The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-01

| oo"ocu, Hao uceu ior nuHocr Oi years
| the leader of the German in New Orleans
at the most fashionable of that city's
| gatherings. He is in the neighborhood
OF thirty-tive years of age, tall, slim, with
straight regular features, fresh color,
blonde hair and IA long yellow mustache.
lie has been a cotton broker for a mum.
Der of years, aud when elected to Con.
gress was the president of the Produce
Exchange. He has been as devoted to
society as any of the young donothinss
of Eastern cities He would leave his
business at any time of day or night to
attend a dance. He has been very sue
sessful, however, and will probably, on
account OF his social requirements, make
something of figure at Washington.
He is said to be one Of the most graceful
dancers of the minuet in this country.
From Glasgow, Scotland, comes a
special cable dispatch to the National
G0zette. II announces the construction
on the Clyde of most formidable engine
of war, which threatens to annihlate cv-
cry ironcla1 in the world according to
the claims of inventors. 1t is vessel
with a speed of % knots, armed with
Maxim guns, throwing ten 6-inch shots a
minute, and also shell containing 400
pounds OF blasting gelatine, which car be
hurled | 800 yards. Each one Of these
shells, the makers of this mysterious en-
gine of naval warfare say, can wipe ont
of existence the largest ironclad afioat.
Experiments which the Gdzette's CORE
spondent claims to have witnessed were
"successtul and startling" the explosives
destructive powers being something aw-
full to behold" Properly enough, if what
the correspondent says is true, this naval
machine is to be called ''Tha DESTROYER"
Incidentally, and with an eye to business,
the correspondent advises the United
Stats to buy one of these machines as
q cheap and effective navy"
1.-THE Long Rum" novel, by Miss
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, will be given
to the public through the trade from b.
+. Dickerson, a Detroit publisher, early
next week. No one but Miss Cleveland
has as yet read more than the first $50
pages of the manuscri pit, but the pub
Usher says that "The Long Run" is a
love story, mainly Of an oddly acting and
appearing minister and young woman,
the action of the story being at summer
resort. Miss Cleveland herself speaks of
the work as a summer story. She was 80
anxious to get it before the public at
once that she gave the novel to the De-
troit publisher, though eight New York
firms were competing for it. The story
pages already in type suggest that Miss
Cleveland, without making book of
Washington life, has presented some
characters that will readily be recognized
by the public. There is considerable dia-
logue in the work, but frequently Miss
Cleveland drops into essay form, and then
the style of the book is didactic.
At the regular meeting of our County
Board of Education last Monday estimates
were made for eighty-four schools, on the
basis Of six months. The question of the
pay of teachers was discussed, and while
no definite action was taken in the matter
the sentiment prevailed that teachers
should be paid according to grade Of GER
tifics te and efficiency of work done in the
school room. The cast iron rule that
now prevails of paying every teacher
thirty dollars, irrespective of grade of
certificate or number of scholars taught,
was characterized as unjust and unfair.
and that should be done away with and
more equitable and just basis establish
ed, in which to weigh the qualifications
and compensation of instruction. Ocala
Banner.
"A private letter published in the
Kansas City Times tells of party of
hunters and geologists who were camped
in Southwestern Kansas one night when
a meteor fell near them In the morning
they found huge mass buried in the
ground, and sull quite warm. They man.
aged to break off chunk of about pound
and half weight, carried it to Denver
and had it assayed. 1t panned out about
20 per cent of gold, 64 per cent. of iron
and IL per cent. nickel, with copper and
other metals. The party are going back
with dynamite and tools to get the rest of
the meteor, which they calculate weighs
five tons. If the assay holds out they will
get ton of gold.
1t is most encouraging to learn that
the diamond market is going up in spite
of an increased production in the South
African mines. What is life without dia-
monds? Nothing! absolutely nothing
They may be common" but it is the
commonness of the heavens, of starlight
and sunshine, and most agreeable to see.
When woman says she cares nothing
for diamonds-they are too cold, too hard
to satisfy her aesthetic ideas, she is possi-
bly, sincere but, nevertheless, don't give
her the Chinese opportunity to prove
the truth of her statement, for
she will surely forswear it by taking the
sparklers. - Boston Herald.