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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-05
Appearances Against Him.

Office Boy-There is a man outside who
says he has play he wants you to read
Manager-lIow is be dressedS
Office Boy-Oh, he is "out Of sight"-silk
hat, patent feathers and box coat
Manager-Tell him Pm not In: he must
be an naInateur.--Clothief and Furniaher.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-05
Not Possible.

Head Of Firm-Mr. Travers, while you
were out man came in to collect bill
from youMCr All ulster which he said had
been running for year. Can't you pay
for your clothes, sir. out of the liberal sal
ary we give you!
Travers--No, sir; can't do it and be q
gentleman and Furnisher.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-05
Another Name for a Volcano.

One day. after giving an object lesson
on volcanoes, a teacher asked a child Of
eight what name was applied to a noun
AIN which brought forth fire from its
mouth. why. Il spitfire, of course" {"
WAS the answer. .-London Truth.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-05
His Recommendation

Briggs-How do you like your new fur.
mace, Griggsi
Griggs-Oh, it's just splendid.
Briggs-Can you recommend 1t as a
bang up good heaters
Griggs-No; but recommend f. as q
bang up good refrigerator. .-Haper's Ba.
zar.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-05
A Leap Year Girl.

He-How chilly it is tonight. could
hug q stove, I feel 30 cold.
Shells that sof Why, I'm no warm
feel just like stove Irish Times.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-05

A we'll planned six-room residence,
completely furnished and fitted with
many modern conveniences. For pan
ticulars apply at FLoRIDIAN OFFICE,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-05
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 800
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gistA ANY reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA Flo syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. oAl.
LOUISVILLE. xk Gew FoRk. GE
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-05
Can't Get 1t Out.

Btohnson-1hey say that Bjo0es has
made wonderful Invention. IL there any
thing in it?
Bjenks (mournfully>-l should say there
was There's $4,000 Of my money in IT.
Somerville Journal
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-05

Contains One Hundred Recipes for max.
ing delicious Candy cheaply and quickly
at home. This book ts given away ut drug
And general stores.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-05
For Rent.

Jan. SO,nS92-3 mo.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
A GREAT SNAKE.

Can you imagine, dear boys and girls,
a grown man, who was not only brave
but wise, almost paralyzed with fright?
You shall hear how it happened once
In the city of Washington is a great
building called the Smithsonian Institu-
ticn, where many clever, busy men spend
all day, and every day, even sometimes
many years, studying about animals,
birds insects, and all living things.
From every part Of the country speci-
mems are sent to them to be studied, and
many curious creatures and marveIs of
nature find their way there.
One day great curiosity was received,
a huge and monstrous rattlesnake. | am
afraid to say how long it was, because /
do not quite remember, but it was so
very large that these wise and learned
gentlemen had not believed such thing
possible They decided to take his pic
ture in very surprising way. First
they poured on his head, through the
grating of his cage, great quantities of a
drug called chloroform, in order to kill
him, giving him three or four times as
much as they thought necessary, to make
they coiled him carefully in the very
manner to make him appear the most
terrible, and made, in soft, wet plaster,
a snake exactly like him. When the
plaster was dry, the wisest of all the
wise men sat down with paints and paint
brushes and carefully colored the plaster
snake to look precisely like the real one,
lying on shelf near by. patiently copy
ing each little spot and stripe.
He worked MANY hours, and just at
dusk, pleased with his perfect work and
hurrying to catch the last bit of daylight,
he bent eagerly over the nearly finished
picture, when suddenly, on the silent
air. sound arose that paralyzed his arm
and made his very heart stand still--the
sharp whir of a rattlesnake. Quick as
thought he sprang across the room, then
turned, and there on the shelf was the
terrible creature he had for two whole
DAYS believed to be dead, coiled, angry,
with fangs rapidly darting, rady to
strike For one moment he was helpless,
half dead with fear, remembering only
that he had locked the door to keep out
curious visitors, and that the key was on
a shelf near the enraged snake. The
next he seize a bottle of chloroform.
soaked his handkerchief and threw it
dexterously over the head of the threaten
ing reptile A II oment of suspense and
the head dropped, the rattle was silent,
and once more the great snake was in
sensible, overcome by the drug. 1t took
but few minutes to open the door and
call for help, as you may suppose, and in
less time than it takes to tell it the snake
was carried off, killed most effectually,
cut up and buried. But should you
chance to visit the Smithsonian any day
you will see the plaster picture, and may
perhaps then realize how terrifying it
would be to be shut up, alone and de-
fenseless, in little room with mon
strous, angry rattlesnake, which had
survived dose strong enough to have
killed three snakes of ordinary size.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
An Irishman One of Columbus's Crew.

A correspondent has just brought to
light in the Standard fact interesting
to us, but which is not generally known.
1t is that an Irishman and an Englishman
took part in the discovery of America by
| Columbus. They were amongst the first
white men whose blood was shed by the
unfriendly natives. Their names are
given in contemporary documents as
| ''Guilermo Tres, natural de Galney, en-
! 1rlanda'' (William, the 1rishman--'1res"
standing for Irelandes--a native of Gal
way, in Ireland), and "Tallarte de Lagos,
ingles' (Arthur Lake, an Englishman).
Galway must, therefore, celebrate with
more than ordinary enthusiasm the COM
ing fourth centenary of the discovery of
the New World, since one of her SOUS
was amongst the little band of heroic
volunteers who risked their lives in
following a man regarded as lunatic
and visionary in his pursuit of
new world beyond the boundless
ocean. The Galway man and his English
compeer were probably roughing it in
Seville or Palos when they came across
Columbus recruiting a crew for his great
voyage. The daring and the love of ad-
venture which is characteristic of their
races induced them, no doubt, to strike
bargain with the navigator bound for the
Unknown When they reached the
wonderful new land their sense of curl
osity was certainly tickled by what they
saw, for they chose to form part of the
thirty-eight whom Columbus left in gar
rison in the fort Of La Natividad, the
first European settlement in the New
World, which he built at Christmas,
1899, before returning to Spain. They
had no luck, however, for after Column
bus was gone the natives picked up
quarrel with them, or it may be they
picked up quarrel with the natives, and
about midsummer, 1893, the fort was
stormed by a Caraib chief, named
Caonabo, and the whole garrison slaugh-
tered eve learn" says the correspon-
dent. ''the names and fate of the victims
from proclamation published, with
true Spanish dilatoriness, at Seville fif-
teen years later $500, calling on the re-
latives of the deceased to come forward
and draw their pay. (Navarrete, Col.
Dip. No. 1877 1t would be interesting
to know whether the proclamation ever
reached Galway, and whether the rela-
tives of William the Irishman ever got
his overdue pay Exchange.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
POPULAR SCIENCE NOTES,

By the aid of nineteen observatories
scattered over the globe, the late Admi-
raj Monchez of France prepared map
that brought nearly $4,000 new stars
within human ken.
A discovery of great Importance to
South Africa is stone capable of being
burned into natural cement of good
quality. The deposit coveres 1000
acres, and varies in thickness from ten
to twenty feet.
Waterproofcd sheets of paper, stuck
together by special process, and com
| pressed by hydraulic power, have been
found i'll Germany to make material
sufficiently hard not only for the soles of
boots, but for horse-shoes.
THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE.-." see
that the experts are again figuring up
how long the worlds supply Of coal will
last said Professor H. C. Dunmore.
These figure jugglers appear to think
that when the timber above and the coal
below ground are burned up we will
have to steep our tea in the sun and wear
our greatcoats in the parlor during the
winter IL Onths in order to avoid freezing
Now, the coal and timber supply will
probably last until man discovers a sub
stitute. My opinion is that century
hence very little wood or coal will be
used for fuel. We may learn to store
up the suns heat so that it can be util-
lied at will, but the successor of wood
and coal for heating purposes will prob
ably be chemically generated gases. This
is progressive world and it will manage
to keep warm regardless of the supply of
old-fashioned fuel st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
WONDERS OF KALEIDOSCOPE
following curious and interesting calcu-
lation has been made on the number of
changes that can be made in the picture
presented in that remarkable instrument,
the kaleidoscope.
Surprising the instrument to contain
but twenty small pieces of colored glass
and that you make ten changes each
minute, at that rate it would take the
inconceivable number of 1852, $50, SS8, 576
years and $50 days to go through the
immense number of changes that can be
produced! Verify, the human mind
shrinks from the contemplation of such
immense numbers. We have no more of
an idea of what such length of time
means than we have of the meaning of
the word 'eternity.'
According to another eminent mathe-
matician, if only twelve pieces of glass
are put into the slide, it will take 49,
264 days or something over 81 years to
exhaust its variations
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
LITTLE GEORGES DILEMMA.

George had come from the city to
spend the summer with relatives on a
New England farm. To his delight he
had been given a melon-patch to ''call
his own" He was carrying the first ripe
melon in triumph to the house one day,
when he met his uncle. Here was a
dilemma. He felt bound by common
courtesy to offer a share of his treasure,
and at the same time he was unwilling
to divide it. The riddle was solved,
however, and his reputation for gen
crosby saved byhis asking: ''Uncle Ed,
do you want some of my melon? Say
no"-[ New York Tribune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
How to Know the Owls.

In a general way the farmer learns soon
to know what sort of an owl it is that
wakes him up at night or very early in
the morning; if it boots and gasps and
pants like person strangling, he knows
that it is a big brown owl with horns, if
it walls and screams like little child in
dire distress, and afar off, then he sets it
down for screech owl, and if not super
stitious, he turns over and goes to sleep.
But, if he be nervous, or the least bit
fanciful, neither he nor his wife will
rest until the lugubrious and sad walling
ceases; their children will usually draw
the bed-clothes over their heads and re-
fuse to be comforted.
Were owls to hunt and scream and
boot in their fashion by daylight, then
they would not receive so much objurga-
tion-they would not be called birds of
ill-omen any more than eagles or hawks
are for they are both engaged in doing
the same thing for living and in the
same manner, only the owl is strictly
nocturnal, while the eagle is diurnal.-
I American Farmer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
IN THE LIONS MOUTH.

A girl of fourteen was sent to the
butchers the other day to purchase meat
for dinner. The butcher was out, but
behind the meat -bloc!, lay great tawny
St Bernard dog doing and swapping at
the oc asional fly that disturbed his
dreams. "Oh, you beautiful Old doggie !.
What a darling you are" exclaimed the
girl, and in another moment she was
kneeling by him with her hand on his
lion head and her yellow braids half
buried in his brown coat The dog
opened his sleepy eyes, licked her other
hand and wagged his tail, thereby signi-
flying that though he had not previously
had the pleasure of her acquaintance, he
considered her a very nice girl indeed.
Looking up, the little maiden saw the
butcher standing in the door. His face
was white as death. ''For mercy's sake,
keep still.' he cried. Come here,
Jack !" he added sternly to the dog, and
in moment he had him by the chain.
Il wouldn't have taken that risk for all
that possess. he said afterward to the
child's father. ''He was left to mind
the till, and he would have torn anybody
else limb from limb l cannot under
stand it," But do. - laughed the girl.
Il love animals, and am not afraid of
them" Maybe that is the reason why
Jack and this young heroine are the best
of friends even unto this day. New
York News.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
Oldest American Cnlieges.

The order of foundation of the
nineteen oldest American colleges IS
as follows: Harvard chartered in
1850, William and Mary in 1893, Yale
in 1901, Princeton in 1746, Columbia
(King's) in 1854, the University of
Pennsylvania in 1855, Brown In 1864,
Dartmouth in 1869. Rutgers On. J.
in 1870, Washington and Lee Univer-
sity, Lexington, Va, and Washington
College, Charleston, Md, i'll 1882;
Dickinson, Carlisle, Penn, and Hamp-
den, Sydney, Va, in 1888; St.
Johns, Annapolis, Md, in 1884; the
University Of Georgia and the College
of Charleston, S. c., 1885; the Uni
versity of Vermont in 1871, Williams
in 1898, Bowdoin, and GreenvilIe
tn. cuIum, Tusculum, Tenn. in 1894,
and Union, Schenectady, N. Y, in
1908
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
PEARLS OF THOUGHT

The man who has wealth has q
master.
Sham pleasures are the ones that
cost the most.
Whatever good VIC demand in others
ought to be found in IL.
The most far-sightcd people are
those who can see the unseen.
Character is somcthin. other pcp-
ple's lives have brought out in us.
Perhaps all people are better than
their ncighbors give them credit fo".
The man who OWES the landscape i,
seldom the one who pays the tax on it.
You never get to know man very
well until you have seen him far from
home.
A hypocrite ia a man who tries to
fool everybody, but who only fools
himself.
A good man can see farther with
his eyes shut than bad one can Will
telescope.
A good way to get rid Of your own
troubles is to help to get rid of those
of somebody else.
A pledge that will save i'll every
part of the globe, if kept: Il will
be true to the TRUTH
The difference between a wise man
and a fool is that the fools mistake
never teach him anything.
You can take it for granted that no
man will grow much in grace as long
as he can have everything his own
way.
There are SO many people who
want to revolutionize the world, who
never have time to fix up their own
fences Indianapolis Qnd.) Ram.
Horn,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
FOR THE CHILDREN.
VEGETABLE POETRY.

Potatoes came from far Virginia;
Parsley was sent us from Sardinia;
French beans, low growing on the earth,
To distant India trace their birth;
But scarlet runners, gay and tall,
That climb upon our garden wall
A cheerful sight to all around
In South America were found
The onion travelled here from Spain;
The leek from Switzerland we gain,
Garlic from Sicily obtains.
Spinach in far Syria grows;
Two hundred years ago or more
Brazil the artichokc sent DER,
And Southern Europe's sca-coast shore
Beet-rOOt on us bestOws.
When 'Lizbeth was reigning here
Pease came from Holland, and were dear,
The south Of Europe lays its claim
To beans, but some from Egypt came.
The radishcs, both thin and stout,
Natives of China are, no doubt;
But turnips, carrots and sea kale,
With celery, so crisp and pale,
Are products Of our own fair land;
And cabbagcs-a goodly tribe
Which ADLER pens might we'll describe
Are also ours, | understand.
= Goldthwaite's Magazine
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
Epitaph to a Mother.

Amos B. Carter of Elan, Penn, the
father of twenty-one children, celebrated
his eightieth birthday last week. He
was married but once, and his wife died
about two years ago. Upon her tomb
stone is this poetic inscription, placed
there by Mr.. Carter's direction: "some
have children and some have none; here
lies the mother of twenty-one." Mr..
Carter is very fatherly old man.-LSan
Francisco Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
A Curious Salvage Case.

Perhaps The most curious salvage
case Oh record is that of the ship Two
Friends, which stranded on the coast
of Cuba and was abandoned by her
crew. Another ship, the John Bake,
met a similar fate, and her crew, in
attempting to find landing place.
came across the Two Friends, which
they managed to get of and to navi-
gate to England wi hout further mis-
hap. The judge who tried the case
decided that salvage services had been
rendered, but of only ordinary diff
Guilty and merit, inasmuch as the crew
of the John Bake salvcd the Two
Friends in order TO save their own
lives. The owners of the john Bake,
Of course, got nothing, but the salviug
crew received $3.50 out of the total
value Of S61S5.- San Francisco Ex~
aminer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
Extracting Poison from Bees.

There are two farmers of Midtown,
Penn, who have gone into the business
of extracting the poison from bees. They
catch the bees, and either immerse them
for eight days in bottle of alcohol, hav
ing previously enraged them, so as to
cause the poison to exude from the poison
sacs, or else they kill them and squeeze
the virus into glass tube. The virus
has a local repute as cure for dropsy,
chills and fever and all kinds of insect
stings.-[ New Orleans Picayune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
German
Syrup

Justice Of the Peace, George Viii
kinson, Of LOWviIle, Murray Co.,
Mlnn., makes deposition concern
ing severe cold. Listen to it. I'm
the Spring Of 1888, through ex-
posture contracted a very severe
cold that settled on my lungs. This
was accompanied by excessive night
sweats. One bottle of Boschees
German Syrup broke up the cold,
night sWeats, and all and left me
i'll a good, healthy condition. I can
give German Syrup my mostearnest
coln1nendatiOu. @
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

Diamonds, it appears, are no longer
to he reckoned by carats for weight,
out by lemons for hue. The more
Iemon-colored your diamond is the
higher It's value. So fashion DEGREES.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

carpenter was spoiled when I turned my
attention to poetry
Akenside's father was butcher, but
the poet himself in boyhood could rarely
be pursuaded to enter the slaughter
house. During his whole life he was
lame from wound in the foot occas-
toned in boyhood by the fall of cleaver.
-[St. Louis obe-Democrat.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
The Only One Ever Printed,


Ihcse is 3 inch display aiver isement IN
this paper, this week, which has no tyyO words
al except one word The same is true OF
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word ami they vii return you b rOK, BEAUTI-
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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

The Salvation Army are about to buil,!
headquarters for Ireland at Belfast, to
cost 80, coo.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, ard Stomach
disorders. Use Browns IRON Bittcrs The Br-t
Tonic, II re 'ui.d The system, cleans the b o0d
and -trengt hens the QuScle-. 4 splendid tom
tc for weak and deUiIitaIei persons
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

For impure of thin Blood. Weakness. Mala-
ria n ur;licia, Indigestion. and BIlousness,
take Browns Iron Bit ers-it gives strength,
making Old persons feel young-and young
persons strong: pleasant 10 take.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

The oldest officer of the United States
Navy is Commodore Henry Bruce, now liv-
ing III Boston ana on the retired list.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

The New Zealand Government pro-
poses starting silk industry in its north
cru districts.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

The Mayor Of Plymouth, England, re-
entity gave a public luncheon i'll honor Of
Or. I. Dewitt TaImage
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

Count Capvivi, Chancellor OF Germany
tips the scales at PIG pounds
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

A. NJ. Priest. Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind,
says: Halls Catarrh Cure gives the best Of
satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials,
eel i. loc.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

Sample Package Nai!ed Free.
Address SlHaN Bile Beans, New York.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

c. H. Harris, who was born and reared
year Long Bridge, Ga, is now chef OF til,
cherokee NaIlOu Of Indians
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

Clusters of clover, ii nun5 IN room
and left to dry and shed their perfume
through the air, viii drive away flies.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

We are willin-; 10 stand The loss If Won buv
q bottle Of Bic B"au5 Su.H and do not -et
double value write US ami We yy.ll cher uIIy
feLuhu your money. j. +. SMIIH ~ Co.,
%,.t [hr.-
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

DYSPEPSIA, impaired digestion, weak
stomach, and constitution will be instantly
relieved by Heechams Pills 25 cents d box.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

q
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the mos
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FiG syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. Gil.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW YORK, NY
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

There are 10, 900 members Of volunteer NIL.
itary companies In the United States.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

Gladstone is much addicted to the use OF
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22

The man who has wealth has q