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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-04

To Tobacco Growers Association OF
...c.dsden and Leon Counties is now
~ ~ orranized and is actively engaged
.nsrfecting plans to make the tobacco
,instry profitable to all concerned.
r.. following are the officers of the
xsociatiOn:
president-W. T. Bannerman.
yoe-president-G. W. Shelter.
ssrstary-W. c. Cromartie.
Trsssurer-W. W. Shelter.
An interesting meeting of the assocla-
.on Was held at Salem Academy in Gads-
4, county June "a, and twelve new
members enrolled their names.
The association is trying the expert
nsDt of conducting it's business with
ant cost to the members, in order, as one
4 tbe members remarked, that the
smers could say that they belonged to
ms free. non-secret mutual protective,
cooperative organization. There is nc
nitation fee, no monthly dues, and the
naings are open to all.
At the Salem meeting H. F. Sharon o
Quincy gave notice that at the next meet
w be would move to change the name o
&sssocialiou TO the Gadsden. Leon, De
uu and Thomas Tobacco Growers Is
uhtion, taking in members from each o
& four counties named.
committee was appointed to wait upol
i. Fentop and ascertain at what pric'
kwouh furnish baling material to tn
isOciatiou, the committee 10 report at {
continuation Of this meeting to be held a
Salem ssiurdsAguly 4.
The Floyd pan of asserting Tobacco
was adopted.
W. e. Shelter gave notice that at tn
nsrt meeting he would move that eacl
asnber be required to bale his Tobacco
irregular Sumatra or Cuban style befor
placing it upon the market.
communication from the bushes
men Of Tallahassee, made through G.. "
sa1On, Offering to give free storage fo
n1 months to 100 900 pounds of leaf to
acco grown by members Of the associa
u0n, said tobacco to be stored in a thre,
@ry warehouse, size 25 by 80 feet, wa
sad.
Inc Tobacco Warehouse Company {
Vulncy, through committee presen
Onered to subscribe stock sufficient 1
oand a warehouse capable of storing a
us 0Oaeco grown by members OF tt
Ss0clation and to store the tobacco fri
UcoSt to the members.
both offers were accepted, and a con
4iuee consisting of r. J. Bannerman.
l Anders. J. j. Shelter, G. W. Shelf
Aa GeOrge Miller was appointed
~"1aln the amount Of tobacco tn
'0uo be stored and marketed in Tall
hsee.
a vote Of thanks 10 both Tallahass
sV0lncy for their liberal storage pro
&lslons was passed.
'1uge +. W. White of Quincy a
@'''eo the association and in an intere,
'.'ie set forth the history of tobac
SWING in Gadsden county. He strong
'eo the establishment of a tobac
a. 'aOuss - at Tallahassee, wisely holdi
y was much the better plan for t
s.'srs to have more than one mari
atAs district.
.' association then took a recess un
July 4, when they will re-asseml
3d.. m Academy and join in q regu
Nuioned Fourth Of July picnic.
s,so. a'ns regular meeting of the ass
/ fSI.sSs su! be held In the courthouse
/ n,r-a.. ..'ee next Saturday, July II, a
s,s;.,,'' syns interested in tobacco growing
A Any ny, invited to meet with them.
.,sa.d I'.ls push and public-spirit is
sS..s. su 70 make Tallahassee thrifty |
.cco market.
sta,as.~ ss with the tobacco growers n,
! sorL and encourage them in tb
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
Uhare reform Is Needed.

Every CO in awhile there is decision
growing out OF the difference in the divorce
laws of TIE various states which shows how
necessary it is that there shall be uniformity
in those laws In sons states it is easy TO
get divorce, and in others il is difficult
In not few states there are many grounds
for divorce. AID in one state divorce is
not PERM. ted except BY an act OF the Iegis-
latrre. Divorces granted in some states
are not rec,saizsi il o:her states. and in
consequence Of this condition Of affairs
harm Is done u innocent persons
A couple Of weeks A<o the supreme court
Of Sou b Carolina denied the legality Of
divorce granted by q court IN Florida The
circumstances were as follows: A resident
Of South Carolina removed 20 Florida aud
obtained "a divorce in that STATE and mar
riej sgail there. He returned to South
Carolina AID became q resident Of tbst
sta.e few years before his death. By his
viii he left all his property to his children
by his second wife.
The supreme court OF South Carolina says
that b. his return TO South Carolina he
invslida ed his marriage il Florida and
made MS children by his secoad wife
illegiumate. His divorce was good enough
as long as nc remained in Florida. but was
worthless when be returned TO bis native
state. His divorced wife then became his
lawful wife.
The possibility Of such an unfortunate
state of affairs should not exist. The divorce
laws should be uniform throughout the
/ country, and so plain that the people would
have 10 difficulty in understanding them.
And it is remarkable that nothing is being
| A splendid opportunity is presented 70 an
ambitious lawyer to win fame by pointing
out an acceptable plan to secure uniformity
| in the divorce laws Of the different states.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
PERSONAL

SzInArA ZEsHrN the greatest worker In
Japanese lacquer ever known. has just died at
the age Of S.
A FORMER SLAVE Ia Texas, c. y. Burton, owns
his old masters plantation, and represents Fort
Bend county in toe state Senate.
MA5. HKSRY VIM, the peoples candidate
for governor Of Massachusetts,, was once
Charles Summers private secretary.
B1owI1z, the Paris correspondent of the
London TfmsS. sends all his dispatches in
French and they are translated in the Times
Office
Lzss than a score Of Russian scholars, it is
asserted, can translate Count Tolstoi's dra-
matte language directly from the original into
English.
MKIs soNIxR was to have painted one Of the
frescoes of the Pantheon. but he died before he
finished his sketch Detale, Cagia or Constant
VII take his place.
QUEEN VTcrosIA's gift to France will be
fine portrait Of herself in a gorgeous frame,
upon which viii be blended the arms of Eng
land and france, sad other eTolems of the
queen 5 respect for the repuhhc-
QUExS CHK1sr1NA Of Spain is persistently car
rying out, to the intense disgust of her house
hold. tae reforms which tee late Duke OF AoSta
when king attempted to introduce-reeorms by
which the viSuds al wines coming from the
royal table are retained instead of becoming
the perauisites Of servants, as was formerly the
case l.sa
TsE Princess Ludwig of Bavaria gave birth
few days ago 70 her thirteenth child. Twelve
OF Der children are living. The princess is the
daughter of Duke Ferdinand OF Modena, and an
archdachsss of Austria. She was born 10 l849
and was married IN 1868. No other royal prin-
cess in Europe is the mother of SO many chill
cren as this popular Bavarian lady
AN AMERICAN DENTIST by the name of Young
has played prominent role in connection wi b
the recent differences between Queen Elizabeth
Of Roumania and her husband. 1t appears
that he has formed part o. the royal househ old
impF -Ssionsble Carmen Sylvia" was almost as
great as that of Miss Ngc3resco or of Mr..
Scheffer, her sisstys Asantian private secre-
tary.
TEE ex-Empress Eugene was just 26
Years of age when Napoleon III. fell in love
with her at a bali He had heard of her mag
pidcent physique through the rumors of her
appearance when dragged in flowing draDeres
from little lake into which she had fallen on
her mothers estate in Malaga. From a pale,
tain, shy gI-l she suddenly blossomed out into
dazzling beauty. tugenie and Queen Victoria
are warm personal friends now
Much to the distre IS of Lord and Lady Sails
bury, their relative. the Earl of Galloway, has
returned to England, and it has been some
what pointedly announced that he has mot
reaped much adyantaZe' from his trip abroad.
This means that he is still as crazy as he was
bic for his actions, having repeatedly got him.
SET into the most horrible scrapes, from which
hshas been extricated only with the utmost
Difficulty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
Why the Browns Migrated.

Says Washington story in the St Louis
Globe Democrat:
These political reformers who do not find
either OF the old parties good enough for them
are becoming quite numerous" said Congress
man john Allen. They remind me of some
thing. A friend OF mine, Billy Brown, was pub
fishing paper several years ago in jackson.
Tenn. One fine morning he thought he would
walk out through the town and see if he
couldn't find something new to write about.
After awhile he came to the suburbs, and down
through the trees near the branch, q quarter of
mile away. he saw movers camp. 1t oc
CURED TO him. as news was scarce, that ne
would walk down there ana learn which way tle
tide OF Immigration was moving So he
Strol.ed along. just before he got to the camp
ne saw man leave it and 20 off through the
woods toward the town. The man walked a if
he was tired, and he carried a jug with a corn
cob struck in it. When he got to the camp Mr.
Brown found an old wagon with the tires tight
ened with hickory bark, The cover was mostly
bed quilts. a yoke of little ACKNOWLEDGED
steers was browsing around. AN angular, sal
low-iaced woman, In faded calico dress, which
hung limp to her heels, was experimenting the
trying OF some bacon in asGillet over wood that
smoked. Three or four children, with white
hair and sore eyes, were sitting around. and a
lean yellow dog was watching the bacon as it
sizz ed.
Good morning, madam" said Mr. Brown
" 'Mornin', stranger, the woman said. with
out taking the little stick out of the corner of
her mouth.
You seem TO be travelling, madam, said
Mr. Brown.
= 'Yaas. sab, we'uns is traveliu', said the
woman.
Might ask. said Mr. Brown, where you
have come from and where you are going?'
I've has KEN from Arkansaw, stranger, and
ws'uns is gwine back TO Alabam, where we
useter to live said the woman In her high
pitched. nasal tones. Just then the yellow dog,
taking the advantage of the woman's attention
being drawn from the skillet, stole up and tried
to snap Piece of the frying bacon; but the
woman saw HIM in time, and. as sne let drive a
stick at him, she said: You doggoaed waller
son Of a gun, ef you don't keep yer snoot outer
that skillet I'll bust YER
HIM. said Brown, you've come from
Arkansas. and you're going back to Alabama.
Isn't the soil of Arkansas as good as That in
Alabama"
{ 'Yaas Their soil is right smart in Arkansas,
said the woman.
Didn't you find it healthy in Arkansas
asked Brown
Vans said the womaa, 'Arknsaw is rigat
healthy. l reckon
- Then, sd Brown, why did you leave
ArkanSRs:'
stranger said the woman, 'we'uns jes'
couldn't stand the sciety in -Arklnsaw
THESE political refOrmers," said lr. Alea in
conclusion, appear to be dissatisfied with the
old parties for similar reasou, as near.y as
can make out Tney cant stand tue s'clet ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
c.ubbinz Causes Casualties.

Rather 8 picturesquely thrilling story
concerning the unusually eccentric con-
duct Of a metropolitan mad dog was re-
Gently related by New York newspaper.
According to the recital the brute IL
question was a decidedly vicious looking
bull terrier Of formidable size with ag-
gressively infiamed ewes and hecks of white
frorh exuding from his dangerous-looking
jaws. b. some unexplained mea IS be had
climbed upon the roof of a crowded tenement
in an obscure quarter of the city and coa-
cealed himself behind chimney top for
omiaous reasons known only to himself.
When one Of the many matrons domiciled
in tie building climbed through the roof to
investigate the cause of 50 much scratching
on the roof the rabid beast at once dashed
at her and chased her to her own attic door,
But when he had gone back TO his ambush
To await the appearance of another prospect
i've victim the woman managed to notify
! the police.
Two heavily-armed officials failed to
brighten him with their tough looks and
brass mounted regimentais. So far iron,
that be boldly charged upon them and re-
had emptied their heavy ordnance into his
internal Improvements.
Yet when he got 50 close to one Of the
public guardians as to c me With a peril
Gus grabbing range of the Official shins
that excited functi mary smote the canine
adversary vigorous rap upon the head
With his club. Instantly the animal fell
dead. Shooting didn't seem to materially
affect his health. But he couldn't stand an
official clubbing.
Thus is the fact exemplified that the po-
liceman't club earnestly applied is a far
more deadly weapon than bis pistol. There
fore he should be somewhat restrained in
the promiscuous use of it
With a pistol the average metropolitan
policeman usually does more damage 10 the
surrounding scenery than to the object OF
mis- aim. But with a CLUB he is positively
deadly.
Moreover the club never fails fire.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
BRIGHT BITS.

Now THAT we have plentitude Of rain
machines, won't some genius please arise and
invent something that will successfully hail
horse -car:-Detroft rec Press.
MAMA ttearfullyl-It pains me, Tommy. just
as much as it does you to have TO whip you.
Tommy also tearfully)-Maybe it does, but
not in the same place. CHICAGO Ne'cs.
"MY, how that breaker roared" said Jennie.
on the seashore.
Yes That fat man in bathing stepped on
its undertow," answered Harry.-HdTper's
Bazaar.
MAY play my last composition for youS"
Certainly, but first Ill drive my dog Nero
outside. The rascal never hears a noise of any
kind that he doesn't begin to howl. ~ Iiegen-
der Batter
MAeIsTRATE-Name. please
Prsoner-John Swayback your honor
Magistrate-Is that your real name?
Prisoner-No, your honor I'm travelling in
cognito.-Judoe.
AN Irishman who was Smuggling a barn got too
near the edge and rolled of and fell to the
ground.
"Oi wuz coomin- down anyway he reflected.
"Oi wuz jist outso' nails Judge.
CANNOT love my fellow men.
To me they can't be dear,
Because my love is all used up
On girls from year to year.
-Net0 York Herald
| HER eyes the diamonds brilliance own
Her ruby mouth the cherry's redress mocks.
! Her heart, I'm sad to saw, is one OF stone,
Yet loved is she because she mas the rocks.
indianapolis journal.
ALL THE SYMPTOMS indicate that Nebraska
would reuomi ate the Hon. stephen Grover
| Cleveland il it could This is the penalty which
Nebraska has TO pay for being so far removed
| from Col. Charles \. Dana's growlery Chicago
| Netcs-
WHETHER it is due to the multiplicity Of rain
machines at work in this countrJ a II UMPIRE
n hI1t sr,p afTnnAIIfg
| from the skies these days that IL IS positively
reckless TO 20 out without an umbrella.-pe-
| trLIt Free tIeSs
PLuNDUFF-IIas that charming widow any
property
Plumdnff-keal estate or personal
Kelchum-Personal Sac has six children.
| BoSt ~ Colp ter.
| Your father will furnish you the money to
phi; UP $500 house, will he: That's slick
! I ling for you, You II have a house that cost
| SlJ,00l by the time its dsne
Not much. My father is the architect
| Chicago Trt5Hue.
Decentralization about the lasting quail
| New Ci -. thqt's al right. We've had it
in /, tee 70 MORE than live years, and you
can ree Tor yrurselt it IS as good as new.
! Itded .GD Is JHtriH.
| Fa'-A-so sou were one OF the guests of
the syyscrape hotel when il burned down.
| Wee any liteS lost?
Trareer-uuly one. He, poor fellow, lost
his head and ire 70 descend b. the fire
e.cape .--Ac0 York Weekly.
SERGr FRAxKENFIELD, the clerk of the
weather bureau yester lay repeated the scien-
| tine maxim that the lake makes us consider
! ably cooier il summer " On 'uch a day as
yesterday this fact is always readily observed
BY every che who happens to be in the lake
| Chicago Ne1cs.
Hoxl JzDEDtAH HoRyp1owER 20; Wayback)-
| Do you deal in photographs Of celebrities?
| DeaieT--YcS. sir
| Hon. Jedediaa HOrnbower-WaW, I'd like
| to leave a couple dozen O. mine with you.
| People here in New York don't seem to know
me as well as they do up here.-JUige.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
A Matter That Interests Primers.

/ A Matter That Intera sts Primers
The farmers complain Of the amount OF
their taxes, but they seldom complain OF
/ bad roads in the vicinity OF their farms.
They think their taxes burden 'onae' ous IL
seldom occurs to them thas bad roads are
much more burdensome. A farmer WHO
pays taxes 10 the amount Of 500 pays, as a
rule, twice tina. sum, annually for repairs
OF damages to harness snd iaFln VenicleS,
aud for extra feed for his mules and horses
Horses aud mules when pull heavy loads
over bad roads require much more Iced than
those which are in Use y here the roads are
good, and they become worn out much
sooner. \ horse IN constant uss Oh g)od
roads will be servi,eab!e several yea ;
longer than one constantly USED on bad
roads.
The farmers seldom think Of the cost Of
bad roads to them, bat If asked to work
few days on the roads they grumble- Most
Of them regard work on roads as tine
thrown away. The reason they do not sp-
preciate how great the loss is which they
suffer on account of bsd roads Is that it is
SO gradual tina, they do not notice 1t. But
they suffer toe loss nevertheless
Good roads are fair Indication Of the
prosperity Of community. 1t Is worthy
OF notice that ,hrifty and prosperous people
live along the line OF good reads, aud
their homes have a comfortable appearance.
As a rule. they are people who buy news
papers and the latest books. Good roads are
such help to them il getting their pro-
auctions TO market and enable them 10 effect
such a saving in horse flesh and in repairs
TO wagons and harness thst they can afford
mauy little Injuries.
a road congress for this state meets in
Atlanta Oct. Is, and the members of it
relative 70 improving the roads. which are
disgrace TO the state. And the roads APP
pear TO grow worse. In only few of the
counties are the road laws enforced.
The state is away behind many other
states in road making and road repairing
and it is q wonder the alliance does not take
| up this matter and sgitate It. The ALI 7nct
lecturers would do the farmers more gooc
| By making themselves familiar with meth
DDS employed to improve the roads in local
tiles where the roads are good, and explain
| ing them 70 the farmers than in almost
| auy other way.
Let the road congress be well attended
and let its recommendations and sugges
tons be 50 practical that they viii take a
firm hold Of the minds Of the people.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05

Chinese preteuses of Furnishing officials in
whose jurisdiction aggressive demons, ra-
tions against foreigners have occurred bear
the usual Oriental plausible sem olance Of
earnestness. That is designed to placate
the foreign powers. It is well enough in its
way. Still the western governments should
keep a careful eye on any community mani
Testing such sort of suspicious symptoms of
unfrieudliness and in case the Mongol minis
try fails to properly govern the subjects OF
the empire the foreign powers should vol
UNFAIRLY under axe TO reduce them TO loyal
subsection. If the imperial descendant Of
Confucius" cannot govern his subjects the
''outside oarbarians" should unite and gov
ern them for him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
Moreover the club never falls fire.

The statement that Jay Gould, a man
who has always borao the reputation of a
cold-blooded calculator, uniformly com
posed and utterly devoid of emotion.
actually broke down and we?t
before the last meeting OF the Missouri
Pacific direc,ors is positively astoundi q
History fur. is les many instances in wIicI
under the s.ress Of particularly unrorsIna Q
circumstances great men nave slccu.uoet
TO the weakness o. tears. Alexander the
Great wept when his chief general au1
friend died; mighty Cesar weps when
Pompey hal fa!lea; stern Brltus wept
when Caesar was stain. But jay Gould
shook with tear-dimmei emotion because
be was unwilling TO give up the half of
per cent. on the Missouri Pacific stock to
the shareholders Here is SHOWN u marked
difference in the animating causes and OBJ
jects that evoke strong emotions in various
orders Of great minds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
INDEX TO NgT ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETISs-Georgis Historical Society.
Recommendations at the Theater Oct. 8
SoNE-B H. Levy & Bro.
NOTICE TO CoNsIsNxEs-"Ole Hoss" Sale,
Southern Express Company.
AUCTION SALE-Shoes, Clothing, Etc, by ]. H.
Oppenheim s. Son.
LEGAL NoTIcEs-AppIicstion for Letters OF
Administration.
STEAMSHIP SCEEDULEs-Ocean Steamship
Company; General Transatlantic Company.
ORNoSDE BICYCLES Lindsay s Morgan,
Southern Agents.
LooKoUT-App=l & Schaul.
.RAILRoAD ScHEDULE-Chsrleston and Sayan-
nab Railroad
CHEAP COLCES ADvEzTIsEMESTs-HelpW Want
ei; Employ nslt Want II; For 1ssat; For sale {;
Lost; Persolll. Misceilansous-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05

Duluth boasts that the largest crop of
wheat handled in that to wn IN many year is
now in hand. Thai indicates tnat the Hon. I.
Donnelly is not enjoying much popularity
with his official "hold- back" circular 10 tn,
alliance. Human greed and seliishness can
not oven be controlled 10y the great crypto.
gram professor. Vey Likely it was his
circular that has caused this great gla5 If
grain. Some sagacious grangers probably
b1thought them to cart in q few bushels and
get nice snug price while everybody else
was obeying alliance instruc ions and hold
ing back Unfortunately too many of the n
so in to have simultaneously thought OF
TINT thrifty scheme. Other wise they might
have waited quito long time before Offer
ing it on an advantageous market. APP
parently the great mistake of the farmers
in this case was that they diln't carefully
read common every day blurt-spoken candid
newspapers that tell the price OF wheat in
stead of the pandering prints that pat them
on the back and offer them UtopIan theories
of political economy-at few dollars per
theory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
FIe Floatet.

AN out" called the conductor OF bridge
train car, says the New York ,gor.a, as it
stopped at the Brooklyn end. Il say you all
out"
Every one was ont but Ia. and wcary-look-
ing du1e, who aSI-d
''Couiuctah, Id, the motion ceased?"
AN OUT
because, ye know, il the motion has not
ceased. and Teller tries 20 20 out there comes
a reaction which propels MIN backward "
cit out"
"CondGc;ah, the notion seems to have quite
disappeared, and he danger OF ueiag propelled
Backward no longer exists. wi thcr-foh de-
scend from the can with al pos .ib.e rapidly
aw!"
Aud he floated of the platform with the grace
and gentlenesS of n pullets tail-feathor ia ling
from the voost as the world sleeps and the
angels keep guard.