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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27
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Curiosities of Superstition.

When Egypt was in the height of her
power when she was most highly civil
hzed and delighted in being called the
mistress Of the land and sea-" her PEG
pie worshlped black bull. There was
some discrimination, however, even in
THIS form OF worship. In order to be an
object Of mad alteration it was neces-
sary that the bull calf be born with a
circular white spot in the exact center
or his forehead, and the advent of such
creature in any herd was the signal Of
Wild demonstrations from the Mediter-
ranean to the border of the Lvbian des
ert. Even as late as the time of Cleo
patra, ''star eyed goddess, glorious sor-
ceress Of the Nile" such animals were
shod with gold and had their horns
tipped with the same metal. Herodotus
tells Of man who died with grief be-
cause he sold COW that soon after be-
came the mother of a black bpll calf
marked with the sacred white circle in
his forehead.-St. Louis Republic.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27
For Over Fifty Years

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRI has been
~ ed by millions of mothers for their children
while teething. If disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by sick child suffering
and crying with pain Of Cutting Teeth senc
at once and get bottle of Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" for Children Teething. Il
will relieve the poor little sufferer immedi-
Nely. Depend upon it, mothers, there ls no
mistake about 1t. It cures Diarrhea, regu.
jates the Stomach and Bowels, cures Wind
Collie. eoftens the Gums, reduces Indamma-
ton, and gives tone and energy TO the whole
system. "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup"
for children teething 10 pleasant to the taste
and is the prescription Of one Of the Oldest
and best female physicians and nurses in the
United States. PRICE twenty-five cents . OF
tie Sold by all druggists throughout the
world Be sure and ask for "NRs. WINS
lows SOOTHING SYRUP."
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27
At a Feast.

There is rev shape Cor tho dinner
taele-a triangle. The host is seated in
the middle Of The shortest side and she
hostess at the meeting Of the TWO longer
ores This arrangement brings the en-.
ter:ainers ana the entertained nearer
together than At the ordinary square or
round tables. A single cloth is not use
on these triangular tables, but rather
narrow scarfs Of heavy open work Be-
tween the scarf and the center piece the
space is filled with bonbon and salteS
almond dishes. Food.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27
~ : : :. :. =
OvERhEAH1

n what IS the future 0f Nh
ss ", & .sro LORE Mary? Pupil latter 81
se1D TO marry, Miss Jones. = Tit Bits.
-. Bsgley dropping into chair and
W. off her bonnet)-We had such q
I LII time at the conversations this AT
T ioses One of the members has sepa-
te. .ud from her husband. Mr. Bagley--
Ia1s Mrs. Bagley-And she was not
Ae..aseut.-Boston Post.
81 su,pose." said Miss Blocker to her
..aa1 from Cincinnati, that you boil
TIT liver water before using it," We'll,
renlied Miss Buckeye Our usual
~ is TO slice it thin and fry it. Life.
,trs Sapnind-Well, do declar! Them
tern a folks is GROWN crazy. Mrs. lis
WHY. what's the matter now? Mrs
eseean,ind-Natter enough. Here's an ar
.;ois in this paper about 'Lynching Bees
az West" When foxes haven't got moth
= better to do an go around lynchin bees,
nra cot my opinion of 'em.-Boston Cou
rier
ayes L" complained a grocer, business is
IN have lost good deal of trade in
~ last three weeks and | can't account
torit And it seems to be getting worse,
nnd--ereat Scott had no idea it was
o,o1ook,n Going to the bankf" NO;
Or;ntct match. haven't missed e game
ret this season. "-TIt-Bits.
1edv TO uursegirD-Caroline, see you
AMI let the children sit on the wet grass;
t tO Nigh, catch cold If they are tired
con can sit on it yourself and take them on
- r-,,.as --i.~r,,it tl,S AutreS
"Namlna. may we play at keeping a
store in here Yes, but you must be
rerv very ouiet." Well" said wise Tom
nv "well pretend we don't advertise. ~
Art in Advertising.
Stunt Gentleman (at table d'hote, adj
aress;n., hi, !Sr nei@hDor)-Fxcuse me,
madame. ! am rather ahortsighted. Would
10, mind telling me if have tasted of ev-
srvtbiug there is on the table?-Illustra
ton.
II think I'll buy a thermometer" he
said. Not now" replied bis wife. "Ther-
noneters are too high at present. "-Wash-
ington Star.
Woman of the World TO youthful adj
mirer)-You seem to know great deal of
married life. Are you married? Smith
with blase air)-No; but my father is
Tit-Bits.
I'm going to write a hook on How to
Live on Nothing a Year" 1T can't be
done" 1T can; have receipt" What
is it," Marry a rich girl'-Dramatic
Life
johnny. are you teaching that parrot
to use naughty Words Nom. Pm just
telling it what it mustn't say. "-Tit Bits.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27
In an Album.


Turn the pages idly
And shadow faces see
That time and distance widely
Now separate from me.
But one. with beauty rarest,
see as through a mist
OF years; her face the fairest-
The girl l never kissed.
For all these winsome creatures
My heart beat wild and warm
Maude, with her classic features:
Blanche, with her perfect form.
And May, for one whole season.
ranked upon her list,
Then sought, with loves unreason,
The girl never kissed.
Louise, this stately goddess,
Queen Of the bathrooms whirl.
And Bess in kilt and bodice,
A darling summer girl.
Past scores, by easy stages,
10 turn can't resist,
10 where upon this page is
The girl never kissed.
shed all their winning graces,
lhelr wit and beauty rare:
The charm Of all their faces
Crowned with her golden hair.
All! how | was enraptured
To fruitlessly persist.
Because l never captured
The girl never kissedi
IF. II. Curtiss in Truth
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27
Gail for q District Democratic Com
ventIOm ae Mmrs9mma, JaekeOm Coz
Wednesday, August IL 1892.
COMMITTEE Roo Ms,


FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DIsTR T
OF FLORIDA.
A convention Of the democratic party
of the First Congressional District OF
Florida is hereby called and appointed to
be held at Mariana, Jackson county. on
Wednesday, August II next. for the pur-
pose of nominating cand date to rep.
resent the First Congressional District
in the Fifty-third Congress OF the United
States Of America, TO appoint district
executive committee TO serve for the next
ensuing two years, and 20 consider and
transact such other political business -
the convention may deem essential to the
welfare Of the party.
The basis of representation win be the
same a. that prescribed by the state
democratic executive committee Ton rep
resentatiOn In the state copvtntiOn 20 be
held at Tampa, viz:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27

Barber-This is the best shaving soap
I've ever used
Customer-Well, it doesn't taste any
better than that you had last week.-Chi-
cago News-Record.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27
A Gas Burning Crate.

N house stove introduced in Eng.
land the CRATE is swung on trunnions and
can be reversed. After fresh coal has
been added at the top the reversal is
made, and the green coal is thus brought
to the bottom in an easy manner. By
this means the gases from the coal, pass
ing upward through the red portion of
the fire, previously at the bottom, are
almost entirely consumed before reach
ing the chimney.-New York Journal.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27
An important Point.

IN law case, in which a question Of
uentity was being discussed, the cross ex-
aiming advocate said to the witness,
ana you would not be able to tell him
rom Adam!"
=, lou have not yet asked the witness,
a If. X" interrupted the Judge, speaking
- = studiously deliberate manner, ''wheth-
q ne ls acquainted with the personal an
afance OF the parsonage whose name yOu
Ave just mentioned. There must be OF.
ueF In your questions. Green Bag.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27

And She Knows She Il ''Out Of sightn
Bi6-b-u-r-r-
= Whi6 and . whir,
= - odor Of heliotrope daintily rare
= mashed on the tremu1ous billows Of air:
A"e noise OF wheel for moments hriel
spare,
ny uFeaM OF delicate feminine face.
~. tene N An tnstaut-that vision 90 BRIGHT
AAs bicycle girl b ont Of sighf.
-Waah1ngton Star,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27
q

WAYcRoss SHORT LINE 1ane oard.
SCHEDULE THRoUGH TRAINS TO FLORIDA AND souT11sR
GEORGIA. Eas
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27

Pullman eleepers Cincinnati, Ohio and Tampa,
via Jach sonville Pullman cars jacksonville and
New Orleans. I, 3, 9, 10 daily.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27

Pas. erger. via thi. line are afforded exrellem
views of Scs Historic mt rest: " LoekoHk
Mountain and Iii . ON Rege," etc. Trains C
this line lass ov high Bri &c q d through -
BEAUTIFUL Blue Grass Region OF Kentucky.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27

.oappy-l almost SnsDect Dickey o. tsy.
~ 70 cut me ont With LAura. ,doass you
fsnelops-Whyi
NpPy-I saw him kiss hsr laat might
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23
Crime and Its Causes.

written by F. j. G.. an inmate of the Massachu-
setts state prison.)
This is a problem, the solution OF which
has engrossed the thought of philanthro
pists. scientists, penolOgists and politicians
for more than century past. and yet we are
apparently as far from a satisfactory con.
clusion as ever. despite the aid afforded us
by the spread of education and the knowl-
edge gained by the practical experience of
$50 years. That experience has. however,
served to establish certain indsputable
facts: That poverty and crime must neces.
sarily exist, to greater or lesser extent. in
every community; that there is no class or
rank in society which can claim exemption
from the presence of crime or it's influence;
and that no human being has been or ever
will be legislated into course of honesty,
morality or good living. The seeds of
weakness. error and evil desire exist in
every heart; and there is not single Incl.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23
OUR WHIPPINGS.

Come. Harvey. let us sit while and talk about
Before you went to selling clothes and to peddl-
ing rhymes:
The days when we little boys as naughty lit.
tie boys
As ever worried home folks with their everlasting
noise
Egad. and were we so disposed, I'll venture we
could show
The scars of waopings got some forty years
ago;
What wallopings l mean l think need not specify,
Mothers whippings didn't hurt, but fathers! oh,
my!
The way that we played hockey those many years
ago
We'd rather give most anything than have our
children know.
The thousand naughty things did, the thOus-
and fbs told.
Why, thinking of them makes my Presbyterian
How often Deacon Sabine Morse remarked If we
we're only his
He'd tan "pesky little hides until the blisters
riZ!"
It's many a hearty thrashing to that Deacon
Morse we
Mothers whippngs didn't count; fathers did
though!
We used to sneak off swimmn in those careless,
boysh days,
And come back home of evenings with our necks
and backs ablaze;
How mother used to wonder why our clothes were
full of sand!
But father: having been boy, appearedto under
stand
And after tea, he'd beckOn us to Join him in the
shed,
Where he'd proceed to tinge our backs deeper,
darker red:
Say what we will of mothers. there is none will
cOntrovert
The proposition that our fathers lickings always
hurt!
For mother was by nature SO forgiving and so
That she inclined to spare the rod although she
spoiled the child;
And when at last in self-defense she had to whip
us, she
Appeared to feel those whippings great deal
more than we.
But how we beloved and took on, as if we'd like
to DIE
Poor mother really thought she hurt, and that's
what made her cry!
door we slid,
For mothers whppings never hurt. though
fathers always did.
In after years poor father shrivelled down to five
feet four,
But in our youth he seemed to US in height eight
feet OK more!
oh, how we shivered when he quoth in cold, sug.
gestive tone: -,
"Ill see yod in the woodshed after supper all
oh, how the legs and arms and dust and trouser
buttons few,
What forid vocalisms marked that vesper inter-
view!
Yes, after all this lapse of years, feelingly
With ali respect to mother, it was fathers whip.
pings hurt!
The little boy experiencing that tingling meath
his vest
Is often loath to realize that all is for the best
Yet when the boy gets older, he pictures with de-
light
The buffetings of childhood as we do here to-.
night
The years. the gracious years, have smoothed and
beautiied the ways
That to little feet seemed all too rugged in the
days
Before vou went to selling clothes and to peddl-
ing rhymes;
So Harvey, let us sit while and think upon those
times.
Eugene Field Chicago News.Record.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23
What is Conscience?

There is a we'll established belief held by
many persons that mankind is possessed of
an inward monitor which will correctly in
dicate right from wrong. will infallibly ap'
prove or disapprove of each individual act
irrespective of reason or judgment sort of
guardian angel watching over and admon-
ishing it's pOssessor to do this or not to do
that. simply because it is right or wrong to
do or not to do such and such thing.
This inward monitor they call conscience.
They claim that it is not reason nor judg-
ment. but something which has an individu'
ality and existence apart and separate.
You ask them to define it and they are
unable to give comprehensive or even
lucid explanation. 1t is to them simply con-
science whose dictates are always to be re.
lied upon as being infallible. This belief l
consider fully as bad if not worse than
atheism. 1t has caused the most cruel and
atrocious practices which history has chron-
icled. To appease his conscience Abraham
would have offered his son as sacrifice: the
Hindu, true to the dictates of conscience.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23
The Old Man Was On.

"Well, Uncle Reuben, that's fine pair
of oxen you have"
"Ya.as."
'What have you named them?"
Nigh ones Pilot an tn off ones Rud-
der"
Strange names. aren't they?"
mot fur steers."-Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

A man needs no spectacles to see the
Beauty of Uprightness when he peers
through an iron barred dOOr.-Puck.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-13
WHO DID 1T?
Several Claimants for the Honor
OF Naming Cruiser No. IS.


OF Naming Cruiser No. 13.
Now that it is certain that United
States cruiser No. Is will be named
Minneapolis. several people are looking
for the honor of being responsible for
the honor to the city. When the rumor
that a war vessel would be named for
this city. all the honor was given to
Senator Washburn. But the business
mems union wants slice OF it. The
business, mems union says it has been
working for this glorious achleye-
ment for two years. Col. Nc
Crary steps in and says that he is
the man who brought the question be-
fore the b. NJ. Z. More than that, he
made two trips to Washington for the
express purpose of seeing how. MS
scheme was getting on. A share OF the
honor is also claimed for Fred Board
man. Boardman is brOther-in-laW OF
congressman Boutelle. of Maine. and
BOutelie is chairman of the committee
OH naval affairs. Boardman pulled a
long and strong string.
Subscriptions are already being re-
ceived toward fund to buy the colorS
for the vessel. and also several other
articles that are usually contributed by
the city given the honor of standing
sponsor for naval vessel. One OF the
incest points in connection with the
naming of the new cruiser is. who VIII
be the young lady selected to break the
bottle of "cham' over the bOwsprlt and
properly christen the vessel? Naturally
some rivalry will enter into the contest
for the distinction. The young ladies
of the city are stirred up about it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-13
A M.ADNaAN'., ACT.
Fred Kahn Assaults John Mile
With the EerOcify Of n Tiger

Fred Kahn Assaults John Miller
With the FerOcity OF a Tiger.
Fred Kahn. worthless fellow who
earns his living by beating carpets and
sweeping out saloons, and John Miller,
porter at the st. Charles hotel, have
roomed together for some time at 245
Seventh avenue north. About o'clock
yesterday morning they quarreled over
some matter. Kahn became violently
enraged and set upon Miller with the
ferocitv Of tiger. Selling a three
tined fork he plunged it into Miller's
groin AMI again in his left elbow.
Miller fell to the floor and Kahn jumped
upon him like mailman. He plunged
the sharp fork into Millcr's body again
and again. Miller fought as best he
could, but he soon became unconscious
from the loss of blood. Kane, when he
saw that his roommate was nearly dead,
gave him parting kick, donned his
top coat and hat and fled. Miller re-
gained consciousness and cOntrived to
crawl from his room to an clubhouse in
the rear of the house.
There he lost his senses again, and
when found by a neighbor was nearly
dead. The patrol wagon was sent tor,
and Miller was taken to the city hOspi-
tai, where it was discovered he had
twelve wounds on his head, jaw. chest.
arms ana abdomen. He is in precari-
Gus condition and may die. The bloody
fork was found 10y the police in the
back yard, but Kahn had apparently dis
appeared into the earth. for no trace of
him could be discovered.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-13
SALVATION CAMPAIGN.
Commissioner OuchterIongey Oh
DaniZes a Scandinavian Brigade

Commissioners OuchterIongey Or
ganizes a Scandinavian Brigade.
The Salvation Army is making Wig
orous campaign this week under the
leadership Of of Commissioner Honnot
Ouchterlongey, of Sweden. Last night
all the corps of Minneapolis and St.
Paul assembled at Swedish Tabernacle
in Minneapolis and held rousing
meeting. Miss OuchteriOngey is one
of the best-known workers in the Sal
walton Army. For eight years she was
in charge of the forces in Sweden and
Norway Now she is at work among
the Scandinavians OF the United States.
The meeting last night was the
opening gun of the campaign. as the
political columns have 1t. Miss Ouch
terongey is powerful preacher if she
Is a woman. Last night her address was
for the purpose of enlisting the sympa-
thy of the people of the orthodox
churches who ordinarily frown upon
the Salvation Army. She described the
methods of the army in detail, and COM
mented especially upon the adaptablllty
of the Salvation Army to work among
the masses and classes not reached by
the churches. She made strong plea
for her cause. She is assisted in her
meetings by Adjt. Sommer: WHO leads
the singing. Last night, i'll the midst or
prayerful rejoicings, Hilma Fiklund
and Frank MagnuSon were married by
Commander OuchterlOngey.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-13
Ministerial! Meetings.

All the ministerial meetings yesterday
were quiet. Bishop q. II. Fowler met
with tile Methodsts and told them how
much good had been done in San Fran
cisco by the Mills meetings. AS much
can be done here with proper effort.
Rev. j. Lloyd Lee read a paper to the
presbyterians on money in the Min
iStry," advising the ministers to pay
more attention to the personal manage
ment of their churches and watch the
trustees.
Rev. W. P.McKee talked to the Bap
fists about Chautauqua, where he spent
several weeks last summer. lie spoke
highly Of it.
DR.. G. E. Wells attended the Lutheran
ministers meeting and endeavored to
persuade them to join with the other
chusches IN the Mills revivaIs. The
Mills system is not the Lutheran saS-
TEN. Action will be taken later.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-13
M'ALLIsTER WINS.
The Recount Shows He Was
Elected Alderman of the Tenth.

The Recount Shows He Was
Elected Alderman of the Tenth.
The Dwyer-McAlllster Tenth ward
aldermanic contest was settled yester-
day by the recount. The three commits
sioners-C. Ii. Howard, c. r. Fix and
G. A Gorman-appointed by the dis
trict court to CANVASS the aldermanic
vote in the ward in question, be-
gan their work shortly after dinner
and finished at o'clock. The result of
the recount is that McAl1ister is elected
alderman by plurality of 70 instead OF
IS, as announced when the official vote
was counted. The vote i'll the First pre-
cinct was correct, but in the Second two
in favor of DWyer were found. These
two were ballots on which there Had
been mistakes in the marking in of the
cross opposite the name of Dwyer. AS the
intention of the voter was evident. the
commissioners reversed the decision of
the election judges who had thrown the
votes out, by counting them for Dwyer.
In the Third precinct, however, a mis-
take of ten votes i'll favor of McAlllster
were found. The judges had neglected
to count that number of crosses in favor
of McA Ulster, so they were added to his
list. This gives him eight more votes
than he was accorded by the official re-
turns.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-13
FILED FOR PROBATE.
Jay Gould's Will Filed in the
Surrogate's Office in New
York City.
Judge Dillon Estimates the
Amount of the Estate to Be
$72,OOO,OOO.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Jay GOulds
will was filed for probate at the surro-
gates office in this city at $3.50 p. m. to-
day. The value of the estate is rtated by
ex-Judge john F Dillon to be ST., 000,0 900.
The bulk of the property goes direct
to the six children. and the Inheritance
tax OF per cent will bring S720. 600 into
the city treasury. The full text of the
will does not differ materially from tine
abstract given to the press last week.
but many additional details are now
made public for the first time. The
first will is dated Dec. "a, 1885, and, as
Mrs. Gould was then alive, special pro-
vision was made for her. She
was given a house OH Fifth
avenue and the castle at Irving
ton, with all their appurtenances,
with an annuity of 100000, free OF
taxes. The trustees of this will were
Helen d. Gould. Daniel s. Miller, his
brother-in-law; George J.GOuld, Thomas
T. Eckert and his second son, Edwin
Gould, when he should become of age.
The first c0dicil is dated Feb. IL, 1885,
1t was drawn after the death of his
wife. This vacates the part of the will
relating to her, and divides the prop
erty, except the special requests, into
six equal parts for his six children.