The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-09-28

to the Mediterranean sea, whose :,
are no warmer than the ocean in ~
latitude. Florida is also a peninsas1
extends into the warmest portion :;
ocean; and on the border of thu 7
winds, its breezes are tempered /, !
genial equability of the gulfs;
Spain and the Grecian isles comnsss i
Italy as to climate and productions
fornia compares fayorably with I'LL
its snow-capped mountains, "
drouths, in its dry plains and needed
CATION, in rushing torrents and
arroyas. Ifher penegyists choose tbs, |
compare that State to Italy and CALI
Italy of America. But Florida =
alone-no place can be compared :
Heterogeneon Florida; when attem,.
made at comparison they degrade :
than elevate her. Her highest On:
to call her by her own beautiful q.
liam name, FLORIDA. Italy would :
could she be called the Florida Of ~
She never can. No country can h
Florida, and she needs no gems bon.
from another crown.
=" AS respects health, the clim.s
Florida stands pre-eminent. THIS
peninsular climate of Florida ia
more salubrions than that of apv
State in the Union is clearly estabs
by the medical statistics of the
Indeed the statistics in this bure,,
monstrate the facts that the ii.
which result from malaria are ofa
milder type in the peninsula of N
than in any other State in the q
These records show that the raj,
deaths to the number OF cases of
tent fever has been much less than 4,
the troops serving in any other Don;
the United States. In the middle
ion Of the United States the propOr;
one death to thirty-six cases of rem
fever; in the northern division. a
fifty-two; in the southern divisioa
to tifty-fonr in Texas, one to SEN
eight; in California, one to one hs
and forty-eight, while in Florida iii
one to two hundred and eightys
In short, it may be asserted that n
possesses much more Agreeable
salubrious climate than any other
or Territory in the Union. 'All
remarks DR.. Brinton, p. lbs, hov
riblv ardOus must be campaigning
the Everglades of Florida, yet they
mortality from diseases OF the n,
army there was only p per 1000
the average of the army elsewhere
per 900, while in Texas it rose
and on the lower Mississippi to
1000. 1t is a well-known fact It'd
laria is spreading its arms over !
portion of the United States, and
ing localities where it has not been
totOre known, causing much suferira
many deaths. am prepared to
that malarial diseases do occur in d
localities and at certain times in Fl
but from my observations, exta
from Canada to the Gulf Of M.I
maintain that malarial diseases ii
as common, or as fatal in this Ststs
many portions of the North and
They assume a milder form, and an
amenable to treatment than in oths
tions. Glorious Florida ! 1t will
long before every acre of her soil ]
lied, and will render to the delights
happy people its untold riches. ,"
Such testimony cannot be lightly
over. 1t comes from so many trusts
sources that it cannot be doubted
safe to say that Florida will cont.
fill up with a populated
posed of the best elements of AM
citizenship. No man has ever been
to complain of his investments
favored region, and there still
tempting opportunities that will end
who have the judgment and fores
take advantage of them.