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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-04-24
Irish Potatoes.

The Hir,rt6r has always claimed that the
EARLY Rose is not IA suitable potato ior us oplant,
and therefore a failure. We were shown this
week specimen OF Rose and Peerless planted
The same time The Peerless, though not hall
malnrcd, is much larger size than the Rose
reaches even at maturity. This should convince
those that have been inclined to differ with Us.
-L"l' FHg hr~rfCr, irrH 20
We agree with the Reporter that the
Early Rose is not the potato for Florida
truckmcn to plant. While potato sells
better in market or is superior to it for
the table, It's yield of marketable tubcrs
Is greatly inferior to that of many other
varieties. Truckmcn at he East are find
ing thi, out. We printed last week in
the FLoRIIIAN from the Co,utry GENTLE
man the result of an experiment made in
New York with twcnty-ninc different
kind, of potatoes, and there were but
three varieties which yielded less than
the Early Rose and tour which matured
earlier However prolific this popular
variety may have been when first intro
duced, it has certainly dctcriorated since
y IAN ylcld ol good sIM Is now the en-
ccption-thc rule is the other way: few
iirst-class potatoes compared with the
culls, of which latter there is no lack.
The famous Bermuda potato is grown
from the Garnet Red, the seed Of which
is mostly obtained from Nova Scotia 1t
is probably the Chilli Red which with
us is perhaps the most prolific potato we
can grow. 1t is too late, however, to
bring the best prices in the early market,
but its better yield over the Early Rose
or almost any other variety will more
than make up for the difference in price.
An experiment made last year with the
Chill Red by the writer gave at the rate
Of 1863 bushels to the acre. The culls
were comparatively few.
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The Savannah .Ne,ns, i'm an article

The Savannah Ne,ns, in an article OF
length, attacks those writers who are per
sistentlv preaching that the Southern
people are wanting in that spirit of enter
prise which characteristics the people of
the North. 1t shows that the up-growth
of the South since the war was due to the
efforts OF her own people. They under
took great enterprises of improvement,
and it is true received money from the
surplus of the North which was eager for
the investment, for capital was shrewd
enough to know it was good, and by this
purchase of our securities the South be-
came bonded to the y orth and is contin-
ually renting to it vast sums as interest,
but despite this drain the South grows
with constantly increasing impetus. We
extract the closing paragraphs of the ar
ticlc referred to:
Her losses in slaves and other property by the
war have not been badly estimated at $4,000,
100000, sum quite incOnceivable and which
rendered her the happicSt and most independent
country on inc gIoDc unul cmDrOllcu IN Inc
questions which brought on the civil war
But these things having all passed away the
south started out anew, even in that ptiable
condition, to rebuild her waste places Thou
sands of her best citizens dead, emigrated, or
scattered 10 the Jour winds the remainder slowly
recognized, gradually renewed their courage
and lost hope of the country and grew under
hcr own industries to be once more independ-
cnt. Northern capital has not done it, for
Northern capital, originally derived mostly from
The wealth OF the South, stood aOof until it saw
that The South was growing great on It's own re-
>oUcea-thcn, and only then did il flow in TO
share The profits
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Railroad Meeting ON the Meridfan
Route.
w. A HRINGl.E, StSorehlFy.
sunny HILL, FLA, April II, 1888
SLATER's STORE, April 81, lsS:

SIATERs STORE, April 81, 1889.
Pursuant to adjournment the meeting WAS
called To order by the Chairman, Capt X. +.
DOSs
The minutes OF the last meeting were read
Captain H. NJ Sapp, Chairman OF the Commit
tee on Donations, reported donations of lands
and money as follows
Col. John Bradford, $500; Il. ). Williams
$4,000; w r. Wilson, $500 f. II. Afford, 500
J. q Cromartle, $4,000; G. IL. Meginniss 500
A. Anders, $500; Capt. X. p. Doss, $3.50 J. +.
Dickey, $500; w. J Dlckcy, $4,000; T. II,
Dickcy, 800; Mrs. Mary Sloan, 81 800; Capt.
H. NJ Sapp, $1,000; j J. Mash, ST., S2,000; Dr
S. b. Bell, $500
l.. G. McLendon, Esq, attorney for the road,
being called for, explained the position of the
company IN regard to the different routes, domo-
tons, &C. assuring the people that the compa y
has no preference AS to routes but that il Is .
matter of dollars and cents, and that that route
will be adopted which will be cheapest all things
considered
A motion was carried that the Committee ON
Donations be continued, and report at anolhc'
meeting called to meet Skaters Store on Saturday.
May 9TH
\ motion was carried that McsSrs. W. K. vii
son and r. :. Williams, of Tallahassee he added
to the Committee on Donations.
y motion was carried that Mcssrs !. a. An
ders and W j Dickey be appointed to accom-
pany the surveying party and give them AL aid
in their power while surveying This route.
\ motion was carried that the Committee on
Donations make written report 10 :. G. Me
Icndon, Esq. or Railroad Company, Of advan-
tages, &c, OF his route, fertility, timber, &c.
The meeting then adjourned to meet again
May 9TH
r. i. DosS Chairman
{. W HANN ERMAN. Secretary.
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w. BANNERMAN, Secretary.

| have not space in this letter to give more
than Il meagre suggestion Of the work la.
ing in South Florida by the Okeechobee Drain.
age Company. 1t is vast scheme and the
work has but just begun, yet the results are al
ready astonishing The work is done under
contract with The State by which the company re
ceves percentage of the total number OF acres!
reclaimed A canal eight miles in length Wa.
first cut between Lake Okeechobee and the Ca
lOosahatchee river, making an outlet for the
great inland sea- the waters of which have since
been pouring through this artificial escape with
Of Mexico The company then went TO The
northern end of their territory and began system
atcally Strengthening streams making outlets
for lakes which had none and improving those
flowed into Cypress Lake, only four miles dis.
tant, through "A circuitOus stream called Little
river, twelve fifteen miles in length. The
c0mpanys dredgc has cnt Il canal four miles
long between these TWO lakes. 1t is thirty feet
wide and the dredge is half way back again
doubling the width as it comes 10 sixty ieel.
The water runs through this canal ut mill race
speed, and Lake Tahopekaga is already Lowered
three feet. The soil is a marvel of richness. The
water as it falls discloscs an alluvium which IT,
sembes peat Experiments have been made ~
the company which demonstrate remarkable.
fertility. The work is in charge of j. j..
krcamer an efficient civil engineer
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Florida yesterday let her senior Sc

FLORIDA yesterday let her senior Sena-
tor off for vacation, little suspecting the
vicissitudes he may encounter when he
arrives on the British shores The Sena-
tor is an freshman of Irishmen. The rich
roll of his brogue would darken the joys
of the kings of Kerry in envy. His frame
is robust, his eyes are blue, his faxen hair
tell the tale of the " croppy" at a glance.
Now, no sooner will the lynx eyes of the
British police light on this exile from
Erin than he will be taken as an emissary
of O'Rossa. lie has the characteristics
that we vaguely associate with the Fe-
man, and the restless .myrmidons of Brit
ish tyranny, always on the outlook for the
returning son of the sod, will make no
doubt of his identity with "Number ,"
or whole brigade of dynamite conspira-
tors. Philadelphia Press.
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;AIMON CONOVER.
ahe ExHlenatOr 40 Practice HedI
cine Eiews of Florida Politics.

ahe Exenat"r 90 Practice MedI-
i'hiladr,p:, sRecord
Ex.Seuaeor Conover, of Florida is taking his
f-se IN Fas city He has Withdrawn for the
'sme being siiom politics, and is brushing up his
r,edlcal a:t surgical knowledge, with view To-
s-tling 'lf'N in the Land of Flowers as prac
%.cing physician. Some years ago he took
partial coarse in medicine at the University ol
''ennsytvsnia, atterward graduating at a college
"a Nashville. During the war he was stationed
ct the government hospital AT Haddington
Twenty xtrth ward. He also served in the
leld, ard after the war practiced medicine at
iallahas4.". Then his political life came on and
3hysic VA thrown To the dogs Now the shek-
%ls do I,fsscome in fast they did, and the
Ssx-SenucT finds time hanging upon his hands.
tle has bS9n made a surgeon at the office OF the
slarine Hospital in this city. Here there are
Generally: On to fifteen cases each day and prac
seal excellence is gained.
About s.tXt March Mr.. COnover will return 10
. FLORIDA II as to be on hand when the nomna-
tions Tor Governor and other State officers are
made, rs sell as delegates elected to the next
National Republican Convention. Speaking of
soics ir Florida, the Senator said to a reporter
yesterday There is growing feeling upon the
Fart OF OFT people 10 coaesce with the dissatis-
ted Democrats, and make up ticket. do not
Snow wie.her this would be good move or
not III 4 somewhat upon the plan pursued in
the NoriE between the Democrats and dissatis
.9ed ReRfIcans There IS this about il The
]slen WIZ; will make up the State ticket will not
Sind ihetlselves afterward to support our Ma
<ional ticket. The convention which names the
cand0aty, for Governor and other officers also
lects ttir delegates to the National Convention
We ae lpo poor to hold three or four conven-
.ions, butTihc trouble may be averted by calling
? scpara,t convention of Republicans only to Sc
sect Na.sia delegates. The State is not in such
7 condildF now that it can be wrested from the
&'emCc'aC upon square issue between the par
t'es, but tie day is not far distant when it will
hccome Republican again There is large
Northera element constantly moving into
the STARE and settling there. They bring
Northsra ideas and customs with them
and the greater part of them are Republi-
cans. Ehi work will be slow and sure There
will be no movement in politics in the State I'm
til next al,fng. just as in the North here all
the politicians have stepped TO the rear ior q
year or SO. When the time arrives they will all
come The front again This idea of coalition
'i-Maboaing it, as We call it in the South-is
.preading Ri all the States below Virginia upon
state Issues, but the parties stand apart in ma
tonal campaigns"
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Prussia in the last FIVE wears has seen

Prussia in the last five years has seen
It's population increase six per cent, while
taxable incomes have grown but three
per cent: so that the average income has
iilmin'shsd. France, government and
people alike, is running behindhand, che
first by spending more than it received,
lhe last by finding investments falling on
sts hangs. Italy shows no increase in
wealth Ireland is sending out great
g.hrongs IF starved immigrants, 80, 500 in
1852, 1851 over 1891, and in England
each year sees the value of farm land :
falling. ;Sweden and Norway are yearly
sswarmfpg from sheer lack of food.
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clothing, the ediice is made ornamental,
furniture beautiful-in fact art works for
the eye even among savages in their rude
adornments; while nature charges it
nothing for coloring the flowers and
painting the fruit and foliage, the cheek
of the maiden. the birds of the air, and
the very fishes Of the sea. Then down
with the telegraph wires (and other ugly
things that can be got rid of, and the
boys, too, will be glad. for the skeletons
of their wrecked kites will no longer dan
gle from them and make them uglier still.
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The Dog Law.

exchange says Garry the news to the
lhck-headed and progressive ~ solons OF the
South, that the dog law in Indiana creates a
fund OUT OF which losses of sheep killed by dogs
are regularly paid, and, besides that, contributes
100000 year TO the school fund
Is it civilization or the rant Of it, asks
the Savannah 4Ne,cs, that induces people
TO prefer legions OF prowling, bowling,
growing, worthless dogs to noble fiocks
of mutton and wool-producing, harmless
sheep: We DO not blame any one for
keeping valuable dog, but the fer of
these form the excuse for keeping the
mvriads of mischievous ones, and civiliz-
ed men, having the good of the country
at heart, should be willing to come under
some little restraint for the general good.
Society, law and order exist on this prin-
ciple, and prosperity cannot be carried to
its highest point without it, A wise and
brave legislator will never shrink from
duty through near Of losing his seat, es-
pecially for voting aginst worthless dogs
Such shrinking is unworthy, and deserves
to fall
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The story comes from Washington
that a few days ago, when a 81 POO en-
ployce of the Senate died, Sergcant-at-
Arms Bright received an application fol
the vacancy Colonel Bright read the
recommendation and said at once VERY
well, you can have the place" The ap-
plicant was evidently astonshed, and ask
ed: When can | take hold ?" "You
can begin to-day" began Colonel Bright
but let me explain the situation. You
see, when Mr.. st. John was buried it left
his 81 200 place vacant. The next man
under him, very capable one, receiving
5000, was promoted. a laborer next be.
low him at 1920 stepped into the 5000
place, and a man under him was then
lifted little, and so on through the whole
list, until the place really left vacant by
the death Of Mr. St. John is place in
the stable to curry horses at 81 day.
You can have that, and begin work at
once" The applicant withdrew.
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"A reason is now powerfully urged
why telegraph wires in cities should be
run underground. 1t is that they ere
dangerous when in the air, for in case Of
fire person jumping from burning
house might strike wire and be split,
before striking the pavement to be
smashed, as has occurred. The bare pos
sibility Of such miserable accidents seems
to have more effect in bringing down the
wires than any other objection to their
remaining up, though really there is as
much reason for law against building
houses but one story high so that people
be not killed by jumping from windows
as that telegraph wires should be lowered
for the above cause. But there is good
and sufficient reason for prohibiting the
wires in air; skein Of them spoils the
appearance of the finest-buit street that
ever formed avenue through city. Mil
lions of dollars are expended on orna-
mental architecture to please the eye, and
yet telegraph companies have been al
lowed to offend the eyes of long perse-
cuted public with their ugly appliances of
poles and wires, and now growl because
they are to be compelled to remove them
at no great expense. In the qualification
of the sense of vision as much if not more
money is expended than on any one of the
other senses, or all of them together.
For it the diamond CLEANS, the palace
walls are gilded, purple dyes the silk,
the woman and the man dress in costly
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Live Oak Bulietiu The other dav
Judge Blackburn handed us an old Tai
Iahassee .Nenfind bearing date of January
30, lSGG. On the way to the Office we
met MIR. Mussey, who asked about the
smallpox, and We kindly consented to
lend him the paper for short time so
that he could read all about it, "Goll
darned if the paper don't look like it had
had it ITSELF" said Mr. NJ, after adjusting
his spcctacles, and then he proceeded to
read, as follows:
" Mr. Stanton, Secretary Of War, officially in
forms the President that besides Jefferson Davis
and Clement {. Clay, at Fortress Monroe the
following persons are imprisoned ID. L. Yulee
at Fort Pulaski, charged with treason while
holding a seat in the Senate of the United
States, and with plotting the capture of forts and
aISenalS OF the United States, and melting war
against the Government S r. Mallory, at Fort
Lafayette, charged with treason, and organizing
and setting on foot piratical expeditions against
the commerce and marine of the United States
on the high seas
Coll darned if | didn't think that
old Stanton was dead, said he, as he
scanned further on for smallpox items and
his eye caught the date, and we hast ened
on
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Memorial DAWN Monticello.

Governor Bloxham will deliver the
memorial address at Monticello on the
26th, and the ladies of the Memorial AS
ISOLATION are making efforts to assure a
notable observance of the day IN the
evening there will be a festival, the pro-
ceeds TO be in aid of the erection of a
Confederate monument and an Enclosure
about the graves of soldiers The Eon-
Stit>fion says:
Next Thursday, the 2Gth instant, is Memorial
Day and We are pleased TO be advised that cA-
tinordluary preparations are being made for the
observance OF the day OuI honorcd Chief Mag
i,ratc vii! be the orator OF the occasion, and HE
people may expect fine literary address, : The
Governor has great powers rs "A speaker His
presence viii also iuilucnC" Il large attendance
ct citizens from all parts Of the county and we
Cah -triN assure them lhcN will be well com
pr)l~1trl iof Ihcir visit
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Directing Inning

Ten thousand immigrants weekly pass
through st. Paul, going out by the North
ern Pacific railroad to settle in the bleak
Northwest. OF course these people are
"ponted to that region 10y immigrant
agents, and thus destined TO hard life
compared with what their future would
be II they were pointed down to Florida
and other portions Of the South. 1t
would seem that ctfectual measures could
be taken by the land owning corporations
to secure for this section a portion of the
better class of immigrants Travel in this
direction should be made cheap and easy
for them, as it is to the farther West. and
there should be active agents in Europe,
as well as in the Northern ports, and in
20 long lapse of years the troublesome
labor question might be solved and the
country settled up by intelligent voters
and tax payers, and those sections re-
deemed which are now numbered bv a
non-productivc majority class who blindly
vote against the interests of the country.
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Come and Gone.

President Arthur has made his Florida
Nl~lt and returned to the congcnial atmoS-
pierre of the political and social hotbrl in
which his official existence was generated.
IIt has not left favorable impression as a
m:,n--as a politician he had made like i'm
preston on the public mind before His
department was generally marked by cold,
AMI in some instances, rude hautcur. He
maved among the people as if excessively
conscious of the divinity that doth hedge
President, and with that SORT Of still
dignity of demcanor which shows hat it
is Il manufactured. not the natural article.
llts unbendlngs were condcsccnding, not
genial, and his general < style repellant.
His method was a good thing in one re-
spact, for it rcpressed, nipped in the bud,
much snobbery that would have burst into
full bloom if he had been more accessible.
He was guilty Of more than improperly
when he ntcrtercd with the mail service
OF steamers on which he travelled the st.
Jchns river. This is typical of the man
in his nature seltiShly Indifferent to the
rights and wishes of others He showed
his contempt for public opinion when he
chose as his companion to the State
wicked Will Chandler, who stole it-but
he wishes to travel right regally with at
tendant jester, and, according to the
chronicles, bad Billy filled the role with
mixed drollery and monkey tricks--a foil
to his stiffly starched master, in their mel
odramatic progress.
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The Madison Recorder of Satur day
last says that the building of new hotel
in that flourishing town can now be class
ed as certainty, and that the board of
directors propose to have it completed by
the opening Of the next season.
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S0aSeshinG About Cotton.

DANrILLE Va April Ii, 1889.
Eat'm- iS0fiditn: Thanks for copies of the
FIoRInrAs:Df recent dates In that of the 18th
;1Ast.. nnt3 that complaints have been made Of
Ehe unsatisfactory returns realized in Northern
n;arkets tof Florida cotton II is an undeniabIe
9ct that NJ thing ia Of greater importance to the
Snutnerl sS,rtOn grower, and I'm other direc-
ton is it IRssible to secure much profit as in
sstention s. this one point-shipping the staple
ii better CIDER. A beginning has already been
a:adc in Georgia with very satisfactory results.
tae cottoS being worth and half to two
CENTS morE per pound when il reaches the con
SINNER. Should any of your readers feel suffi
eiently Crested in this matter to assist in in
itoduclngEhis system into your section of the
;:ia,e, thk writer will be happy TO cooperate
'"ith ilfce on receiving an lntimaton Ia tina
effect. 1Sere is money in it, and great deal
$40, IS s. prepared show.
= Yours respectfully.
- HENRY RIsHTOx
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I; There ~ movement on foot TO have another
:re.unlon ~ Perry's Brigade, which will probably
: take PLACE in very short time. AS the arrange
sments ai>t just now beginning to be made. it il
:of COURSE impossible now to say where the re
.union W. be held, but it is possible that il will
:takc place either ut this city or Pensacola.
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Yours respectfully,
HENRY RIsUTON

The fobowing civil appointments have been
eiade by EIe Governor and duly commissioned
curing Il. past week
W. W walker, 10 be County Treasurer in and
Tor WaklS a county
J. }. CNnbs, to be Notary Public in and for
the Sta,efl large
J. c NJ Sween, Ia be Sheriff in and for Walton
county. I
Alfred ksaley, 10 be County Commissioner in
.'ad for G<slhoun county
W H. Isewn To be Commissioner of Pilolagr
II and toaaevy county
{. p lsalcox, II be County Commissioner in
.;nd for l1usia county
". CaHt0n, to be County Commissioner in and
f'r Mana re county
: James s. Young, TO he County Commissioner
il; and fo. COLUMBIA county
+ VIM. Iislard, 10 be Notary Public in and for
fousia G,.untv.
: j. j. Ntwton, IL be Assessor of Taxes in and
pr iiolm:s COUNT
:. \ .tramore To be Sheriff in and for Madi-
ron couaA
~. iEft, to b. County Commissioner in and
tor Latayy-ie county.
;; j. ). Rsihsey, to he Superintendent of Schools
~ and iny lafayette county.
. IHstph'&} Braman, to be Commissioner of
Deeds tDr:florda in and for New York
- IL I. Denton, 70 be Collector OF Revenue in
and for Yachua county.
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(: KIsssMNEE, FLA-The quarter which the
Great Eafher gave to my papoose has noe IN
It, and frite to know if it is legal tender 10,
hre-waseE in the land of the pretty paie-laee''
maiden TOMMY TIGERTAIL"
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-Nerspusness, peevishness, and freitng s;rs 50
often coinected with overworked ienaies "'s''
is rapialS relieved by Browns Iron ni''ei''
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How A Merchant Gets His Rest.
Indianapolis Sentinel.1
A prominent and successful merchant saws
that when he Is tired and wants to rest he don I
60 off on tour and spend money, but he Just
takes his advertisement out Of the paper.