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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13
Exact knowledge.

The importance Of exact knowledge in
many things cannot be overestilnated
A doctor was asked by mother If
Arrowroot was healthful food for IL
babe. He told her it was. and the
mother fed her child on that alone till
e was nearly starved. Had she known
that arrowroot contains little but starch
which alone cannot long support life
ahe iaight not have furnished SO apt an
illustration of the proverb that "A
little learning is dangerous thing
Housekecper.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13
She Was Amazed.

The humor Of those who go down to
the Academy to see pictures is apparent
II inexhaustible. The following was
overheard: A lady went up to picture by
M. r. w. Macbeth, A. r. A.. and after
atudying It for some time asked bel
pcmpanion, who had Q catalogue. the
name Of the painter. Upon hearing It
Macbeth" she said: Macbeth!
thought he died hundreds Of wears ago
London Tit-Bita.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

81 I'M 81 AoE \ Deyorslire
snkas = = sllsena tsxus
tain PrettyjOhn was ordered TO retreat
before charge Of the enemy.
'sRetraiti what doth that manefs In.
CURED the captain. ssRetrait meanth
rinning away, I zim; then it shall never
be told up to Dodbrook market that
Cap'n Pridgen and his brave men rinned
away"
Accordingly, as tho enemy came on.
bearing down upon him at rapid trot.
he shouted to his troop:
"Charge. my brave boys, charged Us
baint voxes and they baint hounds!
Us1l face 'em like menu
The collision, as one might guess.
was awful. Men, horses and accouter.
ments strewed the ground on every side,
and several troopers were more or less
injured. COMPANION.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

ME- Henry Winter, formerly manager Of
the savannah Brewery, SAYS he had Rhsu-
matism OF the Heart for several wears.
Often he was unable TO walk over lew
blocks, his pain was so intense: he had
trouble 10 Get bic breath; he bad physicians
in PhiIadelphla, bis former home, but The
best professor 10 the university there coulsi
not give him relief. Coming herr sh6 eaW
E. 4. r advertised, isied two bottlea. ana
u now = well man. His pain has leIf iii,
and be scan now walk ali day. h fenderr
Eihsrks q i. z. z. and says liz 4 biiI IND
~ wonderful
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

Mr.. John Carpenter of Goodland, Ind g.,
Bays: CT tried Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy fo1
diarrhea and severe cramps and pains in
the stomach and bowels with the best re-
suits. In the worst cases l never had to
give more than the third dose to effect a
cure. In most cases one dose will do.
Besides it's other good qualities it is
pleasant to take;;" 25 and 80 cent bot
ties for sale by M. Lively.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

In spraying with arsenicals against
the coating moth, the safe proportions
are one pound of poison, either paris
green or London purple, to $50 gallons
of water. When this is properly done
but little harm is possible.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

The African is better protected against
the evil effects of the excessive heat than
his white brother in two ways. The
texture of his cuticle is exceptionally
well adapted to encourage free perspira-
ton and his natural temperament does
not incline him to borrow trouble large
ly.-Chicago Herald.
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A Little Grips Experience I'm a Light

Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Prescott are keepers
OF the Gov. Lighthouse at Sand Beach,
Mich. and are blessed with daughter, four
ears old. Last April she was taken down
with Measles, followed with a dreadful
Cough and turning into Fever. Doci ors
at home and at Detroit treated her. but in
vain. she grew worse rapidly. until she was
a mere ''handful OF bones" Then she tried
Dr.. Kings New Discovery and after The
use OF two and half bottles, wss com
ple'ely cured. They Say Dr. Kings New
Discovery is worth its weight in gold, yet
YOU may get trial bottle free at II. Lively's
drug store.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13
Everything Big,

Mr.. Gotham-Is your home in a good
section for farming?
Western Mani sh'd say so. Every
thing grows like mad. Why, I've seen
hailstones as big as hens eggs.-New
York Weekly.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

The most expensive legislature in the
world is that of France, which costs an
nually s., 900, 900, 900. The Italian parlia-
ment costs $3.50, 900 a year.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13
Curious South American Ants,

There is a species of ant in South
America that plant and cultivate kind
of grass called ant rice. and are so ad-
vanced in civilization that mailing is
understood by them. Then there are
mushroom growing ants, who cultivate
fungus, and others again who use UNI
brellas.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

Observations made to determine the
Magnitude Of Montreal show that the
fRnnamission Of the electric current
ncr0ss the ocean and back occupied .
fEjlIe over one second. the distance be-
A1g [, 1000 miles.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13
Great Men Not Always Tall.

Louis the Great, less his high heeled
shoes and towering wig, dwindles to
about s feet 9. but even thus pared down
to the inches nature gave him he was q
giant compared with Sir Francis Drake
and with Admiral Keppel- Little Keep
pei, as every sailor in the feet fondly
dubbed him from pure love and admira.
ton. Gentleman's Magazine.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

A Frenchman has succeeded, it is said,
in producing an excellent driving belt
by parchmenting the leather instead of
tanning it. The belts have greater.
durability and do not stretch.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

The mere fact that chance has direct
q ~ Gnding Of : penny In the street
3k0Ws that the coin has luck inherent
81 it Therefore. II carried about In the
Focket It viii presumably bring good
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

De Wins Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood
increases the appetite and tones up the sys
tenn. l. Las benefited many people who
have suffe, ell from blood disorders. It will
h~|c YOU. Sold bv M. Lively.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

The Greeks sometimes buried their
dead in the ground, but more generally
cremated them in imitation of the
Romans
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13
DeFuniak Springs, Florida.

demand for fclass teaching talent In Florida
best equipped institution in the State for the professional
is the State Normal College DeFuniak Springs
Students have the advantage Academic Course
systematic instruction in the theory and of education
The State Normal College, u.s. its indicates STATE school
local or independent "normaL"
Board the domtory dollars calendar month
scholastic year om Monday October We
hundred dollars For catalogue
III. n. FELKEL. DeFuniak springs. PIa @
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". c. POWELL, StenographeI
AMEs BUILDING, TALLAHASSEE, Fla

All kinds of Stenographic. machlt
work. Legal work specially. Will. wit
any section of the Stale upon engngem.
and report proceedings and deliberations at
public meetings. assemblies and spetc, :
making duplicate iranscrin,s, AZ na, he
desired. 17.ly
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FauQuicr Female Institute
avz For Young Ladies',
VE5 WarrcntOn Y.

- THE THIRTY-SECOND SESSION
of this school will begin on the 18th Sep
TENDER, 1892. Situated in the Piedmont
region Of Virginia, remarkable for health
fulness and beauty of location, with SUI
perior buildings and strong faculty.
For catalogue, apply to
GEO. G. BUTLER, AN,
pr;po;uol
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Administrators Notice

AUu1u1SCIUCO S NOC1C6.
NTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT SIX
~ months after the date hereof the undersigne
late of Leon county, declared, will present his
iual account and vouchers of his said administers
ton to the honorable county judge Of Leon count,
for approval and ask to be discharged from fnT'
ther administration of such trust
JOHN s. ERRELL,
Admir- of Estate of c. E. Minis decd.
February 20, lS99.-6m.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13

Refers to the following patrons: Hon
W. ID. Bloxham. Tallahassee G A
Chaires. Chaires p o; Hon. Theo Ram
dell, Madison, Fla; Hon. II. Hutchinson,
Crescent City, Fla; T. ]. Roberts, Tai a
hassee, Fla.
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st. Vftus Dance Cured.

st. Vitus Dance Cured. VIII
SAN ANDREAs, Cal Co.. CAL, Feb. 1889.
Ny boy, IL years old, was so affected by st.
Vitus Dance that he could not go to school tor
years. Two bottles of Pastor Koenig's Nerve
Tonic restored his health. and he is now ar.
tending school again.
MICHAEL O'CONNEI
A Very Bad Case.
EAST NEWMARKET. Md, March g. 1891,
Ny daughter had epilepsy so severe that 81
"ouid have or fits every "a hours Imu.e.
Hately after using Pastor koenig's Nerve Tori,
he spasms decreased in number and in les
han two weeks from taking the first dose the,
entirely ceased. Before using this medicine nei
mind was very weak, but now mind and men,.
'ry GIe fully restored and she is entirely cure.;
81 the fits by tie use of this gr at remedy
MRS. J. H ANDREWS
FAFF-A. Valuable Book On Nervous
u DA Il Diseases sent free to any address,
and poor patients can also obtain
HILL this medicine free OF charge.
This remedy has been prepared by the Reverend
Pastor Koenig of Fort Wayne Ind, since 1876. and
lsnow prepared under his direction by the
KoENIc MED. CO.. Chicago, IlI.
Sold by Druggists at 81 per Bottle. 6 for S..
Ss~e ~ ~S potfl~s fcr &o.
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why the Negro Stands Heat,

eB Sold by druggists, 75c. ReSR
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twenty Ocer and Teachers All departments Female Educ
reasonable A.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-06
BUSINESS IN FARMING.

In an address lately delivered before
meeting of Massachusetts farmers, Mr.. A.
r. Eastman said the farmer should study
to draw information, and learn a lesson
thereby from other industries. All others
have men at their head who have knowl-
edge of all their branches and needs. They
know what every article costs from the
time it is started till it is finished and
shipped. The farmer should know fully as
much, but he does not as too common
rule, and what is more, persists in plod-
ding along without any thought of making
better his condition by understanding the
business affairs of mis- business.
All our wealth came originally from the
farm and the mine, said Mr.. Eastman. The
miner knows how much each ton of coal or
ore costs to mine it, and how much it costs to
transport and put it into the final purchasers
hands. Why should not the farmer know
just as much about his products; and why
does he refuse, year after year, to put him
self in possession of this knowledge2 He
should not only know what every product
costs, but from which comes profit or loss.
Only by studying his business in every de-
tan can he know this, and it includes a
knowledge of the value of fertility taken
from the soil by every crop he
raises, as fertility is an item of
expense. If the grower of a crop
knows all this, and the other items Of
cost, and has an account of the amount of
sales and the money received, he will
know if he has lost or made money during
the year.
Intelligent farming. like intelligent di-
recting of any other industry, will alone
insure success. The farmer, hereafter, in
any locality, or in any branch of diversified
farming. must have a thorough knowledge
of it or he will fail. He cannot longer fol-
low in the old beaten path, nor pursue the
idiotic haphazard methods of his grand
fathers. The times have changed and we
have changed with them-that is, some of
US have, aud the others must, or the sheriff
will sell them out.
For example, in old times for this coun-
try we could skim the lands and get along
fairly well on the comparatively maeger re-
turns they gave US, but not now. We must
go deep enough to bring all our soil into
use, and to utilize all the moisture thrown
upon it by nature. Every edge must be
made to cut, and we must know that every
edge is cutting before we can know that
we are engaged in q safe business.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-06
FRosrnITTEN SORGHUM.

With much interest I have read the let
tiers. etc, going through The GAZETTE
relative to frostbitten sorghum. For seven
years l have grown sorghum exclusively
for my stock ana to make hay for sale, and
every year have pastured either the frost
bitten stubble or the second growth. If our
friend at Italy, Tex, had happened on my
farm in the latter part of November last he
would have seen my cows running on
second growth sorghum from knee high to
hin high. He might also have seen on
Messrs. Chapman u Smiths stock farm at
Dublin, Tex, 100 head or more OF all grades
Of cattle pasturing on second growth sor-
ghum F'rostbitten sorghum will not kill
cow any quicker than would unfrosted SCR
ghum, nor will it hurt them any more than
would green clover, green corn, green oats
or green wheat. Either of these may kill a
cow if let in ON them when very hungry, or
If an over ration Of them is fed when the
cow is IN this hungry condition. There is
absolutely no danger to be apprehended
from frosted sorghum if stock is kept from
getting too much of it before it drys out a
little after having been nipped by the frost
a few days of sunshine will cure 1t and
make it entirely safe.
I could say much more relative to grow
ing sorghum as a stock feed, that think
would be of benefit to inexperienced per-
sons, but fear that have already made my
letter too long. This is the first letter that
ever attempted to write for publication,
but I am thoroughly interested in your
good work, and have found myself very en-
thusiastic at times over your articles.
Dublin, Tex. j. A B.
Thanks. We are taking no part in this
frost-bitten sorghum controversy, owing to
the fact that we know nothing whatever
about the matter.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-06

than the eggs of almost any other breed.
The hens make good sitters and mothers,
giving their young the most unwearied
care. The flesh is entirely desirable for
the table either as adults or broilers.
The Wyandotte breed of fowls is said to
be a cross between q Winnebago male and
a Silver Wyandotte female. The editor Of
Farm Poultry says of them: They are
certainly a very superior breel of fowls.
Their fine shape, beautiful markings, rich
plumage and generally high bred carriage
assures them the admiration of every be-
holder. They are remarkably beautiful and
are unrivaled for attractiveness, being also
very docile and can be handled at pleasure
when sitting. As for rearing chicks they
are unequaled. Certain it is the Golden
Wyandottes are rapidly growing in favor.
Combining beauty and utility in remark
able degree they deserve the appreciation
so freely accorded them.'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-06
BOOK FARMING PAYS.

There are two or more kinds of book
farming, according to the American Agri-
culturist. The old standard idea of that
phrase is one where the farmer is struck
with notion that if he reads much his
farm will run itself. There are few book
farmers of this stamp, but nearly all are
gone or become sensible. The more man
reads and studies in these days the more he
sees TO read and study, and having become
interested in fine crops attempts in the best
way TO produce them. But the kind of
book farming here to be advocated above all
others is that where blank book is kept
into which notes are being constantly
entered In short, farmer should keep
a blank book of every field, and the longer
he keeps it the less blankit becomes and the
better the business Of the accountant. In
this manner a farmer viii soon know his
farm as the SAYING is; KNOWING ones
neighbor like book,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-06

out well back on the head, aud form about
two-thirds of a circle around the front OF it,
meeting Immediately in front. These are
the implements with which it does its
biting. The under side of the animal is fiat,
with a slight groove along the middle,
while its back IS inclined TO roundish, with
two shallow depressions running its full
length, one along either edge of the back
Color of the under side Of the animal
shade lighter than that of the back.
There is a rule By which any one may
readily tell this biting and yenomous cent?
pede from the other and harmless species:
the venomous centipede has forty-two legs
running out from its body, as already
shown, while each of the other species has
but forty legs.
The cenhpedes are ravenous insect eat
ers, feeding upon every species Of insect
that comes within their reach, hence but for
this one venomous species they would be
deserving Of general encouragement And
even with all its faults we are by no means
sure that Scolopendria heros is not OF more
advantage to Texas than otherwise, so lar
as relates to its own acts. 1t win bite peo-
pie which forced to do so in self-defense,
but the number of people it bites are SO
few that we much doubt there being one
case annually among the entire population
of the state. The bite is poi sonous, and
unless promptly treated stands chance OF
making rather bad sore; but if at once
treated with hartshorn or some other suit
able and simple remedy, one is not apt to
hear anything about it, even at the next
farm 1t probably more than pays for all
the harm it does in the large quantity OF
insects it devours. But there is great harm
growing out of its existence in Texas.
traceable to other acts than its own The
average Texan never kills it when he sees
it, especially if he happens to be an adopted
citizen from some Northern state-he cap
lures it and sends it in bottle of alcohol to
friends up at the sold home" as Texas
'curio' The man who knows everything
sees it up there and tells marvellous tales
about its deadly character, its great num-
bers in Texas and the hosts of people it has
destroyed. His astonished and gaping
auditors repeat the stories to all subse-
quent corners, and thus Texas has as many
standing advertisements against her as
there are centipedes sent to regions where
the people know nothing about centipedes.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-06
wHEN 20 PLANr ROSS.

1 have no desire to differ with the gov
ernor of Texas in Horticulture, rs he IS
doubtless well posted and gives good advice
at all times; but my statement applied TO
Fort Worth only. and not to Tyler. How
ever, I am not positive IN my assertions as
TO the time 10 transplant roses, and only
ventured to give my experience. have
put out roses las an EXPERIMENT. from the
lst Of March until the Sth OF May, and have
had best success within weak before or
after April l. The teas put out before the
March freezes, If fresh from propagating
beds, are almost sure to freeze or get
"set-back," from which they are slow to
recover. The roses the lady has trans
planted may succeed, but those l shall put
out after the Goth Of March will do Just as
well, aud take no chances from the effects
of the cold weather that is almost sure to
come.
Much depends upon the age of the rose
transplanted. II fresh from the green
house they stand very little cold, but if
two-year-old plants the cold snaps OF March
may not hurt them.
This winter all of the tea roses in this
section have been frozen back to the
ground. The hybrid teas, bourbon and
China roses were not frozen so much, be-
ing much harder.
The warm weather of the past few
weeks has placed vegetation in an id
VdIlC6Q SLdEG, dlAO 4G1A lAAI LAOA NANAAS1A A9s
will lose much fruit. j. Z. MARTIN.
Fort Worth, Tex.
All our best authorities on rose culture in
the South, and anywhere ell e, for that
matter, fully agree with Mr.. Martin that
plants protected through winter should
never be transplanted to the open grounds
until the danger of frosts has entirely
nosead Protaction makes them conpar-
atively tender, hence exposing them to
frost in spring would prove Just as disas-
trous as leaving them unprotected through
winter. Even though the frost should not
be severe enough to kill the plants outright,
it would tend to stunt them, US we say,
and much loss Of time would result in their
recovery from this effect, even supposing
that they would eventually recover in full,
a thing we consider very doubtful.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-06
THE BOSS PEcANs AS YET.

Seeing the interest you are taking in
pecan culture. send you package of our
Louisiana production in that line, merely
to show you what we are able 10 do with
the pecan over here. 8. NJ YOUNG.
Morgan City, La
This letter was received in December,
but the pecans never came to hand. A
week or so ago we wrote to Mr.. Young in
forming him that his pecans had failed to
reach US. BY return mail he sent US seven
pecans, with letter stating that he much
regretted that we had not sooner notified
him of the failure of his package to get
through, as in that case he would have
been able to duplicate the sample with much
better specimens.
The seven pecaas received astonished US,
as they were not only the finest we had
received this season, but the finest we had
even seen in our life. They measured
fully two inches in length and one inch in
diameter for an inch and a half of their
length. The shells were quite as thin as
the sides of a small drawing room match
box, and they were about as well filed with
kernel as an egg is filed with meat. On
testing them on J0S scales we IOuuu tudG
they would average just thirty pecans to
the pound. AL judges of peeans to whom
We exhibited them declared that they had
4sfever before seen specimens so large and
excellent. We wrote to Mr.. Young for
particulars as to where they grew, etc, and
following is his reply:
The pecans sent you were grown on our
place here. The trees were planted by my
mother eighteen years ago this winter They
have trunks eighteen inches in diameter
three feet from the ground. The tree upon
which grew the specimens sent has had no
cultivation whatever since the day it was
planted. 1t stands in heavy Bermuda
grass sod Others of the same age are
larger than this one. l have just meas
ured from the base to the highest limbs Of
one of these. and find the distance but q
few inches less.t than thirty feet.
You say in your letter that you wish the
particulars for publication in The GAZETTE.
If this is the case will you kindly say that L
have no trees for sale, neither have l any
seed pecans left, having disposed of my en-
tire crop OF last year. This announcement
may save me from unnecessary correspond
| ence. B. M. Young.
Morgan City, La.