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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22
bile Speaking.

Co. rrAl E. A. Perry, the candidate 81 3ihe
Conservative Democratic party !ar Govszpdr,
with he following named gentleIseH, GcheraI
W d Barnes, Hon G. G. McWhorter and r. G.
Long, and other distinguished sre ,kers witEAd
dress the people OF South ana E,Esi Flog{ks ~
the 'o.'oaI4g times and places
Tami.a Monday, August 11th. :
Mana'te Village, Tuesday, August l2'h,
Piat L vel THURSDAY, August l4'h. -
Fort Meade, Saturday. August Ign
Bart..w Monday, August 18Th.
Pan tily. Tuesday, August 1917. -.
Fort D,de, Wednesday, August n =.
Brn"k>vile, Friday, August % /. &
SImterviil-, Saturday, August 23} -
Wildwood, Saturday night Augnht 23d. !.
Ocala, Monday, August 18th. -.
Micanupy, Tuesday, August 26Ih'
Gainesville, " ednesday. August eth. 4:
All lovers OF god government '4re cor:4aly
invited to attend ~
The Committee will announce cd,'er appasn,-
ments for speaking shortly ~
By order Of Committee.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22

A Democratic mass meeting was held at the
metropolis last Tuesday night which e,.lipsed
anything OF the kind ever before held In Florida.
The glorious Bloxham, the gallant Alabry,
Charles Dougherty. the hope and promise Of the
young democracy of this district, and the witty
Mac W iliiams were all there and delivered
speeches that made the Park Theatre ring with
loud and prolonged applause Letters were read
from General Perry, Captain Pasco, E. n LEN
gle and others. Mr.. John E. Hartridgs and Elec-
tor Graves also made ringing speeches The
meeting adjourned under the sound OF cannon,
TIE blaze OF bonfires and the yell of enthusiastic
Democrats. The political skies in Florida arc
being painted red. and the lettering on the outer
run reads that the Republican party hes been
weighed, found wanting and must Co."
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22

! IS-The negroes desire education. They
hnt their children to grow up and be
heated, yet they vote solidly against
M men who are educating them. In
skfir ignorance they cheer loadly for the
administration Of Stearns and Reed, yet
sAfse administrations did not afford them
H same educational advantages that
E9ky have received under Democratic
y5ninistration. This is fsct Demo
u bic measures are educating the negroes.
NE schools have been established for
ytr use, and yet they vote against their
Il interests every time. They listen to
- who want their votes and get them,
@ refuse to listen to the men who have
N zen TO be their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22
In q letter to the FLoRIDIAN

In a letter to the FLoRIDIAN last
August Mr.. J. N. Stripping Indignantly
protested against our chasing him an
"Independent- Republican" But as the
other day he participated in an "organ-
lied Republican meeting, We think we
chad him down right" nearly a year
ago. He recently addressed an open
letter, through Pope's Neso Era, to Hen.
B. B. Blackwell, alternate Democratic
Elector, in which he tried to show that
the Democratic administration of State
affairs was no better financially than the
Republican had been. Of course all we'll
informed readers knew bis work was
/" crooked" and felt it was an insult to
their intelligence-as who should say
:" Do you take the for foolr
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22

-Aiipro ni4eHt business man Of Bradford
counaywri est m that many influential Demo
cratsailere re snF porting the Independent ticket
and <h4s A. atsuI county may be set down Tor
twelve huns reA q ajority for Pope and Greeley
FIorif jon ss4a
W4sf Al clssa gets 50 far gone that she cant
lie f1 aers .lfs die will call on " a prominent
businssa ma a af Bradford county." The Pope
BOOM tf u er9 he such thng) has not anu
will spa ST. ikX Alachua county The Democ-
rscy sAlac auS Nould not be more solid 1t
were bnnd u $I a rock Perry need have no
fears, bths- 3oq mites stand up for him ut the
polls 1AeIAls :hda sill do.--GainSssi1b Advocate
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22

s i
Life 10 % I'D N /,
The mock bird waraahse mon ron orsags tres
Filling tAs cir with ID aid ~ sdy, ! Il
Would ~ hat life b fsli of j. and peace; !. II
But soon the bird his tnshing ong viii cease: II
And shall listen for his not y In vain, : .
And wonder why he NEVER con 90 again
To cheer our longing l,earts-l lie 10 % ED ) +
Life L. 20 sadi = 2
The blashins rose thai mods II elf to deep. !: +
While svening sspAyuI soflly 'er Il creep i 4
And wait It's sweet perfume lib incense round
WIN soon be scattered ON the roxsn ground, /
Its beauty ruined BY u pstin storm, i. 5
And We shal miss its fragrance and its form :
For many wintry days.-Liie IL 90 I'D. /
Life 10 DO cad : !;
The flowing veil will sarce sui Ice 10 hide (.
The conscious beauty Of the fai young bride; + +;
Ave, in the anguish Of her wan ne strength, !,
And in her erieving for her nrs born's death, Z
Which cen In dawnins yielded back its breath! -
Oh empty aching heA t-Life 10 % cad. :.
Life is % sad 81
Nan in the glory Of his peerles prime, Il
When heart and brain IRE fllet with thoughts suhAa
And jealous strivings for . big aer plane, -
IL chilled by penury, faith slain i
By dark brow'd treachtry who e viper fAngs /
Have etung the mobiles; lives, nd bitter pangs !.
And bltghted hopes reInain-L Re is 90 sad l.
LIVE OAK. FLA. July Is 1884, A. l. ".
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22
One of Rxck's hita lan.

-One Of PIck's hits last week. 10 the
cartoon displaying the three last speakers
of the House of Representatives pl esented
by the two parties. Against the honest,
incorruptible Kerr, Randall and Carlisle
we have the distinguished Rep, blicans
Collar (Hypocrite), Blaine (Jobh er) and
Keller (TooD. 1t il strong illui tration
Of the tendencies of the two parties.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22
OHilk Re fst+f.
A "'s'. Editor ".sr Capture. . F'.'

Taesis rior ming, at 1880 O'Clock, at 81 Vim
CENTS CHI lrctS corner of Palmetto and Lawrence
slreetR NJ. qha rles r Magee, of the Pensacola
Adnafeet tnYA. was united in matrimony to
Miss lose4 'hi%e Devery. OF this city. Mr.. Msgee
vas ,sccoi lpspi, ID by his colleague in business,
Mr., H. Scafriu, who acted as best man Miss
Annta Glib ieYJa charming little lady. was chosen
AS hftdesm sidt The bride was dressed in mouse
coltEaa irwtaing dress of japanese silk, which
WASH very 'et1n ing 10 her. Numerous friends
were pres tsal the quiet wedding. and the
hapAylpaii w1e the recipients of warm congral-
ulateFds- rsald Mrs. Magee left on the two
OclGEA tra fir Pensacola
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22
The Omcial Proceedinxs.

After a delay which was unavoidable
the official proceedings of the State Con
Sention at Pensacola are now of record
IN the columns of the FLoRIDIAN, to-day's
issue
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22

The New York SMn suggests that the
maxim which Mr.. Blaine laid down for
the Government of his relations with
speculative enterprises may be slightly
improved to fit his case: Where avoid
ance would have been advisable and con.
cealment is urgently necessary, silence is
the best policy until the memorandum
books have all been produced"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22

-Hoboken has an electric girl She shocks
everybody.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22

enterprise II ouce embark In k. 60 varaous
chsnnels n which know can - usefaL
VERY hastily and sinesrslys roar nisnd.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22
After putting this noble sentiment into
the form of an apothegm, Mr.. Blaine
summed up his denial:

Instead of receiving bonds of the Little Rock
and Fort Smith Road as gratuity, never had one
except at the regular market price and instead OF
making large fortune out of that company, have
Incurred a severe pecuniary loss from my invest
ment in its securities which still retain And out
of such affairs this grows the popular gossip of
large fortunes amassed in Congress ~
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02
lie Was Left Handed.

"'Pearances are deceptive the
driver of a Third emu car remarked.
''About six o'clock last night a young
man hailed the 4 ut Sixteenth street,
and came forward to smoke a cigar.
He was a pale-faced, slender, fOppish.
dandy sort of Il fellow. He wore one
Kid glove and carried the other glove
s-d a dainty little walking stick. As he
vas going to light his second cigar. he
took two from a little case mounted in
gold, and drawled: DIV yah, see
heah will you take a ciga-a-ah? Can
smoke after hours. you know l did
take the cigar, and it was a jolly good
one. too.
"At Grand stree. n rough fellow with
= bull neck and n big. brawny fist got
on and planted himself right next to
the little dandy. Now, thought l to
myself. ther'll be fun. and my l tile
friend is in for it. The dandy, with his
little cane and his glove i'm his right
hand. was standing directly behind mt,
aud the Bowery bully had e e him
often and knew him well BY sight as an
ugly custOmer-was a little to my left.
.'GT me a cigar. my sweet beauty"
said the bully, after he had taken the
measure of the young fell w.
"'Rather unusual proceeding that. l
should say drawled the little dandy.
But he handed the rOwdy a cigar. then
took q fresh one him elf, lighted it from
the stump of his former one, and turned
over the stump to the bully for a light.
1.-The bully smoked for a minute. then
made bel eve that he wished to get off,
and tried to push in between me and
the little fellow.
"'(iit out of the way. will Won? he
growled, when the little dandy didn't
stir. Il want to git Off
PLENTY Of woOm where you got on.
my dear fellah, answered the little
dandy. deliberately. WEAKLY. my dear
boy. I'm too comfortable to move. you
see"
".Out of the way. I tell YOU growled
the bully. or Ill mash your dam nose
for you.'
O.. "Weally. that wouldn't be kind, you
know, nor wight nOr pwOpah. my Gear
boz. Nh nose is GIVE IAN. and l
wculdn ; like to have it defaced.'
1.-THE little dandy was lOunging lazily
against The jamb OF the car door, and
never e en- Strengthened himself up IS
the bully answered.
~slake thai, then, conrOund yQu.'
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02
A Leap.Y Year Episode.

Society, as a sort of Jest, has decreed
that any young man who refuses a leap
year proposal from a lady is in honor
bound TO present her with q silk dress.
There are q number of old maids in
town who have already accumulated
enough silk dresses to stock a dry goo Is
warehouse. But that is not what l de-
sire to say. One day last week a Young
man in society here paid a visit to a
young lady friend. They were not en-
g.ged, but he had given ample evidence
that he would like to be if he could only
muster up sufficient confidence.
lie had been fOOling along on the
outside edges of an engagement for six
months or more, and the lady began to
grow an <ious. 1t vas one of those
cases where both parties foundered
around in the sweet meshes of love,
without ever coming to an open under.
standing. On the evening in question
the lady, half in est and wholly in EAR
n"st, proposed to him. He said that
silks were unusually high-priced. and
that if she would be married at once he
would accent. Much I o his surprise
she did accept. and the couple visited
the parsonage of a ne ghboring clergy
man, where the bri'ie produced the h
cense, showing that her determination
was not a sudden freak of fancy. and
the pair were made man and wife
Philadelphia Gull
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02
"He struck out with his .ight first

"He struck out with his eight first.
following with his let. and | expected
to see the audacious little cuSs knocked
into the street. But he Just lifted his
left arm. with the gloved hand rs quick
as lightning caught the first blow on
his elbow, and the second Just below it;
then Strengthened mi that little arm Of
his right from the shoulder, AID sent his
dainty littl fist ike a bullet right into
the fellow ice. Knocking h M COM
pletely oil his Plus. The man r%eelci.
and caught hasti v at the iron rods OF
the platform to save himself. but missed
them. and tumhled off the car in a heap
OF the pavement.
".StOp. said the little dandy. in n
voice n so I Is u woman s. But l
didn t care to stop Just then, so L
whipped up the horses. and tie last
thing | heard was some loud swearing
hal. 4 square behind me.
'iOu see, dwival.,' said the little
fellow. busting of one of his gloves
with the fingers of the other, what al
advantage it WEAKLY stO be left-han'ied
And then he went on smoking rs iaunt--
ly as ever."-N. y. Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02
Temperance Reading.
DON'T MARRY A MIN IF HE
DRINKS.

Young ladies', pray listen to me.
And keep just as quiet a. mice. r
While i sing you Il sons-it /, not very
long
Which contains n piece of advice:
No matter what people may say,
No matter what somebody thinks:
If YOU wish to be happy the rest of your
days,
Don't marry n man If he drinks:
o marry q man if he drinks.
lie NAV be so handsome and CAV.
And have sIich u beautiful voice:
And NAV dance so divinely you'll feel in
your heart
That he must be the man OF your hoice
II his accents are tender ami low.
And Sweeter than roses ana pinkS.
And his breath quite Il different thing, o
may know
Your exquisite gentleman drinks.
You exquisite gentleman drinks.
just think of the SORROWS and cares,
The hca~rt-rendiuY sigh AMI fearS:
CT the words and the blows, and cruelCSt
woes.
And then think of the ocean of tears:
Think of ToOdlcs the drunke>t of men,
His attitudes, his cough-. and wllkS,
And then think what a dignired pair you
viii make
II you marry n man that drinks.
Young ladies. look well to yOur hearts,
Don't throw them away On IL ST.
Or IA man who Is given To treating his
friends.
Whatever his station or lot;
Though his pride may uphold him awhile.
Yet sooner or later h. sinks:
Then it you would he happy the rest of your
days.
Don't marry u mar If he drinks.
-tUijJH IN. H. Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02
n to Raise II.

The case being argued was old Farmer
ClOsegrip VS.. a railroad company for
damages sustained in q collision.
The old mans lawyer was making 8
pitiful appeal to the ury-'' Gentlemen
Of the jury" he said. lust gaze upon
the true, honest, time beaten face of nv
client. and suppose he had been fatally
wounded; think Of the sad blow that his
loving wife and little. innocent children
would have to receive; but, thank
heaven, it was not so bad rs that. But.
OH how he must have suffered during
those long days of his illness-how the
heart-stricken companion of his life felt
when they brought him home, bruised
and mangled. Now, tell me, shall this
poor old man 60 down to his grave a
manned and helpless creature without
some aid from the cause of his allie
tiOn?"
During this delivery Closegrip was
noticed to be very much agitated. ard
rising as the lawyer finished, he
sObbed-
Judge. 'scuse my breakin' in, but l
must speak,
$50 on" commanded the Court
q didn't know it wer so lad as IL l.,
sir, till the gentleman thar sot down;
an eff yell let me, rll-Ill-,' here he
faltered.
You'll whatr' asked his honor.
Just raise them figgers on the rail-
road fer q few dollars more make it a
thousand ihstid of five hundred; won't
We, Judges'-AHdnta Constitution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02
Temperance Items.

DIR. HERMANN KERR, 4 celebrated
statistician. 4 v that the annual NOR
tally from intemperance in Great Brit
ain is 40, 800.
STATISTICS show that in Denmark,
whose male population succeeds ia
drinking annually fourteen gallons of
spirits per capita, drunkenness has to
do with thirty-One per cent. of the seri-
Gus and sivty-nine per cent. of the petty
crimes committed.
An English gentleman, with a faith
in hard. unromantic statistics, has care
fully stud.ei the causes of pauperiSm
among 2Ji cases sheltered BY the work
houses of Manchester. Old are, he
found. had brought thither nearly one
eighth; disease and accident one-sev-
enth; idleness, free from drink or
crime, not q case; drunkenness in men,
one-fourth; drunkenness in women. one
twentieth. The widows and children of
~drunkards numbered one fifth of all
paupers. And the cold proc! from these
IN IS is that the liquor traffic breeds
fifty-two per cent. OF the pauperism of
Manchester. Isit probable that similar
investigation in this country would Stow
any less activity in beer and whisky as
producing agents? VINO says that sa-
toms add nothing t. the country?-
L1.OR Si1RG.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02
A Race with q WhirlWind.

a remarkable and thrilling incident
Of Tuesdays storm was related to the
reporter by n party who was travelling
on a train on tine hester L. LenOir Mar
rnw-gauge Railroad at the time the in
c.dent occurred. The train had passed
LOwerysviile, and was speeding in the
direction of LincOlntOn, when all on
board we're startled by a roaring sound
that could be distinctly heard above the
no Sc of the train. and ON CLAN ing back
they saw an immense whirlwind tearing
along the railroad track. following d.
rectly behind the train ut a rapid rate.
The engineer was among the first
to see it, and realizing what the con-e-
quences would he should the whirlwind
Overtake the train. he pulled the thrOt-
tie wide o., en-. and an exciting 4 q be-
gan. The whirlwind was not more than
live hundred yards behind the train.
and the anxious passengers soon became
aware of the painful fact that it was
gradually gaining upon them There
were several ladies in the car, and they
cried and carried On ut a terrible rate,
while the men danced about the in
their excitement, vainly yelling at the
engineer to put on more steam.
The race vas kent up in this way for
two miles. when the train turned q
curve in the road. AS the whirlwind
struck the curve it left the railroad
track, speeding its way right on through
the fields. At the time it lett the track
it was not more than three hundred
yards behind the train. 1t was a thrill
ing race. and all the passengers blessed
that curve from the bottom of their
hearts. Charlotte (.N. e. Observer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02
A Burial In 1864.

The unwilling of the tablet with the
bust of Pepys in the church OF st. Olave's
yesterday took place on the anniversary
Of his brother Toms burial in that
church more than two centuries ago,
namely: On the 18th of March, 1664.
On the morning of that day Pepys went
to the church to choose a place for his
brother to lie in, just under his mother
pew. He seems to have been some
what shocked by the almost 90 great
readiness displayed by the grave-digger
to meet his wishes on this point
g But" he says in his diary. "tO see
how a mans tombes are at the mercy
Of such a fellow, that for siXpence he
would Gas his own words were) Il viii
jostle them together, but l will make
for him. speaking of the fulness
IF the middle isle, where he was to lie."
These were days when funeral reform
had not even reached the stage of in
fan v at which it has now arrived
Toms burial was therefore conducted
with great eclat; the mOurners who as
spmbled at the house of the deceased
numbering about one hundred and fifty.
although Pepys had only reckOned on
one hundred and twenty. Their
service" he says. "waS six biscuits
apiece, and what they pleased of burnt
rlaret. My cosen Joyce Norton kept
the wine and cakes above. and did give
out to them that served, who had white
gloves given to them. Anon to church,
walking out into the street to the con-
duit, and so across the streets. and had
a very good company along with the
corps" Pepvs would. no doubt, have
been highly pleased could he have fore
seer that on the same day two hundred
and twenty years later "a very good
company would meet in the same
church to do honor to his memory. st.
James Gazette.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02

jay Gould's income is reckoned to
be at the rate of nine dollars q minute.
AT the last town meeting at Hop
kinston, N. H.. DeaconWeeks and Dea-
o Currier cast their sixty-first and
sixtieth annual ballots. --BOston Post.
Mrs. John G. Fremont is writing
her r~ecOllectiCns of the noted people
she has known since her father began
to 90 to Congress years ago.--N. I.
Times.
The most expensive book ever pub
lished by a single individual is Lord
Kingsborough's Mexico" 1t has
seven volumes. with one thousand col
ored illustrations. and cost $780, OO.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe denies
her publishers statement that she
would have taken n hundred dollars
for the Ms. of ''Uncle Toms Cabin"
when she first offered it for publication.
But she admits she was surprised at
its success.-N. Y. Sun.
Henry w. Shaw, the Josh Billings
of comic print, ruthlessly brushes anotn-
or fond fallacy of the people. He denies
the story that a man in Michigan lett in
y will five thousand dollars each to
himself and Eli Perkins. Mr.. Shaw
thinks that this pleasant bit of fiction
was the work of Mr.. Perkins, in fact
Chicago Times.
OF three noted millionaires, C. P.
Huntington. Mark Hopkins and Gov
n Stanford. all of whom made their
enormous fortunes chiefly out Of Gen.
trail Pacific, none but the third has ever
had a child. Governor Stanford had 4
o who died a few weeks ago in Italy.
about 81 teen ears old. Neither of tho
three has q direct descendant to whom
to leave his property.-LndianapOhs
journal.
Tine most prolific and industrious
living writer outside of u newspaper
Office is undoubtedly Mrs. Oliphant. the
novelist. Like Anthony TrollOpe, she
can carry on three serial stories at once.
Besides a great number of novels, she
has written essays, travels. crit ,ciSmS,
etc . without end. Also, her work rises
to a higher standard rs she grows older.
which cannot be said of all WRITER'S
Boston Post.
-MOncure ID. Conway intends to re-
turn to his native land. MIR. Conway
has been abroad twenty years. as min
lister, lecturer and newspaper corre-
spOndent. 1t was in 1858 that he left
America. worn with work. tired of the
ministry. and doubtful of the success of
the anti-slavery cause, in VIII CHI he had
been an untiring worker. On his re-
turn to this country he will probably
settle down in Washington.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02
A CeylOnese Night.

There is no twilight in Ceylon. When
the sun sets darkness fails suddenly up
on the earth and the stars shine out as
if some hand had turned on the star
light. And it is thick darkness too. so
thick that an anthropolog.cal spccula-
ticn is born in my mind that the dark
complexion of these people is due to a
primitive natural selection of the night
like. A SinghaleSe man is invisible
against the n ght and the tread of his
bare feet is inaudiblc. That is a fair
defense against many foes. The lighter,
more visible varieties of their ace
would be killed off by invaders and
wild beasts, and those who mimicked
the night would be passed by. In addi-
ton TO this the predatory class would
be successful in the proportion that, as
is said IN the Book of job. they were
masked by TIE night. The Colombo
coachman will not drive a step after six
o'clock unless his lamps be Lit, lest he
should run Owe a s%lumbering nat e
The darkness lends \ special beauty
to the bungalows of the rich. which APP
pear illuminated. the rays from their
lamps shining through the foliage in q
mystical way-e-peciaIly If they be
cocoanut-Oil lamps. which give a dim,
religious light. The most palatial
bungalow in Colombo, | should say. is
that of Muta Cumara Swamy. whose hos
pitaiity and that of his brothers was ex-
tended to me in consideration OF my
friendship .or their uncle, the late Sir
Cumara :" amy. As l drove up last
evening through the large park Of
! aims radiant with fre-fiies, the
bungalow looked like a fairy palace in
tire distance. but when | arrived and
entered it was a fairy palace. -Ccyi0n
Cor. San francisco Chronicle.