The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-04-16

ing througn our port to and from New
Orleans. Nearly every steamer comes
with oil her state rooms full, and carries
away on her return trip nearly - many
Tampa Tribune
Physicians ascribe the new nervous
disease so prevalent among fashionable
women to overindulgence in tea When
the same disease occurs in men it is at
tributed to over-indulgence in alcoholic
stimulants - Charleston Ne,cs and Cou-
rier,
"A Washington dispatch in the Mail
and Express states that the amount OF
stolen property reported to the police at
the Garfield Inauguration was $1,000,
while the amount stolen at the Cleveland
inauguration was $4,000. This is not
surprising. When Garfield was inaugu.
rated the Republicans were safe in Office
for another four years. When Cleveland
was inaugurated they were going out
and were more in need of money.-N Y.
World
We employed 9 man last Monday to
write amusing paragraphs for The World.
We handed him copy Of the New York
zri6tose's Sunday circular as a model Of
terseness and pure English. His eye fell
upon this remarkable line in the circular:
he Tribune is doing acknowledged
service in the cause of Good Government,
Family Happiness, Sobriety and General
Integrity" The Humorist smiled sadly.
Putting on his hat he said: 81 can never
write anything as funny as that. am
discouraged" Saying which he depart
ed and We have not seen him since If
the man who prepares the 7Fi5uee's Sun
day advertisements is not receiving as
much salary as he thinks he is entitled
TO, let him bear in mind the fact that our
Chair of Humor is still vacant.-.N y.
World.
At the meeting of the New York
Genealogical Society. on February 27,
Gen. James Grant Wilson read paper
on Col. John Bayard, who was born in
1888. He was the twin brother of James
-'-shton Bayard, who was the great-grand-
father of the present Senator Thos. F.
Bayard. The fact was cited that four
Bayards have occupied seats in the
United States Senate almost continu-
ously iuring the present century, being
the largest and longest representation of
one family in that body. This family has
been connected by marriage with the
Washingtons, of Virginia; the Bassetts,
Carols, Howards and Wirts, of Mary
land; the Knobles, Kirkpatricks, Steven
ses and Stocktons, of New Jersey, and
with the De Lanceys, Jays, Livingstons,
Pintards, Schuylers, Stuyvesants and Van
Rensselaers, of New York, and the Bow
doins and Winthrops, of Massachusetts.
MIR. James &. Blaine is hard man
to please. About a year ago Mr.. Healey,
a Boston artist, painted a portrait of Mr..
BLAZING, to be hung with those of his
predecessors in the diplomatic reception
room at the State Department. The
picture was not satisfactory, and Mr..
Blaine sat again. A second time he ex-
pressed dissatisfaction, when the services
of the English portrait painter, Mr.. Ar
cher, were engaged. His work was gener-
ally commended, but Mr.. Blaine intimated
that he was no better pleased with this
third production than with those of Mr..
Healey. The State Department addressed
Mr. Blaine several times, asking if the
Archer painting should be accepted or
rejected. For some reason Mr.. Blaine
did not reply to these communications.
Secretary Frelinghuysen at last grew
tired Of waiting the great mans pleasure,
and accordingly purchased the picture,
for which $500 was paid. Mr. Blaine is
now very angry, and claims that Mr..
Frelinghuysen's action was the result of
spite, although he (Mr. Blaine) was given
several months in which to render q
decision.
-Gemal-Eddin is an Arab sheik who
edits paper in the Arabic language in
Paris, whence it is dispatched to Mussul-
man countries. He is personal friend
of FL Mahdi, in whose interest he is
In an interview with Paris
reporter he says: "The Mahdi will not
enter into arrangements with the English.
If he did SO, he would be no longer the
Mahdi. 1t is said he has been offered
the Sultanship of Kordofan and several
other titles. He will accept none of
them. If he accepted any title from the
English his power would be gone. ANY
title they could give him would be infe.
rior to the one he bears. He is now
acknowledged as the Mahdi. He is.
therefore. superior to all the kings of the
world. The tribes meet him on his ap-
proach and offsr him their blood and
treasure. He is the Saviour. He is the
continuator of Mahomet. | will tell YOU
what he intends to do. He will not Law
down his arms till his country is free.
BY this title of Mahdi he must 90 to
Mecca. That he can do only by sweep
ing the Soudan clear. Having no ships.
he cannot go by the Red Sea; he must,
therefore. 90 through E0vntn To ON