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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-02
TREATMENT OF STRANGERS

How should we treat strangers coming
among US? Probably some one would
say treat them as strangers, and have
nothing to do with strangers until You
know something about them.
But how is a stranger to become ac-
quainted? Should he give history OF
himself-or should he hasten to tell
about himself-when he or she comes INTO
your town? If the party did, possibly
the "home folks" would not believe the
report. Ifstrangers attend your religious
meetings, they are possibly only stared
at instead of being cordially invited to
take a part.
Such, l am happy to say, is not the
case in all towns In some the people are
sociable and friendly, and always ready
to encourage the timid and deserving ;
while Others are selfish and repellant in
their manners. A stranger might pass
several years in their town and not con-
tract the acquaintance Of more than three
or four persons.
People should be kind and friendly, es-
pecialy to strangers. Such is the teach
inc of Christianity. Even those who may
have paid the penalty of wrong doing In
reformatory institutions are our brethren
of humanity.
We may not think much about these
matters SO long as we remain at home
with our friends; bat if we ever happen
to be stranger in a strange locality, we
will have reason to realize how a stranger
ought to be treated.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-02
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TWO DOORS NORTH OF POST-OFFICE.
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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-02

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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-02

SEEK not to reform every ones dial by
your own watch Don't want everybody
to be bald because your hair is thinning
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-02
POISON

Cured in its worst form sometimes in cases with
Erysipeas. where The patient was in Eternal Pain
ana given up By TIE physicians. In some cases
ScrofGlous Ulcers broke OFT ill the party was
mass of corruption a bottle Of T. F. T. was
urOclirel and lhe disease Welded Cuickiv
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06
THE POETIC AZORES.
Islands Famed for Their Great Beauty and
 Fertility.

Fertility.
 The islands extend in an ob ique line from northwest to southeast, be- tween the parallel of 37 degrees and 40 degrees north latitude, and between % degrees and 31 degrees west lOngl- tude. Geographically they may be divided into three groups; the first or easterly group comprises St. Michaels and St. Mary's; the second or central group contains Terceira, Graciosa, St. George, 'Pico and Fayal; while the third or westerly group consists of the lonely little islands of Flores and Corvo, They are all very small places; very good walker might al- most go round the biggest of them in day. Every inch of them, with the exception of a curious little bit of St. Mary's, has been fused and burned and charred out of all resemblance to any thing we have in this part of the world save a forge heap or slag hill. Each little island presents a solid front of hard, black lava against the rava- ges of the great ocean which thunders at the base of cliffs and precipices hundreds of feet high. Even on the stillest day the black rocks are edged with an ever-moving fringe of white surf. which leaps up against their ob- durate face or sulleuly rolls in among the caverns at their base. Marvelously fertile, too, are these islands; almost any thing will grow there if it can but manage to get shelter from the vio- lence of the winter winds. The hills of pumice and cinders are green to their very tops with cedar and juniper and tree-heath; the lower lands and less exposed places grow rich crops o maize and grain, beans, tobacco, and sweet potatoes; in every little glen may be seen the bright green shield-shaped leaves of "enhamo," together with enormous pendent fronds, six and eight feet long, of the Woodwardia fern, springing from carpet ankle deep of the densest and greenest lycopodium. The lava walls which line the roads and mark off the fields are green and gray with moss and lichen. Here and there are broad banana leaves, and the crumpled leaves of ''njspera" peer above waving rows of cane stalks. The islands are rich in all manner of kind- ly fruits. The vine and fig tree strag- gle in all directions over the stony sides of Pico; there are pumpkins and pine apples, passion flower fruit and pomegranates; the peaches are as plentiful as the blackberries, and oranges and apricots are to be had for the asking.
 Paradise and groves
 Elysan Fortunate Fields-like those of old
 Sought in the Atlantic main
 Good Words,
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPIN G.
A Life Full of Trouble and Demandin
 Patience and Courage.

A Life Full of Trouble and Demanding
 Patience and Courage.
 The keepers of lighthouses situated lpOn rocks at some distance from the mainland have not infrequently been exposed to considerable privation, when cut off by continuous bad weather from all communication with the world; :; but it may be doubted whether such a tale as that of the keepers of the Bog skarew lighthouse has ever before been told. This lighthouse is situ- ated in the Baltic, some forty miles from the nearest land, and on February IA the greater portion of the building was carried away by a terrible gale, and from that time for period of more than nine weeks the two men have been undergoing terrible suffering It is said that they have been the whole time without water or fuel-meaning, of course, that the stock of water stored up for their use was lost, and that they had to depend entirely upon such rain and snow as might fall. The cold in the Baltic is very great; and an existence without fire in a ruined lighthouse, exposed to the fury of the northern gales, must have been almost insupportable. Rain can have fallen but seldom, although they may frequently have had snow, but this, as they had no means of melt ing it, can have been but of little use to them, for snow taken in the mouth excites rather than quenches thirst. The detailed narrative of the nine weeks spent in the ruined lighthouse would rival the most exciting ad ventures of fiction London Standard.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06
FOR OUR YOUNG READERS.
IN DREAMTOWN.

I'd know when bedtime came, dears, if all the clocks stood still, And the sun should keep on shining above the
 green old hill: For it's then the little children no longer care
 for play, But want to go to Dreamtown, thousand miles
 away. How do they go to Dreamtown? They shut their
 eyes, and To, Across the moonlit valleys and OCT the hills
 they go; And quite before they know it. so the wise
 people say, They're in the Dreamtown country, thousand
 miles away. What do they do in Dreamtowni oh, every
 thing that's nice. There sweet things area7o plenty they never
 have price. You've but to take and eat them. and those who
 go there say There is ne place like Dreamtown, thousand
 miles away. They tell of Mince Pie Island, and Roasted Fur
 key Hill, Where they go when they get hungry, as folks
 in Dreamtown will; And you've just to take your choice dears at
 least so I've heard say, Of all good things in Dreamtown, thousand
 miles away. There's grove where nre-cracl1ers grow in
 punches on the trees, And mill that grinds out marbles, and such
 like things as these, And every body helps himself to all he wants, they say; For that's the rule in Dreamt own, thousand
 miles away. There's nothing that you wish for when you are
 wide-awake That isn't found in Dreamtown They tell me
 that they take The biggest kind of sugarplums and dolls are
 picked each day From every bush in Dreamtown, a thousand
 miles away. Goodnight, my drowsy darlings. The sleepy
 eyelids close, And straight to this strange country each little
 traveller goes. When morning glory trumpets are blown at
 break Of day You'll all come back from Dreamtown, a thou
 sand miles away. -Eben E. Rexford, in N Y Independent.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06
To Straighten Round Shoulders.

A stopping figure and a halting gait, accompanied by the unavoidable weak ness of lungs incidental to narrow chest, may be entirely cured by very simple and easily-performed exercise of raising one's self upon the toes leisurely in perpendicular position several times daily. To take this exercise properly one must take per fectly upright position, with the heels together and the toes at an angel of forty five degrees. Then drop the arms lifelessly by the sides, animating and raising the chest to its full ca pacity muscularly, the chin well drawn in, and the crown of the head feeling as if attached to a string suspended from the ceiling above. Slowly rise up on the balls of both feet to the greatest possible height, thereby exer- cising all the muscles of the legs and body; come again into standing posi- tion without swaying the body back ward out of the perfect line. Repeat this same exercise, first on one foot, then on the other. It is wonderful what d straightening-out power this exercise has upon round shoulders and crooked backs, and one will be sur prised to note how soon the lungs be- gin to show the effect of such expan- sive development Family Doctor.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06
The Great San Diego Plume.

It is claimed that the recently-com- pleted San Diego Hume is the most stupendous ever constructed in the world, being only little short of 36 miles long. An idea of the gigantic character of the work may be obtained from the fact that the amount of lum- Der consumed was more than 5000, 900 feet, or, allowing the very consider able yield of 1000 feet to each tree, not less than 5000 trees were required. In the course of the Hume there are some 315 trestles, the longest of these being 1,700 feet in length, S5 feet high and containing 250, ,000 feet of lumber. Another trestle is of the same height and 1,200 feet long, the main timbers used in both of these being 10x10 and 8X8, being put together on the ground and raised to their position by horse power. The number of tunnels in the course of the Hume is s, the longest of which is 2, 100 feet, the tunnels being in size 6x6 feet, with cOnvex-shaped roofing; each mile of the Hume re- quired an average of 250,000 feet of lamber for it's construction, and the redwood used entirely in the box is ? inches in thickness throughout. IN. Y, Sun.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06
CONCERNING BOILS
Some of the Causes and the Rational
 Treatment of Jobs COmforters.

Treatment of Jobs Comforters.
 A boil may be defined as limited area of inflammation situated in the loose tissue which binds the skin tc the deeper structures. Generally ii starts in or around a sweat gland, and approaches the surface as it grows. Many theories have been advanced tc account for the origin of boils, but ii has now come to be pretty we'll es tablished that they are caused by the growth in the tissues of certain minute organisms. These are found in every such abscess; they can be cultivated, their life history can be studied, and when they are placed in the tissues again, under favorable circumstances, another boil, precisely like the first, is produced.
 How these bodies find their way into the system it is sometimes not easy to say, but probably it is through some slight break in the skin which has es- capped notice. Some persons seem to present a more suitable soil for the cultivation of the germs than others, and certain conditions of the system are very. favorable to their develop ment
 A lowered vitality, sea bathing, changes of diet, especially during athletic training, and convalescence from certain levers are not uncom- monly followed by boils. Children with scrofula and rickets are apt to suffer. Excessive sweating, lack of cleanliness, the long use of poultices, the application of irritants to the skin, and especially the chafng of clothing, seem to favor their formation.
 Any part of the body may be affected, but they are most frequently seen on the back of the neck, in the arm-pit and on the lower part of the trunk. Where the skin is firmly tied down, as in the passage of the ear, the pain and tenderness become intense; in the looser structures it may be but mod crate.
 If left to itself, boil will break in four or five days and discharge pu6 and, generally, some dead tissue known as the "core." It is usual to apply poultices till the abscess hears the surface, and then make an opening; but often, if free incision is made at the beginning, the process will be ar- rested. Poultices are of benefit only to relieve pain; they should not be con- tinued after the incision is made, since they serve but to prolong the dis charge.
 More than that, Dr. Eye Smith, of London, in the course of recent dis cussion, declared his belief that the crops of boils which sometimes are seen in the ease oI schOol-children are due to the transfer of germs, by means of poultices, from an open sore to the glands of the healthy skin.
 The rational treatment then, is an early opening and washing out of the boil, using fluids that are destructive of the germs. At the same time the general health must be seen to, in or der that it may offer a sufficient bar rier to further inroads.-Youth's Com- paniOn.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06

A curious illustration Of the treas ures of the soil, often overlooked for a long time, is the discovery of mineral wax in Utah. It was discovered three years ago on the line of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, covering an area of 15O acres. Over one thousand tons a year are secured. It looks like the wax that is made by bees, and can be used for the same purpose. It is mixed with paraffine in making candles, and is used in the insulation of electric wires. It needs no refining for ordinary uses. The discovery is hint to our landowners that their farms often contain riches that are overlooked. The Pennsylvania farm CTS worked the oil fields for genera tions without dream of the wealth under foot
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06
FULL OF FUN.

inc nOG WdG6r cure IS ulSuIy spoken of. A young man was com pletely cured of an attachment for a young lady by one kettleful, which the old man let him have. -'Now, children, said the teacher, 1 ''what do you call the meal that you eat in the morning?" ''Oat meal!' promptly replied member of the class.
 Little Boy Mamma, are you really going to marry an Italian CountP" Pretty Widow-"Yes, my pet" Little Boy (delightedly)-"O, then I can have the monkey to play with, can't I?"-Burlington Free Press.
 II say, Jenkins, can you tell a young chicken from an old one?" "Of course I can." Well, how?' By the teeth.'' "Chickens don't have teeth" No, but I have. "- London Pick Me Up.
 First Bachelor-''Where shall we go this afternoon-to the matinee, the circus. or what?" Second Bachelor What sort of hats are the ladies wearing now?" First Bachelor-"Tal CT than ever" Second Bachelor "Well, let's go to a balloon ascen- sion."
 -''You appear to be in good health" said prison visitor to a convict. ''lt is only in appearance, sir" replied the convict, 'for the fact is I am confined to my room more than half the time" Texas Siftings.
 Young Wife-'Am I your treas dre, darling?" Young Husband-''Y You are, indeed. l don't see how 1 had the good luck to get you" Young Wife 70, well, you know, mamma attended to that. It wasn't luck. ."-Chicago Journal.
 Old Gentleman Quitting few questions)-"Now boys ah-can you tell me what commandment Adam broke when he took the forbidden fruit?" Small Scholar Qike shoD- Please, sir, tn warn't no command ments then, sir!"-Boston Beacon.
 Aunt Mindy-''B 'Bress yo' deah ole brack heart, D eacon Gillis, how's eb'ryt'ing durn t a. churchP" Dea- con Gillis-''Befo' yo' go enny furder, Miss Wonkley, wanter s'gest dat my shadin' don go quite ser fer in ez yo' remahI1 wud seem fer t himplym- Tine
 Mrs. Mushroom -'I have not quite decided about this room, Thomas. Now what do you think of having a frieze there" MT. Mushroom-'I don't believe it will be necessary, my love. The weather prophets say we need not expect to have hot sum- mer. "-America.
 -"At-o- those our men?" asked Major Pitcairn, as 8 squad of soldiers ap- preached along the road near Concord. No, sir" replied Colonel Smith, ''they are minute men, General Washington believed that it was to this that the British defeat may be attributed. - Harper's Bazaar.
 --"Well, sir" said an old gentleman indignantly, ''what- are you doing around here again? thought the delicate hint I gave. you just as you left the front door last night would give you to understand that 1 don't like you very we'll" And the speaker looked at his boot in a reminiscent way. 1t did" said the young man, as look of mingled pain and admira- tion came over his face. But I thought I would come and ask you -" Ask me what?" If you wouldn't like to join our 'foot-ball association. Merchant Traveller.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06
Probably Caused by a 6roomstick.

Lecturer on Phrenology Cautiously to man selected by audience for free examination )-Married, presume?
 Man-Yes.
 Lecturer (with confdence) Many of the protuberances, ladies and gen. tlemen, which we find upon the heads of persons in various walks of life may be passed by as having no phre' nological significance, as in the case Oi the gentleman whom l am now, etc. Chicago Tribune.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06
J. W. DORRfNGTON, Proprietor.
NUMBER 32.

two and tying her shoe on one end. threw it with all her might out at Jot. It came down plump on the top of his head so hard that he tumbled off the rock, but at the same time seizing the end of the shawl, he was pulled ashore haif-drowned and quite giddy from the bump of the heavy shoe. That bath in Black brook ''broke up" Jot's stilt-fever that year.-Youth's Companion.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06
VOLUME XVIII.
BEAUTIFUL FOREVER

Somewhere there is radiant land, All beautiful forever, A world by balmy breezes famed, With skies unclouded ever. Upon the stormless shining shore Falls music as in days of yore, Forever and forever. There, Time can never dim the light or eyes which sparkle ever, For golden hair grown silver bright Is beautiful as ever; While on the brow Care can not trace A line that Love weld not efface- Forever and forever Here, close at hand. before our eyes, Unvailed by Loves endeavor, That land immortal around us lie, All beautiful forever. Seek not some distant dreamland shore, But here, Love murmurs OCT and ore, Dwell ever and forever, Beautiful forever.
 Chambers Journal
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06

one of the boys-Jot Brown-came grandma nearly into spasms.
 JOt's fever came on the first of April, and for nearly a week he was confined to his chamber over the kitchen the greater part of the time, with a couple of ash saplings, his fathers old draw-shave, and big jack-knife. After a time strange jarrings and thumpings and jolts would sometimes make the kitchen quake and the dishes chatter in the 'dressers.
 What upon earth is the boy up to?' grandma would cry out, hopping nimbly out of her chair, as a heavier jolt than usual would threaten to break hole through the ceiling, and let Jot through upon her head.
 But no one could find out, for Jot locked his door and hung his hat over the key-hole. An length, one morn- ing, as grandma was up in the cham Der looking over the dry apples, Jot's round, freckled face came bobbing up to the low window under the caves. Grandma caught sight of it as she took her head out of a long bag.
 Mercy! What-h ow-stilts! Oh dear me!' and grandma sat right down on the bag and laughed till her cap- border trembled, as Jot went prancing gaily off on his long wooden legs. At sight of his young master the hair on old Towser's back stood up stiff and straight, and he grOwled and parked and bit the stilts till JOt tumbled off into the mud. The COWS, all with tails in the air, ran for life every time they caught sight of him.
 But Jot had a jolly time. He could go right through all the deep pools and mud-holes dry-shod, his head was away up in the branches of the apple trees-for he kept lengthening his legs he could peep into the birds nests without climbing, and put his hand in to all the swallows nests under the low caves of the old barn.
 The other boys soon had stilts, too, then races were run, resulting in many misfortunes. One boy got a ''twist" in his ankle, another sprained his el- bow, and, alas, one broke his nose by falling against the caves of a one-rOofed shed.
 But nothing worse than severe bruises happened to Jot till near mid summer.
 He used to go after the COWS on his stilts, for they had now got quite ac- customed to his odd appearance. One night they had strayed away to the farther side of the pasture beyond Black brook. He could not think of going away up to the bridge, half a mile, to get across. So into the brook Jot splashed, thinking how convenient stiltS were.
 He reached the middle when one of his stills plunged into deep hole. Jot tottered, gave wild lurch and down he went into the stream with a great splash, sending a whole row of "paddocksn into their holes under the flags, while his wooden legs sailed away down stream.
 Jot scrambled upon stone in the bed of the brook, thus bringing his mouth out of water, and his cries and shouts soon brought grandma, who was strawperrying in the ''burnt patch" not far off. It put Yer in a great panic, but she tore her shawl in
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06

Rabbits are as popularly repre-. sented at the Easter season zs eggs are. The trait of rabbits which causes them to be known as egg thieves is the reason tor this array of sugar and paper animals.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-06
THE STlLT-FEVER.
Its First Violent SvmptOms-HOw "Jot"
 Was Cured.

Its First Violent SvmptOms-HOw "JOt'
 Was Cured.
 One spring Jot Brown this name was Jonathan) had the stilt-fever.
 Was it any thing like scarlet fever? Bless youtno! But it was almost as bad, and awfllly contagious. Why, Jot caught it by just hearing of anoth- CT boy who had it more than three miles off. And from him it spread and ragged through the neighborhood all summer, not only the boys taking it, but some of the girls. too. and their mothers just had a time of it!
 Did any of lem die? Not quite. but one of the boys-Jot Brown-came
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-16

named Lizzia Lightner, was preparing a
warm bath for some of her charges. and
had poured some boiling water into q
large wsshtub in the nursery. While
going out of the room to obtain some cold
water from the faucet, che left little
two-year-old girl, Clara, standing by the
tub of hot water, and during her mo-
mentary absence the other children ran
into the nursery. Just how it happened
no one seems to ow, but hearing q
child's piercing screams, the nurse ran
back to the room, and found little Clara
struggling in the wsshtub. When lifted
out she was found to be terribly scalded
all over the body and limbs, and after
lingering for about eighteen hours, she
died at 8 O'Clock on Sunday morning.
Two physicians were summoned immedi-
ately after the accident, but their efforts
to save her life were unavailing. The
nurse girl. Lizzie, is the daughter of
Widow Lightner, whose boy was killed
accidentally only few days ago; and
she is the girl who was assaulted by the
old man Sprague, who killed Constable
Harnischfeger.