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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

We demand that every citizen of the
United States shall be allowed to ,st one
free and unrestricted ballot in all public
elections, and that such ballot shall be
counted and returned as cast; that such
q law shall be enacted and enforced as
viii secure to every citizen, be he rich or
poor, native or foreign born, white or
black, this sovereign right guaranteed by
the constitution. "-Republican platform,
1892.
Which means the open and deter
mined policy OF the republican party
70 secure the enactment Of that in
iquitous measure known as the 'force
bill" Every vote lost to the dem
pcracy by reason Of third party in.
dependentism is vote gained in
favor Of . republican administration,
headsd by Harrison, and determined
upon the oppression of the southern
people. Democrats Of Florida, will
5ou sanction such an indignity by
asserting your party2
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02
HOW : cham elon, Look.:

Upon a crimson cloth the chameleon
becomes almost crimson; move it upon
a gray surface and the bright tints will
quickly subside. But at night, whether
disturbed or not, it invariably assumes
its palest tints. Two which caught in
the Cape Town garden, which were of a
very brilliant metallic green, were splen-
didly decorated. On the back or sides,
sometimes saddlewise and sometimes
lengthwise, were slashes Of red. The
markings vary in the individuals. The
crest and decorations on the head and
back are like fretwork, the whole body
and limbs are dotted with very fine
warts or tubercles like sh8green, and
when angry all these distinctive fea-
lures are exaggerated, the gills and
crest are swelled, and the skin of the
chin is pulled out 80 as to show white
stripes, while the creature opens its
mouth wide, displaying the yellow,
aeshy interior, and closing its teeth on
your finger should you provoke it to do
so.-Cor. Forest and Stream.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

&. sIIs ,o,,I,.,
q s. iy iizl B S. WiSh to becl,sn- !
Iitsrasy mn. his father. who had a.
tined hin for the bar, was shocked an
disappointed. Still he gave the bov tvs -,
yeArs hi which 70 prove his fitness n, !
literary life, and Honore was accordingly
installed In an attic near the Iihre,.
where he proposed to work.
His mother believed that little hard.
ship would soon bring him to his sensAs
but the correspondence which he tbers
upon began with his sister shows thst1
the man who was afterward to afta;r
distinction in his chosen work conid
afford, as youth, to scorn such trifles a.
waiting upon himself. In the very first
letter he confided to his sister the news
that he had taken servant. he wr;tas.
He Is named Myself! And a baa
bargain he is, truly Myself is law
clumsy, thoughtless. His master /.
hungry or thirsty, and often enough
Myself has neither bread nor water to
give him; he doesn't even know how ~
shield him from the wind which whistle.
through the door and window. As soon
as I am awake ] ring for Myself. and
he makes my bed. Then he sweeps the
room, and clumsy he is at it.
"'Myselfp
"'Yes, SIR
"'Look at that cobweb with the bio
fly buzzing in it till / am half giddy with
the noise, and the fluff under the bed
and the dust under the window panesr
''The lazy beggar gazes at me and
doesn't stir, and yet, in spite of all his
defects, I can't get rid of that unintelli-
gent Myself"
And the same stupid Myself it WA
who afterward enriched French liters-
ture with series of wonderful works.
Youths Companion.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

Labouchere was in Mexico during the
rebellion, and he thought he might serve
humanity by secretly giving both bel
ligerents good advice. One night, as he
approached the tent Of one of the two
generals, he heard the voices OF these
rival pretenders in converse. Creeping
close to the canvas he listened. and dis
covered that they had agreed upon .
truce in order to hang him in the morn
Ing as an example TO both armies 10
the morning, however. this misunder
stood mutual friend had naturally dis
appeared. Cor. New York World.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

G. II. JONES. who began his jour
nalistic career in Florida ten years
ago by the publication of daily
paper, independent, but with repub-
lican leanings," as his brilliant part
ner graphically expressed it, man
aged to force himself into unsavory
prominence at the Chicago conven.
tion as member Of the platform
committee, and did his work so
bungiingly that the convention was
only prevented from rejecting it by
want of time, and the desire to
escape the discomforts of the typical
Chicago wigwam.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

It is probable that number of
genuine Astrakhan sheep, the finest
specimens living, will be exhibited at
the Worlds Fair. A dozen Of them
have recently arrived in this country
from Persia, having been purchased
there by United States Minister
Beale for Secretary Rusk OF the
Department Of Agriculture, who in
tends 10 try the experiment Of rails
ing the species in this country.
They are 70 be taken to Southern
California, and if they prosper will
be taken 70 the Fair next summer.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

eyel llvs huudfs, r1ol1 3
were It Tampa assanin scs,
speak and treat for the alliances,
without having been duly authorized
so to do, then their pretenss that
pledges to the alliance have been
broken is the thinnest sort.of balder-
dash that, we predict, will fool no
one but the disgruntled anywhere.
The alliance would be sorry order
indeed if Mann, Baskin, Weeks and
Cessna only composed it; and such
is their assumption unless they can
answer pointedly the questions
herein plainly asked.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

"TAMMANY HAIL." says the New
York World, ''has been prompt to
blazon the Cleveland and Stevenson
ticket upon its outer walls in great
transparency. Those estimable re-
publican newspapers that have been
counting upon a GOODNESS in Tam
many Hall have here their answer.
Tammany is a democrat and it
doesn't keep It's politics on ice."
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

3 B & 90 8
wants y It'd 1llet yns thax rails
rod caxried 6.t0N00o tona of co1
monthly. In ten yeaxs there hna been
an increase of 500 per cent. ii the car-
riage Of coal ..s
ADmPA1rH from Mexico announces
the fact Of q recent reduction In railway
rates to offset the competition Of the
new steamship 1fne operattng between
Mobile and Tampioo. This reduction II
equal to 8sH per cent.
A SPEED OF rs miles an hour has been
made On Empire State express on the
New York Central, between New York
and Albany. The engine developed
l6OO-horse power, and work was per
formed ON a coal consumption Of 25&
pounds OF coal per horse power per
hour.
THE Jerusalem and Jaffa railroad will
not enter the former city, bat will have
its terminus about three quarters of
mile outside the city limits It Is ex-
pected that town viii grow UP
around the terminus. which may be
called JerusalemvSIl eor Jerusalemhurs4.
IN. Y. Tribune.
/. LOADED cars will. soon be transported
scross Lake Michigan A large propel-
Ter is being constructed at Toledo with
q capacity Of twenty-one cars It Is
expected that great saving Of expense
viii be made by thin change. The boat
win ply between Frankfort on the Mich
igan side and Kewaunee ON the Wiscon-
Sin shore.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02
Review OF Reviews tor July.

The Review of Reviews, always timely in
the subject matter it presents, is espec.
tally 80 10 the July number. Although the
month covered by this issue expired less
than FIVE days after the republican candi-
date for president was nominated, 1t con-
tains perhaps the most complete and in
telligent character sketch of Benjamin
Harrison that has ever been written. In
the text of the article appears portion of
President Harrison at his desk, taken on
the 18th OF June-four days after the
Minneapolis convention adjourned.
In addition to this sketch of the nominee
Of the republican convention there are re-
viewed and discussed, in the department,
'The Progress of the World" the work
and proceedings of the convention itself
With this account are presented portraits
of the most conspicuous 6guresl of that grea,
political assembly: Governor Mckinley,
Chauncey M. Depew, Senator Wolcot, Gen
eral John G. New, Ex-senator Ingalls,, Elk
Speaker Reed and Mrs. J. Ellen Foster
There is besides these striking portrait of
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, the republican nomi-
nee for vice president The mind of the
American public has been SO engaged with
home politics during the last month that it
has given little attention to foreign affairs.
In The Progress of the World" of this
number are discussed, as well, the political
and social movements most prominent in
other countries of the world, particularly
the political situation in Great Britain.
The reader who has likewise allowednfhe
news TO escape his attention will findIin the
department, "record of current events" q
full summary of the worlds happenings
during the month. The department Of
"leading articles" includes larger number
of topics than usual. Mr. W. C. Edgar,
who has had in charge the distribution Of
the Russian relief cargo of the steamer
Missouri, contributes to the July number
an exceedingly interesting paper on
"Russias Conflict with Hunger" The
article contains portraits of Count Voront-
soft Daskoff, Executive Head OF the ca are.
witch's Relief Committee, and OF the Grand
Duchess Elizabeth, at the head of the relief
committee in Moscow. and scenes from the
famine district.
The character sketch of aBenjamin Har-
rison in the July number OF the Review OF
Reviews is by General Thomas j. MGR gan,
a personal and political friend of the presi-
dent. While naturally friendly and ap-
preciative, the article is yet discriminating.
The Review Of Reviews is non.portisan
magazine, and publishes this sketch OF the
republican nomioee now on account of its
timeliDess, for the same reason that it gave
in the February number a Oh sracter sketch
Of Governor Hill, and may be expected to
give in the August number character
sketch of Mr.. Grover Cleveland.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

y r il true, as has long been sus-
cted, that Tammany has kept New
OK IN the doubtful column for
BY 20 controlling the popular
~ - 70 regularly alternate it be-
- Tie republican and democratic
pzAI tickets, in order to main.
~ snnany organization y
odeI q tie balance Of power
aldeqlaal elections, ii i
- tsthe dR5nocrats of thAi
illscK % zs1lilu yois
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02
NEW YoRK's electoral vote "

NEW YoRK's electoral vote was
cast for the republican candidate for
the presidency in 1872, 1880 and
1888; and for the democratic candi-
date in 1868, 1875 and 1884 This
regularity of alienation, if con.
tinued, will give New York's vote to
Cleveland in 1892.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02
BY WHAT AUTHORITY?

The charge is boldly made by
Mann, Baskin, Weeks, Cessna, ct I'D
on,ne genus, that the democratic
leaders at the Tampa convention did
not keep faith "with the alliance"
but had broken their solemn agree
ment "with the alliance" to give
them the st. Louis platform; and for
this reason they propose to arganize
third party of democrats (?) to
defeat, if they can, other democrats
who have been duly nominated by a
duly organized convention in the
regular way. Right here the Flo
RID1AN, along with all the rank and
file of the true democracy of Flor
ida, including the great mass of the
order of the alliance, would like to
ask Mann, Baskin, Weeks and Cessna.
explicitly, when, where and how they
got their authority to speak for, to
represent, to treat for, or demand,
or ask for anything at Tampa, or
anywhere else, on behalf of the al
lance of Florida? Where, when
and how did these would-be Moseses
and Aarons become clothed with
their authority to go to Tampa and
demand or agree for anything ON be-
half Of the alliance or anybody else?
The FLoRIDIAN has never heard of
any convention or other assemblage
Of the alliance of the state, prior to
the Tampa convention, that ever
chose this brilliant quartet as dele
cation to go there to represent the
order, or to ask for or demand any
thing on its behalf, or to enter into
any agreement for it, about anything
whatsoever. Baskin is the presi-
dent of the order in the state, it is
true, but we do not understand that
because he is president he is clothed
with carte blanche to represent it at
political conventions, and there to
enter into any and all sorts of agree
ments for the order as might be die.
tated by his disordered and dis
gruntled notions of things. The
FLoRID1AN has too much respect for
the intelligence, and too much faith
in the sound democracy of the great
rank and file of the yeomanry of
Florida that compose the order Of
the alliance, to believe for nome ut
that the order, even If it had any de-
mands to make, and should hold a
mighty convention composed of it's
every me mber in the state, would ever
select such men as Mann, Baskin or
Weeks as it's representatives to
make any demands for it of any kind
whatsoever and as for Cessna, they
would never touch him even with
rubber gloves on for any purpose Of
the kind, not even after he had fumi.
gated himself for forty years against
the political fumes and anamalcula
that clouded the atmosphere of car
pet-bag and scallawag convention.
between 1858 and 1875, of which he
was an always an eager and promi
i nent member. Unless this quartet
can answer directly and pointedly
: md give the time, place and manner
that they, or any Of them, becam,
clothed with proper authority to g
20 Tampa and there to demand o.
agree for anything !. on behalf Of th,
] alliance Of the state" then they
I should forever shut up their prating,
] shout broken pledges e with ID,
4 ! lliaDce,' and sink sway into theil
i dens Of disgrnntlement md disor
gAnisation. Trite saying, but true
! & takes two q mako bargain, I
this quartst, With one hundred, o.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

tl,foug toat the gnIonl i1 eisst
effort % establish democratic 81
premacy By permanently taking New
York out of the doubtful column.
Let Iowa's noble example shame
them into being true to themselves
and to their party.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02
For Superintendent Of Public Schools:
n. W. EPPES.

THOSE who propose to love Har-
rison for the enemies he has made
must expect to indulge in a great
deal of affection. In the way of
making enemies Harrison's record is
brilliant, if not unrivalled.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

s' y !
me- toiaI ensiyls u ths os lnent
Under ire admin skrasion of President
Washington were 156, ~. III; under JEFF
ierson, sos, sSe,9 7s. The population Of
the country had increased SO per cent,
and the receipts 90 per cent. From the
end OF Jeffersons last administration 10
the beginning of Abraham Lincon's term
of Office the population Of the country in
creased from 100000 to $1,000 900, while
receipts and expenditures grew fivefold
greater than they were when Gallatin was
at the head of the treasury department.
In Buchanan's time the expenditures OF
government amounted TO about $50, Co.,
900 year In 1890, the population and
valuations in the mean time having about
doubled, the expenditures were $3.50, 0O0-
600, an increase of "a per cent
These, however, are only the apparent
expenditures. There are exceptional out.
lays which ought not to be counted as part
of the ordinary cost of maintaining the
government. To be fair and accurate,
extraordinary sums may be deducted and
the results tabulated. We will thus COM
pare the fiscal years 1860 and 1890. We
will deduct the payments for pensions, in
terest, and principles on the public debt:
Total expenditures for 1850 . 81, 4s2. l0S
Paid for pensions. 1900. .$1,Oes,727
Interest and principal
ofpublic debit. IT ,613, 62S Is, 7O5, 1855
Ordinary expenditures for 1850. S5s,755, s4s
Total expenditures for 1890: 1885,, 61S, 5s5
Pensions ....... 80. $1o6 93e, 1855
Interest Of public debt s6,Oss 2s4 14s, o3e, lse
Ordinary expenditures for 1890. $2l5 582, 446
The increase was $3.50, 1926 1898, or 267 per
cent. 10 1880 these ordinary expenses
amounted to $115, 10s,2O9, so that in the
decade ending with 1890 the increase in
the governments expenditures was nearly
80 per cent, while the increase of popula.
ton was about % per cent, and Of valua.
tons 43 per cent.
II is not proper, Of course, to assume
that mere increase of annual expendi-
lures is necessarily extravagant; but we are
at least put upon our inquiry when the
rate oil increase is nearly 300 per cent.
while population and wealth lag far be-
hind.-From 1.-THE Growth of the Federal
Power" by Henry LOOMS Nelson, in
Harper's Magazine for July.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02
Told Hina why.

Mr.. NicefeIlo Cautiously Why are
you so cold and distant?
Sweet Girl Quietly The fire has gone
out, and this sofa IS too heavy for me TO
move. up to your chair. New YORK
Weeks.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02
LEON COUNTY TICKET.

For Members of the Legislature:
D. W. GWYNN.
W. A. RAWLS.
For Clerk of the Circuit Court:
C. A. BRYAN.
For County Judge:
w. W. MCGRIFF.
For Sheriff:
JOHN A. PEARCE.
For Tax Collector:
r. A. SHINE.
For Tax Assessor:
81. T. FELKEL.
For Treasurer:
j. D. PERKINS.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-02

THE STATE TICKET.
For Governor:
HENRY l.. MITCHELL.
For Justice Supreme Court:
r. FENWICK TAYLOR.
q For Secretary of State:
JOHN L.. CRAWFORD.
For Attorney General:
WILLIAM B. LAMAR.
For Comptroller:
WILLIAM D. BLOXHAM.
For Treasurer:
CLARENCE B. COLLINS.
For Superinte ndent Public Instruction:
W. n. SHEATS.
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
LUCIUS B. HONEYWELL.
For Presidential Electors;
Il. NJ. SHACKELFORD of fernando.
B. B. BLACKWELL of Suwannee.
A. E. MAXWELL of Escambia.
W. N. THOMPSON Of Nassau.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-02-09

! h I'D IA . hose, tut wn~ shot do" II be-
fore h. could do III.
!. The rn-'Itr. now nutnh+r II good
/ many ntnre nrn than the owner. aid
they urt III utI respects bettrr fitted Tor
ljEhtitH. A god many Of tn" OWNERS
prefer -p.,1u!tx 'h+ir .tim~ iu t:hrx.
:-ntlt nr in the +u.t tn the ntti%e ranch
life. nutt ,,1aHy Ut 'il+tl ARE MT phyat-
taly !fIt t1lAf- IT th~ ru-t|cr*.
- lite :>lu.t,rr- mr.: vtfN utrIHtntt.
Tuy have met their tir+' >trlon. .!e: k
ut tie t,rliti~ tf k!.t hvtx ok r',t''Ii}s-
>ln,I. Tht t.: mtn!~ pi+ctt: IT. in~
~,*::,nr~ 1T vii ahe "tAstit: uinrktfs,
U,nnt4a, Ch!"ett. 1T, Luutr, k>ue*s
Ci'y nnt: -. Paul. Every ~!'ipn,ttIt
ii c.!t.!" i curtfu;ly ln.rect*d. Tit
cnE1. trHt.4 ii ru~titr ht utuet nrove
nl- little t. -very =ie*: u4Hettouclu-|re'
" or else the tAttlr ur'. enntl tl-tA>+d u,Id
Id aud lhe II oIty -tut 10 the cnt1~
n.i-=ion. All ur *n1s ar" recorded hy
1l.c luspertpr-. AID 4h+ brHnd III reut
hy tnt coilIllil>-ton tr lie Uwher OF The
nra1td. IN tlli. l1Ionttr tht rust.tr5
have te+n II deprived IT h market fpr
their hoof cattle. ln toute GASES their
cattle have bten Seized even wheu
they have shown bi!- Of sale. This
method, p~riial~, could aot be eus~
talued ia the courts, but 70 tar no
runtler hs~ 1T q fit /, make u fight for
bis property.
Tue rus]Iers have been forced either
II butcher their cattle or t" drive 10
Montana. The drive /. MT only d.f-
ticu>t aud dank' lous, but it does not
assure II market when it ~ accom-
pllsntd, /, ail live stock commission
Keeps such sharp watch on al} Wyo-
tuiug cattle. The other scheme is not
u satisfactory ont, but they are COM
pc!Ied to adupt 1t. They have reveral
butchers In Buffalo who do the killing
f>r them, but even by TIL. method
they do not always get their n!eat
marketed.
Iu the summer OF l5ol tie rllstleFa
tau wagons Openly ul4 all the thrte
$. Auu worked tue round up
just ~ 1t t4e, We're feguIer hss"clA-
tiou outfit. They also tnuk Ill thu
nnu uo one w*s III Wss-
tlor II ''-pute with theul. The
~pti,.- tt"':.,-up II xi.:s srlylu May,
Ii tiu tnr' Nv u!-n 'xttect Il VIII bt the
>iEual inr thr " IT, t"glh,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-02-09

Arrangements are now we'll under
way t.,F thr ,ua:uaarode ball t" be
given on the 26 Ii ot this nion1h. The
utc.>Iul, ht lux u special One the tlrt-
ltt,>~ nr trn,ible 10 tnAke II thoroughly
II inynlle for nlI who attend. To this
emu lht +rt re Fort 1.eo.h h hard of IL
'riecr~ hu- beell engaged to furnsh the
u,u-m. Four additional ttnvt> will be
rut III, and fires Jeff ii! theni atl for
twe,sy.tour tours kttort T. t dauc-, 10
that eyen IT the night shortd PROVE
cold one, the rink viii te c".ntutthb}e
The .ti.lgy oil laull,- VIA TT gwen u
resi- und tue bali Foam, t|tum'nAtrd hv
twn ire lamps. The rerept on and
tto4 l. cotnm,tttes sre = t'l!"w-: :
RrceLtion-J. W. Wnt~uu, e.. K.
Ml4turu. e. W. Sey"", II. f. Ba che"
I'r aid ]. $. Truscott. FIonr-L. G..
Dear, l4ou Bruuing, ". R. Benment
aud &. l.. Cnrter. The colntnlttee of
arrangements have considerably ar-
ranged for an ample supply OF
fancy dress costumes which will be
nere for week before the dance for
those who u'ay wish to get something
stylish and nuvei. An Investigating
committee will be- Oh duty the night
of the ball to whom all masque,s n,u,s
report aud ditclose their identity
Tickets will soon be on sale ut 500
earn. LAdits tree.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-02-09

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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-02-09
Tho Worlds Columbian Exposition.

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