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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

MIR PAsco has showed so plainly by his
record that lie differs widely from the
views OF Mr.. Call IN vital points Of public
policy, that i: is hard TO see why he should
be so anxious to do battle for him. If Mr.
Call is right, NJ. Pasco is wrong. II Mr.
Calls course is endorsed by reelection
will Mr.. Pasco change his views? Boil
clnDot he right for they differ widely an(
utterly.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

The Times. Union of the 18Th says edi-
torially: THE people know that Call il
unpurchasable, incorrup.i ble-but the pol
iticians have the people at a disadvantage
10 this contest. The people are scattered.
The politicians are IN Tallahassee" When
1t is remembered that ths Call lobby mum.
beers at least ten to one against him, the
attempt In the above to mis!ead the people
may be taken at its true value.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

THE appeal of the Cali man from Sum-
ter who wanted his favorite to meet
"Dougherty and Others" on the floor OF the
caucus with his record has not yet been
answered. How about the dependent pen
sion bill! How about the failure to forfeit
the railroad lands south of Wildwood?
How about his record on the Indian war
cisims VIII not some Call man answeri
surely Il % not abuse to ask these ques-
tlonsf
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

THERE is rejoicing in old Suwannee
over the triumph Of their representatives
in the legislature aid the renewed affirm.
alton of those principles Of law and or.
der By the democracy which is the safety
and only hope OF the Black Belt. She
may be heard from again in few days
for it seems there is too much enthus
asm there to be kept down.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

THOSE outsiders who love to hear them
selves talk should remember that the
caucus not only adopted unanimously the
two-thirds rule, but adopted also the
Wall resolution, under aohicA all are
pledged to haze no election Of senator until a
nomination By the caucus under the rule.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

No Generalization can be found in the
ranks Of the ants. They stand with the
s'Stonewall Brigade" and they will yell
to see the enemy make another Bull Run
before the day is done.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20
GaLmORE Il DAVIS

Builders and Contrac'e
Only F,rst.C Glass Work done; 800 4 -
Lumber always on hand. Address -
r. q. Gnxosa. Tallahassss;,. e.
If G.. I DAVE Quincy, a
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

CALLS SETTLEMENT.
In several speeches
Zee Congressional Re-
cord) the ex-senator
has claimed that the
settlement secured by
him from the senate
committee, but declined
by Governor Bloxham,
was the best the state
would ever get on the
much talked of Indian
war claim. Under the
Call settlement the
state would have re-
ceived as full settle
ment land that would
have included all school
money. $50, 900 of which
had been used to re-
duce interest u ccount)
only.
Total. 500, $40. O5
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

Is it possible that anybo iy thinks all
the senatorial timber in Florida grows
under Mr.. Calls hat?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

U. 8. TREASURY SET
ELEMENT.
In Executive Docur
ment No. 68, 51st con-
gress, 1st session. the
secretary of the United
States treasury in q re
port to congress allows
the State of Florida on
this same Indian war
claim after an exhaus-
tive examination.
(See Report page 2.)
Allowance. ISIS, 667.1d
Deduct state
bonds. .$l32, 900. OC
Interest on
same. S14S.712. &c
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

Balance. $685., 954.5o
The purposes tor which these moneys
were paid out by the state ION items per-
tanning to Indian hostilites, 1855-1859,"
shows Mr.. Calls error:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

Is it not a poor and pitiful mae -.
which can "be choked by smah ~ N
ity" with lis rings of bosses" WIN -.
corruptionlst methods ana !. bols
ton power" and bullied into ..r,,
called caucus by Dougherty anu -. ri
and bottled upg" Gentlemen Oh W. -.
press, are you not rather hard % =. -, |,
championss But how glorious y :. - /,
ton of that majority if 1t has lea1 - il
exercise possible power unsancu0ns
Aws ,,.ot 81
IT'S great to have giants po"e''
tits tyrmnous,
To use 1t like giant"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

THERE is no response to the fIohI =.
ANS proposal to leave the decision ~ - !,
senatorial contest to the arbltranioA,
reason and the facts on the recoro'
these facts remain all the -
Did Mr.. Call vote for the osp
dent pension steal? Is Mr.. Call risu' :
the land question? Has Mr.. Gan 81. -,
his duty in the collection of the Is
war claim? Answer these queS''0',
gentlemen, and you will strike the 49,
into the gordian knot of the dead'O'
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

These foot up for Call, 1914; against
Call, 5000.
The solid counties make the following
showing:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

S2SO, liz. TO
Bal. due state$567, 1854. so
As this set
tie m emit
was made
up to Jan.
l, 1890,
there is to
ne added
interest ON
sa m e to
date. ....... So, 462.45
Total. ...$595, 4l6 .95
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
Feline Fun.

Montaigne says: When 1 play
with my cat, how do l know whether
she does not make pastime of me,
just as / do of her? We entertain our
selves with mutual antics, and if | have
my own times of beginning or refusing,
she, too, has hers" The sportiveness
of kittens is exuberant, and makes
them the most delightful of pets.
Lindsay's remark is supeIfluous, ex-
cept that it has to be made for the
formal completeness of his treatise,
that dogs and cats take part in the fun
and frolic-sometimes rough or bolster
Gus enough-of their child playfellows.
They give every evidence, in fact, that
such fun and frolic are the most en-
ioyed features of that period of their
lives. AS the animal natures it be-
comes more sedate, and even assumes a
medita,ive air, but the taste for sport
does not die out till infirmity begins to
wear upon il. a cat mentioned in the
animal World would allow itself to be
rolled up or swung about in a table.
cloth, and seemed to enjoy the fun: and
Woods dignified Pusset would let his
friends do anything they pleased with
him-lift him up by any part of the
body, toss him in the air from one to
another, use him as a footstool, boa, or
pillow, make him jump over their
hands or leap on their shoulders, or
walk along their extended arms, with
perfect complacency. AT the same time
he was keenly sensitive to ridcule, and,
if laughed at, would walk off with every
manifestation of offended dignity.
Lindsay names the cat as one of the
animals that perpetrate practical jokes
on each other or on man, that enter
thoroughly into the spirit of the joke or
fun, and enjoy and eXult in its success
and cites in illustration of his principle
an instance of cat teasing a frog,
seemingly to hear it cry. Tad, of
Burn am, Maine, seems to have had
the humorous sense in more refined
degree. He would sit in the yard, and
calling the neighboring cats together,
would maj Guvre as though giving
them orders, till he got them to fight
ing; then would Withdraw to one side,
or to his seat upon the window-sill, and
look on in evident amusement, swing
ing his large, bushy tail forciby against
the window-pane; but, when called
into the house bv his mistress, he al
ways obeyed.-W. II. Ldrabee, IN Pop
uldr Science MOnthly
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
The Great Chain at West Point.

One of the most notable events con-
nected with the manul lcture OF iron
during these years was the making of
the great iron chain which in IT'S was
stretched across the Hudson river at
West Point to prevent the passage of
British vessels. LOSING, in his Field
Book of the Revolution, gives a very
interesting account of this work, of
which we can quote only the leading
facts. 1.-THE iron of which this chain
was constructed was wrought from ore of
equal parts from the Sterling and Long
mines in Orange county. The chain
was manufactured by Peter Townsend
of Chester at the Sterling Iron Works
in the same county, which was situated
twenty-five miles back of West Point.
The chain was completed about the
middle of April, IT'S, and on the LIST of
May it was stretched across the river
and secured. 1t was fixed to huge
blocks on each shore, and under cover
of batteries on both sides of the river"
" 1t is buoy'd up" says DIR. Thacher,
writing in 1880, "by very large logs of
about sixteen feet long, pointed at the
ends to lessen their opposition to the
force of the current flood and ebb tide.
The logs are placed short distance
from each other, the chain carried over
them, and made fast to each by staples.
There are also number of anchors
dropped at proper distances, with
cables made fast to the chain to give it
greater stability" The total weight of
this chain was one hundred eighty tons,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
A COmical Error.

A night session of the house in June
gave rise to an amusing incident.
James O'Donnell of Jackson, Mich,
is genial congressman and good re-
publican. He was compelled to re-
main in the house until adjournment
About ten O'Clock he telephOned to the
Hotel Hamilton to send coupe up to
the capitol as he did not expect to get
away before midnight. Fifteen minutes
afterward page brought him a mes
sage received by the telephone. 1t
came from the Hamilton Hotel. 1t
said: The coupe has run away near
the White House." AT midnight the
house adjourned. O'Donnell made
slight search for coupe, found none,
and walked a mile and half to the
hotel. He arrived there, dripping with
perspiration. Approaching the clerk
he said: Sc Is there only one coupe
about this establishment" ." What
do you mean?" the clerk replied
The man is up there waiting for you
now" Why, you telephoned me that
the coupe had run away near the White
House" ~ did no such thing" the
clerk responded. l telephoned you:
The coupe is on the way with q
white horse. "-Nelo York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
The Average Age of Senator's.

More than half of the constitutional
convention of 1887 were men who had
not reached the age of forty five, while
there are only seven men who have not
passed the age of forty-fve among the
lightweight members of the United
States senate to-day, and four of these
come from the younger states of the
West, where there are fewer old men
than in the East, Maine and Vermont
having, according to the census re-
turns of age, more than six times as
many males past the age of sixty pro-
portionally as Colorado and the Da-
kotas. No less than thirty-seven of
the lightweight senators, or nearly
half of all, are past sixty, and nine of
them beyond seventy, as three others
will be within few months. Mr.. Nor
rill has colleague from Ohio VINO,
like him, was born in 1910; two who
were born in 1916, and three in 1918.
Three of these have, like him, sought
and obtained reflections after they
were past seventy The average age
of all the senators falls only about a
year short of sixty. In the supreme
court the change has been equally re-
markable Since Pierce's day but one
u an has been placed upon this bench
who had not passed the age of forty
five, while of the twelve appointees
during the past two decades no less
than four were more than sixty when
they took Their seats. OF the eight
judges left after Mr.. Mi,ler's death one
is seventy years old, one is seventy
four, and one is seventy-seven.-Cen-
tIrU
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
Light Without Fire.

TO obtain light instantly, without
the use of matches and without the
danger of setting things on fire, is, ac-
cording to the Mining and Scientific
Press, easy. Take long vial of the
clearest glass, put into it piece of
phosphorus about the size of pea
Upon this pour some pure olive oil
heated to the boiling point, the bottle
to be filled one-third full; then co,k
tightly. To use the light remove the
cork, allow the air to enter and then re-
cork. The whole empty space in the
bottle will become luminous, and the
light obtained will be a good one. AS
soon as the light becomes dim its power
can be increased by opening the bottle
and allowing fresh supply of air to
enter. In cold weather it is sometimes
necessary to heat the vial between the
hands to increase the lluidity of the oil,
and one bottle will last all winter. This
ingenious continuance can be carried in
the pocket, and is used by watchmen of
Paris in all magazines where explosives
or inhammable materials are stored.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
Hints to HOusekeepers.

If sassafras bark is sprinkled among
dried fruit, it will keep out the worms.
TIN cleaned with paper will shine
better than when cleaned with flannel.
TEA leaves are good to scatter over
carpets before sweeping, not only to
freshen the colors, but also to prevent
the dust from arising.
LAY piece of thick canton flannel
under your table-cloth. Even coarse
napery will look much better quality
with sub-cover than if spread directly
over the bare tabletop.
KEEP a clasp-knife or knife with a
handle different from those in common
use, for the sole purpose of peeling
onions, and so avoid the flavor and odor
of them where it is neither expected
nor desired.
HALF teaspoonful of sugar will
nearly always revive a dying fire, and
unlike the few drops of oil which SER
wants are so fond of using and which
has caused so many sad accidents, is
perfectly safe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
nlistellamp.
Passing Away.

Was 1t the chime Of tiny bell
That came so sweet to my dreaming ear,
Like the silvery tones of a fairys shell,
That he winds on the beach, mellow and clear,
when the winds and the waves lie together asleep,
And the and the fairy are watching the deep,
She dispensing her svery light
Aud he his notes as musical quite.
While the boatman listens and ships his oar,
To catch the music that comes from the shore?
Harkl the notes on my ear that play
Are set to words they float, they say,
Passing away passing away"
But no; it was not fairy's she'll
Blown on the beach so mellow and clear;
Nor was it the tongue of a silver bell,
Striking the hour, that filled my ear,
As lay in my dream; yet was 1t chime
That told of the flow of the stream OF time.
For beautiful clock from the ceiling hung,
And plump little girl for pendulum, swung
CAS- you've sometimes seen in little RIG
That hangs in his cage a canary bird swings
And she held to her bosom "A budding bouquet,
And, as she enjoyed it, she seemed to say,
Passing away passing awayl'
oh. how bright were the wheels that told
OF the lapse of time they moved round slow
And the hands, as they swept DER the dial of gold
Seemed to point to the girl below
And lol she had changed; In few short hours
Her bouquet had become garland If flowers,
That she held in her outstretched hands, and flung
This way and that, as she, dancing, swung,
In the fulness of grace and womanly PRIDE
That told me she soon was to be bride;
Yet then, when expecting her happiest day,
In the same sweet voice heard her say,
Passing away passing away"
While gazed at that fair ones cheek shade
of thought, care, stole softly over.
Like that by cloud ON a summers day made
Looking down ON a field of blossoming clover
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
Some Uses for BOraX.

SPRINKLE places infested by ants
with boraX and you will soon be rid of
them.
BLANKETS and furs put away well
sprinkled with boraX and done up air.
tight will never be troubled with
moths.
A LITTLE borax put in the water
before washing red, or -bordered,
tabecloths and napkins, will prevent
their fading.
RTNGwoRMs will yield to borax treat
ment. Apply a strong solution of
boraX three times day; also dust on
the fine dry powder very often.
PUT teaspoonful of boraX in your
rinsing water; it will whiten the clothes,
and also remove the yellow cast on
garments that have been laid aside for
two or three years.
SILVER spoons and forks, in daily
use, may be kept bright by leaving
them in strong borax water several
hours. The water should be boiling
when they are put in.
ONE of the best things to cleanse the
scalp thoroughly is to dissolve one-half
teaspoonful of borax in quart of
water and apply it, rubbing it in well.
Rinse thoroughly in clear water.
For washing fine nice hannels, moth
ing will cause them to look so nice as
boraX in the water, a tablespoonful of
borax to pail of water being the right
proportion. Always wash baby's little
flannel skirts, shirts, ETC., in this.
ALWAYS wash baby's mouth and
gums every morning with water in
which you have put pinch of borax.
1t keeps the mouth fresh and sweet
and prevents that uncomfortable af1lic-
ton, sore moush, with which SO
many poor babies are troubled when
their mouths are not kept perfectly
clean.
BoRAX water is excellent for spong.
ing either silk or wool goods that are
not solid enough to need washing. In
washing cashmere or wool goods, put a
| little boraX in the water. This will
cleanse them much more easily and bet.
ter, without jury to the colors. Do not
rub them on board, but use the hands
and throw on line without wringing
Press them on the wrong side, and they
will look almost like new.-GOOd House
keeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
Queen VictOria's Name.

A friend the other day asked me if 1
knew Queen Victoria's family name. l
thought a moment and answered
Why, Guelph, of course" "Oh,
no." answered my friend, "not at all.
While the members of Queen Vic
toria's family are Guelphs by descent,
Her Majesty's marriage with Prince
Albert would give her his surname, as
is usual in such cases. And what was
the family name of the Prince Consort?"
| had to confess that | did not know.
" WELL" said my friend, "you are ex-
cusable for not knowing, l suppose,
since only short time ago the same
question was asked at dinner party in
London, attended by number of per-
sonages of rank, some of whom were
very near royalty, and not soul of
them could answer it except the
propounder of the question. The name
in question is 'Wettin, and the do
miuion of Saxony came to this family
in 1920. Therefore, without her crown
and kingdom, Queen Victoria would be
simply Mrs. Victim. '"-NeW York
Stur
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

EUPEPsY.-This is what you ought to
have-in fact you must have it to fully
enjoy life. Thousands are searching
for it daily, and mourning because they
find it not. Thousands upon thousands
of dollars are spent annually by our
people in the hope that they may attain
this boon. And yet it may be had by
all. We guarantee that Electric Bitters,
if used according to directions and the
use persisted in, will bring you good
digestion and GUST the demon dyspepsia
and install instead eupepsy. We recon-
mend the Electric Bitters for dyspepsia
and all diseases of liver, stomach and
kidneys. Sold at fifty cents and $l.00
per bottle by G. Blakely, Montpelier,
Vermont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
Fires and the Open Window.

1t is needless to point out the good
that n fire will do in keeping room
free from damp and all unwholesome
moistures, and in many climates, fore
most among which ranks our own, fire.
quently saving valuable furniture,
pianos in particular, from decay, nay,
often ruin. But it must be clearly
understood that it is not the air which
is purified, but that a new, fresh and
wholesome atmosphere has replaced
the one that has been used up. In
short, the infected air has been rarfied
by the heat, and, proper ventilation
being provided, it expels itself from
the apartment. Fire, and combustion
in general, so far from purifying pol
luted air, actually deteriorate pro-
digious quantity of it in short time.
Therefore not only common fire, but
even lighted candle TO say nothing
of lamps or gas), when kept in a we'll
closed Cor, more properly speaking, i'll
closed) room, wherein the external air
has not a free access, renders the air of
that room noXious in an incredibly
short space of time. The remedy is in
our own hands. 1t is for us mothers
and housewives not only to give instruc-
ton, but to personally see that the
upper sash of at least one window in
each living-room is opened all day long ;
and then gradually to accustom our
selves, our children and all over whom
we have control to sleep with them in
that position. We should quickly find
our own restless nights become peace
full, whilst our little ones would have
the proper proportion of oxygen so es-
sential to their young lives.-London
D1Iso,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

This bit of advice comes from Hdr
per'S Bdzdr in contribution from II.
w. HigglnsOn: 1.-The child demands
sympathy, cOmpaniOnship, love. Here
also the instinct of the higher quad
rupeds shows in a touching way the
same demand, The dogs desire, even
more pressing than the desire for
food, and often displacing it, is to be
with his master. If his master is
within doors, the dog wishes to lie at
his feet; if he goes to another room,
the dog must go also, and establish
himself there; if he goes forth to walk
or ride, the four-footed friend bounds
along in bliss, overjoyed to traverse
miles of country which he would never
visit alone. An occasional friendly
woid contents him; but without com
partnership he can do nothing. Strange
that we recognize this instinct in the
animal, aud often ignore it in the child
Every child needs mpanionship; to
have some one to whom every little Joy
may be impaired. Some of the most
conscientious and devoted parents who
have ever lived have been those who
never kissed their children, and the
same habit of repression still shows it.
self in some households in regard to all
communications with the young. A
woman of genius, not now living, once
told me that she did not know how to
tell time by the clock until she was
eighteen, because her father had under
taken to explain it to her when she was
twelve, and she was afraid to let him
know that she had failed to comprehend
him. Yet she said that he Mad never
in his life spoken to her one harsh
word. 1t was simply the altltude of
cold repression that froze hers After
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

Mr.. Tossing visited West Point in 1948,
and saw portion OF this famous chain,
and he tells us that "there are twelve
links, two cevises and a portion of a
link remaining. The links are made of
iron bars, two and a half inches square,
and average in length little over two
feet, and weigh about one hundred
pounds each. ~. r. Dmfer, in Pop
uldr Science Monthly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

his death she wrote to me, His heart
was pure-and terrible; ! think that
there was not another like it on earth
On this point fear that she was mis-
taken, and that the race of such parents
suryivesD
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

PERSONAL LIBERTY Us. PHYSICAL
SLAvERY.-We are all free American
citizens, enjoying our personal liberty;
but most of us are in physical slavery
suffering from scrofula, salt rheum,
or some other form of impure blood.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the great blood
purifier which dissolves the bonds of
disease, gives health and perfect ply
steal liberty.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

SIR A. MCGREGoR, the administra-
tor of New Guinea, has taken decided
stand on the drink question. He has
declared that any one found giving in
toxicating liquors to a native shall be
liable to penalty of $40.