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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
Looked Like Her Doll.

A little miss at the South End has q
favorite doll, which is Of Celestial out
line and bears the name of Chum Chum
Until within short time she had never
seen q Chinaman, but the other day
while walking with her mother, one
CHANGED into view. The young woman
Immediately recognized the similarity
between the life and the facsimile al
home.
"Oh, mamma" said she, "there''
Chum Chum." But almost instantly the
difference in size appealed to her and
she corrected herself:
"No, no; Chum Chum's dad. Boo
ton Times
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16

This would seem contradictions so,
In fact, to the eye But experience has
proved its possibility. Take the case OF
the individual who dwells in a malarious
region. A robust constitution is no certain
defence against the dreaded chllls. What
isl Recorded testimony, covering aperiod
little short halt Of a century, proves that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is precisely
thiA This continent does not limit the
field where the medicine has proved its
efficacy. In Snuth America, the Isthmus
of Panama, Mexico, everywhere in fact
where miasma- born disease takes on its
most obstinate and formidable types, the
bitters is recognized specific in illimitable
demand. and prescribe by physiciens OF
repute. Potent, too, is it in disorders oil
the stomach, liver and bowels, and against
that destroyer, la grippe. Il improves
appetite and sleep, neutralizes rheumatism
and kidney complaints.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
p. Loved ono OF che D.aghtsrs.

81 have come to you, SIR, on q delicate
mission" said the young man, az he sat
down on the edge of chair and looked un-
comfortable, as young men sometimes will.
The old gentleman laid down his pen
and looked curious.
What is its" he asked.
"Well. sir, you have two beautiful
daughters" explained the young man.
II have two daughters" admitted the
old gentleman.
~ presume you have noticed that have
been frequently at your house." suggested
the Young man diffidently.
II have noticed it."
"Thank you, sir. have been paying at
tentions TON fact, sir, frankly, II have
been making love to one of your daugh.
ters."
II presume so. And you would like
The old gentleman hesitated, and the
Young man eagerly went on:
Yes sir; that's it exactly. proposed
to one of them last night, and LIP
(Which onef" interrupted the old gen
tleman. Both are splendid girls, and ]
should hate to lose either, but-which one
is it,"
Don't you knowi" asked the young
man aghast.
Certainly not. I've seen you with
both"
The young man sighed and reached fol
his hat.
81 thought you might" he said eve
been very attentive, and was sometimes
in doubt myself seeing they're twins, but
got along all right until proposed. And
now-now-hang it, sir, if you don't know
which one accepted me don't, and I've
got to begin all over again. "-Chicagc
Tribune.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
Too Bad.

The other day x, the Bohemian, OIL
receiving some money from a rich uncle,
S tok 1t into his head to square of some of
IN Iis most pressing debts. He first called at
ms tailors and heard that the poor man
10 Just died. His widow, all in tears, de-
''.ed 70 know the visitors errand.
replied.
AnP sobbed out the widow, 'if my
~ husband had only lived till this morn
~ - the shock might have brought him
'oond. Figaro.
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One OF the theories Of the age was that
the devil set his mark upon each Of his
servants-that witches were all marked.
A jury Of the sex of the accused was ap-
pointed to examine the body for such
marks. It often happened that some ex-
crescence of flesh common to old people,
or one explainable by natural causes, was
found. One such was found ON the body
OF Goody Nurse and reported to the
court, all but one Of the jury agreeing to
the report. Rebecca Preston and Mary
Tarbell knew that the mark was from
nataral causes. The prisoner stated to
the court that the dissenting woman of
the jury of examination was one of the
most ancient, skillful and prudent, and
further declared, 81 there rendered q
sufficient known reason Of the moving
cause thereof" She asked for the ap-
pointment of another jury to inquire
into the case and examine the marks
found on her person.
The jury of trials returned a verdict
of not guilty. Thereupm all the &C.
cusers in court "cried out" with renewed
vigOr and were taken in the most VIC
lent fits, rolling and tr1lnbling about,
creating scene of the widest confusion.
The judges told the jurymen that they
had not carefully considered one ex-
preston of the prisoner, namely, that
when one Hobbs, confessing witch,
was brought in as evidence against her
she said: What. DO you bring her? She
is one of u.s." The jury retired for fur.
Their consultation. Even then they could
not agree upon verdict of guilty
They returned to the courtroom and de-
sired that the accused explain the re-
mark. She made no response, and the
jury returned verdict of guilty.-New
England Magazine.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
BeWa re of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell ard completely derange the
whole system when entering it Though
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except OH prescrip-
tions from reputable phys clans, as the
damage they will do is ten-fold to the
god you can possibly derive from them
Halls Catarrh Cure, ma actured by F.
j. Chercy & Co., Toledo, o, contains no
mercury and is taken internally. and acts
dir city upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Tn buying Halls
Catarrh cure be sure You get the genuine
1t is taken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co.
GB Sold by druggists, price IS cents
per bottle.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16

If one cent had been loaned out at
per cent. interest per annum with the
beginning of the 'year Of one," that
cent and the interest on the first day OF
January, 1892, would have amounted to
the enormous sum of e58, 4N, 1885,
$3.50, IA, sos, 400, 258, 065, $500; in other
words and characters, 50 thousand 4bz
auadrillions 1855 thousand $50 trilliona
TAT thousand 666 billions 426 thousand
25S millions 965 thousand 655 dollars
and 90 cents. Cor. st. Louis Republic.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
A Lovers Strategy;

Or HOW JONES FRIGHTENED HIS RIVAL,
BROWN, OFF THE PREMISES.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16

~; nosn Ashmore I'm her Talks with the
Vt, In The Ladies' Home Journal says,
a., young man suddenly kisses you,
acssa u advise you not to speak to him
- VI course not. A young man has
n. BUSINESS TO suddenly kiss young lady.
= ouid take long time about 1t. It Ii
h .an' mean trick OF any young man to
-. o sudden about e. Ruth, we're with
superior Inland Ocean.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16

1000 Genuine Tyler Curtain Desks 32l and
424 Net Spot Cash.
No. AOO7 Antique Oak Standard Tyler Desks
AT. Gin. long by 8ft. Din. high. Mice and Dust
Proof Zinc Bottom under drawers; patent; Brass
lined Curtain; Polished Oak; Writing Table; Tum-
bier lock; one lock securing all drawers; heavy
cardboard Filing Boxes; Cupboard in end; Paneled
Finished Back; Extension Arm Slides; Weight
coo lbs. Price, #. O. h. at Factory, &24 Net.
Also 1000 Antique Ash Desks.
No. AOO9. Same as above, eAc ept made OF Solid
ANTIQUE Ash, good oak. Weight goo lbs.
price r O. b. at Factory, 821 Net. Shipped
from our Indianapolis factory direct Made and sold
solely by the TYLER DESK CO., st. Louis, NO.
le0page Catalogue Of Bank Counters Desks etc In eoors
finest ever printed. Books free; postage Is cents.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16

Randall Pope, tie retired druggist o.
Madison, Fla, says P. z. Z. % the Dss'
Alternative In the market, and no D. na 80
died and sold ell the ssrsepefinas Suu
HOOD medicine that were advertised.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16

Early Risers, Early Risers, Early Risers,
the famous little pills Tor constipation, sick
headache, dyspepsia and nervousness. M.
LIVELY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
,mber of each. at the ages given:

This table tells its own story. From
che start, the incorporate drop into the
grave faster than the tempcrate: and
the increased death rate is something
terrible to contemplate. Half the
original number of Incorporate men
are dead at 30, while half of the num-
Der of temperate do not pass away
,nntil about 81; and over thirteen times
as many temperance men are still in
the land of the living at 50 years of age
As there are of the iutcmperate ones.
Sobriety leads to length of life, while
the drunkards do not live ont half their
days ON the average.
IL is facts of this nature which need
60 he brought to the attention of people
everywhere. There is, even yet, after
Mt least half a century of temperance
effort in the United States, vast deal
of error existing i'll the popular mind
as 20 the real nature and the effects OF
liquor upon the physical system. A
knowledge of the true state of the case
can hut result in II vast accession to
temperance sentiment, The lines of
effort have, perhaps, been kept too
closely upon moral and religious
grounds and the physical effects of
rum not had the attention given them
which should have been done When
the masses of the American people UNI
derstaud fully the ease against all
forms of alcoholic drinks. it will not
need political effort to- stop the traffic,
overthrow the saloon. and to pulvcrize
the rum power. Toledo Blade,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
a Popular Faiiacy Concerning the Use q
Alcoholic Drinks,
II ShORIENS LEE.

a Popular Faliacy Concerning the Use OF
Alcoholic Drinks.
There are thousands of intelligent
men who believe that intoxicating
liquors give the drinker strength and
endurance. The truth is exactly the
opposite. Tho man who does not drink
can bear longer under fatigue, can
stand exposure better can put forth a
longer continued effort, than he who
- an habitual drinlSer. Equally false is
thc belief that liquor enables "A man to
endure exposure to severe cold. This
has been amply proved in the expert
ence of exploring expeditions into the
frozen north. Sober men invariably
stand severe cold better than drinking
men. The fallacy that drink gives
bodily strength is disproved by the ex-
pericnce of military men. Soldiers
who are temperate make long marches
better, with less fatigue. than do those
who drink; they enjoy higher degree
of health. bear the exposure of camp
aud march better. and are far less liza
bile to yield To sickness,
Notwithstanding these facts, there
many who believe the reverse. There
as reason for this error. 1t is found
in the cxhilaration which follows as
the first effect of imbibing liquor. The
alcoholic poison acts rs an eXcitaut of
the entire system, and gives Il ficti-
tious strengths; but this is as surely fol-
lowed by period of depression. un-
known TO the non-drinling man. Those
who recall only the period of excite
ment naturally fall into the error of
surprising that the pleasurable Sensa-
lions are sign of added strength given
by the liquor, instead of merely an un-
natural and unhealthy phenomenon,
This effect of any Intoxicating bev-
erage is due to the alcohol it contains.
Alcohol is apoison, pure and simple;
and its poisonous effects are directly
proportoned TO the amount taken into
The SYSTEM and the frequency of the
dose. Ats habitual use Injuries every
vital organ. IL sets up IA chronic and
obstinate inflammation of the stomach;
ito evil effects upon the liver frequently
result in an incurable disease. common
ly known as 'hob-nail liver or whisky
liver;" il is one of the most common
causes of incurable kidney troubles; il
Injuries the brain and nervous system,
deranges the circulation, destroys diges-
ton and intcrfcrcs withdhe functions OF
assimilation and tissue change. Hence
IL is clear that il must have maliCn
iniiucncc upon the duration of human
life. which naturally depends upon the
bodily health. X the latter is injured.
it follows that life must be shortened.
That this is correct. is amply proved
by the following table, taken from the
report of the Investigations of Mr. Nell
son, the actuary of the Medical Invalid
and General Life Insurance Company
pf London, and given by DR.. Jarvis, in
the twenty registration report Of
Massachusetts. Given 100000 persons
at the age of 20. of whom 100, 900 are
temperate and 100, 900 are Incorporate,
there will remain living the following
number of each. at the ages given:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
Queen victoria's Dutch Dolls,

The queen has lately had sent to Os-
borne House a large collection of Dutch
dolls which she had dressed herself
when She was little girl, in the cos
tunes of all the nationalities of the
world. They were accidentally found
10y Sir Henry Ponsonby at Buckingham
Palace, and on his communicating the
fact to her Majesty she at once COM
manded that they should be sent to
Osborne. Since the arrival of the pup
pets they have been photographed
seated on chairs and sofas in a specially
arranged room. An illustrated article,
with letter press description of them
and revised by an illustrious parsonage.
will appear in the coming number of
one of the magazines. The queens
acquaintance with the various costumes
eXemplitied will make the record most
interesting. London Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
BACTERIA OF THE MOUTH.
One Preventive to the Entering of Diseas
Germs to the SYstem.


One Preventive to the Entering of Disease
Germs to the system.
1t has long been known that warmth
and moisture favor the development
and growth of microbes The mouth
furnishes these conditions to a peculiar
degree.
All germs that float in the air are
liable to find a Judgment in the mouth
and nose. Here they may remain, and
as most of them are not harmful under
any circumstances they give no indica-
ton of their presence: and even when
noxious germs are thus lodged in the
mouth they may produce no symptoms
If swallowed into the stomach the
juice there contained may cause their
destruction and disorganization If for
any reason their vitality is not thus de
stroyed, they may be absorbed in the
system. 1t is possible that even then
they may be destroyed or excreted, and
give rise to no disease. 1t is after their
entrance into the system. however, that
their presence is apt to be manifest.
The danger of their entering the sys-
tenn. it should be made clear, is in
creased when the mucous membrane of
the digestive tract is broken at any
point When the skin or mucous mem
brance of any part of the body is
broken, one is perhaps considerably
more liable to absorb germs of all sorts
At a recent session of the Academy Of
Medicine of Paris, VI. Vallin, in con-
81 tb,, trNa e
recommended as preventative measure
of the greatest Importance, antiseptic
cleaning of the mouth. nose and throat
Many people now use, as part of their
| toilet, a spraying atomizer containing
| some harmless 'antiseptic" solution.
The practice is to be commended as a
clearly one, and in addition it has a
| considerable germ-killing power
Under some circumstances frequent
spraying of the throat and uostrils with
such an apparatus might well be the
means of preventing infection from
disease like influenza and diptheria
1t is unnecessary to say that brush
ing the teeth is an excellent mode of
rendering the mouth antiseptic, and
that as decaying teeth furnish excel
lent lurkiug-places for germs, they
should be promptly attended to-
\ physician gives it as his belief.
based upon repeated observations. that
solution of boraX and salt in water
used to lave the mouth and tonsils will
sometimes prevent children in a house
infected with diphtheria from contract
i2g the disease. Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
The Seeds OF Death.

Lady Henry Somerset has told how
she was first drawn into temperance
work. She had seen two children, a
boy and a girl, sip wine at their fathers
table, and heard the guests laugh at
the prccocious little ones. She had
seen the boy so to drunkards grave
when twenty-four years old. But
what became OF the girl?" she went on.
1.-THE girl was happily married, and be-
came the mother of lovely children.
The fatal seed had been sown, however.
The young mother became a slave to
strong drink prayed with her and
wept with her. She asked me one day
if would be u total abstainer if she
renowned strong drink forever. The
proposition was strange one, and |
asked twenty-four hours for considera-
ton. When | saw her again she said
i: was too late. | felt that if had
given her promptly the answer she
should have received, she might have
been saved. To-day her home is shat
tered, but resolved to do in future
all | could for God and humanity. -
Temperance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
A Tioca Girls Queer Present.

There is something grewsome to most
people about n mummy, but when a
mummy's foot is given to young lady
as philopena present it seems like a
sacriiege upon sentiment Neverthe-
less, Tioga girl, who has just re-
turned from abroad, displays with
ghoulish glee not only the foot, but the
hand as well, of a mummy fresh from
the banks of the Nile-that is, as fresh
as Il mummy can we'll be. Both these
CHASTITY trophies We're presented to her
by young man who was unsuccessful
In eating the philopena. Being an
original young man, he began casting
his eye about for an original forfeit.
When the party arrived at the tombs of
the king everybody was talking num-
my. So one morning he started out
early. and CHANGED upon some natives
at work upon an excavation. A few
piastres did the work, and when he re-
turned he carried a mysterious parcel,
which he gravely presented as his phil
opena. Few young ladies' boudoirs
boast of such remarkable ornaments. -
Philadelphia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
A hAUNCH OF kOODOO.
Some of the Things an African sportsman
Lives on.


South Africa may sometimes be near
~ rs hot rs India, but there the hunter
though ybaritc by temperament, must
be Spartan by training, and almost
necessarily he must be in tiptop con-
dition. He does his severe exercise in
the saddle or ON his own shoe leather:
he cuts his communications with the
camping place for the day, and knows
nothing Of soda water or sandwiches.
The air may he hot and the work has
been hard. but he seeks the wagons at
sun down, empty and ravening. If the
locks of his liquor ease have not been
tampcred with, if he has been in fair
sporting luck, and il he be happy in a
tolerably thoughtful lIottentot cook.
all is we'll The supper is ready to be
served in response to a warning shot
from his rifle. and he sits down to his
haunch of koodoo or his sirloin of
Gland, or to his fricasseed slice of ele.
plant trunk with sand grouse to fol-
low.
Harris and Gordon Cumming dwell
rather on the killing of the game than
on the eating it, Yet they sometimes
record wonderful performances after
prolonged fastS; and like Livingstone
or MOtfat and other illustrious mission
aries, they own to the feeling of mex
pressihlc bien etrc which stole over
them when nature had been soothed
and satisfied with some plentiful but
simple meal. The worst was that
sometimes when the sport had been en-
cHptionally gratifying, there would be
what were comparatively banyan days.
Gland is aS good as beef, and more is
the pity, since the bN-lille antelope is
disappearing. But the noble camclopard
though he fetched high prices on the
Boulevard llaussmann during the siege
of Paris, loses caste sadly when he is
stripped of his giant robe; the beauti-
full water buck tastes tishv. like most
amphihious or matchmaking beasts.
and the still rarer roam antelope has
worse faults still. London Saturday
Review.
There are no telegraph poles in
China, The people have superstition
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07

A STRIKING EXAMPLE.
The Champion Pugilist OF the a,
"knockcd Out q" by Drink.

The Champion Pugilist OF the Age
knocked Out D." ny Drink.
The utter and humiliating downfall
of John L.. sullivan, long considered
the champion pugilist of the world, is
probably the most powerful object
lesson which could be given to null
titude of young men on the value of
temperance and the ruinous effects of
slebauchcry. No moralist could have
done as much in years as Corbctt, the
new champion, dad in less than two
hours to drive home upon the youth of
America the truth that Sobrctv and
right living are the only hope of the
greatest success in any field Of effort.
When sullivan. crying with the chagrin
aud pain OF defeat, declared that booze
had been the cause of his ruin, he gave
what nine ont of every ten men who
pay any attention to prize fighting will
agree is the true explanation of the
sudden and complete collapse of man
long believed To he peerless as a pugil-
list. The cx-champion for years deficd
the laws " health and prudence by in
dulging IN many protracteo debauchcs,
His appctitcs and passions have been
reclSlcssiy indulgcd, and now, by his
own testimony. he is old before his
time. and a falleu master of the only
vocation in which he ever attained
prominence.
Most authorities upon pugilism will
always maintain that sullivan at his
best wns the superior Is lighter of
Ghs man who easily defeated him, and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07

There are no telegraph poles in
China The people have a superstition
against them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
The Boy Knew His Business.

Somebody had given the funny mans
boy dog. and when the father came
home in the evening he was considera-
bly, interested in the new acquisition.
where did you get him." he asked,
"A man down at the depot gave him
to me"
What do you call him?"
Hen"
That's a queer name. Haven't vou
got things mixed a little? Why don't
you call him 'Rooster| "
cause he's a setter"
80" and the father went inside to
commune with himself. Detroit Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07

the fact that he was well-nigh helpless
against youth whose physical powers
have not been lowered by excuses, and
whose vitality is unimpaired by drink,
tells its story too plainly to be misun-
derstood. Ifthere was to be a prize fight
for the heavyweight championship, the
result could not have been better for
all interests of decency and common
sense. temperate man whipped a
drunkard, and a well-mannered mar
beat surly rufiian. The more intel
ligent, more decent and more self-re-
speeding of the two combatants was the
victor, and the world sees that even in
prize fighting it pays to live with prud-
ence and sobriety. Cleveland Leader.