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The Progress., 1892-04-02
Wanted Encouragement.

Got any weddin' clos hero ne
asked OF a polite clerk in a "oodwaru ,,
avenue clothing store according W
the Detroit Free Press
PLENTY OF them" replied the clerA
with a winning little grin.
n. How much are theyP
IAN the way from $lS to so
Good stuff in 'cm and ginuine S'or0
clo's?" a.
Mice enough for a millionaire TO
get married in. We make specla''S
in that line" ..,,.
let me look at few. voa i you,
Certainly. Walk rlght oooN ''''
way, please" ." ...,ro
Alter about half hour investiga-
ton he found something that ~
thought would suit
,Tn be in next week, | spose' ""'
take EN-, " he said, moving OIL
let me wrap them up for you now
urged the clerk.
The customer gave nervous scar !, ,
.Geerusalem, mister, y he exclaimed
ID hain't asst the gal yit I'm Jlst 40
ing this to gimme sand in my cr"'
SOS can pop.
The Progress., 1892-04-02
THEY DIDN'T FIGHT.

Re,o tn, Discussion OF Thor SeConds
Cooled Their wariike spirit"
There is good anecdoto told o.
Cham, the French Caricaturist ano
Philippe Gille. n man OF letters, say
the Waverly MAGAZINE. Once they
had violent quarrel IN a theaier
after the play was over. Their friends
interceded. but only made matters
worse. One of the mon challenged
the other Seconds were named on
the spot and both men insisted that
the preliminaries OF the meeting
should be arranged at once
The seconds stepped into an ad-
Joining room To make the grim ar
rangements for the duel. leaving the
two principals in the same apartment
What shall the weapons be-" one
OF the seconds asked.
Pistols
mo" said the first speaker. with
pistols it is all over so quickly that no
on. has q chance TO see anything
The partition between the room IN
which this discussion occurred and the
ono in which Cham and Gille were
waiting. glaring at the floor was so
thin that tho two men heard every
word. They looked up at each other
That isn't very funny to hear re-
marked Cham.
Hardly" said Gille, "we'd better
90 out on the stage.
They went out into the solemn
gloom of the deserted stage and toun
that also rather unpleasant
Let us go into the street SAID on
20 the other.
They went out together and pres
emily saw a good many people goln3
into a restaurant They followed Tn
crowd mechanically and sat down at
table.
Half an hour afterward, when TN
seconds had completed the arrange
ments for the duel they were SUI
prised to find that the principals "er
not where they had left them an
when they went in search oil thei
they found them supping merrlly u
gether entirely reconciled.
The Progress., 1892-04-02
he WAS TOO PARTICULAR,
, Tramp Printer who Got Discouraged
by "a Towel.

, rr,mp rr;ntsr who Got Discouraged
by a Towel
The printers nomadic propensities
,ro nroverbial. lie is wandcrcr on
Tho face Of the earth and is unlike
lack FalstaT only that he aIternates
his walk from tavern TO tavern by
iourneying from print-shop to print
sbop TO obtain the means wnerewith
70 purchase temporary entertainment
at the former.
A fair specimen Of the bohemian
tvne claiming to have come from
ovorvwbere via Glen Falls, put in a
dav's work at the Saratogian Office
dnyip, the week with the option OF
stavino "a month ii Lo chose, but at
ni%btfoll he announced his intention
Of iourneying onward and demanded
What's the matter? Type no
.rbac enough asked the foreman.
"Oh. no; not that; splendid place u
work. nice fellows here, too; 0u
there's a mystery about this shop | can
,rravcl. Your Office towels are ac
tnaIlv clean. sir actually clean
OnIv Office OF the kind in America
o,d I can't stand originality"
Then he moved on. The Saratogiar
The Progress., 1892-04-02
AN OLD-TIME PRIZE FIGHT.
The Way FeuI began and tho Way IT
Wa Ended.


A. lOc-rOlling on the farm OF
Jamns Lowry near Milton. Wayne
county, in 1881. tho dinner was over
and something Of a domestic nature
mai offended Horton Furga5on, who.
as hs passed out into the yard told
lowry lac was going TO whip him. He
"a tempted TO carry out his threat. but
friends iutnrlcrcd, says the Indian
apo.i7 N"w-. \ Mr.. Wallace took tho
m,'lcr mp, saying to Furgason. Il
Will settle this with you on election
day
This was announced and the event
| looked forward TO with moro interest
! than the election. and drew big
| crowd in anticipation OF the important
| .'sct-tO"
Poth mon were well known in the
vicinity. Furgason was a heavy sot,
| raw -OOned man larger than his OppO-
ncut, who was an active. wiry man,
but altogether they were well matched.
Furgason kept out OF sight that oicC-
tion day. avoided his rival and did not
want TO fight. A horse race was on
hand near by outside the town, dur
ing tho afternoon of that memorable
day. whore the crowd had collected.
and FurEasOn got his horse out to 20
home. In the meantime word was
sent out TO Wallace at tho races that
FurgasOn was seen in town. Wallace
started for town and tho crowd fol-
lowed. stringing out nearly quarter
OF mile in length with shout ant
! hurrah on run, like so many wild
nmals.
Wallace had the seeming advantage
prcponderance Of friends on hand
@ advance OF tho mob mot Furgasor
no was coming out of an alley or
back. and Wallace cried out tina
thcro TO settle that matter.
.n1 slid of on the opposite sid
horse and made an effort I
coat but Wallace struck an
him down before he could &c
."
.nd soon swelled to immens
A ring was cleared an,
went like savage brutos fo
... without cessation. Ful
costing the best OF tn
reuds separated then
.u.n.y % rag Of CiOthin
.. .uom. and both me
".I and bloody as
human beings.
..uI that was increa
..".u.ty. and the resul
nature was TO disgu
The Progress., 1892-04-02
NO BABY ACT FOR HIM.
A wounded Brakeman Does Not Cry
TIL Urged to DO so.

Pat Coulcy was rear brakeman on a
Southern Ohio railroad train that
broke i'm two while nc was on deck
according to the Omaha Boe. He
made for 'hc brake wheel 10 keep tho
rear section from dashiug into the for
ward part OF the broken train. Tho
brake chain snapped he was thrown
of the Clr before the wheels and in
an instant both legs cut of below tho
knee and one hand severed.
What was left Of him was hurried
upon the engine to the station fortu-
natcly very near at hand The stumps
were amputatod and dressed without
apasthc,ics. .he call being too sudden
and summons too hasty to procure
them. il the mans life was to be saved
AZ all. Pat never uttered sound.
Quivcring with pain, white and per
spring with agony. he never SO much
a, WINGED. GangreCne set in and the
arm had 10 be taken OF above the
elbow. But the brakeman uttered
mover a moan.
Late one night when he was still
weak from INC 0'''uu oi''i "'''h' YIN
hogptal cot on which tho shattered
form Law broke down. The patient fel
10 the aoor. the bandagc was loOscnec
upon his leg. the ligaturcs burst ant
but for the quick action Of tho nurse
Pat Conley would have blcd to death
When the surgeon arrived tho brake
mans face was drawn with anguish
Ne wa, so weak from the loss OF bloo
eaatit grew doubtful whether lifo coul
be coayed back into his frame. Ever
tRng that could be done was attcnde
to at once.
Painting sick. racked with inc
pressible torture the poor fello
looked up at the surgeon. who
sompellcd to stoop TO his pillow
catch the feeble words In whls
that was inaudible TO tLe rest OF
room Pat murmurod: doc how
long-ought felier stand this beIo
ne hollers? ! can't stand it-mu
longer without -cryin' but j don
want to do the baby act"
'For Gods sake, Pat" cried &.
doctor "cry if you want TO. It'll
you good.
Then for the first time in all tho
days Of pain Pat turned his thin ia
70 the wall and wcpt like child.
The Progress., 1892-04-02
UNLUCkI6sT MAN EVER BORN.
How an Unfinished Sentence Kept Iii IN
I.aCheIor


'Talll about luck " said tho weary
eyed man with the long face 10 a Now
J Iorl, Tribune reporter I'm the uu-
iuckio,t man that ever was born. No
cher man in tho world over bad such
hard luck. was born on Friday on
the 18th day OF the month and was
trc thirteenth child in orr family. On
NY thirteenth birthday fell out OF
thrce-+tory window aui knocked ont
all my tcoIh Ancrwarj | had all the
malldios known 10 man ! went out
West and had TO walk back. My
father left me soma house, and they
burned down bough, "a share IL
schooner and she sank on the ycy
next trip wont TO work on rail
road. and in thrce days was knocked
400 feet in collision and was IN
| hospital for six months
You do socm to have bad your
share of hard luck said symra-
thiIcr.
Luck" said the man Why
look at mo when ! wanted to get mar
ried. | fell in love with girl and !
thought sho loved me. went 90 her.
and | said. Elizabeth. were you cycr
marrioIP
Why no. She said flushing.
you know that
We'll. Elizabeth" said you are
a good girl. and since no man
Then she burst out crying and ran
out of the room, so that ! could not
finish what wanted TO say"
Well that was funny way to ask
woman TO marry YOU said the man
} Of sympathy.
What way"
Telling hor that you wore sorry
that no man would have her"
/ NO man have hcr?' said tho un'
lucky man. Il never said Wort
D about that | was going TO say since
D no man could bo good enough for ho'
l | hoped she would forgive my fallings
+ Wasn't it hard luck that she wouldn'
let me finish my sentence?
G why didn't you 90 back and oX-
! plain it?'
r We'll. = said the unlucky man. sOr
= rowfuly. ID was bound to get married
G so wont and proposed to Sarah Smit
l. and she took me
Z AT any rate you got married.
Il "MarricI? Not a bit Of it, Sara
o Smith heard that ! loved Elizabot
and had made that mistake. and sh
$ got mad and broie the engagement
t. Then you had your chance to 8
st back to your first love-
Of II did. "
,c "Didu't you get herr
Y Got her. NO, | tell you. maj
z I'm the unluckcst being alive. wei
.. lack aud asked her plunkOut to MARI
me. ana found that after she hear
about my engagement TO aarah Smi'
she'd gone and promised to marry
fellow who'd been begging her
Ife marry him for five years
why didn't you wait then to s.
,ss il she didn't break her engagement
an 'IIang it, man, did.
no did you go back again.
"A mo. | didn't"
We why not?"
ice because I'd changed my mil
cd about getting married Didn't ! Il
h. you | was the unluckiest man in {
IN, world"
The Progress., 1892-04-02
lie Hcciincd.

Young Woman want you to draw
plans for nice cosev home. MY
husbands mother will 1--we with US,
and I
Madam 1t is impossible.
Young WOman-Why, don't you do
such work?
Architect-No. madam; no architect
has vet been able to draw plans for a
house that is large enough for two
women. -Judge.
The Progress., 1892-04-02
ONLY One Necessary.

When the great musician Frederick
Chopin was young his personal ap-
pearauce was the last thing he
thought OF. In a letter sent to his
parents from Vienna in 1881 he
saws. Il have left my whiskers only
on the right cheek. They grow very
well there, and there is really no oc-
casion to have them on my left cheek
as always sit with the right one To-
yard the acknowledgements
The Progress., 1892-04-02

When ] proposed to her l thought L
could have the last word, and this Is
how / didn't get 1t: 49,.
After describing my condition and
rrosnec1s | said: 'Will you have me-
yes. she said
Thank you said l.
You're welcome. said she.
..You are very kind to say So
said.
.,Not at all. " she answered
i am very grateful. =" l added.
Don't mention it " she said
lat IL 90 at that l saw 1t was no
use. New York Press.
The Progress., 1892-04-02
The Crow.

The early Romans believed that the
crow was very crafty, observing
creature and sly spy-whence inc
saying. TO scratch out crows eyes
meaning TO overcome cunning oy
cunning. Hence the Roman ladies VINO
were given to sorcery and gallantrJ
were accustomed to put the eyes OF a
crow into their witch cookery, this.
Il was believed. closing the eyes o.
husbands to the Irregularities oi theli
wives.
The Progress., 1892-04-02
THE ONLY ROUTE TO

Makingdir connections atChattanoOgs
for Atlanta Macon. Savannah, Augusta,
Charleston, Columbia. Charlotte, Raleigh,
Kuoxyille. Ashovillc. Norfolk, and Rich
mond. At ViCksburg aud Jackson Tor
The Progress., 1892-04-02

THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

An experienced grower can tell,
nine times out of ten, by the looks Of
his crop in the field whether there
will be white veins or not. If it be.
come stunted for couple of weeks
and seems to stand still and stops
growing, and then takes fresh start
it will invariably be white vein
crop. But if from the time it is set
until it is harvested it maintains a
healthy growth, and the color shows
a glossy green, rest assured a superior
crop will be the result.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

We kept the freeze, not f,,..
from our Irish potatoes, Bro. p.,..'
er, by covering the lowest vines -.
dirt, then raking it of. The -
we covered with pine needle. ~ y,
refuse matter at hand. All -.
planted after the Rural New Yo,l.s
trench system. which win alv.,.
enable the deep down stem 70 s.. !
forth new life even if the ton ~ Z
frozen. We believe in the metbos
Planting Bermuda onions in The IN
up here is not the right thing Il t iI,,
winters are to be like last one pls.s
where they are to grow, spring AZ.
time, then thin out. -
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

s'The boat has left'' and the Flor.
ida tobacco exhibition is in it. June
was the last day entries Of tobacco
for premium could be made at the
Worlds Fair. The interest among
our tobacco men was not what ii
should have been and consequently
they are left. Oftimes we have
urged this matter at length.
Produce such tobacco as is de
marded by the trade-wrappers.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04
Agricultural and Horticultural
DEPARTMENT.
send % No.ice.

We kindly ask all those who are
sending US live bulbs, plants or
shrubs for tests at our trial grounds,
TO notify US one week ahead by
postal, so that we can get them in
the ground in one day after they
reach the Tallahassee postoff1ce.
We have lost several fine specimens
by their lying there too long.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

The little, psaksy Katy-iid Win
make . hole in the crown leaves d
your tobacco stalk no larger than
the point Of . pin; that hole, when
the leaf is matured, will be large
enough for you to stick your little
finger through. Kill him, somehow,
as quick as you would a horned or
bud worm.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04
Ths Opimion Of this PEOPLE Abous tho
Tobacco Display.


Chief Buchanan, says the Chicago
Tobacco News, Is perplexed as to
the manner the tobacco display
should be made at the Worlds Fair,
and asks advice. Those Of our PEG.
pie that we have interviewed say Gas
they don't believe Florida is to have
any display that the best way is to
have our tobacco 60 to the tobacco
department, if, in our slow, "poking''
way we get there at all with any '92
samples. Then the product of each
state will be distinctly marked, and
we have no fears but what ours will
compare favorably with the best
Put Middle Florida down for the
tobacco department.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04
- -, ~ - p 80 Iroyvor ~,


naeeas - - 1900 80 gsr.
By offering prizes . them Tor the
best crop would b : good idea. Il
would stimulate the young grower.
Az . suggestion something after
this style might do:
Let one or more merchants at each
Of the prominent towns in Middle
and West Florida offer for the best
crop raised by Q new beginner:
First premium, set buggy harness;
Second premium, . good pillow;
Third premium, suit of clothes;
Fourth premium, dress pattern
for the wife;
Fifth premium, pair of shoes.
Stipulate that the grower must
prove himself to be a new grower,
with not over two years. experience;
that he must show 40 pounds of '92
growth, free from binders, filters or
trash. Select judges and convert
the matter into fair at fixed date.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

The season thus far has been Just
about right for the ''garden sass" at
our trial ground. For several weeks
we have been eating Hastings and
the Agricultural Department lettuce,
radish, kale, peas and sugar corn
Cory. We have also had an
abundance Of Red Rose Irish POI
tatoes and strawberries galore. We
have watermelons from Hastings
seed, the size Of a hens egg. His
bush Limas are making fruit hand
somely; his carrots are as large Al
an average middle finger. Why al
Iof this because we have worked HI
| ground thoroughly every week
manfred heavily and kept the weed'
down. Keep the soil loose and ther'
will be no cry: swish It woult
rain. z
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

Bill Arp has been down in Florida
inveighling 9-pound trout from their
watery bed, and he feels as happy as
the boy with his first pair Of red
topped boots.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

Out in Kansas they have chinch
bugs and a "bug ketcher." He
sends off and gets SIGH chinches and
puts them with the we'll ones, then
the whole lay out get sick, die and
that's the last OF the pests.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

After this crop, now in the ground,
is made, the farmers will know il
they have reached the worst. They
can then come somewhere near see.
ing if they are about to get out OF
the financial and other difficulties
that surround them.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

We truly believe De Wits Little E.,,.
Risers to be the most natural, most e1F.ss.s
tive, most prompt and economical bin IL
biliouness, indigestion and inactive livs !.
N. LIVELY. 's'';
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

The reports we made last year
land will make this) about the man
ner seeds grew at our trial grounds
was for Middle and West Florida,
else.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

PIP. =. makes positive cures of all
stages of rheumatism, syphilis, blood
poison, scrofula, old sores, eczema, ma
laria and female complaints P. P. p. ia
a powerful tonic and an excellent appe-
tier, building up the system rapidly.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

Too much money on the farm pre-
vents the owner from profitably
studying out facts likely to be Of
great direct or indirect benefit to
him; besides too much money has q
tendency to bring on many severe
attacks of ''spring fever" just at the
time when the work is pressing, and
with too much money in sight pre-
venting him from doing the work
properly. Take good care to pay
strict attention 10 what painstak
ing neighbor farmer tells you abou
farming matters. You can sit at TIL
feet of a plain farmer and gathe
knowledge that falls from his lips.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

Middle Florida needs more Jer-
sey COWS, Berkshire pigs, cassava
and tobacco by the acre, cow peas
and mixed crops.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

"Late to bed and early to rise will short
en- the road to your home in the skies."-
But early TO bed and Little Early Riser"
the pill that makes life longer and better
and User. NJ Lively.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

The greatest man in all England
hoes in his garden every day. His
name is Gladstone.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

We are still pegging away in
favor Of free mail delivery to the
Florida farmer.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

1t is truth in medicine that the small
est dose that performs the cure is the best
De Wits Little Early Risers are the small
est pills, will perform the cure and are the
best. NJ. LIVELY.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

81 Hon. ", y. Lucas, ex-siate auditor Of
1pWs seyA: Il haye used Chamberlain's
NRh Remedy lii ny family add have no
lntiOu II eayiug ibat h h an excellent
] believe oil that IL claimed for
Ee16ops Afnlcted by 81 cough Of cold
llll Ind Is q friend. q There b 40 danger
hocpipg cough when this remedy
giYen, % cent bottles for ssle i,y
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

Give the farmers the free mail de-
livery system and there will be
much more newspaper reading done.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

Raising one crop to the exclusion
of all others makes the grower thereof
unthrifty and poor.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04
Weuty .lIve pound y -
baoco viii make 1000 ciears
your own calculations )

The growers about Lamont. !, 2
are using Paris green freely a a.
crops, 50 says DR.. Robins, = 3
Secretary Cromartie. s.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

Bright people are the quickest TO recoc-
nize . good thing and buy Il. We ell .lots
@ bright people the Little Early Riserp
II you are pot bright these pills viii u1slIe
you so.M IL Lively. s 49, .-1
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

Are you studying how to produce
your crops this year as cheap as
possible?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04
A Smart Little Woman,

Jinks-Minks' wife is mighty clever
little woman. IF there were more WON.
en- like her there would be fewer d.
vOrces. She knows how to keep the do
nestle machinery running smoothly.
Did you hear what she gave her hus-
band for birthday present.
Binks-N0; what was it
Lnks-A big leather covered box con-
tanning 16O, 600 collar buttonA-New
York Weekly.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

An t1essur assortment b. N sinsock md
Swiss 9 n0Toideries at Mas Htep6s 0eys's
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

Michael Biddulph, member Of parlia-
msnt for Ross (Herefordshire), who
made his maiden speech after he had sat
seven years as q member. twenty years
ago. . short time ago made another.
These are the only two speeches hs ever
made in that body.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

THE THIRTY-SECOND SESSION
of this school will begin on the 18th Sep
TENDER, 1892. Situated in the Piedmont
region of Virginia, remarka Die for health
fulness and beauty Of location, with SUI
periOr buildings and strong faculty.
For catalogue, apply to
GEO. G.. BUTLER, AM,
Principal.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-04

Refers to the following patrons: Hon.
w. D. Bloxham. Tallahassee; G A.
Charles, Chaires P. Co.; Hon. Theo Ran
dell, Madison. Fla; Hon. Fl. Hutchinson
Crescent City, Fla; IT. ]. Roberts, Talla-
hassee, Fla.