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DROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES - ONCE Of the
IL Lighthouse Engineer. First and Second Dis
tricts, Room 142. Post-0ffice Building, Boston,
received at this ofice until ~ o'clock M. Thurs
day, June IL, 1891, for furnishing Miscellaneous
Articles for the Light House Establishment.
The articles needed consist OF ten numbered
lots, embracing, respectively, Hardware, etc. (;
Machlnlsts' and Engineers Supplies and Tools (;
Ship ChsndIery Pants 0 etc. MasgTy
which are enumerated in The specifications at
tached to the form of bid, which may be obtained
for one or more numbered lots complete. The
right is reserved to reject any or all BIDS TO re-
Ject any item or items In any bid or bids, and to
require the delivery, at any time during the fiscal
year, OF greater or less quantity OF any item or
Quantity therein speciied, and clause to this ef
feet will be inserted in any contract based upon
bids received in response TO this advertisement.
w. s. STANTON, Major OF Engineers, u. s. A f,
Engineer First and Second Lighthouse Districts.
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DROPOsALS for Subsistence, Quarter
IL masters and Hospital Stores. Treasurer's
ONCE. Eastern Branch, N. III. ID. VI s.. lTogus.
the usual conditions, viii Sc received at this is
office, until 2 O'Clock M, June TO- 1891, for fur
nishing and delivering at this Home, the subsls-
fiscal year. commencing July 1, 1891, and ending
June 30, 1892 consisting in part of the following,
Corned Beef, Mutton, Fresh and Salt Pork
Smoked and Corned Shoulder, Hams. Fresh and
Salt Fish, Butter Cheese, Lard. Onions, Potatoes,
Plumbing Material, Hardware White Lead, Oil,
Farming Tools Tobacco. and Hospital Supplies
of all kinds. Proposals for Hardware, Lead, &C.,
will be opened at IL m, June IL, and proposals
for Hospital supplies VIII be opened June IL at
IL m. Schedules, upon which all bids must be
made, giving the kind and estimated quantities
required, particulars as to conditions to be OBJ.
served, and terms Of contract and payments, will
" I0uS n 0ANnERs0S Tr ao1,sneu'
Approved: LUTHER STEPHENSON. JR.,
Governor. my22eodtiu6
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WANTED RENT-Small house for two
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no nnth possession taken any time within three
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mere was large audience present in the
evening ,ne The music was especially fine, be-
ine gwen by double quartette. and a
Vloiin maze good accompaniment to the
organ Music by the choir opened the ser.
vices ana responsive reading from the ODD
Psalm by Rev. Mr.. Gould, who also offered
prayer. After music by the choir, Rev, w
5. Whitman, the secretary Of the convar'
ton, read his report as financial agent and
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

drowning man at straw. Expert
mental patches of the weed were
planted and now there are many of
our farmers who are out of debt and
have money jingling in their pockets
who but one short year ago were too
poor to pay cash for patch for their
cast-off Trousers. The light of new
life illumines their faces. This year
they will lean upon the strong staff
of diversified crops. Soon they will
be able to stand alone. They will
no longer be the poor, hopeless,
mortgage-ridden creatures that they
have heretofore been. The light of
new day is breaking.
Truly, this is the opening of a
new era.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
the gain in the whole Union had

the gain in the whole Union had
been but 60 per cent.
In 1880 the number of cotton mills
in the South was 161, with 1925
looms and 6e7,s4s spindles. By
July, 1889, these had increased to
s55 mills, with 45,olo looms and g.
os5,26s spindles. The mills have
trebled since 1880, the 2ss,758 bales
manufactured that year on southern
soil expanding to $4,000 bales in
1890. The foreign exports of the
south ran up from s223,ooO,ooo in
1888 to 100000 in 1889. In
1879 the banking capital of the
entire South was only $45, 100000 in
22O banks out of the 2,O48 banks in
the United States, but in ten years
the number of banks had increased
l13 per cent. and their combined
capital Is nearly $3.50, 100000
All these and many other equally
as interesting statistical facts Cover
nor Holt called attention to in his
we'll considered address. Among
those Of the most Importance and in
terest is that the birth-rate in the
South is about thirty-seven to the
thousand inhabitants annually, while
for the remainder of the Union, in
Guiding the prolific Irish Of the great
cities, it is less than thirty per
thousand-and that, while it is hard
to believe, the white population of
the South is increasing about twice
as fast as the colored.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
ABOUT NEW SETTL ER4S.

An influx Of immigration-live
young western farmers with suffi-
cient means to establish homes and
make the first years crop without
going into debt-would do more
than all else besides to build up and
boom Middle Florida. It is a we'll
recognized fact that immigration is
a source of wealth to any country.
But do we give our new settlers
proper encouragement? Do we lend
them helping hand to guide them
over the rough places until they be-
come accustomed to the ways of our
people and learn the best and most
successful modes Of cultivating the
soil? The FLoRID1AN is afraid not.
Strangers who come among us to
settle are too apt to be left to them
selves by the better class of citizens.
They have to go it alone without
guide or compass-or, worse still,
they are sought out by the few NAL
contents and GROWERS who are to be
found in every community, and are
given gratuitous advice and told
high colored tales of failure and un-
rewarded efforts that are not calcu-
lated to raise the hopes or increase
the endeavor of the newcomer.
This is radically wrong. Every
county in Florida should have a
committee of the best and most pro-
gressive citizens, whose dulles it
would be to %eiicome,' advise and
assist ne| settlers until they become
comfortably settled and feel at home
among us. This committee could
also warn and protect new settlers
from the malcontents and the few
avaricious human vultures who are
to be found everywhere those
chaps who live by their wits, who
look upon the new settler as their
meat and Immediately proceed to
skin him.
When something Of this kind is
done new settlers who come in will
be so we'll pleased that they will
soon induce their friends to follow
them, and Florida will be populous
and thrifty state.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
FLORLDA'S PROGRESS.

Many kind words are said of
Florida by the press Of other states,
and their influence is felt and highly
appreciated. The current issue Of
the Lexington (Ky.) Industrial
American speaks of Florida's pro-
gress as follows:
The material advancement of Florida
in the last ten years has been almost I'M
precedented. Railroads have opened up
isolated portions of the state to habita-
ton, and transport I'll on her water
WAYS has been increased to meet the de-
mand of the travelling iublic. The hotels
in Florida, for the entertainment of win
Ter residents, are The m" a%nificent
and extensive in ,>nIu Every win
ter raiv :. entering the state are taxed
IT, .tAelr utmost capacity with health and
plea>ure seekers, many Of whom remain
as permanent residents, and those gong
away rarely fail to return each winter.
The different nations of Europe have
Italy and the south of Franc, but Amer
ica has Florida, which is infinitely better
because she is ours, parI of US, and we
|
and pleasure Foriditns recognize no
bounds in the gracious hospitality ex-
| tended to strangers, and TO those & ing
| to Florida to find permanent homes the
state offers generous inducements i'll the
way of lands. ranging from one to one
thousand dollars per acre, with many
homesteads yet obi Unable.
| Her products are too manifold to be
entered upon at any length at this time;
| therefore, We will touch on few in each
section
The northern part Of the state grows
| in perfection Cuban tobacco, pears and
some oranges The central portion is
the famous phosphate re-ion and pro-
duces in perfec ion the finest oranges in
the world Contrary to the prevailing
idea, there is only one part Of Florida
that is truly tropical, and the extreme
southern portion of the peninsula sub
stimulates it's claim to this title in the
production Of cOcoanuts, sisal hemp,
sapudilla, bananas, pineapples and sugar
cane of enormous size, But few of
these can be grown at all in the central
and northern portions Of the state, and
not continuously for profit. Included
| within this tropical region are the famous
Everglades, the home OF the willy Sem
inoe. Into this mysterious swamp the
enterprising white explorer has filled to
penetrate to any considerable distance;
but from accounts given by the Indians,
and further endorsed by the produces
brought out by them. it is believed to be
principally muck or alluvial soil. Prep
arations are already in line to drain this
extensive swamp by the Disston Land
company, and we here make the predic
ton thai, when this is accomplished. no
richer or more valuable body of land C IN
be found in America than that Of the
tropical end of Florida. The people of
the United States will recognize the fact
of its being the only portion of our coun-
try producing tropical growths, and this
knowledge, with that of its wonderful
beauty, will give it value impossible of
calculation.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
The Liquor Vote.

From the Boston Herald
1t looks as if the republicans Of
New York were to capture the liq-
uor vote in that state this year. Its
recognized organ declares against
Mr.. Flower, the democratic candi-
date for governor, and refers to Mr..
Fassett as preferable to him in the
opinion OF the liquor trade. Mr.. Flow
err is suspected of having Puritan
views about the Sabbath which
would lead him to oppose Sunday
liquor selling. 1t is safe to say how
ever, shat he was not nominated be-
cause of these. The democratic
party is apt to get the liquor vote,
but not always. There has been
more than one republican govern or
in Massachusetts elected by it's as
sistance.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

From the Leesburg Commercial.


The opinion seems to be general,
among the editorial fraternity of the
state, that bad feeling and old ques-
lions that tend to disrupt must not
be permitted to enter the delibera
tions OF the democratic conventions
to assemble next year. That these
will tend to harm and not to good
to the party and the people goes
without saying. Harmony should
prevail. And, when the time comes.
the best and ablest men should be
selected to serve in public. The
reputation, the good name Of the
state demands this and the people
should see to il that such men are
selected.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

By direction OF Gov. Fleming
Attorney General W. B. Lamar is at
work preparing the papers request
ing the supreme court to issue a writ
of mandamus commanding Secretary
Of State John L. Crawford to show
cause why he has not attesled the
signature of the governor and affixed
the great seal of state to the com
mission Of Hon. r. II. N. Davidson,
recently appointed United States
senator. The case will probably be
docketed today, but it may be a
week or ten days before the court
takes action in the matter.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
TIE PROGRESSIVE SOUTH.

At the recent opening of the Ra-
leigh Exposition an address was de-
livered by Governor Holt which was
brimful of instructive and signlti-
cant facts relative to the remarkable
growth and development ofthe South.
Indeed so rapid has been this pro-
gress that Governor Holt called at
tention to a fact in proof thereof
that to the initiated will appear
most remarkable, but it is neverthe-
less true. $50 rapid is our progress"
said he, "that the school boys geog-
raphy OF FIVE years ago is out of date,
and there is not in existence a sim
gle encyclopedia whose articles per-
tanning to the South are accurate or
in any way complete"
In 1890 the cotton yield had
swelled to the enormous proportions
of $4,000 bales, worth $310,o0o,-
900. In the same year the increase
in the amount of grain produced was
relatively almost as great, being $780,
74s, 900 bushels valued at $350,00O,-
900; the sugar crop was nearly $780,,
100000 pounds, with 100000
gallons of molasses. The tobacco
crop exceeded 45l, 100000 pounds.
The increase in the minor industries
as well as in stock-raising was also
very notable.
In 1880 the United States
produced $685. 900 long tons pig
iron, of which the South made 394,-
900 tons, or about one-ninth. In
1890, out Of total of 9,202, 900 tons
the South made 1855, 900, or about
one.ifth of the whole, being more
than 400 per cent of its output in
1880. The 100000 tons of coal
mined in the South in 1880 had in
ten years reached 15,soo,ooo tons, or
nearl 400 per cent. increase, while
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
LEON COUNTY FARMERS.

For several years the farmers Of
Leon county-as have those of other
portions of the country-have been,
as it were, "under the hack" They
looked seedy and threadbare. They
and their wives and children had
careworn countenances. The cause
OF all this was that the farmer had
his nose pressed hard against the
mortgage grindstone; he devoted
all his energies to making cotton at
the rate of one bale to four or FIVE
acres and he was steadily growing
poorer until the spark of hope was
almost dead within his once manly
breast. But a change has come
The spark of hope has been rekin
died and the fire of new resolve il
burning cheerfully within him.
What has brought this abouti
Sheer necessity drove him to try
some other crop than cotton as bis
mainstay. The news of the great
things that had been accomplished
In Gadsden county by the cultivation
OF tobacco came this way and he
grabbed hold of it as would a
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
OfCOurse Ii ought.

From the Lake City Tobacco Plant.
All this talk Of Call or anti ought
now to stop, together with all threats
of control in conventions or else
where bv the one faction or the
other. The matter has passed to a
higher court, and we believe will
there be honestly and justly decided
and in accordance with the views
we have already expressed. But
the democracy of the state must
come together and stand united in
the common interest, unbiased by
pro or anti, Call or Alliance.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

A charming necklace for young ladies Is
a flexible one consisting Of a row of gold
beads divided at regular intervals by tiny
rosettes of pearls.
Gold roses mounted on shell prongs ap-
pear we'll in the coils and braids OF the
hair, as do also Vatican bows of gold and
enamel with futtering ends.
A woman who lays any claim to being a
fashionable dresser includes in her collec-
ton a number of jeweled hairpins, hat
pins and gold and silver stickpins.
Pearls are far less liable to be damaged
than their appearance leads one to sup
pose. The compact structure of concentric
layers gives a solidity greater than might
be expected. -Jewelers' Circular
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
Mr.. Cleveland's speech at the
Flower reception last night indicates
that he is going to assume the role
of the politician, as we'll as that of
the statesman. 1t was in the nature
of a rabble-rouser, and he pledges
himself to be into the campaign up
to his nineteen inch neck. In the
meantime frankie will have to look
after the blessed baby.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

DEEP WATER means not alone pro.
gress. prosperity and thrift for the
port itself, but for all the country
contiguous thereto. Jacksonville is
working diligently to secure deep
water. If she succeeds it will make
her one Of the greatest cities of the
the South, and the influence of her
up-building will be felt even as far
west as Tallahassee. Reciprocity
has opened commercial relations
with foreign countries, the great
gateways to which are the deep
water harbors of the South. Why
not secure deep water for Jackson
vile and make it one Of these great
commercial gateways?
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fortune awaits the man who does.

ROANOKE, Va, has been named
the Magic city, because Of its
remarkable growth and thrift. The
Herald of that city gives timely
advice which should be heard and
needed in Florida. 1t says: "Stand
by your home industries. Patronize
them; encourage them by word and
deed. Support those you have
and hustle for more"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

Gov. FLEMING has appointed Mr..
George W. Walker of Tallahassee to
be state attorney for the second ju-
dicial circuit, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge E. G.
Love. Mr.. Walker is young law
yer of prominence and will fill the
position with credit to himself and
the district.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

Gov. FLEMING has appointed the
four delegates to represent Florida
at the Southern Road Congress,
which meets at Atlanta October 20.
1t will be worth money to Florida
if they attend and publish an official
report of the new points in road
building they pick up.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
Questions for McKInIeY.

From the Toledo Blade.
Mckinley says his law was passed
in the interest of labor. Why is it
that not a labor association in the
whole country has Endorsed the law?
Mckinley says his law was passed
in the interest of the farmers. Why
is it that not an alliance or farmers
organization has Endorsed the law?
Do the laborers and the farmers
or Mr.. Mckinley know what is the
better for the labor and the farm?
The Mckinley law is monstrosity
and fraud.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
Pass On. Mr.. Rnrra.
From the Providence Journal

From the Providence journal.
The idea Of permanent cs,...
bureau is not a new idea onS 'a
moreover, much to RECOMMENDS }.
but when it is suggested bv w
Porter, who seems to be thint;,.a J:
himself as fixture, it is not vo, ~
considering at all. %
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Democracy is solidly united upon
the tariff issue and upon that ques-
ion the leaders have long since
learned the fight for victory next
year must be made. 1t is not sup.
posed for a moment that other
questions will be forgotten or ig-
nored, but the tariff will be held
above and transcendent to all the
rest, and upon that issue the repub-
lican protection Waterloo of 1890
will be repeated.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
Hard to Sulf

From the Chicago News.
Here is a queer state of affairs. Tia
Ohio republican papers are attackino
Candidate Campbell because he is =
poor man and cannot meet campaign
expenses, and New York republicsp
journals are condemnlng Candidate
Flower because be is rich.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

IT has been discovered that sassa-
frass bark will drive weevils from
corn, peas and other grain. This is
valuable discovery for Florida, for
the sassafrass grows wild here in
abundance and the weevil is the bane
of farmers lives.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
A Lesson for Cleveland.
rom the st. Louis Republic.

from the st. Louis Republic.
The Mckinley tax on diaper cot
ton is 4 cents on the dollar and on
the satety-pin 80 cents. As Mr.
Cleveland gains a more diversified
of what the necessaries Of
lite are at its various stages, he can
see more clearly than ever the need
for reform in taxation.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17
Growing Gray With 6loo-

From the Chicago News
The Governor Gray boom for IL.
presidency is neither to be seen NC ~s
to be heard. 1t is hard to saw WIZ. h..
has become Of it, but in all Chart,
let us suppose that it has NOVA
over into Illinois to try the Keels ~
bichloride Of gold cure. | needed 1
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

THE newspapers of the country
are almost as full of political chat as
they would be were this general
election year. The people are
aroused. They have had enough of
McKinleyism.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

From the st. Louis Republic.
With available cash of 1000.
900 In the treasury and a ticket
against it for 100000 of special
funds used as available cash and
spent, it is easy for the first class in
to figure out the ex:eut Of
the Harrison "surplus."
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

A cargo of phosphate rock from
Charlotte Harbor has been received
at Pensacola, where it will be con-
verted into marketable fertilizer.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

- 100 Tnm..
From the St Louis Post-Dispatch sA
The strongest argument ao.;,.. :.
Mills candidacy for the sp sslas
is furnished by ex,Speaker - 3
support of him. As Mr.. MN. !:
self described the car as a man ~ = y
tute of all sense Of honor, bis s. ss
is no compliment to the Tersns
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

ALL Florida rejoices with Ocala
in her good fortune Few Florida
towns will ever have such big luck
as to have 100000 appropriated for
advertising purposes.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

People with impure blood may be said &c
exist, not live. Life Is robbed OF half its
Joys when the blood Is loaded with impur-
tiles and disease. Correct this condition
with De Wits Sarsaparilla. 1t is reliable.
Sold by NJ. Lively.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

THE sons of Hon. Ben. II. Hill are
writing his life and it will soon be
offered for sale.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

THERE are too many self-appointed
political Messiahs in this country.
They should be weeded out.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-17

To become prosperous the farmers
of Florida must be sellers instead of
buyers.