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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

7>mperatqre at tallahassee, Florida
|"r' for tie past geek.
.oten bv ". A. RAwLs Druggist and
a&'~ Pharmacist
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Decorated Tea, Dinner AMI chamber sets. AL
so large assortment OF Decorated hanging lamps
at the Racket Store to make room for other
goods
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War has been declared at the gold mines in
Lower California between the owners and min
ers, but that has nothing to do with tie recent
low prices in Glass and crockery ware at the
Racket Store
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In step ladders, pruning saws and knives, also
fine lot of shears, at bargain, at the Racket
Store
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\. q. -. r.

.,,ar meetings OF LEON LODGE No. s,
ssssg t':s :: ss'S Es e. Hs'
Esck. All oio'" W. B. SCHRADER N. G.
r. ROBERTS, R. ;.
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The building boom has grown to such enor-
nous proportions in Tallahassee that the mills
are finding it difficult to supply sufficient lum-
Der, consequently work is being delayed on
many proposed new buildings
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VI AStlXIa,.

,,a, meetings of JACKSON LODGE
4 ReguI'" -, the first and third Mondays in each
IN ,sococN W. NJ. MCINTOSH, Secretary.
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Hosiery.

have the only fast black hosiery Sold These
hose are warranted not to stain the foot
w. R. WILSON
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N. R.A. CHAPTER, No. 1,

flor and 4th Mondays in each month, at I
LIS on the ~ anu W. VI. MCINTOSH, SR., Ii. P.
aR ? l&cuorr, Secretary
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French A'abriUueS.

| have a full line of French Fabrioues in wash
goods. The prettiest goods you ever saw.
w. r. WILSON.
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My shoe stock surpasses any stock ever seen
in Tallahassee. w. R. WILSON
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.rlor meetings of AUCILLA ENCAMP-
|yf Kegul"th old the first and third Ihursddp FEE
:; &nonth Al their Lodge Room, at o'clock.
esfh nv GOOD standing invited to attend.
fnrsrcbs IL s00' JOHN G. COLLINS, c. P.
ou,vcEy Scfi5f.
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w Wanted.
They Are Legion.

A good, fresh mich COW. Apply to
252t* GEO. Nj. EDGAR
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Best Spool Cotton,

ALI yearly subscribers to the FLoRIDIAN
can secure "DiXie Farmer and Southern Guilt
vator, at 81 year, through this Office. If
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Steel Wire Nails,
f. III. AFFORDS.
ZenhYr Suifinp.

l have a beautiful line of Scotch Zephyrs.
W. r. WILSON.
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Manchester Lawns

in stripes, figures and solid colors at 10 cent
per yard, at 252t G. W. SAXON & Co.'S.
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I'm terDriSe.

eived, at 252t G. w. SAXON & CO
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-04
Cost of Private Cars.

"Many extravagant stories are in circula-
tion," said George W. Allen 10 St. Loui.
Globe-Democrat reporter, las to the cost OF
private cars, such as are used by railroad
magnates, opera sin gers, imported actors and
millionaires, and have often heard it stated
that an average Pullman palace car is worth
$4,000. Stories are printed about cars cost
ing all the way from s100, 900 to :200, 900. The
fact of the matter is that a palace car costs
about sl2. 900 complete. The makeup of all
cars, regular OF special. is about the same
Additional cost is brought about by the in
ternal decoration, and that must necessari-
ly be limited. doubt if there was ever a
car constructed that cost more than $35, 600
To exceed that figure would require deco
ration exclusively in jewels and precious
metals -
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Wedding and Party Invitations, en-
graved or printed, at the Wichita EAGLE
office. dos If
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-04
ARB TIE OLDEST FAMILY sTsyDsaD.

A Purely Vegetable Compound, withou.
mercury or other inJurso-s mineral Safe
and sure always For sale by al Druggists.
Fun printed directions for rsfng with each
package Dr. Schencss ne~ BOOK on The
Lungs, Liver and Stomach SENT FREE Al
dress Dr.. J. II. Scbeack& Son, Philadelphia.
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Be sure and come in
This Week.
rs. Ssts a.
1RRSA,';p!;,E;a'I||
70
130 North Main Street.
PREFERENCES AND TREASURES.

I'd rather drink cold water from the brook,
Than guam excitement from golden chalice,
To rather sleep on straw in shepherds hut,
Than lie awake and restless in q palace.
I'd rather earn dry bread in iusty health,
And eat 1t with 2 sense Of wholesome pleasure,
Than feed without the yes. OF appetite
on gorgeous plate and unavailing treasure.
I'd rather have one true, unfailing friend,
Than fifty parasites 20 crave my bounty;
And one poor lass who loved me for myself.
Than one without q heart who owned
county.
Nature is kind if our desires are pure,
And strews rich blessings everywhere around
US;
While Fortune. If we pant in her pursuit
Too often grants her favors to confound u.s.
Fresh air and sunshine, flowers and health
and love
These are endowments II we learn to prize
them;
The wise mans treasures better worth than
gold,
And none but fools and wicked men despise
them.
Charles Mackay, in Chambers Journal
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-04
ELI TERRY'S INVENTION.
The Conditions Under Which tho First
Wooden Clock Was Made.

The Conditions Under which tho First
Wooden Clock Was Made.
E. A. Fem, in the Allegan (Mich.) Jour
nal, says: About the year 1900 there lived
a sort Of indolent, thriftless, unpromising
young man by the name of Eli Terry. His
birthplace was the same as mine, Ply;
mouth, Conn. He sought the hand and heart
of a Miss Warner, and was bitterly opposed
by her friends on account of bis inability to
support her. Miss Warner was either
sister or cousin Of the late Mrs. Friend
Ives, an old resident Of Gun Plains, and
grandmother of Leon and Fred Chichester.
The Warmers were solid old Puritan stock
and despised laziness, but, Notwithstanding
all opposition, they were married, set up
housekeeping and soon restitution and
want was about all that seemed visible for
future days.
Eli had no visible means Of support, but
spent his time sitting on stump or block,
whiting out a circle he struck with an old
compass or saving OF bits of wood from
some dead trees, and thus, day after day,
his time was spent, and the general
opinion WAS he was crazy. Want pressed so
hard in the home that the wife, by urgent
entreaty of her friends, had about made
up her mind to return to her parents
WHICH GuO 1EultS VI LII
ting and saving materialized in the
first wooden clock ever made in America
and, believe, in any country. twas read
lily sold to q neighbor for $50 and paid for In
pork, -four, potatoes, other family necessi-
ties and little money, with which he
bought tools to facilitate his work in further
prosecution Of clock making. Another and
another was made that sold readily as soon
as completed. The foot lathe and small cir
cular saws were added, then men were en-
ployed, clocks more rapidly made and eager
ly sought after, and Eli Terry began to 40
cumulate. In the meantime he had made
application for letters patent upon his clock,
and about 1902 or 1903 built a small shop
and commenced improving on his clock and
construction Of machinery and tools, and the
foundation for a vast fortune was made
which materialized In after years. Not
withstanding his unbounded benevolence,
he became very rich. He died about 1916,
OF the advanced age Of eighty-6ve years,
beloved and respected by all who knew him,
leaving large family of grown-up boys and
anumber of grandsons, all very wealthy,
and all living in Terryville, Conn, con-
trolling nearly all the wealth of the place,
which was invested in large manufactures
for clocks and locks. 1t is worthy Of note
that not one Terry is left in that region and
all their interests and investments have
scattered or gone into other hands.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-04
OLD RACHEL'S UMBRELLA.
How the Frugal Lady Made Her Husband
Jim Toe the Mark,

How the Frugal Lady Made Her Husband
Jim Toe the Mark.
Have you ever seen one Of the old-fash,
toned umbrellas OF cotton that our grand.
sires-or some OF them-used to carry with
immense pridel
An old character, says the Pittsburgh Dis.
patch, who was well known in the Sewickley
valley for l don't know how many years
she isn't dead or forgotten yet-had an UNI.
brella Of this sort by which she set grea,
store. 1t was Of blue cotton with broad,
white, circular stripes, and TO what era II
belonged old Rachel did not know.
They say she only lent it once. One day, a
score of years ago, her husband, who was a
track-walker on the Fort Wayne railway
screwed up his courage enough to ask her
to lend him the sacred umbrella. She
brought out the blue and white treasure
from the corner Of the little station-house
where they lived, and with many injune-
tons TO be sure and bring it back, gave it to
him
He had to walk three miles into the coun-
try that day, and when he had reached bis
destination it had stopped raining The sky
was clear when be started for home. and
suppose that was why he forgot the blue and
white umbrella.
He never thought OF It again till he was at
the threshold Of his home, and there his
wife confronted him with her two hundred
pounds of muscle and bone.
Where is itl'' she said, in low and ON.
inous tone.
Where is what, Rachela" was her hus-
bands meek reply.
"W here's that umbrella
"Sakes alive I left il behind!''
"Before you gitinto this house you'll fetch
that umbrel'.n
Jim-that was her husbands name-knew
that Rachel would do as she said every time,
and he walked back three miles, and then
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-04
BOUGHT FOR A SONG.
An Old Phrase which Has Outrived 1t
Days of Usefulness.

An Old Phrase which Has OutIived It's
Days of Usefulness.
This phrase, so long used in contemp tu-
Gus, or at least off-hand, sort of wsv,
ought now to fall into disuse, saws the Lon
don Globe. Il has no reason for existing:
the idea contained in it is exploded. Time
was when the best of songs had little
pecuniary value, and when to say Il have
bought such and such tor q mere song
implied purchase of exceeding cheapness.
Now all is changed A fortune can be
made, and sometimes is made, out of a
single dltty. II it catch the public ear.
prosperity follows as a matter Of course
Some songs yield handsome regular in
come to their owners. We know, for ex-
ample, how enormous is the circulation of
some of Sir Arthur SuIlivan's drawing
room melodies. Who shall say what has
been Melted by THE Lost Chords" An
American musical paper has just recorded
that the weEkncwn ballad: Listen to tho
Mocking Bird" has brought In a profit of
5000 Our contemporary contrasts this
sum with the sums realized by certain
works of the ''old masters" but the com
parison, OF course. does not hold Sood IL
is squestion, not Of intrinsic value, but Of
popularity Every thing that is popular
psys; that Is irrefragabIe. And the fact is
the outcome, mainly. OF the great growth
of the population. When any thing sue
ceeds nowadays. its success Is usually very
great, simply because there are so many
different persons 10 whom to appeal.
Listen to the Mocking Bird" must have
commended itself to the grea. majority, and
hence its monetary triumph In would be
pleasant IL the million would 60 into rap.-
ures over songs Of q high caliber. but that
u hardly TO be expected
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-04
On the InsfaIlynent Plan.

Aswas his custom little Johnnie entered
the parlor one evening while his sister Cora
was entertaining Mr.. Merritt. He was
wearing q pair of new slippers, OF which he
seemed very proud. 'Where did you get
the pretty pair of slippers, Johnuie!' asked
Mr. Merritt Did your mother give them
to your No." replied little Johnnie. re-
calling as he often did the unpleasant
phases in his young life, "she never gives
me more than one al time"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-04
High links In Rural Society.

Here are some of the names given to $50
cial reunions" by the young men and
women of certain part Of Pennsylvania:
Rainbow Teas, Bachelor Meets" Toast
and Cheese" aud probably most popular Of
all, the Eclipse Surprise Party" In this
the eclipse means kissing the right girl In
the dark and the surprise having kissed the
wrong one or the RICH, one, which Is better
va
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-04
An Indepenaent Editor.

SWINE with excellent results The bucolic
paper which makes this announcement very
innocently asks: s'Kave any Of our readers
tested II in this directionf" The editor of
that paper viii get himself disliked if be
asks many more such questions a. this.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-04

Free reclining chair cars are now running
on all trains on the c., K. q n. railway,
"Rock Island Route" between Wichita.
Topeka. Kansas City. st. Joseph. Chicago
st. Louis. eff
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A. FLAGG, Proprietor.
Cor I'd and 5th aves., Wichita

Manufacturer Of Steamengines,
Boilers, Pumps and all kinds OF
mill gearing. Architectural iron
a speciality. Iron and brass cast
ings made to order. Estimates
made on all class OF work and
orders promptly attended to:
90 w. h. FONDA, Supt
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SCHOOL
S U ERIN T E N D e N r S.

Just completed and for sale at this ONCE Record
OF Teachers Ability. for by superintendent and
Principals OF COMMON. CITY and GRADED
SCHOOLS. Can be used in any city The book Is
OF a convenient size to carry in the pocket. Bound
in Cloth 50 cents. Flexible Back 81 Sent by mail
to any address upon receipt Of 81 cents for cloth and
81 o. for flexible binding. Orders by mail will re-
ceive prompt attention. Address
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ANACOSTLA.

MRS. BUTTS MARITAL TRoUBLEs.-As men.
TONED In yesterdays STAR, Mary 7. Butts nee
Anderson, has filed bill for divorce from VIM.
ID. Butts. Last May he came to Anacostia and
married Miss Anderson. Since then she has
been informed that he has a wife and children
living IN Florida About two months ago
Butts left town, and il was supposed that he
went to New York state, as he sent letter TO
an Anacostia paper for publication The letter
was headed New Rochelle" n. Y. A bill for
the publication of the letter was sent 10 "wm.
H. Butts, New Rochelle, n. Y" and the post
master sent a reply to the publisher Oh the
paper, stating that no one by the name Of
Butts ever received mail there. In the letter
Butts stated that he had obtained the neces-
sary papers to prove that he had been divorced
from his first wife eighteen months prior to
nished.
PRoF. MAzzuLLo's SoREE.-Gray's hall, ON
Harrison street. was well filed with q merry
party of dancers, numbering about 200, last
evening, II being the occasion of Prof. John
Mazzullo's masque soiree. Prof. Harry Davey's
orchestra furnished the music, which was
highly appreciated. Among the most notice.
able maskers were Messrs. JOS s. Reagan, Lno.
Roach, VIM. n. Nokes, Edward Hinwood. Chss.
Beers, Sam Armstesd, Jno. Williams, A. q.
King, Frank Emo, Jas. Latimer, La p Weldon,
the Misses Kate Reagan, Addie Entwisle, Addie
Roach, Maud and Susie Eagan, and scores Of
others.
ST.: ANDREWS BRorHERHooD.-The rooms Of
st. Andrews Brotherhood were filed yester-
day evening with a merry party of young peo-
pie. Miss Rosa Grimes, assisted BY Mr.
George Simpson, was in charge Of the enter
tainment provided. An organ has been placed
In the rooms by the Rev. w. q. Davenport
Among those present we're DIR. @. Harrison,
MIR. b. Bryan, Mr.. Frank Haines Rev. W. q.
Davenport, Mr.. George Simpson, and many
others. Mr.. William n. Fisher rendered various
selections of music.
who recently joined the McCollin opera COM
pany, is singing at Houston, Tex, this week.
The company will spend six weeks in Texas
and then make a tour of the Pacific coast az
lar as British Columbia. Miss Darling is sing
ing the leading parts.-Mrs. Richard Long,
ley, Of jackson street, has moved to the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-22
Not a Prompt Opening.

THE POLICE COURT AN HOUR BEHIND SCHEDULE
TIME-PoLIcEMEN AND WITNESSES IScoN-
vENIENCED.
This court will convene promptly at eight
90 O'Clock on Friday morning, February o.
All persons having business with the court are
notified to be in attendance and officers are
notified to summon all witnesses to be in at
tendance at that hour
"By order Of the Judge.
Howard CLAaETT, Clerk"
copy of the above notice was posted in the
Police Court yesterday. The policemen did as
directed and many witnesses. including several
women. were present at the hour named
There were also a few lawyers who came in
soon after that hour hoping to pick up dollar
or two. If there was that much money among
the prisoners they could earn it easier than by
cleaning snow from the sidewalk, and then
they would not get their feet wet. In several
instances the officers came to court without
their breakfasts, because they expected to get
through early and go home. II they were not
In attendance when wanted they knew that the
courtcould fine them or discharge their prisoner.
winch would get them in trouble. The clerk
was ON hand awaiting the arrival of the Judge
and others to open court. The prisoners and
attendants were also ready, but for some I'M
explained reason the judge did not appear in
court until o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-22
How kenna was Elected.

DoRR AT LAST VOTES FOR HIM IN PREFERENCE
TO SEEING GoFF CHOSEN.
The election Of Senator Kenna by the West
Virginia legislature yesterday was q great sur
prise to every one. The result seems to have
been expected by the action of some of Kenna's
supporters, who notified Dorr, the democrat
who bolted the caucus which nominated Kenna,
that unless he voted for Kenna yesterday thew
would vote for Golf. On the second ballot
when DORIS name was called. he arose and ex.
planned that while he still believed, as he had
from the beginning, that the election of Kenna
would be disastrous to the party, he thought
that the existing state of affairs justified him in
voting for him. He said that the people of the
state were confronted with the prospect of
three governors, and if an election for United
States Senator was not secured there would
likewise be prospect of three United States
Senators. In view of these things, he believed
that an election should be had at any cost He
believed he was right in the course he had
taken from the beginning Harr, the other
union labor man, voted for Gov. Wilson, but
when the end Of the roll was reached he
changed to Kenna, which secured his election.
The vote stood: Kenna, 46; Goff, As.
Senator Kenna received over one hundred
congratulatory kilograms from distinguished
people all over the country, and was serenaded
by his friends last night. He kept open house.
and hundreds OF people called to tender their
Capitalization.
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He Stole the Overcoats.
But IT Is CLAIMED HE WAS NOT REsPoSsrBIE
AT THE TINE.

BUT IT Is CLAIMED HE WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE
AT THE TINE.
Yesterday, shortly before noon, Michael G..
Mccormick, the saloon-keeper. went into a bar
ber-shop on 9th street and hung his coat on
the rack. A well-dressed man entered the shop
and when he went out he took MIR. Mccormick 8
overcoat. The shop-boy overlook him and
he was detained until the arrival of Detective
Mattlngly, who placed the man under arrest
ana escorted him to police headquarters He
was identified as Frank c. Fox, formerly en-
Pioyed as cutter in Henning's clothing store
II was explained that his actions were the result
OF drinking. After his arrest he was identified
as the man who took Congressman Schively's
overcoat from the National hotel billiard
room Wednesday night and ii is also charged
that ne stole an oyercoat belonging to
1ohn Horrlgan from Heygsters saloon. He
was taken to the first precinct station.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE PRISONER.
Yesterday afternoon while in a cell at the
first precinct the prisoner took off his drawers
and attempted to hang himself, but was pre-
vented from doing SO by an officer.
REPRESENTATIVE SAWYER DEFENDS THE ACCUSED.
This morning when the case was called in
the Police Court Representative SAWYER. of
New York, appeared as counsel for the pris-
oner. He appeared on account of his consid-
eratlon Tor the prisoners relatives in New
York. Mr.. Sawyer said that at the time of the
theft he did not think that the prisoner was
responsible for his actions. He thought that
on account OF his present condition il would
be well to send him TO some hospital or ASYLUM
where he could be properly cared for. The
defendant he had been informed has been in
New York asylum. He (the speaker) was
willing to defray any expenses incurred by the
prosecution.
Judge Miller told him that there were no
expenses involved in the prosecution, but at
the suggestion Of the proceeding officer Mr..
Sawyer reimbursed the pawnbrokers where
Fox had obtained Sc on two of the coats. The
charges against him were indefinitely continued.
and Fox was sent to Jail for a few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-22
A FAST HORSE.
Testimony I'm the Police Court Which
Surprised Judge Miller.

Judge Miller expressed some surprise in the
Police Court this morning when Policeman
Caverly gave testimony in the case of James
Jones, who was charged with fast driving on
9Th street Sunday night "The horse was 60
ing at the rate Of Is miles an hour" said the
officer
''How fast?" asked the judge.
Twenty-Five miles an hour" repeated the
officer.
The judge explained to the officer that at
that rate the horse was making a mile in two
minutes and fraction.
The officer then explained that he did not
think the animal could travel long distance at
that rate.
The next witness gave his name as Frank
Deneal He also thought that the animal was
going at the rate of IS miles an hour. He was
going % miles an hour, anyhow" added
witness
The next witness declined to give his opinion.
A tine of SO was imposed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-22

A Blizzard IN THE SourH.-The present
snow-storm has been especially severe in the
south. At Augusta, Ga, it assumed the vio-
lence Of blizzard, raging all day yesterday,
and turning to sleet last night. The STORM
was almost unprecedented for that region. At
Columbia, g. c., snow began to fall at $50 yes
terday morning and continued ali day and last
night. The fall was the heaviest recollected
there. In Virginia the storm was also very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-22

KILLED Two MEN VINO ATTACKED Hn.-
Thursday morning Oscar Evans, . bark con-
tractor. shot and killed John Kirby and NOR
tally wounded A. L. Hoke, near Romney, w.
Va. About week ago Hoke horsewhipped
Evans and yesterday the two men attacked
Evans and he used his revolver In self-defense.
Hoke and Kirby were bad characters. Evans
gave himself mp TO the authoritisa Public
sympathy II with Evans.