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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-08
BALL & LONG.
REAL ESTATE DEALERS AND AGENTS,
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA.

ear- Large and small tracts of improved and unim-
proved lands in Leon and Wakua counties,-sHitable
FOR staple farm crops fruits, truck farming darying
and general stock raising, especially sheep, FOR SALE
AT low prices and on easy terms.
sa~ Some specially desirable locations on Lakes Jack
son Bradford, in Leon county. and the
high hammock shores OF the Waknlla and st Marks riv
ers, in Wakua county within few miles of the Gulf,
with abundance Of fish, oysters and game.
~ Both State and Government lands selected and
entered for parties npon application.
~ Maps, plats and description furnished
We have complete Abstract Of Titles to every acre OF
land In Leon county carefully compiled from County Re
cords and Probate Office.
Information of Middle Florida, its lands. climate, soil
productions and cheerfny furnished and cor
respondence solicited March IA, lSS2-ly
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-08

about Hettv all the while, and when we
are married you must live with us, and
there shall be no more hard work and
boarders for you IN this world, you dear
old SOUL
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-08

never met man tha, vas more strongly drawn
toward than | have been to ov. Crittenden. and
will hope to see the Governor in our own good
Florida
Summing 1t all up the meeting was q grand
success and all were made to feel nj hOme-and
no one will object TO holding another meeting in
Nashville
leave for home Sunday night and will go al
once To- Key West in the interest OF the Exposi-
tion, and will finish up organizing the lower
counties. Will write you from some point south.
Yours truly, w. II. SEBRING.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-08
ne hundred pounds OF green cotton seed viii

The oil extracted from the seed has
practically no fertilizing value.
The phosphoric acid in seed and meal
may he regarded az all available.
Based on the valuation of elements,
adopted in this State for estimating the
relative commercial values of fertilizers,
one tor $1,000 pounds) of cotton seed
meal is worth about $42.3O.
On the same basis, one ton of seed
would BE- worth about 1855, and one
bushel Go pounds) of seed, about 23f
cents.
With cotton seed meal at $25 per ton,
seed should he worth (fertilzing value)
II cents per bushel
The figures here given are the average
for ordinary seed. In the above presen-
tation of the subject no suggestion is
made OF the prices the farmer should re-
ceive for the oil contained in the seed
sold, which is compressed and sold bv the
mill-owners. Prot. White, who prepared
the tables, as given above, says: "That
the farmer should he paid fair price for
ahc oil, which has no fertiizing value, AS
well as for the other contents of the seed
which have such value, admits of no
question. The law of supply and de-
nand, competition among mill-owners, the
profits of the business, etc, will have
their effect in regulating the price. A
farmer should be certain that he gets the
iull value (fertilizing) of his seed in the
meal which he receives in exchange for
his seed-free of all expense Of transpor-
tation, and as much more as fair COM
petition market will justify
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-08

-Woman's spbere-that she won't get
a rich husband.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-08
HEAR THE WITNESSES I

am that Swift Specific saved my life
terribly poisoned with Malaria and gwen
up to die. Swlfts Specific relieved me promptly and
entirely. think II Is the greatest remedy OF the
G. G. SPENCER.
Sup't Gas Works Rome, Ca.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Land plaster sprinkled on horse
table floor, or even clay, will absorb
he ammonia from urine and add
valuable property to the manure pile
Troy Times.
Fried Bread: Mix half a pint of
weet milk with one egg and pinch of
ialt; dip into this slices of bread and
Try in butter until light brown.-M.
Y. Tribune.
For stomach cramps, ginger ale or
teaspocnfCl of the tincture of ginger
n half-glass of water in which half
.easpoonful of soda has been dissolved.
boston Budget.
LINEN dresses or other garments
will retain their color if washed in
water in which quantity of hay is
placed; boil and rinse the goods in it,
using little Chicago ITibWne.
The time was when it was thought
that the poorest education was ''good
enough for a farmer" now it is be-
Iieved that good one is none too
good; and, soon, it will be known that
none but the best is good enough
CIeUCJanG Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30
Tea Culture in the Southern States.

There have been singular mistakes
made from the first in regard to tea
culture in the South. Some twenty-five
years ago the Government thought it
would like to know whether the China
tea would grow in the South. and they
sent an agent to China to get seeds. At
that very time hundreds of tea trees
were growing in the South, producing
seeds, and nurserymen were raising
plants for their trade both from these
seeds and from cuttings. Any nursery
man could have told the Government
that the tea plant would growve well
in the South, and on a years notice,
could have furnished, under contract,
as many plants as desired for distribu-
ton. But the seed came, plants were
raised, and distributed everywhere, and
thatwas about the last of it, During the
last few years the Government again
tried its hand. Again it did not appeal
to nurserymen or ee-growers of eXpe-
rience, and again we have the result in
the announcement that it cant be
DONE"
Now, this is all nonsense. The tea
plant has been grown successfully, and
is still growing successfully, in many
parts of the South. Tea has been made
from the leaves as good and as cheap
as the Chinese ever made. Let the
Government give but bounty for few
years for private enterprise, andwe will
guarantee the success of the Chinese tea
plant as a tea product in America.
We do not need hundreds of acres
for experiments. Give premiums for an
acre, or half an acre, and for teas of
various qualities from the leaves, and
give guarantees that these premiums
shall continue from year to year, till
experience is improved on, and there
will be no more reason found against
the permanent success of the enterprise
than there was against beet root sugar
culture in France. That would never
have been a success but for the protec-
ton Napoleon gave it.-Gardeners'
MOnthLu.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30
Origin Of the Conscience Fund.

Every now and then you see an an
nouncement in the papers to the effect
that some anonymous person has for
warded to the Treasurer of the United
States at Washington a contribution to
the Conscience Fund. You suppose
from this that there is somewhere in the
Treasury fund madeup of such con-
tributions, which, bv this time, must be
of very considerable size. Now, the
fact is that there is 10 such thing as a
separate fund for the contributions of
the conscience stricken. Such contri-
buttons have always been covered into
the Treasury under the head of miscel-
laneous receipts. The term conscience
FUND.- was the invention Of old Treas
urer Spinner, the man with an auto
graph which was autographed. Twenty
years ago, during the war, q letter
was one day received at the Treasury
Department from man who, enclosing
a check for 81 800, said that that rep
resented a little misrepresentation of
Government funds of which he had
been guilty when acting as Quarter
master in the Army of the United States.
Then came the happy idea into Spin
ner's handsome head. even call that
contribution to the Conscience Fund, -
&c said, "and have it announced in the
newspapers, and, perhaps we'll get
some more" The contribution to the
Conscience Fund was duly announced
all over the country. The Treasury
Department promptly got 'some
more" From that time on for ten years
the contributions were very numerous.
During the past ten years they have
been constantly growing more infre-
quent. 1t Is problem whether the
conscience of the country is growing
more callous or more tender. The con
tributiOns to the Conscience Fund have
never been very large in amount. The
largest ever made was $4,000, forward
ed by former internal-rev enue gauger
in Chicago as the amount of the brib2
he took from distillers who desired to
defraud the Government. 1t will be
seen that none of the big thieves who
have fattened on public plumber have
ever availed themselves of this easy way
of making partial reparation.-W aSh-
inqto7s Cor. PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

If not overloaded Esquimaux dogs
will easily draw a sledge sixty miles a
day.
The women of San Francisco will
found a cemetery for sailors. Two
thousand sailors are known to have
been buried within the city limits since
its foundation, and the grave of but
$50 are known.-Sd7a francisco Call
DR.. Setter, in the Boston Medical
md Surgical Journal, recommends
beef tea, made very hot with red pep
per, for delirium tremens. A London
surgeon is stated to have treated 100
cases successfully with this remedy
alone.
Here is the last remedy for seasick-
ness, taken from one of the French pa
pers: Take no food during at least
four hours previous to embarking. An
hour before stepping on board drink
one or two cups of very strong coffee
without chicory)."
Little Lucy johnson, of Tucson,
Arizona, recently escaped its mother s
notice and crawled outof the house into
the woods. When found by the mother
the youngster was fondly caressing a
huge rattle snake, who made no at
tempt to harm the child. The mother
repaid his snakeship's kindness to her
child by coaXing the baby away and
then killing the reptile. Chicago
Times.
Honduras is said to be a perfect
paradise for lazy people. Farmers, me-
chanics, and others can earn enough in
few weeks to support them for year,
and as a ma ority of the inhabitants
only care for a mere support, few of
them work more than q week or two at
a time. The soil is said to be remark
ably fertile and the climate delightful.
Centenarians are the rule, and all the
inhabitants live to an advanced age.
The shipment of buffalo bones from
the plains of the West to Eastern
phosphate factories has largely in
creased recently because of the reduc-
ton in the trunk-line freight rates.
Thousands of buffalo skeletons are
gathered up by the bone men on the
prairies, especially in the valley of the
Arkansas, every season. One Philadel-
phia manufacturer alone received in
the course of the last two months over
Two hundred carloads Delivered at
the factories the bones are worth TWEEN
ty-three dollars a ton Chicago Jour-
nat.
The consumption of fruit must be
increasing prodigiously in this country,
and is undoubtedly improving the ma
tional health. In addition to the enor-
nous consumption of berries and small
fruits which has grown up in the last
twenty years, there is a vast consump-
ton of apples, oranges and grapes and
imported pineapples and bananas.
There were received at New York for
the year ending with March, 155 car
goes by sail and 1l3 by steamer of
bananas alone, and immense numbers
are received at other ports. During
the same time forty-eight cargoes of
pine-apples and $4,000 barrels by
steamer were received at New York =
NJ Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30
Applying Water to Growing Plants.

At the summer meeting of the Michi-
gan State Horticultural Society the sub
ject of water in horticulture was in
troduced by T. S. Woodward, N. T.,
who stated that the only proper way to
apply water is "tO remove two or three
inches of the surface soil, leaving lit
tie hollow just above the stem; into this
pour the water with as little force as
possible, and be sure to apply enough.
After the water has soaked in well re-
place the surface soil, no matter how
dry it may be-" Professor Tracy said:
"Never water plants just after setting
out. Water before taking them up.
The worst time to set out is just after a
shower; the best time just before a
shower. DO not water lawns by turn
ing spray on in day time and off at
night; much better plan is to let it
run out of the hose, without nozzle, oc-
casionally at night so as to thoroughly
soak the soil. "
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

The Imperial Government has come
to adecision ofgreat importauce-that,
namely, of sanctioning in principle the
introduction of railways into the coun-
try. The Empress called upon the
great functionaries of state to submit
plans for the construction and manage
ment of strategical and commercial
lines. Proposals were accordingly
made by the Viceroy Lii Hung Chang
and other representatives of the pro-
gressive school, to be carried out on the
conclusion ola dehnitive treaty with
France.
Ii Hung Chang is now convinced by
experience that no public work requir-
ing organization and financial accuracy
can be undertaken by the Chinese
themselves. Consequently the rail
ways must be constructed and man
aged by skilled foreigners.
But the Government has natural
dread of the inroads of foreigners, and
is unwilling to assign them rights over
the soil of China. There will, there
fore, be a strong Discrimination to grant
concessions, whether for making rail
ways or for mining, except to natives.
But since the Chinese people lack the
requisite intelligence, the railway prob
lem will probably be solved by the Gov
eminent itself assuming the response
biiity of making State lines. This can
only be done by the creation of a new
department, to be managed by foreign
ers in the Chinese service, this depart
ment to have complete control over the
construction, working, and financing
of the railways.
( Fortunately the Government, which
does everything by precedent, possesses
proof of the efficiency of such service
in the admirable organization of his
own maritime customs. Like all re-
forms in China, the customs system
was forced on the Government by the
pressure of necessity. The principal
seaport, Shanghai, having fallen into the
hands of the TAPPING rebels in 1858,
the functions of Government were sus-
pended, and Sir Rutherford Alcock. then
British Consul at Shanghai, in con iunc-
ton with the Consuls of France and
the United States, collected the duties
by means of inspectors appointed by
themselves; Sir Thomas Wade, then
English Vice Consul, being the first ex-
ecutive officer in the service, lent for
the emergency by the British Govern
ment.
This system has spread under new
treaties until its ramiiications now eX-
tend to twenty seaports. / may, with
out flattery, describe it as probably the
model of customs service for the
whole world; the most efficient, the
most accommodating to merchants, alb
soiutely incorruptible, yet extremely
popular. 1t furnishes the Government
with the only portion of its revenue
which can be relied on to come in. he
system has been matured by its chief,
Sir Robert Hart, who has been Inspec-
tor General for twenty years, and has
exercised absolute control, the high
Chinese functionaries never interfering
with him.
The service contains able men. Mr..
Detrlng, for example, who suggested
the tranco-Chinese negotiations, would
be well qualified to establish a new
State Department Of Public Works,
having the same status as that of the
maritime customs. Should the con-
struction of railways be undertaken in
China it will probably be upon some
such basis. Cor. London Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

4r. Edward Waters, Patent and Trade
nsrks Office, 81 Bourke street, Melbourne,
Australia, writes: "One of my household
suffered with tooth-ache and rheumatism
and after trying numerous other remedies
without relief, tried Jacobs Oil 1t was
rubbed on the cheek and plugged in the
tootn, and we'll rubbed in for rheumatism.
In both cases the cure was immediate and
complete, and in neither case has the pain
returned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30
No. 10000.

This is the number actually reached
this week by the Mason & Hamlin Organ
and Piano Company in the regular num-
bering Of their world-renowned cabinet
organs. Having commenced business
in 1884, the average number of organs
produced per annum has been 5000,
which is 100 per week for the entire
LOCO weeks of their business career. The
Mason g. Hamlin organs have been sent
to every civilized country, and their sale
never was greater than at the present
time, averaging from 10000 to $4,000
organs per annum. Boston Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

Ask for Wells, Richar lson &c Co.'s I'm
proved Butter Color, and take no other.
Beware of all limitations, and of all other
oil colors, for every other one is liable to
become rancid and spoil the butter into
which it is put. If you can not get it
write 40 us at Burlington, VT, to know
he'd and how to get it without extra ex-
pens, Thousands of tests have been
made, and they always prove it the best.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

that SO many people sink into untimely
graves when we consider how they neglect
their health. They have a disordered
Liver, deranged Bowels, Constipation,
Piles or diseased Kidneys, but they let it
go and think they twill get over it," 1t
grows worse, other and more serious COM
pllcations follow and soon it is too late to
save them. If such people would take
Kldney-Wort it would preserve their lives.
1t acts upon the most important organs
purifying the blood and cleansing the sys-
tenn, removes and prevents these disorders
and promotes health.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

LYDIA E. P1NKHAM's Vegetable Com
pound was first prepared in liquid form
only; but nowit can be sent in dry forms
by mail to points where no druggist can
readily be reached, and to-day the Com
pound in lozengts and pills finds its way
even to the foreign chimes Of Europe and
Asia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

"S1S," said a bright Austin youth to
his sister, who was putting the finishing
touches on her toilet, you ought to
marry a burglar" What do you mean
by such nonsense?" 81 mean that you
and burglar would get along very well
together-you have got the false locks and
he has got the false Keys" -To1Gs Sift-
iR0s
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

IT was Boston lady who asked the
waiter in a restaurant to bring her ''some
detached propellers Of the amphibious
animal OF the genus rama" When he
found out she only wanted frogs' legs he
became a raving maniac.-N I. Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

THE De Crusts say they have abandoned
their proposed trip to Italy because of the
cholera. They will simply go to Rome
the one in New York, not the Rome in
Georgiu.-NOrTistglCR Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

81 LOST my dog" said Mrs. Rarity.
"Why don't your husband look for him."
some one asked. "Who, jim? Why, you
know Jim's on the detective force. He
can't find ng."-ArkdRSdlo 7ra0eler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

INDIGNATION will fill the breast of every
artist when we state that two men were
arrested in Undergrad the other day,
because they were suspected Of design
on wood.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

ITo match that bonnet? Feathers,
ribbons, velvet can all be colored to match
that new hat by using thu Diamond Dyes.
I0c for any colNr at the druggists. Wells,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

A DETROIT dentist pulls teeth to slow
music. At least it seems slow TO the vic
tim who furnishes it.-BurltngtoR Free
Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

TEN thousand dollars would not pur-
chase from me what Swift's Specific has
done for me. 1t cured me of rheumatism
caused by malaria"
ARCHIE THOMAS, Springfield, Tenn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

THE last letter but one in the alphabet
must be the least used, since "a word to
the Y's is sufIicienL" Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

WHpN is the best time to eat fruit?-
-'lse,sssNs rNhen it gets down to a reason-
ab Flee L. is not ripe until them
PhHoleLDhid CAL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

KING KALAK lUA wears straw hat when
in swimming. This may be called a full
Kala- kaua dress, but it isn'J.-DetroU Free
Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

IF cough disturbs your sleep, one dose
Of Piso's Cure will give you a nights rest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

The Teachers Association, So Madison
st., Chicago, offers $500 for longest list
of words Spelled by rules of "Ezy Spelling"
They mail Book of Rules for 20 ceuts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

AN improved business outlook is noticed
after the office windows have been washed.
oil CitV Derrick.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

WOMEN do love one another. 1t is only
a woman who thinks of kissing q man for
his mother.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

IF boy gets up when the day breaks
can he be said to have the whole day be-
fore himl
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

A PRESIDENTIAL election is the only
game Of chance where head and tail both
win or lose.-lKiIl0aukee EUeRiHg Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

SEA serpents-A faculty peculiar to con
drmed inebriates only.-Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

-.A<seN of good breeding-getting the
prIG N dog show.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

a DEAD give-away- Bequeathing your
remains to a med cal college.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

A coAcHMAN is the saddost Of all men,
for his life is full of "whoa."-P Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

NOVEL objections-Those urged against
PHILADELPHIA Call.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30
1t Is No Wonder

A sowER trial-Testing an agricultural
implement.-Aerchant TrdUeler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

A STIRLING peculiarity-The clocks
Merchant Trqveler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30
A Nice Sewing-Ncacbdne Free.

THERE is nothing so tiresome as the
dude except the talk about him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

The owl is very small bird for its eyes.
-BarLinQton Haarkeue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaa
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it 25e
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

1T is about time for somebody to remark
that hay fever is sneszy thing to CATCH
N. T. Journal =
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-30

Is recommended for salt-rheum, itch, scald
head, impetigo or any other skin eruption.