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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-08-12

The infamous slsnders agains, Cleveland ap-
pexrrd 10 Q Buffalo paper "n Sunday. On the
next day Rsr Dr.. Dandsberg and Dr. A. b.
Strong. President and Director of the Rochester
Theological seminary, and xixiy-iwo other
promineut Republicans of Rochester. N. Y, met
and signed an address against The election OF
blaine and In favor of Cleveland
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-08-12

Detroit Rst-"T The Democracy are going
into the campaign this year. -, usual, un-
tari6ied."
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-08-12
Prom the Gainesville Advoeate.1
LOOSE AMONG TIE PEOPLE.
FrHAk w. PoPe's Harangae as Oak
Hall Grove.

Between 10 and O'Clock on Saturday crowd
assembled in Oak Hall Grevs for the purpose Of
seeing Pope and hearing what he had to saw for
himsaf and to his constituents,
Mr.. Pope began by talking about his own ma
tive faodesty and the inevitable ways of Pruvf{
whist he would say. and proceeded. He stated
that Dourbsnism could not get above the idea
that politics are nQthng more than mere
sQu4f:ble for office, and that he said, is what
hartss Florida" A colored man, with . head
shaped like California peanut constantly en-,
/" WhOop 'em up, Liza Jane He went over
the Independent platform AnA cut it up in slicea
in order that il could be understood BY his duskv
heare.s When he said gentlemen, reject"
an old colored man squalled out, "yes, vein
fsct," He spoke Of the damnable side-show
busintss," and then SAID what is tl,e side-show
basisessT None Of hia followers agrnnied, aQd
we supposed none knew what he meant When
ever &c stopped TO take drink some eb0n-hued
maR would say dals sol" Pops said; g We
coademn the traffic of alcoholic liqp0rs,", We
belieYe that, he was seen condemning seme
of tts same stuff at Bayers Lone Star Safoon
esrly in the. morning But We. suppose bis throat
tU hisa saying that ne had many supporters UH
hn!l sds, bur we felt bad when he implicated
Ptov dence by saying His sympathes were with
the Independent movement After talking o6s
hoaW and forty minutes he brought hia piece
10 elsse.
When Pope got of the box lsud calls were
made for Gen. ]. T. Walls, but some one yelled
for Charles L Fildes and he Immediately came
| 10 th@ front. He violently paved the air, 2weat
his elpthea groaned, griped, AID Was finally det
liverea OF little wee speech" The purport
| of This speech was his own biography up TO dase
In his remarks be hurled the mosl villifyiag
3viiuperati0u that We ever heard come from the
tongue of any man at the present officials 6f
/ AaacLpa county. +f
4 Capt. Dennis next followed in q few good
\ natnred remarks, which caused much sppiause,
s not the sentiment. but ths ladjcroas manner 10
/ (which it was said.
n Gea- j. T. Walls made the closing speech Of
athS occasion, and we plteS our honest eQnvic-
[ moet appropriate speech of the entire day.
II NOTES.
Il GOad order prevailed.
N No rocks were thrown.
II We felt sorry for Brother Charlie
h WEite men went Through curipsiJy,
II Rennis knows what win elicit applause
h There were more Perry than Pops mSn. pres
Rildes wiped out any good Impressions that
4 Pope nay have made. i'' = d., ! -ss.
II Rope was so temperate that tAsy did not haye
|. even ice-water for him. '"''
d Nr,S Pope 10 rather an enter taining speaker
bug man is known BY bis followers. ;, -. .,. :
II d man who came 10 town in the morning q
/ ccnttMed Independent, told US ia de evtenipe
/ thsf Pope hsd ts. fifty ivotss By his speech.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-08-12

st. Louis Rspsb1een-" The Democratic
rooster viii now Grover Cleveland"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-08-12
AXE City Star
The Independent P0w.Wow.

State papers please copy.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-08-12
Public Speaking.

Chairman of Committee.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28

Holding that the capacity of man,
taken in the widest sense, including
character and physique was finite, and
therefore measurable, Mr.. Francis Gal
ton has suggested that laboratory
should be opened at Cambridge Eng
land, to investigate what he calls a new
science, the measurement of human
faculty." At the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, he said, physical education and
hygiene were compulsory on all students.
and although the physical measurements
taken were not compulsory, yet few OBJ
iected, and the result was that the most
valuable statistics were collected, and in
many instances good advice given to the
students in what way to counteract the
effects of any abnormal development of
the structure OF the muscles. He assert
ed that by long series of observations it
would be possible to measure the hui
man faculty as accurately as, if not more
80 than, our system of examinations
measures the intellectual faculty.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28
T HE NJ ON | T @ r

wooDsrows, FRIDAY NOVEMBER, 18th 1884.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28

Experiments Oh an extensive scale
have been made by the Dutch Govern
ment to ascertain the relative strength
of iron and steel girders. The soft steel
Orders proved to be twenty-five per cent.
and the bard steel Orders sixty-six per
cent. stronger than the iron girders. 1t
was pretty well established that the
strength of steel girders IS about the
same for the two hanges if they are
made alike in sections.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28
Scientific.

A process for washing and purifying
salt mas been patented Tie salt is first
placed in storage bins with perforated
bottoms, then washed with solution OF
three parts water to one OF pure salt the
solution percolating through the salt and
the perforated bottoms.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28

The number of hungry aspirants for our
Woodstown post-officc increases daily At
last accounts there were thirty-seyen ap-
plcants ST. John men should be invited
to ''chuck in.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28

II wasn't such bad notion on the Part
of a glover who hung up in his shop the
following placard 'Ten thousand hands
wanted Immediately"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28

A very puzzling problem of optical
science was raised the OTHER evening, be-
fore one of our scientific societies, by n
microscopic worker, in lecture on the
sources of error in optical analysis. 1t is
familiar fact that living monads the
minutes forms of life yet discovered
when examined at powers just sufficient
to reveal their presence, possess a rapid
dancing or shooting movement that is
very fatiguing and defes analysis.
When, on the other hand, these bodies
are studied at high powers, their move
ment is apparently slow, although ira
versing a relatively longer distance on
the retina in exactly the same length Of
time. The question is one OF the incest
and most difficult that has been raised
in opticil science for many years
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28

Glass is gradually beginning to take
take the place of wood and iron IN the
construction of bridges in England. The
inventor makes blocks of glass which he
hardens by special process. In solidi-
ty it is said oleave nothing to be desired.
The experiments already made have
given surprising results, and the cost IS
below that of bridges of the wood or iron.
Moreover, the glass cannot be injured by
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28

With the perfection of the mercury
pump attained by NJ Cailletct, whose
method of liquifying gases, as recently
exhibited under the auspices Of tie
Physical Society of Paris has attracted
universal attention, experiments are III
progress to develop new mode of pre-
serving fruits, meals etc, in the fresh
state, by exhausting the atmosphere in
closed jars, and thus suspending all
forms of vital activity. 1t is believed
that by adopting a process based upon
the complete, or nearly complete eli
mination of oxygen, salmon and other
fish of delicate flavor, but peculiarly
subject even as living animals, to the
development of parasitic fungi, can be
preserved without resorting to the pro-
cesses now in vogue, which greatly i'm
pair their flavor and nutrient value
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28

Mr.. E. NJ. Hasbrouk, of Syracuse n.
T., illustrates in the Scinetifc Amertcun
the nest and eggs of the ruby-throaled
humming bred, (7'roehaias co1t6ris, }
which he found last year in an orchard
he had been ransacking. The nest, built
at the end of al apple tree bough not
above five feet from the ground, did not
exceed to 81 inches in circumference, /
inch i'll diameter, and J inch in depth
inside measurements - and J inch high.
1t was made of thistle down, willow
down, cobwebs and caterpilIars' silk,
plastered all over the outside with
lichens One peculiarly of this nest
was that a pine needle of extra length,
inst caught on to the side by few turns
OF cobwebs az if for ornament, projected
from each side about two inches The
nest contained two pearly white eggs,
iealously guarded by the parent birds,
which furiously assailed the ornitholo-
gist when he attempted to rob them
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28

A process for rendering textiles water
tight and incombustible has been ill.,
vented by NJ. Dumas. The fabric is
first passed through solution contain
ing 7.S per cent. of gelatine heated to
40 After remaining i'll the solution a
few minutes the fabric is pressed be-
tween rollers to remove the surplus
liquid and afterward allowed to dry
partially in the open air. 1t is then per-
United to steep for short time in cold
cold "a solution of alum, and is then
taken out exposed to the air for an
hour, washed in cold water, and finally
dried. 1t is claimed that goods thus
treated are quite permeable to air and
lose neither their elasticity nor softness
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-28
OVERALLS AND JUMP
Frs.

We have on hand, by act
ual count, over 1900 pairs
of Mems and Boys Duck
Overalls and $50 Jumpers.
We sell these goods in all
parts of this and nearby
counties. We make them
in our own work rooms. and
warrant them never to rip.
See our Boys Duck Sack
Coats, at 65 cents. They
are just the thing for hard
knocks.
L. B. Humphreys & Co.
FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS.
The chances are that we
have more floor oil-cloths in
stock than all the other
dealers in town combined.
Come and see. We have
all widths and qualities, from
one yard to two yards wide,
at prices from 80 cents up
ward.
+. B. HuMrHREYs & Co.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-01-18
For he IEgiS mt InteHigeHcer
OF FIFTY YEARS
AGO.


The subject of improvement is much talked
of and written about, and this time of the year
naturally leads us To think of fire to keep us
warm, cook our food, ne. ! have therefore
thought Il Short article on the way fires were
kinded and kept up in Northern Hartford, fifty
years ago, might be interesting TO some of the
readers of THE hIgiS. Half a century ago large
fire places We're IN use III all the houses in the
neighborhoOd in which | lived, which was very
thickly settled even III that period. These fire
places were all impoi tant in tie keeping of fires
both for warmth and cooking. The back log
as it was termed, the large andirons TO hold up
the smaller wood and good fore stick were the
basis on which to build IL good fire Matches
We're almost unknown in those days, and when
the fire had to be started the finder box or flint
lock was resorted to; but do not recolcct in
my childhood of but one time in my fathers
house of the finder box or flint lock being used,
for the neighbors were thick, and we were never
all out of fire at once. My father had Il fire
place which was well adapted to keeping fire,
and when Il small child | have frequently seen
four or five of the neghbors come 10 borrow
fire. If ii was man who came he generally car
ried a burning brand placed between two pieces
of bark or light-WOod, hut children were pro-
yidcd with old coffee pots, with II lid, SO they
would not burn themselves. Covering the fire
when 1t was not needed for warmth or cooking,
and particularly before retiring for the night,
was very important matter The wood was
allowed to burn up in such manner rs to have
a nice bed OF hot Goals, which were sciapcd
closely together and covered with ashes, OF
which supply was kept on hand, in order to
keep the GOALS air tight ifpossblc. Then in The
morning, or when the fire was needed, the ashes
were thrown of and n fire soon made up. AT
that time there We're some ten plate stoves, aud
in some parlorS II franklin Stove i'll the chin
ney, but they were rare, old people always
preferring nj that time 10 sit and cook by open
fire-places. In my next article shall say some
thing of the method of cooking and the food
used fifty years ago. MEMORY.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-01-18
ED.

llAN%AY.--On the SllTor Jan, lSS4, ri Mt.
Stuart, King George county, Va. SARAH
KEEN llANWAY, swcclly fell asleep IN the
arms of her Saviour, aged 2 years and 10 months,
daughter of Edward &. and Julia W. lIunway,
of Hartford county, Md
WElLS.-At Aberdeen, Jan. 18th, 1881, G.
w. WELLS, in the 10Th year of his age.
CllALk.--0n fuh of December, 1883, at
Fountain Green, HALL CHALK, son of Joseph
aud Matte Chalk, aged . years, months and
l6 days.
Gods finger touched him and he slept. our
earth. Twas hard 10 give him up, yet it had TO
be done. Angel Mamie lured him over the silent
river and beckoned him on. In the grey dawn of
morning the poatman came and took with him
angels, our little Hall. great loneliness comes
over me when feel they are forever gone and
that shall see them no more. Yet bethink me
of a sweet weird story, how our dear loves came
AT the gates of the beautiful city
A dear little angel stands.
knocking AT Gods holy portals,
And the Saviour now gives his command
For the great golden gate to swing open,
That the sweet little lamb may como in
See he enters the beautiful mansions,
unsullicd bysorrow or sin.
Out from the army of angels
Comes wee one to welcome him home,
Hand in hand the little ones wander
Up to the beautiful throne.
They kneel at the feet of the Saviour
Who gives him II crown of gold,
Sweet are the songs of the angels,
As they welcome him into their fold.
Safe at home are my beautiful darlnFs,
All praise to the Saviour be given,
The dear little brother and sister,
Have met in the bright realms of Heaven.
AUNT ANNIE.
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ABERDEEN.

The officers of Blenhem Lodge, |. o. o. f.,
were publicly installed at tue Southern Method
ist Church, last Tuesday night. Grand Secreta-
ny, j. M. Jones and w +. Coburn of the Grand
Lodge, were present. The members of the
order met at their hall at six o'clock, p. M,
and went In a body to the church. The officers
installed were as follows: N. g., b. w. Her
ring; VS., j. w. Wells; Secretary, W. b.
Baker, Treasurer, X. NJ. Taylor. The subord-
nate officers appointed We're X. s. To N. g., g.
Il. jackson; l.. s. TO N. e., james B. Hollis :;
Warden, j. 4. Baldwin; o. s. g., Charles Wood,
|. s. g., Harry l.. Arthur; X. s. s., Reuben
BanblitZ; l.. s. s., James Hamilton; Conduc-
tor, DIR. Il. j. jackson; X. 5. to V. g., l.. s. Os-
born; l.. s. to V. q John l.. Finney Chaplain,
James A. Wies Marshal, ii. o. Pennington.
After the installation speeches were made by
Rev. j. w. Steele, Messrs. j. M. Jones and W.
I. Coburn of the Grand Lodge, and Messrs. Ma
gowan and Foster, of Morning Star Lodge The
choir of the Church rendered choice music dur
ing the evening.
Mr.. &. w. Wells, who has been i'll for several
months, died at his residence last Tuesday even
ing. Mr.. Wells was II member of the Odd Eel
lows, and was sitting past grand Of the Lodge.
The ladies Of Rock Run NJ. f. Church, pre-
sented their PASTORS wife with silver cake
basket, and each Of his daughters Fannie and
Clara, with silver napkin rings and the young
men of the same church presented Rev Mir
Marsh with purse with which to purchase an
overcoat.
The meeting at the NJ. +. Church still contin.
ues.
Mr.. Chas. Cole has resigned his position as
bookkeeper at T. l.. lanwuy Il Co.'S, and Mr..
w. Jacobs has been appointed in his place.
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Maryland Central Railroad.
COMPLETED AT LAST.
THE CELEBRATION AT DELTA
4 COLD DAY BUT A WARM WELCOME.
A LARGE CROWD IN ATTENDANCE.

The completion of the Maryland Central Rail
road from Baltimore to Delta was celebrated
on Thursday, the 18th instant, in Il manner
worthy of the OCCASION
The regular morning train of four coaches
was SO crowded by the time it reached Bel Air
that hundred or more persons, who expected
to 90 by it to Forest Hill, were left on the plat
form to rwait the excursion train. When it
came it consisted of eleven coaches packed full
of the substantial business men of Baltimore
with other friends of the road, including mum
her of ladies. Two engines drew the train.
AT Forest Hill another car was added to the
train and those who there awaited it were jam
med into the already crowded cars
The train left Baltimore about eight o'clock
and arrived safely at Delta at F. NJ. About
800 persons came on the tars and the number
was sweled by persons from the djacent neigh
borhood 10 nearly 5000.
The sun shOne brightly but the air from the
snow clad hills was cold enough TO gladden. the
heart of ice,man. Although il was so cold with
out doors inside were blazing fires aud the ge-
NAL warmth of an old fashioned York county
welcome. Besides, local option does not pre-
vail in the borough of Delta and "sumrthing
warm" was easily obtained by those who dcsr-
ed it.
There was no room in the town large enough
to hold une-tenth of the crowd and the weather
was too cold for out door speaking.
A short address of welcome was, however, de-
livered hy Col. Il. II. Webster, who was intro
duced by Rev. 4. NJ. Crawford. Col Webster
congratulated the people of Delta upon tine
completion Of the enterprise, so long lookcd-for,
and said the new railroad would open way for
their products TO Baltimore and other places.
No railroad from Baltimore, he said, passes
through Il country more saubriOus or
more easily improved The traffic that will
go over the road will be enormous and the
road would soor be made tirst-class one.
bountifu and excellent dinner was served
i'm ~ hus pmpnt nj the new Mpthnlist (hurrh
and after at least thousand were fed, there
was enough left for as many more. The cx-
curtionists were delighted with the trip, and the
people of the upper end deserve unslnted
praise for their hospitality. The train left Delta
at ~ Z. NJ. arriving ut Bel Air al q.
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Notes from ANNAPOLIS.

The bill to amend the charter of the Mary
land Central Railroad, leave to introduce
which has been obtained by Mr.. Wiener, of
the House, is intended to shorten the distance
at which whistles are to be blown for cross
ings from 900 to 900 feet, and to increase
the number of directors from thirteen to
fifteen
Gov. McLane has sent a message to the
Legislature recommending changes in the
laws regulating the wages of employer and
employee One of these recommendations is
the limitation of the actual working time for
women and children, under 1G years of age,
and that children under ten years of age do
not workat all. He recommends method of
arbitration among workmen and their en-
ployers and faVors tradesunions.
The Legislature met on Tuesday. In the
Senate an order offered by Mr.. Allen was
adopted providing for the appointment of
three Senators as n committee TO confer with
the United States authorities in reference TO
the location of the proposed De kalb monu-
ment, for which Congress has made an appro-
priation, and which is to be erected in Annap-
oils. Messrs. Allen, Rusk and Lane were
appointed as the committee.
In the House Mr.. Brady, of Baltimore
county, obtained leave to introduce bill to
impose fine of S. on every qualified voter
in the State who fails to cast ballot at gem
eral elections, provided the failure so to do is
not caused by sickness or absence from place
of registration. The bill compels judges of
election to send lists of those who do not
vote to the clerks of courts, who will sum.
mon them to apper before the presiding
Judges to be excused or fined. The money
fund.
A petition from Mr.. Benz p. Moore asks
for the modification of oaths so as to abolish
the use of the imprecatory clause, $50 help
me God" the true meaning of which is, he
says that the swsarer calls upon his head the
vengeance of the Almighty, and forever re.
nounces His pardon if what he swears to is
not strictly correct.
Voting for United States Senator began on
Tuesday. The candidates voted for were
Hon. James B. Groome, Judges E. X. Wilson
and John NJ Robinson and Thomas ]. Keat.
ing, Democrats; and Charles #. Westcott
Jno. A. J. Creswell and r. B. Dixon, Re.
publicans. Each house voted separate
ly and viva voce. The vote was as follows
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FROM THE UPPER END.
Death OF IL Former Member Ofthe LegI
Und.

Death OF IL Former Member Ofthe Legis-
IRture.
SIeighng is good and old and young have been
enjoying it. Those who have icehouses have
filled them.
Mr.. Samuel Meredith, aged 81 years, living in
Baltimore county, was buried last Monday. He
had been member of West Liberty Church for
more than fifty years.
Samuel Davis, son of John Davis, of this
county, died at the residence of his brother. in
law, james kirkwood, in Washington, ON the
9TH instant, and was buried at Fawn Grove on
Tuesday He was about 30 years fage.
John Hawkins, in the S0th year of his age,
died at the residence of his -in-law, l.. NJ
Birmingham, on the Sth instant. The interment
was at West Liberty Church, on the 10th. Mr.
Hawkins had lived nearly all his life in this
county, and represented it in the Legislature in
1919. The funeral sermon was preached by the
Rev. George Cuddy. The pail bearers We're b.
+. Jordan, s. V. Trump, }. V. Davis, NJ. Me
Ginness, II. Z. Archer and Il. Wilson. X.
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Profits $i.l7 per share.
Present value of shares $i3.42.

DIED ON THE RoAD--On Monday Mr. Martin
Mahan, who lived near Forest Hill, started in
a sleigh 10 go to Bel Air. He had not been very
well for some time, but that morning he told
his family he felt unusually well. He was over
taken on the road by Messrs. D. A. Grafton and
John j, GLADDEN., who were also in Sleigh
They drove along side by side, conversng with
each other. At the edge of the town Messrs
Grafton and GLADDEN. drove ahead, Mr.. Mahan
following. When near Sweets Hotel, color
ed man called to the occupants of the forward
sleigh that something was the matter with Mr..
Mahan. Upon looking back they saw him lying
partly out of the sleigh, the horse taking his
own course. Mr.. GLADDEN. got in with him and
drove the sleigh to the side entrance of the Court
House, on Office street DIR. w. s. Richardson
was called out of the Registers Office, and go
ing TO Mr.. Mahan's sleigh, found him uncon-
sclous. He gasped once, as the doctor felt his
pulse, bal no other signs Of life We're seen. lie
was taken to Shannon's Hotel, where more
thorough examination was made by Drs. Rich
ardson and Mumnikhuysen, who pronounced
him dead, and attributed the cause to an affection
OF the heart. Shortly afterwards the body was
removed TO his late residence Mr.. Mahan was
about CD years of age and owned Il good farm,
which he had acquired by industry and economy.
lie was an honest man, good citizen, and was
much respected, lie leaves Il wife, three sons
and four daughters, Much sympathy is express
ed for his distressed family. The interment was
AT st. lgnatns' Church, Hickory Wednesday,
Rev. Francis Fowler officiating. The pail bear
ers were Hon. Stevenson Archer, A. Lingan Jar
rett, James NJ. Cain, Henry Ady, H. II. Black
and W. }. Robinson.