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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31
Mr.. c. A. Choate, of Tallahassee, a

Mr.. c. A. Choate, Of Tallahassee, a
gentleman of much journalistic expert
ence and ability, made us a pleasant call
this morning. He tells us that the pas
senger department of the Florida Central
and Western Railroad will issue, about
October LIST. new and very large edition
of their illustrated descriptive pamphlet,
and that he is now engaged in preparing
and editing the matter. The new book
will be revised and enlarged, and will be
profusely illustrated and furnished with
maps, etc. 1t will be of larger size than
the first edition (royal octavo), with hand
some illustrated cover, and a portion of
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

We have made arrangements for silq,ly
DIR. B. J. kendall's "Treatise on The Horee AZ,
his Diseases and will give one oi them as n rr,
MUM TO all new subscribers who pay Us IN nd
vance in cash. and all old subscribers via, psi
up what is due and renew their subscription ior
another year. The book is standar Il woth
and contains vast amount of information ii
great value 10 every person who OWLS .:hnrsc
Come in and subscribe and get cops heior:.
they are all gone. t4-u
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

This is the title of sn admirably c,litc.. ,'i,'
attractivey printed magazine OF one hDr -,,'
voted TO sanitary science, which is incuica,r,t.in
most interesting form. 1t would seem thai II
should command success rs "a literary and scie.-
tifc venture. The Monthly is published '
Clarke Brothers, IS and So Bible House; Nrs'
York, at $50 year, % cents number.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31
Tomorrow.

The Louisville Exposition opens To-
morrow, and doubtless with a Grand dis
play of things natural aud artificial. But,
We presume, II will be incomplete in many
OF its departments for some weeks vet
as was the case AT the Atlanta Exposition
The splendid fact of what already existed
in the earlier days of the exhibition stir
red up competition and emulation, and
energy compensated for lack of time and
rushed forward the material of exhibits
which rlvaled those elaborated with care
and sooner i'll position. Men came and
saw and were cnthu>cd, and returned
to their own cities or sections to work to
the end that they, too, might be repre-
scented. SO, doubtless, will it be with
this of Louisville, and though for the
visitor it Will be more interesting in the
last half of its hundred days, ~ being
more complete, the interest of the cx-
hibitor suggests the sooner the better for
him to be on hand with what Inc has to
show, for the more will see. We believe
that FlOridians are quite alive to the. i'm
pOrtance of an early and complete display,
that the best advantage NAV he taken of
this extraordinary opportunity Of making
known the resources and industries of
the State. The varied and the quite pc
culiar productions of Florida easily cna-
BILE the most distinctive and attractive
exhibit Of the Exposition, and if it is not
made it is our own fault, and quite prop
erly our own loss should result. Let us
then be up and doing" It's business =
and " State pride" is largely involved
We will all be gratiiicd to read what the
newspapers will gush " over the mimic
Florida if properly set forth in her de
partment, and all he mortified if it be
condemned, or " damned with faint
praise" Let us do orr best. Money is
ill-saved when greater loss or mcr, re-
greet impcnd.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

Charles "A. Patterson, the very Il pular
builder OF East Jacksonville, has gone rs Chat
tahoochce I" superlnlcnd the extensive 5,teeA.
tons ON The insane asylum. The work Nili o.
cupy about three months, after which VI; Fr-
lers"n will proceed to the North 10 lellr;, l,le;
in The fall with his long looked for and ch;rmlno
biidc.-.jackwncMe Times Jnion.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

= The pr"prietors of Kendalrs SPAWN Cure
have hundreds OF letters on file speaking in
the highest terms of the benefits aerivt.a
from lis use. When you find one: case
where it has failed to give relief, thtrc are
hundreds where it has proved II success Res.i
advertisement
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31
Florida Bulletin. I

Capt. G. +. Dyke, the Nestor of tlsc III .thls
press, has sold his paper, the FLoRap:AT. 10
Messrs. Dorr & Bowen. The two g;ci'l...usn
upon whom the mantle Of Capt Dyke f.!i::are
both newspaper men Of experience ard ir;; H.
gence and we hope that they may bc a. i'isc. II.
full in steering the FLoRIDIAN clear OF ll,G Si53a-
that trouble the stream Of journalism u G,pf
ence 1t is with sincere regret that ..s ,i,.'Ar
the journalistic hand of Capt Dyke, a:,i .,ur
heart swclls when write the woyls:t a..,"tl
bye" But we must say it Good iH.t. Capt.
Dyke, good bye, and may God bless ,,,u' .h':rs
mander of your days !:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31
COMMENTS OF THE PREsN

Doylestown penn Democrat
&C. E. Dyke, for almost half n century Con
nected with the weekly FLoRIDrAN, a1aeE r.
many years its proprietor and editor, has yo.,i
the establishment to Messrs Newton VI ke'yrp
and James w. Dorr. Mr. Dyke learned l'i+ietd
in the same office as the late john /, irlS,. y,
many years connected with the Democyatr W.
wish the retiring editor and proprietor kals,!nrsS
and length of years. and hope prosperity ra& ~
tend those who take his place
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greet lllil'cTl
n. Y. World.

The Republican party sticks by its
leaders. 1t has for some eight year, past
held judgment of thousands of dollars
over Boss Hesing, who was at one time
IN charge of the Chicago branch Of that
Republican institution known As the
Whiek~y Ring. When the rlng war
broken up Hesing turned his property
over to his friends, and having since
picked up fortune here and there. pro
poses to compromise with the Govern
ment and become once more a leader of
the grand old party. He offered in com.
promise the magnificent sum of i 900,
which the government had no possible
motive for accepting 1t had held the
judgment for years and could afford to
hold 1t year or two more. But the
Treasury Department, true toits Instincts,
was anxious to close the bargain it was
ready to do so when one Micl.aclis, edi-
tor of rival German paper in Chicago.
offered $4,000 for the Judgment. Here
was quandary. The Government got
out Of it by saying it was not peddling
judgments for a living. Then Mchaelis
offered to prove that IIesing had property
concealed. He was given until Saturday
to prove it, and now We are told that as
he failed to prove in eight days what the
Government has failed to prove in eight
years, he has been bounced" and the
Treasury has FASTENED to ratify the bar
gain with Iiesng and restore him to the
fold
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

its space will be devoted to select adver-
tsements, for rates and terms Of which
those desiring to advertise should apply
to Mr.. Choate, at Tallahassee-.Jackson
rjUe Her0LI
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

"A ball-headed man who has heard bat the
hairs OF Il mans head are numbered, ;waa;s
to know if there is not some place where he cssn
obtain the back numbers
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31
MARRIAGE AND DEATHS;
MARRIAGES,

MARRIAGES.
AT Highland, Mr.. Jefferson NJ. Doggett add Mia
Ella Hamlin
In Orange county, Philip Isaacs and Mss,Jenuie
A. Redding.
=. AT st. Augustine, Mr.. Engine Segui ana MI q
Mary r. Andrea
Az Orange Lake, Mr. Samuel l.. Hawthosu ard
Miss Ella McFadden
Amanda Williamson.
II AT Pensacola, Mr.. Peter Murphy and Mrk G. R
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31
PHILADELPHIA Sunday Item.

Mr.. Charles Edgar Dyke, tor forty ys,g~ :.
tor and proprietor Of the FLoRIDIAN. T.sllah.,-
see, has sold that valuable establishment, J,. Me-
ton NJ. Bowen and James w. Dorr II thc-r
gentlemen show the ability, the integrity ant
the address of MIR. Dyke, no doubt ,hs. sill
achieve large success. They have on" hes:
wishes. Mr.. Dyke has well earned Il Long and
charming holiday.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

-kend"lis SPAWN Cure is the best li.iimeht
on human flesh in the world, Try it 9ll be
convinced. Read the advertisement.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31
DEATHS.

At Madison, Miss Mary Lester.
At gainesville, Mrs. Z. j. Marchmont.
AT Palatka, Mr.. Jos. H. Mann.
At Hawthorn, Miss Lanora l. Quarles.
At Mandarin, Mr.. John Williams.
At East Jacksonville, Mrs. B. F. Smith.
Near Lake Hale, Mrs. DR.. w. B. Young.
AT East jacksonville, Mrs. VIM. Merrill.
At Jacksonville, Mr.. E. 3. Francis.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31
FlOrld0 EnlYerai1Y.

We are indebted to Judge J. T. Ber-
nard, member of the Board of Regents,
for copy of the First Annual An
nounccment Of Florida University, Tai
lahasSre, Session of I9s3-s4." The SEES
sion of the Medical Department begins
November 20 and ends March 20, 1884 I;
of the Literary Department, first Monday
in Octohcr-the scholastic year being d.
vided into two sessions, and ending with
commencement in June, 1884 We learn
from the pamphlet that SO, so has been
expended for appliances, and the Medical
College has a fine Anatomical Museum, a
Museum of Natural History and Com
parative Osteology, besides Chemical APP
paratus" The medical as well az the
literary college will receive students Of
both sexes.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

Danish i'll health nervousness, vexauO"'
iretfulness, etc, by using Browns Iron bl''e''
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

E SUBSCRIBERS will be rotitiel from
dillon Of their subscription Afer -ec,,g
Second Statement II do not hear fn,cl them wi,a
reasonable time their subscriptions vii s Dsc"Nrs1xp
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-09

At this season of the year cattle are liable
to become lousy, especially if they are not in
good condition. A remedy for lice is timely
at any season. but when mid-winter is past
the agricultural papers beam with intelligence
in the recommendation of lice destroyers.
In the months of February, March and April
the sulphur remedy appears three times, and
only twice during the remainder of the year.
Several thousand pounds of sulphur have
doubtless been fed to cattle for the destruc.
ton of lice yet, when used in this way, il
probably never killed the most delicate
louise; applied externally it may have sufTo-
Gated few. Some of the sure cures are
amusing-as this from a correspondent of
the N. E. Homestead "a sure cure for lice
on cattle To three quarts of chamber lye
add a handful of salt and half pint of soft
soap mixed well over the fire in the tea
kettle wash as often as the nits hatch.
Lice are frequently killed with tobacco
sometimes the cattle are also killed, and il
kills men by the quantity. But there is Q
simple and effectual remedy for the lice. Nc
vile compounds or dangerous poisons are
needed Kerosene oil will kill them. 1t is
easy to apply and perfectly safe if not over
done. MIoisten a card with kerosene and use
it thoroughly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-09
NOTES.

The number of farms in the United States
has increased u per cent. in the past ten
years.
There are in Great Britain 40 sheen To ev-
cry 100 acres. or three sheen to every four
acres of cultivated land.
Sirola d,bl;os ,g,ic,, how, ,o,,, ,,,i,,;,,,, +,
,o,,,,lri,,, f,r r1. - go 95riii 70 -,
f,raot dsrye,,d H.. co,,j,,,, -, T., ~,
isrd ,Lc,, ar ,,r Ia.
-, .,
tbraa ,olmoil.. STyLjr., L,,flr, -
oLrood onJ tba;, ,,in 90, - " - ii
hor,a; j., tlEaII NJ. ~ ''''
- '''''u''
:, Ne'P Ino p1ui'Is ouSy II you "Iah 10 keep
tnein ~ heuI'h' ana make tueui scratch II you
~isu ior eBB9 pu' Keep mem Puiet ana well
ieu 70" WISH 10 nlaAe 'Heln i"''
writer IN the Home and Farm used about
quart OF sawduSt III each hlll OF one plot
ol Po'a'1!S anu none III another plo'. me
sA"uua' INNS 9leIueu nearly TWICE as mu1h as
tue o.nerS' ana 'ho potatoes were larger ana
suoo'nel'
medical Journal cites instances where
milk that has stood short time IN the pres
ence OF persons SICK with typhoid fever or
been handled by persons fully recovering
from the smallpox, spread these diseases as
efectually as If the persons themselves had
been present. Scarlatina, measles, and 9th
err contagious diseases have been spread in
the same way.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-09

correspondent of the Country Gentle
man writes that paper: The weight of am
monia per cubic foot is about half that of
air, hence its great tendency to pass upward
as soon as found in or near the surface of the
earth. The best agent to absorb this gas is
carbon or charcoal hence their purifying eff
feet when placed over decaying matter. Fine
garden soil, or road dust, is also one of the
best articles, as many have no doubt observed
by applying few shovelfuls to an offensive
Clubhouse. l have seen the effect in the first
minute after applying. Carbon having this
peculiar absorbent power, without producing
any chemical change, it will be seen how i'm
portant it is that full supply of it should be
IN the soil to hold the ammonia. In fer
menting pile of manure there is always more
or Less ammouiacal gas passing of, and for
any one desiring to save this, there is moth
ing better or cheaper than earth from ditch
or bank or any other convenient pile. A
thin layer occasionally spread over the ma
nure will efectually secure the escaping gas
Many have, no doubt, often seen the advice
of the use of plaster or sulphate of lime,
which fixes the alkaline gas by its displacing
the lime and forming suphate of ammonia
1t is strange that this error should be made,
and by those who know better. Between
lime and sulphuric acid there is powerful
affinity, and it is no easy matter to break this
union, especially by n feeble base like ammo
MIA. If the advice were given to unfx the
ammonia from a sulphate, no quicker mode
could be suggested than adding lime to sui
phate of ammonia. The lime would soon
have the sulphuric acid, and form sulphate of
lime, and the ammonia would pass of, never
to be caught by another portion of sulphate
of lime"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-09

land under cereal cultivation but the returns
given for barley and oats also exhibit larger
yield per acre as compared with correspond
ing returns in American agriculture, and they
bear testimony to the high cultivation Of the
land and the skill and labor of the English
farmer The agricultural statistics of the
United Kingdom for the year 1852 show the
wheat acreage to be 3,OO3, 9lj; oats, ., S33,
Sl5, and barley, >, 25j, 1870, gain Of acreage
in wheat of IL per cent The average yield
of wheat is given at about so, 600, 600 bushels,
and General Merritt calls particular attention
to this point, as furnishing contrast which
may hereafter be of value to our farmers, that
with the wheat acreage twelve times great
err than Great Britain, the United States do
not produce six times as much wheat The
crop of wheat in France in comparison of the
acreage also exceeds that Of this country. In
1882 the yield in France amounted to $685.
30G,GlS bushels, and the average per acre
1887. The crop of 1881 was PA, 600, 3Sj
bushels. The crop in 1881 in the United
States was short, and amounted to only $685.
600, 600 bushels That of 1882 is set down at
about SIS, 600, 600 bushels. The figures show
that the yield of wheat in France per acre
greatly exceeds that in our best wheat pro-
ducng states As exhibiting the wheat pro-
duction of some of the countries of Europe
in the year 1881, according to late consular
reports, the yield of Denmark is given at g.,
1879 bushels of Germany, 72,0G9, $50
bushels, besides To- 7l5, sos bushels of Ger
man wheat (spelt) and 213, $780, 900 of one
grained wheat. In the provinces of Italy
there were harvested in 1881 100 7O8, 4Gl
bushels of wheat. The total average annual
production of grain during the years 1S7l-SO
for Austria Hungary was ~, Sol, $50 bushels
an average of Il. l per acre. The average an.
nual production of RoumGnia is estimated at
43, 600 600 bushels. According to the esti-
mates of Government commission appointed
to investigate the condition of agriculture in
Russia, the yield OF wheat in that country and
Poland, exclusive Of Don Cossack districts, in
1878 was 2g3, 7O2, 600 bushels. In Algeria
4I,O17, 3l9 bushels of wheat were produced
in 1880. Taking year by year. France seems
to be the only country whose yield of wheat
for the last ten years exceeds in proportion to
population that in tho United States for the
same period. The area Of France is less than
that Of the four States of Iowa, Mis-, ouri, Hi
nois aud Indiana, and the population of that
country is less than that of the United States
| by one.quarter. Most of the other European
countries are, and must remain, importers of
the cereals, excepting perhaps Russia. Aud
as the United Kingdom, with a population of
| over $1,000, 600, requires besides its own
wheat product about ITO, 0OO GOO bushels in
addition to supply home needs, and this sup
ply must principally be FROM this country, it
is evident that our agriculturists will be fully
repaid for laboring to bring the soil up in
productiveness to the highest stand ard reach
ed in other lands
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-09

FRUIT AT VALENCIA, -Eyeryb body has heard
of and probably eaten Valencia oranges, but
of the region from which this fruit comes, -
the territory lying around Valencia, one of
the queer old cities of Spain, mot much is
generally known. Valencia itself has $50 D.
600 inhabitants, and boasts considerable man.
ufactures of silk. But as the market town
for immense quantities of oranges, grapes
and other fruit grown in the surrounding
country, its fame is world wide visitor
there less than month ago writes of seeing
''acres of huge wine casks and thousands of
boxes of oranges awaiting shipment, a dozen
or more steamers being loaded, and great
many heavily-loaded carts constantly arriving
to keep up the supply" The grapes are
simply marvellous being not uncommonly
ar large as plums OF course they are won
derfuly cheap also Single punches weigh
ing two pounds may be bought in the season
for eight cents. Melons, of delicious flavor,
will keep the year round, and may be bought
for five or ten cents each. Tomatoes and
vegetables of every kind are abundant aud
cheap almost all the year round
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-09

In his annual report for the year 1889 the
Commissioner of Agriculture presents the fol-
lowing figures in reference to the wages of
farm labor in the various sections of the Uni
ted States: The first systematic general in
vestgation of the rate of wages paid for farm
labor in the United States was undertaken in
December, 1866, by the Division of Statistics
of this department. Some thirty years pre-
vious Mr.. II. @. Carey had made a careful es-
innate from the best information attainabe
and placed the average wages of the whole
country at 81 per month, with board In
1866 from returns embracing about 300
counties, the average rate was found to be
$3.50, with board, showing an apparent in
crease of about ~ per cent in one generation.
At the same date the average monthly wages,
when board was not provided, was S26 for
the whole country and, for the States en-
ploying white labor almost exclusively, SIS.
In the next three years there was material
decline in the value of farm products to
which labor yielded more slowly, the average
rate in 1869 being So Is for labor, without
board. Prices had increased in the South,
and had been somewhat better maintained in
the Eastern than in the Western States, in
consequence of the great activity of textile
manufactures and iron production. The de
cline, though general, was nowhere very
great in this period.
In 1875 another investigation showed a
stronger tendency TO lower rate, somewhat
more pronounced in the West and in New
England than in the Middle States The re-
duction in six years had been from So. OS to
S2S9G in the East from $2SO2 to S2G.O2 in
the Middle States and from S270l to So. GO
in the West. The cumulative and extreme
effect of the monetary revulsion which COM
menced late in 1873 was not reached for sew
eral years after. At the next investigation in
1879, the time of deepest depression aud dis
tress of the laboring classes in manufactur-
ing industry, when surplus laborers had been
thrown into competition with farm labor n
general and heavy reduction was recorded.
1t was greatest now in manufacturing States,
amounting to 30 per cent in New England,
% in the Middle States and but II in the
Western.
The present investigation shows the degree
of recovery, during the past three years, OF
business activity and financial confidence.
The following statement presents the average
rate of wages (without board in employment
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-09

A writer in an exchange says 81 discov-
cred many years ago that wood could be
made to last longer than iron in the ground,
but thought the process so simple that it was
not well to make a stir about it. l would as
soon have poplar, Eastwood, or ash as any
other kind of timber for fence posts. IhaVe
taken out Eastwood posts after having been
set seven years that were as sound when
taken out as when first put in the ground,
Time and weather seemed to have no effect
on them. The posts can be prepared fol
less than two cents apiece. This is the
recipe: Take boiled linseed oil and stir in
pulverized coal to the consistency of paint
Put a coat of this over the timber, and there
is not man that will live to see it rot"
The coal paint would no doubt tend to pre-.
serve the timber, but the claim is too big. A
good coat of such paint would cost three
times what the writer estimates. railroad
company that has tried various preparations
for preserving fence posts is satisfied thai
none of them perserve the posts enough tc
pay for the extra cost.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-09

good many farmers in this country, says
the Philadelphia Record, will be somewhat
surprised to hear what one of their number,
L. A. Merritt, who occupies the Consul Cen
eralship at London, has to say respecting the
superiority of Great Britain over this country
in the production of cereals. He says that
the standard average production of wheat, for
example, in the United Kingdom is 29l bush
els per acre while in the United States only
ia bushels. Maize is not raised in that
country, and rye is of so little importance
that its acreage is only one half per cent of the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-09
Farm for Sale

4 1NE OF the best-located farms in southern Yer
vi mont, situated on the line Of the Brattleboro
wnehall railroad, in the town of Newfane near the
WiausSlie depot, known as the Adrich farm con.
assuring ana tillage, and including a large lot Of
eLo"lng lumber and wood Sugar orchard of Zoo trees
parni sheds and sugar house. Running water 10
nous ana barn; Any one desiring to purchase farm
n new England VIII do well TO examine this property
peioIe buying elsewhere Price $1,000; $1,000 cash the
rest 70 remain on mortgage If desired Apply 10 HAIR
hlsoN ALDRlCH, 208 Safest, Boston. Mssss. or b.
- MOAsoAi hlhAmsNile, VI. Soft