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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01

A few days ago Left the Office little
earlier than usual and attended . base
ball game. By my side sat an inimitsbIe
specimen of the genus known IS the
"snall boy" The following is . part of
the fusilade he directed at . meek COM
panion: Hoy, Jimmy, bet dat feller
strikes out; betcher f'pence! Oh Gin =
tone of deep disgust) ye're no good
whatcher 'fraid of-a nickel : Dere's one
strike now-two strikes-say, wot does
yer fadder do? Huh! told yer dat de
feller'd get to first. Gosh-dat first bases
n. e.; let q feller get secon' on his
muff! Who's dat cotchin'-Sweeny
Ah-he's . slouch 1t datf Jimmy,
knew dat bloke'd get out on
third-naw-de empire says mot out
-what'd 1 tell yer? Can't teach your
ladder how to play ball. OATS a daisy
empire! Qn whisper)-Say, dyer hear
de dude in front say umpire Say, mis-
ter, gimme light? Whew tree mems
on base /! Let her 60, Gallagherl Oh,
Pooh, de feller'll get in-well ''as innings
done and nary . run. Say, Jimmy, what
does yer fadder do Gallagher? dere's
a t'ree-base -hit-look at dat feller's legs
say, what does yer fad-home by gosh
Crickets! dat was a close me. None
oat I I betcher-dere goes anudder
t'ree-baser-over de fence-d'ye get onto
dat? whistles 'Oyer the Fence etc.
Say, Jimmy, what does yer fadder do ?
What? Play ballr Dat him knocked
de one over de fencef Say, Jimmy. Civ
us yer fipper; de Of mans daisy, ] tell
var -
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01

A certain charitable mission enter
prise, connected with an important
church, is presided over by the young as
sistant minister of the church, who is
much admired for his personal graces as
for his piety and zeal in good work. He
has been assisting in the work Of in
structing, elevsting and amusing the
boys who resort TO the mission by some
good ladies of the parish, and particu.
larly by a young woman whose benevo-
lent interest in the mission work has
been supposed to include the clergyman
at its head. She has been indefatigsble
in ber endeasors to teach and entertain
the boys, and often addresses them in
little speeches.
The other Sunday this young lady was
speaking to the boys in the presence of
the clergyman. She had exhorted them
to be good aud studious, to avoid bad
company, profanity and other demoral-
izing things, and closed her little ex-
hortation with these words:
IL want you to be good boys and do
all these things that I have asked you TO-,
because love you all"
81 know who yoa love most" small
bow in the front row called out.
Well, who is it, Johnny 2" asked the
lady.
No doubt she expected some accusa-
tion of partiality among the boys which
she would have been glad Of an oppor-
tunity to deny.
The boy pointed his small, grimy
finger at the young clergyman.
Him r. he shouted.
The young lady's interest in charitable
work is said TO have declined visibly for
some little time.-Boston Transcripts.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01

Mrs. Cleveland has many new dresses
this winter, and one of the prettiest 10
the costume she wore 1T the diplomatic
diuner the other night. A leading soci-
ETY. lady calls it q poem in heliotrope,
velvet and gold. The front has side
panels, embroidered in pansies, and gold
passementerie in stripes adorns and runs
around the neck of the bodice. The dress
is cut-as are the most of Mrs. Cleve-
lands dresses-so a. to show her fair
neck, and there was q fringe Of gold
beads running across her plump shoulders,
taking the place of q sleeve. This color
much becomes Mrs. Cleveland's demi-
brunette complexion, and she looks bet
ter in it, think, than in her olive-green
plush.
The plush is, however, gorgeous
dress, and it has . plain flowing train,
with gold passementerie in bands over
the front. Its corsage is cut square at
the back and 1t the front, and is edged
with gold lace. Mrs. Cleveland wears .
heavy gold girdle with this dress, which,
though it is probably sewed to the plush,
looks as though it was carelessly tied,
and its gold tassels kiss the hem of her
skirt.
Another of Mrs. Cleveland's pretty
dresses is a toilet of pale blue brocade,
very rich, and with its waist cut slightly
to a point back and front, and edged
with gold lace. This dress has . front
draped with blue tulle, and it is bordered
with blue satin ribbons. 1t is an ex-
ouisite costume and Mrs. Cleveland wears
it sometimes At state dinners.
Another dress is q ruby plush, which
comes out in strong contrast in the Blue
Room. It has q sleeveless bodice and is
cut square at the neck. Mrs. Cleveland
has beautiful neck and plump shoulders,
and her dresses are usually made so as to
show the beauty of the poise of her
head. They are not decidedly decolette,
and have never seen her appear in any
thing that the most fastidious taste could
object to. With this ruby plush she
wears q strip OF gold passementerie,
which runs over the shoulders and down
to the belt back and front. She has gold
ornaments Of the same, and the ruby
plush has a square train which rests on
the floor in folds. saw her in this dress
at the diplomatic reception, and she
shone resplendent in diamonds Her
hair was dressed in that Greek knot
which so becomes her, and among her
ornaments were . diamond rose, dia-
mond butterfly and diamond crescent.
Mrs. Cleveland wears beautiful jew
elry, and the diamond necklace that the
President gave her is especially becom-
ing. She has also q very pretty necklace
of pink coral, and she sometimes wears q
string of coral beads coiled on her hair.
She is fond of fine gloves, but at her re-
ceptions she offers the compliment Of an
ungloved hand to her guests. She has
dainty toilet of pink brocade. with a
pompadour corsage, with which she
usually wears gloves of white-and, in
deed, 1 might fiji this column in describ-
ing her dresses But l will only say of
her, as was said of Dolly Madison when
che was queen of the White House, that
here the woman adorns the dress rather
than the dress the woman. n."-Cor. ~ Y.
World
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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01
A MARDENED SPECIMEN.

Omaha man" I sent . communication
yesterday, stating that had sent ham
to the starving family referred to in your
columns" Aa.
Edisor-s Yes, ordered it printed"
alt came out in the paper that had
stolen ham from that starving family
and was sorry for it.
"My graciousl 1t was typogaPhi-
cal error, of course. / sincerely hope
You will believe me. Don't shoot
81 vas only reaching for my pocket
hankerchief SIR, 70 wipe the tears of SYM
pathy from my eyes. / know how you
feel about It. I did not mind IL I only
csiledato direct your aAtsntioa TO the
blunder, % it would be corrected"
-. .Yoa did mot mind such horrible er-
.ror - that ;"
@Oh, no +; I'm used to such thinga
ased % Be sn editor .myself.- Omah0
Is World. s1 li's-aoEias.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01

"A citizen of Detroit, who probably
intends 70 rnn on the next county ticket,
met farmer from Romnlus, on Michigan
avenue, yesterday, and held out his hand
and said:
sAh--6ne rain this p
sWell, danno."
t. Do The crops lots Of good"
at viii, eh Z What crops 2"
Well, er-you know-won't it help
the cropsY" '-''-s+
at may soften up the dirt % Tcan dig
Poat some old ssumps." ~sA- as
Exsctly--exactlY--that's what meant.
Bsaatiful rain. for softening beautiful
Good-by r.
Give the country an untaxsd plow,
says the St. Louis Rsps6Jicoa, with .
farmer behied i IN sssaxsd caoehing, who
when his WORK = doAs, can eat q mn
taxsd sappsr prepared j. A nntaxed
kitchen, and no ons VII object 70 paying
| thA tax on the = appefissf before sappe
: or ths pipe n tobssoo szssr 4 ~
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01
cover their child, and long since she had
been Q1yen mn for dead.

cover their child, and long since she had
been gwen up for dead.
In the course of its progress from per-
son to person, the story Of the young
music teacher and her little charge had
reached the banker and his wife Who has
tened to convince themselves that Eva
was their long lost darling the diamond
crescent, which had been stolen for thae
very purpose no doubt, furnishing evi-
dence, if more had been needed than the
child's great resemblance TO her mother.
1t 10 needless to say that the grateful
parents insisted upon adopting Adele in
to their hearts aud home ~ . daughter,
no less than their legitimate offspring ;
and for me they declared eternal friend
ship.
With this 1 should have been quite sat-
is6ed under ordinary circumstances,
but
Nonsense" roguishly says Adele,
who is looking over my shoulder as
write, what commonplace ending you
will have there, love and marriage, and
all that sort OF thing"
"But will it not be true to the life?"
l demand. And beautiful light warns
up her dear face Is End the story as you
please, Tom," she says Wendell Ssdvsy
in Dress.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01

have known some most remarkable
msa gossips in my day.
A man came to Q lady oucs In q
crowded room and warned her aRsinss
meeting any advances from Q woman
showed her his prods in black and white.
She could and would only injure you,"
he said, aud therefore avoid her. an
willing 70 face her with my own words,
ii need b"
She took pains to investigate the mans
statements, and proved them true. This
was as foreign 20 gossip - the scarlet
fever sign hang over door 10 different
from midnight attack by highwayman.
One warns, the other assaults.
II was once my misfortune to meet and
introduce to friend woman Who proved
to be . professional blackmailer and
money sxtorter. Ny confdeuos and
my friends pocketbook suffered in conss-
quence. should not hesitate 20 speak
the truth l know Of that wo1an, II saw
other friends in jeopardy. Bot see no
good or benefit resulting from the criti-
cism Of our friends fanlts or the uuesrth-
ing Of old errors or sims Let the dead
past bury its dead. Nothing belongs to
as but the present.
The most Wholesale gossip ever heard
dealt out to . suffering community was
in the house of clergyman, and his wife
was the dispenser. could not but won
der whether by the earnest labor of life
time he could scatter enoagh seeds of
charity from his pulpit to choke out the
crop of thistles she was sowing from the
hearthstone. It seems to me il 10 always
easier to speak good than evil.
II your friend's faults annoy you, tell
him 90 but for heavens sake keep Silent
about them in the presence Of other peo-
pie. You will never reform him by call
ing the attention of the world to his er-
rors. 1''+
have made resolution which would
like to embody in "a organized society,
and call it the Anti Gossip Club.
The resolution 10 this Whoever speaks
III Of another person to me must meet
that person in my presence within .
weeks time and repeat the words, thus
giving the accused an opportunity 70 de-
,fend, explain, or reform his error I think
few experiences Of this kind would de-
ter people from coming 10 rs with I'M
kind gossip.
The receiver Of stolen goods is held to
be equally guilty with the thief There
fore the person who listens without re-
buke to scandal is equally guilty with the
gossiper.
Let every sensible man and woman re-
member this, and refuse to listen to evil
of his neighbor.-EN Wheeler WilcoG
in Courier Journal.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01
M0TMxn,s orrr4raE nrnLK.
r. TN. Ju:-1l-lkI

Remember, love. who gave thee this,
When other dsys shah come;
when she who had thy earliest kine
Sleeps In her narrow home;
Remember, twas mother gave
The gin to ONE she'd die to save.
Thy, mother sought pledge Of love,
The holiest for her son;
And from the gifts Of God above,
she chose this holy one:
6he chose Tor her beloved boy
The source Of light, and life. and joy.
I bid the keep-the gift, that when
The parting hour shall come
We may have hope to meet again
In an eternal home
Thy precious faith in this shall be
Sweet Incense to my memory.
And should the scofYer IN bis pride
Laugh that fond faith to scorn,
And bid thee cast the pledge aside
That thou from youth hast borne,
l bid the pause, and ask thy breast
II he or have loved thee best.
A mothers blessing ON her SON
Coca with this heiy thing:
The heart THAI would enjoy the one
Must to the other cling.
Remember, 'tis no idle toy
A Mothers Gift, my darling bcyl
-MisGbeA ARea Levett.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01
n>n.e Ges CauxiAs

This spring with your blood full Of impurities.
ysur digestion impaired, your appetite poor.
kidneys and liver torpid, and whoss system ha-
bls 70 be reostrsisd b. dlssass-eat ~ yoanelf
into eood oosdit IN, and rsady soe ~ changing
ana vasmes weaahses BY taking Hood's 6afsa-
nerilla, Il stands unsqualed q purifying the
blood, givisg an sppstilss and sns . gsnsrai
spring medicine. .1i'a.sa
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01
Purify the Blood

Hoods Sarsaparilla II characterized By
three peculiarities: LIST, the com6Snatjoss Of
remedial agents; ID. the proportSo~; ID, the
process Of securing the active medicinal
qualities. The result is medicine OF unusual
strength. effecting cures hitherto unknown.
Send Tor book containing additional evidence.
Hoods Sarsaparilla tones up my system,
paslnes ea1s 81 my blood, sharpens my appetite. and
Register Of Deeds, Lowell, Mass.
Hoods Sarssparilla beats all others, and
Is worth ITS weight In gold" I. BARRN0xoN.
lSo Bank Street, New York City.
Hoods . Sarsaparllla
Sold by all druggists. q six for o. Made
only by @. !. HOOD 6 CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01
c0rehr the Children

Children feel tho debility Of fhe ehauG1nR
seasons, even more than adults, and they be.
come cross, peevish, and mcoutroushse.
The blood should be cieansed and the syysem
nvieorated By the use Of Hoods 6arsapaxiaa.
Last Spring my Two children were vaess-
mated. Soon after, they broke all out with run
ming sores, 20 dreadful thought should lose
them. Hoods SarsaparfIla cured them com
pletely; and they have been healthy ever
since. do feel that Hoods saxsapartna
saved my children to me-" NRs. G. l.
THOMPSON, West Warren, Mass.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01

For worn-out," rundown debilitated
school teachers, milliners, seamstresses, house
keepers, and over-worked women generally,
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best
of all restorative tOnics. It is not "Cure-all,"
but admirably fulfills q singlenees of purpose,
being most potent Specific for all those
Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar to
women. 1t is powerful, general as well as
and strength to the whole system. Il promptly
cures weakness of stomach, indigestion, bloat-
ing, weak back, nervous prostration, debility
and sleepleesnees, in either sex. Favorite Pre-
scription is sold by druggists under our post
tire guarantee. See wrapper around bottle.
Price $1.OO, or six Bottles for $500.
large treatise on Diseases Of Women, pro-
fllsely illustrated with oOlored plates and nu-
merous wood-cuts, sent for 10 cents in stamps
Address, WORLDS DrsPENSARY MEDICAL.
ASSOCIATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
SICK HEADACHE, Bilious Headache,
and Constipation, promptly cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pellets. go. vial
hy druRRistA
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01

That 1883
Is something very choice and grs,
Fer ladies who desire 70 mas,
And when they meet their proper fs,
You bet we don't exaggers,
When boldly we assevere,
That not woman will be l6
In gobbling up the tempting bs.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-24
The Gold Hcatcrs Art.

'Our trade j, 4 Ncry simple one, said
the proprietor Of i gold beating establi>h
mcut-to Il New York Iird reporter
"Wc take Il piece Of gold bullion, about
two ounces and i half in weight, which
we call one beating. and melt it in one
of those little s:tld cruciblcs in that fur
mace. W hon liquid Nc cast it into an
in4ot. which Wc. roll out into Il ribbon
aDout one inch wide and five hundred
long we cut this into 300 squares and
place each iuarc between two leaves Of
this book, wii,h n wc cali IL kutch The
leaves # the book are not paper, but are
made from a strong animal tissue taken
from thc-iut.r.or oi Il bullock. The book
Is fastened together securely. and is
beaten with the hammers until eacn
square l. about four tines "a large as II
was 1T ii 81 Inc leaves are then cut i'll
four~ aneE similarly arranged in a second
book called ~hadIer The third time
We calth book atini~hing mold They
are then trimmed BY The girIs II the cut
tnr dcpartm ut aud arranged in the lis
sue paper books with viii Ii dentists love
to harrow NJ nervous omen and llttlt
cl iIsircn
We use the hammer for FIVE minute
and tht u res for five This Prevents tn,
books and the metal from heating, which
would ii urc is quality. In beating th'
kutch W ,f>c ~ eighteen pound hun
mcr; On I'll" siloIdcr q nlne FOUNDER
| while ~ ei-ht-poundcr does duty on th'
| finaf mold
.,lttahcs j mln a least two years t.
! learn u - j good GOD hcatcr. Some
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-24
Bears Whipped by Oxen.

\ maa In silver Ridge PlanM'ion
stariei IN company with another Anew
LAYS >i.,c - .o3k for Their cpws ami
oxen .,.d i ID. II young catt!" whie h
were oIs ii The wood Ihey fyunFf their
,'..sk afd ~'..rtei fr Il me with then.
anil on :hcle w.t fhey siw three bears
-ittsu- on ,icir hunches. ahead Of them,
ilccsly IN their path. Tie oxen ran
aheai o[ ,le eoH- and then turned
around. shaking ta"3r heals, a. much a
to say: keep b.. k keep back We sill
a:teal ~ the~c tlacH fellows. Then
AKA ti4es Ia4 tor the e1emy. oac of
he bar rs.fl away, walle the other tso
-t9ad le.r 4-ganl anil tl4c o2en charged
~ ,hsm panth tae bears f'e.i and
,ae # ,Ac o<en chased aac Il III bs-s-~ .
e.5!. :!l-3a-c. tie wsy ;, tossing hl1n
,.cr i..s !. i 5a !. f,ari4I manner The
uel, 80, ~sc,i III - tc4st twenty times
ii evident Fl hal rather liye!y time I
/, Fiaa.ly .Ae ox returned. lie hal
al = ;es.e s:ru-1'e and had w,a the
tati.c Ae In@n -ay they have seen ti1e
bears s.nce. IT that they run asas evef.
time u tgr leubtsr-!a..
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-24
Wearing Decorations Abroad.

Ernst Won ITtssc Wartegg. in his de.
scription in the CeutarY, OF the European
craze Tor decorations, says: The I'm
perol William is generally seen wearing
the iron cross AMI the star IF the most
distinguished Order oi the Black Eagle
Emperor francis Joseph invariably wears
the decoration Of the Order of thc4iolden
Fleece. 1t being one Of the regulations OF
the order that every knight belonging to
Il must wear il nj all times, in state or
private. \ similar regulation compels
the knights Of the Russian Order of st.
George to wear the cross at all times, and
fhcy would incur penalties if seen with
out it. The ordinary decoration, includ-
ing he ribbon. is about four inches long
by three inches wide TO be able to
wear all their decorations. Prince BIS
marck or Count Moltke, for instance,
would require a breast thirty feet in
breadth. \ man of merit in Europe
should, however, not only hc of large
proportions, but also of superior strength
for the average weight of one geld grand
cross is about half a pound The afore-
| said di@nltar!cs would therefore hav" tc
carry about forty pounds in addition tc
! their healS gold embroidered uniform
Civilians are permitted to wear diminu
| tive reductions Of their orders. suspended
| on narrow sold chains. the stars of
/ Grand officer or IA 'irand Cross, however
/ are Worn III their original size 1t woulC
! be difficult TO say who is the most decor
atcd man IF Europe Each of the three
cmpcrors and the royal >ovcrcigns o
Europe average fifty grand crosses, viii
their respective arreniages. Aside from
the sovereigns and princes, should think
the most decorated man must he eithe
Count AndrasSy. the former ChancellO
of Austria, or the station master Of --
| Il well known watering place. The latte
/ receives IN average Of three minor crosse
annually, depending mainly on the num
Der Of sovclcjgns and princes visitln;
the place: station masters. physicians
police commissioners and others are j
many instances rcmuncrdtcd for thcl
| services with crosses very much as tn
| gatc-kecpcr Of the Castle of Chlllon re
celycs Il shilling from every visiting Eng
liShnan
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-24

There IS no question, according to the
New York IrInne, that the buffalo il
well nigh extinct on the plains, There
are few in Yellowstone Pafk protected
by the Government, but they are likely
to be killed at any time In Texas a
herd Of about thirty is owned by one
ranchman several other small hunehes
may be found, but the days when they
rambled at large over the country have
been numbered Unless sGmc means Of
protecting them is adopted W thin ten
years the American Bison must become
an extinct species. In Central Park,
Director Conklin has several specimens
of Buffalo, but the COW is growing old
and another one la, not been secured
The buffalo will not breed III captivity
unless like other domestic animals it IA,
abundant room for feeding and exercise.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-24

The Grant Monument Association has
Just invited artists. sculptor> and archi-
tccts TO submit designs for a monunicnt
or memorial building to he erected oycl
the tomb in Riverside ark, New York
The total cost OF the completed Struct-
ure is not definitely fixed. hut it IS >ug-
gcsted that designs be submitted, based
upon an estimated expenditure Of 5000.
600. Should Il larger sum be contributed
the surplus is to be expended iii aa
ditional ornamcntation and decoration,
and suggestions cmbodying such 4 posi-
bility are asked with each design. As
to the style Of work, 1t is suggested that
the designs should combine architecture
and sculpture and that the mitteria} TO
be used should be granite only or in
combination with metal ach set Of
designs submitted IS to hc drawn TO a
uniform scale ~ onc-quartcr Of m inch
TO the foot. and To consist Of gcometric
elevations, plan ol 6. II story or Iii
*iSiVH, WI tiVti StN tEt'fN tIfbiIi llt
centre of the monument, and one per
spective view Each drawn, IS to
be marked hy q motto or cipher, AMI
no other handwriting or mark Of any
sort is 10 he put on them \ sealed
envelope, bearing similar cipher or
motto, is TO contain the name and ad-
dress Of the author Of the design. and
any information he may choose t. give
in regard TO h s training, experience, or
professional position and his euai.ica-
tions for carrying out the designs AL
designs must be delivered NJ the office of
the assoc alton bv November /, lse>
The association viii select from the de-
signs the best five. and classify them a.
FIRST, second, third, fourth and fifth. and
will award q premium Of Sl,5E II the
first, s 900 to the second. $500 to the
third, 5000 to the fourth, and S20O To the
fifth. If the committee do no; consider
any Of the designs suitable they may in
stitute second competition, which may
be limited to- the five accepted com
oetitors.