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Arizona republican., 1891-11-20
CAPTURED BY BRlGANDS.
How a French Subject Was Kidnapped
 and Ransomed in Turkey,

French journalists have eindulged in soma gentle complaints and a deal of sardonic laughter over the adventures of two of their countrymen among the brigands of Turkey. These fellows have lately excited so much interest that the account of the principal victim is quite entertaining. NJ. Raymond is director of the experimental farm near Adrianople; M. Rufie is his over seer, and they have forty employees on the place.
 It was never imagined, therefore, that they were in any danger in so public a place; but one fine evening seven well armed brigands rushed in and captured the ranch. Four of them stood guard at the door of the court where the laborers were, and with leveled guns held those at bay while the other three mounted to the chamber of the directors. They fought desperately, and as result M Raymond was badly beaten and NJ. Ruilie seriously wounded, Both wers put on the run for two hours, at the end of which time, as it was evident NJ. Rufle could not go much farther, they released him with letter of instructions for Cor stantinople. It was iu the purest Greek, and demanded 5000 Turkish livres Every nearly S22, ,0O0) in gold within eight day'. If it were not forth NolhlhSi UT IT bucf NcIo puIAlSu, t'n went M. Raymond's bead. And it was signed Captain ThomG,."
 As soon as possible it was transmitted to the French ambassador at Constartinople, who called on the sultan at once and got the cash, but the soldiers had already got after Captain Thomas" and communi- cation was lost After much study of topography the ambassador decided that there were more rascals to the square mile in the strip lying between the Sea of Mar mora and adjacent mountains thaa in any other part of Turkey, and consequently the best chance lay there to hear from Captain Thomas; so a skillful dragoman and two porters were sent to the village of Rodosto with the money.
 Their mission was soon noised about and in a few days mountain peasant ar rived with "a very polite note from the cap tain There was French postscript from M. Raymond expressing some impatience for the trade. There was some difficulty in negotiating and very great danger of being robbed by other brigands, but the parties met at last in u lonely ravine--frst
Arizona republican., 1891-11-20
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Arizona republican., 1891-11-20

M. KAIMOND-M. KUFFIE.
 the captain and one dragoman, then the others the next day. The money was counted out and the captive delivered, lit tie the worse for wear. Captain Thomas then handed over fifteen livres (about S70) to the peasant and divided the rest into seven exactly equal shares-a cheering in stance of honor among thieves.
 He gave the dragoman an elegantly written receipt for the money and offered him ten livres for his trouble. which were
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18
CROWN AND SCEPTER.

The czarewitch. while travelling In Japan
recently, was slashed With q sword by one
Of the natives.
Ex-King Milan Of Servia Is engaged to
marry French lady whose fortune Is esti
mated at 500 D francs.
Her majesty, it Is said, has decided to
pay OF 81 .5OO, 900 OF the 5000 600 Of debts
owed by the Prince of Wales.
The Grand Duke OF Mecklenburn-Stre-
litz, who claims to be an inale0eAdent
prince, said openly before officers ef the
garrison that Kaiser William overstepped
the bounds when he called himself master
in Germany
The young emperor of China looks Nike a
we'll bred youth Of seventeen. He b rather
pale and dark, has we'll shaped tseehead,
black eyebrows aud dark eyes. Hin mouth
Is sensitive and his chin strong. He is
very intelligent. and bis manners ase gentle
and unassuming His face weaxa an ex
preston of melancholy
King Otto of Bavaria is forty three years
old, and frequent rumors Of the kings
death are founded on nothing more serious
than the intervals of stupor to which his
majesty is subject. The coma ias from
ten to twenty -four hours. du:a. which
the patient is totally unconsciors sne Pre-
sents every appearance OF death.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18
POWDER AND BALL.

A son of Marshal Bazaine - an adjutaHA
in the Mexican army.
An Italian is liable to be forced into mil
itary service under forty owe rather than
thirty nine, az heretofore
The erosion of big guns is thought to bs
largely due to igniting slow burning pow
der at the base Of the charge, whereby the
bore receives attrition from The hard, UNI
burned portions of the powder.
Aboard her majesty's ship Devastation
the telephone apparatus includes Berth
on microphone and two AdsS receivers,
with which conversation was not inter
rupted between the coming tower and the
central battery during the firing of the
heavy guns
Experiments recently conducsed by thu
Russian military officers are said to prove
that snow can he used with great advantage
as defensive walls. Field artillery. at q
distance Of 600 yards, penetrated only eight
cen feet, and infantry fire, at . distance Of
100 steps, entered to q depth q but nine
feet In the banks constructed fH the pur
pose.
A series OF Russian mAneUvaRs is pro
jeeted for the near future in tho Gulf OF
FINLAND The most interesting featurs
Of the proposed evolution will DO the trial
Of some newly invented torpS1oes which
propel themselves automatically under the
water, and which can be exploded ut great
distances from tho point Of projection by
means of special apparatus
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18
WHIP AND SPUR.

Two offers of $4,000 have been refused
for Alcantara-
Keno F has been sold to George G. Hall.
Keno's time is 2:17.
In the 81 running stakes in 1890. 1875 were
won by Kentucky bred horses.
Clingstone. 2:14, holds the second fastest
record for New England breed horse
C. 81. Nelson talks about trotting his ex-
PEELED stallion Nelson, 2:1OH, against any
horse alive for &c, 900 side.
The fastest trotting descendants Of old
Hambletonian are Maud s, mare, 2:06H;
Jay-Eye-See. gelding. 2:10; Nelson. stall
ion, 2:1OA
Geneva 8, 2:l9A, has been bred to Az
tell The latter will not be trained this
year but in 1892 Doble will handle the
phenomenal young trotter
The 9-year-old stallion Sunny Cline, by
Sultan, dam Atalanta, by The Moor, was
sold at auction in New York to George
O'Brien, of Mccain, N. s.. for $4,000.
The fast team of trotters, Pitt Sing and
Yum, owned in Boston, by Ben Franklin,
2:29, are twins, and people who have al
ways known them cannot tell them apart
Guy Wilkes sired the fastest 3-year-old
of last season, Regal Wilkes, 2:171S; the
fastest 2-year-old. Vida Wilkes, 2:22k, and
the fastest yearling. Freedom. 2:29H, was
his grandson.
STEAMBOAT is trotter that has trained on
from babyhood to maturity. He made q
record Of 2:37 as a 2-year-old, 2:261< as 3
year-old, 2:23 as 4-year-old, 2:1711 as a 8
year-old, 2:12A as a 7-year-old. and 2:11x
to date as an 8-year-old.
Feed the horse which is inclined to the
heaves very little hay, and always wet this
and wet the grain. II the case is bad cut
the hay and mix it wet with the grain.
The heavey horse should never be fed
more than five or six pounds Of hay in a
day. A half pint Of raw hnseed meal put
into the feed. il the horse will eat it, will
do it good.
A New York newspaper suggests a SEN
sational stake for 2-year-olds at Morrt
park as the appropriate chief feature Of the
autumn meeting there. The features out
lined are $25 900 added for a mile dash fo-
such 2-year-olds as have won stake races,
the entrance to be at least $500. Such q
stake would attract an enormous attend
ance to the track, and the winner would be
hailed the unquestioned champion Of his
age and year.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18

At family reunion of Mr.. and Mrs j
E Hanna in Jasper last week fourteen
children were present.
The Georgia Southern and Florida rail
road is hauling about seYenty-fve carloads
Of watermelons per day. All these melons
are grown along the line of the road.
At the Central hotel at Lake City, la.t
Sunday morning, ten men sat at one break
fast table, and neither one Of them would
have turned the scales at less than 200
pounds.
A. A. Parker, president of the sec
County Bank, at Dade City, has purchased
The interest Of w. ]. Emerson in the Polk
County Bank and has become president Of
that institution.
Milligan Dixon, of Holmes County
charged with intimidating witnesses and
selling liquor without license, is under ar
rest at Pensacola.
Editor G.. A. T. Stevens has sold his in
terest in the Barlow Courier Informant to
Mr.. Joe Warn, a talented school teacher oil
that place.
S. E. Thompson exhibited cucumber
at Live Oak last week he grew on his farm
that measured feet 10 inches in length
and weighed 81 lbs.
Col. E. P. Cater of the Gainesville Semi
nary is a native of South Carolina, Major
Townsend is from Michigan, Captain
Walter from Mississippi and Captain
Anderson from Virginia.
Owing to a failure to negotiate the Lee
county bonds issued for the purpose OF
erecting a court house, they have been or
dered burned on the first Monday of next
month before the court house at Fort
Myers.
The phosphate industry gives employ
ment TO about one thousand men within
six miles of Fort White, and phosphate to
the value of five thousand dollars daily is
shipped from this point. This sounds like
there was something more than wind" i
it.-Lake City Reporter.
Mr. J. r. Parrot, receiver for the Flor
ida Southern railroad, says the twelve
miles of the road from Barlow to Fort
Meade will be all changed from narrow
10 broad or standard guage by August
1st Mr.. Parrot has entered into an
agreement to change the depot site at
Fort Meade to within half mile of the
town. At present it is two and a half
miles from town. This is goo news for
the people of Fort Meade.
Lake City Tobacco Plant About a
hundred negro excursionists took the
train at Naldosta July 4, bound for Lake
City to see base hall game and other
wise enjoy themselves Just before the
starting of the cars the crowd handed
their money to the colored manager of
the excursion. but instead of buying tick
cts he vanished. When six miles this
side of Valdosta the conductor stopped
the rain and pu the victims off in the
woods, t. their disgust and diapp int
mert. The swindler got away with with
31O8.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18
FOOTllGHT FLASHES.

Donnelly and Girard's Natural Cas-
company is said to have cleared about ST.
OOO this season.
The latest Langtry rumor is that the
Jersey Lily will marry rich English turf
man named Baird
Henry Irving will visit America this
summer AS the guest Of Augustin DAILY
He will not appear professionally
Modjeska has just finished Il successful
season in Prague. The Bohemian parlia-
ment presented her with a laurel wreath
inscribed, Ito the Queen Of Dramatic Art. :"
Robert Ray Hamilton's alleged wife,
Eva, says she will appear next season in a
play called The Hammertons," the mate
rial for which has been drawn from her
own life.
When Agnes Huntington ended her
American tour the other day she called the
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18
FLOWER AND TREE.

Poppies are JOY If you can buv III.
buds. they open 90 perfectly in watts
with the same rich colors and dainty TO-,
ure of petals
Cut lilies are easily kept. They oulv nA.a
plenty Of fresh water, good light. and ~
have the ends of the stalks clipped sliebtjv
from day to day
An oak tree felled in Branch conntr
Mich, recently. measured five feet In II,
ameter. and according to the rings on III.
stump was 400 years old.
On the farm of Levi Fetterman. nss,
Vera Cruz, Lehigh county, Pa, stands .
pear tree known to be $50 years old On.
At Monroe, Mich. is still older.
When large flower pots are used thees
will be more leaves than flowers Oftsn
plants do not bloom because, having A
much space. their strength is expended in
forming roots and leaves.
Forget-me-notsw will last from two to four
weeks If once well started, but the pretty
leaves must nearly all be cut away and Tia
stems put deep in the water; then the stalh
viii grow and every tiny bud blossom
beautifully A clear glass Is the best 10
v.nt than in
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18

mole company to the stage and 49,
every fine that had been imnossS Ssaoa
the season. uutine
In Amy Robsart." Marie Wainv
next play. there is q scene In WHY
struggles desperately with a man ~ sas
to make this realistic she Ia tak,n, L,uues
In wrestling. ''oas
Mary Anderson-Navarro said ,s,.,
81 have not the slightest intention - ns'n
acting again. | have retired from ths sse
forever" She has bought house A. M .Is
bridge Wells, England. iua'
One of the prettiest villas on thu A..
tic coast is owned by Nellie McHen. .,'' ~
well known comedienne, who is kno,,,, 10
private life as Mrs John Wester I... v
well up on the Navesink Highland ~ IN ~
Jersey "eW
Richard Mansfield, when be brouoh. 49,.
don Juan" of which be Is the autho. va y
New York, evidently intended it a. a 49,, =.
that his claims TO the authorship of "P. .N
Brummel" were at least possibly ,,ns
But Mansfield's Don Juan" is hv =.
means SO good play as Clyde Fit.h,.
beau Brummel."
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18
WAYSIDE GlEAssle~o0

An Atchison (Kan.) street car has oea@
painted black for funeral purposes
In twenty years there has been no ooun
terfeiting Of Uncle Sans postage stamps.
Statistics show, says q good authority,
that more trained nurses marry than any
other class of women workers.
A new boot cleaning machine cleans
boots At the rate of pair minute, and Il
worked in the same manner as a sewing
machine.
A bottle thrown into the Atlantic, Nov.
"a, 1887 from the Cephalonia, about 400
miles out from Boston, recently washed
ashore on little islet in the Caribbean sea,
{, 800 miles away
In Frame the government still levies a
tax on doors and windows. To the peas
ant in his small hut this tax amounts to a
little more than three francs year, but IN
the towns it rises to seventeen francs an
nually for each family.
Pearls get sick. and, like men and women,
require a change of climate when their
health is bad, or else they will crumble
and die. When i'll they lose their luster
and become chalklike, but rapidly i'm
prove if given change Of air.
The redwood of which the residential
portion of Pacific coast cities are chiefly
built is almost uninfammable. 1t will
burn, but will not blaze. A house may be
completely Quilted by fire, YET the wooden
walls will stand. The wood smokers and
turns into charcoal.
The humps Of camels arc mere Jumps of
fat, and not provided for in the framework
Of the skeleton. When the animal is in
good condition the humps are full and
plump. On long journey, where food ID
scarce, the humps are entirely absorbed,
the skin covering them hanging over the
flank like an empty box.
The Turks esteem the beard as the most
noble ornament of the male sex land con-
slider it more Infamous for any one to
have his beard cut of than to be publicly
whipped, pilloried or branded with a red
hot iron. Almost any orthodox Turk
would prefer being put to death rather
than have his beard removed from his face.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

The trolley system has lamentably failed
in Jersey City, where a thunder storm
knocked out the whole electric car service
The directors of the Crystal palace, LON
don, have decided to organize . second elea-
trio light exhibition. which will be opened
in the autumn.
A pleasure boat TO he made Of alumni
mum aud 20 be propelled by electric power
developed from a storage battery, also
made of aluminium instead Of lead. Is b.
ing designed in Pittsburg
A new switch for electrical work loohe
like All ordinary door bolt. When the bols
is thrown forward it makes a contact b.
tween two Jugs on split copper rims
When thrown back the contact is cour
pletely broken.
1t Is not a little curious to find the indus
try OF ice making connected with the pre-
duction OF electricity. However. tbs
Bridgeport (Ala) Electric Light and Io
company has been organized to erect ar
electric light plant and ice factory, with ;
capital stock OF 100000
A new electric thermostat, for use il
ships bunkers and refrigerating rooms
has lately appeared, the special feature be
ing a steel bulb Enclosed in frame having &
setscrew. which can be altered 80 as to
bring the mercurial column to platinum
contact wire exactly at the desired temper
atura
A telltale clock IN connection with the
London Paris telephone keeps the record
of seconds while the patron talks. When
$50 beats have been counted II bell rings
and the circuit is cut off Another three
minutes talk may be secured on payment
Of the ordinary fee of two dollars, but nc
more than six consecutive minutes are al
lowed TO any one person.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18
GIGANTIC GEMS.

The most perfect production Of the Col
condan mines is what is now known as the
Pitt diamond. which weighed, after several
cuttings, 100 carats- 1t was sold to the
king of France in 1870 for $685.
The most beautiful stone ever known be-
longed TO the king of Caubul. and was
called the Mountain of Light. 1t was OF
the SIZE of an egg, Of great brilliancy, and
at one time WAS valued at ESQ, 100000.
The Brazilian mines were discovered in
IT'S. From these diamond was taken
weighing l ESQ carats or fourteen ounces. l.
was sent to the court of Portugal, where it
was valued at E224, 100000. Later, how
ever, more conservative and Trustworthy
judges set its value at 94O0, 900.
The rajah Of NATHAN owns diamond
that weighs BIZ carats Many years ago
the governor of Borneo wished to buy it,
and offered in exchange $5OO, 900, with two
war vessels equipped with a number of
cannon and quantity Of shot to boot. But
the rajah refused to part with it on ally
terms
The great diamond of the emperor of
Russia wei chs 1913 caratS The Empress
Catharine Ii offered for it about $500. $50,
an annuity Of 5000 for life, but this was
refused 1t WAS afterward presented to
Catharine by Count Orloff, who bought it
for the first named sum, without the an
nuity 1t is now in the sceptre of Russia
The Sanci diamond weighs lOS carats. 1t
was sent as pledge to King Henry Ill !
it's owner. Sanci, Frenchman. The serv
ant in whose custody the gem was placed
was attacked on the road by robbers, but
managed to swallow the diamond before he
was murdered. Sanci afterward found the
body, cut open the stomach and recovered
the diamond.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18

We tried to do all of our farm
work at proper time but where we
failed was where we depended upon
uncertain African labor.
For horticultural commissioner at
the worlds lair P. j. Berckmans, of
Georgia, say we.
The merchant who makes farmer
raise cotton at loss is not wise and
he is crlppling the country in more
ways than one.
The meaning of intensive farming
is: Small farms well titled.
This department is deeply inter.
ested in Florida being fully repre-
sented at the Worlds Fair in every
possible way and on an extensive
scale. There is to be a state con-
vention at Orlando and each county
is expected to send delegates, there
fore we suggest that the people of
Leon county assemble at the court
house on Saturday August l, and
CQ6TC S0loCC SuICdUl0 hummer Oh OCl-
egates.
We are still advocating the grow
ing of more grass. Here is more
proof. What is good for Georgia,
generally speaking, is good for Mid
die Florida. Here is what j. P.
Harris says in the Southern Cultiva-
tor:
"Any man can safely try these
two experiments: take two acres Of
land alike in quality and condition.
Plant one in cotton, and SOW the
other in German millet, sorghum,
peas or corn. Put as much manure
on the acre for forage as you do on
the one for cotton. The result will
convince any man as to which is the
most profitable.
SAT fodder pulling time start two
good hands alike-one to the corn
field to save fodder, the other to saw
ing grass with moving blade, and
you will find that the hand saving
grass has saved about ten times as
much as the saving fodder"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18
RAILROAD JOTTlNGS.

The French government has issued
decree providing that engineers and
stokers on French railroads must not be
actively employed for more than twelve
hours day
The Boston and Albany directors have
elected the Hon. E. D. Hayden. Of Wo-
burn, Mass. vice president. secretary
and clerk of the board. to succeed James
A Rumerill. resigned
At the meeting Of the stockholders of
the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad
company. the proposition OF the English
syndicate to purchase the Tennessee
property Of the company for $2.5OO. 900
was rejected by two-thirds vote
The Georgia Pacific railroad has opened
q barge line between Greenville. Miss.
and New Orleans for carrying Alabama
coal The continued increase in the out
put OF coal there has made a wider mar
ket an absolute necessity to relieve the
glut
Arrangements are nearly completed
for building a long contemplated rail-
road from Dewitt, Neb., through Fair
bury to Omaha and Lincoln, making a
short and direct line to the latter cities.
The Burlington and Missouri River rail
road is said to be behind the new venture.
At meeting Of the freight representa-.
tives Of the Illinois and Wisconsin lines
in Chicago it was agreed that in no case
should rates from Wisconsin points tc
stations in Illinois be lower than the
rates from Chicago to such stations.
The tariffs will also be revised on that
basis
The common pleas court at Philadel
phia has decided that the Pennsylvania
Railroad company is not liable for bag
gage lost in the destruction of the trair
in the great Johnstown food OF 1889
holding that the disaster was Unforeseen
and came under the heading Of an act O
God, for which the company could no
be held responsible
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-18

From the Hew York Herald.
The loaded dice top proves that
turn about isn't always fair play.
This is the season when the girl
not at the seaside is beside herself
The quickest way to get out OF
site is to buy western real estate on
a margin.
Fighting is a variety Of fruit bet
ter nipped in the bud than picked
after it is ripe.
1t isn't safe to estimate the quail
ity of a mans time by the size o.
his watch chain.
1t doesn't take shipbuilder Ions
to learn that it is the feetest Yacht
which has the quickest sale.
The bump of self-esteem of the
man who loves his neighbor as him
self must be something prodigious.