The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-01-15
GOOD for nothing-a cipher.

Good for nothing cipher.
The knave of hearts-the " masher."
An Xsize bill-a ten dollar green
back.
Among the oldest smo kers-Chim-
neys.
The latest sweet thing in cradles
the new baby
"A forthcoming event-one that sue
ceeds three others
The net To catch man matrimoni-
ally--tI.e brunette.
-~Playtonic affection: Going out be-
tween the acts at the theatre.
When is girl like mirror p-When
she's good looking (g)lass.
When tn" giraffe wants drink he
knows what long felt want is.
/. The Mormon question dearest,
will you join my aggregation ?"
'' No license" does not trouble the
anebriatr 40 much as no ten cents
Three degrees of mining speculation
positive, mine; comparative, miner;
superlatIve, minus.
-lthoda Howard, of Owingsville, Ky,
Is lG years of age. She has smoked to-
hacco for 100 years
OF all things that man possesses wo-
man alone takes pleasure in being pos
sessed. -. .NaMerbe.
-kankakee (Ill.) Gazette For sale, a
piano by young lady with rosewood
legs address f. w, this office
A reporter describing wedding said
it was all over in very few minutes
Gracious. Sounds like hanging.
- Dig him out Dig him out p said
the wife OF the man who got buried by a
eavlng well, hes got at least six dol
lars IN his pocket"
"A deserted ,lamsel rushed into ball
room at Alviso, Col, the other night and
threw a pan OF molasses upon the shirt
tront:ot her faithless lover
Talk about the gentleness Of women.
The way woman will yell when she sees
q m"hsr and scare the poor little thing
halt to death is positively cruel
i: In Salt Lake City the sidewalks are
twenty feet wide. This, probably, is to
permit Il mans widow to walk abreast in
, stead of in couples when going to his fu-
neral
; =" Ovcrcoats are worn long," remarks
fashionable oracle. Then editors are in
. the st le, for they can wear the same
"vercoat ;.s long AZ four years, and some
times longer.-OH city Derrick
Wife the flour is out. Husband
30 is my money. Wife-the coal is gone
Husband-so is my credit. Wife-well,
We cannot starve. Ilusband-can't we?
That's good; | was afraid we would.
-An editor of a paper in Pennsyl-
wanna town has resigned his position and
gone 10 peddlng fish. He can now blow
his own horn without having to ask leave
Of anybody. Burlington Free Press.
Some women can look their husbands
square i'll the eye when he tells cock
and bu!lstory about being detained at
the Office without betraying in the least
that tl.ey know him 20 be a colossal liar
An Ohio fruit grower revived a seem
I.ingly dead pear tree by spading half
peck Of salt into the ground around the
tree. The tree improved the second and
third years, and has since borne a heavy
crop OF fruit.
Starch which will not stick in white
patches on your dark cambric dress, is
made ithus Take the very best fine
starchI you can get, mix in the proportion
Of two tablespoonfuls to as little water as
| will make q smooth paste, and to this add
i q pine of clear coffee; let it boil for ten
I minutes. Stir it with a sperm candle,
strain it through piece of muslin, and it
is ready for use, and will be found very
satisfactory.-N y Post
The country Gentleman says two
,thngs are necessary for the growing of
good asparagus, namely, plenty of room
for the plants to grow, and copious ma
.nuring The latter is best applied to
thick beds by covering the whole surface
with manure two or three inches thick,
late in autumn, and forking it in very
early in spring, before the new shoots
start. Thick beds, however, should not
:be planted, but the plants allowed three
or tour feet each way to each Three by
five is q common and suitable distance,
aod large stalks may be obtained in this
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