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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-06-05

The Saginaw (Mich.) Neps tells 9
story OF gentleman of that city who
wrote friend in England, the envelop
bearing his business card, as follows: "If
eot called for in ten days return to H. H.
Thomas, dealer in nitro-glycerine, dyna-
unite, giant powder and high explosiv es,
Say City, Mich.," Mr. Thomas being en-
gagged in the business of torpedoing salt
wells and handling dynamite for stump
.spulling purposes. The result was that
:she excitable Britons jailed his friend,
thinking him to be an Irish Fenian, Land
Lacquer, Penix-Parker or something of
,khe kind, and that he was in league with
an awful Saginaw house for materials with
which to demolish every Clerkenwell Jail
;snd Parliament building in the United
Kingdom. A brief explanation, however,
wss sufficient to let the prisoner go free
and call in the extra guards.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-06-05

Consul Dupont Lyle, of Funchal, in
. recent report to the Department of
State, calls the attention of the people of
lthe Southern States to the supply of labor
Fitted for cotton and sugar culture, which
$s procurable in Madeira. He reports .
large emigration of laborers from that
aensely populated section to the Sand
witch Islands, and says that he is sure
Aadeiran peasantry would 60 much more
willingly to the United States than to the
islands, the American government being
much more popular there, and q shorter
sea voyage being also an inducement.
He says the Madeira peasant is we'll &C.
,qaainted with the culture of sugar cane,
Is industrious, submissive to authority
and not addicted to drunkenness, besides
;;heing constitutionally adapted to semi
tropical climate. Immigrants like these
.would be at home" in the cotton and
cane fields of the South.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-06-05

II The World: Ex-Congressman Ben
iamin Butterworth is to appear for the
Government in the South Carolina cleo
: tion cases. We beg to assure our friends
in the Palmetto State that they need not
be prejudiced against Mr.. Butterworth,
despite his reputation for foulness Of
.,nouth. We have the highest Republican
ss1thority for the statement that though
Mr.. Butterworth at times has to drop into
language which, if it were printed, would
pfocure his instant prosecution by An
: thony Comstock, he is always careful to
I tower his voice when ladies are present 70
jthat the indecencies may not reach their
sears. MIR. Butterworth is honorably dis
;tinguished by the excess of his chivalrous
Reconsideration from the naspAisis nsephi.iea
;hnd his other congeners.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-06-05
REPORT OF COMMITTEE On
TEMPERANCE, TALLAHASSEE

Your Committee on Temperance beg
leave to report:
Since the flood the church of God has
had to grapple with intemperance. Often
in these conflicts she has been worsted.
Her first sad conflict with this monster,
of which we have any account, occurred
at the foot of Ararat, in sight of the ark
that had survived, with it's living freight
Of men and animals, the flood, that ter
rible symbol of Gods wrath. An in
spired hand has painted the scene. A
servant of God, the faithful preacher of
righteousness for hundred and twenty
years, the builder of the ark, the sole liv-
ing head of the human family and church
of God, who had for centuries resisted the
worlds corruption and till now remained
true to God, dallies with the wine from
the first ripe grapes after the universal
destruction, and is drunk and uncovered
One Of his three sons beholds his fathers
disgrace and laughs at his folly. The
father awakes with curses upon that son
ga servant of servants to all genera
tions "a curse so deep and bitter that
it hung for forty centuries like black
pail upon continent and upon third
of the human family without any lifting,
and has, for eighteen centuries since, re-
sisted the light of christian civilization
"a fearful prophecy of the curse and
slavery of intemperance, and a fearful
warning that the strongest dare not daily
with this monster.
Another scene is drawn by an inspired
hand. This one is beneath the shadow of
the temple and hard by the ark of the cove
nant. The leaders Of this revelry are the
sons of Gods high priest. Drunkenness,
encouraged by them, has become 80 COM
mon among the women of Israel that the
moving lips of the faithful Hannah in her
secret devotion to God are interpreted by
Eli to be the mumbling of drunken
woman. This iniquity, the fruits of
drunkenness, deepens till only an inspired
hand has courage to draw the lines black
enough to paint the fact. We turn with
horror from this scene to look for q mo.
ment upon some of its consequences-th
wicked priests slain, Israel overthrown,
and the ark captured.
Is this fact and this scene another
prophecy Of the incubus that for six hun
dred years was to rest upon the church
of Jesus Christ when the blackness of
darkness was to hang like a thick veil
before her eyes shutting out the light of
Gods truth? Is there no parallel between
these facts? Only the latter is the darker
picture. Jesus Christ had planted His
church. His faithful ministers had gone
out preaching the gospel Of peace. Idola-
try was fast disappearing, heather tenn
Piles were demolished and converted into
christian churches; christianity, sus-
tanned by the edict Of the great Emperor
of the combined West and East, was
likly to soon become the religion of the
world; idolstry, Satan's hitherto most
formidable weapon against christianity,
was fast losing its hold upon human
hearts, and failing longer to blind human
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sgainst bad 0ste. Learn to carve while
young and you may avoid the morti6ca-
Zion of a~kwsrdness or ignorance when
called upon in years of maturity.

--Lahouchere in London HxtA:: "Ths
sotsl acreage Of Scotland 10 ls,94e, ,e94.
One single nobleman owns l,s2e, 900
acres, and his wife l4s,s7s. Another has
43l 700 acres, third 424, 900 and fourth
e7s,ooo. Twelve proprietors own one
quarter OF the whole acreage of the coun.
try; seventy proprietors own one-half.
NiDe-tenths of Scotland belongs to l,7o0
persons, and 100000 of Scotchmeu
speud their lives earning rent for these
l,7oO monopolists. Does the Duke of
Argyll assert that system of which this
is the outcome is a right and proper oner
While on the one hand we have these
mammoth proprietors, on the other We
are told Of crcfters who are starving, and
..a~ho are evicted from their poor holdings
because they cannot live and pay the
rent which is exacted from them. As
suredly there is something wrong in all
;bis The mistake of the Duke of Argyll
and his friends is, that they regard legal
right and moral right as identical. The
Duke goes on to say: at is often said
that one-half Of the world does not know
how the other lives. have
observed that there are some members of
the manufacturing class who have no
idea of any industry which is not repre-
sented by a mill, etc. "Very true, your
Grace; half of the world did not know
how you and your class lived, but they
are beginning to find out. They are
ileaFning that your industry is represented
by mill, as we'll as the manufacturers.
and that the material that is ground in
your mill is the poor"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-06-05

i Tie fashionable people are running
TO buttons. A New York correspondent
jdescribes a dress recently finished for .
Filth avenue lady which carries 1900
buttons, and required the constant labor
||of . seamstress for ten days to sew them
son. On each sleeve there are 100 buttons.
..sson the body, basque and collar $50, and
ION the skirt 1850. Those on the skirt
;s're arranged in triangles, squares, crosses,
stars and other curious shapes, on foun-
/ dation of black satin. The dress has q
iatiny appearance and ia very weighty-
ssq much 80 that it will require lady OF
considerable strength to wear it. This
may all seem ridiculous, but as long -
people will spend their money there is NO
reason why it shouldn't pay for the en-
rloyment of the poor.
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THE PRICE or A nRINK.

NNf"e'~ o'$e' v, W &Setp Oyto00 Cnf1Skt0H AQrOs
Five cents . glassr' Does any one think
That 10 really the price Of q drink,
= Five cents giass." hear You say.
Why that isn't very much to pay"
All, no, indeed; It's very small sum
You are passing over 'twixt finger and thumb.
And II that were all You gave away,
1t wouldn't be very much to pay,
The price Of drink Let him decide
Who has lost his courage and lost his pride.
And lies groveling heap OF clay,
Not far removed from . beast to-day
The price OF drink! Let that one tell
Who sleeps tonight In Q murderers cell,
And feels within him the fires OF hell
Honor and virtue, love and truth,
All the glory and pride Of OF youth,
Hopes Of manhood, the wreath Of fame,
High endeavor and noble aim,
These are the treasures thrown away
As the price Of drink from day to day
Five cents glassr' How Satan laughed
AS over the bar the young man quahed
The beaded liquor for the demon knew
The terrible work that drink would do;
And ere the morning the victem lay
With his life-blood ebbing away;
And that was the price he paid, alasi
~
The price Of drink! II you want to know
What some are willing to pay for it, go
Through that wretched tenement over there
With dingy windows and broken STAIR
Where foul disease, like a vampire crawls
With outstretched wings DER the moldy walls.
There poverty dwells with her hungry brood,
Wild-eyed as demons for lack Of food:
There shame, in q corner crouches low;
There violence deals it's cruel blow;
And innocent ones are thus accursed
To pay the price OF another's thirst
"Five cents glass;! Oh, if that were all
The sacrifice would, indeed. be small,
But the moneys worth is the least amount
We pay; and whoever will keep account
Will learn the terrible waste and blight
That follows the ruinous appetite
Five cents glass ~ Does any one think
That this is really the price of drink
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-06-05

/ i The Hartford tConn.) zsaes has in
formation that Mgr. Capel the original
/" CAtesby" of Disraeli's " Lothair," ex-
apects to sail for America in August, and
that after first visiting Newport, hs in
tends 70 deliver . series of lectures on
historicel characters in few of the prin-
cipai ctsies of the United Statea He
e ZONES expressly authorised by the Holy
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-06-05

divers have been down to the sunken
steamer Cimbria, the great iron coffin in
which are more than four hundred
corpses. The vessel is uninjured save by
the hole in the side which sent her to the
bottom. 1t is probable that the decayed
bodies will be allowed to remain where
they perished at the bottom of the sea.
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NOTICE.

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
- BIZ the Board of County Commissioners of Leon
County for the purchase of that parcel Of land lying
within the corporate limits Of the City Of Taliahas
being the northern part Of the "Old Courthouse
SQUARE" go feet wide by $40 feet long The Board
reserYes the right to reject any and all bids Bids
received until June 11th next
Hdsrese c. A. BRYAN, Clerk, &C.,
Tallahassee, Fla
Twc uv.nro~p Chairman 4-4W
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f,ss-o, and all other business In the g. g. Patess
o.. alended 10 for MODERATE FHtS ::
We. "ee is opposite the U. g. Pates Ofiee, sn.t
~.e Rom WASHINGTON
70 n~,.,.aDkL hODkL OR ORA WING Wv advise 81
az sies11aissblty e1a free Of charge and ws mako 10
~. .s1 UNLESS WE OBTAIN PA1ENT
4 - q Money Division, and to Of,eisS ! Of ~
Ist.r-.s. omce For circular, advice, terms. md
esopt- ~ 70 70 actual clients In your en- sssie or
a-T -1aress &. A. SNOW 4; Co.,
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-13
FOR Ex-SOLDIERS.

Representative Hill will introduce bill
at the earliest opportunity providing that
surviving soldiers Of the late war including
privates, AFOREMENTIONED and commiss-
Toned officers, shall be entitled TO public
lands in aIlotments graded according to
length Of service, and widows and minor
children Of deceased soldiers shall be enti-
tied to the amount which would be under
this law allotted to the husband or father.
Allotments of land shall be divided as fol-
lows: To those who enlisted for three years
or during the war and served twelve months
or were honorably discharged after shorter
service for disabilities received in the ser.
vice. 100 acres to those who enlisted for
twelve months and actually served nine
or were discharged after shorter
period for disabilities incurred in the line
Of duty, 80 acres to tn ose who enlisted for
three months, served three months or were
discharged before the expiration
of their term Of service, forty acres.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-13
A POOR AUTHORITY.

1t appears from an interview with Rev.
ID. N. Utter, published in the Chicago 7riJ-
une. that he obtained most Of his alleged
facts he embodied in his article on sold
Osawatomie Brown" from George W.
Brown, who published the Lawrence Her
aid of Freedom many years ago. DIR. Utter
quotes very poor authority. George W.
Brown was known in Kansas as a man of
violent prejuJiccs, given TO drawing facts
from his hates. lie hated old John Brown
intensely. Gold OsawatOmie' was man
of extraordinary courage George W. was
known As man Of equally extraordinary
cowardice. Old John was a radical; Geo.
W. was a constitutional conservative. Old
John was an enthusiast and fanatic Geo.
w. was cautious, timid, insincere and cal
culating. The two men entertained a cor
dial distrust and dislike for each other, and
Geo. WIS. bitterness was such that he
would believe and circulate as true any
story he ever heard to the discredit of sold
Osawatomie.'' DIR. Utter could not have
quoted more prejudiced and untrust-
worthy authority concerning old John
Brown than George W.-Champion.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-13
INGALLS, LAND LAWS.

The three bills relating to public lands
introduced by Senator ingalls,, are design
ed to materially simplify the operations Of
the general land Office, and change in sever
al important particulars the method of ac-
quiring title to public lands.
The first provides for the repeal of the
presumption laws, but authorizes a second
homestead entry by persons who, having
made one homestead entry, have for any
reason failed to perfect title and who, at
the same time, never made filing under the
presumption act.
The second repeats the timber culture
law, but permits title to be perfected in ac-
cOrdance with the provisions of that law
upon all claims entered before the passage
Of the repeating act.
The third and last Of the series proposes
to amend the homestead act by prohibiting
communication Hereunder until two years
have elapsed from date Of settlement, one
year of which must be OF record in the
land office. IL also repeats the provision
OF the law under which local land officers
are authorized to receive Accomplishments
and Immediately throw claims relinQuished
open to entry. In effect it requires all re-
linquishments to be forwarded TO the CON-
missioner Of the general land Office and APP
proved by him before the land in question
is thrown open to entry.
The effect of this series of measures if
they became laws will be to limit the
amount OF public land, single individual
can secure TO one claim 100 acres. Land
may be secured after two years. actual res
idence thereon by paying si.25 per acre. or
after five years residence, for nothing.
The provision in respect to rclinquish-
ments is designed to put stop to the prae-
tice OF filing entries upon public lands and
holding them for the purpose OF selling the
accomplishments to incoming settlers. Un-
der the existing laws citizen may obtain
three claims-one each under the home.
stead, presumption and timber culture laws.
He secures the timber culture claim with
out residence, and manp purchase pre-emp-
tion and homestead claim after six months
actual residence.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-13
JOCELYN & THOMAS,
SUCCESSORS TO j. NJ. sTEELE,)
"The Old Reliable" Real Estate Agency

longer necessary speak capabilities
eminent agricultural West
acknowledged queen.
comprising the Arkansas Minnesota Valleys
to Kanas-he garden spot of the State
years demonstrated beyond question that Southern
Kansas genial productions
than any portion of
make possible the establishment
farmers prnging pictures
landscape every hand
twoin railroad Wichita south
hitherto practically undeve
country cheap, than which nothing
better the green fields
heavy hand tell the the value of these
lands.
We
the highly cultivated and high
Valley adjacent thereto but equally rich
lands prices ehorc
purse Spectator limited poor seeking
ahome. Subjoined 5 partial list of our lands.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-13

Stafford county people are all torn up
about a railroad from Denver to Memphis,
and propose TO vote bonds 10 the amount OF
three thousand dollars per mile for cac h
mile the road runs through the county,
which is bad break for the Stafford coun-
ty folks TO make at this time. There will
be plenty OF time to vote bonds TO a railroad
company after the road has been built up
10, or near the county line, or at least after
!, some OF the road is constructed, and not all
gh.n paper. II the county ties herself up in
bonds TO some company who perhaps do
not own a foo; Of railroad, but who pro-
pose to build one beginning no place and
ending at place they cannot reach on ac-
. count Of the route selected for they cannot
yet . right-of-way through the territory,
.-ssy win ever regret it,for in the meantime,
long before the time expires for building
the road Tor which the bonds are voted, an
actual. live, sure enough road will appear
st their borders and knock for admission
and aid, favor they viii be powerless to
grant, consequently the road win pass them
by taking some other route. Wait gentle
men until the d., NJ & A. Railroad has
track with cars upon Il inside the borders
OF Kansas before you tie yourself up with
bonds, or limit the time for the construction
of the road 10 six months or year.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-13


The presidents message was read 10 Con-
gress on Tuesday, the 4th inst. 1t is plain.
business-like, matter-of-iact paper. He re-
fers TO the gratifying condition OF affairs in
the postofice department, Of the warm re-
lation existing between our government
and the Mexican republic, Of the opening
OF the Congo Valley in Africa, of the
American hog, recommends the establish
ing OF q commission with necessary power
TO suppress polygamy, is opposed to the
postal telegraph system, but thinks the gov
eminent ought to exercise supervision
over the telegraph business. The treasury
exhibit shows the astonishing prosperity
and wealth Of the country. For the fiscal
year ending june 80, Sl34, LIS, 756 of the
public dent was paid Oh, and there were
about s400, 0oO, 900 left in the treasury. The
president thinks that National taxes can be
still further cut down, but does not advo-
cate any sweeping reduction OF the reye-
nues. The treasury department recon-
mends that the tariff on sugar be taken of.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-13
MINNESOTA VALLEY.

2.9--320 acres, house and stable, 200 acres in
cultivation, all bottom, watered by the
north Minnesota. 900.
139--l60 acres in high cultivation, acres in
grove and fruit, good house ; "a choice farm,
] mile from new town of Cheney. 1920.
$3.50 acres, 100 in cultivation good house,
living water and wells, forest and fruit
bargain. y miles from new town Of Che
Bey. 1900.
$3.50 acres s miles southeast, house Iix2i,
stable, etc, good stock water, 80 apple, 30
peach, 80 cherry and 800 plum trees, ard
1000 cottonwoods. loo.
50--S0 acres miles southta asst, 81 acres under
cultivation, house rooms, stables. etc. I;
acres fenced for hogs, living water. $50
apple 80 peach, 80 cherry. 200 plum and
small fruit. Il goo cottonwOods. 200.
lss--lG0 acres miles southeast, Is acres in
timber, 90 acres in cultivation, good house,
barn, etc; bargain. 2,G0J
46--2iO acres ten miles east OF town, ITO acres
in cultivation. barn 3Jx3s, house !, story
14X2f, and other OutbuiIdibgs, l mile of
hedge. loco peach and few apple and
cherry trees. $500.
Ii7--So acres miles from Valley Center, bot
tom land, all under cultivation. house,
corn cribs and other buildings, all under
hedge, acres apple, peach, plum, etc.
l.SO0.
lli--l60 acres II miles southeast OF Wichita
and close to Derby, 80 acres under culti-
walton, house lexis, stable. corn crib, etc,
mile of hedge. good we'll, = To acres in
orchard, 10, COS cottonwoods growing price
$500.
ll0-lG0 acres miles east of wichita fine
lands, no improvements. $50.
20l-i00 acres miles east Of town. 10 acres
under cultivation, house and outbuildings !;
avery fine stock farm with living water.
800.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-13

Senator Ingalls, will soon introduce bill,
providing that any person who encloses an
area Of public lands to which he has no III
tie shall be liable to fine of 800 day for
the time such enclosure is maintained, and
any person who obstructs the passage OF
another over or through the public domain
shall, for every ofiense, pay the aggrieved
person $500.
Also bill authorizing the resurvey OF
townships enormously surveyed or in
which monuments marking the boundaries
have been obliterated or removed.
Also measure providing for annexation
TO one Of the Kansas land districts and for
Judicial purposes to the district Of Kansas
an unnamed area lying between Kansas
and the Indian Territory, and authorizing
the completion Of its survey.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-13
BELFORD'S RAILWAY BILL.

The bill introduced by Mr.. Belford to
regulate railway traffic between the States
and Territories provides for the establish
ment in the department Of the interior a
bureau to consist OF three commissioners
appointed by the president to receive sal
AIRY Of $4,000 each with the necessary and
proper expenses. Within ninety days after
the appointment Of the board, railway COM
panies are required to forward statement
OF the franchises and present condition Of
the roads. Power is conferred on the COM
missioners to examine the books and records
OF any person or company operating any
railroad. They are also empowered to pre-
scribe the maximum rates to be exacted,
and make regulations touching the pack.
ing and transporting Of freight and the ac-
communication of passengers.