davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
Merchant Traveller
AN EDITOR HNTERVIEWEID

"See here, Mr.. Editor" said an irate
woman, coming into the sanctum and
leaving the door open, see here, what's
this in your mean little newspaper %
"Really, madam, there's so much in it,
considering that's its only two dollars per
year in advance, with liberal reduction to
clubs, that / can not at the first blush tell
what it is."
"Well, don't talk your jaw of, but tell
me what you mean by this reference to
my late husband?
"Ah, madam, the good kind soul who
only died yesterday"
"The same one; you didn't think |
was planting one after each meal, did
you?'
"Hardly that, madam; but what do
you refer o?'
"Why, sir, this passage in the obituary
where you say he was consigned to
roasting place with his fathers.'"
"Ahem madam, ahem! let me see ;"
and the editor grabbed the paper and
gazed intently at the word. 81 beg your
pardon, madam; it should have been
resting place. and if you will come
down to the office this afternoon you can
have the scalp Of any Internal compositor
in the Office, and will tear it off for you
We can stand some things, hut that style
is too narrowing on the feelings Of good
paying subscriber like YOU"
She was pacified and got the scalp.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
Oranges and Florida.
Better ahn@ DreezeA and BlOaSOI
Cnder q New Flag.

Ap(UUGT HW40 ~UCC4Cp ~ u HDaVSUOb3N-
Cnder q New Flag.
Even the balmy air and the orange groves of Flor
Ida fail to keep its people full Of happiness and
comfort. Art must help nature everywhere-in the
tropics Is among the pines Of the North. "And
ehlef among the blessings which are adapted to all
xoues," writes DR. J. g. Wallace, of Fort Dade, Fla,
"is PARKER's Tonic. 1t seems to have the world
tor aed and most of the current diseases yield to
ita action. have used It In the case Of delicate
aud dyspeptc young lady. with the most gratifying
re3ults. II seemed to accomplish with what
the usual prescriptions and treatment for thai mis-
erAble malady failed wholly to bring about l am
sAo glad to that the Tonic has greatly relieved
me personally of troublesome atomic condition Of
the stomach of long standing 1t is the ideal puri-
Her aud invigorant."
Messrs. Hiscox & Co. call especial attention to
the fact that amer April 49, 1888 the name and style
OF this preparation viii hereafter be simply Pdrker
Ts,nic. The word "Ginger" Is dropped, for the
reAson that unprncipled dealers constantly de-
ceivin2 their patrons by substituting inferior pFepa
rations under the name Of Ginger; and ginger IL
an unimportaut havoring ingredient In our Tonic,
We are sure that our friends viii agree with US as 70
the propriety OF the change There eH Be change.
hespeysy In the preparation ITSELF and all bottles
naming 10 the hands Of dealers, wrapped under the
name OF "PARKKR's GINGER Tonic" contain the
geeuIne medicine II the signature Of HIscox q Co.
ls At the bottom OF the outade wrapper [Jan22-lm
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12

This periodical for February is already on our
table. and is, ~ usual, overiowng with COED
things in prose, poetry and illustrations. The
articles particularly interesting are Henry IT.
wing aud His Work. New York City in its
Early Days" ss'beiski and the Relief of Vienna
in 1888" The Colossal Statues of Germany
and Francs" Life on the Surface of the Ocean,
etc, esc.-they are profusely illustrated. In the
department OF fiction Eta W. Pierce's serial, "A
Dark Deed" ia continued and there are short
stores by Mary A. Denison, Edwin F. Trafton
:; .; Rosenberg, Surrey Wyatt, ETC.. ETC., and
Sketches, Adventures, Poems, etc, by favorite
wrlters-many Of the poems are beautifully illus
trated. in fact, all the illustrations are highly fin-
i.hed and the colored plate frontispece Little
Mischief" is worthy Of an elegant frame. The
price OF single number is IS cents, and the
mrs. FRANK LESLIE, Publisher, SO, SIS and 81
Park Place, NY
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12

The Republican party is party Of 3asgpi6-
cent prodigaty. Economy of adminAtraliOn
would be meanness in its eyes Il taxes
heavily it gives munifcently it steals literally.
Since the Republican party obtained Is,wer il
has built up the enormous corporations knd nsO-
nopolies which now overshadows tho county.
II has lavshed subsidies and land grants all
over the corporation alphabet, on G. E. and D..
p. and K. P. and s. p. and T. p. ami i, p. and
P. NJ. and o. and O. and O. and p, With al open
handed generosity which has built up msns coles
sal private fortunes and swallowed un t:ae best
Of the public lands.
The government has been run in all Uastters on
the high-pressure principle. The S:gs-rOate
contract extensions were only legitimate tea
ture of the system. The former was only
only boller method OF plunder thar The latter.
The Star-route prosecutions. with their t5lagni6
cent counsel fees, were only another phase Of
the Star route rObberies.
The receipts OF revenue and the amount of ap
preparations for the years from 1878 to 1888 in
elusive illustrate the character OF the bigl-pres-
sure administrations they were:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
Key West Democrat. ]


What We want is more work and lesa talk
This State is being counted upon 10 give it's next
electoral vote for the Republican nominees.
There is no doubt but what the Independents
and Republicans will fuse on a State ticket, ex-
pecting that it will strengthen them in the Presi-
DENTAL struggle. We fail to see what good will
ever result from the pickering new being in
dulged in by certain papers 1t is LITTLE 100
presumptuous TO say that the coming candidases
shall hail from this section or from that In sar
opinion it would be far wiser to wait and gee
what the convention has TO say on the subject
Besides this good will ever accrue To the ;ar,y
from this sectional warfare. and persons wicse
Democracy does not extend any further than
their own immediate district, are liable to impair
the success of the party. II we de-ire victory,
there must be NO shuffling no lukewarmneas,
but solid front must be presented.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12

see her in her home content,
Ihe faithful housewife day bv day.
her duties seems like pleasures sent,
And JOY attends her on her way
She cares not for the loud acclaim
That goes with rank and social strife,
Her wayside home is more than fame:
She Is Its queen-the faithful wife
When summer days are soft and fair,
And bird songs NIL the cottage trees,
She reaps benson as rare
As her own gentle ministries.
Peace shrines itself upon her face.
And happiness in every look;
her voice 10 full Of charm and grace,
Like music OF the summer brook.
ln winter when the days are cold,
And all the landscape dead and bare,
how we'll she keeps her little fold,
How shines the fire beside the chair
The children go with pride to school,
The fathers toll halt turns to play,
so faithful is her frugal care,
so tenderly she mOulds the day.
Let higher stations vaunt their claim,
Let Others sing Of rank and birth,
The faithful housewives honest fame
Is linked to the best joy on earth.
-&esc Y0rf Lesl0er
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
"A gentleman who had been struck b

"A gentleman who had been struck by
young lady's beauty was determined
to follow the injunction and kiss the rod
that smote him."
"A Bostonian has just been arrested
for marrying a dozen wives. He made
q very creditable attempt to become the
hub" of the universe
When Clara was asked what she
would do if nice young gentleman
would ask her hand in marriage, she
naively replied, don't think I'd no."
Things are not exactly right. A
careful political economist closely calcu-
lates that women in this country might
annually save &l4,5OO in ribbons which
the men might spend in cigars.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
Jack s0nville Herald.


senator Lamar voices the sentiments OF the
abiest Democratic statesmen IN The country when
he says that the union of the Democracy for the
good Of The Union is the first step 10 a crown
ing victory iba' will inaugurate An admnistra-
t'on under which local self-government, Il free
and harmonious play of economic forces. The inst
rights OF SatesI and OF individuals, of labor and
capital, will BE- secured
The nation wants peace. Yet the Republican
party which cries out in horror against the dis
tusbance of the business interests" punges reck-
iess'y mic an attempt to drag open the old
wounds Of sectional hatred and strife.
T'hA nation groans under oppressive taxation
to support administrative prodgality and official
dishonesty. Ict few Democrats are silly
enough to talk about making an issue of the
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12

In his report the Government Chemist sayal
regard all alum powders as very UNIV htsles
some. Phosphate and Tartaric Acid powiasa
iberate their gas too freely in process Of bakine
or under varying climatic changes suffer aettriot
ration"
DR.. II. A. Mott, the former Government, Chem
si, after careful and elaborate examination, al
the various baking powders Of commerce. re-
ported to the Government in favor OF the Rayat
brand ~
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
BEST BAKING POWDER;


DR.. Edward G. Love, the present Aualvtic*l
Chemist for the Government, has recently made
some interesting experiments as to the compsrs-
tive value of baking powders. DR.. Lsve'. tests
were made to determine what brands art the
most economical to use. and as their capacity
lies in their leavening power, tests were directed
solely to ascertain the available gas of each cow
der. DR.. Loves repsrt gives the following:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
FOR SALE.
Florida Real Estate.

NO. l.-13 ACRES, FIRsTCLAss VEGETABLE
~ and fruit farm. Ten acres LeConte Pear Trees,
40 to 800 Orange Trees mostly budded, some fruit
the past year. growing Nursery business. viii be
divided into OK acre lots. Ten minutes from the
post ONCE and railroad station, Tallahassee, Fla.
No Five or ten acre lots, near Orlando, Or
ange County, Florida. Enquire Of
w. Fl. HASKELL,
3S-tf Tallahasaee Fla
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
FOR RENT.

A COMFORTABLE TWOSTORY BUILDING,
IA furnished or unfarnished, with nve rooms.
In = healthy locality, with gardeu kitchen and fns
cistsrn. Apply
AT TMs OYyIcK
November 9, 1SeS-tf
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12

Wealth Of the UalaeA States.
The following shows the wealth Of the United
sstates on the first Of June, 1890 the figures rep
iesenting millions of dollsrs
Parms. Observation-Disclosures. l0,ls7
ilesidences and business real estate, capital
employed in business, including water
power. .................... 1881
Railroads and equipment. Observation-Disclosures. 5,S36
Telegraphs, shipping and canals. ........... 4ly
Esve stock. whether or off farms, farming
tools aud machinery. y................. 24O6
Household furniture, paintings, books, cloth
ing. jewery household supplies of food
fn.l etc. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5,OUU
Aines Including petroleum Wes) and quar-
ries. together with one half Of the annual
product reckoned as the average supply on
uAnd. ......... ................... IU
Fhree-q quarters of the annual product of agri-
culture and manufactures and of the an
nuaimportation of foreign goods, assumed
To be the average supply on hand. ........ 6,lGO
Churches, schools asylums. public buildings
of all kinds, and other real estate exempt
from taxation. Observation-Disclosures. a,VOO
Speeie. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. el1
miscellaneous items, including tools of me-
N"aiics- oOV
Total. .........................4 4S,649
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
The De ssary.HBaya Line 60 EaIld
1--WE Large Freight Steamers at

80 great has become the business Of the DE
Eary Baya Merchants Line OF steamers that il is
necessary tor them 10 make at once extensive
additions to their already large feet Of fine
steamers in order TO promptly handle the in
mense and constantly growing freight. IS well as
passenger business. This line already owns ten
large steamers besides barge and with these
constantly running to their full capacity, il is
utterly impossible to keep The wharves and
warehouses clear
In order 10 promptly meet all demands, the
prsprietOrs have decided to build two large
freight steamers, one to be of iron and the other
oi wood, to be supplied with the finest ma
chInery, with sufficient power to propel them at
very rapid rate of speed The new steamers
will each be about one hundred and seventy 6vr
feet long. The iron steamer will be built at
Wilmington, Del, and the wooden one here Nv
Messrs Drew, Hazletine i Livingston, and the
work Of construction will be commenced at the
earliest day possible
This line has never yet spared trouble or ex-
pcnse to meet the demands of the general public
ana furnish The very best transportation facili-
ties, but contributes largely TO the prosperity
and welfare Of the city. Besides the little army
at men constantly employed, the money ex-
pended for fuel, wharf and Office rents, ETC. they
contemplate spending the present summer, IN
Guiding The building Of the new boat and for re-
paiss, over 800 00O0.-Ilmes. Tnion
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
\ Il Ork Sun.
The Last of the MOhicAma.

We learn from the San Francisco tA,pn;.A
that new slOOp-of-war, the Mohican." was
launched two days after christmas At the Mare
Island Navy Yard. There was some difficulty
in getting the vessel afioat She stuck on the
ways. and although constructor George w
Much exciiedlv shouted Ia the wOrkmtn, cut
away like The devil" and the men did Cut away,
il become necessary to apply jack screws in
der TO lorce the ship into thu water.
No wonder tho Mohican was reluctant 10
leave the navy yard. She had been on the ways
ior ten years, quite long enough to account for a
strong local attachment The MOhican is the
lastot the wooden ships reconstructed ON the Robe
sonian plan OF repairs. In her new shape size is
the product of the combined genius OF Sscnr
Robson and his faithful subordinate {ssiah
Hanscomb Up to date, according 10 the. official
figures available her cost To the people has iseen
as follows: ]
Bureauof Constr uctiOn and Repair ..... S.y.!906
bureau OF Equipment. nt.................... l2%S6
Bureau of Steam Engineering. ........ l6G5s4
Special appropriation of June 1883. . lOfO0D
slls. .4ss
Becretary Chander's estimate for compile
tion. Observation-Disclosures. :sss, 40
Tota! when finished d................... 81 sos S}4
This is fairish, even for tue Robesouian
gang OF repairers, if We consider that when shis
lOOO-tOn woSelen vessel ia finally ready eer Her
vice she will represent an expenditure Gf over
81 500 \ ton She ought to be named TIE Isasl
OF the MOhicsns." Every tax payer will nope
there may he no more of her tribe
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
BALL & LONG,
REAL ESTATE DEALERS AND AGENTS,
TALLAHASSEE. FLORIDA.

e% Large and email tracts OF improved and unim-
proved lands in WakullA counties, ee,-eaitable
for staple crops, fruits truck farming, dairying
and general stock raising especially sheep.
At low prices and on easy terms.
~ Some specially desirable locations on Lakes Jack
lafayette and Bradford in Leon county. and the
atgh hammock shores OF the Wakua and st. Marks
in Wakulla county. within few miles Of the Gulf
with abundance OF nsh, oysters and game
G~ Both state and Government lands selected and
entered for parties upon application
~ Maps, pats and descriptions furnished
We have complete Abstract Of Titles to every acre OF
land in Leon county carefully compiled from County Re
cords and Probate Once.
Information OF Middle Florida ts lands climate SOIL
productions and cheerfuy furnished and
Fespondence solicited. March H. le62-ly
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12

I5tFeN9Lf
IG"N q Ms CUBIC Xhch<s Gas
56ft"2 ftede'S per each ounce of PtVsdeS
" Royal (cream tartar pOwd .rl ........ lN4'
patapsco" lalum powder). lYias.
Rumiords lphosphate) fresh. l23 50
humioras tphoephate) old. ld.........-.... 3p1&
" Hanford's None Such" fresh lNe
HanfOrd's Mono Such, old .......H Hx
" Redhead's 's".......... IISE
" Charm (alum powder) 80. ......lIH IHas
Amazon (alum powder. liz O.,
"Clevelands (short weight u o. lGs
sea roam .......................1G 1G7a
Czar ..:.;................. .1OSs
:. ". rHSe ...........3...l lWd
Suow Fn1e ldron o, 81 fauD. .lW So.
Le"ss Condensed. d...................... va
congress yeast ....................,. N.5
=. andrews q Coz contains alum)... 7ki7+
Observation-Disclosures. M5
"Gillet's" ...........s Il .
" Bulk k"... Sas
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12

AN Irishman, who went to church
where the people came in late, said it is
"tbe fashion there for nobody to go till
everybody has got there"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
E,istis Semi-Tropical.

rs'isils semi Tropical.
Prof VIM Sanders, Superintendent OF the
Bo-ancal Gardens and Grounds of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington. arrived in
Eustis on the morning train last Wednesday
In the afternoon he rode out to see the Bates
grave and Col Norton's place. Thursday morn
ing Dr. ). = Sergeant took him over to Mr.
Wnftor,Fs home, to see The prince of gardeners
in South Florida Mr. Wofford was putting out
his tomat0es-a very healthy and vigorous
growth OF plants. They we're 80 we'll rooted
that not one in many thousands were killed 10
trassplanting. Mr. Wofford will only put out
thiray acres cf tomatoes and twenty in other
vegetables this year. From Mr. Woiford's they
drove down to the Eustis meadows and took a
view nj DR. Hicks plantation of two thousand
acres, which he is reclaiming The large ditch
now opened Isari OF the way through the mead
ows, will he enlarged, Heightened and deepened
When finished it will extend from Serpeniine To
Treat Lake, anil if it is put to The proper depth
Will reclaim very rich and desirable body ot
land within short distance OF Eustis On Fri
day Col. Taylor took The Professor out 10 see the
Washington grove, of which he is superintend-
enf, This grove contains one hundred acres
out In young AMI vigorous grove. Prot Sanders
viii remain Ee:e but few days as he expects
To travel extensively through the State. lie is
we'll pleased with Florida.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
qb' @e''AIp 9 1Ior'aiH".
IA -
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY.
VERTISING aATEN.

.4s. o.ei inch n -paee: a4aQbsrsy saeks a col
:-~ln-tt- inserted l.ssfhSh cte month. 81
H., 5r.r .ud 50 crnra 4t.fAeh Subsequent
... ..,..,s- aaac,omp.n.ra Il tsi cAsa.. .rc.p.
..,, ,,tir,., v III hot receive at'rt!idn.
.'o,,. .r.lo-r,i doe-. pa, tsses tasYpsnbsr Of
.,.,..-a. , ~, be su.rrs da lsst.hs @osr OF
i.,u.- :,
Advert .ru.,h's no marked WITH 'ie Sa@p<S ~ uWes
r...t u,,l tnr'ud ana :aA sed Af'ofaiNxy
.....q.. -.t,rr,f-rrs whcte aTsosnI of sPsce and
.n~4s, <ed ny ahovr rafs. viii ~ required
.,rr, tn- advert ing -tr.t,: i"yher D~p ~as,nesa
r. - ottrtwi-t -tipgatrd
-. ~ ---A-ir' n sfetgs"t To the .f"utrHry
-. -rar-s- ,scrta'ps aer nt- as ttsrII Is'i came
e. ,itt ,iutL's
FERN. of SMb."rlSTIOas
rer Annam. a. 4tra"|'' .....- saoO
~ Mouths i.......-..- w
Thee Molth- .....-......- ....-.-~ 50
>tge copy .--.... ......:.,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12

M. LIVELY, Druggist,
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
Jan ~, lsS4-ly-eew
LEROY ID. BALL r. &. LONG,
Formerly Surveyor General Attorney At Law
of Florida
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-24
Patti and Nilsson.


LONDON. October 23d.- Colonel Mapleson' 5
contract with Patti for the Drury Lane season
limits her fee to t450 nightly. NilssOn's fee Is
limited to $3.50 nightly
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-24
'rgLEGRAPRiC BREyiTTES.

The Figaro Of Paris says that Bernhardt IS in
q very weak condition.
STOW fell in various parts Of Ontario yesterday.
Il is showing nj Brussels. Six inches have fallen
and il is sill showing
lord Northbrooke will return to England from
Egypt by way of Paris. While n that city he
viii have an interview with Ferry.
Senator Fair. Of Nevada. arrived in Washing
ton yesterday Re mus Just returned from Eu-
rope lie LETT last night Tor home, and viii tahe
part in the campaign.
Dumas. member OF the MarseilleS municipal
Government, has He'd with ls.uo francs, winch
We're intrusted for distribution among cholera
sufferers warrant has been issued.
The marriage of the President With Miss Title
FreIiuchuyscn viii be arranged aud take place
At Washington in the month of JANUARY. Miss
Tiiiie is the eldest child of Secretary ETeling
huyscn.
The New York ticket brokers took hand in
the rate war Yesterday morning one announced
that he would sell tickets 10 Chicago AZ SD an
other at SiI, first class Probably tickets West
Will he sold at 80 before the week ends.
Mrs. Alexander McNee who shot herself Tue
day afternoon in Washington, fingered until
Wednesday afternoon, though completely par
alvlc6 when she died. Her relatives reside ii
santa Rosa. Cal She was about 10 years OF age
The Emperor william and Crown Prince
Frederick William have arrived in Berlin. The
question OF the Brunswick succession has beer
discussed by the BUudcgIath. majority o
the body agreed To admit the clam O: the Duke
of Cumberland to the throne.
The private banking house OF II. y. Cooke 4
Co. in Washington. displayed The following no
Iicc at the usual opening hour yesterday morn
ing: Owing to orr inability to meet pressing
demands, we deem it better for the interests o
all concerned 20 suspend temporarily.
Gladstone has written long letter to the st
Asaph DIOCESAN Conference on the SUBJECT o
the Observation-Disclosures Of the Church of England
| In it he counselS churchmeu - be tolerant O
each others views and conduct their contro
veIsics with charity, moderation, mlldness anC
Il -.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-24
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

The schooner Premier, which left New
castle, y. :. W. january 18th, for this
port, has put into Tanning Island IN a
!eaky condition, and was abandoned by her
Captain and crew.
The jury in the ease OF Louis Helbng.
after celebrating all night on the charge oi
stealing water from the Spring Valley
mains. Wednesday morning returned a
verdict of petty larceny.
Minnie GrcenberE was found dead Tues
day morning in room of the house at 626
HAYES street. with the gas Jet fully turned
on 1t is believed that She committed sui
eide.
Auguste Florentine'S fourth trial for
murder has been SIT for the 10Th Of Deem
her. I.ouis Weber, the co-defendant SEN
fenced to two and half years imprison-
ment, appealed to the Supreme Court on
Monday last.
In connection with Chinese certificates,
il is stated on good authority they have a
market value in China Of SO each. China
men leaving California with no intention of
returning get out a certificate and sell it in
China to some Monaghan who is anxious
to come to these shores.
The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency reports
twenty failures in the Pacific coast States
and Territories for the week ending Friday,
MS compared with sixteen for the previous
week. and twenty-one for the correspond
inc week of 1888. The failures for the past
week are divided among the trades rs fol-
lows: Five general stores, three saloons,
two grocers. two harness, two cigars and
tobacco, one wine-eTower, one banker, enc
dry goods, one wood and coal, one builder
and one capitalist.