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master that he champion Pug Dog.l
had simply said to him, pointing to me,
Time" This same dog was then made to
do various things, which seemed to me to
indicate that he quite understood ali that
was said in his hearing. Fidelity, good
temper and a fondnes for fun are also
qualities which characterize these dogs
and should d to their popularity; but
whether the custom of partly shaving
them, which has made it necessary that
their owners should be skillful as BARRIERS
or able to employ one, is a commendable
one may be questioned.
OF other toy dogs the Yorkshire terrier,
whose small frame, bright eyes and intel
ligent face and long silky hair are well
known, is a deserved %favorite. He is prob
ably no longer useful, as most terriers are,
as a destroyer Of vermin, AS he has been
bred for beauty alone. But there is a good
deal OF the dog in him. The P~omeranian,
or Spitz, was once a favorite, but his ill
temper has brought him into disrepute,
and deg ~fanciers acknowledge that this
should be so. The small spaniels-the
King Charles, for instance-are sometimes
favorites of the ladies, but although often
handsome in read and face they are apt to
be lanky in the body and deficient in intel
Igence.
The Italian greyhound was once very
much liked, but the climate of North Amer
lea has proven too severe for him, and has
made necessary more care than the owner
of a toy dog "a time to give. The black
and tan terrier was once a favorite, but 1t
is probable that the in-breeding which was
resorted to to reduce him In size is RESPONSE
BILE for his lack of stamina and the com
parative Indifference now felt in regard to
him; for If the in-breeding made him small
1t also rendered him delicate and dull.
The pug is very much liked. and de-
servedly so. He is sensible and affection
ate and an amusing pet. HE'S aristocratic
in demeanor, handsome in color and
symmetrical in shape, and he is never
shy, snappish or sulky. His coat should
be fine, smooth, soft and glossy; his mark,
or black color of the face, should be very
dense; the loose kin of the head should be
wrinkled, and along the back of the tail
should be a dark line. In color he should
be a yellow fawn or coal stone or light
drab. His weight should be from fifteen
to twenty pounds.
But the tail is the important thing. II
you have a pug whose tail is tightly and
closely curled over the hip you may be
proud. If the tail has a double curl you
may be doubly proud; but whether the curl
is to the right orto the left is not OF the con-
sequenc some think. But, after all, toy
dogs are like children. II you happen to
have them and ave a prediction for them
it does not make much difference what the
breed may be or what they may be like.
They will always command a deal of at
~tention, and be looked upon in the inverse
ratio Of their Importance.
JSo. GILMER SPEED.
, 1891-02-21

Kill more people than is generally known.
Particularly is this the case in instances
where the constitution is delicate, and
among our immigrant population seeking
new homes In those portions Of the West,
and where malarial and typhoid fevers
prevail at certain seasons Of the year.
The best preparative for a change of
climate, or Of diet and water which that
change necessitates, is Hostetter's StoD-
ach Bitters, which not only t%ortiies the
system against malaria, a variable TEN
perature. damp. and the facilitating eff
iects of tropical heat. but is also the lead
ing remedy for constipation, dyspepsia.
liver complaint, bodily troubles specially
apt to attack emigrants and visitors TO
regions near the equator. mariners and
tourists. Whether used as a safeguard
BY sea voyagers, travellers by land, miners
or of agriculturists in newly populated
districts, this fine specific has elected the
most favorable testimony.
, 1891-02-21

torious regions are called. Within Il
stones throw Of the tenement the so called
ALLEY Gang" recently beat young Healy
to death simply because he was sober and
declined their company, and Just across
the street, a few days before, a drunken
r~oustabout pounded his wife TO death.
But when the facts Of the latest murder
were known they added unusual elements
Of horror. Mrs. Hannah Riordan was a
very decent woman, and was killed by her
own nephew, Thomas Clark. The young
man was what physicians call a dlpsoma-
niac-thAt Is. born with such a terrible
thirst for liquor that IL he took one drink
he continued to drink for weeks, till com
plete exhaustion, want of means or a term
in the hospital brought him to a pause,
When sober be was an industrious man, a
brushmaker. and contributed to the sup
port Of his aunt, with whom he lived.
Three years had passed since his last
spree, and his aunt INDUCED the hope that
he was cured, but on Christmas last he
yentured one glass and thereafter was raw
ing drunk On the fatal night he came
home on the verge of delirium tremens.
The miserable denizens of the w~retched
tenement heard vile curses and a woman's
pleading, then an awful scream rang
through the building and all was still-so
still, in fact, that they instinctively knew
that murder had been done. In the morn
ing they called a policeman, who found
Mrs. RiordRn's corpse upon the floor, and
by It q pocket knife, with which her throat
had been cut.
Il don't know II / done it or not. 1 have
been crazy drunk for six weeks" were
ClArk's words after getting sober. A few
years ago his brother Henry, when crazy
with drink, threw himself from q high
building and was dashed to death. The
curse was on the family; but another
brother has overcome it and Is a sober and
fairly prosperous lAborer. A few days be-
fore the murder his aunt had asked the
police to take Clark to a hospital as an al
coholic maniac, but as he refused to go
they did not coerce him.
, 1891-02-21
TOY DOGS.
John 1iImer Speed Writes Abou Fancy
Breeds of Pet CANNES.

Johh 1lAAnGE speed nElten ABOUT fancy
Breeds of Pet CANNES
A part of h largely increased interest
In sports in this country during the Last
dozen or so years has been the establish
ment Of dog and kennel clubs Of one sort
or another. Among Others the Pet Dog
club has been organized, and now toy dogs
are being extensively bred by mateur fan
ciers. 1t is probable that these dogs will
hereafter be bred so that they nay develop
to the highest possible degree the qualities
Of form or appearance Of these dainty dogs
which have been declared by fashion TO be
desirable, whether the point 50 declared for
is~an additional inch in the length of &
Yorkshire terriers hair or an added curl
to the tail OF the diminutive and i~nsolsnt
pug.
The poodle, who is called French, but
whose origin is uncertainty either Frenc
or Russian, has not been until recently
either extensively or carefully bred here,
but he has been made fashionable, and he
bid fair to 500 become the favorite his
wonderful intelligence should make him.
Some think him the most Intelligent Of
dogs, but, whether that be quite true or
not, his capacity to learn various difficult
and interesting feats, and the pleasure he
takes in their performance, exhibit high
brain powers.
1 remember once that while waiting for
a street car l idly took out my watch,
when | was surprised by seeing a woolly
, 1891-02-21

Those afflicted with either or both
troubles will appreciate this letter from
Joshua Harvey of No. SOLO Elm avenue,
Philadelphia, Pa:
Il have used Allcock's Porous Plas-
tiers for thirty years, aud have always
found them efhcacious in coughs, colds,
pulmonary complaints. rheumatism and
pains In the back. l also was subject to
violent attacks Of catarrh or hay fever; to
cure this | cut a strip sufficient TO cover
the forehead all over and applied it on
going to bed. Slept well and got lp with
a clear head and nose stopped running,
Eyes bright, and all pain in the head and
nose zone. Sometimes l am attacked
with extreme hoarseness, but always re-
lievcd by an Allcock's Porous Plaster
around the throat"
, 1891-02-21
GA51M ch4lA mum


The cut given portrays r very simple
but a wonderfully satisfactory photo.
graph holder. Two pieces of stout card.
board arc to DO ut ten inches long by
eight wide. Th"so are nicely padded and
sacked. and covered on one side with
bright satin aud On the other with rich
plush. Two straps Of satin are her
fashioned with gilt lettering on one
piece, AMI n monogram on the other.
These are lined with plush, which makes
a soft clseu!cnt for the photographs.
They sliuu.l he five inches deep, more or
less. as you desire to expose the outer
Photograph, and bound about the edge
with gilt cord.
, 1891-02-21

kee CWis.) Athletic society, and made his
initial appearance on the occasion Of the
big tournament held at the Milwaukee ex-
position Oct. 8, 1888. On this occasion he
fairly surprised the talent by winning the
amateur light weight championship OF
Wisconsin in both mathematician and
Gr1co-Roman styles, defeating some of the
best wresulers in the west.
Two months later he was again returned
the winner in a wrestling tournament at
the Light Horse battery in the Cream City.
At the western amateur championship
meeting, held at Chicago in 1889, he was
beaten in the final bout of the competition
for the light weight championship, catch
a~s-catch-can style, by Scully. June %.
1890, he defeated Charles Heller in a wrest-
ling match at Schlitz park, and he followed
this up with another victory at the Mil
wnnkea eNnosition JnlY
, 1891-02-21

mirer of Mary furnished him n picture Of
her at Is and the information that she had
married an art dealer In New York city,
but the name he could not give. And that
was all. Nevertheless Mr.. McNealus Sc
cured = position in the city and entered on
q long search among the art dealers.
At last he entered the picture establish
ment Of d, ]. Marta, on Eighth avenue,
and by the merest chance met the propri-
etor's wife. Something in her features
oused a hope, yet he feared TO speak till
he had shown her the old picture Of her
self. She identified 1t at once, and soon
the mutual recognition was complete.
"Uncle jim, OF Texas" is now quite a hero
with the Marta children.
, 1891-02-21

he is very tall and thin. dressed always
in neat black, and maintains a department
of extreme gravity. ALL the undertakes
and drivers know him, and when he APP
pears IN the sidewalk, fastening to get
ahead OF the procession, the children often
cry out, "Oh, there's the funeral manI'
and dart away in fright. Yet he never re-
CARDS them. He mas appeared on the steps
of every church in the city, and even cler-
gymen confess to an uncanny feeling at
sight of him, but whether he mutters a
prayer or n curse they cannot say. No
doubt it is a freak of a poor, harmless
nnnnnn,anFa-
, 1891-02-21

II left a little loose these pockets may
hold u half DOZEN photos each. and tive
case is 50 simple il construction that it
recommends itself 1T once. We'll made,
these holders will serve their end and
lend ornament TO a roogr. However, wire
holders may be hou;1tut little cost and
decorated with r.u,ruus which are very
bright and pretty. These collections of
pictures sLpuli always b. rCtirrl to ones
private rD,1I. siIce thor mast seem n
touch OF vui aFi;y il g. II all ones
friends b:osi at :, 49,. asslJlint-
nuce who U yI.irit / sing room
or pI.lur. Ike l. ,nt ~ ..- we know
should b. -- 60 8 I,-. ..,., . use, as
well o. lrair -..lr .. b. ought
in cDl.l.r '..u a-.. Ace lou; yet
~ las -a We Il tst ;ery day
we IA lH-S ulQa t.-l t-rws hearts
neargr al E-z clio s. 4~intance
withu.s q '.pauf.
t.arHa. rH..=aHHa Tr,,4,
, 1891-02-21
San FranoI.oo's Chief Crank.

Every city has its champion crank.
Brooklyn's dread is the man who sneaks
up behind little girls in the street and cuts
their hair off. New York recently had a
man whose fad was to ruin ladies' dresses
with vitriol or other corroslves. Another
city has Jack the Kisser" and so on. San
Francisco's mystery is known as 1.-THE Flu
neral Man" he harms no one and never
speaks unless spoken to; no one knows his
name or where he lives. Yet whenever a
funeral procession appears upon the street
he runs ahead of it, mounts the church
steps, waves a long a n and, as the corpse
is borne in, muttess a strange Incarnation.
, 1891-02-21

1t doesn't pay to do business with what
the sporting fraternity call dead cold
strangers" A Mexican who was about to
sail from Hoboken, n. j., for Germany,
met on the deck the other day three well
dressed Italians. They made his acquaint-
ance, and learned that he had with him
eighteen gold watches of cheap grade.
These they offered to purchase, and finally
secured them on payment of $3.50. When
the Mexican tried to buy a passage ticket
he found that the Italians had given him
Confederate money.
, 1891-02-21

to a lonely rancho
on Snake river,
Idaho. Late in
August he went
out hunting and
n never returned
His horse and dog
were found near a
gorge throug Ia
which the stream
flowed in a tor
rent. Tied to the
saddle was part of
an antelope, and
other proofs that
Mr.. Hamilton had
been huntin
there. Soon after
, 1891-02-21
END OF A LONG SEARCH.
A Sister and Brother Meet Ansr Year,
of Separation.

A Sister and Brother Meet Amer Year
of Separation.
James C. McNealus, night editor OF the
Press News association in New York, has
recently found n sister from whom he had
not heard for twenty-three years, and the
circumstances are as strange as those usu-
ally employed by the novelist.
When James c. and Mary McNealus
were 8 and 4 years old respectively their
mother died. and a few years later they
found different homes. James went to the
far west, and for some cause which they
have never been able to discover the letters
Of both went astray-at any rate were
never delivered-and as the young woman
had entered n convent school and the young
man was in Texas they completely lost
trace of each other.
He married in Texas. but after a few
years his wife died, and as soon as conve-
nient he visited the old ~neighborhood in
Ulster county, N. Y, where a former i'd
, 1891-02-21
The Old Stage Lines

Grow fewer yearly. By the recent ex-
tension Of the Union Pacific. the old trail
from Cheyenne, north to Douglas and
the Black Hills country is now occupied
by well equipped trains. This new liue
makes easy OF access the rich mineral
lands Of Wyoming. Fast trains, good
service, and low rates.
, 1891-02-21

FRIENDS of Senator German say that
he positively will not be considered IN the
race for the presidency, but suggest him
for the head Of the national committee.
He would be a profound success in that
position. Personally he favors Cieve-
lands nomination.
, 1891-02-21

GEN. BUTLER wishes the American
flag to wave so tar north that it will be
mistaken for the aurora borealis. This
may happen at some time in the future,
suggests the Boston Globe, but perhaps it
will he as well for the present to coufue
our efforts to making the American flag
respected where il already waves.
, 1891-02-21

THE attention of THE LEADER is called
to the fact that Senator Stewart backs
squarely down from his assertions about
Senator Warren aud the silver question.
Sun.
1t might now be of some interest TO in
qnire how the Sun itself stands on the
silver question:
, 1891-02-21

The foregoing indicates very clearly
that the entire country outside OF New
York iavors Cleveland. As the country
is bigger han New York the problem Of
who will be the next Democratic presi.
Dental nominee is capable of ready
solution
, 1891-02-21

daily paper, and
not one in twenty
read farther. for
murder in that
locality is too
common TO excite
more than a pass
ing interest. 1t is
one OF the yilest
slums on the con-
tinent. Its Grim
inAl record is only
nvaled by those Of
"Hell's Kitchen"
and ''OId Africa"
, 1891-02-21
Lieut.. Casey. Murderer. Captured

Lieut.. Casey's Murderers Captured.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-A dispatch received
at army headquarters today from Gen.
Brooke announces that Lieut.. Clomau Of
the LIST infantry has captured~the Indians
who murdered Lieut.. Casey and Herder
Miller. The arrest caused no disturbance.
They will be tried by the civil authorities.
, 1891-02-21
is HE DEAD OR AN EXILE
The Mystery Surrounding the Fate Of
Robert Ray hamilton. &
'Is Robert Ray Hamilton deads'

SIS Robert Ray Hamilton deadf"
Such is the question that Is agitating the
Hamiltons of New York city, several law
yers, many more editors and a million
readers. Ray" as his friends call him,
was Tor is) the great-grandson Of the fla
nous Alexander Hamilton, and himself
an eminent politician and social leader,
yet he was plunged into the very depths Of
shame by his i~nfatuation for a notorious
woman. II he has now fabricated evil
dences of death and absconded to Aus
tralia, as charged, it would be but another
act in accord with his recent performances.
Last June, the Goth, he bade his New
York friends good-by, saying that he would
ind a retreat in the mountains, and went
, 1891-02-21

Commencing Sunday, Feb. /, 1891, a
through Pullman Palace Sleeper will be
run Rom Salt Lake City and Ogden to St.
Louis via Denver and Kansas City over
the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific
RAILWAYS.
, 1891-02-21
Mrersier Gearr Blanchard.

Geary Bouchard, the well known anna
tour wrestler and all round athlete, was
born at Montreal, Canada, tw~enty-seven
years ago. Bouchard, who stands 8 #. ~
in. in height, and wrestles at 1873 pounds,
is, for u man of his inches, one of the very
best specimens of a fully developed athlete,
either amateur or professional, in the
country. He is a member of the Milwau-
, 1891-02-21

Members should read the American
Building Association Nelrs. 1t expose:
all m~ismanaeed associations. In it ninth
year; 81 per YEAR 1856 Washington street,
Chicago.
, 1891-02-21
Ntce fresh celery, Goo and
soc per dozen, at Kabts'
market.

VISIONS Violet Cream will keep the
skin proof against the effects Of severe
weather.
, 1891-02-21
HILL or %CLEKELAND.

Which Of these two men, Hill or Cleve-
land, does the Democracy OF the country
want to see at the head OF the ticket in
1922 asks the New York Herald. That
is the question reporters in all D ,rtloDs Of
the country asked legislative bodies, The
result Of their canvass is condensed in the
tables that follow
, 1891-02-21
CRIME OF A DRUNKEN MAN.
Willis Cra1ed with Liquor He Cuts His
Aunt'a Throat.

Another murder in Poverty Gap. The
widow Riordan found with her throat cut
in the tenement at 455 West Twenty-ninth
street"
Such were the headlines thai New
Workers saw the other morning in their
, 1891-02-21

Subscribe Tor The Leader.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
MS MISTAKE.

thing as Funny Man
there " peing Too Funny =.
j., User was out watering ms
The cary ,bs funny man came along ana
steppd on on. tue User turned around to see
VIVA, .br funny man laughed az a ,lI the earlv
ana %c s.' off that hoseF' e&cia'n'sO VIC
rse G, don't mind me-" said the !, aunny
"on' az. Iv' m and water your grass
man. ~ w noticed that the nozzle was care
lner .ointed in his direction.
cr TSs sar)v riser glanced down at the noS-
lne ~, h;s face lit up with pleasure
He az" to shut off mans "aCer'
,.,,t it," he asked. :, ,,,o+od rho
isD npn ~ nv dear sir" eXpostulateo tne
~. n man "a didn't
funny I i~,ensely funny" said the early
III ,,,,d better get off that hose"
rls spnt / can't" said the funny man:
anou't you see the nozzle $ pointed r'sn' az
n" so Spu we'll, Pm in no hurry" interrupted Z,
o"' III user "If You enjoy it | don't
Inc .ho, have any reason 10 object.
Ap W"so, down on the railing surrounding
his grass plat and rested the nozzle on ms
tnre. still keeping it pointed to"aro 'he
'u a1 ss " said the latter. "if you'll turn
.bo, tbe other way III get off.
' "ob wouldn't put you to so much
.,onhle" said the early riser. ENJOY
yourself ,. .u,o bo+
h;s knees while he took out a cigar ana lit
4 The funny man watched him pun 1t
Inv q moment. Then he said:
"See here, old man, my legs getting
stiff"
"Wby don't you shift legs'' asked the
earlv riser disintereStediy.
The funny man tried it, made slip. and
the stream almost reached him before he
conId get his foot on the hose again. The
early riser chuckled
"Say. I'll break your head"' cried the
funny man excitedly.
"Al right" returned the early riser
care'essly. But be careful or you may
slip off the hose again.
Tie funny man gIared at the early riser
smoment and then sad:
"If were as mean as You are I'd go into
the pawnbrokers' business"
"If were as funny As YOU are, said the
early riser as he leisurcly pulled his cigar,
"rd hire out to bureSque company"
TIE funny man tried to walk along the
hose TO get farther away from the nozzle,
but the water spurted out a little with
each step and he stopped. Then he got
desperate stepped off, and started to run.
The stream caught him in the middle OF
the back.
When he got out of range he turned and
shook his fist at the impressive early riser
and made some terrible threats
And the carly riser muttered as he began
watering the grass again:
Funny that funny man can't take g
joke on himself. "-Chicago Tribune.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
That Was All.

It seems that the word "gentleman" is
subject, in one country at least, to the
misconceptions so frequently attendant on
the hardly used term lady" The author
OLA Colonial Tramp gives the follow
ing instance OF such an absurd and mis-.
taken phrasing:
When we were at Port Said, in passing
down one Of the side streets we missed our
little guide for moment, and as he had
our parcels we looked round to see if he
mai not run off with them. Upon that we
became aware Of dark, evil looking and
DIRTY half caste Of some kind, cutting him
ABOUT at an alley corner. We turned to
give assistance TO our little friend, and the
bully left off and shuffied once more into
shadow
Is mat your father" | asked, guessing
az tie fIct for the reason that the bow had
not resisted very much. and now shook
n,iiSeIi together without Offering any ex-
PLANTATION.
My fader? No. sar," with great scorp.
ne one dirty thief gentleman wanting
the Parcels, that's ALL"
"Ch. that's all, is its"
les slr, he gentleman who waits at
uark corners when Englishman pass at
nignt and stab. "-Youth's COMPANION.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
SeriOus DANGER

region OF Co.. "ah' woman or child living in 4.
lent .,O. country where ievsr and srus !. 10
hailed from tn. se.'os OF maarial disease are in.
water Of such al snd are -wallowed from the
absolutely nee, region Medicinal safeguard Il
means Of for,,,S, a's 10 nulify this danger Az
a to be abe - . ns and aeclmating the system ~
srs stomach Bi.lerst the mnlarial poi-on os.,
and ppu,r irn ~ iin,,somrarably the heat and
speedS ws: encourage Of The stomach, liver
s: and b. the Bitter The us au 'as.s .r =;
as sis.on ars by s n.s and %
are Promoted BY f. gu'sr Condition Of The avs.
ss nded against .hs tuition and ply tqae
tn sso4susp ws. sSs /. :. ..o n....
'srHsnt and rem ss,nsay in the worst cssss se If
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
For Over Fifrv Years

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u ed by millions Of mothers for their children
while teething. If disturbed at night ard
and crying with pain of Cutting Teeth SEN;
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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
A New Use for D,.mo,s.

A use for diamonds. IN an assistant In
marksmen. has been discovered. The
diamonds are fixed in the front and bach
sights of rifles. and it is said they enable
the markslnan to take quick and cor
rect aim even in bad light. The bril-.
hants are so fitted that Immediately the
piece Is brought to the shoulder the RAYS
IN the gems assist the alignment, and the
eye takes aim without the least hesita-
ton. journal