The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-03-13

-lf3arnufn's Jumbn,. thepes elephant which
carried childrea On in b6ck h IL zooIoeical
Gsfeen, recently killed IL keeper sad scleaned
outa the rest Of the menaeerie. Eeotence of
desth was passed on the brute, bat II was diiI-
cuitao lexecnte the stern Law, ana the ssnieacs
was commuted 10 ive yean' snllsasy confhe-
merit with . big chain and paddock
Experiments lAtely mnde q Leip1sx wish
% cugfass made OF steci, ne goFmuln af whica b
not sated, indicate that the nav material con-
binss both tenacity and ductillty 10 the highess
'degeee. The steel plate Of the cuirnn In this
csse was only .06 inch thick, and lined inside
With . layer Of wood and Of eleven rDunds
frouh q Martini areech-loading rife, fred at .
distshce Of 175 yards. only two Of the bullets
pierced the metal, and even these were com
plesely uattened and stuck in the lining
The Atlanta correspondent Of the Savannah
Ntiss reports the graduating exercises Il ons Of
thels Manufactories Of Physicians" in that city:
Last night thirsy-nine young docion were
turHed loose upon an unsuspecting public to
KIN o. kure,' and yet Atlanta Is fun OF half
starved old physicians, while . hundred more
aregstting living out Of other empIoymonm.
Two have just gone into the real estate business
l fell more like weeping than laughing when
sax those ambitious and misguided youae nen
grsb their diplomas and thelr n. D.'s,' and rash
forth into cold and unfeeIing world % earn
bread and bntter aad fame. God help them r.
and their patients.
Transmission Of blood had remarkable ef.
feet on man named Okeburg, at New York.
Okfbnrg rented room 10 . hotel and trisd 70
kilt himself By turning on the gas He was dis
covered before quite dead, and The usual remedies
forsasphy xia were applied bat failed, and he pay
sicihns decided to restore him By the Blundell
systefn Of TRANSMISSION About quart OF blood
was taken from the arm Of aiet black negro and
passed into the veins of the dying man. There
sult was successful, and the would-be suicide re-
gaincd consciousness; bat he seems to have lost
all eecolection of his wife and children, and
thilks that the negro whose blood restored him
10 life is his brother
While the Judges in many States and Of the
Federal Courts in this country are docmed to ~
tirssmeut at the ageof &c, Judges In England and
Ireland have presided in the several courts lang
after that age At present there are i've In EnR-
land over 70-Vice Chancellor Bacon, e.; Mr.
Justice Manis,y. "a; Mr.. Justice Phillimore, q;
MI, Justice Grove, II; and Lord Chancellor
Selbofne, . little over 10 The late Lord Chan
cstior ST. Leonards and Campbell pxssidsd orsr
the Courts OF Chancery in aiminhIe ,msnaal
vigpr ai the ages respectively q 90 sd g, and
VA ariss Lnsa 1sa1Iss efeSsns g q
estJndges in England nov are Judges Cave and
BeS en-, IS and A. respectively.
.4Work on the great bridge which Is to con-
nttt the cities Of New York and BROOKLYN l.
being pushed with unusual yigor, and there Is
nos q fair prospect that the structure win be
open TO the public, AT least 90 far a. foot passen-
gats are concerned. by the fourth Of July. On
the New York spansthe carpenters have alnaoss
cdmpleied their work. and the carriage road on
eishcr side of tue bridge ID flashed; The ionxi-
ttfinal aud cross planks are in posilion. except
In pne or two places where few of ihe formsr
hare been torn up The carnage road and foot
w4lk on both the approaches are ready for use
tllf ballasting for the road-bed Of The raflway
trick is also completed, and most Of The tiefars
i9 position.
;-It is urged that " an almost universal fhult
On farms and IN gardens il . want Of care e 10
keeping tools in working order. Pruning nixes
azd shears are laid aside with the gum a. wes
sNp upon shem, md without oiIine, end when
next wanted they work sii1E, cut badly, and he
effort 10 use them straining the joints % that
they are almost useless; while with slleht, timeIy
care they would do perfect work Tor Rjssfna
n some light. adhesive Western soils Il bso0mm
81 absolute necessity 70 keep plows hxiRht o.
MY cannot be used sscond tims ct an A pot