompanv will
disregard the assurances made hv Mir.
\ ulee tthc them President ui The compa-
nies), i'll his letter addressed to the Com
missioner of the General Land Office,
dated june -, I~~l, bat he give, not the
slightest reason for his assumptions We
believe the spirit al librrnliiy rviircd in
the letter of Mr. Iucr will be carried
ont by the present managers, and that
the settlers lav" no reason to apprrhpnd
the danger of which The .N,~S .l1,,tuc,
makes itself the herald tn warn them.
Possibly the " rs. ll'un, i, anxious L.
name the " thoroughly competent per
sol" etc, to 80 to " a-hngt"n AMI look
after tn" interests ot the settlers
For the information OF any interested,
We rcpubish the letter Of Mr.. \ ule.., to-
gethcr with the circular published bv Mr..
Corley, Land Commissioners ot the c"nla
nie-, May |, lo-2:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17

Texas papers claim that the profits
on cattle raising in that State have aver
aged 100 per cent. i'll the past five years,
%inle IN some cases they have reached
500 per cent, and the claim is substan-
tiated by an array of statistics that
abnndantlv prove the case. The profit
fer the first year is nominal, the second
year 1t averages 10 per cent, the third
year 80 per cent, the fourth year so
per cent, and the fifth year 20 per cent.
The average loss by disease and casualty
during the same period has been Is per
cent, or per cent. annually The ex-
tension ot the railroad system of Texas is
expected to increase the profits of the
business, as it does away with the great
risks involved in long drives.
Hotel Clerk :" There is a newspaper
man who has been stopping with us dur
ing the week and he has Just called for
his bill 1t we are liberal with him per-
haps he will give us a good notice"
Landl"rd-' A capital idea Tell him
there will be no charge" Clerk" Yes,
SIR" Landlord calling clerk back)-
Anybody with him 2" Clerk" Yes,
Sir; his wife, Landlord" All right
charge her double rates" y Boston 7fan-
script.
"A lady in Norwich, Conn, seventy
two years of age, has just begun to take
lessons on the piano. 1t is not stated how
her neighbors offended her that she
should resort to such a diabolical re-
venge.
An Indiana woman applied for di-
yorcc on the ground Of extreme cruelty,
because her husband was continually
stealing her face powder to shine up his
big brass watch chain.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17
.Sa - EH q. ssEN-BANIN On THE
FEDERAL. UNION.

Nr. benjamin, formerly Secretary of
state Of the Confederate government. at-
ter = wonderfully successful career, has
retired from activ" practice at the English
bar Mr.. Ben amin has not only been a
close student Of his profession, but also of
m"u and OF governments, and his opinions
upon all subjects are entitled to Respect.
tor they come from a mind trained bv
hard study and profound Thought Are
cent writer says of him:
The narnc Of Judah p Benjamin. as painted
"a lilc door oi his Lon hon Office ha, a tr,nk.n-
@,nsly elongated u Producing the first word
q solitary !, king + in HE middle. and the
whole is brought 10 An ungrncetul termination
l.! g'-atlIic y \ quaint knuckcr, which
has done service for over 100 year. hangs over
ihr ,it0. Mr. benjamin Says that in this office
u" hi- canned S69i0t4 since 1861, Talking with
|; iSton WroN correspondent thoui the rebel
lion. he remarked: SO tar rs the war contrib
ucl 10 thc abolition OF slavery. | believe it WAS
Tor goo! so far rs il shed the bad blood which
hai always hrcwcl between The North and
south, and brought Z final settlement To these
Qup}Ici>-H n Nll>lnt - which could have been con
cinied III no other way-it was tor good Lut it
i no 10 'o readily admitted that, had The re
sui b an different the prosperity which the
North enjoys Muud not have been possessed by
the South Her position could scarcely be
1t j. IOliy To say that :Iu4 a, "a
That part of it. AT least, which is embraced in the
territories "i the Federal States, is not large
enough for more than one nation. On the CON
unlN. th"t" i room tor as many as are in Europe,
aud prosperity ior every one OF them. | believe
'Ttm my hear that the structure called the Fed
":tl ~'a''S OF America will TALL apart some day
lt"n IL VclV weakness.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17
TROU KLE BORROWERS

here many a trouble
Would break like a bubble
And INTO the waters of Lethe depart
Did We not rchrarsc IT,
And tendcrly nurse il
And give II a perlnan' nj place in the heart
There's many sorrow
Would vanish tomorrow
Were We hnt willing to furnish the " mos
So sadly ntruding
And quietly broodlng,
II hatchcs all sorts of horrible things
How welcome the tlnnw
or looks that are heamng
Whether ones wealthy or whether ou,'@ l,,,u!
Eyes bright rs berry,
Cheeks red as a cherry
he 9rOan and the curse and The leartac an err
Resolve 10 he merry.
4 II worry tu ferry
Across the famed waters that hid rs forget
And nu longer hc ielrtul
But he happy ana cheerful,
W. feel lii, has much thai worth liNtng fnr VET
Tn,sip Nnrt-t4.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17

"A curious experiment was made re-
Gently at Paris to determine the power of
a crocodile's jaw. The animal was fixed
on table with its upper jaw connected
with dynamometer. An electric shock
caused him to give a sudden snap. Three
hundred and eighty pounds was marked
on the instrument. 1t was calculated that
the contractie force of the muscles cals-
ing movement was $40 pounds. The
muscle of an ordinary sporting dog had
$50 pounds Of contractile force.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17

The Philadelphia Press concludes an
article on the crop outlook as follows:
Fortunately for the general prosperity
food is now certain to be cheap. Wheat
is going to be low, because the supply in
the United States is larger than ever be-
fore. The corn crop promises well, and
the first sign of ts effect is seen in the
McGeoch failure. 1t is now apparently
certain that people who buy their food
will find next fall that eighty-fve cents
will go as far in filling the market basket
az dollar last year
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17
FERNANDINA, Fla

FERNANDINA, FLA, June 2j, 1881.
10 tie Commissioner n Me GentyM LaHd Ofict,
Washington
SIR: Referring to my letter to you of 26lh
April uliimo, ] beg leave to say that having
now sufficiently ascertained the general facts rel
alive to entries on the line OF It's road the com
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17

=" Instead of dying out" says the
Central Presbyterian, "the Jewish body
shows increasing vitality. They cannot
be stamped out or swallowed up. They
pass from country to country to become
practically masters wherever they go
They get the land in Germany and Hun
gary, and grow rich in Russia they are
the great bankers in London and Paris
and the centres of European commerce.
In ten (recent) years the Rothschilds fur
nished floO,ooo,ooo in loans to England,
Austria, Prussia, France, Russia and
Brazil. They increase faster than Chris
tians, and Of every 100000 persons only
80 Jews die to l43 Christians"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17
BALL & LONG,
REAL ESTATE DEALERS AND AGENTS,
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA.

fH- Large and small tracts of improved and unlm
proved lands in Leon and Whkulla counties, suitable
fo. staple farm crops, fruits. truck farming daryng
and general stock raising. especially sheep FOR SALE
at low prices and on easy terms. ;
k- Some specially desirable locations on Lakes Jack
soi LAFAYETTE and Bradford In Leon county and on the
hiph hammock shores OF the Wakua and St Marks n
err in Wakulla county, within few miles Of the Gull,
with abuAdance OF fish, oysters and game.
kxr- Both State and Government lands selected and
antered for parties upon application.
eN- Maps plats and descriptions furnished.
We have complete Abstract Of Thss to every acre oi
land Leon county carefully compiled from County ne
cords and Probate Once.
Information of Middle Florida its lands climate, soil
productions and cheerfnly furnished and cor
respondence solicited tmsrch i4' io0--V
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17
TirketS, 81: Halves, 81.
1'hr Royal Havana official List Ebe-
CiLIe> Every HeriZc.

d. ~ Subject TO no manipulation, not controlled
~ tlc PARTIES ii interest, honestly managed, il j.
ihr :ircst, sIuarc>t and best thing in the nature
II j, lottery that could hc conceived
~ See that the name Gould x Go. is on the
sickrt. None other are genuine
. ALL PRIZES PAID on PRESENTATION.
1-gf- For information and tickets apply To
SHIPSEY COMPANY General Agents.
12l2 Broadway, New York City,
Or Is f. Randolph Street Chicago, H.,
or .No. B. FEkNANDEZ,
Avg 1y Savannah, Ga
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miscellaneous Advertisements.
STRONG
FACTS/

A great many people are asking
what particular troubles BROWNS
Iron RIIIERs is good for.
1t will cure Heart Disease. Paral.
ysis, DropSy, Kidney Disease, Con
'umption. Dyspepsia. rheumatism.
Neuralgia, and all similar diseases.
Its wonderful curative power is
simply because ii purihes and en-
'1ches the blood, thus beginning at
the foundation. and 10y building up
the system. drives out all disease.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-19
THE cENTER OF POPULATION.

The center of population In the United
States was twenty-five miles from Balti-
more in 1890, and has moved westward at
the average rate of about fifty.one miles
every decade, never deviating to the ex-
tent OF degree north or south of the
thirty. ninth parallel. The greatest progress
was between the years 1850. 60, when it
travelled eighiy-one miles from a point in
Virginia TO twenty miles south of Chillicothe,
Ohio. This movement was caused by the
settlement Of the Pacific Coast. The CEN
ter of population in 1870 was forty. eight
miles northwest of Cincinnati. According
to the last census the center had advanced
westward fifty-eight miles, and detected
to the south about eight, being near the
village of Taylorsville, KY, about eight
miles from Cincinnati. 1t is anticipated
that the next census will find it in Jen.
nings county, Ind. Surprising the west
ward movement of population to continue,
the central point should cross the Missis-
sippi about 1850, not far from the mouth
of the Missouri. 1t is considered proha.
bic, however, that It will never 60 SO far
westward, as there are large areas in the
West which are. only adapted fer mining
and grazing pursuits, and will support but
a acanty population. The increase in the
region beyond the Mississippi, after the
close of the present century, may not much
more than counterbalance that of the rest
of the country, in which case the center of
population will remain almost stationary
in Southern Illinois
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-19
THE VERDICT.

The verdict of the Coroner's jury in the
case of the Fourth-street school-house dis.
aster, New York, was looked for with
much interest. Now that it has been
rendered it is found to be very disap.
pointing. The jury found that the build
ing was of insufficient capacity for zoo
children that the stairways were too mar
row and should have been strongly rallied
in on both sides that there should have
been some one with power to care for the
stoves and sweepings and lastly, that
"alarm drills" should be had in all
schools, and competent drill-master ap.
pointed to direct them. And this is all.
No blame is fixed anywhere. Whose fault
was it that the school building was over
crowded? Who was to blame for con-
structing the narrow and insecure stair
ways? To these questions propounded by
the whole country the jurors make no
reply. But there is some good to be
drawn from their sileace. It will put
school authorities upon inquiry as to the
condition of school. houses generally, for it
may be that when the next school-house
panic and resulting horror occurs less
timid jury may render less impersonsl
,,ard,ot