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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22
JACKSONTILLES GREAT FIRE.

Tallahassee deeply sympathizes
with her sister city, Jacksonville, in
the terrible blow to her business in
terests caused by the destructive
confagration Tuesday morning. The
losses were immense, and many bust
ness men who were in comfortable
circumstances have been crippled
financially, but the indomitahle
spirit of the people of the metropolis
is not crushed. The ashes were not
yet cold before a large force was put
to work cleaning bricks preparatory
to rebuilding some of the blocks.
Jacksonville is too progressive a
city to waste valuable time in be-
wailing her heavy losses. Magnifi
cent buildings will soon rise from
the ashes in the burnt district. Jack
sonville is still the metropolis o.
Florida.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22
THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRA MIME

THE DEM OCRA7YC PROGRA MIME
A press dispatch from Washington
says that before congress meets the
democrats Of the house are to de-
termine in caucus not only who shall
have the speakership and the other
house offices, but what shall be the
general programme of legislation.
The first thing on the programme,
according to the democratic leaders
who have been corresponding TO-
gether this summer, will be a bill to
repeal the Mckinley tariff act. 1t
is to be passed, if possible, before
anything else is done by the house
except to elect officers-even before
the appointment of the committees.
II the senate does not pass it, or if
the senate passes it and the president
vetoes it, the democrats will be
equally satisfied at having forced
the issue on their opponents. Their
theory, of course, is that the repeal
Of the Mckinley act will leave the
tariff law of 1883 in force. This
they could afterward proceed to
amend by either separate bills deal
ing each with one subject, or in a
general bill, preferably the former.
A separate bill repesling the taxes
on raw materials would pass the
senate, it is believed, when general
tsriff revision would not. Quick,
sharp, dramatic action is desired by
] all the democratic leaders.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22
HINTS TO HOUsEKEEPERS.

A large fire and quick boiling are great
enemies of good soup.
Towels with handsome, bright borders
should never be boiled.
Black pepper, mixed with cream and
sugar. will destroy flies.
The lid of a saucepan should never be
raised over a smoky fire.
Red ants will not come where tar is; the
odor Is enough for them.
Rainwater which Is used either for drink
ing or cooking should not come in contact
with lead.
The earthly taste 80 often found in fresh
water fish can be removed by soaking In
salt and water.
Bits of camphor laid about closets where
mice are wont to frequent will draw their
visits to close.
Quassia infused in boiling water and
sweetened with sugar ia a poison for hies'
but innocent to human beings.
Semiporcelain may be relied upon. when
used in making dishes, to resist greater
degree of heat than any other variety.
A little vinegar mixed with your stove
polish will make the stove polish more
brightly and quickly than the polish alone
All such ingredients of soup as rice, YER
Dtcelli, macaroni. ETC., should be partially
boiled In plain water before being put into
the liquor
Rub cold tallow from a candle on an
ink spot; allow it to remain twenty -four
hours and wash as usual. Properly done,
this method Is sure.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22
THE STATE PRINTING.

Bids for doing the state printing
for two years from October l next
and for printing and binding the
Revised Statutes were received by
the board of state institutions up to
noon Thursday, and were opened i'm
mediately in the presence of the
bidders.
The bidders for the state printing
were John G.. Collins, the Times
Union company, T. J. Appleyard,
the DaCosta Printing and Publishing
company and the FLoRIDIAN PRINT
ING COMPANY.
The bidders on the Revised Stat
utes were the Times Union company
T. j. Appleyard, the DaCosta Print
ing and Publishing company and the
FLoRIDIAN PRINTING COMPANY.
The contract for printing ant
binding the Revised Statutes wa
awarded to the Times Union com
pany, their bid being the lowest-$;
q page-the next lowest bid bein,
- q page.
The contest for the state printin,
was very close between John G.. Col
Inns, of the Tallahasseean, and tn
FLoRIDIAN PRINTING COMPANY.
The board decided that it was TO
the best interest of the state to di
vide the contract, and they therefor
awarded Glasses B and C-the legisls
tive printing and the supreme cour
reports-to John g. Collins and Clas
A-the department prihting-to tn
FLoRrDIAN PRINTING COMPANY
which La entirely satisfactory to boil
Mr.. Collins and the FLoR1D1AN
These contracts will give both Of tn
tallahassee printing offices plenty Q
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22
ABOUT 6TAY LAWS.

When Governor Fleming vetoed
Mr.. Burford's bill, which was passed
at the recent session of the legisla-
ture, some of newspapers of Flor
ida severely criticised his action.
The only virtue, if any there was, in
MIR. Burford's bill, was that it would
stay the payment of mortgages, and
this the best constitutional lawyers
of the state agree would have been
unconstitutional
The legislature of Georgia has
been wrestling with a stay law re-
Gently and the press of the country
has been discussing it pro and con.
The Alliance members of the legis-
lature met in caucus and unanimous
ly adopted the following resolution :
"Resolved, That it is the sense of
this body that the enactment OF the
stay law by the legislature would be
violation OF the constitution and
against the best interests of the peo-
pie of Georgia, and that this resolu-
ton be given to the press for publ
cation"
Next day the house unanimously
passed the following resolution:
"Resolved by the house of repre-
sentatives of Georgia, that it is the
sense of the house that the passage of
the stay law would be unwise and
detrimental to the best interests of
Georgia"
From this it wou seem that Gov
ernor Fleming's position was wise
one
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22
CALLS FORLORN HOPE.


In a recent conversation with the
Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun Hon. Wilkinson Call
is reported as having said that Hon.
Francis P. Fleming was nominated
for governor only after he had prom
ised to appoint him (CalD senator,
if it should become necessary to
make an appointment.
A representative of the FLoRIDIAN
called on Governor Fleming and
asked him if there was any truth IN
the allegation.
The governor said that the only
assumption for such an assertion
was woven out of very fragile fabric;
that when he was a candidate for
nomination as governor some of his
friends suggested that prominent
friend of Senator Calls in Jackson
Vile hesitated to support him be-
cause he apprehended that Governor
Fleming's warm friendship for ex-
Gov. E. A. Perry, who it was
thought would be an opposing candi-
date to Mr.. Call before the legisla
ture, would induce him Governor
Fleming) to appoint Governor Perry
to be ad interim senator between the
time of the expiration Of Mr.. Calls
term and the assembling of the
legislature, which would give Gov
ernor Perry quite an advantage in
the contest.
When approached on the question
Governor Fleming said very posi-
lively that he would make no prom
ises; that he felt friendly toward
Mr.. Call, and if he was elected gov
ernor and felt then toward him as he
did at that time, he would expect to
continue him (Mr. CALI in the office
by appointment for the brief period
between the expiration of his term
and the assembling Of the legisla-
ture.
When the governor assumed the
duties Of Office, however, and be-
came more familiar with public mat
tiers, he ascertained that Mr.. Calls
positions in reference thereto were
antagonistic to what he considered
were for the best interests Of the
state that Mr.. Call had continued
to antagonize the policy of his adj
ministration, and that, therefore, he
could not, without a qualification of
his administration, appoint him, but
he did not complicate the matter by
appointing any one else, as there was
no session of Congress between the
expiration of Senator Calls term and
the meeting Of the legislature, which.
it was supposed, would I'll the va.
cancy.
The governor further stated that
the Call question was in no sense an
issue in the matter of his nomina.
ton, and that while it is true that he
was supported by some Call men, il
is also true that he was supported
by the strongest opponents of Mr.
Call.
This is the plain, unvarnished tale
of the incident upon which Mr.. Cal
bases his allegation.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22

leave such methods for it's adver...
A majority of the senate did moi -
ticipate in the ballot for or ac.s.
Mr.. Call, not being present. ~
fore it is to be hoped that the -. :
ernor's appointee will be succeasissI AZ ]:
the contest before the United 0ss.a
senate, and then let the war Com. !
the next election for members AZ -
Legislature, that body being the pror -
one to elect senator. Give the ~
pie a chance to speak on the sensso
rial question.
The governors address to the ma
pie is remarkably able and rsll
prepared paper. It is the duty af
every good democrat to carefall.
read and study his argument, fres.
ing himself of all personal feeling i
the matter, for, whatever else NAV
be said of Frank P. Fleming, he |.
an honest man, and if he is WRONG n
his views he is honestly so. It Is an
unfortunate situation-bad for the
democratic party, bad for tho stata
of Florida and bad in every view 81
the situation. But right is rioht
and law is law--the one mnst
prevail and the other be sustained
let the consequences be what thew
may. While the question is one
that the newspapers Of this state and
individuals may very consistently
discuss, it should be written of and
talked about in an intelligent man.
ner devoid of personal feeling and Of.
fensive words.-Sanford Journal.
There is really no doubt that the
governor will make an appointment,
and as the matter stands an az.
pointee should be a good democrat
and a popular man. There are plen-
ty of men in the state who can rep
resent Florida in the senate, and in
our opinion, represent US in better
manner than Mr.. Call ever did.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22

THE Atlanta Journal truthfully
remarks that the demagogue of to-
dav uses the tiller of the soil to steer
his ship into the haven of political
preferment.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22
ATcHlsoN PHILOSOPHY.

Every man has too much faith in other
mems faith In him.
People never sympathixe with those
whom they cannot understand.
Every man will sooner or later meet the
man who will knock the chip OF his shout
der.
No man can warn others without making
the admission that he was once fool him
self
A man should count his years BY the
number OF his experiences; notify the num-
Der of months.
Men spend nine-tenths Of their time In
looking for favors, and less than one-tenth
Ia doing favors.
towards waste great deal Of energy In
running after enemies who are too far
ahead to be caught.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22
AFTER having been out of sight
for three years Encke's comet has
again appeared.

WILL Congressman Crisp be made
speaker of the national house? is
the question occupying much space
in the Georgia newspapers.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22

GEORGIA will hold a road congress
at Atlanta October 20. The lessons
taught there on the question of good
roads should be taken advantage o
by Florida.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22

work to do and win place consider
able money in circulation, notwith-
standing the fact that the prices bid
on all the work are very low.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22

The Sentinel believes that the
governor did right, and even had
the views of the governor been
different, the Sentinel would have
felt that he acted conscientiously,
and it feels that it is great mistake
on the part Of the newspaper supper
ters of Mr.. Gall to ohagre that the
governor was prompted by any
other motive than a desire to do his
duty, and the charges 80 made will
recoil upon the heads Of those
making them.-Orlando Sentinel.
The Spring believes Governor
Fleming was perfectly right in decid-
ing not to issue o certificate of cleo
ton to Mr.. Call to the senate of the
United States by the Florida legisla-
ture. The proceeding was not regu-
lar and clearly not in accordance with
the requirements of the law in the
case. The legislature was in fear
fully unjointed state when that ballot
was taken and the precedent should
not be set in Florida that q piece of
the senate should act for the whole.
The democratic party can afford to
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22

Arguing the validity of Calls al
legged election is a waste of time.
Gov. Fleming has spoken and now
the case rests entirely with the
United States senate. That body's
action will be final and conclusive,
and nothing that can be said by
newspapers or correspondents will
cut any figure in it's decision. Mum
is the word.-Milton Clarion.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-22

Governor Fleming's paper on the
senatorial question is out and is an
able one. We would reproduce it
but for it's length. Now the ques-
ton is who will he appoint. Let us
suggest that he come down to Su-
wannee and select Senator Rogers
or Blackwell, either of whom would
do valuable service for the state
Live Oak Banner.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-19

There cannot be said TO be any sea.
sou for sponge gathering, as It goes on
all through the year. A number Of
vessels arc often laid up, however, dur.
ing August and september, the men
being umid and afraid OF hurricane.
during that period. OF course the
quieter the weather and tho smoother
the sea, the better the chances are for
making good catch, as nearly all the
work is done In small open boats from
ten TO twelve feet In length. Much
also depends upon the energy and the
industry of the crow, and there Is luck
In finding locality where the spongcs
aro valuable and abundant. Science.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-19

An ingenious trick which the Sibe-
rians employ In capturing bears Is the
suspcuding OF very heavy block Of
wood by cord from q bough directly
In front OF beehive Ia the hollow
trunk OF . tree.
When the bear comes to rob the hive,
he pushes away the block from the door
Of the hive, and Is surprised to find that
1t comes back and strikes him In the
neck. This awakens his rage. Anxious
70 get the honey, he gives the block u
terrible push, and Of course It returns
with all the moro violence and come
times breaks his skull or knocks out his
teeth.
IL Is said that bears sometimes fight
with these swinging blocks Tor half an
hour at time. AT last the block gets
ia good blow. The bear is thrown to
the ground, where he Is speedily dis.
patched by the peasants concealed and
awaiting tho result of the singular tree
ducl.-Boston Globe.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-19

BtRhIa0HAAi, Ala, Dec. ls.--Tho
convention VI the American Federn.
ton OF Labor adopted n resolution at
ita morning session favoring n woman
suffrage amendment TO tho Constitn.
ton.
The convention refused 20 adopt o
resolution recommending political
action on the mart OK trades-unious.
A resolution was pnssed demanding
That no further subsidy ba paid tbs
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, un.
lrIs thc company discharge all Chinese
and JAPANESE In It's service. Also, u
resolution to amend the Shipping act
Of 1880, 30 rs TO make vessels liable 70
damage for cruelty to sailors ut the
hants Of officers.
In the afternoon the constitution
was amended 40 that In case Of tho
death Of the president, tho executive
cpuruil shall temporarily al the
Vacancy from tia membership, instead
Of the ilrs. vice-president succeeding
nH nov.
The uropOaillon for the establishment
oil sn Official organ, TO DO edited by the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-19

''Ies bljoux" are the remnants sold
by cooks of large establishments NJ. q
by tnt.olass Parisian restaurants.
These are collected from door to door,
aud jumbled together in no very appe.
ti2lng fashion; but tho seller OF tho
bijoux sorts and arrangus tho various
articles which are then properly
adorned paresl, sorapod and cut into
neat pieces, nicely garnished and set
out on clean plates.
Customers who arc brave enough 10
forget the antocedcnts of such dalntios
may thus purchase for a trlao portions
OF the choicest game or tho best flsl
served on high class tables, with many
herdelicacie- attempting appearance.
Many old rontlers, So called, living IN
garrets and summing themselves all DAY
on benches in the public gardens whore
they talk politics with their fellows, got
really good dinners IN this way.-Mur.
rays Magazine
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-19
81. Roelc and NJ. Savolr are Bfiling
with ludlgnation.--The Police
Are Ready.
MERGER ON yHr POLITICAL
SITUATION.
Good Ciiiz'ns, Says lie, Admit thai
There Is Limit 10
Tyranny.
Ianndian liberals are AsrnyinE rh.ir
Forces.

QUEBTc, Dec. ls.-Monster mase-
meetings are being organized by The
Liberals throughout the Province. The
police are Ia readiness 10 march 10 the
Oiilclnl ftsIdence OF tho lieutenant
governor TO protect II against any hos
tile demonstration that may be- made.
81. Roche and St5aveur especially arc
boiling with indignation.
MERCER has made public his Tiewa
on the political situation, aud published
the correspondence between himself
and tho lieutyuan.-govurn0 AM the
nd interim report Of tho royal olmmis-
sion. This report regrets that oettain
correspondence was not pr0duoai, aud
concludes that it IA not proved tlias
Mcfcier knew Of tho existence OF tho
bargain between Armstrong aud Per.
caud, ami that gentleman declares
that he WAS benefited la no way there
By. 10 IL signed only by judge Baloy
aud Davidson.
MefcleE IN his anal reply to the
lieutenant governor, tells tho latter
that he has had the auisGIty 10 DO
what tue Queen would never dare 30
do IN England without provoking q
revolution.
"''f""' hfHAHa| ~ - y III AAANHN w.
NIT that tAVreis limit to tyranny,
md that mnH, though he m0y have
becu prime minister, Is not slave"
Merclpr ohnpclorlzes the report as
that VI 1.-TWO partisans, from whom you
have draggCd an unjust aud unfouuded
opinion, although Informal aud with
out legal value, containing gratuiiOus
Insults - your OK ministers, supported
by great majority OF the legislature"
Mvrcicr charges tho lieutenant gov
ernor with pcrsonal and lutoctR,ic
gOv"fnmcHt with having carried out
one Of tie most odious consplrnoles
ever entered into against the cOnslltI.
tional liberties u free people. He
taunta the governor with a desire 10
place power In the hand Of his pollti.
cal ffionds, against all the rules Oi 10
cency, and with trampllng under foot
the dignity Of the Grown. "rhe gov.
eTnOf's conduct" he says, "puts our
political Institutions In jeopardy"
He refers 10 the Pacific scandal, aud
charges the governor with supporting
the guilty ministers. "rOday,D says
he. "yOu obey the will Of the fedarnte
minister who was himself the distri-
buier Of this bribety or the ministry
money. / win try to undo your me-
iarlous work With the assistance of my
colleagues ana political iriendsD
In closing Merciur Gays: "YOu will
shortly receive from Abbott, your mas
ter, tho price Of your national trrach-
cry, and l shall 30 before the people
aud receive new mandate, which
viii enableme 10 resume the position
iiom which you have driven mo, and
70 chase you surely from Spencer.
Wood.o
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-19

CHICAGO. Dec. ls.-A rats war IL
about To open up on Missouri river
passsengor nltes, which may spread
widely. The Alton road has served
notice on the Western Passenger A..
toeiallon that, unless the Short Line
rates from Kansas City TO Cincinnati
Via Chicago are withdrawn within
tweniy.four hours the Alton would
make reduction OF So from Kansas
City 10 Chicago. The Rock Island
mud Atchison, neither Of which has q
81. Louis outlet 10 southern Indians
mud Ohio, are particularly indignant,
and the meeting today ended with an
absolute refusal VI the AtChisJD 10
Withdraw the Objectionable rate. The
Alton asserls that the manipulation OF
THESE circultous route tickets by
brokeIs IL demorallzlng rates. An Off
cial 0f one OF the interstate roads said
that he would not los s1tDrlsed 70 sec
The rate drop to 50 from Kansas City to
Chicago.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-19

Tho coolest natures take tho hottest
baths and are not enfoebled by them.
1t Is blood heated by youth or the tire
Of full life which likes the cool dip or
spray, but beware how you have to
nerve yourself TO endure II. A cold
bath may be a risky experiment. Tho
rule that cold bathing Is safc when fol.
lowed by good reaction "a not wholly
sound. recall a woman who used to
tako baths of tho coolest well winter
daily and found great rcfroshment from
them, who aiterward charged weakness
OF tho heart and general debility to
this excessive stimulus.
DIR. Shoemaker says all the persons
he has known who boosted Of break.
ing a llm Of leo TO take their baths
died early, yot doubtless they felt good
reaction at tho time II is doubtful II
any grown person, allowed free choice,
ever persisted IN cold bathing which
left chill. II is safer to say, take n
cold bath only when II Is absolutely do.
licious In anticipation and actual en-.
ioyment. Indianapolis journal.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-19

The most celebrated weapons IN his.
tory, uniting miraculous sharpness with
wonderful elasticity, ARE undoubtedly
tho blndcs oil Damascus. Tine fabcrs
of Japan, although az hagd an O dia.
mond. aud taxing an edge 40 acute that
they will so through a pillow or poker
rs Il thcy were ale, cannos compete
with tho old Syrian swords bocnnao
they have no elasticity. This elasticity
Is not altogether "lost art," as even
today one may sco IN Toledo, Spain.
blades packed Ia coils like watch
springs.
Swords have been mndo during tho
present century IN Rusdn that riynlod
Ia cig, and bonding qualities the ia.
nous Damascus blades. AZ tho impe.
rial nc,ory uf 2iatolst, ia tho Urals,
some hayo boon turned out which bent
I'll the point touched tho hilt, and
md which would also cut through an
Iron bar More than this NO blade has
ever done or can do,-kate Fields
Washington.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-19

twas d noticeable fact that a large
percentage Of tho Union League mem.
bors who waited In the club assembly
room Tuesday night were rosy checked
and bald headed. A we'll known doc.
tor, who was In the room aud who Is
rs bald as a billiard ball himself. took
occasion TO explain the singular matter
by remarking;
The scalp aud the stomach arc so
closely connected that tho condition Of
one easily cycrts a strong influence ON
tho other Hair falls out because the
scalp Is feverish. A man who loves TO
eat and drink the best lac can get 4
very apt 70 have foyerish stomach.
II lac keeps this up the fever Il penna.
neatly Impaired TO the scalp and tho
hair falls out Show me a rosy checked
man with a bald head, and III shov
you n person vino loves to live well,
aud who has an ineEhaustibl2 fund o.
good mature, They Ike fun and ex.
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