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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-11

Among the distinguished personages pres-
snt are several gentlemen of note, respective
ly Wm. II. Palham, Principal OF the colored
schools OF Cn,iDnsti, an attorney and one Of
the wcslhiest colored men If that city; Prot.
Chas w. Bell, President Of the Coored Press
Association OF Ohio, nn able orator, we'll
known as leader among the colored Rspub-
licans oi Southern Olio; Prof. Jno. II. Black.
burn, Principal of the schoals Of Xenia
and u graduate of Dartmouth
Rev. Thos. Jackson, d. D., Dean Of the fac
ulty of Wilberforte University; r. A. Jones
Esd editor OF the Cleveland Globe; Prof W.
l. Gibson, principal of colored schools in the
city Of Louisville, XVI Prof Justine Holland.
composer and musical executor OF considera-
Bile fame; Prot. Louis Depush Eastou, 6rs
assistant of Gaines high school, Cincinnati,
and iorcible and pungent writer;
Jsfe A. Brown, OF c eveland, connected with
the postofiice department. aud the coloted
uaa mcst ptominest aud most likely 10 bs
noniaatsd by the Cuysboga county republi-
eas convention ss candidate for the lsgisla-
tavsj u. O. Cossey, Deputy U. .. Nasshsl.
Cleveland, Ohio.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-12
NOTICE.

& * WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST PCBLICA-
- ton of this notice ] will apply u tie Comfy
Judge of Leon County State OF Florida. for Let
tiers of Administration Oh the Estate OF Richard
Williams, deceased, late Of Thomas County ia
A MOSELkY
Sheriff of Leon County FLORIDA
Feb 10 1SS5-6w
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Commissioners Sale

by virtue of an order by the Judge of the con.
- ty Court, in and for Leon county. on th eJ ,s
Cay OF February A. D. 1885 will sell a, nnh, .a
cry TO the highest bidder for cash before tbe Vu
House door in the city of Tallahassee on The e.,
Monday In April, A. D. 1885, at the usnsl sd ~,s'
OF sale. all the right, title and interest which a
Ga c. Chaires had al the time OF her deatu In ana ~
the Interest and title of her estate in and ~ ~ =,
lowing described real estate lying and bein, i; ~, .s
county of Leon, State of Florida 10 VIII 81. sue
eight and titty-hundredths acres more or Ia.
Section IL of Township l. Range / north ana ~
commencing at the northeast corner Of said See;'
running west forty -fonr and five hundr,dths ,
10 the Jacksonville Pensacola and Mob. Railaas
thence southeast along said railroad 10 wbere =
crosses said section line, thence north on AID H.,
twtrty-eight and sixty hunuredths chains to tha,i
OF beginning and also the South all OF section ,e
Vest half OF Northeast quarter of Section II pors
vest quarter of Section y, East half Of Nortbas
quarter OF Section ~, Southeast quarter of s;a"
H. Northwest quarter of Northeast quarter Of ~
tlon 30, and all OF Section 20 containing fou,".-
bundred and eighty acres. more les all in Tor,
ship one, Range two. north and east
K. a. SHINE. Comui.sios,
Tallahassee, Fla, February ~; lsS,5w
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Sherif's Sale of Real Egtato

FINDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ryvc,
~ issued out of the Circuit Court of the s1 ION
in q certain cause, wherein George Nonniy.
plaintiff. and T. A. Brokaw as executriY - " ,
tate of r. b Brokaw, deceased is defsnd.n. Ius e.
levied upon and will offer for sale to III. high, nave
ner ior cash before the Court House door IN the o o
Of Tallahassee Florida, at ~ u'clock 'ueelty
hrst Monday in April next, being the SYN ~ Tie
o; said month the following described r.a w. gay
so-wit: Lot Number Thirteen (l3l in 49, WTAte,
addition OF the city of Tallahassee 'oua
Purchaser to pay for title A NOsrIrv
March 4Ih, 1SS5-4w n1
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Two Millions

of acres Of arming, Orange,
Timber and Grazing Lands,
situated in 20 counties, and
comprising the lands bought
by Sir Edward J. Reed, from
the State of Florida in 1881,
are now offered at graded
prices. These lands were Sc
lected by Hon. Hugh A. Cor
ley. late Commissioner Of the
State Land Office. and Mr..
M. A. Williams, late agent for
sale of State lands, which fact
is a guaranty of their high
quality. The purchase known
as the Reed Purchase was only
opened for sale this year, and
the lands have not been culled
or picked over. No part has
been reserved in any manner,
and the whole is open for sale.
Special prices on large tracts.
Timber lands, virgin forests in
bodies of $1,000 acres and up
wards. Lands sold for cash,
or on long time.
The Florida Land and Mortgage Go
(lIMrrED) JACKSONVILLE, FLORID"
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BLOOD

And iii unparalleled abuses. ar, fully and freely
discussed IL a neat b pag. book, mailed FREE 10
aIy address by BlooG Balm Co.. Atlanta. Ga
Drop postal fnr il a. every man and woman
need- il and VIII he delighted with IL valuable
and entirely new revelations
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-12
Legal Advertisements
Normal School for Colored Toool

OFFICE OF
SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC lSsrEucr,o.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, March s. lsss
A sS. aI h sG SsS FOR coLoRED TEACH
the city Of Tallahassee, ON Wednesday 'aaemy. Ia
1sso and viii continue for a term of Two apan ist
The privileges Of the school win be fire.. months
orsd Persons Of good character either e us s col
denu must provide their own ten honss etu-
pcrintendents of the various counties are Inc b.
to urge upon their colored teachers 10 ,,ques,ed
school Reasonable rates of board car h. ssno this
A j. RUSsFI, -nec
superintendent Public Ins,-n-,,,
March 5, l8S5-4w obstruction.
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As sign that GU town is on boom
several gentlemen have expressed the
opinion that Leesburg has grown more
in the last three months than ii has in
the past two years.-LeeSburg -NeacS.
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NOTICE.

- TX WEEKS AFTER DATE Shall .pu
- for Letters of Administration on The ss, I'll
Mary AntoiDete DeCorcee, late of Leon Conu,r
THERESA NJ HENOTIT
Tallahassee, March I'd, lsS5-46-5l.,;w Ii
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Small Voices

Sometimes shake Nation of people and arouse
them to action. Expressions similar 10 the ioi
lowing. from well known druggist OF Atlanta,
pour il from sections where Il Il. Is hae been
used
ATLANTA Jun. II 1884.
l; II our firm belief tina, L. T. L. i tue BEsT
Blood Purifier oil the market. W. art selling
to,' me- hottee of il To ONE ot any oiher
preparation o! the kind. /; ha- failed i'll TO i'll
stance To give entire satisfaction. Merit II III.
secret.
" ?. SMITH Il co. Druggists.
Thit i The only blood medicin. known thai
combines quici action certain eflec;, cheap price
and unbounded satisfaction.
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PROPOSALS
Furnish Beef for State ASYLUM,

TALLAHASSEE, FLA, February "a lss5
dds TO SUPPLY BEEF FOR THE STATE
ID Asylum Tor the period ending December 81
1855, will he received al the Office OF Adiu,ant.
General, 10 he opened March 81 losi
The beef 10 be delivered al tue commissary Of the
Asylum, free OF expense OF freight OF trlnslorla.
tion, twice per week, 10 Quantities mol L. exceed
three hundred pounds at the time
The Board OF Commissioners OF State institutions
reserving the right 10 reject any and al pid-
ID. LAM
February 70 1sS5-4w AdiuIanl-(,enera,
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Piano Virtuosity from an Engineers
Point of View.

Jim Nelson, zone of the oldest locomo-
tive engineers running into New Orleans,
gives the following account in the Times
Democrat of how he heard French per-
former play piano solo: As soon as he
sat down on the stool knew by the way
he handled himself that he understood the
machine he was running. He tapped the
keys away up one end, just as if they were
guages and he wanted to seeif he had
water enough. Then he looked up as if
he wanted to know how much steam he
was carrying, and the next moment he
pulled open the throttle and sailed out on
the main line as if he was half hour late.
You could hear her thunder over culverts
and bridges, and getting faster and faster,
until the fellow rocked about in his seat
like cradle Somehow thought it was
old 'thirty-six' pulling passenger train
and getting out of the way of special.
The fellow worked his keys on the middle
division like lightning, and then he flew
along the north end of the line until the
drivers went around like buzz-saw, and |
got excited About the time | was fixing
to tell him to cut her off little, he kicked
the dampers under the machine wide open,
pulled the throttle away back in the ten
der, and, Jerusalem jumpers how he did
rum [ couldn't stand it any longer, and
yelled to him that she was pounding on
the left side, and if he wasn't careful he'd
drop his ashpan.
''But he didn't hear me. No one heard
me- Everything was flying and whizzing.
Telegraph poles on the side of the track
looked like row of cornstalks, the trees
appeared to be mud bank, and all the
time the exhaust of the old machine
sounded like the hum of bumblebee. |
tried to yell out, but my tongue wOuldn t
move. He went around the curved like
bullet, slipped an eccentric, blew out his
soft plug, went down grades fifty feet to
the mile, and not confounied brake set.
She went by the meeting point at a mile
and a half a minute and called for more
steam. My hair stood up like cats tail,
because knew the game was up.
"Sure enough, dead ahead of us was the
headlight of the special. In a daze L
heard the crash as they struck, and l saw
cars shivered into atoms, people mashed
and mangled, and bleeding, and gasping
for water. | heard another crash as the
French professor struck the deep keys
away down on the lower end of the south
ern division, and then came to my senses
There he was, at dead standstill, with the
door of the fre-box of the machine open,
wiping the perspiration off his face, and
bowing at the people before him. If L
live to be thousand years old I'll never
forget the ride that Frenchman gave me
on piano
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-08-22
How to Get Trade in Summer.

Entering the store of prosperous mer-
chant the other day, gentleman, a stran-
ger iu town, expressed surprise at the busy
scene that greeted him. He inquired of
the proprietor how it was that he was get
ting more than his share of business in these
dull, midsummer days. The merchant re-
piled; II attribute the excellent business |
do every summer to just two things: First,
| advertise bargains and keep my store be-
fore the public; second, when the public
calls I satisfy it by keeping my advertised
promise. 1t cost me $4,000 to learn this
lesson, and it has paid me at least S25, 900.
During three successive summers during
the hard years that followed 1873 | ran
behind in this store on an average $4,000
every year. [ made up my mind that
there was business to do, and that | would
do it. In the middle of the worst and
dullest year that we had, when clerks were
absent on their vacations, and half of the
force in the store was idle, l started in and
spent $1,000 in advertising midsummer
bargains, remnants, old stock and so on.
Within week my store was SO full of
business that | had to send for every clerk
who was away, and added two extra
clerks That year, instead of loss of
$4,000 in the summer, | made 81, 800, be-
sides what l paid for advertising. have
kept it up ever since. That was the most
expensive lesson I ever learned, but it was
the most instructive and the most remu-
nerative IF l had to start in business
again as poor as | was when | started, l
would make it a rule to spend at least one
half of what my rent cost in advertising in
home papers. [ would not waste it in
cheap methods, but | would spend it judic-
iously in the best and high-priced depart
ment and in the largest and best papers. "
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-08-22
Preserving the Dead.

NJ j. Kergovatz, a chemist of Brest,
has discovered mode of disposing of the
mortal remains Of humanity which he con-
siders preferable in every way both to in
humation and cremation. His system is
an antiseptic one, of a simpler character
and much less expensive than the old pro,
cess of emhalmment. All that is necessary
is to rub the body over with solution of
plumbagine and then plunge it into cop
per bath. But copper being rather an ex-
pensive material, zinc may be substituted
for it in the case of the poor. On the
other hand persons of luxurious tastes
may use silver or gold if they please, the
effect being the same. The discoverer has
tried his system eleven times on the human
subject and on a hundred dead animals,
and he has never known it to fail, Among
the manifold advantages which would re-
suit from the adoption of this system, NJ.
Kergovatz mentions one which, if gener-
ally availed of, will strike death blow at
one of the fine arts. By simply prolonging
the duration of the bath the body is rem
dered as hard and as indestructible as
granite, and thus the country is provided
with ''ready-made statues of its great men,
and the State and the communes' will he
saved in future the considerable expense
which our present dependence on the stat
uary art for memorial purposes imposes on
them
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-08-22
How to Spoil Children.

Scene in library; gentleman writing;
child enters
"Father, give me penny.
"Havent any; don't bother me.
"But, father, I want it. Something
particular" :" :,
81 tell you haven't got one about me,
"You must have one; you promised me
one"
81 did no such thing. | won't give
you any more pennies you spend too many.
[ won't give it to you, so go away.
Child begins to whimper. 81 think you
might give me one.
"No-go away-I won't do it, so there's
an end to it. "
Child cries, leases, coaxes-father gets
out of patience, puts his hand in his pocket,
takes out a penny, and throws it at the
child "There, take it, and don't come
back again to-day"
Child smiles, looks shy, goes out CON
dueror determines to renew the struggle
in the afternoon, with the certainty OF like
results
Scene in the street; two boys playing;
mother opens the door; calls one OF them,
her own son
"Joe, come into the house instantly.
Joe pays no attention.
"Joe, do you hear me? If you don't
come I'll give you good beating
Joe smiles and continues his play. His
companion is alarmed for him and advises
him to obey.
"You'll catch it if you don't go, Joe .
"Oh, no 1 won't; she always says so, but
never does. l amt afraid.
Mother goes back into the house greatly
put out, and thinking herself martyr to
bad children.
That's the way, parents. Show your
children by your example that you are
weak, undecided, untruthful, and they
learn aptly enough to despise your author
ity, and regard your word as nothing;
They soon graduate liars and Knockers, and
the reaping of your own sowing will not
fail
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-08-22
Persian Bill of Fare.

From the 50. James Gazette.
The food Of the Persians is very varied.
As a rule, the very poor do not get meat
more than once week, while villagers and
the nomadic tribes see it very rarely and
only on great occasions, as at marriage
feasts. The ordinary diet of laboring
man is bread and cheese in winter, bread
and fruit in summer But even the laborers
manage to obtain an occasional bowl of
strong soup; and they vary their diet with
conserves, dried fruits, basins of curds and
hard boiled eggs. The actual weight of
bread that muleteer or laborer can con-
sumo, and does consume daily, is very
great, seven pounds not being an extraor-
dinary allowance. In the south of Persia,
dates are the staple food. They are very
cheap and satisfying. During the summer
lettuces, grapes, apricots, onions and Gu
cumbers form the dainties of the villager;
and these, with bread, cheese and curds,
are their only food. In every large town
cook shops abound. Sheep are roasted
whole in ovens, and sold hot by the slice.
The sleeps heads and feet are boiled sep
arately, and their preparation and sale is
trade in itself But the edible most in
favor among all classes in Persia is the
kabab. There are two varieties of kabab.
One is made from minced mutton, which is
chopped with few onions into paste fine
as sausage meat, carefully moulded over a
skewer, toasted over fierce charcoal fire,
and sold and eaten hot. This is the kabab
of the bazaar, the delicacy of the lower
classes. AT the dinner hour (sunset) and
at the breakfast hour (noon) crowds sur
round the shops of the kabab sellers. Each
man carries his bread, which is usually a
flexible loaf two feet long, one foot wide,
and one-half an inch thick. The customer
wraps his kababs, hot from the fire, in his
bread, and either sits down and eats it then
and there, or takes the meal home to his
family. In any case, a hot dinner of roast
meat can be obtained for from ID to 3d.
head; for the price of single skewer of the
steaming delicacy is but 3D. Jars contain
ing about half pint of hot, strong and
savory meat soup are sold for Id. These
form the invariable meal of the Persian
soldier, if he can afford it. The meat is
pounded and served with the soup or eaten
afterwards as a separate plate. But in
Persia, as in the rest of the East, bread,
rice or dates are the real food-the meat
merely the sauce or bonne bouche Per-
slams Of all ages are very fond of confec-
tionery, and are constantly deyouring
sweets. These are generally pure and
good, but there is little variety in color,
most of them being white, and nearly all
are favored with lemon Juice
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STILL IN THE FIELD.
-THE-
Old, Reliable and Popular Brands:
SMITHS
RAW BONE PHOSPHATE,
SMITHS
SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE,
SMITHS
DISSOLVED BONE.
CTILL IN THE FIELD.

This year we offer to the trade the above
well-known brands of Fertilizers, the merits
Of which are attested by some of the most
prominent farmers in this and other States.
We can buy materials cheaper, and have
better facilities for manufacturing than ever
before, and therefore can place upon the
market first. class goods at a very low price.
We guarantee these brands to be of the past
good standard. Owing to the low price OF
wheat and the depression of business gener-
ally, we have made liberal reduction in our
prices, in. order to place our Fertilizers within
the reach of every farmer, feeling that in
creased sales ssiA fully repay us for the re-
duction in price.
We will deliver to any station on W. M. K.
R. our Smiths Raw Bone Phosphate" at
S33 per ton, crop time; our "Smith's Soluble
Phosphate at $24 per ton, crop time; and
our "Smith's Dissolved Bone at $35 per
ton, crop time. Remember, we pay the
freight on these goods at these prices. BeE- A
liberal discount made for cash. See our cir
cuIars with testimonials. Send US your order.
With thanks for past favors, and an earnest
solicitation for fair share of your patronage
in the future, we remain, very respectfully,
J. ]. SMITH Il SON,
iuly25. lot New Windsor, Md.
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The head is over seventeen feet from top
to chin; the eye is nearly three-quarters of
a yard wide, while the nose is yard and
a quarter long. Over forty persons can
occupy the head at one time, while in the
gallery that surrounds the torch twelve can
stand. The American people can thus
boast that among the other great things of
this country the United States has the
greatest statue of ancient or modern times,
and among the men whose names are GER
tainly assured place on the pages of his
tory as long as it shall be written is the
sculptor Bartholdi
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Original 4oetrg.
For the Democratic Advocate.
ALICE HAWKES..


Do you know that lovely widow,
Alice Hawkes.?
Ever lively, gay and brilliant,
How she talks
In her movements to and fro,
Smiling sweety does she go,
Never noisy, never needless, never rude;
Tripping here and laughing there,
Blithe and graceful as she's fair,
She is always blithe and happy, and she's sgood.
Did you see her move so sprightly
Down the street?
How she looked so very handsome
And so sweet
With her dainty gloves and dress,
That you envied the earess
ofthe wanton winds that kissed her lips and
cheek;
And you thought it would be bliss
If you, like the winds. could kiss,
That sweet face of hers, with bright eyes
looking meek?
Do you love enchanting music?
Hear her sing
With voice sweet as song birds MARBLES
In the spring
Her bewitching laugh so gay
Soon charms ev'ry. care away,
She believes that being Joyous Is no sin.
She's treasure and prize,
He will lucky be and wise
Who this fascinating lady's heart doth win.
Circlepile, Ohio, August, 1885.
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Occupies one of the most beautiful and
healthful sites in the State. Receives annual
appropriation from the Legislature for the
Free Board of one student from each Sena-
torial District. Provides comfortable room
for each two students. Has full corps of
competent instructors. Course of study ample
and thorough both in the Preparatory and
Collegiate Departments. Discipline strict,
but kind. Terms very moderate. A Schol-
arship for Three Years Tuition for 500, and
Ito students having such Scholarship Board,
Room, Washing, Fuel and Light at the rate
of$16e.67 per year. Has been in successful
operation for 16 years.
The Thirty-Sixth Annual Session begins
September 1st, 1885, and ends January S0th,
1856. For Catalogue, and further informa-
ton, address
]. T. WARD, D. D., President,
June 20 Westminster, Md.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-08-22

A traveller describes a natural bridge,
almost as interesting as the Virginia curl
osity, spanning canon about twenty miles
north of the point where the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad crosses the boundary be-
tween New Mexico and Arizona. This
bridge is sixty-fve feet long and fifteen
wide at the narrowest point. 1t consists OF
tough grit rock, underneath which the
softer sandstones have been worn away to
a depth of twenty-five to forty feet beneath
the arch. Near by is petrifed forest
The stone tree trunks lie just beneath the
soil, or half exposed, fallen in all directions
This point had never before been visited by
a white man.
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CUCUMBER PUMPS,
DE- ING
D OF
New Windsor Machine Shops
and Foundry.
s. A. MI T H,
Successor to Engel, Smith & Co.

/ take pleasure in informing the public that
/ have re-opened the Machine Shops and
Foundry at New Windsor, Nd, and am pre-
pared to manufacture
Agricultural Implements and Ma
chinery in General,
such as Triple Geared Horse Powers, different
sizes, Threshers, Hominy Mills, Mill Work,
Plows, Plow Irons, Horse Rakes, DC.
Special attention given to all kinds ofrepairs
Having secured large assortment of Pat
terms from different Foundries, am prepared
to cast almost anything in the market. In the
variety Of our patterns we can compete with
any Foundry in the State.
/ still continue to manufacture the cele
brated "Star' Farm Bells, Wash Kettles,
Scoops, &C., also four sizes of Template
Stoves.
Agent for Buckeye Binders and Repairs,
Steam Threshing Machinery and Rakes.
By good work and strict attention to bust
ness, | hope to receive liberal share of your
patronage. Very Respectfully,
S. A. SMITH,
may 23:3m New Windsor, Nd.
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French clocks are said to represent the
highest perfection in the wayof decorative
clock cases. English clock makers claim
and deserve the reputation of producing
the most accurate time-keepers, while to
the American manufacturers belong the
credit of making the best time-keepers at
the least possible cost.