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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-05
Blood Diseases.

Blood diseases are terrible on account oil
their loathsome nature, and the fact that
they wreck the constitution so completely
unless the proper sniidote is applied. B.
B. B Botanic Blood Balm) is composed OF
the tue aniidote for blood poison. lis use
never fills 10 give satisfaction.
Mrs. Laura Hart, Beaufort, 8. c., writes:
IA loathsome form of blood poison was
killing me. My appetite was lost, my
bones ached, and paris of my flesh
seemed as if it would come of my bones
A friend brought me bottle of B. B. B
The sores began healing at once, and
when I had taken two bottles surprise
my friends at my rapid recovery"
w. A. Bryan, Moody, Teas, writes: 81
had an agonizing case OF Salt Rneumt tcI
four years, no mntter which medicine
took it only seemed 10 aggravate until
found B. B. B 1t also cured my tw''
children Of Itch, which had resisted p eviou>
treatment"
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p. p. p. Saves Life.
SAYS WILL LlVI! FOREVER.

A prominent Savannahian, formerly su
pe,intendent of railroad, says: IL was
crippled In my feet and arms SO that
could not walk without clutches, nor eat
without having servant TO iced me.
tried physicians everywhere, but TO no
purpose, and finally went TO New York,
where my doctors. at one time, decided to
amputale my arm, but found that course
impracicable, on account of wound |
had rec eived during the war. returnt
t. Savannah complete wreck, and my
case seemingly hopeless. AS torloln
hope began TO take P. p p, and am re-
jolced to say that after using three bottle 8,
my limbs began to siraighten out, my ap-
petite and health soon returned, and now
ieel like new man; really as if had
been made over again, and as if l could
live forever-so long as can get P P Pr
This gentleman will not give his name
for publication, but authorizes us to refer
anybody.io him Tor veitificaiiru of these
TACT, who will apply 10 US. Yours truly.
LIPPMAN Bros. Wholesale Druggists
Pr"plit tors of P. P. P. Savannah, Ga.
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~. r..hionable Dinnsr rabie.

The Fashionable Dinner ToDt0e
The fashionable dinner table is square.
It should be large enough to accom-
modate comfortably the number Of
people to be seated. No more guests
should be invited than will serve
to make twelve people In all, on ac-
count of the number Of pieces Of
china in each course Of dinner service.
Heavy white damask is used for the
tablecloth, and this should be hem
stitched all around. The fashionable
patterns In damask are small figures,
and these mostly in the form Of 6ne
ferns, fine flowers, single rosebuds, pinks,
chrysanthemums, carnations and long
grasses In the center of the table is
placed the piece Of dainty linen beauti-
fully embroidered, in colored silks, rep
resenting national flowers in all their
brilliancy.
Upon this centerpiece is placed the
bouquet or flowers, or the large Candida
bra. The smaller embroidered pieces,
which are used under separate dishes
and condiment jars, should be exact i'm
itations of the centerpiece, and if that is
square, all the small pieces should be
square; if round, the same rule holds,
and if the edges are serrateG the edges
of all must be cut in the same shape
Fashion Journal
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sTAYINH the HAND or DEATH.
There u Said to BE Certain and Rapid
Means Of ResusCitation.

There 70 Said to BE . Certain and Rapid
Means OF Resuscitation.
Colonel Henry Elsdale, Of the Royal
engineers. claims to have discovered
certain and rapid means Of resuscitating
persons from the effects Of suffocation.
A sapper among the men under his COM
mand at Chatham was one day found
enveloped in the folds Of a half empty
war balloon. The coal gas with which
| it had been inflated had suffocated him,
and to all appearances he was a dead
man. But efforts were made to restore
him, though the pulseless heart and ca
daverous face Of the man gave no en-
enlargement to persevere In a mo-
ment of something like inspiration it
occurred to Colonel Elsdale to send for
some tubes Of compressed oxygen, which
had been prepared for the oxyhydrogen
light.
This pure oxygen, at very high pres
sure, was hurriedly conveyed into the
mouth Of the PROSTATE sapper by means
of inserting the nozzle Of the valve be.
tween his teeth, and the supply was
gently turned on" to the smallest ex-
tent. The effect was absolutely instan-
taneous In an instant he opened his
eyes and seized the nozzle between his
teeth. In short, the sapper was not only
thoroughly revived within a few min
utes, but in half an hour walked away,
quite well, to the barracks, and refused
to go to the military hospital, as was
suggested by his commanding officer.
OF course the objection will be raised
that everybody has not tubes Of pure
oxygen at high pressure in readiness to
apply to such cases. Happily oxygen in
quantities as large as those administered
is not needed, and it can be stored ''in
small, strong bottles made of the finest
steel, with a valve giving an absolute
hermetic SEAL"
These vessels may be as small as
soda water bottle, and may be made part
Of the medical stock Of every doctor.
Oxygen at any degree Of compression
required can, in fact, now be obtained,
and the whole apparatus for restoring
vitality can be packed in small box
quite portable.
What possibilities may not such dis
covery as that to which we have drawn
attention involvel It is equally availa-
BILE, we are assured, for those persons
who have been asphyxiated by choke
damp in coal mines, or by ordinary coal
gas. People apparently drowned, and
those insensible from long exposure in
the rigging Of ship, might also be saved
from an untimely end by what Colonel
Elsdale calls "a dose Of oxygen"
1t would probably be invaluable. too,
in cases of suffocation from the fumes Of
charcoal. or in cases where chloroform
had operated injuriously on a weak
heart. Such discovery should at once
occupy the attention of the Royal Col
lege Of Physicians, with view Of ascer-
tanning whether Colonel Elsdale has
overrated the benefcient effects to be an
ticipated from the administration Of
pure oxygen.-London Chronicle.
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Taking Jack, one Of her other sons. and
putting trim polo cap on his yellow
locks, the two, accompanied BY one OF
the st. Demands, went out for walk.
A day or two later the father had got
ten back his full. yellow beard, which
he seemed to wear with his peasant cos
tune, and one Of the dogs had changed
into q hound But if you hoped the
father would stay that way long enough
for you to get acquainted with him, d.
vest your mind Of that thought. Before
night he had returned to his trim side
whiskers and curly hair, while Fritz had
shrunk in length, broadened in girth,
and put on long trousers that were too
short for him and heavy shoes.
And so the pictures run. The father
changes his clothes, his beard and his hair
atleast once, and often two or three times
day, Fritz is good second in this
kaleidoscope performance, the mother
facially runs through all the races and
exhibits bewildering number of differ
ent costumes. the little boys must have
been branded or their parents would
never have been able to keep track Of
them, so extraordinary were the changes
they underwent, and the dogs offered
enough varieties to have given a capital
bench show. The lone hundred illustra-
tons" were altogether the most entertain
ing things about the copy of 1.-The Swiss
Family Robinson" over which the boy
puzzled and the boys father laughed
New York Times
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The First Born.

Young Father am amazed, shocked,
my dear. to hear you say you intend to
give the baby some paregoric. Don't
you know paregoric is opium. and opium
stunts the growth, enfeebles the consti-
tuition, weakens the brain, destroys the
nerves, and produces ricketts,. marasmus,
consumption, insanity and death?''
Young Mother - Horrors! | never
heard word about that | won't give
the little ducky darling drop, no, in
deedy. But something must be done to
stop his yelling. You can carry him
awhile.
Father (after an hours steady stamp
ing with the squalling infant)- Where in
thunder is that paregoric?-New York
Weekly.
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How 1t Feels to Have bug In Ones Ear

How 1t Feels to Have Il bug In Ones Ear
"A bug in his ear, is figure very ex-
tenGvely used in common conversation.
But. reader, did you ever have bug in
your ear in fact? If not, you have no
idea how it feels B. F. Tomlinson, who
experienced the sensation, says he never
suffered such torture in his life. The
bug crawled into his ear while he was
lying in bed asleep, between II and 10
o'clock one night. 1t was only COM
mon candlebug or fly, but the degree Of
torture one of them can inflict while in
the ear is beyond the scope Of the imagi-
nation. Mr.. Tomlinson said that when
he awoke he dreamed that a railway
train had jumped the track. struck him
in the ear and was blowing its way
through his head. The train kept going,
but it seemed that it would never get
through.
Occasionally it would stop and then
start again with renewed force Then
again the train seemed to be at a stand
still. but the wheels would be turning
with lightning rapidity. The train
would move of gradually with grating
noise. and would not stop till the whistle
blew for the next station or it ran of the
track or collided with another train.
which frequently occurred. Mr.. Tom
linson stood the torture till daylight,
when he sent for doctor. who succeeded
in fishing out the bug, which in the
meantime had died Mr. Tomlinson
said that If the bug had remained in his
ear an hour longer he would have been
q raving maniac.-Mexico (Mo.) Intelli-
Roaacer.
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when TO See an oculist.

Should any Of the following symptoms
be experienced, an oculist Of repute
should be consulted: Spots or sparks Of
light floating before the eyes; quivering
Of the lids or sensation Of sand in the
eye; perceptible fatigue or the require
ment Of strong light in reading; the
holding of objects at arms length or
close to the eye; squirting one eye or
seeing objects double; dizziness or dart
ing pains in the eyeballs or over the
temple; perceiving a colored circle
around the lamp; sensitiveness Of the
eyeballs or contraction Of the visual
field; blurring of the vision or being I'M
able to see objects distinctly at dis
lance; watering or redness of the eyes
or lids; running together of the letters
when reading, or seeing the vertical bet
ter than the horizontal lines. Exchange.
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THE LAMENT OF DAPHNIa

0axupA. whose faith have % weakly keuk
- love. whose smile never more may SEQ.
Rnkw tbs tears these sightless eyes have wept.
AID 1t me plead once more, once more. with
thes
1Asd not dream In loves first golden hour
That from mine eyes thine image e'er could
asaw thy pictured face in every flower,
And heard thy footsteps In tho whispering
grAsA
4he kirds and waters echoed thy dear voice,
Thine eyes smiled at me from the stars above
IN sleep Of thee dreAmed-woke to rejoice
And tell again tho story Of our love.
ne sale IA donel My punishment is Just
lifted up mine eyes, turned away,
And loi the flower within my hand was dust
And darkened was the light Of loves sweet
day.
Eet think not that my heart strayed with mine
Nay. love, for it was shrined within thine
own
Can'~t thou its pleadings evermore despises
LIZ thy warm beauty hardened into stone2
bis work but half complete, Death stands afar.
And will not end the misery begun.
Night. railing, tells my tale to every star,
And the day mocks me with the heartlesA
sun
But hope still fingers while my lips can pray,
And through the endless dark grope for
thee.
Thinking, perchance, upon some happy day
Tau wilt relent and turn again to me
Will turn again to be my guide, my light,
And pleading. hoping, in the dark wait
For thee or Death to end the weary night:
D love, dear love, pray, come not too latel
Annie Louise Breckenridge In Kate Fields
Washington
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A Tremendous Eater.

johnson City. Tenn, has the cham
pion eater of the country. This is one
Clay Morris. whilom blacksmith, who
is said by competent witnesses to have
recently eaten at a sitting four loaves of
bread. three chickens, three pounds of
ham, FIVE good sized yam potatoes and
five cucumbers, with a quart of gravy
with the bread and pint and half of
beer with which to wash the whole
down. The occasion of this meal was a
wager between himself and his brother.
Job Morris, who himself ate two and a
half loaves. two chickens. three pounds
Of ham and four potatoes. but retired
from the contest in seeing his relatives
appetite apparently undiminished.
The winner declared the meal nothing
unusual with him. and indeed seemed to
suffer no Inconvenience from his gor
mandizing. but enjoyed unbroken slum
Der for nearly fifteen hours after. He
says his enormous appetite has been Of
gradual growth and is rather proud Of it.
though he is wholly untitled for any
work by it and spends the greater part
Of his time lying down or sleeping.
At one time, however, Morris was con
sidered a good workman and the strong
est man in the county. Strange to say
he is not fat in proportion to his height.
which is something over six feet, and
weighs only 100 pounds. but he claims
not to have known spell Of indigestion
for over ten years. and though he is
stupid in the extreme. is very vain
EXCHANGE
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-05

A teacher Of science ought also to be
an investigator. were it only for the in
SEPARATION that his example might give to
the pupils in his charge. To impart
knowledge is good thing, but to reveal
the sources of knowledge is better; and
in that revelation is found the educa.
tional value Of research regarded as a
part of the teachers essential duty
F. W. Clarke in Popular Science
Monthly.
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say miatAPi

Is il possible you are suffering from ca arrh,
and have not used DR.. Sagt's Ca,arrh Rem
+dyy All the terrible const Quences Ut ~.
iarrh in the head may NJ ayerted II you'll
but make the effort You know, too well,
10 distressing symptoms! You pol lbly
know. If neglected. It invariably g0es fr, m
had 10 worse. and 10 likely to run into cop.
sumption and end 10 the grave! Here 10
. way oi escape: Ito makers are Wiling
10 take oil the risk, and make . standing
Oder u 360O for 90 incurable case OF this
ba'hsone and dangerous disease. You
CAD get $500, or better-a curel
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People Who Live Over 1000 Feet HE

People Who Live Over 1000 Feet High.
The population between 2 1000 and s, 900
feet Is found mainly on the slope of the
great western plains In this region the
belt between 1000 and 5000 feet is al
most everywhere the debatable ground
between the arid region of the Cordil-
leran plateau and the humid region of
the Mississippi valley Above 5000 feet
irrigation is almost universally neces-
sary for success in agricultural opera
tons - Washington Star.
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LEMON ELIXIR.
A Pleasant Lemon Drink

For biliousness and constipation, take
Lemon Elixir.
For indigestion and foul stomach, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sick and nervous headaches, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sleeplessness and nervousness, take
Lemon Elixir.
For loss of appetite and debility, take
Lemon Elixir.
For fevers, chills and Malaria, take Lem
on Elixir.
DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir will not fail
you in any of the above named diseases,
all Of which arise from torpid or diseased
liver. stomach, kidneys or bowels.
Prepared only by DR.. 81. Motley, At
lanta, Ca,
SOC. and $1.OO per bottle, at druggists.
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A Door In an Old Church.

Now and then q small door may be
seen high up in the piers that divide the
nave from the chancel This is the door
that once gave access from the winding
stair within the pier to the footway on
the top of the screen with which most
churches were once provided When
screens were found inconvenient and
were removed, these doors were left.
Ress church. Herefordshire, has O mo-
ticeable example; Hinckley church, Lei
cestershire. has another. -GentlemAn's
Magazine.
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Now, look over there in yonder
meadow The man who made that
scarecrow sweeps his barn floor every
morning. oils and wraps his farm ma
chinery when storing it, is careful to
keep accounts and whitewashes the Gel
lar walls. II you don't believe it just
look at his scarecrow There are neatly
made posts planted at regular intervals
throughout the lot. From pole to pole
Is stretched Irvine. forming monotonous
ly regular squares and rectangleA Why
the very regularity Of the thing strikes a
chill to the heart Of the crow and effectu
ally prevents him disarranging the plans
OF 90 painstaking q manI-Lewiston
Journal.
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The Great Benefit

Which people in rundown state of health
derive from Hoods Sarssparilla, conclusive
ly proves this medicine "makes the weak
strong" 1t does not act like a stimulant,
fictitious strength, but HOODS
builds up in perfectly natuF al
way all the weakened parts, purifies the
blood, and assists to healthy action those
important organs, the kidneys and liver.
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Fo. mhny wears Mr.. B. F. Thompson, Of
D.r Moires, Iowa, was severely sfllc,ed
with ch'onic diarrbna. He says: IA
times II was very severe; so much sn, tha,
Lizard its would end my life. About stven
years ago | ,cbanced 10 procure bottle
OF Chamber lain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhces R+medy. i gave me prompt re-
fek end ! believe cured me permanently,
~ now eat or drink without harm any
hing I'please.p ] hsve salsO uaed u IN my
faml!y with tbs best results. For sale BY
=. LlyKlx go i@ I'M
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Electric Battora.

This remedy is becoming so well known
and 90 popular as 10 need no specisl
mention. All who have used Electric
Bitters sing the same cong Of praise.-A
purer medicine does not exist and It Ia
guaranteed to all that 10 claimed. Electric
Bitter1 will cure all diseases of The Liver
and Kidneys. will remove PimpleA Boils,
Salt Rheund and other affections caused by
impure blOod.-Will drive Malasis from
the system and prevent % well n, cure all
Malarial fever. For cure OF Headache
Oonstipation apd Indlgestion ~ Electric
Blttefs-Entire satisfaction guaranteed, oil
money refunded. PRICE 80 cenis and
d % per bottle at II. Lively1 Drug store.
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Capt. W. A. Albeit, who has long b. en-
with Messrs. Percivsl and Hatton, Real
Estate and Insurance Brokers, Des Moines,
Iowa, and 10 one of the beat known and
mOst respected busines, men in that city.
says: u can testify 70 the good qualities
OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Hav-
ing used Il In my family for, the past eight
.ycAfs, ] can safely cay II hA. no equal Tor
either colds or Group" 90 cent bottles for
sale BY II. Lively, Druggist.
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A novel plan for extinguishing a
church debt has been hit upon in Mel
bourne, Australia Tho church com
mittee-or vestry. as the case may be-
divide the total debt among themselves
and each man insures his life for the
amount that falls to his share The
policies are transferred to the church
and the annual payments on them are
made out Of the collections. Then. of
course. as the members Of the commit.
tee drop oil, the sums insured on their
lives drop in. and later, whsn the only
survivor dies. the last installment of the
church debt is paid. Pail Mall Gazette
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Experiments show that an electric
current will travel over a good .,pnduo-
tor at the rate Of 900, 900 miles n minute.
or around tho earth in three seconds
Light travels ct the rate OF LOCO, OtN.
miles q c,i0utA
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A veteran Provincetown Mass.) fish
erman, who claims to know, says that
when mackerel are on the move the ad-
vanced body is entirely composed of fe-
male fish, while the rear column Is
formed Of the male.
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The Forth bridge was begun in 1881.
There were then only two cantalever
bridges In existence, one Of them carry.
Ing the Cincinnati Southern railroad
across tho Kentucky river, and the other
spanning the river Warthe at Posen, in
Germany Both Of these were built in
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Paint Instead Of Clothing.

The arnotta plant has seeds coated
with a red, waxy pulp, which is dried
and made into cakes. It is much en-
ployed by the South American Caribs
for painting their bodies, paint being
almost their only article of clothing
AS commercial article it is mainly uti-
LIKED as coloring for cheese. butter and
inferior chocolates. w ashington Star
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The most unhappy period OF marriage
according to French divorce statistics,
Is for the period extending from the fifth
to the tenth year. After that the figures
drop rapidly. Only % per cent. of the
couples seek divorce between their tenth
and twentieth years of union Only one
pair in 100 seeks to cut the knot after
the period over thirty and under forty
years
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Among tho articles made Of asbestos
are mittens to guard the hands Of Gre
men. assayera re6ners and others who
arc exposed 70 burning. A the mate
rial 10 not affected by heat, the work
man thus protected can grasp hot irons,
crucibles and the like without disoom.
fort
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Way or.

Dullpate (who prides himself on his
distracted air)-Did you ever notice what
faraway look have sometimes?
Miss Spiritellie-Yes Is that because
you are little off?-Good News.
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Lemon Hot Drops.

Cures all Coughs, Colds, Horseness, Sore
Throat, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Hemor
rhage and all throat and lung diseases.
An elegant and reliable preparation.
Is cents at druggists. Prepared only by
DR.. H. Motley, Atlanta, Ga.
April / ON
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That night the father shaved himself
DOWN TO tho side whiskers, dyed his own
and Fritgs hair black. put u sailor shirt
on himself and . pair Of striped lawn
tennis trcussrs On Fritz. and the next
naorntng went out sailing While they
wsrs sbesnt the jewish faced mother
changed kex countsnance Tor q subdnsd
EiAh, axzaysd Asrssh IN dsrk blus
GOWN tAat discaossd : rsd petticca&, and
en<e ysllow haudkarchief On hew.heaA