The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-12-23

"A sweet thing in croekery: Ths su-
gar bowl !
II When coaple are nsking lose by
moonlight, their feeling is one Of in-fIne-,
night Bliss
AN epigram for the moment: Hats
cap the climax Of election betting:
--One Of the latest recipes: II you stsp
onsa . dnds's boot ron are likeiy q nAaaie
calPs foot jelly.
--Great men undertake great things
because they are great, and fools becanss
they think they are easy.
--Ethel-aOh, mamma, I've got such
pain!' Mother r." Where, dear p
Ethel "a refined child)-sIn my sash,
mamma"
1T is seldom that q rich nan elopes
with a poor girl. The sacrifices in love
are all made on the woman's side.
1T is believed that the principal OBJ
lection to the Mother Hubbard dress in
Chicago is in the fact that it attracts pub
lie sttention away from the Sunday horse
,aoos.
Mother, to three-year-o9d out for
walk after tea: See the full moon, Ma
belF' Mabel, suffering from satiation
{ Has the moon had supper, too ?"
Princes Beatrice is still without
husband. The men who want her are not
high enough up ia the social scale, and
the men she wants are way of ia America
editing papers.
"A young woman has been expelled
from a church in New York for saying
that her pastor had kissed her four times
when she had only been kissed three
times. New Workers capt stand willfal
exaggeration-
A French widow took on dreadfuIly
at the funeral of her husband. "Why,
madame" said her maid, "you hated him
So while living l do not see why you
should be so demonstrative now that he
is dead" "Why, Misette, I den't hate
him half so much now as did"
The teacher in one of the schools was
little crochety the other morning and
made the girls stand around little live
lier than usual. One Of the little misses,
who had been upbraided, exclaimed to her
companion: "Never mind. Cleveland is
elected and she'll be turned out r.
Mrs. Blinker asked Matilda, the
house servant, q few nights ago: "What
dreadful scratching is that ont in the
kitchen 1t must be the dog trying to
get-sn- i.~~a--h heard ANYTHING HE Il In
my life" "Dat's no dog scratching the
doah. Dat's de cook writin' lab letter
to his honeysuckle, WHO works ober in
Chatham.
"A little boy discovered bee crawling
upon his hand. Finally, the bee stopped
for q moment, and, after remaining sta
tionary for an instant ssung the little feE.
low. When the cry of pain was over,
the little child said to his mamma that he
didn't care for the bees walking about
on him, but he didn't like his sitting
down on him.
Two gentlemen are walking up the
street engaged in lively conversation.
"Since you have some notion Of marry
ing," said one, why don't you take Mar
guerite, your sisters charming friend?
She is an angel" 81 don't dispute that,
bat she paints" aOh. come now. INV
dear-fellow, honestly, have you ever seen
All angel that was not painted ?"
-"What seems to be the matter?" he
asked, mildly, as they were returning
from church; "didn't you enjoy the SER
non?" Enjoy the sermon ?" she repeated
shortly, ''and that odious Mrs. Smith sit
ting directly in front of me with . new
fall wrap on that never cost a cent less
than 1925. You must think / have q
very warm religious temperament.
-aWhy. Mary, have you come back
to be q hired girl again ? / thought you
left Us to get married and have house
of your own." $50 Fdid, mum" ~Well.
what have you come back for ?".. "Well,
ye see, mum, Johns done purity we'll, an
we KEEP hired girl, TOO, and Pm kind
o. tired av the way Of life. thought I'd
like to come back an be boss again far
awhile"
-"Y ou can come in now" said the
family physician to the head of the house
on the North Side. "What are the re-
turns 7" 'srhree-two girls and one boyf"
81 want an official count, doctor. don't
want any '7e business in this.n aDon't
be foolish, man." 81 tell you shall sus-
pect fraud until there is an official can
vass." Then be apoloyized to the doctor.
saying that he had been 60 engrossed IL
politics that he had forgotten where hs
was.
As the San truthfally says. the Re.
publican party is the party of SsS,ional-
ism. The Dem"c, attic party Is the only
truly National party. The South is solid
because Republican eDmity and the
threats of such men - Blaine have made
it 30. 1t has been solid in sslEdsfeuse
To-day the Democratic party ia the party
of peace, union, harmony and prosperity.
The Blaine party is in rebellion. Its doc
trins 10 treason to the Republic. Down
with the Northern rebels led by James
g. Blaine!--M r. World
Now that the Constitasional Con-
vention ID carried, i is time for tie people
Of Fiosida 70 be looking up their best
sad abiest men to repsessat them in that
body It is more important than . dosen
Legislatures, and only men Of bsaias
sAsald end places in ill., zssmps H.
Su~s.
-The Baker Cosxly sSsov Il the tisls of
anest papsr recently snEssda q Daxbyville.
MssrA 9. A. Finley md g. W. Cline sfs
editors and preprissoA Capssin Ein-
ley 49, continues ~ publiossion ,of his
aUazisAlug Laks City AspesuGv. Hn !.