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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-24
Lake City Reporter. I

The FLoEIDIAN, Of Tallahassee hay passed
into the han,is OF Messrs Newton NJ B. gen and
James W. Dor, two experienced ny spaper
men. Mr. Charles f Dyke, It's former :9tor, Tor
forty 1.-Two years connected with that p. S.r, and
he has sold it at this late day in order Il enjoy
the remaining years Of his lie upon II farm
His able pen for many wears dictated tH policy
of the people Of this State. His wis 2m, pa
trotsm and perseverance made this Esper a
power in the land Hi. life has been ons IF tt.il,
bearing the brunt Of many issues Wig haze
agitated the people of this State
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-24
CITY NEWS


Having received applications for copies Of n.
Road Laws now of force in this State We h.v.
compiled and printed them in pamphle, torn,
To he had al the FLoRIDIAN Office, and e.,
post paid, at 81 90 per dozen, or l0cen,s n4r j.,
pie Cnuy
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-24

y hlef Justice r.. Nj Randall :tri1 '@r
New York on the 9TH ,nsi
Mr.. Primns W. Jones has prnsel
that his disputed . first bale wa@ rea:iy
cotton grown this year.
Mexico shows soil sense in t.r-
tracing for the planting Of 'oo,o?' tr.e~
in The valley of Mexico
There i encouraging reasol e b.
lieve that Captain Well viii lie, io:,:>H
enough 10 % over Niagara Fails IL a
rubber ball
The steamer Niagara, which tauk
FIRE and was ran ashor- 81 Indian e.
on the 18th inst, Las hsep raised ani Ar
rinei al Havana on ti'r ltt5. -
very serious damage WIS., done thu st~->
1t is not true thst an,ooo lnt'';ns
were condemned by tbs. sanitary in>ntc-
tors Of New York. TIL Steamship Tai'a-
hzssee arrived from Savannah VIII! s., s'sto
melons. and Of these ten phousan1 We're
condemned as damaged
A vessel from Vera ,'ruT with vel. ~
fever Oh board having Az 'e&re.l o!ftbe port
q Apalachicola. The col e,.,s orsle-ed htr
u ship Island in accorian..e witt u~'rue-
lions from the >urgee:. General of tie
Marine Hospital Service
R ID. Plavford, Of Cis-,eiaul. oi..o,
deserted his wife on the ssh, taking v Ia
him large sum OF MONEY Which hal
been LETT her by her frs i'S-bant Play
ford and his wife had iu-t re,urned .rom
bridal tour to England
The death Is anuo.ired from rcr.
Eous exhaustion Of Edv IA >ren>er late
editor and CHIEF OF th, baltimore .>,sst
Mr.. Spen>er was naive OF Maryland
He was one q the most sclo arlv ash
forcihle e; Southern jon -ra.s;>
-oli Thad. Stevens : quoted a. >.sE
ing No houes, otfice4a..ler th.t coIa..-
= Washing ton, # he d.. night can .,-t
cue dollar ahead. and y; marvel u =,
men poor when they care here 70 u p
that senate worth half ]. I..sllin1.'
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She went to his house f.. her rlo,ii,,,
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On S.turdav la,l M, ,la f.,,;
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Madison Recorder
The ElOridiam Sold.

The Tallahassee FLoRIDIAN has been telsl by
Capt. G. f. Dyke, the veteran editor a&d pro
prietor, to Messrs. J. w. Dorr, formerly OF he
Pensacola Gazette, and n. NJ. Bowen, Hf some
time past city editor of the FIoRIDIsz3s. W.
deeply regret the loss To Florida journalism OF
Capt Dyke He was always true to hisHSsatcs
interests and from so long "A service had asc1mu
lated experience and information whih had
Justly entitled him to the sohriquet Of N"sior
of the Florida press" Mr.. Dorr, the present
editor, to whom we extend a welcome haSd and
best wishes will find his duties ali the ~ ,te ar
duous and exacting in that he succeeds s:l"h Al
editor as Capt. Dyke, yet we hope in his t;lyats'.
the FLoRIDIAN will maintain its hithett3 :h'gll
and leading position among the pape1s5'f the
State.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-24
Mariana Times.

We regret much the retirement OF (asp,. {.
+. Dyke, the veteran and able editor Of (st F,.o
RIDIAN, from journalism He has n'a3le ihe
FLoRIDIAN a power and that tor good, ii Flor
ida and in the South May his years OF ra,i'e-
ment be many and prosperous ones to latS His
successors-to whom he sold his papers te both
newspaper men of ability and cXprriesre who
will doubtless we'll sustain the great task OF
keeping for the FLoRIDIAN its great rejHr4iion.
We do not know Mr. Dnrr hut we know.of hf3,
and know he is an able and brilliant wrlss.r. MIR.
Bowen We have had the pleasure OF nse'iiEg
and we know him TO be polished and tnarie
Gus gentleman, while his long connecta3i with
the paper is sufficient guarantee of his 2lahly
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-24
Special Notice.

All bills and accounts due the undersigned arc
lett with MIR. N M. Bowen, who is authorized 10
collect them as soon as possible. Prompt settle
ments will be duly appreciated.
Is c. E DYKE
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-24

Why will men allow themselves and their
noble horse to suffer when Kendalls Spawn
Cure, properly applied, will remove all suffering
from man and beasts Read advertisement.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-24
\. o. Times-Democrat.

=
Ar. J. W. Dorr, Of Pensacola, Fla, we'll
known journalist, and one of the cleverest
writers in the South, has purchased one-lalf
interest in the Tallahassee FIoRIDIAN, and will
assume at once the position of leading editor
II is understood that Mr.. {. E. Dyke, the vet
eran editor and longtime proprietor of the
FLoRTDIAN, will retire, having disposed of his
newspaper property to the firm Of Messrs. Dorr
lished as long ago as 1928, has always main
tanned leading position among the Southern
weeklies, under the excellent management of
MIR. Dyke, and We know of no one better quail
ned in every way to secure its success in the flu
tlire than the gentleman upon whose shoulders
the mantle OF the retiring editor has fallen.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-24
TiInpa Tribune.

The most startling rumor that has recently OBJ
tanned currency in newspaper circles in Florida
: :. - 49,. s.>'a ~ 10 owner
and editor, Mr., &. E. Dyke. We can scarcely
credit this report, and really hope that it is not
true The Nestor cannot well be spared from
the ranks of Florida journalism Though We
have differed with MIN more than once, and
have repeatedly crossed swords with him, we
have always found him =" a foeman worthy of
our steel. lie has done yeomans service TO the
cause Of Democracy and we can ill afford to
have him step from the ranks on the eve of the
decisive struggle.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-24

SUBSCRIBERS will be- not feel. isorr
fine 20 time by Statement r's.A Cara Is sii@
eiiiOn Of thrr subscription aooeani- Aftef -end !.
Second Statement, il do hear from ,!,eit iiic
reasonable time. their subscription AID he SriS
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

this broken up country, fishing and hunt
ing for their subsistence, OF which the
sea furnishes the larger part.
The women are looked upon as slaves,
and the greater part Of the work falls 10
their share. have often seen the men
sitting quietly around a good, cosy tre,
while the poor women were exposed IN
fragile skilfs, to the snow, wind and the
waves. fishing for their idle and angry
husbands.
The greater the number of wives or
slaves a man has the easier it is to ma
a living; hence the practice of polygamy
which is so rooted among the Fuegians
that in spite of the efforts of the mission,
aries il is no rare thing to see convert
suddenly break through restraint and
add two or more wives to the one allow
ed him by his new religion. But though
a Fuegian may marry as many wives as
he pleases, he seldom takes more than
four, and even with that small number
it is difficult to preserve domestic peace.
The wigwam is the scene of daily battles
and sometimes the prettiest of the wives
pays, with her life, the preference OF her
husband. ,.o
The Fuegian women are very prollhc.
Seven or eight is the average number OF
children, but often still young woman
will have ten or twelve. The children,
however, seldom all survive their pa
rents, for the mortality between two and
ten years of age is extraordinary. The
variable and rigid climate, the want OF
nourishment, the terrible heats and bad
treatment by the parents are the chlel
causes of the death of these miserable in
fants yet unarmed against the fearful
struggle for existence.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
How Thuriow Weed Made 100000.
Milwaukee Wisconsin

The bulk of Thurlow Weeds wealth
was acquired in singular manner-at
least for an editor. He is reported to
have made at least 100000 in one specu-
latiye deal in whisky. This soft i'm
peachment he never denied, and il was
most astonishing that any editor could
make so much money on whisky with
comparatively small capital in his hands.
The transaction has been thus explained:
During the war the first tax levied on
whisky was GO cents per gallon. That
was considered to be too low. Secretary
Chase in his financial report of 1868, rec
commended this tax should be raised to
50 per gallon. Now Secretary Seward
was member of LiDcoln's cabinet, and
of course, knew in advance what tinan-
cial recommendations would be made.
He informed his most intimate friend,
Thurlow Weed, that such 4 tax would be
proposed. OF course this was violation
of cabinet secrets; but Seward concealed
nothing from Weed, who was shrewd
enough to grasp the whole situation. lie
took a few trusted friends into his conf
dence and bought all the whisky he
could reach in the city of New York. As
soon as Secretary Chase's report was
published, whisky -ose 81 per gallon,
Weed sold out at this advance, and raked
in handsome profit.
This peculiar episode in the life OF
distinguished editor las never been con-
troverted. Weed was not blamed, but
Seward was considered very censurablc
| for betraying the state secrets OF Prcsi-
dent Lincoln's cabinet.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
A CURIOUS RACE.
Lieutenant Bove's Account OF the Ja-
sans In Terra del Fuego.

Lieutenant Bovc's Account OF the Ja-
gans In Terra del Fuego.
The Jagans impress one as poor race.
In general the men are scarcely more
than of medium stature, while the wom-
en- rarely reach it. The faces of this race
are round, large and fiat, with high check
bones, low foreheads, large flat noses,
very black and restless eyes, wide apart,
large tumid lips and strong jaws furnish
ed with beautiful teeth. The head and
chest are disproportionately large COM
pared to the extreme slenderness of arms
ard legs, and it is marvel how the lat
ter can support the well-developed trunk
and heavy head.
In spite of this strange formation both
men and women have uncommon
strength, and | have seen them carry
weights that would have taxed the ro-
busiest ofour sailors. No less surprising
is the smalness of their hands and feet,
which, if beauty, is very disadvanta-
geous to the men, who can carry only
one or two objects in their hands at the
same time. They have rough, lustreless
black hair, which they wear long and
falling over face and shoulders. Some
bind it with leather strap, bat most let
it grow to such an extent that they look
more like furies than human beings.
The men have very little beard, and
that little they pluck out, while neither
men nor women have any hair on their
bodies. They do pot tattoo, but use all
kinds ofpaint Two or three hues of col
or ON the face and few necklaces Of
birds bones is the usual dress of Fue-
gian.
For protection against the terrible hur-
ricanes, the SHOWS that fall during ten
months in the year and the torrential
rains that daily visit this miserable arch
ipelago the Fuegian only wears small
mantle Of seal or guanaco skin over his
shoulders. The wigwams are only made
of intertwined branches fixed in some
sheltered spot, but they are too weak TO
keep out snow and rain.
These wigwams are used by the Fue-
eians who dwell near the few residents
of Usciumaia or round the mission; the
other natives scarcely ever remain more
than one or two days in { G same place;
they lead q vagraut life in their small ca
noes among the complicated canals of
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
Arsenic and the Complexion.

1t is necessary to raise warning cry
against most mischcvous statement
which has recently been circulated and
has already done harm, to the effect that
"arsenic in small doses is good for the
complexion" 1t is not difficult to imag-
inc the risks women will incur TO pre-
serve or improve their good looks. No
more ingenious device for recommending
a drug can be hit upon than that which
the authors. of this most baneful prescrip-
ton of arsenic for the complexion" have
adopted. Suffice il is II recall the fact
that for many years chemists and sani.
tarians have been laboring to discover
means of eliminating the arsenical salts
from the coloring matter of wall papers
and ysua'n 1ycs once largely used for
certain articles of clothing.
II is most unfortunate that this hope
lessly antagonistic recommendation of
arsenic to improve the complexion
should have found its way into print.
Those whe employ the drug as advised
am there are many either already us
Ing it or contemplating the rash act
will do so at their peril. SO far as they
are able however, it will be the duty of
medical men to warn the public against
this pernicious practice, which is only
too likely 10 be carried on secretly. II
is not without reason that we speak thus
pointedly and urge practitioners to be
ON the qui yiye in anomalous or obscure
cascs.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
Mr.. Vests Plea for Protection.
Congressional Record.

Mr.. Vest. | do not know that there is
anv necessity for discussing the zinc
question at the present time, as the Scna-
tor from Delaware has advised US that
he proposes to open the question as to
lead. ] will simply say in regard to 1t,
that while believe in the general doc
trine of tariff for revenue, at the same
time | have always held and hold now,
and am prepared to defend the assertion,
that inside of the limit of tariif lor
revenue, protection, which Is lncldcniai
to every tariff, should be given to the
infant American industries. l hold that
no Democrat, if this question Is put even
upon plain partisan basis, VIII dispute
that proposition.
The zinc industry is an infant Amcri-
can industry. 1t has grown up since the
war. Two thirds of the zinc product in
the United States is produced west OF the
Mississippi River, in the States OF
Kansas and Missouri. If the duty
which the committee proposes now. up
on zinc be reduced, the result will be a
destruction to this industry. II it is left
alone and the duty is still imposed on
foreign zinc, the result will be in a very
few years, in my judgment, that no pro-
lection will be asked for at all.
Take lead, for instance, which IL in
dissolubly connected,a ,as the Senator from
Ohio said, with zinc. In 1881 there were
100000 pounds of lead ore produced
in Southwest Missouri and in Kansas,
equivalent TO $1,000 tons of pig-lead and
81 per cent of the total product OF the
whole United States. OF zinc ore 10000
tons were produced in Southwest MIS-
souri, and in Kansas, or two-thirds of the
total product of the United States. There
were engaged in mining in lead 1000
persons, in lead smelling 300 persons, in
zinc smelling $50 persons, and in operat-
ing pumps, drills, etc, 1000 persons.
Immediately dependent upon the in
dustry of lead and zinc are the towns of
Joplin, Missouri, with its 5000 inhabi-
tants, Granby, Missouri, with l.50O in
habtants, and Galcna and Empire,
Kansas, with 1000 inhabitants. The
lead furnaces are at Joplin and CRANKY,
Missouri, and there are zinc furnaces at
Joplin and Rich Hill, Missouri, and at
Weir City and Pittsburg, Kansas. The
ore is found at depth of from 80 to $50
feet beneath the surface.
will not go through the statistics to
show the effect of the tariff duty upon
the production of lead and upon its
price in st. Louis, Missouri, and in New
York, but simply say that if this duty
be reduced now the result will be, as |
am informed by persons interested to
the largest extent in the production, an
absolute destruction Of this industry at
the present time. Within the limit of
tariff for revenue | propose to protect
this production and this industry if /
possibly can, and shall blame no other
senator if from his own state and his
own standpoint within the limit have
mentioned he takes care of his people
and of their industries.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
Table Dainties and Dishes.

A mayonnaise of oysters, sprinkled
with chopped celery, is in high favor at
fashionable dinners.
An exchange tells of an original 5
o'clock tea set of Minton ware, with a
dial painted on each article, and the fig
ure as handle.
Very few flowers are seen on the table
ut fashionable dinner parties, and fruits
are now used for decorative and orna-
mental purposes instead.
Our common split-pea soup, wholesome
and agreeable in winter, with dried mint
and tiny croutons, is said to be wholly
unknown in France. The dried green
peas, termed pois casses, only are used
for similar purposes there.
Cream cookies are made of one cup Of
butter, one cup of sugar, three tablespoon
fuls of sweet cream, half teaspoonful Of
cream of tartar, and half teaspoonful of
soda. Flavor with nutmeg or cinnamon,
or. if you wish to have them very deli
cate flavor, with extract Of lemon or with
rose water.
A plain plum pudding is made thus
Chop three ounces of suet very fine, add
quarter of currents, the same quantity
of raisins, half a teaspoonful of baking
powder, pound of sifled -four, pint of
sweet milk, three tablespoonfuls of mo-
lasses, and spice to suit. Mix thoroughly
and then boil for three hours in pud-
ding bag
According to a Baltimore epicure, a
highly satisfactory stutiing for a duck,
whether canvass-back or red-head, is
made by grating enough bread to fill the
bird; moisten it with cream or milk, in
which put tablespoonful of butter. Sea-
son with salt, pepper, etc, the rind of a
lemon, tablespoonful of chopped celery
and the yolk Of an egg. If the flavor of
an oyster is to you dclectable, add few
raw ones, whole. Astrip of bacon placed
over the breast of the roasting duck gives
it delicate, almost imperceptible flavor,
and prevents it becoming dry.
Here are two recipes for orange wine
one for a small quantity and one for a
larger The recipes differ in few par
ticulars: Take the juice of four dozen
oranges, and the fresh peel of the oran-
ges: for this number of oranges use ten
pounds of sugar, five gallons of water and
one pint of the best brandy. Heat the
water and pour it over the peel; let this
stand for three hours then add the strained
juice of the oranges, then the sugar, and
lastly the brandy. Bottle it, and in a
few weeks it will be an agreeable bever-
age. No2 calls for one hundred oranges
| twenty-three pounds of sugar, and ten
| Gallons of wafer Boil the SUGAR in the
water and clarity the syrup with the
whites of six eggs. Pour the het liquor
upon the pearings of the oranges, add
the juice of the oranges and six ounces
of yeast Let it ferment for four days
then strain it in barrel In three
weeks add four quarts of brandy, and in
three months the wine will be ready for
use.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
WILD DUCKS ODDLY ENTRAPPED.
How California Ranchman Rids his
Field of Pest on Wings.
Gridley Herald

Wild ducks are more destructive to
grain this winter than are the geese.
While the geese feed more or less dur
ing the day, the ducks confne their dep
relations to the night, when the dark
ness prevents the herders from success
fully warning against them. Charles
Chairman has been greatly annoyed by
ducks and his grain has suffered to a
considerable extent. But Charlie has
hit upon an expedicnt that is not only
protecting his grain, but threatens to
annihiate the duck family.
He stretched five strands of barbed
fence wire from the top of his barn to a
post twenty-five feet high, placing the
wires about eight inches apart. A hair
trigger shotgun, loaded, was fastened on
the side of the post, at the top, the
muzzle pointing along the wires. From
one of the latter small wire ran to the
trigger of the gun.
This trap was set Thursday night of last
week. The wires were only thirty-four
feet in length. About 2 o'clock a. IN.
Friday, Charlie was awakened by the
discharge of the gun. Then followed a
course of "quacks"
He went out. On the ground in the
vicinity Of the wires he found twenty
three ducks; nineteen were dead, the
remainder crippled so that they couldn't
fly. Ten of the lot had been struck by
the shot from the gun. The remainder
had flown against the wires, the shock
killing them.
He reloaded the gun and put up one of
the wires which had been loosened from
the pole. Between and o'clock the
same morning he was again woke up,
but didn't 90 out. When he arose in the
morning he picked up thirty-seven dead
ducks, making total Of sixty killed
during the night.
He was in town Friday and told us
that he intended erecting at least 500
yards of the trap on his grain fields.
The experiment was suggested to him
by recollections of the manner in which
prairie chickens killed themselves b v fly
ing against the telegraph wires "back
East"
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
HOT BLOOD AND COLD CLAW.
How Black Caesar and the wild Cat Had II
Rough and Tumble Down In Louisiana.


Richland Beacon.
Our town was stirred with q little rip
pie of excitement by the appearance on
our streets recently of Caesar and Henry
Williams, colored, with the dead body OF
a catamount, the latter Of whom gave
graphic account of his desperate fight
with and killing of the beast. 1t seems
that the two brothers were on Bee Bayou
hunting hogs, when Henry, who had
separated from his brother, heard SOW
making a noise as if disturbed by dog.
Approaching the noise he discovered a
cat in a fight with the sow. He hlssed
his dog on, but he gave his attention to
the hog, and the cat sprang upon the
dog, and after overcoming the dog turned
his attention TO Henry, who retreated IN
the direction of Caesar, pursued by the
cat over brush, palmetto and open glade
for about mile.
Coming up with Caesar he asked if his
gun was loaded and was answered in the
negative. He began to load it, but be-
fore he could do so the cat was on the
mules back behind the saddle. The
mule, objecting to such rider, began to
back and off came Cesar, cat, saddle and
gun. lie managed te get hold of the cats
throat, when his brother ran up and
stabbed the cat to the heart with an old
knife, killing it instantly. After the
fight was over they found the gun stick
ing in the ground several feet from the
scene of the tragedy. The cat was of
medium size, but very lean-pcrhaps al
most famished.