The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-11-06

LOUISVILLE, Nov. l, 1888.

L0uIsvILLR. Nov l, 1885,
Human nature IL ~ complicated and mystic
rious that the more Il is studied the less It seems
to be understood. The celebrated maxim Of
the Atlenian philosopher, "know myself" COM
prelends in few words the idea embodied In
the Book OF B.mks and In every mental and
moral philosophy which has ever been penned
by man. What il man? A nervous machine,
an Incorporated soul served by organs, and en-.
dOwed with reason and will, subject 10 un-
bridled passions, disposed to be hallucinati.'us,
essentially unreasoning, a mixture OF animal aud
divinity, governed by the meet de.ermnate and
complex circumstances and often led by them 10
pain, crime, madness and death. What Is man
that God should be mindful of him or the Son Of
Man should die TO saver Knowing how fear
FULLY and wonderfully we made we not
TO lead too much the ideal life to try to penetrate
the mysterious veil which has been merciluly
hung before our eyes, therefore we shall not try
to investigate the reason why every heart is filed
with sorrow at the approaching time for closing
the Southern Exposition. We know il is fact,
every Lnuisvan feels that something which
has occupied his thoughts and time for three
months, is about to pass away and with it many
joys The Exposition has been the canse of fam
lily reunions, the meeting of widely separated
friends and the uniting of hearts whlcn, perhaps.
would have been forever estrangrd. lis work
has been manifold, and all has been well accom-
plished We need not speak of lis beauty if we
possessed the gorgeous imagery Of Byron, the
elegant diciOn of an Addison and the magnetic
eloquence OF a Burke, we might be able 20 do
justice to the subject but our ordinary pen III
terly refuses the tax. Not being capable to de.
scribe The whole we may perhaps, in feeble
way, give some idea of the real beauty which is
to be found in The several chemical and pharma
ceulica displays An exhibit made by Powers
and Weightman, of Philadelphia. is the perfec-
ton of lOveliness. The arrangement Of the
chemicals and The pharmaceutical preparations
is simply exquisite. In the centre of The long
stand is large block Of crysializcd alum,
around in beautiful bell glass globes are masses
Of crystallized blue vitriolcopper sulphate and
ferocyannide of potassium The rich blue, the
pearly white and the delicate yellow make
most marked and striking contrast The
other preparations too numerous TO mention are
beautiful because of their chemical purity
lHtiI ul>IIlhy VI VuIHiuId anu piIihcu UlSHHt1 l.
the finest have seen. II, however, takes a
chemist to appreciate TO the fullest extent the
rareness of the display. Only those who have
practically attempted the work realize what
expert and def fingers were required TO accom-
plish such work. Several Louisville firms have
displays, but there is nothing marked or unusual
about them. An exhibit quite unique aud novel
in its way is made by
JOHN BULL
Of patent medicine notorietv. In the midst of a
beautiful little cottage stands huge bull made
of wire that is, the frame is of wire and is filled
out with red bottles At night, under the daz
zling rays of the electric light The bull assumes
n rather wild ami fcrncious appearance. Tie
cottage is beautifully decorated with flowers and
vases.
The chief attractions for this week have been
the Horticultural display and The dog show.
Florida sill attracts attention. The Commits
soncrs are kept busily employed all day in an
swcring the numberless questions which are cor
>tanty asked by the interested The distin-
guished attorney of Tallahassee, Mr. r. c. Long.
and wife, have been among the visitors of this
week. FAUNTINE VETTER